Kuwaitis encouraged to interact with the public?

Here's another lovely brainfart...

CSC OKs ‘encouragement bonus’ for Kuwaitis in contact with public

KUWAIT CITY: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has approved an “encouragement bonus” of 15 to 30 dinars for Kuwaiti employees who directly interact with the public in the course of their jobs, says Al-Rai Al-Aam. A reliable source said the decision will be implemented with effect from Sept 1, 2006, adding “salaries of Kuwaiti employees who have direct contact with public will be increased by 30 dinars. While citizens who have indirect contact with the public will get an increment of 20 dinars, secretaries and others who have similar jobs, will get a raise of 15 dinars per month.”

Love to see how they implement this one... they'll probably just give KD30 to everyone in the end. Good time to be a Kuwaiti with a KD50 rise in salary for all nationals being discussed, a KD200 "bonus" payment this week, etc. Meanwhile the poor get poorer, with mandatory insurance fees being hiked. And too bad if you can’t get to one of the few outlets to buy the insurance which is necessary for the bureaucratic residency process, or when you do, they decide to close their doors on you as happened this last Thursday...

Meanwhile, expatriates preparing their health guarantee transactions done so that they could carry on with residency renewal procedures, were disappointed Thursday when all health insurance offices refused doing any transactions for them, reported Al-Watan pointing out that applicants who wanted to avoid fines for delay in getting their residency renewed.
On their part, health insurance officials, said that the halt was a result of a ministerial decree banning the office work on Thursdays and asking to distribute Thursdays' working hours to other working days so that ministry employees would not have to work on weekends. They added that despite the ban, all employees were readily present at their offices in case another sudden decision was issued.
On the other hand, some applicants said that they wished the ministry would reconsider the decision as Thursdays were the only days they were able to do their transactions on as they had difficulty getting leaves during working hours....