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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 3 Business | 17 Sport | 28 Ashghal: Lebsayyer Katara Hospitality Qatar begins Interchange was buys Westin work at FIFA flooded due Excelsior Rome 2022 World Cup to heavy rains. from Starwood. final venue. THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 • 3 Dhul-Hijja 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6556 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Taking photos of Crackdown on migrants Use of private cars to schools causing jams accident victims DOHA: Heavy reliance on pri- students against 99,000 trips to pri- vate cars to transport children vate schools. The study also found to schools and back home is a that girls are relying more on pri- major cause of traffic jams and vate transport compared to boys. to be an offence accidents in Qatar, shows a Secondary Independent schools for study conducted by the Qatar girls are having the highest ratio Centre for Traffic Safety of morning trips, with 79 trips for Studies at the Qatar University. every 100 students. Cabinet amends draft penal code The study found that the Primary and Middle number of students using private Independent schools for boys and DOHA: Qatar will soon crimi- and forward them to Metrash2. cars is higher than those using girls record 43 (morning) trips for nalise taking photographs of The practice was criticised by the school buses. The ratio of students every 100 students. Private schools people killed or injured in acci- people, many of whom claimed using school buses is higher in have an average 62 trips for every dents through any device and that it could better be avoided as Independent schools compared 100 students for all levels. The transmitting them without the it caused misunderstandings and to private schools. Users of school afternoon peak hours — from 12 consent of their representa- heartburn among people. buses in private schools are less to 2pm — see 30,000 trips in the tives, the Qatar News Agency Some said it was breach of pri- by 36 percent than Independent case of Independent schools against (QNA) has reported. vacy of people and families and schools when tallied against the 49,000 trips for private schools. The State Cabinet yesterday that such photographs could be total number of students. The Supreme Education Council approved a draft law amending manipulated through photoshop Between 7am to 9am, which is runs 1,860 trips for buses daily in some provisions of Law Number and misused. Metrash2 is the Riot police fight migrants at the border crossing with Serbia in Roszke, considered the peak morning hours morning and afternoon, besides 45 11 of 2004 which contains Qatar’s Interior Ministry’s smartphone Hungary, yesterday. Hungarian police fired tear gas and water cannon for traffic, a total of 49,000 trips are additional trips for other educa- criminal or penal code. application, so smartphone users at migrants demanding they be allowed to enter from Serbia on the conducted to Independent schools tional purposes. Continued on page 4 QNA didn’t specify whether the having this application could send to transport an estimated 102,352 THE PENINSULA second day of a border crackdown. Report on page 11 law was about road accidents only photos of violations directly to the or all kinds of accidents, including authorities. house crashes. In November last year, psy- The penal code needs to be chologist Dr Moza Al Malki came amended to list new offences and out publicly against the practice. specify punishments, as it is made She said she was surprised how Shootout in Saudi necessary by newer and emerging the authorities had permitted it Payment default by real estate RIYADH: Police in Saudi Arabia technologies. since it amounted to spying. “It said that they had arrested two A good example is how recently breaches people’s privacy. We suspected militants and were cybercrimes have been made a already are a society wit enough developers ‘worries banks’ hunting two others who fled fol- punishable offence. Taking pho- problems,” she was quoted as say- lowing shootouts and raids that tographs using mobile phone ing by local media at the time. BY SATISH KANADY between 1-6, shows the risk of in fiscal balance as a problem, the netted automatic weapons and a cameras was, for instance, not a Another critic said the prac- default by real estate developers QCB document noted. bomb belt. The gunfire occurred practice in 2004 when the criminal tice could lead to marital and DOHA: Payment default by real and contractors has been ranked The survey that forms part of in separate districts of Riyadh on code was issued, so it being listed in family discords so it must be estate developers and contrac- the highest (One) for the year 2014 the central bank’s latest financial Tuesday night. Report on page 7 the penal code as an offence now. stopped. “Suppose I have told tors