Times of Oman - December 5, 2016

MONDAY December 5, 2016 5 Rabi Al Awal 1438 AH

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN

To sheikhs and dignitaries of Dhofar at the conclusion of His Majesty’s Meet-the-People Tour of the country, 1995

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’ The private sector in all countries now represents the backbone of their economy.

This is so because it is capable of both determination and competition and offers a solid base for the government and the people

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MINISTRY

Criteria for dishdasha to be issued soon

C O N D É NA S T I N T E R NAT I O NA L LU X U RY C O N F E R E N C E

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Staff Reporter MUSCAT: Standardised criteria for tailoring the traditional Omani male dress, the dishdasha, is expected to be issued next week, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Sunday.

“To conserve the Omani identity” the ministry will declare five dresses that are commonly worn in different governorates of the Sultanate. >A6

TOP THREE INSIDE STORIES

The speakers expected to take part at Muscat event.

MUSCAT: Oman will host the Condé Nast International Luxury Conference next year, where eminent speakers such as Elie Saab, Pierre Denis from Jimmy Choo, and Giambattista Valli are expected to share their market experiences.

The conference will include a formal on-stage programme including talks, keynote addresses, and interviews with creative and business speakers, as well as social events of the highest calibre,

enabling attendees to make the most of their time.

To be held on April 5 and 6, 2017 at the Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa, the event will also include three speakers from Oman: Sayyid Badr Al Busaidi, Amal Al Raisi, a prominent fashion designer, and David Crickmore, chief executive of Amouage, the Oman-based luxury fragrance company. Launched in 2015 in Florence, the Condé Nast International Luxury Conference is a unique event from the most influential multimedia company in the world. >A6

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Omani twins launch app dedicated to HM

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A day before Oman’s 45th National Day in 2015, two young Omani twins were featured in Oman Pride for their mobile application dedicated to His Majesty the Sultan. The app gave users a treasure chest of information regarding His Majesty. >A4

PAKISTAN

MARKET

Rupee recovers after crackdown

Oman-Brunei to boost trade opportunities

Pakistani rupee has recovered its value by up to Rs2 a dollar after the government started a crackdown on smugglers.>A10

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The second Oman Brunei summit opened yesterday, with officials from both Oman and Brunei highlighting potentials. >B1

enough, I believe we are heading in the right direction,” he said.

Members of OPEC meeting last week in Vienna decided that a combined output cut of 1.2 million barrels per day will be worked out by the group, in a bid to reduce glut and ramp up prices. The production cuts are expected to take effect by January 2017. OPEC hopes that non-OPEC members will contribute another 600,000 barrels per day in output cuts.

According to Rumhy, production cuts will help increase oil revenue and, therefore, will have no effect on oil and gas jobs in Oman.

He also noted that the budgeted oil price for 2017 must remain the same as 2016. “Although it is for the Ministry of Finance to decide, I believe the budgeted price of oil must remain at $45, the same as in

2016. If oil prices increase, it is an added benefit for Oman,” he said.

According to an official of a private company in Brunei, oil and gas prices operate on supply and demand, and any cut in supply by OPEC will lead to higher prices.

Kanaga Sundar, Head of Research at Gulf Baader Capital Markets, said that the global oil market would balance sooner than estimated during early 2017 and the oil prices may reach closer to the $60 level if the output cut deal goes through with strict compliance from the OPEC members.

“We have seen a more than 15% increase in global oil prices after the OPEC announcement and non-OPEC members cutting supply ensuring prices above $60 per barrel during the coming months,” he said. >A6

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OMAN TO SUPPORT OIL OUTPUT CUTS The only way out I see is production cuts, as the market is still over-supplied. Although a cut of 1.2 million barrels a day won’t be enough, I believe we are heading in the right direction Mohammed Al Rumhy Minister of Oil and Gas

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The percentage cut will depend on the result of the Vienna meeting, says Al Rumhy

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haitham@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Oman will support any production cut planned by OPEC, according to the Sultanate’s Minister for Oil and Gas. Dr Mohammed Al Rumhy, Minister of Oil and Gas, speaking at the Oman - Brunei joint energy and industry summit, said Oman has been invited to Vienna to discuss production cuts with OPEC members.

“We will discuss the terms and conditions of a production freeze or cut with other countries. Oman will co-operate to achieve the planned target. Our percentage decrease in production will depend on the meeting and how much we are asked to cut,” he said.

The minister said he believed a proposed daily cut of 1.2 million barrels would not be enough, but was “heading in the right direction”.

OPEC hopes choking back pro-

barrel oil is being pumped out by the Sultanate per day for the first time in 2016

duction will result in a price boost for oil in the market. The Sultanate’s economy has been hit hard by falling oil prices in recent months.

OPEC members are set to meet non-OPEC members on December 10th in Vienna to discuss terms and conditions of the cuts in output.

Oman is the largest non-OPEC

oil producer in the Middle East, pumping one million barrels per day, on an average.

Al Rumhy added that production cuts were the only way to move beyond current low oil prices.

“The only way out I see is production cuts, as the market is still over-supplied. Although a cut of 1.2 million barrels a day won’t be

R A R I T Y O F O M A N I G R A D UAT E

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Expat teachers fill quality gap in schools as Omanisation dips and death of Omani teachers, some local teachers want to enjoy retirement advantages after completing the minimum years of service, which is contributing to the decline of Omanisation among teachers, the report pointed out.

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hasan@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: There are more expatriate teachers working in Oman’s schools due to the “rarity of Omani graduates in some majors,” according to the ‘Education Indicators’ report released by the Education Council.

The Omanisation rate in the education sector was 6.5 per cent lower last year, when compared with the 2010/2011 rate.

The Omanisation rate was 89.2 per cent in public schools in the educational year 2010/2011, but fell to 83.4 per cent in 2014/2015, a decrease of 1.76 per cent per year.

The decline was far higher in private education institutes; the Omanisation rate in these institutions fell to 25.6 per cent last year, from 38 per cent in 2010/2011.

The report stated that while the number of expatriate teachers rose steadily in 2014/2015, the number

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The decline was far higher in private education institutes.

of Omani teachers “slightly increased.”

“This resulted in a gradual decrease in Omanisation in teachers’ positions,” the report said.

The decline, according to the report, is due to the “rarity of Omani graduates in some majors,” a gap that was ultimately filled with expatriate manpower.

In addition to the retirement

More enrolment “Moreover, more students are being enrolled yearly in the Sultanate’s schools, hence, more teachers are needed,” the report argued.

Despite these factors, the Omanisation rate is expected to spike in the coming years, thanks to teacher development and training programmes, according to the Education Council.

Further, a retired Arabic teacher argued that expatriate teachers are more qualified, as higher education in the country is “not good enough to develop teachers.”

“I encourage hiring of more expatriate teachers in our schools to improve the results of our students,” he stated.

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MUSCAT: In a move to reduce long queues within the embassy premises, the Pakistan Embassy in Muscat has launched a system to renew passports online through its e-services portal.

Pakistani nationals who already hold machine-readable passports can use the system to renew their passports online, Naheed Naveed Atif, deputy head of the mission at the Pakistan Embassy in Muscat, said in a statement .

Pakistani expats expect that the new facility will not only help reduce the rush of applicants visiting the mission, but also help solve parking problems near the embassy. “Some days it is so busy that we have to wait for hours to renew our passports,” a resident said. >A6

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THE BRIEFING EVENT

PAKISTAN

Seminar on Reviving ‘Sohar Vessel’ journey to China MUSCAT: A seminar on the ‘Sohar Vessel’ journey to Canton Port in China under the theme ‘Indications and Forecast’ will kick off on Monday under the auspices of His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Minister of Heritage and Culture.

A number of speakers from

Oman, China and other countries alongside with participants representing the different governmental organisations and associations will take part in the seminar.

The seminar will be associated with by an exhibition that will display images that were not published before about ‘Sohar Vessel’

Sharif keen to meet Trump, may visit US next month Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is keen to meet Donald Trump, may visit Washington next month for the oath taking ceremony of the US President- elect, media reports said on Sunday. >A10

journey, a documentary on the vessel journey and sailors, as well as the articles published by the Omani and Chinese media about this journey during that period.

The two-day seminar commemorates the journey from the Wilayat of Sur to Canton City in China between 1980 and 1981. -ONA

WORLD

Fidel laid to rest ending nine days of mourning

Picture perfect Yiti riviera

Fidel Castro’s ashes were laid to rest on Sunday, capping nine days of official mourning when hundreds of thousands of Cubans said farewell with a combination of tears, Castro-like defiance and choruses of “I am Fidel!” >A12

The multi billion dollar Salam Yiti riviera project will create a hilltop golf-community with apartments, townhouses, villas, and a main boutique hotel. The main attraction is the golf course. >A4

LIFESTYLE

OMAN

Hyperloop in Oman still a theory

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Italian artist to display skills Italian artist and dancer Lucia Olivia will display two mirror-effect installations, and sculpt a new one at the Home Show exhibition on Monday. She will also livepaint a falcon on a colourful stone at the four-day event, which will take place at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre. >A4

OMAN

Experts discuss ways to combat trafficking

REGION

Egypt sharply raises customs duties

A large number of engineers from different companies have collaborated on the Hyperloop but right now, their only concern is to get the project to work. >A14

BUSINESS

TIBCO ties up with Bahwan CyberTek

Egypt has sharply raised customs duties on more than 300 goods to encourage domestic production and curb a ballooning trade deficit, prompting fears consumers already struggling with double-digit inflation will face further price increases. The increases, which saw many tariffs jump to 60 per cent, are the second to be imposed this year in Egypt. >A7

TIBCO Softwareannounced its partnership with Bahwan CyberTek (BCT)—a global technology innovation company with strong roots in the market—in a bid to scale its operations in the Middle East and North African (Mena) region. >B1

SPORTS

HM’s Cup hockey final on December 19

INDIA

Resolute action needed against those sheltering terror forces: Modi To combat human trafficking due to existing conflicts, a meeting of Arab experts began at the Sheraton Hotel under the patronage of Hamad bin Khamis Al A’meri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Manpower for Labour Affairs yesterday. >A6

In a clear message to Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for “resolute action” not just against forces of terrorism but also against those who support, shelter, train and finance them, saying silence and inaction will only embolden terrorists and their masters. >A8

With the five of six teams identified, the OHA is set to conduct the draw for the next round of His Majesty’s Cup Hockey Championship on Monday. >C1 MEETING

Civil Service Minister receives Shell Oman official MUSCAT: Sheikh Khalid bin Omar Al Marhoon, Minister of Civil Service received in his office yesterday Chris Breeze, General Manager, Chairman of Shell Oman Country at Shell Development Oman, as well as senior officials at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and, Shell Development and Haya Water.

The meeting reviewed programme of the Ministry of Civil Service to execute (Kafa’a) programme and the stages made up to now. It also viewed experiences of some leading institutions in the same field. The project’s plan includes forming committees for implementing the project, as well as forming technical support team from government units. Shell gave a presentation on its experience of talents management and competence development. The presentation touched on several topics, such as some models of talents management at Shell Development, discussing criteria of performance classification, challenges of excellent performance and other related aspects. -ONA

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Stage set for Oman International Motor Show TARIQ ZIAD AL HAREMI

tariqh@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Classic cars, test driving and raffle prizes are among the activities at this year’s Oman International Motor Show, beginning on Wednesday.

More than 12 auto brands will display hundreds of cars this year.

The new 2017 Toyota Corolla, as N C S I D ATA

13.5% rise in housing plot allocations in Muscat Governorate MUSCAT: There has been a 13.5 per cent rise in the number of residential plots granted by the Government in Muscat Governorate in the first 10 months of 2016, according to the latest National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) bulletin.

However, during the period, the total number of residential plots issued by the Government across governorates declined 11.5 per cent to 27,363 from 30,917 plots granted in 2015.

The greatest rise in the number of issued residential plots was recorded in the Governorate of Musandam, with the number of issued plots going up to 272 from last year’s 28, logging a rise of 871.4 per cent.

In contrast, the Governorate of Dhofar saw a sharp 56.5 per cent fall in the number of issued residential plots at 1,174, as against 2,701 plots granted last year during the 10-month period.

The number of plots issued rose 13.5 per cent to 1,986 in the Governorate of Muscat compared with 1,750 granted by the end of October 2015 while the Governorate of Al Buraimi recorded a 46.2 per cent growth with 421 plots against 288 plots issued last year.

The Governorate of A’Dakhiliyah issued 5,095 residential lands, which is 14 per cent down from last year’s 5,934 plots. North Al Batinah granted 3,173 lands (a rise of 4.2 per cent) while the South Al Batinah granted 4,614 lands (a fall of 18.4 per cent). -ONA

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well as the Lexus IS 2017 will also be unveiled at the show.

Several activities are in store for visitors, with the Toyota pavilion featuring a virtual reality experience at the Prius display, a game called “Crack the QR Code”, and raffle prizes that give visitors the chance to win a Samsung Galaxy S7, a Nikon D5200 DSLR camera and an LG-43 inch LED TV, among

other prizes. Similarly, the Lexus pavilion will award free tickets every 30 minutes to the VOX Imax.

Additional activities include test drives, the outdoor Land Rover experience, road safety demonstrations and a sand art performance.

A general raffle will also take place, promising the grand prize winner a 2017 Toyota Corolla.

Explaining the show’s popular-

ity, Nader Abbas, General Manager of Omanexpo said, “The potentials and investment opportunities in Oman’s automotive market, and the increase in GDP growth in recent years, accompanied by higher income resulting in higher car ownership rates per household and a fast-growing population, has led to Oman being an increasingly vital market for manufacturers.”

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His Majesty The Sultan is the foundation of the Renaissance of Oman, and we celebrate His place in our heart as a nation on this day.

Faris Al Juma, App developer

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Omani twins launch Android version of app dedicated to HM KHADIJA ALZADJALI

khadija@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: A day before Oman’s 45th National Day in 2015, two young Omani twins were featured in Oman Pride for their mobile application dedicated to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said. The app gave users a treasure chest of information regarding His Majesty, all at the touch of their fingers.

On this year’s 46th National Day, a new Android version of the app went online. The app initially was only available from the iTunes App Store, but luckily for Android users, the free download is now available on Google Play.

The apps’ central focus is the hashtag “The People Love His

Majesty”. It will provide people throughout the world with an opportunity to witness how Omanis and non-Omanis love Sultan Qaboos. The app includes dua (prayers) for His Majesty and Oman, poems, music and news. It also archives all speeches by His Majesty, from 1970 to the present.

Al Harith and Faris Al Juma first launched the app in 2013.

It had more than 1,200 photos, which could be saved and shared via Whatsapp, email, Airdrop and other apps. According to Al Harith, the iOS version saw more than 15,000 downloads, and they are expecting similar results for the Android version.

“It is a commonly held belief that since we already have an iOS

version, the transition to Android would be straightforward. However, Android has a different development environment and uses a different programming language.

Actually, Android uses the Java programming language, whereas iOS uses Objective-C and SWIFT,” Faris said.

“Our idea for creating an Android version was that we wanted

most people in Oman and around the world to be able to access this application and the information held within it. We hope that this will ultimately increase interaction with our application. As iOS and Android contribute to more

than 95 per cent of the smartphone user market, we have been trying to develop this dual platform approach for sometime, as android is something new for us to develop,” he added.

The young Omanis improved the design aesthetic and user experience, which would also improve the user experience in both platforms.

They then added more contemporary multimedia, such as speeches, videos and music. Their main focus was to reduce the size of the application, which they were able to compress by some 90 per cent.

According to Faris, the concept development of the app took 20 days, while developing the software took 3 months. The software was programmed using the Java

programming language and Android Studio, which is the official integrated development environment for Android platform development. For iOS, the app was updated with regard to the interface design and additional features.

This was achieved using Objective-C on Xcode, which is an integrated development environment for developing Apple software.

“National Day is special for everyone who is living in the great country of Oman. His Majesty The Sultan is the foundation of the Renaissance of Oman, and we celebrate His place in our heart as a nation on this day. In 1970, He made this promise to His people.

He has fulfilled and exceeded His promise,” Faris added.

HERE IS WHAT THE YITI RIVIERA WILL LOOK LIKE The multi-million dollar Salam Yiti riviera project will create a hilltop golf-community with apartments, townhouses, villas, and a boutique hotel. Although the main attraction is the golf course, there will also be a leisure club, marina and eco-centre, and a souq. According to project architects Villarroel Torrico, the challenges created by the mountainous topography were converted into a “great opportunity to design luxury residences with all units having incredible panoramic views.” The buildings, carved into the mountain, will keep cost and environmental impact at the minimum and also “reflect the rich Omani history and traditions.” The project has an estimated land area of 250,000sqm and built area 130,000sqm. – Image courtesy Villarroel Torrico

Italian artist to demonstrate skills in Oman The contemporary Italian artist said she will live paint a falcon on a colourful stone at the four-day event, which will take place at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre

MIRROR IMAGE: Lucia paints on natural stones, often creating different set-ups with mirrors, in which she paints half an image on a stone, and uses a mirror to complete the opposite part.

she will display more sculptures next March at Bait Al Zubair.

“We will unveil a special piece that celebrates Oman,” Luca said.

Primarily, Lucia paints on natural stones, often creating different set-ups with mirrors, in which she paints half an image on a stone, and uses a mirror to complete the opposite part.

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hassan@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Italian artist and dancer Lucia Olivia will display two mirror-effect installations, and sculpt a new one at the Home Show exhibition on Monday.

The contemporary Italian artist said she will live-paint a falcon on a colourful stone at the fourday event, which will take place at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Visitors will be encouraged to suggest a title for the painting, and the person with the winning name will receive a hand-size volcanic stone from Italy.

Imperfect is perfect Lucia often carried her heavy, volcanic rocks on a donkey’s back on the Island of Alicudi near Sicily to create her unique art.

“I prefer imperfect stones, marked in their shape by time or accidents, characterised by grooves or rifts, which are the

source of my inspiration,” she said.

The remote volcanic island, she noted, has inspired many artists and poets in Italy.

Along with her husband, Luca,

Value of eternity “Stones perfectly embody the value of eternity and, also, because in my artworks I want to give a three dimensional life to values, ideas or feelings that, being abstract, do not have one, or give a different shape and essence to real objects, as I feel them in my soul,” she said.

Her artworks can weigh up to 70 kilogrammes. Her art has received growing success and appreciation in exhibitions in Europe, as well as India, UAE and other Gulf countries. The couple will stay in Oman until mid-December, and will return for a larger solo exhibition in May 2017.

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30 Volvos recalled over threat of smoke coming from engines Times News Service MUSCAT: Thirty Volvos built from 2011 to 2015 were recalled by the Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP), in coordination with Mohsin Haidar Darwish, over the possibility of smoke coming out from engines.

Nine V40 models from 20132015 have been recalled, including chassis numbers 0000286 to

0249359, as well as 11 S60 models from 2011-2015 with chassis numbers 0020251 to 0364069.

Also, three V60 models from 2011-2013 with chassis numbers 0009953 to 0121876, and one 2014 V70 model with chassis number 0293876, were recalled. Six S80 with chassis numbers 0143091 to 0188821 were also recalled.

The recall follows concerns about engines heating during fast

driving, as well as driving the car as soon as it is switched on, especially in cool weather.

In worst case scenarios, there might be a slight leak of engine coolant, which would spark warning signs. Further, this could lead to an oil leak and possible smoke.

If the oil leak reaches a hot surface, it could cause a slow burning hazard in the engine compartment, noted officials.

19 Omanis, 3 expatriates die every day There is a steady rise in births per day for Omanis with 219 recorded in 2015, compared to 210 in 2014 and 201 in 2013, according to the Ministry of Health’s Birth and Death Notification System

TARIQ ZIAD AL HAREMI

tariqh@timeofoman.com MUSCAT: In 2015, a total of 7,724 people died in the Sultanate, according to the Ministry of Health’s Birth and Death Notification System.

Of the total, 6,404 were Omani and 1,320 were expatriates. The Omani death rate is 19 per day compared to 18 and 17 in 2014 and

2013 while expatriate death rates remained constant at 3 per day.

According to the data, 1,955 people, of whom 1,511 are Omanis and 444 expatriates, died because of unidentified symptoms compared to 2097 in 2014.

1,690 died due to circulatory system diseases and 508 deaths due to external causes, such as traffic accidents.

North Al Batinah Governorate

registered the highest deaths in 2015 with 1,534 followed by Muscat Governorate with 1,397.

On the bright side, live births have increased in 2015 with 86,286 registered births compared to 2014 with 82,981 newborns. In 2015, 79,926 newborns were Omani while 6360 were expatriates where in 2014 76,690 were Omani and the remaining 6291 were expatriates.

According to the data, there is a steady rise in births per day for Omanis with 219 recorded in 2015, compared to 210 in 2014 and 201 in 2013. Expatriates birth rates per day remained constant with 17 in 2015 as was the case with 2014 and 2013.

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Omanisation plans reviewed by Council MUSCAT: A report on Omanisation plans for jobs in different government units that apply the Civil Service Law, was reviewed by the Civil Service Council yesterday at its fourth meeting of the year.

The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Sheikh Khalid bin Omar bin Said Al Marhoon, Minister of Civil Service and Deputy Chairman of the Civil Service Council.

The meeting reviewed the follow-up report on what has been done to implement the decisions and recommendations of its third meeting in 2016.

It also reviewed its agenda and viewed the presentation prepared by the Ministry of Civil service on implementing the training plans for the government units which apply the Civil Service Law. The report included indicators and data on this area including the number of Omani employees who have been trained during the past

REVIEWED: The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Sheikh Khalid bin Omar bin Said Al Marhoon, Minister of Civil Service and Deputy Chairman of the Civil Service Council. – ONA

year within the framework of the financial allocation for this purpose, the positions of these employees, the training programmes and the periods of training, as well as other indicators and data.

The report included an evaluation of the Omanisation plan dur-

ing the 8th five-year development plan (2011-2015) and the current Omanisation plan at the 9th fiveyear development plan.

The Council also discussed requests of a number of government organizations about regularizing the employment conditions for

Bahrain is all set to host the 37th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit. — ONA

some of their employees to be compatible with the organization they work for and with their roles and responsibilities as shown in the Civil Service Law, its executive regulation and the system for job classification and arrangement. It also discussed a number of issues related to appointment applications and contracts for some technical jobs in light of the Council’s powers in this regard.

The Council discussed the reasons for such applications, which include mainly facilitating the operation of the relevant organisations.

The Council also discussed requests of a number of government units for their employees on loan by combining the basic salary of those employees in their work and the salary received by them from the loaning entities, according to the legal provisions governing this in the Civil Service Law and its implementing regulations. -ONA

Experts discuss ways to combat trafficking

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FUNCTION: The symposium was organised under the auspices of His Highness Sayyid Kamil bin Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said. -ONA

The meeting comes

Symposium held on voluntary work

of the Arab initiative

within the framework to build national capacity to combat human trafficking in

MUSCAT: The Voluntary Work Symposium, organised by the Ministry of Social Development in cooperation with the Arab Gulf Programme for Development, concluded at Grand Millennium Hotel yesterday.

The function was organised under the auspices of His Highness Sayyid Kamil bin Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said.

The symposium recommended organising training sessions for volunteers at the voluntary associations.

The symposium recommended focusing on voluntary

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activities and the programmes associated with the basic needs of individuals. The symposium urged the mass media to play a more effective role in terms of acquainting members of the society with voluntary work.

The symposium recommended supporting the role of researchers for conducting further studies and research on voluntary work. It called for adopting strategic planning when conducting voluntary work and the objective of any voluntary work should be well defined to achieve the results. -ONA

the Arab countries

MUSCAT: To combat human trafficking due to existing conflicts, a meeting of Arab experts began at the Sheraton Hotel under the patronage of Hamad bin Khamis Al A’meri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Manpower for Labour Affairs.

The two-day meeting is being hosted by the Sultanate, represented by the National Commission for

ARAB INITIATIVE: The two-day meeting is being hosted by Oman, represented by the National Commission for Human Trafficking in collaboration with UN Office on Drugs and Crime for GCC. -ONA

Human Trafficking (NCHT) in collaboration with UN Office on Drugs and Crime for GCC States.

The meeting comes within the framework of the Arab initiative to build national capacity to combat human trafficking in the Arab countries, which aims to support and develop the Arab system involved in combating this phenomenon, according to United Nations related standards and conventions.

The meeting aims to provide standards, guidelines, statistics and studies by the United Na-

tions about the human trafficking crimes and mechanism to address the new forms for these crimes because of ongoing conflicts.

The meeting also aims to support the national, regional and non-regional cooperation and communication, among the concerned authorities and law enforcement agencies and the concerned victim-referring authorities.

The meeting covers several topics, including the global framework of the phenomenon, human trafficking and the impact of conflicts

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Sundar added that Oman may perhaps cut around 4-5% crude oil production, similar to OPEC members and there will be little effect on the economy as the higher prices would eventually increase gross revenue of the government.

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based on migration and displacement in Arab areas, the impact of migration and migrants on the growing phenomenon of trafficking in persons and related to the protection and support of the people and the victims of trafficking of displaced groups, and to identify the victims of human trafficking within the displaced groups.

The meeting targets national commissions that care for fields related to combating human trafficking, law enforcement authorities and the agencies in charge of referring victims. -ONA

Nayaz, partner at Ernst & Young, the decision on output cut is an excellent move in the short term.

“This is likely to have a favourable impact on the oil prices in the short term. However, the extent of impact in oil prices and the consequential impact on the government cash flows is deNAT I O NA L D R E S S

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Earlier this year, the ministry banned importing clothes, fabrics, textiles, shoes and any goods that contain immoral images, logos, phrases, abusive language, or statements against religion, or related to any terrorist organisation.

It has also inspected a number of clothes shops in different parts of the Sultanate to ensure that there are no displayed clothes that “violate the Omani standards by including drawing or designs to the dress which harm the public taste”.

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pendent on the extent of production cut in Oman and the other OPEC and non-OPEC countries.

“Notwithstanding the above, the Oman Government’s recent efforts to promote economic diversification is a step in the right direction and needs to be pursued,” he added.

Meeting on innovation MUSCAT: The first meeting for the team on identifying successful government innovation experiences in the GCC states began at the Institute of Public Administration (IPA). The meeting aims at discussing recommendations of the 8th regular seminar of the GCC public administration institutes, which was held in May 2016 in Muscat. -ONA

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The conference, believed to be the most significant event for the luxury and fashion industries, is expected to attract 500 top-level attendees from more than 30 countries, and will bring together decision-makers, influencers, and innovators from both the business and the creative sides.

Attendees can expect two days of story-telling, experience-sharing, and contact and networkbuilding, that only a premium live event can provide.

The conference was held last year in South Korea, and the year before that in France.

The programme will explore how new wealth and untapped markets are the next great source of growth for the luxury industry in the 21st century. Speakers will include international business and creative leaders, as well as luxury observers and disruptors.

Themes of the 2017 Luxury Conference include new markets

for the luxury industry and targeting bright spots of wealth and growth; reigniting consumer desire; luxury for the “post-luxury” world; and the evolution of global trade routes.

Place Vendôme Qatar and Oman Air are the co-lead partners for the conference, along with host partner Port Sultan Qaboos Waterfront.

“The Condé Nast International Luxury Conference 2017 will explore the vast reach of 21st century luxury. Oman stands at the nexus of this global trade, offering a unique perspective that encompasses India to the Far East, Europe to Arabia,” Menkes, the curator of the conference, commented.

