KUWAIT: Municipal Council member and chairman of the technical committee Fahd Al-Sane asked the executive apparatus of Kuwait Municipality to tighten supervision and inspection of shops and co-ops that directly deal with consumers in selling foodstuff, especially since Ramadan is approaching. He said some callous workers and foodstuff traders use the holy month to sell expired food because of people's increased purchasing power. He said the municipality must activate hotlines to receive consumers' complaints in case of any cheating or sale of goods unfit for human consumption.

Meanwhile, Municipality Director General Ahmad Al-Manfouhi issued 14 administrative decisions to suspend and warn some engineering offices to implement the law and for the sake of public interest. The decisions included the suspension of five engineering offices from carrying out new jobs for one year, six and three months, and some engineers supervising engineering works at the concerned offices were suspended for two years due to violation of construction rules. He said the decisions included warning nine engineering offices for defects in building works. Manfouhi said the construction violations will be accounted for to issue decisions to remove violating offices and contractors.

By Meshaal Al-Enezi