TUESDAY APRIL 16, 2019 SHA’BAN 11, 1440 VOL.12 NO. 4606 QR 2 PARTLY CLOUDY Fajr: 3:52 am Dhuhr: 11:34 am HIGH : 35°C Asr: 3:03 pm Maghrib: 5:57 pm LOW : 21°C Isha: 7:27 pm MAIN BRANCH LULU HYPER SANAYYA ALKHOR Business 13 Sports 16 Doha D-Ring Road Street-17 M & J Building MATAR QADEEM MANSOURA ABU HAMOUR BIN OMRAN Strong capital base helped ‘Redemption’ victory could be Near Ahli Bank Al Meera Petrol Station Al Meera QGIRC deliver in 2018: Nasser just the start for Woods alzamanexchange www.alzamanexchange.com 44441448 Amir condoles AMIR, BOTSWANA PRESIDENT DISCUSS WAYS TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONS with Kuwait Amir Qatar, Botswana ink MoUs to boost ties QNA and international issues of and political consultations. DOHA common concern. The talks and agreement Later, the Amir and the signings were attended by a THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim Botswana president wit- number of the ministers. bin Hamad al Thani and Bot- nessed the signing of mem- Members of the official swana President Dr Mokg- delegation accompanying weetsi Masisi discussed bilat- the Botswana president also eral relations and the ways to Qatar and Botswana on attended the talks. strengthen them during the Monday signed a slew of Later, the Amir hosted a THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim officials talks at the Amiri Di- memoranda of understand- luncheon banquet in honour bin Hamad al Thani on wan on Monday. ing on cooperation in the of the Botswana president Monday sent a cable of They discussed ways to fields of defence, youth and the delegation accompa- condolences to the Amir of promote bilateral relations and sports, culture, and nying him. Kuwait HH Sheikh Sabah al with special emphasis on political consultations. Earlier upon arrival at the Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah investment, minerals, in- Amiri Diwan, the Botswana on the death of Sheikh frastructure and air trans- President was accorded an of- Abdullah Saud al Malek al port. oranda of understanding ficial reception. Sabah. (QNA) The two sides also dis- on cooperation in defence, cussed a number of regional youth and sports, culture, See also page 20 Ô QP invites three CMC polls today; 85 Doha to Al Khor in 20 mins as groups to bid for North Field LNG candidates in fray train construction Al Khor Coastal Road opens QATAR Petroleum (QP) has QNA The Ministry of Inte- invited three groups to bid DOHA rior (MoI) has confirmed the SANTHOSH CHANDRAN for engineering procurement completion of all technical DOHA and construction pack- QATARI voters will go to preparations for the polling ages on liquefied natural poll to elect their Central in an atmosphere of freedom, THE Public Works Authority (Ashghal) on gas (LNG) mega-trains as Municipal Council (CMC) integrity and transparency. A Monday inaugurated the Al Khor Coastal it expands production at representatives. This is the number of volunteers to fa- Road main carriageway and three vital in- its North Field reservoir, sixth edition of the CMC cilitate the voters and guide terchanges in the presence of Prime Min- the company said. The elections. them in the polling stations ister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh first group invited is a joint A total of 85 candidates, have been trained. Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani. venture between Chiyoda including five women, are Director of the elections The opening of the Al Khor Road main Corporation and Technip contesting in the elections department Major General carriageway linking Doha to Al Khor was France SA, the second for 25 out of 29 constituen- Majid al Khulaifi, who is also completed one year ahead of schedule. It comprises JGC Corporation cies. Four districts — 7th, head of the election super- was originally scheduled to open in the and Hyundai Engineering and 22nd, 27th and 28th — have visory committee, said the second quarter of 2020. Construction Co. Ltd and the been elected by acclamation. committee provided all pos- The 33-km Al Khor Coastal Road con- third Saipem SPA, McDer- The polling stations are sible means to hold the elec- sists of five lanes in each direction, and mott Middle East Inc. and scheduled to open at 8am toral process to the fullest includes 10 intersections (three of them Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani CTCI Corporation 19. Minis- on Tuesday. The voting pro- and facilitate the process of were opened fully), 8 bridges and 22 tun- attends the ceremony to announce the opening of Al Khor Coastal Road on Monday. ter of State for Energy Affairs cess will continue until 5 pm, voting in a calm and stable nels. It is integrated with the metro net- HE Saad Sherida al Kaabi which will be followed by the atmosphere. work to connect the regions of