SUNDAY JULY 14, 2019 DHU AL-QADAH 11, 1440 VOL.12 NO. 4685 QR 2 WINDY & DUSTY Fajr: 3:24 am Dhuhr: 11:40 am HIGH : 43°C Asr: 3:04 pm Maghrib: 6:28 pm LOW : 34°C Isha: 7:58 pm MAIN BRANCH LULU HYPER SANAYYA ALKHOR Business 9 Sports 13 Doha D-Ring Road Street-17 M & J Building MATAR QADEEM MANSOURA ABU HAMOUR BIN OMRAN Islamic finance plays important role in Halep wins first Wimbledon, Near Ahli Bank Al Meera Petrol Station Al Meera Qatar’s banking sector: QCB governor thwarts Serena’s bid for history alzamanexchange www.alzamanexchange.com 44441448 AL GHARRAFA BRIDGE QR565 mn deals REOPENS TO TRAFFIC Al Gharrafa Bridge (known as Immigration Bridge) reopened to traffic in both directions on Friday for local firms in after completion of necessary maintenance works. Five rigs were used to do the necessary maintenance works on the bridge. The work included installation of concrete reinforced beams at a depth of 14 metres below the ground level to support the bridge deck. More than 2500 cubic metres Amir condoles of concrete, 200 tonnes of iron and 700 metres of asphalt were used. The bridge was closed on June with Somali 9 this year for emergency maintenance works. PAGE 16 H1: Kahramaa president countries during the coming period. Kahramaa keen to The fruits of the facilities and incen- THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim tives granted by the state to the local in- bin Hamad al Thani has support national dustry and companies have begun to be sent a cable of condolences realised after the entry of new factories to President of Federal Re- companies: Kuwari for the production of cables, switches, public of Somalia Mohamed QNA electric panels and other products re- Abdullahi Farmajo over the DOHA lated to this industry. death of several people in The coming period will witness a terrorist attack on a hotel QATAR General Electricity & Water more investment opportunities sup- in Kismayo in southern So- Corporation (Kahramaa) has awarded ported by the state in the electricity and malia. The Amir wished the 34 works, services and supply contracts water sector. injured a speedy recovery. to local factories and companies with a The Amir also condemned total value of QR565 million in the first the attack, stressing Qatar’s half (H1) of 2019. firm stance on rejecting The value of supplying electrical ca- violence and terrorism bles and electric power plates produced regardless of motives and locally during the period of the con- reasons. (QNA) tracts in force and concluded with local Al Khor Hospital embarks on factories amounted to approximately QR250 million. Kahramaa’s contract comes as part of its efforts to support and encourage 18-month renovation drive local industries and products through OKahramaa seeks to increase the promising opportunities offered the role of local companies in the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK by the corporation for supply of prod- procurement process. It encour- DOHA ucts and materials for its projects in the ages and supports local SMEs country. to continue their participation in HAMAD Medical Corporation Kahramaa President Eng Essa bin tenders offered by the corporation (HMC) has announced the launch Hilal al Kuwari said, “Kahramaa is keen of an 18-month renovation pro- to localise industries related to the elec- gramme for Al Khor Hospital as tricity and water sectors through sup- In 2018, Kahramaa signed two con- part of efforts to expand its facili- porting national companies and to give tracts for the supply of power cables MoI wins global ties to improve patient experience, priority to local products. The corpora- with Doha Cables and Qatar Interna- reduce waiting time and hospital tion seeks to increase the role of these tional Cables, a two-year demand sys- excellence stay, and improve access to special- companies in the procurement process. tem with a total value of about QR1.9 award in GIS ised medical services for residents It encourages and supports local SMEs billion. Local companies were given of Al Khor. to continue their participation in ten- priority in infrastructure projects, in- THE Ministry of Interior (MoI) Opened in 2005 as one of ders offered by the corporation.” cluding electricity and water projects, has marked a new global HMC’s community hospitals, the He said local companies were able as they serve the local industry and ex- achievement with its Nation- 115-bed Al Khor Hospital provides to achieve self-sufficiency and cover the pansions in the urban areas witnessed al Leadership Center (NCC) general medicine, surgical, emer- demand for low pressure and medium by the state, be it the citizens’ lands or winning the SAG Award for gency medicine, paediatrics and pressure cables. These companies look new industrial areas, as well as new Geographic Information obstetric services to residents living Al Khor Hospital provides general medicine, surgical, emergency