Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities

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Totally dedicated to delivering each of our mandate functions.
Answerable to our stakeholders and have the duty to uplift the quality of life of all communities.
Guided by evolving and needs-based methodologies in our day-to-day work. This will be achieved through the forging of collaborative partnerships with relevant stakeholders.

Sunway city

The ministry has completed servicing low density stands

World Urban Forum 2012 to be held in Bahrain

Bahrain, 10 Jun 10

The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, His Royal Highness Khalifah ibn Sulman al-Khalifah on Wednesday received UN-HABITAT's Executive Director Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, paving the way for Bahrain to host the sixth session of the World Urban Forum in 2012.

During her courtesy call, the Prime Minister assured Mrs. Tibaijuka of his government's support to UN-HABITAT and to the next Forum. She expressed her appreciation for the support which Bahrain had shown the agency over many years.

After the audience, she signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the next World Urban Forum with Bahrain's Minister of Housing, His Excellency Shaikh Ebrahim bin Khalifa Al Khalifa.

South Africa battles huge housing backlog

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa will spend 16 billion rand in the 2010-2011 financial year to build houses for the poor as part of a wider push to reduce the size of slums by 2014, the housing minister said on Wednesday. Millions of mainly black South Africans continue to live in tin shacks 16 years after apartheid ended.