Since 1963: British expat witnessed formation and growth of the UAE ...United Arab Emirates

ABU DHABI: When David Heard landed in Abu Dhabi in the former Trucial States in 1963, he never imagined that he would be witnessing the formation of a new country and staying here almost 58 years thereafter to celebrate its 50th anniversary. "I came to Abu Dhabi really quite by chance, leaving behind England's green and quiet fields for the red sands and glaring white tracks in the desert," Heard, 82, tells Emirates News Agency (WAM) in an interview at his home in Abu Dhabi. Scary introduction to Abu Dhabi Although his "introduction to Abu Dhabi" was a series of scary incidents, that did not deter the British petroleum engineer on the first onshore oil fields in the emirate from continuing

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