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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Nadal wins easily to move INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2 – 6, 28 COMMENT 26, 27 Qatar’s LNG value chain REGION 8 BUSINESS 1 – 6, 10 – 16 closer to 16,944.14 10,070.89 34.34 ARAB WORLD 9, 10 CLASSIFIED 7 – 9 effi ciency is tough for -214.52 +111.22 -1.63 INTERNATIONAL 12 – 25 SPORTS 1 – 12 -1.25% +1.12% -4.53% other producers to match title clash Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 THURSDAY Vol. XXXVI No. 9960 January 7, 2016 Rabia I 27, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir meets Danish foreign minister Panel on In brief QATAR | Event new health Doha to host rights conference The regional conference on the Role of the Off ice of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Promoting and insurance Protecting Human Rights in the Arab Region will be held on January 13 and 14 in Doha. The event is being organised by the OHCHR in co-operation with the League of Arab States. The conference will serve as a forum for an interactive system dialogue on roles, achievements, progress, best practices and The committee, to be headed After the regular Cabinet meeting expectation of various stakeholders by the Ministry of Finance, will chaired by HE the Prime Minister and in promoting and protecting human have, as members, a number of Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah rights in the Arab region. government agencies bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani at the Emiri Diwan , HE the Deputy Prime he Cabinet yesterday gave its Minister and Minister of State for QATAR | Justice HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani receiving Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen ahead of their meeting at nod to the formation of a com- Cabinet Aff airs Ahmed bin Abdullah Jail for stealing the Emiri Diwan yesterday. The meeting, attended by the delegation accompanying the Danish minister, reviewed bilateral Tmittee that will take the nec- bin Zaid al-Mahmoud said the session relations and ways to promote them in addition to a number of issues of common concern. HE the Prime Minister and essary steps to implement the new also approved a draft law on the pro- LPG cylinders Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, HE the Minister of Foreign Aff airs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed health insurance system through pri- tection of privacy of personal data and Three Bangladeshi expatriate men al-Attiyah and HE the Minister of Public Health Abdullah bin Khalid al-Qahtani also met separately with the visiting Danish vate companies owned by Qatari na- referred it to the Advisory Council. have been sentenced to one year foreign minister. Page 3 tionals. The provisions of the legislation in jail and subsequent deportation The committee, to be headed by will apply to personal data processed by a Doha Criminal Court. Local the Ministry of Finance, will have, in an electronic form or obtained/col- Arabic daily Arrayah reported as members, a number of govern- lected/extracted in any other way in yesterday that they were convicted ment agencies, the offi cial Qatar News preparation for being processed elec- for stealing LPG cylinders from a Agency (QNA) reported. tronically, or by combining electronic commercial outlet at the Central The move comes just days after the and traditional processing methods. Market. Investigations aff irmed Qatar Foreign Ministry government decided to suspend the The provisions of the law will not that they broke the iron chains that services provided through the Nation- apply to personal data processed by secured some gas cylinders at one al Health Insurance Company (Seha) individuals at a personal/family level shop and took away 16 cylinders and entrust them with private insur- or to obtain offi cial statistical data in valued at QR5,000 and sold them. ance fi rms. accordance with Law No 2 of 2011 on The convicts admitted their guilt in recalls envoy in Tehran Last week, the Cabinet approved Offi cial Statistics. the court and during investigations. proposals by the Supreme Council of The draft law includes provisions on Health (SCH) on amending some pro- the rights of individuals to protect the QNA, Reuters Oman yesterday said it regretted terference in the internal aff airs of visions of Law No 7 of 2013 on health privacy of their personal data, obliga- ASIA | Test Doha the “unacceptable” attacks on Saudi Arab states”, the Petra news agency insurance. The amendments annulled tions of the controller and processor ‘Further measures’ missions in Iran. said. It also rejected Iranian state- Seha and all matters related to its re- as well as personal data of a private The sultanate “expressed its deep ments it said represented “interfer- sponsibilities on the management of nature, besides