Comments
There are no comments.
Add Comments
Doha
The high rental rates in Qatar have caught the attention of several Advisory Council members, who wanted to discuss the issue at the Services and Public Utilities Committee, says the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) .
High rents, both commercial and residential, have often been cited as a hindrance to opening new businesses as well as a major concern for people who want to relocate or move to Qatar from other countries.
The Advisory Council’s Services and Public Utilities Committee met yesterday under its Rapporteur Saqr Fahd al-Meraikhi.
According to the QNA, "the committee resumed its examination of requests made by a number of Advisory Council members to discuss the large increase in rental prices".
Based on the deliberations, the committee agreed to invite HE the Minister of Development Planning and Statistics Dr Saleh bin Mohamed al-Nabit to attend the next meeting and offer the Ministry’s views on the topic.
Meanwhile, the Advisory Council held its regular weekly meeting of the 44th ordinary session under the chairmanship of HE the Deputy Speaker of the Council Issa bin Rabia al-Kuwari.
At the outset, HE the Secretary-General of the Advisory Council Fahad bin Mubarak al-Khayareen read out the agenda which was agreed upon. Then the Council endorsed the minutes of its previous session.
The Council took note of a memo by the Cabinet General Secretariat directed to the Ministry of Finance on the recommendations of the Cabinet on the state draft general budget for fiscal year 2016, and a draft bill to adopt the budget.
HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani last week issued Law Number (26) of 2015, endorsing the State Budget for the fiscal 2016. The budget would take effect on January 1, 2016.
Qatar’s budget for 2016 has made higher allocation for major projects and a significant outlay for infrastructure, health and education sectors, as it projects a revenue of QR156bn and an expenditure of QR202.5bn.
The budget figures indicate that Qatar might post a deficit of QR46.5bn in 2016, which HE the Minister of Finance Ali Sherif al-Emadi said would be financed through “debt instruments” in the local and international markets.
The decline in projected revenues is due to a reduction in the oil price assumption to $48 a barrel compared with $65 in the previous fiscal year.
There are no comments.
SPORT Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when you are saying farewell to those that have left a positive impression. That was the case earlier this month when Canada hosted Mexico in a friendly at BC Place stadium in Vancouver.
TECHNOLOGY Some 60mn primary-school-age children have no access to formal education
CULTURE Lekhwiya’s El Arabi scores the equaliser after Tresor is sent off; Tabata, al-Harazi score for QSL champions
ARABIA The Yemeni Minister of Tourism, Dr Mohamed Abdul Majid Qubati, yesterday expressed hope that the 48-hour ceasefire in Yemen declared by the Command of Coalition Forces on Saturday will be maintained in order to lift the siege imposed on Taz City and ease the entry of humanitarian aid to the besieged
ARABIA Some 200 teachers from schools across the country attended Qatar Museum’s (QM) first ever Teachers Council at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) yesterday.
ARABIA The Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) of Qatar and the Indonesian Supreme Court (SCI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on judicial co-operation, it was announced yesterday.
ECONOMY Sri Lanka is keen on importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar as part of government policy to shift to clean energy, Minister of City Planning and Water Supply Rauff Hakeem has said.
