PRINCE FAISAL BIN SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, SAID THE DIRECTIVES OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ TO ALLOCATE SR 10 BILLION FOR IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS OF 66000 HOUSING UNITS EMBODY THE GREAT ATTENTION GIVEN BY THE SAUDI OFFICIALS TO THE CITIZENS. PRINCE FAISAL SAID, IN A PRESS STATEMENT, THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF STARTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE POPULAR HOUSING PROJECT CONSTITUTES AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND TACKLING THE PROBLEMS OF POVERTY. 'THIS GREAT PROJECT WHICH WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE STATE CONSTITUTES CULMINATION TO THE INITIATIVES EARLIER PRESENTED BY A NUMBER OF FOUNDATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR IMPLEMENTING CHARITABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE KINGDOM', HE SAID. PRINCE FAISAL SAID IN LINE WITH THE DIRECTIVES OF CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE DEPUTY PREMIER, DEFENSE AND AVIATION MINISTER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ CHARITABLE FOUNDATION STARTED IN 1421 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CHARITABLE HOUSING PROJECT. HE NOTED THAT THE CHARITABLE HOUSING PROJECT INCLUDES SETTING UP OF HOUSING COMPLEXES IN MAKKAH, ASSIR, TABUK, NAJRAN, HAIL AND RIYADH. THE COMPLEXES INCLUDE 700 FURNISHED HOUSING UNITS WHICH ARE PROVIDED WITH THE REQUIRED PUBLIC UTILITIES LIKE MOSQUES, SCHOOLS AND HEALTH CENTERS. THE TOTAL COST OF THE HOUSING COMPLEXES WILL AMOUNT TO SR 170 MILLION.
