VOL. XLI

No. 02

12-January-1998

KUWAIT

Kuwait Announces Plan To Corporatize Telecoms Ministry

The Kuwaiti Government has announced that it plans to convert itsCommunications Ministry into a 100% state-owned public corporation as a first step towardseventual privatization. The new Kuwaiti Communications Corporation, as it will be known,will be administered on an independent, commercial basis under the supervision of theMinister of Communications, Electricity and Water, Mr. Jasim al-Aun. No...