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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Tuesday 24 September 2013 18 Dhul-qa’da 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5832 Price: QR2 Surface Pro 2 Martino not tablet unveiled bothered by by Microsoft style debate Business | 17 Sport | 27 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Kenyan troops in control Emir arrives Price display in New York NEW YORK: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in New York compulsory yesterday to take part in the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Emir is accompanied by an official delegation during for eateries the visit. QNA Crackdown on erring outlets Retirement DOHA: The authorities have others are charged higher. The launched a crackdown on eater- absence of an approved list made ies that fail to display their it easier for them to manipulate age of Qataris prices prominently at their the prices. premises. “We have been asked to display may be raised Eateries that fail to comply the prices both in Arabic and with the declared prices will face English and most restaurants DOHA: A new law in the mak- stern action, including hefty fines. are now doing it for fear of hefty ing aims to fix the retirement The Consumer Protection fines,” said an expatriate running age for Qatari men at 67 and Department (CPD) at the an eatery in the Najma area. allow Qatari women to work Ministry of Economy and The Ministry action is consid- until 62, according to Al Sharq. Commerce has started collecting ered to be the first step towards The current retirement age the price lists of all eateries for controlling the prices of eater- Police officers and members of the media take cover at a distance from the Westgate Shopping Centre after for Qataris is 60 and the law only reference and comparison. ies. The CPD inspectors are now continuous gunfire was heard from the mall in Nairobi yesterday. Thick smoke poured from the besieged mall applies to those employed in the The Department recently made busy collecting the price lists of where Kenyan officials said their forces were closing in on Islamists holding hostages. Report on page 10 government sector. it mandatory for all eateries to all eateries, which they can use The new law, which the Arabic prepare a price list and display it as a reference while investigating daily has called ‘more flexible’, prominently at their entrance for complaints related to prices. will also enable those working in information of the public. The Ministry of Municipality the semi-government sector to be The Department swung into and Urban Planning has already New president for Qatar Foundation eligible for monthly pensions. action after repeated com- imposed strict health and safety It will count the training period plaints about the lack of moni- regulations for eateries and now of employees in the years accumu- toring of restaurants, especially the CPD has stepped in to moni- DOHA: H H Sheikha Moza bint lated for pension. their prices. Only some leading tor the prices. Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Qataris will have to be employed fast food outlets and major res- The CPD, in the past, had Foundation for Education, Science for a minimum of 20 years to be taurants had been following the intervened to regulate the prices and Community Development eligible for benefits. practice of issuing a menu card at fruits and vegetable shops as (QF), has announced the The minimum pension for to the customers. well as supermarkets and hyper- appointment of Engineer Saad Al Qatari men and women has been In the absence of an approved markets. Fruits and vegetable Muhannadi as its new President set at QR10,000. list, customers had no way to shops are required to abide by and Rashid Al Naimi as CEO of The dependents of those who know the prices in advance and a daily price list issued by the Qatar Foundation Investments, die in service will receive a mini- ensure they are not charged Department, which is also issu- as the organisation moves for- mum pension of QR4,000. more. There have been complaints ing a comparative price list of all ward in its mission to unlock The draft law stipulates a fine about discrepancies in the prices leading hypermarkets. human potential. of QR50,000 to QR100,000 and of some eateries, especially those Eateries had largely been Sheikha Moza said: “In jail term of one to three years for catering to different expatriate spared such measures and the Engineer Saad Al Muhannadi we those who produce false informa- communities. new move is interpreted to be the could not wish for a more capable tion to benefit from the pension They allegedly charge their reg- first step towards more stringent president to continue advancing system. THE PENINSULA ular customers lower prices while regulations. THE PENINSULA our mission. As one of the found- Engineer Saad Al Muhannadi and (RIGHT) Rashid Al Naimi ing members of QF, he is steeped in the esteemed traditions of our organisation. development of the organisation’s role of CEO of Qatar Foundation Saudi to build 16 FIFA to discuss 2022 timing in October “It is now 18 years since QF infrastructure, and I have the Investments. Throughout his was founded. From humble begin- utmost confidence in his ability to career, including his most recent N-reactors by 2030 ZURICH: FIFA has confirmed that it will discuss the timing nings it has grown to become provide the necessary leadership position as QF’s Vice President of of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at its next executive commit- the world-class institution that as QF continues its exciting mis- Administration, he has demon- JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia plans tee meeting. The agenda for the meeting on October 3 and 4, we see today, spearheading the sion to unlock human potential. strated that he is a natural leader. to build 16 nuclear reactors by published yesterday, included the item “FIFA World Cup Qatar, nation’s efforts on our journey “I would like to extend my very I have every confidence that he 2030 with 17 gigawatts capacity period of the competition.” FIFA President Sepp Blatter had towards a knowledge economy. best wishes to our new president will be a great success in his new at a cost of around $100bn. The promised in July that he would put the proposal to the executive Engineer Al Muhannadi has been in his new role. At the same time, position, and I wish him the very plants will take nine to 11 years committee at its next meeting. REUTERS with us throughout this incred- I am delighted that Rashid Al best.” THE PENINSULA to complete and the first will ible journey, leading the ongoing Naimi will be taking up the key Continued on page 5 start operations by 2020. QNA Iran takes charm Lekhwiya wins offensive to UN Brotherhood banned UNITED NATIONS: Iran’s new gov- CAIRO: An Egyptian court The ruling did not specifi- ernment took its diplomatic charm offen- yesterday banned deposed cally mention the Brotherhood’s sive to the United Nations yesterday and President Mohammed Mursi’s political wing, the Freedom and agreed to new talks with six world pow- Muslim Brotherhood and Justice Party. ers - including the US - on its nuclear ordered its funds seized, a crip- But the state news agency programme during this week’s gathering pling strike in the campaign to quoted Freedom and Justice of world leaders in New York. crush the Islamist movement. Party spokesman Hamza Zawbaa That meeting with Iran’s new Foreign The case was brought by a as saying the party rejected the Minister Mohammad Zarif will involve US lawyer from the leftist Tagammu ruling and would appeal. Secretary of State John Kerry, which is party on the grounds of protect- “What is happening to the highly unusual given that the US has not ing Egyptians from violence. Brotherhood translates to a maintained diplomatic relations with Iran It was not stated if he was return of the police state after since 1980. acting at the instigation of the having removed it through the The announcement of the planned talks, army-backed government, which January 25 revolution,” he said, after a meeting between EU foreign policy has launched one of the fiercest describing the revolt that toppled chief Catherine Ashton and Zarif, raised crackdowns against the group in autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011. hopes that the annual United Nations decades. The movement has seen hun- General Assembly could bring a thaw in “The court bans the activi- dreds of its members killed and relations between arch-enemies Iran and ties of the Muslim Brotherhood thousands arrested since the the US. organisation and its non-gov- army overthrew Mursi in July. Ashton said Zarif would join the five ernmental organisation and all The ruling may force the permanent members of the UN Security the activities that it partici- Brotherhood to go underground, Council and Germany at a meeting that pates in and any organisation especially as public support for it has been scheduled for Thursday to discuss derived from it,” presiding Judge has dropped. the Iranian nuclear programme, which is at Mohammed Al Sayed said in a The court’s decision also the heart of tensions between Tehran and ruling. raises the possibility that some the West. The West believes Iran has been He also ordered the govern- Brotherhood members will lose trying to develop nuclear weapons and is A Lekhwiya parachutist in action at the paragliding championship held in Bologna, Italy, last week.