Kuwait Times

Efforts to provide jobs for youth

- By Meshaal Al-Enezi

Chairman of the Municipal Council’s legal and financial committee Ali Al-Moussa stressed that all government bodies are currently working on providing proper job opportunit­ies to the youth, especially since many of them no longer wish to work for the government. “Accordingl­y, we at the Municipal Council are working hard on having the food trailers charter approved, because many young people are waiting for it,” he underlined. Moussa also urged Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Mohammed Al-Jabri and other officials to consider allocating Souq Hareem outlets and stores in Shuwaikh and Rai to the youth, so that they could display their products there in return for nominal fees.

Hajj season

The hajj affairs manager at the awqaf ministry Mohammed Nasser Al-Mutairi, stressed that in preparatio­n for the hajj season, his department had officially endorsed a list of this year’s licensed hajj convoys. Mutairi added that registrati­on to perform hajj is open, and urged pilgrims to only register with officially licensed convoys. Mutairi warned of unlicensed and unofficial convoys, and urged pilgrims to sign contracts with the convoy owners to protect their rights. In addition, Mutairi said that registrati­on would be done electronic­ally, as all convoys are connected to the ministry and no paper forms will be used. “Once a pilgrim is registered, a leave note will be made and delivered to where he works,” he added, noting that a special committee had already left for Makkah to examine the houses rented there for Kuwaiti pilgrims’ accommodat­ion during the hajj to make sure they match health and safety specificat­ions. Finally, Mutairi urged all pilgrims to contact his department on Whatsapp on 99051691, hajj_kw on Twitter, hajj-kw on Instagram or hajj@awqaf.gov.kw.

Expired food

As part of efforts exerted in preparatio­n for Ramadan, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry’s (MoCI) consumer protection inspection teams raided the stores of a foodstuff company and seized expired spices, in addition to 3,500 coffee cans on which the expiry date had been changed. The consumer protection department added that the company usually distribute­d its ‘expired’ goods to co-ops in the early morning hours to avoid attracting attention.

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Ali Al-Moussa

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