www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 23 SPORT | 30 Qatar-Asean Brilliant Kohli trade reached takes India into $16bn in 2014 World T20 semis MONDAY 28 MARCH 2016 • 19 Jumada II 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6749 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Archaeologists Premier visits trained in Stone Age tool and East-West weapon making By Raynald Rivera Corridor project The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Museums yester- Infrastructure Affairs, and Engineer day opened a training programme Nasser Ghaith Al Kuwari, Manager of for GCC archaeologists on the Major highway, key Ashghal’s Expressway Department. techniques of making tools and part of Expressway During the tour, Al Mawlawi and weapons in the Stone Age. other senior Ashghal officials briefed Under the patronage of its Programme, the Premier about the project’s scope Chairperson H E Sheikha Al expected to wrap up and the milestones achieved by the Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Authority so far. Thani, the workshop is organised next year. Al Mawlawi said in a press in response to a recommenda- statement: “The visit of the Prime tion from the 16th GCC Meeting of Minister to the construction sites Archaeology & Museums Under- The Peninsula of Expressway projects in south of secretaries, held in Doha last year. Qatar indicates his keenness to fol- Running until Thursday at the low-up closely on the progress and Museum of Islamic Art, “Tech- developments of the projects and niques of Making Weapons in the DOHA: Prime Minister and Interior fully support Ashghal in completing Stone Age” aims to educate par- Minister, H E Sheikh Abdullah bin these projects. The visit also reflects Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani at the East-West ticipants on the history of human Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, visited the country’s commitment to sup- Corridor construction site. settlements in the Gulf, dating the construction site of the East-West porting the implementation of these back to the prehistoric period, Corridor project last Thursday. important development projects”. by exploring the different uses of The project is a vital part of the The East-West Corridor provide new access to key roads and Transport System and storm water been planned to reduce the reliance weapons and their importance in Public Works Authority’s Expressway Project includes construction of residential areas such as Al Matar drainage. The project will see the on vehicles and improve accessibility. both self-defence and for collect- Programme in the south of the coun- approximately 22km of a new dual Street, Najma Street Extension, Barwa installation of 2,842 metres of As part of the development, more than ing food. try and is expected to be completed carriageway. The new East West Access Road, F-Ring Road, the Orbital drainage lines, 78,000 metres of 6,000 street lights will be installed on By exploring the history of in the second quarter of next year. Corridor roads will feature five lanes Highway and Al Wakrah Bypass. irrigation lines, more than 80,000 the East-West Corridor. The Corridor weapons and their development The Premier was received by in each direction stretching from the Covering infrastructure metres of electrical high voltage will also link to Al Wakrah Bypass over thousands of years, the par- Engineer Nasser bin Ali Al Maw- west of Barwa City to Al Matar Street improvements in the area, the cables, and over 79,000 metres of Road as part of the Expressway Pro- ticipants will gain insights into the lawi, President of the Public Works south of the Air Force Roundabout. project will include the upgrade medium/ low voltage Cables. gramme in the South of Qatar. history of people in the Gulf. Authority (Ashghal), Engineer The project includes eight grade- and relocation of utilities, new road New and improved pedestrian Jalal Yousef Al Salhi, Director of separated interchanges that will lighting, installation of an Intelligent walkways and cycle pathways have → Continued on page 2 → Continued on page 2 Slashed AC importers and dealers hope for deadline extension roaming By Mohammed Iqbal electricity bills due to lower energy available in some other GCC markets energy-saving ACs, he said they will thousands of units with the old spec- rates from and Sanaullah Ataullah consumption. and they are now being introduced in be slightly higher than the existing ification and we have been revising The Peninsula The Ministry of Municipality Qatar. For several months, the author- ones. “However, the customers will the orders as per demand. How are April 1 and Environment has set the July 1 ities have been raising awareness in eventually benefit from low electric- we going to dispose of all these stocks deadline to phase out all air condi- the market about the new regulation. ity consumption,” he said. by July? The demand for ACs will start tioners not meeting the Qatari and Dealers may face problems in clear- He pointed