PRINCE ABDULMAJEED BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE GOVERNOR OF MAKKAH REGION, WILL PATRONIZE HERE TOMORROW THE FIRST JEDDAH INTERNATIONAL URBAN FORUM. ABOUT 1000 PERSONS FROM 20 GULF, ARAB AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES IN ADDITION TO ACADEMICIANS AND EXPERTS FROM A NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES AND INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES CONCERNED WITH URBAN SCIENCES WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE FORUM. SPEAKERS AT THE FORUM, WHO INCLUDE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING, ARE SCHEDULED TO DELIVER PAPERS ON CHARACTERISTICS OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, PRINCE ADULMAJEED WILL INAUGURATE JEDDAH INTERNATIONAL URBAN SHOW. PRINCE KHALID BIN ABDULLAH BIN MEQRIN AL-SAUD, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SAUDI SOCIETY FOR URBAN SCIENCES, UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FORUM AND SAID IT IS ORGANIZED AT A TIME WHEN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA IS WITNESSING A REMARKABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT. POINTING OUT TO KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY AND TO THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL URBAN EXPANSION IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, PRINCE KHALID SAID THE KINGDOM HAS EARNED AN IMPORTANT ECONOMIC STATUS. MEANWHILE, ENG. HISHAM KHASHUGJI, THE HEAD OF THE FORUM'S ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, SAID A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT PERSONALITIES INCLUDING PRINCE SULTAN BIN SALMAN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE UN CENTER FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE FORUM.
