Times of Oman - August 31, 2016 by Muscat Media Group

WEDNESDAY

August 31, 2016 27 Dhul Qa’ada 1437 AH

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN MORNING MINUTE

On the occasion of the 14th National Day, 1984

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’ We must not allow the peace, stability and progress which we enjoy in our country to blind us to the facts of life outside.

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CAR BURNING INCIDENT

CABLES

Car ﬁre boy moved, sister still critical

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to King Almu’tasimu Billahi Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah of Malaysia 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 King Mu’adzam Shah and the Malaysian people further progress.

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MUSCAT: Sulaiman Mohammed, the three-year-old boy, who suffered burn injuries recently, was transferred to Khoula Hospital yesterday by the hospital ambulance, while his sister Gazal is still lying unconscious in the Sur hospital. Gazal Mohammed sustained 75 per cent burns after she and her brother Sulaiman were pulled from a burning car at a petrol station in Sur last Wednesday. Rescuer Mohammed Al Hashmi had raced to the smoke-ﬁlled vehicle and single-handedly rescued both children after their father, who had left them to buy groceries, raised the alarm. “The boy has reached the (Khoula) hospital. The father and mother accompanied him. The doctors in Khoula Hospital told the parents their son is getting better,” said Mahmood Abu Atiya, the uncle of the children.

Sulaiman Mohammed.

Atiya has stayed beside Gazal, whose medical condition is not clear yet. “Gazal is still in a critical state. We are praying for her to get better.” A reliable source at Khoula hospital conﬁrmed the news and said the specialists are monitoring Gazal on a daily basis. “We are just waiting for her condition to improve and will immediately transfer her to Khoula hospital,” said the hospital source. >A6

Delay in visa clearance forces big ﬁrms to take the illegal route of hiring workers

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reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: More than 13,000 expatriate workers have been arrested for labour law violations during the ﬁrst eight months of this year, Ministry of Manpower data shows. 10,452 expatriate workers were arrested in Oman for violating labour laws during the ﬁrst six months of this year. And data uploaded by the ministry on its official twitter handle every week during July and August reveals that around 2,700 were arrested over the last two months.

The statistics make grim reading for those arriving in the Sultanate and attempting to work without proper paperwork. An Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) member, however, feels that the issue lies in obtaining proper visas in the ﬁrst place. Mohammed Hassan Al Ansi, senior official at the OCCI, said that if the labour offices issue visas required by employers this can be avoided. “If labour offices issue sufficient visas required by companies, then they won’t be forced to hire workers on different visa status,” the OCCI member said,

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TOP THREE INSIDE STORIES

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Boy swallows 50 Omanis always help baisa coin; costs people in distress father OMR150 1 Said Al Gamboosi, the Omani ﬁsherman in Jalan who rescued 11 Indian sailors from a sinking vessel in Omani waters, showed that Omanis are always kind with anybody who needs help. >A4

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reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Could a 50 baisa coin cost OMR150 and give you 10 stressful days? For Sachin Sunder More, an Indian expatriate living in Oman, the answer is yes. More had to shell out OMR150 to take out a 50 baisa coin his sixyear-old son had swallowed on August 18 and spent 10 stressful days worrying as the coin remained stuck in his stomach. “While watching television, Adharv (More’s son) accidentally swallowed the coin. He informed his mother and she telephoned me as I was in office. I went home and we rushed him to a hospital. He was not feeling uncomfortable. However, we were worried. So, medics told us to wait. However, after a few days, as the coin was not moving or being expelled normally from stomach, we were advised to approach another hospital,” More told the Times of Oman. “I took him to the Badr Al Samaa hospital in Ruwi. The medics advised me that it has to be

REGION

Fire sweeps through Abu Dhabi building

Fire swept through a 28-storey skyscraper under construction in central Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, the latest in a series of at least ﬁve blazes to hit tall buildings in the United Arab Emirates. >A7

Six-year-old Adharv. –Jun Estrada

removed as it was not moving. So, they preferred to remove it endoscopically. They did it successfully. It was only a 15 minute-long procedure,” More added. K O Devassy, a senior official at the Badr Al Samaa hospital group, said, “Usually in such cases, surgery is required. However, our medics tried endoscopy and it worked.” >A6

MARKET

Sohar Port container volume grows

Oman’s Sohar port has achieved an 18.6 per cent growth in container volume in the ﬁrst half of 2016. The port has handled more than 313,000 TEUs)in the ﬁrst half of 2016. >B1

Kyrgyz Republic His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has also sent a cable of congratulations to President Almazbek Atambayev of the Kyrgyz Republic on the occasion of his country’s Independence Anniversary. In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere congratulations and best wishes of good health and happiness to President Atambayev and the people of his country progress and prosperity.>A6

Eight pages special supplement with today’s edition

LABOUR LAW VIOLATIONS IN 8 MONTHS

adding that big companies are doing big projects and they are not getting enough clearances. 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 the Sultanate, shall be punished. According to the ministry’s own data, around 19,000 violators were arrested in 2015. Out of the 19,056 labour law violators, 13,172 were Bangladeshis, 1,728 were Indians and 2,913 were Pakistanis. The remainder were designated as other nationals. Out of the 19,056 arrested, 9,389 were deported. Shahswar G Al Balushi, CEO, Oman Society of Contractors, said that restrictions in place on visas are leading companies to hire workers on different visas to get the work done. >A6

HM sends greetings

Legoland Water Park to open in October

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2016 It’s not fair, WhatsApp had a policy to not share data and after being acquired by Facebook, they changed the policy Mubeen Khan, IT expert

OMAN Reality check for WhatsApp users New WhatsApp terms and conditions have a box which is, by default, checked, allowing the service provider to access customer data and target advertise. The latest change means parent company facebook can also use the data

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deeba@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: WhatsApp’s recent changes in privacy terms have sparked outrage across millions of users and privacy advocates around the globe, including Oman. Cyber security experts, researchers and users have raised concerns over the popular ‘free chatting’ platform, which was bought by Facebook more than a year ago for $19 billion, for backtracking on its 2014 pledge to never share users’ data. According to the new update, data will be shared with Facebook and the Facebook group of companies. “WhatsApp was bought by Facebook, and it was a free chat application but end to end communication was not encrypted, and when it was bought by Facebook, WhatsApp said it has been bought by Facebook, but nevertheless will continue being a free application and work as before. WhatsApp later introduced end to end communication encryption, that was a security feature and just a few days ago, a message pops up saying that your messages and your data will be shared with Facebook, the parent company, that is the issue,” said Tariq Al Barwani, IT expert and founder of Knowledge Oman. He further explained the impact of this update on users, “This

means everything— your personal info, your phone numbers on the WhatsApp network will be shared on Facebook and targeted advertisements will be coming to you.” “I saw this coming that WhatsApp will say that we have revamped the way we work, and we have additional features, which really means having advertisements and that’s how they make money,” noted Al Barwani. Although WhatsApp has mentioned that if you uncheck the share box on your WhatsApp account privacy, your personal data will not be shared with Facebook, but experts have different thoughts. “Nevertheless, my opinion is that part of your information will continue to be shared,” Al Barwani stated. He also advised people to be careful when sharing information on social media, “We as users will unfortunately continue using the platform as we are

