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Shaikh Hamdan’s ‘1971’ online quiz to gift Dh50,000 each to 71 winners Staff Report / 19 February 2014 During the online quiz competition, 1971 questions will be asked about the UAE’s history in a three-year-long campaign. The ‘1971 Initiative’ ordered by Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, to coincide with ‘Education Day’, will start its first three-month edition on March 3. During the online quiz competition, 1971 questions will be asked about the UAE’s history in a three-year-long campaign. In each year’s edition, there will be 71 winners, who will get Dh50,000 each. In total, Dh3.55 million could be shared by the winners in the three editions in three years. The competitors must be UAE nationals or Arab-speaking residents. They have to visit on www.mubadara1971.ae to register by entering their identity numbers. The participation will be open to all from the age of 16. The organising committee of the initiative will set the contest criteria. The Board of Directors of the ‘1971 Initiative’ announced the details of the contest at a Press conference on Tuesday. In accordance with the directives of Shaikh Hamdan, the Board of Directors of the initiative was formed to plan and supervise all editions under the chairmanship of Dr Abdullah Mohammed Al Rais. The board said the mass information contest will kick off on March 3. The event will be widely covered by mass media. (With inputs from Wam) For more news from Khaleej Times, follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/khaleejtimes , and on Twitter at @khaleejtimes Taylor Scott International
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