ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Wednesday 1 January 2014 28 Safar 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5931 Price: QR2 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Burj Al Khalifa welcomes 2014 Exchange houses to remain Civic officials open today; banks closed DOHA: Exchange houses will exchange houses are to remain remain open today, while banks closed today, Qatar News Agency and financial institutions will be (QNA) reported yesterday. seize fake closed to the public to finalise However, at least two major their accounts for 2013. exchange houses told this news- According to an announce- paper they had received circu- ment made by the banking regu- lars from QCB regarding closure lator, Qatar Central Bank (QCB), but had informed the regulator meat brands though, all financial institutions, that they will remain open to the including banks, investment com- public. Four arrested after raids panies, finance companies and THE PENINSULA DOHA: Civic officials have be approached to get him here for unearthed a fake company that trial. was buying unsold meat and According to Mohamed Ahmed refuse from slaughterhouses and Al Sayed, head of the Health Huge response to new IPO meat shops in commercial quan- Control Section at the municipal- tities at throwaway prices and ity, the shady operators bought DOHA: A large number of citizens collected subscription forms packaging them as mutton for unsold meat and refuse from and prospectus for the initial public offering (IPO) of the state- sale to neighbourhood stores. slaughterhouses and meat shops owned Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company (MPHC) that The stores that sold these at very low rates. was launched yesterday, banking industry sources said. “Not many products were mainly patronised They stored stocks in refrig- people filled up and submitted the forms with the application money by low-income workers who were, eration units at their shady as there is a lot of time for the subscription to the coveted issue apparently, happy buying mutton facility in Shabiat Khalifa, near to close,” an industry source said. The banks are closed today and at low rates. Lekhwiya headquarters, and cut reopen tomorrow when they will resume distributing subscription The Health Control Section of and chopped and packaged them forms and accepting filled up forms with the application money. Doha Municipality zeroed in on the and passed them on as branded THE PENINSULA shady place — a large labour camp meat with labelling, and sold to with no occupants — where the so- outlets all over Qatar that were called company had huge refrigera- frequented mainly by low-income tion units that could store up to a workers. tonne of meat at a time. “I think they wouldn’t be pay- Equipment like meat cutting and ing more than QR4 a kg for the Planet ‘could warm by 4C by 2100’ chopping machines, printed labels waste, and were selling a packet with production and expiry dates of the same meat mixed with a lot LONDON: Temperature rises temperatures up further still. The and packaging materials were dis- of bones for up to QR14,” said Al resulting from unchecked cli- way clouds affect global warming covered at the location and seized. Sayed. They had polythene bags mate change will be at the severe has been the biggest mystery sur- Four Asians have been taken with labels printed in different end of those projected, according rounding future climate change. into custody by the police and colours that carried fake brand to a new scientific study. Professor Steven Sherwood, at investigations are on, but their names such as “Halal Cold Store”, The scientist leading the the University of New South Wales, ring leader and the so-called “Al Qamar Cold Store” and “Pee research said unless emissions of in Australia, who led the new work, owner of the fake company, also Ke Cold Store” and so on. greenhouse gases were cut, the said: “This study breaks new ground an Asian, was in Dubai, arguably Only one of these ‘brands” would Fireworks explode from the Burj Al Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower, in planet would heat up by a minimum twice: first by identifying what is for New Year revelry, so he could be distributed to outlets in one Dubai to ring in 2014. The emirate was hoping to break the Guinness of 4C by 2100, twice the level the controlling the cloud changes and not be arrested. locality. For example, the green World Record for the largest-ever display, pledging to set off more world’s governments deem danger- second by strongly discounting the A senior civic official con- one, “Al Halal Store” packets, was ous. The research indicates that lowest estimates of future global than 400,000 fireworks. Kuwait set the record in 2011 with an hour- cerned with the matter told The exclusively for Al Wakrah area. fewer clouds form as the planet warming in favour of the higher and long blast of 77,282 fireworks. Peninsula that if the ring leader THE PENINSULA warms, meaning