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Page 01 Oct 13.Indd www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 28 Opec invites Russia & Four-star Tony Martin non-cartel members matches world record to October meet with Doha win THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER 2016 • 12 MOHARRAM 1438 • Volume 21 • Number 6948 2 Riyals thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir receives UAE National Security Adviser Cabinet okays More foreign varsities draft law to ban littering in woo Qatar students public areas The Peninsula International Universities Fair 2016 that will take place here from October 17 to 19 with The seventh Qatar participation of more than 90 local and inter- DOHA: The State Cabinet yester- International Universities national universities. day approved a draft law that bans Fair 2016 will take place here Al Horr said 46 percent of the scholarships leaving waste in public areas, even from October 17 to 19 with offered by the Ministry have been directed to if it is privately owned. The cabi- local universities, 35 percent to universities net agreed to refer the draft to the participation of more than in the UK, 13 percent to institutions in the US, Advisory Council. It was prepared 90 local and international and 6 per cent to universities in a number of to replace law No .8 of 1974. universities. other countries. Al Horr said he ministry will The Prime Minister and Inte- start receiving application for the third batch rior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah of scholarships on December 1, this year. bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani A total of 787 applications were received chaired the Cabinet’s ordinary By Mohammed Osman in the current batch and 539 were approved meeting, held at the Emiri Diwan. The Peninsula and 156 applicants were asked to complete The draft law prevents drop- their documents. Only 92 applications were ping or leaving trash in any rejected for failure to meet the conditions. The public area even if it was pri- ministry is still receiving applications for post- vately owned. This includes roof DOHA: Qatar has emerged as one of the fast- graduate studies. tops, balconies, pavements, alleys, est growing education recruitment hubs in the According to the Qatar Higher Education beaches and many others. region due to the extensive scholarship pro- Study Abroad Data of the Unesco Institute for Dumping of garbage will be grammes annually offered to students and Statistics 2016, there are a total of 5,039 Qatari strictly restricted to areas deter- Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met at the Emiri Diwan yesterday, the government employees. students studying abroad for a degree in higher mined by the municipality. Dr Khalid Mohammed Al Horr, Director education. National Security Adviser of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Tahnoun bin The municipality will also of the Higher Education Institute at the min- The seventh Qatar International Universi- Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs Sheikh be in charge of all aspects of istry said that the most popular study abroad ties Fair 2016 at the Qatar National Convention Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the accompanying delegation. Sheikh Tahnoun the cleaning projects. It can also destinations among Qatari students is the UK Centre will provide a good opportunity for conveyed the greetings of UAE President H H Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, decide to recycle or treat garbage. followed by the US and Australia. The most the participating institutions to introduce Vice-President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid The municipality is allowed to preferred discipline is engineering and most their international degree programmes and Al Maktoum, and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of offer those duties to one or more of the seats in the announced fields have been postgraduate programmes to thousands of stu- the Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, wishing the Emir good contractors, in accordance with allocated for this specialisation, said Al Horr. dents, said Dr Al Horr. health and the Qatari people further progress. The Emir entrusted Sheikh Tahnoun the provisions of the law. He was speaking at a press conference to convey his greetings to the UAE leaders. The cabinet also approved held to announce details of the seventh Qatar → Continued on page 4 a proposal by the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs to establish a national committee for combating human trafficking. The Kahramaa launches Snapchat account Blindfolded dinner in the dark committee would be chaired by a representative from the ministry The Peninsula and would have members repre- senting the designated authorities. to mark World Sight Day Some of the roles of the com- DOHA: Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has mittee would be to prepare a announced its new account on Snapchat under the