addicted and my advice to people is that when using social media, if there is anything you don’t want anyone else to see, then don’t put it on this kind of platform.” Apart from targeted advertising, Al Barwani also said it can be used to watch over users, “It can see everything, communication, photos, and contacts, there is no such thing as a private communication in this open internet communication and people need to be very careful.” Mubeen Khan, another IT expert said, “When a user registers with WhatsApp, all their contact list is pasted onto the WhatsApp servers, giving them access to the entire contact list, so with over a billion users worldwide, WhatsApp and Facebook can get access to many more contacts, who will eventually be sent targeted adverts, maybe through telemarketing or other applications.” “It’s not fair, WhatsApp had a policy to not share data and after being acquired by Facebook, they changed the policy. You also have to agree with their privacy policy, we have a choice, otherwise you have to stop using it and we are addicted.” Rana Jose, an IT researcher at the Sultan Qaboos University said although data will be shared with Facebook, this will enable WhatsApp to catch spam and fraudulent activities. “New WhatsApp terms and conditions have a box which is, by default, checked, allowing the service provider to access customer data and target advertise. The latest change means parent company facebook can also use the data. The good thing about the new terms is that it would help them ﬁght spam. “Most users don’t read terms and conditions so they need to do that on WhatsApp,” Jose added. Ali, a WhatsApp user in Oman expressed concern, “I am not happy about the change, this is not fair, we were positive about the encryption, but now this makes us feel unsafe and that we are being watched.”

EVENT

ROUND UP

Worldwide Photo Walk coming to Muscat in October TARIQ ZIAD AL HAREMI

tariqh@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Photography enthusiasts will be able to join a community of photographers in the ﬁrst ever Photo Walk in Muscat where taking photos, sharing and learning is highly encouraged. Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk is an annual event in which photographers from participating cities gather at a point and walk to another location while taking photographs along the way. This gives photographers from different backgrounds and skill levels a chance to interact, learn and share photos with each other. The walk aims to raise funds for The Springs of Hope Kenya Orphanage that feeds, houses, educates and empowers young orphans to succeed and not just survive. Those who wish to donate could also do so at the Worldwide Photo Walk Website. Everybody can join Midhun Mukund, the event’s organiser, said, “Everybody can join. It is not limited to professional photographers, so everyone can take this opportunity to learn some tips and tricks from fellow enthusiasts.” “There will be professional photographers with us leading the others and they are there to clear any doubts,” Mukund said while explaining about the walk having an educational purpose. Aside from it being a walk, it is also a competition where photos taken during the event can be uploaded and are judged by Scott Kelby himself. “Registered walkers can upload their pictures and you can have a winner from every region, Muscat being ours. The pictures will be sent to Scott Kelby to choose from and award the prize to the winner,” Mukund pointed out.

Who’s Kelby? Scott Kelby is an American photographer, author and publisher of journals relating to photography and Adobe Photoshop, speciﬁcally for designers, photographers and artists. He is an award winning author of over 50 books, including The Digital Photography Book series, The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers and Professional Portrait Retouching Techniques for Photographers.

“The main motive is to meet the photographers in town and share information.” Registration Photographers or enthusiasts can register at the Worldwide Photo Walk website for the Muscat region at http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/muttr/ or they could register on the day of the event, which will make them eligible to enter the competition. Photo Walk–Muscat will commence at the Riyam Park in Wilayat of Muttrah on October 1 and end in front of the Muttrah Souq the same day. Registration will open from 4 pm and the walk will begin at 4:30 pm and end at 6pm. Photographers will walk along the Muttrah Corniche, the Gold Souq and the narrow alleyways of the ancient town, as well as other potential spots that could give them a good shot.

2 ﬁshermen rescued by Coast Guard Times News Service MUSCAT: Two ﬁshermen were rescued by Musandam Coast Guard in Ghassat Al Qariba area of Khasab after their boat got stuck in the middle of the sea. The rescued persons are in good condition and the boat was pulled to Khasab Port, said the ROP. Fishermen have been advised to check their boats and fuel before going into the sea. RAFO

Road crash victim airlifted to Ibra hospital Times News Service MUSCAT: The Royal Air Force of Oman airlifted a person injured in a road crash to Ibra hospital on Tuesday morning. The accident took place on the main road near the wilayat of Haima between a truck and a car, the police said. CRIME

Smuggling bid foiled Times News Service MUSCAT: Attempts to smuggle 1,814 capsules of drugs through Muscat and Salalah airports, were foiled by the Royal Oman Police. The traffickers were of Asian and European nationalities, ROP said.. Meanwhile, a national was arrested at Hafeet border for attempting to smuggle in 290 boxes of ﬁre crackers and toy guns. The consignment seized by Hafeet Customs was hidden in the accused’s vehicle. The accused was sent for further legal actions.

Don’t litter a beautiful country like OMAN. Ensure proper disposal of garbage.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2016

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or more of the commercially registered organisations in Oman are SMEs, according to Khalid bin Al Saﬁ Al Haribi Deputy CEO of Riyada, the Public Authority for SME development in Oman

Omanis provide free food, shelter to Indian sailors We came to know that the rescued Indian

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papers are processed and they can ﬂy back to India. As Jalan is a small town, there are no accommodation facilities. So, we thought of sharing ours, said Salah Al Zarahi, his son Nasser Al Zarahi

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In need “We came to know from our Indian friends that the rescued Indian sailors need a place to stay until their papers are processed and they can ﬂy back to India. As Jalan is a small town, there are no accommodation facilities. So, we thought of sharing ours,” Salah and Nasser said. “Providing shel-

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sailors need a place to stay untll their

MUSCAT: Said Al Gamboosi, the Omani ﬁsherman in Jalan, who rescued the 11 Indian sailors from a sinking vessel in Omani waters, has shown that Omanis are always kind to anyone who needs help. Now, Salah Al Zarahi, his son Nasser Al Zarahi and two other Omanis from the same village, have proven this again as both father and son have been providing the stranded Indian sailors with accommodation and food, free of charge since last Saturday.

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ter for a stranded person is not a big deal. Whoever believes in the Almighty will do it. It is our duty to help the needy,” Salah added. Salah and his family are also providing food to the Indian sailors from day one. The Indian sailors were rescued from the sinking vessel on Saturday morning by Al Gamboosi and his friends while they had gone to sea for ﬁshing. It took around ﬁve hours for Al Gamboosi and his friends to bring back the Indian sailors to shore from the sea. Responding to the Times of

FRIENDS INDEED: The Indian sailors were rescued from the sinking vessel on Saturday morning by Al

Gamboosi and his friends while they had gone to sea for ﬁshing. – Supplied

Oman’s story on Al Gamboosi’s bravery, Indra Mani Pandey, the Indian ambassador to Oman, said the Indian embassy will ﬁnd an occasion to honour his bravery. Meanwhile, Pravasi Jalan, an Indian social organisation in Ja-

lan, said Salah and Nasser are loved by everyone in the town. “They are respected for their deeds. They are compassionate towards everyone. They never say no to anyone who needs help,” the Pravasi Jalan members added.

The sailors are waiting in Jalan to get the paper work done before ﬂying to India. The vessel they were sailing in had 69 cars, food items, cooking oil and tyres on board. The vessel was headed to Yemen from Sharjah.

