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Friday, April 22, 2011
EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS
Nationline
Khanzada to
be Pakistan’s
new envoy
to Qatar
Emir issues decision on Katara
THE Emir His Highness Sheikh
Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani issued
an Emiri decision number 30 of
2011 appointing Abdurrahman
Saleh al Kholeiﬁ as the head of
the Cultural Village (Katara). The
law takes effect from the date of
issue and is to be published in the
ofﬁcial gazette. (QNA)
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Culture ministry to celebrate
World Book Day
THE Ministry of Culture, Arts and
Heritage will host an event on
Sunday entitled ‘Life is a Book’ in
coordination with Qatar University
to mark the World Book Day. The
event will last for three days. The
event aims to highlight the importance of books and encourage
reading habits. (QNA)
Qatar, Vietnam sign
ratiﬁcation instruments
INSTRUMENTS for ratifying an air
transport agreement between Qatar
and Vietnam signed in Doha on
March 8, 2009 were exchanged at
the Foreign Ministry headquarters
on Thursday. The document on the
exchange of the two ratiﬁcation
instruments was signed by Director
of the Asian and African Affairs
Department at the Foreign Ministry
HE Ambassador Zayed bin Rashid
al Nuaimi and Vietnamese
Ambassador to Qatar HE Phung
the Long. (QNA)
Students of American School of Doha at a tree plantation event to mark Earth Day, on Wednesday.
Qatar, US students learn how
to ‘conserve, connect & act’
MUHAMMAD
Sarfraz Ahmad
Khanzada will
be the new
ambassador of
Pakistan
to
Qatar. According to sources
at the Pakistani
mission, Khanzada will arrive
in Doha next Muhammad Sarfraz
week.
Ahmad Khanzada.
Khanzada,
who has earlier served at the Pakistani
mission in Doha from 1987 to 1990,
called on Pakistan President Asif Ali
Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad,
on Wednesday.
Born in 1955, Khanzada holds a
Bachelor’s degree and Post
Graduate Diploma in NSC from
National Defence University. He
joined Foreign Service of Pakistan
in 1984 and has served in Pakistani
missions in Ottawa (1994-1997),
Manama (1997-1998), Lagos (1998-
Khanzada has earlier
served at the Pakistani
mission in Doha from
1987 to 1990. He will
arrive in Doha next week.
CATHERINE W GICHUKI
DOHA
Minister meets UN/AU
representative
MINISTER of State for Foreign
Affairs HE Ahmed bin Abdullah al
Mahmoud met the Joint African
Union-United Nations Special
Representative Professor Ibrahim
Gambari in Doha on Thursday. Al
Mahmoud briefed him on the
efforts of Qatar and the mediation
to achieve peace and stability in
Darfur. The meeting was attended
by a number of the foreign ministry ofﬁcials. (QNA)
Indian community meet
on April 29
A MEETING of the Indian community will be held at the Indian
embassy on April 29 to look into
their various issues. A screening of
individual grievances will take
place from 4 pm to 5 pm. The
individuals will then have the
opportunity to interact with senior
ofﬁcers of the embassy from 5 pm
to 6 pm. (TNN)
STUDENTS from independent
schools along with their visiting
peers from the US took part in
the Earth Day celebrations at
the Cultural Village on
Thursday. The middle school
students of the American
School of Doha also marked the
occasion by participating in
programmes to increase
awareness about environment.
At the Cultural Village, the
theme for this year’s programme
was
‘Conserve,
Connect, Act’. The daylong celebration featured lectures, discussion and workshops that
highlighted the challenge of climate change and the need to
work together to ﬁnd solutions
to environmental problems.
The event was organised
by Qatar Cool in partnership
with
the
Earth
Day
Network
and
Qatar
Foundation
International.
Other sponsors included Ocean
for Life, Green Gulf, Cisco,
Ocean Future’s Society and
Qatar Environment and
Energy Institute.
