President Mohamed Morsi spoke on the anniversary of the 6 October War against a backdrop of political bewilderment and economic anticipation, reports Dina Ezzat SECURITY: - Reward and promote police officers according to performance. - Link police promotions to public satisfaction with the performance of the security apparatus. - Provide police officers with full insurance against job-related risks. - Launch a media campaign to restore public confidence in the police. - Detain outlaws and thugs and providing rehabilitation courses to help them become good citizens. - Increase police presence on the streets. - Form neighbourhood watch groups to aid police in preventing crime. - An emergency hotline to report illegal practices. - Link the number of police station to local population density. - Install CCTV cameras in vulnerable areas - Provide the police with helicopters to help maintain order and organise traffic flow. - Upgrade facilities, including detention rooms, in police stations and courts. - Appoint public relation officers at police stations to help the public. - Recruit university graduates into the police force and provide them with a short, intensive course at the Police Academy. - Reward citizens who report crimes and provide witness protection programmes. - Equip police vehicles with computers linked to the Ministry of Interior's databases. TRAFFIC: - Ban large trucks from city streets and ring roads between 6am and midnight. - Ban smaller trucks between 7am and 9pm. - Restrict road maintenance work to between midnight and 7am. - Remove all street obstacles, including vendors. - Designate parking areas for microbuses. - Allow greater flexibility in working hours for public sector employees so they can avoid rush hours. - Shift government services online so citizens can complete paperwork at home. - Provide women-only buses during rush hour. - Make taxi meters compulsory. - Introduce traffic radio stations and information hotlines in cities to provide up to date information on congestion. - Redesign major traffic intersections and provide them with traffic lights to improve traffic flow. - Utilise empty plots for parking. - Remove government offices from Cairo city centre. - Introduce a fully automated system of traffic lights. - Screen public information films, and use Fridays prayers, to promote good driving practice. - Provide performance related bonuses for police officers. - Link vehicle tax to the number of record traffic infringements. BREAD: - Increase the nutritional value of flour used in making bread. - Separate production and distribution. - Increase incentives provided to bakers. - Consolidate bakeries into larger units with greater financial and logistical support. - Increase the weight and quality of subsided loaves. - Enforce penalties on bakeries which produce loaves of bread that do not meet government set standards. - Enlist the help of civil society organisations in the distribution of bread. - Reward the best bakeries with certificates of merit. - Promote the use of natural gas in bakeries instead of butane. - Reward and promote efficient government inspectors. CLEAN-UP: - Create a programme that rewards and promotes staff responsible for cleaning streets. - Launch a national awareness campaigns through the media and mosques to encourage citizens to participate in neighbourhood clean-up campaigns. - Designate sites for the disposal of construction waste and impose severe penalties on anyone violating dumping codes. - Create a phone number for reporting building violations. - Form neighbourhood committees to coordinate with the government and monitor environmental violations. - Transfer garbage collection to NGOs. FUEL SHORTAGE: - Place domestic deliveries of butane cylinders in the hands of local NGOs and local authorities. - Assign inspectors to accompany trucks delivering fuel to gas stations. - Seek the help of civil society organisations in monitoring the amount of fuel entering and leaving gas stations. - Provide incentives and rewards for outstanding fuel stations. - Impose harsh penalties against black-marketeers. By Mohamed Abdel-Baky
