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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Labour law Metro stations work in full swing may cover more sectors Plan to expand scope of law DOHA: There are indications approved by the Advisory Council that the scope of the labour yesterday. law might be expanded to bring One pertained to allowing the within its ambit workers from Ministry of Economy and Finance sectors in which the government to set up two shareholding does not have full ownership. companies that would launch The Advisory Council yesterday Islamic bonds. approved a draft law that seeks to These would be companies with amend provisions of two article huge capital base. of the labour law (Number 14 of The other draft law seeks to 2004). govern the sale and purchase of The articles in question are locally produced petrochemical number 3 and number 37. products. The above draft law seeks to It is interesting to note that the alter clause 1 of Article 3 of the draft law that seeks to empower labour law. the Ministry of Economy and The clause says that Finance to establish two publicly- workers from of the ministries, traded companies to float Islamic Work in progress on one of the metro stations in the heart of Doha as part of the Qatar rail and metro project.