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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 22 SPORT | 36 Rajan wants global Uzma reigns rules of conduct supreme at for central banks Doha Golf Club SUNDAY 13 MARCH 2016 • 4 Jumada II 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6734 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Winning leap Emir receives call Al Kuwari slams from Kuwait Emir DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received last destruction of evening a telephone call from Emir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah. heritage sites Emir congratulates Mauritius President DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Emir’s Cultural bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to the Advisor says pained President of Mauritius, Ameenah by Homs, Palmyra, Gurib-Fakim, on her country’s Aleppo, Mosul National Day, reports QNA. Dep- uty Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin and Nimrod. Hamad Al Thani sent a similar cable to the President of Mauritius. The Peninsula Emir sends message Action from the second leg of the QNB Doha Tour at the Main Arena of the Qatar Equestrian Federation to French President (QEF) in Al Rayyan yesterday. Qatari rider Faleh Suwead Al Ajami guided Armstrong Van De Kapel DOHA: H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz to victory in the second leg while Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah Alsharbatly finished second followed by PARIS: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Al Kuwari (pictured), Cultural Advi- affects mostly the Middle Eastern Qatar’s Ali Youseff Al Rumaihi. → See also page 29 bin Hamad Al Thani has sent a sor to Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin and Arab regions. written message to French Pres- Hamad Al Thani, condemned the “Symbolic sites that are a record ident Francois Hollande. destruction of world heritage sites of human history have been devas- The message was delivered in conflict zones as he addressed tated by the forces of darkness, sites by Qatar’s Ambassador to France a dinner hosted yesterday for “The such as Timbuktu, Bamiyan and Sheikh Mishaal bin Hamad Al New York Times Art for Tomorrow” Palmyra. These nefarious, misguided Special portal for expat workers Thani, during a meeting with Hol- conference. forces strived to erase these treas- lande’s advisor for North Africa “The heritage of humanity is ures from our consciousness and and the Middle East, David Cvach, integral for all of us and any dam- from our global map, even though The Peninsula Communications, which has till now Affairs and several other ministries at the Elysee Palace, reports QNA. age that occurs thereto affects as they represent a memory chosen by provided free internet connection to and government bodies concerned well the entire history of human- Unesco to be inscribed on its List of over 50,000 expatriate workers at with providing services to the expa- ity. I feel a remorseful, direct pain World Heritage Sites. their homes. triate workforce. Emir receives call when I see the world’s great herit- I was infuriated like many of DOHA: Qatar has launched a special The new portlet, “Hukoomi for The portal was launched at an age sites, among which I lived and my fellow human beings by these portal to make it easier for expatriate Migrant Workers” will be available in event on Thursday which saw the from John Kerry which I constantly visited, now criminal violations, which began workers to access government serv- five languages: Arabic, English, Hindi, Minister of Transport and Communi- being destroyed. This destruction occurring in 2011 in the valleys of ices and information. The portal is Nepalese and Tagalog. cations, H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti is still ongoing in Homs, Aleppo, Afghanistan where wonderful ruins part of the e-government website The multilingual portal is the opening a new ICT facility at Doha DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Palmyra, Mosul and Nimrod,” said and artworks disappeared from the Hukoomi. result of collaboration between the Metro compound where Qatar Rail bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday Dr Al Kuwari. record of humanity.” The move complements the Ministry of Transport and Commu- labourers live. received a telephone call from US He called the attacks a threat Better Connections Programme nication, Ministry of Administrative Secretary of State John Kerry. They to the heritage of humanity which → Continued on page 2 of the Ministry of Transport and Development, Labour and Social → Continued on page 8 discussed bilateral relations. Recreation Battle for Taiz Over a third of LPG metal drives up February cylinders phased out inflation By Mohammad Shoeb and their sales remained in the range The Peninsula of 5.15 million cylinders compared to 5.12 million in 2014. The Peninsula Therefore, Woqod is planning to launch a new strategy to replace DOHA: Qatar Fuel (Woqod), the them with Shafaf ones. DOHA: Consumer prices rose 3.3 