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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 17 SPORT | 24 Iraq’s new oil Rio Olympics minister to review comes to a foreign contracts spectacular end TUESDAY 23 AUGUST 2016 • 20 DHUL QA’DA 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6897 2 Riyals thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Premier receives message from Turkey PM School zone Ministry cancels safety works licences of 15 on fast track The Peninsula DOHA: Ahead of the new aca- hiring agencies demic year which begins in the third week of next month, the Pub- lic Works Authority (Ashghal) is busy implementing a work plan to bills of recruitments as evidence in improve road safety features sur- settling any possible disputes. rounding 380 schools across Qatar. The Department He also elaborated on the terms The School Zone Safety Pro- of Manpower and conditions that must be fulfilled gramme aims at ensuring safety by all parties involved in the recruit- of students and parents on their Agencies at the ment of domestic helps. There are arrival or departure from schools ministry detected four reasons that allow employers and easing traffic congestion near to send domestic helps back to man- schools which exacerbates due to 57 violations of the power agencies, said Al Kaabi. a lack of parking spots, sidewalks rules which resulted These are: If the domestic helps Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday and footpaths. in cancellation of the refuse to perform his/her duties received a written message from Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on bilateral relations and More than 70 percent of the (which must be documented); if his/ means of enhancing them. Turkish Ambassador to Qatar Ahmad Dimerok handed over the message work has been completed cover- licences. her health condition is found unfit; during a meeting. ing 280 schools, Ashghal said in a for not fulfilling the requirements; statement yesterday. and if the competent authorities Work is ongoing to tempo- refuse to grant a residential permit rarily or permanently enhance By Mohammed Osman to the newly recruited worker. roads surrounding 21 schools, The Peninsula When manpower agencies vio- and design work is in progress late the rules and regulations and Exciting entertainment shows for roads surrounding 180 other the department receives complaints schools, the statement added. against the office, then the depart- As part of the plan, priority DOHA: Licences of 15 manpower ment investigates the case. lined up for Eid next month was given to 200 school zones agencies were revoked this year by If the violations are confirmed, (including 348 schools) after the Ministry of Administrative Devel- the department seeks an explana- coordination with the Ministry opment, Labour and Social Affairs for tion from the agency and if the latter of Interior and the National Road violating the rules governing them, fails to give a satisfactory answer or The Peninsula held at venues across Qatar, includ- Chief Marketing and Promotion Safety Committee and after iden- the ministry said yesterday. is found non-cooperative, legal action ing sports organisations, shopping Officer, QTA. tifying the schools in urgent need The Department of Manpower is taken against them, said Al Kaab. malls, cultural landmarks and Qatar Following successful collab- for safety measures. Agencies at the ministry detected Legal actions could result in National Convention Centre (QNCC). oration with Baraem TV during Priority was given to these 57 violations of the rules which revoking the licence of the agency DOHA: Tarzan; Alvin and the Chip- “The annual Eid festivities are Qatar International Food Festival, schools based on a study con- resulted in cancellation of the and returning the domestic worker munks and new Baraem musical part of Qatar’s strategy to grow and Eid Al-Adha celebrations will bring ducted by the Ministry of licences. It received more than 300 if found not fulfilling the require- Fafa Saves the Forest are among the diversify its tourism offering in part- Fafa Saves the Forest to the QNCC Education and Higher Educa- complaints related to manpower ments, he added. shows lined up for the ‘Eid Celebra- nership with the private sector. main theatre. The live show follows tion to choose the school zones agencies and domestic helps this He said work contract must indi- tions in Qatar’ next month, Qatar “Eid Al-Adha celebrations pick the adventures of Fafa and his four in urgent need for development. year and all were settled, said Fares cate clearly its duration and the fine Tourism Authority (QTA) announced up on the momentum built over the friends who try to rebuild their for- Preparations are on to enable Al Kaabi, Head of the department. in case of delay in handing over the yesterday. previous months with Eid Al-Fitr est after a storm. Tickets