ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Monday 23 September 2013 17 Dhul-qa’da 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5831 Price: QR2 Troika begins Vettel storms audit of to Singapore Greece treble Business | 18 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Only a third of 51pc of public proposals get response: CMC DOHA: The Central Municipal services to go Council (CMC) says that author- ities respond to only less than a third of its recommendations. The CMC made 111 recommen- dations in its current session but online in Qatar it received responses from the authorities for only 37 of these, said a report issued by the general secretariat of the Council. Govt set to go paperless: Study The Council expects that the current and fourth term would DOHA: With Qatar among the shows the study. 87 percent of break all previous records, with top countries in the region and the government organisations more than 200 recommendations. the world in Internet penetra- surveyed indicated that they The Council during its first tion and e-governance, 51 per- have fully or partially automated term made 59 recommendations, cent of the public services in the processes for areas such as human which rose to 53 and 114 in the country will go online over the resources, finance, procurement, second and third terms, respec- next one year, according to a and inventory processes and tively. The recommendations study released by the Ministry of systems. include issues important to the Information and Communication 58 percent of government citizens and expatriates, like price Technology yesterday. organisations reported that they hike, absconding domestic helps, This will show an impressive have already deployed or are used car showrooms, manpower 15pc increase in one year, with planning to deploy new mobile agencies and shortage of parking an estimated 35 percent of public applications for citizens and spaces among others. services currently being offered residents and 50 percent have People wonder what the special online. The services will include extended or plan to extend exist- committees set up at several min- inquiries, transactional services, ing applications. German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Angela Merkel (left) and CDU secretary general istries to coordinate with CMC and transactions with online pay- While mobile applications have Hermann Groehe celebrate on stage after the German general elections in Berlin yesterday. are doing, Al Sharq reports. ment option. clearly caught on in Qatar, use The committee for coordina- According to the study-Qatar’s of cloud computing services has tion and follow up met every ICT Landscape 2013 — every not. 68 percent of the government Merkel back as German chancellor month and its last meeting was 100 permanent government organisations do not yet use cloud held before the summer vacation. employees in the country have computing services. IANS 101 personal computing devices, While half of the organisational BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Bavarian Christian Social Union coalition partner for her third including desktop computers, lap- representatives surveyed indi- Merkel won a landslide personal (CSU) — on 42.5 percent, which if term when the final votes are Swiss region bans tops, and tablets. cated there were no barriers to victory in a German election confirmed would be their strong- counted. “This is a super result,” The study indicates that in further ICT adoption, 29 percent yesterday, putting her within est score since 1990, the year of Merkel told cheering supporters. full-face veil the next three to five years mentioned lack of in-house tech- reach of the first absolute German unification. The outcome “Together, we will do all we can mobile applications along with nical expertise, 26 percent cited majority in parliament in half a could give Merkel an edge of a few to make the next four years suc- GENEVA: Voters in face-to-face meetings will be the the inability to hire IT profes- century, a ringing endorsement seats over the combined opposi- cessful ones for Germany.” Switzerland’s Italian-speaking most popular ways government sionals with the required skills, of her steady leadership in the tion in the Bundestag Lower Despite the resounding vic- region yesterday slapped a ban employees can communicate with and 16 percent mentioned budget euro crisis. House for the first time since tory, Merkel’s third term won’t on wearing full-face veils, a citizens and residents, while social constraints. Partial results put her con- conservative Chancellor Konrad be a cakewalk if she does end up move that drew condemnation. media will increase in popularity. 