are causing major concerns and “2” for 2015 and 2016. The risk stability report shows most of the QNA said that the proposed my wife I am going to a particu- to Qatar’s conventional banks. average for default in infrastruc- banks expect overall credit, mar- Obama invites Muslim boy amendments to the penal code lar place but actually I am going Defaults by infrastructure sec- ture are ‘2’,’3’ and ‘3’ for the year ket, liquidity and systemic risk to WASHINGTON: US President aim to mainly punish anyone who somewhere else. My car meets tor is equally a matter of concern 2014, 2015 and 2016, respectively. remain unchanged or increase Barack Obama yesterday captures or transmits pictures of with an accident and its pho- for these banks, but not a major Variations in oil prices have during 2015 and 2016. Some of the invited 14-year-old Ahmed the deceased or the injured in tograph is posted on Metrash2 problem for Islamic and foreign been projected highly risky for findings suggest variation in oil Mohamed — a Muslim school- accidents without the consent for everyone to else. What hap- banks, a survey on ‘risk percep- foreign banks and Islamic banks. price and political unrest in the boy — to the White House after of their representatives through pens then,” the critic wondered, tion of banks’ conducted by Qatar For the conventional banks, the MENA region remain the most he was arrested and hadcuffed devices of any kind. To recall, peo- pleading that the practice must Central Bank (QCB) for the years risk average is ‘3’,’2’ and ‘1’ for the important global risks. when his teacher mistook his ple here were encouraged to click be stopped forthwith. 2014, 2015 and 2016 has revealed. years 2014, 2015 and 2016 respec- Continued on page 4 homemade clock for a bomb in photographs of traffic violations THE PENINSULA The risk average that ranges tively. Foreign banks see decline THE PENINSULA Texas. Report on page 11 THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 HOME 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Suleyman the Magnificent exhibition opens at Katara BY RAYNALD C RIVERA DOHA: Visitors to Katara can relive the glory of the Ottoman era as they encounter lifelike sculptures of historical figures at the ‘Magnificent Century: The Exhibition’ which opened yes- terday at Qatar Museums (QM) Gallery Building No. 10. The hyper-realistic silicone sculptures depicting Kanuni Sultan Suleyman — the longest reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire — and wife Hurrem Sultan — a slave girl who became sultana — are displayed at the expo along- side figures, including Malkocoglu Bali Bey, Mahidevran Sultan and Pargali Ibrahim Pasa. The expo is based on the inter- nationally acclaimed Turkish his- torical television series which has reached over 200 million viewers in more than 54 countries since it premiered in 2011. This is the first time the exhibi- tion has travelled out of Istanbul and been brought to Doha as part of Qatar Turkey 2015 Year of Culture celebrations, said Selen Tamer Lakay, Vice-President, Istanbul Entertainment Group. “One of the unique features of the exhibition is it makes use of different senses of visitors to expe- rience this important period in his- tory,” Lakay told the media during yesterday’s preview. The expo takes visitors on a journey to sections of the pal- ace, including the Harem and the Hyper-realistic silicone sculptures of Kanuni Sultan Suleyman and Hurrem Hammam, designed elaborately Sultan at the exhibition at QM Gallery, Katara. SALIM MATRAMKOT and scented with fragrances con- cocted based on how locations in craftsmanship that went into creat- part of Qatar Turkey 2015 Year of the palace smelled like in the 1500s. ing iconic props and costumes that Culture.” “The costumes, jewellery, car- appeared throughout the series on A gift shop with merchandise pets and wallpaper were designed Suleyman the Magnificent. inspired by the series is another true to the era. We have worked Safiya Al Hajari, Director, Office feature in the 600sqm expo area. with professors who had access to of Strategic Cultural Relations, Visitors can buy scents, prayer Ottoman archives,” she explained. said “QM is delighted to be host- beads, abayas, jewellery and acces- For fans of the series, the expo ing such an important expo that sories as souvenir. Actors from the is a throwback to an important has educated millions of people on series attended the opening of the period history and an up close and the historic and cultural signifi- expo which runs until December personal look at the artistry and cance of the Ottoman Empire as 12. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ‘Heavy rains’ flooded Lebsayyer Gold drifts near five-year low DOHA: The flooding on the Dukhan Highway is about 5km • The Drainage Operations concerned departments were BY SACHIN KUMAR residents go on vacations.

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