While there is a lot of money in the GCC it is not spend and blast the consequences as it used to be. I think that some development dollars might come to the DR from "Arab ties" - after all Thailand and Maylasia (or Bahrain closer to home) have been visited to death by the Arab populace and a new playground to visit would be fun; I do hope that Fernandez is not putting too many of his eggs in this basket. In casual conversation with a friend yesterday it was mentioned his Gulf based construction/design company is entering their third round of layoffs in the last two years and that he doesn't think the people laid off will be able to find jobs to replace the ones they are losing.
But if the Arabs come to the DR and start building it won't be too much of a culture shock. :bunny:
While reading the article linked below I was amazed at how similar I think the content would be if such an article were to be written about the DR. (for example on pg 4 when talking about the techs - just substitute Haiti for subcontinent)
"Fair enough, coming from the subcontinent, they may not be fully educated and they may not be able to speak the language, but in terms of whether it?s a DV dressing, the connection of pipes, whatever, they?ll do exactly what they?re told."
Lessons Learnt | ConstructionWeekOnline.com
But if the Arabs come to the DR and start building it won't be too much of a culture shock. :bunny:
While reading the article linked below I was amazed at how similar I think the content would be if such an article were to be written about the DR. (for example on pg 4 when talking about the techs - just substitute Haiti for subcontinent)
"Fair enough, coming from the subcontinent, they may not be fully educated and they may not be able to speak the language, but in terms of whether it?s a DV dressing, the connection of pipes, whatever, they?ll do exactly what they?re told."
Lessons Learnt | ConstructionWeekOnline.com
