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Dubai Gold & Diamond Park offers is a new air port being constructed apart The latest project is the ‘Dubai World
Gold and diamond trading, designing, from the Al Maktoum Airport with latest Central’ currently under construction.
manufacturing and crafting of gold and technology to meet the rising visitors It will be an economic zone to support a
diamond jewellery. Unlike other free coming to Dubai. number of activities including logistics,
zones Gold & Diamond Park offers retail- aviation, commercial, exhibition,
shopping facility for visitors. The Dubai Metro is a driverless, fully humanitarian, residential and other
automated metro rail network in the related businesses around Al Maktoum
In addition, the city boosts of having the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. All International Airport with the planned
Dubai silicon oasis; Dubai Maritime city; trains and stations are air conditioned annual capacity of 12 million tonnes
Dubai Metals and Commodities Centre; with platform edge doors to make this of cargo and 160 million passengers.
Dubai Maritime City; Dubai Auto Parts possible. It was inaugurated at 9:09:09 The construction area is 140 square
City; Heavy Equipment & Trucks Zone PM on 9 September 2009, by H.H. Sheikh kilometres, almost two times the size
Mohammed Bin Rashid Technology Park; Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the of Hong Kong Island. The Dubai World
Dubai Flower Center; Dubai Health Care Ruler of Dubai. Guinness World Records Central combined with the Al Maktoum
City; Dubai Textile Village; International has declared Dubai Metro as the world’s International Airport is expected to draw
Media Production Zone; Dubai Aid City; longest fully automated metro network additional tourism to the Middle East,
and Dubai International Arbitration spanning at 75 kilometres. designed to handle 20 million visitors a
Centre. The metro is helping transit year by 2020.
millions of commuters a day. 'The World'
Despite such mega developments, few
in the population can guess the changes
that will take place in the years ahead
but the prediction is that, the story of
My Dubai My City will continue as the
secret of success for Dubai has always
been the same: to make the most of its
wonderful strategic position on the
world map and hold a sucessful World
Expo in 2020.
By: Meher Bhesania
December, 2014 SynergyZ 17
