2007-09-02 - AME Info | Saudi Arabia | Latest News - Saudi business figures have stressed the need for the kingdom to adopt a Friday-Saturday weekend in order to have a closer alignment to practices in western nations where a Saturday-Sunday break is the norm, reported Arab News. Saudi and Oman are the two remaining members of the GCC not to have altered the traditional Thursday-Friday weekend. The issue was debated earlier this year by the Shoura Council without reaching a consensus.  

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