New UAE cabinet set for fresh challenges: paper

2/15/2016 1:05:59 AM

(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))

ABU DHABI 15th February 2016 (WAM) -- A UAE newspaper has said that the scene of new ministers taking the oath at Al Mushrif Palace yesterday was the epitome of the UAE's story. Taking the oath were both veteran and young ministers appointed last week in what has been described as the biggest government restructuring in the nation's history.

"The veteran ministers have for the past ten years been working diligently and very hard to pave the way for the next 'decade of implementation and results' as rightly described by Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum" said Gulf News in an editorial on Monday.

"The young cabinet members have been recruited to bring in their own expertise to the table including the 22-year-old Shamma Suhail Faris Al Mazroui Minister of State for Youth Affairs.

"The announcement of the new cabinet with a mandate to implement the plans of the future announced by the government in the past few years came a few weeks after the country witnessed an unprecedented national brainstorming session chaired by the Vice-President to agree on ways of developing a post-oil economy that will not only sustain the current pace of development but also spur growth. As His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces looked on yesterday while the new cabinet was sworn in we are sure the young ministers were recalling his promise last year that the UAE will be celebrating when it ships the last barrel of oil in a few decades. As stated by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid at his social media session on Monday the new cabinet will make sure that promise is realised.

"The new cabinet has a challenging task. The expectations are high especially with the ambitious plan set by the country's leadership which includes new concepts in governance such as happiness future and tolerance portfolios.

"The entire world will be looking at the UAE experience to draw lessons from. That is what United Nations and World Bank officials said at last week's World Government Summit. It is very hard to be a pioneer. However the UAE makes it look easy. Its success story transforming a Third World country into one of the most advanced nations globally in just four decades is being emulated across the world.

"The scene of the cabinet swearing-in yesterday says the new challenge will not be any different. We will succeed" concluded the Dubai-based daily.

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