CROWN PRINCE Muhammed Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, surprised workers at a desalination plant in Jeddah on Wednesday to thank them for the work they do every day.

The Crown Prince expressed his thanks and appreciation to the workers for a surge in production from 3.5 million cubic meters to 5 million cubic meters during the past two years without an increase in costs.

The increase in efficiency is part of the plant's commitment to the Kingdom's Vision 2030 and the National Transition Program 2020.

He told the plant operators: "I wanted to visit one of the plants to thank everyone for their efforts, [increasing productivity] without spending a single riyal." — Al Arabiya English