UK’s Sunak Mathews to set out hundred lifts plans to Sri Lanka to restore finances 229-4 against in budget England Business | 13 Sport | 15 SATURDAY 23 JANUARY 2021 10 JUMADA II- 1442 VOLUME 25 NUMBER 8511 www.thepeninsula.qa 2 RIYALS Have the SIM delivered to you Amir to patronize Ashghal to graduation of Police College complete three candidates today more health QNA — DOHA Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will patronise the graduation ceremony of centers this year the third batch of candidate students of the Ministry of IRFAN BUKHARI Interior’s Police College today THE PENINSULA The Public Works morning. Authority (Ashghal) will The Public Works Authority Quran Learning (Ashghal) will deliver three deliver three more more health centers in Ain health centers in Ain Centers set to Khalid, Al Sadd and Al Khor to Khalid, Al Sadd and Al reopen next week the Ministry of Public Health Khor to the Ministry of (MoPH) this year. Public Health (MoPH) Ashghal is implementing THE PENINSULA — DOHA new health centers that will this year. Ashghal is also provide general and special constructing the The Ministry of Awqaf and clinics, along with dentistry, National Laboratory Islamic Affairs, in cooperation physiotherapy and family. The Building at an area of with the Ministry of Public centers are located in dif- 29,000 square metres in Health (MoPH), has announced ferent areas as per the the reopening of 47 Holy services to present and Mesaimeer Area, with Quran Learning Centers from Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H E Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani with Minister number of residents related, four levels to provide next week. of Interior of the Sultanate of Oman, H E Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal Al Busaidi, in Doha, yesterday according to Ashghal’s several services. In a tweet, the Ministry website. It says that these stated that the reopening centers are expected to be includes 22 Holy Quran Learning completed in Q4 of 2021. PM meets Omani Minister of Interior Centers for females run by the Recently, ‘Ashghal’ com- South Al Wakra Health Center Ministry. Four Holy Quran pleted major works of South Al had also announced that three QNA — DOHA accompanying delegation, on The latest regional and inter- Learning Centers for males Wakra Health Center, imple- more health centers in the the occasion of their visit to the national developments were running in separate buildings mented by the Building Projects pipeline will be delivered in Prime Minister and Minister of country. also discussed. are also scheduled to reopen Department, to serve about 360 2021 including Al Khor, Ain Interior H E Sheikh Khalid bin During the meeting, they H E the Prime Minister and next week. visitors per day. Khalid, Al Sadd Health Centers Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani reviewed the strong fraternal Minister of Interior hosted a A total of 21 private Holy The South Al Wakra Health and the National Health met yesterday with Minister of relations between the two luncheon banquet in honour Quran Learning Centers under Center is spreading over an Laboratory. Interior of the Sultanate of countries and means of sup- of the Omani Minister of the supervision of the Ministry area of about 3,000 square Earlier, Ashghal had shared, Oman H E Sayyid Hamoud bin porting and developing them, Interior and his accompanying is also set to reopen in the same metres and includes a single- in its magazine, that health Faisal Al Busaidi and his especially in the security fields. delegation. schedule. story main building housing projects occupy an important main clinical building (health part of Ashghal Building Affairs’ center) covering nine clinics, Projects, in cooperation and annex buildings such as a coordination with the Ministry Real estate registration online platform to add more services mosque, support services of Public Health. building, guards building, mon- The Primary Health Care SIDI MOHAMED The Real Estate Registration Department at transactions. In 2019, Al Marikhi itoring chamber, electrical and sector has recently witnessed THE PENINSULA pointed out that the statistics mechanical maintenance a boom through the opening of the Ministry of Justice has digitalised a showed that 3,783 real estate trans- annex, a garage for ambulances a number of advanced health To facilitate real estate related number of major transactions. The new actions were recorded, and the total and parking slots for 125 cars. centers, which are the first of transactions by people, the Real value was more than QR22bn. As per the website, Ashghal their kind in Qatar with Estate Registration Department procedures to be announced would About sales and registration is also constructing the National unprecedented services as well at the Ministry of Justice is set achieve