KUWAIT, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Kuwait needs to reevaluate its wage bill, Khalifa Hamada, undersecretary at the Gulf Arab oil exporting country's finance ministry, said on Tuesday.

He was speaking after neighbouring Saudi Arabia on Monday cut ministers' salaries by 20 percent and scaled back financial perks for public sector employees in an attempt to save money at a time of low oil prices. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1C245U

(Reporting By Hadeel Al Sayegh in Kuwait; writing by Tom Arnold, Editing by William Maclean) ((Tom.Arnold@thomsonreuters.com; +97144536265; Reuters Messaging: tom.arnold.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))

Keywords: KUWAIT ECONOMY/

KUWAIT, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Kuwait's central bank governor said on Tuesday that fiscal reform can help Kuwait's economy adjust to low oil prices.

Mohammad al-Hashel said despite economic challenges, the banking system was stable, with with non-performing loans reaching 2.4 percent in 2015.

(Reporting by Hadeel Al Sayegh; writing by Tom Arnold) ((Tom.Arnold@thomsonreuters.com; +97144536265; Reuters Messaging: tom.arnold.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))

Keywords: KUWAIT CENBANK/