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747-237 Member
Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11337 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom
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Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:24 pm Post subject: Saudi Arabia shifts weekend to Friday-Saturday |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/23/saudi-arabia-weekend-friday-saturday
Saudi Arabia shifts weekend to Friday-Saturday
23 June 2013
King Abdullah decrees change from Thursday-Friday weekend to bring biggest Arab economy's working week into line with neighbours
Saudi Arabia has announced it is switching its official weekend to Fridays and Saturdays, bringing its working week closer in line with other countries in a move long desired by many of its businesses.
The kingdom, the biggest Arab economy, had been the only member of the six-member Gulf Co-operation Council to have a Thursday-Friday weekend after Oman shifted to a Friday-Saturday weekend last month.
The surprise move, which will be applied from this week, was immediately welcomed by Saudi economists and businessmen.
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Nimish Member
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 5:24 am Post subject: |
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Welcome to the world (well - at least neighboring countries)! What happened to the Mullahs though? How come they're not acting up? _________________ We miss you Nalini! |
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abhijith16 Member
Joined: 14 Sep 2010 Posts: 1575 Location: DOH/IXE/MEL
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Surprise, surprise. Qatar changed since 2002. Wonder why Saudi took so long? _________________ <a><img></a> |
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The_Goat Member
Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 3260 Location: South of France
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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Nimish wrote: | What happened to the Mullahs though? How come they're not acting up? |
The King of Saudi Arabia is more than just a King. As the official keeper of the two holiest shrines in Islam, he is also the most powerful figurehead in the Islamic World. No two bit mullah anywhere will dare to oppose his decree.
and Saudi Arabia is a monarchy. Oppose the King and ....Chop Chop....you get the picture. _________________ I don't know which is the more pampered bunch : AI's widebodies (the aunties) or Jet's widebodies (the planes).
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Spiderguy252 Member
Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 4259 Location: Indian Ocean
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:17 am Post subject: |
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About time too.
That leaves only Iraq now. _________________ Yeah. |
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justbala Member
Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 1898 Location: Bangalore
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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The_Goat wrote: | Nimish wrote: | What happened to the Mullahs though? How come they're not acting up? |
The King of Saudi Arabia is more than just a King. As the official keeper of the two holiest shrines in Islam, he is also the most powerful figurehead in the Islamic World. No two bit mullah anywhere will dare to oppose his decree.
and Saudi Arabia is a monarchy. Oppose the King and ....Chop Chop....you get the picture. |
Sometimes I think that is a whole lot better than the deal we have. Forget the King, any order signed by a two bit Royal in Riyadh (there are thousands of them btw) will not be challenged by the officialdom. Quick an fast decisions.
No Medha Patkars/Arundhati Roys/Kejriwals of the world daring to oppose that |
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justbala Member
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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Spiderguy252 wrote: | About time too.
That leaves only Iraq now. |
Iraq is already on Friday/Saturday. Afghanistan and Yemen are the only ones left. |
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The_Goat Member
Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 3260 Location: South of France
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Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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Why don't they all shift to the saturday-sunday weekend like the rest of the civilized word? They can take a coupe of hours off on friday afternoon for their prayers if they want. _________________ I don't know which is the more pampered bunch : AI's widebodies (the aunties) or Jet's widebodies (the planes).
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Nimish Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India
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Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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The_Goat wrote: | Why don't they all shift to the saturday-sunday weekend like the rest of the civilized word? They can take a coupe of hours off on friday afternoon for their prayers if they want. |
Couple of hours off on Friday afternoon - would equate to almost no work done on Friday. Much better to take Fri/ Sat off, the world would be much more boring if everything were the same everywhere _________________ We miss you Nalini! |
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justbala Member
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Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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The_Goat wrote: | Why don't they all shift to the saturday-sunday weekend like the rest of the civilized word? They can take a coupe of hours off on friday afternoon for their prayers if they want. |
Your definition of civilized is the "Christian World".. For Muslims and Jews Sunday is not a holy day. Friday (and in case of Jews Saturday also) is the holy day - hence the definition of weekend.
You just brought back issues of the Holy Crusade |
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fastaviationdata Member
Joined: 27 Aug 2013 Posts: 6 Location: Philippines
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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:52 am Post subject: |
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Nimish wrote: |
Couple of hours off on Friday afternoon - would equate to almost no work done on Friday. Much better to take Fri/ Sat off, the world would be much more boring if everything were the same everywhere |
I agree! In most of the country it is sat and sun weekends. |
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Jaysit Member
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Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:37 am Post subject: |
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Great. One day forward into the modern world.
Maybe in about 150 years, the Saudis will let women drive, and stop hacking the heads off of people in the town square.
Stupid barbarians. |
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vivekman Member
Joined: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 1897 Location: BOM
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Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:22 am Post subject: |
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Jaysit wrote: | Great. One day forward into the modern world.
Maybe in about 150 years, the Saudis will let women drive |
Yup, and no one except Saudi women will be driving cars then, as the rest of us would have moved on to fancier stuff (read flying vehicles, teleporters, etc)
_________________ Boeing makes planes. Airbus makes videogames! |
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stealthpilot Member
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Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Jaysit wrote: | Great. One day forward into the modern world.
Maybe in about 150 years, the Saudis will let women drive, and stop hacking the heads off of people in the town square.
Stupid barbarians. |
hmmmm truueeeeee ..... in a way .... but changing the weekend or having different days off shouldn't imply being in the stone age. _________________ eP007 |
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avbuff Member
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Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:49 am Post subject: |
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Jaysit wrote: | Great. One day forward into the modern world.
Maybe in about 150 years, the Saudis will let women drive, |
Don't you think that is one sensible thing the Saudis are doing? |
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Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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