ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 LOCAL 4 Several shops issued citations for not adhering to health regulations Municipality organizes fi eld tours in all governorates

By Abdel Nasser Al-Aslami Lieut-Gen Al-Ali keen to ensure decisions are respected Al-Seyassah Staff KUWAIT CITY, Feb By Munif Nayef quirements issued by the Council Al-Ali stressed during his tour in 10f: The Kuwait Mu- Al-Seyassah Staff of Ministers, Lieutenant General the Al-Kut complex and some com- nicipality organized Abdul Fattah Al-Ali, continued his mercial complexes in the Ahmadi KUWAIT CITY, Feb 10: From the inspection campaigns of commercial Governorate, that the campaigns will intensive fi eld tours in markets of Jahra in the north to the complexes in the Ahmadi Governo- continue until the number of corona all the Governorates of markets of Ahmadi in the south, the Kuwait which coincided KUNA photo rate, during which 4 warnings were infections reduced considerably. He HH the Amir (right) with HH the Crown Prince. head of the fi eld committee which issued against store owners for not indicated, there is cooperation from with the implementa- has been formed to follow up on complying with the closure timings shop owners in adhering to health tion of the municipality HH Amir receives Crown Prince, PM the implementation of health re- in the evening. requirements. general director’s deci- sion No. 566/2021 which His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Sabah. shut down personal care Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah re- His Highness the Amir also re- stores (barbershops and ceived at Bayan Palace Wednes- ceived His Highness the Prime Min- day His Highness the Crown Prince ister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad beauty salons for women) Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. (KUNA) and health clubs in addi- tion to stopping all com- mercial activities from 8 Metal factory building demolition pm until 5 am, prevent entertaining customers into restaurants, permit- Municipality said neglected legal ting home delivery ser- vice during closure pe- aspect in dealing with PAI request riod and excluding food shopping outlets, medical By Abdel Nasser Al-Aslami Eng Al-Enezi added the Kuwait Mu- supplies, pharmacies and Al-Seyassah Staff nicipality did not take the necessary le- food supply centers from gal precautionary measures to ensure being closed. KUWAIT CITY, Feb 10: As the Munici- that public funds are protected from any pality bulldozers continued to remove the claims for compensation, and that it is The fi eld teams also ensured administrative building of the metal fac- unreasonable for the Municipality to deal the extent of the employees’ tory, which is one of the biggest obstacles with a request to remove a huge industrial commitment to health instruc- to the southern Saad Al-Abdullah resi- site that includes large buildings and in- tions such as using preventive dential project, member of the Municipal dustrial facilities with the same measures means — wearing face masks Council Hamoud Al-Enezi said he is sur- in which the municipality removes the and gloves, providing steriliz- prised of the Municipality’s neglect of the violating camps. ers, preventing gatherings and legal aspects in dealing with the request He added, “We demanded the removal holding parties and banquets of the Public Authority for Industry (PAI) of all obstacles to the South Saad Al-Ab- to limit the spread of the Co- to remove the site due to the Municipal- dullah site as part of a coordination pro- rona virus. ity’s insistence not to prepare a legal gram plan in which all government agen- The fi eld tour inspectors in memorandum for the removal and to ini- cies work in harmony, which makes it tiate the removal without conducting an imperative for the Kuwait Municipality to the Ahmadi Governorate issued inventory of the assets at the site through coordinate with the Public Authority for 25 citations for some stores in the Ministry of Finance to protect the Housing Welfare, the PAI, the Public Au- a number of commercial com- rights of shareholders and avoid paying thority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish plexes and also issued 47 ver- huge compensations from public funds. Resources and the Environment Public bal warnings to fully adhere to Al-Enezi confi rmed in a statement Authority to remove all obstacles as per the decision. yesterday that PAI took the decision to the plan and according to legal proce- Citations bulldoze the site suddenly two months dures, but the lack of coordination did not before its scheduled date in April without achieve this, as PAI and the