VOL. XLVII

No 02

12-January-2004

KUWAIT

Kuwaits Cabinet Approves Bubiyan Island Port Project

Kuwaits Council of Ministers, at a meeting on 4 January, approved a proposal to construct a port at Bubiyan, an island off the northern part of the country. In August last year, it was reported that the cabinet would be studying a feasibility report on the proposed $850mn project (MEES, 18 August 2003).The decision to press ahead with studies on the project was taken in the light of the change of regime in...