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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 7 Business | 17 Sport | 27 CMC sitting QNB records Delight for member Al QR2.7bn net Lekhwiya as Malki elected profit in first Sadd suffer unopposed. quarter. ACL agony. THURSDAY 9 APRIL 2015 • 20 Jumada II 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6395 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar to give $100m loan to Palestine QR750,000 bid for Smart cameras 377773 car plate DOHA: At least one bidder has quoted QR750,000 ($206,000) to buy a unique car plate number to detect major 377773 in an online auction the traffic department is holding for 24 online easy-to-remember car plate numbers. The auction will close at 10pm today and traffic violations the result will be announced on Sunday. The lowest bid yes- terday was for QR130,000 for a New surveillance system launched car plate number (338383). In Qatar, people have the craze for DOHA: Common traffic viola- control in all parts of the country, unique mobile phone and car tions like use of mobile phones ease traffic movement and moni- numbers. THE PENINSULA while driving, wrong overtaking tor traffic violations in time,” the and failure to fasten seat belts ministry said in a statement. Qatar plans to issue will now be captured in smart The smart cameras will also cameras with the Ministry of detect speeding, low speed, jump- child nutrition law Interior launching a new and ing signals and other violations Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Emiri Diwan extensive surveillance system. “that pose a threat to public yesterday. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani also attended the talks. Qatar, represented DOHA: Qatar has plans to issue The project named “Talaa” safety,” explained the Director of by Qatar Development Fund (QDF), and the Palestinian Authority signed an agreement under which QDF will a law related to child nutrition. Dr aims to promote traffic safety by Central Operations Department Tawiq bin Ahmed Khoja, Director provide $100m as interest-free loan to the PA for developmental projects. See also page 5 detecting all types of violations at National Command Center General, Executive board, health specified in the traffic law, the Col Sayeed Hasan Al Mazrou. ministers’ council for corporation Ministry said yesterday. The Traffic Department on council said Qatar has taken sev- Smart cameras are being several occasions had warned eral steps to fight obesity among installed on roads and highways motorists against reducing speed children aged five to 19. across the country that are moni- on highways below the required He was speaking at a function tored from a central control room. levels, saying this can cause a Ashghal unveils QR10bn projects at the SCH yesterday which saw The project has been launched major problem to other motor- the launch the “Qatar Dietary by the Central Operations ists and lead to traffic accidents. Guidelines”. He said Qatar has put Department of the National Like speeding, this has also been for Mesaieed and Al Wakra up a plan to reduce the use of fatty Command Center at the Ministry considered a violation of the law. oil in bakeries and replace palm oil in collaboration with the General Al Mazrou said more than with corn oil. He urged all the GCC Directorate of Traffic and General 23,000 violations were detected DOHA: Southern areas of the coordination with the Ministry stages and features, and what has countries to implement this pro- Directorate of Information Systems during a trial run of the project country are in for major expan- of Municipality and Urban been achieved so far. posal. THE PENINSULA (Security Systems Department). conducted last month. Most of sion and overhaul. Planning (MMUP), held the com- Brochures were also handed See also page 3 The Traffic Department had them were due to mistakes of the Ashghal yesterday announced munity event yesterday to show- out and included general infor- earlier pinpointed the most com- drivers. He said all the cameras major development works for Al case infrastructure and building mation on the projects, guidelines mon traffic violations as use of can be controlled from the oper- Wakra and Mesaieed that will go projects in the south of Qatar. to ensure the safety of residents mobile phones while driving, not ations room which monitors vio- on over the next three years at Representatives from various and visitors of the area, as well as TODAY’S EDITION OF wearing seat belts and overtak- lations by zooming vehicles and a total cost of QR10bn ($2.7bn). organisations, businesses, schools, contact details for Ashghal and THE PENINSULA ing from right. The surveillance capturing the numbers plates as And, interestingly, the Public and residents of Al Wakra and community engagement officers INCLUDES cameras on roads and intersec- well as the location. Works Authority has begun inter- Mesaieed attended