www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 36 QQCBCB policies ‘ensured Al Attiyah chasingg ample liquidity’ Bin Sulayem’s in the market record in Jordan TUESDAY 26 APRIL 2016 • 19 Rajab 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6778 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Real ‘touch’ Turkish Premier E-link project arrives tomorrow makes customs The Peninsula DOHA: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is scheduled to arrive in Qatar tomorrow on a clearance faster two-day visit. Davutoglu is expected to meet Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin transactions and exchange of data Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minis- between GAC and QPM. Ultimately ter and Interior Minister H E Sheikh The project linked this will enhance the efficiency of Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa with Al Nadeeb has customs clearance and speed up the Al Thani and other senior officials movement of goods. during his visit. helped reduce the Mohamed Ahmed Al Moha- “The visit of Davutoglu time for customs nadi, Operations and Risk Analysis aims at strengthening relations clearance by 70% . Manager at the General Authority between Ankara and Doha in of Customs told reporters yester- various sectors, especially econ- day that Al Nadeeb has a number omy and investments,” said Qatari of advantages which are focused Ambassador to Turkey, Salem bin on effectiveness and efficiency Mubarak Al Shafi. By Sidi Mohamed and accurate follow up of the “Issues of common concern The Peninsula procedures. like security and politics will be “This integration is unprec- Palestinian physical education teachers take part in a training session organised by the Real Madrid discussed during the visit. The dis- edented because it will enable Foundation at a school in the Qalandia refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, yesterday. cussions will also focus on regional exchange of information and data and international issues, notably DOHA: Customs clearance at ports of between the two systems with the humanitarian crisis in Syria,” entry in Qatar has been made faster accuracy and achieve completion of he added. Aid being provided by with the introduction of an electronic transaction of all shipments within a charity organisations in Qatar link between General Authority of short time,” said Al Mohanadi. to support Turkey to host Syr- Customs (GAC) and the Qatar Ports “The e-link between GAC and CRA issues 48 notices for violations ian refugees, supply of foods and Management and integration between QPM since its implementation has medicines and other basic needs the single-window customs clearance saved more than 70 percent of the to refugee camps set up at boarder system, Al Nadeeb, and the QPM. time of processing the clearance and The Peninsula communication equipment without entails the non-compliant shops to areas will also be discussed during The e-link project has helped we are expecting this to increase fur- valid licences. regularize their licence or to obtain the visit of Davutoglu, said Al Shafi. reduce the time for customs clearance ther,” he added. GAC has developed The CRA manages Qatar’s radio the right licence if they do not have Talks will also focus on boost- by 70 percent and a further reduction Al Nadeeb by linking it by a number spectrum, and conducts routine one. If the appropriate licences have ing the Qatar-Turkish Supreme is expected when it is fully imple- of ministries and institutions that are DOHA: The Communications Reg- inspections to ensure compliance not been obtained, CRA is empow- Strategic Committee and fol- mented, officials disclosed yesterday. related to imports, and provide tech- ulatory Authority (CRA) has issued a with the Telecommunications Law. ered to take legal action against the low up on implementation of the The electronic link is expected nical support. total of 48 notices for violations of the The most common violations defaulters, said a statement yesterday. pacts that were inked between the be instrumental in integration of Telecommunications Law, for selling involved shops selling mobile phones two countries in a meeting held in the procedures and development of → Continued on page 6 mobile phones and radio and tele- without a valid licence. The notice → Continued on page 6 Doha in December. Saudi announces sweeping reforms Agencies Saudi Arabia will introduce a “green to end Riyadh’s dependence on crude rev- Aramco and other assets, and we fixed card” system within five years to allow enue by 2020. “We have developed a case the problems of the current assets expatriates to have more rights in order of oil addiction in Saudi Arabia,” Prince that the public investment fund owns, to improve its investment climate, Mohammed said in a televised interview both in terms of companies and other RIYADH: The powerful young prince Deputy Crown Prince said. The plans with