Times of Oman - May 25, 2016

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‘INTENSE’ VISA RAIDS TO INCREASE IN OMAN REJIMON K FAHAD AL GADHANI

Already this month, almost 500 expatriates on the wrong visas have been arrested MORNING MINUTE

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MUSCAT: Government raids to catch expats working with incorrect visas will be intensified, with 500 people arrested for working illegally this month alone.

“Government is aware that the Labour Law violations are a little high so the inspections are high.

The number of expats is growing. Similarly, the violations are growing. So, the inspections will also be increased.

“We want to stabilise the market with legal workers.

We don’t want any labour law violators. This will adversely affect the opportunities in Oman,” Said Salem Al Saadi, advisor to Minister of Manpower, said.

Anyone working in a different field or occupation

listed on the work permit is breaking Omani law and can be sent home. Those not working for their sponsor are also breaking the law.

Intensified raids to find expats who violate labour laws are being carried out in Oman, he said.

“Raids are carried out randomly and on tip-offs from the public to streamline the labour market. The raids are always intense,” he added. >A6

MUSCAT: Oman Airports’ new chairman has been tasked with making the airport one of the best in the world.

Yahya bin Said bin Abdullah Al Jabri, chairman of the Special Economic Zone Authority Duqm (SEZAD), who also holds a minister’s title, will aim to take Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC) to great heights in line with its strategy to become one of the top 20 airports in the world.

OAMC has 12 initiatives underpinning its strategic objectives, including profitable growth, operational excellence, enabling assets and engaging stakeholders, to help it excel.

Developing customer experience, a competency framework and assessments, updating the airport master plan for the Muscat International Airport and operating the readiness of Phase 2 for the new Muscat International Airport are some of the other goals. >A6 Oman Airports statistics >A2

More flights from Muscat to Asian cities

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OMAN OMAN AIRPORTS STATISTICS: April 2015-2016

Key

Total Number of Passengers Civilian Aircraft Movements

OAMC is managing and operating Muscat International and Salalah Airports, and the regional airports in Duqm and Sohar

Muscat International Airport April

April

2015

2016

2015

960,789

2016

January - April

2015

2015

2016

14%

2015

Sohar Airport April

2016

January - April 2016

2015

256

-37%

44

2015

2016

34 32

1,460

57%

2015

31%

-24%

April

January - April 2016

618,061

-10%

2016

-6% January - April

2016

58 162

4,444

2,299

-66%

2016

811,685

17.5%

2015

2016

4

-50%

January - April

2015

2016

4,926

12

25

2015

April

2015

49

January - April

511,041

434,662

-28%

108,187

January - April

Duqm Airport

April

2016

150,560

-11%

2016

69.50M

10%

2015

810

13%

2015

63.19M

2016

718

71,046

2016

April 2015

80,433

January - April

12%

April

2016

January - April

2016

44,330

20%

2015

11.28M

49,219

5.78M

2015

12.85M

8%

January - April

2015

2016

8,281

17%

4.83M

April

2015

7,656 818,528

Salalah Airport

April

Cargo & Mail (in Kilograms)

2015

8,799

2016

138

134

5,138

71%

3% Graphics

Source: Airport Statistics 2014-2015, Oman Airports Managment Company

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GRAND MUFTI TO OPEN SUPREME COURT PREMISES Delegated by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, His Eminence Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Khalili, the Sultanate’s Grand Mufti will open today the Supreme Court premises located at Al Ghubrah, opposite the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque. Within His Majesty the Sultan’s direct and constant care of the judicial system and great keenness to give it its due status, His Majesty the Sultan ordered the construction of a premises for the Supreme Court. -ONA

Special medical unit for children, teenagers opens The new Royal Hospital medical unit aims to provide specialised medical treatment, guidance and counselling for the youth

Times News Service MUSCAT: A new specialised medical unit for children and teenagers aged between 10 and 18 years was launched by the Royal Hospital to promote healthcare in the Sultanate.

The first-of-its kind medical unit aims to provide specialised medical treatment, guidance and counselling for the youth.

The unit will also create awareness in the community about different illnesses associated with children of that age, as well as causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention.

Dr. Nahid Jaber, head of the Department, said, “This age group is P R I VAT E S E C T O R J O B S

Ministry of Manpower contacts job seekers FAHAD AL GHADANI

fahadnews@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Ministry of Manpower has contacted 1,100 job seekers for interviews, which will be conducted in two weeks.

The move comes under cooperation between the ministry and private sector companies in order to create job opportunities for job seekers in various sectors in the private sector.

Hamad bin Khamis Al Amri, undersecretary of the Ministry of Manpower for Labour Affairs, has inspected the process for conducting recruitment interviews for job seekers.

The ministry has also contacted 550 male job seekers for employment interviews, while another 550 female were contacted this week. Yosuf Al Mutawa, deputy director at the Ministry of Manpower, said the ministry is making extra efforts to create work opportunities.

TUNISIA

Honour for ambassador TUNIS: President Beji Caid Essebsi of the Tunisian Republic received Hussain bin Omar Al Ibrahim, Sultanate’s ambassador to the Tunisia, to bid him farewell at the end of his tour of duty. President Essebsi honoured the Sultanate’s ambassador by granting him the Republic’s first class order for his efforts in supporting ties. -ONA

considered the most important age, which dictates the behavioural, medical and psychological qualities of children.”

“The international community must shift their focus to this age group and raise awareness about the correct way to deal with teenage behaviour in addition to creating a specialised ward in health institutions,” added Jaber.

The Royal Hospital is among the first in the Middle East to open such a medical unit and Jaber said it will “benefit a large portion of the Omani society.”

“The unit will provide medical, specialised and counselling services to patients where we will welcome them as transfers

from health centres across the Sultanate. Then we will profile the patient and determine the appropriate treatment for them,” said Jaber.

Jaber also explained that the creation of the unit is to raise teenagers’ awareness, whether male or female, about bodily changes, as well as hormonal changes that are associated with puberty.

Teaching the children about certain diseases and illnesses they might contract and how to prevent them, as well as encouraging them to commit to a healthy diet for a healthier lifestyle and teaching them how to cope with illnesses and the importance of following the doctor’s instructions, are also part of the unit’s services.

“We will also raise awareness about the dangers of addiction to electronic devices and social media as it triggers psychological problems, such as anxiety, depression, violence and wrong behaviour, which could result in teenagers resorting to drinking and smoking, as well as taking drugs,” said Jaber.

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ALI AL HABSI GIVES CLUB GOODIES TO PATIENTS

Majlis Al Shura approves PASI investments

Oman National Football team captain and UKbased Reading Football Club’s goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi visited the children’s ward of a local hospital in Oman to hand out some Reading goodies to the young patients. His gesture brought smiles on the faces of the little ones. The ace footballer spoke to the children who were in awe of the Reading Player of the Season. In the past too, Al Habsi has visited children at hospitals.

Among his other philanthropic works, Ali is also the co-founder of Safety First, a road safety organisation in Oman. He recently made history by becoming the first Arab player to captain a professional football club in the UK.

MUSCAT: Majlis Al Shura’s Office approved the request submitted to the Minister of Manpower, about the investment of the Public Authority for Social Insurance (PASI) in the investment funds at its ninth regular session of the 1st annual sitting (2015/2016) of the eighth term, under the chair of Khalid bin Hilal Al Ma’awali, Chairman of Majlis A’Shura, .

The request included the actions taken to identify PASI loss in 13 investment funds and the mechanisms followed in this regard. It also reviewed letters from international organisations and councils. — ONA

Additional safety advice for Haj pilgrims this year, says official said they have plans to organise special pre-departure classes where extra safety advice will be given to the pilgrims.

“Every year, we provide safety advice to the pilgrims. However, this year, we have put in extra efforts,” Bava added.

“We will follow the Oman Minister of Endowments and Religious Affair’s Office’s instructions strictly,” Bava added.

Last year, on September 24, a crane had collapsed causing the death of at least 769, according to Saudi Arabia’s official figures. The Saudi government also said that 934 others were injured. However, the death count estimates varied in different reports

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fahadnews@timesofoman.com reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: More safety advice will be given to Haj pilgrims by the Oman government, a senior official at the Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs, said.

“The Haj mission usually carries out awareness programmes for pilgrims using all means of

PRECAUTIONS: Hassan Bava, a Haj operator in Oman for the last three decades, said they have plans to organise special pre-departure classes where extra safety advice will be given to the pilgrims.

communications, such as printed material. This time, there will be extra effort put in to urge Haj pilgrims to adopt safety measures,” Dr Mohammed bin Said Al Mamari, scientific advisor at the Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs Office, said.

The official added that the mission considers the pilgrims’ safety as one of the most important aspects of its responsibilities.

Last year, on September 24, a crane had collapse causing the death of at least 769, according to Saudi Arabia’s official figures. The

Saudi government also said that 934 others were injured. However, the death count estimates varied in different reports.

On September 11, a crawler crane had toppled over the Grand Mosque and 111 people were killed.

Around 394 were also injured.

Recently, there were reports that one of the countries in the region has said that it will not send pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year for the annual Hajj, citing safety issues.

Hassan Bava, a Haj operator in Oman for the last three decades,

Guidelines According to the Haj operator, they will advise the pilgrims to be in group during the pilgrimage in Saudi, follow the Saudi authority’s guidelines and timings strictly, identity cards with them wherever they go and also have the hotel telephone numbers with them.

Ahmed Maseedhuddin, manager of Haj and Umrah at Moon Travel in Oman, said they will follow whatever instructions are given by the ministry and advise the pilgrims to follow it strictly.

A total of 9,081 people had received text messages last Monday informing them that their Hajj pilgrimage has been approved, even as more than half of the applications were rejected.

The number of approved pilgrims for Haj this year was announced by the Ministry of Endorsement and Religious Affairs.

Almost half of those who had applied received an approval, the Ministry of Endorsement and Religious Affairs’ official social media account revealed.

The ministry announced that among the 18,587 who applied for this year’s Haj, only 9,081 were approved.

E D UC AT I O N

German, French language diploma holders honoured THURAIYA AL HOSNI

MUSCAT: General diploma students of German and French languages were honoured by the Ministry of Education (MoE), recently.

The ceremony took place in the presence of Dr. Hamoud Al Harthi, undersecretary of the Ministry for teaching and curriculum, at the Ministry auditorium in Al Wattayyah.

It was attended by Hanz Christian Vonerbibenz, ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Sultanate, and Rolan Dobbetran, ambassador of France to the Sultanate, and Dr. Hamad Al Busaidi, director general of the Directorate General of Curriculum Development, and a number of Director Generals of Educational provinces applying the teaching of French and German Languages, directors of departments at the Ministry, members of the project, and parents of the honoured students.

It began with a visual presentation of stages of applying the teaching of German and French experience, and the challenges encountered during the application.

After that, the honoured students gave a theatrical performance that tackled the importance of learning languages in human life.

At the end of the ceremony,

EXCELLENCE: The ceremony began with a visual presentation on stages of applying teaching of German and French experience, and the challenges encountered during the application. After that, the honoured students gave a theatrical performance that tackled the importance of learning languages in human life. — Supplied photo

the patron of the event honoured the successful students and distributed the certificates to them.

Students of the current academic year (2015-2016) were honoured with the certificate (Fit in Deutsch) in the German language and in the French language the certificate (DELF).

The ambassadors also honoured the teachers of the two

subjects. The Ministry’s interest in the teaching of foreign languages stems from the principles of the philosophy of education in the Sultanate, and aims to build Oman’s human capabilities in light of the reality of contemporary life; to be able to interact positively with the current developments and those of the future.

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Inspections of food markets intensify ahead of Ramadan FAHAD AL GHADANI

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MUSCAT: As the Holy Month of Ramadan is approaching, inspection teams and food control departments at Muscat Municipality are intensifying their inspection visits to establishments supplying food to the public.

The move comes to verify the integrity of the supply of food in terms of quality and suitability for human consumption under the framework of the preparation taken for the Holy Month of Ramadan.

advise Oman to exploit its immense solar energy potential now that the cost of solar power has fallen to make it economically very attractive

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The inspection and food control department at the Directorate General of Muscat Municipality in Bausher carried out an inspection campaign at a number of commercial complexes that provide Ramadan baskets and variety of food for consumers.

Urged Muscat Municipality has also called upon consumers in general not to hesitate to communicate with Muscat Municipality to report any observations through the call centre or social media platforms.

UNTAPPED POTENTIAL: Solar is not an expensive form of power generation. It has the cheapest cost of power generation. – Talib Al Wahaibi CRIME

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babaumar@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Replacing gas and other conventional energy, Oman could exploit 320 days of regular sunshine to generate more solar power than any European country.

“Solar energy is cheap and it could account for most of the energy in Oman,” said Daniel Zywietz, vice chairman of the Clean Business Energy Council, who was speaking on the second day of the coveted energy conference on Tuesday.

Zywietz is also the chief executive officer of Enerwhere, which claims to have built the world’s first rental provider of modular solar-hybrid power plants for off grid power needs.

“If you take a look at the recent tender results from the Middle East, solar is not an expensive

form of power generation. It’s the cheapest cost of power generation.

The tender results a few weeks ago from Dubai showed… basically last year there was a tender for a coal fired power plant that came in for 4.8 cents per kilowatt hour. This year the same company put in a bid for 3.9 cents per kilowatt-hour for a solar power plant,” he explained.

He warned Oman against wasting time on other sources of energy, adding: “Let me be a bit controversial here. Don’t waste your time on things that are second or third-class when you have a wordclass resource. Oman is a desert country. What is scarce here is biomass,” he said.

He added, “How many volcanoes do you have? Not one. Just do a mass count on how many biomass plants or geo thermal plants can you build, or what you can get out of it. Don’t waste your time because you will spend lots of money

GOLDEN DRAGON

Chinese acrobats perform at ROHM

FLUID GRACE: As China’s leading acrobatic touring company, the award-winning Golden Dragon Acrobats are renowned for their fluid grace and the spell-binding beauty of their performance. – Supplied photo

Times News Service MUSCAT: Honouring an Oriental art that is at least 25 centuries old, the amazing Golden Dragon Acrobats have brought China’s acrobatic traditions to thousands of people around the world over the past five decades.

Now they are bringing it to Oman, at the Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM).

As China’s leading acrobatic touring company, the award-winning Golden Dragon Acrobats are renowned for their fluid grace and the spell-binding beauty of their performance of powerful

and astonishing athletic feats while skilfully balancing and spinning objects.

With the Golden Acrobat performances, ROHM’s 2015 to 2016 World Class Quality Season is coming to an exciting conclusion, with a production that everyone can enjoy in equal measure, as a demonstration of the beauty and power of the performing arts.

ROHM is hosting two performances of the Golden Acrobats, the second one being today at 7.30 pm.

For further information and bookings, consult ROHM website at - www.rohmuscat.org.om.

I N I T I AT I V E

Platform to boost firms of students announced Times News Service MUSCAT: A proactive platform to engage student companies and discuss the enhancement of their environmental projects was announced by Mohammed bin Salim Al Tubi from Injaz Oman and Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs (MECA) recently.

Khaula Al Harthi, executive director of Injaz Oman, and Dr Yassin Sharabi, director of Environmental Studies and Research at the Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) were present. Dr Yassin confirmed SQU’s readiness to assist students’ endeavours in the measurement of products and research relating to conservation.

During the meeting, students

showcased the formation and tactical development of six firms; Eureka, Technophyll, Fanar, Impact, Revive and Econas. They also discussed challenges faced and various means of enhancing their work, in addition to their strategic planning and progress.

“At Injaz Oman, we deliver platforms to support students during our developmental initiatives, such as the Company Programme; all of which are centred on delivering the knowledge and technical skills required to succeed with start-up projects. Our recent meeting was one of those platforms, and the presence of MECA demonstrates the ministry’s commitment towards supporting students,” Khaula said.

on feasibility and consultancy. It’s pretty simple.”

“So for the same kilowatt per hour power, why would you pay five times more for using other conventional power generation methods?” he argued.

Proper legislations Gurmeet Kaur of Eversheds, which advises public and private clients on infrastructure and energy projects, said Oman must aggressively pursue solar energy production and that cost of solar power in Dubai has already reduced.

“There is no reason why Oman should decide to go forward with other programmes. You have sun, you have bidders, who are in the region, and there is funding available for these projects,” she stated.

Calling for proper legislation, she added, “The proper legislation will give confidence to the investors. They need to know their in-

vestments are going to be secure.

You need transparent evaluation and criteria. There needs to be protection from expropriation, changes in law, compensation and things like that in legislation for such investment.”

Dawood Al Qassabi, the head of New Technology Implementation, Petroleum Development Oman, said Oman is looking forward to the Miraah solar project, which will become operational in 2017.

The project—the biggest in the Middle East—will harness the sun’s rays to produce steam, which will be used to extract heavy and viscous oil.

“We are already using PV (photovoltaic) cells to lighten some streets and accommodations in interior Oman and Al Qurum, but it all comes down to cost effectiveness and the maintenance of the cells. They need to be cleaned. It’s also about operability,” he said.

Man impersonating police officer arrested Staff Reporter MUSCAT: Officers from the Directorate General of Inquiries and Investigations of the Salalah Royal Oman Police (ROP) have arrested an Omani national on charges of theft, compromising security and impersonating as a police officer.

Stealing money The Salalah Police Station had been receiving reports about an unidentified person allegedly intercepting Asian expatriates, claiming to be a police officer.

He also used to ask for their wallets to verify their documents

and while doing so, he stole their money and escape from the scene in his vehicle.

Taking advantage A senior ROP official said the suspect was reportedly taking advantage of victims’ innocence by giving them a ride in his car while impersonating as an officer and asked them to produce their documents for extorting money. The official also added that the car he was using was a rental.

The official said the suspect was identified after an investigation and was arrested. The suspect has been referred to the public prosecution for a further probe.

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Oman, is the ‘place’ for adventure, making it perfect for Thai people, who are yet to go on a desert journey.

Nadda Buranasiri, chief executive officer of Thai AirAsia X

More flights from Muscat to Asian destinations soon Meanwhile, Thai AirAsia X will also start its operations from next month. Confirming this, Krittiyawadee Pongpanich, Corporate Communications and Events’ executive at Thai AirAsia X Co. Ltd, said the airline will be flying thrice a week to Muscat (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) from June 28 onwards.

Oman Air will start its debut flight to Guangzhou on September 18 on one of Oman Air’s prized Airbus A330-200

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tariqh@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Muscat will be connected to more Asian destinations as Thai AirAsia X begins flying to Bangkok from June 28 and Oman Air spreads its wings to China from September 18, according to aviation experts.

Oman Air will start its debut flight to Guangzhou on September 18 on one of Oman Air’s prized Airbus A330-200, according to Routesonline.com.

It also reported that Oman Air will make four flights per week.

INCREASED PENETRATION: New Thai AirAsia X routes are aimed at attracting Middle East travellers to Thailand via Iran and Oman.

According to reports, Oman Air’s maiden flight WY851 will take off at 9:40 am local time and is expected to arrive in Guangzhou at 9:05 pm local time.

On the return, the Oman Air flight WY852 from Guangzhou,

will depart at 9:10 am local time and arrive in Muscat at 12:45 pm local time. Oman Air also confirmed the flight schedule, but added that they have opened reservations pending the Chinese Government’s approval.

Important milestone In a statement, Nadda Buranasiri, chief executive officer of Thai AirAsia X, said the new Middle East routes, such as Tehran and Muscat, are an important milestone for the airline, making it the first Thai low-fare carrier to fly to the region.

“These additions offer great convenience by directly connecting Don Mueang to Tehran and Don Mueang to Muscat, with three flights a week for each destination. The airline is also confident that the two cities, with their great travel and investment potential, will prove popular among Thai travellers,” said Nadda.

“The new destinations also fit in with the Thai government and the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s strategies, which call for

increased penetration of new markets, especially new SME markets. The airline will use its low fares to expand its customer base and has plans for even further market expansion,” he added.

Nadda also viewed the new Thai AirAsia X routes as an opportunity to attract Middle Eastern travellers to Thailand via Iran and Oman, making them gateways to Bangkok.

He also noted that Thailand is already a popular destination for the Iranian and Omani people, especially in terms of tourism, medicine and health care, segments that spend an average THB6,500 per day per person while visiting.

Place for adventure “Oman, is the ‘place’ for adventure, making it perfect for Thai people, who are yet to go on a desert journey. We are sure tourist numbers from Thailand to both Iran and Oman will grow satisfyingly,” Nadda said.

Thai AirAsia X will operate its flights to Tehran and Muscat with Airbus A330-300s, offering 12 Premium Flat Bed business class seats and 365 economy class seats on each aircraft.

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greetings In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere congratulations along with his best wishes of good health, happiness and a long life to King Abdallah, praying to the Almighty for the return of this and similar occasions on him to achieve further progress and prosperity for the Jordanian people.

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has also sent a cable of congratulations to President Mauricio Macri of the Argentine Republic on the occasion of his country’s National Day. In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere congratulations along with his best wishes of good health and happiness to President Macri and his country’s people further progress and prosperity.

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Htin Kyaw of Myanmar on the occasion of electing him as a new president of his country.

In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere congratulations along with best wishes of success to President Kyaw in leading the people of Myanmar towards further progress.-ONA

AWA R D S F O R E X C E L L E N C E

Winners of SAI Times of Oman Open contest awarded Staff reporter MUSCAT: Winners of the 13th SAI Times of Oman Open Essay Writing and Poster Making Competition received their awards at a ceremony held on Monday.

More than 150 students from the Muscat governorate received awards for excellence in the field of essay writing and poster making.

Four hundred and eight students figured on the prize winners’ list from among 4,517 students registered for the event, representing 353 schools from all over Oman.

Dr. Sana Sabeel Al Balushi, Director General at the National Career Guidance Centre and Head of Specialised Centre for Professional Training of Teachers, Ministry of Education (MoE), was the Chief Guest at the award cer-

PRIZE WINNERS: More than 150 students from the Muscat governorate received awards for excellence in the field of essay writing and poster making. – Shabin E

emony and she gave away prizes to the winners.

“It is so good to see the growth of the SAI competition; from when we started the competition in 2003, there were about 100 stu-

the success of the SAI Times of Oman Open Essay Writing and Poster Making Competition.

According to the organisers, in the interior regions (other than Muscat), prizes will be handed

over to the schools through the Ministry of Education in the respective regions.

A competition was held in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and under the banner,

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M I N I S T RY O F E D UC AT I O N

‘Omanisation is not an obstacle for oil industry’ MUSCAT: Omanisation is not an obstacle in the oil and gas industry, a seminar on “Market Situation, Cooperation Mechanisms and Drop in Oil Prices” was told yesterday.

Eng. Salim bin Nasser Al Oufi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil and Gas, said, “Omanisation is not an obstacle in the oil and gas industry and therefore we must rehabilitate cadres and plan for the future.”

The ministry is working to encourage investment by providing more accurate information on the concession areas. Without strategic action, a plan and time frame for

dents and it was conducted only in the Muscat governorate, but now it has gone to all the governorates of Sultanate,” Al Balushi said.

She also thanked all the sponsors and the well wishers behind

“Spreading the Light through Human Values.”

“Every participant is a winner in this event as it has given an opportunity to everyone to contemplate values, which itself is an enriching experience that is bound to remain with them during life’s journey,” an SAI coordinator said.

Judges praised the children, who displayed their writing and drawing skills in dealing with the topics, “How to be happy and make others happy” (Grades 1 to 3); “Be a good friend to get a good friend” (Grade 4 to 6); “Value of Time:” (Grade 7 to 9) and “Effects of Media” (Grade 10 to 12).

Each entry was evaluated by three judges, drawn from amongst the professionals and experts in these areas of arts and literature, MoE officials as well as members of the SAI Group.

contribution of renewable energy in electricity generation, we will not find the required contribution, stressing the importance of participation of Omani firms in the competition to get private investment in the oil gas contracts, he added.

Raoul Restucci, Managing Director of Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) said a large demand for investment in oil and gas sector in the Sultanate, where the number of foreign companies operating in the Sultanate rose to about 26 companies, explaining that the ultimate goal is not oil production, but to maximise the benefit from it and find related industries. -ONA

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This month alone, 500 expatriates were caught in raids across Oman, according to the statistics uploaded by the Ministry of Manpower on its official twitter handle.

According to Oman Labour Law Article 114, a non-Omani employee who works in Oman, without a licence from the concerned directorate, or works with any employer, other than the employer who obtained a licence to bring him to Oman, shall be punished.

The punishment for the violator is imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month and a fine not exceeding OMR100, either or both, in addition to the cancellation of the licence issued to the employer.

Additionally, any employer who wilfully allows any of his employ-

ees to work with another employer will also be punished.

The punishment is imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month and fine not exceeding OMR200, for each employee or by one of these two punishments and the punishment will be multiplied by the number of the employees in respect of whom the breach has been committed.

Such employers may not be allowed to bring into Oman any nonOmani employee for a period not exceeding one year.

“Such actions should continue.

If not, it will encourage others to violate the law,” Mohammed Al Busaidi, a Majlis Al Shura member, said. “Hiring ‘free visa’ workers is a risk. Employers who facilitate ‘free

visas’ should be questioned and action should be taken. Government should provide visa clearance only for those who need it,” the Shura member added.

Ahmed Al Hooti, an Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry member, said that both employer and worker should follow the rules set by the ministry.

“Workers violating the labour law are risking their future,” the OCCI member said.

“Due to the current economic problems if some companies are not in a position to accommodate the workers they have hired, they should not let them go to work with other sponsors illegally risking their future. Instead of that, government should be informed

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and a legal way should be found,” the OCCI member added.

Shahswar Al Balushi, the CEO of Oman Society of Contractors (OSC), added that the government should provide visas for those who have the capacity to hire them.

“Government should classify the companies and judge whether they require a visa or not. If the visas are provided on the basis of proper checking the ‘free visa’ won’t happen,” the CEO said.

Meanwhile, an industrialist in Muscat said that there are challenges in getting visas on time when it is required.

“Government should be a little lenient, especially when the market condition is bad,” the industrialist said.

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OAMC has also added new services in the updated phone application to make receiving live and updated information easier for its customers, such as live arrival and departure information for the Muscat and Salalah Airports, the ability to search for flights and bookmark results and boarding alerts in addition to many other features and facilities.

In light of the recent development of OAMC, the Muscat International Airport saw a 17 per cent rise in the number of total passengers in April at 960,789 passengers, compared with the same month last year.

Between January and April, passenger traffic jumped by 1 million to 5,783,289 compared

with the same period in 2015, when 4,826,662 passengers were recorded.

Aircraft movement at the Muscat International Airport also saw an increase of 8 per cent in April this year, with 8,281 aircraft while the period between January and April saw a 12 per cent rise, with total aircraft movement recorded at 49,219, compared with 44,330 during the same period last year.

Passenger movement Moreover, Salalah Airport recorded a 13 per cent increase in passenger movement at 80,433 in April; compared with 71,046 during the same month in 2015, while aircraft movement de-

creased by 11 per cent.

The decrease in the civil aircraft movement goes back to the national carrier’s strategy of flying fewer flights to Salalah with larger aircraft carrying more passengers.

Meanwhile, the Duqm Airport saw a 57 per cent jump in passenger movement in April, at 2,299, up from 1,460 last year. However, aircraft movement decreased by 6 per cent, while the total between January and April was up by 3 per cent to 138 from the same period last year.

The Sohar Airport also recorded a 50 per cent drop in passenger traffic in April, as well as a 66 per cent drop in aircraft movement.

Staff Reporter MUSCAT: Minister of Health Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Saeedi has been elected president of the 69th World Health Assembly, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Monday.

The Health Minister also met with Dr. Margaret Chan, DirectorGeneral of the WHO, who congratulated him on his nomination for the post of President of the Assembly during its current session.

She also commended the concrete health development in the Sultanate and the attention by the Sultanate’s government to the issues of health of the individual and the community at the regional and international level.

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OMAN HIS MAJESTY RECEIVES MESSAGE FROM UAE

HM RECEIVES MESSAGE FROM MAURITANIA

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said received a written message from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of UAE, Prime Minister, Ruler of Dubai. The message was received by HH Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers when he received Mohammed bin Sultan Al Suwaidi, UAE envoy. -ONA

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received a written message from President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania. The message was received by HH Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers when he received Ahmed Daoud, Envoy of the Mauritanian President. -ONA

State Council discusses Omani Penal Law draft State Council and Majlis Al Shura will hold a joint sitting under the chairmanship of Dr. Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri

NINTH SESSION: The State Council held yesterday meeting under the chair of Dr. Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, Chairman of the State Council. –ONA

MUSCAT: In response to the Royal Orders of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the State Council and Majlis Al Shura will hold a joint sitting on Thursday under the chairmanship of Dr. Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, Chairman of the State Council.

The joint session will consider and approve the articles on which there is disagreement between the two Councils with relation to the proposed amendments on the draft Income Tax Law, the draft Foreign Investment Law and the

draft Insurance Companies Law. On the other hand, the State Council will continue on Wednesday its discussion of the draft Omani Penal Code, which was referred from the Council of Ministers and the reports of Majlis Al Shura and the State Council’s Legal Committee on it.

The State Council’s 9th session of the first annual sitting of the sixth term, which was held yesterday under the chair of Dr. Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, Chairman of the State Council

witnessed detailed discussions of the draft law.

Discussion to continue Tomorrow, the State Council will continue its discussions of the remainder articles of the draft law and review some reports from members on their foreign participation. It will also review some incoming letters and the report of the Secretariat General on the activities of the Council during the period between the 7th and 8th sessions. -ONA

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Oman-Iran investment forum MUSCAT: An Ithraa team led by His Highness Sayyid Faisal bin Turki Al Said, Director General of Investment Promotion will hold trade and investment talks in Tehran at the end of this month.

Logistics, metals and healthcare sectors will be the main points of the discussions. Ithraa is Oman’s investment promotion and export development agency.

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Property panel approves 154 evaluations MUSCAT: Property Enumeration and Evaluation Committee (PEEC) approved 154 evaluation decisions of the property affected by public utility projects.

The fourth meeting of the year was chaired by Hamad bin Sulaiman Al Ghuraibi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources for Regional Municipalities Affairs .

Decisions included Al Batinah Coastal Road, Bidbid – Sur Road, the dual -carriageway, from the roundabout of LBG Company to the Roundabout of Bilad Sur, multi-level intersection on the existing Al Batinah Road, in addition to the dual carriageway of Madha-Al Rawdha Road in Al Buraimi, Jibreen — Ibri Road, Al Batinah Expressway and the Railway line.

The meeting also discussed other topics related to evaluation. -ONA

“Our visit to Tehran has been designed specifically to enhance dialogue between Ithraa and our Iranian counterparts and capitalise on the existing trade and investment ties our two countries enjoy. The Oman – Iran Investment Meet will focus particularly on logistics, metals and healthcare” Sayyid Faisal said.

Iran is second largest economy

in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region after Saudi Arabia, with an estimated Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2015 of $ 393.7 billion. It also has the second largest population of the region after Egypt, with an estimated 78.8 million people in 2015.

The Iranian economy is expected to grow by about 4 percent this year. -ONA

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Greece will start dispatching key data of the EgyptAir crash to Egyptian authorities on Wednesday, including data of the airliner as it flew through Greek airspace moments before disappearing

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Dubai ‘opens’ world’s first functioning 3D-printed office building DUBAI: Dubai has opened what it said was the world’s first functioning 3D-printed office building, part of a drive by the emirate to develop technology that cuts costs and saves time.

The printers - used industrially and also on a smaller scale to make digitally designed, three-dimensional objects from plastic - have not been used much for building.

This one used a special mixture of cement, a Dubai government statement said, and reliability tests were done in Britain and China.

Prototype The one-storey prototype building, with floorspace of about 250 square metres (2,700 square feet), used a 20-foot (6-metre)by 120foot by 40-foot printer, the government said. “This is the first 3D-printed building in the world, and it’s not just a building, it has fully functional offices and staff,” the United Arab Emirates Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Mohamed Al Gergawi, said.

“We believe this is just the beginning. The world will change,”

he said. The arc-shaped office, built in 17 days and costing about $140,000, will be the temporary headquarters of Dubai Future Foundation - the company behind

the project - is in the centre of the city, near the Dubai International Financial Centre.

Gergawi said studies estimated the technique could cut building

time by 50-70 per cent and labour costs by 50-80 per cent. Dubai’s strategy was to have 25 per cent of the buildings in the emirate printed by 2030, he said. — Reuters

DIGITALLY DESIGNED: Left: The world’s first functional 3D printed offices are seen in Dubai on Monday. Above: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, signs on the board during the official opening of the offices. – Reuters

Iraqi forces shell IS targets in assault to retake Falluja said it had dislodged the militants from Garma village and no casualties were reported

Air power The US-led coalition “is providing air power to support the Iraqi government forces in Falluja”, its spokesman, US Army Colonel Steve Warren, told Reuters by phone.

