Hamid Mohammad Al-Azmi, Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education

KUWAIT: Education Minister Hamed Al-Azmi yesterday issued a ministerial resolution establishing a special section for asset accounting with the financial department. According to the resolution, the new section will be responsible for registering all asset purchase transactions, recording all transport, installation and operation costs as well as adding capital projects currently under construction to fixed assets once they are concluded. The section will also be responsible to respond to monitoring bodies' inquiries.

Kuwaiti union activist

Kuwaiti union activist Bader Khaled Al-Azzazzi was elected Assistant Secretary General of the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions during the confederation's secretariat general and executive board meeting yesterday in Cairo.

Youth Engineering Forum

Head of the International Youth Engineering Training Forum Abdullah Mubarak Al-Hadari said over 80 engineers benefited from the forum with its workshops and ample opportunities to cooperate with participating international bodies. Hadari said the forum was held under the auspices of Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan and managed to attract six international bodies, which presented workshops on solar systems, smart solution applications, engineers' roles until 2030, building data, 3D scanning and risk management.

Inspectors raid stores

The capital municipal inspectors raided a number of stores throughout the governorate, said the municipality's auditing and follow-up manager, noting that the raid resulted in filing 24 citations for unlicensed ads as well as removing 59 ads from various streets and yards.