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ne reason President Barack Obama has struggled to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is a dispute with Congressional Republicans over six former prisoners who made a lot of noise in Uruguay -- and whom some see as a threat to American security. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce and others criticise the administration’s approach to the “Uruguay Six,” who were released from Guantanamo last December and relocated to Montevideo. Republicans tailored the national defence authorisation bill to limit the release of Guantanamo prisoners. If enacted it would effectively rob Obama of his last chance to close the prison, as he promised on his second day as president. He is expected to veto the bill. “This is a case study of how the administration has chosen to neglect security considerations,” Royce told me in an interview. “The administration appears to have placed a political goal of closing the detention center ahead of the real threat these detainees pose.” He faults the administration’s arrangement with Uruguay, which granted the six prisoners refugee status. Because Uruguay grants extensive rights to refugees, Uruguayan authorities could not monitor the detainees there. Royce argues that this violates US law, which requires former detainees’ host countries to mitigate the risk they pose. Then Uruguayan president, Jose Mujica, might not have believed monitoring the released Guantanamo prisoners was necessary. The State Department’s special envoy for detainee resettlement, Clifford Sloan, wrote him a letter last December assuring him that the six men had never been terrorists. “There is no information that the above mentioned individuals were involved in conducting or facilitating terrorist activities against the United States or its partners or allies,” the Sloan letter stated. Royce’s staff released the letter over the administration’s objections. That struck a different tone than the US military did in classiﬁed assessments of the Uruguay Six. The Defence Department’s Joint Task Force Guantanamo compiled reports in 2007, as revealed by Wikileaks, that stated that all the men posed a “high risk” and constituted “a likely threat to the

US, its interests, and allies.” One of the men, Adel Bin Muhammad Abbess Ouerghi, who was born in Tunisia, was reported to have high-level Al Qaeda contacts, including with Osama bin Laden, and may have had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks. Ian Moss, a senior adviser for the new special envoy, told me the State Department stands by the Sloan letter “because it’s true.” The 2007 assessment revealed by Wikileaks was only one piece of the puzzle, he said. A more thorough assessment conducted by an interagency task force in 2010 found that these men were safe to release, he said, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel signed off on it. “That rigorous interagency process collected and considered all reasonably available information concerning the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, including on the six transferred to Uruguay,” said Moss. Congressional Republicans argue that appropriate security measures were not taken in Uruquay. Royce says the Uruguayan government refused to monitor the released Guantanamo prisoners, who at the time lived six blocks from the US Embassy. Royce also says that when a senior Uruguayan intelligence official, Jose Colman, told US Embassy officials about the prohibition and they appealed to the Uruguayan president’s office, Colman was ﬁred for insubordination. Colman declined to comment. US Embassy officials altered security procedures near the embassy and asked for more local police patrols. Royce said that the six released detainees were seen walking past the embassy dozens of times, which raised alarms among the embassy staff. Four of the six released prisoners did set up a protest in front of the embassy in May, demanding that the US government provide them with ﬁnancial support. After that, President Tabare Vazquez, who succeeded Mujica in March, moved the men to a different part of town. He also made it clear Uruguay will not take any more Guantanamo prisoners. The only sign of trouble from the men since then has been one allegation of domestic violence. After seven years of hostility with the administration over Guantanamo, Congress is unlikely to give the president what he needs to release the 114 remaining prisoners. Concerns about the Uruguay Six have complicated this item on Obama’s to-do list, and maybe doomed it. That would deny the president a major part of his foreign policy legacy. - Bloomberg View

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ENGROSSED: People work to ﬁnd clues and solve puzzles to escape from a Sherlock Holmes-themed escape room in Alexandria. - Reuters

The concept has captivated Americans so much that the Science Channel created the game show ‘Race to Escape’ around it FIRST CLUE: The ﬁrst clue is shown from a Sherlock Holmesthemed escape room in Alexandria. - Reuters

WASHINGTON: Dental lab technician Jon Choi and his friends celebrated his birthday this month under pressure: they were locked together in a small “escape room” and had to solve a series of puzzles to achieve their freedom within 60 minutes. They ﬁnally made it out with one minute to spare. Choi avidly plays computer games with the same set-up, but had never visited a physical escape room before. The experience was both fun and tough enough that he is now planning to try other similar rooms. He has plenty of options. Escape rooms are the latest entertainment phenomena to seize the United States, where people break out of locked rooms using their smarts, or any that the friends, family members or strangers interred with them may possess. There are more than 100 across the country, according to the Escape Room Directory, charging between $20 and $30 for the experience. In an era when socializing no longer requires real-time conversation and the answers to all life’s questions are a screen-tap away, those seeking to connect with others in person and use their own knowledge for intellectual challenges ﬁnd the rooms refreshing.

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ESCAPE ROOM: The door bearing the number 221B, is shown from a Sherlock Holmes-themed escape room in Alexandria. - Reuters

to people before they enter an escape room in Alexandria. Escape rooms are the latest entertainment phenomena to seize the United States, where people break out of locked rooms using their smarts, or any that the friends, family members or strangers interred with them may possess. Picture taken October 17, 2015. - Reuters

Concept The concept has captivated Americans so much that the Science Channel created the game show “Race to Escape” around it. Themes of the independentlyowned rooms vary from place to place. In Pittsburgh, families are encouraged to share “bonding

and others in secret compartments. Step by step, players solve the overarching mystery of the room. For Choi and his friends at Escape Room Live in Alexandria, Virginia, that mystery revolved around ﬁctional detective Sherlock Holmes. “We looked up at the time and

time” in the “Prison Escape” room. In Los Angeles, players can relive their city’s Raymond Chandler past in a room called “The Detective.” Once the door is closed and the timer set, the ﬁrst puzzle emerges. Its solution leads to the next puzzle. Clues are tucked all over the room, some in plain sight

there was 10 minutes left and I was like, ‘God!’” said Andew Kim, who was shocked when they ﬁnally cracked the mystery. According to Escape Game Orlando, the rooms’ roots are in video games, with the basic idea of trapping a player in a single location ﬁrst appearing in the 1988 game

Behind Closed Doors. A real-life room opened in Kyoto in 2007 and the trend soon spread throughout Asia and Europe, according to the company. When Ginger Flesher-Sonnier started Escape Room Live a year ago in Washington, DC with a secret agent-themed room, she was surprised by the demand. Within three weeks, Flesher-Sonnier, a former math teacher, had to create a second room at the site and within nine months she opened the Alexandria location featuring two Holmes-themed rooms. In August alone, 6,000 people visited both Escape Room Live locations. So many people have tramped through that, after rent and salaries, prop storage has become the company’s biggest expense. It must have exact duplicates of all the puzzle objects ready to swap in every few weeks. Flesher-Sonnier estimates 60 per cent of visitors are millennials. Corporate team-building provides many customers and three men have popped the question by having engagement rings hidden in puzzles. Few players solve the mysteries in time without getting hints from the game masters who monitor and run the rooms. They have seen that the puzzles bring out all sorts of quirks in people’s personalities and relationships. “I think strangers work the best. The reason why is you can’t get mad at a stranger,” the manager of the Alexandria location, Hop Dang, said. “Families — they don’t hold back.” Dang attended his ﬁrst escape room a year ago, thinking, “why am I paying someone to lock me in a room?” Now he often dreams at night about secret doors and hidden objects. The world tends to look different to people once they have escaped, Dang said. “Every thing that you see, you’re going to try to open.” - Reuters

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CAPE TOWN: South African riot police ﬁred stun grenades on Wednesday at hundreds of protesting students who stormed the parliament precinct in Cape Town to try to disrupt the reading of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s interim budget. As chaos erupted around the building, Nene, standing calmly at the podium inside the chamber, continued to read his speech, in which he outlined the gloomy outlook for Africa’s most advanced economy. The speech was delayed by 45 minutes as MPs from the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party raised multiple questions of order, arguing the budget

UP IN ARMS: Students from the University of Cape Town clash with members of the South African Police Services after they forced their way into the South African Parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday. – AFP

should be delayed because of student protests over a hike in tuition fees. Scuffles broke out as parliamentary security guards were eventually called in to remove the EFF members by force. At that point, pandemonium

broke out as hundreds of students demanding the government scrap planned increases in tuition fees stormed the parliament compound. “We were pushed back by police with force. The stun grenade

was shot right next to my ear. I still have the buzzing in my ear,” said Motheo Lengoasa, a student at University of Cape Town as others chanted and sang songs demanding the fees be reduced. Earlier she was assisted by fel-

Soweto uprising “This looks like 1976 all over again,” she said referring to the Soweto uprising where police killed at least 69 students who were protesting against plans to teach them in Afrikaans. Many of South Africa’s universities have been hit in the past week by the student protests, some of them violent. President Jacob Zuma, who wore a stony expression through Nene’s speech, has not commented on the protests. Many students will have no recollection of apartheid and thus little emotional allegiance to the ruling African National Congress. South African universities initially wanted to increase tuition fees by up to 11.5 per cent, prompting students to launch their protest campaign on October 13. Critics say the move will further disadvantage black students, who are already relatively underrepresented. The protesters — who include

white learners — have rejected a proposal from some student leaders, university dons and Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande to cap fee increases at 6 per cent for 2016, just above inflation. At least 14 universities are involved in the demonstrations, which have led to the suspension of some classes. University bosses said the increases were needed to maintain standards, and called on the government to find the extra funding. “We need to find a sustainable way of dealing with the issue of financing education in general, and in this instance because of the crisis we are facing, we do need to find a solution,” Nene told reporters before reading his speech. Deficit In his budget speech, Nene cut his deficit estimate for the year 2015/16 marginally to 3.8 per cent of GDP from 3.9 per cent forecast in February. The deficit is projected to narrow further to 3.3 per cent in 2016/17 before reaching 3 per cent in 2018/19. Nene said the economic growth forecast for 2015 had also been cut to 1.5 per cent from 2.0 percent forecast in February. “Electricity supply constraints, falling commodity prices and lower confidence levels have resulted in our growth forecasts being revised lower,” he told parliament. — Reuters

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DEMAND: Iraq’s new premier Haider Al Abadi sits during a parliamentary session to vote on Iraq’s new government at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq in this September 8, 2014 ﬁle photo. – Reuters Files

Iraq’s ruling alliance, militias urge Abadi to seek Russian strikes BAGHDAD: Iraq’s ruling alliance and powerful militias have urged Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi to request Russian air strikes on IS militants, who control large parts of the country, members of the coalition and militias told Reuters. Growing pressure on Abadi to seek Russian support puts him in the delicate position of trying to appease his ruling coalition, as well as militias seen as a bulwark against IS, while keeping strategic ally Washington on his side. America’s top general, Joseph Dunford, said on a trip to Baghdad on Tuesday that the United States won assurances from Iraq that it would not seek such strikes. Dunford, on his ﬁrst visit to Iraq since becoming chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on October 1, said Abadi and Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled Al Obeidi both told him they were not seeking Russia’s help. Speculation Speculation has grown that Russia could expand its campaign to Iraq, where Abadi and militias have expressed frustration with the pace and depth of the US campaign against IS. Two members of parliament said the prime minister was under “tremendous pressure” from the ruling National Alliance to request Russian intervention. Iraq received over $20 billion in US military training since 2003 but its army virtually collapsed when IS militants swept through the north last year and made gains in the west. US-led air strikes have failed to turn the tide in the war against the ultra-hardline militants who have declared a caliphate and want to redraw the map of the Middle East. MPs and alliance members

said an official request for Russian air strikes was relayed to Abadi last week and that he has not officially responded. “Abadi told the meeting parties that it wasn’t the right time to include the Russians in the fight because that would only complicate the situation with the Americans and could have undesired consequences even on longterm future relations with America,” said a senior politician close to Abadi. Abadi’s spokesman said he has not discussed air strikes with Russia. At the same time he was “not ruling out any side that could provide support to Iraq,” Saad Al Hadithi said. During his visit, Dunford pledged to seek new ways to build momentum against Islamic State and challenged descriptions of the conflict as a stalemate, after an advance which secured most of the strategic Baiji oil refinery. Russia, Iran, Syria and Iraq have formed a Baghdad-based intelligence cell to boost efforts to counter Islamic State. The cell has already shared intelligence for air strikes in Iraq and Syria. Karim Al Nuri, a Badr Brigade spokesman, said an Iranian member of the intelligence-sharing cell had helped in the Baiji refinery operation. That account was confirmed by an official from the Asaib Ahl Al Haq militia. The US-led coalition said in a statement it had conducted more than 130 air strikes to support operations around Baiji since August 1 and said its relationship with Iraq “is as strong as ever”. Muen Al Kadhimi, a senior aide to the leader of the Badr Brigade militia, said Russia had proven more decisive in its air campaign in Syria than the Americans so it was only natural to seek Moscow’s help in Iraq. — Reuters

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Former chief of investment is new Saudi envoy to US RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s new ambassador to the United States is Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud, a British-educated former head of the kingdom’s investment authority and of a commission on industrial cities, state media reported on Wednesday. The seven-decade-old alliance between Washington and Riyadh, one of the most enduring pillars of the Middle East’s strategic architecture, has been strained in recent years by disagreements over the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings. However, the United States remains an irreplaceable partner for Saudi Arabia as its main security guarantor and defence supplier. Washington in turn, despite its own low imports of Saudi oil, sees stability in the world’s top crude exporter as essential for the world economy. Born in 1951, Prince Abdullah, known by his initials AFT during his stint as governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) from 2000-2004, was a familiar ﬁgure among Western businessmen and diplomats. His tenure at SAGIA coincided with the kingdom’s most ambitious period of economic reforms, during which it negotiated accession to the World Trade Organisation and opened swathes of its closeted economy to foreign and private investors. Previously, he had overseen the development of Saudi Arabia’s two main industrial cities as Secretary General of the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu from 1985. — Reuters

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Typhoon Koppu weakens in Philippines; toll hits 58 Raging ﬂoodwaters and landslides triggered by the typhoon in the main Philippine island of Luzon caused most of the deaths, said a spokeswoman for the national disaster agency

CASIGURAN (PHILIPPINES): A typhoon that dumped heavy rains on the northern Philippines, killing 58 people as it flattened houses and destroyed crops, was petering out on Wednesday, weather officials said. Typhoon Koppu weakened from a tropical depression into a low pressure area, but authorities maintained a warning to ferries and fishermen on three northern islands not to go to sea. Landslides Raging floodwaters and landslides triggered by the typhoon in the main Philippine island of Luzon caused most of the deaths, Romina Marasigan, a spokeswoman for the national disaster agency, . More than 100,000 people are still in temporary shelters as Koppu destroyed more than $141.63 million (6.57 billion pesos) worth of crops, infrastructure and homes. “We were terrified and prayed as we stayed under a table for hours after strong winds blew away the roof and walls of our house,” said

ESCAPE: Typhoon victims are transported on farm tractors and a truck along a ﬂooded portion of a highway in Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija in

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one survivor, Andres Subang, 72, wiping away tears as he told of how his family made it through the disaster. “I have experienced countless typhoons in my lifetime, but this was the worst. It left nothing, we have no food and no more livelihood.” Farm officials said ﬂooding destroyed 5 per cent of expected fourth-quarter production in riceproducing provinces. — Reuters

Chinese diplomatic staffer killed in shooting MANILA: The husband of a woman working at a Chinese consulate in the Philippines shot dead the deputy consul general and a senior staff member at a birthday lunch on Wednesday and wounded the consul general, police said. In a bizarre drama police have yet to unravel, waiters at a popular Filipino-food restaurant in the central city of Cebu

said they heard shouting from a private room but could not understand what the argument was about, officers said. Gunshots Minutes later they heard gunshots. Consul General Song Ronghua was rushed to hospital, Chief Superintendent Prudencio Banas said, adding

that the Chinese suspect, Li Qing Liang, was arrested and his wife, Guo Jing, who works in the visa section, was held for questioning. It was not immediately clear whose birthday was being celebrated. Police, who supplied the English names of the suspects and victims, earlier said Guo Jing was the main suspect. — Reuters

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Khamenei approves nuclear deal The Iranian Supreme Leader ordered the July 14 nuclear agreement to be implemented, subject to certain security conditions the Iranian parliament stipulated in a law passed last week

ANKARA: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday approved the Iranian government’s nuclear deal with world powers but said Tehran should not give up core elements of its atomic programme

until allegations of past military dimensions had been settled. In a letter to President Hassan Rouhani, whose pragmatist approach opened the door to nuclear diplomacy with the West, Khame-

nei ordered the July 14 agreement to be implemented, subject to certain security conditions the Iranian parliament stipulated in a law passed last week. Under the Vienna agreement, Iran is to curb sensitive parts of its nuclear programme to help ensure it cannot be diverted into developing bombs, in exchange for a removal of sanctions that have isolated the Islamic Republic and hobbled its economy. Last procedural hurdle Khamenei’s green light was the last procedural hurdle to carrying out a deal that ended a decade-long stand-off which raised fears of a wider Middle East war. But the Supreme Leader has

ruled out any detente with the West beyond the nuclear deal, and he said Iran would stop implementing it if the six powers — the United States, Britain, France, Germany China and Russia — imposed any new sanctions. “Any comments suggesting the sanctions structure will remain in place or (new) sanctions will be imposed, at any level and under any pretext, would be (considered by Iran) a violation of the deal,” Khamenei said in the letter published on his website. He said implementation of the deal should be “tightly controlled and monitored” because of some “ambiguities” in it. “Lack of tight control could bring signiﬁcant damage for the present

and the future of the country,” he said, while praising the efforts of Rouhani’s negotiating team. The United States and the European Union took formal legal steps on Sunday that will rescind sanctions once Iran meets certain conditions such as reducing the number of centrifuges used to enrich uranium, and its enricheduranium stockpile. Another condition will be a resolution of a UN nuclear watchdog inquiry into whether Iran conducted atom bomb research at a military complex in the past — “possible military dimensions (PMD)” to the programme, as the agency terms it. On that point, Khamenei said that until UN inspectors settled the

PMD issue, Iran should delay sending its stockpile of enriched uranium abroad and reconfiguring a heavy water reactor to ensure it cannot make bomb-grade plutonium. The International Atomic Energy Agency finished collecting samples from Iran’s Parchin military complex earlier this month and is expected to announce its conclusions on PMD by December 15. Iran has long denied covertly researching bombs and says its nuclear programme has always been for civilian energy purposes. “Any action regarding Arak (reactor) and dispatching uranium abroad... will take place after the PMD (possible military dimensions) file is closed,” Khamenei said in the letter. - Reuters

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Migrants face freezing cold at Balkans border LJUBLJANA (Slovenia): About 3,500 migrants spent the night camped out in freezing cold at the Berkasovo-Bapska border crossing between Serbia and Croatia after the Croatian government closed the gates to limit the number of people entering the country. At first light on Thursday, groups of refugees bypassed the official border crossing and walked through orchards into Croatia. “Babies crying, women crying, we were burning big fires, but it was very cold, no one gave us food, only some bread,” said a man named Sayed, who had made it to the border from the Syrian capital of Damascus. The crossing is one of the new focal points of Europe’s biggest refugee and migrant crisis since World War II, which has seen hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa this year to try to reach Europe’s rich countries. Hungary sealed its border with Croatia last week, blocking entry with a metal fence and razor wire. Croatia began directing migrants west to Slovenia, which has tried to stem the flow as migrants sought new routes and human bottlenecks built up through the Balkans. Most want to continue their journey on to Austria and Ger-

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many, the preferred destination for most. Extraordinary meeting Both Slovenia and Hungary are part of Europe’s passport-free Schengen Area while Croatia is not. With many now trapped in deteriorating conditions in the Balkans, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called an extraordinary meeting of several European leaders to take place on Sunday. The commission said in a statement on Wednesday that Juncker had invited the leaders of Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. “In view of the unfolding emergency in the countries along the Western Balkans migratory route, there is a need for much greater cooperation, more extensive consultation and immediate operational action,” the commission said. More than 20,000 migrants have arrived in Slovenia since Saturday morning in order to pass through to Austria. - Reuters

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Vatican denies report Pope has brain tumour VATICAN CITY: The Vatican denied an Italian newspaper report on Wednesday that Pope Francis has a benign brain tumour, saying the 78-year-old pontiff was in good health and denouncing the article as “inexcusable”. In one of three increasingly tough denials issued as the story spread around the world, the Vatican called the report in Quotidiano Nazionale daily “a grave act of irresponsibility, absolutely inexcusable and unconscionable”. Francis held his weekly general audience before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square and

afterwards returned to a threeweek gathering of bishops, which he has been attending daily. Quotidiano Nazionale reported on its front page on Wednesday that a Japanese doctor and his team had secretly flown from Tuscany to the Vatican on a helicopter bearing the Holy See’s white-and-yellow flag to examine the Pope “some months ago”. “I am able to confirm that the Pope is in good health,” chief spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said in a statement he read out during a news conference on another topic. - Reuters

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

Forex rates vs OMR1* US Dollar ................................. 2.58 Euro ............................................ 2.26 Pound ........................................... 1.67 Indian Rs .............................169.03 Pak Rs ....................................266.74 Bangla Taka.......................199.48

Indian Rs ..................................169.00 Pakistan Rs ............................ 269.50 Sri Lanka Rs .......................... 362.30 Bangla Taka.............................201.70 Phil Peso ...................................120.00

Muscat 24ct per gm (OMR) .......15.00

Oman Crude............. (Spot) .........$44.74 Dubai Crude ............. (Spot) .........$44.19 Murban Crude ........ (Spot) ........ $45.73 Arabian Light ......... (Spot) ........$44.82 N.Sea Brent............... (Spot) ........$48.20 West Texas Int ....... (Spot) ........$45.58

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Omantel-du tie-up for Internet protocol television platform Through the regional tie-up between the operators, Omantel will be able to launch Internet protocol TV service platform in Oman using du’s platform

Times News Service MUSCAT: Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel), the largest telecom operator in the Sultanate, has signed a partnership agreement with the United Arab Emirate’s du, to provide Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service platform in Oman. Through this regional ﬁrst tieup between the operators, Omantel will be able to launch IPTV service in its local market using

PARTNERS IN PROGRESS: The partnership agreement between

Omantel and UAE’s du provides an opportunity for du to expand the regional reach of its IPTV platform. - Supplied picture

du’s IPTV platform, thereby reducing its time-to-market and offering its customers a world-class IPTV experience. The partnership agreement provides an opportunity for du to expand the regional reach of its IPTV platform. “We strive to further enhance

our leadership of digitalisation in the Sultanate through different aspects. We are pleased to enter into this partnership agreement with du which will enable us to offer our customers state-ofthe-art IPTV service,” said Talal Said Marhoon Al Mamari, chief executive officer of Oman Tel-

We strive to further enhance our leadership of digitalisation in the Sultanate through different aspects. We are pleased to enter into this partnership agreement with du, which will enable us to offer our customers state-of-the-art IPTV service Talal Said Marhoon Al Mamari Chief executive officer, Omantel

ecommunications Company. “As the owner of Oman’s largest IP network, we believe IPTV provides a unique opportunity to offer our customers unmatched broadcast quaality for on-demand entertainment services,” he explained. Regional player “Our partnership with Omantel marks a signiﬁcant step for us as we continue in our steadfast growth throughout the region. We are now a regional ICT player, having diversiﬁed from pure telecommunications, and we are expanding our offerings for regional incumbents,” said Osman Sultan, chief executive officer of du. This new partnership is demonstrative of the collaboration potential between regional operators that can reduce costs, and create a new order where operators do not have to build infrastructure from scratch, but can rely on partners to launch new services and sharing best practices and offerings.

