| Date: 09/02/2010 Time: 08:59:00 AM |
1960 -- An Amiri decree is issued regulating the state's budget and
authorities supervising it.
1975 -- An Amiri decree is issued forming the country's eighth cabinet
headed by Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. The cabinet comprises 15 ministers
with the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Awqaf (endowment) and Islamic
Affairs merged into one.
1982 -- The Commercial Markets Company is formed with a capital of KD 50
million with the objective of possession, management, and leasing of
commercial and industrial centers.
1985 -- Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issues law
5/85 allowing appointment of students of Kuwait University and the Public
Authority for Applied Education and Training at state bodies, within Civil
Service Commission provisions. 1986 -- The KD 20 bill comes into circulation.
1993 -- Al-Shaab Sea Club reopens after undergoing major renovation work
for damage caused by the Iraqi invasion in August 1990.
1996 -- Temperatures reach their highest for this day of the year, with a
maximum of 31 degree centigrade, 11 degree above average. Temperature records
in the country go back to 1962.
2005 -- The Public Warehousing Company, represented by Global Clearings
House, signs a 25-year contract for providing support services to customs
facilities, with investments of up to KD 500 million.
2006 -- Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issues a decree
forming the country's 22nd cabinet, the first during his reign. The Cabinet is
headed by His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and
comprises 15 ministers.
2008 -- Jahra fencing team becomes the Arab champion for the first time at
the Arab champions' championship held in Kuwait. |