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5/14/25, 9:29 AM Hamdan bin Mohammed chairs Higher Committee for Development and Citizens Affairs' meeting - UAE - Emirates24|7
Hamdan bin Mohammed chairs Higher Committee for

Development and Citizens Affairs' meeting

Published Tuesday, May 13, 2025 By E247

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of The Executive Council of
Dubai and Chairman of the Higher Committee for Development and Citizens Affairs, presided over the committee’s first meeting of
2025 and approved a number of decisions, initiatives, and projects aimed at enhancing citizens’ quality of life, including the
implementation plan for spending community endowment funds, with real estate and financial assets valued at AED10 billion and
projected revenues of AED1 billion by 2033.

His Highness also approved the ‘Thukhr Initiative’ for retirees, which aims to empower and enrich their lives through diverse
programmes, and the ‘Ghamran Camp’ initiative, which brings together Dubai’s fathers and sons for a desert camping experience
aimed at acquiring core skills rooted in Emirati identity.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan also reviewed the key resolutions of the Committee since its formation in May 2022 under the directives
of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

Citizens’ welfare
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan affirmed that the welfare of citizens will remain the foremost focus of development plans and the guiding
principle of major projects and initiatives, in line with the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al

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