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Saudi Arabia inflation falls on food
Saudi Arabia's annual inflation eased to 4.7 percent in March thanks to a monthly dip in food prices, data showed on Wednesday, and analysts saw the biggest Arab economy keeping interest rates steady this year. Inflation in the world's top oil exporter has been falling since it touched 18-month highs of 6.1 percent in August, and slowed to a 10-month low of 4.9 percent in February. But analysts say demand will be boosted by a package of government handouts prompted by political turmoil elsewhere in the Middle East and see inflation averaging 5.6 percent this year, leading the kingdom's central bank to keep interest rates unchanged at 2 percent. That contrasts with Qatar, which cut its main overnight deposit rate by 50 basis points last week in a move analysts said would boost domestic lending and ease capital inflows. "We don't expect a change in benchmark interest rates in 2011, unlike Qatar last week," said Monica Malik, chief economist at EFG-Hermes in Dubai. "On the one hand, credit growth is starting to recover, and the central bank and policy makers would want to see a continuation of that. "On the downside, with inflation still above 4 percent, the strong spending plan, and the pick-up in global inflation, we do not expect a reduction in the interest rate. This is a comfortable rate and we expect rates to remain on hold in Saudi." Private sector credit rose by 6.3 percent year-on-year at the end of February, compared to 1.6 percent in the same period last year. Central Bank Governor Muhammad al-Jasser said in January that lenders had taken enough measures against bad loans and lending would accelerate this year. On a monthly basis, Saudi consumer prices rose by 0.3 percent in March, slightly up from a 0.2 percent increase in the previous month, data from the Central Department of Statistics showed. "I would not expect inflation to continue to go down by this much because it has already declined by a substantial amount," said John Sfakianakis, chief economist at Banque Saudi Fransi. "We should see in the coming months an increase. I am surprised inflation has fallen this amount in such a short period of time." Source: Reuters
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Middle class disappearance detrimental to society
JEDDAH: Economists, sociologists and Muslim scholars say that the middle class is slowly disappearing and could cause serious harm, such as contributing to a corrupt society rife with crime and prostitution. They told Arab News the middle class could be preserved through the thorough application of zakat, giving more financial support to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and finding more jobs for women. They said the middle class will help preserve the values and morals of society and added that most developed countries were attempting to maintain this class. Economists warned the Saudi economy might face a disaster if the middle class disappeared completely. "It was noted during the past two decades that the middle class started to disappear, giving way to the emergence of a new class. This is an expected development with the increase in the number of population," Khaled Al-Harithy, an economist, told Arab News. He cited the example of Egypt that had three social classes and was living in prosperity until the 1970s. With the rise in population, Egyptian society got split into two classes, one representing the higher echelons and the other representing the poor. "The rise in population, high prices and inflation eroded the purchasing power of the middle class, subsequently leading to its disappearance," he said. Believing that manpower in the Kingdom was not strengthened properly, the economist called for providing working opportunities for women in order to make them effective members of society and enable them to help financially in the running of households. "Society is still hampering women’s chances of finding work despite a Cabinet resolution encouraging their employment. As women represent about 50 percent of society, this negligence will ultimately contribute to the disappearance of the middle class," Al-Harithy said. He also warned against giving big government projects to giant companies owned by wealthy businessmen, adding this would make the rich wealthier and the poor even poorer. "Some of these government projects must go to SMEs," he said. Al-Harithy warned that the disappearance of the middle class would be detrimental to Saudi society and could drive a large number of people to become beggars, thieves, crooks, counterfeiters and drug traffickers. He said that about 90 percent of countries depend mainly on the middle class and added that its disappearance could cause immense economic and security problems. Hassan Safar, a Muslim scholar, called for reviving the middle class so that there is no huge disparity between the rich and the poor. "Our society should help the poor emerge into a middle class," he added. Safar referred to