Villa investors can get gold bars as housewarming gift


Alice Haine
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Property investors buying a new villa in the Bawabat Al Sharq development in Bani Yas City during Ramadan will receive gold bars with their new home.

The offer, which runs until the end of the holy month, is available to customers who purchase an Andalusian villa in the third phase of the Dh3 billion development, receiving between two and five one ounce bars depending on the size of the villa, number of bedrooms and location.

Wall Tawil, CEO of Baniyas Investment and Development Company, says: "Each one of these bars is individually registered, sealed in a protective holder along with its official "Assay Certificate" that guarantees the fineness of 999.9 pure gold content at one troy ounce."

Bawabat Al Sharq launched Phase III of their development- featuring three, four and five bedroom homes, which range in size from 271 to 542 square metres - during Cityscape Abu Dhabi last year. Seventy-four villas have been released for sale so far.

The villas are part of Bawabat Al Sharq's luxurious mixed-use development which feature a separate men and women's majlis, pools and private parking spaces as well as retail, entertainment and sporting facilities including a Fifa stand football stadium that seats more than 20,000.

Wall El Ashry, commercial vice president at BID, says: "We at BID always search for new ways of giving added value to our clients when they purchase any of our various property offerings. This Ramadan we celebrate by giving gold to our clients once they purchase a property at BAS. We feel that gold and the property itself complement each other as strong stores of value that appreciate with time."

For more information, call 800 2264927 or log onto www.bawabatalsharq.ae

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Mashreq Bank is offering a 4.99 per cent interest rate on any mortgages transferred from another bank.

The home loan buyout offer also comes with zero processing fees for two years, making it one of the cheapest mortgage rates currently available on the market.

Other rates include 4.99 per cent from United Arab Bank and 5.49 per cent from HSBC.

Homeowners wanting to take up the Mashreq deal have until September 30 to register for the deal and do not have to transfer their salary into the bank.

For more information call 04 424 4444.

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Dubai Bank has launched a search for talented child artists to feature their work in their Eid advertisement promotion.

The Ramadan competition is open to customers' children aged five to 13 with the winners' artwork being published across the UAE.

Entries, centred around the theme of Eid, must be submitted via the bank's website before a shortlist of 20 is drawn up. The finalists will then be invited, with their parents, to a Ramadan gathering where the winner will be announced.

For more information log onto www.dubaibank.ae

Landfill in numbers

• Landfill gas is composed of 50 per cent methane

• Methane is 28 times more harmful than Co2 in terms of global warming

• 11 million total tonnes of waste are being generated annually in Abu Dhabi

• 18,000 tonnes per year of hazardous and medical waste is produced in Abu Dhabi emirate per year

• 20,000 litres of cooking oil produced in Abu Dhabi’s cafeterias and restaurants every day is thrown away

• 50 per cent of Abu Dhabi’s waste is from construction and demolition

Ruwais timeline

1971 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company established

1980 Ruwais Housing Complex built, located 10 kilometres away from industrial plants

1982 120,000 bpd capacity Ruwais refinery complex officially inaugurated by the founder of the UAE Sheikh Zayed

1984 Second phase of Ruwais Housing Complex built. Today the 7,000-unit complex houses some 24,000 people.  

1985 The refinery is expanded with the commissioning of a 27,000 b/d hydro cracker complex

2009 Plans announced to build $1.2 billion fertilizer plant in Ruwais, producing urea

2010 Adnoc awards $10bn contracts for expansion of Ruwais refinery, to double capacity from 415,000 bpd

2014 Ruwais 261-outlet shopping mall opens

2014 Production starts at newly expanded Ruwais refinery, providing jet fuel and diesel and allowing the UAE to be self-sufficient for petrol supplies

2014 Etihad Rail begins transportation of sulphur from Shah and Habshan to Ruwais for export

2017 Aldar Academies to operate Adnoc’s schools including in Ruwais from September. Eight schools operate in total within the housing complex.

2018 Adnoc announces plans to invest $3.1 billion on upgrading its Ruwais refinery 

2018 NMC Healthcare selected to manage operations of Ruwais Hospital

2018 Adnoc announces new downstream strategy at event in Abu Dhabi on May 13

Source: The National

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