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MUHARRAM 25, 1439 AH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2017 Max 36º 32 Pages 150 Fils Established 1961 Min 20º ISSUE NO: 17355 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Special Report: Case of Philippines’ Duterte warns of Hidden film treasures City crush Stoke; Palace stun 2 the disabled in Kuwait 9 ‘revolutionary government’ 30 brought to life in vault 16 Chelsea; Liverpool, Utd draw Bahraini monarch honors Zain Vice-Chairman and Group CEO Bader Al-Kharafi praises efforts to promote tolerance, dialogue and peaceful coexistence Is Kuwait facing a serious talent crisis? By Manaf Abdulaziz Alhajeri CEO, Kuwait Financial Centre - Markaz Before his demise a year ago, Dr George Abouna - a world pioneer in organ transplantation - had another sad, albeit earthly departure from Kuwait in 1990. He had to rush out of Kuwait, contract term unfinished, presumably due to his Iraqi origins and after setting up in Kuwait an organ transplantation unit that was the first of its kind in the Middle East .s Vice-Chairman and Group CEO Bader Al-Kharafi؛then. The departure of Abouna was probably a MANAMA: King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa honors Zain leading indicator of a serious and burgeoning national policy failure to attract world-class talent. The invasion of Kuwait indeed marked a decline - if MANAMA/KUWAIT: At an honorary ceremony held the King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful peace and prosperity for all humanity. Additionally, not erosion - of the position this country enjoyed at the Sakhir palace in Bahrain last week, King Hamad Coexistence patronized by the king. the reception saw the establishment of The Kingdom for three decades as an international hub for talent. bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain honored Zain’s Vice- During the reception in Manama, King Hamad of Bahrain Declaration as a global document to pro- This worked to the advantage of the more ambi- Chairman and Group CEO Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi in praised and thanked many regional dignitaries and del- mote religious freedom with the aim to confront tious GCC countries in their hunt for talent in most a ceremony expressing the kingdom’s appreciation of egations that supported the “This is Bahrain” campaign, extremism and terrorism. fields. The sojourn of senior expatriates in Kuwait is Zain Group’s efforts to spread the culture of tolerance, acknowledging the positive proactive efforts and King Hamad praised the efforts of his son Sheikh becoming increasingly short and full of residency, dialogue and peace. results achieved by this international event, including Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, as the representative at contractual and red tape challenges. The recent King Hamad also acknowledged and praised Zain the launch of the King Hamad Global Center for this event, for his contribution in clarifying his country’s rhetoric to indigenize the national workforce is not Group’s support and participation in the ‘This is Peaceful Coexistence to be established in Bahrain soon. firm position on the protection of religious freedoms helping either, leading to an existentially uneasy Bahrain’ event that was held in Sept 2017 in Los The center will launch projects aimed at promoting and respect for pluralism and intellectual, cultural and atmosphere for expatriates. Angeles. ‘This is Bahrain’ was held on the sidelines of cultural rapprochement between religions and cul- religious diversity. This sharp decline in Kuwait’s attractiveness for the international launch of the Bahrain Declaration and tures, reflective of King Hamad’s efforts to achieve Continued on Page 11 talent is not due to security concerns, because Kuwait became more secure after liberation, as it reaffirmed its sovereignty following its liberation in 1991. Worse, Kuwait saw also an exponential growth in unskilled labor, causing a serious capacity bottle- Trump speech sparks neck in both quality and quantity. According to Amer Al-Tamimi (Al-Qabas - Sept 15, 2011) there war of words are 129,653 illiterates in the country, of which 106,153 are expatriates, representing 82 percent of the total illiterate population in the country. This between US, Iran unskilled labor - many now observed straying on the streets - needs to be seriously addressed through a TEHRAN/WASHINGTON: US President Donald definitive solution to chronic labor trafficking, con- Trump’s refusal to certify the Iran nuclear deal has tracting policies and rules penalizing low-skilled sparked a new war of words between the Islamic Republic labor and more mechanized technologies. and America, fueling growing mistrust and a sense of WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump speaks TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reacts Replacing a highly-qualified expatriate with a citi- nationalism among Iranians. The speech has also served to about the Iran deal on Friday.