AMMAN (JT) - His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday honoured key figures from the public and private sectors for their efforts in serving the local community and enhancing the country's development process.
Those honoured received medals of various types and orders at a ceremony held at the Royal Court on the occasion of the King's birthday.
They included distinguished bankers, academicians, diplomats, women activists, companies that contributed to the development of the local community, research centres and other figures excelling in the fields of business, agriculture and art among others.
One of the honoured was Khalid Suleiman Meri Otoun on whom the Monarch bestowed Al Istiqlal Medal of the Third Order for his distinguished efforts in the field of agriculture.
Otoun uses advanced planting techniques at his farm in Al Mudawara area in the south of the Kingdom in cooperation with the University of New Mexico in the US and is currently experimenting with organic crops in cooperation with the Jordan River Foundation.
Present at the honouring ceremony at Raghadan Palace were HRH Prince Feisal, HRH Prince Raad and Prime Minister Nader Dahabi along with several senior officials.List of honourees
• Arab Bank Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Abdul Hamid Shoman
- Al Hussein Decoration for Distinguished Contribution, First Order
- Community service and support for several national institutions
• Khalil Issa Othman, chairman of the Audit Committee at the World Intellectual Property Organisation
- Al Hussein Decoration for Distinguished Contribution, First Order
- Distinguished public service at the Foreign Ministry
• Musa Zuhdi Nather
- Al Hussein Decoration for Distinguished Contribution, First Order
- Academic excellence in the field of chemistry
• Zain mobile operator
- Al Hussein Decoration for Distinguished Contribution, First Order
- Local community service
• Ziad Sharaihah
- Istiqlal Medal, Second Order
- Distinguished efforts in the field of medicine and medical education
• Ons Al Saket
- Istiqlal Medal, Second Order
- Women rights activism
• Abdul Rahman Ibdah
- Istiqlal Medal, Second Order
- Contribution to Amman Message
• The National Energy Research Centre
- Al Hussein Decoration for Distinguished Contribution, Second Order
- Pioneering efforts in the field of renewable energy
• Arab Telemedia Productions
- Al Hussein Decoration for Distinguished Contribution, Second Order
- Emmy Award winner for TV series: Al Ijtiyah (The Invasion)
• CJC Jordan Clothing Company
- Al Hussein Decoration for Distinguished Contribution, Second Order
- A key player in the garment industry
• Nazzal Mohammad Nazzal Armouti
- Al Hussein Decoration for Distinguished Contribution, Second Order
- Contributions to economic development
• Khalil Abu Ghannam
- Istiqlal Medal, Third Order
- Applying state-of-the-art technology to agricultural production
• Khalid Suleiman Meri Otoun
- Istiqlal Medal, Third Order
- Applying modern agricultural techniques in cooperation with the University of New Mexico
© Jordan Times 2009
