-10° / -16°C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 No 3 (165) www.astanatimes.com Adopting children should be norm, Kuryk seaport says Mothers House Fund Director to boost shipment By Saltanat Boteu ASTANA – Ana Uii (Mothers’ capacity House) Public Fund has helped via Kuryk was 10 percent more approximately 3,500 women keep By Saltanat Boteu compared to 2017 and amount- their children in their birth families ed to 1.61 million tonnes. There and more than 900 youngsters find ASTANA – Approximately 2.5 were 70 percent more vessel adoptive families. The experience million tonnes of freight will be calls; their number reached 453,” shows it is possible to reduce so- shipped through Kuryk seaport said Kuryk seaport’s Deputy cial orphanhood with effort and in 2019, one million tonnes more Head Talgat Ospanov. a desire to resolve the issue, said than last year. The terminal is capable of serv- Ana Uii Executive Director Bibig- The port, on the Caspian Sea ing up to 20,000 cars a year. It also ul Makhmetova in an interview in the Mangystau region, was put has two berths for rail transport, with The Astana Times. into service in December 2016 each of which can serve and send The fund has two state-scale and began operating the following four ships per day. In 2018, 210 projects and several in the capi- March. Kuryk has subsequently barges were placed in the terminal; tal and the Akmola region aimed become a key component in the each barge has the capacity for 50 at helping mothers facing chal- country’s transformation into a freight cars. lenges to keep their children and Eurasian continental transport and Port managers intend to expand logistics hub, reported kazakh-tv. supporting adoptive families and cooperation with other coun- kz. youngsters from boarding-style tries; this year, shipments will “2018 was favourable for institutions to find each other. All be launched to Iran and Turk- Kuryk seaport. A car ferry termi- menistan. Kuryk seaport’s ferry are sponsored by philanthropists. nal was opened in the port with “Since 2013, we have imple- handling capacity will reach six the participation of the President million tonnes, with a plan of 10 mented the Ana Uii project that is a [of Kazakhstan]. At the end of network of crisis centres for women million tonnes by 2030. last year, the shipment of cargo Continued on Page A8 who are in difficult life situations and at risk of abandoning a child. When their families cannot accept them, a woman is faced with the choice of keeping the child or aban- doning it. We are doing everything British expert says AIFC ready possible to help women avoid such thoughts and save the child,” she said. Continued on Page B2 to provide Islamic finance-related arbitration Almaty region, bordering China, eyes Groups, which are composed By Yerbolat Uatkhanov of Parliamentarians from both the House of Commons and the ASTANA – Born and raised in House of Lords, and other impor- expanding industry, trade and tourism the U.K., British lawyer and ar- tant positions. I have been work- could you tell us about the most German company Wilo, which has ucts will be exported to Central bitrator, Freeman of the City of ing on legal cases from different jurisdictions across the globe ei- By Malika Orazgaliyeva significant projects? already produced 44 units of equip- Asia, China, Iran and Siberian re- London, Shariah scholar and Is- This year, we are planning to ment, and there are plans to produce gions of Russia under the interna- lamic finance expert Sheikh Bilal ther related to Islamic finance or general commercial disputes,” ASTANA – In an exclusive maintain the momentum of the more than 300 units in 2019. A tionally-recognised Lukoil brand Khan wanted to excel profession- he said in an exclusive interview interview with this newspaper, socio-economic development of Mareven food plant for the produc- marked Made in Kazakhstan. ally while maintaining a link with with The Astana Times. Akim (Governor) of Almaty oblast the oblast. tion of products under the brands The Khorgos-Eastern Gate SEZ his family’s traditional roots in AIFC has benefitted by attract- Amandyk Batalov shares his As the state-of-the-nation address BIGBON and Rolton with its own (special economic zone), a major South East Asia. He has achieved ing Khan, as he is both an Eng- views on the region’s transforma- of the head of state says, “Export- logistic and warehouse infrastruc- transport and logistics hub at the both goals by contributing his lish qualified lawyer from one tion from a formerly agrarian to a oriented industrialisation should ture launched on Industrialisation crossroads of commodity flows unique proficiency to the Astana of the leading Magic Circle law combined agrarian and industrial be a central element of economic Day