VOL XXX

NO. 8

1-DECEMBER-1986

SAUDI ARABIA-BAHRAIN

Saudi-Bahraini Causeway Inaugurated

The Saudi-Bahraini causeway was officially declared opened on 26 November ata ceremony attended by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and Shaikh 'Isa ibn Salman AlKhalifah, the Amir of Bahrain. Construction of the 25-km. causeway began in 1981with the award of contracts to a consortium of Saudi and Dutch contractors(MEES, 13 July 1981) and Saudi Arabia has financed the whole project whose costis estimated in excess of...