ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 5 Business | 17 Sport | 27 Breast cancer Gulf should Qatar League: rates higher in adjust to new Lekhwiya eager women in 43-52 oil price reality, to regain lost age group. says IMF. ground. THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 2015 • 9 Muharram 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6591 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 PM meets GCC health ministers New batch 500-bed hospital of Qatari aid sent to Yemen DOHA: At the directives of Emir planned in Al Khor H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, an aircraft loaded with new batch of Qatari aid left Doha yesterday for Yemen to help alle- QR3.6bn project will start by mid-2017 viate suffering of the people and provide them with basic needs, By Sanaullah Ataullah public parks since there is only one park including relief materials, medi- for the past 40 years. cal supplies and foodstuffs. The DOHA: A new hospital, which will have People also demanded that street lights, Qatari air bridge has resumed 500 beds and an emergency centre, is interlocks for roads and beautification of its activities by sending this planned to be built in Al Khor at a cost Al Khor city be provided. Residents said relief aircraft accompanied by of whopping QR3.6bn ($1bn). they are not happy with performance of Lekhwiya to Socotra Airport. The Public Works Authority (Ash- contracting companies making delays in Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with Picture on page 3 ghal) will be handling the project. The executing projects. the GCC Ministers of Health, who called on the PM to greet him on the occasion of their proposed hospital is slated to begin by Responding to the demands of resi- second ministerial meeting in Doha. mid-2017. dents, Ashghal officials assured them to Lebanon fails again The “New Al Khor Hospital” will have wait as all their demands will be fulfilled 500 beds, several operation theaters, an since they are busy implementing several to elect president emergency unit and Out-Patient Depart- key projects and priorities are being given ments (OPD) among other facilities. as per the urgency of the project. BEIRUT: The Lebanese parlia- Details about the project was disclosed The officials said that a strict mecha- World Export Forum ment failed yesterday for the 30th at a community event organised by Ash- nism is being enforced to follow up on the consecutive time to elect a new ghal in coordination with the Ministry progress of the projects. Representatives president due to lack of constitu- of Municipality and Urban Planning from Ashghal visit project sites regularly tionally required quorum. Speaker and members of the Central Municipal and submit reports every week. Severe brings $80m business Nabih Berri called for a new elec- Council (CMC) at Al Khor Sports Club action will be taken against companies toral session on November 11. A By Sachin Kumar yesterday. lagging behind schedule. All projects will tor, International Trade opment. The next WEDF total of 49 lawmakers attended The event was held for Ashghal to be delivered on time. Centre at a press confer- will be held in Sri Lanka, yesterday’s session, while 86 MPs interact with residents of Al Khor and Ashghal has also announced some new DOHA: The World Export ence. announced Gonzalez. are needed for the elections to be Al Thakhira and their representatives in projects apart from new Al Khor hospi- Development Forum “The prospective deals “The theme of this WEDF held. Lebanon has been without a the CMC to and introduce development tal. A new health centre costing QR230m (WEDF) 2015 has gener- cut across sectors, from bot- was ‘Innovate, Invest and president since May 2014. projects planned for their localities. will be built in Al Khor. The project is ated business deals worth tled water and juice produc- Internationalise’. Compa- QNA The purpose of the meeting was also to expected to start by first quarter (Q1) $80m of which around half tion to distribution services. nies, especially small and get feedback from the people. next year. Another project is to build three of the intents were signed Five trade promotion organ- medium-sized enterprises The event was attended by Hamad Lah- mosques. The project costs QR17m and by Qatari companies. The isations — from Georgia, (SME), need to be able to dan Al Muhannadi, Vice Chairman of the expected to begin from Q1 next year. two-day forum, concluded Bangladesh, Nigeria, Viet- do all three if they are to be CMC, Naser Al Muhannadi, CMC mem- Achievements of some ongoing key yesterday at Sheraton Doha, nam and Egypt — signed the backbone of sustainable, ber, Abdullah Al Ajmai, Head of Building projects were also reported in the saw participation of 700 del- agreements of cooperation productive, and competitive Projects Section at Ashghal with several meeting. Some 40 percent work on the egates from 