In addition to providing quality services, it is our responsibility to protect the interests of our customers. This is why, your company STC issued another statement warning customers from anonymous local and international calls misleading customers by telling him that they have won a financial prize and that in order to receive it, they must transfer funds to a certain bank account or send the number of their recharge card or send other personal information such personal identification number for bank transfer or bank account.
Eng. Nawaf bin Saad Al Shalani General Manager of Corporate Communication at STC explained that such calls are misleading and the company has previously warned its customers in this regard after receiving several complaints that they have been subjected to exploitation and manipulation by anonymous callers. Al Shalani urged customers not to respond to these callers urging customers not to reveal their personal information through phone calls or text messages.
He also pointed out that STC follows a clear and unified mechanism to promote its services and launch its marketing offers and promotions using the conventional well known media channels or through the authorized distributers that have been selected meticulously by the Group to ensure fixed prices that cannot be increased or reduced in any way to jeopardize the customers' interests.
Saturday, 9 July 2011
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Toshiba is to release a laptop that will enable people to view 3D images without the need for special glasses.
A Blu-ray player is included for watching high-definition movies and the Qosmio F750 3D can also convert 2D content into 3D.
The laptop, which has a 15.6in display, runs on an Intel Core i7 processor with Nvidia Geforce graphics.
The Toshiba Qosmio F750 will be available from August 2011. It is expected to retail for around £1300.
Source from : http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/news/2084097/toshiba-qosmio-f750-3d-laptop-offers-3d-viewing-glasses
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
GCC citizens can now visit Oman without passport
By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS
Published: May 4, 2010 23:49 Updated: May 4, 2010 23:49
JEDDAH: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) citizens can now visit Oman by just taking their national ID cards and leaving their passports at home, the Saudi Directorate of Passports announced on Tuesday.
Oman had already been providing this facility to Saudi citizens since 2005.
The new move follows a resolution taken by the GCC Supreme Council to help citizens find jobs in the region and facilitate easy movement between member countries.
The ministers of labor and social affairs in GCC countries had also approved a series of resolutions to give their citizens freedom of work, residence and movement in member countries.
In 1993, the Supreme Council of GCC leaders passed a regulation saying all GCC citizens working in the private sector should be treated equally in accordance with an executive bylaw. All GCC countries agreed to implement this decision. The executive office of the GCC ministers of labor and social affairs is currently following up on commitments to provide more employment opportunities for GCC citizens in member countries. It also provides information about job opportunities in GCC states. With employment of GCC citizens in member countries being an issue of strategic importance, the office reports to the Supreme Council on ongoing developments in the region and informs GCC leaders about current obstacles they are facing.
The office also encourages public and private sectors in member countries to employ GCC citizens instead of workers from outside the region. The GCC Consultative Council has also urged member countries to give priority to GCC citizens in the labor market and cut the number of expatriate workers.
It has also advised GCC governments to involve the private sector in plans to nationalize jobs.
The council also wants to increase the cost of employing expatriates in order to discourage private companies from giving them jobs.
It has instructed the office of the GCC ministers of labor and social affairs to make job opportunities in member countries available to GCC citizens only.
Published: May 4, 2010 23:49 Updated: May 4, 2010 23:49
JEDDAH: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) citizens can now visit Oman by just taking their national ID cards and leaving their passports at home, the Saudi Directorate of Passports announced on Tuesday.
Oman had already been providing this facility to Saudi citizens since 2005.
The new move follows a resolution taken by the GCC Supreme Council to help citizens find jobs in the region and facilitate easy movement between member countries.
The ministers of labor and social affairs in GCC countries had also approved a series of resolutions to give their citizens freedom of work, residence and movement in member countries.
In 1993, the Supreme Council of GCC leaders passed a regulation saying all GCC citizens working in the private sector should be treated equally in accordance with an executive bylaw. All GCC countries agreed to implement this decision. The executive office of the GCC ministers of labor and social affairs is currently following up on commitments to provide more employment opportunities for GCC citizens in member countries. It also provides information about job opportunities in GCC states. With employment of GCC citizens in member countries being an issue of strategic importance, the office reports to the Supreme Council on ongoing developments in the region and informs GCC leaders about current obstacles they are facing.
The office also encourages public and private sectors in member countries to employ GCC citizens instead of workers from outside the region. The GCC Consultative Council has also urged member countries to give priority to GCC citizens in the labor market and cut the number of expatriate workers.
It has also advised GCC governments to involve the private sector in plans to nationalize jobs.
