09/09/2014
Reservations on the minimum wage for Indian workers
East Chamber Contracting Committee demands for the involvement of the Saudi contractor in the creation for new stadiums
The East Chamber construction committee stressed on the importance of finding an appropriate formula for national companies as main contractors on the establishment and construction of 11 pitches, that the General Presidency of youth welfare in a number of regions of the Kingdom, pursuant to Royal order in this regard. The members of the Committee at the last meeting (held on Monday September 8 2014 that stadiums are national projects serving youth in the Kingdom, and should fall within the settlement strategy adopted by the Government, to support the private sector, and achieved added value to the national economy by attracting more national experience of engineers and contractors the Saudis and others in implementation of national projects, explaining that the companies have good potential to implement such projects, or participate in its implementation, and that there Several versions of this participation, in the warrant execution speed and quality also.
The Committee has held its meeting, Board member of the Chamber and Chairman of the Committee, headed by Abdul Hakim al-Ammar and discussed many points and issues that concern the Committee, in this ongoing years (2014-2015) as select addresses topics that the Commission intends to discuss during this period, members and chairpersons of working groups of the Commission was renamed. On another level, the Committee expressed a reservation on the move by the Indian Government and imposing minimum salaries of Indian employment, the Commission considered that this decision harms Saudi companies, although it is the highest among the GCC countries.
