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Page 01 July 14.Indd ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 5 Business | 17 Sport | 25 During the first 10 QIA, CapitaLand Italian cyclist days of Ramadan, JV fund to launch Basso withdraws 4,400 registered $600m fund for from Tour due as organ donors. serviced residence. to cancer. TUESDAY 14 JULY 2015 • 27 Ramadan 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6491 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir visits Turkey Eid days to be Ministry warns hotter: Met DOHA: Eid holidays are expected to be hotter with the Meteorology Department fore- Internet users casting a rise in temperature from tomorrow until Monday, hitting a maximum 43-46 degrees Celsius in the peak hours. against fraud This increase has been attrib- uted to the impact of a low pressure associated the Indian monsoon which comes with the Caution advised while shopping online northwesterly winds. Strong dust winds are expected DOHA: Internet users must department is working to prevent on Thursday, Friday and Saturday not disclose their personal cyber crime such as cyber assault, with speeds ranging between information such as ID number, blackmailing, hacking, dissemina- 8-18 KT reaching 28 KT in some passport number and date of tion of pornographic materials places. Starting from Sunday, the birth while buying things online and other such crimes. wind speed will decrease changing because online shopping does Madawi said that Internet direction from northwesterly to not require such information, blackmailing is the most preva- northeasterly. said a senior official of Ministry lent cyber crime. The main reason THE PENINSULA of Interior. Speaking to Al Sharq, behind cyber crime is to either Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday arrived in Istanbul on a short visit. The Emir was wel- Lieutenant Madawi Saeed Al extort money or to take revenge. comed at Ataturk International Airport by Turkish Foreign Minister Mouloud Chaooh Ihsanoglu, Governor of Qahtani, officer, Cyber Crime Criminals use laptops, desktop Istanbul Vasip Shahin and Qatar’s Ambassador Salem bin Mubarak Al Shafi. Combating Centre at Criminal computers, smartphones and Investigation Department at tablet computers for committing Ministry of Interior, cautioned such crimes. The best way to avoid that cyber criminals may use cyber crime is not to visit suspi- this data to steal personal infor- cious websites because criminals Eurozone, Greece strike tough deal mation of Internet users. attract their victims from these Customers should use prepaid websites. Instead of responding cards instead of credit cards for immediately to blackmailing, one BRUSSELS: Eurozone leaders “Either we are going to accept hours of bargaining. online shopping and must only should inform the Cyber Crime made Greece surrender much these draconian measures or it Greece won conditional agree- RAMADAN log on to well-known and cred- Combating Centre, he said. When of its sovereignty to outside is the sudden death of our econ- ment to receive a possible ¤86bn TIMING ible websites. a cyber crime happens, the centre supervision yesterday in return omy through the continuation of ($95bn) over three years, along He added that Internet users works with great transparency for agreeing to talks on an the closure of the banks. So it is with an assurance that eurozone Today’s Iftar: must be careful about their selec- using latest techniques for analy- ¤86bn bailout to keep the near- an agreement that is practically finance ministers would start tion of words while cracking jokes sis of the crime, but the identity of bankrupt country in the single forced upon us,” he told BBC radio. within hours discussing ways to 06:30pm with others. It can be considered victim is kept confidential. currency. If the summit had failed, bridge a funding gap until a bail- Tomorrow’s Imsak: a cyber crime if the other person He said that people should The terms imposed by inter- Greece would have been staring out — subject to parliamentary 03:15am is offended by such jokes. People be cautious with emails saying national lenders led by Germany into an economic abyss with its approvals — is finally ready. should not forward pictures and they have won prizes. Such mails in all-night talks at an emer- shuttered banks on the brink of That will only happen if he can videos received by unknown per- contain virus and spy programs gency summit obliged leftist collapse and the prospect of hav- meet a tight timetable for enact- sons because it can be considered and are sent by cyber criminals Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ing to print a parallel currency ing unpopular reforms of value as promoting such material which to steal personal information. to abandon promises of ending and exit the European monetary added tax, pensions, budget cuts could breach privacy of others. There are many specialised web- austerity and could fracture his union. if Greece misses fiscal targets, The Cyber Crime Combating sites which can help