www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 17 SPORT | 24 UDC third Rea on cusp quarter revenues of second rise to QR1.3bn WSBK title WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER 2016 • 25 MOHARRAM 1438 • Volume 21 • Number 6961 2 Riyals thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Condolences pour in as nation mourns Emir and Father Emir receive heads of states and foreign dignitaries LEFT: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Emir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah. CENTRE: The Emir with Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. RIGHT: Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani receives UAE Vice-President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, BELOW: Father Emir with Yemen President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi. The Peninsula Commander of the UAE Armed Khaimah Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Forces, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Qasimi, Crown Prince of Dubai Sheikh Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Al Nahyan, President of of Yemen Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al of Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, Ruler of Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who offered their bin Hamad Al Thani and Father Ajman Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid UAE Minister of Finance Sheikh Ham- condolences on the death of the Grand- Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Kha- Al Nuaimi, Ruler of Fujairah Sheikh dan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy father Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad lifa Al Thani yesterday received Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Prime Minister and Minister of Inte- Al Thani. at Al Wajba Palace more heads Ruler of Umm Al Qaiwain Sheikh Saud rior Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, → Continued on page 4 of states and foreign dignitaries bin Rashid Al Mu’alla, Ruler of Ras Al National Security Adviser Sheikh → See also page 16 who arrived here to pay tributes to the departed H H Grandfather Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani. Emir and Father Emir received condolences from Emir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah, Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Minister of Inte- rior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, UAE Vice-President, Prime Minis- ter and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Mak- toum, and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme HMC in biggest recruitment drive The Peninsula for specialised clinical and non-clin- HMC said it is collaborating with ical staff to work in the new hospitals the Ministry of Administrative Devel- and healthcare facilities, which are opment, Labour and Social Affairs in due to open this year and next year this unprecedented recruitment drive DOHA: The Hamad Medical Cor- at Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City, and it will support HMC in meeting its poration (HMC) has launched the HMC said yesterday. workforce needs by recruiting a large biggest recruitment drive in its his- “HMC currently has a total of number of staff into medical, nursing tory to fill as many as 2,690 existing 2,690 vacancies, and the drive is and allied healthcare roles. vacancies by the end of this year. expected to fill all these vacancies The drive aims to meet the need by end of this year,” said a statement. → Continued on page 6 Qatar tops region in gender equality WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER 2016 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT GMC leads industry with new rear seat reminder DOHA: Qatar has been ranked progress towards equality between 2017 Acadia is an all-new design that mainly backseat, so it is alwaysways important too checkchehecckk All-new 2017 GMC Acadia caters to families and active individuals. This the rear seat prior too exiting tthehe vvehicle.ehhiclee. unique feature helps protect any precious The 2017 GMC AcadiaAcadia alsoalso includesincluddees a introduces industry- cargo the driver might have left in the back number of active safetyafety features designeddeessiiggnneed first feature to help seat. And in our region, , it could prove crit- to help make driverss more aware of theirthheir sur-suurr- ical if anything is forgotten in the back seat, roundings avoid potentialotential crash situationssiituuaatiioonnss busy drivers. Contains especially in the summer heat, where cabin even in base trim. Theyhey are availableavailable depend-ddeppeenndd- top in the Arab world for mak- men and women in four areas: Edu- an expanded range of temperatures can quickly rise to over 70 ing on the model andnd include: degrees centigrade in a matter of minutes.” • New Front Pedestriandestrian BrakiBrakingngg available active safety Said Mohsen Kassem, Regional Marketing • New Low Speedeed ForwardForward AutomaticAuutommaattiic features, including Front and Sales Manager, GMC Middle East. Braking (standard onon SLT-2 and Denali)Deennallii)) He added: “Over the past few years, we • New Forward AAutomaticutomatic BrakingBrakinng (avail-((aavvaaiill- Pedestrian