By: Ashraf Sadek CAIRO, May 11, 2018 - Pursuing his field visits to developmental and production projects, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Friday inspected the progress of works to build the New Administrative Capital that is located on the outskirts of Cairo. In comments after the visit, President Sisi said that he was quite pleased with what he had seen in the progress of works in that project, which is being implemented in line with the highest world standards. "I am quite pleased with the accomplishments that are being made by Egyptian hands in the New Administrative Capital," President Sisi wrote on his official Facebook Page. Envisaged under the project's master plan is the building of an integrated set of utilities and services that can establish the city as a model for new communities where dwellers find befitting housing and comfortable living conditions. The New Administrative Capital has been also been designed to offer a suitable environment for all international companies. It will be a smart city that relies on modern and advanced systems in its management. It will also have special social housing units so as to meet the needs of the civil servants whose work will be transferred at various ministries there. During his inspection tour, President Sisi, who has been named as one of the most powerful political leaders in the world by Forbes magazine, visited a giant mosque that is being built by the Arab Contractors Company on the outskirts of the New Administrative Capital. The construction of el-Fattah el-Aleem (Arabic for the Opener and Knowledgeable) Mosque started last year. About 60 per cent of the construction works of the mosque are almost complete. The mosque, which occupies an area of 121,800 square metres, can accommodate up to 12,300 worshippers, the Chairman of the Military Engineering Authority, Major General Kamel el-Wazir, who accompanied the President during the tour, told reporters. "The mosque has two separate prayer halls. One is for men and the second is for women. It also has a Koran teaching school, an auditorium, and a place for holding funerals," Maj. Gen. El-Wazir said.