to check such government and cause an outcry “The agreement was laborious, new bankruptcy rules and an EU Centre at Criminal Investigation attached files. One should always in Greece. but it has been concluded. There is banking law that could be used to Department was set up in 2006 activate filters and install Anti- “Clearly the Europe of auster- no Grexit,” European Commission make big depositors take losses. and inaugurated in 2009 to spam software. ity has won,” Greece’s Reform President Jean-Claude Juncker REUTERS curb cyber crime in Qatar. The THE PENINSULA Minister George Katrougalos said. told a news conference after 17 See also page 19 TUESDAY 14 JULY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Muslims urged Al Siddiqi Holding opens to look for Shawal crescent luxury abaya house DOHA: The Crescent DOHA:: Further expanding Sighting Committee at the its footprint in the high-end Ministry of Awqaf (Islamic traditional womenswear mar- Endowments) and Islamic ket, Al Siddiqi Brands, a divi- Affairs has called upon all sion of Al Siddiqi Holding, Muslims living in Qatar to will open today the inaugural sight the Shawal crescent store of its luxury abaya brand on Thursday evening, 29th Almotahajiba SIGNATURE in of Ramadan 1436 Hijri , cor- the Porto Arabia Towers at The responding to July 16 -2015. Pearl-Qatar. The committee in a state- Designed to cater to the mod- ment asks whoever witnesses ern Arab woman, SIGNATURE the crescent should head to aims to be a leader in the luxury the ministry headquarters traditional womenswear market, located in Dafna area to offering an exclusive range of report his testimony. The handmade abayas, jalabiyas, shei- committee will meet immedi- las, leather goods and accessories ately after the Maghreb (sun- that combine exquisite designs set) prayer of the same day. with extraordinary quality. The newly-opened Mesaieed Road 1. QNA SIGNATURE is the third abaya brand from Al Siddiqi Brands, fol- lowing the upscale Al Motahajiba Msheireb to open and the young and trendy Dary, and offers a level of luxury previ- Mesaieed Road 1 opens historic Eid prayer ously unseen in the Arab wom- luxurious abaya in the world. enswear market. Each SIGNATURE piece is ground to public “SIGNATURE is created to made of high-quality materials 4km road to connect Hamad Port with Temporary Truck Route fulfill a desire in the market for including pure silk and is crafted DOHA: Qatar Foundation sub- luxury abayas of the highest qual- with passion, as evidenced by the DOHA: The Public Works Additionally, Mesaieed Road Woqod petrol station on Mesaieed sidiary Msheireb Properties ity and craftsmanship. The brand exquisite details and matchless Authority- ‘Ashghal’ has opened 1, falls within the scope of works Road, and 1.8 km from the first said the Eid Prayer Ground at embodies what is most noble and elegance of the designs. the link road between Hamad of the New Orbital Highway and Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC) the Downtown Doha will be accomplished in the artisan world, Founded in 1922, Al Siddiqi Port and the Temporary Truck Truck Route ‘Orbital’ and with roundabout. The road opened to open to public for prayers dur- blending tradition, sophistication Holding has grown to become a Route (TTR) also known as the ongoing progress in the con- traffic in July, and will serve as ing Eid Al Fitr. The historic and bespoke luxury to deliver an diversified group managing 23 Route 55. It will ease the flow of struction of Hamad Port and its an operational connection with Eid Prayer Ground has links to unmatched level of elegance and brands across six operational divi- heavy vehicles from the new port impending transition to opera- Hamad Port, facilitating the Qatar’s cultural and religious personalization in Arab womens- sions: Retail, Hospitality, Brands, to Route 55 ahead of the port tional status, Ashghal opened this domestic and international trans- traditions. wear,” said Aly Delawar, CEO of Entertainment, Real Estate, and operations commencing fully( as new link road, Mesaieed 1, to con- portation from the port. “We see the opening of this Al Siddiqi Holding. Industrial. It has a presence in shown in the attached map.) nect Hamad Port to Route 55. The New Orbital forms a prayer ground as a cultural SIGNATURE uses the under- eight countries across the MENA The newly opened road, known Mesaieed Road 1 starts from fundamental part of Ashghal’s symbol bringing the community standing and experience of the region through its original brand as ‘Mesaieed Road 1’ is approxi- the southern entrance to Hamad Expressway Programme to con- closer,” Msheireb Properties CEO traditional beauty and design of outlets, retail stores, indoor mately 4km in length and has Port through a temporary round- struct an international standard Engineer Abdullah Hassan Al the abaya, and brings it together theme parks, restaurants, and two lanes in each direction, one about and crosses Mesaieed Road highway network that will sig- Mehshadi said.
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