Hassad Sets up Local Company for Marketing, Agri Services
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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 MUHARRAM 10, 1440 VOL.11 NO. 4398 QR 2 FINE Fajr: 4:04 am Dhuhr: 11:29 am HIGH : 40°C Asr: 2:56 pm Maghrib: 5:34 pm LOW : 32°C Isha: 7:04 pm Pakistan 7 Business 12 Sports 16 Ex-Pakistan PM Sharif, daughter CB’s ‘60 Seconds Remittance’ Qatar’s Nasser al Attiyah to freed from jail on court orders a major hit among expatriates participate in Kuwait Rally Amir appoints AMIR MEETS SOUTH AFRICAN MP new Minister of State Hassad sets up local company for marketing, DOHA The Amir HH Sheikh agri services Tamim bin Hamad al Thani on Wednesday issued Amiri Order No (4) of 2018, ap- The firm will support farmers in increasing pointing HE Sheikh Abdul- lah bin Mohammed bin production to help achieve self-sufficiency Saud al Thani as Minister of State. The Amiri order QNA Chief Executive Officer of Hassad is effective starting from DOHA Food Company Mohamed bin Badr al its date of issue and is to Sada said, “The company is pleased to be published in the Official HASSAD Food Company, the lead- announce the launch of a local gov- Gazette. (QNA) ing investment company in the food ernment-supported agricultural mar- sector, has established a local mar- keting company, as the company seek keting and agricultural services com- to support the local agricultural sec- The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani met Zwelivelile Mandela, a member of South Africa’s Parliament, and pany to support the private agricul- tor and encourage farmers to increase the accompanying delegation at his Amiri Diwan office on Wednesday. The meeting dealt with a number of issues of tural sector in their production, mutual interest. (QNA) Amir appoints contributing to because enhanc- new QIA chief achievement of ing food security self-sufficiency. is the main goal This was an- of the strategy of nounced by the Hassad compa- technical team of ny.” the Ministerial He explained Cabinet okays draft law on Group for the En- that the company couragement and was launched in Participation of coordination with media, freedom of press the Private Sec- Qatar Chamber of tor under the di- Commerce, which QNA rectives of Prime FOOD SECURITY aims to reduce the DOHA of cinemas and theatres, the organi- DOHA The Amir HH Sheikh Minister and Min- burden on local The draft law was prepared in sation of works of art, film produc- Tamim bin Hamad al Thani O One of the objectives of this ister of Interior strategic project is to buy the farmers and en- THE Cabinet has approved a draft the framework of modernising tion, radio and television broadcast- on Wednesday issued HE Sheikh Abdul- courage them to law to regulate publications, pub- legislation and keeping ing, advertising, media services and Amiri Decision No. (65) of lah bin Nasser bin product from farmers and then increase produc- lishing, media activities and arts. public relations. 2018, appointing Mansour Khalifa al Thani. market it, in addition to providing a tion by providing The draft law was prepared with abreast of the technical and The Cabinet also approved a Ibrahim al Mahmoud as The new ag- number of other agricultural them with mar- a view to modernise legislation and technological development in the draft decision identifying the fa- Chief Executive Officer of ricultural mar- services keting and agri- keeping abreast of the technical field of publications, publishing, cilities that are committed to the Qatar Investment Author- keting company cultural services. and technological developments in media activities installation of cameras and security ity (QIA). The decision is will support local One of the ob- the field of publications, publish- surveillance devices. effective starting from its farmers by marketing their produce, jectives of this strategic project is to ing, media activities and arts, and The Cabinet meeting was date of issue and is to be as well as providing various other ag- buy the produce from the farmers and in support of the freedom of opin- sions relating to the organisation of chaired by Prime Minister and published in the Official ricultural services in order to increase then market it, in addition to provid- ion and expression and freedom of press, printing houses and publish- Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Gazette. (QNA) the volume and quality of local pro- ing a number of other agricultural the press and media in Qatar. ers, the circulation of publications, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al duction. services. The draft law includes provi- the establishment and management Thani. PAGE 4 50% drop in traffic violations QATAR MOVES CLOSER TO SETTING UP FIRST ELECTRIC CAR PLANT TRAFFIC violations have decreased by nearly 50 percent in the Japanese company ‘ARM’, which specialises in recent times, thanks to a number of contributing factors, par- manufacturing electric engines, has joined hands ticularly the high level of awareness about the conduct of road users, said Captain Engineer Mohamed Mesfer al Hajri, head of with Qatari firm Qatar