LOCALARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2017

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Governance confab kicks off underthe patronage of Speaker Al-Ghanim

Kuwait assures continued support for health relief efforts

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 10, (KUNA): National Assem-bly kicked off on Tuesday a conference on governance and its role in improving performance within state institutions under the pa-tronage of Speaker of the National Assembly Mar-zouq Al-Ghanim.

The two-day conference is or-ganized by the legislative and legal affairs committee of the National Assembly, in coopera-tion with Kuwait’s State Audit Bureau, under the title “govern-ance in the State of Kuwait in the realms of legislation, fi nance and administration “.

The conference involves five themes including the governance of develop-ment planning, the rules and principles of the governance implementation

within the framework of the state’s development plan, and governance in the roles of the legislative and judicial authorities.

The event will bring together se-nior officials and parliamentarians, all of whom will delve into the cor-relation between solid governance and rapid devel-opment. In this regard, MP Mo-hammad Al-Dalal, who heads an ad hoc committee dealing with legislative legal affairs, said the conference would help prop up inspection bodies in the country.

He added that the conference will examine the government’s contribu-tions to anti-corruption efforts and measures to ensure transparency and integrity in the government sector.

Al-Dalal said that the conference

will bring together officials from UAE and Singapore to benefit from the expe-riences of the two advanced countries, pointing out to the experience of the UAE, which considered the most pio-neering in the Gulf region.

He noted that the governance will prove instrumental in improving per-formance within state institutions, par-ticularly, in the fields of finance, legis-lation and administration.

The governance contributes to im-proving performance of foundations including the private sector and civil society organizations.

Meanwhile, Kuwait is committed to global health and humanitarian relief efforts, Health Minister Jamal Al-Harbi told attendees of a World Health Orga-nization (WHO) regional committee session on Tuesday.

The minister stressed Kuwait’s sup-port for the integration of efforts to combat chronic diseases and detect cancer into national development plans with a focus on early detection.

This has been successfully imple-

mented in Kuwait, he said, mention-ing the United Nation’s selection of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sa-bah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Kuwait as a humanitarian global leader and international centre, re-spectively.

The Eastern Mediterranean region is the source of more than half of the displaced people and refugees in the world, he said at the 64th session of the region’s WHO Regional Committee in Islamabad.

For this reason, he demanded further efforts to transform commitments into regional action plans to guide the mod-ernization of health programs and ex-pressed optimism for a better future de-spite the magnitude of the challenges.

He also praised the efforts of the Re-gional Office for the Eastern Mediter-ranean to focus on health information systems and include key indicators to monitor progress towards achieving sustainable development goals, partic-ularly on the basic indicators of mem-ber countries.

KUNA photosHH the Amir receives Commerce and Industry Minister, Acting Minister of Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudan, Director General of the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority Sheikh Meshal Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah with HH Sheikh Nasser. HH the Amir receives Guinea-Bissau President’s Advisor Mamadou Sano.

Audience of His Highness the Amir

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 10: The Engineer-ing system of the Capital Educational Zone has made scores of observations in the patterns of new schools being built in the suburb of Jaber Al-Ahmad, west of Sulaibikhat and Al-Qairawan, reports Al-Rai daily.

Director of Engineering Affairs De-partment in the Capital Educational Zone

Hani Ghuloom clarified the observations were some open areas which he feels are unsafe for the students, in addition lack of school bells and fire extinguisher boxes.

In a letter forwarded to Director of the Design & Contracts Department of the ministry, Ghuloom made it clear the washbasins in some schools are unsuit-able for students of the primary grade.

‘Patterns of new schools being built’

Number of observations made

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace Tuesday His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

His Highness the Amir also received Tuesday at Seif Palace Advisor to the President of the Republic of Guin-ea-Bissau, Mamadou Sano.

Advisor Sano handed His Highness the Amir a written letter on ways to enhance bilateral relations from Guinea-

Bissau’s President Jose Mario Vaz.Present at the reception was First Deputy Prime Min-

ister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.

His Highness the Amir also received Minister of Com-merce and Industry as well as Acting Minister of Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudan, Director General of the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) Sheikh

Meshal Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and members of the authority.

