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Ministers Reassure No Hike in Prices of Basic Services SUBSCRIPTION MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2014 THULHIJA 19, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Green Line Yemen’s crisis Chocolate Federer edges slams reflects arc covered bugs Simon to environmental of Arab served up at win Shanghai law as unclear4 Spring revolts8 insect29 museum Masters20 Ministers reassure no hike Max 40º Min 23º in prices of basic services High Tide 01:50 & 15:44 Omair sees end to oil price slide OPEC unlikely to cut output Low Tide • 09:10 & 21:10 40 PAGES NO: 16311 150 FILS By B Izzak and Agencies KUWAIT: Oil Minister Ali Al-Omair yesterday denied there was a plan by the government to raise the prices of petrol or cooking gas, but acknowledged that a top- level meeting this week will discuss lifting or reducing subsidies on electricity and water, besides diesel, kerosene and aviation fuel. Omair told reporters that the issue of raising fuel and cooking gas prices was not on the table from the very beginning and the issue is “suspended indefinitely”. But the minister said that a joint meeting by the Cabinet and the higher planning council, due to take place on Wednesday, will discuss the issue of lifting or reducing government subsidies on several products and commodities. The meeting will discuss lifting subsi- dies on diesel, kerosene and aviation fuel in addition to reducing subsidies on electricity and water based on consumption, the minister said. Omair assured that low-income people who do not over-consume will not incur any increases in the price of electricity or water as those who consume less will continue to pay the same rate. The minister explained CAIRO: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah meets United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (left) and US Secretary of State John Kerry that the proposal calls for keeping the same price of 2 (right) during the Gaza Donor Conference yesterday. — AFP fils a kilwatt/hour for consumption of up to 3,000 kilo- watts/hour per month, then raising the price gradually for categories who consume up to 6,000, 9,000 and 12,000 kilowatts/hour. He provided no further details Kuwait pledges $200m for Gaza about the exact rates for these groups. Electricity and Water Minister Abdulaziz Al-Ibrahim meanwhile said that there will be no increase in elec- Donor states pledge $5.4bn, urge peace talks tricity charges without the approval of the National Assembly. A large number of MPs have vowed that they CAIRO: International donors pledged million, but there was clear concern at struction and the rest as unspecified aid er this year, urged renewed talks and said will not accept any increase in the prices of public serv- about $5.4 billion in aid to rebuild the financing the reconstruction of Gaza yet to the Palestinians, he said. The donors the two sides needed to make “tough ices or commodities because such measures will harm battered Gaza Strip yesterday and urged again without a peace deal in sight. The “committed themselves to start disburs- choices”. The call was echoed by Arab low and middle-income citizens. MPs called on the gov- Israel and the Palestinians to renew crowded coastal enclave, ruled by the ing their assistance as soon as possible,” and European envoys. ernment to tax merchants instead. peace efforts. Gas-rich Qatar led the way Islamist militant Hamas movement since Brende said. The Palestinians asked for up to $4 bil- Local media reports have said that the government at a donors’ conference in Cairo with a 2007, remained a “tinderbox”, UN chief US Secretary of State John Kerry said lion in international aid after Gaza suf- was planning to raise petrol prices from 65 fils a litre to promise of $1 billion in aid to the coastal Ban Ki-moon warned, announcing plans Gaza was facing an “enormous” chal- fered heavy damage in its conflict with 130 fils and lift subsidies on diesel, kerosene and avia- enclave, devastated by its 50-day sum- to visit Gaza tomorrow. lenge. “The people of Gaza do need our Israel in July and August. There is wide- tion fuel which do not impact consumers directly. The mer conflict with Israel. Kuwait and the “The participants pledged approxi- help, desperately, not tomorrow, not spread concern that - after three destruc- reports have also said that the government proposal United Arab Emirates also pledged $200 mately $5.4 billion,” said Boerge Brende, next week, they need it now,” Kerry told tive conflicts in the past six years - any would also seek to raise electricity charges separately million each yesterday. reading out a closing statement at the the gathering of some 30 global envoys. help to Gaza will eventually be lost in for expatriates and Kuwaitis based on groups of con- Washington pledged $212 million and Cairo conference which Norway co-host- Kerry, who failed to broker a peace deal more violence. sumption. European Union member states €450 