Dubai: Launching the Jumeirah Corniche Development Project, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, stressed the promotion of a healthy lifestyle among the people of Dubai as the main objective of the project.
“Our objective is to achieve people’s happiness... We are keen to establish all the necessary components to make nationals, expatriates and visitors happy and enjoy quality life. Our developmental projects are integrated to attain this ultimate goal. We are committed to investing in building up a healthy human capital by providing an ideal, enabling environment,” Shaikh Mohammad said, as he launched the project on Saturday.
He added that sport is essential for society and a fundamental prerequisite for having healthy and productive individuals.
Linked to the Dubai Canal, the Corniche will serve as a lifestyle and leisure centre that will include sports and recreational facilities, tourist attractions, entertainment venues as well as residential and commercial hubs. It will be a centre of public health activities and a social hot spot.
As part of the government’s plan to promote healthy lifestyle in Dubai, Shaikh Mohammad has instructed authorities to increase the number of walking and jogging tracks around the emirate
“We will create and develop more facilities to serve various residential areas in Dubai. We hope the people of Dubai will make use of these tracks and practise sports for the best of their bodies and minds. A lazy individual lacks positive energy and does not innovate or create. We have great hopes for the future, and these hopes will not be realised unless we have healthy and fit people who are able to fulfil their duties toward themselves and their families and stand up for their community and country,” Shaikh Mohammad was quoted as saying.
