ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 4 Business | 17 Sport | 24 GCC panel okays Qatar Islamic Nadal thrashes proposal to set Bank launches Gael Monfils to up centre for SME-focused reach Stuttgart food security. package. Open final. SUNDAY 14 JUNE 2015 • 27 Shaaban 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6461 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 OPINION Govt allots five Egypt opens Rafah border crossing Turkey at the crossroads plots to build URKEY has entered a new era of power- Tsharing and changes after the new hospitals results of the recent election. Ministry and SCH in joint initiative The Arab world is DOHA: The government has watching allotted five plots in different parts develop- of the city to build new state-of- ments in the-art hospitals in partnership The hospitals will be Turkey Dr Khalid Al-Jaber with the private sector. keenly This is a joint initiative of built in four areas because they will have an the Ministry of Economy and — North of Qatar impact on the ongoing con- Commerce and the Supreme University, Ain Khaled, flicts in the region — in Council of Health (SCH) to pro- Palestinians ask for travel permits to cross into Egypt, at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Syria, Iraq, Libya, Egypt and vide investment opportunities to Abu Hamour and Al southern Gaza Strip. Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing for three days. Report on page 7 Palestine. Ankara’s relations private sector to “build and oper- Furoush (in the north). with the GCC states are also ate” hospitals according to the under focus. highest international standards The setback to Turkish in healthcare, said a statement President Recep Tayyip yesterday. mechanism for marketing, esti- Erdogan and his party came The hospitals will be built mated cost, targeted population, as a surprise, even to Erdogan. in four areas — North of Qatar how the government can support Tang ordered off shelves He was looking forward to University, Ain Khaled, Abu the hospitals to provide the best making amendments to the Hamour and Al Furoush (in the quality of care, what kind of con- constitution to change the north) — on plots of 10000sqm to ditions to be offered to investors DOHA: The authorities have ordered a laboratory tests and a final decision will political order in the country 14,000 sqm. The hospitals will be and how the project can promote temporary recall of Tang, a popular fruit- be announced by Sunday,” an official of a from parliamentary to presi- dedicated for women and child competition in healthcare sector. flavoured drink from the local market. leading supermarket told this daily last dential system. Erdogan and care, mental health and other Investors who are interested The municipal inspectors have asked evening. his party missed an absolute relevant specialties. to take part in the survey may all outlets to remove the product from Tang, that is available in different fruit majority after 13 years of In this context, the Ministry register their names by July 1. their shelves, it is learnt. The reason for flavours, has been extremely popular powerful rule. of Economy and Commerce has Answers to the questions may be the recall was not known since no official among all segments of customers, including Whatever the implications launched a survey to collect feed- sent to the email [email protected] statement was available. citizens and expatriates, he said. Attractive of the results, the real win- back from the private sector on A tender will be issued after Food inspectors on Friday collected Ramadan and summer offers on the prod- ner is Turkish democracy the project. The online survey is the opinion poll is completed, samples of the product from the market uct have been available in all leading shop- which prevented the presi- being conducted through a ques- which will be open to all investors. for laboratory tests following suspicions ping outlets. “There are many alternative dent from becoming a new tionnaire that is available on the Those who have not participated about potential health risks. products in the market but they are not Sultan by changing the sys- ministry website. in the survey can also take part in With a history spanning more than as popular as Tang,” he added. tem from a parliamentary The survey seeks opinion from the bid, said the statement. half century, the US-made drink has been in high The recall has also sparked a discussion on the social set-up with limited power to the companies on the facilities and Further information on the demand since the onset of summer, said traders. media. “Why have they decided to take the product a presidential system where health specialties to be provided project and the opinion poll can “Municipality inspectors visited our shop on off the shelves just before Ramadan,” read a comment. he will have huge powers, at the hospitals, approximate time be had from the economic studies Friday evening and asked the staff to remove all While some raised suspicions about the motive behind which can lead to his acquir- for designing and building the and research department at the Tang stocks. They didn’t clearly explain the reason the recall, others appreciated the decision saying it ing tendencies of an authori- hospitals, economic feasibility of ministry over telephone 40122619. but showed something on the lid, which was not clear is a precautionary measure to protect public health. tarian regime. the project, way of financing and THE PENINSULA to our staff. They said samples have been taken for THE PENINSULA Continued on page 4 25,000 new housing units by year-end Temperatures to rise in DOHA: An estimated 25,000 have already gone up by 15 per- development inspired by FIFA Ghuwailina commanding high Al Wakra, Mesaieed new housing units are expected cent in the first half of this year 2022 World Cup-related infra- rates — QR1,900 per sq foot in to come on the market by (January to date, as H1 closes on structure development projects. Najma and Umm Ghuwailina and this year-end driven by ris- June 30) as compared to H1 of A whopping QR250bn QR2,075 in Al Mansoura and the DOHA: Day and night temper- difference of 14 degrees C. ing demand, says a real estate 2014, said the report. ($68.65bn) is expected to be the nearby Bin Dirham. atures will almost be same (34 Night temperatures will be the development company. The company, which is a major total investment in Qatar’s boom- Land rates, based on real estate degrees Celsius and 32 degrees lowest in Al Wakra and Mesaieed The demand for housing is real estate developer, said an ing real estate sector over the transactions that took place C, respectively) in Al Ruwais today (24 degrees C at both the forecast to grow between 20 and estimated 100,000 new housing next five years. “The construc- between May 31 and June 4, were today while Abu Samra will places), while the day will be 25 percent in the second half (H2, units will be added to the existing tion boom will continue keeping QR1,200 per sq foot in Old Airport likely witness a relatively hot the hottest in the two towns (40 July to December) of this year, stocks over the next four years. real estate as the top performer neighbourhood. In the sprawling day (40 degrees C) but a cooler degrees C at both the places). according to Al Asmakh Real The report did not, however, among all the economic sectors suburbs, the rates per sq foot ranged night, with mercury levels hov- The weather bureau, in its rou- Estate Development Company. say how the rent scenario as in the country,” the report noted. from QR330 (Muaither) to QR440 ering at 27 degrees C. tine forecast for today, said the “The demand for housing regards housing will play out in Land prices continue to spiral (Al Rayyan), QR460 (Al Gharrafa), However, Al Khor will witness day will be windy (wind may move has been on an upswing,” the the next four years. It, though, with expatriate-dominated work- and QR420 (Al Laqta). the maximum difference in day from 19km/h to 46km/h at times company said in a report. The hinted that rising demand ing class localities in Doha like THE PENINSULA and night temperatures as the at places) and a bit dusty with the rents of furnished apartments will continue to spur housing Najma, Al Mansoura and Umm Continued on page 6 day here will be quite hot (39 visibility being poor in the morn- degrees C) while the night tem- ing. The sea will be choppy due to perature will be 25 degrees C — a the high wind. THE PENINSULA Dallas attacker shot dead Houthis object Qatari mediation helps free four to Geneva Tajik soldiers captured by Taliban DOHA: Under the directives of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin peace talks Hamad Al Thani, Qatari mediation succeeded in the release of four soldiers from Tajikstan who were captured by Taliban in December SANA’A: A plane meant to on the Northern borders of Afghanistan. A statement released yes- carry Shia Houthi rebels and terday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Qatar’s efforts their allies to talks in Geneva were out of the state’s commitment to humanitarian values. The left Sana’a International Airport statement added that the State of Qatar is using all its resources without the delegates on board, and diplomacy to save lives.