Sheikh Mohammed calls for UAE’s pioneering projects to be honoured

Pioneering projects that put the UAE on the map will be honoured as part of the country’s National Day celebrations.

For the fifth annual UAE Pioneers Award, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, has called on people to show their support for landmark developments that have made the country a global player.

The awards, launched in 2014, were the result of a call by Sheikh Mohammed for the people who have built the nation to be recognised.

This year, however, he wants the UAE’s array of major projects to be celebrated.

“Brothers and sisters, this year we will celebrate the UAE’s pioneers in a different way,” Sheikh Mohammed said on his Twitter account.

“We will not celebrate people, we will celebrate achievements. We will celebrate the projects that would leave a mark in the history of the UAE. Cultural, social, economic, scientific and infrastructure projects that will leave their mark on the march of our country.

“We have projects such as the Louvre, Burj Khalifa, Dubai Metro and Cleveland hospital. Projects such as the Prince of Poets, the Reading Challenge and the Million’s Poet. Projects such as Khalifa University, American University of Sharjah, Etihad Museum and the Mars probe,” he said.

“Nominate projects that [Sheikh] Zayed would be happy to see. We will honour the teams who worked on the most important projects on National Day.

He asked people to nominate the projects using the hashtag #UAE_pioneers.