Maha Al Lamki, Oman’s representative at the Condé Nast International Luxury Conference, and also the owner and founder of MCO Group of Companies, said, “Personally, it is a privilege to be involved with the CNI luxury conference next year, and it is an immense opportunity for the Sultanate of Oman to showcase its vast heritage and culture. It is a global exposure that Oman will witness in 2017.”

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REGION Egypt raises customs duties to curb imports The increases, which saw many tariffs jump to 60 per cent, are the second to be imposed this year in Egypt, which relies heavily on imports of everything from wheat to luxury cars

CAIRO: Egypt has sharply raised customs duties on more than 300 goods to encourage domestic production and curb a ballooning trade deficit, prompting fears consumers already struggling with double-digit inflation will face further price increases.

The increases, which saw many tariffs jump to 60 per cent, are the second to be imposed this year in Egypt, which relies heavily on imports of everything from wheat to luxury cars.

They follow a slew of other measures including a currency flotation, increases in fuel and power prices and a new valueadded tax. All are likely to fuel inflation, which was near 14 per cent in October.

The finance ministry said the tariff increases on 320 categories of goods targeted manufactured products that are also made locally, such as carpets, ceramics and cosmetics. Duties were also raised on goods deemed non-essential, ranging from some types of fresh fruit to shampoo and toothbrushes.

Duties on cosmetics, dairy products, air conditioners, fans, refrigerators, microwave ovens, electric shavers, perfumes and a host other goods were increased to 60 per cent from 40 per cent.

Duties on carpets and baked goods doubled to 60 per cent.

“The amendments... aim to create the necessary climate to attract investment... and give a strong boost toward increasing

PRICE RISE: The owner of a supermarket waits for customers in front of shelves of food items in

Cairo, Egypt, on October 26, 2016. The finance ministry said the tariff increases on 320 categories of goods targeted manufactured products that are also made locally.. – Reuters

Importers criticised the increases, saying Egyptian suppliers did not produce enough of any of the goods included. The move was likely to boost local monopolies rather than encouraging competition

productivity, which is the basis of economic growth, as well as cutting imports, which... have widened the trade deficit to over $49 billion,” the finance ministry statement said.

Egypt has faced a shortage of hard currency since a 2011 uprising ushered in a period of political instability that drove away tourists and foreign investors.

It drained its foreign reserves defending a fixed exchange rate until last month, when the central bank abandoned its peg of 8.8 against the dollar. The pound has since depreciated to near 18 to the dollar.

Importers criticised the increases, saying Egyptian suppliers did not produce enough of any

of the goods included. The move was likely to boost local monopolies rather than encouraging competition, they said.

“We cannot bear the increased prices. The dollar has already increased costs by 110 per cent and then we put another 60 per cent on at customs? People who don’t have money, where will they buy?” said Ahmed Shiha, head of the importers division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce.

“We do not have a single factory that makes a bottle of perfume...

So how are we protecting Egyptian industries?”

The ministry said the increases, which came into effect at the start of December, were in compliance with World Trade Organisation

DRAFT

Rouhani proposes budget rise DUBAI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani proposed on Sunday a state budget of about $100 billion for next year, loosening the purse strings to support economic growth as Donald Trump’s election threatens to put renewed pressure on Tehran.

The US president-elect said during his campaign that he would scrap last year’s nuclear agreement between Iran and AIRPORTS, TOURISM FIRM

Abu Dhabi revamps state-owned entities’ boards ABU DHABI/DUBAI: Abu Dhabi has revamped the boards of two key state-owned entities, Abu Dhabi Airports and the Tourism Development Investment Company (TDIC), which are handling some of the emirate’s biggest development projects.

Company sources gave no reason for the changes, which occurred last month and replaced Ali Majed Al Mansouri, who had served as Abu Dhabi Airports chairman since 2012 and TDIC chairman since 2014.

Awaidha Murshed Al Marar was appointed the new chairman of Abu Dhabi Airports, and some board members have also been replaced, a company spokeswoman told Reuters.

Marar is already chairman of Abu Dhabi’s Department of Municipal Affairs and chairman of Etihad Rail. Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak is the new chairman of TDIC, a company source confirmed. — Reuters

world powers, in what would be a big blow to the Iranian economy just as it emerges from years of sanctions. Rouhani announced a draft budget for the Iranian year that will start on March 21 of 3,200 trillion rials ($99.7 billion at the official exchange rate), excluding state enterprises. That is up 9 per cent from the plan for the current year.

“Maintaining the growth rate

that was launched in the (current) year is the main economic issue for the country and all economic policies should be designed around this axis,” Rouhani told parliament in a speech carried live by state television.

“We hope to end the (current) year with single-digit inflation, a 5 per cent growth rate and the creation of 700,000 new jobs,” Rouhani said in his speech. — Reuters

standards and do not apply to countries or blocs with which Egypt has free-trade agreements.

They would increase customs revenues by 6 billion pounds ($339 million) a year, if the volume of imports remains the same, it said. Analysts said discouraging imports could help ease pressure on the pound, protect some industries and raise revenue in a country with a gaping budget deficit.

“I understand the frustration.

Every thing is getting more expensive and you are throwing this on top of it,” said Timothy Kaldas, non-resident fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy.

“But they are trying to create incentives for local investment while protecting local industries and simultaneously cutting pressure on the pound.”

But the duties raised the ire of Egyptians, who bemoaned the expected rise in prices and mocked on social media the goods deemed non-essential.

“Showers and toothpaste are considered provocative goods, so being clean and smelling good in this country is considered an excessive luxury,” tweeted one Egyptian. — Reuters

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2016 It must be backed by resolute action. Not just against forces of terrorism, but also against those who support, shelter, train and finance them Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

INDIA

A P O L L O H O S P I TA L S

NAVY DAY Navy personnel perform during the Navy Day celebrations at Gateway of India in Mumbai on Sunday. President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday praised the Indian Navy, terming it a strong, professional force which would serve as a “potent instrument” of national power. “Greetings & good wishes to all officers, sailors & civilian personnel of the Indian Navy on the Navy Day 2016,” the President said in a tweet. Terming the navy is “a strong, capable & professional force, which has effectively safeguarded our national maritime interests”, he said he was “confident that in the years ahead, Indian Navy will continue to progress as a potent instrument of our national power”. -PTI

Jayalalithaa suffers cardiac arrest, under observation CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital here, on Sunday suffered a cardiac arrest and is being treated by a team of experts, including cardiologists, Apollo Hospitals said.

“The honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, who is undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospitals, suffered a cardiac arrest this evening. “She is being treated and monitored by a team of experts, including cardiologists, pulmonologist and critical care specialists,” Chief Operating Officer and head of transformation of Apollo Hospital Dr Subbaiah Viswanathan said in a statement.

The 68-year-old leader suffered the cardiac arrest hours after All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam said that Jayalalithaa will return home “soon” as an AIIMS expert team has confirmed that she has completely recovered after over two months of hospitalisation.

Jayalalithaa was hospitalised on September 22 after she complained of fever and dehydration.

The hospital, which had been issuing bulletins on her health status, had later said she was being treated for infection with res-

J. Jayalalithaa

piratory support, among others.

Apollo Hospitals Chairman Dr C. Prathap Reddy had recently said Jayalalithaa was in good health and was speaking using a valve attached to the tracheostomy tube. Whole body physiotherapy was being done, he had said, adding that she was normally recuperating after being in bed for several weeks and would herself decide when to go home.

Earlier in the day, AIADMK spokesperson C. Ponnaiyan had told reporters that a three-member expert team from AIIMS, Delhi, had said that she had completely recovered. - PTI

Growing arc of terrorist violence is posing threat to the region: Modi India, Pakistan shouldn’t use HoA platform to score brownie points, says Russian envoy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there was a need to demonstrate strong and collective will to defeat terror networks that cause bloodshed and

ONE FOR THE ALBUM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, and other delegates, poses for a group photo before the inauguration of the 6th Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference, in Amritsar on Sunday.- PTI

spread fear

AMRITSAR: In a clear message to Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for “resolute action” not just against forces of terrorism but also against those who support, shelter, train and finance them, saying silence and inaction will only embolden terrorists and their masters.

In his address at the 6th conference of Heart of Asia, a platform to help Afghanistan in its transition, Modi said the growing arc of terrorist violence is posing the gravest threat to the region.

“Terrorism and externally induced instability pose the gravest threat to Afghanistan’s peace, stability and prosperity. And, the growing arc of terrorist violence

endangers our entire region. As such, support for voices of peace in Afghanistan alone is not enough.

“It must be backed by resolute action. Not just against forces of terrorism, but also against those who support, shelter, train and finance them,” Modi said.

He was speaking after jointly inaugurating the annual Ministerial conference here along with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani which is being attended by Pakistan Prime Minister Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz along with representatives of around 30 countries.

“Silence and inaction against terrorism in Afghanistan and our region will only embolden terrorists and their masters. Our bilateral and regional commitments of material assistance for Afghanistan’s development and humani-

tarian needs must continue and increase,” the prime minister said.

The prime minister said there was a need to demonstrate strong and collective will to defeat terror networks that cause bloodshed and spread fear. Expressing India’s strong commitment to Afghanistan’s transition, Modi said, “On India’s part, our commitment to our brave Afghan brothers and sisters is absolute and unwavering. The welfare of Afghanistan and its people is close to our hearts and minds.”

He also called for an Afghanled, Afghan-owned and Afghancontrolled peace process to bring stability to the country.

Calling for sustained and sincere global efforts to bring “durable peace and lasting political stability” to Afghanistan, Modi said securing its territory and citizens

from external threats must be a focus area for the “critical unfinished mission of our time”.

“We have no doubt about the scale of the challenge. But, we are equally determined to succeed,” he said, adding the results of collective efforts thus far have been hardwon, but mixed. He said there was a need to reflect with urgency on what more must be done and what must be avoided in Afghanistan so that its citizens can self-sustain peace and economic growth. Noting that all those involved in Afghanistan’s transition must build on the gains of the last 15 years, he said what was at stake is not just the future of Afghanistan that has invested in a vision of development, democracy, and pluralism but the peace and stability of the entire region, and beyond. - PTI

AMRITSAR: Russia’s special envoy on Afghanistan on Sunday said all parties involved in the war-torn country’s reconstruction must work together and that the Heart of Asia was not the platform for India and Pakistan to score brownie points.

Downplaying Russia’s military exercise with Pakistan two months ago, Zamir Kabulov, who overseas Russia’s engagement in Afghanistan, referred to India’s increasing cooperation with the US. The HoA should not be used by India and Pakistan for scoring points, he told reporters. He said bilateral issues should not cloud forums like the Heart of Asia, replying to a question on Pakistan supporting terror groups operating from its soil.

Kabulov represented Russia in the Heart of Asia conference where he articulated Moscow’s position on Afghanistan’s transition. He said all major players, including India, must extend all pos-

sible support to Afghanistan in its transition. India has close cooperation with the US, does Moscow complain?

Then why complain about much lower level of cooperation with Pakistan, he asked when referred to RussiaPakistan military exercise.

India has a strategic partnership with Afghanistan and is implementing projects worth $2 billion to help rebuild the country’s infrastructure.

India has been supporting an Afghan-led, Afghanowned, broad-based and inclusive process of peace and reconciliation, and advocating the need for a sustained and long-term commitment to Afghanistan by the international community. The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process was launched in 2011 and the participating countries include Pakistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and the UAE. - PTI

B I L AT E R A L T I E S

India-US defence ties closest ever now, says Carter WASHINGTON: Days ahead of his visit to India, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter on Sunday said that the defence ties between the world’s two largest democracies has never been as close as it is now with their militaries exercising together by air, land and sea like never before.

“The US-India defence relationship is the closest it’s ever been.

Through our strategic handshake - with America reaching west in the re-balance, and India reaching east in what Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls his Act East policy — our two nations are exercising together by air, land and sea like never before,” Carter said in his address to the Regan National Defence Forum in Simi Valley, California.

Slated to be in India on December 8, Carter would travel to Japan, Bahrain, Israel, Italy and the UK. This is for the first time that an outgoing American Defence Sec-

retary has included India in his itinerary for the final overseas trip.

“We also have a technological handshake — as the US-India Defence Technology and Trade Initiative, grasps hands with Prime Minister Modi’s Make in India campaign — that’s helping our countries move toward more diverse co-development and coproduction of weapons systems,” Carter said. Carter would meet Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and other leaders during his trip to New Delhi.

“He (Carter) will look to build on the strategic handshake between the two nations and to continue the momentum in the relationship over the past decade, including expanded defence cooperation during his time as Secretary,” the Pentagon had said in a statement last week. Carter said the US-Japan alliance remains the cornerstone of Asia-Pacific security.

“And with our new Defence

PLANNED VISIT: This is for the first time that an outgoing American Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has included India in his itinerary for the final overseas trip. - AFP file photo

Guidelines, the US-Japan alliance has never been stronger, or more capable of contributing to security in the Asia-Pacific and beyond,” he said. Carter also reflected on the re-balance strategy of US Presi-

dent Barack Obama.

“It will ensure DoD continues to help provide the security necessary for that consequential region — which is home to nearly half the global population and nearly half the

global economy - to remain a place where everyone can rise and prosper for decades to come,” he said.

“That’s been American policy and practice since the end of World War II more than 70 years ago. Regardless of what else was going on at home or in other parts of the world — during Democratic and Republican administrations, in times of surplus and deficit, war and peace — the United States has remained economically, politically, and militarily engaged in the Asia-Pacific,” he said.

The US, he said, has long taken a principled and inclusive approach, and collaborated with a network of regional allies and partners to enable security and uphold important principles like resolving disputes peacefully; ensuring countries can make choices free from external coercion and intimidation; and preserving the freedom of overflight and navigation guaranteed by international law.

“Because we did so, out of the rubble of World War II, economic miracle after miracle has occurred.

Think about it....first Japan, then Taiwan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia rose and prospered, and today, China and India are doing the same,” Carter said.

That progress has produced incredible changes in the region: populations are growing, education has improved, freedom and self-determination have spread, economies have grown more interconnected, and military spending and cooperation are growing, he added.

“Amid all this remarkable change and progress, America’s interests and objectives in the AsiaPacific have endured: we still want peace, stability, and progress there.

But as the region has changed, our approach to how we meet those interests and uphold those enduring principles has had to change along with it,” he added. - PTI

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Congress demands white paper over Centre’s note ban move Congress leader Digvijai Singh said we want to know with whom did the Central government hold discussion about demonetisation

PATNA: Congress on Sunday demanded a white paper from the Centre on the demonetisation move which it claimed is the “biggest scam of India” and sought a probe into it by a Joint Parliamentary Committee.

“We want to know with whom did the Central government hold discussion about demonetisation.

The government should issue a white paper on this,” senior party leader Digvijay Singh told reporters here.

“A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) should probe the entire issue of demonetisation which helped BJP and its men convert

ENGROSSED: All India Congress Committee General Secretary Digvijay Singh and his wife Amrita Rai with Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee President and Bihar Education Minister Ashok Choudhary at Sadaqat Ashram in Patna on Sunday. - PTI

black money into assets,” he said.

Singh alleged that even the Prime Minister’s Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian and other officials were in the dark about the impending demonetisation.

“Some people had information in advance which is evident from the fact that Rs10 million were deposited in BJP’s account in a Kolkata bank in addition to the party buying land in Bihar and Odisha,” he claimed. Singh, a Rajya Sabha member, was in the state capital

as part of the party’s strategy to get people acquainted with the Congress’ view on demonetisation. He was accompanied by Bihar Congress chief and Bihar Education Minister Ashok Choudhary, Sadanand Singh, Dilip Kumar Choudhary, H. K. Verma and others.

Terming demonetisation as the “biggest scam of India”, Singh alleged that Punjab BJP’s legal cell co-convenor Sanjeev Kamboj had put his photograph on social media with wads of new notes of Rs 2,000

that raises a question mark on the BJP leaders having free access to new currency notes when the common people are standing in lines to withdraw money.

He pointed out that the Modi government increased the “limit of foreign remittances from India” from 75,000 to 250,000 US Dollars, and alleged that the decision led to an outflow of nearly Rs30 billion from the country only in one year prior to demonetisation.

“Whose money was sent out is yet to be disclosed,” Singh said.

Asserting that the demonetisation move was an utter failure of governance, the Congress veteran said that the decision was taken in a haste which not only created “economic anarchy and chaos” but also made the entire nation stand in queues to withdraw their hardearned money.

The decision also helped counterfeit currency getting “legalised” in the process, Singh said while explaining that out of Rs14.50 lakh crore of scrapped notes of Rs500 and Rs1,000, Rs10 lakh crore has already been deposited in banks and this includes the counterfeit currency in huge volume. The very objective of demonetisation which is to mop up of black money, counterfeit currency and terror funding was defeated, he said. - PTI

Manmohan ‘lacks credibility’ for slamming demonetisation: BJP BENGALURU: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday hit out at former prime minister Manmohan Singh over his criticism of demonetisation, saying he “lacks credibility” for such an attack as he himself headed the most “corrupt regime ever”.

“Manmohan Singh attacking this government for fight against black money lacks credibility. He himself in his 10 years’ regime, had not only failed in tackling black money, but is seen as heading the (most) corrupt regime ever in this country.

He was responsible for accumulation of black money,” BJP General Secretary Muralidhar Rao told reporters here.

Attacking the government over demonetisation in the Rajya Sabha, Singh had on November 24 said the step

was “a case of organised loot and legalised plunder” and reflected a “monumental management failure”.

Rao said, “I don’t value (Singh’s criticism) because he is a failed leader, who is attacking a government and a leader who is performing and taking fight against black money to its logical end.”

Responding to a question, Rao said the long queues at ATMs and banks besides currency crunch would disappear by December 30.

“That’s what Honourable Prime Minister has said. It may take some more time for the economy to become normal,” he said.

BJP General Secretaryalso said people, including farmers, who have been affected by demonetisation, would be “rewarded” in the next year’s budget. -PTI

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According to media reports, Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) has been trying to arrange a possible visit of Nawaz Sharif to Washington where Donald Trump will assume charge of the Office of the President of the United States on January 20.

KARACHI

SINDH CULTURE DAY CELEBRATIONS

Businessman Javed Khanani ‘commits suicide’

A woman dances with others during Sindh Culture Day in Karachi, Pakistan, on Sunday, - Reuters/Akhtar Soomro

KARACHI: Businessman Javed Khanani committed suicide by jumping off a building in Karachi on Sunday. SSP East Faisal Chacahar said Khanani fell from the 8th floor of an under-construction building in the city’s Mohammad Ali Society. He was rushed to the Liaquat National Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. The Federal Investigation (FIA) first rounded up Javed and Munaf Kalia in 2008 after a complaint was filed against one of their offices in Punjab, which led to a discovery of a parallel money transfer system being illegally operated by their firm for purposes of transferring money out of the country.

Several cases were filed against the due in Karachi, Lahore and Abbottabad for running illegal hundi operations. Javed was one of the directors of money exchange firm Khanani and Kalia International, and was held by FIA in 2014 on charges of transferring foreign currency worth Rs140 million out of Pakistan. The incident came less than a month after Javed’s brother Altaf Khanani pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering before a US court and was awarded 20-year imprisonment with a fine of $250,000. - Express Tribune STRENGTHEN TIES

Sharif keen to meet Trump, may visit US next month ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is keen to meet Donald Trump, may visit Washington next month for the oath taking ceremony of the US President- elect, media reports said on Sunday.

Speculation about the visit comes after telephonic conversation between Sharif and Trump last week.

Sources here said Special Assistant to Sharif on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi is leaving for the US on Sunday to finalise the schedule of the visit.

Fatemi would stay in Washington for 10 days and would meet the Trump team as well and discuss the ways to strengthen the bilateral ties between Pakistan and US. He would brief the team about the role Pakistan played in the war on terror and Pakistan’s policy towards Afghanistan and India.

According to media reports, Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) has been trying to arrange a possible visit of Sharif to Washington where Trump will assume charge of the Office of the President of the United States on January 20.

Sources say that Sharif has expressed his desire to attend Trump’s oath taking ceremony. The Pakistani Embassy in Washington DC has also started making requisite efforts to make this happen. - PTI

Rupee recovers sharply after crackdown against smugglers Rumours about cancellation of Rs5,000 banknotes and Rs40,000 prize bonds in Pakistan were cited as the reasons behind the recent depreciation of the rupee

Forex Association of Pakistan Chairman Malik Bostan said the rupee price of dollar shot up to highs after gold smugglers generated additional demand for the greenback, Saudi riyal and UAE dirham thorities have nabbed two to three smugglers at the airports,” he said.

KARACHI: Pakistani rupee has recovered its value by up to Rs2 a dollar in the open market after the government started a crackdown on smugglers of currencies and gold at airports, currency dealers said on Saturday. “(A) dollar was available at Rs106.50 on Saturday against its recent peak of Rs108.50 the day before on Thursday,” Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan General Secretary Zafar Paracha said.

He said the recovery came after the government began action against unauthorised dealers of currency and gold on Friday. “Au-

Cheaper gold Forex Association of Pakistan Chairman Malik Bostan said the rupee price of dollar shot up to highs after gold smugglers generated additional demand for the greenback, UAE dirham and Saudi riyal. Gold in Dubai is cheaper by Rs2,000 a tola (11.66 grams) than Pakistan.

“Smugglers were bringing cheaper gold worth $5 million a day from Dubai into Pakistan,” he said.

“All flights to/from Dubai are under strict observation,” Bostan said, adding authorities arrested a woman carrying smuggled gold, mobile phones and currencies worth Rs4 million at Karachi air-

port on Friday. Paracha added that an international airline had to reschedule its flight from Karachi to Dubai on Saturday, as thorough checking of passengers consumed a lot of time.

The rupee’s recovery has significantly narrowed the gap between the value of dollar in open and inter-bank markets.

Contrary to the open market, the rupee has remained stable in inter-bank dealings for the last six months at around Saturday’s level of Rs104.65 a dollar, according to the State Bank of Pakistan.

All Sindh Saraf and Jewellers Association President Haji Haroon Chand said changes in bullion import and export rules had encouraged smuggling of the pre-

cious metal. “Earlier, jewellers were bound to import the same quantity of gold, which they had exported in shape of jewellery.

New rules demand 50 per cent in gold and 50 per cent in dollars against the export of jewellery,” he said.

Chand pointed out that an increase in income and withholding tax on gold was also encouraging smuggling.

Currency dealers added that the crackdown against smugglers got under way after they explained to the central bank and the Ministry of Finance that smuggling was the single biggest cause behind the recent surge in dollar’s value.

Their latest meeting took place in Islamabad with Finance Minis-

ter Ishaq Dar on Friday.

It was attended by officials of the Federal Investigation Agency, Intelligence Bureau, Federal Board of Revenue and Customs Department. The meeting identified local airports that were being used by smugglers for free movement of gold and currencies in and out of the country.

Currency dealers said the rupee also recovered against dirham and riyal, the two other major currencies being used by the smugglers.

The rupee, however, depreciated against the pound sterling and euro.“The dollar has become weaker globally against major currencies,” Bostan said.

“There were (almost) no buyers of dollars in the local market on Saturday.Mostly, dollar sellers were visiting currency dealers,” he said. The rupee may maintain its recovery drive on Monday, as businesses remained mostly closed on Saturday, he added.

Also the rupee had depreciated against the greenback due to tightening of regulations in property markets, which primarily runs on black money.

New rules have led to a sharp rise in valuation of properties and transaction fee, encouraging black money holders to invest in other undocumented areas like gold, currencies and bonds. Rumours about cancellation of Rs5,000 banknotes and Rs40,000 prize bonds in Pakistan were cited as the reasons behind the recent depreciation of the rupee. - Express Tribune

HURDLES IN EXPORTS

Business community worried over burgeoning trade deficit LAHORE: Pakistan’s business community has expressed concern over the burgeoning trade deficit and asked the government to take stakeholders into confidence and eradicate unnecessary hurdles hindering exports and the domestic industry.

They said Pakistan’s largest export revenue generator – the textile sector – was the key to making a difference.

“Quarterly trade statistics suggest that the country’s trade deficit is likely to widen in coming months, so the government should immediately announce a textile package as delay has already hit textile exports,” said Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s former president Mian Anjum Nisar.

ALARMING SITUATION: Women workers sew fabrics at a garment factory in Karachi June 24, 2013. The textile sector was facing the worst possible scenario as the largest export industry after gaining the GSP Plus status in 2014 had been continuously declining due to uneven policies, higher cost of doing business and different tax issues. - Reuters

Tax issues He said the textile sector was facing the worst possible scenario as the largest export industry after gaining the GSP Plus status in 2014 had been continuously

declining due to uneven policies, higher cost of doing business and different tax issues.

He said the sector was considered the backbone of the country

and the largest manufacturing sector, but it had failed to reap benefits of the GSP Plus. On the other hand, Bangladesh managed to push its exports to $31.2 billion in 2014-15,

of which textile sector accounted for almost $25 billion.

“Pakistan’s largest export sector, after touching $13.8 billion worth of exports in 2013-14, dropped to

$12.14 billion in 2015-16, which is alarming,” Nisar said.

Pakistan’s trade deficit widened 8.14 per cent to $23.96 billion in 2015-16 compared to previous

year’s $22.16 billion.

Even in the first three months of the current fiscal year, the deficit widened to $9.31 billion, whereas exports fell 6.31 per cent to $6.4 billion. On the other hand, imports swelled 8.51 per cent.

However, Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front Senior Vice Chairman Tanvir Ahmad Sufi said imports were saving the local industry and the government should further lower duties on important raw materials.

“National economy is being saved by the local industry and the government should lower tariffs on those imported raw materials which are not available in Pakistan,” said Sufi.

“Government is not realising the impact of CPEC on the local industry,” he said, adding before the trade started in full swing, the government should make concrete steps for saving the local industry as it was not possible for China’s exports to not make inroads into Pakistan. - Express Tribune

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Razak criticises Myanmar over Rohingya issue KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Sunday criticised the Myanmar government and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi over the “ethnic cleansing” of the minority Rohingya community in its Rakhine state.

Addressing a mass rally in solidarity with the ethnic Rohingya community at Titiwangsa Stadium here, Najib signed a giant banner to protest what he called “ethnic cleansing” of the minority Muslim race in Rakhine in Myanmar.

He said, Malaysia would continue to pressure its ASEAN counterpart to settle the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar.

He also called on Indonesia and its President Joko Widodo to stand with Malaysia against Myanmar on the issue.

Myanmar had warned Najib against attending the rally, saying that doing so would breach ASEAN’s policy of non-intervention with neighbouring countries.

“I don’t care!” declared Najib to the audience, consisting mostly of ruling UMNO party and opposition PAS members.

“Do you expect me, a leader of over 30 million people to close my eyes? To stay silent? I will not!

“Someone tell Myanmar that the Asean Charter also protects human rights. They cannot just interpret whatever they like,” he said. — PTI

Vice president of Philippines quits cabinet Leni Robredo cited ‘major differences’ with President Rodrigo Duterte

MANILA: Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo announced on Sunday she would resign from her cabinet post, citing “major differences” with President Rodrigo Duterte and suspicions that a plot was underway to unseat her from the number two job.

