BUSINESS | Page 1 QATARQATAR | Page 24 Lower Saxony Park Hyatt PM says LNG Doha Hotel terminal opens in set to off er Msheireb new markets Downtown for Qatar published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXX No. 11384 December 2, 2019 Rabia II 5, 1441 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Confi dent Qatar eye Amir appoints Lolwah Alkhater as Assistant to FM semis spot His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani issued yesterday Amiri Decision No 56 of 2019, appointing HE Lolwah Rashid Alkhater (pictured) as Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Aff airs, HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani inaugurated Qatari Diar’s Anantara-Tozeur Resort project in Tunisia yesterday. in Gulf Cup in addition to her duties as Official A number of ministers, ambassadors, dignitaries, and Qatari and Tunisian businessmen attended the ceremony. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Exciting day on cards with semi-final spots up for grabs Foreign Affairs. The decision is effective starting from its date of By Sahan Bidappa issue and is to be published in the Doha official gazette. Sheikh Joaan opens Qatari GCC Summit in Riyadh t’s a blockbuster day at the 24th on December 10 Arabian Gulf Cup, with four Imatches scheduled today to decide The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) Diar resort in Tunisia the three semi-fi nalists. Iraq has al- will hold its 40th Summit in Riyadh ready sealed a spot in the semis, with on December 10, Kuwait News two victories in two matches, but it Agency reported yesterday. QNA which embodies the distinguished tributaries and distinct addition to hasn’t been a smooth sailing for the Tozeur, Tunisia brotherly relations between the two tourism in Tunisia. rest of the seven teams. Iraq’s PM bows countries and increases the economic HE Sheikh Joaan thanked the Tu- At the Khalifa International Sta- relations. nisian government for providing con- dium, Qatar will take on the United out after unrest E the President of Qatar Olym- For his part, Tunisian Minister of tinuous support and co-operation Arab Emirates in their last Group A The government of Iraq’s Prime pic Committee, Sheikh Joaan Tourism and Acting Minister of Trans- during the project. game with the hosts needing just a Qatar coach Felix Sanchez during a Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi ended Hbin Hamad al-Thani, yesterday port Rene Trabelsi praised the work The CEO of Qatari Diar, Engineer draw to enter the last four. After their training session in Doha yesterday. yesterday after two months inaugurated Qatari Diar’s Anantara- accomplished at the resort, which rep- Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, said loss to Iraq in the opening game, Qatar of violent unrest that has left Tozeur Resort project in Tunisia. A resents a distinguished Qatari invest- that the opening of this resort is the bounced back in splendid fashion with but lost to an impressive Iraq side in more than 420 people dead and number of ministers, ambassadors, ment in Tunisia and a testimony to the culmination of the company’s ongoing a 6-0 rout of Yemen. That huge win on their next game. thousands mourning them in dignitaries, and Qatari and Tunisian strength of the distinguished Qatari- work over the past years since Qatari Friday has given the Asian Champions UAE coach Bert Van Marwijk con- nationwide marches. As anti- businessmen attended the ceremony. Tunisian relations in all fi elds. Diar purchased an area of 400,000sq a fi ve-goal advantage, which means ceded Qatar will start as favourites, government demonstrators across HE Sheikh Joaan said that he is de- HE the Chairman of Qatari Diar, m in Tozeur in order to create a dis- Qatar needs just a point against the saying his team lacks experience com- the strife-torn country massed lighted to attend this distinguished Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa al-Thani, tinctive desert resort based on the UAE. pared to the hosts. “Qatar has play- to honour the fallen activists, occasion with the inauguration of the said in his opening speech that Qatari cultural heritage of the region to pro- However, head coach Felix Sanchez ers who have been playing for years parliament met to accept the Qatari Diar project and proud of the Diar is delighted to open this resort, vide a distinct experience bearing the has cautioned his players to approach with each other, and this has shown in resignation which the 77-year-old company’s achievement in Tunisia, which it hopes will be one of the main imprint of Qatari Diar. To Page 24 the game with a positive mindset and their performance. Our project started