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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 29 QIIB set to Qatar’s issue QR1bn Al Attiyah extends sukuk Sealine lead WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL 2016 • 13 Rajab 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6772 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Premier meets Boeing Vice-Chairman Emir to attend Ashghal projects GCC-US summit DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will head to win green Saudi Arabia today to take part, along with other GCC leaders, in a summit with US President Barack certification Obama tomorrow in Riyadh. Emir holds phone of over 500,000 square metres, will be evaluated by GSAS on the Projects awarded level of performance equivalent to talks with Putin three-star Global three-star. Sustainability The projects include 43 schools DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim and kindergartens, 19 health centres Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday held Assessment System and hospitals and 27 mosques either Raymond L Conner, Vice-Chairman, the Boeing Company, and President and CEO, Boeing Commercial telephone talks with Russian Pres- certification in design completed or are in different stages Airplanes. Talks dealt with issues of common concern. ident Vladimir Putin on bilateral of design and construction. relations and regional and inter- and construction “Design professionals of differ- national issues of mutual concern. by Doha-based ent engineering disciplines have joined efforts to develop estab- Gulf Organisation lishments that can achieve a mix for Research and of environmental, economic, and Development Group. social objectives. The process aims Al Kawari proposes global ‘Culture of Peace’ Day to achieve high performance schools that are fundamentally different from conventional practice,” Ash- ghal said yesterday. By Mohammed Osman Organisation (ALECSO) under the and this is one of the reasons that The Peninsula “Recent studies indicate that the The Peninsula patronage of Tunisian Prime Minis- made me to stand for the post of its interior design and general envi- ter Habib Essid. Director-General.” ronment of a building affect the “From here, where the Arab He stressed that Unesco was cre- educational level of performance of Spring spark started, I repeat the ated to respond to the firm belief of DOHA: The Public Works Authority students and can effectively contrib- DOHA: H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz suggestion I made at the Avignon Bor- intellectuals that humanity’s moral (Ashghal) has won a major rec- ute to raising the level of productivity Al Kawari, (pictured) Cultural deaux Forum on March 31 to dedicate and intellectual solidarity and knowl- ognition for its efforts to develop and efficiency for employees of fac- Adviser to the Emiri Diwan and a day to ‘Culture of Peace’,” said Dr edge are the bases to establish a sustainable and environment- ulty and administrators alike,” it Qatar’s candidate for the Unesco Al Kawari. lasting peace and develop human friendly designs for schools, health added. Director-General’s post, has proposed “My visit to Tunisia came after societies of different cultures and centres and other public institu- Similarly, interior design and to devote an international day to ‘Cul- South Africa, the land of tolerance, civilisations. tions. quality of the environment in health ture of Peace’. reconciliation, co-existence and the The role of thoughts and Ashghal projects have been facilities contribute effectively to the Addressing an international sym- homeland of Nelson Mandela,” he knowledge in peace-making and awarded the three-star Global level of comfort and health improve- posium in Suosse city in Tunisia on added. development of societies were the Sustainability Assessment System ments of patients and raise the Monday, Dr Al Kawari said Tunisia is The forum is important in view of issues intellectuals were engaged (GSAS) certification in design and productivity and efficiency of medi- becoming a model for modernity and the significant changes Arab coun- with in the 20th century and which construction by the Doha-based cal staff and other employees. civil state respecting human rights tries are witnessing, Dr Al Kawari led to the establishment of Unesco. Gulf Organisation for Research and GORD continues to review and a developing democracy while said, adding that Arab intellec- “After 70 years, we are in a sim- Development Group (GORD). and audit Ashghal project graph- facing the challenge of terrorism. tuals are required to think about ilar situation and using culture as a The GSAS system is based on the ics and designs and visit project The symposium on ‘Promoting these developments, study the sit- should top discussions, because a tool for building peace has became application of sustainability crite- sites to ensure that the principles Values of Peace and Dialogue’ was uation, and find out their potential similar