Ruwais almost 50 years ago FROM A DESOLATE DESERT SITE TO A MODERN CITY The Ruwais story began in the 1970s, when plans were made to transform a remote desert site into an industrial town to fulfill the requirements of Abu Dhabi’s boom- ing oil and gas industry. Industry needs people and so a housing complex, with 7,000 residential units covering 15 km 2 was developed as a model ‘new town’ . The Ruwais Housing Complex (RHC) is located only 10 km away from the industrial plants and contains residential units ranging from one-bedroom apartments to four-bed- room, double-story exclusive villas, all pleasantly set among landscaped grounds. The RHC has been developed by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and in line with their policy of ensuring that employ- ees and their f

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