3rd Best News Website in the Middle East Special Lease Offer MEDINAMEDIINA CENTRALECENTRALE BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 28 4409 5155 Industrial Qatar Cross-Country manufacturing Rally begins drives Aamal’s profit today Tuesday 18 April 2017 | 21 Rajab 1438 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Volume 22 | Number 7135 | 2 Riyals QCB issues Vehicle tests: regulations for vehicle SMS replaces insurance The Peninsula printed report THE Qatar Central Bank (QCB) Governor H E Sheikh Abdulla bin Saoud Al Thani Sanaullah Ataullah has issued two new circulars The Peninsula All vehicle inspection on standard regulations for the criteria of issuing insur- ahes, the vehicle results are sent ance documents, protecting inspection arm of via text message the rights of clients and reg- Woqod, has stopped to the registered ulations of insurance issuing inspection phone number with coverage for vehicles. reports on paper, In a statement issued yes- Freplacing it with a text message a printable link in terday, the bank said the to vehicle owners notifying the Arabic/English. instructions, due to come into inspection result and a link to see effect from the date of issue, the report online. With this, are significant for being the Fahes, has almost achieved its procedures related to renewal first of their kind and were Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with goal of completing inspection of road permit. “Technical issued by QCB in line with its procedures within few inspection does not take much children during the launch of National Autism Plan at the Four Seasons Hotel, yesterday. jurisdiction and powers of minutes. time. It usually finishes in two supervising and overseeing The new move, is helping to three minutes,” a motorist all insurance services in line save time of vehicle owners by who took his car for inspection with the provisions of Law 15 to 30 minutes as they are no recently told The Peninsula. PM launches National Autism Plan No. 13 of 2012, Qatar News more required to wait for “Earlier, we had to wait for 15 Agency reported yesterday. inspection reports to know if to 30 minutes, as per the rush at The Peninsula implemented by 2021 including for early diagnosis, according to Regarding insurance cov- the vehicles have passed or centre, just to receive the report of creating awareness, early diag- official sources. erage of mechanical vehicles, failed in the technical inspec- inspection. However, this time I rime Minister and Interior nosis of autism and improving National Autism Plan 2017- the statement said that after tion, The Peninsula has learnt. received a text message with a link Minister H E Sheikh the standards of services pro- 2021 was prepared with the coordination with the Minis- “No paper printed reports of the report on my mobile phone PAbdullah bin Nasser bin vided for people with autism. participation of several minis- try of Interior's Traffic are issued: All inspection results within five minutes after the Khalifa Al Thani yesterday The four-year National tries, government and private Department, the instructions are sent via SMS TEXT to the inspection, so the maximum time launched the National Autism Autism Plan 2017-2021 was entities as well as families with came in 17 articles regulating registered phone number with I had to spend inside the facility Plan 2017-2021, as a significant launched at the Four Seasons members having autism. the rights of customers of a printable link in Arabic/Eng- was less than ten minutes. We can step to improve lives of people Hotel in the presence of repre- “The launch of the plan is insurance companies in the lish,” reads a note posted on just drive away after the with Autism Spectrum Disorder sentatives from several significant and it endorses the event of car accidents. Fahes website. inspection.” (ASD) in the country. ministries, private entities and attention Qatar has given under According to the articles, Until recently, Fahes used All Fahes centres have a help The plan aims to improve families of people with autism. the wise leadership of the Emir insurance companies can't, to issue a printed report in case desk for those who do not have lives of people with autism and The implementation of the H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad on their own, refrain from the vehicle fails the test. If the smart phone and those who insist their families and provide chil- plan will commence immedi- Al Thani to people with autism covering insurance on the vehicle passes both the tests- on getting paper reports. They dren with the disorder with ately with activities to raise and their families," Dr Hanan Al grounds that an accident is legal and technical — it was to also issue paper receipts for the opportunities to lead a comfort- awareness among the commu- Kuwari, Minister of Public