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Towards A Unified Zakat System

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In addition, Saudi Arabia is also privileged to have vastGas supplies. Associated gas from the Kingdom's oilfields ischannelled into the US$12 billion Master Gas-Gathering<strong>System</strong> (MGS), which is one of the largest engineeringprojects in the world. The MGS comprises gas-gatheringtreatment and transmission plants, and provides the basisfor the development of the Kingdom's petrochemicalindustries.The two major mineral sectors deal with the extraction ofbuilding materials and metals for further processing andindustrial use. By 1993, these two sectors contributed 2percent of non-oil output (Information Published byGovernment, 1996).The government's 1974 industrial strategy was intended toachieve development and diversification of the non-oil basedindustrial sector, alongside substantial private sectorparticipation. Much of the value of these industrialdevelopments has been in the refining and petrochemicalindustries, which accounted for 60 percent of the totalvalue of industrial investment between 1985 and 1992.However, in 1996 the total number of licensed industrialprojects in the SA was still 2,078, with a total investmentof over US$33.33 billion (Ministry of Finance, 1996).25

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