www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 17 SPORT | 22 Ooredoo Maldives Holebas sees plans equity Watford to sale via IPO Boro win MONDAY 17 OCTOBER 2016 • 16 MOHARRAM 1438 • Volume 21 • Number 6952 2 Riyals thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Corporate heads at IMF meeting Qatar halts sale Campaign against of Galaxy Note 7 DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce, in collaboration partitioning of with Samsung Electronics Company yesterday announced a halt in the sales of the Galaxy Note 7 in Qatar. The ministry has also stopped all replacements of Galaxy Note 7 devices villas intensified with the newly released ones after it was confirmed that the manufacturer failed to resolve a defect in the bat- Ibrahim Abdullah Al Harami, tery. It has urged all customers who Technical Monitoring Department purchased either the original device Since the beginning Director at Doha Municipality said or the replaced ones to shut it down of this month, that since the beginning of this and stop using it and communicate month, the municipal inspectors with the commercial agent and sup- the municipal have caught 26 building-related vio- pliers for the refund of its price. inspectors have lations and of these 12 were related Samsung has officially to partitioned villas. announced a comprehensive recall caught 26 building- This indicates an increase campaign in all the countries. related violations compared to last month, when 33 Galaxy Note 7 owners can either and of these 12 building violations were detected exchange their Galaxy Note 7 for a of which 13 were related to ille- Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani (second right), Chairman and Managing Director, Galaxy S7 Edge with a refund of the were related to gal partitioning of villas and other QIIB; Akbar Al Baker (second left), Chief Executive of Qatar Airways; and Joseph Abraham (right), CEO, price difference (in the form of cash partitioned villas. buildings. Commercial Bank, with other corporate heads on the sidelines of the recently-concluded IMF annual or Samsung products) or obtain a “We have intensified the inspec- meeting in Washington DC. full refund of the device price which tion campaign against partitioned is QR 2,999. villas because they pose a risk to By Sidi Mohamed safety and security of the peo- The Peninsula ple and put pressure on water and electricity consumption as well as sanitation and parking,” said Al Ministry issues guidelines on enrichment classes Harami, in an interview with The DOHA: As the Ministry of Munic- Peninsula. ipality and Environment has He said more partitioned villas The Peninsula ment classes held in schools for weak student and the parents and the allowed in a class and each student intensified its crackdown on parti- have been found in densely pop- students as well as those showing ministry is trying to relieve families can register for up to four subjects tioned villas, more violations have ulated areas like Al Najma, Umm excellent performance. from the financial and social bur- whether he/she is in a group enrich- been detected in different parts of Ghuwailina and old Airport. DOHA: The Ministry of Education The new guidelines have been den of private tuitions conducted ment class or individual private class. the city, a senior official of the Doha and Higher Education has issued issued because enrichment classes at home. Municipality said yesterday. → Continued on page 5 guidelines regulating the enrich- have become important for the Eight to 15 students have been → Continued on page 7 New pedestrian bridges to have shops & ATMs The Peninsula DOHA: Announcing the construc- tion of 15 pedestrian bridges, the Ministry of Municipality and Envi- ronment said that the bridges will be equipped with shops, restaurants, toilets, ATMs and electric elevators. The Ministry of Municipality and Environment said that it will imple- ment the construction of 15 pedestrian bridges in different places in the country, in coordination with roads department A computer-generated image of the new pedestrian bridge. of the Ministry of Transport. The pedestrian bridges are being built to meet people’s needs and to the Ministry of Municipality and is responsible to monitor the projects save the pedestrians life. They are Environment, The Public Works at all its phases, from designs and also part of ongoing developments Authority (Ashghal), General Direc- buildings and overcome any obsta- in Qatar. The government has torate of Traffic Department at cles the project may face. established a supervisory com- the Ministry of Interior and Qatar mittee consisting of officials from Development Bank. The Committee → See also page 16 Historic feat QRCS condemns health centre bombing in Syria The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has strongly condemned yester- day’s air strike on a civilian area in Syria which