الأربعاء، 21 نوفمبر 2018

الوافد المصري .. ومعلومة مهمة

هذا ما نرفضه، وفى نفس الوقت نجدد الدعوة للعقلاء فى التهدئة وعدم تبادل الإساءة بالإساءة، وأن يكون هناك ترفع، فما ينقل ويشارك من صور ومقاطع فيديو وصوتية فى وسائل الإعلام ومواقع التواصل الاجتماعى الذى غرق فى أمور من الخطأ الخوض فيها على مستوى عام ومتابعتها والتفاعل معها، فهو شىء معيب وله آثار وخيمة على مدى بعيد فى النفوس من كلا الطرفين، وليس موضوع وقضية ومادة من المفترض أن يكون للجميع رأى فيها وموقف فى النزول إلى مستوى ساقط بعيداً عن الأخلاق والقيم حتى فى ربط القصص والأحداث والتعامل معها كواقع لنشره وتبادله، فليس مطلوباً على من لديه متابعون سواء على مستوى سياسى أو إعلامى أو معروف وكذلك المهمشون والبسطاء أن يكون لهم موقف معلن ورد خاص، خاصة أن ما شاهدناه مؤخراً يعد انجرافاً مبتذلاً يحتاج إلى السمو والترفع وضبط الانفعالات والتهدئة والخروج من هذه الدائرة المغلقة التى تضر أكثر بالنفوس، فهناك من يستغل مثل هذه القضايا على كثير من المستويات، وإدارات الذباب الإلكترونى تعمل جاهدة على ذلك لإشعال النيران



الخميس، 8 نوفمبر 2018

because of bad weather


“The Council of Ministers announced Tuesday through official channels the suspension of work in all ministries and government departments and institu- tions because of bad weather,” columnist Abdulaziz Kuraibet wrote for Al-Shahed daily.
“This announcement was confirmed by some and denied by others in the social media and some took video clips from the Channel I, to confirm the announcement through the red news bar, a news which was true and confirmed by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education announcing the suspension of study in all schools, colleges and insti- tutes of applied education and Kuwait University, upon the instructions of the Council of Ministers because of the bad weather.
“Instead of feeling joy and happiness over the rain which is a blessing from God in all cases, we are used to waiting for such news on TV channels and official means which are always announced late. Fear creeps into the minds of the people – office goers and students – due to poor planning in such situations and the absence of security and safety on the streets and lack of facilities.
“Of course the option of preparedness is ruled out due to the mismanagement which should take the blame and accept responsible instead of attributing our negligence and mistakes to rain and bad weather.
“Heavy rains did not cause the accumulation of water and the large traffic congestion at many round- abouts and highways and main roads, but the deficien- cies and negligence in maintenance and preparations led to these disasters.
“It is a result of mismanagement and degradation in the supervision and lack of ability to foresee and we prepared for the worst from the technical point of view. In the face of successive scandals we tend to put a finger of accusation at another person and end up blaming each other instead of helping solve the prob- lems collectively.
“We must avail ourselves of the opportunity and praise the Ministry of Interior which has exerted tre- mendous efforts beyond its means to fill the shortcom- ings and neglect of many institutions, including the Ministry of Public Works, whose officials had announced that the ministry is fully prepared for the rainy season, but what we were actually treated to floods in many areas of the country.
“The Ministry of Interior continued to provide help and assistance and rescue operations and at the same time warned and cautioned the motorists and appealed to sea goers to stay at home.
“The ministry also published photos and videos in the social media and official websites of places sub- merged under rainwater and informed motorists to change course. It is a praiseworthy work that deserves our appreciation.
“The vision of a ‘new Kuwait’ needs serious action, not just statements of preparations, accusations of bad weather and corruption.
“The phrase ‘bad weather’ should be changed and replaced by gross negligence in the respective govern- ment agencies, poor management and under-prepared- ness which led to the disruption in work in the minis- tries, government departments and other institutions.”

Be rational, build bonds



“WE cannot deny that sometimes pressures affect the life of some people caused by rapid circumstances such as tension, lack of confidence and some verbal skirmishes which occur from time to time between citizens and some expatriates,” columnist Abdulaziz Khuraibet wrote for Al-Shahed daily. 
“These arguments may be sharp criticisms unre- lated to work, but different platforms and social net- working sites are used to put views and criticisms across intended to hurt the dignity of others which peak with accusations of racism and hatred all of which have nothing to do out ethics or our religion or humanity. 
“Some comments against the expatriates are hurt- ful – comments such as they are ‘ungrateful’, ‘they eat our food’ and other phrases which may have a negative impact on society in the long run and may even cause us embarrassment at the international level. 
“The expatriates in Kuwait came to the country upon contracts, they are sub-
jected to the laws of the land
and no one has done any favor 
for them. They are paid for pro- viding services, working for us, taking part in our projects that shall benefit the nation towards progress and prosperity. 
prices and hoard goods, to an extent that they even export subsidized items to benefit from the govern- ment subsidy. 
“The issue does not end there as one company got allocation for industrial plots for a rent of 100 fils per meter. The company sublets the plots to citizens at KD10 per meter through which it made KD60 million per annum while it pays KD1 million to the government – 100 fils per meter, so it makes a profit of KD59 million. 
“When Khalid Al-Roudhan assumed office as su- pervisory minister, the table was turned. He stands on the side of citizens against hoarding by issuing laws that were never issued by any previous minister of commerce and industry in the history of Kuwaiti politics. Most of the former ministers did not even move close to issuing decisions which could pro- voke the ire of traders, but Al-Roudhan issues deci- sions that angers traders and serves the interests of citizens. 
“Benefits of the decisions have been manifesting, because it has contributed to reduction in prices of some goods and increased State revenues. Unfortu- nately, the media is unfair to the minister by denying him the right to publish his achievements.”