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Page 01 Jan 10A.Indd ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Friday 10 January 2014 9 Rabial I 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5940 Price: QR2 QE investors’ First women’s wealth jumps cricket begins to QR574.37bn in Doha today Business | 15 Sport | 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Free parking for heavy vehicles Seven expressways in Baraha Motor City offer for six months; Ashghal to build six more facilities QR45bn road projects DOHA: A highway dedi- to multi-level interchanges DOHA: The Baraha Motor City cated to heavy vehicles is with tunnels and flyovers. The in the Industrial Area is offer- one of expressway and sew- expressway and road projects ing free parking services for age projects Public Works also involve development and six months to heavy vehicles, Authority (PWA) has lined up repair of some major roads. including trucks, truck-trailers as part of a nation-wide road As for the sewage plan, 221 and machinery and truck-tank- network development pro- projects are to be executed over ers, a senior official of Waseef gramme expected to be com- the next five to seven years at a said yesterday. pleted over the next five to cost of QR50bn. The Public Works Authority seven years. Some would cost up to (Ashghal), meanwhile, is also On Sunday, Ashghal (PWA) is QR200m, while others between developing six commercial park- to ink contracts to launch seven QR200m and QR900m and ing facilities for heavy vehicles major expressway, road devel- still others — the major ones — across Qatar, including Dukhan, opment and repair and sewage QR900m and more. Industrial Area, West and Shamal projects worth QR45bn. Local companies would likely (north), it was learnt yesterday. The expressway projects be awarded 163 of the 221 Waseef is an asset management involve 900km of road length, projects and their collective service provider which operates subways, flyovers and inter- value would be QR11.5bn. and maintains Barwa Real Estate changes, as part of the road Joint venture companies (for- Company properties, including infrastructure scheme connect- eign companies in partnership facilities in the motor city. ing places in Doha and other with local entities) stand to get The free parking offer is appli- parts of the country. a lion’s share of these projects. cable on all heavy commercial The projects involve build- The value of these projects (58) vehicles with immediate effect. ing 240 major interchanges, is estimated at QR41.7bn. Once the offer period ends, park- from conventional traffic lights THE PENINSULA ing services will be available at QR15 for each entry which will remain valid for 24 hours. Details of any weekly or monthly parking charges were not provided. The QR2bn Motor City over The housing project for labourers comprises 64 buildings and will be implemented in four phases. an area of 1.8m sqm is a mixed- used commercial project of Abdullah Al Kuwari, Project replacement and other mainte- will also be provided with com- Barwa with integrated facilities, Manager of Waseef, was present. nance-related services. munity facilities such as a medical including parking space for 4,200 According to a recent direc- The housing project for labour- centre, banking, a police station, heavy vehicles, housing for 40,000 tive of the Traffic Department, ers comprises 64 buildings and petrol station and fire station. low-income workers and 15,000 parking of heavy commercial will be implemented in four The project, housing world’s engineers with all community vehicles, including trucks and phases, initially housing 20,000 largest truck parking facility in facilities such as petrol stations, trailers in Doha and its suburbs, people, followed by another 20,000 an area of over 675,000 sqm, is mosques and others. will be banned from January 30 and finally 15,000 accommoda- being seen as another milestone “Parking services in the motor but parking of such vehicles for tions for engineers. for Barwa in serving the commu- city, including other community loading and unloading will be On the housing project for low- nity, which will provide the ulti- facilities, are operational. We are exempted. skilled workers, Al Muhannadi mate automotive solution. offering free parking so that users Once completed, the Motor said: “Eight buildings, each with In addition, driving schools and can get acquainted with facilities,” City with a self-sustained inte- 132 rooms, are almost ready. We test track zone are also planned Hassan Jummah Al Muhannadi, grated community for motor- are waiting for approvals from along with heavy commercial Chief Operating Officer of Waseef, ists will have automotive-related the Civil Defence which we may vehicles and truck parking zones. told a press conference at Waseef services such as vehicle inspec- get within a few weeks.” THE