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Page 01 Sept 03.Indd WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2014 • [email protected] • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741 inside Stylish women FOOD are all wearing • Banishing the blues with healthy red again blueberry muffins P | 6 P | 5 ARCHAEOLOGY • A look through the history of Bahrain Fort In most places swimmers go out of their way to avoid sharks, P | 6 but wetsuit-clad tourists in Palau clamour to dive among the predators thanks to a pioneering conservation initiative that FILM has made them one of country’s main visitor attractions. • Battling biographies head to Toronto to win awards season hearts P | 8-9 HEALTH • Low-carb diets may beat low-fat options for weight loss, heart health P | 11 TECHNOLOGY • ‘Smart Buildings’ strategy put to test • Apps for the day P | 12 LEARN ARABIC SHARK Learn commonly • used Arabic words and their meanings TOURISM P | 13 2 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2014 COVER STORY Sharks off the menu and on the tourist trail in Palau By Neil Sands described as unprecedented by famed US marine example because of their special connection scientist Sylvia Earle, will cover 630,000sqkm with the ocean. n many places swimmers might prefer to (240,000 square miles), an area almost the size “The ocean is our way of life,” he said. “It avoid sharks, but wetsuit-clad tourists in of France. sustains and nurtures us, provides us with the Palau clamour to dive among the predators The architect of the ambitious plan is Palau basics of our Pacific island cultures, our very Ithanks to a pioneering conservation initiative President Tommy Remengesau, who said the ban identities.” that has made them one of the country’s main was needed to “let the ocean heal” after years of visitor attractions. industrialised fishing in the Pacific that has seen ‘Million-dollar’ shark Palau created the world’s first shark sanctuary stocks of some species such as bluefin tuna fall Just a decade ago, dozens of so-called “shark in 2009 and the move has been so successful to critical levels. boats” regularly docked in Palau’s commercial that plans are now underway to completely ban Remengesau said Pacific island nations, which centre Koror, hanging fins to dry from their rigging commercial fishing in the island nation’s vast are also struggling to deal with climate change, as they worked to supply a seemingly insatiable ocean territory by 2018. were effectively “the conscience of the world” demand in Asia for the primary ingredient in shark The fishing-free zone in the northern Pacific, on environmental matters and had to lead by fin soup. PLUS | WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2014 3 During the height of the trade, an estimated its 10-year lifespan via the dive tourists it 73 million sharks a year had their fins hacked attracts. off and were thrown back into the sea to die. “We feel that a live shark is worth a thou- “I would have been very upset to see that,” sand times more than a dead one,” he said. said Maayan Sagr, a 22-year-old tourist on ‘Wake-up call’ a six-week dive master’s course in Palau, While tourist numbers have climbed since which is regularly voted the world’s top spot sharks were protected, there have been no for underwater enthusiasts. attacks on divers, with operators keeping “The nature and the sharks are the reason visitors a safe distance from the creatures. I came here,” she said. “Everybody knows it’s Remesengau said the no-fishing plan pri- quiet and peaceful but the main attraction is oritised tourism — which contributes about the sharks, getting to see them in their natural $160m or 50 percent of gross domestic prod- environment.” uct annually — over the tuna industry, which Remengesau said Palau’s world-first shark contributes around $5.5m a year. protection measures sparked global change Earle, a National Geographic Society in attitudes towards the top predator, which “Explorer-in Residence” who has led more went from being seen as a dangerous pest to than 100 oceanic expeditions in a career a valuable part of the eco-system. About one- stretching back almost six decades, said it third of the world’s countries have followed was the first time a government had com- the Pacific nation’s lead in banning shark- mitted to stopping commercial fishing in its finning, according to the Pew Environment waters. Group. “(There is) awareness in Palau that we need Crucially, demand for shark fin soup in to protect the systems that keep us alive, to China has waned thanks to a ban from offi- restrict what has clearly been unsustainable cial state banquet tables and celebrities pub- — taking the sharks, tuna and the ocean wild- licly speaking out against eating the dish, life,” she said. which is often regarded as a status symbol. “I think it will set a standard and wake peo- Remengesau said sharks had more value to ple up around the world... 