last December. Annual produc- between China, Central Asia and International Financial Centre firms and an international Shariah one, its efforts to attract tourists policy.” We are now working hard tion will amount to 24 billion tenge the Eurasian Union, provides a (AIFC). scholar. It is extremely rare to find to its diverse destinations as well in this direction. Whereas in the (US$62.8 million); up to 80 percent powerful impetus to the economic “After developing expertise an experienced specialist in both as its growing role as a key entry past our oblast was considered ex- of the products will be exported to development of the oblast. Phoe- in Islamic finance, I studied [for fields. point into Kazakhstan from China clusively agrarian, it is now safe to Central Asian countries under the nix, a company from the United a] LL.B law degree and then the as it implements its famed Belt and say that Zhetysu (Seven Rivers, the brand Made in Kazakhstan. Arab Emirates, will open a feed Khan is a member of the AIFC legal practice in banking and fi- Advisory Council on Islamic Fi- Road Initiative (BRI). region’s informal name) is an agrar- This year, three more large ex- mill with a capacity of 60,000 nance and an MBA in various ian and industrial region. port-oriented facilities are being tonnes per year at the SEZ dry nance (ACIF) and AIFC Interna- British universities. Prior to join- tional Arbitration Centre (IAC) What socio-economic develop- It is also worth emphasising that introduced. port; it will be the only enterprise ing the AIFC, I served on numer- ment issues are on the agenda? our oblast is implementing nine pro- Lukoil, one of the world’s larg- that produces extruded feed for all panel of arbitrators. IAC provides ous high-profile boards includ- an independent and expeditious Are there plans to improve per- jects involving large multinational est producers of oil-refining and types of farm animals, birds and ing being Vice Chairman of the formance in the coming years? companies; two of them have al- petrochemical products, has begun alternative to court litigation and fish and 50 percent of the products Mosaic International Leadership How much foreign investment did ready been launched. They include the pre-commissioning of a lubri- operates at the highest interna- will be exported to China. Programme of the U.K. Prince’s Almaty oblast attract in 2018 and a pump production plant of the cant plant; 21,000 tonnes of prod- Continued on Page A6 tional standards to resolve AIFC Trust; as Senior Adviser to the civil and commercial disputes. British All-Party Parliamentary Continued on Page A8 Kazakh, international health experts present KazISS among world’s cutting-edge heart surgery technology Editor-in-chief and Harvard Medi- top think tanks for fourth By Dilshat Zhussupova cal School Professor of Medicine Mandeep Mehra. ASTANA – Leading Kazakh “While we can sustain life with and international experts presented [left ventricular assist] devices, consecutive year a fully implanted ventricular as- which have become better, these top 150 think tanks for the first sist device (FiVAD) at a Feb. 6 devices were not fully internalised By Zhanna Shayakhmetova time, taking 147th place among press conference in Astana titled – not contained within the body and Groundbreaking System for Pa- connected to a battery outside it, a 6,846 global think tanks. Over tients with Failing Heart. big problem in the field,” he noted. ASTANA – The Kazakhstan In- the past three years, the number The first human use of a wire- “The scientists before you, through stitute for Strategic Studies under of think tanks participating in the less coplanar energy transfer with a their sheer hard work, have been the President (KazISS) was ranked ranking increased by 1,316. The continuous-flow left ventricular as- able to move the field toward con- among the world’s top think tanks number of Kazakh analytical cen- sist device (LVAD) was carried out venient LVAD implantation. This for the fourth consecutive year, the tres in the report is growing every in the capital’s National Research is a critical advent in our field and institute’s press service reported year,” according to the press ser- Cardiac Surgery Centre last month, Kazakhstan, despite great demand will, eventually, treat only 4,000 should not be taken lightly.” Feb. 4. vice. said its Chief Executive Of§ficer among patients with end-stage people,” said University of Chicago The FiVAD removes the risk of in- KazISS was ranked 142th among Asia has experienced a dramatic (CEO) Yuriy Pya. heart failure. Now, the procedure is Professor of Medicine Nir Uriel on fection often caused by the transcu- 8,162 think tanks and the second growth in think tanks since the The centre offers cardiology, in- routine at the centre.