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1. 1. Rayboy | September 3rd, 2006 at 3:36 pm

   where did you get that info? is it for everyone? Public - Private sector?

2. 2. MetallicaMad | September 3rd, 2006 at 3:39 pm

   thts so lame… u hav a tottally off day on friday and a half day on saturday…. y cant they jus stick to thursday nd friday

3. 3. FUZZ | September 3rd, 2006 at 3:54 pm

   fuck! thats gonna suck for us students! i hate the ppl that made this fucking stupid decision.
   like metallica said….KILL ‘EM ALL

   hey metallicamad, i’m a fucking DIE HARD METALLICA FAN

4. 4. equalizer | September 3rd, 2006 at 4:05 pm

   Well that means that for those that had Saturdays off, will have to suffer with traffic and congestion like its Friday :S

5. 5. Mark | September 3rd, 2006 at 4:06 pm

   Diwan el khidma announced it earlier.

6. 6. Thamer | September 3rd, 2006 at 4:08 pm

   What? Where did this decision come from? Do you mean official government weekends or just for your job?

7. 7. Mark | September 3rd, 2006 at 4:13 pm

   official government weekends

8. 8. holla | September 3rd, 2006 at 4:18 pm

   so for the private sector, it’s just going to be half day friday and one day off saturday? 6-day weekdays r kool d00d

9. 9. Eddy | September 3rd, 2006 at 4:21 pm

   so…….are schools public and private also gonna close on friday and saturday?

10. 10. Aqib | September 3rd, 2006 at 4:21 pm

    Yea, It’s been done in the complete middle east, only some places left. Read about it in the newspaper.

11. 11. Mark | September 3rd, 2006 at 4:29 pm

    I think it will be friday off, Saturday half day.
    its just going to be extremely confusing.

12. 12. zaydoun | September 3rd, 2006 at 4:30 pm

    I wrote about this last week on my blog. I’m totally for unifying the weekend to Fri/Sat for the whole country instead of this half-assed weekend we have now.

    BUT… it should be planned for in advance and not just sprung on an unsuspecting population, and in the middle of Ramadan too!

    As for traffic.. It’s bad all week, you won’t feel the difference!

13. 13. RaZ | September 3rd, 2006 at 4:33 pm

    It makes sense since the middle east are off thurs/fri and the west is sat/sun, thats 4 days a week no communication because one side or the other is off, this way it will only be 3.

14. 14. Hashim | September 3rd, 2006 at 4:49 pm

    Prepare for year(s) of chaos.

15. 15. asmaa | September 3rd, 2006 at 5:05 pm

    i’ll miss el 5ames as hell
    it’s my best day ever .. now friday? hello no
    sooo confusing

16. 16. KtheKuwaiti | September 3rd, 2006 at 5:08 pm

    Private sector (banks) has been doing it for some time now … its not that bad. And it finally puts an end to this 3 day gap nonsense (

17. 17. Danny | September 3rd, 2006 at 5:09 pm

    What the hell? This is gonna suck!

18. 18. Thamer | September 3rd, 2006 at 5:22 pm

    Weird… no news about this on KUNA’s site. I searched for “weekend”, no results. Nothing on The Kuwait Times either.

19. 19. Mark | September 3rd, 2006 at 5:24 pm

    i am just a messenger not CNN. I guess we will have to wait till tomorrows newspapers for news.
    Its messed up how there isnt a decent news site for kuwait with up to date news..

20. 20. Ro | September 3rd, 2006 at 5:28 pm

    I think the change would just effect the goverment sector. Private sector would probably still have thursday as a half day and friday off. Earlier this week, I think I read in Arab Times that Friday has to be a day off coz its a day of praying or something. They’d be fuckin stupid if they give us a full day off on friday and then a half day on saturday.

21. 21. Sam | September 3rd, 2006 at 5:30 pm

    What the hell is this?? i dont appriciate this either. I work in priviate company , i dont think they are gonna give me half day off! on saturday. And on the top of that all the government holidays are on saturday… What they are gonna do with that shit?????

22. 22. Thamer | September 3rd, 2006 at 5:56 pm

    I wasn’t suggesting that your information is incorrect, I know how shitty the Kuwaiti news sites are.

23. 23. 767 | September 3rd, 2006 at 5:57 pm

    This is the stupidest idea ever..

    To make sure the public agrees with this decision, there should have been a public vote to choose the weekends..

24. 24. Aziz | September 3rd, 2006 at 6:02 pm

    this is the smartist thing ever happen in Kuwait in a while. if you want to sleep then you can sleep, whether its thursday or saturday. don’t be baby about it.
    the good thing is… imagine you want to deal with a company abroad. offices in Kuwait close on thursday and friday. so you can’t have anything done (-2 days). the companies you’re trying to contact don’t work on sat and sunday (-4 days). all what you’re left with is monday, tuesday and wednesday. and if you had some papers at the ministry to complete… those that get in on wednesday probably wont finish until next sunday (if they did not lose them).

