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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Monday 27 January 2014 26 Rabial I 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5957 Price: QR2 Lagoon Capital Australia shock hosts Qatari England to businessmen snatch ODI win Business | 19 Sport | 27 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Cyprus President arrives Emir announces Qatar ‘open to’ new Qatar 2022 board of directors DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh suggestions on Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani issued the Emiri Decree No 4 of 2014 yesterday. After hav- ing reviewed the Constitution and the Emiri Decree No. 27 judicial reforms of 2011 that established the Supreme Committee for Qatar 2022, and the Emiri Decree No. 3 of 2014, and the Emiri Decree UN official calls for improvements No. 28 of 2011 which established the board of directors for the DOHA: A top visiting UN offi- Knaul said she welcomed Supreme Committee for Qatar cial, while lauding Qatar for the establishment of the Public 2022, and as amended by Emiri recognising the independence Prosecution as an institution Decree No. 83 of 2011, we have of judiciary in its Constitution, independent from ministries or decided the following: has called for urgent measures the judiciary, but added that the (1) The Board of Directors is to consolidate this freedom. fact that the Prosecutor-General to be reformed under H H the Qatar, according to the UN had the rank of Minister might Emir as Chairman and H H the Special Rapporteur on the inde- create confusion regarding its Personal Representative of H H pendence of judges and lawyers, independence from the executive. the Emir as Deputy Chairman, is determined to reform its jus- Talking about the lawyers’ Prime Minister and Minister of tice system, and its leadership is association here, she said it had the Interior and include as mem- much more open to suggestions no official competence, so grad- Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades arrived in Doha yesterday. He was welcomed at Doha International Airport bers the following: on judicial reforms. ual but significant steps should by the Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada, Qatar’s Ambassador to Cyprus a. H E Sheikh Mohamed bin Gabriela Knaul was here on an be taken towards establishing an Hussain Ahmed Mohammed Al Humaid and Cyprus Ambassador to Qatar Charalambos Panayides. Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani , as eight-day visit at Qatar’s invita- independent bar association. the Managing Director; tion and addressed the press yes- This association would provide an b. H E the Minister of terday, highlighting several key umbrella of protection for its mem- Municipality and Urban Planning; issues. The current judicial sys- bers against undue interference in Toyota, Lexus cars c. H E the Minister of Finance; tem is recently established and their legal work and monitor and Women, children can leave Homs d. H E the Minister of Youth continues to face some challenges, report on their members’ conduct being recalled and Sports; especially in relation to the inde- and apply disciplinary measures in GENEVA: Women and children trapped in the city of Homs have e. H E the Minister of pendence of judges, prosecutors a fair and consistent manner. DOHA: The Ministry of been allowed to leave immediately under a deal that marked the first Communications and Information and lawyers. The setting up of such an Economy and Commerce tangible, if limited, sign of progress at the Syria peace talks in Geneva. Technology; The absence of a code of con- organised legal profession is a announced that the local dealer Lakhdar Brahimi, the Algerian diplomat representing the UN and f. H E the Minister of Development duct and ethics for judges affects key element to the independence of Toyota and Lexus cars have Arab League, acknowledged that the agreement on Homs fell short of Planning and Statistics; the independence and impartial- of lawyers. “In Qatar, such func- begun recalling Lexus cars his hope to send a humanitarian aid convoy through to a rebel-held g. H E the Minister of Transport; ity of the judiciary, said Knaul. tions are presently entrusted to RX350/ 2010 models to fix area of the central Syrian city, but, he said, “to bring Syria out of h. H E the President of the The creation of a Constitutional the Ministry of Justice.” manufacturing defects in their the ditch in which it has fallen will take time”. See also page 10 Qatar Football Association (QFA). Court should be underlined as a Knaul underlined the need for brake override system. (2) The term of membership of positive development, she said, transparency during both the The dealer started receiving Al Jazeera scribe slams Egypt detention the board is four years with renewal but wondered why this court was investigation phase and court cars with defects from January