Shura Approves Draft Law on Commercial Companies
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TUESDAY JANUARY 19, 2021 JUMADA AL-AKHIRAH 6, 1442 VOL.14 NO. 5159 QR 2 Fajr: 5:01 am Dhuhr: 11:44 am FINE Asr: 2:47 pm Maghrib: 5:09 pm HIGH : 24°C LOW : 17 °C Isha: 6:39 pm Shura approves draft law on commercial companies QNA The amendment of some on combating money launder- not contain anything that con- company through modern tech- DOHA provisions of the commercial ing and terrorism financing. tradicts those decisions. The nology in accordance with the law is aimed at enhancing the The amendments stipulate amendments in the draft law rules determined by the Minis- THE Shura Council has ap- ease of capital flow, remov- that the Minister of Commerce specifies how the members of try of Commerce and Industry. proved a draft law on commer- ing obstacles, reducing time and Industry shall issue deci- the company’s board of direc- The report of the Financial cial companies issued under and cost, diversifying non-oil sions regulating governance for tors should be elected and the and Economic Affairs Commit- Law No 11 of 2015 and referred income, developing market private joint-stock companies. requirements that must be met tee includes a detailed presen- its recommendations to the gov- movement, and enhancing in- As for companies listed in by a member of the board of di- tation of the draft law, amend- ernment. ternational competitiveness the financial market, the au- rectors. ments and additional articles The Shura Council, chaired in the field of establishing and thority shall issue decisions The amendments includes to the Commercial Companies by Speaker HE Ahmed bin Ab- operating companies. regulating their own govern- replacing some phrases and Law, justifications for amend- dullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud, The draft law has also ance, provided that the Board introducing definitions, in ad- ment and addition, and the on Monday reviewed the re- added new provisions for the of Directors of the company dition to the procedures for the committee inquiries to officials port of the Financial and Eco- purposes of achieving the re- is committed to implement- meetings of the boards of di- at the Ministry of Commerce nomic Affairs Committee re- quirements of anti-money ing the aforementioned gov- rectors of companies and their and Industry, and the answers garding a draft law amending laundering and combating the ernance decisions, taking into general assemblies. They also it received. some provisions of the Com- financing of terrorism stipu- Shura Council Speaker HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud account that the companies’ stipulate the possibility of hold- mercial Companies Law. lated in the Law No 20 of 2019 chairs the council’s meeting on Monday. incorporation documents do ing the general assembly of the Continued on page 2 You can get COVID Vaccination certificate for vaccination cert 7 days after receiving boarding a plane to be the second dose the new norm: QA chief CATHERINE W GICHUKI DOHA TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ALL individuals who have received the COV- DOHA ID-19 vaccine will automatically be issued a vaccination certificate seven days after receiv- QATAR Airways (QA) Group Chief Executive ing their second dose in the MyHealth Patient Akbar Al Baker has said that everybody will Portal, a web-based portal for electronic medi- have to produce a vaccination certificate to cal records. board an aeroplane and this will be the new “Individuals who have received two doses norm. of the COVID-19 vaccine will automatically “Quite frankly this will be the new norm have a vaccination certificate available for that everybody will have to produce a vac- them in MyHealth Patient Portal 7 days after QA RESUMES FLIGHTS TO EGYPT cination certificate to board an aeroplane. their second dose,” a statement posted on the And not only to board an aeroplane, a lot social media platforms of the Hamad Medical Qatar Airways has resumed services to Egypt with daily flights to Cairo Interna- of countries would require that you be vac- Corporation (HMC) and Primary Health Care tional Airport. “Qatar Airways operates daily flights to Cairo with its fleet of state- cinated before you come to their countries. Until and unless science Corporation (PHCC) said. of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner,” the airline said in a tweet on Monday. Following I think it will be a joint ICAO, IATA and proves all these questions People who have not registered on the pa- the resumption of flights to Cairo, Qatar Airways will resume services to Alexan- WHO project, to introduce a safe pass for that people have about the tient portal have been advised to do so at htt- dria International Airport in Egypt on January 25, it added. (TNN) people whose vaccination certificates will disease or the