Qatar Rail Launches Awareness Programs for Foreign Employees, Workers

Doha, June 02 (QNA) - Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail), in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior, and in the presence of representatives from the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, hosted a conference announcing the launch of its awareness program dedicated to foreign employees and labours working on Qatar Rail projects. Aiming to help people well integrate into Qatar and make expats move from home countries less challenging, Qatar Rails program serves to brief foreigners on Qatari customs and laws, and give them an overview on their personal contribution to maintaining security and stability, and preventing legal offenses. The two-day conference held at La Cigale Hotel in Doha, introduced the Qatar Community Policing arm as well as the customs and traditions of the Qatari community. Attendees, running a new career journey in Qatar, had the chance to know more about traffic safety programs, drug and alcohol control, as well as Internet law and cybercrimes, which have become more common with the heavy reliance on e-commerce and the use of the local Metrash service. Deputy CEO of Qatar Rail Eng. Hamad Ibrahim Al Bishri inaugurated the "Security Awareness & Traffic Safety forum for Foreign Workers at Qatar Rail" extending gratitude to the Ministry of Interior for the fruitful cooperation through both Community Policing and Public Relations arms, in the presence of Colonel Abdullah Khalifa Al Muftah, Director of Public Relations at the Ministry of Interior, Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Mohamed Al Kaabi, Assistant Director of Community Policing Department, Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Radi Al-Hajri, Director of Traffic Awareness Department, and Captain Hadi Mohammed Al-Hajri, Director of the Security Media Department. Speaking at the occasion, Eng. Al Bishri said: "Through these awareness programs, we aim to better integrate our foreign employees into the Qatari society, make their move to Qatar much easier, and combine efforts to prevent the occurrence of any law-related offenses that residents may not be aware of. We chose this period preceding the holy month of Ramadan to launch the awareness programs to help in respecting the customs and traditions of the Qatari society, share insight on the implications of drug and alcohol consumption, and present an overview on traffic law programs and cybercrimes detection." Colonel Abdullah Khalifa Al Muftah, Director of Public Relations at the Ministry of Interior noted that community partnership is one of the main tools on which the Ministry of Interior relies to achieve security and spread awareness through the close coordination with various institutions of the state. He said: "The Ministry of Interior is only able to achieve its goals in maintaining security and safety of the community and protecting peoples lives and properties with the solid cooperation with the various institutions and society members. The Ministry considers awareness in different security fields an important tool to maintain social safety. A number of awareness campaigns and programs are being provided by the Ministry through conventional and advanced communication methods aiming to fully deliver its messages to the target audience". Colonel Al Muftah said that maintaining safety of community members is a top priority, highlighting the efforts being made to raise awareness on safety measures among workers of companies operating in Qatar. Praising the Qatar Rail initiative towards its foreign employees and workers, Colonel Al Muftah also noted that Qatar Rail and the companies working on the railway projects get full attention of the Public Relations Department. He concluded: We have constant communication and coordination with all communities in Qatar and many educational projects to spread awareness and raise the level of safety among the people of those communities are well underway". The awareness sessions were led by experts representing various departments of the Ministry of Interior, where officials also agreed upon to provide special sessions for Qatar Rail contractors in the coming period. Among speakers were Captain Rashid Mubarak Al khayarin, Community Policing Social Support Officer, Lieutenant Shaheen Rashid Al Atiq, Public Relations Directorate Officer, Lieutenant Fahd Sherida Al-Abdullah, Traffic Awareness Officer at the General Directorate of Traffic, Lieutenant Mohammed Hamad Al Asiri, Anti-Drug Directorate Officer, Lieutenant Moudawi Saeed Al Qahtani, Officer of Anti-Cybercrimes Center CID, Lieutenant Jassem Saleh Al Sulaiti, Information Systems Directorate Officer, and Mr. Faisal Al Hadawi, Coordinator of communication with expat communities at Public Relations Directorate. (END)