RIYADH, 23 July 2007 — The new industrial cities being built in Tabuk, Hail, Eastern Province, Madinah, Rabigh and Jizan will create a total of 2.1 million job opportunities over the period between 2010 and 2020, according to Abdul Wahid Al-Homaid, undersecretary for planning and development at the Labor Ministry.
While presenting a paper in a seminar organized by the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently, Abdul Wahid said: “Out of a total of 1.3 million new permanent jobs in these cities, 170,000 jobs would require skilled workers, 675,000 would be for semi-skilled and 455,000 would need only a low level of skill.”
Abdul Wahid also observed in his paper that 870,000 temporary jobs required in 2010 in the general construction sector would gradually fall to 260,000 jobs by 2020, Al-Madinah newspaper reported yesterday.
