Lecturing about the Significance of Rehabilitating and Expanding Tripoli Port.
15 June 2012
Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ghazi Al Aridi, affirmed that the infringements on public property are so disgraceful and regrettable especially that the concerned authorities are not responsive to the demands of removing them. He referred to the hundreds of lawsuits which were in vain due to the interference of some politicians who prevented law from taking its course. Moreover, Al Aridi made it clear that using coal in Tripoli Port does not harm the environment especially that everything is approved and supervised by the Ministry of Environment.
He also emphasized the fact that rehabilitating and expanding Tripoli Port is but a part of a strategic, developmental and economic project. In this respect, Al Aridi had the chance to list a series of successful steps in rehabilitating the port to be up to the economic development process and to procure more job opportunities.
Al Aridi’s lecture “ Tripoli Port and its Role in the Economic Development’’, which was held in Tripoli Campus on the 15th of June, 2012, was attended by Minister Ahmad Karameh representing Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Sami Minkara, ex-minister and President of Al Manar University, ex-parliament members Mostapha Alloush and Mahmoud Tebbo, Ambassador Mohamad Al Rabih, representative of the Arab Economic Unit in Cairo, Nader Ghazal, Head of Tripoli Municipality and his vice-president George Jallad, Ambassador Mohammad Issa, Head of Al Mina Municipality, Abdul Hafiz Al Kaissi, Ministry of Transport General Manager, Professor Amr Galal El -Adawi, President of Beirut Arab University, Mr. Issam Houri, Secretary General of Beirut Arab University, Ahmad Sankari, Tripoli Campus Coordinator and Head of Beirut Arab University Alumni Association in the North, Dr. Ahmad Sanjakdar, Tripoli Campus Director, in addition to a crowd of leaders, heads of boards, members of the various syndicates, engineers, physicians, lawyers and interested audience.
In his speech, following the national and the university anthems, Prof. El Adawi welcomed Minister Al Aridi, together with the audience, and stressed the importance of Tripoli Port in promoting the economic development and its role in the city prosperity and in reinforcing trade.
Al Aridi pointed out that Tripoli Port has always been considered the historical dream of the people in the North, emphasizing its importance of complementing and competing with Beirut Port.
In his discussion with the audience, Al Aridi stated that there are a lot of infringements on the maritime property and on the railways. He regretted the existence of the dump, the recycling station and the slaughterhouse next to the free economic zone, the thing which, for him, will lead to negative consequences.
Concerning the possibility of conducting lawsuits against infringements on public properties, Al Aridi replied that hundreds of lawsuits were in vain. He attributed this to the interference of some politicians in the law, which hinders it from taking its course.
At the end of the lecture, an honoring dinner was held whereby more issues where discussed.