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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Oil drops to QSL: Al Sadd 27-month trounce low near $92 Lekhwiya 3-0 Business | 13 Sport | 22 Friday 3 October 2014 • 9 Dhu’l-Hijja 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6207 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Banks stock Prices of select up ATMs vegetables with QR2bn for holidays and fruits fixed DOHA: Banks are stashing up crisp currency bills totalling a staggering QR2bn in their ATM networks in anticipation Decision valid only during Eid holidays of huge cash withdrawals dur- ing Eid Al Adha holidays. DOHA: The government has retail business in such a way that Banks are closed from today fixed the prices of some popular prices of certain fruits and veg- and will reopen only on October fresh vegetables and fruits at the etables are being fixed for days 12, but nearly every bank will Central Market that are in high on end during a festival. have at least a branch open in demand during Eid Al Adha. Giving the price list the Ministry the evening during the long Eid The idea is to make sure that said it had fixed the per kg rate for break. retailers do not take consum- African orange at QR4.50, while All banks also have technical ers for a ride and raise prices as that of Egyptian pomegranate teams ready to provide imme- demand for these items increase at QR7 a kg. Turkish grapes are diate assistance if there are hugely during Eid festivities. to be sold for QR9 a kg whereas glitches with any of their ATMs. The Ministry of Economy and Lebanese apples are to be made Bank staff will be on duty to Commerce has also made sure that available to people at between QR4 Pilgrims arrive at Mount Arafat, near the holy city of Makkah, yesterday. assist customers whose ATM retailers have enough stocks of and 5 per kilogram. cards are by mistake gobbled up fruits and vegetables on all Eid days According to the Ministry, these by the ATMs. so that there are no shortages that rates will appear in their daily bul- ATMs stash up currency bills could lead to price manipulations. letin as well (the Ministry issues Pilgrims converge at Arafat today of only 50, 100 and 500 denomi- Tomatoes, cucumber, Saudi a daily bulletin of retail prices of nations. Banks have mostly put carrots, banana, Lebanese apple, vegetables and fruits at the Central MOUNT ARAFAT: Pilgrims feeling” of being in the holy land. start of Haj on the eighth day of new, crisp currency bills as peo- African oranges, Egyptian pome- Market that vary on a day-to-day from around the world were Mount Arafat is where Prophet Dhul Hijja yesterday. ple mostly give away cash as gift granates and Turkish grapes are basis). Inspectors armed with judi- arriving yesterday at Mount Muhammad (PBUH) gave his Security has not noticeably to children during Eid festivities. among the items whose prices cial powers from the Ministry were Arafat in western Saudi Arabia final sermon after leading his increased around the holy sites, but Banking industry sources said have been fixed. involved in the price fixing decision for the annual Haj pilgrimage. followers on the Haj. witnesses observed three check- that there have been large cash Jordanian tomatoes are, for and they will be on the prowl at the Saudi authorities say close to Hundreds of pilgrims arriving points between Jeddah and Makkah, withdrawals by people in the example, to be sold for QR3.50 per Central Market on all Eid days to 1.4 million believers have come at Mount Arafat carried suit- where security officers verify that past two days and that is the kg during Eid, while cucumber’s make sure retailers do not breach from 163 nations for Haj. The cases and other luggage among visitors hold Haj permits. Eighteen reason why banks have stashed rate per kg has been fixed at QR4. the agreement. faithful streamed out of the holy thousands of white tents which aircraft and Black Hawk helicopters so much cash in their ATMs as The price of lettuce will be QR6 per According to the Ministry, its city of Makkah heading for the stood ready on a vast plain to will patrol and be on standby for they expect the withdrawals to kg. A kilogramme of Saudi carrots inspectors with judicial powers nearby Mina valley, where most provide temporary homes for emergencies, Arab News reported. increase during the holidays. will cost QR3, whereas bananas are will also be on vigil at the central would wait until the early hours the multitude. Elderly pilgrims Supplementing the 85,000 secu- Banks will also be ready to be retailed for QR6 a kg. fish market and will make sure today before gathering at the hill sat in wheelchairs, little ones rity and civil defence officers who with extra cash supplies in A press statement issued by the that retailers do not breach rules known as Mount Arafat for the in prams, and others leaned on are deployed for Haj are thousands case there are any shortages, Ministry said yesterday that the and regulations and indulge in peak of Haj, a day of prayer and sticks as they made their way of health workers. The medical sources added. price fixing move comes in the price manipulations. The inspec- recitations from the Holy Quran. towards their camps. staff are striving to protect pil- An increasing number of expa- wake of Eid Al Adha and the rates tors, in their recent campaigns, Some had already reached Many pilgrims set up their own grims from Ebola and the MERS triates have been withdrawing have been fixed in close coordina- have caught several violations at Mount Arafat. Among them colourful tents while others sim- coronavirus. No Ebola cases have cash from ATMs to route remit- tion with the traders. This is the the markets (fish and fruits and was Iman Izzidine, 42, who has ply placed rugs among the shrubs yet been found in the kingdom. tances to their near and dear ones first time the Ministry is inter- vegetables), the Ministry state- fled Syria’s civil war. “I thank and slept. The movement of pil- AFP back home during Eid. vening in the Central Market’s ment said. THE PENINSULA God for this indescribable grims to Mina marked the official See also page 4 THE PENINSULA Violations at labour sites, camps fall this year Some salons doubling as DOHA: Violations of the labour recorded last year. Quoting were also violations of the sum- only after the issue is resolved. law at work sites and labour Mohammed Al Meer, assistant mer working hours set by the The inspection campaigns aims medical clinics raided accommodations have fallen director of the department, Al Ministry for outdoor workers that to ensure that work places and BY SIDI MOHAMED significantly this year compared Sharq reported that the violations were applicable from June 15 to labour accommodations meet all complain that their use prevents to last year indicating a rise in were detected following 85,000 August 31. the requirements. The scaffolding natural hair growth. awareness among employers, a raids at labour camps and work Al Meer said that if the viola- at worksites should be strong and DOHA: Government inspec- Some experts this newspaper senior official has disclosed. sites conducted by the depart- tion does not pose a direct threat painted in bright colours to be clearly tors have caught several beauty spoke to said use of wigs can The Inspections section at the ment over the past two years. Of to the health and safety of workers, visible for workers. This is to avoid salons across the country for cause allergies, hair loss, head- Ministry of Labour and Social these 50,000 raids were conducted the firms concerned will be issued a incidents of falling from heights. doubling as health care consult- ache and dandruff, among other Affairs recorded 692 violations last year and 35,000 this year. warning to rectify the error within Workers should be given basic ants in breach of licensing rules. problems. last year against 260 this year Major violations include a a given timeframe. The work site tips on health and safety like the A number of beauty parlours The Ministry said that its from the beginning of January to failure to keep salary roast- or the workers’ accommodation use of a fire extinguisher and first have also been singled out for inspectors have taken samples the end of September. This means ers and work schedules and will be closed if the offense could aid kits. There should be rest severe punishment for selling from these wigs and they will be that violations over the past nine the list of workers who are not have an immediate impact on the places and clean toilets for work- wigs made of natural human hair. sent to the authorities concerned months have not reached even under the direct sponsorship of health and safety of workers. They ers, besides other amenities. The above-cited violations have for laboratory tests. 50 percent of the total violations the employer concerned. There will be allowed to function again THE PENINSULA been detected by the Ministry The salons that had these wigs of Economy and Commerce didn’t have any health or import in crackdowns its inspectors certificate that would show that launched recently, ahead of Eid they were fit for use by people. Qatar win handball gold Al Adha holidays.