KUWAIT CITY - The Ministry of Public Works announced the follow-up of the implementation of Phase 2 of the new passenger terminal at the Kuwait International Airport (T2)
which is being carried out by Limak Holding
The ministry said in a press statement the second phase of the project consists of a multistorey car park building with a capacity of 5,000 parking lots
The ministry indicated it spares no effort to ensure completion of the second phase of project on time that coincides with the completion of the first phase of the new T2 project at the Kuwait International Airport
Informed sources said the third phase of the project includes aircraft hangars and service buildings
which are located between the eastern and western runways
extending from the new passenger building on an area estimated to be 1,300 million square meters consisting of aircraft hangars
The services associated with the main building
The three phases are scheduled to be completed in parallel and according to a specific timetable
as the ministry considers the airport project to be one of the strategic projects implemented by the Ministry of Public Works for the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) with the aim of developing the air transport sector in the country during the next 50 years
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Culture & Society > Welcome to Salmiya
the Kuwait city so unloved by its expat population
Salmiya is named the worst city in the world for expats to live and work
Expats in Salmiya say they are unhappy with the local transportation (61st)
with their health and the environment (66th)
as well as with climate and leisure (66th)
A 20-minute drive away from Kuwait City on the picturesque coastal Gulf Road is the city of Salmiya
it has been named the worst city in the world for expats to live and work
The Salem Al-Mubarak Street shopping district
runs down the outer blocks of the city and is one of the oldest and largest shopping districts of Kuwait
It is a remnant of Kuwait’s once numerous traditional souk bazaars
once a hub and harbour for the fishing and pearl diving community
has been transformed into a commercial avenue
the Gulf Road is coveted for its amazing sea vistas and a boulevard passing through much of coastal Salmiya is a reflection of Kuwait’s drive to modernity
And yet in the latest InterNations Expat City Ranking 2020
it has been voted the worst out of 66 cities analysed and described as “a city of unhappy
it places last in two indices and ends up among the bottom 10 in every single index but one
Nearly three in five said they dislike the local leisure options (vs 15 percent worldwide)
expats do not feel at home and they describe the local population as unfriendly (48 percent vs 17 percent globally)
and they are also unhappy with their social life (56 percent vs 24 percent globally)
the difficulty in getting settled could be connected to a long-running campaign to cut the number of expats in Kuwait
culminating last month when Kuwait’s parliament unanimously approved a law giving the government a year to set in motion plans to redress the lopsided ratio between foreign residents and citizens
brought in over the decades to perform both specialised jobs and unskilled labour
account for nearly 3.4 million of Kuwait’s 4.8 million people
the government is to formulate procedures and mechanisms to cut the number of foreigners
Back to the survey and the city’s losing streak also continues in the Urban Work Life Index (65th)
where it features among the global bottom 10 in all subcategories – Job & Career (64th)
Work-Life Balance (64th) and Job Security (59th)
expats in Salmiya say they are the least happy with their work-life balance worldwide (41 percent unhappy vs 18 percent globally)
Things are looking up a little in the Finance & Housing Index (55th) but even for its best-ranking factor in the index — the ease of finding housing — Salmiya still places 44th out of 66
Salmiya has undertaken a major face lift in recent times primarily due to ever-expanding commercial real estate on the Gulf Road
The boom in real estate in Salmiya has seen its demographics being constantly on the move
Increasing rental prices have gradually pushed out its working class expatriate community towards the interior districts of Kuwait
The influx of foreigners to Salmiya is of historical importance dating as far back as the 1960s
Salmiya was destroyed by invading Iraqi occupation
but from 1993 onward it was gradually rebuilt and re-populated
Abu Dhabi has become the best city in the Gulf for expats to live and work
according to the survey of more than 15,000 expatriates worldwide
InterNations placed Abu Dhabi 10th globally
ahead of its neighbour Dubai (20th) and Muscat (14th)
The cities were ranked on information about five areas of expat life – Quality of Urban Living
just before Covid-19 turned into a global pandemic
expats considered Salmiya in Kuwait the worst in the world while Rome
InterNations said Abu Dhabi performed especially well in the Getting Settled Index (17th)
they describe the local population as both friendly in general (17th) and friendly towards foreign residents in particular (16th)
The Finance & Housing Index (23rd) is Abu Dhabi’s second-biggest strength
While 70 percent say it is easy to find housing (vs 55 percent globally)
only 28 percent find it affordable (vs 41 percent globally)
63 percent say they are satisfied with their financial situation
about the same as the global average (61 percent)
expats are dissatisfied with their job security (47th)
“I dislike my very busy working schedule and not having the time to socialise with my friends,” says an expat from Uganda