less sunlight is more damaging estimates.” didn’t return, the Interpol could Continued on page 4 reflected back into space, driving THE GUARDIAN WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Emir, Premier greet QNB celebrates partnership with PSG leaders on New Year DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Customers interact with star players at dinner sent cables of congratulations to leaders of friendly states on DOHA: Qatar National Gregory Van Der Wiel and employees from all areas of the New Year, wishing them Bank (QNB) hosted a din- Zoumana Camara. the group for a PSG train- the best of health and happi- ner for more than two dozen They met guests, had ing session on Monday at The ness and their people further customers and followers photographs taken with Aspire Zone. progress and prosperity. to provide them with the them and handed out Club They watched the players The Prime Minister and opportunity to meet visiting Merchandise to lucky go through their routines, Interior Minister H E Sheikh Paris Saint Germain (PSG) attendees. had their photographs taken Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa football superstars, said a Yousef Darwish, General with the stars and received a Al Thani sent similar cables. press statement yesterday. Manager, Communications, range of Club Merchandise As part of the group’s said: “We are delighted to as souvenirs. Minister invited to Corporate Social be continuing our success- PSG players are in Qatar Responsibility (CSR) pro- ful sponsorship relationship as part of a four-day training Sharjah festival gramme, QNB organised the with PSG in such a posi- camp which will culminate in DOHA: The Minister of dinner for 25 guests at The tive manner. “The exclusive a match against Spanish Club Culture, Arts and Heritage Torch Doha Hotel on Monday opportunities provided for Real Madrid tomorrow. H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz to celebrate the working our customers, social media QNB is always looking for Al Kuwari has received an partnership between the two followers and employees to innovative ways to reward its invitation to attend the offi- international brands. engage with the players have customers and this initiative cial inauguration of celebra- The PSG stars who been very well received and comes as an extension of its tions marking Sharjah as the attended the dinner were appreciated by all concerned,” interest in sports, particu- Capital of Islamic Culture Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Salvatore Darwish added. larly football. Officials with the players at the event. 2014, slated for March. He also Sirigu, Christophe Jallet, QNB also selected 50 THE PENINSULA received a message and an invi- tation from the UAE Supreme Council member and Sharjah Last sunset of 2013 Ruler Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohamed Al Qassemi to attend the first Sharjah Es’hailSat sponsors Qatar Theatre Days festival due in September next year. The invi- tations were presented by the Winter Game vs Real Director of Sharjah Culture and Information Department, DOHA: Es’hailSat, the venue for the introduction of Abdullah Mohamed Al Owais Qatar Satellite Company, has Es’hailSat to Mena audiences. and his delegation. The announced partnership with Es’hailSat, through its existing Minister said Qatar will par- the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and planned satellites, is expected ticipate with a drama work football club for the Qatar to broadcast diversified and high highlighting the Qatari theat- Winter Game vs Real Madrid quality premium content with rical movement. in Doha on January 2. anti-jamming capabilities across The game between two world- the region. Real estate deals class football teams coincides with “We are very pleased to be a the effective start of operations partner of PSG for the Qatar worth QR675m of the company’s first satellite, Winter Game vs Real Madrid. DOHA: Real estate sales deals Es’hail 1, at the 26°E broadcast The undisputed popularity of the registered at the Ministry of hotspot. sport of football in our region is a Justice between December Es’hail 1 satellite is also great asset for Es’hailSat to build 22 and 26 were worth expected to broadcast the game on to reach our core viewership QR675,662,068. The Real Estate live and in HD from Doha base throughout the coverage of Registration Department said throughout the satellite coverage our satellite Es’hail 1. in its weekly report that prop- spanning the Middle East and “The game is also the right pre- erties included open plots, two- North Africa (Mena) region. mium content we seek to broad- floor villas, annexes, homes With a potential audience of cast through our existing and and residential buildings in more than 300 million viewers planned satellites from the 26°E Umm Salal, Al Khor, Doha, Al throughout the region, PSG’s broadcast hotspot,” Es’hailSat’s Rayyan, Al Shamal, Al Daayen A v iew of the last sunset of 2013 in Doha yesterday.