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| Saudi Says Doubles Number Of Citizens In Private Sector Jobs |
| 2014-01-20 |
| [Ynet] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... has doubled the number of its citizens working for private companies in the 30 months since it introduced wide-ranging reforms to tackle long-term unemployment, Labor Minister Adel al-Fakeih said on Sunday. Policy makers fear a failure to create a productive local workforce will leave the kingdom vulnerable to any future fall in oil revenue. Despite the lack of any significant protests during the 2011 Arab uprisings, they were uncomfortably aware that unemployment contributed to unrest in neighboring countries and worry about the long-term risk of political instability. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 of course, each has a Malay or Filipino doing the actual "work" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-01-20 12:09 |
| #1 I have good days and bad days, but on my good days I seem to recall that there is this strip of land in SA about 15K wide by 100K long bordering the ocean. This area from what I remember from some where produces 90% of all SA petroleum products. Bizarrely enough it is also Shia, not Sunni. Am I remembering that correctly? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-01-20 08:46 |