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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 3 Business | 21 Sport | 32 Expanded MPHC records Qatar Stars Neonatal QR786.2m net League: Al Intensive Care profit for first nine Gharrafa hold Unit inaugurated. months of 2015. Lekhwiya WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2015 • 14 Muharram 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6597 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir receives new German ambassador QR1.24bn worth real Emir issues estate transactions law regulating last week: Ministry DOHA: Real estate transactions are picking up as evidenced from last week’s total value of deals concluded. The value was a staggering QR1.24bn ($340m) in the week from October 18 to 22, figures residency released by the Ministry of Justice show. Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported, citing real estate registry department of justice ministry yes- terday, that the deals included those for open plots Panel to handle exit permit complaints of land, houses and multipurpose buildings located in different municipalities, including Doha, Umm DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim ties concerned. In emergency Salal, Al Khor, Al Thakhira, Al Rayyan, Al Dayeen, bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday cases, the Grievance Committee, Al Wakrah and Al Shamal. issued Law Number 21 of 2015 based on an expatriate’s request to Real estate expert Khalifa Al Muslemani told this regulating the entry and exit of leave Qatar, must take a decision newspaper that two major deals for mega projects expatriates and their residency. within three working days. were part of the transactions that were concluded The law is to be implemented Residency permits of expa- for the week under review and that explains why one year after the date of its pub- triates must be renewed within the total value was so high. “However, this value lication in the official gazette, 90 days of expiry. The employer should not be taken as a trend. It reflects growth Qatar News Agency (QNA) cannot keep his worker’s pass- but it is a one-off thing and should be treated as reported. port or travel document except Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received at the Emiri Diwan yesterday the exceptional,” said the expert. According to the law, no foreign with written permission from him credentials of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Hans-Udo Muzel. The worker will be allowed to enter (the worker). Within 30 days of Emir welcomed the new ambassador and wished him success in his new assignment. THE PENINSULA Qatar unless he has signed a job arrival of an expatriate here, his See also page 2 contract with the employer and RP should be processed. the contract is signed by both the An expatriate’s spouse and parties. children up to 25 years of age (if Hotels and tourism facilities daughters are unmarried) are providing entry visas to foreigners entitled to RP. The age limit can must inform the authorities con- be waived by the Minister or his QA to set up double-decker cargo facility cerned if the person is missing for representative. 48 hours. Such information must In the case of a newborn, its RP DOHA: Qatar Airways will cre- a press conference at HIA. “Being underlines our commitment to The company plans to launch be passed on within 24 hours. must be stamped within 90 days ate a new double-decker cargo in the top three international continued growth and expansion two new speciality products — QR An expatriate or his employer from the date of birth. facility that will be opened by cargo carriers in the world reflects in line with the airline’s group Express and QR Equine. must inform the authorities con- An expatriate worker with RP 2018 at Hamad International the hard work and commitment objectives for the future,” said QR Express provides clients cerned for exit permit three days cannot stay abroad for more than Airport (HIA). The new facil- of the Qatar Airways Cargo team Ulrich Ogiermann, Chief Officer with the opportunity to book before an expatriate has to travel six months unless he has sought ity, combined with the current over the past five years,” he said. Cargo, Qatar Airways. through a simplified system with overseas. permission and for that and has facility, will allow Qatar Air- “Our cargo capability is a major “Having the ability to handle high boarding priority and rapid In case the employer or the paid the required fee. ways Cargo to handle 4.4 mil- component in driving our group 4.4 million tonnes of cargo a year handling, guaranteeing the speedy authorities concerned object An expatriate worker will be lion tonnes of cargo a year, an success and growth and it will will put Qatar Airways Cargo delivery of their cargo. Other key to the travel, the worker can responsible for the entry and stay increase from current 1.4 million remain a focus of our expansion into another league, and enhance features include short and flexible approach a Grievance Commit- of his spouse (even if she works) tonnes capacity. in the coming years,” he added. the efficiency and service already close outs, quick ramp transfer (for tee at the Ministry of Interior to and children. If divorced, a spouse Qatar Airways Cargo is now the The company has risen to the No.3 offered at our existing state-of- transit express), as well as prior- seek exit permit. The committee can apply for approval from the third largest international cargo position from 16th place in just five the-art facility,” he added. Al ity loading at origin and unload- is to be set up and its job is to be authorities concerned to be the airline in the world, according years, and now boasts a freighter Baker indicated that future plans ing at final destination and speedy specified by a ministerial decision. employer’s responsibility. to the latest IATA international fleet of six Airbus 330s, eight Boe- include building further capacity retrieval at final destination. An expatriate worker can leave Continued on page 6 FTK figures, Akbar Al Baker, ing 777s and one Boeing 747. for cargo at HIA, to up to seven Continued on page 3 Qatar either getting approval from Group Chief Executive of Qatar “The new cargo terminal, which million tonnes, after current his employer or from the authori- THE PENINSULA Airways, announced yesterday in is scheduled to open in 2018, expansion plans are complete. THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2015 HOME 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Emir sends greetings cable to Turkmenistan president Emir receives credentials DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow on his country’s National Day. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani also sent a congratulatory cable to Berdimuhamedow. of six new ambassadors Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdul- lah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent a similar cable to Gurbanguly. Emir issues decisions DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday issued Emiri Decision No. 50 of 2015, transferring Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Vietnam Abdullah Ibrahim Abdulrahman Al Hamar to the Foreign Ministry. The Emir also issued Emiri Decision No. 51 of 2015, trans- ferring Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Bangladesh Abdullah Abdulaziz Mohamed Al Mana to the Foreign Ministry. The Emir issued Emiri Decision No. 53 of 2015, appointing Ahmed Nasser Al Duhaimi as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Bangladesh. Emir issues two decrees DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with ambassadors Roberto Abdullah yesterday issued Decree No. 45 of 2015, ratifying an agree- (Brazil) and (right) Ashud Ahmed (Bangladesh) at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. ment between Qatar and Latvia on the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income, signed in New York on September 26, 2014. The DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Tudor (Romania); Roberto Abdul- to the Emir the greetings of their relations between Qatar and their decree shall have the force of law in accordance with Article bin Hamad Al Thani received the lah (Brazil); Antonio Manuel Correa leaders and their wishes of fur- countries further development. 68 of the Constitution. credentials of six new ambassadors (Portugal); Etienne Thevoz (Swiss ther progress and prosperity to the Earlier, the ambassadors were The Emir also issued Decree No. 46 of 2015, ratifying an air at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Confederation); and Ashud Ahmed Qatari people. accorded official receptions at the transport agreement between Qatar and Burundi, signed in They were: Ambassadors Hans- (Bangladesh). The Emir welcomed the new Emiri Diwan. Doha on May 19, 2013. The decree shall have the force of law Udo Muzel (Germany); Cristian The new ambassadors conveyed envoys and wishes them success and QNA in accordance with Article 68 of the Constitution. MoUs, draft protocol ratified DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani issued a document, endorsing ratification of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the field of sports between the SCH launches Qatar National Cancer Registry Ministry of Youth and Sports and China’s State General Administration of Sports, signed in Beijing on November 3, DOHA: Qatar’s fight against can- Registration of cancer cases will This comprehensive information Strategy to reduce the burden of 2014. The Emir issued a document, endorsing ratification of cer has got a further boost with the be carried out electronically by hos- can be used for health planning and cancer while ensuring that the best an MoU in the field of youth between Qatar and Sri Lanka, launch of Qatar National Cancer pitals, in addition to laboratories development and scientific research.