"Brits Go Home!"... er, I mean "don't"........
May 26th 2013, 12:22 pm
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Re: "Brits Go Home!"... er, I mean "don't"........
Would the last expat to leave please turn off the lights
May 26th 2013, 12:27 pm
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I spend around 12k AED a year on fuel. The subsidy in that is around 12k. Then there is the water, free roads, parks, etc. It all adds up. I can't see my small housing fee covering all of that.
May 26th 2013, 4:16 pm
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Re: "Brits Go Home!"... er, I mean "don't"........
Anyone under ED level is not a person.
May 26th 2013, 6:30 pm
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May 27th 2013, 5:31 am
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Re: "Brits Go Home!"... er, I mean "don't"........
There are "fees", and then there are inflated school and housing fees. And of course "chiller" fees for those living in areas with district cooling
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May 27th 2013, 10:31 am
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Re: "Brits Go Home!"... er, I mean "don't"........
May 27th 2013, 2:05 pm
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Re: "Brits Go Home!"... er, I mean "don't"........
I think the survey did not sufficiently clarify that they meant those expats too. There is the assumption that by 'expats' we mean people who look like us, and not cleaners etc.
May 27th 2013, 2:08 pm
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Absolutely right. A lot of money is spent on making sure things aren't just slightly better than Amman. A lot of things are a lot better, in fact good enough that we stay and do our jobs. Otherwise there would be a much smaller pool of job applicants to choose from.
May 28th 2013, 8:59 am
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Re: "Brits Go Home!"... er, I mean "don't"........
Seems like quite a high number to me?
May 28th 2013, 11:07 am
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Not at all. The population is very very young, growing fast and already suffering 30%+ unemployment.
May 28th 2013, 11:20 am
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The Saudi government is extremely concerned about unemployment among the kingdom's young men, and they are trying to implement measures to alleviate the problem and thereby reduce the risk of radicalisation. I'm not sure anyone outside the kingdom actually knows the degree of success being achieved, but there are so many structural problems that success is always going to be limited.
May 28th 2013, 11:42 am
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The Saudi government is extremely concerned about unemployment among the kingdom's young men, and they are trying to implement measures to alleviate the problem and thereby reduce the risk of radicalisation. I'm not sure anyone outside the kingdom actually knows the degree of success being achieved, but there are so many structural problems that success is always going to be limited.