Robredo is refusing to step down as vice president but said she decided to quit as Housing Secretary after receiving a text message from another minister, telling her on Duterte’s behalf to “desist from attending all cabinet meetings” from Monday. The president and vice president are elected in separate contests in the Philippines and Robredo was

not Duterte’s running mate. “I had been warned of a plot to steal the vice presidency. I have chosen to ignore this and focus on the job at hand,” Robredo said in a statement.

“But the events of recent days indicate that this plot is now being set into motion,” she said, describing her cabinet exclusion as “the last straw”.

No details Robredo gave no details of the alleged plot. Cabinet Secretary Jun Evasco confirmed in a radio interview he sent the text message, citing Robredo’s “irreconcilable differences” with Duterte. Robredo said she had clashed with Duterte over his policies, including his war on drugs, which has killed over 2,000 people in the past five months, and his push to reinstate the death penalty.

She has not been shy about criticising him, including over his “improper” public remarks about her appearance and private life.

Robredo, 52, a former lawyer and social activist, said she joined the cabinet because she believed

helping the poor was one thing she and Duterte could agree on.

“From the very beginning, the president and I had major differences in principles and values,” she added.

Robredo came from the party of previous president, Benigno Aquino. She defeated by a narrow margin Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of the late dictator overthrown in a 1986 revolt.

Her election in May was dogged by allegations by Marcos Jr that the vote count was rigged to ensure the Robredo’s Liberal Party had a stake in Duterte’s executive.

Robredo was especially critical of last month’s burial of his father at a “heroes’ cemetery”, saying it was an insult to the memory of those who suffered under the martial law Marcos imposed in 1972, in what was one of the darkest chapters of Philippine history.

Duterte supported the burial of Marcos, who was widely accused of brutality and plunder and enriching his cronies and family, which remains influential in politics. — Reuters

C L A R I F I C AT I O N

Trump conversation with Taiwan president a courtesy call: Pence WASHINGTON: US Presidentelect Donald Trump’s phone conversation with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday, which prompted a diplomatic protest from China, was simply a “courtesy call”, Vice President-elect Mike Pence said on NBC on Sunday.

Asked whether any shift in policy should be read into the call, Pence said: “I don’t think so.” The call with Tsai was the first by a US presidentelect or president with a Taiwanese leader since President Jimmy Carter switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 1979. “This was a courtesy call. The

democratically elected president of Taiwan called to congratulate the president-elect,” Pence said.

China’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it has lodged “stern representations” with what it called the “relevant US side,” urging the careful handling of the Taiwan issue to avoid any unnecessary disturbances in ties.

Pence said he was not aware of any contact between the Trump transition team and the Chinese government since Friday, and did not expect Trump’s team would reach out this week to ease tensions with China, which claims

Taiwan as its own. Pence said the call was similar in nature to one between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping after the November 8 election. “I think I would just say to our counterparts in China that this was a moment of courtesy. The president-elect talked to President Xi two weeks ago in the same manner. It was not a discussion about policy,” Pence said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Trump lambasted China throughout the US election campaign, pledging to label the country a currency manipulator on his first day in office. — Reuters

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SCI-FI CONVENTION Actors dressed as science fiction characters take a break from posing for photographs at the ‘For the Love of Sci-fi’ convention, in Manchester, northwest England on Sunday. The independent fan convention features actors, merchandise and live music alongside numerous recreated props and sets from science fiction films such as: Transformers, Judge Dredd, Jurassic Park, E.T. and Star Wars. — AFP

Austria far-right candidate loses presidential vote VIENNA: A Green Party-backed independent, Alexander Van der Bellen, defeated the Freedom Party’s Norbert Hofer to become Austria’s next president, beating off a challenge by an anti-immigration candidate who had threatened to sour Austria’s ties to the European Union.

With counting still under way, Van der Bellen took an estimated 53.6 per cent of the vote to Hofer’s 46.4 per cent after Sunday’s repeat run-off election, public television channel ORF said, citing initial projections. Austrian Press Agency also projected a win for Van der Bellen based on early results, and within minutes Hofer conceded defeat on his Facebook site.

The result defied projections of a razor-tight finish and ends an acrimonious year of campaign politics that polariSed Austria.

Van der Bellen, who pledged to prevent anti-EU forces from forming a government, now has to heal the rifts exposed over immigration and economic inequality.

German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel welcomed Van der Bellen’s presidential election victory, hailing the result as a “victory

CORRUPTION

Thousands rally in Brazil in support of investigations RIO DE JANEIRO: Demonstrators marched in major cities across Brazil on Sunday, protesting government corruption and a recent vote in Congress that was widely perceived as an effort to intimidate judges and prosecutors currently leading graft probes.

Dressed mostly in the national colours of yellow and green, thousands of residents of Rio de Janeiro gathered along the city’s Copacabana waterfront waving banners with messages like “We are all Sergio Moro,” the judge who has overseen a historic corruption investigation that has jailed dozens of political and corporate chieftains.

The demonstrations, also underway in cities like São Paulo and Brasília, are smaller than some of the massive marches that erupted across Brazil in recent years as an economic boom soured into recession and citizens grew frustrated with corruption and once-successful leftist policies that exhausted public finances.

Those problems this year helped topple former President Dilma Rousseff, formally impeached for breaking budget rules, and now plague the nascent administration of President Michel Temer, her conservative successor and a politician who many Brazilians already complain inspires little hope for change. “The struggle has to continue,” says Iara Soares, a 56-year-old schoolteacher at Rio’s beachside march, wearing a cape-like Brazilian flag over her shoulders.

“We need a real renovation of the political class.” — Reuters

Norbert Hofer

of reason against right-wing populism,” according to an interview with Germany’s Bild newspaper.

It’s the first time in 70 years the country has elected a presidential candidate outside the Social Democratic or Austrian People’s Party, after both the established parties were eliminated in earlier rounds of voting. It’s also the first time that a Green Party leader has won a popular election in Europe to become head of state since the global environmental movement began.

Austria’s Interior Ministry showed Van der Bellen won more rural support than he did during the May 22 runoff -- a result that was overturned by the Constitutional Court because of irregularities in counting. — Bloomberg

Fidel laid to rest in Cuba ending 9 days of mourning A private ceremony was held at Santiago’s Santa Ifigenia Cemetery, Cuban state media reported

SANTIAGO (CUBA): Fidel Castro’s ashes were laid to rest on Sunday, capping nine days of official mourning when hundreds of thousands of Cubans said farewell with a combination of tears, Castro-like defiance and choruses of “I am Fidel!”

A private ceremony was held at Santiago’s Santa Ifigenia Cemetery, state media reported.

Castro’s cremated remains were due to be placed a few steps from the mausoleum of independence hero Jose Marti, another towering figure of Cuban history who Castro long admired.

Castro, who had been out of power for a decade but never far from the centre of public life, died on November 25 at age 90.

In his final years he wrote a periodic column on world and local matters and received foreign dignitaries at his home on the outskirts of Havana. Castro gave Cuba an outsized influence in world affairs.

He was feted by Nelson Mandela for helping to end apartheid at a time the West supported the racist system, but helped take the world to the brink of nuclear war during

TRIBUTE: Workers fix the plaque with his name on Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s tomb at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery Santiago de Cuba on Sunday. — AFP

the Cuban missile crisis. Forced to step down due to an intestinal ailment, Castro ceded power to his younger brother Raul, the current president, at first provisionally in 2006, then definitively in 2008.

Cuba has not revealed the cause of his death. In keeping with his wishes, Castro’s image will not be immortalised with statues and public places will not be named after him, his brother said on Saturday. Initially the ceremony at the cemetery was due to be carried live on television, but hours before official media announced it would be “solemn and private.”

Castro’s memorial at the cemetery is a large, round stone placed

close to, but dwarfed by, Marti’s mausoleum, according to a Reuters witness.

It is a few steps from a monument to rebels who died fighting in Castro’s failed 1953 attack on the Moncada barracks in Santiago, the start of the revolution. Cuban television cut from live coverage at the appointed hour of 7 a.m.

EST (1200 GMT). At that moment in Havana, military cannons unleashed a 21-gun salute that thundered across the capital city.

Seeing greatness in himself long before taking power, Castro created his own, enduring persona, and played the role with a flourish throughout his long public life.

He was at various times a triumphant revolutionary, an indefatigable speaker, and a military strategist.

His larger-than-life character instilled Cuba with pride and national identity, while also generating acute hatred among his enemies. It even came with its own wardrobe and props: olive green fatigues and military hat, boots and a beard, and, until he quit smoking in the 1980s, a long lancero cigar.

He ruled for 49 years, longer than any contemporary except for Queen Elizabeth of England, after overthrowing a US-backed dictator in 1959. He went on to align Cuba with the Soviet Union and

sustained a near-permanent confrontation with the United States, sending both doctors and soldiers overseas to burnish Cuba’s revolutionary character.

In recent years, Cuban doctors have been widely praised for their quick deployment in international health crises, including the Ebola outbreak and the aftermath of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake.

Even after ceding power to his brother Raul, now 85, Fidel was a guiding light to leftists and antiimperialists around world and a lightening rod for the barbs of his critics, who loathed him for confiscating private property, jailing opponents, and shutting down almost all dissent.

The impact of his long clash with the United States is still being felt. Cuban-Americans in Miami celebrated his death, and Washington maintains a trade embargo that Castro long used as the reason for Cuba’s economic troubles.

US President Barack Obama changed course on US policy toward Cuba in December 2014, agreeing on a prisoner exchange, declaring his intent to restore diplomatic ties and asking the U.S. Congress to end the embargo.

Fidel Castro gave begrudging approval to the detente brokered by his brother.

He did not meet Obama during his historic visit to the island, instead penning a column that warned Cubans not to trust the president’s “honey-coated” words.

President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to reverse Obama’s rapprochement after he assumes the White House on January 20 unless Cuba enacts internal changes, the kind of pressure both Castro brothers have vehemently rejected. — Reuters

UNPOPULAR SOCIALIST LEADER

Hollande leaves successor to fix French economy PARIS: French voters elected Francois Hollande in 2012 on promises to fix the floundering economy. Five years on, he is leaving much unfinished work to his successor.

The unpopular Socialist leader, who said on Thursday he would not run in next April’s presidential election, can claim some success halting the economy’s decline after the financial crisis of 2008-2009, and improving the public finances. But he has deeply frustrated voters with his lack of progress on growth and unemployment and left them bitter by landing households with the cost of reining in a budget deficit.

Once in office, Hollande hiked taxes on households by more than 50 billion euros ($53.4 billion) - 2.5 per cent of GDP - inadvertently

Francois Hollande

snuffing out a nascent recovery in a move most economists now consider a mistake. The unemployment rate has risen above 10 per cent, while Hollande has failed to deliver the level of growth he promised at the start of his term in office. Now with France having the

highest tax burden in Europe at 47.9 per cent of GDP and an everchanging tax code, the next president will need to have fiscal reform at the top of their agenda, said Xavier Ragot, head of the OFCE economics think-tank.

“What we need is a solid tax reform that makes things simple, let’s have rates that everybody can understand and use other levers like public investment for economic policy,” he told an economics conference in Paris on Friday.

The economy, along with security and immigration issues, is likely to play a major role in the presidential election.

The centre-right’s candidate Francois Fillon, a former prime minister, is the early favourite. He has cornered the economic agenda

so far, with proposals to cut taxes by 50 billion euros, mainly by reducing companies’ tax bills.

Former Harvard economist Philippe Aghion, who once advised Hollande but is now critical of him over his tax hike, said Fillon’s platform was however still short of the details that could determine its success or failure.

He told the conference that the structural change envisaged by Fillon would need to be accompanied by a strong focus on job training as well as a shake-up of the labour market and tax code, otherwise the plans would not work.

Voters’ frustration over a lack of significant economic improvement over the past five years could bolster the electoral prospects of anti-immigrant National Front

leader Marine Le Pen who promises a clean break with what she describes as the failed policies of mainstream parties. “People want a storm to come and shake everything up. This desire is the simple result of inertia, an incapacity to act collectively that has become unbearable,” said economist Denis Kessler, who is also CEO of French reinsurer SCOR. Hollande’s government expects growth this year of only 1.4 per cent - a far cry from the 2.5 per cent he had set his sights on at the start of his term in office.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development calculates the economy has lost its capacity to grow much faster on a sustained basis over the long-term without deep changes - estimating

France’s “potential growth rate” at only 1.2 per cent. However, France could lift its growth potential if it used the breathing space offered by low borrowing rates to finance growth-friendly measures. “(France should) use the window of opportunity for fiscal initiatives that have a key element not just of spending but also reducing taxes, altering the pension system and encouraging a structural change particularly in the labour market,” OECD chief economist Catherine Mann said.

After Hollande’s initial tax hike, he shifted to a more favourable business-friendly stance, mainly by introducing a 40-billion-euro payroll tax credit scheme aimed at restoring firms’ profitability and export competitiveness. — Reuters

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Global health organisations and initiatives have traditionally focused on infectious diseases, from malaria to smallpox.

But there has long been a tiny corner of global health that has targeted chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)

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n conflict zones, it is children who often bear the brunt of the violence. Last month, repeated air strikes on a school compound in Idlib, Syria, killed at least 22 children; and children in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo have, for months, had no way to escape near-constant bombardments.

As the New York Times reported in September, “They cannot play, sleep or attend school. Increasingly, they cannot eat.” Just a few weeks before that report, a bomb was detonated outside a school in southern Thailand, just as parents were dropping off their children.

The blast instantly killed a father and his fouryear-old daughter, and injured ten others. Brad Adams of Human Rights Watch described the bombing as an act of “incomprehensible brutality”: “Calling this a war crime does not fully convey the harm done to the victims, or the far-reaching impact such attacks have on children in the region.”

And just weeks before the Thailand bombing, on August 13, air strikes on a school in Yemen’s northwestern Saada region killed ten children and injured about 30 more. Given these recent examples, there is clearly a need to prevent attacks – by state and armed non-state actors alike – on educational institutions and facilities.

That is why Education Above All (EAA) has established its advocacy programme, Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict (PEIC). The rationale underpinning PEIC is straightforward: education provides critical opportunities for children and young people, and this is especially true for those living in conflict zones. Schools and universities give students a vital link to normality, while encouraging them to maintain hope and pursue their aspirations.

They not only train the next generation of doctors, journalists, lawyers, and community leaders; they also furnish children with mentors, food, water, and knowledge about basic health and sanitation.

And yet, as the attacks on schools in countries such as Syria, Yemen, and Sudan show, what are supposed to be safe havens often are under direct threat. If children can still attend school during conflicts, they will be the green shoots that emerge to re-rebuild their war-torn societies when the fighting is over.

To protect students’ basic human right to edu-

cation, universities and schools in conflict zones should be shielded in the same way that health-care facilities are.

Indeed, like hospitals, schools concentrate one of the most vulnerable populations in any society.

Attacks on children and schools often draw international condemnation, but words alone are clearly not an effective deterrent.

Thus, PEIC’s mission is to use the enforcement mechanisms available under international law to strengthen our collective political will to prevent attacks on educational facilities. EAA wants to ensure that education is recognised as being fundamental to human development – and thus is accorded the fullest protection. We should be creating a world where everyone who wishes to learn, teach, or conduct academic research can do so in peace and with dignity. But this shared ambition requires shared action, because it will take collaboration, cooperation, and mutual trust to develop the new international arrangements needed to protect educational institutions in conflicts.

Toward that end, and in partnership with the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, PEIC has taken a leading role in promoting the Safe Schools Declaration, which includes a promise to protect “schools and universities from military use during armed conflict.” This clause is essential for safeguarding schoolchildren, teachers, and facilities during times of war. We hope that, in time, the Declaration in its entirety will become a universally recognised international standard. In September, Albania became the 56th country to sign the Declaration, and the Albanian government has now publicly committed to protecting education during periods of armed conflict.

In making this pledge, Albania has joined countries such as Iraq, where there is a pressing need to safeguard children’s futures, as well as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Kenya, Nigeria, New Zealand, Norway, Qatar, and South Sudan. EAA is committed to preventing schools from becoming battlegrounds, and it is calling on all countries that have not yet signed the Declaration to do so. - Project Syndicate

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Create Your Own Road Safety Kit Blanket or Jacket Yes, even in the desert it can get cold, especially in the mountains.

Story Felicia Campbell

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riving around Muscat, we are never terribly far from petrol stations, auto shops, or other people, but heading out of town on a weekend excursion you will often find yourself in “no-man’s land” with many kilometres between petrol stations or even other motorists. If you’re anything like me, then the last thing you are thinking about as you pack your cool box, barbecue grill, and folding chairs is an emergency kit.

That’s why it is a great idea to have a “permanent kit” stashed in your trunk at all times, that way, if you spring a flat tyre, run out of petrol, or find yourself stranded between towns for any reason, you’ll already have what you need to help you solve the problem and get on your way, or at least be comfortable while waiting. Here’s how to build a basic kit, which you can add-to based-on your travel destinations and needs.

–felicia@timesofoman.com

Old Sneakers Don’t throw away your old gym shoes. Put them in a plastic bag and keep them in the car. If you do find yourself in a position where you need to walk for some distance, you’ll be grateful to have them.

Jumper Cables There is little more frustrating than having a simple dead battery, plenty of helpful motorists stopping, but no jumper cables.

Folding Shovel So many uses and especially great when digging out of the sand.

Multi-tool This can come in handy in ways you will never think of until the situation arises. Great use of space and resources.

Fix-A-Flat Sealant Aerosol tyre inflators with sealant are a temporary fix for flat tyres causes by a small hole (like a nail), designed to allow drivers to get off the side of the road to a proper car repair shop.

That said, they can mess up the automatic air pressure sensors in newer cars, so use only in an emergency. That said, be sure your car’s jack, lug-nut remover, and spare tyre are all in the vehicle at all times.

A small to medium-sized duffle bag or backpack to store your gear in.

Reflective Triangles or LED Warning Lights It is essential that other motorists can see you on the side of the road after dark to avoid accidents.

First Aid Kit Any store bought kit will do, just be sure there are plenty of band aids, bandages inside.

Cash Not a ton of money, but at least a few rials and some baisas as you very well may not be near an ATM to access funds for petrol, small maintenance jobs, or snacks.

Coolant and a Jug of Water In this desert heat, cars often overheat when the water and coolant levels get low. Filling up the radiator with water is often enough to get you to the next town. Just be sure not to open the radiator cap until it is 100% cool.

Tow-Truck Contact Numbers Having a AAA membership is great, but at the very least, have the number of a towing service (who speak your language or at least understand you) saved in your phone and written down.

Flashlight (Ideally Solar and Battery Powered) We’ve all travelled down those pitch-black byways at night, having a light makes it much safer should you need to set out on foot.

Non-Perishable Food A can of tuna, a few protein bars, or other food items that are shelf stable can make for a much more comfortable wait if you have to call a tow truck to come find you.

Gas Can If you are close enough to a village or are able to get a ride from a friendly passing motorist when you run out of petrol, then a quick trip to the filling station might be all that is required to get you back on your journey, no tow truck needed.

Drinking Water Water is the number one important thing that, as desert dwellers, we should always have with us. Sure, it will be hot from sitting in the trunk, but the most dangerous part of any breakdown is the potential for dehydration. Keep a six-pack of 1-litre bottles in the car at all times. (This is in addition to your 1-gallon car repair water).

Rag When you pop the hood of the car to see if there are any obvious things wrong, it is good to have a rag to help you grip oily surfaces or to protect you from hot engine parts.

T E C H TA L K

Now Apple Working On Self-driving Car

A month after Volvo got an order of 100 self-driving cars from Uber, Apple has hinted that it will enter the driverless cars market where bigwigs like Tesla and Google have already made deep inroads, a media report said.

According to a report in The Verge, the Cupertino-based tech giant — under its so-called Project Titan — has submitted a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, stating that it is “investing heavily in the study of machine learning and automation, and is excited about the potential of automated systems in many areas, including transportation”.

The letter is Apple’s official comment on the federal govern-

ment’s automated vehicle guidelines, released last September.

Interestingly, Apple’s letter is signed by Steven Kenner — the company’s head of product integrity who up until recently was the global director of automotive safety at Ford.

“Apple agrees that companies should share de-identified scenario and dynamics data from crashes and near-misses. By sharing data, the industry will build a more comprehensive dataset than any one company could create alone,” Kenner’s letter was quoted as saying.

Recently reports surfaced suggesting that the company is not attempting to build its own electric car but is focused on de-

veloping self-driving software it can deploy in partnership with existing carmakers. “This letter comes amid news that hundreds of members of Apple’s 1,000-employee-strong car team have been reassigned, let go, or have left of their own volition,” the report pointed out.

In October, Uber ordered 100 self-driving vehicles from the Swedish company Volvo.

The news came after an 18-wheeler self-driving Volvo trailer drove from Fort Collins, Colorado, to Colorado Springs, bearing 50,000 cans of ale.

The Volvo truck, equipped with cameras and sensors, was owned by Otto, a self-driving truck company acquired by Uber earlier this year. —IANS

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2016

LIFESTYLE All about VivaVideo Editor and Photo Movie Maker

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ivaVideo Free Video Editor and Photo Movie Maker is an app that helps its users to create beautiful movies by editing together the various video clips on their phone or tab. Users can put together photos to create a slideshow or edit and process videos you have taken to create a video. An app that could do lot of cool stuff like trimming and rotating. For many months now I’ve been using VivaVideo.

Saying that I’m a fan of it would be an exaggeration but until I find something better, this will continue to be my favourite.

—mobinmathew@timesofoman.com

clips, add music, choose a theme, clip videos, and add effects, stickers, text, and transitions. There are a lot of free themes, effects, stickers, and transitions to choose from apart from the paid ones. Once the video is ready you can export it directly to a video sharing site like Youtube or save it as a draft.

Launched: 2013

Permissions Required: Access to camera, photo library, storage, and microphone

Why to Download Now: The app allows the users to trim videos, string together a collection of video

Pro Tip: To make your videos merge and appear like a movie rather than disjointed clips. You can use filters, effects, transitions, titles, and a music track.

Users can also choose to dub their videos if they wish.

Available for: Windows, iOS, Android

Size: 93.3MB

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TATA STEEL EYES UK PLANT Tata Steel is edging closer to a deal with UK steel workers’ unions to keep its troubled Port Talbot plant, the country’s largest in south Wales, open until at least 2020, a media report said on Sunday. – PTI

Muscat 5,610.02 + 36.68 + 0.52%

Dubai 3,417.05 + 56.14 + 1.67%

Abu Dhabi 4,261.86 - 46.91 - 1.09%

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Kuwait 5,554.90 - 14.10 - 0.25%

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CRUDE OIL PRICE

CURRENCY RATES*

DRAFT RATES (OMR1)*

GOLD PRICES*

Type ............................Delivery...........Price

Forex rates vs OMR1* US Dollar ................................. 2.58 Euro ............................................ 2.40 Pound ..........................................2.02 Indian Rs ............................. 176.34 Pak Rs .................................... 267.74 Bangla Taka......................203.83

Indian Rs ................................... 177.00

Muscat 24ct per gm (OMR) ........15.10

Pakistan Rs ............................. 271.90

Muscat 22ct per gm (OMR) .......14.55

Oman Crude............. (Spot) .........$52.12 Dubai Crude ............. (Spot) .........$51.03 Murban Crude ........ (Spot) ........$49.35 Arabian Light ......... (Spot) ..........$51.19 N.Sea Brent............... (Spot) ........$54.46 West Texas Int ....... (Spot) .........$51.68

* Rates are as of Dec 4 Source: Bank Muscat

Bangla Taka........................... 204.40

Dubai 22ct per gm (Dh) ............ 134.00 * Rates as of Dec 4

* Rates as of Dec 4

Source: Oman UAE Exchange

Source: Malabar Gold & Diamonds

Oman-Brunei discuss ways to boost trade opportunities Officials at the three day event also discussed the need for optimisation in technology and management processes of companies.

Times News Service MUSCAT: The second Oman Brunei summit opened at the Grand Hyatt yesterday, with officials from both Oman and Brunei highlighting potentials and achievements of their respective countries.

Officials at the three day event discussed the need for optimisation in technology and management processes of companies.

According to Dato Paduka Awang Haji Jamain, Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister’s

office, Brunei did not have to cut jobs in the oil and gas sector, even during low oil prices, due to its policies of optimising technology and the workforce.

“We have reduced unit operational costs from around $12 to $9.3 since 2005. We have optimised our contracts awarded technique and supply chain, therefore, there is a decreased spending in the oil and gas sector,” he said.

Also, Ibtisam Barakat Al Riyami, People and Change Director at Petroleum Development Oman

(PDO), highlighted the use of the LEAN programme in enhancing PDO’s efficiency and output.

“The LEAN programme has enhanced PDO’s efficiency, in terms of human resources and production capabilities. It’s a philosophy which not only helps in cutting costs and efficiency, but improves people’s mindsets in a way which makes every PDO employee think about relentlessly cutting out extra costs,” she said.

Speakers at the conference also highlighted in-country value projects undertaken by their respective companies.

Participants will attend a technical visit on the second day of the conference, followed by a workshop on the third day, which will focus on trade and partnership opportunities between the countries. Outcomes and recommendations from discussions will be announced following the workshop.

Dubai 24ct per gm (Dh) ............142.50

Phil Peso ................................... 128.85

Dato Paduka Awang Haji Jamain. - Picture by Jun Estrada/Times of Oman

TRADE TIES

UK’s May heads to Gulf LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May will visit Bahrain this week to meet Gulf leaders to discuss security cooperation and boost trade with the UK as she seeks to build new ties after Brexit.

May will attend a dinner with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman, and hold bilateral meetings. She’ll also discuss the situation in Yemen and Syria, as well as relations with Iran, her office said. “There is so much we can do together — whether it is helping one another to prevent terrorist attacks, Gulf investment regenerating cities across the UK or British businesses helping Gulf countries to achieve their long-term vision of reform,” May said in the statement. “I hope my visit will herald the start of a new chapter in relations between the United Kingdom and the Gulf.”

— Bloomberg News

P R E F E R R E D PA R T N E R

TIBCO announces partnership with Bahwan CyberTek Times News Service MUSCAT: TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in integration, API management, and analytics, on Sunday announced its partnership with Bahwan CyberTek (BCT)— a global technology innovation company with strong roots in the market—in a bid to scale its operations in the Middle East and North FOURTH MEETING

Committee agrees to issuing new directory Times News Service MUSCAT: A key committee agreed on issuing a directory of banks and insurance company to explain the activities and services of this sector to the society, the Finance, Banking and Insurance Committee said during its fourth meeting of the year 2015.

It is important to understand the role of banks and insurance companies in the process of economic and social development, and in supporting the Omani private sector under the ongoing economic situation, the committee added.

The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Eng. Redha Juma Saleh Al Saleh, ViceChairman of Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) for Administration and Finance Affairs and chairman of the committee in presence of the committee members representing the banking, finance and insurance sector.

The meeting also discussed a number of topics related to the committee such as awareness seminar on Islamic banking, possibilities of holding a seminar on tax law, educating the establishments in the sector, possibility of holding a social responsibility seminar for private sector establishment.

The members at the fourth meeting underlined the importance of holding regular annual meeting for finance sector during the first quarter as a platform to review and discuss the recent developments and the needs of the sector.

African (Mena )region.

