ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Friday 21 February 2014 21 Rabial II 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5982 Price: QR2 Facebook to Lekhwiya still buy WhatsApp lead Qatar for $19bn Stars League Business | 14 Sport | 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir receives President of Peru Supreme health, Emir revamps education councils restructured DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh ministries, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday issued an Emiri deci- sion restructuring the Supreme Council of Health. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh departments Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani is the chairman, with Dr Mohamed bin Ghanim Al Ali Climate Change Department set up as Vice-Chairman. Members include Abdullah bin DOHA: Separate depart- State Properties have been Khalid Al Qahtani, Sheikha Dr ments for climate change brought under the Assistant Ghalia bint Mohamed bin Hamad and combating pollution Undersecretary for Urban Al Thani, Dr Lord Darzi, Dr Elias have been established at the Planning. Zerhounui, Dr Jenchen Le and Ministry of Environment and There will be five Christine Beasley. the Public Works Authority Undersecretaries and 28 depart- The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Peru’s President Ollanta Humala at the Emiri Diwan The Emir also issued Emiri (Ashghal) has been brought ments in the newly structured yesterday and discussed relations. They also witnessed the signing of an economic, trade, investment and decision No. 14 of 2014 restruc- directly under the Minister Ministry of Environment. technical cooperation agreement, a cultural cooperation deal and a memorandum of understanding between turing the Supreme Education of Municipality and Urban New departments have been Qatar Olympic Committee and National Olympic Committee of Peru. The Emir hosted a luncheon banquet in Council. The revamped council Planning, as per new deci- established at the Ministry of honour of the president and his delegation who arrived in Qatar on an official visit. is chaired by the Prime Minister sions issued by the Emir Environment and many centres with Sheikha Hind bint Hamad H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad under it have been abolished. Al Thani as Vice-Chairman and Al Thani yesterday. The Office of Intellectual chairperson of the executive The Emir issued several Property Rights at the Ministry committee. Members include decisions on the organisational of Justice has been abolished. Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada, structures and functions of min- The Qatar News Agency has New real estate registration Salah bin Ghanim Al Ali, Dr istries, establishing and reorgan- been brought under the Minister Mohamed bin Abdulwahid Ali ising some authorities, public of Culture, Arts and Heritage Al Hammadi, Dr Abdullah bin institutions and governmental and the Minister will be respon- Saleh Mubarak Al Khulaifi, Dr entities. sible for monitoring its general branches to open in Doha Sheikha bint Abdullah Al Misned, The decisions took effect from performance. Dr Abdullah bin Ali bin Saoud the date of issue and will be pub- The director of QNA will be DOHA: The Ministry of outside its building to ensure Both departments, which see Al Thani, Dr Mazen Jassim Al lished in the official gazette appointed through an Emiri Justice, in collaboration with smooth traffic on the access road. receive visitors, have started Jaidah and Dr Douglas Palmer. The Prime Minister and decision and the agency will have the Ministry of Interior, is It is also in talks with the Traffic evening services to ease the crowd Membership of both councils Interior Minister H E Sheikh 11 administrative units. working to open new branches Department to facilitate one-way during morning hours. is for four years, renewable for Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Audit administrations, qual- of Real Estate Registration traffic on the road at least during For the elderly, women and similar durations. Al Thani has been appointed ity, public relations and com- Department and Document rush hours to avoid congestions people with special needs, the as Chairman of the Supreme munications will be under the Attestation Department in near the area. ministry has introduced a spe- Qaradawi to deliver Council of Health and the office of the Minister of State some of the sparsely populated The initiatives are in response cial service at door step. Under Supreme Education Council. for Cabinet Affairs. There will areas of Doha. to a report on January 29 high- the service, people can call the Friday sermon The Minister of Municipality be two Undersecretaries for land The aim is to reduce long wait- lighting problems such as parking concerned departments, and an and Urban Planning will be and sea transportation at the ing time for visitors and resolve crisis and long waiting time due employee at the ministry will visit DOHA: Noted Islamic scholar responsible for the general per- Ministry of Transport. parking