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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Tuesday 7 January 2014 6 Rabial I 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5937 Price: QR2 Doha Insurance Hosts Qatar gets regulatory eye West Asia nod for float Football title Business | 17 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 PM receives UAE Minister Egypt to recall Violating food ambassador to Qatar after vote CAIRO: The Egyptian authori- outlets to face ties will recall its ambassa- dor to Qatar after holding the vote on the draft constitution slated for mid- January, official news agency MENA reported tougher action yesterday. “The decision to recall the ambassador is a protest over the rejected Qatari interference in Draft law stipulates 60 days closure the Egyptian domestic affairs,” MENA quoted a governmental DOHA: A law is on the anvil forwarded the draft to its serv- source as saying. that seeks to stipulate stricter ices and facilities committee On Saturday, the Egyptian punishment for food outlets, for an extensive review and Foreign Ministry summoned the including stores and eateries, recommendations. Qatari ambassador to complain which are found breaching food Yesterday, the Advisory Council The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with the UAE about interference in its inter- safety rules. discussed the draft law and unani- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan. They nal affairs after Doha criticised The draft law that contains mously endorsed the amendments discussed fraternal relations and issues of mutual interest. The Prime Minister hosted a dinner banquet in Cairo’s crackdown on the Muslim amendments to some key provi- made to Law Number 8 of 1990, honour of the visiting minister. Brotherhood on Friday which sions of an existing food moni- and approved by the Cabinet. killed 17. toring legislation, recommends The draft law says that one Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy closing a violating outlet for 60 of the three Ministries which is said on Sunday that there will days instead of the current 30, as implementing the closure deci- be more escalated steps if Doha punishment. sion, must put up a notice at the won’t review its policies regard- The draft also suggests that the violating outlet citing the reason Age limit for paediatric ing Cairo, adding the Egyptian outlet caught breaching the law for which it as being closed. patience has an end. should be given only 10 days’ time, And the Ministry concerned instead of the present 15, to peti- must also post the name of the tion to the Minister against the outlets with details of the viola- Kuwait gets closure decision. tion on its website, suggests the care to be raised to 18 And the Minister, under the draft. new cabinet existing law, is required to get Contacted for comment, the DOHA: In a move to set new special attention, but currently The Al Sadd Emergency alone back to the petitioner within 30 owner of an eatery said sarcasti- standards in patient care, Qatar they are being suddenly shifted receives up to 1,700 children daily, KUWAIT CITY: The Kuwaiti days. This limit is recommended cally, asking not to be named, that is taking steps to increase the to the sections treating adults on an average. According to HMC prime minister yesterday to the curtailed to 10 days by the stricter regulations were aimed at age limit for children enti- once they cross this age limit,” statistics over 750 patients are reshuffled his five-month old draft law. only small businesses. tled for paediatric care from said Alhammadi who is also the admitted for various treatment cabinet replacing seven mem- If the Minister does not But businessman, Ahmed Al 14 years to 18, according to a Associate Programme Director of at the Hamad General Hospital’s bers, including the oil and respond to the petition within the Khalaf, said he welcomed the senior official of the Hamad Paediatrics at HMC. paediatric department, every day. finance ministers, and rais- above time-frame, the petition is draft law as smaller outlets were Medical Corporation (HMC). The age limit for paediatrics The Sidra Medical and ing the number of Islamists to to be considered rejected. the biggest violators of food safety Presently, the age limit for pae- ranges from birth up to 18 years in Research Centre catering to four. Details available suggest that and monitoring rules. diatric is from birth to 14 years different countries. In some coun- women and children is expected The move came two weeks three Ministries have the authority, “If you can recall, a fake meat and adolescents too receive medi- tries it is until completion of sec- to play a big role to meet an after all the ministers sub- under the present law, to enforce company was caught