The United Nations and the

Sanaa varsity gardener killed in blast SANAA: A bomb at Sanaa University killed a gardener and wounded at least two students on Tuesday, police and medical sources said, in a relatively rare attack on the Houthi-ruled Yemeni capital.

A police official at the scene said the explosion appeared to have targeted an exhibition organised by the Houthi’s Ansarullah group, which controls most of northern Yemen.

No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Officials at the main hospital in Sanaa said the gardener, who they did not name, died of injuries sustained in the explosion. — Reuters

The Iraqi military

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces shelled IS targets in Falluja on Tuesday, the second day of an assault to retake the militant stronghold just west of Baghdad, as international concern mounted for the security of civilians.

Residents in the city, 50km (30 miles) from the capital, reported sporadic shelling around the city centre, but said it was less intense than on Monday.

“No one can leave. It’s dangerous. There are snipers everywhere along the exit routes,” one resident told Reuters by internet.

About 100,000 civilians are estimated to be in Falluja which, in January 2014, became the first Iraqi city to be captured by IS, six months before the group declared its caliphate. The population was three times bigger before the war.

The Iraqi military said it had dislodged the militants from Garma, a village to the east, overnight.

No casualties were reported by the army or the city’s main hospital. On Monday, eight civilians and three militants were killed, and 25 people wounded, 20 of them civilians, according to the hospital.

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FIERCE FIGHTING: Militia fighters of the popular crowd use mobile artillery near the city of Fallujah on May 23, 2016, as part of a major assault to retake the city from IS group. – AFP

International Committee of the Red Cross issued statements on Monday evening appealing for the warring parties to protect civilians, who have limited access to food, water and healthcare and who now risk being used as human shields.

Resourceful residents have begun appropriating solar panels affixed to street lights to generate power in their homes.

Even the militants have had to scrounge and conserve supplies, collecting plastic objects to turn into makeshift fuel and conducting patrols on bicycle, residents told Reuters.

Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi said the armed forces had been “instructed to preserve the lives

of citizens in Falluja and protect public and private property”.

“Those who cannot take the exit routes, they can stay at home and not move,” he added in comments aired by state Iraqi TV while on visit to the field command center near Falluja.

The Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq, a political organisation formed in 2003 to represent minority community, on Monday condemned the campaign as “an unjust aggression, a reflection of the vengeful spirit that the forces of evil harbour against this city”.

It said in a statement nearly 10,000 residents had been killed or wounded by government shelling over the past two years, which Reuters could not verify, and warned

any victory would be “illusory”.

The military campaign could take “many weeks, if not longer”, predicted Ranj Alaaldin, an Iraq expert at the London School of Economics, due to lingering support for IS among many residents who may still prefer the militants to a Baghdad government long perceived as sectarian and repressive.

In a nod to local sensitivities, Iraqi officials say militias, grouped under a loose government umbrella to help boost the army and police following partial collapses since 2014, would be restricted to operating outside the city limits.

Abadi ordered the offensive despite concerns that it could divert resources from a push later this year to retake Mosul, IS’s de

facto capital in Iraq. “You do not need Falluja in order to get Mosul,” Warren, the anti-IS coalition spokesman, said in a phone interview at the weekend.

A series of bombings that killed more than 150 people in one week in Baghdad, the highest death toll so far this year. cranked up the pressure on Abadi to do something about the city seen by many politicians as an irredeemable bulwark of militancy.

“The intelligence indicates that this recent IS resurgence in Baghdad through some sleeper cells originated from Falluja,” said senior lawmaker and former national security adviser Mowaffaq Al Rubaie. “Falluja is too close to Baghdad.” — Reuters

RIYADH: A man has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for killing six Westerners and a Saudi soldier in an Al Qaeda attack in the city of Yanbu in 2004, local media reported on Tuesday.

The shooting at Swiss engineering firm ABB Lummus Global and a subsequent police chase killed two Americans, two Britons, one Canadian, one Australian and one Saudi. Three of the four attackers also died.

Reports in the pan-Arab daily Al Hayat and other media did not name the man but said he had assisted in the assault in Yanbu, an oil and petrochemicals hub on the Red Sea. At the time, the only surviving attacker was named as Saudi national Mustafa Al Ansari. The other three were all members of the same family.

Reuters could not immediately contact the kingdom’s Justice Ministry spokesman for comment on the case. — Reuters

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Investigators play down explosion theory in EgyptAir crash CAIRO: The head of Egypt’s forensics authority dismissed a suggestion on Tuesday that the small size of the body parts retrieved since an EgyptAir plane crashed last week indicated there was an explosion on board.

Greece will start dispatching key data of the EgyptAir crash to Egyptian authorities on Wednesday, including data of the airliner as it flew through Greek airspace moments before disappearing, a source close to the probe said on Tuesday. “We will start sending the main data from tomorrow, including the radar tracking and the conversations with controllers,” one source who requested anonymity told Reuters.

Investigators struggling to work out why the Airbus 320 jet vanished from radar screens last Thursday, with 66 passengers

and crew on board, are looking for clues in the human remains and debris recovered from the Mediterranean Sea so far.

The plane and its black box recorders, which could explain what brought down the Paris-Cairo flight as it entered Egyptian air space, have not been located.

An Egyptian forensic official said 23 bags of body parts have been collected since Sunday, the largest of them no bigger than the palm of a hand. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said their size suggested there had been an explosion although no trace of explosives had been detected.

But Hisham Abdelhamid, head of Egypt’s forensics authority, said that assessment was “mere assumptions” and that it was too early to draw conclusions.

At least two other sources with

direct knowledge of the investigation also said it would be premature to say what caused EgyptAir flight 804 to plunge into the sea.

French investigators say the plane sent a series of warnings indicating that smoke had been detected on board as well as other possible computer faults shortly before it disappeared.

The signals did not indicate what may have caused the smoke, and aviation experts have said that neither deliberate sabotage nor a technical fault could be ruled out.

Investigators rely on debris, bags and clothes as well as chemical analysis to detect the imprints of an explosion, according to people involved in two previous probes where deliberate blasts were involved. An Egyptian team formed by the Civil Aviation Ministry is conducting the technical

investigation and three officials from France’s BEA air accident investigation agency have also been in Cairo since Friday, with an expert from Airbus, to assist. Egypt has deployed a robot submarine and France has sent a search ship to help hunt for the black boxes, but it is not clear whether either of them could detect signals emitted by the flight recorders, lying in waters possibly 3,000 metres deep.

The signal emitters have a battery life of just 30 days.

Five days after the plane vanished off radar screens, Egyptian and Greek officials — who monitored the flight before it crossed into Egypt’s air space — have given differing accounts of its last moments. Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said on Thursday that Greek radar had picked up sharp swings in the jet’s trajectory,

90 degrees left, then 360 degrees right as it plunged from a cruising altitude to 15,000 feet before vanishing from radar. But Ehab Mohieldin Azmi, head of Egypt’s air navigation services, said Egyptian officials saw no sign of the plane swerving, and it had been visible at 37,000 feet until it disappeared.

“Of course, we tried to call it more than once and it did not respond,” he told Reuters. “We asked the planes that were nearby to give it a relay and we could not reach it.

That’s it.”

Egypt’s public prosecutor has asked Greece to hand over transcripts of calls between the pilot and Greek air traffic control, and for the officials to be questioned over whether the pilot sent a distress signal.

He also asked France for documents, audio and visual records

on the plan during its stopover at Charles de Gaulle airport and until it left French airspace.

At a hotel near Cairo airport where relatives of the victims were giving DNA samples to help identify the body parts recovered so far, grief mixed with frustration.

Amjad Haqi, an Iraqi man whose mother Najla was flying back from medical treatment in France, said the families were being kept in the dark and had not even been formally told that any body parts had been recovered.

“All they are concerned about is to find the black box and the debris of the plane. That’s their problem, not mine,” he said. “And then they come and talk to us about insurance and compensation. I don’t care about compensation, all I care about is to find my mother and bury her.” — Reuters

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Sonowal sworn in as Assam chief minister Assam Governor P.B. Acharya administered the oath of office and secrecy to Sonowal, formerly minister of state for youth affairs and sports at the centre, and his council of ministers

GUWAHATI: Sarbananda Sonowal was on Tuesday sworn in as the first BJP chief minister of Assam at a massive public meeting that was also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his senior cabinet and party colleagues.

Sonowal, 53, took the oath along with Himanta Biswa Sarma, the former Congress strongman who crossed over to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) last year and is largely credited for its huge electoral victory that dislodged 15 years of the Congress rule in the northeastern state.

Assam Governor P.B. Acharya administered the oath of office and secrecy to Sonowal, formerly minister of state for youth affairs and sports at the centre, and his council of ministers.

Modi addressed the gathering after the oath ceremony which turned into the BJP’s show of strength on the first days of its first government in the state.

“Our job doesn’t end at voting.

For development it is important the people work with the govern-

SWEARING-IN CEREMONY: Assam Governor P.B. Acharya administers the oath to Sarbananda Sonowal as chief minister of Assam during a swearing-in ceremony at Veterinary College play ground, Khanapara in Guwahati on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also seen on the stage. - PTI

ment together,” Modi said.

The prime minister promised that the central “will always try to stay ahead, even if by a step, than the Assam government” for the development of the state.

The ceremony, also attended by BJP president Amit Shah and veteran leader Lal Krishna Advani, was held at the sprawling Khanapara rally ground in the city that was turned saffron with BJP flags fluttering all over.

Also present at the event were the chief ministers of the BJPruled states and leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Chief ministers of other northeastern states also participated. Former chief minister Tarun Gogoi, who headed the state 15-year Congress rule before Sonowal dethroned him, also attended the gala event.

Leaders who took oath as cabinet ministers included BJP’s Parimal Shuklabaidya, Chandra Mohan Patowary and Ranjit Dutta.

Atul Bora and Keshav Mahanta from the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), Pramila Rani Baishya and Rihan Daimary of the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) also took oath as cabinet ministers.

Two BJP legislators Nab Doley and Pallab Lochan Das were sworn-in as as minister of state with independent charges.

Most of the leaders, including Sonowal, took the oath in Assamese. But BPF leaders Pramila Rani Brahma and Rihan Daimary took the oath in their native Bodo language.

Assam’s newly sworn-in chief minister, Sarbananda Sonowal promised a “poverty-free” state that will serve all sections of the society irrespective of caste, creed and religion.

“We all have to work together.

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of the society, for Assamese, Bengalis, Rabhas, Marwaris and all others. People have reposed their faith in us,” Sonowal said in his maiden speech after being swornin as the chief minister.

“In Assam, all kinds of people reside. We may have different manner of praying to the God, but we have been living together for ages,” Sonowal said.

Referring to the issue of linguistic divide in the state, Sonowal, who spoke in Assamese, said: “Our government will work along with all sections of the society, ranging from the Barak Valley to Brahmaputra Valley.”

He said in the last two years Prime Minister Narendra Modi has steered an inclusive central government committed to development and “good governance”.

Sonowal also appreciated the immense sacrifices and hard work of foot soldiers of the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). - IANS

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Air ambulance crash lands near Delhi airport NEW DELHI: An air ambulance coming from Patna with seven persons on board crash landed in Najafgarh area of South West Delhi after both its engines apparently shut down but no one sustained any major injury.

The six-seater Beech King Air C-90A aircraft crash landed at around 2:40pm on a field in Kair village in Najafgarh about 10km from the Indira Gandhi international Airport, police officials said.

The 27-year old plane belonging to Chandigarh-based private operator Alchemist Airways had to force land after both its engines failed, airport officials said.

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA) has already started an inquiry into the incident.

A 61-year-old cardiac patient Virender Rai who was being flown to Delhi has been rushed to the Medanta hospital in Gurgaon immediately after the incident. The other passengers were taken to a

nearby government hospital for medical examination.

The 1989-make aircraft, carrying registration number VT EQO, was in touch with to Air Traffic Control as it was in the final approach to landing.

The six other onboard persons include Rupesh (doctor), Jung Bahadur (aircraft technician), Juhi and Bhagwan Rai (both relatives of the patient), Amit Kumar (pilot) and Rohit (co-pilot).

“I pray for the early recovery of the injured. The causes of the accident shall be looked into,” tweeted Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju.

Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said DGCA officials have been sent to the site of the incident to conduct a probe.

“We received an emergency call from the pilot. Both the engines of the aircraft had reportedly failed.

They made the landing safe. The DGCA is looking into the incident,” Sharma told reporters. - PTI

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We believe there is immense potentiality if trade and investment and mutual expansion of cooperation takes place between the two countries Pranab Mukherjee, President

‘Reducing divergence a key principle of India-China ties’ Touching on the expansion of relationship between India and China, President Pranab Mukherjee said the bilateral trade which was just $2.9 billion in 2000 has gone upto $71 billion now

WARM WELCOME: President Pranab Mukherjee is received by Vice Governor of Guangdong He Zhongyou as China’s Foreign Affairs Vice Minister Liu Zhenmin looks on, upon his arrival at Guangzhou in China on Tuesday. - PTI

China, the President will be meeting his counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday besides holding delegation-level talks with him.

He will also meet Premier Li Keqiang and other top leaders. He is likely to raise the issue of China blocking India’s bid to get a UN ban on Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar and its insistence on India signing the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty (NPT) to get membership of the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

Mukherjee, who is making his first visit as head of state but has made a number of trips to China in various capacities during his long political career, is expected to convey India’s concerns on these issues and present India’s views on how it felt strongly on them, sources said.

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Issues of mutual interest like the festering border dispute and ongoing mechanism to resolve the problem will figure in his discussions with the Chinese leadership.

India’s stand on the nuclear issue assumes significance in the context of the scheduled meeting of the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in South Korea next month when it is expected to make its bid strongly for membership of the nuclear club.

The sources rejected Beijing’s new insistence on India signing the NPT for gaining membership of the NSG or its dismissal of New Delhi’s stand that France had not signed the NPT when it became a member of the NSG. Officials pointed out the NSG is a consensus-based regime and not a treaty. In his speech on Tues-

day, the president recalled that as commerce minister a couple of decades ago he had wondered how the WTO could function without China. “You can’t have WTO without China...the presence of China must be there. We work in close cooperation with each other,” he said.

Mukherjee said Prime Minister Narendra Nodi and Chinese President Xi Jinping would be meeting soon on the margins of G-20 summit scheduled to be held in China later this year.

Referring to the global economic meltdown in the wake of the US financial crisis in 2008, he said India and China greatly contributed to stabilising global economic with their economies.

Mukherjee said the Indian economy has been growing stead-

ily in the last decade and was growing at 7.6 per cent now.

“We have the potential if 2.5 billion plus people of the two countries can work together and cooperate and diversify their activities,” he said.

The president said the sharing of best practices and developmental experiences have great opportunities for stabilising prosperity and pushing the forward march.

Touching on the phenomenal expansion of relationship between India and China, Mukherjee said the bilateral trade which was just $2.9 billion in 2000 has gone upto $71 billion now.

“We believe there is immense potentiality if trade and investment and mutual expansion of cooperation takes place between the two countries,” he said. - PTI

Reservations The Home Ministry has decided to press ahead with the drive despite External Affairs Ministry recently expressing its reservations over the mandatory requirement of finger print scanning of the foreigners, saying it may discourage tourists form visiting India, the sources said.

The Home Ministry officials, however, suggested that the government could look at incentivising the tourists by giving them long-term visa to address Foreign Ministry’s concerns.

“It has been suggested that long term e-visa for two to five years or maybe more can be given to foreigners if they are giving finger prints. This will encourage the visitors while complying with all security requirements,” a source said. The US also gives long-term tourist and business visa of upto ten years to Indians, he said.

The e-tourist visa scheme was launched on November 27, 2014.

The scheme has been extended to 150 countries. - PTI

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CBI questions Rawat on sting operation NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat was on Tuesday questioned by CBI in connection with a probe into the sting operation involving him.

Rawat accompanied by some supporters and an MLA arrived at the CBI headquarters at 11am.

The CBI had last week rejected the state government’s notification withdrawing the nod for probing the case which was given during President’s Rule.

The Uttarakhand High Court also did not stay the CBI probe as requested by Rawat. CBI had said the notification was rejected after taking legal opinion, which said there was no ground for its withdrawal and it was “not legally tenable”. CBI had registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) on April 29 to probe the “sting operation” purportedly showing Rawat offering bribes to rebel Congress lawmakers to support him during a floor test in the Uttarakhand Assembly.

The agency had summoned Rawat for examination for May 9 but he had sought more time after

New finger print database of foreigners to check terrorism NEW DELHI: A data bank carrying finger prints of all foreigners coming to India on e-tourist visa is being set up by the Home Ministry to help thwart entry of terrorists and criminals from abroad.

Immigration officials have started collecting finger prints of those coming on electronic or e-tourist visa and creating an Unique Case File (UCF) of all visitors, official sources said on Tuesday.

Over 10 lakh UCF having all relevant information about the flyers including their finger prints are part of the database now, they said.

The move comes amidst hightened threat from terror groups, including the IS. All those coming to India on e-tourist visa have to mandatorily get their finger prints scanned with authorities here.

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GUANGZHOU: The cardinal principle of India’s relationship with China is expanding areas of agreement and reducing divergence, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said ahead of his talks with top Chinese leaders during which he is likely to raise issues like India’s membership in the NSG. “We have never indulged in expanding divergence but reducing divergence and expanding areas of agreement. This is the cardinal principle of Indian diplomacy,” Mukherjee said, starting his fourday visit to China from this southern Chinese industrial hub.

Addressing the Indian community at a reception hosted by India’s Ambassador to China Vijay Gokhale, he cited examples of growing cooperation between India and China in various multilateral fora like the UN, World Bank, IMF and BRICS and said the two countries have worked in close cooperation with each other in these institutions.

During his first state visit to

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which he won the floor test and returned to power. Rawat has denied the allegation and called the video fake after it was released by the rebel Congress legislators but later admitted that he was on camera in the sting operation.

After Rawat’s victory in the floor test, the state cabinet met on May 15 and withdrew the notification recommending a CBI probe into a sting operation involving him.

Instead, the state cabinet decided to constitute a Special Investigating Team to probe the case as it was a state subject. - PTI

India aims to be among top 30 in ‘ease of doing business’, says Kant NEW DELHI: The government is focussed on improving infrastructure and driving innovation to ensure that India ranks among the top 30 countries in terms of ‘ease of doing business’ in the next 3-4 years, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday.

Speaking at an IAMAI event here, Kant said the ecosystem of innovation is just “beginning to blossom” and one is seeing a resurgence of young Indians starting new businesses.

“Our objective is that India must become a very easy and a very simple place to do business in. This is one government that is focussed on innovation and trying to make India an easy simple place to do business,” he added.

Stating that India has jumped up 12 positions in the ease of doing business, Kant said the government has taken various steps in this regard including bringing in the bankruptcy law, e-biz platform for a single channel of approvals and is also introducing a

According to the report, India’s data centre infrastructure market is pegged to be around $7 billion by 2020 from about $2.2 billion currently

national company law tribunal.

According to the World Bank’s Doing Business Report 2016, India ranks 130 out of 189 countries in the ease of doing business.

Improving connectivity “...our objective is that in the next 3-4 years, India must come in the top 30 countries as far as ease of doing business is concerned,” he added. Kant added that the government is strongly focussed on enhancing the infrastructure sector and improving connectivity.

He also released a report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) that highlights

the opportunities for India to become a leading player in the global data centre market.

“Decision to set up data centre in the country cannot be mandatory and it will not be conducive for the ecosystem. For a conducive policy and regulation on data centres, we have to work in partnership with the industry and bodies like IAMAI,” he said.

He added that a dialogue will be initiated with departments like IT, telecom and energy to create the best possible infrastructure for data centres.

According to the report, India’s data centre infrastructure market

is pegged to be around $7 billion by 2020 from about $2.2 billion currently. This would make India the second largest market for data centre infrastructure within the Asia/Pacific region by 2020.

Potential “India has the potential to capture a big share in the global data centre market. However, there is a need to address some of the risks and barriers and create the right incentives for businesses to build effective data centre infrastructure in the country,” IAMAI President Subho Ray said.

The report calls for the government to facilitate data centre operations in India through clear policies to facilitate trans-border flow of data and tax sops and incentives to woo foreign players. It also warns against the dangers of “forced localisation of data” adding that the same would reduce competitiveness, harm India’s GDP and fledgling reputation as an emerging data centre hub. - PTI

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‘92% chances of India receiving normal and above rainfall’ NEW DELHI: There are 92 per cent chances of India receiving “normal” and above rainfall this season with good amount of rain expected in Central India and along the West coast while some pockets of Bihar and East Uttar Pradesh could experience less precipitation.

Tamil Nadu, northeast India and south interior Karnataka will be at “moderate risk” in terms of rainfall through June, July, August and September (JJAS).

“Good amount of rainfall is expected in Central India and along the West coast. There may be excess rainfall in some pockets of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Some pockets of Bihar and East Uttar Pradesh could experience less rainfall.

“Second half of the Monsoon will see better rainfall than the first half. “Post-Monsoon, the spell of good rainfall activities will spill over,” the Skymet said in its second forecast for the monsoon season.

There are 50 per cent chances of India receiving “normal” rainfall in June while the figure will jump to 60 per cent in July and August.

In September, there are 40 per cent chances of India receiving “normal” rainfall and 50 per cent chances of “above normal” rainfall.

El Nino impact “There are 25 per cent chances of excess rainfall, 37 per cent chances of above normal rainfall and 30 per cent chances of normal rainfall for the entire season (JJAS),” Skymet said.

“The El Nino is tapering down and it will collapse after the onset of Monsoon. It is not likely to have an adverse impact on the Monsoon performance. There are more chances of getting into LaNina in the later part of this year.

Under the influence of the cyclone Roanu, Monsoon arrived before time over the Andaman and has also advanced further.

“Conditions are now favourable for its timely onset over Kerala,” Jatin Singh, CEO of Skymet said.

Interestingly, Skymet has predicted that monsoon will hit Kerala between May 28 and 30 while the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the onset date of monsoon will be around June 7. The normal onset date for monsoon is June 1. - PTI

FORECAST: A man rows his Shikara across the Dal Lake during rains in Srinagar on Tuesday. Skymet has predicted that monsoon will hit Kerala between May 28 and 30 while the IMD has said that the onset date of monsoon will be around June 7. The normal onset date for monsoon is June 1. - PTI

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n May 16, 1916, in the middle of World War I, Great Britain and France signed a secret pact in London. Officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement, the deal, negotiated by the diplomats Mark Sykes and François GeorgesPicot, has determined the fate and political order of the Middle East ever since. But not for much longer.

A century ago, Europe’s soon-to-be-victorious powers, concerned with dividing the region (then part of the Ottoman Empire), drew a “line in the sand” (as the author James Barr called it) stretching from the Mediterranean port of Acre in northern Palestine to Kirkuk in northern Iraq, on the border with Iran. All territories north of that line, in particular Lebanon and Syria, would go to France. Territories to its south – Palestine, Transjordan, and Iraq – would go to Great Britain, which mainly sought to protect British interests along the Suez Canal, the main naval route to British India.

Simultaneously, however, the United Kingdom was negotiating with Arabs who had sided with the British and French in an uprising against Ottoman rule.

The secret agreement negotiated by Sykes and Picot subsequently led to the formation of states that served the great European colonial powers’ geopolitical interests, not the social, religious, and ethnic realities of the region. A political order was forced upon the Middle East by European powers that had flouted their commitments to Arab independence – an order that has been at the root of a century of war and conflict. In the Arab world, the trauma of that betrayal and the defeat of the national movement has lingered. But Sykes and Picot did bring about a reconciliation between the two great Entente powers, and the regional order they created.

The European hegemons, Britain and France, took the place of the Sublime Porte, guaranteeing this order either directly or via regional proxies.

After World War II, the United States

assumed the role of ultimate guarantor of the Sykes-Picot system. But America’s experience in Iraq following its 2003 intervention, and spreading turmoil there and elsewhere, led the US to withdraw its forces and reduce its involvement in the region. With that, the Sykes-Picot system began to collapse.

That is why today’s main crises in the Middle East are playing out precisely in the heartland of the Sykes-Picot Agreement: Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. The “Kurdish question,” too, has returned to the fore.

Israel, meanwhile, seems to be stable – with an emphasis on “seem.” Without reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians, it is only a matter of time before the Palestinian powder keg ignites once again.

Iraq and Syria are now the main theaters in the battle for a post-Sykes-Picot Middle East order. Both had been unstable for a long time, ruled by secular Baathist dictators who faced popular majorities that adhered to a rival community, in addition to a large population of Kurds, who have long dreamed of independence.

The post-Sykes-Picot order will be the result of fighting in the coming years between regional powers. Any Western military intervention would only exacerbate the situation.

The era when a Western hegemon could maintain control of the Middle East, by military force if necessary, is over. Regional forces, not external powers (including Russia), will create the new order in the Middle East emerging out of the remains of the Sykes-Picot system. By the time proxy wars like the one in Syria have finished their work, the Sykes-Picot Agreement will be history.

But the new order could be slow to emerge, because none of the region’s powers is strong enough to impose its will on the others. In the end, total exhaustion on all sides will force reconciliation and the first steps in the direction of a regional peace settlement.

One thing is clear: The longer the breakthrough to a new order takes, the worse off everyone will be. - Project Syndicate

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DOOR-TO-DOOR POLIO CAMPAIGN A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a door-to-door polio campaign in Karachi on Tuesday. Pakistan is one of only three countries in the world where polio remains endemic but years of efforts to stamp it out have been badly hit by reluctance from parents, opposition from militants and attacks on immunisation teams. — AFP

Per capita income increases to $1,561 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s per capita income has marginally grown to $1,561 but targets to increase investment and savings – the two most critical economic indicators after national output goal – have been missed again during the outgoing fiscal year.

The government’s inability to increase investment as percentage of total size of national economy is probably the biggest failure after it failed to achieve outgoing fiscal year’s gross domestic product (GDP) target of 5.5 per cent.

Missing of the targets on savings, investment and GDP growth also puts a question mark over the acclaimed structural reforms introduced under the $6.2 billion International Monetary Fund bailout package.

Saving rates Pakistan has one of the lowest investment and savings rates in the region and the world, obstructing progress towards a sustainable and inclusive economic growth path. Slow progress on the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor due to lack of political vision and usual bureaucratic inefficiency also pulled back investments.

Sources said in dollar terms the

per capita income has grown by only 2.9 per cent to $1,561 – up $44 in the outgoing fiscal year 2015-16.

Despite a marginal increase in per capita income, the country continues to be in the league of low middle-income countries. It needs to enhance per capita income to $4,000 to be labelled a middle-income country.

In rupee terms, there was a 5.8 per cent growth in per capita income that increased to Rs162,568.

Statistical arm To arrive at the per capita income figure, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics – the government’s statistical arm – estimated about 2 per cent growth in the country’s population that reached 193.56 million this year. It then divided the total national income with the number of people and arrived at per capita income of $1,561.

In absolute terms, the PBS has estimated addition of about five million people in a single year.

Like the previous year, in the current fiscal year too the federal government has again failed to deliver on the two most critical economic indicators. It missed the targets of investment and savings with wide margins. — Express Tribune

Nisar brushes aside justification of US drone strike targeting Mansoor US President Barack Obama said on Monday that the Afghan Taliban leader had been killed in the drone attack, and the Pentagon said separately that he was plotting attacks that posed ‘specific, imminent threats’ to US troops in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s interior minister said on Tuesday he could not confirm that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour had been killed in a US drone strike, and described Washington’s justification for the attack as “against international law”.

US President Barack Obama

CONTROVERSY: Pakistani demonstrators shout slogans during a protest in Multan on Tuesday, against a US drone strike in Pakistan’s southwestern province Balochistan. — AFP

said on Monday that Mansour had been killed in the drone attack, and the Pentagon said separately that Mansour was plotting attacks that posed “specific, imminent threats”

to US troops in Afghanistan.

On Tuesday, Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told reporters that the body recovered near the Afghan border was

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UK entrepreneurship award won by Pakistani doctor ISLAMABAD: Spearheading a campaign to provide quality healthcare to the impoverished people of Pakistan and breaking barriers when it comes to women entrepreneurship, doctHERs’ cofounder Dr Sara Saeed won the prestigious HRH The Prince of Wales Young Sustainability Entrepreneur Prize 2016.

“I was humbled to receive the award after being selected from seven finalists who came to the final stage from 927 applications from the world.

“This is the first time a Pakistani company reached the final stage and the first time a Pakistani company won the award,” Dr Saeed said.

Women-led start up This is also the first time a women-led start up has won the award, Dr Saeed shared. Over 900 entrepreneurs from 99 countries were in the running for the award.

Using video conferencing, doctHERs connects qualified female doctors, who are not prac-

HONOUR: Dr Sara Saeed collecting her award from Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever and Polly Courtice, Director, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. — Express Tribune

ticing medicine due to social pressures or family constraints, to under-served patients in rural as well as urban areas.

The award is part of efforts of Unilever and University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) to support 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and celebrate inspirational entrepreneurs aged 35 and under who have developed

a product, service or application that tackles some of the world’s biggest sustainability challenges.

Strangely, of 150,645 licensed doctors in Pakistan (till October 25, 2015), 69,670 are women yet only 9,000 are registered as specialist physicians, according to the PMDC. Also, there is approximately one doctor available for every 1,475 persons and one nurse for every 3,644 persons. This is the gap that the 29-year-old aims to bridge with her initiative that not only provides quality healthcare to the poor but also reintegrates qualified female doctors into the workforce.

Mentoring programme Dr Saeed has been awarded €50,000 and she will be supported with a tailored mentoring programme delivered by CISL and Unilever over the course of the year.

The award will help doctHERs expand in 20 more communities and in all four provinces over the next year. — Express Tribune

charred beyond recognition, adding that DNA samples would be tested against a relative who had come forward to claim the body.

“The government of Pakistan

cannot announce this without a scientific and legal basis,” Khan told a news briefing.

He did not identify the relative or say whether he or she claimed to

be related to the Taliban leader or someone else. Khan criticised US statements that the drone strike, which he said hit a car on Pakistani soil but was fired “from another country”, was justified because Mansour was plotting attacks.

“For the US government to say that whoever is a threat to them will be targeted wherever they are, that is against international law.

“This could have serious implications for the Pakistan-US relationship,” Khan said, adding that decisions would be made once Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned from abroad.

Pakistan and the United States have been uneasy allies in the war against extremist militants in the region.

US critics accuse Pakistan of allowing the Afghan Taliban’s leadership to take shelter on its territory, something that Islamabad has denied. The militant movement has made territorial gains and carried out a series of deadly attacks across Afghanistan since NATO forces officially wound down their combat mission at the end of 2014, undermining the Western-backed government in Kabul. — Reuters

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Nine charged after clashes NAIROBI: A Kenyan court charged nine men on Tuesday for their role in a protest against an electoral oversight body, a lawyer said, after the fourth flare-up on the streets in a month drew criticism from international donors.

In Monday’s protest, a demonstrator in the western city of Kisumu died from an injury while running away, the police said.

Newspapers had reported three dead, but a government spokesman denied the higher casualty figure. Police denied using live ammunition.

Dozens of people have been arrested in protests that began on April 25 and have been held on virtually even Monday since then.

“We are deeply concerned by the escalation of violence during the demonstrations in Kenyan cities,” ambassadors from the United States, Britain and other Western nations said.

In a statement, they called for an investigation into the use of “excessive force” by the security services and urged protesters to act peacefully.

After last week’s demonstration, a senior police officer said there would be an investigation to see if there had been any violations by police.

The demonstrators want the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to be scrapped, saying it is not impartial and cannot oversee fair presidential and parliamentary elections due in August 2017. — Reuters

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Anastasiades cuts short Turkey trip after protocol row ATHENS: Cyprus’s president cancelled peace talks scheduled for Friday, his spokesman said, and cut short a visit to Turkey in anger over a perceived protocol breach at a UN summit where the rival Turkish Cypriot leader was treated as a head of state.

President Nicos Anastasiades was in Turkey attending a UN summit on the migration crisis but refused to attend a banquet for heads of state on Monday evening after Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, who represents breakaway north Cyprus, was also invited. Implicitly blaming the United Nations for the controversy, Cypriot government spokesman Nikos Christodoulides said there was ‘no fertile ground’ for Friday’s planned meeting with Akinci in Nicosia. Nonetheless, he added, Anastasiades was still committed to the peace process on the ethnically divided island.

