Grave charity violations drop: Minister
KUWAIT: Social Affairs and Labor Minister and State Minister for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh said “there is a drop in grave violations, be it in mosques or donation ads on social media.” Meanwhile, Sabeeh said the reason for the increase in the number of violations during the holy month compared with last year is due to the many NGOs participating in collecting donations (22), compared to 12 last year.
Housing units
State Minister for Housing Affairs and State Minister for Utilities Affairs Yasser Abul said the government plans to distribute 149,827 housing units until 2020 through an ironclad distribution plan that began in 2014. He said that the number of housing units in Jaber Al-Ahmad City total 2,185 units, including 1,475 houses and 710 flats. Meanwhile, there are 2,201 units in Sabah Al-Ahmad and 671 in West Sulaibikhat. The Wafra project includes 370 units, Sabahiya 133, Abu Halifa 141 and West Abdullah Al-Mubarak has 5,201 units.
Smart City
Korea Land and Housing Corporation opened its first branch in Kuwait in preparation for the construction of the smart city south of Saad Al-Abdullah. Deputy general manager for investment and private sector projects at the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) Hadeel bin Naji said she was happy with the new branch, adding the Korean side will bring Korean engineers to execute the project. She said the contract is for two years and the size of project makes it necessary to have a branch in the country with its own engineers.