科威特一位国会议员近期提出议案，建议政府为该国男性公民娶第二个妻子提供资助，以解决国内未婚女子过多的问题。这位议员表示，该议案不但可以为未婚女子解决婚姻问题，同时还能鼓励丧偶或离异的男女重新组织家庭。

A Kuwaiti MP proposed Wednesday state-aid for male citizens to take second wives, in a bid to（为了） reduce the large number of unmarried women in the oil-rich emirate（酋长国） .

"The proposal aims at solving the problem of unmarried women, which is a problem facing our society, and encourages widows and divorced men and women to form new families," independent Shiite MP Faisal al-Duwaisan said.

The Gulf² state already grants Kuwaiti men who wed¹ a female citizen for the first time a "marriage aid" of 4,000 dinars (14,000 dollars, 11,000 euros), half of which is a grant and the rest an interest-free loan with easy installments³（分期付款） .

But Duwaisan wants the government to grant an additional aid package for men to take second wives, provided certain conditions are met.

The prospective⁴ grooms⁵ must obtain written permission from their existing wives to marry again, or they must be widowed or divorced.

The women they marry must be widows, divorced or at least 40 years of age and never married, Duwaisan said in his proposal, which was submitted to parliament.

Parliamentary panels will review the proposal, then send it to parliament for consideration. If approved, it will become law.

Kuwait, the fifth-largest producer inside the Organisation⁶ of Petroleum⁷ Exporting Countries, provides a cradle-to-grave welfare system by offering most public services at highly-subsidised（资助） rates. Education and health are free for citizens.