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JAMADA ALAWWAL 8, 1439 AH THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018 Max 25º 32 Pages Min 10º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17440 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Vaping is under threat in Riots in Indian cities on eve LeBron James surpasses 23 tobacco-loving Indonesia 30 of Hindu queen film release 13 30,000 career points Iraq favors deferred-payment initiatives as sustainable help Maliki: Executing projects better than financial grants to Iraq BAGHDAD: Iraqi Vice President Nouri Al-Maliki has conspiracy theories expressed hope that the planned Iraqi reconstruction conference in Kuwait will yield tangible outcomes, namely accords on enterprises of delayed payment. Amnesty...is it enough? The vice president, during a meeting with a Kuwaiti media delegation on Tuesday, hoped that action during the conference would not be restricted to raising donations for Iraq. Instead, Maliki wished it will witness accords on rebuilding bridges, hospitals, factories and other sec- tors with delayed payment or cash according to spe- By Badrya Darwish cific timetable. Executing projects in Iraq and making deals with government guarantees is better than giv- ing financial grants to the nation, he said, also point- ing out that his proposed mechanism would be useful [email protected] for investors and helpful for speeding up Iraq’s reconstruction. Iraq is a wealthy country and oil prices have been improving gradually, so it will be able to pay debts to t was a great decision by Deputy Prime Minister the creditors, he added. Maliki indicated that he had BAGHDAD: Members of a Kuwaiti media delegation meet Iraqi Vice President Nouri Al-Maliki on Tuesday. Editor-in- and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al- previously proposed this mechanism for reconstruc- Chief of Kuwait Times Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan is fourth from left. — Photo by Mustafa Al-Bader (See Page 2) ISabah to grant an amnesty to all illegal residents in tion and that the value of late-payment enterprises Kuwait. The best part in his decision is that they can has been estimated at $77 billion, to be paid in install- Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for hosting Al-Qaeda and sectarianism advocates. leave immediately, without any penalties or fees, ments over 10 years. through any border (airport or land borders) without the international convention for rebuilding Iraq, hoping Vice President Maliki lauded His Highness the Amir Citing a concrete successful example, he says that that this effort will contribute to cementing the ties for his efforts to resolve crises and problems between referring to any authority like the police station, immi- Japan has offered $780 million to Iraq through ven- gration offices, etc. Also, the second decision by the between the two brotherly peoples at various levels. the two countries. “We are seeking to close all doors tures, which it has been executing, with pledges The conference’s success is necessary because this leading to discord and elevating bilateral relations minister was great. He made it possible for those who Baghdad pays the costs later. He praised HH the Amir want to stay to legalize their status, pay the fines and means undermining plots by the so-called Islamic State, through mutual visits,” he said. — KUNA obtain a valid visa. This serves both Kuwait and the illegals. Firstly, because many of them are living in dire frustration - they cannot go left or right or center. They cannot go Nuqat opens anywhere without being scared of being caught by the police. They cannot work legally. They cannot go to ‘human capital’ hospitals or clinics if they are sick. They cannot live decently. This also benefits Kuwait, because it reduces the number of illegal residents in the country and also conference helps reduce the burden on government services - be By Faten Omar it social or security wise. But this is not the end of a beautiful story in Kuwait KUWAIT: Local nonprofit Nuqat kicked - illegals are out, etc. I think the minister should con- off a two-day “The Human Capital” forum sider how these illegals became illegals. What were yesterday at Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad the reasons? Let’s hit and find the source. Not all of Cultural Center, comprising of talks and them are runaway maids. Tens of thousands of them panel discussions by speakers from dif- are ordinary employees or laborers who were ferent fields with a common vision to brought here legally but without a job when they highlight the importance of investing in arrived. They paid recruiters to come here - both in creativity to make a social impact. their home country and in Kuwait, but found nothing In his opening speech, Minister of when they arrived. Commerce