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Thursday, 6 September 2012 | Shawwal 19, 1433
Arab News Gulf investors see value in post-revolution Egypt DUBAI: After shunning Egypt for over a year because of political instability, Gulf investors are returning to the country, lured by signs that politics are settling down and by the opportunity to buy assets at beaten-down prices. The interest of Gulf investors, who tend to be more familiar with Egypt’s political dynamics and business culture than Western investors, is a positive sign for the country’s economy, Reuters reported. “There has been a renewed improvement in Gulf investor appetite for Egypt this year. This is not confined just to the financial industry — the pick-up has been across sectors,” Declan Hayes, managing director for transaction services at Deloitte Middle East, told Reuters. Many Gulf investors think President Muhammad Mursi’s election has already started the process of solving key issues in trade and investment. “The recent moves by the president to rejuvenate the military leadership and remove a potential political deadlock have created confidence,” Ahmed Badreldin, senior partner and co-head of large-capital private equity at Dubai-based Abraaj Capital, told Reuters. “The visit to China is one such example of reinforcing the message that Egypt is open for business, and that investors’ rights will be maintained and preserved.” One sign of improving business confidence is the rebound in Egypt’s stock market, which climbed this week to its highest level since June 2011, up 53 percent so far this year. The easiest pickings for Gulf investors in Egypt appear to be banking operations put up for sale by European lenders. Sectors other than banking are also in play as Gulf investors anticipate Mursi’s government will beef up infrastructure projects. “The interest is not confined just to the financial industry — the pick-up has been across other sectors including energy, oil and gas, consumer staples and in some cases, renewable energy-related investments,” Deloitte’s Hayes told Reuters.
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Thursday, 6 September 2012 | Shawwal 19, 1433 Pay increases ‘holding steady’ in Kingdom JEDDAH: The impact of Nitaqat is increasingly evident in private sector salaries in the Kingdom, according to industry experts. Hay Group released its 2012 Saudi Arabia Compensation and Benefits study yesterday which found that the average salary increase is holding steady tracking just below inflation. Hay Group said 340,000 employees from 356 companies in 17 industry sectors are included in this year’s study which reports that salaries in Saudi Arabia have risen by 3.8 percent over the last 12 months, and that organizations are forecasting a higher increase of 5.6 percent in 2013 in order to offset inflation. The picture is fragmented with more variation between employee groups than we have seen in previous years, says Hay Group’s Wendell D’Cunha. “Private sector organizations are recruiting more nationals and we see high premiums for nationals, especially when they enter a specialist field which is where the critical shortage of national talent lies,” said D’Cunha. “Within the basic pay rise of 3.8 percent there are three key trends, so we should be cautious in looking at the average. One trend is the expanding salary gap between nationals and non-nationals, the second is that national new hires are receiving the largest pay increases, and the third trend is an increase in the proportion of salary that is a performance based bonus,” he added. Hay Group’s report finds that nationals now receive 17 percent more than the market average, whereas in 2011 nationals received 13 percent above the market. Non-nationals now receive 4 percent below the market average. D’Cunha says this is a trend that is set to continue. "The widening of this gap can be attributed to a combination of the efforts of Nitaqat and a talent shortage in certain functions and industries. In 2013 we expect to see more demand for nationals with specialist skills such as finance, IT, HR, engineering and production. Fifty-one percent of our participating companies told us there is a scarcity of candidates." From the report it is evident that Nitaqat is succeeding in encouraging the recruitment of nationals into the private sector. What's more, on average, Saudi new joiners are paid a 19 percent premium. Non-nationals are paid an average of 5 percent below the market on joining an organization. D'Cunha said: "Private sector organizations are recruiting more nationals and we see high premiums for nationals, especially when they enter a specialist field which is where the critical shortage of national talent lies." When it comes to performance, the leadership and management teams of private companies are keen to cultivate a performance culture, but employees state they see little improvement. Hay Group reports that between 2007 and 2012 there has been little change in the number of employees who believe that the better their performance is, the better their pay and opportunity for advancement will be. In 2009, 46 percent of employees in Saudi Arabia felt their performance was reflected in their pay and career progression, in 2011, 42 percent did. D'Cunha commented: "In Saudi Arabia, the proportion of an employee's package that is performance based bonus has doubled from 4 to 8 percent since 2010, even more so at the senior level. This demonstrates that senior leadership are bought into the idea of pay for performance but somehow, that is not filtering through." He added: "This suggests a gap between performance management policy and the understanding of its implementation. It also suggests there are cases where there is a gap in communications and employees are feeling the impact of this disconnect." This is in contrast with an improvement in the Middle East region as whole; elsewhere Hay Group finds that employee opinion on the link between performance and professional progression is becoming stronger. D'Cunha believes the employee opinions are also part of a wider appetite for changes in the workplace: "In most societies in the GCC we are witnessing changing expectations among citizens who expect fair treatment, more transparency and open two-way communication. Employers that understand the implications of these changes and demonstrate their understanding, by visibly responding to changing expectations, will win the race to recruit and retain the best talent."
