ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 3 Business | 17 Sport | 25 Citizens have come Qatar Islamic Bank Hashim Amla and Faf du out against the poor (QIB) has announced Plessis hit centuries, as performance of call centres the opening of its new South Africa showcase at government hospitals headquarters in the their prowess with a 201- and primary health centres. United Kingdom. run rout of Ireland. WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2015 • 13 Jumada I 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6359 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 CMC election: GCC states agree on joint Sports Day DOHA: The GCC countries have agreed to initiate a com- bined Sports Day across the 42 candidates region, it emerged yesterday. Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Secretary-General Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announced this during file papers a press conference in the pres- ence of GCC Assistant Secretary General Abdullah bin Juma Al Nominations to close on March 11 Shibli and GCC Environment Supreme Council Chairman Dr DOHA: Forty-two citizens The candidate should file the Adel Al Zayani. The proposal including a woman filed their nomination at the respective con- for a combined Sports Day was nominations for the forthcom- stituency by filling in a form and floated by QOC, it was confirmed ing Central Municipal Council presenting the ID and other sup- yesterday. (CMC) elections on the first day portive documents. The nominee According to QOC, the proposal of registration. will receive a registration slip has been initiated for the promo- Nomination of candidates in when the person hands over the tion of sports and healthy lifestyle the 29 constituencies started papers to the supervising com- among the millions of young kids yesterday. Elections to the fifth mittee. The candidate should have across the region. It is accepted session of CMC are scheduled to permanent residency status in by the presidents and heads be held in May. The Muaither the constituency concerned. of the GCC National Olympic constituency received the high- The candidate must not have Committees (NOCs) yesterday. Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary-General Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (third right), with other est number of nominations –five- been involved in any crimes. The GCC Sports Day will GCC National Olympic Committee officials during a two-day meeting in Doha yesterday. followed by Bu Sidra where four The person must be literate and be celebrated on the second citizens applied. The remaining should know reading and writing. Saturday of February every year. constituencies saw two to three He/she must be competent and It may be recalled that on hosted. The NOC representa- witnessed the large-scale mass implement it at the regional level. nominations, Al Sharq reports. honest and should not be a mem- every Tuesday in February the tives of the Gulf countries were participation. Encouraged by the Continued on page 6 The first woman nominee was ber of the police or armed forces. Qatar National Sport Day is present in Qatar last month and success, the officials decided to THE PENINSULA in the Mamoura constituency. Col Abdul Rahman Majid Seven constituencies didn’t receive Al Sulaiti, a member of the any nomination on the first day. Supervising committee said, the Jassim Al Malki, CMC’s incum- preliminary list of candidates will bent vice chairman and chairman be announced on March 17. The of its services public facilities com- committee will receive complaints QPMC to buy quarries to meet demand mittee filed his nomination in Al and grievances from the public Markhiya constituency. regarding the candidates from BY SATISH KANADY told The Peninsula yesterday. creating an efficient water truck-loads per day. Nomination will continue for March 17 to March 25. The final Sea logistic supply chain is transportation system for QPMC also focus on provid- one week to close on March 11. list will be announced on April 8. DOHA: Qatar Primary another key issue for us. With goods will take the pressure ing efficient port service at the Aspiring candidates may file their Col Abdullah Khalifa Al Materials Company (QPMC), the demand picking up, the sup- off the roads to some degrees, Gabbro berths and develop them nominations from 4pm to 7pm Mufatah, head of the media com- the country’s leading provider ply chain is likely to experience he added. for handling larger import vol- throughout the week, except on mittee urged the competent citi- of primary construction mate- heavy pressure. With the demand picking up, umes of materials. Friday and Saturday, the super- zens to nominate themselves for rials or aggregate, is looking to Currently, there are few com- the level of aggregate prices is also Earlier in the day, address- vising committee for the elections the elections. He said the election