fabricated or does not con- be directed to the traffic depart- service payment. able life. It includes 44 nity and encourage parents to Health said. form to the traffic report. ment for completing further → Continued on page 3 recommendations to be screen children with symptoms → Continued on page 2 → Continued on page 7 Education Ministry offers e-services Khalifa International Stadium through app sets world record in returfing THE MINISTRY of Education The Peninsula be launched next month when players will and Higher Education take to the new turf for the first time in the announced all its e-services spire Zone Foundation (AZF) and the newly renovated 40,000-seater through a smartphone appli- Supreme Committee for Delivery & stadium. cation in order to develop its ALegacy (SC) have successfully set a Director General of Aspire Logistics, services and to work in line new world record for returfing Khalifa Abdullah Nasser Al Naimi, highlighted how with the governments' smart International Stadium, one of the landmark the achievement reflected AZF’s continued projects. Minister of Educa- venues set to be used at the 2022 FIFA efforts to promote sporting performance in tion and Higher Education World Cup Qatar, managing to lay a stag- Qatar and drive innovation. The incredible H E Dr Mohammed bin Abdul gering 7,800+m2 of turf in just 13:30 hours. effort further demonstrates AZF’s vision to Wahed Al Hammadi had The new world record smashed AZF’s be the reference in sports excellence world- launched the "Education" previous best which it set when it returfed wide by 2020. application. Al Sadd Sports Club’s stadium in 2016 in just “This achievement should be attributed → Continued on page 7 14:40 hrs. The previous record of 18:00 to the state of Qatar, not only AZF and the hours was set in Europe and had stood for SC. It’s further evidence of AZF’s world-class some time. expertise and demonstrates the innovative Khalifa International Stadium, which human and technological capabilities that is being delivered by AZF on behalf of the we have developed across the organisation, SC — the organisation responsible for deliv- and which are helping position Qatar at the A view of the returfing process being carried out by groundsmen at Khalifa ering the infrastructure required to host forefront of the global sporting industry.” International Stadium in Doha. the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, is set to → Continued on page 8 QUARTER-FINALS FIXTURES Today At Leicester, England Educational apps getting popular among students Leicester City (ENG) v Atletico Madrid (ESP) Irfan Bukhari private tuition, to some extent. is a free education app popular from these apps, we can get rid High School Foundation Class The Peninsula While many parents consider among Indian expatriate students of tuition classes for my children 4-12 math and science to compet- them as a useful mode to replace which covers the Indian CBSE which had otherwise become an itive exam preparation lik JEE, At Madrid, Spain ith the fast developing the costly private tuition, teach- (Central Board of Secondary Edu- extra financial burden on my AIPMT, CAT, GRE, GMAT and IAS. Real Madrid (ESP) v digital technology, ers are skeptical about these cation) syllabus. The app offers family,” said Himal, an Indian Special modules on ICSE, CBSE; Weducational apps are digital solutions and insist that video lessons designed by Indian parent. sample papers for class 7-10 stu- Bayern Munich (GER) becoming increasingly popu- nothing could become a substi- teachers among other features. BYJU’s – The Learning App dents and AIPMT, IITJEE coaching lar among students in Qatar, tute to one-to-one learning. “Yes these learning apps are with more than five million and for class 11-12 students.” Kick-off 9:45pm Qatar time reducing their dependence on “BYJU’s – The Learning App” helpful. At least by taking help master all concepts right from → Continued on page 4 02 HOME TUESDAY 18 APRIL 2017 QA to showcase Qsuite at Arabian Travel Market The Peninsula visitors at the show our latest First experience developments.” atar Airways will This will be the first Qatar Airways will showcase showcase its unique time industry the new "Qsuite" for the first and revolutionary experts in the Gulf time in the Middle East new premium travel will get to experience Featuring the airline indus- Qexperience, Qsuite, try’s first-ever double bed the new design and for the first time in the Middle available in Business Class, the suites. East at next week’s Arabian new Qsuite design features pri- Travel Market (ATM), the vacy panels that stow away, region’s leading travel trade fair ATM, the region’s allowing passengers in adjoin- taking place April 24 to 27 in leading travel trade ing seats to create their own Dubai.
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