CSC fixes two different Ramadan timings for ministries, other depts
Some will work from 9:30 am to 2 pm, others from 10 am to 2:30 pm
By Faris Al-Abdan and
Rana Salem
KUWAIT CITY, May 24: Chairman of Civil Service Commission (CSC) Ahmad Al-Jassar has fixed two different Ramadan timings for the ministries and other government departments. Some of them will start at 9:30 am and close at 2:00 pm, and others will start at 10 am and close at 2:30 pm.
In a decision, Al-Jassar urged the departments whose nature of jobs requires change in the timing to contact CSC for appropriate schedule. He cited the ministries and agencies that will be starting at 9:30 am are the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Public Works, Information and Communications.
Others are the Public Authority for Sports, Public Authority for Industry, Public Authority for Minor Affairs, Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources and Environment Public Authority.
They also include Kuwait Ports Authority, Public Authority for Housing Welfare, General Department of Customs, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate, Bank of Credit, Zakat House, Kuwait Municipality, Civil Service Commission, and National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters. Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received on Wednesday Brunei’s visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II Lim Jock Seng.
The two officials held follow-up discussions after His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s visit to the sovereign Southeast Asian state last October, a statement by the Foreign Ministry Chairman of the Kuwaiti National Security Apparatus (NSA) Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah met on Wednesday with the Chilean Ambassador to Kuwait.
During the meeting, they discussed bilateral cooperation, in addition to issues of mutual interest at both regional and international levels, the NSA said in a press release. (KUNA)