www.thepeninsula.qa Saturday 5 September 2020 Volume 25 | Number 8371 17 Muharram - 1442 2 Riyals BUSINESS | 11 SPORT | 16 China will keep Messi staying opening service at 'club of his industries to the life' to avoid world, says Xi court fight Choose the network of heroes Enjoy the Internet Four arrested Container Terminal 2 QTerminals has received the first batch of 12 trailers for violating that will support CT2 operations. home quarantine project at Hamad All 3 HHMC Quay Cranes for operations in CT2 have conditions been loaded successfully on M/V Hua Sheng Long. QNA — DOHA Delivery to Hamad Port is expected early October. The competent authorities Port fully on track yesterday arrested four people Hamad Port contributes to achieving economic who violated the requirements IRFAN BUKHARI & SIDI MOHAMED for operations in CT2 have been loaded of the home quarantine, they THE PENINSULA successfully on M/V Hua Sheng Long. diversification and supporting major national projects. committed to following, which “Delivery to Hamad Port is expected they are legally accountable A week after the arrival of first vessel at early October,” it announced. Three container terminals will handle 7.5 million TEUs for, in accordance with the Hamad Port’s Container Terminal 2 In a number of tweets, the Ministry procedures of the health (CT2), the Ministry of Transport and of Transport and Communications yes- annually upon completion of all stages of development. authorities in the country. Communications (MoTC) yesterday high- terday said that Hamad Port is distin- It is in implementation of lighted the strategic importance of the guished by its huge potentials as the the precautionary measures in port saying that it contributes to general cargo terminal has a capacity of force in the country, approved achieving economic diversification and seven million tonnes per year, the multi- by health authorities repre- supporting major national projects. use terminal is one million tonnes per sented in the Ministry of Public “Hamad Port contributes to achieving year of grain and 500,000 cars in Health (MoPH) to ensure the economic diversification and supporting addition to livestock. “The three con- achievement of public safety major national projects, as the port tainer terminals will handle 7.5 million and to curb the spread of the received Doha Metro trains to support the TEUs annually upon completion of all novel coronavirus. sustainable transport network in the stages of development,” it added. The four persons who are country. The port has a pioneering role in On Hamad Port’s importance, the currently being referred to stimulating commercial movement, Ministry added that it attracts the largest prosecution: Abdulaziz Atallah meeting the needs of the local market, and international shipping companies due Ajlan Al Anzi, Ahmed Yousef supporting trade exchange between Qatar to its prestigious position, modern fleet, Ahmed Al Bineid Al Mohannadi, and the outside world,” said the Ministry advanced systems and its leadership in Salman Murshid Awad Al Subaie on its official Twitter yesterday. providing high-quality marine services Al Anzi and Hamad Ahmed Meanwhile, QTerminals has said that to all ships. “The port has entered the Mohamed Salih Yasin. work on Container Terminal 2 is fully on Guinness World Records title as the The concerned authorities track. “QTerminals has received the first deepest artificial basin ever made on in the state call on citizens and batch of 12 trailers that will support CT2 earth,” the MoTC tweeted. residents who are subject to operations. A further 12 units will be It is pertinent to mention that Hamad Hamad Port’s basin is 4km long, 700 commitment to preserving wildlife and quarantine to fully adhere to delivered during September and October. Port had added a new achievement to meters wide and 17 meters deep. Basin marine life - to extract more than 44.5 the requirements set by the All the trailers are Made in Qatar. CT2 – its series of achievements in September construction took about two and a half million cubic meters of dredged material, Ministry of Public Health, to fully on track,” tweeted QTerminals. last year by setting a new Guinness years of excavation, during which over which was later used in other con- ensure their safety and the In another tweet, QTerminals World Records title as the deepest arti- 6900 tonnes of explosives were used to struction works at the project, resulting safety of others. announced that all 3 HHMC Quay Cranes ficial basin ever made on earth. challenge the drafts - with full in huge savings. `P3 The concerned authorities warned that anyone who vio- lates these conditions will expose himself to the penalties Parents should not fear sending children to school: Health official stipulated in accordance with the provisions of Article (253) of SIDI MOHAMED measures. “Parents must adhere the Penal Code No. (11) of 2004, THE PENINSULA Most of the COVID-19 cases that to the precautionary