The row underscores the sensitivity and complexity of the Cyprus conflict, a decades-old conundrum that generations of diplomats and an army of peacemakers have failed to crack. The island was split in a Turkish invasion in 1974, triggered by a brief Greekinspired coup. The Greek Cypriots, who represent the whole island in the European Union, are sensitive to any perceived attempt to place them on an equal footing with the breakaway statelet of north Cyprus, which is unrecognised internationally but backed financially and militarily by Turkey. — Reuters

French oil workers strike hits output at refineries Riot police fired tear gas and water canon to break up a picket line blocking access to Exxon Mobil Corp’s refinery outside the southern port city of Marseille

MARSEILLE/PARIS: France’s Socialist government drew battle lines with one of the country’s biggest trade union’s on Tuesday over labour market reforms as a strike by oil workers forced at least five refineries to halt or slow down operations.

Riot police fired tear gas and water canon to break up a picket line blocking access to Exxon Mobil Corp’s refinery outside the southern port city of Marseille, as scores of petrol stations nationwide ran dry of fuel.

“Enough is enough,” said Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

The pre-dawn swoop drew a sharp riposte from the hardline CGT union, which wants to force President Francois Hollande’s government to rethink the labour

INDUSTRIAL ACTION: French gendarmes remove branches, wood pallettes and tyres after striking workers blocked roads near the oil refinery at Fos-sur-Mer, near Marseille, France, on Tuesday. – Reuters

reforms designed to make it easier for companies to hire and fire employees. The CGT described the police operation as an act of “unprecedented violence” as it and other unions served notice of a June 3-5 strike by air traffic controllers that will dovetail with walkouts by state rail employees, port workers and staff on the Paris metro and suburban rail networks. The CGT, traditionally one of France’s most powerful and influential trade union groups, says the reforms will unravel France’s

protective labour regulations, allowing firms to lay off staff more easily in hard economic times and by providing further exemptions from rules on pay and working conditions.

CGT boss Philippe Martinez vowed to push on with the strikes until Hollande withdraws the legislation. “We’ll see this through to the finish,” Martinez said. “This is a government which has turned its back on its promises and we are now seeing the consequences.”

Total SA, said on Tuesday that it

had shut down its Gonfreville and Feyzin refineries, was in the process of halting operations at two others and was reducing output at a fifth refinery.

The company’s chief executive said the strikes could make it reconsider investments in its French plants.

Total’s US rival Exxon Mobil Corp. said its two French refineries were operating at normal levels, but damage to the road and terminal tracks at the southern Fos-Sur-Mer plant meant trucks

could not load. Hollande, plagued by dismal popularity ratings a year from elections and an unfulfilled promise to lower a jobless rate stuck at about 10 per cent, says labour reform is crucial to creating new jobs. The president blamed the fuel blockade on a small minority of people. In parts of France, motorists swamped petrol stations, some using realtime mobile phone applications to learn where they could refill without queuing for hours or being turned away.

The panic-buying amid fuel rationing in parts of France will compound the troubles of Hollande and his government as they strive to convince voters that “things are getting better”.

“The Prime Minister said there is no problem, but he doesn’t see this spreading in Paris and maybe the rest of France,” said Katharina Lefevre, who queued for two hours to buy fuel.

Emergency stocks could keep fuel stations open for up to two months if tapped, according to experts. But Valls said pickets aimed at halting distribution would not be tolerated. Hollande, France’s most unpopular leader in recent memory, has said he will only run for re-election if he hauls the jobless rate down.

The International Monetary Fund said France’s economy was not recovering quickly enough to cut unemployment and debt significantly, and would not do so without further reforms. — Reuters

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Saudi leaders harness social media for dialogue with youth DUBAI/RIYADH: The participation of tens of thousands of young Saudis in a social media debate over plans to reform the kingdom’s oil-reliant economy last month marked a shift in how Riyadh’s leaders interact with their subjects.

Saudi Arabia’s leaders have historically courted public opinion only via informal councils with tribal, religious and business leaders or citizens seeking to petition them. But in one of the most active countries on social media in the Arab world, the leaders have started trying to shape the online debate with carefully managed media campaigns and senior officials have been sacked after social media criticism. “It’s a new focus for the government as it reaches out to a young Saudi population that is more likely to use social media,”

Saudi analyst and commentator Mohammed Alyahya said. “That’s the most effective way to capture their attention.”

One recent showcase for this was the launch of 31-year-old Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 reform plans, which used Twitter alongside traditional media to build anticipation and introduce hashtags - key discussion phrases.

“A strong and determined country with a connection between the government and the citizen,” one of the slogans read.

Some 190,000 Twitter users in Saudi Arabia actively took part in the ensuing debate over Vision 2030, generating more than 860,000 messages according to France-based social media monitor Semiocast. This meant the

discussion reached 46 per cent of the 7.4 million active Twitter users in the kingdom, Semiocast said, describing this level of outreach in a state-sponsored debate as exceptional. There is good reason for the sensitivity: since 2012 social media storms in Saudi Arabia over government policies or the actions of senior officials have culminated in the sacking of senior people on at least five occasions.

Level of participation The level of participation means even ministers without social media accounts invest time and money monitoring what people say about them online, said Diya Murra, a Riyadh-based account director for social media agency The Online Project. “People are holding them accountable for things

that are being done or not,” he said.

Social media use among the 21 million Saudis and roughly 10 million foreign residents of the kingdom cuts across political and religious lines: keenly followed social media users include both strict clerics and self-described liberals.

In a country in which debate has traditionally been strictly regulated by state decree and cultural tradition, and in which gender mixing is often illegal, social media has allowed many young Saudis to interact in ways that were impossible before. Twitter is most popular among 18 to 24-year-olds in Saudi Arabia, followed closely by users in their late 20s to early 40s and its useage is split roughly between men and women, according to iMENA Digital, which serves clients in Saudi Arabia. It said photo-

sharing site Instagram has become the leading channel among young Saudis, around three-quarters of them women.

Speaking at a packed discussion about Twitter in an expensive Riyadh hotel last month, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir said the platform was not always an accurate barometer of public opinion, but that it could help track trends. “It is direct. There are no barriers,” he told the largely young audience. However, he and other Gulf Arab politicians speaking at the forum also said they were in favour of controls to prevent anonymous posting and of punishing users who broke taboos.

The growing influence of social media became apparent in 2012 when the the religious police chief was sacked after a viral video

showed members of the body harassing a family in a mall.

It is a far cry from the days before widespread internet use in Saudi Arabia, when discussion was limited to informal meetings or to newspapers and television channels that rarely held officials to account or criticised government policies.

Still, a culture of public expressions of respect for government endures. More than a third of reactions to Vision 2030 on Twitter were positive, Semiocast said, adding the debate generated “patriotic pride” and expectations of progress. The debate had been closely coordinated over various media and driven by influential Saudi personalities young people were already connected to, The Online Project’s Murra said. — Reuters

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Several busloads of people, most of them families with children, left the sprawling expanse of tents at Idomeni early on Tuesday and about a dozen more buses were lined up ready to take more, Reuters witnesses said.

At the latest tally, about 8,200 people were camped at Idomeni.

EVACUATED: People board in a bus in order to leave the refugee and migrant makeshift camp on the Greek-Macedonia border near the village of Idomeni. – AFP

At one point more than 12,000 lived there after several Balkan countries shut their borders in February, barring migrants and refugees from central and northern Europe.

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Google Paris HQ raided in tax evasion inquiry PARIS: French investigators raided Google’s Paris headquarters on Tuesday as part of a tax evasion inquiry, the financial prosecutor’s office said.

Google said it was fully complying with French law.

Facing public anger at the way multinational companies use their footprints around the world to minimise tax, France, Britain and others have sought ways to make sure Google, Yahoo! and other digital giants, who often have their tax bases in other countries, pay their taxes locally.

Investigators from the financial prosecutors office and France’s central office against corruption and tax fraud, accompanied by 25 IT specialists, took part in the raid.

“The investigation aims to verify whether Google Ireland Ltd has a permanent base in France and if, by not declaring parts of its activities carried out in France, it failed its fiscal obligations, including on corporate tax and value added tax,” the prosecutor’s office said in statement.

Google has based its regional headquarters in Dublin where

corporate tax rates are lower than elsewhere in Europe.

The company, now part of Alphabet Inc, has been under pressure in recent years over its practice of channelling most profits from European clients through Ireland to Bermuda, where it pays no tax on them.

“We are cooperating with the authorities to answer their questions,” Al Verney, a spokesman for Google in Europe, said in an email. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt approached for a reaction at a conference in Amsterdam, declined to comment. Investigators started their investigation of Google’s offices in central Paris at 5am, a source close to the finance ministry said.

France is seeking some 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in back taxes from US Internet giant Google, criticised for its use of aggressive tax optimisation techniques, another finance ministry source had said in February.

Google had agreed in January to pay £130 million in back taxes to Britain, prompting criticism from opposition lawmakers and campaigners. — Reuters

JADE-MINING DISTRICT

Pit collapse kills 13 in Myanmar YANGON: A collapse at an illegal mine killed at least 13 people in Myanmar’s northern Kachin State, a resident involved in rescue efforts said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of deadly accidents to hit the jade-mining area.

The wall of the pit in Weikha Village in Hpakant, the centre of the opaque jade industry, collapsed on Monday after heavy rain, according to Naw Li, who was assisting in rescue efforts.

“We’ve found a total of 13 bodies while 14 injured people have come to the hospital for treatment,” he said. Naw Li said that only two people were officially listed as missing and it was unclear how many people could still be buried.

Khin Maung Myint, a lawmaker from the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) from Hpakant, said workers were digging illegally in the abandoned mine when the wall gave way. He said the pit was several hundred feet deep and unstable, making rescue efforts difficult for fear of another collapse. Workers, many of them migrants from elsewhere

in Myanmar, toil long hours in dangerous conditions for little pay searching for precious stones, which are highly valued in neighbouring China. The mines and soil dump sites are hazardous and deaths among the workers who pick through the slag piles for jade are common. Last November, a man-made mountain of earth excavated from mines gave way, smashing into a makeshift settlement at the foot of the slag heap and burying more than 100 mine workers as they slept.

Another major landslide occurred a month later and in May, police said, 13 were killed in a landslip. The newly elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD said that it will work to restrict mining and improve safety conditions, but details on exact measures have been limited.

Speaking to parliament on May 11, Ohn Win, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, said the government would enact legislation but gave no time frame for implementation. — Reuters

Greek authorities said they planned to move individuals gradually to state-supervised facilities further south which currently have capacity of about 5,000 people. The operation is expected

to last several days. “The evacuation is progressing without any problem,” said Giorgos Kyritsis, a government spokesman for the migrant crisis. People would be relocated “ideally by the end of the

week,” he said. “We haven’t put a strict deadline on it.”

A Reuters witness on the Macedonian side of the border said there was a heavy police presence in the area but no problems were reported as people with young children packed up huge bags with their belongings.

Media on the Greek side of the border were kept at a distance.

Inside the Idomeni camp, police in riot gear stood guard as people from the camp boarded the buses, footage by the state broadcaster ERT showed. Some 1,100 refugees and migrants had been relocated by noon, Greek police said.

A police official said about 1,000 people were blocking the sole railway tracks linking Greece and Macedonia. Protesters demanding passage to northern Europe have for weeks blocked the route, forcing

trains to divert through Bulgaria to the east. Some goods wagons have been stranded on the tracks for weeks. The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) urged Greece to refrain from using force during the transfer of the migrants and refugees. “It’s important that organised movements are voluntary, non-discriminatory and based on well-informed choices by the individuals,” spokesman Adrian Edwards told a briefing in Geneva.

International charity Save the Children said it was concerned about a lack of basic services such as bathrooms and shelters in the official camps.

“Many of the children, especially lone children, have been through enough trauma already,” said Amy Frost, team leader in Greece.

“Now that the evacuation has started, it is paramount that authorities make it a priority to keep families together, and to ensure that children are being transferred to facilities where they can live in conditions that meet European and international standards for child welfare,” she said. — Reuters

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OMAN CRUDE DECLINES Oman Crude (July delivery) declined 44 cents to $44.78 per barrel on Tuesday, said Dubai Mercantile Exchange. The average price of Oman Crude (June delivery) was $39.40 per barrel, $3.06 a barrel higher than May delivery 2016. - ONA

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

Forex rates vs OMR1* US Dollar ................................. 2.58 Euro ............................................ 2.29 Pound ............................................1.78 Indian Rs .............................. 175.41 Pakistan Rs ........................267.38 Bangla Taka........................201.61

Indian Rs ...................................175.85 Pakistan Rs .............................272.00 Sri Lanka Rs .................................. N/A Bangla Taka........................... 203.50 Phil Peso .................................... 121.35

Muscat 24ct per gm (OMR) .......15.95

Oman Crude............. (Spot) ........$45.08 Dubai Crude ............. (Spot) ........$44.88 Murban Crude ........ (Spot) .........$47.68 Arabian Light ......... (Spot) .........$44.13 N.Sea Brent............... (Spot) ........$48.52 West Texas Int ....... (Spot) ........$48.35

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Muscat 22ct per gm (OMR) .......15.30 Dubai 24ct per gm (Dh) ............ 151.00 Dubai 22ct per gm (Dh) .............. 141.75 * Rates as of May 24 Source: Malabar Gold & Diamonds

TREASURY BILLS

Central Bank of Oman issues treasury bills worth OMR41m MUSCAT: A tender of Government Treasury Bills was held at the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) this week.

The total value of the allotted Treasury bills amounted to OMR41 million, for a maturity period of 28 days, from May 25, until next June 22, 2016.

The average accepted price reached 99.957 for every OMR100, while the minimum accepted price arrived at 99.955 per OMR100.

Whereas the average discount rate and the average yield reached 0.56276 per cent and 0.56301 per cent, respectively.

MAKING A POINT: In January to March, PDO was not able to reach its target because of the bad weather and the company hopes to catch up in the coming months. — Jun Estrada/Times of Oman

PDO plans to raise output to 600,000 barrels of crude per day Average oil production of PDO for 2015 was 588,937bpd, the highest since 2005 and almost 14,000bpd above the planned target.

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since 2005 and almost 14,000bpd above the planned target.

MUSCAT: Oman’s majority state-owned Petroleum Development Oman, which accounts for around 70 per cent of the country’s total crude oil production, is looking at producing 600,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd), said the company’s managing director.

“PDO is trying to raise its output to 600,000 barrels per day, which we originally planned for 2019,” Raoul Restucci said on the sidelines of the Oil & Gas Year Oman 2016 sixth strategic roundtable. “In January to March, we were not able to reach our target because of the bad weather and we hope we can catch up in the coming months,” he added.

“With the sharp fall in global oil prices, PDO still managed to surpass expectations right across the business,” he continued.

Average oil production of PDO for 2015 was 588,937bpd, the highest

Gas production Gas production was 83 million cubic metres a day, one million cubic metres above the planned target, as the company stepped up its effort to meet growing national gas demand.

Speaking about the current oil price, Restucci said; “We are near $50 now; for PDO it is a very profitable number.”

According to him, the average cost of production for the first grade oil is $5 per barrel, for the second grade it is $12 and for the third grade is $25. “Most of our projects are very attractive, all of our projects generate double digit returns even at the low prices,” Restucci confirmed.

Sixth strategic roundtable, organised by the Oil & Gas Year in partnership with Oman’s Ministry of Oil and Gas and the Oman Society for Petroleum Services

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(Opal), was attended by several representatives from local services companies.

Led by Salim Al Aufi, undersecretary at the Ministry of Oil and Gas, participants who attended the strategic roundtable discussed on several issues in the industry and how to address these challenges.

Speaking about the initiatives taken to manage the current oil crisis, Al Aufi said; “Government’s aim is to reduce the expenditure for production of oil, not the production and the ministry has asked the companies to protect the job of nationals.”

“Production of oil and gas in the Sultanate stayed high,” he added.

While answering a question about Omanisation, Al Aufi said; “It is not considered as a barrier, but it should be considered as an advantage.” “We have a lot of good talents available in Sultanate. If we are short of Omani manpower, the blame should be on everybody because we haven’t invested in developing the right technical capabilities that we need to run our business,” he added.

Wesel Wessels of OOMCO, Barry Gran of ABB, Mohammed Al Jawahari of Hydrocarbon Finder, Raoul Restucci from PDO, Robert Swain of Occidental Oman, Hans Erings from Gulfar Engineering and Rod Macdregor of Glasspoint were the panel members who participated in the round table discussion.

The Treasury Bills are shortterm highly secured financial instruments issued by the CBO on behalf of the Government, which helps the licensed commercial banks to gainfully invest their surplus funds, with added advantage of ready liquidity through discounting and repurchase facilities

(Repo) offered by the central bank.

Furthermore, Treasury Bills promote the local money market by creating a benchmark yield curve for short-term interest rates.

Additionally, the Government (MOF) may also resort to this instrument whenever felt necessary for financing its recurrent expenditures.

The interest rate on the Repo operations with CBO is one per cent for the period from 24/05/2016 to 30/05/2016, while the discount rate on the Treasury Bills Discounting Facility with CBO is 1.75 per cent, for the same period. — ONA

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MARKET Seven ICT firms finish incubation programme The event was held under the patronage of Dr Ali bin Masoud Al Sunaidi, Minister of Commerce and Industry, in the presence of a number of officials and chief executive officers of government and private firms – Supplied picture

Times News Service MUSCAT: A celebration to mark the successful incubation of the first batch of seven information and communication technology (ICT) firms from Sas Centre for Entrepreneurship was conducted by the Information Technology Authority (ITA) on Monday.

The event was held under the patronage of Dr Ali bin Masoud Al Sunaidi, Minister of Commerce and Industry, in the presence of a number of officials and chief executive officers of government and private firms and ICT professionals.

Dr Salim bin Sultan Al Ruzaiqi, chief executive officer of ITA, said: “Today, we proudly celebrate

the graduation of seven promising SMEs in the ICT field after passing the incubation period at the Sas Centre for Entrepreneurship, and their remarkable achievements as the overall revenues of the incubated companies reached OMR1.6 million gained over the last 3 years only.”

“The role and support of Sas Centre for Entrepreneurship will not end at this point and it will be committed to follow-up and monitor these SMEs even after graduation. They will also be able to benefit from all the continuous consultancy services and participate in the networking events, training courses and overseas training by Sas Centre for Entrepreneurship,” he added.

About Sas Centre for Entrepreneurship, Hassan Fida Al Lawati, acting director general of the Digital Society Development Division at ITA said; “Since its establishment in 2013, the centrehas received 190 application requests for incubation, 30 of which were selected to be incubated at the centre for the next 3 years and employed approximately 40 Omani youths up to date.

“We hope to see these SMEs grow in the Omani market and compete at a regional and international level, thereby boosting the ICT industry with innovative products, solutions and services produced and made in Oman,” he added.

After passing the evaluation panel to join Sas Centre for En-

trepreneurship and overcoming many challenges over the 3 years, seven companies made it to this stage. These companies are Akkasa Production, Al Etijahat For Design, Global Computers, KIBros Productions, Quattro Technology, North Systems and United Muscat Business Solutions.

To foster an entrepreneurial spirit in the ICT sector, ITA established the Sas Centre, which was inaugurated in March 2013, as the first centre responsible for developing ICT industry in Oman, with the aim of attracting start-ups and ambitious youth in various areas of the IT sector by providing an appropriate environment for such projects to help them innovate, create and generate ideas.

M A R K I T ’ S D ATA

Business growth in the Euro zone slows LONDON: Business growth across the euro zone dipped to a 16-month low in May but stronger showings from Germany and France suggest it is the smaller member countries that may be struggling.

Offering the latest evidence that a strong acceleration in growth in the first three months of the year was only temporary, Markit’s flash Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index edged down to 52.9 from April’s 53.0.

While essentially stable — and still indicating growth — the reading was the lowest since the start of 2015. It ran against expectations in a Reuters poll, which had predicted a tick up to 53.2 in one of the earliest reported broad indicators of growth during the month.

Markit said the PMI pointed to quarterly GDP growth of 0.3 per cent, in line with forecasts in a Reuters survey published earlier this month, but short of 0.5 per cent in the first quarter, which was initially reported as 0.6 per cent.

Individually, surveys showed growth in Germany’s private sector accelerated to hit the fastest rate so far this year. French business activity also grew faster than expected, returning to a rate not recorded since before the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris.

“That suggests that the PMIs for the other major euro zone economies such as Italy and Spain will

be soft when released next week,” said Stephen Brown at Capital Economics.

Germany and France are the only individual euro zone countries for which Markit publishes flash PMIs. May surveys for other euro zone members will be published early next month.

Despite evidence of a slowdown, consumer confidence in the currency bloc rose for a second month in May, climbing more than expected to reach its highest level since January.

Markets were unmoved after Monday’s data as they were still digesting last week’s surge in expectations for a rate hike in the United States following a more hawkish tone from the Federal Reserve.

Inflation target While the headline composite PMI was above the 50 mark that separates growth from contraction, the index measuring prices businesses charge remained below it at 49, although that was an increase from last month’s 48.3.

This may concern policymakers at the European Central Bank (ECB) who have been battling to get inflation up to their 2 per cent target ceiling. Consumer prices fell 0.2 per cent in April, despite the Bank’s ultra-loose monetary policy. — Reuters

BANKING

Liquidity is a ‘bigger issue’ than in 2008: Doha Bank chief DOHA: Qatar’s liquidity shortage is more serious than during the financial crisis, forcing the country’s lenders to adapt their businesses to the low oil-price environment, according to Doha Bank Chief Executive Officer Raghavan Seetharaman.

“Liquidity is a much bigger issue today than it was in 2008,” he said

in a TV interview with Bloomberg Markets Middle East on Tuesday.

“All of the Gulf countries were running a fiscal surplus and current account surplus in 2008, today they’re running a fiscal and current account deficit. Every institution, including Doha Bank, has to redefine its business model.”

Bank liquidity in the GCC, which

includes Qatar and Saudi Arabia, is tightening as a more than 50 per cent slump in crude since mid2014 slows deposit growth and pushes the government to boost borrowing. The drop in oil is also forcing some firms in the country, including Qatar Petroleum and Vodafone Qatar, to restructure operations and cut jobs.

Lenders in Qatar are experiencing “extraordinary stress,” the CEO said in a separate interview at the bank’s headquarters in Doha last week. “It’s a challenging time.

Liquidity is under stress and governments are having to borrow money externally to improve local market liquidity. Oil and gas companies have scaled down because

their revenue streams have been shrinking, which has definitely impacted local consumer retail.”

Qatar banks’ loans-to-deposit ratio, a key measure of liquidity, worsened to 130 per cent in April from 125.7 per cent in March, according to central bank data. Lenders in the country are also facing a narrowing in net interest margins

and higher interest expenses, Seetharaman said.

Despite the challenges, Seetharaman said Qatar’s banking system is stable and lenders have strong capital-adequacy ratios, helping them to avoid the crisis experienced in 2009 when the government had to step in to rescue the industry. — Bloomberg News

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MARKET CONFERENCE

ICAI Muscat chapter to hold annual conference

For Hyundai, Oman is third largest market in the region economies in the region as being distressed. Economies move in cycles. We benefited from a period when the oil price, and therefore income in the region, was very high, and there are a number of reasons for that. Demand driven by high levels of economic growth in China was a key factor.”

“As that growth cooled, the markets have reacted strongly, particularly to a sense that high demand had created oversupply. That will change, and already we are seeing that investment in high-cost production, such as shale oil, sub-salt drilling, and arctic exploration, is being cancelled, and that will lead to oil prices recovering,” he added.

Times News Service MUSCAT: An annual international conference of Muscat Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) will be held on May 27 and 28, 2016 at Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah, Muscat.

The conference will be held with the theme “Transformation and Excellence with Ethics” and will be addressed by eminent technical speakers, according to a press release.

Mohamed Said Al Abri, director general at Capital Market Authority, will be the chief guest and inaugurate the conference in the presence of the ICAI presidentDevaraja Reddy, deputy chief of mission at Indian Embassy, Gloria Gangte and the Dean of College of Banking and Financial Studies, Dr. Ahmed Mohsin Al Ghassani.

Speaking about the conference, Chapter chairman NSreedhar said that the theme of the last conference was on Governance and this year, the focus will be on ethics.

Governance and ethics are two critical component of the overall ethical behavior which brings in transparency and fairness.

Ethical issues “The chapter attempts to create awareness about key Governance and Ethical issues by holding such conferences where the participants brainstorm together and learn from each others’ experiences,” said Mubeen Khan, vicechairman of the chapter. “We expect more than 250 delegates from Oman, GCC countries and India,” added Khan.

ICAI Muscat Chapter represents its parent body ICAI New Delhi in the Sultanate, which was established under a law passed by the Indian Parliament. ICAI Muscat Chapter mainly organises technical seminars as part of Continued Professional Education (CPE) for its members, who hold key executive positions in the corporate sectors of Oman, including chief financial officers, chief executive officers, finance managers and senior accounts executives. ICAI Muscat Chapter also encourages and engages with Omani accounts and finance professionals to attend its events as part of its knowledge sharing initiative.

The South Korean firm’s largest markets in the region are Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

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Mike Song. — Supplied picture

babaumar@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Oman is Hyundai’s third largest market in the Middle East region with the Korean auto giant marketing 9 per cent of its total regional sales in the country, senior company official say.

“We hold the number three position in the market with about nine per cent market share,” Mike Song, new head of Hyundai Africa & Middle East Headquarters told Times of Oman (TOO) in an exclusive interview.

“Obviously, population is a big driver in overall sales figures, so the largest markets in the Mid-

dle East are Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Globally, giant economies such as the United States or China will always dominate,” he said, but added; “To say a market is bigger, is not to say customers there are more important. Our priority is individual customers, and to ensure a satisfying ownership experience – and that has been the foundation of our success.”

Regarding the recent drop in oil prices, he said the automobile market faces the same challenges as many industries in the region at the moment, “and this is some-

thing that affects all carmakers.”

“Hyundai is in a stronger position than many of our competitors, given that the trend for us has been strong growth both in terms of overall sales and market share. Today’s Hyundai models represent the latest thinking both in terms of design and technology, and we have an excellent reputation for reliability, resale value, and value for money both at the time of purchase and for affordable ownership costs,” Song added.

The regional Hyundai chief said; “We certainly don’t see

New Elantra launched The company official also said they have recently launched a new car Elantra, “which is a topseller in its market segment in the Middle East, so that is very significant.”

“The big launch regionally in the next few months will be establishing our luxury products as a stand-alone Genesis brand, starting with the Genesis G90. We see enormous potential for Genesis in the Middle East, and we are very excited for the brand’s prospects in this region,” he said.

Alternative fuel-model “Globally, we will also be launching the new IONIQ alternative fuel-model, offering a choice of three powertrains - full hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or full electric. We have plans for that in the region, but the initial launch will focus on markets where there is already a strong customer base for vehicles of this type, and as we establish the balance between demand and production, we can expand on that, so for Oman that would be a longer term prospect for local sales,” he added.

Asked if the company plans making new investments in the Sultanate, Song said; “For Oman, we are working on some interesting plans with our national distributor, OTE, to enhance the experience of buying and owning a Hyundai, but it would be premature for us to announce anything at this time.”

“Around the region, we work closely with local partners to improve our sales and distribution channels.”

“In the past few weeks alone in the Middle East, we have seen the opening of a new national headquarters, and Saudi Arabia has launched a new Digital Showroom concept,” he added.

ISLAMIC BONDS

DP World to sell sukuk to fund its bond buyback DUBAI: DP World, the Dubaiowned company that operates ports from China to South America, may sell Islamic bonds on Tuesday as it seeks cash to buy back existing securities.

The company set initial price guidance on the seven-year sukuk at about 262.5 basis points to 275 basis points above the benchmark midswap rate, according to a banker familiar with the deal, who asked not to be identified because the information is not public yet.

The dollar-denominated securities are likely to be priced on Tuesday, he said.

Money raised from the sale will be used to fund an offer to buy up to $750 million of DP World’s existing 2017 sukuk and for general corporate purposes, the

company said earlier this month.

The tender offer for the 2017 securities, which will be purchased at $10,555 for every $10,000 of principal, also closes today and is aimed at reducing costs.

Bond sales Bond sales from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which includes the two biggest Arab economies of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, are accelerating as governments and companies seek funds following oil’s decline in the past two years.

Offerings from the region have risen 28 per cent to $16.7 billion, while Qatar’s government, Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways and its partners as well as Dubai-based Noor Bank also plan to sell bonds this week. — Bloomberg News

FUND RAISING: Money raised from the sale will be used to fund an offer to buy up to $750 million of DP World’s existing 2017 sukuk and for general corporate purposes. — Bloomberg file picture

D E B T S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y A N A LY S I S

Greece needs ‘up-front’ debt relief, lower fiscal target: IMF

NEW REPORT: The International Monetary Fund staff said the debt relief component needs to be completed before 2018. — Bloomberg file picture

WASHINGTON: Greece needs “up-front, unconditional” debt relief and a sharply lower budget surplus target to make its bailout viable and its debt sustainable over the long term, International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff said on Monday.

In a new debt sustainability analysis (DSA), IMF staff said few countries have ever managed to achieve the 3.5 per cent primary budget surplus that European lenders have demanded.

They added that this could not be sustained for long, and there is little political support for the deep cuts needed.

“In view of this, staff believes that the DSA should be based on a primary surplus over the long run of no more than 1.5 per cent of GDP. This target would in staff ’s view be within the realm of what is plausible,” the report said.

The new analysis was released a day before European finance ministers meet on Tuesday to review Greece’s bailout and discuss the potential for debt restructuring,

underscoring the IMF’s hard line in bailout negotiations. On Sunday, Greek lawmakers approved tax increases and a new privatisation fund to help pave the way for disbursement of new bailout loans and debt relief.

But the IMF and European lenders disagree over the need for immediate debt relief, with Germany pushing to delay any decisions until the Greek bailout programme ends in 2018.

In Monday’s report, IMF staff said the debt relief component needs to be completed before 2018.

“Providing an up-front, unconditional component to debt relief is critical to provide a strong and credible signal to markets about the commitment of official creditors to ensuring debt sustainability, which in itself could contribute to lowering market financing costs,” the staff wrote.

While a definitive deal on debt relief at Tuesday’s meeting appeared unlikely, some ministers hope to be able to agree that Athens has met the conditions for re-

lease of 10 billion euros ($11.2 billion) in new loans to avoid another default in July.

IMF staff said lower targets would still be sufficiently ambitious for European lenders to support. They said that with the lower targets — and a better chance for success — Greece could meet IMF criteria for “exceptional access” lending criteria.

The staff report called for a “substantial reprofiling” of European loans, including a low, 1.5 per cent interest rate until 2040.

It said extending maturities by up to 30 years could reduce gross financing needs by 7 per cent of gross domestic product by 2060.

