SPORT | Page 1 BUSINESS | Page 1 Qatar-Italy trade volume reaches INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2 – 8, 28 COMMENT 26, 27 Al-Khulaifi set to €2.3bn in REGION 9 BUSINESS 1 – 6, 10 – 12 17,795.45 9,888.39 46.01 ARAB WORLD 9 – 11 CLASSIFIED 7 – 9 be youngest ever -132.90 +4.80 +1.35 INTERNATIONAL 12 – 25 SPORTS 1 – 12 2015 -0.74% +0.05% +3.02% Qatari Olympian Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 THURSDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10086 May 12, 2016 Sha’baan 5, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir meets Chinese foreign minister Ashghal to In brief QATAR | Weather hand over Windy and dusty days ahead Qatar is likely to experience a spell of strong winds and dusty conditions in the coming days, peaking on Saturday and Sunday, the Met department has said. three new The mercury level is expected to rise to the mid-40s in the central parts of the country today and tomorrow before dropping to the mid-30s across Qatar on Saturday and Sunday due to northerly winds. An extension of a high- hospitals pressure ridge is expected to aff ect the country between tomorrow The new hospitals will be able to the furniture and other loose fi ttings evening and Sunday (May 15), to serve about 4,000 patients a day, are to be supplied by the operator.” be accompanied by fresh to strong including about 600 inpatients The offi cial stated that the main con- northwesterly winds and dusty struction contractor for the project was skies. Page 2 By Joseph Varghese Hyundai and there were over 30 sub- Staff Reporter contractors. “A good percentage of the subcon- IRAQ | Terrorism tractors were Qatari companies. There 94 die in triple hree new hospitals built and were other costs such as consultancy car bombings equipped at a cost of QR3.7bn and designing in addition to QR 3.7bn Tby the Public Works Author- cost of the project,” he said. Three car bombs in Baghdad, ity (Ashghal) in Hamad Bin Khalifa According to al-Rashid, the project including a huge blast at a market HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the Medical City will be handed over to the was completed in the amended stipu- in a Shia area, killed at least 94 delegation accompanying him, now in Doha to participate in the seventh session of the ministerial meeting of the Arab- Ministry of Public Health by the end of lated time. “The project was supposed people yesterday, the bloodiest day Chinese Co-operation Forum which will be held today. The talks reviewed ties between the two countries and ways to boost June. to be completed in a particular period. in the Iraqi capital this year. The them on all fronts, particularly in economic partnership. Regional and international developments were also covered. Page 4 They are the Ambulatory Care Cen- However, several changes were sug- attacks, all claimed by the Islamic tre, Qatar Rehabilitation Institute and gested later. Facilities such as the oper- State (IS) group, came with the the Women’s Wellness and Research ation rooms were added to the scope of government locked in a political Centre. the project which made us change the crisis that some have warned could Ashghal has completed examina- earlier date of completion. The whole undermine the fight against the tions, inspections and testing opera- project was completed in four years and militants. Page 11 tion procedures for all of the technical two months.” New version of Metrash2 and electromechanical systems ahead According to Ashghal, all the three of handing the buildings over to the hospitals were built “according to AFRICA | Corruption ministry. highest specifi cations and internation- Return stolen assets, “The handing-over process was al standards with regard to best con- Buhari tells Britain launched on April 30 and generally struction materials, paint colours and comes in six languages for such large projects, it takes about all the requirements and standards”. It Nigerian President Muhammadu two months to complete,” said Abdul- would enhance the sustainability of the Buhari yesterday urged Britain to mohsin Hassan al-Rashid, head of the building and provide a comfortable in- return assets stolen by corrupt he Metrash2 mobile applica- part of the updated Metrash2, ac- Health Projects in the Buildings Project door environment for patients, medical off icials in pointed remarks after tion is now available in four cording to Brig al-Maliki. Management Department, Ashghal. staff and visitors, said Ashghal. Prime Minister David Cameron Tnew languages - Spanish, He hinted that more languages “The new hospitals stretch over a The project includes the main kitch- called his country “fantastically French, Urdu and Malayalam – in could be added to the Metrash2 built-up area of 227,000sq m. They will en of Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City’s corrupt”. “I am not going to addition to Arabic and English, the service based on the requirements be able to serve about 4,000 patients hospitals with a daily capacity of 8,000 demand any apology from Ministry of Interior (MoI) has said. and number of people speaking such a day, including about 600 inpatients. meals. anybody. What I am demanding A new version of the app launched languages in the country. He also There are 559 beds for the inpatients Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City is the return of the assets,” Buhari by the General Directorate of Infor- hoped that the new additions would in addition to the ICU and other care project is one of the most prominent told an anti-corruption event in mation Systems (GDIS) at the MoI facilitate easy use of the application units,” he said. healthcare sector projects in the coun- London. Page 12 also provides access to a host of ad- for the speakers of those languages. “The hospitals are equipped with try and the benefi ts are expected to ditional services, including com- “Metrash2 offers more than 120 MRI facilities, robotic pharmacy and positively refl ect on the effi ciency of munity policing and features im- MoI e-services through Android and all the other general requirements. All healthcare services off ered to citizens BUSINESS | Commodities provements to some of the existing iOS devices, where most of the serv- these are provided by Ashghal while and residents of Qatar. Page 4 Oil jumps aft er US services. ices can be accessed and completed The launch is part of the efforts electronically, including payment, crude inventories fall made to enhance the MoI’s e-servic- without having to resort to any MoI Oil jumped yesterday, with es, the ministry said in a statement. Brig al-Maliki: GDIS assistant director. services centre,” the ministry said. Brent up more than 4% for a “With the addition of the new Subscribers can download the second day in a row, after the US languages, the Metrash2 service can school and company visits and event app on more than one device and government unexpectedly said be accessed by a higher number of participation, and other general with any service provider in Qatar. A crude inventories fell the first time expatriates as the application is now services regarding information on smart ID card is not a condition for since March, adding to concerns available in six languages,” said Brig road damage, damage to traffic and Metrash2, according to the state- over supply outages in Canada and Abdul Rahman al-Maliki, GDIS as- service signboards, dangerous in- ment. Nigeria. Brent crude futures settled sistant director, noting that a bunch tersections and malfunctioning sig- The GDIS has set up a 24-hour call up $2.08, or 4.6%, at $47.60 per of new services has been added to nals, etc, the statement explains. centre (234 2000) to assist subscrib- barrel. the app, mainly pertaining to serv- Besides, services such as queries ers in case of any queries or techni- ices provided by the Community on travel bans and locations form cal help. Police Department for citizens and SPORT | Football expatriates alike. Number of subscribers tops 241,000 Qatari referees The community policing services that can be accessed through Me- There are now more than 241,000 large number of transactions had been for Switzerland trash2 now include security serv- subscribers of Metrash2, including completed through Metrash2 until now, A referees crew from Qatar ices such as reporting abandoned individuals and company representa- including 180,000 residence permit Football Association (QFA) will buildings, law violations, selling tives, and they are able to access over renewals, 140,000 vehicle ownership off iciate tomorrow a Serie B prohibited items and damaging fa- 120 services electronically through the transfers, 25,000 fancy vehicle number match in Switzerland as part of a cilities, social services like report- app, General Directorate of Information transfers, 15,000 renewal and activation programme of exchanging referees ing family disputes, behavioural is- Systems assistant director Brig Abdul of e-gate services and 10,000 driving between the QFA and the Swiss sues and social support, invitations Rahman al-Maliki has said. He said a licence renewals. An exterior view of the new facilities at Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City in Doha. Football Federation. and requests for awareness lectures, PICTURE: Jayaram IATA sees further decline in global airfares By Pratap John year-on-year so far this year, IATA said its latest “Airlines fi nancial monitor”. economy counterpart so far this year. yielding premium segment off ers an the highest level since November 2015. Chief Business Reporter citing latest data.