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ENERGY MARKET

Five non-Opec member states attend Vienna conference VIENNA: Only ﬁve non-Opec countries have sent representatives to a meeting of Opec and non-Opec oil market experts that began on Wednesday at the petroleum exporter group’s Vienna headquarters. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) had invited eight non-member nations including Russia for talks on the market. Of the non-Opec countries invited, Mexico, Russia, Colombia, Kazakhstan and Brazil are understood to have sent representatives. Non-Opec producers have refused to work with Opec in cutting supply to reduce a surplus that has prompted oil prices to sink to below $50 a barrel from $115 in June 2014. In turn, Opec has refused to limit supply alone and many of its members have raised output. The meeting is not expected to increase the prospect of cooperation on supply curbs or show much support for a price band proposed by Opec member Venezuela. “There will be an exchange of views, discussion of the market and the Opec secretariat’s presentation, but I don’t think there will be an agreement to coordinate,” an Opec delegate said. Opec’s next meeting is on December 4. - Reuters

THURSDAY, OCTOB ER 22, 2015

MARKET MSM closes in red again

OMAN STOCKS

MUSCAT SECURITIES MARKET

INDICES Index .................................................High .................Low..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff % MSM30 Index ........................................5,920.13 ............... 5,915.14 ....................5,918.43 ...................5,920.04...................-1.61 .................. -0.03 Financial Index .....................................7,273.32 ...............7,258.50 ................... 7,258.50 ................... 7,272.85................ -14.35 .................. -0.20 Industrial Index ....................................7,333.30 ...............7,325.08 ....................7,325.78 ................... 7,332.08..................-6.30 .................. -0.09 Services Index ......................................3,284.44 .............. 3,274.98 ................... 3,283.49 ...................3,278.08.................... 5.41 ................... 0.17 MSM SHARIAH INDEX...................... 908.26 ..................907.94 .......................907.94 ......................908.20..................-0.26 .................. -0.03 Trading Summary Volume ................Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded 10,276,088 ..................3,136,707 .....................546 ...............14,708,084,692 .................. 4 ......................13 .................... 14 .........................31

The top gainer was Al Suwadi Power, up by 2.33%, while Oman Textile Holdings was the

SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21

day’s top loser, down by 3.70% ISIN ......................................SECURITY NAME ..................................................................VOLUME..... TURNOVER............TRADES ......OPEN PRICE......HIGH ............. LOW ........ CLOSE PR. ...PREV. CLOSE...DIFF (RO).........DIFF % .............LAST PR.....LAST BID .............LAST OFFER ........MARKET CAP.PAR VALUE

MUSCAT: In a lacklustre trading volumes on the Muscat bourse, the MSM 30 index closed at 5,918.43 points, down by 0.03 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index declined 0.03 per cent to close at 907.94 points. Bank Nizwa was the most active in terms of volume while Omantel led in terms of turnover. Wednesday’s top gainer was Al Suwadi Power, up by 2.33 per cent, while Oman Textile Holdings was the day’s top loser, down by 3.70 per cent. As many as 546 trades were executed during the trading session generating turnover of OMR3.1 million with 10.2 million shares changing hands. Out of 31 traded securities, four advanced, 13 declined and 14 remained unchanged. Omani investors were net buyers to the tune of OMR282,000 worth of shares followed by GCC and Arab investors at OMR101,000. Foreign investors, who were net sellers, sold shares amounting to OMR383,000. Financial Index ended negatively at 7,258.50 points, a loss of 0.20 per cent. Al Madina Investments, Al Anwar Holding, Al Izz Bank, Al Madina Takaful and Bank Muscat declined by 3.28 per cent, 3.14 per cent, 1.43 per cent, 1.16 per cent and 0.37 per cent, respectively. Industrial Index edged down by 0.09 per cent to close at 7,325.78 points. Gulf International Chemicals, up by 0.70 per cent, was the only sector gainer. Oman Textiles, National Aluminium and Al Maha Ceramics declined by 3.70 per cent, 3.65 per cent and 0.41 per cent, respectively. Services Index closed at 3,283.49 points, up by 0.17 per cent. Al Suwadi Power and Sohar Power advanced by 2.33 per cent and 1.63 per cent, respectively. Renaissance Services, OIFC, Phoenix Power, National Gas

and ACWA Power fell by 1.13 per cent, 1.07 per cent, 0.66 per cent, 0.63 per cent and 0.49 per cent, respectively. Emerging stocks fall Emerging-market stocks fell with currencies as lower commodity prices and renewed concern about global growth following declines in Chinese stocks sapped demand for riskier assets. Russia’s rouble and the South African rand headed for one-week lows. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index slipped 0.5 per cent to 860.01 in London, its second day of losses. Gazprom, Russia’s biggest natural-gas exporter, headed for a two-week low, leading energy shares lower. The Shanghai Composite Index retreated the most since September 15, falling from an eight-week high. The ruble, the rand and the Chilean peso weakened at least 0.6 per cent versus the dollar. The Bloomberg Commodity Index sank to the lowest level in almost three weeks as slower growth in China, the top consumer of grains, energy and metals, dented demand. The developing nations stock gauge has risen 8.6 per cent in October, set for the sharpest monthly gain since January 2012, as traders pared back bets for a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase this year amid signs that a China slowdown will crimp United States growth. “China remains the main risk for developing countries,” said Maarten-Jan Bakkum, a senior emerging-markets strategist at NN Investment Partners, who prefers Indian and the Philippine equities to shares in Brazil and Thailand. “If local markets are weak in China, global investors get nervous.” MSCI developingmarkets index has dropped 10 percent this year and trades at 11.3 times projected 12-month earnings – United Securities/Bloomberg News

REGULAR MARKET ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... OM0000004933 ...........AL SUWADI POWER ....................................................95,378 ............ 20,983......................11 ........... 0.220...........0.220 ...........0.220 .......... 0.220 ............. 0.215............ 0.005.............2.326 ................0.220 ............. 0.215...................0.220 ................. 157,169,395 ........0.100 OM0000003711 ............SOHAR POWER............................................................ 648,040........ 242,224........................6 ........... 0.370 ........... 0.374 ...........0.370........... 0.374 .............0.368 ........... 0.006............. 1.630 ................0.374..............0.372...................0.376................... 82,657,740 .........0.100 OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ..............10,250 ...............2,931........................2 ........... 0.284 ...........0.286 ...........0.284 .......... 0.286 .............0.284 ........... 0.002............. 0.704 ................0.286..............0.284...................0.288 ...................6,006,000 ..........0.100 OM0000001483............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ................................. 222,386 ............ 67,516........................7 ........... 0.304...........0.304 ...........0.300 .......... 0.304 .............0.304 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.300 ............ 0.300...................0.310..................407,575,916 ........0.100 OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 169,041 .............19,947........................4 ............0.118 ........... 0.118............0.118 ............0.118 ............. 0.118 ............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.118 .............. 0.118...................0.120................. 236,036,909 .......0.100 OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ......................... 250,500 ........... 25,546........................8 ............0.101 ........... 0.102 ...........0.101 ........... 0.102 .............0.102 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.102..............0.102...................0.103....................6,002,008..........0.100 OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ........................ 791,759 .......1,286,873..................... 29 ............1.625 ........... 1.630 ...........1.625 ............1.625 ............. 1.625............ 0.000.............0.000 ................1.625 .............. 1.625...................1.630................ 1,218,750,000 ......0.100 OM0000003125 ............GLOBAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENT ................. 30,000 ...............3,000........................2 ........... 0.100 ........... 0.100 ...........0.100........... 0.100 .............0.100 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.100.............. 0.101...................0.104.................. 20,000,000 ........0.100 OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 162,853 ........... 28,499........................3 ............0.175 ........... 0.175............0.175 ............0.175 ............. 0.175............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.175 .............. 0.173...................0.175 ................. 252,252,000 .......0.100 OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 756,730............64,392..................... 62 ........... 0.084 ...........0.086 ...........0.084........... 0.085 .............0.085 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.085..............0.085...................0.086...................24,648,354.........0.100 OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY ................................................................7 ....................... 3........................1 ........... 0.428 ...........0.428 ...........0.428........... 0.440 .............0.440 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.428..............0.430...................0.440 ..................26,620,000.........0.100 OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 200,000......... 151,400........................6 ............0.756 ........... 0.760 ...........0.756 ............0.756 ............. 0.756............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.760..............0.752...................0.760..................492,113,838 ........0.100 OM0000004925 ...........AL BATINAH POWER....................................................5,000 ............... 1,075........................1 ............0.215 ........... 0.215 ...........0.215 ............0.215 ............. 0.215............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.215 .............. 0.215...................0.220 .................145,100,797 ........0.100 OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 950,651...........511,396.....................90 ........... 0.540 ...........0.544 ...........0.536........... 0.538 .............0.540 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.370 ...............0.538..............0.538...................0.540 ...............1,233,000,557 ......0.100 OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS ..................................................13,300 ...............6,395........................3 ........... 0.482 ...........0.482 ...........0.480........... 0.480 .............0.482 ...........-0.002 ............-0.415................0.480..............0.480...................0.482 ..................25,200,000 ........0.100 OM0000003141 ............ACWA POWER BARKA .............................................. 20,000 ............ 16,400........................1 ........... 0.820 ...........0.820 ...........0.820........... 0.820 .............0.824 ...........-0.004 ........... -0.485 ...............0.820............. 0.000...................0.820 .................131,200,000........0.100 OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS ............................................................. 11,500 ................3,611........................3 ............0.314 ........... 0.314 ...........0.314 ........... 0.314 ............. 0.316............-0.002 ........... -0.633 ...............0.314 ..............0.312...................0.314...................15,700,000 .........0.100 OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE.............. 339,359 ...........62,900..................... 28 ............0.185 ........... 0.187 ...........0.182............0.185 ............. 0.187............-0.002 ........... -1.070................0.182 .............. 0.183...................0.188...................37,000,000.........0.100 OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 293,030 ........... 51,280......................31 ............0.175 ........... 0.175............0.175 ............0.175 ............. 0.177............-0.002 ............-1.130................0.175 .............. 0.175...................0.176 ...................50,863,929.........0.100 OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL............................................. 236,000 ........... 20,066........................8 ........... 0.086 ...........0.086 ...........0.085........... 0.085 .............0.086 ...........-0.001 ............-1.163................0.085..............0.084...................0.085...................14,875,000 .........0.100 OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 715,400 ......... 132,575..................... 66 ............0.191 ........... 0.191............0.184............0.185 ............. 0.191 ............-0.006 ............-3.141................0.185 .............. 0.185...................0.188................... 27,763,875 .........0.100 OM0000001962............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ................................... 100,000 ..............5,854........................5 ........... 0.059 ...........0.059 ...........0.058........... 0.059 ............. 0.061............-0.002 ........... -3.279 ...............0.058..............0.058...................0.060 ..................12,221,932 .........0.100 OM0000001319 ............NATIONAL ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS ............. 350,600 ........... 73,868..................... 32 ........... 0.209........... 0.215 ...........0.209 ...........0.211 .............0.219............-0.008 ........... -3.653 ...............0.210..............0.210...................0.214.................... 7,083,576 ..........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 6,371,784 ...2,798,733...................409 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......23........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. ....................42,635 ...............1,492........................5 ........... 0.035 ........... 0.035 ...........0.035........... 0.035 .............0.035 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.035..............0.035...................0.036....................2,975,000 ..........0.100 OM0000002564 ...........AL HASSAN ENGINEERING...................................... 2,700 ..................246........................2 ............0.091 ........... 0.091 ...........0.091 ............0.091 ............. 0.091............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.091 ..............0.086...................0.091....................6,843,928 ..........0.100 OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 3,008,089...... 225,736..................... 53 ............0.075 ........... 0.076 ...........0.074........... 0.075 .............0.075 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.074..............0.074...................0.075..................112,500,000........0.100 OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 515,095..............77,411..................... 46 ............0.150 ........... 0.152 ...........0.150 ........... 0.150 ............. 0.151 ............-0.001 ........... -0.662 ...............0.151 ...............0.151...................0.152..................219,390,219 ........0.100 OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK.............................................. 118,227 ...............8,190......................13 ........... 0.070 ...........0.070 ...........0.069........... 0.069 .............0.070 ...........-0.001 ........... -1.429 ...............0.069..............0.069...................0.070...................69,000,000.........0.100 OM0000001053 ............OMAN TEXTILE HOLDING .....................................13,602 ...............4,941......................13 ........... 0.366 ...........0.366 ...........0.362........... 0.364 .............0.378 ...........-0.014 ........... -3.704 ...............0.362..............0.356...................0.362 ...................2,184,000 ..........1.000 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 3,700,348 .......318,016................... 132 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 6........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

BONDS MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000004602 ...........BANK MUSCAT CONV. BONDS 4.5 ........................43,627 ...............4,886........................1 ............0.112 ........... 0.112............0.112 ............0.112 ............. 0.111 .............0.001 ............. 0.901 ................0.112 .............. 0.112................... 0.115 ...................33,907,900.........0.100 OM0000005971 ............B.MUSCAT COMPL. CONVR. B.B.3.5 ................... 160,329 ............ 15,071........................4 ........... 0.094 ...........0.094 ...........0.094........... 0.094 .............0.094 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.094..............0.094...................0.098................... 30,471,192 .........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 203,956 ............19,957........................5 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........2........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

INDIAN MARKETS

Sensex falls again; rupee drops MUMBAI: In a volatile market, the S&P BSE benchmark Sensex extended losses for the second consecutive day, finished lower by another 19.17 pts to close at 27,287.66 due to selling pressure mainly in realty, capital goods, healthcare, banking and refinery sectors amidst mixed Asian cues. However, metal, IT and technology sectors firmed up on good buying enquiries. The Sensex resumed higher at

27,312.35 and ﬁrmed up further to a high 27,445.24 on initial buying on the back of sustained foreign capital inﬂows. However, it declined afterwards to 27,190.55 before closing at 27,287.66, showing a loss of 19.17 pts or 0.07 per cent. The CNX 50-share Nifty moved down further by 9.95 points or 0.12 per cent to close at 8,251.70 after moving in a range of 8,294.40 and 8,217.15.

Decline continues The rupee continued to decline against the US currency for the second straight day, by ending lower by another 7 paise to to 65.12 per dollar on persistent dollar demand from banks and importers amidst ﬁrm dollar in Tokyo market despite sustained foreign capital inﬂows. Indian rupee opened marginally lower at 65.09 per dollar as against Tuesday’s 65.05. - PTI

T H U R S DAY, O CTO B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 5

MARKET Oman seeks Taiwan’s help in developing SME exchange The objective of the exchange will

The best in SME stock market are the Taiwanese so we have visited them to export their experience in this field, and, currently, we are working on the proposal itself. Later on, we need to forward this to the concerned authority to approve

be to support the development of small units across a wide range of growth enablers and provide fair and attractive returns to investors,

Sayyid Hamid bin Sultan Al Busaidi Director general, support and services & in charge of Oman Centre for Governance and Sustainability

according to CMA

ELHAM POURMOHAMMADI

elham@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Taiwanese experience is being used to establish a stock market for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Oman, said a senior official at the Capital Market Authority (CMA). “The best in SME stock market are the Taiwanese so we have visited them to export their experience in this ﬁeld, and, currently, we are working on the proposal itself,” said Sayyid Hamid bin Sultan Al Busaidi, who is the director general of support and services

and in charge of Oman Centre for Governance and Sustainability. “Later on, we need to forward this to the concerned authority to approve,” Al Busaidi told ‘Times of Oman’ on the sidelines of the OER Finance Summit, which was held recently. The initiative is in initial stages and will take time to complete, he said, adding that no speciﬁc date can be given for the launch of the SME exchange. According to the CMA, the objective of the exchange will be to support the development of SMEs across a wide range of growth ena-

blers, provide fair and attractive returns to investors and market participants, and provide clients and suppliers of SMEs with better access to and information on the opportunities of doing business with small and medium units. Challenges Asked about the challenges facing the project, Al Busaidi said that one of the issues would be how to convince the SMEs to join the market as they are ‘conservative’. “(However), the mechanism, transparency and disclosure will not have to

be so tight and does not have to be detailed not to scare them. We hope we can overcome these challenges,” the official noted. But there will be certain criteria for the SMEs to be listed, he said, adding that the ones which are well-established and are doing well will be selected. “We will not take small ones like (the ones which) do not have a strong ﬁnancial statement,” the CMA official explained. Asked about the fact that banks have been given until the end of 2015 to allocate 5 per cent of their

total loans to SMEs, Al Busaidi said that other parties should comment on this but noted that he thinks it would be better to extend the period instead of reducing the percentage. In 2013, the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) stipulated that commercial banks’ loans to SMEs must account for at least 5 per cent of their total loans, in a bid to contribute to the development of the entrepreneurship sector in the country. Banks have already been given a one-year extension until the end of this year.

CRUDE MARKET

Platts set to expand Dubai

oil grades amid Chinese move DUBAI: Platts, the commodities price-reporting agency, may decide soon after October 30 to make changes to the formula of the benchmark for much of the Middle Eastern crude sold to Asia as it seeks to stay competitive with China planning to introduce its own contract. The agency is considering adding two crudes to the three grades it uses in calculating the Dubai oil benchmark, which determines prices for almost 30 million barrels a day in exports to Asia, said Dave Ernsberger, its global editorial director for oil. Platts seeks to ensure liquidity amid rising demand from Asia, especially China, which plans to introduce a futures contract this year. Qatar’s grades Platts, a unit of McGraw Hill Financial, is seeking opinions from the oil industry about whether to include Qatar’s Al Shaheen and Abu Dhabi’s Murban grades, Ernsberger said in Dubai. State companies from China, the world’s second-biggest oil consumer, bid aggressively for cargoes over the past 18 months using Platts’ market-on-close price-assessment process, Ernsberger said. Al Shaheen and Murban would together add at least 600,000 barrels a day to the Dubai benchmark, he said. Platts currently assesses Dubai, Oman and Abu Dhabi. - Bloomberg News

ENERGY SECTOR

Iran to pay oil ﬁrms higher fees to attract investment DUBAI: Iran will pay foreign oil companies larger fees than it did under previous buy-back contracts to attract $100 billion of investments needed to rebuild its energy industry. The country, once Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (Opec) second-largest crude producer, will also offer 20-year contracts on oil and natural gas projects, Roknoddin Javadi, managing director of state-run National Iranian Oil Company, said in an interview in Tehran. “What’s been announced so far looks like an attractive contract — no doubt it’s a vast improvement on the buy-back contracts,’’ said Robin Mills, a Dubai-based consultant who worked formerly for Royal Dutch Shell on projects in Iran from 1998 to 2003. Iran, holder of the fourth-largest reserves of oil, is preparing to

boost its output once world powers remove economic sanctions that choked off investment in its oil and gas industry. Oil exports fell to an average 1.4 million barrels a day last year from 2.6 million in 2011, United States Energy Information Administration data show. New contract New contract terms will be introduced next month, as part of plans to boost oil production to 5.7 million barrels a day and gas output to 1.4 billion cubic metres a day by 2021, Javadi said. “The new contract that we’re going to present has raised the opportunity for those who invest to be able to participate in operation and production for a long term, let’s say 20 years,” he said. “This is the major incentive.” Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak was leading a trade

BOOSTING PRODUCTION: Iran is preparing to boost its output once world powers remove economic sanctions that choked off investment in its oil and gas industry. – Bloomberg News

delegation to Tehran on Wednesday, the Tehran Times reported, without citing anyone. Delegates were to meet with Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and other Iranian officials to discuss cooperation in the oil industry and power projects.

Iran’s previous buy-back contracts merely paid oil companies a fixed fee over five to seven years, without giving investors a share of a field’s production in the longer term. The new contract will link payments to oil companies to the quantity they produce, Javadi said.

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Japan’s exports grow at slow pace TOKYO: Japan’s exports grew at the slowest pace in more than a year in September, with a drop in shipments to Asia all but overwhelming gains in sales to Europe and the United States. The trade data are one of the most crucial economic indicators before the Bank of Japan (BoJ) meets on October 30 to consider whether the nation needs more monetary stimulus to stoke inﬂation and economic activity. Exports to China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia all fell as the slowdown in China’s economy sapped demand across Asian countries. The value of Japanese shipments rose just 0.6 per cent in September from a year earlier,

marking the third straight month of waning growth, the Finance Ministry reported on Wednesday. Economists surveyed had expected a 3.8 per cent increase. The value of imports sank more than 11 per cent, underscoring a lack of demand in Japan’s domestic economy as well as falling oil prices. “The numbers conﬁrm that Japan’s economy is in a soft patch,” said Taro Saito, the director of economic research at NLI Research Institute in Tokyo. “It’s too optimistic for the central bank and the government to be saying the recovery is continuing,” he said. The economy contracted in the second quarter and a slump in industrial production in Au-

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gust prompted some economists to predict Japan went backwards again in the third quarter. The weakness in exports in September was also apparent when measure by the volume of shipments, with a 3.9 per cent decline from a year earlier. Stimulus The yen was little changed at 119.91 per US dollar in Tokyo while the Topix stock index advanced 0.7 per cent amid speculation that pressure is building on the Bank of Japan to consider adding to stimulus. NLI’s Saito said it is hard to make a call on monetary policy because the central bank has repeatedly said there is improve-

ment in inﬂation trends. Some 42 percent of economists surveyed from September 29 to October 2 forecast the BoJ will boost stimulus later this month. Exports to the US rose more than 10 per cent in September, with strength in sales of cars and pharmaceuticals. Shipments to Europe advanced 5.1 per cent while exports to China dropped 3.5 per cent. The volume of crude oil imports rose 1.1 per cent in September while the value dropped almost 44 per cent after a rout in the energy market over the past year. The trade deﬁcit for September was €114.5 billion ($955 million), compared to expectations for a surplus of €87 billion. - Bloomberg News

Most attractive Under a typical buy-back deal, a foreign investor paid to develop and operate an oil ﬁeld before turning it over to Iranian authorities, and an investor who produced more than the planned amount received no compensation for the additional barrels, Mills, an analyst at Manaar Energy Consulting, said on Tuesday by phone. Iran reimbursed only the budgeted production costs and paid a prearranged fee of 12 per cent to 15 per cent, he said. The new contract looks more appealing to investors than the service fees offered by neighbouring Iraq, and it shares some features with the production-sharing agreements in common use elsewhere in the oil industry, Mills said. Investors will apparently have an incentive to produce more oil and develop a ﬁeld for much

longer than permitted under a buy-back, he said. “It’ll be one of the most attractive contracts in the Middle East for the size and quality of the fields that are being offered,” Mills said. OMV’s interest OMV will invest in Iran if terms are flexible, chief executive officer Rainer Seele said Monday. Javadi, Seele and executives from producers Eni, Korea Gas and contractors JGC Corporation all spoke at the first Iranian Petroleum and Energy Club conference in Tehran. Iran will present its new oil and gas contracts on November 27-28 in Tehran, Javadi said. The country pumped 2.8 million barrels a day of oil in September, making it the fifth-biggest producer in the Opec. Iran’s exports of crude and condensate, a light oil liquid, fell. - Bloomberg News

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ROBOT AGE IS A R R I V I N G SOONER THAN WE THOUGHT A

bout 542 million years ago, something weird and profound happened on Earth. Quite abruptly, life went inventively crazy, proliferating from simple, rudimentary single-cell organisms into myriad multi-cellular forms. Evolution discovered the idea of more sophisticated and specialised cells, and most of the basic body plans we know today. Biologists call it the Cambrian explosion. Human technology may be on the verge of a similar explosion. The technological upheavals of the last few centuries — the Industrial Revolution and the information age — have been relatively tame in the sense that people have remained the creative force, even if using different tools and working in different ways. That may ﬁnally be about to change, according to Gill Pratt, programme director for robotics research at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He makes a good argument that we’re about to have a Cambrian moment in robotics and artiﬁcial intelligence, as devices become able to do anything people can do, including thinking. To be sure, robotics enthusiasts have been making such predictions since the 1950s. What makes now different is the amazing and totally unex-

pected progress of research in the past few years. The buzzwords are “deep learning” and “cloud robotics.” Even ﬁve years ago, algorithms for computer vision could barely recognise even simple objects, such as a ball or a square block, especially in realistic environments. Now, such algorithms can easily distinguish different breeds of dogs, and can recognise human faces as well as or better than real people can. Neural networks are breaking image-recognition records on an almost weekly basis. In July, Google announced that it could translate text from more than 20 foreign languages just from photos — say, from a menu or handwritten note. Earlier this year, Google’s deep learning group demonstrated that an algorithm could learn to play all of the Atari video games of the 1980s with the same skill as human experts — simply by watching and learning. The neural networks differ from those explored in the past in several fundamental ways. In particular, they use insights learned from modern neuroscience about how the brain stores and reworks old knowledge. Pratt, who has followed these developments as closely as anyone, expects that robots, following the deep learning ideas, will soon be able to perform

We're about to have a Cambrian moment in robotics and artiﬁcial intelligence, as devices become able to do anything people can do, including thinking, says Gill Pratt, programme director for robotics research at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

“any associative memory problem at human levels.” Any. And that’s just the beginning. Robots no longer need to learn on their own: They can now share insights over networks, so that powerful knowledge spreads quickly to other robots. Google’s self-driving cars, for example, share maps, images, and data on previous driving experiences and traffic. All the information gets fed to computers in the cloud — that is, distributed over the Internet — where analysis takes place to improve the cars’ performance. As Pratt notes, robots will soon be able to learn by imagination as well, a trick previously unique to people. Having learned pretty good behaviour in a variety of situations, a robot can run simulations to explore circumstances unlike anything it has yet faced. It can experiment with different ways of behaving and ﬁnd possible solutions. And through the cloud, as he puts it, “every robot’s dreams will improve the performance of all robots.” Which is why the Cambrian explosion analogy is far from silly. In biology, that explosion happened when evolution somehow stumbled on the pathway of design leading out of the single-celled trap and into new open space, where so much more was pos-

sible. In artificial intelligence, the combination of deep learning methods, advancing neuroscience, computing power and the Internet is doing the same for brains and intelligence, which will no longer be limited to the human kind. What will we find — and what will our super-smart robotic companions find — in this new space? It’s hard for our limited human brains to imagine how this will change our world. Maybe, as Pratt suggests, robotic capabilities will advance so quickly that most human skills will become redundant, and robots will destroy our economies or create massive inequality. Perhaps, as Nick Bostrom explored last year in his brilliant book “Superintelligence,” robots doing their own research and development, better and faster and smarter than we can, will simply replace us as the new top species. They’re not only going to be better at number-crunching and mathematics, but at other traditional human skills as well — persuasion, deception and strategy. Perhaps humans will go the way bacteria did. They existed before the Cambrian explosion, and they still exist today. In fact, they continue to thrive. They just don’t hold the dominant position they once did. -Washington Post-Bloomberg News

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OOC awarded for its key social initiatives

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The award was part of the 32nd session of the Councils of Ministers of Labour and Social Affairs, hosted in Qatar their outstanding creative work in the ﬁeld of CSR towards their communities. DOHA: Oman Oil Company (OOC), the government’s investment arm in the energy sector, has been awarded for its social investments by the Councils of Ministers of Labour and Social Affairs in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The award was part of the 32nd session of the Councils, hosted in the State of Qatar recently. The session’s main objective was to recognise pioneering organisations in social investments which have inspired societies and achieved sustainable development. This award is a strong incentive for institutions to continue

‘Ghaytuh’ programme As such, OOC has been nominated from Oman through the Sultanate’s Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) for its sustainable initiatives this year, speciﬁcally for its pioneering programme ‘Ghaytuh’, says a press release. Commenting on this remarkable achievement, Eng. Isam Al Zadjali, chief executive officer of OOC, said: “OOC and its group of companies have proved their commitment to the community through their CSR initiatives every year in areas of training, entre-

preneurship and capacity building as well as empowering human resources throughout Oman.” “Oman Oil Company integrates social responsibility and sustainability in all aspects of its operations, where the company’s approach focuses on partnering with both the public and private sectors to support economic growth and prosperity for the local communities. OOC obtained this award due to its unique approach in CSR, where the company harnessed the power of business to achieve sustainable economic, social and environmental development across Oman.” Al Zadjali concluded. 'Ghaytuh' is a programme developed by OOC in partnership with

the National Centre for Career Guidance, under the Ministry of Education. The programme is designed to help a great number of Grade X students from all over the Sultanate to build their entrepreneurship skills and start up their own company, develop their ideas around personal business and showcase their products through exhibitions. The programme has been ongoing since 2013, and is being developed in its practical as well as theoretical aspects through tailored training workshops. In Ghaytuh 2014/2015, the programme took in a total of 120 students from both private and public schools as well as students from Al Amal School of the Deaf.

