SM lines up events for National Day

SHARJAH Municipality (SM) is preparing for the 26th National Day celebrations of the UAE by organising many activities for three days.

The celebrations will start from Nov.30 to Dec.2 at Sharjah National Park under the supervision of Head of Parks and Horticulture section of the Municipality Engineer Ali Al Mutawa.

"Sharjah Municipality has endeavoured to demonstrate the activities in the best suitable method to participate in this national event, spear-headed by the departed President Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and continued by his successor President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayd Bin Sultan Al Nahyan," Mutawa said.

Hanan Jasim, head of Activities and Festivals Unit, said that the programmes of Sharjah National Park will commence from 6 pm to 9 pm. The first and second days include free drawing workshop, emirates map workshop, emirates flag cut and paste workshop and cultural and entertainment competitions for children. The third day will witness a competition for children titled "The Best National Uniform."

Meanwhile, the Environment Protection Section of SM participated in the environmental exhibition activities at Higher Technology College on Tuesday, where many private sector companies related to environment took part.

The exhibition included a number of workshops and lectures; the main lecture was on air quality.

du promotion

The UAE's new telecom operator du, has announced a special one-day promotion of 20 per cent discount on all national calls, off-peak rates on all international calls and discounted SMS rates to celebrate the UAE National Day.SMS charges will be 15 fils instead of 18 fils for local SMS and 45 fils instead of 60 fils for international SMS. This limited time mobile offer will be valid from 1 am to 11:59 pm on Dec 2.

CEO, du, Osman Sultan said: "On behalf of du, I would like to extend my congratulations and sincere regards to President of the UAE His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice-President, Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum as well as all Emiratis and UAE residents on this special occasion."