Students attend a workshop at the Cultural Village, in Doha, on Thursday. (HANSON K JOSEPH)
During the workshop, students were given tips on how to
act as responsible citizens to
protect the environment. They
were told about water conservation, global impact of greenhouse gases, climate change
and beneﬁts of solar technology. Later, the visited Sea Line
for a beach cleaning exercise.
The day concluded with a ﬁlm
festival and awards night at the
Education City. Films on cli-
mate change and other environmental
issues
were
screened on the occasion.
Addressing the students and
guests, Qatar Cool CEO Fayad
al Khatib said, “As the world is
developing, our reliance on
modern
technologies
to
enhance our living and working environment is rising. We
must make sure that these
technologies do not harm our
environment. It is with this in
mind, that we have launched
the initiative of district cooling.
Earth Day is an important
occasion to show our commitment towards protecting environment. Youngsters of our
country and the world must
know how to play a constructive role in protecting the environment. This year, we have
decided to engage youth of
CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 2001) and Canberra (2003-2006).
He also served at the headquarters
as Section Ofﬁcer (1986-1987, 19911994) and as Director/Deputy Chief
of Protocol (2001-2003). He was
Minister/Deputy Head of Mission at
Embassy of Pakistan, Riyadh
(2006-2009). Currently, he is serving as Director-General at headquarters since July 8, 2009.
According to the Associated Press of
Pakistan, Zardari congratulated
Khanzada and asked him to focus on
enhancing Pakistan’s economic, trade
and commercial ties with Qatar.
Zardari advised the ambassadordesignate to explore new avenues to
boost Pakistan’s exports to Qatar.
Pakistan and Qatar have close bilateral cooperation which the president hoped would be further
strengthened with the posting of
the new envoy.
Khanzada thanked the president for
the trust and conﬁdence reposed on
him and assured that he would work
to boost Pakistan’s bilateral relations
with Qatar.
CNAQ programme gets Canadian accreditation
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THE pharmacy technician programme of College of the North
Atlantic-Qatar’s (CNAQ) School of
Health Sciences has received international accreditation from the
Canadian Council for Accreditation
of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP).
Addressing a function to mark
the achievement on Wednesday,
Christine Bolan, dean of health sciences, said: “We are thrilled with
this honour. We have achieved this
recognition due to hard work and
commitment. I am happy that our
request to the CCAPP to grant
international accreditation has
been accepted.”
The accreditation process included a self-study report which outlined the programme, the facilities, faculty and industry support and was
followed by an on-site visit by a team from CCAPP. Thereafter, the team submitted a favourable report.
“We were told that our pharmacy
technician course can be rated
among the best programmes in
Canada. We are still relatively
young in Qatar and that feedback
was great to hear. It speaks to the
overall quality of our initiative,”
Bolan said.
The three-year provisional
accreditation, which is the highest
level granted, means that graduates
will be able to write the Canadian
national registration examinations
which will recognise them professionally in their ﬁeld. The accreditation will also make it easier for
graduates who wish to continue
their studies at a university level.
Daliya Abu Baker, a graduate
who will be attending the
Graduates will be able
to write the Canadian
national registration
examinations.
Members of the CCAPP accreditation team with CNAQ pharmacy technician
team, in Doha, on Wednesday.
University of Nottingham in the
fall, said that the accreditation has
made her university career easier.
“I was asked directly whether my
programme was accredited, and I
proudly said yes,” she added.
This is the second international
accreditation for the School of
Health Sciences during this academic year. In October 2010, the
respiratory therapy programme
was accredited by the Council on
Accreditation for Respiratory
Therapy Education (CoARTE).
“These accreditations attest to
many great things going on at
CNAQ. It attests our facilities and
equipment which are second to
none; to our industry responsive
curriculum and programmes; to
the dedication and expertise of faculty and staff of CNAQ; to our
great partnerships with private
sector partners and, of course, it
attests to the quality of our students,” said Dr Ken MacLeod,
president of CNAQ.
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THE Ministry of Interior
represented
by
the
Information
Systems
Department won the best
pavilion award at the Map
Middle East exhibition. The
exhibition was held on the
sidelines of Map Middle East
2011 conference recently.
