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His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace on Wednesday His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir also received His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. (KUNA)

HH the Crown Prince with Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah.

HH the Crown Prince while receiving the interior minister who introduced to HH some MoI officers.

‘Purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon vital step’

MoH marks World Physical Therapy DayKUWAIT CITY, Sept 7, (KUNA): The Ministry of Health has announced opening a number of specialized physiotherapy centers for the elderly in various primary medical care centers nationwide.

Director of Physiotherapy Services Department at the Ministry Dr Nabeel Al-Haneef said in remarks on Wednesday on the occasion of World Physical Therapy Day, Sept 8, this year themed “Movement

for Health”.Improving individuals’ health and physi-

cal activity during the various stages of life will create a new generation of healthy elderly, he said.

The department will be opening an elder-ly physiotherapy center at Al-Rouda Medical Center by Sept 19, to be followed by several other centers during the coming months.

British envoy hails ties with KuwaitKUWAIT CITY, Sept 7: British Ambassador to Kuwait Matthew Lodge said the ties between his country and Kuwait are so strong, describing the relationship as histori-cal, reports Al-Anba daily.

Lodge said his country takes upon itself the security of Kuwait, adding that the recent events did not change the British situation. He pointed out Britain supplies the Kuwaiti Army with weapons and trains Kuwaiti pilots as well.

He asserted Kuwait’s purchase of the Eurofighter Typhoon is an important step towards enhancing military cooperation between Kuwait and Britain. He disclosed the signing of a treaty on the exchange of

prisoners and regional legal support is in the last stage of negotiations.

On the other hand, Lodge believes the Iranian interference in Syria and Iraq and Iranian support for Huthis in Yemen are clear indications that Iran remains a threat to the security of Gulf countries. He stressed the Yemeni talks in Kuwait had many positive outcomes, emphasizing such talks must continue in order to reach a solu-tion.

He added the price of the Syrian issue is very high and the international community has disappointed the people of Syria, stress-ing Bashar al-Assad has no place in the future of Syria.

KUNA photosFrom left: HH the Crown Prince with HH the Premier, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled and Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled (right).

His Highness the Crown Prince receives State officialsHis Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace Wednesday His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.

His Highness the Crown Prince hosted First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Deputy

Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah.Separately, His Highness the Crown Prince met with Deputy Prime Minister

and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, where he introduced to His Highness Major General Asaad Abdul Rahman Al-Ruwaih, public prosecutors Jamal Al-Reesh and Fareaa Emadi. They were hosted on the occasion of naming them as deputies to Director General of investigation in

the MoI.His Highness the Crown Prince expressing congratulations, wishing them

success with the new duties, hoping their work will contribute to maintaining justice and security in the country.

The meeting was attended by Ministry of Interior Undersecretary Lieutenant General Sulaiman Al-Fahad. (KUNA)

Achievements of Kuwaitiwomen presented in book

Indian writer releases ‘Women of Kuwait: Turning Tides’

Situation hits livelihood of citizens: Turaiji

Number of MPs suggest raising servicefees for expats to deal with budget deficitKUWAIT CITY, Sept 7: A number of MPs have suggested raising ser-vice fees for expatriates to deal with the budget deficit caused by the fall-ing global oil prices, reports Al-Rai daily.

MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji called for review of the cost of services ren-dered to expatriates, including fees for residency, visa and medical ser-vices. He stressed that Kuwait has never been mean with expatriates but recent deficit in State budget requires specific measures to keep the eco-nomic wheel moving, which requires turning to new sources of income.

He added the present situation affects the livelihood of citizens, especially the fuel price raise. He stressed the importance of demo-graphic reform, adding “it’s illogical

the expatriate population is three times bigger than the number of citi-zens while most expatriates are uneducated marginal laborers, pos-ing social and security threats”.

For his part, MP Ahmed Al-Qudaibi said the fuel price raise has affected citizens and expatriates, adding the unstudied decision will give rise to many problems.

