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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Tuesday 28 January 2014 27 Rabial I 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5958 Price: QR2 Call to ease Qatar fetes curbs in setting Dakar Rally up businesses heroes Business | 17 Sport | 25 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar, Cyprus sign agreements Sisi must run for Soaring shop president: Army CAIRO: Egypt’s top military body yesterday backed its com- mander Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to run for the presidency, which rents hit small he is assured to win after oust- ing the democratically elected leader in July. Sisi, wildly popular for over- throwing president Mohammed businesses Mursi, is now expected to resign as army chief and put himself for- ward as a candidate in the election scheduled to be held by mid-April. Call for government intervention AFP See also page 7 DOHA: Shop and warehouse Abdullah told Al Sharq that due rents are going through the roof to escalating shop and ware- Syria peace talks with small businesses urging the house rents, commodities of The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held talks with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades yesterday. government to intervene and mass and daily use were becom- The two leaders witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in education, a coopera- restrict rent increases. ing dearer. tion agreement in the legal, an MoU in energy and another MoU in cooperation in sea water desalination and in deadlock In some areas of Doha, shop “It is high time the govern- treatment of wastewater and re-use. rents have multiplied nearly three ment intervened and introduced GENEVA: Syrian peace talks in times in the past couple of years, a law limiting the extent by Geneva were deadlocked yester- while warehouse rents in the which a landlord can raise the day over the issue of transferring Industrial Area have soared up rent of a shop or warehouse,” MPHC shares to be power, but neither side walked to an incredible 16 times in the said Abdullah. “A law is the only Bahrain to join unified away and the UN said the ques- past several years. solution I see,” he added, claiming tion of a political transition would Acute shortages of shops, ware- that in some areas commercial listed on Feb 26 be back on the table. UN mediator houses and office space for petty property owners were literally Lakhdar Brahimi admitted that trades in Doha is prompting com- doubling rents overnight. DOHA: State-backed Mesaieed tourist visa system talks “haven’t produced much”. mercial property owners to raise He said many petty trad- Petrochemical Holding AFP rents unjustifiably. ers wound up their businesses Company (MPHC) which DOHA: Bahrain is ready to join a said the idea of a unified tourist See also page 10 According to Mohamed Al because they could not afford to floated a low-priced initial pub- unified tourist visa system which visa system for the GCC was first Ashrafi, a businessman, the rent pay exorbitant shop and ware- lic offering (IPO) for Qatari presently Qatar, Oman and mooted by Oman’s private sector. Tunisia adopts of a 16 square metre shop used house rents. Then, there are sev- citizens and select local institu- Dubai are part of. People with Oman then inked a tourism to be QR7,000 a month. “Imagine eral of them who went bankrupt tions on December 31, 2013, is to a tourist visa for any of the three cooperation agreement with new constitution that now that rent is QR25,000.” and landed in jail, said Abdullah. be listed on the Qatari bourse countries that are members of Qatar (in 2002). The unified visa He said that in the Industrial Al Ashrafi said that skyrocket- (Qatar Exchange) on February the unified visa regime can visit for Qatar, Oman and Dubai is TUNIS: Tunisia adopted a new Area warehouses that were ing rents were hitting small busi- 26 after the company has all or any of these countries. valid for three weeks and can be constitution yesterday, a big stride available on monthly rent of nesses hard and that, in turn, announced allotment of shares The Consultative Authority of extended for another week. towards democracy in the country QR5,000 until a few years ago, would affect the inflow of foreign to successful subscribers. the GCC states is slated to meet In 2005, rules were amended that began the Arab Spring revo- now command up to an incred- investment and eventually it is The announcement is likely to in Kuwait on February 5 to discuss and the visa was allowed to be lutions and has largely avoided the ible QR80,000. Qatar’s economy that would be be made on January 31, Al Sharq the entry of other GCC states into further extended for a month chaos and violence now plaguing These