QatarTribune Qatar_Tribune QatarTribuneChannel qatar_tribune FRIDAY JANUARY 31, 2020 JUMADA AL-AKHIR 6, 1441 VOL.13 NO. 4857 QR 2 Fajr: 4:59 am Dhuhr: 11:47 am Asr: 2:55 pm Maghrib: 5:18 pm Isha: 6:48 pm MAIN BRANCH LULU HYPER SANAYYA ALKHOR Business 8 Sports 11 Doha D-Ring Road Street-17 M & J Building Affordable payment plans, Djokovic powers PARTLY CLOUDY MATAR QADEEM MANSOURA ABU HAMOUR BIN OMRAN HIGH : 21°C Near Ahli Bank Al Meera Petrol Station Al Meera investor-friendly policies lead to into Australian LOW : 13°C alzamanexchange www.alzamanexchange.com 44441448 rise in residential sales in Qatar Open final Amir patronises Military College graduation Amir honours 10 outstanding graduates 119 students from Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Sudan, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania graduate with flying colours The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani at the graduation ceremony of the 15th batch of students of Ahmed Bin Mohammed Military College at its headquarters on Thursday. QNA Upon the Amir’s arrival at the The graduates took the oath and training and exercises with deter- enhance brotherhood and friend- Hajri said this great work and DOHA podium, the Qatari national an- the national anthem was played. mination and courage in order to ship with brotherly and friendly effort couldn’t have been accom- them was played. In a speech, Commander of the follow the path of previous genera- countries. Members from Iraq and plished without God’s grace and THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Then commander of the gradu- Ahmed Bin Mohammed Military tions, he added. Rwanda joined for the first time success first, as well as the full Hamad al Thani patronised the ates’ queue came forward to request College Staff Colonel Abdulhadi He pointed out that, as a con- with this batch, he added. support and permanent directives graduation ceremony of the 15th the Amir to review the queue of the Mohammed al Hajri said the grad- tinuation of the work plan and He said with the continued co- of the Deputy Prime Minister and batch of students of Ahmed Bin 119 graduates from Qatar, Kuwait, uating batch takes pride in the hon- achievements in the college, the operation with the Royal Military Minister of State for Defense Af- Mohammed Military College on Jordan, Sudan, Tunisia, Libya and our of the Amir’s attendance. third and fourth courses of the un- Academy Sandhurst, an exercise fairs, the continuous follow-up Thursday. Mauritania. The 119 graduates, he said, were dergraduate candidates diploma entitled ‘Oryx Endeavour’ was car- of the Chief of Staff and the con- The graduation ceremony was After that, the graduates staged distributed over the Armed Forces, graduated on Wednesday. ried out by the Academy candi- certed efforts of the commands of attended by Prime Minister and a military parade with slow and Amiri Guard, Internal Security Last September, the college re- dates in cooperation with Ahmed the Ministry of Interior, the Inter- Minister of Interior HE Sheikh normal march before the Amir. Force (Lekhwiya), State Security ceived the 19th batch to begin their Bin Mohammed Military College in nal Security Force (Lekhwiya), the Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al The Amir then honoured the Bureau and a number of graduates careers in the field of pride and dig- Nov 2019, where the implementa- Amiri Guard and all the forces, Thani and a number of ministers, ten outstanding graduates. from sisterly countries, such as Ku- nity, he said. tion of such exercises is one of the units, bodies and directorates in leaders of military colleges from The 15th batch handed over the wait, Jordan, Sudan, Tunisia, Libya Staff Colonel Hajri noted that, strongest areas of bilateral cooper- the armed forces. brotherly and friendly countries, flag to the 16th batch, and the order and Mauritania. in pursuit of the Amir’s vision, the ation between sisterly and friendly guests and parents of graduates. for promotions was read out. They have carried out field college will be a meeting place to colleges. See also page 16 Shura speaker MME to monitor marine environment in Feb reiterates Qatar’s support for rights of THE Ministry of Municipality and En- Palestinians (PG 16 ) vironment (MME) will monitor the marine environment at deep sea in cooperation with Qatar Universi- ty’s Research Vessel Deadliest day for China Janan. The trip will take place in Febru- ary. MME’s Depart- QTerminals wins bid to in coronavirus fight as ment of Monitoring and Environmental Lab will carry out the operate Ukrainian port global fears escalate operation. Director of the department Hassan al Qassmi said it was part of a project to prepare QTERMINALS has won a concession tender to manage and AFP a comprehensive plan on marine life in the country. For his part, the