25. 25. Kuwaiti | September 3rd, 2006 at 6:13 pm

    http://www.kuna.net.kw
    http://news.gov.kw
    http://www.alraialaam.com
    Nothing was written there…

26. 26. 767 | September 3rd, 2006 at 7:47 pm

    For years kuwait was operating fine, why now all the changes anyway

27. 27. g-love | September 3rd, 2006 at 8:13 pm

    because kuwait is losing money and the rest of the world doesnt operate on the islamic calendar or the arab weekend. Kuwait was not operating fine as 4/7 days it was not able to trade with the “outside world”.

28. 28. Ron Jeremy's Vaseline | September 3rd, 2006 at 8:44 pm

    They’re going to make the weekends on Saturday and Sunday in Kuwait. If you want to take Fridays off, you have to get an excused absence from the religious guy of the mosque you attend.

29. 29. CyberRowdy | September 3rd, 2006 at 8:49 pm

    http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=901631

    Moving Thursday to Saturday as official weekned wasn”t discussed —

    POL-KUWAIT-SHATTI-WEEKEND
    Moving Thursday to Saturday as official weekned wasn’t discussed —

    Al-Shatti KUWAIT, Sept 3 (KUNA) — Deputy Premier and State Minister for cabinet Affairs Dr. Ismael Al-Shatti on Sunday said the cabinet of ministers did not discuss the issue of moving the first day of weekend, Thursday, to Saturday.

    In a response to a KUNA question on reports circulated over this issue, Al-Shatti said this issue was not on today’s agenda.

30. 30. MetallicaMad | September 3rd, 2006 at 8:53 pm

    hey Fuzz…ssup….. yea man.. i live metallica…. nice to meet u… yea dude.. its gonna suck so hard for us skool kids…. SAD BUT TRUE!! hehe

    tc…

31. 31. Zorbon | September 3rd, 2006 at 9:58 pm

    I am subscribed to a mobile news alert called Kuwaitna… I received a msg an hour ago saying an official declared this was just a rumour…

32. 32. unknown | September 4th, 2006 at 1:15 am

    lol Mark i just tell every one i know about this and now you tell me “seems this was just a rumor that spread around” :)

33. 33. Mark | September 4th, 2006 at 8:09 am

    dude i told everyone also.we need a decent kuwait news site.

34. 34. Fonzy | September 4th, 2006 at 8:23 am

    actually man, i think its true and it will be implemented. dont know when but even the government offices are considering switching their thursday for saturday.

35. 35. TwaiF | September 4th, 2006 at 8:34 am

    Well our government always spread rumors to see wither we (the citizen) like the new rule or we hate it before they make it official. Its true am not kidding.

36. 36. NaughtyButNice | September 4th, 2006 at 9:16 am

    “My article was called “Paying for Sex in Kuwait” and it was about finding hookers in Kuwait and its not nearly as controversial as it could have been. I might publish the article one day but one things for sure, I am going to stick to digital media.”
    Mark.. We are still waiting for this..

37. 37. NaughtyButNice | September 4th, 2006 at 9:17 am

    “My article was called “Paying for Sex in Kuwait” and it was about finding hookers in Kuwait and its not nearly as controversial as it could have been. I might publish the article one day but one things for sure, I am going to stick to digital media”

    Mark… We are still waiting for this…

38. 38. bemyguessed | September 4th, 2006 at 11:04 am

    Is there an echo in here?

39. 39. Entrepreneur | September 4th, 2006 at 9:27 pm

    Someone commented “why the change, kuwait has been working fine”.

    That person needs to either stop taking elicit substances, or leave the country and see how more advanced the rest of the world is in comparison

40. 40. S | September 5th, 2006 at 1:23 am

    I was just talking to my Imaraty friend and she says that the official weekend for UAE and Qatar is Friday and Saturday. Those are the two countries that changed the weekends and its because they said that they are losing 2 days of work cuz offices in Europe dont work Sat. and Sun. and we here dont work Thurs. and Fri. and so thats 4 days of work lost.
    Its a good idea but i think its tough. We’re all used to Thurs. and Fri. and Fri. is the Holy Day so that cant change..

41. 41. moocherx | September 5th, 2006 at 7:38 am

    since everyone seems to hate the western influence on the middle east, shouldn’t you all be lobbying for Europe and the USA to change it’s weekend to Friday/Saturday?

    LOL

42. 42. Amaan | October 2nd, 2006 at 2:33 pm

    no guys i dont think so then will change the weekends timings.as they are used to have off on thursday and friday.

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