The President and General Manager of La Regie Libanaise Des Tabacs Et Tombacs, Engineer Nassif Seklaoui mentioned on Saturday during an honorary event held for the employees who have reached the retirement age that the profit of Regie for 2019 increased by a minimum of 14.5% from 2018 despite the plunge that Lebanon is witnessing.
The ceremony which was entitled “You grew with us…hand in hand we became better” was attended by Eng. Seklaoui, Eng. Georges Abboud, Dr. Issam Salman, Eng. Mazen Abboud, State Commissioner Mirna Baz, Financial Controller Carol Youssef Aoun, the Chief of the Syndicate of the Laborers and Staff of the Regie, Mr. Kamal Yatim, Mr. Wael Dargham, the Chief of the Sports Committee Mr. Rafik Sbeiti, and Mr. Jean Chemaly Chief of the Former Employees’ Committee.
The welcome speech was delivered by the Head of the Public Relations Department Mrs. Nahla Slim in which she emphasized that Regie was adamant on carrying out the ceremony despite the situation in the country to stress that it is loyal to those who were loyal for it and who gave all what they have for its success.
Consequently, Mr. Yatim praised the work of the honored employees pointing out that they did their tasks to the fullest, were extremely professional and sacrificed during the hardest times. He also