Times of Oman - November 11, 2015

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On the occasion of 20th National Day

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’ Every Omani is required today - more than at any time - to roll up his sleeves and give his devoted efforts to carrying out his duties seriously and consistently.

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Police warn over National Day parades

HM RECEIVES CREDENTIALS OF ENVOYS His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said received separately at Hisn Al Shumoukh in the Wilayat of Manah yesterday the credentials of a number of ambassadors of the sisterly and friendly countries accredited to the Sultanate. - Salim Al Hashli

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to assert after poll win

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Oman in OMR450m telecom boost plan

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Hit by scoliosis, he fights back for all HASAN SHABAN AL LAWATI

hassan@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Scoliosis is not a disease, but an abnormal sideways curvature of the spine and several people in Oman are affected by it. #Oman pride features a group of scoliosis patients, who are working hard to educate, and generate awareness about early detection of the condition among the public.

“Scoliosis changes the way you live life in many ways. While wearing trousers, one side tends to stick higher than the other. It can be uncomfortable and make you feel very self-conscious,” said Tariq Suhail, who was diagnosed with scoliosis six years ago.

“It also can lead to one leg being shorter than the other, which means you will (have to) buy spe-

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hassan@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Fines, imprisonment, confiscation of vehicles and the possibility of being sent to public prosecution, are the penalties that await motorists who do not follow set guidelines while participating in marches or rallies organised to celebrate the 45th National Day of Oman, authorities said.

A spokesperson for the Royal

Oman Police (ROP) said, “People practise unethical behaviour during these car parades and their actions can lead to unfortunate consequences and that’s why we have come up with strict rules.”

The official urged motorists to comply with requirements during all car parades being held to mark the occasion.

“The rules aim to provide safety to both motorists and pedestrians, reduce traffic violations, and en-

#OMANPRIDE cial shoes,” he added. “All I can say about it is that those fancy comfortable shoes are not as comfortable anymore with a hard shoe lift on one side.”

Scoliosis is an abnormal curving of the spine and symptoms do not appear until it is in an advanced stage. Suhail formed the organisation: Scoliosis Awareness in Oman in 2010, to spread awareness about the ‘silent disease’ in the society at large. >A4

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sure that everyone can enjoy the occasion responsibly and in a safe manner,” he stated.

“Motorists are not allowed to block roads and should bear in mind that they should park in designated spots only,” an ROP official said, adding that celebrating the National Day should not conflict with people’s interests. >A4 ROP boosts rules for National Day fireworks display >A6

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W E D NE S DAY, N OVEMBER 11, 2 015 I don’t want anyone to go through the hardships that I went through emotionally and physically. If I had discovered and done something about my scoliosis earlier, my life would have been much different than it is now Tariq Suhail, Scoliosis Awareness in Oman founder

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His Majesty receives thanks MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received a cable of thanks from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey, in reply to His Majesty’s congratulatory cable to him on the occasion of the 92nd anniversary of the declaration of the republic.

President Erdogan expressed

sincere thanks for His Majesty’s congratulations. He also expressed complete confidence in continued development of relations between the peoples of the two friendly countries and wished continuous health and happiness to His Majesty the Sultan and the Omani people further welfare and peace. -ONA

His Majesty receives credentials of envoys During their meetings with His

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Majesty the Sultan,

His Majesty sends greetings

the ambassadors conveyed the

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to President José Eduardo dos Santos of the Republic of Angola on the occasion of his coun-

try’s National Day. In his cable, His Majesty expressed his sincere greetings and best wishes to President dos Santos and his country’s friendly people. -ONA

leaders of their countries along with their best wishes

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Sayyid Asa’ad arrives in Riyadh for summit RIYADH: On behalf of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, His Highness Sayyid Asa’ad bin Tariq Al Said arrived in Riyadh yesterday to lead the Sultanate’s delegation at the 4th Summit of ArabSouth American countries, due to be held later today.

His Highness Sayyid Asa’ad and his accompanying delegation were received at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh by Prince Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud, Governor of Riyadh Province, Eng. Ibrahim bin Mohammed al-Sultan, Mayor of Riyadh, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to the Sultanate, Sayyid Dr. Ahmed bin Hilal Al Busaidi, Sultanate’s Ambassador to the KSA and members of the Embassy in Riyadh.

The delegation accompanying His Highness Sayyid Asa’ad comprises Dr. Mohammed bin Hamad Al Rumhy, Minister of Oil and Gas, Sheikh Mohammed bin Sa’ayed Al Kalbani, Minister of Social Development, Mohammed bin Yousef Al Zarafi, Undersecretary of the For-

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eign Ministry for Administrative and Financial Affairs, Sayyid Dr. Ahmed bin Hilal Al Busaidi, Sultanate’s Ambassador to the KSA, Sheikh Khalifa bin Ali Al Harthy, Sultanate’s Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, its Permanent Delegate to the Arab League, Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Badi, Advisor in the Office of His Majesty the Sultan’s Representative and Saif bin Ahmed Al Sawafi, Advisor in the Office of His Majesty the Sultan’s Representative. -ONA

SALALAH AIRPORT OFFICIAL OPENING His Highness Sayyid Shabib bin Taimour Al Said, His Majesty the Sultan’s Advisor for Environmental Affairs, will patronise today over the opening ceremony of the new Salalah Airport. The ceremony will be organised by the Ministry of Transport and Communications to coincide with the 45th Glorious National Day celebrations. Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Futaisi, Minister of Transport and Communications, will deliver a speech during the ceremony. -ONA

of good health, happiness and a long life to His Majesty

HISN AL SHUMOUKH, MANAH: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said received separately at Hisn Al Shumoukh in the Wilayat of Manah yesterday the credentials of a number of ambassadors of the sisterly and friendly countries accredited to the Sultanate.

His Majesty received credentials of the following ambassadors: Roland Dubertrand as extraordinary, plenipotentiary ambassador of President François Hollande of the French Republic accredited to the Sultanate; Umardin Hj. Abdul Mutalib as extraordinary, plenipotentiary ambassador of King Almu’tasimu Billahi Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah of Malaysia accredited to the Sultanate; Dr. Ahmed Ramadhan as extraordinary, plenipotentiary ambassador of President Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation accredited to the Sultanate; Yu Fulong as extraordinary, plenipotentiary ambassador of President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China accredited to the Sultanate; Ugur Dogan as extraordinary, plenipotentiary ambassador of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey accredited to the Sultanate; Jonathan Paul Wilks as extraordinary, plenipotentiary ambassador of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Head of the Commonwealth accredited to the Sultanate; Mohammed bin Sultan Al Suwaidi as extraordinary, plenipotentiary ambassador of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) accredited to the Sultanate.

During their meetings with His Majesty the Sultan, the ambassadors conveyed the greetings of leaders of their countries along with their best wishes of good health, happiness and a long life to His Majesty the Sultan and the Omani people further progress and prosperity under the wise leadership of His Majesty. They also expressed their great hon-

our and utmost delight to present their credentials before His Majesty the Sultan. They affirmed to exert their utmost efforts to promote relations of their countries with the Sultanate in various domains in a manner that serves the joint interests of the Omani people and their countries’ peoples.

The credentials presentation ceremony was attended by the Minister of the Diwan of Royal Court, the Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Head of the Royal Protocols, the Commander of the Royal Guard of Oman and the Military Aides to His Majesty the Sultan. -ONA, Photos Salim al Hashli

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The organisation also guides the public about how early detection and non-surgical treatments can help. The Founder and Head of Scoliosis Awareness in Oman said patients become self-conscious because of their crooked spine and posture.

“Apart from that they have to deal with pain and deprival of freedom while undergoing treatments,” he said.

“I don’t want anyone to go through the hardships that I went through emotionally and physically. If I had discovered and done something about my scoliosis earlier, my life would have been much different than it is now,” Suhail explained. When Suhail was first diagnosed with the condition, he had to wear a Boston brace (a rigid & extremely uncomfortable brace) for 23 hours a day for a year and was eventually recommended for a spinal fusion surgery. “I refused the surgery,” said Suhail.

According to him, scoliosis affects 2 to 3 per cent of the world’s population. Since there is a genetic factor causing the disease; this

His Majesty the Sultan welcomed the ambassadors, thanking their leaders for their greetings and best wishes. His Majesty affirmed to them that they will receive all support from His Majesty, the Government and the Omani people, to facilitate carrying out their duties.

Tariq Suhail. – Supplied photo

number could be higher in countries, such as Oman, where there are many inter-marriages between families. “Scoliosis in Oman would like to change that; and we are changing it,” said Suhail while urging ‘Scoliosis Warriors’ to not be afraid about speaking about their sickness.

“Always remember ‘you may be bent; but (you are) not broken.’ The Scoliosis in Oman team is always here to help you,” Suhail stated.

Scoliosis Awareness in Oman has been trying to make its own database during the past couple of years. Results show that around 80 per cent of the cases are idiopathic (cause is unknown) and 61 per cent of them are females.

“I believe the most worrying number is that 54 per cent of the patients have a curvature angle of over 40 degrees, which is considered severe and would be recommended surgery under the conventional treatment model. I’d like to note that although our database is currently small, it is showing us alarming numbers,” Suhail pointed out. He added that many people in Oman do nothing about the disease until it gets to an advanced stage. This is mainly due to many being unaware of the consequences. He said that even after people discover their Scoliosis, they do not do enough research about their options.

As Suhail’s journey in scoliosis

treatment progressed, he noted that scoliosis awareness does not only lack among the community, but among doctors as well. He explained that there are alternative modern surgical treatments for scoliosis emerging that very few doctors are aware of.

“I’ve been researching for years now about scoliosis treatments, and discovering new methods of treatment every day,” Suhail revealed. Asked about what he thinks of Oman’s healthcare system and its preparedness in fighting this disease, Tariq answered, “Oman’s healthcare has been making great efforts to fight scoliosis. As I understand, previously they were performing surgery in India and now have brought this to Oman, which is conducted at the Khoula Hospital every June. However, other than the conventional treatments for scoliosis, we still do not have solid alternative treatments for Scoliosis in Oman. Actually, we don’t have it in the Middle East as a whole, as far as I know. Hopefully, we’ll be able to change that in the near future.”

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Some drivers indulge in dangerous stunts: ROP

An ROP official explained that many irresponsible drivers tended to show off dangerous driving skills, which might end up injuring others or causing damage to public property and sometimes to private property when it came to performing stunts in neighbourhoods.

One of the dangerous acts that many people indulge in during car parades, whether it’s the National Day or a sporting event, is emerging partially from the vehicle while singing or waving flags.

“It is against the law and violators will be fined.”

Drifters cause major problems for ROP officials and residents, the official said. “We get a lot of complaints about the loud noise people make using their wheels and horns. This becomes a problem since these parades go on till late hours,” said the ROP source.

People of all ages and genders participate in such parades, which take place in all governorates. “Some use this occasion to indulge in indecent acts, es-

People should not misuse this occasion and turn it into a difficult day for policemen and road users pecially towards women,” said a ROP spokesman, while stressing that such acts will be deemed punishable. “There are no legal issues with these parades as long as they comply with the rules and safety requirements,” said the spokesman.

“These parades are meant to be a nice opportunity to express loyalty towards His Majesty and this country, but people should not misuse this occasion and turn it into a difficult day for policemen and road users,” he added.

Hundreds of motorists in Oman have already decorated their vehicles and designed colourful customs to celebrate Oman’s big day.

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W E D NE S DAY, N OVEMBER 11, 2 015 Three major displays will take place in Muscat.

The locations are Al Amerat Heights, Bausher Sports Complex and Wadi Al Khoudh in Seeb Official spokesman, Royal Oman Police

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ROP boosts safety rules for National Day fireworks display HASAN SHABAN AL LAWATI

hassan@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Fireworks during the 45th National Day celebrations this year will only be allowed to be used at the venues specified by, and under the supervision of, the Royal Oman Police (ROP).

A spokesperson for the ROP informed that the 45th National

Day fireworks display would be held in Amerat, Bausher and Seeb in the Muscat governorate on November 18.

“Three major displays will take place in Muscat. The locations are Al Amerat Heights, Bausher Sports Complex and Wadi Al Khoudh in Seeb,” the ROP official said.

“It will be held at around 8pm,” he added.

Following an incident during the National Day celebrations last year, where fireworks exploded near a public gathering due to a technical error, authorities have ramped up safety regulations.

“Firework displays this year will be conducted in a safer and more responsible way under the supervision of ROP,” officials said.

The ROP spokesman also clari-

fied that there will be no ban on hotels, companies and private institutions displaying fireworks provided they have the necessary permissions.

“These fireworks come through customs officials after those planning to have a firework display follow a set of regulations, such as getting an approval from the ROP, choosing a safe location and

(ensuring the) quality of fireworks products used,” he stated.

Last year’s incident had led to the company being banned. “The company was banned because they didn’t follow safety rules. They did not comply with the rules that there should be a safe distance between them and spectators. This resulted in causing panic among the crowd,” he said.

Commenting on the issue of motorists, who park their cars on road shoulders to witness the fireworks celebrations, the ROP spokesman asserted that this year, “authorities have chosen areas far from main roads and highways so that observers won’t be parking their vehicles on road shoulders, thereby posing safety risks and causing traffic problems.”

‘90% of Muscat to be covered by fibre optic’ It is estimated that over 90 per cent of the governorate of Muscat by 2021, and most of the other urban areas outside Muscat will be covered by fibre optic by the end of 2030 Suleiman Al Hedaithy

Oman Broadband Company aims to make broadband more affordable and expand its coverage of fibre network

Chairman of FTTH (fibre to the home) Council Middle East and North Africa

to an additional 130,000 homes and businesses in Muscat by 2016-end tion of the FTTH Council MENA Conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, on Tuesday.

Staff Reporter MUSCAT: More than 90 per cent of the governorate of Muscat is expected to be covered by a fibre optic network, which provides high-speed data transmission, by 2021, said a senior official.

The Oman Broadband Company (OBC) is focused on making broadband more affordable and expanding coverage of its existing fibre network to an additional 130,000 homes and businesses in the capital city of Muscat by the end of 2016, said Suleiman Al Hedaithy, the chairman of FTTH (fibre to the home) Council MENA (Middle East and North Africa).

Al Hedaithy made the comments during a speech at the inauguration ceremony of the 7th edi-

Ultimate target “It is estimated that over 90 per cent of the governorate of Muscat by 2021, and most of the other urban areas outside Muscat will be covered by fibre optic by the end of 2030. The ultimate target is to connect all homes and businesses to the national broadband network across the Sultanate by 2040,” Al Hedaithy noted.

“Today, Omani citizens enjoy access to well-established mobile voice services. As mobile voice has reached saturation, the focus has shifted to mobile broadband services supported by the launch of the HSPA and LTE networks by both operators—Omantel and Ooredoo. In order to meet the increasing demand for broadband

services, there has been a recent push towards improving fixed broadband infrastructure—particularly fibre-based networks,” he added.

As part of the National Broadband Strategy, the Ministry of Transport and Communications announced the establishment of OBC in April 2014, Al Hedaithy said, adding that the company is making progress and had signed agreements with Omantel, Ooredoo and Awasr.

ICT adoption “A range of government initiatives are driving ICT adoption in Oman, with a vision set towards becoming a knowledgebased economy. The ICT market in Oman is progressing rapidly, particularly with the recent push towards a fibre-based national fixed broadband infrastructure,”

Al Hedaithy said. He explained that fibre to the home, the new generation of broadband, will provide the Omani market with unmatched benefits and reliability allowing for ultra-fast internet connectivity and content-rich applications that require high bandwidth and speed.

The council will be stepping up its current educational activities through training and workshops to support operators, network owners, smart cities, vendors and other interested parties across the region— sharing best practice and learning from across the globe, the official noted. Salim Sultan Al Ruzaiqi, chief executive officer for Oman’s Information Technology Authority (ITA), said employees are being trained as part of technological development and infrastructure is being improved to maximise the benefits of the digital era.

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Forensic lab by 2016 STAFF REPORTER

MUSCAT: A national digital forensic laboratory, aimed at tackling cybercrime, is expected to be set up by the first quarter of 2016, a senior Omani official said.

Salim Sultan Al Ruzaiqi, CEO of Oman’s Information Technology Authority (ITA), was speaking to reporters after the inauguration ceremony of the seventh edition of the FTTH (fibre to the

home) Council MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on Tuesday. The laboratory aims to deal with the digital forensic evidence to help detect cybercrimes in order to serve the law with the right evidence.

This will also help in producing qualified experts in cybercrime and work along with the law enforcement institutions in presenting criminals to justice.

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Cholera is rare in Oman, no need to panic: WHO official REJIMON K

reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Cholera is very rare in Oman and therefore Omanis do not need to panic, an official from World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) office in Oman, said. An Omani woman was detected with cholera two days ago following a visit to Iraq.

“Overall, the Omani woman’s case is an imported one. It is not something that we need to panic about,” the WHO official told the Times of Oman.

Preventive measures Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health has said that preventive and precautionary measures will be continued to combat cholera.

“The patient who contracted cholera is receiving medical care in one of the health institutions in Oman. According to the medical reports, the condition of the

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Cholera cases can be successfully treated with oral rehydration salts.

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patient is stable and improving,” the ministry’s statement said.

“The ministry has initiated all precautionary measures and is isolating the contacts in this case who might have travelled to Iraq.

In which case, the tests showed that no related symptoms or similar or secondary cases have been found,” the statement added.

Stressing the need to comply with preventive methods, the ministry has called upon people to examine the symptoms, espe-

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cially those who have recently travelled and returned from countries affected with this disease or came in contact with affected people, and asked them to head to the nearest health institution submit information about their health condition.

Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease that can kill a person within hours if left untreated.

On the other hand, 80 per cent of people infected with cholera do not develop any symptoms; for those with symptoms, 80 per cent have mild or moderate symptoms. Up to 80 per cent of cases can be successfully treated with oral rehydration salts.

Provision of safe drinking water and adequate sanitation are the key ways to control cholera.

Individuals should also adopt appropriate hygiene practices, such hand-washing with soap, safe preparation and storage of food and breast feeding.

Indian couple committed suicide: Police REJIMON K

reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: An Indian couple, who was found dead in Jifnain, near Rusayl, is said to have committed suicide by electrocution, police officials said.

“It was a suicide. The husband tried to kill himself, his wife and the child by electrocution. How-

ever, the child survived,” the police official told the Times of Oman.

The victims have been identified as Vijeesh and Mrudula from the south Indian state of Kerala. The couple has a two-year-old child.

An official from the Indian embassy said they are processing the papers required to repatriate the bodies. “The two-year-old child is with the couple’s relative,” the of-

ficial said. According to Vijeesh’s brother, who is taking care of the child now, the incident might have occurred at around 1pm on Monday. “I stay at a distance of some 15 kilometres from their place. I came to know about the incident within a few hours. We are shattered. We don’t know what to do. Their child is with us,” Vijeesh’s brother told the Times of Oman.

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W E D NE S DAY, N OVEMBER 11, 2 015 We look forward to offering our passengers the very latest Oman Air cabin brand across our full A330 fleet Paul Gregorowitsch, Oman Air’s CEO

OMAN DIPLOMACY

Oman committed to the unity and sovereignty of Syria, says Alawi Times News Service MUSCAT: Oman is committed to the unity and sovereignty of Syria and will “never take a negative stand against its government as it was chosen by the people of the country,” said Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah,

Oman’s Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, in an interview with BBC Arabic on Monday. These statements were tweeted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ official Twitter account. Saying that Oman will continue to help find a solution to the ongoing conflict in Syria, Alawi said,

“We have been trying to connect the Syrian opposing parties under the Arab league for a long time.”

“If the crisis develops (further), our region will be badly affected,” Alawi stated. “I have clarified the Oman’s stand about the Syrian issue during my visits to Arab countries,” he added.

Stable outlook for high quality, well managed residential property The volume of tenant requirements has continued to hold steady, says Cluttons

Times News Service MUSCAT: After five consecutive quarters of stability in the residential rental market, rents across Muscat dipped slightly during the third quarter of 2015, according to international real-estate consultancy Cluttons.

However, the volume of tenant requirements has continued to hold steady, with demand remaining centred on what is perceived to be high quality, well-managed properties.

Last week, the Times of Oman reported that the Sultanate’s property market is still considered

positive by Omani residential buyers and expatriate renters alike, according to the latest data released by one of Oman’s major realestate companies.

During the fourth quarter’s “Market Overview” data, ERAOman showed that rents are likely to remain stable, especially due to growth in Islamic finance.

Emphasis on quality Philip Paul, Cluttons’ country head of Oman, said: “While average rents may be dipping across some parts of the city, we are seeing an encouraging emphasis on quality, with steady tenant demand for buildings, which are well managed and maintained at a high standard.”

According to the report, the primary driver behind the slide in rents in some areas has been the sharp supply upturn in what is considered to be lower-quality stock, which is undermining rents across several submarkets.

Paul said: “High quality schemes have seen rental values holding steady, with some even creeping upwards slightly. The Saud

Bahwan complex is as an example of a development that remains fully let, with a long waiting list, underpinned by more affordable monthly rents, which range from OMR550 to OMR625 for two-bedroom apartments. We anticipate similar high interest in the Public Authority for Social Housing’s Al Taminat residential scheme in Bausher, which is due to be completed later this year.”

The report also highlighted the focus on higher-quality schemes, which is demonstrated by the fact that vacancy rates in Muscat’s two main ITCs–Al Mouj and Muscat Hills–remain exceptionally low due to their appealing modern amenities.

Faisal Durrani, research head at Cluttons, explained: “Although prevalent across the rest of the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), gated community living is still a relatively new concept in Oman, but the depth of demand from tenants, both expats and increasingly the younger Omani generation seeking out gated living in rising in numbers, and continues to remain strong.”

A330 CABIN UPGRADES

VITAL AGREEMENT: The retrofit embodiment is planned to be completed in 2016. - Supplied picture

Oman Air signs deal with Airbus Times News Service MUSCAT: Oman Air has signed an agreement with Airbus to upgrade the cabins of its A330 aircraft. This interior modernisation will harmonise the airline’s business-class cabins across its long range fleet and ensure the latest standards in its in-service A330s. The retrofit embodiment is planned to be completed in 2016. As part of the upgrade, the aircraft’s existing in-flight entertainment platform will be integrated with new seats. Airbus’ Customer Services division will perform the overall cabin reconfiguration design, certification and will also supply new business-class seats as selected

by Oman Air. Paul Gregorowitsch, Oman Air’s CEO said: “We look forward to offering our passengers the very latest Oman Air cabin brand across our full A330 fleet and we are sure that Airbus will deliver on-time and with the highest quality.” He added: “This opportunity underlines the significant investments, which we are making in our fleet and our commitment to offering the high-

est standards of comfort and connectivity to our customers.”

Didier Lux, Airbus’ head of Customer Services commented: “We are very pleased that Oman Air has chosen Airbus to upgrade its A330 cabins. This not only highlights the flexibility and quality of our cabin upgrades offer, but also the value which the efficient and comfortable A330 family brings to airline operations.” Ever since the original A330 entered service, its hallmarks are its very efficient operating economics, innovative cabin features and comfortable interior. Moreover, with numerous product improvements and with an operational reliability of 99.4 percent, the A330 is the most cost-effective and capable aircraft in its class.

More than 1,200 A330s are in operation today with around 110 operators.

Airbus, through its “Services

by Airbus,” offers end-to-end fleet life cycle solutions for all its customers. The portfolio ranges from standalone services, to the most complete integrated solutions, including flight hour and tailored support packages.

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October inflation falls MUSCAT: Oman’s consumer price index (CPI) based inflation fell by 0.43 per cent in October 2015, compared to prices in the same month last year.

However, year-on-year average inflation during the January-October period rose by 0.14 per cent, according to the data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).

Also, compared to September, inflation posted a decline of 0.21 per cent in October. Food and non-alcoholic beverages group, which carries a weightage of nearly 24 per cent in index, witnessed a price fall of 1.28 per cent in October this year compared to last year. Bread and cereals prices went down 1.16 per cent, fish and seafood 15.45 per cent. — ONA

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Egypt frees prominent rights activist CAIRO: Prominent Egyptian journalist and human rights advocate Hossam Bahgat was released on Tuesday, his lawyer said, two days after being detained over a report he wrote on a trial of former army officers.

Bahgat’s legal status however remained unclear and it was not known if he would face a military trial, his lawyer added.

Bahgat was summoned on Sunday over charges of publishing false information in an October report about 26 officers he said had been convicted by a military court of plotting a coup, security sources said. After being questioned, Bahgat was arrested and transferred to the military prosecutor, security sources said.

Human rights groups Following Bahgat’s arrest, several human rights groups and the United Nations criticised the arrest, saying it was further evidence the government was looking to repress independent journalism and civil society.

Amnesty International said Bahgat’s arrest was a clear signal of the determination of Egyptian authorities “to continue with their ferocious onslaught against independent journalism and civil society”. — Reuters

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BEIRUT: At least 23 people were killed and 40 wounded in two explosions in the Syrian city of Latakia on Tuesday, a monitoring group said, in one of the bloodiest attacks on President Bashar Al Assad’s coastal stronghold.

The blasts hit two separate areas of the city, one from rocket fire and the other either from a rocket or a planted explosive device, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

With many of the wounded in serious condition, the death toll was expected to rise, said the Observatory, which monitors the

Saudi Arabia plans to diversify economy to slow climate change

Positive sign The mere submission of a plan

by Saudi Arabia is a positive sign for a deal in Paris. About 160 nations have issued national plans, meant to combat heatwaves, floods, droughts, and rising sea levels.

Saudi Arabia said its plan was based on a scenario in which it would diversify the economy with a “robust contribution”

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OSLO: Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, plans to diversify its economy to help combat climate change in a move that could reduce expected output of up to 130 million tonnes of carbon emissions a year by 2030, the government said on Tuesday.

OPEC member Saudi Arabia is the last of the Group of 20 major economies to submit a plan to the United Nations before a summit in Paris from November 30-December 11 about ways to slow global warming.

It said it was aiming “to achieve mitigation co-benefits ambitions of up to 130 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent avoided by 2030 annually through contributions to economic diversification and adaptation,” it said.

Saudi Arabia did not give details of its current emissions.

The World Resources Institute think-tank estimates that Saudi Arabia emits 527 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, or 1.22 per cent of the world total.

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DEFLATED: An illustration made in Paris on November 8, 2015 shows a deflated Earth globe. – AFP

from export earnings from oil and derivatives. Earnings would be channelled into lower emission sectors “such as financial services, medical services, tourism, education, renewable energy and energy efficiency technology to enhance growth,” it said.

An alternative scenario would involve using more oil at home to fuel carbon-intensive industries such as petrochemicals, cement, mining and metal production, it said, thereby increasing domestic rather than overseas emissions.

Saudi Arabia said it reserves the right to update its plan.

It said it plans to use energy more efficiently and invest in solar, wind, geothermal and waste generation.

Saudi Arabia said it was planning to build a plant capturing and using 1,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide a day for use in other petrochemical plants. It would operate a pilot plant at the Othmaniya oil reservoir. — Reuters

SITE OF BOMB BLAST: In an image released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), smoke is seen rising from buildings following mortar shelling from rebel positions in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia on Monday. – AFP/SANA/HO

war using sources on the ground.

Syria’s government condemned what it called “terrorist” attacks on the city, state television reported in a newsflash, giving no further details.

The government refers to all rebels fighting against it in the fouryear civil war as terrorists.

Insurgents have in recent months regularly targeted Lata-

kia, the capital of Assad’s heartland in the west of the country, usually with rocket fire. A car bomb in the city killed 10 people in September.

The rebel groups have a presence in the province’s northern countryside, but the city remains firmly in government hands.

Latakia province is also home to an air base Russia is using to

conduct air strikes in support of Assad against insurgents, mostly in the west and northwest of the country.

Air base Meanwhile, state television said that the Syrian army has not reached an air base in northern Syria, denying reports of such an advance by government forces on

a facility besieged by IS militants.

“It is not correct that the Syrian Arab Army has reached Kweires airport,” a flash on state TV said citing a correspondent in Aleppo province, where the base is located.

The army will decide the right moment for such a move, the channel said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said earlier there were fierce clashes around the base.

Meanwhile, a US-led coalition conducted 15 strikes against the IS in Syria on Monday, hitting the militant group with bomber, fighter, attack and drone aircraft, the US military said on Tuesday.

Forces concentrated on IS’s oil supply near Dayr Az Zawr, where six strikes hit gas and oil separation plants and pump stations.

Near Al Hawl and Al Hasakah, strikes destroyed a car bomb, 22 fighting positions, a mortar position, a structure and an anti-air artillery piece, according to the statement. — Reuters

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Today’s reforms are another example of emphasis on Minimum Government, Maximum Governance.

They will ease, rationalise and simplify processes Narendra Modi, Prime minister

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FDI decision shows ‘unwavering’ commitment to reforms: Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the decision to ease FDI norms in 15 sectors demonstrates the government’s “unequivocal and unwavering” commitment to development and reforms whose fruits should touch every citizen and every part of India.

He asserted that the country is “unstoppable” on the path of economic progress and the government wanted the world to see the tremendous opportunities India offers.

