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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 32 GWC’s full year Nishikori puts net profit grows friendship asidee to 32% to QR185m post win THURSDAY 21 JANUARY 2016 • 11 Rabia II 1437 • Volume 20 • Number 6682 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir returns Sheikha Moza from Russia laments poor QNA DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani returned to Doha yesterday after wrapping up Arabic standards an official visit to Russia. The Emir left Moscow on Tues- day evening. He sent a cable to Russian President Vladimir Putin development of language education thanking him for the warm hos- and we left our children to use other pitality accorded to him and his Children spoke better languages even while communicat- delegation. Arabic decades ago, ing with their parents,” said Sheikha The Emir expressed pleasure Moza. She expressed sadness over over the meeting with Russian Pres- says QF Chairperson the fact that decades ago Arab chil- ident and exchange of viewpoints on dren spoke better Arabic than today matters of mutual interest and the and urged the audience to explore review of close relations and coop- the reasons. eration between the two countries The Peninsula A lack of interest of families in in the interest of their peoples. The Arabic language, weak curriculum Emir wished the Russian President and poor teaching methodology have good health and happiness and the DOHA: H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, made the situation worse, she added. Russian people further progress H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser inaugurating the second edition of the Forum for the Renaissance of Arabic Chairperson of Qatar Foundation (QF), “Children are reluctant to read and prosperity. has lamented the damage done by children’s literature because of the language, which is entitled ‘Linguistic Upbringing of The Arab Child — The Reality and Prospects for the Future.’ Pic: AR Al-Baker / HHOPL misuse of modern communication craze for electronic games and modern technology to Arabic language, say- entertainment, which we have failed ing it has exposed Arab children and to produce locally and introduce in Mexican President youth to electronic linguistic jargons. Arabic language,” said Sheikha Moza. She was addressing the second She added that the Arab world arrives in Doha edition of the Renaissance of Arabic is facing a cultural divide between Language Forum, which opened at standard Arabic and colloquial dia- Shop rents frozen for a year the Qatar National Convention Center lects. Speaking in standard Arabic by DOHA: Mexican President Enrique (QNCC) yesterday. The two-day forum Arab natives has become like speak- The Peninsula of commercial complexes. at its routine weekly meeting yes- Pena Nieto arrived yesterday in Doha has been organised by QF member ing in a foreign language. The decision to freeze shop terday, reports QNA. on a two-day official visit. World Organization for Renaissance Writers, intellectuals and artists rents for a year, until the middle of The Draft Decision pertains only Upon his arrival at Hamad of Arabic Language (WORAL) under now speak to media outlets in their DOHA: Shopowners cannot increase February 2017, has been taken to to shop rents and excludes office International Airport along with the theme, “Linguistic Upbringing of dialects, Sheikha Moza said, adding the rent for a year as the government check rent increases in view of a space, clarified prominent lawyer, a delegation, Pena Nieto was wel- The Arab Child — The Reality and that such a dilemma calls for research has extended the validity of tenancy severe shortage of shops. The Cabi- Yusuf Al Zaman. He added that the comed by Minister of Energy and Prospects for the Future.” and serious work to simplify the Ara- contracts of all kinds of shops until net yesterday approved its own Draft Draft Decision approved by the Cab- Industry, H E Dr Mohammed bin “We in the Arab world did not bic language curriculum and force mid-February next year. Decision to extend the validity for a inet yesterday covers only shop rents Saleh Al Sada, Qatar’s Ambassador invest in the extraordinary scien- television programmes to use stand- The shops include all inde- year of leases of premises or parts a they have literally been soaring. to Mexico, Ahmed Abdulla Ahmed tific advancements, particularly in ard language. pendent ones as well as those in of premises for non-residential pur- Al Kuwari and Mexican Ambas- the fields of education, information, the various malls and other types poses. The Cabinet gave the approval → Continued on page 3 sador to Doha, Francisco Javier communications and media and the → Continued on page 2 Nambro Cibrian. Huge demand for land development By Mohammad Shoeb 3,000 but we could not accommo- the provision of world-class infra- The Peninsula date them all,” Fahad Rashid Al Kaabi, structure within strategically placed CEO of Manateq told The Peninsula zones. recently on