The award was given to
the ministry for displaying
Geographical Information
System (GIS) applications
that collect data from different sources.
Captain Arif Hassan
Ibrahim from Information
Systems
Department
received the award from
Director
of
Doha
Municipality
Engineer
Mohammed Ahmed al
Sayyed on behalf of the ministry. Director of Doha
Municipality,
Engineer
Mohammed Ahmed al
Sayyed, awarded mementos
to the winners.
The ministry won the ﬁrst
place for presenting a number of advanced equipment
and launching some new
systems such as geographical directory system, licensing system of the General
Directorate of Civil Defence
and star security project.
The Information Systems
Department also gave a
presentation on use of geographical maps in MoI systems for mobile security
patrols to have easy access to
an accident scene. It also
displayed advanced mobile
devices that will be ﬁxed in
security patrol vehicles to
help security and civil
defence personnel reach
incident scene quickly.
The devices will also aid
communication between the
central operations room and
security patrols by giving the
accident information.
Other award winners at
the event were Top Con
company and GIS Centre of
the Ministry of Municipality
and Urban Planning.
Map Middle East 2011
conference and exhibition
was organised by the
Ministry of Municipality and
Urban Planning through its
GIS centre in association
with GIS Development.
Captain Arif Hassan Ibrahim (right) receives the award from
Director of Doha Municipality Mohammed Ahmed al Sayyed,
in Doha, recently.
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DOHA
Judges of the Qatar Financial Centre civil and commercial court at a hearing, in Doha, recently.
QFC court hears its
first appeal cases
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THE Qatar Financial Centre
(QFC) civil and commercial
court appellate circuit heard
its ﬁrst permission to appeal
cases recently.
The cases were heard in
front of Lord Woolf, the
court’s president and former
Chief Justice of England and
Wales and two other senior
Judges, Lord Scott and David
Keene.
Two permissions to appeal
applications were brought to
the court against Al Mal
Bank, which has been in liquidation since June 2010.
They were ﬁled by the former chief executive ofﬁcer of
the bank, Nazim Omara and
former head of human
resources at the bank, Taha
Babiker.
Omara sought permission
to appeal the court at First
Instance’s order in October
2010 to dismiss his claim for
It also dismissed
an application by
Babiker for permission to appeal
against a judgment
of the Court at
First Instance in
December 2010. It
said that it was
impossible for
Babiker to succeed
in his case of
wrongful dismissal.
unfair dismissal. Omara and
his advocates did not attend
the hearing.
The liquidators for the bank
argued that Omara had fraudulently created, after the date
of his dismissal from the
bank, the contracts on which
he and Babiker relied in the
proceedings.
The
court
dismissed
Omara’s permission application for lack of merit, saying it
could not succeed on appeal.
It also dismissed an application by Babiker for permission to appeal against a judgment of the Court at First
Instance in December 2010.
It said that it was impossible
for Babiker to succeed in his
case of wrongful dismissal.
While the Court at First
Instance concluded that
Babiker’s contract was terminated in November 2009, his
evidence did not assist him
because the court found that
the contract was invalid having been executed by Omara
without authority.
Lawyers of Babiker questioned the lawfulness of the
requirement for litigants to
apply to the court for permis-
sion to appeal as opposed to
having an automatic right of
appeal, according to the
court’s rules and regulations
which were issued and binding from December 15, 2010.
The court said that the
requirement falls within the
language and spirit of Law No
7 of 2005 (as amended by
Law No 2 of 2009), and is justiﬁed in contemporary litigation as contributing to the
efﬁcient economic and resolution of litigation, limiting
any additional expense where
an appeal is without merit
and has no real prospect of
succeeding.
This was the ﬁrst time the
new court facilities had
been used in QFC Court
proceedings.
The cases were presented in
Arabic and English with assistance from a simultaneous
translation facility.
THE Supreme Council of
Health (SCH) will take part in
the World Vaccination Week
from April 24 to 30 under the
slogan ‘Partnership for vaccination’. The SCH will celebrate the event in cooperation
with
Hamad
Medical
Corporation (HMC), Primary
Healthcare, the Supreme
Council of Education (SEC)
and Qatar Petroleum (QP).
