BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 QSE remains Rashidov, over-valued despite Romarinho recent help Jaish INDEX FTSE-led DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2-6, 24 COMMENT 22, 23 REGION 6 BUSINESS 1-5, 10-12 rally, says beat 18,053.00 10,572.45 43.03 ARAB WORLD 7 CLASSIFIED 6-9 Credit Suisse -62.00 +38.35 -0.88 INTERNATIONAL 8-21 SPORTS SECTION 1-12 Wakrah -0.34% +0.36% -2.00% Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10216 September 19, 2016 Dhul-Hijja 17, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir meets Panama president Traffi c on In brief fi rst day of QATAR | Address Call for strong stand to end Syria crisis HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Aff airs school under Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al- Mahmoud said that the magnitude of the humanitarian disaster in Syria and the serious consequences of the continuing crisis on the security and stability of the region and the world require that control the Non-Aligned Movement (Nam) takes a strong positions in support of Several motorists said they did not roads in dealing with the traffi c rush international eff orts to reach a political have any diff iculty in coping with without any trouble. solution according to the Geneva-1 the traff ic and they had, in fact, Several motorists said they did not communique. Addressing the 17th Nam expected a bigger rush have any diffi culty in coping with the summit On Margarita Island, Venezuela, traffi c and they had, in fact, expected the Deputy Prime Minister said the By Joseph Varghese a bigger rush. Most of them were “pre- State of Qatar is at the forefront of the Staff Reporter pared for any scenario and planned countries that provide humanitarian their journey accordingly”, said a par- assistance to Syrian people, adding that ent who takes his children to and from it will continue this support and will not ome parts of Doha witnessed school every day. hesitate to make any eff ort that would heavy traffi c yesterday as thou- “I started quite early thinking there put an end to the suff ering of the Syrian Ssands of children returned to would be heavy traffi c. However, the brothers, bring a political solution to the school, but many motorists said they roads were not as crowded as I had ex- Syrian crisis and enhance security and did not face much diffi culty in general pected and was able to reach the school stability in the region. Page 4 as the situation was “well under con- well in advance. I could also reach my trol”. workplace on time without any has- QATAR | Circular In particular, the rush was heavier sle,” said a parent, lauding the traffi c during the morning and afternoon in authorities for the patrols. Safety directive HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday met with Panama President Juan Carlos Varela at the premises of areas where schools are located, while As anticipated, traffi c was heavy on school buses Qatar’s permanent mission to the United Nations in New York, on the sidelines of the 71st session of the General Assembly. They elsewhere the traffi c was mostly mod- in Abu Hamour, which houses a large The Ministry of Education and Higher discussed bilateral relations and ways to develop them, especially in the investments field, in addition to a host of international erate. number of schools. As a result, there Education has called for forming issues. The meeting was attended by members of the off icial delegation accompanying HH the Emir and senior Panamanian Some 300,000 students were ex- were long queues on some roads and committees in all independent schools off icials. The Emir is in New York to take part in the UN General Assembly session. pected to resume classes yesterday several vehicles could be seen in front to monitor and regulate the safety and after a long summer break and govern- of every school. security of students when they enter and ment offi ces also reopened after the Meanwhile, two new schools started exit school buses and private vehicles. Eid al-Adha holidays. To avoid getting operating from their new premises in There should be one supervisor with a caught in the “back-to-school” rush, the Abu Hamour area. The Sudanese mobile phone in every bus, according to motorists were advised to start early and Palestinian community schools are a circular issued by the Schools Aff airs and look for alternative routes wherev- located close to Safari Mall and heavy Department at the ministry to all the Kahramaa urges customers er diversions had been put in place. On traffi c was seen in the area as a large managements of independent schools. A their part, the authorities concerned number