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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Thursday 16 May 2013 6 Rajab 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5701 Price: QR2 QE keen to take Chelsea win part in region’s Europa activities: CEO League Business | 22 Sport | 32 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Sheikh Tamim meets UN official Rate of inflation QR360bn fund 3.7pc in a year DOHA: The rate of inflation in Qatar was 3.7 percent in a year until last April, according to the soon for health latest Consumer Price Index released by Qatar Statistics Authority yesterday. The CPI for April 2013 reached and education 114, showing an increase of 0.1 percent compared to March this year and an increase of 3.7 per- cent compared to April 2012. Biggest fund for any sector in Qatar The highest price increase — 8.2pc — was recorded in the cat- DOHA: Qatar has immedi- Al Thani. “It’s the Emir’s initia- egory “entertainment, recreation ate plans to set up a QR360bn tive,” Qatar News Agency said and culture” followed by “rent, ($98.9bn) fund for sustainable yesterday. The corpus is to be set fuel and energy’’ which was 6.2 financing of health and educa- up vide a law whose draft was percent. Furniture, textiles and tion projects and make these approved by the State Cabinet home appliances saw an increase sectors and services world class. at its weekly meeting yesterday. of 3.1pc. Price increases have been This is the biggest corpus The draft is to be referred to recorded in all the categories announced for any targeted sec- the Advisory Council, QNA said. except “miscellaneous goods and tor in Qatar’s history as the sum The fund is to be given the legal The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on services” where they declined by is a little more than half of the authority to operate as an autono- Yemen, Jamal Benomar, at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Talks dealt with aspects of cooperation between Qatar 0.6 percent. THE PENINSULA country’s gross domestic product. mous body and would be tasked and the United Nations, as well as developments in Yemen. It is understood that the mas- with identifying priority financing sive fund will be a permanent areas in the above two sectors. corpus and returns from its The body would comple- assets will be periodically spent ment the state’s comprehensive on health and education in the development plans and work to country for all times to come. encourage private investment in Cabbie gets a month in jail for overcharging The corpus will make sure that health and education. BY FAZEENA SALEEM the investment needed over time The Qatari community was matter to the police. The driver cabbie told them it was an airport forgive the cabbie but recorded to fully develop indigenous human very excited about the news yes- was picked up and questioned by taxi and so was slightly expensive. their complaint. They (the police) resource in the two basic sectors terday. “It’s a massive fund and DOHA: A lower criminal court the police and charges were filed “We knew he was lying. It took signatures of the passengers is available. will take care of all future needs here has sentenced a taxi driver against him in the court which wasn’t an airport taxi, so we and the cabbie on a form that was The idea is to help achieve the of health and education sectors to a month in jail after finding handed him a month’s sentence. asked him politely to flag down in Arabic, said the duo. goals set for the advancement of in our country for generations him guilty of overcharging pas- In an unrelated incident last the meter,” one of the complain- The policemen said this was a health and education as part of to come,” said Mohamed Zayed sengers. The court also ordered Monday, two Indian passengers ants told this newspaper. first complaint against the cab- the Qatar National Vision 2030. Al Khayarin, from the Centre of the deportation of the driver called in the police after a taxi The duo said one of them bie and action would be taken if The QNV envisages a world- Voluntary Activities. after serving the sentence. driver allegedly refused to switch then tried to take snapshots of he repeated the violation. The class education system that Mishal Al Dhahnim, a member Two men took a taxi from on the meter and threatened to the meter with his mobile phone passengers did not complain to equips citizens to achieve their of the Central Municipal Council Souq Waqif to their hotel. The assault them when they tried to handset which infuriated the cab- Mowasalat, owners of Karwa — aspirations. (CMC), said many achievements meter showed QR25 when they take photographs of the meter bie, an African national. to which the taxi belonged — as And as for public health, the have already been realised in reached the hotel. The duo with their mobile phones. “The driver began using abu- they said it would have been futile. QNV sets the target of achiev- the health and education sec- handed a QR50 note to the cab- The duo boarded the taxi from sive language and gestured in a To recall, a senior Mowasalat ing a comprehensive health- tors. “The fund will considerably bie but he demanded QR10 more, near the Marriott Hotel to go to violent way to hit and turned the official recently admitted in care system of international advance health and education as to which the passengers objected the New Salata area. The taxi taxi back towards the Marriott remarks to this newspaper that standards. it would help investment in indig- and insisted he return QR25. driver refused to start the meter Hotel, so we called in the police,” they got about 200 complaints The initiative to set up the fund enous human resource develop- However, the taxi driver sped even as the commuters insisted said one of the commuters. from commuters everyday and comes directly from the Emir, ment.” away. The alert duo noted the and instead asked them to pay The police arrived and, accord- some of them were serious. H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa THE PENINSULA taxi’s number and reported the QR50. When the two objected, the ing to the duo, urged them to THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 16 MAY 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME QR100m Health and Wellness Care Centre by 2015 Ashghal and Ministry of Health sign contracts that include the construction of five primary healthcare centres BY FAZEENA SALEEM healthcare facilities at a cost of be built between the Women’s QR1.2bn within two years. Hospital and the Emergency DOHA: The first full-fledged Five primary healthcare cen- Department at the Hamad Health and Wellness Care tres will be built at Al Nuaim, Al General Hospital. Centre — a new healthcare con- Muntazah (Rawdat Al Khail), Besides the surgery block, cept in the country — will be Al Karaana, Al Rawda and Al refurbishment work too will ready by 2015 in Bu Fassila in Ghuwairiyah, in addition to 20 be done at the Hamad General Umm Salal. The centre devoted operation theatres at Hamad Hospital. Roads and parking to promote healthy living will General Hospital. areas too will be reconstructed have facilities such as an indoor Contracts were signed between near the buildings. swimming pool and wellness Ashghal and the ministry yester- Health and welfare are among centre besides wards and clin- day at the Hilton Doha to build the key elements of Human ics, including a pharmacy, a labo- healthcare facilities, in the pres- Development Pillar of Qatar ratory, a radiology centre and a ence of Abdullah bin Khalid Al National Vision 2030. Ashghal, physical therapy centre. Qahtani, Minister of Health and in collaboration with its partners, The QR99.848m centre will Secretary General of the Supreme will continue to deliver projects offer visitors high quality lobby Council of Health, and Nasser Ali that are built with the highest areas, atrium and spacious public Al Mawlawi, President of Ashghal. international standards of quality corridors in addition to a dedi- Although the primary health- and safety in the concept, design cated cafeteria. care centres may vary from size and construction stages,” said Al It is part of many upcoming and facilities, their architecture Mawlawi. projects, Public Works Authority and planning is unified to make As part of its Buildings (Ashghal) announced yesterday. patients comfortable. Programme, Ashghal plans to It is set to build seven new The operation theatres will develop 124 building projects in 2013-2014 at an estimated cost of QR14.2bn, of which 22 projects will be in the Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani, Minister of Health, and Eng Nasser Ali Al Mawlawi, President of Public Works healthcare sector. Authority (Ashghal), and other officials view scale models of the new health centres after the signing ceremony at THE PENINSULA Hilton Hotel yesterday. SHAIVAL DALAL Nurses honoured Hamad Medical Corporation’s Heart Hospital recently honoured 90 nurses for their outstanding performance in delivering safe and effective patient care. Some of the nurses with senior officials from the nursing department at the event. Vodafone launches BlackBerry Q10 DOHA: Vodafone Qatar yesterday launched the latest BlackBerry Q10 smartphone powered by BlackBerry 10. The Q10 smartphone is available in all of Vodafone retail stores as well as its online store at www.vodafone. qa for QR 2,699. The smartphone combines BlackBerry’s best physical keyboard and a touch screen.