www.thepeninsulaqatar.comw BUSINESSBUSI | 22 SPORT | 32 FoFoxconnx buys Hamilton storms Sharp in to Bahrain Grand $$3.5bn deal Prix pole position SUNDAY 3 APRIL 2016 • 25 Jumada II 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6755 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Dr. Khalid Al-Shafi is Ministry regulates car parking fee the Editor-in-Chief centres from customers. different commodities and services extensive study and also consult other The fee slabs fixed by the Ministry in the local market and profit mar- authorities concerned,” according to Shopping centres also cover VIP valet parking services. gins businesses could earmark. the Ministry. And no charges are to he CEO of Dar Al Sharq, Mr asked to comply The Ministry said in a statement Malls and shopping centres have be levied from customers who leave Abdullatif Al Mahmoud, has within 60 days. yesterday that a ceiling has been put been asked to comply with the Minis- the parking area of a shopping cen- Tissued a decision confirm- on all kinds of car parking charges terial decision within 60 days or face tre or mall within 30 minutes after ing Dr. Khalid Mubarak Al-Shafi and valet services at malls and shop- the consequences. waiting and failing to find a parking as Editor-in-Chief of The Penin- ping complexes. Legal action can be initiated space. The shopping outlets shall be sula newspaper. It has warned managements and fines can be imposed for viola- responsible for the safety of the vehi- The decision follows Dr. Al- By Mobin Pandit of shopping complexes and malls tions, cautioned the Ministry in its cles parked in their care, and for any Shafi’s outstanding performance The Peninsula against imposing parking charges statement. damage caused to a vehicle, relevant in the past six months and the or amending the existing ones with- The Ministry said several cases laws would be invoked. unique contributions he made to out seeking its permission. have come to its notice involving All malls and commercial cen- the newspaper organisationally Approvals to impose parking community members who are being tres shall prominently display a list and his efforts in the relaunch of DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and charges or amend the existing fee forced to pay up parking charges. of parking and valet service fees the newspaper in a new format, the helm of the news agency as Commerce has issued a decision reg- slabs are to be granted by a com- “This has prompted the Commit- approved by the Ministry. with more content. Managing Editor. ulating car parking and valet service mittee at the Ministry which is tee (at the Ministry) to set a ceiling Soon after he took over In 2009, Dr. Al-Shafi moved charges levied by malls and shopping responsible for fixing pricing of on the parking fees and conduct an → Continued on page 5 as Acting Editor-in-Chief, Dr. to the Ministry of Economy and Al-Shafi’s priorities were to give Commerce as Director of Public a remarkable, unique new look to Relations and Communication. the daily, making it further easier Later, he was delegated to the for our patrons to follow up with Foreign Ministry as media expert Al-Ays retaken in Syria More expats us on latest and relevant news and at the Office of the Minister of views. As a result, the daily today State for Foreign Affairs, a post going for Umrah is attracting prominent local and he served until the date of a new international columnists and more assignment as the Deputy to the during school readership. Head of Qatari mission in Bang- He also brought about changes kok as consultant. in terms of a wider coverage of Dr. Al-Shafi continued work- spring break news and views from various con- ing as media expert and consultant tinents and regions of the world in Qatar Media Corporation until under different sections. he was nominated Acting Edi- By Sanaullah Ataullah Under Dr. Al-Shafi, The tor-in-Chief of The Peninsula in The Peninsula Peninsula has further expanded, September 2015. incorporating separate signatures In addition to his duties and for Business and Sport to meet the responsibilities as the Editor-in- growing demand of the business Chief of The Peninsula, Dr. Al-Shafi DOHA: The number of expatri- and sport communities. has been working as Assistant Pro- ate families booking for Umrah Dr. Al-Shafi holds a PhD with fessor at the Department of Mass trips by road has surged ahead of First Honours in media. He is one Communication at Qatar Univer- the spring school holidays. Tour of competent media personalities sity since 2015. operators have come out with in Qatar. He has taken part in sev- attractive offers to cash in on the He joined Qatar News Agency eral local and international huge demand. (QNA) in 1991 as a reporter and, conferences and