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Page 01 March 12.Indd ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Wednesday 12 March 2014 11 Jumadal I 1435 - Volume 19 Number 5601 Price: QR2 QIIB explores Barshim thrilled overseas with medal investments in Poland Business | 17 Sport | 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar, Bulgaria sign pacts Road safety Citizens evading made part national service of school curriculum will not get jobs DOHA: Qatar yesterday launched a new curriculum to teach road safety in Independent schools. Violators face jail term, fines Director General of Public Security Staff Major General DOHA: Citizens failing present a fake person for medi- Saad bin Jassim Al Khulaifi to undergo the mandatory cal check-up will face jail for not launched the ‘road safety educa- national service will not be eli- less than one month and not more tional curriculum’ at a function gible for jobs in the government than one year and a fine not more at Al Rahsad Ideal Independent and non-government sectors, as than QR20,000 or both. School for Boys. per a law regulating the service Anyone who deliberately causes The curriculum was launched issued yesterday. injuries or other serious ailments as result of a joint initiative by the They will also be not eligible for in his body to skip the service and The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received the Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev at the National Road Safety Committee a licence to do any business and will those who help or facilitate some- Emiri Diwan yesterday. The Emir and the Bulgarian leader witnessed the signing of a twin cities agreement and the Supreme Education not be registered in the job-seekers one to escape from the service will between Doha and Sofia and MoUs on cooperation in diplomatic training and news exchange. Council, said Al Khulaifi. list unless exempted from the serv- also face similar punishment. It include topics to raise aware- ice. The service is mandatory for all Those who delay joining the ness among children not only citizens aged 18 to 35 years. service until he crosses 35 will about traffic safety, but also other The Emir H H Sheikh Tamin face jail for not more than one issues related to general safety as bin Hamad Al Thani issued law year and a fine of not more than well as the danger of drugs, he No. 5 of 2014 on national service QR50,000 or both. Those failing Stiff penalties for violations said speaking to reporters. yesterday. to report for the service in one The ‘road safety educational The Ministry of Interior and month (if he is in Qatar) or in two curriculum’ will be introduced the Supreme Council of Heath months (if he is abroad) will face at Independent schools as part of (and other authorities concerned) jail for not more than one month the 30th GCC Traffic Week which should inform the Ministry of and QR5,000 fine or both. of new real estate law is held under the theme, ‘Your Defence during the first half of The general commander at the Safety Is Our Goal.’ every year the names of the Qatari Ministry of Defence or his repre- DOHA: Real estate develop- of not more than QR200,000 will Each real estate project should Brigadier Mohammed Saad males who have completed 18 sentatives can assign the candi- ers and builders will face stiff be imposed on any real estate have an independent bank account Al Kharji, Director of Traffic years. Accordingly, the Ministry dates if necessary to spend all of penalties for violating norms, developer who does not start the and if the developer is running Department, who is also the of Defence will inform the eligible the national service period or part according to a new law issued project within six months of get- more than one project, it should Deputy Chairman of the National citizens to report within 60 days of it in performing jobs and duties yesterday. ting the approval without accept- have an account for each one. Road Safety Committee, said to the authority concerned. related to the general develop- According to the law, a builder able reasons. The developer could Withdrawal of any amount from that the curriculum would help The date of birth as per docu- ment goals of the country. But this who fails to hand over units to buy- even lose his licence. the account should be with the younger generation to be safe on ments of the Ministry of Interior requires a decision from the Cabinet ers within the deadline mentioned It is not allowed for anyone to agreement of both parties — the roads and prevent accidents. and the Supreme Council of and the Chief of Staff should issue in the agreement without justifi- operate in the real estate sector bank and the developer. “I am confident that we will Health (SCH) will be taken as the implementation rules. able reasons, or if the sold units do without licence from the depart- In case the completion of a have a generation well informed the basis for determining age. For The period of the national serv- not fulfil the technical standards ment concerned. project is delayed due to some and aware of the traffic rules and those who don’t have the docu- ice can be extended as follows: Not mentioned in the contract, will be The law says that if a developer emergency, the bank, in coordi- safety. ments, the SCH should produce more than one month for those subject to one year jail or a fine not wants to sell units on paper (pre- nation with the concerned body, “High speed and cutting off the document related to age. who delay joining the service as more than QR50,000, or both. The launch sale), he must get approval will have the right to take the the road are causing many traf- No citizen is allowed to stay in punishment, and not more than same punishment will be applicable from the authorities concerned. required measures to protect the fic accidents that lead to deaths.” his job or run a business after two months for those who didn’t to anyone who sells real estate units If anyone signs a contract to buy rights of buyers/investors. Brigadier Mohammed Abdullah being called for the national respond to the call to do national showing fake designs or anyone who real estate unit on paper, the pay- Sale advertisements or par- Al Maliki, the Secretary of service unless he is exempted/ service within the deadline. The receives loans without approval ment should be made through the ticipation in exhibitions need National Road Safety Committee pardoned/ or given an extension general commander can further from the authorities concerned. bank and direct payment by cash approval from the authorities further explained the curriculum of the deadline. extend the period in case of vio- The Emir H H Sheikh Tamin will be not be considered. and developers must furnish the was launched as part of the their The law stipulates stiff pun- lating the national service law, to bin Hamad Al Thani issued yes- Also, the developer should commercial name, address, details collaboration with national insti- ishments for those who try to a maximum two months for each terday the Law No 6 2014 for apply to the Ministry of Justice of the project, the prices for each tutions to create awareness about skip or delay the service. Those violation. THE PENINSULA regulating the real estate sector. (MoJ) to register the real estate type of units and mode of payment. road safety. who present fake documents or Continued on page 6 The law stipulates that a fine units. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Atletico Madrid thump AC Milan Libyan parliament Missing jet flown back sacks premier TRIPOLI: Libya’s parlia- ment voted Prime Minister Ali over Malay peninsula Zeidan out of office yesterday after rebels humiliated the gov- LONDON: The mystery of the Kota Bharu (on the east coast) ernment by loading crude on missing Malaysia Airlines air- and took a lower altitude. It made a tanker that fled from naval craft deepened yesterday, as it into the Malacca Strait.” Pilots forces, officials said, in a sign a senior military official sug- are supposed to inform their air- of the worsening chaos in the gested it had not only turned lines and air traffic control if they Opec member state. around but flown back across change course. MH370 never did Libyan gunboats later chased the Malay peninsula. so; nor did it issue a distress call. the tanker along Libya’s eastern Flight MH370 was bound for It is unclear why the west Mediterranean coast and opened Beijing when it vanished in the coast contact, if correct, was not fire, damaging it, a military early hours of Saturday morning made public until now. Asked on spokesman said. Italian naval ships with 239 people on board. Until Monday why crews were search- were helping move the tanker to yesterday, the last known con- ing the strait, the country’s civil a Libyan government-controlled tact with the flight was thought aviation chief Azharuddin Abdul port, he said. But Italy denied any to be around 1.20am — 40 min- Rahman told reporters: “There of its vessels were in the area at utes after take-off from Kuala are some things that I can tell the time. Lumpur — after the plane had you and some things that I can’t.” REUTERS Atletico Madrid’s forward Diego da Silva Costa jumps to score during the Uefa Champions League quarter- crossed Malaysia’s east coast and THE GUARDIAN See also page 7 finals second leg football match against AC Milan at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid yesterday.
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