Braking and have witnessed local authorities in the region, able on Denali) Surround Vision Camera. as well as child protection groups, with the • New Followingg Distance IndicatorIndiccaattoorr support of the media, take this issue to heart • New IntelliBeamam automatic heheadlampeaaddllaammpp and raise awareness. Therefore, we sincerely high-beam control ing progress to remove gender gap cational attainment, health and hope that this feature could help minimize • New Surroundd Vision camera ssystemyysstteem the occurrence and avoid unnecessary trage- • New Safety Alertert SeaSeatt he all-new 2017 Acadia – a reimag- dies in the new Acadia, and all our cars once • Forward Collisionsion AlAlertert ined crossover aimed at the heart this technology proliferates.” • Lane Keep Assistsist with Lane DepartureDeeppaarrtuturree of the midsize segment pioneers The Rear Seat Reminder works by moni- Warning a much needed safety feature in toring the Acadia’s rear doors. The feature is • Lane Change AlertAlert with Side BlindBlinnd ZoneZZoonnee the Middle East. The Rear Seat intended to activate when either rear door is Alert TReminder is an innovation that aims to opened and closed within 10 minutes before • Front and Rearr Parking AssisAssist.t. at work in the World Economic survival, economic opportunity and reduce incidents of forgotten items left in the vehicle is started, or if they are opened The new Acadiaa offers a moremore-efficient--eeffffiiccieienntt the rear seat, and is standard on every MY17 and closed while the vehicle is running. powertrain, while ccontinuingontinuing to ofofferfffeer tththreehree Acadia Under these circumstances, the next time rows of seating on most models.models. TThThehe pre-pprree-- The technology acts as a reminder to look the vehicle is turned off after a door acti- mium Acadia Denaliali returns, alongalonng withwwiitthh a in the rear seat once the Acadia is switched vation, the Acadia is designed to sound five new All Terrain modeldel offeringoffering enhancedenhanncceed off-ooffff-- off. audible chimes and display a message in the road capability. “Rear Seat Reminder speaks volumes of driver information center that reads, “Rear The new 2017 Acadiacadia goes on salesaalee inin theththe the intention of GMC to provide innovations Seat Reminder / Look in Rear Seat.” Middle East in the fall,all, almost a decadedecaddee afteraffteerr Forum’s “Global Gender Gap Report political empowerment. that are useful to our core customers. The The feature cannot detect items in the its original introduction.ction. CHAIRMAN ACTING MANAGING EDITOR SUPPLEMENT EDITOR DESIGN IMAGE PROCESSING Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani Mohammed Salim Mohamed Pramod Prabhakaran Abraham Augusthy Mohd Sajad Sahir EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ADVERTISING MANAGER Advertising Coordinator PRODUCTION Dr. Khalid Mubarak Al-Shafi ALI WAHBA Muhammad Shammas Viswanath Sarma 2016”. Other Arab countries which In the report, Qatar stands first stand near but below Qatar are in the Arab world and placed in the Algeria at number 120, U.A.E 124, Included with today’s 119 position globally for measures Tunisia 126, Kuwait 128, Mauritania being taken for closing the gender 129, Bahrain 131, Egypt 132, Oman edition is a 8-page gap at work. 133 and Jordan 134. supplement The report is an annual bench marking exercise that measures → Full report on page 5 HOME WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER 2016 03 Flag lowered during mourning Qatari flag flying at half-staff on the Ministry of Interior headquarters on the second day of national mourning for H H Grandfather Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani who passed away on Sunday. Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula Ministry of Municipality to construct 2,000 houses (CMC) recommended to the Minis- and Environment to study the pos- try of Municipality and Environment sibility of increasing residential CMC urges Ministry that it study the possibility of building to three floors beside the to allow three-storey increasing residential building penthouse. buildings. height to three floors beside the The Council urged the minis- penthouse. try to consider exceptional cases of The Council has also asked the some families who need to increase same Ministry to restore the former the height of their homes up to three The Peninsula system of building houses for wid- floors and penthouse. ows and divorcees in collaboration The recommendation also urged with Ministry of Administrative the Ministry to revive previous rec- Development, Labour and Social ommendation passed by the council DOHA: The Ministry of Municipal- Affairs. CMC yesterday discussed a to provide government accommo- ity and Environment is working on report prepared by its legal commit- dations for Qataris employees who implementation of the Emiri initia- tee on increasing building height in are holders of secondary school tive to build 2,000 residential units some areas. certificates. out of which some buildings will be The recommendation passed by The recommendation is based on allowed to go up to three floors, said the Council upon the report of the suggestion made by Mohammed bin senior officials.