Under the auspices of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Minister of Culture and Information and Chairman of the Board of the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Dr. Adel bin Zaid Al-Toraifi inaugurated tonight the new building of the (SPA), at Al-Sihafa neighborhood, in Riyadh. At the outset, the ceremony started with reciting verses from the Holy Quran, then the President of the SPA Abdullah bin Fahd al-Hussein, delivered a speech welcoming the attendees of the ceremony of inauguration of the new building of the Saudi Press Agency, under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, stressing that it would be a leap towards the future and that more serious and fruitful work of SPA will continue, as it will shoulder the tasks and responsibilities, proceeding from its role in provision of distinct media to win the confidence of everyone. Al-Hussein expressed thanks and gratitude of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Crown Prince and the Deputy Crown, for their continued support and care that enabled the SPA to achieve and equip the project, praising the Minister of Culture and Information and the Chairman of the Board of the Saudi Press agency for his ongoing support and follow up of the agency s building project. He explained that the building of (SPA) is located on a ten thousand square meters, consists of several parts. The first consists of ten floors of departmental newsletter equipped with video system, a media center consists of three floors and a theater can accommodate up to 380 seats, equipped with a sophisticated, integrated lighting and sound and interpretation of three foreign languages, along with a special building for the Department of Women s which consists of two floors of administrative offices, simultaneous translation, a mosque, parking and rooms for support services. Due to the continuous support from the state, Al-Hussein stated that the Saudi Press Agency ranked among the best of media system, in Saudi Arabia and even managed to emulate elder news agencies, in the world and was able to over forty-six years to put its mark on the media map among more than two hundred news agencies, around the world. It remains ahead, despite the intense competition created by the revolution of technologies, the flow of information and the plurality and diversity of the media, a midst most of the major sources of safe news, proceeding from its commitment to the elements of credibility, objectivity, transparency and professional ethics, which, categorically, reject the excitement and bathos, Al-Hussein added. -- more