FA S H I O N S H O W

Splash showcases AW’15 collection MUSCAT: Imagine a chic club brimming with the affluent and the well-travelled. It’s a space that brings a section of people who connect through their mutual love for fashion, travel and music. Splash created that atmosphere for its guests this season to showcase the AW’15 collection that was an amalgamation of classic trends with an updated look. The cafe was a glamorous one which saw the Bespoke Military and Retro Futuristic trends coming together to create the ultimate look for a jet setting individual. Effortless pieces, structured look and the retro chic silhouettes were dominant on the runway that was seen across the fashion weeks in the past days, says a press release. Raza Beig, CEO Splash & ICONIC added, “Harnessing the power of simplicity, classic and utilitarian in fashion, this season we have embraced two classic trends namely Military and Retro with a modern spin. The collection deﬁnes a well read, travelled person who was part of the very niche cult called Café Society. The show

is a way of showing our supporters and consumers the creativity that the brand imbibes, not just in our collection but in the way we conceptualise a theme that breaks boundaries and presents fashion like never before.” The venue was Madinat Jumeirah where the guests were welcomed into a pre-function area that was designed as a café with heavy French and retro influences. A café deemed fit for hi-flyers, the guests relaxed and soaked in the luxurious ambience while they were served premium beverages

and canapés. DJ Kennedy made sure to keep the crowd grooving to his eclectic tunes. Stirring just the right amount of excitement, the guests were taken to their seating for the show overlooking an LED lit airport runway which resembled an actual runway. Twenty ﬁve top models sashayed down the runway in a surreal set that came to life with the energy from the audience. The VIP show was attended by UAE’s crème de la crème which saw Raza Beig walk the ﬁnale amidst a thunderous round of ap-

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plause. All fashion followers and Splash customers also got a taste of the season’s most awaited runway action at the earlier show in the evening. To maximise the reach of the shows and celebrate fashion on a larger scale, the two shows were live streamed on all the brand’s social media platforms along with other leading online platforms across the region, where a million or more fans and consumers watched the show. The collection presented on the runway is available in the stores.

Burjeel Medical Centre celebrates World Sight Day MUSCAT: Burjeel Medical Centre recently celebrated World Sight Day on its premises in Muscat under the theme ‘Eye care for all’. The centre marked the day along with key members of Al Noor Association for the Blind. The occasion was marked by the convening of a small gathering to focus attention on the importance of the day which is commemorated annually on the second Thursday of the month of October. It aims to raise awareness on eye care and facts about the subject matter, says a press release. The event began with a short speech by Dr Zainab Jassim Mohammed, medical director, Burjeel Medical Centre. In her speech she emphasised that eye sight is one of the most important sensory organs. “Our eyes are the window to the world. However due to our stressful lives and with everyone being cued onto digital technology; our eyes seldom get rest. This affects our vision over time and causes problems. In children, it is especially harmful as it affects their neurological pathways as well as their eyes,” she said. Dr Aji Sam Mathews, specialist ophthalmologist, Burjeel Medical Centre, stressed on the importance of annual eye check-up for adults and advised parents to be vigilant and caring on matters relating to their children’s eyes and report any abnormality noticed. Rashid bin Sulaiman Al Farsi, chairman, Al Noor Association for the Blind, who was the chief guest felt that it was important to celebrate World Sight Day as it created awareness about vision and vision related problems. He felt such days also remind people about their rights and enable them to get screening for themselves and their families. “The greatest burden in the world is eye impairment and therefore there is a necessary to take eye care; as it is a very serious

I thank Burjeel Medical Centre for taking this initiative in creating awareness about eye sight and urge everyone to visit its facilities and seek professional advice Rashid Al Farsi

Chairman, Al Noor Association for Blind

and important element of health. Everyone should undertake regular eye check and follow doctor’s advice; not self-medicate or seek traditional remedies," he added. He felt that despite the awareness being created every year on the importance of ‘Sight’, very few people utilised the resources available to them. “I thank Burjeel Medical Centre for taking this initiative in creating awareness about eye sight and urge everyone to visit its facilities and seek professional advice,” he concluded. Burjeel Medical Centre located in Azaiba, is designed to be a primary healthcare facility. It hosts a network of speciality clinics to cater to various healthcare needs of the people of Oman. With world-class medical professionals, sophisticated diagnostic equipment and superior health services, Burjeel provides a comforting ambience, full of warmth and personalised attention.

SHARPENING KNOWLEDGE

Kerala Wing’s inter-school quiz competition sees huge turnout

Geely GC9 to be launched in Oman soon MUSCAT: Geely GC9, Geely’s new premium sedan, will be made available soon in the Sultanate of Oman exclusively at Towell Auto Centre (TAC). Geely GC9 is the ﬁrst model to be based on the unusual and futuristic Geely KC concept that was unveiled at many leading global auto shows. In Oman, this #Super Sedan will be made available with 2.4L and 3.5L V6 engine options, says a press release. Riyadh Ali Sultan, director of TAC, test drove the Geely GC9 3.5L V6 variant. TAC is currently testing this model to gauge its performance, limitations and suitability for local driving conditions. Driving the GC9 for almost a month now, Riyadh is very happy with its design and performance. “I am both thrilled and awe struck by the design and the driving capabilities of the GC9. It is the ﬁrst model that prides itself on the strong Geely - Volvo partnership and we keenly look forward to its introduction into the Oman market. Super design, touch controls and multi-dimensional camera are some of the features that I love. Its spacious interior and above-class

features are worthy of appreciation and can be compared to the premium car segment in Oman. Indeed, the GC9 will prove to be the game changer for the brand. One really needs to drive and feel the car to understand what I am saying,” says Riyadh. The Geely GC9 #Super Sedan is a four-door ‘fastback’ sedan with an aggressive profile, an overall length of 4956mm and wheelbase of 2850mm, giving an elegant and solid stance. It features an artistic innovation that borrows heavily from classical Chinese aesthetic needs and international styling philosophy. The distinctive side shoulder line arches over the front wheel and then sweeps cleanly around the vehicle’s length, combining a sense of speed with character and elegance. The wide shoulder surface gives a strong and confident feel. The headlights and grille form a unified graphic, with the arched curve of the grille inspired by the distinctive profile of historic Chinese stone bridges. The graceful and modern interior design of the GC9 reflects a mix of technology and quality. The steering wheel,

door armrests and front control display have a lightweight and elegant appearance. The central console arches from the front to the rear passenger area. The seats are well-designed, ﬂoating on bridgelike supports and dressed in the style of Chinese clothing. Fine red wood, jade, traditional patterns and ambient lighting works together to enhance the interior quality. “Geely’s philosophy has been to make cars that offer great luxury and an enormous array of comfort and safety features at an unbelievable value. Already the best-selling China-made car in the GCC, the automaker is now focusing on new generation cars such as GC9 designed using the KC concept. This concept brings together a whole new era of luxury, class and next generation technology thanks to the dedicated 300 designers and R&D engineers who work relentlessly at the Geely European Innovation centres,” commented a senior spokesperson of TAC. By bringing the Geely range to the Sultanate, TAC has reinforced its commitment to providing highquality products and services to its customers in Oman.

MUSCAT: Indian Social Club Kerala Wing’s inter-school quiz competition was conducted at Indian School Darsait recently and the participation was in excess of 1,000 students from 19 Indian schools of Oman. Indian School Darsait had the maximum number of contestants to impart a sheer challenge to other teams. Renowned writer, journalist and social activist Parvathi Devi hosted the event who deliberated about each questions beyond the boundary of quiz but covering its social relevance, says a press release. The quiz was organised for the 14th consecutive year with a goal to promote the language, literature and awareness about the contemporary issues in the young minds. Prabhavarma, 2013 Vayalar Award winner for poetry teleaddressed the participants and inaugurated the function. He emphasised the need to promote the culture of preserving the native language, familiarity towards one’s literal legacy and guarding oneness amid diversified diaspora. Six teams each participated from junior and senior categories final and ground their knowledge base and thinking skills in art, literature, sports and contemporary issues. Sidharth Sajeeve, Abhirami Anil Babu, Malavika Siva Prasad of Indian School Ghubra bagged the first prize in the junior category; Indian School Seeb and Indian

School Darsait secured second and third position respectively. Sourav Sivaprasad, Akhil Gopakumar, Vishnav S. Nair of Indian School Ghubra bagged ﬁrst in senior second round fol-

lowed by Indian School Muscat and Indian School Muscat in the second and third place. Parvathi Devi presented the mementos and certiﬁcates to the winners.

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PDO stages awareness workshop for SMEs Around 75 entrepreneurs from SMEs and Local Community Contractors (LCCs) — businesses owned by individuals or families within PDO’s Block 6 concession area — participated in the half-day event

MUSCAT: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) staged a workshop for Omani small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on Tuesday to raise their awareness of how they can do business with a company. Around 75 entrepreneurs from SMEs and Local Community

Contractors (LCCs) — businesses owned by individuals or families within PDO’s Block 6 concession area — participated in the half-day event at the company’s Learning and Development Centre at Mina Al Fahal, says a press release. The seminar included an overview of the oil and gas industry and topics such as PDO’s processes and procedures for vendor registration, contracting and procurement and tendering, and its stringent health, safety and environment (HSE) policies and practices and business ethics. Delegates also learned more about PDO’s In-Country Value (ICV) strategy to retain more of the industry’s wealth in the Sultanate through greater Omanisation of

the goods and services supplied to the oil and gas industry and more training and employment opportunities for Omani jobseekers. During the workshop, experts from the company’s ICV team shared a number of success stories where PDO had supported Omani businesses. For example, during 2014, more than 170 active LCCs beneﬁtted from PDO contracts, providing services such as electrical, mechanical, civil engineering, logistics, manpower supply and equipment hiring. Khalfan Salim Al Busaidy, ICV operations manager, PDO, said: “PDO is an active champion of small and medium local businesses, providing support across a wide range of activities. The workshop

Paul Ross appointed managing director of Creative Action

showcased our continuous commitment to support government directives to provide support to SMEs so that they understand fully what is required if they want to work with us. There are some fantastic Omani SMEs which can begin or expand work in the oil and gas industry. PDO wants to fully unlock that potential but it is important that suppliers and vendors are made fully aware of the standards and speciﬁcations and rules and regulations which must be complied with.” The awareness-raising workshop is the second of its kind at Mina Al Fahal this year and follows one held in April. PDO’s ICV team has also conducted other workshops in 2015 to enhance LCC business acumen and HSE, and highlight commercial opportunities, including at two of its main operational areas at Fahud and Marmul. Additionally, another workshop on PDO’s tendering procedures was conducted in May 2015 to help Omani ﬁrms which had been unsuccessful in bidding for PDO business. The company is planning to conduct another event for unsuccessful bidders on November 10.

MUSCAT: Creative Action has appointed Paul Ross as its new managing director. In this role, Ross will concentrate on further developing business with consumer and retail brands, governments, cultural organisations, educational institutions and innovative start-ups in Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia, says a press release. “I am excited to join Creative Action, an international design agency producing innovative solutions and I look forward to building on this foundation,” said Ross. “My objective is to continue to attract world-class clients so that we can link our ideas with unique design solutions in the areas of brands and environments for our clients,” he added. Prior to joining Creative Action, Ross was the marketing director of Volkswagen Oman. Before his time at Volkswagen, Ross was the director at New Business at TBWAZeenah and principal of his own ﬁrm. He attended the University of California Davis Graduate School of Management in 2012 and received his Bachelor Business Administration degree

from the University of Ottawa. “Paul’s unique blend of design and business expertise makes him well-qualiﬁed to excel in the managing director’s role for Creative Action,” said Ian Silverstein, founder of Creative Action. “He is a leader with a successful track record in the GCC and a fantastic addition to the senior management of the agency, strengthening the way we serve our clients and expanding our new business efforts. Adding Paul to our team gives me more freedom to focus on innovation and creativity and developing our business globally,” added Ian.

SUPPORT

Bank Sohar sponsors Infrastructure Risk Management Forum MUSCAT: As part of its commitment towards supporting the development of the local economy, Bank Sohar recently sponsored the fourth annual Infrastructure Risk Management Forum organised by Marsh - a global leader in insurance broking and risk management. Focused on the current unprecedented risks and pressures faced by project stakeholders within the region, the forum was held recently at the Al Bustan Palace, a RitzCarlton Hotel, says a press release. The forum saw the attendance of prominent CEOs, CFOs, risk officers, owners, operators, ﬁnanciers, contractors, consultants, and other stakeholders involved in investment in infrastructure

development across the country. Attending the event on behalf of Bank Sohar were several key representatives from the bank’s corporate division. Shared responsibility Commenting on the bank’s sponsorship of the event, Sasi Kumar, Group GM of Business at Bank Sohar, said: “Bank Sohar has always been dedicated towards developing the full potential of the Omani economy and supporting the country’s vision for a prosperous future. This future however, involves a number of major infrastructure investments that have been planned over the next few years, and with any investment comes

risk. Managing and mitigating risk is a shared responsibility among all critical infrastructure stakeholders, and it is vital to recognise that any disruptions in these investments can easily cascade across sectors. Forums such as the fourth annual Infrastructure Risk Management Forum provide vital guidance for implementing a coordinated, all-hazards approach to critical infrastructure risk management. This is why we consider our support of forums such as these as part of our commitment to the Sultanate, its economy and the businesses that operate within it.” Following the theme ‘Can we ensure certainty of outcome in these uncertain times? Oil price

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indemnity and SLAM impact assessment modelling respectively. Successful event “The event was a stellar success with attendees appreciating the insightfulness of each topic discussed and the overall professionalism with which the forum was organised. We are truly pleased to have sponsored this event and look forward to sponsoring such key events in the future,” added Sasi Kumar. Bank Sohar over the past eight years of operations has earned itself a reputation of offering world-class products, services and expertise to businesses in Oman. Comprising multiple industry experts, the bank’s corporate team

is ideally placed to provide financial assistance to businesses, both in commerce and industry and is considered to be one of the leading providers of corporate banking services in the country. With an ever-evolving product portfolio, Bank Sohar services the needs of small businesses as well as medium and large corporate by offering an inclusive variety of corporate finance instruments ranging from working capital finance to project finance. The bank’s current clients comprise several organisations engaged in activities across all sectors of the economy such as contracting, trading, telecommunications, real estate and international trading.

REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY

Geepas launches Dark Buster DUBAI: Geepas, the flagship brand of Western International Group, has added another innovation to its esteemed line of products – the Dark Buster. The new emergency lantern is set to create ripples in the market by being the most powerful emergency lantern in the world. Geepas has lightened up homes and improved lives of millions of people around the world, and the Dark Buster is here to set a benchmark by solving key concerns of an emergency lantern user, says a press release. The Dark Buster is locked and loaded with 48 Mega Luminous Intensity White LEDs, supported by strong electroplated reflectors, making it the brightest emergency lantern in the world. All other emergency lamps in the market currently have a range of 15-24 LEDs, which are incomparable to the Dark Buster’s power-packed super bright 48 LEDs. The Dark Buster is the first emergency lantern in the market that comes with an extended battery life running up to an astounding 200 hours in a single charge. With an energy efficient design and an automatic lighting option during power failure, the Dark Buster is also pro-

volatility, political risk climate, and demand for infrastructure: a perfect storm’, the half-day event saw key industry experts share their thoughts on the risk landscape in which organisations operate in today. These included various key topics including the effect of oil price volatility, consequences of the paradigm shift in ﬁnancing, constantly evolving political risk environment, market forces driving procurement strategies and contractual risk allocation, together with a dedicated panel discussion. Two dedicated masterclasses were also hosted at the forum on areas that are topical and constantly discussed, covering professional

tected by a ﬁrm unbreakable polycarbonate glass. Geepas is known for embracing technology in its best form, outstanding product durability and performance. The Dark Buster is yet another impressive innovation that holds the claim to be the best and most powerful emergency lantern in the history of lighting. “We don’t want to just make our customers happy, we want them to have the best and make sure their needs are taken care of. With an extended battery life of 200 hours, the Dark Buster ensures complete light support to our customers in every situation and lasts for days. “ We are all about practical innovation that brings meaning to our loyal customers around the

globe,” said Nizar T. N., director of Operations, Western International Group. Recently crowned as a Superbrand, Geepas is popular for its reliable and quality products at costeffective pricing, and is now one of the most prominent names in the world of electronics. The Dark Buster promises to be a best seller, a trend setter in the market, and will be available across all leading hypermarkets and retailers. Geepas is a part of Western International Group and has one of the world’s largest electronics product portfolios with over 1,500 products in entertainment products, home appliances, kitchen appliances, lighting devices and personal care gadgets.

Daewoo unveils new refrigerator and washing machine range MUSCAT: Daewoo Electronics recently launched a new series of refrigerator. The new models have dynamic edge design, smart cooling system and space solution. A special compartment, ‘Farmer Case Plus’ for storing fresh fruits and vegetables is the highlight of the new refrigerator. It is ﬁtted with a long lasting crystal LED lighting that is brighter and more efficient, says a press release. Fitted with four large pockets on the door makes it easy to store big bottles like cold drink, milk, water, etc. The tempered glass shelves in the refrigerators are stronger, more durable and less prone to cracking and breaking than regular glass, allowing the support of heavy items up to 100kg. Additionally, multi cool technology distributes the cold air through multiple outlets, maintaining the constant temperature from top to bottom thus ensuring that all the refrigerated items stay fresh and have a longer shelf life. Designed for people looking for a high-performance, user-friendly and aesthetically stunning re-

frigerator, the new Daewoo GPF refrigerator ﬁts into any interior setting and adds a touch of class. “We are focused on constantly developing products that are most technologically advanced with the premium design in the home appliance industry, and we have the patented technology to prove it,” said Y. D. Kim, managing director of Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Middle East. Daewoo Electronics now revolutionises one’s laundry experience with its recently launched top loader global platform washing machine series. The new GPF washing machine series has air bubble 4D technology that easily gets rid of the dirt and grease without damaging the fabric. Also, it has dynamic waterfall

system which pumps up the water to the top of the tub creating strong ﬂow of the water that falls straight onto the clothes. The drum resembles the shape of a shooting star thereby giving a unique stylish look. The convex hexagon pattern of the drum functions like a washboard, giving it a handwash effect and the diagonal placement heightens the water ﬂow while the tub rotates. This revolutionary technology keeps your clothes safe from snags. The GPF series excels as a result of its modern and rigorous aesthetics improved washing performance and energy efficiency. The sizeable stainless steel drum and air bubble 4D technology boosts washing results for large loads up to a capacity of 17kg.

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MGS celebrates 40th anniversary in style

The Gujarati community has been residing in Oman for the last 300 years and it is a matter of immense satisfaction the MGS has contributed signiﬁcantly to the promotion of Indian culture as well as development of Oman

MUSCAT: Gujarati Wing of the Indian Social Club Muscat, popularly known as Muscat Gujarati Samaj (MGS), recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, lining up a string of cultural and entertaining activities to enthral the Gujarati Diaspora living in Oman. Dr Darwish Al Mahrabi, undersecretary at the Ministry of Health, was the chief guest and Sheikh Kanaksi G. Khimji was the guest of honour. Anar Patel, Anil Khimji, Kiran Asher, Bakul Mehta, Ashwin Dharamsey, Anil Wader, Dileep Mehta, Hemraj Sha, Rajendra Ved, Arvind Toprani, Bharat Shah from Dubai, educationist Bhadrayu Vacchrajani, Komal Thaker from Gujarati/Hindi/Punjabi Bollywood industry, Ramesh Tanna, Narendra Jadav and Sonu Bhatia were among the guests who attended the event, says a press release. Al Mahrabi released the MGS’s 40th anniversary souvenir and

appreciated and congratulated the Samaj for the unity and teamwork. Punit Sharma, first secretary at Embassy of India and Neelu Rohra, second secretary at Embassy of India also congratulated the Samaj for organising excellent social and cultural activities. Kiran Ashar and Pankaj Udhas also appreciated the Gujarati community harmony and unity which is known all over the world. To celebrate the 40th anniversary in a grand manner, MGS flew in star attractions like the renowned ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas who was born in Jetpur, Gujarat and has mesmerised crowds with his melodious voice across the globe. Pankaj rose to fame and received global acclaim for his famous ghazal Chhithi Aai Hai for the film Naam in 1986 and there has been no looking back since then as he has almost 50 albums to his own name.

The MGS members were able to greet, meet and mingle with a few actors of the famous TV soap Tarak Mehta Ka Ulta Chashma; Atmaram Tukaram Bhide (Mandar Chandwadkar), his wife Madhavi Bhide (Sonalika Joshi) as well as the reporter, Popatlal (Shyam Pathak). This crew of Tarak Mehta was accompanied by none other than their producers Neela Asit Modi and Asit Mody who has earned global name and fame owing to this extremely successful TV rendition Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashmah which has already clocked a mammoth 1,775 episodes. There was also ‘Hasya Darbar’ and ‘Dayro’ programmes by Vijay Raval and Nilesh Ghadvi along with Sariam Dave and Ankit Trivedi who attended the occasion. This was followed by a unique cooking competition anchored by the famous Himali Modi of the trendsetting Rasoi cookery show on ETV Gujarati which has already been successfully running for more than a decade. All this was followed by a felicitation ceremony and dinner on the last day for the special guests, sponsors, well-wishers, supporters, board members and managing committee members of the Muscat Gujarati Samaj. The Gujarati Wing is the oldest subsidiary of the Indian Social Club and has, over the past 40 years, promoted social and cul-

tural activities across a broad and diverse spectrum. Muscat Gujarati Samaj has always been in the forefront of rendering its tireless, wholehearted and selfless services to the fellow citizens of India during its entire journey spanning four decades. The tremendous progress achieved by Muscat Gujarati Samaj since its inception is very well captured in its tagline Samp, Sahkar and Samarpan which means, harmony, cooperation and dedication for selfless service to the community. The Gujarati community has been residing in Oman for the last 300 years and it is a matter of immense satisfaction the Muscat Gujarati Samaj has contributed significantly to the promotion of Indian culture as well as development of the Sultanate of Oman. MGS thanked all its sponsors, members and well-wishers and said it looks forward to their continued support as it marches ahead for yet another decade, now in pursuit of a Golden Jubilee. Chandrakant Chothani, convener of Muscat Gujarati Samaj gave vote of thanks and conveyed their gratitude for the whole hearted support of the sponsors for so many years. Diresh Pawani also thanked the team members of the committee for their hard work and efforts to organise such a glorious event. Darshan Palicha, Kala Ved and Urvi Patel compered the programme.

