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Four porjects launched to boost eco awareness
JEDDAH: The Saudi Environmental Society hosted an event to celebrate Earth Day 2011 in Jeddah Hilton on Saturday which was attended by about 1,000 young volunteers and environmental experts. It was held to launch four new environmental projects aiming to spread awareness. The event was attended by Prince Turki bin Nasser bin Abdul Aziz, general president of Meteorology and Environment Protection and head of the Executive Bureau of the Council of Arab Ministers in Charge of Environment Affairs; and Prince Sultan bin Salman, chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities. "We have to correct the environmental mistakes that might badly influence planet Earth," said Prince Turki in his speech. "The world has acknowledged the value of our planet and its natural ability to protect us and the generations following ... The whole world is celebrating Earth Day to spread awareness about the importance of taking care of it for a better and a healthy future," he said. There is a complementary connection between tourism and the environment, according to Prince Sultan. "We have a system of programs and projects to directly help and protect the environment. We have already have a national strategy toward developing the tourism areas by the Red Sea." The ceremony showed two local documentaries — "Jeddah’s Environment" and "Earth" made by local artists. "We want to introduce people to our new projects and ask them to get involved and help us save our environment," said the organization's Deputy Executive Director Majda Abu Ras. Eco Shields are a group of volunteers who just launched their cleaning campaign. "We think that Earth Day was the perfect event to launch our cleaning-Jeddah campaign to introduce ourselves to the public for the first time," said Karam Khashoggi, Eco Shield leader. "Our campaign is based on voluntary work to literally clean Jeddah’s streets, one after the other," he added. Source: Arab News
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construction projects push Makkah residents to the edge
MAKKAH: Ongoing construction projects in the Central Area close to the Grand Mosque in Makkah and its neighboring districts have forced the inhabitants of these areas to move to other parts of Makkah further away. Some of the ongoing projects, which are costing billions of Saudi riyals, have already been completed, while others are under various phases of implementation. Around 30,000 buildings have so far been demolished to make way for the projects, which are aimed at creating residential facilities for Haj and Umrah pilgrims. Some of the projects are part of plans to develop poorly planned shanty districts. Many of those who are moving away are leaving their homes in historic neighborhoods such as the districts of Shamiya, Shubaika, Harat Al-Bab, Falaq, Gazza, Jabal Kaba and Jabal Omar, in addition to parts of Misfala and Ajyad. All of these districts are located within a few hundred meters of the Grand Mosque. Tawfeeq Maghrabi used to live in an old apartment in a district close to the Grand Mosque. "My annual house rent was SR10,000 that I had to pay in two installments. As a private sector employee, my monthly salary does not exceed SR1,300. During Ramadan, I used to rent out my apartment for SR5,500 and would move in with my parents," he said. "This additional amount was a big relief and would help ease my financial difficulties. I was forced to leave the apartment after properties were expropriated for the expansion of the Grand Mosque. It was very difficult for me to find an alternative and affordable home in light of my meager salary. "I’ve been shocked to see that rents of almost all residential apartments are between SR15,000 and SR35,000. This has forced me to rent out a small rooftop annex consisting of two rooms, a small hall and a kitchen for SR10,000," he said, adding that the home is too small to accommodate all of his family. Hassan Kawa used to own an eight-story building in the Central Area. "My family used to live on the eighth floor of the building. I used to rent out the remaining seven floors to an investor for an annual amount ranging between SR180,000 and SR200,000. My only source of income was this money. My building was demolished four years ago to make way for the new projects," he said. "The committee that was assessing the value of properties had fixed SR1.5 million for my building. I was extremely delighted to get such a big amount of compensation for an old building and was confident that this would be enough to buy a new house. I’ve however been unable to buy a house or even a villa. "I couldn’t make my mind up whether to buy a residential apartment and so started living in rented accommodation. Later, I bought an apartment for SR700,000," he said, adding that all of his money has been spent and that he has no means to support his family. Hassan Nour used to look after a number of buildings that were part of a