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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Friday 14 December 2012 1 Safar 1434 - Volume 17 Number 5541 Price: QR2 IATA raises Steady India profit restrict forecasts England Business | 13 Sport | 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Syrian rebels Qatarisation in might win, private sector says Russia MOSCOW/BEIRUT: Syrian rebels are gaining ground and might win, Russia’s Middle East envoy said yesterday, in at snail’s pace the starkest such admission from a major ally of President Bashar Al Assad in 20 months of conflict. Change in sponsorship law urged “One must look the facts in the face,” Russia’s state-run RIA DOHA: The Ministry of to the GSDP which will be study- quoted Mikhail Bogdanov as say- Labour’s job nationalisa- ing it along with the Ministry of ing. “Unfortunately, the victory tion drive in the private sec- Interior to take appropriate steps. of the Syrian opposition cannot tor does not seem to have met The ministry statement said it be ruled out.” with much success this year received 4,490 complaints from Bogdanov, a deputy foreign as reflected by the figures it workers in the first 10 months minister and the Kremlin’s spe- released yesterday. this year, and added that it cial envoy for Middle East affairs, The ministry gave approval resolved most of them. said the Syrian government was to private companies to recruit The construction industry, “losing control of more and more 18,854 foreign workers in the first which is the largest employer territory” and Moscow was pre- 10 months of 2012, but could help of private sector workforce, paring to evacuate Russian citi- only 781 Qatari nationals get pri- accounted for a large chunk of the zens if necessary. vate jobs. complaints (almost 47 percent), Syria has relied on war planes The government sector still with complaints from areas like and helicopters to bombard rebel remains the largest employer of trading, wholesale and automo- districts but Damascus denied the Qatari workforce. Out of 3,259 bile repair facilities having a 12 accusations by US and Nato offi- Qatari job-seekers, some 2,478, or percent share in the total. cials that it had fired Scud mis- a huge 76 percent, were provided The ministry approved only siles in recent days. employment in the state sector 71.4 percent of the requests Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker poses for a photograph in the Business Class cabin of the new Boeing 787 The foreign ministry said the between January and October of it received from companies to Dreamliner after it arrived on its inaugural flight at Heathrow Airport in London yesterday. Qatar Airways is the first long-range missiles were not used this year. recruit foreign workers (between airline to operate scheduled Dreamliner flights to and from the UK. against “terrorist groups,” a term According to the ministry fig- January and October of this it uses for the rebels, who now ures released through the Qatar year). Out of 26,419 requests, only hold an almost continuous arc News Agency (QNA) ahead of the 18,854 were cleared. of territory from the east to the National Day, of the 781 Qatari The most disappointing sta- Qatar Airways grounds a Boeing 787 southwest of Damascus. citizens who were employed in tistics were regarding expatriate The head of Nato said he the private sector, a vast major- women on relatives’ sponsorship LONDON: Qatar Airways has after a Boeing team had repaired firm and an option for 30 more. thought Assad’s government was ity (632) were women and the seeking work permits from the been forced to ground one of its the fault. It currently has a fleet of three nearing collapse and the new number of men was only 149. ministry. The ministry received three Boeing 787 Dreamliners Boeing said it was working to 787 jets. leader of Syria’s opposition said But the ministry reiterated in 8,779 requests from such women after it found the same prob- replace electrical components Al Baker said he was concerned the people of Syria no longer its statement that it is committed for work permits between lem that recently forced a so the jet could return to serv- that two airlines finding the same needed international forces to to pushing more and more nation- January and October 2012 and United Airlines Dreamliner to ice, but said it was not yet clear fault may indicate the presence of protect them. als into the private sector. only 3,533 permits were issued— make an emergency landing, its if the issue was identical to the a wider, systemic problem with “The horrific conditions which The ministry, meanwhile, said the percentage being a little more CEO said. one that affected the United flight the US made jets. “Two aircraft the Syrian people