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Egyptian News Roundup: Farid Zahran, Cigarette Prices, Dollar Exchange, Sugar Shortage, and Cairo Airport Hacking

02:02 AM Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Today, Sunday, the talk show programs covered a number of important files and issues locally and globally, and Masrawy monitors the most important news that received the attention of the majority of television programs over the past hours through the report that reviews for you the most prominent of them:

– Farid Zahran: America bears the burden of the Israeli crime in Gaza in the face of history

Presidential candidate Farid Zahran, head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, said that the brutal aggression of the Israeli occupation against Gaza is something that hurts us all, and we see all the time the bombing of hospitals and the killing of women, children and the elderly, and these are clearly crimes against humanity.

Zahran added, during his meeting with the journalist Qaswaa Al-Khalali, on the program “In the Evening with Qaswaa”, broadcast on the CBC channel, that global public opinion and Western peoples are now waking up and understanding most of the brutality that is happening inside the Gaza Strip, but there is complicity from Western governments. Against this crime, especially the United States of America.

– Farid Zahran: The Egyptian economy is very promising and capable of absorbing huge investments

Presidential candidate Farid Zahran, head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, said that he believes that when a decision comes slowly, it is ineffective, as speed stimulates the local investor and restores confidence in the market, pointing out that the Egyptian economy is very promising and capable of absorbing huge investments.

Zahran added, during his meeting with journalist Qaswaa Al-Khalali, on the “Evening with Qaswaa” program, broadcast on the CBC channel: Egypt is in a region of the world with very large financial surpluses, and Egypt has human capabilities, infrastructure, and extraordinary capabilities to absorb investments. Huge, but there are no competitive conditions and the market is not reliable and stable.

He pointed out that timetables for major projects must be restored, and rescheduling them equals saving financial resources that can be used in other areas.

– Adeeb on the scarcity of cigarettes and their high prices: We have a million apricots in Egypt who have become billionaires

Journalist Amr Adib commented on the high prices of cigarettes in Egypt and their scarcity in the markets, noting that the prices of foreign cigarettes exceeded 125 pounds, despite their official price set by the manufacturers at 69 pounds.

Adeeb said, during his program “Al-Hekaya” on MBC Misr satellite channel, on Monday evening: There are big question marks in Egypt. Do you know how people get rich in Egypt? The profit on cigarettes has reached more than 50%. The merchant earns more than Mr. Philip Morris. in New York.

The presenter of the story wondered: “You want to convince the merchant to sell imported cigarettes for 70 pounds when he can sell them for 125 pounds. How? We have a million apricots in Egypt who have become billionaires.” Why do manufacturers not want to reverse the pyramid of distribution to retailers?

– Amr Adeeb on sugar prices: a real mystery… and people cannot buy

Journalist Amr Adib commented on the rise in sugar prices in the markets, saying that the price of a kilo of sugar exceeded 49 pounds in the markets.

Adeeb said, during his “Al-Hekaya” program, on MBC Misr satellite channel, on Monday evening, that we are now in a real puzzle. Egypt has production of cane and beets. What does the dollar have to do with it? I respect the crises, but we want to know the reason for what is happening.

The presenter of the story continued: It seems that the market is stronger than the government. The ministry declares that sugar is available and there is no crisis in the markets, sending a message to the citizens: “Get a little tired and go for the sugar that costs 27 pounds,” adding: I don’t want to see anyone laughing at people enough.. Something is not normal and people are not able to buy.

– Amr Adib on the crazy rise of the dollar on the black market: “The number is strange.”

Journalist Amr Adeeb commented on the rise in the dollar exchange rate on the black market, saying: “Today is the highest price for the dollar since we first started the black market in Egypt… and from the early eighties until today.”

Adeeb added, during his “Al-Hekaya” program, on MBC Misr satellite channel, on Monday evening: The number is strange and no one understands anything.. When people ask for nothing, despite a slowdown in inflation due to the recession, he wondered: Is there a country whose inflation is daily?.. Is there a place in the world where prices increase once or twice a day?

The presenter of the Al-Hekaya Today program added that there is stagflation and no one is buying goods at the same level as before, and there is a reduction in consumption, indicating that there is an increase in prices and the increase we know is unreal, pointing out that there is no response from the government to the rise in the dollar.

– The US State Department: We are concerned about civilians in Gaza and are trying to release the detainees

Samuel Warburg, regional spokesman for the US State Department, said that his country is doing everything in its power; To release the Israeli detainees in Gaza, indicating that the United States is communicating with Israel diplomatically to reduce harm to civilians, while monitoring the situation in the Gaza Strip, stressing that Israel has a great responsibility to spare civilians from any losses.

Warberg added, during an intervention on Cairo News satellite channel, on Monday evening, that they are working to bring humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and protect civilians, explaining that the United States expresses its deep concern about civilians in the Gaza Strip.

– A kilo costs 27 pounds.. Food supplies reveal the relationship between the month of Ramadan and the lack of sugar in the markets

Dr. Ibrahim Ashmawy, First Assistant Minister of Supply and Head of the Egyptian Commodity Exchange, said that sugar is an essential commodity for the Egyptian citizen, noting that some traders are starting to stock up on sugar in preparation for the month of Ramadan.

“Ashmawy” added, during a telephone conversation with journalist Ahmed Moussa, via the “On My Responsibility” program broadcast on Sada El Balad channel, today, Monday, that hoarding by some companies and merchants is a behavior they have become accustomed to before the month of Ramadan, indicating that the state has a strategic store of sugar and it is safe.

Ashmawi added that the price of sugar in the ration system is 12.60 piasters, and it is imported from abroad at a cost of 740 dollars per ton, in addition to 70 dollars for the cost of shipping and insurance, noting that the state has self-sufficiency in sugar at a rate of up to 90%, indicating that the state has imported 100 thousand tons. Sugar to fill the current gap in the markets.

– Cairo Air Port: The hacking attempt did not affect the systems, and its source is under investigation

Abdel Khaleq Mohamed Lotfy, Head of the Information and Communications Technology Sector at Cairo Air Port Company, said that the airport’s website was subjected to a hacking attempt that did not affect the operational systems.

He added, during a telephone conversation with journalist Amr Adib, on the “Al-Hekaya” program, on MBC Misr satellite channel, on Monday evening, that the attack targeted the airport’s website, explaining that the matter had nothing to do with Cairo Airport’s systems, and the operation process was not affected.

He pointed out that exposure to such attacks is common, but the latest attack was somewhat different as it aimed to completely bring down the site and put the site out of operation for a period of time.

2023-11-14 00:02:00
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