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Wakra Central Market to Open Before Year-End BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Five-star Brahimi leads London Stock Exchange Khor rout lists QIIB’s $300mn of giants AT1 perpetual sukuk Al Duhail published in QATAR since 1978 SUNDAY Vol. XXXX No. 11369 November 17, 2019 Rabia I 20, 1441 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals In brief QATAR | Offi cial Wakra Central Amir to meet Armenia president on Tuesday His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will meet on Market to open Tuesday with Armenian President Armen Sarkissian, who arrives in Doha today for an off icial visit. The Amir and the Armenian president will discuss bilateral relations and means before year-end to strengthen them in addition to a host of issues of common concern. PM visits site and reviews progress of the project QATAR | Infrastructure PM pays visit to E the Prime Minister and Min- away from the heart of Doha and close Ashghal projects ister of Interior Sheikh Ab- to the Hamad Port, which is used to Hdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa import livestock and fodder. HE the Prime Minister and Minister al-Thani visited the upcoming Central The market is divided into several of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Market at Al-Wakra and reviewed the sections to serve the livestock trade: Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani visited progress of the project which is sched- barns, automated slaughterhouse, the Mesaimeer Interchange Upgrade uled to open before the year-end. shops, hypermarkets, service shops project and Citizens’ Subdivisions Under the supervision of the Minis- and administrative offi ces. The barns Development projects in the south of try of Municipality and Environment, section comprises of more than 600 Doha. He was briefed on the progress Hassad Food company funded the de- shaded storage and display sheds in of works in both projects. The Prime HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani visiting the Al-Wakra Central velopment of the new central markets line with international specifi cations Minister stressed that the citizens’ Market with other dignitaries. including Al-Wakra Market, that will and sizes. The fodder storage area is subdivisions are the top priority of be the central livestock market in- more than 5,200sq m. the government under the directives cluding a state-of-the-art automated Also the market includes the new of His Highness the Amir Sheikh slaughterhouse, the most advanced in central automated slaughterhouse, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, as the the Middle East region. Aswaq, a sub- which covers an area of about 14,000sq Amir clarified in his recent address to sidiary of Hassad, will manage all the m, with a production capacity of 9,000 the Shura Council. Page 24 Qatar fl ays baseless report All set for three central markets. heads of sheep per day using modern Mohamed al-Sadah, Hassad Food techniques to maintain the quality of QATAR | Weather CEO, commented: “By funding the de- products and effi ciency of operations, Scattered rain carried by US news portal introduction velopment of the new central markets in addition to another line for cows and and managing it through Aswaq we camels. likely today aim to support the national products All retail, wholesale and hypermar- Chances of scattered rain are atar’s foreign ministry yes- access to a state-of-the-art military of National and fulfi l the needs of the producer, ket sections are air-conditioned. The expected to continue today and the terday blasted an article base, along with intelligence and lo- trader and consumer to achieve self- market includes 102 shops to support conditions may become thundery at Qpublished by FoxNews.com gistical support. Signifi cant intelli- Address Law suffi ciency.” the main activity such as fodder, grain, times in some areas, accompanied that contained the baseless allega- gence sharing takes place and Qatar Al-Wakra Market is based on the lat- veterinary and supplies. by strong winds, the Qatar Met tion of withholding information would never withhold critical intel- est international systems, to serve the Additionally, the retail section in- department has said. “Kindly take against the Gulf country. ligence from its allies.” needs of all categories: producer, trad- cludes 76 shops that sell vegetables care, avoid going to sea and follow The ministry said Qatar had no According to the statement, er and consumer. The market is spread and fruits, dried fruits, honey, and latest updates through our off icial advance knowledge of the attack on Weinthal misleads and distorts over about 230,000sq m and is located dates as well as the traditional market. social media accounts,” it tweeted commercial vessels in the Gulf of throughout his piece. “The Associ- at the junction of the modern and ma- Six