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KUWAIT, March 11 (KUNA) -- At a regular session on Tuesday, the National
Assembly endorsed a number of decisions on several vital issues with inputs by
some ministers.
For instance, the lawmakers agreed to the request by the State Audit Bureau
to get more time to prepare its reports on the sticky issue of the smuggling
of diesel fuel and on the contract signed between Shell Oil Co. and Kuwait Oil
Co.
The lawmakers furthermore endorsed a request by the chairman of the
parliamentary committee on health, social, and labor affairs to refer issues
on youth and sport, wrongly sent to the committee, to be turned over to the
committee on youth and sport affairs, for these topics are the domain of the
latter committee.
Moreover the lawmakers agreed to a request by the chairman of the committee
on education and cultural affairs to probe thoroughly the problem of the lack
of availability of classes at the University of Kuwait and the Public
Authority for Applied Education and Training.
Addressing the parliament in today's session was Minister of Information
and State Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah who
informed the lawmakers that issues on youth affairs were taken very seriously
by the government, so much so that the cabinet had approved a study separating
issues regarding the youth from those on sports. Previously both were handled
by one entity, he said.
Besides that, he added, a special committee has been formed to deal with
the question of improving sports in the country and re-organizing and
overhauling the Authority for Youth and Sport Affairs.
He also indicated that a new charter for sports was in its final stages of
completion in which such things would be clearly spelled out as complete
respect for the Olympic Charter, and the emphasis on the government's role in
promoting sports and social and cultural programs for Kuwaiti youth.
Likewise, the Minister of Oil addressed the lawmakers today regarding the
issue of the signed contact with Shell Oil Co, about which a number of
lawmakers commented.
The minister explained that the State Audit Bureau had thoroughly examined
the details of the contract and recorded its reservations on it and had turned
the entire issue over to the public prosecutor's office. He said the whole
matter was currently under the purview of the court and that the ministry and
others would do well to await the decision of the court. (end)
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