the concept of Takaful (solidarity) in Islam and said it could be activated to give birth to the middle class. "We can also use zakat money to release prisoners and help poor families and by so doing, we will be bringing back to life the middle class that has disappeared from the scene," he said. Safar warned that the emergence of rich and poor classes with nothing in between would lead to the wealthy persecuting the destitute, creating social ills which could not be cured easily. He asked the ministries of social affairs and interior to conduct a joint survey with the help of municipalities and district societies to identify poor families to help them and improve their spending power. Sociologist and psychologist Jamal Al-Tuwairqi stressed that it was the middle class that would preserve the values and traditions of society. He recalled that Islam had preserved the middle class through zakat, prevention of bribes, supporting the right people and giving great attention to women. "If we thoroughly apply all the tenets of Islam, we will never lose the middle class," he said. Source: Arab news
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Hiked priceds of construction materials hit consumers hard
JEDDAH: A sudden rise in the cost of building materials has led to numerous construction works in Jeddah grinding to a halt. Nawwar Al-Otaibi bemoaned that his home under construction east of the Jeddah highway did not look like it was going to be completed any time soon after the builder contacted him that there was not enough cement. "He told me he’d stopped work on the house because there wasn’t enough cement available in the market, and the cost of certain basic materials had shot up," he said. "I checked for myself and he was right. I went to the well-known distributors in Jeddah and found they had nothing." He said he then turned to suppliers in Yanbu. "They had materials, but were charging SR180 for a bag of cement. Only last week the price was SR130." The metal wire used to fix cement, he added, had gone up even more, from SR25 to SR60 for a batch. One consumer noted that plumbing materials and breeze blocks had also risen significantly and said the rise was due to suppliers stockpiling in a deliberate bid to push up prices. But Ahmad Al-Otaibi of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry said it was due to a rise in prices abroad. "Exporting countries have raised their prices, but the other effect here is also due to delays in unloading materials at Jeddah Port," said Al-Otaibi, who sits on the Chamber’s Construction Materials Committee. He did not rule out the influence of local traders to hide materials in a bid to push up prices. "Some might be acting contrary to regulations, but if that is proven to be the case, they will face stern penalties," he said. Source: Saudi Gazette
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Intellectual property rights: Kingdom loses SR 10 billion annually
JEDDAH: Dr. Majid Qaroub, a top intellectual-property lawyer in the region, disclosed that the Kingdom is losing SR10 billion annually due to violations of intellectual property, which include counterfeit goods, commodities and computer programs. Dr. Qaroub stressed that there is a dire need for comprehensive implementation of relevant laws. He said the Kingdom has more than 2,000 lawyers, but you can count on one hand the number that specialize in intellectual property. Dr. Qaroub called for intensifying subjects in higher education for legal specialists and attracting students to study this specialization, which encourages thinkers to develop innovations and boosts opportunities for new inventions. Dr. Qaroub said existing laws are recognized internationally, but the problem lies in the related authorities, particularly the ministries of Commerce, Culture and Information, in addition to King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, which lack financial capabilities and qualified employees. "We are still suffering from weak supervision of these legal violations," he said. "The regulations are meant to protect both the companies and the consumers. There is also difficulty in providing sufficient proof to grant victims their rights or compensation." In most cases, the victims are not compensated, he added. People look for what is free or cheap, due to a weak legal culture, a lack of awareness about the importance of quality and the spread of poverty, he said. Dr. Qaroub said it is important to instill the principle of respecting others' rights and the necessity to comply with them. He said all authorities must act to spread awareness about the importance of intellectual property and called for effective initiatives and public-private partnerships to develop and disseminate the culture of intellectual property and respect for the laws. Dr. Qaroub stressed that this culture would reflect positively on Saudi inventors and thinkers, and encourage them to register local patent rights and create real products that will benefit society. He confirmed that litigation in intellectual property cases is rare and attributed this to a lack of awareness among people or the laziness of victims in demanding their rights. He said if a case is registered, it is referred to the Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution to demand for the public right and then the case is referred to the court on a separate track to compensate the victim for his private right. Dr. Qaroub stressed that countries should stand together in solidarity and added that the solution is in creating more awareness and imposing penalties and fines on buyers and sellers. Source: Saudi Gazette
