Dr. Abdulaziz Alsayed, Division of poultry Chief at Cairo Chamber of Commerce said that closing stores at ten pm is a good decision To reduce power cuts, which resulting in losses for stores.
He added that the Government should treat equally all stores without exception so that any store do not make a profit at the expense of the other, in addition to closing stores will lead to Reduce shifts which would increase unemployment as a result of reducing the number of employment.
Jalal Omran, Deputy chief of the food Division at Cairo Chamber said that
the decision excludes hypermarkets and supermarkets, to which citizens would go in case of closing small stores, adding that if this decision had been applied to all stores to be closed at the same time, This action would not have caused a loss to anyone .
He added that closing stores commensurate with the labor law, which stipulates that work time is 8 hours, pointing out that the decision is right and it would help to solve the problem of power cuts that we are experiencing now ,and Cafés should close in a certain time at 12 am, because it is considered places for leisure .