Swan Man, it would lead me to assume you were in both countries against your free will?
The Kingdom and UAE although neighbours are able to exercise their own laws. Why is assisted suicide allowed in Switzerland and not it's neighbouring countries. Why is Cannabis legal in Holland and criminalised in the UK. Why should the Kingdoms rule be the absolute standard?
Of course Muslims who are not eligible or discouraged from fasting are encouraged to consume foodstuff in private and not in the presence of fasting people. I suspect this is not Islamic law but law of the land as a mark of respect to it's majority Muslim population. You ought to respect it or perhaps not bother working or visiting the said countries.