“Today’s FDI related reforms will touch 15 sectors and benefit youth. Government’s commitment to development and reforms is un-

equivocal and unwavering,” Modi tweeted soon after the government made the announcement.

“Today’s reforms are another example of emphasis on Minimum Government, Maximum Governance. They will ease, rationalise and simplify processes,” he said in another tweet.

“India is unstoppable on the path of economic progress. Government wants the world to see the tremendous opportunities India offers,” the prime minister said about the decision which has been taken just ahead of his visit to UK and Turkey.

In Turkey, he will attend G-20 Summit. He added that the “Gov-

ernment’s commitment — fruits of development must touch every part of India and every citizen of India.”

Pushing ahead with major reforms, the government relaxed foreign investment rules in 15 sectors such as civil aviation, banking, defence, retail and news broadcasting and eased the process for approval of FDI. While 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) has been allowed in DTH, cable network and plantation crop, overseas investment limit in uplinking of news and current affairs TV channels has been raised to 49 per cent from 26 per cent. - PTI

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2,000 war veterans return their medals NEW DELHI: Over 2,000 exservicemen protesting against the government’s “diluted” one-pension-one rank scheme on Tuesday returned their medals in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab, the organizations spearheading the movement claimed on Tuesday as they hit back at Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for his “unlike soldiers behaviour” remark aimed at them.

Colonel (retd) Anil Kaul, spokesman of the protesters in Delhi, said 2,000 ex-servicemen’s medals were deposited at the district collector’s office.

“The veterans had threatened to leave the medals on the road if we didn’t accept it. Hence, we accepted those,” District Collector Sanjay Kumar told reporters.

PROTEST: Ex-servicemen return their medals to deputy collector during their agitation for OROP scheme benefits and privileges, near the IGI Airport in New Delhi on Tuesday. - PTI

In Chandigarh, Brigadier Kiran Krishan (retd), Convener for North Haryana of Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM), a constituent of United

Front of Ex-Servicemen that had led the nation-wide protest for OROP at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, said that more than 150 war veterans returned over

BJP veterans revolt: Advani, Joshi hit out at BJP leadership In the first challenge to Modi, the veterans including Shanta Kumar and Yashwant Sinha, issued a brief but stronglyworded statement

INTERNAL RUMBLINGS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting senior BJP leader L.K. Advani to greet him on his 88th birthday in New Delhi on Sunday. - PTI

that demanded a thorough review of Bihar polls debacle

NEW DELHI: Knives were out in BJP on Tuesday night with veteran leaders L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and two others raising a banner of revolt against the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the wake of Bihar debacle saying that the party has been “emasculated” in the last one year and was being “forced to kow-tow to a handful”.

In the first challenge to Modi since he emerged the undisputed leader of the party and the government in May last year, the veterans including Shanta Kumar and Yashwant Sinha issued a brief but strongly-worded statement that demanded a thorough review of the debacle.

“The principal reason for the latest defeat is the way the party has been emasculated in the last

year. A through review must be done of the reasons for the defeat as well as of the way the party is being forced to kow-tow to a handful, and how its consensual character has been destroyed,” the statement said.

Before the statement was released from the residence of Joshi, a former BJP president, former union minister Arun Shourie and former RSS ideologue K. N.Govindacharya were closeted with Joshi.

The statement said the results of the Bihar election showed that no lesson has been learnt from the fiasco in Delhi, where the Aam Aadmi Party trounced BJP by securing 67 of the 70 assembly seats.

“To say that everyone is responsible for the defeat in Bihar is to ensure that no one is held responsible. It shows those who would have appropriated credit if the party had won are bent on shrugging off responsibility for the disastrous showing in Bihar,” it said.

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dig at the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s defence of the leadership on Monday after the Parliamentary Board’s review of the performance in which he had said “as far as accountability is concerned the party wins collectively and loses collectively”. He was reacting to a query whether party chief Amit Shah would be held responsible for the defeat.

The leaders demanded that a thorough review must not be done by the very persons who have managed and have been responsible for the campaign in Bihar.

Adding to the revolt, a former union minister and a senior leader from Bihar C. P. Thakur also attacked the leadership saying after serving the party for so long, he was pained to see that the relationship between the central leadership and the grassroot workers now has become one of master and the servant.

He was also severely critical of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s “one remark” on reservation that “cost us the entire election”. - PTI

150 medals which were handed over to the Additional Deputy Commissioner,Panchkula.

Kaul said ex-servicemen from Ambala, Chandigarh, Moga, Jalandhar and Gurdaspur returned their medals on Tuesday while those from Mumbai, Pune, Vadodara and Bangalore will follow the suit.

The veterans claimed over 20,000 of them have returned medals since their protest began in 2008 to press for OROP. Kaul reacted sharply to Parrikar’s statement that the war veterans’ protest against OROP notification is “unlike that of a soldier” and said the Parrikar’s behaviour “too doesn’t behove that of a Defence Minister. -PTI

Now, book your tickets 30 minutes before train leaves NEW DELHI: Come November 12, you can book a railway ticket online 30 minutes prior to the departure of a train.

In a passenger-friendly move, Railways has also made changes in its system of preparation of chart, which would now be prepared twice. First reservation chart would be prepared four hours prior to departure of a train while second and final one, 30 minutes before the train departs, a senior Railway official said.

According to the revised rules, booking will be allowed on Internet as well as at reservation counters for a particular train, subject to availability of berths, even after the preparation of

first reservation chart.

Railways has also made it mandatory for the concerned department to finalise the reservation chart four hours before the departure of train from November 12 in order to facilitate passengers to know the status of their ticket and plan their journey well in time. This is a significant move to provide additional booking facilities enabling passengers to buy tickets even after the preparation of reservation charts, the official said.

A second and final chart of reservations will be made available before departure of train and handed over to onboard ticket checking staff. - PTI

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Arrogance of the BJP leaders led to Bihar rout I refer to the story, ‘Rumblings within BJP, NDA over the Bihar poll debacle grow louder’, in the Times of Oman (November 10). Usually, your friends stay with you when all is going well, but very few among them are ready to share your tears of sorrow during the tough times. Same is the case with some leaders in the BJP and their alliance partners, who are trying to find out all the faults with the BJP style of election campaigning. In fact, the BJP’s style of election campaigning has always been the same over the years and it has always failed when the opposition gets united against them. However, the Indian Scan this QR code to send letters to the democracy has matured over the period of Readers’ Forum, 69 years and the voter is getting wiser by containing not more the day. The voter today is not ready to acthan 200 words with cept false propaganda and tall, unrealistic full name, address and telephone promises. Whether the BJP think tank number, may be sent accepts it or not, the fact is that a majority by mail (Times of of the Indian population is not interested Oman, P.O. Box 770, in communal politics. The masses do not P.C. 112, Ruwi). appreciate arrogance, high-handedness and communal politics in the country. In my humble opinion, it is the arrogance and sarcastic remarks made by the BJP leaders during election campaigning in Bihar, and the unfulfilled promises made during the 2014 parliamentary elections, that have led to this humiliating defeat of the BJP in the crucial state of Bihar.

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very advanced country has a bankruptcy law, but there is no equivalent framework for sovereign borrowers. That legal vacuum matters, because, as we now see in Greece and Puerto Rico, it can suck the life out of economies.

In September, the United Nations took a big step toward filling the void, approving a set of principles for sovereign-debt restructuring.

The nine precepts — namely, a sovereign’s right to initiate a debt restructuring, sovereign immunity, equitable treatment of creditors, (super) majority restructuring, transparency, impartiality, legitimacy, sustainability, and good faith in negotiations – form the rudiments of an effective international rule of law.

The overwhelming support for these principles, with 136 UN members voting in favour and only six against (led by the United States), shows the extent of global consensus on the need to resolve debt crises in a timely manner. But the next step – an international treaty establishing a global bankruptcy regime to which all countries are bound – may prove more difficult. Recent events underscore the enormous risks posed by the lack of a framework for sovereign debt restructuring. Puerto Rico’s debt crisis cannot be resolved. Notably, US courts invalidated the domestic bankruptcy law, ruling that because the island is, in effect, a US colony, its government had no authority to enact its own legislation.

In the case of Argentina, another US court allowed a small minority of so-called vulture funds to jeopardize a restructuring process to which 92.4 per cent of the country’s creditors had agreed.

Similarly, in Greece, the absence of an international legal framework was an important reason why its creditors — the troika of the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund — could impose policies that inflicted enormous harm.

But some powerful actors would stop well short of establishing an international legal framework.

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA), supported by the IMF and the US Treasury, suggests changing the language of debt contracts. The cornerstone of such proposals is the implementation of better collective action clauses (CACs), which would make restructuring propos-

als approved by a supermajority of creditors binding on all others.

But while better CACs certainly would complicate life for vulture funds, they are not a comprehensive solution. In fact, the focus on fine-tuning debt contracts leaves many critical issues unresolved, and in some ways bakes in the current system’s deficiencies — or even makes matters worse.

For example, one serious question that remains unaddressed by the ICMA proposal is how to settle conflicts that arise when bonds are issued in different jurisdictions with different legal frameworks. Contract law might work well when there is only one class of bondholders; but when it comes to bonds issued in different jurisdictions and currencies, the ICMA proposal fails to solve the difficult “aggregation” problem (how does one weight the votes of different claimants?).

Moreover, the ICMA’s proposal promotes collusive behaviour among the major financial centres: The only creditors whose votes would count for the activation of CACs would be those who owned bonds issued under a restricted set of jurisdictions. And it does nothing to address the severe inequity between formal creditors and implicit ones (namely, the pensioners and workers to whom sovereign debtors also have obligations) who would have no say in a restructuring proposal.

All six countries that voted against the UN resolution (the US, Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan, and the United Kingdom) have domestic bankruptcy legislation, because they recognize that CACs are not enough. Yet all refuse to accept that the rationale for a domestic rule of law – including provisions to protect weak borrowers from powerful and abusive creditors – applies at the international level as well. Perhaps that is because all are leading creditor countries, with no desire to embrace restrictions on their powers.

Respect for the nine principles approved by the UN is precisely what’s been missing in recent decades. The 2012 Greek debt restructuring, for example, did not restore sustainability, as the desperate need for a new restructuring only three years later demonstrated. And it has become almost the norm to violate the principles of sovereign immunity and equitable treatment of creditors, evidenced so clearly in the New York court’s decision on Argentine debt. - Project Syndicate

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PAKISTAN Court orders re-investigation into Musharraf treason case The special court’s November 21, 2014 order was challenged through petitions filed by former premier Shaukat Aziz, former Supreme Court chief justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and former law minister Zahid Hamid

In June 2013, an antiterrorism court had indicted Musharraf in the judges’ detention case. According to the charge sheet, the military ruler had imposed a state of emergency and detained the judges

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) set aside on Tuesday a special court’s order last year that called on the federal government to include more names as abettors in former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf’s act of imposing emergency in November 2007.

tioners had challenged the special court’s verdict.

Patently illegal In May this year, the federal government had also challenged the special court’s order saying the order was ‘patently illegal’ as the court had no jurisdiction for impleading names of co-accused, especially since the prosecution had completed its evidence.

In June 2013, an anti-terrorism court had indicted Musharraf in the judges’ detention case. According to the charge sheet, the military ruler had imposed a state of emergency and detained the judges. — Express Tribune

Petition dismissed Further, the court dismissed a petition filed by the former president of the High Court Bar Association of Rawalpindi, Taufiq Asif, saying the petitioner had no

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A division bench of the IHC, comprising Justice Noorul Haq Qureshi and Justice Aamer Farooq, ordered reinvestigation in the treason case against Musharraf in light of the federal government’s earlier proposal to reinvestigate the matter.

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21, 2014 order was challenged through petitions filed by former premier Shaukat Aziz, former Supreme Court chief justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and former law minister Zahid Hamid.

The IHC had reserved its verdict in the Musharraf treason case last month after the three peti-

locus standi (the right or capacity to bring an action or to appear in a court) in the case.

Later, addressing the media outside the court, Chaudhry Faisal, one of Musharraf’s counsels, maintained that in the light of the court’s verdict, the former president will now be reinvestigated in the treason case.

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Operation in Karachi to be speeded up ISLAMABAD: Top civil and military leaders have decided to speed up the surgical operation in Karachi which has apparently slowed down in recent weeks. Moreover, they fine-tuned the agenda of army chief General Raheel Sharif’s upcoming crucial visit to the United States.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a meeting on security on Monday, his office said in a statement.

“Issues of national security were discussed and different stages of the National Action Plan [against terrorism] were reviewed,” it added.

Though the official readout did not say much about the meeting, sources said the Karachi operation was the main talking point. The meeting took important decisions vis-à-vis Karachi operation which will play out in the coming days, according to sources.

The Karachi operation apparently slowed down, especially after federal and provincial lawmakers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement resigned en bloc, and the government engaged them in talks in an attempt to persuade them to rescind their decision. — Express Tribune

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Handover of Gwadar free trade zone land to China today ISLAMABAD: In a landmark ceremony, Pakistani authorities will formally hand over 2,281 acres of Gwadar Port’s free trade zone to the Chinese Oversees Ports Holding Company Ltd (COPHCL) on November 11 on a 43-year lease.

The ceremony will be held in Gwadar on Wednesday and will be attended by the Chinese delegation headed by Vice Chairman of National Development and Reform Commission Wang Xiaodao, who has arrived in Pakistan.

The Chinese delegation comprises of all top level officials of the Chinese government and leaders of private companies.

The Pakistani delegation will be led by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal.

The event will also be attended

by Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik and Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Kamran Michal, said a senior official of the ministry.The government has al-

ready declared Gwadar port a free trade zone for the next 23 years.

The officer said that in this regard, a high level meeting of both authorities will be held in Karachi on November 12 to complete the formalities.

COPHCL will execute the port’s affairs through its three main companies including Gwadar International Terminal (GIT), Gwadar Marine Services Ltd and Gwadar Freezone Company Ltd. GIT will also be responsible for

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Pakistan falls three places on global prosperity index KARACHI: Pakistan has been ranked 130th of the 142 countries on the 2015 Global Prosperity Index, falling three places from last year.

The Legatum Institute, a London-based think tank, launches the index every year, benchmarking countries across eight categories: Economy, entrepreneurship and opportunity, governance, education, health, safety and security, personal freedom and social capital.

Pakistan’s performance has improved in four out of the eight sub-indices. Apart from a notable improvement in the economy sub-index, Pakistan fared comparatively well in governance,

safety and security and personal freedom in 2015.

The best performance came in the economy sub-index, where Pakistan has been ranked 101st in 2015. The country ranked 107th, 107th and 115th in this category in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

By avoiding a balance of payment crisis in 2013-14 after signing a three-year IMF loan programme of $6.64 billion, Pakistan strengthened its international reserves position and indirectly helped raise more funds from other global lenders and investors.

Declining oil prices in the international market also lowered the country’s import bill, thus giving the federal government more

fiscal space. Record-low inflation also played an important role in improving public sentiment about the state of the economy.

Low interest rates also helped boost consumer financing and the sale of cars and durable items.

No wonder 61.8 per cent Pakistanis expressed confidence in financial institutions as opposed to the global average of 59.9 per cent, according to the report. Similarly 57.6 per cent Pakistanis reported satisfaction with their living standards as opposed to the global average of 59.7.

Around 34 per cent Pakistanis believe it was a good time to find a job in contrast with the worldwide average of 36.9. — Express Tribune

the port’s operations by handling business related matters.

Gwadar Marine Service Ltd, will look at the port’s operation by providing allied services and Gwadar Freezone Company will look after affairs of the free zone area by developing and providing allied facilities to the investment companies in the free zone area.

After the formal handover of the free trade zone, all business affairs of the port will be carried out by Chinese authorities.

The officer said that Pakistan has delivered its end of the bargain and now it is upto the Chinese authorities to show their commitment.

Inauguration of projects Additionally, during the ceremony, inauguration of some projects will also be held including inauguration of school and health centres established by the Chinese in Gwadar.

The scheme is part of the Chi-

na-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), an ambitious $46 billion investment plan linking western China to the Arabian Sea with infrastructure, energy and transport projects.

Pakistan is also raising a special security force of between 10,000 and 25,000 men to protect the port.

Gwadar port was built in 2007 with technical help from Beijing as well as Chinese financial assistance of some $248 million. — Express Tribune

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DIPLOMACY: Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn gestures during a news conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday. – Reuters

give him much greater powers

BRUSSELS: The European Commission urged European Union (EU) candidate Turkey on Tuesday to lift restrictions on media freedom, respect human rights and relaunch peace talks with Kurdish militants in the violenceracked southeast of the country.

In its annual progress report on Turkey, whose decade-long accession talks with the European

Union have largely stalled, the Commission also noted with concern President Tayyip Erdogan’s push for a constitutional overhaul that would give him much greater powers. But the EU executive’s criticisms were cloaked in diplomatic language, reflecting the political sensitivity of dealing with a large, strategically important country whose cooperation Brussels sorely needs in tackling Europe’s migrant crisis.

“Turkey needs to move because there are many areas where they need to deal with basic principles,

the fundamentals,” EU enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn told the European Parliament, referring to human rights and freedom of expression.

The Commission report comes at a difficult time for Turkey, where fighting has resumed between security forces and militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) after the collapse of a ceasefire. Turks have also just handed Erdogan’s AK Party, in power since 2002, a further four years in power in a November 1 election that saw a sharp rise in

social and political tensions.

“The Commission hopes to see an end to the escalating violence in Turkey and the return to negotiations on a lasting solution on the Kurdish issue,” said Hahn, an Austrian politician from the centre-right.

As Hahn spoke in Brussels, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told state broadcaster TRT his new government would pursue major economic, social and judicial reforms in the next six months, without giving details.

He also called for an executive presidential system.

Erdogan’s critics say his push for a stronger presidency in a country where the head of state has mainly played a more ceremonial role is evidence of his growing authoritarianism.

The EU criticism of Turkey and of Erdogan, who served as prime minister for a decade before moving to the presidential palace, has been relatively muted due to the migrant crisis.

The progress report, whose publication was delayed until after the election to avoid upsetting Erdogan and the mildly hardline AK Party, praised Turkey for sheltering millions of refugees fleeing the civil war in neighbouring

Syria. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who visited Istanbul before the vote, says there can be no solution to the migration crisis without Turkey, which shares a long border with Syria and Iraq.

The Commission is negotiating a deal for Turkey to absorb more Syrian refugees in return for easier visa access to the EU, cash and an acceleration of membership talks.

As well as Turkey, the Balkan countries of Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Albania and Kosovo are all seeking membership of the EU, the world’s largest trading bloc.

But admitting Turkey, a mainly Muslim nation of 75 million people, has always been much more controversial.

Even before the recent deterioration on human rights, NATO member Turkey had faced a series of daunting political obstacles to its eventual membership, notably over Cyprus.

On Tuesday Hahn said Turkey’s accession talks could speed up in the event of a peace deal between the internationally recognised Greek Cypriot government and the breakaway Turkish Cypriots in the north of the island who are backed by Ankara. — Reuters

RISING VIOLENCE

Bangladesh military policeman hurt in attack DHAKA: A machete-wielding man on Tuesday injured a military policeman in an attack at an army check post in the Bangladesh capital, police said, the second law enforcement official to be targeted in a week.

At the time of Tuesday’s attack, the policeman was on duty at a check post at the entrance of the Dhaka Cantonment, police official Abdul Halim said. He was taken to a military hospital for treatment, Halim added, and one man with a bloodstained machete was arrested over the attack. He did not elaborate. Police in Dhaka had earlier detained 11 suspected members of a banned militant group with explosives and weapons, a police spokesman said.

“These attacks are pre-planned to create fear among law enforcers,” police commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia told reporters.

On Wednesday, two men on a motorcycle hacked to death a policeman at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Dhaka in an attack later claimed by IS. The government, however, rejected IS’s claim and blamed the growing violence in Bangladesh on its domestic political opponents linked to hardline parties. — Reuters

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DEFENDANTS: Human trafficking suspects arrive at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday. – Reuters

Human trafficking suspects brought to Bangkok court BANGKOK: A Thai court’s examination of 500 witnesses in a case against 88 suspected human traffickers will take as long as two years, a court official said on Tuesday, meaning verdicts in a case that sparked an international outcry are even further away.

The defendants, including a senior general, were brought before a Bangkok court on Tuesday for examination of evidence and witnesses following a crackdown on Thailand’s lucrative smuggling syndicates.

“There are 500 witnesses in this case. Altogether it will take around 200 meetings to review witnesses which means examination will take two years,” a court official told reporters.

The investigation and arrests followed the discovery in May of 30 bodies in a grave near a human trafficking camp on a hillside deep in a jungle near the Thailand-Malaysia border, which sparked an international outcry.

However, some rights groups have questioned Thailand’s commitment to end the illegal trade following the resignation on the weekend of a senior policeman in the investigation.

Major General Paween Pongsirin, whose team led many of the arrests, said on Monday an order to transfer him to Thailand’s south would expose him to revenge by members of trafficking syndicates still at large.

Paween said he would disband his unit, raising concerns about protection for police officers.

“I am truly sorry about this,” Paween told reporters outside the court. “I still want to be a policeman and be useful to society.”

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Earlier, another court official said the examination of witnesses was expected to take just four days, but this would next to impossible given the number involved.

Sunai Phasuk, Thailand researcher at Human Rights Watch, said examination of witnesses in the case could take more than two years.

“One thing is clear, this will be a drawn-out trial and witnesses must feel safe and protected,” Sunai told Reuters.

“These are just some traffickers. There needs to be a follow-up investigation of others.”

Illegal migrants, many of them Rohingyas from eastern Myanmar and Bangladesh facing religious and ethnic persecution, often brave dangerous journeys by sea to reach Malaysia and Thailand. The migrants are often held for ransom in squalid detention camps and according to some accounts face torture and starvation.

The 88 suspects, who were brought to Bangkok in two buses, include two men who police have said are among the kingpins.

Despite the police crackdown, the US kept Thailand for a second year on Tier 3 - the lowest tier - in its annual Trafficking in Persons report in July for failing to comply with the minimum US standards for the elimination of trafficking. — Reuters

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up by Myanmar’s former junta, Suu Kyi is barred by the constitution from taking the presidency because her children are foreign nationals, a clause few doubt was inserted specifically to rule her out.

But in two interviews on Tuesday, the Nobel peace laureate said that, whoever was appointed president by the newly elected houses of parliament, she would call the shots.

National League for Democracy looked set to take control of most regional assemblies as well as forming the central government

ON A HIGH: In this photograph taken late on November 9, 2015, supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party gather outside the NLD headquarters in Yangon. Photo - AFP

YANGON/MANDALAY: Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi made it clear on Tuesday that she was ready to defy the powerful military’s attempts to clip her wings, as fresh results

from Sunday’s historic election showed her party heading for a resounding win.

As vote tallies trickled in, Suu Kyi’s long-oppressed National League for Democracy (NLD)

EL NINO PHENOMENON

Climate change: 11m children in Africa to face hunger, disease NAIROBI: Some 11 million children in eastern and southern Africa face hunger, disease and water shortages as a result of the strongest El Nino weather phenomenon in decades, the United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.

Food and water shortages caused by drought and floods are causing malnutrition, which increases children’s vulnerability to killer diseases like malaria, diarrhoea, cholera and dengue fever, it said.

“The consequences could ripple through generations unless affected communities receive support,” UNICEF said in a statement, referring to stunting, which affects children who are getting too few proteins, vitamins and minerals in their food.

Adequate nutrition Stunted children have poor cognitive development and health, achieve less at school and, as adults, earn less than children who had adequate nutrition, studies show.

El Nino, caused by Pacific Ocean warming, has caused drought in several parts of Africa, including Malawi and Zimbabwe.

The worst affected country is Ethiopia, which has the second largest population in Africa and is suffering its severest drought in 30 years. More than eight million Ethiopians need food aid, and this number could rise to 15 million by early 2016, the United Nations said.

Some 350,000 Ethiopian children have severe acute malnutrition, UNICEF said, which means they are likely to die without therapeutic feeding.

Somalia flash floods In Somalia, flash floods have destroyed thousands of makeshift homes and destroyed crops, with further rains expected to increase the number of people in need of life-saving aid above the current 3.2 million.

El Nino is forecast to continue strengthening into early 2016, causing more floods and droughts and fuelling Pacific typhoons and cyclones.

UNICEF’s executive director, Anthony Lake, said he hoped the humanitarian crisis caused by El Nino would focus minds at UN talks in France from November 30 to secure a new global deal to slow climate change. — Reuters

looked set to take control of most regional assemblies as well as forming the central government, a triumph that will reshape the political landscape.

Under the constitution drawn

Winning party She told the BBC that she would be “making all the decisions as the leader of the winning party” and Channel News Asia that the next president would have “no authority”.

The ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), which was created by the junta

and is led by retired soldiers, has conceded defeat in a poll that was a milestone on Myanmar’s rocky path from dictatorship to democracy.

The NLD said its tally of results posted at polling stations showed it was on track to take more than two-thirds of seats that were contested in parliament, enough to form Myanmar’s first democratically elected government since the early 1960s.

Junta-crafted constitution The party would win more than 250 of the 330 seats not occupied by the military in the lower house of parliament, NLD spokesman Win Htein predicted on Tuesday.

Under the junta-crafted constitution, a quarter of the seats are unelected and reserved for the armed forces. Reuters was not able to independently verify the party’s own estimates of its performance.

The election commission said the NLD had won 78 of the 88 seats declared so far for the 440-strong lower house.

The first results in the upper

house on Tuesday showed the NLD winning 29 of 33 seats declared, with two seats for the USDP. The NLD was on course for a victory of similar magnitude in the battle for the regional assemblies.

“The difference between the parties is huge. It’s a clear win,” said Sitida, a 37-year-old Buddhist monk in the central city of Mandalay who marched in the country’s 2007 “Saffron Revolution” protests that were crushed by the junta.

Sitida, who was sentenced to 70 years in prison for his role in the demonstrations but was given amnesty as part of political reforms in 2011, said the military would now have to accept the NLD’s win and negotiate an orderly retreat from politics.

“Daw Suu can make this happen. Daw Suu can convince them,” he said, referring to Suu Kyi with an honorific.

However, while the USDP has been cut down and much of the establishment shaken by the extent of Suu Kyi’s victory, the army remains a formidable power. — Reuters

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MUSCAT: Oman will be investing OMR450 million over the next 10 years to improve telecommunication services in all governorates as it believes economic progress is linked with technological development, according to officials.

Technology touches people’s everyday lives and is essential for economic development, so the Sultanate is developing the infrastructure in this field, Salim Sultan Al Ruzaiqi, chief executive officer of

OIL PRODUCTION

Iran in talks with Oman to develop Hengam oilfield Times News Service MUSCAT: Negotiations are under way between Iran and Oman to jointly develop the Hengam oilfield, according to an Iranian newspaper report.

“Three rounds of talks have been held with Oman Oil Company to urge them to cooperate instead of competing to develop Hengam joint oilfield,” Saeed Hafezi, managing director of Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC), was quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.

According to Hafezi, cooperation with the neighbouring country will definitely lead to a remarkable increase in extraction of oil and gas from the hydrocarbon reserves, said the Financial Tribune. The oilfield has some complexities which do not let oil be produced constantly, yet its capacity has been predicted to reach 30,000 barrels per day.

Asked about recent negotiations between IOOC and Oman Oil Company, Hamid RezaeianAsl, head of Iran Shipbuilding and Offshore Industries Complex Company, said Iran is willing to develop the field and build the offshore platforms in cooperation with Oman.

“Construction of the new offshore platforms for Hengam oilfield is underway in Bandar Abbas Port’s platform construction yard,” Babak Abbaspour, Hengam offshore platform’s contractor, said on Monday.

New platforms “The new development plan, including three platforms, is being implemented by the domestic specialists’ expertise.” According to Abbaspour, each of the new platforms has the capacity to produce and process 25,000 bpd. Moreover, Hengam oilfield has the lightest and the best quality crude (API 46 degree) among Iran’s oil export basket.

“A Korean company was assigned to build the offshore platforms, yet the project made less than 20 per cent progress after two years,” the official said, adding that eventually Iranian Offshore Oil Company concluded an agreement with ISOICC to complete the project.

Stressing that Iran is self-suf-

Three rounds of talks have been held with Oman Oil Company to urge them to cooperate instead of competing to develop Hengam joint oilfield Saeed Hafezi Managing director, Iranian Offshore Oil Company

ficient in designing, constructing and installing oil and gas offshore structures, Abbaspour said plans have been made to build three offshore platforms for Hengam oilfield in less than two years.

“Each platform weighs between 1,400 and 1,700 tonnes, and all the equipment and machinery have been procured.

The project can accelerate if the much-needed fund is allotted on time,” he said.

Iran launched the development plan for Hengam oilfield with the aim of boosting production to 30,000bpd amid rising gas output respectively to 80 and 160 million cubic feet per day in the next phases.

Iran’s Offshore Oil Company’s previous managing director Mahmoud Zirakchianzadeh had earlier said Hengam has great potentials for development and IOOC is pursuing building its gas processing plant in two phases.

Iran has 26 joint oil and gas fields with neighbouring countries. Straddled along the Iran and Oman borders, Hengam oilfield is located 70km off Iran’s shore in the Gulf waters in Hormuz Strait.

