MONDAY JANUARY 28, 2019 JUMADA AL-AWWAL 22, 1440 VOL.12 NO. 4528 QR 2

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Amir to meet S Korean president today Amir’s visit will give QNA SEOUL

THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani fillip to Qatar-China arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a two-day official visit to the Republic of Korea. The Amir will meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Mon- day and discuss bilateral relations and ways to ties: Chinese envoy strengthen them. The Amir was welcomed upon arrival at Seoul Air Base by Oceans Fisheries Minister in the Re- public of Korea, Kim Young-choon, Qatar’s Ambas- Says several agreements will be signed during the visit sador to Korea HE Mohammed Abdullah al Du- haimi and Korea’s Ambassador to Qatar HE Kim HISHAM ALJUNDI This is the second visit by Chang-mo in addition to heads of Arab diplomatic DOHA the Amir to China after the missions accredited to Korea and members of the successful trip in 2014, and Qatari Embassy in Seoul. The Amir is accompanied THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim is expected to have a further by an official delegation. bin Hamad al Thani’s upcom- positive impact on the strate- In a tweet, the Amir said, “Today, we will start ing visit to China this week gic partnership between the an Asian tour that includes South Korea, Japan will further strengthen the two countries. and China to give further impetus to our partner- relationship between the two “There are many invest- ships with these countries in various fields of coop- countries, Ambassador of ment opportunities in Qatar, eration.” PAGE 20 China to Qatar HE Li Chen especially after the recent in- has said. vestment laws that have cre- Today, we will start an “The visit aims to ated a good investment envi- strengthen the ties between ronment, which the Chinese Asian tour that includes the two countries and to boost investors must get to know,” South Korea, Japan bilateral cooperation in sev- Chen said. and China to give eral fields,” the ambassador There are many The Chinese envoy said further impetus to our said. The two sides will also investment several agreements will be partnerships with these discuss several regional and opportunities signed during the visit on eco- international issues of com- in Qatar, especially after nomic and political issues. countries in various mon concern, he added. “The Qatari-Chinese ties fields of cooperation. Several high-ranking the recent investment are getting stronger and this Chinese officials such as the laws that created a good is reflected in the recent ac- Premier of the State Coun- investment environment, tions taken by the two coun- cil (Prime Minister) and the which the Chinese tries. Qatari citizens are now Head of the People’s Con- investors must get to exempted from entry visa to gress of China will meet the know.” China and vice versa, which Amir. will play a big role in boost- Brace for rainy, A Qatari-Chinese busi- — Ambassador of China ing commerce and tourism,” Qatar tops 2018 Global ness forum will also be held to Qatar HE Li Chen he said. colder days on the sidelines of the official China and Qatar recently ahead: QMD visit, where Qatari and Chi- celebrated 30 years of estab- Entrepreneurship Index nese businessmen will dis- of investment in both coun- lishing the diplomatic rela- cuss and seek opportunities tries, he added. tions. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK QNA compared to 2017 and 2018. It DOHA DOHA reflected the cohesion of posi- tive attitudes of the commu- THE country is expected to QATAR topped the global entre- nity towards entrepreneurship receive rain on Tuesday with preneurship environment, ac- as 68.2 percent of the popula- the mercury level dropping cording to Global Entrepreneur- tion believe that entrepreneur- Qatar moving ahead with 2022 significantly, according to ship Monitor (GEM) report. ship is a good professional op- Qatar Meteorology Depart- The GEM, which compiles tion, and about 76.7 percent ment (QMD). independent reports, iden- of the population sees high WC preparations, says Thawadi “The sky will be cloudy tifies the realities of entre- standing for entrepreneurs in from the middle of the week preneurship in 54 countries the country. atar is on course to organise a great FIFA with chances of sporadic around the world in line with registered about 6.7 points out In 2018, about 54.2 percent QWorld Cup in 2022, a top official of the rains on Tuesday, especially global best practices, and sets of 10 points. Qatar is ranked of the population saw good op- Qatar 2022 organising committee has said. in the northern region,” the the results for governments first among all countries par- portunities for launching pro- In an interview with the CNN, Supreme QMD said in a tweet. and decision-makers to de- ticipating in the 2018 report, jects in the coming months, Committee for Delivery and Legacy Secretary- “North-Western winds velop the entrepreneurial en- followed by Indonesia and the compared to 45.6 percent in General Hassan al Thawadi said he is confi- start on the country on Tues- vironment in each country. Netherlands with about 6.6 2017. About 52.3 percent of re- dent in Qatar’s preparations for organising the day afternoon, causing dust Qatar Development Bank, and 6.5 points respectively. spondents said they had entre- 2022 World Cup. and temperatures will drop a GEM member, said the re- The report showed an preneurial capacity, compared He said two stadiums will be ready in 2019 by about 3 to 5 degrees Cel- port showed that the local en- overall improvement in all to 41.1 percent in 2017. and another two in the first quarter of 2020. sius compared to the past few vironment index for business sub-indices of entrepreneur- All the plans are being prepared in ad- days. Sea wave is expected to entrepreneurship in Qatar ship among the population Continued on page 2 Ô vance, he added. rise to more than 8 feet,” the “On the other hand, there are clear and QMD said. concrete achievements in the field of infra- structure, as well as the Metro Rail project, SC Secretary-General Hassan al Thawadi. which is nearing completion,” Thawadi said. Qatar condemns Philippines church bombings In response to a question about the FIFA 5, 2017 is a siege and not a boycott. Issuance of study to increase the Qatar World Cup to 48 He said the Qatar’s economy is strong and DOHA Qatar has condemned the bombings that targeted a Roman Catholic cathedral on the teams, he said, “The FIFA is coordinating with praised Doha’s efforts to have overcome the good conduct southern Philippine island of Jolo and resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries. In a statement Qatar in this regard, and is studying the sub- siege. on Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated Qatar’s firm stance rejecting violence and ject. We await the results of the study to take He said the global indicators confirm the certificates terrorism regardless of motives or reasons. The ministry offered Qatar’s condolences to the our decision in this regard.” strength of the Qatari economy, explaining that made simpler families of the victims, and the government and people of the Philippines, wishing the injured a Thawadi said what Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the financial markets in Qatar are the best in (PG 2) speedy recovery. (QNA) Bahrain and Egypt have done to Qatar on June the region. (TNN)

Two held for stealing costly watch from jewellery store UAE slammed for politicising sports TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ute them ahead of the game, games so far,” Kristian Ul- DOHA according to a report in The richsen, Rice University’s National. Baker Institute for Public THE United Arab Emirates “Today in hilarious petti- Policy & Associate Fellow, (UAE), the hosts of the ongo- ness, the UAE has bought up said in a tweet. ing AFC Asian Cup and one of all remaining tickets for the Kristian also called for a the countries having imposed Asian Cup semi-final with Qa- probe into the politicisation of an unjust blockade on Qa- tar and is distributing them the flagship football tourna- tar, continues to mix politics free to ‘loyal’ fans. Non-Emi- ment. with sports. ratis were reportedly being “If the Asian Football The UAE, which will meet turned away,” Gregg Carl- Confederation had any cred- Qatar in the semi-final of the strom, an author and the Mid- ibility (or wasn’t led by a Asian Cup on Tuesday, is giv- dle East correspondent of The member of the ruling family ing away free tickets to ‘loyal’ Economist, said in a tweet. of one of the countries block- THE Criminal Investigation Department has arrested two Arab fans and turning away wom- “Non-Emiratis were re- ading Qatar), it would launch nationals for stealing a costly wristwatch from a jewellery store en and expats. portedly being turned away. an investigation into the in Doha. The two were arrested after checking the surveillance Abu Dhabi Sports Coun- Fans seeking tickets have politicisation of its flagship cameras at the jewellery shop. The stolen watch was found cil had bought the remaining been advised to bring their football tournament,” Kris- after searching their residence. The two have confessed to the tickets for the match in the national ID. Only a tiny num- tian said in another tweet. crime. The accused were referred to the competent authorities city’s Mohammed Bin Zayed ber of Qatar fans have been Qatari players train at a facility in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Qatar will for completing he procedures. (TNN) Stadium and would distrib- in attendance at their side’s See also pages 16 & 17 Ô take on the UAE in the semi-final on Tuesday. 02 Monday, January 28, 2019

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Attiyah meets Mali President’s Chief of Staff ‘Fear of failure down by 32.6%, Quick read entrepreneurship on the rise’

Continued from page 1 Ô QDB CEO Abdulaziz bin Japanese parliament speaker Nasser al Khalifa said Qatar’s meets with Qatar’s envoy THE “fear of failure” among re- ranking as the world’s number 1 spondents showed a decline to in the GEM report is an incen- SPEAKER of the Japanese House of Representatives 32.6 percent in 2018 compared tive for further efforts, praising (Parliament) Tadamori Oshima met with the Ambassador of to 41.9 percent in 2017, while the support enjoyed by the sys- the State of Qatar to Japan HE Hassan bin Mohamed Rafei the percentage of those with tem of entrepreneurship by the al Emadi in Tokyo on Sunday. During the meeting, they entrepreneurial intentions dou- higher authorities in the State. discussed bilateral relations and the ways to boost and de- bled, with about 29.1 percent of Khalifa pointed out that the velop them, in addition to topics of common concern. (QNA) respondents expressing positive global indicators outlined in the intentions for launching a new report showed that the entre- Indian Embassy open local project, compared to only preneurial environment in Qa- house on January 31 15.7 percent in 2017. tar is a golden opportunity for The report is co-authored entrepreneurship. THE Ambassador of India to the State of Qatar HE P by Babson College in USA, the “We will continue to launch Kumaran will hold the monthly open house in the Indian International Development Re- our diverse initiatives to pro- Embassy premises on Thursday (January 31) from 3pm search Centre (IDRC) of Cana- mote entrepreneurship, de- to 4pm. During the open house, the embassy officials will da and other institutions. velop small and medium-sized listen to/redress any urgent labour and consular issues of QDB also participates in the enterprises and Qatari entre- Indian nationals in Qatar. (TNN) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs HE Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al Attiyah meets global report as a representative preneurs and achieve Qatar Na- Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic of Mali Brigadier General Oumar Dao in Doha on Sunday. (TNN) of Qatar. tional Vision 2030,” he said. Issuance of good conduct CRA, Oman’s TRA sign deal to certificates made simpler coordinate satellite networks TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK between CRA representatives DOHA DOHA and high-level Omani delega- tion representing the Ministry THE Criminal Evidence and THE Communications Regu- of Transport and Communi- Information Department latory Authority (CRA) of the cations, Telecommunications (CEID) at the Ministry of In- State of Qatar and the Sultan- Regulatory Authority (TRA), terior, in collaboration with ate of Oman’s Telecommuni- and Space Communication the Ministry of Administrative cations Regulatory Authority Technologies Company at Development, Labour and So- (TRA) have signed an agree- CRA headquarters. Es’hailSat cial Affairs, has opened office ment for coordination of sat- representatives attended the for issuing good conduct cer- ellite networks. meeting. tificates (Police Clearance Cer- The two sides also signed a The signing of this agree- tificate) to citizens at MADLSA memorandum of understand- ment stems from the joint headquarters. ing (MoU) for cooperation in cooperation that started fol- The certificates will help spectrum monitoring during CRA representatives and members of a high-level Omani delegation lowing an earlier visit by CRA citizens in finding employ- Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 at an agreement-signing event in Doha. officials to its counterpart at its ment in government agencies FIFA World Cup, exchanging headquarters in Muscat, where and students in getting ad- of experiences related to sat- cies in the field of radio spec- of mutual interest and pros- the two regulatory bodies mission to prestigious institu- ellite projects, in addition to trum monitoring. pects for future cooperation. signed a MoU to enhance their tions abroad. The CEID, in collaboration with the General Directorate of Information training and development of Furthermore, the two par- The signing took place cooperation in the field of radio In the same context, the Systems, has launched an online service to issue Police Clearance Omani and Qatari competen- ties discussed various matters on the sidelines of a meeting spectrum monitoring. CEID, in collaboration with Certificate to citizens and residents through Metrash2 application or the General Directorate of the Ministry of Interior’s web portal. Information Systems, has launched an online service to issue these certificates to citizens and residents through QC mulls ways to tackle delays in Metrash2 app or the MoI’s web portal. Abdullah Musallam al Do- issuing private educational licences sari, assistant undersecretary for Administrative Develop- ment Affairs at MADLSA, said Move by QC Education Committee to improve private education sector’s business outlook any exchange student can now easily avail himself of a certifi- QNA The meeting also discussed cate of good conduct through DOHA means of providing seats in low the office at its headquarters. fee schools, and the mecha- The service will also be THE Education Committee of nisms of facilitating the pro- available to the candidates Qatar Chamber (QC) on Sun- cedures of the educational li- for employment in the min- day discussed mechanisms to cences and tackling the delay istries and various establish- improve the business envi- in issuing them, examining ments of the state. ronment in the private edu- the early registration and de- Brigadier Nasser Abdullah cation sector in Qatar with a termining the capacity of the al Mahmoud, director of Crim- provided all the requirements This service requires the ap- focus on procedures of grant- Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education HE schools, as well as the coordina- inal Evidence and Information of the office including trained plicants from outside the ing educational licences and Dr Ibrahim bin Saleh al Nuaimi with members of the Education Com- tion between the ministry and Department, said this office staff and two separate sec- country to have an ID num- ways to tackle the delay in is- mittee of Qatar Chamber at a meeting in Doha on Sunday. the private schools in organis- aims to receive applications tions for women and men. ber and a fingerprint stored suing the licences. ing the relationship between from citizens applying for gov- The citizens whose finger- with the department. During the meeting, the sented to the chamber’s board Private Schools Affairs Omar the teacher and the school. ernment jobs and Qatari stu- prints have not been saved The applicants can track committee recommended of directors in preparation for bin Abdulaziz al Nemaa, dis- The committee expressed dents enrolled abroad. earlier can complete their the status of the application preparing studies and propos- submission to the relevant au- cussed a number of topics re- appreciation to the work of Last year, the department fingerprinting and apply for a through the app as well. als to develop some govern- thorities. lated to education, including the Ministry of Education and received nearly 12,000 re- certificate of good conduct at This service is now avail- mental measures that would The meeting, which was at- school fees, starting dates for Higher Education in removing quests, including those from the office directly. able for individuals, who can contribute to improving the tended by Undersecretary of the new school session, proce- all obstacles facing the private 700 students that were sub- Brigadier Mahmoud said request for themselves or for business environment in the the Ministry of Education and dures for renewing educational education sector, as well as mitted to MADLSA. that Metrash2 service is an one of their family members education sector. Higher Education HE Dr Ibra- centre licences, the value of the positive cooperation with Brig Gen Nasser al additional service, available through Metrash 2 or the Min- According to the commit- him bin Saleh al Nuaimi and bank guarantee for schools, and the Qatar Chamber Education Mahmoud said the CEID has to all citizens and residents. istry of the Interior website. tee, the proposals would be pre- Assistant Undersecretary for student admission procedures. Committee. 150 experts from 50 countries take part in symposium on orthodontic biomechanics HISHAM ALJUNDI DOHA

QATAR-BASED Al Wehda Medical Centre recently or- ganised the first symposium on orthodontic biomechanics, which was attended by 150 dentists, professors and ex- perts from 50 countries. The participants included Participants at the first symposium on orthodontic biomechanics. Dr Fadi Murad. Dr Tareq Ammar. representatives from Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) tics in order to raise aware- and the significant role played Dr Fadi said there is a need on public health,” Dr Tareq and other local healthcare or- ness among dentists and fa- by equations of physics in this to raise awareness and teach Ammar from Al Wehda Medi- ganisations as well as profes- cilitate exchange of expertise sensitive medical treatment. the methods of the old school cal Centre said. NEW OASIS HOTEL AND RESORT SOON: A new five-star hotel, sors and dentists from across among them. “As many new methods of which consisted of many spe- Dr Amneh al Mutawaa, an Oasis Hotel and Resort, will soon join hotels with a private beach the world. Dr Fadi Murad, CEO of Al orthodontics have appeared cific details and skills. orthodontics specialist from and a sea view in Doha. The Oasis Hotel and Resort will be a luxu- The three-day symposium Wehda Medical Centre, said recently, new dentists have be- “This is an international the Amiri hospital in Kuwait, ry hotel with a health club, restaurants and banquet hall. The hotel held at Grand Hyatt Doha the symposium introduced come less aware of the related and specialised symposium said the symposium reflects will be located in the same place as the old Oasis Hotel, which was hotel focused on the best and attendees to both the old and topics to this critical dental aiming to contribute to the re- the development of medical demolished between the Sharq Hotel and Marriott hotel. (TNN) safest practices in orthodon- latest practices in orthodontics surgery,” he said. alisation of the national vision care and science in Qatar. Nation Monday, January 28, 2019 03 LABOUR MINISTER MEETS KOSOVAN COUNTERPART Mahmoud, heads of int’l parliaments discuss ties QNA DOHA

SPEAKER of the Shura Coun- cil HE Ahmed bin Abdul- lah bin Zaid al Mahmoud on Sunday met with Duarte Pacheco, chair of the Twelve Plus Group, European coun- tries, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in the Inter- Parliamentary Union and his accompanying delegation. During the meetings, they Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs HE Yousef bin Mohammed al discussed ties between Shura Othman Fakhro met with Minister of Labour and Social Welfare of Kosovo Skender Recica and his Council and the parliamen- accompanying delegation in Doha on Sunday. During the meeting, they discussed aspects of tary group, which comprises cooperation between the two sides and the ways to support them. (QNA) 48 members representing all parliaments of European countries, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. They also discussed ways to support, devel- MoCI recalls Suzuki Address motorbike op and strengthen the ties in various areas of TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK bikes models of 2017-2018 pairs in order to protect con- parliamentary work. DOHA over a malfunction in the sumers’ rights. The two sides also re- gress of the arrangements of the 140th session of the In- ening relations between crankshaft that might stop The ministry said it would viewed the ongoing arrange- and the keenness exhibited ter-Parliamentary Union and peoples, developing inter- THE Ministry of Commerce the engine. coordinate with the dealer to ments for the 140th General by the speaker of the Shura its related meetings. national cooperation and and Industry (MoCI), in col- The recall comes as part follow up on the maintenance Assembly of the Inter-Par- Council and the Council’s The session will serve as maintaining international laboration with Teyseer Mo- of the ministry’s ongoing ef- and repair works and would liamentary Union and its re- officials to complete the ar- an important platform for security and peace. tors, dealer of Suzuki bikes forts to protect consumers communicate with customers lated meetings, to be held in rangements in the best pos- activating the joint inter- A number of Shura in Qatar, has announced and ensure that bike dealers to ensure the implementa- Doha from April 6 to April 10. sible way and to provide all parliamentary work and Council officials attended the recall of Suzuki Address follow up on defects and re- tion of necessary repairs. Pacheco praised the pro- that would ensure the success reaffirming its role in deep- the meetings.

Aspetar to host ‘Medicine and Science in Athletics’ DIFI meet focuses on protection global conference in May of child’s interest in Qatari family TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK prepare athletes to travel and DOHA compete. Besides the sched- uled sessions, participants will ASPETAR, Doha’s leading have the opportunity to choose The forum hopes to bring a deeper understanding of all dimensions of the child’s interest under Qatari law orthopaedic and sports medi- from 16 different practical cine hospital, will organise an symposia and clinical anatomy International Conference on sessions at the Aspetar Sports Medicine and Science in Ath- Surgery Training Center. letics in May, 2019 in line with The conference offers a its vision to be a global leader unique opportunity to com- in sports medicine and exer- bine athletics-focused profes- cise science by 2020. sional development using a The conference will be held world-class faculty of clini- at the Aspire Academy from cians and scientists with see- May 3 to May 5 with a faculty ing elite athletes in action of local and international ex- during the 2019 IAAF Doha perts. The target audience is Diamond League. licenced healthcare practition- The faculty include Jan Ek- ers (physicians, nurses, phar- strand, Roald Bahr, Jill Cook, macists, physiotherapists, nu- Karim Khan, Clare Ardern, tritionists and podiatrists) and Andrea Mosler, Juan-Manuel sport scientists, researchers Alonso, Trent Stellingw- and coaches. erff, Andrew Jones, Douglas Dr Paul Dijkstra, direc- Casa, Rod Whiteley, Kieran tor of Medical Education at O’Sullivan, Marco Cardinale Aspetar and chairperson of and many more. the Scientific Planning Com- Aspetar is well-known for mittee, said: “This conference its excellence in the delivery of will be the first of its kind in clinical-, research- and educa- Qatar and we expect up to 500 tion sports medicine services, delegates involved in athletics supporting local and interna- Speakers and guests at the third Annual Family Policy Forum organised by Doha International Family Institute in partnership Qatar Lawyers Association and the Family Consulting (Track and Field) to attend. tional athletes to perform on Centre Law in Doha on Sunday. The timing couldn’t be better the world stage. Aspetar is one as Doha is preparing to host of only 11 centres worldwide QNA lenges faced by parents and teria for the assessment of the interest was based. He also discussed Article the 2019 IAAF World Athlet- recognised as International DOHA children in custody. child’s interests and assigning He also highlighted the 170 of the Family Code as well ics Championships in Septem- Olympic Committee (IOC) re- She expressed hope that and dropping custody. importance of taking into ac- as the standards and regula- ber – October. The conference search centres for prevention THE third Annual Family Pol- the forum would result in a Speakers at the session in- count, during the report stage, tions on which the judges issue will further coincide with the of injury and illness and pro- icy Forum organised by Doha deeper understanding of all cluded Director of Inheritance future tasks and not only con- their ruling, which must be in 2019 IAAF Doha Diamond tection of athlete health. International Family Institute dimensions of the child’s in- Department in the Affairs of sideration of the current in- the best interests of the child, League event. Aspetar is a Qatar Council (DIFI), a member of Qatar terest under Qatari law and Minors and lecturer at Qatar terest, and the psychological, pointing out that the interest of “The conference will cover for Healthcare Practitioners Foundation, in partnership its applications in practice University Dr Mohammed Abu environmental, educational, the child is the main issue in all the latest evidence on topics (QCHP) accredited provider Qatar Lawyers Association and to be able to identify the Shihab al Marri, member of economic and social conditions custody disputes. relevant to athletes and their of continuing medical educa- and the Family Consulting surrounding problems and teaching staff at Police College the child will be in. Subaey also discussed what science and medical support tion for licensed healthcare Centre (WIFAQ) Law, com- gaps in the process, and then Dr Khalid Muftah and Lawyer Dr Muftah outlined how the judges consider in custody teams, including training and practitioners. menced on Sunday. make the necessary sugges- Ahmed Abdullah al Subaey. the department will report to cases, most importantly the in- performing in the heat, how The conference (HGI- The forum is being held un- tions and recommendations Marri spoke about custody its stakeholders according to terests of the child determined to prevent and deal with com- 03-P52) is an Accredited der the theme ‘The Best Interest of policies and programmes and its legal regulations, the three aspects - justice, reason- by factors such as preference in mon injuries and illnesses, Group Learning Activity (Cat- of the Child in Qatari Family’. that strengthen the system for responsibility of the guardians ing and priorities - highlight- compassion and honesty and managing in-season tendon egory 1) as defined by the Executive Director of DIFI children in Qatar. and the rights of the children. ing the importance of these the access to education and pain, hamstring strains and Qatar Council for Healthcare Dr Sharifa al Emadi said the The two-day forum includes Dr Muftah discussed the elements in the report of the good upbringing, which are key bone stress injuries.” Practitioners – Accreditation forum is a chance to discuss four main sessions, the first was methodology and principles of eligible guardian. factors placed by the legislator The sport science sessions Department and is approved children’s issues not only from chaired by member of Qatar assigning custody based on the On his part, lawyer Sub- in his priorities. will include lectures and in- for a maximum of 18.25 hours. a legal aspect but also from Lawyers Association Jaznan interests of the child. aey tackled lawyers practice He stressed that the best teractive discussions on per- Registration is now open various practical, psychological Mohammed al Hajri and fo- He analysed the fundamen- in family courts and the prob- interest of the child is to be in formance optimisation, nutri- at www.aspetar.com/events. and social aspects, and linking cused on the concept of interest, tal structure of the term interest lems faced by the lawyer be- custody of their mother unless tion and how to support and aspx. them to the contextual chal- custody, regulations and cri- and the purpose upon which the fore the judiciary. there is an obstacle to this. QatarDebate holds third Qatar Universities Debate League