family endowment in the Central Area. He received over SR27 million for the buildings. "I started seeking alternative buildings in place of the demolished ones but have failed to buy anything due to the huge rise in prices. I also sought the intervention of a judge at the court in Makkah to facilitate procedures to buy buildings," he said. "Even though experts at the court certified that the price of real estate has skyrocketed, the judge has so far not endorsed the plan to buy alterative endowment properties due to the exorbitant prices," he said. Abu Tala, the owner of a real estate office in Makkah, said there has been a steady increase in the price of real estate and residential apartments in the holy city over the past few years. "This phenomenon has been more evident over the last four years. Even the value of homes in the border regions of the holy city has also shot up. For instance, annual rents in Al-Sharaie, an area on the edge of the city, have soared to SR27,000. Earlier, before implementing the mega projects in the Central Area, the rent was about SR15,000. A large number of Makkah residents now prefer to live in rented residential apartments in districts on the edge of the holy city, such as the districts of Al-Umrah, Taneem, Kaakya, Crown Prince Township, Al-Sharaie, Al-Awali and Ummul Kaddad, he added. Source: Arab News
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Alwaleed sees Zain Saudi deal after 2 months diligence
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, whose firm Kingdom Holding has bid for a quarter stake in Zain Saudi, expects to complete the deal two months after finishing a due diligence process. Kuwaiti telco Zain, which has a 25 percent stake in Zain Saudi, has conditionally accepted a $950m offer from joint bidders Bahrain Telecommunications Co (Batelco) and Kingdom Holding. He expects the due diligence process to take as many as six weeks to complete. "We now started... the Zain Saudi [due diligence] which is expected to take between a month to a month and half," Alwaleed told reporters in Kuwait. "If everything goes well we expect to complete the deal of buying Zain Saudi from Zain Kuwait within two more months." Last week, Zain Saudi said its first-quarter net loss narrowed as the telecoms operator offered new services and packages to lure customers but the quarterly loss was still wider than analysts’ forecasts. Alwaleed, a prominent investor in Citigroup, said the US bank's one cent dividend was for the short-term, adding that the bank was "on the right track." "No doubt that the 1 cent dividend is very symbolic and is for short-term.....the leadership in Citi announced publicly that 2012 will be the year of returning shareholders capital which would happen through two ways, either increase the dividends or some share buyback," he told reporters. Source: Arabian Business
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Saudi uneasy with high oil price, worried about economy
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is unhappy with high oil prices and concerned about their impact on the global economy, the chief executive of state oil firm Aramco said on Tuesday. Oil prices fell on Tuesday in part after the remarks from Aramco's Khalid Al Falih. Brent crude fell 57 cents to $123.09 a barrel by 0153 GMT, just four dollars below a 2-1/2 year peak hit earlier in April at $127.02. "We are not comfortable with oil prices where they are today... I am concerned about the impact it could have on the global economy," Falih told an industry gathering in South Korea. High prices were not due to any tightness in supply in global markets, Falih said. His comments echoed those of Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al Naimi, who said last week that the kingdom had cut oil output in March as the market was oversupplied. Unrest and violence in North Africa and the Middle East and strong demand growth in Asia have pushed prices to their highest levels since 2008, triggering a series of warnings from consumers and producers that costly oil would harm economic growth, in turn eroding fuel demand. Saudi Arabia and other OPEC producers warned of the strain of high energy prices on fragile economies emerging from recession or slowdown in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Saudi Arabia had enough capacity to meet demand and moderate high prices if necessary, Falih said. "...the Kingdom will continue to act in support of oil market stability and as a force for moderation," he added. Saudi Arabia boosted supply in February to above 9 million bpd to plug the gap left by Libya, where civil war cut exports. The kingdom is the only oil producer with significant spare capacity to meet large supply outages such as that experienced in Libya. The kingdom has 12.5 million bpd capacity and pumped 8.292 million bpd in March, giving it a cushion of around 4 million bpd. Two out of every three barrels that Saudi Aramco exports go to Asia, Falih said. The state oil giant is considering joint-venture