ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Sunday 3 February 2013 22 Rabial I 1434 - Volume 17 Number 5599 Price: QR2 QIB signs SA bundle pact with NBK Pakistan Holdings out for 49 Business | 17 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Heir Apparent at falcon fest Qatar Holding plans Ban on use of $1.36bn Italian hotel project DOHA: Qatar Holding plans foam to serve to build four luxury hotels — including a 150-room Harrods Hotel — on Sardinia, an island in the Mediterranean Sea and an autonomous region of Italy. hot food, drinks Arabian Business.com reported the massive €1bn ($1.36bn) development project includes an aquatic amusement park New rules for use of plastic, paper inside the Liscia Ruja reserve, a low-impact electric Go-Kart BY MOHAMMED IQBAL told The Peninsula yesterday. route within a former landfill at He said beginning today, the Abbiadori, expanding roads and DOHA: The Ministry of municipal authorities will inspect water and sewer systems. Environment has imposed a all eateries to ensure that they The company will build four blanket ban on the use of foam comply with the rules. luxury hotels on Sardinia’s Costa for serving hot food and drinks, According to the new rules, it Smeralda, more than doubling and laid down new require- should be clearly written on each tourism capacity to 900 beds, the ments for plastic and paper product whether it is intended for business news portal reported, used for this purpose. packaging hot or cold food. quoting news service ASNAmed. All plastic or paper cups and “This will help consumers check THE PENINSULA plates used for serving hot food whether the food is packed in a and beverages are now required healthy and safe way,” said Al to carry a note saying they are Kuwari. suitable for the purpose. Only food grade plastic is per- This rule also applies to plas- mitted for packaging hot food and tic and foam products used for drinks. The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attended yesterday the awards ceremony for the Egypt opposition packaging cold food and drinks. With each consignment, winners of the Qatar International Falcons and Hunting Festival 2013. The event was held at the Cultural Foam is permitted only for cold importers have to attach a cer- Village Foundation, Katara. See also page 4 hardens stand food. tificate from an authorised Eateries failing to comply with laboratory to prove they meet against Mursi the rules will face stern action the food grade standards and from today, a senior official of the specifications. CAIRO: Egypt’s main opposi- ministry said yesterday. Each product should carry a tion group on Saturday backed Many eateries still use plastic sticker with a note in Arabic and Mobile portability now a reality calls to oust the ruling Islamists and foam cups, boxes and plates English in red colour saying it is after deadly clashes and as for serving hot food and drinks, suitable for packaging hot food. DOHA: Mobile Number the coming weeks the service will their needs without having to President Mohammed Mursi despite a ban imposed by the This sticker should be displayed Portability (MNP) is now avail- become fully available,” an official sacrifice their existing number,” scrambled to contain fallout authorities several years ago. in a prominent way. able in Qatar, the country’s from ictQatar said. said Saleh Al Kuwari, Deputy from footage of apparent police The ministry has now come out Plastic and foam cups used telecoms sector regulator said Consumers wishing to change Assistant Secretary General, brutality. with new regulations to effectively for cold drinks should also have yesterday. their service provider and retain ictQatar. The National Salvation Front implement the ban in line with a notification in Arabic and The Supreme Council of their existing mobile phone “The growing competition in said it “completely sides with the directives from the Joint Food English saying it is suitable for Information and Communication number will be able to avail of our telecommunications market people and its active forces’ calls Monitoring Committee at the cold food. This should be written Technology (ictQatar) announced this facility after filling an MNP is leading to lower prices, innova- to topple the authoritarian regime Supreme Council of Health. in sky blue colour in a prominent that MNP officially began here application at a retail outlet of the tive new services and enhanced and the Muslim Brotherhood’s “Recently, we made it man- manner. on January 31. service provider they are plan- customer care. MNP will further control.” datory for all bakeries to use Paper cups and boxes can be It allows consumers to retain ning to switch to. The switcho- empower