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Saudi is rolling with money hence the illegal workers. People lining up to go there more than the US embassy line in Guyana.

Don't seem to be no sheep herding here. Look at this article.

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Saudi Arabia plans to roll out full car production in Saudi Arabia, part of a broader programme to expand the kingdom’s industrial base, appear set to pick up a gear, with one of the world’s best known marques moving to establish a local manufacturing facility at a time when sales of imported vehicles are rising.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), a unit of the India-based Tata Group, is in the process of evaluating a proposal to set up a production line in the Red Sea city of Yanbu, having signed a memorandum of understanding in December last year to conduct a study on whether the project was feasible. The Saudi proposal came hard on the heels of a deal between JLR and Chinese car maker Chery Automobile to produce Jaguar and Land Rover models at a plant in Shanghai, which will open in 2015.

Under the plan put to JLR, Saudi Arabia would construct a $1bn automotive production centre at the industrial city of Yanbu, which is already home to refineries, a petrochemical complex and other manufacturing businesses. The plant would be leased to JLR, doing away with high set-up costs, and could be in production by 2017, turning out up to 50,000 units, mainly for the regional market. Another factor that would keep costs down would be access to aluminium from the Ma’aden-Alcoa joint venture plant. The smelter is scheduled to begin producing aluminium specifically for the automotive sector by the beginning of next year.