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29 March 2024

Current generation lucky to be at centre of Dubai's transformation: Hamdan

Sheikh Mohammed at Gitex.

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By Staff with Wam

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has tasked Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince to oversee the implementation of the Dubai Smart City project.

Sheikh Hamdan said: "Dubai is currently experiencing huge urban development associated with high ambitions and opportunities for future and welfare.

“The current generation of youth are lucky to be at the centre of such a transformation and development to efficiently and actively contribute to the process of building a better future."

The Dubai Crown Prince stressed Sheikh Mohammed’s keenness on empowering Emiratis, especially the youth.

Sheikh Hamdan underlined that the implementation of the Dubai Smart City project will be unique in its nature given the largest partnership of its kind between Dubai’s public and private sectors.

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed said the directives by Sheikh Mohammed called for immediate implementation of the project to complement the smart government project.

He noted that the population would be core of the current project through the provision of advanced infrastructure and the fibre optic network and high-speed wireless internet.

The Dubai Crown Prince said all the initiatives launched by Sheikh Mohammed over the last 10 years regarding the technology and the internet, ushered in different services and new form of life in Dubai.

He added that Dubai will become one of the biggest world laboratories for interactive and government applications.

The new project will also provide new information on weather, traffic, transport, health and education smart services, as well as entertainment and tourist services such as aviation services, restaurants and others.