As a preferred partner exclusive to the region to drive long-term growth, BCT enables TIBCO to expand its international marketthrough its network of 2,200 industry experts across a variety of industries. BCT has a strong footprint of solutions across industries, includingoil and gas,public sector, financial services, and

education. This partnership will combine technology, services, and industry best practices to serve the growing demand for analytics and IoT. Having played a pivotal role in transformational projects in the region over the last 17 years, BCT will provide comprehensive market coverage for TIBCO via its existing relationships and delivery

capabilities. This success in the region expands the addressable market for TIBCO in BCT’s strong base of 200customers. TIBCO customers will benefit from BCT’s local presence and deep industry expertise in a variety of markets, including: Oil and Gas, Banking and Financial Services, Government, and Energy and Utilities.

S. Durgaprasad, founder and

global chief executive officer, BCT, noted, “We are excited to partner with TIBCO. Keeping in line with BCT’s theme of ‘Connected Innovation,’ this partnership provides a platform to jointly create products and solutions to address growing industry needs. This unique relationship is a true synergy between a horizontal, Tier One technology player, partnering with an organi-

zation with innovative solutions, deep domain knowledge, and regional expertise.”

TIBCO’s real-time platform sits at the heart of the digital transformation agenda for many global 2000 companies, and spans integration, API management, analytics, Master Data Management, Business Process Management, and IoT applications.

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2016

MARKET MSM index ends higher

OMAN STOCKS

MUSCAT SECURITIES MARKET

INDICES Index .................................................High .................Low..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff % MSM30 Index ........................................5,610.02 ...............5,590.53 ................... 5,610.02 ................... 5,590.16..................19.86 ...................0.36 Financial Index ......................................7,457.51 ...............7,401.44 .................... 7,457.51 ....................7,399.81..................57.70 ................... 0.78 Industrial Index ................................... 7,286.04 ...............7,250.92 ................... 7,286.04 ................... 7,251.32................. 34.72 ...................0.48 Services Index .......................................3,010.86 .............. 3,003.88 ................... 3,006.61 ...................3,007.82...................-1.21 .................. -0.04 MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................852.93 ...................851.16 ...................... 852.40 .......................851.05.................... 1.35 ................... 0.16 Trading Summary Volume ................Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded 15,169,213 .................. 2,851,694 .................... 930 ................17,274,821,185 ................ 19 ........................7 .................... 18 .........................44

Al Anwar Holding, up 4.52 per cent was the top gainer while Sohar Power was the top

SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4

loser, down 6.20 per cent.

ISIN ......................................SECURITY NAME ..................................................................VOLUME..... TURNOVER............TRADES ......OPEN PRICE......HIGH ............. LOW ........ CLOSE PR. ...PREV. CLOSE...DIFF (RO).........DIFF % .............LAST PR.....LAST BID .............LAST OFFER ........MARKET CAP.PAR VALUE

MUSCAT: Supported by banking stocks, the MSM30 Index continued gaining momentum to close at 5,610.02 points, up 0.36 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index closed at 852.40 points, up 0.16 per cent. Al Anwar Holding was the most active in terms of volume as well as turnover. Al Anwar Holding, up 4.52 per cent was the top gainer while Sohar Power was the top loser, down 6.20 per cent.

A total number of 930 trades were executed on Sunday, generating turnover of OMR2.85 million with 15.1 million shares changing hands. Out of 44 traded securities, 19 advanced, 7 declined and 18 remained unchanged. At the session close, GCC & Arab Investors were net sellers for OMR280,000 while Omani Investors switched to net buyers for OMR248,000 followed by Foreign Investors for OMR32,000 worth of shares.

Financial Index advanced 0.78 per cent to close at 7,457.51 points. Al Anwar Holding, Al Sharqia Investments, Oman & Emirates Holding, Al Batinah Development and Ahli Bank increased 4.52 per cent, 4.44 per cent, 4.00 per cent, 3.37 per cent and 2.13 per cent respectively.

Al Madina Takaful, HSBC Bank and NBO declined 1.37 per cent, 0.86 per cent and 0.83 per cent respectively.

Industrial Index ended at 7,286.04 points, a gain of 0.48 per cent. Al Hassan Engineering, Al Jazeera Steel, Galfar Engineering, Al Maha Ceramics and Al

Anwar Ceramics gained 3.45 per cent, 3.11 per cent, 2.13 per cent, 0.85 per cent and 0.57 per cent respectively. Oman Flour Mills, down 0.57 per cent was the only sector loser. Services Index retreated 0.04 per cent to finish at 3,006.61 points. Phoenix Power and National Gas gained 0.71 per cent and 0.68 per cent respectively. Sohar Power, OIFC and Port Services declined 6.20 per cent, 1.02 per cent and 0.42 per cent respectively.

Dubai stocks gain Dubai stocks were the biggest gainers across Gulf markets after oil, the region’s main source of revenue, capped its best week since 2009.

The DFM General Index climbed to the highest level in two months after Emaar Properties, which accounts for about one-fifth of the gauge, advanced 3.2 per cent as of 11:52am in Dubai. The developer signed an insurance settlement of Dh1.2 billion ($327 million) for a fire that engulfed its hotel on New Year’s Eve, Al Khaleej newspaper reported. Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index increased 1.6 per cent as more than 90 per cent of the measure’s 176 members rose.

“Oil climbed 15 per cent last week and that has a strong impact on investor sentiment, while the news on Emaar’s settlement for the Address hotel fire” is good for the stock, Tariq Qaqish, the MD for asset management at Al Mal Capital, said by phone from Dubai. — United Securities/Bloomberg News

REGULAR MARKET .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 1,703,328 ...... 314,605...................128 ............0.182 ........... 0.187 ...........0.182............0.185 ............. 0.177............ 0.008.............4.520 ................0.185 .............. 0.185...................0.186...................32,375,455 .........0.100 OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ........................ 230,626 ............53,565..................... 36 ........... 0.225 ........... 0.237 ...........0.225........... 0.232 .............0.225 ........... 0.007..............3.111 .................0.235..............0.235...................0.236...................28,976,327.........0.100 OM0000001087............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE ............................... 274,000 ............88,180..................... 23 ........... 0.320 ...........0.324 ...........0.320........... 0.322 ............. 0.316............ 0.006............. 1.899 ................0.324..............0.324...................0.326 ................. 32,200,000 ........0.100 OM0000001962............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ................................... 129,000 .............. 7,093........................8 ............0.055 ...........0.056 ...........0.054........... 0.055 .............0.054 ............0.001 ............. 1.852 ................0.056..............0.055...................0.056................... 11,393,326 .........0.100 OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ......................... 864,455 .........100,380..................... 59 ............0.117 ........... 0.117............ 0.115 ............0.116 ............. 0.114............ 0.002............. 1.754.................0.116 .............. 0.116................... 0.117 .................... 6,825,813 ..........0.100 OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 629,359 .........281,908..................... 50 ........... 0.446 ...........0.450 ...........0.444 .......... 0.448 .............0.442 ........... 0.006............. 1.357 ................0.448..............0.444...................0.448 ................1,118,320,116.......0.100 OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS ................................................ 116,265 ............ 54,863......................19 ........... 0.468 ........... 0.472 ...........0.468........... 0.472 .............0.468 ........... 0.004............. 0.855 ................0.472..............0.470...................0.472...................24,780,000.........0.100 OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 1,472,963 ......208,100..................... 43 ............0.140 ........... 0.143 ...........0.140............0.141 .............0.140 ............0.001 ............. 0.714 ................0.143 ..............0.143...................0.144................. 206,226,806 .......0.100 OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS .............................................................16,600 ...............9,866........................3 ........... 0.590 ........... 0.598 ...........0.590........... 0.594 .............0.590 ........... 0.004............. 0.678 ................0.598..............0.590...................0.598...................32,670,000.........0.100 OM0000002168............AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES ............................... 1,084,428 ...... 190,523..................... 64 ............0.176 ........... 0.177 ...........0.175 ............0.176 ............. 0.175.............0.001 ............. 0.571 ................0.176 .............. 0.175...................0.176 ...................52,133,608 .........0.100 OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ........................................................30,659 ............46,908........................6 ............1.530 ........... 1.530 ...........1.530 ............1.530 ............. 1.530............ 0.000.............0.000 ................1.530 ..............1.500...................1.530................. 306,000,000 .......0.100 OM0000001533 ............OMINVEST ......................................................................28,120 .............13,666........................8 ........... 0.486 ...........0.486 ...........0.486........... 0.486 .............0.486 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.486..............0.486...................0.524 ................ 308,994,372 .......0.100 OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT .......................................................... 253,905 ..........113,896......................18 ........... 0.448 ...........0.450 ...........0.448........... 0.448 .............0.448 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.448..............0.448...................0.450..................148,230,974........0.100 OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION .......................... 29,773 ............ 43,953......................12 ............1.480 ........... 1.485 ...........1.475 ............1.475 ............. 1.475............ 0.000.............0.000 ................1.485 ..............1.480...................1.485 ................1,106,250,000 ......0.100 OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ......................................... 1,200 .................. 274........................1 ........... 0.228 ...........0.228 ...........0.228........... 0.226 .............0.226 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.228............. 0.222...................0.228 .................. 67,523,755 .........0.100 OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 125,000 ............18,403........................5 ............0.148 ........... 0.148 ...........0.147 ............0.147 ............. 0.147............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.148 .............. 0.147...................0.148..................235,861,403........0.100 OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 125,830 ............77,827......................16 ........... 0.624 ...........0.628 ...........0.616 ........... 0.620 .............0.620 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.620..............0.620...................0.628..................403,585,423 .......0.100 OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION .........................74,500 ............. 17,779..................... 10 ........... 0.240...........0.240 ...........0.237........... 0.239 .............0.240 ...........-0.001 ............-0.417................0.237..............0.237...................0.240 ..................22,714,560 .........0.100 OM0000001483............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ................................. 766,577 ......... 182,699......................14 ........... 0.240...........0.240 ...........0.238........... 0.238 .............0.240 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.833 ...............0.238..............0.237...................0.240 .................350,997,943........0.100 OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE................27,222 ...............5,306........................7 ............0.194 ........... 0.195 ...........0.194............0.195 ............. 0.197............-0.002 ............-1.015................0.195 ..............0.194...................0.195 ...................39,000,000.........0.100 OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL.............................................. 82,200 ...............5,928........................9 ........... 0.073 ........... 0.073 ...........0.072........... 0.072 .............0.073 ...........-0.001 ........... -1.370................0.072..............0.072...................0.073...................12,600,000.........0.100 OM0000003711 ............SOHAR POWER................................................................ 6,475 ............... 1,567..................... 10 ........... 0.242...........0.242 ...........0.242 .......... 0.242 .............0.258 ...........-0.016 ........... -6.202 ...............0.242..............0.238...................0.242 ..................53,484,420.........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 8,072,485....1,837,291...................549 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......22........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARALLEL MARKET .................................................................................................................................................................................

OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING ........... 1,030,735 ...... 145,454.....................80 ............0.139 ........... 0.145 ...........0.136 ............0.141 ............. 0.135............ 0.006.............4.444 ................0.142..............0.142...................0.143...................12,690,000.........0.100 OM0000001681 ............OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING........... 254,500 ............33,199......................17 ............0.129 ........... 0.132 ...........0.129........... 0.130 ............. 0.125............ 0.005.............4.000 ................0.130 ..............0.130...................0.132................... 15,843,750 .........0.100 OM0000002366 ...........AL BATINAH DEV. INV. HOLDING ...................... 311,913 ............ 28,707......................31 ........... 0.089 ...........0.096 ...........0.089........... 0.092 .............0.089 ........... 0.003............. 3.371 ................0.096..............0.094...................0.096....................2,760,000 ..........0.100 OM0000002200 ...........AHLI BANK .................................................................... 124,000 ............23,816........................5 ............0.188 ........... 0.194 ...........0.188 ........... 0.192 ............. 0.188............ 0.004............. 2.128 ................0.194.............. 0.181...................0.000 ................ 273,606,940 .......0.100 OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 1,192,591........114,977..................... 62 ........... 0.095 ...........0.098 ...........0.095........... 0.096 .............0.094 ........... 0.002............. 2.128 ................0.097..............0.096...................0.097................... 27,838,141 .........0.100 OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK............................................... 45,000 ............... 3,145........................4 ........... 0.069 ...........0.070 ...........0.069........... 0.070 .............0.069 ............0.001 ............. 1.449 ................0.070..............0.069...................0.070...................70,000,000 ........0.100 OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 1,534,040...... 125,364..................... 52 ............0.081 ...........0.082 ...........0.081 ........... 0.082 ............. 0.081.............0.001 ............. 1.235 ................0.082..............0.081...................0.082 .................123,000,000 .......0.100 OM0000002549 ...........BANK DHOFAR ............................................................ 581,618 ...........131,272.....................24 ........... 0.225 ...........0.226 ...........0.225........... 0.226 .............0.225 ............0.001 .............0.444 ................0.225..............0.225...................0.228 .................429,219,516 ........0.100 OM0000001319 ............NATIONAL ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS .................5,000 .................. 950........................1 ............0.190 ........... 0.190 ...........0.190........... 0.190 .............0.190 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.190..............0.190...................0.200 ................... 6,378,576 ..........0.100 OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES .......................................................56,066 ...............3,476........................8 ........... 0.062 ...........0.062 ...........0.062........... 0.062 .............0.062 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.062..............0.061...................0.062 ................... 7,750,000 ..........0.100 OM0000001590............MUSCAT FINANCE........................................................5,000 .................. 590........................1 ............0.118 ........... 0.118............0.118 ............0.118 ............. 0.118 ............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.118 .............. 0.118...................0.125...................31,472,438 .........0.100 OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ..............34,210 ............... 9,134........................4 ........... 0.267 ...........0.267 ...........0.267........... 0.267 .............0.267 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.267..............0.265...................0.268 ................... 5,607,000 ..........0.100 OM0000002572 ...........OMAN OIL MARKETING ..................................................24 .....................45........................1 ............1.860 ........... 1.860 ...........1.860............1.875 ............. 1.875............ 0.000.............0.000 ................1.860 ............. 0.000...................1.860..................114,890,625 ........0.100 OM0000003000 ...........ALMAHA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MAR. ....... 77,098 ........... 111,021......................18 ............1.440 ........... 1.440 ...........1.440........... 1.440 .............1.440 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................1.440..............1.440...................1.490...................99,360,000.........0.100 OM0000003281............TAAGEER FINANCE .................................................. 32,440 ............... 3,763........................6 ............0.116 ........... 0.116............0.116 ............0.116 ............. 0.116 ............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.116 ...............0.115................... 0.116 ...................29,416,440 .........0.100 OM0000004776 ...........TAKAFUL OMAN INSURANCE ................................4,650 .................. 862........................4 ............0.185 ........... 0.186 ...........0.185 ........... 0.186 ............. 0.186............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.185 .............. 0.181...................0.186...................18,600,000.........0.100 OM0000001400 ...........OMAN FLOUR MILLS ............................................... 122,963 ........... 86,074........................7 ........... 0.700 ........... 0.700 ...........0.700........... 0.700 .............0.704 ...........-0.004 ........... -0.568 ...............0.700..............0.700...................0.712 ..................110,250,000........0.100 OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 1,669,274 .......191,629..................... 47 ............0.116 ........... 0.116............0.114 ............0.115 ............. 0.116 ............-0.001 ........... -0.862 ...............0.114 ...............0.113................... 0.115 ..................230,035,971........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 7,081,122.... 1,013,478...................372 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......18........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Barclays wins coveted award Times News Service MUSCAT: Barclays was named Best Overall GCC Private Bank at the WealthBriefing GCC Region Awards 2016, further emphasising the bank’s continuous commitment to delivering outstanding services in the private banking sector across the region.

This recognition from WealthBriefing is considered to be one

of the most prestigious awards for private banking in the region. This accolade, presented to Barclays in recognition of its leading role in the wealth and investment management sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), follows a series of industry awards that the bank has received in the region.

Cedric Lizin, Head of Middle East and Africa, Barclays

Wealth and Investment Management, said: “We are delighted to be named the Best Private Bank in the Gulf Cooperation Council

by WealthBriefing, as this prestigious award, as well as other awards that we have received consistently over the last three years, reflects Barclays’ industry leading service standards in Wealth and Investment Management within the GCC region.”

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MARKET GPCA FORUM

Sadara leads drive to a more robust downstream industry Times News Service MUSCAT: Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) participated in the 11th Annual GPCA Forum that took place in Dubai recently. Going with the theme of this year’s event “Competitiveness: Riding New Waves,” the company underscored its vision for the regional downstream industry in Saudi Arabia and the region.

“Our game-changing vision will unlock opportunities that will support a more competitive and robust downstream manufacturing and conversion industry for Saudi Arabia that will have positive ripple effects on the region as a whole,” said Sadara Value Park Director Mohammad AlAzzaz.

ANNUAL MEETING: Sadara representatives at the 11th GPCA Annual Conference. - Supplied picture

“This vision is underpinned by Saudi Arabia’s significant competitive advantages that enable it to strive towards being the region’s leading supplier of specialty chemical and plastics products, includ-

CONDITIONAL OFFER

Tycoon Li Ka-shing offers $5.4b for Duet MELBOURNE: Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings has offered to buy Duet Group at a premium of about 28 per cent in a bid to win control of the Australian infrastructure company’s pipeline assets, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Hong Kong-based company made a conditional offer of A$3 a share for Duet last week, said the people, asking not to be identified as the details are private. The offer values Duet at about A$7.3 billion ($5.4 billion), according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The board of the Australian company plans to consider the offer, the people said. Duet shares closed at A$2.35 in Sydney on Friday.

The bid for Duet would be the latest attempt by Li to bolster his Australian business this year.

The tycoon experienced a setback in August when the Australian government blocked CKI and State Grid Corp. of China from buying a majority stake in stateowned power network Ausgrid.

Expanding his business in Australia would also help Li diversify away from the UK, the biggest profit generator for his flagship firm CK Hutchison Holdings, as Britain’s decision to split off from the European Union threatens to

ing its vast hydrocarbon reserves, relatively low production costs, modern industrial infrastructure, strategic geographic position near emerging markets, and young and skilled force,” AlAzzaz added.

Fourteen of the 26 manufacturing units located in Sadara’s large industrial complex in Jubail Industrial City II — which also houses the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) only mixed-feed

cracker — will produce specialty chemicals and plastics products previously only available through imports to the Gulf region from other markets.

This suite of specialty products will help transform a regional chemical industry overwhelmingly dominated by commodity products — with less than one per cent of the region’s petrochemical products currently classified as specialty chemicals.

Specialty plastics and chemicals are building blocks for a wide range of manufacturing industries and applications with high demand and value-added potential, including oil & gas chemicals, consumer products, construction materials, automobile parts, specialty

packaging, and many others.

Sadara’s team promoted investment opportunities in PlasChem Park, the adjacent industrial park developed in collaboration with the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu which will house production facilities in the downstream manufacturing and conversion industries which can utilise the company’s specialty products and other feedstock to produce value-added enduser products.

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India likely to cut rate by 0.25% on Wednesday Canara Bank MD and CEO Rakesh Sharma said that with softening of inflation, “we expect that RBI may go for a 25-basis point rate cut in the upcoming policy”.

This will be the second policy which will be based on recommendations of the Monetary Policy Hong Kong billionaire Li Kashing. - Bloomberg file picture

Committee. reserve

undermine the economy.

Wendy Tong Barnes, a spokeswoman for CKI, couldn’t be immediately reached for comment.

A spokesman for Duet declined to comment.

Duet’s assets include the Dampier-Bunbury pipeline in Western Australia, a stake in electricity distributor United Energy, gas distribution business Multinet Gas, pipelines business DBP Development Group and Energy Developments, according to the Duet’s website.

The Australian Financial Review had reported earlier about CKI making an offer for Duet. — Bloomberg News

1.75 per cent since

bank had cut repo by January 2015 Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel. — Bloomberg file picture

NEW DELHI: Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel is expected to again go in for a 0.25 per cent interest rate cut at its next policy review on Wednesday, with an aim to cushion the impact of demonetisation, a majority bankers feel.

This will be the first monetary policy review after demonetisation of old Rs500 and Rs1,000 currency notes following which banks

witnessed surge in deposits.

Patel, in his first policy as RBI Governor, in October reduced the repo rate (short term lending rate) by 0.25 per cent to 6.25 per cent. This will be the second policy which will be based on recommendations of the Monetary Policy Committee.

RBI has cut repo by 1.75 per cent since January 2015.

Ease the repo rate Echoing similar views, IDBI Bank CFO R K Bansal said the central bank would ease the repo rate to 6 per cent.

“The new two quarters are very important and they would like to see the impact of demonetisation,” Bansal said.

In order to manage liquidity conditions, RBI on November 28 had asked banks to maintain an incremental cash reserve ratio (CRR) of 100 per cent on deposits accrued between September 16 and November 11, 2016.

The temporary hike in CRR due to high deposits with banks is not a concern, but RBI should cut repo by 0.25 per cent to 6 per cent in next policy review in December to adjust balance between high liquidity and interest rates, Yes Bank said.

According to SBI, there is an expectation that the inflation in November will be below 4 per cent.

In October, retail inflation was at 4.20 per cent while wholesale inflation eased to 3.39 per cent.

“Also, the recent demonetisation will support easing inflation by affecting consumer demand adversely. Hence, we are still expecting another round of repo rate cut by 25-50 basis points (0.25-0.50 per cent) in 2016-17,” a senior SBI official said.

Last week, RBI hiked CRR to 100 per cent on the incremental deposits on a temporary basis to suck out excess liquidity after deposits of Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes following their withdrawal.

The Citi, in its report, has said RBI may revise its 2016-17 GDP growth forecast substantially from 7.6 per cent earlier and cut repo rate by 25 bps repo to arrest the downside risks to growth.

Industry chamber PHDCCI feels that as the process of demonetisation has created tremendous liquidity, at this juncture, “RBI should cut repo rate in line with cut in deposit rates” in the policy.

“Industry, businesses and people are facing the impact of higher interest rates for the last many years,” said PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Gopal Jiwarajka.

HSBC, in a report, said expectations of lower growth and inflation solidify its 25 bps rate cut call for the current fiscal year. — PTI

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FEATURE

THE OILFIELD SERVICE companies that supply everything from sand to sophisticated robot rigs are seeking a new lease on life as America’s fracking fortunes begin to turn.

Shale drillers have added 158 rigs since May, according to Baker Hughes.

At the same time, companies such as Chesapeake Energy and EOG Re-

sources have been increasing their efficiency by cramming more and more sand into individual wells, aiming to extend their reach miles further. That’s boosted sand prices roughly 25 per cent to about $24 a tonne, according to IHS. It’s an early sign that oilfield services, hard hit by a two-year slump

Reopening conversations With West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude prices now up by more than 70 per cent from this year’s low, the industry is starting to use higher sand prices and the added activity in oil fields ranging from Texas’s Permian Basin to the Scoop and Stack plays of Oklahoma as an excuse to reopen conversations over how much they’ll be paid, said Samir Nangia, an IHS analyst.

Already, leases for more-efficient rigs that can walk from well to well and drill out several miles sideways, are up by as much as $5,000 a day, a third more expensive since May, according to Evercore. Spending to drill and complete wells in the lower 48 states will be $13 billion, or about $1

Vienna effect Much of what happens from here will probably depend on what happens halfway around the world in Vienna. In September, OPEC said it would discuss an agreement to

in oil prices, are seeing the first hints of a turnaround. With spending by drillers in the lower 48 states now forecast to be $1 billion higher than analysts expected in the final three months of 2016, pricing talks are heating up as servicers face off against explorers fearful of uncertain oil prices ahead.

billion more than previously forecast, for the final three months of the year, Jud Bailey, an analyst at Wells Fargo & Co., wrote in a Nov. 11 note to investors. He expects the strong year-end activity to carry over into next year.

IHS’s Nangia said service companies may boost prices by almost 10 per cent a year through 2021.

“We’re about 30 per cent below full-cycle pricing, maybe even 10 per cent below cash costs for a lot of the pumpers,” he said.

For months, the service companies have been saying that the prices they’re able to charge aren’t sustainable. It’s a claim that’s been largely supported as more than 100 contractors in North America have gone bankrupt over the past two years, according to the law firm

cut production to a range of 32.5 million to 33 million barrels a day.

Since then, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria and Libya have sought exemptions. The 14-member group will meet in the Austrian capital on Nov. 30.

“Sand certainly led the way here, and that’s starting to make its way into other product lines,” said James West, an Evercore ISI analyst in New York, in a telephone interview. “It’s going to be a much more rigorous pricing recovery as we go into 2017, given the very ambitious drilling programmes and production forecasts from the

Haynes & Boone LLP. While stock indexes for both explorers and servicers remain down by almost half since the downturn began in mid-2014, explorers are recovering more quickly. Both groups touched bottom on Jan. 20. Since then, oil explorers in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index are up 61 per cent, compared with a 30 per cent climb in the Philadelphia Oil Services Index.

Negotiations between the sides won’t be easy, according to recent statements by Jeff Miller, president of Halliburton, the world’s largest fracking service provider, and Bob Dudley, the chief executive officer of BP, the London-based explorer.

In a conference call with analysts and investors last month, Miller referred to pricing talks

The oilfield price increases are “not a leap forward,” said Chase Mulvehill, an analyst at Wolfe Research. “This is a gradual shift upward in pricing, and that probably continues as we move into 2017, assuming that Opec

North American E&P industry.”

Oil-services companies sell explorers everything from the sand, water and chemicals they pump into the ground to the diesel that powers their equipment. Their services can include mapping pockets of underground oil, cementing wells in place and even breathing new life into old reservoirs.

with explorers as “a brawl.” Around the same time, Dudley said at the Oil & Money conference in London that he wants 75 per cent of the cost reductions producers won during the market downturn to “stick,” even if crude prices continue to rise.

The talks are occurring as oilfield contractors are increasingly teaming up with equipment makers in an effort to cut their own costs and offer oil explorers more streamlined and comprehensive options for the services and gear needed to siphon crude out of the ground.

Schlumberger, for instance, bought manufacturer Cameron International this year. That was followed by an announced tie-up between Baker Hughes and General Electric’s oilfield business.

cooperates. If Opec holds the line, or production continues to increase with OPEC, that puts a risk to the 2017 recovery story for US onshore.”

In order for onshore explorers to make more longer-term budget deci-

sions, many would trade the higher, volatile oil prices for more consistency, according to IHS’s Nangia. “Everybody feels that if we can be at $50 a barrel or higher, that would be helpful,” Nangia said. “Stability helps.”

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SOFTBANK TECH FUND ‘OVERSUBSCRIBED’ SoftBank Group is close to tying up $100 billion for a technology fund that it announced with the government of Saudi Arabia, the Japanese company’s founder and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son said. “I am talking to a few investors and I think we are oversubscribed,” Son said at an event in New Delhi on Friday, without providing detail. — Bloomberg News

T E C H U P D AT E S

Twitter buys little-known startup to gain new head of product Twitter is hiring Keith Coleman, who has a decade of experience at Alphabet’s Google, to oversee products, filling a position that’s been empty since January. Twitter bought Coleman’s little-known startup, Yes Inc., as part of the deal.

The company’s apps, designed to help people meet up, will be closed. At Google, Coleman led product for Gmail and related services, according to his LinkedIn profile. On Monday, he will start as Twitter’s sixth head of product in as many years. The San Francisco-based social media company has cycled through leaders in the role while struggling to grow its audience.

