 | Food trade gets June 1 deadline on plastics
ALL plastics used in the
packaging and serving of
food in restaurants and bakeries
in the country must by
June 1 be food grade plastics
approved by the Permanent
Joint Committee on Control
of Human Food.
Inspections will be carried
out in...
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| | Pictorial health warnings on cigarette
packets soon, says HMC consultant |  LARGE pictorial health warnings
which vividly show the
effects of smoking will be displayed
on cigarette packs in
Qatar soon.
Dr Ahmed Almulla, senior
consultant in preventive medicine
and head of the tobacco
cessation clinic at Hamad
Medical Corporation (HMC),
said that the move aimed at
increasing awareness against
tobacco use would be implemented
by August.
Speaking about tobacco
control in Qatar at the HMC
symposium on respiratory disorders
on Saturday, Almulla
said that 37 percent of the population
in Qatar smoke.
"That means 600,000 people
here are smokers. If each
one consumes at least two
packets of cigarettes a day,
about 200... | | | Domasco unveils fourth
generation Honda CR-V |  DOHA Marketing Services
Company (Domasco), exclusive
agents of Honda in Qatar,
unveiled the new fourth generation
Honda CR-V to Qatari
market, in Doha, on Thursday.
Addressing a press conference
ahead of the unveiling,
Sales and Marketing Manager
for Domasco-Honda Greig
Roffey said, "We are delighted
with the local response to the
all-new CR-V as its pending
arrival became known some
weeks back."
"The all-new CRV was
launched earlier in some international
markets with rave
reviews and it has already
received a number of prestigious
awards. We immediately
started getting enquiries from
local customers as early as a
month... | | | ELIMINATE THE GAP BETWEEN DEVELOPED
AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SAYS EMIR |  THE Emir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa
al Thani has inaugurated the 13th session of the
United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (Unctad XIII) in Doha on Saturday.
Following is a translation of his speech at the inaugural
session of the conference.
In the name of God the Most Merciful, the Most
Compassionate. Your Excellencies and Highnesses,
Your Excellency the Secretary-General of the
Unctad, Ladies and Gentlemen, I greet and welcome
you in Doha, wishing you a pleasant stay. At the outset,
I would like to express my deep appreciation to
His Excellency Professor John Evans Mills, president
of the friendly Republic of Ghana ... | |
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