MUSCAT: Guangzhou in China and Muscat will be connected by Oman Air four times a week from December, the airline said in a tweet on its official twitter handle. “From December 9, 2016, we will fly to Guangzhou, non-stop four times a week,” the airline tweeted. The airline has also opened its online booking channels through its official website. According to the official website, it will cost OMR420 (approximately) for a MuscatGuangzhou-Muscat trip. Recently, the airline had also announced that it will launch four weekly direct flights to Najaf from Muscat from September 15. Under Oman Air’s expansion programme, launched late 2014, the national carrier of Oman is in the process of increasing its fleet size to 70 aircraft by 2020. At that point, Oman Air’s fleet will comprise 45 narrow-body aircraft and 25 wide-body aircraft, which will fly to an anticipated 75 global destinations. Since October 2014, Oman Air has received 12 new B737s, of which seven are the -800 variant and five are -900 variant. Each is currently deployed on routes from Muscat to destinations in the GCC region, in the wider Middle East and on the South Asian sub-continent.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

REPORT

SMEs use social media to Economy on track, believe 70% of millionaires in Oman promote business, but lack ability to secure ﬁnance

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haitham@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Millionaires in Oman are optimistic about the Sultanate’s economic prospects, according to a report. A majority of the wealthy Omani residents surveyed expect the country’s economy to be heading in the right direction says a report by Cluttons, the global property consultants. Half of those surveyed believe that the country’s economy is on the rise, which makes Omani millionaires the most positive about their national economic growth when compared with others in the Gulf Cooperation Council. The report surveyed 127 high net worth individuals (HNWI) from across the GCC, including 30 from Oman, each of whom currently has or intends in the future to make an investment worth USD 1 million in international property. Global outlook Even though most of those who took part said the global outlook was gloomy, nearly two thirds of them intended to acquire a property abroad in 2016. Furthermore, only 12 per cent of GCC HNWI plan to liquidate their properties outside. “Gulf investors are in no hurry to liquidate their properties for a variety of reasons especially pertaining to London. Some have taken the foreign exchange hit from the Sterling tumble at the hands of the Brexit referendum while most others still see London as a lucrative market considering its history of providing exponential returns

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When asked about the health of their national economy, most Omanis (70%) think it is stable or improving.

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in capital and rental terms,” explained Faisal Durrani, Head of research at Cluttons. Lead the GCC The report also revealed that HNWI in Oman lead the GCC countries in real estate portfolios outside the country, which accounts for 63 per cent of their total, and is predicted to grow to 71 per cent by 2020. While the report revealed London as the favoured investment location for GCC millionaires, Oman’s HNWI preferred Indian cities as the top investment location. The report also highlighted New York and Singapore as priority locations for real estate investments. According to Durrani, recent measures taken by the Indian government to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) could be an important factor in making India an

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Major contributors According to Khalid bin Al Saﬁ Al Haribi, Deputy CEO of Riyada, the Public Authority for SME development in Oman, more than 90 per cent of the commercially registered organisations in Oman are SMEs, whose contribution to the nation’s GDP ranges between 15 and 20 percent. “SMEs in Oman very often resort to social media platforms for outreach purposes, especially during the current economic conditions, as social media is considered more affordable, given the budgets allocated for marketing in the SME sector.

Need for discipline Meanwhile, according to experts, SMEs in Oman can become eligible for loans by introducing discipline in their business model and work structure. Several organisations in Oman offer loans to Omani SMEs, along with mentoring and giving soft advice, but SMEs need to step up discipline and organisation in order to beneﬁt from it. Currently, SMEs are having a tough time securing loans, according to experts and SME owners alike. “Banks are a major source of loans for SMEs, but sometimes it is hard to secure

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MUSCAT: While small and medium enterprises in the Sultanate are quite savvy in using social media to notch up sales, the same cannot be said about their ability to secure ﬁnancing. Some 92 percent of SMEs in the GCC are promoting their businesses on facebook, instagram, twitter and other social media, an Orient Planet Report says. The report, entitled ‘Social Media as a Business Tool for SMEs in the Arab World’, comes as no surprise amidst the unprecedented growth in the number of Arab internet users who are accessing various social media channels to connect, communicate, and share information with their families and friends.

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“SMEs in Oman rely heavily on social media, however, the overall impression about the use of social media in Oman is that it needs improvement. Still, there needs to be a qualitative move towards a more innovative marketing technique, for not only using posters, but also videos, inﬂuencers, and more effective engagement methods,” noted al Haribi. He added that facebook, twitter and instagram are widely used by SMEs in Oman, but Pinterest, LinkedIn and Snapchat remain largely untouched. According to the Arab Knowledge Economy Report 2015-2016, the number of internet users in the Arab World is poised to climb to about 226 million by 2018. Nashwa al Sharji, a college student and home business owner in Oman, said that she has been using social media for some time and found it to be very useful.

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ideal investment destination. Oman’s real estate market is stable due to the steady growth of population along with several development projects to promote tourism in Oman being the driving factors. “The upcoming integrated tourism complex (ITC) projects like Port Sultan Qaboos and current high performing ones like Al Mouj Muscat along with the government plans to diversify are propelling the demand,” according to Philip Paul, Head of Cluttons Oman. Takes its toll He added that even though larger residential complexes with excellent facilities have ﬂourished, the recent economic downturn has taken its toll on smaller independent residential properties that have seen supply overtaking demand.

without collateral,” said Sherry Colbourne, managing partner at Startup Oman. Unavailability of loan-securing collateral, lack of organisation and proper maintenance of accounts and less knowledge of options available have been identified as the key factors in this issue. “During a recent entrepreneurship forum held in Bahla, nearly 55 to 60 per cent SME owners complained about difficulty in obtaining loans,” according to Lallan Sharma, head of Finance at the SME Development Fund (SMEF). “Unavailability of financial statements or proper accounts is the major reason why SMEs are unable to secure loans.” According to an SME owner dealing with automotive parts, there are several lucrative finance options, but not everyone is aware of them, one of which is subsidised loans. Subsidised loans provide SMEs with much lower interest rates than conventional rates and can be secured with little hassle. “With nearly 6 per cent subsidy, SMEs have to pay only 3 to 4 per cent interest rates, which makes it much easier for them to develop,” said Sharma, adding that SMEF is one of the few organisations that provides subsidised loans to SMEs. “At SMEF, we do not take any personal assets as collateral and our partnership with KPMG and PDO guarantees that accounts of a company are in good shape, which would help SMEs in the future in securing loans from banks,” he explained.

