Minister: NEOM gives Sri Lankan employees
Minister: NEOM gives Sri Lankan employees "a lifetime opportunity."
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Colombo: Sri Lankan professionals and skilled workers have a huge opportunity in the NEOM Smart City in Saudi Arabia, according to a government minister of the South Asian country on Friday.

During a recent visit to the Kingdom on business, Labor and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara stayed at the site of the megaproject in northwestern Tabuk province.

He also met with Ahmed bin Sulaiman Al-Rajhi, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development in Saudi Arabia, to talk about ways to improve labor relations and qualified on some of the important infrastructure projects being carried out under the Saudi Sri Lankan workers can get jobs. Vision 2030.

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I was amazed by the amount of work done in NEOM, a futuristic concept, Nanayakkara told Arab News. Additionally, once the project is finished, it will bring significant changes to both traditional tourism and contemporary life.

“NEOM offers a significant amount of job opportunities across various categories, and I am trying to educate as many hopeful migrant workers to take advantage of this,” he continued.

He said that professionals in the building, engineering, information technology and urban planning sectors have some excellent opportunities.

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World class engineers, architects and town planners come from Sri Lanka. They can offer their technical and artistic skills. For most of them, it will be a once in a lifetime opportunity as projects like NEOM are uncommon in the world.

As it passes through its worst financial crisis since gaining independence in 1948 and is in dire need of foreign exchange, Sri Lanka is keen to find work for its professionals abroad.

The island nation of 22 million people formally went into default on its debts in April, and since it lacks foreign exchange reserves, it has been unable to pay for imports. Most of its residents experience daily power cuts and shortages of essential commodities.

For many years, remittances by Sri Lankans working abroad have been a major source of foreign exchange for the nation.

Foreign remittances will unquestionably make an immediate contribution, according to Nanayakkara, who also said that participation in NEOM will benefit Sri Lankan workers in the long run.

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“The knowledge and experience they gain while working for NEOM will strengthen their professional credentials.

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