ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Sunday 20 April 2014 20 Jumadal II 1435 - Volume 19 Number 6041 Price: QR2 Qatar GDP Second loss projected to hit for Mumbai $230bn Indians Business | 17 Sport | 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qaradawi denies Waste management to be upgraded reports about leaving Qatar PM inspects Mesaieed facility DOHA: Noted Qatar-based Islamic scholar Dr Yousuf Al DOHA: Qatar is moving away the volume of domestic waste, Qardawi has denied reports from conventional waste man- the Minister of Environment, that he is moving to another agement techniques with a H E Ahmed Amer Mohamed Al country. planned expansion of the Solid Humaidi, who accompanied the The scholar, who has been at Waste Management Center in Prime Minister during the visit, the centre of a controversy after Mesaieed, which is considered told Qatar News Agency. his recent criticism of some neigh- the first of its kind in the coun- The minister described the bouring GCC countries, said what try and the region. waste management facility as one had been reported about him was The Prime Minister and of the important infrastructure “totally baseless”. Interior Minister H E Sheikh projects in Qatar and the first Reports circulating in a section Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa of its kind in the GCC and the of the media and several social Al Thani, who inspected the cen- Middle East due to its use of the networking sites say that the tre yesterday, asked the Ministry latest technology in all stages of scholar has been asked to leave of Environment to do a study on waste management. Qatar for Tunisia. how the facility could be expanded The plan includes establishing a “These (reports) are nothing and its capacity increased to new waste management facility in but the hopes and dreams of some The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani visited the Solid accommodate growing demand for the west of Doha in the next five enemies of Islam. They are not waste management in the country. years. The two current facilities, Waste Management Centre in Mesaieed yesterday. During the inspection tour, he was briefed on the facility, its going to materialise, God willing,” The study will also explore located in the south and west of various sections and functions. Al Sharq quoted Al Qaradawi as how to handle the issue of land- Doha, have a combined capacity saying. fills and involve the private sec- of 900 tons. During the inspection tour, briefed on the different stages of environment projects, saying that His statement gains impor- tor in projects related to waste Citing the ministry, QNA said the Prime Minister was briefed recycling. environment was a key element in tance in the context of a GCC management. that operating the centre at its on a comprehensive model for the Al Humaidi said that the the national strategy and one of deal signed on Thursday to end The centre’s plan for the next full capacity will lead to a depar- facility and its various sections, Prime Minister’s inspection the four pillars of Qatar National tension between Qatar and three five years will focus on dealing ture from conventional waste and its functions were explained visit reflected the importance Vision 2030. other GCC countries. with an expected increase in management techniques. to him in detail. He was also attached by the government to THE PENINSULA “The Father Emir and the Emir are closest to me. I love them from the depth of my heart,” Al Qaradawi added. He, however, said his personal views did not represent the opin- Sheikha Moza on ion of the Qatar government, as Qatar Charity opens two new the country’s Foreign Minister had clarified earlier. “I am not occupying any official 5-day Japan visit position in the government. What villages for displaced Syrians I am expressing is my personal DOHA: H H Sheikha Moza have been identified in line with opinion,” said Al Qaradawi. bint Nasser, Chairperson the ‘grand challenges’ of Qatar’s Top government officials of a DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC), a A QC delegation includ- to create favourable conditions of Qatar Foundation for National Research Strategy — neighbouring Gulf country had non-governmental humanitar- ing the QC Executive Director that greatly improve the lives Education, Science and energy security, water security come out heavily against the ian organisation involved in a of International Development, of the displaced, particularly in Community Development and cybersecurity. scholar, forcing Qatar to distance wide range of relief work locally Mohammed bin Ali Al Ghamdi, terms of the provision of daily (QF), will commence a five- The priority challenges itself from his remarks. and internationally, yesterday Managing Director of Disaster nutrition for them and important day exploratory research identified in the Qatar “ I have been in Qatar for more announced the opening of two Preparedness and Response, facilities in the areas where they visit to Japan today. National Research Strategy than 53 years giving sermons, villages for displaced Syrians in Mohammed Adrdor, Sheikh live; such as schools, mosques and The visit of Sheikha Moza are to achieve energy security lectures, fatwas and participat- the north of Syria. Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al Sada, water points, alleviating the suf- will be an opportunity to by raising the production of ing in various events. During all Built at a cost of about QR4m, Sheikh Hamad Abdel Kader, fering caused by living in the open strengthen ties between the solar energy to 1 gigawatt by this period no one told me to do the villages each comprise 100 Director of the Office of the without shelter,” he added. two countries in the fields of 2020; water security through this or that or asked why did I say prefabricated residential units Organisation of the Islamic Dawa Al Ghamdi said QC will con- research and development, promoting the scientific (something),” he added. containing mattresses, blankets in Qatar, and Sheikh Mohammed tinue to build more such villages with a focus on computing, research in the area of water “ I came here when I was 35 and kitchen utensils. Residents Al Fadeni, the public relations in the light of the growing move- energy, environment and bio- desalination; cybersecurity years old and I am now 88 years will have access to facilities officer of the organisation, visited ment of displaced civilians in medical research. through strengthening infor- old. I will stay in Qatar and die including a school, a mosque, a the village. recent months, especially from Sheikha Moza will be accom- mation security management here,” said the scholar. children’s play area and a shared “The model village project areas in northern Syria. panied by a high-level delega- in an electronically open and “I love Qatar and I love all kitchen. carried out by QC is in its third Al Ghamdi said that QC’s sup- tion from Qatar Foundation’s overlapped space; and health the GCC countries… I know all The villages will benefit around edition and represents our contin- port for the Syrian people in their research and sevelopment sec- promotion by preventing and their kings and emirs closely and 1,200 people. With this, QC has uing interest in providing shelter worsening humanitarian condition tion in order to identify and managing diseases such as I participated in many activities built three villages for displaced in order to preserve the human was a duty and not a favour and enhance collaboration between diabetes and cancer and by organised by them,” he added. Syrians. One was built in collabo- dignity of the displaced in Syria; he prayed to God that peace and QF and a number of globally advancing platform technolo- In a veiled reference to the ration with the Organisation of shielding them and their children safety would prevail throughout renowned research institutes gies such as genomics and recent tension between Qatar and the Islamic Dawa-Qatar office, during the cold winters and hot Syria, allowing the displaced to in Japan. stem cells. some neighbouring countries, Al which funded the project, and summers,” Al Ghamdi said in a return to their towns and villages. The areas of collaboration QNA Qaradawi said “this mild cloud another being funded by two speech at the opening ceremony. THE PENINSULA will vanish very soon.” Qatari philanthropists. “This phenomenal project aims See also page 4 THE PENINSULA Lekhwiya, Eljaish win Two expats die of Air ambulance rescues two-year-old DOHA: A Qatari air ambulance yesterday rescued a child after the MERS in Jeddah vehicle she and her family were travelling in met with an accident when they were returning to Qatar from Saudi Arabia. JEDDAH: Two foreigners died The flying ambulance carried the two-year-old girl to Hamad hos- of MERS in the Saudi city of pital in a critical condition. The girl’s six-year-old brother died in the Jeddah, the health ministry accident, which took place in Saudi territory, while her mother and said yesterrday, as fears rise father were reported to be safe, according to QNA. over the spreading respiratory The Egyptian family living in Qatar had gone to Saudi Arabia for virus in the kingdom’s commer- performing Umra. cial hub. Picture on page 4 The ministry said five more peo- ple were infected with the Middle French journalists freed in Syria East Respiratory Syndrome in the western city, including two PARIS: Four French journalists taken hostage in Syria last year foreign medics aged 54. were freed yesterday after a 10-month ordeal in the world’s most The latest deaths, of a 64-year- dangerous country for the media.