SUBSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 SHABAN 14, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Silk Road Jakarta Christian Kuwait Alves special reflects Kuwait governor jailed International sends ruthless 2030 vision for for two years Fashion Juventus global trade4 for blasphemy7 Week:36 Day 2 into20 final Amir, Erdogan launch new Min 27º Max 39º airport terminal project High Tide 11:44 Low Tide Turkish president calls to boost trade with Gulf 05:55 & 18:31 40 PAGES NO: 17223 150 FILS By Nawara Fattahova and Agencies conspiracy theories KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Is the sky falling? officially launched the start of construction of a new ter- minal at Kuwait International Airport yesterday, in a cer- emony attended by senior dignitaries from Kuwait, Turkey and the Gulf. The new passenger terminal is being built by award- winning Turkish construction company Limak Holding and a local partner, Kharafi National. The expansion will By Badrya Darwish triple capacity to 25 million passengers a year and accommodate all types of aircraft through 51 gates and stands. It is the largest contract to date for a Turkish company in Kuwait. [email protected] “This project is a testament to the special ties shared by Kuwait and Turkey,” Erdogan noted, adding that he was confident that “Kuwaitis would soon reap the bene- he market is scared nowadays. It’s very fits of a robust aviation sector”. The Turkish president gloomy, and it’s not due to dust storms and pointed out that “there has been substantial progress Tbad weather. Instead, the atmosphere is high- and development in Kuwait as of late and that the ly affected by a lack of confidence in the economic region is fortunate to have His Highness the Amir”. situation in Kuwait. No one is spending, and every- “We want to develop trade volume with the Gulf one is putting their money in their pockets. They states, which last year reached $17.4 billion,” Erdogan are just buying the necessities of life - the majority said. “Compared with the potential we have, this size is of what we spend is on food. below the required level,” the Turkish leader said. There is an atmosphere of dull stagnancy when Erdogan, who told reporters he was happy with his gov- you go to the market. Why is this? The economy is ernment’s political ties with the GCC, had previously actually not doing that bad and oil prices have said he aims to boost cooperation in the economic and been rising steadily, reaching around $50 per bar- defense sectors. Turkish companies have been awarded KUWAIT: HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rel, which is a great improvement for us. As it is, our around $51 billion of contracts across the GCC over the launch the start of construction of a new Kuwait International Airport terminal yesterday. — KUNA (See Page 3) budget is set for $45 per barrel. So we aren’t hurt- Continued on Page 13 ing, and we still see the government financing mega projects not less than before - actually even more. But the government keeps saying ‘deficit’ Govt will only debate ‘constitutional’ grilling after ‘deficit’ after ‘deficit’, without giving us thor- By B Izzak the required 10 signatures to file the ough details. non-cooperation motion, it is impossible Actually, they don’t know the impact on the KUWAIT: The National Assembly will to secure the required 25 votes to market when they keep saying that the financial debate the grilling of HH the Prime approve the motion, especially with sky is falling. The sky is not falling. The government Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- many opposition lawmakers rejecting and its plans are failing to revive the market and to Sabah today, as the government is such a motion at this time. rebuild our confidence in Kuwait’s economic future. expected to demand deleting a number MP Mohammad Al-Dallal said yesterday On the contrary, it’s very depressing that we keep of “unconstitutional” issues in the two that the Islamic Constitutional Movement hearing about humongous amounts - millions of grillings. The premier faces a variety of (ICM), the main opposition bloc in the dinars - lost to corruption and payoffs, bribery, etc. accusations in the two grillings filed by Assembly, does not believe that filing a May I ask one question? I’m not an economic five opposition lawmakers. The two will non-cooperation motion against the expert, but why doesn’t the government deal be debated on the same day, to be fol- prime minister now is appropriate. The directly with suppliers for major issues like lowed by the debate of a third grilling two grillings accuse the government of weapons, arms, airplanes or oil tankers? Why does against State Minister for