LOCALARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2016

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Photos by Mohammad MorseAbove: Some photos from the inauguration of the exhibition.

Elite Real Estate Exhibition kicks offMinistry of Commerce and Industry’s Assistant Undersecretary of Legal Affairs Dr Mohammad Al-Jalal inaugurated Elite Real Estate Exhibition on Monday, with the participation of 75 local and foreign com-panies.

Al-Jalal was briefed on projects showcased at the exhibition, which is held under the auspices of Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan and runs until Dec 17.

Speaking to KUNA on the sidelines of the exhibition organized by the Eskan Global Exhibition Group, Sheikha

Fatima Humoud Al-Sabah, chairperson of the group, expressed her hope that the participating companies could achieve their purchasing and marketing goals.

She stressed the group’s keenness on bolstering economic activities across the country through organizing such exhibitions that attract a large number of companies, investors and customers.

Meanwhile, CEO of the group Mahmoud Afifi said the companies taking part in the exhibition showcase up to 200 real estate projects in Kuwait and all over the world. (KUNA)

KUNA photoSheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij while receiving Rasha Al-Roumi

KUNA chief receives Kuwait Airways’ chairpersonKUNA Chairman and Director General Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Sabah on Tuesday received Kuwait Airways Chairperson and CEO Rasha Al-Rou-mi.

During the meeting, they discussed ways to bolster cooperation between KUNA and Kuwait Airways. The meeting came as part of KUNA’s efforts to help the airways develop its services in the next five years.

Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij stressed that KUNA was keen on cooperating

with all government and private bodies by providing them with the best media services.

On her part, Al-Roumi stressed the media role played by KUNA in support-ing Kuwait Airways’ efforts and future plans.

The meeting was also attended by KUNA Deputy Chairman for Administra-tive and Financial Affairs Abdulhameed Malak and KUNA’s Deputy Director General for the Editorial Affairs Saad Al-Ali. (KUNA)

Team pays visit to parliament’s HQ

Gulf youth delegationvisits Italy to boost tiesROME, Dec 13, (KUNA): A Gulf youth delegation paid a visit to the Italian par-liament’s headquarters on Monday, as part of a program aiming to hold meetings with the world’s youth to boost ties.

Upon arrival, head of international re-lations office Maria Teresa Calabro re-ceived the 70-member delegation of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states that was briefed on an art exhibition on Italian women.The delegation including male and female students listened to history of the four-de-cade-long headquarters and were apprised of the role of the Italian parliament in con-stitutional and political life, as well as its legislative and regulatory action.

The commission was accompanied at the parliament by Kuwait’s Ambassador to Italy Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, UAE’s Ambassador Saqr Nasser Al-Rai-si, Qatar’s envoy Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al Maliki Al Juhani and Oman’s Ambas-sador Ahmed bin Salim Ba Omar as well as representatives of the GCC youth com-mittee.

The delegation, in the presence of these GCC ambassadors, held a fruitful meet-ing with a number of Italian MPs and of-ficials.

During the meeting, Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled delivered a speech in which he expressed his gratitude to Italian Parlia-ment Speaker for creating an opportunity to GCC youth to cement and deepen ties with the Italian people.

This will help youth promote coopera-tion, build peace and achieve stability in present and in the future, he said.

The delegation is set to visit the head-quarters of Italian Olympic Committee, marble courts and training centers, as well as hold meetings with sports officials late Monday.

The GCC youth delegation was to watch the match between AS Roma vs AC Milan in Italian soccer league in the Italian capital, Rome.

The Kuwaiti Ambassador held a din-ner banquet for the delegation and GCC youth committee members, in the pres-ence of GCC ambassadors.

Scientific research linkedto development: Al-Fares

Cost of ‘Sedra 500’ project stands at $27m: KOC

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 13, (KUNA): Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Mohammad Al-Fares highlighted on Tuesday the need to revamp sci-entific research for in-creased development and to reap the rewards of a boom in technology.

In a speech to open the 38th session of the Federation of Arab Scientific Research Coun-cils (FASRC), Al-Fares noted that the Arab world has long been a pioneer in scientific re-search, citing a golden era where Europe and the Western world lagged far behind.

Moreover, the minister of edu-cation underscored the need to prioritize technological research in the Arab world, where spending on research merely amounts to 0.5 percent, adding that the two-day meeting allows representatives of Arab nations to exchange views on strategies to develop scientific research.

Meanwhile, on Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), he described it as a bastion of tech-nological research, noting that KISR’s inception is a testament to the country’s cognizance of the importance of scientific research.

In a speech of his own, Un-dersecretary of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Azhari Abdulbaqi said that scientific research is the cornerstone of human knowledge and a major indicator of global development.

Representative of the Arab League Ambassador Waleed Oth-man pointed out that scientific re-search is an integral component of development, as he spoke of the dire need to establish concerted efforts to promote research and creativity.

Similarly, Secretary General of

A group photo from the event

AGD at KU takes part in academic, job opportunity expoThe Academic Guidance De-partment at the Dean of Student Affairs in Kuwait University par-ticipated in the academic and job opportunity exhibition entitled, “Take Your Decision,” at Salah Al-Deen Secondary School in

Hawally.Head of the Social and Psy-

chological Services Depart-ment Faisal Al-Ostadh officially opened the two-day exhibition which was held from Dec 12 to 13. The event was aimed at fa-

miliarizing high school students on the importance of the Dean of Students Affairs, its role, ac-tivities and programs as well as the information it provides to those who wish to join the university.

FASRC Dr Mubarak Majthoub said that research and development are often inextricably linked, urg-ing Arab leaders to step up efforts to support research endeavors.

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The total cost of Kuwait Oil Company’s (KOC) “Sedra 500” solar plant renewable energy proj-ect is $27 million, a prominent KOC engineer said on Tuesday.

In a statement to the press on the sidelines of a panel discussion over the project, organized by the public relations department of the Ministry of Oil, engineer Ammad Safar said that the project which was launched in 2013, had only

begun in earnest last month with a total energy of 10 megawatts per day.

Moreover, he noted that the “Sedra 500” solar plant project is part of efforts to fulfill His High-ness the Amir’s plan of full use of renewable energy sources by the year 2030, adding energy gen-erated by the “Sedra 500” solar plant is used to supply around 27 oil wells.

Through this project, Safar un-derscored that KOC aims to illus-trate its commitment to environ-mental conservation and efforts to reduce lethal carbon emissions for the good of humanity.

Meanwhile, KOC energy con-sultant Dr. Raed Sharif spoke of the company’s propensity to un-dertake similar endeavors, most notably, plans to build a power station fueled by solar energy.

On Kuwait’s readiness to em-brace full renewable energy use, he noted that the country possess-es a solar energy capacity of more than 2000 kilowatts per year, which is conducive to full-fledged use of solar energy.

He also underscored the feasi-bility of renewable energy proj-ects in Kuwait, adding that the cost of such projects has dimin-ished in recent times.