ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Sunday 9 December 2012 25 Muharram 1434 - Volume 17 Number 5543 Price: QR2 Pearl GTL Bangladesh named best oil hold nerve to & gas project seal series Business | 17 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Consumer rights UN meet wraps body plans points system against up with Doha car dealers DOHA: The consumer rights watchdog plans to introduce a points system arguably based on Climate Gateway consumer complaints so it could take action against car deal- ers who make undue delays in Kyoto Protocol extended delivering vehicles back to own- ers following after-sales service. BY SATISH KANADY & gateway to bigger ambition and to Exactly how the points sys- ISABEL OVALLE greater action — the Doha Climate tem would work is not clear Gateway. Qatar is proud to have but the Consumer Protection DOHA: The Doha Climate been able to bring governments Department (CPD) has said it talks, the longest UN Climate here to achieve this historic task. I would help “regulate” car dealer- summit to date after Durban, thank all governments and minis- ships with regard to maintenance concluded here yesterday offer- ters for their work to achieve this and after-sales service. ing a balanced “Doha Package” success. Now governments must The director of the CPD, that includes extension of Kyoto move quickly through the Doha Sheikh Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, Protocol (KP2), setting time Climate Gateway to push for- told Al Sharq that following sev- table for the 2015 global climate ward with the solutions to climate eral complaints that dealers were change agreement and climate change”, said COP18 President taking a lot of time in servicing finance. H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al COP18 President H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah and Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention cars, action has been initiated The agreements, described as Attiyah. on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Christiana Figueres, at a press meet after the end of the Climate Conference. against several of them. “Doha Climate Gateway”, were The Executive Secretary of He said that his department has largely a political decision rather the UN Framework Convention Presidency for managing a com- money and technology to stay further commitments under the received several complaints about than a ‘climate decision’. After on Climate Change (UNFCCC), plex and challenging conference. below two degrees. After Doha, it Kyoto Protocol have agreed to technical faults in cars so in many much puffing, huffing and loss of Christiana Figueres, called Now, there is much work to do. is a matter of scale, speed, deter- review their emission reduction cases it has forced the dealers to sleep, there were only two options on countries to swiftly imple- Doha is another step in the right mination and sticking to the time commitments under the KP have replace the cars with new ones. before the Parties — either to go ment what has been agreed in direction, but we still have a long table”, she said. agreed to review their emission The CPD has received 3,000 for a weak text or risk the collapse Doha so that the world can stay road ahead....The UN Climate Governments have decided that reduction commitments at the consumer complaints so far this of the talks — , and they went for below the internationally agreed Change negotiations must now the length of the second commit- latest by 2014, with a view to year and a large number of them the latter. Thanks to the negotiat- maximum two degrees Celsius focus on the concrete ways and ment period of KP will be eight increasing their respective levels were automobiles and their local ing skills of the Presidency. temperature rise. emans to accelerate action and years. of ambition. THE PENINSULA dealers. “We have taken action “Doha has opened up a new “I congratulate the Qatar ambition. The world has the Countries that are taking on Continued on page 7 against erring dealers,” the CPD chief said. A survey has been car- ried out by the rights body which suggests that there is only one local poultry company which is Chinese visa for citizens Syria military council Bank lending patterns change Mursi revokes decree able to meet only 70 percent of the local demand for fresh and DOHA: From January 1, 2013, Qatari MANAMA: Syria’s new opposition coa- DOHA: The lending patterns of banks CAIRO: Egyptian President frozen chicken. “We have con- travellers transiting through Beijing lition will announce the creation of a here have been changing with real estate Mohammed Mursi yesterday annulled tacted the company and it has will be allowed a free-visa stay in military council before a Friends of