ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Thursday 18 April 2013 8 Jumada II 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5673 Price: QR2 Doha Bank Hosts Qatar nets QR395m beat Palestine profit in Q1 2-0 in friendly Business | 17 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Thatcher’s funeral Saudi crackdown Companies on illegal workers RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will take new steps, including jail terms for small business owners classified on and the hiring of 1,000 inspec- tors, to crack down on foreign- ers working illegally in the world’s top oil exporter, Labour Minister Adel Al Fakieh said. track record “We have and will continue to have millions of foreign workers. We have 7.5 million legal foreign Job-seekers can check firms’ status workers and we need them,” Fakieh told Saudi-owned MBC DOHA: Foreigners, before would repair their record and television this week, according to boarding a plane to Qatar to climb up the classification ladder. a transcript posted on its web- take up private sector jobs, “We will be updating the clas- site. Full report on page 7 would soon be able to check the sification every six months based credentials of companies that on our field surveys and close US bombing suspect have offered them employment, interaction with the companies,” on the website of the Ministry said Mohamed Al Mir, assist- spotted in video of Labor. ant director of Labor Inspection The Ministry recently con- Department. He was addressing BOSTON: Investigators believe ducted a survey of some 65,000 a news conference on the issue they have spotted a suspect in companies and based on their yesterday along with Fawaz Al the Boston Marathon bombing track record classified them into Rais, director of Recruitment from security video, a US law three groups: A, B and C. Department at the Ministry of enforcement source said yester- C-grade companies are to be Labor. Al Rais said they would Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s coffin arrives in a gun carriage at St. Paul’s Cathedral prior day, but no arrest had yet been avoided since they include those soon be uploading the companies’ to her funeral service in London, yesterday. Baroness Thatcher died after suffering a stroke at the age of 87 made. Report on page 11 accused of selling work visas, have classification on the ministry’s on April 8. Report on page 11 no jobs to offer and generally leave website. their employees in the lurch, to The officials said they have fend for themselves. urged the Interior Ministry For all practical purposes, com- and other government agencies panies under this classification to extend their full support to are bad paymasters, abuse work- A-grade companies for comply- Quake triggers calls for new construction rules ers’ rights and are blacklisted for ing with the labour law. their flagrant violation of provi- “This is an incentive we are DOHA: The Central Municipal He said there should be new discussed the request of a citizen also has a negative impact on the sions of the labour law, according offering these companies. This Council (CMC) has called on standards and specifications for who sought CMC’s support to Qatari economy, he added. to senior labour ministry officials. would create healthy competition the authorities to prepare highrise buildings to increase break the monopoly of Asians in He demanded that the govern- Companies making it to the in the private sector and more new guidelines for the con- their resistance against natu- the transportation sector. ment set up a special office to A category are the best ones in and more companies would like struction sector in view of the ral calamities, especially earth- Heavy vehicles and heavy equip- regulate the transportation sec- terms of treating their workers, to emulate the A-grade ones and aftershocks of the Iran earth- quakes. This should be made part ment like cranes and earthmovers tor, especially trucks and other paying them on time and respect- climb up to the elite list,” said Al quakes felt in Doha on Tuesday of the Qatar Construction Code, are mostly owned by expatriates heavy vehicles. ing their rights and privileges as Mir. The classification does not, for the second time in a month. he added. of an Asian country and they are “I had already made this appeal enshrined in the labour law. in any way, mean that the Labor Jassim bin Abdullah Al Malki, Al Malki said the West Bay being operated in the name of to several entities, including B category companies, that are Ministry has any intention to CMC’s vice chairman and head area housing scores of skyscrap- Qatari citizens, Hamad Salem Al Qatar Chamber and the Ministry in a majority, on the other hand, punish B or C-grade companies, of its services committee said the ers should be given special atten- Nabit told the CMC session. of Interior. In 2011, the Ministry are those which have been accused the officials said. They, however, CMC had discussed this issue tion while preparing the new These people are monopolising of Interior had formed a commit- of violating some provisions of the refused to give the number of five years ago and submitted guidelines. the entire transportation sector tee to deal with this issue,” said labour law but those violations are companies in each category. its proposals to the Ministry of Meanwhile, an ordinary ses- and making huge profits. Since Al Nabit. minor and there is hope that they THE PENINSULA Municipality and Urban Planning. sion of the CMC on Tuesday they send all the money home it THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 18 APRIL 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Cabinet reviews draft laws on disabled Free education, rehabilitation and medical care, along with equal job chances and housing proposed DOHA: The Deputy Prime committee on drugs and narcotics. The decision sets conditions exempting them from taxes and and give them access to public and The Cabinet took note of a let- Minister and Minister of State The report includes strategies and controls of licences for fees for rehabilitation, medical private facilities to enjoy all serv- ter from the Minister of Business for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmad to reduce supplies and treatment exploiting such sand and soil for care, education, technical and ices available in society. and Trade concerning a budget bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud and rehabilitation of drug addicts, agriculture, industrial and con- compensatory devices and means The Cabinet reviewed a memo for participation in the Expo 2015 yesterday presided over the and clarifies data in the report. struction purposes. of transport set for their use. by the Institute of Administrative in Milan and a draft ministerial Cabinet’s regular weekly meet- The Cabinet praised efforts of The Cabinet reviewed the fol- According to the draft decision, Development (IAD) concerning decision naming members of the ing at the Emiri Diwan. the committee and the concerned lowing and took appropriate the concerned agencies in Qatar the annual report 2011-2012 on ad hoc committee to prepare for Later, Al Mahmoud announced bodies to implement the second decisions: are required to take measures to its key accomplishments and the event. the decisions taken at the meet- phase of a national strategy to A draft law amending some enable people with disabilities to activities. The Cabinet also approved the ing, Qatar News Agency (QNA) combat drugs. provisions of Law No. 2 of 2004 access education, rehabilitation, According to the report, the signing of a protocol on stamping reported. The weekly session approved on people with special needs and medical care, and preventive, IAD provided 313 training pro- out illegal trade in tobacco prod- The Cabinet reviewed issues a draft decision of the Minister a Cabinet draft law concerning rehabilitative, cultural and sports grammes, attended by 6,916 ucts and a draft memorandum of on the agenda and took note of Environment on terms and some rights of people with spe- services and take advantage of employees, including 6,381 citizens understanding on cooperation and of the Minister of State for measures of exploiting soft sand cial needs. It provides for care employment opportunities. and 535 expatriates. The IAD also protection of the environment Interior Affairs concerning the and soil excavated from drilling of people with special needs and It also aims to provide adequate provided consultancy to various between Qatar and Oman. annual report of the permanent by state enterprises. securing their rights, including housing for people with disabilities government agencies. THE PENINSULA Energy minister at QP stand The Minister of Energy and Industry and Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada inspects a replica of an artificial reef ball at the stand set up by QP’s Offshore Operations at the recent QP Environment Fair 2013. The Offshore Operations’ exhibit highlighted Halul Island’s rich biodiversity through resident and migratory birds found and animals introduced there, such as the mountain goat, deer, the Arabian oryx and other domesticated animals. The fair attracted a large number of visitors, including schoolchildren. 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