Kuwait provides proper housing units for citizens: Official
CAIRO: Kuwait is exerting efforts to provide proper housing units for citizens, an official said Monday on the fringes of an Arab League committee meeting on housing in Cairo. Mohammad Snaideh, Deputy Director General of Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) for planning and design, said Kuwait’s government has distributed 28,500 houses in West Abdullah AlMubarak Area. He was speaking to KUNA on sidelines of a meeting of the technical committee of the Arab Housing Ministers’ Council.
Snaideh said more than 80,000 housing units would be offered in South Saad Al-Abdullah and AlKhairan Areas. Meanwhile, the committee members would be discussing diverse means of helping Arab countries facing armed conflicts and natural disasters. The committee members will also discuss following up the implementation of resolutions of Arab Economic Summits over housing.
Disability a ‘major’ social issue
In related news, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Sabeeh yesterday said Kuwait perceives the problem of disability as a “major” social issue. Al-Sabeeh, who also serves as Minister of State for Economic Affairs, made the remarks in a speech she gave during the 72nd session of the executive committee of the Council of Arab Social Affairs Ministers.
She said that the talks revolve around the council’s contributions towards Kuwait’s development plan for the year 2030, ahead of a high-level Arab summit in Tunisia. The Kuwaiti minister went on to explain that the social issue of disability is included in the session’s agenda, saying she was hopeful that the talks would yield positive results. In addition to Al-Sabeeh, the Kuwaiti delegation to the meeting includes a number of officials.