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Page 01 Nov 23.Indd ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER 23 November 2013 19 Moharram 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5892 Price: QR2 ON SATURDAY CPD starts identifying erring hotels, shops DOHA: The authorities have begun naming outlets that are punished for taking consumers for a ride, in a bid to ensure more effective implementation of the consumer protection law. The state consumer rights watch- dog under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce has for the first time announced the name of an eatery that was closed for two weeks as punishment early last month for displaying whitefish fillets as a Hamour fish preparation. Hamour is an expensive fish and a deli- cacy much sought after by Qataris. The Consumer Protection Department (CPD) yesterday published an advertisement in the form of a notification in local Arabic daily Al Watan giving the name of the err- ing restaurant (Shiraz Garden Restaurant) and its location (New Salata area of Doha). The rights watchdog said in the notifi- cation that the restaurant was closed for two weeks beginning October 2 as it was found selling whitefish fillets as a Hamour preparation to fool customers. The CPD hinted that a decision to make the names of erring eateries public was taken on September 23 this year. Qataris have been calling on the govern- ment for long to announce the names of erring outlets, including shopping com- plexes, eateries and others, with their location and details of violations if they are caught violating provisions of the NUMBERING consumer protection law repeatedly (two times or more). Retail sector sources told this newspaper yesterday the move by the CPD would act as a deterrent and reduce, if not end, such violations. Hopes soar for Iran nuclear deal GENEVA: Hopes soared yesterday for a breakthrough in nuclear talks between Iran and world powers as US Secretary of State John Kerry confirmed he was join- ing his Russian counterpart in Geneva to try to clinch a deal. PLACES Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in the Swiss city. THE ISSUE Kerry won’t come “if they are only close,” Trita Parsi, author and president of the National Iranian American Council, said. Qatar has embarked on unit, including those in an independent build- “We have even named areas, streets and “If we hear now that Kerry is on his way, ing, like office space or a production facility, buildings that will come up in future.” the deal is done.” Qassim Rahmatullah an ambitious project that will be without a number. “Just enter the number of a building and Earlier report on page 8 envisages identifying each The project, however, doesn’t discard the zone and street numbers and a satellite Pics: names of areas (called zones) and streets, map will guide you to that building,” said Al Syria rebels forge area, street and building in the said Amer Mohammed Al Humaidi, head Humaidi of the app. country with a number. of planning and projects at the Ministry He showed how the system, which is like biggest alliance of Municipality and Urban Planning. “The GPS (ground positioning system), works. It Abraham names have historical significance so they tells you where you currently are and guides BEIRUT: Islamists fighting to topple ll areas, streets and buildings have can’t be done away with,” he said. you to navigate the roads and reach a par- Design: President Bashar Al Assad forged Syria’s already been assigned a number The numbering project, called ‘Qatar ticular area, street or building anywhere in largest rebel alliance yesterday and and what remains to be done is to Area Referencing System’ (QARS), has the country. pledged to work towards an Islamic state. Asimply put up signs. been launched by the Centre for Geographic Al Murshid comes in handy for ambulance The merger of the six groups comes after During the first phase, signs have already Information System, which is located in Al drivers, cabbies, delivery boys from eateries, repeated calls for unity from opposition been put on some 98,000 buildings, includ- Dafna and is under the civic ministry. and even motorists looking for locations. “A fighters and their foreign backers. ing many in Doha, a senior civic official said. “This is the second and the last phase of lot of people have begun using our app,” said “The ‘Islamic Front’ is an independent The second phase has begun and will cover the QARS we are undertaking. Putting up Al Humaidi. military and social force that is aimed at the remaining buildings in the country, includ- sign displays in the remaining buildings in Public representative body Central bringing down Assad’s regime in Syria and ing residential, commercial and other ones. the country will be covered in this phase,” Municipal Council (CMC), meanwhile, said at replacing it with a just Islamic state,” a The official in charge of the project told Al Humaidi said. it had urged the government to display the statement said. The Peninsula that numbers were being Since all buildings, streets and zones names of areas in Arabic and English at Among those joining are Aleppo’s biggest PAGEassigned to each building6 or villa, and even have already been numbered and what entry and exit points, with arrows indicat- fighting force, Liwa Al Tawhid, the Salafist to apartments in buildings in each residential remains is putting up signs, the Centre has ing directions in a prominent way. Ahrar Al Sham and the Army of Islam, complex. developed an app called ‘Al Murshid’ that Continued on page 4 which is concentrated around Damascus. Not a single residential or commercial can be downloaded on iPads and iPhones. See also page 2 See also page 8 THE PENINSULA & AGENCIES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 NOVEMBER 23, 2013 ON SATURDAY 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home Place names: Need for clarity Where does Najma end and Mansoura begin? Place names in Qatar are as confusing as they are informative BY RAYNALD C RIVERA for less than a month. and MOHAMMED OSMAN He said it was very easy for him to locate places in Dubai, DOHA: Large-scale upgrades where he worked as a taxi driver to Qatar’s road network cou- for three years, because of clear pled with a lack of road signs is street signs in that city. making it difficult for people to “I cannot move around the city navigate and locate places. with the navigation app that I Most people, especially those have in my iPhone,” said an Arab new to Qatar, say they find locat- expatriate, adding that even with ing places a big challenge, blam- the app he found it difficult to ing it on inadequate street signs drive around because of the com- which are, in many cases, not plexity of the road network and suitably placed. ongoing roadworks. “Streets, especially internal “Roundabouts are being roads, are not properly labelled changed to signals. Some roads and the signs are not strategi- are being closed temporarily cally placed,” said a lady motor- because of repairs. These changes Amer Mohammed Al Humaidi, Head of Planning and Projects at the Ministry ist from the Philippines, adding, are not shown in the maps as it of Municipality and Urban Planning. Pic : Salim Matramkot “Because of this, people rely on takes time to update them.” landmarks to find their way to Announcement of diversions building numbers. It covered be able to know the number of certain places.” caused by roadworks is made in numbering project of the Centre national figures as well as figures 98,000 buildings. people with chronic diseases in “People here are not used to the newspapers but road signs are for Geographic Information who represent the Arab-Islamic “Phase two is numbering the the area and how many doctors street names. I myself find it con- placed only later, he said. System (CGIS) is now at an culture and civilization. internal parts of a building such they need, as well as the popu- venient to find the place by asking “Qatar should implement advanced stage, with more than “That’s why you find a street as flats, offices or shops. We have lation of the area... whether the for landmarks close by than the proper signage to identify loca- 90,000 new house number plates called Omar Al Mukhtar, one of already started in Al Daayen health centre can accommodate street name,” she said. tions,” suggests Romi Sebastian, installed across the country. the historical Libyan figures who Municipality,” he said. the number or transfer some Mushtaq Ahmed, a safety an architect. Qatar is divided into seven led the revolution against the This project, Al Humaidi said, patients to other health centres.” officer working here for five years, City planners, he said, should municipalities and 98 zones. Italians in 1911.” would continue because it was When the second phase of the was of the same view, saying: first install name signs on streets The number plates represent Until last April, the Minister of related to construction and infra- project is finished, the postal “Here the landmarks are build- and junctions. an address which includes the Municipality had approved names structure projects all over the service is likely to use the system ings; sometimes we have to look “This is the difference between number of the zone, street and of 2,796 streets in eight areas, out country. instead of the post box number. for a landmark to reach a par- Dubai and Doha; there (Dubai) building. of 6,140 streets in 21 areas. Street “When the project was intro- Each flat will have a post box, ticular building.
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