situation in the post-world more significant. Our battle today ria and the requirements of green and standards of sustainability are organised by Islamic Educational, impact on Arab societies and their war era led to the establishment of is not in a military filed, but a battle construction for educational and implemented according to the GSAS Scientific and Cultural Organization development. the Unesco, Dr Al Kawari said. with brains in the field of culture,” Dr healthcare facilities. system. (ISESCO), with the Tunisian Minis- Under such circumstances, the “I believe that Unesco has a great Al Kawari added. About 100 projects being imple- try of Education and Arab League issue of peace and how to enhance role to play in the process of peace- mented by Ashghal, with a total area → Continued on page 3 Educational, Cultural and Scientific peace and stability in the Arab world making more than any time before, → Continued on page 2 Turkey warns EU Up in smoke on visa row Clinical records to go after migrant deal online at Al Sadd AFP PEC from Sunday ISTANBUL: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned The Peninsula to go to primary healthcare centres the European Union yesterday it for simple complaints (on Sunday) needs Turkey more than Ankara to avoid congestion at Al Sadd PEC,” needs the bloc, as tensions grew HMC said in a statement yesterday. over promises for visa liberalisa- DOHA: Patients’ clinical records “During this time of transi- tion in a crucial deal on stemming at Al Sadd Paediatric Emergency tion and changes, we ask visitors, the flow of migrants to Europe. Centre (PEC) are going digital with patients and families for their utmost Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet implementation of the unique Clin- cooperation with the medical staff at Davutoglu had earlier bluntly ical Information System (CIS) from Al Sadd PEC. This will be very sup- told the EU that Ankara would no Sunday. PEC is expecting delays in portive and enable patient flow to longer abide by the March migrant the transition phase and has advised be managed effectively,” it added. accord if Brussels fails to imple- visitors to avoid visiting the centre on Staff will need to gather more ment the pledge to grant Turks Sunday for non-urgent cases. information from patients to regis- visa-free travel by June. Smoke rises after a war-craft belonging to the Syrian Army bombed the residential areas in the Arbin Appointments may also take ter them in the new system and this The issues are coming to a town of Eastern Ghouta region in Damascus, yesterday. longer time during the transition may mean that appointments take a head as Chancellor Angela Mer- period as staff and patients need to little longer than usual. kel and top EU officials prepare adjust to the new system. Therefore, the public has been to travel on Saturday to the Turk- The existing paper clinical asked to avoid visiting the PEC for ish city of Gaziantep close to the records will be replaced by digital non-urgent cases. Syrian border to discuss imple- ones, with full implementation of Dr Khalid Al Ansari, Medical mentation of the migrant deal. US seeks defence cooperation with Gulf states CIS. Implementation of CIS is part Director, Paediatrics Emergency “The European Union needs of a planned roll-out across Hamad Centres, HMC, said, “My team and Turkey more than Turkey needs Medical Corporation (HMC) and I are excited about implementa- the European Union,” Erdogan AFP yesterday. He arrived in the Saudi countered” in that way. Rather, “spe- Primary Healthcare Corporation tion of the CIS system, which will said to cheers in a televised speech capital yesterday and will meet his cial operations forces and maritime (PHCC). Once CIS implementation standardise processes and provide to municipal leaders in Ankara, Gulf counterparts today. interdiction” are needed, he said. is complete, patient records will be the best and safest patient care that denouncing as “provocative” the He is also expected to join Presi- The US is proposing to help train stored and accessed electronically we aspire for and are always work- European Parliament report. RIYADH: The US is seeking greater dent Barack Obama at a summit with Gulf special forces and develop their across both organisations. ing to achieve.” The roll-out of CIS at He lashed out at the report for special forces and naval cooperation the GCC leaders. naval capacity to prevent Iran from “We anticipate delays during the PEC follows its successful imple- not praising Turkey’s hosting of with the Gulf states to counter Iran’s Over the past 15 years, the US has supplying weapons to Shia groups implementation of the electronic mentation in seven HMC hospitals. some 2.7 million refugees from the “destabilising activities” in the region, sold combat aircraft to Gulf states, but it supports in the region, the offi- application system. war in neighbouring Syria. Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said Carter said Iran’s activities “won’t be cial said.