Expo city project – Bahrain is on track

The new Expo City project at Sakhir, Bahrain is expected to be completed within three years, Industry and Commerce Minister of Bahrain Dr Hassan Fakhro said.

The joint committee of Bahrain Exhibition and Convention Authority and Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company is regularly meeting to follow up on the project’s developments and technical details, paving the way to present it to the Kingdom’s senior officials, he told Akhbar Al Khaleej.

Phase one of the project will approximately cost $385 million, with economic viability indicating an annual investment return of nearly 14 per cent, the minister has earlier told the paper.