Coleman will report to Adam Messinger, chief technology officer, Twitter said. — Bloomberg News

Facebook’s WhatsApp plans stumble on EU privacy woes

New robot to relieve you of your laundry with partners, it said on its website.

First units should ship by 2018 and cost $700 to $850. With Laundroid, users won’t have to clip clothes onto the machine.

“The biggest challenge has always been the folding itself, both in terms of planning the fold and then manipulating the piece of clothing and actually performing the folding,” said Jonathan Roberts, a professor of robotics at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. “Others have tried using robotic arms. This is the first time I have seen sliding plates used. That sounds innovative.”

Laundroid is a robot that will not only wash and dry garments, but also sort, fold and neatly arrange them. The refrigerator-size device could eventually fill the roles of washing machine, dryer and clothes drawer in people’s homes.

YUJI NAKAMURA & HIROYUKI NAKAGAWA

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ate doing laundry? Shin Sakane has a solution.

The Japanese inventor received 6 billion yen ($53 million) from partners, including Panasonic, last month to advance “the Laundroid” — a robot Sakane is developing to not only wash and dry garments, but also sort, fold and neatly arrange them. The refrigerator-size device could eventually fill the roles of washing machine, dryer and clothes drawer in people’s homes.

Sakane, whose earlier inventions include an anti-snoring device and golf clubs made of space materials, said the funding will bring closer his dream of liberating humanity from laundry. Among his inspirations for the project is the 1968 Stanley Kubrick sci-fi classic “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Laundroid was designed to resemble the mysterious objects in the film that brought technology to prehistoric humans, and the project was originally code-named “Monolith.”

IPO plans The funding brings total capital raised to 7.5 billion yen. Nomura Holdings has been hired for an initial public offering in the “not too distant future,” Sakane said, adding that Seven Dreamers Labora-

tories is currently valued at about 20 billion yen.

While the full product is slated for release in 2019, an early version that can only sort and fold clothing goes on sale worldwide in March.

Sakane wouldn’t disclose how Laundroid works, but patents show that users dump clothes in a lower drawer and robotic arms grab each item as scanners look for features such as buttons or a collar. Once identified, the clothes are folded using sliding plates and neatly stacked on upper shelves for collection.

Through the wringer “We tried so many things and none of them worked,” Sakane said last week. “A ton of team members quit, saying it’s impossible or that I’m crazy. But the ones who remained came up with some truly brilliant ideas.” The goal is to eventually get the price of the full version to less than about 300,000 yen ($2,700).

The model going on sale in March will probably cost significantly more due to higher initial production costs. Panasonic is slated to handle manufacturing.

“We decided that by combining Panasonic’s washing and drying machine technology and 7D’s folding technology, it is possible to bring an all-in-one product to the market early,” said Kyoko

Ishii, a spokeswoman for Osakabased Panasonic.

Users will still have to do some tasks, such as partially buttoning shirts, ensuring clothes aren’t inside out, and bunching socks before putting them inside the machine.

That’s because even the best machine-learning applications can’t figure out how to fold a pair of socks.

Each item takes about 10 minutes to fold, which Sakane attributed to the time necessary to scan each part of the clothing and communicate via Wi-Fi with a central server. He is working to get it down to 3-to-5 minutes, but said the robot was designed to be used passively while users are doing something else or out of the house.

Cheaper, faster Sakane isn’t the only one trying to reinvent the washing. FoldiMate, an Oak Park, California-based rival, said it will take about half a minute to de-wrinkle and fold each garment through its dryer-size machine. It’s received more than 160,000 registrations of interest in its laundry-folder, which will require users to clip clothes onto a conveyor-belt from which a robot takes, treats, de-wrinkles and folds each item onto a neat pile.

The company will start accepting pre-orders in 2017, once a manufacturing plan has been finalised

Cost-prohibitive?

Still, it’s questionable whether consumers will spend thousands of dollars for such a device, Roberts said, adding that the world is probably “many years away” until a robot system can do the task cheaply enough. That’s not deterring Sakane. He plans to work with apparel makers and app developers to create software that makes use of the data the robots collect, such as the clothes worn and how often, which could be invaluable to both marketers and consumers.

The robot is just the latest in a series of products from Sakane. After earning a doctorate in chemistry in the US, he worked at his father’s research firm and developed a more-efficient version of guide wires used in surgery.

‘Zero-synergy’ Taking over as CEO a few years later, he bought a company that makes materials used in space satellites and re-purposed them for golf. Two years ago, he began selling an antisnoring product — a tube inserted through the nose — that has become one of his top sellers. “We’re a zero-synergy company,” Sakane jokes. The wide-range of products is a result of a philosophy to tackle anything as long as it’s a completely new concept. — Bloomberg News

Facebook’s stalled plans to leverage WhatsApp’s user data are about to hit another regulatory bump in Europe. Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, who heads a panel of Europe’s privacy watchdogs, said Facebook will probably face “additional action” over using WhatsApp’s data for its own advertising purposes when the group of regulators meets next month.

Facebook has stopped merging some of the messaging service’s data with its own, but not necessarily all of it, she said. “Looking at the evidence we have, the companies have stopped merging data but possibly not for all WhatsApp services,” Falque-Pierrotin, who also heads France’s data privacy authority CNIL, said in an interview in Paris. “It’s probably a bit more complicated than that.” Facebook already suspended its policy shift after European privacy regulators warned last month they had “serious concerns” about the sharing of WhatsApp user data for purposes that weren’t included in the terms of service and privacy policy when people signed up to the service.

But Facebook’s response to the letter needs a much closer look, said Falque-Pierrotin. The merging of WhatsApp’s data is the first step by Facebook toward monetising the platform since the social network’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg bought the company for about $22 billion in 2014. The EU’s 28 privacy commissioners, who meet regularly as the so-called Article 29 Working Party, coordinated their actions against Facebook and in their October letter urged the Menlo Park, California-based technology giant to better explain its plans. — Bloomberg News

Amazon promotes new tool to protect cloud customers Amazon.com unveiled a new security tool for cloud customers, part of a slew of product announcements this week designed to fend off competition from Microsoft, Alphabet’s Google and others in the fast-growing cloud computing market. Chief Technology Officer Werner Vogels announced Amazon Shield, new layers of protection designed against service interruptions like the cyber attack that took down top websites and affected some Amazon Web Services customers in October. “This will really help you protect yourselves even against the largest and most sophisticated attacks we’ve seen,” he said on Thursday at AWS re:Invent, a conference in Las Vegas that drew 32,000 attendees. Making the cloud secure is a major part of persuading companies to shift their data and computing workloads from on-premise servers they control to rented resources accessed via the Internet. Renting servers through the cloud offers lower costs, greater speed and flexibility. AWS has clients in a broad range of sectors, including health care, financial services, retail and transportation, highlighting rapid adoption of this approach to computing. Public cloud spending is expected to increase almost 17 per cent to $204 billion this year, according to researcher Gartner. — Bloomberg News

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ROUND-UP Malabar Gold & Diamonds opens its new outlet in Muscat City Centre & Diamonds Festival – MGDF’ which will give its customers chance to win big. Customers get a scratch and win coupon on purchase of gold and diamond jewellery worth OMR250 to win a guaranteed gold coin or up to 100 gold coins instantly.

Adding to the above, customers also get a scratch and win coupon on purchase of diamond jewellery for a guaranteed cash refund and have a chance to get their cash back up to 100% of their purchase.

To add more glitter, customers can avail the zero deduction offer on 22K (GCC) old gold jewellery exchange and furthermore customers can buy 8g gold coins without paying making charges.

These offers are valid until January 15, 2017.

This exclusive showroom will also have special attractions displayed for their customers as well.

As a part of the inaugural offer, the showroom provides special promotions to its customers on purchase of gold and diamond jewellery

MUSCAT: Malabar Gold & Diamonds, the leading jewellery retailer across the globe has launched its 157th global showroom in Sultanate of Oman at Muscat City Centre, Seeb recently.

The latest showroom was inaugurated by Sheikha Tamimah bint Muhammad bin Sultan Al Mahruqiyah, adviser of the president of Public Authority for Craft Industries, Oman in the presence of Khamis Al Mandhari, director, Malabar Gold & Diamonds, Oman, Noof Al Muaini, president of Omani Women’s Association, Abdul Salam K. P. – group executive director, Malabar Group, Sami Salim Abdo Allah Alsahb, Dr Saif Al Busaidi, Najeeb K. - regional head, Malabar Gold & Diamonds, Oman, media, well-wishers and other invited guests, says a press release.

Exquisite collection This exclusive outlet showcases exquisite collection of gold jewellery in 18K, 21K and 22K alongside diamond, uncut diamond and precious gem jewellery which is specially handpicked for the jewellery lovers in Oman. The new showroom will also display the exclusive 21K gold jewellery collections of the brand L’AZURDE. Malabar Gold & Diamonds intends to provide an unparalleled shopping experience to every customer of this region with the opening of this new store.

Unlike the other stores in Oman, the new outlet features exclusive jewellery handpicked to cater to the wide set of customers from different countries who visit the mall.

The jewellery chain offers a significantly large collection of traditional as well as contemporary designer jewelleries. The exquisite range of collections in the new out-

let can hold one spell-bound with their awe-inspiring beauty and classic designs.

As a part of the inaugural offer, the showroom provides special

promotions to its customers on purchase of gold and diamond jewellery. This showroom will take part in their much awaited campaign named ‘Malabar Gold

Main attraction The main attractions of the showroom include a gold attire which is handcrafted in 18 carat gold weighing 1.075kg. This stunning creation with intricate design required over 3,600 man hours to craft it to the perfection and 30 expert craftsmen dedicated 15 days to make the design into a golden marvel. Gold lovers can also get a chance to witness a large gold bar in 24 carat weighing 160kg.

Malabar group offers exquisite and beautiful jewelry as a part of various brands presented at Malabar Gold & Diamonds’ namely Ethnix - Handcrafted Designer Jewellery, Era - Uncut Diamond Jewellery, Mine - Diamonds Unlimited, Divine- Indian Heritage Jewellery, Precia - Gem Jewellery and Starlet - Kids Jewellery.

Malabar Gold & Diamonds has always been at the forefront in gold jewellery manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing and plans on being the ‘most- preferred’ jewellery retailer in the market in the coming years.

The group strives to continue embarking on its journey by further expanding in the near future.

PROMOTION

Oman Air offers sale of 50% off on all international flights MUSCAT: To celebrate a successful year for Oman Air, the National Carrier of the Sultanate of Oman is discounting prices by 50% on all international flights in its global sale. The sale will run from December 4 - 10 and travel will be valid from January 1 - September 30, 2017, says a press release.

Due to Oman Air’s ambitious and dynamic growth programme, expanding its already extensive network, there is a huge choice of international destinations in the sale. The airline currently flies to multiple destinations in Asia, Europe, Middle East, also North and East Africa. From December 9 it

will launch its inaugural flight to Guangzhou, highlighting the continued expansion of the airline into thriving markets.

Another new flight route to be launched will be the daily service between Manchester and Muscat on May 1, 2017, which follows up the recently introduced double daily flight between Muscat and London.

Abdulrahman Al Busaidy, chief commercial officer of Oman Air said: “The launch of the Global Sale is one way of rewarding our loyal customers. Oman Air is committed to continuing to provide an award winning service, which is

The brand new Oman Air Pass will offer regular travellers between Muscat and Salalah the chance to pre-purchase an online booklet containing 8 one-way tickets with discounts of up to 30% off the standard fare for travel in economy. Customers can use the tickets on either Muscat to Salalah or Salalah to Muscat Flights and can be gifted or used by all the family and friends

prevalent through every aspect of flying with us. With that in mind, we are delighted to offer our customers great discounts to travel to destinations throughout our expanding network; we always put the customer at the heart of its decision-making and we hope this Global Sale will offer even more incentive to travel with us.”

New Oman Air Pass Meanwhile, Oman Air had announced the introduction of new Oman Air Pass to celebrate Oman’s 46th National Day. The brand new Oman Air Pass will offer regular travellers between Muscat and

Salalah the chance to pre-purchase an online booklet containing eight one-way tickets with discounts of up to 30 per cent off the standard fare for travel in economy.

Customers can use the tickets on either Muscat to Salalah or Salalah to Muscat Flights and can be gifted or used by all the family and friends. The tickets must be booked online on www.omanair. com/pass 48 hours prior to flight.

On top of this offer, Oman Air is thrilled to announce that users of the Oman Air Pass will also earn 460 Sinbad miles, another way Oman Air is celebrating the 46th National Day.

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Ooredoo offers up to double bonus credit chasing OMR5 will receive 50% more credit. Recharges of OMR10 will be provided with 100% bonus credit, amounting to an amazing OMR20, says a press release.

Jaffer Al Khaboori, director of Planning, Insights and Performance at Ooredoo said, “As a customer-centric organisation, we love rewarding our customers for their loyalty any way we can and this offer is just one way we’ve come up with to give them more and say ‘thank you’. We are very excited to see how this will be received and reassure our customers that this is not all we have planned for the coming weeks and months, as we will be announcing even more exciting offers soon.”

Mousbak customers who top up using the More Credit option of OMR2 will receive 20% extra credit, whereas those purchasing OMR5 will receive 50% more credit

MUSCAT: Leading the market with value added offers and services; Ooredoo is inviting Mousbak customers to enjoy up to 100% bonus credit when topping up with More Credit recharges.

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new offer is valid from November 29 to February 28, 2017 and will keep customers connected for longer at no extra cost. Customers who top up using the More Credit option of OMR2 will receive 20% extra credit, whereas those pur-

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Global Money Exchange opens new branch in Ghala MUSCAT: Global Money Exchange, a pioneer in offering remittance and currency exchange services, opened its 36th branch in the Sultanate at Ghala Sanayya recently.

C. R. Sasikumar, managing director of State Bank of Travancore inaugurated the branch in the presence of Santanu Mukherjee, managing director, State Bank of Hyderabad; P. K. Mishra, general manager (NRI Services), State Bank of India; Mumbai, K. S. Subromoniyan, managing director, Global Money Exchange and Madhusoodanan R., general manager, Global Money Exchange and others, says a press release.

With the opening of the new branch, which is third in Ghala, Global Money Exchange will further be able to cater to the remittance requirement of the blue-collar workers from Bangladesh and Pakistan besides India.

Meanwhile, the top executives of the State Bank group were on a visit to Oman mainly for meeting non-resident Indian (NRI) customers as part of a confidence

building exercise in the wake of the proposed merger of Associate Banks of State Bank with the parent Bank viz State Bank of India.

An NRI customer meet was held at Hotel InterContinental where more than 250 customers participated. The customers raised questions on the outcome of the proposed merger, demonetisation issues etc., which were clarified by the SBI officials.

Global Money Exchange facilitates direct bank account credits to India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Ne-

pal, Philippines and also to many other countries. The arrangement with various instant cash product operators – Western Union, MoneyGram, EzRemit, Transfast, Xpressmoney, Instant Cash etc. enables the customers to send their remittance conveniently.

“All facilities are provided in the branches. The company is planning to extend uninterrupted remittance facilities from 8.30am to 8.30pm to the customers should a requirement arises,” Subromoniyan and Madhusoodanan said.

MUSCAT: Bringing to Oman reputed auto brands from around the world, Mohsin Haider Darwish’s (MHD) Automotive Division has been a well established name in its sector.

Complementing its extensive line-up of few of the most popular automotives, MHD has been respected for its excellent after sales service and its keen focus on customer care. MG, being the latest addition to the MHD folio, has been accepted in the market as one of the premium brands in the industry. The MG GS, MG 350 and other popular MG models, with their unbeatable assured value deals running parallel to numerous additional offers, has attracted the interest of numerous car buyers, says a press release.

Taking great pride in the reliability of the MG cars, MHD has taken after sales to the next level with an extended 6 years or 200,000km warranty for all MG models along with a 55% buyback guarantee. MHD will also ensure comprehensive insurance on all MG cars along with free registration for the first year. Always on the forefront of customer support, MHD will be giving a 5 years AAA roadside assistance too. Facilitating smooth procurement of the prized MG cars, MHD has easy finance options available along with door-to-door service.

Loaded with the latest features, the MG models are stylish, dynamic and even score high on the affordability quotient. Designed and engineered in the UK, MG cars are known to be durable, giving an excellent performance without compromising on safety.

All MG models have been tested and customised to suit the Middle Eastern conditions. Keeping the aesthetic preferences of its

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customers in mind, the cars have been designed to give a fluid feel while still being trendy.

“We have always enjoyed a very positive feedback on the MG cars and we are proud to say that the brand has risen as one of the most popular ones in the country. The introduction of the latest offers has been well-received amongst our prospective clientele and we have seen yet more people taking a very keen interest in the cars,” said Vasudeva Rao Varkoor, drector, Auto Products Division. “At MHD, our end motive is to ensure that our customers are duly satisfied.

MG cars are affordable, attractive and uncompromising on power, performance and efficiency.”

MG, which stands for Morris Garages, launched its first model 80 years ago in 1942. Being a proud product of the era’s finest and most iconic British racing car brand, MG was founded by William Morris, the acclaimed founder of the British Automobile Industry. With numerous accolades to its name, MG was awarded with titles like ‘Creator of the fastest vehicle in the world’, ‘Best-selling vehicle in the

world’, ‘Best Sports car producer’, amongst many others. MG’s innovation also led to the launch of the world’s first 4-door car with central chassis. It is therefore no surprise that this brand boasts of having the largest owner’s club in the world. The brand name is much revered even today and finds itself as a common fixture in significant global racing events such as the 24 HrsLeMans and many others.

MG is now a proud part of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC Motor), which is listed as the largest auto company by market capitalization in Chinese A-share stock market. In 2014, SAIC was also listed as one of top 100 Fortune 500 companies. Currently, SAIC has its market distribution in UK, Thailand, South America and Middle East with overseas subsidiaries spread across the world.

Its research centres are located in UK, Thailand and Indonesia.

Focusing its values on innovation, customer satisfaction and global reach, SAIC has been successful in upholding the legacy that MG originally started.

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Zubair SEC set to launch ‘Tajseer’ for SMEs business development The launching event will be held tomorrow at Bait Al Zubair in Muscat, to be followed directly by the first business development function

MUSCAT: With an objective to connect owners of small businesses with large companies, Zubair Small Enterprises Centre (Zubair SEC) is all set to launch its new initiative, ‘Tajseer’, that aims at serving as a platform for business development.

The word derives from the Arabic origin which means Bridging.

The launching event will be held tomorrow at Bait Al Zubair in Muscat, to be followed directly by the first business development function, says a press release.

Understanding that connections with large-size companies can be critical for small enterprises, Zubair SEC -a social responsibility initiative by The Zubair Corporation -decided to provide

its members with opportunities to network with representatives and decision makers of large companies. Zubair SEC believes that while the market has firms of all sizes, there is a communication gap that needs to be bridged to achieve an optimal level of exchange and cooperation between large companies and small businesses. Zubair SEC believes the

business development platform ‘Tajseer’ can help owners of small businesses explore opportunities and access the resources they need to grow with their businesses and widen their client base.

To maintain efficiency, effectiveness and gauge competencies related to the industry, Zubair SEC will focus the pilot business development event on three sectors; construction, logistics, and marketing communications. The launch event will host selected Zubair SEC members from these sectors and invite identified large companies in the field. Zubair SEC members who have been groomed for pitching and presenting their businesses by Zubair SEC advisors ahead of the event will take part in the first Tajseer event.

The large companies participating at Tajseer are: Aramex, Douglas OHI, Ghantoot Transport & Gen., INMA, Khimji Infrastructure Group, L & T Oman, Oman Shapoorji (OSCO), Services & Trade, Strabag Construction,

Truck Oman, WJ Towell Construction, and Zubair Furnishing.

Lina Hussein, head of Communication & Social Impact at Zubair SEC said: “Zubair SEC’s support ecosystem is a dynamic one that evolves and develops based on the needs we identify in the SMEs sector. The current SME marketplace is a large boiling pot of many players, thousands of SMEs, few focused activities, and large market gaps. On the large companies’ side - especially those mandated to extend business opportunities to SMEs - many are facing difficulty in identifying the suitable capable SMEs to contract with. Recognising this challenge early on, The Zubair Corporation has affected a mandate across the Group companies to extend business contracts, whenever possible, to small enterprises commended and endorsed

by Zubair SEC. So far a good number of business deals have been secured with companies within The Zubair Group, facilitated by Zubair SEC team of advisers.”

She added: “After noticing an increasing need by our members for assistance in business development and in introducing them to larger companies for business prospects, Zubair SEC decided to design and launch this flagship initiative.”

The main concept behind this initiative is to provide a solution for creating market access and instant connectivity. The effort will be orchestrated and facilitated by Zubair SEC who would also leverage The Zubair Corporation’s vast customer base and good connections.

Lina Hussein added: “We are very grateful to the large companies who have expressed interest in taking part in our first Tajseer business development event. They will be able to meet with small enterprises, members of Zubair SEC, to discuss potential business collaboration. We have worked thoroughly across the past two months to carefully identify the members to endorse and present to the large companies taking part at the event.”

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Bank Sohar selected as collecting bank for Vision Focused Fund MUSCAT: Bank Sohar, one of the most prominent banks in the Sultanate, has been selected as a collecting bank for the recently launched Vision Focused Fund.

The fund is an open-ended Investment Fund established by Vision Investment Services Co., registered in the Sultanate of Oman and constituted as a joint investment account as per the Regulations of the Capital Market Authority (CMA) of Oman under the guidance of the Fund’s Management Body, says a press release.

Commenting on having Bank Sohar as a collecting platform for the Vision Focused Fund, Mustafa Ali Mukhtar, DGM and acting head

of Wholesale Banking at Bank Sohar said, “Having Bank Sohar as a window for potential investors to invest in the Vision Focused Fund is yet another service that is being provided by the bank in order to ensure our customers have all various opportunities available in the market to effectively use and invest their funds. Our growing network of branches provides an ideal platform through which we can reach out to customers across the country delivering convenience and ease of reach.”

The Vision Focused Fund, which closes on December 8, aims to provide an investment vehicle to investors who wish to focus their

The Vision Focused Fund, which closes on December 8, aims to provide an investment vehicle to investors who wish to focus their exposure in the Middle East equity market sphere exposure in the Middle East equity market sphere. The Fund follows a dynamic, market and theme driven asset allocation methodology with investments spread across GCC region. Applying a top-down strategy to identify investment opportunities, the fund will focus on investment opportunities expected to produce better returns with measured risks, over the

medium to long term. It purports to approach investments with a distinct,well developed philosophy, which relies on in-depth research and analysis. The fund aims to provide investment vehicle for investors who want to focus their attention on a group of selected stocks (between 10 to 12 companies) and the number of stocks will not exceed 15 companies at any

time. The Fund may invest in companies that are headquartered in countries of the Middle East and North Africa and included in other global markets. The Fund will also follow a dynamic as set allocation methodology that focuses on the business market in all the GCC countries in particular and MENA markets in general. The Fund shall primarily invest in Middle East equity and fixed income securities such as Bonds and other fixed income instruments.

The Fund is open for subscription to both Omani and non-Omani investors including individuals, companies, institutions, Pension Funds, Government and semi-

Government organisations. The Initial Subscription Price is OMR 1.000 plus a Subscription Fee of 20 Baisas per Unit and the minimum investment in the Initial offer shall be 1,000 units and in multiples of 100 thereafter. There is also no maximum limit on the Unit holding by a single investor.

“The Prospectus and Subscription Forms for the initial subscription can be obtained from any of our branches across the country.

Investors may subscribe to units of the fund by completing the form and submitting it to us along with the specified payment anytime during the subscription period,” added Mustafa Ali Mukhtar.

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Verbeek emerges surprise frontrunner for Oman job The OFA board members, after a lengthy meeting that concluded late in the night, finalised two names — Dutchman Pim Verbeek and Bosnian Safet Susic, with the former as the first choice

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raoas@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Dutchman Peter Tim Dirk Verbeek, popularly known as Pim Verbeek, on Sunday emerged the surprise frontrunner to succeed Spaniard Juan Ramon Lopez Caro as Oman national football team coach.

The Oman Football Association (OFA) board members had a lengthy meeting on Sunday to finalise the name from the four shortlisted candidates from among

the nine European applicants but the meeting that concluded late in the night saw them further pruning the list two — Verbeek as the first option and experienced Bosnian coach Safet Susic the second.

Initially there was a bit of confusion over the two names revealed by the OFA via their official twitter account. But once it was cleared by another tweet, Verbeek emerged as a surprise inclusion as he was not in the original nine-man list of applicants issued by the OFA, though it was not the case with

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SMILING DUO: Oman’s Hameed Al Qasmi, left, and his co- driver Mohammed Al Mazrouri pose with their trophies after winning the third place in the UAE Rally Championship in Fujairah. – Supplied photo

Oman’s Hameed take third spot MUSCAT: Oman’s Hameed Al Qasmi clinched the overall third place in the UAE Rally Championship after winning the third place in the fifth and final round of the series in Fujairah.

The Fujairah round saw participation of three Omani rally drivers. While Hameed Al Qasmi finished third, Faisal Al Rashid finished fourth both in the final round as well as the championship, and Oman’s experienced driver Khalid Soomar pulled out due to some technical problems.

In Group N category, Hameed and Faisal bagged second and third places respectively both in the final round and in the overall championship standings.

UAE’s star driver Sheikh Mohammed Al Qassimi emerged the overall champion and he was followed by Sheikh Abdullah Al Qassimi. The final round of the UAE championship comprised seven stages and two of which were cancelled following complaints from the participants regarding the rough tracks and a lock of rocks on the way.

In the first stage at Fujairah

Dam, Hameed Al Qasmi covered the 8km stage in six minutes and 1.524 seconds (6:01.524) while Al Rashid clocked 6:03.436.

Khalid Soomar was working well at this stage trying to compete with top three as he recorded the fastest time among Omani drivers but soon suffered some technical issues with his Mitsubishi Evo 7. After the cancellation of the second stage, Hameed Al Qasmi and his co- driver Mohammed Al Mazrouri finished stage three in 5:47.753 and Fasial Al Rashidi and his navigator Waleed Al Rashidi timed 5:47.517.

Khalid Soomar and his codriver Issa Al Wardi finished the stage in better time and though they experienced more problems, including a puncture, they went on to complete the next stage.

But due to more issues with the breaking system, Khalid Soomar pulled out of the fifth round.

Hameed Al Qasmi, meanwhile, said: “I am very happy to end the rally and the championship with this result. It has been a very difficult time but we worked hard to achieve this result.”

OMAN WIN SIX MEDALS Oman bodybuilders won six medals in the first West Asian Championship which concluded in Bahrain. Abdullah Said Al Jabri won a gold in the 70kgs category, Ahmed Mohammed Al Maskari won silver medal in the 85kgs, Abdullah Mubarak Al Rahbi won silver medal in the 90kgs and Haitham Somar Al Zedjali won a bronze medal in 65kgs. In the physical size category, Muayad Al Baluhsi won a silver medal measuring 182 metres and Samir Al Harthy a bronze medal in 166 metres. Dr Salim bin Said Al Bahri, chairman of Oman Bodybuilding Committee expressed his delight over the achievement which he said adds to sports achievements in Oman. — ONA

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Tim Dirk Verbeek Safet Susic. When contacted by Times Sport right after the meeting, OFA chief Sheikh Salim Al Wahaibi confirmed that Verbeek and Susic as the two names selected by the board members.

