SOE NEWS
08
Organized by Society of Engineers ­ UAE
The United Arab Emirates hosts the World Tunnel
Congress (WTC)
The United Arab Emirates
makes
arrangements
for
hosting the "World Tunnel
Congress (WTC) " that is
bound to be held at Dubai
in the year 2018 in the
aftermath of the remarkable
success of the 4th edition
of the "Arabian Tunneling
Conference"
which
was
held in Dubai in 2017 and
organized by the Society of
Engineers ­ UAE. In the light
of the success of the previous
event, it is agreed that the
Society of Engineers ­ UAE
shall undertake the task of
organizing for this event as
well.
In this regard H.E. Eng.
Dawoud Al Hajri, the President
of The Society of Engineers
in UAE and the Head of
the 4th Arabian Tunneling
Conference "Dubai 2017" Maktoum, the Vice Ruler of leading to the advancement
(ATC 2017), announced that Dubai, Minister of Finances. and development of the
the
spectacular
success Al Hajri asserted that as engineering
profession
of the conference could a result of His Highness's sector not only in the United
have never been possible interest
in
providing
a Arab Emirates but in the gulf
without the support and the suitable
environment
for region as a whole as well.
patronage of His Highness the SOE to advance, he is This is achieved, he added,
Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al accordingly
subsequently through the joint cooperation

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