main retailer of energy products The strategy is expected to be percent in the country year-on- including cooking gas cylinders in applied gradually and with flexibil- year last February, and in just a the country, has phased out over ity so as not to cause confusion in the month—as compared to January— a third of metal gas cylinders with local market. Under the new plan, inflation was up 0.6 percent. Shafaf — a transparent plastic gas more incentives are to be granted Increasing cost of recreation cylinder considered safer and explo- to customers. and culture, education, housing sion proof, a senior official of the Woqod earlier raised the com- rent, water and electricity were the company has revealed. “Currently, pensation from QR50 to QR100 to main drivers of yearly inflation. there are about 650,000 LPG (liq- swap metal cylinders with Shafaf. Data released by the Minis- uefied petroleum gas) cylinders in The swap promotion is still running. try of Development Planning and circulation in the market, of that The year 2015 witnessed a fair Statistics yesterday reflect that the 250,000 are Shafaf… Over the last growth in LPG sales exceeding 9.6 yearly price rise in the cost of rec- three years we have already replaced percent compared to 2014, with total reation was a high of 9.4 percent. one-third of the total cylinders,” a sales rising to 122,165 tonnes (includ- The cost of education went up senior spokesperson at Woqod told ing LPG sales in bulk) compared to by 7.1 percent year-on-year while Yemeni tribesmen from the Popular Resistance Committees, supporting forces loyal to Yemen’s The Peninsula. 111,497 tonnes during the previous rent, water and electricity and gas President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, during clashes with Houthi rebels in the central city of Taiz. Troops “We are trying our best to phase year, according to Company’s annual became 5.7 percent costlier. loyal to Yemen’s Saudi-backed government were close to retaking the third largest city yesterday. out all the remaining metal cylin- report. Transport and furniture → See also page 9 ders with Shafaf cylinders which is “The sales figures of February and household equipment also expected to be completed within two suggest the same pattern as com- became expensive as their prices to three years,” he added, request- pared to previous months. People are rose by 2.1 percent and 1.7 percent, ing anonymity. coming and replacing metal cylin- respectively. The Shafaf LPG cylinders are ders with Shafaf taking advantage There were marginal increases available in 12kg and 6kg variants. of the QR100 discount which we in the prices of restaurants and Jump in number of organ transplants The sales of 12kg transparent cylin- are offering as part of our promo- hotels (0.9 percent), miscellaneous ders in 2015 rose by over 44 percent tion campaign to use safer, lighter goods and services (0.4 percent) to about 1.9 million compared to and more user-friendly cylinders”, and communications (0.2 percent). By Fazeena Saleem the waiting time for patients, accord- dialysis patients. This is in addition previous year. While the sales of said the spokesperson. Food and beverages, on the The Peninsula ing to a senior official at the Fahad to a total of 140 end stage kidney dis- 6kg units increased by 21.6 percent He also said that Woqod has a other hand, became cheaper by Bin Jassim Kidney Centre of the ease patients (pre-dialysis stage). to 45,000 cylinders, compared to stock of few hundred thousands of 1.3 percent, healthcare by 0.3 per- Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC). In 2015, the centre performed 37,000 for 2014. transparent cylinders and trying to cent, clothing and footwear by 0.1 DOHA: The number of organ trans- Currently, the centre treats a 19 kidney transplants and six liver Despite intensive efforts to convince the customers about the percent. plants — mostly of kidney — in Qatar total of 712 patients. It includes 360 transplants, a jump from previous replace metal gas cylinders with benefits of switching over to Shafaf. has gone up significantly last year, hemodialysis patients, 200 perito- years. Shafaf, the metal cylinders did not → Continued on page 7 although it didn’t have an impact on neal dialysis patients and 12 home → Continued on page 7 record a significant drop during 2015 → Continued on page 7 02 SUNDAY 13 MARCH 2016 HOME Greeting cables sent to Mauritius QNA DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congrat- ulations to Mauritius President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim on her country’s National Day. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent a similar cable to President Gurib-Fakim. 3 new mosques ready: Ministry DOHA: The Ministry of Endow- ments and Islamic Affairs (Awqaf) has announced that three new mosques in Al Wakrah, Hazm Al Markhiya and Umm Al Idham are ready as part of its plans to dou- ble the number of mosques to keep H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, Cultural Adviser to H H the Emir, with officials at the event.