refining projects in Vietnam and Indonesia in addition to China as part of its plans to boost refining capacity. Aramco's daily refining capacity would "soon" grow 50 percent from its current level to more than 6 million barrels per day, he said. Aramco is building two refineries in Saudi Arabia and four more are being considered in Jizan in the kingdom and projects in China, Vietnam and Indonesia, Falih said. Aramco would also expand and upgrade existing refining centers, he added. "Companies from Korea and other Asian nations are important suppliers of top quality goods, materials and services to our operations and we are seeing increasing volumes of foreign direct investment from Asia in the kingdom." Saudi Aramco's natural gas production capacity would grow within five years to 14 billion standard cubic feet per day (cfd), he said. Saudi Arabia would spend more than $450 billion on capital projects over the next five years, while Aramco would be spending a total capital budget of roughly $125 billion on domestic and international projects over the same period. This spending includes new crude increments, refining and petrochemical facilities, he said. Saudi Aramco is a major shareholder of South Korea's third-largest crude oil refiner S-Oil with a 35 percent stake in the 650,000-bpd refiner. Aramco will hold a board meeting in South Korea on Thursday. Source: Reuters
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Saudi Arabia set to launch new jobs strategy
A new Saudization jobs strategy is set to be announced next month to tackle Saudi Arabia's growing unemployment problem. Labour Minister Adel Fakieh said the new plan would include a package of incentives for private companies to employ more Saudis. "It will also specify the punishments to be imposed on companies that do not comply," the minister said in comments published by Saudi daily Arab News on Monday. "If we don’t find any new job opportunities at the present stage, the incentives that have been fixed by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah will be paid early next year," Fakieh added. King Abdullah issued a number of decrees last month to solve the country’s growing unemployment problem, which included one for setting up a high-level ministerial committee to ensure the growing number of graduates find work in the public and private sectors. The committee has been asked to present its report within four months, the paper reported Fakieh said the kingdom’s unemployment problem was exacerbated because of its growing population. "The number of workers in the Kingdom is big compared to other countries and this has led to an increase in job-seekers, whose number doubled several times within a few years. This demands a change in direction to overcome this challenge," the paper quoted him as saying. As part of the government’s efforts to fight unemployment, financial resources from the Human Resource Development Fund will be allocated to provide assistance to unemployed youth for a year. Fakieh said the setting up of the Human Resource Development Fund was instrumental in finding employment for a large number of Saudis at private firms after providing them with on-the-job training. He also highlighted the government’s efforts to provide education and training to citizens with more than 25 percent of the annual budget has been allocated for the sector. Source: Arabian Business
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Damas unit takes control of Saudi joint venture
Damas International announced on Monday that a subsidiary had acquired a controlling stake in its joint venture operation, Damas Saudi Arabia Company. Damas, which recently reached an agreement with its lenders to restructure $872 million in debt, said in a statement that the Damas KSA stake was purchased for an undisclosed sum by Damas Jewellery, increasing its stake to 98 percent. "We are pleased to announce the acquisition of this significant stake in Damas KSA," said Anan Fakhreddin, CEO, Damas International Limited. "The acquisition illustrates the optimism we at Damas have for our jewellery business in the kingdom. The Saudi market is a core market for Damas, and this acquisition will help provide a platform for us to service this key market more fully." Fakhreddin added that he was "fully focused" on strengthening the Damas' core operations and ensuring that it remained "the most admired jewellery brand here in the UAE and the wider Middle East". The jeweller has been stung by controversy ever since allegations of financial fraud by the company's founders, the Abdullah brothers. An inquiry last year showed that the Abdullah brothers owed the company a total of AED614 million ($167.2 million), that included AED256 million worth of gold that the three brothers had withdrawn from the company. Last month, Fakhreddin said the company had reached an agreement with its lenders on debt worth $872 million. Source: Arabian Business
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Lack of Saudi contractors may boost Gulf players
