INDEX QATAR 2,12 COMMENT 10 BUSINESS | Page 1 QATAR | Page 12 ARAB WORLD 3 BUSINESS 1-8 Credit to trading INTERNATIONAL 4-9,11 SPORTS 1-8 QU graduates and services DOW JONES QE NYMEX serve MoPH as sectors rises volunteers to 28,665.82 9,882.93 42.96 double-digit +173.55 -0.16 -0.08 fi ght pandemic +0.61% -0.16% -0.19% in July Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 SATURDAY Vol. XXXXI No. 11655 August 29, 2020 Muharram 10, 1442 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Amir wishes Futuristic stadium Japanese PM speedy recovery Plans for more His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has wished Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a speedy recovery. greenhouses to In a tweet yesterday, he said: “We wish a speedy recovery for our friend Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan. You have always been supporting the deeply strong rela- boost Qatar’s tions between Qatar and Japan, and work with you have been a source of happiness”. farming sector Japan’s Abe resigning By Joey Aguilar for health reasons Staff Reporter Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced yesterday he will lans to develop 1.5mn sq m of resign, ending his record-breaking diff erent types of greenhouses in tenure in a bombshell development With its critically acclaimed design inspired by Qatar’s seafaring past, Al Janoub Stadium will welcome 40,000 football Pthe next two years is expected to that kicks off a leadership race fans in 2022, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy tweeted yesterday. Located in the southern city of Al further boost Qatar’s agriculture sec- in the world’s third-largest Wakrah, the 40,000-capacity Al Janoub Stadium opened on May 16, 2019 with the Amir Cup final. One of Qatar’s oldest tor, a prominent Qatari agriculturist economy. Abe said he is suff ering continuously inhabited areas, Al Wakrah was long a centre for pearl-diving and fishing. The traditional dhow boats used told Gulf Times. a recurrence of the ulcerative in these pursuits inspired the design of Al Janoub Stadium. At its inauguration, a stunning pre-match show paid tribute “The (agriculture) sector contin- colitis that forced him to cut short to Al Wakrah’s heritage and to Zaha Hadid, the architect whose firm designed the stadium’s boldly futuristic shape. ues to boom and there is a gap in pro- a first term in off ice, and that he duction that needs to be fi lled. These no longer felt able to continue as greenhouses will produce 40,000 prime minister. Page 6 tonnes of vegetables, as well as 33mn eggs, 350 tonnes of shrimps per year, Qatar condemns and livestock fattening and slaughter- attack in Iraq Education ministry continues to ing,” Agrico managing director Nasser Ahmed al-Khalaf explained. Qatar has strongly condemned Such eff orts will help reduce de- the attack on a military post pendence from imports, off ering the Nasser Ahmed al-Khalaf near Baquba, in north-eastern off er online services for parents public fresh, high-quality and organic Iraq, which led to the death produce at competitive prices, he plant and zucchini. Built by Agrico and of one soldier and wounding pointed out. managed in co-operation with Agrico. others. In a statement yesterday, he Ministry of Education and education ministry building as of to- ernment schools, online transfer be- Agrico, a private Qatari agricultural The (hydroponics) farm is 100% hy- the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Higher Education (MoEHE) an- morrow (Sunday), in light of the pre- tween schools as well as school and development company established droponic and the greenhouse system reiterated Qatar’s firm stance on Tnounced yesterday that it will cautionary and preventive measures university certifi cates’ equivalency, in 2011, aims at helping the country does not have any type of cooling and rejecting violence and terrorism continue off ering online services for to reduce the spread of Covid-19. in addition to adult education regis- achieve self-suffi ciency. the farm produces all year long,” he regardless of motives and causes. parents to complete student enrol- The portal allows the public to have tration, online payment services for The company developed a highly said. It expressed Qatar’s condolences ment and transfer in public schools for electronic access to the services pro- the fees of textbooks, transportation sophisticated hydroponics system ca- He added that they also continue to the families of victims and the the 2020/2021 academic year via the vided by the ministry, through a uni- and the recruitment services. pable of producing various types of building similar hydroponic systems government and people of Iraq, ministry’s public service portal. fi ed window and under a multi-serv- All services provided by the