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Page 01 Feb 08.Indd www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 29 QP and Chevron Qatar eyes in exploration World Tour slot deal in Morocco from next year MONDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2016 • 29 Rabia II 1437 • Volume 20 • Number 6700 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar More private Emir sends message to Saudi King centres provide MoI services who opt for their service to avoid the hassles of physically visiting a MoI Since 2011, the services centre or going through the Ministry of Interior procedures of online transactions. Such centres also help reduce has issued licences to the rush at the ministry’s services 96 firms to speed up centres since the work of many com- online transactions pany representatives can be done by a few employees. Another advantage for companies and is that the customers can avail of institutions their services even after the minis- try working hours since the services are available online. These firms have now tied up Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has sent a message to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud with Qatar Post to get the documents of Saudi Arabia on fraternal relations and the latest developments in the region and the world. The message was handed over by Foreign The Peninsula like ID cards directly delivered to Minister H E Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani during his meeting with the King in Riyadh yesterday. them after completion of the online transactions. Their services include issuance DOHA: With more services of the of visa for company employees, issu- Ministry of Interior (MoI) now avail- ance, renewal and cancellation of able online, the number of licensed residence permits, exit permits for Ministry seeks feedback on ID cards private centres offering these serv- company employees, issuance of Tomorrow is ices to companies and individuals new ID for companies and renewal against a fee is on the rise. of company registration number. The Peninsula account urging the public to par- stance on replacing of lost or dam- official holiday Since 2011, the ministry has They also provide the services ticipate. Some responses from the aged documents and the fees? issued licences to 96 such firms related to the Traffic Department people are also available on the Majority of the respondents spoke DOHA: The Emiri Diwan with a view to speed up online including vehicle registration, DOHA: With introduction of the new link, that can be accessed at the against taking strict measures since announced that tomorrow transactions for companies and renewal and transfer of road per- Residency Permits, the Ministry of ministry website. The survey seeks the documents can be lost due to will be an official holi- institutions that are interested in mit, taking vehicles for technical Interior is seeking feedback from the opinion from the public what do they many reasons while some felt that day to mark National Sport availing of their services, the min- check up, issuance and renewal or public on the measures being taken think about keeping official docu- those losing them due to neglect Day, celebrated on Tuesday istry said yesterday. driving licence and registration in in case of the loss or damage of their ments and about people who loose should be held accountable. Some of February’s second week A wide range of ministry serv- driving schools. identity cards. their documents due to neglect. suggested to make the procedures every year. ices have been offered by these The ministry yesterday posted Do they feel that the authori- for issuing new IDs in lieu of the lost centres mostly to corporate clients, →Continued on page 5 the survey link on its twitter ties concerned should take a strict or damaged ones simpler and faster. Global outrage over N Korea 47 star hotels rocket launch offer discounts on AFP health packages SEOUL: North Korea hailed an “epochal event” but its latest long-range rocket launch yester- By Raynald C Rivera There are now 119 hotels and day sparked international anger The Peninsula hotel apartments in Qatar and more and plans for talks on a US missile to open this year, he said. defence system for the peninsula. Al Kuwari also stressed the QTA’s Pyongyang’s state TV role as a government arm that that announced the nation successfully DOHA: Forty-seven four and five ensures hotels are operating in the put a satellite into orbit, “legiti- star hotels in Qatar are offering highest standards. mately exercising the right to use free gym and spa access and gym “With the launch of the new hotel space for independent and peace- classes, up to 50 percent discount classification system we have taken ful purposes”. on gym membership, discounted another step towards raising the bar Many others saw an exercise healthy brunch buffets, and special for hotels,” he said. which clearly defied multiple UN Refugee tents