ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 7 Business | 17 Sport | 28 Increased protection After a contraction in The Qatar Cycling of Filipino household third quarter of 2014, Federation unveiled the workers was among Qatar’s total money event route and the logo the issues discussed supply rebounded by of the UCI Road World between labour officials. QR124bn in final quarter. Championships 2016. SUNDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2015 • 19 Rabial II 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6335 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Attiyah reigns supreme at Qatar Rally Official holiday New section at on Sport Day DOHA: The Emiri Diwan announced yesterday that Tuesday (February 10), the HIA to check country’s Sport Day, will be an official holiday for employees of ministries and other govern- ment bodies. Employees of Qatar Central Bank, financial institu- fake passports tions including banks and Qatar Financial Markets Authority, will also have a holiday. QNA Number of tourists on the rise See also page 4 DOHA: A separate section increase in the number of tourist Qatar donates has been set up in the pass- visas issued last year over 2013. port control unit of Hamad Business visas issued totalled $200,000 to UN International Airport to check 110,000, and some 90,000 exit per- documents, including passports, mits were issued. Peacebuilding Fund that are suspected to be forged. Visas issued to those coming The section uses the latest here to attend events like con- NEW YORK: Qatar has donated technology to carry out its work. ferences and exhibitions rose by $200,000 to the United Nations Installed at the immigration a huge 35 percent. Among them Peacebuilding Fund. Qatar is counters at both, the arrival and were entry visas issued by Qatar’s a key donor to the Fund, which departure terminals, are VSC embassies abroad to delegates. will finance activities aimed at 6000 machines. This aside, some 158,000 entry the consolidation of peace proc- Called the Scrutiny section, visas were issued to expatriates esses and to support the imple- officials manning the immigra- based in other GCC states, and Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (third right) and co-driver Matthieu Baumel (second left) celebrate their win in Qatar mentation of peace agreements tion counters hand a document they included over 4,000 visas for International Rally along with Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah (second right), President of Qatar Motor and and political dialogue in areas of to it if they suspect forgery or foul expatriates accompanying visiting Motorcycling Federation and QMMF General Secretary Mohammed Saad Al Moraikhi during the podium cer- conflict. play. “It is, however, rare that we GCC citizens and their families as emony at QMMF headquarters in Doha yesterday. See also page 27 KAMMUTTY VP The Fund also supports activi- come across forged documents, domestic employees. ties to strengthen national including passports,” the Director There was a 31 percent rise in capacities for the promotion of of Passport Control at Hamad the number of GCC families that coexistence and peaceful solu- International Airport (HIA) said. came here last year accompany- tion as well as efforts to revitalise Colonel Mohamed Rashid ing their heads. the economy and help create or Maqtoom Al Mazrui said that at Daily, some 85,000 passen- Houthi takeover a coup: GCC restore basic administrative serv- HIA, passport control has been gers use HIA, Al Marzui told Al ices and related human capacities, separated from the overall airport Sharq in an interview. In 2014, SANA’A: The Gulf Cooperation dangerous escalation which we the movement dissolved parlia- and technical help in sustaining security. “This has eased pressure more than 18,000 passengers used Council has accused Shia reject and is unacceptable. It ment and said it would set up a peace and security. QNA on both, us as well as the airport the automatic kiosks at HIA for Houthi rebels of staging a coup totally contradicts the spirit of new interim government. security.” immigration clearances. in Yemen after they announced pluralism and coexistence which Abdel Malik Al Houthi, the Passport control has several Al Mazrui said that spe- they were dissolving parliament Yemen has known,” the GCC group’s leader, said he was open to More CMC voters sections and they include those cial counters at the arrival and and forming a new government, was quoted as saying by KUNA all parties playing a role in Yemen’s DOHA: Some 3,500 more people for issuing visas and exit permits, departure terminals were opened Kuwait’s official news agency news agency. The GCC called the future. “Our hand is extended to have registered their names in apart from the one that checks during holidays and events like said yesterday. takeover a “threat...to the secu- every political force in this country