service shops are allocated for caf- yesterday. The wind speed may go Oman on May 12, 2019. ated Press reported that Weinthal’s jor road network. It is just 30 minutes eteria, supermarket and restaurants. up to 28 knots in both off shore and In a statement, the ministry said: employer, FDD, worked with one of inshore areas during thundershowers, “It is well beneath the standards of the blockading countries’ paid rep- with the sea level rising to 9ft. FoxNews.com to post the Novem- resentative Elliot Broidy to com- ber 16, 2019 article, by Benjamin mission and publish articles exactly Cyprus police seize Israeli ‘spy van’ EUROPE | Weather Weinthal at the Foundation for De- like the FoxNews.com piece, as well Venice braced for fense of Democracies (FDD), full of as execute an anti-Qatar confer- Lt Col al-Sahli: new law to help off icial Cypriot police said yesterday they had questioned further, along with Cypriot baseless assertions and attacks. ence in May2017. As a result, it is communications with the residents. seized an alleged “spy van” equipped nationals. third major fl ood “The State of Qatar had no advance not surprising Weinthal and FDD with sophisticated surveillance Forbes had named the owner of the van Venice was braced yesterday for knowledge of the attack on commer- would attempt to advance these he procedural and operational equipment capable of hacking as ex-Israeli intelligence off icer Tal Dilian, an unprecedented third major cial vessels in the Gulf of Oman on false narratives.” steps for the implementation of the communications and questioned its who allegedly heads a Cyprus-registered flooding in less than a week, with May 12, 2019. Nowhere in Weinthal’s Two oil tankers were attacked in TNational Address Law (Law No 24 Israeli owner. company that owns the vehicle. sea water due to swamp the already article does a United States govern- the Gulf of Oman on May 12, 2019, of 2017) have been completed and the law Police began investigating after the It said the $9 million state-of-the-art devastated historic city where ment offi cial or any Western govern- leaving one ablaze and both adrift, will be introduced soon, the Ministry of opposition communist party AKEL equipment in the van can monitor authorities have declared a state of ment offi cial corroborate or support raising regional tensions. The crew Interior (MoI) yesterday announced. asked what the government was doing electronic devices within a 500-metre emergency. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro Weinthal’s claim. Yet FoxNews.com from both tankers were evacuated. In a press statement, the MoI said about activities undertaken in the van, (yards) radius, hack any phone and ordered the iconic St Mark’s Square allows him to use an unseen and un- The attacks occurred along one the law comes into eff ect as part of which was showcased in a Forbes video listen in to conversations regardless of closed on Friday as the latest sea verifi ed report.” of the world’s busiest oil routes. the strategic development of Qatar’s story broadcast several months ago the level of encryption. surge struck with strong storms and Stressing Qatar’s impeccable cre- In May four tankers were at- e-government, the completion of the that only recently went viral in Cyprus. Investigators searched a company winds battering the region. After a dentials as a strategic partner of the tacked off the coast of the United legislative structure for government’s Cyprus police chief Kypros Michaelides premises where the van was located in brief respite, the city forecast a high United States, the statement said: Arab Emirates. The US blamed electronic transactions and the tran- told private radio station Astra that the southern coastal resort of Larnaca water of 160cm (over 5ft) for just “In its role as an ally of the United those attacks on Iran – an accusa- sition from descriptive address to the the Israeli owner had given “some after securing warrants, Cypriot police after midday yesterday. Page 15 States, Qatar provides unfettered tion Tehran has denied. digital address system. To Page 24 explanations”, but he would be said. — AFP Reclamation, rehabilitation of Al Karaana Lagoon completed By Shafeeq Alingal environment and reduce the causes of Staff Reporter pollution have yielded results,” he said. Located 60km southwest of Doha, Al Karaana was once home to ten sepa- he Public Works Authority (Ash- rate lagoons that had been receiving ghal) yesterday announced the about 6,000 cu m of industrial waste- Tcompletion of the Al Karaana water per day since 2006. This resulted Lagoon Reclamation and Rehabilitation in the accumulation of sediments and Project. The announcement was made solids at the bottom of the lagoons, and during a visit by Ashghal president Dr the formation of a contaminated layer Saad bin Ahmad al-Muhannadi along (sludge) of up to 3.5m in some areas.
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