ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Monday 26 November 2012 12 Muharram 1434 - Volume 17 Number 5530 Price: QR2 Qatari bourse Panesar leaves index rises by India reeling 0.46 percent in Mumbai Business | 17 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 At least 110 killed in Historic COP 18 meet opens today OPINION Outlets must Bangladesh blaze ASHULIA, BANGLADESH: Qatar’s efforts to At least 110 people died when fire swept through a factory address climate in the worst-ever blaze to hit concerns issue receipts Bangladesh’s garment industry, officials said yesterday, as wit- ith nesses told of desperate work- Wrapid ers jumping from upper floors. economic Firefighters battled for sev- growth and in Arabic eral hours to contain the blaze, increasing which broke out on the ground population, floor of the nine-storey Tazreen Qatar is fac- Consumer protection laws issued Fashion plant 30km north of the ing great capital Dhaka late on Saturday. challenges Khalid Al Sayed DOHA: The Minister of bye-laws say dealers must pro- Survivors told how panicked in protecting EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Business and Trade has issued vide free after-sales service for staff, most of them women, tried the environ- executive regulations to help not less than three years. to escape the burning factory, ment while sustaining its nat- implement the Consumer The duration of warranty is to which made clothes for inter- ural resources. In a few years, Protection Law of 2008, making be decided according to the item national brands including the Qatar’s economy boomed and it mandatory for all retail and being sold or service being offered European chain C&A and the the country made a presence wholesale outlets to issue sales and it must be written in the con- Hong Kong-based Li & Fung Qatar and UN flags at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) on the global stage. This receipts in Arabic. tract. Traders can also announce company. in Doha yesterday. The United Nations’ two-week historic conference progress, however, signifies The rule will apply to restau- guarantee periods orally or in the Bangladesh is a global centre on Climate Change (COP18/CMP8) opens here today. The high-profile that Qatar has bigger respon- rants as well as to importers and media. Outlets are legally obliged for clothes manufacturing due to sibilities at home and abroad, summit is expected to draw over 17,000 visitors from 194 nations. exporters and all kinds of service to inform the Ministry by fill- its cheap labour. particularly in addressing (SALIM MATRAMKOT) providers. The regulations, also ing up a form about side-effects See also page 13 the alarming environmental called bye-laws, are to be effec- or harmful effects or damage an See also page 4 problem we are all experienc- tive after being published in the item can cause to consumers. ing, called climate change. official gazette. Sellers must mention on Qatar has stepped up its The rules give the Ministry receipts they give away if an environmental initiatives and the Consumer Protection item is an used one, along with Father of slain woman blasts US embassy and policies to fully achieve Department of the Ministry to fix its price. Buyers have the right to its long-term ambitions. the prices of goods and services get refund or exchange items in Like many other countries, they deem fit by issuing lists to case it is found damaged or unfit BY AZMAT HAROON a grieving Brown said. The family has so far heard it needed to deal with the the effect. for use. He said he had contacted sev- nothing from the authorities diminishing water resources, Sales receipts provided by the And, significantly, an outlet DOHA: The father of the slain eral (US) Congressmen, Senators here, including the US Embassy, the rise of energy consump- outlets to customers must men- is to be taken to task if it runs American woman has accused and even the White House for except the little information they tion, effects of air pollution tion the price or prices of items misleading advertisements to pro- the US Embassy here and help in getting the body of his are being “fed every now and then and environmental degra- being sold or services being mote their products or services. Qatari authorities of not being daughter home. “I have got some by the school” (where Jennifer dation, not to mention the offered and no extra charge must The executive regulations cooperative as, he says, he is people here, some Congressmen, taught). impact of global warming. be levied from a customer for issued on November 18 have still awaiting her body to be Senators working on the case, and “I have heard very, very, very Qatar is among the high- issuing such a receipt. taken four years as the Consumer flown home for burial. we even got people from the White little—in fact, I haven’t heard est in the GCC countries in In what is welcome news espe- Protection Law was put in force Richard Brown told The House, who are trying to get her from the authorities at all,” said terms of water demand. The cially for vehicle buyers, the in 2008. THE PENINSULA Peninsula over phone yesterday back here.” Brown, whose daughter taught rising temperature and popu- that more than 10 days after his It has been over 10 days since at Al Wakra Campus of English lation have contributed to the daughter Jennifer was brutally Jennifer Brown, a 40-year-old Modern School (EMS). need for desalinated water Air raids kill 10 village near Damascus killed killed here by a security guard, school teacher, was murdered by The murder had apparently which would force the coun- 10 children yesterday as they her body has not been released. a Kenyan security guard. taken place at the school accom- try to build new desalination children in Syria played outdoors, opposition “My girl is still over there. I He said he had only ‘heard’ that modation for teachers where plants in the coming years. AMMAN: A Syrian govern- activists said. got a phone call from the school a knife was used as the murder Jennifer stayed. ment air strike on a rebel-held See also page 10 this morning, saying it might weapon, but there has been no THE PENINSULA Continued on page 6 take another two to three days,” confirmation to that effect. Continued on page 6 MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 QU reveals progress of aviation biofuels project University team unveils details of QR45.5m project which is in collaboration with Qatar Airways and QSTP DOHA: Qatar University (QU) yesterday revealed the progress of its groundbreak- ing research on developing sus- tainable alternative biofuels for aviation, on the eve of the UN Climate Change Conference COP-18, which opens here today. The QU research team and officials gave Roberto Gonzalez, President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) a tour of the facilities. “We really welcome this project. It shows that differ- ent solutions are being applied to different areas around the globe – focusing on sustainabil- From left: Hareb Al Jabri, Manager of the Qatar University Biofuels Project, Dr Malcolm Potts, Director of the Roberto Gonzalez, President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation ity by using resources natural to Biofuels Project, Roberto Gonzalez, President of ICAO, and Jane Hupe, Chief Environment Branch, ICAO, at the (ICAO), and Jane Hupe, Chief Environment Branch, ICAO, with a Qatar the surroundings. What really press briefing yesterday. University Biofuels team scientist. stands out with the Qatar bio- fuels project is that it is state- backed. It is a good example in state-of-the-art facilities which ramifications - significantly The research group grew these being scaled up even further – to Vice President for Research the Arab region, showing a com- are the best in the GCC and com- reducing one of the airline cultures, eliminating weaker 25,000 litres, specially-designed Dr Hassan Al Derham, Head mitment to sustainability and the petitive internationally for this industry’s biggest fixed costs variations which do not respond outdoor research ponds currently of the Department of Biological environment,” said Gonzales, who type of research. and providing a sustainable, so well to the Qatari environ- being prepared by the team. Sciences Dr Samir Jaoua and was impressed by the project. The aim of the project is to environmentally-friendly fuel ment and scaled up growth from If successful, a pre-commer- members of the biofuels research This was the first time the find a way of producing afford- where carbon dioxide is recycled small test-tubes to water tanks cialisation pilot plant will be con- team. team publicly detailed the able, sustainable biofuels which rather than accumulated in the to monitor their growth. Then structed on a much larger scale “As Qatar’s national univer- progress of the state-backed do not rely on the use of valu- atmosphere. the lipids are extracted from – 1.5m litres. The aviation indus- sity, we are always mindful of our QR45.5m biofuel project - the able arable land and which can be The research team isolated the cultures to make fuel, while try has been keenly following the role in advancing technology for first time in the region. The produced efficiently in the harsh multiple forms of single-celled carbohydrate is used to make project throughout its stages. the greater good of society. This university’s project, in collabo- climate of Qatar. photosynthetic organisms bioethanol.