ShareKUWAIT: The Public Authority for Industry (PAI) plans to cancel 12 industrial licenses and withdraw the land allotted to them, said informed sources, noting that total area of the land to be withdrawn is 80,000 square meters. The sources explained that the decision was made because the plots had been either deserted, closed down, unused, the projects they had been allotted for were not executed or thee owners were practicing activities other than those mentioned in their licenses.
Small projects
Minister of Commerce and Industry and Acting Minister of State for Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudhan said state policies target linking youth to small projects the same way they are attached to sports. "Man can live without sports but cannot live without work or proper income," he underlined, pointing out that the state's success in spreading the small projects concept would protect youth from many dangers such as terrorism, extremism, violence or migration when they fail to find appropriate job opportunities to lead decent lives. Speaking at a meeting held in Cairo with Egyptian journalists, media figures and businessmen on the sidelines of the sixth Arab Youth Media Forum (organized by the Arab Media Forum), Roudhan stressed the need to support small projects and encourage more entrepreneurs to start their own businesses, because the Kuwaiti government is no longer capable of employing everyone in the public sector. "Small projects form at least 30 percent of the economy of most developing countries worldwide, and sometimes the percentage goes up to 50 percent," he underscored, noting that economic cooperation amongst Arab countries has become a must.
Tenders
The Ministry of Electricity and Water's (MEW) technical services sector plans to offer two public tenders to maintain and repair ministry buildings at a total cost of KD 2 million, said the assistant undersecretary for technical services Mohammed Al-Sharhan. He explained that the first tender (costing one million) includes ministry buildings in the Capital, Hawally and Jahra governorates, while the second includes buildings in Ahmadi, Mubarak Al-Kabeer and Farwaniya. "The sector also plans to offer another tender to maintain ministry warehouses in various areas," he underlined.
By A Saleh
