[مستر محمد سلام]

Morsi's promises for his first 100 days in office

(*) AL-AHRAM WEEKLY

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