ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER High fuel Sri Lanka prices cut GCC on verge of public debt emphatic win Business | 21 Sport | 28 Tuesday 24 June 2014 • 26 Sha’baan 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6106 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar neutral ‘Complaints against cabbies being ignored’ DOHA: Taxi operators have said an official at Al Million. on regional come in for criticism for not “Drivers are given warning acting on complaints against letters or suspended from work, cabbies. Some passengers say depending on the nature of the that they have not received complaint,” he added. any response from the opera- However, those who frequently issues: Emir tors even months after lodging take cabs are critical about how complaints. taxi operators handle complaints. They say an effective system “I made a complaint about €2bn deal for tram system signed must be introduced for passengers speeding and adjusting the meter to register complaints and receive for rates for destinations outside DOHA: Qatar yesterday reaf- between the two sides in almost feedback from the operators. Doha. I called the Karwa hotline firmed its neutral stance on every field, be it economic, cul- The passengers’ main com- and lodged the complaint, and developments in the region and tural, social or educational. plaints are cabbies not going by they assured me they would get said it always stood for justice, The Emir said Qatari-French the meter, being rude and mis- back to me. Seven months have equality, brotherly relations with relations were having a positive behaving. They say strict action passed and nothing has hap- other countries and peace. impact, especially in the realm of should be taken against drivers pened,” said a Filipino profes- “We have always been playing culture and education. to deter such practices. sional who regularly travels by the role of a mediator between He also talked of closer coopera- Taxis operated by Mowasalat taxi. countries with differences, pro- tion between Qatari and French and its franchises Al Ijarah and “I have made a few other com- vided they have sought our media- firms. He said Qatar believed Al Million receive complaints plaints too, but they (taxi opera- French President Francois Hollande receiving the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim tion,” said The Emir, H H Sheikh in and worked for peace and against their drivers either over tors) never responded. We never Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. “We respected freedom of speech, and bin Hamad Al Thani at Elysee Palace in Paris yesterday. See also page 5 the phone or by email. know if the complaints are looked are all for peace.” was opposed to intolerance and “All complaints go to the cus- into. I’m not the only one who was Speaking at a dinner ban- violence. This is Qatar’s basic warm welcome to him and mem- A consortium including French tomer management office at treated this way. A lot of other quet hosted by French President stand, he said, adding that some bers of his entourage. industrial groups Vinci and Alstom Mowasalat. An enquiry is con- people are treated the same way Francois Hollande last evening, people didn’t appreciate this. Hollande, on his part, extended signed a €2bn contract with Qatar ducted on each complaint and or worse because their company the Emir described France as a The Emir is on an official visit a hearty welcome to the Emir and Railways to build a tram system action is taken. If the issue doesn’t care what the drivers do,” trusted friend and said the two to France, his first to Europe as his entourage in his speech and for the city of Lusail. is serious, immediate action she said. countries enjoyed warm relations. the Emir. He thanked Hollande said he lauded the Emir’s views on Continued on page 6 will be taken; it might take Continued on page 4 There is very close cooperation and his country for according a regional and international issues. THE PENINSULA some time for other issues,” THE PENINSULA Al Jazeera journalists jailed 150 new fuel stations planned Speedy registration urged Today’s CAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday jailed three Al DOHA: Plans are afoot to build some 150 fuel stations DOHA: The Advisory Council has asked the govern- Jazeera journalists, including Australia’s award-win- across the country over the next eight years in prepara- ment to take up for consideration applications for com- matches ning Peter Greste, in a ruling that sparked global out- tion for the 2022 Fifa World Cup. mercial registration (CR) of a company on the day the rage and a US call for them to be pardoned. Of these, 100 are expected to be ready in phases by 2018 application is made, rather than making the applicants GROUP D: Greste and Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fadel Fahmy to meet the growing demand. By next year, roughly 40 wait 30 days. ITALY VS URUGAY (7PM) each got seven years, while