التاريخ : 27/06/2005
KUN0098 4 GEN 0376 KUWAIT /KUNA-PNV4
WRK-KUWAIT-MGRP-CONTRACT
MGRP, HumanSoft sign contract to employ 1,000 Kuwaitis in Private sector
By Imad Al-Askar
KUWAIT, June 27 (KUNA) - Kuwait's Manpower and Government Restructuring
Program (MGRP) and HumanSoft Company signed on Monday a 685,000 Kuwaiti Dinar
(KD) contract to appoint 1,000 Kuwaiti in the private sector by March 2006.
While commending the company's acceptance to face the challenging contract
that only three firms have come forward to it, MGRP's Secretary-General Dr.
Waleed Al-Wuhaib explained that the company would have the role of training,
qualifying and employing Kuwaitis in the private sector.
He hoped that all three companies would have their own contracts to provide
3,000 jobs, but the regulations stipulate that no direct contract are allowed
unless through bids.
He said the Public Institution for Social Security (PISS) and the Civil
Service Commission (CSC) have pointed out MGRP's success in attracting
Kuwaitis to work in the private sector, especially when knowing that 7,500
were appointed in the private sector in 2004 and 1,300 in 2003.
MGRP, he added, has saved Kuwait's government no less than KD 75 million in
salaries and other expenses for those Kuwaitis working in the private sector.
In addition, in statements to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), Al-Wuhaib said the
program has a committee that reviews and analyzes all contracts related to
achieving the objectives.
He pointed out that MGRP was currently planning to propose a
self-development plan to turn into a public authority and increasing the
percentage of Kuwaitis in the private sector to exceed 50 percent.
HumanSoft's Board Chairman and Managing-Director Fahad Al-Othman said the
bid is a challenge, to be faced by the company's subsidiary Tawteen Placement
and Recruitment Services, that has no precedents in the region.
Unemployment, he added, can develop into a serious social problem if it was
not handled properly through establishing the proper apparatus by the Ministry
of Social Affairs and Labor.
He added that Kuwait has sufficient capital and resources, but inflation,
increasing prices and stock-exchange adventures will continue unless new
investment opportunities are utilized. (end)
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