CAIRO – The cabinet approved Monday several economic decisions in different governorates, amending boundaries of Port Said.
It approved a draft decision by the President of the Republic to amend the administrative boundaries of Port Said Governorate, with the aim of supporting the integration of development projects undertaken by the governorate.
During a meeting under Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli, the cabinet also approved to amend some provisions of the executive regulations of the law organising universities, by adding the Faculty of Education at Luxor University.
The decision comes in tandem with the government policies to improve the educational services provided to the people of the governorate.
The cabinet also approved the allocation of two plots of land in the North Coast district of Matrouh Governorate, for the benefit of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, to be used to establish Ras El Hekma International Airport.
The cabinet also approved a draft decision of the President of the Republic regarding the allocation of three plots in the Red Sea Governorate, for establishing seawater desalination plants.
It transferred the ownership of the July 3 tunnels in Port Said, the lands built on them, and the security areas east/west of the Suez Canal, for the benefit of the Suez Canal Authority.
The cabinet also approved a contract with the Lakes and Fish Resources Protection and Development Agency (on behalf of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation) with the British Arab Company for Dynamic Industries (one of the companies of the Arab Organisation for Industrialisation) to license it to use the three Toshka depressions for fishing and developing fish resources, for a period of 10 years.
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