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Minister to meet with Haj service providers
MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Thursday 6 September 2012 Haj Minister Bandar Al-Hajar will hold an open meeting in Makkah today (Thursday) with owners of a number of local Haj companies to discuss problems and difficulties facing them. Deputy Chairman of the National Committee for Haj and Umrah Fadl Al-Jihouri expects the Haj Ministry to approve the setting up of a council to coordinate work between the ministry, the committee and the Tawafa establishments that organize Haj trips for pilgrims. “The council will play a big role in representing the domestic pilgrims and participate in resolving problems encountering them,” he told the Dammam-based Al-Sharq newspaper. Al-Jihouri did not favor the proposal to merge all domestic Haj and Umrah companies in a single company with a capital of SR 150 million. “The idea is not feasible. The single company will impose a hegemony on all domestic services, which is not a good thing to do,” he said. The Haj company owners are expected to ask the minister in their first meeting with him to enable them to work also in the sector of Umrah, to allot them months in advance locations at the holy sites, and to announce the names of the companies qualified to work for the Haj services.
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STC accepts the resignation of Group CEO for Strategic Affairs
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: STC Group has announced that it has accepted the resignation of Saad bin Dhafer Al-Qahtani from his post as Group CEO for Strategic Affairs. STC expressed its gratitude to Al-Qahtani’s for his valued and outstanding contribution to STC throughout his illustrious career at the Group. Al-Qahtani is acknowledged to be one of the most prominent leaders in the telecommunication industry in the Kingdom, where he held a number of leadership positions at STC since joining the Group in 1989. He successfully oversaw the establishment and development of various services in the telecommunications and information technology sectors. he supervised and prominently on the establishment and development of many of the services in the field of telecommunications and information technology, including the development of broadband services (Internet) and innovative services new as content and multimedia and integrated services, which had a positive impact on STC’s growth, is well documented. He also represented the Group with distinction at several domestic and international events, including his role as an effective member of the UN Broadband Commission. Group CEO Khalid Al-Ghoneim expressed his sincere appreciation for the contribution of Al-Qahtani to the continuous successes of STC, and reiterated his confidence that Al-Qahtani will continue to enrich and enhance the telecommunications sector in particular, and the Kingdom in general, and wished him every success in his future career.
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Gulf markets edged higher in cautious trade REUTERS
Friday 7 September 2012 DUBAI: Most Gulf markets edged higher in cautious trade as investors waited for the results of a European Central Bank (ECB) policy meeting later in the day. Dubai’s index gained 0.4 percent, trading within a tight range and up 0.5 percent for the week. Abu Dhabi’s benchmark rose 0.3 percent, extending its year-to-date gains to 6.7 percent. UAE’s real estate-related stocks were up. Dubai bellwether Emaar Properties rose 1.2 percent, Deyaar Development climbed 0.6 percent and Abu Dhabi-listed Sorouh Real Estate added 3.7 percent. “There are some institutions buying (in the UAE) — a technical point was triggered on Sorouh and retail investors participated in the buying action,” said Nabil Al-Rantisi, managing director of MENA Corp. “We are getting closer to third-quarter results, so we might see some movement in the market if traders believe results will be good.” This could snap markets out of a prolonged lull, but in the meantime investors will continue to take their cues from world stocks amid a lack of local catalysts. World shares earlier edged up on expectations the ECB will unveil new tactics to ease the high borrowing costs facing the region’s highly indebted nations. Yet global markets could sell off if the ECB fails to deliver on policy action, although the effect on Gulf bourses is likely to be less pronounced. “Our markets are very dry. The sell-off (on world markets) needs to be huge for us to get affected,” said Al-Rantisi. Investors are also waiting for Friday’s US payrolls data, which should provide clues on whether Federal Reserve will announce further monetary easing in its Sept. 12-13 meeting. In Qatar, the measure closed 0.2 percent higher, but it is one of the worst performing Gulf markets in 2012 with year-to-date declines at 3.6 percent. Gainers outnumbered losers 10 to six. Commercial Bank of Qatar rose 2.4 percent, Qatar Navigation added 2.2 percent and heavyweight Industries Qatar climbed 0.1 percent. In Kuwait, the measure ended little changed. The top court will announce on Sept. 25 whether the country’s electoral boundaries are constitutional, a ruling that could spark protests in the increasingly politically divided oil producer. The government has asked the court to rule on a 2006 law that divides Kuwait into five constituencies, a move some opposition figures say is a bid to abolish current boundaries and gerrymander victory in elections expected this year or next. Kuwait’s benchmark has rallied since slumping to an eight-year low on Aug. 12, with traders blaming the market’s broader malaise on a worsening political and economic environment. Elsewhere, Oman’s measure finished 0.5 percent higher, up for a fifth day.
