KUWAIT: The
Ministry of Education's administrative sector is currently finalizing lists
including the names of 1,000 expat employees who will be replaced by citizens
during the current academic year 2018-2019, said informed sources. The sources
explained that the employees due to be terminated by the end of June 2019
include 300 teachers, 100 social workers and 600 service staff (office boys).
The sources added the education sector has targeted the 300 teachers according
to the subjects they teach, due to the abundance of Kuwaiti teachers of the
same subjects to replace them.

Job opportunities

Kuwait Petroleum
Corporation (KPC) announced that the total number of citizens working for it
with degrees in petroleum and chemical engineering is 2,021 while expats are
only 329. KPC also announced that there are 750 job opportunities for citizens
holding degrees in petroleum and chemical engineering starting with fiscal year
2019-2010 until 2023-2024.

Stateless doctors

Health Minister
Dr Basel Al-Sabah announced taking serious measures in collaboration with
related bodies to resolve the problems faced by stateless doctors working for
the ministry. "The state needs those doctors," he stressed, pointing
out that one of the suggested solutions is to enroll them to work for private
sector hospitals and medical centers. He added that he had already met a number
of stateless doctors and promised to resolve the problems they are facing.

Bone marrow
transplant

Al-Sabah Medical
Zone Director Dr Abdul Aziz Al-Farhoud opened the blood diseases and bone
marrow transplant ward at Yaqoub Behbehani center after it was refurbished. The
opening ceremony was attended by Aqeel Yaqoub Behbehani. Kuwait Cancer Control
Center (KCCC) Manager Dr Khloud Al-Ali said the ward includes eight beds and it
serves bone marrow transplant patients aged 14 and above. She added that the
new ward will help boost bone marrow transplants, which began in Kuwait in 2011.

New trademarks

The Ministry of
Commerce and Industry (MoCI) announced that its trademarks and patent rights
department received 2,552 applications to register new trademarks through its
web portal in November.  The ministry
announced that it processed 924 trademark registration applications, 1,143
applications to publish trademarks and 484 trademark registrations.

Property taxes

The secretariat
of the Jordanian capital Amman announced that Kuwaitis' real estate, apartments
and lands are exempted from fines on property taxes till the end of the year.
In this regard, the secretariat's financial affairs manager Samer Yaseen said
that the opportunity is open for all owners, including Kuwaitis, to benefit
from the exemption provided they pay the tax in full, noting that the exemption
during the first quarter of 2019 will drop to only 50 percent.

By A Saleh and
Meshaal Al-Enezi