recently and cal care at regular healthcare ondary education and in the US, expected increase in the number mitted their resignations to the food safety and monitor- those promoting its products were facilities with adults. until 21 years, he noted. “Many of children coming under paedi- Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber ing regulations, and they are the only small grocery stores,” said Once the new age limit is imple- countries are now increasing the atric care. “When Sidra is opened Mubarak Al Sabah after sev- Ministry of Municipality and Urban Al Khalaf. mented children aged 13 years to age limit for paediatrics. Most next year, it will be more support- eral cabinet members, includ- Planning, Ministry of Environment “This shows that smaller out- 18 years will be treated as a special developed countries have set the ive in treating children and ado- ing the premier himself, were and the Ministry of Health or the lets generally don’t bother about category under paediatric care, said limit as 18 years,” said Alhammadi. lescents,” said Alhammadi. quizzed by MPs. Supreme Council of Health. quality, so they need stricter mon- Dr Ahmed Hassan Alhammadi, The decision once implemented “We are waiting for logistic Emir H H Sheikh Sabah Al The State Cabinet, on itoring vide stringent laws.” Consultant and Head of General could put more pressure on the Al decisions that should go with Ahmad Al Sabah yesterday September 18, 2013, approved the A stricter law does not only Paediatrics Division at HMC. Sadd Paediatric Emergency and the decision increasing the age accepted the resignation of seven draft law and referred it to the help protect the rights and safety “The age limit for paediatric its few branches across the coun- limit for paediatric treatment,” of the 15 ministers and decreed Advisory Council for its study and of consumers, but it also helps an treatment will soon be increased try. The official said the health he added. the appointment of new faces. recommendations. outlet as well, said Al Khalaf. in Qatar. Children above 14 authorities were looking into ways THE PENINSULA REUTERS The Advisory Council THE PENINSULA years need to be treated with to address the issue. See also page 2 See also page 6 Heavy rain lashes Saudi Syria to review visa exemption Vice-principal gets 10 rule for Arabs years for taking bribe DAMASCUS: The Syrian authorities have prepared a DOHA: Qatar’s highest court role of mediator between students draft law under which previ- has upheld the verdict of a and the vice-principal. ously exempt Arab nationals Court of Appeals that sen- The first convict charged will now need a visa to visit the tenced a vice-principal of a sec- QR10,000 per case and collected country, a pro-regime newspa- ondary school to 10 years in jail a total of QR250, 000 in bribe for per reported yesterday. and fined him QR350,000 after committing the crime. From the Parliament will discuss “a draft he was found to have accepted money he collected from students, law that regulate the entry and bribes to the tune of QR250,000 a portion of it he gave away to his residence of Arabs and foreign- from students to make changes accomplice (the second convict) ers”, Al Watan said. in their score cards and their as commission. If approved, the law would computer records. The main convict was in- require “any person entering The Court of Cassation also charge of two schools, Al Sharq or leaving Syria to hold a valid upheld the decision of the Court reported yesterday. The forgery passport” which “would need to of Appeals that sentenced an offi- was detected after the origi- be stamped with a visa from one cial of the school whose designa- nal score cards of the students of our diplomatic missions or con- tion was not disclosed to three whose grades had been changed sulates abroad”. years in jail and ordered that he were tallied with the manipulated Citizens of from countries be deported after serving the results. neighbouring Syria that have prison sentence for playing the THE PENINSULA “special, bilateral or interna- Vehicles are partially submerged in floodwater following heavy rains in Riyadh yesterday. tional agreements to which Syria is a party” are exempt, Al Watan said. Arabs and other foreigners vis- iting Syria will have to explain the reason for their visit and Blast of Arctic air freezes normal life in central US state their place of residence in the strife-torn country, in addi- CHICAGO/CLEVELAND: A overwhelmed and oil production parts of Montana, North and as Brownsville, Texas and central issued warnings for life-threatening tion to proving their solvency, it blast of Arctic air gripped the could come to a standstill as the South Dakota, Minnesota, Florida,” the National Weather wind chills in western and central said.