Kuwait Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed, on Thursday, the importance of involving companies contracting with government projects to employ Kuwaiti youth in their projects.
This came in a speech delivered by the Prime Minister during his visit to Sabah Al-Salem University City.
In his speech, His Highness stressed that Kuwaiti youth are the foundation to all developments plans, expressing his optimism in their abilities to built the future of their country.
He stated that 42 Kuwaiti male and female engineers are currently working on the new Kuwait airport project with the international company investing in the airport to gain experience and undertake project management and maintenance in the future.
His Highness referred to the Health crisis during the last period that caused delays in many projects, saying, “it’s time to give these projects more attention and focus, youths can be a major part of these projects”.
Regarding Kuwait’s development plan for 2035, His Highness the Prime Minister expressed his hope that the National Assembly will speed up the approving of amendments to the law on the Silk City Project.
The project, which extends on 1,800 square kilometer, can provide more that 100,000 job opportunities for citizens, in addition to diversity of income sources.
In the speech, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled also stressed the importance of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project, that is expected to reach an estimated capacity of 1,800,000 containers a year, and would provide great job opportunities for citizens, in addition to its financial benefits to the state.
The Entertainment City, Sheikh Jaber Bridge, Environmental Fuel, Failaka Island, are all mega projects that would provide great job opportunities for Kuwaiti youths and citizens.
He pointed out that the Council of Ministers holds continuous meetings to follow up on projects divided into short, medium and long-term. “Despite the health crisis due to Covid-19, we will continue our lives according to health requirements until the pandemic ends gradually “, he concluded.
Source: Kuwait News Agency