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Home | 4 Business | 21 Sport | 31 Qatar Airways unveils Al Sada chairs Test of character for football-fuelled Ministerial Meeting in-form Al Sailiya in video on safety of OAPEC Al Rayyan clash The Peninsula Newspaper @PeninsulaQatar @peninsula_qatar MONDAY 21 DECEMBER 2015 • 10 Rabia I 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6651 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar tops in UN PM with Search and Rescue Team report on Human Development Ranked first among Arab nations DOHA: Qatar has retained its was more than that of Norway. top spot in the Arab world, and The rate of unemployment for ranked 32nd in the world in the people in the age group of 15 to United Nations 2015 Human 24 years was only 1.1 percent in Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Commander of Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with the Development Report. 2015, as compared to 1.3 percent Search and Rescue Team. The Prime Minister congratulated the Team for receiving ‘Heavy’ classification by the UN’s International Search and Rescue The country has ranked highly the previous year. Advisory Group (INSARAG). Report on page 3 in the world in terms of several The first 10 spots in world criteria, although Norway has rankings are held in the UN again walked away with the top 2015 Report by Norway, Aus- global slot. tralia, Switzerland, Denmark, Qatar’s index value improved the Netherlands, Germany, Ire- Only GCC slightly from the previous year land, United States, Canada and Call for unified legislation to 0.85 from 0.849 (in 2014) due New Zealand. citizens can to increase in its gross national Qatar is 32nd in world rankings, income (GNI). sharing the spot with Cyprus, and convert drivers’ The GNI per capita, or per cap- the only GCC country to figure ita income, rose from QR119,029 among the first 32. Saudi Arabia, for lawyers in GCC region licences: Report in 2014 to $123,124 in 2015, says Bahrain and Kuwait figure on the the UN Human Development list later, on 39th, 45th and 48th DOHA: An annual GCC lawyers countries to back the idea of committees and involve them in DOHA: The Traffic Department Report (HDR). positions, respectively. and arbitrators’ conference that establishing a GCC-wide associa- discussions and drafting laws has issued a directive to stop con- Literacy rate for both genders Internet users in Qatar are concluded here yesterday has tion for lawyers. and decisions related to lawyers verting drivers’ licences of expa- improved from 96.3 percent in 91.5 percent of the population, an called for a unified legislation to The participants urged the and the legal profession, said a triates from other GCC countries 2014 to 96.7 percent in 2015. improvement from 2014 when the regulate the practice of the legal Secretary-General of the GCC, press release issued by Qatar into Qatari licences. The participation of people of percentage was 81.6. profession in the region to ensure ministries of justices, and the Chamber. The Department has sent a cir- college-going age in education In this respect, Qatar is slightly compatibility with the existing chambers of commerce in the The participants lauded the cular to all sections concerned in and higher education have also ahead of Japan but behind Finland systems. GCC states to continue their sup- decision of Saudi Arabia to set this regard, said the daily. This increased to 14 percent from 12 and Switzerland.In Finland Inter- The two-day conference which port for holding this conference up a national commission for privilege will now be available percent in 2014. net penetration is 92.4 percent was held under the patronage of on an annual basis. lawyers. Saudi delegates at the to only GCC citizens, Al Sharq Qatar topped the world in while the percentage for Switzer- the Prime Minister and Interior The recommendations also conference extended invitation reported. The department has terms of workforce participation land is 92.5. Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah included a demand made to to the participants to attend the also decided to stop direct driv- rate for people above 15 years of Continued on page 4 bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, authorities in the member-coun- next conference in their country. ing tests for holders of licences age. ended yesterday and urged the tries to continue supporting the issued in several Asian and Afri- The rate was 86.7 percent. It THE PENINSULA ministries of justices in the GCC lawyers associations and lawyer’s THE PENINSULA can countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Egypt, Somalia, Mauri- Sheikh Khalid meets Ecuador President tania, Sudan, Ghana, Eritrea, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, China New drive to detect breast, and North Korea. To obtain a drivers licence, they will be required to take at least a half course in a driving school in bowel cancer