ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Monday 18 February 2013 8 Rabial II 1434 - Volume 17 Number 5614 Price: QR2 QIIB elects two Table Tennis: Six new board Qataris to play members in Doha event Business | 17 Sport | 23 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Sheikha Moza presents trophy to Azarenka First passenger Speedboat ‘checks in’ at new airport DOHA: Marking the countdown racer’s death for the April 2013 opening, Hamad International Airport yesterday saw a symbolic ‘first-passenger check-in’. Brigadier Abdullah Muhammed Al Suwaidi, repre- sparks row senting H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Minister of State for Interior Lack of safety measures blamed Affairs, received a specially desi- gned boarding pass from Abdul DOHA: The death of Qatari told the media yesterday. Yousuf Aziz Al Noaimi, Chairman of the powerboat racer Rashid expressed surprise over reports in Airport Steering Committee, dur- Abdullah Al Mansouri, dur- a section of the local media yester- ing a simple but elegant ceremony ing a Pleasure Boat race at the day regarding rescue efforts and at the plush Passenger Terminal. Katara beach on Saturday, has said that the claims were false. Full report on page 4 triggered a controversy, with a “Which rescue team they are See also Plus fellow Qatari racer lashing out talking about? When the inci- at organisers of the event. dent happened, the other racers Al Mansouri was buried at the tried to rescue the victims. There Energy contest Abu Hamour graveyard yester- was no rescue team in the sea. for buildings day, the Qatar Marine Sports The Red Crescent team was on H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser (third left) presents trophies to the finalists after the Qatar Total Open 2013 DOHA: Federation (QMSF), which the shore. There are cameras in women’s tennis finals at Khalifa International Tennis Complex, yesterday. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus beat The Qatar General organised the race, said yes- every boat that can prove what I the American Serena Williams 7-6 (8-6), 2-6, 6-3 to retain her Doha title. Qatar Tennis Federation President Electricity and Water Corpo- terday. Al Mansouri’s co-driver am saying,” said Yousuf. ration (Kahramaa) has launched Nasser Al Khelaifi (second right) and Stephane Michel, Managing Director of Total E&P Qatar (left), are also Hamad Jassim Al Mutawa was “For more than 30 minutes, an innovative competition for seen. Full report on page 28 AR AL BAKER/HHOPL severely injured. nobody tried to revive Mansouri. commercial and residential build- Participating in a popular Only the Kuwaiti racers who ings in the country to test their programme on Qatar Radio — brought him to the shore tried to energy efficiency. The contest Watanee Al Habeeb, Sabah Al do it,” he added. is part of an ongoing campaign Khair — yesterday, a fellow racer, He said a similar accident hap- to raise public awareness about who introduced himself as Yousuf, pened to him last Friday when his The Peninsula forms advisory panel rationalising the use of water disputed claims made by the boat capsized on him and there was and electricity. Full report — page 8 QMSF that a Coast Guard rescue none at hand to rescue him. “Only team was immediately available the race commissioner came and DOHA: The Peninsula has M Varghese, Dr Wandoor voice their opinions. Obama plays golf to provide emergency services to asked me ‘are you OK?’ There is set up an Editorial Advisory Abubacker, Flor Cabrito, Olu J “The purpose of the Advisory the victims. Al Mansouri died and a camera footage that can prove Committee comprising mem- Millar, M S Parikh, Zafar Iqbal Committee is to establish a direct with Tiger Woods Al Mutawa suffered injuries after what I am saying,” claimed Yousuf. bers from different expatriate Khan and Lenny Cramer. link with the communities in Qatar their vessel flipped over while “Why don’t they give us a communities here, becoming The decision to launch the and get their feedback to improve PALM CITY: US President negotiating a curve, according to safe and secure place? Why the first newspaper in Qatar to committee was first announced our news coverage,” Al Sayed said. Barack Obama had a chance a QMSF statement. are we Qataris being sent far launch such an initiative. by Khalid Al Sayed, Editor-in- “This decision was taken as part of to see how golf is played at the “There was a big wave at the away in open sea where there The 10-member committee will Chief, at a dinner reception for the quality management policy of highest level yesterday, tee- buoy No 3, combined with high are waves and the wind, while advise the newspaper on editorial community leaders hosted by the the newspaper,” he added. ing off with Tiger Woods, the speed wind, the boat flipped into the Americans and Italians are matters, especially news coverage newspaper in November. With one-year tenure, the com- world’s No. 2 golfer. Obama, an the air. A Coast Guard rescue team allowed to race in closed areas, of expatriate communities. A number of relevant issues were mittee members will meet once avid weekend golfer, and Woods and Red Crescent doctors tried under monitoring by helicopters Members of the Editorial raised during the well-attended every three months. The first played together for the first time their best to revive Al Mansouri,” and rescue teams?” he asked. Advisory Committee are Miguel event at the Ritz-Carlton, where meeting will be held in the first at the Floridian Yacht and Golf Khalid bin Arhama Al Kuwari, THE PENINSULA Colmenares, Nicholas Ashton, many also praised The Peninsula week of March. Club. There was no word on how head of Formula Racing at QMSF, Continued on page 4 Dr Mahmoud Galandar, K for giving them an opportunity to THE PENINSULA Obama played. REUTERS when you switch your number to Qtel Switch to Qtel and discover why Life is More Rewarding with Nojoom Switch your number to a Qtel Shahry Pack and get a welcome bonus of 15,000* Nojoom Points. 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Across the region, multina- Job prospects will be best for tional private sector companies people in the engineering sector, will be hiring the highest number followed by commerce and busi- of employees in the next three ness management. months, and will continue to be Some 29 percent of the compa- the biggest source of employment nies are ‘definitely hiring’ in the in a year’s time. Within the next next three months, with 24 per- three months, they are looking cent saying that they are ‘prob- to hire predominantly at junior ably’ hiring. In a year’s time, 63 executive level, followed by execu- percent of companies are expect- tives and coordinators. ing to hire new employees, accord- “A high number of lower-tier ing to the latest Middle East and jobs is good news for new gradu- The Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met yesterday Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly (Majlis Al Umma) North Africa (Mena) Job Index ates. This provides a more open Ali Fahd Al Rashid and his delegation. The meeting was attended by Speaker of the Advisory Council H E Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Kholaifi. survey conducted by Bayt.com field at entry-level, which will Respondents to the survey, give first-time job-seekers more meanwhile, believe that the indus- opportunities to find employment tries that attract and retain top in the industries that they wish,” talent in Qatar are construction, said Sundip Chahal, CEO, YouGov. Qatar University, Al Jazeera to host moot courts oil, gas and petrochemicals, and Regionally, the most desirable banking and finance. qualifications for candidates are The majority of companies here in business management, com- DOHA: The Middle Eastern School for Communication and Buthaina Mohammed Osman, to meet fellow law students from (72 percent) are expecting to hire merce, engineering, and compu- round of the Monroe E Price QU’s College of Law. It aims to Maryam Al Ansari and Noora across the Middle East and learn up to 10 employees in the com- ter science. International Media Law Moot strengthen media law and policy Ramadan Abdulla. from expert legal minds. As QU’s ing three months, three percent Four out of 10 respondents (38 Court Competition is set to research, teaching and practice in Mariam Ali Alkaabi assisted College of Law emerges as a model higher than the regional pros- percent) state that their current begin here today. Qatar and the Middle East. the team with the initial writ- law school in the region, we wel- pects of 69 percent.