measures and the provisions of Law No. have been recorded are due to not only at schools, but also at (17) of 1990 regarding the pre- Allaying parents’ fears about home,” she affirmed. vention of infectious diseases, opening of schools, an official of family gatherings. Dr. Abdullatif Al Khal, Chair and Law No. (17) of 2002 on the Ministry of Public Health has of the National Strategic Group protection of society. said that parents should not be For preventing overcrowding and on COVID-19 and Head of the afraid of schools, because most Infectious Diseases Division at Katara beach of the COVID-19 cases that have following health precautionary Hamad Medical Corporation had been recorded are due to family recently said that the most chosen for fish gatherings. measures applied in all schools, infected cases with coronavirus farming The official further said that parents should bring their children to during the last period were for preventing overcrowding found within the same family, THE PENINSULA — DOHA and following health precau- schools early. which often came from one of tionary measures applied in all its members. The Ministry of Municipality schools, parents should bring The schools after reopening and Environment has chosen their children to schools early. It is forbidden for students to gather are applying a number of pre- Katara Beach for farming “All the administrative staff outside or inside the school building. cautionary rules to avoid spread 40,000 sha’am fish, as it is a and teachers have been trained of coronavirus as it is forbidden natural reserve and a suitable on how to deal with suspected They have to report about any symptoms, whether for students to gather outside or environment for breeding of cases of coronavirus and how to high temperature or other symptoms. inside the school building, as this kind of fish. act in such cases. There are also well as the necessity to report Katara beach is appro- special isolation rooms for about any symptoms, whether priate due to restrictions on assessment of such cases,” said authorities, as a committee has suspected cases will not be schools, because most of the high temperature or other fish hunting and its high envi- Dr. Soha Al Bayat, Head of Vac- been formed that includes the allowed to enter the school coronavirus cases that have symptoms. ronmental characteristics cination Department at the Min- Ministry of Public Health, the unless a medical test is con- been recorded are due to family Likewise, wearing masks which make it suitable venue istry of Public Health. Ministry of Education and ducted to know health status.” gatherings. Therefore, she said, and measuring the temperature for the breeding of this type of Speaking to a local TV Higher Education and the Min- Regarding the parents fears it is better to warn children before entering the school, and fish in order to enrich fish channel, she said: “Also, there is istry of Interior to follow up sus- on sending their children to about gatherings in public places taking into account the distance stocks and to protect marine continuous follow-up and pected cases and to alert the schools, Al Bayat said that or with other families without between each student are biodiversity in of Qatar, Katara contact with the concerned school and its staff. Such parents should not be afraid of taking the precautionary compulsory. said a statement. `P2 People satisfied with MoI e-services platforms during COVID-19 crisis IRFAN BUKHARI experience about e-services exceeded 1 million while the THE PENINSULA provided through Metrash2 app transactions completed since and MOI website during the the beginning of the year 2020 Like many other digital services COVID19 crisis, 799 until April 22, 2020 reached of government entities which respondents, out of total 1,037 more than 2.3 million trans- are being fully utilised by the votes cast, termed the expe- actions and the total inquiries people during COVID-19 rience as ‘excellent’. about the services in Metrash2 pandemic, Ministry of Interior’s The survey was launched exceeded 5 million inquiries. Metrash2 app and website are on August 13 and set to close on There are over 200 services serving masses who due to September 30. available currently on Metrash2 observing precautions prefer According to online survey, for the individuals and making many transactions 13 percent respondents termed companies. online. their experience of using The most used services in In an ongoing online survey e-services of Metrash2 app and 2020 include renewing vehicle on the website of the Ministry MOI website as ‘good’ while licences, registering national of Interior, around 77 percent only 7 percent people expressed address, renewing residence respondents termed their expe- their dissatisfaction over it. permits, visa extension and rience of using e-services pro- Only 3 percent people were paying fines for traffic viola- vided through Ministry of Inte- undecided and chose ‘don’t tions.