Higher Education Minister signs contracts for Staff Housing

Jeddah, November 25, SPA -- Minister of Higher Education Dr Khalid
Al-Anqari signed today contracts of housing projects for the members
of the academic staff at several Saudi universities at a total cost
of more than SR 800 million.


The contracts include an SR 398.8 million contract at Baha
university; an SR 163.8 million contract at the complex of the
university colleges in Zulfi; the complex of the university colleges
in Majmah at a cost of SR 132 million, and a contract for the housing
project for the members of the staff at the colleges complex in
Shaqra at a total cost of SR 130.8 million.


Dr Al-Anqari said the signing of the contracts reflects the keenness
of the ministry on activating the additional incentives for the
members of the staff of the Saudi universities, approved by the
Cabinet in the last blessed month of Ramadan.


The incentives included allocation of SR 5 billion for the housing
projects for the members of the academic staff at the Saudi
universities.


It is worth mentioning that Dr AL-ANQARI has recently signed more
than SR 2 billion contracts which included implementing housing
projects in each of King Saud university, Jizan university, Tabuk
university, the Islamic university of Madinah, as well as the
colleges complexes in each of Muzahimia, Kharj and Hafar-al-batin.