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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 17 SPORT | 24 $20bn Qatari Qatar finish investments in on a high at Turkey until last year Paralympic Games THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 • 20 DHUL HIJJA 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6927 2 Riyals thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir in Los Angeles UDC to study new road connecting Strict vigil Pearl-Qatar to Doha The Peninsula on school DOHA: United Development Company (UDC), master devel- oper of The Pearl-Qatar, is set to conduct an engineering study for a new connection road link- ing The Pearl Island with the rest canteens of Doha, in coordination with the Ministry of Transport and Com- munications. schools across the country. UDC has already commissioned A food safety guide has already specialised consultants to study The Ministry of Public been circulated to the schools, with feasibility of the project including Health has intensified instructions on the conditions to be possible alternative routes to con- met by school canteens and the food struct the proposed connection inspections at school suppliers. The onus has been put on with the external road network canteens as well as the schools for any failure to meet around The Pearl, while looking outlets serving food to the health and safety standards to minimise environmental impact requirements. School sources said and expropriation loss. schools to ensure they yesterday that it is not permitted for The study will also cover mod- comply with the health the schools to prepare food at their ern road traffic control solutions & safety requirements. premises. They have to tie up with to facilitate entry and exit to the a supplier from outside. island. This UDC initiative aims The Ministry said that it is Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is received at the Los Angeles International Airport by at easing traffic congestion linked working in collaboration with the Consul General of Qatar in Los Angeles Khalid bin Yousif Al Sada. Also seen are US Ambassador to to the growing number of The Ministry of Education and Higher Qatar Dana Shell Smith and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Pearl-Qatar’s residents and vis- By Mohammed Iqbal Education to raise awareness among itors entering the island. The Peninsula schools regarding safety of food and drinking water and prevent all sources of contamination. Inspectors from the Environmental DOHA: With the beginning of the Health department at the Ministry new academic year, the Ministry visit the schools regularly and give Draft law to punish illegal transfer of accident images of Public Health has launched a necessary advice to improve their crackdown on school canteens situation in this regard. violating the health and safety As part of monitoring the quality The Peninsula Council for its recommenda- the Official Gazette after it was regulations. of water, the inspectors take water tions. The draft law amends some briefed on the Advisory Council’s DRAFT LAW The Ministry said yesterday samples from the schools for labora- provisions of the Penal Code recommendation on the draft law. that it has intensified inspections tory tests to make sure the drinking promulgated by Law No. 11 of Under the terms of the draft Cabinet approved a draft law at school canteens as well as outlets water is free from any source of DOHA: The State Cabinet yes- 2004, Qatar News Agency reported law, the Ministry of Justice shall stipulating punishment for serving food to schools to ensure contamination. In case the min- terday approved a draft law yesterday. prepare and publish the Official they comply with the requirements. istry receives any complaint from stipulating punishment for taking In its ordinary meeting at Gazette. Laws, decrees and other taking or transferring photos Sources of drinking water schools in this regard, the inspectors or transferring photos or videos of Emiri Diwan, chaired by the legislative instruments, and any or videos of the injured or in every school is also under check the sources of water, suppliers the injured or deceased in acci- Prime Minister and Interior Min- other rule that law provides for the deceased in accidents, through scrutiny. The Ministry said that the and the tanks and take necessary dents, through a device of any ister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin publication must be published in inspection drive was intended to procedures. kind, in an unauthorised manner. Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Official Gazette. a device of any kind, in an guarantee highest safety standards The Cabinet decided to refer the Cabinet took the necessary unauthorised manner. of food and drinking water in all the → Continued on page 5 the draft law to the Advisory measures to issue a draft law on → Continued on page 5 Fancy number Qatar to ease entry procedures for cruise passengers plate fetches QR712,000 in The Peninsula season. Thirty-two ships carrying clear passengers for entry before thanks to enhanced technology and previously welcomed smaller ships over 50,000 passengers are expected the ship berths. close collaboration between cruise carrying less than a thousand pas- online auction to arrive in Qatar this cruise season, In addition, Qatar Tourism operators and security officials, sengers, the coming season will be from October 18 to April 2017. Authority (QTA) and the Ministry of cruise passengers will be able to dis- the first to witness the arrival of By Sidi Mohamed DOHA: Qatar has announced it Under the new procedure, a Interior (MoI)have confirmed that embark within minutes and begin larger ships with over 1,500 passen- The Peninsula will implement new procedures to passenger manifest containing cruise passengers, due to the short enjoying their on-shore excursions. gers on board. The MSC Fantasia will ease the entry of cruise passengers passport details of passengers and duration of the stay, will be eligible Hassan Al Ibrahim, Chief Tour- be the first “mega-ship” to arrive in arriving at Qatari ports as the start crew will be shared with immigra- for transit visas, which will further ism Development Officer at QTA, Qatar. It will dock in December with DOHA: The total collection in the of cruise season nears. tion officials 48 hours before the ease their entry into the country. said the new procedures have been an expected 3,900 passengers and second day of the fourth online The new procedures come in ship’s arrival in Qatar. This will Officials from QTA, MoI and introduced in anticipation of sig- 1,500 crew-members on board. auction of 25 fancy car plates anticipation of the huge number of allow immigration officials to proc- Qatar Ports Management Company nificant increase in the number of launched by the General Direc- cruise passengers this coming cruise ess all relevant information and – Mwani Qatar have confirmed that, cruise passengers. While Qatar has → Continued on page 5 torate of Traffic reached more than QR7m. The plate number 322222 has registered yesterday the highest price which is QR712,000, while Russia & US clash at UN over Syria the plate number 366666 regis- tered the second highest price of AP angry US Secretary of State John Kerry QR682,000. The lowest price was told the council, referencing oft-repeated QR130,000 for the plate number international objectives of a united, sec- 363633, while other plate num- UNITED NATIONS: The United States and ular and democratic Syria. “But we are bers ranged from QR160,000 to Russia blamed each other for Syria’s fail- proving woefully inadequate in ... mak- QR500,000. ing cease-fire yesterday, illustrating why ing that happen.” The total collection on a fractured UN Security Council has been Kerry outlined a litany of US com- the first day was more than unable for more than five years to do any- plaints against Syrian President Bashar QR4.6m, and the highest price thing to stop the Arab country’s civil war. Assad’s government and its chief backer, was 464,000 for the plate In a public session originally envi- Russia. He recited Moscow’s changing nar- number 355555. The bidding is sioned to enshrine Syria’s Sept. 9 truce, rative over a deadly attack this week on an done through Metrash 2 and will world powers were left to rue the possibil- aid convoy that has included everything end today at 10pm. It began at12 ity of the conflict entering an even darker from claims of a justifiable counterterror noon on Tuesday and today it is phase after a series of attacks on humani- strike to vehicles spontaneously com- expected to witness more com- tarian workers. Washington, Moscow and busting. “This is not a joke,” Kerry said, petition among bidders. the council’s other nations all sought to sharply criticizing those who engage in The General Directorate of revive the US-Russian cease-fire deal, but “word games” to dodge responsibility Traffic at the Ministry of Interior seemed stuck on fundamental differences over questions of “war and peace, life and has announced as per rules, that old and new: Who bears ultimate respon- death.” Kerry offered one concrete sugges- bidding starts from QR100,000 sibility for the war and whose actions over tion to revive diplomatic hopes. Focused and participants are required to the last days scuttled perhaps the best on protecting key aid routes in northern Syrian men remove a baby from the rubble of a destroyed building following a reported air strike make a deposit of QR20,000 as opportunity for peace? Syria, it was unclear if Russia and Syria in the Qatarji neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo, yesterday. Heavy bombardment insurance. “Supposedly we all want the same goal. would agree. pummelled Aleppo city and the wider province, key battlegrounds in Syria’s conflict.
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