ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Sunday 16 December 2012 3 Safar 1434 - Volume 17 Number 5550 Price: QR2 Qatar produced Eljaish beat 740,000b/d of Al Rayyan 1-0 crude last year in QSL clash Business | 17 Sport | 25 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Businessman to Help Syrians regain reopen meat processing plant dignity: Heir Apparent shut 23 years ago DOHA: A Qatari businessman ‘Govts in Arab Spring states must not shun democracy’ who set up a meat process- ing plant 31 years ago but shut DOHA: The Heir Apparent dialogue, the Heir Apparent said, of hope.” The Heir Apparent it down in 1989 since the local H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad without naming Iran. said that anyone who doesn’t market wasn’t as big, has re- Al Thani yesterday stressed the He rejected the idea of an take into account the fact that launched the project. need to support the people of external role in the Arab revo- events like the 2006 war against The plant, to be commissioned Syria in their struggle for free- lutions and said the Arab peo- Israel, the situation as regards soon, is the first of its kind in the dom and dignity. ple rose in rebellion against the Palestine, occupation of Iraq and country and is expected to meet He said one could not live in regimes in their respective coun- the Judaisation of Jerusalem have much of the local demand for fresh isolation, and so backing the peo- tries to assert their basic rights to made Arabs frustrated over time and frozen meat (chicken and red ple of Syria, who have risen in food, shelter and dignity. is politically blind. meat) and for processed meat like rebellion, did not amount to inter- So anyone who thinks that Arab countries will be forced to chicken and beef sausages and fering in Syria’s internal affairs or there are external hands behind preserve their sovereignty after hamburgers. violating its sovereignty. the Arab Spring is mistaken, the revolutions and pay more The development comes at a The Heir Apparent opened a the Heir Apparent said amid attention to basic issues like the time when the Qatari market is conference titled ‘Geostrategic applause. dignity and freedoms of people, he facing severe shortages of fresh and Transformations within the “Arab people didn’t revolt for said, adding that Palestine was an frozen chicken because of Saudi Context of Arab Revolutions’ last strategic reasons but for basic issue close to the heart of every Arabia’s decision to ban exports, as evening, and said while referring needs like bread and dignity and Arab. The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani addressing a a result of which prices have been to the Syrian people in his inaugu- for their rights as citizens.” One of the most important conference at the Ritz-Carlton in Doha yesterday. soaring. “Some 70 percent of our ral address: “We need to cooper- Any superpower is capable of outcomes of the Arab Spring produce would be chicken and only ate (with them)”. influencing any country in the had been that people had become 30 percent red meat, both mutton About the GCC region, he said world but it can in no way cre- more aware of their problems and more. He took a dig at the world In the end, he warned the gov- and beef,” Ahmed Al Khalaf told without mincing words: “We are ate public revolt in a country, he needs, he said. community as well and said that ernments that have emerged in The Peninsula yesterday. not interested in seeing the region said. People revolt when they have About Palestine, the Heir during the Arab Spring they had the Arab Spring countries not to He said that his factory would destabilised. We are not inter- nothing concrete in sight as solu- Apparent said he welcomed the intervened only in Libya. “The shun democracy, and make dem- first cover the local market and ested in a war”. Any disagree- tions to their woes. “They wouldn’t UN resolution but added that the reasons for this I don’t want to ocratic values the basis of their then embark on an export-ori- ment must be resolved through rebel if there is even a flicker world body needed to do much talk about.” rule. THE PENINSULA ented expansion during a sec- ond phase. “We will be importing chicken and red meat stocks from various countries,” he said. For chicken imports, his com- Venezuelans in Qatar wish speedy recovery for Chavez pany has identified Brazil, China and some European countries, whereas, Australia, Argentina and DOHA: An estimated 800 The Venezuelans — men, for the support of the president,” Mohamed Jawad Asayesh, along speech: “Venezuela and Cuba are New Zealand have been selected to Venezuelans in Qatar