During the 11th session of the Sharjah Advisory Council, members of the Sharjah Advisory Council called for discussing the policy of the Free Zone Authority of Sharjah International Airport and the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority in the importance of using specialized national expertise in the various activities of the Authority. Citizens in factories and companies besides establishing a civil defense unit in the free zones.
They pointed to the presence of more than 13 thousand facilities located in the free zones and benefiting from all the facilities provided to them in the emirate, calling for the adoption of a fund for community responsibility supported by these facilities to support programs and events that serve people on the land of the Emirate of Sharjah.
Members of the Council also called for the adoption of plans and strategies to expand and contribute to the sustainable economic development of the Emirate of Sharjah, and to employ technical and human resources to provide all services and facilitate them to investors, as well as to study the economic situation and follow up directly, especially through the implementation of a number of meetings with And meet with them periodically to view the obstacles faced by them and to listen to their views, calling for upgrading the technological structure and the development of a number of electronic programs to develop and facilitate the services provided to the investor Rennes.
They also proposed increasing the coordination between the Sharjah Airport Free Zone Authority and the Civil Aviation Department to attract companies operating in various aviation activities and attract them to take the Sharjah Airport International Free Zone as a center, stressing the importance of a feasibility studies center to ensure the selection of quality economic projects that contribute to support Economic Development Plans in the Emirate.
Sheikh Khalid bin Abdullah bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Sharjah Airport Free Zone Authority and Hamriyah Free Zone Authority, said in response to the council members' claims that the percentage of Emiratisation in senior management was 100% and in other departments 70% to 80% And the smart switch in transactions to facilitate the auditors, pointing to the keen to attract industries not found in the state, such as white oil, and other industries.
He stressed that the two free zones in the emirate are considered as major points of attraction for foreign industrial, commercial and service investments in particular, which contribute effectively to support the national economy, diversify sources of income, and create industrial, service and commercial production units for attracting new capital that is at the heart of economic life.
Members have called for plans to contribute to the sustainable economic development of the Emirate.