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Article: Eastern Province chamber poll draws fewer contenders.
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- Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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Siraj Wahab I Arab News
DAMMAM: Thirty-six businessmen and four businesswomen have filed their nominations for elections to the Eastern Province chamber of commerce board. This is far less than the number of candidates during last elections four years ago. At that time, 53 candidates were in the running. Wednesday was the last date for filing nominations.
Nearly 15,000 voters from Dammam, Alkhobar, Dhahran, Jubail, Ras Tanura, Qatif, Saihat and Hafr Al-Batin will elect 12 members from this list of 40 candidates. The commerce and industry minister will appoint another six members to the 18-member board. Elections are set for Dec. 19, but there has been no official ...