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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER QE snaps Qatar-owned four-day PSG eye losing streak hat-trick Business | 12 Sport | 23 Tuesday 5 August 2014 • 9 Shawwal 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6148 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 CMC members Citizens call slam free land allocation system DOHA: The current system of free allocation of land plots to for lifeguards nationals has drawn criticism from Central Municipal Council (CMC) members and citizens. They have termed it as ambig- uous, saying the system lacks at beaches transparency and clear criteria. Councillor Mohammed Al Muslemani told Al Arab daily that Four deaths in sea raise alarm the system is not clear and lacks transparency. DOHA: Concerned over four Wakra, the Kenyan couple died. He said authorities should deaths due to drowning dur- In Al Shamal, a 44-year-old announce criteria, number of ing the recent Eid Al Fitr holi- Pakistani was rescued while he application received and plots days, Qataris have demanded was drowning, according to a distributed in different areas in lifeguard services at beaches in local Arabic daily. newspapers for people’s benefit. the country. And if mortuary sources in The process of allocation and Qatar is small but has a long Al Wakra are to be believed, an distribution is also very slow, he coastline dotted with sprawling Arab expatriate child was among said, adding the provision of civic and picturesque beaches. Most those drowned. amenities in various areas is tak- have no lifeguards, though, says “We have some of the most ing a long time. Palestinian Fatah supporters shout slogans against Israel during a protest to support Gaza, in Nablus in the West a Qatari. beautiful beaches but lack a com- Al Muslemani said people are Bank, yesterday. The only beach that has a prehensive development plan,” Al given land in areas which are proper team of trained res- Sheeb said. undeveloped and lack facilities. cue personnel is part of Katara There are no rescue teams Land allocation should be based Cultural Village, said Fahad Al although currents are very on ‘first come first served basis’ Kuwari. strong in the sea in the West Bay, New 72-hour truce in Gaza which is not being observed. The need for lifeguards at for instance, said Al Sheeb. There is need for reconsidering beaches is felt intensely as four In Sealine, the sea gets quite JERUSALEM: Israel and be honouring the ceasefire from Egyptian official said. ways of distribution. people, including a young Kenyan deeper not far away from the Hamas said they had agreed tomorrow (Tuesday) at 8am On the ground in Gaza, Israeli “We have observed that the couple, drowned while taking a shore, posing risks for swimmers. a new 72-hour truce starting (0500 GMT),” an Israeli official forces observed the unilateral current system is ineffective swim during Eid holidays. “It is sad that as a country we today, after increasingly vocal said. seven-hour pause. The humani- because it lacks transparency. The main beaches in the have developed so much but don’t world demands for a ceasefire “Hamas informed Cairo a few tarian window got off to a shaky Due to nepotism, some people get country include, aside from have safe beaches. in the Gaza conflict. minutes ago of their approval of start with an air strike levelling large plots while others get small Katara, Al Wakra and Sealine “We need all facilities required The apparent breakthrough the truce,” a spokesman for the a house in a beachfront refugee ones in areas where they do not in Mesaieed, those in Al Shamal, at a beach and that include life- came during talks in Cairo on group, Sami Abu Zuhri, said. camp in Gaza City, killing three want them. Al Khor, Al Udaid in the south, guards as well as shaded areas Monday, days after a similar Israeli Prime Minister people, including a nine-year-old “I urge the ministry to adopt a Umm Bab, West Bay, Dukhan and toilets,” he added. three-day truce collapsed in a Benjamin Netanyahu had said girl. “There is no truce. How could clear strategy to distribute land and Fuwairid. Trained rescue personnel are deadly wave of violence within there would be no end to military there be a truce?” raged Ayman to eligible people and it should be Al Kuwari said he finds it needed to man the beaches, said hours of starting on Friday. operation without first secur- Mahmud, who lives in the neigh- announced in mainstream media,” strange that while Qatar has Al Kuwari, adding that CCTV Images of the bloodshed, ing a long-term period of calm bourhood. “They are liars! They he added. developed so much in almost all cameras should also be installed