Deferring payments through 2040 could reduce gross financing needs by another 17 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). — Reuters

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MARKET OMAN STOCKS

MUSCAT SECURITIES MARKET

INDICES Index .................................................High .................Low..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff % MSM30 Index ........................................5,953.86 ...............5,937.42 ....................5,937.42 ................... 5,948.41................-10.99 .................. -0.18 Financial Index .....................................7,666.59 ............... 7,615.54 ....................7,615.54 ....................7,641.56................-26.02 .................. -0.34 Industrial Index .................................... 7,351.39 ...............7,335.28 ................... 7,335.28 ................... 7,328.38....................6.90 ...................0.09 Services Index ...................................... 3,300.43 .............. 3,293.45 ................... 3,293.45 .................. 3,300.20...................-6.75 .................. -0.20 MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................890.08 ..................888.23 ...................... 890.04 ...................... 888.25.................... 1.79 ...................0.20 Trading Summary Volume ................Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded 12,192,792...................3,125,695 .....................730 ................ 17,149,975,172 .................. 8 ......................13 ....................24 .........................45

SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR TUESDAY, MAY 24 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

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

OM0000002374............UNITED FINANCE ...................................................... 52,400 ................7,779......................12 ............0.146 ........... 0.152 ...........0.146 ........... 0.148 .............0.144 ........... 0.004............. 2.778 ................0.150 ..............0.150...................0.152...................48,292,872.........0.100 OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ........................ 1,517,613 ....... 324,561...................128 ............0.215 ........... 0.218 ...........0.210........... 0.214 .............0.209 ........... 0.005.............2.392 ................0.211 ..............0.210...................0.212................... 26,728,163 .........0.100

Muscat Securities Market. – Times file picture

OM0000002226 ...........AL JAZEERA SERVICES .............................................49,171 ............. 11,567........................8 ........... 0.236 ...........0.236 ...........0.231 ........... 0.235 .............0.232 ........... 0.003............. 1.293 ................0.231 ..............0.231...................0.236...................14,383,004 .........0.100 OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 1,064,163 ...... 243,157..................... 73 ........... 0.229 ........... 0.231 ...........0.227........... 0.228 .............0.226 ........... 0.002............. 0.885 ................0.228..............0.227...................0.228 .................. 34,217,100 .........0.100

MSM index ends lower

OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ............ 1,146,832 ......287,422..................... 93 ........... 0.250 ........... 0.255 ...........0.246............0.251 .............0.250 ............0.001 .............0.400 ................0.252..............0.252...................0.253.................... 5,271,000 ..........0.100 OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ....................................................... 50,000 ............ 63,500........................1 ............1.270 ........... 1.270 ...........1.270 ........... 1.270 .............1.270............ 0.000.............0.000 ................1.270 ..............1.230...................1.270................. 254,000,000 .......0.100 OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE................ 79,794 ............. 16,172......................14 ........... 0.205 ...........0.205 ...........0.202 .......... 0.203 .............0.203 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.202 .............0.201...................0.203 ..................40,600,000 ........0.100 OM0000001533 ............OMINVEST .................................................................... 129,797 ............ 73,984........................7 ........... 0.570 ...........0.570 ...........0.570........... 0.570 .............0.570 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.570.............. 0.516...................0.576................. 362,400,806 .......0.100 OM0000001707 ............OMAN CABLES INDUSTRY..................................... 25,000 ............ 45,670........................2 ............1.825 ........... 1.830 ...........1.825 ............1.825 ............. 1.825............ 0.000.............0.000 ................1.830 ..............1.800...................1.825..................163,702,500........0.100 OM0000002168............AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES ............................... 622,000......... 167,943..................... 25 ............0.271 ........... 0.271 ...........0.270........... 0.270 .............0.270 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.270..............0.269...................0.270 ..................79,977,694 .........0.100 OM0000002549 ...........BANK DHOFAR ............................................................ 201,500 ............50,375........................5 ........... 0.250 ...........0.250 ...........0.250........... 0.250 .............0.250 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.250..............0.245...................0.250 ................ 424,800,350 .......0.100 OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 317,300...........127,629..................... 35 ........... 0.404...........0.404 ...........0.402........... 0.402 .............0.402 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.404............. 0.400...................0.404 ...............1,003,492,604 ......0.100 OM0000003000 ...........ALMAHA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MAR. ..........1,150 ................1,765........................1 ............1.535 ........... 1.535............1.535 ............1.545 ............. 1.545............ 0.000.............0.000 ................1.535 .............. 1.535...................0.000 .................106,605,000........0.100 OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ........................ 279,589 ......... 455,730......................15 ............1.630 ........... 1.630 ...........1.630 ............1.630 ............. 1.630............ 0.000.............0.000 ................1.630 .............. 1.630...................1.640................1,222,500,000......0.100 OM0000003281............TAAGEER FINANCE .....................................................3,000 .................. 387........................1 ............0.129 ........... 0.129 ...........0.129........... 0.130 .............0.130............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.129 ..............0.128...................0.133...................32,966,700.........0.100 OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 1,195,112 ........131,015..................... 92 ............0.112 ........... 0.112............0.108............0.110 ............. 0.110............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.109..............0.108...................0.109................... 31,897,870 .........0.100 OM0000003711 ............SOHAR POWER................................................................4,800 ............... 1,488........................3 ............0.310 ........... 0.310 ...........0.310............0.318 ............. 0.318............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.310 ............. 0.300...................0.310...................70,281,180 .........0.100 OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 670,637 ......... 501,636......................17 ............0.748 ........... 0.748 ...........0.748 ............0.748 ............. 0.748............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.748 ..............0.740...................0.748................. 486,906,284 .......0.100

The top gainer was United Finance, up by

OM0000004669 ...........SHARQIYAH DESALINATION ...................................2,115 ............... 9,941........................5 ........... 4.700 ...........4.700 ...........4.700........... 4.700 .............4.700 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................4.700..............4.700...................4.950 .................. 45,967,015 .........1.000

2.78 per cent, while Oman & Emirates was the

OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL.............................................. 20,000 ............... 1,478........................4 ............0.075 ........... 0.075 ...........0.073........... 0.074 .............0.074 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.074..............0.074...................0.075...................12,950,000.........0.100

OM0000004735 ...........SEMBCORP SALALAH.................................................. 7,500 ............... 1,875........................2 ........... 0.250 ...........0.250 ...........0.250........... 0.250 .............0.250 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.250..............0.250...................0.253................. 238,642,988 .......0.100

top loser, down by 3.45 per cent.

OM0000004925 ...........AL BATINAH POWER..................................................29,380 ............... 6,317........................4 ............0.215 ........... 0.215 ...........0.215 ............0.215 ............. 0.215............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.215 ............. 0.200...................0.214..................145,100,797 ........0.100 OM0000004933 ...........AL SUWADI POWER .................................................... 11,406 ...............2,464........................2 ............0.216 ........... 0.216 ...........0.216 ........... 0.216 .............0.216............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.216 ..............0.216...................0.220 ................. 154,311,769 ........0.100 OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS ........................................................... 170,898.............89,531......................16 ........... 0.528 ...........0.528 ...........0.518 ........... 0.524 .............0.526 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.380 ...............0.518 .............. 0.516...................0.518 ...................28,820,000 ........0.100 OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION ........................ 26,000 ...............6,470........................3 ........... 0.245 ...........0.249 ...........0.245........... 0.249 .............0.250 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.400 ...............0.249..............0.245...................0.249 ..................23,664,960.........0.100

MUSCAT: Shares reacted on the Muscat bourse on lack of buying support. The MSM30 Index fell by 0.18 per cent to close at 5,937.42 points, down by 0.18 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index increased by 0.20 per cent to end at 890.04 points. Bank Nizwa was most active in terms of volume, while Oredoo Oman was the most active in terms of turnover. The top gainer was United Finance, up by 2.78 per cent while Oman& Emirates was the top loser, down by 3.45 per cent.

As many as 730 trades were executed on Tuesday, generating turnover of OMR3.12 million with 12.1 million shares changing hands. Out of 45 traded securities, eight advanced, 13 declined and 24 remained unchanged.

Foreign investors were net buyers for OMR339,000 followed

by GCC and Arab investors for OMR301,000 while Omani investors were net sellers for OMR600,000 worth of shares.

Financial Index to close at 7,641.56 points, down by 0.34

per cent. United Finance, Bank Nizwa, Muscat Finance and Al Anwar Holding increased by 2.78 per cent, 2.63 per cent, 1.64 per cent and 0.88 per cent, respectively. Oman& Emirates, Al Madina Investment, National bank of Oman and HSBC Bank Oman declined by 3.45 per cent, 2.99 per cent, 1.93 per cent and 1.86 per cent, respectively Industrial Index marginally up by 0.09 per cent to close at 7,335.28 points. Jazeera Steel Product and Gulf International Chemicals increased by 2.39 per cent and 0.40 per cent, respectively. Construction Material Industries and Oman Fisheries declined by 3.03 per cent and 1.61 per cent, respectively.

Services Index closed at 3,293.45 points, down by 0.20 per cent. Jazeera Services was the only gainer and was up by 1.29 per cent to close at 0.231. Renaissance Services, Port Services and National Gas fell by 1.97 per cent, 0.40 per cent and 0.38 per cent, respectively. — United Securties

OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 388,000 ........... 69,064..................... 10 ............0.178 ........... 0.178 ...........0.178 ............0.178 ............. 0.179............-0.001 ........... -0.559 ...............0.178 .............. 0.178...................0.179 ..................285,600,883 .......0.100 OM0000003125 ............GLOBAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENT ..................59,869 ............... 8,414........................4 ............0.143 ........... 0.143 ...........0.140............0.141 .............0.142 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.704 ...............0.140..............0.140...................0.143.................. 28,200,000 ........0.100 OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ......................... 100,000 ........... 12,500........................4 ............0.125 ........... 0.125 ...........0.125 ............0.125 .............0.126............-0.001 ........... -0.794 ...............0.125 .............. 0.121...................0.125.................... 7,355,402 ..........0.100 OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING ............ 20,000 .............. 2,820........................3 ............0.142 ........... 0.142 ...........0.140............0.141 ............. 0.143............-0.002 ........... -1.399................0.140.............. 0.138................... 0.141 ...................12,690,000.........0.100 OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 360,000 ........... 38,880........................3 ............0.108 ........... 0.108 ...........0.108........... 0.108 ............. 0.110............-0.002 ............-1.818................0.108..............0.108...................0.110 .................. 216,033,781 ........0.100 OM0000001483............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ...................................70,102 .............17,809........................4 ........... 0.255 ........... 0.255 ...........0.254........... 0.254 .............0.259 ...........-0.005 ............-1.931................0.254..............0.254...................0.258................. 374,594,444 .......0.100 OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 133,700............ 39,823......................15 ........... 0.300...........0.300 ...........0.296........... 0.298 .............0.304 ...........-0.006 ............-1.974................0.296..............0.295...................0.298 ..................86,614,004 .........0.100 OM0000001962............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ................................... 115,000............... 7,475........................8 ........... 0.065 ...........0.065 ...........0.065........... 0.065 .............0.067 ...........-0.002 ........... -2.985 ...............0.065..............0.064...................0.065...................13,464,840 .........0.100 OM0000001681 ............OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING.............15,000 ...............2,100........................2 ............0.140 ........... 0.140 ...........0.140........... 0.140 ............. 0.145............-0.005 ........... -3.448 ...............0.140.............. 0.136...................0.140...................17,062,500 .........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 8,938,828...2,828,741...................621 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......34........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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

OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 2,000,320 ..... 155,688.....................22 ........... 0.078 ........... 0.078 ...........0.077........... 0.078 .............0.076 ........... 0.002............. 2.632 ................0.077..............0.077...................0.078..................117,000,000 ........0.100 OM0000001590............MUSCAT FINANCE.................................................... 329,990 ........... 40,919......................12 ............0.124 ........... 0.124 ...........0.124........... 0.124 .............0.122 ........... 0.002............. 1.639 ................0.124..............0.123...................0.124...................33,072,732 .........0.100 OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 512,264 ........... 79,227..................... 39 ............0.153 ........... 0.155 ...........0.153 ............0.155 ............. 0.153............ 0.002............. 1.307 ................0.154 ..............0.154...................0.155 ..................226,703,226 .......0.100 OM0000001053 ............OMAN TEXTILE HOLDING .......................................... 200 .....................66........................2 ........... 0.330 ...........0.330 ...........0.330........... 0.330 .............0.330 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.330..............0.322...................0.362 ...................1,980,000 ..........1.000 OM0000001855 ............MAJAN GLASS .................................................................2,200 .................. 396........................1 ............0.180 ........... 0.180 ...........0.180........... 0.190 .............0.190 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.180.............. 0.174...................0.199.................... 7,984,427 ..........0.100 OM0000001939 ............NAT. PHARMACEUTICAL IND. .............................. 15,877 ............... 1,746........................1 ............0.110 ........... 0.110............0.110 ............0.110 ............. 0.110............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.110 ............. 0.000...................0.000 ...................5,500,000 ..........0.100 OM0000002564 ...........AL HASSAN ENGINEERING.......................................1,238 ...................114........................2 ........... 0.092 ...........0.092 ...........0.092........... 0.093 .............0.093 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.092..............0.089...................0.092 ...................6,994,344 ..........0.100 OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK............................................... 29,000 ............... 1,677........................4 ........... 0.057 ...........0.058 ...........0.057........... 0.058 .............0.058 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.058..............0.057...................0.058...................58,000,000 ........0.100 OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES ..................................................... 187,000.............11,343......................16 ............0.061 ........... 0.061 ...........0.060........... 0.061 .............0.062 ...........-0.001 ............-1.613 ................0.060..............0.060...................0.061.................... 7,625,000 ..........0.100 OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. .................. 174,093...............5,608........................7 ........... 0.033 ...........0.033 ...........0.032........... 0.032 .............0.033 ...........-0.001 ........... -3.030 ...............0.033..............0.032...................0.033....................2,720,000 ..........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 3,252,182 ...... 296,783...................106 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......10........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

BONDS AND SUKUK MARKET ......................................................................................................................................................................

OM0000005971 ............B.MUSCAT COMPL. CONVR. B.B.3.5 ........................1,782 ...................171........................3 ........... 0.096 ...........0.096 ...........0.096........... 0.096 .............0.096 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.096..............0.096...................0.099....................31,119,515..........0.100 .............................................SUM: .......................................................................................1,782 ...................171........................3 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. .........1........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PERFORMANCE

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

Sony’s profit forecast misses estimates India offers attractive TOKYO: Sony forecast annual profit that fell short of estimates, hurt by costs to repair an earthquake-damaged chip factory and slowing demand for smartphone components.

Net income will probably decline 46 percent to 80 billion yen ($732 million) in the 12 months ending March 2017, the Tokyobased company said in a statement on Tuesday. That compares with the 196 billion yen average of analysts’ projections compiled by Bloomberg. The shares fell 6.2 per cent in German trading.

The earthquake erased Sony’s previous prediction for its most profitable year in almost two decades, as Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai sought to shift away from consumer electronics. The slowdown in demand for image sensors that power cameras in smartphones — including Apple’s iPhone — will test Sony’s ability to generate more of its earnings from PlayStation 4 gaming consoles, streaming services for its 65 million online users as well as movies and music.

“These are most probably con-

Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007. While much of the drop in demand is seen in mature markets and China, where Sony no longer markets phones, the broader slowdown has implications for the company’s imagesensor business, which supplies camera components to other handset manufacturers.

NOT SO ROSY: Sony forecast a 40 billion yen loss for its device business, which include chips that convert light into digital signals in smartphone cameras. — Bloomberg file picture

servative,” said Amir Anvarzadeh, manager of Japanese equity sales at BGC Partners. “We believe market’s reaction should be largely neutral.”

Operating profit will probably rise to 300 billion yen this fiscal year, while sales are seen declining 3.8 per cent to 7.8 trillion yen, Sony said. That compares with

average estimates for 400 billion yen and 7.94 trillion yen.

Smartphone business The smartphone business will report a profit of 5 billion yen in the year to March 2017, compared with a loss the previous year, Sony said. The smartphone market is facing its first slowdown since

Future earnings “You have the uncertainty over future earnings from CMOS sensors as smartphone market decelerates,” said Hiroyasu Nishikawa, an analyst at Iwai Cosmo Securities. “On the other hand, financial services remain a steady source of profit, as well as automotive sensors, and they are also over the hump when it comes to restructuring TV and handset businesses.” Sony forecast a 40 billion yen loss for its device business, which include chips that convert light into digital signals in smartphone cameras. The company booked a 59.6 billion yen impairment charge for the business last fiscal year, citing “a decrease in projected future demand.” — Bloomberg News

opportunities for investment: Minister SINGAPORE: Seeking to garner investments for its power sector and infrastructure building, India on Monday apprised Singaporean investors of accelerated reforms and new initiatives of the government.

“I do feel that the mood is very favourable for India. They (investors) can see the India story structurally improving. They can see the demand that India provide and to my mind India can look forward to good investments coming from Singapore,” said the Coal, Power and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal.

Goyal updated investors, including the Government Investment Corp and state owned Temasek, of a wide ranging investment opportunities in India and the government drive towards swift economic development.

“We had a good sessions with investors during the morning,” said

Goyal who addressed Deutsche Bank annual economic conference earlier on Monday.

He also accepted Singapore’s invitation to India to raise more funds from the island city’s vibrant financial centre.

He also called on Singapore deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

Later in the afternoon, Goyal visited Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and discussed a possible collaboration with ITE in setting up 21 centres across India as part of the government’s “Skill Development” initiative. Goyal wrapped up the day by addressing some 250 investors on Indian economy and power sector investments.

Goyal was on a one-day visit to Singapore, leading a high-power delegation from the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). — PTI

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Volkswagen comes with exciting Ramadan offers

6TH EDITION

GlOwork founder to be guest speaker at Startup Grind event MUSCAT: Startup Oman, the Sultanate’s only online platform created by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and an official chapter of Startup Grind in Muscat is to host its 6th edition with Khalid Al Khudair, founder and CEO of GlOwork.

Only five years ago, the 33-yearold Al Khudair left a comfortable job as auditor at KPMG and set up Glowork, a company that focuses on solving female unemployment. His journey hasn’t been an easy one. “Everyone thought I was insane,” said Al Khudair. “It was really difficult. Nobody liked the idea.”

Only few years later Khalid led GlOwork to an investment of over $16m to expand its current operations into different verticals when Riyadh-based SAS Holding bought a 51 percent stake in the company.

His persistence, tenacity and vision led him to being awarded the Forbes Middle East Award for Entrepreneurship, The King Salman Award for Entrepreneurship, ranked third most influential Arab globally, and first most influential entrepreneur globally

by Arabian Business.

His work has been recognised globally as well. He won the award for Best Innovation globally for job creation by the UN, ILO & World Bank.

“Continuously, on a day-to-day basis, my ideas are boiling. I really want GlOwork to be the Virgin of the Middle East – an empire based on women balancing work and life. We want it to be a billiondollar company – we truly believe we can do that,” he added.

“Unemployment is one of Oman’s biggest challenges at the moment. Khalid’s story serves not only as an example of a young visionary entrepreneur who’s hard work and persistence paid off but also a reminder that opportunities lay in the biggest challenges. After all,

Offer includes a 5 years unlimited mileage warranty, 3 years or 45,000km free vehicle servicing, 3 years roadside assistance, 1 year free insurance and cash gifts

MUSCAT: Wattayah Motors, the exclusive distributor of Volkswagen in Oman, recently announced its exciting range of offers for the holy month of Ramadan. The offer will run throughout the holy

month, coming to a close on July 10.

Throughout the promotion period, visitors to the Volkswagen Oman showrooms in Azaiba, Sohar, Salalah and Nizwa can take advantage of five years unlimited mileage warranty, three years or 45,000km free vehicle servicing, three years roadside assistance, and free insurance for the first year of ownership on all Volkswa-

gen models – including the Jetta, Tiguan, Touareg and the new Passat models. In celebration of the holy month of Ramadan, customers will also receive an attractive cash gift on every purchase, says a press release.

Andrew Squires, general manager of Wattayah Motors said, “During the Ramadan season, Volkswagen Oman is going the extra mile to

offer world class customer service.

As part of our wide range of offers during the holy month, we have included the perfectly balanced new Passat combining great features, enhanced value and a refined driving experience in addition to the Jetta, Tiguan and Touareg models. Volkswagen offers the smart choice; innovation has never been more affordable.”

SADIA PROMOTION

Winners drive home Suzuki Swift at Lulu chicken, chicken parts and ready to prepare products. Sadia prides itself on upholding the highest standards of quality and taste across all products, and managed as such to win over the hears of the consumers in Oman.

Lulu has become a symbol of quality and trust and a part of everyday life in Oman, which certainly sets them apart from the rest. With over 124 outlets, Lulu hypermarkets have become the preferred shopping destination for customers seeking a whole new shopping experience. An innovator in the retail industry with an impressive presence across the region, Lulu ensures that quality shopping for residents is just a short drive away.

MUSCAT: Five Suzuki Swift hatchback cars were handed over to the winners of the Lulu Sadia promotion held in conjunction with the Food Fiesta 2016 at the Baushar outlet last week.

In addition, there were OMR2,000 worth of Lulu gift vouchers also in this promo. The winners were picked by the officials of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in the presence of senior officials of Lulu. Josefina T., Shimjith, Muzina Mohammed, Anil Kumar Nair and Muhanna Mohammed Moosa were the winners of the Suzuki Swifts, says a press release.

Sadia is the market leader in frozen chicken in the Middle East, with an extensive range of whole

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Continuously, on a dayto-day basis, my ideas are boiling. I really want GlOwork to be the Virgin of the Middle East – an empire based on women balancing work and life. We want it to be a billion-dollar company – we truly believe we can do that Khalid Al Khudair Founder and CEO of GlOwork entrepreneurship is about all that,” said Ali Kamal Daud, cofounder of Startup Oman (www. startupoman.om) and CEO of Daud Group. The event is hosted

by National Business Centre in Knowledge Oasis Muscat as an event partner. It is scheduled to take place on May 29 at 7pm in NBC Incubator, 4th Floor.

INSPIRED BY SPIRIT OF SHARING

Home Centre captures spirit of sharing in Ramadan catalogue MUSCAT: Home Centre, the region’s leading home retailer, launched its Ramadan catalogue for 2016 across its stores in the GCC. Inspired by the spirit of sharing, the catalogue will feature 152 ideas for elegant décor, thoughtful gifts, inviting table settings and mouth-watering recipes, says a press release.

The holy month of Ramadan is a beautiful time for self-reflection, prayer and good deeds. Bringing

individuals and families together to share meals and exchange gifts, this is a special time of the year to reconnect with family and friends and cultivate relationships.

Capturing the mood of the season, Home Centre’s 2016 Ramadan collection will comprise timeless furniture pieces, complemented by patterned fabrics and floral designs. Elegant table accessories and serve-ware will add to the warm ambience of those special

Iftar gatherings.

With giving and receiving gifts being an integral part of the occasion, customers can make their selection from a wide range of goldembellished decorative platters, antique lanterns, artsy candle holders and other beautiful objects.

The seasonal catalogue also has brand ambassador Nancy Ajram sharing her favourite picks from the Ramadan collection with the readers.

New collection Nancy commented, “It is an extremely special time of the year and Home Centre’s latest collection provides inspirational ideas to make this month all about enjoying time together. I have hand-picked a few items from this collection.

I am confident that shoppers will love the new collection.”

Médéric Payne, CEO of Home Centre, said: “Ramadan highlights the spirit of togetherness and gath-

erings, which form the basis of our catalogue this year. Our Ramadan collection reflects new styles and the latest designs keeping customers’ needs and preferences in mind, inspiring them to share the true essence of the occasion.

“Through the stimulating ideas, tips and recipes featured, we wish to offer our customers a holistic experience and help them make this month even more memorable.”

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F E L I C I TAT I O N

ISAS conducts Merit Award Ceremony

Extension of CSE held at PSM

MUSCAT: Indian School Al Seeb (ISAS) celebrated the 4th Merit Award Ceremony to honour its meritorious students who made their parents and teachers proud by achieving academic excellence.

The chief guest of the programme was Amararam Gujar (IFS), First Secretary, Head of Chancery, Embassy of India, Sultanate of Oman. The guest of honour for the function was Engineer Mohamed Ibrahim Al Balushi, deputy director general, Muscat Municipality of Seeb. The other eminent guests were Kamla Gujar, Mohamed Ibrahim Al Balushi, Dr. C. K. Anchan, directorin-charge, BoD of Indian Schools in Oman, Cdr. Mathew Abraham (Retd.), Edu. Adviser, BoD, Dr Alex C. Joseph, assistant edu. adviser, BoD, Ravi Jayanthi, president of ISAS management committee and the other esteemed members of the SMC. The programme commenced with the Royal Anthem of Oman followed by the National Anthem of India. Members of the student council pinned the rosettes and welcomed the guests with a floral tribute, followed by the lighting of the lamp. The school choir of ISAS rendered a solemn prayer song to suit the occasion. Gopika Gokul, the girls’ dean extended a formal welcome to the distinguished guests. The primary section’s children touched a soft cord in the hearts of the parents with wonderfully blended musi-

MUSCAT: The inauguration of the extension of the Centre for Special Education (CSE) was held at PSM Junior School.

The extension of CSE was grounded on the generous contribution made especially by Syed Ayaz Hussain, former ambassador of Pakistan to the Sultanate of Oman, and with the support of Naheed Naveed Atif, charge d’Affaires, embassy of Pakistan.

Naheed was the chief guest of the inauguration ceremony. Embassy officials, Adnan Shahzad, chairman BoD, members of BoD, Ataullah Khan Niazi, senior principal - PSS, Khalid Jadoon, principal - PSM, Munazza Ghafoor, principal - Junior Block PSM, Dr Asad Mehmood from Gulf Specialised Hospital, parents and the community dignitaries marked the occasion with their presence.

Centre for Special Education has been catering to the needs of the students with learning disabilities since 2012.

The extension of CSE included the well-equipped, technology oriented, spacious classroom to meet the mental and physical needs of the students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia, ADHD, autism, hearing impairment, cerebral palsy and etc.

Meeting the needs of 21 special students, the CSE now has more advanced technology based equipment and support material such as laptops, desktops, smart interactive boards, refrigerators, pho-

cal dance drama on conservation which stressed to conserve nature for future. The choir of ISAS stole the hearts of the parents with their astounding rendition of a mellifluous song on the theme ‘Water Conservation’. The students of the middle section presented a riveting dance befitting to the programme’s theme – ‘Nurture Nature’. The audience equally relished the ostrich dance andappreciated the students with a booming applause.

Nagesh Kelkar, the school’s principal read out the academic report and informed the parents about the school’s current feats and achievements in a nut shell.

He expressed his deep gratitude to the Indian Embassy for their staunch support provided to school and thanked all the members of the Board of Directors of the Indian Schools in Oman and the SMC members of Indian

School Al Seeb for facilitating the smooth functioning of the school in the right direction.

The meritorious students of middle and senior sections were felicitated by the distinguished guests and were appreciated for their hard work and perseverance.

Amararam lauded the school and its managing committee for their tireless striving towards excellence. He was impressed by the school’s epoch making standards of discipline, excellence in academics and co-curricular activities and the children’s high level of awareness to keep their environment clean on a day to day basis.

He congratulated the awardees and stressed on the importance of instilling the value of conservation among children who are the future custodian of mother earth.

The formal vote of thanks was presented by Alan Anu Jacob, Boys Dean.

tocopy machines and need-based designed lavatories for the special students. In her address, Munazza voiced her indebtedness to the embassy officials, BoDs, management of PSS and staff of CSE. She highlighted the pivotal role played by this centre for educating students with special needs of the Pakistani community in Oman.

Naheed expressed her delight at the progress made for the confident young special students.

Adnan extended his gratitude to all the benefactors, whole team and the entire management to make this dream come true within a short span of time. In his address, he spoke about the upcoming new

college block and separate block dedicated for CSE. Dr Asad Mehmood announced free consultation and analysis visit along with free coupons worth OMR45 for the students of CSE. Taking the opportunity, a community notable Shahid Chatha also unveiled his plan to donate 10,000 construction blocks for the new college block building. A wellwisher of the school from Pakistan community has also promised to donate OMR1,000 for the school projects in the pipeline.

A documentary prepared by Saima presenting the glimpses of ‘Past-Present-Future’ of the centre was also shown.

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MUSCAT: Luxury automotive manufacturer, Jaguar, was the proud recipient of yet another award for its Jaguar XE saloon car, which was granted the ‘Pukka Performer Award’ by the 2015 Motoring Middle East Car of the Year Awards, says a press release.

Bruce Robertson, managing director at Jaguar Land Rover Mena,

commented: “Since its launch, the Jaguar XE continues to attract attention and has been the proud recipient of several award accolades.

This is a very exciting time for the Jaguar brand and the launch of the Jaguar XE was a key milestone in the brand’s history, quickly becoming one of the front runners in its segment.”

Commenting on the award, Shahzad Sheikh, editor-in-chief at Motoring Middle East said: “The all-new baby saloon from Jaguar turns the driving fun factor right up to 10 to make itself a more than worthy rival to its German competitors. The new XE is practical and prestigious yet astonishingly good to hurl around a twisty road, as well as being a smooth and se-

rene cruiser with an excellent ride quality. It simply had to win the ‘Pukka Performer’ award in the 2015 Motoring Middle East Car of the Year awards.”

The award-winning vehicle has truly left its mark as the driver’s car in its segment with innovative vehicle dynamics, ground-breaking performance, unmatched ride comfort and refinement.

MUSCAT: National Biscuit Industries Ltd, the makers of the brand ‘Nabil’ range of biscuits, wafers and snacks, announced the winner of the grand Scratch N Win promotion. Navab Hussain Pichakannu has been declared as the winner of the raffle draw and has won a brand new Nisssan Altima.

The promotion was on a select range of Nabil biscuits. The draw was conducted by officials from the Ministry of Commerce and

Industry recently and Hussain was invited to receive his grand prize on Monday.

The Scratch and Win promotion was on Multipacks of Nabil Glucose, Nabil Cookies, Nabil Crackers & Sweet n Salt Biscuits, Nabil Cream biscuits and the newly launched Nabil Sugarfree Digestive Biscuits. Apart from the mega prize, there were 10 iPhone 6 which were won by consumers of Oman as instant prizes.

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Toyota announces Dream Car Art Contest winners MUSCAT: The 10th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest (TDCAC) held in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, was successfully conducted across 21 Toyota showrooms in Oman. The official prize distribution event was held at various Toyota branch locations namely Salalah, Ibri, Ibra, Nizwa, Sohar, Al Kamil, Barka and Muscat, says a press release.

One of the largest global art contests for children, the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest invites children from all corners to share ideas about the future of mobility by drawing their dream cars.

Hundreds of entries were received for the competition, which encouraged children to call upon their fertile imagination and creative skills, to design what they think would be a great car for the future. With the successful conclusion of the event, the jubilant winners have now emerged.

Here goes the list of winners in

the Under 8 Category: From Sinaw, Durar Amur Al Mabsali took home a Xbox 1. Thrilled to be a winner, Durar, a Grade I student of the Al Shareq School said that she was participating in TDCAC for the second time. She harbours ambitions of being a doctor when she grows up. Her father, a member of the armed forces, felt proud about her winning the prize and appreciated the annual TDCAC. Sef Yousuf Saif Mohammed Al Hinai, hailing from Samail won an iPad Mini 3. The 7-year-old felt joy and happiness in participating in TDCAC for the first time and also to have won a prize. Young Sef, Grade I student at the Alyanabee School wants to be a photographer and painter when he grows up. His proud parents appreciated Toyota holding the annual painting event and expressed a hope that it would continue. Fatma Hamood Salim Al Wahashi from Ibri was the happy winner of a Sony PS Vita.

In the 8 to 11 years category, the winners comprised Abdul Salam Salim Al Mabsali from Sinaw, who won an iPad Air 2. Happy and excited, the Grade V student has participated in TDCAC earlier and wants to be a doctor when he grows up.

His parents, highly appreciative of TDCAC, called it an excellent platform for encouraging and nurtur-

ing young talent. From Suweiq, it was Hanin Fawzy Mohamed Elnozahy who took home a Dell Laptop while from Salalah, Leron Attis Suares won a Samsung Tab. In the children aged from 12-15, the winners comprised Chris Anto from Salalah, who won an iPhone 6. He is a Class X student at the Indian school and wants to become

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an IT professional when he grows up. From Sinaw, Prabhuraj Rajan Pillai won a Lenovo Laptop and Abdul Hamid Salim Al Mabsali won a Canon DSLR. According to a Toyota spokesperson, “Apart from the above nine national winners, 60 branch winners were also declared in the 10th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest, Oman and they each won a JBL Bluetooth Speaker to encourage them and appreciate their efforts.”

Every contestant who participated received a certificate of participation. Recalling the highly successful event, an official mentioned, “We were ready for a large number of people. Even so, the staggering numbers exceeded everyone’s estimates! This is the index of Toyota’s popularity in Oman.”

“With such wonderful results, it is more than evident that this annual property of Toyota was yet again successful at inspiring young minds to dream, to imag-

ine. It brought together families and spread many smiles and happiness. Invitations were extended to the winner and their family to be part of a fun filled event and receive the prize in presence of other winners and their families, turned out in large numbers making these events a roaring success,” said the spokesperson.

The spokesperson continued, “Toyota Oman has been participating in the event since the 5thedition of TDCAC. We are happy to say that this year, we received a very high number of entries from Oman - since the time Oman started participating. Lot of compelling entries received that show the creativity of the children of Oman.”

In conclusion, he added, “Following the brand philosophy of Toyota, ‘Always a better way’, we are constantly trying to reinvent ways to do things in a better way and hope to keep contributing to society in the best ways that we can.”

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Ooredoo Business extends support to Entrepreneurs Conclave 2016 MUSCAT: Ooredoo Business has joined as the presenting sponsor for Entrepreneurs Conclave 2016, an event organised by Experiment Events, with the theme ‘Dive In to your Destiny’.

The third edition of Entrepreneurs Conclave, in partnership with Sabco Media, with Sharakah as a strategic partner, and powered

by Startup Oman will be held at the multipurpose hall of Public Authority for Civil Aviation on May 30, says a press release.

Ooredoo Business’s support of this event is in alignment with its vision of supporting human growth through entrepreneurship and innovation.

Said Shanfari, head of Ooredoo Business, said: “We are happy to

encourage the growing entrepreneurial presence in Oman through supporting such initiatives as Entrepreneurs Conclave.”

Entrepreneurs Conclave was a platform created in 2014 to recog-

nise the potential of young Omani entrepreneurs and expand their capabilities in handling the changing business environment.

