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Following the royal decree on Friday ordering the payment of two additional monthly salaries to all employees working in the public sector, I received messages from a number of readers who called for those employed in the private sector to also be included in the move. They also highlighted a few other points.
Many of them said the money they receive from the kind royal gesture would be spent paying Saher traffic fines.
They said Saher hunts people in streets and alleys. They said Saher uses all its means to take money out of their pockets and that this money ends up in the hands of a private company whose sole aim is to make money.
They said the traffic police support this system and they asked whether it is the objective of the traffic police to deplete their pockets?
Maybe citizens will be saved via a royal decree, particularly since it is still a controversial issue among scholars and does not have the approval of the Shoura Council.
Something also needs to be done for part-time students at King Abdulaziz University. Like their counterparts in other universities, part-time students are trying to improve their abilities to contribute to the process of nation building. They pay huge amounts in tuition fees and incur many other expenses. These students hope to be relieved from paying tuition.
Then there are those students who do not receive their monthly stipends because they have received academic warnings or their grades have dropped. Many of these students and their families have no income except the monthly stipends. Why should they be deprived of it? Their low grades may be because of emergencies. They are, however, Saudi citizens and we have to stand by them.
These kind gestures should also include university staff who are on temporary contracts. They should be included in the bonus.
While government employees, those who are retired and students have been covered by the reward, there are other sectors of society which are not included. They are those who work in the private sector and earn very low salaries. They are also citizens who deserve support.
Many of those who wrote to me were hoping to make this bonus an annual event. They said it might be given to them in Ramadan to enable poor families to pay for the huge expenses associated with the holy month.
Many of them said the money they receive from the kind royal gesture would be spent paying Saher traffic fines.
They said Saher hunts people in streets and alleys. They said Saher uses all its means to take money out of their pockets and that this money ends up in the hands of a private company whose sole aim is to make money.
They said the traffic police support this system and they asked whether it is the objective of the traffic police to deplete their pockets?
Maybe citizens will be saved via a royal decree, particularly since it is still a controversial issue among scholars and does not have the approval of the Shoura Council.
Something also needs to be done for part-time students at King Abdulaziz University. Like their counterparts in other universities, part-time students are trying to improve their abilities to contribute to the process of nation building. They pay huge amounts in tuition fees and incur many other expenses. These students hope to be relieved from paying tuition.
Then there are those students who do not receive their monthly stipends because they have received academic warnings or their grades have dropped. Many of these students and their families have no income except the monthly stipends. Why should they be deprived of it? Their low grades may be because of emergencies. They are, however, Saudi citizens and we have to stand by them.
These kind gestures should also include university staff who are on temporary contracts. They should be included in the bonus.
While government employees, those who are retired and students have been covered by the reward, there are other sectors of society which are not included. They are those who work in the private sector and earn very low salaries. They are also citizens who deserve support.
Many of those who wrote to me were hoping to make this bonus an annual event. They said it might be given to them in Ramadan to enable poor families to pay for the huge expenses associated with the holy month.