which has cost more than 1,800 for his people. Violence hit west don’t even respect their own Hassan Abbas, another CMC areas, not many of its beaches there to closely monitor swim- Palestinian lives and 64 Israeli Jerusalem, with police saying commitments!” member, said for the past many except the one at Katara has mers and their safety. soldiers in and near Gaza and they had foiled a “terror attack” The Israeli military said it still years Al Wakra has been com- lifeguards. “This is our demand.” three civilians in Israel, have sent when a Palestinian rammed an has many missions to carry out plaining about delay in distribu- A prominent Central Another national, Abdullah tensions in the region soaring, earthmover into a bus, killing one in Gaza despite destroying all of tion of plots. Municipal Council member, Al Tamimi, said the country’s earning the Jewish state strong before being shot dead. the known tunnels militants use Now the pressure is increasing Ahmed Al Sheeb, and Al Kuwari beaches didn’t have even mini- criticism. But after the unilateral Israeli to attack its territory. “We will because earlier people preferred told the Arabic daily Al Raya in mum facilities. “How many more deaths will it truce ended, Palestinian fac- not leave; we will stay in the Gaza plots in Doha and now there is no comments published yesterday “It is quite sad that from time take to stop what must be called tions meeting in Cairo, including Strip,” army spokesman Moti land available there. Demand for that a beach development plan to time we hear of deaths due to the carnage in Gaza?” French Hamas, were working on another Almoz said on television. plots in Al Wakra has increased was the need of the hour and drowning.” Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ceasefire. “All tunnels we have located as it is in the vicinity of Doha and lifeguard services should be part Another CMC member, Ali Al asked, as Britain said it was “Egypt’s contacts with relevant have been destroyed,” he said, has developed infrastructure. of it. Athba, said there was the need reviewing licences to sell arms to parties have achieved a commit- adding “talking about the end of He said the current distribu- Details suggest that a Nepali to create awareness about safety Israel. ment for a truce, and an agree- the mission against the tunnels tion by computer is not popular drowned while taking a swim in while people venture into the sea Israel and Hamas separately ment for the rest of the relevant doesn’t mean talking about an end and is not preferred. the sea off Sealine during Eid for swimming. confirmed each agreed to abide delegations to come to Cairo to to the Gaza mission.” AFP THE PENINSULA holidays and in the sea at Al THE PENINSULA by the new ceasefire. “Israel will conduct further negotiations,” an See also page 4 Continued on page 3 Lebanon rules Windy, dusty weather likely today DOHA: Strong northwesterly wind at speeds that may reach 30 out political deal knots might kick up dust and reduce horizontal visibility to two kilometres or less at times at some places, according to weather with militants forecast for today. The seas are expected to be rough, with wave BEIRUT: The Lebanese gov- jumping from six to 10 feet. ernment said yesterday there The day will be hot, windy and dusty, with temperatures varying would be no political deal with from 46 degrees Celsius during day time and 31 at night. Sunni militants who attacked Day temperatures will be lowest at 39 degrees in Dukhan and Al the border town of Arsal at the Ruwais while Messaieed and Al Wakrah will be the hottest (tem- weekend in the worst spillover perature soaring to 46 degrees). In Doha, the maximum temperature from Syria’s three-year-old civil forecast is 45 degrees, while the minimum is 36. war. “There are no political solu- Saudi ministry seeks labour reform tions with (the extremists) who are tampering with Arab socie- RIYADH: The Saudi labour ministry is asking the government to ties under oppressive, alien reli- spend 14.9bn riyals ($4bn) annually on labour market reform and gious slogans,” Prime Minister steps to move Saudis into private sector jobs, the ministry said in Tammam Salam said in a tele- a report. The figure was contained in the ministry’s annual report vised statement read at the end for 2013, published on its website. The goal of labour policy is full of a cabinet meeting. employment of the Saudi workforce, the report stated. Salam, the most senior Sunni The refrigerated shelf at a shopping outlet in Al Khor with food items one can pick for free provided one has no The request is not huge compared to the Saudi state budget, which figure in the Lebanese govern- cash or is unemployed.