ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Monday 20 January 2014 19 Rabial I 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5950 Price: QR2 QIB records Golf: Garcia QR1.34bn ‘eyes’ Qatar net profit Masters title Business | 17 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar, Kazakhstan sign pacts UAE follows Qatar, Utility violators to face makes military service compulsory DUBAI: The United Arab huge fine after warning Emirates will introduce compul- sory military service for young Emirati men, it said yesterday. The state WAM news agency Inspections fail to curb wastage of water, electricity said the cabinet had endorsed a draft law which requires all men DOHA: People found wash- Department (known as Tarsheed the person. If the wastage contin- over the age of 18 or those who have ing cars with a hose pipe out- in Arabic) are on a high alert to ues even after the fine, the matter finished high school and are under side their homes can be fined help stop wastage of the precious is referred to the police,” he said. 30, to complete military training. It QR1,000 if they fail to stop utilities. Tens of such violations were is optional for women. It was not the practice after a warning is The law to rationalise utility forwarded to the police for immediately clear when the system issued in writing, says a sen- consumption was passed in 2008 action last year. Air-conditioners would start being implemented. ior official of utility distributor, (Law Number 26 of that year). and fluorescent bulbs that are Men who have finished high Kahramaa. It made the wastage of utilities power-efficient, can help one school will serve nine months, Similarly, if people keep light punishable by law. save between 16 and 40 percent while those who do not have a high bulbs or tubes on outside their Leaking pipes are given 72 of monthly water and electricity school diploma will serve for two homes on between 7am and 4pm, hours for repair, and if the repair bill, Al Hanzab told Al Sharq in years, UAE Prime Minister and a fine of QR500 could be slapped doesn’t take place within that an interview published yesterday. Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed if they continue with the practice time limit, a fine is imposed. Fluorescent bulbs can actually bin Rashid Al Maktoum said on following an initial warning. The inspectors caught more help save a quarter of a house- his Twitter account. However, as for washing cars than 3,000 violations last year and hold’s electricity bill. The move follows a similar outside homes, water can be used some of them were even referred “Similarly, we get water-effi- decision by Qatar’s cabinet in in a bucket. One or two buckets of to the police for legal action after cient taps in the local market. November which approved a water can be used, the official said. they failed to give any heed to If we fit them at home, up to 50 law to make brief military serv- Plants can be sprayed with warnings, said the head of the percent of water can be saved and ice compulsory on male Qataris water but if wastage is found, like monitoring section of Tarsheed, the bill is reduced,” he said. between the age of 18 and 35. if someone leaves a tap open near Mohamed Al Hanzab. The official said that despite REUTERS plants, a warning is to be issued. Notices are pasted outside the inspections, the wastage of water If repeated, the practice attracts homes of violators and inspec- and electricity was continuing on a Assad says will a penalty of QR1,000. tors visit the place again to check large scale. “We need to crackdown The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Kazakhstan Inspectors from Kahramaa’s compliance, said Al Hanzab. on violators and stop the wastage.” President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the Presidential Palace in Astana Electricity and Water “If we find that the practice is THE PENINSULA yesterday. The Emir and Kazakhstan President later witnessed the not step down Consumption Rationalisation not stopped, a fine is slapped on Picture on page 4 LONDON: Bashar Al Assad, signing of two agreements. Syria’s President, has indi- cated that he has no intention of stepping down and insists his departure will not be up for discussion at this week’s long- SCH not to accept birth certificate applications from February 2 awaited peace talks, which are designed to find a way out of the DOHA: The Supreme Council Wakrah Hospital, Al Khor at their obstetrics and gynaecol- permits, children aged above one to issue birth certificates to country’s bloody crisis. of Health (SCH) said yesterday Hospital and Cuban Hospital in ogy sections. year, and those whose father is newborns from the respective Low expectations for the that it will stop accepting appli- Dukhan have been