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK house would ban all research DOHA on biological weapons.” The event was an oppor- QATARDEBATE, a member tunity to showcase skills of of Qatar Foundation for Edu- debaters on a topic of national cation, Science and Commu- interest and relevance. Second- nity Development, recently ary and post-secondary level organised the 3rd Qatar students and the general public Universities Debate League attended the debate. (QUDL) in English. QatarDebate extended its Hosted by Weill Cornell thanks to Weill Cornell Medi- Medicine – Qatar, the debate cine - Qatar and NCPW for league saw participation of their support in organising 20 teams from eight institu- the debate. tions. The participants de- Amongst those who at- bated three motions during tended the event were NCPW the tournament. General secretary Lieutenant The thought-provoking Abdul Aziz Hamdan al Ahmed, topics included: “This house radiation expert Prof Salwan would offer Omar al Bashir KJ al Ani, Wael Nasser Eddin immunity in return for leav- The 3rd Qatar Universities Debate League in English saw participation of 20 teams from eight institutions. al Assad (expert), Mohamed ing power”; “This house would Abdallah (expert assistant). aggressively downsize megaci- The 20 debating teams rep- Service in Qatar, Northwest- ing to the rankings are: Qatar mentioning that in the league Weapons (NCPW), also held From QatarDebate the ties in developing countries”; resented the following univer- ern University Qatar, Qatar University followed by Weill system, the participating teams a public debate between the event was attended by Jamal and “This house would only al- sities: Carnegie Mellon Univer- University, Hamad bin Khalifa Cornell Medicine in Qatar, get points. top four teams of the 3rd al Baker, community engage- low non-commercial research sity in Qatar, College of North University and Weill Cornell then Northwestern University QatarDebate, in collabo- Qatar Universities Debate ment manager and Aisha Y and development of CRISPR Atlantic Qatar, Georgetown Medical College in Qatar. in Qatar and lastly Georgetown ration with the National Com- League for the third year. The al Nesf, head of educational technology.” University School of Foreign The top four teams accord- University Qatar. It is worth mittee for the Prohibition of topic of the debate was: “This programmes. 04 Monday, January 28, 2019 Nation Qatar Nanny Training Academy receives Ooredoo thanks sponsors for success of Ooredoo int’l certification for service excellence Doha Marathon 2019

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK streets of Doha to cheer the DOHA runners and create an atmos- phere event runners described OOREDOO’S Chief Executive as ‘electric’. He also congratu- Officer Waleed al Sayed on lated the winners of the men’s Sunday conveyed his heart- and women’s races, as well as felt thanks to the generous all runners who embraced the roster of sponsors who sup- challenge and took part. ported the Ooredoo Doha Sayed said: “We are tre- Marathon 2019. mendously grateful to all the The marathon – an event sponsors who so kindly sup- the telecom market leader ported this phenomenally described as one of the ‘best popular international event. ever’ – was held on January 11 at MIA Park, and attracted record numbers of participants and spectators. Sponsors of The academy celebrates the achievement at a ceremony attended by Hessa al Mansoori, managing director of QNTA, its staff and employees, and officials from Bureau Veritas. the event included Qatar Airways, Huawei, As- Their support enabled us 9001:2015 certification by the QNTA has received ISO Bureau Veritas Qatar. for its approach and curricu- pire, StarkLink, AlKass Sports to create another incredible QF member gets Bureau Veritas International Mansoori also presented lum. Such international ac- Channels, Aspire Katara Hos- marathon event that attracted Doha for its continuous im- 9001:2015 certification by the commemorative shield of creditation will preserve this pitality, Lekhwiya, Ministry thousands of Qatari citizens ISO 9001:2015 provement in recruiting, en- the Bureau Veritas QNTA to the representative of project’s rights as a pioneer of Interior, Ministry of Cul- and residents who took the certification rolling and training nannies International Doha for its the international organisation. project, and open up new ho- ture and Sports, Qatar Sports opportunity to race alongside as well as implementing best continuous improvement in She said, “Obtaining the rizons of expansion and pro- for All Federation, Damaan world-class athletes. We thank practices and applying quality recruiting, enrolling and ISO 9001:2015 certification gress for it.” Islamic Insurance Company all the participants, both mar- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK standards to its procedures. of Quality Management Sys- Kseib said, “On behalf (Beema), Qatar Athletics Fed- athon runners and those in DOHA By obtaining the certifica- training nannies as well as tem demonstrates our com- of the entire team at Bureau eration, Evergreen Organics, other categories, for taking tion, QNTA has advanced its implementing best practic- mitment to implementing the Veritas International Doha, it Recharge Qatar, The St Regis part and congratulate them on QATAR Nanny Training Acad- goal of maintaining and im- es and applying quality highest quality practices at is my pleasure to congratulate Doha, Qatar Museums, Sports a great performance. We hope emy (QNTA), a member of proving the quality of nanny standards to its procedures QNTA. QNTA on this international Corner, Radio Olive, Radio they enjoyed a fantastic day Qatar Foundation, has been training in Qatar. “This certificate not only certification. This distinctive Suno and Burrda Sport. out as much as we did.” recognised by a world leader The academy celebrated recognises the quality of the certification truly reflects a Sayed expressed his grati- As in previous years, and in testing, inspection and the achievement at a ceremo- tas International Doha. management of procedures high level of commitment and tude to everyone who took in line with Ooredoo’s corpo- certification services for the ny attended by Hessa al Man- During the ceremony, at QNTA, but also repre- leadership by QNTA towards part, whether in the marathon rate social responsibility strat- excellence of its training pro- soori, managing director of Mansoori received the ISO sents an important step in achieving the best internation- or the shorter-distance catego- egy, all funds raised through gramme. QNTA, its staff and employees, certificate from Selim Kseib, the Academy’s plans to attain al practices in management ries, and to all the spectators marathon entrance fees will be QNTA has received ISO and officials from Bureau Veri- Country Chief Executive of international accreditation and quality systems.” who enthusiastically lined the donated to charity. Baris Bespoke turns heads at Design District

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BARIS Bespoke showcased its tailoring on 10 international male models during a live Master Tailor Show held at the Design District at Doha Exhi- bition and Convention Centre (DECC) recently. The Design District was part of Shop Qatar festival, the coun- try’s biggest shopping festival. Running from January 5 to 12, the Design District brought together the biggest names in fashion and makeup to create 75 pop-up shops, 20 interna- MIS WELCOMES STUDENTS tional fashion shows and 10 FROM THE US, CELEBRATES master-classes. NATIONAL DAY: The Middle Throughout the week, Ba- East International School ris Bespoke also occupied a (MIS) recently welcomed booth in the District, which was exchange students Christine visited by several high-profile and Emad from Connecticut guests, including Ambassador in the US. Salem Rashid of Turkey to Qatar HE Fikret Thani al Muhannadi, school Ozer, Ambassador of India HE founder, owner and chairman, P Kumaran, Qatar Airways CEO welcomes the students. On Akbar Al Baker and Bein Sports the other hand, MIS students presenter Mohammed Saadon will travel to the US in April. al Kuwari. The MIS also celebrated its Now that Shop Qatar has 25th anniversary and Qatar ended, Baris Bespoke’s excep- National Day with a school fair tional tailoring and designs this month. (TNN) can be found in their store at Unit 101, Parcel 4, at The Pearl-Qatar. Traditional shows open up world of cultures to Katara audiences

THE Cultural Village Foundation, Katara, as part of the Cultural Diver- sity Festival being held at the venue, hosted an array of cultural events over the weekend, in line with its no- ble mission to bring nations closer to one another. The Katara amphitheatre held two traditional shows from Singapore and Palestine presenting to the audiences the culture of the nations through folk- lore bands. The shows saw a big turnout of visi- tors who enjoyed the Palestinian tradi- tional dance ‘Dabke’. The Singaporean folklore show included some of the most famous national dance forms and music from Singapore, presented by the well- known band ‘Sri Warisan’. Qatari folkloric band ‘Al Jubailat’ also showcased several traditional Qa- tari singing and dancing performances which simulated the maritime-related culture in the old days. (TNN) Nation Monday, January 28, 2019 05 CCQ to graduate first batch of logistics professionals in Qatar The college’s degree programme will help supply the labour market with national cadres capable of powering the statewide logistics infrastructure

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK clude the establishment of qualified cadres at all levels, chains. I can see it further DOHA advanced logistics parks, from Warehouse Specialists developing and becoming a Hamad Port’s early operation, and Logistics Coordinators, to major field of interest for stu- THE Community College of the inauguration of strategic Procurement and Production dents across Qatar,” Hiedous Qatar (CCQ) will graduate its navigation routes with other Managers and beyond.” said, noting that he’s eager first batch of Logistics and countries and the soon-to-be- According to experts in to utilise his newly-acquired Supply Chain Management completed special economic the field, Qatar is set to gain skills to advance relevant students in 2019, the college zone projects. an important qualitative ad- functions at his workplace. has announced. Dr Naemi said, “This accel- dition to its national economy Another Navy Officer Can- The college’s degree pro- erated development prompted by turning the peninsula into didate who found it rewarding gramme will help supply the CCQ to bridge the gap be- a regional logistics hub. This to enrol in the programme is labour market with sought-af- tween the country’s rapidly- advancement will help achieve Ali al Sediqi. ter national cadres capable of evolving logistics infrastruc- self-sufficiency, attract inves- He said, “I initially expected powering the statewide logis- ture and the national labour tors and strengthen economic this to be a difficult endeavour tics infrastructure and effec- market’s shortage of advanced Dr Mohamed al Naemi, Ali al Sediqi. Turki al Hiedous. ties with rest of world. but as we progressed through tively managing its transport calibres. We have achieved This growing demand for the curriculum, it turned out to and storage services. this through the develop- rollees include many members Logistics and Supply Chain goal is to graduate competent highly trained logistics pro- be a great learning experience. According to CCQ President ment of an academic degree from the Armed Forces and Management Programme Co- logistics professionals who can fessionals prompted Navy Of- We learned many interesting Dr Mohamed al Naemi, recent programme in logistics and the Qatari Emiri Navy. Ac- ordinator at CCQ Dr Muneer devise innovative solutions in ficer Candidate Turki al Hie- subjects discussing how to ap- achievements in the course of supply chain management, cording to plans, the first batch Abbad said, “CCQ developed storage, transport, informa- dous to join CCQ’s Associate ply the principles of logistics implementing Qatar’s logistics where students are holistically of students in the College’s As- the programme in both Eng- tion flow and other areas. of Applied Science in Logis- in real life scenarios and deal leadership plans highlight the trained for management posi- sociate of Applied Science in lish and Arabic, and incorpo- “To take things one step tics and Supply Chain Man- with various stakeholders.” crucial role that specialised ac- tions in transportation, ware- Logistics and Supply Chain rated the latest know-how and further, the College is current- agement programme. Sediqi hopes to further his ademic offerings play in ensur- housing, distribution, inven- Management is poised to turn innovations in this domain, in ly studying extending its offer- “The programme’s spe- studies and earn a bachelor de- ing the smooth running of this tory control, purchasing and out the first graduates in the conjunction with 180 hours ings to also include a bachelor cialised curriculum empow- gree in logistics to contribute intricate system. international logistics. State that hold an academic of practical training at select degree in logistics, thus sup- ered me with the right knowl- to Qatar’s rapid development These achievements in- “The programme’s 130 en- degree in the discipline.” organisations in Qatar. Our plying the marketplace with edge of logistics and supply in the field.

Phase 2 of University QU Health hosts largest IPE of Aberdeen campus launched in Al Daayen activity to stub out smoking TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Principal and Vice Chancel- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA lor of the University of Aber- DOHA deen Professor Boyne along CHAIRPERSON and Found- with senior members of the AROUND 200 healthcare stu- er of the Al Faleh Group for university took the opportu- dents and 23 faculty members Education and Academic nity to meet students and to from Qatar University’s (QU) Services Dr Sheikha Aisha witness lecturing on campus, College of Pharmacy (CPH), bint Faleh al Thani and the first hand. College of Medicine (CMED) Principal and Vice Chan- Prior to the phase 2 and College of Health Sciences cellor of the University of launch, Professor Boyne met (CHS), as well as from Univer- Aberdeen Professor George with the UK Ambassador sity of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ) Boyne recently launched the to Qatar HE Ajay Sharma, and College of the North At- second phase of develop- where they discussed the lantic-Qatar (CNA-Q) recently ment of the university cam- recent successes of the uni- participated in an activity on pus in Al Daayen. smoking cessation organised CPH Assistant Dean for Student The event was attended by QU Health Interprofessional Affairs and QU Health IPEC Chair by Sheikh Nawaf bin Nasser The initiation of phase 2 Education Committee (IPEC). Dr Alla El-Awaisi. Around 200 healthcare students joined in the smoking cessation activity. al Thani and Sheikh Nasser The activity engaged stu- bin Nawaf al Thani, as well as and this new land which dents and faculty members The issue of smoking cessa- and counselling. provide the future of Qatar’s del Hamid said: “IPE was a a number of delegates from was kindly afforded to from various healthcare pro- tion was addressed through an Commenting on the ac- healthcare needs.” unique learning experience for the University of Aberdeen AFG by the Qatari govern- fessions including medicine, interactive case-based discus- tivity, CPH Chair of Clinical UCQ coordinator of the me. Having the opportunity to and staff members of AFG ment, will build on the nursing, pharmacy, pharmacy sion about a heavy 65-year-old Pharmacy and Practice Sec- Continuing Professional De- meet students from different College, which saw the first success of the existing technician, public health and smoker who was admitted to tion and Associate Professor velopment and Lead Repre- healthcare professionals and step in the development of a respiratory therapy. The IPE ac- hospital with an exacerbation Dr Maguy El Hajj said, “Smok- sentative at IPEC Kathleen de getting to know them made fully-fledged university cam- partnership campus tivity aimed to train students on of her chronic obstructive pul- ing is one of the greatest bur- Leon-Demare said: “By shar- me realise how much we have pus which will offer Aber- which is now in its sec- providing care related to smok- monary disease. The students dens on healthcare systems in ing clinical guidelines, change in common even on a personal deen degrees across a range ond year of operation ing cessation in a collaborative followed the patient from ad- Qatar. This smoking cessation theories and evidence-based level. For instance, when we of academic disciplines. and integrative manner focus- mission to discharge by sharing IPE event was of the utmost tools to develop this IPE activ- talked about why we chose out The initiation of phase 2 ing on role clarification, inter- different healthcare perspec- importance to train our future ity, we added to our toolkit on specialties, I realised that we and this new land which was versity’s presence in Qatar professional communication tives on the case and making a healthcare professionals in the topic of smoking cessation. nearly have the same reason as kindly afforded to AFG by and further opportunities and shared decision making. shared decision together. They the care of patients who wish This health issue is a priority we all had that passion to aid the Qatari government, will for joint academic research CPH Assistant Dean for were then asked to interview to quit smoking. Together, for all health professionals and people and care for them, but build on the success of the within the country. Student Affairs and QU Health a simulated patient, collabo- students were able to provide is best tackled using an inter- what is different between us existing partnership cam- Professor George Boyne IPEC Chair Dr Alla El-Awaisi ratively collect all the relevant an action plan and discussed professional approach.” is that each one of us decided pus which is now in its sec- commented: “I was de- welcomed the participants to data and provide the patient how to follow up with patients. CMED second year medi- to carry that passion from the ond year of operation. With lighted to attend the official the event. with a comprehensive care plan These students will be able to cal student Aya Ayman Ab- spot that suits him or her best.” over 400 registered students launch of our planned new studying for both under- campus in Qatar, which is graduate and postgraduate another milestone in our degrees, phase 1 presents a successful partnership with strong platform for contin- the Al Faleh Group under ued development of a new the leadership of HE Dr HBKU opens registration for spring community classes and larger university cam- Sheikha Aisha al Thani. pus as part of the strategic “This truly is a mile- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK nity a mindset of continuous charts and network diagrams, development of this unique stone moment for our part- DOHA growth and facilitating an en- risk management, budget- academic alliance. nership with AFG, and I vironment of lifelong learning ing and controlling resources, Dr Sheikha Aisha al Tha- look forward to continuing HAMAD Bin Khalifa University and self-development. quality assurance, auditing and ni commented:“The group’s our excellent work together (HBKU) has opened registra- “Our ongoing community project termination. partnership with the Univer- as we create a world-class tion for five community courses classes cover a vast range of top- Those looking to commu- sity of Aberdeen continues to campus that establishes as part of its ongoing outreach ics and are a great way for stu- nicate more effectively can go from strength to strength. the university as a leader in initiative to encourage lifelong dents and working profession- enrol for the Communications Our student numbers are transnational education.” learning and continuous per- als to learn new skills or expand Skills in Teamwork course to growing beyond expecta- Ajay Sharma comment- sonal development among the their repertoire.” be held from March 9 to 11. tions and this is matched by ed: “The academic links and wider community. The Global leadership and The course will develop par- ever increasing demand for co-operation between Qatar From February 18 to 23, the Management Trends course, ticipants’ ability to focus on new academic disciplines. and universities in the Unit- Leadership: Through Self-Dis- which will run from February outcomes, tune into their audi- The development of our ed Kingdom are historically covery course will help partici- 24 to 27, is designed for those ence and develop and deliver a new university campus will strong, but with this devel- pants to uncover their personal in management roles who clear and concise message. compliment the Amir His opment of a purpose built strengths and weaknesses to are responsible for assisting Meanwhile, the Positive Highness Sheikh Tamim campus opening in Qatar, enable career success. Attend- their organisations to achieve Thinking course to be held bin Hamad al Thani’s stra- there will be even greater op- ees will learn how to develop sustainable success. The four- HBKU has opened registration for five community courses as part from March 18 to 20 will equip tegic vision to strengthen the portunities for people resi- leadership skills based on their session course will chart the of its ongoing outreach initiative to encourage lifelong learning and participants with the skills re- provision of quality higher dent here and from across unique personality traits in or- practical and positive journey continuous personal development among the wider community. quired to challenge negative education, which in-turn will the world to take advantage der to play a more active role in towards long-term progress, thought patterns and adopt a support a stronger knowl- of the academic excellence their working environment. and provide clear guidance on held from March 3 to 5 aims to Participants will learn the more positive mindset. edge based economy for the that a world renowned in- Maryam al Mannai, vice- how participants can lead and provide an overview of project fundamental principles of the To register for one or more future of Qatar and growth stitution such as Aberdeen president for Student Affairs manage their organisations on management and the essential subject, including project ini- of HBKU’s spring 2019 commu- of its peoples.” University has to offer here at HBKU, said: “HBKU is com- upward trajectories. tools needed to deliver success- tiation, project definition, crea- nity classes, interested appli- The newly appointed in Qatar.” mitted to instilling in our stu- The Introduction to Pro- ful projects in a timely manner tion of work breakdown struc- cants can visit www.hbku.edu. dents and the wider commu- ject Management course to be and within budget. tures, scheduling using Gantt qa/community-classes

BIRLA PUBLIC SCHOOL HOLDS FUN DAY FOR TINY TOTS

The Birla Public School (BPS) recently held a fun day event for tiny tots titled ‘My Fun Day at Birla Paradise’. The event held at BPS ground was attended by school’s Chairman Lukose K Chacko, Director Maria Thomas, Principal AP Sharma and Senior Vice Principal Shirly Rappai. The students took out a parade on the occasion. The event started with chief guest Chacko hoisting the school flag. This was followed by a series of activities including PT, colourful drills, karate demonstrations and the award ceremony. The event was also attended by parents of the children. (TNN) 06 Monday, January 28, 2019 Reports by Santhosh Chandran For events and press releases email Indian Experience [email protected] or call (974) 4000 2222 Call to save legacy of progressive movements in India

“The reformation movements led by social thinkers, educationalists and socio-cultural activists have played a crucial role in making Kerala a secular and progressive state in India”

ORMER par- members to stand for protec- liamentarian P tion of the fundamental tenets Rajeev made a of the Indian Constitution and passionate call to strengthen the secular fabric uphold the legacy of India being torn by divisive Fof reformation and progres- agenda of a particular political sive movements currently party in power today. under attack in India. “The In his over 2-hour speech, reformation movements led Rajeev described the history by social thinkers, education- of reformation movements in alists and socio-cultural activ- Kerala and alerted the pub- ists have played a crucial role lic to the threat to the liberal in making Kerala a secular values posed by a section of and progressive state in In- people pursuing a communal dia”. agenda. Rajeev was speaking at P Rajeev, currently the an event organised as part of Resident Editor of “Deshab- a lecture series organised in himani” newspaper, a mouth- Doha by Sanskriti, a socio- piece of the leftists in Kerala, cultural organisation of Kerala had raised several burning community in Qatar. issues during his term in the In his speech titled ‘Kerala Indian Parliament. Renaissance - Past and Pres- Sanskriti office-bearers ent’ delivered on the eve of Vijaya Kumar and Shamseer 70th Indian Republic Day, Arikkulam also spoke on the Rajeev urged the community occasion. Former Indian parliamentarian P Rajeev speaks at an event in Doha, recently.