This year’s edition involved young entrepreneurs taking part

in different challenges and activities in each of the competition’s three phases, while being coached and guided by established entrepreneurs from Oman and the GCC. The first phase, ‘Learn’, included a case study on entrepreneurs facing real time situations on managing an organisation while facing critical issues in high-pressure situations. The second phase, ‘Survive’, saw entrepreneurs take part in a diving exercise as per personal consent, which represented the frequent challenges entrepreneurs regularly face.

The third phase, ‘Grow’, included a workshop that prepared the entrepreneurs on how to effectively represent themselves at the final event.

K A R D E X R E M S TA R C U S T O M E R S

Saeed Bin Nasser Al Hashar holds customer meet MUSCAT: Saeed Bin Nasser Al Hashar, the Sultanate’s exclusive distributor for Kardex Remstar and other leading international brands, held a customer meetcum-seminar for its Kardex Remstar customers at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Muscat.

High profile clients of Saeed Bin Nasser Al Hashar, comprising senior-level managers at various ministries, government agencies and corporate houses, attended the meet, says a press release.

A series of presentations on the German top brand Kardex Remstar, a global giant in automated industrial storage and retrieval systems, and its wide portfolio of automated industrial storage and retrieval systems as well as their diverse range of applications were held as part of the customer meet.

Further, a live demo of the Kardex Remstar Shuttle XP lift sys-

tem, which was displayed at the venue, helped the customers gain a deep understanding of the functional aspects of the product. The guests were also briefed about the other latest innovations from Kardex Remstar including Megamart, Horizontal Carousel and a range of Kardex Intertex systems.

The presentations and demo were conducted by a team from the brand’s regional office in Cy-

prus led by Demetris Kouloundis, Kardex Remstar regional sales director (Middle East /Africa).

The presentation on Shuttle XP highlighted its wide-ranging applications across sectors including aviation, automotive, oil and gas, healthcare, palettes storage, warehousing, defence, and heavy equipment.

Tailor-made solutions can be provided to suit the varied require-

ments of customers across sectors.

The meet concluded with a Q&A session and business lunch.

“Saeed Bin Nasser Al Hashar has been the undisputed leader in the automated material handling products sector in Oman, and has introduced a wide range of bestin-class products to the Sultanate’s market as the sole distributor Kardex Remstar intelligent storage and retrieval systems. These amazingly versatile units are highly customisable and capable of meeting a variety of industrial requirements. The customer meet aimed at familiarising our august customers with the latest features of Kardex Remstar. It was also an occasion to honour our customers and expand the relationship to the next level of mutually beneficial partnership,” said Rajeev Sharma, general manager at Saeed Bin Nasser Al Hashar.

Badshah live in concert tomorrow MUSCAT: Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, better known by his stage name Badshah, an Indian rapper featuring the very popular Astha Gill, will perform live at the Qurum Amphitheatre tomorrow in what is being dubbed as the biggest party of 2016 by Spiral Events and Al Nimr Expo. Gates will open at 6:30pm.

The multi-dimensional Badshah is the true representative of Rap on the Hindi-Punjabi music scene, successfully bringing Hip Hop to Bollywood with the club banger Abhi toh Party Shuru Hui Hai in the Sonam Kapoor-starrer Khoobsurat and Saturday Saturday, that had the entire nation groove to its beats featuring Bollywood’s two most promising stars Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan. His most recent tracks Selfie

Le Le Re with Salman Khan and DJ Waley Babu broke all records, receiving 7 million views within a month of its release on YouTube.

He has also collaborated with artists such as Gippy Grewal, Diljeet Dosanjh, Manj Musik, Raftaar and Aastha Gill among others.

The event is being held in partnership with Oman Air, Lulu Hypermarket, Audiotech, Integrity International, Mobicell, Huawei, Global Car Rental & Leasing, Oman Arab Cinema Company, Oman UAE Exchange, Yoko Sizzlers, Country Club, Al Hayat International Hospital, Maya Asiana Restaurant & Lounge, Muhammad Riaz and Partners.

Times of Oman and High Definition are the media partners of the concert. Tickets are available at Lulu Darsait and Bausher.

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TAC offers guaranteed cash gift on Geely models The offer is valid for a limited period only

MUSCAT: The brand Geely has brought a lot of excitement to the automobile lovers in Oman. With its unbelievable prices that do not compromise on quality and features, Geely has shown that in a world where everything is getting more expensive, it continues to provide feature rich cars at unbelievable price points.

Giving into the demands of various customers, Towell Auto Centre (TAC) is once again launching the rather successful guaranteed cash gift offer on the Geely models – the Emgrand GT, Emgrand X7, Emgrand 7 and the GC7. The offer is valid for a limited period only, says a press release.

A spokesperson from TAC says:

“Geely allows you to upgrade your drive by paying less and getting a better, bigger car, thanks to the guaranteed cash gift with every car. There is a guaranteed cash gift of OMR1,501 on the Emgrand GT which now costs OMR5,999; OMR1,601 on Emgrand X7 which now costs OMR4,399; OMR1,101 on Emgrand 7 which now costs OMR3,499 and OMR651 on the GC7 model which now costs OMR2,999. Indeed, what makes it even more rewarding is the fact that this cash gift can be used as down payment.”

On the brand Geely, the senior spokesperson adds: “With a wide

range of sedans and a 2.4L SUV, the Geely range embodies versatility and the latest technologies.

Its reasonable prices let customers buy a large car for the price of a small one, upgrading not just their comfort and safety, but also their lifestyles. As a company that owns leading global brands, Geely has come a long way since its inception and are now exporting their cars all around the world. In Oman, the brand is doing exceptionally well and with this exciting cash-in offer, we are expecting a huge footfall in our showrooms.”

A Fortune 500 company, Geely (officially Zhejiang Geely Hold-

ing Group) has shown robust growth momentum in the international market. From the design concept to the manufacturing, all Geely models have been developed in accordance with European standards by European and Chinese designers.

By bringing the Geely range to the Sultanate, TAC has reinforced its commitment to provide highquality products and services to its customers in Oman. With a network of 11 showrooms, 13 service outlets and 10 parts outlets spread across Oman, TAC is one of the leading automobile distributors in the region.

H E A LT H C A R E

Female surgeon joins Badr Al Samaa Al Khoud MUSCAT: Badr Al Samaa Hospital, Al Khoud welcomed Dr. Deepa N, MS (general surgery) as a laparoscopic surgeon. Her presence as a female general surgeon in its team is a rare distinction in comparison with other private healthcare establishments in Oman.

Dr Deepa completed her Master of General Surgery (MS) from Dr MGR Medical University, Tamil Nadu, India followed by her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the same college. She was an associate professor in the department of general surgery in the prestigious institution as well.

She has worked with many well reputed hospitals and has extensive experience in major surgical procedures such as thyroidectomy, mastectomy, hernioplasty, hemithyroidectomy, varicose veins surgery, inguinal herniotomy, herniorrhaphy, hernioplasty, breast lump exci-

sion, incisional hernia repair, amputation, hemorroidectomy, plastic surgical operations like skin grafting and flaps in addition to endoscopy, colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy and laparoscopic surgeries indeed serves our goal to a larger extent, says a press release.

V. T. Vinod, Abdul Latheef and P. A. Mohammed, the board of directors, expressed their happiness in inducting Dr Deepa to Badr Al Samaa Hospital Al Khoud.

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— Nido Qubein Vision enables you to glimpse into the future, to sense its hope and power, because you yourself are the means for that future’s creation.

— Sara Paddison Success is waking up in the morning, whoever you are, wherever you are, however old or young, and bounding out of bed because there’s something out there you love to do, that you believe in, that you’re good at — something that’s bigger than you are, and you can hardly wait to get at it again today. — Whit Hobbs

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‘Lifetime Achievement’ award conferred on Bank Muscat CE His Highness Sayyid Taimour bin Assad Al Said presented the award to AbdulRazak Ali Issa at the GCC New Age Banking Summit

MUSCAT: In recognition of outstanding contributions to the banking and financial sector in Oman and the GCC region, AbdulRazak Ali Issa, chief executive of Bank Muscat, was conferred the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award at the Oman Banking and Finance awards hosted by Oman Economic Review.

His Highness Sayyid Taimour bin Assad Al Said presented the award to AbdulRazak Ali Issa at

the GCC New Age Banking Summit, in the presence of Hamoud bin Sangour Al Zadjali, executive president of the Central Bank of Oman, says a press release.

AbdulRazak Ali Issa said: “I owe this achievement to the valuable opportunities made available to Omanis by His Majesty Sultan Qa-

boos bin Said. Bank Muscat is a Renaissance achievement of the Sultanate under the leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos and I am proud to have been associated with the bank in its quest to emerge as the leading financial services provider in the Sultanate. I thank the entire Omani banking and media

fraternity for this recognition and goodwill. I also owe this achievement to the unstinted support from the 3500 plus colleagues at Bank Muscat. I look forward to achieving greater success for Bank Muscat and the nation in future.”

AbdulRazak Ali Issa is a leading Arab banker with more than four decades of dynamic leadership experience and the chief executive of Bank Muscat for the last 22 years. He has a successful track record of organisation-building and delivering sustained growth and profitability, organically as well as through mergers and acquisitions.

AbdulRazak has played a leading role in shaping the banking and finance industry in Oman. He is the chairman of Oman Banks Association. A highly respected figure in the financial sector, AbdulRazak continues to lead Bank Muscat from strength to strength. Under his leadership, the finest of global banking practices and products have been introduced in Oman through Bank Muscat, raising its stature as the premier financial institution in the Sultanate with

a 38 per cent market share of assets, 158 branches in Oman and 3,500+ employees. He also guided the expansion of the bank into the regional markets, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE, and Singapore.

AbdulRazak was conferred the ‘Arab Banking Personality’ award in 2012 by the Arab Banking Union. He was ranked among the 500 most influential Arabs in the ‘Power 500 - the World’s most influential Arabs’ by Arabian Business magazine. He was honoured with the ‘Banking and Finance Personality of the Year’ award at the 3rd Middle East CEO awards in 2006.

Bank Muscat highlighted its electronic banking channels at the GCC New Age Banking Summit.

Amjad Al Lawati, AGM – Cards & eBanking, made a presentation on the bank’s state-of-the-art mobile banking service.

Winner of the coveted His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Award for the Best Public eService, mBanking is Oman’s preferred mobile banking service with more than 410,000 registered customers.

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JAC 4 ton truck suitable for business needs MUSCAT: JAC Motors 4 ton trucks, available in Oman exclusively at Towell Auto Centre (TAC), are a powerful and reliable workhorse for several small and medium businesses.

Rigid, safe, reliable and suitable for various road conditions, JAC 4 ton trucks are highly efficient with low maintenance costs and excellent value. Moreover, they are equipped with water tanks, refrigerated storage, strong load capacity and many other features that make them an ideal vehicle for different business types.

People in the fruits and vegetable sector, construction and transportation, farming industry are particularly appreciative of the truck’s performance, sturdiness and fuel-efficiency, says a press release.

CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT

Dhofar Automotive promotes ‘family first’ at customer meet MUSCAT: In a bid to elevate customer engagement, heighten customer loyalty, and spark brand advocacy amongst families in Ibra, Dhofar Automotive recently conducted a customer meet at its showroom.

Held with the prime goal to reiterate its stance of continuously going above and beyond for customers, while considering them family, the customer meet was a fun event organised for families living in and around the Ibra region of Oman, says a press release.

With over 50 families in attendance, the meet served as the

perfect customer engagement opportunity for Dhofar Automotive’s staff to interact with customers, and highlight the company’s superior pre-Ramadan offers on the Dodge, Jeep and Ram range of vehicles in a fun setting.

A painting contest was also organised for children as part of the meet, where they were asked to paint the Dhofar Automotive logo. Following completion of the contest, the three best paintings were selected and the kids that painted them rewarded with special goodie bags. Face-painting, mascots, games, giveaways, and

refreshments for children were some of the other special arrangements that were part of the day’s proceedings.

“From the moment you walk on to our parking lot here in Ibra, you’re going to feel like a family,” said Mahmood Hamed Mohammed Al Zahil, Ibra showroom manager, at Dhofar Automotive addressing attendees at the meet.

“We understand how important it is to have a quality car, and that’s why we strive to provide our customers with the best customer service possible,” he added.

“Dhofar Automotive provides

a wide array of 2016 models of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Fiat and Alfa Romeo vehicles, and body styles to cater to every individual or family’s taste, need and lifestyle.

Whether it is a car, pick-up or SUV, we have a vehicle that is sure to meet your needs. Providing an allin-one shopping experience, we pride ourselves in offering a massive selection of new vehicles, as well as parts, service and more,” he elaborated.

Dhofar Automotive strives to meet its customers’ expectations of quality shopping experience and customer service.

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GREAT GOING: Members of Oman squad pose for a group in Jersey on Tuesday. – Supplied photo

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Chasing a 205-run target set by Vanuatu, Oman eased to victory in just 40.4 overs thanks to a determined unbeaten knock of 130 by Zeeshan Maqsood

MUSCAT: Zeeshan Maqsood smashed an unbeaten century as Oman routed Vanuatu for a ninewicket victory in the ongoing ICC World Cricket League Division 5 competition in Jersey on Tuesday.

Chasing a 205-run target set by Vanuatu, Oman eased to victory in just 40.4 overs scoring 208 for one, thanks to a determined unbeaten knock of 130 by Zeeshan. Oman opener’s knock innings was studded with 17 fours and two sixes.

The result, their third success in a row, has virtually assured Oman of a place in the final which will in turn will enable them to seal their promotion to Division 4.

But before that Oman will have to complete their league engagements, playing a rather easy opponents in Tanzania on Wednesday and a tough team in Guernsey on Friday.

If everything goes in Oman’s favour they will be contesting Saturday final against Guernsey, who also won all the three matches

CENTURION: Oman’s Zeeshan Maqsood receives his man of the match award after their win over Vanuatu. – Supplied photo

they played so far. Guernsey, however, had to tackle hosts Jersey on Wednesday and then Oman on Saturday.

On Tuesday, Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat first against Oman hoping to set a defendable target. But the team from the South Pacific Ocean nation preferred to play cautious after Oman pacer Rajesh Ranpura had their opener Jonathan Dunn (8) caught behind early in the innings.

However, fellow opener Joshua Rasu (34) combined well with number three batsman Nalin Nipiko study the ship. Nipiko infact took the attack to Oman and scored an unbeaten 93 off 108 deliveries with nine fours and three sixes.

Later Ronald Tari (35) giving him good company, Nipiko made sure Vanuatu put up a respectable score of 204 for seven in 50 overs.

In reply, Oman payed calculated game and with Zeeshan Maqsood mixing caution with aggression, they took the match away from Vanuatu team.

Zeeshan was dominant partner in his 103-run first wicket stand with Khawar Ali, who scored 29 with four fours.

With Oman crossing the halfway mark in just about 18 overs and with number three batsman Vaibhav Wategaonkar too showing good touch, it was a matter of how quickly Oman will reach their target and whether Zeeshan will be able to complete his century, which the opener did to the delight of the entire Oman cricket fraternity.

In other matches played on Tuesday, Jersey defeated Tanzania by 85 runs while Guernsey romped to 10-wicket win over Nigeria.

Lalcheta reprimanded Meanwhile, Oman captain Ajay Lalcheta has been reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during his side’s 58-run victory over hosts Jersey in the ICC World Cricket League Division 5 in Grainville on Monday.

According to news posted on International Cricket Council (ICC)

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Fatma out of doubles competition at South Korea ITF tournament MUSCAT: Omani star Fatma Al Nabhani suffered the first round loss in the doubles competition of the $25,000 Incheon ITF Pro Circuit Tournament in South Korea on Tuesday.

According to information received here, Fatma and her Japanese partner Mari Osaka found Kamonwan Buayam of Thailand and Pei-Chi Lee of Chinese Taipei too hot to handle in their tough opening encounter.

Though Fatma and Mari Osaka did well in the beginning matching their rivals stroke for stroke, they couldn’t stop Kamonwan and Pei-Chi from winning the match 6-4, 6-2.

Fatma, however, will continue her singles campaign on Wednesday when she takes on Thailand’s Bunyawi Thamchaiwat in the first round.

Earlier, Fatma also took part in the $25,000 Goyang ITF Pro Circuit tournament in South Korea where her singles challenge ended in the quarterfinals while in the doubles the Omani girl and her Thai partner Patcharin Cheapchandej failed to get past the first round.

Last month, the Omani sensation, whose highest career ranking of 362 came way back in 2010, took part in a highly rated $100,000 Anning ITF Pro Circuit tournament in China where she bowed out in the first round of both singles and doubles competitions.

DISAPPOINTING START: Fatma Al Nabhani

Fatma Al Nabhani had a great year in 2015 when she won five $10,000 titles, including two back-to-back crowns in south Indian city of Hyderabad.

In 2013, she won back-to-back $10,000 Sharm El Sheikh titles in Egypt and similar level tournaments in Fujairah in 2010 and 2012 respectively.

VANUATU J. Dunn c Khadye b Ranpura 8 J. Rasu b Lalcheta 34 N. Nipiko not out 93 A. Mansale c Bilal Khan b A. Kaleem 11 S. Kalworai c Lalcheta b Z. Maqsood 5 R. Tari b Bilal Khan 35 JW Chilia run out 2 SH Obed c Khadye b Ranpura 3 J. Vira (not out) 4 Extras (b-1, lb-4, w-3, nb-1) 9 Total (7 wkts; 50 overs) 204 Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-53, 3-70, 4-94, 5-138, 6-157, 7-160.

Bowling: Bilal Khan 10-0-60-1 (nb-1, w-1); Rajesh Ranpura 10-3-37-2 (w-1); Mehran Khan 4-0-14-0; Ajay Lalcheta 10-3-28-1 (w-1); Aamir Kaleem 10-3-36-1; Zeeshan Maqsood 6-2-24-1.

OMAN Zeeshan Maqsood not out 130 Khawar Ali c Rasu b Mansale 29 VS Wategaonkar not out 35 Extras (lb-2, w-9, nb-3) 14 Total (1 wkt; 40.4 overs) 208 Fall of wickets: 1-103.

Bowling: C. Blake 7-1-45-0 (nb-3, w-1); N. Nipiko 3-1-24-0; JW Chilia 10-1-29-0 (w1); C. Mete 3-0-18-0; A. Mansale 10-0-46-1; SH Obed 5.4-0-32-0; J. Rasu 2-0-12-0.

Ajay was found to have breached Article 2.1.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during an international match”.

Ajay admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee David Jukes.

As such, there was no need for a formal hearing. The charge was levelled by on-field umpires Mark Hawthorne, Jacqueline Williams and third umpire Alex Dowdalls.

MUSCAT: Oman’s team for the upcoming Optimist World Championships, scheduled to be held in Portugal from June 25, will be picked from the squad of 10 young sailors confirmed by Oman Sail as having qualified to attend Oman Sail’s Omantel Youth Squad training camp in Portugal next month.

Over the past few months, dozens of talented young sailors have been competing and training with an aim to be selected to represent the Sultanate at the Optimist World Championships.

Following the latest ranking races in Al Musannah in April, selectors have revealed their shortlist of 10 youngsters who will travel to Portugal for a training camp where they hope to earn final selection for the Championships.

The squad is headed up by exciting young prospect Al Moatasem Al Farsi from Musannah Sailing School who swept the board at the recent ranking races and also includes notable talents Mohammed Al Qasmi, Jihad Al Hasani and Samiha Al Riyami, all from Almouj Sailing School.

The training camp represents a superb opportunity for the youngsters to climb onto the first rung of the ladder in a professional sailing career, said Hamdan Moosa Al Harasi, Acting VP Corporate Strategy Unit at Omantel. “These are talented kids and they have worked hard to earn selection to the Omantel National Youth Squad training camp. They fully deserve this opportunity and I hope they seize it because it could very easily change their lives.

“We are pleased to be associated with Oman Sail’s excellent youth programme because we see

a very clear and visible pathway for talented and committed individuals who are prepared to work hard to succeed.

“When these kids get to Portugal, their future is in their own hands and if they can set their sights just a little higher than their coaches expect, they are sure to reap the rewards. We wish them well and look forward to following their progress,” he added.

The selectors used a wide ranging set of criteria to finalise their choices, explained Mohsin Al Busaidi, who heads up Oman Sail’s Youth Programme.

“They were chosen based on their performance in the events in 2016 but also taking in consideration other factors such as their general behaviour and cooperation with the coaches and within the team and their potential for development in the future.

“All ten have an exciting future and we will give them all the help they need to fulfil their potential.

Our aim is to have Omani sailors compete at the Olympic Games in the future and it is possible that a member of this youth squad could be involved in that process.”

Oman Sail’s Optimist Youth Squad: 1. Al Moatasem Al Farsi – Musannah Sailing School; 2.

Mohammed Al Qasmi – Almouj Sailing School; 3. Jihad Al Hasani - Almouj Sailing School; 4. Samiha Al Riyami - Almouj Sailing School; 5. Abdul Malik Al Hinai - Almouj Sailing School; 6. Mohammed Al Alawi – Sur Sailing School; 7. Ali Al Riyami – Marina Bander Al Rowdha Sailing School; 8. Talal Al Harmi - Marina Bander Al Rowdha Sailing School; 9. Osama Al Zadjali - Almouj Sailing School; 10. Ablaj Al Digishi - Almouj Sailing School.

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Chasing 159, RCB looked down and out at 29 for five before de Villiers smashed 79 off 47 balls to script a sensational comeback and take

IN PRIME CONDITION: Moises Henriques

the team home in 18.2 overs

BENGALURU: AB de Villiers played a breathtaking knock to singlehandedly lead Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) fightback and take them into the Indian Premier League (IPL) final with a thrilling four-wicket win over Gujarat Lions here on Tuesday.

Chasing 159, RCB looked down and out at 29 for five before de Villiers smashed 79 off 47 balls to script a sensational comeback and take the team home in 18.2 overs.

The Lions were outdone by one man’s class as the efforts of Dhawal Kulkarani and Dwayne Smith went in vain.

With the spectacular win, RCB are into their third IPL final and one step away from their maiden title. Lions on other hand will have another chance to make the summit clash in the Qualifier 2 in Delhi on Friday.

The RCB were expected to overcome the target with minimum fuss but tricky batting conditions

BREATHTAKING KNOCK: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s AB De Villiers, centre, celebrates with teammates after guiding the team to victory over Gujarat Lions in Bengaluru on Tuesday. – PTI

at the normally batting friendly Chinnaswamy made the job tougher for them.

Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle can close the game in a space of a few overs but the devastating opening pair had an off day. Kohli, who has been in sensational form this IPL, suffered a rare failure when he dragged a wide one off Kulkarni on to his stumps, stunning the crowd into silence.

The disappointment on the face of India’s star batsman was evident as he walked back into the dressing room. The two of his four hundreds in the competition had come against the Lions.

The odd ball stopping on a slower surface made the task more challenging. Gayle too was out in

Kulkarni’s over as he attempted a whack over midwicket to see his stumps rattled.

Kulkarni kept bowling in the off stump corridor and that worked brilliantly for him. Lokesh Rahul was caught at first slip the following ball and Kulkarni was on a hattrick. Kulkarni ended up with a career best figures of 4 for 14, albeit in a losing cause.

Soon after, RCB had lost half their side with de Villiers left to pull off a herculean task. The South African, as he often he does, brought his team back into the game and involved Iqbal Abdulla (33 not out off 25) in a unbeaten 91run stand for the seventh wicket.

The team needed 49 off the last 30 balls but de Villiers paced his

innings perfectly to take the team with 10 balls to spare. He ended with five sixes and as many boundaries in his special knock.

Earlier, Smith hammered 73 off 41 balls to help Gujarat Lions recover from a disastrous start and post a competitive total.

Smith hammered six sixes in his whirlwind knock and shared an 85-run stand with Dinesh Karthik (26 off 30) after Lions lost their top three batsmen for nine runs. Watson was the stand out bowler for the hosts, ending with four wickets for 29 runs in his four overs.

Brief scores: Gujarat Lions 158 in 20 overs (Dwayne Smith 73; Shane Watson 4/29) lost to RCB 159/6 in 18.2 overs (AB De Villiers 79 n.o., Iqbal Abdulla 33 n.o). - PTI

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Oman U-16 team to undergo training camp MUSCAT: Oman national under-16 team coach Yacoub Al Sabahi has called up 27 players for the first of a series of domestic training, which is scheduled to start on June 1.

The camp will take palce at Sultan Qaboos Sports Com-

plex in Bausher till June 6.

The OFA has also planned for another camp from June 11 to 21, during which the team are also scheduled to play a few friendly matches. Another camp would also be organised from June 25 to July 3.

List of players: Arshad Al Alawi,

Mohammed Al Alawi (Al Arouba), Naji AlGhailani, Omar Al Midailwi (Sur), Sultan Bashir, Najib Al Shijaibi (Al Nasr), Mohammed Al Shekaili, Islam Al Hinai (Ibri), Yaqdhan Khamis, Yahya Hamood, Isam Khamis, Mutasim Al Bakri, Yousef Al MAlki, Nawaf Al Harasi, Faisal Al Nadabi (Seeb), Yousuf Al Shiyadi, Moham-

med Al Shukaili, Mohammed Al Khamisi (Al Suwaiq), Thamir Al Zaabi, Mohammed Al Qaidi (Al Salam), Imad Al Jaradi, Khalid Al Hadabi (Al Musanna), Haider Al Ajmi (Saham), Hamza Al Shukaili (Al Rustaq), Mohammed Al Miqbali (Sohar), Al Bara Al Mawali (Al Shabab) and Muaz Al Jahdhami (Bausher).

Australia recall Henriques, Starc for Sri Lanka tour MELBOURNE: Australia allrounder Moises Henriques is in line for his first Test in three years after being named in the squad for their three-match tour of Sri Lanka in July and August.

The 29-year-old seam bowler played the last of his three Tests during the ill-fated 2013 tour of India where Australia were whitewashed 4-0 and four players were stood down for a match in the infamous ‘homework-gate’ episode.

Henriques failed to make an impression with the ball during that series but injuries to Peter Siddle and James Pattinson have opened the door for the Madeira-born cricketer to stake another claim in the top-ranked Test nation.

“Henriques comes into the squad to give the flexibility of an additional all-rounder option, having already shown he plays and adapts well to spin-friendly conditions,” chairman of selectors Rod Marsh said in a team release on Tuesday.

“He has been working hard with his fitness and we believe he is in prime condition to serve us well should he be selected to play.”

Fast bowler Mitchell Starc and left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe were also named in the 15-man squad on Tuesday for the matches in Pallekele, Galle and Colombo.

Lethal left-armer Starc returns to the test set-up for the first time since he broke down with a foot

injury during the inaugural daynight test against New Zealand in Adelaide last November.

He leads a pace attack featuring Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Jackson Bird, with Pattinson missing the series due to a recurrence of stress fractures in his back and Siddle also nursing a back injury.

O’Keefe, who played just his second Test in January in the series finale against West Indies in Sydney, will provide the option of a second spinner to back up regular Nathan Lyon.

“We know his ability, he takes wickets continually in first class cricket and he impresses when we select him to play Test cricket,” Marsh said of the 31-year-old.

Australia have retained the batting lineup which soundly defeated New Zealand and West Indies over the home summer.

Sri Lanka host the first Test in Pallekele on July 26, with matches in Galle (August 4) and Colombo (August 13) to follow.

The teams will also play five One-day Internationals and two Twenty20 matches.

The squad: Steve Smith (capt), David Warner, Joe Burns, Usman Khawaja, Adam Voges, Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Marsh, Moises Henriques, Peter Nevill, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Steve O’Keefe, Jackson Bird, Nathan Coulter-Nile. - Reuters

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SPORTS Djokovic and Nadal start with easy wins, Murray survives, Kerber out Rumours of my demise are greatly exaggerated: Schiavone

Murray completed a five-set victory over Czech veteran Stepanek, having trailed by two sets on Monday evening before bad light intervened. Murray returned to wrap up the fourth set before surviving a nervejangling decider to win 3-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 7-5 DIFFICULT OUTING: Andy Murray of Britain stretches for a return against Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic during their match in the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday. – Reuters

PARIS: Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal sauntered to opening wins at the French Open on Tuesday but Andy Murray, one of their main title rivals, came perilously close to going home before joining them in the second round.

World No. 1 Djokovic, back on Philippe Chatrier court where a year ago in the final Stan Wawrinka snatched away the missing title in his Grand Slam collection, outclassed first-round opponent Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun 6-4, 6-1, 6-1.

Nadal found Australian Sam

Groth even more compliant as the Spaniard set off in search of his 10th title at Roland Garros with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 victory in little more than an hour.

Second seed Murray completed a five-set victory over 37-year-old Czech veteran Radek Stepanek, having trailed by two sets on Monday evening before bad light intervened.

Murray returned to wrap up the fourth set before surviving a nerve-jangling decider to win 3-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 7-5 -- his ninth career

comeback from a two-set deficit.

“It was obviously an extremely difficult match,” three-time semifinalist Murray, who was two points from defeat serving at 4-5 in the decider, told reporters. “Today was pretty stressful.”

At least he lived to fight another day, unlike Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber who succumbed to a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 firstround defeat by Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens.

“First rounds are always tough

in the tournament, especially for me. What can I say? It happens,” third seed Kerber, who stunned Serena Williams in Melbourne to win her maiden Grand Slam title, told reporters.

It almost never happens to the leading men. The last time Serbian Djokovic lost in the first round of a grand slam was in 2006 in Australia, while Nadal has only experienced it once, at Wimbledon three years ago. There was no chance of those records being tarnished as

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There is no bad blood between Amelie and I, says Murray PARIS: Andy Murray tried to end speculation about the state of his relationship with former coach Amelie Mauresmo by declaring “we certainly didn’t fall out”.

As if surviving a five-set thriller against wily Czech Radek Stepanek in the first round of the French Open was not exhausting enough, the British second seed was then quizzed on why he ended his two-year partnership with Mauresmo. A sequence of interviews by the two grand slam champions seemed to suggest that things had turned frosty between the duo before they parted ways.

However, Murray said that was far from the truth.

“Me and Amelie have a good relationship,” said the 2013 Wimbledon champion, whose alliance with Mauresmo two years ago created a buzz after he became the first high-profile male player to hire a woman coach.

“We certainly didn’t fall out.

“The reason we stopped work-

The reason we stopped working together... was the fact that we literally are spending hardly any time together in a three-month period right before major events coming up Andy Murray ing together... was the fact that we literally are spending hardly any time together in a three-month period right before major events coming up. And she was not able to help me during that period.”

Murray won seven trophies under Mauresmo’s guidance, including his first two titles on clay.

However, the Frenchwoman has not been regularly on the circuit with Murray since giving

birth to her son Aaron last August.

Mauresmo had indicated that the union ended because she felt she could not “take things further anymore” with Murray before adding: “Andy is complex. On court, he can be opposite of what he is in life. It can be confusing.”

But Murray clarified that wires had simply got crossed.

“I did an interview before anything that Amelie had said had

come out. And the last two days...

I was supposedly hitting back at Amelie’s comments and disagreeing with everything that she said and that we had a really tough breakup,” said Murray. “That simply is not true. When we sat down in Madrid... it was far from heated.

We spoke very calmly.”

“To say that the reason that we stopped working together is because of my behaviour on the court, that is not true. In Madrid when we spoke, we didn’t discuss that one time.”

Responding to Mauresmo’s observation that he was a complex character, Murray admitted there are still things he needs to work on to curb his tendency to shout at his entourage when things are not going his way.

“On the court... when I’m losing I get very frustrated. When I’m winning, obviously I’m happier,” he said. “I don’t know if that’s complex or not. It’s actually quite simple, to me.” - Reuters

PARIS: It was a heart-tugging moment: As Francesca Schiavone went down to defeat in the first round of the French Open, the tournament organisers announced she was retiring, and the crowd had seen her last Roland Garros campaign.

But one person didn’t feel very warm and sentimental: Schiavone. The retirement was news to her.

Roland Garros’s Twitter feed had carried the announcement. The tweet was quickly deleted, but several reporters took theinformation into the news conference room after Schiavone’s 6-2 6-4 loss to Kristina Mladenovic.

“Roland Garros announced my retirement, but I didn’t,”

they began their runs on day three of the elongated first round.

Nadal, bumped up to fourth seed after Roger Federer’s withdrawal, made mincemeat of Groth’s serve, one of the fastest in tennis, as he ruthlessly exposed the burly Australian.

He made only three unforced errors in the match.

“It’s obvious that was a good start for me,” Nadal, who suffered only

Schiavone told them. “So you can stand up, all of you, and go back to work in the office, because I didn’t say that.”

Schiavone lifted the Suzanne Lenglen Cup at the 2010 French Open and was runner-up in 2011. She turns 36 next month, an age when tennis players start hanging up their racquets. But Schiavone would prefer not to be hurried along.

