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MANAH: In a Royal speech delivered at the Council of Oman, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said expressed pride over the achievements made in Oman and, in particular, the valued efforts of the Council in promoting the country’s comprehensive development march. His Majesty the Sultan opened the sixth session of the Council of Oman at Hisn Al Shumoukh in the

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Mercy to all mankind. Honourable Members of Oman Council, we are delighted to meet you on this blessed day to open the sixth term of Majlis Oman (Council of Oman), hoping that its tasks will consummate in success while serving this dear homeland. Honourable members of Oman Council, the achievements made across the land of Oman in various ﬁelds are a source of pride. We aspire to continue the blessed march of Renaissance with greater will and determination, and this can only be achieved through collaboration and integration of efforts for the beneﬁt of all. We have been closely following up the tasks carried out by Oman Council—through its two bodies of Majlis Al Shura and State Council— over the past period. >A4 L AY O F F S I S S U E

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MUSCAT: One person was killed and ﬁve others were injured when an under-construction mosque in Mirbat collapsed, according to a police tweet. “A mosque under construction collapsed in Mirbat killing one and injuring eight others. Rescue operations are on,” the Public Authority of Civil Defence and Ambulances (PACDA), said in a tweet on its official Twitter handle. According to the police tweet, the incident occurred at around 8pm. In the initial tweet, the police said that eight people

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oday’s world is more economically and financially integrated than at any time since the latter half of the nineteenth century. But policymaking – particularly central banking – remains anachronistically national and parochial. Isn’t it time to re-think the global monetary (non) system? In particular, wouldn’t a single global central bank and a world currency make more sense than our confusing, inefficient, and outdated assemblage of national monetary policies and currencies? Technology is now reaching the point where a common digital currency, enabled by near-universal mobile phone adoption, certainly makes this possible. And however farfetched a global currency may sound, recall that before World War I, ditching the gold standard seemed equally implausible. The current system is both risky and inefficient. Different monies are not only a nuisance for tourists who arrive home with pockets full of unspendable foreign coins. Global firms waste time and resources on largely futile efforts to hedge currency risk (benefiting only the banks that act as middlemen). The benefits of ridding the world of national currencies would be enormous. In one fell swoop, the risk of currency wars, and the harm they can inflict on the world economy, would be eliminated. Pricing would be more transparent, and consumers could spot anomalies (from their phones) and shop for the best deals. And, by eliminating foreign-exchange transactions and hedging costs, a single currency would reinvigorate stalled world trade and improve the efficiency of global capital allocation. In short, the current state of affairs is the byproduct of the superseded era of the nation-state. Globalization has shrunk the dimensions of the world economy, and the time for a world central bank has arrived. Dream on. A single world currency is in fact neither likely nor desirable. Central banks, while ideally independent from political influence, are nonetheless accountable to the body politic. They owe their legitimacy to the political process that created them, rooted in the will of the citizenry they were established to serve (and from which they derive their authority). The history of central banking, though com-

paratively brief, suggests that democratically derived legitimacy is possible only at the level of the nation-state. At the supra-national level, legitimacy remains highly questionable, as the experience of the eurozone amply demonstrates. Only if the European Union’s sovereignty eclipses, by democratic choice, that of the nation-states that comprise it will the European Central Bank have the legitimacy it requires to remain the eurozone’s sole monetary authority. But the same political legitimacy cannot be imagined for any transatlantic or trans-Paciﬁc monetary authority, much less a global one. Treaties between countries can harmonize rules governing commerce and other areas. But they cannot transfer sovereignty over an institution as powerful as a central bank or a symbol as compelling as paper money. But the fact that a single global central bank and currency would fail spectacularly (regardless of how strong the economic case for it may be) does not absolve policymakers of their responsibility to address the challenges posed by a fragmented global monetary system. And that means bolstering global multilateral institutions. The International Monetary Fund’s role as independent arbiter of sound macroeconomic policy and guardian against competitive currency devaluation ought to be strengthened. Finance ministers and central bankers in large economies should underscore, in a common protocol, their commitment to market-determined exchange rates. And, as Raghuram Rajan, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, recently suggested, the IMF should backstop emerging economies that might face liquidity crises as a result of the normalization of US monetary policy. Likewise, a more globalized world requires a commitment from all actors to improve infrastructure, in order to ensure the efficient ﬂow of resources throughout the world economy. To this end, the World Bank’s capital base in its International Bank for Reconstruction and Development should be increased along the lines of the requested $253 billion, to help fund emerging economies’ investments in highways, airports, and much else. Multilateral support for infrastructure investment is not the only way global trade can be revived under the current monetary arrangements. - Project Syndicate

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015 At least three of those killed in the Paris attacks were Belgian and the country launched its own anti-terrorist investigation into the events as a result.

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In Brussels raids, Belgian police make arrests over terror attacks Belgian officials said two of the gunmen were French nationals living in Brussels

PARIS/BRUSSELS: Two of the attackers who brought carnage to Paris were French nationals living in Belgium, officials said on Sunday, as a row over Europe’s refugee crisis reignited, with conservatives demanding an end to “the days of uncontrolled immigration”. Three militant cells staged the co-ordinated hits on Friday night at restaurants, a concert hall and soccer stadium, killing 129 people and injuring 352, including 99 who were in a serious condition, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said. French authorities said they found the bodies of seven killers but IS, which claimed responsibility as revenge for French military action in Syria and Iraq, said there were eight, raising questions over whether one was on the loose.

THE DAY AFTER: The town hall of Brussels is illuminated with the colours of the French national ﬂag,

at the Brussels Grand Place, on Saturday, a day after deadly attacks in Paris. – AFP

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Multinational group Prosecutors have said the slaughter involved a multinational group with links to the Middle East, Belgium and possibly Germany as well as home-grown French roots. Belgian officials said two of the gunmen were French nationals living in Brussels and arrested seven people in the capital after two Belgian-registered cars were discovered in Paris, both suspected of being used by attackers. Prime Minister Charles Michel said Belgium needed to do more to crack down on radicalisation “I do not want any preachers of hatred on Belgian soil! There is no

place for them in Belgium,” Michel said on Twitter. Michel said at least one of those held from the inner Brussels neighbourhood of Molenbeek was believed to have spent the previous evening in Paris, where two cars registered in Belgium were impounded close to scenes of some of the violence, including the Bataclan music hall. “Police operations will go on,” Michel told RTL television after late-night police raids in Molenbeek, west of the city centre, which is home to many families origi-

nally from Morocco and Turkey. His interior minister spoke impatiently of going in to “clean up” Molenbeek. “We’re talking about a network,” the borough’s mayor, Francoise Schepmans, said on Sunday, referring to a total of ﬁve arrests in Molenbeek. A French prosecutor said a car hired in Belgium was linked to the attacks and that a Frenchman living in Brussels rented it and was later stopped early on Saturday at the Belgian border. A parking ticket issued in Molenbeek was found in the hire car in Paris. Officials declined comment on reports that the attacks may have been largely plotted in Brussels, that one of three attack teams came from there and that at least three of the attackers were

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‘Iraq shared information that France, US, Iran were targets’ BAGHDAD: Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al Jaafari has said his country’s intelligence services shared information they had which indicated that France, the United States and Iran were among countries being targeted for attack. He did not elaborate, but the comments came after 129 people were killed in Paris on Friday by gunmen and suicide bombers in attacks claimed by IS. “Information has been obtained from Iraqi intelligence sources that the countries to be targeted soon, before it occurred, are Europe in general, speciﬁcally France, as well as America and Iran,” Jaafari said from the sidelines of talks in

Vienna on ending the war in Syria on Saturday. He said the countries had been informed. A video of his comments was posted on his website. Though he did not specify the threat was from IS militants, who control large areas of Iraq and Syria, Jaafari said recent attacks in Egypt, Lebanon and France required a global response to the group. Meanwhile, Israel said on Sunday its spy services were helping France investigate the Paris gun and bomb attacks, and Israeli media suggested that intelligence being provided drew on surveillance of militant groups in Syria and Iraq. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had

ordered full cooperation with French and other European authorities trying to identify the perpetrators and prevent further attacks. “The cooperation is ongoing, but in accordance with the prime minister’s directive, intelligence material relevant to what happened has been relayed, and we will also deepen the cooperation,” Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz told reporters. “This information can help the French - and not just the French, by the way - to deal with the aftermath, and not just with what happened, but also with terrorist attacks planned for the future,” Katz said. He declined to give further details. — Reuters

based in the European Union capital. Proportional to its 11 million population, Belgium has been the European country which has contributed the most foreign fighters to the civil war in Syria — over 300 by official estimates a year ago — and it has figured in many hardliners’ attacks and plots across the continent. Many international security experts have long seen Belgium’s fragmented state structures resulting from bitter divisions between French- and Dutchspeakers and a history as a market for firearms, both legal and illegal, as an “Achilles heel” of violence across Europe. In Germany, Interior Minister Thomas De Maiziere said there could be more would-be attackers out there and that Germany was a target country of the IS group just

like France. Nevertheless, Bavarian allies of German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a reversal of her “open-door” refugee policy, saying the attacks underlined the need for tougher measures to control the influx of migrants. “The days of uncontrolled immigration and illegal entry can’t continue just like that. Paris changes everything,” Bavarian finance minister Markus Soeder told Welt am Sonntag newspaper. Most asylum seekers entering Germany have done so through the southern state. One international security expert said: “Belgium is a bit the Achilles heel of Europe.” Another, Rafaello Pantucci of London’s Royal United Services Institute, said: “The networks between France and Belgium have been very tight for some time.” Michel said: “Belgium has a central position at the heart of Europe, a small country whose local scale favours the movement of people with hostile intent,” he said. But he insisted his centre-right coalition, in power for a year, was tackling that. The problem of young men returning radicalised, and with skills in handling automatic weapons remained, however, Michel, 39, said: “It’s always possible to slip through the net.” His interior minister, Jan Jambon, told Belgian television he believed Brussels and Molenbeek in particular was a problem and that he would personally take charge of sorting out issues in a neighbourhood which conservative critics view as an example of failed left-wing experiments in mass immigration. Schepmans, Molenbeek’s centre-right mayor said many radicals passed through, taking advantage of the anonymity afforded by parts of the borough. Criticism of authorities in Brussels and Molenbeek reflects in part Belgium’s deep political and linguistic divide between Dutch- and

French-speaking communities. Interior Minister Jambon is a Flemish nationalist who highlighted the success of efforts to break radical groups in Antwerp and other cities in Flanders. Only in largely in French-speaking Brussels, and particularly Molenbeek, until recently a fiefdom of the Frenchspeaking Socialist party, was there still a problem, he said. The extreme local devolution that has been Belgium’s answer to centrifugal communal forces pulling it apart for decades has been a factor in weakening its response to threats, said Edwin Bakker, professor at the Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. “Belgium is a federal state and that’s always an advantage for terrorists ... Having several layers of government hampers the flow of information among investigators,” he said, adding that Belgium, long a big arms manufacturer, had also become a hub for the traffic of guns from the Balkans and elsewhere. “In parts of Brussels there are areas where the police have little grip, very segregated areas that don’t feel they’re part of the Belgian state,” he added. “While the neighbours may have seen something going on, they’re not passing it to the police.” After a meeting of the national security cabinet, the government raised the level of alert across the country for large events, giving officials the ability to call in troops. Michel urged Belgians not to travel to Paris unless absolutely necessary. Security checks were stepped up at the French border and at airports and rail stations. Though there has been violence in Belgium, and Brussels is home to the institutions of the European Union, France, and Paris in particular, has appeared a higher-profile target, more clearly associated with the action in the war in Syria. — Reuters

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PHILIPPINES: Candles and ﬂowers are seen during a candle lighting ceremony condemning the Paris attacks, in Manila, Philippines, on Sunday. — AFP

World unites against terrorism

UNTIED STATES: A sign sends a message of love from the Untied States to France at a makeshift memorial outside the French Consu-

late in Los Angeles, California on Saturday, a day after the Paris terrorist attacks.

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CANADA: Women hold hands during a vigil in memory of the victims of Paris attacks, outside city hall in Toronto, Canada, on Saturday. — Reuters

GREAT BRITAIN: Tributes and ﬂowers surround a fountain in remembrance of the victims of the Paris attacks, at Trafalgar Square in London, Britain, Sunday. — Reuters

JAPAN: In response to the terrorist attacks in Paris, the Tokyo

Tower, in Tokyo, Japan, is lit up for victims memorial in the same three colours as the French national ﬂag on Sunday. — AFP

INDONESIA: Indonesian national Deden holds a handwritten SPAIN: People take part in a gathering in Granada in support of Spanish Juan Alberto Gonzalez Garrido, one of the victims of the deadly

attacks of Paris, on Sunday. — AFP

placard offering his condolences to victims of the Paris attacks, in Jakarta on Sunday. — AFP

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015 The ﬁrst attacker to be identiﬁed was named as Ismael Omar Mostefai, a 29-year-old who lived in the city of Chartres, southwest of Paris

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France vows to destroy IS group ber from Turkey alongside Syrian refugees ﬂeeing violence in their homeland. “We are at war. We have been hit by an act of war, organised methodically by a terrorist, militant army,” Prime Minister Manuel Valls told TF1 television on Saturday night. “Because we are at war we will take exceptional measures. We will act and we will hit them. We will hit this enemy to destroy them, obviously in France and Europe... but also in Syria and Iraq,” he said. “We will win.” France was the ﬁrst European state to join US air strikes against IS targets in Iraq in September 2014, while a year later it extended its air strikes to Syria.

We will hit this enemy to destroy them, obviously in France and Europe... but also in Syria and Iraq, said French Prime Minister Manuel Valls

PARIS: Police questioned on Sunday the relatives of one of the suicide attackers who brought carnage to Paris on Friday, with France denouncing the strikes as an act of war and vowing to destroy the IS militant group in Syria and Iraq. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins told reporters that three militant cells staged co-ordinated hits at bars, a concert hall and soccer stadium killing 129 people and injuring 352, including 99 who were in a serious condition. Museums and theatres remained shuttered in Paris for a second day on Sunday, with hundreds of soldiers and police patrolling the streets and metro stations after French President

PAIN AND GRIEF: Mourners gather at a memorial site on Sunday, outside of the Le Belle Equipe, in the

11th district of Paris, for victims of the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris. – AFP

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Francois Hollande declared a state of emergency. Seven gunmen, all of whom were wearing suicide vests packed with explosives, died in the multiple assaults. The ﬁrst to be identiﬁed was named as Ismael Omar Mostefai, a 29-year-old who

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Holder of Syrian passport was asylum seeker BELGRADE/ZAGREB: The holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen who died in Friday night’s attacks in Paris was registered as a refugee in several European countries last month, authorities said. The man, identified by Serbian authorities only by his initials A.A., came into Europe through the Greek island of Leros, where he was processed on October 3, Greek officials said on Saturday. He was among 70 refugees who arrived on a small vessel from Turkey.1 Serbian authorities said on Sunday the same man had been registered at a border crossing from Macedonia into Serbia a few days later. The information is significant because if one or more of the Paris gunmen turned out to have come into Europe among refugees and migrants fleeing war-torn countries, this could change the political debate about accepting refugees. “One of the suspected terrorists, A.A., who is of interest to the French security agencies, was registered on the Presevo border crossing on October 7 this year, where he formally sought asylum,” the Serbian interior ministry said in a statement. “Checks have confirmed that his details match those of the person who on October 3 was identified in Greece. There was no Interpol warrant issued against this person.” No police record A spokeswoman for the Croatian interior ministry said the man was registered in the country’s Opatovac refugee camp on October 8 and from there he crossed into Hungary and then Austria. “There was no (police) record about him at the time of registration and there was no reason for us to stop him in any way,” she said. Austrian Interior Ministry spokesman Karl-Heinz Grundboeck said however the assertion that the suspect attacker had passed through Austria had “no concrete basis”. “According to the latest information available, that is no more than conjecture and speculation,” he said. Any identity documents and fingerprint records would have to be matched with the remains of

STRICT VIGIL: Soldiers patrol in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday, during a state of emergency declared following terrorist attacks in the city on November 13. – AFP

the attackers to establish whether they passed through various countries posing as refugees, or perhaps bought or stole passports along the way. Greek government sources said a second suspect attacker was also likely to have passed through Greece. Following the Paris bloodshed, populist leaders around Europe have rushed to demand a halt to an influx of refugees and migrants from the Middle East and Africa. Poland said it could not accept migrants under EU quotas without security guarantees. Human Rights Watch’s Emergency Director Peter Bouckaert said on Twitter the Syrian passport found may have been fake, adding such fake documents are widely available for sale in Turkey. “The answer to the Paris attacks and the possibility that one of the attackers came by rubber dinghy to Greece... is not to shut the door on those desperately fleeing war,” he said, calling for Europe to put in place a coherent asylum policy that would both help those on need and address security concerns raised by uncontrolled flows. “People fleeing war need refuge. And trying to build fences and stopping them at sea only drives them deeper into the hands of criminal gangs, and drives them underground where there is no control over who comes and goes.” — Reuters

lived in the city of Chartres, southwest of Paris. French media said he was French-born and of Algerian descent. Molins said the man had a security ﬁle for radicalisation, adding that he had a criminal record but had never spent time in jail. A judicial source said Mostefai’s father and brother had been taken in for questioning, along with other people believed to be close to him. Another source said police had found a car in a suburb east of

Paris that was believed to have been used in the assault, suggesting that at least one of the attackers had escaped. Prosecutors said the slaughter — claimed by IS as revenge for French military action in Syria and Iraq — appeared to involve a multinational team with links to the Middle East, Belgium and possibly Germany as well as home-grown French roots. Greek officials said one and perhaps two of the assailants had passed through Greece in Octo-

Aircraft carrier It had already scheduled to send an aircraft carrier to the region later this month. The names of the ﬁrst victims have started to ﬁlter out on social media, many of them young people who were out enjoying themselves on a Friday night. The dead included one US citizen, one Swede, one Briton, two Belgians, two Romanians and two Mexicans, their governments said. In the worst carnage, three gunmen systematically killed at least 89 people at a rock concert by an American band at the Bataclan theatre before detonating explosive belts as anti-terrorist com-

mandos launched an assault. It was the deadliest attack in France since World War II and the worst such assault in Europe since the Madrid train bombings of 2004, in which hardliners killed 191 people. Quoting an unnamed senior official, Israeli television said Israel’s spy services saw a “clear operational link” between the Paris mayhem, suicide bombings in Beirut on Thursday, which killed 43, and the October 31 downing of a Russian airliner in the Egyptian Sinai, where 224 people died. France had been on high alert since hardline gunmen attacked the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket in January, killing 18 people. Those attacks briefly united France in defence of freedom of speech, with a mass demonstration of more than a million people. But that unity has since broken down, with far-right populist Marine Le Pen gaining on both mainstream parties by blaming France’s security problems on immigration. If confirmed, the infiltration of militants into the flow of refugees to carry out attacks in Europe could have far-reaching political consequences. The attacks fuelled a debate raging in Europe about how to handle the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees and other migrants propelled by civil war in Syria, Iraq and Libya. — Reuters

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Brazil dams collapse to hit ecosystem of geosciences at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. “To say the mud is not a health risk is overly simplistic.” As the heavy mud hardens, Laschesfki says, it will make farming difficult. And so much silt will settle along the bottom of the Rio Doce and the tributaries that carried the mud there that the very course of watershed could change. “Many regions will never be the same,” he says.