Indian child footballer honoured for Jet Airways announces induction in Al Sadd Club U-12 team special offer on R-Day ET Airways, India’s pre- mier private international airline, has announced an Jattractive seven-day pro- mo offering up to 50 percent discount on ticket bookings as part of celebration of In- dia’s 70th Republic Day. Travellers booking dur- ing the promotional period between January 24 and January 30, 2019, will enjoy substantial discounts on pre- vailing fares on the carrier’s flights from Gulf to destina- tions in India and beyond in- with applicable terms and requested within 24 hours cluding, Bangkok, Colombo, conditions. of the booking, as well as Dhaka, Hong Kong, Kath- The special fares will be locking a preferred fare with mandu and Singapore via its applicable only on flights a nominal fee for up to 72 world-class hubs in Mumbai operated by Jet Airways hours to safeguard against Jerom Jenny receives a memento from SAM Basheer at a function in Doha, recently. and Delhi facilitating seam- and guests can book their fare change. less transfers. tickets via the airline’s web- Manager of Jet Airways ERALA Muslim Cul- KMCC President SAM V student of Birla Public Football crazy Jerom The limited-period book- site at www.jetairways.com, Anshad Ebrahim said, “On tural Center (KMCC), Basheer presented a me- School. He is the son of Jen- is the only player from the ing is on first-come, first- the airline’s mobile app or the occasion of India’s Re- a socio-cultural or- mento to the child football- ny Antony, a Qatar-based Indian community playing serve basis and is valid for through their travel agents. public Day, the airline is Kganisation of Kerala er at the concluding cer- businessman from Thris- for Under-12 category of Al both one-way and return Those booking directly on offering its guests from community in Qatar, hon- emony of a football tourney sur district of the southern Sadd Club. The event was journeys in premiere and the airline’s website and the Gulf an opportunity oured Indian school stu- in Doha, recently. Indian state of Kerala, is an attended by office-bearers economy classes. Tickets mobile app can avail exclu- to experience the warm In- dent Jerom Jenny over his Jerom Jenny, playing active member of the socio- of KMCC, Jenny Antony booked under the promo- sive benefits such as earning dian hospitality that is the selection for Under-12 foot- with Al Sadd Club for the cultural organisation of In- and prominent Indian com- tion will be valid for imme- 250 bonus JP miles on every hallmark of Jet Airways’ ser- ball team of Al Sadd Club. last two years, is a Class dian community. munity leaders. diate travel effective 24th booking, no extra charges vice while discovering India January, 2019 onwards for cancellation or changes and countries beyond. Teachers, students come together to harvest winter crop

HE teachers and students of the Bhavan’s Public School eco-club, Al Wakra, with help from the school gardener Mustafa carried out the second Tcrop harvest of the academic year 2018-19 in the school premises recently. Various vegetables such as brinjal, bitter gourd, pumpkin, ash gourd, beans, lady’s finger, etc. were cultivated through organic farming. It helped the students learn gardening skills and acquire knowledge about the health benefits of natu- rally grown crops and how to cultivate them. The presence of school Principal MP Philip, Direc- tor of Administration Anjana Menon and Head Mis- tress Shailaja Krishnakumar who enlightened the stu- dents on the importance of organic farming was the highlight of the event. Pakistan / Philippines / Asia Monday, January 28, 2019 07 Pakistani delegation leaves for India to inspect dam sites Death toll in Indonesia floods rises to 68, thousands homeless

LAHORE: A three-member delegation led by Indus Water Commissioner Syed Mehr Ali Shah JAKARTA: The death toll from floods and landslides that devastated Indonesia’s South Sulawesi left for India on Sunday to inspect New Delhi’s under-construction hydroelectric projects in province has climbed to 68, the country’s disaster management agency said on Sunday. Another seven NEWS the Chenab basin. people remain unaccounted for, agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said. IN BRIEF The team, which includes Joint Commissioner Usman Ghani and National Engineering Ser- “Even though the inundation has receded, thousands are still displaced and staying in shelters vices Pakistan’s (Nespak) Mehmood Hayat, departed via the Wagah Border. Speaking to report- because their houses are damaged and muddy. Some of them prefer to stay there because they ers prior to departure, the commissioner said Islamabad had not objected over the construction are still traumatized by the floods and landslides,” agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the dams but did harbour concerns over their design. (TRIBUNE.COM.PK) said. Search and rescue teams were still in operation to find the seven people missing.(DPA)

Lawyer for Asia Bibi plans return Tons of garbage removed from Manila Bay at start of clean-up drive to Pakistan from Netherlands DPA clean-up drive would be suc- terminals. More than 1 million AMSTERDAM: The lawyer for Asia Bibi, the Christian woman MANILA cessful. “This is a battle that informal settlers also live along released after almost nine years in prison in Pakistan on a blas- will be won not with force or estuaries that discharge into phemy charge, plans to leave the Netherlands and return to his MORE than 40 tons of gar- arms but with the firm resolve Manila Bay. homeland. bage were removed from the to bring Manila Bay back to Also on Sunday, authori- Lawyer Sauf-ul-Malook has decided to go back to Pakistan, shores of the Philippines’ Ma- life,” he said in a statement. ties ordered three restau- said the Dutch committee for persecuted Christians (HVC) on nila Bay on Sunday at the start “With the commitment and rants to pay penalties of up to Saturday. of a campaign to clean up the determination of every Filipino 200,000 pesos (3,846 dollars) The HVC said it had advised the lawyer to remain in the polluted stretch of coastline. to do his share in this rehabili- after inspection showed their Netherlands. The 11 truckloads of rub- tation effort, we have already facilities were dumping waste He had fled to the Netherlands in November 2018 after bish were collected by 5,000 won the battle for Manila Bay.” water into Manila Bay. receiving death threats due to his work for Asia Bibi. The Catholic government employees and “We cannot afford to prolong An inn, two commercial woman was sentenced to death in 2010 for blasphemy but set volunteers as part of the drive this clean-up activity because buildings, a private ferry ter- free in October. to restore the bay, which spans this has long been neglected,” Volunteers collect rubbish along the shore during the launch of the minal, a residential building Her release sparked huge protests by radical Islamist groups nearly 2,000 kilometres on he added. “Manila Bay is not Manila Bay rehabilitation in Manila, Philippines, Sunday. (EPA-EFE) and another restaurant were in Pakistan who have said Asia Bibi and the judges who ordered the country’s western coast. a lost cause.” The bay, fa- also given notices of violations her release should be killed. (DPA) Environment Secretary mous for its sunset views, has that is dotted with commercial rants and hotels, as well as fac- and told to immediately im- Roy Cimatu said he hoped the a coastline of 190 kilometres establishments such as restau- tories and Manila’s main port plement corrective measures.

Pakistan shuts consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif after Philippines vows to crush ‘terrorists’ terror attack bid foiled

AGENCIES after church bombs claim 20 lives ISLAMABAD The consulate will remain closed for visa services till PAKISTAN closed its consulate provision of foolproof security The attack, one of the deadliest in recent years in a region long plagued by instability, left 81 wounded in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sha- by the authorities to prevent rif after a woman tried to take any untoward incident from a hand grenade into the prem- happening in the future ises, the foreign office said on Sunday. The suspect had concealed the explosives in her personal bag, according to a FO coming to an end as the two statement. She was taken into sides appear to be edging to- custody by the Afghan authori- wards a peace deal. ties with a probe underway to Meanwhile, Foreign Min- bring to book those behind the ister Shah Mehmood Qureshi failed terrorist attack. has said that Pakistan’s efforts Islamabad has urged the helped bringing the United Afghan government to provide States and the Taliban to a ne- a foolproof security to the con- gotiation table. sulate. The government has Speaking to media this also asked for the investiga- morning, Qureshi said talks tion’s findings to be shared with were the only solution for du- them at the earliest. rable peace for both the parties. The consulate in Mazar-e- He was of the view that Sharif will remain closed for Pakistan had earlier prom- visa services till the provision ised to play its due role in Af- of foolproof security by the au- ghan peace process. He said thorities to prevent any unto- the world accepted Pakistan’s ward incident from happening stance on the peace process, in the future. now we are sure about more The incident comes a day good news in the future. after the United State nego- “We are concerned about tiators and the Afghan Taliban peace in the region, not mon- admitted “progress on vital is- ey,” stated Qureshi. The foreign sues” in their talks, albeit the minister said: “We are one na- insurgents said there was no tion, not beggars.” agreement on ceasefire or talks To a question, he said the with the Afghan government, Pakistan People’s Party tried which they deride as American to create misconception on the puppet. issue of Public Accounts Com- US chief negotiator Zalmay mittee chairmanship. Khalilzad held negotiations “To move along with as- with Taliban representatives sembly proceedings, we for six days, much longer than agreed to the opposition’s de- planned and longer than any mand and nominated the PAC previous attempt to end the chairman from their benches.” bloody conflict. The PPP insists that the Policemen and soldiers stand outside bomb-hit church in Jolo, Sulu province, on the southern island of Mindanao, on Sunday. (AFP) The latest development PAC chairman should be op- hinted that the longest, dead- position leader of the House, REUTERS outside, which was detonated of western Mindanao, has local population to cooperate liest, and costliest war in the but it doesn’t apply the same MANILA as security forces raced to the No claim beheaded numerous foreign and “deny terrorism any vic- American history might be in Sindh, Qureshi said. scene, officials said. captives when ransom de- tory”. National Security Ad- THE Philippines vowed to de- “The enemies of the state O There was no immediate mands were not met. viser, Hermogenes Esperon, stroy those behind twin bomb- have boldly challenged the claim of responsibility but Pictures distributed by called those responsible “mass ings that killed 20 people dur- capability of the government police suspect the the military of the inside of murderers” and “extremist ing a Sunday church service to secure the safety of the bombings were the work of the Jolo church showed sev- criminals”. in the country’s restive south, citizenry in that region,” said Abu Sayyaf, a militant eral rows of wooden pews de- “We will not allow them to six days after a referendum on Salvador Panelo, spokesman group that has pledged stroyed, with debris strewn spoil the preference of the peo- autonomy for the mainly Mus- of Philippine President Rod- allegiance to Islamic State across a blackened floor. ple for peace,” he added. lim region returned an over- rigo Duterte. The attack followed Fri- Civilians bore the brunt of whelming “yes” vote. “The armed forces of the and is notorious for its day’s announcement that the the attack, which also killed The attack wounded 81 Philippines will rise to the bombings and brutality. region, a mainly Muslim part five soldiers. Police lowered and was one of the deadli- challenge and crush these “They want to show force of the predominantly Catholic the death toll from 27 to 20, est in recent years in a region godless criminals.” There was and sow chaos,” national Philippines, had ratified the after discovering duplications long plagued by instability. It no immediate claim of respon- police chief Oscar said creation of an autonomous in initial records. came amid hope and excite- sibility but police suspect the area called Bangsamoro, with The referendum came ment about the ratification of bombings were the work of 85 percent of voters behind it. amid concerns about the pres- a devolution plan that aims to Abu Sayyaf, a militant group Sayyaf was the prime suspect. Although Sulu was among ence of extremists in the Phil- bring development, jobs and that has pledged allegiance to Jolo is a stronghold of the only a few areas that rejected ippines and the possibility that peace to one of Asia’s poorest Islamic State and is notorious group, which runs a lucrative autonomy, it will still be part foreign radicals will join those and most volatile places. for its bombings and brutality. piracy and kidnapping opera- of the new entity when it is of Indonesia and Malaysia in The first explosion went off “They want to show force tion that successive govern- fully formed in 2022. gravitating to Mindanao to inside the cathedral on Jolo and sow chaos,” national po- ments have failed to break Defence Secretary Delfin capitalize on porous borders, (File photo) Islamabad has urged the Afghan government to provide a island, in Sulu province, and lice chief Oscar Albayalde told up. The group, which oper- Lorenzana called the attack a jungles and mountains, and foolproof security to the consulate. was followed by a second blast DZMM radio, suggesting Abu ates in the waters and islands “dastardly act” and urged the an abundance of arms. Afghans hope for peace but fear bloodshed after US pullout AFP are unprecedented, signal- Khalilzad in Kabul to apprise Ghani tants and the government was KABUL ing that both Washington and vital to bringing an end to 17 the Taliban might see a path of progress in US-Taliban talks years of bloodshed. AFGHANS harboured tenta- forward. Hopes were rising “It will never be stable if tive hopes Sunday that talks on Twitter. “We r feeling the KABUL: US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad arrived in Kabul on Sun- Taliban and the government between the US and Taliban breeze of #peace coming,” day to try to secure cooperation from Afghanistan’s president after keep fighting each other and leaders could end decades tweeted Afghan user Haris breakthroughs in peace negotiations with Taliban leaders. With killing Afghans,” resident of conflict, despite fears an Sherzad. Khalilzad and his boss US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as well Sharbatullah told AFP. American withdrawal might Civilians in Kabul, who Taliban officials, hailing progress towards ending America’s longest - ‘Time for us to leave’ -The unleash even more violence. have paid a disproportionate war, he must now win over President Ashraf Ghani -- whose govern- Taliban are widely believed to American negotiators and price in casualties since the US ment the Taliban have so far kept out of the process. A fresh round want to return to power and the Taliban said Saturday the invasion of 2001, were more of talks between Khalilzad and the Taliban is expected to take place reimpose their own strict in- two sides had made substan- cautious. on February 25, two senior Taliban sources said. While he has not terpretation of sharia law. tial progress in the most re- “I don’t believe the Taliban been directly involved up until now, Ghani’s role is likely to grow as a They have shown no inter- cent round of talks in Qatar, will make peace,” Kabul resi- full deal gets closer and diplomacy intensifies.(REUTERS) An Afghan man sells fried fish in Helmand, Afghanistan.(EPA-EFE) est in sharing power with the promising to meet again to dent Rajab Ali said. current government in Kabul, continue seeking a deal that “But if we have peace it will the Taliban to the table for of- has yet to release any state- pressed a clear desire to end wrote Facebook user Jamshid and already have the upper could pave the way for official be so great. There is nothing ficial peace negotiations with ment on the talks after com- its longest war. Ayoubi. “We will be left alone hand on the battlefield, where peace negotiations. better than peace,” he added. Kabul. However the militants plaining of being cut out of the “This will be a peace be- to the mercy of extremists Afghan forces are taking what The length and apparent The goal of the talks is os- steadfastly refuse to engage process. tween the Taliban and US, not once again.” Kabul residents experts have described as “un- progress in the ongoing talks tensibly to find a way to bring with the government, which Meanwhile the US has ex- the people of Afghanistan,” said a deal between the mili- sustainable” losses. 08 Monday, January 28, 2019

ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 3, 2006 PRINTED AT ALI BIN ALI PRINTING PRESS Opinion HAMAD BIN SUHAIM AL THANI CHAIRMAN ADEL ALI BIN ALI MANAGING DIRECTOR DR HASSAN MOHAMMED AL ANSARI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF An Avoidable Shutdown Maduro’s Fall Would Be It is imperative that both parties reach a permanent agreement on how to best secure the border, and spare federal workers ordeal of going without paychecks A Defeat For Putin, Too while the president tries to force an outcome he desires

HE longest federal government shut- Now it’s imperative that the two sides Venezuelan president’s ouster would be a setback to Russian geopolitical game down in history came to an end — at least reach a deal on effective, not symbolic, bor- temporarily — on Friday after President der security. That won’t happen if Trump TTrump agreed to do what Democrats and stays wedded to his wall — and Democrats LEONID BERSHIDSKY numerous Republicans had been urging him to defying him. Trump threatened on Friday TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE to do for quite some time: approve a tem- to pursue either of two bad courses of action porary funding measure and negotiate over if he didn’t get his way in the negotiations: F Venezuelan President Nicolas Ma- border security after the government reo- shutting down much of the government duro’s regime falls, Vladimir Putin will pens. The House and Senate were expected again in mid-February, or using emergency have to write off yet another costly geo- to pass a bill to fund nine shuttered federal powers to fund the project even though Con- political bet. Just don’t expect Moscow departments and dozens of agencies through gress will not. Ito stop taking such gambles as it tries February 15, with no money yet provided for The president sought to present himself to counter US influence across the globe. Trump’s coveted border wall. on Friday as the soul of reasonableness, say- Russia is Venezuela’s most important That was the right, woefully overdue, re- ing he was looking to build the wall only “in foreign sponsor after China. Data on these sult. In addition to causing hardship for fed- predetermined high-risk locations that have countries’ financing of Venezuela are eral workers, whose last two paychecks were been specifically identified by the Border Pa- scarce, but China’s investment has been put on indefinite hold, the shutdown dam- trol to stop illicit flows of people and drugs.” estimated to be as much as $70 billion, aged the economy and disrupted the lives of Yet he continued to portray the wall as a mag- most of it to be paid back in oil. Russia the general public — witness, for example, ical crime-fighting solution while painting a and its state-owned companies have lent the major delays on Friday at LaGuardia hyperbolic picture of criminals and terrorists and injected more than $17 billion over Airport in New York that were caused by a pouring over the southern border. the last 20 years. President Putin prom- shortage of air traffic con- The immigration system ised the latest $6 billion, plus 600,000 trollers. Worse, it was gall- In addition to causing hard- has been undeniably broken tons of grain, in December. ingly unnecessary. for years, and Trump has re- Much of Russia’s lending and invest- Trump triggered and ship for federal workers, markably managed to make ment has been channelled through Ros- sustained the shutdown whose last two paychecks it even worse. According to neft, the state-owned oil and gas giant run by insisting that Congress were put on indefinite hold, the Transactional Records by Putin’s ally Igor Sechin. According to provide billions of dol- the shutdown damaged the Access Clearinghouse at Syr- its most recent available annual report, lars for his costly pet wall economy and disrupted the acuse University, the backlog Rosneft sold $2.5 billion of oil produced project, along with hun- in the immigration courts by the Venezuelan state-owned company dreds of millions of dollars lives of the general public has more than doubled un- PDVSA by the end of 2017. for other border-security der Trump, if you include the Though Venezuela has been slow to needs. Trump could easily have gone back to more than 300,000 previously closed cases supply oil to cover its debts, Russia has, on Congress in October and asked for an emer- that this administration has reopened. But the whole, been happy to let them accumu- gency spending bill to address those priori- there are many interlocking and complex late so it can receive to receive potentially ties, as presidents do seemingly every year issues to be resolved, including whether to lucrative oil and gas extraction licences. economic hardship have destabilised the when they run into unanticipated problems. change the country’s priorities in determin- It has large minority stakes in five joint Unlike China, for which even political- government. Rather than bargaining in good faith over ing who gets visas, how to accommodate ventures with PDVSA. They produced 59 ly motivated spending is a means of The logic of Putin’s foreign policy of how best to secure the border and address the need for seasonal workers and what to billion barrels of oil in 2017, more than 8 resisting US influence wherever he can, the increase in families seeking asylum, how- do about the estimated 11 million people al- percent of Venezuela’s annual output. getting economic influence and, ulti- leaves him no choice but to support these ever, Trump took 800,000 federal workers ready living in the country illegally, including “We will never leave and no one will mately, a return on investment, Putin’s cruel, unloved regimes. He’s aware of the hostage to try to force lawmakers to bend to the “Dreamers” who arrived as minors and in be able to kick us out of there,” Sechin spending is primarily about Soviet- risk of losing money if they fall. But Rus- his will. many cases have been raised as Americans. once said of Rosneft’s plans for the Latin style geopolitics – even if it’s struc- sia’s investment isn’t really in oil, rail- The fight was often portrayed as a bat- Trump has sought to draw some of those American country. tured as a capitalist business deal roads or nuclear power; it’s in propping tle between Trump and House Speaker issues into the negotiations over the wall, That, however, may be no more than up every ruler who proclaims resistance Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats who’d among them his contentious proposal to bar wishful thinking. After the US toppled to Western expansion. dug in their heels about the wall. Yet as an minors who come to the United States from Saddam Hussein, Russian oil major Lu- ship with its Russian counterpart, still ap- Unlike China, for which even political- institution Congress couldn’t afford to let seeking asylum. It’s hard to see how lawmak- koil lost its licence to work in Iraq’s West pears to be behind Maduro. But he can’t ly motivated spending is a means of get- Trump’s shutdown tactic succeed, because ers could reach agreement on all these issues Qurna field. It only managed to return in hope to hold on to power for long amid ting economic influence and, ultimately, a that would only invite him to repeat it. Be- in three weeks; what’s needed is a compre- 2009 as part of a consortium with Nor- economic chaos, hyperinflation and a return on investment, Putin’s spending is sides, the public has shown again and again hensive approach to the web of immigration way’s Statoil – and only then after Russia near-famine. primarily about Soviet-style geopolitics – that it doesn’t like shutdowns, and that it issues, and Congress has yet to prove itself assented to a major debt write-off for the The Russian government has even even if it’s structured as a capitalist busi- will blame whichever entity took the gov- up to that job despite years of trying. Trump new Iraqi government. suggested an economic recovery plan to ness deal. ernment hostage to advance a policy goal. can and should hold lawmakers’ feet to the The fall of the Qadhafi regime in Libya the Venezuelans, calling for a stop to ir- In Venezuela, though, the economic Such was the case here, as numerous polls fire on the need for immigration reform. But scuppered projects in which Russian com- responsible money-printing, tax reforms, interest may be stronger than in many showed a growing majority of Americans that’s a far bigger job than building a wall, panies Gazprom and Tatneft had invested and a form of minimum basic income. But other places. Though the country can’t disapproving Trump’s conduct as the shut- and he must not take the government hos- $1 billion, as well as a high-speed railroad it may well be too late for any of that; no produce much oil now because of the gov- down stretched on. tage to try to force the outcome he desires. state-owned Russian Railways was work- amount of repression can prolong suffer- ernment’s gross mismanagement, it has ing on. Talks with the Libyan authorities ing on this scale indefinitely. the world’s largest crude reserves. For about reviving the projects are continu- So why does Putin keep choosing Russia, which has only one-third of those ing. If Maduro falls and a US-backed gov- friends so unwisely? Despite the Libyan proved reserves, a strong presence in Ven- ernment takes his place, it’s highly likely fiasco and the $3 billion wasted on sup- ezuela helps guarantee a role in the crude that the Russian projects will be suspend- porting Ukrainian President Viktor Ya- market for as long as there is demand. ed and Venezuela’s debts won’t be repaid. nukovych’s failing government in its final If Maduro loses, it will be a painful de- That explains Moscow’s reaction to Presi- months, why does Moscow keep backing feat for Putin. But it won’t stop him from dent Donald Trump’s recognition of op- Maduro and others like him? funding other Maduros the world over at position leader Juan Guaido as the coun- This month, Zimbabwean President Russian taxpayers’ expense. And if the try’s president. Emmerson Mnangagwa was in Moscow Venezuelan president manages to cling to The West is engaged in a “hands-on looking for loans and offering resource power, that will only convince Putin that regime change,” Foreign Ministry spokes- concessions just as his people were riot- such spending pays off. person Maria Zakharova wrote on Fa- ing over a 150 percent rise in fuel prices. cebook. Putin’s press secretary Dmitry In Sudan, a country where Russian Rail- (Leonid Bershidsky is Bloomberg Peskov spoke of “an attempt to usurp su- ways is negotiating a deal to modernise Opinion’s Europe columnist. He was preme power.” the local railroads and state-owned Ro- the founding editor of the Russian Nothing is decided yet; the Venezue- satom has a contract to build a nuclear business daily Vedomosti and found- lan military, which enjoys a close relation- power plant, weeks of protests against ed the opinion website Slon.ru.) (Tribune News Service) The Rise Of A ‘New Nollywood’ Nigerian films’ growing international reach signals the broadening definition of the country’s million-dollar industry

YINKA ADEGOKE ans but that has broadened. Nigerian Prince gerians telling Nigerian stories for Nige- into Hollywood. They’re more interested in TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE with its diasporan lens and plot about the rians, and that broadened to storytelling their work getting beyond the shores of Ni- notorious 419 phenomena, particularly the by Africans for Africans as Nollywood col- geria…and to get some monies back for the ROM million-dollar budgets to Netf- popular email scam that targets Western- laborated with and recruited talent from industry,” explains Shaibu Husseini, a Ni- lix partnerships, Nigeria’s film in- ers, represents an emerging crop of movies other parts of the continent. As such— gerian Nollywood film critic and jury mem- dustry, Nollywood, has burgeoned that are expanding the scope and definition through its filmmaking process and range ber of the African Movie Academy Awards. in the past decade. Nollywood films of the Nollywood film. For Okoro, the mov- of stories—the industry has long reflected Contrary to other film critics who see Fhave dominated international film ie, like him, has a dual citizenship as despite the lived experiences of its audience thus the emergence of high-quality cinema from festivals, making the industry a creative its foreign funding, Nigerian Prince was necessitating its wider definition today. Nigeria as a deviation from an old ‘stigma- force to be reckoned with. set mainly in Lagos with a majority Nolly- One particular trait that is endemic to tised’ Nollywood or the rise of a ‘new Nol- But with more movies being made wood cast—except for its leading stars, the the industry is the Nigerian entrepreneur- lywood’, Husseini asserts it is simply an abroad, funded by foreign investors or African-American Antonio Bell who plays a ial spirit and that is seen in the evolution inevitable evolution with the times as the directed by Africans in the diaspora, it’s Nigerian-American, Eze, and the Nigerian- Nollywood has matured into the of distribution channels from the inexpen- idea of Nollywood grows into an umbrella no wonder there’s a growing debate in American, Chinaza Uche. tiered million-dollar industry it is today sive VHS tapes and players to movies on term for films produced by Nigerians. and outside the industry on what exactly In the past, the term Nollywood did featuring both the low-budget movies low grade video-CDs and now to stream- Husseini says an entirely Nollywood counts as a Nollywood movie today? not just refer to a direct-to-video filmmak- that paved the way for its success and ing platforms such as iROKOtv, SceneO- film is a movie by a Nigeria-based film- “It’s not a term that’s as simply de- ing industry but also the guerilla filmmak- high-budget ones, made locally and neTV, Netflix and YouTube; all of which maker, produced and shot on the con- fined,” said 31-year-old Nigerian-American ing process where movies were made with allow Africans in the diaspora with better tinent with a relatable narrative, pre- filmmaker Faraday Okoro. “One person’s any and all tools available. Nollywood has abroad, that signal its future internet connectivity to access them. dominantly Nigerian cast and local/ criteria may be different from the next.” since matured into the tiered million-dol- For this fast-adapting industry, evo- industry-driven funding. Okoro is the writer and director of the lar industry it is today featuring both the the former on a per capita basis, especially lution is also about responding to the de- Nonetheless, films like Nigerian Prince heist thriller ‘Nigerian Prince’, the first mov- low-budget movies that paved the way for as more Africans migrate to the West. The mands and realities of globalisation as the by diaspora-based Nigerians will still get ie to win the AT&T/Tribeca ‘Untold Stories’ its success and high-budget ones, made lo- diaspora’s financial clout is evident in their industry sets its distribution sights beyond due recognition back home. Africa-based initiative, an inclusive film programme run cally and abroad, that signal its future. high remittances back to the continent, es- the West, seizing opportunities wherever awards like AMAA have special catego- by AT&T and the Tribeca Film Institute that And that future is looking increasingly timated at $37.8 billion in 2017. And the they rise. China-based Pay-TV operator ries for diaspora films and storytellers. helps diverse filmmakers and awards $1 bright owing to the growth of Nollywood’s rising appetite among Africans back home StarTimes, for instance, is working with This addresses any concerns from domes- million in funding to the winning script. two sizable markets: Africans on the conti- can be seen in investments in movie thea- movie distributors in China to export Nol- tic filmmakers regarding competing with Nollywood was built on the idea of Ni- nent and Africans in the diaspora—with the tres and calls for more. lywood content to the Chinese market. non-local players in the industry on an un- gerians telling Nigerian stories for Nigeri- latter wielding more economic power than Nollywood was built on the idea of Ni- “Nollywood isn’t looking into getting even playing field.

