{"id":608211,"date":"2023-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/10\/16\/this-evening-parliament-passes-a-handful-of-bills\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T00:00:00","slug":"this-evening-parliament-passes-a-handful-of-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/10\/16\/this-evening-parliament-passes-a-handful-of-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS EVENING: Parliament passes a handful of bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Good afternoon, dear readers, and welcome to this Monday<\/strong> that has seen our parliament cracking on as they passed a selection of important bills and amended others, meanwhile developments in our region continue to dominate the news. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>THE BIG STORY TODAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Parliament had a busy day:<\/strong> The House of Representatives passed in its plenary session a handful of bills, including the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.gov.eg\/News_Show.aspx?frm=4878\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">expat car-for-FX initiative<\/a>, changes to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.gov.eg\/News_Show.aspx?frm=4879\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the Importers Registry<\/a>, and a bill <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.gov.eg\/News_Show.aspx?frm=4881\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">handing Abu Dhabi Ports the rights<\/a> to build and develop the superstructure of the Safaga Port as well as handle its management, operation. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>THE BIG STORY ABROAD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to lead the conversation in the<\/strong><strong> international press:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Efforts to ensure safe passage to foreign passport holders + to reach a ceasefire have continued to fail<\/strong> as Israel\u2019s bombardment of Gaza did not reduce in intensity and continues to its tenth day. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/gaza-border-crossing-set-reopen-israeli-troops-prepare-ground-assault-2023-10-15\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>A possible visit by US President Joe Biden to Israel? <\/strong>This news comes as Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, visits Tel Aviv today and Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor intends to visit the city tomorrow. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-10-16\/israel-latest-blinken-set-to-return-as-us-tries-to-contain-war?srnd=premium-middle-east\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>** CATCH UP QUICK<\/strong> on the top stories from today\u2019s <strong>EnterpriseAM<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Could humanitarian aid be allowed into Gaza today?<\/strong> The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/deae5f10-6b04-4b0c-a587-3b5a534a5c5a\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">will open today for foreign nationals and humanitarian aid<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>There\u2019s a lot of manufacturing news today, <\/strong>with overseas trips by the SCZone and Trade Ministry <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/8538fab0-92d9-4745-8e06-ed30bf2b0923\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">lining up nine-figure sums of potential investment from China and Turkey<\/a>. This is good news for the Madbouly government, which has been on an investment promotion kick using tools including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/d03b6507-b649-4f52-9d7b-1c4bdf41420a\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">golden licenses<\/a> and more recent <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a3816fe9-2abf-4b6c-91ce-680ea72e2d1b\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">business reforms<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IFC to help finance our MSMEs \u2014 and especially women-led MSMEs:<\/strong> The International Financial Corporation (IFC) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/475bae28-03b7-410c-b041-c48442c4aff0\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">will provide<\/a> state-owned Banque Misr with a USD 234 mn loan for on-lending to privately-owned micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), with half of the loan earmarked for women-led businesses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>?\ufe0f <\/strong><strong>TOMORROW\u2019S WEATHER- <\/strong>Look for the mercury rising to a high of 30\u00b0C in the daytime and dropping to a low of 23\u00b0C in the evening, according to our favorite weather app. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, dear readers, and welcome to this Monday that has seen our parliament cracking on as they passed a selection of important bills and amended others, meanwhile developments in our region continue to dominate the news. 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