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A committee in charge of draft recommendations for 133rd GCC ministerial council held a meeting at the Doha Sheraton Hotel yesterday.
Director of GCC Affairs Department at the Foreign Ministry Yousuf al-Jabir presided over the meeting.
Qatar News Agency has learnt that these recommendations relate to co-operation in economic affairs and financial markets in the GCC member states and water linkage and water security, in addition to follow-up reports on the common market and monetary union, railways and customs union negotiations as well as strategic dialogues with economic groups and other political issues.
The meeting’s recommendations will be submitted to the ministerial council which will hold its preparatory meeting in Doha today. They will be referred to the 25th session of the GCC Supreme Council due to be held in Qatar on December 9-10 for approval.
PM meets chief of Moroccan bank
HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani met the governor of the Bank of Morocco Abdul Latif Jaouahiri in Doha yesterday. Abdul Latif Jaouahiri is in Doha to participate in the third Global Finance Conference. They reviewed issues of mutual interest and topics on the agenda of the conference.
Qatar-South Africa ties discussed
HE the Advisory Council Speaker Mohamed bin Mubarak al-Khulaifi met South Africa’s Ambassador to Qatar Dr Saad Cachalia in Doha yesterday.
Talks dealt with parliamentary relations between the two countries.
The meeting was attended by Advisory Council Secretary General HE Fahad bin Mubarak al-Khayareen.
Masraf Al Rayan is silver sponsor
Masraf Al Rayan has announced its participation for the second consecutive year as the silver sponsor for second UITP Large Events Summit.
Adel Mustafawi, Group Executive Officer at Masraf Al Rayan, said: “We are pleased to participate in this very important event. The evolving partnership with such a vital company as Mowsalat is a clear manifestation of the bank’s commitment towards its social responsibility in line with the Qatar Vision 2030.
Mustafawi said: “Development of an effective public transportation sector is a key pillar of any sustainable economic development process and the solutions that would come through this event. It will definitely add value to many innovations that would enable us establish an effective and efficient state of the art public transportation sector in the country.”
Masraf Al Rayan, one of the leading banks in Qatar, has ranked high among the Islamic banks in Qatar and the region
Residents irked by camping caravans in parking areas
Residents of various neighbourhoods in Doha have expressed their dissatisfaction with the increasing number of parked caravans that occupy their designated parking lots, Al Sharq daily reported yesterday. The inhabitants of such areas told the daily that the phenomenon escalates with the beginning and end of the camping season. Further they said, such unacceptable behaviour by the owners of camping caravans and other trailers deprived them of parking areas that they used near their houses. Besides, some of these vehicles are usually left in the parking area for a number of days and sometimes for months. Thus, residents have to park their cars away from their homes, causing discomfort for families, in particular, when they come back, for instance, from a shopping trip with their children and goods.
New women’s hospital to have 200 beds
The new women and maternity hospital, which will be opened soon, will have 200 beds, reports local Arabic daily Arrayah. Quoting Dr Hilal al-Rifai the medical director in the Women Hospital and director of the Intensive Care Unit for new born children, the daily also reported that the Emergency Department of the Women’s Hospital receives 72,000 cases annually. According to the official, the department has three specialists in each of the three daily shifts. Dr al-Rifai stated that the new women and maternity hospital is a great addition to the development of the medical services. He said: “It has 200 beds and large operation rooms.”“The number of deliveries in the women and maternity hospital and the hospitals of Al Khor and Al Wakrah is about 21,000 annually. Out of these 8% are premature babies. Hamad Medical Corporation’s healthcare in these cases is among the world’s top five, despite the high cost of medical care for premature babies, added Dr al-Rifai.
