SUBSCRIPTION THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2017 RAJAB 30, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Amir attends, As Dubai focuses Islamic romance Saudi council patronizes on future, novels set hearts rejects proposal opening of new cybersecurity a aflutter in for female Ahmadi2 Hospital rising13 concern Bangladesh40 sports20 colleges MP Muwaizri files to grill Min 23º Max 36º Abul over housing woes High Tide 00:23 & 12:10 Low Tide Lawmakers demand fundamental change in housing policy 06:31 & 19:01 40 PAGES NO: 17211 150 FILS By B Izzak Saudi fire stops ‘boat KUWAIT: Opposition lawmaker Shuaib Al-Muwaizri yes- terday filed to grill State Minister for Housing Yasser bomb’ from Yemen Abul for allegedly failing to implement the housing law and providing false information to the National Assembly. As the Assembly was about to end a special ‘Nation-state’ behind hackings debate on how to resolve the housing problem that has left half of the citizens queuing for a house, Muwaizri RIYADH: The Saudi coast guard fired on the Houthi militias.” It accused the rebels told his colleagues he had filed to grill the minister. an unmanned boat rigged with explo- of “threatening the security of waterways During the debate, many MPs demanded a funda- sives, thwarting an attack on one of the and offshore installations with explosive- kingdom’s oil terminals that authorities laden boats and naval mines”. Saudi mental change in the government housing policy to yesterday blamed on Yemeni Houthi Arabia is leading an Arab coalition that in resolve Kuwaitis’ number one problem and drastically rebels. The boat, sent from a small island March 2015 launched a military cam- cut the waiting period, which now exceeds 15 years. In off the Yemeni coast, was targeting a paign against Iran-backed Yemeni rebels his grilling, Muwaizri, who himself was a housing petroleum products distribution termi- in support of President Abedrabbo Continued on Page 13 nal run by Saudi oil giant Aramco when Mansour Hadi. it was intercepted on Tuesday, the interi- Houthi rebels aided by renegade or ministry said in a statement carried by troops loyal to former president Ali Suspect says IS the SPA state news agency. Abdullah Saleh repeatedly fire missiles “The boat was spotted when it across the borders with the kingdom, departed from a small island in Yemeni but this is the first attempt of kind to tar- planned attacks waters and gained speed after entering get an oil installation. In August, the Saudi waters,” the ministry said. After rebels claimed to have hit an Aramco KUWAIT: A suspected member of the Islamic State determining that the boat was facility with a missile, but the oil compa- group has confessed to plotting attacks on targets unmanned, a coast guard unit opened ny said all its installations were operating in Kuwait including the US military and a Shiite reli- fire on its engine and stopped it 2.8 km as normal. Two Saudi sailors were killed gious hall, local media reported yesterday. from the terminal in the southern region in a rebel “suicide” boat strike on a frigate Judicial sources said Hussein Al-Dhafiri, arrested of Jazan, the statement said. The boat patrolling off the Yemeni coast in with his wife in the Philippines last month, con- was loaded with “strong explosive mate- January, the coalition said at the time. fessed to planning suicide attacks on a US military rial”, it said. The ministry vowed to foil all The rebels said they hit the ship with a convoy and a husseiniya, the Al-Rai daily reported. “terrorist attempts” against the kingdom guided missile. Kuwait’s Arifjan base houses several thousand and to “reach those behind them from Continued on Page 13 KUWAIT: Housing Minister Yasser Abul speaks during a session on housing at Continued on Page 13 the National Assembly yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2017 LOCAL KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah poses with other top state and oil sector officials duringthe opening Minister of Oil, Minister of Electricity and Water Essam Al-Marzouq presents a ceremony of Al-Ahmadi Hospital yesterday. — Amiri Diwan photos memento to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Amir attends opening of Al-Ahmadi Hospital ‘Solar energy project helped to produce oil in Um Qudair field’ KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh The opening ceremony was attended by Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah patron- His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf ized and attended the opening ceremony of Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Speaker of the Al-Ahmadi Hospital yesterday. His Highness National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem, the Amir was received at the hospital by Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Minister of Oil, Minister of Electricity and Sheikh Faisal Al-Saud Al-Mohammad Al- Water Essam Al-Marzouq, CEO of Kuwait Sabah, His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al- Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Nizar Al- Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, His Adsani, CEO of Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Jamal Abdulaziz Jaafar, in addition to a score Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, First Deputy of senior oil officials in the country. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Amiri Diwan Minister Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anas Al-Saleh, as well as senior offi- cials of the state, the army, the police, Kuwait National Guard (KNG), and Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD). His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and top state officials attend the opening ceremony of Al-Ahmadi During his speech to the event, Minister Hospital. Marzouq thanked His Highness the Amir for his guidance and continuous support to the achievements in Kuwait, revealing that seek alternative energy resources aimed at Jaafar affirmed that the medical facility, oil sector, saying that the opening of the under the orders and guidelines of His protecting the environment of the country. owned by the KOC, would garner to the new Al-Ahmadi Hospital also displayed the Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah, Kuwait Efforts for environment protection led to the needs of some 120,000 employees of the leadership’s keenness on bolstering health began to look into ways to use renewable decrease of the burning of natural gas from company who are the backbone of the oil services in the country. energy. 17 percent in 2005 to around one percent in industry. He also stressed that the hospital The minister affirmed that Al-Ahmadi city One of the chief achievements in this 2017, said the state official. was in line with the industry’s 2030 develop- was the location in which Kuwait began har- regard was the Sedra 500 solar energy proj- Meanwhile, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) ment strategy. The new Al-Ahmadi Hospital nessing the power of petroleum, which con- ect, which helped to produce oil in Um CEO Jaafar also delivered a speech during is constructed on an area of 380,000 square tributed to the development of the country Qudair field west of Kuwait, said the the event, welcoming His Highness the Amir meters with new facilities and areas costing The new Al-Ahmadi Hospital’s plaque. as a whole. The minister touched on recent Marzouq, adding that the Kuwaiti decision to and the Kuwaiti leadership to the Hospital. around KD 94 million, said Jaafar.— KUNA LOCAL THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2017 KUWAIT: His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah presents a His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Pope Tawadros II are pictured with other senior guests. memento to Pope Tawadros II. — KUNA photos Sheikh Nasser holds luncheon for Pope Tawadros II KUWAIT: His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Egypt, Sudan, Libya and Abyssinia. “This welcome is a right that is compelled should be built on the basis of mutual confidence and respect, denunciation held a luncheon in honor of Pope Tawadros II, the visiting Pope of Alexandria by Arab bonds which we (Kuwait) share with Egypt,” he said. of social differences and safeguarding of human dignity and rights, he urged. and Patriarch of the See of St Mark at Shuwaikh Palace yesterday. His However, His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad emphasized that it is In this context, His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad thanked Pope Highness Sheikh Nasser welcomed the Coptic Pope as a dear guest of the necessary for clergymen to play a role in restoring balance to this world Tawadros II for his continuing efforts to establish such noble values not only State of Kuwait and its people. where wars and violence are wreaking havoc on societies. He expressed in Egypt but in Arab and world arenas as well. He finally offered heartfelt He said this celebration was a sign of warm welcome accorded to the belief that imbalances in modern life are mainly due to poverty, selfishness, condolences to the guest over the victims of recent attacks on Coptic holder of the spiritual authority, which takes care of millions of Copts in greediness and lack of conscience. Therefore, groundwork of cooperation churches in Egypt. — KUNA Envoy, UN Chief meeting focused on Yemen, Syria GENEVA: Kuwait’s Amiri Diwan Advisor and UN Secretary General’s Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs Dr Abdullah Al-Maatouq said yesterday that his meeting with the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres focused on the humanitarian situation in Yemen and Syria.