written articles Bookings from individuals through his sheer competence, on politics and Qatar’s domestic Syrian opposition members take positions while seizing control of Al-Ays town in southern Aleppo, have also gone up significantly, say dedication and hard work, took affairs for local newspapers. Syria, yesterday. tour operators. Most expatriates prefer to travel by bus due to the low charges. A week-long holiday for independent schools and many international schools will start Three health next week, after the end of their Mass grave found in Syrian heritage city mid-term examinations this week. Most tour operators have reduced centres to the charges for Umrah trips (by AFP “uncovered a mass grave of officers, Al Assad, the Syrian army last Sunday executioners appeared to be chil- bus) by more than 10 percent to open this year soldiers, members of the popular recaptured Palmyra and its Unesco dren or teenagers. Syria’s five-year win more customers, enquiries in committees (pro-regime militia) and World Heritage Site, which IS had war has left at least 270,000 people the market have revealed. DAMASCUS: Syrian troops have their relatives,” a military source said overrun in May 2015. dead. Few mass graves have been Umrah can be performed any DOHA: The Primary Healthcare found a mass grave containing the yesterday. During their nearly 10-month found, however. Nearly a week on, time of the year in keeping with Corporation (PHCC) said yester- bodies of 42 people executed by Twenty-four of the victims were occupation of Palmyra, the jihad- few of Palmyra’s up to 70,000 origi- the rules set by Saudi authorities, day that it will open three new Islamic State jihadists in Palmyra, civilians, including three children, he ists executed at least 280 people, nal residents have returned. in contrast to Haj, which is the health centres this year, in Raw- as Washington warned the group’s said, asking not to be named. according to the Syrian Observatory “People fear reprisal by the main pilgrimage performed dur- dath Al Khail, Al Thumama and leader will eventually “taste justice”. “They were executed either by for Human Rights, a Britain-based regime, and also the mines planted ing a specific period every year. Umm Salal. IS has in recent months claimed beheading or by shooting.” monitor which confirmed the dis- all over the city by IS,” Observatory A tour operator said that the The new centres occupy a responsibility for deadly attacks The bodies, which were found covery of the mass grave. director Rami Abdel Rahman said. charges per person have been large space and are equipped with in Brussels and Paris, but has lost on Friday, have been transferred to Soon after IS stormed Palmyra, it “In addition, many houses were reduced from QR1,200 to QR1,050. advanced facilities and modern ground in Syria and Iraq. a military hospital in the provincial shot dead 25 soldiers in the ancient flattened by Russian air strikes before Children below 10 years have been equipment meeting international Days after Syrian troops backed capital Homs and some have been Roman theatre. Palmyra was reclaimed,” he added. charged QR800 per head. standards. The Umm Salal centre by Russian forces recaptured Palmyra identified. In a major symbolic and It later released a video of is expected to open in July and will and its ancient ruins, the army strategic coup for President Bashar the mass killing in which the → See also page 8 → Continued on page 5 replace the existing health centre in that locality, said a statement yesterday. Rawdath Al Khail centre is scheduled to open in June and will Al Sadd beat Al Sailiya Ooredoo tv expected to draw provide wellness services, along with healthcare like the recently opened Labaib health centre and 80,000 subscribers by year-end Umm Salal health centre. Al Thu- mama centre is also expected to open in June and will contribute to reducing the crowding at the By Mohammad Shoeb of QR32.2bn in 2015. The company launched neighbouring Umm Ghuwailina The Peninsula ‘Ooredoo tv’ in mid-February, aiming to replace and Airport health centres. The its existing Mozaic TV. The Android powered new centres will provide health Ooredoo tv offers over 400 live channels, 4K and preventive services and will picture quality and advance control through have clinics for family medicine, DOHA: Ooredoo Qatar, the main television smartphone or tablet computers. ENT, dental, ophthalmology, non- service provider in the country, expects some “About 15,000 customers have already communicable and skin diseases 80,000 subscribers of its newly-launched subscribed to the service since its launch, and and a women and children clinic. ‘Ooredoo tv’ by the end of 2016, which is we are expecting over 80,000 subscribers by Vaccination will also be available.