Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani endorsed yesterday Cabinet decision No. 50 of 2014 establishing Al Shahaniya Municipality.
The cabinet had on June 25 approved the draft decision taken earlier to carve out Al Shahaniya from Al Rayan Municipality and declare it an independent municipality.
A draft decision by the minister of Municipality and Urban Planning to set the geographic borders of the municipality and a draft decision by the minister of environment on adopting some technical regulations and standards as Qatari technical regulations and standards were also approved in that meeting.
Once set up, Al Shahaniya will be Qatar’s eighth municipality and would include Raudat Rashid, Al Karana, Al Khurais, Jamiliya and Al Baab, among others.
The last reorganisation of municipalities was done in 2004, when Al Dhayeen was carved out of Al Khor and Umm Salal municipalities.
The carving out of Al Shahaniya municipality would help create job opportunities in the town.
The Emir also endorsed Cabinet decision No. 48 enforcing rules of Law No. 14 of 2014 on pensions and retirement of Qataris working at Woqod Vehicles Inspection Company (Fahes), Cabinet decision No. 49 exempting Ras Qartas Energy Plant from income tax and Cabinet decision No. 51 establishing the Joint Committee for Communications Infrastructure Work.
All the decisions are to go into effect and to be published in the official gazette.
The Emir issued Law No. 17 of 2014 exempting the share of non-Qatari investors in profits of some companies and investment funds from income tax.
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