Sisi follows up on housing project updates with ministers

CAIRO – 27 February 2018: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi discussed the recent developments of several housing projects during his meeting on Tuesday, February 27 with the ministers of housing, investment and international cooperation, along with Prime Minster Sherif Ismail.

According to a statement released by presidency spokesperson Bassam Rady, Sisi discussed the recent updates regarding the New Administrative Capital, New Alamein City and a number of the new housing projects all over the country.

Rady assured that the work inside the New Administrative Capital is going according to the set timetable, with the highest criteria as agreed previously. As for Alamein, Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouly said during the meeting that the total area of the city is about 48,000 feddans (1 feddan = about 1.038 acres). He added that the project is supposed to offer many job opportunities and give equal services to all levels of society.

President Sisi stressed on the importance of sticking to the highest criteria, quality standards and latest technology. The statement added that Egypt’s new projects and housing cities should be built to meet the people’s demands.

This meeting is not the first between Sisi and ministers to follow up on the latest updates of the country’s projects, as on February 17, Sisi met with Madbouly to follow up on the ongoing construction projects in the country. The meeting was part of the follow-up of the housing projects in new cities in different parts of the country, including the New Administrative Capital.

Madbouly told the president that the works are going as scheduled. He also reviewed designs of a number of districts in the new capital.