www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 34 Oil price slump Kiwis thrash not to hit private Sri Lanka with sector budgets Guptill, Munro blitzz MONDAY 11 JANUARY 2016 • 1 Rabia II 1437 • Volume 20 • Number 6672 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Labour law to be strictly enforced currently, has 350 young inspec- tors who are keen to implement the The Labour rules and work standards. This work- Inspection shop is the beginning of a series of training courses that will be held in Department has collaboration with the Arab Labour 350 young inspectors Organization (ALO). The ministry has plans to conduct who are keen to four training courses in collaboration implement the rules with ALO, and is keen to enhance bilat- eral cooperation with it to train the and work standards, inspectors in accordance with local, says the Minister global and Arab standards. Al Khulaifi said the ministry is keen to provide job opportunities to A view of the Arab foreign ministers’ meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, yesterday. legal expatriate workers. He also high- By Mohamed Osman lighted that the law No 1/2015 issued The Peninsula by the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani included amend- ments of some provisions of the labour Arab diplomats rally behind Saudi law, especially worker’s wage pro- DOHA: The Ministry of Labour and tection system. Social Affairs yesterday launched a The law was successfully imple- AFP & Agencies Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir said rela- countries,” Nahyan said. Al Jubeir rejected Tehran’s two-week training course for 130 mented in last November. tions between Riyadh and Tehran could only be claims it was using the dispute to back away from labour inspectors. The minister said the Emir also repaired if Iran stopped interferring in its affairs. international efforts to finally end Syria’s nearly The Minister of Labour and Social issued law No.21/2015 which regu- “Iran can live in the region as a neighbour if it five-year civil war. Affairs H E Dr Abdullah Mubarak bin lates the entry and exit of expatriates CAIRO: Top Arab diplomats rallied behind Saudi stops these approaches but if Iran continues the Saudi Arabia and Iran had joined international Saleh Al Khulaifi said at the launch into the country and will be enforced Arabia yesterday in a dispute with Iran that has violent approach, it will face opposition from the talks launched in Vienna last year that backed an function that the Ministry is work- next year in order to allow compa- threatened to derail efforts to resolve Middle East Arab world...this is the message we’ve got from the 18-month plan to end the conflict and foresees fur- ing to implement the labour law quite nies to rectify employment contracts conflicts including the war in Syria. meeting,” Jubeir said. ther talks on January 25. “We have previously stated strictly to improve work environ- accordingly. After meeting in Cairo for emergency talks The UAE’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah our support for the Syrian opposition and for efforts ment in the country in line with the The ministry began to implement requested by Riyadh, Arab League foreign minis- bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who chaired the meeting, to find a peaceful solution in Syria,” Jubeir said. Qatar National Development Strat- from the beginning of last year a two- ters issued a joint statement denouncing the “hostile said Iran had to “determine what kind of neighbour “This is still the case, we believe in this and we egy 2011-2016. year plan to create job opportunities acts and provocations of Iran” in the dispute. it wants to be,” further accusing it of supporting fully support the peace process despite our differ- Speaking at the opening of the for the youth, especially in the pri- All members of the Arab League voted in favour “extremist groups.” ences with Iran,” he said. The diplomatic row erupted training workshop he said the min- vate sector. of the statement, with the exception of Lebanon, “Iran doesn’t have qualms and doesn’t hesitate following Saudi Arabia’s execution on January 2 of istry is determined to strengthen the where Iranian-backed Hezbollah is a powerful to use the sectarian card as a way to dominate the a prominent Shia cleric, Nimr Al Nimr, along with Labour Inspection Department which, →Continued on page 6 political force. region and interfere in the internal affairs of Arab 46 others on terrorism charges. US bomber flies MoI trained 4,000 staff to improve services in 2015 over S Korea in show of force The Peninsula last year. The sessions covered 4,000 for providing quality training to the bagged by his department amply If his efficiency and performance against North ministry employees from different