The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday issued a decree approving the comprehensive development vision ‘Qatar National Vision 2030’.

By the end of this year, Nepalese residents will become the largest foreign community in Qatar. This was mentioned by Nepal's Ambassador to Qatar, Surya Nath Mishra, during a speech at the first 'Nepal Tourism and Cultural Festival' at the Ramada Hotel yesterday evening.

Qatar Petroleum plans to construct an express way between the industrial cities in Qatar. The 150km road will connect Messaieed, Dukhan and Ras Laffan cities, Al Sharq reported yesterday.

THE Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has made it clear that it will ensure that its work sites conform to summer working hours.

Those seeking admission in driving schools in Qatar are no longer required to produce a no objection letter from the sponsor.

To offset skyrocketing food prices and a possible food crisis in the country, Qatar is planning to invest in a big way in foreign farmland.

An insufficient supply of well-educated and well-trained nationals is widely acknowledged to be among factors hampering the ‘Qatarisation’ process in the country.

Qatar has ranked 41st overall out of 118 countries in ‘The Enabling Trade Index 2008' (ETI) released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) yesterday.