www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 17 SPORT | 21 Carney hints again Bolt aims for at more stimulus more Olympic after Brexit glory in Rio WEDNESDAY 13 JULY 2016 • 8 SHAWWAL 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6856 2 Riyals thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Online tool for Qatar ‘invests parents to find $30bn a year on seats in school By Sanaullah Ataullah infrastructure’ The Peninsula DOHA: If you are looking for a suitable private school for your infrastructure and stressed the child, there is good news for you. importance of enhancing coop- The Ministry of Education Minister attends eration to optimally use natural and Higher Education has devel- International Water resources, especially water. oped a search tool for parents and Qatar is working proactively to guardians to find seats for their Week in Singapore. increase water production to meet its children in private schools of growing demand for potable water. their choice. Last March, Prime Minister and The search engine provides Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdul- enough information about schools By Sachin Kumar lah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani so they can compare and select The Peninsula had laid the foundation stone for the best one. The service is avail- QR11bn Umm Al Halul Power Plant able in Arabic and English. of Qatar Electricity and Water Com- The Ministry service is pany, to boost water and electricity expected to create a healthy com- DOHA: Qatar has invested $30bn production. petition among private schools. annually since 2010 on infrastruc- When completed, the plant will The search engine is con- ture, industry and housing, Minister produce 2,520MW of electricity and Lord Paul Deighton (third left), Chairman, Heathrow Airport, presents Akbar Al Baker (fourth left), Qatar nected to a database of private of Municipality and Environment H E 136 million gallons of water a day — Airways Group Chief Executive, with the World’s Best Business Class award. schools and provides all neces- Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi a 22 percent increase in the current sary details such as vacant seats, told Singapore International Water electricity output and a 25 percent curriculum, fees and location of Week yesterday. increase in water production — mak- the school. He also highlighted Qatar’s main ing the project one of the biggest of Qatar Airways wins ‘World’s Best Most parents prefer schools strategies regarding the environment its kind in the region. near their homes. and water, as part of Qatar National The project is expected to be The visitors to the website can Vision 2030. He said Qatar has three completed in two phases. The first view and compare data of private main challenges — water, environ- will be completed by the second Business Class’ at Skytrax awards schools in terms of geographical ment and development. Qatar is quarter of 2017, with the production location, tuition fees and level of located in a desert area that poses a 40 million gallons of water a day. The education, tweeted the govern- challenge when it comes to the pro- plant will reach full capacity in the ment’s e-portal, Hukoomi. duction of water and increasing the third quarter of 2018 By Sachin Kumar QA accepted the accolades at in the Middle East by the Skytrax The search engine is available agricultural land. Qatar’s production Infrastructure development is The Peninsula 2016 Skytrax World Airline Awards World Airline Awards, not only for at the official website of the Min- of water will reach 500 million gal- a focus area for Qatar. The govern- at the Farnborough International Air myself, but for every individual at istry under http://www.edu.gov. lons a day by 2019, he added. ment in its budget for 2016 has made Show in the UK yesterday. QA who creates the passengers’ qa/En/ServicesCenter/PSO/Pages/ He also spoke about the new higher allocation for major projects The consumer-voted awards experience — from our on board default.aspx. highways, economic areas and new and infrastructure, health and edu- DOHA: Air travellers have chosen recognised the airline for its com- cabin crew to the chefs oversee- The search could be made by cities and stadiums that will host cation sectors. The allocation for Qatar Airways (QA) as the World’s mitment to offer passengers an ing our catering to the technicians typing the educational curricu- World Cup 2022. major projects in Qatar went up to Best Business Class at 2016 World unrivalled travelling experience. who ensure the cabin is in perfect lum, educational level, school type Singapore President Tony Tan QR90.8bn in the fiscal 2016. Qatar is Airline Awards and voted it Best “It is a very proud moment for QA working order,” said Akbar Al Baker, (female, male and mixed), area, addressed the opening of the con- implementing mega projects in athe Business Class Airline Lounge