ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Thursday 23 January 2014 22 Rabial I 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5953 Price: QR2 Oil fields go Golf: Coetzee digital as beds sole leader turn complex after round 1 Business | 17 Sport | 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir meets Mali President Expansion of Prices of fish, Doha Port seafood to in full swing DOHA: The expansion of the Doha Port is going on in full swing and the aim is to increase its capacity to handle 750,000 be regulated containers a year. There is pressure on the exist- ing port due to increasing imports Move to curb price manipulation amid a booming national economy. And, the first and second DOHA: The government is representative body, the Central phases of the New Doha Port, taking steps to regulate the Municipal Council (CMC), of the work on which is going on, are prices of fish and other seafood economy ministry’s decision. The to be merged and the third phase items by fixing their pricing on civic ministry’s communication to that was originally slated to be a daily basis. the CMC was in response to the completed in 2030 is now planned It is understood that the price latter’s recommendations to help to be over by 2020. determining process might change improve the local fishing industry The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the President of the Republic of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar This means that the container the current supply system which and back Qatari fishermen. Keita, at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Relations between the two countries, ways to enhance them and issues handling capacity of the new port is dominated by middlemen. Plans are also afoot to set up of common interest were reviewed. will be six million by 2020, a dec- Fishermen get paid less for Qatari Fishermen’s Association to ade before originally scheduled. their catch and prices are often help the industry have a say and The new port’s capacity during manipulated, with consumers suf- better organise itself. The jetties the first phase was planned to be fering due to soaring rates. in Doha, Al Wakrah and Al Khor two million containers annually The Ministry of Economy and will soon be expanded with added by 2016. Commerce seems to be inspired facilities. The government is pres- Clear agreement on Syria must: FM The second phase was origi- by its intervention in the Central ently working on the plan. nally slated to be completed in Fruits and Vegetables Market in The CMC had also demanded DOHA/MONTREUX and monitoring mechanisms, he National Coalition for the Syrian 2020 with the container-handling early 2011, when it began fixing that land be allotted near Doha (SWITZERLAND): Ceasing added. Revolutionary and Opposition facility doubling to four million. the prices of perishables on a Port to build facilities to manu- all military operations, provid- “My country cannot defend any Forces to participate in the confer- The first two phases are now daily basis. facture fishing gears. The govern- ing safe corridors for humani- regime that commits massacres ence as “difficult and courageous”. being merged to quicken the com- The Ministry’s Consumer ment is also working on this plan. tarian assistance and setting against unarmed civilian dem- “Such decision is of great sig- pletion of the third phase by the Protection Department (CPD) has The municipal ministry has, in a specific time-frame for nego- onstrations, as this regime has nificance for it amounts to a con- end of the current decade. been able to stabilise the prices of its communication to the CMC, tiation are among the basic done since the beginning of the firmation of and full support for The above plans were pre- fruits and vegetables with the daily also given details of the various easy requirements for the ongoing revolution. Our duty compels us the option of political solution,” he sented by the transport minister price determination. A draft deci- and soft financing modes of the Geneva II conference to become not to deceive the peoples and not said, adding, “If the party advocat- at the weekly meeting of the State sion of the economy ministry to fix state-owned Qatar Development a success, the Foreign Minister to cave in at moments of despair. ing the security solution continues Cabinet here yesterday, Qatar the prices of fish and other seafood Bank that are exclusively meant H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al It is unacceptable for anyone to to adopt such approach, the situ- News Agency (QNA) reported. items and change the supply system for Qatari fishermen. Attiyah said yesterday. believe that they have come here ation would seriously deteriorate Plans are also afoot to partly has got initial approval. The evening shift at the Central Addressing the conference, the to seal their victory