The oilfield went on stream for the first time in May 2011 with the production of 4,000 barrels of oil per day.

Oman’s Information Technology Authority (ITA), said on Tuesday.

He made the comment after inaugurating the seventh edition of the FTTH (fibre-to-the-home) Council Mena (Middle East and North Africa) Conference, attended by Ahmed Al Futaisi, minister of transport and communications, and a number of other officials and experts at Grand Hyatt Hotel.

The FTTH Council Mena is an industry organisation with a mission to accelerate the adoption of FTTH adoption by all broadband

stakeholders through information and promotion, in order to accelerate the availability of fibre-based, ultra-high-speed access networks to consumers and businesses.

National strategy Al Ruzaiqi said that the digital Oman strategy is being carried out with a focus on the development of social information, e-government, economy and infrastructure as well as the continuity of the developments. He also noted that according to the United Nations (UN) e-government survey 2014, Oman has improved in the global ranking and stands at the 48th place in terms of e-readiness.

Speaking to reporters after the event, the official said that the objective is to expand fibre optic services and increase the broadband penetration, speed and accessibility as it will help facilitate business activities and increase the

gross domestic product (GDP). It was mentioned at the conference that some studies show for each 10 percent increase in broadband penetration, GDP increases by 1 per cent.

In a speech, Suleiman Al Hedaithy, chairman of FTTH Council Mena hailed the Omani government’s efforts and interest in the national broadband strategy, over which OMR450 million is being spent during the next 10 years to improve communications services across various governorates.

Broadband strategy Ebrahim Al Haddad, regional director of the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) Arab Regional Office, said that ICT plays an important role in various fields, including health, education and environment.

The conference saw a panel of experts presenting their views on

the key drivers for developing a national broadband strategy and giving attendees insight into the best practices for economic development and the strategic role played by the information and communications technology industry in the process. The conference will continue until November 11 under the theme ‘The Edge of a Brighter Tomorrow’. The FTTH Council Mena also announced their plans to hold the 8th edition of their annual conference in Tunisia in 2016.

The conference also included a ‘World of Applications’ session which showcased the latest applications and e-services by various companies in a dedicated area.

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Office rents in Muscat hold steady: Cluttons OFFICE SPACE ENQUIRIES BY SIZE January to September, 2015 Area

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MUSCAT: Office rents across Muscat’s main submarkets held steady once again in the third quarter, marking over two years of stability in lease rates, Cluttons said in a report. This can be attributed to the relatively small Grade A office market, which continues to operate at circa 80 per cent occupancy, helping to hold rents in the OMR8 per square metre to OMR12 per square metre bracket.

“We have for some time been expecting to see rents come under pressure. We are seeing international oil companies in Oman consolidating operations in line with global reductions,” said Faisal Dur-

Infrastructure spending “To an extent, the government’s planned infrastructure investment programme is helping to create activity in other segments of the economy and is reflected in the stable number of requirements we are recording from construction companies, legal and consultancy firms, the technology-mediatelecoms sector, architects and planners. However, in line with the small size of the private sector, typical size requirements from these occupiers generally sit under 500 square metres,” he added.

The current stability in office rents is unlikely to persist should

global economic conditions continue to deteriorate.

“We are forecasting slight to moderate declines in office rents over the next 12 months in the region of 3 per cent to 4 per cent, particularly as new schemes initiated over the past 12-18 months designed to capitalise on the demand for high quality space at the top end of the market starts to complete,” added Philip Paul, Cluttons’ country head of Oman.

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Global oil giants ask Iraq to change service contracts with the help of international oil companies.

The slump in global crude prices by more than 40 per cent in the past year has reduced the Iraqi government’s income

Times News Service ABU DHABI: International oil companies submitted proposals to Iraq to change their production contracts in the face of constraints on growth in the country’s output next year after the oil ministry asked for spending cuts amid low crude prices, according to BP. The companies have submitted proposals to the government about how the country could change their contracts from service agreements to a model closer to production sharing agreements, Michael Townshend, the company’s regional president for the Middle East, told reporters in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

Companies are now paid a fee, either in cash or with oil barrels, based on meeting output targets, while production sharing agreements give companies a direct stake in crude pumped.

BP operates Rumaila, Iraq’s largest deposit. Production from the southern field will average between 1.3 million and 1.35 million barrels a day this year, while output next year depends on spending approved by the government, which has asked foreign companies to decrease their 2016 budgets due to the drop in crude prices, Townshend said. Total capital expenditure on the field will be about $2.5 billion this year, with BP responsible for about half of that, he said.

“It’s difficult to see a massive

The global oil companies have submitted proposals to the Iraqi government about how the country could change their contracts from service agreements to a model closer to crude oil production sharing agreements

ramp up next year” in Iraqi crude production, Townshend said.

Talks about a budget for next year at the Rumaila oilfield are “a work in progress.”

The slump in global crude prices by more than 40 per cent in the past year has cut the Iraqi government’s income as it battles Islamic extremists that have seized parts of the country.

That risks sidetracking Iraq’s efforts, after decades of conflict and sanctions that choked investment, to boost production

2016 budgets The government sees opportunity to reach agreement with foreign oil companies on plans to decrease their 2016 budgets, Oil Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on October 28 in Amarah, Iraq.

Iraq, the second-largest producer in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries after Saudi Arabia, pumped 4.3 million barrels a day in October, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

The country pumped about 2.4 million barrels daily by the end of 2010 and plans to boost capacity to 6 million barrels in 2018.

BP has been taking both Iraq’s Basrah Light and Basrah Heavy crude grades produced at its southern fields, Townshend said.

The heavy grade is lower quality and harder to refine.

“It’s less easy to place in the market,” Townshend said. “It tends to be in the Far East but that’s fairly saturated so it does run at quite a substantial discoun.”

Meanwhile, oil markets will continue to be oversupplied for as long as five years as producers in the Middle East ramp up output, according to Mohammed Al Shatti, Kuwait’s representative to the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Iraq pumped a record 4.4 million barrels a day in June, according to data. Libyan output, which has declined by more than half due to conflict, can return “at any moment,” Al Shatti said in an interview in Doha. - Bloomberg News

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PERFORMANCE

Air Arabia fares well, logs 11% growth in passengers Times News Service MUSCAT: Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, achieved a net profit of Dh472 million for the first nine months of 2015, 5 per cent lower than the corresponding period of last year.

The airline turnover reached Dh2.87 billion for the nine months ending September 30, an increase of 2 per cent on the corresponding 2014 figure. Passengers increased by 11 per cent yearon-year in the first nine months, reaching 5.7 million passengers.

The average seat load factor – or passengers carried as a percentage of available seats – for the period stood at an impressive 79 per cent.

“Despite increased pressure on yield margins, spare capacity in the market and protracted political uncertainty within the region, Air Arabia continues to deliver strong profits and solid business growth while serving ever-increasing numbers of pas-

sengers,” said Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani, chairman of Air Arabia. “The company continued its expansion mode throughout 2015 and we have launched 21 new routes this year, in addition to a multiple awardwinning products and services.”

Focused on expansion “We remain focused on expanding operations and entering new markets while consolidating our leading position in existing markets as well as delivering an innovative and appealing product offering to our customers every day,” he added.

Air Arabia global destination network has reached 115 routes and 21 new routes added to Air Arabia’s network in the first nine months of 2015, as the airline continued to implement its expansion strategy, including the opening of a fifth international hub in Jordan earlier this year.

Revenues for the three months ending September 2015 increased by 6 per cent.

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New generation vehicle carrier docks at Sohar Port Times News Service MUSCAT: Sohar Port and Freezone celebrated the maiden call of M.V. Hawaiian Highway, one of the world’s largest vessels, at the port’s general cargo terminal recently.

The new service from K-Line is a so-called post-Panamax class RoRo (roll-on/roll-off ) carrier, with an impressive 7,500-vehicle capacity. The ship is K-Line’s newest and largest vehicle carrier, with a length of almost 200 metres and a width spanning 38 metres.

The vessel has a number of state-of-the-art features to allow for greater loading efficiency and its smart construction results in a significantly lower environmental impact.

The vessel can transport a wide variety of cargoes, including roll-

ing stock for the rail industry. KLine has been a regular visitor to C. Steinweg Oman, the general cargo terminal at Sohar Port, for many years. RoRo numbers at Sohar have seen an impressive increase of almost 200 per cent over the first three quarters of 2015, in comparison to the same period last year. Sohar now handles 200,000 vehicles annually.

The K-Line service complements the port’s already impressive roster of direct connections, which has seen the addition of a number of major new shipping lines over the past few months. In May this year, Sohar announced the addition of a regular service from Evergreen, and in June Hanjin added a new Far East service, directly linking Sohar with South Korea, China, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Andre Toet, chief executive officer of Sohar Port, said: “Our rapid growth has positioned Sohar as a significant regional hub. Every new direct liner connection we add in Sohar is not only good for our own business, but it’s also great for all our customers as it helps to reduce costs — and these are savings that can be passed down right along the supply chain.”

Toyota vehicles Sohar recently reported the first Toyota vehicles offloaded at the Port being taken to a state-of-theart presales finishing centre in the adjacent Freezone.

The brand new facility, built and managed by Saud Bahwan, is one of the first to be opened in what will become a significant automobile cluster in Sohar, designed to

serve the regional car and commercial vehicle industry.

Jamal Aziz, chief executive officer of Sohar Freezone, commented: “It’s great to see this part of our plans coming to fruition today; one of the world’s largest vessels delivering thousands of new vehicles to the port, with many of them destined for our new automobile cluster in Sohar Freezone, before they are transported to regional dealerships. It is this kind of synergy that that will help us to build a sustainable logistics infrastructure to support Oman in achieving our Vision 2020 objectives.”

Sohar Port has recently been shortlisted for Port of the Year at the Maritime Standard Awards 2015, and the Best Dry Bulk Port at the IBJ Awards 2015, to be announced soon in Antwerp.

Demand will balance oil price in 2016: Opec Even with Iran preparing to increase

Crude to rise only gradually to $80 by 2020, says agency

output, global demand for crude will bring more balance to the oil market as soon as next year: Opec chief

DUBAI: Global demand for crude will bring more balance to the oil market as soon as next year even with Iran preparing to increase output, according to Opec secretary-general Abdalla El Badri and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and energy consultant Daniel Yergin.

Demand will rise by about 17 million barrels a day to almost 110 million barrels a day by 2040, with 70 per cent of the growth to come from Asia, the head of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) said at an industry event in Doha.

The oil market will rebalance in 2016 or 2017, as demand grows between 1.2 million barrels a day and 1.5 million barrels a day through 2020, Yergin, vice-chairman of consultants IHS, said in a speech in Abu Dhabi.

“The expectation is that the market will return to more balance in 2016,” El Badri said on Monday. “We see global oil demand maintaining its recent healthy growth. We see less nonOpec supply.”

El Badri said on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi he was “very happy that Iran is back,” referring to the Opec

LONDON: Oil is unlikely to return to $80 a barrel before the end of the next decade, despite unprecedented declines in investment, as yearly demand growth struggles to top 1 million barrels per day, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.

In its World Energy Outlook, the IEA said it anticipates demand growth under its central scenario will rise annually by some 900,000 barrels per day to 2020, gradually reaching demand of 103.5 million bpd by 2040.

The drop in oil to around $50 a barrel this year has triggered steep cutbacks in production of United States shale oil, one of the major contributors to the oversupply that has stripped 50 per cent off the price in the last 12 months.

member’s steps to boost output once sanctions are lifted from its economy. Iran and the rest of Opec ‘can work together’ to accommodate additional Iranian crude. “We can do anything for Iran, no problem,” El- Badri said, without elaborating.

Global glut Oil fell more than 48 percent last year as United States stockpiles and production expanded, creating a global oversupply that the International Energy Agency

ENERGY SECTOR

Tata Steel joins hand with UAE firm to broaden base in the Gulf DUBAI: Tata Steel has joined hands with a leading UAEbased petrochemical company, aimed at broadening its market base for energy sector products in the Gulf.

Recognising the need to have local representation in Abu Dhabi, Tata Steel has announced collaboration with International Development Company (IDC), which will support it in obtaining

national oil company approvals that are required in the region.

“Tata Steel, along with IDC, will introduce its supply capabilities to oil and gas companies in the region, providing them with an opportunity to work with a supplier who has an excellent track record of providing for offshore and onshore line pipe projects worldwide,” said Richard Broughton of Tata Steel. - PTI

“Our expectation is to see prices gradually rising to $80 around 2020,” Fatih Birol, the executive director of the IEA, said ahead of the release of the report. “We estimate this year investments in oil will decline more than 20 per cent. But, perhaps even more importantly, this decline will continue next year as well.”

Decline in investment “In the last 25 years, we have never seen two consecutive years where the investments are declining and this may well have implications for the oil market in the years to come.” Oil companies have grappled with the downturn and a “lower for longer” price outlook by slashing spending, cutting thousands of jobs and delaying around $200 billion in mega-projects around the world. - Reuters

(IEA) estimates will persist until at least the middle of 2016.

Opec’s strategy to defend market share has exacerbated the glut as the group, which kept its production target unchanged at 30 million barrels a day at the last meeting in June, exceeded the ceiling for the past 17 months.

Current market volatility was caused by oversupply, mostly from high-cost producers, and oil stockpiles are above the five- year average, El Badri said.

Energy industry investment in

exploration and production fell 20 per cent, or by about $130 billion from 2014 to 2015, he said.

This decline in investment is ‘a seed’ for higher prices, he said Tuesday at a conference in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. “We need a price where producers can invest and consumers have supply,” El Badri said. “We should really stabilize this market.”

Tough time Non-Opec producers must share the burden of any supply cuts as Opec won’t accept less than 40 per cent of global output, he said. Even if the group’s 12 members decided next month to reduce production by 1.5 million barrels a day, that wouldn’t be enough to balance the market, El-Badri said. Opec plans to meet on December 4 to assess its output policy.

“The next few quarters are going to continue to be tough as Iranian oil comes back into the market,” Yergin said on Monday.

“We really see 2016 as the year of transition.”

Oil prices are unsustainable at current levels and will rise gradually as international companies defer projects and production plans, UAE Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazrouei told reporters in Abu Dhabi. The UAE is Opec’s third-biggest producer.

“We have a vested interest to keep prices as stable as possible, but we cannot do that by reducing production,” Mazrouei said.

“We expect the market will recover by itself because high-cost production will continue to decline,” he said. - Bloomberg News

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MANAGEMENT POSITIONS

Standard Chartered cuts jobs in Dubai DUBAI: Standard Chartered cut 11 sales and trading jobs in Dubai, including four managing director roles, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

The London-based lender removed Vikrant Bhansali, regional head of institutional sales; Farhan Aziz, head of credit solutions and Jillian Correa, regional head of flow, from their positions, the people said, asking not to be identified because information isn’t public.

Standard Chartered has “acted to reduce management layers at a global level, and as a result, will have up to 25 per cent fewer senior staff,” the bank said in emailed response to questions on Tuesday. The group’s new structure will be effective from Jan. 1 and “changes are still work in progress, we are not in a position to provide details,” it said.

Standard Chartered this month unveiled 15,000 job losses to help

save $2.9 billion by 2018. Chief executive officer Bill Winters is seeking to reverse damage caused by predecessor Peter Sands’ revenuedriven expansion across emerging markets, which left the bank saddled with bad loans when commodity prices slumped and economies from China to India cooled.

The bank, which makes most of its earnings in Asia, plans to cut as many as 250 of about 1,000 managing directors, people familiar with the matter said in September.

About 50 of those positions will be in the bank’s Middle East and North Africa operations, one of the people said. - Bloomberg News

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INDICES Index .................................................High .................Low..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff % MSM30 Index ....................................... 5,900.95 ...............5,893.91 ....................5,893.91 ................... 5,899.61.................. -5.70 .................. -0.10 Financial Index .....................................7,237.32 ...............7,223.69 ................... 7,223.69 ...................7,230.04.................. -6.35 .................. -0.09 Industrial Index ....................................7,229.96 ...............7,223.36 ................... 7,223.53 ...................7,229.84...................-6.31 .................. -0.09 Services Index .......................................3,269.55 ...............3,267.12 ....................3,267.12 ...................3,268.82...................-1.70 .................. -0.05 MSM SHARIAH INDEX...................... 906.40 ..................904.75 .......................904.75 .......................906.11...................-1.36 .................. -0.15 Trading Summary Volume ................Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded 10,422,510 ..................3,145,510 .....................587 ...............14,933,502,662 ...................1 ......................11 .................... 18 .........................30

The only gainer was Oman United Insurance, up by 0.81per cent, while top loser, Al Madina

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Investment, was down by 2.90per 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: Following regional cues, the MSM 30 Index ended negatively at 5,893.91 points, down by 0.10 per cent. The Sharia Index closed at 904.75 points, down by 0.15 per cent.

Al Anwar Ceramics was the most active in terms of volume as well as turnover. The only market gainer was Oman United Insurance, up by 0.81 per cent, while the top loser, Al Madina Investment, was down 2.90 per cent.

As many as 587 trades were executed during the day, generating a turnover of OMR3.1 million with 10.4 million shares changing hands. Out of 30 traded securities, one advanced, 11 declined and 18 remained unchanged. Foreign investors remained net sellers to the tune of OMR114,000 worth of shares, while Omani investors, who were net buyers, sold shares amounting to OMR63,000, followed by GCC and Arab investors at OMR50,000.

Financial Index declined by 0.09 per cent to close at 7,223.69 points. Oman United Insurance, up 0.81 per cent, was the only market gainer. Al Madina Investments, Al Izz Bank, Al Madina Takaful, Al Sharqia Investments and Bank Muscat declined by 2.90 per cent, 1.39 per cent, 1.18 per cent, 0.88 per cent and 0.37 per cent, respectively.

Industrial Index closed the session at 7,223.53 points, down by 0.09 per cent. Al Anwar Ceramics and Raysut Cement declined by 0.62 per cent and 0.45 per cent, respectively.

Services Index showed slight loss of 0.05 per cent to close at 3,267.12 points. SMN Power, Al Jazeera Services, Phoenix Power and Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) declined 2.63 per cent, 0.98 per cent, 0.66 per cent and 0.31 per cent, respectively.

Most stocks across the GCC also fell. Dubai’s DFM General

Index slumped 2.4 per cent, and closed at the lowest since December. Abu Dhabi’s ADX General Index fell 0.6 per cent. Bahrain’s gauge lost 0.9 per cent.

Qatar stocks slump Qatari stocks capped their longest losing streak since 2003 as falling oil prices threatened the regional trading prospects for the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas.

The benchmark QE Index has fallen 6.6 per cent in the past 11 days as companies that earn their revenues from the petroleum industry slumped, led by Gulf International Services, a drilling and transport-services company. The 20-member gauge was the world’s worst-performing stock index in the period after measures in Egypt and Dubai, according to data.

“There’s no interest in buying, from local or foreign investors,” said Ahmed Shehada, the Dubai-based executive director for advisory and institutions at NBAD Securities, a unit of the United Arab Emirates’ biggest bank. “Interest in Qatar has been drying up because there are not many stocks to choose from, and 30 to 35 per cent of the stocks are hydrocarbon- linked. It’s less diversified than other markets in the region.”

Trading volumes in the island state have slumped amid an equity selloff across the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council after the price of Brent crude sank more than 40 percent in the past 12 months. The GCC is home to almost a third of the world’s proven oil reserves and governments in the region rely on income from energy to fund public spending, one of the biggest drivers of economic growth. About 9.3 million shares were traded, compared to a one-year daily average of 10.4 million. - United Securities/Bloomberg News

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

OM0000001087............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE ................................ 30,000 ...............7,490........................2 ........... 0.249 ...........0.250 ...........0.249........... 0.250 .............0.248 ........... 0.002.............0.806 ................0.250..............0.243...................0.250 ..................25,000,000 ........0.100 OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION ........................... 4,959 ...................818........................1 ............0.165 ........... 0.165 ...........0.165 ............0.166 ............. 0.166............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.165 ..............0.160...................0.166................... 15,776,640 .........0.100 OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 324,096 ............37,575......................12 ............0.116 ........... 0.116............0.114 ............0.116 ............. 0.116 ............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.114 .............. 0.114................... 0.116 ................. 232,036,284 .......0.100 OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE.............. 325,885 ............59,189......................16 ............0.183 ........... 0.183 ...........0.180........... 0.182 .............0.182............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.181 ..............0.180................... 0.181 ...................36,400,000.........0.100 OM0000001533 ............OMINVEST ......................................................................... 9,115 ...............4,558........................3 ........... 0.500 ...........0.500 ...........0.500........... 0.500 .............0.500 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.500..............0.480...................0.496..................276,430,821........0.100 OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT .......................................................... 130,000 ........... 58,500..................... 10 ........... 0.450 ...........0.450 ...........0.450........... 0.450 .............0.450 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.450............. 0.000...................0.460 .................148,892,720........0.100 OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 260,960 ...........48,409..................... 50 ............0.187 ........... 0.187 ...........0.185 ........... 0.186 ............. 0.186............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.185 .............. 0.185...................0.186................... 27,913,950 .........0.100 OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ............................ 7,900 ............... 1,383........................3 ............0.175 ........... 0.175............0.175 ............0.175 ............. 0.175............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.175 ..............0.170...................0.175 ................... 21,857,143 .........0.100 OM0000002200 ...........AHLI BANK .................................................................... 142,979 ........... 28,552........................7 ............0.199 ...........0.200 ...........0.199 ........... 0.200 .............0.200 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.200 .............0.192...................0.200 .................285,007,229........0.100 OM0000002374............UNITED FINANCE ..................................................... 119,482 .............14,576........................6 ............0.122 ........... 0.122 ...........0.121 ........... 0.122 .............0.122 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.121 .............. 0.121...................0.122................... 37,913,323 .........0.100 OM0000002549 ...........BANK DHOFAR ..............................................................86,249 ............ 20,700..................... 10 ........... 0.240...........0.240 ...........0.240 .......... 0.240 .............0.240 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.240 ............ 0.240...................0.246 .................370,734,851 ........0.100 OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ......................... 404,000 ...........41,612......................18 ............0.103 ........... 0.103 ...........0.103........... 0.103 .............0.103............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.103 ..............0.103...................0.104.................... 6,060,851 ..........0.100 OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 1,507,688 ......264,120.....................44 ............0.175 ........... 0.176 ...........0.175 ............0.175 ............. 0.175............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.175 .............. 0.175...................0.176 ................. 252,252,000 .......0.100 OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 402,432............34,231......................31 ........... 0.086 ...........0.086 ...........0.084........... 0.085 .............0.085 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.086..............0.085...................0.086...................24,648,354.........0.100 OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY ................................................... 122,288 ........... 53,807......................11 ........... 0.440...........0.440 ...........0.440 .......... 0.440 .............0.440 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.440..............0.440...................0.450...................26,620,000.........0.100 OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 529,083 ..........410,710.....................90 ............0.776 ........... 0.780 ...........0.776 ............0.776 ............. 0.776............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.780.............. 0.776...................0.780..................505,132,722........0.100 OM0000004735 ...........SEMBCORP SALALAH................................................86,600 ..........233,820..................... 10 ........... 2.700 ...........2.700 ...........2.700........... 2.700 .............2.700 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................2.700..............2.450...................2.700..................257,734,427 ........1.000 OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS ................................................. 50,000 ............22,500........................5 ........... 0.450 ...........0.450 ...........0.450........... 0.450 .............0.450 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.450..............0.448...................0.450...................23,625,000.........0.100 OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ........................ 290,740 .........472,508..................... 30 ............1.625 ........... 1.630 ...........1.625 ............1.625 ............. 1.630............-0.005 ........... -0.307 ...............1.625 .............. 1.625...................1.630................ 1,218,750,000 ......0.100 OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 251,324 .........134,250..................... 25 ........... 0.536 ........... 0.536 ...........0.532........... 0.534 .............0.536 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.373 ...............0.532..............0.532...................0.536................1,223,833,267 ......0.100 OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT .......................................................... 8,685 ...............9,597........................1 ............1.105 ........... 1.105............1.105 ............1.105 ............. 1.110 ............-0.005 ........... -0.450 ...............1.105 .............. 1.100................... 1.110 ................. 221,000,000 .......0.100 OM0000002168............AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES ............................... 2,399,368......773,063.....................44 ........... 0.324 ...........0.324 ...........0.318 ........... 0.322 .............0.324 ...........-0.002 ............-0.617................0.318 .............. 0.318...................0.320 ..................95,380,806.........0.100 OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING ........... 256,100 ........... 28,897......................14 ............0.112 ........... 0.114............0.110 ............0.113 ............. 0.114............-0.001 ........... -0.877 ............... 0.111 ...............0.111................... 0.114 ...................10,170,000 .........0.100 OM0000002226 ...........AL JAZEERA SERVICES .......................................... 127,586 .............51,550........................7 ........... 0.406 ...........0.406 ...........0.404 .......... 0.404 .............0.408 ...........-0.004 ........... -0.980 ...............0.404..............0.404...................0.408 ..................24,726,526 .........0.100 OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL...............................................82,985 ............... 7,001......................11 ........... 0.085 ...........0.085 ...........0.084........... 0.084 .............0.085 ...........-0.001 ............-1.176 ................0.084..............0.084...................0.085...................14,700,000 .........0.100 OM0000004248 ...........SMN POWER HOLDING .......................................... 185,000 ..........136,912........................4 ............0.744 ........... 0.744 ...........0.740........... 0.740 .............0.760 ...........-0.020 ........... -2.632 ...............0.740..............0.740...................0.760..................147,730,344 ........0.100 OM0000001962............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ......................................15,163 ............... 1,014........................3 ........... 0.068 ...........0.068 ...........0.066........... 0.067 .............0.069 ...........-0.002 ........... -2.899 ...............0.067..............0.063...................0.067................... 13,879,143 .........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 8,160,667 ...2,957,340...................468 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......27........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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

OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 1,843,713....... 140,037..................... 54 ........... 0.076 ........... 0.077 ...........0.075........... 0.076 .............0.076 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.075..............0.075...................0.076..................114,000,000........0.100 OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 229,312 ........... 34,655..................... 49 ............0.152 ........... 0.152 ........... 0.151 ............0.151 ............. 0.152............-0.001 ........... -0.658 ...............0.151 ...............0.151...................0.152................. 220,852,820 .......0.100 OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK.............................................. 188,818 .............13,478......................16 ........... 0.072 ...........0.072 ...........0.071 ............0.071 .............0.072 ...........-0.001 ........... -1.389................0.071 .............. 0.071...................0.073...................71,000,000.........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 2,261,843 .......188,170....................119 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 3........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

INDIAN MARKETS

Sensex loses another 378 points; rupee recovers MUMBAI: India's S&P BSE benchmark Sensex fell by 378 points to close at 6-week low at 25,743.26 and Nifty also fell by 132 points to finish at 7,783.35 on the last day of Samvat year 2071 on profit-booking from investors on fresh concerns over global growth on the back of signs of slowdown in China’s external trade.

The Sensex resumed lower at 26,094.09 and fell further to

25,709.23 before ending at 6-week low at 25,743.26, showing a loss of 378.14 points or 1.45 per cent. The Sensex had last ended at 25,616.84 on September 28.

The Sensex dropped by 1,043.97 or 3.89 per cent during the Samvat year 2071. The 50-share Nifty fell by 131.85 points or 1.67 per cent to close at 6-week low at 7,783.35.

The Nifty tumbled by 212.55 points or 2.66 per cent during the

Samvat year 2071.

Rupee appreciates Snapping 3-day losing streak against the American currency, the rupee recovered by 13 paise to close at 66.31 per dollar on fresh selling of dollars by banks and exporters despite fall in equity market.

Earlier, the domestic currency resumed slightly higher at 66.43 as against yesterday’s closing level

of 66.44 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market and hovered in a range of 66.30 per dollar and 66.48 per dollar before ending at 66.31, showing a gain of 13 paise or 0.20 per cent.

The rupee had dropped by 95 paise or 1.44 per cent in previous three days. The dollar index was trading higher by 0.09 per cent at against a basket of six currencies in the late afternoon trade.- PTI

INVESTMENT

NEW CONTRACT: General Electric won a $2.6 billion deal for diesel engines and will invest$200 million to build a factory under a joint venture with Indian Railways. – Bloomberg News

India’s $5.6b deals with Alstom and GE to step up rail overhaul NEW DELHI: General Electric (GE) and Alstom won contracts worth $5.6 billion to build locomotives for India’s congested stateowned railway, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi strives to modernise Asia’s oldest network.

General Electric won a $2.6 billion deal for diesel engines and will invest$200 million to build a factory under a joint venture with Indian Railways.

The goal is to produce 1,000 locomotives over 11 years. Alstom will make electric engines in a contract worth about $3 billion.

The steps are among Modi’s biggest toward reversing chronic network under-investment and spurring manufacturing.

“Investment in rail infrastructure has been a topic in India for quite a long time,” Jamie Miller, who was appointed chief executive officer of GE Transportation in September, said in a telephone interview. The new deal “sup-

ports the modernisation of the Indian railroads and it contributes to the local economy.”