The KDIPA members handed His Highness Sheikh Sabah the authority’s 2017 annual report.

His Highness the Amir also received Minister of State for Housing Affairs and Minister of State for Services Af-fairs Yasser Abul as well as Iraqi Minister of Transporta-tion Kadem Al-Hamami and the accompanying delega-

tion.His Highness the Amir also met with Minister of Justice

and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Faleh Al-Azeb, President of the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) Sameh Ashour, and participants in the recent conference for the union held in Kuwait.

The meetings were attended by Deputy Minister of the Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah. (KUNA)

Prayer TimingsFajr .........................................................................04:28Sunrise ................................................................... 05:46Zohr ........................................................................ 11:35Asr ...........................................................................14:54Maghrib ...................................................................17:23 Isha ........................................................................ 18:39

Weather Expected weather for the next 24 hours:By Night: Relatively humid specially over coastal areas with light to moderate south easterly wind changing to north westerly wind, with speed of 10-30 km/h.By Day: Hot and relatively humid over coastal areas with light vari-able wind to light to moderate south easterly wind, with speed of 06-26 km/h and some high clouds will appear.Station Max Min Exp RecKuwait City 38 28Kuwait Airport 39 22Abdaly 39 21Bubyan 33 21Jahra 40 25Failaka Island 37 24Salmiyah 35 28Ahmadi 32 30Nuwaisib 36 24Wafra 39 21Salmy 39 22

4 days forecast - WeatherWednesday, Oct 11

Expected weather ..... Hot + causing rising dust over open areasMax Temp ...............................................................................40CMin Temp ................................................................................24CWind Direction ........................................................................ NWWind Speed ................................................................20-40 km/h

Thursday, Oct 12Expected weather ..... Hot + causing rising dust over open areasMax Temp ...............................................................................37CMin Temp ................................................................................24CWind Direction ........................................................................ NWWind Speed ................................................................20-40 km/h

Friday, Oct 13Expected weather ...................................................................HotMax Temp ...............................................................................38CMin Temp ................................................................................22CWind Direction ................................................................NW-VRBWind Speed ................................................................08-28 km/h

Saturday, Oct 14Expected weather ...................................................................HotMax Temp ...............................................................................40CMin Temp ................................................................................23CWind Direction ........................................................................ NWWind Speed ................................................................12-32 km/h

Marine ForecastStation Max Min Sea Today’s Exp Rec Surf Waves Ht DirectionSouth Dolphin 34 28 - 3 ft NWUmm Mudayrah 33 31 - 3 ft NWBeacon M28 - - - 3 ft NWBeacon N6 32 26 - 3 ft NWQaruh Island 35 31 - 3 ft NWUmm Al-Maradim 34 29 - 3 ft NW

Sea Island Buo - - - - -Salmiyah 35 28 - 3 ft NW

4 days forecast - MarineWednesday, Oct 11

Expected weather ..... Hot + causing rising dust over open areasSea state .........................................................Slight to moderateWave height ..........................................................................2-5 ftMax Temp ...............................................................................40CMin Temp ................................................................................24CWind Direction ........................................................................ NWWind Speed ................................................................20-40 km/h

Thursday, Oct 12Expected weather ..... Hot + causing rising dust over open areasSea state .........................................................Slight to moderateWave height ..........................................................................2-5 ftMax Temp ...............................................................................37CMin Temp ................................................................................24CWind Direction ........................................................................ NWWind Speed ................................................................20-40 km/h

Friday, Oct 13Expected weather ...................................................................HotSea state .........................................................Slight to moderateWave height ..........................................................................1-3 ftMax Temp ...............................................................................38CMin Temp ................................................................................22CWind Direction ................................................................NW-VRBWind Speed ................................................................08-28 km/h

Saturday, Oct 14Expected weather ...................................................................HotSea state .........................................................Slight to moderateWave height ..........................................................................2-4 ftMax Temp ...............................................................................40CMin Temp ................................................................................23CWind Direction ........................................................................ NWWind Speed ................................................................12-32 km/h

Tide times at Shuwaikh Port1st high tide: ........................................................................ 15:252nd high tide: ....................................................................... 02:221st low tide: ......................................................................... 08:552nd low tide: ........................................................................ 21:08Sunrise:................................................................................ 05:47Sunset: ................................................................................ 17:23

