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Economists: Fix minimum wage to lure Saudis into tourism sector
By Fatima Muhammad JEDDAH — Economists who spoke at a discussion on investment opportunities in the tourism sector in Jeddah have emphasized the need to fix a minimum wage and enact unified contracts to attract investors as well as Saudi employees ...
School girls participate in initiative on role model
By Fatima Muhammad JEDDAH — Some 20 private institutions are now participating in the Prince Khalid Al-Faisal’s initiative “how to be a role model”. Aisha Bakurma, head of the female private training in Jeddah, said that the participating institutes are offering ...
Jeddawis savor Italian Design Day
By Fatima Muhammad JEDDAH — The city on Sunday hosted the Italian design day simultaneously with about 100 cities around the world. In collaboration with the Italian Business Group and Distretto Design, Italian Design Day was marked in Saudi Arabia for the ...
SR1.35bn allotted for SMEs in Saudi tourism sector
By Fatima Muhammad JEDDAH — Prince Sultan Bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, said the Kingdom will have new tourism destinations in the western region. He noted that they got the approval for creating Quran ...
4 independent firms to compete in Saudi electricity generation
By Fatima Muhammad JEDDAH  — Hadi Al-Shamari, head of the Power Generation Excellence Program, said four companies will be competing in the electricity generation in the Kingdom, just like the case with telecommunication companies. This will create a competitive environment, he ...
10 govt departments to combat street vendors
By Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — At a workshop here on Sunday, representatives of 10 government bodies discussed ways to overcome the issue of unauthorized hawkers selling vegetables, fruit, food products and other fresh products like meat. The participants said they ...
Getting sick leave for govt staff gets tougher
By Fatima Muhammad Jeddah — The Ministry of Civil Service has announced new regulations for obtaining sick leaves for public sector employees. The new regulations aim at ensuring that only employees in need will get sick leaves. An employee will get only ...
New Labor Law clause irks Saudis
By Fatima Muhammad Jeddah — Many Saudis are calling for revoking Article 77 of the Labor Law which allows the private sector to terminate contracts at any time by providing compensation to sacked employees. Sheikh Abdullah Al-Asheikh, president of the ...
Madinah to have a new university with 3 colleges
By Fatima Muhammad JEDDAH — The holy city of Madinah will have a new university that will be inaugurated next Tuesday. Prince Mugrin Bin Abdulaziz University is to have three colleges: College of Engineering, Business Administration, and Computer Science in addition ...
Saudi Arabia tops GCC visitors to Switzerland
By Fatima Muhammad JEDDAH — The number of visitors to Switzerland from the GCC region has increased by 3% in 2016 compared to 2015. Favorite destinations for Saudi, Emirati and Kuwaiti visitors are natural sights that include lakes, forests, and Alps. Switzerland ...
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