The prime minister’s vision is to add track, world-class stations and bullet trains to spur the economy. India also plans to transport more freight, such as coal, on dedicated lines. The challenge is finding the money. The contracts follow the premier’s decision to open the doors to foreign investment in railroads last July, part of a push for an ambitious Rs8.5trillion ($128 billion) revamp of the railway through 2020.

Industrial focus General Electric’s pact, the company’s largest-ever transportation deal, boosts the locomotive division that has become central to its business as chief executive officer Jeffrey Immelt returns the company to its industrial roots.

He’s shedding finance and consumer-focused divisions while

bulking up the units making products spanning jet engines, oilfield equipment and gas turbines. The award is the largest in General Electric’s 100-year history in the country, Miller said.

Running costs from ferrying about 23 million passengers — equivalent to Australia’s population — and 3 million tons of cargo daily absorb most of the railway’s revenues, starving the network of investment.

India’s Railway Ministry said the new General Electric-built factory will supply 4,500-horsepower and 6,000-horsepower engines. The General Electric deal was announced Monday.

Ministry spokesman Anil Kumar Saxena confirmed the contract for France’s Alstom on Tuesday, and said it’s worth more than Rs200 billion. General Electric aims to deliver its first locomotives in the second half of 2017, Miller said. - Bloomberg News

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ROUND-UP

GAC unveils two state-of-the-art Mitsubishi FUSO trucks in Oman With an extensive range of commercial vehicles, from lightweight commercial vehicles to medium and heavy-duty trucks and buses, Mitsubishi FUSO has a vehicle to suit most commercial requirements

MUSCAT: General Automotive Company, the official distributors of FUSO Trucks in Oman, at a recent press conference announced the launch of two new FUSO trucks — Mitsubishi FUSO FA/FI and Mitsubishi FUSO FJ. Featuring state-of-the-art engineering together with the reliability and flexibility that FUSO is renowned for, both these new models perfectly complement the existing range of FUSO trucks sold in Oman, says a press release.

“Over the past four decades Mitsubishi FUSO, in partnership with GAC, has positioned itself as a key player in the Oman commercial vehicle arena. With an extensive range of commercial vehicles ranging from lightweight commercial vehicles, to medium and heavy-duty trucks and buses, Mitsubishi FUSO has a vehicle to suit most commercial requirements.

It is a name that has become synonymous with performance, affordability, quality and durability,” said Mark Tomlinson, the group general manager of the Zubair Automotive Group, commenting on the launch of the two new trucks.

“These all-new FUSO trucks have already gained a great reputation in other markets where they have been released, thanks to their robustness and fuel efficiency. I am convinced that they will be just as successful here and help us further enhance our market-share in the Sultanate.”

Mitsubishi FUSO FA/FI is the first of two new-generation trucks to join the FUSO fleet in Oman. As with all FUSO vehicles, the new medium to heavy duty truck offers outstanding comfort, operational easy and excellent economy but comes with a host of new features exclusive to the new model.

All variants are available with a common rail, direct injection engines that deliver ample power, with improved fuel efficiency and lower overall operational costs.

They also come paired with a new smooth-shifting 6-speed overdrive transmission that reduces driver fatigue. The chassis has also been reinforced with extra heavy duty suspensions and real axel so support heavier loads; contributing to a substantial chassis payload ranging from 9.6 to 13 tons.

The Mitsubishi FUSO FJ is second of the two new-generation trucks to join the FUSO fleet in Oman. Designed for heavy-duty operations, the FUSO FJ features a powerful yet efficient 6.4l Turbo Diesel engine mated to a smooth shifting 9-speed transmission for

B U S I N E S S PA R T N E R

optimal driver comfort and operational efficiency.

The new FUSO FJ, with a chassis payload capacity of 25 tons, also features chassis frame members that are not only deeper and thicker than the previous model but are also shot peened and powder coated for greater strength and resistance to corrosion; leading to greater long-term reliability and operational costs.

Both these trucks are produced at the state-of-the-art Daimler Indian Commercial Vehicles (DICV) plant in Chennai, India and exported from there to the Middle East.

DICV is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Daimler AG, Stuttgart, Germany, and together with Mitsubishi FUSO Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTB) jointly operate in an organisation union under the umbrella Daimler Truck Asia (DTA).

Both, DIVC and MFTBC, are an integral part of Daimler Trucks – the biggest global manufacture of trucks above six metric tons. In fact, Daimler Trucks develops and produce vehicles in a global network under the brands MercedesBenz, Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, FUSO and BharatBenz.

DICV’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Oragadam, near Chennai houses its truck and bus plant. It is the only Daimler Truck plant worldwide to produce commercial vehicles, engines and

parts for three brands – Mercedes Benz, BharatBenz and FUSO. It currently produces and sells a range of 9 to 49 ton trucks for the Indian market, as Bharat Benz, and FUSO trucks for export to markets in South East Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.

Each of the new range of FUSO trucks has been jointly developed

by DICV and MFTBC with customised specification of each market. In doing so, MFTBC continues to work with DICV, as part of DTA, to enhance its traditional FUSO product line worldwide.

GAC customers from Oman were recently presented with an exclusive opportunity to visit the DICV manufacturing facility and get a first-hand look at the entire truck production process and experience the new trucks on a specialized test track. They were also presented with an opportunity to meet with Erich Nesselhauf, the managing director and CEO Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, who gave an in-depth presentation about the plant, the company’s history and their relationship with MFTBC. This visit was followed up with a visit of the Oman media to the plant.

“Today, in Japan, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and around the world, ‘Mitsubishi FUSO’ stands for superior products, outstanding service, economic value and a commitment to customers’

success. In Oman, FUSO has positioned itself as a key player in the commercial vehicle arena with an extensive range of commercial vehicles ranging from lightweight commercial vehicles, to medium and heavy-duty trucks and buses.

With a vehicle to suit most commercial requirements Mitsubishi FUSO has become a name synonymous with quality and durability,” said Muralidharan, regional head of sales, Middle East and North Africa of MFTBC, who was also present at the launch at Muscat.

GAC has been a pioneer in the Omani automotive industry and in order to comprehensively support such a varied product range and its commercial customers, GAC has setup a strong service network setup right across the Sultanate for sales and after sales support.

Manned by a constantly motivated and highly trained workforce coupled with dedicated sales and after-sales teams, these centres ensures that no matter where a customer is located, they are guaranteed immediate and professional service regardless of their individual requirements.

In fact, in addition to being presented with the coveted Historical Sales Award for recording the highest sales volumes in Oman in 2013, GAC has also received global service awards for offering a Tailored Driver Training Programme, Increasing Service Retention,

and Parts Sales Marketing; all of which are services provided to new and existing FUSO customers in Oman.

More recently, GAC also was also presented with a token of appreciation from the Ministry of Social Development for its excellent After Sales support.

In order to further facilitate the requirements of its customers, in December last year GAC launched a new website for the FUSO brand in Oman, http://www.FUSOoman. com/. The website has been designed for easy navigation and comprehensive information on FUSO’s entire product line making it even easier for customers in Oman to access and experience GAC commercial vehicle offerings from FUSO. Perfectly in line with Mitsubishi and FUSO’s customer-centric mentality, it is evident that building consumer confidence is at the heart of everything GAC does. As a result, the company is always at the forefront of developing new and innovative customer loyalty programmes and attractive value added services.

GAC strongly advocates on building strong business relationships and alliances with its growing portfolio of customers as the organisation, hand-in-hand with the Mitsubishi and FUSO brands, continue to go from strength to strength in Oman.

AWA R E N E S S C A M PA I G N

Henkel drive to educate consumers on sustainable habits in households Broad Higer range offers vehicles for all business needs MUSCAT: By delivering a combination of safety, power and efficiency, Higer has won awards in its home country of China. Its high-quality product range comprising buses, coaches and trucks has gained the trust of Oman and appeals to every kind of business, says a press release.

The Higer pick-up has a new generation look, and is a highgrade light duty vehicle. Available at a starting price of just OMR4,749, Higer pick-ups have gained popularity in Oman because of their durability and strength. The Higer pick-up has enhanced interiors, and is available in single and double cabins.

The powerful 2.2 litre 4 cylinder engine, 5 speed manual transmission is ideal for long drives.

Its remote control key, power windows, 3 point seat belt, rear parking sensor, and plush interiors ensure comfort. In addition to being sturdy, the Higer pick-up truck is economical to maintain, making it the superlative choice to transport heavy loads across long distances.

The Higer Star School bus is the only school bus in Oman to have an Anti-lock braking (ABS) system. The ABS system allows the wheels on a motor vehicle to maintain tractive contact with the road surface according to driver inputs while braking, preventing the wheels from locking up and avoiding uncontrolled skidding. Since its launch in

1998, Higer has built a reputation of safety and reliability, and has become one of the top suppliers for buses worldwide.

Its safety features give peace of mind to parents and school authorities alike.

Higer has an extensive range of 50 seater coaches. Its coaches have been used prolifically to travel from Muscat to Salalah and Dubai. Perfect for tourism needs, Higer’s coaches are safe and comfortable, and ensure a quiet and smooth ride.

A senior spokesperson of Towell Auto Centre (TAC), the sole distributor of the Higer range in Oman, says, “Higer’s unimpeachable reputation of safety and durability makes it the perfect vehicle for Oman. Higer is trusted for its commitment to research and innovation, and this trust is reflected in its global popularity- be in Europe, America, Africa, the Middle East, or South East Asia. Safety is Higer’s primary concern, whether it is of children in our secure school buses, or of adults in our pick-up trucks and coaches.”

By being the sole representative of Higer in Oman, TAC has strengthened its commitment to provide superlative products and services to the country. With a network of 11 showrooms, 13 service outlets and 10 parts outlets spread across the Sultanate, TAC is the sole distributor of the Higer range in Oman.

MUSCAT: Henkel launched a campaign that aims to educate consumers about the significance of sustainability in the region.

Being at the forefront of sustainability, Henkel offered a special promotion on a range of its environment-friendly laundry and home care products across all Carrefour stores in UAE, Oman and Qatar.

The campaign will build on Henkel’s leadership position in sustainability, maintaining a balance between economic successes, protection of the environment, and social responsibility.

Campaign representatives will be talking to consumers and handing leaflets that introduce interesting information about adopting a sustainable lifestyle at households.

The leaflets will include tricks to save up on cleaning material and other habits that each person can adopt to reduce their own environmental footprint and play a role in sustainability. The three main laundry and homecare brands supporting this campaign are DAC, Pril and Persil.

“Our long-term goal is to increase resource efficiency and constantly improve our environmental footprint. We take every aspect of our portfolio and the entire value chain into account, while continuously improving all products. This campaign is part of Henkel’s efforts to promote sustainability and encourage best practices,” said Ahmed Nasser, general manager of Laundry and Homecare GCC at Henkel. “It is

interesting to see how consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of sustainability and the fact that we are able to provide solutions to their environmental concerns.”

With sustainability being one of the five values that shape Henkel’s strategic direction, the company invests millions of euros in laundry and home care to achieve significant cuts in energy and resource use. There are more than 30 collaborative programmes with universities and research institutes around the world put in place to investigate and develop new sustainable material.

Henkel currently uses 100% biodegradable surfactants and over 10,000 metric tonnes of carbon emissions are saved in producing the hand dishwashing liquid Pril alone every year. These figures depict Henkel’s continuous efforts to produce sustainable products which is part of the company’s strategy to foster resourceconserving consumption.

Henkel has carved a niche in sustainability across the region

for decades with a number of initiatives to reinforce its mission across the GCC and Middle East.

As part of a long-term vision, Henkel has initiated ‘Educate for a Sustainable Life’ campaign in 2013 targeting the younger generation of school students. The campaign aims to inform the decision makers of the future about the importance of sustainability and communicate that every individual is capable of making a difference by adopting better practices. In 2014, 1,300 students were educated compared to 1,140 in 2013. Henkel aims to reach an even larger number of students by the end of this year to further build on this initiative.

Over the past three decades, Henkel has been actively developing more innovative products that help achieve better sustainable measures across its portfolio. This allowed for strong savings on valuable resources such as 59 per cent savings on water consumption, 46 per cent savings on energy consumption and 46 per cent reduction on waste.

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Pakistan School Muscat observes Iqbal Day MUSCAT: A special ceremony was organized at Pakistan School Muscat in commemoration of Iqbal Day recently to commemorate the birth anniversary of Allama Mohammad Iqbal. Ataullah Niazi, senior principal, Khalid Jadoon, principal, Munazza Ghafoor, principal junior school, teachers and students attended the ceremony.

Successful nations not only remember their heroes but also commemorate them with great respect. The Poet of the East Allama Iqbal has a prominent place among the national heroes of Pakistan. He holds the position of a bright sun in the world of Persian and Urdu

literature whose rays could not be dimmed even after centuries. Iqbal not only influenced the youth to be exertive and practical but also put

forth the idea of Pakistan. Allama Iqbal’s famous poem Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua was presented beautifully followed by an impressive tab-

leau performed by the students of class 3A to replicate the message of Iqbal’s poetry. The students of class 3A were congratulated and awarded with an appreciative shield by Munazza Ghafoor, Principal Junior School, at the end of the ceremony for presenting the brilliant tableau.

Principal Khalid Jadoon appreciated the children for highlighting the message of Allama Iqbal and stated that it is the groundbreaking responsibility of teachers to convey the message of Iqbal to today’s youth.

Senior principal Attaullah Niazi also appreciated the participants and organizers of the ceremony.

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The Pilot has been completely restyled with a bold new front grille and flowing elegant lines of a sports coupe

MUSCAT: Oman Marketing & Services Company, local distributors for Honda cars in the Sultanate of Oman, announced the introduction of all-new 2016 Honda Pilot at their showrooms. Available across all Honda showrooms in Oman, the third generation Honda Pilot brings a new standard of comfort and quality to SUV driving. With its comfortable seating up to eight passengers, Honda Pilot has helped set industry standards in fuel efficiency, spacious and luxurious interiors and now also boasts of highly improved off-road performance with Intelligent Traction Management vs. existing Pilot.

EXTERIOR STYLING

The Pilot has been completely restyled with a bold, new front grille and flowing, elegant lines of a sport coupe. The new premium features include Halogen projector headlights in EX and EXL grades whereas LED projector headlights in Touring grade, first ever panoramic glass roof on the Touring grade embodies the vision of blue skies for our future generation. All new Pilot has a wide, low stance contributing to improved aerodynamic performance, while large-diameter 18inch or 20-inch Alloy wheels add a classy look. Some of the other features standard in all grades includes front fog lights, LED tail lights and LED daytime running

lights as standard along with tailgate spoiler, power door mirrors and LED turn light indicators.

tainment system with a 9 inch display screen available in the Touring grade.

INTERIOR STYLING

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The interior styling of Pilot reflects luxury and convenience with a refined new cockpit design, sumptuous beige and black leather seats coordinated with exterior colours, and upscale cabin amenities. An 8-inch touchscreen display audio, standard in all grades, gives you instant access to audio system controls and other display features. There is also cruise control for fatigue-free long-distance driving.

For the first time, the Touring grade includes second row captain’s chairs, which aim at enhancing comfort and providing easy walk through between the second and third row for a 7 passenger configuration. Another notable feature in the EX-L and Touring grade is the one-touch second row seats which enable passengers to have easy access to the third row seating.

Other amenities include trizone automatic climate control, rear air conditioning duct in the second and third row seats, rear door sunshades which protect passengers from the harsh sun in this region, sun glass holder and conversation mirror, cargo area hidden storage for extra luggage, active noise control (ANC) for a quieter cabin, and a rear enter-

The Pilot boasts of a 3.5-liter Direct Injected V6 engine with Variable Cylinder Management (VCM).It starts up at the press of a button, and with maximum output of 280 horsepower at 6000 rpm and maximum torque of 355Nm at 4700 rpm. The Pilot boasts of an engine that combines outstanding fuel efficiency with quick, responsive acceleration and ultrasmooth power delivery. The fuel efficiency for the Pilot in GCC is 11.4Km/L for the 2WD and the 10.8 Km/L for the AWD. The Pilot’s newest feature includes Intelligent Traction Management and is now featured on all models except EX 2WD, with pushbutton mode selection and TFT mode display on the cockpit instrument panel. In addition, EX (AWD) and EXL grades offer a full 200mm of ground clearance which enables the vehicle to adapt to any terrain. The most noteworthy feature is the sand mode which enables the Pilot to be driven in the sand.

BODY AND SAFETY

The new Pilot is available with most comprehensive set of advanced safety and driver assistive technologies. EXL and Touring grades of the new Pilot feature ‘Remote

Engine Start’ that lets you start the engine from a distance, enabling automatic climate control system to regulate cabin temperature to ensure maximum comfort before you even get in. Electric power steering, one push start system, cruise control on steering wheel, a multi- angle rear view camera are some of the technologies that the all new Pilot is equipped with to aid driving comfort.

In addition Honda Pilot utilizes Honda’s Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure technology to enhance occupant protection and crash compatibility. It also boasts of Honda active-safety features such as Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) with Traction Control Systems (TCS), Anti-Lock Brake Systems (ABS), Electronic Brake Distributor (EBD), Hill Start Assist (HSA), Agile Handle Assist (AHA) and Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS). The inclusion of these safety technologies benchmarked new Pilot to receive a 2015 Top Safety Pick+ rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in United States of America, making it one of the safest car amongst its segment.

GRADE AND COLOR

The all new Honda Pilot now comes in four grades for this region with the introduction of the new base grade EX in 2WD and the others namely EX, EX-L and Touring which are in AWD. The all new Honda Pilot will be available in exterior colours such as White Diamond Pearl, Lunar Silver Metallic, Modern Steel Metallic, Steel Sapphire Metallic, Dark Cherry Pearl, Crystal Black Pearl, Black Forest Pearl and Obsidian Blue.

All come in beige interior colours with the option of White Diamond Pearl and Lunar Silver Metallic in black interior as well.

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, in partnership with leading European business institute INSEAD, recently conducted INSEAD’s customised strategic management programme entitled ‘Strategy for Growth and Long-term Value Creation’ attended by members of the Board of Directors led by Shaikh Khalid bin Mustahail Al Mashani, chairman.

The Executive Development Programme is part of a wider ongoing effort between Bank Muscat and INSEAD to equip senior executives with essential skills to find new levels of innovation, motivation and value creation through transformational learning experiences that support them in creating real impact. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the joint initiative helps senior leadership teams to make strategic decisions promoting economic development and overall prosperity in the region, says a press release.

Shaikh Khalid bin Mustahail Al Mashani said: “I am delighted to have led the Board of Directors in this programme which provided fresh insights on strategic growth and long-term value creation. The programme focused on strategies to enhance the board’s ability to lead, challenge and guide Bank Muscat to a sustainable future.”

Jean Dermine, professor of Banking and Finance at INSEAD, who is directing the Strategic Management in Banking programme, said: “Our main goal is

to provide learning that is perfectly aligned with the strategic goals of Bank Muscat and has a direct and tangible impact on its business alongside the country’s economic prosperity.

“Oman’s government continues to drive its diversification strategy forward, providing more opportunities for potential investors in the country. In today’s interconnected world and fast changing environment, banks worldwide are reviewing their strategy for the coming decade.

In that context, the search for sources of sustainable value creation and profitable growth is imperative. The country’s leadership has recognised the need to explore and acquire new perspectives, ideas, skills and a depth of knowledge that drives best practice and creates a dynamic business environment.”

Miguel Lobo, Associate Professor of Decision Sciences and Director of the Abu Dhabi campus said: “Through the INSEAD Executive Development Progarmme, we seek to highlight the role that academic research and executive education plays in driving the productivity, growth and competitiveness of financial institutions as well as government bodies. INSEAD’s Executive Education programmes are developed to respond to this rapidly changing global business environment, unravelling and explaining new complexities while contextualising challenges and introducing new solutions.”

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AVOD extends big support to Al Mar’a Excellence Awards MUSCAT: Areej Vegetable Oils and Derivatives (AVOD) extended huge support to the recently held Al Mar’a Excellence Awards that received widespread recognition and appreciation.

Salem Al Bortmany, executive director, AVOD, comments, “We have been supporting the Al Mar’a Excellence Awards for last three years as it gives us an opportunity to show our support for Omani women who have at-

tained great accomplishments in their chosen field of work. This is a unique noble initiative that encourages the talent of today and helps in developing the leaders of tomorrow. We are proud to be associated with it.

Our association with the awards has also brought us in close ties with the inspiring Omani women who have done great service to our society and the nation.”

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Orpic felicitates long serving employees at a gala event

Napco sponsors Oman Desert Marathon featuring top runners

MUSCAT: Orpic felicitated 336 employees at its annual Long Service Awards event. The event was held to honour employees who have been working and have actively contributed to the success of the company. The awards were given to employees who have completed 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 years respectively at Al Bustan Palace Hotel.

The event was held under the auspices of Sultan Bin Salim AlHabsi, secretary general of the Supreme Council for Planning, and chairman of Orpic. It was also attended by board members, government officials and senior management of Orpic. The day’s proceedings began with a welcome address by Engineer Nofal Al Saidi, general manager – human resource services, Orpic says a press release.

“As a responsible organisation, we aim to attract, develop and retain best-in-class talent. We are committed to creating jobs for Omanis while offering oppor-

MUSCAT: National Aluminium Products Company (Napco), one of the leading extruders of aluminium profiles in the GCC, has recently announced its athlete sponsorship for the third edition of the Oman Desert Marathon being held till November 13 at the Bidaya Desert, Oman.

Napco will be offering its full support to Sami Al Saidi, a top Omani runner who has finished many notable races over the past several years, says a press release.

The third Oman Desert Marathon features decorated runners and has garnered the participation of leading athletes from all over the world. For this year’s edition, organisers have invited Sami Al Saidi in recognition of his recent triumphs over similarly challenging courses.

Sayyid Wasfi bin Jamshid Al Said, chairman of the Board of Directors, Napco, said: “The Oman Desert Marathon has carved a reputation for itself as one of the most highly anticipated races

tunities for all our employees to develop fulfilling careers. To be the partner of choice to current and prospective employees, we have created efficient operational structures, ensuring the right people are in the right positions,” stated Engineer Nofal.

He reiterated that the company provides a challenging and rewarding career to its employees and awarding the long serving employees was a testament to that.

In fact 53 per cent of leadership

positions in Orpic are occupied by Omanis as heads of function, departments’ managers, team leaders and advisors. Omanization has reached 74 per cent as the company has attracted more than 305 new Omani and expatriate skilled and experienced staff in order to enhance Orpic’s growth plan. A significant investment worth noting is the fact that around 40 high potential Omani employees have been chosen to be trained and nurtured as Orpic’s future leaders.

within the Gulf. Aside from offering an exciting and demanding course, the marathon is meticulously planned to ensure the safety and well-being of all participants. It is an honour to be part of such an event, and we are excited to witness the superb athleticism of Sami Al Saidi.”

Napco will support Sami Al Saidi in his participation, which includes overseeing his accommodation for the duration of the race as well as the necessary entry fees and other expenses. Sami Al Saidi recently visited the Napco headquarters to express his gratitude for the management’s stead-

fast support and discuss potential joint ventures in the future. Al Saidi concluded his visit by posing with several company officials to commemorate the meeting.

The Oman Desert Marathon is internationally recognised and praised by the French magazine Running Attitude as ‘one of the top 25 desert marathons in the world’ and ‘one of the top 100 Great Races.’ The course features landmark sites, breath-takings and dunes, and ancient caravans showcasing Oman’s natural beauty and rich heritage to the widely diverse group of participants from all over the world.

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Meethaq to highlight Islamic finance roles The objective of Shua’a is envisaged to be achieved through a series of seminars, workshops and events to highlight the role of Islamic banking complementing the Sultanate’s economic development

MUSCAT: Meethaq, the pioneer of Islamic banking in Oman from Bank Muscat, launched a new initiative aimed at highlighting the role of Islamic finance in the economic development of Oman. The new Shua’a initiative by Meethaq, centred on an awareness programme on Islamic economics, was unveiled at a media briefing at the head office of Bank Muscat yesterday, says a press release.

Sulaiman Al Harthy, group gen-

eral manager – Islamic Banking, said: “The launch of Shua’a, the new Meethaq initiative to promote the concept of Islamic economics, marks a milestone in the activities of the flagship financial institution in Oman. The contributions of Meethaq Islamic Bank is not limited to products and services, but there are many benefits accruing to society and economy as well, contributing to the progress and development of the Sultanate. The objective of Shua’a is envisaged to be achieved through a series of seminars, workshops and events to highlight the role of Islamic banking complementing the Sultanate’s economic development.”

The programmes to be held under the banner of Shua’a will see the involvement of national cadres, especially scholars, researchers and entrepreneurs, to identify areas in which Islamic economics can benefit the country and the people. Notably all Shua’a

programmes will have the participation of Shari’a Supervisory Board members, who are making vital contributions to the success of Meethaq.

“Meethaq Islamic Bank is contributing significantly to the growth and development of the Omani banking sector and we are witnessing an upswing in Islamic finance and investment compatible with the provisions of Shari’a laws. We see a growing interest among retail and corporate clients to take advantage of the new opportunities offered

by Islamic banking and finance,” added Al Harthy.

As the leading Islamic financial services provider in the Sultanate, Meethaq has many achievements relating to financing major projects in various fields, thereby contributing to the growth and development of the Sultanate’s economy. The notable finance facilities offered by Meethaq include the

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refinancing facility of OMR78 million signed with Oman Shipping Company for its three very large crude carriers (VLCCs).

Meethaq, under the umbrella of Bank Muscat, is the centre for Islamic financial service in Oman, operating on the principles of Transparency, Trust and Partnership, ensuring the comfort of remaining true to one’s religious tenets and values.

Presently, Meethaq has 12 branches across the Sultanate and plans to expand the network as well as launch new products and services to complement the unique Islamic banking experience. The bank has invested in staff, systems and controls to ensure the service is delivered in a professional, segregated and fully Shari’a compliant manner. Meethaq offers a full suite of Islamic banking products and services, including savings account, current account, home finance, auto finance, credit card and mobile banking.

Meethaq has adopted the best practices in Islamic banking and finance worldwide to combine a robust model which protects customers and complements the Islamic banking industry. Every Meethaq product goes through the process of Shari’a compliance certification by the Shari’a Supervisory Board and is created in line with the guidelines of the Central Bank of Oman.

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Two Khimji’s Watches teams participate in NBO Golf Classic Grand Final MUSCAT: Khimji’s Watches participated in the NBO Golf Classic Grand Final Pro-Am, an eagerly awaited annual event held recently, by fielding two teams called Khimji’s Watches Rolex. The NBO Golf Classic Grand Final was the final event of the European Challenge Tour season that took place at Almouj Golf, The Wave, from November 4 to 7. Rolex, the leading name in luxury watches and a flagship brand of Khimji’s Watches, was the official timekeeper of the event, says a press release.

A day before the NBO Golf Classic Grand Final, nearly 100 Oman-based golfers got the opportunity to brush shoulders with 45 top professionals in a friendly but competitive Pro-Am match.

Among the Khimji’s Watches team players were Charanjiv Taneja, Anubhav Shankar, Gopal Jagwani, Tenzin T. Tsarong, Reji Joseph and Ketan Mehta. The morning round was won by the Rolex team comprising Pro Jens Dantorp, and amateur players Tenzin T. Tsarong, Reji Joseph,

and Ketan Mehta.

Madhu Jesrani, general manager, Khimji’s Watches, was quite thrilled. “We were excited to be a part of one of the most stirring events on the amateur circuit in Oman, the NBO Golf Classic Grand Final Pro-Am. The ProAm event set the ball rolling for the Grand Final where the 45 highest-ranked players battled it out for the top 15 spots in the Road to Oman Rankings.”

Since 1967, Rolex has been driven by passion for golf, a sport that embraces tradition, tests patience and stamina and seeks perfection. Rolex enthusiastically supports the finest events, players, and organizations in golf, encouraging the development of the game across the world.

“Rolex stands for class and perfection and has been closely associated with the game of golf globally for more than 4 decades.

As the only franchisee for Rolex in the country, we are determined to uphold the brand’s timeless values and prestige in the Sultanate,” Jesrani added.

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MUSCAT: Omantel announced the launch of International MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) for corporate customers recently.

The newly introduced solution enables multi-national companies operating in the Sultanate to have a dedicated, secured, and reliable connectivity with their headquarters and branches overseas, thanks to Omantel’s diverse and international connectivity, says a press release.

The International MPLS is a very advanced solution, which is used at a large scale to link enterprises and companies with their branches all over the world through fiber optic cables. The solution from Omantel offers direct connectivity with most major cities and countries around the world.

Commenting on the launch of this unique solution, Ahmed Al Ojaily, manager connectivity solutions at Omantel’s Corporate Business Unit, said: “We are delighted to offer international MPLS which will enable our corporate customers to link their local offices with their branches in most major cities and countries. This will help organizations exchange information

in a very secure and safe manner, at different speeds and at affordable prices.”

Al Ojaily added that this solution constitutes a qualitative leap towards globalizing the MPLS solution, especially after Omantel has gained the ISO 27001 for its MPLS solution. This achievement shows Omantel’s commitment to implementing the best global standards and practices in order to guarantee the security of data transfer through International MPLS solution.

