ARAB TIMES, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2014
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Stage, TV artistes meeting
with govt not fruitful: report
Mass resignations threatened
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 5: It
looks like the artistes meeting with his HH the Prime
Minister Sheikh Jaber AlMubarak and Minister of
Information
Sheikh
Salman Al-Hmoud hasn’t
been fruitful, reports AlSeyassah daily.
The daily added, a new crisis
has surfaced in the Ministry of
Information following the referral
of some artistes for investigation
for taking up two simultaneous
jobs without permission.
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Power theft in Jleeb
Personnel from Inspection Department of
the Ministry of Electricity and Water have
recorded 35 theft cases against residents of
Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, reports Al-Shahed daily.
The daily added, the inspectors discov-
ered that the power supply to these residential units was directly connected to the
main government supply line to evade payment for electric consumption.
Police are investigating.
‘Khairan City still lacks amenities’
By Khalid Al-Hattab
Al-Seyassah Staff
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 5: Members of AlKhairan Voluntarily Council has affirmed
that the residential city still lacks governmental buildings and services, especially the
educational and security facilities despite the
availability of infrastructure for these buildings.
Council member Ali Al-Hoty disclosed
that in a meeting held recently at the
diwaniya of the popular campaign, “Nater
Bait” (“Waiting for a House”), the officials responsible for the operation of governmental facilities in the educational sec-
tor had earlier promised to open the
schools this September. However, due to
the rampant stealing of electric cables
from those schools, the opening was postponed until the end of the year. He asked
the Ministry of Interior to activate the
security center in the area to protect the
residents.
He said Kuwait Municipality promised to
issue construction licenses to the beneificiaries next week to speed up the construction
process, especially since approval has been
obtained from the concerned authorities. He
confirmed the council has taken concrete
steps to provide the construction needs like
vehicles and water tankers.
Sources say the artistes were
referred for investigation after
activating Article 25 of the Civil
Service Law which forbids taking up two jobs at the same time,
an issue which has provoked
anger and resentment in dramatic circles.
Some sources said if the
Ministry of Information is bent
on applying the law it will result
in mass resignations of many
artistes in an expression of
resentment.
Meanwhile, the daily added,
Minister of Information and
Minister of State for Youth
Affairs, Sheikh Salman AlHmoud received in his office
recently artistes Hayat Al-Fahd,
Suad Abdullah and President of
the Kuwaiti Union of Artists
Nabil Al-Failakawi and his
deputy Tariq Ali and others to
discuss the problems plaguing
artistes and look for a mechanism to solve problems.
Al-Failakawi affirmed the
Actors Tariq Al-Ali (left), and Daoud Hussein performing in one of the plays.
Minister had ordered the formation of a committee comprising
members from the ministry and
the union to discuss several
issues related to the technical
work to avoid any problems in
the future.
For his part, Tariq Al-Ali mentioned his referral and that of
artiste Dawoud Hussein and his
colleague Intisar Al-Sharrah to
investigation because they are
holding two jobs is untrue and
called in inaccurate reporting by
the media.
In other news, Eng Ahmad AlHamad has criticized the
Ministry of Information for
action taken against what he
called the giants in the arena of
arts - Abdulhussein Abdulreda,
Hayat Al-Fahd, Suad Abdullah
and Tariq Al-Ali.
He said this manner of dealing
with those artistes reflect the low
intellectual strategy of the
Ministry of Information which
instead of throwing its weight
behind these artistes have acted
against their interests thus harming the art movement.
He went to say if the ministry
is keen on applying the law it
should not come as bolt from the
blue.
He asserted on the need to
rehabilitate the Kuwaiti artistes
saying they represent the
Kuwaiti people.
Al-Shahed photo
A video clip on YouTube is purportedly showing a naked Kuwaiti man being wrestled to the
ground by Thai police, reports Al-Shahed daily. The daily quoting sources said the Kuwaiti
was apparently caught roaming naked on a street in Thailand and had to be overpowered
and taken into custody because he refused to wear clothes. The clip shows the man being
handcuffed.
Breast cancer, diet in focus
NBK health program for staff
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 5:
National Bank of Kuwait
(NBK) organizes a health
awareness program for its
employees. The program
aims to increase the
employees’
awareness
towards avoiding health
problems, including breast
cancer awareness, dental
checkup, consultations and
advice in order to raise
awareness about their
health.
“The health awareness
program comes as part of a
comprehensive agenda aiming at building up a healthy
lifestyle among NBK
employees focusing on raising awareness on serious
health threats”, said Yaqoub
Al Baqer, NBK Public
Relations Officer.
Al Baqer added “The
Yaqoub Al-Baqer
Health awareness program
is held under the supervision and direction of specialized doctors who constantly follow up with the
employees and monitor
their progress.”
This program includes
breast cancer awareness
that aims at protecting
female staff against breast
cancer by encouraging
them to go through medical checkups. The nutrition campaign offers a diet
plan to achieve the perfect
weight for each employee
and raising awareness
about
serious
threats
caused by being overweight, in addition to the
awareness day on eye care,
examination of healthy
eyes and the treatment of
eye diseases.
NBK strongly supports
health care awareness.
Throughout the years, NBK
also organized several
social awareness programs
including blood donation
drives and breast cancer
awareness campaigns.
News in Brief
Video clip on traffic: The Secretary
General of Arab Interior Ministers Council in
Tunisia has issued a decision to appoint
Khalid Abu Saleib as a member of the legal
committee that is responsible for verifying
the requests of Al-Bahth Radio, says AlSeyassah.
Meanwhile, the General Traffic
Department has prepared a short awareness
video clip regarding prevention of accidents
with the cooperation of the Security Media
Department.
The video clip will be broadcasted in all
local TV channels and is aimed to inform
people about the role of a traffic officer, his
duties and his humanitarian role for the safety of the road users.
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Cash, phone stolen: Police are looking
for an unidentified burglar for breaking into
the vehicle of a Kuwaiti, which was parked
in the parking lot of the Jahra hospital and
stealing KD 450, and IPad, reports AlKuwaitiah daily.
It has been reported the theft occurred
when the man was visiting a doctor.
Personnel from the Criminal Evidences
Department have lifted fingerprints to identify the culprit.
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Asian falls in manhole: An Asian who
fell in a manhole at an unidentified location
has been admitted to the Adan Hospital,
reports Al-Shahed daily.
The daily quoting security sources said the
man was taken to the hospital by paramedics.
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Miraculous escape: A Kuwaiti had a
miraculous escape from death following a
traffic accident in a suburb of Sa’ad AlAbdullah, reports Al-Anba daily.
The citizen lost control of his car, hit the
pavement and the car overturned several
times and fell below in a tunnel on the side
of the road.
He has been admitted to a hospital with
serious injuries.