www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 25 SPORT | 33 Lulu opens 6th Stage set for Qatar’ss hypermarket biggest football in Bahrain tournament THURSDAY 31 MARCH 2016 • 22 Jumada II 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6752 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir meets China-Arab Friendship Association Chief Emir meets Hiring of house Ruler of Dubai DUBAI: Emir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Vice- helps being President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Mak- toum in Al Marmoum yesterday. The Emir was on a short visit of streamlined Dubai to attend the Al Marmoum heritage festival. Administrative Development, Labour Qatar to introduce and Social Affairs (MADLSA). Contract between The Ministry has posted an advi- civil awards employer and sory on its Facebook account for hiring agency prospective employers of domestic By Mobin Pandit workers and said their recruitment The Peninsula made mandatory. must be based on a contract signed with the manpower agency concerned. DOHA: Qatar plans to institute The guidelines have been issued civil awards and decorations. A By Mohammed Osman as part of an awareness campaign draft law seeking to institute civil The Peninsula for the prospective employers of decorations was approved by the household workers as the count- State Cabinet yesterday. down to the implementation of the The draft law has been new law has begun. referred to the Advisory Council DOHA: As the new law regulating As is known, the new legislation Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Arken Imirbaki, Vice-Chairman, Standing Committee, for review and recommendations. entry, exit and residency of foreign replaces the sponsorship system and National People’s Congress, China, and President, China-Arab Friendship Association, and his delegation Prime Minister and Interior workers in the country comes into makes the employment of foreign at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. They reviewed cooperation between Qatar and China. Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin force from December this year and workers entirely contract-based. Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yester- which makes it mandatory for all While recruiting workers from day chaired the Cabinet’s regular incoming workers to have a job con- abroad, the following points need weekly meeting at its Emiri Diwan tract before arrival, the Ministry of to be taken into account, said the premises, reports QNA. After the Administrative Development, Labour Ministry: The employer has the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Social Affairs is streamlining the right to file a complaint at the Min- Al Kawari reaffirms Qatar’s ties with Unesco and Minister of State for Cabinet recruitment of domestic workers. istry against the recruiting agency Affairs, H E Ahmed bin Abdul- All households that want to if it fails to meet any of the terms of lah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud said the employ domestic help must, there- the contract, which must be written, By Mohamed Iqbal eration in various fields. The remarks cabinet reviewed topics on agenda. fore, sign in advance a contract with signed by both parties and approved The Peninsula came in his first public speech out- Under the provisions, the award of the recruitment agency which has by the competent authority at the side Qatar announcing his candidacy civil decorations will be instituted undertaken to provide the worker. Ministry (MADLSA). at the prestigious hall of the Cercle by an Emiri decision. The contract should not only be The contract must include a DOHA/PARIS: H E Dr Hamad bin Interallié in Paris last night. → Continued on page 7 signed by the two parties but must fixed term and guarantee (proba- Abdulaziz Al Kawari (pictured), Qatar’s Ambassador to France also be approved by the department tion) period, which is three months Advisor at the Emiri Diwan and Sheikh Mishaal bin Hamad Al concerned at the Labour Ministry. and that comes into effect from the Qatar’s Candidate to the Post of Thani, Qatar’s Permanent Delegate Today’s edition The employer has the right to date of when a worker joins his or Unesco Director-General has under- to Unesco Ali Zainal, several Arab includes return a domestic help if one of her employer. lined the depth of ties between and foreign diplomats were present. the parties fails to fulfil terms of Unesco and Qatar which, he said, Food Guide the contract, said the Ministry of → Continued on page 7 are based on friendship and coop- → Continued on page 9 HOME THURSDAY 31 MARCH 2016 03 Wireless communications and networking forum from April 3 Dr Khaled B Letaief, Chair, IEEE WCNC “My new position as Provost, HBKU, breakthrough research that impacts the presented by speakers from more than 30 Steering Committee, and Provost, HBKU, makes me proud to have the conference development of the region.” The event will countries. The first day of the conference Over 700 delegates from around said, “IEEE, and in particular the IEEE hosted in Doha, as it offers specialists from feature sessions with papers on the latest