ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2014
LOCAL
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Several MPs lament ‘warning’ on
declining oil prices by Al-Abdullah
No crisis to frighten citizens: Al-Khorafi
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 8:
Several lawmakers lamented the recent warning by
the State Minister for
Cabinet Affairs Sheikh
Mohammed Al-Abdullah
relating to the consequences of the declining oil
prices, stressing the statement is unnecessary, exaggerated and causes much
harm than good, reports
Al-Seyassah daily.
KUNA photo
Officials from Arabian Institute for Planning seen with PAAET delegation
PAAET delegation meet AIP officials
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 8, (KUNA):
Deputy Director General of
Support Academic Services in
Public Authority for Applied
Education and Training Dr Issa
Al-Meshai’e stated the authority
keenness to reinforce collaboration with several scientific
and research authorities in the
country, among them Arabian
Institute for Planning (AIP), to
raise the level of services in
PAAET.
In a press statement, he said
the authority seeks to resume
communication with various
authorities in the country to
bridge collaboration to improve
the services PAAET provides to
teachers, students, trainees
and the society as a whole.
He added a delegation from
PAAET met with officials from
the Arabian Institute for
Planning to coordinate on
several issues of mutual concern such as holding specialized training courses, consultation services, and conferences.
Expedition received by Oman minister and Kuwaiti envoy
Kuwait’s ‘Journey of Hope’ arrives at Omani harbor
MUSCAT, Nov 8, (KUNA):
The “Journey of Hope,” a
Kuwaiti
sea
expedition
designed to drum up global
support for the mentally challenged, reached Bander AlRoda port sailing from Salalah
on Saturday.
The
expedition
was
received upon arrival at the
Omani harbor by Minister of
Social
Development
Mohammad Al-Kalbani and
the
Kuwaiti Ambassador
Briefs
PARKING:
Kuwait
Municipality rejected a
request presented by
Public Authority for
Housing Welfare to allocate parking lots on top of
the Olympic Village in
Jaber Al-Ahmad City for
people that frequent the
place, reports Al-Shahed
daily.
The daily noted the
request was refused due
to proximity of the location to the road, adding
the sector is looking for
an alternative solution.
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APARTMENTS:
The
government has decided
to build residential apartments
on
400
square/meters area in the
new residential cities, as
there has been a low
turnout of applicants,
reports Al-Shahed daily.
Sources added the distribution of plots at Abu
Halifa and Sabahiya was
a big mistake, adding it
would have been a major
success if the plots were
used for apartment buildings.
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CONTRACTS: Ministry
of Health is said to have
signed nine contracts with
a specific company to
procure medical equipment at a cost of KD
387,000, reports AlShahed daily.
By signing the contracts, the ministry has
violated the recommendations of the Inquiry
Committee formed by
ministerial decree no.
154/2013 which suspended business with the company until investigations
on the case involving the
company which was
referred to the Public
Prosecution in 2013 is
solved, but the ministry
defied counsel and clearly
showed lack of concern to
public welfare.
Fahad Hejer Al-Mutairi as
well as a number of other
local officials.
Ambassador
Al-Mutairi,
speaking to KUNA, expressed
gratitude to His Highness the
Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad
Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for his support for the mentally impaired.
He also thanked His Highness
the Crown Prince of Kuwait
and Sultan Qaboos of Oman
for their supportive role in this
respect.
The mission has crossed
13,000 nautical miles, stopping
at a chain of harbors and town
across the world.
The Omani minister stated
that such a “Kuwaiti initiative
nudges everybody to exert
greater efforts to aid people
with impairments and aid them
to integrate into the society.”
The expedition arrived in
Oman in May, as part of its
global tour that covered 25
stopovers.
Secretary-General
of
the
Parliament Adel Al-Khorafi stated
the minister was exaggerating
when he said the ‘knife has
reached the bones’, although the
declining oil prices portend danger
which requires certain procedures
to confront the situation “but
there’s no crisis to push the minister to make such a statement to
frighten citizens”.
He added the policy of cutting
down consumption and spending is
necessary but it should not be done
in a way that will increase burdens
on the ordinary citizen, indicating
Kuwait earlier surmounted financial crises at a time when oil prices
dropped to $7 per barrel.
Meanwhile, MP Abdullah AlMayouf said “the government has
to sit with the lawmakers to set its
future plan in transparency by identifying the problems. at the same
time, it is not appropriate to scare
citizens because they ask for salary
increments and better services”.
He described the minister’s
statement as vague; stressing, “it is
not acceptable at all if the minister
indirectly hints the lawmakers not
to propose any financial increments on behalf of citizens”. He
supports the idea of holding a special session with the government
provided that the government will
identify goals of the session.
For his part, MP Faisal AlDuwaisan condemned the statement
of
Minister
Sheikh
Mohammed Al-Abdullah and
wondered why the government is
interested in putting fear in citizens in these hard times, but it did
not remember to take any step to
improve the standard of living of
citizens when there were surpluses
in the general budget.
He added, “Kuwaitis are asking
why the government forgot them
when a barrel of oil was above
$100 and the state treasury had
surpluses”.
KUNA photo
Sheikh Sabah Khaleed Al-Hamad Al-Sabah seen with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud
Al-Faisal
Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled meets Saudi FM
First Deputy Prime Minister and
Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled
Al-Hamad Al-Sabah held talks with
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud AlFaisal Saturday on the GCC march and
a host of issues of common interest.
The meeting was attended by
Director of Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled’s
PAHW to evict
violaters from
rented housing
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 8:
Director
of
Rented
Accommodations Unit at
the Public Authority for
Housing Welfare Mubarak
Al-Shuweimi disclosed the
authority has suspended all
activities concerning the
exchange or transfer of rented accommodations, reports
Al-Jaridah daily.
Al-Shuweimi informed a
tripartite committee whose
members were drafted from
the Public Authority for
Housing Welfare (PAHW),
ministries of Interior and
Justice, has been formed to
evict violators from rented
accommodations. He said the
violations include illegal subletting or abandoning the
property, asserting such practices are unreasonable because
several families are waiting in
line for housing allocations.
He explained those entitled to rented accommodations
include
Kuwaiti
women married to foreigners, widows, divorcees or
any other members of
Kuwaiti
families.
He
revealed his department is in
charge of the administration
of rented government properties in Taima, Sulaibiya
and Sabah Al-Salem.
office Ambassador Sheikh Ahmad
Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah and
Kuwait’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Sheikh Thamer Jaber Al-Ahmad AlSabah.
Sheikh sheikh Al-Khaled arrived in
Riyadh earlier today on a brief visit to
the Saudi capital. (KUNA)