ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021 LOCAL/MIDEAST 7 Work on ‘Gulf railway tracks’ design to be launched Dec 2 Construction phase to start Q1 of 2025

KUWAIT CITY, Jan Acoustic delight is now a mix 10: According to reliable sources, the work on the of solid audio devices & high design of the Gulf railway tracks will be launched on quality ‘streaming services’ December 2, 2021 and will continue for 20 months KUWAIT CITY, Jan 10: Gone are the drown out noise while at work. While us- days where we would walk into an audio ing a Huawei smartphone, like the HUA- until August 2, 2023, re- store to pick up records, tapes or even buy WEI Mate 40 Pro as the main device, us- ports Al-Qabas daily. CDs. Having the entertainment center at ers can listen to music in top quality with During the period from June home, or an mp3 player for listening on Huawei’s range of audio devices. This 1, 2021 to December 2, 2021, the go, even download all your favorite includes the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro for tunes into your smartphone – things of example, which is perfect for listening on an international consultant will the past. With the advent of internet, users the go or at work, with dynamic active be selected. The floatation of the now have access not only to better qual- noise cancellation features for complete project is initially scheduled for ity audio devices, but also with streaming immersion. Once users come home, they December 4, 2023 and would ex- services being readily available, all kinds simply have to tap their smartphone on the tend to September 4, 2024. of music is now made easily accessible at HUAWEI Sound X Bluetooth speaker, According to a government report, all times. Smartphone manufactures like to instantly resume the music from the the construction phase by the foreign Huawei bringing to users not just a di- speaker instead. This saves the hassle of investor is expected to start in the verse music streaming platform - Huawei disconnecting and reconnecting between fi rst quarter of 2025, according to the Music, but also a range of powerful audio devices, allowing for a more seamless ex- devices that can be used across different schedule set for the implementation perience. The HUAWEI Sound X can also of the project, provided no unexpect- scenarios, such as homes, gyms, com- by muted by simply placing a hand over mute, and even at work places. ed obstacles occur. it and will automatically disconnect if the It stressed the importance of ac- What caused this industry change, and connected smartphone receives a call. how is it impacting the music industry as celerating the pace of issuance of a whole? Simply put, a consumer demand Devices necessary approvals by the Mu- for quality music experiences ushered in All of this is made possible with Hua- nicipal Council regarding the land the need for better audio devices, while wei’s connected ecosystem, which uses disputes among the government streaming services provide an easier solu- features like OneTap to seamlessly switch agencies, and the allocation of al- Photo by Mahmoud Jadeed tion for having more music ready to listen. between devices. Meanwhile, having ternative land. View of the Friday Market Huawei takes this a step further, driving multiple devices and services connected The government report insisted this change to a whole new level with its under one HUAWEI ID also allows for that priority will be to implement Conditions at Friday Market need to be regularized range of connected audio devices, all ac- easier connectivity and data transfer, with- the stage of the Gulf railway that cessible from one single device - smart- out any worries about safety and privacy. is concerned with the agreement phone, that can help users enjoy an im- Basically, if you have your music pref- of the Gulf Cooperation Council mersive acoustic experience, no matter erences logged in to HUAWEI Music on what the situation is like. member states, provided that the Crowd of chaos ... absence of control your smartphone, you can get all the same construction of other tracks will Listening data synced on a Huawei tablet by logging start at a later time. By Najeh Bilal quent the market can only ‘find their of identifi cation signs to make it easy in with the same HUAWEI ID. way out’. for customers to buy what they need For example, earlier it used to be a Partnership Al-Seyassah Staff situation where a user would be lis- This path of technological development Many market offi cials have called instead of roaming the whole market tening to a song on their phone, come has altered how users consume music and It highlighted that the method KUWAIT CITY, Jan 10: The Friday for the need to put numbers on the since the market is spread over 3 ki- home and then tune the radio or use an any other audio. With Huawei’s audio de- for implementing the project will Market is a good idea and a privi- stalls to make it easy for identifi ca- lometers. AUX cable to play it on home speakers. vices and services at the ready, users can be through the partnership between leged place to meet the needs of low- tion as is the case in other commercial Another visitor says he buys all Then mute it to answer a call or even not only enjoy great sound quality, but the public and private sectors – lo- income people, as well as satisfy the markets because this will save a lot of men’s and women’s clothes at the Fri- plug in a pair of headphones to listen on also enjoy the overall music experience, cal or foreign – or in cooperation desires of the lovers of ‘antiques’ time and effort in trying to look for the day market because they cost half the the go, while being limited to the songs promised to be hassle free and immersive between them. and old appliances and utensils, but desired shed. price than what it costs at the show- downloaded to their devices. like never before. these efforts are all lost in the crowd Moreover, such regulations will re- rooms. According to the report, the rail- duce congestion and save time, if not Another visitor, identifi ed as A.H., Things are quite different now. Let’s Meta Description: Technology has way tracks will start from the south of chaos and the absence of control, look at a how the same scenario above changed how music is enjoyed, with which makes