www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 34 VVodafone Qatar’s Rabada helps 99-month revenue South Africa grab ttouches QR1.6bn consolation win WEDNESDAY 27 JANUARY 2016 • 17 Rabia II 1437 • Volume 20 • Number 6688 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir attends graduation ceremony Emir to start New grading Italy and Bosnia system for hotels visit today and apartments QNA DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will head bathrooms, quality of service, staff today to Italy for a three-day offi- development, food & beverage and cial visit, followed by an official For the first time even room amenities. visit to the Republic of Bosnia and For the first time in Qatar, hotels Herzegovina. in Qatar, hotels will also be evaluated based on The Emir will hold talks with their environmental sustainability the leaders of the two countries on will be evaluated management. ways to boost and develop bilateral based on their Hotels that need to make exten- relations in various fields, as well sive structural changes that involve as a number of issues of mutual environmental work on more than 40 percent of interest besides regional and inter- their infrastructure will be given national issues. sustainability until December 31, 2020 to com- The Emir will be accompa- plete the changes before they are nied during the visit by an official management regraded. delegation. QTA has also reached out to developers of hotels that are in the pipeline for 2016 to ensure that standards are in place before any Emir sends The Peninsula new establishments open. Hotels will be starting the greetings to assessment process through a digital ‘self-assessment’ module India, Australia DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority online. (QTA) is set to implement a new Once this is completed, a for- grading and classification system mal inspection is arranged with DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim for hotels, and among the new cri- QTA, which dispatches members bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of teria for evaluation will also be a of its inspection team to verify the congratulations to President of the hotel’s environmental sustainabil- results, and to ensure hotels have Republic of India Pranab Mukher- ity management. either made the changes required jee on the occasion of his country’s Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani during the graduation ceremony of the third batch of Under the new system, hotels of them, or have put into place an Republic Day. and hotel apartments will be agreed schedule for the rectifica- students of Al Zaeem Mohamed bin Abdullah Al Attiyah Air College at Al Udeid Air Base, yesterday. The Emir also sent cable of graded together on the same tion of any deficits in facilities and Emir also watched an airshow of the Emiri Air Forces and Al Zaeem Air College aircraft. The Emir this greetings to Governor-General of ‘star-rating’ system, based on services. morning will patronise the graduation ceremony of the 11th batch of candidate officers of the Qatari Australia Peter Cosgrove on the sets of criteria that evaluate their Armed Forces and the Ministry of Interior at Ahmed Bin Mohamed Military College. →Report on page 2 occasion of his country’s National public areas, guest rooms, guest →Continued on page 7 Day. Thousands in Qatar will learn life-saving techniques on Friday By Fazeena Saleem person who has had heart attack as Doha Corniche, Katara and sev- The Peninsula a life-saving measure until proper eral shopping malls. medical care is provided to him. CPR is a basic life support tech- The first of its kind campaign in nique that can be used if someone’s the region was launched on Sunday breathing and heart suddenly stop. DOHA: As a kind of first aid to help under the patronage of H E Abdul- Research shows starting CPR imme- those who get a cardiac arrest, pub- lah bin Khalid Al Qahtani, Minister diately can at least double a person’s lic health authorities aim to teach of Public Health, by Hamad Medical chances of survival, say public health thousands of people across the Corporation (HMC) in collaboration officials. country the simple Cardiopulmo- with the Supreme Council Of Health Dr Khalid Abdulnoor Saifeldeen, nary Resuscitation (CPR) technique (SCH). Director of HITC, said that in Qatar on Friday. The awareness drive will host only 10 percent of patients with a It will be a novel national aware- a series of demonstrations and Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) receive ness campaign about this life-saving will be held by Hamad Interna- CPR. measure. Called CPR it is an emer- tional Training Centre (HITC) of gency procedure performed on a HMC at public places such as the → Continued on page 7 Smartphone app for swift customs clearance launched DOHA: The General Authority of Customs has launched a major marketing campaign to raise awareness about