Syria emerging as a key borrower, pushing the a decree he issued last month expand- agreed to fill in the demand and the Chinese capital city for 72 hours. meeting next week, a top official said banking industry’s all-time favourite per- ing his powers, an official told a Cairo supply gap, yet the shortages Qatar and the UAE are the only coun- yesterday. General Mustafa Sabbagh said sonal loans segment to the number two news conference. A referendum on a remain to the extent of 15 per- tries in Middle East and North Africa the group “will announce the creation spot. Consumer loans might still be easier draft constitution would however still go cent (of the overall demand for region that have been included among of a supreme military council before the to access from banks, but official figures ahead as planned on December 15, the chicken in the local market).” 45 countries whose citizens will be Friends of Syria meeting in Marrakesh.” show that real estate was the top borrower official, Islamist politician Selim Al Awa, THE PENINSULA granted the facility. See also page 10 in 2011. See also page 17 said. See also page 10 Continued on page 2 SUNDAY 9 DECEMBER 2012 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME PM meets Arab QA plans to open League Chief DOHA: The Prime Minister customer contact and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani yesterday met the Secretary General of centre in Poland the Arab League, Dr Nabil Al Arabi, who is here to partici- pate in the ministerial meet- DOHA: Following the launch of Baker said: “With the launch of ing of the Arab Peace Initiative scheduled flights to the Polish our new flights to Warsaw and Committee and the meet- capital Warsaw last week, opening of our new customer con- ing of the Arab Ministerial Qatar Airways is planning to tact centre in Wroclaw early next Committee on Syria. QNA open a new European Customer year, Qatar Airways is extremely Contact Centre in the city of delighted to support the local Wroclaw early next year to fur- economy and give the people of ther expand its presence in the Poland an exciting opportunity to Six-year-old drowns Polish market. travel with us and work us, ini- The new multi-lingual tially creating over 100 new jobs.” in swimming pool Customer Contact Centre will Al Baker said that more des- DOHA: A six-year-old Indian handle all the airline’s European tinations were being looked at boy drowned in a swimming customer inquiries from key across Europe, but the immedi- pool in a villa compound in the European markets by phone, fax ate focus was to build up the net- city on Friday. The deceased and email. It will initially serve work in the Middle East, Asia and has been identified as Thomas Poland, UK, Germany, France, North America. Nettikkadan, who was a first Spain, Italy, Switzerland and grade student of an Indian Austria. The DOHA – WARSAW school. His father Anshu Thomas The fit-out and all technical schedules, effective Dec 5 and mother Veena hail from installations necessary for the Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays Chalakudi, in Trissur district of office located in the new Epsilon and Saturdays Kerala. THE PENINSULA Building will be completed soon QR980 departs Doha at 0920hrs for a planned February 2013 open- and arrives in Warsaw at 1320hrs ing. Speaking at a press confer- QR981 departs Warsaw at 1535 Look for alternative ence in Warsaw, Qatar Airways hrs and arrives in Doha at 2255 Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al hrs. THE PENINSULA markets to import chicken, says CPD Continued from page 1 Aljazeera to air Myanmar film again The CPD has urged outlets to DOHA: Responding to a press Rees will take questions online look for alternative markets to release issued by Myanmar’s after the programme - the import frozen chicken (since Saudi foreign ministry criticising exact time will be confirmed on Arabia has imposed a ban). These Aljazeera’s film about the vio- Aljazeera website www.aljazeera. outlets might be facing problems lence in the country this year, com. in importing stocks so the hurdles the network encouraged viewers The documentary will broad- need to be removed, Al Thani said. to watch the film this weekend cast at the following times: He added that soon a con- and make up their own mind. Aljazeera English (GMT) sumer protection association is Filmmaker Phil Rees said that Sun 9th Dec 0600 to be launched with broad-based the strong evidence in the docu- Mon 10th Dec 2000 participation of the public and it mentary was gathered despite Tue 11th Dec 1200 would look into consumer griev- the challenges in getting access Wed 12th Dec 0100 ances and help raise awareness to refugee camps and areas cut Thu 13th Dec 0600 about consumer rights and duties.