www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 23 SPORT | 34 QCB to issue new Kohli urges calm guidelines for as India kick off insurance sector soon title campaign TUESDAY 15 MARCH 2016 • 6 Jumada II 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6736 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir condoles Qatar reaffirms with Turkish President commitment to DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held yester- day a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, expressing condolences civic services and sympathy for the victims of the bombing in Ankara yesterday, reports QNA. The Emir also denounced the Arab Towns Organization Day is “No criminal act aimed at destabilising Sustainable Development is possible security and stability and to terror- Arab world marks Amidst Constant Bloodshed, Migra- ise innocent people. Arab Towns tion and Sheltering of Refugees”. Organization Day This slogan has been chosen so that the issue of sustainable devel- Turkey says today. opment could be raised in the Arab world. Kurdish rebels Without sustainable develop- ment ensuring peace and prosperity and a stable environment for the behind blast The Peninsula people is not possible. March 15 is being marked this AFP year amidst grave threats and chal- lenges being faced by several Arab Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and Minister of DOHA: As the Arab world marks cities. “What is required to fight ANKARA: Turkey yesterday Arab Towns Organization Day today, these threats and challenges and to Public Health and HMC Managing Director H E Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari at the inauguration yesterday. blamed Kurdish rebels for a sui- Qatar has said it remains committed remove them from our midst is our cide car bombing that killed 35 to improving its municipal services, coordinated effort,” emphasized Al people in Ankara, the latest in a utilities and infrastructure to ensure Rumaihi. Sustainable development series of attacks that has height- prosperity, peace and stability for is the only way to keep the Arab peo- PM opens mental health centre ened concerns about security in people in the country. ple away from conflict and war and the country. The Arab Towns Organization ensure an environment of peace and There has been no claim of was founded on March 15 in 1967 prosperity for them, he said. The Peninsula development for psychological health support to patients who have expe- responsibility for the Sunday and is headquartered in Kuwait. Talking about Qatar, he said the services provided in Qatar, with rienced mental health problems. evening blast, which reduced It gives away Arab Towns Organ- country has taken and is still tak- mental health care for children and A similar support service is also cars and buses to charred husks ization Award, whose Foundation is ing key steps to provide quality teenagers, and a day care programme available for older members of the on a busy road in the heart of based in Doha. municipal services and utilities to DOHA: A new community-based for women designed for women who community, which is designed to the capital, wounding more than The Organization aims at main- the people. mental health centre of Hamad Med- are above 18 years who suffer long- provide mental health support, conti- 120 people. But Prime Minister taining the identity of Arab city and The Minister said that a hallmark ical Corporation (HMC) was officially term psychological problems. nuity of care, and a variety of medical Ahmet Davutoglu said “serious, empowerment of Arab local authori- of Qatar’s ongoing development is inaugurated yesterday by H E Sheikh The centre also houses a female therapies in the home. almost certain findings” from the ties and promoting decentralisation. good urban planning and continuous Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al adult day care programme that is H E Dr Hanan Mohamed Al investigation pointed to the out- Its objective is to also raise the infrastructure development. Thani, the Prime Minister and Inte- specifically designed for women over Kuwari, Minister of Public Health lawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party levels of municipal services and So many important develop- rior Minister. the age of 18 who are experiencing and HMC’s Managing Director (PKK) and vowed to “take any step localities in Arab cities. ment projects have been completed The new Enaya Continuing Care long term mental health issues, as said: “The benefit of community- required to defend this country”. March 15 is marked in the Arab and many are still going on. The Centre in Muaither aims to provide well as a female residential serv- based care options for the treatment Officials say that of the 37 peo- world as the foundation day of the improved services, civic amenities psychosocial healthcare outside the ice for women with more complex of