Quality Trading to manufacture Traffic Planning Department, Department of Traffic Safety at the electric cars in Qatar. This was announced at a General Directorate of Traffic. Hajri also attributed the decline in violations to the efforts of the Department of Media and Traffic seminar in Doha on Wednesday Awareness in developing a mechanism to communicate with the public through the use of social media and to familiarise them O Named ‘Katara’, the 700hp green car would have a with the locations of mobile radars and other areas of awareness to ensure the enhancement of traffic safety on the road. PAGE 2 range of 1000-km on a 10-minute single charge O The $9bn-project is backed by the production technology of ARM of Japan and is expected to come up near the New Industrial Area. The plant will be spread over 6.5 sqkms O The first car will be launched in conjunction with Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The factory will reach full production capacity after seven years and there will be 12 production lines — HISHAM ALJUNDI PAGE 20 (PHOTO: HANSON K JOSEPH) Qatar welcomes two Koreas’ Initiative to help enhance Sealine camping experience denuclearisation agreement AILYN AGONIA cuses on infrastructural devel- past months with a number of DOHA opment and extending basic stakeholders including camp DOHA Qatar has welcomed the agreement between North Korea services to 200 camp grounds owners, business owners in and South Korea on the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula LOCAL tourism, environment, at Sealine as part of a pilot the area, youth committees, and the relevant measures in the interest of peace and stability in infrastructure and security phase of a broader develop- security forces, and the Secu- the region. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign sectors have joined hands to ment project. rity Department of the South. Affairs reiterated Qatar's assertion that reaching a comprehen- launch Al Enna, a develop- It also focuses on ensur- We also conducted a field sive and satisfactory solution for all parties through dialogue and mental initiative aimed at en- ing the safety and security of survey of the Sealine area to peaceful means will end decades of hostility that has cost the hancing the overall desert and the campers, offering a unique get a holistic view of the scale citizens of the two Koreas and which has resulted in the disper- camping experience of Qatar’s tourism experience through and scope of the project,” said sion of families since the 1950s, in addition to spreading security residents and visitors to Sea- services and amenities and Omar al Jaber, QTA repre- and tranquility among North Korea's neighbours. (QNA) line and Inland Sea. raising awareness on the pro- sentative and Al Enna Project’s The initiative made pos- tection of wildlife. official spokesperson. sible with the participation of Officials at a press conference to launch the ‘Al Enna’ project in Doha “This project comes as part The winter camping sea- Ministry of Municipality and on Wednesday. (HANSON K JOSEPH) of QTA’s efforts to achieve the son begins this year on No- Qatar Airways takes delivery Environment, Ministry of In- objectives of the Next Chap- vember 1 and will continue terior (MOI), Public Works Qatar Motor and Motorcycle and Mawater. ter of the National Tourism until March 31, 2019. of two new cargo freighters Authority (Ashghal), Qatar Federation (QMMF), Batabit Al Enna, a Qatari word Sector Strategy 2018-23 and (PG 20 ) Tourism Authority (QTA), (Qatar Centre for Motorcycles) meaning camping ground, fo- after consultation over the Continued on page 20 Ô 02 Thursday, September 20, 2018 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O. Box: 23493, Doha. ‘Qatar in pursuit to provide FM meets Greek president, PM education for middle class’ THE State of Qatar reiterated He highlighted that the PRESIDENT of the Hellenic the importance of education State of Qatar continuously Republic Prokopis Pavlopou- for the middle class in societies works on giving the middle class los met the Deputy Prime owing to the class’ prominence full potential for outstanding Minister and Minister of for community and economic education, through a number Foreign Affairs of Qatar HE development. of procedures and measures Sheikh Mohammed bin Ab- Speaking at the 12th World such as providing free educa- dulrahman al Thani, who is Economic Forum (WEF) An- tion in government schools, in- currently visiting Athens, on nual Meeting of the New Cham- troducing educational voucher Wednesday. pions, held at Tianjin, Minister systems in private schools, pro- At the outset of the meet- of Education and Higher Edu- moting the school environment ing, the Deputy Prime Min- cation HE Dr Mohammed bin and the educational services, ister and Minister of Foreign Abdul Wahed al Hammadi said developing curricula that meet Affairs conveyed greetings of the middle class is facing severe the aspirations of students and the Amir HH Sheikh Tamim neglect owing to the consecu- their families which contributes bin Hamad al Thani to the tive conflicts and revolutions to achieving QNV 2030.