resulted in five civilian casualties including two infants. The air strike has forced QRCS health centre in the area, that serves a population of 50,000, to stop its services. The air strike on Latamneh in north- ern Hama countryside, where one of QRCS health facilities is active, led to death of a man, woman and their three Slovakia’s Peter Sagan celebrates after winning the men’s month-old baby girl, as well as a mother elite road race event as part of the 2016 UCI Road World and her one year-old son. Championships, in Doha, yesterday. → See also page 24 → Continued on page 7 02 MONDAY 17 OCTOBER 2016 HOME Qatar Charity 20 private clinics to provide gives QR17m in free immunisation to kids aid to Aleppo The Peninsula children will be available at Inde- C Ring road ( Al Muntaza ), Feto- DOHA: More than two million peo- The MMR vaccine pendent, private and community maternal medical center, Al Esraa ple fighting for survival in Aleppo, schools. polyclinic, Aster medical center the besieged city of Syria, have ben- will be available The drive is being carried out in Plus, Aster medical centre -Alkhor, efited from the urgent humanitarian at all primary collaboration with the Ministry of Al Tai medical center, Syrian Amer- aid worth more than QR17m pro- Education and Higher Education, ican medical center, Family medical vided by Qatar Charity during the healthcare centres Primary Health Care Corporation center, Al Hayat medical center, past six months. with no need for prior (PHCC), Hamad Medical Corpora- Apollo clinic, Dr. Maher Abbas clinic, The aid includes basic food items, appointment and at tion (HMC), QP Medical Services and Al Mansoor polyclinic, Dr. Bashar clean water, medicines, cleaning Sidra Medical and Research Center. Bashar clinic, AlKayyali medical materials, shelters and other sup- Children carrying food packets provided by Qatar Charity (QC) in the immunisation The MMR vaccine will be availa- center, Tadwai medical center, Atlas plies. The QC provided around Aleppo. clinic of HMC. ble at all primary healthcare centres Medical Center and Future Medical QR3.5m for mobilising ambulances, in the morning and evening shifts Center. medicines and other supplies, for 50,000 people. basic food, baby milk and other sup- with no need for prior appointment The Ministry has said that the restoring hospitals. QC’s projects in the field of water plies in the war-ravaged areas,” said and at the immunization clinic of National MMR vaccination cam- Baby milk was distributed to and sanitation included the distri- Rashid Al Ka’bi, Director of Relief The Peninsula Hamad Medical Corporation, the paign was planned and prepared on around 8,500 children. Families bution of water tanks and cleaning Management at QC. ministry said yesterday. the basis of the WHO recommen- were also given food baskets and baskets at a cost of QR2.3m. As for “It is our wish to provide the peo- The vaccines will also be pro- dations following the measles cases ready meals, and flour. In addition, shelter, Qatar Charity distributed blan- ple of Aleppo with food supplies to DOHA: The Ministry of Public Health vided at QP (Qatar Petroleum) registered in Qatar - 18 cases in 2015 the beneficiaries received food bas- kets, mattresses, bedsheets, rainproof meet the shortage caused by the will launch the national immuni- medical services, Al Khor commu- and 22 cases in the past few months kets such as those given during last items, clothes, cooking tools and other unrest and the siege of the city. Peo- zation campaign against Measles, nity Ras Gas and Sidra Medical and - within the campaign targeted age Ramadan, and the bakeries were in-kind house supplies at a total cost ple are suffering due to price rise. Mumps and Rubella (MMR) on Octo- Research Center. group 1 to 13 years. operated. For example, a mobile of around QR2.6m. We want to alleviate their finan- ber 17. It will also be available free of The Ministry receives campaign- bakery was opened in Jarabulus “The money for this was donated cial and psychological burdens. We The one-month campaign tar- charge at 20 private healthcare facil- related enquiries on the following and more than 300,000 people ben- by philanthropists in Qatar to alle- would also like to prevent the spread geting all children aged one year to ities: Doha Clinic hospital, El Emadi hotline numbers: 66740948 for Ara- efited. Kilis Kitchen was supported viate the sufferings of the people of of diseases resulting from malnutri- 13 years will continue until Novem- hospital, American hospital, Al Shefa bic, 66740951 for English and on the and offered services to around Aleppo. There is a severe shortage of tion”, he added. ber 14. Vaccination for school-going polyclinic, Aster medical center following email: [email protected] HMC promotes importance of good eye health QLC concludes training for school directors The Peninsula HMC’s Ophthalmology Section.