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OIC fact-finding mission leaves for Myanmar
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Thursday 6 September 2012 A fact-finding mission from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) travelled to Myanmar yesterday to investigate the recent violence against Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine region and the repression and human rights violations. The mission will visit the capital Naypyidaw to meet government officials and from there it will proceed to villages in Rakhine (formerly Arakan) affected by the violence including Buthidaung, Maungdaw and Sittwe. The fact-finding mission will also pave the ground for a visit of OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, which is likely to take place very soon. The mission is expected to prepare a report on its findings, which will be presented to the Contact Group on Myanmar that will meet in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly at the end of this month. The decision to send a fact-finding mission and form a Contact Group at the ministerial level was made at the extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee held on August 5th at OIC Headquarters in Jeddah, which was later adopted by the Islamic Solidarity Summit in Makkah, which was held on Aug. 14-15.
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ARAB NEWS Thursday 6 September 2012 JEDDAH: The office for combating beggary in Jeddah has received 1,823 maids, who have run away from their sponsors, according to Saad Al-Shahrani, director of the office.
Speaking to Okaz Arabic daily, he said the maids would be handed over to their sponsors as quickly as possible. “We provide these maids food and accommodation until they are received by their sponsors,” he added. The paper did not say how these women ended up in the hands of the anti-beggary agency and whether they had engaged in begging considering it a better moneymaking profession. Al-Shahrani said his office arrested 558 beggars during Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr holidays with the support of police, Passport Department officers and Mujahedeen forces. “About 98 percent of the arrested were foreigners,” he said. “We have got only 14 Saudi beggars and the rest were foreigners.” He said the foreign beggars have been transferred to the Department of Expatriates to deport them to their respective countries. The Saudi beggars will be handed over to the office for combating beggary to study their situation. After studying their individual cases, these Saudis would be referred to the social insurance or charitable organizations to support them, he explained. If a Saudi is found begging repeatedly just to make money without any legitimate reason, his case would be passed to the governorate to take appropriate action, he said. The fasting month of Ramadan is considered one of the best seasons for beggars when Saudis and expatriates give a large amount of money in charity. Ramadan has passed but beggars could be seen all over the city, especially near supermarkets, mosques and traffic lights. Beggars apply different methods to win the hearts of donors. They use handicap, disease, worn-out dresses and medical and hospital reports as pretext to beg. Some of them carry small children while some others recite certain prayers to get sympathy. Yet some others clean cars and ask their owners to pay them some money. The Ministry of Social Affairs said it was ready to solve the problems facing Saudi beggars. “We have found that about 85 percent of beggars in the Kingdom are foreigners,” the paper quoted a ministry official as saying. The ministry sends capable men and women among the Saudi beggars to the Labor Office to give them jobs while orphans among these beggars are sent to the orphanages and the elderly to the homes of old men and women. “If there are Saudi beggars suffering from social and family problems they would be sent to special guidance centers to give them proper advice,” the official said.
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Saudi Build Exhibition from Sept. 24 NADIM AL-HAMID | ARAB NEWS STAFF Thursday 6 September 2012 JEDDAH: The Saudi Build 2012 Exhibition will be held in Jeddah from Sept. 24-27 to show the latest technologies in the construction industry. A three-day conference will concurrently be held with the exhibition under the title “Distinguished Projects in the Reign of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.” The exhibition and conference will be held under the sponsorship of Prince Mansour bin Miteb, minister of municipal and rural affairs. At the exhibition a number of replicas of giant and successful projects, which have been executed or are under implementation during the reign of King Abdullah, will be on display. The conference will discuss a number of working papers on the building industry as well as listen to the experiences of ministries and construction companies in the domain of project execution. A number of renowned personalities, international companies, and famous speakers from the Kingdom and abroad will attend the conference, which will discuss a number of issues including the challenges facing the implementation of big projects, methods of preparing studies, economic planning of projects, the future benefits of projects, and the art of designing. The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs will present the project of the new Jamarat area in Mina and the Mashaer train that will transport pilgrims between Makkah and the three holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah.