it an arena for com- people will continue to roam the mar- said it is not easy to return something of the country, particularly from the mercial fraud and selling illusion to ket, aimlessly looking for the particu- you bought at the Friday Market be- changes with Huawei’s connected de- the help of devices and services readily borders of Saudi Arabia. The fi rst vices and cloud services. available for consumers. Huawei has customers. lar shop. cause it will take the entire day to fi nd phase of the project consists of four It is easy to practice commercial A Kuwaiti, who identifi ed himself the place where you bought something Users can now stream their favorite encouraged this growth with its range stations starting from Nuwaiseeb tunes through HUAWEI Music, enjoying of audio devices and cloud services at fraud because almost all sellers de- as Al-Issa says he prefers to buy some because there are no identifi cation them at home, during commute or even to the ready. area and ending in Farwaniya Gov- liberately obscure the stalls so that new items from the Friday Market, es- signs for the shops. ernorate. It will consist of storage, the buyers cannot identify them if pecially carpets and rugs, since at the On the other hand, a citizen wants loading, passenger, and mainte- they find defects in the goods pur- market the prices are lower than the the authorities to build more than one Airport remains closed nance stations with a total length of chased and want to return them. Add showrooms at least by 30. mosque inside the Friday market, be- 111 kilometers, and at an estimated to this the similarity of the stalls and Another visitor, who identifi ed him- cause the only mosque is in a bad state cost of KD 603 million. the passage ways, absence of any self as Al-Hassawi says, the Friday in terms of congestion during Friday Kuwait embassy in Madrid warns In the same context, government indication signs and people who fre- Market needs to be organized in terms prayers in particular. sources indicated the issuance of min- citizens of Philomena snowstorm isterial resolution No. 9/2020 regard- of an integrated network linking the offer the subscription before the fl icts so that the Public Authority for ing the establishment of a committee north and south of the country. It in- completion of the implementation of Partnership and the public and pri- MADRID, Jan 10, (Agencies): Ku- Meanwhile, emergency crews in to follow up and implement the rail- cludes three tracks with a total length the project, as the citizens’ subscrip- vate sectors can launch the project. wait’s embassy in Madrid on Sun- central Spain cleared 500 roads and way track project in the country. of 565 kilometers – the Gulf, the tion process will start after the full The representative of Kuwait Mu- day called upon citizens in various rescued over 1,500 people stranded This committee is carrying out commercial and the economic. There operation of the railway project. nicipality stressed the importance of Spanish cities to be careful during in vehicles as the country slowly its work of collecting all the in- will be a number of stations special- The committee in charge of study- preserving the current tracks accord- the Philomena snowstorm that hits shovels out of its worst snowstorm formation related to the project ized in loading and storage, in addi- ing the railways fi le affi rmed the im- ing to the third plan without making the country. in recent memory. and reviewing the designs and the tion to a project that serves passen- portance of fi nancial and economic any changes to avoid wasting public In a statement, the embassy called Madrid’s Adolfo Suárez Madrid- guidelines in order to determine the ger transportation operations, freight feasibility to approve the offering of money, provided that an internation- on citizens to adhere to the guidelines Barajas International Airport re- justifi cations for the delay of the and cargo transportation operations, the subscription before or during the al engineering consultant is available by the Spanish authorities, as the mained closed Sunday as it has since project, and then issuing a state- as well as maintenance stations. implementation of the project, for its to provide a detailed study on the de- storm disrupted public transportation Friday night. Train lines traversing ment concerning the feasibility of and vehicles movement. The Span- the capital were also shut down and The representative of the State initial fi nancing, thus reducing the sign of the tracks. ish authorities announced a state over 150 roads were still impassable. its implementation. Properties Department in the Minis- burden on public funds. The follow-up and implementa- of maximum emergency to be de- Storm Filomena has lost The committee affi rmed the im- try of Finance stated that the evalu- The Public Authority for Roads tion Committee concluded the divi- clared until Wednesday evening. strength as it moved eastward but portance of preserving the current ation and payment of compensation and Transportation (PART) revealed sion of the railway project into three The embassy called on citizens authorities are still urging people railway tracks in accordance with to the owners of the 13 agricultural that the number of government agen- tracks - the Gulf track for the Gulf to contact the diplomatic mission in to remain at home to limit the the third plan of Kuwait without holdings that obstruct the railway cies that have facilities obstructing link, the commercial route that con- case of emergency on the following risk of falls on icy streets ahead making any changes in order to path have been completed. the railway project is 18. Of these, nects to Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port, numbers: (+3) 465-111-1116 and of a severe drop in temperatures avoid wasting public funds. The representative of the Pub- ten represent major confl icts that re- and the economic route that connects (+3) 491-386-9666. in the coming days. It is worth mentioning that the lic-Private Partnership Authority quire the presence of a specialized the northern region and the new eco- national railway project consists stressed that it was not possible to global advisor to resolve these con- nomic zones. News in Brief

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