ministry’s Ali al Kuwari said operate Ukrainian Black Sea port of Olvia with an investment WUHAN the annual trip focuses on the country’s economic zone and lasts for several days. (QNA) of $143 million. “QTerminals is proud to announce that it has won a concession tender to manage and operate Ukrainian CHINA reported its biggest Black Sea port of Olvia with an investment of $143 million in single-day jump in novel coro- the next 35 years, adding to its list of achievements while ap- navirus deaths on Thursday, rd plying the highest standards of quality in services and reliabil- as global fears deepened with Woqod opens 103 petrol station at Sealine (PG 9) ity in port operations,” QTerminals said in a tweet. (TNN) more infections conrmed overseas including three Japanese evacuated from the outbreak’s epicentre. The World Health Organi- zation, which initially down- played a disease that has Honey exhibition kicks off at Souq Waqif now killed 170 in China, was readying to meet to decide Passengers wear face masks TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK The exhibition aims to en- whether to declare it a global at a check-in of Air China at DOHA courage national products, emergency. Many countries Frankfurt airport. (AFP) support local traders, and en- have urged their citizens not THE third edition of Souq Wa- hance the trade and sale of to visit China, while some travelled to Wuhan. Airlines qif Honey Exhibition kicked honey. have banned entry for travel- began cancelling ights servic- off on Thursday with a large It also aims to open new lers from Wuhan. At least ing China on Wednesday, and turnout of visitors. commercial communication 15 countries have conrmed more followed suit on Thurs- Organised by the Private channels between merchants, infections. day. More than 6,000 tourists Engineering Office (PEO) in More than 150 companies entrepreneurs and investors The US reported its rst were put under lockdown cooperation with the Min- specialised in honey and its and support small and medi- case of a person catching the aboard a cruise ship at an istry of Commerce and In- products from 37 countries are um enterprises. virus from another person on Italian port after two Chinese dustry and with the par- participating in the exhibition The exhibition will remain American soil —- a man in passengers were isolated over ticipation of the Ministry of this year, with a 25 percent in- open to public daily from 8 Chicago who contracted the fears they could be carrying Municipality and Environment, crease in the number of com- am until 10 pm. On Fridays, it illness from his wife who had the coronavirus. PAGE 5 the exhibition will continue until panies compared to the second will remain open from 3 pm to Visitors take a look at products on display at Souq Waqif Honey February 8. edition organised last year. 10 pm. Exhibition on Thursday. 02 Friday, January 31, 2020 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O. Box: 23493, Doha. AMIR RECEIVES MESSAGE FROM SWEDEN’S PM Quick read Shura panel resumes study of draft law on minimum wages THE Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee of the Shura Council held a meeting on Thursday chaired by its Rapporteur HE Nasser bin Rashid bin Saree al Kaabi. The committee resumed its study of the draft law on determining the minimum wages for workers and domestic workers, and decided to sub- mit its recommendations on it to the council. (QNA) SULAITI MEETS SENEGALESE MINISTER: Minister of Transport and Communica- Islamweb releases educational, tions HE Jassim bin Saif al Sulaiti met with Minister of Tourism and Air Transport recreational materials for kids The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani on Thursday received a written mes- of Senegal Alioune Saar in Doha on Thursday. The meeting reviewed cooperation in sage from Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Lofven, pertaining to bilateral relations and air transport and civil aviation and the ways to enhance them. The two sides also QNA Awqaf has also issued the fourth the means to advance them. The message was received by Minister of State for Foreign discussed the potential investment opportunities available in these sectors. The DOHA edition of ‘My Prayer Book’. Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad al Muraikhi during a meeting with Ambassador of Sweden to meeting was attended by CEO of Qatar Airways Group and Secretary-General of The Ministry of Awqaf Qatar HE Anders Bengtcen. (QNA) Qatar National Tourism Council Akbar al Baker and the delegation accompanying THE Ministry of Awqaf and Is- and Islamic Affairs, through the Senegalese minister. (QNA) lamic Affairs’ online network its Islamic network, aims to Islamweb has released new strengthen and document educational and recreational communication links with the materials for children.