Omantel Business Unit provides advanced communication solutions that meet the needs of the different public and private cus-

tomers. These services enable customers to remain connected with their customers as well as local and foreign partners. These solutions focus on the best communication services. The MPLS by Omantel is the first service that gets the ISO certification. Omantel provides its services to governmental organizations as well as business community through experienced account managers. Omantel has been voted by Brand Finance as the most valuable brand in the Sultanate for the fifth consecutive year as well as the most trusted brand in telecom sector in Oman as revealed by Oman Economic Review brand survey.

MUSCAT: Hyundai Motor Company unveiled two new models at the Dubai International Motor Show. Globally unveiling the allnew Elantra, a new edition of the brand’s best-selling Middle East model and regionally debuting the Creta, a totally new compact SUV. Both models are set to reaffirm Hyundai Motor Company position as the region’s second biggest automaker, combining dynamic styling and class-leading quality at an affordable price point.

The all-new Elantra will go on sale across the region early 2016, while the new Creta will be available region-wide from this month onwards, says a press release.

“The all-new Elantra follows in the footsteps of its predecessor by setting new standards and offering the world’s best technology packaged in the body of a world-class compact-size sedan,” said Jin (James) Kim, vice president and head of operations for Hyundai Africa and Middle East.

“Equally, the Creta offers striking looks, competitive performance and a robust build at an affordable price, further strengthening Hyundai’s impressive SUV offering”, he added.

The all-new Elantra will boast class-defining interior and refined exterior features which will reflect Hyundai Motor Company evolving design philosophy. This vision incorporates a dynamic precision in exterior design that complements the new model’s comfortable, contemporary and sporty feel. The large hexagonal grille is paired with slim and sporty headlights for an energetic look, while its clean surfaces build on the active stance of the model.

Set to build on the model’s proud heritage while setting new standards as a world-class compact-size sedan, all-new Elantra is 20 millimeters longer and 25 millimeters wider than its predecessor and delivers a spacious interior. The body structure has

been designed to boost durability and rigidity, incorporating 32 per cent more advanced highstrength steel compared to the original Elantra.

The new car will also take a leap forward with a number of classleading convenience and safety features. An Integrated Memory Seat (IMS) enhances driver comfort, while Smart Trunk allows easy loading as it opens automatically when the smart key-holder approaches. In addition, new class-leading suite of safety technologies includes front and rear parking sensor, knee airbag, LED daytime running lamp (DRL), blind spot detection (BSD) and rear cross traffic alert (RCTA).

Hyundai Motor Company engineers have developed efficient and effective powertrains to deliver enhanced performance for the all-new Elantra. As a result, the new model boasts impressive performance, with useable low and mid-range torque that provides exceptional drivability in all driving conditions, through either the manual or automatic gearboxes. All of these powertrain options offer high fuel efficiency and low exhaust emissions, emphasizing Hyundai Motor’s continuing commitment to improving fuel efficiency with the new 2.0 MPI and 1.6 MPI units available from

launch.

Displaying the stylish looks for which new Hyundai models are renowned, the Creta features a sporty profile and a stable, confident stance. The harmony between the car’s bold front, voluminous side and sporty rear is noticeable. Finishing touches include 17-inch alloy wheels and chrome fog lamps ensuring that this compact SUV stands out from the crowd. The Creta is the latest Hyundai to follow the company’s modern premium brand direction. Inside the high quality cabin, which features silver chrome finishing and a soft touch dashboard, every detail is designed to provide the utmost comfort and convenience.

The dashboard is a hub of useful technology including a 5” touch screen audio, smart key with push button start and fully automatic temperature control with cluster ionizer.

Launching in the Middle East in November this affordable model stands out from the crowd by offering a combination of power and style with its robust body structure, superior engine performance and confident ride and handling.

Under the bonnet, the versatile Creta will be available with a choice of 1.6 MPI petrol engine.

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ALL SET FOR DOHA: Oman women’s cricket team probables with officials after the training session at the Ministry of Sports Affairs ground in Al Amerat.

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sportseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: The Oman national women’s cricket team are all set to take part in the second edition of the GCC Women’s T20 Cricket Tournament, which will be hosted

by Qatar Cricket Association between November 28 to December 5.

To be recalled Oman finished third behind the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait in the inaugural edition hosted by Oman Cricket last year, but this time around they are aiming at the coveted pennant.

“We are working hard and we hope to put up a formidable team for the forthcoming tournament,” said Vaishali Jesrani, Oman

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Women’s Cricket Co-ordinator and player.

“The training camp is in full swing and only yesterday (Monday) we identified 18 probables

out of which only 14 will travel to Doha,” confirmed Vaishali.

She also said that Sajit Kumar, who was the coach of the team in the inaugural edition, will accom-

PRACTICAL TRAINING: Oman women cricketers in action during a practice session at Al Amerat.

pany the team as manager-cumhead coach, while former Oman international Nilesh Parmar will provide his expertise to the team as coach.

“Also accompanying the team will be physio Anita Varadarajan,” added Vaishali.

“Only three teams — Oman, UAE and Qatar — have confirmed

for the tournament so far and the organisers in Doha are expecting a confirmation from Kuwait,” she said. “The tournament schedule will be finalised after Kuwait’s response.”

Meanwhile, Vaishali informed that the 18 probables will be pruned and the official 14 will be announced soon.

Probables: Sujana Sunder, Hina Javed, Hira Javed, Thara Fathima, Saya Channa, Anupama Sureshkumar Pillai, Aditi Bhatnagar, Priyanka Edna Mendonca, Shreya Sandesh Dhuri, Royala David Fernandes, Akshadha Gunasekar, Jayadhanyha Gunasekar, Bhavana Kantharajapura Basavaraju, Sumati Gurudath Shenoy, Vaishali Jesrani, Sunayna Devaiah, Kruti Shailesh Toprani and Jeena Jones.

Officials: Sajit Kumar (Manager/Head Coach); Nilesh Kumar Narottam Parmar (Coach); Anitha Varadharajan (Physio).

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Sanskar reaches U-12 semifinals MUSCAT: Sanskar Dubey advanced to the semifinals of the under-12 singles at the Falcon Insurance Company-sponsored Annual Tennis Tournament organised by the Indian Social Club Muscat.

Sanskar, the No. 1 seed who had a direct bye into the quarterfinals, was ruthless in his approach and banged winners to hand the hapless Vatsal Manikandan a 6-1 drubbing.

Ten-year-old Vatsal also showed his array of strokes but Sanskar was just too consistent and overpowered his opponent. Ayaan Malhotra made short work of Aanvik Singh with a 6-1 victory over Aanvik Singh in the second round of the boys under-14 singles.

Varun Deepak also advanced

GOOD GOING: Under-12 No. 1 seed Sansakar Dubey. – Supplied photo

to the the quarterfinals of the under-14 event after scoring a convincing 6-1 victory over Sartak Shashtri. Shlok Ail was in his elements as he raced to a 5-0 lead before his momentum was broken

when Jagad Abhirami broke him in the sixth game.

Shlok was undeterred as he broke back to win the tie 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals of the boys’ under-17 singles.

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BRISBANE: Australia coach Darren Lehmann has praised captain Steve Smith’s handling of an outburst by Mitchell Starc that cost the left-arm quick half his match fee from the first Test against New Zealand.

Starc, frustrated at a 46-run final wicket stand between Mark Craig and Trent Boult on the fifth day of the opening Test, hurled the ball back at Craig after the batsman played a defensive shot back to him.

The ball narrowly missed Craig and went for four overthrows.

Starc was later fined about A$7,500 ($5,300) by the International Cricket Council and Lehman said he had to manage his aggression better.

“He’s got to find that happy medium,” Lehmann told reporters in Brisbane on Tuesday. “You love to see the aggression, it’s just making sure it’s the right time.”

Smith, who was playing his first Test as Australia’s permanent captain following Michael

MELBOURNE: New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has demanded more aggression from his fast bowlers in the second test in Perth after they were punished by Australia’s batsmen in the opening match in Brisbane.

The tourists took just eight wickets on a fast, bouncy wicket at the Gabba and were plundered for over 800 runs across both innings in the 208-run defeat.

While hampered by a back injury to new ball bowler Tim Southee, who remains a doubt for the second match starting on Friday, seamers Trent Boult and Doug Brace-

Clarke’s retirement after they lost the Ashes to England earlier this year, had told reporters on Monday the outburst had been disappointing.

“He’s done it a few times and I’m going to have a word with him when I get back down to the sheds,” Smith said.

“I don’t think it was necessary at the time and hopefully he can improve and get better from that.”

Lehmann added he had been pleased with the way Smith had handled the situation.

“I was very happy with the

well were both feasted upon

by Australia’s top order.

“We need more aggressive intent with the ball,” Hesson told reporters in Brisbane on Tuesday.

“We are a bit underdone from a skill perspective. I was disappointed with the way we bowled ... outside of Tim, who was very good.”

“We have plenty of good nets in Brisbane to be ready on the first day, and we weren’t. We have no excuses,” he said. “The firstinnings bowling would suggest we weren’t as good as we can be but there’s many reasons for that.” - Reuters

captain and the way he handled that. I know the players are,” Lehmann added.

“He’s had a chat to him and that’s done and dusted from where I sit.

“The way he talks to players behind the scenes, there’s a lot that goes on. We’ve been really impressed with him as a coaching staff group.”

Australia and New Zealand have a quick turnaround with the second game of the threetest series in Perth starting on Friday. - Reuters

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Izumi’s late brace hands Kolkata win

DRAW CEREMONY: Saud bin Salim Al Balushi, left, the undersecretary at the Ministry of Planning and Human Resources, presides over the draw ceremony of HM’s Cup Hockey Championship at Oman Olympic Committee headquarters on Tuesday. – JUN ESTRADA/Times of Oman

Al Nasr to launch HM’s Cup title defence against Dhofar The 45th edition of the Sultanate’s premier hockey championship is scheduled to start on November 26

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raoas@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Six-time winners Al Nasr will launch their His Majesty’s Cup Hockey Championship title defence against Dhofar on November 27.

The title holders were drawn to play fellow regional outfit Dhofar in their first match of Group 2 when the draw ceremony of 45th edition of the Sultanate’s premier hockey tournament was conducted under the auspices of Saud bin Salim Al Balushi, the undersecretary at the Ministry of Planning and Human Resources, at the Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) headquarters on Tuesday night.

The ceremony was attended by Oman Hockey Association (OHA) chief Sheikh Mahfoodh Ali bin Juma Al Juma, General Secretary Mohammed Ridha Taqi Al Lawati and representatives of the participating clubs.

OHA’s former chief Dawood Al Raisi, former General Secretary Ahmed Al Yahmadi, and former national coach and association’s consultant SAS Naqvi also graced the occasion.

The draw ceremony started with champions Al Nasr return-

TROPHY EXCHANGE: Chief guest Saud bin Salim Al Balushi, the undersecretary at the Ministry of Planning and Human Resources, presents a replica of His Majesty’s Cup trophy to a representative of Al Nasr after the reigning champions returned the coveted trophy to the Oman Hockey Association. – JUN ESTRADA/Times of Oman

ing His Majesty’s Cup trophy and they were in turn were presented with a replica of the coveted cup.

While Al Nasr-Dhofar play their first match on November 27, the 2015 championship will start a day earlier with the action taking place simultaneously at two different venues — the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat and Salalah Sports Complex in Salah.

The championship, after a gap of few years, has attracted 10 teams with Bausher and Sohar making a return after missing the competition in 2014.

The teams are divided into two groups. Group 1 comprises three teams from Muscat region — last year’s runners-up Ahli-Sidab, Seeb and Bausher — and three from Al Batinah region — Sohar, Saham and Al Salam.

Group 2, besides champions Al Nasr and Dhofar, also consists of Al Ittihad and Salalah clubs.

The first round matches in Group 1, to be played at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex as well as Sohar Sports Complex, will continue till December 12. All Group 2 matches will be played at Salalah Sports Complex till December 13.

The first round matches will be followed by another round of matches among the top eight teams, to be placed equally in two different groups, from December 19 to 24.

The top two teams from those two groups will advance to the semifinals which are scheduled for December 26.

The third-place play-off will take place on December 28 while the final will be played on December 29 or 30.

Seeb rope in Egyptians Meanwhile, former champions Seeb are hoping to gain from experience of Egyptians in their attempt

HOCKEY

National Day Hockey Festival at Oman Club

PICTURE FROM THE PAST: A file photo of winners from the 2014 Hockey Festival. – Supplied photo

MUSCAT: Oman Club, one of the Sultanate’s oldest sports clubs to practice and promote hockey, are all set to host a two-day hockey festival to mark the 45th National Day celebrations.

The club will be hosting two different tournaments — one for

the seniors and the other for the juniors (under-15), on November 13 and 14. Besides hosts Oman, the other clubs who confirmed their participation in the senior tournament are Bausher, AhliSidab, Seeb, Oman Hockey Veterans, Team Coorg A, Team Coorg B

and Muscat Arabian Foxes.

In the junior event, Seeb and Bausher will be participating along with Oman Club.

The organisers have invited Indian School Al Seeb and Indian School Muscat, who are yet to confirm their participation.

to return to title-winning ways.

According to club’s vice-president Yousuf Al Wahaibi, Seeb have recruited Egyptian coach Osama Hasnei to guide the team in the championship.

“Osama has already arrived here. And he will soon be selecting the team and guide them during the championship,” Al Wahaibi said. “The new coach will also be utilising the services three of his compatriots.”

The team are hoping the Egyptian trio, who come with different specialties, will strengthen the team in all departments.

Ahmed Abdulhamid Hakim is said to be an experienced forward while Mohammed Jubran is a defender and third — Mohammed Al Wuzah — is a drag flick specialist.

Group 1: Bausher, Saham, Sohar, Al Salam, Seeb and Ahli-Sidab.

Fixtures: Nov 26: Bausher vs Saham; Ahli-Sidab vs Sohar. Nov 27: Seeb vs Al Salam. Nov 28: Bausher vs Sohar, Ahli-Sidab vs Saham. Dec 3: Al Salam vs Sohar; Seeb vs Saham.

Dec 4: Bausher vs Ahli-Sidab. Dec 5: Sohar vs Seeb; Saham vs Al Salam.

Dec 10: Seeb vs Bausher, Al Salam vs Ahli-Sidab. Dec 11: Saham vs Sohar.

Dec 12: Ahli-Sidab vs Seeb; Bausher Al Salam. Dec 19 to 23: Second round: (4 teams).

Group 2: Al Ittihad, Dhofar, Al Nasr, Salalah.

Fixtures: Nov 26: Al Ittihad vs Salalah. Nov 27: Dhofar vs Al Nasr.

Nov 28: Salalah vs Dhofar. Dec 1: Al Ittihad vs Al Nasr. Dec 3: Dhofar vs Al Ittihad. Dec 4: Al Nasr vs Salalah. Dec 5: Al Nasr vs Dhofar. Dec 8: Salalah vs Al Ittihad. Dec 10: Al Nasr vs Al Ittihad. Dec 11: Dhofar vs Salalah. Dec 12: Salalah vs Al Nasr. Dec 13: Al Ittihad vs Dhofar. Dec 20 to 24: Second round (4 teams).

Dec 26: Semifinals.

Dec 28: Third-place play-off.

Dec 29 or 30: Final.

KOCHI: Substitute Arata Izumi rose to the occasion and struck two late goals to lead Atletico de Kolkata to a 3-2 victory over Kerala Blasters in an exciting Indian Super League (ISL) football match here on Tuesday.

Izumi first found the back of the net in the 84th minute and scored the decisive goal on the 90th minute, helping the defending champions overcome the hosts at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Nallapan Mohanraj put the visitors ahead with a 29th minute strike. Antonio German restored parity when he found the target in the 42nd minute. Having conceded the lead again after the breather, German once again helped Kerala Blasters draw level by scoring in the 85th minute.

However, it was not to be Kerala Blasters’ day as Arata sealed the issue with his strike just before the final whistle.

Izumi’s second goal of the night in injury time was the hammer blow as Kolkata kept their chances of making the semi-finals alive with their fourth win in nine matches.

Coming off the bench, if Arata’s first goal was not enough, he again put his team ahead with a calm and composed finish from inside the box. Sameehg Doutie sent in a ball into the six-yard box which

Arata gleefully tapped in.

Struggling at the bottom of the table, the defeat has not only broken the hearts of the Blasters fans but also the players, especially German who produced a stellar show only to end up in the losing team.

His two goals could not save his team from losing and it also almost ends their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stage.

The fans were witness to an enthralling game of football. Atletico de Kolkata started the ball rolling with Mohan scoring the first goal.

Kerala Blasters FC pulled things back before half time thanks to a successfully taken penalty

by German.

In the second half, both teams fought hard and eventually, Arata got lucky as his attempted cross crept into the back of the net.

German pulled things back once again with a superb left-footed strike. However, all the efforts of the Englishman went in vain as Arata stole the winner in the dying minutes.

In the end, Atletico de Kolkata just edged past their opponents and with three points move to the fourth position in the points table. Kerala Blasters are rooted to the bottom and it will be nothing short of a miracle if they manage to break into the top four. - PTI

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He has scored only three times in 15 appearances for his club this season and the swashbuckling, battering ram of a centre forward who notched 20 league goals for the champions last term appears but a distant memory

LONDON: Diego Costa has turned into a pale imitation of the player who took the Premier League by storm last year and Chelsea must get him firing on all cylinders again to have any hope of salvaging their wretched season.

The 27-year-old striker could scarcely have believed his luck when he discovered last week that he had been recalled to Spain’s squad for the friendly matches with England in Alicante on Friday and Belgium in Brussels four days later.

He has scored only three times in 15 appearances for his club this season and the swashbuckling, battering ram of a centre forward who notched 20 league goals for the champions last term appears but a distant memory.

Chelsea fans, already mystified by their team’s dramatic loss of form, are now wondering what has happened to Diego Costa.

Although the Londoners slumped to their third straight league defeat at Stoke City on Saturday, they produced a muchimproved performance that suggested some key players are beginning to find form after a torrid start to the campaign.

Eden Hazard, the 2014-15 Premier League Player of the Year, again showed the tricky, ball-play-

PALE IMITATION: Chelsea’s Diego Costa, left, argues with Stoke’s Philipp Wollscheid as referee Anthony Taylor tries to intervene during an English Premier League match at the Britannia Stadium, Stoke on Trent on Saturday. – AP/PTI

ing skills that tormented defences last season but more often than not, Chelsea’s attacks petered out when the ball went to Costa.

Former Newcastle United target man Alan Shearer, a lethal international striker for England in his prime, said the temperamental Costa could learn a lot from Leicester City’s red-hot marksman Jamie Vardy.

Vardy has netted in each of his last nine league appearances and will equal the 2003 record of former Manchester United and Netherlands striker Ruud van Nistelrooy if he scores in Leicester’s next game at Newcastle on November 21.

“Right now one (Vardy) looks full of energy while the other (Costa) is barely mobile,” said Shearer.

Lack of movement “I studied Chelsea’s performance on Saturday and actually thought they played as well as they have done for some time. What frustrated me about Costa was the lack of trouble he gave Stoke’s back four.”

Shearer, who scored 30 goals in 63 matches for England, bemoaned Costa’s lack of movement.

“Costa is constantly coming towards the ball now whereas you look at Vardy and he is always looking to run in behind the back four,” he said.

“If you have Costa’s ability there is only one place you should be, up front, facing defenders and running on to through balls.”

Costa looks to be spending more time winding up opposition de-

fenders than getting into the penalty box and if his barren run in front of goal continues, Chelsea may have little option but to seek a replacement in the January transfer window.

Jose Mourinho has received constant criticism for a remarkable slump in form that has seen Chelsea slump to fifth from bottom with 11 points from 12 league matches.

For someone who has shown little patience with managers in the past, owner Roman Abramovich appears keen to give Stamford Bridge hero Mourinho every chance to pull his team round. The Portuguese will now be keeping his fingers crossed that Costa can get back on the goal trail with Spain over the next few days. - Reuters

TENNIS

Sania-Martina will continue to win Grand Slams, says Bhupathi MUMBAI: India tennis great Mahesh Bhupathi on Tuesday heaped praise on current women’s doubles world No.1 Sania Mirza and her partner Swiss veteran Martina Hingis and for their tremendous season this year which saw them clinch nine doubles titles, including two Grand Slams.

Bhupathi said the Indo-Swiss pair will continue to win Grand Slams for the next few years with the form they are currently in.

The unstoppable duo of Mirza and Swiss veteran Hingis came up with another stupendous performance recently to win the women’s doubles title at the prestigious $7 million WTA Finals in Singapore.

It was the pair’s ninth title together this season, having also won in Beijing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, US Open (New York), Wimbledon (London), Charleston, Miami and Indian Wells.

Sania also won the Sydney International in January with American Bethanie MattekSands to take her doubles trophy count to 10 this year.

“Sania has been an inspiration.

She has really worked hard over the last three years. It is not about just this year she has performed consistently. She is putting herself in a position to win matches,” Bhupathi said at a press conference here.

“She has also found someone who can complement each other very well that is Martina Hingis.

They are going to continue winning Grand Slams for the next few years,” he added.

Bhupathi also opined that alongside mixed doubles, the men’s doubles duo of Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes may win medals for India in the 2016 Olympics to be held in Rio de Janerio, Brazil.

“Alongside mixed doubles, men’s doubles have a great chance to clinch medals in the Rio Olympics. Both Rohan-Leander are world class players and they also have a great chance to win,” the 41-year-old said.

The 15-time Grand Slam winner also praised current World

Mahesh Bhupathi

No.89 Yuki Bhambri for breaking into the top 100 of the men’s singles in the ATP rankings, adding that will help him play in the main draw of the singles in the Grand Slams next year.

“It has been a very successful year for Indian tennis in the year.

Five Grand Slams for the country.

Yuki is now 89 in the world and is going to play in the main draw of the singles in the Grand Slam next year. Sumit Nagal and Karman Kaur Thandi are surely the future of Indian tennis in men’s and women’s. Things are moving well,” he said.

Bhupathi, who owns Indian Aces a franchise from International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), said he was thrilled to have Rafael Nadal in the team for the next two seasons (2015-2016) after signing Roger Federer in the inaugural season.

“It is great to have Nadal on board. We know how big and effective player he has been and is in the court. After the New Delhi crowd witnessed Federer and Novak Djokovic in the inaugural season, this year they will get to see Nadal face-off against Federer,” he said.

When asked about the inclusion of young Indian players in the IPTL, Bhupathi said keeping in mind the world wide broadcast and the top class players in the teams, it will be difficult to fit in budding young players.

“Somdev Devverman has been kept as an alternate player for the Indian Aces. The quality of tennis has to be maintained as it is broadcasted all over the world,” he said.

The league will be held from December 2 in Kobe, Manila, New Delhi, Dubai and Singapore. - IANS

BOARD MEETING

OOC gearing up for Olympic Day events MUSCAT: Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed Al Zubair, Chairman of Oman Olympic Committee (OOC), presided over the third regular meeting of OOC Board for 2015 at the Sultanate Olympic body’s headquarters on Monday.

Opening the meeting, Sheikh Khalid and board members expressed their hearty congratulations to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said on the 45th Glorious National Day highly commending His Majesty’s insightful directions to the Omani youth and athletes.

The meeting discussed various topics, including the OOC’s initiative for partnership with the private sector.

The board commended the positive response by various companies, including Omantel for sponsoring the activities and events of Oman Volleyball Association and Zubair Corporation for sponsoring the activities and events of Oman Handball Association.

The board confirmed success of its contacts with other companies and firms of the private sector pointing out those new partnerships with the sports associations

would be announced over the coming weeks.

Hailing the decision taken by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) backing the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration for Sport Regulation within OOC approved by the OOC General Assembly held at

the end of March 2015, the board approved formation of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration for Sport Committee consisting of a number of sports personalities.

The board reviewed the approval by the IOC of the OOC’s Statutes adopted by the Extraordinary

General Assembly held on March 31 this year and the amendments therein to bridge some gaps. The board also reviewed the ongoing preparations for the upcoming Olympic Day which will be held in several governorates of the Sultanate on December 8.

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Al Harthy all praise for Aston Martin Vulcan show in Dubai We lit-up the rear wheels and gave people a glimpse of the sort of performance the Vulcan is capable of.

It’s an incredible feat of engineering. The day was a massive success and we had a fantastic Ahmad Al Harthy Oman racing star SPECIAL EVENT: Omani star Ahmad Al Harthy with the Aston Martin Vulcan during a Aston Martin

showcase event in downtown Dubai recently. – Supplied photo

The Omani star, who won the ‘Silver Cup’ title in this year’s British GT Championship at the wheel of an Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3, was entrusted by the globally renowned manufacturer to pilot the prestigious 7.0-litre, 200mph-plus Vulcan during the specially arranged public event

MUSCAT: Motor racing star Ahmad Al Harthy has heaped praise on the organisers of last week’s hugely successful Aston Martin showcase in downtown Dubai, where the Omani sportsman demonstrated the ground-breaking Vulcan hypercar in front of vast crowds at Emaar Square.

The 34-year-old, who won the ‘Silver Cup’ title in this year’s British GT Championship at the wheel of an Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3, was entrusted by the globally renowned manufacturer to pilot the prestigious 7.0-litre, 200mph-

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plus Vulcan during the specially arranged public event.

As well as the gleaming new 800bhp hypercar, those in attendance also had the opportunity to see the Aston Martin DB10 which was specially designed, engineered and hand crafted by a dedicated team for the latest James Bond movie ‘Spectre’, which had its world premiere in London last month.

“The whole event was amazing, huge fun to be involved in and I’m so grateful to everyone at Aston Martin, in the UK and the Middle East, for giving me the opportunity

to drive the Vulcan — it really is an exceptional car,” said Ahmad.

“We lit-up the rear wheels and gave people a glimpse of the sort of performance the Vulcan is capable of. It’s an incredible feat of engineering. The day was a massive success and we had a fantastic turn out, Aston Martin is a very powerful brand in Dubai, Oman and the rest of the region and it really is a great honour for me to represent Aston Martin as the ambassador for the Middle East and North Africa.”

Created as a limited edition track-only car, the Vulcan — of

which only 24 will be produced — is priced at $2.7 million (£1.8 million) and is undoubtedly the most exhilarating and intense Aston Martin ever created in the company’s glorious history.

The immense normally aspirated V12 engine is based around the architecture of the powerplant found in the GT3 race car, as piloted by Ahmad in British GT and the Blancpain Endurance Series, but expanded to 7.0-litres. Externally, the Vulcan generates huge downforce from a prominent front splitter, vast rear diffuser and adjustable rear wing.

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Beckenbauer back in the Former Formula One racer and spotlight after FA boss quits Le Mans winner Wurz retires FRANKFURT: Pressure on Franz Beckenbauer to explain payments and provide answers over a 2006 World Cup scandal grew on Tuesday, a day after the president of Germany’s FA (DFB) resigned despite insisting he had done nothing wrong.

Wolfgang Niersbach, who was a vice president of Germany’s World Cup organizers, said he was taking political responsibility for a controversial 6.7 million euro ($7.22 million) payment to FIFA allegedly used to bribe officials of world soccer’s governing body to vote for Germany’s World Cup hosting bid.

Following Monday’s surprise resignation of Niersbach the spotlight has now shifted to Beckenbauer, who was the head of the 2006 organising committee.

Rainer Koch, who along with fellow DFB vice president Reinhard Rauball has taken over Niersbach’s position on an interim basis, said “it is high time” Beckenbauer gets more involved in trying to resolve the issue.

“We have a request that he becomes more intensively involved in clearing up the processes,” said Koch in an interview with German channel ZDF. “The question how the World Cup was awarded will keep us busy.

“That is a big request, from the entire leadership of the DFB, (for him) to answer these questions.

We clearly have more to clear up than just the 6.7 million euros.

We have come to the conclusion that several processes around the awarding of the 2006 World Cup should be looked at closely.”

Niersbach, along with two oth-

LONDON: Austrian Alex Wurz, a former Formula One racer and double Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar winner, announced his retirement on Tuesday.

The 41-year-old said he would hang up his helmet as a profes-

LOT TO ANSWER: Franz Beckenbauer.

er former World Cup organising committee colleagues, is under investigation for tax evasion related to the payment after police raided the DFB and his home last week. Beckenbauer was not suspected of tax evasion and was not part of the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office probe, officials have said.

“But he needs to answer questions,” said German MP Oezcan Mutlu, who is a member of the parliamentary committee on sport. “It’s not just about the cash.

It about many other questions ... and he needs to provide answers.

“As it stands now, the suspicions keep growing and growing.”

Former World Cup winning captain and coach Beckenbauer — the country’s most iconic footballer — has admitted to facilitating the payment to FIFA which was allegedly a return on a loan in 2000 for German organisers from

then Adidas CEO Robert-Louis Dreyfus. He has since said that, in hindsight, this was a “mistake” but added that claims of a votesfor-cash deal were untrue.

At the heart of the investigation is the 6.7 million euros payment from the German FA to FIFA that Der Spiegel magazine claimed was a return on a loan from LouisDreyfus to help buy votes for Germany’s World Cup bid at the FIFA election in 2000.

