Move to Keep Shop Rentals in Check

Move to Keep Shop Rentals in Check

BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 12 Ferreira confi dent as Al Sadd INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 3-8, 30-32 COMMENT 28, 29 take on REGION 9, 10 BUSINESS 1-9, 13-16 Al Khaliji profi t scales 15,831.49 8,689.37 26.55 ARAB WORLD 10, 11 CLASSIFIED 10-12 -184.53 -297.13 -1.91 INTERNATIONAL 12-27 SPORTS SECTION 1-12 up 11.1% to QR625.5mn Lekhwiya -1.14% -3.31% -6.71% Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 THURSDAY Vol. XXXVI No. 9974 January 21, 2016 Rabia II 11, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals PM meets French Gendarmerie chief Move to In brief keep shop REGION | Investigation Hotel fi re ‘caused by short-circuit’ The fire which engulfed one of Dubai’s rentals most prominent hotel skyscrapers ahead of New Year fireworks was caused by an electrical short-circuit, Dubai’s police chief said yesterday. In a presentation to media, police off icials said there had been no trace of any HE the Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani meeting with French flammable liquids such as petrol at National Gendarmerie director-general Denis Favier in Doha yesterday. Talks during the meeting, attended by the delegation in check the site of the blaze at the 63-storey accompanying the director general, dealt with co-operation between the two countries and ways to enhance them, especially hotel and residential block, close to in security fields. the world’s tallest building. “The direct The Cabinet decision aims to of a non-residential lease on a yearly cause was an electrical short-circuit,” extend stability to the retail basis without the consent of the ten- police commander Khamis Mattar al- market, helping curb price rise and ant but he has to comply with the limits Mazeina told reporters. Page 9 inflation referred to above. These limits apply to any non-residential lease agreement entered into prior to, or after, the en- WORLD | Astronomy QNA Doha actment of the resolution. ‘Ninth planet’ may Sheikha Moza calls for Since then the Council of Ministers exist in solar system has issued several resolutions provid- he Cabinet yesterday decided to ing for legal extension of non-residen- A previously unknown giant planet extend leases of non-residential tial leases preventing landlords from may have been discovered lurking in Tpremises that are governed by terminating the agreements if their eff orts to promote Arabic expiry date falls during such extension. the outer reaches of our solar system, Law No 4 of 2008 and are in force on US scientists announced yesterday. February 14, 2016, for one year from Resolution No (8) of 2012 provides that Nicknamed Planet Nine, the object “has he need to eff ectively use mod- February 15, 2016. “Non-residential lease agreements a mass about 10 times that of Earth” ern communication techniques The move is expected to keep spiral- which are subject to the Lease Law and follows a “bizarre, highly elongated Tto preserve the Arabic language ling shop rents under check and extend No (4) of 2008 and are still in force on orbit in the distant solar system,” has been emphasised by HH Sheikha stability to the retail market and there- 14/2/2012, shall be extended for two said a statement by researchers at Moza bint Nasser, the chairperson of by curb price rise and infl ation. years starting from 15/2/2012”. the California Institute of Technology Qatar Foundation for Education, Sci- Law No 4 of 2008, more popularly Pursuant to the 2012 Resolution, any (Caltech). “In fact, it would take this ence and Community Development known as the “Lease Law”, was is- non-residential lease agreement which new planet between 10,000 and (QF). sued as part of the government’s “rent was in force on 14/2/2012 was extended 20,000 years to make just one full “Our failure to eff ectively use mod- control” strategy to prevent economic until 15/2/2014. orbit around the Sun.” ern communication techniques has led instability caused by high or frequent In February 2014, HH the Emir to an inability to preserve the Arabic rent increases that may be imposed by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani language. It is unfortunate that a few landlords. ratifi ed the Cabinet Decision No 15 of PAKISTAN | Attack decades ago, the Arabic language was Under the provisions of yesterday’s 2014, extending the lease contracts Armed militants more prevalent in children than it is decision, leases of premises that are of non-residential properties until storm university today,” she stated. leased for non-residential purposes, 15/2/2015. The decision was made after HH Sheikha Moza was launch- governed by Law No 4 of 2008 and are perusal of the Constitution, Law No 4 Armed militants stormed a university ing the second Renaissance of Arabic in force on February 14 this year, shall of 2008 and its amendments and the in northwestern Pakistan yesterday, Language Forum at the Qatar National be extended for one year from February Emiri Decision No 29 of 1996 and the killing at least 20 people and Convention Centre (QNCC) yesterday. 