Large number of unemployed Kuwaiti engineers ‘unjustifiable’

Thailand starts issuing smart visas: ambassador to Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 17: Chairman of Kuwait Engineers Society Eng Faisal Al-Attal expressed his disappointment about the large number of unemployed Kuwaiti engineers who have been on the government’s waiting list for employment for many years, reports Al-Qabas daily.

He said their numbers reached 2,000 recently, indicating that unemployment has pushed many of them to take up jobs such as call center agents which are not of their fields of specialty.

Al-Attal revealed that the percentage of Kuwaiti engineers working in the private sector does not exceed 4 percent, stressing that the continuation of such a situation is not acceptable at all.

He stressed the urgent need for Kuwaitization of engineers in order to curb unemployment among Kuwaiti engineers and to alleviate the suffering of those who are waiting for jobs.

Ambassador of Thailand to Kuwait Doset Manaban disclosed that the government of his country since Feb 1, 2018 started issuing smart visas, reports Al-Rai daily.

The Royal Thai envoy hopes the new system will encourage foreign skills and investments to engage in 10 industries focused on Thailand. He was upbeat about the prospect of Thailand in imparting knowledge and enhancing competitive capacity in the global economy. He explained that smart visa is a new phenomenon specially designed to encourage highly skillful professionals to work in 10 industries.

He shed light on the target industries to include the next generation cars, smart electronics, medical tourism, luxury, physical and mental health, and active agriculture and technology. Others include future food, robots, aviation and services logistics, bio-fuel and biochemical, and digital industries and medical centers.

He declared that four categories of applicants qualified for the smart visa include the gifted, investors, new companies and others (family visa in the case of a spouse or child).