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Home food production can prevent price spike ARAB NEWS Thursday 6 September 2012 JEDDAH: Citizens and expatriates have voiced their concern over local traders raising the prices of food items, citing reports of the possibility of a global food crisis. They say that some commodity prices have been raised. Some imported chicken brand prices have increased in the local market by SR 5 a carton. Some other brand prices have increased by 10 percent. Prices of most imported chicken brands increased in the last few days. An 800-gram box of frozen Brazilian chicken has jumped to SR 127 from SR 107 whereas the 900 and 1,000 gram boxes increased to SR 130 and SR 140 from their previous prices of SR 112 and SR 120 respectively. Economists speculate that if a global food crisis were to occur, it would happen by the beginning of 2013 with price hikes ranging between 7 percent and 10 percent. Experts expect prices to increase first in Arab countries, most of which are dependent on imports to meet 70 percent of their food requirements, according to the Arab League’s Agricultural Development Organization. The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s board member Abdullah Bin Mahfouz said that current situation created a confounding climate for importers and distributors of foodstuff in the local market. He said he feared some would exploit the situation. He called on the authorities to intervene and reassure markets and curb the continuing price hikes in some food items. Such commodities have been unstable lately, a phenomenon attributed to the instability of currency values and the increase in global prices, he said. The ripple effect of global food prices on the local market can be reduced through developing local production, overcoming obstacles hindering it, establishing domestic foodstuff industries, reducing dependence on imports and implementing foreign agricultural investments and investing in agricultural projects abroad, he added. He said Saudi Arabia’s experience in producing diary products, fruit juices, rearing poultry and producing confectionery items is considered a success in many ways and that success could be the base for achieving food security and price control. Refat Mahmoud, salesman at a Jeddah store, said prices used to be stable after Ramadan (during Ramadan they increase temporarily) but this year some food commodity prices have increased definitively, especially imported goods.
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Reduced working hours can attract Saudis to private firms ABDUL HANNAN TAGO Thursday 6 September 2012 RIYADH: A survey conducted by the Ministry of Labor and King Abdul Aziz National Dialogue (KAND) on working hours in Saudi Arabia has revealed that shortening working hours in the private sector would encourage citizens to work in that sector. The study was submitted at the first Social Dialogue meeting organized by the Labor Ministry on Tuesday in Riyadh in cooperation with KAND. The meeting gathered three key players on the labor market and was attended by both Islamic and labor law academics. The final resolution will be submitted to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah at the end of the coming week, according to a Labor Ministry source. The study, which covered 3,662 respondents from across the Kingdom, also shows that the long working hours is the main reason for the reluctance of young Saudis to take up offers in the private sector. Respondents supported the call to minimize the working times to 40 hours a week. The comprehensive survey found that a majority of participants in the study did not support Saturday to be one of the proposed two-day weekend, although they did support a two-day weekend to make it more attractive for Saudis to work in the private sector. Referring to the National Department of Statistics, the study shows that the number of Saudi work force in the Kingdom rose to 4,747,050 from 3,536,290 during the period 2004-2009, while the number of foreign workers has come down from 4,745,550 to 4,474,250 during the same period. There was also a surge in the work force in the Kingdom, reflecting growth in the country’s economy. According to the national statistics indicator, the Saudi work force increased by 39.2 percent yearly, while the overall work force grew by 2.8 percent in the Kingdom. However, the study also shows that the foreign work force constitutes the majority in the private sector. Labor Ministry statistics from 2008 show that the number of registered workers in the private sector has soared to 6.22 million, while the Saudi work force stands at a mere 829,100 or 13.3 percent, of whom only 51,000 are women. Article 98 in the Saudi Labor Law with regard to working hours states that employees cannot work for more than 48 hours a week. During Ramadan, working hours are reduced to six hours for Muslims or 36 hours a week. Ahmad Al-Humaidan, secretary-general of the National Dialogue, underscored the positive result of the forum, which brought together three productive parties in the market – businessmen and organizations (as employers), Saudi workers, and the executive authority at the Labor Ministry. In his statement following the conclusion of the two-day dialogue Tuesday, Al-Humaidan, who is also the undersecretary for Labor Affairs at the Ministry of Labor, said all opinions and ideas contributed by participants in the dialogue would be taken into account in the ministry’s recommendation for determining working hours, which will be submitted to the higher authorities at the end of next week. Al-Humaidan stressed the importance of dialogue to reach points of convergence between the three partners in the production, underlining the ministry’s determination to foster social dialogue through the next stage to discuss topics that will improve the working environment in the private sector and make it more attractive to the national work force. He lauded the Council of Saudi Chambers and the National Committee on Workforce Affairs for their supportive role in the dialogue. The undersecretary stressed the importance of collective responsibility of the three production parties in addressing the challenges in the labor market as well as the importance of promoting the concept of a true partnership between the three parties to enhance the labor market’s stability and stimulate economic and social development
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