of students, teachers and of- document should be prepared including stepped up patrols to ensure that traffi c fi cials turned up for the fi rst day of the the rules and regulations of using fl ow remained smooth. new academic year. school buses and the necessary punitive Roads in and around areas such as Minor accidents, meanwhile, were measures against the violators. Parents to replace tungsten bulbs Abu Hamour, Mesaimeer and Old Air- reported from some of these ar- and students should sign the document port, among several others, experi- eas – slowing down traffi c for a while. and pledge to abide by it. Department atar General Electricity & Wa- watt tungsten bulbs too from Novem- more comfortable for eyes and better enced heavy traffi c yesterday morning Prompt intervention by the Traffi c Po- director Khalifa Saad al-Dirham ter Corporation (Kahramaa) ber 1. for the health of people, it was pointed as thousands of children headed for lice helped clear the roads quickly and stressed the importance of choosing Qyesterday urged customers to “LED bulbs of 7, 11, 20 and 23 watts out. school. Long queues could be seen at restore normalcy. highly-qualified bus supervisors to help reduce electricity consumption by could replace tungsten lamps of 25, 60, Energy consumption could also some interchanges and roundabouts. Speaking about his experience of be responsible, and give them clear replacing tungsten lamps at home and 100 and 120, respectively,” Kahramaa be reduced by utilising sunlight to However, commuters said the situa- commuting on the fi rst day after the instruction on how to maintain the safety other buildings with energy saving LED said. the maximum. If interior walls are tion was well under control as the traf- summer holidays, a parent stressed and security of students while on board. bulbs. The new appeal to switch to LED painted in light colours, natural light fi c police had made arrangements for that the traffi c situation had improved “LED bulbs are 10 to 18 times energy bulbs has been made in the wake of coming into the rooms will be en- special patrols around town, especially in Doha compared to previous years. “I AMERICA | Probe effi cient than tungsten bulbs and re- Kahramaa’s ongoing fi ve-year-old hanced. near new intersections and diversions. hope that with the completion of the duces electricity use by nearly 80%,” Tarsheed campaign, the national pro- Tarsheed’s law No 20 for the year This, in particular, helped motorists ongoing works, the situation will fur- Police search for Kahramaa explained in a statement, gramme for conservation and energy 2015 stipulated that keeping a build- not familiar with the new layout of ther improve.” terror link in blast while pointing out that lighting ac- effi ciency, managed in collaboration ing’s external lights on between 7am Investigators yesterday sifted through counts for 10 to 15% of the total energy with the Ministry of Municipality and and 4.30pm could invite a fi ne of blast remnants, examined video and consumption of a building. Environment. QR10,000. The law also stipulates on scoured the scene of an explosion that While a ban on the import and sale The LED bulbs also produce less the necessity of installing lighting tim- wounded 29 people in Manhattan, of 75 and 100 watt tungsten bulbs had heat with no harmful carbon emissions ers in all buildings to control the ex- attempting to establish if there were come into eff ect in Qatar on May 1 this compared to the tungsten bulbs. Hence ternal lighting in line with the adopted any links to terrorism. Page 9 year, it is being expanded to 40 and 60 LED bulbs are environment-friendly, practices of Kahramaa. HIA serves a record 17.6mn passengers A large number of vehicles on one of the inner lanes in Abu Hamour. amad International Airport and the top airport in the Middle East PICTURES: Jayan Orma and Noushad Thekkayil (HIA) registered 17.6mn pas- for the last two years.” Hsengers in the fi rst half of this Hamad International Airport is the year, up 20% on 14.6mn served during hub for Qatar Airways, which now fl ies the same period last year, “setting a to more than 150 destinations world- new passenger record” for the airport. wide. Doha has now become a global HIA also saw a signifi cant increase hub for business and leisure travel. in aircraft operations from January HIA’s facilities include two dual to June with a total of 118,069 move- capacity runways, one of the largest ments, which represents a 17% increase free span maintenance hangars in the in aircraft take-off s and landings at the world, a cutting edge two-storey cargo airport, compared to the same period in facility and one of the world’s largest 2015.