QR6 Bn Contracts Signed to Create Infra for Eco-Friendly Transportation
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
TUESDAY DECEMBER 1, 2020 RABI AL-AKHAR 16, 1442 VOL.14 NO. 5117 QR 2 Fajr: 4:41 am Dhuhr: 11:23 am LIGHT RAIN Asr: 2:23 pm Maghrib: 4:44 pm HIGH : 27°C LOW : 20°C Isha: 6:14 pm Nation 16 Business 10 Sports 12 QFFD and Sudan ministry sign No change in petrol Yoon double puts Ulsan pact to provide education for prices, but diesel gets Hyundai in last 16, Beijing 50,000 out-of-school children costlier FC stay perfect PRIME MINISTER WITNESSES SIGNING OF CONTRACTS QR6 bn contracts signed to create infra for eco-friendly transportation system SATYENDRA PATHAK DOHA Historic step QATAR’s clEAN-ENERGY towards a cleaner PRIME Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS environment: PM bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Today, we Thani on Monday witnessed the signing of a slew of con- took a tracts worth QR6 billion to historic step create world-class infrastruc- by signing ture for eco-friendly transpor- Contracts for FIFA World Cup contracts to tation system in Qatar. switch to environmental- The PM witnessed the friendly vehicles at a cost signing of contracts to pur- Contract signed to purchase Contract to purchase Contract to provide opera- of QR6 billion. This step chase buses for the 2022 FIFA 741 electric buses and 261 1,815 new eco-friendly tional services for buses is an important shift to- World Cup, as well as the eco-friendly diesel buses diesel buses and their facilities wards a cleaner environ- services to operate them and ment and a low-carbon their facilities, and the con- economy, embodying the tract to establish an electric ☛ Framework agreement to establish an electric bus production plant at Umm Al Houl goals of 2030, and its bus assembly plant, in addi- Free Zone (QFZA, Karwa & Chinese Yutong) tion to signing 11 contracts first application will be in ☛ Ashghal has signed 11 contracts with several pioneering private sector firms to 2022, in fulfilment of the for the bus infrastructure that complete infrastructure works for eco-friendly bus system support the private sector. promise of His Highness Infrastructure such as sta- Contract to set up an electric bus station in Industrial Area @TamimBinHamad to tions, warehouses and park- Contract to set up an electric bus station in Gharrafa organise the first carbon- ing lot will be established un- Contract to set up an electric bus station in Msheireb neutral World Cup. der the contract. Contracts to set up depots for electric buses in Lusail, Al Rayyan and Industrial Area The factory to assemble electric buses will be set up in in the process of signing con- munications (MoTC) devel- friendly transport system by one of the free zones. Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani witnesses the sign- tracts to procure almost 200 oped as a key part of Qatar’s 2030,” he added. The contracts were signed ing of a contract to create infrastructure for eco-friendly transportation system, in Doha on Monday. PAGE 8 electric taxis for Mowasalat public transportation plan Mowasalat signed two by the Free Zones Author- next year,” the minister 2030. contracts with Chinese firms ity, the Supreme Commit- and a number of private sec- Minister of Transport and in Qatar are electric before said. Such steps, he said, would Yutong and Higer to purchase tee for Delivery and Legacy, tor companies working in the Communications HE Jassim the start of the 2022 FIFA Signing of these contracts enhance Qatar’s ranking as eco-friendly buses to be put in the Public Works Authority field of contracting and con- bin Saif Ahmed Al Sulaiti World Cup. comes within the framework a pioneer in the area of clean service during the FIFA World (Ashghal), Karwa Transpor- struction. said these contracts will en- “All buses to be used dur- of implementing the Electric energy mass transit system. Cup 2022. tation Company, Chinese Talking to Qatar Tribune sure that almost 30 percent ing the 2022 FIFA World Cup Vehicle Strategy that the Min- “Our aim is to completely companies Yutong and Higer on the sidelines of the event, of public transport vehicles will be electric. We are also istry of Transport and Com- transform to an environment- Continued on page 11 Final phase of census begins today Vaccination for Shura Council praises QNA COVID-19 won’t DOHA be mandatory in THE final phase of the General Qatar: Official draft budget for 2021 Census of Population, Hous- ing and Establishments (Qa- THE COVID-19 vaccination QNA tar Census 2020) will start on will not be mandatory in DOHA Tuesday (Dec 1) after it was Qatar, according to a senior suspended early this year due official at theM inistry of THE Shura Council on Mon- to the precautionary measures Public Health (MoPH). day discussed the draft Gen- taken by the country to pre- In an interview