Nine people were killed, 19 are still listed as missing and 500 people were displaced from their homes when the dams burst at an iron ore mine in southeastern Brazil on November 5

RIO DECE (BRAZIL): The collapse of two dams at a Brazilian mine has cut off drinking water for quarter of a million people and saturated waterways downstream with dense orange sediment that could wreck the ecosystem for years to come. Nine people were killed, 19 are still listed as missing and 500 people were displaced from their homes when the dams burst at an iron ore mine in southeastern Brazil on November 5. The sheer volume of water disgorged by the dams and laden with mineral waste across nearly 500 km is staggering: 60 million

cubic meters, the equivalent of 25,000 Olympic swimming pools or the volume carried by about 187 oil tankers. President Dilma Rousseff compared the damage to the 2010 oil spill by BP PLC in the Gulf of Mexico and Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira called it an “environmental catastrophe”. Oxygen levels Scientists say the sediment, which may contain chemicals used by the mine to reduce iron ore impurities, could alter the course of streams as they harden, reduce oxygen levels in the water and diminish the

DAMAGE: A combination photograph shows windows of damaged

houses in Bento Rodrigues after a dam, owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd, burst in Mariana, Brazil, on November 9, 2015. - Reuters

fertility of riverbanks and farmland where ﬂoodwater passed. Samarco Mineração SA, a joint venture between mining giants Vale SA and BHP Billiton and owner of the mine, has repeatedly said the mud is not toxic. But biologists and environmen-

tal experts disagree. Local authorities have ordered families rescued from the ﬂood to wash thoroughly and dispose of clothes that came in contact with the mud. “It’s already clear wildlife is being killed by this mud,” said Klemens Laschesfki, professor

Contents of mining waste Researchers are testing the river water and results should be published over the coming weeks, giving a better idea of the contents of the mining waste. One cause for concern is that compounds known as ether amines could have been used at the mine to separate silica from the iron ore, in order to produce a better quality product. According to mining industry research and scientiﬁc literature published in recent years, the compounds are commonly used at Brazilian mines, including Samarco’s. At least some of the compounds,

according to the website of Air Products, a company that produces them, “are not readily biodegradable and have high toxicity to aquatic organisms.” They can also raise PH levels to a point that is environmentally harmful. Serious problems “There will be serious problems using the water from the river now,” says Pedro Antonio Molinas, a water resources engineer and mining industry consultant familiar with the region. Samarco did not respond to questions about whether it used the compounds or whether they were in the so-called tailings pond whose contents burst through the broken dams. The disaster is the latest assault on the Rio Doce, or “Sweet River”, one of the main routes connecting mineral-rich Minas Gerais state with the Atlantic Ocean. Once lined with thick rainforest and populated by indigenous tribes, the waterway has long suffered because of ravenous demand for the minerals nearby. — Reuters

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Palestinian artist Belal Khaled paints a mural depicting a Palestinian child on a tower wall in Gaza City, on Sunday. — Reuters

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Technocrats cabinet unveiled in Romania BUCHAREST: Romania’s Prime Minister-designate Dacian Ciolos unveiled a cabinet of technocrats with a one-year term on Sunday, including European Union experts, diplomats and civil society leaders, which is expected to win broad support in parliament. Last week, President Klaus Iohannis named the former European Commissioner Ciolos, 46, to head a cabinet to replace that of leftist Victor Ponta, who quit on November 4 due to public anger over a deadly nightclub fire which killed 55 people. Among the line-up, Ciolos said he selected Anca Paliu Dragu, an economic analyst at the European Commission and former IMF expert, to take over the finance ministry and Cristina Guseth, an anti-corruption expert, as justice minister. Mihnea Ioan Motoc, ambassador to Great Britain, was proposed for defence minister. Former EU ambassador Lazar Comanescu will be foreign minister and Victor Grigorescu, a member of the board of power company Electrica, will be energy minister. “I wanted to pick competent and expert people in their fields, open to dialogue. They come from the private sector, Romanian and European administrations, civil society experts,” Ciolos told reporters. “I do hope to have parliament hearings tomorrow and complete them with a final vote in parliament on Tuesday to have an active functioning government as soon as possible.” The new cabinet’s first task will be to prepare a 2016 budget and pass it through parliament. Parliament had already earmarked tax cuts including a reduction in general value added tax to 20 percent from 24 percent in next year’s plans. Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday Romania’s existing fiscal

I do hope to have parliament hearings tomorrow (Monday) and complete them with a final vote in parliament on Tuesday to have an active functioning government as soon as possible Dacian Ciolos

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plans are unlikely to undergo significant changes following the nomination of a new prime minister to succeed Ponta. “The main sovereign rating sensitivity remains the possibility that fiscal loosening jeopardises the stability of public finances,” it said. The European Commission and the IMF warned about the scope of Ponta’s tax cuts, and Romania’s precautionary aid deal from the two lenders expired in September without a positive review. Political commentators have said Ciolos’s team will easily win Tuesday’s vote of confidence and secure a functioning parliament majority comprising most groupings, but not the former ruling Social Democrats (PSD) of Ponta. — Reuters

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Oman’s crude oil production drops Times News Service MUSCAT: Oman’s production of crude oil and condensates stood at 29.95 million barrels in October this year, which indicates a fall of 2.41 per cent compared to the previous month. The average daily crude oil production stood at 966,203 barrels, said a monthly report released by the Ministry of Oil and Gas on Sunday. Similarly, the total crude oil exports of the country were 25.39 million barrels, which was equivalent to 819,013 barrels a day, indicating a fall of 7.46 per cent compared to the previous month. Asian markets imported a ma-

barrel in October, showing an increase of $0.80 a barrel over the previous month.

jor chunk of the Sultanate’s crude oil. China continued to maintain its lead among top importers of Omani Crude for October 2015, with a share of 68 per cent. However, the import of China has declined by 26.34 per cent in October, compared to the previous month. But Singapore’s im-

ports grew by 20.08 per cent, over the previous month. Likewise, imports of Japan and Thailand also showed a growth. Referring to the trend in oil price in the international market, the ministry said that the average price of West Texas crude grade in New York touched $46.62 per

North Sea Brent grade The average price of North Sea Brent grade reached $49.56 a barrel, an increase of $0.57 per barrel over September. The ministry also noted that the market witnessed a marginal growth in average price in October due to better demand for crude oil. The crude oil recovered due to several other factors, including a fall in supply from stored oil in the United States. Depreciation of dollar against Euro and other major currencies also aided the recovery.

Drake & Scull incurs losses, plans to reduce spending DUBAI: Drake & Scull International, a Dubai-based engineering and construction company, reported its ﬁrst quarterly loss and said it’s planning to sell non-core assets and cut cost to generate cash. The company posted a Dh877.8 million ($239 million) attributable net loss in the three months through September, compared to proﬁt of Dh21.4 million a year earlier, it said in statement on Sunday to the Dubai stock market. The mean estimate was for profit of Dh16.2 million, according to three analysts. Drake & Scull joins larger rival Arabtec Holding in reporting loss-

es because of ‘challenging market conditions. The company said it made one-off provisions and revenue adjustments after the decline in oil prices caused developers and clients to defer payments and delay projects across several markets. Contract revenue slumped to Dh434 million from Dh1.24 billion in the year earlier period. Drake & Scull also reported third-quarter provisions, revenue and gross proﬁt adjustments of Dh984 million, with a total order backlog of Dh12.35 billion. Drake & Scull has taken number of one-off provisions related to ongoing legal cases. - Bloomberg News

G-20 countries united against ‘currency wars’ Currency devaluations should reﬂect market realities rather than become policy tools for national governments, said Turkey

ANTALYA: Group of 20 (G20) nations, including China, are united in rejecting policies that risk triggering currency wars while trying to bolster economic growth, according to the Turkish host government. Currency devaluations should reﬂect market realities rather than become policy tools for national governments, Turkey’s deputy prime minister Cevdet Yilmaz has said in the Mediterranean city of Antalya, where world leaders will gather for a two-day summit, which was scheduled to start on Sunday. Yilmaz’s comments suggest G-20 concerns may be easing that China could further devalue the yuan as economic growth slows.

The G-20 meeting of ﬁnance ministers which Yilmaz hosted in September called on member states to “refrain from competitive devaluations” as ﬁnance chiefs from the world’s largest economies sought to contain the tensions from China’s August devaluation of its currency. Trade barriers “Everyone is against competitive currency devaluation. But China has assured the group that it wouldn’t go on that path,” Yilmaz told reporters. “There is no expectation of a currency war.” Equally important is that governments should refrain from raising trade barriers to protect domestic industries, he said. There

is also a growing need for better communication on the future of monetary policies as different sets of challenges facing economies around the world are causing policy divergence, said Yilmaz. “Although there is a recovery from the global economic recession, that recovery is neither strong enough nor equal in all parts of the world,” said Yilmaz. “The United States is growing while commodities exporters such as Brazil and Russia are facing economic troubles and China sees expansion slow down,” Yilmaz said. While regional differences are normal, “what everyone needs is that these policies should be coordinated and supplementary to each other,” he said. Turkey , which holds the G-20’s rotating presidency, is working on an action plan that sums up its ﬁndings from meetings. - Bloomberg News

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Global markets set for short-term hit after Paris attacks SYDNEY/TOKYO: Global stocks are set for a short-term sell-off on Monday after militants launched coordinated attacks across Paris that killed 129 people, but analysts said a prolonged economic impact or market reaction was unlikely. French President Francois Hollande has declared a state of emergency, ordering police and troops into the streets, and set three days of official mourning after the attacks he called an ‘act of war’ by IS. The carnage prompted condemnation by world leaders and outpourings of support for Parisians from around the globe, but would likely have only a kneejerk impact on investment decisions, said Shane Oliver, chief economist at Australia’s AMP Capital in Sydney. “History will tell us that if the economic impact is limited — and I think it will be — that markets will quickly recover and go on to focus on other things,” Oliver, who is also head of strategy at the A$156 billion ($111 billion) wealth management ﬁrm. Panic in markets While news of the attacks hit after markets closed on Friday, S&P 500 Index futures were still trading and shed about 1 per cent in light volume. “If this had happened during market trading hours there could have been a panic but markets had a weekend to digest all the information,” said Eiji Kinouchi, chief technical analyst at Daiwa Securities in Tokyo. With Wall Street closing more than 1 per cent lower after weak

United States retail sales figures, Asian and European share markets would have been expected to fall even without the Paris attacks. French stocks, particularly those exposed to the country’s large tourism sector, are likely to suffer the biggest falls. “These Paris terrorist attacks and the larger scale of this attack could have a meaningful negative impact on the travel and tourism sector,” said Robert T. Lutts, president and chief investment officer at Cabot Wealth Management in Salem, Massachusetts. Tourism industry France has the largest number of tourists in the world and the sector accounts for almost 7.5 per cent of GDP. “Given that France has a big tourism industry there may be some damage to the economy if this leads to a fall in visitors to France, or in tourism in general after the crash of a Russian plane,” said Hidenori Suezawa, financial market and fiscal analyst at SMBC Nikko Securities. “I do not expect this impact to go so far as to affect the Fed’s monetary policy though at this point.” Europe has suffered similar coordinated attacks on public transport systems previously, in Madrid in 2004 and London in 2005. Almost 250 people were killed and more than 2,500 injured in those bombings on trains and buses by Al Qaeda -inspired rebels. “The knee-jerk reaction in other terrorist attacks over the last decade has been a rush to safety, including aggressive buying in the US Treasury markets,” said Guy LeBas, chief fixed income strategist. - Reuters

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MARKET Campaign to boost local products in hypermarkets gathers momentum One of the examples of the efforts to promote Omani products is the campaign to showcase local brands that is implemented on some occasions in hypermarkets

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elham@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Continued dialogue between the government and hypermarkets can help increase the representation of local products in the market and efforts are under way towards this end, says a senior Omani official. “We are continuing our dialogue with them, and we hope we can ﬁnd a place for them (local products) in hypermarkets at a good price,” Khalifa Al Abri, chief executive officer of the Public Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises Development (riyada), told Times of Oman. There have been some complaints that hypermarkets charge local companies a large amount of money only to put their products on

the shelves and there have been demands that a certain percentage be allocated to local products in each hypermarket. “If you go to some of the hypermarkets, you will find local products there and some of them are ready to find ways to help them,” Al Abri said on the sidelines of the third Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Expo, which was recently held at the Oman International Exhibition Centre. The official said that one of the examples of the efforts to promote Omani products is the campaign to showcase local brands that is implemented on some occasions in hypermarkets. The chief executive officer of riyada also said that it would be difficult to allocate a percentage to local products in hypermarkets as they are private entities. “The best way is to continue our dialogue with them and try to convince them to find space for Omani products in their hypermarkets,” he noted. Shops outside capital Responding to some complaints that local companies have difficulty putting their products in shops outside the capital, Al Abri said that this issue can also be resolved through dialogue between the government and these shops. Continued discussion can help these shops find ways to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and include local brands in their product chain as part of their social responsibilities, he added. The official also said that the SME Expo provided a good platform for the promotion of Omani products and services.

Riyada, Muscat Duty Free join hands to promote Omani products Times News Service MUSCAT: Public Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Riyada) and Muscat Duty Free have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The MoU was signed by Khalifa Said Al Abri, chief executive officer of Riyada and Abdulaziz Suad Al Raisi, chairman of Muscat Duty Free at Riyada Head Office in Gala on Sunday. The MoU aims to develop, promote and support SME development initiatives in the duty free part of Muscat International Airport through displaying and selling traditional Omani products. The CEO of Riyada said that the MoU is a very important step to support and promote SMEs in the duty free section as a large number of passengers from all over the world shop in this area. The chairman of Muscat Duty Free also hailed the MoU, saying that it will create many opportunities for

One hundred and forty SMEs from 15 different ﬁelds participated in the exhibition, which aimed at developing the capacity and skills of Omani entrepreneurs and pro-

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PARTNERS IN PROGRESS: The memorandum of understanding was signed by Khalifa Said Al Abri, chief executive officer of Riyada, and Abdulaziz Suad Al Raisi, chairman of Muscat Duty Free, at Riyada Head Office in Gala on Sunday. – Supplied picture

SME owners. The main conditions of the MoU include designing a special corner if possible to display and sell the traditional Omani products at the duty free area as well as appointing an employee from Muscat Duty Free as a

moting support for local brands. The exhibition was organised by riyada, the Public Authority for Craft Industry, Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI), Al

Huge demand for plots at Samayil Industrial Estate pacities, which is a positive sign. A series of Omani products’ exhibitions are being held to motivate consumers to buy locally manufactured products. Besides, these exhibitions creating awareness on the positive effect of purchasing Omani products in supporting the national economy. Al Hasani stressed that promoting Oman-made products is one of the vital objectives of PEIE. “We always aim at generating awareness on the Omani products through various platforms including exhibitions at the commercial centres. The Omani products today are enjoying excellent reputation marked by high quality and standards. These products are widely spreading locally, regionally and internationally which encourage the local companies to further expand their production database and diversify their products,” Al Hasani said.

MUSCAT: A tender of Government treasury bills, issue number 554, was held at the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) on Sunday. The total value of the allotted treasury bills amounted to OMR45 million, for a maturity period of 364 days, from November 18 until November 16, 2016. The average accepted price reached 98.829 for every OMR100, while the minimum accepted price arrived at 98.775 per OMR100. Whereas the average discount rate and the average yield reached 1.17433 per cent and 1.18826 per cent, respectively. Treasury bills are short-term highly secured ﬁnancial instruments issued by the Central Bank of Oman on behalf of the government of Oman. It is a safe ﬁnancial instrument. — ONA

MUSCAT: As much as 80 per cent of industrial plot at the newly opened Samayil Industrial Estate has been occupied, indicating strong demand from entrepreneurs for setting up manufacturing units. The Samayil Industrial Estate has been a success, said Hilal bin Hamed Al Hasni, chief executive officer of Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE). He was talking to the media on the sidelines of an Omani products exhibition at Lulu Hypermarket in Al Ghubra, coinciding with the Sultanate’s celebration of 45th National Day. Referring to the development of local industries, he said there has been tremendous progress in developing a vibrant industrial base for local products, which are widely accepted within the do-

mestic market and outside. “We know that the local market here is small. But most of the industries are exporting more than 70 per cent of their products to international markets,” noted Al Hasani. Non-oil exports The PEIE chief also noted that last year’s non-oil exports were impressive with the country exporting more than OMR4.6 billion non-oil goods to different markets across the world. The industrial development started in 1983 with the country’s ﬁrst industrial estate. “Today, we have more than 1,500 industries, out of within 900 industries are operating. Today, our local products are accepted within the country and in international markets,” added Al Hasani. This is evident from the fact that several local industries are enhancing their manufacturing ca-

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Workshop enhances SMEs’ awareness on PDO tenders Times News Service MUSCAT: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has staged a second workshop giving Omani small and medium enterprises (SMEs) a better understanding of how to do business with the company. The workshop highlighted the main reasons for unsuccessful submissions of contracts — such as quality of documentation and technical and financial requirements — to enhance the awareness level of local firms on PDO’s tendering process. Around 60 representatives from SMEs and Local Community Contractors (LCCs) attended the event at the company’s Mina Al Fahal headquarters in Muscat. Many of those invited had unsuccessfully bid for PDO work in the past. HSE rules The workshop covered PDO’s stringent health, safety and environment (HSE) rules and regulations, and key areas such as business experience and resourcing, work quality and financial vi-

Raffd Fund and the Oman International Exhibition Centre. The participating SMEs represented various sectors such as green economy, craft industries, medical services,

at the duty free section. Muscat Duty Free and Riyada will meet every six months to discuss the progress and updates which will be summarised in a written report that Muscat Duty Free would submit to Riyada prior to the meeting.

training services, hospitality services, e-services, travel and tourism services, food products, fashion accessories, incense, frankincense as well as restaurants and cafes.

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focal point between Muscat Duty Free and entrepreneurs registered by Riyada for the selection of the products that meet the technical standards. In addition, SMEs have to get approval from Riyada to display and sell their products

ability, tender requirements and ethics. In addition, the half-day session highlighted contractual In-Country Value (ICV) and National Objectives stipulations for training and Omanisation, reﬂecting PDO’s commitment to generate employment opportunities for Omanis. PDO tenders “PDO has always been a pioneer in supporting local Omani companies,” said PDO In-Country Value director Abla Al Riyami. “This workshop was aimed at creating awareness on the main reasons why Omani companies had been unsuccessful in participating for PDO tenders in the past, enhancing their tendering capabilities and understanding our procedures and requirements.

Dubai stocks fall DUBAI: Disappointing company earnings, falling oil prices and a wave of terrorism culminating in Friday’s attacks in Paris unsettled investors leading to losses in almost every Middle Eastern market. Dubai’s DFM General Index dropped 3.7 per cent, the most in almost three months, after Drake & Scull International became the latest United Arab Emirates construction company to report losses. - Bloomberg News

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INDICES Index .................................................High .................Low..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff % MSM30 Index ....................................... 5,848.38 ...............5,837.87 ....................5,837.87 ................... 5,848.41................-10.54 .................. -0.18 Financial Index .....................................7,165.00 ............... 7,150.81 ....................7,155.90 ....................7,156.39.................. -0.49 .................. -0.01 Industrial Index .................................... 7,199.32 ............... 7,166.98 ....................7,170.32 ....................7,197.32................-27.00 .................. -0.38 Services Index ...................................... 3,247.94 ...............3,239.81 ....................3,239.81 ...................3,247.94...................-8.13 .................. -0.25 MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................905.84 ................. 904.62 ...................... 904.62 ...................... 905.46..................-0.84 .................. -0.09 Trading Summary Volume ................Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded 23,936,615 ................. 3,230,477 .................... 469 ...............14,859,852,420 .................. 3 ......................17 .................... 21 .........................41

SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 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 – Times ﬁle picture

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

MSM index ends lower

OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS .................................................. 10,458 ...............4,704........................2 ........... 0.446 ...........0.450 ...........0.446........... 0.450 .............0.446 ........... 0.004............. 0.897 ................0.450..............0.440...................0.446 ..................23,625,000.........0.100 OM0000001087............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE ................................ 30,000 ...............7,500........................3 ........... 0.250 ...........0.250 ...........0.250........... 0.250 .............0.250 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.250..............0.241...................0.250 ..................25,000,000 ........0.100 OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ............................................................. 300 .................. 330........................2 ............1.100 ........... 1.100 ...........1.100 ............1.105 ............. 1.105............ 0.000.............0.000 ................1.100 .............. 1.100................... 1.145 ................. 221,000,000 .......0.100 OM0000001483............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ...................................58,000 ..............17,516........................4 ........... 0.302 ...........0.302 ...........0.302........... 0.302 .............0.302 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.302............. 0.290...................0.302 ................ 404,894,496 .......0.100 OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .........................................................1,126 .................. 126........................1 ............0.112 ........... 0.112............0.112 ............0.114 ............. 0.114............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.112 .............. 0.110................... 0.119 ..................228,035,658........0.100 OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE................52,783 ............... 9,501........................5 ............0.180 ........... 0.180 ...........0.180........... 0.180 .............0.180 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.180.............. 0.176...................0.179...................36,000,000 ........0.100 OM0000001681 ............OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING............ 40,000 ...............4,120........................5 ............0.103 ........... 0.103 ...........0.103........... 0.103 .............0.103............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.103 .............. 0.101...................0.103................... 12,553,125 .........0.100 OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT .......................................................... 100,000 ...........45,000........................3 ........... 0.450 ...........0.450 ...........0.450........... 0.450 .............0.450 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.450..............0.450...................0.460 .................148,892,720........0.100 OM0000002168............AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES ............................... 569,974 ......... 181,252..................... 25 ............0.318 ........... 0.318 ...........0.318 ............0.318 ............. 0.318............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.318 .............. 0.318...................0.320 .................. 94,195,951 .........0.100 OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ...........................51,000 ...............5,238........................5 ............0.103 ........... 0.103 ...........0.102........... 0.103 .............0.103............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.102..............0.102...................0.104.................... 6,060,851 ..........0.100 OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 610,735 .............98,185..................... 56 ............0.160 ........... 0.161............0.160............0.161 ............. 0.161 ............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.160..............0.160...................0.162...................46,794,814 .........0.100 OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 325,421.............27,263..................... 27 ........... 0.084 ...........0.084 ...........0.083........... 0.084 .............0.084 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.084..............0.084...................0.086...................24,358,374.........0.100 OM0000003711 ............SOHAR POWER...................................................................... 33 .....................12........................1 ............0.374 ........... 0.374 ...........0.374........... 0.380 .............0.380 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.374..............0.352...................0.370...................83,983,800.........0.100 OM0000004669 ...........SHARQIYAH DESALINATION .................................. 6,700 .............30,768........................3 ........... 4.590 ...........4.605 ...........4.590........... 4.590 .............4.590 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................4.590............. 0.000...................0.000 .................. 44,891,191 .........1.000 OM0000004735 ...........SEMBCORP SALALAH................................................33,450 .............90,315........................9 ........... 2.700 ...........2.700 ...........2.700........... 2.700 .............2.700 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................2.700............. 2.500...................2.700..................257,734,427 ........1.000 OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL...............................................60,860 ............... 5,162........................5 ........... 0.084 ...........0.085 ...........0.084........... 0.085 .............0.085 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.085..............0.084...................0.085...................14,875,000 .........0.100

The top gainer was Bank Nizwa, up by

OM0000004925 ...........AL BATINAH POWER..........................................................70 ..................... 15........................1 ............0.210 ........... 0.210 ...........0.210........... 0.210 .............0.210 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.210............. 0.204...................0.210..................141,726,360 ........0.100 OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ........................ 400,624.........648,936......................41 ............1.625 ........... 1.625 ........... 1.615 ........... 1.620 ............. 1.625............-0.005 ........... -0.308 ...............1.620 ..............1.620...................1.635 ................1,215,000,000 ......0.100

2.60 per cent, while the top loser, National

OM0000002200 ...........AHLI BANK .................................................................... 200,068 ............39,914........................7 ............0.199 ...........0.200 ...........0.199 ........... 0.199 .............0.200 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.500 ...............0.199 ..............0.190...................0.199..................283,582,193........0.100 OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................. 50,900 ............ 26,709........................8 ........... 0.526 ...........0.526 ...........0.524........... 0.524 .............0.528 ...........-0.004 ........... -0.758................0.524..............0.522...................0.524 ............... 1,200,915,041 ......0.100 OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY .....................................................20,655 ...............9,006........................7 ........... 0.436 ...........0.436 ...........0.436........... 0.436 .............0.440 ...........-0.004 ........... -0.909 ...............0.436..............0.410...................0.436...................26,378,000.........0.100

Aluminium Products, was down 4.72 per cent

OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 313,067..........240,435......................16 ............0.768 ........... 0.768 ...........0.768 ............0.768 ............. 0.776............-0.008 ............-1.031................0.768 ..............0.768...................0.776..................499,925,169........0.100 OM0000001962............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ..................................... 17,800 ............... 1,104........................2 ........... 0.062 ...........0.062 ...........0.062........... 0.062 .............0.063 ...........-0.001 ............-1.587................0.062..............0.062...................0.064 ..................12,843,386 .........0.100 OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 700,268 ......... 126,253..................... 53 ............0.180 ........... 0.181............0.180........... 0.180 ............. 0.183............-0.003 ............-1.639................0.180..............0.180................... 0.181 ...................27,013,500 .........0.100 OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ..............20,232 ...............5,557..................... 10 ........... 0.278 ...........0.278 ...........0.274........... 0.275 .............0.281............-0.006 ........... -2.135................0.274..............0.275...................0.277.................... 5,775,000 ..........0.100

MUSCAT: Following regional cues, the MSM30 Index remained bearish with a loss of 0.18 per cent to end at 5,837.87 points. The Sharia Index closed at 904.62 points, down 0.09 per cent. Bank Nizwa was the most active in terms of volume as well as turnover. The top gainer was Bank Nizwa, up by 2.60 per cent while National Aluminium Products was down 4.72 per cent to be the top loser. As many as 469 trades were executed today, generating turnover of OMR3.2 million with 23.9 million shares changing hands. GCC and Arab investors remained net buyers for OMR499,000 followed by Foreign investors for OMR104,000 while Omani investors switched to net sellers for OMR603,000 worth of shares.

OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS .............................................................32,374 .............10,335..................... 10 ........... 0.320 ...........0.320 ...........0.318 ........... 0.320 .............0.328 ...........-0.008 ........... -2.439 ...............0.318 .............. 0.318...................0.326 ..................16,000,000.........0.100

Financial Index remained stable at 7,155.90 points, a change of 0.01 per cent. Bank Nizwa and Al Izz Bank increased 2.60 per cent and 1.37 per cent respectively. Al Sharqia Investments, Al Anwar Holding, Al Madina Investments, Bank Muscat and Ahli Bank declined by 2.63 per cent, 1.64 per cent, 1.59 per cent, 0.76 per cent and 0.50 per cent respectively. Industrial Index ended lower at 7,170.32 points, down by 0.38 per cent. Al Maha Ceramics, up by 0.90 per cent was the only sector gainer. National Aluminium, Al Jazeera Steel, DhofarCattlefeed, Oman Textiles and Gulf International Chemicals declined by 4.72 per cent, 4.71 per cent, 4.02 per cent, 3.30 per cent and 2.14 per cent respectively. — United Securities

OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING ..............16,816 ...............1,860........................6 ............0.114 ........... 0.114............0.110 ............0.111.............. 0.114............-0.003 ........... -2.632 ...............0.110 .............. 0.110................... 0.113 ....................9,990,000 ..........0.100 OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION .........................10,000 ...............1,450........................1 ............0.145 ........... 0.145 ...........0.145 ............0.145 .............0.150............-0.005 ........... -3.333 ...............0.145 ..............0.143...................0.159...................13,780,800 .........0.100 OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ............................ 5,223 ..................846........................3 ............0.162 ........... 0.162 ...........0.162........... 0.162 ............. 0.170............-0.008 ........... -4.706 ...............0.162 ..............0.162...................0.170...................20,233,470.........0.100 OM0000001319 ............NATIONAL ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS .............. 40,000 ...............8,885..................... 10 ........... 0.220...........0.230 ...........0.220 .......... 0.222 .............0.233 ...........-0.011 ............-4.721................0.230............. 0.222...................0.230 ................... 7,452,862 ..........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 3,778,937 ...1,648,296................... 331 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......30........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 19,611,623..1,502,599..................... 85 ........... 0.078 ...........0.080 ...........0.076........... 0.079 .............0.077 ........... 0.002............. 2.597 ................0.080..............0.079...................0.080 .................118,500,000........0.100 OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK.............................................. 238,037 ............ 17,536.....................22 ........... 0.072 ........... 0.074 ...........0.072........... 0.074 .............0.073 ............0.001 ............. 1.370 ................0.074..............0.073...................0.074...................74,000,000 ........0.100 OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. ....................28,790 ...............1,008........................4 ........... 0.035 ........... 0.035 ...........0.035........... 0.035 .............0.035 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.035..............0.034...................0.035....................2,975,000 ..........0.100 OM0000001400 ...........OMAN FLOUR MILLS ...................................................2,200 ...............1,034........................1 ........... 0.470 ...........0.470 ...........0.470........... 0.474 .............0.474 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.470..............0.472...................0.498...................74,655,000.........0.100 OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES .............................................................100 ....................... 6........................1 ........... 0.056 ...........0.056 ...........0.056........... 0.056 .............0.056 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.056..............0.054...................0.056....................7,000,000 ..........0.100 OM0000002580 ...........OMAN EDU. & TRIN. INV. HOLDING.......................1,120 ...................198........................2 ............0.177 ........... 0.177 ...........0.177 ........... 0.186 ............. 0.186............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.177 .............. 0.177...................0.178 ...................13,020,000.........0.100 OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ........................................................23,469 ...............3,525......................11 ............0.150 ........... 0.151............0.150 ........... 0.150 ............. 0.151 ............-0.001 ........... -0.662 ...............0.150 ..............0.150................... 0.151 ..................219,390,219 ........0.100 OM0000001053 ............OMAN TEXTILE HOLDING .....................................26,500 ............... 9,313........................8 ........... 0.354 ...........0.354 ...........0.350........... 0.352 .............0.364 ...........-0.012 ........... -3.297 ...............0.350..............0.344...................0.350.................... 2,112,000 ..........1.000 OM0000001301 ............DHOFAR CATTLE FEED .......................................... 210,000 ...........45,200........................2 ........... 0.220...........0.220 ...........0.215 ............0.215 .............0.224 ...........-0.009 ........... -4.018 ...............0.215 ............. 0.202...................0.220 ..................16,555,000 .........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 20,141,839 . 1,580,419................... 136 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 9........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

BONDS AND SUKUK MARKET............................................................................................................................................................... OM0000005971 ............B.MUSCAT COMPL. CONVR. B.B.3.5 ...........................588 .....................54........................1 ........... 0.092 ...........0.092 ...........0.092........... 0.092 .............0.092 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.092..............0.092...................0.097...................29,822,868.........0.100 OM0000004602 ...........BANK MUSCAT CONV. BONDS 4.5 .........................15,251 ............... 1,708........................1 ............0.112 ........... 0.112............0.112 ............0.112 ............. 0.113 ............-0.001 ........... -0.885 ...............0.112 ...............0.111................... 0.112 ...................33,907,900.........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................... 15,839 ............... 1,762........................2 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........2........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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OIL SUPPLIES

Officials cowed by graft crackdown stall China infrastructure spending HONG KONG: Local officials in China are dithering over project approvals and business deals, some to avoid the spotlight of an anti-corruption campaign, impeding Beijing’s plans to use infrastructure spending to arrest slowing economic growth. Though the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) approved 1.9 trillion yuan ($300 billion) of investment projects in the first 10 months of 2015, the country’s top auditor estimates $45 billion of projects are behind schedule, including a railway line in Yunnan delayed five years by official sloth. Provincial and city officials were once in the vanguard of China’s breakneck expansion, and they didn’t always play by the rules for procurement or when awarding contracts or rights for land use. Now, when central government is trying to lift growth from 25year lows, they fear drawing attention to themselves in case their past comes back to bite them. China has stepped up inspection and auditing of big projects to curb graft since late 2012, when President Xi Jinping declared war on corruption, vowing to go after powerful “tigers” and lowly “flies”. “Many people fear that the more they do, the more likely they will get into trouble,” said an offi-

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Beijing trying to revive growth with infrastructure spending

Local officials keep low proﬁle during anti-graft campaign

Planning agency approved $300b of projects

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Premier Li Keqiang castigates officials for inaction

cial in southern Jiangxi province, who requested anonymity. “Local officials are not fully implementing the central government’s policy measures,” said the official. Prosecutors investigated 4,040 civil servants at the county level or above in 2014, an average of 11 a day, parliament was told in March. But keeping their heads down is also getting them into trouble. State media reported in September that nearly 250 officials had been punished for failing to spend government funds, delaying projects or sitting on land earmarked for development. Premier Li Keqiang has repeat-

edly scolded procrastinating ofﬁcials for laziness. Local media said he pounded the table as he blasted officials for inertia at a meeting last year. Carrot and stick Li has since been trying a little carrot to go with the stick, promising to promote “upright” officials while sacking crooked ones, and give them a bit more rope to do the right thing. “We should give local authorities more autonomy in making decisions and give more support for local officials who are willing and capable of doing things,” Li told provincial officials during a

meeting in October. In the first 10 months of the year, local reticence has contributed to a slowing of annual growth in fixed-asset investment to 10.2 per cent, the weakest pace since 2000, despite the NDRC’s quickening of project approvals. Low returns and the lack of legal protection have hampered Beijing’s efforts to lure private investment into infrastructure projects, adding pressure on the government to spend more. Economic growth “It will be very difficult to stabilise economic growth without local support,” said a researcher with the NDRC. “The ordinary people welcome the fight on corruption, but this brings about side effects as some officials are not doing anything.” Many growth-obsessed officials have been caught in the campaign. Liu Zhijun, the former railway minister nicknamed “Great Leap Liu” for pushing construction of the world’s largest high-speed network, received a suspended death sentence in 2013 for corruption and abuse of power. Local media said a well-known businesswoman, sentenced to twenty years, had helped Liu secure 49 million yuan in kickbacks for railway construction contracts. — Reuters

Low crude oil price a major challenge for UAE's Dana Gas DUBAI: Dana Gas, the UAEbased energy company operating mostly in Egypt and Iraq, expects low oil prices to remain a challenge into next year after the company reported a quarterly loss. “The business environment has been difficult for the whole of the petroleum sector over the course of this year and it appears that it will continue to remain difficult during 2016,” Chief Executive Officer Patrick Allman-Ward said on a conference call. “We do expect our next quarter to be similarly financially challenged,” he further added. Dana Gas, based in Sharjah in the UAE, posted a third- quarter loss of Dh28 million ($7.6 million) compared with a profit of Dh139 million in the same period of 2014, it said in a statement to the Abu Dhabi stock exchange. Revenue fell to Dh341 million from Dh638 million. Oil companies have been cutting spending globally as crude prices dropped by more than 40 per cent in the past year, denting profitability and making some of the more expensive exploration and production uneconomical. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries maintained its output target of 30 million

barrels a day at meetings in June and last December even as prices fell amid a glut of supply. The group is set to meet next month in Vienna to discuss markets and production. Shares slump Dana Gas shares fell seven per cent to 40 ﬁls, at 11:33am in Abu Dhabi. That’s the biggest decline in percentage terms since August 23, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The company will cut operating expenses by about 10 to 20 per cent a year, as it has since 2013, to conserve cash amid expected low oil prices, Allman-Ward said. General and administrative costs will be cut by about 55 per cent, he said. The company is still in discussion with Egypt about planned investments and capital expenses on ﬁeld developments there, he said. Dana Gas is seeking to recover $1 billion in payments for past production in Egypt and the Kurdish region of Iraq. The amount it’s owed in Egypt rose by $19 million to $252 million at the end of September and payments outstanding from the Kurdish Regional Government rose by $58 million to $804 million. — Bloomberg News

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SECTION

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IMES TECH STUFF

DEMAND FOR COMPACT CAMERAS TO FALL

With highly advanced camera speciﬁcations on most high-end smartphones, the UAE’s leading mobile reseller, axiom, predicts that demand for compact cameras will continue to decline. According to latest ﬁgures released by the Camera and Imaging Products Association, the number of digital still cameras shipped worldwide has dropped by almost 60 per cent, from 9.52 million units in April 2012, to just 3.8 million in April 2014. - Times News Service

Developers in the desert technology hub opened for business in October, with 42 start-ups plucked from among 250 applicants calling the sprawling ground-level space their home – Bloomberg ﬁle picture

Better demand Tabaa-Bibi is trying to address what she sees as an unmet need in the Middle East: insufficient educational Web content in Arabic at a time when many private schools in the region are putting more emphasis on English. “I’m trying to hire now, and can’t ﬁnd someone who can write an email in Arabic,” Tabbaa-Bibi said. “It’s quite tragic.” While the Middle East and North Africa have about 200 million Internet users spending an average of six hours a day online, they mostly turn to providers outside the Middle East to access apps, content and business tools, according to Mohamad Mourad, managing director of Google Middle East and North Africa. AstroLabs’ goal is to remove some of the barriers that start-ups face so they can create new homegrown businesses and target customers globally.

Samsung posts spherical video to Facebook in the GCC Samsung Electronics became the ﬁrst brand in the Gulf region to upload a spherical video to Facebook. The video, which promotes the company’s #BeFearless campaign, shares the perspective of someone fearless, excited, and thrilled to be where no one can touch him—thousands of meters above ground. “We created the #BeFearless campaign to help people overcome their fears and pursue their dreams without hesitationthrough technology. Like our Gear VR(virtual realityheadset), Facebook’s new spherical video feature lets would-be participants jump right into the thick of the moment and learn that fear is just an emotion to be conquered, even when you’re suspended high above the ground,” said Marco Vocale, Chief Marketing Officer at Samsung Gulf Electronics. With spherical video, Facebook users are immersed in content through a 360-degree view and can choose which angle they want to view a scene by dragging the shot or turning the device. — Times News Service

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hen Arab explorers traversed the deserts and seas centuries ago, they relied on an astrolabe, an astronomical navigation tool, to ﬁnd their way. Technology entrepreneurs ﬁnding their way through the complexities of the Middle East are turning to a modern-day version of the ancient instrument: AstroLabs, a start-up accelerator in Dubai. The Google backed technology hub opened for business in October, with 42 start-ups plucked from among 250 applicants calling the sprawling ground-level space their home. Inside, there’s a cafe, desks, video-conference rooms, access to blazing-fast Internet and a “coding cave”—a scene straight out of Silicon Valley or San Francisco. A device lab designed by Google is littered with iPhones, Android smartphones, tablets and computers, used by start-ups to test their mobile applications and content. One of the aspiring entrepreneurs is Lamia Tabbaa-Bibi, creator of iReadArabic.com, a digital library with more than 100 books for children. She got a business licence, work space and access to mentors at AstroLabs. About 30 schools in Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have subscribed to the website, which has its roots in videos that Tabbaa-Bibi began producing to teach her toddler son Arabic.

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“It’s very simple: supply and demand,” Mourad said in a speech last month. “The Mena region requires a lot of products and services, just to satisfy the demand in the region.” A bronze astrolabe hangs in the entrance of the new accelerator, located near Dubai’s media and technology hub, just off its main highway, Sheikh Zayed Road. “We’ve used that symbol really to symbolise the journey of the entrepreneur and the type of help we try to provide,” said Muhammed Mekki, who co-founded AstroLabs with Louis Lebbos. The duo are behind Namshi, a Dubai-based online shopping portal with about $100 million in annual sales. They ran start-up workshops across the region for several years before teaming up with Google to open the tech hub last month. Hurdles Launching a start-up in the Middle East isn’t easy. Entrepreneurs can face a mountain of legal and regulatory red tape. Workspace is expensive and it’s hard to ﬁnd skilled staff. Funding is also scarce because of the lack of a developed venture capital industry. Entrepreneurs from 27 countries, from Morocco and Australia to India and the Philippines, have signed up. AstroLabs and Google were especially interested in start-ups with ambitions beyond Dubai, Mekki said. Among them: Deliveroo, a UKbased online food delivery portal, which recently received $70 million in a funding round and is looking to expand in the Middle East. The Irish founders of Lovin Dublin are replicating their popular online publication featuring restaurant reviews and lifestyle content for their new site, Lovin Dubai. Start-ups pay for packages that range from a “moonlighter” deal that includes access to work space for Dh1,000 dirhams ($270) a month, to a one-year contract with perks such as a company license, a mailing address and reserved desks and storage, for Dh3,500 dirhams a month. All have access to mentors. The space is inside a free zone, which allows foreign ownership and doesn’t impose taxes. AstroLabs helps alleviate some of the hurdles of opening a business in Dubai, which has transformed itself into a regional hub for trade, ﬁnance and commerce. Tarig El Sheikh, a former investment banker and founder of Beneple, a cloud-based

Middle East cyber security market value to reach $10b Growing concerns over cyber-crimes in the Middle East and the need to keep sensitive information secure from sophisticated hackers and commercial espionage is guiding the regional cyber security sector into a $10 billion market, say analysts. Worth $5.17 billion in 2014, the Middle East cyber security market will nearly double in value over the next four years according to Frost & Sullivan. The surge in demand for information security-related products in the Middle East has drawn the attention of international providers, many of which will be out in full force at Intersec 2016, the world’s leading trade show for security, safety, and ﬁre protection. Information Security is the fastest-growing section at Intersec, which takes place for the 18th time from 17-19 January 2016 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The new section was introduced in 2015 by organiser Messe Frankfurt Middle East in response to nearly half of the 27,000 trade buyers throughout the wider region requesting to see more information security companies at the three-day event. In response, major names such as American-based Dell Software, Infosec from France, and German players Antago, Rittal, and G Data Software are among dozens of companies in 2016 that will ensure the section will double in size over the previous year. — Times News Service

human resources management platform, said the cost of failure is still too high in the region. “If you’re in the Middle East, you’re really putting yourself out there.” said El Sheikh, who recently sold his startup. Google is betting that its investment in Dubai’s start-up scene will help entrepreneurs connect with venture investors, and each other. Members of AstroLabs also get access to more than 20 other Googlebacked tech hubs around the world with similar facilities. Next month, Google is bringing a dozen startups focusing on travel and hospitality from across the world to Dubai for an immersive program on how to access new markets. Bigger technology companies are starting to take notice, said Yasar Jarrar, an adviser at Bain & Co. in Dubai. “They identify places where there has been a small trend over the last ﬁve years of new startups making some money,” Jarrar said. Success stories include Dubai-based Souq. com, co-founded in 2005 by Ronaldo Mouchawar and two Jordanian colleagues, which says it’s the largest e-commerce site in the Arab world with more than 30 million visitors a month. Iran, on the other side of the Gulf, could prove to be another potential market for start-ups, after an accord with world powers in July paved the way for the end of sanctions on its

economy. Faranak Askari, founder of ToIran.com, a tourism portal for hotels and transportation in Iran, said demand on her site from hedge funds, retailers and other businesses traveling to scope out the country has seen “the hugest jump ever.” “Tourism is becoming so huge because it’s a mysterious country— and that’s our slogan,” said Askari, who has a team in Iran, consultants in the UK, web operations in Singapore and an office at AstroLabs. The $25 billion initial public offering of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding last year was a wake-up call for global investors, who saw a non-Western tech company make history with the largest-ever US IPO. Alibaba proved how companies with local knowledge and regional expertise have the potential to make it big, according to Christopher Schroeder, a US venture investor and author of Start-up Rising: the Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East. The number of Silicon Valley investors seeking advice on breaking into emerging markets, including Iran and the Middle East, has climbed in the past year, he said. “People are trying to ﬁgure out how they might have to play in these markets,” Schroeder said. “That’s where the future economy and where new technology and innovation will come from.” — NAFEESA SYEED/Bloomberg News

Al Haditha Petroleum adopts Microsoft Dynamics NAV Microsoft announced that Al Haditha Petroleum Services, a Omani Super LCC Company providing a wide variety of engineering and project management services to companies in the oil and gas Industry, has chosen Microsoft Dynamics NAV to more effectively manage the company’s enterprise resource planning activities. OCS Infotech (Oman Computer Services), a leading Microsoft Dynamics NAV Partner in Oman, will localise and implement the solution given their successful track record in empowering key players in the oil and gas industry. Commenting on this announcement, Sherif Tawfik, country general manager for Microsoft Oman and Bahrain said, “Dynamics NAV is an innovative solution that delivers a rapid time-to-value by increasing business productivity through its simplicity, adaptability, and ease-of-use.” He added “With the help of OCS Infotech, one of our most active Dynamics NAV partners in Oman, we are confident that Al Haditha Petroleum will benefit from a localised solution to meet their business needs and help them achieve their goals.” “We are really excited to partner with Microsoft and OCS Infotech to implement a localized innovative solution that will address our operational challenges and meet our business goals,” said Mundhir Al Barwani, General Manager at Al Haditha Petroleum. “We are committed to delivering and maintaining high standards in the petroleum industry service sector and we trust that Dynamics NAV solution is the ideal choice for our operations. We had run a thorough assessment leading to this choice.” — Times News Service

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ROUND-UP FINE ARTS

Soorya fusion dance festival all set to be held on November 24

MHD unveils stylish new 2016 Volvo XC90 The premium Volvo SUV is a result of thorough research and substantial investment which made this innovation

MUSCAT: Soorya Stage and Film Society is presenting their second programme of the year, Soorya Fusion Dance Festival at the Le Grand Hall of Hotel Al Falaj on Tuesday, November 24. The programme is being conducted by Majan Events Management in association with Oman UAE Exchange, says a press release. This time the public will have an opportunity to experience the unique and innovative combination of three of world’s richest dance art forms – Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Odissi. This will be very rare, perhaps once in a life time opportunity, to explore the natya, bhava and abhinaya of the Bharatanatyam, absorb the most complicated and difficult ‘Bols’ of Kathak and the thrills of the oldest dance form in India, the Odissi. These mesmerizing moments will be brought to the community by India’s topmost dancers/choreographers, Rajendra Gagani, Sreelatha Vinod, Rahul Acharya, Sonali Mohapatra and Gayathri Ranbir. Rajendra Gangani, winner of ‘Sangeet Raj’, ‘Shastriya Natya Shiromani’, and the prestigious ‘Sangeet Natya Academy Award’ which was bestowed upon him in 2003 by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the late President of India. Rajendra stands out for his

style. Making use of his excellent blend of manly grace and delicacy, he depicts the devotional aspects that characterise the Jaipur gharana. Sreelatha holds double master’s degrees in History and Dance and is also a visiting member of the teaching faculty at the Dept of Dance –University of Madras. She is the finest Bharathanatyam dancers of her generation today. Rahul Acharya, widely known as the divine dancer, is one of the most loved and popular Odissi soloists in the international arena today. He was the ﬁrst male Odissi dancer to be honoured with the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar award from the Sangeet Natak Academy. Invitations for the above programme can be collected from the city branches of Oman UAE Exchange.

