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JAMADA ALTHANI 25, 1439 AH TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2018 Max 30º 32 Pages Min 17º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17479 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net 16 GCC sets up company to facilitate money transfers Hashel calls for cautious response to challenges • Zayani urges banking coordination KUWAIT: The Gulf Cooperation fers among the GCC countries. The com- Council is setting up a company to facili- pany is being started even though GCC tate direct money transfers among its six members Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and members. The Riyadh-based Gulf United Arab Emirates have been boy- Payments Company will allow Gulf states cotting a fourth member, Qatar, since to transfer money “without reliance on June. They accuse Qatar of supporting international currencies”, Kuwait Central terrorism, a charge it has denied. Bank Governor Mohammad Al-Hashel During the meeting, Hashel affirmed told reporters yesterday following the the necessity of Gulf countries’ cautious 69th meeting of the GCC Committee of response to challenges facing the region Governors of Monetary Agencies and to ensure sustainable economic prosper- Central Banks. ity. He said these challenges and changes The chief executive officer has been have become “a part of our contempo- picked and all member states have rary reality”. He clarified that regional agreed to contribute initial capital, Hashel changes come at the same time with said. “After that the company has to go huge global economic changes, adding out and borrow from the Gulf market or monetary policies and openness of the use the capital it has generated,” he said. Gulf region to global markets have also The countries’ central bank governors affected the GCC countries’ economies. will sit on the board and a secondary Hashel affirmed the need of taking office will be set up in the United Arab into consideration precautionary meas- Emirates, he said, without saying when ures to predict and face these changes the company would start operating. through studies and researches that Hashel said the commission members would help in strengthening and stabiliz- lauded the formation of the company ing “our financial and monetary status”. KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait Mohammad Al-Hashel, GCC and predicted its key role in creating Central banks of the GCC countries must Secretary General Abdullatif Al-Zayani and governors of GCC central banks and monetary institutions at Bayan Palace yesterday. — KUNA safe and rapid means for financial trans- Continued on Page 11 creating a network of three hospitals offering cooperating and coordinating with the com- Dhaman begins secondary care geographically spread across pany to provide outstanding healthcare,” Kuwait, the first of which is in Ahmadi and Sheikh Basel said. second in Amghara in Jahra. “Dhaman’s projects will also positively work on second The Dhaman Hospital in Jahra will be a affect and ease the pressure at health ministry five-storey hospital with a built-up area of facilities and reduce the congestion experi- expat hospital 87,536 sq m, offering secondary healthcare enced by citizens and residents receiving services including a capacity of 300 beds, 13 healthcare. The Dhaman Hospital in Jahra will KUWAIT: Health Assurance Hospitals intensive care units and 11 operating rooms, in serve a wide range of expatriates and is Company (Dhaman) celebrated the start of addition to trauma and rehab centers, diag- equipped with various medical specialities. construction of the company’s second hospi- nostic centers, delivery rooms and accident The latest technologies and specifications tal in Jahra governorate during a ground- and emergency services. have been taken into consideration as part of breaking ceremony held under the patronage “During this ceremony, I would like to the overall development of the healthcare of Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah. emphasize the ministry of health’s full support sector,” he added. In 2017, Dhaman broke ground on its first towards the development of the healthcare Dr Ahmad Mohammed Al-Saleh, Dhaman hospital in Ahmadi governorate, and is system under the public-private partnership CEO and Board Member said: “Dhaman is expecting to complete both hospitals in 2020. agreement to provide comprehensive health- steadily working towards executing its proj- In support of the country’s Vision 2035 to care coverage through three hospitals and ects and achieving its vision as part of the KUWAIT: Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah (right) takes part in a groundbreaking provide world-class healthcare services to a primary healthcare centers covering all areas country’s development plan. ceremony of the Dhaman Hospital in Amghara yesterday. — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh large segment of the population, Dhaman is across Kuwait. The ministry is keen about Continued on Page 11 Nepal plane crash kills 49; Amir sends condolences Nod to panel to KATHMANDU: Forty-nine people “Forty people died at the spot and were killed when a Bangladeshi plane nine died at two hospitals in screen expats’ crashed and burst into flames near Kathmandu,” police spokesman Manoj Kathmandu airport yesterday, in the Neupane told AFP, adding another 22 driving licenses worst aviation disaster to hit Nepal in were being treated in hospital, some in a nearly three decades. Officials said critical condition. Survivor Sanam By B Izzak there were 71 people on board the US- Shakya, who climbed out of a window of Bangla Airlines turboprop plane from the smoldering plane, said he didn’t real- KUWAIT: The National Assembly’s interior and Dhaka when it crashed just east of the ize the aircraft was in trouble until it hit defense committee yesterday approved a proposal runway and skidded into a nearby foot- the ground. “The plane was going up requiring the interior ministry to set up a permanent ball field. Rescuers cut apart the man- down, right and left, up down... so I panel to investigate whether driving licenses of gled and charred wreckage of the thought that was some air traffic only. expatriates are in line with the laws and rules. The upturned aircraft to pull people out, But I came to know that the aircraft had proposal, which was submitted by MP Waleed Al- while other passengers were found a problem only when it forcibly landed,” Tabtabaei, said the proposed committee should KATHMANDU: Nepali rescue workers gather around the debris of an airplane that crashed buried under debris that scattered as the 33-year-old said from a hospital bed. screen all driving licenses of expatriates at the time near the international airport yesterday. — AFP the plane hit the ground. Continued on Page 11 of issuance or renewal. Under Kuwait’s traffic law, expatriates living and working in Kuwait must meet a series of conditions Saturday. “It is with huge sadness that to be able to apply for a driving license, including ‘Little black we inform you that Hubert Taffin de earning a monthly salary of at least KD 600, have Givenchy has died,” a statement said. completed two years of residence in the country With his perfect manners and old- and possess a university degree. There are several dress’ designer school charm, the tall and handsome exemptions, including students studying at universi- count was the very acme of French ele- ties in Kuwait, private drivers of families, doctors, Givenchy dies gance and refinement. But it was his 40- judges, engineers and several other senior profes- year friendship with his muse Hepburn, sionals, in addition to housewives with children, PARIS: Hubert de Givenchy, the aristo- whom he met while she was making Billy those working as messengers and others. cratic French fashion designer famous Wilder’s Oscar-winning comedy But those who obtain a driving license based on for the “little black dress” and styling “Sabrina” in 1953, that helped make him one of the exemptions must relinquish the license Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy, a fashion legend. The narrow-collared once they lose these conditions. The stringent con- has died aged 91, his partner said yester- suits and slim woollen dresses Givenchy ditions for obtaining a license has given rise to cor- day. Givenchy set the template for lady- designed for the gamine actress in ruption, with expatriates paying hundreds of dinars like chic in the 1950s and 1960s, dress- “Funny Face” and “How to Steal a in bribes to obtain a license. Due to menacing traffic ing everyone from Princess Grace of Million” made both of them style icons. jams, especially in the morning and evening, several Monaco to Jane Fonda. His longtime The black sheath dress Givenchy cre- MPs, officials and activists are blaming expats ated for the opening scenes of partner, the former haute couture rather than the government for not constructing designer Philippe Venet, announced his “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” was perhaps the enough roads. PARIS: In this file photo taken on July 3, 1995, French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy death through the Givenchy fashion most famous “little black dress” of all Continued on Page 11 poses at the office of his fashion house. — AFP house, saying he had died in his sleep on Continued on Page 11 2 Established 1961 Local Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Amir patronizes, attends PAAET students’ honoring ceremony Sponsorship reflects Amir’s keenness on young citizens’ future KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah poses for a group photo with Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) graduates and staff. — KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Academy said he was overwhelmed with the ceremony, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah patronized and attended a particularly His Highness’ presence. Kawthar Murtadah, ceremony held yesterday to honor outstanding students accounting graduate, expressed gratitude to the state’s of the Public Authority care for the non-Kuwaiti for Applied Education students and allowing and Training (PAAET).