One of the top destinations of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and will probably maintain that spot as the KSA is set to hire more than 300,000 skilled workers from the Philippines.

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary, Marianito Roque informed recently that the numbers of OFWs in Saudi are expected to reach 1.8 million before the year 2008 ends. Roque said, “By April, we expect the number of OFWs in Saudi to reach 1.5 million and to as high as 1.8 million by the end of the year.”

To stimulate further economic growth, the Kingdom invested in various infrastructure project and the constuction of construction of four super cities in Saudi Arabia eventually will require hiring more foreign workers in the next five years.

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