Egypt to open new harbor of El-Ain El-Sokhna at the beginning of next year

Completion of the construction work on the new harbor of El-Ain El-Shokhna in Suez governerate is currently taking place, paving the way for opening the harbor at the beginning of the year 2000. General Mamdouh El-Zohariri, the governor of Suez, stated that nearly 1.5 kilometers of the first stage of the waterfront is finished and that 24 kilometers of the double road between Suez and Ain Sokhna, which is 44 kilometers long, has been paved. He also said a bid would be raised for establishing electric converter stations with a capacity fo 220 kilowatts, which will start in February, 2000.