HH Southern Governor Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al Khalifa today discussed with Minister of Housing, Bassim bin Yacoub Al Hamer, a number of issues related to Khalifa Town housing plan. 
Officials from both sides were also present. 
The Southern Governor praised the Housing Ministry's efforts to meet the citizens’ housing needs, stressing the significance of Khalifa Town, which was named by HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa after the leader of Bahrain development process HRH Prime Minster Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. 
The governor pointed out that the Khalifa Town housing project is the largest of its kind in Bahrain, emphasizing the governorate’s interest in seeing the project to go according to the plan set to meet the citizens' housing needs of villages of Askar, Jaw and Al-Dour . 
In a joint statement, the governor and the minister confirmed to citizens of the aforementioned villages to have housing priority over other citizens in Khalifa Town. 
The minister expressed appreciation of the governor’s keenness to follow up the Khalifa Town construction progress in the interest of the governorate’s citizens. 
The Khalifa Town work team gave an overview of citizens' queries about the housing services in Khalifa Town.