VOL. XXXIX

No. 24

11-March-1996

EGYPT

Egypt Makes Plans For Use Of CNG In Vehicles

Egypt is embarking on a program for the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) in the country's means of transport, according to Dr. 'Atif 'Ubaid, Minister of Public Sector Works and Minister of State for Administrative Development and the Environment. The aim of the program is twofold: to save on the use of liquid fuel and to protect the environment. Dr. 'Ubaid is quoted by the Cairo daily al-Ahram, 27...