Good morning from The National on May 16, 2024.
Here is your digest of what is making the headlines in the Emirates.
The UAE Cabinet has approved a 10-year Blue Residency visa for people who make “exceptional contributions” towards protecting the environment.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, announced the visa after chairing a Cabinet meeting at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi.
“The sustainability of our economy has become linked to the sustainability of our environment, and our national directions in this area are clear and consistent,” Sheikh Mohammed wrote on X.
The visa will be granted to people who make exceptional contributions and efforts in the field of protecting the environment, whether marine or land.
Work towards improving air quality and sustainable technologies will also be rewarded.
The cabinet also agreed to adopt the National Youth Agenda until 2031, which means a core focus of the government will be empowering young people economically, developing their scientific skills, consolidating their sense of national identity, enhancing their social contributions, and activating their role to represent the nation.
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IN FOCUS Abu Dhabi sets the agenda for world health progress
In partnership with Department of Health - Abu Dhabi
The pulse of future health care has been taken in the UAE as thousands of industry professionals from around the world attended Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week.
The city is becoming a catalyst for the fast-evolving sector with the Global Healthcare Week, a new, borderless partnership committed to advancing the future of healthcare and life sciences to solve tomorrow’s challenges now.
For three days, the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre has been its dynamic launchpad, with an event curated to inspire and enable leaders from all territories to collectively hone and achieve a bold vision defining a brighter, available future for global health.
With its already trusted healthcare system, and track record of excellence and fast-growing, future-forward, data-enabled services, Abu Dhabi is on-point for a movement that can readily translate ideas into action.
The timing for Global Healthcare Week is also prescient, as more countries focus on tackling health problems at individual and societal level currently unaddressed by healthcare systems or approaches.
Key event topics included the emerging transition from healthcare to health, as well as the shift from reactive treatment models to proactive promotion of holistic health, something the Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week can showcase for the wider world.
Exhibitors, 200 VIPs including ministers and public officials, chief executives, international investors, innovators, and leading experts across science, health, and medicine brought knowledge and expectation - and will carry forward a blueprint emboldened by Abu Dhabi’s can-do spirit.
The UAE capital is a global hub for healthcare and life-science excellence and innovation - and a leading voice in global healthcare with capacity to trial and scale innovative healthcare solutions, from genomics to a rapidly-growing centre for preventive and precision medicine.
Its population enjoys world-class care for best possible outcomes, which in turn promotes a healthy, flourishing society others can emulate.
Beyond the Department of Health-hosted physical gathering, concluded yesterday, Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week is an on-going platform for open, inclusive exchange and joint action; a crucible for accelerated collaboration, innovation, and investment among researchers, policy makers, healthcare specialists, investors, and entrepreneurs from across disciplines and geographies.
They’ve been galvanised to unlock shared opportunities for a healthier world - with Abu Dhabi leading by example.
MBZ-Sat to launch in October after Sheikh Hamdan approval
The UAE has announced the launch date for the region's most advanced imaging satellite.
MBZ-Sat will be launched in October, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, confirmed on Wednesday.
He spoke after visiting the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, where he met staff and approved the plans.
“We are proud that the satellite was built by a team of Emirati engineers and we thank the bright minds behind these great achievements that are turning our ambitions into reality,” Sheikh Hamdan wrote on X.
Named after President Sheikh Mohamed, the satellite has been under development at MBRSC in Dubai for years.
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COMING UP
- Othello: The Junction, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai – May 17-19
- Tommy Tiernan, Kevin Bridges & Joanne McNally: Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi – May 19
FACT OF THE DAY
Tecom Group, the operator of business districts in Dubai, has approved a Dh1.7 billion ($463 million) acquisition and development plan that it says will support the next phase of its growth. Read more here
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