Kuwait to Build Logistics Cities to Attract Foreign Investment Planned Zones, ‘Smart Port’ to Also Help Support Diversification Drive
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THULHIJJA 16, 1442 AH MONDAY, JULY 26, 2021 16 Pages Max 48º Min 36º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18491 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Local leave: Staycation is the Independence of Uber Festival-goers revel in return Japan celebrates gold rush 3 answer for many residents 8 drivers a bumpy road 11 of live music at Kaleidoscope 16 on day of Olympics upsets Kuwait to build logistics cities to attract foreign investment Planned zones, ‘smart port’ to also help support diversification drive KUWAIT: Kuwait plans to establish logistics cities artificial intelligence and warehousing logistics, on recently acquired land to support the local econo- Sheikh Yousef added. “The first project is a maritime my and attract foreign investment, Kuwait Ports single window system that links three ports together Authority (KPA) announced yesterday. Sheikh Yousef for efficiency,” he said. Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, KPA Director-General, said The second “smart port” project will connect the these cities will be built on an area of 2 million square systems of all related parties to release and secure the meters and designed by global design agencies to flow of goods electronically, he added. The facility will ensure high standards that will support e-commerce. serve as a “contact point” linking all concerned bodies, The aim of the logistics cities’ project is to find a besides using automation and innovative technologies logistical solution with competitive prices for foreign to easily manage day-to-day operations. Meanwhile, companies that wish to store their goods regionally in KPA will establish its first dry port to serve the flow of Kuwait, attract foreign investment and fulfill economic goods, which will reduce the accumulation of trucks on growth, as well as support a diversification drive in the borders, Sheikh Yousef stressed. the sources of income, Sheikh Yousef said. Each of the On KPA revenues, Sheikh Yousef said an increase planned “logistics cities” will serve a particular pur- of 400 percent over the last six years pushed total pose, he elaborated, saying these zones will prove assets to $186 million, an accomplishment he attrib- beneficial to small- and medium-sized enterprises, in uted to meticulous and intricate planning. The marine addition to offering firms abroad lucrative investment freight industry was hit hard by the COVID pandemic, opportunities. coupled with recent “mishaps at sea” that brought a Kuwait will turn into a re-export and shipping cen- large chunk of global trade to a standstill, he added, ter to neighboring countries, in addition to providing expecting stranded ships to be on the move again KUWAIT: A family is seen at Shuwaikh Beach as the sun sets behind Jaber Causeway on Friday. — Xinhua job opportunities for citizens in the fields of storage, once business picks up. — Agencies Jarallah, head of the consultative committee to by the defense minister and in which the health min- News in brief Cabinet likely to counter the coronavirus, said yesterday the success ister is a member, was due to meet late yesterday to of the health system in containing the Delta variant make recommendations to the Cabinet amid expec- COVID affecting more children wave is an indication for more easing of curbs. tations that working hours of malls will likely be ease COVID curbs “The continuation of the health system in con- extended. The good news comes as Kuwait has KUWAIT: A senior pediatric consultant said in taining the Delta variant wave paves the way for reported a consistent decline in the number of new a TV interview sponsored by the health ministry amid drop in cases more reopenings, although with caution, depending cases for the past two weeks, with numbers drop- that a number of children have died in Kuwait on immunization,” Jarallah said on his Twitter ping below the 1,000 mark for the past four days. from the coronavirus, adding the number of By B Izzak account. He said the number of patients in hospitals Prominent opposition MP Abdulkarim Al- infected children admitted to intensive care units and cases in intensive care units has stabilized in the Kandari said yesterday that 17 months of closures has increased recently. Younger, unvaccinated KUWAIT: The Cabinet is expected today to ease past days, adding that directives have been issued to were enough, after they had taken their toll on the populations are enduring the effects of the rap- coronavirus restrictions after health authorities said step up vaccination in areas of infection and among country. The lawmaker called on the Cabinet to idly spreading Delta variant of COVID-19, with efforts to contain the disease witnessed good foreign residents as more vaccines are available. abolish decisions that have halted children’s activi- children representing a higher