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Number of MPs have submitted a draft law calling to impose a five-percent tax on remittances by expatriates to their home countries. The financial and economic affairs committee went ahead and approved the bill and sent it for the Assembly for approval.

Earlier legal and legislative committee and the government had rejected the bill on basis of the economy will be hurt, but the Financial and economic affairs committee said that it is within the constitution and there was no violation.

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Meanwhile, MP Omar Al-Tabtabaei called for the need to impose taxes on financial

remittances by expatriates living in the country, saying the number of ex…

Kuwait Decline in recruiting expats in oil and gas sector iiq8 Kuwait news

Nearly 50 percent decline seen in the appointment of expatriates in oil sector during the last fiscal year compared to the previous year.

According to local newspaper Al-Rai daily, the appointment of expatriates in oil sector witnessed a decline from 345 during fiscal year 2018/2019 to 190 compared to fiscal year 2017/2018.

The report asserted the significance of resorting to the expatriate experience because they’re the main element in oil industry as per the standards of operation in all global companies, and despite the decline in their appointment, oil sector can’t do without them.

The report also reaffirmed that leadership in oil sector can’t overlook the experiences of workers in specialized operations or functional requirements for operating specific equipment in complicated projects.

Ramadan in Kuwait May 6th marks the beginning of Ramadan, says Kuwaiti astronomer - KUNA

Kuwaiti Astronomer, Historian and Member of the British Astronomical Association (BAA) Adel Al-Saadoun said that Monday May sixth will mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan and that the moon's sighting will be possible with one's own eyes.

Al-Saadoun told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Thursday that the new moon would be at 1:45 a.m. on Sunday May fifth, and in the same evening during sunset, the moon will be missing for 31 minutes, having the new moon last 16 hours and 42 minutes.

Rise of the moon from the horizon line at sunset time is 6.6 degrees, but the lengthening of the moon from the sun will be 9.5 degrees, indicating the moon's visibility according to the astronomers, Al-Saadoun explained.

Crescent is obscurely visible with the naked eye, although straightforwardly seen using binoculars or telescopes, making Ramadan last 29 days long, he said.…