— AFP in a speech on Friday. — AFP zen who may not have the qualifications does not unite Iranians across the political spectrum - from Trump’s benefit development in the long term, due to two rea- declining to call the Arabian Gulf, the waterway through sons. First, real development is about job creation, which a third of all oil traded by sea passes, as the Persian railed against the “Iranian dictatorship, its sponsorship interest”. “We encourage the US administration and only be achievable in a free, meritocratic, knowl- Gulf, to undercutting those trying to change Iran’s cleri- of terrorism, and its continuing aggression in the Congress to consider the implications to the security of edge-friendly and democratic environment providing cally overseen government from within. Middle East and all around the world”. And he warned the US and its allies before taking any steps that might equal opportunities to all. Second, we are in the That is also likely to strengthen the hand of hardliners he could rip up the 2015 agreement curbing Iran’s undermine” the deal. knowledge age, necessitating a clear policy to nur- within Iran, who long have insisted that the United States nuclear program “at any time,” saying it had failed to French President Emmanuel Macron later said he ture talent in view of building capacity in our institu- remains the same “Great Satan” denounced in the 1979 address Iranian subversion in its region and its illegal was considering visiting Iran after speaking by phone tions and raising competitiveness of the economy. Islamic Revolution. “Under the deal, it was supposed to missile program. with his Iranian counterpart. The International Sadly, I know a growing number of highly-quali- be that we get concessions, not that we give more con- Reaction to the US move came fast and furious, with Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which was fied expatriates who have left, are leaving to other cessions,” the hardline Kayhan newspaper raged. Iranian Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declaring the United awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, also denounced Gulf states, or sending their families back to their officials and media outlets yesterday uniformly con- States was “more than ever against the Iranian people”. the move, saying it makes proliferation more likely. countries of origin. Recruiters consistently report demned Trump’s comments that angrily accused Iran of Former US secretary of state John Kerry, who negotiat- In a televised speech shortly after Trump made his that neighboring markets have a much better suc- violating the spirit of the 2015 accord and demanded ed the nuclear deal, accused Trump of “creating an announcement, Rouhani said his country would remain cess rates in attracting senior finance executives, Congress toughen the law governing US participation. international crisis” and called on the US Congress to in the deal, but criticized Trump’s words, referring to Western teachers and doctors to name a few. Trump said he was not ready to pull out of the deal but stand in the president’s way. “It endangers America’s them as “cursing and futile accusations”. Rouhani also This trend has led to a decline in the competi- warned he would do so if it were not improved. national security interests and those of our closest said Iran would continue to build and test ballistic mis- tiveness of our economy, both in the public and pri- Trump defended his decision to “decertify” Iran’s allies,” Kerry said. In a cautious but unmistakable siles, something allowed under the nuclear deal though vate sectors. compliance in a speech Friday that evoked US griev- rebuke, the leaders of Britain, France and Germany said Americans believe it violates the accord’s spirit. Continued on Page 11 ances dating back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. He the deal remained in “our shared national security Continued on Page 11 MoI busts bid to smuggle must continue on this route to trans- in large amount of drugs IMF: Kuwait form its financial status from an oil- based economy to nation with vast KUWAIT: Ministry of Interior personnel detained a six-person gang resources and income. trafficking drugs and amphetamine pills from a European country, foil- ‘successful’ The private sector should be given ing a plot to smuggle in up to two million Captagon pills. The ministry’s more space to get involved in shaping information department said in a statement yesterday that the criminal in 1st phase the national economy, said the IMF sector, namely the Anti-Narcotics General Directorate, succeeded in official, who lauded Kuwait for taking aborting a bid to smuggle into the country two million narcotic pills by several initiatives since 2016 to reform these persons, including custom and civil aviation employees. of reforms its financial sector. He indicated that An informant notified the department about a plot by a person to WASHINGTON: Kuwait has been Kuwait’s eagerness to follow up on traffic a large amount of narcotic and amphetamine pills, including successful in implementing the first global financial protocols will have a Captagon, to the country by air with help of a group of people of phase of its economic and financial positive impact, adding that the IMF diverse nationalities.