11.   Mohamed Said said the loan would provide it with a permanent facility to refinance its bridging loans.

12.   Rizk said his loan provided not only a business opportunity but a way of life that Sultan would never have known.

13.   The low-interest loans provide capital for construction and other development projects, and South Korean construction concerns are expected to take part in building the projects.

14.   The two also discussed the state of the Chinese and Japanese economies, and loans provided for China by Japan and the World Bank, it said.