are the days of skyrock- impacted. reported. Subscription to the issue the unified tourist visa system. after being initially extended for the neighbours it inspired. eting shop and warehouse rents That is why it is necessary for which is expected to be heavily The system was originally mooted a week. Tunisia’s charter has been and the trend has forced many the government to take urgent oversubscribed closed on January for all the six member-states of Al Khanji said people in the praised as one of the most pro- small businesses out of the mar- measures to keep spiralling rents 21. The banks that have received the GCC, and the remaining GCC want all the member-states gressive in the Arab world, desig- ket. “Many businesses have closed under check by introducing a law subscription applications for the countries are expected to join the to be part of a unified visa regime nating Islam as the state religion down because they were not able that restricts landlords from hik- IPO would likely intimate successful regime in the near future. as Dubai is set to host World Expo but protecting freedom of belief to bear the rising burden of ing rentals beyond a certain per- subscribers about the allotment of The head of the Federation 2020 and Qatar is lined up the and sexual equality. rents,” said Al Ashrafi. centage, said Abdullah. shares through SMS on January 31. of GCC Chambers of Commerce coveted 2022 World Cup Football. REUTERS Another businessman, Salem THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA and Industry, Khalil Al Khanji, THE PENINSULA See also page 7 TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 HOME 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HMC health symposium steps up Orientalist Museum academic exchange with Japan charity stall at MIA Scientists, doctors discuss re-engineering of tissues to fight illnesses Park Bazaar on Sat DOHA: Orientalist Museum Made from art collateral used is hosting a charity benefit at in the Heritage of Art Diplomacy MIA Park Bazaar on Saturday. exhibition (at Museum of Islamic As part of its Afrehom Art in 2013), the limited edition project, the museum will sell cushions come in two sizes and tote bags and cushions made feature original art material from recycled art material at a used in the exhibition. market stall. Proceeds will go to Cushions will be available Qatar Charity’s Blind Children for sale alongside a selection of initiative. limited edition tote bags created Afrehom, which means ‘make from the Art of Travel exhibi- them happy’ in Arabic, looks at tion collateral. ways to recycle art material for Sorore said the project “brings charity. recycled graphic banners to Initiated by Kabir Abdulrazak, life. It’s a creative way to re-use the museum’s Head of materials and raise money for Operations, and Fatema Sorore, Qatar Charity. the museum’s Head of Events, “Plus each bag and cushion is the project raised over QR12,000 unique. You won’t find another last year through the sale of tote one like it,” Sorore added. bags. The project was so success- Orientalist Museum market ful that the museum has added stall will be open from noon to customised cushions to its list of 7pm. recycled art material. THE PENINSULA Experts from Hamad Medical Corporation and Osaka University pose for the camera during the symposium. DOHA: A health symposium from the exchange of ideas on tis- forefront of applying the therapy, surgery department as it is con- held in Doha has stepped up sue re-engineering, which offers we are delighted to be collaborat- stantly looking forward to finding QOC to host Islamic Triathlon academic exchange between possible treatments for patients ing with Osaka University to hold innovative treatments for patients scientists and doctors in Qatar with heart failure, lung cancer the symposium that will pave the with heart troubles. and Japan. and illnesses of the pancreas, way for us to bring this top class, “In Qatar and most of the Championship in March Hamad Medical Corporation liver, eyes, and bones, requiring cutting-edge scientific technology countries there is a significant (HMC) and Osaka University, active muscle cells. to Qatar.” percentage of heart patients DOHA: Qatar Olympic and Tournament Director, said Japan, hosted the first Qatar- Ahead of the symposium, Dean Yasufumi Kaneda of who have end stage heart failure Committee (QOC) will organ- registration is open for partici- Japan Symposium on Tissue Japanese Ambassador Shingo Osaka University said, “We are where patients either require ise the 15th edition of the pants from Qatar, GCC and mem- Regenerative in HMC’s Heart Tsuda said, “I am delighted that very pleased to be collaborating heart transplantation or a ven- prestigious Islamic Triathlon ber countries of Islamic Solidarity Hospital.