Engineering offices to pay municipal fees by ATM JEDDAH – The Mayor's office in Jeddah has introduced an ATM payment system to accept the payment of engineering office fees. Tariq Shalbi of the Relations of Engineering Offices at the Mayoralty said the new system would allow engineering offices to pay fees through banks and ATM networks relieving them of the need to send representatives in person to the Mayoralty's Licensing Office. – SPA/SG Unified camp for JCCI poll nominees By Hamdan Al-Harbi JEDDAH – The committees supervising the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry elections intend to set up a single election camp grouping all candidates and their programs, sources have said. The camp will be rented out to the 65 candidates at a unified nominal fee. Voting begins in Rabegh and Al-Qunfuda Oct. 10, followed by Al-Leeth Province the next day and Jeddah the following day. Voting in Jeddah will be a two-day affair at the Exhibition Center. – Okaz/SG Airline staff return SR10,000 to passenger By Sattam Al-Jumay'ah HAIL – Two staff members of Saudi Arabian Airlines here returned SR10,000 to a passenger who left the amount on the ticket counter and flew to his destination. The two staff members, Yazeed Miqbil and Yousif Al-Masa'ad, found the amount and identified the passenger through reservation records. They deposited the money in the bank account of the passenger who thanked them for their honesty and integrity. – Okaz/SG Saudi-Sudan civil aviation accord signed KHARTOUM – Saudi civil aviation authorities have signed an agreement with Sudan on transportation of pilgrims, Mohammed Abdul Aziz, Director General of the Sudanese Civil Aviation, has said. In a press statement he noted that the agreement comes in line with the ongoing policy aimed at extending the best possible services to the pilgrims. He pointed out that other talks will be held by the two parties pertaining to flights at the Saudi and Sudanese airports notably the airports of Jeddah and Riyadh. – SPA Lecture today on Umar Bin Khattab JEDDAH – A lecture on Caliph Umar Bin Khattab will be delivered Wednesday at a venue close to the Isteqdam office here. Abdul Sattar Khan, a well-known journalist and researcher, will be the main speaker. “This is part of a monthly lecture series on 10 heavenly-bound companions of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him),” said Abdul Mateen Osmani, the main organizer. The lecture will start at 9 P.M. Those interested my contact Abu Abdullah on 0508604182 or Abu Mohammed on 0503619311. Special seating arrangements have been made for women with CCTV. – SG 28,000 employees receive late salary By Muhammad Al-Zahrani TAIF– The late payment of Ramadan salary for 28,000 employees of the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) was deposited in their accounts Tuesday. The company held off the salary to avoid any confusion and system glitches to pre-scheduled payments according to the Gregorian calendar, said Saud Al-Shammari, vice president for human recourses. Government agencies pay out Ramadan salaries at least 10 days ahead of Eid. The SEC plans to pay its employees at the end of each month in the Islamic calendar.
