[Mr al-Rasheed previously told the BBC: 'We're building with the 65 per cent of the
population who are under-30 in mind, and we
have
almost 200,000 Saudis studying abroad.
'Inevitably, they are going to change things when they come back.'
Although the KAEC currently resembles a dusty building site dotted
with cranes, the city is envisioned to eventually be home to two million people.
The target for 2020, accoring to al-Rasheed - is 50,000 residents
and 28,000 jobs, with 25 percent of the city,
or 45 million square metres, developed. ]
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz43v6GWZa7
[High-speed train links to Jiddah and the holy cities
of Mecca and Medina will open in due course,
allowing the city to also become a major travel and tourist hub.]
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