Arabic News Weekly Edition for Qatar, 10/6/1997
Weekly Edition, Qatar - Week of October 6, 1997
- Christmas time in Qatar as the Emir returns
For days now, everyone has been talking about this great event. People have been exchanging all kinds of rumors about details Qatar, Essay, 10/11/1997 - World Bank team study privatization role in Qatar
Tadros praised the performance of many state-owned corporations and public sector enterprises in Qatar such as Q-Tel (Qatar Public Telecommunications Corporation), Qasco (Qatar Steel Company) and Qapco (Qatar Petrochemical Company). Qatar, Economics, 10/11/1997 - More power and desalinated water comming to Qatar
Qatar is planning to launch two major projects to generate 700MW of electricity and 70m gallons per day MGPD of desalinated water to meet the increasing demand in the coming years. Qatar, Business, 10/11/1997 - British military ships to Qatar
The source added that Britain and Qatar signed an memo of understanding through which Qatar will buy military equipment worth LE 450 and British fighter planes, ships, and missiles in the coming period. Qatar, Military, 10/8/1997 - Committee pursues and affirms preparations for Mena
The tasks include following up the registration process and issuing a booklet on 17 private sector projects to be forwarded to the conference. Qatar, Politics, 10/7/1997 - Egyptian parties request Qatar stop sending invitations for Mena
The Egyptian Committee for Combating Normalization requested that the Emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa, cancel the MENA conference due to be held next month. Egypt-Qatar, Politics, 10/7/1997