authorised to However, the SCH will con- not in Qatar. hospitals. UN-sponsored Geneva II confer- cations for birth certificates issue the certificates, the SCH tinue to receive such applica- Applications for changing Applicants can obtain the cer- ence, which will start in Montreux of newborns at its offices from said in a statement yesterday. tions in some exceptional cases the name/ nationality of chil- tificates online in an hour after on Wednesday, sank further when February 2. Three private hospitals — Al such as those coming through dren will also be received at the providing all the required data or Assad reportedly told visiting The certificate is now issued Ahli, Al Emadi and Doha Clinic- the government and judicial SCH offices, said the statement. by visiting the offices of the hos- Russian MPs in Damascus that directly by the hospitals con- have also been authorised to issue authorities, non-Qatari new- In July last year, the SCH had pitals concerned, said the SCH. his future would be decided solely cerned. The Women’s Hospital, birth certificates to children born borns with temporary residence introduced an online system THE PENINSULA by elections. THE GUARDIAN MONDAY 20 JANUARY 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME GU-Q students study Doha’s urban growth Focus on impact of planning on social interaction DOHA: Students of Mahsud, Nadia Al Khater, behavioural research,” added Georgetown University in Catherine Lechicki and Sana Mahsud. “The actual survey giv- Qatar (GU-Q) are conducting Jamal. Their project mentors ing experience requires patience a qualitative study on Doha’s are GU-Q political scientist Dr and care. We learned how best urban development. Mark Farha and Georgetown to formulate surveys and how to Called “Doha by Design: Urban University sociolinguist Dr approach potential survey takers. Planning and Social Space in Patricia O’Connor. The project has also taught me Doha”, the study analyses Doha’s The students assert that there a lot about the city of Doha and use of planning and space, and is well-documented quantita- urban space in general.” effects of the plans on social tive data on urban development, The students received feedback Youngsters taking part in a race as part of National Sport Day activities hosted by RasGas last year. interaction. but that no qualitative research on their research from planning Renée Gallant, GU-Q’s exists. This is the information and design professionals from Associate Director of Outreach vacuum they seek to fill. Lusail Real Estate Development RasGas gears up for National Sport Day and Corporate Engagement, “One of the most valuable Company, Turner International said, “Doha by Design provides experiences from the research Middle East, and Allies and DOHA: RasGas is partnering tournaments for football, bas- individual barcoded passport, a wonderful illustration of the process through UREP is mak- Morrison Architects, whose cur- with Aspire Zone Foundation ketball and cricket, ladies-only each participant can track his or intersection and relevance of the ing the step into the real world rent projects include Lusail City (AZF) for the third consecutive activities, mini-competitions for her sporting performance in each study of culture, economics and to collect data, being able to test and Msheireb Downtown Doha. year to host a full day of sport- children, a Fun Run and a 5,000- activity to compete in the RasGas politics with the seemingly unre- hypotheses and draw conclu- The meeting included a tour ing and fun activities to mark step walk. It will also feature Sporting Awards challenge. lated industries of urban plan- sions on what we have been able of the new LEED (Leadership in National Sport Day 2014. sports entertainers performing The theme for this year’s ning, design and architecture.” to observe rather than stick- Energy & Environmental Design) More than 3,000 RasGas live kickboxing and acrobatic National Sport Day is ‘Get The project, sponsored ing purely to data people have dormitories in Education City, employees and their families are shows. Powered 2014’ and is aligned with by Qatar Foundation’s (QF) reported in the past,” said Al and an opportunity for analysis expected to participate in the A team of sports profession- the company’s corporate social Undergraduate Research Khater. and discussion of the students’ activities on February 11 at Aspire als will be on hand to encourage responsibility programme’s focus Experience Programme (UREP) “We had to go through train- UREP project with some of the Zone. participants and keep power lev- on promoting an active and healthy grant, is being conducted by ing and learn how to ethically world’s leading urban designers. Highlights include team els high. Through an innovative lifestyle.