50 years ago we Palau as eco-tourism assets, citing a 2011 thought the ocean was too big to fail, now study that found a single reef shark could we know there are limits to what we can take contribute almost $2m to the economy over and still have an ocean that functions.” AFP 4 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2014 CAMPUS /COMMUNITY Birla Public School holds workshop for teachers Birla Public School conducted orientation programme and workshop for over 350 teachers, highlighting the various CBSE initiatives like ASL, PSA, OTBA etc, in light of CCE. This orientation programme and workshop was led by Pritam Ahluwalia, the Country Education Officer of the CBSE fame AIETS (All Indian Education Testing Services) Institution. Ahluwalia spoke about Activity Based Teaching, Multi Disciplinary Assessment in the scholastic and co-scholastic domains. Fatikchari Samity Qatar formed atikchari Samity Qatar (FSQ), a non-political, socio- Fcultural forum, was formed recently during a gather- ing organised at the ballroom of East West Restaurant. FSQ is an organization formed by the people of Fatikchari, an Upazila (Sub District) of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. A 71 member execu- tive committee was formed with Musa Ahmed Bokotpuri, a Bangladeshi journalist, elected as the president and Shahedul Islam Shahed as general secretary. Mohammed Zakaria Chowdhury was named as the organising sec- retary. The election results were declared by the Chief advisor of the forum Engineer Mezbah uddin Pearu. The newly elected president in his introductory speech reiterated that a full flagged committee will be presented in the month of December this year along with holding Mezban (community feasting). The main objective of the forum is to associate and reaching out to the people in need. Large members of people from Fatikchari were present in the function. The Peninsula Qatar winner returns after DSS Apprenticeship Program 2014 he Qatar winner of the DSS I would like to congratulate all the Apprenticeship Program students on completing this intern- 2014, Najla Al Thani from ship, which we hope has contributed TStenden University, has towards their all-round professional returned home after successfully and personal development. All of the 17 completing a two-week internship interns have worked very hard towards programme held in Dubai, where she proposing innovative strategies and represented her country alongside 16 fresh ideas towards the development other students from across the Middle of DFRE’s annual calendar of festi- East and North Africa (MENA) region. vals and campaigns. We would like to The program is organised by thank them for their sincere efforts Qatar Student at the Dubai Festivals and Retail and wish them every success in the Modhesh World Establishment (DFRE), an agency future,” said Laila Mohammed Suhail, of the Department of Tourism and Chief Executive Officer, DFRE. Commerce Marketing (DTCM), and The winning interns participated in such as Emirates, Dubai Airports, Commenting on her experiences of organizers of Dubai Summer Surprises several interactive sessions with sen- Emirates Flight Catering, Dubai FDI the program, Najla said, “The program (DSS). ior officials of key business and media and Majid Al Futtaim Group amongst has re-fuelled my passion for tour- “We are proud to have concluded yet giants including MBC Group. others. The once-in-a-lifetime opportu- ism. I can’t wait to go back home and another successful edition of the DSS During the programme, they also met nity to visit Facebook’s MEA regional apply the lessons I have learned here Apprenticeship Program in Dubai. On with top representatives from the city’s office in Dubai was a key highlight of in Dubai. It was a truly enriching and behalf of the entire team at DFRE, prominent home-grown establishments their agenda in the emirate. encouraging experience.” The Peninsula FASHION PLUS | WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2014 5 By Harriet Walker it means simply “colour”. It was also one of the first pigments to have been used in art, by cavemen grind- rom Jessica Rabbit to Scarlett O’Hara, only ing ochre, vermilion and cinnabar for their daubs. a certain type of woman wears red - and As man’s first shade both in visuals and vernacular, she’s on the increase. At the Emmys last perhaps that’s why it’s so prominent in our collec- Fweek, no fewer than seven leading ladies tive conscious: a social synesthesia that encapsulates from all your favourite DVD box sets turned up in emotions and abstracts into something instantly dresses that matched the carpet. Meanwhile, French understood. actress Julie Gayet wore red to the opening of the Monkeys are wary of red food because they associ- Venice film festival, breaking the recent event-dress- ate the shade with danger - the same reason some ing trend for safe and tasteful beige and white.
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