with eral State Budget for the fiscal vent the spread of coronavirus Qatar TV, Dr Soha Al Bayat, year 2021 and the draft law ap- (COVID-19). the head of vaccination at proving it. At a press conference on Officials at a press conference to announce the details of the final MoPH, expressed hope that The Shura Council meet- Monday, the Planning and phase of the Qatar Census 2020, in Doha on Monday. the public would choose to ing was attended by Minister Statistics Authority (PSA) said take the vaccine to protect of Finance HE Ali bin Shareef the census through the PSA’s bin Mohammed Al Nabit said Ministry of Interior (MoI). themselves and the com- Al Emadi, President of the platform (www.psa.gov.qa/ the PSA will provide, from He said the census is one munity, highlighting the level Public Works Authority (Ash- census2020.aspx) will start December 1 until January 7, of the largest statistical opera- of awareness about the ghal) Dr Saad bin Ahmed Al on December 1 and continue 2021, the electronic form for tions in all countries, and it is pandemic among the public. Mohannadi, and a number of Minister of Finance HE Ali bin Shareef Al Emadi and Shura Council till January 7. The field census families and individuals who of great importance due to be- Three vaccine candi- senior officials at the Ministry Speaker HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud. will resume from December wish to complete their data on ing the main means of collect- dates — AstraZeneca, Pfizer of Finance and Ashghal. 13 to mid-January 2021, af- their own without the need for ing data related to buildings, and BioNTech, and Moderna The Minister of Finance ed by HH the Amir, the first financial resources to develop ter it obtained the approval of the enumerators to visit their housing units, establishments, — appear to be promising explained the government’s and foremost aim of which is new citizens’ lands and infra- the Ministry of Public Health places of residence. families and individuals and vital tools to curtain the view on the draft budget and to develop the country and structure for existing areas, to conduct the census in light He said the field visit will their different geographical pandemic. Dr Al Bayat said answered the questions and serve the citizen, he said. supporting initiatives to de- of the preventive measures start in mid-December in co- divisions. emerging reports suggest queries raised by the members The speaker said the draft velop the business environ- against COVID-19. operation with the Ministry of the effectiveness of these of the council. budget, which is characterised ment to enhance the role of PSA President Dr Saleh Public Health (MoPH) and the Continued on page 2 vaccine candidates range Shura Council Speaker HE by clarity and transparency, is the private sector and its par- between 90 and 95 per- Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid based on adopting the princi- ticipation in various economic cent. (TNN) Al Mahmoud said the state ple of medium-term planning activitie. budget for 2021 is a result for the general budget, and on After extensive discus- Qatar to disburse cash aid in Gaza on Thursday of HH the Amir’s directives, requiring all ministries and sions that reflected a deep foremost of which is the need government bodies to stick understanding of the budg- CHAIRMAN of the Qatar Committee for the place through the branches of the Postal Bank to adhere to proper planning, to financial ceilings and con- et’s objectives, pillars and Reconstruction of Gaza Ambassador HE Mo- in the sector, as part of the preventive meas- long-term vision and rational- tinuing to allocate financial re- projects, the Shura Council hammed Al Emadi has affirmed that the com- ures taken to confront the coronavirus out- isation of government spend- sources to complete the imple- praised the draft state budget mittee, in cooperation with the Qatar Fund for break, in order to preserve the safety of the ing associated with higher ef- mentation of strategic projects for the fiscal year 2021, and Development (QFFD), will begin the process of beneficiaries and ensure their commitment to ficiency of the public sector, to in accordance with the Qatar praised the efforts of the gov- disbursing cash assistance to families in need preventive measures, sanitisation and social enhance economic diversity, Vision 2030, especially those ernment and what has been in the Gaza Strip on, next Thursday. Al Emadi distancing. to increase labour productiv- related to hosting World Cup implemented in terms of stated that 100,000 families in the Gaza Strip He said the distribution process will be Kahramaa ity and efficiency in the public 2022 and the health and edu- plans and programmes within will benefit from the cash assistance, at the carried out under the full supervision of the sector, and to encourage the cation sectors.