Indicating that Verbeek will be the first choice, Sheikh Salim said: “We will be having negotiations with Verbeek in the coming days.

He will come here and after dis-

cussing the details we will finalise the deal.” At the same time, Sheikh Salim said: “We have to discuss the terms and agree to those terms. If it doesn’t work we will also be having negotiations with Susic.”

Verbeek, who had several coaching stints with various clubs including Feyenoord, had previously coached South Korean national team in 2006-7 before taking over the Australian team from 2007 to 2010 during which the Socceroos qualified and played in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Susic played for former Yugoslavia between 1977 and 1990 scoring 21 goals in 54 matches before going on to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina in two games in 1993.

He went on to coach his national side Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2009 to 2014.

Sheikh Salim also revealed that once the coach’s name is finalised the board will decide on his assistant, who will be an Omani coach, and the goalkeeper trainer who will be selected after discussions with the new coach.

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HM’s Cup final on December 19 MUSCAT: With the five of six teams to advance to the second round being identified and the final spot to be decided after SoharSalalah match, the Oman Hockey Association (OHA) is set to conduct the draw for the next round of His Majesty’s Cup Hockey Championship on Monday.

As expected defending champions Ahli-Sidab (13 points), Seeb Club (10) and Bausher (9) qualified directly for the next round after the first round sixteam round robin league of Muscat Group. From Salalah Group, where four teams played a double round robin league, Dhofar (13 points) and Al Nasr (12) made it directly to the next round.

Sohar (9), the fourth placed from Muscat Group, and Salalah (10), the third placed team from Dhofar, will now play off for the remaining slot on December 6.

Meanwhile, the OHA official Shakir Munir informed that the next round will begin on December 7. “The four teams from the round will qualify for the semifi-

nals, which are scheduled for December 17. The third-place playoff will take place on December 18. And the final will be played on December 19 at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex,” he said.

He also informed that OHA has invited two FIH Grade 1 umpires — Malik Muhammed Haider Rasool of Pakistan and Javed Sheikh of India, to officiate the final match. The official also revealed that among the guests for the final will be Asian Hockey Federation CEO Tayyib Ikram.

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Liverpool beaten LONDON: Bournemouth’s Nathan Ake grabbed a stoppage-time winner in a dramatic 4-3 victory over Liverpool, who twice surrendered a two-goal lead on Sunday.

Senegal international Sadio Mane and Belgian striker Divock Origi, starting a league game for the first time this season, established a 2-0 lead for the visitors

midway through the first half.

Callum Wilson halved the deficit from a penalty 11 minutes into the second half, but within seven minutes, Emre Can’s fine effort from the edge of the penalty area restored the two-goal cushion. It was snatched away, however, in stunning fashion with three Bournemouth goals in the last 20 minutes. — Reuters

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Smith’s record SCG knock spurs Aussies SCOREBOARD

Smith showing a firm hand to the New Zealand bowlers, hammering 14 fours and four sixes in a 157-ball masterclass on a balmy summer afternoon at his home ground

SYDNEY: Australia captain Steve Smith blasted a career best 164, the highest one-day international innings at the Sydney Cricket Ground, to drive the hosts to a 68-run victory over New Zealand on Sunday.

Black Caps opener Martin Guptil responded with a sparkling century of his own but New Zealand were only able to muster up 256 all out in response to Australia’s 324-8 and went 1-0 down in the three match series.

Australia were desperate for a victory having been swept 5-0 in South Africa in September and October, even more so after a week where a row between batsman Glenn Maxwell and wicketkeeper Matt Wade dominated the headlines.

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CAREER BEST: Australia’s Steven Smith raises his bat and helmet

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fine on Saturday for his criticism of Wade’s captaincy of the Victoria state team, which Smith thought “disrespectful”, and ordered to carry the drinks as 12th man.

Smith, having won the toss, was soon showing a similarly firm hand to the New Zealand bowlers, hammering 14 fours and four sixes in a 157-ball masterclass on a balmy summer’s afternoon at his home ground.

He had some help from the Black Caps -- wicketkeeper BJ Watling put down a tough chance when he was on 13 and Colin Munro another when he was on 152 -- but also some capable assistance from his team mates.

Travis Head, dropped by Matt Henry on seven, scored 52 in a 127-run partnership for the fifth wicket and Wade’s 38 helped add another 83 for the sixth.

That stand was ended with the departure to rapturous applause of Smith, who miscued a Trent Boult delivery high into the air over midwicket which Munro managed to hold.

New Zealand’s response fell largely on the shoulders of Guptil, who smashed 114 off 102 balls with 10 fours and six sixes, the last of which was a huge heave over long-on to give him his maiden ODI century against Australia.

Guptil also became the fastest New Zealand batsman to reach 5,000 ODI runs.

Once he departed, caught at midwicket by Maxwell on as a substitute fielder, New Zealand looked unlikely to be able to match Australia’s strong finish of 113 runs in the last 10 overs.

Smith also showed his worth in the field with a stunning diving catch to dismiss Watling and pace-

AUSTRALIA D Warner b Ferguson 24 A Finch b Henry 0 S Smith c Munro b Boult 164 G Bailey c Watling b Neesham 17 M Marsh run out (Neesham) 1 T Head c & b Boult 52 M Wade b Henry 38 P Cummins not out 0 M Starc c Watling b Neesham 11 A Zampa not out 2 Extras (lb-1, w-9, nb-5) 15 Total (For 8 wickets, 50 overs) 324 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-47, 3-89, 4-92, 5-219, 6-302, 7-311, 8-322 Bowling: Henry 10-0-74-2, Boult 10-1-51-2, Ferguson 9-0-73-1, De Grandhomme 6-0-27-0, Santner 9-0-40-0, Neesham 6-0-58-2 NEW ZEALAND M Guptill c Maxwell (sub) b Zampa 114 T Latham b Hazlewood 2 K Williamson c Smith b Hazlewood 9 J Neesham c Hazlewood b Starc 34 BJ Watling c Smith b Marsh 6 C Munro c Bailey b Cummins 49 M Santner c Warner b Zampa 0 C de Grandhomme lbw b Hazlewood 6 M Henry c Bailey b Cummins 27 L Ferguson b Marsh 0 T Boult not out 1 Extras (lb-4, w-4) 8 Total (all out; 44.2 overs) 256 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-34, 3-126, 4-140, 5-185, 6-187, 7-203, 8-253, 9-255 Bowling: Starc 7-1-37-1, Hazlewood 10-0-49-3, Marsh 8.2-1-38-2, Cummins 9-0-62-2, Zampa 10-0-66-2.

man Josh Hazlewood (3-49) put in another impressive performance.

The series continues in Canberra on Tuesday before concluding in Melbourne on Friday. - Reuters TENNIS

Indian players lend support to Anand NEW DELHI: Under-fire Davis Cup captain Anand Amritraj has found support from the Indian tennis players, who have written to the AITA Management Committee that they are “strongly opposed” to any change in the support staff.

Both captain Anand Amritraj and coach Zeeshan Ali’s contracts are up for review and the speculation is that AITA may not renew Anand Amritraj’s contract since it had been reported recently that he had failed to ensure discipline in the team.

AITA officials have said that there may be a change as they would like to see rules and disciplines be implemented.

Terms of both Amritraj, who had replaced SP Misra, and Zeeshan, who came in place of Nandan Bal, will end later this month and India’s next tie is against New Zealand in Pune from February 3 to 5. — PTI

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India clinch sixth straight Asia Cup SCOREBOARD

It was a sweet revenge of sorts for India, who had lost to Pakistan during the World T20 at home in March

BANGKOK: Indian women maintained their supremacy in the Asia Cup by beating archrivals Pakistan for their sixth title in as many editions here on Sunday. Veteran Mithali Raj, who was removed as T20 captain before the start of the tournament, made a statement with an unbeaten 73 to guide India to 121 for five in 20 overs.

The bowlers then bowled brilliantly to limit Pakistan to 104 for six, completing a comprehensive 17-run win.

The star with ball once against was left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht, who took two wickets conceding 22 runs in her four overs.

It was the second time that India got the better of Pakistan in the competition, having beaten them by five wickets in the league stage besides remaining unbeaten in five games en route to the final. It was also a sweet revenge of sorts for India, who had lost to Pakistan during the World T20 at home in March.

Recently, the ICC had docked them six points for not playing Pakistan. With the memorable win, India also managed to main-

INDIA WOMEN Mithali Rai not out 73 S. Mandhana c A. Iqbal b Anam Amin 6 S. Meghana run out (Javeria/Sidra) 9 V. Krishnamurthy lbw b Sadia Yousuf 2 Harmanpreet Kaur b Anam Amin 5 J. Goswami c Javeria Khan b Sana Mir 17 Anuja Patil not out 0 Extras: (w-8, nb-1) 9 Total: (For 5 wkts; 20 overs) 121 Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-68, 3-73, 4-89, 5-120.

Bowling: Asmavia Iqbal 3-0-23-0, Sana Mir 4-0-23-1, Anam Amin 4-0-24-2, Sadia Yousuf 4-0-15-1, Nida Dar 4-0-29-0, Iram Javed 1-0-7-0.

tain their enviable record in the continental event, having won all the six editions to have taken place so far.

However, the first four editions starting from 2004 were played in the 50 over format and the following two have been in the shortest format. In the last edition held in Guangzhou in 2012, India lifted the trophy after defeating Pakistan in the final.

Superlative efforts The champion team could not have repeated the feat if it was not for the superlative efforts from Raj and Bisht.

Raj was instrumental in the team’s resounding success, amassing 220 runs in four innings to end as the tournament’s highest run scorer in the competition by some distance.

Second in the list was Pakistan’s Javeria Khan with 128 runs in six innings.

Raj kept calm in both tense games against Pakistan to help

PAKISTAN WOMEN Ayesha Zafar b Goswami 15 Javeria Khan c Kaur b Bisht 22 Asmavia Iqbal b Pandey 1 Bismah Maroof c & b Patil 25 Nain Abidi st Verma b Preeti Bose 9 Iram Javed st Verma b Bisht 3 Nida Dar not out 12 Sana Mir not out 12 Extras: (b-1, lb-1, w-3) 5 Total: (for 6 wkts; 20 overs) 104 Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-28, 3-56, 4-75, 5-79, 6-81.

Bowling: Ekta Bisht 4-0-22-2, Anuja Patil 4-0-18-1, J. Goswami 4-0-19 -1, S. Pandey 2-0-17-1, P. Bose 4-0-18-1, H. Kaur 2-0-8-0.

the team’s cause. Her 73 not out in the final was her highest score in the tournament and it came in quick time at the top of the order. She ended with a strike rate of 112, smashing seven fours and a six.

It was also an occasion where the veteran made amends for her slow batting during World T20 where India lost to arch-rivals.

With her showing, the 34-yearold displayed she still has a lot to offer in the T20 format after being sacked as captain to make way for Harmanpreet Kaur.

The new captain had a quiet tournament by her standards as the all-rounder failed to muster up a 30 plus score in six innings and took just two wickets.

Left-arm spinner Bisht came good for India with the ball, ending as the team’s most successful bowler with 10 wickets at an average of 5.20.

She along with the rest of the bowlers, ensured Pakistan never got close to the target. - PTI

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the flagship financial services provider in the Sultanate, in line with its ‘Let’s Do More’ vision and ‘Imprints’ initiative to support youth and promote Oman as a sporting nation, has urged sports teams to make the best use of the opportunity to develop their football fields from the 2017 Green Sports programme. The month-long period for submitting applications for the programme ends on Thursday.

Marking the sixth year of the unique CSR initiative, the bank will support the development of 15 football fields in 2017.

Green Sports application forms can be downloaded from the Bank Muscat website www.bankmuscat.com and are also available at the CSR department in the bank’s head office. The bank will consider only new applications and the completed forms with supporting documents must be submitted at the head office before December 8.

The Green Sports initiative

launched by Bank Muscat in 2012 has gained momentum with a total of 63 teams across the Sultanate benefiting from the support till date.

The scope of Green Sports support for sports teams include greening of football fields with natural or synthetic turf, floodlights or water desalination equipment in areas facing problems of water salinity. Providing wider representation, the Green Sports support is extended to develop sustainable sports infrastructure.

The criteria for availing the Green Sports support include that sports teams should have been in existence for three years with a minimum of 300 members from the local community. The bank recognises that local teams wield immense influence on neighbourhood communities, especially youth, hence teams with modern infrastructure facilities can help raise sporting heroes for the country.

In a unique contribution, the Green Sports initiative has cre-

ated an ideal platform for social engagement among youth. The football fields developed as part of the initiative are serving as a meeting place for children and youth to be engaged in social activities leading to development of strong community bonding and positive character traits. The fields are used to host various activities such as Ramadhan nights, group weddings and other community celebrations.

Bank Muscat is committed to its ‘Let’s Do More’ vision for the community and the nation and is proud to have led the way in contributing to sustainable development in Oman with various initiatives.

As the nation’s leading financial institution, Bank Muscat aims to provide the impetus for youth to excel in all arenas and thereby contribute to the development and progress of Oman.

For any enquiries on Green Sports registration, Bank Muscat officials can be contacted on 24768987 or 24768505.

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D DIVISION: Bab Al Rayan after their victory over New Prism. – Supplied photo

F DIVISION: Oasis Water celebrate their win over Aptus Infotech. – Supplied photo

Al Mardhuf, Bab Al Rayan and Arabian Sea record victories Batting first, Landscape Architecture piled up for 208 for the loss of two wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Al Mardhuf scored 209

ARABIAN SEA STARS: From left, Shyam, Zafar Khadir and Omkar.

G DIVISION: NBO players pose for a group photo after their win.

H DIVISION: RAHRC after their victory over Majees..

J DIVISION: Unique Elegant who defeated Classic Cricket Club.

for four in 18.3 overs

MUSCAT: Al Mardhuf defeated Landscape Architecture by six wickets in an Oman Cricket-organised C Division cricket match.

Batting first, Landscape Architecture piled up for 208 for the loss of two wickets in 20 overs. Prasad Peruli smashed an unbeate 126 while Ramesh Kandy contributed 65. In reply, Al Mardhuf scored 209 for four in 18.3 overs. Shuaib Ismail top scored with 111.

Brief scores: Landscape Architecture 208 for 2 in 20 overs (Prasad Peruli 126 n.o.) lost to Al Mardhuf 209 for 4 in 18.3 overs (Shuaib Ismail 111). Points: Al Mardhuf – 2, Landscape Architecture – 0.

AL MARDHOUF HERO: Shoaib Al

Arabian Sea down GME In another D Division match, Arabian Sea Trading defeated Global Money Exchange (GME) by four runs. Batting first, Arabian Sea were all out for 109 in 14 overs.

Zafar Khadir top scored with 38.

Abbas Khan claimed five wickets for GME. In reply, GME were bowled out for 105 in 19.4 overs. Omkar and Shyam Leskman claimed five and four wickets respectively.

New Prism lose In a D Division match, Bab Al Rayan defeated New Prism by 63 runs.

Batting first, Bab Al Rayan put on 191 for nine in 20 overs. Syed Arfan top scored with 66. Jeetendra Desai took three wickets for New Prism.

In reply, New Prism were bowled out for 128 in 19.2 overs.

Salim Shaikh scored 53 runs. Fiyas and Irfan were the pick of the Bab Al Rayan bowlers with three scalps each.

Brief scores: Arabian Sea Trading 109 in 14 overs (Zafar Khadir 38; Abbas Khan 5/32) bt GME 105 in 19.4 overs (Omkar 5/19). Points: Global Money Exchange – 0, Arabian Sea Trading - 2.

Brief scores: Bab Al Rayan 191 for 9 in 20 overs (Syed Arfan 66; Jeetendra 3/50) bt New Prism 128 in 20 overs (Salim Shaikh 53; Irfan 3/14). Points: Bab Al Rayan – 3, New Prism – 0.

Waves Engineering win In an E Division match, Waves Engineering posted a eight-run win over Atkins. Batting first, Atkins scored 159 for six in 20 overs with

Prithwi Raj top scoring with 48. In reply, Waves Engineering put on 160 for the loss of two in 16.4 overs.

Sakir Salim top scored with an unbeaten 67.

Brief scores: Atkins 159 for 6 in 20 overs (Prithwi Raj 48) lost to Waves Engineering 160 for 2 in 16.4 overs (Sakir Salim 67 n.o). Points: Atkins – 0, Waves Engineering – 2.

Oasis defeat Aptus In a F Division match, Oasis Water emerged winners by six wicket against Aptus Infotech. Batting first, Aptus Infotech put on 183 for nine in 20 overs.

Vijesh top scored with 74. Shaiju and Shibin claimed two wickets each for Oasis Water.

In reply, Oasis Water scored 184 for four in 18 overs with Shaiju top scoring with an unbeaten 55.

Brief scores: Aptus Infotech 183 for 9 in 20 overs (Vijeesh 74) lost

to Oasis Water 184 for 4 in 18 overs (Shaiju 55 n.o). Points: Aptus Infotech– 0, Oasis Water – 2.

NBO in big win In a G Division match, NBO defeated Al Rehwan by 82 runs. Batting first, NBO scored 197 for four in 20 overs. Adnan Haq top scored with 65 runs.

In reply, Al Rehwan were bowled out for 115 in 16.2 overs.

Zaheer Abbas claimed five wickets for NBO. Brief scores: NBO 197 for 4 in 20 overs (Adnan Haq 65) bt Al Rehwan 115 in 16.2 overs (Zaheer Abbas 5/26). Points: Al Rehwan – 0, NBO – 3.

RAHRC beat Majees In a H Division match, RAHRC defeated Majees by 94 runs. Batting first, RAHRC scored 198 for eight in 20 overs.

Balushi. – Supplied photos

Sujith and Shahfaf scored 32 and 31 respectively.

In reply, Majees were bowled out for 104 in 15.5 overs. Nandakumar and Atamaram claimed two wickets for RAHRC.

lengers 153 for 4 in 19 overs (Sanjay Dhananjaya 48; Samir 2/33) bt OCT Al Nahdha 132 in 18.5 overs (Dinesh Chandran 4/14). Points: Mecamac Challengers – 2, OCT Al Nahdha – 0.

Brief scores: RAHRC 198 for 8 in 20 overs (Sujith 32) bt Majees 104 in 15.5 overs (Nandakumar 2/18).

Points: RAHRC – 3, Majees – 0.

Unique Elegant down CCC In a J Division match, Unique Elegant defeated Classic Cricket Club (CCC) by four wickets. Batting first, Classic Cricket Club were bowled out for 140 in 16.3 overs.

Abdul Suhan top scored with 73. Vicky Chandrakanth claimed five wickets for Unique Elegant. In reply, Unique Elegant scored 141 for six in 19.2 overs with Rafeeq Al Balushi top scoring with 38.

Easy for Mecamac In an I Division match, Mecamac Challengers defeated OCT Al Nahdha by 21 runs. Batting first, Mecamac Challengers scored 153 for four in 19 overs. Sanjay Dhananjaya top scored with 48. Samir Mahrab claimed all two wickets for OCT Al Nahdha.

In reply, OCT Al Nahdha were bowled out for 132 in 18.3 overs.

Dinesh Chandran claimed four scalps for Mecamac Challengers.

Brief scores: Mecamac Chal-

Brief scores: Classic Cricket Club 140 in 16.3 overs (Abdul Suhan 73; Vicky Chandrakanth 5/13) lost to Unique Elegant 141 for 6 in 19.2 overs (Rafeeq Al Balushi 38).

Points: Classic Cricket Club – 0, Unique Elegant – 2.

ISC TENNIS

Vatsal claims under-10 boys crown

UNDER-10: Champion Vatsal Manikandan, left, and Praneeth Raj.

MUSCAT: Vatsal Manikandan clinched the boys under-10 singles crown at the Annual Tennis Tournament sponsored by Falcon Insurance Company and organised by the Indian Social Club.

In a repeat of last year;s final, the top seed dominated the title clash from start to finish to retain the boys under-10 crown with an emphatic 6-1, 6-1 victory over second seed Praneeth Raj. The manner in which Vatsal went about is commendable. The overall improvement his game has undergone is evident.

It was in February this year that he had lost to Praneeth in the semi final of the ISC Open Junior Tournament. Vatsal served three aces and showed consistency in his ground strokes.

Overpowered He planned his moves and used the flanks to score winners.

Inspite of Vatsal’s onslaught, Praneeth maintained his composure and played delightful ground-

strokes only to be overpowered by Vatsal’s superior anticipation and variety of strokes.

Stuti Mathur, Smrithi Iyer, J. Kaavya and Akshitha AR, meanwhile, have qualified for the semifinals of the girls under-12 singles competition.

Stuti finished on top of her group remaining unbeaten in the round robin league while Smrithi Iyer topped the other group.

In the semifinal matches, Stuti will take on Akshitha AR and J. Kaavya will play Smrithi Iyer for a place in the final.

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Deputy General Manger (Expatriate) . Degree in Civil Engineering with minimum 10 years Oman experience . Excellent experience and knowledge of supervision procedure ͘ džĐĞůůĞŶƚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌŝĂů ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟ ŽŶ ƐŬŝůů . Good knowledge of project management tools and techniques . Valid Omani driving license And the following too

. Project Manager . Civil Engineer Please send your CV to Email address: pm@ajicco.com

SITUATION WANTED ACCOUNTS Wanted Accountant.

Email: ami.almoosa@gmail.com Accountant 2-3 years experience.

Candidate should be Indian, English speakers. NOC is a must.

Email: mohammad.jwabreh@ bearingcitysc.com. Fax: 24509312

Reputed mineral water company required the following HEAVY/LIGHT DUTY DRIVERS VAN SALESMAN with Omani driving license

SALES SUPERVISOR/SALES KͳKZ /E dKZ with Omani driving license , >W Z^ ͳ Experience 3 to5 years

Contact - 90372638 ENGINEER

CATERING Excellent male cook w/ experience 200 Riyals salary + accommodation & food. Must be in Oman have own visa. Contact: Whatsapp: 95887572 Urgently required Sous Chef commis Chef for a new restaurant.

Contact: 91919255 Urgently required Lab Technician, Pharmacist on leave vacancy and Dental Technician for a reputed polyclinic.

Send CV to carecare003@gmail. com or call 97706453.

DRIVER Urgently required a gulf experienced heavy vehicle driver, currently available in Oman with NOC and valid GCC driving license.

Contact: 94201258 Email: ho@ddtoman.com Wanted Driver for heavy (sewage vehicle) and light vehicle with valid Oman driving license.

Contact: 97991654 / 97991652 Kindly send CV at Email: construction@remasalseeb.com / remaschandran2020@gmail.com

DESIGNER Required Graphic designer for a digital printing company in Al- Khoud. Candidate must have experience of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop & CorelDraw. Experience in print machine operating preferable. Send CV to Email: magicfingerprint1@gmail.com, Contact: 94221420 / 94216866/ 94216836

DRAFTSMAN Required Autocad Draftsman preferably with experience in pipe line drawings. Send resume to email: 9waterpipe9@gmail.com or WHATSAPP in 98963963

DOMESTIC HELPER Full time Housemaid required for an Indian family.

Contact: 92103688 Housemaid required for Keralite family in Ghubra. Malayalee maid preferred. Accommodation provided. Contact: 96139267

ENGINEER Urgent requirement Civil Engineer, 10 yrs experience for Construction Supervision. Contact secons.engineers@gmail.com, 99244481 Site Engineer with diploma & minimum 7 years Gulf experienced required 1 No. Email: omaniantrad@gmail.com Wanted Electrician / Electrical foreman with knowledge of estimation & building wirings. Fire & Safety installation foreman with knowledge of estimation & installations. Contact: 99634048 Email: bvcsmuscat@gmail.com

SURVEYOR /DRAFTSMAN ITI Surveyor with 2 years experience in Oman in OHL transmission lines with valid D/L and knowledge in drafting preferred Contact: 93339586 Email: hromancv@gmail.com Wanted Civil Engineer. Email: almoosaengineering@gmai.com Required Civil Engineer & Commercial Secretary (UK, USA, Germany), Mechanical Engineer, MEP Engineer, Indian Secretary.

Email : joboman2017@gmail.com Required Civil Engineers / Foreman. Contact 92481447, email: r.m.unnithna@outlook.com

EDUCATION Urgently required Arabic Instructor for spoken Arabic classes for private group of 10 People. Contact: 91919255

MEDICAL Urgently required GP doctor with NOC for well known running clinic ready to work in Bidbid.

Contact 96746460 A MOH license Staff Nurse needed to work in a clinic in Medha 400 Rial salary with accommodation. Contact: 94220240

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER & FINANCE MANAGER Looking for dynamic and talented individuals to join our team in Oman ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ

ϭ ŚŝĞĨ &ŝŶĂŶĐŝĂů Kĸ ĐĞƌ 1 Finance Manager with at least 5 years experience in the ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ Į ĞůĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ associated with Petroleum, WůĞĂƐĞ ĂƉƉůLJ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŶĮ ĚĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ

send your C.V kbd@f-m.fm issa767a@gmail.com MEDICAL Wanted female & Male Nurse with or without license (good salary, food & accommodation with other benefits.

Contact 92989109, Email: medicoport@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS An excellent grade building Construction Company requires the following staff for their ongoing projects Operations Manager 10 yrs exp & Project Manager 7 yrs exp, Project Engineer 5 yrs exp, Site Engineer 3 yrs exp & Quantity Surveyor 5 yrs exp. Send CV to amad6859@gmail.com Candidates with the following should apply: Previous experience in a similar, working for a security company Proven experience of designing and estimating large integrated CCTV, Access Control, and Perimeter detection systems.

Detailed technical knowledge of database and operating security systems associated with CCTV, access Control, with Oman license.

Send CV by mail info@sahabit.com

MISCELLANEOUS Arabic speaking doctor preferably with MOH License, internal medicine specialty would be a plus.

E-mail gccmedicalrecruitment@ gmail.com Looking for a GP doctor in Saham with license. Contact: 99724560/ 9538026 Require Orthodontist in Bahla.

Contact: 99237436 Required Optometrist for a leading Optical group in Oman.

Email : albasilopticals@gmail.com Contact 93822557

Urgent required : Store labors.

Candidate should be Indian, English speakers. NOC is a must.

Email: mohammad.jwabreh @bearingcitysc.com, Fax: 24509312

SKILLED LABOUR Required Experienced Auto Electrician and Automobile Mechanic for a reputed service station.

Contact : 91232638 hashim@ramainvestment.com

Fusion Medicare Polyclinic, Urgently required Pharmacists and Assistant Pharmacist for a reputed organization. Email: pharmadreams2016@gmail.com

A petroleum field (SAOC) company seeking for JCB operator with ROP license & having 2 years experience to work at PDO site.

Contact: 24484045, Fax: 24485908, GSM : 98083550 Email: said.maqshan@gmail.com

Muscat wants GP, staff Nurse holding MOH license & Receptionist (Omani) Contact 97698004 email: medicare@fusionlogicoman.com

Construction company looking for foreman with Gulf experience.

