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Metro ticket prices \u201cneed to be raised\u201d to maintain service quality, House Speaker Ali Abdel Al said yesterday, according to Al Masry Al Youm<\/a>, in what is a turnaround from last month\u2019s uproar<\/a> in parliament over the government\u2019s proposed ticket prices hikes for Cairo Metro 3 riders. Abdel Aal\u2019s statement suggests that price hikes are all but certain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Metro ticket prices \u201cneed to be raised\u201d to maintain service quality, House Speaker Ali Abdel Al said yesterday, according to Al Masry Al Youm, in what is a turnaround from last month\u2019s uproar in parliament over the government\u2019s proposed ticket prices hikes for Cairo Metro 3 riders. 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