MoE- organic and pesticide-free vegetables designed for backyard farming, which wishing the wounded a speedy The ministry urged parents to use ice umbrella. The portal includes the HE electronically can be accessed via and fruits such as tomatoes, cucum- helps sustain every family’s vegetable recovery. these electronic services. It has been service of educational certifi cates’ this link: https://eduservices.edu. bers, lettuces, green leafy vegetables, needs. decided not to receive visitors in the verifi cation, online enrolment in gov- gov.qa/ (QNA) spring onion, egg plants, zucchinis, About the challenges in producing Europe tightens virus mushrooms, hot and sweet peppers, during the summer period, al-Khalaf measures as cases rise and melons, among others, all year noted Agrico, like other hydroponic long. farms, face the same hot environment Europe tightened restrictions Al-Khalaf pointed out that the ag- but its products can be seen in the yesterday as it battled a surge in riculture sector in the country has a market daily. coronavirus cases, with masks 3 held for violating home quarantine conditions wide area for development and ex- “Our production did not stop since becoming obligatory all over pansion, especially for local farms 2015. We have also developed other Paris and Hungary shutting its who want to further increase their farms which are under our manage- borders once again. German QNA arrested three people who violated on citizens and residents under home production. ment and still producing vegetables Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Doha the requirements of the home quar- quarantine to fully commit to the He said many young Qatari entre- during the summer,” he said. the crisis will be “more difficult” antine, to which they are committed Ministry of Public Health’s condi- preneurs who are keen to invest in this “We have successfully achieved our in the autumn and winter. and are legally accountable for, in ac- tions, to ensure their safety and the sector can take advantage of this op- vision of producing all year long and President Donald Trump took a n implementation of the precau- cordance with the procedures of the safety of others. portunity. implementing our technology and characteristically more optimistic tionary measures in force in the health authorities in the country. Anyone who violates the condi- Al-Khalaf cited the 100,000sq m know-how in diff erent farms around view, despite the death toll in the Icountry, approved by health au- They are: Fahd Ali Mohamed al- tions is subject to the penalties stated Al Waha farm near Al Khor, which is the country,” al-Khalaf added. United States topping 180,000, as thorities represented in the Ministry Adgham al-Athba, Ali Mohamed al- in Article No. 253 of Criminal Law No. owned by a young Qatari entrepreneur, Such eff orts are also supported he vowed to “crush” the virus with of Public Health (MOPH) to ensure Hassan al-Khalifa and Hassen Ahmed 11 of 2014, the provisions of Law No. as an example, saying it was built in by the Qatar government in various a vaccine by the end of the year. public safety and to curb the spread Hassan Jaber al-Jaber. The violators are 17 of 1990 on protection from infec- 2019 to produce eggplant. forms, including long-term leases Page 8 of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), currently being referred to prosecution. tious diseases, and Law No. 17 of 2002 “Now we are building another (lands), issuance of licenses, and off er- the competent authorities yesterday The authorities concerned called on protecting society. 100,000sq m for them also for egg- ing easy loans, among others. Trump intensifi es anti-Biden onslaught President Donald Trump was following up his all-out assault on Joe Biden at the Republican convention with a rally in New QF student develops a dual-role robot Hampshire yesterday, as the Democratic challenger plotted his own return to the live student of Hamad Bin Kha- campaign trail after months under lifa University (HBKU), a Qatar coronavirus lockdown. Fresh from A Foundation member – has cre- the hyperbolic claim during that “no ated a dual-role robot that works as a one will be safe in Biden’s America,” security guard during the day and as an Trump was to hammer that “law offi ce cleaner at night. and order” theme again in the city The squat robot on wheels was de- of Manchester. Page 5 veloped by Ali al-Rashid, who is doing his PhD in computer science and engi- Turkey, US discuss neering at HBKU. “My invention is designed to keep Syrian crisis people safe in the era of Covid-19 and Turkish presidential spokesman beyond though it is built for the age of Ibrahim Kalin met in Ankara this particular pandemic,” he said. yesterday with US special envoy “The idea started when Covid-19 for Syria James Jeff rey.