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Veteran KUNA staff Hosni Emam passes away

KUWAIT, Aug 25 (KUNA) -- Kuwait News Agency eulogized on Friday the advisor and former chief of the news agency's bureau in London Hosni Emam who passed away earlier today.

KUNA Chairman and General Director Sheikh Mubarak Duaij Al-Sabah said in his eulogy of the senior colleague that his demise is a huge loss for the Kuwait and Arab press.
Emam had played a key role in boosting KUNA's services since establishment of the news agency.
Sheikh Mubarak praised Emam for his devotion to work and contribution to making the Kuwaiti news agency on par with other Arab and international news agencies.
Emam, who had appeared in political talk shows on various television networks, was quite helpful in staff training.
He had scrambled into action with his colleagues after Kuwait was invaded in 1990, setting up a transmission station for KUNA form London.
Emam joined KUNA in 1981, became the London bureau chief in 1983 and advisor in 2007. (end) asa.rk