over the and threaten the sovereignty and privatise the state-run transport According to the Ministry of Fish Market was begun on an Foreign Minister said that the other party. Instead, everybody territorial integrity of Syria and company, Mowasalat, and make it Municipality and Urban Planning, experimental basis on CMC’s rec- concerned parties should also are supposed to have come here the unity of its people. It would public by floating an initial public the price fixing system should be ommendations and it is expected work to implement the outcome to realise the rights of the Syrian also pose a threat to the security offering (IPO). introduced soon. The draft decision that the system might continue. of Geneva I and make efforts people, achieve their legitimate and stability of the neighbouring A proposal to the above effect consists of rules and regulations of The CMC had also recommended to reach a concrete and clear aspirations and preserve the unity states and international peace was also presented as part of the how seafood sales and pricing at the that ways and means be mulled to agreement. of Syria ‘s people and territory,” and security”. transport company’s future plans Central Market is to be regulated. encourage citizens to invest in fish- A specific time-frame for nego- said Al Attiyah. THE PENINSULA by the transport minister. In a detailed communication, ing industry to provide it a boost. tiation should be set along with The Foreign Minister Continued on page 6 THE PENINSULA the civic ministry has told public THE PENINSULA implementation instruments described the decision of the See also page 10 Continued on page 6 THURSDAY 23 JANUARY 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Non-invasive diabetes test could be possible WCMC-Q, HMC team uses swab of saliva for testing DOHA: A research finding by the study. He said: “To make the Weill Cornell Medical College in study happen we needed saliva, Qatar (WCMC-Q) and Hamad blood and urine samples from Medical Corporation (HMC) diabetics and people without could lead to a quick, non- diabetes. Many diabetics also invasive screening for diabe- have skin problems and visit the tes, allowing patients who don’t Dermatology Clinic at HMC. We know they have the disease to could find healthy and diabetic access treatment quicker. volunteers for our study in one Currently, doctors test for dia- place. This is essential for data betes using blood or urine analy- analysis since we needed to rule ses. But these are inconvenient out potential influences that may and not suitable for a comprehen- be due to differences in sample sive public screening programme collection.” as they generally have to be car- The study was conducted in ried out by a nurse or doctor. Qatar and involved 369 people Researchers have discovered a — about half Arabs and half way of testing for diabetes using your lifestyle you’re slowly but Asians. It is the first time that a swab of an individual’s saliva. continuously destroying your a new research technique called It means that samples could eas- body. It’s like running an engine metabolomics has been used in ily be taken in schools or sports using the wrong kind of oil.” a diabetes study of this size on associations, or during regu- The researchers have discov- saliva, plasma, and urine samples lar visits to the dentist, making ered that diabetics have a reduced in parallel. Such is its importance implementation of the screening amount of 1,5-anhydroglucitol that it is being published in the programmes and early interven- (1,5-AG) in their saliva. This is Journal of Clinical Endocrinology tion more viable. a substance similar to sugar. & Metabolism. Dr Karsten Suhre (pictured), Scientists have long known that Dr Khaled Machaca, Associate Professor of Physiology and 1,5-AG can be used as a biomar- Dean of Research, WCMC-Q, Biophysics at WCMC-Q, said it is ker for diabetes in blood but the said: “This study provides proof important to diagnose diabetics as discovery by WCMC-Q and HMC of concept for the feasibility of early as possible to allow them to that it can be tested for via a swab identifying biomarkers for com- access treatment, and the saliva of the mouth increases its impor- plex diseases such as diabetes in test is one way of expediting that. tance as a quick, non-invasive Qatar. The discovery has huge “Diabetes is a vicious disease test. potential to improve diabetes as initially when you get it you Dr Mohamed Mohy El Din screening and detection in Qatar. don’t feel any different; you can Selim, Senior Consultant at the This is significant given the high live for years without knowing Dermatology Clinic at HMC, rate of diabetes in the country.” about it but if you don’t adapt collaborated with WCMC-Q on THE PENINSULA India’s Mahindra Holiday & Resorts coming to Doha DOHA: Mahindra Holiday & Resorts India spread across the globe.