“I will announce when I will want to stop,” she said.

“When I finished, everybody stood up. I say, I don’t know if it’s respect, I love, I appreciate this situation.

But I think that everybody thought this because Roland Garros announced it. It was not the last one for me.” - Reuters

his second career loss at Roland Garros last year when beaten by Djokovic in the quarterfinals, said.

There were mixed fortunes for two former women’s champions.

Italian veteran Francesca Schiavone, who lifted the Suzanne Lenglen Cup in 2010, was bundled out in the first round by Kristina Mladenovic but 14th seed Ana Ivanovic, champion in 2008, beat France’s Oceane Dodin 6-0, 5-7, 6-2. - Reuters

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SPORTS Zidane praises Simeone ahead of final in Milan Real have won 21 out of 26 games under

He (Simeone) has everything that a coach needs but above all, he knows his team and his players well. I still have a long journey to be an important coach

Zidane and lost two, scoring 71 goals and giving away 18.

Simeone led Atletico to their second Champions League final in three years

Zinedine Zidane MADRID: Zinedine Zidane had few equals as a player but heading into his first Champions League final as a coach, he admits that unlike Atletico Madrid counterpart Diego Simeone he still has much to learn.

The former France playmaker, who was promoted from Real’s reserve team to replace Rafa Benitez in January, steered the side to a runners-up finish in La Liga and Saturday’s final in Milan.

Real have won 21 out of 26 games under Zidane and lost two, scoring

Real Madrid coach

71 goals and giving away 18.

Simeone led Atletico to their second Champions League final in three years. “He has everything that a coach needs but above all, he knows his team and his players well, which is the most important thing,” Zidane told a news conference on Tuesday.

“I have a lot to learn but my enthusiasm to learn is tremendous.

This will make me improve. I still have a long journey to be an important coach.”

Saturday cannot come soon enough for Zidane, who could become the seventh man to win the European Cup as a player and a

coach. His spectacular volley in the final in Glasgow in 2002 gave Real their ninth European title and they claimed a record 10th crown in 2014.

“I’m excited and happy,” the 43-year-old said. “I am looking forward to the final, to take advantage of this opportunity. I know how lucky I am to have the chance to be in a final with this club.”

Zidane was assistant to Real coach Carlo Ancelotti when Los Blancos beat Atletico 4-1 in extratime in the final two years ago today.

“When it comes to finals, I only know what it feels like as a player and as an assistant. I will experience it now as coach with calmness, determination and patience.”

Zidane played five seasons for Real and when he took over in January he knew exactly what was expected of him. “The pressure is always there. It’s part of the work and I like it. I have been a player and I had pressure but I have more as a coach.

Failure would be not to give our all.”

Real failed to beat Atletico in La Liga this season, losing 1-0 at home and drawing 1-1 at the Vicente Calderon stadium.

“It’s going to be a difficult match,” Zidane said. “I don’t think holding possession will be good enough. Atletico are a complete team.” - Reuters

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Ronaldo declares himself fit for Atletico match MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo has reassured Real Madrid fans he will be fit to play in Saturday’s Champions League final against Atletico Madrid in Milan after limping out of Tuesday’s training session.

Ronaldo failed to complete training for the third session in a row, leaving the pitch with a thigh problem following a clash with Real goalkeeper Kiko Casilla.

“It was a minor scare, a knock, but in a few days’ time I will be well,” the Portuguese forward told reporters.

The 31-year-old missed the first leg of Real’s semifinal against Manchester City with a thigh injury but thinks he is in better physical condition than he was before the final two years ago.

“I believe I’m in better shape,” Ronaldo said.

“I’ve had a slight problem but it’s normal as I have been the most used player in the team.

“I think this is the season where I have played the most minutes,” he said.

“Besides the problem of today’s training session, I believe I’m at my best level.”

Real Madrid’s goalscoring machine is just one victory away

from clinching his third European crown.

Ronaldo is one goal short of matching his own record of 17 goals in the competition set in the 2013-14 campaign when the team lifted the European Cup for the 10th time.

“I would love to equal or even surpass that record,” Ronaldo said. “But it is not an obsession.

The record is mine whether I score or not in the final. The important thing is that we win.”

Ronaldo is the all-time leading scorer in Europe’s elite club competition with 93 goals, 78 for Real.

The former Manchester United player netted the last goal in the final in Lisbon two years ago when Real defeated Atletico 4-1 after extra-time.

Ronaldo has amassed 51 goals in 47 games in all competitions this season but none against Atletico Madrid.

“I’m focused,” he said. “This is the game of our lives. The best two teams are in the final. I believe we are better but we have to play a good game.

“I think we will win and lift the European Cup again on Saturday.” - Reuters FOOTBALL

RUWI KINGS LIFT ADRAK CRICKET TROPHY Ruwi Kings defeated New XI by 40 runs to clinch the title at Adrak Cricket Fiesta Cup tournament organised by Muscat Black Caps and Al Adrak LLC here recently. The tournament was inaugurated by Dr. Thomas Alexander, CEO of Al Adrak, the prizes were distributed by Joseph Thampan, General manager of Al Adrak. — Supplied photo

Valencia stick with Ayestaran VALENCIA: Pako Ayestaran has been appointed Valencia coach until 2018, the La Liga club said on their website on Tuesday.

The 53-year-old Spaniard took over the first team in March until the end of the season after former England international Gary Neville was sacked four months into job.

Ayestaran guided Valencia to 12th place in the league standings after a relegation scare, winning three of his eight games in charge.

Ayestaran, a former Valencia player, previously managed Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv, guiding them to the Premier League title in 2015. - Reuters

TA B L E T E N N I S

Shounak, Saiprem dazzle at ISC tourney MUSCAT: Shounak Kelkar and M.V. Saiprem notched up impressive wins at the annual table tennis tournament organised by the Indian Social Club (ISC) and sponsored by Muscat Insurance Services and Oman United Insurance Company.

Shounak and Saiprem dealt heavy blows on fancied senior players in a dazzling display that earned them valuable victories.

Lefthander Shounak shrugged off the loss of the first game and played brilliantly to stun fancied Yash Tanna 4-11, 11-5, 11-6, 4-11, 11-7 in the first round-robin match of the boys under-17 singles. Shounak followed it up with another brilliant 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5 victory over veteran R. Murali in the first round of the men’s A singles.

In another boys under-17 league match, Fancied Subash Pillai suf-

fered a setback at the hands of MV Saiprem. In a five-game thriller, Saiprem combined brilliance with strong nerves to register a fine 11-3, 9-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6 victory.

In other boys under-17 matches, Kenneth Vaz scored an identical 11-8, 11-8, 11-8 victory over Prakhar Pateria,P. Sai Saran posted a comfortable 11-3, 11-2, 11-3 win over Chandan Srinivas.

In first round action of the men’s

singles, Yash Tanna defeated Rahul Joshi 11-6, 11-8, 11-7, Shounak Kelkar faced some resistance before ousting Vijay Rawat 11-3, 17-15, 11-5, Pranav Vinod routed Yusuf Karimbhai 11-4, 11-1, 11-8, R. Subramanian coasted to a 11-4, 11-7, 11-5 win over Mustafa Indorewala, Simon Joseph defeated Dinesh Gandhi 11-5, 11-8, 11-6 and S. Sagayaraj downed Percy Pereira 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7.

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In the Lap of Nature With farm houses galore in Batinah region, farm stays are a better way to cool off this summer.

Story Mohammed Shafeeqe

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he heat wave has already started to creep in and has dampened our outdoor entertainment during weekends. Residents prefer to stay at the cool confines of their homes or pack to air-conditioned resorts abandoning wadi bashing, boat trips or a desert camp during weekends. Gone are the outdoor barbecue days, it is so humid and hot outside, say many revellers who want to be with nature for a weekend day trip. Many are staying indoors glued to PS4s or TV sets.

Farm stay is a perfect remedy to this summer blues. And Oman’s Batinah region is peppered with lot of farm houses that fits to any budget. Though, agricultural tourism is a popular form of tourist activity in many countries around the world, it has not made a fillip in a big way in the tourism marketing scene of Oman. But the fact is that many domestic as well as tourists from the neighbouring UAE states are flocking to the farm houses in the Batinah region during the weekends. These farms are so overbooked that you will have to dial them days in advance to book one.

The farm houses combine a rural world of farming with modern amenities to create a unique stay experience. Guests have the opportunity to even experience the daily farming activities. “One of the best things about these farm stay is that children enjoy it very

much with family members and friends. For the children, who have been growing in an apartment culture, the farm life is a sort of going back to nature and learning some of the basics of our life,” says Shabu Thampy, who is an ardent lover of farm stays. Children can enjoy everything that they miss in their city life.

“I always advise farm stays, because some farms are like mini-zoos and their owners take a special interest in raising animals and rare birds. Visiting families can learn many skills and gain much knowledge during the stay, such as how to grow and care for plants and trees, how to pick and store fruits and vegetables, as well as taking care of the birds and animals. We can also purchase some of the best farm fresh vegetables and fruits and dairy products from these farms,” he said.

In the Batinah region, you can also indulge in activities outside the farm, like visiting nearby farms, forts or castles and beaches, fish markets, wander through seasonal markets, or just relax and enjoy the beauty of nature. The region is famous for its greenery serenity.

The very first moment you enter a farm house, you will get to know the welcoming cool climate of the place which will soothe your body and soul. Lush greenery is abundant around you with different kinds of trees and vegetables farmed and you will

The farm houses combine a rural world of farming with modern amenities to create a unique stay experience be amazed by the amount of hard work that has gone into the making of this farm from a desert land. You can join the farm workers in plucking mangoes, and fresh vegetables like long beans, bitter gourds, pumpkins, watermelons, tomatoes and curry leaves from the field. If you are done with the field activities, it is time to cool off yourself in the swimming pools.

Many of the farm houses have indoor and outdoor pools of various size and depth. The evenings are for you to enjoy the chirping of birds or to have a game of football or cricket with your loved ones. At night the area will be transformed into a vast open air party lawn where you can prepare barbecue, engage in games with kids, sing to karaoke music or dance to your favourite peppy beats.

There are a lot of farms that you will find it difficult to choose from. Some of the highend farms offer luxury facilities like plush accommodation with private temperature controlled pools, quality food with bbq parties, while mid-range farms offer the facilities for your stay. You can even set up your tents inside the farms and sleep there. Another attraction is that you can take 20 to 25 people to a farm for overnight stay, which compared to hotel stay is much cheaper.

The farms are a best place for activities like educational trips for the students, company meetings, team building, and family get-togethers, birthday parties, first Holy Communion and any function of your choice. These farms are situated close to the main town and all facilities like shopping malls, hospitals, supermarkets are just 5 or 10 minutes drive away.

Many of the top-end farmhouses can be booked through websites such as Tripadvisor or Booking.com. Take a break, go away for a weekend and discover one of the farms available. Planning a trip like this will definitely clear your head by taking you away from the toil and stress of the daily life. It is an experience unlike any other.

–shafeeq@timesofoman.com Al Harthy Palms, Barka +968 9932 1332

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CITY CINEMA Contact (10 am to 6PM) 24567664 | 68 www.citycinemaoman.net facebook.com/citycinemaoman SHATTI X-Men: Apocalypse (3D) (Action) (PG12) Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 & 11:45PM Our Kind of Traitor - (2D) (Thriller ) (15+) Cast: Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis, Naomie Harris 3:30, 9:30 & 11:30PM Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead - (2D) (Comedy | Horror) (15+) Cast: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradley, Leon Burchill 11:55PM Correspondence - (2D) (Comedy) (12+) Cast: Olga Kurylenko, Jeremy Irons, Shauna Macdonald 5:30PM Hassan We Bo2loz - (2D) (Comedy) (12+) 7:30PM (Arabic) The Angry Birds Movie - (3D) (Animation) Voice Overs: Peter Dinklage, Tituss Burgess 3:30 & 7:20PM (U) Captain America: Civil War - (PG) (Action) Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr 9:15PM (3D) The Jungle Book - (3D) Drama| Family) (PG) Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley 5:15PM MUSCAT GRAND MALL X-Men: Apocalypse – 3D (PG12) Action Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender 2:00, 8:45, 11:30 PM Gold Class: 3:00, 5:45, 8:30, 11:15 PM Our Kind of Traitor – 2D (15+) Thriller Cast: Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis 4.30, 9.30, 11.45 PM Ratchet and Clank – 3D (PG) Animation Cast: James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye 2:30 PM Jungle Book – 3D (PG) Drama| Family Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley 12:30, 4:45 PM

Our Kind of Traitor - (2D) (Thriller ) (15+) Cast: Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis, Naomie Harris 3:30, 9:30 & 11:30PM

X-Men: Apocalypse (4D) (Action) MX4D (PG12) Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender Jennifer Lawrence 3:15, 6:00, 8:45 & 11:30PM

Brahmot Savam (Telugu) (2D) (Comedy) Cast: Mahesh Babu, Kajal Aggarwal, Tanikella 6:00 PM (TBC)

The Angry Birds Movie – 3D (U) Animation Voice Overs: Peter Dinklage, Tituss Burgess 12:00, 6:45 PM Captain America: Civil War– 3D (Action ) Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr 6:45 PM (PG12)

Captain America: Civil War - (PG) (Action) 8:45PM (3D) Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. The Man Who Knew Infinity - (2D) (PG) Cast: Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons 5:30PM The Jungle Book - (3D) Drama| Family) (PG) 4:45PM Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley

Sarabjit (Hindi) (2D) (Drama) (PG12) Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shiwani Saini, Randeep Hooda 3:30, 6:15, 8:45, 11:15 PM Azhar (Hindi) (2D) (Action) (PG) Cast: Nargis Fakhri, Emraan Hashmi 10:30 PM Brahmot Savam (Telugu) (2D) (Comedy) Cast: Mahesh Babu, Kajal Aggarwal, Tanikella 6:00 PM (TBC) Maruthu (Tamil) (2D) (Action) (PG12) Cast: Vishal, Sri Divya, Radha Ravi 7:45 PM

PANORAMA MALL X-Men: Apocalypse (3D) (Action) (PG12) Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 & 11:45PM X-Men: Apocalypse (4D) (Action) MX4D Cast: James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence 3:15, 6:00, 8:45 & 11:30PM (PG12) X-Men: Apocalypse (3D) (Action) (PG12) VIP LOUNGE 3:15, 6:00, 8:45 & 11:30PM Our Kind of Traitor - (2D) (Thriller ) (15+) Cast: Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis 3:30, 9:30 & 11:30PM This Time - (2D) (Tagalog) (PG12) Cast: James Reid, Nadine Lustre 7:30PM Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead - (2D) (Comedy | Horror) (15+) Cast: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey 11:30PM The Angry Birds Movie - (3D) (Animation) 3:00 & 6:45PM

AZAIBA X-Men: Apocalypse (3D) (Action ) (PG12) Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender 3:15, 9:00, 11:45 PM Our Kind of Traitor (2D) (Thriller) (15+) Cast: Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis, Naomie 3:45, 11:45 PM The Angry Bird Movie (3D) (Action) (U) Voice Overs: Peter Dinklage, Tituss Burgess 3:45 PM Chakravyuh (Kannad) (2D) (Action (PG) Cast: Puneeth Rajkumar, Rachita Ram 6:00 PM The Jungle Book (3D) (Family) (PG) Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley 5:45 PM King Liar (Mal) (2D) (Comedy) (PG12) Cast: Dileep, Madonna Sebastian, Lal 8:45 PM

RUWI Screen 1 Sarbjit(2D) (Drama ) –PG12 Cast : Aishwarya Rai, Randeep Hooda 3.30, 9.30 PM X-Men: Apocalypse (2D) (Action) PG12 Cast : Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn 6.30 PM Screen 2 X-Men: Apocalypse (2D) (Action) –PG12 Cast : Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn 3.45, 9.45 PM Sarbjit (2D) (Drama ) –PG12 6.45 PM

SUR X-Men : Apocalypse 3D (Crime ) ( PG12 ) Cast : James Mc Avoy, Michael Fassbender 4:45, 9:15, 11:45 PM Our Kind of Traitor (Thriller ) (15+ ) Cast : Ewan Mc Gregor, Damian Lewis 4:30, 9:00 PM King Liar (Malayalam | Comedy ) (PG12) Cast : Dileep, Madonna 11:00 PM The Angry Birds Movie - (3D) ( Animation) 7:15 PM ( U ) Marudu ( Tamil | Action ) (PG12) Cast : Vishal, Sri Divya, Radha Ravi 6:30 PM SOHAR X-Men: Apocalypse (PG12) (3D) (Action) Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender 3:15, 6:00, 8:45, 11:30PM Jungle Book (PG) (3D) (Adventure) Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley 5:00PM The Angry Birds Movie (U) (3D)(Comedy) Voice Overs: Peter Dinklage, Tituss Burgess 3:00, 7:00PM Our Kind of Traitor (15+) (Thriller) Cast: Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis 3:45, 9:15, 11:45PM Sarbjit (PG 12) (Hindi)(Biographical Drama) Cast : Shiwani Saini, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan 11:15PM King Liar (PG12) (Malayalam) (Comedy) Cast: Dileep, Madonna Sebastian, Lal 9:00PM Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (15+) Cast: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey 11:55PM (Horror) Captain America: Civil War 3D (PG12) 9:00PM Captain America: Civil War 2D (PG12) 3:45PM Maruthu (PG12) (Tamil/Action/Romance) 6:15PM Brahmot Savam(Telugu/Comedy/Romance) Cast: Kajal Aggarwal, Mahesh Babu, Tanikella Bharani 6:30PM BURAIMI Maruthu (PG12) (Tamil) (Action / Romance)

Cast: Vishal Krishna, Sri Divya, Radha Ravi 6:30 PM X-Men: Apocalypse (PG12) (3D) (Action) 4:30, 8:45 & 11:30 PM Jungle Book (PG) (3D) (Adventure) 4:30 PM The Angry Birds Movie (U) (3D)( Animation) Voice Overs: Peter Dinklage, Tituss Burgess, Jason Sudeikis 6:45 PM Our Kind of Traitor (15+) (Thriller) Cast: Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis, Naomie Harris 4.45, 7.00 & 9.15 PM Sarbjit (PG 12) (Hindi)(Biographical drama) Cast : Shiwani Saini, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Randeep Hooda 11.15 PM King Liar (PG12) (Malayalam) (Comedy) Cast: Dileep, Madonna Sebastian, Lal 9:00 PM Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (Comedy) Cast: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon 11:55 PM (15+) SALALAH X-Men: Apocalypse (3D) (PG12) (Action) Cast: James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence 6:00, 8:45, 11:30PM X-Men: Apocalypse (2D) (PG12) (Action) Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender 1:00, 3:45PM Captain America: Civil War (3D) (PG) (Action | Adventure| Sci-Fi) Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson 3:15, 11:15PM The Jungle Book (3D) (PG) (Adventure) Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley 2:30PM The Angry Birds Movie (3D) (U) (Animation) 12:30, 4:30PM (Eng) Voice Overs: Peter Dinklage, Tituss Burgess, Jason Sudeikis Our Kind of Traitor (2D) (15+) (Thriller) Cast: Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis, Naomie Harris 1:15, 6:30, 11:55PM Sarbjit (2D) (PG12) (Biographical Drama) Cast: Shiwani Saini, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan 8:30PM King Liar (2D) (PG12) (Malayalam) (Comedy) 9:00PM Maruthu (2D) (PG12) (Tamil) (Action ) Cast: Vishal Krishna Reddy, Sri Divya, Radha 6:15PM

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

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FROM JAALAN-SUR-QURIYAT (ROUTE 36)

15:00 15:00 15:00

05:30 05:30 05:30

Quriyat Sur Jaalan

16:30 18:00 19:30

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Sur Quriyat Ruwi

06:45 08:30 10:00

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

06:30 06:30 08:00 13:00 13:00 16.00 16.00

07:00 07:00 13:30 13:00 13:00 13:00 17:00

Sohar Buraimi Buraimi Sohar Buraimi Sohar Buraimi

08:50 Daily 11:00 Daily 14:30 Daily via Ibri 15:45 Daily 17:40 Daily 18.35 Daily 20:20 Daily

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52) Sinaw

20:50

Daily

Nizwa Yanqul

16:50 19:30

Daily Daily

Nizwa Al Araqi

Sohar Ruwi Ruwi Sohar Ruwi Sohar Ruwi

Daily Daily Daily

Daily Daily

08:55 Daily 11:40 Daily 20:20 Daily via Ibri 14:55 Daily 17:40 Daily 19:20 Daily 22:15 Daily

Sur Sur

12:00 18:45

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Fahud Yibal

07:00

Ruwi

10:25

Daily

06:00 06:00

Nizwa Ruwi

08:40 11:00

Daily Daily

15:40 15:40

Nizwa Ruwi

17:55 20:20

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Salalah Marmul Salalah Salalah

20:00 20:30 23:30 07:40

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Dubai

16:50

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Sohar Dubai Sohar Dubai Sohar Dubai

Daily Daily

12:30 12:30

Fahud Ruwi

13:15 17:30

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Ruwi Marmul Ruwi Ruwi

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TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201) 07:30 07:30 13:00 13:00 15:30 15:30

Sohar Ruwi Sohar Ruwi Sohar Ruwi

TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH/SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

07:00 07:00 07:00

16:00 16.00 16.00

Fujairah Sharjah Dubai

ERICA SOPHIA FREDERICK May 25, 2005 Send us a colour photograph of the child (below 17 years) whose birthday you are celebrating, along with his/her full name, date of birth, address, telephone number and parents’/your name to Times of Oman, With Love, PO Box 770, PC 112, Ruwi or through e-mail to lifestyle@timesofoman.com

LISTINGS

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Sharjah Fujairah Ruwi

16:30 18.15 23.00

Emergencies and inquiries: 9999 General Directorate of Passport and Residence 24569603 Directorate General of Customs 24521109 Traffic violations inquiries 24510228 Public Relations Admin 24560099 EMBASSIES IN OMAN

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DUBAI TO SALALAH (ROUTE 102)

07:00

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

10:45 19:00

TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)

SALALAH TO DUBAI (ROUTE 102) 15:00

Ruwi Ruwi

TO SALALAH -MARMUL (ROUTE 100) Daily Daily Daily Daily

TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101) Marmul

06:00 14:30

TO YIBAL - FAHUD (ROUTE 62)

10:30 11:15

TO MARMUL-SALALAH (ROUTE 100)

06:00

King Liar ( Mal) (Comedy) Cast : Dileep ,Siddique & Madonna Sebastian 9-30 pm Cinema Main; 3-30 & 6-30 pm Cinema-2 Brahmotsavam (Telugu) ( Drama) Cast : Mahesh Babu, Samantha & Kajal Agarwal 3-30 & 6-30 pm Cinema Main; 9-30 pm Cinema-2 Marudhu (Tamil) ( Act) Cast: Vishal & Sri Divya 3-45, 6-45 & 9-45 pm Cinema-4 Jacobinte Swargarajyam ( Mal) (Comedy\ Drama) Cast: Nivin Pauly, Renji Panicker & Lakshmi 3-45, 6-45 & 9-45 pm Cinema -3 Programmes are subject to change

JAGAN TEJ May 25, 2011

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60-15%

TO SUR (ROUTE 55)

TO FAHUD - YIBAL (ROUTE 62)

07:00 10:00 10:00 19:00

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

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)

10:20 12:30

TO SUR (ROUTE 55)

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STAR CINEMA

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ROYAL OMAN POLICE 07:30 14:30

The Trust (Crime / Thriller) Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood, Sky Ferreira 4.00, 8.00, 10.00 & 11.55 p.m.

CENSOR PERMIT NO : 1119 (15+) Term Life (Crime / Drama) Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn 4.00, 8.00, 10.00 & 11.55 p.m.

CENSOR PERMIT NO : 1120 (15+) Correspondence (Drama / Romance) Cast: Olga Kurylenko, Jeremy Irons, Shauna 2.00 & 6.00 p.m.

CENSOR PERMIT NO : 1125 (12+) Ratchet & Clank (Animation) Voice Overs: James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye, Jim Ward 2.00 & 6.00 p.m.

CENSOR PERMIT NO : 1126 (PG)

WEATHER

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54) 08:00 08:00

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

WITH LOVE

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)

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

BAHJA CINEMA

TO MUSCAT (RUWI)

QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (ROUTE 36)

17:30

12.09pm 3.30pm 6.51pm 8.11pm 3.56am

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

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PHARMACIES (ROUND THE CLOCK) Al Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi 24783334 Apollo Medical Centre,

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

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HOSPITALS Al Amal Medical & Health Care Centre 24485052 Atlas Hospital Ruwi 24811743/ Ghubra 24504000 Al Musafir Specialised Medical Clinic 24706453 Hatat Polyclinic LLC, Ruwi 24563641 Azaiba 24499269 Sohar 2683006 Al Raffah Hospital 24618900/1/2 Al Massaraat Clinic & Laboratory 24566435 Al Makook Medical Coordinance Centre 24499434 Apollo Medical Centre, Hamriya 24787766, 24787780

Capital Polyclinic 24707549 Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic, Ruwi 24799760/1/2 Capital Clinic, Seeb 24420740 Ceregem National Raak 24485633 Dr Harub’s Clinic 24563217 Elixir Health Centre 24565802 Emirates Medical Centre 24604540 1st Chiropractic Centre 24472274 Lifeline Hospital Salalah 23212340 International Medical Centre LLC 24794501/2/3/4/5 Kims Oman Hospital 24760100 24 Hrs Emergency 24760123 Lama Polyclinic, Sohar 26751128 MBD 24799077 Al Khuwair 24478818 Magrabi Eye and Ear Hospital 24568870 Muscat Private Hospital 24583600 Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Al Khuwair 24477666 Al Hayat International Hospital, Al Ghubra 22004000, 94267068/97049520 Al Hayat Clinic, Al Hail 22009455

AIRLINE OFFICES Muscat Airport Flight information (24 hours) 24519456/24519223 Aeroflot 24704455 Air Arabia 24700828 Air France 24562153 Air India 24799801

Air New Zealand 24700732 Biman Bangladesh Airlines 24701128 British Airways 24568777 Cathay Pacific 24789818 Egypt Air 24794113 Emirates Air 24404400 Ethiopian Airlines 24660313 Gulf Air 80072424 Indian 24791914 Iran Air 24787423 Japan Airlines 24704455 Jazeera Airways 23294848 Jet Airways 24787248 Kenya Airways 24660300 KML Royal Dutch Airlines 24566737 Kuwait Airways 24701262 LOT Polish Airlines 24796387 Lufthansa 24796692 Malaysian Airlines 24560796 Middle East Airlines 24796680 Oman Air 24531111 Pakistan International Airlines 24792471 Qatar Airways 24771900 Qantas 24559941 Royal Jordanian 24796693 Saudi Arabian Airlines 24789485 Singapore Airlines 24791233 Shaheen Air 24816565 SriLankan Airlines 24784545 Swiss International Airlines 24796692 Thai Airways 24705934

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LIFESTYLE Location: 23°08’21.9”N 57°18’41.9”E

Colourful Door of Misfat Al Abryeen Misfat Al Abryeen is a mountain village near Al Hamra.Walk through one of the ancient rock arches to time-travel back to the 12th century. This is an ancient landthatpredateshistoryandscript.The contrastinglypainteddoorsandwindows are unique to this ancient village.

-Mohammed Shafeeqe

IN THE NEWS

Emirates Opens New Lounge at Cape Town International Airport

Photography: Supplied

The new lounge becomes the airline’s 39th across its global network DUBAI: Emirates’ premium and loyal customers can now look forward to even greater levels of comfort, hospitality, and convenience with the opening of the airline’s new two-level premium lounge at the Cape Town International Airport in South Africa.

All Emirates First Class and Business Class customers, as well as Skywards Platinum and Gold members travelling from Cape Town to Dubai will have complimentary access to the new facility, which has the capacity to accommodate 123 people comfortably.

The lounge, which was recently opened, represents an investment of $289 million by the airline. It is conveniently located in the international departures corridor next to Emirates’ preferred boarding point at Gate A3.

Emirates’ airport lounges are an integral part of the airline’s service and product offering for its premium and loyal customers, and the

continued investment in airport services ensures the airline pays as much attention on providing luxury and comfort on the ground as it does on board it flights.

Designed with a focus on comfort and quality, the new lounge, coupled with complimentary chauffeur drive service in Cape Town, dedicated check-in counters, as well as Emirates’ award winning on board service, ensures premium customers have a seamless, comfortable and enjoyable journey from the moment they start their travel until they arrive at their destination.

Emirates expects to welcome approximately 65-70 premium customers on a daily basis at the lounge.

Cape Town has become Emirates’ 39th lounge in its network of over 150 global points and the 14th destination to feature the airline’s new lounge design concept, which includes Italian marble floors,

leather armchairs, and walnut wood finishes creating an upmarket contemporary space with a fresh relaxing atmosphere.

It offers a dedicated dining area with a choice of bar seating, an extensive menu of complimentary hot and cold gourmet foods served buffet style, including local dishes, and a beverage service.

Customers will also have access to a fully equipped business centre with state-of-the-art touch screen workstations, complimentary WiFi and a dedicated lift to access the upper level of the lounge, which offers a quiet seating area, main dining room, a second TV area, main restroom with showers, and a prayer room. Emirates currently operates two daily flights between Cape Town and Dubai with its popular Boeing 777 aircraft.

The airline will launch a third daily service between the two cities from July 4, 2016.

—lifestyle@timesofoman.com

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016

LIFESTYLE

Fish and Folklore From ancient times Oman has been known as a seafaring nation. The vast stretch of beautiful coast, peppered with bubbling fishing villages from north to the south are some of the must-visit places.

T

o get a glimpse of the ‘real’ Oman, one should visit these charming fishing villages. In Muscat the famous fishing villages are Sidab, Seeb, Muttrah, Darsait, Azaiba, Yiti, Sifah, and Qurum. These are the spots to watch the real beach life and a good variety of fishes.

The fishermen are seen near the beach in the early morning light, preparing their nets and boats on the beaches. The seemingly sleepy fishing villages become live when the day’s catch being hauled in with the arrival of fish merchants, agents, buyers, ice vendors, zigzagging Land Cruiser pick-ups, and a lot of birds. Fishing has been the mainstay of income for generations in these villages, well-supported by the abundance of tropical fish varieties in the Sea of Oman and down the Arabian Sea. But many of the fisher folk feel that their lives are in jeopardy with the arrival of big water front development projects.

Photography: MMG photographers/ Shutterstock

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DAILY GUIDE FOR RENT

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COLD STORE ROOMS

FOR RENT

Available at a prime location on azaiba service road (previously occupied by A’Saffa Foods) near Al Turky and Mazda showroom

Contact: 95215289, 99229263, 93221054

FOR RENT OFFICES & OUTLETS IN PRIME LOCATIONS: MAIN ROAD – MIDDLE OF THE MARKET AT: WALJA – HAMRIYA – SEEB - BARKA

CALL: 99332242 / 99106193 khamisco@alkhamis.com.om

Three storied villa for rent At Fahud Street, Qurum 16 Total four bedrooms Having spacious halls Drawing & dining rooms Majlis Two kitchen, store room With split A/C units in all rooms Servant rooms & pantry Care taker room with toilet.

Contact – 24785555/ 93394444 Villa No.1259 Fahud Street, Qurum 16

7 rooms villa at split AC 18th November road Azaiba.

Contact: 99224748 / 99332297 New flats Wadi Al Kabir.

Contact: 92130703

Office 55SQ.Mtrs & 2B/R at Bausher directly from owner. Contact: 92158031

Villa for rent in Al Hail South one at first floor and other at Ground floor.

Contact: 99546777 Available for lease Open Commercial Land of 21370 sqm near AL Nahda Resort, Shaksuk, Barka.

Contact : 99337160 Office for rent in Al Ansab near bank Muscat. Contact: 99466173

Spacious 1BHK flat in Darsait & fully furnished 2 BHK flat in Shatti Al Qurum. Contact: 99369081 Ware house open type in Saham, shared basis at OMR 150.00 P.M. Contact +968 99450811 & 9921 3487, EMAIL: Shiju@spec-link.com House in North Al Hail with 3 rooms, living room, hall, 4 toilets 300 RO. Contact 99738881 / 99439568

3 Rooms, 2 Toilets Flat for Rent.

18 November Street. Near Mars Hypermarket and The Chedi.

Ghobrah -Good for Commercial or Residential use. OMR 295/- month.

Call 94477222

2 bed rooms flat with hall, 2 bathrooms in Darsait near Muscat Municipality. Contact: 92584715 / 24700120

1000 sqmtrs industrial land for rent in Ghala suitable for warehouse workshop etc. Contact 24700120 / 92584715

Plot at Barka next to Germany College & next to Aramex Company, next to Bahwan Warehouse, next to Omasco warehouse 37,074 SQM2 required 0.250 Baiza per SQM. Contact: 99888390

Al Khuwair 17, villa 3 B. Rooms, 3 toilets, kitchen, hall owner.

