Today's news from Beirut October 8th. 1996

Tomorrow the cabinet session

Wednesday afternoon, the Cabinet will hold its weekly meeting at the government palace. Lots of articles are listed on the agenda, among which a draft decree to organize the Television and Radio Broadcasting Corporation, the issue of the employees of audio-visual media, in addition to a form of contract by mutual agreement with local contractors, after examining the prices of a project to expand the phone system (OSP2).

These are some of the articles:

• A draft decree to modify the plan of Hazmieh -Zalqaa -Antelias highway
• A draft decree to annulate and ratify detailed plans and park sites in the garden region of  Tripoli
• A draft decree to modify some articles of the decree number 7372 dated on October 9th 1995, which grants additional facilities in order to pay due charges of imported goods (sent to the Cabinet on September 24th 1996)
• A draft decree to organize the Television and Radio Broadcasting Corporation ( postponed from the session of October 2nd 1996)
• A draft decree to modify the second paragraph of the second article of the decree number 9181 dated on January 1st 1968 (cabaret tax) (sent to the Cabinet on September 24th 1996)
• A draft decree to withdraw Dr. Isam Ali Khalifeh from the staff of the Lebanese University, upon his request.
• A draft decree to authorize the foundation of a branch of a foreign association called "The German Industrial and Commercial Mission" from Germany.
• A draft decree to establish rules for the employees of the general department of investment in the Ministry of Hydroelectric Resources.
• A draft decree to transfer a fund from the telecommunications budget of the 1996 into that of the council of Development and Reconstruction, in order to install a phone central in Burj Al-Barajina, and to provide sets for the second phone systems.
• A draft decree to establish rules for the employees in the Ministry of Agriculture.
• The issue, raised by the Ministry of Social Affairs, of fixing a price of social care (postponed from the session of October 2nd 1996)
• Approval of engaging employees in the general department of State Security (postponed from the session of August 7th 1996)
• The issue of the employees of audio-visual media.
• The request made by the Ministry of Hydroelectric Resources, to approve of concessions about the rehabilitation and coating of irrigation lines in Qab-Elias.
• The request made by the Ministry of Hydroelectric Resources, to approve of concessions about the construction of a part of the drainage system in Kfarchima.
• The request made by the Ministry of Hydroelectric Resources, to approve of concessions about digging Assouhoum well, south of Jezzine.
• The request made by the Ministry of Hydroelectric Resources, to approve of concessions about the rehabilitation and coating of an irrigation system in Al-Fakiha-Jdeideh-Baalbeck.
• The request made by the Ministry of Hydroelectric Resources, to approve of concessions about studying the construction of a lake in order to store and use drinkable water in Jezzine region.
• The request made by the Ministry of Hydroelectric Resource, to approve of concessions about the rehabilitation of drainage systems in Qornet Chehwane, Al-Bayyada, AL-Mtaileb, Arrabieh, Arrabweh and Antelias, in Al-Matn Caza.
• The request made by the Ministry of Hydroelectric Resources, to approve of concessions about supervising the carrying out of the construction of lines in Wadi chahrour, Bsous -Bleibel.
• The request made by the Ministry of Agriculture, to approve of discharging a cow purchasing transaction and the transporting ship from customs and harbor dues
• The request made by the Ministry of Agriculture, to approve of receiving a gift of one million plants by the Syrian Ministry of Agriculture and discharging it from customs dues.
• The request made by the Treasury Department to ratify the decision of the customs supreme council number 65 dated on September 10th 1996, and which encourages drugs production.
• The request made by the Treasury Department, to ratify the decision n"68 dated on September 26th 1996 of the customs supreme council, and which encourages sulfur production.
• Rewarding the successful students in Lebanese Baccalaureat.
• The request made by the Ministry of  Public Works to consider the drainage and lines rehabilitation works in Al-Chazieh as a part of the South highway works, and consequently to assign to the Council of Constructing Projects studying and executing them, withdrawing the necessary fund from those allocated to the project according to the law number 246/93 (postponed from the session of October 2nd 1996).
• The request made by the Lebanese Council of Development and Reconstruction to approve of its negotiating the carrying out of a project to construct a training institute for the local police forces, by an auto-financing system and in counterpart of a parcel of land in Mosaitbeh.
• The request made by the Ministry of Communications, to approve of its free-of-charge disposing of the cellular phone system AMPS.