following code “KAH- national plan to counter human RAMAA.Live” for developing communications with customers in a bid to trafficking and preparing an keep them upgraded about latest news and activities of the corporation. By Irfan Bukhari celebrate the day which will take remaining three years we will meet annual report on Qatar’s efforts The move aims to set up social communication for its strategic plan The Peninsula attendees on a journey, encourag- the target of treating 5.5 million chil- in the field. to develop direct contacts with citizens and residents in the country. ing diners to discover their senses dren with the support of the Qatari The Cabinet approved a draft Kahramaa looks at relationship with its customers in a wide perspective and experience the world around government,” said Branchu. law on national address, which in line with requirement and necessities of time. It is keen to use this rela- them,” said Florence Branchu, Branchu said that Qatar Creat- will be referred to the Advi- tionship to gain customer’s confidence and provides all what can be offered DOHA: As World Sight Day 2016 Head of Qatar Creating Vision, in ing Vision’s ambit of action was only sory Council. The draft says that to satisfy them and to ensure that they receive right service and informa- is being marked today with Qatar a telephone interview with The India and Bangladesh. those assigned must provide their tion. Thus, Kahramaa launched its account on snapchat as an extension Creating Vision, an initiative Peninsula. “In Qatar we are running aware- national address to the specialised of communications that it has on social media platforms such as Face supported by Qatar Develop- Qatar Creating Vision, launched ness campaign only to make people administrative unit at the Ministry book, Twitter, WhatsApp, You Tube, Instagram, and now on Snapchat. ment Fund (QDF) and Orbis UK, last year has set a target of pro- realize how great was the blessing of of Interior in a set time period. Any Kahramaa, within its efforts, has launched many new e-services on organising a blindfolded-dinner viding 5.5 million eye screenings having an eye sight,” she said, adding judicial declaration or other offi- its website to provide best services in order to raise customer satisfac- to encourage the diners to dis- and treatments to children in India that the initiative was being funded cial notification delivered to the tion. The services provided by the corporation reached 45. Kahramaa cover their senses. and Bangladesh over the next four by QDF. Qatar Creating Vision had national address are considered invited customers to avail of its all distinctive services provided on KM “Oryx Rotana will be host- years. some other partners as well. valid according to the new draft. website and social media platform. ing a Blindfolded Dinner in the “One year has passed since the dark tomorrow (today) evening to initiative was launched and in the → Continued on page 2 → Continued on page 2 Road World Championships under way Qatar Airways Cargo wins Overall Carrier of the Year Award The Peninsula products and innovative solutions through our growing fleet and rapidly expanding network.” This is the third accolade for Qatar DOHA: Qatar Airways Cargo won the Airways Cargo in 2016, as the cargo prestigious Overall Carrier of the Year carrier was also conferred the pres- award at the Payload Asia Awards event, tigious All-Cargo Carrier award at the voted by readers of the international 33rd Cargo Airline of the Year event and industry publication. The award was the International Award for Excellence presented during a gala dinner event in Air Cargo at the Air Cargo India 2016 in Hong Kong. The awards event was exhibition and conference earlier this attended by more than 250 members of year. the air cargo community from around The world’s third largest international the world. Qatar Airways Vice-President cargo carrier recently took delivery of Cargo Asia Pacific, Guillaume Halleux, its 11th Boeing 777 freighter, taking the received the award. airline’s total count of freighters to 21. Qatar Airways Vice-President for Qatar Airways Chief Officer Cargo Utilising its modern fleet of Boeing 777Fs, Cargo Asia Pacific, Guillaume Halleux, Ulrich Ogiermann, said: “We owe this Airbus A330Fs and Boeing 747 freight- award to each and every cargo employee ers, the cargo carrier offers full, partial receiving the award. at the airline as a reflection of their dedi- and combination charter services via its cation to provide the best services to our established QR Charter solution. provide efficiency and compliance in customers. We would also like to thank Qatar Airways Cargo’s offers a port- the handling of temperature-sensitive Germany’s Tony Martin competes in the men’s elite individual time trial event as part our customers for placing their trust in folio of distinctive airfreight products pharmaceutical and perishable cargo, of the 2016 UCI Road World Championships in Doha, yesterday.
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