CAIRO: An Australian journalist who is being held in an Egyptian for a period or similar periods. not operational over five years proceedings. She said modern 19, said a Ministry release. jail has described his detention as an “attack on freedom of speech” (3) Emiri decree No.28 of 2011 after the law that created it was technology tools should be urgently An announcement was made in letters to his family. Peter Greste and two colleagues working for is hereby null and void passed and four years after its adopted and all hearings should be earlier that the said dealer was Al Jazeera were arrested on December 30 for allegedly holding illegal (4) This decision is effective head was appointed. recorded to ensure proper, ade- asked to recall more than 40,000 meetings with the banned Muslim Brotherhood. Greste, 48, a former on the date of its signature and “I strongly encourage that the quate and transparent administra- Lexus and Toyota cars to fix BBC correspondent, sent the letters from Tora prison in Cairo. is to be published in the official court be formed and start func- tion of justice. THE PENINSULA their defects. THE GUARDIAN newspaper. tioning as early as possible.” Continued on page 6 THE PENINSULA Full report on page 7 QNA MONDAY 27 JANUARY 2014 HOME 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com QA to recruit Qatari talent at London career fair DOHA: Qatar Airways will Qatar Airways. Management Programme and recruit Qatari talent at the 7th The airline, which has increased Jossor Programme. Annual Qatar-UK Career Fair the number of students in its To be part of the scholarship at Grosvenor House Hotel in Qatar Airways Nationalisation programme, students must be London on February 21-22. Scholarship Programme by 100 a Qatari national (or Qatari During the two-day event, the percent in less than a year, hopes mother) and must not be spon- airline aims at recruiting students to continue the successful growth sored by any other company. for the National Scholarship by encouraging Qatari students They need to be self-funded or Programme, the Graduate in the UK meeting educational under HEI sponsorship, have a Development Programme, requirements to apply for schol- valid secondary school certificate the Aviation Management arships provided by the airline. of the current or previous year, Programme and the Internship Qatar Airways sponsors over have an overall average of a mini- Emergency medical dispatcher Nasser Al Yazeedi speaking at the ceremony. Programme. 100 university students in Qatar, mum of 80 percent in high school, “It is our goal with every career the US, New Zealand and the UK, with a minimum of 80 percent in fair we participate in to reach out with a mandate to sponsor more maths, English and science, and to students who are keen to work than 200 students by the end of a minimum score in an English hard to develop themselves and 2014. It provides educational and proficiency exam. their careers. training programmes, including Students should have an Emergency medical “We continue to participate National Scholarship Programme, unconditional offer letter from a in the UK fair as we have had Cadet Pilot Programme, university approved by the com- great success in the past, and Aircraft Maintenance pany and be accepted into one it promises a platform to con- Engineering Programme, of the approved majors, pass the nect with Qatari talent inter- Summer Internship Programme, personal interview, accept the dispatcher honoured ested in careers in aviation,” said Graduate Development department and work at the loca- Dr Kholode Al Obaidli, Vice- Programme, Massey University tion assigned by Qatar Airways. President of Nationalisation, MBA Programme, Aviation THE PENINSULA IAED award for Al Yazeedi from HMC Ambulance Service DOHA: In recognition of the award. This is a big honour response and clinical care, but Hamad Medical Corporation for the Ambulance Service and unlike the work of paramedics (HMC) Ambulance Service’s HMC,” said Brendon Morris, and the Emergency Department, GU-Q to host lecture on East Asia refugees commitment to provide high Chief Operating Officer of the work of the dispatcher often quality emergency response, Ambulance Service, who intro- remains in the background,” said DOHA: The Georgetown The JRS Asia Pacific office emergency medical dispatcher duced the winner. Morris. University in Qatar (GU-Q) serves refugees and other dis- Nasser Al Yazeedi was given the Al Yazeedi is trained to work He said Ambulance Service hosts a public lecture by Fr. placed people in Australia, Dispatcher of the Year Award quickly and calmly in a struc- is working towards becoming Bambang A Sipayung S J (pic- Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua by International Academies tured way to take essential details an IAED-accredited Centre of tured) at its auditorium in New Guinea, the Philippines, of Emergency Dispatch about the patient’s condition and Excellence.