the north said: “This tender package counting of votes and the an- and the city of Doha, serving more than comes in line with QP’s plan lanes Intersections nouncement of the winners. Continued on page 2 Ô 20 residential areas and providing easy 33km 5 10 to move into the next phase access to Lusail and Al Bayt stadiums. Al Khor in each 22 of the North Field Expansion Al Khor Road main carriageway serves tunnels project, which will culminate Coastal Road direction 8 bridges as an alternative to Al Shamal Road as it in the award of EPC contract allows road users coming from Al Khor in Jan 2020. PAGE 13 to reach their desired destinations while saving travel time by up to 65 percent compared to the same journey via Al Sha- mal Road. The new road will consider- ably upgrade the vehicular capacity from 8,000 to 20,000 vehicles per hour in both directions. Minister of Transport and Communi- cations HE Jassim bin Saif al Sulaiti said the opening of Al Khor Road will help additional means of transportation to The road is strategically linked with Huge fire engulfs connect Al Khor to Doha in approximate- residents in the areas it traverses. major expressways such as Al Majd Road Notre-Dame ly 20 minutes. Simaisma Interchange, the inter- which creates interconnectivity with The special design of Al Khor road al- change on Al Majd Road, and the inter- many highways. cathedral in lows the wide central median to accom- change on Al Turfa Street are now fully Paris (PG 12 ) modate a rail line, which would provide open to traffic. Continued on page 20 Ô Qatar ranks high on global cybersecurity index $100,000 Qatari grant for kids of slain Salvadorian cops ATAR has provided a $100,000 grant to He said the grant shows Qatar’s solidarity ATAR has achieved high landscape and occupied the robust organisational structure Qsupport children of police officers who with El Salvador, especially with the police forc- Qrankings in terms of cyber- 17th position, from the 25th with a National Cybersecurity died during their national duty in El Salvador. es, by supporting the scholarship programme security globally as it ranked in 2017. GCI 2018, which Strategy (NCS) that has a key In a speech during a ceremony held by which aims to enable students to complete third in the Arab world and covered 175 countries around focus on securing critical the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, their university studies. 17th globally on the Global Cy- the world, placed Qatar with information infrastructure and in coordination with the Embassy of Qatar, He noted that about 41 students have bersecurity Index (GCI) 2018 the top three countries in the a National Cybersecurity Com- Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador Carlos benefited from the programme in accounting, released recently by the UN’s Arab world. mittee responsible to imple- Castaneda thanked Qatar for its donation for legal sciences, international relations, agri- International Telecommunica- This year, Qatar advanced “Qatar ranks third with a ment and drive that Strategy,” the sons and daughters of police officers who cultural engineering, mechanics, media, and tion Union (ITU). eight positions on the global strong legal framework and a GCI said. PAGE 2 died during their national duty. computer. PAGE 19 02 Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O. Box: 23493, Doha. Justice ministry, Tarsheed helps save QR1.75 billion in 2018 UNODC start training workshop PM attends Kahramaa’s celebration of achieving significant reduction in power & water consumption A four-day legal training work- SANTHOSH CHANDRAN shop was launched on Monday DOHA as part of the partnership be- tween the Ministry of Justice THE National Program for and the United Nations Office Conservation and Energy Effi- on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). ciency ‘Tarsheed’ achieved sig- During the opening of the nificant reduction in electricity workshop, the Minister of Jus- and water consumption result- tice and Acting Minister of ing in saving to the tune of QR State for Cabinet Affairs HE 1.75billion in 2018. Dr Issa Saad al Jafali al Nu- This was revealed at the aimi praised the partnership seventh anniversary celebra- with UNODC in various fields, tions of Tarsheed organised by including among others protec- Qatar General Electricity and tion of labour rights and com- Water Corporation ‘Kahramaa’ bating human trafficking. under the slogan ‘Towards Sus- He urged the participants tainability’ in Doha on Tuesday. Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani, Minister of State for Energy Affairs HE Saad bin Sherida al Kaabi and other ministers and to take advantage of this work- Prime Minister and Minis- dignitaries attended the seventh anniversary celebrations of Tarsheed in Doha on Monday.