Sisi: New capital to provide better quality of life, job opportunities

CAIRO, July 15 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed the authorities concerned to ensure the provision of sate-of-the-art-services in the New Administrative Capital (NAC).

This came during the president's meeting on Monday with Head of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority Maj. Gen. Ihab Al-Far and Presidential Adviser for Urban Planning Amir Sayed Ahmed.

Sisi also stressed the need to complete NAC projects on time, citing a high standard of living, better services and job opportunities the new capital will provide.

The meeting took up the latest progress on the construction projects in new capital, especially in the government district, to which the premises of several ministries and state bodies will be relocated, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said.

Al-Far briefed the president on the progress on a project to improve the road and bridge networks in Heliopolis - Masr El Gedida, as part of an integrated modernization plan that covers all the suburb, the spokesman added.

Several executive directors representing the companies undertaking the construction process in the new capital were also present at the meeting.