yesterday women and children — gathered declared the Venezuelan ambas- with his counterpart from Cuba, the best friends of Iran, and I source red meat. The plant would joined their compatriots back at their country’s embassy, with sador in Doha, Dr Juan Antonio Ernesto D Plasencia Escalante wish, God willing, the president process the meat and the idea is to home and in the rest of the world many of them holding candles and Hernandez, in remarks to this — a sight not very delightful for would recover from his opera- market at least a 100 products like to wish early recovery to their Chavez’s photographs, and stood newspaper on the sidelines of the Americans who have long accused tion.” Asayesh added he wished chicken, mutton and beef sausages country’s president, Hugo Chavez, in silence for an hour in a rare assembly. the three countries of forming an long life to Chavez and to the and nuggets, etc. “This aside, we who recently underwent a critical show of love and solidarity for A highlight of the otherwise anti-US alliance. Cuban leader Fidel Castro. will also be marketing fresh and surgery for cancer in Cuba and is their president. emotional event was the pres- Asayesh was guarded in his THE PENINSULA frozen items.” THE PENINSULA said to be recovering. “This is an international event ence of the ambassador of Iran, comments and briefly said in a See also page 3 Continued on page 3 SUNDAY 16 DECEMBER 2012 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Photo gallery of Imam Al Wakra Fire on the Corniche building Hospital records Muhammad bin Abdul first birth Wahab Mosque launched DOHA: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic DOHA: Al Wakra Affairs inaugurated yesterday in the court- Hospital recorded its first yard of the Imam Muhammad bin Abdul birth hours after the facil- Wahab mosque an exhibition showcasing pho- ity was officially opened tographs of the mosque and also launched by the Emir H H Sheikh the mosque website as part of its activities to Hamad bin Khalifa Al mark the first anniversary of its inauguration Thani last Wednesday. on December 16, 2011. The baby boy, named The Gallery is one of four similar exhibitions Mohammed, was born in the being held at the Qatar Islamic Cultural Center hospital’s state-of-the-art (Fanar), the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic maternity unit at 12.53am Affairs premises and Souq Waqif. on December 13. The hospi- The exhibitions with photos selected out of tal was opened by the Emir 3,500 mosque photographs introduce visitors the on December 12. design of Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab Johannes Kedzierski, Mosque and its facilities. They also reflected the Chief Executive Officer of Al The image of a fire that broke out on the top floors of the under-construction World Trade Center building on the Corniche, captured aesthetics of this islamic edifice which was built Wakra Hospital, said: “We on the mobile phone of a construction worker, yesterday. Eye witnesses said the fire was contained within 15 minutes, and no casual- according to the old Qatari architectural design. are extremely pleased to ties were reported. QASSIM RAHMATULLAH QNA have had the hospital’s first birth so soon after our offi- cial opening and wish baby Mohammed and his parents well,” he said. “I am pleased to say that Al Wakra Hospital is now Qatari-Italian solution for water leakage fully operational and open to patients of all ages. Like all large-scale new hospitals we Qatar Mobility Innovations Center and Italy’s Polito announce three-year project in Torino will be fine tuning our proc- esses in all departments as DOHA: The Qatar Mobility of interest globally. Subsequently and intelligently identifying the we move forwards in meet- Innovations Center (QMIC) a three-year project for the devel- location and severity of the leak- ing the healthcare needs of at the Qatar Science and opment of a new wireless-based age in non-metalic water pipe- this growing community,” he Technology Park, and the solution to detect and monitor lines in underground distribution added. Politecnico di Torino (Polito) in water leakage in underground dis- networks. “Although a lot more Al Wakra Hospital is a Italy announced the successful tribution networks was launched work and investment are needed general hospital with a flex- c ompletion of a th re e-yea r proje ct late in 2009. The project was to translate this into a commer- ible capacity of 210 to 260 to develop an innovative system funded by a grant from QNRF cially-feasible solution, today’s beds. In addition, there are for water leakage detection. through its NPRP programme.