its single-window customs clearance system called Al Nadeeb. The Authority has also launched an Al Nadeeb smartphone application Today’s edition to facilitate easy access to its online customs clearance system. The purpose of the marketing campaign is to create awareness for the includes an 8-page advanced features and benefits offered by Al Nadeeb to both, public and special supplement private sector companies, institutions, businessmen, customs clearance agencies and shipping agents. on automobiles. The Al Nadeeb is considered a milestone in the modernisation of customs supplement will come processes as it delivers top-of-the-line customs clearance services to the business community in the country. out every month and The smartphone app will further enhance the services of Al Nadeeb. With 24-hour access, the app guarantees swift and easy customs trans- the first issue coincides actions to all users by making the services available on any mobile phone with the Qatar Motor device. Furthermore, Al Nadeeb will strengthen the role of the private sector in Show, which opens on the economic development of the country and support Qatar’s economic Januray 28 at DECC. diversification policy. →Continued on page 7 02 WEDNESDAY 27 JANUARY 2016 HOME Emir patronises Air College graduation The Emir honours outstanding graduates and witnesses an airshow by helicopters of the Emiri Air Forces and the college QNA DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday patron- ised the graduation ceremony of the third batch of students of Al Zaeem (leader) Mohamed Bin Abdullah Al Atiyyah Air College at Al Udeid Air Base. Prime Minister and Interior Min- ister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, ministers and senior armed forces and Ministry of Interior officers were present. On the arrival of the Emir to the main podium, the national anthem Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the ceremony. was played and the commander of the parade came forward to request him to review the graduates’ parade. total grades Saeed Hamad Saeed Al physical fitness Abdulrahman Ali flag to the fourth batch. An order for environment for Qatari citizens to to graduate the second batch of heli- The ceremony started with reci- Aswad; Ismael Ibrahim Ismael Saeed Abdulrahman Al sheikh Al Kuwari; promotions was read out and the excel. He said the college has made copter pilots and that the graduation tation of verses from the Holy Quran Faraj; and Abdullah Nasser Moham- first in aviation competence Nayef graduates took the oath. great strides by developing plans and of the fighter pilots batch is a mile- and then graduates performed the med bin Alsheikh Al Mutawaa; the Khalifa Abdullah Mohammed Al College Commander Brigadier specialist programmes to enable mil- stone in the training history of Qatar military parade with slow and nor- toppers in air exercises (fixed wing) Mansory; and Abdullah Mohammed (Pilot) Salim Hamad Al Nabit said the itary students to become pilot officers Armed Forces. mal march. Saeed Hamad Saeed Al Marri; Ali Rashid Al Kuwari, Commander of academy’s training and learning pol- with full skills in aviation science to The Emir also watched an air- The Emir then honoured out- first (helicopter) Nasser Moham- the Parade. icies were inspired by the national lead latest aircraft. show by helicopters of the Emiri Air standing graduates — the top three in med Hamd Aqeel Al Nabet; first in The third batch handed over the strategy of creating the appropriate He said the college was honoured Forces and the college. Discount permits of 3 outlets revoked PHCC reiterates call for bowel and breast The Peninsula Customers have the right to access the shop’s goods statement which reveals the cancer screenings prices of goods prior to and following dis- counts as well as the approved discount DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Com- percentage. The Peninsula Managing Director, PHCC. merce has revoked the discount permits of Consumers are also advised to request “In doing so, we have, together three shopping outlets and imposed fines of detailed invoices, indicating original and with partners from the private QR5,000 on each for violating provisions of reduced prices. sector, set up a patient-friendly the consumer protection law. Following a massive inspection cam- DOHA: The Primary Health Care process to enable us to provide can- The violations included a failure to sepa- paign, the ministry fined 14 outlets for Corporation (PHCC) has reiterated cer screening procedures and the rate between discounted and non-discounted violations ranging from charging custom- its call for men and women aged 50 required referrals and treatments.” items and to display price tags. ers higher than the declared prices and a and above to undergo bowel can- For both cancer screenings, calls Some of the erring outlets offered dis- failure to use Arabic in advertisements and cer screening.