The magazine’s report in October had claimed a slush fund had been set up with Louis-Dreyfus’ support to buy votes for Germany’s World Cup bid.

Beckenbauer, who answered the questions of an external law firm hired by the DFB to investigate the matter, has refused to comment again since his brief statement last month, opting to remain at his home in Austria. - Reuters

sional racing driver after competing in this weekend’s final Bahrain round of the FIA world endurance championship for Toyota.

“I’ve enjoyed half of my lifetime competing at the top of motorsport and another quarter of it working

my way up there, so I feel the time is right to call it a day,” he said.

In Formula One, Wurz raced for Benetton, McLaren and Williams and made three podium appearances — one with each team between 1997 and 2007. - Reuters

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Spiteful ‘political hit job’, says Russia volved in doping programmes.

The commission said the Russian anti-doping laboratory in Moscow destroyed 1,417 samples shortly before a scheduled WADA inspection.

The WADA commission recommended Russia be suspended from international competition. If endorsed by the International

There is an element of a political hit job here because quite a few things were described (in the report) in a biased way

It’s absolute rubbish, people have an overactive imagination.

People, who said about secret lab, are living in era of James Bond films

Vadim Zelichenok

Nikita Kamaev

Russian Athletics Foundation

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Athletics Federation (IAAF), the proposal could see Russian athletes excluded from next year’s Olympics in Brazil

MOSCOW: The Kremlin dismissed sweeping doping allegations against its athletes on Tuesday as entirely groundless, while Russia’s sporting and anti-doping chiefs suggested the international furore bore all the hallmarks of a “political hit job”.

Russia’s stature as a sporting superpower is part of President Vladimir Putin’s rebranding of his country as resurgent, and allegations from a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commission that Russian athletes have systematically used performance-enhancing substances have cut deep.

“I hope this will not affect the morale of our athletes,” Vadim Zelichenok, the acting head of the Russian Athletics Foundation (VFLA), at the centre of the burgeoning scandal, told a news conference. “There is an element of a political hit job

here because quite a few things were described (in the report) in a biased way,” he said, insisting there was no corruption in the Russian sporting establishment.

The WADA commission recommended Russia be suspended from international competition. If endorsed by the International Athletics Federation (IAAF), the proposal could see Russian athletes excluded from next year’s Olympic games in Brazil.

IAAF head Sebastian Coe has given Moscow to the end of the week to respond to WADA accusations of a state-sponsored doping culture, extending to athletes and coaches, and other allegations of collusion in payment of bribes to suppress medical results that pointed to doping.

Though sports-related, the imbroglio is likely to play into Russia’s wider political and media discourse which, fuelled by the aftermath of the Ukraine crisis, is dominated by portrayal of a standoff between Russia and the U.S.led West in which Moscow is often unfairly maligned.

Complete nonsense Nikolai Durmanov, the former head of Russia’s anti-doping agency, described the allegations as complete nonsense and as a literary work based upon “a political order”.

The previous head of Russia’s athletics federation, Valentin Balakhnichev, whom the report sharply criticised, left his post in February this year.

He has repeatedly denied allegations of wrongdoing and told the TASS news agency on Tuesday he intended to take legal action to defend his name and that of Russian athletics.

Russia is still smarting from talk, emanating from some Western politicians, about the possibility of stripping it of the right to host the 2018 soccer World Cup because of a corruption scandal that has engulfed football’s world governing body, FIFA. Putin, who has yet to comment on the doping allegations, said in May he saw the hand of Washington behind the FIFA scandal, accusing it of trying to block re-election of

Sepp Blatter, a strong Russian ally, as FIFA president. Blatter has since been suspended and is under criminal investigation.

Putin, a keen ice hockey player, has premised much of his promotion of a resurgent Russia on its sporting success, portraying its hosting of a successful winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 as a symbol of a newly confident nation.

‘Groundless accusations’ Putin’s spokesman on Tuesday dismissed the doping allegations.

“Until some evidence is presented ... it is difficult to accept these accusations, they are quite groundless,” Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, told reporters.

The athletics scandal is deeperreaching than the FIFA affair or corruption revelations at the International Olympic Committee 15 years ago in that it has directly affected results on the field of sport. Medals would have gone to athletes who had cheated, while more deserving competitors were denied awards.

Russia came fourth overall in

the 2012 London Olympics, wining a total of over 80 medals. If its athletes had been excluded it would still have finished fourth, but won about 20 fewer medals.

Nikita Kamaev, the head of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, said a Moscow laboratory used for doping tests had been shut down after its accreditation was suspended

by WADA. Kamaev said allegations about a secret second laboratory and the alleged role of Russia’s FSB Security Service in covering up doping were the stuff of fantasy.

“It’s absolute rubbish, people have an over-active imagination,” he told a news conference.

“The stuff about a secret lab in the basement of the Lubyanka (nickname for FSB headquarters) does not stand up. The people (who said this) are living in the era of James Bond films.”

The exchanges will indeed have revived memories for some of doping revelations in Soviet bloc countries during the Cold War. In East Germany, for instance, the Stasi secret police were closely in-

Mixed tone Russian authorities said they had been ordered to destroy them by WADA itself. Russia’s sports ministry struck a mixed tone.

On the one hand, it said it was open to greater cooperation with WADA, the world anti-doping agency, so that it could eliminate any irregularities in its own antidoping regime. But in the same statement it complained about the way the WADA commission report had been presented in the media, urging the organisation to base any future conclusions on facts.

It also reminded WADA it had no right to “predetermine” the future actions of international sporting bodies, a spiky response to a recommendation that Russian athletes be excluded from international competition.

There were some problems, the ministry conceded, without specifying what they were; but it said it had acted to redress shortcomings, changing the leadership of the country’s athletics federation and appointing a new senior trainer.

The commission report recommended lifetime bans for five athletes, four coaches and one doctor, all Russian. They included the women’s 800 metres Olympic champion Mariya Savinova and the bronze medallist, Ekaterina Poistogova.

“Russia’s ministry of sport is waiting for similar measures to be taken by the International Athletics Federation,” it said.

Moscow residents interviewed

by Reuters said the allegations looked like a spiteful attempt to rein in the country’s sporting success. “It is a politically-motivated attack on our sport,” one man, Dmitry, who declined to give his surname, said. - Reuters

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London Worlds in 2017 can be ground zero: UKA chief LONDON: The 2017 World Athletics Championships in London could be “ground zero” for a new chapter of integrity in the sport, the head of UK Athletics Ed Warner said on Tuesday.

He added that innocent Russian athletes may have to suffer if it means cleaning up the scandal-hit sport and called on Sebastian Coe, head of the IAAF governing body, to suspend the powerhouse nation.

Speaking a day after a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report outlined “state-sponsored” doping in Russia and called for Russian athletes to be banned from the 2016 Olympics, Warner said it could be a chance for a fresh start.

“The Rio Olympics is not very far away and it will be very hard to make all the necessary changes by then but the next major championships after that are in London,” he told Sky Sports.

Tallent demands gold medal after Russia report

Australia’s Jared Tallent.

“What I said to Seb today was that here we have an opportunity for a fresh beginning for athletics globally, to deliver a clean championships, with the utmost integrity.

MELBOURNE: Australian race walker Jared Tallent, an Olympic silver-medallist behind a drug cheat, has reiterated his demand for a gold medal in the wake of an explosive report into systemic doping in Russian athletics. At London 2012, Tallent finished second in the 50km walk behind Russian Sergei

“London 2017 could be ground zero for the sport of athletics,” said Warner.

WADA president Dick Pound recommended on Monday, follow-

Kirdyapkin, who was found guilty of doping earlier this year and handed a three-year, twomonth suspension by Russia’s anti-doping agency.

The ban was backdated to October 2012, shortly after the Games concluded. “The allegations are absolutely shocking to find out the man who beat me

ing publication of the report based on an 11-month investigation that uncovered a “deep-rooted culture of cheating” in Russian athletics, that the country be excluded

in London, Sergei Kirdyapkin, probably should have been banned as early as 2011 but the IAAF held off from banning him until after the Olympic Games in London,” he told reporters.

“So, effectively letting him race even though they knew he was a dope cheat and then he beat me for the gold medal.” - Reuters

from the Rio Games. Warner said Pound had the support of UKA.“If you punish one or two innocent Russian athletes for the greater good of the sport that’s a moral di-

lemma I’m prepared to grasp,” he explained.

The report said Russia had effectively “sabotaged” the London 2012 Olympics where Mariya Savinova, winner of the 800 metres gold medal, and several others were allowed to compete when they should have been banned.

Savinova is one of five Russians recommended for life bans, as well as several coaches.

Among other damning revelations in the report was the alleged destruction of more than 1,400 doping samples by a Moscow laboratory and interference by Russia’s secret service.

Coe has given the Russian athletics federation until the end of the week to respond to the report before deciding whether to ban it from sanctioned events such as the Olympics and the world championships. — Reuters

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hroughout time the symbol of the lion has been associated with success, with nobility.

Thus anyone taking onboard such an image should be prepared for a legacy of expectation to live up, not everyone can after all be King of the Jungle.

I wondered then, when checking into the Ritz-Carlton Dubai, whether the famous chain had adopted the lion (and a crown no less) as its brand image not just for a pretty picture, but to always have a reminder of who it is, and what its responsibility is to succeed, to standalone, to be the leader of the pack.

For in the urban jungle that is Dubai, Ritz-Carlton is a property whose roar is heard and felt, while others are happy to find their level in the Emirate’s luxury pecking order, this brand works to maintain its top flight position.

And in a world of generic luxury, homogenised bling, where hotels cry out for attention, here in Dubai the Ritz-Carlton’s softest touch commands the greatest respect.

The experience of pulling up to this property is everything it should be, pulling off Dubai’s vibrant The Walk one drives up a plush landscaped path into a hidden oasis of tranquillity.

As you approach its entrance the uniformed staff are there, deferential, efficient and welcoming, opening your door their manner

creates that sense of your importance to the hotel. It’s not fawning, and you are not being arrogant for falling under the spell, they simply make you feel special from the moment you arrive.

For that’s what sets Ritz-Carlton apart from many, that desire to make your stay special, memorable, their staff always resemble that trusted light-touch service that period dramas such as Downton Abbey seeks to emulate.

Walking into the lobby also strikes that tone of understated refinement, this is not a place that screams diamonds and glitter, rather soft tones, soothing colours, plush fabrics, the very definition of quality.

Even the most seasoned traveller experiences those ‘checking in’ pangs, will the room be ok, is the service here going to suffice, will they find my booking? But thankfully the Ritz-Carlton team quickly dispels all doubts with their calm, smiling efficiency.

A mirror of the excellent service experience at their DIFC property, here again the welcome is warm, personal, not a ‘hello mam sir’ in sight.

Rooms continue that easy living with space, light, private balconies and massive bathrooms. The executive suites offer 108sqm of relaxation, with an entrance lobby, a lounge and dining area, that balcony and then a separate plush bedroom, with walk-in wardrobes.

The bathroom is designed to be

Unlike a number of plush properties in Dubai, RitzCarlton makes sure your little ones are catered for too, with a dedicated pool and play area, and activities available through its Ritz Kids services

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the room’s personal spa with a deep, oversized marble bath and a separate rain shower, perfect for chilling out after a hard day’s sunbathing.

Opening the doors of the suite (which came with access to the excellent club lounge) you stare out across the palm-laden swimming pools and out to the beach and the sea.

Hidden from the outside world the Ritz-Carlton’s pool complex is a real jewel of a find. In total six azure pools are secreted among landscaped gardens interlinked by wooden walkways. Cabanas and loungers mix easily with food and beverage options such as the Palm Grill or the Gulf Pavilion.

Beyond these lie the hotel’s private, a 350m stretch of pristine sands running into the Arabian Gulf, again serviced by friendly staff ready to keep you topped up on refreshments as and when needed.

Dining options abound, for the evening the intimate Blue Jade serves up Asian fusion fare that stands apart. However Friday brunch in Caravan is the real treat, this lively afternoon sees a convivial, well-dressed crowd come together to enjoy fine food in fine company. The vast array of inter-

national flavours on offer however those skinny jeans should be avoided (not a bad thing) as you’ll be unable to resist sampling as many as possible. For those wanting to walk off such a mighty feast the property’s location next to The Walk is ideal for an afternoon promenade. Here shops and little cafes nestle along this pedestrianised zone, offering a change of scenery should one be necessary.

Unlike a number of plush properties in Dubai, this Ritz-Carlton makes sure your little ones are catered for too, with a dedicated pool and play area, and activities available through its Ritz Kids services.

Happily they have a similar play zone for adults too, known as a spa, and a great one at that offering a host of treatments, should you need that last little push into utter relaxation.

This is a Ritz-Carlton that manages to almost be all things to all men (and women, and children). It is a sophisticated retreat for executives, an ideal spot for couples and yet accessible and welcoming to families. All in all it adds up to an offering that is worthy of the lion’s legacy.

- scottarmstrong@timesofoman.com

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Dealing With Jet Lag After crossing several time zones, many travellers suffer from jet lag. Although there is no way to completely avoid it, there are a number of ways to help your body adjust to a new time zone.

1 Try to go to bed a little earlier a few days before you leave and get as much sleep as you can during your flight.

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Eat lightly on your flight and forego rich or exotic foods on the first few days of your trip so that you can use your energy to adjust to your new surroundings rather than to digest your food.

Exercising on a long flight will help alleviate such common discomforts as backaches, swollen legs and feet, and general fatigue. Stretch at regular intervals and walk up and down the aisles of the plane from time to time to prevent dangerous blood clots from forming.

3 Many side-effects of jet lag are the result of dehydration, so avoid alcohol, coffee, tea and other caffeinated beverages and drink plenty of water during your flight.

5 Finally, take it easy on the day you arrive so that you can take advantage of your trip at a leisurely pace and establish a routine in sync with the local time. - lifestyle@timesofoman.com

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LIFESTYLE THE HOBBYIST Zaid Al Lawati Hobby: RC plane flying

Why do You Love RC Plane Flying?

I like it because its concept is similar to the real aircrafts. I also like assembling and fixing planes, its engines, and electronic parts. The hobby is pure fun, attracting those fascinated by the mechanics and crafting of airplanes, and enjoy the camaraderie of sharing a hobby with other enthusiasts in an outdoor setting. I aim at competing in the 3D world championship and also in other international competitions.

How Did You Get Into It? I was searching on Google about planes, then I saw a website about one Omani building foam RC planes. I contacted him and I got some tips on how to build an RC plane. This is how I started building foam plane seven years ago.

How Can I Get Into It? Anyone can get into this hobby. All you need is an interest and passion in controlling a airplane and a simulator to get to fly these planes. Then you can start with a trainer plane which you can buy.

What’s Your Pro-Tip? The hobby of RC Airplanes is an interesting one that has lots of options and opportunities. But you don’t have to spend a whole lot of money to enjoy it or at least begin with it. It is better to start with lower and cheaper versions, as in the beginning flyers crash their planes a lot. More importantly before you commit to the RC hobby there are several factors to consider: cost, repair and maintenance, time-commitment.

Contact info/resources for RC plane flying in Oman Muscat Flying Team, Instagram: Omanrcflying Email: zaidallawati93@gmail.com Planes can be purchased.

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The hobby is pure fun and I enjoy the camaraderie of sharing the hobby with other enthusiasts in an outdoor setting.

Y O U R FAV O U R I T E B O O K

Crime and Punishment

By Fyodor Dostoevsky “All I can say is, it nearly finished me. It was like having an illness” That was the feeling reflected by R. L. Stevenson after reading Crime and Punishment. Probably, he was reflecting the thoughts of myriad readers through this confession. I picked up this book at a tender age and almost took it as a crime thriller. It was a page turner but slowly, the character Raskolnikov started invading my emotions. I feel like being tormented in a dark room of solitary confinement.

Who was Raskolnikov? Was he someone who proffered to take up a difficult task to prove that human beings should elevate his existence to the next level by bypassing rules and regulations? Laws are meant to be broken and that sets you apart from other human beings.

What made him do this? Is it something personal or ideological which remains as a myth? Razumikhin extends help to his friend Raskolnikov to come out of the penuries as he opts to confine himself in the small rented room in St. Petersburg.

He identified an elderly lady Alena, who was a pawn broker as his prey. For two days, he engaged himself with the meticulous plan to murder Alena. Once when he executed it, he had to kill Alena’s cousin, Lizaveta who was present in the same room.

Raskolnikov proved himself to be capable of breaking the rules established by human beings.

But, what about his conscience?

He cannot find a better hideout to escape from his own conscience.

He was subjected to extreme suf-

fering and the interrogation by detective Porfiry on psychological ground left him devastated.

Finally, he found solace in Sonya.

Raskolnikov kisses her feet and told her “I did not bow down to you, I bowed to the whole of suffering humanity”. This is one of the most famous dialogues ever written in the history of world literature. The chaste relation with Sonya kindled the element of compassion and sensitivity in him.

Raskolnikov confesses his sin to Sonya which was overheard by Svidrigaylov who wanted to marry Dunya (Raskolnikov’s Sister).

The real punishment emanates from one’s conscience. Svidrigaylov was someone who never had this quality. Raskolnikov developed his quality by virtue of his association with Sonya and his own

intellectual capability. He reached the stage of breakdown and offered himself before the law of the state which he wanted to challenge at one point of his life.

Finally, he was sent to Siberia for penal servitude and Sonya followed him. Sonya represents the human element of Raskolnikov who follows him where ever he goes. A perfect mystic ending.

— Reviewed by Sajith Nair

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Hamriya 24787766, 24787780 Capital Polyclinic 24707549 Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic, Ruwi 24799760/1/2 Capital Clinic, Seeb 24420740 Ceregem National Raak 24485633 Dr Harub’s Clinic 24563217 Elixir Health Centre 24565802 Emirates Medical Centre 24604540 1st Chiropractic Centre 24472274 Lifeline Hospital Salalah 23212340 International Medical Centre LLC 24794501/2/3/4/5 Kims Oman Hospital 24760100 24 Hrs Emergency 24760123 Lama Polyclinic, Sohar 26751128 MBD 24799077 Al Khuwair 24478818 Magrabi Eye and Ear Hospital 24568870 Muscat Private Hospital 24583600 Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Al Khuwair 24477666 Al-Hayat Polyclinc LLC 22004000 AIRLINE OFFICES Muscat Airport Flight information (24 hours) 24519456/24519223 Aeroflot 24704455 Air Arabia 24700828 Air France 24562153 Air India 24799801

Air New Zealand 24700732 Biman Bangladesh Airlines 24701128 British Airways 24568777 Cathay Pacific 24789818 Egypt Air 24794113 Emirates Air 24404400 Ethiopian Airlines 24660313 Gulf Air 80072424 Indian 24791914 Iran Air 24787423 Japan Airlines 24704455 Jazeera Airways 23294848 Jet Airways 24787248 Kenya Airways 24660300 KML Royal Dutch Airlines 24566737 Kuwait Airways 24701262 LOT Polish Airlines 24796387 Lufthansa 24796692 Malaysian Airlines 24560796 Middle East Airlines 24796680 Oman Air 24531111 Pakistan International Airlines 24792471 Qatar Airways 24771900 Qantas 24559941 Royal Jordanian 24796693 Saudi Arabian Airlines 24789485 Singapore Airlines 24791233 Shaheen Air 24816565 SriLankan Airlines 24784545 Swiss International Airlines 24796692 Thai Airways 24705934

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IN THE NEWS

US Gauges Cost to Make World’s Fastest Train in Washington

THE US wants to study the feasibility of building a Japanese-designed magnetic-levitation train line between Washington and Baltimore as part of a plan to upgrade the transportation network in the world’s largest economy.

The government recently announced $27.8 million in funding for a maglev study, wants to build a stronger passenger rail system, US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in an interview in Tokyo. “One of the things this study helps us do is to figure out what the true cost picture of maglev is,” Foxx said.

Northeast Maglev LLC says it would cost $10 billion to build a 500 kilometre (311 mile) per hour maglev line to whisk passengers on the 40-mile trip between Washington and Baltimore in 15 minutes.

The world’s fastest train broke its own record earlier this year with a run of 603 kilometres per hour.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga met with Foxx and discussed building a maglev in the US. Maglev trains rely on magnetic power to float the cars above the ground, eliminating the friction of steel tracks. The trains start off running on wheels — the kind used on F-15 fighter jets — until they’re going fast enough for the magnets to kick in and create lift.

“In the US, part of our challenge is just getting the level of investment up so we can speed up travel times,” Foxx said. “We have a very serious proposal in Washington now to reduce the overall investment in passenger rail in the US. We’ve got to get over that hurdle.”

- Bloomberg

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EUROPE Planning a European break? Here are a few great suggestions for the top destinations in Europe for a city break. These vibrant cities are known for their museums, shops, restaurants, nightlife, recreation, and architecture.

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FLORENCE, ITALY

Florence is a beauty in its art, architecture, history, and cuisine.

You never go hungry in this city — bistecca alla fiorentina at Trattoria Le Mossacce and a panino al lampredotto (stewed tripe sandwich) at the San Lorenzo Market are always on the menu.

For some of the best paper products in the world, head to Pineider.

Be sure to check out the Gucci Museum — home to the complete archive of iconic Gucci products, from loafers to luggage.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

When in Hungary’s capital, you love to sneak away from the tourist attractions for some cafe and spa culture. Legendary cafes like the New York Kávéház and the Gerbeaud are must-visits, as are the spas built in the 16th and 17th century by Ottoman occupiers Rudas and Király. These places (where you can still bathe) are full of wonderful touches like roaring granite lion heads spewing out warm mineral water.

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PARIS, FRANCE

It’s nearly impossible to resist the inimitable charms of Paris. A deep sense of history permeates every corner of the city, with beautiful old buildings lining cobblestoned streets, and iconic landmarks — the Cathedral Church of Notre Dame, Sacré-Cœur, the Eiffel Tower — drawing massive crowds every year.

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VIENNA, AUSTRIA

“Music as we know it would be unrecognisable without the existence of Austria’s capital, which nurtured the talents of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and Mahler, plus local boys Schubert and Strauss,” writes Jenna Scherer, ranking Vienna one of the world’s best cities for arts and culture. Make sure to see Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss at the Belvedere.

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ROME, ITALY

Like many of the great world capitals, Rome is one of those cities where you can’t see everything in one trip. Renowned tourist attractions like the Pantheon are plentiful, but remember to get an espresso at the Sant’Eustachio before you accept your free entrance.

Get lost in the Eternal City, down alleys and cobblestone streets; you may uncover some of the most spectacular Caravaggios ever made in quiet churches like San Luigi dei Francesi.

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PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

The Mucha Museum, dedicated to the work of the singular art nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha, is an absolute must-see. In the realm of personal house tours, a visit to Bertramka — where Mozart stayed during his many visits to Prague — stands out as interesting, laissez-faire, and free of the throngs of tourists that often beset these sort of things.

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LONDON, ENGLAND

Where to begin, when it comes to London? It is set to become the most visited city in Europe this year. In recent years, London has been growing at breakneck speed — and glammed up — in all sorts of unexpected ways. Contemporary art still thrives in glittering Mayfair galleries and can now be found in the gritty mews houses of East London’s Dalston.

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FOR RENT RUWI: SPACIOUS - 2 - B H K

AL KHUWAIR: 1 BHK with A/C

OPP. AL NAHDHA HOSPITAL: DELUXE 2 B H K with 3 bathrooms and 1 BHK with 2 bathrooms -built in wardrobe, security, split a/c

Contact : 24 70 30 60

We have, 3BHK villa fully furnished villa in Ghobrah 18th November Street. Contact: 93782735 We have 200SQM Basement for rent in AL Khuwair near Rawasco.

Contact: 93329476 We have 2BHK Flats in Ghobrah good location & price.

Contact: 93782735 2 Bedroom villa for rent in Madinat Qaboos, with swimming room children’s play area, parking ECT. Contact: 92447365 Wire house for rent Ghala and area.

Contact: 98250813 2 BHK Flats for rent Muttrah near Oman house. Contact: 97007934/92629232 Room for rent in AL Khuwair near Ibis hotel with A/C. #95724975

We have 3 BHK villa for rent near grand mosque. Contact: 93782735 We have 2 BHK flat in AL Khuwair near Rawasco. Contact: 93782735

We have 3 BHK flat in Muna complex Madinat AL Sultan Qaboos semi furnished. Contact: 93782735

Flats and Houses for rent in Wadi Kabir and Sidab best price.

Contact: 95555162/95755953

We have fully furnished offices available in Ghala brand new building. Contact: 93782735

We have coffee shop for sale or rent in AL Khuwair near Rawasco supermarket. Contact: 93329476

02 BHK Commercial / residential (with split AC) flat at Honda road.

Contact: 99342733 / 99795241

For rent in Al Khuwair 33/1, 2 Bed Rooms 1 Family Hall, 1 Bathroom, 1 Kitchen & Full split unit.

Contact no 99315515

Studio in souk Al Khoud behind of Al Ahali bank with 2 BR toilet+ kitchen in 2 floor 160RO. Contact 99738881

Readymade office space for rent (100sm) in Bank Melli Iran building, MBA area, Ruwi, opposite Center Point. Contact: 99011352 Sohar: 3BHK AND 4BHK FLATS, R.O 200 and R.O 215 respectively.

(New Building with CCTV camera with Split A/C). Contact 99881426 / 92123699 Flats for rent at Al Mabela block eight. Contact: 99445177 3 Bedroom flat available for rent near Qurum Park. Contact 99332123

FOR RENT Fully furnished office space available for rent at Wadi Kabir First floor – 270 M2 Ground floor – 170 M2 Contact -

Jacob - 99880534 Dinu - 92881410

Fully furnished office space in As - Assalah Tower Ghobra.

Contact 98202001

1000 sqm Industrial land with compound wall & 2 rooms at Misfah.

Contact: 99342733 / 99795241

02 BHK Residential flat opposite to Al Nahda Hospital.

Contact 99342733 / 99795241

1BHK R.O 180/- & 2BHK R.O 220/near Medical Muttrah House.

Contact: 98748925

6 shops in South Mawalah Contact: 96420432

1BHK Mumtaz R.O 250/-.

Contact: 97799175 / 92144045

Shop for rent in Al Ghubra near Indian School. Contact: 96708000

2BHK M.B.D R.O 300/-.

Contact: 92144045 / 97799175

Flats and shops for rent in Ruwi Honda road Mumtaz area. Contact: 97293708 /92433127

3BHK Ghubra R.O 400/-.

Contact: 92144045 / 97799175

Villa for rent in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 95562646

2 bedrooms flat with hall, 2 bathrooms in Darsait near Muscat Municipality. # 92584715 / 24700120

Villa in AL Ansab with six attached bedroom, Majlis, hall, kitchen and split unit A/C s located at phase 4 in heights, near to the main road, opposite Haya water.

Contact: 99311348

NEW WAREHOUSE FOR RENT at Ghala Ind. Area. 800 & 2500 approx sqms Near Hotel Al-Madinah Holiday.Ghala. Container can enter. Immediate access to roads & highways.

CONTACT : 94583320

Villa for rent at 18 November road Behind Oman Oil, Building No. 1995, Al Ghubra 4 BHK villa.

Contact: 99373290/ 24815012

Budget flats 1,2,3 BHK at Wadi Kabir, Darsait, Ruwi, Wattaya & Al Khuwair.

Contact: 95282986 / 99472457/ 99349262 / 24707340

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1. Back Hoe Loaders (Shovels): 5 Nos 2. 10 Tons Vibratory Roller Compactor: 1 No. 3. 42 Mtrs. Concrete Pump Putzmeister: 1 No. 4. 45 Cbm Tippers: 2 Nos 5. 50 M height, 50 Boom tower cranes: 5 Nos.

Please contact – Mr. Ravi on 96529679 Email – ravi@alliedoman.com / narayan@alliedoman.com

Seeks partners & investor’s A well edtablished media, conference & advertising company in Muscat with an impressive portfolio of high profile clients across segments,and supported by an expert team is looking for partners &investors.

VISA AVAILABLE Contact - 93946622

DIWALI SPECIAL 33 VARIETIES Indian biscuits - Indian Sweets in gift boxes .

Fresh flowers - Jasmine, Lotus, Marigold, garlands, total pooja items, candles, mitti deepaks, decoration lights, rangoli colors.

All type of fresh grinded flour.

Haridas Nensey Supermarket, Ruwi. Contact - 24750784

Running furniture showroom for urgent sale.

USED & SCRAP VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT

FOR SALE

FOR RENT Flat for rent in CBD area - Ruwi Two rooms and a large hall •Office spaces for rent in Al Hail on the main road On the same building of Al Khamis Shoes at Al Hail •2 bed room flats in Qurum 29 for rent next to ABA New building -split AC - Good location

Contact No: 96177505 For rent Seeb 1 room, 2 rooms, 3 rooms , with all supplements, including water electricity and sewage also. We provide the following services free plumber and electrician 2 cleaner for garbage our price on your hand, just call on Farahat: 98020768 Hilal: 96541283 2BHK Ghubra R.O 350/- & 325/-.

Contact: 92144045 / 97799175 2BHK villa Mumtaz R.O 300/-.