had off ered two days before. Page 11 not to settle for anything but a victory. months ago with new players, but there “We are going for a win because play- is a positive development despite the ing for a draw is dangerous. It is always short period of preparation,” he added. important to look for three points. It Meanwhile, in Group B all the four 24th Arabian Gulf Cup will be a diffi cult game but we feel very teams – Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Ara- UN offi cial hails Qatar’s labour reforms confi dent,” the Spaniard said on the bia and Bahrain are in contention for eve of the game. a place in the semi-fi nals. Saudi, who Today’s Schedule The Qatar coach has called on the were shocked by Kuwait in the opening QNA This came during a press confer- invitation to the special procedures home fans to fi ll the stadium in large game, threw the group wide open when 5:30pm: Qatar vs UAE Doha ence held by Achiume yesterday at mechanisms of the United Nations numbers and cheer for their team. “I they beat Bahrain on Saturday. the end of a visit to Qatar from No- Human Rights Council. hope the stadium will be full. We need Today in an 8pm kick-off at the Ab- 8pm: Kuwait vs Bahrain vember 23 to December 1, during She said that she was impressed to have the support of the fans. The dullah Bin Khalifa Stadium, Saudi will he UN Special Rapporteur on which she met with government of- by the tremendous reforms imple- fans motivate us and they push us to lock horns with defending champions Venue: contemporary forms of rac- fi cials, academics, representatives of mented by the Qatari government in give our best,” Sanchez said. Oman, who lead the group with four Khalifa International Stadium Tism, racial discrimination, ethnic and religious minorities and the laws of citizenship and xenopho- The last time Qatar faced UAE was points. In another match, Kuwait take xenophobia and related intolerance, international organisations working bia, although it did not address all the in the semi-fi nals of the Asian Cup in on Bahrain around the same time at the 5:30pm: Yemen vs Iraq E Tendayi Achiume, has praised the in the country. problems. Abu Dhabi in January this year, where Khalifa International Stadium. 8pm: Oman vs Saudi Arabia signifi cant reforms that Qatar has Achiume stressed that positive re- She added that she was pleased they romped to a 4-0 victory en route While a draw for Oman would be implemented to improve the condi- forms in nature and magnitude were with Qatar’s commitment to many of to winning their maiden continental enough to make it to the last four, Venue: tions of low-income migrant work- “extremely important” and appreci- these reforms to improve the condi- title. It’s expected to be a close contest Saudi, Kuwait and Bahrain will all need Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium ers, noting that more reforms will be ated Qatar’s pledge to combat rac- tions of low-income earners, which this time around. Like Qatar, UAE beat victories to ensure a place in the semis. undertaken by the state in early 2020. ism and appreciated the state’s open deserves credit. To Page 10 Yemen in their fi rst match at Gulf Cup, Sport Pages 1, 2, 3 Qatar to host 16th international junior Olympiad from tomorrow By Joseph Varghese in the fi eld of science with their peers istry and laboratory. We have made Staff Reporter at the international level,” noted Dr al- extensive arrangements to conduct Naimi. the Olympiad in the digital format, a Al-Khater said that the Olympiad fi rst in the history of the Olympiad. In he Ministry of Education and is an opportunity to gain many skills case of any problems with the digital Higher Education will host the for the students of Qatar. “As the host format, we have made plans for paper T16th edition of the International country Qatar is eligible to have four based tests too. Our preparation as Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) 2019 teams while other countries will have Scientifi c Committee took more than from tomorrow until December 12. only one team each. Students who are six months of continuous work and Qatar is the fi rst Arab country to below 15 are eligible to take part in the periodic meetings. The International host this Olympiad to be held under event. The experience from the event Inspection team is highly satisfi ed the theme ‘Towards a Generation En- will benefi t not only the students but with the preparations for the event,” joying the Skills of Tomorrow’ with also the educational leaders and teach- described Dr al-Ali. the participation of 70 countries from ers and will contribute to the realisa- Al-Buainain pointed out that all around the world.