AMMAN — A Cabinet meeting Wednesday, chaired by Prime Minister
Bisher Khasawneh, decided to reconstitute the board of directors of the the Jordan
News Agency, Petra, the news agency reported.
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The
new board will be chaired by the Minister of State for Media Affairs. It will
include Petra's director-general, Shafiq Obeidat, Hamed Al-Saaydah, Samar
Haddadin, Nevin Abdul Hadi, and a
Jordan Press Association (JPA) member to be
named by the JPA council, as members.
The
council also appointed Khaled Ahmad Arabiyat as a full-time commissioner in the
Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC)'s Board of Commissioners for a
four-year term.
The
Cabinet also approved the administrative organization regulation for the
Ministry of Justice for 2021 to develop work mechanisms in the ministry,
activate the principle of specialization in it, raise the efficiency of
administrative processes, and expedite decision-making.
Also
on Wednesday, the Cabinet approved the inclusion of development zones in its
previous decision, related to discounts on verification fees, returns,
compensation, and road waste, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
According
to the decision, the discount on road waste prices in favor of municipalities
and the
Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) was extended by 25 percent when paying
in cash until December 31, 2021.
The
Council of Ministers also approved a regulation amending work permits fees
regulation for non-Jordanians for 2021 to ease burdens on employers by reducing
work permit fees, which will be reflected in production costs in all sectors
and businesses.
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