Municipality In the Hawalli Governorate 3 completing its contract obligations of in- were singled out for unilateral arrange- citations and 13 warnings were ventorying the assets or signing the alter- ments that would not give added value by issued for non-compliance native site contract, and that the Kuwait expediting the Saad Al-Abdullah South with health requirements. In Municipality is fully aware of the gaps in Housing Project. the Mubarak Al-Kabeer one the removal request of the Public Author- Al-Enezi said that housing applicants citation and 14 warnings were ity for Industry. will not benefi t from removing the site issued to shops for not adher- Nevertheless, no measures have been immediately with a half-year deadline ing to health requirements and taken to prepare a legal memorandum for the poultry site, which reveals that the not adhering to closure times. specifying the measures required to en- removal of the metal factory site is a re- In the Jahra Governorate it ap- sure the removal of legal defects. “The sult of the company’s disagreement with pears the stores fully complied Municipality also did not listen to our PAI and is not part of the plan to remove with all orders and instructions. demands to request a team from the Min- obstacles to the South Saad Al-Abdullah In this context, Director- istry of Finance to inventory the assets to Housing site that was discussed by the General of Kuwait Municipal- avoid paying large sums of compensa- Services Committee in the Council of ity, Engr Ahmed Al-Manfouhi, tions from public funds,” he said. Ministers. praised the response of the shopkeepers to the suspension of some commercial activities, praising also the cooperation of 90% of the workers in the shops in implementing the de- cision that comes based on the requirements of the public in- terest and the recommendations of the health authorities. Al-Manfouhi stressed the tasks of the fi eld teams are to tighten supervision through inspection tours to ensure the commitment of shop owners to the decisions issued by the Council of Ministers. In the event of no cooperation, he said, the violators will be se- verely punished. This is done to protect all people in light of the exceptional circumstances the country is going through due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ties ‘deep-rooted’ Ambassador Balducci opens ‘Spazio Italia-Kuwait’ exhibit KUWAIT CITY, Feb 10: The Italian Ambassador to Kuwait Carlo Balducci affi rmed the development of integrated rela- tions between Kuwait and his country, and highlighted the depth of cooperation in all aspects, and the strive to con- solidate and develop friendship bonds in the future, reports Al-Qabas daily. He said this during the opening of the “Spazio Italia-Ku- wait” (Italy-Kuwait Space) recently, which was aimed to dis- play pictures of the heritage and civilizational monuments. It was attended by the Secretary General of the National Council for Culture, Arts & Letters (NCCAL) Kamel Al Abdul Jaleel. Ambassador Balducci emphasized some of the main ini- tiatives that characterized the bilateral cooperation between Italy and Kuwait in the past year, and the upcoming planned initiatives. He said, “This space, which extends over an area of 600 square meters, is located inside the embassy. It is a joint ini- tiative of the Kuwaiti and Italian people, while taking into account the rules of social distancing in a serious manner due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Such initiatives aim at strengthening relations between the two friendly countries. It is an interpretation of the cultural, commercial, economic, scientifi c and technological coop- eration”. Meanwhile, the Secretary General of NCCAL Kamel Al Abdul Jaleel highlighted the depth of political, diplomatic and cultural relations between Kuwait and Italy, stressing that they are deep-rooted and have historic links that were documented immediately after Kuwait achieved its independence. Al Abdul Jaleel explained that there are archaeological excavation campaigns all over Kuwait in general. The Uni- versity of Perugia carried out a major campaign to excavate antiquities on Failaka Island, and was able to infer many of the historical monuments currently preserved in the Kuwait National Museum. He went on to explain, “We also have an upcoming pro- ject with the University of Sapienza, one of the largest and oldest universities in Rome. It specializes in excavating an- tiquities, and these will have a share in the excavation of antiquities in Kuwait’s Kazma region. Had it not been for the COVID-19 pandemic, we would have signed the agreement currently in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.