out that despite only at the beginning of summer,” said By Mobin Pandit DOHA: Importers and dealers are Gulf standards from the local mar- ing the existing stocks and we are repeated reminders by the authori- an official. The Peninsula gearing up for the proposed ban on ket. Only energy-saving ACs will be expecting a grace period for imple- ties and several extended deadlines, The ministry has warned of legal conventional ACs which is expected allowed from that date. Import, sale, menting the new decision,” said a few in the market have anticipated action against traders and importers to come into force on July 1 but say display and storage of conventional senior official of a company dealing that the regulation could be imple- violating the rule but has not so far DOHA: Local telecom service they are anticipating a grace period air conditioners have been banned. in a popular brand of electrical and mented this year. mentioned about a possible grace providers Ooredoo and Vodafone to clear the existing stocks. Enquiries with wholesale deal- electronic products. Sources from another company period. will charge reduced roaming rates The energy-saving air condition- ers yesterday revealed that they “We are now placing new orders dealing in a different brand of ACs The Qatar General Organiza- within GCC states from April 1. ers that will eventually replace the have started placing orders for the with our manufacturers to deliver ACs said the traders will find it extremely tion for Standardization (QS) at the Qatar’s Communications conventional ones are expected to be energy-saving ACs meeting the new meeting the new specifications,” he difficult to clear their existing stocks ministry had said that it will conduct Regulatory Authority (CRA) said slightly more expensive. However, the requirements. added. by July 1. “From the beginning of intensive inspection campaigns after yesterday it has coordinated with customers will benefit from reduced “ Such products are already Asked about the prices of the this year, we have placed orders for the July 1 deadline. the two telecom service providers to launch the new roaming charges for their customers “as planned”. This is the first phase of imple- 5G service to mentation of the new regulation Palmyra retaken CyberKnife treatment on reduced roaming charges for the benefit of telecom consumers launch in 2018 in Qatar and the rest of the GCC to benefit dozens states, a CRA release said. The regulation applies to DOHA: The first stage of Oore- reduction in roaming rates for doo’s 5G network will be launched By Fazeena Saleem provide focused treatment of tumour voice calls, outgoing SMS and data in Qatar by 2018 and made com- The Peninsula tissue while sparing the surround- services in all GCC countries. mercially available two years later, ing normal tissue. These include Since the decision was a top company official said yester- brain tumours, which may lie close announced last year, CRA worked day. Once the 5G network is rolled DOHA: The CyberKnife treatment to structures such as the brainstem, with the service providers and out, Internet speed will jump to facility at the National Centre for the auditory or visual nerves. Pri- put in place the necessary regu- between 1GB and 10GB per second. Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR) mary and metastatic spinal tumours latory instructions to ensure they of the Hamad Medical Corporation ( in close proximity to the spinal cord had sufficient time to plan the HMC) is expected to benefit between and nerves are also indicated for this implementation. 65 die in Pakistan 50 and 100 tumour patients every treatment,” Dr Noora Al Hammadi, “Both service providers have year. The region’s first CyberKnife Senior Consultant Radiation Oncolo- been supportive in complying with suicide attack M6 FIM Suite opened in December gist and Chair of Radiation Oncology this new regulation,” the CRA said. last year facilitates state-of-the-art at NCCCR told this newspaper. The launch of this consumer- treatment and is likely to receive “Because of the robotic tracking friendly initiative is a direct result LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: A suicide patients from other countries in the capabilities of the unit, we antici- of the decision by the GCC Min- bomber killed at least 65 people region, besides Qatar. pate using the unit to treat tumours isterial Committee for Posts, and injured more than 280 oth- Generally, tumours in all parts in moving organs such as tumours of Telecommunications and Infor- ers, mostly women and children, of the body can be treated with the the lung and the liver. Tumours that mation Technology to reduce the at a public park in the Pakistani CyberKnife. It is a non-invasive are difficult to access through sur- rates for roaming, telephone calls, city of Lahore yesterday, striking at alternative to surgery, for both can- gery, such as skull based tumours or text messaging and data services the heart of Prime Minister Nawaz cerous and non-cancerous tumours.