acquire quarries in UAE and panies which own barges to going up. The freight on board ing the 18th Gulf Engineering at the Ministry of Interior said campaign will start after announc- Oman to meet growing demand ferry aggregates. We are look- (FOB) price of aggregates has Forum, Navjot said:“We aim to yesterday. The ministry said the ing the final candidates list and will for construction materials. ing to buy something 12 to 15 jumped from QR24 per tonne to deliver the capability to design, nominees should comply with the continue until the date of voting. The company is also set to own barges and tugs soon. QPMC is QR33 per tonne in a year. QPMC develop and operate jetties at terms and conditions mentioned in The election date will be announced over a dozen barges and tugs to committed to delivering com- needs to intervene to stabilise the developers’ request for govern- the election law. through an Emiri decree. To start ensure a smooth supply chain, prehensive solutions for the market. We are creating a stra- ment projects. We also store a election campaign, the candidates foreseeing a possible pressure transport, storage and delivery tegic stockpile of aggregates. Our strategic stockpile of aggregates are required to take official permis- on aggregate distribution going of key primary materials in the vision is not limited to World Cup for the government in Mesaieed INSIDE sion from the media committee and forward. country, he said. 20222, but beyond that. and deliver washed sand which the public relations department “Qatar‘s long-term demand for “Material availability, consist- QPMC produces washed will regulate the market for dune Page 9 of the Ministry of Interior. Once aggregate is projected to 30 mil- ent logical pricing and efficient sand and regulates sale of dune sand in Qatar”. Emir’s US visit should the permission is granted, they lion tonnes per year. The demand supply chain management is the sand in Qatar and this is avail- “QPMC meets the country’s should get another approval from for primary materials is set to key to the solution. This can only able for sale in the local market. largest requirements for washed silence Qatar’s critics the municipality in which their pick up in the coming years. We be achieved through creating Currently, QPMC plant provides sand and we seek to increase By Dr Mohammed constituency is located to practice need to make sure the supply state owned assets across the sup- 1000 tonnes of washed sand per our stockpile of sand and aggre- Saleh Al Misfer different forms of campaigning. chain is not hit. We are in the ply chain for about 40 percent of hour with an annual production gate. We stand for quality, reli- The supervising committee process of acquiring both gab- the countries’ long term consist- and sales capacity of 6/0 million ability and efficiency “, its Workers, real estate has started distributing voters bro and limestone quarries in ent needs of primary materials.” tonnes along with strategic stock Chief Executive Officer, Eisa Al firms fleecing citizens ID cards by post. UAE and Oman”, Navjot Singh, An efficient use of the sea of 1.0 million and unlimited supply Hammadi said. By Moza Abdel Aziz THE PENINSULA QPMC Director of Operations around Qatar peninsula and capacity of sand dune with 1,200 THE PENINSULA Alishaq Obama snubs Netanyahu speech New Yorkers spend 60pc on rent NEW YORK: Rent will gobble up nearly 60 percent of New Yorkers’ income in 2015 with the median cost of an apartment to rise to WASHINGTON: US President $2,700 a month, a real-estate website said. Barack Obama said there was Rent prices in the city grew at nearly twice the pace of income “nothing new” in Benjamin between 2000 and 2013, estimated StreetEasy, meaning that rent has Netanyahu’s controversial taken up an increasingly larger share of New Yorkers’ incomes. speech to Congress yester- The website estimated that the median asking rent in New York day, insisting the Israeli Prime is expected to reach $2,700 in 2015, amounting to a staggering 58.4 Minister did not offer a better percent of median income in the city. option than negotiations. Brooklyn was the borough with the greatest rent burden and where a Netanyahu “did not offer any typical new renter will spend 60 percent of their income on rent in 2015. viable alternatives,” Obama said That was followed by 52 percent in the Bronx, 49 percent in speaking from the Oval Office. Manhattan, 41 percent in Queens and 30 percent on Staten Island, Netanyahu earlier, before an the website said. impassioned joint meeting of In some neighborhoods the rent-to-income ratio is predicted to be Congress, pilloried talks with even higher: a staggering 107 percent in Manhattan’s Chinatown with Iran, which if successful would be a median rent of $2,485 and 86 percent in Williamsburg, the uber cool a key plank of Obama’s foreign part of Brooklyn with spectacular views across the river to Manhattan.