ministerial staff. demonstrate the fact that the train- have not improved, it is immediately departments, including officials and The 279 training courses were ing provided by it is of international known and further training is pro- employees from its services sections. held in collaboration with different standard. vided, depending on the nature of the DOHA: The Ministry of Interior’s (MoI) The sessions accounted for some MoI departments, including the Civil “The Certifications also show that employee’s work, to ensure that he has AFP front desk staff dealing directly with the 95 percent of the training schedules Defence, Coast Guard, the Police Train- we have training programmes that are benefited thoroughly from the training. public and providing different services, planned for 2015 in which a total of ing Institute, the training centre for quite advanced,” the official added. The training centre of the minis- including visa issuance and renewal, 5,000 ministry employees were to immigration department employ- A highlight of the training pro- try’s Human Resource Department is have been trained to improve their be covered. And 4,000 of them were ees and internationally-renowned grammes is that after it has been now applying modern methods and SEOUL: The US sent a heavy bomber efficiency. already covered. agencies. provided to the ministry’s employ- one of them is ‘distance training’ on over South Korea yesterday in a show The interior ministry’s human What has added a feather to the Brigadier Hussain Hassan Al Jaber, ees, an assessment can be made on the lines of distance education. of force as North Korean leader Kim resource department has a training human resource department’s training Director at the Human Resource the spot to see how much proficiency The idea is to help the ministry’s Jong-Un insisted his country’s lat- centre for the ministry’s personnel and section’s cap is that it has been awarded Department of MoI, told Qatar News it has added to a particular employ- employees to keep pace with the chang- est nuclear test was carried out in it held a record 279 training sessions ISO Certifications (10015 and 9001) Agency (QNA) that the ISO Certifications ees’ performance. ing technology. self-defence. The test on Wednesday of what the North claimed was its first hydrogen bomb has sparked international alarm and raised ten- Search for victims Turkish forces kill sions along the inter-Korean frontier, with Seoul reviving cross-border propaganda broadcasts. 32 Kurdish rebels Yesterday’s overflight saw a B52 Stratofortress, which is capable of carrying nuclear weapons, briefly roar over the Osan Air Base, some AFP One policeman was killed and 70km south of the inter-Korean two others were injured in the ensu- border, the US military and an eye- ing clashes, Dogan added. witness said. It was escorted by a “The terrorists came to Van to South Korean and an American jet. DIYARBAKIR: Turkish security forces stage a big attack. Fortunately, we The B52 conducted a low-level flight killed 32 Kurdistan Workers’ Party managed to prevent it,” provincial before heading back to Andersen Air (PKK) militants over the weekend governor Ibrahim Tasyapan told Base in Guam, where it is stationed. in fighting between the authorities reporters, adding that dozens of The mission was conducted and rebels in the country’s east and hand granades and rifles had been “in response to recent provocative southeast regions, the army and media seized in the raid. action by North Korea”, US Forces reports said. The army said that a further 20 Korea said in a statement. The air- The security sources raided a militants had been killed Saturday craft are known to have taken part home in eastern Van province after in southeastern towns of Cizre and in joint annual US-South Korea mil- receiving intelligence that the PKK Silopi in Sirnak province near the Iraqi itary exercises that have enraged Syrians and civil defence workers search for victims amid the rubble of a destroyed building following militants were planning a large-scale border as well as the Sur district of Pyongyang. air strikes on the Eastern Ghouta town of Douma, a rebel stronghold east of the capital Damascus, attack on government buildings, kill- Diyarbakir —all subject to a blanket yesterday. ing 12 rebels, Dogan news agency curfew. A soldier and a police officer →See also page 12 reported. were also shot dead in Diyarbakir. HOME MONDAY 11 JANUARY 2016 03 Forum to focus on QC aid benefits 10,000 Syrian refugees linguistic upbringing of Arab children ‘Syria: An Endless Winter’ campaign helps The Peninsula 102,000 families of 508,000 members so far DOHA: The second Renaissance of Arabic Language Forum ‘Linguistic Upbringing of The Arab Child — The Reality and Prospects for the Future’, will be held in Doha next week.