Manpower authority accused of interfering in unions’ affairs

KUWAIT: Labor syndicates of the State Audit Bureau, Kuwait Municipality and the Ministry of Electricity and Water yesterday accused the Manpower Public Authority of interfering in unions’ ‘internal’ affairs. They further warned that such interference would lead to a ‘catastrophe’ because it violates the constitution as well as international laws and agreements signed by Kuwait. The three syndicates also announced their intention to take part in a sit-in next week outside the manpower authority’s headquarters.

Co-op dissolved

Minister of Social Affairs and labor and Minister of State for Planning and Development Hind Al-Subaih issued a decision dissolving Abdullah Al-Mubarak Co-operative Society’s board of directors and appointing a temporary manager. The decision, issued upon a report made by a special committee formed to review the co-op’s account books, appointed Fayez Abdullah Essa as interim manager for one year, during which he will call the general assembly to convene and elect a new board of directors.

Children’s hospital

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday signed an agreement to conduct studies and design a new children’s hospital at a total cost of KD 4.166 million. In this regard, the Ministry of Health announced that the 792-bed hospital would be allocated for children and teenagers up to the age of 18, and it would the first-of-its-kind in Kuwait, built over an area of 120,939 square meters.