CGC hosts annual Staff Gala in Doha

Consolidated Gulf Co. (CGC) hosted its annual get-together gala for staff and their families at the InterContinental Hotel, Doha recently. A grand function was held on the beach side at the hotel’s specially erected Al Waha Ramadan tent in which Raffle draws, best performance awards, musical and magic shows were some of the star attractions.

The large gathering of more than 500 CGC family enjoyed raffle draws, which offered various attractive prizes, including Emirates and Bahrain airlines’ tickets, LCD TV, watches, digital cameras, microwave ovens, traveling kits, perfumes as well as many shopping and dining vouchers. The staff’s kids were presented with gift items and got their faces coloured with designer paintings. The ladies also got chance to have henna carved on their hands.

Residents yearn for a splash as pool shortage grips Doha

A SEVERE dearth of swimming pools is felt in Doha as Qatar’s population rises every month and people, forced by the summer heat and humidity to stay indoors, want to adopt a health regime that suits the local weather.

Pools at the five-star hotels and recreational clubs are full to capacity, while their timings are not suitable to a large section of the residents, they say.

“I had been looking around to see if any swimming pool is available. But I have stopped trying,” said an expatriate of 10 years, resignedly. “There’s no point in wasting time,” he added.