位于西非的岡比亞共和國(guó)從2月1日起實(shí)行每周四天工作制，所有公共事務(wù)部門每周一至周四早8點(diǎn)至晚6點(diǎn)辦公，學(xué)校可自由選擇在周六或周日補(bǔ)一天課，私營(yíng)部門則不受此限。岡比亞共和國(guó)總統(tǒng)表示，縮短工作時(shí)間是為了讓大家有更多的時(shí)間禮拜祈禱、進(jìn)行社交活動(dòng)，以及在田間耕作。批評(píng)人士則認(rèn)為此舉會(huì)助長(zhǎng)人們的懶惰習(xí)性，讓本已落后的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況雪上加霜。岡比亞共和國(guó)總?cè)丝诩s180萬(wàn)，大部分為穆斯林。花生出口是該國(guó)的主要經(jīng)濟(jì)支柱，因其海灘眾多，也是熱門旅游勝地。

The Gambia has started a four-day week for public sector workers, with Fridays now an extra day off.

The Gambia has started a four-day week for public sector workers, with Fridays now an extra day off.

President Yahya Jammeh has said the shorter week will give The Gambia's mainly Muslim population more time to pray, socialize and tend to fields.

Critics say his latest decision will promote laziness and disrupt the poor West African state's economy.

Agriculture, especially peanut exports, forms the backbone of The Gambia's economy.

It is also a popular tourist destination, because of its beaches.

Most people in The Gambia, which has a population of about 1.8 million, are Muslims for whom Friday is a day of prayer.

Fridays and Saturdays are non-working days in most of the Muslim world but some say this disrupts work with Western countries, who have Saturdays and Sundays off.

In a statement last month, Mr Jammeh's office said that from 1 February, the working times in the public sector would be Mondays to Thursdays from 08:00 to 18:00.

"This new arrangement will allow Gambians to devote more time to prayers, social activities and agriculture - going back to the land and grow what we eat and eat what we grow, for a healthy and wealthy nation."

The statement said state schools would also be closed on Fridays, but were free to open on Saturdays to compensate for the lost day.

Until now, government employees have been working a five-day week, from 08:00 to 16:00.

The change means they would still work a 40-hour week, but critics say it would be disruptive.

They point out that the private sector would still work on Fridays, but would not be able to do any business with the government on that day.

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(Source: BBC)

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