The comparatively small number of construction firms in Saudi Arabia could force the kingdom to seek outside help to complete its ambitious new housing plan, experts say. The Shoura Council – the kingdom’s highest consultative body – finally approved a draft mortgage law last month, shortly after King Abdullah announced two social spending packages worth around $130bn. The king called for an additional 500,000 units to be built, on top of already-announced plans to add 1.65m homes over the next five years. Experts say that Saudi Arabia’s biggest contractors, including Saudi Oger and Binladin Group, are heavily focused on infrastructure projects, leaving the way clear for outside contractors to bid for deals. "The smaller contractors in Saudi Arabia are very good, but limited to building projects of around 20-50 houses, so it’s not a case of 3,000-strong projects," David Smith, deputy general manager of Alinma Bank, told an audience in Abu Dhabi last week. "So what we’re finding is a number of Dubai contractors who that experience wanting that work." Firms like Dubai-based Arabtec and Drake & Scull International (DSI) are already heavily involved in the kingdom, and believe that the new housing plans represent a strong opportunity. "With the local companies we have, we feel very bullish on the market," DSI CEO Khaldoun Tabari told Arabian Business. "So I think we will pick up some of that work. There’s so much villa work, but I think the price is the problem. I think eventually they will have no contractors left to do all those villas." DSI has recently bought two companies in Saudi Arabia, a mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) firm and a civil engineering outfit. Last year, Arabtec won a $1.3bn contract from the Binladin Group to build villas in the Eastern Province. Other UAE contractors seeking work in the kingdom include Al Habtoor Leighton and Al Khodari & Sons. Source: Arabian Business
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Importer monopolies see electronics up by 30%
JEDDAH: Suppliers of electronic goods say the rise in prices over the last week is due to "importers monopolizing the market" and controlling the price and available quantity of products. "The absence of inspectors to monitor prices on the market has allowed importers to set their prices, particularly Japanese products which they claim have seen a fall in production because of last month’s earthquake," said distributor Mar’i Al-Shehri. "In just a week prices have gone up by between 15 and 30 percent on most electronic goods." He said that distributors had little room for maneuver in what they can offer the customer when they are in the hands of importers. "We have profit margins of only around five percent while importers work to margins of between 70 and 100 percent profit on basic product prices," he said. Another distributor said that procedural difficulties for the importation of electronic goods allow some importers to control the market. He added that the Ministry of Trade and Industry should "make procedures easier" to improve competition. "Unless the ministry intervenes, things are only going to get worse," Waleed Al-Amri said. "The ministry should protect the consumer as well as the market and retail traders. Things will continue in this way as long as the major importers have no fear of any penalties." Source: Saudi Gazette
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Ministry begins defaming price manipulators
JEDDAH: The Ministry of Trade and Industry began this week "naming and shaming" entities selling cement above the set ministry price of SR14 per bag. The ministry named the cement trading company Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al-Atyan for selling cement at SR19 and investigations are continuing with the owners of several other firms observed conducting the same practices. A source from the ministry told Okaz/Saudi Gazette that increased monitoring at cement markets and measures to penalize offenders have come in response to the recent Royal Decree tasking the Ministry of Trade and Industry with deterring price fixing by setting penalties and publicly defaming offenders "whoever they may be". The Royal Order instructed that the measures be applied with "zero tolerance or leniency". Source: Saudi Gazette
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Saudi Arabia keep dollar peg
Muhammad al-Jasser, governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) has said the kingdom plans to maintain its currency peg to the US dollar as long as its economy is heavily reliant on oil, Reuters has reported. Asked whether the dollar link to the Saudi riyal will remain forever, al-Jasser said "nothing is forever in the economy; if the circumstances change, for example if oil becomes 10% or 15% of the economy and we have an agriculture, industry and services-based economy ... then there must be a change in the outlook." Source: Ame info
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