percentage of results amid a sharp drop in cases. Dr Khaled Al- The emergency coronavirus committee, headed ties and shut malls, shops and clubs after 8.00 pm. positive cases than in the past, according to health officials in the US. eyes,” he said afterwards. “I felt so Tunisians fete proud. I dedicate this title to all the MP asks about spyware Tunisian people. You have a champion now!” His gold, combined with com- KUWAIT: MP Osama Al-Shaheen yesterday new Olympic patriot Ons Jabeur’s eye-catching run sent a series of questions to the interior minister to the Wimbledon women’s quarterfi- asking if Kuwait or Kuwaiti officials had been king Hafnaoui nals, has allowed sport to provide a targeted by the Pegasus spyware built by the welcome distraction for the hard- Zionist NSO Group. Shaheen alleged the pro- TUNIS: On the day Tunisia marked pressed Tunisian people this summer. gram was used by some countries to spy on the moment the monarchy was abol- There could be more to come as activists and opposition figures, and asked if any ished in 1957, they will have permitted Hafnaoui bids to add the 800m Kuwaiti personality had been targeted. The mal- themselves to at least celebrate an freestyle title tomorrow - and his idol, ware is at the center of a storm after a list of Olympic king after a sensational per- double Olympic swimming champion about 50,000 potential surveillance targets was formance in Tokyo from Ahmed Oussama Mellouli, will attempt to win leaked to rights groups. Hafnaoui. The 18-year-old produced a a third career gold when he tackles devastating late burst way out in lane the 10 km open water event at the eight yesterday - Republic Day in grand old age of 37 on Aug 5. Jabeur Heatwave to continue Tunisia - to win the 400 m freestyle in may have lost her first-round match at 3min 43.36sec, overhauling Australian the Olympics on Sunday - perhaps KUWAIT: Temperatures in Kuwait are expect- Jack McLoughlin. her Wimbledon exertions took their TOKYO: Tunisia’s Ahmed Hafnaoui poses with his gold medal winning after the ed to hover around 50 degrees Celsius this “When I saw the flag of my coun- toll - but she has done her bit off the final of the men’s 400m freestyle swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 week as the mercury touched 52 degrees try being raised and I heard the court too. Celsius in Kuwait City yesterday. According to national anthem I had tears in my Continued on Page 2 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Center yesterday. — AFP the meteorological department, no immediate respite is likely from the ongoing heatwave con- ditions. Abdaly and Kuwait Airport recorded a pected medal... won by a Guards nurse who is at the maximum temperature of 50 degrees Celsius, Iran hails Guard same time a defender of health and of the shrine,” the while Jahra recorded 51 degrees Celsius. Other newspaper wrote. areas of the country also witnessed above-aver- The term “defender of the shrine” refers to those age temperatures. nurse’s golden who work on Iran’s behalf in Syria and Iraq, which also house major sanctuaries in Shiite Islam. At the begin- shot in Tokyo ning of May, Foroughi told public television channel Actor to be deported Salamat (“Health” in Persian) about serving at field TEHRAN: Iran yesterday celebrated 41-year-old hospitals in Syrian war zones, including at Palmyra. KUWAIT: The interior ministry has decided to Javad Foroughi, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Media reports said Foroughi contracted COVID-19 in deport Pakistani actor Farhan Al-Ali, charged hospital nurse, who won gold in the 10m air pistol to August last year, and also helped to battle the virus at with violating public decency on social media, become the country’s oldest and newest Olympic home in Iran, which has reported nearly 89,000 deaths out of more than 3,690,000 infections. Al-Qabas Arabic daily reported yesterday. A champion. Foroughi, who survived COVID-19 in the TOKYO: Gold medalist Iran’s Javad Foroughi celebrates security source said the deportation order is Middle East’s worst-hit country, on Saturday became After his winning shot in Tokyo, state television broadcast a report from Baqiyatallah Hospital in on the podium after winning the men’s 10m air pistol effective despite the court of cassation’s verdict Iran’s first medal winner in any shooting event at the Tehran, which is run by the IRGC, and in which his col- final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the overturning a two-year jail sentence handed to Olympics. “Foroughi makes history with a golden shot,” head- leagues hailed Foroughi’s victory. Guards chief Hossein Asaka Shooting Range on Saturday. — AFP Ali by the criminal court. “The administration of Salami also celebrated the win, the movement’s the deportation prison will determine the date of lined the government daily Iran, splashing his picture on the front page - as did many other newspapers in Sepahnews website reported, calling the shooter an after his successful shot, media reports said.