LOCALARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2019

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Instructions issued to co-ops to clearsmall, medium projects fi nancial dues

Panels working all-out to prepare issues agenda

KUWAIT CITY, June 2: The National Fund for the Development and Welfare of Small and Me-dium Enterprises (SMEs), in coordination with the Cooperative Development Department of the Minis-try of Social Affairs and Labor, has issued instruc-tions to oblige coopera-tives to pay the fi nancial dues of small and medium enterprises that use the cooperatives as outlets for their products within 30 days, reports Al-Qabas daily.

The concerned sources re-vealed that if any entrepreneur or small project owner sup-ported by the National Fund does not fi nd cooperation from any cooperative society, must submit a complaint to the co-operative work department of the Ministry of Affairs in the ministries complex.

The sources added, the power of the Ministry of Affairs in this regard comes on the basis that the controller and the administrative in the cooperative societies follow the ministry, which signs all the checks and fi nancial dues, wheth-er the private association itself or trade exchanges with others.

The same sources revealed that the National Fund for the Devel-opment and Welfare of SMEs in the next few weeks will work to increase the number of coopera-tives that are entitled to open the subsidized initiator fi les and get free shelves from 10 to 15 coop-erative societies after the end of the Eid Al Fitr holidays.

It is worth mentioning that the cooperative societies are consid-ered one of the strongest outlets in Kuwait.

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Work at full swing: Coordi-nation between the Ministerial Committee and the Parliamentary Budget Committee is in full swing to complete the expected issues on the agenda, the most important of which is the State Budget and the budgets of the independent bod-ies, most of which have already been completed, reports Al-Anba daily quoting reliable sources.

The sources pointed out that all the issues are dealt with in accord-ance with the public interest, and in the framework of regulations and laws in general and the regu-latory bodies in particular, and the government is not hesitant to im-plement them.

The sources said that there are no indications that there are obsta-cles that might lead to the suspen-sion of the state budget. Sources have expressed optimism and confi dence that the State budget will be approved at the agreed meeting.

KFSD photoThe vehicles wrecked by the fi re.

Probe opened as fi re destroys three carsThe Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) has opened an investigation into the causes of the fi re which destroyed three cars parked on an open area in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, reports Al-Rai daily.

Acting on information fi remen from the area fi re cent-

er with support from Al-Ardhiya fi re center put out the fi re. The fi re destroyed a bus, a mini bus and a salon car. The vehicles were reduced to skeleton.

No casualties have been reported.The cause of the fi re is being investigated.

MoE refers many staff for probe in work delaysKUWAIT CITY, June 2: The Min-istry of Education referred several employees for investigation due to work delays, some of which were delayed for one year and half year, reports Al-Rai daily.

Some of those referred for inves-tigation, mostly engineers, clari-fi ed that the nature of their work is technical; while the usual cause of delay is legal in nature such as obtaining permits, assignment of outdoor works or exemption from the fi ngerprint attendance system.

The engineers told the daily that copies of decisions issued in this regard are available in their respective departments, stressing the Legal Department can contact their departments to verify the al-legations.

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Missing teen found: An uniden-tifi ed 17-year-old Kuwaiti was caught, detained at the Sabah Al-Nasser Police Station for interro-gation and then handed over to the

family after signing a pledge not to commit the offense again, reports Al-Rai daily.

This happened when the suspect’s father fi led a complaint with the Sa-bah Al-Nasser Police Station saying his son had escaped with his car and was not heard of the entire day.

Police then circulated the car plate number to police patrols. Af-ter an ongoing search, the security personnel found the vehicle and the suspect in Adailiya and in good health.

By Ahmad alsarraf

When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother what will I

be? Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?Here’s what she said to me: ‘Que

sera… sera. Whatever will be… will be. The future’s not ours to see. Que sera, sera. What will be, will be.

When I grew up and fell in love, I asked my sweet-heart, what lies ahead? Will we have rainbows?

Day after day?Here’s what

my sweetheart said: “Que será, sera. Whatever will be, will be. The future’s not ours to see, Que será, sera. What will be, will be.

Now I have children of my own. They ask their mother, what will I be? Will I be handsome? Will I be rich?

I tell them tenderly: “Que será, sera. Whatever will be, will be. The future’s not ours to see. Que será, sera. What will be, will be. Que será, será

I do not know how many times I listened to and enjoyed this sim-ple song and how I sang it loudly in concerts, alone or with others, but I know that I still enjoy it and its beautiful melody. It was one of the fi nest and most famous American songs of Doris Day, who left our world a weeks ago, a little bit less than 97 years old not spent in any-thing related to righteousness and piety. Doris Day’s life was a series of problems and stories of family failure.

Doris was born in 1922, and in the 1960s she was known for her

beautiful smile, beautiful blonde hair and wonderful voice, and a source of happiness for everyone who watched her fi lms or listened to her songs. We could see the con-stant smile and two rows of glit-tering white teeth, and we did not see grief, failure, and unhappiness in her life, that’s what we did not think.

Doris lived a long life, full of painful events and involvement in large financial debts due to failed marriages, but despite her nearly 100-year-old life, the end was un-happy and this may have prompt-ed her at a certain age to devote most of her time and money to care for and defend the rights of the animal after she found it more fulfilling, and love deserving than humans.

Doris played her most beautiful fi lm roles with actor Rock Hud-son. I followed her fi lms between Al-Firdous Cinema in Kuwait and the Beirut Cinemas, and I enjoyed watching them, followed by watch-ing her famous television series. She was an ordinary actress, play-ing roles of a kind and sincere wife, and her roles were not related to the reality of her bustling life.

Although Doris was once the number one actress at the box of-fi ce, Hollywood is unforgiving and cast her away, and ignored her when she was in dire need to raise money to settle her accumulated debts.

We say that it is important to know how to live, and it is more important to know how our lives will end. Everything we achieve in our lives means nothing if we fail to keep something for our last days.

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e-mail: habibi.enta1@gmail.com

Other Voices

Whatever will be, will be

alsarraf

Plan to keep kids busy

No e-visa waiver service to UK on EidKUWAIT CITY, June 2: The British Embassy in Kuwait has announced that the Electronic Visa Waiver to UK (EVW) system will be suspend-ed temporarily for 24 hours on the fi rst day of Eid Al-Fitr, irrespective of whether it falls on June 4 or June 5, in order to update the services, re-ports Al-Rai daily.

It declared that the citizens will not be able to use this service during this period.

On its website, the embassy said all Kuwaitis desiring to travel to UK should apply via EVW system at least 24 hours before the date of the travel, and that they should follow the steps and instructions which are either mentioned on the website of EVW or sent to them via email.

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Summer plan: The Director of the Family Nursery Department at the

Ministry of Social Affairs Dr Qasim Al-Kandari said the administration has introduced an integrated plan to keep the children busy during the summer holidays through various ac-tivities include entertainment, sports and educational games, reports Anba daily.

Al-Kandari told the daily the activ-ities include involving children in the activities of various summer clubs, such as recreational and educational activities, as well as swimming and football, and organizing handicrafts courses.

On the special program during Eid Al-Fitr, Al-Kandari explained it starts with the Minister of Social Af-fairs meeting the children on the fi rst day of Eid Al-Fitr.

During the evening period, the children will go out with their care-takers to celebrate the holiday and visit recreational places.