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The Economic Development Board (EDB) has launched two new websites, Bahrain.com and Bahrainfs.com, as part of the Business Friendly Bahrain promotional campaign to highlight the investment opportunities in the kingdom.

"We created these websites as an effective medium to reach a large audience. This will be the first point of entry for anyone requiring any information on Bahrain," said EDB chief executive Shaikh Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa.

Read more: Websites to promote investments in Bahrain

The Works Ministry yesterday launched the sanitary complaints e-service, as part of its online services available on the e-government portal.

These are some of the first services made available online by the ministry.

Other services will be deployed on the e-government portal shortly as part of the ministry's commitment to provide world-class e-services to Bahrain's residents, said Works Ministry information technology director Hisham Sater.

Read more: Bahrain: Sanitary services go online

The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) won two of the eight awards for government ministries and organisations, presented at the opening of the Bahrain International e-Government Forum last night. The LMRA won the awards in the E-Maturity and E-Content categories.

The awards were presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) chairman Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa.

Read more: Bahrain: Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) wins two awards at major web forum

A 24-hour hotline connecting people to all government services will be up and running within a year, it was revealed yesterday.

The toll-free National Call Centre will allow callers to do everything from pay their utility bills to call an ambulance, said Bahrain eGovernment Agency (EGA) chief executive officer Mohammed Al Qaed.

He said it would be the first such centre in the Middle East and tenders had already been floated for the contract to set up the service.

Read more: Bahrain: Round-the-clock services hotline

Bahrain pledged yesterday to provide world-class e-government services to become the optimal preferred place for work, residence and tourism. Future plans include the granting of an e-mail account for all, free-of-charge, in association with Microsoft as well as more government services electronically and via mobile phones, a top government official said yesterday.

"Through our e-government strategy, we have placed the roadmap and action plan of the government for a period of three years," said Deputy Prime Minister and Information and Communication Technology Supreme Committee chairman Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa.

Read more: Bahrain: E-government 'to be world class'

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