The event seeks to raise
awareness among the public
about the importance of vaccination. The WHO has
requested all member countries, including Qatar, to keep
track of their immunisation
process. The programme will
feature workshops and lectures on the importance of
vaccination. Some booths will
be set up at commercial centres to raise awareness among
the public about vaccination.
The vaccination week aims
at improving the dissemination of information about the
importance of immunisation
and enhancing community
demand for it.
It also aims at renewing
the commitment of policymakers to support the vaccination services by all available health systems, besides
encouraging all categories of
the community to immunise
their children.
Immunisation is one of
the most successful and
effective
interventions
which have contributed to
reducing the rates of diseases.
It also represents an adequate protection against
serious diseases for all ages.
As for adults, immunisation
is an effective protection
against life threatening diseases like inﬂuenza, meningitis and cervical cancer.
More than 100 countries will
participate in the event with a
view to contribute to the reduction of morbidity and mortality
rates through vaccination and
avoid diseases threatening
human life.
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Qatar in environmental initiatives that promote sustainability.” Jaber Ali al Marri, a
student at Omar bin Khattab
School said, “It is good for
youngsters to take part in discussions on environmental
issues. I have learnt many
things from the American
students. This is an experience of a lifetime, as I managed to interact with so many
people.”
Jamal Deq, a student from
Franklin High School at
Seattle said, “This event fascinated me because I like to
interact with my peers from
other countries. Some of the
environmental problems that
we are facing today would
have been solved a long time
ago. It’s nice to get together so
that we can share ideas and
come up with solutions to
some of the pressing environment issues.”
Ben Brea, a student at
Dover-Sherborn High School
said, “The international environment seminar is an eyeopener for me. We were
informed on issues related to
global warming.”
Ronald Geronimo of
Charlestown High School
said, “We all belong to planet
earth and it is our responsibility to protect it. A lot of wrong
decisions by developed countries have harmed the environment, but it is never too
late. We can all come together
to protect our planet.”
Other schools that participated in the event included
Qatari
Independent
Secondary School for Girls,
Yarmouk
Independent
Preparatory School for Boys,
Doha Independent Secondary
School for Boys, Raba’a
Adawiya Secondary School
for Girls, Al Iman Secondary
School for Girls, Al Wakra
Independent
Secondary
School for Boys and Al
Wakrah
Independent
Preparatory School for Girls.
Meanwhile, all the 550
Middle School students of the
American School of Doha
participated in weeklong
activities to mark the Earth
Day. The main event was
organised by the MS
Conservation Club in which
the students planted 30 trees
in the school. The programme
provided the students an
opportunity to plant and get
ﬁrst-hand experience of using
a shovel. In an effort to ‘green’
the school campus, groups of
15 students planted trees
using fertiliser, peat moss and
water. They adopted their
tree by naming it and making
a plaque to place it in front of
their plantation.
The group selected droughtresistant trees because they
don’t use much water and they
are native species to the
Middle East. Albizia and
Neem were chosen because of
their beauty and medicinal
uses. The 30 trees were donated by the Ministry of Urban
Development
and
Agriculture.
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WWE WrestleMania grips Doha residents
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ANTICIPATION
has
reached fever pitch in the
country, with the WWE
WrestleMania
Revenge
Tour set to take place at
Qatar Sports Club on
Saturday. A selected group
of WWE superstars will
appear at Qtel shop in
Villaggio to meet fans and
sign autographs. Qtel customers can meet their
heroes at the store from 1
pm to 2 pm.
The demand for tickets
has been so high that the
organisers have added a
second
action-packed
event on Friday, so that
every fan in Qatar can
attend the sold-out shows.
Brought to Qatar in partnership
with
Golden
Relations and Qtel, the
event is set to fuel the senses of the country’s sport
entertainment enthusiasts,
with an evening full of
showmanship and athletic
prowess as international
names such as John Cena,
Randy Orton, CM Punk
and Sheamus take the
stage.