and Industry and Acting And I’m sure the minister is sophisticated enough Minister of State for Youth Affairs Khaled to know how they came and who brought them. So the Al-Roudhan said moral values and ethics question is how to stop this from repeating itself? are more important than education. Bader Al-Kharafi, Vice Chairman and Group CEO of Zain Hussa Al-Humaidhi, Co-founder of Nuqat Because it can be repeated now, tomorrow and after “Success or your level of education can tomorrow and on and on and we will be back to never be thought of as more important square one. This is human trafficking. People are filling than moral values. The journey is actually Hussa Al-Humaidhi, Co-founder of Humaidhi said that the current education company succeed or fail,” he said. Kharafi their pockets from these poor souls and then dumping more important than the destination, and Nuqat, explained that creative economy has to be replaced with a creative one. said Zain started the Zainiac program them on Kuwait’s streets. And this makes them a bur- if no ethics are involved in the journey, is about doing what a person loves to do “Values of flexibility shall not only be where it invited all employees of Zain den for Kuwait and its system and infrastructure. then the destination has no value at all. A in order to create jobs as a social impact. taught at school and university, but also at from all countries to offer their ideas. “We I am sure Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah has enough person has to feel good about how they “Kuwait is not only going to be an eco- work. Everyone has the responsibility to were shocked by how much creative power and determination to close this chapter once achieved their success in order to feel nomic center, but also a center of culture develop themselves. We can anchor and ideas they had,” he said. and for all. He can scrutinize the companies that are good about it,” he said. and creativity,” she vowed. She added build a solid future for Kuwaitis,” she “Education in Kuwait kills creativity. bringing in these large numbers of workers and bene- Roudhan praised Nuqat’s effort in cre- that most jobs will disappear after 10 added. Kuwait spends $14,300 per student annu- fitting from them, and throwing the responsibility at ating a new world of creativity in Kuwait, years and replaced by technology, but the Bader Al-Kharafi, Vice Chairman and ally - so we do not have money issues, the end of the day on Kuwait and the Kuwaiti govern- adding that it is time for the government to creativity of humans is the only thing that Group CEO of Zain, spoke about but we’re spending all the money in the ment. Now is the chance for the interior ministry to put notice the amount of effort that Nuqat is will not be replaceable. “To do what “enabling a creative culture”. “I believe wrong path. We need new fields to study in place a new system that is fair to both the worker spending and provide a good environment you’re creative in makes a person do their that a successful business is all about cre- such as data science, coding and complex and the company hiring him without wasta and with- for creative Kuwaitis and develop and jobs with passion and love,” she said. ative teamwork. At Zain, we believe that problem solving. out connections. No more human traffickers please. invest in human assets. Among her suggested solutions, the employees are the ones who make the Continued on Page 11 working, he said. Duterte threatens “And I’m sorry to all the Filipinos there, they can all go home. If you leave, they will also be having a hell of a time adjusting to that. Let me be blunt about this because Ryan holds talks Mideast work ban, Kuwait has always been an ally. But please do something about it and for the other countries of the Middle East.” A visibly angry Duterte was speaking shortly before board- with Saudi king demands dignity ing a flight for India to attend a regional summit. “Can I MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yester- ask you now to treat my countrymen as human beings with RIYADH: The speaker of the ing a landmark nuclear deal day threatened to ban hundreds of thousands of Filipinas dignity?” he added. US House of Representatives with the kingdom’s arch foe from working as maids in the Middle East as he said Duterte said last week that four Filipinas had died in Paul Ryan held talks with Iran in 2015. domestic workers were being abused in Kuwait. Over two Kuwait over the past few months in apparent suicides. Saudi King Salman in Riyadh But they have improved million Filipinos, many of them maids, are employed in the Kuwaiti Embassy officials in Manila could not be contact- yesterday on the first leg of markedly since President region, helping to prop up the Philippine economy with ed for comment.

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