The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has expressed appreciation for the efforts exerted by the Ministry of Labor to reduce the rate of unemployment and to recruit citizens in line with the directives pertaining to the recruitment of the citizens. The King's remarks were made in a cable of reply to Dr Ghazi Al-Quseibi, the Minister of Labor, who had sent a message earlier to the King. In his message, Dr Al-Quseibi said the rate of unemployment has remarkably dropped. The message said the rate of unemployment for the males has dropped from 8 percent to 6.9 percent, while the unemployment of females has dropped from 26.6 to 24.9 percent. Accordingly the number of the unemployed Saudis, males and females, has dropped from 453,994 to 400,019.