medicine and forward to exporting to neighbouring projects in the state. Systems (GIS) presented by in the northern part of the country. paediatrics services to residents living in the northern part of the country. the leading American ESRI Al Khor Hospital has seen in- Institute in the field of GIS. creasing activities in recent years. at enhancing the experience of pa- service areas, including the Inten- The award was presented In 2018 alone, the hospital provid- tients. These renovations will also sive Care Unit and waiting area, the on the sidelines of the ESRI ed care to more than 93,000 outpa- allow us to provide faster access to Emergency Department, and phar- International Conference tients through appointments and high-quality specialist services at macy, labour room, clinical imag- Qetaifan Projects, WhiteWater West on Systems Users (ESRI) more than 220,000 Emergency Al Khor Hospital,” said Moham- ing section, catering and reception recently in San Diego, USA. Department visits. med al Jusaiman, deputy chief of area. ink pact for water park rides The award was received by The expansion works, which HMC’s General Hospitals Group The works also include the es- Aref Hassan Ibrahim, Direc- commenced last month, will help and chief executive officer of Al tablishment of a new National Dia- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK sector. Qetaifan Projects will develop tor of Technical Affairs at the the hospital meet the increased de- Khor Hospital. betes Center and a Physiotherapy DOHA and operate Qetaifan Island North in National Command Center, mand for services. Jusaiman said the construction Center, and the expansion of the keeping with the high standards of Ka- and Captain Hassan Ali al “The expansion work has now works, which will continue until dentistry service. QETAIFAN Projects Company, a tara Hospitality’s continuous success. Malki, Head of GIS. PAGE 2 begun and is part of HMC’s over- December 2020, involve significant subsidiary of Katara Hospital- “We are delighted to be signing all expansion programme aimed enhancements to a number of key Continued on page 2 Ô ity which was established to develop with WhiteWater, one of the leading and manage Qetaifan Island North, companies in the water parks indus- signed a contract with WhiteWater, try,” Sheikh Nasser said, adding that for the manufacture, shipment and the water park is considered the most installation of water park rides. important element on the island and Joint Qatar-France environmental initiative The contract was signed by Qe- the preferred destination for visitors. taifan Projects’ Managing Director “Qetaifan Island North in gener- Sheikh Nasser bin Abdulrahman al al, and the water park will host large Thani and WhiteWater West’s Chief numbers of visitors, including Qa- to be politically very important, says envoy Executive Officer Geoff Chutter. tar’s residents as well as tourists with Qetaifan Projects was established its opening coinciding with the 2022 AILYN AGONIA advocacy that will be announced the progress and growth of the to meet the increasing demand for FIFA World Cup,” he said. DOHA later. It will be important politically relations of the two countries. Ac- high-quality tourism facilities and the and you will see that at the end of cording to him, the trade exchange need to develop more facilities in this Continued on page 3 Ô QATAR and France are working September,” the envoy said. between Qatar and France in 2018 together on an initiative in the Gellet stressed the commitment was at QR14 billion. field of environment that would of both countries to the environ- Gellet lauded the dynamism of be important politically, accord- mental issues and of Qatar’s genu- Qatar’s economy despite the cur- ing to French Ambassador to Qa- ine interest to work with France on rent political situation in the re- tar HE Franck Gellet. the soon-to-be-announced initia- gion. In particular, he praised the At a media roundtable hosted tive given that the United Nations strong political will of the country by the ambassador recently on Climate Change Conference was and the active participation of its the occasion of the celebration of held in Doha in 2012 and COP21 in private sector in programmes that French National Day, Gellet said Paris in 2015. would further drive the economy. the initiative, which shows Qatar’s He also noted the presence of French Ambassador to Qatar HE “It’s very important for Qatar to keenness to be a global actor in the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Franck Gellet. be more autonomous, more inde- fight for the environment, will be in the international climate sum- pendent and to make sure that the announced later. mit hosted by French President working with France in new fields country depends as much as possi- “Qatar knows that it is facing Emmanuel Macron at Elysee Pal- besides the traditional sectors such ble on its own forces.