Contact: 92144045 / 97799175 Room for rent Al Khuwair.

Contact: 90202538 New flats for rent Darsait Al Sahel.

Contact: 99311525 / 92533356 1BHK with split A/C in Darsait, opp. Muscat Municipality.

Contact: 96708000 Villa with 5 rooms, two sitting rooms, 5 toilets and kitchen at Al Hail North. Contact: 91130875 2BHK flats / offices & shops for rent in a brand new building at Honda Road. Contact: 91165807 Room available Nr. Oman house opposite Muttrah Hotel. Contact: 97367108 2 BHK flats for rent near PDO Gate No.2 with spilt AC. Contact: 94057023 2BHK Ghubra R.O 300/-.

Contact 92144045

Flat for rent at Wadi Al Kabir next Al Hassan.co, 2 bedroom, 3 WS, 1 sitting room. Contact: 99210008

Interested parties may please contact between 9 AM to 4 PM from Saturday to Thursday on

Room in Al Mwalih very close to Wave. Contact: 95192927

For Rent Flats in Ghala Heights 94051789-97201688

One room for bachelors at W/ Kabir R.O 110/-. Contact: 99384640

For Rent Flats in Wadi Kabir 94051789-97201688

2BHK new bldg at Ghala with A/C 350/-R.O. Contact: 99024730

For Rent Fully Furnished apartments in Boucher (35) 94051789-97201688

1BHK Near Al Nahdha hospital Ruwi R.O 200/-. Contact: 99617786 3BHK flat for rent at Muttrah.

Contact: 99423596 2 BHK flat available for rent in Darsait. Contact: 99357586 Flat in Sohar Al Traif. Contact : 92853555 / 94222386 Dental clinic in Buriami for sale or rent have excellent condition & excellent location was unoccupied.

Contact 968 98379121

FOR SALE

99235977 / 92880784

For Rent Flats in Darsait 94051789-97201688

Villa for rent in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 95562646

Contact - 91135930

D/C Pick-Ups, 3 Ton Trucks, Cars, Buses, Station Wagons, Prime Movers, Hiabs, Swg. Tankers, Diesel Tankers, Water Tankers, Skip Trucks, Trailers, Dozer, Sideboom, Excavators, Shovels, Rollers,Graders, JCB for sale on “as is where is basis”

Shops for rent behind buildings good for offices + stores area 11x4 MT behind Sultan Center Al Amerat R.O 250/- PER Month.

Contact: 92877449

600 SQT commercial flat for rent opposite Oman flourmill Darsait more details. Contact: 91214849/ 99364735

Ladies beauty parlor sale at Muttrah.

FOR RENT

For Rent flats in MuttrahContact – 94051789-97201688 Offices for Rent Gala- Contact – 94051789-97201688 For Rent Duplex villa in Qurum 29- 94051789-97201688 For Rent Offices & Showrooms in Al Khoud- 94051789-97201688 For Rent offices in Qurum opposite city center- 94051789-97201688 For Rent Flats in Mawalah south-94051789-97201688 For Rent brand new villas in Al Ansab- 94051789-97201688 For Rent Offices & Showrooms in Muttrah -94051789-97201688

Flats in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 99376454

For Rent Mini Furnished Apartment in Qurum- 94051789-97201688

Two villas for rent in Mumtaz area and one villa in Mawaleh next to the WAVE. Contact: 97296105

Commercial 3 BHK and hall flat in Al Ghobrah 18 Nov street RO.700/Contact – 91776665

Brand new residential flats in Wadi Kabir near Muscat football club, have 2 bedroom family hall, 2 toilets, Kitchen with spilt AC for 250/- R.O. Contact: 95999904 / 98585889 / 92383886

2BHK with A/C s Muttrah near Oman house. Contact: 99896838 Commercial 10 BHK villa in Al Mawalah Mazoon street RO.2000/- Contact – 91776665

Office or store 600 SQM in Bousher in front of Dolphin complex RO.2400/- Contact – 91776665 Villa of 5 BHK and maid room with 2 balconies in Al Mawalah North near the Wave RO.700/Contact – 91776665 Villa of 5 BHK and maid room with balcony in Al Ghobrah South near SQ stadium RO.800/Contact – 91776665 MBD area, fully equipped A/C Executive Office @RO 200 pm with conference room.

Unlimited Local Calls and Internet Services. Contact: 99102901/99232271/99451845 3BHK Qurum P.D.O light 350/-.

Contact: 99342661 New pent house 219 meters, 3 bedrooms Each own toilet , servant room with toilet laundry area , kitchen with store elevator available AL Khuwair 39 rent R.O 575/- family only.

Contact: 99207840 1BHK flat Darsait near MCT Municipality 220/-.

Contact: 99342661 6 bed rooms for rent in Al Khuwair 33 for family only rent 500 R.O. Contact: 99366624 Villa in Arjan complex near Seeb stadium 4BHK, 1 living room, 1 majles, 1 extra room in ground floor. Contact 93219597 Al Mawalh villa for rent 17 bedrooms, all attached toilet, 2 big hall, 1 big kitchen, outside 1 kitchen 1 PVT room near (Mac Donald).

Contact: 99654252 /95566475

GP and dental clinic in Adam.

Contact: 99330385

LLC COMPANY FOR SALE with trading and contracting license, 300sqm showroom at Rustaq with the stock of OMR 30,000/-, car service station and total of 7 employees.

Interested please contact

00968 99752249 FOR SALE 2,688 sq mtrs commercial land in MBD North. OMR 1.39 Million.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 ERP system for basic company. Modules: hr, accounts, purchase and many more call now : 94449820 offer price starts from 3000 OMR with server.

Fully equipped aluminum work shop with office room & workers accommodation, barka industrial area. Contact: 93861300 For sale 8 Apartments (Total area 850 SQM approximate) in “Bait Al Noor” occupying two full floors (7th and 8th floors). The building is opposite to GMC car showroom facing the main road (Sultan Qaboos Road).

Excellent location for best visibility of signboard for any corporate.

Contact 94194071 for details.

FOR RENT 1BHK flat spilt with A/C Al Khuwair, 230/-. Contact: 99358589 / 95570288 Flats and shops for rent in Ruwi, MBD Mumtaz area. Contact : 97293708 / 92433127

Coffee shop for sale Barka near police station. Contact: 95598029 For sale villas in Al Khoud 95056808-97201688 For Sale Luxury Apartments in Bousher (35) - 95056808-97201688 For sale Fully Furnished apartments in Bousher (35) - 9505680897201688 Beauty parlour at Mabela for sale.

Contact: 96131261 Beauty parlor for sale Muttrah.

Contact: 93142676 60,000 Sq Mtrs Agriculture Land in Misfah can be changed to Industrial Land. OMR 29 per Square Meter.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 5 plots of fertile agriculture lands in Misfah East totaling 4,532 sq mtrs having date trees and using Falaj water for irrigation. OMR 158 Thousand for all 5 plots. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 400 sq mtrs Commercial/Residential land in Mabela Phase 5 Block 2.

OMR 155 Thousand. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

ACC. AVAILABLE 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, sitting room, Kitchen & store including utilities bills at Al hail.

Contact 92817777 Single room bathroom in Darsait R.O 140/-. Contact: 93289652 Furnished office space & room available in Walja. Contact: 96246625 Bachelor accommodation Ruwi Tower R.O 75/-.Contact: 95084850

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SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT

REQUIRED SALES EXECUTIVE For the sale of Building Material, with 5-7 years experience in GCC, holding a valid Omani driving license.

Email:

migc.vacancies@gmail.com

SALES EXECUTIVE FOR SAUDI A Prominent Building Materials Trading Company looking for Graduates with minimum 2 years work experience in Sales.

Should possess GCC Driving license.

Indian Male candidates preferred.

Interested candidates may apply to:

URGENTLY REQUIRED Gynecologist, General Practioner, Staff Nurses, Lab Technician & Pharmacist for a poly clinic in Saham.

Call 99135775 or 91311990 MEDICAL STAFF REQUIRED A newly established Medical complex in Wilayat Suwaiq is looking for following staff for its expansion project X-Ray Technician Lab Technician Staff Nurse Pharmacist Female General Practitioner / Gynecologist Interested candidates may send their CV’s at

cv4gcc@gmail.com

HR.pulse.lives@gmail.com or GSM: 0096898972548

Wanted female Gynecologist, female Staff Nurse – 2 no., Dental Asst, female Lab Tech from India or Filipino with MOH license & data flow for Al Saadi Specialized Medical Centre in Mussana.

ENGINEER/TECH/MECH

Contact 92025033, dr.srinivas76@gmail.com

ACCOUNTANT Wanted Assistant Accountant secretary (male). Send CV with photo to mubasu23@gmail.com Required Accountant Arabic or Indian. Please send CV to: alothman_oman@yahoo.com

BEAUTY Beauty experts required for beauty Salon in Seeb. Contact 99519591

DOMESTIC HELP Urgent Filipino cook female, private light driver 35-40 above.

Contact: 99660847 Email: fuad@hadidmajan.com Urgently required a Baby sitter in Ruwi for an Asian family from 8 30 morning to 7 evening.

Contact 96511169

DRIVER Wanted driver. Contact 91025698 Looking Office and House Driver.

Contact: +968 96339339

DESIGNER Urgently required part time Graphic Designer with 3 to 4 years experience in graphic designing, Photoshop, Illustrator, flash.

Email: mhca@mhabibgroup.com

EDUCATION Required Teachers for kindergarten & elementary B.A. + B.Ed + experience. Contact: 24705605 from 8 am to 1pm

ENGINEER/TECH/MECH A reputed company urgently requires A/C Mechanic window & split. Please send your CV to fuad@hadidmajan.com or Contact: 24607784 Required by grade excellent construction co. well experienced Civil Site Engineer.

Please send the resume.

Email: excelgrd123@gmail.com New consulting office is looking for an environmental Engineer with 3-5 years of experience. Please send your CV to: ozonegeoc@gmail.com Sales Engineer: Mechanical Engineering holder with 2-4 years’ Exp. in Sales, preferably in Metal fabrication Company. Omani D/L is a must.

Contact: recruitment747@gmail.com Technician (3 No’s Omani Nationals) Experienced in Automobile Electricals with Valid Driving License 1-2 years of experience. Immediate Joining. Forward CV’s to careers@rayoman.com Experienced construction Civil Engineer with qualification (attested) certificates & with Omani driving license. Contact: 99601004 email:slayhawk@yahoo.com

URGENTLY REQUIRED

WANTED

SALES EXECUTIVE FOR A CRUSHER,

Civil Engineer (Building Construction) 2 Nos

Technically sound and qualified, having not less than 5 years similar experience in Oman, and good exposure in the market to get projects.

We prefer Omani National.

Qualification: BE in Civil Engineering Electro Mechanical Engineer (Building Services)1 No. Qualification: BE in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Please Send your CV to rcligsay@asasoman.net, amiprojects@gmail.com Fax: 24498480 Ph no: 24493866 / 24490277

Send detailed resume to sskpvr@gmail.com

URGENTLY REQUIRED

BY A REPUTED LLC COMPANY IN OMAN SPARE PARTS SALESMAN (Indoor) Diploma holder with 02 years experience. Good communication and negotiation skill, Computer knowledge, age not more than 35 years.

Arabic speaking is an additional advantage.

SALES EXECUTIVE (Outdoor) Diploma in Mechanical field with 5 years experience in tools, hardware, building materials, safety products, good grasp in local market with Oman driving license.

Interested candidate may send their CV’s with recent photographs urgently to -

info@gapmct.com

MEDICAL Lab technician for a clinic in Muttrah. Contact: 99330385 Urgently required Philipina Nurse with MOH license at prometric passed. Contact: 99724013

Vacancy for staff Nurse clinic at Ghala preferably with MOH. Contact: 99374541 Private dental clinic in Buraimi city need a Dentist have practice license in Oman. Contact -98379121 Wanted Dentist for a clinic in Ruwi with or without license. Send CV to farayil@hotmail.com A reputed Wellness Center is looking for MOH licensed or Prometric Passed Physiotherapist, Nurse and Occupational therapy. Please send your CV to : hr2015.oman@gmail.com

MANAGER Urgently required GRP foreman with minimum 5 years experience.

Contact: 99382174 Construction Manager with a mechanical background required for an ongoing project with experience in construction projects of minimum 5 - 8 years required urgently. Professional personnel well versed in planning and execution kindly apply on an immediate basis email tgi17@omantel.net.om

SALES / MARKETING Primed International is looking for experienced sales executives having strong background of digital and print media. Send your CVs at angeline@primedia-oman.cm contract on 91391801 Required Sales man, Tailor and Barber. Contact: 96964767 Shipping company in Oman requires Sales Executives for Muscat Exp in shipping industry & D/L preferred .contact: 97990844/ Email: operations@arabianseabridge.com A leading trading group is looking for outdoor Sales Coordinator with driving license & release / NOC & female office assistant. Email: CV to alhajoil@omantel.nrt.om or fax: 24701683 Required experienced car spare parts counter Sales Executive for a trading company at Wadi Kabir.

Contact 24811999 Send resume to qualityspareparts@yahoo.com Wanted sales man with valid Oman deriving license for an electrical trading company.

Email: amuloman@omantel.net.om Omani / Expats, male / female required for gift articles shop with minimum 2 years experience and should have knowledge of MS Office English & Arabic language. # 96917952 Email: swapneelbhatt@gmail.com

Accountant Indian male having 12+ years of experience in accounts & finance having knowledge of tally seeking suitable opportunity.

Contact: 92984019 Male 24 yrs MBA in marketing fiancé seeking immediate placement. Contact: 96112920 Indian male MBA , 2 years experience visit visa , seeking placement.

Contact: 90196322 Indian male accountant 15 yrs, experience trading accounts up to finalization having license, NOC available, looking for suitable placement. Contact: 95738612

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

Required Marketing person for manpower supply company with minimum 2 yrs experience & GCC/ Oman driving license. Contact 94148970 / 94148972. Send CV at Email : rastllcmuscat@gmail.com

Required Marketing Executive, 2 yrs experience.

Contact 91120552

Indian Salesman required for printing press with minimum 3 years experience and should have knowledge of English – Hindi language with GCC driving license. Contact: 96917952 Email: swapneelbhatt@gmail.com

Musicians/Sales staff for Musical Instruments & Pro-Audio showroom.

Experienced Sound & Light Professionals for Live Events.

Please send your detailed C.V. to: info@tunesoman.com

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

SITUATION WANTED ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Part time Accountant available, contact also for auditing and taxation - 91720465 MBA Finance having 5 years experience and Oman driving license presently working in Oman seeking for a suitable placement NOC available.

Contact: 96742474 B.SC Hons (finance & accounts) having 2 years experience in accounts, male looking for suitable job on visit visa. Contact: 91420128 CIMA member B.Com with 5+ years experience in Accounts and finance.

NOC available. Contact: 97615745 Senior Accounts professional, Indian male, 33 years MBA (fin) with 9 yrs experience, Now in Muscat on visit visa, seeking suitable job opportunities. Contact: 92914869 Email: noblev1982@gmail.com Sir Lankan accountant having AAT qualification and 5 years experience seeking replacement NOC available.

Contact: 94546160 Email: pereradilipa@gmail.com Master degree commune (M.COM) it older looking for an accountant / sales job in Oman new in visit visa.

Contact: 95160805/91236665 Accountant Indian Male having 12+ years experience (6years in Oman) up to finalization & Expert in Tally ERP 9, Focus, MS Office. Seeks suitable position in accounts, finance or admin can join immediately contact & whatsup 98550041 Email qadeer7g@yahoo.com Finance controller 15years experience in Oman contracting , consultancy, oil & gas , IT , tourism , management accounts, ERP, feasibility , study , business strategy, project financing , international trade , ETC. Contact: 98571309 Certified Public Accountant, Filipino Male 26 years old, Bachelor of Science in Accountancy with 5 yrs. of experience now on visit visa.

Looking for suitable opening.

Contact: +968 91409308 Email: kennethalcedo07@gmail.com

Sr. Accountant with 14 yrs experience, 2 yrs in Oman capable of handling all accounting functions. NOC available. Contact: 92404608 Email: jin_75@rediffmail.com MBA International Business in finance and operations Indian male 24, (3 months visit visa) seeking immediate placement.

Contact 968 97489409 / Email: abhay8168@gmail.com CMA & CIA professional Finance Manager with 10 years middle eastern experience, inclusive of Managerial experience with leading F&B companies. For further information, kindly Contact: + 971566561199 Email: babar-shabir@hotmail.com Pakistani male age 27 MBA finance having 3 years work experience in finance and admin currently in Oman on visit. Contact: 99685330 email: hussain_ca87@yahoo.com Indian male B. Com accountant 10 yrs in Oman, exp in accounts knowledge of Tally ERP 9, Focus RT. Having NOC & D/L looking for suitable job. Contact - 93086105 Male accountant 5 years experience 2 years in Indian & 3 years in Oman, NOC available B.com PG accounting tally E.R.P, looking suitable placement. Contact: 92780167 Indian Male, Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant, CISA from USA, 25 Years of experience, 10 Years in Dubai, Seeking Job in Accounts, Finance, Audit, Banking, Project IT etc. Contact Pawan Gupta on 00971504273221, 0096896123649.

E mail address is pawan.praind@gmail.com and website is www.pawanpraind.com Indian male 8 years experience having B.Com and MBA ready to work in HR customer service, Admin banking & related field.

Contact : 97436890 / 96939803.

Email: girimub@gmail.com Indian male B.Com Graduate with 2+ years experience in Accounts & Administration looking for a suitable placement. Contact: 96923391

ADMIN Indian male with 20 years in Oman in the field of language institute (admin registrar, Acct clerk) seeking a suitable position NOC available.

Contact: 9553961 Email: u.m.sulfi@gmail.com Planner administrator 10 years experience in oil and gas.

Contact: 90375369 Email: merapak123@yahoo.com Qualification B.com accounting BE mechanical engineer course completed experience 17 years HR administration, parches store, quality assurance. Contact: 93820512 Email: kuruvilajohn2012@gmail.com

Indian male 23 years B.Com Graduated tally looking for suitable placement. Contact: 92963507 Email: sidhiqshajahanh28@gmail.com

Indian female M.Tech electronics IELTS 6.5 experience in VLSI project training seeks placement in education / training / Admin field in family visa now. Contact: 90195131 Email: chinj.89@gmail.com

Accountant, Indian Male, 15 Years experience (8 years in Oman with Driving License & NOC) seeks suitable placement, Contact 94117616, 91238272 Email: praveen78oman@gmail.com

Indian male looking for a job as a HR/Automobile Admin having experience of more than 6 years, Omani driving license. Contact 97409450

Experience part time Accountant in management, accounts, finance audit tax. Contact: 95857199

Instrumentation & controls Technician with 2-3 years experience preferably in water sector and having valid driving license Send CV to shiju@spec-link.com or call Ph:+968 99450811

Required licensed lady G.P .or Gynecologist male Asst. Pharmacist, lab technician for a clinic in Salalah. Contact: 93129219 Email: clinincrecruitment2015@gmail.com

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

MBA graduate seeking a suitable position in/as Administration/Secretary/Front office. Contact 94627227

Indian female 5+ yrs Oman exp in Accounts tally looking for suitable placement in W.K to Qurum area.

Contact: 95580416

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

Indian female, B. Com, MCA, with 4 yrs experience in teaching, looking for any suitable teaching/HR/Admin post. Currently on visit visaContact 92033720 ; Email: deepss22@gmail.com

Egyptian woman resident has considerable experience in the administration and secretarial executive for companies. Contact: 97221126

Accountant, Indian Male, 24 yrs, B. Com Graduate 1 year experience as Accountant in India. Now on visit visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact 94129716; thanoof5736@gmail.com

10 years Gulf & 4 years Oman experience in HR / Admin & logistics fluent in Arabic / English with D/L looking for suitable position.

Contact: 95824598

Part time Accountant services available to handle all accounts related work up to finalization on monthly basis. Contact: 96247295

19 years of gulf experienced (6years in Oman) Indian male MBA Graduate, HR & Administration professional seeking suitable job, NOC available, can join immediately.

Contact: 99103763 /99519841

Chief Accountant 25 years experienced, for the last 7 years working as Chief Accountant seeks immediate placement.

Contact: 95598477/98803439

Indian Female MBA, 3yrs Exp.in Admin, Operations, Business Development, MS Office skills Contact 98234427, jkjsmith01@gmail.com

Sudanese, Masters degree in Economics, 8 years experience in procurement and finance. Contact: 94524060

Indian male MBA- UK 18 yrs Gulf exp in Administration/ HR & Public relationship. Fluent in Arabic/ English with D/L. Looking for suitable position. Contact - 99897280

Chief Accountant, 12 years Oman experienced looking for suitable placement. Contact: 99513082 Young 24, ACCA affiliate, Advanced diploma in Accounting and Business, seeking suitable placement in Accounts, Finance or audit With valid driving license. Contact 92430152 , Email - rau_dey@yahoo.com Accountant Indian female having 5 years exp in finalization, audit and administration in GCC presently in Muscat seeking suitable position.

Contact 97323574 Email: sreeja@236@gmail.com Indian lady, bachelor degree in Preparatory Programme (BPP) and Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), completed training course in MS Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook from KTI looking for full time / part time job opportunity in Oman.

Contact 92437568, 96795853, Email: linda_navs@yahoo.com SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, with 13yrs experience, 6 yrs Oman in manufacturing, trading & contracting Cos, capable of handling all accounting, finance, banking, L/C, import, export & finalization seeks placement.

NOC Available. Call+968-98932752, mail:jjohnmuscat@hotmail.com

ADMIN Young Indian Male with post graduate UK degree in business admin, 4 years Oman experience in administration & purchase in electromechanical/civil contracting company. NOC available. Possess valid Oman Driving License.

Contact: 94400671 HR/ Recruitment specialist with 8 years Oman experience in entire gamut of HR functions like resource planning , recruitment , HR policies & procedures, performing appraisal, expatriate affairs , exit interviews & ticketing. Contact 93825307 Email: javthath@rediffmail.com 26 yrs male, MBA, 3+ years experience in Administration in MNC, seeks suitable placement.

Contact 95041201 Email: noyel55@gmail.com

ARCHITECT Architect (BSC), female 23 one year experience with valid Omani driving license, under family visa looking for suitable placement.

Contact 92670199 Email: tkhaleque92@gmail.com Architect with bachelor degree 4 years experience in architectural design (interior & exterior) professional in (3D Max- Archicad - AutoCAD Photoshop). Contact 96041201 Email: amer.yousfan@gmail.com

CATERING Cooks (Arabic Indian) gulf exp looking job. Contact: 99531802

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN Creative Designer with 9+ years experience in Web, Graphic, UI/ UX, Video, Outsourcing placement in a reputed company.

Contact 97276004 Indian female 25 diplomas in fashion designing seeking placement. Contact: 97412132 Indian male Interior Draftsman 3D, visualizer graphic designer 7 years exp 2 years in Oman on visiting visa. Contact: 95605527 Email: aby.mangattu@gmail.com 25 years male BA. English , Qualified as mast in digital animation having 5 yrs ex in character animation specialized Auto Desk mago and motion building software knowledge, seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 97917357 Creative Designer with 8+ years experience in web, graphic, video editing, outsourcing looking for a suitable placement in a reputed company. Contact 97276004

DRIVER Pakistani, light driver looking job exp, 4 years. Contact: 96346582

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DRIVER 5 years exp Light vehicle driver.

Contact: 93015630 Looking personal driver 10 yrs exp in Oman. Contact: 96693290 Looking for job as light duty driver 5 years exp in Oman.

Contact: 92602182 Experienced Light Duty Driver, Fluent in English, Arabic Well knowledge of Oman Areas Seeking Suitable placement 97950869 Driver 10 years experience Oman 3 years company will give release knows English, Hindi, Arabic & Nepalese. Contact: 95897233 / 95674697 Driver (light & heavy duty) valid gulf /Indian) looking job.

Contact: 95175192 Experience light vehicle driver available. Contact: 94141925 Bangladesh driver looking for job.

Contact: 98503237 Light driver, looking for job.

Contact: 98372745/99090362 Bangladeshi male light vehicle driver with 2 yrs exp looking for job.

Contact: 93761597 Pakistani male light vehicle driver looking for job. Contact: 96393805 30 years old Pakistani driver seeking job in Oman, available Omani license. Contact: Gulzeb 93806381 Bangladeshi driver need job.

Contact : 97106424 Searching heavy / light driver job with Qatar and Saudi GCC license.

Has 8 years of experience in Qatar readymix and Almarai Company, Saudi Arabia. Contact: 96080988 Light driver. Contact: 95084826

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Experienced Diesel Generator Mechanic seeks well placement.

Contact: 97278343 Civil Engineer having 2 years & 8 month experience in Oman, looking for a suitable placement.

D/L available. Contact: 94450270 HSE Engineer, 27 Indian B Engg mechanical , Nebosh IGC 5 years experience on tourist visa.

Contact: 94135234 Medical Lab Technologist 5 years experience willing to work in Oman.

Contact: 97007930 Road and construction Engineer with 5 years exp in Oman.

Contact: 97646908 Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech), Engineering Management Graduate (Masters), 3 years experience in Diesel power plants with valid Oman Driving license. On visit visa seeking for a suitable role. Contact: 91140522 Email: nitinjkoshy2@gmail.com Indian female (23 yrs) M Tech in Agricultural Engineering (Specialized in Agricultural Processing and Food Engineering) seeking suitable placement. Contact: 92290733, praveenasreenath1692@gmail.com B.Tech Mechanical Engineer, Indian M, having 1.5 years experience in steel fabrication, AutoCAD & MEP looking for suitable placement.

Contact|: 90154793 Email: sangu.vazhoor@gmail.com Indian female M.Tech (electrical power system) having gulf experience in family visa seeking suitable placements in Oman.

Contact: 91001194 /94306164 Indian male 23 bachelors degree in electrical engineering having 1 year experience on visiting visa looking for suitable job ( certificate attested).

Contact: 93547687 Email: ajay.v.s.prabhu@gmai.com

Light driver. Contact: 96313100

EDUCATION IT Lecturer, Indian male 30yrs,MSc Computer Science (on visit ) 7 yes experience in Teaching Contact: 99842554, email: riazkalleli@gmail.com Indian female M.Sc Botany, B.Ed , M.Ed , 5 years experience in teaching with good communicating skills on visit visa. Contact: 92890074

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Indian male 24 yrs B.Tech Mechanical Engineer with additional qualification in AutoCAD primavera PDMS , QA, QC pipeline engineering project planning and management seeking suitable placement currently on visit visa. Contact: 98810928 MSc, Software Engineering Indian male 26 years, 3 yrs IT Supervisor Network Administrator.

Contact : Oman: 96602630 Indian: 0091-9952158562 Email: imran.imran13@gmail.com Indian male, BE (ECE), 18 months experience in telecom field as BTS Installation & commissioning engineer, trouble shooting the BTS, 3G & 4G equipments, currently on visit.

Contact 95183497, email : v.karthi984@gmail.com Construction machinery repairs Engineer, 4 years experience with driving license.

Contact 94001961 Electrical Engineer: Indian male 29 years, having 5 years of experience in industrial automation and utility maintenance in India (MRF Tyres), seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 92789995 Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com Sudanese Geologist 3 years experience in mining and geotechnical.

Contact : 97612807 M.S.C HSE Engineer 8 yrs experience in oil & gas fields, hold N.D.T level 2 Master in Radiation protection. Contact: 95058541 B.Tech mechanical Engineer, 24 yrs, 2 yrs exp seeking job on visiting visa.

Contact: 93523752 Email: binunechikkadan@gmail.com Indian male, 24 yrs B.Tech Civil, having 2.5 yrs Gulf experience in site execution operations & structural designs coordination, looking for suitable placement currently in Muscat on visit. Contact: 98600130 Email: malayparikshit@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 8 years experience in Oman as a project engineer for governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912 Structural Engineer of 8.5 years experience, expert for all structure, want good officer as H.O.D. Contact: 98124095 Indian male 27 yrs M.Tech mechanical engineering (energy engineering) and HVAC diploma holder , 4 years exp , seeking suitable placements currently on visit.

Contact: 98791735 Email: anilengandiyur@gmail.com Electrical Engineer, B.Tech, with 8 years GCC experience (5 years in Oman) in MEP & Oil/gas construction/Quality side with Transferable Visa/NOC, is seeking new assignments in Oman.Has attested degree certificate and Oman D/L. Contact No.96083636, Email:tobineasow@gmail.com Engineer from India with exp in German company seeking opportunities in procurement/manufacturing/ QC/Fleet Management/automotive services/Total 6 years expContact: 91306841 email: shanyphilip23@gmail.com Electrical Engineer B.Tech Indian male 26 having 4 experiences currently on express visa.

Contact: 91229832 Email: kpabhijith@gmail.com Electrical Engineer 13 years experience HV/ LV in Oman 5 years, Oman valid D/L to NOC. Contact: + 00919946570903 Email: shibualukka@ gmail.com Ref: no-Oman 97095094 BE CIVIL, Indian M29, 5 yrs exp. having DL & NOC, looking for suitable position. Contact: 94576233 Email: suhailmullah@gmail.com Indian male B.Tech electrical 2 years experience seeks placement.