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MUSCAT: Mohsin Haider Darwish and Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, unveiled the most anticipated car of recent years – the all-new XC90 – in the Sultanate of Oman. The new SUV presents a visually striking, premium quality seven seat SUV with world leading safety features, new powertrain technologies, an unrivalled combination of power and fuel efficiency and a superlative interior ﬁnish. With the second generation of XC90, Volvo marks the beginning of a new chapter in its history, capturing its future design direction, incorporating its own range of new technologies and utilising its new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) technology and Drive-E powertrain family. The new premium SUV is a result of thorough research and substantial investment which made this innovation possible, says a press release. The new product is proving to be a hit with customers even before it has appeared in showrooms, with over 33,000 orders for the brand new SUV already received. “These strong order numbers are

very encouraging and it shows that customers obviously appreciate the new kind of luxury car experience,” said Emre Karaer, general manager of Volvo Car Group Middle East and North Africa. “The XC90 is a ﬁrm evidence of the Volvo-by-Volvo strategy. Its outstanding combination of luxury, space, versatility, efficiency and safety will bring the SUV segment into a new dimension, just as the original XC90 achieved in 2002”. Vasudeva Rao Varkoor, director, Automotive Products Division, MHD, said: “We will be breaking new ground with the arrival of the all-new Volvo XC90 in the Sultanate of Oman. We have registered strong interest from our customers in this exciting new product.” The new face of Volvo combining a distinctive and conﬁdent face, completed with the updated Volvo Iron Mark and the signa-

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T8 Twin Engine, teamed with a smooth 8-speed automatic transmission gearbox, which combines a supercharged and turbocharged petrol engine with an electric motor offering an unrivalled combination of power and clean operation around 400 hp with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of around 59 g/km. Commenting on the growth of the premium segment in the Middle East which witnessed a remarkable growth by 15.7 per cent in 2014 and by 17.2 per cent for the medium SUV premium segment, Emre Karaer said: “Giving these promising ﬁgures, Volvo Cars Middle East and North Africa is geared for stronger growth on the back of new launches in 2015 especially with the XC90. Our milestone this year is to reach a market share of 10% in the medium SUV premium segment this year”.

Times News Service MUSCAT: Pakistan School Muscat will join the festivities of Oman’s 45th National Day with a fun-filled festival of food and sport on November 18 on its premises. Prominent Omani figure Abdullah Zaher Saif Al Hussni will be the chief guest. With Oman making giant strides in the game of cricket this year, PSM cricket team will host Oman National Youth Development Team (NYDT) for a highly entertaining 12-over-a side match, starting at 6 pm on its grassy ground under flood lights. Expecting a sizeable crowd cheering the two teams, Pakistan School management has added

other attractions to make the evening memorable for them. A spirited walk will be a part of the National Day festivities. A number of scrumptious stalls showcasing traditional Pakistani food will add to the evening’s appeal as a complete package for the families. Continuing its participation in the Oman National Day celebrations, Pakistan School Muscat will also take an active part in the Cultural Exchange Programme from November 19 to 21. The school has invited everyone to join them in this cheerful celebration of Oman’s 45th National Day, being hosted by the management and administration of Pakistan School Muscat.

SPECIAL OCCASION

al Mazyona to mark 45th Oman National Day with OMR450,000 prize draw MUSCAT: Bank Muscat is all set to reward al Mazyona customers with the 45th National Day special draw offering big prizes totaling OMR450,000. The winners will be picked at the 45th National Day celebrations to be held at the bank’s head office on November 18. Customers maintaining a minimum balance of OMR1000 are eligible for the special prize draw offering OMR45,000 each for 10 winners, says a press release. Marking Oman’s 45th Renaissance anniversary, Bank Muscat raised the 2015 al Mazyona prize money to OMR9 million. Structured on the thematic ‘45’ reflecting the Sultanate’s 45 years of Renaissance under the leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the 2015 al Mazyona savings scheme campaign has been immensely successful in reaching out to the people with the ‘Save more, Dream big’ call to action, guaranteeing more for everyone to share in the biggest prize money in Oman and the region. With attractive weekly, monthly, special and year-end grand prizes totaling OMR9 million, the Sultanate’s flagship savings scheme offers high-value prizes throughout the year to maximum number of customers. The climax of 2015 al Mazyona scheme is the grand year-end prize offering a whopping OMR1.5 million to be

ture ‘Thor’s Hammer’ headlights, the XC90’s connection to Volvo’s past and homage to the Swedish lifestyle are entirely evident in the new design language. This premium SUV is created with thought-through safety and convenience features, true luxurious comfort, solid and adaptable drive settings and stunning Scandinavian design. The end result is a visually striking SUV with unrivalled combination of power and fuel efficiency and a superlative interior ﬁnish. From the uncluttered console and large tabletlike touchscreen interface to the handmade crystal Orrefors gear knob provided in the T8 Twin Engine version, the XC90 clearly created a new expression of luxury, simplicity and digital craftsmanship delivering a unique and calming experience. The top of the range XC90

PSM set to celebrate Oman National Day with grand festival

shared by 15 winners. Customers maintaining a minimum balance of OMR1000 are eligible for the grand prize draw offering OMR 100,000 each for 15 winners. The higher the balance, higher the chances to win. Bank Muscat attaches great importance to inculcating prudent savings and spending habits and has tailored al Mazyona with this objective in mind. Bank Muscat understands customer expectations and big prize money is not the only way by which al Mazyona seeks to transform the lives of prudent savers. The scheme is targeted to accommodate all segments, including asalah Priority Banking, al Jawhar Privilege Banking, ladies, youth, children and customers in all regions, thereby inculcating prudent savings habit among citizens who are responsible for the future development of Oman. The underlying principle of the scheme is that the greater the deposit balance, the higher the chances of rewards. al Mazyona scheme reﬂects innovative customer segmentation based on two principles - region and demographics - ensuring a higher winning chance to all customers across the Sultanate. Winning with al Mazyona has never been simpler as customers are not required to block their money or wait for a long time to win big prizes.

Bank Sohar announces Al Mumayaz Auto Loan National Day special offer MUSCAT: Bank Sohar, in commemoration of the 45th National Day, is offering a limited time offer for its Al Mumayaz Auto Loan which will run from November 15 to November 26, 2015. As part of the offer, customers who purchase a new or used vehicle during the offer period and ﬁnance it through the bank’s Al Mumayaz Auto Loan facility will be eligible for interest rates starting from just 4 per cent based on the tenure of the loan and with zero processing fees. Commenting on the special offer, R. Narasimhan, GM of Retail Banking at Bank Sohar, said: “Our Al Mumayaz Auto Loan product has signiﬁcantly grown in popular-

ity since its introduction just over a year ago, thanks to its incredible flexibility and quick approval process of just one hour. In celebration of the 45th National Day of Oman we have decided to take this offer to a new level with the introduction of our new National Day Auto Loan offer. With this offer we will be providing our customers with special interest rates, zero processing fees, and other value added benefits, which will no doubt help our customers greatly when purchasing the car of their dreams this November.” The bank’s Al Mumayaz Auto Loan offers both Omanis and expatriates, auto financing solutions

and one hour loan approvals for new and used cars for up to 80 per cent of their value. Finance is available with no medical requirement for insurance of loans up to a certain limit. There is also no requirement for a salary transfer as loans can be granted against post-dated cheques. Al Mumayaz Auto Finance also provides an insurance option for customers who prefer to avail it through the Bank. “Our Al Mumayaz Auto Loan service provides customers with an extremely quick and hasslefree ﬁnance solution with a quick turnaround of just one hour for sanction. Furthermore, we have always been committed towards

customising products and services based on an in-depth understanding of customers’ needs and meeting their expectations; this is why, considering the substantial ﬁnancial commitment that goes into purchasing a new car, we are even offering our customers the option of deferring the start of the loan repayment by up to two months. Doing so will greatly reduce the ﬁnancial impact of the purchase, thereby offering our customers a relaxing banking experience,” added R. Narasimhan. This auto loan special offer is currently available at all of Bank Sohar’s 27 branches located across the Sultanate.

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Golden Tulip Nizwa holds 21st annual party for its employees NIZWA: Golden Tulip Nizwa Hotel held the 21st annual staff party recently, says a press release. The day started with Sandeep Jaitly, general manager, welcoming the team members. Staff members who completed 10 years were recognised with Long Service awards while other star performers were also rewarded during the staff party. It was an evening of games and group performances. Gifts were distributed to every employee of the hotel appreciating their efforts behind the sucess of

the company. Main highlight of the evening was the Omani traditional dance performed by housekeeping department, Bollywood group dance performed by F&B team,

solo and duet song performance by housekeeping and administration team and fashion show by members of different departments. The housekeeping team won the

volleyball championship while the back office team were the runnersup. Beside these, various other sports competitions like bowling, carom, chess and darts were also organized and the winners were awarded with trophies and certiﬁcates. Salim Al Shreqi of F&B production department and Karamat from F&B service department were awarded with the Employee of the Year awards. The housekeeping and accounts departments lifted the Best Department trophies.

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Ooredoo combats telecom scams During such scams, customers have reported receiving calls from people posing as Ooredoo employees, asking for personal banking information or money in order to claim a prize

MUSCAT: In response to an increasing number of telecom scams, Ooredoo has launched a series of technical and security measures to ﬁght fraudulent SMS’ and calls that target its customers. During such scams, customers have reported receiving calls from people posing as Ooredoo employees, asking for personal banking information or money in order to claim a prize. Combating this problem, Ooredoo has changed the way in which they deliver their SMS’; implementing a new set-up which will

reduce the number of fraud incidents. Their new advanced ﬁltering system will now have increased control and security for messaging, resulting in a signiﬁcant reduction in the number of unsolicited SMS messages received, as well as spam. Moving forward, more tailored SMS security measures will be taken to further reduce unwanted SMS. This revolutionary change is the culmination of considerable engineering work and represents only one of the activities the company is using to address the problem. Jim Maxwell, Chief Legal, Regulatory & Wholesale Officer at Ooredoo, said: “We have been

working very closely with the TRA and other local authorities, to raise public awareness about these scams through social media and other platforms. Anyone requesting money or your banking information is likely to take it and disappear. Ooredoo never asks customers for personal banking information over the phone and we do not offer money or other prizes via SMS. Furthermore, we never request people to top up or recharge and will never request anything in return for receiving a prize. I would like to reiterate that all of our promotions and competitions are announced clearly in the press and different media channels with winners of different prizes contacted officially and never required to transfer money or furnish personal conﬁdential information.” He added, “The internet has opened a new avenue for scammers and we have taken exhaustive technical, engineering, and safety measures to stay on top of the problem and provide our customers with the assurance they deserve. With vigilance and the appropriate scope of preventive action taken on both sides, the number of such incidents will be signiﬁcantly reduced.” To obtain official information from Ooredoo, customers can visit any of its 38 stores or call the Contact Centre by dialling 1500 from any Ooredoo number.

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VLCC stands against obesity with Anti-Obesity Day on November 26 MUSCAT: VLCC, the premier wellness brand across South Asia, South East Asia and the Middle East, will be observing World Obesity Day on November 26. Marking the day with activities to highlight how obesity is a public health hazard; it was in 2001, that VLCC, founded by Vandana Luthra, took the first step towards creating awareness about obesity and its ill-effects through the creation of an anti-obesity initiative to address the global pandemic. With the active involvement of the medical fraternity and other key stakeholders in all the countries where it has a presence, VLCC started observing November 26 as Anti-Obesity Day as part of an annual campaign conducted in the months of November and December to promote the development of good lifestyle habits to stay healthy and fit. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 2 billion people in the world are overweight, and 500 million people suffer from obesity. Problems with maintaining normal body weight may be related to the changes taking place in our bodies with age. Paradoxically, the statistical data continue growing despite millions of people fighting obesity globally. Let us have a look at the heart of the matter first. Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat accumulates to the extent that it may have an adverse

effect on health and lead to reduced life expectancy. High calorie diets, processed high-fat foods (containing fat which we cannot see), sweets which we eat to conquer stress and boredom, a sedentary lifestyle; all these factors contribute to the ever growing number of overweight and obese people. The following factors can be mentioned as the causes of obesity: hereditary (genetic) factors, physiological factors, psychological factors, factors related to our lifestyle. In line with VLCC’s objectives to fight obesity, come VLCC endeavours to turn the desire of healthy living into an achievable state, by offering a harmonious blend of the latest scientific technologies along with nutritional and lifestyle counseling in leading a happy, stress free life, with stressful living and a sedentary lifestyle being the leading causes of undesirable weight gain, VLCC advocates the introduction of both active as well as passive activities to facilitate desirable changes in the body weight. Effective weight loss can be achieved, only once the underlying reasons of obesity are identified and acknowledged. VLCC offers a program that takes care of weight loss while addressing all individual’s health concerns, by conducting a complete body composition analysis for each individual as a pre-requisite.

This analysis gives an insight into the gross distribution of the various elements of the body, helping decode the body’s composition in terms of water, fat and lean body mass. VLCC’s team of qualified professionals also takes an overview of all the associated risks and coexisting medical problems, social and personal situations and precipitating factors that may be related to the weight gain. This information helps set the guidelines for formulating an appropriate and feasible program that achieves weight loss while promoting wellness for each client. Being overweight puts people at risk for a lot of health disorders like cancer, diabetes and heart diseases. VLCC will continue with its mission to fight obesity! Guided by the vision of “Transforming Lives”, the VLCC Group seeks to urge self-transformation, spread happiness and imbibe every individual with wellness for life. By redefining wellness, VLCC has revolutionized the wellness industry to acquire the status of being the Number 1 Wellness Brand across South Asia, South East Asia and the Middle East, with a presence in over 300 locations across 121 cities and 16 countries with direct company managed operations in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait.

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Indian Community in Oman to celebrate National Day of Oman MUSCAT: Indian Social Club, Muscat, has decided to celebrate 75th birthday of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, and 45thNational Day of Oman on November 17 at the Embassy of India Auditorium, under the aegis of Indra Mani Pandey, Ambassador of India, says a press release. Under benevolent vision of His Majesty the Sultan, the large, diverse and highly regarded Indian

community has ﬂourished in the Sultanate of Oman. Comprising businessmen, professionals and workers, the Indian community has been contributing to the to the progress and prosperityof Oman to the best of their knowledge and abilities. Under the wise and progressive leadership of His Majesty the Sultan, Oman has developed into a modern nation, with excellent infrastructure and health,

education and other facilities. It has also made the widely appreciated contribution to regional and international peace and security, based on its policies of peaceful coexistence and non-interference in other country’s affairs. The growing presence of Indian Community in Oman is a testimony to the warm welcome accorded by friendly people of Oman to Indians. People-to-people rela-

tions have further strengthened India’s centuries old civilizational links and historical relations with Oman, and which have evolved into a strategic partnership. The ever-expanding India-Oman strategic partnership has been nurtured and nourished by vision and guidance of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos, it added. The purpose of celebration by Indian Community is to express its appreciation and

gratitude to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos, the Government of Oman and the friendly people of Oman for their patronage, warmth and hospitality and to join the friendly people of Oman in celebrating the 45th National Day of Oman. Indian Social Club Chairman, Dr. Nambiar, will address the gathering. Pankaj Khimji, Chairman, Oman-India Joint Business Council, will speak on development and

progress in Oman under His Majesty’s rule. A young Indian student will speak about their impressions of His Majesty’s rule in Oman. Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey will speak about various dimensions of India’s friendly relations and strategic partnership with Oman. There will be cultural performances by Omani and Indian youth. A glue and glitter live painting of His Majesty will be made.

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Bank Muscat receives GCC Best Employer Brand award Over the years, the bank has completed the transition into a competency-based organisation

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the flagship financial services provider in the Sultanate, has won the GCC Best Employer Brand award by the Employer Branding Institute, CMO Asia, in recognition of a distinct identity visible through innovative HR strategies, says a press release. Salim Al Kaabi, DGM – Human Resources, said: “Bank Muscat is proud to win this prestigious award which elevates the bank as the best employer brand in the GCC region. The bank enjoys the legacy of moulding the finest Omani talent and has adopted innovative strategies to equip them to take up leadership positions in tandem with future challenges. Bank Muscat has achieved qualitative advance in the human resources sector and is reckoned the employer of choice as it attracts the best Omani cadres for employment at all levels.” Over the years, the bank has completed the transition into a competency-based organisa-

tion. In execution of the Royal directives by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, which emphasise the need to pay attention to training and development of human resources, Bank Muscat has recorded notable achievements which reﬂect positively on the performance of the bank not only in the Sultanate but also in the region. Bank Muscat has developed a comprehensive learning and development strategy for skill and knowledge enhancement vis-à-vis the requirement of various departments. The multi-skill development programmes have beneﬁted a large number of employees. Bank Muscat is proud of its cooperation with international academic and training institutes as a result of which it has succeeded

in providing ﬁrst-grade training for employees, which has in turn contributed to their performance and development of skills and capabilities, which essentially form the basic objective of the HR training and development programmes. “The bank’s Development Centre has been instrumental in grooming Omani employees on the different business functions. The bank provides niche learning opportunities for employees to enhance knowledge and skills. As a result, Bank Muscat has the most talented banking employees in the country with a vast knowledge in functional and leadership competencies,” Al Kaabi added. The number of employees at Bank Muscat is constantly growing as per the requirements and

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approved plans in this respect. Presently, 3554 employees are working with the bank, with a high level of 93.75 per cent Omanisation, giving Omanis priority to occupy important positions. Scripting benchmark human resources development processes, the HR role primarily serves as a planner and change agent. The Learning and Development programme follows modern systems and techniques and takes into account the future plans and programmes of each department of the bank. It seeks to provide all types of training programmes that meet the overall requirements as per the latest standards in the Sultanate and abroad. The bank’s women empowerment strategy is notable as 47.5 per cent of employ-

ees are women holding various positions, including senior management positions. Bank Muscat is committed to developing its leadership pool from among young Omanis, thereby contributing to Oman’s future by investing in talent which is the real wealth of the nation. Over the past 33 years, Bank Muscat has supported the ambitious career growth of Omani employees, enabling them to adopt an entrepreneurial approach in running the business, thereby creating a culture which encourages creativity/innovation, faster decision-making and better utilisation of resources. Bank Muscat’s human resources strategy focuses on one major objective – reinforce the bank’s position as the employer of choice.

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Nama Group to sponsor OCCI forum MUSCAT: In line with its commitment towards participation in creating a diverse and sustainable economy and contributing to the Oman’s growth, Nama Group will be one of the main sponsors of the two-day Business Opportunities Forum starting today at the Oman International Exhibition Centre. Nama Group will be the gold sponsor of the forum organised by OCCI, the event aims to enhance partnerships between corporate entities and small and medium enterprises, says a press release. The sponsorship is a part of Nama Group’s objective to enrich the in-country value for products and services, especially in the electricity sector. The group believes in inspiring the Omani youth to embrace the spirit of entrepreneurship and be able to play a strategic role in helping these local SMEs establish themselves in the market. Eng. Hamad Al Maghderi, CEO of RAECO and the chairman of In- Country Value committee said: “Supporting the SMEs is key to boosting the economy. Also, this is where most of the innovation comes from. As part of our group’s basic values, we endeavour to build a sustainable future for the country and that can happen only when events such as the Business Opportunities Forum receive support from corporate entities. We wish to continue encouraging more such initiatives in the future.”

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Bank Sohar claims key ‘Excellence and Quality Award’ in corporate governance

MUSCAT: Marking its 10th award in 2015, Bank Sohar received the ‘Excellence & Quality Award’ in Corporate Governance from the UAE-based Tatweej Academy. Receiving this recognition is a resounding endorsement of the bank’s dedication towards operational excellence and successful integration of sound business practices that adhere to the highest standards of integrity and compliance for banking operations worldwide, says a press release. The prestigious award was handed over to the bank recently at a glittering event held at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The award was presented to Rashad Ali Al Musafir, acting CEO of Bank Sohar, by Pierre Moukarzel, President of Excellence Awards Academy. The prestigious event was also attended by representatives from various prominent institutions and dignitaries from the Arab world. Sharing his thoughts on the significance of the award, Rashad Ali Al Musafir, said: “The four universal values of accountability, fairness, responsibility and transparency have always been an integral part and a cornerstone of Bank So-

har’s operating model. We have always strived to adhere to the highest standards of integrity when carrying out business whilst delivering business excellence right from our products and services to the experiences customers share when visiting our branches and interacting with our staff.” The bank has always exerted great efforts towards the application of all policies, processes and conformance to the current regulatory guidelines and the applicable laws of Oman. Timely compliance with rules, regulations, circulars and directives issued by regulatory authorities is also given the highest priority within the bank’s operational guidelines. Most signiﬁcant amongst these were the regulatory developments emanating from circulars issued by Central Bank of Oman (CBO) and Capital Market Authority. Furthermore, these values also extend to the bank’s online banking channels that incorporates online real time banking and anywhere banking facilities. “We are truly honoured to have received this award which will most deﬁnitely also serve as a source of encouragement for our

staff, especially as we move towards the start of our ninth year of operations in the Sultanate,” added Rashad Ali Al Musaﬁr. This latest award represents the tenth recognition for the bank in 2015. The Tatweej Academy for Excellence Awards and its subsidiary organisations have, over the years, awarded hundreds of prominent Arab leaders and leading private and governmental institutions in recognition of their initiatives, achievements and leadership in various sectors covering Banking and ﬁnance, social media, ICT, and e-government lending initiatives. Working as per international standards, all nominees are carefully scrutinised by professional and skilled committees working in close cooperation with relevant expert Jury boards. Furthermore, all events are supported by governmental and nongovernmental institutions as well as ministries, and organised in close collaboration with world renowned Organizations such as the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Arab Organization for Administrative Development (League of Arab States) and more.

Omani Products’ Exhibition opens at Lulu Hypermarket in Ghubrah MUSCAT: In order to boost “Origin Oman”, the nationwide campaign to promote local products, and in line with the Sultanate’s celebration of the 45th National Day, an Omani Products’ Exhibition was inaugurated yesterday (Sunday) at Lulu Hypermarket in Al Ghubra, under the auspices of Hilal bin Hamad Al Hasani, Chief Executive Officer of the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE). The series of Omani Products’ Exhibitions are being held to motivate consumers – individuals and institutions – to buy locally manufactured products. Besides, these exhibitions disseminate awareness about the positive effect of purchasing Omani products in supporting the national economy, says a press release. Al Hasani stressed that promoting Oman-made products is one of the vital objectives of PEIE. “We always aim at generating awareness on the Omani products through various platforms including exhibitions at the commercial centres. The Omani products today are enjoying excellent reputation marked by high quality and standards. These products are widely spreading locally, regionally and internationally which encourage the local companies to further expand their production database and diversify their products,” Al Hasani said. “PEIE constantly evaluates its series of exhibitions and reevaluates Origin Oman campaign policies through preparation of plans and intensive programmes. We are reaching the end of the eighth ﬁve-year plan and the start of the ninth ﬁve-year plan. The latter will provide a number of distinctive programmes for

Omani products,” he added. Visitors to the exhibition expressed their conﬁdence in the Omani products and praised the great quality maintained by these products. Mohamed Al Khusaibi, a visitor, emphasised that the Omani products have always attracted his attention. “I personally feel proud to witness the success of these products, not only in the local markets, but also in the international markets. Such exhibitions offer a great opportunity for the consumers to come and experience the great quality characterised by these products by themselves. As locals, we have to support the locally manufactured products, which play a role in offering job opportunities for the nationals and subsequently advancing the Omani economy,” Al Khusaibi pointed out. Majid Al Maqbali, on the other hand, said that it is a collective responsibility to constantly support the Omani products. “By organising Omani Products’ Exhibitions continually, consumers shall be able to get acquainted on the great characteristics of these products and eventually get encouraged to purchase the Omani products rather than the imported ones,” Al Maqbali noted.

