VOL. XLV

No 7

18-February-2002

KUWAIT

Plan To Set Up Fast-Tract WorkingGroup For Power Generation Contracts Scrapped

The government on 12 Februaryscrapped a plan to set up a working group to approve contracts to expand thecountrys electricity generation industry on a fast track by side-stepping theCentral Tenders Committee after a majority of deputies in the National Assemblyvoted against the scheme. Electricity Minister Talal al-'Ayar said the proposedworking group was needed for the urgent...