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OMC to host conference on role of pharmacists in healthcare system MUSCAT: Oman Medical College (OMC) is hosting a two-day conference on ‘Emerging role of Pharmacists in health care system’ scheduled to be held on October 28 and 29 at OMC, Bausher campus. The conference will be inaugurated at 9am on October 28 under the patronage of Dr Ali bin Saud Al Bimani, vice chancellor, Sultan Qaboos University. The guest of honour, Ph. Nusaiba Habib Mohammed, director general of Medical Supplies, Ministry of Health, will give the inaugural address, says a press release. Dr Mohammed Hamdan Al Rubaie, director general of Pharmaceutical Affairs and Drugs Control will attend the function. Dr Lucinda L. Maine, executive vice president and CEO of American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Alexandria, USA will give the keynote address on the topic ‘PharmD Education: Learning from the United States experience’. “The conference would bring different stakeholders from the healthcare community to interact professionally and discuss innovations in the field,” says Dr Yaseen Moosa Malallah Al Lawatia, vice dean, Oman Medical College and chairperson of organising committee. Scientific deliberations The planned scientific deliberations are scheduled to support the theme of the conference and will highlight pharmacists’ important role in better patient care and improved drug therapy. Eminent speakers from USA, France, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and India will speak on the topics related to pharmacy education, pharmaceutical care, patient counselling, medication safety and Pharmacovigilance in healthcare. Scientific papers will

be presented as posters during the conference. Unique opportunity The conference proceedings will be published as a special issue of the International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research (IJPSR), an Elsevier & PubMed indexed journal. This conference will also provide a unique opportunity to the exhibitors of pharmaceutical industries, hospitals, distributors and dealers to display their products. Dr Jayasekhar P. Nair, Chair of the Pharmacy Programme and General Convener of the conference is of the opinion that the conference will consolidate and leverage the patient-centred pharmacy practice in the Middle East region; and would highlight the necessity of clinical pharmacy service in the healthcare systems. He is conﬁdent that the outcomes of the conference will create a vision for forward-thinking pharmacy practice models that will ensure that pharmacists participate as competent member of the healthcare system. The workshops like paediatric care practice and total parenteral nutrition are designed to improve the competency of a working pharmacist. Updating skills The workshop on ‘training the trainers’ for the pharmacy preceptors in hospitals and community pharmacies is designed purely to update the professional skills of pharmacy training supervisors, preceptors and coordinators. The two days conference has been accredited by Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB) for 9.5 CPD points under Category I. He added that this conference would prove to be an inspiring and truly transformative experience for pharmacy professionals.

FESTIVE DELIGHT

Malabar Gold promotion promises exciting prizes MUSCAT: Malabar Gold & Diamonds, the leading jewellery retailer, unfurled the details of its much awaited campaign to celebrate this festive season. This campaign will run at all Malabar Gold & Diamonds outlets in Middle East & Far East from today till November 14. The customers get unprecedented opportunities to win a total of OMR500,000 worth gold coins, says a press release.

A true shopper’s delight, Malabar Gold & Diamonds will captivate the customers by exhibiting eye catching designs in gold, platinum, diamonds and precious stones from different parts of the world to ﬂaunt any occasion or event and are well priced too. For every purchase of gold jewellery above OMR200, the customers get a ‘Scratch & Win’ coupon through which they can win a

guaranteed gold coin or up to 250 gold coins instantly. The customers can also avail a free one gram gold coin for every OMR250 spent on diamond jewellery. Keeping the convenience of their customers in mind, they also offer advance booking facility, where the customers can book their ornaments in advance by paying a certain percentage of the total cost. Furthermore, to ease

the shopping stress on Dhanteras day, the most auspicious day to buy ornaments for Indians and one of the busiest jewellery trading days in the whole year, Malabar Gold & Diamonds gives their customers a unique opportunity to buy diamond jewellery of their choice and get free home delivery in Oman on Dhanteras Day. The customers also get a fabulous chance to buy 8gm gold coins

G R E AT D E A L

New Bridgestone offer for truck, bus tyres MUSCAT: Towell Auto Centre (TAC), the sole distributor in Oman of the leading tyre manufacturer Bridgestone, has launched an exclusive campaign for their truck and bus tyres. For owners of heavy vehicles looking for a good deal for their truck tyres, TAC has a great offer on the TBR segment where customers can avail instant cash back of upto OMR20 on every 02 tyres on exchange of their old truck tyres limited to the same quantity. This offer is valid on cash purchase of every 02 truck tyres of rim size 20, 22.5 and 24 inch and will be valid through all the Truck Tyre centre, Fleet Point, Tyre Care Plus outlet and First Stop store, says a press release. To make purchasing tyres even

easier and reduce the ﬁnancial burden, TAC and Bridgestone have joined hands with Bank Muscat where Bank Muscat credit card holders can avail a 0% interest with the Easy Payment Plan for 12 months. Customers can enjoy these

amazing offers until November 13 with the campaign currently running successfully across the Sultanate of Oman. “This scheme works as an economic deal for owners of heavy vehicles and ﬂeets. Bridgestone tyres have always been the preferred tyre. We have devised this exclusive campaign for our customers, keeping in mind their needs and conveniences,” said Oommen John, AGM, Bridgestone Tyre Division at Towell Auto Centre. Bridgestone tyres have been recognised the world over with numerous accolades to its name. In the Sultanate, Bridgestone was recently honoured with the prestigious title of being the ‘Top Brand in Oman’ in its category.

TAC’s ﬂawless service by dedicated professionals, when coupled with the reliability of Bridgestone’s world class tyres, results in them being the most trusted partners in the industry. With the latest addition of First Stop stores, Towell Auto Centre has expanded its network of Tyre Care Plus outlets dedicated to tyres and First Stop dedicated to autocare. TAC has a strong presence all across the sultanate with presence in Barka, Musannah, Sohar, Saham, Buraimi, Bu Ali, Ibra, Sinaw, Ibri, Nizwa, Karsha, Sumail, Sur and Salalah. In the capital, they are located at Wadi Kabir, Bausher, Ghubra, Ghala, Rusayl, Al Khoud and Mabelah. First Stop stores are located in Amerat and Seeb.

with absolutely no making charges from any of Malabar Gold & Diamonds outlets in GCC during this period. Customers can buy their favourite jewellery by using their credit/ debit cards without paying any additional charge. Malabar Gold & Diamonds also gives their customers the advantage of converting their jewellery purchase into ‘Easy Payment Plans’ in association

with various banks through which they can enjoy ﬂexible payment options for up to 12 instalments without paying any interest. To add more glitter to this season, they have also unveiled the latest collection of jewellery specially designed for the festive season in gold, diamonds and precious gems to suit the tastes of their multicultural and multinational customers.

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We know it’s a daunting task, but our aim is to carve out a niche for ourselves on the world stage. The boys are keen and focussed, which is making my job a lot easy

and former India spinner Sunil Joshi to hone the skills of the players

WORKING HARD: Oman national cricketers at net practice in Barka. The players have been undergoing

rigorous training under the watchful eyes of coach Duleep Mendis.

Duleep Mendis

Oman Cricket coach T.K. MOHANDOSS sportseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: When Oman qualiﬁed for the World Twenty20 Championship, to be held in India March next year, it was indeed a déjà vu for the national coach Duleep Mendis. Having achieved the feat in style, the Sri Lankan cricket legend, who is also the Chief Development Officer of Oman Cricket, doesn’t want to rest on the laurels. As ambitious as ever, Mendis’

goal is to help Oman leave a distinguished mark on the big platform. If Oman Cricket is busy with their developmental projects, Mendis is busy chalking out plans for the national teams. Busy with his planners in his office room at the Oman Cricket headquarters, Mendis took some time off to provide Times Sport with the itinerary for the national team, before they head to India to make their debut on world stage. “The greatest encouragement, of course, is the co-operation of the employers of the players and the

enthusiasm, determination and dedication of the players in addition to the whole-hearted support from the Oman Cricket officials,” Mendis, who indicated that these were the main ingredients of the success in the qualifiers, said. “After a month-long hiatus, since we returned from Ireland, the players have not shown fatigue and were ready for the rigorous training schedule thereafter,” said a very satisfied looking Mendis. “My first priority was to get back to prime as far as fitness was concerned, and the boys were ready

for the training regime under the guidance of specialist physical trainer Nagendra Prasad from India, who has also lent his expertise to various IPL franchises,” said Mendis, complementing his team’s positive response to the rigorous sessions. “We started the physical training sessions early October and the Indian trainer, who was recommended to us by Anil Kumble, was with the boys for around eight days,” said Mendis, who added to say that Nagendra will continue to have short stints with the team.

“Another objective was to help domestic trainers enhance the knowledge of modern training techniques, which in turn help our entire cricketing system to improve,” the coach said. “Now that Nagendra has gone back to India, we are still following his pattern of training. However, he will return in January next year to once again review the ﬁtness of our players,” Mendis detailed. “In addition, we also have the

services of fielding expert Vijay Bharadwaj, who is with the team presently and working on the fresh fielding technique and also honing the sharp catching skills of the players,” he added. Camps in Dubai, India Nagendra and Vijay with good experience are shaping the team well, but soon more experts will share their expertise in specialised fields. >C2

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ONE FOR THE ALBUM: Oman national team probables pose for a group photo with coach Duleep Mendis and physical trainer Nagendra Prasad during a recent training session. – Supplied photo

Former Sri Lanka pacer Rumesh Ratnayake and former India spinner Sunil Joshi will join the team during the camps in Dubai and India (Chennai) respectively. “We will be having a nearly month-long camp in Dubai from November 5 to December 1 and we will move on to Chennai on December 10. We may also camp in Mysore during our stay in India,” said Mendis. The camp in Dubai at the ICC Academy will also see Oman playing matches against the United Arab Emirates, Papua New Guin-

ea, Afghanistan and Hong Kong. “We will play a two-day game against UAE, a three-day game against Afghanistan, a one-day game against PNG and six T20 matches against Honk Kong and Afghanistan,” said Mendis, who added to say that Ratnayake and Vijay will also be joining the team. “Rumesh will be with us for 12 days and Vijay for eight days,” he added. On playing two-day and three-day games, Mendis said: “Those are also as important as the T20s for Oman team, if you keep an outlook for the future.”

Meanwhile, he said the camp in India will be at Chennai’s Sri Ramachandra Sports Centre. “They boast of modern training facilities and will be the right place to train in India,” Mendis said. “We will also play good opponents (four to ﬁve matches).” The advantage will be special session for our spinners with Sunil Joshi, who will be with the team for more than one week. Asia Cup 2016 qualiﬁer After the external camps Oman will return home to continue train-

ing in Muscat though there will be slight change in programme if the venue and dates of Asia Cup 2016 qualifiers are announced. The ICC has planned to hold Asia Cup 2016, which had been changed to T20 format from now on, as a prelude to the World T20. “In January we will have the services of Vijay and Ratnayake and after the internal camp we are likely to go to India in February to play in the qualifiers,” the coach added. Taking part in the qualifiers are Afghanistan, Hong Kong, the UAE and Oman. “If we qualify or not

we will continue to stay in India (Chennai) to get used to the playing conditions,” said Mendis, who has also picked up Uttarakhand for high-altitude training, in case Oman has to play at venues like Dharamsala. BCCI is yet to release the fixtures for World T20. Oman will have to play the first round of the World T20 against full members Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, and qualifiers Scotland, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Afghanistan. Only two from this round will make it to the sec-

ond round to face India, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies. “We know it’s a daunting task, but our aim is to carve out a niche for ourselves on the world stage. The boys are keen and focussed, which is making my job a lot easy,” said Mendis. On the team fulcrum, Mendis said it is almost the same that brought us success in Ireland. “I have indeed added some more players and we have a pool of 27 players, which will be pruning to 15 before the tournament proper,” he signed off.

Infrastructure development in full swing, says Pankaj Khimji Ministry of Sports Affairs cricket ground at Al Amerat depicts the purpose and determination of the national body to

OPTIMISTIC: Oman Cricket Gen-

eral Secretary Madhu Jesrani.

get things done within the stipulated time frame

T.K. MOHANDOSS sportseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Experience ﬂoodlight cricket soon, Oman Cricket Director Pankaj Khimji had said at the Annual Awards Gala recently. And a visit to the Ministry of Sports Affairs cricket ground at Al Amerat shows the purpose and determination of the national body to get things done within the stipulated time frame. “Work is going on according to

the speciﬁed schedule and the existing green ground at Al Amerat will be well lit and ready for daynight cricket by November,” said Pankaj Khimji in a brief chat with Times Sport. “We have kick-started landscaping of the second ground as well and by the end of this season the greening of the second ground will also be completed,” said the Oman Cricket official. “The dream of having a fullﬂedged facility in Al Amerat is not far and work regarding installations of light towers are going in a brisk pace,” he added. Meanwhile, Oman Cricket’s General Secretary Madhu Jesrani elaborated on the ongoing devel-

The dream of having a full-fledged facility in Al Amerat is not far WORK IN PROGRESS: A view of the Ministry of Sports Affairs cricket ground at Al Amerat where work

on installing ﬂoodlight facilities is in full swing. – O.K. MOHAMMED ALI / Times of Oman

opmental work. Madhu said the existing green ground will boast of 10 turf pitches in the middle. “At the moment the ground has ﬁve pitches and ﬁve more will be added,” said Madhu Jesrani, who sounded excited on the developmental activities, which gained

momentum after Oman’s qualiﬁcation for the World T20. “Proscape, an Oman-based company, is handling the job of developing the grounds, and landscaping on the second ground is in full progress,” said Madhu. “The second ground will also

have 10 pitches and 12 additional ones on the side (6 turf pitches and 6 astro-turf ) will be prepared for net practice and cricket academy. He also hinted at building a grand pavilion with dressing rooms and indoor practice facilities. “The facilities coming up will be up to in-

Pankaj Khimji ternational standards,” he pointed. Madhu was also conﬁdent that the upcoming facilities will enhance the popularity of cricket in Oman and also help in developing the standard to the next level.

TENNIS

Fatma makes winning start in Canada MUSCAT: Omani tennis star Fatma Al Nabhani made a winning start to her campaign in the first of two back-to-back ITF Pro Circuit tournaments she is taking part in Canada. The Omani lass, who is currently placed at 471 in the rankings, upset third seeded Croatian Barbora Krejcikova in the first round of the $50,000 Saguenay tournament in Quebec. Taking on a player who is ranked 164, Fatma had to dig deep to win a thrilling three-set match and book a place in the second round. In a see-saw battle, Fatma survived some tense moments in the first set tie-break before winning it 7-5 (4). In the second, Fatma failed to stop her opponent from winning at 6-4. But in the deciding set, another close affair, Fatma kept her cool to win 7-5 and with that the match. In the second round, Fatma is expected to have an easy outing as the Omani will be facing a qualifier in the form of Ashley Weinhold of the US. Ashley advanced after defeating unseeded Belgian Marie Benoit 6-3, 7-5.

THRILLING OPENER: Oman’s Fatma Al Nabhani had to ﬁght hard before overcoming third seeded

Croatian Barbora Krejcikova in Canada. – File photo

Doubles defeat Fatma, however, fumbled in the ﬁrst round of the doubles competition. In their ﬁrst round match, the Omani ace and her Indian partner Karman Kaur Thandi came up against top seeds Sharon

Fichman of Canada and Maria Sanchez of the US. The Indo-Oman pair managed to win just one game as Sharon and Maria won the match 6-0, 6-1. Fatma, who has shifted to $50,000 events after ﬁnding suc-

cess two back-to-back $10,000 tournaments held in India recently in an attempt to improve her ranking, is also scheduled to take part in the $50,000 Tevlin Challenger in Toronto from October 26 to November 1.

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Excellence Performance organised championship, being held with support of Ministry of Sports Affairs and various

NEW DELHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan on Wednesday demanded a definitive answer from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on the proposed Indo-Pak cricket series, saying Pakistan will assume a ‘no’ if India continue to delay the decision. Shaharyar came to India on an invitation from BCCI President Shahshank Manohar but the talks were cancelled when Shiv Sena workers barged into BCCI headquarters in Mumbai, protesting against the dialogue. “It is still not a complete ‘No’ but we need to decide at some point of time and it has to be very soon as there is not much time left. A reply ‘yes’ or ‘no’ is necessary. If there’s still delay we have to assume that it’s a ‘no’,” Shaharyar said. “Therefore I have said yesterday and I am saying it now, chances of this series taking place has reduced significantly,” the former diplomat said. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman admitted that not having a discussion was very disappointing. “We could not engage in discussions and resolve the issues between us. I am not going back disappointed of a possibility of negative response or we would lose money. But that’s not the case at all. We came here to see if we could engage in a bilateral series. If it doesn’t happen that means it has not happened for eight years.” Shaharyar said if the bilateral series with India is not held in December, then the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two nations would be “virtually dead”. “Well, the future depends on the bilateral series that is scheduled in December for which an MoU was signed by both India and Pakistan which includes six series in eight years. The December (2015) series was the first amongst those six series. Now if India does not play the series means that MoU is virtually dead,” he said. - PTI

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MUSCAT: Excellence Performance, a professionally run sports management company, has been striving with great success to organise unique sports events — in the disciplines which have no recognised official governing body but has massive following among the sports-loving Omanis. The main objective of Excellent Performance is to provide a platform and a safe environment for the people to practice and compete in the sport they love, and to attract not just the trained athletes but also people from all walks of life, there by promoting healthy living among the citizens. Al Amerat Challenge road race is a case in point. After making an excellent beginning in 2014 in a big way, the organisation went one notch up last year by hosting a truly international race. The second edition of the Challenge, the ﬁrst Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) sanctioned road race to be held in the Sultanate, had attracted a number of international stars. But the major gain from the event was for the local populace — who experienced the thrills of participating in a distance running event — in general and the Sultanate in particular as the race promoted the country globally as a tourist destination. The organisation has already made plans to host a similar event, promoting a completely different but equally popular discipline — roller skating, in November this year. But before that, the organisation has decided to organise a national level event marking Oman’s Women’s Day, which is observed annually on October 17. And aptly it has been planned as an exclusive women’s event —

NEW VENTURE: Excellence Performance Executive Director Rashid Al Kindi, left, speaks as Ministry of Sports Affairs’ Women’s Sports

Committee Director Saada bint Salim Al Ismaili, centre, looks on during the launch ceremony of the Oman Girls Cross-country Championship at Oman Olympic Committee headquarters on Wednesday. – JUN ESTRADA / Times of Oman

Oman Girls Cross-country Championship, aimed at introducing the local girls to sports and showcasing the future Omani talents. The championship, scheduled to be held on October 31, was officially launched at the Oman Olympic Committee Headquarters on Wednesday in the presence of Saada bint Salim Al Ismaili, Director of Women’s Sport Department at the Ministry of Sports Affairs. Dr. Mansour Al Touqi, Chairman of Oman Paralympic Committee, and Ministry of Sports Affairs ofﬁcials also graced the occasion. Giving the details of the championship, Rashid Ibrahim Al Kindi, Founder and Executive Director of Excellence Performance, said: “The championship will be organised at Al Musannah Sports City on October 31.” “It has been our endeavour from the beginning to promote the disciplines which have no official association or a committee, and popularise those sports. We have found success with our Al Amerat Challenge road race. “We have planned this event (Oman Girls Cross-country Championship) as there is no such meet for the Omani girls though there a number of local girls who want to compete in cross-country races and represent the Sultanate at the international events,” Rashid Al Kindi explained. “We are glad to host the championship as a time when the country

It has been our endeavour from the beginning to promote the disciplines which have no official association or a committee, and popularise those sports Rashid Al Kindi

Executive Director, Excellence Performance

is celebrating the Oman Women’s Day,” he added. “We hope these kinds of championships will also help the Oman Athletic Association to spot the Omani talents and groom them for the future.” “Besides that our main objective as ever is to promote these sports,

MENA GOLF TOUR

Blomstrand wins inaugural Muscat Hills Golf Citizen Championship MUSCAT: Christofer Blomstrand led from start to finish to win the inaugural Muscat Hills Golf Citizen Championship, making a significant impact on his debut at the MENA Golf Tour on Wednesday. A good two shots in front overnight, the 23-year-old Swede had the luxury of bogeying the final hole and still winning the tournament by one shot on 11-under after his nearest challenger from Germany, Julian Kunzenbacher, agonisingly missed a 16-footer for birdie. Spain’s Xavier Puig fired a course record 66 to finish third on eight under, one ahead of Morocco’s Younes El Hassani, Ryan Smith of Australia and Per Barth of Sweden. With his game on cruise control, Blomstrand never relinquished his overnight lead and made putts when he needed to make to complete a brilliant win, his second since turning professional three years back. “It feels just incredible to win here. I had a great week. Every part of my game fell into place, which was good,” said Blomstrand after receiving the winner’s trophy from Mohamed Juma Buamaim, chairman of the MENA Golf Tour, and Ray Stopforth, director of golf at Muscat Hills and Country Club. “I never really felt threatened and played my own game. I could

CHAMPION: Sweden’s Christofer Blomstrand with Mohamed Juma Buamaim, chairman of the MENA

Golf Tour, and Ray Stopforth, director of golf at Muscat Hills and Country Club. – Supplied photo

smell the victory when I birdied the 16th. Standing on the 18th, I had a two-shot lead. Though I three putted, it was still good enough to get the job done,” said the Swede, who shot a ﬁnal round 70. “The victory has given me a good energy boost ahead of the second stage of the European Tour qualiﬁer,” said the Swede who plans to play more events on the MENA Golf Tour next season. Kunzenbacher went for broke in the last two holes. The aggressive approach worked well on the 16th where he picked up a shot, but missed his birdie bid at the last which would have forced a playoff.

“I think I had my chances, but Christofer played brilliantly and deserved to win. Whenever I made a birdie, he was quick to respond. There was nothing much I could do. In the end, I lost to a well-deserved winner,” said the 22-year-old German, who closed with a 69. Earlier, Australia’s Matthew Scarfone matched the day’s best score of a 66, eclipsing the previous course record of a 65 held by Spain’s Sergio Garcia, to reach eight-under for a share of the eighth. Morocco’s El Hassani closed with a 71 to win the MENA Division on seven-under, four clear of

second-placed Amine Joudar as Amine El Malki, also of Morocco, carded a 69 to join his compatriot Ayoub Lguirati and India’s Rayhan Thomas in a three-way tie for the leading amateur award on one-under. Professionals: 1.Christofer Blomstrand (Sweden) 11-under; 2. Julian Kunzenbacher (Germany) 10-under; 3. Xavier Puig (Spain) 8-under. Leading amateur: Amine El Malki, Ayoub Lguirati and India’s Rayhan Thomas (all one-under). MENA Division: Leading professional: Younes El Hassani (Morocco), Leading amateur: Amine El Malki and Ayoub Lguirati (both of Morocco).

in this case among the Omani girls, and healthy living,” he added. Cash awards The championship, to be organised with the support from the Ministry of Sports Affairs, is scheduled to start at Al Musannah Sports

City at 3.30 pm on October 31 and it will have two categories — a 4km race open to those above 14 years of age and a fun race for women of all ages. Al Kindi informed that the winners in the open category will be presented with cash awards and medals while the top finishers in the fun race will be receive the medals. The top ten finishers in the main race will get cash awards as well as medals starting with OMR 300 for the winners. The next nine will get OMR 200, 150, 100, 50, 30, 20, 20, 20, and 10 respectively. The organisers have decided to give medals to the first 200 finishers in the fun race. Those interested in participating in the event may register the entries at various centres located at Ministry of Sports Affairs, Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex and Millenium Hotel in Al Musannah from October 24 to 30. The entry fee is OMR 1. The participants can also opt for spot registration before 2 pm on the race day on payment of OMR 2. Al Kindi thanked the Ministry of Sports Affairs, Oman Athletic Association and Oman Olympic Committee for all the support while also appreciating the backing given by various sponsors. The event is mainly sponsored by Oman LNG, Millennium Resort Hotel, Muscat Pharmacy (Pocari Sweat) and Coca Cola (Arwa).

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KARATE TEAM WIN FOUR BRONZE MEDALS, OMAN IN OVERALL THIRD PLACE AT GCC GAMES Oman national karate team won four bronze medals as the Sultanate squad moved to third place in overall standings at the ongoing second GCC Games in Saudi Arabian city of Dammam on Wednesday. Omani athletes have so far bagged 22 medals, including three gold, ten silver medals and nine bronze medals. Oman swimming team clinchd three medals, two gold by Issa Al Adawi in the 800m freestyle (8:59.07) and in the 200m freestyle (1:56.97) as well as a bronze medal by 4x100m relay team. The Sultanate’s handball squad, who are still in the hunt for a top three place, will play their ﬁnal match against hosts Saudi Arabia on Thursday. — ONA

FIFA puts Beckenbauer and Villar under ethics probe misuse of expenses and other infringements of FIFA’s rules and regulations”. The committee also said six other former FIFA executive committee members were under investigation. All have been suspended or have resigned from office. “Formal investigation proceedings relating to the suspicion of infringements of the FIFA Code of Ethics are amongst others ongoing against Worawi Makudi, Jeffrey Webb, Ricardo Teixeira, Amos Adamu, Eugenio Figueredo and Nicolás Leoz,” said the statement. FIFA was plunged into crisis in May when the U.S. Department of Justice indicted 14 soccer officials and sports marketing executives on a series of corruption charges.

