KUWAIT: Acting Director General of Manpower Public Authority (MPA), Ahmad Al-Mousa issued a decision banning the issuance of work permits for females who work in areas that serve men only, especially in cafes, health clubs, barbershops or hazardous industries. Meanwhile the decision bans men from working in women's only areas including beauty saloons, women health clubs as well as selling women's intimate clothes.

The number of parliament by-elections candidates for the third constituency reached 45, including a lone woman, bearing in mind is that today is the last day of registration. Candidate Abdelmonem Al-Fuzaie said competition must be fair to serve the country and its citizens, and lauded the government's performance and its decisions.

He said there are some issues that should be tacked and wondered about decisions of the housing authority as they distributed lands of 400 meters squared north of Kuwait and Mulaa area while lands in Jahra were of 500 meters squared, and considered that a contradiction. Al-Fuzai spoke of vehicles insurance and said the citizen is burdened by bureaucracy when and accident takes place and waits for so long before he receives his dues.

Meanwhile candidate Fahad Al-Tawell said "I am running for parliament at the request of several residents in the constituency, adding that he does not have an election program, but "an election duty that I must perform." Meanwhile, candidate Waleed Hussein said there must be a ministry for crises and catastrophes, to care for economic issues and natural catastrophes.

By Mishal Al-Salama