ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 5 Business | 17 Sport | 28 The Peninsula has Brent oil was on track Anna Cavallaro started work on the for its sharpest loss in a yesterday produced a second edition of its month, falling 5 percent near-perfect routine in Workers’ Book, which will yesterday, and US crude the individual female be launched on May 3. gave back early gains. class at CHI Al Shaqab. TUESDAY 3 MARCH 2015 • 12 Jumada I 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6358 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Advisory panel Deputy Emir honours students nod for trade licensing law Online, street trade rules planned DOHA: A draft law to regulate citing reasons. An applicant must licensing procedures for online be told the same day when he trading as well as shops, fac- applies for licensing whether tories, other such businesses he would get the license or not, and permissible street vending according to the provisions of the activities has been approved by draft. the Advisory Council. The licence is to be issued for a The draft is to be sent back to year and would be renewable for Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani honoured students for excellence in education at the eighth edition of the Education Excellence the State Cabinet which is likely another year or more. Day at Sheraton Doha yesterday. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister and Interior Minister and Chairman of the Supreme Education Council to take steps to get it issued soon. The draft has 34 articles, five H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and a number of ministers and ambassadors. See also page 3 The Minister of Economy and of which pertain to street vending Commerce will issue executive activities. regulations or bye-laws after the Earlier, during a debate some legislation has been put in force. members suggested that fish and For any violation of the pro- livestock vendors (those breed- INSIDE visions of the proposed law the ing and selling camels and sheep, PM lays foundation for Um manager of these businesses will for instance) be kept out of the 9 be held legally responsible, says purview of the law. Page the draft. But others opposed the idea The Council has sought to clip and said their licensing and health Al Houl Economic Zone Shias, Sunnis have the powers the draft suggested certification were must since they same foes, so why for the Minister of Economy and could directly impact the health DOHA: Prime Minister and commence in 2016. Addressing distinct effort in planning them in fight? Commerce to waive some condi- of consumers. Interior Minister H E Sheikh an event to mark the stone-lay- order to allow the opportunities of tions for licensing of businesses. The draft was referred to the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa ing ceremony, the Premier said expansion and investment for the By Dr Faisal Al The Council has recommended Advisory Council after the Cabinet Al Thani laid the foundation the government is focusing on a private sector. The State of Qatar Kassim that criteria for waiving some approved it on November 12, 2014. stone for an economic zone near large number of initiatives that has established, for the first time, conditions by the Minister should The Council handed it to its Finance the new Doha Port (Hamad Port), help improve investment climate new areas for the development of We must prepare for be fixed so that no business could and Economic Affairs Committee to south of Al Wakra, yesterday. and increase chances of projects production and service activities like future without oil be favoured out of the way. study and give its suggestions. The upcoming zone, one of the available to the private sector. storage, industry and logistics. The Cabinet normally listens The panel held two elaborate three free-trade zones being set “This groundbreaking ceremony Qatar established the economic By Khalil Ali Haidar to the Council’s recommendations sessions and gave its report which up by Qatar, will be spread over an of Um Al Houl special economic zones company “Manateq” to about laws and other such key was discussed by the Council, area of 33.52sqkm and will cater zone is testament to the firm resolve develop and operate three special The future of Saudi- issues. The Council has also sug- Qatar News Agency (QNA) to varying businesses and sectors and unwavering commitment of the economic zones that provide infra- gested that the Economy Ministry reports. such as petrochemicals, building State of Qatar to towards strategi- structure in accordance with the Iranian relations must cite reasons if it rejects a Applicants whose requests for materials, maritime, metals, logis- cally and fully diversified economy”, highest international standards in By Dr Muhammad Al request for licensing so that the licensing are rejected can appeal tics, food processing and automo- said Sheikh Abdullah order to reach new levels of eco- Salmani applicant tries to fulfil the condi- to the Economy Minister within a biles, tools and machinery. One the most important ini- nomic diversity and promote the tions and apply again. month can be made and the min- The zone is to be known as ‘Um tiatives towards this end was the growth of the small and medium- The original draft suggested ister has to reply within 15 days, Al Houl Special Economic Zone’ launch of Special Economic Zones sized companies and private sector. that the Ministry had the right to suggests the draft. project, in Um Al Houl area. Its projects for whom the Ministry Continued on page 6 reject a licensing request without THE PENINSULA first phase of development will of Economy and Trade exerted a THE PENINSULA Dust winds to cause low Solar plane in night flight visibility from Traffic safety to become today: Met office part of curriculum DOHA: Strong dust winds could hit the country again by this afternoon causing low vis- DOHA: Traffic safety will be made part of the curriculum of all ibility in some areas and a slight Independent and private schools in Qatar by the next academic year, fall in temperature. a senior official of the Supreme Education Council (SEC) has said. The windy weather is expected The project was first launched in four schools on a trial basis dur- to continue until Saturday. This ing the 2013-2014 academic year and currently 25 schools including has been attributed to the impact some private schools are giving traffic safety awareness lessons, a of a high pressure extending from local Arabic daily reported yesterday quoting Reema Abu Khadeeja, Saudi Arabia. director of curriculum standards office at SEC. During this period, tempera- She said the SEC will soon set up traffic villages in six schools as part ture would drop by two to four of the project. This will help impart practical knowledge and awareness degrees from the monthly aver- to children about traffic rules and road safety. age settling at 14 to 17 degrees The Curriculum Standards Office has a team of specialists to follow at the minimum. The expected up on implementation of the project. Traffic safety will not be taught maximum temperature would be as an independent subject but it will be incorporated in the curriculum between 23 to 25 degrees Celsius. as part of other subjects and through contextual learning. Mercury would dip further in The project targets all schools — independent, private and interna- the southern parts of the country. tional — from KG to Grade 12 levels to raise traffic safety awareness The night and early hours of the Solar Impulse 2 during its night test flight in Abu Dhabi, yesterday. The Solar Impulse 2 made the night test among children, both as pedestrians and future drivers, said Khadeeja. day would be colder due to fresh with pilot Bertrand Piccard. The only solar single-seater plane able to fly day and night without a drop of fuel The project has been developed and implemented in collaboration winds, said the department. will attempt the first round-the-world solar flight on Saturday. with the Ministry of Interior and Shell company. The Curriculum Strong northwesterly winds Standards Office plays a major role in developing the study material would blow at speeds ranging and supervising its implementation. The SEC recently sent a circular between 12-22 knots up to 28 to all schools seeking their opinion about establishing traffic villages in knots at times. This could lead their premises. The response was very encouraging, added Khadeeja. to dusty conditions especially in Kerry cautions Israel over Iran talks There is a joint committee with representatives from the SEC, the open areas and highways and a National Committee for Traffic Safety and Traffic Department to decrease in horizontal visibility. set up the standards for traffic villages in schools. THE PENINSULA “The winter is not yet over MONTREUX, Switzerland: U of Montreux about restraining Human Rights Council, which but it is on the way out,” an S Secretary of State John Kerry the Iranian nuclear program in Washington has long accused of expert at the department told quietly cautioned Israel not to exchange for relief from economic anti-Israel bias, and also suggest- Palestinians to file ICC case this daily last evening. He said undercut Iran nuclear negotia- sanctions. ing the Israelis not undermine the the expected dust winds may tions that resumed yesterday as The two men, along with US talks. against Israel in April: PLO not lead to a significant fall in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz “We are concerned by reports temperature.