www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESSB | 22 SPORT | 35 Most of QDB-backed Spieth secures one- tourism SMEs are shot lead despite operational: CEO late stumble MONDAY 11 APRIL 2016 • 3 Rajab 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6763 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir receives invitation to Riyadh summit Emir sends Industrial Area greetings to garages allowed Kuwait Emir QNA KUWAIT: Emir of Kuwait, to house offices H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, met yesterday with Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed The ministry has also issued Al Attiyah, during his visit to guidelines for the height and Kuwait. Ministry of structure of buildings used for The Minister of State for Municipality and garages and scrap shops. According Defence conveyed greetings of to amended rules, they are allowed the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Environment amends to have ground floor plus two floors, Hamad Al Thani to Emir of Kuwait urban planning rules. and the upper floor can be used for as well as his wishes of good health workers’ accommodation. and happiness for him and more They are also allowed to have progress and development for the an underground facility that can Kuwaiti people. The Peninsula be used as a special parking area. The Emir of Kuwait asked the Twenty percent of the underground Minister of State for Defence to space can be used as store. convey his greetings to the Emir However, this will need special along with wishes of good health DOHA: Garages and scrap shops in approval from the authorities and happiness for him and more plots earmarked for such facilities in concerned at the ministry. “This progress and prosperity for the the Doha Industrial Area have been amendment comes in response to Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has received a written message from the Custodian of leadership and people of Qatar. allowed to use part of their premises demand from citizens and investors the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia including an invitation to Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh for offices, stores and workers’ and to implement a flexible attend a summit of Gulf Cooperation Council leaders and US President Barack Obama to be held this Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah accommodations. planning policy, in line with the month in Riyadh. Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Qatar, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Aifan, handed over also conferred with the Minister of The Ministry of Municipality and policy determining the number of the message to the Emir at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. State for Defence Affairs. Environment has amended some floors in buildings. The competent They reviewed fraternal rela- urban planning rules to this effect, technical department at the tions between the two countries. apparently to meet the shortage ministry will study all applications of labour accommodations and for developing the designated plots,” commercial space in the area. said a ministry statement. The amended rules apply to The amendment is expected to garages and scrap shops located expand public services and facilities King Salman calls for joint fight against terror between Kassarat Street and in the designated area, allowing Western Industrial Area Street up buildings to have offices, stores to the intersection 125/33 (east) and and accommodations in the same AFP visit to Egypt, a trip seen as a clear Straits of Tiran in Saudi territory. counter violent ideology and deploy Street 33 (west) intersection. The place. It would also help reduce show of support for Egyptian Presi- “The other mission that we should troops if necessary to combat extrem- government has allocated plots transportation and accommodation dent Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, the former work on together is the fight against ists. The kingdom is part of the US-led in this area exclusively for such cost for workers employed with CAIRO: The Custodian of the Two military chief who toppled Mohamed extremism and the fight against ter- coalition bombing the jihadist Islamic facilities. garages and scrap shops. Holy Mosques King Salman bin Mursi in 2013. rorism,” King Salman said in an State group in Iraq and Syria. According to the amended In a related move, the ministry Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Ara- The two leaders have already address to the Egyptian parliament Riyadh is also leading an Arab rules, plots for garages and scrap recently allowed houses in some bia yesterday called for a joint fight signed a slew of multi-billion-dollar broadcast live on state television. coalition, of which Egypt is a member, shops have been allowed to have popular streets to use part of their against “terrorism” in the Middle East investment deals, and on Saturday In December, Saudi Arabia that has been bombing Iran-backed accommodation for workers, offices premises for commercial purposes. at a time when Riyadh is engaged in Egypt agreed to demarcate its mar- announced the creation of an “anti- Houthi Shia rebels in Yemen. and stores, within the area of the several conflicts the region. itime borders with Saudi Arabia by terrorism” coalition whose members plot, the ministry said yesterday. → Continued on page 3 King Salman is on a rare five-day officially placing two islands in the it said would share intelligence, → See also page 6 Economy Ministry Dubai plans tower taller More than issues 125 100 dead copyrights than Burj Khalifa in India The Peninsula temple fire AP Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, for example, says at least 50 percent of a DOHA: The Ministry of Economy structure’s height must contain usa- AFP and Commerce has issued 125 DUBAI: Dubai is reaching for the sky ble floor area for it to be considered copyrights and related rights cer- once again, with the developer of the in its ranking of the world’s tallest tificates for paintings and other world’s tallest building vowing yes- buildings. That typically disqualifies KOLLAM, INDIA: An explosion creative works from October 1 last terday to build an even taller tower telecommunications and observa- and massive blaze apparently to March 31 this year. bedecked with rotating balconies tion towers that have only a small sparked by a stray firework dur- The registered certificates and elevated landscaping inspired number of floors. ing an unauthorised display killed were issued for 43 paintings, 42 by the mythical hanging gardens of It and the Burj Khalifa could also over 100 people and injured scores written material, 12 architecture Babylon. be surpassed by a skyscraper being more at a temple complex in south- designs and engineering, 12 dec- The government-backed com- built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, that ern India yesterday. orative arts, seven books, five pany behind the project, Emaar promises to rise more than 1kmhigh. Thousands had packed over- computer software, three audio- Properties, hopes the new tower will The new Dubai tower will be the night into the Hindu temple visual works and one sculpture. entice a fresh wave of view-seek- centerpiece of a new 6 square-kil- complex in Kerala state where In accordance with Law No ing homeowners even as it raises ometer development on the edge of the firework is thought to have 7 of 2002, copyright is given to a numerous other promised sky- the Dubai Creek, near a protected landed on a stockpile of other piece of literary or artistic work scrapers and repairs a prominent wildlife sanctuary that regularly fireworks, triggering a huge blast created by one author or a group one gutted by fire on New Year’s Eve. attracts flamingoes and other water that partially demolished a con- of people. All copyright works are Company Chairman Mohamed birds. crete building. protected throughout the author’s Alabbar said the new observation Alabbar likened the structure, “It came like a storm, throw- life and extend for 50 years fol- tower would be “a notch” taller than designed by Spanish-Swiss archi- ing everyone to the ground. There lowing his death or the death of the 2,717-foot (828-meter) Burj Kha- tect Santiago Calatrava Valls, to a were bodies all over the place and the last co-author. The law defines lifa. Just how much taller he wouldn’t 21st-century Eiffel Tower that can the injured were writhing in pain,” related rights as those of perform- say. act as a magnet not just for tourists said Anish Kumar, who had gone ers, producers of audio recordings, Unlike the Burj Khalifa, the new but also for property buyers willing with his friends to see the display and broadcasting organisations. $1bn tower will not be a traditional to pay a premium for nearby apart- at the Puttingal Devi temple. skyscraper but more of a cable-sup- ments with a view. It is due to open “I was horrified to see hun- → Continued on page 4 ported spire containing “garden” by the time Dubai hosts the World dreds of men and women on the observation decks graced with trees Expo in 2020. ground lifeless,” said Kumar, and other greenery. Emaar says it “Many ... of our customers would who lost one of his friends in the Online UAE visa will also contain a boutique hotel, like to have that view. And if you ask disaster. restaurants and glass balconies that me what is the financial model, that Residents told of an explosion DOHA: Expats from other GCC rotate outside the wall of the tower. is the financial model,” he said. that shattered windows of homes states going to UAE will require a The structure’s design means it is Emaar followed a similar strat- some 100 metres away, before they visa to be issued online, replacing Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman of Dubai Emaar Properties, looks at a model unlikely to be widely recognised as a egy when it raised the Burj Khalifa, raced to the temple to search for the current visa on arrival regime.