Said Al Barwani, another visitor, said: “Taking into consideration the fact that by supporting Omani products job opportunities shall be generated for the nationals, therefore it is our duty to always support these products, knowing that the nationals will get beneﬁted. Besides, by organising this exhibition in line with the ongoing Sultanate’s celebrations of the 45th National Day, it would be a great opportunity to generate awareness on Omani products among the various segments of the society.” The series of Omani Products’ Exhibitions aims to apprise citizens and residents of the quality of Omani products and their competitive capabilities, encourage consumers both individuals and organisations to purchase local products and services, and generate more awareness on the importance of buying Omani products and its direct contribution in advancing the national economy. Origin Oman Campaign is a national initiative designed to encourage consumers and organisations to buy Oman made goods and services wherever possible, and promote national pride in the manufacturing industry and the economic importance of buying local made products.

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Taylor inspires Kiwis fightback with swashbuckling double ton ‘Rosco’ brilliance blows WACA Test wide open

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PERTH: Kane Williamson believes all three results are back on the table in the second Test after Ross Taylor’s unbeaten 235 and his own 166 brought New Zealand within 49 runs of Australia’s huge first innings total on Sunday. Anything but an Australian victory and unassailable 2-0 series lead looked highly unlikely after the hosts racked up 416-2 on the opening day on their way to 559-9 declared. The tourists got themselves right back in the contest on the back of a record stand of 265 between Taylor and Williamson on day three, however, and even if a draw looks the most likely result, the 25-year-old New Zealander was ruling nothing out. “We still are a little bit behind in this match, on the scoreboard obviously, but having to bat last could bring its challenges as well,” he told ABC radio at the WACA. “It’s important we look to play well in the first session tomorrow and take it from there. It’s looking like the three results are still open which makes it an exciting game.” Taylor’s double century was the first for a New Zealander against their trans-Tasman Sea rivals and a brilliant return to form for a batsman who had looked a shadow of his once imposing self in the opening Test in Brisbane. The 31-year-old was forced to pull out of New Zealand’s southern African tour earlier this year to undergo surgery for a nasty groin injury he suffered in the nets. His previous eight innings this year had netted just one half

after ﬁnishing the day on 235 not out, he could yet eclipse the 253 David Warner contributed to Australia’s ﬁrst innings 559-9 declared

PERTH: Ross Taylor scored the first double century by a New Zealander against Australia to drive the tourists to within 49 runs of the hosts’ tally on 510 for six at the close of play on the third day of the second Test on Sunday. The 31-year-old righthander shared a record partnership of 265 runs with Kane Williamson, who scored 166, as the tourists finally got on the front foot after losing the first Test by 208 runs and conceding a torrent of runs at the start of the second. Taylor’s innings was already the highest of his career and, after finishing the day on 235 not out, he could yet eclipse the 253 David Warner contributed to Australia’s first innings 559-9 declared. Questions will be asked about the quality of the WACA wicket after more a than a thousand runs were scored in three days but Australia’s Mitchell Starc showed there was life in the track with one frightening spell of new-ball bowling. The left-arm paceman hit the 160 kilometres per hour mark with one delivery, took a chunk out of New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum’s bat with another and created a string of chances which all failed to go to hand. It was the more pedestrian pace of Josh Hazlewood that broke the third-wicket partnership when Williamson toe-ended an attempted pull to Mitchell Johnson at mid-on, while Mitchell Marsh’s 130-kph effort clean bowled McCullum for 27. Starc (2-83) did get some reward for his fiery efforts with a full toss that BJ Watling (1) slapped to Nathan Lyon at point and Johnson (1131) removed Doug Bracewell for 12 to claim his 311th Test wicket. That moved the 34-year-old ahead of Brett Lee and into fourth

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What an outstanding knock from Rosco, it was certainly one of his better ones Kane Williamson New Zealand

century but he blew away any concerns about his future in a torrent of runs on Sunday. “He’s batting fantastically, hopefully he can come out and continue tomorrow,” Williamson added. “What an outstanding knock from Rosco, it was certainly one of his better ones.” Williamson boosted his own growing stature as one of the best batsmen in the world with a second century in the series, his fourth in nine innings this year. His satisfaction at being part of the highest partnership by a pair of New Zealand batsmen against Australia and helping New Zealand to 510 for six at stumps was tempered only by having been dismissed to leave Taylor to bat on without his support. “I suppose you always want more,” he said. “It would have been nice to stick around with Ross, who was knackered at the end of the day, and it would have been nice to keep each other ticking over. It was a brilliant knock from him.” - Reuters

runs from 308 balls 34 fours

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place in the list of Australian Test wicket-takers with only Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Dennis Lillee ahead of him. Throughout all that excitement, though, Taylor batted on assiduously and courageously through 308 balls, peppering the boundaries with 34 fours. The partnership with Williamson, who scored his fourth century in nine innings

this year, was the highest by any New Zealand pair against Australia and the ninth highest by any visiting batsmen in the country. Resuming on 26 with New Zealand 140 for two, Taylor looked as unsettled as Williamson was assured at the other end for the ﬁrst hour. He looked more and more comfortable as the day wore on, however, and after Williamson

secured his 12th Test century, the former captain pipped him with his 13th soon after lunch by cutting spinner Lyon to the third man boundary. Passing 5,000 career Test runs on the way, he brought up the double century off Starc from his 31st four with yet another of the ﬁne cover drives that had studded his innings. - Reuters

Australia 1st innings 559 for 9 decl. (D. Warner 253, U. Khawaja 121) New Zealand 1st innings: M. Guptill lbw b Starc 1 T. Latham c Smith b Lyon 36 K. Williamson c Johnson b Hazlewood 166 R. Taylor not out 235 B. McCullum b M. Marsh 27 B. Watling c Lyon b Starc 1 D. Bracewell c Nevill b Johnson 12 M. Craig not out 7

Extras (b-7, lb-10 nb-3 w-5) 25 Total (for 6 wickets, 129 overs) 510 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-87, 3-352, 4-432, 5-447, 6-485 To bat: M. Henry, T. Southee, T. Boult Bowling: M. Starc 30-6-83-2, J. Hazlewood 27-2-98-1 (nb-1), M. Johnson 24-2-131-1 (w-1), N. Lyon 30-4-93-1, M. Marsh 15-1-73-1 (nb-2), S. Smith 3-0-15-0 Umpires: Nigel Llong and Sundaram Ravi TV umpire: Richard Illingworth

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Bangladesh edge Oman in nine-goal thriller, India and Pakistan win MUSCAT: Oman went down to Bangladesh in a nine-goal thriller to suffer their second defeat at the ongoing 8th Junior Men’s Asia Cup hockey tournament in Kuantan, Malaysia on Sunday. According to information received here, it was Oman who dominated the proceedings at the beginning of the Pool B match played at the Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium. The Sultanate squad took the lead as early as third minute through Mohamad Al Lawati and doubled the lead in the 20th minute. But Bangladesh went on to take the honours thanks to goals from Ashraful Islam (11th, 38th), Roman Sarkar (4th), Arshad Hossain (16th) and Dean Mohamed Emon (25th). Oman lost their first match on Saturday when they were handed a 5-2 defeat by South Korea. Bangladesh play South Korea on Tuesday and only an upset win will assure them of a quarterfinals place while Oman face formidable Pakistan. Meanwhile, Pakistan survived a bullish first half scare from South Korea on Sunday before pulling

away a 3-0 win in another Pool B match. Forward Muhammad Dilber, one of the most prolific forwards in the Pakistan team, scored a brace (8th, 42nd) while Abu Mahmood added the third (49th) to give the Pakistanis a confirmed passage into Wednesday’s quarterfinals. “It was tough in the first half but experience was our forte and we are extremely excited with this win over Korea,” said team manager, Brig Khalid Farani. Japan stepped up the pace to defeat China 2-1 in Pool A match. The Japanese, who lost to India in the tournament’s opening match on Saturday, clawed back from a Lixing Su 12th minute field goal to strike twice after the breather. Shunya Miyazaki (49th) and Shota Yamada (52nd) penalty corner goals sealed victory for Japan. It is China’s second defeat in the tournament and are likely to finish at the bottom of the table should they lose to the strong Indian side on Tuesday in the last preliminary round match. Meanhwile, IANS said that in another Pool A match, India withstood a strong Malaysia challenge before winning 5-4 to register their

THRILLING MATCH: Action from the match between Oman and Bangladesh in Malaysia.

second consecutive victory. India caught a horrible start as Malaysia’s Shahril Saabah scored a field goal in the very first minute. India, however, came back strongly to level 1-1 within 10 minutes of the first half through forward Mandeep Singh. The first half saw both the teams

pressing hard until Saabah scored again to help Malaysia take the lead in the 25th minute. The second half started with India again conceding a penalty corner to Malaysia but it was bravely saved by Indian goalkeeper Suraj Karkera. The save started the turnaround for India in the match

with Gurjant Singh scoring the equalising goal in the 40th minute. The Indian forwards pressed hard and their efforts were duly rewarded with two back-to-back penalty corners, one of which was beautifully converted by Harmanpreet Singh in the 46th minute to give India the much needed lead

for the first time in the game. Another streak of consecutive penalty corners resulted in India converting another one through Harmanpreet and take India’s lead to 4-2 in the 56th minute. Mandeep’s second goal five minutes ensured India’s comfortable three-goal lead at 5-2. However the Malaysians thereafter fought back as Ismat Sufi Rohulamin scored in the 62nd minute to reduce the deficit to two. Four minutes later, Saabah completed his hat-trick to make it 4-5 as the hosts searched for their equaliser in the next four minutes but were unsuccessful. India chief coach Harendra Singh termed the result “a narrow escape” for his side. “It was a very good effort by the team. The boys showed impeccable attacking ability by putting five goals past the opponents. The defence was tested to such an extent for the first time in the tournament and it was a narrow escape,” Harendra said in a release. “We will take the positives out of the game and work hard on deriving a balance between attack and defence.”

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Starc bowls fastest delivery clocked in Tests The left-arm paceman fell just short of joining the “100 miles per hour” club as the speed of the yorker, which was dug out

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Shoaib Malik saw writing on the wall and retired from Tests In his latest blog for PakPassion.net, former Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail wrote about what he believes are the reasons behind the retirements of Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan, the continued controversy regarding the Pakistan-India series and the possibility of Misbah-ul Haq’s retirement from cricket

for no run by New Zealand’s Ross

Taylor, translates into the imperial scale at 99.67mph

PERTH: Australia’s Mitchell Starc bowled the fastest delivery ever measured at a Test match when the fourth ball of his 21st over at the WACA on Sunday was clocked at 160.4 kilometres per hour. The left-arm paceman fell just short of joining the “100 miles per hour” club as the speed of the yorker, which was dug out for no run by New Zealand’s Ross Taylor, translates into the imperial scale at 99.67 mph. The recording of the speed of deliveries is a relatively recent development in the long history of cricket and an inexact science given the lack of uniformity in the speed gun technology utilised. A delivery from Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar in a One-day International against England in South Africa in 2003, which was measured at 161.3kph, is the fastest on record. New Zealand batting coach Craig McMillan later called into the question whether Starc’s delivery was as fast as Australian broadcasters Channel Nine showed on the screen. “Maybe someone in the (TV)

FASTEST IN TESTS: Australia’s paceman Mitchell Starc retrieves his cap from the umpire after taking a wicket. – AFP

Khawaja to miss Adelaide, Hobart Tests PERTH: Top order batsman Usman Khawaja has been ruled out of Australia’s next two Test matches by the hamstring strain he sustained against New Zealand at the WACA on Saturday. The 28-year-old lefthander, who returned from more than two years in the Test wilderness to score centuries in the ﬁrst two matches against the Black Caps, pulled up while chasing a ball to the boundary. Cricket Australia on Sunday conﬁrmed the Pakistan-

truck was having a bit of fun,” McMillan told reporters at the WACA. “It looked pretty similar to a lot of the other deliveries throughout the day that were closer to 150 than 160. I’m not sure whether maybe

born batsman would miss the ﬁnal match of the New Zealand series and the opening test against West Indies. “Usman suffered a left hamstring injury in the ﬁeld yesterday afternoon and underwent scans in Perth this morning,” team physiotherapist David Beakley said in a news release. “The scans have indicated a moderate hamstring muscle strain which means it is likely he will be unavailable for the next two Test matches in Adelaide and Hobart.” - Reuters

the wrong button was pushed or what. “I was a bit surprised when I saw it come up on the TV ... I just wonder whether there was a technical problem down at the truck that maybe led to that.” - Reuters FOOTBALL

Shaken Germany to play Netherlands BERLIN: Germany’s friendly against the Netherlands on Tuesday will go ahead as planned, despite the German team still being shaken by the deadly attacks in Paris, the world champions said on Sunday. Germany were playing France in Paris on Friday as a wave of attacks was unleashed across the city, killing 129 people. “The message is clear. We will not be intimidated by terror,” said interim German FA (DFB) chief Reinhard Rauball in a statement, following a meeting to decide whether the game in Hanover would go ahead. “For the team to play against the Dutch only a few days after the terrible experiences in Paris is a necessary signal.” The Germany players and staff had spent Friday night holed up inside the stadium before leaving straight for the airport on Saturday morning. — Reuters

T would appear that we are in a season of retirements with news that Shoaib Malik has quit Test matches and Younis Khan will not play ODIs any more. Shoaib Malik’s decision to leave the Test arena was a little abrupt to say the least and the timing was also not ideal. However, as far as he is concerned, I think Shoaib Malik saw the writing on the wall and retired from Test cricket. He soon realized that he was just a temporary stop-gap measure. With Azhar Ali coming back after fitness issues and Asad Shafiq also doing well, Shoaib knew that the only other slot available for him in the Test team would be as an opener in the upcoming tour against England. Being a smart person that he is, he realized that he wouldn’t stand a chance as English bowlers had worked him out in the UAE and if he was having issues on placid wickets, what chance did he stand in English conditions. The outcome was obvious and Malik has taken a sensible route where he can concentrate on ODI and T20Is which also benefits Pakistan. Yes, Malik did score a double-hundred against England but he also knew that the England bowlers had worked out his weakness as we saw in the rest of the Test series. He did provide an extra bowling option in place of Mohammed Hafeez but playing him at the number three position was a stretch too far and he was bound to be worked out, which is what happened. The team management should have thought ahead of time about how they would accommodate Azhar Ali when he came back but they didn’t. The plan seemed to be to play Malik at any costs somewhere in the team without putting any thought to all the possibilities. We may have different opinions on Shoaib’s decision but what to say of the people who elevated him to the position of a Test player out of the blue? The problem with Pakistan cricket is that if they see a player available, they just want to somehow fit him in the Pakistan squad, regardless of his suitability. No one is really interested in long term solutions, it’s all about here and now. They are happy to apply temporary fixes and keep things moving. Take the example of Younis Khan. Undoubtedly, he’s had an illustrious career; he has and remains a great servant for Pakistan cricket and it was time to move on. He was shoehorned into the ODI squad

We may have different opinions on Shoaib’s decision but what to say of the people who elevated him to the position of a Test player out of the blue? The problem with Pakistan cricket is that if they see a player available, they just want to somehow fit him in the Pakistan squad, regardless of his suitability during the 2015 World Cup and asked to open the innings against India. Does anyone in their right mind believe that he had the technique to open the innings? Then you compound your blunder by having him in the ODI squad, presumably with the vision of having him in the squad for the 2017 Champions Trophy and the 2019 World Cup. Would he be able to survive on those pitches? What that shows me is an inability to plan ahead and therein lies the real problem with our cricket setup. Staying on the subject of Younis Khan and the timing or occasion of his announcement, I believe he realised that he was not welcome in the Pakistan ODI team. Yes the selectors did name him but there were enough stories floating around in the media which seem to indicate a conflict between the team management and the selectors on this issue. This must have been obvious to Younis and he took this decision to protect his dignity. Pakistan-India series Pakistan-India cricket relations are another hot topic which seem to be hogging a lot of headlines at the moment. The number of news items and permutations around where and how both countries can play each other is bordering on the ridiculous. In fact, let me say it, it is ridiculous and daft! The timing of this whole cricket series is simply not right. When both countries armies are exchanging fire across borders and

hawkish statements being made by politicians from both sides of the divide, how on earth can any cricket series take place in such an atmosphere? That is obvious to everyone except those from the Pakistan side who are pushing for this to happen. The reason for that is simple. At the time of the Big 3 takeover, our PCB representative made tall claims of securing the series with an MOU being signed to back it up. The series was supposed to bring untold benefits, including sizable financials ones to Pakistan cricket. This position was flaunted around but the fact is that we had no guarantees or assurance whatsoever of this series ever happening. Quite naturally, people are asking the people who seemed to have this in the bag to explain when we can expect this to happen and this is the reason we are seeing so much fuss being made by Pakistan authorities to try and make it happen, without any obvious signs of success. Misbah’s retirement! Misbah-ul Haq has had an excellent career as captain of the Pakistan Test team. He took over the captaincy of the team at a point where things were looking very dicey for the team, especially due to the spot-fixing scandal. Now that he has lead admirably and put Pakistan as the number two ranked Test team, I would like him to go and play in the next tour which may well be the England one in 2016 and genuinely point out the issues with the team. Up to now he has not admitted to any failings but our Test record outside UAE is not the best and it is high time that Misbah with a view to improving our performances in the future, point out all that is right and what mistakes have been made during his captaincy. He needs to be honest and say where the selection committee was wrong and where the PCB did not do their job right in ensuring that Pakistan were able to win abroad in Australia and South Africa or even in England. I really do believe that if he is fit and delivering, there should be no reason or calls for him to leave the team. But that isn’t the only reason why he should not think of retiring now. The fact is that Pakistan cricket does not have a replacement for the current captain at the moment nor has he groomed a successor who can go on an important tour of England and deliver. - PakPassion.net

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015

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Oman national football team started training in extreme cold conditions in Turkmen capital city of Ashgabat ahead of their Group D match of the World Cup/Asian Cup joint qualiﬁers against hosts Turkmenistan. During their training session, Paul Le Guencoached Omanis were given a pep talk by Oman Football Association chief Sayyid Khalid Al Busaidi. Oman take on Turkmenistan at Kopetdag Stadium in Ashgabat on Tuesday and the match will kick off at 5.00 pm Oman time. Oman have 11 points from ﬁve outings, same as Iran but the latter occupy the top spot thanks to their better goal average. — OFA

Jadeja is bankable bowler, says Arun Ravindra Jadeja has complemented team’s spin spearhead Ashwin with both leading the wickets tally with 12 scalps each to their credit from three completed innings

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Djokovic thrashes Nishikori at ATP World Tour Finals

NO. 1: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates with the ATP World No 1 Award trophy after his group stage match against Japan’s Kei Nishikori at the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Sunday. – AFP

LONDON: No one has come close to cracking the riddle of beating Novak Djokovic on an indoor court for more than three years and Kei Nishikori became the latest player on Sunday to discover just how difficult it is to solve that puzzle. Djokovic began his bid for a record fourth successive title at the ATP World Tour Finals with a brutal yet awe-inspiring 6-1, 6-1 hammering that left Nishikori in a daze. “No question, it felt like the best tennis I played this year,” the 28-year-old Serb told reporters. “I was at my best and it was an incredible performance.” Before the start of the match,

both players stood heads bowed during a minute’s silence in memory of the victims of Friday’s Paris attacks -- with the French ﬂag’s red-white-blue tricolour plastered on the electronic banner surrounding the O2 Arena. It was not long before Djokovic was at his unrelenting best. The Serbian world No. 1 showed the kind of form that has made him an unbeatable force on indoor courts for more than three years with a 65-minute demolition job. Djokovic subjected Nishikori to an array of heavy-duty groundstrokes, cruel lobs and sublime volleys as he chalked up his 38th successive win on an indoor court dating back to October 2012.