The council also wants to increase the cost of employing expatriates in order to discourage private companies from giving them jobs.
It has instructed the office of the GCC ministers of labor and social affairs to make job opportunities in member countries available to GCC citizens only.
Thursday, 22 April 2010
‘Saher’ traffic system launched in Saudi Arabia
By WALAA HAWARI | ARAB NEWS
Published: Apr 21, 2010 00:02 Updated: Apr 21, 2010 00:02
RIYADH: A state-of-the-art traffic management system that can monitor vehicles and track them using license plate recognition technology was launched on Monday.
“Saher,” as the system is called, has been in development for a year and also monitors traffic violations as they happen.
It works by requesting information from a database at the Riyadh Traffic Center, then issuing an automatic ticket whenever a traffic violation has been committed.
However, there are concerns about the system’s efficiency and whether it is using a comprehensive and up-to-date database of drivers’ details.
One week before the Saher was launched, Riyadh’s Traffic Department launched a road safety campaign in coordination with other cities in the Kingdom.
However, many eyewitnesses noticed that during the campaign and while traffic police were monitoring traffic lights, violations were still occurring frequently.
There are also concerns from the public over whether around 130 unmarked traffic police cars are enough to patrol such a large city and if expatriate motorists will be penalized differently.
Arab News’ calls to Riyadh’s traffic officials have been unanswered for three days.
The penalty for motorists speeding through red lights was reformed in 2008. In the past, offenders were suspended from driving for 24 hours, in addition to a minimum SR500 fine that increased if it was not paid within a month. Now, only the fine remains.
According to a paper presented at a forum on national road traffic safety in 2009, there were 4.3 million road accidents from 1989 to 2008 in the Kingdom, resulting in over 86,500 deaths and more than 610,000 injuries. Seven percent of survivors suffer at least one disability.
More than 60 percent of road accidents are caused by reckless driving, while speeding through a red light causes 34 percent of accidents.
It has been 16 years since a national forum on traffic safety was organized by the National Committee for Traffic Safety at King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology.
The forum aimed to identify the causes of road traffic accidents and how to reduce them, yet the recommendations have taken a very long time to be implemented.
The General Directory for Traffic revealed in its report in 2006 that every three hours, two people die on the Kingdom’s roads.
Published: Apr 21, 2010 00:02 Updated: Apr 21, 2010 00:02
RIYADH: A state-of-the-art traffic management system that can monitor vehicles and track them using license plate recognition technology was launched on Monday.
“Saher,” as the system is called, has been in development for a year and also monitors traffic violations as they happen.
It works by requesting information from a database at the Riyadh Traffic Center, then issuing an automatic ticket whenever a traffic violation has been committed.
However, there are concerns about the system’s efficiency and whether it is using a comprehensive and up-to-date database of drivers’ details.
One week before the Saher was launched, Riyadh’s Traffic Department launched a road safety campaign in coordination with other cities in the Kingdom.
However, many eyewitnesses noticed that during the campaign and while traffic police were monitoring traffic lights, violations were still occurring frequently.
There are also concerns from the public over whether around 130 unmarked traffic police cars are enough to patrol such a large city and if expatriate motorists will be penalized differently.
Arab News’ calls to Riyadh’s traffic officials have been unanswered for three days.
The penalty for motorists speeding through red lights was reformed in 2008. In the past, offenders were suspended from driving for 24 hours, in addition to a minimum SR500 fine that increased if it was not paid within a month. Now, only the fine remains.
According to a paper presented at a forum on national road traffic safety in 2009, there were 4.3 million road accidents from 1989 to 2008 in the Kingdom, resulting in over 86,500 deaths and more than 610,000 injuries. Seven percent of survivors suffer at least one disability.
More than 60 percent of road accidents are caused by reckless driving, while speeding through a red light causes 34 percent of accidents.
It has been 16 years since a national forum on traffic safety was organized by the National Committee for Traffic Safety at King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology.
The forum aimed to identify the causes of road traffic accidents and how to reduce them, yet the recommendations have taken a very long time to be implemented.
The General Directory for Traffic revealed in its report in 2006 that every three hours, two people die on the Kingdom’s roads.
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Automatic traffic control and management system in Saudi Arabia
Saher is an automated traffic control and management system covers major cities in Saudi Arabia, and uses the technology of digital cameras network linked with the National Information Center of Ministry of Interior.
Please visit their website and keep yourself updated with new rules in traffic
www.saher.gov.sa
Please visit their website and keep yourself updated with new rules in traffic
www.saher.gov.sa
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