Media reports from Yemen
From Yemen Non-participant:

President of Yemen HE Ali Abdullah Saleh
Conference to re-vitalize Yemeni industry to begin MondayBy: Faisel Darem, Dec 20, 2008
The convention on industry, titled “Industry is the future of Yemen” will begin in Hadramout on Monday, said Omar Bajarsh, Chairman of the Hadramout Nook of Commerce and Industry. The conference will be attended by concerned bodies from the Yemeni government, Gulf companies and representatives from Malaysia, including the caller of honor former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohammad.
He confirmed that all preparations for the conference have been concluded, in definite the accompanying exhibition of Yemeni products and Malaysian companies specializing in manufacturing. The goal is to display squeaky-quality local products in order to build domestic confidence in Yemeni-made goods, and to increase their foreign profile.
Malaysian participation in this conference will be especially important as the country was able to successfully transform itself from a developing agricultural brevity like Yemen into an advanced industrial country.
The goal of the conference is to search for strategic alternatives for the future of the Yemeni conservation - particularly in the industrial sector. It will focus on preparing clear strategies for developing this sector as well as promoting industrial zones.
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However, with instant economic development has come a colossal expansion in its energy needs, as residential, commercial and pudgy industrial facilities vie