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THE OPINION AND ANALYSIS PAGES ARE THE AUTHORS’ OWN. QATAR TRIBUNE BEARS NO RESPONSIBILITY. India / World Monday, January 28, 2019 09 Boko Haram attacks 2 army NEWS Nigeria rejects foreign ‘meddling’ over CJ suspension IN BRIEF REUTERS act of dictatorship and halted were issued by the EU, US and bases in northeast Nigeria LAGOS its election campaign for 72 Britain, the statement said hours in protest. The EU elec- the government would “reject AFP President Muhammadu CBSE likely to add THE Nigerian government said tion observation team said On- any interference or perception KANO, NIGERIA Buhari, who came to power in health science it would not accept any foreign noghen’s suspension raised management that promotes 2015 on a pledge to end the Is- as new subject “meddling” after the European concerns about the “opportu- apprehension” about the out- BOKO Haram jihadists attacked lamist insurgency, is seeking re- Union, United States and Brit- nity for electoral justice”. come of the election. two military bases in northeast election in the February 16 polls. NEW DELHI: The Central ain raised concerns over last “FG [federal government] Onnoghen has not re- Nigeria’s Borno state, near the Early on Sunday, troops fought Board of Secondary Educatio week’s suspension of Nigeria’s determined to ensure free, fair sponded to the charges and his border with Cameroon, injuring off an attack by fighters believed (is likely to start a new sub- most senior judge before a Feb. elections. This government will lawyers say the tribunal does six soldiers, two military sourc- to be from the Abubakar Shek- ject -- Health Science, related 16 presidential election. not bend the rules, and will not not have the authority to try es told AFP on Sunday. au faction of Boko Haram in the to the basic knowledge of President Muhammadu Nigerian President allow meddling in our affairs,” him. Buhari, who took office in The attacks were the latest town of Pulka along the border primary healthcare. The syl- Buhari, who is seeking a sec- Muhammadu Buhari. read a statement issued late on 2015 after winning an election against military targets in the with Cameroon. “The terrorists labus framed by the Ministry ond term in office, suspended Saturday by Buhari’s spokes- largely on his vow to fight cor- region with security becoming a attacked around 1:15 am (0015 of Health and Family Wel- Chief Justice (CJ) Walter On- tion rules, drawing criticism at man, Garba Shehu. ruption and improve security, major campaign issue ahead of GMT) and soldiers engaged fare along with the All India noghen on Friday over alleg- home and abroad. Coming hours after state- is a retired general who was a presidential and legislative elec- them in a 30-minute fight,” a Institute of Medical Sciences edly breaching asset-declara- The opposition called it an ments expressing concern military ruler in the 1980s. tions next month. military officer said. will be added to the existing curriculum of CBSE for stand- ards 9, 10, 11 and 12. The new syllabus is a guideline on what can be done if someone Ayodhya title suddenly gets a heart attack or some other health hazard Modi dedicates to nation suit hearing to get relief. (IANS) 2 die after eating set for Jan 29 sweets offered at Indian temple Kerala refinery complex cancelled BANGALORE: Two women IANS have died and nine others NEW DELHI including two children are undergoing treatment after The Prime Minister also laid stone for a petrochemical factory in Cochin THE much awaited hearing on a eating contaminated food at batch of cross petitions challeng- a Hindu temple in south- IANS ing the 2010 Allahabad High ern India, police said. The KOCHI Court verdict trifurcating the incident happened Saturday disputed site scheduled for Jan- after devotees in Chikkabal- PRIME Minister Narendra uary 29 will not take place due to lapura district’s Chintamani Modi on Sunday dedicated to the non-availability of Justice SA town -- around 38 miles the nation integrated Bharat Bobde -- one of the five judges in (60 kilometres) from the Petroleum Corporation Ltd the reconstituted bench. regional capital Bangalore (BPCL) refinery expansion A notification issued on -- fell ill after consuming the complex, built at a cost of Rs Sunday by the top court registry temple food offered by two 16,504-crore -- the single-larg- said that due to non-availability women. It is the second est investment in Kerala. of Justice SA Bobde on January such case in two months in Arriving at Kochi, around 2 29, 2019, the sitting of the con- Karnataka. (IANS) pm, he reached the Cochin Re- stitution bench comprising Chief finery venue near here and first Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Chandrababu’s unveiled the most modern inte- SA Bobde, Justice DY Chandra- brother to work grated refinery expansion com- chud, Justice Ashok Bhushan with YSR Congress plex and then laid the founda- and Justice S Abdul Nazeer tion stone for a petrochemical “stands canceled”. HYDERABAD: Andhra complex, which is a complete “...the constitution bench Pradesh Chief Minister “Make in India” initiative aimed matter will not be taken up for N. Chandrababu Naidu’s at reducing dependence on im- hearing on January 29,” said the co-brother Daggubati Ven- ports. notice by the top court registry kateswara Rao on Sunday At the same venue, he also put on its website. met YSR Congress President dedicated the Mounded Storage The top court had on Janu- YS Jaganmohan Reddy Vessel of the Indian Oil Corpo- ary 25 reconstituted the five- and decided to work with ration Ltd and also remotely judge bench as Justice Uday the opposition party. Ven- laid the foundation stone for Umesh Lalit recused himself kateswara Rao, whose wife a Skill Development Institute, from hearing the matter after it D. Purandeswari is with the promoted by the Ministry of was pointed out by senior coun- BJP, met Jaganmohan Reddy Petroleum and Natural Gas, to sel Rajeev Dhavan that he had at the latter’s Lotus Pond come up at Ettumannor in Kot- earlier way back in 1997 as a law- residence here. He was ac- tayam district. yer appeared for former Uttar companied by his son Hitesh Earlier, before inaugurat- Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Chenchuram, who is an aspir- ing the project, he briefly went Singh in a Babri Masjid-related ant for a YSR Congress ticket around the factory and interact- matter. for assembly polls. (IANS) ed with the staff and also joined Kalyan Singh is at present in a photo session with the em- the Governor of Rajasthan. ployees. Besides Justice Lalit, the Addressing the large gather- Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) greets people during the 70th Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi on Saturday. ( EPA-EFE) new bench did not have Justice Germany earmarks ing, Modi said the new phase of NV Ramana. The original bench development of BPCL is not go- a major role in this all,” said due to a snag in the Naval air- had Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, funds for Russian ing to benefit just Kerala but the Oppn coming together for fear of Modi. craft, he could not reach the air- Justice SA Bobde, Justice N.V. siege survivors entire country. being caught for graft: PM Modi The Prime Minister, how- port here to receive Modi, but Ramana, Justice Lalit and Jus- “The BPCL has been provid- ever, said the real heroes of this later reached the venue of the tice D.Y. Chandrachud. AFP ing the green fuel for more than MADURAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Sunday project are the 20,000 employ- inauguration on time. Both Justice Bhushan and MOSCOW 50 years. I remember that in my that opposition parties were coming together over fear of getting ees who worked day and night Vijayan pointed out that the Justice Nazeer were on the childhood, I saw many mothers caught for corruption. to complete this project on time. Kerala government has always three-judge bench headed by BERLIN and Moscow an- struggling with firewood. To- Modi said the Centre’s action against corruption has created “With the new project and been in the forefront to provide then Chief Justice Dipak Misra nounced on Sunday that Ger- day, we have provided a healthy a fear in the minds of people all across the country. All those the other projects that are com- land for petrochemical projects that had on September 27 by a many had provided 12 million kitchen. Since May 2016, six who used to make money from government contracts are facing ing up, Kochi will benefit as to companies in the public sec- majority of 2:1 declined one of euros to help Russian World crore LPG connections to the the music now, which is they were all coming together to remove several ancillary industries will tor. “We have always believed in the Muslim petitioners’ plea that War II veterans and siege survi- poorest of the poor have been “this watchman”, he said a public rally in a reference to himself. be able to come up here,” add- strengthening the central public the challenge to the high court vors but Moscow said it was not given and in all 23 crore LPG He also urged the youth of Tamil Nadu not to get swayed by ed Modi. Since Chief Minister sector and we have always pro- judgment on the title suit be enough. consumers have benfited. The the negative sentiments created by vested interests. (IANS) Pinarayi Vijayan’s travel from vided tax benefits for such pro- heard by a five-judge constitu- The announcement came Cochin Refinery has played Kozhikode to Kochi got delayed jects,” said Vijayan. tion bench. as Russia marked the 75th an- niversary of the end of a World War II siege of Leningrad that claimed more than 800,000 Chilika Bird Festival takes off lives. The initiative was billed India to mark presence on Moon with Chandrayaan-2: Modi as a “voluntary humanitarian BHUBANESWAR: The 2nd National Chilika Bird Festival began at gesture towards the surviving Mangalajodi, about 70 km from here, on Sunday with the aim to IANS those of developed nations.” victims of the blockade”. promote eco-tourism and preservation of birds in Odisha. NEW DELHI Pay tribute to martyrs on Jan 30: PM Modi said the government is us- Saint Petersburg, formerly Around 145 bird watchers from all over India participated in the ing space technology in deliver- known as Leningrad, is home to two-day festival which includes photo exhibitions, seminars and a PRIME Minister Narendra NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged everyone to ing government schemes as well around 86,000 siege survivors. visit to Nalabana Island. Modi said on Sunday India will pay a 2-minute tribute to the martyrs on the death anniversary of as maintaining accountability in “We, foreign ministers of Ger- Millions of migratory birds congregate during different parts of soon mark its presence on the Mahatma Gandhi on January 30 in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ address on government programmes. many and Russia, welcome the the year at Chilika Lake, the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia. Moon with the Chandrayaan-2 Sunday. “My dear countrymen, January 30 is the death anniver- Appreciating the use of decision of the German govern- Winter witnesses the highest gathering of more than 10 lakh birds. mission and appreciated the use sary of the revered Bapu. At 11 am the whole country pays hom- space technology in devices for ment to provide 12 million eu- “We want to promote and raise awareness about Chilika being of space technology in saving age to the martyrs. Wherever we are, we must pay two minutes saving assets and life, he said: ros ($13.7 million) for the mod- the largest repository of migratory birds in Asia. Our focus is to assets and life and in delivering tribute to our martyrs. Remember our revered Bapu and take a “Whether it is cyclone, or rail ernisation of a hospital for war make Odisha one of the hotspots for eco-tourism. We plan to make government schemes. vow to fulfil the dreams of pujya Bapu, to build a new India, and and road safety, all of these veterans and the establishment this event bigger and better in future,” said Tourism Secretary “We have created a world to fulfil our duties as a citizen,” Modi said. He also remembered safety measures are being aug- of a German-Russian meeting Vishal Dev. Forest and Environment Secretary Suresh Mohapatra record for launching 104 satel- Shivakumara Swami - the seer who headed the Sree Siddaganga mented by space technology.” centre,” German Foreign Minis- said, “We are extremely happy to have participants from all over lites simultaneously from the Mutt in Karnataka’s Tumakuru - for his “tireless” efforts towards Modi also mentioned that ter Heiko Maas and his Russian the country. This year, we have around one million migratory birds same spacecraft. We will soon the social, educational and economic upliftment of thousands of the number of successful space counterpart Sergei Lavrov said. present in Chilika.” (IANS) register India’s presence on people. (IANS) missions attempted since the the Moon through the Chan- country’s independence until drayaan-2 campaign,” Modi 2014 have been equal to those said in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ other countries. “It has con- ed hues of development to our successfully completed in the monthly radio address. tributed a great deal in foster- neighbouring allies,” Modi said. past four years. Plastic dhow sails along Kenya He added that Indian sat- ing better relations with many “Through its highly com- The Prime Minister remem- ellites symbolise the country’s countries of the world. The petitive launch services, today bered Vikram Sarabhai saying growing power and help in es- ‘South Asia Satellite’ has been a India not only propels satellites that he played an important role coast to highlight waste crisis tablishing better relations with unique initiative, which has gift- of developing countries but also in India’s space programme.

AFP The boat is made of 10 “It was never about WATAMU, KENYA tonnes of shredded plastic just building boats, it was a waste, moulded and com- symbol about giving plas- A traditional dhow sail- pacted to form the hull, keel tic a second life. It is about Two peacekeepers killed by mine in central Mali: UN ing boat made entirely of and ribs with only the mast saying if this material is so trash and flip-flops has set made out of wood. It is cov- amazing that you can make AFP The men who died were In a statement issued in of the deadliest strikes against off on an expedition along ered in a brightly-coloured a seaworthy boat, it is really BAMAKO Sri Lankan members of the New York, he said a peacekeeper the UN mission in the West Af- the Kenyan coast to raise patchwork of 30,000 flip- stupid to think about it as 14,000-strong UN military and from Burkina Faso had been in- rican country. awareness about the harm- flops, which like the rest of single use,” he told AFP on- TWO UN peacekeepers from Sri police mission, a MINUSMA jured in a separate attack Thurs- Mali, one of the poorest ful effects of plastic waste. the raw material was col- board the Flipflopi. Lanka died and six wounded in source told AFP on condition of day near Douentza and warned countries in the world, has On Sunday, the one-of- lected from Kenyan beaches Like much of the world, central Mali Friday when their anonymity, adding the injured such attacks “can constitute war struggled to return to stabil- a-kind dhow, dubbed the and towns. where plastic bottles, caps, vehicle hit a mine, the UN mis- had been evacuated. crimes under international law”. ity since extremists linked to Al- Flipflopi, set off from the Dipesh Pabari, a Ken- food wrappers, bags, straws sion in Mali (MINUSMA) an- The UN force deployed in The casualties come after Qaeda took control of the north coastal town of Watamu for yan tour operator and en- and lids are made to be nounced. Mali since 2013 to help counter jihadist gunmen killed 10 Chad- in 2012, prompting France to the fourth leg of a 500-kilo- vironmentalist who led the used once and then tossed “This morning... a vehicle in jihadist activity “sent reinforce- ian peacekeepers and injured at intervene militarily. metre (310-mile) expedi- project, said the boat was away, Kenya is battling the a MINUSMA logistics convoy ments to the scene not far from least 25 others in an attack on a The jihadists were routed tion that began on Lamu merely a vessel to carry a scourge of plastic pollution, hit a mine near Douentza, Mop- Douentza to secure it” after the UN camp in Aguelhok, northern from key desert towns such as island on Thursday and is message about recycling which chokes turtles, cattle, ti region,” the mission said in attack, the source said. Mali on Sunday. Timbuktu and Gao, but large set to finish in Zanzibar on plastic, and how harmful it and birds and blights the a statement, adding that some UN Secretary-General An- Al-Qaeda in the Islamic stretches of the landlocked Sa- February 6. is, to coastal communities. landscape. among the wounded were badly tonio Guterres strongly con- Maghreb (AQIM) claimed re- hel state remain out of govern- injured. demned the attack. sponsibility for that attack -- one ment control. 10 Monday, January 28, 2019 Gulf / Middle East

Four police dead in back-to-back bomb blasts in Iraq Iran frees fertility expert accused of spying for ‘foreign networks’ SAMARRA: Four Iraqi policemen were killed Sunday in two back-to-back bomb blasts north of TEHRAN: Iran has freed a fertility expert who was arrested late last year and accused of working with the capital, officials said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. “At around 8:00 foreign “espionage networks,” her lawyer said, quoted by the official IRNA news agency Sunday. “The NEWS am, the police officers were taking up their post at the southern entrance of Al-Sharqat,” the court told me this morning that Ms Meimanat Hosseini Chavoshi was freed a few days ago,” her law- IN BRIEF town’s mayor, Ali Dodah, said. “One bomb went off, killing two police officers and wounding yer Mahmood Behzadi said. Chavoshi had been accused in early December by an ultraconservative eight. An hour and a half later, as reinforcements arrived, a second bomb went off,” Dodah newspaper of working with foreign powers to infiltrate state institutions, but charges against her were said. A police officer speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed the first blast’s toll and never officially announced. It is not immediately clear if a court session had been held or whether said the second explosion killed two officers and wounded three. (AFP) charges against her had just been dropped without a court sitting. (AFP)

CIVILIANS TARGETED Hezbollah chief warns Israel over Syria strikes, says it could lead to war We have high-precision missiles capable of hitting anywhere in Israel: Nasrallah AFP hundreds of air strikes in Syria BEIRUT and its warplanes have been targeted by anti-aircraft fire THE chief of Lebanon’s Hez- during such raids, but it has bollah movement has warned rarely faced surface-to-surface Israel against continuing missile fire in response. strikes in Syria targeting main- - Risk of escalation -Israel ly Iranian positions, saying it has warned it will continue to could fuel war in the region. target positions in Syria held Israel’s army has since by Iran and its ally Hezbollah. 2013 claimed hundreds of at- tacks on what it says are Ira- nian military targets and arms deliveries to Tehran-backed Hezbollah, with the goal of stopping its main enemy Iran from entrenching itself mili- tarily in neighbouring Syria. In the latest strikes nearly a week ago 21 people were killed, the majority of them Iranians, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor. Addressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly, Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah chief Hassan Displaced Yemenis gather around members of an unpaid medical team for medical check-up at a camp for internally displaced persons in the northern province of Amran, Yemen. (EPA-EFE) said Saturday in an interview Nasrallah. with al-Mayadeen television: “Don’t make an error of judge- The Israeli army announced ment and don’t lead the region towards war or a major clash.” the strikes against facilities it Bomb attack kills 8 civilians at “At any moment the Syrian said belonged to the Iranian leadership and the axis of re- Revolutionary Guards’ Quds sistance can take a decision to Force on Monday deal with the Israeli aggression in a different manner,” he said, referring to the alliance be- Netanyahu and other Is- Yemen centre for the displaced tween Syrian President Bashar raeli officials have been speak- al-Assad’s government, Iran ing more openly about the worst humanitarian crisis. people are food insecure in the and its ally Hezbollah. country’s strikes in Syria in The centre hit by the bombing on Violation of Both parties are accused province, according to the UN When asked whether a re- recent days, which some ana- of failing to protect civilians. official. taliation could take the form of lysts partly attribute to the Saturday is in Haradh district of int’l law The Saudi-led alliance, which The World Health Organi- air strikes on Tel Aviv, Nasral- premier wanting to burnish controls Yemeni airspace, has sation says the war has killed lah said “anything is possible”, his security credentials ahead northwestern province of Hajja O “Any attack on a civilian been criticised by the UN for an estimated 10,000 people adding that Hezbollah pos- of April 9 elections. site is unconscionable and the killing and maiming of since 2015, when Saudi Arabia sessed “high-precision mis- Others say it carries a AFP party behind the attack. a clear violation of children in air raids. and its allies joined the govern- siles” capable of hitting any- strategic military purpose as SANAA “Any attack on a civilian international humanitarian Saudi Arabia’s state-run ment’s fight against the rebels. where in Israel. well by sending a stronger site is unconscionable and a law,” UN humanitarian King Salman Humanitarian 24 million Yemenis -- The Israeli army an- message. EIGHT civilians were killed clear violation of international coordinator for Yemen, Aid and Relief Center (KSRe- more than three quarters of nounced the strikes against fa- But Israel also risks an es- and 30 others wounded in a humanitarian law,” Grande Lisa Grandesaid in a lief) on Saturday accused the the country’s population -- are cilities it said belonged to the calation with Syria and Iran, “shocking” bomb attack against said in a statement. statement. “An attack like rebels of the attack. now dependent on some form Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ as well as possibly further an- a centre for displaced people in “An attack like this cannot This organisation also said of aid for survival, and the UN Quds Force on Monday as they gering Russia at a time when Yemen, the UN said Sunday. be justified–ever.” The centre this cannot be justified– eight had been killed and 30 estimates more than 12 mil- were occurring. the United States is seeking to The bombing hit the cen- is in an area under govern- ever,” she added wounded. lion are at risk of starvation. It said they were in re- withdraw its forces from Syria. tre in the Haradh district in ment control in Hajja, but Grande said dozens of ci- More than 1.13 million sponse to a medium-range In Saturday’s rare television the northwestern province of the Huthi rebels control other vilians have been killed in Haj- Yemenis received emergency missile the Quds Force fired interview–which was more Hajja on Saturday, accord- parts of the province. Arabia and the UAE, for con- ja over the past two months food aid in December and from Syria at the Israeli-occu- than three hours long–Nasral- ing to the UN humanitarian The Iran-backed Huthis trol of the impoverished coun- and hundreds of families dis- aid agencies aim to reach an pied Golan Heights on Sunday, lah also said that Israel took coordinator for Yemen, Lisa have battled a pro-government try for four years, triggering placed. additional 230,000 people which Israeli air defences in- “years” to discover cross-bor- Grande. She did not name the military coalition, led by Saudi what the UN calls the world’s More than one million in January. tercepted. Israel has caried out der tunnels from Lebanon.