30 percent of employees name servative bloc — the Christian Adenauer achieved that feat in ruling alone. REUTERS AFP ictQATAR commissioned work-related pressures and lack Democratic Union (CDU) and 1957. But she may still need a See also page 10 Full report on page 10 International Data Corporation of time as limitations on their ICT (IDC) to conduct the study focus- use at work. ing on the current state of ICT All government organisations penetration and usage within are connected to the Internet at the government community in speeds of 2 Mbps or greater, with Suicide bombers 2013, following similar studies in 55 percent having an Internet 2008 and 2010. It was conducted connection of between 4 Mbps through personal interviews with and 16 Mbps, and 42 percent of kill 78 outside 408 employees representing 34 organisations with connections of government organisations 32 Mbps and above. Pakistan church Qatar is well on its way to THE PENINSULA becoming a paperless government, Continued on page 3 PESHAWAR: A pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a 130-year-old church in Pakistan after Sunday Mass, Most Kenya mall hostages freed killing at least 78 people in the deadliest attack on Christians NAIROBI: Most of the hostages trapped in a Nairobi shopping in the predominantly Muslim mall by Islamist gunmen have now been rescued and most of the South Asian country. complex is secure, the Kenya army announced late last night. Violence has been on the rise in “Our concern is to rescue all hostages alive and that is why the Pakistan in past months, under- operation is delicate,” the Kenya Defence Forces said in a situation mining Prime Minister Nawaz update on Twitter. Sharif’s efforts to tame the insur- “All efforts are under way to bring this matter to a speedy con- gency by launching peace talks clusion,” it said. The army said four of its soldiers were wounded in with the Pakistani Taliban. the latest fighting inside the upmarket Westgate mall, which was An assault of this scale is stormed by gunmen from Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels certain to give ammunition to midday on Saturday. At least 68 people have been killed and 200 Sharif’s critics. REUTERS wounded in the attack, officials said. AFP See also page 13 See also pages 3, 8,&10 Nepal envoy wades into controversy DOHA: The Nepalese ambas- to Qatar from UCPN-M quota by against her,” it added. sador to Qatar Maya Kumari the then Baburam Bhattarai-led Some other Nepalese news- Sharma has run into a contro- government in May 2011, said the papers have also published versy back home, with reports report. According to the report, similar reports. When con- circulating in a section of the the party had decided to seek her tacted for comments yesterday, Nepalese media saying that resignation “after it came to light Sharma strongly denied the she has been asked to quit that her activities in Qatar were allegations. by the Unified CPN-Maoist against diplomatic practices and “I was appointed by the (UCPN-M) party in Nepal etiquette and could spoil Nepal- Nepalese government, not by any which reportedly recom- Qatar relations.” political party and I am account- mended her for the post. “Nepali diaspora in Qatar had able only to the government. I In remarks to The Peninsula demanded that she be recalled have not received any letter from yesterday, Sharma laughed off following her undiplomatic behav- the government asking me to step the reports saying they are iour, including her effort to deport down,” she told this daily. “politically- motivated”. a Nepali migrant worker, who crit- She alleged that the reports According to a report in the icised her for her incompetence. were part of a political game. Nepal-based Himalayan News Also in an interview to BBC’s Sajha “Such reports are part of dirty Service on Friday, UCPN-M chair- Sawal, she said Qatar was an ‘open politics. There is no adequate man Pushpa Kamal Dahal called jail’ for Nepali workers. The gov- press law in Nepal to prevent the Sharma over phone and asked ernment of Qatar took exception media from carrying such base- her to resign and return to Nepal. to her remarks and asked the less reports,” she added. She was appointed ambassador Nepali government to take action THE PENINSULA MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Silatech to fight poverty, create jobs in region MoU signed with Grameen-Jameel Microfinance DOHA: Silatech has signed a programmes have proven to be and Grameen-Jameel will work Memorandum of Understanding one of the most effective and towards creating a certified (MoU) with Grameen-Jameel adaptable strategies in the fight training programme to build the Microfinance for cooperation on against poverty and youth unem- capacity of loan officers to support poverty alleviation and job crea- ployment in the Arab world,” said poor entrepreneurs with credit. tion targeting women and youth Dr Yousef. This training will focus on youth in the Arab world. “We are hoping to see financing as an integral part.