a leap in electronic services. in some areas compared to Laboratory Building at an area as their size which allows them to add more online services to others, he said that turnout is high of 29,000 square metres in to receive large number of its digital platform. in areas where there are more Mesaimeer Area, with four patients and visitors, thus Those services which are He also pointed out that the to take a week or more, but now service facilities compared to levels to provide several improving the quality of more in demand are likely to new procedures to be it only takes a few minutes others. According to the annual services such as food safety medical services provided, be added. “We have digitalised announced would achieve a (around 10 to 15 minutes). Despite analytical real estate bulletin labs, infectious disease labs, Ashghal’s publication said. a number of major transactions leap in electronic services. coronavirus pandemic, the issued the Ministry of Justice for specialised labs, and emer- The publication also shared that are attracting more people, Speaking to Qatar Radio, Al Department facilitated many 2020, the municipalities of gency section for national and names of under-construction and soon we will digitalise a Marikhi said that Qatar is first in procedures for visitors. Doha, Al Rayyan and Al Daayen environmental disasters. The health projects including Al number of more transactions the world in the ease of proce- Regarding the total value of topped the most active trades National Laboratory Building Khor Health Center which that more people are asking dures for registering the property real estate transactions in Qatar last in terms of financial value, fol- is also to be completed in fourth covers an area of 24, 998 for,” said Khamis Jassim Al documents, and the Department year and despite the difficult situ- lowed by the municipalities of quarter of this year. square metres and will have 60 Marikhi, Head of Real Estate will maintain this position. ation because of coronavirus, he Al Wakra, Umm Salal, Al Khor The Public Works Authority clinics and serve 650 visitors a Registration Department at the Al Marikhi explained that the said that the total vale it stood at and Al Thakhira, Al Shamal on the eve of completion of day. `P2 Ministry of Justice. process of selling a property used QR31bn from 5,117 property and Al Shahaniya. `P2 Qatari artist navigates emotional highs and lows of the pandemic RAYNALD C RIVERA THE PENINSULA Qatari artist Muna Al Bader has used a singular colour in multiple artworks to express the unprecedented emotional rollercoaster people experience during the pandemic. It has been a year since the COVID-19 outbreak has sent shockwaves on various sectors of global economy, and people around the world have all expe- rienced a mixture of fear, sadness, and happiness in what many people consider an exis- Some of the paintings by Qatari artist Muna Al Bader which are on display at “Grey Times” exhibition at the Fire Station. tential crisis. PIC: RAYNALD C RIVERA/THE PENINSULA While artists around the world take to art production to convey feelings and meanings and their surroundings in the that we do something useful in the context of the global pan- time of COVID-19. like, in my case, volunteering demic experience, the resident “My paintings and sculp- with the Qatar Red Crescent. I Doha experiences chilly winds artists at the Fire Station shifted tures are all related to opposing saw the happiness of people we Palm trees on the Corniche swaying to high winds in Doha yesterday. their focus from the inter- emotions which are happiness helped and I reflected that on PIC: SALIM MATRAMKOT/THE PENINSULA section between visual art and and sadness. Everyone has been my paintings,” said Al Bader, literature to a more relevant impacted by the pandemic but one of the Fire Station resident theme of examination of self at the same time we feel happy artists. `P3 02 HOME SATURDAY 23 JANUARY 2021 QOC President takes part in IOC informal meeting QNA — DOHA During the meeting, which PRAYER was also attended by the QOC TIMINGS President of Qatar Olympic Secretary General Jassim bin PRAYERPRAYRRAAAY TIMINGSMING Committee (QOC) H E Sheikh Rashid Al Buenain, the Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani members discussed the latest FAJR 05.00 am participated in the Interna- developments in the Olympic tional Olympic Committee movement, and the decisions SUNRISE 06.20 am (IOC) informal meeting which of the IOC Executive Board DHUHR 11.46 am was held via video conference regarding Tokyo 2020 Olympic ASR 02.50 pm yesterday. Games and Beijing 2022 Winter The meeting was chaired by Olympic Games. The meeting MAGHRIB 05.13 pm the IOC President Dr Thomas also reviewed the topics listed ISHA 06.43 pm Bach and attended by other IOC on the agenda and took the senior officials.