Page 6 - Al-Rashed Newsletter Aug 19

KUWAIT THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
DID YOU KNOW?
August has the highest percentage of
births.
85% of plant life is found in the ocean.
Your heart beats 101,000 times a day.
During your lifetime it will beat about 3
billion times and pump about 400 million
litres (800 million pints) of blood.
If all your DNA is stretched out, it would
reach to the moon 6,000 times.
KUWAIT NEWS
Mediate regional differences to defuse tension in Gulf waters: Kuwait
Kuwait has anew confirmed importance of strengthening regional security since the
establishment of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in 1981, through resolving
differences between countries of the region since its first years of independence.
Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi
made this statement while speaking during a UN Security Council meeting on
challenges of peace and security in the Middle East.
The issues of the Middle East are intertwined and complex, currently taking up a
large part of the Security Council’s agenda, ranging from 30-40 percent of the
agenda, as the region witnessed many wars and crises for more than seven
decades, he said. He added that this region, which is the ground of three
monotheistic religions, human civilizations, cultures, some of the oldest cities
worldwide, contains tremendous natural resources and vast human resources, in
which it unfortunately witnesses crises.
364,500 expats entered Kuwait in last 5 years
According to official statistics, 364,500 expatriate workers entered the country in the
last five years, reports Al-Qabas daily.More than 50 percent of these employees are
registered as construction workers, security guards, operators of heavy equipment
and truck drivers.Topping the list of expatriate employees who entered the country
in the last five years is Indians with a total of 175,000 citizens, followed by Egyptians
with 80,000.
Inflation in Kuwait rose by 1.15%
Inflation rates on annual basis in Kuwait rose by 1.15 percent in July, compared to
the same month in 2018, according to the Central Statistical Office (CSO).Inflation
rate on a monthly basis rose 0.26 percent in June compared to June in 2018, CSO
said in a report released on Tuesday. Food prices increased 1.01 percent in July,
while tobacco and cigarrettes climbed one percent. Moreover, clothing went up 1.71
percent and domestic services dropped 0.78 percent. Meanwhile, home furniture
and maintenance rose 1.88 percent, health group went up 2.16 percent and
transportation moved up 4.68 percent.
Source: Arab Times, Kuwaiit Times