HRH the Prime Minister expressed sincerest condolences and sympathy to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the brotherly Saudi people on the demise of the late Saudi Deputy Premier, Interior Minister HRH Crown Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and paid solemn tribute to the feats of the late Saudi Crown Prince all over the Arab, Islamic nations and contributions with special mentioning of his contribution to boosting bilateral Bahraini-Saudi fraternal relations.
The Cabinet congratulated all successful students from various schooling stages and wished them successful academic and career future.
HRH the Prime Minister instructed that scholarship should be in line with the requirements of the job market.
The Cabinet reviewed results of examinations for both intermediate and secondary school students.
The Cabinet reviewed executive summary of some governmental projects and expenditures from financial public budgetary allocations.
HRH the Prime Minister issued instructions for compliance when implementing public projects in accordance with time charts and plans contained in the government action plan.
The Finance Minister informed the Cabinet on the current visit of a delegation from the Saudi Development Fund as part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s commitment to the GCC support programme.
The cabinet expressed gratitude and appreciation to the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s King and government for supporting development in the Kingdom of Bahrain as part of their commitment to the GCC support program.
The Cabinet discussed financial policies in detail and basis for preparation and allocation of estimated budgetary allocation for the years 2012-2014 and 2015-2016.
The Cabinet explored the economic situation, financial and fiscal challenges, recurrent expenditures, projects, oil and non-oil revenues, public debt levels and trends of economic growth.
The Cabinet endorsed two bills of MoUs between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the friendly Kingdom of Thailand pertaining to fisheries, healthcare cooperation and tasked the competent bodies to take implementing necessary actions for this purpose.
The Cabinet discussed a report from the Minister of Energy on his leading the Kingdom’s official delegation to the OPEC’s Forum held recently in Vienna. The Cabinet also discussed results of the Kingdom’s participation led by Labour Minister during the (101) of the International Labor Conference held in Geneva recently.