Al Arabiya news channel, adding projects,” he said. The part privatisa- overseeing Saudi Arabia’s economy announced by the Prince also included that Riyadh needed to cut its dependence tion of Aramco was also central to the unveiled ambitious plans yesterday changes that would alter the social on revenue from crude. plans, and Prince Mohammed said it aimed at ending the kingdom’s “addic- structure of the kingdom by pushing At the centre of the “Vision 2030” would be transformed into an energy tion” to oil and transforming it into a for women to have a bigger economic reforms is the restructuring of its Pub- company that he valued at more than global investment power. role and by offering an improved sta- lic Investment Fund (PIF), which Prince $2trillion, and that up to 5 percent of Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed tus to resident expatriates. Mohammed said would become a hub it would be listed on the stock market. Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister bin Salman said Riyadh would raise the Speaking in a television interview, for Saudi investment abroad, partly by “We will not rest until our nation is a capital of its public investment fund to he said planned sweeping reforms, of raising money through selling shares leader in providing opportunities for Mohammed bin Salman talking to media in Riyadh, yesterday. SR7trillion ($2 trillion) from SR600bn which the proposed green card is one, in Aramco. all through education and training, and ($160bn) and would sell up to five per- will be implemented even if oil prices “We restructured the fund. We high quality services such as employ- entertainment,” Prince wrote in an 84-page booklet outlining the plan. cent of shares in state oil giant Aramco. rise back above $70 a barrel and pledged included new assets in the fund, ment initiatives, health, housing and If it works, Saudi Arabia “can live without oil by 2020”. Travel & Tourism Popular architect praises QNL’s multifunctional roles PAGE | 7 MAIN SPONSORS PAGE | 8 Qatar Airways Doha Bus doubles flights launches from New York City night tour EMENT TUESDAY 26 APRIL 2 By Raynald C Rivera Metropolitan Libraries (MetLib) Con- adding QNL’s function has evolved from event area and a restaurant as well as libraries can contribute to unleash a visitors to Qatar up 11% in first quarter The Peninsula ference currently underway at the catering exclusively to students of var- people mover, book sorter system and children’s potential, he said the QNL Qatar National Convention Centre. ious universities to the whole nation at compact shelving. has a children’s library as another “This library particularly is large. “It started as a university library Speaking on how libraries lev- important feature. “There’s a space considered an amphitheatre of specifically addressing the different erage digital and technological dedicated for children, among oth- DOHA: The highly anticipated Qatar knowledge that surrounds you the universities here as a connecting tool, advancement, he said while QNL is ers, but the library itself has been National Library (QNL) is more than moment you enter. I’m very confi- but now it has acquired an additional technologically advanced, he is happy designed in such a way that it tries just a place where books are stored dent it will not be shelves that will task-to open up itself to a nation as a it emphasizes the importance of the to increase and satisfy the curiosity Today’s edition but a vital space for knowledge, dominate your impression but it will national library,” he explained. past with the presence of Islamic and of children in many ways,” he said. according to world-renowned archi- be knowledge,” the Harvard Univer- The 42,000sqm library which can Arabic collection. Koolhaas said QNL will be a includes a 12-page tect Rem Koolhaas, designer of the sity professor told the attendees. hold 1.3mn books teems with special The vast collection will be located library open to different book users special supplement on iconic building. Like in his past projects, immers- features rarely found in libraries any- in the Heritage Library which is sit- and it has been designed to express Koolhaas was speaking at a panel ing into the country’s culture and where in the world. With the evolving uated below the building and uses that invitation through its different Qatar tourism. discussion on “The role of libraries history was a vital part of the proc- function of the library, QNL incorpo- dense shelving system and state of entrances leading to the past, present in unleashing potential” at the 48th ess of designing the library, he said, rates special features such as a special the art digital technology. On how and future. HOME TUESDAY 26 APRIL 2016 03 EAA-run foundation opens vocational centre in Mauritania The Peninsula Mauritania for the opening of the of Children and Family Development, facility and signing a memorandum and other officials.