starting enhancement works around 22 In a Snapchat post at Ministry’s domestic help, along with fulfilment Entertainment shows and activ- celebrations and Qatar Summer from QR150 are available at Virgin other schools, in addition to com- website, Al Kaabi urged employers of criteria and conditions agreed on. ities start on the first day of Eid Festival, which will help further Megastore. pleting design work for 158 schools. and domestic helps to sign a mutual Al-Adha and run for a week under energise the hospitality and retail contract, respect its contents and keep → Continued on page 2 the theme ‘Capture Joy’. They will be sectors,” said Rashed Al Qurese, → Continued on page 2 → Continued on page 4 UN: All parties Arch masterpiece at Lusail City Action plan to prevent injuries must commit to Aleppo aid truce tied to heat for workers Reuters The Peninsula from next year, is being developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Admin- istrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs, PHCC, Supreme Committee for UNITED NATIONS: The United DOHA: The Ministry of Public Health is Delivery and Legacy and QRCS. Nations is ready to deliver aid into developing an action plan to prevent inju- The Ministry of Public Health recently Syria’s Aleppo, but needs commit- ries and illnesses caused by exposure of held a meeting involving representatives ment from all parties in the war workers to high temperatures during sum- from these entities. The action plan will — not just Russia — to abide by a mer, especially heat stress. include ways to ensure effective imple- 48-hour truce, the UN aid chief, The Occupational Health Section at the mentation of laws and decisions related angered by lack of assistance to ministry’s Department of Public Health will to working hours in open workplaces dur- civilians, said yesterday. soon issue a document explaining the pro- ing summer. The UN wants a weekly two- cedures to report work-related injuries, an The ministerial decision states that day halt in fighting to allow access official said yesterday. “work in direct sunlight or open work- to rebel-held eastern and govern- The document was prepared in col- places during the period from June 15 to ment-controlled western Aleppo. laboration with Primary Healthcare August 31 should not exceed five hours in Russia, which has been back- Corporation (PHCC) and Qatar Red Cres- the morning until 11.30am and the evening ing Syrian government forces with cent Society (QRCS). shift should not start before 3pm”. a bombing campaign, said on The new procedures are expected to The meeting also discussed means of Thursday it supported the truce. The Lusail Marina Arch stands tall as a unique architectural masterpiece at the Marina and be first implemented in all health centres increasing the number of workshops for “While this (Russian) state- Southern Interchange of Lusail City. The imposing 74-metre-high steel arch is a symbolic for expatriate single workers operated by training occupational health and safety ment is positive, this cannot be a structure that welcomes visitors to Qatar’s futuristic smart city extending over an area QRCS and will be expanded to other health supervisors and workers. one-sided offer,” Stephen O’Brien of 38 square kilometres. Pic: Kammutty VP / The Peninsula centres in a later phase. told the UN Security Council. The action plan, to be implemented → Continued on page 4 “Once we have the green light we can start to move assistance within 48 to 72 hours.” O’Brien said no aid had been delivered in August to nearly one Shisha smoking poses risk of various cancers: WCM-Q study million people in besieged and hard-to-reach areas because of fighting and Syrian government By Fazeena Saleem Qatar (WCM-Q). The study also reveals that the smoking and various forms of cancer, includ- Dr Mamtani, Associate Dean for Global and bureaucracy. “I’m angry, I’m very The Peninsula types of cancers reported in shisha smokers ing cancer of the head and neck, esophagus Public Health, WCM-Q, said the need for such a angry. This callous carnage that is are similar to the types of tumours observed (food pipe), stomach, lung and bladder. study had become urgent in recent years owing Syria has long since moved from in cigarette smokers. According to high-quality studies retrieved, to the surge in popularity of shisha, especially cynical to sinful.” The team of researchers led by Dr Ravinder shisha smoking was associated with about 95 among young people and women. Up to 2 million people on both DOHA: Smoking shisha (water pipe) increases Mamtani and Dr Sohaila Cheema, used a percent risk of head and neck cancer as well as “Many studies are examining the risks of sides in Aleppo do not have clean the chances of having different types of can- sophisticated meta-analysis technique to esophageal and lung cancer. Increased risk was cigarette smoking,” Dr Mamtani added.