据普氏能源资讯3月15日伦敦报道,科威特财政大臣阿纳斯14日晚些时候在一次新闻发布会上说,科威特政府内阁14日已建议一系列金融和经济改革计划来应对低油价,其中包括私有化本国部分石油部门。
同时担任这个海湾国家石油大臣的阿纳斯说,科威特政府日前已批准了重新定价的商品价格和新的企业税。
科威特通讯社(Kuna)14日报道说,阿纳斯没有提供有关商品价格变化或私有化计划的具体细节。
私有化计划如今将提交给国民议会批准。由于科威特政府在早些时候一次削减补贴的失败尝试以后仍在研究补贴改革,改革在科威特迄今一直受到抵制。
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原文如下:
Kuwait cabinet proposes reforms as low oil prices weigh
London (Platts)--15 Mar 2016
Kuwait's government has proposed a raft of financial and economic reform plan Monday to cope with low oil prices, including the privatization of some of its oil sector, the finance minister Anas al-Saleh said late Monday.
Saleh, who is also the Persian Gulf state’s oil minister told a press conference the government had approved re-pricing commodities and new taxes on corporations.
However he did not provide specific details on the commodity price changes or privatization plans, state-owned Kuna news agency reported Monday.
The plan will now be presented to the National Assembly, Kuwait’s parliament, for approval. Reforms have so far been resisted, with the government still studying subsidy reforms after a failed earlier attempt at implementing cuts.