Pinoy engineers get kudos from Saudi engineers’ council

Filipino engineers and architects in Saudi Arabia received kudos from their host country's council of engineers for their professionalism and work ethic.

Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE) secretary-general Ghazi Al-Abassi said Filipino architects and engineers update themselves on latest developments in their profession.

“They hold seminars and conventions monthly, which makes them more effective in their participation in the Kingdom’s development,” a report on Arab News quoted Al-Abassi as saying at the fourth mid-year general membership assembly of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers-Central Region Saudi Arabia.

He added Filipino engineers have shown their ability for hard work and to deal with their superiors and colleagues from other countries.

He also said he wishes the number of Filipino engineers and architects would further increase.

Presently, he said there are 16,297 Filipino engineers and architects registered with the SCE.

For his part, Philippine Council of Engineers and Architects  chairman Mario Balboa congratulated the PSME-CRSA chapter under Rowell Somido.

“Your commitment to be at the forefront of the revolution to transform your organizations vision into reality is an already overwhelming achievement,” he said.

“The triumph of each general membership assembly is a testament to the camaraderie, team work and the steadfast will of Filipino professionals to sustain an international assembly that will put us a cut above the rest,” Balboa added. —Joel Locsin/KBK, GMA News