Over 2,600 Dubai residents to get 16.8kg of gold today
“We will be rewarding 2,648 residents in gold,” said Mohammed Al Noori, Dubai Municipality’s director of marketing and relations.
According to him, the total value of the gold rewards totalled to Dh2.6million.
“We will be giving away 16.823kg of gold.”
In a special event, which will kick-off at 3pm in Zabeel Park, the winners will be honoured.
According to Noori, 575 residents lost less than 2 kilos, while 1,795 people lost between 2-5 kilograms.
He added that seven residents lost over 20kg.
The campaign, Noori explained, has made a remarkable impact. “It is one of our most successful campaigns. We’ve seen that this has helped people become more disciplined about their health.”
He noted that earlier people would head to a gym, but not everyone was serious about adopting a healthy lifestyle.