MANAMA, NOV. 10. (BNA) FOLLOWING THE SAD DEMISE OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, BAHRAINI DIGNITARIES CONTINUED,FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE DAY,TO HAIL HIS LAUDABLE DEEDS, EXPRESSING THEIR DEEP SORROW FOR THE LOSS OF SUCH A VALUABLE PERSONALITY AND PRAYING ALLAH ALMIGHTY TO LAY HIS SOUL IN PEACE.
THEY ALSO STRESSED THE LATE PRINCE'S HUMANITARIAN STANCES TOWARDS THE NEEDY AND THE POOR, AFFIRMING THAT HE WAS KIND-HEARTED AND LOVING TO HIS COUNTRY AND COMPATRIOTS. ARAB EXHIBITIONS MANAGEMENT BOARD CHAIRMAN SHAIKH MOHAMMED BIN ABDULLA AL KHALIFA DESCIBED THE LATE PRINCE MOHAMMED AS BEING GENEROUS, CHEERFUL, WISE AND MODEST. THE LATE PRINCE MOHAMMED WAS A WISE PERSON WHO, DURING HIS CHAIRMANCHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN, ALWAYS HELPED NEEDY STUDENTS ENROLL AT THE UNIVERSITY, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BAHRAIN CENTRE FOR STUDIES AND RESEARCH DR. MOHAMMED BIN JASSIM ALGHATAM SAID. DR. ALGHATAM ADDED THAT THE LATE PRINCE MOHAMMED, WHO WAS HIGHLY DISCIPLINED AS HE WAS A MILITARY PERSON, HAD RAISED HIS CHILDREN ACCORDING TO HIGH MORAL STANDARDS, WISHING THEY WOULD FOLLOW THEIR FATHER'S SPLENDID CONDUCT. AHLIA UNIVESITY PROFESSOR DR. ABDULLAH AL HAWAJ SAID TODAY THAT THE KINGDOM HAD LOST A HIGHY APPRECIATED AND LOVED PERSON WHO HAD IMPRESSIVE ATTITUDES THAT WOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, EXPLAINING THAT THE LATE PRINCE MOHAMMED IS ONE OF THE THOSE PERSONALITIES WHO HAD SERVED BAHRAIN TIREDLESSLY DURING THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY, THE LATE PRINCE MOHAMMED ALWAYS ENCOURAGED INVESTMENT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND CALLED FOR CREATIVITY, DR. AL HAWAJ ALSO SAID, CONFERMING THAT HIS SONS WOULD FOLLOW THEIR FATHER'S RIGHTEOUS PATH. MP AHMED BAHZED ASSERTERTED THAT BAHRAIN HAD LOST A REMARKABLE PERSONALITY WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COMMUNITY, AFFIRMING THAT THE LATE PRINCE NEVER TURNED BACK THOSE WHO NEEDED HELP. THE LATE PRINCE MOHAMMED ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO AGRICULTURE, FARMING AND FISHING IN ORDER TO INCREASE LOCAL PRODUCTION, MP BAHZAD ALSO MENTIONED. MP ABDULKARIM AL SHAHABI SAID THAT BAHRAIN BID FAREWELL TO A KEY STATESMAN, STRESSING THAT THE LATE PRINCE MOHAMMED WOULD BE REMEMBERED AS A KIND-HEARTED, DISCIPLINED AND SOCIABLE PERSON. BOTH MP DR. FAWZIA AL SALAH AND UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND SCIENCE COLLEGE STUDENT SHAIKH ABDULLAH BIN ALI AL KHALIFA AGREED THAT THE LATE PRINCE MOHAMMED WAS A HIGHLY POPULAR AND CARING PERSON WHO HELPED INCREASE GREEN ZONES AND CULTIVATIONS AREAS IN THE KINGDOM. MP MOHAMMED ABDULHADI EXTENDED HIS CONDOLENCES TO HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA AND HRH PRIME MINISTER PRINCE KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA AND TO CP HRH PRINCE SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA ON THE SAD DEMISE OF THE LATE PRINCE MOHAMMED, INDICATING THAT HE SYMBOLISED UNITY AND COHESION OF THE BAHRAINI SOCIETY. WHQ 10-NOV-2009 21:52