The Ethics Committee of the scandal-hit body was given the right to disclose information about cases by FIFA’s executive committee on Tuesday and wasted no time in taking advantage of its new freedom

ZURICH: German football great Franz Beckenbauer on Wednesday became the latest FIFA official named as under investigation, along with FIFA vice-president Angel Maria Villar and several other former executive committee members. The Ethics Committee of the scandal-hit body was given the right to disclose information about cases by FIFA’s executive committee on Tuesday and wasted no time in taking advantage of its new freedom. Franz Beckenbauer, a World Cup winner as a player and coach and a former FIFA executive committee member, has had his case passed to the Adjudicatory Chamber of the Ethics Committee for a decision. Villar, president of the Spanish Football Federation and a vicepresident of both FIFA and European governing body UEFA, has also had his case passed on to the Ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert. No details were given of the reasons for the investigations against Beckenbauer or Villar. The Ethics Committee con-

UNDER INVESTIGATION: Franz Beckenbauer, left, and Angel Maria Villar. – Agencies

Chung concedes his candidacy hangs by a thread SEOUL: South Korea’s Chung Mong-joon says he has been left in a “double bind” after a Swiss court rejected his request to temporarily lift a six-year ban from football that would allow him to stand as a candidate in FIFA’s presidential election. FIFA said on Tuesday that a Zurich District Court denied Chung’s request and ruled there was no indication of a defective procedure on the part of the soccer body’s ethics committee in banning the South Korean. Chung has said he would appeal the ban to the Court

ﬁrmed that, as widely reported, “proceedings are ongoing” against FIFA President Sepp Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini “regarding a payment of CHF 2

of Arbitration for Sport and described the sanction as a “shameful attempt” to punish his open criticism of FIFA, which is mired in the worst corruption scandal in its 111year history. Chung hit out at FIFA on Wednesday, saying the ethics committee had yet to provide him with the reasoned decision behind his ban, which undermined his court case. “FIFA continues to sabotage my candidacy for FIFA president,” the scion of South Korea’s Hyundai industrial conglomerate said in a statement.

million from FIFA to Michel Platini in February 2011”. Both men have already been given 90-day provisional bans pending their full investigations.

“I am in a double bind: I cannot maintain my candidacy because of the unjust sanctions, but I cannot appeal those sanctions or get an injunction from the Swiss court because I do not have the reasoned decision that FIFA’s Ethics Committee has so far refused to send me.” Chung admitted that time was running out for him to meet the October 26 deadline to submit his candidacy to replace outgoing president Sepp Blatter. FIFA has conﬁrmed the election of a new president would go ahead on February 26. - Reuters

Suspended FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke’s “ongoing proceedings” were also conﬁrmed. The Ethics Committee said his case “related to the suspicion of

Palestine match Meanwhile, FIFA said Palestine will be allowed to stage their World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia on home territory next month. Saudi Arabia had declined to play the fixture last month, saying they could not travel to the Palestinian territories due to force majeure. However, FIFA said that its organising committee for the World Cup qualifying competition had “unanimously agreed” that the game would go ahead in Palestine on November 5. “The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) has given full security guarantees for the rescheduled match,” said FIFA in a statement. “FIFA has agreed to appoint a security officer who will work hand in hand with the Palestine authorities to supervise the security plan and make sure that the match is played in very good conditions.” Saudi Arabia lead Group A in the second round of Asian qualifying after winning all their first four games. Palestine are third in the group with five points. The Saudi team, whose government does not recognise Israel, would have to pass through an Israeli border post to reach Palestine’s Faisal Husseini stadium in Al Ram. - Reuters

New Zealand not discounting Australia team in transition CANBERRA: New Zealand are under no illusions how tough it will be to win their first Test series in Australia in 30 years despite the hosts undergoing a transition phase, coach Mike Hesson said. New Zealand’s only victory over their trans-Tasman rivals in 11 series in Australia came in 1985, when Richard Hadlee’s swing and seam bowling, and Martin Crowe’s batting helped the tourists to a 2-1 win over Allan Border’s side. Such has been Australia’s dominance over New Zealand in Test cricket that the last three series there have been limited to two matches. However, Brendon McCullum’s side won the last Test between the two, in Hobart in December 2011, by seven runs to level the series after they were thumped by nine wickets in the first game at Brisbane. “1985 was a long time ago. A lot of us still remember that quite fondly,” Hesson told reporters in Canberra ahead of their first match on Friday, a day-night one-dayer against the Prime Minister’s XI to be played with a pink ball. “There have been some good New Zealand sides come over here in the past and I think it has shown how formidable Australia are in their own backyard.”“ “We have had the odd Test win ... but to win a series over here, you need to play very well and we won’t get too far ahead of ourselves,” he said. Relatively settled side Hesson is leading a relatively settled side into the series, while Australia are in the process of rebuilding after captain Michael Clarke, Chris Rogers, Brad Haddin and Shane Watson retired after the Ashes loss to England. New Zealand’s opening bowling pair Tim Southee and Trent Boult are one of the premier new ball attacks in world cricket and could prove a handful in potentially humid conditions in the first Test, which starts on November 5 in Brisbane. The batting will again be anchored by the middle order of Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor and McCullum, while wicketkeeper BJ Watling provides stubborn resistance with the tail. Australia will be using the Prime Minister’s XI game and two Cricket Australia XI matches against the tourists as a chance to give batsmen Usman Khawaja, Cameron Bancroft and Joe Burns the opportunity to push for Test side selection. “There is an element of unknown I guess with their possible batting options,” said Hesson. “We know a bit about Khawaja but he hasn’t played for a while. Obviously don’t know a lot about Bancroft. Burns is someone we have seen a little bit in one-day cricket but not in red ball cricket.”- Reuters

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England weak against spin: Shah DUBAI: Ahead of the second cricket Test against England, Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah has vowed to exploit the visiting batsmen’s weaknesses against spin bowling. Yasir missed the opening drawn match between the sides last week due to a back spasm, but looked set to return and add to his impressive career ﬁgures of 61 wickets in just 10 Tests. The 29-year-old believes England’s batsmen have long been susceptible to high-class leg-spin and is looking to make the most of the conditions in Dubai, despite Moeen Ali’s claims that Joe Root is the “best in the world against spin”. “In the nets, I try to bowl as per the videos of their batsman and weaknesses I’ve noticed. I’ve focused on those weaknesses. I think they (England) are weak against the leg-spinners, so will strongly try to exploit that,” Shah was quoted as saying by SkySports on Tuesday. “I watched Shane Warne in the Ashes, and I noticed they are weak against leg-spin. So I’ve watched those videos and have tried in the nets to bowl like that,” he said.

kind of challenge to bowl at good batsmen,” Shah said.

FOCUS ON WEAKNESSES: Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah. – Reuters

Shah, who has taken 14 wickets in two Tests at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, has conﬁrmed he is now ready for action after injuring himself in the nets before the opening Test in Abu Dhabi. “I am 99 percent ﬁt. I did bowl in practice on the third day of the Test, and I didn’t feel any pain,” he said.

England skipper Alastair Cook scored 263 against Pakistan as England recovered to almost secure the unlikeliest of victories in last week’s ﬁrst Test, but Shah admitted he has England’s captain in his sights. “He played very well in the ﬁrst innings, but I always relish this

Root is best player of spin England off-spinner Moeen Ali believes his team should not fear a turning pitch here this week against Pakistan as they have “the best player of spin in the world” in Joe Root. “Yasir’s obviously their gun spinner and the guy they go to win them games, but we just need to play him as we would anyone, just get on with it. Batting’s obviously going to be tougher than it was in Abu Dhabi. But we’ve got some good players of spin,” Ali was quoted as saying by Sky Sports on Tuesday. “I think Rooty’s probably the best player of spin in the world, so we’re not too fazed. We’re preparing well, and as long as we’re prepared we’re happy to go into the game full of confidence,” he said. England’s own leg-spinner Adil Rashid underlined his potential with five second-innings wickets in the first Test, while Moeen’s off-spin yielded two more amid the final-day drama. - IANS

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Duminy’s absence may put pressure on South Africa

ndia’s task in the fourth One-day International at Chennai will be made a bit easier by the absence of JP Duminy who injured his hand while fielding a fierce straight drive by the Indian skipper MS Dhoni in the Rajkot international. The ball was hit with such force that it thudded into Duminy’s chest as it slipped through his fingers. Duminy has played a crucial role in South Africa’s team in this series smashing his way with the bat as South Africa look to accelerate the scoring and then bowl his gently deceptive offspinners and pick wickets at crucial times and break partnerships that look threatening. South Africa, unlike India, go in with four regular bowlers and hope that the fifth bowler’s quota is filled inexpensively by Duminy and Behardien. It has worked so far simply because the four regular bowlers are doing such a splendid job that even if the fifth bowler is a tad expensive it does not matter that much. They also have Quinton de Kock who scores runs at the top of the order and keeps wickets and gives the balance that the team needs. Duminy’s absence through injury may just put a little more pressure on the South Africans as they look to fill in the fifth bowler’s quota and whether his replacement will be able to do an adequate job with

India look to save series Down 1-2 and a bunch of batsmen not showing enough ﬂexibility at different

both bat and ball remains to be seen. India’s strategy of going in with ﬁve bowlers is not working because the bowlers are being expensive and are unable to contribute with the bat. In the circumstances when India is chasing a target then the pressure on the top order is tremendous as they know there is not much to come with the bat lower down the order. South Africa’s tactics of banging the ball short worked brilliantly as the Indians brought up to play domestic cricket where the bouncer is laughed at are not able to deal with it from the South African pacers. Morne Morkel who has played in the shadow of the great Dale Steyn was superb on a placid wicket at Rajkot mixing the short ball cleverly and not giving the length that the Indian batsmen were looking for. He deservedly won the Man of the Match ahead of de Kock whose effort in the searing heat of Rajkot was also a tremendous one. The weather is going to be even more sapping at Chennai and India will be hoping that it’s the weapon that will turn the series their way. — PMG

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Viru had ‘great mental strength’ MELBOURNE: Former Australia cricket captain Ian Chappell on Wednesday heaped praise on recently retired India batsman Virender Sehwag, terming him as someone unique with great mental strength, also adding that he will miss the 37-year-old’s “like it or lump it” style of approaching the game. Sehwag on Tuesday announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket and Indian Premier League (IPL) with immediate effect. In a career spanning over 15 years in international cricket, Sehwag featured in 104 Tests and scored 8,586 runs at a staggering average of 49.34. In 251 One-Day Internationals (ODI), he amassed 8,273 runs at an average of 35.05. He also scored 38 international hundreds. “Sehwag is amongst the most entertaining batsman I have ever seen. It has been many hours of pleasure watching Sehwag batting. He is a player of great mental strength. He just listens to you and then goes to the ﬁeld the way he wants. And to be so successful in it was amazing,” Chappell was quoted as saying by espncricinfo. Sehwag also smashed his highest ODI score in 2011 against the West Indies at Indore, slamming 219 runs off only 149 balls. This is the third highest score in ODIs, after Rohit Sharma (264) and Martin Guptil (237 not out). “The specialty about him was he said this is the way I play, you can say what you like about it but this is how I play. This suits me best. There are not many guys who are so mentally strong like him,” he said. It was in Tests that Sehwag

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went on to establish himself as one of the very best in the game. He is still the only Indian to have a triple century in his name, having done so twice against Pakistan (309 in Multan) and South Africa (319 in Chennai).The ‘Nawab of Najafgarh’ last represented India in a Test against Australia in March 2013 and his spot was subsequently ﬁlled by the likes of Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay following a string of low scores. When asked if Sehwag should have changed his style of playing and approach during the latter part of his career, the 72-yearold said: “I think players need to change their approach as they get into the latter part of the career. But Sehwag is different. He says this is not the way I play. He plays by his own style.” “Quite a few say like this, but not many have become what Sehwag has achieved. He might have prolonged his career, but he might not have been Sehwag. I like it that he said, this is how I play, take it or leave it,” he said. Chappell also shared an incident when then India chief coach John Wright told Sehwag to be cautious ahead of playing shots and Sehwag replied to it with just a smile. “I remember, I met John Wright during his coaching in India. He said to me after Sehwag got out cheaply off a bad stroke, he told Sehwag to be a bit cautious. When I asked John what was Sehwag’s reply, John said Sehwag just smiled and did not reply. I am going to miss Sehwag, as I really enjoyed his batting,” Chappell concluded. - IANS

numbers, it has become a tough task for skipper Dhoni, who is facing the danger of losing a home ODI series and a second straight one after the 2-1 defeat against Bangladesh

CHENNAI: Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will face one of the trickiest tests of his international career as he frets on a perfect batting combination when India take on South Africa in a must-win fourth cricket ODI here tomorrow. Down 1-2 and a bunch of batsmen not showing enough flexibility at different numbers, it has become a tough task for skipper Dhoni, who is facing the danger of losing a home ODI series and a second straight one after the 2-1 defeat against Bangladesh earlier this year. If Ravichandran Ashwin’s side strain is one of the many on-field worries for Dhoni, the problems have been compounded by off-field woes as leg-spinner Amit Mishra is facing assault charges with a woman filing a case against the leg-spinner at the Bengaluru police station. It is still not clear whether Mishra will be playing this match or not. Run chases have been a problem of late for the Indian team as skipper himself has admitted that the side is yet to figure out as to who are the ideal players at Nos 5, 6 and 7. These are the three slots where batsmen who are capable of big hits and can be finishers in close run chases are preferred. However, with an ageing Dhoni preferring to bat up the order, Ajinkya Rahane is yet to find his mojo at No 5 or 6. Dhoni’s deputy Virat Kohli finally got some ODI runs (77) in the last game albeit it came in a losing cause. But Virat scored the moment he was back at his preferred No 3 slot while Rahane, the moment he was demoted, couldn’t get going after two half-centuries in the first two games. Suresh Raina is another player who is not in good form. Only 3 runs from 3 matches is not a fair indication of one of India’s better limited overs cricketer but Raina is certainly going through a lean patch which has increased the pressure on the other batsmen. While Rohit Sharma is in the form of his life in the shorter ver-

LET’S FOOTBALL: India’s Virat Kohli during a practice session ahead of 4th One-day match against

South Africa at MAC Stadium in Chennai. – PTI

sions with more success than failures in recent times, the same can’t be said about his opening partner Shikhar Dhawan, who has managed only 59 runs in 3 matches. Strangely, Dhawan has so far scored three centuries in his last three Test matches but sadly that form has not rubbed off on him when in coloured clothes. Dhoni has so far done a lot of shuffling with the batting order and it will be interesting to see what exactly will be the permutations and combinations he will be trying in tomorrow’s game. With Kohli scoring runs, it will be difficult to remove him from No 3 while it will be even more difficult to slot Rahane at No 4 considering that skipper himself is feeling comfortable up the order. With 173 runs in three matches, Dhoni is now second in the list among Indian run-scorers after Rohit Sharma (218 runs) but some of the times, his batting has been a bit different from the usual. While

TRAINING SESSION: Indian skipper M.S. Dhoni with Shikar Dhawan

and Ajinkya Rahane waiting for their turn to bat. – PTI

Indore saw what Dhoni is capable of, Rajkot was an example of a player who is reaching the business end of a ﬁne limited overs career. The Indian team’s bowling attack will depend a lot on how Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the initial overs and Harbhajan Singh in the middle overs perform. Ashwin’s absence will certainly hurt the team as he was in peak form and the South Africans with a clutch of left- handers would have found him difficult to handle. For South Africa also, there will be some injury issues that they need to deal with. Morne Morkel has a sore leg and is unlikely to feature in the penultimate match while one of their ﬁnest death-over hitters JP Duminy is out for three weeks with a hand injury. His replacement Dean Elgar will have his task cut in the next two games. The South African team has had a mix and match kind of performance by their batsmen with

skipper AB de Villiers scoring a hundred and Faf du Plessis hitting three half- centuries in as many matches. Quinton de Kock returned to form with a responsible century in the last game. The only problem has been Hashim Amla’s form which has been patchy with only 59 runs in three matches. Teams: India: MS Dhoni (capt, wk), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Axar Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Mohit Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, S Arvind, Stuart Binny, Ambati Rayudu, Gurkeerat Mann. South Africa: AB De Villiers (captain), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Faf Du Plessis, Dean Elgar, David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Chris Morris, Khaya Zondo, Aaron Phangiso, Imran Tahir, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Kyle Abbott, Kagiso Rabada. - PTI

TALKING STRATEGIES: South Africa’s Imran Tahir, right, speaks to Hashim Amla while attending a practice session. – Reuters

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South Africa needed a late try from Du Preez to beat Wales in

FINALISTS: Bishen Singh Bhalla and Prabhu AR. – Supplied photo

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Bishen Singh bags men’s A singles title

face an All Blacks side who have beaten the Boks in 10 of their

MUSCAT: Bishen Singh Bhalla defeated Prabhu AR in straight games to lift the men’s A singles title at the National Bank of Omansponsored annual badminton tournament being organised by the Indian Social Club, Muscat. Bishen Singh reached the final after having won a thrilling encounter against Niyas while Prabhu had a good win over Shivadas in his semifinal. In the summit clash, the first game started with both players using powerful smashes and drop

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GUILDFORD: South Africa have named an unchanged starting lineup for their Rugby World Cup semifinal against New Zealand on Saturday, but recalled veteran lock Victor Matfield to the bench in anticipation of a hugely tense last quarter. The 38-year-old was the only change made by coach Heyneke Meyer to the match-day 23 for the colossal clash at Twickenham. Hooker Bismark du Plessis has recovered sufficiently from a gash on his hand and starts while lock Lood de Jager hurt a tendon in his foot against the Welsh and will have a fitness test later in the week. Matfield, the 2007 World Cup winner who retired from internationals after the 2011 tournament but made himself available again last year, is set to play in his 126th test after recovering from a hamstring strain suffered against Samoa four weeks ago. “It’s great to be able to give another run to the team that got us through to the semi-finals in the biggest test of the year,” Meyer told reporters on Wednesday. “Victor’s inclusion on the bench gives us even more experience there

shots. Prabhu looked in control, being more positive and built up a small lead during the break. However, Bishen Singh kept up the pressure using his powerful smash to take the ﬁrst game at 21-17. The second game continued in the same vein with the top seed looking to gain control and while it was clear that Bishen Singh was in trouble due to a side strain he was carrying. However, he managed to win the second game 21-19 to win the title.

ON THE BENCH: South Africa’s Victor Matﬁeld, right, trains with his teammates at Surrey Sports Park

in Guildford, Surrey on Wednesday. – Reuters

and, as we saw last weekend against Wales, when the replacements did very well towards the end of the match, this will be crucial. His influence will also be pivotal against a strong New Zealand line-out.” Scrumhalf Fourie du Preez will continue as captain, with young flyhalf Handre Pollard and inexperienced centres Damian de Allende and Jesse Kriel outside him. Bryan Habana and JP Pietersen continue on the wings, while fullback Willie le Roux, who had a poor game in the 23-19 quarterfinal victory over Wales, retains his place.

South Africa needed a late try from Du Preez to beat Wales in the quarters and now face an All Blacks side who have beaten the Boks in 10 of their last 12 meetings. Since winning the 2011 World Cup New Zealand have lost only three of their 52 games — including one against the Springboks at Ellis Park in 2014. “This is probably the best team ever to play the game,” said Meyer. “There’s usually a decline after a World Cup but they’ve got better. “We need our best performance ever to beat them but you have to believe you can beat them.

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“I love playing the All Blacks and it’s probably the easiest game for me as a coach — I don’t have to motivate them. I live for these games and I can’t wait to go.” Team: 1-Tendai Mtawarira, 2-Bismarck du Plessis, 3-Frans Malherbe, 4-Eben Etzebeth, 5-Lood de Jager, 6-Francois Louw, 7-Schalk Burger, 8-Duane Vermeulen, 9-Fourie du Preez (captain), 10-Handre Pollard, 11-Bryan Habana, 12-Damian de Allende, 13-Jesse Kriel, 14-JP Pietersen, 15-Willie le Roux. Replacements: 16-Adriaan Strauss, 17-Trevor Nyakane, 18-Jannie du Plessis, 19-Vicor Matﬁeld, 20-Willem Alberts, 21-Ruan Pienaar, 22Pat Lambie, 23-Jan Serfontein. - Reuters

ISG STUDENTS WIN RICH HAUL OF MEDALS AT CBSE CLUSTER SWIMMING The CBSE Oman Cluster Swimming Competition 2015 was successfully hosted by Indian School Al Ghubra (ISG) recently with participation of 181 students from nine Indian Schools in Oman. Forty-two students of ISG brought laurels to the school by winning 65 gold, eight silver and two bronze medals in various events. — Supplied photo

Chhetri’s double guides Mumbai to first victory MUMBAI: After a flop show in his Indian Super League (ISL) debut, forward Sunil Chhetri came back with a power-packed performance on Wednesday netting a brilliant brace to steer hosts Mumbai City FC to a 2-0 win over Delhi Dynamos FC at the D.Y. Patil Stadium here. India national team skipper Chhetri opened the scoring in the 13th minute and got his second in the 74th minute to power Mumbai to their first win of the edition. Mumbai climbed from bottom of the table to the seventh spot, with four points from as many games, having lost two and drawn one earlier. On the other hand, Delhi, who had earlier gathered momentum after three consecutive wins before this match, lost a chance to go top of the points table following the loss. It kept them in the second spot with nine points from five games, having lost one in their season opener. Nicolas Anelka managed Mumbai went with a strong 4-42 formation for the crucial match. A total of five changes were made in the starting XI. Subash Singh, Juan Aguilera, Gabriel Fer-

nandes, Aitor Lopez and Darren O’Dea replaced Ashutosh Mehta, Selim Benachour, Frederic Piquionne, Pratesh Shirodkar and Frantz Bertin. On the other hand, Roberto Carlos, after three successive wins in their previous games, went in with a 3-5-2 formation by one change in their side. Zodingliana Ralte was left out due to injury, midfielder Sehnaj Singh came in for the Indian. Delhi kick-started the proceedings for the night and both the sides looked aggressive from the word go. Some positive play by the home side soon after yielded fantastic results as Chhetri’s goal in the 13th minute helped them go 1-0 up. Delhi got the best chance to equalise in the closing minutes of the first half, when Mulder’s powerful shot from outside the 30 yards box found Mumbai goalkeeper Subrata Paul. Chhetri doubled the lead for Mumbai in the 74th minute. He chipped in perfectly in the right which saw Anas’s poor clearance, as the ball finds Norde. The Haitian midfielder got beyond the defender to cross the ball to Chhetri who finishes it off in style. - IANS

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Al Jarwani Group fetes Oman U-16 team

MUSCAT: Al Jarwani Group felicitated Oman under-16 national team, who recently won the GCC Under-16 Football Championship in Doha and also qualiﬁed for the AFC U-16 Championship to be held in India in 2016.

The honouring ceremony was organised at the group’s head ofﬁce in Al Khuwair and attended by Group Chairman Sheikh Mahmood Al Jarwani, Oman Football Association board member Mohammed Al Shahi and a

number of officials from the Al Jarwani Group and the OFA. OFA official Mohammed Al Shahi appreciated the initiative of Al Jarwani Group and its support for the team. He also extended his thanks

to the chairman of the group and the employees of the group for their support. Sheikh Mahmood Al Jarwani said that the support for the team came as part of the group’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative.

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LIFESTYLE WATCH HELEN’S WORKS Helen Couchman has exhibited widely in the United Kingdom, as well as held exhibitions in Beijing, New York, and Hong Kong. Her latest exhibition on Omani Women is now on at Gallery Sarah at Bait Al Zubair Museum in Muscat. The exhibition, which began on October 12, will conclude on November 5. Timings: 9.30am to 6:00pm, Sunday to Thursday.

HELEN’S SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 Omani Women – Gallery Sarah, Bait Al Zubair Museum, Muscat, Oman. 12th October - 5th November 2011 In Beijing – Aluss Art Photography Space, Beijing, China 2010 Cloud Series, Yellow Lining – Hanbury Hall, 3rd Festival On Cities, This Is Not A Gateway (TINAG), London 2007 New Work – Gallery Perif, 5th DIAF Art Festival, 798 District, Beijing, China

elen Couchman was on a photo shoot at the edge of the Empty Quarter in February 2012 when she saw two Bedouin women walking towards her. She captured them on camera from a distance. When they reached closer they invited her home for the traditional Omani welcome of dates and coffee. The chance encounter inspired Couchman to think about an artist’s journey to meet Omani women. She travelled through villages, towns and cities on three different expeditions and camped in the mountains, deserts and on the beaches. The result was a rare book with 146 portraitures of Omani women from different regions. The book, titled Omani Women, was released at a private view opened by the US Ambassador to Oman held at Gallery Sarah on October 12. The British artist talks about the diversity of Omani women, their self-presentation, fashion, modesty and beauty in a freewheeling chat on the sidelines of her solo exhibition at Gallery Sarah in Muscat.