near Turkish-Syria border in Kilis city, Turkey, yesterday. Turkey is expecting 60,000 more room packages including bed and As the various participating resolutions — a disguised test of refugees. healthy breakfast in celebration of hotels are providing different offers, a ballistic missile which could National Sport Day tomorrow. QTA advises residents to check a one day deliver a warhead as far This pioneering initiative was a detailed listing of the hotel deals as the US mainland. The United result of agreements between Qatar which it has made available on its Nations labelled the launch “deeply Turkey delivers aid across border as Tourism Authority (QTA) and the website. deplorable” and Japan termed hotels which offer gym facilities. Prior reservations are required it “absolutely intolerable”. Even Speaking at a press conference for all offers from hotels and those the isolated state’s sole major ally yesterday Saif Al Kuwari, Director interested should contact the hotel China expressed regret. Syrian forces step up Aleppo assault of International Cooperation at QTA directly to make a reservation. The international commu- underscored QTA’s commitment to QTA will also be celebrat- nity is still struggling to reach supporting National Sport Day aimed ing National Sport Day 2016 with agreement on how to respond to Reuters The Syrian Observatory for Assad regime has cut the north-south at promoting healthy lifestyle among the #QatarInMotion social media Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test -- Human Rights, which monitors the corridor ... Turkey is under threat,” citizens and residents. campaign. of what it claimed was a hydrogen war, said air strikes, thought to be Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan He thanked all the hotels Residents will be asked to cap- bomb — on January 6. from Russian planes, hit villages was quoted by the Hurriyet newspa- who have supported the initia- ture their view of Qatar while they After yesterday’s launch, South ONCUPINAR, TURKEY/BEIRUT: north of Aleppo on Sunday includ- per as telling reporters on his plane tive making their sports facilities are in motion – whether they are Korean and US defence officials Aid trucks and ambulances entered ing Bashkoy, Haritan and Anadan, back from a visit to Latin America. and specialty healthy cuisine more jumping rope, jogging, swimming or announced they would begin for- Syria from Turkey on Sunday to help the latter two near the road to Turkey. Turkey has given refuge to civil- widely available for the duration of doing yoga, through videos posted on mal talks on deploying a US missile tens of thousands of people who have Russia’s intervention has tipped ians fleeing Syria throughout the their offers. Twitter or Instagram with the cam- defence system in South Korea. fled an escalating government assault the balance of the war in favour of conflict, but is coming under grow- “The number of hotels partici- paign’s hashtag. The US says the highly advanced on Aleppo, as air strikes targeted vil- President Bashar Al Assad, revers- ing pressure from the United States to pating in this initiative is an evidence Abdulrahman Mosallam Al Terminal High Altitude Area lages on the road linking the city to ing gains the rebels made last year. secure the border more tightly, and, of the growth of the hospitality Dosari, Chairman of National Sport Defense (THAAD) system would the Turkish border. Advances by the Syrian army and from Europe, to stem the onward flow sector especially in the four- and Day Committee said National Sport be a deterrent necessitated by the Rebel-held areas in and around allied militias, including Iranian of migrants.It is already sheltering five-star categories. There are now Day is a holiday that people should North’s advancing ballistic missile Aleppo, Syria’s largest before the war, fighters, are threatening to cut the more than 2.5 million Syrians, the 16,000 rooms being supplied by take seriously by making changes in programme. are still home to 350,000 people, and rebel-held zones of Aleppo off from world’s largest refugee population. four- and five-star hotels and they their lifestyle. aid workers have said they could soon Turkish supply lines. form the majority of 20,000 rooms →See also page 9 fall to the government. “In some parts of Aleppo, the →See also page 7 that are currently available.” →Continued on page 5 02 MONDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2016 HOME National Sport Day activities to suit all ages which cares for the investment in supported by three of FC Barcelona’s events being organised at the hos- two years ago as a global programme can find details of activities on offer human resources through the crea- coaches; basketball; cricket and much pitals. Activities will be held from with leading agency Magnum Photos through the ‘Life in Aspire’ mobile Government tion of physically and psychologically more.
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