ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Thursday 16 January 2014 15 Rabial I 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5946 Price: QR2 Real estate Fencing: Galaxy prices at of stars new record head to Doha Business | 17 Sport | 25 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 5,000 turn up Al Shahaniyah for medical tests after to become online glitch DOHA: The Medical Comm- ission premises in Abu Hamour municipality witnessed an unusual rush yes- terday morning caused by an error in online booking system. Residents hail Cabinet decision A senior official of the Medical Commission told this daily that DOHA: The State Cabinet Rayyan, Al Shamal, Al Dayeen, Al about 5,000 people turned up for cleared the decks yesterday to Wakrah, Umm Salal, and Al Khor. the mandatory medical tests yes- carve out a new municipality, The last reorganiation of terday due to “overbooking”. that of Al Shahaniyah, which municipalities was done in the Companies seeking tests for newly is presently part of Al Rayyan country a decade ago, in 2004, recruited workers are required to Municipality and known in the when Al Dayeen was carved out take prior appointments online and entire region for camel races. of Umm Salal and Al Khor, and the system error apparently led to Al Rayyan is the largest of the some municipalities were merged giving appointments to too many seven municipalities in the coun- with the others. people at the same time. try in terms of area. A citizen living in Al The roads in front of the However, once set up, Al Shahaniyah, Manahi Saud Al Commission premises saw heavy Shahaniyah will be the eighth Shummari, said it was high time traffic jams yesterday morning. and the largest municipality, as it his town was declared a full- Police were seen diverting traffic would cover 34 percent of Qatar’s fledged municipality due to rap- The new passenger terminal at Hamad International Airport. (SHAIVAL DALAL) to other directions to control the total geographical area, pushing idly growing population and its rush. People gathered for the tests Al Rayyan a notch behind with a needs. “We have been waiting spilled over to surrounding areas. share of 33 percent. rather impatiently for this day.” Many people were turned away Although Al Shahaniyah was “The small municipal office HIA to open by mid-2014 by the Medical Commission staff part of Al Rayyan Municipality, here didn’t have an engineering while others had to wait for long a municipal office was established section. But now that we will have to complete the procedures. “I here in April 2005 to provide some a full-fledged municipality, we will DOHA: The passenger terminal 1, when it received its first Qatar the theme ‘Runway to the Future, reached the premises at 9am. After basic municipal services such as have those services as well,” said of Qatar’s multi-billion dollar new Airways Cargo shipment for Gateway to the World’ was also waiting in the queue for long, I was building and commercial licenses. Shahir Saud Al Shummari, an airport (Hamad International) is Qatar Petroleum from Europe. attended by members of the NDIA told by the staff that I should come Residents, though, had to engineer by training. on track for mid-year opening. And the passenger terminal was Steering Committee, includ- another day,” a newly recruited visit the far-off Al Rayyan “We wouldn’t have to run to Al However, no specific date was expected to open in the first quar- ing Akbar Al Baker, Nasser Al Indian professional told this daily. Municipality for other works. Rayyan Municipality any more announced for the inauguration ter of 2014. Ansari, Ali Abdullah Al Abdullah, Dr Ibrahim Al Shaar, Director The head of Al Shahaniyah for these services.” of the ambitious project. When prodded by reporters to Mohammed Abdul Kareem Al of the Medical Commission, said municipal office, Mohamed Bati At its weekly meeting yes- “The opening of Hamad provide a specific opening date Meer, Abdullah Khalifa M Al last evening that the problem was Al Sahouti, while welcoming the terday, the Cabinet approved International Airport (HIA) and also the cause of indefinite Assiri, Essa Arrar Al Romaihi, caused by an error in the online Cabinet’s decision to carve out a its draft resolution to declare in the middle of this year will delays, Al Noaimi said: “It is very Abdullah Jassim Al Meraikhi, and booking system, which was fixed full-fledged municipality for the Al Shahaniyah a full-fledged bring to fruition the vision of the difficult to give an exact date, Saad Farhan Al Otaibi. later. “The online registration is town, said the move would create municipality. Father Emir, to build a world- but the picture will be clearer Before the press event there controlled by the IT department many job opportunities. The Cabinet also