China-aided CBD project in Egypt's new capital city boosts local development

STORY: China-aided CBD project in Egypt's new capital city boosts local development DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of skyscrapers of the Central Business District (CBD) project of Egypt's new administrative capital 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHANG WEICAI, General manager of CSCEC Egypt 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WALEED RAMADAN, Engineer of Iconic Tower 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHANG WEICAI, General Manager of CSCEC Egypt STORYLINE: Dozens of skyscrapers of the Central Business District (CBD) project in Egypt's new administrative capital are rising in the North African desert some 50 kilometers east of Cairo. Conducted by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), the CBD project features 20 commercial and residential towers and municipal facilities and covers an area of about 505,000 square meters. STANDUP (English): YAO BING, Xinhua correspondent "Here is the construction site of the CBD project in Egypt's new adminis

180 infected with cholera admitted in hospital in Afghanistan's Kandahar

STORY: 180 infected with cholera admitted in hospital in Afghanistan's Kandahar DATELINE: July 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:22 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a hospital in Kandahar STORYLINE: At least 180 people infected with cholera have been admitted to Mir Wais Hospital in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, said a physician in the hospital on Thursday. Up to "74 patients affected with the disease are from Shah Walikot district," said Soorgul Nawzadi, the physician. The disease earlier killed 20 children in the neighboring Helmand province, said Nawzadi. In Baghran district of the Helmand province, about 150 people have been infected with the disease, local people said. "The weather is too hot... We don't have clean drinking water and I think the lack of clean water could be a reason for the outbreak of the disease in our area," said Dost Mohammad, a resident of Shah Walikot district. Qari Abdullah, also a resident of Shah Walikot district, has called upon the local adminis

Obuchi vows to carry out adminis

Obuchi vows to carry out adminis

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (far L) expresses his resolve Aug. 4 to carry forward administrative reform to reorganize the existing 22 government ministries and agencies into 13 entities, preferably by 2001. The photo shows Obuchi, who took office July 30, making a speech at a meeting of a group of his advisers on administrative reform, headed by Takashi Imai (far R), chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren).