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Saudi Arabia changes its weekend to Friday and Saturday
24 Jun 2013 20:24 The change will bring it into line with other countries in the region and help co-ordinate business and banking days
Time for change: Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah
Saudi Arabia is to change the start of its two-day weekend from Thursday to Friday.
The change, brought in by a royal decree taking effect this week, will bring it into line with other countries in the region and help co-ordinate business and banking days, according to official sources.
A similar proposal in 2007 was rejected but the Saudi business community has been lobbying for the change so that it can synchronise with regional commercial hubs such as Dubai.
After Oman switched to a Friday-Saturday weekend last month, Saudi Arabia was the only country left among the six-member Gulf Co-operation Council to persist with the old format.
A statement carried by the the national Saudi news agency SPA said the change, decreed by King Abdullah, was “for the sake of putting an end to the negative effects and the lost economic opportunities consistently associated with variation based on work days between local departments, ministries and institutions and the regional and international counterparts.”
It will mean that Saudi businesses will now have four working days overlapping with Western and regional businesses rather than three, making it easier to trade.
Friday remains a holiday in Muslim countries because it is a holy day set aside for communal prayer.
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Saudi Arabia changes its weekend to Friday and Saturday
24 Jun 2013 20:24 The change will bring it into line with other countries in the region and help co-ordinate business and banking days
Saudi Arabia is to change the start of its two-day weekend from Thursday to Friday.
The change, brought in by a royal decree taking effect this week, will bring it into line with other countries in the region and help co-ordinate business and banking days, according to official sources.
A similar proposal in 2007 was rejected but the Saudi business community has been lobbying for the change so that it can synchronise with regional commercial hubs such as Dubai.
After Oman switched to a Friday-Saturday weekend last month, Saudi Arabia was the only country left among the six-member Gulf Co-operation Council to persist with the old format.
A statement carried by the the national Saudi news agency SPA said the change, decreed by King Abdullah, was “for the sake of putting an end to the negative effects and the lost economic opportunities consistently associated with variation based on work days between local departments, ministries and institutions and the regional and international counterparts.”
It will mean that Saudi businesses will now have four working days overlapping with Western and regional businesses rather than three, making it easier to trade.
Friday remains a holiday in Muslim countries because it is a holy day set aside for communal prayer.
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