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Dubai Quality Award

Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman, Dubai Executive Council, and Shaikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, yesterday presented the Dubai Quality Awards (DQA) to four winners including Acer Computer (ME) Limited and Al Khaleej Sugar (L.L.C) from the manufacturing sector, Hilton Dubai Jumeirah from the tourism sector and Emaar Properties PJSC from the real estate sector.
According to a Press statement, thirteen organisations spanning various economic sectors were awarded in the 2006 cycle of the Dubai Quality Award. The winners were honoured in two categories which are the DQA and the Dubai Quality Appreciation Programme (DQAP) at a ceremony held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
The Dubai Quality Award Appreciation Programme is open to organisations that are committed to excellence and have begun to implement quality initiatives within their organisations. The manufacturing sector dominated the DQAP this year with three of the nine winners representing this sector. These included Dubai Oil Mills Company, International Rubber Company and National Cables Industry.
The education sector had two winners in the DQAP category — Dubai Women's College and Dubai Medical College for Girls. The finance sector also had two winners — HSBC Middle East Finance Company Ltd and UAE Exchange Centre. The other winners included Apparel (L.L.C) from the trade sector and Interactive Insurance Brokers Company (L.L.C) from the service sector.

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