2006 Gift – 3rd Floor Contemporary, 4th Dashanzi International Art Festival, 798 District, Beijing, China 2005 Linebuilding – The Well Gallery, London College of Communication 2004 Lost Landscape – Digital Design Department, London College of Communication Mrs West’s Hats – First Floor Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia 2001 Italy Series – The Photographer’s Gallery Bookshop, London 2000 19.30 – Langham Place, London (National Contemporary Art Prize, Pizza Express – London winner) 1999 There was no single reason for me to be there at ﬁrst – The Photographer’s Gallery, London

Excerpts: What inspired you to shoot portraits of Omani women? I often work on commissioned photography projects to make a living. I came to Oman in February 2012 on such a project. I was on a photo shoot at the edge of the Empty Quarter when I saw two Bedouin women walking towards me. They invited me to their barasati (a home constructed of tall palm frond fences) for a cup of coffee. And the chance encounter inspired me to think about an artist’s journey to meet Omani women to ask for their portraits. Later, I went to Nizwa Souq where I saw women who were trading livestock. I was struck by their dynamism in conducting the business of buying livestock.

1997 Streetscape – Peckham Women’s Centre, London 1997 Preface – The Windows Gallery, Charing Cross Road, London

Photos: Helen Couchman & Gallery Sarah

How did you take the project forward? I researched libraries in London and Oxford. I discovered how little interest Omani women have solicited in photographs. How many times did you visit Oman? The project was conceived in February 2012 and I visited the country frequently since then. It took three years for me to complete it. How did you interact with the women without knowing Arabic? I explained to them that I am an artist and that I am interested in the fashion of modern Omani women. I did not take a translator to accompany me during the trips. Rather I had a translated text with me to introduce myself in Arabic. Also, I found that in most families at least one person spoke good English and, if nessesary, would explain to the others. So the women I met started to trust me. And many readily posed for photographs. Were you able to convince all the women you met? Some women said they don’t like to be photographed. I didn’t persuade them and we just continued talking. I must have spoken to around 300 women out of

which 146 agreed to pose. How did you manage your time? I undertook three different expeditions to complete the project. I camped in the mountains, desert, and on the beaches. I didn’t stay in hotels, not just to avoid the cost but also because it allowed me to be ﬂexible with my time and to reach more remote places. Where did you meet women? I navigated with the help of a road map. When I reached a village, I drove slowly looking to meet someone. I tried to meet at least one person in every place and I succeeded. I was determined to cover the whole country. I met women either in the street or at their workplaces. I asked them what they would like to wear for the portrait. The Omani hospitality was wonderful. The women

treated me with Omani kahwa, dates and fruits.

travel through the Empty Quarter took place some eighty years ago.

their homes and served me coffee and fruits.

Has the visits changed your perH cception about Omani fashion? Omani women love to wear colourO ful and tailor-made clothes. They fu have got a huge variety of dresses. h The fabrics are great and their colT oour choices are really amazing.

Who published the book? The Anglo-Omani Society funded the publication. It was released at Gallery Sarah on October 12. The UK launch is planned for November 12 at The Photographer’s Gallery.

It seems you always love to work on portraits? Omani Women is my third book of portraits. I published Workers, which comprises portraits of migrant workers who constructed the Olympic Stadiums in Beijing, and Mrs West’s Hats, which contain self portraits inspired by memories of my grandmother’s love for hats. Surprisingly in my books, it turns out everything is portraiture. It is just a coincidence.

Which camera did you use? W I used a Canon 5D Mark II and I aam happy with the output.

Cover page of Helen Couchman’s book, ‘Omani Women’

Can you describe some C of the interesting incidents? o During my visit to a home in ThumD rrait, an Omani man asked me about my nationality. I told him that I am m British. Then he told me that WilB fred Thesiger was the last British fr man to pass through the town. I was m stunned to hear this as Thesiger’s

Will your book benefit those who study Oman’s history? I won’t claim it will benefit students of history. The project is quiet important because these women haven’t been portrayed at all. I am proud to take the initiative. This is your first trip to an Arabian country. Has it shattered any prejudices? I didn’t have any prejudices. But I am surprised by people’s hospitality. People very often invited me to

Finally, what are your thoughts about Oman? I like Oman. It is a beautiful country and a special place. I’d like to comeback to Oman for more projects in the future. ameerudheen@timesofoman.com

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ooks have a life of their own. I remember a particular old gentleman who had spent a lifetime collecting books - volumes of every size and subject under the sun. He housed them in a big room and the shelves bowed precariously under the weight. There were books on the ﬂoor, the chairs and tables in that ‘room of knowledge’ as he called it. He didn’t bother to arrange them — subject wise or language wise — and just piled them up on top of each other when the shelves were ﬁlled. Some of them were untouched for years and the dust on them proved it. He never let any grown person into that room, just children. “I lost many volumes that way,” he explained to me one day. “Besides, nobody appreciates a good book these days. People are too busy with their daily lives to bother about old volumes.” He would sometimes read a story when there were enough children in that room. He had a

loud thundering voice that captivated them. The Arabian Nights’ tales were his favourites and he had a gift of drawing a picture in your mind as he read. Sometimes it was like watching a play with him as the actor. My favourite time to visit the ‘room of knowledge’ was in the afternoon when he took his siesta. If I was lucky, I would be the only one there and I then had the opportunity of reaching for the volumes that were piled up high towards the ceiling. The shelves were made of Indian teak and I could climb them like stairs. I would drop any heavy volume that had a catchy title and it would land on the Persian cushions on the ﬂoor without a sound. There was this particular one, I can’t remember the title now, that gave vivid details of the Arab conquest of Spain. He saw me reading it and there was that sad smile on his face as he pulled a stool and sat opposite me. “Do you know why we couldn’t hold those territories? Because there was no respect or trust

My attitude and life’s outlook are profoundly influenced by what I read when I was growing up among ourselves.” I have often thought about that statement and I still do now. Nevertheless, he always made sure we understood what we were reading. “Books are not for parrots,” he would say. “You read people’s experiences through the ages and you are supposed to feel their fears and blessings. All these books were written for people like you and me.” I might add now that reading is not entirely a leisure habit. Not every book leaves a lifetime imprint on you but even the most boring one can be quite enter-

taining if is read with the right attitude. Books can’t talk back, but they do provide a reader with excellent comradeship whenever you need an intellectual companion. Old books have special appeal and their heavy binding bear testimony to the fact that somewhere in the past somebody had a message for us. I remember with particular appreciation watching an old lady who owned a bookstore carefully blowing the dust off each and every book. She had been doing it, she explained to me, once a week for the last 10 years. “It’s the least I can do for people who worked very hard to pass on knowledge to us,” she said and then added wistfully, “Do you know that books don’t make any demands at all? They are just there, waiting for you to pick them up.” Looking back after all those years, I know for sure now books have made up who I am now. My attitude and life’s outlook are profoundly inﬂuenced by what I read when I was growing up.

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Japan’s Three Graces

s three lovely young Japanese ladies in formal evening gowns walked into the salon at the Residence of George Hisada, the Japanese Ambassador, the audience settled in for an evening of beautiful classical music from Europe and Japan. Pianist Saori Jo sat before a gleaming black grand piano, while Mai Munemoto raised her golden flute and soprano Kaoru Kiichi stood poised for song. After a charming piece for flute and piano – Salut D’amour by Elgar (1857-1934) – the Trio captivated the audience with JS Bach’s lively Coffee Cantata. I had heard the Trio perform in a 2012 concert celebrating the Fortieth Anniversary of diplomatic relations with Oman and was expecting to be dazzled by the purity and strength of Kaoru’s voice – and this time she was even more impressive. From a slender perfectly formed ﬁgure came singing that made me think of a celestial bird waking the world at dawn. Mai’s ﬂute and Saori’s piano were in perfect harmony with this image. Among the highlights was a stunningly performed solo piano piece

Among the highlights was a solo piano piece by Felix Mendelssohn, a Chopin Fantasie and two famous opera selections – Rossini’s ‘Una Voce Poco Fa’ (Barber of Seville) and Puccini’s ‘O Mio Babbino Caro’

WHAT Omani rugs are woven in patterns of brown and white from natural wool, or red thread dyed with madder, a rich colouring from India.

HOW The wool for weaving rugs is obtained by shearing sheep and goats and then spinning it into yarn. It is a slow process done by the shepherds, women and older children whenever they have spare time. Each ball of yarn, called a kubba, takes about four days to complete, and nine balls of yarn are needed for a complete rug.

WHO Making the rug itself was an exclusively masculine activity and done on a simple, two-beam wooden loom which can be set up on the ground and easily carried from place to place. The technical know-how of rug making has been passed on to generations. Households that engaged in rug-making used to make 10 to 15 rugs annually.

by Felix Mendelssohn, a Chopin Fantasie and two famous opera selections – Rossini’s Una Voce Poco Fa (Barber of Seville) and Puccini’s O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicci). Everyone was delighted with the concert, including the Guest of Honour, HE Mohammed Al Zubair, Advisor to His Majesty for Economic Planning Affairs, who heartily congratulated the talented young musicians and stayed with us to enjoy superb Japanese hors d’oeuvres from the ambassador’s award-winning chef.

HOW MUCH Rugs are available in all souqs across the Sultanate. The price ranges between OMR75 and OMR2000, depending upon the size. Have a favourite Omani product or shop? Tell us about it: ameerudheen@timesofoman.com

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Blast From the Past: Shah Rukh, Kajol Get Into ‘DDLJ’ Mode

PHOTOGRAPHY: IANS

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) tugged at the heartstrings of one and all when it released way back on October 20 in 1995. Fast forward to 2015, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol have brought the magic back by recreating the poster of the romantic drama. SRK is glad that even after 20 years they are “still holding on to each other”. With the Aditya Chopra directorial, Shah Rukh and Kajol made their characters — a fun loving London-bred Punjabi boy Raj and NRI simpleton Simran — eternal and created a permanent place in the history of Indian cinema. As Shah Rukh and Kajol are again working together in forthcoming ﬁlm Dilwale, they seized the opportunity to relive the iconic moment. SRK took to Twitter to share the DDLJ poster with the caption that read: “Want to thank team Rohit Shetty and Red Chillies for doing

this last minute. All looked happy that I picked Kajol again.” In the poster, Shah Rukh is seen carrying Kajol on his shoulder and both of them are all smiles. SRK is even sporting a fedora hat, which was central to his character in DDLJ. The poster takes notice of the time gone by as it reads: “20 years after...falling in love...still holding on to each other”. And it was SRK’s idea as he had earlier posted: “20 years of DDLJ round the hour now...hmmm...Kajol and me together doing another ‘Dilwale’ right now. Should do a pic with her!”. Shah Rukh, who is busy shooting with Kajol for Rohit Shetty’s Dilwale, also asked his fans and admirers to watch out for a special video made for all the DDLJ adherents. Shah Rukh wrote: “Celebrated enough tonight with Dilwale team. But amidst mad shooting Rohit

has made a video for you all for DDLJ. Yrf will upload it soon.” DDLJ brought a refreshing change as well as a clutter breaking and trend-making entertainer with all ingredients of a Bollywood masala potboiler — love, romance, comedy, action, melodrama, thrills, songs and dance — put together cohesively to tell a story of the victory of true love. The ﬁlm has a simple story — Raj meets Simran during a European holiday, love blossoms between them, but winning over the girl’s conservative family is not a cakewalk for the hero, who then makes every effort to take his dulhania (bride) with him. Produced by the late Yash Chopra, the ﬁlm’s songs like Tujhe dekha toh ye jaana sanam, Mehndi lagaa ke rakhna, Ruk ja oh dil deewane and Mere khwabon mein jo aaye continue to be played even today. — IANS

PHOTOGRAPHY: A.R. RAJKUMAR

BY DR PATRICIA GROVES

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LIFESTYLE IN THE NEWS

Amitabh Bachchan Nervous Over TV Show AMITABH BACHCHAN, who emerged as the quiz-master of Indian television after Kaun Banega Crorepati, is jittery about his new TV show Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi (AKRHZ). The megastar says he is wondering how the audience will react to the show. “A ﬂow occurs on the AKRHZ... matters move a bit sooner and more efficiently... the order is restored for most parts of the show, but the apprehensions of its receiving or rejection are foremost in the mind,” Big B shared on his blog. The 73-year-old Indian star’s show began airing on Star Plus from Sunday, featuring Amitabh Bachchan in a neverseen-before avatar. Big B hopes the audience approves his new role as the host of the show, which brings forward a new concept to celebrate goodness in life. “Attendance for any celebration of the product is mercilessly cut through the body... it is far too much to be in the presence when broadcasts explode upon the television seasons... one would rather sit in its quietude and pray and hope that the semblance of a disaster is avoided,” he posted. The show will present the journey of people, who went against all odds to help the society improve

and worked as an inspiration for others to change their outlook. The thespian actor asserted that though the show’s concept is famous worldwide, a whiff of freshness and distinctness has been infused into the series to make it stand out from the rest. “It is a format that is fresh and new... a concept, which runs in the other parts of the world too... but as always the spread and the taste become local when it is

produced within our environs... and that is the double-edged sword,” Amitabh said. Many Bollywood celebrities like Alia Bhatt, star actor Ajay Devgn, singer Daler Mehndi and Huma Qureshi will be seen as guests on the show. The cine icon added that “they teach us lessons in academics, yes, but also about the insides of our being and how it would be possible to achieve that”. - IANS

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DEEPIKA S

he might be tagged as one of the most stylish actors of Bollywood, but Deepika Padukone feels her “personal style statement is boring”. The actress says she depends on her stylists to add the dose of glamour and fashion quotient to her look. “I believe my personal style is very boring. I don’t think that I have any sort of personal sense of style. And this is why I’m so dependent on professionals like Anju (Modi), who do a fantastic job,” Deepika said at the song launch of her forthcoming film Bajirao Mastani. She feels “fortunate” to be in the business and have access to “such amazing people”. “We are constantly dressing up for the red carpet, film premiere, for the shoot of film or advertisement. We are being styled for one thing or the other and this is why I think that when I end up checking my wardrobe, I just have jeans and T-shirts. I don’t put much effort into my dressing up on daily basis,” she said. The film’s track titled Deewani Mastani was launched at Day One of Blenders Pride Fash-

I believe my personal style is very boring. I don’t think that I have any sort of personal sense of style. And this is why I’m so dependent on professionals, who do a fantastic job. I don’t put much effort into my dressing up on daily basis

ion Tour 2015 here recently. The song sets the grand stage of the ﬁlm evincing opulence and magniﬁcence. Recreating the setup of Aina Mahal, the song lays out mesmer-

ising visuals and plays well with the reflection of the dancers in the mirrors — leaving a dazzling impression on mind. Deepika, who plays the second wife of Maratha Peshwa Bajirao I (played by Ranveer Singh), is dancing with stoic face and expressing her love and admiration for Bajirao with her steps and eyes. The actress, who turned muse for designer Modi at the fashion gala, notes that she looks for comfort in her day-to-day outfits, and active wear has become her staple outfit these days. “I’m someone who needs to feel comfortable and I most often wear loose clothes. My latest thing is gym wear. It is the easiest. When I am not shooting, I’m in my active wear so that I can go to gym or go running any moment and it is very comfortable as well,” the Piku star said. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus Bajirao Mastani narrates the love story of Peshwa Bajirao I, and his second wife Mastani. Actress Priyanka Chopra plays Bajirao’s first wife Kashibai. The film is scheduled to release on December 18. - IANS

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FLATS FOR RENT 6 Spacious 3 Bedroom flats at Rex Road, with Split a/c’s & ample Parking facility. 6 3BR flats at Qurum. 6 Brand new 3BR flats at Bowsher with Split a/c’s. 6 Brand new 2BR flats at Bowsher with Split a/c’s. 6 2BR flats at Al Khuwair (near Badr Al Sama). 6 2BR flats at Azaiba (next to MHD Showroom). 6 1BR flats at Al Khuwair & Ghala. 6 Studio type of flats at Rex Road, Al Felaj, Wadikabir.

RENT: NEAR AL FALAJ HOTEL : DELUXE 1 B H K with 2 bath rooms, built in wardrobe, security & split a/c with furnished & without furnished. Wattayah- Honda S/R-Back side : DELUXE 2 B H K with 3 bathrooms-built in wardrobe, split a/c ,security .

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Furnished room for rent at Al Khuwair R.O 225/- for family only. Contact: 99251975

02 BHK residential flat opposite to Al Nadha Hospital. Contact: 99342733 / 99795241 1000sqm industrial and with compound well & two rooms at Misfah. Contact: 99342733 / 99795241 Readymade office space for rent (100sm) in Bank Melli Iran building, MBA area, Ruwi, opposite Center Point. Contact: 99011352 Shop / store for rent about 250 sq mtrs area in the heart of Ruwi City good for restaurant, store or general sale. Contact 99326639 One /two, B/R, Res / comm. flats near Bank Muscat Bausher from owner directly . Contact: 92158031 Flat for rent in Al Hail 5 floor building 1bedroom R.O 180/-, 2 bedroom R.O 260/- Mabela, 3 bedroom R.O 280/- near Nesto Hyper market. Contact: 99614346 2BHK flat + AC Amerat 6 km from Amerat police. Contact: 95521432 600 SQT Commercial flat for rent opposite Oman flourmill Darsait more details please Contact: 91214849/ 95729711 1BHK R.O 190/- & 2BHK R.O 225/near Medical Darsait Muttrah house. Contact: 98748925

3 rooms, Majlis, living room, kitchen, 4 toilets & swimming pool in Amerat Heights (phase one). Contact: 99277377

Villa Al Amerat behind Al Raffah Hospital 5BHK, living room, hall, 6 bathrooms, split ac family only 425 R.O. Contact : 92479515

For rent one bedroom Majlis, 2 toilets, kitchen, balcony Greater Muttrah near Muscat Electricity distribution new building rent R.O 230/-. Contact: 99243059

Um Obelah 5/1 just walking distance from the Nesto hypermarket and opposite the new pullman mall, 2 bedrooms with two toilets and seating area on 4th ﬂoor. only 250 omani rial. Contact 99203381

Deluxe, spacious & air conditioned two bedroom ﬂats with good quality ﬁnishes, wardrobes & secured basement parking are available for rent in Azaiba North, close to 18th November Street. Contact: 93888666 / 24493666/ 99228454

Deluxe 2 bedroom ﬂats MBD, Ruwi, Wadi Kabir. Contact: 99472457 / 24707340

Flat for rent, 3 bedrooms, kitchen & bathroom in wadi kabir for 280 RO. Contact : 97771444

Al Hail Villa & Flats. Contact: 95282986

3 BHK Penthouse Flat with Split A/Cs, Free Unlimited Broadband WiFi, Security access system, Pvt. Terrace & Secured car park, Opposite Kims Hospital Al Falaj, Monthly Rent: 625/-. Contact: 99657906 or 24702141

Bedroom ground ﬂoor apartment with sitting, 2 baths, big richen close to Indian School near to Mars hypermarket Wadi Kabir. Contact: 98011224

02 BHK commercial / residential (with split AC) Flat at Honda road. Contac: 99342733 / 99795241

1000 sq mtrs industrial land in Ghala suitable for ware house, work shop etc. Contact : 24700120 / 92584715 New buildings commercial / residential in Muttrah both will BE rented out for one company only for more details. Contact: 99364735/95729711 Deluxe 3 BHK Penthouse with Seaview, ideal for office / residence at Qurum near PDO. #9772 1313 Villa at Al Khuwair having six bedrooms, six bathrooms, sitting, dinning, hall, kitchen . Contact 24833972/24833974/99367448

Flat 2bedrooms, 2 toilets, kitchen and sitting room in Al Ansab. Contact: 95302993 / 95216161 Office/Shop 28 SQM, Wadikhabeer, Contact 93004902 2BHK with Split Unit A/C , Wadikhabeer near Indian School, 99441193, 93004802 2BHK with Split Units , WadiKhabeer, 93004802.

Single BHK ﬂat available in Honda road Ruwi Contact 24833972/24833974/99367448

Flats and shops for rent in Ruwi, MBD Mumtaz area. Contact : 97293708 / 92433127

Brand new deluxe ﬂats located near Seeb ﬂy over on the right hand side of the main road coming from the Seeb palace roundabout, two bedrooms family, hall, kitchen, 3 toilets, balcony & split unit AC. Contact: 97755586

2 BHK available Ghubra near Al Maha hotel. Contact: 99269751 1BHK , 3BHK ﬂats at Wadi Al Kabir new building with split unit and lift behind Muscat Bakery. Contact: 99338133

1BHK Wadi Kabir. #99024730

Air conditioned two bedroom ﬂats centrally located at Al Khuwair are available for rent. Contact: 93888666 / 24493666 / 99228454 2 rooms, bath room & kitchen OR. 175/- & 2 B.H.K OR. 250/- Wadi Kabir near Sana. Contact: 95094028 Flat Al Khuwair near Bader AL Samaa, 2 BHK living room, 2 bathrooms, Kitchen split ac family only 350 R.O. Contact 92479515

1& 2 BHK C.B.D. Contact: 99024730 Duplex flat Al Athaiba, near Sultan Center 3BHK, 3 Bathrooms, hall & living room family only 500/-R.O. Contact: 92479515 Flat AL Ghubrah near 18 Nov ST, bedroom, living room, 2 bathrooms, first floor without ac family only 325/- R.O. Contact: 92479515 Deluxe beach front villa at Al Hail North with 5 bedrooms and Staff quarter having excellent finishes is available for immediate occupation. Contact: 93888666 / 244493666 / 99228454

Flat 3 mint from Indian School, 2 BHK, living room, 3 bathrooms without A/c, Ground ﬂoor family only 340/-R.O. Contact 92479515 Flat for rent 2BHK Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti Mosque. Contact: 97007934 / 92629232 Staff accommodation / 2 storey full building available for rent in Rusayl, near Industrial area. Contact: 99352441 / 98116480 / 99358724 2 bed room ﬂat at Al Khodh commercial Street Souq. Contact : 99224748 / 99332297

Workers’ campus, shops, workshops, stores in a building in Al Misfah, Wilayat Bausher. Contact 98918090 Brand new residential flats in Wadi Kabir near Muscat football club, have 2 bedroom family hall, 2 toilets, Kitchen with spilt AC for 250/- R.O. Contact: 95999904 / 98585889 / 92383886 2bed room villa in Sidab, 2 Bedroom villa in Wadi Kabeer. Contact : 95755953 / 95555162 Villa for rent in Wadi Kabeer. Contact: 95562646 / 99059333 Furnished flat for rent, 3 rooms with attached bathroom, 1 dining room, 1 sitting room, 1 kitchen at Al Hail South. Contact 99835995 For rent a full office building of 3100 sq mtrs opposite to Central Bank in CBD (Ruwi) for R.O 4 per Sq mtrs. Contact: 95330200 600 SQT commercial flat for rent opposite Oman flourmill Darsait more details.#91214849/ 99364735 1 room, 2 rooms, 3 rooms with all supplements including water electricity and sewage. Also we provide the following services free 1plumber, electrician for any failed center for garbage on price call on Farahat 98020768 , Hilal 96541263 New flats for rent At Darsait near to Ministry of Sports, Mumtaz area the flats includes1 living room, 2 bedrooms, Kitchen, 3 toilets, every rooms with split A/C, high quality finishing, rent RO 340 /-. Contact: 00968 92225523

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Running furniture showroom for urgent sale. Ladies beauty parlor sale at DuƩrah.

Contact - 91135930

Running furniture showroom for urgent sale. Ladies beauty parlor sale at DuƩrah.