ed. Half of the pledges will go for recon- between Israel and the Palestinians earli- Continued on Page 13 Continued on page 13 Spoilt food traders to be deported 5 Gulf nationals deported for harassing women KUWAIT: Immediate deportation is the deci- spoilt food. The campaign will focus on indi- for the same offense. sive measure to be taken against traders of viduals and companies that have a record in Security sources said the administrative spoilt food, a senior Interior Ministry official spoilt food trade and incorrect food storage in deportation will continue as a measure to said yesterday. Undersecretary Lt Gen Suleiman private houses seeking to manipulate the law, counter expatriates’ harassment of women. Al-Fahd said in a meeting he presided that he pointed out. Coordination between the They said the five deportees will not be deterrent measures would be taken against ministry and the relevant emergency teams is allowed entry into the country again, as their violators. He stressed that “no one is above the a major element of the plan, he vowed. names have been blacklisted at border points. law” where the health and safety of people - cit- Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry imple- The sources said that Deputy PM and Interior izens and residents alike - is concerned. Acting mented its new policy of deporting any expat Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid plans Director General of Kuwait Municipality Ahmad who harasses women by deporting five Gulf to instruct all security sectors to deport Al-Manfouhi also attended the meeting. nationals accused of harassing women in a expats who disturb law and order, and they WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama speaks with Secretary of Health and Fahd noted that the ministry and the public place, then being involved in a major will not be allowed to return to the country Human Services Sylvia Burwell from the Oval Office of the White House yesterday municipality would launch a campaign against fight. Four others will be deported next week again. — Agencies regarding a newly reported case of Ebola in a healthcare worker in Dallas. — AFP US Ebola case deals a NYC poised to Louvre Abu Dhabi to blow to global battle end cellphone get 300 masterpieces WASHINGTON: A Texas health care sioner of the Texas Department of State ban in school ABU DHABI: Masterpieces by Leonardo spanning from pre-Bronze Age to Pop worker who treated an Ebola victim has Health Services. “We are broadening our da Vinci and Vincent van Gogh will be Art, it said in a statement. tested positive for the deadly virus, deal- team in Dallas and working with extreme NEW YORK: New York City is preparing to end its ban among 300 works displayed at the “This will be the first time many of ing a blow to the worldwide battle to diligence to prevent further spread.” on cellphones in schools, dooming an industry that Louvre Abu Dhabi, the emirate said yes- these works will travel to Abu Dhabi or stem the outbreak. Top US health offi- The caregiver at Texas Health sprang up near dozens of schools where teens could terday, as it aims to become a leader in even the Middle East, and are a rare cials have said the case - which if con- Presbyterian Hospital Dallas tested posi- park their phones in a van for a dollar a day. Mayor Bill fine art. The museum, built at a cost of opportunity to see important art from firmed would be the second diagnosed tive for Ebola on Saturday in a prelimi- de Blasio - apparently the first mayor to have a child in €500 million ($630 million) and set to French museums,” said Sultan bin outside Africa and the first contracted on nary test and is currently in the hospital, New York City public schools while in office - prom- open in December 2015, will feature Tahnoon Al-Nahyan, chairman of the ised to end the ban during his campaign and US soil - indicated a breach in safety pro- in isolation and in stable condition. “This paintings and sculptures from 13 of organisation behind the project. acknowledged last month that his own son brings a tocol. That suggestion - along with state- is not news that should bring about pan- France’s most renowned collections Continued on Page 13 phone to Brooklyn Technical High School. He gave no ments from an infected Spanish nurse ic,” said Dallas county judge Clay Jenkins. date for ending the ban but said that for parents it’s who said she thought she might have But Dan Varga, the chief clinical officer “very, very important to know how to reach their kids.” developed Ebola after brushing her face for Texas Health Resources, said officials The out-of-sight, out-of-mind rule is already the de with a glove - raised questions about the were “very concerned” that the worker facto policy at most New York City high schools effectiveness of the measures in place to had apparently contracted the virus including Brooklyn Tech, where Dante de Blasio is a halt the disease’s spread.
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