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GCC conference discusses geographical dimensions of tourism SALALAH: A conference on geographical dimensions of tourism began in Salalah yesterday. The 5th Scientiﬁc Conference of the GCC Geographical Society on “Geographical Dimensions of Tourism Development in the GCC States: Reality, Expectations and Future Challenges” is being held under patronage of Abdullah bin Aqeel Al Ibrahim, Acting Deputy Dhofar Governor. The three-day conference is being organised by the Department

of Geography, College of Arts and Social Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), in cooperation with the GCC Geographical Society, the Ministry of Tourism and the Office of the Minister of State and Governor of Dhofar. Optimal distribution It aims to highlight the natural and human geographical elements of tourism in the GCC states, the study of relationship between tourism with Gulf geo-

graphical environment and their methods of interaction with it, the study of the optimal distribution of tourism sites and services based on natural and human tourism potential of the GCC states, as well as the study of global, regional and local tourism and its governing laws. A number of working papers on the importance of geographical information in the urban and tourism areas were presented on the ﬁrst day. -ONA

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Need to improve fuel station staff fire control skills The recent ﬁre accident shows that the employees, who were extinguishing the ﬁre did not have not enough knowledge about station or our employees’ advice,” said the company source. He added that if they considered the risk of ignoring such things, such accidents could be avoided in the future.

fire fighting, said the man who saved two children from car fire

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fahadnews@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Fuel station employees need more skills and knowledge on how to deal with a fire, said Mohammed Al Hashmi, the hero who saved two Jordanian children in Sur from a burning vehicle. “The recent fire accident shows that the employees, who were extinguishing the fire did not have enough knowledge about fire fighting,” said Al Hashmi. He added that he has taken different fire safety courses and has some background knowledge of the subject. “It’s not about just extinguishing the fire, such employee should consider first if there is anyone inside the vehicle or not. Those infants could have died due to suffocation before the fire,” said Al Hashmi.

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He also said that it’s very important to know which extinguisher works for which kind of fire. An official at a fuel supplying company confirmed that there is a full-fledged department in the company, which looks after the training of employees. “All our employees go through a training programme, especially when it comes to safety. The company also tries to remind its employees about the safety measures, but most of these issues are caused by customers. Customers don’t follow safety measures, they don’t follow the safety information on stickers pasted at the fuel

Companies’ responsibility A reliable source at the Public Authority of Civil Defence and Ambulance (PACDA) said the authority carries out different awareness programmes. However, such training is provided to fuel stations employees and should fall under the companies’ main responsibilities. “Companies should educate fuel station employees on how to deal with ﬁre. It is their role to educate their staff. We make visits everywhere to educate people on different issues involving safety. We also speciﬁcally visit some fuel stations to spread awareness among employees and the public too. We explain issues in booklets and stick reminders everywhere, but still such accidents take place,” said the PACDA source. He added that everyone should take these safety measures seriously. “Lives are lost due to the neglect of such measures,” said the PACDA source.

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Salalah Tourism Festival 2016 concludes today SALALAH: Activities of Salalah Tourism Festival 2016 will conclude at Al Wilayats Theatre in the Municipality Recreational Centre on Wednesday. The festival was launched on July 15 under the theme “Oman of

Love and Peace”. The closing ceremony will be held under the patronage of Sayyid Mohammed bin Sultan Al Busaidi, Minister of State and Governor of Dhofar, Supervisor General of the festival.

At the closing ceremony, Omani artistes will present a number of shows, besides the winners of competition among different wilayats of Oman, sponsors and supporting agencies of the festival will be honoured. -ONA

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2016 People living here should obey the law and the land. And if someone is violating the law, he should be punished so that others learn a lesson and won’t repeat such a mistake A H Raja, vice president of Pakistan Social Club

OMAN SAYYID HAITHAM BIDS ADIEU TO BRAZILIAN ENVOY

On behalf of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said received in his office yesterday Mitzi Gurgel Valente da Costa, Ambassador of Brazil to the Sultanate to bid her farewell at the end of her tour of duty. The ambassador expressed her thanks to His Majesty the Sultan for the support extended to her during her tour of duty in the Sultanate from His Majesty, the government and the Omani people, which enabled her to carry out her duty. She wished His Majesty good health, happiness and long life, and the Sultanate further progress and prosperity under the wise leadership of His Majesty. -ONA

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Jayakumar, chief gastroenterologist at the hospital, who led the procedure, said the coin had to be removed as it had gotten stuck in the stomach, partially obstructing the gastric outlet. “We are happy that Adharv has started going to school. We will keep the coin safe as a collector’s item,” More added. R E G U L A R C O N TA C T

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The source added that the hospital is also in regular contact with Sur Hospital. “We are monitoring the medication provided by the hospital to Gazal in Sur. The hospital sends reports every day,” said the source. Atiya is staying beside the girl now in Sur hospital, waiting for the father and mother to travel back to Sur to be with their daughter. “We are still urging Khoula hospital to send a specialist to the Sur hospital to monitor our Gazal,” he said. “We are still calling for a specialist burns unit to travel to Sur to help save Gazal,” Atiya revealed. “Even one specialist coming to Sur Hospital from Khoula to check on Gazal’s condition is enough for us,” reiterated the uncle.

SAYYID HAITHAM GETS INVITE FROM ABU DHABI

His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Minister of Heritage and Culture received an invitation from Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahayan, Heir Apparent of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend the 2016 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Grand Prix. The invitation letter was handed over by Mohammed bin Sultan Al Suwaidi, UAE ambassador to the Sultanate when Sayyid Haitham received him in his office yesterday. The meeting was attended by Sayyid Faisal bin Hamoud Al Busaidi, Advisor to the Minister. -ONA

Ithraa event to debate tourism, economy The event will bring together some of Oman’s most inspirational and innovative business people and civil servants

Times News Service MUSCAT: Is Oman promoting local produce; how can the country improve its waste management and logistics sector and attract tourists in times of austerity? These are some of the questions that will be debated upon at Ithraa’s ‘Inside Stories’ event next month. “The four evenings are designed to get the word out that there are signiﬁcant investment and career opportunities available now and in the future for people interested in Oman’s tourism, manufacturing, logistics and waste management. This will help

raise the Sultanate’s reputation as a destination for enterprise,” said Sajda Al Ghaithi, Ithraa’s media director and organiser of the annual Inside Stories initiative. First up at the event will be ‘Hyper local Tourism’ on September 19 and next would be ‘Made in Oman’ on September 21. These will be followed by ‘Urban Logistics’ on September 26 and ﬁnally ‘The Circular Economy’ will be held on September 28. All the events will be held at Bank Muscat’s head office in Airport Heights and are open to the public. Panellists include Khalid Al Yahmadi, chief executive officer (CEO), Asaas; Mazin Al Khoury, investment director, Tourism and Culture, Oman Investment Fund; Shadia Al Ismaili, founder,

Deema Oman; Graham Lesley, CEO, Al Siraj Hospitality; Chris Clark, international business development manager, MedServ; Ali Thabet, DHL country manager; Sheikh Rashid Al Saadi, CEO, National Investment Funds Company; Sheikh Mohammed Al Harthy, executive vice president, Strategic Development, Be’ah; Abdullah Al Wahaibi, business development manager, Voltamp Energy; Dr. Mahad Al Mashani from Sultan Qaboos University; and Dr. Steve Halls, senior environmental expert, Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs. The latest edition of Inside Stories will commence on Monday, September 19, with a ﬁve-person ‘Hyper-local Tourism’ panel. “The demand for hyper-local

tourism activities is on the rise. Whether it is climbing mountains, crossing deserts, sailing, relaxing on a beach or shopping, tourists want an authentic experience. In fact, there is a staggering number of travellers, who are looking for offbeat locations to get the local, unique real-life experience, a market worth around $140 billion globally,” explained Ithraa’s Al Ghaithi. Organised by Ithraa, Oman’s inward investment and export development agency, and supported by BP and Bank Muscat, the Inside Stories event is a series of four informal evening talks that bring together some of Oman’s most inspirational and innovative business people and civil servants.