FOR SALE

ACC. AVAILABLE

AVAILABLE

Well running shop at Hamriya (5 yrs old), for immediate sale. With 2 visa activity printing & stationery, designing, corporate gift items, signage work. Contact: 96395770

Furnished master b.room with attached bath ,and Furnished room with sharing bathroom fully equipped kitchen immediately available in N. Azaiba. 95450250

Available for rent 1500 sqmt, secured plot, suitable for keeping containers, construction equipments, trailers etc, near Sohar AirportContact 98236616

A well running Pharmacy at prime location for immediate sale. Contact 92548672 / 99627621 / 99516236

Semi furnished two Bed room ﬂat immediately available in N.Azaiba .Contact -95450250

Attention to wholesalers, retailers & manufacturers. We can Sell/Buy your dead stock. Contact : 99742983, 95226989

Furnished room for rent Indian family near Honda road. #99076546

Party & Wedding equipment rentals. Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, Chaﬁng 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

Contact - 91135930 FOR RENT Fully furnished, 2 bedroom luxury flat for rent at Ghala for short or long term basis. # 91786526 / 99881653 1&2 BHK flat for rent at MBD Hamriya, Al Khoud, Mabela and shop at Al Khoud. Contact: 24834644 / GSM: 93994401/02/03, 3 lines Luxury apartments in Al Khoud 3, composed of clean – conditioned room, lounge and toilet, kitchen and store. Contact 93366421 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 2bedroom centrally air conditioned flat at CBD. #24714625 / 94460790

Split A/C -2, Window A/C- 25, Iron cot- 120, cupboard - 130, water cooler - 2, Gas big - 2, small-3 , Grinder-1 , Chapatti tava-1 , stove-2, kitchen equipment etc . Contact: 99328223 Homegym with cross trainer for sale. Contact 95367937

Flats in Wadi Kabir. #99376454

Comm. & Res land in the heart of Ruwi 2400 sq mtr for sale. Contact : 91155779

2 bedrooms ﬂat with hall, 2 bathrooms in Darsait near Muscat Municipality. # 92584715 / 24700120

Comm. & Res land in Darsait, opp. Pakistani School, 900 sq mtr for sale. Contact: 91155779

1BHK ﬂat spilt with A/C Al Khuwair, 230/-. # 99358589 / 95570288

Used Fabrication machinery for sale : Fabrication machinery and tools in excellent condition for immediate sale. Contact 94652485/ 99273774/ 99202278

Ware house space for rent at Ghala and Barka up to 20000/- Sqm. Contact: 99509460 / 93731363 1, 2 BHK in Azaiba. Contact: 99385835 / 99428143 1BHK ﬂats available for rent in CBD area. Contact: 98116480 1 & 2 bedroom ﬂats available for rent in wadi-kabir (opp: pencil bldg), ideal for company staff / families bulk corporate deal possible. Contact: 97677170

FOR SALE Beauty parlour in Mobela for sale. Contact: 96131261 Restaurant for sale lease running restaurant, opp. Mars Wadi Kabir 7 visa. Contact: 93334685 Shop for sale North Al Hail near Zam Zam Hyper market. Contact: 99618161 / 94422131/ 96557131 Expat leaving, house hold Items for sale W. machine, A/C, furniture. Contact: 90320430 A reputed Muscat based logistics company owned & well maintained MAN prime mover (2011) & Trailer (40 ton) available for sale. model year 2011. Done (730000) kms and in excellent condition. For buying enquiry & inspection of the vehicle, please call Mr. Hamed Al Brashdi on 92829030 on or before 3 PM of 25th Oct’ 15. Office for sale in Ruwi Chamber Oman. # 94241385 / 97244766

Comm. & res. land for investment for 25 years in Ghala heights. Contact: 91155779 Comm. & Res land in Ghala heights 400 sq mtr for sale. contact 91155779 For sale land in Amerat 3000 Sq.mt with petrol pump permission. Contact 99323957 / 92702891

ACC. AVAILABLE Fully furnished office space in As Assalah Tower Ghobra.#98202001 Furnished room with attached bathroom separate balcony MBD area available for couple or Executive bachelor. Contact: 96275098 Furnished single room for Exe. bachelor at Rex Road near Kamat Hotel with WIFI available. Contact 92873832 Furnished room available in Ruwi. Contact: 99740622 Sharing accommodation available in Bausher with split AC. Contact: 99223261 Sharing accommodation available: Bedroom with attached bathroom for Indian executive bachelors. 97704794 Furnished single rooms available for Executive bachelors at Ruwi. Contact : 93431089

Room available at Walja. Contact 96246625 Sharing accommodation for family or bachelors near Indian school Ghubra. Contact : 99836676 / 99056701 Single room attached bath S/ kitchen at Mumtaz area. Contact: 95212017 / 96916398

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Furnished room for rent for Indian family near Honda Road. contact 99016546 Sharing accommodation available at Darsait near ISD specious room, bath, passage sharing kitchen. Preference Vegetarian. Contact: 99419390 Studio ﬂat MBD Ruwi.contact 95698714 Room for Rent Alkhuwair - Behind Al Aktham Restaurant. 120 RO. With elec. and water.For executive bachelors only. Contact : 98803261 Flat for rent available in CBD near Costa Coffee. Mobile no.92820734 Private room with toilet near Qurum park incl. W& E, monthly RO 220/-. Contact Hassan 99349990 Accommodation available for indian executive bachelor’s (no kitchen).RO:125 including water and electricitycontact 98145825, 98949724

ACC. WANTED 4-5 bedrooms villa with / without swimming pool in Wave / Madinat Qaboos / Al Shatti area. Contact: 91396909

M.V.FOR SALE Toyota YARIS. Model 2008. KM 70000 Expat driven, All services at Toyota. Very clean. Rate: 2750. Contact 99445675. BWM 320i 2006, 120K kms, black fully automatic engine interiors exteriors in excellent condition R.O 4200 (O.N.O). Contact: 92801633 Toyota Fortuner Safari2013 First hand owner from oman Toyota agent Kilometers Reading : 41700 km Phone:95203620

Workshop Supervisor 29 years working in Oman P.D.O area project NOC available. Contact 94594234 Email: acmshaheed@outlook.com INVESTORS in real estate needed to develop and construct a low cost housing and memorial/burial parks in the Philippines. Return of investment is very good due to big demands. Business partner is available to help you. Please email drjmd719@ gmail.com for details.

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IELTS & TOEFL Academic / General Target Band 8 TQT Institute. Ph # 24480800 / 99347202

CHANGE OF NAME I, Prakasan Peterbabu (holder of Indian Passport No. F4936575) son of Peterbabu having permanent address in Flat No. 1101, Blue Excellency Co-op HSG Society Ltd, S.V. Road, opp. Patel auto pump Garage, Goregaon (W), Bombay 400104 (complete postal address in India) and presently residing in Muscat, Ghubra round about, Ali Shaihani complex, 5th ﬂoor, Sultanate of Oman (complete postal address in Oman), intend to change my name from Prakasan Peterbabu (old name) to Prakash Peterbabu Chettiar (new name) for all practical purposes. Any objection towards my name change may please be communicated to Embassy of India, Muscat, Diplomatic Quarters, Al Khuwair, P. Box No. 1727, PC 112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman.

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SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT A LEADING CLEANING COMPANY IN OMAN REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING STAFF 1.MANAGERS 2.SUPERVISORS 3.FOREMAN CANDIDATES MUST HAVE THE EXPERIENCE IN THE CLEANING INDUSTRY. SEND YOUR CVs TO hrdept191@yahoo.com Wanted urgently

Situation Vacant

A well known family in Oman urgently needed an experienced Indian female part time or full time Nursing Assistant to take care of their Mother recovering from stroke.

Star Hotel looking for a well experienced Indian Chef / South Indian with minimum 3 yrs experience.

A LEADING FACILITIES MANAGEMENT COMPANY REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING STAFF 1.ASST. MANAGERS - OPERATIONS * AGE: BETWEEN 35 TO 45 * QUALIFICATION: DEGREE IN ANY BRANCH OF ENGINEERING * Experience: Not required 2.SENIOR ACCOUNTANT * AGE: BETWEEN 35 TO 45 * QUALIFICATION: INTER. CA/ ICWA

Contact 99717791 or 94084335

Email : albalushi@hotmail.co.uk, mutrahhotel@googlemail.com Or Call: 96668830 / 24790951 / 24790952

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Leading construction company requires experienced Site Engineer and QA/QC Engineer for residential/ commercial project. Require NOC. Send your CV : degree.engineer2015@gmail.com

A newly started travel agency in Ruwi requires a Manager. The candidate should have 5-7 years experience with excellent communication skills and a valid Omani driving license. Interested candidates , please send CV to manager4travels@gmail. com, within 15 days from the date of this advertisement

Urgently required for a Hotel / hotel apartments in Muscat: Receptionists (Omani) – male / female. Contact 97677211

ACCOUNTANT Wanted Accountant in finance department of trading company. CA with 4 years local experience. All accounting, finalization and reporting, Age below 30 years driving license and NOC must. Contact: 99332547 Urgently Required: Accountant cum Store Keeper- with 3 years experience in building construction, MUST have NOC and immediately join. Apply, fax 00968–24605955, emails sbc@ steelbuildingsllc.com, sbeoman@yahoo.com. Wanted Accountant. #94007259 Email: smylackal@gmail.com Required ACCOUNTS OFFICER to ensure accurate processing of revenue data into ERP systems and invoicing module. Posting of invoices to customer SAP portal and delivery to customer offices and interface with Country Manager / Reporting to Regional CFO. Qualifications : BSc Accounting. Relevant experience and knowledge on Online Accounting Systems especially the customer SAP system. SUBMIT CV to : me-job@interwell.com

DOMESTIC HELP Wanted full time maid for Indian family. Visa provided. Contact : 97448484 / 95539842 Domestic helper for a family in Muscat. Must be able to cook Indian food & speak Hindi. Cleaning home laundry and accompanying children. Contact: 91396909

DRIVER We required driver (L.M.V). Contact: 92392979 Urgently required one experienced House Driver to work in capital area. Contact: 93888666 / 24493666 / 99228454 Required heavy duty driver, preferably with good experience and communication skills. Contact: 91408759 Email: hanaa.alritaj@ gmail.com Required Indian driver with Omani driving license and experience to work in house. Contact : 96255558

EDUCATION Required teachers with B.Sc B.Ed , BA B.Ed, Karate and art for Omani Pvt. School. Contact : 95141554 / 95825772 Post Graduate researcher required. Contact 99229700

*Classiﬁed Advertisement space booking with text, should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication. * Subject to space availability

Wanted Civil Engineer, graduate for building construction and maintenance company. Should have 3 years local experience handling construction projects. Age below 30 years, driving license and NOC must. Contact: 99332547 Urgently required Civil Engineer, Diploma holder with experience. Contact: 95766844 Urgently required for a leading Company Planning engineer. Fax : 24478522, Email : gh1.careers@ gmail.com

SEND YOUR CVs TO hr@alyafeigroup.com

MISC A well reputed proﬁle sheet & Purlin manufacturing company urgently requires following personals with valid Oman driving license, Factory Manager, Accountant, Sales Executive. Send your CV to applymd2015@gmail.com

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

Turning or Mechanical Engineer wanted to work in workshop if interested please call: 96996884 / 98021385 / 99745330/ 95179003

Required cleaner for restaurant at Ruwi. Labor clearance available. Release letter required. Call immediately- 92836495

Experienced construction Civil Engineer with qualiﬁcation (attested) certiﬁcates & with Omani driving license. Contact: slayhawk@yahoo.com

Need car mechanics for workshop. Contact 99157377

Aluminum Foreman – with minimum 5 years experience in aluminium fabrication, MUST have NOC and immediately join. Apply, fax 00968–24605955, emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com, sbeoman@yahoo.com. Urgently Required: Mechanical Engineer for a steel fabrication welding workshop 10 yrs exp he should know how to design drawing with auto cad estimate & quotation he must have exp to supervise job of workshop & sites. Contact: 97130671 Required foreman for a steel welding workshop 10 yrs exp. Contact :97130671

MEDICAL Required female Nurse with MOH license for a private a private clinic in Bowsher area, Muscat. Contact: 92189807 Required Prometric passed nurse to join clinic from end August. Contact: 99352793 Female Lab Technician required urgently for Sohar International Medical Centre-reasonable salary and furnished accommodation -email: muttaheraziz@yahoo.com ; sohar.imc@gmail.com / tel:91304511 / 92369417 /93342567 Request urgently a Pharmacist for new pharmacy in Amerat only Indian (male) National with MOH license. #only Watsap: 97313310 New private clinic looking for GP Doctor & OBS & GYNK Doctor & staff Nurse with MOH license in Oman. Contact: 97882811 Required lady physician with Ultra Sonography license lab technician male/female for a poly clinic in south sharqiyah region. Email: writevinnu@gmail.com Required MOH licensed Laboratory Technician for a reputed Medical center at Azaiba ready to join by 1st Jan 16. Please contact any time: 92724345 evening only: 99676812 Wanted Staff Nurses (female) with or without MOH license for a polyclinic near Sohar. Excellent salary & accommodation. Contact 99006915, email : alhinaee.clinic@yahoo.com

Required cleaner/helper for restaurant at Ruwi high street. labour clearance ready. Contact 92836495

SALES / MARKETING Urgently required Sales & Marketing Executives, carpenters and light duty drivers for a Muscat based kitchen company valid Omani D/L and experience in the related ﬁeld are preferred. Contact: 92929906 Email: omansales2016@gmail.com Required Sales executive & Graphic Designer Omani with experience for Advertisement company. Submit CV to choice.ap@gmail.com Contact: 97982427 or 97982406 Male/Female advertising and media sales executives required with valid driving license and minimum 1 year experience. Mail CV to blackandwhiteoman@gmail.com

SALES / MARKETING Required Sales Executive with corrugated cartons manufacturing background. Minimum 3+ years experience. Omani D/L is a must. Please send CV to this email: corrugatedpackagingoman@gmail. com Urgently required Sales Executive with 2 years experience in electrical outdoor sales. Must have D/L and NOC. Contact: 91373200 Email: oman@sentorsupplies.com Sales & Marketing Executive for travel and tourism. Contact: 92890506 A trading company in Muscat requires Sales Executive with minimum 1 yr experience & Oman driving license & welding machine / electronics / power tools technician with min. 1 year experience. Email: jobs.trading2015@gmail.com Wanted Sales man (experienced in transporting etc). contact 94007259 Email: smylackal@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED ED ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Senior Finance Manager, B.Com, ACA, ACMA, Indian Male with 19 years experience and 10 years in Oman. Currently employed with a reputed Manufacturing and Trading Company. NOC available. contact -97239328 Male Accountant 24 yrs, MBA (Finance & HR), DIFA certiﬁed having 2.9 yrs experience as Account assistant looking for suitable job, Currently on Visit Visa. Contact:95878661 E-mail: nazeelc@yahoo.com Fresher 24 years B.Com Graduate, Tally 7.2 & ERP-9, looking for a suitable placements in accounts. Contact: 97219505

Sales man with 3- 5 years experience with driving license to work in insurance brokerage in Oman. Contact: 93544244

Accountant ﬁnance Indian male 24 years B.Com Tally ERP-9, 4 years working experience in India on visit visa seeks immediate and suitable placement. Contact: 95583953 / 96392009 Email: shafadmusthafa@ gmail.com

Wanted outdoor salesman for electrical, hardware and sanitary items. Should have 3 years local experience selling similar products. Age below 30 years, driving license and NOC must. Contact: 99332547

Accounts ﬁnance Indian male 22 years B.Com Tally ERP-9, 2 years working experience in India on visit visa seeks suitable placement. Contact: 95636987 / 94280567 Email: nihadniha777@gmail.com

Job opportunity in real estate company, with experience in Real Estate Management ﬁeld. Send CV : careers@realestatesouq.com

Male accountant BSc Hons (Finance & Accounts) having 2 years experience in accounts, looking for suitable job on visit visa. Contact: 91420128

Require sales executive with experience in hydraulic hoses, crimping and services / building materials contact@absmct.com/92830110

Accountant Indian male 6 years experience in Oman having driving license & NOC. Contact: 96012973

Required urgently for sales of building materials, PPE & related products with driving license & 4+ yrs experience in this ﬁeld. Email CV & expected package to salesforoman@gmail.com Urgently required: Sales Executive- with 5 years experience in aluminum and sales, MUST have NOC and immediately join. Apply, fax 00968–24605955, emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com, sbeoman@yahoo.com Required Sales Executive for a leading building material manufacturer in Oman having valid Omani Driving License and 1-2 years of sales experience. NOC from the current sponsor is required. Contact: 95646844

Indian male Accountant looking for a suitable placement in Salalah. More than 20 years experience in accounting job (upto the finalization of accounts), 8 years working experience in Middle East in Dubai, Salalah. Contact: 91325029 Sr. Accountant M.Com (finance) 15 years experience (2 years in Oman) with a reputed firm, NOC available. Contact: 92404608 Email: jin_75@rediffmail.com SENIOR ACCOUNTANT. 8 years experience. Noc Available. Oman driving License seeks suitable Opportunity. GSM- 98184170 CMA, three years experience 24, Indian on visit visa seeking accounts / Audit position. Contact: 96694516 Email: kalathiljoe@live.com

SITUATION VACANT Required smart and efficient COUNTER SALES EXECUTIVE (FEMALE) Omanis/Filipinas for a reputed trading company with:1. Min. 2 years experience in sales of perfumes, watches etc. 2. Ability to handle the cash/stock/outlet independently. 3. Excellent knowledge in English and Arabic is an added advantage. 4. Good knowledge of computers. 5. Attractive salary according to the experience.

May fax their CV’s to 24597347 or email to techno@omantel.net.om

SITUATION WANTED ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Indian male 25 B.B.M Arabic, English, Hindi speaking 2 years experience in Accounting at Oman seeking suitable placement. Contact: 91266733 / 96392009 Email: safvank.k9@gmail.com Urgent Accountant (female India, 6+ years exp in tally ERP (latest), finalization of account, tax accounting, stock maintenance, payroll, ledger etc. Contact: 91551164 / 91175456 Accountant, B.Com, male, having 2 years Oman & 8 years Kerala experience in finalization of accounts, stock maintenance, payroll, tally ERP , MS Office etc. NOC in hand. Contact: +917356273548 Email: shajumathew23@gmail.com ACCA member / B.Com looking for Accountants / auditing or relevant job on visit visa. Contact: 97769145 Accountant cum Sales Executive Indian male 29 yrs, 6 years experience in Oman presently on visit visa, Oman D/L, NOC available. Contact: 95273713, Email: binadam399@gmail.com Having 14 yrs exp in accounts & finance, looking for senior jobs in accounts. NOC available. Contact : 99800982 / 94413946 Male, 27 years work experience 3 years lost employment Administration Manager and Finance Executive education MBA and BBA finance C.G.P.A 3.71 Good hardworking professional. #99685330 Email: hussain_ca87@yahoo.com Accountant Indian female having 5 years exp in finalization, audit and administration in GCC presently in Muscat seeking suitable position. Contact 97323574 Email: sreeja@236@gmail.com 10 yrs UAE experience fin. Controller looking for job change. Contact: 98006226 Accountant Indian male 10 years experience in Oman can do up to finalization and good knowledge of Tally ERP- 9 can be joined immediately with NOC. Contact: 94134085 Email: muscatoman95@yahoo.com Keralite lady (2 yrs experience in Oman) required job in Accounts. Contact: 97096918 Accountant, Indian female on visit visa degree: B.Com, exp 6+ years in tally ERP-9 (latest), finalization of account, Tax, Accounting, Stock maintenance payroll etc. Contact: 91551164 / 91175456 Email: jothipriya@gmail.com Sri Lankan Male Accountant, Age 26, BBA Spl, CA Inter, Having more than 5 years’ Experience in accounting field seeking for Suitable Placement NOC Available Contact: 97250638 msmnaja@gmail.com Indian male with B.Com, MBA finance & marketing 14 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. Contact : 0091 8697292219, Email : rejesh.nair@gmail.com Indian male 8 years experience having B.Com and MBA ready to work in HR customer service, Admin banking & related field. Contact : 97436890 / 96939803. Email: girimub@gmail.com Indian 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 Accountant, Indian Male, 15 Years experience (8 Years in Oman with Driving License & NOC) Seeks suitable placement, Contact 94117616, 91238272 praveen78oman@gmail.com

Chief Accountant, 12 years of Oman experienced looking for suitable placement. Contact: 99513082 Part time accountant, senior accountant, doing all type of accounting works, up to finalization. contact.95254864 Accountant Indian male 32 years B.Com 5 Plus years experience in Oman, seeking suitable placement. Contact: 94410485 / 98008164 SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, with 13yrs experience, 6 yrs Oman in manufacturing, trading & contracting Cos, capable of handling all accounting, finance, banking, L/C, import, export & finalization seeks placement. NOC Available. Call+968-98932752, mail:jjohnmuscat@hotmail.com Finance Manager, 12 years experience in leading Construction and manufacturing companies (9 years in Oman) have strategic vision and proven leadership ability. B.Com, CPA- USA & modern accounting certificate from “AUC”. “NOC” in hand. Contact: 97220505 Indian female 28 years M.Com, Accountant having 6 years experience in Accounts, finalization, Tally currently on visit visa. Contact : 95595083 Email: merlinfernandes16@yahoo.in

ADMIN Indian female MBA , 3 Years experience in Admin MIS , family Visa. Contact 98234427, jkjsmith01@gmail.com 10 years Gulf & 4 years Oman experience in HR / Admin & logistics ﬂuent in Arabic / English with D/L looking for suitable position. Contact: 95824598 Looking for job Admin / HR. Release available. contact 94229041 A BBA degree holder Man looking For suitable job #95864575 Indian, Male having 8 years in purchase and admin furnishing / metal scrap On visit visa, available to join Immediately if selected – contact 0096896675184 , 97704828 Indian male, HR / Admin (MBA) Executive with 3 years experience (UAE , India) seeks suitable placement ready for immediate joining. Contact: 90162412 HR/ Recruitment specialist with 8 years Oman experience in entire gamut of HR functions like resource planning, recruitment, HR policies & procedures performance appraisal, expatriate affairs, exit interviews & ticketing. Contact 93825307 Email: javthath@rediffmail.com

ARCHITECT Interior Designer; Post Graduate in Interior Design with Diploma in Journalism, 2 years work experience (1 year in UAE) in conceptualizing designs for residential/ commercial projects. Interested in taking up full-time, part-time or freelance projects in Oman. Contact no. 97897018 Email: nimimenon@ gmail.com Interior 3d designer, good knowledge in softwares. #93837973 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

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION WANTED DRAUGHTSMAN Autocad d/man, exp in arch, interior 3d, photoshop. Contact : 93837973 Civil designer, Autocad, Diploma (3 yrs) Civil Engg, well exp PH : 92741929

Indian female, 30 yrs, Interior Designer

Driver looking For job 95154610 Light duty driver seeks placement. Contact: 94435912 / 92439315 Light duty driver 8 years exp in U.A.E need visa Oman seeks placement. Contact: 96975028 / 95803184 Pakistani Driver wanted job, with 3 years experience. Contact: 94356465 Driver, 42 yrs, suitable job K.S.A 12 years Oman, 4 years release available. Contact: 93885404 Looking for driving job. Contact: 93650209 Light driver need job exp 4 years. Contact: 94208089 Looking for driving job. Contact 98219182 Indian driver, 4 years experience in Oman with car looking for suitable job (NOC available). Contact: 93053917 Light duty driver looking for job, 2 yrs exp. Contact : 96342684 Driver seeking suitable placement. Contact: 98134080 20 years experience. Contact: 94795033 Indian Driver need job. conrtact 91254539 Light driver looking for job. Contact: 96942547 Light driver for job 5 yrs exp. Contact: 92171166 Bangladeshi male driver, 48 yrs, exp 14 years, 9 years need job & visa, got release letter. Contact: 99165961

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Jordanian Engineer in MECHANICAL & MANUFACTURING Good experience Sheet Metal Fabrication, AutoCad, Solidworks 3D, Storage Tanks & Silos, Sales - Speaking Arabic/English/Russian -GSM#90198575 / 99201710 Electrical Engineer (B.E) with 5 years experience (3 yrs in Gulf) NOC available. Contact: 92119851 Email: mayurdevadiga@gmail.com Resident Engineer B.E civil 25 years exp 12 yrs in Architecture consultancy having Oman Dubai D/L NOC available. Contact: 95732453 Email: milindj951@gmail.com

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Bachelor degree with 5 yrs working experience seeking suitable placement in Oman.

