VOL. XXXII

NO. 18

6-FEBRUARY-1989

KUWAIT

Causeway Planned to Northern Kuwait

Kuwait plans to build a 30-km. causeway across the Bay of Kuwait to the newcity of Subiya, according to Mr. Muhammad 'Abd al-Muhsin al-Rifa'i, the Ministerof State for Municipal Affairs. The $1bn bridge is intended to link the twosides of the mainland and facilitate transportation to Subiya, which is locatedjust across Bubiyan island some 35 kms. from the Iraqi border and which willhouse the new Kuwait University campus...