SPORT | Page 1 BUSINESS | Page 1 Qatar and Asean look to push INDEX for more joint DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2 – 8, 28 COMMENT 26, 27 Qatar’s al-Attiyah REGION 9 BUSINESS 1 – 8, 14 – 16 co-operation 17,706.00 10,251.97 36.79 ARAB WORLD 10, 11 CLASSIFIED 9 – 13 surges to lead in +111.00 -124.23 -1.55 INTERNATIONAL 12 – 25 SPORTS 1 – 12 +0.63% -1.20% -4.04% Abu Dhabi desert projects Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10048 April 4, 2016 Jumada II 26, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Prime Minister meets Saudi official Parents seek In brief more safety QATAR | Consumer rights Ministry acts on customer’s complaint measures on The Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) has compelled an automobile dealer to return a defective vehicle and pay the customer a refund of over QR200,000 after accounting school buses for the depreciation of the car, HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani meeting with the which was used for a year. In a undersecretary of Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry for civil aff airs, Nasser bin Abdullah al-Abdulwahab, in Doha yesterday. They Many schools in Qatar are using some cases, children in these vehicles statement, the ministry said it reviewed bilateral ties and issues of mutual concern. a large number of minibuses for are found not using seat belts. took the action after receiving the daily transportation of their The traffi c safety expert reiterated a complaint from the vehicle’s students that the use of minibuses and vans for owner regarding manufacturing school transportation is highly unsafe in defects. MEC inspectors By Joseph Varghese many ways. investigated the complaint Staff Reporter “Minibuses and vans have very small before notifying the dealer of tyres which can’t handle sharp turns the need to return the faulty Minister inspects progress at high speeds,” he pointed out while car and pay the customer the inibuses should be banned observing that if such a vehicle is over refund in line with Article 10 of from school transportation 50km speed while taking turns, there is Law No 8 of 2008 on consumer Min Qatar and all school buses a strong chance that it may lose balance protection. The law stipulates that of work on Orbital Highway must be fi tted with an electronic track- and overturn. Maximum speed for min- consumers are entitled to choose ing system using GPS as enforced in Du- ibuses should be 80km per hour when whether to repair, exchange or E the Minister of Municipality bai since Friday, a traffi c safety expert they are driven straight. return defective products for a and Environment Mohamed and a cross section of parents have de- The electronic tracking system, ac- refund. Hbin Abdullah al-Rumaihi manded in Doha. cording to the expert, will help bus driv- has visited the construction sites of Safety on school buses has come to ers, the school management as well as the New Orbital Highway and Truck the fore in Qatar following the death of parents. “There will be more safety for QATAR | Health Route. a fi ve-year-old boy on March 17 when the children and the offi cials concerned Prices of more The Orbital Highway and Truck a minibus from a private kindergarten can always monitor the vehicles with Route, one of Ashghal’s expressway overturned in Doha. precision,” he said. medicines to be cut projects, has been designed to link the “Banning minibuses, installing elec- The former head of transport section The prices of 400 medicines will areas north and south of Qatar, with- tronic tracking devices and speed gov- in a school suggested that bus drivers be slashed by 0.24% to 82.93% out touching the Doha city areas. ernors in school buses, mandatory use should be frequently oriented on safety from April 17, local Arabic daily The minister was received at the of seat belts and having attendants ac- issues and good practices encouraged. Al Watan reported yesterday, sites by Ashghal president Nasser bin cording to the number of students in a “Many of the drivers may not be quoting Dr Aisha Ibrahim al- Ali al-Mawlawi, Infrastructure Af- bus, are essential measures to ensure the aware of some of the safety issues. Ansari, director of the Pharmacy fairs director Jalal Yousef al-Salhi, Ex- safety of children,” the expert explained. Therefore, they need to be oriented and and Drug Control Department pressway Department manager Nass- Many parents, who spoke to Gulf there must be incentives for the best at the Ministry of Public Health. er Ghaith al-Kuwari and Technical Times, were of the view that schools performing ones. The same is applicable These include 79 medicines, Offi