08 May, 2016 His Excellency the President of the Survey and Land Registration Bureau Receives Board Members of the Bahrain Property Development Association
The President of the Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB) His Excellency Shaikh Salman bin Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa received the Chairman of Bahrain Property Development Association (BaPDA) Engineer Arif Hijris and the Deputy Chairman Dr. Hassan Al Bastaki. During the meeting issues related to real estate in general and to property development in particular were discussed. The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of BaPDA have also presented His Excellency with the first issue of the "Property Development" magazine which was issued in Arabic by the Association. They also briefed him on the programs of BaPDA and its work on coordinating developers' efforts, looking into their problems and taking such matters up with the concerned authorities.
His Excellency the President of SLRB praised the programs and work of BaPDA and its role in the development of this important economic sector. He congratulated the chairman and board members of BaDPA on the publication of the first issue of "Property Development" magazine, and praised the valuable and high quality information it contained. He further stressed the importance of supporting real estate developers to ensure the success of real estate projects that will in the end be for the benefit of the homeland and its citizens. We should seek to solve all the problems facing real estate development projects, and work on implementing such projects in the right way in order to prevent them being stalled. For this purpose there should be a proper legal system in place to regulate this important sector.
In this regard, His Excellency praised the laws that have recently been issued thanks to the coordination between and concerted efforts of all parties concerned whether in the government, the legislative authority or the private sector. His Excellency presented his guests with a collection of laws regulating the real estate sector, which have been issued by the Survey and Land Registration Bureau in the form of booklets.
For his part, the Chairman of the of Bahrain Property Development Association Engineer Arif Hijris thanked His Excellency the President of the Survey and Land Registration Bureau for the important role of SLRB in facilitating the formalities and administrative and technical procedures, which contribute to the promotion of trading and investment in this important sector.