General Shaikh Mohammed visits hospital, museum in South Korea
General Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, greets a young Emirati receiving treatment at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Seoul, South Korea. Shaikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Crown Prince Court and Member of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, was also present on the occasion. — Wam
General Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Thursday met with UAE engineers and students attending graduate, post-graduate and training programmes at South Korean universities and technical institutes.
Shaikh Mohammed, who was accompanied by Shaikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, conversed with the UAE students and interns about their specialisations.
“We are proud to see you in Korea gaining knowledge and training in prominent educational institutes for the transfer of rich expertise in advanced industries and technological programmes to their homeland so as to contribute to nation building and progress. You are up to our expectations and you are our real assets,” Shaikh Mohammed said addressing the students.
“The UAE, under the leadership of the President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, pins high hopes and aspirations on the advanced knowledge-armed generations like you,” Shaikh Mohammed said, adding that “Emirati human beings have been, and will always remain, the key focus of strategic plans and it is not strange that well-qualified, cultural and scientific human resources receive the top priority of the leadership.
“We stay the course of the late founding father, Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, in paying proper attention and care to education. It is the same approach that President Khalifa is following in qualifying national human resources and grooming them for addressing the prerequisites of the present and challenges of the future,” he added.
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation’s (ENEC) training and development programme has been running since the company’s inception in 2009, and aims to attract and train the country’s most talented science students, engineering graduates and experienced professionals to provide them with an opportunity to become pioneers of the emerging nuclear energy sector. To date, ENEC has sent more than 300 Emirati engineers for on-job training programmes in Korea. It has also sent 115 students to study for higher diplomas in nuclear technology.
A group of UAE students are currently undergoing professional training on the basics of maintenance, support operations and basic engineering, which they will complete by May 2014. ENEC is the federal authority responsible for building and operating the first UAE nuclear power plant. By 2020, ENEC is expected to have a pool of 2,000 professionals. It has developed a unique scholarship initiative to provide the UAE nationals with an unparalleled opportunity to be a part of what is expected to be a cornerstone of the UAE’s power supply industry for decades to come.
Currently, 100 engineers are undergoing the Reference Power Plant (RPP) programme in South Korea.
At St. Mary’s Hospital
Gen Shaikh Mohammed also visited a number of UAE citizens receiving medical treatment at St. Mary’s Hospital in Seoul.
Upon arrival, Shaikh Mohammed and his entourage were welcomed by the Minister of Health, Moon Hyungpyo, and a number of senior hospital managers. The hospital is a world leading provider of eye care and Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) to leukaemia patients.
Shaikh Mohammed met the patients and attending doctors and was assured of the progress of their treatment. He assured them of the keen interest of Shaikh Khalifa to follow up the health and wellbeing of citizens. He also wished the patients a speedy recovery and safe return home.
“We have nothing of greater value than our human resources who are our present and future and the backbone of development. We will spare no effort to provide treatment to our patients either through our health facilities or by sending them to world-class foreign hospitals,” he said.
The patients expressed their happiness at the visit of Shaikh Mohammed, which they said had painted a smile on their face. They thanked Shaikh Mohammed for his noble and human gesture and prayed to Allah to protect the Shaikh Khalifa and bestow good health upon him.
National Museum of Korea
General Shaikh Mohammed also paid a visit to the National Museum of Korea in Seoul. The Museum includes artefacts and works of art that reflect the history and culture of Korea.
Shaikh Mohammed was briefed by Kim Youngna, Director-General of the National Museum of Korea, on the museum’s wings and all its exhibits which have historical and archaeological significance for Koreans.