H E A LT H F O O D C O M PA N Y L L C

Pact on minimum wage for Omanis SALALAH: Ministry of Manpower, represented by the Directorate General of Manpower, Governorate of Dhofar signed, yesterday, the minutes of an agreement with the Health Food Company LLC, on increasing the minimum wage of national em-

ployees in Oman effective from September. OMR430 The agreement ensures that the minimum wage shall not be less than OMR430 for the company’s existing employees and for any of

the employees who join the service of the company and successfully completes the three–month probation period. Agreement The agreement was signed on behalf of the Ministry by Khalid

bin Hamad Al Rawahi, Director General of the Directorate General of Manpower, in Dhofar Governorate, while on behalf of the company it was signed by Ahmed bin Hafeedh Mohiddin, Vice Chairman of the company’s Board. —ONA .

MINISTRY

835 contracts for Omanis approved MUSCAT: Out of 932 employment contracts e-registered at the Ministry of National Manpower’s website, 835 contracts for Omanis have been e-authenticated between August 21 and August 25 as per the statistics available with the ministry. The Ministry of Manpower has approved contracts of 424 establishments with the highest 42 approvals for Oman Shapoorji Company. Starting from July 2016, the Ministry of Manpower made it mandatory to register the employment contracts for the national manpower in all the governorates on the Ministry’s portal. The Ministry of Manpower has made it mandatory for the excellent and ﬁrst grade private sector companies in Muscat to register their work contracts for nationals through the online portal from the ﬁrst of March this year. -ONA R I YA D H

Seminar on tourism sector SALALAH: Public Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Riyadh) in cooperation with Moria of Tourist Development Company organised a seminar titled “Partnerships Opportunities in Tourist Sector” at Al Fanar Hotel in Salalah yesterday. The seminar included four working papers for the government and private agencies concerned with the tourism sector and the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The seminar reviewed some successful experiences of the SMEs on various economic sectors. -ONA

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‘Construction sector not getting enough visas’

“In construction sector too, serious companies are not getting enough visas cleared by the ministry. This is forcing them to hire workers from outside to get the work done. This leads to violation according to the law,” the CEO said. The CEO added that to sort this problem to an extent, they have come out with a plan to create a single nomenclature for construction workers under which 66 jobs will fall. “This will resolve the problem up to an extent. A plumber or an electrician in construction sector will have job status as construction worker in the visa and labour card. This will avoid legal actions if a worker does plumbing job and at the same time electrical work,” the CEO. According the CEO, the plan is with the Ministry of Manpower. Shaji Sebastin, an Indian social worker in Oman for the last 30 years, said that expatriates coming to Oman should be aware of the local law so that they are not

A trade union leader said that government may be intensifying raids to streamline the labour market as the economy is not doing well due to low oil prices

caught for violation. “He should not come on a “free visa”. He should also make sure that he has the job status he had applied for. I don’t disagree with the right of a worker to work, but in addition to that if there are certain rules in place in a country they have to be followed. Before

accepting a job, the worker should check everything,” the social worker said. A H Raja, vice president of Pakistan Social Club, also voiced the same opinion. “People living here should obey the law and the land. And if someone is violating the law, he should be punished so that others learn a lesson and won’t repeat such a mistake,” he said. “They should come on correct visa and work where they are entitled to. This would pose no signiﬁcant legal risks at work,” social workers say. Meanwhile, a trade union leader said that government may be intensifying raids to streamline the labour market as the economy is not doing well due to low oil prices. “I feel that this won’t resolve the issue. Fundamental changes have to be made in the system to resolve the labour market, which will help both employer and employee,” Saud Salmi, the trade union leader, added.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2016

REGION At least 10,000 killed in Yemen civil war, says UN UN Humanitarian Coordinator Jamie McGoldrick cites data from medical facilities, says humanitarian work alone can’t solve problems

SANAA: At least 10,000 people have been killed in Yemen’s 18-month-old civil war, the United Nations on Tuesday, approaching double the estimates of more than 6,000 cited by officials and aid workers for much of 2016. The war pits the Houthi group and supporters of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh against President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who is supported by an alliance of Arab states led by Saudi Arabia. The new toll is based on official information from medical facilities in Yemen, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Jamie McGoldrick told a news conference in the capital Sanaa. It might rise as some areas had no medical facilities, and people were often buried without official records. The United Nations human rights office said last week that 3,799 civilians have been killed in

CONFLICT: Yemeni man walk amid the ruins of a building in Houthi rebel-held capital Sanaa on Monday, after it was reportedly hit by a

coalition air strike. – AFP

the conﬂict, with air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition responsible for some 60 per cent of deaths. McGoldrick gave no breakdown on civilian casualties, adding the conﬂict has displaced three million Yemenis and forced 200,000 to seek refuge abroad. The United Nations had information that 900,000 of the displaced intended

to try to return to their homes. “This is a big challenge, especially in areas still experiencing conﬂict,” McGoldrick said. Some 14 million of Yemen’s 26 million population needed food aid and 7 million were suffering from food insecurity. McGoldrick said the human situation in Yemen was “tragic”

“Humanitarian work alone cannot solve these problems,” he said. UN-sponsored peace talks ended earlier this month without agreement, and without an agreement for a new round. The collapse of negotiations was followed by stepped-up ﬁghting across Yemen. US Secretary of State John Ker-

ry said after talks in Saudi Arabia last week that the United States, Gulf Arab states and the United Nations had agreed on a new push for peace. He said the new talks would try to twin a proposal for the Houthis to withdraw from cities they seized since 2014 with setting up an inclusive government. — Reuters

D E L AY I N PAY M E N T

Libyan armed guards close two oilfields TRIPOLI: A Libyan armed force controlling some of the country’s southern oilfields has stopped pumping at two of them because the government has not paid the funds needed to maintain security operations, a brigade commander said on Tuesday. The closures underscore the new Libyan government’s complex task in reviving oil production, which has been battered by strikes, protests and militant attacks since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in the 2011 uprising. Commander Mohammad Ahmad Alkhbasha told Reuters the Petroleum Facilities Guards’ southern brigade had shut the Gulf field and the Al Wafa field, which usually produces around 30,000 barrels per day (bpd) of light oil condensate. Al Wafa also produces gas supplies for Mellitah port, jointly run with Italian oil company ENI for export to Italy. “There are about six oilfields under our guards’ control and we have stopped the pumping of crude oil from Gulf and Alwafa oilfields,” the commander said. “But gas will be continued from Al Wafa normally.” The southern oil guard brigade controls Al Wafa, Gulf, Al Khamsa, El feel, El Sharara, and Senawang oilfields, and a number of wells and pipelines. El Feel and El Sharara had already been closed. NOC chairman Mustafa Sanalla said on Monday that delays in the budget from Libya’s new government for the state energy company were undermining oil production, losing around 200,000 barrels per day at the cost of millions of dollars. — Reuters

