BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Cabinet appointed Wednesday a board of directors for the free trade zone project in Tripoli and a new chairman for Beirut’s main public hospital.
The Cabinet agreed Wednesday to the appointment of the board of directors for the anticipated Special Economic Zone in Tripoli, Information Minister Ramzi Joreige announced after the session.
The board will be presided over by former Finance Minister Raya al-Hasan, he said, and will have six other members: Former Finance Minister Jihad Azour, Wassim Mansouri, Antoine Habib, Ramzi Hafez, Antoine Diab and Ashir al-Dayeh.
The Cabinet also approved the appointment of Firas al-Abyad as the new chairman for Beirut’s Rafik Hariri University Hospital.
Abyad will succeed Faisal Shatila, who announced his resignation in February. Health Minister Wael Abu Faour welcomed the move, saying Shatila’s resignation would facilitate a rescue plan for the financially-stricken hospital.
The Cabinet also approved Wednesday a deal between Lebanon’s Interior Ministry and a French printing house to launch the printing of new Lebanese passports.
Ministers also agreed on approving the Telecoms Ministry’s contract with the Lebanese Yellow Pages company to publish the directory’s guide on governmental websites.
And in what is becoming a weekly staple, the Cabinet decreed the allocation of funds to ministries and the prime minister’s office in light of the absence of an official budget.
Joreige stated the ministers also accepted some donations offered to a number of ministries and some ministers’ request to attend conferences abroad.
Finally, the cabinet agreed on an entrance exam for new civil servants in the Justice Ministry.
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