ANQARI NOTED THE KING'S APPROVAL OF SETTING UP TWO UNIVERSITIES IN BAHA AND TABUK REGIONS. HE POINTED OUT THAT AN AMOUNT OF NEARLY SR 8 BILLION HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED TO A NUMBER OF PROJECTS AT THE EXISTING UNIVERSITIES IN THE KINGDOM AND SR 4 BILLION ALLOCATED FROM THE BUDGET SURPLUS OF FISCAL YEAR 1425/1426H TO PROJECTS OF UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS AND NEW COLLEGES IN VARIOUS KINGDOM'S REGIONS. ADDRESSING THE CEREMONY, DR. JUBARAH BIN EID AL-SURAISRI RECALLED THE KING'S APPROVAL OF THE BIGGEST BUDGET IN THE HISTORY OF THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT OVER 20 YEARS IN 1425/1426H WHICH AMOUNTED TO SR 7 BILLION ALLOCATED FOR 294 PROJECTS. HE ADDED THAT THE KING APPROVED IN THE FOLLOWING BUDGET A BIGGER BUDGET FOR THE MINISTRY AMOUNTED TO SR7.9 BILLION. DR AL-SURAISRI INDICATED THAT THE MONARCH ALLOCATED SR 5 BILLION FROM THE BUDGET SURPLUS OF 1424/1425H FOR A ROAD SECTOR AND SAME AMOUNT FROM THE BUDGET SURPLUS OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT POINTED OUT THAT 60 PROJECTS COSTING MORE THAN SR 1.8 BILLION HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR HAIL. --More 14/06/2006 21:00 ت م