Al-Hrawi received medical delegations

Yesterday noon, the President of the Republic Mr. Elias Al-Hrawi met with a French medical delegation, which came from Versailles hospital to thank him for sponsoring the Lebanese-French hospitalization symposium.

On the occasion of the children third medical symposium, organized by the Al-Maqased Al-Khayreyya Association, Al Hrawi received a Lebanese-French medical delegation, along with the vice president of the above mentioned association. President Al-Hrawi was then joined by deputy Marwan Fares, who discussed with him agricultural and infrastructure projects in the Bekaa region, he described his visit to the president as a formal one, in order to thank him for his attitude about the parliamentary elections.

Harb: I am ready to cooperate

During a dinner organized by Annahda club in Tannourine Attahta, the new by elected deputy Cheikh Boutros Harb made a speech in which he declared he was ready to cooperate with anyone in order to develop remote villages.

He also described the latest elections as stemming from the deep democratic roots Lebanon had. The people are well aware, he said, and they won't let anyone snatch their freedom or rights. Harb said he would not admit that Lebanon remains a farm, institutions and law must prevail everywhere in this country.

Harb was elected by 100 000 votes and he promised those people to work hard in order to recover sovereignty and make foreign army withdraw . On the other hand, Harb received yesterday in his office a palestinian delegation from the Democratic bloc, headed by the bloc chief in Lebanon, Ali Faycal.

SPORTS

An Arabic series in Volleyball

 "Achabiba " Club -Bouchrieh, Lebanon volleyball champion, and Sporting Club-Ghazir are organizing an Arabic series from 16th of this month till the 20th of it, on the stadium of "Fouad Chehab sporting complex" Jounieh.

Four Arabic teams participate in this series. Al-Jahra (Kuwait), Al-Wehdah (Emirates), Al-Ahli (Egypt), and Al-Wehdat (Jordan), besides of course "Achabiba" Club and Sporting Club.

The matches will be held in one period among all teams, which creates competition and makes each team, Lebanese or Arabic work harder in order to win the final cup. Two matches will be held each day.

Invitations to officials and Lebanese as well as Arab athletes had been sent by the Lebanese organizing clubs.

The series will also be attended by head of the Arabic Federation for the volleyball, Mr Mohammad Hmadeh (Al-Bahrain) and by members of the Federation, as well as other Arab sport officials.

Al-Bouchrieh and Ghazir teams are training hard and hope they will make good results.

Second grade weight lifters in Lebanon Team.

The Lebanese federation for weight lifting decided to admit some weight lifters of the second grade and of the youngsters.

Thus, in order to have new members in its team that will represent Lebanon in the 12th Arabic Championship,which will be held in Beirut.

The new members are : Abd El-Kader, Al-Ayyoubi and Assem Shreim (weight 54)

Hossam Al-Ayyoubi and Sobhi  Morstani (weight 59), Wajih Al-Banni (weight 64)

Zohier Trabolsi (weight 70), Hassan Anouti, Mustafa Ilani, Adnan Marfoussa and Hassan Khalil (weight 83),Abd El-Fattah Jalilati,Haytham Syour, Chady Rymou and Ismael Ibrahim (weight 91), Oussama Achamel, Mahmoud Ryhani, Mustafa Chouman and Youssef Chaleb (weight 99).

Besides paying the expenses of transport, the Federation will grant 300 000 L.P to each one chosen to represent Lebanon in the and 600 000 L.P to each one chosen from the first members of the teams, namely : Oussama Misto (weight 54), Maarouf  Tarha (weight64), Khodr Mounir Aleyaan (weight 76), Mohammad Traboulsi (weight 83) ,Hussein Moqaled (weight99), Rachid Al-Chatile and Ali Chqeir (above 108).

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