Contact : 95758004

Physiotherapist (bachelor in Physiotherapist) experience 2 years in Oman, Nurse Experience 2 years. Fax: 24602206 Email: fayad.mohamed@gmail.com Wanted Pharmacist (with MOH license) & Nurse.

Contact : 95042101 or send CV to Email : azad.a.asif@gmail.com Require well Exp Gynecologist (partnership basis) pediatrician lab technician, exp dentist Endo Dontist pedodontist, Ophtalmologist, lab Assistant for medical Centre in Mabela. Contact -Email amanammc@gmail.com Ph 95200180./ 24452070

SECRETARIAL / OFFICE Wanted Office clerk having two years experience.

Contact: 92891888

SALES / MARKETING ACCOUNTS Urgently required hard core Sales & marketing person for computer shop at Ruwi (IT knowledge) Oman driving license will be an advantage (preference for Kerala). Contact: 98048903 Email: info@smartpointcomputer.com Required sales and marketing executive for a 4-star hotel in muscat. candidate with excellent communication skills and having 3+ years experience need apply. driving license will be an advantage. email: hoteljobsmuscat@gmail.com Required Sales/Marketing Executive for a digital printing company in Al Khoud. Candidate (Indian or Philippine nationality preferred) must have valid Oman driving license. Send CV to Email: magicfingerprint1@gmail.com, Contact: 94221420/ 94216866/ 94216836 Required well experienced dynamic candidate in Real Estate Evaluation Field beside Building Management Techniques. #91246444, Email: rescooman@gmail.com Wanted Salesman (tyres wholesale) with driving license having 2 years experience & Accountant who knows the rules and regulations of Oman having 2 years experience. Contact: 92891888

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED ACCOUNTS 10+ Years Experience in Accounts & Finance upto Finalisation, NOC & License available.

Contact – 96239126 Indian (m) B.Com MBA well experienced in accounts & finance speaks English & Arabic, having driving license & NOC. Contact: 95588565 Male Accountant, 34 yrs, MBA finance, 12 yrs experience up to finalization of accounts, NOC available.

Contact: 98733509 Email: abdulvasi6832@gmail.com Experienced business development and investment consultant with 10 years experience in the financial management field. Holds a masters degree in finance and management from the UK. Contact : 90157073 Indian female, M.Com, having 4 yr’s experience in Accounts looking for Job in Accounts OR suitable placement. Contact: 98418533 / 99338639 Indian male MBA (finance) Accounts, Customer service, 2 yearsExperience.(Dubai Airport) Iran Airlines. GCC driving licensevalid till 2025. On Visit Visa (Till 20 Dec 2016).Looking for suitable job. Contact – 71093532. Emailmirzahassanbaig89@gmail.com Finance Manager, 17 + years Gulf exp. in Accounts, MIS, budgets, strategic planning, cost control, cash flow management, seeks job. Contact 95379211, E mail :- vijay.564@hotmail.com

SALES / MARKETING English/Arabic speaking Marketing Major with experience in sales. Please e-mail gccmedicalrecruitment@gmail. com Required Part Time Sales Executive. Preferred experience in packaging industry.

Must have Oman D/L. Contact: ahmed@soharpackaging.com

Indian male 34yrs looking for Accounts Asst job, Oman with valid driving license Cont. 92092486, email:sagarjohn28@gmail.com Indian (m) MBA ( f) more than 6 years of experience in accounts, proficiently in various A/C software SAP ( F1/CO) seeking for suitable placement.

Contact: 95920740 Email Id : abdulhameed1527@gmail.com

Experienced Indian female 23 B.Com with computer application on visit looking for suitable position. Contact: 94964860 / 92436404

Indian male 30 yrs, B.Com 4 years experience in GCC, Sales / Accounts looking for suitable vacancy, currently on visit. Contact: 99727595 Email: samie61@gmail.com

MBA Finance Indian 25 Male 2 years experience seeking opportunities in Finance sector. Immediately available.contact:92498840 sachu_0318@yahoo.com

Indian male, B.Com, MBA in Finance, 4 yrs in Larsen & Tourbo, 26 yrs in Oman, English/ Arabic speaking with driving license.

NOC available. Contact 95588565

Indian male MBA finance 31 years working as Admin Manager in Muscat since 2012, total 8 years experience in administration and accounts valid Omani driving license. NOC is available. Contact : 94030054

Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in accounts/ finance field. On visit visa. Immediately available.

Contact 92836216 / muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com

Indian male with NOC , 12 yrs Oman experience in Operations, facility management banking project coordination with Oman D/L looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 98183667

Qualified and experienced MBA post graduate with proven work exposure in Middle East & India, having more than 5.5 years of rich experience in accounts , project coordination and administration in (3.5 years UAE experience) oil and gas projects is currently looking for suitable job. Contact 93953613, Email-allen.mathew83@gmail.com

Indian chartered Accountant 17+ years experience in Accounts , Finance and Business management working in reputed group in Muscat looking for suitable change. Oman Driving Licence and NOC available 95562708 pandukp2016@gmail.com Looking for Assistant Accountant, experience in Ayurgreen Hospital.

Email: samkumar871@gmail.com Indian male with 7.5 yrs experience in accounting, AR/AP finalization, Tax Queries with good, Knowledge of tally SAP, Focus, having valid D/L. Contact: 96625046 Email: thmsb182@gmail.com Indian male BBA Finance, Tally & Excel, 1 year experience. Contact: 00968 98829488 Email: ashiqashraf6789@gmail.com ACCA Finance Manager having 9 years experience, Oracle certified is looking for a change, NOC available. Contact: 91147885 Indian male Accountant available with NOC & D/L having 10 yrs experience including India, Oman & Saudi ready to join immediately.

Contact: 91729720 ACCA finalist looking for a job in accounts & finance or in audit firm, having Omani D/L & NOC available with 4 years Oman working experience. Contact: 95661169 Email: mohsin_zaman4u@hotmail.com BBA and MBA with 1 year experience as an Accountant/Executive Officer, looking for suitable job.

Gsm-97076365 / 95160774 (available in Oman).

Male MBA Finance, 10 Year experience in Accounting, Finance, Business Development, Administration & Banking (Import & Export). Proficient in Quickbook & Microsoft Suite. Contact 91462125, Valid Oman Driving License.

Experienced Jordanian banker with 22 years of experience gained across top global banks and financial institutions in UAE, Jordan and Oman. Contact : 9290 9198 Accountant B.Com/ M.Com, Indian male 10 years exp seeks suitable job NOC available valid ROP driving license. Contact: 97375608 Email: vincentdsouza1979@gmail. com Indian Senior Accountant, B.Com, having 8 yrs experience in Oman, up to finalization, Oman D/L, release available. Contact: 93484122

Indian male age 26, Accountant one year experience in accounts looking for suitable job. Contact Email: anishkhan991867@gmail. com Mobile: +968 9565 9415 Indian male 22 years, B.Com Graduate with one yr experience in accounts, looking for suitable position. Contact: 91247507 MBA Finance having 6 years experience (4 years) in Oman as an Accountant, local release. NOC available can join immediately.

Contact: 96742474 ACCA qualified Chartered Accountant, 7 years experience & permanent resident of Oman looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 94521899 ACCA member with 6 yrs of experience in Oman looking for a suitable job in finance. Contact 99284193 Indian Male (26 years), M.com 4 years’ experience as an Accountant (3 years in Oman) looking for a suitable job, NOC available, Contact: 96004912/ nayaksushil2012@gmail.com Accounts Graduate (f) 2 yrs experience looking for suitable position.

Contact: 90924337, Email: jobsk1617@gmail.com Indian, Kerala, CMA-USA, ICWA, Mcom10+Years Experience Budgeting Planning MIS Accounts&finance.Cont.94064931shijupnarayanan@gmail.com Sudanese Accountant, Alexandria University Graduate bachelor of commerce Diploma of Marketing professional photographer worked in PR and social media for 2 years looking for a job in public relations media, social media or marketing. Contact: 96976240 Translator, 20 yrs in Oman seeking placement, exp includes banking, financial, economic, commercial, legal & journalistic, IT, publishing & newspaper articles. Contact: 92052591 Email: abbaskhalifa@gmail.com Female ACCA, Bachelors in Commerce 5+ years experience in finance management & analysis, currently available for immediate joining in Muscat. Contact: 90162949 Accountant 8 Years Experience with D/L and NOC. Contact 97712084

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION WANTED B.COM GRADUATE

Indian male, 33 yrs, M.Com, ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ϳ LJƌƐ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ĐĐŽƵŶƟ ŶŐ with knowledge of Tally & focus ĂďŝůŝƚLJ ŽĨ Į ŶĂůŝnjĂƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ͕ Į ŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ for a suitable job, with valid D/L, NOC available.

Experienced IT Professional

Contact - 98185350

Contact - 93864278

Contact # 96654216

ADMIN

DRIVER

With 30 years Oman experience ŝŶ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ Į ĞůĚƐ ůŝŬĞ ĐĐŽƵŶƚƐ͕ ĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟ ŽŶ͕ KƉĞƌĂƟ ŽŶ͕ Credit control etc. worked in reputed companies as Manager with Oman driving license and knowledge of basic Arabic language.

ACCOUNTS Post Graduate M.Com (finance) having 20 years experience in Accounts in seeking suitable placement, NOC available.

Contact: 96275019 Email Id: vjkmr9583@gmail.com Indian female 28 yrs B.Com 4 yrs experience in MNC’s currently in Muscat seeking suitable placement in Finance / Admin.

Contact :94743790 Indian male, Accountant looking for a suitable placement in Salalah. More than 20 yrs experience in Accounting job (upto the finalization of accounts), 8 yrs working experience in Middle East in Dubai, Muscat & Salalah.

Contact 91325029 Accounts part time services available to handle all accounts up to finalization on monthly basis, finalization works.

Contact: 96247295 Certified Public Accountant (Filipino, Male, 27-yrs-old) with four years experience, seeking suitable placement in accounting/ audit, currently on visit.

Contact 94959606, email: czesar.42@gmail.com Accountant Sri Lankan National Inter CA 3 yrs exp in finance, ready to join immediately.

Contact: 79049355 Email: ahamedfiham777@gmail.com Indian, Kerala Male B.COM & B.PE, Currently on Visit Visa. Looking for a suitable job in Accounts, Store Keeper, Sales etc. Ready to join as early as possible.

Contact 96988923 email:- sajith3969@gmail.com 7 Years experience as Financial Analyst, MBA in finance. Responsibilities- research contributor, financial statement analysis, generating MIS & efficiency report, managing TAT, business & clients.

On visit visa in Muscat.

Contact 90191628 / 96175780 Indian female, 26 years,brought up in oman,M.COM(FINANCE) CA Foundation(CPT),CA , INTER (DOING) presently on family visa seeking for immediate and suitable placement. Contact -97174201/99663957 Email-anishasasi@gmail.com 8 yrs exp. in Admin & Accounts (3 yrs in Oman), MBA, exp. in Tally ERP 9, Indian (F) seeks placement.

Contact 97243806 Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA Finance and marketing with IT skills, 7+ yrs of experience, Looking for suitable placement.

Contact 94879615, Emailsajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com 28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/ India experience looking for a suitable placement.

Contact 90187483 shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com Accountant B.com Indian male 12 yrs exp seeks suitable job.NOC available . Contact : 91212471 Email: rennyj6@gmail.com Omani female Accountant, 32 years, having 10 years exp in admin/accounts seeks suitable placement. Contact: 93295953 Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA Finance and marketing with IT skills, 7+ yrs of experience, Looking for suitable placement.

Contact 94879615, Emailsajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com Indian (M), 31 yrs, M Com 9 yrs experience in Oman, looking for Manager or Executive position in Fin & Accounts, NOC Available.

Contact 968 96166178/ +919768537435: mohammednajeem@yahoo.com Finance Manager, 17 + years Gulf exp. in Accounts, MIS, budgets, strategic planning, cost control, cash flow management, seeks job.

Contact 99489784, E mail :- vijay.564@hotmail.com

ACCOUNTS

Pakistani, Male, MBA, 11 yrs exposure in Admin & HR and Business Development for HEALTHCARE, construction and banking industries, 4 yrs as Asst Manager, in Oman, Available to join, Cont:95761982, umerok@hotmail.com

Egyptian woman resident, considerable experience in the AdminisIndian male B.com, MBA, tration and Secretarial Executive for 12+ years experience in finalization looking for better opportunities. Con- company. Contact : 97221126 tact: 95710936 Indian female 33 years with 9.5 years experience (1 yr in Oman) as Accountant available with NOC, Executive Secretary, Administra7 years experience in Oman. tion, Sales Coordinator, and HR Ready to join immediately. coordinator seeks suitable placeContact 98263394 ment. Contact 97985059

ADMIN ARCH./ INTERIOR DEC. Post Graduate Indian female 30 experiences in office Admin & tech support looking for suitable opening. Contact: 97148570 Email: maryjose86@gmail.com Indian male 24 years BBA currently on visit visa looking for suitable job in Accounts, Administration customer logistic operations etc ready to join as early as possible. Contact: 96987802 Indian male, MSC & PG diploma in Computers with 20 years of experience Office Administrator & IT Manager looking for suitable administration & IT manager looking for suitable administration related position in schools or reputed companies, on visit.

Contact: 90104334 8 years experience in administration and guest relations department in Oman With valid omani driving licence. Seeking suitable jobs. Ph: 98145825 email: getcb@rediffmail.com Omani, male, 26 yrs experience looking for job in reputed Companies as PR, having experience at airport / Emigration, Ministries/ Manpower with Oman D/L. Contact 95445779 Indian Male, 5 years’ experience as an Admin/HR/Project Secretary/Executive (1 year in Oman), looking for a suitable job, NOC available, Contact: 90154083/ d.kmr@outlook.com Indian male M.SW (HR) 2 years exp in India, 27 years age.

Contact: 93353912 Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+ experience in Administration/HR, Customer Support, Office Coordinator with good Computer skill, Now on Visit Visa, looking for suitable position.Contact 90196235 Filipino HRD especialist / material controller supervisor with 18 yrs experience looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142 / (+968) 92659817 Sri Lankan female, 31 years 7 years experience in administration & secretarial currently in Muscat seeking suitable placement in finance / Admin / secretary. Contact: 94767990 Indian Male 15 years gulf experience in HR / Admin Assistant, Purchase, Office Coordinator with good computer skills seeking employment for suitable position. Holding valid Oman Driving license. Contact 99709336 MSW Postgraduate currently working in Muscat 5 years experience in office operations, administration, customer service & counseling, NOC available.

Contact: 90652428 Pakistani, Male, MBA, 11 yrs exposure in Admin & HR and Business Development for HEALTHCARE, construction and banking industries, 4 yrs as Asst Manager, in Oman, Available to join, Cont:95761982, umerok@hotmail.com Young Omani male have experience 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK Helper Supervisor Admin Supervisor, H.R Manager have vocational M.B.A diploma in H.S.E, IT and P.D.O license, looking for H.R position or P.R.O part time or full time.

Contact: 95933288

Indian male, 23 yrs, Architect, 1 year experience, looking for suitable placement. Contact: 98192299 Architect 3 years experience in consultant office proficient in 3D Max – Photoshop, AutoCAD. Contact: 98245746 Architect Engineer seeking for suitable job, 8 years experience.

GSM : 96075000, Email : haytham_201046@yahoo.com

DESIGNER/ DRAUGHTSMAN Free lance Autocad works experienced (arch, struct, MEP, shop drw) rate a0/a1 sheet ( 10-17 OMR) ph : 97103168 Free lance / part time autocad works / make boq 2d /3d arch , structural, shop drawings interior drawings. Contact 97103168 mkgroupoman@gmail.com 9 years Gulf experience AutoCAD Draughtsman. Contact: 93528255 Revit, Autocad D/man, expected salary 200 OMR. PH : 92279784 Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD Draftsman with 20 years professional experience is looking for suitable job in Oman.Please Contact: 96489798, (+974) 66653780.

DRIVER Pakistani, 10 years experience in Saudi, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, license 3 years in Oman. Contact: 94350734 / 97665807 Looking for job exp having driving license. Contact: 97363138 Driver looking for job. #95892363 Looking for light driver job.

Contac: 93782166 / 94356465 Looking for light driver job.

Contact: 95604741 Looking for job light driver 17 years exp Oman.

Contact: 95541940 Looking for driving job language English, Arabic & Hindi.

Contact Whatsapp: 95283531 Well experienced LVD (light vehicle driver) available 5 years experience in Oman.

Contact: 95746203 Light Driver with 7 years experience looking for job. Contact: 92617293 Driver job wanted.

Contact: 96393082 Crane Operator. Contact: 91317691 / 97489287 Looking for driving job. Contact: 94802988 / 94435912 Light driver. Contact: 97020205 Looking for driving job.

Contact: 98219182 Looking for driving job Executive education speak good English and Arabic 5 years experience in G.C.C and 3 years in Oman.

Contact 90981030 Bangladeshi light driver 16 years exp, looking for job.

Contact: 99165961

Looking for driving job.

Contact: 95396905 2 Yr experience in Oman, seeking job (D/L). Contact: 94338977 Looking for driving job.

Contact: 97418036 Looking job for driving (with car).

Contact: 92005311 Experienced driver available with 4WD willing to work fulltime / part-time, familiar with all tourist destinations in Oman.

Contact: 24814231 / 91941545

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Civil Engineer with 3 years in Oman working in international company in field of building construction and infrastructure have Omani license.

Contact: 98826802 / 94903195 Email: eng.mn12@gmail.com Structure Engineer/civil BSC, worked in mega projects with 2 years experience, soft ware skills (Cad, staad, Revit, Robot, Sap, Hilti), Fluent Arabic, English.

Contact :99814536 Site Engg (Civil):B.Tech 6yrs Exp. Building Construction & Airport Project, seeks suitable job. NOC available. Contact 94682380, mathivananred@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer with 6 years gulf exp, having D/L & NOC, GSM: 92730137 Structural Engineer with NOC available for immediate joining.

Salary RO.400 Call 71121392 HSE Engineer having 10+ years experience in both Construction and Oil & Gas (PDO). Looking for suitable position, NOC & valid driving license available.

Contact: 97717468 Diploma Electrical Engineer 15 yrs experience in electrical, commercial & industrial field 3.5 yrs Gulf experience presently on visit visa.

Contact: 97937868 SriLankan Quantity Surveyor Male, 25 Years. Over 5 year Exp. (3 Yrs. in Oman), NOC available, looking for Suitable position.

Contact: 98436414, Email:Hassaan.mt@live.com Graduate female with 7 years experience in retail, looking for a suitable position.

Contact : 96234434 Indian male 29 yrs, 6 years exp at East Africa now on visit visa seeking for store in charge or related job. Contact: 99695002 Email: arafathw880i@gmail.com Sri Lankan male (30 yrs), B.Tech HND in Quantity Surveying + NCT in Q/S with 4.5 years experience Qatar & Oman, 3.5 years Sri Lankan experience presently in Oman work visa transferable with NOC, looking for suitable opportunity in Oman. Contact: 94907639, Email: thaya1987@gmail.com / thaya2014jandp@gmail.com Master of Engineering (Civil), 5 years experience.

Contact: 96658456 HSE Manager / Project HSE Manager HSE Engineer having 16 years experience in Gulf region obtained NEBOSH diploma, Diploma in civil looking for job. Contact: 94549278 or Email: ram_hk2003@yahoo.com Indian male B.E Automobile Engineering experience in Administration customer care, Supervisor job mechanical job, on visit visa. Contact: 96033372 / 96304190, Email: arunsaravanan2931@gmail.com

with over 20 years in Oman.

Can manage ERP systems, Hardware, Network, Wi-Fi and Biometric Devices.

NOC available.

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Indian Male 22, BE Civil Engineer with few site and internship experiences looking for a suitable position in your firm. Got knowledge in (Primavera, Autocad, Staad pro).

Currently In visit visa. 98327644 or shakib842@gmail.com Indian male 26 years Mechanical Engineer with 2 yrs exp in Oman.

Looking for suitable placement.

Contact - 91328079 Civil Engineer 8 years experience Structural buildings marine. Available NOC release. #92451323.

Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com Indian male Civil Engineer 1.6 yrs exp, having Omani D/L, looking for suitable position. NOC available.

Contact – 92157694 / mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com Diploma in Mechanical Engg, 10 years exp in steel fabrication site work with valid Oman driving license. Contact: 94696192 Civil Engineer with 8 years experience performs multi- task job to structural work , building construction , infrastructure , planning , site development & architectural finishing works, NOC available valid Oman D/L. Contact:97474593 Email: a.baraka.om@gmail.com Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrs exp seeks suitable position in a reputed company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711 B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 24 with almost 1 year experience as Production Shift Engineer, has achieved training on HVAC Engineering design and has good hands on software like AutoCAD and HAP.Currently in Oman on a visit visa, looking for a suitable placement.Contact: 95065955 email: mjs.jazeb@gmail.com Indian male B.Tech in Automobile Engineer with 2 years experience in service adviser, currently in Oman on visit visa, looking for a suitable placement.

Contact: 97195645 Email: akram_75@gmail.com Construction Machinery repairs Engineer, 5 years, driving license, Contact - 94001961 Chemical Engineer 2 years experience in petrochemical & polyethylene industry looking for valuable offer, NOC available.

Contact: 91359260 Email: jibinjoseph484@gmail.com Sudanese Civil Engineer 2 years experience. Contact: 94028027 B. Eng Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineer with 2 years good working experience searching for suitable job in Oman, driving license on visit visa. Contact: 97705533 Email: engirfan91@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer with 2 years experience as quality engineer Contact 94538906 Mechanical Engineer 3 years of experience in oil & gas and heavy equipments, fluent in English language with valid driving license.

Contact: 91366140 Male Civil Engineer B.Tech & 4 years U.A.E experience looking for suitable position Id transferable.

Contact: 99635754 Indian male 16 years experience (GCC) in construction (civil & electro, mechanical) purchasing seeking suitable placement having valid Oman driving license NOC available. Contact: 99109533 Indian female 24yrs, B tech Electronics and Communication Fresher looking for job in Salalah, Present visa status family.

Email : sapnatpsapna@gmail.com 98403877,93597298

Automobile Engineering Fire & Safety Engineering, 2 years Oman experience, 2 years India experience driving license.

Contact: 92848439

B.Tech Mechanical Engineer having 9 yrs exp with valid Omani driving license, seeking suitable placement. Contact : +968 97841963

Indian female 25 yrs B.Tech IT technically skilled in Date base operating systems, Oracle utilities seeking suitable position, good communication skill.

Contact: 94152561

Young Structural Design Engineer, 2 yrs well experienced with good knowledge on Etabs, Staad.PRO & AutoCAD, looking for suitable job (full time / part time). #96118135 Email: raju.alam50@gmail.com

B. Tech Mechanical HVAC site Engineer 4 years experience, currently on visit. Contact 92837696 / mdabdulather@gmail.com An Iraqi civil with more than 30 years experience in (Iraq and G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C) available. Contact: 96561306 Email: iq.bgd.mnsr@gmail.com Indian male, Mechanical Engineer having 1year experience, on visit visa looking for suitable job.

Contact: 97416564, Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com Civil Engineer 8 years experience in Oman as a project engineer for governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912 Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in designing, assembling, commissioning execution etc having valid GCC license too looking for a suitable. Contact: 00968-98052942 Email: azamjeelani78@gmail.com Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian male 24 years with 1+years Indian experience,(Certified in Staad Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).Looking for a Suitable position. Available In Sultanate of Oman (Muscat) on Visit Visa. Contact: 92157694. E-mail: mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com Syrian Civil Engineer with 2 years experience in construction with driving license.

Contact: 94799791 Electrical Engineer (B.Tech) male 12 years experience in MEP looking for job NOC available.

Contact: 94743659 Electronics and Communication Engineer (B.Tech) Indian specialized in industrial Engineering (M.Tech) from NIT 3 yrs experience looking for suitable placement. Contact: 92949350 HSE Engineer 8 year’s experience, having engineering degree, Nebosh, Oman driving license seeking good opportunity. NOC available. Contact: 968 99602415 / 91 9995348452 Email: syamjithalp@gmail.com BE MECH Engr, Indian male, 23 yrs having 2 yrs experience in Mechanical Engg on visit visa seeks suitable position. Contact: 98827544 Email: sibi.a.b.varghese@gmail.com Keralite male (25 years) on visit visa, Instrumentation Engineer (BTECH) with 3 years experience in oil & gas industry seeks suitable placement immediately.

Contact : 93363410 bibinbhaskar05@gmail.com B.T.S microwave link installation & commissioning Engineer B.Sc (Hons), B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineer ( 2.7 years exp) currently on visit visa.

Contact: 96756964 Email: qayamzaidi8@gmail.com B.S.c Civil Engineer with 7 years experience in managing & supervising of construction & oil & gas fields (NOC) Available. Contact: 96086214 Email: engmohamedosaman@outlook.com Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+ yrs of exceptional exp in spear heading strategic planning and project management initiatives & executing various high rise residential & commercial building as well as roads and highway project with proficiency in installation, seeking a challenging position in a dynamic organization.

Contact 96570891 29 years male Civil Engineer (B.Tech) roads / highways and buildings 08 years experience in Oman only having valid GCC driving license Oman available to join immediately with NOC. Contact: 95994968 Email: engr.aamir04@gmail.com Indian male 25 years Civil Engineer (B.Tech) 04 years experience in bridges / structures and buildings working in a reputable company in Oman since 1.6 years available to join with NOC. Contact: 95495797 Email: sarfarazahmad30@gmail.com

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SITUATION WANTED ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

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MEDICAL

Civil Engineer (Indian male) 5 years experience in Oman with valid Omani driving license & NOC looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93101283

Indian Female, Phd in Chemistry having 3.5 yrs of Experience in India. Staying here on Family Visa & seeking for a suitable placement.

Contact – 99675828, Email anupam.tiwari67@gmail.com

Indian female M.Sc Computer Science seeking suitable placement in Muscat area. Contact 98660672

Veterinary Doctor: Indian Female looking for a suitable placement.

Contact: 96906534 /99014885, Email: monishmajeed@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer, 24 yrs, Indian Male, Fresher, Training Undertaken in Electrical Draughtsman, Fire Alarm, Fire Fighting and Industrial Automation. Contact: 94989767, Email: Junaiz987@gmail.com 32 years male senior land surveyor roads/ building / pipelines, PDO , 11 years experience in Oman / Dubai.

Working in reputable company and available to join immediately with NOC. Contact: 97640625 Email: qasiryasir@gmail.com Indian male site supervisor (Air conditioning) 25 years experience in Oman driving license seeking suitable placement.

Contact 97498809, 93391910, Email-marysimon04@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer Sudanese 6 years exp in Gulf HVAC fire protection plumbing with D/L. Contact: 90609377 Electrical & Electronics Engr, knows autocad & revit.

PH: 93837973 Indian male, B.E Mechanical with 2 years experience as Maintenance Engineer in Cochin Refinery and 1 year experience in Chevrolet seeking job. Ph number: 97964862, Email:jossyabraham20@gmail.com Mechanical/ Piping Engineer (B.Tech.) on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact 94703350 Email: nadeembcoolboy@gmail.com Indian male 25 B.Tech Electrical, 3 years experience in industrial automation & supervision.

