52% of Saudi Female Students Obese According to A Study

The King Abdul Aziz National Guard Hospital in the Eastern Province organized an “obesity awareness day” in which students both males and females were tested.

The regional head of Health Affairs, Ahmed Al-Oraifij, said that the studies showed 20 percent of the Kingdom’s males to be obese compared to 52 percent of females.

"The rate is continually going up", He added.

“The study showed that obesity was predominantly caused by either hereditary conditions or poor lifestyles, which included a lack of exercise and poor eating habits,” Al-Oraifij said. – Okaz/SG

Camel Beauty Contest - 60 Million SR in Prizes

If you are camel, here is a grea t piece of news for you. 60 millions Saudi Riyals worth of prizes are waiting for you at the King Abdul Aziz camel beauty contest in Um Riqaiba near the northern town of Hafr Al-Batin. Aside from cash prizes, various cars will also be given to the winners. A camel race is also slated to take place according to the organizer.

That means, it will a beauty and strenght competetion for you camel out there.

SR60m sales at contest

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“The sponsorship system ... doesn’t work.."

In a Saudi Gazette article today, a executive of Manpower, a global employment services provider, emphasized the importance of Saudi Arabia overhauling its labor market.

“Saudi (Arabia) is developing a lot of individual bilateral treaties to bring the right kinds of skilled workers,” Arkless said. “But the 19th century labor construct in the country is doing the country no favors from a competitiveness point of view.”

“The sponsorship system ... doesn’t work, so we need to reform the labor policy,” Arkless said at Fourth Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh.

David Arkless is a speaker in the just concluded Fourth Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh.

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Graduates with foreign degrees have better openings in job market

Many companies complain that Saudi employees, especially those educated in the Kingdom, are not properly educated and have little work ethics. However, as far as recruiters and human resources developers are concerned, having a foreign degree is useful on a personal level rather than an educational one.

Graduates with foreign degrees have better openings in job market

$800 Billion Dollars Investment Abroad

Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Sultan, professor of economics at Imam Mohammad bin Sa'ud University in Saudi Arabia, has estimated Saudi investments abroad at $800 billion. He said that this amount would discourage foreign investors from coming to Saudi Arabia on the assumption that if the Saudis cannot find enough opportunities to invest in their own country there is no reason for a foreign investor to try.[Al-Sutan may have ignored the fact that at least part of the Saudi investments abroad is in the form of capital flight by senior officials, including members of the royal family. It is a form of an insurance policy.]Source: Al-Jazirah, Saudi Arabia, January 24, 2010The MEMRI Blog - Full Blog Entry
Source: Al-Jazirah, Saudi Arabia, January 24, 2010

Eating Time in Saudi Workforce!

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Growing up with a mother of non-Saudi origin

In a study that appeared in the 2004 issue of the American Journal of Psychology and Aging, researchers said that bilingualism or multilingualism may counter the effects of aging and that it helps keeps the mind young. “People who are bilingual have an advantage over the rest of us, and not just in terms of communication skills. The bilingual brain develops more densely, giving it an advantage in various abilities and skills”, reported WebMD which provides health information. A slightly more tricky situation for children of non-Saudi mothers is when the mother comes from non-Islamic Western background.

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