Saudi executes four Saudi-Ethiopian tycoon freed from Sudanese hold rallies amid call for more protests Yemenis for murder detention after more than 14 months RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on AFP Bashir accuses media of exaggerating situation them from gathering at sev- Sunday executed four Yemenis REUTERS a global outcry over the murder KHARTOUM eral locations, witnesses said, found guilty of murdering a ADDIS ABABA/RIYADH of journalist Jamal Khashoggi CAIRO: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday accused the after which the protesters be- security guard, the kingdom’s and it follows the release last CROWDS of Sudanese pro- media of exaggerating the size of the problem he is facing at home, gan rallies in three residential interior ministry said. The SAUDI-ETHIOPIAN busi- week of others including busi- testers on Sunday held rallies where he has faced weeks of protests against his rule. His remarks areas of Khartoum and two in four men robbed and killed a nessman Mohammed Hus- nessman Amr Dabbagh. in their neighbourhoods and came during a news conference in Cairo following a meeting with his Omdurman, across the Nile. Pakistani man who worked as sein al-Amoudi, arrested Forbes has previously some squares in the capital Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Bashir’s visit to Egypt is his “You’re police, you have a security guard at a company, more than 14 months ago in a listed Amoudi as a multi- and its twin city of Omdur- second trip abroad since the demonstrations erupted in Sudan last to protect us,” shouted the said a ministry statement car- crackdown on corruption, has billionaire, but it is unclear man after organisers called for month against worsening economic hardships before mushrooming demonstrators as riot police ried by the official Saudi Press been released from detention if how much - if any - of his more anti-government dem- into calls for an end to his three decades in power. cordoned off several squares Agency. The execution took in Saudi Arabia, two Saudi wealth the state has seized onstrations. “There is a problem (in Sudan), we are not claiming that there in Khartoum and Omdurman place in Mecca, the statement sources and Ethiopian state in exchange for his release, Protests sparked by a gov- is not. But it’s not of the size or extent raised in some media,” said where protesters had planned added. Twenty people have television said on Sunday. as has happened with others ernment decision to raise the Bashir. The protests were “an attempt to clone the so-called Arab to gather for sit-ins. been executed in the kingdom “He was released today detained in the campaign or- price of bread have rocked the Spring in Sudan”, he said. (AFP) Police surrounded many since the beginning of the year, and is heading to Jeddah,” one dered by Crown Prince Mo- east African country for weeks. district squares and also filled according to the authorities. of the sources told Reuters. hammed bin Salman. The demonstrations have protests first erupted on De- Khartoum and Omdurman to some with muddy water to The ultra-conservative kingdom Ethiopian Television cited Ar- Amoudi, who is in his mushroomed into nationwide cember 19 in the farming town hold sit-ins in several squares, prevent demonstrators from has one of the world’s highest ega Yirdaw, chief executive of 70s, invested heavily in con- rallies against the government of Atbara before spreading to responding to a call by the gathering, witnesses said. rates of execution, with sus- Al Amoudi’s MIDROC Tech- struction, agriculture and of President Omar al-Bashir, Khartoum and other regions. Sudanese Professionals As- The Sudanese Professionals pects convicted of terrorism, nology Group, as its source. mining in Ethiopia, where who swept to power in 1989 in Rights groups say more sociation which is leading the Association had also called for homicide, rape, armed robbery The move comes amid in- he was born. He later pur- an Islamist-backed coup. than 40 people have been protest campaign. But a mas- night-time demonstrations on and drug trafficking facing the tense scrutiny of the kingdom’s chased oil refineries in Mo- Officials say 30 people have killed. On Sunday, protest- sive deployment of riot police Saturday, but there were no ma- death penalty. (AFP) human rights record following rocco and Sweden. died in the violence since the ers came onto the streets in and security agents prevented jor rallies held during the night.

Desolation, dismay await displaced Libyans on return home

AFP scene of desolation: wind- and deal signed back in 2015 be- no choice but to live in these AL-GAWALESH dirt-swept, burnt-out homes, tween representatives of the burnt-out homes, not realising destroyed schools and other towns of Jebel Nefussa that the risks posed to their health ”OUR town has been looted, public buildings, devoid of any Some families have no came along with promises of and that of their children,” the homes wrecked and olive trees public services. choice but to live in these financial aid. mayor said. The municipality torched,” Moftah Mohammed “It was July 6, 2011” when burnt-out homes, not But Mohammed said the says families have filed 1,600 said in dismay on returning he and his family like all other realising the risks posed to pledges have remained a dead compensation claims, none of home to Al-Gawalesh in west- residents had to flee Al-Ga- their health and that of letter due to inaction by suc- which have been settled. ern Libya after years wander- walesh, Mohammed said. “To cessive government commis- Libya’s financial woes ing from place to place. stay would have meant death,” their children sions. Another recent return- have blocked reconstruction Al-Gawalesh, perched on in the face of NATO air strikes Said Amer ee, Mohammed Bukraa, a man in towns such as Al-Gawalesh, the slopes of Jebel Nefussa, on Kadhafi’s forces. in his 70s who uses crutches, according to the internation- 120 kilometres (75 miles) west Fear of reprisals by neigh- said he “broke down” when he ally recognised Government of of Tripoli, paid the price for bouring communities which Nations mission in Libya has saw his home and those of his National Accord. its support of former dicta- had sided with the victorious been working for reconcilia- two sons had been set ablaze. “We need a development tor Moamer Kadhafi during a rebels kept it a ghost town tion through the return of dis- The town’s mayor, Said plan and financing for re- 2011 NATO-backed revolt in for the past seven-and-a-half placed communities to their Amer, said residents were construction that we don’t which he was captured and years. In the face of often en- Libyan men walk amidst debris of a destroyed building in the pre-war homes. The way was still waiting for compensa- have,” Yussef Jalala, minis- killed. Once home to close to trenched bitterness and a hun- town of Al-Goualiche, 120 kilometres (75 miles) west of the cleared for a return to Al-Ga- tion payments to repair their ter for the displaced in the 10,000 people, the town is a ger for revenge, the United capital Tripoli. (AFP) walesh with a reconciliation homes. “Some families have Tripoli-based GNA, said. Europe / Americas Monday, January 28, 2019 11 24,000 ordered Pope calls for just, peaceful Venezuelan leader parades with army as pressure mounts to evacuate solution to Venezuela crisis REUTERS soldiers who join him. On Sun- cowards, traitors. In this world amid new Brazil CARACAS day, Israel joined the countries what’s respected is the brave, REUTERS backing the 35-year-old leader. the courageous, power,” Ma- dam scare PANAMA CITY VENEZUELAN President Nico- Early on Sunday, flanked by duro said as the dust settled on las Maduro oversaw a display of Defense Minister Vladimir Pa- the base. REUTERS POPE Francis, in his first re- the army’s Russian hardware drino, Maduro watched a pla- The show of force was ac- BRUMADINHO, BRAZIL marks on the Venezuelan cri- on Sunday, with anti-aircraft toon of soldiers release volleys companied by a government sis, called on Sunday for a just flak and tank rounds pounding of rocket-propelled grenades, publicity campaign online FIREFIGHTERS on Sunday and peaceful solution that re- a hillside to show military force machine gun anti-aircraft fire based on the slogan “Always called for the evacuation of spects human rights. and loyalty in the face of an in- and tank rounds at hillside Loyal, Never a Traitor,” and fol- some 24,000 people from the “Faced with the grave situ- ternational ultimatum to call targets, the Russian ordnance lowed a high-profile defection Brazilian town hit by a deadly ation it is going through, I ask fresh elections. kicking up clouds of dust at by the country’s top military mudslide from a ruptured the Lord that a just and peace- Pope Francis. Maduro, 56, is confronting the Fort of Paramacay, an ar- Venezuelan President diplomat in the United States mining dam as rains added to ful solution is sought and an unprecedented challenge to moured vehicle base. Nicolas Maduro. on Saturday. The Fort of Para- concerns a second dam could achieved in order to overcome tional ultimatum to call elec- his authority after opposition Maduro said the display macay, about two hours west of collapse. the crisis, respecting human tions within eight days and leader Juan Guaido declared showed the world he has the ing part in an attempted coup the Capital Caracas, was itself Sirens began blaring be- rights (and) the good of all the said opposition leader Juan himself interim president citing backing of the military, and directed by US President Don- the site of an uprising in 2017, fore dawn, triggered by dan- people of the country,” he said. Guaido violated the constitu- a fraudulent election. Guaido that Venezuela’s armed forces ald Trump’s hardline policy when a group of about 20 sol- gerous water levels at a tail- Venezuela’s President Nicolas tion by declaring himself in- has won wide international are ready to defend the coun- advisers. diers and armed civilians at- ings dam still standing near an Maduro rejected an interna- terim leader. support and offers amnesty to try. Maduro says Guaido is tak- “Nobody respects the weak, tacked the base. iron ore mine owned by Vale SA near Brumadinho in Minas Gerais state. “We have a situation of im- minent risk, but there hasn’t Roger Stone accuses Russia been a rupture of this dam until now and we are moni- probe of ‘Gestapo tactics’ toring it,” said Pedro Aihara, Heed Europe’s Brexit a spokesman for the state fire AFP adding that he was forced to department. WASHINGTON look “down the barrel of assault He said they believed the weapons” as he opened his front situation was dangerous, but VETERAN Republican consult- door in bare feet. he could not comment on the ant Roger Stone said Sunday “They could have called my actual risk of another dam warning, Dublin tells his predawn arrest by US fed- lawyers and I would have turned break. eral agents as part of the Rus- myself in,” he said. “It was an The second dam being sia collusion probe amounted expensive show of force to try monitored is about 50 meters to “Gestapo tactics” intended to to depict me as Public Enemy (0.03 mile) from the burst prejudice a potential jury in his Number One... to poison the jury dam and part of a large indus- prosecution. pool. These are Gestapo tactics.” trial complex. Stone was raided at his home Stone, a renowned political UK MPs ahead of vote in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, dirty trickster who has consult- on Friday, becoming the sixth ed with Trump for decades, is campaign associate of President charged with lying to the House 4 Germans among Attempts by Brexit supporters to remove or set a time-limit on a ‘backstop’ Donald Trump indicted in the Intelligence Committee in 2017 investigation headed by Special about his communications dur- mid-air collision clause on Irish border will not be accepted by Brussels: Ireland FM Counsel Robert Mueller into ing the campaign with Julian possible collusion with Moscow Assange. victims in Alps in the 2016 election. Assange’s WikiLeaks pub- “I’m 66 years old. I don’t lished embarrassing Russian- REUTERS own a firearm, I have no prior hacked communications from MILAN criminal record, my passport has Democrat Hillary Clinton’s cam- expired,” Stone told ABC’s “This paign in 2016, giving Trump’s FOUR Germans were killed in Week” news magazine program. campaign a boost. Stone is also a mid-air collision between a He complained that it was accused of witness intimidation helicopter and a light aircraft “extraordinary” for a 29-mem- tactics to sway the testimony be- in the Italian Alps on Friday ber SWAT team with numerous fore Congress of radio host Ran- with the other three victims cars, amphibious vehicles and dy Credico, who was in contact were from Italy, France and a helicopter to make the arrest, with Assange in 2016. Belgium, Italian police said on Sunday. “We can’t reveal the names because some of the families still don’t know,” one official at US govt agencies gear up the joint office of Alpine rescue and police in Entreves, in the Aosta Valley, told Reuters. to restart operations today The two survivors were a Frenchman and a German, the REUTERS The partial government official said. The French survi- WASHINGTON vor was under investigation in shutdown - at 35 days the connection with the accident, US government agencies that longest in US history - led he added, without giving any had largely shuttered operations to some 800,000 federal further details. for five weeks during a budget workers going unpaid, The German Foreign Min- standoff said on Saturday they including 380,000 fur- istry said officials at its con- were moving swiftly to resume sulate in Milan were working operations and compensate em- loughed workers closely with Italian authorities ployees for missed paychecks. to confirm the identity of the The White House held a Thursday. Gottlieb told em- victims. conference call with Cabinet de- ployees the FDA would hold an The two aircraft collided in partment financial officers late all-hands meeting on Tuesday. mid-air above the Rutor gla- Friday to discuss the resumption “There will be impacts from this cier in the Aosta Valley, some of government operations, while prolonged lapse in funding,” he 80 km (50 miles) northwest Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney appears on the BBC TV’s The Andrew Marr Show in London, Britain, on Sunday. (REUTERS) agencies began to grapple with wrote. “But this agency has al- of the city of Turin on Friday a backlog of management and ways faced challenge.” afternoon. AFP May and the House of Com- Health Secretary Matt be reimposed on the Irish policy issues. The Coast Guard told per- The Italian rescue work- LONDON mons over Britain’s with- Hancock denied Coveney’s border, which all sides have The partial government sonnel it was “working through ers had found five of the vic- drawal from the EU, which is comments meant she could warned could undermine the shutdown - at 35 days the long- the weekend to process your pay tims and the two survivors on BRITISH MPs seeking to pres- scheduled for March 29. not succeed, telling the same Northern Irish peace process. est in US history - led to some as quickly as possible” and said Friday. Two more bodies were sure Prime Minister Theresa MPs this month rejected BBC programme that he was “The idea the EU and 800,000 federal workers going back pay should be received by discovered in the snow some May this week to renegotiate the divorce agreement she taking a “negotiating posi- the Irish government would unpaid, including 380,000 fur- Thursday. Federal workers are distance from the wreckage of her Brexit deal should heed struck with the bloc last year. tion”. drive this process to a no-deal loughed workers. owed about $6 billion in back the two aircraft on Saturday. EU warnings that it will not One Tuesday night, in a se- exit in order to try to achieve President Donald Trump on pay, according to a study re- It is not yet clear how the succeed, Ireland’s foreign ries of votes on parliamentary something which is intended Friday signed a measure to fund leased last week. accident happened. minister warned Sunday. amendments, they will set out to avoid no-deal Brexit, that the government for three weeks It will take agencies days to Simon Coveney said at- what they want her to do next. is not going to happen,” Han- as congressional negotiators dig out from weeks of unread tempts by Brexit supporters Some MPs want to delay The European Parliament cock said. try to hammer out a bill to fund emails and deal with other lo- to remove or set a time-limit Brexit or adopt a whole new will not ratify a withdrawal Coveney repeated that the federal government through gistical issues like expired email Spanish toddler on a controversial “backstop” strategy, but others are de- agreement that doesn’t Dublin would be open to Sept. 30. Trump had demanded passwords or ID badges, agency clause on the Irish border manding changes to May’s have a backstop in it, it’s as amending an accompanying $5.7 billion in funding for a wall officials said. found at bottom would never be accepted by deal that they suggest could al- simple as that political declaration on future on the US-Mexico border, but Furloughed workers were Brussels. low them to support it. trading ties, to emphasise that Democratic legislators refused told not to read emails or an- of well buried “Listen to what people are These focus on the back- Ireland’s foreign minister the backstop may never be to include the money. swer phone calls while off duty. saying in Europe,” he told BBC stop, an arrangement intend- Simon Coveney. used. The White House Office of The National Aeronautics and AFP television, saying May’s Brexit ed to keep open the border The rejection of May’s EU Management and Budget’s act- Space Administration (NASA) MADRID deal was “a balanced package between the UK and Ireland deal on January 15 left Britain ing chief, Russell Vought, told asked employees for “patience that isn’t going to change”. by temporarily tying London He said Dublin did not hurtling towards the exit door agencies in a memo to reopen and attention, especially dur- A Spanish toddler found dead “The European Parliament to the EU’s trade rules. want Britain to leave the EU with no plan. “in a prompt and orderly man- ing the first 48 hours,” noting at the bottom of a deep well af- will not ratify a withdrawal May has already spent without a deal, which is the If her efforts to salvage her ner.” that the vast majority of em- ter a massive rescue operation agreement that doesn’t have a months trying to amend the default position if MPs cannot deal fail, Britain runs the risk Food and Drug Administra- ployees’ laptops and smart- was on Sunday buried next to backstop in it, it’s as simple as backstop with no success, reach agreement. of severing ties with its clos- tion Commissioner Scott Got- phones have been inactive for his brother. that,” he added. but has promised to return The European Commis- est trading partner overnight, tlieb wrote Saturday on Twit- more than a month and have Two-year-old Julen Ro- He was speaking ahead of to Brussels if that is what her sion this week conceded that with no new arrangements in ter that the agency would send not had “critical, regularly sello was interred alongside another showdown between MPs want. without a deal, controls would place. back pay to staffers no later than scheduled maintenance.” his brother Oliver who died in 2017 aged three after suffering cardiac problems. A crowd at the entrance to the cemetery in Malaga in Sorry! Britain’s Prince Philip says to Hitler’s Germany responsible for southern Spain applauded as the little boy’s family arrived for the burial. The accident on woman injured in car crash: Report Holocaust, not Nazis: Polish PM January 13 sparked a nearly two-week operation to try to AFP prince’s vehicle on its side, hap- AFP way,” he said. responding to an idea often men- locate Julen in the borehole LONDON pened as he pulled out of a side OSWIECIM, POLAND “I want to make a promise tioned in Poland, which claims that had been sunk illegally. road onto a busy main road near here to (preserve) the complete that historians try to attribute Despite hopes he might be BRITAIN’S Prince Philip has the royal country residence in HITLER’S Germany was respon- truth about that era,” he added, responsibility for the genocide found alive, rescuers eventu- said he is “deeply sorry” about Norfolk, eastern England. sible for the Holocaust, not the in a speech in the southern city of Jews exclusively to the Nazis, ally found his body early on the injury suffered by a woman Philip was uninjured in the Nazis, Polish Prime Minister Ma- of Oswiecim to mark Holocaust without recalling the role played Saturday morning. in a car crash he was involved in January 17 accident, while the teusz Morawiecki said Sunday, Memorial Day. by the German state and Ger- Rescuers in the town of To- over a week ago, according to a driver of the Kia sustained cuts as Poland marked 74 years since Sunday’s ceremony at Aus- mans as a nation. talan were not able to get to Ju- report in the Sunday Mirror. to the knee. the liberation of the Auschwitz- chwitz was attended by a number Auschwitz-Birkenau was len via the well he fell down be- The newspaper published Fairweather, a passenger in Birkenau death camp. of former prisoners at the camp. set up by Nazi Germany in oc- cause it was blocked by a layer a copy of a letter written by the the Kia, had complained to the “Hitler’s Germany fed on Morawiecki’s speech comes after cupied Poland. With one million of earth, sand and stones be- 97-year-old royal to Emma Fair- Sunday Mirror last weekend fascist ideology... But all the evil last year’s row over a Polish law Jews killed there between 1940 lieved to have been dislodged weather, who broke her wrist that she had not received an came from this (German) state that made it illegal to accuse the to 1945, the camp has become a when he tumbled in. when the Kia she was in collided apology from the prince. and we cannot forget that, be- Polish nation or state of complic- symbol of Nazi Germany’s geno- After unsuccessfully trying with the prince’s Land Rover. Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip. “I was somewhat shaken af- cause otherwise we relativise ity in Nazi German crimes. cide of the European Jews. to suck up the blockage using “I would like you to know ter the accident, but I was great- evil,” said Morawiecki at an offi- After protests from Israel More than 100,000 other machines, they decided to dig how very sorry I am for my part about the consequences,” said ly relieved that none of you were cial ceremony at Auschwitz. and the US, Poland amended the people including non-Jewish a vertical shaft parallel to the in the accident... I can only im- the letter, signed by Philip in seriously injured,” said Philip in “The Polish state acts as the law to remove the possibility of Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners well and then dig a four-metre agine that I failed to see the car blue pen. the letter dated January 21, ac- guardian of the truth, which fines or a prison sentence. of war and anti-Nazi resistance tunnel to join both channels. coming, and I am very contrite The crash, which left the cording to this Sunday’s report. must not be relativised in any Morawiecki appeared to be fighters also perished there. Mixed emotions in Germany www.facebook.com/QatarTribune as 500-euro note bows www.youtube.com/QatarTribuneChannel out PAGE 14 www.twitter.com/Qatar_Tribune

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Quick read Widam Food Qatar’s trade surplus touches posts net profit of QR108 mn in 2018 WIDAM Food on Sunday announced that the com- pany registered net profit of almost QR16 bn in December QR108.39 million in 2018, a marginally increase from exports, which jumped 15.9 QR108.08 million in the previ- Qatar imported goods worth QR9.5 mn percent, raked in QR16.6 bil- ous year. According to a state- lion in December 2018. ment posted on Qatar Stock and exported products worth QR25.4 bn However, exports of pe- Exchange (QSE) website, the troleum oils and oils from company’s earnings per share QNA bituminous minerals showed (EPS) amounted to QR6.02 DOHA decline during the period, for the period ended Decem- with the crude products div- ber 31, 2018, registering a QATAR has recorded a trade ing 47.6 percent and non- marginal increase from QR surplus of QR15.9 billion in crude products falling 2.4 6 for the same period of the December 2018, the Planning percent. previous year. The board of and Statistics Authority said In December 2018, South directors of the company has in a report on Sunday. This is Korea received the most proposed to distribute cash an increase of QR1 billion or amount of the Qatari exports, dividend of 30 percent of the 6.6 percent when compared accounting for nearly QR5 bil- nominal share value, amount- with the surplus in Decem- lion or 19.6 percent of its total ing to QR 3 per share. (TNN) ber 2017 and QR300 million foreign trade. It is followed by or 1.9 percent in November Japan with QR4.4 billion or 2018, according to the report. Highlights 17.2 percent and China with Al Rayan Qatar ETF Last month, Qatar import- QR3.7 billion or 14.4percent. net asset crosses O In December 2018, ed goods worth QR9.5 million South Korea received the Meanwhile, the bulk of im- QR538.6 mn in 2018 and exported products (do- ports to Qatar came from the mestic and re-exports) worth most amount of the Qatari US last month. The country AL Rayan Qatar ETF on Sunday QR25.4 billion. The Decem- exports, accounting for accounted for nearly QR1.7 disclosed its financial state- ber exports showed a 1.9-per- nearly QR5 billion or 19.6 billion or 17.7percent of all im- ments from March 21, 2018 cent fall from that in Decem- percent of its total foreign ports, followed by China with to December 31, 2018. ber 2017 and 1.1 percent from trade QR1.1 billion or 11.8 percent According to a statement on November 2018. and United Kingdom with the Qatar Stock Exchange The imports too showed a O Meanwhile, the bulk of QR800 million or 8.5 percent. (QSE) website, the ETF’s net decline of 13.3 percent from imports to Qatar came Turbojets, turbo propel- asset value as of Decem- that in December 2017. How- from the US last month. lers and other gas turbines ber 31, 2018 amounted to ever, a month-on-month com- The country accounted for remained on top of imports to QR538.621 million represent- parison shows an increase of nearly QR1.7 billion or Qatar by value in December ing QR23.939 per unit. In ad- 0.3 percent in December 2018 17.7percent of all imports 2018, accounting for QR401 dition, the statement said, Al imports. million. It is followed by mo- Rayan Qatar ETF is expected The report attributed tor cars and other passenger to pay dividends during the the year-on-year (December to increased foreign trade of vehicles with QR400 billion second quarter of 2019. (TNN) 2017 to December 2018), in- petroleum gases and other and aircraft and other such crease in exports primarily gaseous hydrocarbons. Their parts with QR 399 billion. Turbojets, turbo propellers and other gas turbines remained on top of imports to Qatar by value in Dec 2018. Doha Bank reports QR830 mn net QIIB’s 2018 net profit jumps profit, interest income up 8% in 2018 6 percent to QR882 million The bank’s total assets reached QR96.1 billion TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK last year DOHA QATAR International Islamic TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Bank (QIIB)’s net profit for 2018 DOHA has jumped 6 percent to QR882.1 million, translating to earnings DOHA Bank has recorded a net per share of QR5.46, the bank said profit of QR830 million for 2018, as in a statement on Sunday. The against QR1.11 billion in 2017 due QIIB’s board of directors has rec- to the bank taking significant loan ommended a dividend of QR4 per loss provision, it said in a statement share, it added. on Sunday. MD Sheikh Abdul Rehman bin Chairman Sheikh Fahad bin “The results reflect the The total shareholder’s equity Mohammad bin Jabor al Thani Mohammad bin Jabor al Thani strength of the Qatari economy, by the end of 2018 reached QR12.7 which is achieving prosperity un- QIIB Chairman and MD HE Sheikh Dr Chief Executive Officer Dr Abdulbasit billion, setting the earnings per and advances stood at QR59.8 bil- der the leadership of His High- Khalid bin Thani bin Abdullah al Thani Ahmad al Shaibei share at QR1.97 for the period. The lion as of December 31, 2018. The ness the Amir, Sheikh Tamim return on average shareholders’ investment portfolio amounted to bin Hamad al Thani,” said QIIB lar focus on infrastructure. QIIB’s total assets at the end equity was 9 percent for last year. QR20.6 billion, registering an in- Chairman and Managing Direc- QIIB Chairman said, “QIIB, of 2018 stood at QR50.3 billion Meanwhile, the return on average crease of 17.4 percent. Customer tor HE Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Tha- which has been able to main- as against QR46.6 billion in the assets stood at 0.88 percent. deposits stood at QR55.5 billion as ni bin Abdullah al Thani. tain its strong financial position end of 2017. During the same The board of directors has ap- of December 31, 2018. “The year 2018 was a signifi- and stable growth for more than period, QIIB’s operating reve- proved a dividend of QR1 per share Sheikh Fahad said the the au- cant year for the Qatari economy a quarter of a century, contin- nues reached QR2.1 billion from and has called for the ordinary and dited financial statements, de- as it was able to overcome sev- ues to build partnerships with a QR1.9 billion and customer de- extra-ordinary general assembly clared net profit, proposed cash eral obstacles and adverse cir- range of investors abroad, based posits reached QR31.1 billion. on March 6. dividends percentage are subject cumstances. It made a huge leap on its excellent reputation and “The bank total equity stood The board, under the chair- to the approval of the concerned in terms of self-sustainability. the great reputation of the Qa- at QR6.8 billion while capital manship of Sheikh Fahad bin Mo- regulatory authorities and the gen- At QIIB, we are proud to have tari economy. The bank’s invest- adequacy under Basel III stood hammad bin Jabor al Thani, has eral assembly of the shareholders. achieved growth that reflects our ment decisions are always based at 16.42 percent, which accord- also approved the draft of the au- CEO R Seetharaman He also said that the board of di- involvement in the Qatari econo- on proper feasibility studies, es- ing to Chief Executive Officer Dr dited financial statements of the rectors and the executive manage- my.” pecially in terms of risks, with Abdulbasit Ahmad al Shaibei, year 2018. operating income for the period ment will work together to achieve The QIIB chairman said the the aim of increasing returns to reflects the strength of QIIB’s Sheikh Fahad said the bank’s stood at QR2.6 billion. the objectives that are outlined in bank was financing various pro- shareholders and support the financial position amid various interest income grew by 8 percent While total assets reached the bank’s strategy for the coming jects across sectors, with particu- bank’s various key indicators.” risks. to QR3.9 billion in 2018. The net QR96.1 billion in 2018, net loans five years. CAPA Qatar aviation summit to focus on intra-regional agreements SATYENDRA PATHAK To be organised in part- have paved the way for in- ment said, the EU-Qatar and DOHA nership with Qatar Airways, creasing liberalisation and Slated to begin on EU-ASEAN comprehensive market access and open skies removed capacity constraints February 5, the two-day aviation agreements have the THE Centre for Aviation agreements will be under the in many bilateral and mul- summit will seek to tap potential to create a different (CAPA) Qatar Aviation Ae- spotlight. tilateral aviation markets; into some of the dynamic atmosphere in the regulatory ropolitical and Regulatory “For an industry as glob- innovative airlines have re- climate as these negotiations Summit, the first aeropolitical al as the airline business, it sorted to creative forms of ex- changes taking place in are not without their chal- event of its kind to be held in seems impossible that there perimentation to circumvent the regulatory environment lenges. the Middle East, will focus on could be major constraints ownership and control rules,” “As the EU and GCC group aviation policy among Mid- on international cooperation the statement said. said. of nations embark on talks to dle East nations including the and national ownership. But “Any change in such a These standouts may be increase market access, dis- ongoing progress of intra-re- there is a growing belief in long-standing system is likely influential as two major mul- senting voices worry about gional agreements and the EU- the airline industry that the to generate pushback from tilateral agreements are likely opening up EU skies to the GCC and EU-Qatar air services 70 year old provisions re- some incumbent operators to be reviewed in 2019, in the Gulf super-connectors. Yet in negotiations. stricting the foreign owner- who are unwilling or unable post Brexit environment as many ways the Middle East Slated to begin on Feb- ship and control of airlines to adapt. In many cases, na- the UK is forced to renego- Big 3 including Qatar Air- ruary 5, the two-day summit are archaic and should be tional governments have tiate individual air services ways have not been as much will seek to tap into some of significantly liberalised or however adopted more holis- agreements within Europe, as of a threat as originally por- the dynamic changes taking abolished,” CAPA has said in tic policies which recognise well as a new UK-US agree- trayed, in some cases forg- place in the regulatory envi- a statement issued prior to the wider benefits of aviation, ment that would cover the ing deep partnerships with ronment both within the GCC the event. revising the role of flag carri- trans-Atlantic market, it said. longer established airlines,” countries and globally. “Open skies agreements ers in their home markets,” it Meanwhile, the state- CAPA said in the statement. Economy & Business Monday, January 28, 2019 13