and traffic problems. to ever-increasing number of visi- the home of the beneficiary to do Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi is formance of Ashghal. Internal Audit Planning The Ministry of Justice has tors to the ministry. the job at a fee. expected to deliver the Friday The Geographic Information and Legal Affairs and pub- launched other initiatives to The ministry has signed a con- The ministry has also estab- sermon at Omar bin Khatab Systems and the municipalities lic Relations will be under the overcome the problems, includ- tract with a private company to lished a committee, under the mosque in Madinat Khalifa will be under the Undersecretary Minister of Transport. ing arranging additional parking provide additional parking for vis- chairmanship of the Minister of today. He will focus on latest glo- of the Ministry of Municipality Two administrations for space and introducing e-services, itors at a nominal fee. The report Justice, to enhance its online and bal developments in the light of and Urban Planning. buildings, designs and projects the local Arabic daily Al Sharq said Kahramaa, which is adjacent electronic services by introducing the Holy Quran. He had skipped The departments of Urban will be established by an Emiri reported yesterday. to the ministry, has agreed to latest technologies such as mobile the sermon for three weeks on Planning, Land, Survey, decision. THE PENINSULA The ministry has reportedly share its spare parking space with apps to provide services through health grounds, Al Sharq reports. Infrastructure Planning and Continued on page 5 deployed additional security visitors to the ministry. smartphones. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA & QNA Labour City project Qatar seeks Arab Kuwaitis urged to avoid Egypt protests KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti embassy in Cairo yesterday called on its mechanism to nationals to stay away from gatherings or demonstrations that might take place in Egypt. The embassy stressed in a statement the boost South ties need to comply with instructions and dedicated hotlines to receive inquiries or requests for help. DOHA: Qatar has suggested the setting up of an Arab mech- US warns of airline shoe-bomb threat anism to enhance cooperation among the countries of the WASHINGTON: The US Department of Homeland Security yes- South. It will provide opportuni- terday warned of a potential shoe-bomb threat on international ties for exchange of experiences, flights to the country. It alerted airlines based on “very recent intel- successes, solutions, technolo- ligence” that assailants would try to attack passenger jets using gies and expertise in the areas explosives hidden in shoes, NBC television said. Officials said pas- agreed upon to build capability sengers may be subjected to enhanced screening and airlines will and capacity in the region. pay more attention to their shoes. This came in a speech by the Assistant Foreign Minister Ukraine leader hints at early election H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi at the closing ceremony KIEV: Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich moved closer yester- of the First Arab States Regional day to holding early election after more than 60 pro-Western protest- South-South Development Expo. The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister of Municipality and ers died from live gunfire on the worst day of post-Soviet carnage. He said Qatar believes that Urban Planning H E Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, the Minister of Labour and Social His decision to bow to the opposition’s demand follows EU sanctions cooperation among countries of Affairs H E Dr Abdullah bin Saleh Al Khulaifi and the Minister of Youth and Sports H E Salah bin Ghanem bin on Ukrainian ministers and security officials. See also page 10 the South would enhance their AGENCIES Nasser Al Ali will make an inspection visit to the Labour City in Industrial Area on Sunday. The project is being status at the global level. developed by Barwa Company. He said Qatar has contrib- uted greatly to help launch the South Fund for Development and Humanitarian Aid, and hosted conferences such as Group 77, China Summit and the second Al Jazeera calls Global Day of Action over Cairo trial summit of Arab countries and countries of Latin America to DOHA: The Al Jazeera network has Mohamed were not released from prison added. Baher, Fahmy and Greste of Al be upheld, Al Jazeera said. boost cooperation among coun- called for a Global Day of Action on today (yesterday). The charges against our Jazeera English have been detained since After opening the trial, a Cairo court tries of the South and other February 27 in support of journalism staff are baseless, unacceptable and wholly December 29 last year. Al Jazeera Arabic’s said it will hear prosecution witnesses and regional blocs. He said the pro- in Egypt even as the trial of three of unjustified,” Al Anstey, Managing Director Abdullah Elshamy has been detained with- consider the evidence at the next hearing.