Arabic News Weekly Edition for Economics, 2/17/2003
Weekly Edition, Economics - Week of February 17, 2003
- Newly formed Egyptian ministry announces plan to boost CIT exports
"Egypt faces a big challenge in that, within a matter of about five years, our public universities will not have the physical capacity to absorb the annual high-school graduates," one CIT expert told the Egyptian Mail. Egypt, Economics, 2/22/2003 - Government business organization cooperate to provide finance for private sector projects
Egypt's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Fayza Abul-Naga commenced a new plan to help provide finance for the projects of the provide sector to enable it to compete on the international markets. Egypt, Economics, 2/22/2003 - Moroccan premier underscores women's role in development
Moroccan Premier, Driss Jettou, underscored on Thursday the important role women play in Morocco's development. Morocco, Economics, 2/22/2003 - Workshop on awareness of landmines and sharing experience in the Arab region
Mrs. Aliya Mawan, the third secretary at the Canadian embassy in Damascus said that for many years, Canada has been deeply committed to the global fight against landmines. She added that five years ago, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti- Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, was opened for signature in Ottawa. The Ottawa Convention was signed on that occasion by a record 122 states, and subsequently ratified and brought into force in a record 15 months. Regional-Syria, Economics, 2/22/2003 - Abou Zeid: Egypt's quota from Nile's water out of any talks between Nile basin countries
Egypt's quota from Nile water is out of any talks between Nile Basin countries, said Mahmoud Abu Zeid, Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, noting that Egypt aims at exploiting 1.600 billion cubic meters of water. Egypt, Economics, 2/22/2003 - European tourists to Tunisia declined; Inter-Arab tourism up
Official statistics issued yesterday revealed a decline in the number of German tourists who visited Tunisia by 65 % to 350,000 tourists in 2002. Tunisia, Economics, 2/22/2003 - Morocco-UAE company appoints new chairman Morocco-United Arab Emirates, Business, 2/22/2003
- Aquaculture growth now outpaces other food production industries, UN reports
Aquaculture -- the farming and stocking of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants -- is growing more rapidly than all other animal food producing sectors, according to a report compiled by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Regional, Economics, 2/21/2003 - Money transfer business to the Arab states
Money transfer in the Arab states is a function of the large number of expatriate and immigrant community in the US, Europe, Canada and the other countries through Africa and South America. Regional, Business, 2/21/2003 - Morocco decries alarming state of fisheries resources in Mediterranean Sea
This cooperation, according to him, should zero in on the consolidation of the Southern bank's scientific structures according to a comprehensive vision on the management of fisheries resources. Morocco-Regional, Economics, 2/21/2003 - Economy minister says Syria wants foreign investment
Syria's Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, Ghassan Rifaee, has described the Syrian new investment laws as positive and generous compared to the existing laws in a number of the world countries. Syria, Economics, 2/20/2003 - 1st Egyptian investment promotion office opens in London Egypt, Economics, 2/20/2003
- Morocco to train 72,000 professionals in tourism related sectors by 2010
Moroccan tourism training centres will train 72,000 professionals by 2010, a date set by Morocco to gain 10 million tourists per annum. Morocco, Economics, 2/19/2003 - Al-Thawra: Syrian- Iraqi contracts at 13 million
A delegation representing Syrian public companies has signed in Baghdad textile contracts worth 13 million dollars, according to the Syrian daily al-Thawra. This was at the directives of the Syrian ministry of industry, while the total sum under negotiations was 16 million. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 2/19/2003 - Syrian- Russian transport co-operation Syria-Russia, Economics, 2/19/2003
- New flights by the Kuwaiti airlines
The Kuwaiti airline establishments has announced it will increase number of its flights to Arab and foreign capitals due to the increasing turnout on its airlines by passengers. Kuwait-Regional, Business, 2/19/2003 - King Mohammed meets WB president
King Mohammed VI underlined that these priorities translate Morocco's ambition to build a modern, open and competitive economy. The king stressed his firm determination to make this development sustainable and to ensure its supervision by institutions and instances observing the rule of law in economic affairs. Morocco, Economics, 2/18/2003 - Construction of new Tangier port begins
The deep sea harbor will handle activities of container transshipment, international road transport, and conveyance of general goods and passengers. Morocco, Economics, 2/18/2003 - Egypt's exports to Hong Kong up by 21 per cent Egypt-China, Economics, 2/18/2003
- Creation of network of African sea sciences institutes probed in Morocco
The new network will coordinate action among specialized laboratories and promote regional and international partnership with similar institutions based in developed countries. Regional-Morocco, Economics, 2/18/2003 - Egypt the highest share profit rate in developing markets Egypt, Economics, 2/17/2003