Huawei to open JRE woos Qatari investors new kiosk at DFC on January 31 with luxury properties in UK The firm is offering promotions and The company launches Fitzroy Gate and Green Park Village boutique properties for real-estate enthusiasts

discounts for shoppers at new kiosk TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK such as steps, calories, DOHA standing statistics and dif- ADDING another feather ferent types of exercises to its cap, Just Real Estate HUAWEI Consumer Busi- such as outdoor and in- (JRE), the leading property ness Group is set to open its door running and walking, service provider in Qatar, has new Huawei kiosk at Doha outdoor riding, swimming, yet again brought two stellar Festival City () on Thursday. spinning, and free training. boutique properties for Qatari The new Huawei kiosk It provides users with pro- real estate enthusiasts who are is located in front of Harvey fessional guidance during looking to invest in the UK. Nichols and Breitling and their fitness journey. With the launch of Fitzroy is now offering consumers Huawei Watch GT has Gate and Green Park Village, access to Huawei’s latest Stainless-Steel body and a JRE has further boosted its products. variety of attractive straps: luxury living portfolio that it On the occasion of the Graphite Black Silicone will market in Qatar, offering official inauguration on Strap and Saddle Brown a great investment haven for January 31, the kiosk will leather Silicone Strap, and Qatari investors, the company launch great promotions is priced QR799 for brown said in a statement on Sunday. and discounts for shoppers, colour and QR749 for black At Fitzroy Gate, best and will run throughout the colour. known as West London’s best whole weekend. Ian Li, General Man- kept secret, St James has cre- The store’s opening ager of Huawei Consumer ated a stunning collection of reflects Huawei’s commit- Business Group, Middle 39 family homes set around ment to make the brand East Multi Countries, said, a new three-acre park facing more accessible to resi- “Huawei takes pride in its directly onto the Thames. This dents in Qatar by providing game-changing technology gated estate provides a collec- them with a space to dis- that offers an advanced and tion of four and five bedrooms cover Huawei products and powerful system. Consum- homes alongside a Grade II services. ers in Qatar are very re- listed manor house. The first 50 shoppers sponsive to when it comes The beautifully restored to make a purchase of the to unparalleled next-gener- grounds provide a mature Mate 20 Pro at the kiosk ation smartphone innova- parkland setting, enclosed by will get valuable gifts on tion and these people are the original estate walls. Less An artist’s impression of Green Park Village. spot. All shoppers will enjoy ready to be fully immersed than a mile from Richmond 11% discount on almost any in today’s dynamic digital and within easy access of Cen- believe in living in style and of the devices and products world. tral London, Fitzroy Gate of- comfort. available at the kiosk, as “The opening of our ki- fers a rare opportunity to live “Fitzroy Gate is one of the well as gifts which will be osk in Doha Festival City is in a gated community in West finest collections of luxury handed out when purchas- just one more step in many London. Every home has a homes by St James, who is a ing wide range of selected more to come that will fur- private garden while many Stunning design conscious residential devices. ther cement our commit- feature first floor terraces with developer with a proven track For all fitness enthusi- ment to providing products wonderful views of the park- homes record for delivering fantastic asts, the HUAWEI Watch and services that have beat- land and River Thames. homes in amazing places, uti- GT is now available in en all odds.” The light-filled bespoke Set in 60 acres on the banks lising world-class architecture, Qatar through the newly- The kiosk is open kitchens feature Siemens of a beautiful lake, Green Park cultural initiatives, landscape opened Kiosk. daily from 10am to 10pm or Miele appliances and the Village is a new sustainable and interior design to create a The Huawei Watch (Sunday -Wednesday) open-plan design creates the village promising effortless unique sense of place. GT tracks and monitors and 10:00am-12:00am ultimate space for entertain- living for everyone, including a “Similarly, set beside a a range of daily activities (Thursday-Saturday). ing friends and family. stunning range of houses, a beautiful lake, Green Park Vil- Perfectly placed, minutes new primary school, market lage, an exuberant community from central Reading town square and a new train station by St Edward, offers all the fa- and just 26 minutes to London linking to Reading town in six cilities that a neighborhood Paddington by train, Green needs.” Park Village offers a stunning minutes “We are confident that collection of New England in- A view of Fitzroy Gate. Qatari residents will be spoilt spired houses and apartments. Green Park Village is the per- for choice with the addition of All the homes enjoy an idyllic fect balance of accessibility ryone, including a stunning erties to Qatari residents, such impressive housing prop- setting surrounded by lake and escapism. Set in 60 acres range of houses, a new prima- Engineer Nasser al Ansari, erties situated at some of the and woodland walks and trim on the banks of a beautiful ry school, market square and JRE Chairman, said, “We are most attractive landmarks of trails. lake, Green Park Village is a a new train station linking to pleased to offer such marvelous England, thereby making im- With incredible facilities new sustainable village prom- Reading town in six minutes. line-up of luxury living proper- pressive investment avenues,” and stunning surroundings, ising effortless living for eve- On bringing these prop- ties for our Qatari citizens who added Ansari.

A view of new Huawei kiosk at Doha Festival City, which will open on January 31. QFBA to launch ‘Generation 2030’ programme

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK thereby allow them to further erations of Qataris to boost DOHA hone their skills. their knowledge, potential The Training modules and skills - especially in the QATAR Finance and Busi- will be spread over four to six areas of finance, accounting Entrepreneurship ness Academy (QFBA), has months, with coaching and and banking - and help them announced the launch of a mentoring in between. claim prominent positions in national development pro- QFBA CEO Khalid al the financial and economic business conference gramme for employees who Horr said, “The ‘Generation sectors in the country,” added have been on the job for up to 2030’ programme has been Horr. 2019 concludes three years. launched after identifying the “Generation 2030” is sup- The programme offers the needs within the economy in ported by selected certified QNA in a naturally competitive en- best in class financial courses general and the specific needs trainers who are on board to DOHA vironment. to Qatari executives and new of the relevant organisations equip the participants with all The conference witnessed age professionals, QFBA said to design a product that they knowledge requirements. THE five-day Entrepreneur- 20 seminars and workshops in a statement on Sunday. deem fit for their organisa- QFBA’s latest launch ship Business Conference and supervised by 23 international Known as ‘Generation tional growth. translates the academy’s com- Products 2019 concluded on speakers, on many important 2030”, the programme will “The aim of this pro- mitment to deliver the best to Saturday at Doha Exhibition topics such as environmen- help professionals master the gramme is to prepare our that is exactly our programme new programme, we are the Qatari market in line with and Convention Centre. tal and space tourism, digital latest trends and challenges future generations for the ut- plans to achieve.” opening a world of unique the nation’s direction in in- The closing ceremony wit- commerce, digital curren- in the financial sector and most uncertain environs and “With the launch of the opportunities for young gen- vesting in the human capital. nessed the honouring of CEO cies, the fundraising market of Qatar Foundation for Social through the public media, de- Work (QFSW) Amal Abdul velopment of digital business, Latif al Mannai and the sup- global threats and opportuni- porting bodies of the confer- ties for cybersecurity, digital ISODA to hold tech summit SABIC says challenges remain, ence and sponsors, including innovations in sports train- Qatar Islamic Bank QIB (Gold ing, digital currencies based TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK emerging technologies, market Sponsor), ExxonMobil (Silver on real estate assets, and the DOHA trends, issues redressal etc. views Aramco deal positively Sponsor), Ministry of Com- global market in the field of Featuring participation of merce and Industry and Qatar waste-to-energy. INFOTECH Software Dealer over 85 entrepreneurs, TS9 will REUTERS tive Yousef al-Benyan told a ed to merge their high-perfor- Chamber (Strategic Partners), Mohannadi said the top- Association (ISODA) will be provide business exchange with DUBAI news conference in the Saudi mance materials businesses. and Qatar Development Bank ics discussed in the discussion conducting the ninth edition of technical and non-technical capital. SABIC made a net profit (Development Partner). sessions gained the attention of its annual flagship event ISO- sponsors. Some of the well- SAUDI Basic Industries Corp SABIC will continue to of 3.24 billion riyals ($864 Entrepreneurship Man- all participants and entrepre- DA Tech Summit, code named known industry experts in this (SABIC) expects to face chal- boost its presence in its major million) in the three months ager at Social Development neurs, adding that following as TS9 Business Edition, from area will preside over the ses- lenges this year due to un- markets – the US and China, to Dec. 31, down from 3.7 bil- Centre (NAMA) Saoud Essa the conference, recommenda- January 31 to February 3 in sions during TS9. certainty over the impact of a he added. lion riyals in the year-earlier al Mohannadi hailed the role tions have been issued to all Doha, a press statement from Furthermore, high-profile global trade war on the United “We are part of the global period, the company said in of the sponsors and support- parties to work together to fa- Embassy of India, on Sunday, speakers from India will pro- States and China, its major economic system, we are al- a statement to the stock ex- ing bodies of the conference, cilitate some of the problems said. vide insights on growth and markets, the company’s chief ways affected by challenges change. which aims to support small related to encouraging entre- ISODA is a non-profit as- scaling up of businesses. executive said on Sunday. but we are able to adapt with That was lower than the and micro enterprises to en- preneurs to invest, especially in sociation of Indian companies TS9 Business edition will However, the world’s these challenges in the best average forecast of three ana- able them to access the local terms of technology in terms of engaged in the business of re- also feature business work- fourth-biggest petrochemicals way.” He said SABIC will lysts polled by Refinitiv, who market and conduct business innovation and sustainability. selling of packaged software shops and use case-based company said it has the ability continue to raise its presence expected SABIC to post a net products, system integration, conferences. For technology to deal with such challenges in Africa, as it is seen a very profit of 4.92 billion riyals. solution providers & IT con- companies, the event serves as and started to see stabilization promising market. Shares of SABIC were sulting It is an association of a platform for identifying new in prices of some products af- SABIC’s biggest share- trading 0.3 percent higher in tier-2 partners of IT industry partners, meeting key decision ter a steep decline toward the holder, the Public Investment late morning trade, recovering with more than 190 mem- makers, making joint business end of 2018. Fund (PIF), is in talks to sell earlier losses. bers across India, consisting plans, and identifying new mar- SABIC reported a 12.4 its majority stake to Saudi na- SABIC results are closely of entrepreneurs of mid-sized kets for go-to-market (GTM) percent drop in fourth-quar- tional oil giant Aramco. tied to oil prices and global (SME) organisations. strategies. ter profit compared to the Benyan said he views Ara- economic growth because its ISODA aims to bridge the ISODA, in collaboration year earlier period, missing mco’s move to “positively”, but products - plastics, fertilisers gap between software manufac- with Indian Business & Pro- analyst forecasts. The com- further details are a matter for and metals - are used exten- turers, distributors and channel fessionals’ Council (IBPC), pany attributed the fall to PIF and Aramco, which aims sively in construction, agricul- partners by bringing them to- will hold a networking event lower average selling prices to become a global leader in ture, industry and the manu- gether and helping them forge on the evening of January and a decrease in the share of chemicals. facturing of consumer goods. new alliances. The association 31, 2019, which will provide results of associates. He added the company In 2018, US West Texas helps its members and partners an excellent opportunity to “We’ve seen stabilisation will determine later if it needs Intermediate crude (WTI) by providing access to relevant understand the local market for some of the prices, still to increase its 24.99 percent futures slumped nearly 25 information on diverse yet rel- requirements and latest devel- there are some challenges stake in Switzerland’s Clariant percent, while Brent tumbled The conference aims to support small and micro enterprises. evant subjects such as taxation, opments in the IT field. ahead of us,” Chief Execu- after the two companies decid- more than 19.5 percent. 14 Monday, January 28, 2019 Economy & Business US, China resume Businesses struggle as cracks high-stakes poker in trade talks appear in Chinese economy AFP “I think next week’s ne- WASHINGTO gotiations will be critical in determining whether the The world’s second-largest economy is losing steam, hitting its slowest growth in almost 3 decades last year WITH a month left in their Chinese are willing to talk truce, senior US and Chinese about any of the structural AFP officials will meet in Wash- issues the United States is BEIJING ington this week, hoping to concerned about,” Edward move toward a bargain to Alden, a trade expert at the CRACKS are opening in Chi- end their unprecedented Council on Foreign Rela- na’s mighty economy: inves- trade war. tions, told AFP. tors are backing away from Beijing’s trade envoy, Early this month, Chi- deals, factories are moving Chinese Vice Premier Liu nese officials signaled they abroad and companies are He, will lead a 30-person were open to reducing the shedding jobs. delegation at the invitation trade imbalance but there The world’s second-largest of US Treasury Secretary has been scant sign of move- economy is losing steam, hit- Steven Mnuchin and Trade ment on Washington’s ting its slowest growth in al- Representative Robert Ligh- tougher demands. most three decades last year, thizer, who is heading up the A deal could be espe- and flagging further in recent American effort. cially hard to reach should months. At a meeting in Argenti- Beijing prove unwilling to While gross domestic prod- na last month, US President cede any ground on the state uct grew at 6.6 percent in 2018 Donald Trump and his Chi- subsidies at the heart of Xi’s -- a rate that would be the envy nese counterpart Xi Jinping vision for industrial pre-em- of most nations -- China’s ef- agreed to bury the hatchet inence. forts to cut its debt mountain provisionally -- with Trump “It will be very difficult have weighed on the economy. delaying a sharp increase on to reach an agreement un- Private businesses in par- US duties for $200 billion in less the Chinese are willing ticular face new hurdles as Chinese goods until March 1. to address some of those is- costs rise and financing be- Washington has made sues,” said Alden. comes harder to come by, while its demands clear: China the trade war with the United must agree to far-reaching Since last year, the States has not helped. “structural” reforms in its world’s two largest Here is a look at some of trade practices, curbing the struggles faced by Chinese massive state intervention economies have companies and people: in markets and the alleged exchanged tit-for-tat Feeding China’s addiction theft of American techno- tariffs on more than to video games seemed an easy logical know-how, includ- $360 billion in two-way bet for Beijing Yixin Technol- ing through hacking and the trade, with the largest ogy, a tech startup behind the forced transfer of intellec- amount, more than mobile game Farm Take Home. tual property. $250 billion, imposed The game allows players to Trump also wants to cut harvest wheat, raise chickens the soaring US trade deficit by Washington and plant apple trees – a bu- with China, which in 2017 colic refuge from the pressures hit a record $375 billion, not The Chinese are likely to of urban China. People fill up forms at the Chaoyang Arbitration Centre in Beijing recently. (AFP) including trade in services. reject any US demand seen But in real life, the tech firm Since last year, the as an obstacle to the “Made has struggled to find investors. concerns -- sending firms like “Business is going down to eat less, buying less, cutting planner. world’s two largest econo- in China 2025” strategic “In December our com- Beijing Yixin into a deep freeze. for most companies including down on these things,” he said, A lawyer who consults on mies have exchanged tit-for- plan, according to Alden. pany’s funding ran out, we had - Trade war -Other compa- factories. Like me they have adding he believes things will labour disputes, Guo Xuehai tat tariffs on more than $360 Launched in 2015, the an investment lined up, but the nies are facing the fallout from the same problems, profits are turn around this year with new of Beijing Zhonghai Law Firm, billion in two-way trade, plan aimed to achieve Chi- money never came through,” the trade war with the United going down” as costs rise, said car models coming out. said, “there are definitely more with the largest amount, nese dominance in cutting- said chairman Cui Yi. States. Shih. - Job crunch -Official data employees coming for help more than $250 billion, im- edge technologies likely “This month I arranged an- More than a handful of - Dearth for a salesman shows unemployment at a sta- than before,” but added this posed by Washington. critical to the future success other investor, then he backed exporters have sought to get -Slowing disposable income ble rate, rising slightly to 4.9 was usually the case at this time The American presi- of developed economies, out too. I think we can’t hold around US tariffs by building growth and tighter credit have percent last month. of the year. dent’s protectionist moves including robotics, artificial out.” factories outside China, accord- hit consumer spending, with But independent data At Beijing Yixin, Cui said have begun to weigh on the intelligence, aerospace and His company is not alone. ing to a review of public stock car sales falling last year for paints a different picture. he could only afford to pay his Chinese economy, which electric autos. Venture capital funding filings. the first time in more than 20 In October-December ad- 30-odd employees 70 percent last year posted its slowest Betty Wang, senior Chi- dried up at the end of last year. Others are sending work- years. vertised tech positions fell by of their salaries as money ran economic growth in near- na economist at ANZ Bank- Total investment in the fourth ers home early for Chinese New “Volumes have fallen by 20 percent from a year earlier, out in November. By December ly three decades, causing ing Group, said Beijing was quarter fell 13 percent from a Year or cutting overtime. half,” said Wang Jingjing, a after declining 51 percent in the he paid them nothing and this Trump to claim he has the likely to hold steadfast to its year earlier, according to data Last month China’s exports fast-talking 23-year-old sales- third quarter, according to data month he cut their insurance upper hand in the talks. industrial planning. from Preqin market research. fell. man at a Ford dealership in from Zhaopin, China’s largest and benefit plan, unofficially Commerce Secretary “’Made in China 2025’ Policymakers are partly to “It has hit our profits,” Har- Beijing, noting about one third recruitment website and Ren- firing them. Wilbur Ross said Thursday is a necessary strategy for blame, pushing a war on debt ry Shih, manager of Runfine of the salespeople had been min University. “We worked 9 am to 9 pm Washington and Beijing re- China to achieve sustain- and financial risk that has cut Bearings in eastern Zhejiang fired or left. China’s economy “faces plus Saturdays with no over- mained “miles and miles” able development,” she the funding flowing into invest- province, said of the trade war. Wang’s own salary has downward pressure, and to time pay and now no pay at all,” from the finish line in their said, adding that the gen- ment firms, industry insiders Washington slapped 25 roughly halved, he said, from some extent this pressure said a 3D designer surnamed talks, cautioning against eral consensus held China say. percent taxes on many types of around 10,000 yuan ($1,474) will be transmitted to the job Li, who helped build Farm Take putting too much hope for could not continue being Another government dik- ball bearings in July. Shih said a month in 2017 down to less market,” said Meng Wei, a Home. a final resolution at this the world’s factory floor in tat halted new video game ap- he had shared the cost increase than 5,000 yuan ($737). spokeswoman for the Nation- Employees looking for new week’s talks. order to grow. provals for months -- officially with his customers, roughly “I’ve definitely controlled al Development and Reform jobs have found that companies due to youth gaming addiction half of whom are from the US. my own spending, going out Commission, China’s state are not hiring at the moment. Mixed emotions in Germany as 500-euro note bows out from Frankfurt’s blue-and- an Eva Taylor. A million euros in 500- nents was Jens Weidmann, Central banks in 17 EU nations will stop yellow euro sculpture after The 500-euro bill ac- euro notes weighs just 2.2 chief of Germany’s powerful issuing the violet-coloured banknotes a meeting in the city, the counted for just 2.3 percent kilogrammes (4.8 pounds), Bundesbank central bank, 61-year-old said he had made of all euro notes in circulation fitting easily into a laptop bag. who said scrapping the note AFP violet-coloured banknotes. a point of paying for his car in last month. The same sum in $100 would do little to combat FRANKFURT AM MAIN Only the German and Aus- 500s. The banknote’s death war- bills, the US currency’s high- crime but could “damage trian central banks are cling- “I prefer using cash for rant was signed in 2016 when est denomination, would trust” in the single currency. AS the ECB takes the final ing on a while longer, until large payments, it doesn’t the ECB formally ended its weigh almost six times as Critics also said the move step in phasing out the 500- April 26, to “ensure a smooth mean I’m involved in anything production over concerns it much and require a much would make it more diffi- euro note, few are expected transition”, the European Cen- dodgy,” Rolf said, declining to nation bills. could “facilitate illegal activi- larger case. cult and expensive for banks to mourn a bill favoured by tral Bank said in a statement. give his last name. But anyone hoarding 500s ties” after research linked its While the plan to slowly to physically store large criminals but rarely seen in Medical technician Rolf, The ECB decision to end under their mattress needn’t use to money laundering, tax kill off the 500 made few amounts of cash in order to daily life. from the German town of the note’s issuance will lead to worry, as all existing bills re- evasion and terrorism financ- waves abroad, it sparked an bypass negative interest rates. Except perhaps in cash- Marburg, said he found the fewer and fewer circulating as main legal tender. ing. emotional debate in Germany The ECB’s deposit rate loving Germany. demise of the single currency’s commercial banks gradually “They can continue to be Sometimes dubbed the where many feared it was a currently stands at minus 0.4 From Sunday, central highest-denomination note return them to their countries’ used to spend or to save, and “Bin Laden”, the note has prelude to abolishing cash al- percent, meaning banks pay banks in 17 of the 19 eurozone “hard to accept”. central banks, where they will they will always retain their proved a compact way to together. to park excess funds with the countries will stop issuing the Standing a stone’s throw be replaced by lower-denomi- value,” said ECB spokeswom- transport illicit money. Among the fiercest oppo- Frankfurt institution.