Contact: 99385553

Shop for rent at Wadi Kabir Industrial area. Contact: 99888390

1BHK Flats for rent, behind Sheraton hotel in Ruwi, rent R.O 250/per month. Contact: 96051941

Just 2 OMR / Sqm, Showroom / store for rent Ground floor & basement, area - 1100 Sqm, location Seh Al Ahmer, 20 km to Rusayl.

Contact: 97714433 / 93437982

Flats for rent at Just RO 160/- 2 Bed room, hall, kitchen , 2 toilets, location Seh Al Ahmer, 20 KM to Rusayl, including AC & roof Garden.

Contact: 97714433 / 93437982

Double bedroom flats available in Honda road, Ruwi and Mabellah.

Contact: 24833972/ 24833974 Mobile 99367448

Villa for rent in Al Ghubrah, 5 rooms, hall. Contact: 91763665

3 Bedroom well maintained flat (villa Type only 2 flats in villa) in Al Khuwair, behind Al Akhtam Restaurant villa No 1841, Way No 3922--- block no 239.

Contact: 99462980

Al Khuwair 17 a new room, toilet, kitchen, deluxe owner.

Contact: 99385553 Staff Complex villa (Al Khuwair 17) 10 rooms, 10 toilets, 7 kitchens.

Owner Contact: 99385553

Flat for rent in Al Qurum, 3 rooms & hall. Contact: 91763660

2 BHK at Azaiba behind Bahwan half KM. Contact: 99224748 / 99332297

Flat for rent in Al Khoud, 2 rooms & hall. Contact: 917633665

For rent New flats at Darsait Al Sahail. Contact: 99777351

Flat for rent in Wadi Al Kabeer including 3 rooms with ACs. Contact: 99333639

House in Darsait 3 rooms, kitchen, 1 bathroom with A/C. Contact: 95522405

1BHK flat in Ruwi for family.

Contact- 92947251 1 BHK and 2BHK Flats available near Lulu Darsait (Main road, Opp. to Min. of Defense). Contact : 93202733 Flat for rent : flat available at Hamriya & Wadi Kabir. Contact: 97380548 / 99680499 4 bedroom villa at Madinat Illam Office / 1 BHK Ruwi. #95915154 1BHK Ghubra R.O 275/-.

Contact: 92144045 3BHK Al Khuwair R.O 375/-.

Contact: 92144045 1BHK Mumtaz R.O 225/-.

Contact: 92144045 1BHK Darsait R.O 225/-.

Contact: 92144045 Room Al Khuwair R.O 110/-.

Contact: 97799175

5 bedroom brand new villas for rent in Al Khoud, near Al Ruwad International School.

Contact: 99447002 / 99352441 2 BHK at Mawaleh North, near Sadiq Al Amin Mosque.

Contact: 99224748 / 99332297 For rent Gym & Health club for rent in Al Khoud near Al Ruwad International School.

Contact: 99447002 / 99352441 1 bedroom family / bachelors in Al Khuwair R.O 100/-.

Contact: 95154331 Villa for rent in Al Khoud, 6 rooms, hall. Contact: 91763665 5 BHK Villa in Al Khuwair, for Staff Accommodation. Contact 99792181 2 & 3 BHK Flat in Al Khuwair & Ghubra. Contact 99792181 Flat for rent Al Hail North to the Wave Muscat ground floor with furniture the price RO 250/-.

Contact: 99353433

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FOR RENT

FURNISHED OFFICES FOR RENT

Commercial Space For Rent

Available at a prime location on Azaiba Service Road (Previously Occupied by A’Saffa Foods) near Al Turky and Mazda showroom.

Commercial Space in Al Khuwair. Ideal for Coffee Shop / Restaurant / Office Space / Showroom 27sqm / 68sqm / 128sqm

Contact: 96775026

Contact: 95215289, 99229263, 93221054

3000 Sqr mtrs compound land in Misfah. Contact 99792181 Flat in Al Bustan in Muscat, 4 rooms, 3 bathrooms, family hall, kitchen with spilt unit air conditioner 400/- O.R. Contact: 96228232 / 92776303 1 B/R Fully Furnished Luxury Apartment @ Al Khuwair 33. 2 B/R Fully Furnished Luxury Apartment @ Al Khuwair 33. 4 B/R Unfurnished Apartment with attached Split A/C @ Azaiba. Contact: Atlas Real Estate & Rent A Car LLC : 99249069 / 94617563/ 99436312, Email: info@alshahiintl.com Flats in Wadi Kabir. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Four bedroom two floors luxurious and spacious residential villa in Al Hail North, near to the sea and Oman oil. Each room has its own bathroom. It has splits A/C’s and shaded car park. OMR 750 monthly. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 or 97509955 2BHK split A/C 200/- Monthly & 1BHK spilt A/C 150/- monthly new building good location Barka Market. contact 99342661 4 BHK Villa in Bowsher Heights.

Contact 99792181 1700 sqr mtrs open Land + small store + garage for Rent in Ruwi.

Contact 99792181 Shop for rent good location main road behind wholesale hyper market Amerat space 11 MT long, 4 MT Width. Contact: 92877449

Flats for rent, rooms in Al Khuwair. Contact: 93830111

Two bedrooms flat in Al Ghobrah near Oman Oil of 18 November Street.

OMR 330 Monthly. Contact 99333479 or 95215360 or 97509955.

Flat for rent 2 bedrooms in Ruwi Mumtaz area. Contact: 91409667 / 24291500

Villa in Al Khoud consists of 6 bedrooms, 1 sitting & living room. Contact: 91153933

Ware house in Ghala for rent (400/ 800/ 1200/ 3300 SQM).

Contact: 91155779

Flats in Ghobrah. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Hotel for investment.

Contact: 91155779 2/3 BHK in Al Khuwair for rent.

Contact: 91155779 Flats, shops & store for rent in MBD area Ruwi, Mumtaz area.

Contact: 97293708 / 92433127

Flats in Muttrah. Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Flat for rent in Al Khuwair 33.

Contact: 92277419 2 BHK flat at Ruwi Mumtaz area RO 320/-. Contact: 99358589 / 97079146 / 95570288

Offices and Flats in Ghala.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688

02 BHK residential flat opposite to Al Nahdha hospital.

Contact: 99342733 /99795241

Fully Furnished apartments in Boucher (35). Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Villa in Bousher consists of 5 rooms, 1 hall & living room.

Contact: 91153933

1BHK at Hamriya near Muscat Pharmacy & 2 BHK at Mawaleh near Mosque Sadiq Al Amin.

Contact: 99224748 / 99332297

Villa in Al Ghubra consists of 5 bedrooms, 1 hall and living room.

Contact: 91153933

Flats in Darsait. Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Brand new villas in Al Ansab. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Room with 9 bathrooms in Bousher for rent. Contact: 91153933 Apartment in Al Khoudh consists of 2 room & hall.

Contact: 91153933

Running Coffee Shop at Hamariya/Ruwi for sale with CR & Visa.

Contact : 92824153 / 99881187 Commercial land in first line in Barka for sale. Contact: 91155779 Farm in Barka for sale.

Contact: 91155779

FOR RENT Flat in Al Bustan in Muscat, 3 rooms, 3 bathrooms, family hall, kitchen, store, laundry with spilt unit air condition 350/- O.R. Contact : 98919037

FOR SALE

2 bed rooms flat with hall, 2 bathrooms in Darsait near Muscat Municipality.

Contact: 92584715/ 24700120 Fully furnished offices in Ghala main Street. Contact: 94300909 Offices & Showrooms in Al Khood.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Flats In Qurum.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688 2BHK Big Size Flat Behind Bank Muscat, Wadi Kabir. Near ISWK. 97826454, 24815012.

Villa for sale in Mabela 6 rooms, living room & hall.

Contact: 91763665 Dental chairs for sale sparingly used dental units for sale.

Contact Mr. Ansari 92616343.

Kumar 99570284 Dental clinic for immediate sale doctor going abroad. Contact: 92882209 / 96373097 2 Shops for sale at prime location in Ghobra. Contact: 96381294 Bozlur Building in Al Khuwair at prime location for sale. Contact: 91155779

2BHK split A/C for rent Muttrah near Oman House.

Contact: 97007934 / 92629232

Commercial /R land in Al Khuwair for sale. Contact: 91155779

1BHK Studio flat near Star Cinema RO 180/-. Contact: 99358589 / 97079146 / 95570288

Luxury Apartments in Boucher (35). Contact 95056808 / 97201688

Flat for Rent 2 bed room Near ISM muscat Indian Scoole Dar sate Tel : 00 968 95158570

Shop for sale near Oman House, Muttrah. Contact 99024362.

Furnished office (61M2) for sale / rent Al Khuwair near Zawawi Mosque. Contact: 95611569 Warehouse at Wadikabir - total area 3500 sqm - covered warehouse (500sqm), office, accommodation (1000sqm), open area (2000sqm) please contact: 99273774 - 99202278 Flat for rent 2 BHK 2 split A/C, 2 toilets, Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti Masjid. Contact: 97007934 / 92629232 1 Bed room, sharing K& T, R.O 100, 2 bedrooms , sharing K& T R.O 200/in AL Khuwair. Contact: 95154331 Flat in Al Khuwair opp grand mall 4 room 3 toilet + hall kitchen in 3 floor 400. Contact 99420346 Flat for rent in South AlGhubrah 3 rooms, hall and 3 toilets, kitchen rent 450/-. Contact: 99335580

BUYING Bobcat available for rent.

Contact 97623299 Buying cars for cash.

Contact: 90202090

Ware house in W/K for Sale.

Contact: 91155779 Single colorful Bed and Sofa for Sale at Al Khuwair. Contact 92881849 / What`s up No 97290565 400 sq mtrs Commercial/Residential land in Mabela Phase 5 Block 2. OMR 165 Thousand.

Contact 99333479 or 95215360 or 97509955 Commercial /R land in Ghala (Industrial area) for sale.

Contact: 91155779 Villa in Al Qurum / Azaiba/ Mawaleh for sale. Contact: 91155779 Steel Scrap materials for immediate sale. Contact 99273774/ 99202278 Space for printing press available at wadikabir with or without machinery. Contact 99328430 HD Scaffoldings, Shuttering Jacks, Wooden Planks, Shuttering wood assorted, Tower hoist (lift), Concrete Mixer, Bending Machine, Steel Fabrication Machinery (Searing/Cutting, lathe & Welding) including tools for immediate sale: Contact 99273774/ 99202278

PORTA CABINS

FOR SALE Two Porta Cabins of Size 12mX3.6m and 11mX3.6m In good condition.

Contact Lal 99418657 or Vijay 24492813 99147207 FOR SALE Apartment for sale location Bowshar apartment 105m has one sitting room, kitchen, balcony, two rooms with cupboards & curtains & 3 toilets. Contact: 99822260 / 94400777 6 Villas of six bedrooms each under construction in one compound in Bausher near Muscat Private hospital. Prices range from 165 thousand to 179 thousand for each villa. Each villa has three floors and 369 sq mtrs build up area. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 or 97509955 Working beauty parlour for sale at Al Ghubra. Contact: 98178135 Double Shutter 80 sq mtrs corner textile shop in Seeb Souq for sale.

Contact 99326339 Urgent sale of steel scrap only serious buyers kindly contact +968 96725423 for viewing the items.

Almost new beach/ garden lounge chairs /bar stools/ counter.

Photos can be sent 95865457

ACC. AVAILABLE Two bedrooms, flat available, just behind ISM. Contact: 99467374 Furnished single room available for Executive bachelor or small family in Walja near Honda road Ruwi. Contact: 99016546 Semi furnished big room with separate entrance attached bathroom near Indian School Al Ghubra for non cooking Indian Executive bachelor. Contact: 95146361 / 92657598 Big single room with AC, separate toilet, kitchen at Al Hail highway side preferred South Indians rent RO 90/-. Contact: 98593040 Semi furnished room for single bachelor at Muttrah R.O 85/-, WIFI & E/W. Contact: 92828615 Independent room in Qurum/Hail Contact: 95529970

ACC. AVAILABLE Room available for family / bachelor opposite to o.K. Center, Ruwi.

Gsm 942-888-63 Full Furnished room with attached bathroom near Star Cinema for ex. Bachelor/lady. Contact 92886715 / 99782133 Room furnished attached for Executives in Mumtaz area.

Contact: 99334770 Room with attached bathroom for a family in Wadi Kabir.

Contact 97167857 Spacious semi furnished room with separate bathroom for executive bachelor Opp. O.C. Centre Ruwi . Call : 90611670 Villa for rent in South Mabellah, 3 bedrooms, sitting room, family Lounge, kitchen, three Toilets Contact 92212212 between 10 AM to 5 PM. 1 BHK appartment for rent in Al Khoud Shabiya near mazoon mosque for rent (next to alkhoud medical center and squ) MOB: 93913224 Furnished apartment for rent, two rooms, majlis, hall, kitchen.

Near Carrefour al-mawalah.

Contact 99336776 Small old house for rent in Ghobra. Contact: 97165972 Room with attached bathroom for working ladies in a flat in M.B.D. Contact: 99764307 Furnish bedroom with attach bathroom for executive bachelor.

Contact: 97704794 Room with attached bathroom and sharing kitchen available for Executive bachelor or small family at wadikabir Contact 93049849

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT

A leading Travel Agency in Oman requires the following staff for immediate employment.

Accounts Assistant Sales Executive Reservation Assistant With valid Omani driving license and 2-4 years experience in IATA Accredited Travel Agency.

Send CV at Email : hojobs2016@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTED

REQUIRED URGENTLY An experienced Cold Store Technician For a well-established Muscat based Frozen Foods Distribution Company.

Must have sound knowledge of cold room installation/ maintenance and air conditioning maintenance experience.

nationalcoldstores@gmail.com A renowned school in Muscat is looking for competent & experienced teachers to teach the following subjects

Senior Accountant 5 years experience NOC available up to finalization valid D/L. Contact: 96339599 Email: ahmedmohdkhan@gmail.com

at: applyigcse@gmail.com

HOTEL MANAGER SALES EXECUTIVES (Dubai, Saudi, Qatar & Oman)

an Accountant

A Prominent Building Materials Trading Company requires Sales Executives for various GCC locations.

Graduates with minimum 3 year experience in Sales may sent their resume to

With minimum 3-5 years Oman / GCC experience for a reputed Trading & Contracting Co. located in Azaiba.

Candidate must have Oman D/L & NOC.

cv4gcc@gmail.com ACCOUNTS & FINANCE Wanted an experienced Accountant. Forward your CV to ami.almoosa@gmail.com

BEAUTICIAN Require Employee for Saloon in Al Amerat, should have experience.

Contact: 90600688

DOMESTIC HELPER Required Office Boy. Contact : 91120552 House maid for small Omani family.

Contact: 92158031 Required house maid part time in Azaiba for Keralite family.

Contact : 96758982 A full time living Housemaid required for an Indian family in Ghobrah. Contact: 97335255

DRIVER Required Omani Driver for a restaurant. Contact 95929911 Wanted a experience Driver for Capital and Interior work.

Gsm : 942-888-63

Wanted driver. Contact: 97165972

DESIGNER Urgently required Designer minimum 5 years experience with different design concept and any related jobs Contact: 93218176 / Email: joboman88@gmail.com

EDUCATION/TRAINING Teachers required Math, Science & English with B.Sc, B.Ed & B.A, B. Ed for Omani Private School in North Al Hail. Contact: 95141554 / 95825772

Send your CV: info@styletrading.net Fax: 244 95 411 MEDICAL Urgently required Pharmacist & MOH licensed female Dentist for a reputed polyclinic. Send CV : manageribnalhaitham@yahoo.com or call 96721709.

Wanted G.P Doctor, Pharmacist, Lab Technician and Staff Nurse for a running medical clinic near Sohar area. Contact 95272672 Care Medical Centre Al Seeb requires Gynecologist and General Practitioner.

Mail CV to:sarita_h23@yahoo.com Required Office Assistant with driving license present in Oman, Electrical B.Tech with 5 years of Oman experience & D/L electrical with ITI Industrial & MEDC license.

Contact: 99454425 Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately for a clinic in Suwaiq.

Contact: 95081010 Email: umchealthcare@gmail.com Wanted expatriate legal professional. Forward your CV to lawfirmfm@gmail.com Required Lab Technician, X- Ray Technician, Staff Nurses & Doctors.

Contact: 99681325 Email: pmsunilkumar@hotmail.com Wanted Nurse for a dental centre at Qurum. Interested candidates may contact the below or mail : drasyanaseem@gmail.com or Contact 99458844 Wanted Staff Nurse for a dermatology clinic in Muscat .

Must have MOH license and NOC. Attractive salary offered. Email: clinicvacancy2015@gmail.com GP doctor needed for reputed clinic. Preferably with MOH license or with Dataflow & Paramatics pass Contact: 95388934 Require a qualified Nurse to take care of an elderly female.

Contact: 99425200

ENGINEER/MECHANIC. MISCELLANEOUS Required for a leading Engineering Consultancy firm experienced Office Secretary. Send CV to: mail@abdullamukadam.com Fax: 24614398 Civil Engineer, Masons, Helpers, Shuttering, Carpenters, Steel fixers with 5 yrs experience in Oman.

Contact: 97491117

IT Required Shop Sales man + Hardware Technician for IT Company with minimum 2 years experience.

Contact: 98825806 / 98825806, Email: info@rns-group.com

Required candidates for following posts: Accountant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Van-salesman (water), Helpers.

Candidates with Omani driving license preferred.

Contact 99273774/99202278

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE Female Executive Secretary for MD Indian / Philippine Minimum 5years experience in HR and other administration work. Immediate appointment & attractive package.

Send your CV with passport size photo to E-mail: dsjob913@gmail.com

Part Time Accounting, Audit Preparation, Internal Audit, Monthly Reports, Accounting set up for new companies, Project Report for Bank Loan purposes. GSM : 96975454, email: ibfc.gcc@gmail.com Indian male good experience in accounts, Admin & ERP, Tally 9 NOC available looking for suitable job.

Contact: 94834687

Applications may be mailed to the HR Manager:

English (for primary & secondary) Primary Math’s & ICT Experience: minimum 3 years Qualification: Masters/ Bachelors in the relevant subject B.Ed/ M.Ed Only eligible candidate with the required experience and qualifications may apply by 30th May, 2016

Urgently required

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

A new modern 3 star hotel located in a prime location at Bawshar – Muscat is looking for a Hotel Manager. The Candidate should be a holder of degree or an equivalent qualification in Hotel Management and should have at least 5 years’ experience at the Hotel industry with 2 years at least as Hotel manager.

Interested Candidates can e-mail CV’s to Qaisbahwan@yahoo.com

URGENTLY REQUIRED

PROTECTION ENGINEER LEADING GRADE1 ELECTRICAL CONSULTANCY FIRM FOR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS IN OMAN NEEDS AN ELECTRICAL PROTECTION ENGINEER VERY URGENTLY. CANDIDATES SHOULD BE GRADUATE ELECTRICAL ENGINEER WITH MORE THAN 7 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN PROTECTION. DCRP OMAN LICENCE HOLDER WITH NOC WILL BE AN ADDED ADVANTAGE INTERESTED CANDIDATES PLEASE CONTACT : TELESCOPE ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY PO BOX : 270, POSTAL CODE 115 MR. M. RAJASEKARAN : +968 98340555, EMAIL : raj.telescope@gmail.com

SALES / MARKETING Urgently required Printing & Stationary Salesman (minimum 3 years experience in field.

Contact: 93218176 / Email: joboman88@gmail.com Require Freshers & experienced Receptionists, insurance underwriters & marketing executives with fluency in English (Omani & expatriates) apply to insure@dotintl.com

Accountant available with NOC, plus 10 years experience up to finalization of Accounting, Inventory Control on Tally ERP9, ready to join immediately. Contact: 97667273 Email: babujashid@gmail.com Chief Accountant well experienced with reputed group available for immediate joining.

Contact : 98803439 / 97413784.

MBA female looking for job in accounting or in marketing or Administration department having 1 year experience have knowledge of Tally ERP9, MS Word.

Contact: 95910427 Email: ritashivprasad111@gmail.com

Part Time Accountant, up to finalization of accounts, looking for job after 5 PM (location prefer MSQ to Al Hail). Contact: 90935099

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

Required Indian Mason – 5 nos., eligibility (minimum 5 yrs experience in road construction field).

Contact: 99882127 Email: georgymv@yahoo.com

Required Sales Merchandiser Age 21-30 status: Single, English speaking, experience 2 years minimum, Salary RO 300/(Accommodation+ transportation).

Contact: 93875654

B.Com Graduate 10 years experience in Oman accounts & auditing.

NOC available. Contact: 95716128 mail: jaigomesh.ganesh@gmail.com

Required fresh Graduate in Sales / marketing with valid D/L. Send CV on Email : citycom213@gmail.com

Sales person with 10 years experience in logistics sales. Attractive salary and incentive scheme.

Required for the fastest growing logistics company in Oman.

Will be required to recruit and develop a sales team.

Email: telljobs@gmail.com

Required smart, young, dynamic Sales & Marketing Executive having 2-3 years sales experience for a reputed manufacturing company in Oman, having its Head Office in Ruwi. Experience in building materials is an added advantage. Omani Driving License and NOC is a must.

Attractive remuneration package.

Apply with photograph to E-mail: salesjobds@gmail.com

Indian CA, male 34yrs and 14+ Yrs exp. in A/Cs, finance, auditing, consultancy and knows SAPB1,Tally ERP etc. , Oman D/L .Currently in Oman. NOC available.

Please contact: 94704800, Email: omanjobca@gmail.com.

Indian female with B.Com & CA Inter having overall 12 years experience in accounting / finance field, now on visit visa.

Contact: 90651102

Urgently required Offset Printer (5 years experience in the same and well versed in any related jobs. Contact: 93218176 / Email: joboman88@gmail.com

Required smart, young, dynamic Sales & Marketing Executive having 2-3 years sales experience for a reputed manufacturing company in Oman, Experience in building materials is an added advantage. Omani Driving License and NOC is a must. Attractive remuneration package.

Apply with photograph to E-mail: salesjobds@gmail.com

Indian Accountant with 15 yrs experience / driving license 8 yrs in Oman local release available.

Contact: 93477447 Email: s4svpai@gmail.com

Required female person to work at the retail shop/Marketing.

Please send your CV on e mail: Zeyanaalharmaly@yahoo.com

Experienced Sales and Marketing Executive required for Indian restaurant, valid driving license preferred. Email CV to deepak@jashnoman.com

Required marketing / PR manager for a modern restaurant group in Oman , proficient in illustrator & Photoshop charismatic , proactive , creative & flexible excellent writing / Editing skills degree in relevant area fluent in English.

Send CV to marketingpr2016@gmail.com

Indian male 32 Chartered Accountant having 2 years Oman experience looking for suitable placement in finance & Audit fields.

Contact: 96357827 Email: ubaiskeeran@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Qualified and experienced MBA post graduate with proven work exposure in Middle East & India, having more than 5.5 years of rich experience in accounts , project coordination and administration in (3.5 years UAE experience) oil and gas projects is currently looking for suitable job. Contact 93953613, Email-allen.mathew83@gmail.com Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in accounts/ finance field. On visit visa.

Immediately available.

Contact 92836216 / muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com

American Certified Manager (6 sigma, CPPM) with MBA, PMP trained having 10 years, UAE cross functional experience in procurement, projects management, supply chain, facilities & Administration with UAE D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact: 90772927 Email: callshebin@gmail.com MBA & BBA (Hons) finance & having three years experience in accounts & seeking suitable job on visit visa, immediately joining. All documents are attested and verified from Oman.

Contact: 00968 94044125 Omani female looking for job exp in accounts date entry customer service & PRO. Contact: 91161736 Indian male 43 yrs, M.Com – Finance with 5 yrs experience in Accounts in India, presently in visiting visa looking for a suitable placement. Contact: 93671785 Email: jeyan903@gmail.com Qualified CA & CS, CISA (pursuing) Indian male 10 yrs managerial experience, working in bank seeking suitable placement open to any GCC. Contact: 90788509 Email: kartirevy@gmail.com Accountant Assistant BBA, exp, Tally have 2 yr valid VISA PH : 98269281

Indian, Kerala Male B.COM & B.PE, Currently on Visit Visa. Looking for a suitable job in Accounts, Store Keeper, Sales etc. Ready to join as early as possible.

Contact: 96988923 email:- sajith3969@gmail.com

Young Indian male ACCA finalist with B.Sc (Hons) in applied Accounting with 3 years experience & holding valid Omani driving license seeks immediate placement, NOC available.

Contact: 92851056

Senior Accountant Indian male 10 years experience (8 yrs in Oman) with D/L & NOC, Accounts upto finalization.

Contact: 99582979 / 97373853

ACCA member with 6 yrs of experience in Oman looking for a suitable job in finance.

Contact: 99284193

Sudanese accountant holding BSC, CIB 8 Post Graduate Diploma in financial management with Banking experience in projects finance. Contact: 99061339

Indian/MBA/male Chief Accountant 18Yrs Experience, MIS, C.Flow, Budgeting, ERP, Cost accounting & Liasing with auditors. NOC available. Contact: 92254691/97826674 email: khader2305@gmail.com

Indian (Male) having 17+years Experience in Trading & Healthcare seeking senior Position in Accounts (11 years GCC Experience ) currently on Resident Visa (NOC Available ) and has a valid Omani Driving Licence. Contact: 91335026; skumartp@gmail.com Indian male 26 years MBA experience in Accountant & Administration in a MNC company currently on visit visa ready to join.

Contact: +968 92194987 email: achal1989@hotmail.com Indian male Accountant looking for a suitable placement in Salalah.

More than 20 yrs experience in Accounting job (upto the finalization of Accounts), 8 yrs working experience in Middle East in Dubai, Muscat & Salalah. Contact 91325029.

Sri Lankan, Senior Accountant with 6 Years experience, 2 years in Oman, BBA, Reading MBA , CA Inter Looking for Suitable Job, have Valid Oman Driving License, NOC Available. Contact 97250638 msmnaja@gmail.com Indian male age 26, Accountant one year experience in accounts looking for suitable job. Contact Email: Anishkhan991867@gmail.Com Mobile: +968 9565 9415 Senior Accounts Executive, B.Com, 05 years experience in India, seeking urgent job in Oman.

Contact 919900077458, +968-98444359, Email:syedtou23@gmail.com.

Fresher 24, ACCA Affiliate, Advanced diploma in Accounting and Business seeking suitable placement in Accounts, Finance or Audit with Oman driving license.

Contact - 92430152 Email - raju.rd619@gmail.com Accounts part time services, available to handle all accounts up to finalization on monthly basis.

Finalization and audit works.

Contact: 96247295 28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/ India experience looking for a suitable placement.

Contact 90187483 shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA Finance and marketing with IT skills, 7+ yrs of experience, Looking for suitable placement. contact 94879615,Emailsajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com Accountant available with NOC, 7 years experience in Oman.

Ready to join immediately.

Contact 98263394 Indian female M.Com with Oman driving license having 10+ years experience in Accounts & Administration in Oman seeking suitable job, NOC available. Contact: 91609799 Sudanese Accountant, Alexandria University Graduate bachelor of commerce Diploma of Marketing professional photographer worked in PR and social media for 2 years looking for a job in public relations media, social media or marketing.

Contact: 96976240 Accountant 8Years Experience with D/L and NOC. Contact 97712084 Accountant Indian male with 7 years experience up to finalization in tally & accounts receivable SAP R/3, good knowledge of payroll having Oman D/L, NOC. Contact 93733996 Email Id: thmsb182@gmail.com

ARCHITECT ARCHITECT, Indian Female with 4 years experience in Oman, well versed in related softwares, seeks suitable placement. Contact email: samarch0409@gmail.com GSM 96207476 Indian female diploma architect 6 years exp in Oman Engineering consultancy, valid Oman driving license. Contact: 96683293 / 97750870 Architect looking for a private & freelance work in design & modeling in 3ds max & architecture.

Contact: 96041201

ADMIN Indian female MBA (HR) 4 yrs exp in HR & Admin in India & Oman looking suitable placement.

Contact: 95619537

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION WANTED Mechanical Engineer & Project Manager Sudanese 29 yrs, more than 3 yrs experience in Mining Company, Profession:Production & manufacturing, safety, fire fighting designing, Engineering Management, sales – Muscat, Oman.

Contact 968 93642704, Email : mohamedfdl87@gmail.com

MANAGER, CIPD HR

Indian male MBA

With 13 years experience in GCC and Oman. Competent in Sales, Marketing, Business operation and administration.

Interested employer please call

Finance & Marketing 25 yrs having 1.9 years of experience Finance & Marketing Contact: 95206140/ 96992013

Indian male, Diploma Engineer with BBA & 16 yrs experience in Oman, worked with MNC in retail (Telecom/ Lubricant sales) and with construction industry handling various products & subcontract projects.

Holding valid Oman D/L, NOC available.

97728418

bonnythomas007@gmail.com

Email:

Contact 96960991, Email : sunap1968@gmail.com

ADMIN

DRIVER

With 15 years of Gulf experience in HR / Admin / logistics looking for suitable position. Fluent in Arabic / English with D/L. Contact: 95824598 Tamil Nadu female BE, (ECE) MBA (HR) 25 years, 6 months experience business consult (HR) currently under family visa looking for suitable position. Contact: 99502581 Indian female 27 yrs MBA HR with 3.6 yrs exp in HR / Marketing / Customer relation currently in Muscat on visit visa. Contact: 97205038 Email: chandpriya89@gmail.com Indian male Post Graduate in HR 19 years (8 Years in Oman) well experienced in HR / Admin in Oil & Gas, Construction fields with Oman D/L seeks suitable position.

Release / NOC available.

Contact 92854993.

Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+ experience in Administration/HR, Customer Support, Office Coordinator with good Computer skill, Now on Visit Visa,looking for suitable position. Contact: 90196235 Indian female BE (EC) with 2 years HR /IT/ Admin experience looking suitable placement now in visit visa.

Contact: 93263169

Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp seeks suitable position ina reputed company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711

Light driver / Salesman fluent in English, Arabic well knowledge of Muscat Areas. Contact: 97950869

Civil Engineer 8 years experience Structural buildings marine.

Available NOC release.

Contact: 92451323.

Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com

Driver with light duty license, 10 yrs experience.

Contact: 92742722 Light driver available.

Contact: 95501608 Light driver available.

Contact: 91362475 Looking for weekly light driving job, experience 5 years.

Contact: 92640278 Light driver. Contact: 99775728 Looking for driving job experience 5 years, Pakistani.

Contact: 96046242 / 93804176 3 years experience looking for job. Contact: 96457875 Light vehicle driver. Contact: 95891087

Receptionist (BSC Hotel Management) Indian male 26 years experience in Taj, Ramada, Crowne Plaza looking for position, now in Oman (Salalah) on visit visa.

Contact: 99780896

Light driver with 6 years experience looking for job.

Contact: 92617293

Indian, 20 years experience in Oman as Personal Assistant / Office Manager / Executive Secretary / Senior Administrator / Business Development Asst. seeks job change. Release available.

Contact 99168054.

Driver with car. Contact: 93346085

Dynamic Indian male with 5 years Oman & Indian experience in Administration, purchase, marketing with valid Oman driving license seeks placement, also a certified SAP SD. Contact: 93846053 Filipino HRD especialist / material controller supervisor with 18 yrs experience looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142 / (+968) 92659817 Young Omani male have experience 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK Helper Supervisor Admin Supervisor, H.R Manager have diploma in H.S.E, IT and P.D.O license, looking for H.R position or P.R.O part time or full time. Contact: 95933288

Light duty driver 2 yrs exp.

Contact: 96393805

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Civil Engineer, B.Tech, 6 yrs experience with Omani driving license, local release available.

Contact: 91693008 B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 24 with almost 1 year experience as Production Shift Engineer, has achieved training on HVAC Engineering design and has good hands on software like AutoCAD and HAP.Currently in Oman on a visit visa, looking for a suitable placement.Contact: 95065955 email: mjs.jazeb@gmail.com Project Manager Electrical with 6 years experience with EHV & MV substation projects. NOC available.

Contact 91398559

CATERING

Civil Engineer fresh Graduate with Omani driving license looking job in any company. Contact: 91745797 / 99190898 Email: alio_abdo@hotmail.com

Indian female 25 years MSc food, nutrition and dietetics looking for suitable job as dietitian or food quality Controller or Nutritionalist. Contact: 98924131 / 96737147 Email: swathysatheesh7@gmail.com

Indian worked as Electrical & Instrumentation Maintenance Engineer with Global Gypsum Board Co. LLC, Salalah (3 yrs) having valid Oman driving license, looking for a new job urgently.

