MANAMA, APR., 16, (BNA) -- BAHRAINS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (BCCI) HAS EXPRESSED PRIDE IN THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS OF THE FOMULA ONE GRAND PRIX 2007, SAYING IT REFLECTED THE TRUE IMAGE OF THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN AND ITS ABILITY TO ORGANIZE AND HOST HIGH-CALIBER INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS.
SUCH A WORLD CONTEST HAD A VERY GOOD IMPACT ON ECONOMIC LIFE IN THE KINGDOM, THE HEAD OF THE BCCI DR. ISAM ABDULLA FAKHRO AND MEMBERS SAID, EXTENDING SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA, PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA AND CROWN PRINCE AND EDB CHAIRMAN SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA, ON THE SUCCESS OF F1 CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY PRAISED IN PARTICULAR THE EFFORTS EXERTED BY THE CROWN PRINCE IN ARRANGING FOR SUCH INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS AND EXPRESSING PRIDE THAT BAHRAIN WON THE EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SPORTS FEDERATION FOR ADHERING TO INTERNATIONAL CRITERIA CONSIDERING IT ANOTHER CATALYST FOR PROGRESS. DR. ISAM FAKHRO AFFIRMED THAT THE BIC WAS BEHIND BAHRAINS COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL AND TOURISM IN PARTICULAR. MTQ 16-APR-2007 19:32