Recorded yesterday at Kuwait Airport

Max temp ...............................................................................38CMin temp ................................................................................21CMax Rh ..................................................................................41%Min Rh ...................................................................................12%Max Wind ...................................................................SE 25 km/hTotal Rainfall in 24 hrs ......................................................... 0 mm

Recorded yesterday at South Dolphin

Min/Max/ Air Temp ............................................................28/34CMin/Max Rel Hum .............................................................31/73%Wind Direction/Wind Speed ...................................... SE/20 km/hPrev Wave Dir/Max Wave Ht ................................................N/- ftMin/Max Sea Surface Temp ..................................................-/- CSea Current ............................................ Beginning of Downdraft

— Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Meteorological Dept.

deathsEman Mohammad Eshaq Al Faqeehi, 63 years old, wife of Abdul Rahim Mohammad Ali Al Awadi, buried on Tuesday. Condolences: (Men) Qadisiya, Diwan Al Haj Abdullah Al Awadi, Block 9, St 90, House 4, Tel: 22546216, (Women) Surra, Block 6, Ali Bin Abi Taleb St, House 22, Tel: 66612660.Mahmoud Mohammad Sultan Bourosli, 72 years old, buried on Tuesday. Con-dolences: (Men) Shamiya, Mohammad Al Shayei St, Block 4, House 17, Diwan Bourosli, Tel: 24843510/69000061, (Women) Kheitan, Block 1, St 141, House 2, Tel: 99738090, (Women) Abu Fetaira, Block 6, St 177, House 51, Tel: 97551001. Lulwa Mohammad Nasser Al Qenaissi, 82 years old, buried on Tuesday. Condolences: (Men) on the cemetery, Tel: 99000282, (Women) Zahra, Block 2, St 216, House 481, Tel: 99000474. Humoud Abdul Lateef Abdul Rahman Al Jasar, 91 years old, buried on ÌTuesday. Condolences: (Men) Qortuba, St 4, Block 1, Diwan Al Jasaar, Tel: 99369222/99994562, (Women) Qortuba, Block 1, St 4, House 22, Tel: 5666485. Nooriya Ali Abdullah Al Dakheel, 69 years old, buried on Tuesday, Condolences: (Men) Qor-tuba, Block 3, St 2, House 73, Tel: 98888777/66360897, (Women) Abdullah Al Salem, Block 2, Humoud Yousef Al Nesif St, House 9, Tel: 22555373.

Oct 10, 2017

Kuwait Today

Kuwait 2nd in GCC with cheapest fuel: Kuwait is the second Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country with cheapest fuel prices, following Saudi Arabia which topped the list posted by arabiya.net recently, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

Bahrain ranked third, followed by Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Al-Jabri to sign ‘transfer’ decisions: Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and State Minister for Municipality Affairs Mo-hammad Al-Jabri will soon sign a number of decisions on the transfer of some offi cials in the Ministry of Awqaf in a bid to improve work procedures, reports Al-Anba dialy quot-ing Undersecretary of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Eng Badr Al-Otaibi.

In a statement to the daily, Al-Otaibi dis-closed those who will be transferred include

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‘Promotion of Boursa Kuwait ... was not a surprise’: “The promotion of Boursa Kuwait to an emerging market did not come as a surprise to us”, says Chairman of Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Ali Mohammed Thunaiyan Al-Ghanim.

He said, “We at Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry were going through the stage of rehabilitation and dealing with all the associated challenges and ramifi cations. We had been taking great efforts to deal with these challenges through enthusiasm and care, patience and silence, and knowledge and work. We were confi dent that God will not disappoint those who are sincere in their work”.

Al-Ghanim expressed gratitude and appreciation to all those who contributed to the idea, efforts and support for almost a decade for realizing this remarkable achievement, which culminated in the ef-forts of a diffi cult stage.

He indicated that a more diffi cult phase will begin now to employ this success and make Boursa Kuwait “a tool of fi nancing, develop-ment and investment, to support our national economy and to open new attractive horizons for Kuwaiti youths, as well as to contribute to the rise of the Kuwaiti market to the level of fi nancial and com-mercial center”.

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