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Saleem Elias A. Aziz, Acting CEO of Al-Enma’a House for Real Estate
The first quarter of 2011 has been dominated by the civil and political unrest. In terms of the Bahrain’s real estate market, there is an oversupply of developed properties. However, there is still a high potential for the affordable housing projects.
Osama Al Khajah Chairman of Baytik Industrial Oasis
The challenges of the Bahrain industry as of today are still access to natural resources, mainly the energy through gas. The other challenge is the limitations of industrial land.
Dr. Laith Sadiq, CEO of MENA Telecom
The market reached 130% penetration so it’s difficult with the new entrance to keep making the profits they were making before.
Abdulkarim Ahmed Bucheery, Chief Executive of BBK & Chairman of Bahrain Association of Banks
I do not think that Bahrain will easily lose its brand or position as the financial hub for this part of the world. Banking in Bahrain has a tradition.
Abdulrahman A.Hussain Jawahery, President of Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co. (GPIC) and Member of Parliament – Biography
AG fertilizer producers are expected to continue to play a strategic role in meeting this challenge by contributing towards international efforts to increase food production by substantially increasing their share of exports.
Mr. Jawahery explains why there were riots and protest in Bahrain. The protests turned violent after the peaceful movement has been hijacked by the extremists. Why this happened?
Bahrain parliament has always tried to act in favour of the Bahraini people. Mr. Jawahery, the MP, explains the critical role of the parliament in improving the standards of living of the people of Bahrain.
Mr Jawahery talks about the legitimacy of the government of Bahrain, progress towards democracy in Bahrain and gives background to the formation of one of the most liberal countries in the Middle East such as the vote on the constitution and the national charter.
Batelco, the biggest telecom in Bahrain, discusses the strategy in Bahrain over the next couple of years. Batelco Bahrain strategy is to improve services, deliver more value and content to the customer and to retain existing high net worth clients yielding the low cost segment to other players in the market. Strategy in Bahrain is to focus on the existing customer base and improve services.
Batelco, the telecommunication market leader in Bahrain, talks about the regulatory environment in Bahrain. According to Batelco, “there has been too much regulation too quickly.”
The penalizing regulation has put a damper on long term heavy investment choices into the sector – such as optic fiber infrastructure. Batelco is therefore calling for regulatory holidays for the upcoming couple of years to resume the investments.
