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.
Ten Ministry of Interior (MoI) officers recently graduated from the Al Jazeera Media Centre for Training and Development, after having attended a four-day training course on public speaking and ways of dealing with the media.
More than 100 school operators and principals participated in the first course to create awareness on the menace of drug abuse, which was organised recently by the Permanent Committee for Drugs and Alcohols Affairs.