consumers, and we are The NSF also demanded that food grade plastic for packaging used for hot food and drinks only their existing mobile phone num- ver should typically happen in one pleased that both service provid- Mursi be prosecuted for “kill- hot bread. We are now strictly if they clear a “heavy metal test” bers when switching to a differ- working day once the application ers have worked with us to make ings and torture,” while urg- implementing the requirements to show that they don’t contain ent service provider. is submitted. this possible,” he added. ing Egyptians to stage peaceful for plastic, foam and paper prod- harmful substances. Importers This service will be available in “Mobile Number Portability is “To find out more about the protests. ucts used for packaging hot food should produce a certificate all retail outlets of the two serv- an important part of the ongoing cost of switching, customers will It said Mursi should be put on and drinks,” Dr Mohammed bin from an authorised laboratory ice providers in Qatar, Qtel and liberalisation of Qatar’s telecom- need to check with the service trial after an “impartial inves- Sailf Al Kuwari, director of the as proof. Vodafone, in a ‘phased rollout’. munications sector. It allows con- providers,” an official said. tigation” and ruled out dialogue Laboratories and Standardisation Continued on page 5 “Currently some of the outlets sumers to choose more freely the Continued on page 5 with the presidency. Department at the ministry THE PENINSULA are providing this service, but in service provider that best meets THE PENINSULA Full story on page 9 Road caves in Electronic system for issuing Gulf Cinema complex power of attorney to reopen in weeks DOHA: Qatar’s Ministry of DOHA: The Gulf Cinema maintenance work. We are doing Justice has done away with the complex in Najma that boasts our best to reopen it soon. It conventional paper-based power twin theatres and is closed for wouldn’t take more than a few of attorney and replaced it with maintenance currently, will be weeks,” said El Mokadem. a much safer and time-saving reopening in a few weeks, an “We are screening Indian films electronic format. official said yesterday. at the Mall and Landmark as an In other words, people or enti- The cinema complex popular alternative arrangement in the ties wanting to give away power with limited-income expatri- interim,” he added. of attorney to lawyers, companies, ates mainly from South Asia was Replying to questions from banks or any individual to act on closed last Thursday without this newspaper, El Mokadem said their behalf in legal or business any prior notice and a specific there were no plans to demolish matters, will no more have a date for re-opening has not been the complex to make way for physical paper. announced. some development project. Instead, the power of attorney Moshen El Mokadem, General “Nothing of that sort will hap- will be issued in an electronic Manager of Qatar Cinema and pen,” he emphatically said when format, the application for which Film Distribution Company that asked if there were plans to needs to be made online. owns the complex yesterday said develop some bigger project on In Qatar, the use of power of The police had to cordon off a small stretch of Al Waab Street near Tyseer Petrol station yesterday when a the facility will reopen soon, the huge complex premises. attorney is quite widespread. patch in the middle of the road suddenly caved in. Al Sharq reports that the cave-in was caused by a tech- refusing to specify a time frame. The seating capacity of Doha Full story on page nical flaw in the road design. The daily said people are demanding that legal action be initiated against the Gulf Cinema and Doha Cinema Cinema is 1,100 while that of the contractors who built the thoroughfare. at Gulf Cinema complex mostly Gulf Cinema is 987. screen Indian films. And as an “Gulf Cinema is an afford- alternative arrangement the films able place and they mostly show which were scheduled to be shown Indian films. Even if it is for few DNA tests confirm Turkish Syrian opposition leader talks Iran unveils new fighter jet at the Gulf Cinema complex are weeks, it will be problem for bach- being screened at cinemas at elors, especially the workers are leftist bombed US embassy to Russia, seeks breakthrough DUBAI: Iran unveiled what it said was a The Mall and Landmark, which not allowed to enter shopping ISTANBUL: A member of a Turkish left- MUNICH: The Syrian opposition leader new, domestically built fighter jet yesterday, are also managed by the Qatar malls during the weekends and ist group that accuses Washington of using met Russia’s foreign minister in Germany local media reported.