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Doubling of customs tariffs on tobacco under study
JEDDAH: Efforts are being exerted to issue an integrated regulation to prevent the sale of cigarettes to people under 18 - in addition to studies that would increase customs tariffs on tobacco, sources told Okaz/Saudi Gazette. A number of ministries and related authorities are involved in preparing the regulation, which would include penalties including fines and the mechanism for implementing them, sources said. In the same connection, the ministries of Finance, Health and Commerce and their counterparts in GCC countries are studying the prospect of doubling customs tariffs on tobacco products and their derivatives as health and customs tariffs, according to sources. Sources confirmed that the ministries concerned are in contact with the World Trade Organization to get a legal basis to raise the tariffs and expect the results of the talks early next month. Source: Saudi Gazette
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Rabigh Refining and Petrochemicals Co net income doubles
Saudi Arabia's Rabigh Refining and Petrochemicals Co (PetroRabigh) has said its net income has more than doubled in the first quarter, Bloomberg has reported. The company's quarterly profit rose to SR698.5m from SR271.5m a year earlier as output and sales increased. Source: Ame info
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First Saudi-made car to his market in 2-3 years
Ghazal, the first Saudi-made car is expected to be officially launched in the kingdom by the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014, Arab News has reported. The car is based on the Mercedes-Benz G class-based SUV, was first exhibited at the 80th Geneva International Motor Show in Switzerland in March. Engineers at King Saud University designed the sport utility vehicle for the desert climate of Gulf countries "in collaboration with several major companies, including Motorola, Mercedes-Benz and Magna Canada," Said Darwish, an industrial engineering professor at KSU, said. Source: Ame Info
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JWT and Leo Burnett keep hold of STC account
Saudi Telecom's has decided to keep its advertising business with JWT and Leo Burnett following a review process that lasted the best part of a year, Campaign ME has reported. The review included a number of agencies, including Saatchi & Saatchi, Y&R, Memac Ogilvy, Grey and Jeddah-based 3-Points Advertising. STC's media buying and planning account was retained by Starcom in May last year. The Saudi Telecom account had been one of the most sought after in the Gulf region, thanks to STC's standing among the region's top advertisers. Source: Ame Info
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Alsalam gets SR 545m air force contract
RIYADH: Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) awarded SR545 million C-130 technical support services (TSP) contract to Riyadh-based Alsalam Aircraft Company, established in 1988 under Saudi Arabia’s Economic Offset Program. RSAF has awarded the contract for a second time to Alsalam Aircraft Co., a joint venture company with Boeing Industrial Technology Group (BITG) which is holding 50 percent share, Saudi Arabian Airlines (25 percent), Saudi Advanced Industries Company (10 percent), Gulf Investment Company (10 percent), and the National Industrialization Company (five percent). The contract is for a period of five years from April 2011 to March 2016. In the contract, Alsalam will provide skilled manpower to support and train the RSAF to maintain the RSAF fleet within and outside the Kingdom. The first similar contract that Alsalam won for C-130 was for a period of three years from 2008 to 2011. "The RSAF and Alsalam Aircraft Company have a solid working relationship since 1989. Since then Alsalam has provided technical support and programmed depot maintenance (PDM) on RSAF fleets, including F-15, Tornados, AWACS E-3A and KE3-A F-15, C-130 in addition to the RSAF helicopter aircraft," according to a company press statement. Alsalam success in these projects has enhanced its position as an "economic offset company", the statement said. It contributes to the country’s strategy to develop self-sufficiency in the field of civil and military aircraft maintenance, overhaul and modification through the transfer of technology and the training of Saudi nationals. By winning the C-130 TSP contract Alsalam is looking toward opening more career opportunities for Saudi nationals and continuing its plans to attract and hire Saudis in the aviation industry, it said. With a workforce of 2,700 employees on its payroll, Alsalam has achieved a 52-percent Saudization. The skilled workers have been engaged in various technical capacities both at civil and military programs across the country. Source: Saudi Gazette