DESPITE CRITICISM

Turkey army chief signals no let up in Syria campaign ISTANBUL: Turkey’s army chief signalled no let up in a Syria offensive Washington has criticised for targeting US-backed Kurdish fighters as well as militants, and said its successes showed last month’s failed coup had not dented the military’s power. Turkish-backed forces began the offensive last week by capturing the Syrian frontier town of Jarablus from IS; they then advanced on areas controlled by Kurdishaligned militias which have US support in battling militants. Turkey, which is fighting a Kurdish insurgency at home, has openly said the operation dubbed “Euphrates Shield” has a dual goal of driving away IS and preventing Kurdish forces extending their areas of control along the Turkish border. Washington said the offensive by its NATO ally risked undermining the fight against IS because it was focusing on Kurdish-aligned militias. Ankara says it will not take orders from anyone on how to protect the nation. “By pursuing the Euphrates

Shield operation, which is crucial for our national security and for our neighbours’ security, the Turkish Armed Forces are showing they have lost none of their strength,” Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar said in a statement on Tuesday to mark a national holiday. On the eve of the Victory Day holiday, President Tayyip Erdogan said the operation would continue until all threats, including that of Kurdish militia ﬁghters, were removed from the border area. Turkey is still reeling from an attempted coup in July in which rogue military commanders used warplanes and tanks to try to oust Erdogan and the government, exposing splits in the ranks of NATO’s second biggest military. In a subsequent purge of suspected coup sympathisers, 80,000 people have been removed from both civilian and military duties, including many generals, officers and rank-and-ﬁle soldiers. Echoing US concerns about the Turkish offensive in Syria, French President Francois Hollande said he understood Turkey’s need to

defend itself from IS but that targeting Kurdish forces which were battling militants could further inflame the five-year-old Syrian conflict. “Those multiple, contradictory interventions carry risks of a general flare-up,” he told a meeting of French ambassadors. Criticism by any Western powers will add to tensions with Ankara, which has accused the United States and Europe of proving poor allies by calling for restraint as the government rounded up coup sympathisers, and failing to appreciate the depth of the threat the coup presented to Turkey’s democracy. US Vice President Joe Biden visited Ankara last week to try to patch up ties and voice support for the government. But this week, US officials described the current direction of the offensive as “unacceptable”. In its northern Syria offensive, Turkish forces and their rebel allies have taken a string of villages in areas controlled by the Kurdishaligned Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and advanced towards

BLAZE

Fire breaks out at 28-storey skyscraper in Abu Dhabi ABU DHABI: Fire swept through a 28-storey skyscraper under construction in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and injured 13 people, the latest in a series of blazes to hit tall buildings in the United Arab Emirates over the last 18 months. Thick black smoke billowed from the top 20 floors of the almost-completed commercial building in the UAE’s capital. Firefighters, overseen by helicopters, were working to put the blaze out two hours after it started, witnesses said. Civil defence personnel helped construction workers in the building, as well as guests and staff at an adjacent luxury hotel, evacuate with no serious injuries, the witnesses said. Ten of those injured were civil defence and other emergency personnel, according to a statement carried by state news agency WAM. The WAM report quoted the head of Abu Dhabi’s civil defence department as saying that investigations to determine the cause of the fire were still in progress. Early this month, a fire damaged

BLACK CLOUDS OF SMOKE: Smoke rises after a ﬁre broke out in a building at Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Tuesday. – Reuters

part of a multi-storey building under construction in Dubai. In July a ﬁre broke out in the residential 75-storey Sulafa Tower in Dubai’s upscale Marina District, while on New Year’s Eve a blaze hit a Dubai hotel and in February 2015 there was a ﬁre at a 79-storey residential tower in the Emirate. In some

of those cases, experts said the ﬂames may have been encouraged to spread by exterior cladding, used for decoration or insulation. The UAE revised its building safety code in 2013 to require that cladding on all new buildings over 15 metres tall be ﬁre-resistant; but older buildings are exempt. — Reuters

FLEEING FOR SAFETY: Syrian families, ﬂeeing the IS group and the ongoing ﬁghting, rest on Monday

as they arrive to take refuge in the Syrian village of Al Khalfatli, held by the Free Syrian Army (FSA), near the Syrian-Turkish border, north of Aleppo. – AFP

Manbij, a city the SDF seized from IS this month in a US-backed campaign. Turkey says its forces have struck multiple positions held by the Kurdish YPG militia, part of the SDF coalition. The YPG says its forces with-

drew from the region before the Turkish assault and have already crossed the Euphrates, in line with a demand from the United States to withdraw to the eastern side of the river that ﬂows through Syria or lose US support.

Turkey wants to stop Kurdish forces taking control of territory that lies between cantons to the east and west that they already hold, and so creating an unbroken Kurdish- controlled corridor on Turkey’s southern border. — Reuters

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2016 We worked on the motto of Jai Jawan and Jai Kisan. Water from Narmada has transformed the lives of farmers too. This season, farmers of Kutch exported 70,000 tonnes of Kesar mangoes Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

INDIA TIMING QUESTIONED

Modi reaches out to farmers in poll-bound Gujarat SANOSARA (Gujarat): Holding his ﬁrst public rally in poll-bound Gujarat after taking office in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reached out to farmers from the heartland of the restive Patel community after launching an irrigation project. Modi also launched a veiled attack on the Congress after inaugurating the ﬁrst phase of the ambitious Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (Sauni) project here, saying that polls can be won by dangling baits and “throwing pieces” but a country can’t be run by doing so. Targeting Targeting the Congress which had questioned the timing of his visit to poll-bound Gujarat, Modi said his government does not believe in “throwing pieces” to attract voters.

“You can win polls by throwing pieces, but you cannot run a country by doing so. We do not believe in throwing pieces. We worked hard for almost 15 years for this project to bring transformation and development,” Modi told a huge gathering at Sanosara village in Jamnagar district in the patidar(or Patel)-dominated Saurashtra region. Water is a politically sensitive issue in Gujarat, which the BJP plans to cash in before the 2017 Assembly polls to revive its fortunes, specially at the time when it is facing challenges like Patel quota agitation and Dalit uprising. The Congress has termed the inauguration of Sauni scheme at this juncture by the prime minister as an attempt to give a message to voters ahead of the polls. In his address, Modi stressed

on conserving water and remembered his days as Gujarat chief minister when people did not understood his vision to bring transformation in agriculture sector. “After I became Gujarat’s CM for the first time (in 2001), I used to tell farmers that instead of fighting against government to get more electricity for irrigation, they should focus more on water management. However, I failed to make them understand for almost 2-3 years” said Modi. “At that time, I faced lot of protests by farmers. They used to burn my effigies. But, I remained firm on my vision. Tuesday, I want to thank farmers of Gujarat for accepting my vision of conserving water through sprinklers, drip irrigation and micro irrigation tools, which significantly brought up ground water levels,” said Modi.

