KUWAIT CITY, April 7, (KUNA): The cabinet, in its weekly meeting on Tuesday evening, assigned the Ministry of Public Works to build an opera theater in the Capital Governorate, as well as renovating existing theaters to further boost cultural activities in Kuwait.
The cabinet, chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, also assigned the Ministry of Public Works to establish fully-integrated cultural centers in all six governorates, in coordination with the Public Authority for Housing Welfare.
The Minister of state for Cabinet Affairs Roudhan Al-Roudhan has been assigned to carry out necessary measures to renovate official theaters and supply them with necessary equipment to enable them carry out their cultural role, Al-Roudhan said in a statement after the meeting.
The Ministry of Public Works, he added, would be coordinating with official authorities to allocate places for youths to exercise their hobbies in order to make good use of their free time.
The cabinet, meanwhile, approved a draft decree to grant a special allowance for members of the Fatwa and Legislation Department. The draft decree was referred to His Highness the Amir The cabinet members, took note of a message by former French president Jacques Chirac to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah over the former’s initiative with the President of Benin Thomas Yayi Boni to launch an international appeal to eliminate fake medicine.
The executives also took note of a message to Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad from the Prime Minister of Ethiopia regarding ways of further boosting bilateral cooperation and relations.
His Highness the Prime Minister then briefed the Cabinet about the recent visit of Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha and his talks with the Kuwaiti officials that dealt with fostering relations in all domains, said Al-Roudhan.
Sheikh Nasser also briefed the cabinet about the recent visit of Djibouti’s Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita and his talks with the Kuwaiti officials on ways of cementing relations.
The Cabinet, on the other hand, reviewed decisions by the supreme council of planning and development.