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No Alex underground for now
(cairolive.com, April 11, 2002)The Transport Ministry currently has more pressing priorities than starting up ambitious projects like an underground metro system for the coastal city of Alexandria.
That particular, much-discussed idea is being put on the back shelf for now, reports Al-Ahram, which covered a recent appearance by new Transport Minister Hamdi El-Shayeb in front of the People's Assembly.
El-Shayeb said the Ministry would be concentrating its efforts on upgrading every facet of the Egyptian railway system. Establishing an improved climate of industrial safety was also at the essence of the ministry's plans, and a media campaign, El-Shayeb said, would help in that regard.

Mahgoub named top manager
(cairolive.com, April 11, 2002) Alexandria governor Abdel-Salam Al-Mahgoub received a top management honor from Dubai recently, according to a tiny item on the front page of Al-Wafd.
Al-Mahgoub was honored with the Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Outstanding Arab management award, in recognition of his successful campaign implementing improvements in Alexandria's infrastructure over the past few years. 
The head of the committee that presented the Alexandria governor  with the award said that Mahgoub had managed to to revive the glory of the city by modernizing it, while balancing its historical and cultural roots at the same time.

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