He added that water of Narmada river has now reached till the extreme end of parched Kutch region and helped farmers to a great extent. “Narmada waters have reached till Khavda in Kutch. There was a time when camels were used to transport water to our BSF jawans posted there. They used to get small quantity of water for drinking. But now, they use Narmada water for even bathing,” said Modi. “We worked on the motto of Jai Jawan and Jai Kisan. Water from Narmada has transformed the lives of farmers too. This season, farmers of Kutch exported 70,000 tonnes of Kesar mangoes” added Modi. Remembering the day when Modi ﬁrst coined the idea of Sauni scheme, the prime minister said that people had apprehensions about the success of this project initially. - PTI

IRRIGATION PROJECT INAUGURATION: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at the inauguration of the ﬁrst phase of Saurashtra Narmada Avataran for Irrigation (Sauni) project in Rajkot on Tuesday. - PTI

Scope to do lot more in area of counter-terrorism: Sushma External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj stressed on the need to enhance cooperation in counter-terrorism, saying ‘there is a scope to do a lot more’

NEW DELHI: India and the US on Tuesday discussed terrorism emanating from Pakistan and other issues of strategic importance as well as of commercial interest with New Delhi asserting that there was a “scope to do a lot more” in the area of counter-terrorism. During the second Indo-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue (S&CD), co-chaired by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with US Secretary of State John Kerry and US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker here, the two sides also discussed ways to enhance cooperation in key areas of energy and trade and business. The co-chairs were accompanied by high-level inter-agency delegations. In her initial remarks, Swaraj stressed on the need to enhance cooperation in counter-

BOOSTING TIES: US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, gestures as India’s External Affairs Minister

Sushma Swaraj looks on during their joint news conference in New Delhi, on Tuesday. - Reuters

terrorism, saying “there is a scope to do a lot more.” Apart from bilateral issues, substantive discussions were held on important regional and global developments including the security situation. She also stressed on the need to take care of “aspirations and interests” of companies while enhancing bilateral commercial ties. On his part, Kerry noted that the two countries have deepened their cooperation in defence, energy and cyber security. The US was looking forward to ﬁnalise a cyber framework that will help the two countries protect from

new global cyber threats, he said. He further said the US would want its civil nuclear cooperation with India to take shape in setting up of reactors that deliver reliable electricity to Indian households. On the commercial front, ease of doing business and visa regimes were among other aspects of trade ties taken up. The two-way trade between the countries stood at about $109 billion last year. Swaraj said in view of the rapidly evolving regional and global situation, India looks forward to resuming the meeting of the Trilateral with Afghanistan; con-

sultations on Africa and on multilateral issues within this year. Asserting that India’s enhanced global role was in mutual interest, she said, “It is in this context, we look forward to continue working closely with the US to secure our membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group and permanent membership of the UN Security Council.” She also pitched for expansion of defence cooperation to the next stage of co-production and co-development. “For this, we need to deﬁne the beneﬁts associated with India’s designation as a ‘Major Defence Partner’ of the US during prime

minister’s visit in June. This would spur defence industry collaboration between India and the US and help India play the desired role as a net provider of security in the region,” Swaraj added. She also said the two sides have been able to conclude a Framework for the India-US Cyber Relationship, the first of its kind both for India and the US, with any other country. She also pitched for a “just and non-discriminatory solution” to the issue of totalisation and recent fee hike for H1B and L1 visa that has “affected our people-topeople exchanges, which was a vital source of strength for our relationship”. Asserting that India attaches high importance to the Dialogue, Swaraj said it develops greater synergy and coherence in the engagements across the spectrum. Reiterating India’s commitment for implementation of the Paris Agreement, she said the government was taking steps domestically to compress the timeline for our ratification of the agreement. “We hope that the next US Administration will continue to support the Paris Agreement with the same seriousness and purpose as you have done, and that the goal of mobilising $100 billion per year from developed countries, will be met with firm support from the US government,” she said. Swaraj also talked about the need to step up collaboration in the area of clean energy that will make it viable for us to make quantum transition to renewable energy away from fossil fuel, and achieve our ambitious climate goals. - PTI

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Congress calls for talks with separatists to end unrest SRINAGAR: Pitching for a dialogue with separatists to end the ongoing unrest in Indian-administered-Kashmir, Opposition Congress on Tuesday said it had asked both the central and the state governments to identify the relevant non-mainstream parties and stakeholders in the Valley for the talks. “We have said both inside the House (Parliament) and in allparty meeting, which was presided over by Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) and which we attended as an Opposition, that he should hold an all-party meeting,” Congress general secretary and Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters here. “We had also said that the process of dialogue should be initiated as soon as possible if they want the things to improve on ground. And for that it is important we do not conﬁne our dialogue only to mainstream political parties,” he said. Non-mainstream parties Azad said the government must identify important and relevant non-mainstream parties in Jammu and Kashmir to have a dialogue with them to improve the situation in the Valley. “It is the non-mainstream political parties, not only in our state but across the country, they do not have normally any representatives in the assemblies and Parliament. So we need to talk besides mainstream political parties, (to) other non-mainstream political parties and all other stakeholders,” Azad said. The Congress leader also said that the role of Pakistan in Kashmir had always been negative. -PTI

NO PROVISION FOR ANY BASE

India, US sign logistics exchange pact to cement defence ties WASHINGTON: In a major boost to bilateral strategic ties, India and the US have signed a crucial logistics defence pact that will enable their militaries to use each other’s assets and bases for repair and replenishment of supplies, making joint operations more efficient. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter signed the ‘Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement’ (LEMOA) and said it will facilitate opportunities for “practical engagement and exchange”. LEMOA facilitates the provision of logistical support, supplies and services between the US and Indian militaries on a reimbursable basis and provides a framework to govern them. This may include food, water, billeting, transportation, petroleum, oils, lubricants, clothing, medical services, spare parts and components, repair and maintenance services, training services, and other logistical items and services. Technology sharing “They agreed on the importance (that) this framework will provide to facilitate innovative and advanced opportunities in defence technology and trade cooperation. To this end, the US has agreed to elevate defence trade and technology sharing with India to a level commensurate with its closest allies

MAKING A POINT: US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter, left, and India’s Minister of Defence Manohar Parrikar attend a press conference at the Pentagon on Monday in Washington, DC. - AFP

and partners,” said a joint statement after the pact was signed. According to the statement, the defence ties between the two countries is based on their “shared values and interests,” and their “abiding commitment to global peace and security”. Parrikar, at a joint news conference with Carter after the two leaders held talks at the Pentagon on Monday, made it clear that “there is no provision for any base or any sort of activities to set up a base in India.” “It (LEMOA) doesn’t have anything to do with the setting up of base. It’s basically logistics support to each other’s ﬂeet, like sup-

ply of fuel, supply of many other things which are required for joint operations, humanitarian assistance and many other relief operations. So, it basically will ensure that both navies can be supportive of each other in the joint venture operations we do, exercises we do,” Parrikar told reporters. LEMOA is a very substantial enabler of the two countries to work together, the US Defence Secretary said. Carter said the agreement would make joint operations between their militaries logistically easier and more efficient. “What it does is make possible and make easier operating together when we choose to. It doesn’t by it-

self — those agreements —those are the things that the two governments would have to agree on a case by case basis. But when they do agree, this is an agreement that makes it all go so much more smoothly and efficiently,” Carter explained. “It is fully mutual. In other words, we grant one another completely equal access and ease under this agreement. It’s not a basing agreement of any kind, but it does make the logistics of joint operations so much easier and so much more efficient,” he said. Parrikar also indicated that India is not in a hurry to sign two other foundational agreements which America has been push-