prohibiting the trans- against North Korea atar’s Foreign Aff airs Ministry regret” over the attacks, which it de- ence in internal Saudi aff airs”. the system. mission of any electronic communica- The UN Security Council yesterday yesterday recalled the state’s scribed as “unacceptable” in a foreign The Iranian ambassador was told Yesterday, the Cabinet was briefed tion for the purpose of direct market- agreed to prepare further Qambassador to Iran following ministry statement published by the to relay the Jordanian position to his on the SCH’s proposals on basic health ing to individuals without obtaining unspecified measures against the attacks on the Saudi Arabian em- offi cial ONA news agency. government immediately. benefi ts package for citizens and de- prior consent. North Korea after it carried bassy in Tehran and general consulate Oman stressed the “need to fi nd Meanwhile, Arab League secre- cided to approve the establishment of In a report issued a few months ago, out a fourth nuclear test. The in Mashhad, said the director of the new rules that prohibit any form of tary-general Nabil al-Araby has said the committee. the Ministry of Information and Com- 15-member council including Asian Department at the ministry, interference in the internal aff airs of a closed consultative meeting will be The panel will be responsible for munications Technology had said a China, Pyongyang’s ally, “strongly Khalid bin Ibrahim al-Hamar. other countries”. held in Abu Dhabi at the foreign min- qualifying insurance companies in ac- draft law to protect privacy of personal condemned” the test and described The Foreign Ministry also handed The assaults on its missions isterial level before the end of this cordance with approved conditions data was being enacted. It had stressed it as a “clear threat to international a protest note to the Iran embassy in prompted Riyadh on Sunday to break month to discuss “foreign interfer- for the tender, preparation of the ten- the need to issue such laws in response peace and security”. Pages 15, 26 Doha, according to an offi cial state- off diplomatic ties with Iran and order ence” in the region. der document and off ering it to eligible to the concerns of organisations over ment. its diplomats to leave the kingdom. He told a press conference in Cairo companies, development of mecha- protection of data and privacy rights. The ministry called the attack on the Bahrain and Sudan have followed suit that the meeting would focus “on nisms to select private insurance com- Meanwhile, the Cabinet meeting has AMERICA | Growth Saudi embassy a “violation of interna- and the United Arab Emirates down- Iran’s meddling in Arab aff airs”, add- panies that will provide the services, reviewed a letter by the Minister of En- Payrolls data point to tional charters and norms that ensure graded its ties with Tehran. ing that the League had adopted sev- evaluation of the proposals submitted ergy and Industry and chairman of the the security and protection of diplo- Kuwait recalled its ambassador in eral resolutions condemning Tehran’s by these companies, choosing the best standing committee for water resources economy’s resilience matic missions and their members”. Tehran on Tuesday. interference in Bahrain’s internal af- off er and making recommendations to and took the appropriate decision. The US private companies added Earlier yesterday, Djibouti cut ties Jordan summoned Iran’s ambas- fairs and its occupation of the UAE’s be approved by the Cabinet. committee looked into several issues, workers at a brisk clip in December, with Iran to condemn Sunday’s at- sador in Amman to condemn the at- three islands. It was also decided to approve the including a study on the cost and use pointing to underlying strength tack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran tack on the embassy of Saudi Arabia On the recent attacks by Iranian tender procedures on the appointment of treated wastewater and its use in in the economy despite signs that by protesters. in Tehran and “Iranian interference” protesters on Saudi diplomatic mis- of private insurance fi rm/s for insur- construction works, establishment of growth slowed sharply in the fourth Djibouti cut its diplomatic ties with in Arab aff airs, Jordanian state news sions in Tehran, al-Araby stressed ance coverage of citizens according to wastewater treatment fi lling stations quarter. Other data yesterday Iran out of solidarity with Saudi Arabia, agency Petra reported. that international conventions of dip- the proposed timetable and determin- and a seawater desalination project showed a slight moderation in Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Yous- The Jordanian government stressed lomatic and consular missions should ing the premium for the services and based on reverse osmosis on-board a services sector activity last month. souf told Reuters in a text message.