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JEDDAH – A one-week sign language training program for media women and social workers organized by the Deaf Club of Jeddah with the cooperation of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) concluded here on Wednesday. The program, under the patronage and sponsorship of Princess Sitat Bint Abdullah the CEO of the Supreme Council of the Deaf Club for women in Jeddah and a member of the Arab Federation for the Deaf, aimed to increase the number of people in the media and social work organizations capable of communicating with deaf people.

A similar one-week training program for men will be held starting from Mar. 27.

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JEDDAH – The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry will organize a Catalog Exhibition on March 21-22 with the participation of a number of Indian companies to display their industrial and consumer products.

The Indian trade delegation accompanying the companies will conclude with Saudi businessmen agreements for the enhancement of trade and investment relations between the two countries.

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JEDDAH – Gold prices are expected to fall in the second half of 2010 and first quarter of 2011, according to the Gold  Mining  fields company GFMS analysis, said Ali Saleh Batarfi Al- Kindi , deputy head of gold manufactures and member of the Jeddah committee.

GFMS is the worlds foremost precious metals consultancy specializing in research into the global gold, silver, platinum and pladium markets.

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JEDDAH – The Saudi Labor Market Exhibition kicked off Saturday with the signing of a contract to provide training and jobs for 1,588 young Saudi men and women in different sectors at a cost of SR51 million.

The contracts were negotiated and signed between the Human Resources Fund (HRF) in Makkah and 17 private companies.

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JEDDAH – On behalf of Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah Region, Prince Mishal Bin Majed Bin Abdul Aziz, Governor of Jeddah, will open next Saturday the second Labor Market Exhibition which highlights efforts to find work for the local population and gives Saudis the chance to look at the estimated 100,000 job vacancies open to them.

According to JCCI deputy chairman Mazen Batterjee, the four-day event organized by Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), the Ministry of Labor and the Human Resources Development Fund, gathers the Kingdoms leading companies in providing employment.

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Jeddah – The Lord Mayor of London Aldermen Nick Anstee with a trade delegation of 19 British companies met with a number of high officials and members of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sunday.

The delegation is visiting to enhance business ties and raise awareness of business opportunities in London. The delegation showed willingness to share expertise and discussed ways to enhance the bilateral ties between the two countries.

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JEDDAH – The 10th annual Saudi wedding exhibition entitled “Our Weddings and Brides 2010″ will open here Feb. 28 under the patronage of Princess Dr. Moudy Bint Mansour Bin Abdul Aziz.

In the three-day exhibition, 150 Saudi and international companies will display the latest fashions in wedding dresses, gold jewelry, flower arrangements, antiques, gifts, sweets, and wedding invitations, according to Iman Adel Abdulshakour, the executive president of the company organizing the exhibition.

The exhibition will also feature the participation of a number of charity organizations, academics, wedding experts, and designers from the Kingdom and abroad who will provide educational lectures and advice on the economics of marriage, the wedding customs and traditions of the Kingdom, and bridal health both before and after marriage, Abdulshakour said.

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JEDDAH – The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the German and Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GACIA) and renewed a previous agreement with the Arab and British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC).

JCCI Vice Chairman Mazen Batarjee and GACIA Secretary General Abdulaziz Al-Meklafi signed the first agreement at the Jeddah Hilton Hotel. The memorandum is aimed at supporting Arab joint chambers, introducing services and facilities to members, and to ensure cooperation on all commercial and economic matters. Visits between the two bodies will also be encouraged in the future.

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JEDDAH – The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) has signed an agreement with Russian company Geotech to extract any remaining material from existing oil wells in the Kingdom.

The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the Jeddah Economic Forum, in the presence of Mazen Batarjee, Deputy Chairman of the JCCI, Sergei Koznitsov, the Russian Consul General in Jeddah and Geotechs vice president Vlasov Alex.

However, the agreement requires the approval from Saudi Aramco first before any work can be started on any oil wells.

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JEDDAH: Despite women’s strong presence in the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), the second day at the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) did not attract a large number of women. The forum is back this year with a more informative agenda, calling itself once again as an annual event that draws the world’s top economists and government leaders. However, women delegates are disappointed that only one of the 35 people scheduled to speak is a woman — the Swedish trade minister, Ewa Helena Bjrling.

Barbara Schumacher, a German journalist who came to JEF for the third time for media coverage, said she was disappointed by the lack of women’s participation and attendance. “I was really shocked when I read the program and found there was only one woman speaker. The program two years ago was more interesting because a number of Saudi women were among the speakers,” she said.

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