MP Sultan Al-Leghaisam pre-ferred checking funds transferred from Kuwait each year, noting about five billion dinars is transferred from Kuwait every year according to the most recent statistics of the Finance Ministry. He called for investment opportunities to be given to expatri-ates to limit the amount of remit-tances. “Due to the present financial situation, there’s need to raise ser-

vice charges, as part of measures to generate income from other sources for expatriates”, he noted.

MP Hamad Al-Shahrani is of the view that service fees collected from expatriates should not be raised beyond moderate, stressing “a dis-tinction should be made among the categories of expatriates based on education and professional level, while favoring our brothers — the Arab expatriates”. He noted a large number of non Arab expatriates are marginal workers who engage in immoral activities, according to sta-tistics.

Al-Shahrani pointed to demo-graphic reform as the fundamental solution, as it affects many other issues in the country, including secu-rity, traffic and social life.

the women were given full political rights, four were elected into parlia-ment for the first time in the 2009 elections,” he added.

Al-Awadhi further underlined that Kuwait was ranked the highest of all Arab countries in gender equality, in the Human Development Report’s Gender

Inequality Index issued in 2011.Around 53 percent of Kuwaiti

women were part of the labor force in 2013, helping the country to achieve above regional average, as highest per-centage of working female citizens in the GCC were recorded in Kuwait, he stated.

The ambassador also urged the new generation to study the book, as it “provides not only interesting anec-dotes about the lives of 17 Kuwaiti women but also portrays their untiring endeavors and rich experiences that have made them worth emulating for new generation.”

NEW DELHI, Sept 7, (KUNA): The Indian writ-er, Chaitali Banerjee Roy, presented her book, “Women of Kuwait: Turning Tides” at a gath-ering in the Indian capital, declaring that her personal interactions with Kuwaiti women helped her in rid-ding herself off stereotypes about females in the Gulf country and Arab women in general.

In her statement at the gathering, held at residence of the Kuwaiti Ambassador Fahad Ahmad Al-Awadhi, marking the launch of her book, Rao said her interaction with the Kuwaiti women changed her perception and helped to break negative stereotypes about Arab and Kuwaiti women.

In her speech, Dr Haifa Al Ajmi, who figures in the book as a successful Kuwaiti woman in the oil and gas sec-tor, urged the parents to instill confi-dence, courage and knowledge in girls in childhood and share the impedi-ments she faced at the Kuwait Oil Company when she joined there after completing her PhD in Petroleum Engineering. She added that empower-ment should begin inside the walls of “our homes and the role of parents in instilling confidence and courage is essential.” The book captures lives of some extraordinary Kuwaiti women of substance including first cabinet min-ister, ambassadors, entrepreneurs and educationalists and celebrate the per-severance, drive and gumption of these women who have challenged belittling stereotypes and become exceptional role models for not only their compatriots but women else-where.

Ambassador Al-Awadhi lauded the pioneering role of Kuwait in the field of women empowerment. He added that the Kuwait leadership played an important role in supporting woman since the 1950s and helped her to achieve education and employment.

“Kuwaiti women have experienced many changes since the discovery of oil. They have a long history of social activism which started in the 1960s and continues till today. In the 1950s their access to education and employ-ment increased dramatically,” Al-Awadhi recalled.

Further applauding the role of suc-cessive Kuwaiti governments, the ambassador said Kuwaiti women were granted voting right in May 2005 and they participated in June 2006 elec-tions, “Almost exactly four years after

List of ‘violating’co-ops compiledKUWAIT CITY, Sept 7: A list of cooperative societies, which are not implementing the direct pur-chase mechanism of vegetables, has been compiled in order to be referred for investigations, reports Al-Shahed daily quoting informed sources.

They revealed that more than 18 cooperative societies are violating the conditions of direct purchase mechanism, as they are dealing with some companies linked with some boards of directors of these societies, which leads to additional costs of almost 20 percent.

The source explained that there are some societies that are display-ing prices of vegetables and fruits without mentioning weight or the country of production from the time the fuel prices have been increased. Some companies have also reduced quantities of vegetables and fruits but maintained the same prices in order to deceive consum-ers.

KUNA photoKuwait’s Ambassador to Brazil Eyada Al-Saeedi receiving Minister of Infor-mation and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud

Al-Sabah in Rio.