In the presence of His Excellency the Minister of Labor, Engineer Adel Faqih, Safari Company held a ceremony on Tuesday, 11 Thou-Elquida 1434, corresponding to September 17, 2013 AD, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh on the occasion of "Employment of more than 1,000 Saudi". A number of officials, businessmen and journalists, also attended. Celebration Program included a review of the success track that the company had achieved to reach this achievement. In addition, it comprised a group of the company Saudi male and female employees showing their experiences that led them to continue the success to reach their leadership positions. They expressed their happiness by taking part in this leading national company. The Chairman of the Company, Mr. Saleh Bin Ali Al Sagri, talked about the great role played by the company in realizing the concept of Saudization in its true, important, and vital sense to push forward the national economy, in addition to its importance in giving the opportunity to qualified Saudi youth, and its emphasis on success and superiority
In return, in his speech on this occasion, His Excellency the Minister of Labor, Engineer Adel Faqih, praised the positive role of the private sector in the adoption of youth employment. He expressed his admiration for this outstanding number of Saudi employees. He appealed to the other economic sectors to achieve this national goal, which reflects the government policies in developing Saudi human-being by participation in the private sector business. Moreover, he expressed his happiness to the role played by the Company in its field with such distinctive successes and substantial role in the development of the Kingdom through its giant projects.
At the end of the ceremony outstanding employees of the company were honored, and commemorative gifts and shields are exchanged. The Chairman of Safari handed a commemorative gift to His Excellency the Minister. Likewise, His Excellency the Minister handed the Ministry's Honorary Shield to Safari as a remark to this achievement, and to this success and ideal role toward the national youth by giving them the adequate opportunities of work.
It is worth mentioning that Safari Company is one of the major companies operating in the field of operation and maintenance, construction and management of hospitals, and operates a number of large projects in a variety of fields. In the forefront projects comes: King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, and University of Princess Nora in Riyadh, in addition to a wide range of construction projects in a number of cities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Company's strategic vision and vital mission provides a great interest in qualified human resources in the business implementation to achieve plans with Saudi youth in the forefront.