Qtel has been a major
supporter of the event in
Qatar. WWE WrestleMania
is available through Qtel’s
Mozaic TV service.
The company has provid-
ed tickets as prizes for customers who used its environmentally-friendly
eServices. Winners are
being contacted this week,
and need to collect their
tickets before the incredible event.
The tour will see Doha
host WWE’s flagship event,
WrestleMania, the longestrunning
professional
wrestling event in the
The demand for
tickets has been
so high that the
organisers have
added a second
action-packed
event on Friday.
world. WrestleMania has
developed the international careers of industry legends such as Hulk Hogan,
The Undertaker, Steve
Austin, Triple H and The
Rock over the last 25 years.
John Cena, one of the
brightest stars in the WWE
firmament, winning 16
championships in total
including nine world titles,
will be coming to Qatar for
the first time for the WWE
WrestleMania
Revenge
Tour.
WWE stars haven’t officially appeared in the
Middle East for more than
10 years.
A file photo of WWE stars fighting it out, recently.
Chefs from Qatar
win third spot at
Dubai challenge
HUMOUROUS SKIT CONTEST
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Members of the KEF Toastmasters Club which won two awards in the humourous skit contest conducted by the Division E of Toastmasters
International at DPS-MIS School, in Doha, recently. They won the ﬁrst runner up trophy for their skit titled Dr Pappu’s Clinic.
Qatari students visit Pearl
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A GROUP of 39 Qatari students, selected from a total of
1,200 students from Al Bayan
Girls School, visited the
Pearl Qatar Island recently.
The tour was organised by
the United Development
Company (UDC).
The girls were taken across
the Pearl Qatar, once famous
for pearl diving. “The tour is
one of the ways we support
the future generation of decision-makers in Qatar. We
want to acknowledge their talent and reward their exceptional academic standing.
Such initiatives are part of
The Pearl Qatar’s ongoing
programme to encourage and
support Qatari students by
not only introducing them to
one of the country’s best sites,
but also make them aware of
its future plans,” a UDC
spokesperson said.
The students were welcomed
at the Oyster Marketing Centre
on The Pearl Qatar where they
were given a model presentation. Students were also
TWO chefs from the Ramada Plaza
Doha bagged the third place in the second Anchor PastryChef Challenge
held in Dubai recently. The duo, Chanka Buddika and Richard Zeber, from
Qatar narrowly missed the ﬁrst spot
to The Address Downtown Dubai
which won the regional competition.
“We are disappointed that we were
so close to winning, but we are satisﬁed. We worked as hard as we could
and put out some great pastries that
impressed the judges,” Buddika said.
His team mate Zeber agreed. “Of
course we would have liked to win.
But being awarded third place in such
a tough regional competition with so
many talented chefs is a real achievement,” Zeber said.
The judges said that the winning
team, Dedy Supriady and Farid’s natural ﬂair for pastry and innovative
ﬂavour set them apart from the rest
of the contestants in the competition,
which was hosted by Fonterra
between April 6 and 14.
The talented pair was competing
against 13 teams comprising best
culinary talent in the region, and
both chefs were overwhelmed with
their achievement. Dedy, who won
the Anchor MasterChef Challenge
back in February with his colleague
Daniel Edward, was particularly
delighted with the team’s victory.
“We have both been putting in extra
hours back at the hotel’s kitchen to
perfect our recipes but as I found out
last time, it was so stressful to create
them together in the ﬁnal moments of
the competition. Chefs are by nature
competitive and I think the standard
of dishes produced by the other
teams spurred Farid and myself on
and gave us an added motivation,”
Supriady said.
Farid said, “Although competing
with the best in the industry is tough.
I believe such events help us to keep
us on our toes so that we keep pushing the boundaries. It’s great to have
the opportunity to participate in an
event where the other competitors
regard it with the same respect and
importance.”
The dishes were judged by a panel
of independent and accredited chefs,
adhering to the World Association of
Chefs Societies’ (WACS) recommended
standards.
The
Address
Downtown Dubai team got an
impressive score of 92 out of 100.