approved a class airport, a vision that the by the middle of April. As far was an extensive tour of the new at the Supreme Council of Health. It is understood that Al draft decision it had made ear- Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin as the delays are concerned it is airport that highlighted the vast The rush was caused by an over- Shahaniyah Municipality, once lier to demarcate the geographical Hamad Al Thani was eager to because changes were requested number and scale of facilities that booking. It has been fixed and all carved out, would include Raudat borders of the proposed munici- complete through his support during construction to expand will be put into service. These those who could not complete the Rashid, Al Karana, Al Khurais, pality (Al Shahaniyah). and guidance,” said Abdul Aziz the project and also because the include the public mosque, the tests yesterday have been given a Jameeliya, and Umm Baab, among Al Sahouti said that once the Mohammad Al Noaimi, Chairman main contractor violated the Emiri Terminal, East and West new appointment,” said Al Shaar. other towns and villages. new municipality is set up, there of the Steering Committee of agreement.” runways, cargo terminal, aircraft The Medical Commission that The seven municipalities cur- would less burden on Al Rayyan New Doha International Airport Al Noaimi was speaking at a maintenance hangars and bag- works in two shifts receives up rently are Doha, which is the Municipality, as currently there is (NDIA). press meeting called to share gage handling system. to 3,000 visitors daily. smallest in terms of area but too much of work pressure on it. The cargo terminal at HIA some of the new details of the THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA largest in terms of population, Al THE PENINSULA started operations on December HIA. The meeting, held under Continued on page 5 Picture on page 6 Egypt vote counting begins Egyptian judge’s Iran invites GCC experts remark on Qatar sparks fury to visit Bushehr plant TEHRAN: Iran’s nuclear chief earthquake, as well as a possi- DOHA: The GCC states have said yesterday that experts ble military dimension to Iran’s denounced a call by a prominent from Arab neighbours across nuclear drive. “We... again express Egyptian judge made to the the Gulf, concerned about the our readiness, for consultation Egyptian army to send troops safety of Iran’s sole nuclear between our country’s experts to Qatar to arrest Egyptian power plant, are welcome to and the experts from Gulf coun- (Muslim Brotherhood?) activ- visit the facility, IRNA news tries, so that they can hold sci- ists there. agency reported. entific and technical talks on The Secretary-General of the “We are ready for the visit of the Bushehr power plant’s safety GCC, Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al nuclear experts of Gulf countries issues,” Salehi said. Zayani, described the statement to Bushehr nuclear power plant,” He also suggested establishing a of the head of Egyptian Judges’ Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as regional nuclear cooperation body Club, Ahmed El Zind, as provoca- saying when asked how Tehran so that “all these doubts will be tive, reprehensible and rhetorical. would tackle their worries. addressed scientifically”. Bushehr, “It (the statement) is against Gulf Arab countries have often which produces 1,000 megawatts, Qatar’s principled stand on Egypt. Election officials counting ballots after voting on the second day of a referendum on the new constitution, raised concern over Bushehr’s came into service in 2011 after Qatar has always maintained that at a polling station in Helopoils neighbourhood in Cairo, yesterday. Counting started immediately after the reliability and the risk of radio- several delays blamed on techni- it is with Egypt and its people,” Al polling stations were closed at 9pm, but official results were not expected until Saturday. See also page 10 active leaks in case of a major cal problems. AFP Zayani said. El Zind is considered close to the present Egyptian rule. Meanwhile, media reports cit- ing El Zind’s call have led to sharp reaction on the social media from people not only in Qatar but also from other GCC states. “Our (the Qatar pledges $60m aid to Syrian refugees, displaced GCC countries’) relations with Egypt and its people are warm DOHA: Qatar yesterday pledged $60m the Syrian refugees and those displaced UN through Qatar Red Crescent. workers to reach,” he told the conference. and historical,” said Al Zayani for the aid of Syrian refugees, and bitterly within the country due to the situation Other donors pledged more than Qatar, the Minister reiterated, was with THE PENINSULA criticised the international community for there. “They are exposed to bitter cold in $2.4bn.