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Mps Want Government Action Over Demographic Imbalance Adasani to Oppose Privatization of Public Services THULHIJJA 27, 1440 AH WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2019 28 Pages Max 46º Min 27º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17917 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait encouraging use of zero Swift, Cardi B and Missy Elliott Serena routs Sharapova in US 4 emission vehicles, setting rules 20 bring girl power to MTV VMAs 28 Open start, ‘rusty’ Federer wins MPs want government action over demographic imbalance Adasani to oppose privatization of public services By B Izzak Council about 10 years ago. The law- no progress on the ground to imple- maker said the government has failed to ment the solutions. Public holiday KUWAIT: Lawmakers yesterday urged take proper actions against visa traders, Meanwhile, MP Riyadh Al-Adasani the government to take concrete actions the majority of whom are highly influen- warned the government yesterday on Muharram 1 to translate its promises to rectify the tial people, which complicated the popu- against privatizing any public services severe imbalance in the demographic lation problem. Hadiya accused the gov- which could result in hiking prices of the By A Saleh composition, where expatriates are more ernment of not being serious in resolving services and commodities. The lawmak- than double the number of citizens. MP such critical issues. er said allowing the private sector to KUWAIT: The Civil Service Commission said the Mohammad Al-Hadiya said issues like MP Saleh Ashour said solutions to control public utilities and vital sectors new hegira year holiday will be on Muharram 1, the demographic structure, labor cities the population structure and towns for is totally rejected and threatened he be it on Saturday or Sunday. It said if Muharram 1 and unmarried expats living in family laborers have remained on government would use constitutional tools against is on Sunday, Sept 1, then it will be a holiday, but residential areas have remained unre- shelves for years without any action, the government. Riyadh Al-Adasani if it falls on Saturday, Aug 31, then Saturday will solved for years, although plans and adding that it is strange to repeatedly Adasani sent questions to the govern- be the day off and there will be no compensatory measures have already been prepared. hear statements from ministers and offi- ment over reports of plans to privatize forcing some employees to go on early holiday for it. The CSC moves holidays to He said that many single expats still cials about these issues, but they never- some state-run public services, saying retirement, saying he had warned against Thursday if they fall within the workweek, except live in family areas after the government theless remain without solutions. He he is totally opposed to this because it the loopholes of the law during its for the hegira and Gregorian new years, when the repeatedly delayed the construction of said that scores of studies and will lead to price increases. The lawmak- debate in the Assembly. He said he will holiday will be on the day they occur. special towns for laborers, although the researches had been made on these er also criticized the government for file amendments to the law when the new cities were approved by the Municipal problems, but the government has made implementing the early retirement law by Assembly term opens in October. zone around Idlib to avert a full-scale regime assault. Russia, Turkey share But Assad’s forces have been bombarding the province for months and on August 8 launched a ground offensive. Turkey established 12 military obser- ‘concerns’ over Idlib vation posts in Idlib under the buffer zone deal and one of them has been encircled by Syrian government as Kurds pull back forces. “The situation (in Idlib) has become so compli- cated that at this moment our troops are in danger,” Erdogan said. “We do not want this to continue. All MOSCOW: The leaders of Russia and Turkey said yes- necessary steps will be taken here as needed.” terday they shared deep concerns over fighting in north- Yesterday’s talks between Putin and Erdogan came western Syria, with Ankara warning it would take the ahead of a summit on Syria that will see the two leaders steps necessary to protect its troops there. After meeting joined by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani in Ankara on for talks near Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin Sept 16. Erdogan said the September meeting “should and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan said they hoped to contribute to peace in the region”. Both leaders said work together to ease tensions in Idlib province. they supported Syria’s territorial integrity, but Putin Russian-backed government forces launched a emphasized the need to keep fighting militant forces in ground offensive this month against Idlib, one of the Idlib. “Terrorists continue shelling the positions of last major areas of Syria outside government hands. Syrian government