KEY WEEK No Fed hike this week but don’t rule out more in 2019: Experts

AFP begin cutting interest rates as soon was already gnawing away at GDP. drop in December since the global risks are mounting. son agreed, warning against count- WASHINGTON as next December. Had the closure, which idled financial crisis. Last month, a recession prob- ing on no Fed moves this year. Maybe they should think 800,000 federal workers, contin- The economy also saw weak ability indicator from the New “Pricing in zero is very danger- THE US Federal Reserve will hold again. ued through March, it could have orders for durable goods and York Federal Reserve Bank put the ous.” He said business investment its fire this week, leaving interest While a cold wind blew at the choked first quarter growth to disappointing income growth. odds of a downturn within a year is likely to be sluggish this year but rates untouched and letting mar- end of last year, gathering condi- “zero,” chief White House econo- And a downward revision to at 11.5 percent -- the highest since the labor market should tighten as kets calm down after a tumultuous tions suggest the Fed could feel mist Kevin Hassett said last week. third-quarter growth included the the depths of the Great Recession unemployment continues to fall, end to 2018. compelled to raise the key lending The Fed also is flying blind to biggest drop in exports in almost in 2009. driving up wages. Coming off Wall Street’s worst rate as soon as the spring, econo- some extent because the shutdown a decade. But fears of a US recession That likely would pressure December since the Great Depres- mists say. halted the flow of economic data Meanwhile, consumer senti- in 2019 may be “overdone,” said inflation while a host of other sion and amid mounting fears “I think the danger here now from the Commerce Department, ment -- which can help predict Kathy Bostjancic, chief US finan- potential dangers to the economy about the global economy, Fed is that markets are now expect- including crucial figures on hous- spending by ordinary Americans cial market economist at Oxford either will be resolved or prove policymakers are now unanimous- ing nothing,” Ian Shepherdson of ing, trade, consumption, wages -- hit a two-year low. Economics. less threatening than they seemed. ly hammering a single message: Pantheon Macroeconomics said in and inflation. It could get some Add to this the contraction of The recent dip in consumer The potential risks include they will be “patient” before pull- a presentation on monetary policy. key reports next week as the gov- the German and Japanese econo- sentiment was to be expected the trade war with China and its ing the trigger again. “The Fed could swing around ernment reopens. mies, and the slowest Chinese given that the measures had been slowing economy, Brexit, the US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on a dime once it becomes clear While December saw block- growth in almost three decades, so high, she noted. housing market slump, rising is likely to stick to that script when that the things that have scared buster job creation and tame infla- not to mention Wall Street’s Oxford expects the Fed raise interest rates, high corporate debt, he announces the Federal Open them are no longer very scary.” tion, it had a batch of very gloomy nightmarish ride last month, and rates twice this year, with the first and a possible recession in manu- Market Committee’s latest mone- The month-long partial shutdown numbers too. investor dyspepsia becomes easy in May at the bank’s third policy facturing. tary policy decision on Wednesday. of the federal government -- the Amid President Donald to understand. meeting of 2019. “It’s something of a mess in the Futures markets are wagering longest in history -- has been re- Trump’s trade war with China, the - Pricing in zero hikes? -Pre- “We don’t think they’re done first few months of the year. But the central bank will actually stand solved with a provision agreement US manufacturing sector could be dicting recessions is very tricky tightening this cycle,” she said. lift up your eyes and look to the pat for all of 2019, with a growing announced Friday between the starting to crumble, with the sec- and while a contraction seems “The Fed needs to take some time horizon and not to the ground,” share betting the Fed could even White House and Congress, but tor seeing its biggest one month unlikely, economists say downside to assess the landscape.” Shepherd- Shepherdson said. www.guide.com.qa  Monday January 28, 2019

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ASIAN CUP 2019: 1ST SEMI-FINAL Queiroz calls for Iran to be confident against Japan DPA ABU DHABI

IRAN coach Carlos Queiroz has attempted to paint his side as underdogs throughout the Asian Cup but has called on his team to be confident going into Monday’s semi- final with Japan. “We need to be ourselves and play with confidence and trust,” he told reporters in Al Ain on Sunday. “We have our own weap- ons to play with but, of course, we have to pay attention to the Japanese team and adapt and try to control the strong points, and they have a lot.” Prior to the tournament starting in the UAE, Queiroz claimed a last four spot was Iran’s target – a somewhat modest aim given they were ranked number one in Asia. Four wins from five with- out conceding a goal has re- Iran coach Carlos Queiroz wants his players (above) to show self-belief when they take on four-time Asian Cup champions Japan (right) in the 2019 semi-final in Abu Dhabi on Monday. inforced the belief they are a favourite to lift the trophy in “It’s a hundred per cent one’s dream.” developing after five wins from Should Moriyasu lead Japan fore going on to lift the trophy. and at the first Asian Cup in Ja- the February 1 final. our dream to win the 2019 Iran will be without the five to date, all by a single goal. to a fifth continental title he will “I hope the players here pan I felt the attention from the Either the hosting United AFC Asian Cup,” said Not- suspended Mehdi Taremi who “When we came to this tour- become the first to win the Asian will play as well as we did in people was growing higher and Arab Emirates or Qatar, who tingham Forest forward Karim picked up a second booking in nament we already knew every Cup as both player and coach that game,” he said. “When we higher each time we played. We play on Tuesday, will meet the Ansarifard. the quarter-final cruise over game would be difficult and we having been part of his country’s compare the situations from had never won the title, so we winner of the first semi-final. “Hopefully it happens as China. Vahid Amiri can return. prepared for that,” he said. maiden success in 1992. when I was a player and now, had a lot of motivation. Victory over Japan would we are all dreaming of Iran be- Japan meanwhile will “We’re not a perfect team In that home tournament there’s a big difference. “But now winning is nor- secure Iran a first final place ing the champions. We will try have Yoshinori Muto available and we’re not a mature team, Japan scored late on in a game “When I was a player, Ja- mal and the players have to since the last of three consecu- for the people of our country, again and coach Hajime Mori- so we’re developing in every with Iran to eliminate Team pan was transitioning from play with a lot of pressure and tive title triumphs in 1976. so that we can achieve every- yasu hopes his side can keep game we play.” Melli from the group phase be- amateurism to professionalism that’s the different part.”

UPBEAT AL ANNABI GEAR UP FOR CLASH AGAINST UAE Familiarity, stability paying Nothing’s impossible, says Abdelkarim

dividends: Khoukhi AFC What I have learned in football, is there is rea (Republic) were strong ABU DHABI nothing (that is) impossible. Everything is and we had to defend to stop AFC possible, so we will keep working hard them from scoring against us ABU DHABI ON the verge of his side’s first and pushing, until the end. and we did it. ever AFC Asian Cup semi- — Qatar’s star left-back Abdelkarim Hassan “We did it, we wrote his- QATAR’S Boualem Khoukhi says familiar- final, Qatar’s star left-back tory and we enter history (be- ity and stability within his side’s playing and Abdelkarim Hassan has a five successive matches, and club teammate Akram Afif, ing) the first time in the Asian coaching ranks is a positive factor in their simple message – anything beaten three former champi- and in-form striker Almoez Cup that Qatar arrive in this surge to a first ever AFC Asian Cup semi-final. is possible. ons in a row, to reach the final Ali - who remains one goal stage, and I am very proud of The West Asians earned a slice history Qatar’s success would four for the first time history. away from equalling Ali my teammates, from the head on Friday, defeating two-time winners and have been difficult to imagine An unused substitute no Daei’s tournament record of coach to the administration, 2015 runners-up Korea Republic thanks to four years ago. Hassan, an more, Hassan is the 2018 eight – Hassan has become a because we work hard, and a Abdelaziz’s Hatim’s 78th-minute screamer at unused substitute, watched AFC Player of the Year, key figure in Felix Sanchez’s lot, to reach this stage. Zayed Sports City Stadium. on as Bahrain’s Sayed Ahmed and, with such significant side, but suspension made “What can I say? It’s won- The achievement is the latest for a side scored eight minutes from changes, the 25-year-old is him a spectator during their derful, and mabrouk for it.” packed with young talents to have blos- time to deliver a final blow to not one to set limits on what historic quarter-final against The next challenge is a somed under the tutelage of head coach Felix Al Annabi’s 2015 campaign. can be achieved. Korea Republic. semi-final against the United Sanchez, who also coached 11 players from Three successive losses “What I have learned in Despite not being able to Arab Emirates; the same side the current squad at last year’s AFC U-23 meant Hassan’s side left Aus- football, is there is nothing personally impact the break- who dealt the first blow, a 4-1 Championship. tralia without a single point. (that is) impossible,” said through 1-0 win, Hassan wore defeat, to the campaign of 2015. The Qatari starting line-up also featured no After years of steady progress, the Al Sadd dynamo. one of the biggest smiles at A sixth win in a row would less than seven players from the Al Sadd club, and a quarter-final appear- “Everything is Zayed Sports City Stadium, see Qatar into their first ever including Khoukhi, who believes those exam- ance on home soil four years possible, so we and remains delighted with AFC Asian Cup final, and a ples of continuity are aiding the team’s cause. Boualem Khoukhi of Qatar (right) during the AFC prior, it was their worst ever will keep working his country’s achievement. seventh would make them “For sure, it gives us stability for the team,” Asian Cup quarter-final against S Korea.(EPA-EFE) result at an AFC Asian Cup. hard and pushing, “I cannot say anything champions. All unthinkable said the 28-year-old. Skip forward four years until the end.” about the game,” he four years ago, but in 2019, “Felix has been with most of our players midfielder, winger or forward, and has 15 in- and the circumstances are Along- said. “Ko- according to Hassan, any- since seven years ago. This is an advantage for ternational goals to his name, including one unrecognisable. side thing is possible. us, and also, we have prepared the team for a in this tournament during his side’s 6-0 group Qatar have won year, so everything went the way Felix wanted. stage win over DPR Korea. “We hope that we can achieve something in The utility revealed his delight at being a this competition.” part of history. Khoukhi turned in a superb display in the “I’d like to congratulate our players, my heart of the Qatari defence, helping to restrict teammates, the technical staff, the administra- a Korean attack which featured Son Heung- tion and everyone who have supported us. Qatar have won five succes- A sixth win would see min among several other attacking weapons. “I’d like also to thank the Oman fans who sive matches & beaten three Qatar into their first ever His performance was even more impres- have been supporting us during the competi- sive when considering he is also adept as a tion. We now will focus on the semi-finals.” former champions in a row AFC Asian Cup final Hosts offer free tickets to garner fans’ support for semis vs Qatar AFC cil, and distributed to fans ea- Tickets were distributed providers is strictly prohibited. ABU DHABI ger to support the UAE in the at various locations with long “The AFC takes a serious semi-final on Tuesday. queues forming and all the view of this breach and rein- THE Abu Dhabi Sports Coun- The Abu Dhabi Sports tickets snapped up. The Mo- forces its commitment to pro- cil has purchased all remain- Council, in a statement on its hammed bin Zayed Stadium’s tect the interest of fans who ing tickets for the AFC Asian official social media account, seating capacity is 42,000. have legitimately purchased Cup UAE 2019 semi-final said: “Under the directive of Meanwhile, the Asian tickets from the official chan- between the host nation and Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed, Football Confederation has nels and more importantly, to Qatar at the Mohammed bin Abu Dhabi Sports Council an- reminded that ticket sales ensure the safety and security Zayed Stadium. nounces that it has purchased by unauthorised providers is of our fans, teams and all our The tickets were purchased all the remaining tickets of strictly prohibited. stakeholders.” on the directive of Sheikh our team’s match in the semi- “As stipulated in the tick- The Qatar-UAE semi-final Nahyan Bin Zayed, Chairman final and they will be offered eting terms and conditions, will kick-off at 7pm Qatar of the Abu Dhabi Sports Coun- to loyal UAE fans.” tickets sales by unauthorised time on Tuesday. 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QATAR FOLLOWERS TAKE TO TWITTER IN SUPPORT OF AL ANNABI ‘Free tickets to fans by hosts already a psychological defeat’ IKOLI VICTOR matches in the tournament. the biggest welcoming and game is evidence of internal DOHA Fans of the maroon bri- <”, he tweeted. psychological defeat to com- gade have taken to Twitter to Another twitter user said: pensate for the feeling of infe- QATARI football fans are very express their support ahead “Goalkeeper of our national riority. Thank God that made sure that given the incred- of the biggest game in Qa- team Saad God bless him our opponent this weak.” ible form, the Al Annabi will tar’s football history, with the and help him to keep another A fan @Omovl95gmdk6lXt book their place in the final of hashtag #BΩϧΎγϳBϱέρϘϟ΍BΩϧέΗϟ΍ clean sheet.” tweeted: “We are with you and the Asian Cup 2019 when they ϲΑΎϧόϟ΍ (SupportforAl Annabi). Sulamani said the fighting we long to win. It is enough to meet hosts UAE – backed by It was the most trend- spirit is the key for the play- be proud that despite the quib- a strong 42,000 home crowd ing topic on Twitter in Qatar ers and hope they deliver an ble, harassment and provoca- with free tickets to fill the Mo- on Sunday. amazing show to book their tion you have reached the hammed Bin Zayed Stadium – A Twitter user Abu khalid place in the final. semi-finals and you have been in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. hopes the players bring the tro- He tweeted: “God give you rewarded that you are the ones The FIFA 2022 World Cup phy home despite the absence the most important thing for who are successful.” hosts have wowed all with of Qatari fans in the UAE. the game, fighting spirit and However, others took to their scintillating performance “Please God bless you an honourable performance twitter to predict the scoreline in the group stage, scoring my country kids.

Qatar Football Association President meets captain, coach ahead of semis Less travel will boost player performance in 2022: Källström SC.QA have opportunities to see two DOHA games a day. It’s going to be easy for them – one hotel, one FORMER Sweden star Kim flight ticket, and they don’t Källström has praised Qatar have to worry about following 2022’s compact tournament their team around.” plans – along with the coun- Källström, who appeared try’s futuristic stadium de- for Sweden at three European signs – during a visit to the Championship finals, also Supreme Committee for De- praised Qatar’s stadiums – livery & Legacy (SC). many of which are modular Källström, who won 131 and will have some of their caps for Sweden and repre- seats donated to developing sented his country at the 2006 countries after 2022. FIFA World Cup, was visiting “The stadiums are amaz- Qatar for the first time just a ing – I really like the designs, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al Thani, President of the Qatar Football Association (QFA) greets year after hanging up his boots. which reflect Qatari life,” said Felix Sanchez, head coach of Qatar national football team, and speaks with captain Hassan Haydos (left) The former Lyon, Rennes Källström. “They look beau- at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Al Annabi will face hosts UAE in the semi- and Spartak Moscow player tiful and they are also built finals of the Asian Cup 2019 on Tuesday. Qatar won all their group matches, scoring ten goals without told www.sc.qa the compact in a smart way for the legacy conceding even one until this stage. Qatar beat Iraq in the Round of 16 by a lone goal before shocking nature of Qatar 2022 would plans.” The first FIFA World South Korea in the quarter-finals via a stunning goal from Abdulaziz Hatem. be a major boost for players Cup in the Arab world will be and fans. The longest dis- positive for both Qatar and the tance between stadiums will region, according to Källström. be just 55km in 2022, with “It’s important to take the fans having the chance to at- World Cup to new countries. Palace send tend more than one match a Qatar has its issues but is mak- Messi shines as Barca day during the early stages of ing improvements. Progress is Tottenham the tournament. being made and having the “Probably the only thing World Cup in your country packing in footballers complain about is can help you to evolve and the constant travelling,” said develop. I’m truly impressed FA Cup sweep past Girona 2-0 Källström, who now works as with the developments here, a TV pundit. and also the hospitality.” DPA “You change hotel a lot, es- Källström is hoping Swe- LONDON pecially during tournaments, den can qualify for Qatar 2022 The fixture was to be played in United States but was moved back to Spain and it affects your recovery. after an impressive showing CRYSTAL Palace beat Tot- The plans here are amazing in Russia last summer. The tenham 2-0 in the FA Cup on AFP – and have never been seen Swedes made it all the way to Sunday, sending their London GIRONA, SPAIN before. They will probably the quarter-finals – where they rivals out of a knockout compe- help the level of football as were beaten by England – after tition for the second time in four LIONEL Messi scored a sub- players won’t be exhausted.” coming through a group con- days. Connor Wickham, in his lime goal to make up for the Källström continued: “It’s go- taining Germany, the defend- first start in over two years, and missed trip to Miami as Barce- ing to be great for the players ing champions, Mexico and Andros Townsend scored at lona beat Girona 2-0 on Sun- – and also the fans. They will Korea Republic. Selhurst Park as Palace moved day to go five points clear again into the fifth round. “We knew at the top of La Liga. it was going to be difficult,” ex- This was the fixture intend- Tottenham winger Townsend ed to be played in the United told BT Sport. States but any advantage Giro- “We knew we had to defend na maintained by keeping it at well, we did that tremendously. their own Montilivi ground was “All in all it was a great per- cancelled out by Messi, and an- formance and we wait to see other ruthless Barca display. who we get in the next round.” Messi’s brilliant finish in Kieran Trippier missed a pen- the second half, his ninth goal alty for Tottenham, who also in as many games, came after lost to Chelsea in a League Cup Nelson Semedo had given the semi-final shoot-out on Thurs- visitors an early lead, before day. Wickham, fully fit after Bernardo Espinosa’s red card suffering a serious knee injury consigned Girona to 39 min- Barcelona’s Lionel Messi scores his goal against Girona in their Spanish La Liga Santander match at Kim Kallstrom at the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy in November 2016, opened the utes with 10 men. Montilivi ground, in Girona, Spain, on Sunday. (REUTERS) office at the Al Bidda Tower in Doha. scoring in the ninth minute with The home fans were left a tap-in and Townsend doubled incensed by that decision, as had supported the idea, with in a row. rebound cleared off the line by the lead with a penalty. Spurs well as Messi’s reaction they various perks dangled in front Girona hustled and harried Gerard Pique. could have gotten back into the believed had caused it, but the of fans, including free flights their opponents in the open- They had the momentum game just before half-time but Argentinian’s goal offered the and tickets, not to mention ing minutes but the goal was before half-time but it was Trippier fired well wide with his perfect riposte. the chance to be part of some- soft as they failed to clear three checked shortly after as Espi- own spot-kick. Barcelona restore their thing “historic”. times before Semedo’s left foot nosa caught Suarez from be- Fernando Llorente had a hefty advantage over Atletico Girona’s home, however, swept the ball into the bottom hind and, after protests from pair of second-half chances Madrid, who had cut the gap to is here and when opposition corner. Barca were in control Messi, was shown a second yel- saved by Palace keeper Julian two by beating Getafe on Sat- proved too great, neither team and should have made it two, low card. Speroni as the Eagles held out to urday. Real Madrid will have wanted to appear disappoint- only for Philippe Coutinho to But it seemed inevitable move into the last 16. to overcome Espanyol later on ed. “I always felt it was a distant hit the goalkeeper after Messi Messi would have the final say. Palace, Manchester City, Sunday just to reduce their own option,” Barca coach Ernesto had sent him clear. Luis Suarez threaded Jordi Manchester United and Wat- deficit to 10. Outside the sta- Valverde said on Saturday. Girona survived and then Alba through, with Messi un- ford are the only Premier League dium before kick-off, propped The setting probably would grew into the game. Marc- marked in the middle. teams already into the fifth up on a railing, was a sign with have made little difference to Andre ter Stegen scuttled for- Out rushed the goalkeeper round, while Wolverhampton a scrawled message that read: the result - just the integrity ward and back from Pedro but Messi’s chip was so good, and Brighton will have to win re- “Miami, here we come”. of the competition – given Gi- Porro’s cross and Espinosa even the diving Porro was pow- plays to advance. Holders Chel- La Liga had hoped to drag rona are now without a win in should have headed in. Cris- erless to keep it out. Some of Former Sweden star Kim Kallstrom (right) vies for the ball with sea can join them by beating this game there to promote 10 matches while Barca have thian Stuani was denied by the Girona’s fans, previously furi- Radja Nainggolan of Belgium during Euro 2016 in France. Sheffield Wednesday. Spanish football and the clubs managed eight league victories goalkeeper’s legs, with Porro’s ous, now stood up to applaud. 18 Monday, January 28, 2019 Sports Dominant Djokovic wins magnificent seventh Australian Open title Nadal says needs ‘time, work’ to beat Djokovic REUTERS MELBOURNE

A chastened Rafa Nadal said even his best tennis may have not been enough against a ram- pant Novak Djokovic. Although reaching the final without dropping a set, Nadal said he was still short of his best after a long injury lay-off follow- ing the U.S. Open and lacked an edge to pressure the Serb. “Of course, he played, I think, fantastic. At the same time it’s true that when he’s playing that way, I think I need- ed something else,” the 17-times Grand Slam champion Nadal told reporters. “I was not able to have that extra thing tonight, being hon- est. Playing the way he played tonight, I needed that defensive game to finally have the chance to be offensive. When he was A combination of photos shows Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrating with the championship trophy which he won in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2019 at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Mel- hitting, it’s true that maybe it bourne. The Serbian World Number one beat rival Rafael Nadal in the final on Sunday.(AFP) was difficult to beat him even if I was at my 100 percent (level). The Serbian dominated Nadal to win his materialised with Nadal un- Total control had served eight aces to Na- But probably it would have been characteristically nervous at Djokovic was in total dal’s one and made just four a little bit more of a fight.” 15th Grand Slam title in just over 2 hours the start and Djokovic taking an control on his own delivery unforced errors while the Despite the thrashing, the immediate advantage that he I’m just trying to and won his first four service Spaniard had coughed up 20. defiant Spaniard said his five- AFP plate on the journey in the last would never relinquish. contemplate on the games without conceding a When Djokovic broke set semi-final loss to Djokovic at MELBOURNE 12 months,” said an emotional “Even if tonight was not my journey in the last 12 single point, even inducing again in the third game of the Wimbledon last year was more Djokovic, pausing for breath to best day of course I had some- Nadal to miss a forehand com- third set it was just a matter disappointing. AN imperious Novak Djokovic compose himself and not be- one that played a lot better than months. To be standing pletely on the way to grabbing of how quickly he would fin- “What I need is time, I need won a record magnificent sev- come tearful. me tonight,” said Nadal. now here in front of you the set in 36 minutes. ish off Nadal. The end was work and I need more weeks enth Australian Open title by “I had the surgery exactly “I have been going through today and managing to The second set followed a swift, as Djokovic withstood like this one,” said Nadal. routing Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 12 months ago,” he added, re- tough moments in the last year. similar pattern, with Djokovic one break point at 3-2 before “That’s really the only thing 6-3 Sunday with a display of ferring to an elbow operation I was not able to play until the win this title and three out racing through games on his administering the last rites that I hope, is to have the chance flawless tennis. that saw him slump out of the first round here. Even if tonight of four Slams, this is own serve, while Nadal strug- in a flurry of winners off both to keep practising well and to The Serbian world number world’s top 20 before bouncing was not my night it’s so impor- amazing. I am speechless. gled to hold. wings. have the chance to keep playing one dominated the Spanish sec- back to win Wimbledon and tant for me to be where I am The pressure told in the Victory extended his win- with healthy conditions.” ond seed to win his 15th Grand the US Open. coming back from injury.” Novak Djokovic fifth game and Djokovic broke loss record against Nadal to Slam title in just 2hr 4min on “To be standing now here in Djokovic noted that the duo again when Nadal hit a lob 28-25 and squared the Grand Rod Laver Arena. front of you today and manag- had both endured injury-rav- many young tennis players volley long after an exchange Slam final count between the It put Djokovic, 31, out ing to win this title and three out aged 2018 campaigns. around the world what is defi- at the net. pair at 4-4. on his own ahead of Roger of four Slams, this is amazing. I “Obviously a tough match nition of the fighting spirit and The on-song Serb was so Djokovic has now com- Federer and Roy Emerson, am speechless.” tonight, but ... you came back resilience.” fired up he broke Nadal again pleted a hat-trick of Slams fol- who both won six Austral- The pair’s only previous fi- from an injury that took you The Spaniard had not had to go to 5-2 before serving out lowing his wins at Wimbledon ian Open men’s singles titles. nal in Australia, in 2012, devel- out from the tour since Sep- his service broken since the for a two-set lead with three and the US Open. He will go Djokovic dropped to his knees oped into a record-breaking 5hr tember last year,” Djokovic third set of his first round match aces in a row with just 1hr to Paris in May for the French and kissed the ground after 53min slugfest -- the longest in said of Nadal. but that streak ended in a flash 16min on the clock. Open seeking to become the vanquishing his greatest rival. Grand Slam history. “You’re showing to me and as the Serb came sprinting out The statistics were as tell- only man in the Open Era to “I’m just trying to contem- A repeat of that epic never to all your other colleagues and of the blocks. ing as the scoreline: Djokovic win all four majors twice. French duo claim AO doubles Borel, Beljajeva rule Fencing Grand Prix du Qatar 2019