As Djokovic romped to a 3-0 lead in the opening set, there were few opportunities for Nishikori’s fan club to pick up the vast numbers of Japanese flags draped over the arena’s metal railings. The red and white flags made a fluttering appearance when Nishikori finally held in the fourth game but the joy was fleeting as Djokovic easily sealed the first set before finishing off his opponent with a backhand volley. Since none of Djokovic’s rivals have worked out how to beat him indoors, one reporter asked the Serb for a solution. “If I had (a solution), I wouldn’t share it with you, that’s for sure,” he quipped. - Reuters

BENGALURU: Few months that he was dropped from the Indian squad worked well for left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja as he got time to reflect on his game and look at areas of improvement, feels national team’s bowling coach Bharath Arun. Jadeja has complemented team’s spin spearhead Ravichandran Ashwin with both leading the wickets tally with 12 scalps each to their credit from three completed innings in the ongoing four-Test series. “I guess he had some time to reflect as to which areas he needs to work on to improve. His performances in Ranji Trophy (more than 30 plus wickets for Saurashtra) should have given him loads of confidence,” Arun told mediapersons on a day when play was called off without a ball being bowled. “Also Jadeja is one of our ‘banker’ (bankable) bowlers. No matter what format you play, whether you play Tests or ODIs. He knows using his strengths to his advantage,” he added. While Jadeja introspected about his game, the coach said that Bhuvneshwar Kumar “needs to swing the ball more” even though he is happy that he has added a couple of yards of pace. “Pertaining to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, there are 140 plus bowlers, who can also swing the ball. Bhuvi’s USP was his swing. He has definitely put in a few more yards in terms of pace but it’s not that he is not swinging the ball but he needs to swing it a lot more

FRUITS OF HARD WORK: Ravindra Jadeja’s performance in Ranji

Trophy gave him loads of conﬁdence. – PTI

Second day’s play washed out BENGALURU: Steady rain washed out the entire second day’s play in the second Test between India and South Africa on Sunday with the weather forecast for the next two days casting a cloud of doubt over the possibility of a result. After the early morning showers relented, start was pushed back by an hour to 10:30 local time (0500 GMT) and the players walked out to warm up for action. The rain, however, returned soon resulting ﬁrst in an early lunch before play was called off for the day. “If weather permits, tomorrow (on Monday) the play will start at 9:15 (3:15 GMT),” the Indian cricket board posted

consistently and that will come back with work,” Arun said about the UP pacer, who has now been sent back to domestic cricket to remain match ﬁt. Arun, who has been associated with National Cricket Academy for years, also observed that there is a good reserve pool of pacers in the country and they need to be guided properly. “Right now it will be unfair to name any but we have a pretty healthy pool of bowlers. We need

on Twitter. More rain and thunderstorms have been predicted for the next two days, jeopardising the possibility of a result in the contest. While this is surely not how AB de Villiers expected his 100th Test to pan out, the Proteas are unlikely to mind the rain intervention. Top ranked Test team Proteas have not lost an away series since 2006 but Hashim Amla’s team ﬁnd themselves on back foot in the four-Test series. Apart from the batsmen’s vulnerability against spin, the absence of injured Steyn and Philander has also taken much of the sting off their pace attack. - Reuters

to monitor and guide them to attain their potential.” A speciﬁc query was there on how Ashwin worked on his loadup (getting into delivery stride) and Arun attributes it to all about empowering the bowlers. “It is all about creating awareness. Make him more aware about what he is doing. It’s about empowering the bowlers. For any player, the challenge is to empower them, so that they are able to repeat their skill consistently.” - PTI

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Sanad pleased with Rotax Max Grand Finals show

CRICKET

Al Rawahi started from 13th on the grid CHAMPIONS: SS Friends celebrate with winners trophy.

in the DD2 ﬁnals but

SS Friends clinch FRiENDi Mobile Challenger Cup

was involved in ﬁrst lap chaos, which saw him drop to near the back of the ﬁeld of 34. But he recovered well and during the second half of the race was one of the fastest drivers on track as he powered to sixth place

MUSCAT: Omani racer Sanad Al Rawahi and his Team UAE teamamate Piers Pakenham-Walsh were the best performers on the final day of the 2015 Rotax MAX Grand Finals in Portugal, while their teammates suffered a myriad of misadventures on an action packed last day at Kartodromo Internacional Algarve on Saturday. According to information received here, Al Rawahi started from 13th on the grid in the DD2 finals but was involved in first lap chaos, which saw him drop to near the back of the field of 34. But he recovered well and during the second half of the race was one of the fastest drivers on track - only the winner set a quicker lap - as he powered to sixth place and his best showing in a Grand Finals. Al Rawahi said: “I am very pleased with this result as it is payback for the hard work we put

ACTION PACKED: Piers Pakenham-Walsh, front, leads Team UAE teamate Sanad Al Rawahi during DD2

ﬁnal at the 2015 Rotax MAX Grand Finals in Portugal. – Supplied photo

into our racing programme. I want to thank my father for making this happen, my brother (Abdullah) for his support, my crew who provided me with a good kart and everyone in Team UAE.” Pakenham-Walsh recovered from 29th on the grid, made a good start and kept out of trouble, to claim a well-deserved ninth place as he slugged it out with the world’s best Rotax drivers. The result a just reward for the Dubai based driver who endured a challenging time in the Heat races and the Pre-ﬁnal, but he rose to the occasion in the best way possible. “I can’t believe it!” said Pakenham-Walsh when he was told he ﬁnished ninth. “The engine I had was not the fastest, but I gave it all I have and am very happy to be in the top ten. Big thanks to my family, my mechanic Tom Holland and Team UAE for a great effort. I am very, very happy.”

It was bitter disappointment for Luke Varley who never put a foot wrong all week in the DD2 class, winning two of his Heats and finishing second in the Pre-final. In the Final, starting from second on the grid he was swamped at the start and overtaken by several drivers. Nevertheless he recovered well and started picking his way to the front, but while battling for third he tangled with a slower driver and was forced to retire from the race. Hungarian driver Ferenc Kancsar won the race to claim the DD2 world title. Abdullah in 26th Both Team UAE drivers in the MAX Pre-final had a morning to forget as they were embroiled in battles that saw them drop down to the tail of the field with Tom Bale and Abdullah Al Rawahi finishing 20th and 26th. In the Final they both fared bet-

ter with Bale crossing the line in 16th and Al Rawahi 21st, with Italian driver Alex Alex claiming the MAX world title. Taymour Kermanshahchi was the only Team UAE Junior driver in action on the final day. He made a good start and was running strongly early on in the Pre-final but was involved in an incident which earned him a penalty from the Race Stewards which relegated him to 30th on the grid for the Final. From that point on UAE Junior MAX Champion’s Final race was compromised and although he was making his way up the order in the Final, he was bumped by a rival which again dropped him down the field to last. He crossed the line in 28th out of 34. Frenchman Florian venturi emerged on top after a tense six kart battle for the lead to be crowned the Junior MAX world champion.

MUSCAT: SS Friends defeated National Gas team to lift the title at the FRiENDi Mobile Challenger Cup cricket tournament organised by Jazz Boys Cricket Club at Al Ghubrah Power Plant Ground. In a keenly contested ﬁnal, SS Friends ﬁrst bowled out National Gas for 58 before achieving their target scoring 59 for four. The tournament was mainly sponsored by FRiENDi Mobile, Danube, Abdul Fatah Mohammed Noor Co, National Metal Cans, Al Hajiry Trading, Cluttons and Al Faisal. The guests of honour for the gala prize distribution ceremony were Alex Bennett, CEO of FRiENDi Mobile, Joseph Rajan, Brand manager of FRiENDi Mobile and Jason Varghese, Executive Director of Al Hajiry Trading. Speaking on the occasion, Alex Bennett said: “We are very pleased to be associated with one of the most happening cricket tournaments in Oman and to see a new winner this time. We feel it has provided all cricket enthusiasts a very good opportunity to exhibit their talents and skills.” Vinu Mathew of Jazz Boys Club congratulated the winners and thanked all the sponsors for their continued support. He also

thanked the scorers, the umpires, the commentators and volunteers for a wonderful job done and a tournament organised really well. Results: Quarterfinals: Masters XI 75 for 6 lost to Future CC 76 for 4. Man of the match: Shami, 36 (Future CC); Akct Muscat 99 for 6 beat Mangaloreans 77 for 7. Man of the match: Ataullah 57 (Akct Muscat); FAP UTSC 55 for 8 lost to National Gas 61 for no loss. Man of the match: Kadir, 31 (National Gas); Attic Outdoors 71 for 7 lost to SS Friends 74 for 1. Man of the match: Shiva, 34 (SS Friends). Semifinals: National Gas 60 for 8 beat Future CC 29 for 5. Man of the match: Shafique (National Gas); Akct Muscat 71 for 10 lost to SS Friends 75 for 2. Man of the match: Shiva (SS Friends). Final: National Gas 58 all out lost to SS Friends 59 for 4. Man of the match: Chethan (SS Friends). Individual honours: Best batsman: Shiva (SS Friends); Best bowler: Shafique (National Gas); Best fielder: Faizan (Future CC); Maximum sixes: Wasim (Akct Muscat); Best wicketkeeper: Michael (Masters XI); Best catch: Abdulla (Al Dasser Friends); Best spectator: Sandeep (Attic Outdoors); Man of the series: Kiran (SS Friends) and Best dressed team: FAP UTSC.

RUNNERS-UP: National Gas Company team with their trophy. ISC TENNIS

Sanjana downs Nikita to retain U-17 crown

FINALISTS: Sanjana Girish, right, and Nikita Mansinghani.

MUSCAT: Sanjana Girish retained the girls’under-17 singles crown at the on-going Falcon Insurance Company-sponsored Annual Tennis Tournament organised by the Indian Social Club (ISC) Muscat. Sanjana dominated the final from start to finish and breezed to a comfortable 7-0 victory over Nikita Mansinghani. Sanjana has also qualified for the semi finals of the girls under-14 singles after topping Group-A with three victories. Sanjana defeated J. Kaavya 5-1 and followed it up with a 6-2 win over Nikita Mansinghani before completing a clean slate with a

5-0 win over Ann Joseph. Pratusha Susaria topped Group-B with a 5-2 win over M. Abirami and 5-2 over Haritha Shree. J. Kaavya and Haritha Shree also qualified for the semi finals. The top seeded team of Hassan Haider and Vedant Ram defeated Praneeth Raj and R. Varoon 6-0 in the quarterfinals and advanced to the final after defeating the duo of Prithvi Raj and Vivek Kolluru 8-2. In the final, the top seeds will take on the second seeded team of Sanskar Dubey and Shlok Ail, who scored a thrilling 8-4 victory over Avigyan Bhattacharya and Sanjana Girish.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015

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BEST OF PREPARATIONS: Oman women’s cricket team probables train at the Ministry of Sports Affairs cricket ground in Al Amerat on Sunday. – O.K. MOHAMMED ALI/Times of Oman

Oman team will be ‘at their best this time’ at GCC Women’s T20 tourney The women cricketers of Oman are undergoing rigorous training at the Ministry of Sports Affairs cricket ground in Al Amerat, which

The team is very good and we are very optimistic

looks grand with the ﬂoodlights up and standing

Sajit Kumar

Oman team manager T.K. MOHANDOSS sportseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Oman women’s cricket team will be at their best this time around, said a confident Sajit Kumar, manager of the team, and echoing a similar phrase was newly appointed coach and former Oman national player Nilesh Parmar. The women cricketers of Oman are undergoing rigorous training at the Ministry of Sports Affairs cricket ground in Al Amerat, which looks grand with the floodlights up and standing. Having finished third in the inaugural edition of the GCC Women’s T20 Tournament at home, Oman Cricket’s women’s co-ordinator Vaishali Jesrani had the other day mentioned to Times Sport that they are going for the second edition with the sole aim of

IN GOOD SPIRITS: Oman women’s cricket team manager Sajit Kumar, third from left, speaks to the players during a training session at the

Ministry of Sports Affairs cricket ground in Al Amerat on Sunday. – O.K. MOHAMMED ALI/Times of Oman

winning the pennant. According to Qatar Cricket Association (QCA) the second edition of the tournament will be held from November 30 to December 4. The QCA also revealed that only Oman and defending champions United Arab Emirates (UAE) have conﬁrmed participation. On the other hand it is learnt that last year’s runner-up Kuwait is doubtful for the tournament as they will be participating in yet another tournament in Thailand.

Oman team manager Sajit Kumar was full of conﬁdence while talking about the team, which he coached last year. “The team as of now is good and it is much better as compared to the last year’s GCC tournament,” said Sajit. “We are conﬁdent in all the departments of game and very optimistic of the side as of now,” he said. “Every individual in the team is putting their best foot forward in preparing for the tournament and

I am conﬁdent we can do well this time,” he added. “We are strongly focusing on all departments, especially concentrating on ﬁtness of the players. I am sure we will be perfectly prepared for the tournament.” Sajit also said most of the players who played last year are in the list of probables while there are also a few new faces. Meanwhile, coach Nilesh Parmar too was impressed by the team’s progress . “I am with the team for the last

two weeks and I see improvement day by day,” Nilesh, who understands what is store for the team on international stage, said. “I am impressed with the players and the training sessions have been good,” said Nilesh. “They will surely perform well in Doha.” After Sunday’s training session, Vaishali Jesrani said that the ﬁnal 14 is yet to be ﬁnalised. “We will do it soon and the best from the current 18 probables will be on the trip to Doha,” she said.

I am impressed with the players and the training Nilesh Parmar Oman team coach

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015

SPORTS

D DIVISION: Future Oildﬁeld. – Supplied photos

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Future Oilfield rout Al Maddah 37; Rafeeq Al Balushi 3/28). Points: OUA Travel - 2, Al Daam - 0.

Batting ﬁrst, Future

Al Rehwan beat RK Group In a G Division match, Al Rehwan overcame RK Group for a two-run victory. Batting ﬁrst, Al Rehwan scored 121 all out in 19.2 overs. Hassan and Nagendra claimed three wickets each for RK Group. In reply, RK Group was bowled out for 119 in 19.3 overs. Moshin top scored with 63 but it wasn’t enough. Nithin and Shihabudden claimed four wickets each for Al Rehwan.

Oilﬁeld piled up 223 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Al Maddah scored 115 for eight in 20 overs, thus enabling Future

J DIVISION: Hydrotec cricket team.

OUA TRALVEL STAR: Arun Dev.

Oilﬁeld to claim the bonus point win

MUSCAT: Future Oilfield routed Al Maddah by 108 runs in an Oman Cricket-organised D Division match played at the Municipality Ground III. Batting first, Future Oilfield piled up 223 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs thanks to fine innings by Mohammed Amjad (60) and Imran Ali (53). Shanavas claimed four scalps for Al Maddah. In reply, Al Maddah scored 115 for eight in 20 overs, thus enabling Future Oilfield to claim the bonus point win. Abdul Rahman scored an unbeaten 73. Wasim Abbas bowled a great

spell, claiming six for 15 in four overs for Future Oilﬁeld.

spectively. Sukhpreet, Khalid and Irfan bagged two wickets apiece.

Mudassar Iqbal claimed three wickets for Majees A.

Brief scores: Future Oilﬁeld 223 for 9 in 20 overs (Muhammed Amjad 60, Imran Ali 53; Shanavas 4/31) bt Al Maddah 115 for 8 in 20 overs (Abdul Rahman 73 n.o.; Wasim Abbas 6/15). Points: Future Oilﬁeld - 3, Al Maddah - 0.

Brief scores: MARH 173 for 9 in 20 overs (Khalid Moosa 50; Ajayan 2/21, Kaja 2/22) bt Atkins 145 for 8 in 20 overs (Sajeev 31, Prithwi 33; Mohammed Irfan 2/23). Points: MARC 2, Atkins - 0.

Brief scores: Majees A 129 for 6 in 20 overs (Moshin Zaidi 32 n.o.; Lokesh Nair 2/15) lost to Sayarti 130 for 6 in 15.1 overs (Ruwan 61; Mudassar Iqbal 3/39). Points: Sayarti – 3, Majees A - 0.

MARH down Atkins In an E Division match, Moosa Abdul Rahman Hassan (MARH) defeated Atkins by 28 runs at the Municipality Ground II. Batting ﬁrst, MARH scored of 173 for nine in 20 overs with Khalid Moosa top scoring with 50 runs. Ajayan and Kaja chipped in with two wickets each for Atkins. In reply, Atkins scored 145 for eight in 20 overs. Sajeev and Prithwi scored with 31 and 33 runs re-

Sayarti beat Majees A In an E Division match, Sayarti defeated Majees A by four wickets at the Municipality Ground IV. Batting ﬁrst, Majees A scored of 129 for six in 20 overs with Moshin Zaidi top scoring with an unbeaten 32. Lokesh Nair took two wickets for Sayarti. In reply, Sayarti scored 130 for six in 15.1 overs with Ruwan top scoring with 61 runs and in the process claimed the bonus point.

B R A Z I L I A N G R E AT

Brief scores: OUA Travel 188 for three in 20 overs (Arun Dev 122) bt Al Daam 167 for 8 in 20 overs (Abhilash

Ahli Bank, RAHRC in tie In an H Division match, Ahli Bank and RAHRC played out a dramatic tie. Batting ﬁrst, Ahli Bank scored 175 for nine in 19 overs with Issa Al Balushi top scoring with 61. Pranav and Saravanan claimed three wickets each for RAHRC. In reply, RAHRC ended up on the same score for the loss of eight wickets. Sujith R. top scored with 54. Brief scores: Ahli Bank 175 for 9 in 19 overs (Issa Al Balushi 61; Pranav 3/22, Saravanan 3/20) tied with RAHRC 175/8 in 19 overs (Sujith R. 54). Points: Ahli Bank - 1, RAHRC - 1.

Douglas OHI win In an I Division match, Douglas

Brief scores: Douglas OHI 192 for 7 in 20 overs (Riyaz 3/28) bt Trust Doosan 173 in 20 overs (Sajeev 46, Sanjay 49; Vinod 2/28). Points: Douglas OHI – 2, Trust Doosan - 0.

Huge win for Hydrotech In a J Division match, Hydrotech defeated Mani’s Azad by 10 wickets. Batting ﬁrst, Mani’s Azad scored 152 for nine in 20 overs. Abrar Hussain and Anil Samoon scored 44 and 45 runs each. Khurram and Jebin claimed two wickets each for Hydrotech. In reply, Hydrotech openers gunned down the total in just 15.1 overs to claim the bonus point. Taimur Khan and Khurram Rashid scored 52 not out and 93 not out respectively. Brief scores: Mani’s Azad 152 for 9 in 20 overs (Abrar Hussain 44, Ali Samoon 45; Jebin 2/26, Khurram 2/10) lost to Hydrotech 153 for no loss in 15.1 overs (Taimur Khan 52 n.o., Khurram Rashid 93 n.o.). Points: Hydrotech – 3, Mani’s Azad - 0.

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Ronaldo to open football schools in China CHENGDU: Brazilian great Ronaldo will open football schools in three Chinese cities including Beijing and Shanghai, by the end of this year, the head of the project has said.

Easy for OUA Travel In an F Division match, OUA Travel defeated Al Daam by 21 runs. Batting ﬁrst, OUA scored 188 for three of 20 overs with Arun Dev top scoring with a brilliant 122. In reply, Al Daam managed to score 167 for eight in 20 overs. Abhilash top scored with 37 runs. Shamras and Rafeeq claimed two and three wickets respectively.

Brief scores: Al Rehwan 121 in 19.2 overs. (Hassan 3/28, Nagendra 3/18) bt RK Group 119 in 19.3 overs (Moshin 63; Nithin 4/20, Shihabudden 4/21). Points: Al Rehwan – 2; RK Group - 0.

OHI defeated Trust Doosan by 19 runs. Batting ﬁrst, Douglas OHI scored 192 for seven in 20 overs. Bilal top scored with 64. Riyas and Imran claimed three and two wickets respectively for Doosan. In reply, Doosan managed to score 173 in 20 overs. Sajeev and Sanjay top scored with 46 and 49 runs respectively. Vinod, Khurum and Ramshela claimed two scalps each for Douglas OHI.

“Our ﬁrst schools will be located in Beijing, Shanghai and Mianyang (in southwest China’s Sichuan province), and they are expected to start operation in December,”

said Paulo Swerts, who will manage Ronaldo’s football schools in China. Ronaldo announced in September his plan to open 30 football schools in China. - IANS

Kerala Blasters rout NorthEast United for first away victory GUWAHATI: A superlative performance, in which they scored twice in two halves, buoyed Kerala Blasters to their first away victory in a 4-1 rout over home side NorthEast United FC in an Indian Super League (ISL) contest here on Sunday. English striker Chris Dagnall put the visitors ahead in the very first minute. Cavin Lobo made it 2-0 on 20 minutes. Antonio German netted the third in the 75th and Dagnall rounded off the scoreline a minute later at the Indira Gandhi Stadium. Argentine forward Nicolas Velez struck a consolation goal late in the added time. The win lifted bottom-placed Blasters a spot to the seventh with 11 points from 10 matches. NorthEast maintained their fifth place with 13 points from similar number of games. Blasters got a dream start when they scored from the opening attack of the match on 29 seconds through Dagnall. German created the opportunity with a commanding run from the left flank and squared the ball for the onrushing Dagnall to tap in. The goal stunned the home team into action. They showed some intent building up a series of passes to get back into the game. But the Blasters were not intent to taking things lying around and doubled their lead in the 21st minute. Cavin Lobo slipped past

FINE GOAL: Antonio German of Kerala Blasters celebrates their

third against NorthEast United FC during the ISL match at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday. – PTI

the Blasters backline, who tried to catch him offside, only to get their positioning wrong allowing the Indian international to calmly ﬁnish. The second goal knocked the stuffing out of NorthEast, who failed to muster any meaningful attack after it. Blasters went into the break content with the two-goal ascendancy and continued to pack the punches when play resumed forcing NorthEast goalkeeper T.P. Rehenesh into making a couple of saves. They needed some spark in their attack and a penalty could have served the purpose. But a strong shout was turned down by the referee in the 55th. Portuguese marquee player Simao Sabrosa tumbled in the

box under a challenge from Rahul Bheke after chesting a ball. The home crowd expected a decision in their favour but the referee waved for the play to continue much to their disappointment. Their frustration turned to despair when their team conceded twice within a minute. German got the ball on the right side of the box and curled his left footer around Rehenesh to make it 3-0. Dagnall then heightened NorthEast’s by making a solo diagonal run across the face of the goal before directing his left footer into Rehenesh’s left corner. Velez’s consolation goal via a stinging left footed shot was too little too late. - IANS

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TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH/SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

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Film information 24791641 / 24786776 Website: www.isurf.co.om

Vedhalam (Tamil) (Act) Cast: Ajith, Shruthi Hassan & Lakshami Menon 3:30 & 9:30 pm Cinema Main; 6:30 pm Cinema-2 Thoongavanam (Tamil) Thriller Cast : Kamal Hassan & Trisha 3:30 & 9:30 pm Cinema – 2; 6:30 pm Cinema Main Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (Hindi ) Cast: Salman Khan,Sonam Kapoor 3:45, 6:45 & 9:45 pm Cinema- 3 Akhil (Telugu) Rom/Act Cast : Akhil Akkineni & Sayesha Saigal 3:45, 6:45 & 9:45 pm at Cinema - 4 NEXT CHANGE: Aatagara (Kanada) on 20/11/2015 at 6-00 PM Friday; Amar Akbar Anthony (Mal) Programmes are subject to change

RADHA LAKSHMI TETALA November 16, 2008

FEBIN SOJI November 16, 2007

ALEEZA JOSEPH November 16, 2006

PARVATHI HARIDAS November 12, 2005

RELATIVE HUMIDITY

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TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201) 08:30 11:30 15:30 18:30 17:35 20:55

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DUBAI TO SALALAH (ROUTE 102)

TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201) 06:00 06:00 13:00 13:00 15:00 15:00

Nizwa Ruwi

TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)

SALALAH TO DUBAI (ROUTE 102) 15:00

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Spectre 007 (Action / Adventure / Thriller) Cast: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes 4.15, 9.15 & 11.55 pm CP No : 2965 (PG12) Blunt Force Trauma (Action) Cast: Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto, Ryan Kwanten 1.15 & 11.55 pm CP No: 2994 (15+) Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (Hindi / Drama) Cast: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher 3.00, 6.00 & 9.00 pm CP No: 2996 (PG) Steve Jobs (Biography / Drama) Cast: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen 2.00 & 7.00 pm CP No: 2995 (PG)

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TO YIBAL - FAHUD (ROUTE 62)

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Ruwi

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TO FAHUD - YIBAL (ROUTE 62) 06:30 06:30

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BURAIMI Spectre– 2D (Adventure, Thriller) (PG12) Cast: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz 4:00, 9:00, 11:30PM Blunt Force Trauma– 2D (Action) (15+) Cast: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood 6:45, 9:45 11:45PM The 33– 2D (Drama) (PG12) Cast: Naomi Scott, Cote de Pablo, Antonio Banderas 4:00, 6:45PM Prem Ratan Dhan Payo– 2D (Family) (PG) Cast: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Neil NitinMukesh 3:45, 6:30, 11:15PM Vedalam– 2D (Action, Masala) (PG) Cast: Ajith Kumar, Shruti Hasan, Laxmi Menon 8:30PM

Film information 24540856 / Advance Booking 24540855 Website: www.albahjacinemaoman.com

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)

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SALALAH Blunt Force Trauma (2D) (15+) (Action) Cast: Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto 10:30AM, 12:15, 11:45PM Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder (2D) (PG12) Cast: Emily Glaister, Eilif Hellum Noraker 12:15, 5:05PM Steve Jobs (2D) (PG) (Biography/Drama) Cast: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winsle 4:45, 6:45PM Amnesiac : Unconscious (2D) (12+) Cast: Kate Bosworth, Wes Bentley 4:00, 10:10PM Hatched: Chicks Gone Wild (2D) (PG) 10:45AM, 1:15, 2:35PM Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2D) (PG) (Family) Cast: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor 2:00, 8:00, 11:15PM Vedalam (2D) (PG) (Tamil) (Action | Masala) Cast: Ajith Kumar, Shruti Hasan, Laxmi Menon 7:15PM Thoongaa Vanam (2D) (PG12) (Tamil) Cast: Kamal Hasan, Trisha Krishnan 5:35PM Spectre (2D) (PG12) (Action/Thriller) 10:30AM, 2:00, 9:00, 11:55PM

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

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Rose Keegan 5:05 , 11:55 PM Vedalam - 2D (T) (PG) Action | Masala Cast : Ajith Kumar, Shruti Hasan, Laxmi Menon 9:00 PM

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54) 14:30 14:30

Sohar Ruwi Ruwi Sohar Ruwi Sohar Ruwi

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SOHAR Spectre - 2D (PG12) Action |Thriller Cast : Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes 3:15, 5:45, 8:30, 11:30 PM Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 2D (PG) Family Cast : Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor 3:00, 6:00, 8:15, 11:15 PM Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder - 2D (PG) Family |Comedy Cast : Emily Glaister, Eilif Hellum Noraker, Kristoffer 6:15 PM Hatched: Chicks Gone Wild - 2D (PG) Animation |Fantasy 2:30 PM Blunt Force Trauma - 2D (15+) Action Cast : Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto 4:00, 11:45 PM Thoongaa Vanam - 2D (T) (PG12) Crime Cast : Kamal Hasan, Trisha Krishnan 9:15 PM The 33 - 2D (PG12) Drama Cast : Naomi Scott, Antonio Banderas 2:45, 6:40 PM Amnesiac : Unconscious - 2D (PG12) Drama | Horror | Mystery Cast : Kate Bosworth, Wes Bentley, Olivia

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QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (ROUTE 36) Quriyat Sur Jaalan

RUWI Screen 1 Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (Family) – PG Cast : Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor 3.30, 6.45, 10.00 PM Screen 2 Spectre (Action) – PG12 Cast : Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz 3.45, 6.45 PM Thoongaa Vanam (Crime | Thriller) – PG12

AZAIBA Prem Ratan Dhan Payo – 2D (PG) Family Cast: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor 12:15, 2:00, 2:15, 5:20, 8:25, 10:30, 11:30 PM Spectra – 2D (PG12) Action, Adventure

TO MUSCAT (RUWI) Arrival Operating time days

SUR Spectre 007 (Action ) (PG12) Cast: Daniel Craig, Ralp Fiennes 3:00, 5:35, 9:00 PM Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (Family) (PG) Cast: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor 8:15, 11:30 PM Blunt Force Trauma (Action) (15+) Cast: Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto 3:00, 4:45, 11:45 PM Thoongaa Vanam (Tamil) (Crime) (PG12) Cast: Kamal Haasan, Trisha Krishnan 6:30 PM

The 33 : 2D (Drama) (PG12) Cast : Naomi Scott, Antonio Banderas Timing : 03:45PM

LONG DISTANCE BUS TIMINGS (OMAN NATIONAL TRANSPORT COMPANY SAOC) *SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Destination

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CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 3 YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE CINEMA | BOX-OFFICE COUNTER OPENS 30-MINUTES PRIOR TO THE SCREENING OF THE FIRST SHOW

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PHARMACIES Round the clock Al Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi 24783334

Apollo Medical Centre, Hamriya Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi Salalah Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra Muscat Region Apollo, Al Hamriya Muscat, A Seeb Market Muscat, Al Khuwair Muscat, Al Hail South Dhofar Region Muscat, Al Nahdha Road, Salalah

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HOSPITALS Al Amal Medical & Health Care Centre 24485052 Atlas Hospital Ruwi 24811743/ Ghubra 24504000 Al Musafir Specialised Medical Clinic 24706453 Hatat Polyclinic LLC, Ruwi 24563641 Azaiba 24499269 Sohar 2683006 Al Raffah Hospital 24618900/1/2 Al Massaraat Clinic & Laboratory 24566435 Al Makook Medical Coordinance Centre 24499434 Apollo Medical Centre,

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

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LIFESTYLE BRIEFS

Smartphone Can Be Your Fitness Tracker Uncomfortable with your wristband ﬁtness tracker? Now you can bury it somewhere in your closet as your smartphone would be your new ﬁtness tracker, say researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A new system called BioPhone, developed by researchers at MIT, can take your heart rate, breathing and other physiological measurements while it sits in your bag or pocket — without even touching your body, MIT Technology Review reported.

What Your Tweets Actually Reveal About You

Keep It Smooth How do you know when your clutch is worn out or failing?

Don’t rely on your mechanic for everything. You might end up spending lots Story Faisal Mohammed Naim

ll die-hard manual transmission fans and motorbike lovers out there know that at some point or the other, they are going to have problem with the clutch. It ages too like all the other things. But one thing differentiates its ageing process from others is that it does not have ﬁxed or even approximate time span. You could live well with it for two hundred thousand kilometres, or burn it out in a day (literally). Replacing your clutch isn’t like changing your oil; there aren’t any periodic or mileage guidelines for switching it out. The wear and tear on your clutch depends on your personal driving style and driving environment. A clutch driven in the hills is not going to last nearly as long as one driven on the plains. On average, your clutch could last anywhere from 20,000 to 150,000 miles. So how do you know when your clutch is worn out or failing? Don’t rely on your mechanic for everything. You might end up milked for money, having the clutch components replaced, when in fact they were still good to go, while the mechanic makes double money ﬁrst by selling you the new components, and then reselling the ones taken off from your vehicle. It is really easy to detect if your clutch is really nearing its end. Here are a few helpful tips.

Troubled Shifting If you notice that when you shift, your vehicle does not engage smoothly and shakes, this is a good sign that you’ve got a bad clutch. Shifting problems are most apparent in ﬁrst gear and reverse (reverse in cars). Change in perceived engine power when pulling a load, also indicates a slipping clutch, as it reduces the amount of power delivered to the drive wheels. Visible Damage If you’re mechanically savvy, you can remove the inspection cover at the bottom of the bell housing to see your clutch. If your clutch is going bad, you’ll notice obvious visible damage. If you notice a ﬁne black dust around your clutch, this is normal wear – look for damage to the actual clutch itself – any cuts or frictional scars mean the clutch needs replacement. Your Clutch Feels Spongy Be aware of your clutch’s action. As the clutch/pressure plate system wears gradually over time, the clutch’s performance may become noticeably diminished. A soft or spongy clutch is an early sign that your clutch is failing. Change in Clutch Pedal Height Drive your car around the block and pay close attention to the feel of your clutch and how far you

let the clutch out before the gear catches. If you have to let your clutch out most of the way before it engages, it is also a sign of a worn clutch. Same for bikes – try the same with the clutch lever. Burning Smell When your clutch is failing, it is commonly accompanied by a burning smell. The smell comes from the friction of your slipping clutch. Some say it smells like fried chicken.

Do a Road Test If you’re still not sure if your clutch is going out, the next time you’re on the highway, rev your engine while in ﬁrst, then pop directly into fourth. If your engine continues to whine and rev high, the gear has not caught and the clutch is going out. If your car shakes from being in too high a gear and is slow to pick up speed, the clutch is ﬁne. Ride safe. More next time. faisal@timesofoman.com

What can you tell about people and their situations from only 140 characters? Quite a lot, says a new study that scanned more than 20 million tweets to study the psychological characteristics of real-world situations. The new research from the Florida Atlantic University provides insights about the psychological experience of a typical workday or week. The researchers were able to develop a method for automatically extracting meaningful information about the situations people experience in their daily lives from tweets. People frequently tweet about their locations, what they are doing, how they are feeling, or things they ﬁnd interesting in the present moment. In other words, people tend to tweet about the situations they experience.

New System Can ‘Cheaply’ Process Mobile Images Researchers have developed a new technique that consumes much less battery and bandwidth while processing images taken through smartphone cameras. The system sends a highly compressed image to a central server, and the server sends back an even smaller ﬁle, which contains simple instructions for modifying the original image. As smartphones become people’s primary cameras, there is growing demand for built-in image-processing apps in smartphones. But image processing quickly drains a cellphone’s battery. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University and Adobe Systems have developed the system that can reduce the bandwidth consumed by serverbased image processing by as much as 98.5 per cent, and the power consumption by as much as 85 per cent. -IANS

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2015 Automotive Industry Trends On average automakers spend

$1200

in R&D per vehicle

200% increase in automotive product variety over the past 15 years Automotive product lifecycles have decreased from

5 years to 3

Automation and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software reduces time to market by

50%

89% of industry leaders believe that new technologies are the most effective growth strategy Source: kmeautomation.com

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One / two, B/R RES / Comm. directly from own ER near medical college Bausher. Contact: 92158031

We have fully furnished offices available in Ghala brand new building. Contact: 93782735

02 BHK Residential ﬂat opposite to Al Nahda Hospital. Contact 99342733 / 99795241

2 BHK ﬂat in North Ghobrah. 18 November Street. RO 295/- For office or residential use. Contact 94477222

Fully furnished office space in As - Assalah Tower Ghobra. Contact 98202001

We have 2 BHK ﬂat in AL Khuwair near Rawasco. Contact: 93782735

New villa at Mawalah south 5 bed room, family hall, Majlis, bath. Contact: 99332367

6 shops in South Mawalah Contact: 96420432

We have, 3BHK villa fully furnished villa in Ghobrah 18th November Street. Contact: 93782735 1+ 2+ 3BHK Darsait. Contact: 99024730 Shops for rent behind the building good for offices +stores space 11 x 4 Meters behind Sultan Center Al Amerat R.O 250/- PER Month. Contact: 92877449 Studio ﬂat for rent at Wadi Kabir behind Muscat bakery, building No. 337, Way No. 150. Contact: 99373290/24815012

We have 200SQM Basement for rent in AL Khuwair near Rawasco. Contact: 93329476

1& 2 BHK C.B.D. Contact: 99024730

We have 2BHK Flats in Ghobrah good location & price. Contact: 93782735 We have 3 BHK villa for rent near grand mosque. Contact: 93782735

Flats and Houses for rent in Wadi Kabir and Sidab best price. Contact: 95555162/95755953

1000 sqm Industrial land with compound wall & 2 rooms at Misfah. Contact: 99342733 / 99795241

We have coffee shop for sale or rent in AL Khuwair near Rawasco supermarket. Contact: 93329476

Villa for rent in Wadi Kabir. Contact: 95562646

We have 3 BHK ﬂat in Muna complex Madinat AL Sultan Qaboos semi furnished. Contact: 93782735

One room with kitchen & bathroom at W/ Kabir R.O 100/. Contact: 99384640

2 & 3 BHK Al Khuwair. Contact: 99024730

1 BHK Nr Oman house and Khimji H.O Muttrah. Contact: 99233116

3 Bedroom ﬂat at Al Khuwair. Contact: 99447257/97014234

Fully furnished luxury 2 bed room ﬂat for rent at Ghala for short or long term basis. Contact: 99886386 /99881653

Flats available for rent 1 & 2 BHK ﬂats with spilt A/C kitchen & big hall available for rent AL Khuwair near Muscat holiday. Contact: 94227178

Coffee shop for rent Jifnain. Contact: 93340597 Store for rent Misfah Industrial area 100sqm RO.350/- . Contact - 99617464 2BHK Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti mosque. Contact: 97007934/92629232

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 02 BHK Commercial / residential (with split AC) ﬂat at Honda road. Contact: 99342733 / 99795241 Flat for Rent 1/2 BHK Flat at Muttrah, near Oman ﬂour mills, 10 min. from Corniche.Equipped with split unit ACs, internet points, free-to-air dish connection, CCTV monitored, basement parking. Rent RO.250/350 per month. Contact: 99229263; 93221054; 95215289 2 BHK Honda road Ruwi. Contact: 99224748 /99332297

House rent 7 rooms, 7 toilets in each room, with A/C, 2 rooms for reserved kitchen offices medical clinic or any other purpose. Contact: 92992901 For rent in Al Khuwair 33/1, 2 Bed Rooms 1 Family Hall, 1 Bathroom, 1 Kitchen & Full split unit. Contact no 99315515

Furnished room for rent Indian family or executive bachelor, near Honda road. Contact - 99016546 Flats for rent at Al Mabela block eight. Contact: 99445177 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

2 Bedroom villa for rent in Madinat Qaboos, with swimming room children’s play area, parking ECT. Contact: 92447365

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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

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Flats and shops for rent in Ruwi Honda road Mumtaz area. Contact: 97293708 /92433127

Flat for rent in CBD area - Ruwi Two rooms and a large hall

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â&#x20AC;˘Office spaces for rent in Al Hail on the main road On the same building of Al Khamis Shoes at Al Hail

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 New ďŹ&#x201A;ats for rent Darsait Al Sahel. Contact: 99311525 / 92533356 Villa with 5 rooms, two sitting rooms, 5 toilets and kitchen at Al Hail North. Contact: 91130875 Flats in Wadi Kabir. Contact: 99376454 2BHK ďŹ&#x201A;ats / offices & shops for rent in a brand new building at Honda Road. Contact: 91165807 2 BHK ďŹ&#x201A;ats for rent near PDO Gate No.2 with spilt AC. Contact: 94057023 Flat for rent at Wadi Al Kabir next Al Hassan.co, 2 bedroom, 3 WS, 1 sitting room. Contact: 99210008 1BHK Near Al Nahdha hospital Ruwi R.O 200/-. Contact: 99617786 3BHK ďŹ&#x201A;at for rent at Muttrah. Contact: 99423596

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FOR SALE High performance fork lift with automatic functions, plus Isuzu engine and one year warranty. Model 2015. Contact: 98883445 Sale house & office furniture & electronic items. Contact : 99834373/ 96642500/22010080 Six unused rack mount (4U) PC i5 with original windows 7 for sale. Please Contact: 99206367 or opaloman@omantel.net.om

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Villa in Arjan complex near Seeb stadium 4BHK, 1 living room, 1 majles, 1 extra room in ground ďŹ&#x201A;oor. Contact 93219597

60,000 Sq Mtrs Agriculture Land in Misfah can be changed to Industrial Land. OMR 29 per Square Meter. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

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

Beauty parlour at Mabela for sale. Contact: 96131261

1BHK ďŹ&#x201A;at spilt with A/C Al Khuwair, 230/-. Contact: 99358589 / 95570288

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

BUYING Excellent running building materials shop cum showroom and store for sales in Wadi Kabir. Contact: 98871547/93412622

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

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Coffee shop for sale Barka near police station. Contact: 95598029

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MBD area, fully equipped A/C Executive Office @RO 200 pm with conference room. Unlimited Local Calls and Internet Services. Contact: 99102901/99232271/99451845

Contact - 91135930

A running restaurant for sale near Oman oil petrol Pump Al Uqdah (Barka). Contact: 990590103

Beauty parlor for sale Muttrah. Contact: 93142676

Brand new residential ďŹ&#x201A;ats 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

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GP and dental clinic in Adam. Contact: 99330385

Villa for rent in Wadi Kabir. Contact: 95562646

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Running furniture showroom for urgent sale.

Used steel racks (slotted angle shelves) for sale in lot. Contact: 24703981

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2 BHK ďŹ&#x201A;at available for rent in Darsait. Contact: 99357586

Contact - 94123540, 99134674 , 99101806

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3BHK Qurum P.D.O light 350/-. Contact: 99342661

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Seeks partners & investorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A well edtablished media, conference & advertising company in Muscat with an impressive portfolio of high proďŹ le clients across segments,and supported by an expert team is looking for partners &investors. VISA AVAILABLE Contact - 93946622

FOR SALE 400 sq mtrs Commercial/Residential land in Mabela Phase 5 Block 2. OMR 155 Thousand. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 2,688 sq mtrs commercial land in MBD North. OMR 1.39 Million. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 For sale 8 Apartments (Total area 850 SQM approximate) in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bait Al Noorâ&#x20AC;? occupying two full ďŹ&#x201A;oors (7th and 8th ďŹ&#x201A;oors). 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.

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, sitting room, Kitchen & store including utilities bills at Al hail. Contact 92817777 Sharing accommodation rooms AL Khuwair. Contact: 99743569 /97004265 3 Bedroom apartment with living room and 3 toilets located in Wadi Kabir near Al-Hassan Electrical Co. RO 500/- Contact 94488444 1 Bedroom with bathroom available for rent. Only Indian female. Contact - 92394614 Sharing accommodation available near dolphin village in Bausher. Contact: 99169512

Independent rooms in Qurum /AL Hail. Contact 95529970 Single room W/ bath near Al Falaj hotel. Contact: 99643845

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SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT A reputed legal firm in Oman is looking for filling the position urgently. t $BOEJEBUFT TIPVME CF # $PN graduate with working knowledge in Ms. Excel t .JO ZFBS XPSLJOH FYQFSJFODF JO maintaining accounts till finalization t "CJMJUZ UP BDDFQU SFTQPOTJCJMJUJFT and work cordially as a team Interested candidates should send their resumes with a covering letter to - hr@alalawico.com

Wanted female Gynecologist, female Staff Nurse â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2 no., Dental Asst, female Lab Tech from India or Filipino with MOH license & data flow for Al Saadi Specialized Medical Centre in Mussana.

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URGENTLY REQUIRED SALES EXECUTIVE FOR A CRUSHER, dÄ&#x17E;Ä?Ĺ&#x161;ĹśĹ?Ä?Ä&#x201A;ĹŻĹŻÇ&#x2021; Ć?Ĺ˝ĆľĹśÄ&#x161; Ä&#x201A;ĹśÄ&#x161; Ć&#x2039;ĆľÄ&#x201A;ĹŻĹ?ÄŽ Ä&#x17E;Ä&#x161;Í&#x2022; having not less than 5 years similar experience in Oman, and good exposure in the market to get projects. tÄ&#x17E; Ć&#x2030;Ć&#x152;Ä&#x17E;Ä¨Ä&#x17E;Ć&#x152; KĹľÄ&#x201A;ĹśĹ? EÄ&#x201A;Ć&#x; Ĺ˝ĹśÄ&#x201A;ĹŻÍ&#x2DC;

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REQUIRED SALES EXECUTIVE For the sale of Building Material, with 5-7 years experience in GCC, holding a valid Omani driving license.

Contact 92025033,

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Email:

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with at least 3 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience

Debt Collector ADMIN

with Omani Driving License.

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Web Designer We require Male/Female Omani Administrator (Front Office) with valid visa, Cont: 92680323/91425640.

preference for Omani Candidates

mctjobs@gmail.com

CATERING Chinese/ Arab/ shwamar cook & helper wanted. Contact 95529970

DRIVER Omani driver with heavy license send CV to jobtech42@gmail.com. Contact: 98813893 We require Omani driver with valid visa, Cont: 92680323/91425640.

SALES / MARKETING MEDICAL Urgently require male and female Nurses preferably with MOH license or prometric pass with 60% and above for a reputed polyclinic in Muscat. Send your CV to hrhospitalmuscat@gmail.com Medical CARE Centre, Al Seeb, requires General Practitioners and Pharmacist, Please Mail CV- sarita_ h23@yahoo.com or call 97884856.

