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Savings bank approves KD 10,000 grant for disabled |
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Saturday, 03 April 2010 23:17 |
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KUWAIT, April 3 (KUNA) -- The Savings and Credit Bank has agreed to give a KD 10,000 grant to those with special needs and to reduce the monthly installment of loans to five percent of the overall salary, at a maximum of KD 50.
A statement issued by the media office of Deputy Premier for Economic Affairs, State Minister for Development Affairs and State Minister for Housing Affairs Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said that these decisions aimed at alleviating some of the hardships faced by those with special needs.
It said that the bank's board of directors, headed by Sheikh Ahmad, met recently and agreed to make these amendments, adding that a committee would be formed in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor to oversee this matter.
These amendments will be applicable as of May 28, it added. - Kuna
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