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Passport e-services upgraded
JEDDAH: Prince Muhammad bin Naif, assistant interior minister for security affairs, on Saturday launched a new electronic service system for Saudis and expatriates. People can access the service by logging in to the website www.epassport.gov.sa. "This system will enable Saudis and expatriates to receive all types of services such as issuance of passports, birth certificates or other documents electronically without visiting their offices," the prince said during the opening ceremony. Maj. Gen. Salim Al-Belaihed, director general of the Passports Department, said the new system was introduced to facilitate procedures and help people get the various passport services without visiting the department’s offices. "This service also comes as part of our efforts to improve our electronic services," he said. Muhammad Al-Shaibi, assistant director general of the National Information Center, said the new electronic gateway of the Interior Ministry brings all security and service departments of the ministry under one umbrella. "This will make things easy for both Saudis and expatriates," he said. Al-Shaibi described the passport website as the most visited government portals in the Kingdom. "We are continuing our efforts to upgrade the services through this website," he added. Source: Arab News RIYADH: Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) awarded SR545 million C-130 technical support services (TSP) contract to Riyadh-based Alsalam Aircraft Company, established in 1988 under Saudi Arabia’s Economic Offset Program. RSAF has awarded the contract for a second time to Alsalam Aircraft Co., a joint venture company with Boeing Industrial Technology Group (BITG) which is holding 50 percent share, Saudi Arabian Airlines (25 percent), Saudi Advanced Industries Company (10 percent), Gulf Investment Company (10 percent), and the National Industrialization Company (five percent). The contract is for a period of five years from April 2011 to March 2016. In the contract, Alsalam will provide skilled manpower to support and train the RSAF to maintain the RSAF fleet within and outside the Kingdom. The first similar contract that Alsalam won for C-130 was for a period of three years from 2008 to 2011. "The RSAF and Alsalam Aircraft Company have a solid working relationship since 1989. Since then Alsalam has provided technical support and programmed depot maintenance (PDM) on RSAF fleets, including F-15, Tornados, AWACS E-3A and KE3-A F-15, C-130 in addition to the RSAF helicopter aircraft," according to a company press statement. Alsalam success in these projects has enhanced its position as an "economic offset company", the statement said. It contributes to the country’s strategy to develop self-sufficiency in the field of civil and military aircraft maintenance, overhaul and modification through the transfer of technology and the training of Saudi nationals. By winning the C-130 TSP contract Alsalam is looking toward opening more career opportunities for Saudi nationals and continuing its plans to attract and hire Saudis in the aviation industry, it said. With a workforce of 2,700 employees on its payroll, Alsalam has achieved a 52-percent Saudization. The skilled workers have been engaged in various technical capacities both at civil and military programs across the country. Source: Saudi Gazette Saudi Telecom's has decided to keep its advertising business with JWT and Leo Burnett following a review process that lasted the best part of a year, Campaign ME has reported. The review included a number of agencies, including Saatchi & Saatchi, Y&R, Memac Ogilvy, Grey and Jeddah-based 3-Points Advertising. STC's media buying and planning account was retained by Starcom in May last year. The Saudi Telecom account had been one of the most sought after in the Gulf region, thanks to STC's standing among the region's top advertisers. Source: Ame Info Ghazal, the first Saudi-made car is expected to be officially launched in the kingdom by the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014, Arab News has reported. The car is based on the Mercedes-Benz G class-based SUV, was first exhibited at the 80th Geneva International Motor Show in Switzerland in March. Engineers at King Saud University designed the sport utility vehicle for the desert climate of Gulf countries "in collaboration with several major companies, including Motorola, Mercedes-Benz and Magna Canada," Said Darwish, an industrial engineering professor at KSU, said. Source: Ame Info
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