Potash company builds school in southern town

KARAK — As part of its corporate social responsibility and in implementation of His Majesty King Abdullah’s encouragement of the private sector to contribute to social welfare and development process, the Arab Potash Company (ABC) on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for Taybeh Secondary School in Karak’s southern Mazar District.

The school, expected to be completed in a year, is built on 3,995 square metres of land at a total cost of approximately JD1.256 million.

The cornerstone was laid during a ceremony attended by Royal Court Secretary General Yousef Issawi, who chairs a committee to follow up on Royal initiatives, Minister of Public Works and Housing Sami Halaseh and APC Chairman Jamal Al Sarayreh.