mental health issues are vast; a ple killed in the blast, 35 have now Arab Towns Organization. and development reflect in all-round hospital scale. mental needs who require healthcare community setting is widely recog- been identified as victims, one was On this occasion, Qatar’s Minis- development, which means develop- The Premier toured the new cen- support but not acute care. nised as more beneficial for specific a female suicide bomber and one ter of Municipality and Environment, ment at all levels—social, economic, tre and was briefed about its facilities Community outreach services cases, particularly those patients a man thought to have been her H E Mohamed bin Abdullah Al human and environmental, said Al and services which include health- are also offered at the facility includ- who are in a rehabilitation or recov- accomplice. Rumaihi has issued a statement, Rumaihi. care and psychosocial support for ing an adult mental health outreach ery phase.” In February, a car bombing in reports Qatar News Agency QNA. children, adults and the elderly. team that provides at-home serv- a nearby area of Ankara killed 29 He said the slogan of this year’s → Continued on page 2 Enaya is an important ices including follow up and recovery → Continued on page 7 people. Population Refugee rush House rents on the over 2.42 million rise despite slump last year The Peninsula two bedroom apartments in Al Sadd range from QR8,000–14,000 per The Peninsula month, while West Bay Lagoon and Pearl Qatar range from QR14,000 to DOHA: Despite reports of market QR20,000 per month. DOHA: Qatar’s population at gloom, Qatar’s residential rental lev- From a total housing stock of 2015-end was a little over 2.42 els continued to expand unabated roughly 180,000 units during 2010, million, with households among during 2015, rising by approximately Doha’s total housing stock has grown them totalling 201,432. 7 percent year-on-year during the to reach in excess of 226,500 units The number of people in the second half of 2015. But this was at the end of 2015, translating into a households totalled less than a down from 14 percent annual growth circa 5 percent annual growth rate. million (955,769) and nearly half achieved during the same period in The CBRE’s Qatar MarketView high- the households (96,609) were 2014. lights that a significant majority (80 based in Doha. Smaller apartment units, partic- percent) of future supply will cater The second largest municipal Migrants from the refugee camp near Idomeni village cross the river trying for an alternative route ularly those within central locations, to upper mid – high income seg- jurisdiction in terms of number of to go over the Greek-Macedonian border, in northern Greece, yesterday. Hundreds of migrants stuck remained in high demand, although ments, with estimated rental levels in household was the satellite and at the closed border have left the camp seeking ways to enter Macedonia. → See also page 17 rental growth was actually most excess of QR7,500 per month, mean- sprawling town of Al Rayyan, evident for secondary and more ing a minimum household monthly which housed 63,000 households. affordable locations, global real income of around QR25,000 per Al Wakrah had 16,653 house- estate consultancy firm CBRE said. month would be required. holds, while Al Khor/Al Dhakhira “There has been increasing When looking at Qatar’s office Municipality had 7,654 and Umm evidence of tenant relocations and market, the CBRE report shows Salal, 6,962. The number of Two UAE pilots martyred in Yemen crash downsizing, with some occupiers that the West Bay/Diplomatic area households in the newly carved moving into smaller units or choos- remains the primary choice for the out municipality of Al Shahaniya ing more affordable accommodation majority of international and local were 4,997, whereas Al Daayen AFP “due to a technical fault,” said the It is the first known case of an in less prominent areas of the city,” office occupiers wishing to set up had 4,876 households and Al coalition statement published by Emirati jet from the coalition crash- said Mat Green, Head of Research & operations in the country. Shamal, barely 738. The house- Saudi state news agency SPA, hours ing since the Saudi-led campaign Consulting UAE, CBRE Middle East. In addition to comprising holds had four members each on RIYADH: Two Emirati pilots were after the United Arab Emirates said against the Iran-backed rebels began Housing options in loca- roughly 60pc of the total office average in Doha and Al Khor/Al martyred when their fighter jet one of its jets had gone missing. in March last year. tions such as Al Sadd, West Bay stock, proximity to important facil- Dhakheera, while the maximum crashed yesterday in Yemen, where In a statement on the UAE’s offi- Coalition warplanes turned their Lagoon and the Pearl-Qatar con- ities make the wider West Bay area size was seven in Umm Salal.