The competition took place in
Fonterra’s Culinarium in Dubai, the
UAE. It is a state-of-the-art kitchen,
which hosts competitions, workshops
and training sessions for chefs from
across the GCC, throughout the year.
The Address Downtown Dubai
received AED15,000 per team; runners-up Kenneth Pereira and WG
Ruwan Kumara from the Mina
A’Salam, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai,
received AED10,000 and Zeber and
Buddika received AED5,000.
Students of Al Bayan Girls School at The Pearl Qatar, in Doha, recently.
involved in a highly interactive
session with representatives of
the different business units
within UDC, where they had
the opportunity to learn how
the company was leading the
way in fulﬁlling Qatar’s
National Vision 2030.
Social Specialist Noura al
Ansari at Al Bayan School said,
“This visit to The Pearl Qatar
was a good opportunity to learn
about all aspects of the project;
those implemented and those
still under development. We
greatly appreciate the enthusiasm shown by The Pearl Qatar
team who provided an amazing
sense of hospitality since the
start of the excursion until its
very end. This gave our students a sense of value and honour. The Pearl Qatar is
undoubtedly one of the most
fascinating examples of community partnerships for the
children of this country.”
Richard Zeber (left) and Chanka Buddika with their certiﬁcates, in Doha, recently.
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Enterprise Qatar gives tips on SME businesses
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ENTERPRISE Qatar, an initiative to support and promote small and medium
enterprises in Qatar, recorded large turnout of visitors at
its pavilion during the Qatar
Career Fair.
The visitors included students, graduates and SME
owners keen to learn about
programmes offered by
Enterprise Qatar to nurture
and develop small and medium businesses across the various sectors of the economy.
Enterprise Qatar was established to cater to the need of
small and medium business
owners seeking guidance and
a clear roadmap for success.
Enterprise Qatar provides
aspiring entrepreneurs and
current small and medium
businesses with access to
funding for start-up and
growth, business support
services such as incubation
facilities, legal, ﬁnancial and
human resources advisory
services, access to prospecting databases, export advice,
subsidised IT bundles and
networking opportunities,
training and mentoring they
need to be successful.
During a workshop at the
career fair, Enterprise Qatar
Project Director, Noora al
Mannai, encouraged the
youth to pursue creative ways
to channel their talents.
She said Enterprise Qatar
would facilitate the transformation of theie ideas into
functional and efﬁcient businesses that will have a positive
impact on the community.
Enterprise Qatar provides a
voice for SMEs to inﬂuence
legislators and government to
create a legal and regulatory
environment
that
is
favourable to the sector.
The organisation also works
to promote the utilisation of
international best practices in
its activities and assist people
in the realisation of their
potential through various
training and development
programmes and initiatives.
Among the aspiring young
Qatari who visited the
Enterprise Qatar stand was
student,
Bakhit al Marri, a Qatari
student, said: “Enterprise
Qatar is a great concept which
helps broaden the horizons of
our country’s youth and provides professionals with more
options for career development. It allows us to play signiﬁcant roles in the development of our country and pursue dreams that could lead to
promising new career milestones.”
An aspiring woman entrepreneur said, “I am interested
in pursuing a career in fash-
Ofﬁcials of Enterprise Qatar attend to visitors during the Qatar Career Fair, in Doha, recently.
ion. This is one business
where entrepreneurship is
paramount. I think it is
important that graduates of
the arts, design and fashion,
especially women, have an
opportunity to express their
creativity with the support of
the government through
organisations like Enterprise
Qatar.”
Another visitor to the
organisation’s stand, a young
graduate said, “I have always
been a fan of sport and my
ideal career path will include
the development and promotion of Qatari sportsmen. I
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ICC President KM Varghese hands over a copy of Qatar Malayalam Manual to Managing Director of Safari Group Abubaker Madappat at a function, in Doha, recently.
