A spa and wellness sector is to be developed in Qatar and serve clients in the Middle East through a joint venture launched yesterday between Germany-based Premedion GmbH and Qatar-based Al-Jaidah Brothers.

Qatar-based charity Reach Out To Asia (Rota) is organising a three-day youth conference for promoting personal leadership, service learning and global citizenship as part of its new strategy for its Qatar Programme (ROTAQ).

The Polymer Center, a Qatar University-Qatar Science & Technology Park initiative with the partnership of University of Sheffield, the UK, is to start with three projects this year.

Qatar, one of the largest polymer-producing countries in the region, has launched an environment-friendly initiative for recycling polymers. The Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP) and Qatar University (QU) signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday to help initiate the establishment of a polymer centre.

Qatar Airways, the country’s national carrier, is eyeing Tokyo to add to its vast network of destinations worldwide as a new runway coming up at the Narita International Airport is slated to be ready by March next year.

A majority of Qatari respondents in a survey conducted by a local Arabic daily said they backed state intervention to check increasing indebtedness in their midst.