and to be named World’s Best Business Group Chief Executive, QA. and school name. ference, laid out challenges facing railways, roads and highways, ports, Best Airline Staff Service in the Mid- Class, Best Business Class Airline cities of the world in terms of sewage and power sectors. dle East. Lounge and Best Airline Staff Service → Continued on page 3 → Continued on page 3 Honorary doctorate for Al Kawari Hadid-designed tower planned The Peninsula QNA DOHA: The Science Council of the University of Rome DOHA: Qatar will construct two buildings designed by Tor Vergata yesterday decided to award H E Dr. Hamad late Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, including a tower bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari, Cultural Adviser at the Emiri shaped like a desert flower close to the site of the 2022 Diwan and Qatar’s nominee for the Unesco’s Direc- soccer World Cup final, Al Alfia Holding Company said tor-General post, an honorary doctorate degree in yesterday. the field of culture. Hadid who died last March was commissioned in The Department of Philosophy, Literature and Art 2013 by H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani to will award the degree in December. The decision came create the structures — a 38-storey hotel in the form of after the university adopted a programme which hon- a hyacinth and featuring a nine-pointed base to shield ours people for their role in establishing peace and visitors from the searing Gulf sun. promoting understanding between different cultures. The project was commissioned in 2013 as part of A computer-generated image shows a 70,000sqm The university said Dr. Al Kawari’s profile since Lusail City’s masterplan to create a sustainable, inte- working in Paris, then the US and in his capacity as grated community and designed in response to current building featuring a hotel and residential apartments Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, was the per- and future environmental challenges. scheduled for completion in 2020 in Lusail City’s Marina District. fect representative of the Qatari culture. H E Dr. Al Kawari with Professor Antonio Capuano, Zaha Hadid designed two projects for Al Alfia Holding It praised the former Minister’s work as respect- Head, Legal Studies Department, and Deputy Dean and Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) will develop the first ful of other cultures and religions and highlighted in of the university. project — a 70,000sqm hotel with residential apartments “We often look at nature’s systems when we work to particular the ministry’s role in translating Arab liter- to complete in 2020, in Lusail City’s Marina District. create environments, at her unrivalled logic and coher- ature into multiple languages international works into relations and present his programme as Unesco direc- The second of Hadid’s designs commissioned by Al ence,” Hadid said of the project. Lusail city is 23km north Arabic. Dr. Al Kawari will address the honouring cer- tor-general to the cultural committee of the Italian Alfia Holding will be built as part of an ongoing plan for of capital Doha and incorporates a 38km light rail sys- emony to highlight the role of culture in international parliament. future development of the city, Sheikh Mohammed’s Al tem to transport people throughout the city with direct Alfia Holding said in a statement. connection to the wider Doha Metro network. Beijing’s South China Sea claims rejected Summer vacation hits taxi drivers hard Reuters hearings at the Permanent Court By Raynald C Rivera tition from a thriving limousine manipulating fare structures and already expected based on my expe- of Arbitration in the Hague, vowed The Peninsula service business, it is learnt. negotiating with passengers for a riences in the past,” said Sudeer, a again to ignore the ruling and said Many drivers work on rental higher rate which sometimes lead taxi driver working with one of the its armed forces would defend its basis and are finding it hard to meet to squabbles and filing of complaints. taxi franchisees. The drivers say they AMSTERDAM: An arbitration court sovereignty and maritime interests. the quota; some have to pay more The past Eid holidays was seen have to tighten their belts at least in yesterday ruled that China has no China claims most of the DOHA: After doing brisk business than QR200 to the company daily. by taxi drivers as a golden oppor- the next two months to ensure their historic title over the waters of the energy-rich waters. Brunei, Malay- during Eid holidays, taxi drivers are While Karwa has stopped the tunity to earn more in preparation daily necessities and the needs of South China Sea and has breached sia, the Philippines, Taiwan and struggling to make ends meet with a rental scheme, a number of taxi for the long summer break. “I took their families back home are met, the Philippines’ sovereign rights Vietnam also have claims.