Egyptian producer Baher are likely to be operational. Besides, some 25 existing fuel The Advisory Council yesterday approved amendments COSTA RICA VS ENGLAND Mohamed received two sentences — one for seven years stations across Qatar are being expanded. introduced to some provisions of law number 25 of 2005, (7PM) and another for three. Eleven defendants tried in absentia, Local petroleum products distributor, Qatar Fuel, yes- which regulates the CR of a company. The draft law was GROUP C: including one Dutch journalist and two British journalists, terday unveiled its ambitious plans for 2014-18. earlier referred to the Council’s internal Financial and JAPAN VS COLOMBIA (11PM) were handed 10 years. AFP THE PENINSULA Economic Affairs Committee. THE PENINSULA GREECE VS CÔTE D’IVOIRE See also pages 6 & 7 Full report on page 4 See also page 21 (11PM) TUESDAY 24 JUNE 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME More properties on QRC appeal to raise World Heritage List DOHA: The World Heritage Committee yesterday inscribed properties in the Russian Federation, Costa Rica, QR7.3m for Iraqis Vietnam, India, the Philippines and Denmark on the World DOHA: Amid escalating on the region, already home of acute watery diarrhoea. Also, Heritage List. violence in Iraq, Qatar Red hundreds of thousands of Syrian inaccessibility to medical care at It also approved extensions of a Crescent (QRC) has issued refugees and Iraqi IDPs from hospitals increases risks of mea- site in China and two transbound- an emergency appeal to raise previous clashes. sles, cholera, polio, and severe ary sites in Poland and Belarus, $2,000,000 (QR7,300,000) to With hundreds of civilians respiratory infections. and Denmark and Germany. support victims. allegedly killed last week, the Having implemented multiple The sites discussed included two The appeal is intended to pro- deteriorating health conditions relief projects for Kurdistan’s cultural sites, a mixed natural vide emergency relief to 30,000 pose serious epidemic risks. 220,000 Syrian refugees last and cultural property, and six people (6,000 worst-hit fami- In light of prompt assess- year, QRC mission conducted a natural sites. They are Bolgar lies), including healthcare, food, ments by UN agencies and brief situation assessment and Historical and Archaeological water and sanitation, personal partners, the most urgent needs initiated an urgent intervention Complex (Russian Federation); hygiene and household items for IDPs are water, sanitation, programme, coordinating with Precolumbian Chiefdom over the coming six months. and medical services. After the local authorities and organisa- Settlements with Stone Spheres According to International explosion of the main water tions and UN agencies to select of the Diquis (Costa Rica); Trang Organisation for Migration plant, the western parts of target beneficiaries. Priority An Scenic Landscape Complex (IOM) reports, there are Mosul have little or no access will be given to families that (Vietnam); Great Himalayan www.swiss-belhotel.com 478,860 internally displaced peo- to clean drinking water and lost their homes; are supported National Park (India); Mount ple (IDPs) from Al Anbar and drainage. There are concerns by women or children; have no Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Tel 500,000 from Mosul. that scarce water and sanita- income; or include members Sanctuary (the Philippines); Fax IDPs who reached Iraqi tion services may cause health with special needs, kids, or old Stevns Klint (Denmark); South Kurdistan are estimated at complications, particularly people, QRC said yesterday. China Karst (China); Bialowiea 300,000, which adds pressures water-borne diseases such as THE PENINSULA Forest (Belarus/Poland) and The Wadden Sea (Germany/Denmark). Tel These inscriptions bring the Fax number of sites on the list to 1010. Al Emadi Solar Qatar Airways CEO Al Baker wins award Tel DOHA: Al Emadi Solar has won Fax the National Energy Globe Award re-elected to IATA committee Qatar for its project that supplies renewable energy for the Financial DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) where industry partners gather Square Building in Doha. Tollfree CEO Akbar Al Baker (pic- and collaborate only brings ben- Mohammed Al Emadi, Chairman, tured) has been re-elected efits to all concerned within the and Khaled A’amar, PV Systems Fax to the Chair Committee of IATA membership,” he said. Design & Development Manager, International Air Transport “It is my aim to continue the were honoured in a ceremony of Association (IATA). good work of IATA and help the Commercial Section at the Tel He was elected to Board raise the bar for member airlines Austrian embassy and received the of Governors at IATA’s 68th in this competitive industry. At winner’s certificate from Austria’s Fax Annual General Meeting (AGM) QA, we strive to excel in eve- Commercial Counsellor Gerd in June 2012, and will serve on rything we do, and I am proud Bommer.