Contact 93363104

Filipino Cabin steward / Linen vallet is looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: +968 91065438 or email: blonglive@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer with 8 Years Experience, looking for Job, having driving License and NOC. Ph#91293519 Email:nomee987@gmail.com

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN Architectural Draftsmen diploma in construction technology with 6 years experience in drafting and detailing as per British standard in Oman with valid Omani license looking for suitable opportunity Noc available. Call 94375897.

Revit, Autocad D/man, expected salary 200 OMR PH :92279784 Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD Draftsman with 20 years professional experience is looking for suitable job in Oman. Please Contact: 96489798, (+974) 66653780.

DRIVER Bangladeshi want job with own car. Contact : 93822195 Experience driver looking for job.

Contact: 95113612 Looking for a full time driver with valid Omani license.

Contact: 95454033

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

License light heavy duty, PDO license experience 8 years mechanical experience vehicle.

Contact: 92091528

Bangladeshi driver looking for job.

Contact: 97418036

Diploma in Civil Engineer 3 years experience (Surveyor) 1 year experience building work looking for job. Contact: 94857668 Email: mudassarsh93@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer, B.Tech & M.Sc, 3 yrs experience in Oman having Driving License.

Contact: 91162085 Mechanical Engineer with 2 years experience in Quality Control / Mechanical Engineer has achieved certification in NDT level 2, currently in Oman looking for suitable placement. Contact: 95632276, Email: jassin.sudhakaran@gmail.com Electrical Engineer with 16 years experience in switchgear / transformer / over head lines & trading, looking for sales / procurement & project planning & Execution with NOC & D/L. Contact: 95994727 Email: qurm340@gmail.com Pakistani male Diploma Civil Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling & mega projects, valid license Oman.Contact:98921022

Sr. Sales & Marketing Specialist

Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in designing, assembling, commissioning execution etc having valid GCC license too looking for a suitable.

Contact: 00968-98052942 Email: azamjeelani78@gmail.com HSE Engineer (B.E Mech+Diploma Safety+NEBOSH+OSHA) over 10yrs. Exp, (Visa Release Letter (NOC) available), seeking suitable placement, Mob:97061817, Email:jayanammu1977@gmail.com Civil Engineer (Indian male) 5 years experience in Oman with valid Omani driving license & NOC looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93101283 Diploma in Civil Engineer (11 years Gulf experience +7 years India experience) Building structure & finishing work NOC available. Contact: 90458201 Email: siva6467@yahoo.com Electrical Engineer Indian male 30 years having 5 years of experience in industrial automation & utility maintenance in India, holding valid Oman D/L. Contact: 92789995 mail: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech) Indian male with 1 year experience looking for job, qualification in QA- QC, HVAC & piping engineering. Contact: 90510800 Email: muhammedjaseem07@gmail.com Worked as Electrical & Instrumentation Maintenance Engineer with Global Gypsum Board Co. LLC, Salalah (3 years) having valid Oman driving license looking for a new job urgently. Contact: 93363104 Indian male, Instrumentation Engineer with M.Tech in Chemical process control seeking for suitable job position, presently in Oman for visit. Contact: 98352288 Indian male 23 years Electronics and Communication Engineer B.Tech & Technical Diploma looking for suitable position. Contact: 94804100, sulthank@live.com Mechanical Engineer 28 years, 3 yrs experience, 1 year in Oman with NOC looking for suitable placement. Contact 94887665 Email: mechatron_mt@yahoo.com B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 33 with 6+ years experience in GCC in MEP building construction field (execution and design of HVAC,firefighting,plumbing), with D/L, NOC available 96978380;prajithks@gmail.com Civil & MEP Sub contractor we are doing all types of civil electrical & plumbing works. Contact: 98040451 /94109760 Auto CAD Drawings & program chart we are doing all types of civil, electrical, plumbing shop drawings & program chart for approval.

Contact: 98040451/ 94109760 Civil Engineer B.Tech 2 years experience on visit seeks immediate placement. Contact: 98233199 Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+ yrs of exceptional exp in spear heading strategic planning and project management initiatives & executing various high rise residential & commercial building as well as roads and highway project with proficiency in installation, seeking a challenging position in a dynamic organization. Contact 96570891 Construction Machinery repairs Engineer, 5 years, driving license, Contact - 94001961 B.Sc Civil Engineer, MBA experience 5 years (15 months in Oman) English & Arabic, driving license looking for a suitable job.

Contact: 94162443

Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian male 24 years with 1+years Indian experience,(Certified in Staad Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).

Looking for a Suitable position.

Available In Sultanate of Oman (Muscat) on Visit Visa.

Contact 92835952. E-mail: mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com An Iraqi civil with more than 30 years experience in (Iraq and G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C) available. Contact: 96561306 Email: iq.bgd.mnsr@gmail.com Indian male, Mechanical Engineer having 1year experience, on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact:97416564, Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com Civil Engineer 8 years experience in Oman as a project engineer for governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912 Indian male BE Mechanical with 11 years experience in Automotive engineering and Industrial maintenance in Oman. With valid driving license seeks suitable job.

On release in Oman. 92880593 Indian 24 yrs exp SR civil Engg with NOC, searching suitable job, in any project Supervision.

Contact: 96602718 mishteyaqh@yahoo.co.in Diploma Civil Engineer (8 years Exp.) with driving license.

Contact 92429006, francisprem123@gmail.com Sudanese Civil Engineer 6 years experience in Oman.

Contact: 95212902 Electrical & Electronics Engineer 1 year experience currently on visit visa, available immediately.

Contact: 90654844 / 90491353 Email: feyizmohamed@gmail.com Telecommunication Engineer resident in the Sultanate, Sudanese Nationality. Contact : 95000024 Automobile Mechanic ITI 3 years experience marine mechanical fitter 2 yrs experience.

Contact: 93674847 Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil Engg (cert attested) knows autocad revit, salary exp: 250 Ph : 92279784 Mechanical Engineer 2 years experience as HVAC design and drafting MEP Engg. Contact: 90150913 Young Indian, Engineering in Bio-technology, Bio-chemical and Chemical, looking for a challenging placement in Oman.

Contact 97607000. Email: sivasankarjayakumar@gmail.com Indian male, Structural Engineer looking for job in structural design field. Having 6 years of experience in design field. Residing in Muscat.

Contact: 91176187 syam036@gmail.com Indian 14 yrs exp SR MEP – Elect Engg with NOC, searching suitable job, in field PMC, Fire consultants , Testing & com, project supervision.

Contact: 92437865 Email: maimran.mtech@live.com Indian male B-tech 8 years experience as senior electrical project engineer / QC engineer on visit visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact 94094543 Email: anwar425@gmail.com Electrical & Electronics Engr, knows autocad & revit.

PH: 93837973

EDUCATION/TRAINING Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. Contact : 99739415 / 92091528

An experienced Chartered Accountant With over 25 years in varied industries, presently working with a reputed group in Muscat, looking out for a suitable change.

Contact - 96491030

Electronics and Communication

ENGINEER With 2 years exp in Telecom sector, currently on visit visa, looking for suitable placement.

INDIAN MALE, MARKETING & HR SPECIALIST, 25 yrs, Master degree with 2 yrs of experience both HR & Marketing, now on visiting visa.

Contact : 93919943 agneljerin@yahoo.com

Contact 96972939 / 96096723 Email : lijubn@gmail.com, jerrin007@gmail.com

EDUCATION/TRAINING

MEDICAL

Indian Female, M Sc Mathematics from a Prestigious University.

B.Ed qualified, distinction holder through out academics with absolute passion for teaching. 7 Yrs experience with 5 years as Assistant Profession in Engineering College. Contact: 91360147.

D- Pharm Pharmacist 17 years experience Ayurvedic Panchakarma Masseur’s 3 years experience.

Contact: 93672452

IT Filipino I.T. with 5 years experience looking for suitable job in Oman.

Contact: +968 91183514 or email delarama_ryan_t@yahoo.c om IT Solution Architect,Indian female post graduate with 12 years of IT experience. Looking for position of IT Solution Architect/Consultant/Project Manager, Valid driving license. Contact 96563962 Indian male 3 years experience in IT as Linux Administrator& 1 year experience in Amazon EC2 Cloud at Wipro Technologies Bangalore seeking for a suitable placement.

Contact: 92889678 Email: amalpathikal@gmail.com Indian Male, MCA Graduate, 15 yrs exp in ERP, CSM Certified, seeking suitable role.NOC Available.

Contact : GSM : 90189284 Email: meetlibran@gmail.com Indian male B.Tech Electronics communication, MCSA, Java on visit visa seeking placement in IT / Network / Server Support / Retail sales. Contact: 91736346 Email: sajilsadanandan@gmail.com Software Developer having two years of experience in PHP Web development & Microsoft CRM & adx Portal experience looking for a developer position in reputed Software house or IT Dept bilal.

Contact: 95596711 / 92762313 IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years in Oman 2 years in India.

Contact: 94672759 System IT Engineer with Linux & UNIX System Administration skills transferable visa. Contact: 99109332 Omani 26(m) seeks placement 6 yrs experience IT specialist.

Contact: 99025044 Indian female M.Sc Computer Science seeking suitable placement in Muscat area.

Contact: 98660672 Indian female M.Sc Biotechnology, 3 years experience seeking for suitable position, part / full flexible for research, teaching business development IT hospitals.

Contact: 94710931 Email: skystars.hm@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS Indian male 28 years with D/L with NOC seeks suitable placement. Contact: 93083279 Procurement Coordinator Indian male 30 yrs B.Com (Computers) 4 years experience in Saudi Arabia Construction Company looking for any suitable position on visit visa till 18 June 2016.

Contact: 0968 98590811 Email: ibrahimhashmi220@gmail.com Indian male, 28, post graduate, 6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back office) & credit control with valid Oman D/L looking for suitable lacements. NOC available.

Contact: 92066 523

Indian English teacher B.A Tesol, 8 years experience, 4 years in Omani School & 4 years in India seeks suitable job. Contact: 99839385

Indian Female, 25 Years - MSc Biotechnology, 1yr exp. in Microbiology, Looking for suitable job.

Mobile: 92619048, Email: anusreeg1991@gmail.com

Indian female, MSc Physics, B.Ed, 5+ years experience in Oman seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 93992958 / 96203570

BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants).

Contact: 92475206 Email: zahaibzafar007@gmail.com

Licensed Pharmacist with experience want job in Buraimi or Sohar.

Contact 93608698 Indian female Dentist specialized Endodontist looking for suitable placement, prometric completed.

Contact: 96410448

MANAGER Purchase Head Indian 20 years experience in MNC Civil, MEP, FIRE, Oil& Gas, PDO Omani driving license NOC available.

Contact: 93737496 Young Dynamic MBA Post-Grad with 2 yrs exp as Procurement officer at Muscat & 3 yrs exp & Marketing-Interior construction in India with NOC and Driving License. No# 98238260 Workshop Manager having 30 years gulf and abroad experience in plants & machineries, heavy duty trucks, readymix batching plants & crushers, water well drill rigs, rock blasting machineries etc. kindly contact @ 97145088.

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordinator 12 years experience in Oman in reputed companies, seek immediate Employment.

Call: 95244761 Looking for part time job Secretarial / Data Entry / Documentation available every day after 5:00 pm Friday / Saturday full day area preferred Ruwi/ CBD/ MBD / Al Khuwair. Contact: 90414827

SALES / MARKETING Indian male, 5 years building material sales experience in Oman Seeking for placement.

Contact 90655903 10 years ICT Business development & project management exp in Oman looking for suitable senior position. Contact: 98987654 Pakistani male MBA 6 years experience, electrical & building material in Oman seeking for placement.

Contact : 968 96789513 Indian male 24 years B.com 2 years of experience in Sales & Office Admin knowledge of Tally ERP 9 & MS Office. Contact: 98613373 / 97359814, Email: syedismailnoor@gmail.com Indian Male, MBA marketing 5 yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG sector, looking for best opportunity.

NOC available. Contact: 96001877 Indian Male 22 years, Having experience in indoor sales/site supervisor Looking for suitable Placement.GSM: 97435306.

Email: zuhebnakhwa94@gmail.com Marketing, BBA, Dip in Logistics Mgmt, on 2 yrs free visa.

Contact : 98269281 35 years male, Lebanese holding British passport, 10 years of experience in procurement, Omani Government tenders, setup marketing plans & strategies, importing, Organizing events, management, have car, NOC available. Contact 94123939 Email: 002015r@gmail.com Indian Male, 26 M.Com with 4 yrs of Experience in Accounting & Administration in a Financial Company in India, seeks suitable job, Currently in India.

Contact: India:-+918907212253 Akhil:-93626288, Email: Sumeshpsmkr1989@gmail.com

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SITUATION WANTED SALES / MARKETING Indian male Graduate with 18 years of Marketing experience presently in Oman on family visit visa, looking for best opportunity.

Contact: 96168687 Email: dhibupaul@gmail.com Indian male 37 years MBA graduate in marketing with 9yrs of experience in UAE in field of brand promotions & marketing with UAE D/L on a visit seeking suitable position. Conatct 95792820

SKILLED LABOR STP operator 20 yrs experience.

Contact: 93550661 Email: feroz1391@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS Indian male 33 years, B.Com, having 6 years experience in Oman.

Tally & ERP looking for suitable placement. Mobile no :98492921 B.E. (Mechanical) 12years industrial sales one year Muscat experience, Presently in India, Immediately ready to join.

Contact :917338899372 , email id : ganesh2008sep@gmail.com Male, Indian, 25, 5 years experience in Dubai; looking for permanent placement in Oman for jobs related to sales, coordination and marketing. Contact: +971563664701 syed97681@gmail.com Male, 23, with experience in UAE & India, looking for job in sales / marketing. Contact: 94032041 Sr. Accountant, WITH Oman D/L & 8.5 yrs exp, 7.5 yrs Oman & 1 yr India in manufacturing, trading & contracting Cos, independently handling all accounting, finance, banking, L/C, import, export & finalization seeks placement, srjob12@gmail.com Procurement/Tender & Contract Procurement /logistics & freight Specialist /Oil Field / petrochemical/Engineer /MBA /SAP certify / 15yrs Rich Experience/ Import &export Specialist / Oil Field experience/ coordinator / World Wide supplier network /Noc available Looking for challenging Position Contact: 97813849, Email Id:vved76@gmail.com Male, 23, with experience in UAE & India, looking for job in sales / marketing. Contact: 94032041 Indian Male Accountant. Completed MBA with 1 year experience, good working knowledge in Tally & Excel. Searching for suitable job. Email : jovin8910@gmail. com, Contact : 919715874548 , 918015907437 Indian male electrician(EEE ).

Two years good working experience searching for suitable job.

Gmail antonyajin15@gmail. com, : Contact; 918148336160 / 918300136160 Electrical & Electronics diploma Engineer Indian male 23 years, 2 years experience in Electrical field/good experience in Electronics MCU projects currently in visit visa please do not hesitate to #93047707 adilm89@gmail.com Indian male 30 yrs, holding valid driving license, having 5 years of experience in sales, looking for suitable position.

Contact # 90552942/94355626 Indian male Diploma in Electronics, having 3 years of experience in the hardware and networking field, also worked in construction company Mabela for 6 months as supervisor, trying to get driving license. Contact: - +96897017866.

Mechanical Engineer, Indian, Male,5 years experience in GCC & India, looking for permanent placement in Oman. NOC Release Available. Contact: 00968-95140445; noorullahanas@gmail.com Indian female (27 yrs) MBA(IT),BCA,CCNA.2year experience in IT operations in Oman. Graduated from Oman with good analytical, communicating & programming skills, presented in international conference, seeking suitable positions.contact:93672143.e-mail id:fathima.shoukath@gmail.com Part- Time Accountant, well experienced senior accountant ,capable of doing all type of accounting works up to finalization, Budgeting, Bank financing requirements, taxation work etc available. # : 98803439

SITUATION WANTBUSINESS ED

MISCELLANEOUS Indian Female seeking a job in Back Office and Accountancy, 8+ years proven experience as a dynamic candidate with excellent Excel & Communication skills.

Quick learner and Team player.

Currently on Family Visa.

Contact 94093154, 91746890, Email: joyjohn_hhh@yahoo.com

NRI

Sri Lankan Male, 31 years. 6 years experience as an Accounts Executive, (Languages can speak Urdu/ Arabic, English written & spoken) .

Contacts: 99782930/ lalindra1st@yahoo.com

20 cent of Land at Irinjalakuda, Kallettumkara, Trichur Dist besides road side

HSE Engineer, Indian male, 5.5 Plus years experience in Oil & Gas. Working in Shclumberger.NEBOSH, IOSH, & NDT Certified, M Tech in HSE. CONTACT-krish.569@gmail. com Mobile- +91 9867016808

for sale.

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Sri Lankan Male, 31 years. 6 years experience as an Accounts Executive, (Languages can speak Urdu/ Arabic, English written & spoken).

Contact 99782930/ lalindra1st@yahoo.com

910 sq ft furnished flat at Qupem Goa. Contact: 97094797 Plot for sale in Mundur & Palakkal Trichur District.

Contact: 00968 92376297

Indian male with 10+ years of working experience (security solutions, event management) on visit visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact – 97945269, hkkrishna@gmail.com

ACC. AVAILABLE Sharing accommodation near ISD. Contact: 99657340

Indian male Network Cabling Technician (19-years gulf experience) seeking for suitable placement. mobile no: 0091-8089909265 (India), email: mohithavp@gmail.com

1 BHK for rent, Ideal for small family or two bachelors, easy access to main road with AC near Sheraton hotel, CBD. Contact: 96444400

Senior accountant ,NOC available, more than 5 years exp., born & bought up in Oman, Accounting upto finalization, computer skills tally9, Sage ERP accpac 500(6.0A), Vcams , Audit ,valid Oman D/L, languages known English ,Arabic, Hindi. can join immediately. Tel: (+968) 96339599, mail-ahmedmohdkhan@gmail.com Business Management Graduate with 12 years of experience in Oman, Worked with catering, medical, IT groups seeks suitable placement in Finance/purchase/ insurance sector, NOC Available.

Email, saima.gangawali@gmail. com, Mob 94258301 Indian Male, 24 yrs, looking for any type of job, qualification is Diploma in Electronics with 3 years of experience in the hardware an networking field an also worked in construction company Mabelah for 6 months as supervisor, having valid D/L. Contact : - +96897017866.

BS in Electrical engineering, experience : 6 years in electrical installation and maintenance Contact : 99817032, Email : engmmg24@yahoo.com 33 year old Filipina with experience in Tele performance, Manila call centre, now working as Waitress in Qatar seeking suitable post.

Local contact 99022484 SCM / LOGISTICS/ PROCUREMENT - 25 Yrs exp - Indian Male - Oil & Gas, Manufacturing Sector - Having valid Oman D/L & NOC available. Seeks Challenging senior position. GSM-94236414, Email ID - jayamurli@gmail.com Petrochemicals Specialist, Chemical, MBA 18 YEARS EXPERIENC IN OIL FIELDS COM, RAW MATERIAL , polymer, SPACIALISED IN Procurement /COMMECIAL/ PURCHASE / LOGISTICS / SCM/Planning & sound knowledge of technical requirement for any manufacture plant Forecasting, Distribution, Vendors Development, LC opening/ establishment coordination with NOC available.

Contact:97813849 Highly experienced mechanical/ steel structural fabrication engineer looking for suitable placement. NOC available.# 99860714, hussain20173@gmail.com.

Indian Male 28 years, Mechanical Engineer (Diploma) with 2 years’ exp., Automobile ITI NCVT, CSWIP-BGAS Painting QC Grade-2, NDT Level-2, ISO Lead Auditor QA (IRCA), Piping QC & Isometric Drawings, WPS & WPQR, available on Visit Visa, seeks suitable job.

Contact: 90653733, libinthomaslt@gmail.com Indian male, M. Com with 3 yr Oman Exp in Accounts with valid NOC & D/L on Visit Visa, available to join immediately . GSM :94744575 Light Duty Driver, Fluent in English, Arabic. Well knowledge of Oman Areas looking for suitable placement. Contact 97950869

Room available for Executive bachelor at Al Hail.

Contact 96234708

SITUATION WANTED IT Administrator with 6 yrs of GCC experience, now in Dubai (visit visa).seeking suitable placement in UAE. Contact :00971-565598176, email:aneeshngr@gmail.com Civil Engineer (Indian male) with 5 years experience in Oman and having a valid Oman driving license and NOC looking for a suitable opportunity. GSM: 93101283 Email: ajeshcyril@gmail.com Indian Male: 23yrs, MBA in Marketing from UK (United Kingdom), looking for a job, currently in Muscat in visit. No: 97210361 / 95357513, Email: sharanshetty3@gmail.com Architect Engineer seeking for suitable job, 8 years experience.

GSM : 96075000, Email : haytham_201046@yahoo.com B.E(Mechanical) 12years industrial sales one year Muscat experience ,Presently in India ,Immediately ready to join ,Mobile no :917338899372 , email id : ganesh2008sep@gmail.com Electrical & Electronics diploma engineer Indian male 22 years, 2 years experience currently in visit visa. Contact 93047707 adilm89@gmail.com Planning Engineer, BE Mech Engg.

Indian Female having total 11 yrs exp in oil & gas projects (8+ yrs in Gulf) with valid Oman D/L, Seeks a Suitable job. Contact: 92456003 Indian Male 48 Yrs with over 25 Years Oman experience in Sales & Marketing with NOC & valid Oman D/L Also Fluency in Arabic, seeks suitable placement. Contact no.: 92210661/99224057 B.S.C in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 Years (Power Plant).

Contact: 92475206 Email: zahaibzafar007@gmail.com Fresh B.Com Graduate in visit visa looking for a job. Contact: 93518923 / 99075027. email: sheikcok@yahoo.com Admin Assistant. Having 5 years experience in admin department in reputed companies, presently working in Muscat (NOC Available).

GSM. 00968-98404122, mail panduru.jeevankumar@gmail.com Looking for a part time accounting & admin job. Contact 99196621.

Indian male, 24 yrs, B. Com Graduate more than 1 year experienced in accounts planning to come for a family visit in oman seeking for a suitable placement .#99339544 / 99743709

Indian male, 40 Years, B. Com, having 10 years experience in Oman, Tally & ERP- looking for suitable placement ( NOC and Oman driving license available) Tel- +91 89 43 109897 Rajeev. 252002@gmail.com Import & Export professional, Experienced as Asst. Commercial Manager for 15 years, Proficient in MS office, Male Indian, Seeks suitable placement, on Visit, #95484684 Indian male, 33 yrs, MBA-HR generalist with 10 yrs including training of Omani nationals.NOC possible .Seeking a suitable job.

Contact :saiprasad_18@yahoo.com, 94179499 Indian male, 40 Years, B. Com, having 10 years experience in Oman, Tally & ERP- looking for suitable placement ( NOC and Oman driving license available.

Contact +91 89 43 109897 Rajeev. 252002@gmail.com Safety officer, 3 years of experience in safety certifications: BE (electrical and electronics engineering), NEBOSH, IOSH, DHSE, first aid. Contact +97474018995, mail:midhunmich@gmail.com, skype:midhunmike Indian male, network cabling technician (19 years Gulf experience) seeking for suitable placement. NOC available. Contact : 0091-8089909265 (India), E mail: mohithavp@gmail.com Indian male,B.Com + Dip. Logistic 2year experience looking for a job in Accounts/Logistics Field. Presently on Visit Visa # 93884951, Email:mehreenraiz@gmail.com

Sharing Accommodation available for working ladies opposite Al Nadhah Hospital. Preferably Indians. Room with seperate toilet and sharing kitchen.RO.90.

Contact 96524717 Furnished room attached bath for Indian bachelor, Al-Falaj Ruwi & lady Wadi Kabir near Mars hypermarket. CONTACT 96202458/96761960 Room available in Mumtaz area 1 room, 1 Bathroom, Kitchen & 1 room, common bathroom. Interested pleasecontact 92680041 Mr. Altaf

SIT.WANTED IT professional, B.E. in IT, CCNA, MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT, valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement in IT/Network/Server support/Retail sales. # 91496939.

Indian male 26 years, Graduate in BBM & having Diploma in Logistics with 3 years of experience in Banking and Accounts looking for suitable placement. Contact : + 968 97166820/ +91 9895102356 Email :afsalrahman1989@gmail.com Indian Female looking for a part time opportunity (Graphic Design/ Teaching/Research Assistant/ Business Development/Administration) Contact: 95811820 or sankarikm06@gmail.com SENIOR ACCOUNTANT-M. Com Finance-Indian with 7 years experience in Finance & Accounts up to finalization. Having D/L & NOC. Mob:94122464, caammk13@gmail.com Tea boy looking for job Name: Man Bahadar Contact: 97859837 Indian Female, M.Sc Computer Science, Seeking suitable placement in Muscat Area. #98660672

Electronics Technician , 4 Years experience as Electronics service engineer. Knowledge in all type of Electronics items. Looking for suitable placement. GSM- 99105043

Indian Female, 29 Yrs Age, M.Sc Microbiology, looking for Job any reputed organization / Hospitals, seeks suitable position.

Contact : 95218424 / 9610 6604.

On Family Residence Visa.

IT professional, B.E. in IT, CCNA, MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT, valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement in IT/Network/Server support/Retail sales. # 91496939.

Indian female 10 years exp as cook in Oman. South Indian & Gujarati special looking for job, company or restaurant.

Contact 90559292

Assistant Accountant - B.Com Graduate with excellent overall skills. 2 Years of experience. Ready for immediate joining.

Contact: sharonravi00@gmail.com, 968-92049215

Indian Male B-Com Graduate 1 year, experience in market survey, Valid Driving License, looking for any suitable post.

Contact: 92567020 / 96930392

Software Engineer with 5 + plus years of experience in Infosys ltd on visit visa seeking suitable vacancy in oman. Email : steffyraphel@gmail.com mob: 96896246205 / 96897032284

Indian Male 30 year GCC driving license and past experience as project coordinator looking for a suitable position. Project Coordination, Sales Executive, Marketing Executive or any other suitable post. Contact number -97070427

INVESTOR PARTNER REQUIRED For a successfully Catering Restaurant Investor cum Partner is required.

Investor with fixed returns also welcome.

Please contact – 95213273

Email: muscatcoffeeshop@gmail.com

ONE STOP SHOP BUSINESS SERVICES Public Relation Service (PRO) Document Clearance, Business setup, Formation new Companies, LLC Companies, Investor Visa, Legal Services.

Contact Saleh:

96723485 WEB, ERP and Business Intelligence (BI) creation and management at rock bottom price.

Contact: http//webviewoman Required partner investor to build an apartment in Al Mobelah.

Contact: 99355330 Need investor for pure Veg. Coffee shop, Al Khuwair. # 99437869 Want to market a product.

Contact: 92162623 IT Consultancy division available interested person to handle the above division can # 92162623 Coffee shop for sale 7 visa available at Al Khuwair. # 98826793

MATRIMONIAL Sunni Muslim (Urdu) girl B.E, MBA, 25 years HT 5.1” fair invites alliance from Tamil Nadu Bangluru / Mysore. Contact: 99502581 Two properties at Bangalore for sale (1) 3 BHK Senior living apartment with full fledged facilities & services in Ozone Urbana Serene project for the cost price of Irene project. Handover by August 2016. (2) 4 B/R villa (BUA 3600sq.ft, 4 floors, 3 Livings, 5 bathrooms, maid’s room & car park) for sale at JP Nagar. Contact Mrs. Mangala Ph: 97903127, Email: ravichandran.mangala@gmail.com Indian male Roman Catholic 40yrs divorcee working in Muscat.

Seeks suitable alliance from widow/ divorcee/ single.

Contact 96059801.

Sunni Muslim family seeks proposal for their 24 year old daughter from well settled Urdu speaking Indian family. Pls call on 93521249 / 99374371 Parent of Thrissur based Hindu Ezhava girl aged 20, Slim,Atham star, Studying for B. Pharm seeking alliance from well employed Graduates, preferably in Engineering Contact :96425102 Malankara Catholic Male Nurse (28) from Thiruvalla working in Nizwa Private Co. Alliance invites parents/nurses working in Oman.

Contact 968 98267338, 0091 9287215726 Ezhava male, 31 yrs, height 5.6, B. Tech Aeronautical, administrative professional, parents in Oman.

Contact 99550870

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TOURS

TOURS

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain Marine Tours contact 98029602, 92808636 We arrange tours & accommodation at all the beautiful places in Oman. Contact 99839898

DRIVING TRANSPORTATION

RENT A CAR

Transport. Contact: 96538078 Transportation available Ruwi to Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909 Transportation. Contact:94510847 Transportation. Contact 9508282

MV SALE Prado 2007, manual 4-cylinder.

Contact: 99454425 Car for sale Mitsubishi Lancer, 2008 model, 1.3 CC. Contact: 92815138 Diesel tanker 1600 gallon, Volvo model 1987. Contact: 92836774

SIT.WANTED Indian B-Com Graduate 1 year Experience in market survey, Valid Driving License, looking for any suitable post.

Contact :92567020 / 96930392, shwayanad@gmail.com Indian male, M.Com, 7 years Oman experience in the field of accounts and valid oman driving license & NOC . Good knowledge in SAP, Tally, oracle, MS office and Excel seeks suitable placement. Contact 92859733

Transportation. Contact 92015894 Transportation required from Qurum to WadiKabir at afternoon only 1 PM. Contact - 99012165

GOOD NEWS Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain, backache, paralysis, massage, steambath, obesity, Spondylitis, Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic, 18 November Street, Azaiba.

Contact: 99639695 / 97397320 Ayurvedic treatment for backache, paralysis, arthritis etc & massage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam).

Contact:24475280 / 95371664 / 92504980 www.siddhayur.com 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

25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP specification for monthly rent & small car with driver. Contact 99839898

AVAILABLE 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

RENT A CAR Best Rates for Saloon Contact: 97869042 / 95730550 sales@modernreem.com

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SITUATION WANTED SERVICES

SITUATION WANTED EDUCATION/CLASSES/COMP./WEB.

SERVICES We Provide Cleaners, Office boys, Cleaning Contracts, General cleaning etc.

Al Mudakhir National Est. LLC Contact : 94277020

Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English class for Malayalam Speakers

Pest control & Building cleaning all kinds of pest control building. Cleaning tiles / Marble polishing monthly/ Yearly contracts available.

Contact: 98814733 /98814740 Al Husn Cleaning L.L.C

in Azaiba and Ruwi

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Tel: 95244310

Split unit & window unit A.C servicing & maintenance.

Contact: 96236476

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing, Contact 99314807/24792998

Split & window A/c servicing & maintenance. Contact 93769089 / 95323517

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

Window & split unit A.C servicing & repairing. Contact: 99557080

Split unit & widow unit A.C servicing & maintenance.

Contact: 95323517 / 93769089

A/C Maintenance & Servicing, Fridge, Washing machine & Dish washer repairing, Painting & Cleaning services, Electrical & plumbing.

Contact 99447257 / 97014234 / 24504281

House shifting. Contact 99708138

Regular container transportation from Sohar sport to anywhere in Muscat area OMR 100 per container. Contact: 93731363 Marble crystallization & grinding, Ocean center LLC Contact: 99344723 A/C servicing maintenance.

Contact: 92279370 Pest control treatments, Ocean center LLC Contact 99344723

CAD drawings Archi/ MEP CAD – comply BIM. Contact: 91233975 Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile polishing, pest control & anti-termite treatment, general cleaning painting,Plumbing, Electrical, shifting. Contact Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C. Contact: 24810137, 99450130 Marble crystallization & grinding, cleaning & carpet shampooing.

Ocean center LLC. Contact 99344723 Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles polishing, carpet shampooing, maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS99320217 /24788722

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your marble. Contact 24793614/ 99314807 Cleaning services, Sofa, carpet, shampoo old house or new house.

Contact: 92179395 Water proofing ABUQABASContact 99320217/ 24788722 Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont Maintenance services electric, plumbing and A/C. Contact: 96524904 /94285064 House Shifting Packing.

Contact: 99657644 / 98518013

WANTED IELTS Coaching (academic) required nearby wadi Kabir area.

Please call on mobile or msg on Whats up. Mobile no: 92927880/ 99012165

FOR LADIES Offer!! Treading Gold Facial & Pedicure just for 10 RO, Al Doom Parlour Ruwi: Contact 99619409 (watsup) Home service available

SITUATION WANTCLASSES Karate and self defense classes at Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per month twice a week Monday and Tuesday 6. 30 TO 7. 30. PM. Contact: 98294551