the voter list for the forthcoming the authenticity of documents. conferences and expos. The opposition of the GCC rity and stability of the region and ... the space is open for partnership, election to the Central Municipal The official said that in 2014, A highlight of the airport pass- may signal growing isolation for the interests of its people.” cooperation and brotherhood and Council due this May. The CMC’s the airport issued over 430,000 port control is that by law only Yemen and reflects the hostil- Yemen has been in political now everybody bears their respon- poll panel announced a tentative tourist visas on arrival to nation- Qataris are allowed to work in ity of its majority Sunni Muslim limbo since the president and sibility for building, not destruc- list of 23,047 voters for the fifth als of 36 countries with which the unit. neighbours towards the Iranian- prime minister resigned last tion,” he said in a televised speech. term of the CMC election. Qatar has bilateral agreements. Continued on page 6 backed Houthis. month after the Houthis seized REUTERS THE PENINSULA There was a 12 percent THE PENINSULA “This Houthi coup is a the presidential palace. On Friday, See also page 11 Full report on page 6 SUNDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Qatari artist Ali Hassan with one of his works. Qatari artist to hold ‘Athar … Traces’ expo DOHA: Prominent Qatari art- The composition leaps out of lived here or travelled through… ist Ali Hassan will hold a solo the canvas into space, forming an individuals and families, Arabs exhibition ‘Athar … Traces’ intricate dialogue with the con- and non-Arabs… Those who left at Anima Gallery at the cept of scale, dimension and trace. their traces,” said Hassan. Pearl-Qatar. Each sculptural element pro- Mohamad Makouk, Art To open on February 15, duced by the gallery is an edi- Consultant at the gallery, said, the expo combines classical tion of 6, in different sizes and “Traces …” is a multi-dimensional techniques of calligraphy and mediums — bronze, corten and exhibition that reflects cultural abstraction in a contemporary aluminium. dichotomies. “Al Qafela sculptural interpretation. For the expo, the The sculptures are executed series, Black and White faces, gallery collaborated with Hassan by one of the top foundries in reflects the traces of time and the to transcend his ‘Desert Horses’ Europe. “I dedicate these works to bold colourful oasis of the Village series into sculptural forms. the people of Qatar and those who of Poets.” THE PENINSULA Man jailed for making friend blind in attack DOHA: A Nepalese who by Judge Mustafa Abdul Majid records, the duo fought over tak- attacked his friend’s eyes with a Alibduehi in the presence of Judge ing a meal and the accused pulled piece of iron during a brawl and Hassan Walid Sayyidi and Judge out a piece of iron and hit the caused him lose sight has been Al Rashid Al Marri, reports local victim, taking out his eyes and sentenced to three-year jail. Arabic daily Al Raya. causing him permanent disability. The sentence was handed down According to public prosecution THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Al Attiyah returns Al Attiyah holds official talks in Munich from India forum NEW DELHI: Chairman of Administrative Control and Transparency Authority H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah yesterday returned home after taking part in the 15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit. They were seen off at New Delhi International Airport by Qatari Ambassador Ahmad Ibrahim Al Abdullah. In his address to the summit on Thursday, Al Attiyah reviewed Qatar’s efforts to implement an ambitious long-term sustainable development strategy. He underlined that the Qatari leadership is committed to work- ing with other governments to build an international consen- sus on the goals of sustainable Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah with Stephen de Mistura, UN Secretary-General’s special envoy to Syria and (right) with India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Kumar development and climate change Doval on the sidelines of the 51st Munich Security Conference. policies. He also met several world leaders on the sidelines. MUNICH: Foreign Minister met Frank Onstan, US envoy for Dtmier Bocati and discussed Attiyah’s delegation were present. Qatar National Vision 2030 and The Qatari ambassador hosted H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al peace in the Middle East. ways of enhancing relations Dr Al Attiyah also held a meet- said Qatar’s riches in the energy a dinner banquet in honour of Al Attiyah met Stephen de Mistura, In a separate meeting, Lebanese and topics of mutual interest. ing with youth leaders participat- field puts a responsibility on it to Attiyah and his delegation. Many UN Secretary-General’s special Prime Minister Tammam Salam Qatari Ambassador to Germany ing in the conference.