ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Thursday 10 January 2013 28 Safar 1434 - Volume 17 Number 5575 Price: QR2 Smart power Oryx Cup to grids in decide H1 Qatar soon championships Business | 17 Sport | 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Average monthly Heir Apparent meets UK official OPINION The coming income of Qatari Iran-Iraq war S defe- Unce sec- retary Leon Panetta household soars signed a doc- ument at the end of 2011 ending the UN development goals achieved Khalid Al Sayed war in Iraq. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF However, DOHA: The average monthly the richer one-fifth (of the popu- there was income of Qatari households has lation) which was more than six no jubilation in Iraq after jumped many times over in the times, to 25 percent. The Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with British National Security the departure of the last US past several years, thanks to The report, talking of the huge Adviser Kim Darroch at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Darroch handed to the Heir Apparent a written message tank. One reason could be massive gas-fuelled wealth gen- expatriate population, said that for the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani from British Prime Minister David Cameron. that after the US invasion eration in the country. given the nature of the popula- and Saddam Hussein’s ouster, A vast majority of Qatari tion composition of the country Iraq came under the control families (66 percent) had an and the presence of large num- of Iran. What Washington did average income of QR30,000 bers of foreign workers, the dif- was actually hand over the ($8,219) a month in 2007. That ferences in the distribution of keys of Iraq to Iran on a gold worked out to close to a $100,000 income was primarily affected by Nothing new in Assad’s speech: PM plate, and another chapter of a year. Given the current value the limited income of most cat- Iranian domination over Iraq of money the figure would be egories of unskilled non-Qatari DOHA: The Prime Minister and In an interview with Al Jazeera some politicians looked for another started, and became complete higher in today’s terms. workers. Foreign Minister H E Sheikh aired last evening, the Prime party to blame when they failed with the ascension to power And, the average monthly The welfare dependency ratio Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Minister said Assad had not come to solve an issue, and added that of Nouri Al Maliki as prime income of the head of the fam- in the state that amounted to Thani has urged Syrian President up with anything new in his speech blaming Qatar for such issues had minister. ily in more than a quarter (27 17.4 percent in 2011, was one of Bashar Al Assad to take a bold last Sunday to resolve the crisis. become easier. “What interests In two years of Arab percent) Qatari homes was an the lowest in the world, said the decision in the interest of his coun- Assad’s address fell into a familiar Qatar in fuelling issues in Iraq?” Spring, the pace of political incredible QR50,000 ($13,698), report. try and stop the bloodshed there, pattern of procrastination, he added. he asked, stressing that Qatar’s developments in the region or $165,000 a year. Talking of nutrition, the report stressing that all parties are now On developments in Iraq and interest lay in Iraq’s stability and in has been dizzying. As for the entire Qatari popu- said that in 2007, an average ready for any solution that will accusations against Qatar in this consensus among all Iraqi parties.” Continued on page 6 lation (99 percent), the average Qatari household spent QR4, 583 quickly stop the violence. regard, the Prime Minister said QNA monthly earnings of households ($1,255) on food a month alone, were more than QR10,000 which was 11 percent of their ($2,740), or roughly $33,000 annu- total monthly expenditure. Mercury to plunge ally, (in 2007). Interestingly, a family on aver- An idea of how the community’s age consumed 36kg of fresh meat, in Qatar next week fortunes have turned in the past 36.6kg of poultry, 23kg of fresh Subscribe to 11 years can be had from the fact fish, 25 litres of fresh milk, 150 DOHA: The temperature could that in 2001, the average monthly eggs, 84.3kg of fresh fruits and dip to less than 10 degrees income of over 21 percent Qatari 60kg of fresh green vegetables, in Celsius next week, with the Mozaic TV for homes was between QR5,000 and a month. Compared to 2001, the country expected to come under QR10,000. intake of fish and milk by these a severe cold spell over the The above details were released families had increased. next few days, according to the yesterday as part of Qatar’s The report, however, didn’t say Meteorology Department. The 1 year and get Millennium Development Goals an average Qatari household con- sudden change in weather con- report for 2012. sisted of how many members. ditions has been attributed to 2 months Disparities in income distribu- “This kind of expenditure (on strong northwesterly winds that tion nevertheless remain in the food) ensures a complete and would lash the country beginning Qatari community. The share of nutritious diet for Qatari house- this afternoon. The Department the poorest one-fifth of the pop- holds and meets their needs for has forecast scattered rains in for free! ulation is about four percent in calories,” said the report. the northern parts of the country national consumption. THE PENINSULA today. THE PENINSULA Contrast this to the share of See also page 6 See also page 6 Qatar helps broker Doha Zoo to get bigger, to be biggest prisoner converted into safari park swap in Syria DOHA: The Doha Zoo is to be redeveloped in the model of a safari park and three times bigger than its existing size, where visitors DOHA: Diplomacy by Qatar can watch the animals from a close distance in a natural environ- had succeeded in bringing about ment, a senior official of the Ministry of Environment has said. The the biggest prisoner exchange project is currently under design and will take three to five years to in Syria’s 21-month old con- complete, according to Dr Qassim Nasser Al Qahtani, head of the flict, which saw 2,139 detain- Animal Resources Department. 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During three DOHA: Qatar Petroleum, Qatar Airways and Shell yesterday cel- months of negotiations, Qatari ebrated the first commercial introduction of a new aviation jet fuel Qtel MOZAIC TV diplomacy faced many hurdles — the first to be approved globally in over two decades. The inno- that almost wrecked the efforts, vative GTL jet fuel from Pearl GTL is now flowing into aeroplane the official said, adding Qatari tanks at Doha International Airport. An Airbus A340-600, Flight diplomacy overcame the hurdles to QR001, will make history by being the first to fly outbound from achieve the humanitarian objective. Doha airport, en route to London Heathrow using GTL jet fuel. Continued on page 6 Full report on page 17 THURSDAY 10 JANUARY 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Cabinet nod for tenders panel PM meets UK official at Ministry of Municipality Qatar Scouts to come under Ministry of Culture DOHA: The Prime Minister organisation of some adminis- Committee at the Ministry of and Foreign Minister, H E trative units of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; and the Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Culture, Arts and Heritage and Court of Accounts. Jabor Al Thani, presided over set their terms of reference. The Cabinet approved a pro- the Cabinet’s ordinary meeting. Under this amendment, the posal by the Public Works Following the meeting, the Legal Affairs Department will Authority to exempt it from the Deputy Prime Minister and be transferred from the admin- scope of the Tenders and Auctions Minister of State for Cabinet istrative units headed by the Law No.