VOL. XXXI

NO. 31

9-MAY-1988

EGYPT

Mubarak Warns of Stoppage of Hydroelectric Power by July

Speaking on Labor Day on 1 May, Egyptian President Husni Mubarak warned thathydroelectric power generation at the Aswan High Dam may come to a complete haltby July if the fall in the level of the water in the dam continues due to thelack of adequate fresh supplies from the Nile river. He said that the governmentis taking emergency measures to supplement the declining power supply, butwarned that electricity...