Housing Affairs the prime minister of mismanagement, it need a middleman? This is what encourages cor- Yasser Abul. These are the first question- squandering public funds, imposing new ruption. Another major problem is that there is no ings against the prime minister in this charges on citizens and revoking citizen- transparency in any sector of the government. And Assembly, elected in November. ships of political opponents. please don’t tell me privatization will solve this Justice Minister Faleh Al-Azab said the But in an attempt to discredit the problem. Actually, you will end up making the rich government will accept to debate “what grillers at least over the citizenship issue, a richer and the poor poorer. is constitutional and reject what is special committee formed by the govern- SEOUL: South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-In (right) of the Democratic And worst of all, the government continues to unconstitutional”, a clear reference that ment to study reinstating revoked citizen- Party greets his supporters at a park near the presidential Blue House yesterday. — AFP talk about the bad economic shape of the country one of the two grillings contains issues ships issued a statement saying it will while it’s doing nothing to grow the economy and not in line with the constitution. He said resolve the issue soon. The committee said Landslide win for Moon rebuild it. We need confidence in the market. We the government will not accept to deal it has received 184 applications from peo- need optimism in the market. Not someone to dis- with issues against the constitution. The ple who had their citizenships revoked by in South Korea election tress and keep telling us we are broke. Especially government has a strong backing in the the government, adding it will soon start when we have hundreds of billions of dollars in Assembly and is certain to win any vote studying the applications in order of prior- SEOUL: Left-leaning former human for corruption, and took place against investments we could use. in the Assembly over the grilling. It is ity. The statement attempts to show that rights lawyer Moon Jae-In won South a backdrop of high tensions with the All these subsidy cuts - water, fuel, electricity, even backed by a good number of oppo- the government is serious about reinstat- Korea’s presidential election by a nuclear-armed North. Voters were gal- KOC employees’ benefits, etc, etc - actually have a sition MPs who believe that the grillings ing the revoked citizenships. landslide yesterday, according to an vanized by anger over the sprawling reverse effect. Was all of this really necessary? were not filed at an appropriate time. Also, the four opposition figures who exit poll, sweeping to power on a bribery and abuse-of-power contro- They make us scared and less likely to invest or Even if the two grillings are debated in had their citizenships revoked by the gov- yearning for change after a tumul- versy that brought down Park, which expand or grow our businesses and our economy. full, the grillers will find it difficult to ernment almost three years ago issued a tuous scandal. The ballot was called to catalyzed frustrations over jobs and It’s like a game to psych us out. They’ve killed the secure the support of 10 MPs to sign on a statement demanding that their cases choose a new president after Park slowing growth. morale of the nation. non-cooperation motion against the should not be involved in the political crisis. Geun-Hye was ousted and indicted Continued on Page 13 prime minister. If they manage to secure Continued on Page 13 India finds it hard to Hair therapy boosts end cash love affair tourism in Istanbul NEW DELHI: Fat wads of bank notes tax as well as fuelling corruption. “I’m ISTANBUL: On his to-do list for his trip to surgery at an Istanbul hospital, on condi- move across counters in Old Delhi’s sticking to cash,” one gold and diamond Istanbul, Palestinian tourist Jameel wants tion of not using his full name. gold and diamond district in one of dealer, Kapil, who declined to give his to visit the Blue Mosque and take a tour Faisal Abu Ahmad, from Saudi Arabia, many challenges to six months of last name, told AFP at his store in the on the Bosphorus, like any other tourist. said his uncle underwent the treatment Indian government efforts to suffocate backstreets. “There have been many But he has one more, less conventional in Turkey and so he followed suit. “Rapid the black market. Cash has been king in raids on the shops here so I don’t keep purpose - to have 1,500 strands of hair hair loss pushed me to undergo the oper- the musty narrow streets of Chandni as much stock of ready jewelry as I used implanted one by one, in an increasingly ation.