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His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Dep-uty Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Khalid Al-Saleh.

HH Crown Prince audienceHis Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace Sunday Speaker of the National Assem-bly Marzouq Al-Ghanim.

His Highness the Crown Prince also received Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace Sunday Deputy Prime Minister and Inte-rior Minister Lt-Gen Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah.

His Highness the Crown Prince also received Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Cab-inet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh.

Furthermore, His Highness received Kuwaiti Ambassador to Morocco Abdulatif Al-Yahya

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Kuwaiti Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco Abdullatif Ali Al-Yahya.

KUNA photosLeft: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah with the Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim (center) with Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid

Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and (right) with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Lt-Gen Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah.

Kuwait stage troupe grabs most awards at 19th theater festival

‘Kuwait cultural festivalvows dazzling spectacle’

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 30, (KUNA): A Kuwaiti cultural festival scheduled for next month is set to produce a dazzling amalgam of theatric and cin-ematic performanc-es, said an official on Sunday.

Kuwait’s “Al-Qurain” cultural festival will be held in conjunction with a number of Arab countries, in addition to foreign mis-sions in the Gulf state, the National Council for Cul-ture, Arts and Letters’ As-sistant Secretary-General of the Department of Cul-ture Dr Essa Al-Ansari told KUNA.

Announcing January 8th as the date of the festival, he said the spectacle com-prises various activities including workshops and interviews with renowned personalities in Kuwait and abroad.

Among the festivities is an awards ceremony in which Kuwaiti artists from all walks of life will be feted for their success in their respective fields, he added.

PointedHe pointed out that a

quarter of a century has elapsed since the show’s in-ception, making this year’s edition all the more special.

Meanwhile, Kuwait stage troupe garners four awards of the 19th Kuwait theater festival that concluded at Al-Dasmah Theater on Sat-urday.

The troupe’s play “Mi-lad Gharib’ (birth of stranger) won the decor award, Faisal Al-Obaid was awarded as best di-rector award, Mohammad Al-Rabbah as best drama-tist, Samah best actress in leading role and Mahdi Al-Qassab the best actor in second role.

The play ‘Waheh Tawos,’ of the folklore stage troupe, win the best male actor award that went to Man-sour Al-Mansour, while ‘Al-Dars’ play, of the Ara-bian Gulf theatrical troupe, won the best director award that went to Youssef Al-Hashash.

The festival, opened on Dec 19, featured a lot of cultural activities, including workshops and seminars with eminent dramatists from various countries tak-ing part.

‘Senior posts’ tobe fi lled at MoCIKUWAIT CITY, Dec 30: The senior positions in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) are about to be fi lled, reports Al-Qabas daily.

The daily added, Pro-fessor of Law at the Ku-wait University Dr Anas Al-Torrah is expected to take the post of Under-secretary. He will succeed Dr Khalid Al-Fadhel who took charge of the oil min-istry and the Ministry of Water and Electricity.

The sources indicat-ed Al-Torrah was also teaching at the Faculty of Law at the Kuwait’s University and worked as Secretary-General at the Kuwait Center for com-mercial arbitration af-fi liated to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Al-Torrah is the fi rst Kuwaiti to hold a PhD in law from a university in Germany and has ob-tained the International Parliamentary grant from the German parliament and also the fi rst Kuwaiti and GCC member to ob-tain this grant.

He has worked as consultant to the Min-ister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Services Khalid Nasser Al-Roudhan over the past two years where he supervised the drafting of many laws and ministeri-al economic resolutions.

A partial view of the audience at the Cultural Festival. — See Page 3

Assistant Secretary-General for the Culture Sector at the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, Dr Issa Al-Ansari during the Al-Qurain Cultural Fes-

tival.

Dr Nadia Al-Juma

Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital organizes forum

Stipulation on non-appointment above 60 years

Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital held a forum recently titled ‘Quality is our re-sponsibility’ to raise awareness among the employees about their duties and responsibilities.

On the sidelines of the forum, Director

of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital Dr Nadia Al-Juma disclosed a three-year training plan for employees of the hospital and stated the importance of setting specifi c strategy of operation in order to achieve the much-needed progress.

MoCI considering amendmentto Commercial Companies LawKUWAIT CITY, Dec 30: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is seriously considering the consti-tutional amendment of the Commercial Companies Law, par-ticularly the stipulation on non-appointment of anyone above 60 years old as manager of a company except if it is done through strict procedures; in addition to not approving their resignation and not discharge them from the compa-nies’ transactions unless they sub-mit a certificate issued by the Ministry of Justice to prove there are no criminal or financial civilian complaints filed against the compa-nies they manage, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting sources.

Sources revealed the commercial license issued in Kuwait is valid for four years; thus, during the period of issuance until the date of expira-tion, a 60-year-old manager or offi-cer in charge might commit finan-cial crimes or get involved in such crimes without his knowledge.

In case the Ministry of Commerce and Industry holds the manager accountable and then refer him to the Public Prosecution, the latter will submit the complaint to the judiciary and no harsh penalty will be imposed on the manager such as imprisonment because of his old age, sources added.

Sources confirmed the minis-try’s decision to amend the law was taken after receiving many complaints filed by the clients of these companies, especially the real estate and contracting compa-nies.

Sources said some children or relatives of company owners appoint 60-year-old men or women as managers to engage in fraud and money laundering. Once the Ministry of Commerce and Industry refers the manager of the company to the prosecution, they usually appeal for mercy in view of the old age or health condition of the man-ager.

Iraqi artiste to take part in Kuwaiti dramaIraqi artiste Inas Taleb will take part for the fi rst time in a Ku-waiti drama titled, “Limits of Evil” (Hidod Al-Shar), reports

Al-Anbaa daily.Mohammad Al-Nashmi wrote

the script for the drama which will be directed by Ahmad Dai’ibes

and produced by Bassem Abdul Amir. The cast include ‘Lady of Gulf Screen’ Hayat Al-Fahad and a number of Gulf stars.