Contact 98499975, Email : swasdesigner@gmail.com

Architectural & Structural Draughtsman 5 years experience. Contact: 97312627

DRIVER

Project/ Program Manager/ Finance professional

Contact - 97203531 ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

Maintenance planner (CMMS), Indian male 29 yrs, B.Com, MBA having 5 years Gulf exp in oil and gas industry in planning dept. currently on visiting visa, looking for suitable job. Contact: 93179096

BSc. in Civil Engineer 12 years experience in infrastructure & building having UAE D/L currently on visit visa looking suitable placement. Contact 91206763 Email: delwar.civil.97@gmail.com

Civil Engineer, Indian male, 11 years experience in construction, having D/L and NOC. Contact: 94194399 Email: shiblyrock@gmail.com

Diploma in Civil Engineer, have total 4.5 years experience & have 1.5 years experience in Oman. Contact: 96535084

B.E Mechanical Engineer Indian male 27 years having 4 years experience including 2 years GCC experience, seeking suitable placement. Contact: 90156984 Email: noorullahanas@gmial.com

Mechanical Engineer (Indian male) with experience in HVAC & Fire ﬁghting looking for suitable placement in electro mechanical ﬁeld. Contact: 90154793 Email: sangu.vazhoor@gmail.com

M.Tech (Electronics) Indian lady (on visit), 5 years teaching experience in engineering colleges also running entrance coaching centre for 8 years is looking for a better placement in colleges, schools & office etc. Contact: 93596002 Indian male 23 years, B.Tech Electrical Engineer 2 years experience in construction + Auto Cad designing, is looking for suitable job. Currently on visiting visa. Contact: 98266897 Email: elbinkeldhose92@gmail.com Indian B. tech Civil, 19 years exp , seeks suitable position. Contact: 98365910 Email: kks.pkd1969@gmail.com Electrical Engineer, B.Tech, with 8 years GCC experience (5 years in Oman) in MEP & Oil/gas construction/Inspections side with NOC, is seeking new assignments in Oman. Has attested degree certificate and Oman D/L. Contact No.96083636, Email:tobineasow@gmail.com Indian male, Mechanical Engineer having 1Year experience, on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact:97416564, Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com Job required for Senior Electrical Engineer has 10 yrs experience in construction and management field with valid Oman light vehicle license and NOC available immediate from current employer. #96223283 Indian male 38 yrs total 19 yrs experience (Gulf 13 yrs) in Electrical field, electrical Forman experience 4 yrs in Oman seeking suitable placement in hospital setup, maintenance, department, construction field now visit visa, NOC available. Email: binu. kumar51@yahoo.com Palestinian Petroleum Engineer (B.E) 25 yrs available in Oman seeking for placement. Contact: 91445467 Email: abdulrahman.m.mustafa@gmail.com Indian female 11 years experience in Oman as a Quantity Surveyor in Civil having valid Omani driving license. NOC available. Contact: 99879525

BE Mechanical Engineer, 23 years, Indian male on visit available for immediate placement please contact: 96145820 or arunsankar.10.92@ gmail.com B.Tech Engineer (Civil), having 14 yrs of experience (6 years in Oman) with valid driving license is seeking for a suitable placement. NOC available. email: masum.civil10@gmail. com GSM:97455456 Civil Engineer B.Sc 5 years experience with building construction companies in Oman seek suitable placement. Contact: 98180524 Electrical Instrument Engineer having 10 years experience in high voltage and low voltage with extensive experience in instrumentation & automation, approved from PAEW for more info. Contact: 92950788 / Email: engtariq2007@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer with 7 years experience in oil & gas field have extensive experience in QA/ QC (Static equipment) , have API 653 & CSWIP3.1 certifications for more info: khaled19858@gmail.com Contact: 91917294 Civil Engineer 5 years experience with construction companies in Oman having valid driving license seek suitable placement. Contact: 99742280 Mechanical Technician oil & gas with 9 yrs experience in GCC worked in rotating EQP, Static EQP, commissioning and troubleshooting looking for an opening. Contact: 99598462 Email: bakash_85@yahoo.co.in Diploma Civil Engineer 11 yrs experience (9 yrs building construction + 2 yrs O&G) with valid Oman D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact: 97669006 / 99142744 Email: shafique88am@gmail.com A senior professional with Engineering background is available for Executive lead in Contract Management, Coordination, Execution in construction establishments and consultancies. Contact: 99703972

Instrumentation Engineer, Indian male 24 years of age on visiting visa with 2 years experience in oil & gas seeking suitable position. Contact: 94743685 Email: akashpp444@ gmail.com

Indian male 24 years Instrumentation technician have 2.5 years experience in India, seeks a suitable job. Contact: 92696798 Email: ajoarikkatt@gmail.com

Experienced Civil Engg professional 12/26 years ran a company as Working partner have estimation, tendering of high rise building infrastructure steels conc. Products seeks suitable placement. contact 95360102 / 94460357

Indian male, 23 years, B.Tech [ECE], 1 year experience in sales and installation (electronics, IT and networking devices) is looking for suitable job. Currently on visiting visa. Contact: +968 96761020 email:a dik.mm7@gmail.com

Architect more than 2 years exp in design, site supervision with strong knowledge in AutoCAD, Revit , 3D Max, Photo shop and Microsoft office looking for a good job. N.O.C available. Contact: 90162685 Email: mohamed.dakrory92@gmail.com

Project Engineer (Electrical) 5 years experience in Oman primary substations + OHL, oil & gas, AutoCAD design driving license. NOC available. Contact: 93210528 / 99410588

Indian male, 23 yrs, post Graduate Mechanical Engineer M.SU (U.K) 1 year Sales exp. having Oman D/L seeking for suitable employment in reputed ﬁrm. Contact: 91419764 Email: z.enggoman@gmail.com

Qualiﬁed Engineer with 3-5 yrs exp in purchase, 2.2 yrs in automotive service, excellent communication, presentation and management skills. PH: 968 91306841; Email: shanyphilip23@gmail.com

Female Electrical power system Engineer with experience seeks suitable placement. Contact: 99842083

Indian male B.Tech Mechanical Eng (2 years exp in India) ﬁre safety seeking suitable placement. Contact: 93523752

Indian female 25 years B.Tech (Electrical) having 4 years experience in tendering, estimation and costing seeking suitable placement currently on family visa. #97228117 Indian male 26 y Mechanical engineer on express visa with 4 years India experience in HVAC Design/ Estimation/Site Execution is seeking a suitable job in Muscat contact 99339707 (ashfaq_1974@yahoo.com) Omani Mechanical Engineer with 2years Experiences looking for new opportunity . Contact:95993315, alrus7idisaif@gmail.com

Telecom Engineer Indian male 27 years, Telecom ﬁeld Engineer experienced in vsati microwave 1.3 years of experience. Email: rogin.mk@gmail. com Contact: 95216362

4 years experience Electrical Engineer electrical primary substations UG cables and OHL, ﬂuent in English and Arabic. Contact: 91204243 Electrical Engineer 4 years experience oil and gas electrical substation water project ﬂuent in Arabic and English primavera p6 operator. Contact: 99525856 M.Tech having 3 years experience in Mechanical Engineering department looking for any University to hire. Contact: 90150913 Email: rahmanmechengg@yahoo.in

Civil Structural Engineer professional in R.C structural design & Q.S & shop drawings. C.N (97983610)

B.Tech Mechanical Engineer with MBA in marketing & HR 3 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. #0091 9846568080 / 0091 4772702080, Email: jbabu4@gmail.com

Electronics diploma 1 year exp in telecommunication, mobile tower ﬁeld support Engg. Vishnu Madhu Soodanan. Contact: 94519571 / 95233636 Email: vishnumadhull@ gmail.com

Civil Engineer, Indian male 29, having 7 years exp in construction ﬁeld& Auto Cad in Oman. Having valid driving license. Fluent in English & Arabic. Looking for suitable job in reputed ﬁrm. Contact - 99650569

Diploma Engineer civil. #91151237 B.Sc Civil 9 years experience looking for suitable placement as a Residence Engineer having valid Omani D/L. Contact : 94431917 Email: gmssohel.ce@gmail.com Bangladeshi female Project Engineer Civil having 5 years experience or construction site currently or visit visa looking a suitable position. Contact 91207329 Email: dipabangladesh@yahoo.com Male Project Engineer (Civil) 12 years experience Dubai + SA in construction & water supply field with valid UAE D/L Currently on visit visa looking suitable position. Contact: 91206763 Email: delwar.civil.97@gmail.com Indian male, 26 yrs, 4 years experience diploma in Civil Engineering field on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact: 95585564 Email: safvanullal6644@gmail.com Civil Engineer B.Sc -6 years experience with constructions companies - 1 years in Oman - qualified as Site Engineer & Planning Engineer. Contact+968-94682217

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SALES / MARKETING

Medical Lab technician, MSc, 29 years, An Indian female having 3 years experience with prometric passed on family visa seeking suitable placement in capital. Contact: 93231549 Email: sujithsolomon@ yahoo.co.in

Sales and marketing - male 27 yrs, 2 years experience seeking suitable placement with Oman D/L. Contact: 95642740 Email: shaijichakkara@gmail.com

Indian female Dentist (BDS) 3 Yrs Exp ,PROMETRIC Passed, Presently in Visit visa looking for placement. Contact-24286098, 99284260 Palestinian dentist looking for job in private hospitals, Medical Center or Dental Centers in Muscat 15 yrs exp P. hospitals out Muscat. Contact: 96951750

MISCELLANEOUS Sudanese lawyer with experience 10 years in Judiciary in Khartoum. Contact: 94458976 Microbiologist, Indian female, 25 yrs Msc Microbiology with 2.5 yrs Exp in Hospital & Dairy industry. Expertise in Microbial analysis of milk products and clinical samples. Currently in Oman seeking for suitable job opportunities. GSM#94767297 Email:shobi24190@gmail.com Indian male 30 yrs 9 experience in Oman housekeeping supervisor with NOC seeking suitable placement. Contact: 96254837 Email: sudheeshmrf@gmail.com

SKILLED / UNSKILLED Welder fabrication, 6g 3g,tig arc gas PH : 95068064

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE 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. #95149624

MISCELLANEOUS Chemical Engineer, Indian, 2 years of exp in industrial production, seeking suitable placement. #91247222 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 male , 23 yrs, postgraduate Mechanical Eng. (M.Sc, UK), 1 year sales exp, having Oman DL, seeking for suitable employment in reputed ﬁrm. Contact: 91419764 Email: z.enggoman@gmail.com

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR Degree Civil Engg total 9 yrs experience, 7 yrs in Oman Construction Company with valid Oman driving license. Contact: 99721926 Email: tanvircivil@gmail.com 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 exp 5 years in Oman. contact 97646908

HOSPITALITY B.F hotels management 2 years exp food and beverages service, kitchen, 4 languages, N.O.C available. Contact: 95196212 Email: mido.hossams09@yahoo.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

IT ME Communication System, Exp in RF/Microwave, Access Ctrl, Networking & Server Ph: 95508754 Indian male (22) Java /J2EE specialization with BCA Graduate having 6 months experience in web application development / IT technical support, looking for suitable job. Contact: 00968 96292480 Email: farzeenfarook@gmail.com

Indian 14 years experience in consumer goods as Marketing Manager with visa D/L. Contact: 90314809 Manager- Media & Advertising industry-15 yrs Gulf exp - seeks suitable opening- 93031168

PROJECTS Civil Engineer, Indian male, 25 years, B.Tech, have 3 years experience in building construction seeks suitable positions. 92609893, alenalexander123@gmail.com

SALES / MARKETING Indian female 2+ years Oman experience with D/L seeks suitable position in Business development / corporate & retail sales in training / IT / education ITES companies. Contact: 98989784 Indian Male 22 years B. Com Graduate currently in Oman on family visa looking for a job, preferably in sales department. Also possess a valid Oman driving license.#98504698 Pakistani male, 8 years sales and marketing experience specialized in MBA, Marketing with valid driving license (GCC), NOC and with best sales performance award looking for suitable position Email: sheraz. rotanahotel@gmail.com , 99249296 / 93313173 Indian male MBA, 2 years experience in sales and 2 years experience in HR with D/L looking for a suitable position. Contact: 91202335 Email: mrishad90@yahoo.com

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 Structure/Pipeline,Piping Draughtsman have 12+ yrs. Exp. in Oman seeking suitable placement. Contact 92103713 NOC available. Indian male 25 years, MBA finance and marketing with tally have 1.3 year experience in India. Now in Oman on visit visa. GSM: 97445488 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 Working as Senior accountant,5yr. exp.in oman, Accounting upto finalisation, relevant computer skills tally9, Sage, vcams , Audit ,valid oman driving license, languages known English, Arabic, Hindi. NOC avaliable can join immediately. Tel: (+968) 96339599. E-mail(ahmedmohdkhan@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 Network/Noc engineer, CCNA certified & CCNP trained, Indian male 27 years B.com(general) 5 years & 4 month’s of experience in the field of networking seeks for better placement.#97663834 / 98730758

IT Telecom / Networking Engineer with CCNA & CCNP, 3 yrs experience, currently in visit visa. contact 97435944 Email: abdulsameerr@ gmail.com

Indian male, 26 M.A., 2 yrs experience in India and 11 months in Oman looking for job in sales or accounts. Contact: 97022508 Email: zakariyazba@gmail.com

Computer and Systems Engineer. Contact: 91770668

Having 5 years exp, as office coordinator, NOC available. #92889617

INDIAN FEMALE– ME in CSE with 2 years’ experience in teaching seeking Suitable Job Opportunity. Contact: 94263445 or +91 9486251274, E mail – apshinmar@gmail.com

Indian male B.Eng in IT CCNA MCITP, 2+ yrs exp in IT support, Networking and Server support. #93311963 Email: sajal035@gmail. com

Indian male, 38 years BE & MBA in Marketing from UK and 12 years experience in the IT industry seeks suitable placement. Contact: 91200413 Email: mniyaz@hotmail.com

Registered Filipina Nurse looking for a suitable job in Admin/ receptionist, experience in admin, on visit visa seeks placement. Contact 97435849

Male 25 years B.E (CSE) 3.5 years experience in System and Networking / IT support currently in visit visa looking for a suitable job. Contact: +968-98914760

Indian male 38 yrs , MBA in Marketing with Oman D/License, over 8 yrs experience in ironmongery scheduler / speciﬁer & general trading, currently on visit visa. NOC available. Contact: 98891737

Indian male 22 years, looking for suitable placement in Hardware and Networking ﬁeld, Having 1 year exp. in India, training in al ameen computers Muscat Ruwi. Qualiﬁcation is Diploma in Electronics and Communication at present I am having my valid employee visa In the same work. Contact : 9739622910/8050101914, Email ID :- fairozhuded13@gmail.com

IT System Administrator MCSA Sudanese UAE experience. contact 91302074 Computer & Network Engineering. 11 yrs experience looking for suitable job. Contact 92811179/ 95882614 Email: khalido24@ yahoo.com

LOGISTICS 10 yrs exp in Oman in logisticshave Oman D/L-looking for suitable placement-contact 96410767, email: harishkts@yahoo.com

Indian male 21+ years Managerial experience in Oman in FMCG Industry seeking suitable placement with NOC can head any Business / working partner. Contact: 95264562 Indian male more than 8 years experience in UAE in Office , Sales Marketing with good computer skills having driving license looking for suitable placement. #99369081 Email: shazulashraf60@gmail.com Male BA, with D/L having 7 years exp in Oman wanted suitable job in Sales inventory & procure. #92191026

Admin, having 10+ years experience in Admin/HR/Logistics/Time Keeper, in reputed companies. Presently working in Muscat. #968 94369965,mail - satya1528@gmail.com Civil Engineer B.Sc -6 years experience with constructions companies - qualiﬁed as A Project Engineer & Planning Engineer . Contact+968-94682217

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TRANSPORTATION Transport. Contact: 94510847 Transportation available Ruwi to Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba. Contact: 91103909 Transportation available. Contact: 99867456 Pick & drop any time. Contact: 93598436 / 96743215 Pick & drop any time. Contact: 92218001/ 96502406

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MISCELLANEOUS Sudanese / Arabic & English teacher for all nationalities / willing to teach at home. Tel: 94211377 B.Tech CS, Indian female 23 yrs, looking for suitable placement (IT/ Banking / Administrator) currently on visit visa & ready to join immediately. Contact: 94704707 Email: sooryasnkr1@gmail.com Indian male with over 8 years experience in sales & marketing seeking suitable placement holding valid Omani driving license, fluent in English & Arabic. #97890681 Hospitality / Hotel Indian male 18 years of experience with excellent cooking Supervisory, Management and communication skills seeking suitable job on visit visa. #95363751 Indian male having 7 Years of Experience in Oman Having Valid Driving License working as a Office Driver ,Looking for a suitable Position, NOC Available. Contact: 99680429, Email:anzarkutty1975@gmail.com Syrian architect have years and half experience in oman looking for work, full time perfect in architectural programs 3d max , auto cad , Photoshop , and sketch up. for contact : 0096897482871 Female, Indian, 35 years, Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) fresh graduate with BSc looking for positions in Front Office, administration office, or any suitable positions in hospital, polyclinic, companies or Institutions. Contact 90236481. Indian Male 47 years MBA-Operations Management with total 25 Yrs exp inclusive of 9 yrs in Oil & Gas sector in Oman, having valid Omani D/L & NOC, seek challenging position in SCM/Logistics/Procurement. GSM-94236414. Mail id – dialindia33@gmail.com Well experienced management finance specialist having 18 years experience available for placement. Contact.95602518 23, Male, ACCA Affiliate, OBU Bsc, 2.5 years of experience in audit and finance in Big 6 Firms, Looking for permanent placement in similar field. Release NOC available. Contact: #95140445, a.saran891@gmail.com 22, Male, Indian, BBA (Marketing), 1 year experience in India, Looking for suitable placement in Sales and Marketing. #91897046, azzamsiddique1@gmail.com Indian Male,27,ACCA Part Qualified,B.COM with 7+ yrs exp in receivables and credit control in Oman looking for suitable placements. NOC available. # 9657 4343. Indian Female, Science Graduate, 3 years Experience in Teaching back home. Looking for a suitable job opportunity as a teacher, in Schools in Muscat Region. Contact : 96431456 / 95704814 Looking for a suitable job as Jr. Accountant/ Jr. Administration in a reputed company. NOC Available. GSM # 93004738. ACCOUNTANT, Male, 8 years experience, presently working in Oman as a Senior Accountant with oman Driving license. NOC available, seek suitable opportunity. GSM: 97705854 Chemical Engineer Indian 2 years of experience in production field Contact: 91247222 Email:sahadpoonchola@gmail.com Syrian male 3yrs. exp in IT support, Networking, Security systems, Server support, IT sales and marketing. Valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact 91033395 Civil Autocad Draughtsman part time work for job mob : 96023726 Indian female, MBA, 25yrs Having 4yrears of experience in MNC, hands of experiences in recruitment and administration, flexible for any suitable job placements currently in visting visa. Contact Tel : 98864639 Email : neethuvijayan06@gmail.com Indian Male, 25, Chartered Accountant, working with ICICI Bank India. On a Visit Visa in Oman. Staying with parents at Azaiba. Ph: 24492638. Email: shyamal008@gmail.com Indian Male, 26 Yrs, Business Management, 6 years in Oman. Knowledge of MS Office and Arabic Language. Seeks suitable position. Contact 93931935

Indian Mechanical Engineer, 30, having 8yrs of UAE Sales/Business Development. experience in Electromechanical and Irrigation sectors. Contact no- +971558763220 email id-sangowri@outlook.com Indian male, with finance and Law degree, having more than 25 years of experience in Finance/ Accounts / Audit (5 years of Oman experience) seeks suitable placement. NOC available. Contact: 98421619. E-mail: talemadhamu@yahoo.com. Indian male Executive Secretary having vast experience in admin, logistics & procurement well versed with computer seeks suitable placement. Contact : 99514286 Pakistan Male: 24 years,M.Com Finance having 2.5 year experience as a accountant & marketing executive looking for suitable placement. Contact: 97670816, E.mail: naeem.ahsan68@gmail.com ACCOUNTANT: Indian male 25 having 4 years experience in accounting & having well knowledge in tally. Contact:968094535881, 0091 9037622048, Email: vishnuraj889@gmail.com Senior Accountant. 8 Years experience. NOC available. Oman driving license. Seek suitable opportunity. GSM- 98184170 31 year Indian male PG in HR ,with 5 yrs Professional experience in HR in Construction Oil & Gas Oman seeking for a suitable placement. Kindly contact me on 93488914, emailKaarthickshankar@gmail.com MBA Finance with more than five years of experience in Finance & Accounts including GCC, looking for a suitable opening. Having UAE driving license. #91391802. Indian female with MBA in finance seeking immediate placement. Contact: 968-93316493 Sudanese/26/Bsc Computer Science /3 years exp/skills Excellent knowledge in operating systems and maintaining computers Java Programmer Web Developer Linux SMS solutions Android developer/ email khalid.omx@gmail.com/ # 944958080 and 99758186. Indian male B.Eng. in IT,CCNA, MCSA,MCSE, 2.5 yrs + exp. in IT support, networking and server support valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement in IT/Network/Server support. Contact 92607532 Indian B.E Computer Science graduate 2012 passout. 1 .5 yrs exp. in Accounting. Having good communication skills and mindset to work in a team. Having NIIT certificate in Diploma in Java Technology. # 97767894 Email: jinsonjacobjohn@gmail.com Indian male 24 YEARS, B.Tech (Electrical & Electronics), having 2 yrs. exp as Electrical Site Engineer. Done IOSH & NEBOSH- IGC certifications, seeking for suitable placement in any related industries. Contact 98045482, Email: mastanshaik1008@gmail.com

Kutchhi coffee shop, pure Veg available, Mandvi Kutch Dabeli, Chappati, puri Bhaji, Vada Pav, Farari Kachori, many more, next to Lulu Wadi Kabor Souq Al Juma, shop #3. Contact Udit – 94460286, Kishore – 99437869 Genuine Ayurvedic treatments & massage, Ayurvedic clinic at Al Khuwair. Contact: 24478618 / 97263637 / 93309131 FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to know more about Islam, please call: 99425598, 99250777, 99353988, 99253818, 99341395, and 99379133. For ladies: 99415818, 99321360, 99730723 Orvisit:www.islamfact.com Ayurvedic treatment for backache, paralysis, arthritis etc & massage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam). Contact 24475280 / 95371664 / 92504980 www.siddhayur.com

MATRIMONIAL Looking for alliance from Tamil Muslim grooms for working girl 28 years 5 FT. Wheatish Contact: 93263185 Email: mrtgifts@gmail.com Thiya girl 27/150 B.Tech Star Chothi seeks alliance from professional B.Tech / MBA from Kannore / Malabar area. Contact: 99454129 Malayalee boy-36-Manager in MNC seeks alliance-0091 7639622079 Seeking alliance for our son from Muslim families. Interested families Contact: 99889590

SIT.WANTED MISCELLANEOUS SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, 8 years experience ,Oman driving licence,Noc available. Seek Suitable opportunity. GSM- 98184170 B.E Mechanical Engineer with 2 years’ experience in HVAC ﬁeld on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact: 93442296 Email Id: sal201091@gmail.com. MBA (F) B.COM Indian female having knowledge of accounts with Tally looking for full or part time job. Presently on family visit visa. Contact: - 96259171. Email: bhumicapandya@gmail.com Indian Male, MBA, Talented management expert having 6 year experience at U.A.E, India and Oman in luxury goods and Retail. Seeking suitable openings in related or same ﬁeld. Contact:92700670 Email: jobcareer44@gmail.com

Indian male, 24 years, HSE Engineer having 2 years of Indian experience. Done IOSH & NEBOSH- IGC certiﬁcations, seeking for suitable placement in any related industries. Contact 98045482

B.Tech EEE with 4+ years experience in the ﬁeld of it, networking, ex-tonics etc. presently working in Amazon India development centre as a content quality associate seeking for suitable jobs in Oman. Contact : +91 9940514005, 93116402 email: mail2nbn@gmail.com

Indian male 22yr BBA with LOGISTIC Diploma, exp in tally and data entry seeking in suitable placement. Contact; 90151739 email shakeeb.mp280gmail.com

MBA Finance with more than ﬁve years of experience in Finance & Accounts including GCC, looking for a suitable opening. Having UAE driving license. Contact no..91391802

Indian Male (Diploma in electronics Engineering and CCNA.) having 9 years of experience in Networking, 5 years’ experience in Oman. Looking for a suitable Placement. NOC available. GSM- 93787098, Email –anishktr@gmail.com

Part- Time Accountant, well experience senior accountant ,doing all type of accounting works, Finalization, Budgeting available. Contact 98803439

Mechanical Draftsman, Indian male 27, Diploma in Mechanical Engineering having 7 years of experience in Auto CAD looking for a suitable placement.#97351786 / 96143708 mohammednazeer07@gmail.com ACCA Affiliate, OBU Degree, 2.5 years experience in audit and finance in Big6 firm, Looking for permanent placement. NOC release available. Contact: #95140445, a.saran891@gmail.com 27, male, ACCA finalist, have professional experience up to finalization of Accounts, Statutory and internal audit, expertise in using tally and focus & Oracle Software, have 3.5 years experience in accounts till finalization, seeking for permanent replacement ,#97654769, email id- abdullah.nooralam@yahoo.com

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Pakistani, Male, Pak, Exp 14 Years in IT Trainer / Computer Teacher, looking for a better position in Oman, already working in Prestigious Construction Company. # 95983711. Join.mtmali@gmail.com M. Tech VLSI design, B. tech Electronics and instrumentation, Indian female,3 years teaching experience for graduation level students, seeking suitable placements . Ph:00968 92904155. email-achusooraj@gmail.com Indian 26M, B. Tech Computer Science graduate, 3 years exp in India, looking for suitable job in Muscat. Contact : 93125669, Email : amritrajGT18@gmail.com Sudanese/Bsc IT/26/2 years experience/excellent Eng-Arb speaking/ Omani driving license/96387227/ henrykarrar@gmail.com

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NRI Water front luxurious apartments at Marine drive Kochi, DD Samudra Darshan Apartments 1850 sq. ft INR 1.60 CR (negotiable). Common amenities include multi gym billiards, home theatre party hall etc. #Owners 968 - 99754109 AND 971 - 505194598 or email: porus2009@gmail.com Water front luxurious apartments at Marine drive Kochi, prestige Neptune courtyard 2225 sq. ft, INR 1.80 CR (negotiable) common amenities includes 4 swimming pools multi gym party, halls, squash courts walk ways etc. Contact Owners: 968 - 99754109 & 971 - 505194598 or Email: porus2009@gmail.com Architect designed 5000 Square feet exquisite Villa in 16 cents of land at a scenic location on Aakkulam Road, Ulloor, Trivandrum for sale. Contact +968 95372011

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