08 February 2013 / by Radmila Gurkova

What about a three day weekend?!

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What do you like about Fridays? How do you feel the evening before the weekend is over? Well... what do you think of the idea of a three-day weekend?

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has decreed a four-day working week for Civil Servants, making Friday a day of rest to allow residents in the small West African state more time for prayer and agriculture.

The shorter working week will take effect from February 1.

The new public sector working times in Gambia, a sliver of land stretching inland from the West African coast along the river Gambia, will be Mondays to Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

- How much do you like weekends (and why)?
- What would you do with an extra day off?
- Would your country be healthier and wealthier with a 3-day weekend?
- What are the bad things about a 3-day weekend?

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