forces, trying to attack Russian mili- The fighting is threatening to increase tensions tary installations,” Putin said. “The de-escalation zone between Russia and Iran, who back President Bashar must not serve as a refuge for militants, let alone a Al-Assad’s regime, and Turkey which supports some bridgehead for new attacks.” rebel groups. “The situation in the Idlib de-escalation Idlib is dominated by jihadist group Hayat Tahrir Al- zone is of serious concern to us and our Turkish part- Sham, the former Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria. Recent ners,” Putin said at a press conference with Erdogan fighting has been fierce in the province, the last major carried on Russian state television. front in a war that has killed more than 370,000 people He said Turkey had “legitimate interests” to protect on and displaced millions since 2011. Yesterday, clashes its southern borders and supported the creation of a between anti-government fighters and regime forces in security zone in the area. Putin said he and Erdogan had northwestern Syria killed 51 combatants on both sides, agreed “additional joint steps” to “normalize” the situation according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan eat ice cream dur- in Idlib, but did not provide details. Moscow and Ankara a Britain-based war monitor. ing the MAKS 2019 International Aviation and Space Salon’s opening ceremony in Zhukovsky yesterday. — AFP last year struck a deal to create a “de-escalation” buffer Continued on Page 24 Bibi tells Nasrallah to ‘calm down’ as Hezb plans response BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: Hezbollah is preparing a “cal- culated strike” against its enemy Israel after suspected Israeli drones crashed in Beirut but it aims to avoid a new war, two sources allied to Hezbollah told Reuters yester- day. A reaction “is being arranged in a way which wouldn’t lead to a war” that Hezbollah does not want, one of the sources said. “The direction now is for a calculated strike, TEHRAN: A man in a USA T-shirt is seen at Vali Asr Square in the Iranian capital but how matters develop, that’s another thing.” yesterday. — AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yes- terday Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah should “calm down” after Nasrallah said the Iranian- Iran dampens down prospect backed movement would respond to the crash of two JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boards an autonomous vehicle dur- of Trump-Rouhani meeting Continued on Page 24 ing a cornerstone ceremony for the Mobileye campus in Har Hahotzvim yesterday. — AFP TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan retreat from all illegal, unjust and wrong Rouhani told the United States to “take sanctions against the nation of Iran,” the first step” by lifting all sanctions Rouhani said. “The key for positive change Saudi shops push against Iran, dampening down the likeli- is in the hands of Washington,” he said, hood of meeting US counterpart Donald because Iran had already ruled out ever Trump. Foreign Minister Mohammad doing what worries the US the most - boundaries on Javad Zarif said the prospects for such a building an atomic bomb. meeting were “unimaginable” even if the “This concern has already been prayer shutdown United States rejoins a landmark nuclear removed” through a fatwa issued in 2003 deal with Iran. Trump had said less than 24 by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali RIYADH: With burger patties sizzling over a hot hours earlier he was ready to meet with Khamenei, he added. “We don’t (intend to) grill, a Saudi eatery did the unthinkable as a Rouhani within weeks, in a potential make an atomic bomb... our military doc- muezzin’s call to prayer sent Muslim worshippers breakthrough reached during a G7 sum- trine is based on conventional arms,” said scrambling to lower their shutters: it stayed open. mit in the French seaside resort of Biarritz. Rouhani. “So take the first step. Without The scene, amid a sweeping reform drive, was a Iran’s economy has been battered by this step, this lock will not be unlocked.” striking contrast to the days when religious police US sanctions imposed since Trump in May In Biarritz, French President Emmanuel wielded unbridled powers and drove people out of last year unilaterally withdrew from the Macron had said the “conditions for a malls and shops to enforce the Islamic world’s only RIYADH: This picture taken on Aug 14, 2019 shows Saudis in a mall in the capital, 2015 nuclear deal between the Islamic meeting” between Trump and Rouhani “in mandatory prayer-time shutdown. open during the sunset Maghrib prayers. — AFP republic and world powers. “You must Continued on Page 24 Continued on Page 24 2 Established 1961 Local Wednesday, August 28, 2019 Amir receives top state officials at Bayan Palace Kuwait govt voices great relief for Amir’s full recovery KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Minister of Finance Nayef Al-Hajraf, as Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
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