KUWAIT: Kuwait
Municipality Director General Ahmad Al-Manfouhi announced yesterday that KD 22
million ($72.5 million) have been earmarked to renovate infrastructure at Jleeb
Al-Shoyoukh. Manfouhi made that statement to reporters as he led a government
team to field tour around the area yesterday. The team represents a special
commission tasked with examining the area's conditions, and how government
efforts can be consolidated to find suitable solutions.

Conditions in Jleeb Al-Shoyoukh are "unacceptable," he said, pointing
out that the area hosts unlicensed warehouses packed with food products, adding
that they will be shut down and the products will be confiscated. On the issue
of the bachelors, he indicated that they cannot be moved out of the area unless
the "bachelors towns" have been established - alluding to cities that
planned to be built to host expatriate labors. There have been grave offenses
in the area such as stealing power cables, he added, affirming the high need
for repairing the infrastructure in the district.

The special commission comprises members from the municipality, Ministry of
Electricity and Water, Ministry of Public Works, Interior Ministry, Public
Authority for Manpower, Environment Public Authority among others.

By Hanan
Al-Saadoun