15, 2016, unless the lease provides for Cabinet Decision No 8 of 2012 to ex- wounding dozens a little more than The two-day forum, entitled “Lin- a longer period or the tenant does not tend lease agreements of certain places a year after the massacre of 134 guistic Upbringing of The Arab Child intend to renew the lease, Qatar News rented for non-residential purposes students at a school in the area. A — the Reality and Prospects for the Agency (QNA) said. and the proposal made by the Minister senior Pakistani Taliban commander Future”, is being hosted by the World Also, the Cabinet was briefed on of Municipality and Urban Planning. claimed responsibility for the assault Organisation for Renaissance of Arabic the recommendations of the Advisory QNA said HE the Prime Minister and in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, but Language (Woral), a member of the QF. Council with regards to the signifi cant Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah an off icial spokesman later denied The initiative promotes the teaching increase in property rents in the coun- bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani chaired involvement, calling the attack “un- and learning of Arabic, and, therefore, try. It was later decided to refer the rec- the Cabinet regular meeting. After the Islamic”. A security off icial said the supports QF’s mission to develop a ommendations to the authorities con- session, HE the Deputy Prime Minister death toll could rise to as high as 40 knowledge-based society that upholds HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser inaugurating the second edition of the Forum for cerned to look into the issue. and Minister of State for Cabinet Af- at Bacha Khan University in the city of and promotes the region’s heritage and the Renaissance of Arabic language yesterday. PICTURE: AR Al-Baker/HHOPL Article (10) of the Lease Law pro- fairs Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al- Charsadda. Page 25 culture. vides that “landlords are not permitted Mahmoud stated that the Cabinet con- Sheikha Moza highlighted the evision programmes to adopt formal contribution of diff erent generations to increase the rent value of leases in sidered the topics on the agenda. challenges facing the Arabic language, Arabic. in advancing civilisation.” force prior to the enactment of the law The Cabinet approved a draft mem- AFRICA | Health some of which can be attributed to She said that the misuse of commu- Exploring development strategies, or entered into after its enactment ex- orandum of understanding on energy families, weak school curriculum, nication technology had harmed the the fi rst day of the forum featured a cept according to the rules, terms and co-operation between Qatar’s Ministry Sierra Leone confi rms television programmes and globalisa- Arabic language and introduced young variety of lectures and workshops. rates governed by a decree to be issued of Energy and Industry and Mexico’s a new Ebola case tion. people to electronic linguistic gibber- The panels included ‘The Develop- by the Council of Ministers”. Ministry of Energy, a draft agreement Sierra Leone yesterday confirmed a “If we want to save our identity we ish. ment of Arabic Language Skills for In March 2010, the Council of Min- for co-operation in the cultural and new case of Ebola, its second in less have no choice but to advance our- Dr Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sub- Children’ and “The Eff ects of Chil- isters issued Resolution No (9) of 2010 technical fi elds between Qatar gov- than a week, marking a further setback selves and enhance the Arabic lan- aie, chairman of the Woral Board of dren’s Exposure to Current Arabic that set out the following limits of rent ernment and Mexican governments, a in eff orts to end a two-year West guage to adjust with the contemporary Trustees, underlines the key role of Media Content”. increase for non-residential leases: draft memorandum of understanding African epidemic that has killed more era.” language in one’s identity and educa- Alongside the forum, the QNCC is 20% per year if the rent value is less for co-operation in the areas of physi- than 11,300 people. A health ministry Proposing several solutions, the QF tion process. also hosting an interactive Arabic lan- than QR3,000; 15% per year if the rent cal culture and sports between Qatar’s spokesman described the new patient chairperson called for the unifi cation “The role of language when nurtur- guage exhibition for children.

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