SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016 RABI ALTHANI 9, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Tourism in Clinton counters Kuwait experience Djokovic, Kuwait can Sanders highlighted in Serena star at generate 30,000 ‘revolution’ with Boumedjeria’s scandal-hit jobs in 410 years her experience9 maiden35 book Aussie20 Open KPC board reshuffles Min 10º Max 26º key posts in oil sector High Tide 07:50 & 18:59 Terms of office end for many top officials Low Tide 01:18 & 13:01 40 PAGES NO: 16760 150 FILS KUWAIT: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation’s Board of KIA refusing Directors, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of 4 kids killed in Farwaniya blaze Finance and Acting Minister of Oil Anas Al-Saleh, yesterday conducted a reshuffle of major posts in affiliate compa- to cooperate nies. The board discussed nominations for the major posts in the oil sector as the term of office ended for a host of top officials, spokesman of the sector Sheikh Talal Al- in sale probe Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said in a press statement. Directors and their deputies were appointed at KPC, as By B Izzak well as CEOs of subsidiary companies, he added. Hashim Sayed Hashim was appointed managing direc- KUWAIT: Head of the National Assembly’s public tor of KPC, entrusted with management and implementa- funds protection committee MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji tion of the integration project between refining and petro- yesterday accused the state-run Kuwait Investment chemical operations. Jamal Abdulaziz Jaafar was appoint- Authority (KIA) of refusing to cooperate with the pan- ed CEO of the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). Mohammad el’s investigation. Turaiji said the committee met yes- Abdulatif Al-Farhoud and Abdulnasser Yusuf Al-Fluij were terday to discuss the issue of selling a real estate serv- appointed CEOs of the Petrochemical Industries Company ices company by KIA in a suspicious way that “serves (PIC) and the Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC) respective- the relatives of the KIA director”. He said that the direc- ly. Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled noted that the KPC also appoint- tor refused to provide the committee with documents ed members of the boards of directors in all the KPC affili- of that sale and also refused to provide the documents ated companies for the coming three years, after dis- to the Audit Bureau. cussing the relevant criteria and regulations. The committee intends to write a letter to the Kuwait’s previous oil minister Ali Al-Omair was moved to the Public Works Ministry after a row with senior oil Assembly speaker stating that KIA has refused to execs over his plan to reshuffle oil companies’ leadership. cooperate with the panel’s investigation and also with He was appointed in Jan 2014 but faced repeated contro- the Audit Bureau, and “we have the evidence of that versies during his tenure and fierce opposition to his and the cheques of the sale”, the lawmaker said. Turaiji plans to swap the CEOs of two state-owned oil company also warned the finance minister, who supervises KIA, KUWAIT: Four children were killed in a fire in a sixth-floor flat in Farwaniya yesterday. Furniture, mattress- subsidiaries. KPC CEO Nezar Al-Adasani refused in that the authority is committing a serious mistake of es and other objects in the stairwell hindered firemen as they tried to reach the affected apartment, while November last year to make the swap as Omair decreed, refusing to cooperate with an Assembly panel. residents of the building were evacuated. One fireman was injured. — By Hanan Al-Saadoun instead arguing that the minister had no power over such Continued on Page 13 decisions. — KUNA LEEDS: British Prime Minister David Cameron (center) talks with Imam Qari Asim and Shabana Muneer, a member of the mosque’s women’s group, as he visits Makkah Masjid yesterday. — AFP Cameron warns Muslim women: Learn English or risk deportation LONDON: Muslim women who fail to learn English to a partners. But Cameron said they would also face further high enough standard could face deportation from tests after two and a half years in the country to make Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron announced yes- sure their language skills were improving. “You can’t terday. He also suggested that poor English skills can guarantee you will be able to stay if you are not improv- leave people “more susceptible” to the messages of ing your language,” he told BBC radio. “People coming groups like Islamic State (IS). Cameron’s comments to our country, they have responsibilities too.” came as his center-right Conservatives launched a £20 Cameron’s government estimates that around 190,000 million ($28.5 million) language fund for women in iso- Muslim women in England - about 22 percent of the lated communities as part of a drive to build communi- total - speak little or no English. There are estimated to ty integration. be around 2.7 million Muslims in England out of a total Immigration rules already force spouses to speak population of some 53 million. English before they come to Britain to live with their Continued on Page 13 World tennis rocked by match-fixing bombshell MELBOURNE: A bombshell report alleging wide- As speculation swirled over the identities of the spread corruption in tennis cast a shadow over the players under suspicion - eight of whom are reported- start of the Australian Open yesterday as officials vig- ly in Melbourne - world number one Novak Djokovic orously denied suppressing evidence of match-fixing. said he was once approached to fix a match. The The BBC and BuzzFeed reported that a “core group” of men’s tour and the sport’s anti-corruption body, the 16 players who reached the top 50 in the past decade, Tennis Integrity Unit, as well as Tennis Australia firmly including Grand Slam title-winners, had repeatedly rejected suggestions that any evidence was deliber- caused suspicion but never faced action. The claims, ately suppressed. “The Tennis Integrity Unit and the citing a leaked cache of secret files, broke as the year’s tennis authorities absolutely reject any suggestion first Grand Slam got underway in Melbourne, and that evidence of match-fixing has been suppressed for prompted a swift response from tennis officials, with any reason or isn’t being thoroughly investigated,” British Prime Minister David Cameron also calling for a men’s tour chief Chris Kermode told reporters. full investigation by the sport’s governing bodies. Continued on Page 13 LOCAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016 KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Lord Mayor of London Jeffrey Evans. Ahmed El-Tayeb. — KUNA photos Amir meets Azhar Grand Imam, London Mayor KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayeb, at Seif Palace yesterday. Tayeb is visiting the country to present His Highness the Amir with a medal for his appreciative endeavors in the field of religion. The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Amiri diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah and Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah. Tayeb later met with is his Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud, as well as Secretary General of National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) Ali Hussain Al-Yoha, and NCCAL’s assistant Secretary General for culture sector Dr Bader Faisal Al-Duwaish attended the meeting. Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir received Lord Mayor of London Jeffrey Evans, in presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The meeting was attended by head of honorary mission and Governor of Hawally retired Lieutenant General Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. In other news, His Highness the Crown Prince received Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Acting Minister of Oil Anas Khaled Al-Saleh, as well as Minister of health Dr Ali Saad Al- Obaidi, and President of the National Security Apparatus His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. — KUNA Minister of health Dr Ali Saad Al-Obaidi. the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayeb. Philippine Airlines starts Kuwait operations By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: The maiden flight of Philippine Airlines landed in Kuwait yesterday and was accorded a traditional welcome by Kuwait airport officials. The inaugural flight to Kuwait carried passen- gers and several Philippines Airlines officials including Vice President for Sales Ryan Uy and Senior Assistant Vice President Genaro Velasquez. The first return flight took off yester- day afternoon. Abdullah Al-Rajhi, the superin- tendent of Air Transport for International KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Dr Ali Al-Omair, Ambassador of Sudan to Kuwait Relations, welcomed the airline officials and pas- Mohi Al-Deen Salim Ahmed and other officials cut the ceremony’s cake. sengers. “We welcome Philippine Airlines in — Photos by Joseph Shagra Kuwait and we are hoping for the success of our business venture together. As part of the Kuwait Airport management, we are very happy over this new wonderful development,” said Rajhi. Warm welcome Uy thanked Kuwait and its people for the warm welcome accorded to Philippine Airlines. “On behalf of Lucio Tan, Chairman and CEO of DGCA’s Director of the Department of Air Transport Abdullah Al-Rajhi with Philippine Airlinesí Philippine Airlines, and Jaime Bautista, President Vice President for Sales Ryan Uy.