PENINSULA An artist’s impression of one of the highway projects. headquarters. tion centre, truck wash area, tyre Residents of the Motor City Another picture on page 2 Scattered rains Fewer Arabic movies this year due to crisis in Egypt may lash Doha BY SACHIN KUMAR Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and which runs four cinema halls in Qatar. Lebanon 14 and Tunisia 11. Qatar and other the UAE. Egypt has a dominating posi- “Egypt holds an important place in GCC countries do not have film industry this evening DOHA: The political instability in Egypt tion in the Arab world when it comes to Arabic cinema as most Arabic films are and depend on other countries for Arabic is bad news for Arabic film lovers. film-making because of its rich history and made there,” he said. Before the beginning films. DOHA: Scattered rains might Qatar is expected to see fewer releases of number of films produced per year. of instability, Egypt had been producing Craze for Arabic films is gradually catch- lash Doha and other parts of Arabic movies this year as film production It was the first country in the Middle maximum films per year in the region. ing on in Qatar. The number of Arabic the country later this evening, in Egypt has been adversely affected by the East and North Africa to establish a film According to Unesco data, Egypt pro- movies released in five years reached 119 the weather bureau said in its ongoing crisis. industry and screenings began in 1896. duced 42 films per year during 2005 to in 2012 from 93 in 2008. forecast yesterday. Any adverse impact on the Egyptian “This year is likely to be a quite year 2009 — the highest in the region. Morocco, Until Egypt has political stability and Chances of rain, particularly in film industry is felt by Arabic movie lovers for Arabic films because of the turbulence Lebanon and Tunisia also produce Arabic its film industry runs full steam, fans of the northern areas, would likely not only in Qatar but also the rest of the in Egypt,” said Mana Ibrahim Al Mana, films. Twenty-eight films were made in Arabic films in Qatar will have to content continue until tomorrow noon. Arabic-speaking GCC countries, including Chairman, Qatar Property Management, Egypt in 2011 while Morocco produced 24, with non-Arabic ones. THE PENINSULA Low pressure building in the north of the Arabian Peninsula might deepen and extend and 105-inch curved TV increase chances of scattered rains here, the bureau said. “There are chances of scat- Al Jazeera scribes’ custody extended tered rains in Doha by the CAIRO: Egypt extended yesterday by 15 days the detention of evening,” the bureau said in a three journalists working for Al Jazeera TV network who authori- detailed forecast. In the northern ties accuse of threatening public order, one of their lawyers said. areas, it might rain earlier in the Australian Peter Greste, the Canadian-Egyptian bureau chief for day with thunder. Jazeera English in Cairo, Mohammed Fahmy, and producer Baher Since the wind direction today Mohamed, were arrested on December 29 in a Cairo hotel. Ragia until tomorrow evening would Omran, a lawyer representing Greste, said their detention had been likely be southeasterly (with extended pending investigation”. The prosecution has accused them the speed being moderate), the of “filming security installations, threatening public order and bureau said humidity levels peace, and working without a permit” in Egypt. might rise today and last until early tomorrow evening. Tunisia PM steps down amid unrest A fresh cold spell would likely come back by tomorrow TUNIS: Tunisia’s Islamist Prime Minister Ali Larayedh resigned evening when the wind direction yesterday as part of a plan to end months of political deadlock which changes to northwesterly which has fuelled mounting social unrest. His resignation sees the depar- blows from the colder regions of ture of the first democratically elected government, which came to Europe. It could be windy begin- power after Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown in the first of ning tomorrow evening with the Arab Spring uprisings almost three years ago. See also page 8 wind speed reaching 30 knots at places. The sea could be rough in Indian diplomat in maid row leaves US the north as a result. Mercury levels would likely NEW YORK: An Indian diplomat, whose arrest over treatment fall at night to between 10 and of her servant sparked a bitter row, has left the US, authorities 13 degrees C from Sunday, while said yesterday. Prosecutors informed a court that New York-based day temperatures are expected to Devyani Khobragade had left the country as a grand jury unveiled Samsung Panoramic 105-inch Curved UHD TV on display at the Las Vegas Convention Centre at the 2014 vary between 15 and 19 degrees, charges of visa fraud and making false statements.
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