the sidelines of an event. “Manateq is part of the massive Al Kaabi added: “But hopefully the development process currently going DOHA: Qatar’s Economic Zones Com- remaining developers will be accom- on in the country. We are trying to pany (Manateq), which is responsible modated in other areas in keeping build all the needed infrastructure to for overseeing the development of with their requirements.” support the growth and development several economic zones across the Projects in ‘Southern Region’ are of a vibrant and sustainable private country, received over 3,000 appli- comprised of three commercial parks sector,” he said. cations from approved developers for — Al Wakra, Birka Al Wamer, and Aba Since inception, the company various projects in the south, includ- Saleel — containing 1,583 plots across has been working with potential and ing Al Wakra, said a senior official of an area of 6,330,907 square metres for existing local and foreign investors, the state-backed company. developing warehouses, workshops providing an international gateway “There was a huge demand for plots and service hubs. for the swift set-up and successful of land in Al Wakra and other areas Established in 2011, Manateq is a growth of businesses in the country. where we have developed some 1,200 national initiative as part of Qatar’s plots, but the demand was more than efforts to diversify its economy through → Continued on page 4 Love of dad Attack on Pakistan university kills 21 AFP CHARSADDA: At least 21 people died when gunmen attacked a uni- versity in Pakistan yesterday, where two large explosions were reported as security forces moved in under dense fog to halt the bloodshed. The assault was initially claimed by a Taliban faction, but later branded “un-Islamic” by the group’s leadership in Pakistan, who vowed to hunt down those responsible. The number of dead rose rap- idly after armed men stormed the Bacha Khan university in Char- The wife of Palestinian journalist Mohammed Al Qeq, 33, who has sadda, about 50km from the city been on a hunger strike in an Israeli jail for 57 days, holds her son of Peshawar, in the latest outrage as he kisses his father’s picture during a TV interview with Reuters, to hit the militant-infested region. in the West Bank town of Dura, yesterday. → See also page 14 02 THURSDAY 21 JANUARY 2016 HOME H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser tours an exhibition featuring various entities that promote the advancement of the Arabic language, as part of the second edition of the Forum on the Renaissance of Arabic language, entitled ‘Linguistic Upbringing of The Arab Child - The Reality and Prospects for the Future’. Pic: AR Al-Baker Sheikha Moza stresses need to protect Arabic language Continued from page 1 towards violence. its balanced, interactive and refur- During such a time of fragmen- bished speech. If the retreat of children from Ara- tation and division, nothing is left to He highlighted the important bic continues, the language would find shelter in except the Arabic lan- role being played by WORAL despite become a stranger. Nations protect guage so as to “safeguard national the presence of numerous language their identity through their language, and cultural identity and not to feel organisations and centres in all Arab Sheikha Moza said. strange in our civilisation.” countries. “If we diagnose the problem more In the era of globalisation, nations The forum has brought together accurately, then the treatment will not are left with two options -- either be more than 300 professors, researchers be difficult,” she said, stressing the part of globalisation in the way the and teachers from around the region. need for boosting willingness among globalising forces want or to co-exist It seeks to raise awareness and elites and the public at legislative, edu- with globalisation maintaining our promote children’s acquisition of Ara- cational, cultural and media levels to identity and language, she added. bic language and explore the factors protect the Arabic language. In his opening address, Dr affecting their linguistic learning Sheikha Moza said cultural and Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Turki Al abilities. linguistic self-harmony makes a per- Subaie, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Discussions will focus on the need son normal and productive, but if that World Organisation for Renaissance to promote Arabic media content on the harmony is missing, identity disorders of Arabic Language (WORAL), said the proper use of the language and engage will reflect negatively on patterns of Arabic language remains an integral parents as active agents in their chil- behaviour and stimulate a tendency part of the world civilisation through dren’s education and development. HOME THURSDAY 21 JANUARY 2016 03 Premier meets French official Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met French National Gendarmerie Director-General Denis Favier and his delegation.

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