SHAABAN 3, 1439 AH THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 Max 32º 32 Pages Min 20º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17510 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Amir sponsors Holy Quran Luxury liner QE2 reopens Rebellious fashion: Saudis W African cricket teams 3 contest’s closing ceremony 28 as floating hotel in Dubai 32 embracing sports abayas 13 start small but aim big Assembly debates govt program with focus on Silk City, islands 2035 vision to create 200,000 jobs • MPs demand amnesty for Assembly stormers By B Izzak 1991 liberation, “we have been hearing about mega projects, but it appears that nothing major has KUWAIT: Deputy Premier and Defense Minister changed”, adding that the private sector cannot devel- Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said yester- op projects because it is unable to develop itself. He day that Kuwait’s 2035 vision with all the projects it also said that there can be no real development without includes is expected to create 200,000 jobs. The vision guaranteeing public freedoms, which have been deteri- envisages a large number of development projects with orating in the country. a special focus on the Silk City and islands’ mega MP Saadoun Hammad said cancer is spreading rap- development projects, which are expected to cost hun- idly in the country and the government has not built dreds of billions of dollars. Speaking during the assem- enough medical centers for treatment. He also said the bly debate of the government program, Sheikh Nasser stoppage of production from the neutral zone oilfields stressed that the program also focuses on fighting cor- with Saudi Arabia is costing Kuwait some $6 billion ruption and protecting public funds. annually. MP Jamaan Al-Harbash called for changing The program calls for improving the business envi- the election system in Kuwait to adopt a multi-party ronment and for encouraging the private sector, in system so the prime minister is elected and supported addition to boosting achievements in the e-government by a parliamentary majority. project. Secretary General of the Supreme Planning Meanwhile, 24 MPs expressed their support yester- Council Khaled Al-Mahdi said the program stipulates day for a draft law calling to grant amnesty to all the to train government civil service staff to make them activists who were jailed for storming the National more efficient, economic development and developing Assembly in Nov 2011. The lawmakers said their call is the northern islands. in line with the constitution, which regulates general But MP Ali Al-Deqbasi said he doubts that the ineffi- amnesties for prisoners. The court of cassation, whose cient government staff will be able to carry out the rulings are final, is due to issue its verdict in the case on development program, saying that part of the staff is May 6. The criminal court had acquitted all the 70 KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah speaks during “paralyzed”. MP Adel Al-Damkhi said the private sec- defendants, but the appeals court handed 67 of them a parliamentary session at the National Assembly yesterday. — KUNA tor will not be able to contribute because it is monopo- harsh sentences, suspended jail terms on two and lized by certain people. MP Saleh Ashour said after the dropped the case against one because of his death. News in brief HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- America mourns Sabah yesterday sent a cable of condolences to former US President George H W Bush over the passing away Violators urged to avail of amnesty of Barbara Bush. In the cable, the Amir expressed Barbara Bush; Amir deepest sympathies and heavy-hearted sentiments on KUWAIT: The residency affairs department urged the demise of Mrs Bush; who enjoyed a great deal of residency violators to take advantage of the remain- sends condolences love and appreciation from the Kuwaiti people. HH the ing grace period given by Deputy Premier and Amir sent a similar cable to former US President and Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, WASHINGTON: Former president George W Bush son of the deceased George W Bush. HH the Crown which ends on April 22. The amnesty allows violators thanked his mother Barbara for her “beautiful life” as Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and to leave Kuwait without paying fines, and they can tributes poured in yesterday for the much-loved politi- HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- return to the country again. Violators who are cal matriarch and one-time first lady following her Hamad Al-Sabah sent similar cables to both former allowed to leave during the remainder of the period death at the age of 92. Long seen as the pillar of one of presidents. are those who entered the country before Feb 21, America’s