The Royal Commission for Jubail adopts 7 initiatives to alleviate the Corona pandemic
The Executive Chairman of the Royal Commission in Jubail, Engineer Mustafa Al Mahdi, estimated the volume of investment requests in the industrial cities of Jubail and Ras Al-Khair at more than 27 billion riyals during the first quarter of 2020, estimating the volume of investments in Jubail and Ras Al-Khair amounting to 755 billion riyals (out of more than one trillion riyals the Authority has invested Ownership in Jubail and Yanbu), while production capacity exceeded 148 million tons annually, indicating that the authority launched 7 initiatives to alleviate the Corona pandemic on investors in the industrial and commercial sectors.
Al-Mahdi said during a remote meeting organized by the Eastern Chamber represented by the Jubail Business Council on Friday 15 May 2020 entitled "Initiatives of the Royal Commission in Jubail to Support the Private Sector", that the initiatives are to amend the conditional allocation notices for all investors to be (24) months instead of (12) months, And the rental value is calculated in the event of an extension for an additional period and initiatives to extend the investment agreements in force or under renewal to all investors for an additional year at the same rental value without increase, as well as postponing the procedures for canceling the investment agreements for all investors due to failure or default and giving the investor We see an opportunity until the end of 2020 except for the investors who want to withdraw, and also extend the investment agreements in force or under renewal for an additional year at the same rental value without increasing and delaying the procedures of canceling the investment agreements due to failure or default and give the investors an opportunity until the end of 2020 except for the investors who want to withdraw .
Al-Mahdi indicated during the meeting that was chaired by Eng. Fawaz bin Faleh Al-Hajri and Vice-President Eng. Muhammad bin Ali Al-Qahtani that the population in Jubail is estimated at 283 thousand people during the day and 150 thousand at night and the workforce is estimated at 116 thousand workers and the number of units up to 39 A thousand housing units and the number of neighborhoods are 11 residential workers neighborhoods, explaining that the number of workers in Jubail and Ras al-Khair is 93,273 workers, pointing out that the authority formed a team to manage the Corona crisis to implement health requirements to limit the spread of the virus by working with all partners and stakeholders, by activating a system Crisis and disaster management in the cities of the Royal Commission By ensuring the continuous safety of the Authority's employees, cities, contractors, service providers and workers to help maintain the continuity of providing vital health services and the flexibility of the supply chain and industry production, and activating the Crisis and Disaster Management team with companies (the Commission on Sustainability and Industrial Integration) by working with Industries in the cities of the authority, contractors, neighborhoods of workers, and transportation service providers, which helps to continue the work and finally work with the Ministry of Health through continuous monitoring and implementation of procedures with complete discipline to reduce risks and control them to the lowest possible level, confirming the establishment of quarries Health to isolate both cities, pointing to the return of the injured to the houses after receiving the necessary treatment.
With regard to the continuation of work in the cities of Jubail and Ras Al-Khair, Al Mahdi explained that the authority took the necessary precautions to avoid being affected by business continuity as a result of the decision to prevent entry and exit from the region or the extension of the decision to include the city and emphasize a commitment to work remotely during the official work period to meet the need for work, Noting, that the number of inspection tours at factories since the beginning of the pandemic amounted to 3830 rounds, while the number of licenses issued or renewed during the pandemic amounted to 324 licenses, while the number of violations reached 17 violations and health reports received 56 reports, and the total reports and evidence reached 85 reports.
He stressed the authority’s keenness to tackle all the stalled projects, pointing out that the authority provides all solutions to save these projects before making the decision to withdraw from the investors, considering that the decision to withdraw is difficult, but it falls within the agreements concluded and is not done until after all attempts have been exhausted.
Among the actions taken by the Royal Commission for Jubail to reduce the pandemic corona distance education, where the number of students in general education in Jubail 17,539 students, 1267 teachers, and the colleges and institutes amounts to the number of students 11,128 students and 671 faculty members, and 625 scheduled through Blackboard, was the implementation of test 116 396.