endured it has suggested amendments to than 40. “One of our Dreamliners has last week. having the same major problem prompted them to call on the the sponsorship system and the As for inspection of work- the same problem that the United On December 4, a brand new so quickly is a cause of concern,” international community for proposal has been forwarded sites, the ministry said more plane had and I am very disap- United Airlines Dreamliner with Al Baker said. “Boeing need to military intervention at various to the General Secretariat than 38,000 routine and sur- pointed with Boeing,” Qatar 184 people aboard was forced to get their act together because the times,” said Mouaz Al Khatib, of Development Planning (GSDP). prise checks were conducted to Airways Chief Executive Akbar make an emergency landing after delay of more than three years a preacher who heads Syria’s The ministry gave no further ensure their compliance with the Al Baker said in an interview one of six power generators failed. in delivery forced us to slow our National Coalition. details of the changes it has labor law, but divulged no details at London’s Heathrow airport Boeing said its technicians expansion plans.” The mechanical Now the Syrian people have suggested to the sponsorship about the nature of violations yesterday. “would evaluate the findings in issues, while not uncommon for nothing to lose. They handled rules, but said a working team or action taken against erring We will demand compensation Qatar to understand the root airlines, are another headache for their problems by themselves. had been set up to review the employers. (from Boeing)... we are buying cause of this issue and take the Boeing — a company still working They no longer need international sponsorship law and study its The ministry said it would planes from them to use them, appropriate next steps.” to overcome the negative percep- forces to protect them,” he added impact on the local job market find nationality-wise presence of not to put in a museum.” Qatar Airways, which received tion of production problems that in the interview on Wednesday and an extensive report had been workers in existing jobs to know He said the plane, which has its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner delayed delivery of the 787 by night, accusing the international prepared. the increase. been grounded since December earlier this month, has placed 3-1/2 years. REUTERS community of slumbering while The report has been referred THE PENINSULA 9, would not fly until next week orders for 60 Dreamliners — 30 See also page 3 Syrians were killed. REUTERS See also page 4 Insurance sector 47 Qataris working For Egypt, Yes or No is the question set for change in other Gulf states DOHA: The insurance indus- CAIRO: Islamists backing try might undergo an overhaul Egyptian President Mohammed with new rules and regulations DOHA: There were 2,111 ($5.68bn) and 85.5 percent of it Mursi and the secular opposi- expected to be implemented nationals from the neighbour- was parked inside the country tion ranged against them were soon, the Qatar Central Bank ing GCC states working in while only 14.5 percent remained yesterday rolling out campaigns (QCB) which has recently been Qatar in 2011 who were cov- overseas. over a divisive new constitu- charged with supervising the ered under the state pension The GRSIA issued a press tion that has sparked weeks of sector, has hinted. A new law scheme, while the number of statement yesterday outlining protests. that confers on the QCB addi- Qataris based in other GCC its achievements in 2011 ahead The staggered referendum to tional powers to regulate the states totalled barely 47 in of the National Day, Qatar News decide the text is to begin tomor- insurance industry (aside from that year. Agency (QNA) reported. row across half of Egypt, includ- taking care of the banking and Figures released by the There were 46,818 subscrib- ing in Cairo and Alexandria. The financial services sector) repeals General Retirement and Social ers to the mandatory pension rest of the country will vote a a Decree Law governing the Insurance Authority (GRSIA) scheme last year — a number week later, on December 22. insurance providers, reinsur- yesterday reflect that only two that was down from 48,074 in The protests, and over near- ance companies and intermedi- citizens from other GCC states 2010, representing a 2.7 per- absolute powers that Mursi gave aries that was enforced 46 years were added to the above list in cent decline, the GRSIA, which himself for two weeks to push it ago, in 1966. See also page 3 2011 over the previous year. is an autonomous body and through, have failed to sway the As for Qataris based else- works directly under the State president from his path.