most prominent families, as wife to the 41st Known for her trademark faux pearls and tart- 2018 and their regular or temporary residency visa US president and mother to the 43rd, Barbara Bush tongued comments about life in and out of Washington expired, and those who entered before the above- died at her home in Texas on Tuesday surrounded by - but also her deep loyalty to family and self-deprecat- mentioned date on a visit visa or transit and their her family. “As a result of her soul being comforted on legal stay ended. — Hanan Al-Saadoun ing humor - Barbara Bush was in many ways a figure her deathbed, my soul is comforted,” George W Bush more popular among ordinary Americans than her told Fox Business. “It’s the end of a beautiful life.” His high-flying husband and sons. Having undergone heart WASHINGTON: In this file photo taken on Feb 06, 1992, father, the 93-year-old George H W Bush, was said by surgery in 2009, she was treated for years for Graves’ former US First Lady Barbara Bush prepares to throw ‘Artificial mole’ warns of cancer staff to be heartbroken to lose “his beloved Barbara,” disease, a thyroid condition, and as her health failed a rugby ball. — AFP his wife of more than seven decades. Continued on Page 11 TAMPA: Swiss scientists have developed an exper- imental skin implant that darkens like a mole when it detects subtle changes in the body that may be an early warning sign of cancer, a study said yesterday. first public viewings tomorrow, accord- The implant, or “biomedical tattoo”, as researchers Saudi Arabia ing to Adam Aron, chief executive of call it, has been tested in lab animals, lasts about a operator AMC Entertainment Holdings. year and recognizes the four most common types of launches first “Saudis now are going to be able to go cancer: Prostate, lung, colon and breast cancer. It to a beautiful theatre and watch movies works by reacting to the level of calcium in the the way they’re supposed to be watched: blood, which rises when a tumor is developing. new cinema on a big screen,” he told Reuters ahead About 40 percent of cancers could theoretically be of the screening. Confetti rained down detected this way, researchers said. If the wearer RIYADH: Saudi Arabia launched its first through the multi-storey atrium as he notices the spot darken, they should see a doctor to commercial movie theatre yesterday, and the Saudi information minister clarify the reason for the change and determine if or ending a nearly 40-year ban on cinemas announced the official launch of the the- what treatment is warranted. — AFP under a push by the crown prince to atre and proceeded into the 450-seat modernize the deeply conservative movie hall. Muslim kingdom. A red carpet invita- The opening marks another milestone US wastes 150,000 tons of food daily tion-only gala event attracted senior for reforms spearheaded by Crown government officials, foreign dignitaries Prince Mohammed bin Salman to open TAMPA: Americans waste nearly 150,000 tons of and select industry figures to watch the country culturally and diversify the food per day, amounting to about one pound (422 Marvel’s superhero movie “Black economy. Saudi Arabia is the world’s top gm) per person, and fruits and vegetables are Panther” on a 45-foot screen at a con- oil exporter. The prince, 32, has already RIYADH: Saudi Information Minister Awwad Al-Awwad and AMC Entertainment’s mostly what gets tossed, said a study yesterday. verted symphony concert hall in Riyadh. eased restrictions in the last two years Chief Executive Adam Aron pose for a photo at an AMC cinema. — AFP The amount of land used annually to grow food that Tickets will go on sale today for the Continued on Page 11 ends up in the garbage in the United States is 30 million acres, or seven percent of total US cropland. Some 4.2 trillion gallons of irrigation water gets good relationship was formed,” Trump tweeted, cap- wasted too, said the report. Fruits and vegetables Secret CIA trip ping the latest twist in a detente in the decades old made up 39 percent of total food waste, followed nuclear standoff. “Details of Summit are being worked by dairy (17 percent), meat (14 percent) and grains to N Korea raises out now,” added the president, who is hosting Japan’s (12 percent). Items least likely to be thrown out Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for two days of talks at his included salty snacks, table oils, egg dishes, candy golf resort in Florida. and soft drinks. — AFP odds for summit Neither Trump nor the White House offered details of what was discussed and it remains unclear if there is WEST PALM BEACH, Florida: Donald Trump con- enough potential for an agreement to have the Trump- Catholic cardinal meets Saudi king firmed yesterday that his CIA chief took part in secret Kim summit, slated for early June, go ahead.