Kuwait to help set up tourism institute in East

by Mohammed NAALIR

The Kuwait Fund has agreed to grant financial assistance to implement various development projects in the Eastern Province.

The assistance will be granted to set up a tourism training institute, a fully equipped hotel school and improve infrastructure facilities in the province.

This follows a request by Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Leader and Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem to Abdul Wahab Al-Badr, Director General of Kuwait Fund, during his recent visit to Kuwait.

Minister Hakeem stressed the necessity of the Kuwait Fund assistance to Director General Abdul Wahab Al-Badr to set up the tourism training institute in the South Eastern University (SEU), to construct a fully equipped hotel school in the Province and improve facilities of the auditoriums in schools in the province.

The Minister also called upon Abdul Wahab Al-Badr to extend support to improve infrastructure facilities in the Courts in the Eastern Province.The Kuwait Fund Director said that Kuwait Funds grant assistance was given to 104 countries.The Director General told Minister Hakeem that when documents are submitted, it would be discussed and steps will be taken to grant assistance.