will feature tutorials and workshops by the world are expected to attend Communications Society, has long been a around the world the opportunity to learn technologies, applications and services. The experts in wireless communications. driving force behind the development and about the technology capabilities being programme includes workshops, tutorials, Dr Ann Kenimer, Interim Dean, TAMUQ, the annual IEEE conference to design of wireless systems and networks developed in the Gulf. It is a pleasure to see keynote talks from industrial leaders and said: “TAMUQ is proud to host the confer- be held under the patronage of around the world, with WCNC playing a key HBKU playing a pivotal role in organising academics, panel discussions, an exhibi- ence and provide an opportunity to explore the Minister of Transport and role in inspiring knowledge-sharing and the conference in line with its effort to con- tion and business and industrial forums. information and communications technol- innovation in the field. tinue building human capital and producing About 550 technical papers will be ogy from experts from around the globe. Communications. The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar will host the annual IEEE Wireless Com- munications and Networking Conference (WCNC16) under the patronage Minister of Transport and Com- munications H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti from April 3 to 6 at Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel. It is co-hosted by Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ), Qatar University (QU) and Hamad Bin Kha- lifa University (HBKU) and is expected to be attended by over 700 delegates from around the world. This is the first time the conference is to be held in the Middle East and North Africa. The presidents of local universities, representatives from sponsors Ooredoo, National Instruments, Qatar Petrochemical Co. (Qapco), Qatar National Research Fund and the US Office of Naval Research Global; and organisers TAMUQ, QA, and HBKU. “As Qatar continues on its path towards becoming a knowledge-based economy as expressed in Qatar National Vision 2030, the ministry works to oversee the development of the information and communications technology sector,” Al Sulaiti said. “Advanced technol- ogies in wireless communications are helping create a more connected, more digitally literate and more innovative society, building capacity and improving productivity — for the benefit of the state and its resi- dents.” He said choosing Doha to host the conference is viewed as an appreciation to efforts being made in the area by those in industry, government and academia. Dr Hassan Rashid Al Derham, President, QU, said, “QU is pleased to co-organise the conference with part- ners HBKU and TAMUQ. Being the first in the region, the forum will bring added relevancy to ongoing dialogue, research and collaboration on wireless communica- tion and networking technology being conducted by regional academics and researchers. “We look forward to discussions and shared experi- ences that will emerge from the conference as they will serve to guide our research expansion activities in the field in line with Qatar’s ambitions towards a knowl- edge-based economy.” 04 THURSDAY 31 MARCH 2016 HOME PM meets Indian delegation to Dimdex Qatar signs QR3.5bn deals for Armed Forces WKK will provide support in the field Staff Major General (Sea) Mohammed of aircraft manufacturing and tech- Bin Nasser Al-Mohannadi said, “The The MoUs were nology transfer to Qatar. security and economies of all states signed on the Among the memos signed was along the coast of the Arabian Gulf one for the purchase of ‘Exocet’ rely on the protection of our territo- sidelines of the missile range between Qatar Emiri rial waters and the ability to defend second day of Naval Forces and the European MBDA these waters from evolving threats is Doha International company amounting to QR240m. A fundamental. Regional and interna- QR60.896m MoU for a project to buy tional coordination and cooperation Maritime Defence ‘Searchmaster’ radar between the is required to guarantee the energy Exhibition & steering committee of drone project security, environmental security and and French Thales company was also freedom of navigation of our waters Conference (Dimdex signed. A QR95m agreement for the from both the conventional and Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with the Indian 2016). ‘Umrah’ project was signed between unconventional challenges we face delegation . the Qatari Emiri Naval Forces and in this geo-strategic region”. German company MTU Friedrich- Held under the theme: “The Mari- DOHA: Prime Minister and Interior Ambassador Sanjiv Arora, Inspector to defence cooperation between India shafen GmbH for maintenance and time Domain – The Centre of Gravity Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin General S K Goyal, Deputy Direc- and Qatar were discussed during the The Peninsula overhaul of the MTU propulsion sys- for the Regional Security Complex of Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani on Tues- tor General, Indian Coast Guard meeting, said an embassy statement tem.