Work to stop for Asian Games

Speaking exclusively to Khaleej Times, the Director General of the Doha Asian Game Organising Committee, DAGOC, Abdulla Khalid Al Qahtani said: "It's very difficult to put the whole nation on 'hold' for the Asian Games, and we have a lot of non-Games-related development going on, projects that will come to completion in perhaps two years. However, last week I sent a letter to the huge number of investors in the West Bay area — there is a vast number there — and told them about our plans, our customers, their behaviour in terms of sleeping, working, and their expectations. We told the developers and constructors that it will help us if they can cease their operations from the November 27 to the December 16 (the day after the Games finish).