Required Sales Executive 2 - 3 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; OMAN experience in corporate sales preferably in office and business supplies such as stationery, IT Consumables. Experience of meeting business owners, IT and purchasing decision makers. Ability to make appointments with the decision makers. OMAN driving license. To apply â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Please mail Resume: hr@officeoman.com

Wanted Staff Nurses (female) with or without license for a poly clinic near Sohar. Excellent salary and accommodation. Contact â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 99006915/ Email â&#x20AC;&#x201C; alhinaee.clinic@yahoo.com

Indian Salesman required for printing press with minimum 3 years experience and should have knowledge of English â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Hindi language with GCC driving license. Contact: 96917952 Email: swapneelbhatt@gmail.com

Required a Female Staff Nurse with MOH license for a high class dermatology center in Barka (Muscat). Interested candidates places send your CV to mdcjobs2015@gmail.com

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

Indian Pediatrician required for reputed medical centre in Dubai. Proffered DHA passed candidate, send CV: nafuaehr@gmail.com

Required Sales man, Tailor and Barber. Contact: 96964767

Wanted driver. Contact 91025698 Looking Office and House Driver. Contact: +968 96339339

Part Time Accounting, Business Management Consultancy, Accounts Finalization, Audit Preparation, Internal Audit, Accounting System for New Companies, Contact: 96975454, email :ibfc.gcc@gmail.com

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DESIGNER Indian Trailer Driver holding Omani driving license with release letter. Contact: 99462980

ENGINEER/TECH/MECH Wanted Urgently for Contractor Civil Engineer (Road Construction). Quantity Surveyor. Land Surveyor Accountant. Please send your CV to info.muscatibex@gmail.com Civil diploma holder with driving license for a construction company. Contact: 99169512 Civil Engineer min 10yr experience. Send your CV to jobsinoman2015@gmail.com Required by grade excellent construction co. well experienced Civil Site Engineer. Please send the resume. Email: excelgrd123@gmail.com Sales Engineer: Mechanical Engineering holder with 2-4 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Exp. in Sales, preferably in Metal fabrication Company. Omani D/L is a must. Contact: recruitment747@gmail.com 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

Private dental clinic in Buraimi city need a Dentist have practice license in Oman. Contact -98379121

MANAGER Urgently required GRP foreman with minimum 5 years experience. Contact: 99382174

OFFICE/SECT. EDUCATION Required Teachers for kindergarten & elementary B.A. + B.Ed + experience. Contact: 24705605 from 8 am to 1pm

MEDICAL Lab technician for a clinic in Muttrah. Contact: 99330385 Required licensed lady G.P .or Gynecologist male Asst. Pharmacist, lab technician for a clinic in Salalah. Contact: 93129219 Email: clinicrecruitment2015@gmail.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

Omani receptionist required receptionist, well presented with excellent communications skills and telephone manner, ďŹ&#x201A;uent in Arabic and English required for Ruwi office candidates should be familiar with Ms English and Arabic office suite. Send CV and covering email to mj-co@omantel.net.om

SALES / MARKETING Omani / Expats, male / female required for gift articles shop with minimum 2 years experience and should have knowledge of MS Office English & Arabic language. Contact 96917952 Email: swapneelbhatt@gmail.com Required Marketing Executive, 2 yrs experience. Contact 91120552

Required experienced car spare parts counter Sales Executive for a trading company at Wadi Kabir. Contact 24811999 Send resume to qualityspareparts@yahoo.com

SKILLED Mason, 3-4 yrs in ďŹ tting tiles, bathroom ďŹ ttings i.e. bathtub, shower tray & WC with plastering. Trade certiďŹ cate is required. Contact: 24813822

ARCHITECT

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

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

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

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

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

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

SITUATION WANTED

MISCELLANEOUS A leading institution in Muscat requires a Teacher for Indian Classical Dance. The candidate should be well qualiďŹ ed and experienced. Send your resume to dance.oman@gmail.com

Shipping company in Oman requires Sales Executives for Muscat Exp in shipping industry & D/L preferred. Contact: 97990844/ Email: operations@arabianseabridge.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 Chief Accountant 25 years experienced, for the last 7 years working as Chief Accountant seeks immediate placement. Contact: 95598477/98803439 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 Accountant Indian female having 5 years exp in ďŹ nalization, 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 Indian female 5+ yrs Oman exp in Accounts tally looking for suitable placement in W.K to Qurum area. Contact: 95580416

Part time Accountant services available to handle all accounts related work up to ďŹ nalization on monthly basis. Contact: 96247295 Sr. accountant Indian 10 years experience in Oman , capable to handling all accounting functions and knowledge of tally ERP9 can be joined immediately release (visa transfer) available. Contact: 94134085 Email: muscatoman95@yahoo.com Sudanese, Masters degree in Economics, 8 years experience in procurement and ďŹ nance. Contact: 94524060 B.SC Hons (ďŹ nance & accounts) having 2 years experience in accounts, male looking for suitable job on visit visa. Contact: 91420128 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 Chief Accountant, 12 years Oman experienced looking for suitable placement. Contact: 99513082 Experience part time Accountant in management, accounts, ďŹ nance audit tax. Contact: 95857199

Sr. accountant M.com (ďŹ nance) 2 yrs in Oman seeking suitable placement NOC Available with immediate joining. Contact: 92404608 Email: jin_75@rediffmuil.com Accountant Pakistani male age 29 yrs MBA banking & ďŹ nance having 4 years Oman experience seeking suitable placement driving license. Contact: 95089565 Indian Chartered Accountant having 7 year experience in MIS, Budgeting, Taxation, ERP, Cost Accounting, Liasing with Big 4 Auditors, Cash Flow etc. working as Asst. Manager - Finance. NOC Available; contact: igneshmlazar@gmail.com / 91789950 Part time accountant services from senior accountant M.com 15 years Oman exp. Contact: 97441960 Indian male B.Tech, MBA MNC experience looking for ďŹ nance proďŹ le. Contact : 96891640545 Sir Lankan accountant having AAT qualiďŹ cation 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 ďŹ nalization & Expert in Tally ERP 9, Focus, MS Office. Seeks suitable position in accounts, ďŹ nance 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 ďŹ nancing , international trade , ETC. Contact: 98571309 CertiďŹ ed 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 Male 24 yrs MBA in marketing ďŹ ancĂŠ seeking immediate placement. Contact: 96112920 SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, with 13yrs experience, 6 yrs Oman in manufacturing, trading & contracting Cos, capable of handling all accounting, ďŹ nance, banking, L/C, import, export & ďŹ nalization seeks placement. NOC Available. Call+968-98932752, mail:jjohnmuscat@hotmail.com Indian male B.Com Graduate with 2+ years experience in Accounts & Administration looking for a suitable placement. Contact: 96923391 Accountant Indian male having 12+ years of experience in accounts & ďŹ nance having knowledge of tally seeking suitable opportunity. Contact: 92984019

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 Indian male MBA , 2 years experience visit visa , seeking placement. Contact: 90196322

ADMIN Indian female, Masters in HR, having 4 + years Oman experience in media management and HR, looking for openings in HR, Education, Admin, Corporate communications. Contact 98252030 Indian male with 20 years in Oman in the ďŹ eld of language institute (admin registrar, Acct clerk) seeking a suitable position NOC available. Contact: 96553961 Email: u.m.sulďŹ @gmail.com Planner administrator 10 years experience in oil and gas. Contact: 90375369 Email: merapak123@yahoo.com QualiďŹ cation B.com accounting BE mechanical engineer course completed experience 17 years HR administration, parches store, quality assurance. Contact: 93820512 Email: kuruvilajohn2012@gmail.com Indian female M.Tech electronics IELTS 6.5 experience in VLSI project training seeks placement in education / training / Admin ďŹ eld in family visa now. Contact: 90195131 Email: chinj.89@gmail.com MBA graduate seeking a suitable position in/as Administration/Secretary/Front office. Contact 94627227 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 10 years Gulf & 4 years Oman experience in HR / Admin & logistics ďŹ&#x201A;uent in Arabic / English with D/L looking for suitable position. Contact 95824598 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 Indian Female MBA, 3yrs Exp.in Admin, Operations, Business Development, MS Office skills# 98234427, jkjsmith01@gmail.com 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 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

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION WANTED ADMIN 26 yrs male, MBA, 3+ years experience in Administration in MNC, seeks suitable placement. Contact 95041201 Email: noyel55@gmail.com

CATERING Cooks (Arabic Indian) gulf exp looking job. Contact: 99531802

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN AutoCAD d/ man 7 years exp in GRC gypsum marble. Contact: 96967862 Indian female 25 diplomas in fashion designing seeking placement. Contact: 97412132 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 Driver job wanted please. Contact: 96393082 Driver with car looking for job. Contact: 96692774 5 years exp Light vehicle driver. Contact: 93015630 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 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

EDUCATION Indian female BED, BCA & IELTS Certiﬁed with 5 yr U.A.E exp & 6 months Oman exp in teaching primary & secondary looking for a teachers job Email: rani_sweet786@live.com Indian female B.Sc Maths, B.Ed, PGDCA , having 5 years experience in teaching 2 years experience in office work looking for suitable job on visit visa. Contact: 92594844/95705724

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. 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

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Indian male, 24 Mechanical engineer having good knowledge in HVAC looking for suitable placement. Contact: 95434381 Email: shuhaibusman313@gmail.com B.sc Civil Engineer 8 years experience including 6 years in Oman having D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact: 98475572 Email: kkholifa@yahoo.com Indian lady master bachelor degree computer science & engineering 2 yrs experience project trainee seeking suitable job. Contact: 94528019 Email: indhu10101291@gmail.com Indian male 22 yrs B.Tech mechanical engineer seeks suitable placement as sales / procurement/ project engineer. Contact: 96618390 Sudanese Electrical Engineer. Contact: 97452159 Email: mohamedkarrar.mk@gmail.com Indian Male, Mechanical Engineer having 1year experience, on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact:97416564, Email: jovinmathias@gmail.com Indian male 24, B.E. Civil Eng’g with 2 years experience as Structural Engineer looking for suitable job in Muscat. 97355352 B.E (EEE) 4 years experience as an MEP site Engineer. Contact: 96649586 Email: sattarali863@yahoo.in BRT 4 years job experience physiotherapist looking for. Contact: 96649586 / +919704178267 Email : sarwarbpt85@gmail.com Young Indian Male electrical engineer having 1.4 yrs of experience in India, currently on visiting visa. Looking for placement. Mob.93924395, Email: thomaspallathu19@gmail.com’ Electrical Engineer Indian Male 2.5Years Experience Looking for suitable Job. Contact: 91845173 Email:er.joshidhaval@gmail.com SENIOR SALES ENGINEER (B.E. Mechanical, MBA-Mktg) - 6yrs experience in Industrial Products and Services with NOC and GCC Driving License looking for the challenging opportunities. Join immediately. GSM: 94596639 E-mail:dhvlnayak@yahoo.co.in Electronics and communication Engineer B.Tech Indian male (23) having 1 year experience CCNA, MCSA trained seeking suitable job currently on visit visa. Contact: 00968 91282138 Email: aashirfathah@gmail.com Sudanese male Mechanical Engineer 7 years experience (HVAC, ﬁghting, energy) PMP certiﬁcate. Contact: 97986890 Indian lady 25 electrical engineer with a dynamic and vibrant personality seeks employment opportunities in Muscat has worked for 3 years in tendering & fascination department. Contact: 97710156 Email: deepthikaron@gmail.com Electrical (MEP) Engineer (diploma) having 16 years (6 years in Oman ) in MEP site experience civil & MEP procurement and MEP QS NOC available cable to join immediate. Contact: 96533493 Civil Engineer 7 years experience, Driving license, NOC available. Contact - 98078095 Kerala Electrical Technician foreman (4y) cum storekeeper (6 yrs). Contact: 93563744 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

Construction machinery repairs Engineer, 4 years experience with driving license. Contact 94001961

Medical Lab Technologist 5 years experience willing to work in Oman. Contact: 97007930

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

Road and construction Engineer with 5 years exp in Oman. Contact: 97646908

Sudanese Geologist 3 years experience in mining and geotechnical. Contact : 97612807

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

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 Civil Engineer 8 years experience in Oman as a project engineer for governmental & private projects. Contact – 90164912 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 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 Mechanical Engineer (UK), 28 years old male, looking for suitable placement with 4 years experienced and with valid Oman driving license, NOC available immediate availability. Contact: +96897612297 Email: engrmirza1786@gmail.com Indian male 25 years, B-Tech Graduate with two years experience in Oman as Civil Engineer in a reputed construction company. Looking for suitable jobs. Resident card will expired on 06-01-2016.NOC available. Seeking immediate placements. Contact: 96179737/97076972, email:robinsj.sj@gmail.com Electrical Engineer 13 years experience HV/ LV in Oman 5 years, Oman valid D/L to NOC. Contact: + 0091- 9946570903 Email: shibualukka@gmail.com Ref: no-Oman 97095094 Indian male B.Tech electrical 2 years experience seeks placement. Contact: 93570984 Email: arunprasad7883@gmail.com Civil Engineer (diploma) 4years experience one years in Oman seeking job with NOC. Contact 97472737 / 9678971 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. # 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 M.S.C HSE Engineer 8 yrs experience in oil & gas ﬁelds, hold N.D.T level 2 Master in Radiation protection. Contact: 95058541

IT Net work Engineer with experience degree in computer science, CCNA, MCSA. Contact: 92346191 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 IT Indian male B.Tech computers, networking 1 years experience in Database support on visit. Contact: 96376061 Email: diaz1992@outlook.com 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 Indian male , IT professional, 8 yrs experience including GCC in windows server, computer hardware, networking & office administration seeking suitable placement. Contact 95994227 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 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 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 Sir Lankan male , 27 years , pursuing MBA, having 4 yrs retail industry experience in operations customer services, training and development as an executive in looking for suitable placement currently in Oman on visit. Contact: 98445287 Email: mihiran.dhsnuka1@gmail.com

MEDICAL Indian female General Nurse with 3 yrs exp with Oman prometric 63% looking for a suitable placement. Currently on visit visa staying in Sohar. Contact: 94493227 Email: subirinson@gmail.com Indian female dentist prometric cleared seeking suitable openings in Muscat. Contact: 95585807/92880267

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Bachelors’ hotel Mgmt 10 years experience seeking vacancy FMCG or hospitality NOC and GCC D/L. Contact: 94525463

Indian Female Dentist with 7 year experience in MOH seeks suitable placement preferably in Muscat region. Contact : 94003843

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

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MBA (marketing) with 17 years experience in freight forwarding/ logistics industry in GCC & Oman. Presently working as branch manager in Muscat. Looking for a suitable position. Release and NOC available. Contact: 99856331 Manager MBA (Finance) 13+ yrs experience in Oman with knowledge of ﬁnance admin purchase logistics costing looking for suitable position with D/L. Contact : 93826090 Email: jskanchan01@gmail.com

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR Logistics, shipping & receiving and supply chain expert: Sudanese Canadian with 8 yrs experience in DHL/ loomiss xp Canada. Contact: 94044784 Keralite with NOC/DL seek BDM Position. Contact- 96795603 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

SKILLED / UNSKILLED 9 years exp body ﬁtter and electric welder for job. Contact: 93015630 Looking for job, steel, fabricator & helper. Contact : 93015630 Mason, SH / carpenter, steel ﬁtter gulf & Indian exp looking job. Contact: 95175192 Electrician, plumber (exp gulf / Indian) looking job. Contact: 95175192 Looking for job, Mason, carpenter, election and helper. Contact: 93015630

SALES / MARKETING 25 years male M.B.A qualified executive looking for sales & marketing job well experienced on visit visa for one month which will expire on 8 / DEC/ 2015. Contact: 93189290 Sales & marketing professional with 10 years woks experience in UAE / Oman, working in a 4 star hotel & 5 star airlines, valid driving license, NOC available on visit visa. Contact: 95544612 Indian male Twelve years sales experience FMCG Industry, AS sales man having valid driving license looking for the suitable placement immediately NOC available. Contact: 99735501 Looking for a job, I have two years experience now, visiting visa for 3 months looking in accounts sales, admin, Arabic fluency in typing speaking writing, with show my talent please do needful. Contact: +968-97240204 /968- 95770412 Email: dmethaju@gmail.com Looking for Senior Sales Engineer job having 11 years of experience in automobile and civil material testing equipment sales having GCC license. Contact 94137387/ 96250490 Indian male 22 years B.com graduate, looking for a job, particularly in sales, currently in Oman an family visa and also possess a valid Oman driving license. Contact: 9854698 Indian male MBA Marketing and HR B.com Graduate 8 months experience in Indian seeking suitable placement, currently visit visa. Contact: 91987119 Indian male looking part / full time marketing job with driving license, fluent English job visa. Contact: 94742666s Indian male 31 yrs MBA (Marketing) having more 7 years experience in marketing & distribution in frozen food / FMCG. Contact: 94143370 Female Indian 27 yrs, MBA ( gold medalist) having more than 5 years exp as a coordinator of sales & marketing , operations , billing & payment follow up of IT / Electronic products, knowledge of ERP. Contact: 97242901 Indian Male-MBA Marketing 13 years experience seeking suitable placement in any sectors call: 92009780 Email: zamannoor1978@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 Male, MBA Graduate with 3 years experience in Sales & Marketing on visiting visa looking for job. Contact: 93242927 Marketing Executive MBA 3 years experience in Sales looking for suitable placement. Contact: 91345727

SKILLED / UNSKILLED Sales Manager modular kitchen & furniture, 46 years Indian. Contact 94522616 Purchase experienced 8 years in Construction Company Indian male 45 yrs, release & D/L available. Contact: 90268183 / 96987234 17 years Gulf experience in Purchasing / logistic and Import, export with valid driving license in Oman. NOC available. Contact: 97829152 Marketing Executive/Merchandiser, Omani License, BA 8 years Experience in Multinational Groups. Contact 97601343

SECT/OFFICE Indian male, 36 years old. More than 12 years of Oman experience in office boy and store keeper ﬁled can speak Arabic (excellent), understand English, Hindi, Malayalam etc. Contact: 95060792

MISCELLANEOUS Male Accountant Indian, B.com, 2 Year experience currently working in Oman. NOC available, doing accounts in Tally and Excel searching for suitable Job. Email: contactanand31@gmail.com / 91894487, 98789958 Indian male B.Eng. in IT, MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT support, valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement in IT/Network/Server support. Contact 92607532 Indian Mechanical Engineer (16 Yrs Exp), Knowledgeable in Monitoring of workshop setup, Workshop run, Business Development, ISO certification, Quotation, Tender, Account verification, Sohar Area, Mb. 94215208’ Indian male, 27 BSC nurse 4.5 years experience in India. Pro metric passed with 61% Data flow processing, ACLS, BLS passed. Now on visit visa. Mob: 98926621, 94361049 e-mail: shemeermk@gmail.com Electrical Engineer, B-Tech, with 4 Yrs experience in India, 3 YEARS IN MRF and one year in KSEB. Available on Visit Visa. Contact: 94741401 :Email: sobinthomask05@gmail.com. Sudanese male...telecom engineer 11 yrs. exp in IT support, Networking, Security systems, Server support, IT sales and marketing, management .Seeking suitable placement. Contact 91182027 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, auto-cad 3d max ,sketch up , Photoshop ,sketch up, searching for a job full time or part time, for Contact : 97482871 Civil Engineer B.tech with iosh nebosh certification having valid Omani driving license, looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: 93631625 Indian male, 4 years of experience in Structured cabling, termination and Fiber optic splicing. Looking for a suitable Placement. NOC available. GSM- 92484039, Email –rajaveer8989@gmail.com Indian Female, 35years, Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) fresh graduate with BSc and MA looking for positions in Front Office,administration office, or any suitable positions in hospital, polyclinic, companies or Institutions. Contact 90236481 Advertising/media executive with 15 years gulf experience with oman driving license. Seeks good opening. 93031168. Admin, having 10+ years experience in Admin/HR/Logistics/ Time Keeper, in reputed companies. Presently working in Muscat. #968 94369965,mail satya1528@gmail.com Chemical Engineer, Indian, 2 years of exp in industrial production, seeking suitable placement. contact 91247222 Indian male 25 years, MBA finance and marketing with tally have 1.3 year experience in India. Now in Oman on visit visa. #97445488

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SITUATION WANTED MISCELLANEOUS Indian Female Accountant 5 Years of Experience in Accounting Tally, Sales coordination,and Admin, Currently on Visit Visa seeking suitable placement. Contact :95684179 Indian Female 10 years as cook in Muscat, Oman . South Indian, Gujarati special food, Looking for part time. Contact 96710189 INDIAN MALE accountant, 12 years experience in accounting with tally also, looking for a suitable placement. #98983122 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 female,33 yrs MSc,BEd with computer knowledge having 3yrs experience in teaching,looking for suitable job on visit visa. #97042806 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 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 Indian Male 33 yrs, BCA ,10 years experience(India & Oman) IT Support, System administrator/supervisor looking for suitable Job. Contact 95448561 Indian male, 10 years Driving experience in Dubai. Looking as a company driver job. #: 96180458 , +91 99 61 019366 (India ) 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 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 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. 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 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 Pakistani male, MBA(Marketing) +PGD(HR) with 9 yrs experience in banking & hospital industry (Consumer Credit Review, Admin & HR). 3 yrs experience as Asst Manager, Admin & HR in famous private hospital in Oman with NOC. Contact: 95761982 or umerok@hotmail.com

Electronics/Electrical/Instrumentation Design Engineer with 2+ years of experience, having a Bachelors Degree in Instrumentation Technology. Seeking for a job, currently on visit visa. Contact- 90142166 / Mail: aksafwan@gmail.com Sales & Marketing/ Business Development Executive: - B.Tech. (Electrical & Electronics) MBA in marketing having 9 years of experience seeking a suitable position. Contact (97043494) Purchase & Stores In charge – Having continues 13 years experience in a single ﬁrm, looking for a placement. Contact: - 99627427, 96154564 Marketing or Business development-BSC in marketing 5 years of experience looking for suitable position. Contact (99522233) 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. Contact 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. Contact 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. Contact 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. Contact 92385033

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) Indian female dentist prometric cleared seeking suitable openings in Muscat.# 95585807, 92880267 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 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 Sudanese / civil engineering Diploma / 5 years experience / deal with most popular computer programs / good in English / fluent in Arabic. Contact: 96995670

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

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

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

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

SITUATION WANTED 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 26 years, 4 years experience as system and network engineer. B. Tech graduate. Looking for suitable opening. Contact:93125669, Email:amritrajgt18@gmail.com 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 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) 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 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. Contact 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. Contact 95448561. 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 udanese male , 31 year old , have 3 year Diploma in electrical engineer, 7 years experience in building construction and electrical production plant. Contact 94549609 Site supervisor (Aluminium Division ) With Driving License, Fluent in English , Arabic, Well knowledge of Oman Areas Looking for suitable placement. Cell# 97950869

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

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

B.E. Electronics Engineer, Indian male 22 years, seeking suitable job, currently on visit visa. Contact 99226928, E mail : sanath301@gmail.com

Indian male, B.E. Mechanical, 16 yrs experience, for Quotation, Tender, Accounts, Business development, Sohar Area, Part Time. Contact 94215208

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

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

Sudanese /Diploma in civil engineering/5 years experience/ good computer’ skills / English & Arabic/Mobil 96995670 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 Sudanese / 30 years old / M.Sc. Logistics Management /English & Arabic/ logistics - procurement inventory planning / 91270881 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 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

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