Other dignitaries at the event include Managing Director of Acon Group Shukkur Kinalur, Varghese Chako, Kareem Abdulla, Davis Edakalathur, KP Noorudheen, Jacob
Antony and the Editor-in-chief of the manual Amanulla Vadakkangara.
am currently looking for a job
where I can learn more about
the business. I believe, in the
next few years before Qatar
2022, there will be numerous
opportunities to start a com-
pany that specialises in dedicated services for sportsmen
and sport associations. I will
need the guidance and support that Enterprise Qatar
can provide.”
Vodafone opens
neighbourhood kiosk
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DOHA
VODAFONE has opened a
neighbourhood kiosk at
Regency Group Tower at
Suhaim Bin Hamad Street.
It has also launched a range
of special offers for Regency
Travel and Vodafone kiosk visitors to celebrate the opening.
Vodafone’s Regency kiosk
offers customers limited time
promotion on Red plans and
a wide range of handsets.
Vodafone retail champions
at the kiosk will provide support and demonstrate the features of each product to
ensure customers gets the
right plan and the most suitable device based on their speciﬁc communications needs.
Consumer Business Unit
Director at Vodafone Qatar,
Daniel Horan said, “We are
excited to open our new kiosk
in conjunction with Regency
Group. Customers can now
make travel arrangements
and at the same time have
access to Vodafone’s customer services. We look forward to a strong future relationship with Regency Group.
I would like to thank
Chairman of Regency Group
Ibrahim al Asmakh and CEO
of Regency Travel Tarek Abd
el Latif for their support and
cooperation.”
The Vodafone Kiosk at
Regency Group tower is open
between 10am and 10pm
from Saturday to Thursday
and 2pm to 11pm on Friday.
Vodafone’s new kiosk, in Doha.
IGTC supplies five fire fighting vehicles to QP
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DOHA
INTERNATIONAL
Gulf
Trading Company (IGTC) –
Chubb Fire Qatar, a leading
supplier of ﬁre safety equipment and security solutions,
has signed a deal to supply
ﬁve ﬁre ﬁghting vehicles to
Qatar Petroleum (QP).
Four of the trucks have
been delivered to Qatar
Petroleum’s
Mesaeed
Industrial City and Deep
Water Port, while the ﬁfth
delivery is in the pipeline.
Two of the ﬁre ﬁghting
vehicles
are
Angloco
foam/water/DCP (dry chemical powder) tenders, incorporating a four-door 6x4chassis
crew cab and capable of
pumping at a rate of 10,000
litres per minute. The vehicles
are equipped with a 5,000litre foam tank, a 2,000-litre
water tank and DCP storage
Two of the fire
fighting vehicles
are Angloco
foam/water/DCP
(dry chemical powder) tenders,
incorporating a
four-door 6x4
chassis crew cab.
of 1,000 kilogramme.
The other two, which are
smaller Angloco foam/water
tender ﬁre ﬁghters vehicles,
can pump at 6,000 litres per
minute and have tanks storage capacities of 1,000 litres
of foam and 2,000 litres of
water.
The ﬁfth truck is a rescue
A ﬁre ﬁghting vehicle which was supplied to Qatar Petroleum, in Doha, recently.
tender with a 14.6-metre
crane, which can be extended
to 18 metres rotatable
through 400 degrees and
rated at 5,750 kg at an outreach of 2 metres. It also con-
tains lighting and electrical
equipment, three-section ladders and hydraulic rescue
equipment.
All the vehicles are based on
standard Scania chassis.
General Manager of IGTCChubb Fire Qatar, Rami
Batrawi said the company
won the cotract last year.
“IGTC-Chubb Fire Qatar has
qualiﬁed team who are
experts in the provision of
ﬁreﬁghting systems. Angloco,
based in West Yorkshire in
the UK, designs and manufactures ﬁre ﬁghting and rescue
vehicles and equipment for
municipal and civil defence
ﬁre services, industrial and
chemical companies, power
stations, oil reﬁneries,
defence forces and airports
throughout the world. At
IGTC - Chubb Fire, we have
the expertise to deliver safety
solutions in some of the most
challenging environments,
while ensuring quality and
efﬁciency that have become
our hallmarks.