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YANNICK Borel claimed the men’s Epee individual gold medal at the FIE Fenc- ing Grand Prix Qatar 2019 against Spaniard Yulen Pereira of Spain 15-4 after just two periods at the Aspire Dome on Sunday. World number one, Fifth seeded Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won their Borel, who is also world and fourth Grand Slam men’s doubles title when they were crowned Europenan champion, put Australian Open champions Sunday in a tough final 6-4, 7-6 (7/1). on a dominant display racing The French pair overcame Finland’s Henri Kontinen and Australia’s to take a large lead to make it John Peers, seeded 12, to become one of an elite group of just a one-sided final in what was eight to claim doubles titles at all four of the major tournaments. expected to be a highly con- “Nicolas, our first tournament together was here in 2015 and we tested match. went all the way to the final,” said Herbert. “Now we have won all The 23-year-old Pererira of the Grand Slams. Thanks for sharing the court with me. It has started with an attacking been fun.” They are the second all-French pair to win in Australia intent but the more experi- after Michael Llodra and Fabrice Santoro, who won back-to-back enced Borel thwarted his at- titles in 2003-04. (AFP) tacks scoring points in the process to finish the first pe- riod. From (left) runner-up Yulen Pereira of Spain, winner Yannick Borel of France and third-placed duo of Hoyle Jacob (USA) and Nikishin Bogdan of Pereira finally scored Ukraine after the men’s epee final of the FIE Fencing Grand Prix du Qatar at the Aspire Dome on Sunday. some points in the second but Borel quckly closed out Saina wins Indonesia Masters the match 15-4. Hoyle Jacob of the US as Marin withdraws after injury and Ukrainian Nikishin Bog- dan finished tied for third. IANS In the women’s Epee final, JAKARTA Ukraine’s Kseniya Pantelye- va failed to outduel Estonian ACE Indian shuttler Saina Ne- and 2014 Doha silver medal- hwal was crowned champion ist Julia Beljajeva in a thrill- of the Indonesia Masters 2019 ing final which finished 15-11. on Sunday after her opponent The former world champion Carolina Marin pulled out of in Budapest 2013, showed the summit clash due to an poise and grit against a tough injury. Pantelyeva Marin, the reigning Olym- Jung Hyojung of South pic champion and three-time Korea and Russia’s Violetta world champion, twisted her Kolobova finished third. right knee after landing awk- Saina Nehwal consoles Carolina About 372 players from wardly following a smash in Marin as she retires due to an in- 55 countries participated in the first game itself. jury during the women’s final at the the first Grand Prix of the The Spanish shuttler was 2019 Daihatsu Indonesia Masters year carried a total prize- leading 10-4 before her dis- tournament on Sunday. (AFP) money of $12,000 each in comfort and pain made her both categories. The winner pull out of the mega final. the 2018 edition of the Indo- takes home $5,000, while the From (left) second-placed Ukraininan Kseniya Pantelyeyeva, winner Julia Beljajeva of Estonia, Jung Hyojung of South Korea and Russia’s Violetta Saina was the runner-up in nesia Masters. runner-up gets $3,000. Kolobova pose on the podium after the women’s epee individual finals of the FIE Grand Prix du Qatar. Sports Monday, January 28, 2019 19 Attiyah expected to lead Pak Manateq QCCR entries crush Scott Abraham, managing director of the Big field likely for the South Racing and South Racing Can-Am Teams, has also confirmed that his Russelsheim-based 1st round of FIA World operation will send vehicles to the Qatar event. SA, South Racing built Can-Am Maverick X3s that claimed the first four places in the Side-by-Side Cup for Cross-Country (SxS) category at the recent Dakar Rally and there were 17 cars built by the team at the finish after Rallies in Qatar in Lima last week. In 2017, South Racing-run cars – in the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK hands of Germany’s Jürgen Schröder and Span- DOHA iard Fernando Alvarez – finished eighth and ICC 12th in Qatar. Alvarez returned last April in a NASSER bin Saleh al Attiyah, the Arab world’s new Volkswagen Amarok, but retired on the fi- most famous rally driver and a sporting am- nal day after sub-frame damage and hefty time bassador for the State of Qatar, is expected to penalties. slaps top the entry list for the Manateq Qatar Cross- This year’s FIA off-road scene has been split Country Rally (QCCR), the opening round of into two different championships by officials at the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, the sport’s governing body and five long distance on February 21-26. five or six-day events in Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Turk- ban on menistan, Kazakhstan and Morocco will count for the FIA World Cup, while eight shorter Baja- style events in Russia, Dubai, Italy, Spain, Hun- gary, Poland, Jordan and Portugal constitute a new FIA Baja series. Sarfraz Organised by the Qatar Motor and Motor- cycle Federation (QMMF), the Manateq Qatar Cross-Country Rally gets underway with a cer- emonial start on The Pearl-Qatar on February Pakistan’s Usman Shinwari (centre) celebrates after castling South Africa’s Dale Steyn during their fourth One-Day International at the 21 and finishes on February 26. Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday. Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed could not play the match as he was handed a four-match The event will also host rounds of the suspension for his racist remark against Andile Phehlukwayo in the previous ODI. (AFP) Manateq Qatar National Baja Championship. The sixth round of the 2019 series was won last QATAR’S STAR RALLYIST NASSER BIN SALEH AL weekend by the Qatari duo of Ahmed Allouh and Sinwari triggers South Africa collapse; Visitors win by eight wickets ATTIYAH: Fresh from his third Dakar Rally victory. Nasser al Kuwari in a T3 Can-Am Maverick X3. The Losail Sports Arena plays host to the AFP presentation that Pakistan The ban had still not been Miller before fellow left-arm Fresh from his domination of the recent event for the first time with the bivouac located JOHANNESBURG only found out after they ar- announced by the ICC when fast bowler Usman Shinwari Dakar Rally, where he and French navigator in the grounds of the stadium. rived at the ground that Sar- Malik walked out for the toss. claimed four wickets in six balls. Matthieu Baumel guided Toyota to a first-ever Further entry information and details are PAKISTAN shrugged off a four- fraz had been banned under Malik handled his bowlers He finished with 4 for 35 and victory on the world’s toughest rally, Attiyah is available from Davy Patterson, the QMMFs of- match suspension imposed on the International Cricket and fielders astutely and South was named man of the match. expected to try and win back the FIA World Cup ficial co-ordinator, Email: davypatterson777@ captain Sarfraz Ahmed with a Council’s anti-racism code for Africa were kept under pres- Imam, the top scorer in the and Qatar titles that he last won in 2017. gmail.com. Regulations and Rally Guide 1 are crushing eight-wicket win over remarks aimed at South Afri- sure almost from the time he series, looked in control from The Qatari’s home off-road event is close available for download from www.qatarcross- South Africa in the fourth one- can all-rounder Andile Phe- won the toss and sent them in the start of Pakistan’s reply. to his heart and the host nation’s sporting all- country.com. day international at the Wan- hlukwayo during the second on a pitch which had early life. He and Fakhar Zaman (44) rounder has already secured victory on the Entries for rounds of the 2019 FIA World Cup derers Stadium on Sunday. match in Durban on Tuesday. Shaheen Shah Afridi put on 70 for the first wicket event on five occasions (2012 and 2014-2017) for Cross-Country Rallies must be done online on The result levelled the five- Sarfraz was heard mak- made two early strikes before before he was joined by the in seven years. the FIA website. All competitors must complete match series at 2-2. The de- ing a comment in Urdu about Hashim Amla (59) and captain in-form Babar Azam, who fin- Entries officially close on February 5, but the the online entry form at https://registrations. ciding match will be in Cape Andile Phehlukwayo during Faf du Plessis (57) made half- ished with 41 not out. opening round of the FIA World Cup is sure to fia.com/rally to be eligible to score points in the Town on Wednesday. last week’s one day internation- centuries and put on 101 for It was South Africa’s first attract many of the sport’s leading protagonists, World Cup and associated competitions. Pakistan’s bowlers set up al in Durban, where the South the third wicket. defeat in eight matches on what despite its close proximity to the South Ameri- For further information about the 2019 the win, bowling out South African all-rounder earned a Malik’s use of spinners has become known as ‘Pink Day’ can event that finished on January 17. Qatar Cross-Country Rally, interested rallyists Africa for 164. Imam-ul-Haq match-winning partnership Imad Wasim and Shadab with their players and many The German X-raid is likely to send cars to may contact the Qatar Motor and Motor Cy- made 71 before playing a loose with Rassie van der Dussen. Khan kept the scoring rate in spectators dressed in pink in aid the deserts of Qatar, with Poland’s Jakub Przy- cle Federation (QMMF), Losail Sports Arena, shot when the scores were lev- The Pakistan captain later check and both batsmen fell to of breast cancer awareness. gonski and his Belgian navigator Tom Colsoul Al-Wusail, North Relief Road, PO Box 8708, el as Pakistan cruised to vic- apologised for the comment the slow men before the fast Brief Scores looking to target the defence of their FIA World Doha, Qatar, Tel: + 974 443 79885, Fax: + 974 tory with 18.3 overs to spare. on Twitter. The apology was bowlers returned. Pakistan 168 for 2 (Imam 71, Babar 41*, Phehlukwayo Cup title and the first win they claimed in a MINI 443 79732, E-mail: [email protected] and Stand-in captain Shoaib given weight by the ICC as it Mohammad Amir dis- 1-17) beat South Africa 164 (Amla 59, du Plessis 57, John Cooper Works Rally in Qatar last April. website: www.qmmf.com Malik said at the after-match handed out its suspension. missed the dangerous David Shinwari 4-35, Afridi 2-24) by eight wickets. Khelaifi continues to stretch his QTCC lead

laps to reach the front but Another double for the Honda S2000 when Abdulla saw me behind him, he pressed to open a gap driver despite tight battle with and maintained it till the end. Thanks to the organisation Saadon al Kuwari for this championship and helping all those drivers who TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK over 39 seconds adrift of the are doing very well. I hope to DOHA winner. Hamad al Sulaiti see a new generation of driv- (Toyota GT86) and Hamad Al ers on the top,” Kuwari said. DEFENDING Qatar Tour- Asam (Toyota Integra) were For Mohamad al Khaiat, Roston Chase of West Indies, who claimed 8 for 60, at the end of ing Car champion Abdulla al fourth and fifth, respectively. runner-up in the second race the fourth day of the first Test against England at the Kensington Oval Khelaifi stamped his authority The second race was held of the first round, the third in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Saturday. (AFP) on the series once again as he with the reverse grid. De- round was not very good. He wrapped up his third succes- spite starting from the back, had some mechanical prob- sive double at the Losail Inter- Khelaifi and Kuwari, who lems in his car and he fin- Chase spells doom for national Circuit on Saturday. started from the pit lane due ished ninth in the first race Veteran driver Saadon al to some technical issues, both but couldn’t start in the sec- Kuwari returned to the action finished again first and sec- ond race England, now among and secured the second spot ond, respectively. Khelaifi QTCC third round double winner Abdulla al Khelaifi is flanked by After the third round, ahead of Ibrahim al Abdul- was more consistent and beat second-placed Saadon al Kuwari (left) and third-placed Ibrahim Khelaifi is on the top of the ghani in the first race. Kuwari, who managed the al Abdulghani on the podium in Losail on Saturday. championship table with 96 Windies elite bowlers Khelaifi, at the wheel of quickest lap of the race again, points. Hamad al Sulaiti oc- Honda S2000, started again by 10.379 seconds. finally I was able to finish in top three performers for cupies the second spot with REUTERS “I started to pick up some on pole position in the first Khelaifi was delighted front,” he said. first time this season, com- 52 points, while Ghanim al BRIDGETOWN (BARBADOS) wickets and it went from there,” race and had an engrossing with his performance this “In the second race, mented, “I’m very happy to Maadheed is in third with a said Barbados-born Chase, 26. battle with Kuwari (Toyota weekend. “I’d a lot of fun in Saadon had a technical issue be on the podium again. In tally of 47 points. ROSTON Chase, who engi- “I just tried to be consistent GT86) before clinching the the first race. Some drivers and started from the pit so I the first race, I led the race Trophies were present- neered West Indies’ demoli- and land it my areas, despite victory with a gap of 01.004 are very close to me in terms didn’t have to push the car from the second lap until the ed by Salem al Mohannadi tion of England in the first what the batsmen were doing, seconds. Kuwari produced of the performance and you too much in the beginning. sixth lap when I did a mis- (QMMF Board Member), Mo- Test match on Saturday, start- put some revs on the ball and the fastest lap of the race – can’t relax. So I pushed the However, in the fourth lap, take. Abdulla passed me and hamad al Kubaisi, (QMMF ed his second-innings bowl- vary my pace a bit.” 2:23.364 - in the third round car very hard and happy that I saw him behind me in the I couldn’t catch him as tyres Board Member) and Abdul- ing spell to give the team’s He fittingly delivered the of the track and was able to the car survived until the end rear mirror so I pressed the were very hot.” razak al Kuwari (QMMF Gen- pace quartet a breather as final blow by having Sam Cur- make the gap so close. of the race. I had a tough bat- accelerator hard to maintain “In the second race, I had eral Secretary). The fourth much as anything. ran stumped for 17, sealing a The third place was taken tle with Saadon, and at the the gap till crossing he finish to start from the pit lane and round of Qatar Touring Car A few hours later he had 381-run win for the hosts. by Ibrahim al Abdulghani end, we switched positions line,” Khelaifi added. it was very hard to pass every- Championship will be held on joined an elite list of West Only Jack Noreiga - 9-95 v (Honda S2000), who was more than three times but Kuwari, back among the body. It took me almost four February 8 and 9. Indies’ bowlers with eight India at Port of Spain in 1971 – wickets or more. has taken more than eight wick- Chase did not extract a ets in an innings for West Indies. great deal of turn from the Chase joined a list with Kensington Oval pitch in Bar- eight wickets that also com- Rashid, Mohsin & Abdulla champions in Khor Al Udaid Endurance Cup bados, but flighted the ball prises Colin Croft, Lance beautifully and, aided by some Gibbs, Curtley Ambrose, poor England batting, emerged Devendra Bishoo, Shannon with the figures of eight for 60. Gabriel, Michael Holding and “Looking at the wicket, I Alf Valentine. always thought I would come into play in the second in- SCOREBOARD nings,” he told reporters. With the home team hav- WEST INDIES (1ST INNINGS): ...... 289 ing opted for a line-up lacking ENGLAND (1ST INNINGS): ...... 77 WEST INDIES (2ND INNINGS): ...... 415-6 DECL a specialist spinner, captain ENGLAND (2ND INNINGS, OVERNIGHT 56-0): Jason Holder had few options R. Burns b Chase ...... 84 other than to use Chase, a bat- K. Jennings c Holder b Joseph ...... 14 ting all-rounder who entered J. Bairstow c Hope b Gabriel ...... 30 J. Root c Bravo b Chase ...... 22 the match with a test bowling B. Stokes lbw b Chase ...... 34 average of more than 40. J. Buttler c Campbell b Chase ...... 26 “The quicks set it up for M. Ali c Holder b Chase ...... 0 us in the first innings and B. Foakes c Hetmyer b Chase ...... 5 S. Curran st Hope b Chase ...... 17 (spin bowling coach Mushtaq A. Rashid c Brathwaite b Chase ...... 1 Ahmed) told me I’m going to J. Anderson not out ...... 4 have to bowl 25 overs in the Extras (b4, nb2, w3) ...... 9 second innings, to get my mind Total (80.4 overs, all out) ...... 246 Fall of wickets: 1-85 (Jennings), 2-134 (Burns), ready for it, so I was always 3-143 (Bairstow), 4-167 (Root), 5-215 (Stokes), prepared to do some work, to 6-217 (Ali), 7-218 (Buttler), 8-228 (Foakes), 9-234 Rashid Hamad al Marri rode superbly on AR Veinte and won the 100km title at the Khor Al Udaid Endurance Cup, organised by the Qatar Endurance Committee at the Sealine give the pacers a rest,” he said. (Rashid), 10-246 (Curran) Beach course on Saturday. Marri clocked 4:05.47 and beat Deva Ram (Dakar De Fontnoire) by more than 12 minutes. Mohammed Juma (Pulgarcito FC) was third. Mohsin al Chase’s first wicket was per- Bowling: K. Roach 14-3-58-0, S. Gabriel 16.5-2-55- Kubaisi (Pacha De Barancon) emerged the winner in the 80 km class, beating Saud al Shammari (IA Aladdin) by three seconds in an exciting finish. The 40km title was bagged 1 (1nb, 1w), J. Holder 12-6-24-0 (1nb), R. Chase haps his best and most impor- 21.4-2-60-8 (1w), A. Joseph 12-4-35-1, J. Campbell by Abdulla al Hajri. Riding Wadeea, he defeated Abdulla Rashid al Mansoori (Nimr Dukhan). The QEC also hosted a 20 km race for young riders. A large number of boys and girls tant, clean bowling Rory Burns 4.1-0-10-0 (1w). contested. The winners were honoured in presence of Amer Hamidi, Director of the QEC, members and officials of the committee. for 84. 20 Monday, January 28, 2019 The Last Word Amir begins Asia tour from S Korea

The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani on Sunday arrived in Seoul on a two-day official visit to the Republic ofKorea. The Amir was welcomed at Seoul Air Base by Oceans Fisheries Minister of Korea Kim Young-choon, Qatar’s Ambassador to Korea HE Moham- med Abdullah al Duhaimi and Korea’s Ambassador to Qatar HE Kim Chang-mo, in addition to a lineup of heads of Arab diplomatic missions accredited to Korea and members of the Qatari Embassy in Seoul. The tour will see the signing of a number of agreements and memoran- da of understanding between the two countries. (QNA) Arnold & Son unveils new HM Perpetual Moon ‘Qatar has always TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK standing. To further underscore supported Lebanon’ DOHA that, the entire rhodium treated nickel-silver movement fea- RAFIQ Shalala, media adviser the leaderships and peoples of DEMONSTRATING its rich tures hand finishing indicative to Lebanese President General the two countries,” Shalala said. British history and quality Swiss of the finest Haute Horlogerie Michel Aoun, said the participa- In this regard, he praised craftsmanship, Arnold & Son timepieces, including manu- tion of the Amir His Highness Qatar’s purchase of Lebanese has unveiled a new version of ally chamfered bridges with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al government bonds worth $500 the HM Perpetual Moon with a The HM Perpetual Moon polished edges, Côtes de Ge- Thani in the Arab Economic and million, stressing that it was an blue Aventurine stone dial. timepieces in the Royal nève rayonnantes and fine cir- Social Development Summit important step in support of the The HM Perpetual Moon is Collection demonstrate the cular graining, circular grained in Beirut last Sunday gave the Lebanese economy. a testament to Arnold & Son’s brand’s prowess in traditional wheels and blued screws with summit an additional impetus The Lebanese official re- tradition of watches with astro- watchmaking and classical polished and chamfered edges. in the light of the conditions in ferred to the Father Amir HH nomical indications. The time- decorative arts. The timepiece naturally fea- which it was held. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al pieces in the Royal Collection tures an anti-reflective sapphire In a statement to Qatar News Thani’s visit to Beirut in 2006, demonstrate the brand’s prow- fering a uniquely precise, big and runs from 10 to 2 o’clock on the cise, it is also an intriguing com- crystal and case back to view the Agency (QNA), Shalala said Qa- after the Israeli aggression ess in traditional watchmaking three-dimensional moonphase. dial, reveals one of the largest plication in that it is not simply a meticulous details. tar, through the Amir’s personal on Lebanon, when Qatar an- and classical decorative arts. The calibre is also equipped with moons in the market with a dia- module added to the movement, The HM Perpetual Moon participation in the summit and nounced the reconstruction of The sophisticated HM Per- a double barrel to yield 90 hours metre of 11.2 mm for the moon but, in fact, is fully integrated Aventurine measures 42 mm in its contribution to supporting towns in southern Lebanon. He petual Moon Aventurine is a su- of power reserve. alone. into the calibre. diametre in its classically elegant the Lebanese economy, aimed noted that the visit of the Father perb example of Arnold & Son’s The HM Perpetual Moon Additionally, this large The watch also has a unique Red Gold (5N) case. Viewed from at emphasising to the world that Amir broke the Israeli siege, and technical and artistic excellence. Aventurine offers one of the moon is one of the most visu- easy-to-set feature thanks to the the side, the housing is stepped Lebanon is not abandoned and was welcomed officially and From the inside out, this most accurate moon phases in ally stunning recreations of ingenious addition of a second and tapers from top to bottom, has a special place in the hearts popularly for being the first visit new timepiece with rich blue the market, with only one day’s the moon because it is a three- moon indication installed at the the widest section accommodat- of the Gulf people in general and of an Arab leader to the border guilloché moon disc and en- deviation every 122 years at dimensional sculptured moon back of the movement. This sec- ing the extra-large glass with the Qataris in particular. villages. The Lebanese then graved moon surprises and de- which point a single push on the that was first hand-engraved ond moon display, visible via a lower part narrowing to fit snug- “Qatar has a long record of launched the famous phrase lights. It houses the exclusive corrector will keep it in sync for and then duplicated in a 18k transparent case back, features ly on the wrist. Each is finished showing solidarity with Leba- ‘Thank you Qatar’. Arnold & Son mechanical hand- another 122 years. red gold plate for the series. The a graduated dial and a pointer with an exquisite hand-stitched non. The relations between the The official also praised the wound movement, the calibre The exceptional perpetual sculptured moon is then insert- hand that allows a more exact alligator strap. two countries are deep-rooted way the Lebanese community A&S1512. moonphase indication of this ed into the guilloché disc. setting. In all, the HM Perpetual and are constantly developing. in Qatar is treated, noting that The calibre was especially watch is a marvel in many ways. From the technical side, in The multiple technologi- Moon Aventurine is a beguiling The relations are characterised there are about 40,000 Leba- developed for the moonphase From the aesthetic side, the 29 addition to the HM Perpetual cal advancements in the calibre work of technical mastery and by brotherhood and reflect the nese in Qatar who feel they are watches with the objective of of- mm moonphase disc, which Moon Aventurine being so pre- make this timepiece truly out- fine art. close friendship bonds between in their second home. (QNA)

OVER 1,300 STUDENTS VISIT DOHA METRO

Qatar Rail welcomed 1,375 students from 41 schools in 2018, enabling them to have a closer look at the Doha Metro Project.