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Sunday, 21 May 2017

Kabil on manufacturing and consumption, El Adly still MIA, Downtown Cairo about to get really, really crowded

The airwaves had little of interest to offer on what was the slowest news day in 2017 to-date.

Amr Adib had a chat with Trade Minister Tarek Kabil about factories that closed down after the 2011 uprising (watch, runtime 3:07). Kabil also spoke to Adib about domestic consumption patterns of late and explained that ready-made clothes imports were down 75% in 1Q2017. Egypt is also apparently been doing well on the clothing export front and is largest exporter of denim to the US of A, according to Kabil (watch, runtime 5:05).

Adib also followed up the disappearance of former Interior Minister Habib El Adly. Our favorite boisterous host said that lawyer Farid El Deeb, who defends El Adly and ousted president Hosni Mubarak, confirmed that El Adly was not on the run or overseas, but maintained that he had no knowledge of his whereabouts. El Adly is believed to have fled after being handed a seven-year prison sentence last week (watch, runtime 15:05).

Hona Al Asema’s Lamees Al Hadidi kept the evening’s reporting focused on the state’s land reclamation campaign (watch, runtime 3:27) and spoke to Orascom Development Chairman Samih Sawiris about land he had purchased in Aswan years ago that he has been unable to develop since it was forcibly taken over by locals in 2011 (watch, runtime 5:45).

Over Al Hayah Al Youm, Qalaa Holding’s Egyptian Refining Company, whose new Mostorod plan is set to start operations 2018, was the star of the night with its own introductory report, featuring Qalaa Chairman and founder Ahmed Heikal (watch, runtime 1:47).

On Masaa DMC, Eman El Hosary discussed news of imminent congestion in Downtown Cairo now that the state is closing down a stretch of 26 July street for a year to work on a new line for the Cairo Metro (watch, runtime 3:03).

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