effect of the ps://myhealth.hamad.qa/home.aspx. be recognised internationally,” Al Baker vaccination, I don’t think that the “Individuals who have not yet registered for told BBC World. travel will come back to 2019 levels the patient portal are advised to do so in order “Until and unless science proves all these for the foreseeable future. to access their certificate.R egistration and ac- questions that people have about the disease tivation will take approximately 24 hours,” it or the effect of the vaccination, I don’t think —Akbar Al Baker, QA Group Chief Executive added. Not a single case of people missing the travel will come back to 2019 levels for Once registered, patients can access their the foreseeable future,” Al Baker said. Baker said the airline would not go back on medical records from their computer, tablet, or COVID vaccine second dose: Official He said “Nothing is more costly than to its orders of new planes from Boeing and smartphone. look at the interest of our passengers and our Airbus. MyHealth portal allows patients to access TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK transmit between people will be very crew, to protect them from this pandemic. “We will continue to take every single their key health records, including test results, DOHA weak because most people have the We invest to look after them and at the same aircraft that we have ordered from both the information about upcoming appointments, antibodies in their immune system time to give them the confidence that they manufacturers, because at Qatar Airways we view their visit history, and access their pre- THERE is a very high response from that will provide them the protection,” can travel on Qatar Airways.” are very prudent in the way we place our air- ventative care immunization record and pre- the community to take the COVID-19 Dr Soha Al Bayat, Head of Vaccina- Talking about Qatar Airways plans, Al craft orders and our requirements.” scribed medications. vaccine and there is not a single case tion at the Ministry of Public Health The platform has the potential to improve of people failing to receive the second (MoPH), said. patients’ health knowledge, reduce anxiety, and dose, a senior health official has said. She said even after the vaccination, improve communications with their healthcare “At least 75 percent of the target some people may not have sufficient provider. All patients below 18 years of age groups must be vaccinated to attain immunity that can provide them with should be registered under their parent’s My- herd immunity. And this does not 100 percent protection. QA becomes first airline to achieve 5-Star Health account. The innovative platform was mean that the infection will stop, but launched in 2018. the ability of the virus to infect and Continued on page 2 COVID-19 Airline Safety Rating by Skytrax QATAR AIRWAys has become the first global airline in the world to achieve the prestigious 5-Star COVID-19 Airline Safety Rating by international air trans- South Al Wakra Health Center port rating organisation, Skytrax. The announcement follows a main works completed: Ashghal detailed audit, carried out by the Skytrax WITHIN the government plan for developing and implementing bet- team in December 2020, which as- ter health services in Qatar, the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) sessed how effectively and consistently has completed the major works of South Al Wakra Health Center. the airline’s stringent COVID-19 hygiene The work was implemented by the Building Projects Department and safety standards and procedures to serve about 360 visitors per day. Eng. Hind Al Mahmied, Head are adhered to, from flight check-in to of Health Projects Section at Building Projects Department, said on-board aircraft. This included a full the project is being prepared for handover to the Ministry of Public review of procedural efficiency checks, Health (MoPH). The South Al Wakra Health Center is spread over visual observation of hygiene and safety an area of about 3,000 square metres and includes a single-story levels at all stages of the passenger main building housing main clinical complex (health centre) covering journey, and on-board Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) sampling tests to measure the potential level nine clinics, annex buildings such as a mosque, support services of contamination of contact surfaces. The achievement of the Skytrax 5-Star COVID-19 Airline Safety building, guards building, monitoring chamber, electrical and me- Rating is in addition to Qatar Airways’ home and hub, Hamad International Airport (HIA), recently be- chanical maintenance annex, a garage for ambulances and parking ing named as the first airport in the Middle East andA sia to be awarded a Skytrax 5-Star COVID-19 slots for 125 cars. PAGE 16 Airport Safety Rating in Dec 2020. 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