Contact: 93570984 Email: arunprasad7883@gmail.com Indian male 26 years B.E in engineering with valid Omani driving license and 4 years experience in all fields. Contact: 92064786

Project/ Program Manager/ Finance professional Qualification MBA PMP six sigma (GB) Countries exposure Canada & Middle East, Industry any (experienced in bank, telecom, transport.

Nationality-Canadian. On visit in Oman.

Contact - 97203531

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Indian male, Mechanical Engineer, 5 years experience in Qatar, as lifting equipment maintenance engineer looking for a job currently on visit visa, holding GCC driving license.

Contact: 93525652 Email: shan.irshad@gmail.com Omani Mechanical Engineer/ GPA-3.49 graduated in 2013.

GSM#95276154 / 99201710 B tech Mechanical Engineer, Indian male, 33 yrs, having 10 yrs Exp includes 6 yrs in GCC, Having Oman D/L. Seeking Suitable placement.

Contact : 96978380, prajithks@gmail.com.

Mechanical Engineer M.tech 2 years experience HVAC design Engineer Revet MEP, AutoCAD. Contact: 90150913 Email: rahmanmechengg@yahoo.com Civil Engineer 6 years experience in materials & structural valid D/L 3 yrs supervision work in Oman.

Contact: 96086214 B.E Mechanical male with 1.5 years exp in piping (refinery) as Site Engineer on visit visa looking for suitable jobs. Contact: 97896725 Email: georgymct@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer, 24 having good knowledge in HVAC looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 95434381 Email: shuhaibusman313@gmail.com Diploma in Mechanical Engineer Indian male 25 years having 2.5 years experience in piping.

Contact: 92733482 Email: sonumm.m2@gmail.com B.Sc Civil Engineer, 10 years experience building construction, 7 years in Oman with valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 93493547

HOSPITALITY Bachelors’ hotel Mgmt 10 years experience seeking vacancy FMCG or hospitality NOC and GCC D/L. Contact: 94525463 Indian male/31yrs with hotel management degree, 03 yrs experience in F&B services at 5 star hotel Dubai & 05 yrs in American 6 star cruise liner as Butler. Has Oman driving license.

Contact no 91135371 Dutch male qualified commercial pilot (Faa-ME-IR certified) is looking for job openings in middle east. rutjestom@outlook.com

IT Male 26 years , BSc IT with years 4 years experience , currently on visit visa looking for any IT support job. Knowledge of hardware & net working, environment, programming languages, Linux environment. Contact: + 968 95369856 /968 24781651 Email: mark.tony.alphonso@hotmail.com Software Programmer, 6 yrs exp in software projects & development (Java,PL/SQL Unix) on visit visa.

Contact: 99487493 Oracle ADF Developer: Msc (IT), 2 yrs of Experience in Software Development (Oracle ADF, sql, pl/ sql), Oracle OCA & SQL Expert, Currently on visit visa. Contact : +968 93755858 / 92141644. Email : shiralkarmuzammil@yahoo.com Network Professional, CCNP with 6 years experience and Bachelors degree on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact: 96760618, varghese.manthara@gmail.com

Civil Engineer (diploma) 4years experience one years in Oman seeking job with NOC. Contact 97472737 / 9678971

Indian male , IT professional, 8 yrs experience including GCC in windows server, computer hardware, networking & office administration seeking suitable placement.

Contact 95994227

Civil Engineer (B.Tech) Indian Male, Having 21 years experience in Major Construction works including 2 years in consultant firm as Resident Engineer in Ministry Projects, Oman.

Available NOC, able to join immediately, seeks a suitable placement.

Contact 92048143

Male, 31 years, M.I.T, CCNA, 9 years exp in Qatar as assistant IT manager, network administrator, server management and knowledge of developing website, Qatar D/L. Contact: 0097477237607, 00968 97683849 Email:mohsin2022@gmail.com

IT Hardware & net working, 2 years exp. Contact: 96244031 Indian male B.Tech Eng IT, CCNA, MCITP, RHCE 3years experience.

Contact: 93311963 Email: sajal035@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS 24 years Indian female MSC Biotechnology 1 year exp.in clinical microbiology, worked in ICRISAT for project work as Trainee, looking for suitable job. Contact: 92619048 Email: anusreeg1991@gmail.com

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

The Business Development Manager, Iraqi, Experience 15 Years Inside and outside Oman following activities: tenders& real estate& construction & marketing projects& investments& transportation & Marine services& companies management& develop business.

Contact :- 92385033

Indian male 27 yrs with 5 years experience in Oman marketing / Purchase / sales, seeking suitable placement valid Oman D/L. # 98650936

Sudanese General Manager, 15 years experience MBA from U.K experience in telecom and oilfield.

Contact: 90182803

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

Indian male 38 years , 17 years experience in Oman with valid Oman 2 wheeler license and own bike Seeks position as (office – assistant) messenger / courier. Contact: 92287226

9 years exp body fitter and electric welder for job. Contact: 93015630

Indian male 26 years Graduate 2 yrs work experience and valid Oman driving license searing for a suitable placement.Contact: 91379601

Mason, SH / carpenter, steel fitter gulf & Indian exp looking job.

Contact: 95175192

MEDICAL Indian female dentist prometric cleared seeking suitable openings in Muscat. Contact: 95585807/92880267 Staff Nurse (B.Sc nursing) male Indian, 25 yr old, having 3 years experience with prometric 64%& cleared data flow, seeking suitable placement. Contact: 94035637 Indian Female Dentist with 7 year experience in MOH seeks suitable placement preferably in Muscat region. Contact : 94003843 BSC, Medical laboratory Technician 20 yrs experience in Oman.

Contact: 92943244

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR Graduate Indian male 38 years supply chain professional14 years experience IMPORT / Export logistics purchase distribution and freight forwarding looking for senior management position release available. Contact: 93274727 Email: raufkeh@gmail.com Logistics, shipping & receiving and supply chain expert: Sudanese Canadian with 8 yrs experience in DHL/ loomiss xp Canada. Contact: 94044784

Looking for job, steel, fabricator & helper. Contact : 93015630

Electrician, plumber (exp gulf / Indian) looking job. Contact: 95175192 Looking for job, Mason, carpenter, election and helper.

Contact: 93015630

SALES / MARKETING MBA qualified sales and marketing candidate having an experience of 3.5 years available in Oman on Visit visa seeks placement.

Contact 97436706 Email: shusamuel0001@gmail.com Sales / Marketing in charge /manager 15 years exp in consumer goods with visa D/L. Contact: 90205082 Experienced marketing executive with Oman D/L seeks well placement. Contact: 97278343 30 Indian male, BBA graduate having 5+ years experience in customer service, sales; ranging from FMCG to Real estate with exceptional communication skills in English & Arabic.

Contact 0096893870938 MBA in Marketing and Executive Diploma M.B.A in supply Chain and logistics looking for a good position in well reputed firm and NOC available .Contact: 91156540 Email: message2shahid@gmail.com

Indian male 22 years B.Com Graduate currently in Oman on family visa, looking for a job, preferable in sales.

Also possess a valid Oman driving license. Contact 98504698 Marketing Executive MBA 3 years experience in Sales looking for suitable placement. Contact: 91345727 17 years Gulf experience in Purchasing / logistic and Import, export with valid driving license in Oman. NOC available. Contact: 97829152 Indian, female 28 yrs, B.Com, 7 yrs call center/marketing experience, currently on visit, seek suitable placement. Contact Rashmi 96746698.

Sales Indian male 10 years experience in Oman D/L looking for Sales man or supervision. Contact 92436692 Email: rejijo99@gmail.com Male, MBA Graduate with 3 years experience in Sales & Marketing on visiting visa looking for job.

Contact: 93242927 Indian male 30 years, 5 years experience in Sales valid Omani driving license, degree in bachelor of commerce, good communication skills.

Contact: 96639196 / 95991122 Email: muzammivmd@gmail.com Looking for a Senior Sales Engineer job having 11 years of experience in both automobile and civil material testing equipment sales.

Contact 94137387 / 96250490 Sales Manager modular kitchen & furniture, 46 years Indian. #94522616 Purchase experienced 8 years in Construction Company Indian male 45 yrs, release & D/L available.

Contact: 90268183 / 96987234 Marketing Executive/Merchandiser, Omani License, BA 8 years Experience in Multinational Groups.

Contact 97601343

TOURS & TRAVELS Indian male travel & tourism seeking for suitable placement. Contact: 93675489 / 99204762

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SITUATION WANTED MISCELLANEOUS Indian male having 7 Years of Experience in Oman Having Valid Driving License working as a Office Driver ,Looking for a suitable Position, NOC Available. Contact: 99680429, E-mail:anzarkutty1975@gmail.com

B.Tech (Electrical & Electronic) with MBA in marketing having 9 years of experience seeking a suitable position as Sales & Marketing/ Business Development executive.

Contact-(97043494)

Young 24 yrs, ACCA affiliate , advanced diploma in Accounting business, seeking suitable placement in accounts finance or audit with valid driving license. Contact: 92430152 Email: rau_day@yahoo.com

Syrian architect have years and half experience in oman looking for work, full time perfect in architectural programs 3d max , auto cad , Photoshop , and sketch up. for contact : 0096897482871

Indian female dentist prometric cleared seeking suitable openings in Muscat. Contact 95585807, 92880267

Senior Accountant ,NOC avaliable,5yr.exp.in oman, Accounting upto finalisation, computer skills tally9, Sage ERP accpac 500(6.0A), Vcams , Audit ,valid oman driving licence, languages known english , arabic, hindi. can join immediately.

Tel: (+968) 96339599, E-mail(ahmedmohdkhan@gmail.com)

Female, Indian, 35 years, Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) fresh graduate with BSc looking for positions in Front Office, administration office, or any suitable positions in hospital, polyclinic, companies or Institutions. Contact 90236481.

Indian Male 47 years MBA-Operations Management with total 25 Yrs exp inclusive of 9 yrs in Oil & Gas sector in Oman, having valid Omani D/L & NOC, seek challenging position in SCM/Logistics/Procurement.

GSM-94236414. Mail id – dialindia33@gmail.com Well experienced management finance specialist having 18 years experience available for placement.

Contact.95602518

Indian male be electrical and pg in power systems (transmission & distribution) with one year experience on visit. Seeking placement contact – 94669679/ email prsabarish@gmail.com Indian male 23 years old graduate with one year experience in Sales & Marketing with valid Oman driving license seeking suitable opportunities.(NOC available) Contact: +968 98240510 Gmail: affanahamed0@gmail.com Indian male, 29 years, B. Tech Electronics & Communication Eng. with 7 year’s experience seeking for a suitable placement, currently in UAE visit visa.#00971 552513735 Email: rahul.rn198@gmail.com Sri Lankan male – 3.5 years experience as a site supervisor & Administration executive in Oman / 2 years experience as an HR executive with Oman driving license. (English/Arabic/Urdu)/ NOC available 97281617 Sri Lankan male BSc (Physics) – 5 years experience as a site supervisor & Administration executive with Oman driving license. (English/Arabic/Urdu)/ NOC available 93214717 Marketing Coordinator, Indian, Advertising Agency experienced person with D/L seeks good opening. 93031168 Male 25 years, B.E. Mechanical with CSWIP 3.1 and ASNT level 2, 3 yrs. of experience in QC in oil and gas industry. Currently working in Oman, NOC available. # 91262792. vignesh1503@yahoo.com The Business Development Manager, Iraqi, Experience 15 Years Inside and outside Oman following activities: tenders& real estate& construction & marketing projects& investments& transportation & Marine services& companies management& develop business. # 92385033 Indian male 23yr BA TTM(Travel and Tourism Management) with Advanced Diploma in Supply Chain Logisitics and Shipping Management, exp in Logisitics (CHA) seeking in suitable placement, currently on visit visa(Oman) Contact;90291092 email:iyas.adhur@gmail.com Light Vehicle Driver, Fluent in Arabic, English. Well knowledge of Oman Areas looking for suitable placement. Contact: 97950869

Indian Male more than 10 years gulf experience in Office / Sales Coordinator, Admin, Secretarial and purchase with good computer skills.

Having Driving license and NOC available. Looking for suitable placement. Contact: 95149624 SENIOR ACCOUNTANT: Indian male, Graduate & CA Article ship completed. 18 Years of experience.

Currently on visiting visa. seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 97498809, 98569025, Email: hilariankj@gmail.com Indian male, B.E. mechanical, 16 yrs experience, for Quotation, Tender, Accounts, Business development, Sohar Area, Part Time.

Mb. 94215208 25 yrs male, BA English as Master in Digital Animation, 5 yrs exp. in character animation specialized in autodesk & software knowledge seeks suitable placement.

Contact 97917356 9 years experience in construction Purchase seeking suitable placement immediately, NOC available.

Contact: 97332401 Digital marketing / ad words/ analytics / SEO expert, exp 5 yrs (male) certified) , (visit visa).

Contact: 93594114 (visit visa).

Email: abeyre@gmail.com Hotel exp 4 years F+ B (service) visit visa expires 13/11/2015, B.A Hotel Management. Contact: 91987013 / 96971643 Email: shinekls34@gmail.com Kerala Electrical Technician, foreman cum Storekeeper (Electrical).

Contact: 93563744 Civil Engineer B.Tech with Iosh, Nebosh certification having valid Omani driving license looking for suitable job. Contact: 93631625 Mechanical Engineer (UK), 28 years, male having 3.5 years experience, looking for suitable placement with valid Oman driving license NOC available. Immediate availability Contact: +968 97612297 Email: ymirza11@caledonian.ac.uk BE Mechanical Engineer, 23 years, Indian male on visit available for immediate placement please contact: 96145820 or arunsankar.10.92@gmail.com Sales/marketing, Indian male 35, years, having13 years experience, in that 6 years experience of KSA seeks for suitable placement, on visit visa contact: 95954786, Email:syedhameeduddin16@ gmail.com Indian Electrical Engineer B. Tech, female 24 seeking job. presently in oman having 2 year experience in design and estimation of Ht &Lt projects. Contact number 96897436557, Mail id : sibinanoop1@gmail.com Accountant , Indian (Kerala) male, more than 09 years experience in Qatar (02 years) and New Delhi experience upto finalization of Accounts & expertise in using Tally ERP-9, MS Office (Word & Excel). Currently on visit visa, seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 97864890 / 97268429 Email: vinodthomas80@gmail.com

Part time accountant, senior accountant, doing all type of accounting works, up to finalization. contact.95254864 Indian Diploma Engineer, NEBOSH Qualified with valid oman D/L, Seeks placement in HSE. Contact: 97066980 Indian male 23yr BA TTM(Travel and Tourism Management) with Advanced Diploma in Supply Chain Logisitics and Shipping Management, exp in Logisitics (CHA) seeking in suitable placement, currently on visit visa(Oman) contact;90291092 email:iyas.adhur@gmail.com Sudanese / civil engineering Diploma / 5 years experience / deal with most popular computer programs / good in English / fluent in Arabic. Contact: 96995670 Indian male 26 years, 4 years experience as system and network engineer. B. Tech graduate. Looking for suitable opening. Contact:93125669, Email:amritrajgt18@gmail.com MALE ACCOUNTANT, age 25 years, ACCA UK finalist with 4 years experience in accounting & audit in Pakistan, now in Muscat on visit visa seeking suitable placement. Contact 90197029, muzammalhafiz16@gmail.com Indian male, 1 Year Experience in Logisitics (CHA) field. Qualification BA Travel and Tourism Management with Advanced Diploma in Supply Chain Logisitics and Shipping Management. Currently On Visit Visa Oman, seeks suitable placement. Contact :90291092 B.E. Electronics Engineer, Indian male 22 years, seeking suitable job, currently on visit visa.

Contact 99226928, E mail : sanath301@gmail.com BSC (Hons) Civil Engineer with Oman work experience and valid driving license looking for immediate placement in consultancy or construction firm currently on visit visa. Contact: 91181680 Indian male having 11 yrs experience 4 yrs in Oman in purchase, stores & logistics, having valid Omani D/L and N.O.C in Hand, looking for suitable position any where in Oman. Contact : 92369700 Indian male, 22 yrs, BBA, Travel & tourism brought up in Muscat, seeks suitable placement in Sales & Marketing. #93519369 Engineer- Mechanical 4 years experience looking for vocational instructor/lecturer/technical mechanical engineer jobs.

Contact : 95598477/93211870, Email: rajeesh4me@gmail.com Indian male 33 yrs, BCA ,10 years experience (India & Oman) IT Support, System administrator/ Supervisor looking for suitable Job.#95448561.

SITUATION WANTED Sudanese /Diploma in civil engineering/5 years experience/ good computer’ skills / English & Arabic/Mobil 96995670

Sudanese / 30 years old / M.Sc. Logistics Management /English & Arabic/ logistics - procurement inventory planning / 91270881

Sudanese male , 31 year old , have 3 year Diploma in electrical engineer, 7 years experience in building construction and electrical production plant.Contact 94549609

Indian (Bangalore), internal auditor / senior accountant having (Gulf) 8 years, (India) 15 years experience, presently on employment visa seeking suitable placement in Salalah / Muscat.

Contact 968 94765948, email:amituppin@gmail.com

Site supervisor (Aluminium Division ) With Driving License, Fluent in English , Arabic, Well knowledge of Oman Areas Looking for suitable placement.

Cell# 97950869 31 year Indian male PG in HR ,with 5 yrs Professional experience in HR in Construction Oil & Gas Oman seeking for a suitable placement(NOC Available).

Contact me on 93488914, emailKaarthickshankar@gmail.com Indian male, B.E. Mechanical, 16 yrs experience, for Quotation, Tender, Accounts, Business development, Sohar Area, Part Time.

Contact 94215208 Admin, having 10+ years experience in Admin/HR/Logistics/Time Keeper, in reputed companies.

Presently working in Muscat. (NOC Available) Contact- 94369965, mail - satya1528@gmail.com IT Lecturer , Indian male 30yrs,MSc Computer Science(on visit) 7 years experience in Teaching is looking for college or school.Contact:99842554 Email:riazkalleli@gmail.com Msc (IT), 2 yrs of Experience in Software Development (Oracle ADF, sql, pl/sql), Oracle OCA & SQL Expert, Currently on visit visa. Contact : +968 93755858 / 92141644, Email : shiralkarmuzammil@yahoo.com Male 25 years, B.E. Mechanical with CSWIP 3.1 and ASNT level 2, 3 yrs. of experience in QC in oil and gas industry. Currently working in Oman, NOC available. M: 91262792. vignesh1503@yahoo.com Indian Female Accountant 5 Years of Experience in Accounting Tally, Sales coordination,and Admin, Currently on Visit Visa seeking suitable placement.

Contact :95684179

Indian male, 19 years experience in purchase, material coordinator in building/pipe line construction & factory production field. have good computer skills & driving license and NOC, looking for a suitableplacement. mr.victor2015@hotmail.com Contact: 99008101 SENIOR ACCOUNTANT/ACCOUNTANT, with 8 years experience in Accounts ( 5 Years in Oman) in a Trading Company, capable of handling all accounting , Banking, L/C, import &Finalization with Driving Licence. Noc Available seek Suitable Placement.

GSM-98184170.

B.A Economics, Indian male, 12 years experience in teaching, both academic & Quran, looking for an opportunity. Contact 9845 6432, 9967 8470 Sudanese female, B.sc on account.16 years experience. Good in working out financial report break down of monthly and annual budget’s. follow up tax files and social Insurance costingard feasibility study. Email: amani.eltayeb@ hotmail.com, mobile:92037605

Indian female,33 yrs MSc,BEd with computer knowledge having 3yrs experience in teaching,looking for suitable job on visit visa.

Contact: 9704 2806 Mail:poornimaajith11@gmail.com Indian male 23 years old graduate with one year experience in Sales & Marketing with valid Oman driving license seeking suitable opportunities. (NOC available).

Contact: +968 98240510 , Gmail: affanahamed0@gmail.com Maintenance Engineer, Indian, male, DME, 36 years of age with 16 years of experience in machine maintenance and handling machine breakdowns, currently on visit visa seeking suitable position. Contact: 92180933; email: rramesssh@yahoo.com B.Tech, MBA (Marketing), PGDM (IB) having 9 years of experience in sales & marketing/ business development seeking for suitable position. Valid Driving License Phn-97043494 31 years, Indian male PG in HR , with 5 yrs Professional experience in HR in Construction Oil & Gas Oman seeking for a suitable placement(NOC Available).

Contact me on 93488914, emailKaarthickshankar@gmail.com FEMALE SYRIAN ARCHITECT ,new graduate have good experience in architect programs, autocad 3d max ,sketch up , Photoshop ,sketch up, searching for a job full time or part time, for Contact : 97482871

Indian Female 10 years as cook in Muscat, Oman . South Indian, Gujarati special food, Looking for part time. Contact 96710189

Indian Male 33 yrs, BCA ,10 years experience(India & Oman) IT Support, System administrator/supervisor looking for suitable Job. Contact 95448561

INDIAN MALE accountant, 12 years experience in accounting with tally also, looking for a suitable placement.

Contact . 98983122

Indian male, 10 years Driving experience in Dubai. Looking as a company driver job. Contact : 96180458 , +91 99 61 019366 (India )

MALE ACCOUNTANT, age 25 years, ACCA UK finalist with 4 years experience in accounting & audit in Pakistan, now in Muscat on visit visa seeking suitable placement. Contact 90197029, muzammalhafiz16@gmail.com

32 years, Indian Male MSC,MBAHR having 7.5yrs Exp (HR/SAP operations) with Oman valid driving license, seeking suitable opening in Human Resource & Admin/ backend jobs.

Contact: 99322978

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION WANTED SERVICES

SERVICES We Provide Cleaners, Office boys, Cleaning Contracts, General cleaning etc.

Al Mudakhir National Est. LLC Contact : 94277020

SIT. WANTED

ACC. AVAILABLE

Indian Male,27 years, MCA, 3 years Experience in Web developer, Technical Supporter, looking for suitable position. Presently Working in India. Contact- +91 7403288953, +91 9020679788.

Email-vinuvn88@gmail.com.

Furnished rooms attached bath for Indian bachelor Al Falaj area & for lady in Wadi Kabir near Mars Hypermarket - 96202458/96761960

Indian male having 14 years of experience in HR, Purchase Dept, having Oman driving license looking for a suitable position , at Salalah. Noc available. Email.

Madhuvtk@ gmail.com Contact: 91182907

Single room for rent at Mumtaz area. Contact: 96916398 / 95212017

Civil Engineer B.tech with iosh nebosh certification having valid Omani driving license, looking for suitable job in Oman.

Contact: 93631625 Advertising/media executive with 15 years gulf experience with oman driving license. Seeks good opening. 93031168.

Indian male MBA (MKTG) B.com having 2 years experience in sales marketing and business development looking for a suitable opening presently on family visit visa.

Contact: 93268245 Email: gregjose1991@gmail.com Indian male with CA & CPA having 20 years of experience, currently on visit seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 93910095 Email: rejithomas07@gmail.com

Room for lady in Ghobrah 95480601 / 97361213

Single room for expat Indian bachelors near Al Aktham restaurant Al khuwair for RO 120.

Water and electricity included.

Contact:98803261 Room for rent available in a flat for Executive bachelor at Azaiba behind Al Meera Hypermarket Azaiba with attached bath with Cot & A/C, rent RO 175/- per month including Water & Electricity. Contact 96404166 / 97433992 Furnished room available in Ruwi.

Contact: 92435784 Big room available near Hamriya R/A for Muslim couple / small family / Executive bachelor rent 150/per month including W+ E. Contact 99495131

MANPOWER

Indian male, 19 years experience in purchase, material coordinator in building construction & factory production field. have good computer skills & driving license and NOC, looking for a suitable placement. Contact: 99008101 Sales Manager MBA, having 12 years of experience with valid GCC driving license looking for a suitable position NOC available.

Contact: 98125226

NRI 4 bedroom villa 300 m from Peyad Junction Trivandrum for sale.

Contact : 93299940 Spacious 2BHK flat for sale in Hebbal Bangalore. Contact: 96263157

COMPUTER

IELTS PREPARATION Target Band 8.0 Classes for Spoken English TOEFL / GRE / GMAT / SAT Excellent Guidance and Coaching Satisfaction Guaranteed EAGLES INSTITUTE 92325542 | 93657915 | 93657917 engominst@gmail.com

IELTS & TOEFL Academic / General Target Band 8 TQT Institute.

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing, Contact 99314807/24792998 We are providing services like Auditing, Accounting, Taxation, Company Formation & Project Feasibility Study. ASAS AUDIT & CONSULTANCY. Contact at 91720465/94319719/24602222

WEBSITE

Ph # 24480800 / 99347202

Filipino male, 29 Graduate of Bs IT with GCC experience as document controller and Executive Secretary looking for employment.

Contact: +968 93929569 Indian female MSC computer Sc, IELTS certified experienced in teaching higher grades IGCSE GD, CBSE in Oman and India seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 98048946

CLASSES

Window & split unit A.C servicing & repairing. Contact: 99557080 Split & window unit A.C servicing & maintenance. Contact: 96236476

Housemaid, cooks waiter , helper driver ( light & heavy ) mason carpenter steel fitter, skilled & unskilled categories , immigration service from India & Philippine. Contact: Al Aidi Manpower 24484232/99531802 Email: oman.manpower@yahoo.com

Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English class for Malayalam Speakers

Split & window A/c servicing & maintenance. Contact: 93769089 / 95323517

in Azaiba and Ruwi

• Learn in two months • Satisfaction guaranteed

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

Tel: 95244310

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your marble. Contact 24793614/ 99314807

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

WANTED

GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to know more about Islam, please call: 99425598, 99250777, 99353988, 99253818, 99341395, and 99379133. For ladies: 99415818, 99321360, 99730723 Orvisit:www.islamfact.com

Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain, backache, paralysis, massage steambath, obesity, Spondylitis, Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic, 18 November Street Azaiba.

Contact: 99639695 / 98342990

Balloons for all occasions birthday, celebration, grand opening, wedding, party, national day all type of balloons, designs work please Contact: 95194801 /96594592

Ayurvedic treatment for backache, paralysis, arthritis etc & massage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam).

Contact 24475280 / 95371664 / 92504980 www.siddhayur.com

Ware house required in capital area.

Contact: 24486979/99338797

MATRIMONIAL

WEB, ERP and Business Intelligence (BI) creation and management at rock bottom price.

Contact: http//webviewoman

Sunny Muslim separated 32 years aged girl (bachelor degree) Bombay based seeking alliance.

Contact 99715621 Email: morningarooj@gmail.com Seeking alliance for our son from Muslim families. Interested families Contact: 99889590

Window & split unit A.C servicing & maintenance. Contact 93769089 / 95323517 Cleaning & Carpet Shampooing, Ocean Center LLC. Contact: 99884591 Water proofing ABUQABASContact 99320217/24788722 Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles polishing, carpet shampooing, maintenance. contact ABU QABAS99320217 /24788722 Maintenance electrical, painting, plastering, partition. #98767559 Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont Maintenance services electric, plumbing and A/C. Contact: 96524904 / 94285064 Split window unit A/ C servicing.

Contact 94694472 Pest Control Treatments.

Ocean Center LLC. #99344723 Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile polishing, pest control & antitermite treatment, general cleaning painting,Plumbing, Electrical, shifting. Contact Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C. Contact: 24810137, 99450130

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Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com wTel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461 Fax: 24812624

TOURS

SITUATION WANTED CARGO

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Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain Marine Tours contact 98029602, 92808636

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SITUATION WANTM.V.FOR SALE ED Toyota land cruiser, 2012 model and top of the range, expatriate driven and in excellent condition.

Contact: + 968 94144230

AVAILABLE Party & Wedding equipment rentals.

Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, ChaďŹ ng Dishes, Ice Sculptures, to Large Sound Systems and spectacular lighting. Call Andrea 9606 2222 for Catering and Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound & Light. ww.tunesoman.com, E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

RENT A CAR

CHANGE OF NAME

Ware house space for rent at Ghala and Barka up to 20000/- Sqm. Contact: 99509460 / 93731363

Best Rates for Saloon.

Tel: 99826300 / 97869042, rentacar@modernreem.com

DRIVING

TRANSPORTATION Transportation. Contact 99508282 Transportation any time Al Ghoubra. Contact: 97681599 Driver with car. Contact: 92279370 Transportation. Contact: 94087276

Learn driving with professional.

Contact: 94022250

Rawaya Al fann Al mumyaz for Trad joint company which is recorded under the commercial register in directorate general for trade industry number 1208545 is going to change its name to Rawaya Al fann Al mumyaz for Construction joint company .

This is to inform anybody who concerns about that.

LOST Abin Abraham has lost Indian Passport No. M 6995294. Finder please handover to ROP Aneetta Abraham has lost Indian Passport No. K 2074739. Finder please handover to ROP

Transportation.. Contact: 94510847

Masa Arachchige Gayathiry Kavindiya Dinanjanie has lost Sri Lankan Passport No. N 4795815.

Finder please handover to ROP

Transportation available Ruwi to Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909

Miss Kumrai has lost Thailand Passport No. V 967546. Finder please handover to ROP