Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
22 - 28 April 1999
Issue No. 426
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Index of issues This week's issue

Parliament debates domestic debt
Finance Minister Mohieddin El-Gharib went all out in parliament this week to emphasise that domestic debts are not high enough to negatively affect the national economy. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Boosting trade with Africa
To fulfil its commitment as the newest member of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Egypt has drastically reduced customs duties on imports from the COMESA countries. Mona El-Fiqi reports
ABC sits on 'cash cow'
Has privatisation transformed a state-owned monopoly into a private sector monopoly? Niveen Wahish investigates
Industrial clean-up funds
THE KFW BANK of Germany has recently offered a grant of approximately DM56 million (almost LE112 million) to finance wastewater treatment projects in a variety of public sector industries including chemical, engineering, food and pharmaceuticals.
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Compact technology
A CONFERENCE was held in Cairo last week to introduce new Java technologies to Egypt. It was attended by 200 specialists, mostly programmers. Ayman George report. -read on-

 

 
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