the event at Al responsible for each project. tions have so far been used to Owners of the vehicles will then acting with the local community to Wakra Municipality. It aimed at The event saw a lot of inter- detect only two major violations — be informed about the violations explain the development projects familiarising the community with action from the audience who speeding and jumping signals. The by text messages sent through following public complaints about various important projects Ashghal showed interest in what was being other violations were being moni- Metrash to avoid any embarrass- inconvenience caused to residents is implementing in the South. presented, and asked numerous tored by traffic patrols deployed ment while renewing road per- due to the development works. A detailed presentation pro- questions that were answered by GUIDE in select areas. mits, said Al Mazrou. Called an Integrated vided a comprehensive overview project engineers. APRIL 2015 “This (the new project) will Continued on page 3 Community Outreach of the projects being implemented, Continued on page 6 contribute to tightening security THE PENINSULA Programme, Ashghal, in including their components, THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 9 APRIL 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Cabinet expresses confidence Emir meets Sudanese FM on Iran framework deal DOHA: The Cabinet expressed law on the issuance of military No. 13 of 1988 on the expropria- hope that the framework deal judicial law and took the appro- tion of real estate and temporary signed in the Swiss city of priate decision thereon. seizing them for the public inter- Lausanne between Iran and The military judicial law est as well as the regulations and Group (5+1) on the Iran’s included rules related to the decisions issued for its implemen- nuclear programme would lead enforcement of law, regulation of tation, including the preparation to a final agreement to enhance the military judiciary, formation of official periodical pricing lists security and stability in the of functions of military courts, for lands of different plots of land region and the world. the military prosecution, the located within the boundaries of The Cabinet reiterated Qatar’s legal affairs directorate, military cities and villages and the assess- firm position calling for main- crimes and penalties, interna- ment of due damages for the taining the Middle East a zone tional human law crimes, military expropriation. free from all weapons of mass judicial inspectorate, inspection, The cabinet took necessary destruction including the nuclear interrogation, preventive deten- measures for the endorsement of: weapon, while guaranteeing the tion, filing the case and start- A bilateral agreement on the states of the region’s right to the ing procedures before a military reciprocal administrative assist- peaceful use of the nuclear energy court, trial proceedings, trial in ance for the optimum implemen- in accordance with the standards absentia, authenticity of judg- tation of the customs law and and measures of the International ment and ways of impeachment, the suppression, detection and Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the enforcement of military fight against custom violations and under its supervision. judgments. between the State of Qatar and The Prime Minister and The cabinet also approved a the People’s Democratic Republic Interior Minister H E Sheikh draft cabinet decision amending of Algeria. Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa the formation of two committees An agreement on news coop- Al Thani presided over the to price real estate expropriated eration and exchange between weekly regular session at the for public benefit. The two com- Qatar News Agency (QNA) and Emiri Diwan. mittees shall practice the func- Algerian Press Service (APS). The Cabinet reviewed a draft tions and duties stipulated in law QNA Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Talks focused on bilateral relations and means of boosting them. Qatar Dietary Guidelines launched First nation in the region to introduce national dietary guidelines for healthy living BY FAZEENA SALEEM eat to reduce cholesterol, blood (2011-2016), part of the National sugar, weight and improve psy- Health Strategy, which aims to DOHA: The Supreme Council chical activity. This will be like a reduce morbidity and mortal- of Health (SCH) yesterday guidance which will be referred to ity attributable to chronic non- launched guidelines for healthy people,” he said. communicable diseases (NCDs) eating, in a bid to reduce the “We work with public, private in Qatar. risk factors of non-communica- sectors, academics, clinical per- Non-communicable diseases ble diseases which cause a con- sonnel and people from the food accounted for 34.4 percent of the siderable percentage of deaths industry to communicate the total deaths recorded for the year in the country.