ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Sunday 25 May 2014 26 Rajab 1435 - Volume 19 Number 6076 Price: QR2 Wataniya Chelsea agree becomes deal to sell Ooredoo Luiz to PSG Business | 18 Sport | 27 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Real Madrid win Champions League Lebanon without Raids net big a president BEIRUT: Outgoing Lebanese President Michel Suleiman yes- terday said that dialogue was haul of expired the only way to overcome deep divisions in the country. Suleiman made his remarks during his farewell speech hours before his six-year term ended cosmetics and two days after parliament failed for the fifth time to choose a successor. With his departure, Lebanon Plan to discipline beauty salons enters a presidential vacancy with no clear sign when it will end. DOHA: Having seized huge such expired and substandard Suleiman’s powers will pass to quantities of expired beauty products on the faces and skin of Prime Minister Tammam Salam’s products from a large number of customers. It is so dangerous to do government. beauty salons across the coun- this,” the CPD said. Suleiman reiterated his call for try, the state consumer rights According to the release, cus- the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah watchdog has drawn up a plan to tomer complaints were galore to pull its fighters out of Syria to discipline the outlets and make and that forced the department preserve national unity. them comply with rules. to mount the large-scale raids on “(Preserving) our national unity The Consumer Protection the parlours in the past week. is the priority and forces us not Department (CPD) of the Ministry Beauty parlours charge custom- to interfere in the issues of the of Economy and Commerce is set- ers so much money and yet many neighbour no matter how dear the ting up a crack team of women of them use substandard, at times neighbour is,” he said. inspectors to keep a vigil on beauty counterfeit and expired, products, Real Madrid’s defender Sergio Ramos heads the ball to score during the UEFA Champions League final against REUTERS salons all over Qatar. said the CPD. Atletico Madrid at Luz stadium in Lisbon last night. Real won 4-1. See also page 28 The CPD said that last week its The violating parlours have inspectors mounted raids on 191 been booked under Article 8 of beauty parlours all over the coun- Law Number 8 of 2008, which try and detected as many as 50 provides for punishing outlets violations. that use expired or counterfeit The inspections were meant to products. check the quality of the services The release said that the econ- Schools can seek fee hike review of these outlets and the products omy ministry had drawn up a DOHA: Private schools that schools that had sought per- been assessed on three major con- specific points to each of the above they use, according to the CPD. plan that included making a list unhappy with the decision of mission for a fee hike can lodge siderations: the cost of education, criteria. “We took samples of beauty of beauty parlours that are found the Supreme Education Council their complaints by May 29 if they ability of the parents to afford the “This is a welcome step and products from suspected outlets repeating violations. (SEC) on their requests for a fee are not satisfied with the SEC’s fee hike and the need to encourage it shows that the SEC is now and sent them all for laboratory The plan also includes provid- hike have been given time until decision. private investment in education. more transparent on the issue of tests. The tests showed that all the ing intensive training to female May 29 to seek a review. The official had said earlier that The SEC’s policy is to help fee increases,” said the principal samples were of expired items,” inspectors so that they keep The SEC held a meeting of pri- the SEC had rejected about 70 schools cover costs while making of a leading Indian school who the economy ministry said in a constant and close vigil on the vate school officials on Thursday percent of the applications seek- sure that the fees are not prohibi- attended the meeting. press statement issued yesterday. parlours. to explain new procedures and ing a fee hike and granted permis- tive, said the official. “What we understand is that It is dangerous to use expired They would be conducting a raid criteria adopted by the SEC for sion to the remaining schools for a The SEC takes feedback from the SEC is now opting for a grad- facial, skin, body and haircare on a beauty parlour as soon as a deciding on fee hike requests. slight hike in their fees — mostly parents, students and teachers to ual increase in the fees, looking products on customers, said the customer complaint is received. In a new initiative, the ranging from 1.5 percent to four assess the quality and perform- into all aspects. Another positive CPD, adding that it had initiated The CPD said people can call and SEC has tied up with percent. ance of the schools before taking thing is that schools are classified legal action against the erring lodge complaints on its dedicated PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), Schools that were denied per- a decision on fee hike requests. It on the basis of their curricula and salons. hotline (number 8005000). a leading international company mission or are not happy with the also looks into the financial sta- the communities they are serving. Large stocks of shampoo, “This is the most effective way providing professional services, to permitted amount of increase can tus of each school based on audited For instance, all Indian schools creams and other cosmetic prod- to make sure that these outlets evaluate fee hike applications from now seek a review. However, they financial statements presented by are now being put in one category ucts stocked up by the erring are disciplined. Legal action would private schools. have to provide fresh evidence to the schools. while deciding the fees. Earlier, salons for use on customers were be taken against them,” said the Addressing the meeting, Hamad substantiate their claims, said the In collaboration with PWC, the they were compared with other found to be expired. release. Al Ghali, director of the Private official. SEC has developed a new system private schools,” he added. “Imagine, they were applying THE PENINSULA Schools Office at the SEC, said He said requests for fee hike had to assess fee hike requests, giving THE PENINSULA Smile, police to get friendly with children Labour Ministry to conduct DOHA: Community policing raids to detect violations in Qatar is taking a new turn with public security officials and DOHA: The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is gearing up to strategists turning their atten- launch raids on companies to check their compliance with provisions tion to children to remove their of the labour law ahead of some key changes in labour rights antici- fear of the police. pated in the country. Police strategists complain that Beginning next month, the Inspection Department of the labour parents often frighten their chil- ministry is expected to mount raids on a massive scale on companies dren by telling them that if they do and their labour lodgings, Al Sharq reported yesterday. something the parents don’t want, The compliance of companies with rules on occupational health and the police would catch them. “This safety, and paying workers’ wages in time, and whether any company is the way parents, at times, make has employed runaway workers, are to be checked. their children obey them,” said Ali Companies must keep ready salary statements (paid to workers) for Battal Hasan Al Naimi, a senior the past three months. The salary sheets must be endorsed by the labour official of Al Fazaa. ministry, the daily said. Labour accommodations will also be checked “We participate in community and companies must ensure that four workers stay in a room of not less programmes to talk to participat- than four by four metres in size. ing children to make them famil- THE PENINSULA iar and remove their fear,” Al Naimi told The Peninsula on the sidelines of a Ministry of Interior (MOI) event. The MOI, in collaboration with McDonald’s, has organised an Sharif to attend Modi swearing-in awareness campaign to educate families and children about safety ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s India but has been under pres- and security, fire prevention and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sure to toughen his stance from traffic rules. has accepted an invitation to hardliners at home, particularly A two-day event was held at the Ministry of Interior officers during an awareness campaign at the Airport branch of McDonald’s. ABDUL BASIT at t en d t he i n au g u r at ion of I n d i a n within the army. The top source Airport branch of McDonald’s last Prime Minister-designate of friction is his aim to boost trade Thursday and Friday, from 6pm and security to the participants about traffic and fire-related figures, Birdie, Hamburglar and Narendra Modi, a first in the with India. Many army officers to 9pm. The MOI security and and introduced the services and issues. Ronald, created some charm- history of the nuclear-armed say India must vacate its part of service departments, including Al security-related measures which Police officials helped the chil- ing moments for the children as rivals, an official said yesterday.