at early stage Qatar and pass the tests. The mini- mum duration of the course will By Fazeena Saleem Director of the PHCC addressing a press be decided based on the nature of conference. their licence, said the daily. DOHA: A new initiative ‘Screen for Life’ Also a mobile unit will be launched in that promotes awareness and early detec- March, which will visit health centers to THE PENINSULA tion of breast and bowel cancer in Qatar to screen patients. Breast and Bowel Cancer save lives is set-to begin from January 2016. Screening Center in Leabaib will open in With the high incidence of breast and March and Rawdat Al Khail in December. Yemen talks to bowel cancer in the country the campaign PHCC will be also launching a special call by the Primary Health Care Corporation center for Breast and Bowel Screening. resume on Jan 14 (PHCC) will encourage people without symp- According to the Supreme Council of toms to screen for cancer. Health (SCH), among the incidence of can- DUBAI: Yemeni peace talks con- It will aim at women aged 45 years or older cer in Qatar, breast cancer accounted for cluded in Switzerland yesterday with no symptoms to screen for breast cancer 17.42 percent, while bowel cancer is 10.55 without an agreement to end nine through mammography and calls on men and percent. months of civil war and foreign women aged 50 years or older with no symp- HMC has well-established breast and intervention, but rival factions toms to undergo bowel cancer screening, said bowel cancer treatment programmes, that will resume negotiations on Janu- officials yesterday. include internationally peer reviewed multi- ary 14. “The first round of Yemeni The Al Wakra Breast and Bowel Cancer disciplinary teams, sub-specialised surgery discussions ended with an agree- Screening Center will open for patients from and state-of-the-art treatment facilities. ment for them to be revived ... in Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani, Chairman of Ezdan Holding Group, January 17, 2016. The facility is located within Continued on page 5 Ethiopia on the 14th of January,” the premises of Al Wakra Health Centre, a source said. with the President of the Republic of Ecuador Rafael Correa at the Presidential Palace said Dr Mariam Ali Abdulmalik, Managing THE PENINSULA REUTERS in the capital Quito yesterday. The meeting was also attended by the Ecuadorian Vice- President Jorge Glas. Report on page 21 Barcelona win Club World Cup Malaysia’s Shariah-compliant airline takes off KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s first Islamic- flight RN0600 took off at 10am, from the KL lar flights next year, according to a Bloomberg compliant airline Rayani Air began operations International Airport 2 (klia2) in Sepang, fer- new agency report. yesterday with its maiden flight taking off rying 150 passengers, including 18 orphans Under the concept of halal —meaning “per- from the capital to the resort island of Lang- from the Taufik Islami Institute in Klang, missible” in Arabic — pork and its by-products, kawi, local media reported. Selangor and media practitioners. alcohol and animals not slaughtered accord- In-flight meals served on board its flights Overall, he expressed satisfaction with the ing to Islamic procedures are all “haram” or are completely halal, with alcohol consump- flight operations even though there was a forbidden. tion strictly prohibited. Muslim flight crew slight delay during passenger check-in. Halal standards also apply to products such must don the hijab while non-Muslim crew “So far, I am satisfied with the perform- as cosmetics, which may contain animal- are to be decently dressed, managing director ance of the crew. They are trained personnel derived ingredients, and the conditions under Jaafar Zamhari told reporters. There will also and some of them have the experience in the which they are prepared and stored. be prayer recitals before take-off. aviation industry. A company in Muslim-majority Malaysia “We are the first Malaysian airline to be “I hope everything goes well,” he said before has recently introduced halal bottled mineral Shariah-compliant based on guidelines by rel- the Boeing 737-400 took off. water. evant authorities. We are proud of this,” Jaffar On Friday, Rayani Air received an air serv- A halal convention in Kuala Lumpur earlier was quoted as saying by The Star newspaper. ice licence and air operator certificate from this year, which drew thousands of delegates FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez (centre) and captain Andres “The Shariah-compliant aspects will be the Department of Civil Aviation. and hundreds of exhibitors, showcased prod- Iniesta with trophies after defeating River Plate in the final of the FIFA refined as time goes by,” he added using the There are already other Shariah-friendly ucts ranging from food and cosmetics to col- Club World Cup 2015 at Yokohama International Stadium in Yokohama, Arabic word for Islamic law.