Contact: 97207570 / 90481773 Pakistani male Diploma Civil Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling & mega projects, valid license Oman. Contact: 98921022 Indian male 24 ,B.E ( E.C.E ) graduate with 3 years of experience in the fields of BMS and Low current systems and has good knowledge about Electronic Security Systems, currently working in Oman, NOC Available. Contact: 94737033/ mohdmuhafez45@gmail.com Civil Engineer, young Indian having almost 2 years experience looking for a challenging position seeks suitable position in Oman/ GCC. Please contact 92718490, Email ID: uvais.pk82@gmail.com Electrical Engineer having 16 years experience in switchgear / Transformer / over head lines & trading for Sales / Procurement & Project Execution with valid Omani D/L, also available on contracts basis. Contact: 968 - 95994727 Email: qurm340@gmail.com Indian male, Structural Engineer looking for job in structural design field. Having 6 years of experience in design field. Residing in Muscat. Contact - 91176187 Email: syam036@gmail.com Graduate Civil Engineer 20 yrs GCC experience with Omani D/L, seeking job NOC available.

Contact: 98621645 Email: imtiazcv@gmail.com Indian male, B.E Mechanical with 2 years experience as Maintenance Engineer in Cochin Refinery and 1 year experience in Chevrolet seeking job. Contact : 97964862, Email:jossyabraham20@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer, Indian, Male, 30yrs. Experienced in Steam turbines and Thermal Power house seek employment.

Contact - +91 8130553668 or mohamedshah7@gmail.com Electrical Engineer: Indian male 30 years, having 5 years of experience in industrial automation and utility maintenance in India, holding valid Oman D/L. Contact: 92789995 Email:akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil Engg (cert attested) knows autocad revit, salary exp: 250 Ph : 92279784

EDUCATION/TRAINING Indian female 24. Masters in Computer science engineering, seeking job in colleges, schools and institutes. Having in good skill in teaching and advanced technologies. Contact : 93356858 Email id : annielino11@gmail.com

Indian Female (Dual MBA Marketing & Operations, BTech Civil on Family Visa looking for suitable Openings. Contact 93287567 Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. Contact 99739415 / 92091528 Maths Teacher 30 years experience IGCSE bilingual I.B, A& AS levels. Contact: 98016336

HOSPITALITY Indian male having Diploma in Hotel Management with 16 years of experience in F x B Service at India, K.S.A & Oman, having valid Oman D/L, seeking for available placement. Contact: 92100141 / 92221956 Indian male 31yrs old with hotel management degree,03 yrs experience in F&B services at 5 star hotel Dubai, 05 yrs in American 06 star cruiseliner has butler. Has oman driving license.

Contact No 99859150.

Indian male, 24 yrs , Diploma in Hotel management, 2 years experience front office management in 4 star hotel Dubai, currently on visit visa. Contact: 97937504 Email: febinpalathingal01@gmail.com

IT IT Engineer male, 28 yrs, over 7 yrs experience with NOC, D/L available seeking placement in IT / Network / Telecom field.

Contact 93563297 Email: monuzv24@gmail.com Indian Male Diploma, 4 Year Experience in IT Hardware and Networking, System Admin (2 Years in Oman), Seeking for suitable job.

Contact: 91010146, e-mail: pranav.tp587@gmail.com Indian male seeking suitable vacancies, having 8 years experience in computer hardware maintenance and 2 years in CCTV, Presently on visit visa. Contact: 99641209, Email: adersh.kr@gmail.com Indian female BSC IT, having 3 years experience in Oman in Admin / HR seeking for suitable job. Contact: 92308229 Email: maluvyayan40@gmail.com Indian male, 26 yrs, 4 yrs work experience in M.N.C , IBM , ITIL foundation certified looking for suitable jobs in Training / learning / Development / HR/ MIS. Contact: 92306613 Email: michel.rinku@gmail.com Indian male, Post Graduate Diploma holder in IT, CCNA & MCSA Certified have 5 years experience in software & hardware technical support. Contact: 93988511 B.Tech (IT) graduate having 1 year experience in Search Engine Optimization, seeking a job in IT field. Contact :nazrinkhan.s@gmail. com, 96336292 Indian Male, MCA Graduate, 15 yrs exp in ERP, CSM Certified, seeking suitable role.NOC Available.

Contact : GSM : 90189284 Email: meetlibran@gmail.com CFA level 1 cleared (pursuing level 2) MBA operations research, female, 5 yrs experience as Analyst, have a valid Oman driving license, looking for related openings.Contact 95818892 Indian male 23 yrs B.Tech (IT) having 1 yr experience in computer operating, hardware, networking looking for IT sales office admin, store keeper or any suitable position, currently on visit visa.

Contact: 91124306 Email Id: Irfanmd@gmail.com 27, Indian male: Software Developer having 5years+ experience in oracle forms & reports 10 g, BI publisher. Contact:91156571 IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years in Oman 2 years in India.

Contact 94672759 Indian male 4 years experience in IT as Programmer / Web Support/ CCNA/ Network on visit visa seeking placement. Contact 93069694 Email: mrabrar14@gmail.com

Indian male 4 years experience in IT as Programmer / Web Support/ CCNA/ Network on visit visa seeking placement. Contact 93069694 Email: mrabrar14@gmail.com Female, master in mass communication, B.Ed, experience in media channel and teaching PH : 99362024

LOGISTICS Procurement, Warehouse & Logistics, Pakistani Male, Graduate, Over 10 years experience, Looking for Suitable Placement, Currently on Visit Visa. Contact: 91257663

MISCELLANEOUS Engineering Graduate having 5+ years of exp as Marketing coordinator in advertisement company and 6 months as security system service engineer.Contact :79059197 Omani male, 21 years graduate, (bachelor in management studies) seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 97904200 21, Indian female B.com graduate on family visa looking for immediate and suitable placement. Holds valid Omani Driver’s license. Contact: 97208869 Indian male, 28, post graduate, 6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back office) & credit control with valid Oman D/L looking for suitable placements. NOC available.

Contact: 92066 523 B.Com,IICL Certified Container Inspector(No.150850),Visit Visa, Six months experience, need placement. # 90880935, 99023279, Email solexyesudas@gmail.com Sudanese male bachelor geology and mining with 3 years experience in MUD logging and training in soil investigation. Contact 92956848 BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants).

Contact: 92475206 Email: zahaibzafar007@gmail.com

Filipino male Medical / Sales representative with 3 yrs experience is looking for suitable job in Oman.

Contact: 92610394 Dr.Ayman Abduljalil Ali, E.N.T Specialist (Otolaryngologist), Yemeni-male, looking for job.

Mobile: 00201096542706, Email: aymanjalilorl@gmail.com

MANAGER / SUPERVISOR General Manager Indian National With 20 yr Experience In managing Civil Construction Business Seek Opening in reputed Civil Company.

Contact-97464650.

Manager receivables 12 years Oman experience. Contact: 99466318 Email:binulukechacko@gmail.com Joinery / Woodworking Production Supervisor, Indian, with knowledge in estimation, 18 years experience (5 years in Oman).

Contact: 92975314, praveen777prabhakar@gmail.com.

Joinery / Woodworking Purchase Manager, Indian, with 12+ years experience in UAE, Qatar & Oman.

Experience in Trading & Manufacturing divisions, having valid Omani D/L. Knowledge in Materials Management, Finance, Office Administration and Operations.

Contact: 98040421, vinodthattayil@gmail.com.

Purchase Manager / Officer Indian male 16 years GCC experience in construction Industry NOC available having Oman driving license looking suitable placement.

Contact: 99109533 Plumping Supervisor (Indian male) 12 years experience in Oman with valid driving license having more than 8 years in India looking for a suitable job.

Contact: 95154414

STOREKEEPER Store keeper field more than 10 years experience in Gulf country looking for suitable job. #90198237

9 year experienced industrial painter and sand blaster with Oman driving licence. NOC available. Seeks suitable placement.

Contact ZakeerHussain 96681934.

Working as Senior Storekeeper in a reputed company since January 2008, looking for suitable opportunity. Contact:93865679

MEDICAL

SKILLED LABOUR

Indian female (25) MSc Microbiology 2 years experience prometric on visit visa seeking job urgently.

Contact: 98008164 / 79017569.

Indian male Nurse, with well experience in profession and working in Oman. Seeking for a suitable placement. (Preferring opportunity in as Rig Medic). Has BLS and ACLS. Contact : 97236545 Indian female nurse with 9 years experience dataflow prometric completed, MOH viva cleared, looking for a suitable placement in Muscat. Contact: 93896567

Male 42 electricians & plumber, looking for job NOC available.

Contact: 98081227 Watch repair and service looking for job, 24 yrs experience.

Contact: 99530405

SALES / MARKETING Experience Sales / Business development professional, with 5 years Oman experience, holding valid Oman D/L. Contact: 90133601 Email: gbkoshy@gmail.com

Indian Nurse with MOH viva prometric, dataflow completed looking for suitable job.

Contact: 95984538 Indian No: +91 8606470884 Email: josephneethu2014@gmail.com

Egyptian male experienced Sales Executive with 12 years sales experience in Egypt, KSA and Oman with leading FMCG companies. Holds Omani driving license.

Contact : 96202040, Email: ahmedghoniem618@gmail.com

Dentist Indian male with 5 years experience including 2 years Oman working experience, MOH license seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 94116459 Email: sayedmabeel87@yahoo.com

Multinational FMGC experienced, qualified Sri Lankan lady seeking employment in Muscat. Strategy, Marketing, Brands, Sales, Communication. Oman exp & D/L available. 98250829

Indian female dentist with 3 years of experience looking for a suitable placement well versed with tooth extraction and RCT, cleared Pro metric exam.

Contact: 95981802 Email: jyotsnasandeepk@gmail.com

Looking for sales cum driver job.

Contact: 94235254

Indian female assistant pharmacist 4 years experience in Oman seeking suitable placement in Muscat area. Contact 97498809/ 93391910.

Email-ishitasimon12@gmail.com Pakistani male MBBS, 1 year exp.

Contact: 0092345 4557131, Email: drluqman101@gmail.com Indian male, Nurse with more 7 years experience MOH license, P.D.O license, dataflow, NOC available looking for job in Oman.

Contact: 93604827 Email: subinraj37@gmail.com

Sales & Marketing Indian (M) having 8 years experience of commercial light vehicles, cranes, forklifts & construction equipments in Qatar, Oman & India holds driving license. Contact: +968 93992275 Email: azmath700@gmail.com Indian male 26 yrs, B.Com, 5 years sales experience in Oman seeking suitable job. Contact: 92507253 / 99414642 Key Accounts Manager of sales.. with an experience of 13 yrs, across the country. Bsc, MBA seeks suitable placement.

Contact- 92100116 Marketing Executive with 10 years experience in Gulf on visit visa. Contact: 90116693

SALES / MARKETING MBA (UK), raised in Oman & with 2 yrs work experience holding valid Oman driving license, seeks job in sales / business development. Contact: 99513132 Indian male, looking for sales & marketing job, Oman license holder. Contact: 95642740 Email: shaijichakkara@gmail.com Sales Engineer, Indian male, 28 yrs, 3 years experience looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 93938727 Indian male 8 years experience as Sales Executive with Oman driving license NOC available.

Contact: 92233068 Email: shipsnarayanan@gmail.con 12 years experienced Indian male in sales & service of construction equipment with Oman driving license. Contact: 94691005 India PG diploma in Business Administration, 24 year experiences (22 years in Oman) in diverse field handling office independently administration, Sales and Marketing, highly motivated, hard working skillful and willing to work in challenging environments seeks suitable placement. Having valid Omani driving license.

Contact 99120500 Omani national, fluent in English looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 97173753 General Manager - Business Development, Advertising and Marketing, Brand Building, Facility Management, Operations, Client Servicing, +968 93031168.

Omani female 6 years experience in management, fluent in English & French searching for new opportunity. Contact: 90998255 Indian male 25, MBA (marketing, finance) seeking for a suitable job having 1 year experience, currently on visit visa. Contact: 95469149 Email: surajar.inbox@gmail.com Indian male MBA 8+ years Oman experience valid D/L currently Marketing Manager advertising company seeks suitable placement, release available.

Contact: 94402554 Egyptian male experienced sales executive with 12 years sales experience in Egypt, KSA and Oman with leading FMCG companies.

Holds Omani driving license.

Tel: 96202040, Email: ahmedghoniem618@gmail.com Indian 38 yrs, male MBA marketing on visit. Building materials sales experience in Oman and India with reputed companies ready to join immediately. Contact: 91214958 BBA Bachelor of business administration exp in custom clearance procedure, also done international logistics management & Nimb National Institute business management (US) certification all documentation work related logistics. contact – 91949050 / akram.chaush001@gmail.com Sales Marketing Executive Indian male, with Gulf experience & G.C.C driving license.

Contact: 0091 8527888597 Email: kchetan3@gmail.com Indian male 25, MBA in marketing 9 years of experience, looking for sales & marketing professional / BDM on visit visa.

Contact: 94540209 Email: sadar.myle@gmail.com MCA Graduate with 1.6 years experience Indian female looking for any suitable job currently on visit visa. Contact 97993250 / 91447261 Indian female 29 years Post Graduate with computer Knowledge 2 years of Oman experience in coordinator & 5 years of experience in customer service, client relation officer with excellent communication skill seeks suitable placement. Contact: 95337665

Indian male Sales experience in building material, 8 years in Gulf country looking for suitable job.

Contact: 90110515 Marketing Manager 29 years professional experience in GCC / Oman in marketing in building materials / High tech products.

Contact: 92284066 / 98559317 Indian male around 7.5yrs technical product sales, new agency development experience in Oman B.E mechanical PGP.MKT , IB , Oman D/L urgent placement (m). # 91536968 Resident in Oman 18 years, 10 years experience in setup marketing plans and strategies, sales, import & logistics, procurement, Omani government tenders, organizing projects & events, import fireworks for festivals, NOC available, have car. Contact 94123939.

Email: 002015r@gmail.com Sales professional (Graduate) additional qualification CCNA & MCSE having more 10 years experience in handling IT hardware, Networking & security products (project based) and experience in Education and training Industry in Oman, seeking employment in relevant IT companies. Contact: 99354209, Email: sandy6673@gmail.com Indian Male, 26 M.Com with 4 yrs of Experience in Accounting & Administration in a Financial Company in India, seeks suitable job, Currently in India. +918907212253 Akhil:-93626288, Email: Sumeshpsmkr1989@gmail.com Oil & gas experienced Indian lady with 6 years in sales & marketing to PDO and having valid Omani driving license. #96143430 / 99875919 Indian Male, MBA marketing 5 yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG sector, looking for best opportunity.

NOC available. Conatct 96001877 Indian male 1 yr exp in sales automotive (TBL) looking for best opportunity , NOC available.

Contact# 97793879 Email: shyampkn@gmail.com Indian male 37 years MBA graduate in marketing with 9yrs of experience in UAE in field of brand promotions & marketing with UAE D/L on a visit seeking suitable position. Conatct 95792820 Indian male 26 years of experience of sales & marketing in surgical and laboratory equipments.

Looking for good replacement.

Contact – 92015894 /95774854 Sales man, Office Staff, language English, Hindi, Arabic & Bengali.

Contact: 71140846 Indian male age 24, B.Com. having 2 year experience and currently in visit visa. Looking for suitable placement in Sales, Marketing & finance. Contact: 90766307 Email: shhaazz.007@gmail.com Indian male MBA and Diploma in management from Australia. On visit visa, looking for a suitable job in sales & marketing. #71189884 Indian male with 6 years experience in sales in oman. NOC available, looking for suitable placement. Contact 95364128 Client Relations and Sales Professional with 8 years in the Business Process Outsourcing industry, looking for suitable opportunity in Muscat. Contact +96879050752

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE Secretarial & Office: Indian(F), MBA in Finance, 2 years experience as Associate in Branch Operations (Record Keeping, Desk job)on family visa. Ph: 93186865 ; email: ddthoppil@gmail.com Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordinator 12 years experience in Oman in reputed companies, seek immediate Employment. # 95244761

Experienced business development and investment consultant with 10 years experience in the financial management field. Holds a masters degree in finance and management from the UK. Tel: 90157073

India PG diploma in Business Administration, 24 year experiences (22 years in Oman) in diverse field handling office administration independently, Sales and Marketing, highly motivated, hard working skillful and willing to work in hallenging environments seeks suitable placement. Having valid Omani driving license. #99120500

Indian male Graduate with 18 years of Marketing experience presently in Oman on family visit visa, looking for best opportunity.

Contact: 96168687 Email: dhibupaul@gmail.com

Looking for part time job Secretarial / Data Entry / Documentation available every day after 5:00 pm Friday / Saturday full day area preferred Ruwi/ CBD/ MBD / Al Khuwair. Contact: 90414827

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SITUATION WANTED HSE Engineer, 4 years of experience in construction certifications, bachelor of engineering(EEE), Nebosh, Iosh, Dhse, First Aid. Contact :+97474018995, email:midhunmich@gmail.com

Pakistani Male having 6 years experience working as a Store Incharge, looking for a suitable position. salary is negotiable. Email : usman.saleem84@yahoo.com, Mob: +96894611858 / 95480426

MECHANICAL/PRODUCTION ENGINEER, 3 years’ experience in production industry, B tech in Mech engg, Proficiency in AutoCAD, Primavera certified.

Contact arn9895@gmail.com Mob 00919895233155

Indian male, 29 yrs, Graduate, 6 years Experience as an Office Assistant with Good English communication skills, is looking for a job in Muscat. (In Visiting visa).

Contact No:93271163

MECHANICAL ENGINEER, Indian Male, 26 years, 3 Years’ experience in Projects of Tanks, Boilers and Steel structures. Aware of int.

Standards, B tech in Mech engg.

Contact-rahulkunnath23@gmail. com, Mob-00917350860889 Indian male, M.Com, 6 years experience in the field of accountancy and Stores. Good knowledge in SAP, Tally, MS office and Excel seeks suitable placement.

Contact 92859733 Indian male 23 Mechanical Engineer looking for job in Mechanical field special interest in HVAC & MEP will be happy to hear from you. Contact : +968 9586 1251, Email : zufarajaib@yahoo.com Indian Male B-com graduate, 1.5 Year exp. in various office works, Valid Oman driving license Looking for any suitable post.

Contact: 95322175 / 91987965 B.E Mechanical Engineer, Indian, Currently on family visit OMAN, looking for job in various mechanical fields of production, manufacturing, technical and designing.

Contact :92113987,email : mohammedthanzeel@gmail.com

Indian male, 28 yrs old, B.A Graduate, 6 years Experience in Hospitality and Hotel Industry with Good English communication skills , is looking for a suitable job in Muscat, on Visiting visa. Contact : 90146616 Indian male, 29 yrs old, Graduate,6 years Experience as a Coordinator in Reputed Firm with Good English communication skills, is looking for a suitable job in Muscat.(In Visiting visa) # 93042492 Indian Female Nurse with MOH License, looking for suitable placement in Muscat. #95537685.

Indian male, Engineer, Procurement Officer, Construction. 23 years experience in Automobile Supply Chain, Production Planning, IT - Delivery Management, Business Analysis and Operations set-up. Contact: 90215985.

Indian Male 23 years B.com graduate Holding a valid Oman driving License searching for a suitable placement, currently on visit visa.

Contact : 94175848.

Indian Graduated MBA from UK, Seeking for suitable position in Sales & Marketing, 3 years experience. Mob. 99642275, Email: Navas.shereef13@gmail.com

Indian Male 48 years, B.Sc., MBAOperations Management with total 25+ Yrs of exp inclusive of 10 yrs in Oil & Gas sector in Oman, having valid Omani D/L & NOC , seeks challenging senior position in Logistics/Procurement/SCM. GSM-94236414, Mail id – jayamurli@gmail.com

25 years male from India looking for job having 3 yrs exp in contracting and trading co. release or NOC available, for immediate joining.

Contact :+968 94574596

SriLankan Quantity Surveyor male, 25 Years, over 5 year Exp. (3 Yrs. in Oman), NOC available, looking for suitable position.

Contact: 98436414, Email: Hassaan.mt@live.com

29 yrs old Graduate(Male), 6 years Experience as an Office Assistant with Good English communication skills, is looking for a job in Muscat. (In Visiting visa).

Contact No:93271163 Email-ranjithraj08@gmail.com

Indian male Auto cad Draughtsman (civil) 8 years experience seeking for part time job.

Contact: 00968 99070584, Email: remluvp@gmail.com

Indian male,28 yrs old, B.A Graduate, 6 years Experience in Hospitality and Hotel Industry with Good English communication skills , is looking for a suitable job in Muscat.(In Visiting visa) Contact No:90146616 Indian Male age:- 23) an i am looking for job an my qualification is Diploma in Mechanical an i am having 4 years of experience in the Quality Supervisor And CNC Machine Operator, GSM:-+96897017866.

Indian/male (25)/ post Graduate/3 years experience in sales and marketing(Dubai), on visit visa. available for immediate joining. Contact: 93887916, email: shamji3851@gmail.com

Indian male 23 Mechanical Engineer looking for job in Mechanical field special interest in HVAC & MEP will be happy to hear from you. Contact : +968 9586 1251, Email : zufarajaib@yahoo.com 33year Indian Male MBA-HR & MSC having 8.9yrs Exp (HR-operation/ SAP/ Admin) with Oman Driving License, seeking suitable opening in Human Resource, Payroll & Admin/backend jobs.

Contact:+968 99322978 Indian/male (26)/CA- inter and B.Com/3 years experience in audit & assurance services, financial reporting & analysis on visit visa, available for immediate joining.

Contact: 98078321 email: shahir.usman.su@gmail. com

SITUATION SIT. WANTED

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Mechanical Engineer/HVAC/Indian: 1year experienced mechanical engineer with piping engineering & quality control certification, on visit visa. email: nishadphoenix@ gmail.com, Contact: 90957740, email: nishadphoenix@gmail.com Indian male 29 years old on visit looking for a suitable position in air ticketing and tours, overall 10 years of experience, 6 years experience in gulf. On visit, ready to join immediately. Contact – 97189669/ info.awaiz2015@gmail.com Indian male Executive Secretary (To Top Management) having 10 years experience in Oman. Also well experience in HR Executive & Admin related jobs. Local release & Oman driving license available, seeking for immediate suitable placement. Contact 92215110; email: hellosajans@gmail.com Indian male 23 Mechanical Engineer looking for job in Mechanical field special interest in HVAC & MEP will be happy to hear from you. Contact : +968 9586 1251, Email : zufarajaib@yahoo.com B.A Graduate, 28 yrs old, is looking for a suitable job in Muscat.

(In Visiting visa , 6 years Experience as a Coordinator in Reputed Firm with Good English communication skills,).

Contact No : 93042492 29 yrs old Graduate (Male), 6 years Experience as an Office Assistant with Good English communication skills, is looking for a job in Muscat, (In Visiting visa).

Contact : 93271163 MECHANICAL ENGINEER, Indian Male,26 years, 3 Years’ experience in Projects of Tanks, Boilers and Steel structures Aware of int.

Standards, B tech in Mech engg Contact-rahulkunnath23@gmail. com, Mob-00917741032368

TRANSPORTATION Transportation. Contact: 97128083 Transportation. Contact: 99099714

Expat with 13 yrs experience in sales and marketing, seeking suitable placement.

Contact 92100116 Indian male, B.com graduate well versed in English, Hindi, Malayalam holding a valid Oman driving license looking for a suitable placement. Contact: 96799287 5.5 years Experience in Hospitality and Hotel Industry with Good English communication skills, B.A Graduate, 28 yrs old, is looking for a suitable job in Muscat.(In Visiting visa). Contact No:90146616

25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP specification for monthly rent & small car with driver.

Contact 99839898

DRIVING

From Ruwi to Ghala. Contact: 99562527

MATRIMONIAL Indian male Roman Catholic divorcee 41yrs.working in Oman, looking for suitable proposal Indian or Philippino.

Contact :96059801 Kerala Thiyya girl, 26 yrs, 167 cm working as Software programmer in Muscat invite suitable proposal.

Contact: 95772465 / 98696102

Al Khuwair, Qurum, Ghubra & Azaiba. Contact: 95937789 / 94501264 Transportation. Contact 94510847 Transportation. Contact:94087276 Picking & drop (Ruwi to Rusayl).

Contact: 98957524

Specialist for road test drum and slope. Contact 94022250

Transportation. Contact 92015894

Muscat Driving School.

Contact 94085688

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SITUATION WANTED TOURS

Enjoy Camping in Wahiba desert & all over Oman & tour.

Contact: 92226866

SITUATION WANTED COMPUTER/WEB./ EDU./CLASSES

We arrange tours & accommodation at all the beautiful places in Oman. Contact 99839898

SITUATION WANTED SERVICES

WE SERVE OMAN

Pest control & Building cleaning all kinds of pest control ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͘ ůĞĂŶŝŶŐ Ɵ ůĞƐ ͬ Marble polishing monthly/ Yearly contracts available.

Contact: 98814733 /98814740 Al Husn Cleaning L.L.C

Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English class for Malayalam Speakers

in Azaiba and Ruwi earn in two months

tion guaranteed

Tel: 95244310 Karate and self defense classes at Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per month twice a week Monday and Tuesday 6. 30 TO 7. 30. PM. Contact: 98294551

SITUATION WANTSERVICES WANTGOOD NEWS SITUATION WANT- SITUATION SERVICES ED Ayurvedic treatments & massage – Ayurvedic Clinic Al Khuwair.

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SERVICES We Provide Cleaners, Kĸ ĐĞ ďŽLJƐ͕ ůĞĂŶŝŶŐ ŽŶƚƌĂĐƚƐ͕ General cleaning etc. ů DƵĚĂŬŚŝƌ EĂƟ ŽŶĂů Ɛƚ͘ >> Contact : 94277020 We undertake new construction & maintenance & gypsum works.

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General cleaning new villas cleaning Barka , Mabela, Hail area.

Contact: 99557080 / 95323517

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing, Contact 99314807/24792998

Water proofing ABUQABASContact 99320217/24788722

House shifting with carpenter and transport. Contact: 96737158

A/C maintenance & Servicing, Fridge / Washing Machine / dish washer repairing, 2) Painting and cleaning service, Electrical & Plumbing. Contact 94147874 / 24504281, Email : globalaccessunited@gmail.com

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile polishing, pest control & anti-termite treatment, general cleaning painting, Plumbing, Electrical, shifting. Contact Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C. # 24810137, 99450130

Ayurvedic treatment for backache, paralysis, arthritis etc & massage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam). Contact 24475280 / 95371664 / 92504980 www.siddhayur.com

Split unit & window unit A.C servicing & maintenance Barka, Mabela, Ruwi area.

Contact: 96236476 Window unit & split unit A.C servicing & repairing Barka, Mabela , Ruwi area.

Contact: 99557080 Installation & maintenance for Modular Kitchen, UPVC Doors & Windows, Furniture, Electrical & Air-conditions Contact @ 92383882/91443786

Ibn Al Hajri Automotive Spare parts excellent customer service & deliver product solutions at affordable rate parts: Bumpers, lights, fenders, bonnet, radiator, condenser, Engine oil.

Contact: 24467160 / 95373995, 90933661 Facebook@ibnalhajri, Instagram @ Ibnal.hajri_sparepartsoman

Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain, backache, paralysis massage, steam bath, obesity, spondylitis, Ideal Care Ayurvedic clinic, 18th November Street Al Ghubra (North). Contact 99639695 / 97397320