92 countries. in export development,” she economies,” she said. other officials, and representatives of con- aquatic and fisheries research centre “Over 700 of us have added. “This is one reason the tracting companies and residents. that is being built in Ras Matbakh has talked business. And we The forum was organ- B2B deals struck here are RESULTS In a marathon three-hour meeting, been completed. have done business. The ised by Qatar Development so important — operating PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (FRA) 0 Qataris living in Al Khor and Al Thakhira The research centre, which will com- incredibly productive B2B Bank (QDB) in coopera- across borders helps com- REAL MADRID (ESP) 0 aired their woes demanding more services prise big fish and prawn hatcheries, is (business-to-business) ses- tion with the International panies learn new ways to and development projects there. expected to be completed by Q3 next sions have yielded around Trade Centre, a subsidi- innovate and become more CSKA MOSCOW (RUS) 1 Their demands include development of year. The project began last year. 90 declarations of intent to ary of the World Trade productive,” she added. MANCHESTER UNITED (ENG) 1 internal roads, more lanes for main roads Continued on page 5 do business worth a total Organisation (WTO) and Continued on page 4 MANCHESTER CITY (ENG) 2 to ease traffic flow, especially during peak of $80m,” said Arancha the United Nations Confer- hours. They also demanded to build more THE PENINSULA Gonzalez, Executive Direc- ence on Trade and Devel- THE PENINSULA SEVILLA (ESP) 1 THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Ministry reminds More aid for Yemen Muslims to fast Farms committee’s on Ashura DOHA: The Ministry of Awqaf powers amended and Islamic Affairs has reminded Muslims of fasting the day of Ashura, the 10th day of Muhar- ram in pursuance of the Sunna Cabinet nod to changes in decree (sayings and deeds) of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). The Cres- DOHA: Prime Minister and Interior Commerce, amending some provisions of cent Sighting Committee at the Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Resolution No. 47 of 2005 fixing fees for ministry has announced that bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday chaired services offered by the ministry. Thursday corresponding to the Cabinet’s regular weekly meeting at It also endorsed the sixth executive pro- October 15, 2015 is the first day the Emiri Diwan. gramme for the cultural and educational of Muharram 1437 and Satur- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of cooperation agreement between Qatar and day, October 24, will be the day State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Oman for the academic year 2015-2016, of Ashura. In a statement, the Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud said the 2016-2017, 2017-2018. An aircraft is loaded with a new consignment of Qatari aid for Yemen yesterday. ministry said fasting on this day meeting reviewed topics on the agenda The Cabinet took measures to ratify is advisable. According to the and took decisions and measures, Qatar the amended Unified Agreement for the Holy Companion Ibn ‘Abbas, News Agency reports. Investment of Arab Capitals in the Arab Radi-Allahu anhu, the Holy The Cabinet approved a draft decision States. No equivalency certificates Prophet, when migrated to Madi- of the Council of Ministers amending It approved the hosting of World Tel- nah, found that the Jews there some provisions of Decree No. 21 of 1995 ecommunication/ICT Indicators Sympo- used to fast on the 10th day of on the establishment of a standing com- sium of International Telecommunication Muharram. They said it was the mittee of farms and wells and the organi- Union in Doha from November 22 to 24, for off-campus degrees day on which the Holy Prophet sation of farmers’ affairs. 2016. Musa (PBUH) and his followers The amendment ends the commit- The Cabinet took decisions after review- DOHA: No equivalency certificate will be The Cabinet decision was preceded by crossed the Red Sea miraculously tee’s jurisdiction to consider applications ing a memorandum by the Minister of issued for degree certificates obtained by an SEC decision on non-recognition of any and the Pharaoh was drowned in for drilling, maintaining or deepening Administrative Development on results citizens and expatriates from international qualification obtained from open universi- its waters. On hearing this, the of groundwater wells, after it has been of coordination and consultation with the universities through off-campus affiliation ties, universities without walls, universities Holy Prophet (PBUH) said, “We assigned to Qatar General Electricity and Minister of Development Planning and Sta- system, the Supreme Education Council without campuses and distance learning. are more closely rotated to Musa Water Corporation (Kahramaa).