Addressing the gathering, Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz said King Khalid prize was designed to promote the spirit of positivity and innovation among our citizens to have a positive impact on the development and prosperity of the society, thanking the monarch and his Crown Prince for lending support for human work in general and King Khalid foundation and its annual prize in particular. Then, the monarch gave away the three prizes to their winners. The first of the three-shared prize in the branch of "development partners" was awarded to Sami Al-Harbi for his four-year initiative aiming at providing support for victims of cancer regardless of their nationalities or age in the Kingdom. Abdullah Al-Hawas won the second prize of the same branch for his initiative aiming at simplifying values and knowledge to children ranging between 4 -12. The prize for the third place of development partners went to Yazeed Al-Shdookhi for his initiative aiming at providing free of charge medical advice for limited income families. The monarch then handed over the prizes shared between three winners on the "excellence of non-profit organizations" branch, with the first one awarded to the chairman of Al-Mawadah (amicability) Association for family development in Makkah Region Eng. Faisal Al-Samnoodi. The second prize in the same branch was given to the chairman of the Association for family development in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah Region Eng. Abdulrazaq Makhdoom while the third prize went to Al-Kawther health charitable association in Assir Region, handed over to its chairman Dr. Jubran Al-Gahtani. The prize on the "Responsible Competitiveness" aiming at encouraging private sector facilities to adopt pioneering practices in the field of accountable competitiveness was divided over four enterprises: Al-Hafr (excavation) Arab company, Saudi Arabian company for Mining, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (middle east) company for Paper Manufacturing and Production and the Special Direction Company. The event was attended by a number of princes, ministers and senior civil and military officials. --SPA 22:27 LOCAL TIME 19:27 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w560621