ce manager Abdulla al-Attiyah. should look into the behaviour of the for the assistants in the buses as it will the prices of which are being Before the tour, the minister held a HE the Minister of Municipality and Environment Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi drivers and instruct them “to be ration- educate them on several safety practices reduced for the second time. The meeting with the project’s consult- and Ashghal off icials at a construction site along the Orbital Highway route. al” while negotiating the roads. including the use of seat belts.” price reduction has curbed the ants, representatives of the contract- “Drivers of school buses must follow He also felt that the drivers have to unofficial import of medicines ing fi rms and Ashghal offi cials who Highway and Al Shamal Road. Major infrastructure improve- several steps such as avoiding tailgat- thoroughly understand their respon- from the neighbouring countries, briefed him on all four contracts of the When completed, the Orbital will ments will be implemented as part of ing and unnecessary overtaking while sibility. “However smart a driver may according to the official. Orbital Highway. provide a swift and effi cient highway the project, including a storm-water maintaining a safe and moderate speed be, just a tiny lapse can risk the lives of The minister then went on to in- that will provide better connectivity drainage network, treated sewage ef- always,” a parent suggested. several children. It is important for the spect the onsite progress on Contracts for Qatar’s most important industrial fl uent networks for irrigation, com- Many schools in Qatar are using a driver to be extremely cautious. He also MOTORCYCLING | Argentina two and four. The main lanes of the areas namely Mesaieed, New Hamad munications networks, street lighting large number of minibuses for the daily has to treat other motorists on smaller Marquez spoils Rossi Contracts two and four will be open to Port, Dukhan, Al Khor, and Ras Laf- and intelligent traffi c systems. Provi- transportation of their students. In vehicles with respect,” he added. traffi c by the end of 2017. fan, without touching any main resi- sions for the future long distance rail anniversary party The New Orbital Highway and dential communities of Al Wakrah, and freight rail lines have also been World champion Marc Marquez Truck Route is considered “a vital ad- Doha and Al Khor. This is expected made. spoilt Valentino Rossi’s dition” to the road networks of Qatar to to alleviate congestion and better The project will provide services anniversary celebrations with as it will facilitate a free fl owing traffi c manage vehicle movement in those infrastructure, including underpasses success from pole in the Grand route connecting the south of Qatar to areas. for camels, weighing stations, side Record success for Dench Prix of Argentina yesterday. its north. Consisting of seven lanes in each road parking bays, green landscape The project is located to the west, direction, the new highway and truck and metal beam guardrails along the north and south of Doha, and it will route provides heavy vehicles with road. AFP Winter’s Tale, opposite Kenneth Bran- SPORT | Cricket see the construction of around 200km their own separate roadway with two On his tour, the minister inspected London agh as Leontes. Accepting the award, West Indies lift of new dual carriageway stretching truck lanes in each direction, allowing the works on Contract two. This sec- the 81-year-old star, who won her fi rst from Mesaieed in the south to the traffi c to fl ow freely and safely along tion starts at Salwa Road, passing Olivier in 1977 and is best known for her World Twenty20 title west of Al Khor in the north. the main expressways. through Dukhan Highway and North udi Dench yesterday became the role as M in the James Bond fi lms, joked Carlos Brathwaite hit four The Orbital road will include The Orbital is designed to manage Road and up to the North Relief Road. most successful actor in the history that she had not expected to win. consecutive sixes in the 22 main interchanges, including up to 1,500 heavy goods vehicles per It encompasses approximately 48km Jof Britain’s top theatre awards, the “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m ab- last over as the West Indies bridges and underpasses, that will hour in each direction; it can cater new dual carriageway consisting of Oliviers, when she picked up a record solutely livid as I had a bet with my stunned England to lift the connect it to the main roads and to the general traffi c volumes at ap- seven lanes in each direction and in- eighth gong. grandson..