ing for the past several years. The future of the two foundational agreements — Communications and Information Security Memorandum of Agreement (CISMOA); Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) for Geospatial Intelligence — are part of the four foundational agreements being pushed by the US for more than a decade now as part of its efforts to enhance defence ties with India. Of the four agreements, General Security Of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) was signed in 2002 while the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) was signed on Monday. LEMOA only provides an additional means to fund necessary support and requires the approval of both countries on a case-by-case basis. For example, during a bilateral exercise with the US, the participant country’s unit requires fuel for its equipment. The unit cannot make the purchase unless it can pay directly and immediately. A LEMOA agreement allows for the purchase by establishing a value for the purchase and the terms for payment, which could be replacement-in-kind or an equalvalue exchange, Carter said. Carter said India’s designation as a ‘major defence partner’ would allow the US to cooperate with it — in both strategic and technological domains — at par with its closet

and most long-standing allies. “First of all with respect to the major defence partnership agreement, that is a very substantial change. It’s an enormous change from 50 years of history. And a very substantial advance over just a few months ago,” Carter said. In June when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited US and met President Barack Obama, the country had designated India as a ‘major defence partner’. “The Indian government sent us before our meeting today a very lengthy, detailed and we thought very constructive paper about how to implement the major defence partnership understanding. That’s an excellent basis for the implementation of the major defence partnership,” Carter said. The major defence partnership designation, has “knocked down” the previous barriers that came in the way of defence, strategic cooperation including co-production, co-development projects and exercises, he said. Parrikar said US is one of India’s primary sources of defence equipment, and while it has shared some of its cuttingedge platforms, he would like to take this forward to greater collaborative projects. The two leaders, he said, decided to signiﬁcantly expand the scope and activities of Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI). - PTI

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Jailed MQM leader takes oath as mayor of Karachi Waseem Akhtar, a former MPA, who is being held at Karachi’s central prison was brought to Polo Ground amid high security to take his oath

KARACHI: Imprisoned Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Waseem Akhtar took oath as Karachi mayor on Tuesday despite staunch opposition from rival parties. Waseem Akhtar, a former MPA, who is being held at Karachi’s central prison was brought to Polo Ground amid high security to take his oath. The tenure of the city’s last elected mayor, Syed Mustafa Kamal, ended almost six-andhalf-years ago in February, 2010. Family members of Waseem and MQM leader Farooq Sattar were present at Karachi’s Polo Ground to attend the oath-taking

DEFIANT: MQM leader Waseem Akhtar announced his decision to ﬁght for justice and move a bail

application in court after taking oath. – Reuters ﬁle Photo

ceremony of mayor and deputy mayor Karachi. MQM’s Arshad Vohra took oath as Deputy Mayor Karachi. Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Commissioner Samiuddin Siddiqui administered oath to the mayor and deputy mayor. Addressing the ceremony, not only did the recently elected mayor thank all institutions in the country, he opened his speech by chanting “Long live Muttahida,

long live Bhutto and long live Imran Khan.” “Despite the problems Karachi has been facing, I ensure that we will work together for the betterment of this city and the province,” Waseem said while urging Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to set aside all differences. “I am currently in prison but all charges against me are fake,” the mayor said during the ceremony.

Waseem announced his decision to ﬁght for justice and move a bail application in court after taking oath. Calling on diplomats and businessmen to help him, Waseem said, “I need your help to overcome the issues faced by Karachi. I will meet people from different walks of life and take guidance.” “The city of lights has suffered already, I will not let it suffer any more,” he added.

On winning the mayoral election on August 24, Waseem said, “It will be written in history because elections have never happened like this ever before,” he added. Further, referring to how he will run the mayor’s affairs while being imprisoned, he said: “I will request the chief minister Sindh to either give me an office at the Central Jail or pass a law so that I can solve people’s issues.” The Sindh High Court on Tuesday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-eInsaf (PTI) leader Faisal Vawda’s petition to bar Waseem from taking oath as Karachi mayor, Express News reported. “A person involved in heinous crimes cannot be allowed to become Karachi mayor, that too from prison,” Vawda told journalists. On Monday, two separate petitions were ﬁled at the Supreme Court and the Sindh High Court against the MQM’s mayoral-nominee. Mohammad Shahid Ghouri ﬁled a petition with the SC’s Karachi Registry under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, raising questions about whether a person involved in various criminal and terrorist cases should be allowed to hold the office of mayor. Advocate Sharifuddin Pirzada said Waseem was elected mayor of Karachi on August 24 this year in the last phase of the local government elections. - Express Tribune

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Pakistan sends reference to Britain against Altaf Hussain’s hate speech ISLAMABAD: A week after the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief had delivered antiPakistan remarks, the Interior Ministry sent on Tuesday a reference against Altaf Hussain to the British government for taking necessary action. According to a statement, the legal reference accompanies evidence against Altaf, i.e. his speech, in which he incited party workers to resort to violence. Miscreants launched attacks on several media offices on August 22, followed by a Sindh-wide crackdown against the party. Subsequently, MQM’s senior leader Farooq Sattar announced to disassociate the affairs of the party from Altaf, saying all political affairs will be run from Karachi. Since then, more than two dozen offices of MQM reportedly built on government’s land have been demolished while about 200 remain sealed as law enforcement agencies continue crackdown against the party. The ministry has requested the British government to take legal action against Altaf as he “tried destabiliing peace in Karachi”. “Altaf Hussain did not only break British law but also went against international law,” reads the statement. - Express Tribune

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Government unveils long-term CPEC cooperation plan ISLAMABAD: Pakistan unveiled on Monday the synopsis of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) long-term plan that envisaged cooperation in the jobintensive sectors with words of caution from Chinese experts who spoke about risks to smooth implementation of the partnership framework. The government shed light on draft of the long-term plan for the period 2025-30 during the CPEC summit held in Islamabad on Monday. So far, discussions have focused on priority and activelypromoted projects, which are expected to be completed between

2018 and 2025. China Development Bank prepared the draft of the long-term plan, specifying the timing for development of the economic corridor. The CPEC is part of China’s strategic ‘One-Belt, One Road’ initiative, known as OBOR, which talks about connecting about 64 countries in three continents. The long-term plan talks about establishing a bilateral payment and settlement mechanism to reduce the need for third-party money and ease the pressure on foreign exchange reserves. Central banks will put in place a relatively stable exchange rate

mechanism and continue to implement and expand the scope of bilateral currency swap agreements to Rs520 billion. “Most of the pillars of the longterm plan will deal with the provincial projects and the contribution of provinces will be critical for their success,” said Planning Commission’s CPEC Centre of Excellence Executive Director Dr Safdar Sohail, while discussing broader contours of the plan. The plan identiﬁes key areas and major projects including the development of an integrated transport system, IT connectivity, energy cooperation, industrial

parks, agricultural development and poverty alleviation. The other areas of cooperation will cover livelihood, water resources, livestock, people-to-people communications and ﬁnancial matters. Discussions had also taken place between Pakistani and Chinese authorities on ﬁnal draft of the plan last week. Under the plan, agricultural information project, storage and distribution of agricultural equipment and construction project, agricultural mechanisation, demonstration and machinery leasing project and fertiliser production project for producing 800,000 tons Q U E T TA

PUNJAB

428 Afghan nationals held QUETTA: Law enforcement agencies detained 428 Afghan nationals from various towns of Quetta including 100 students residing in the country without legal documents. According to security officials, “Frontier Corps Balochistan and law enforcement agencies raided the seminary and arrested 100 Afghan students residing there without legal documents.” - Express Tribune

HEALTH CONCERN: The bill prescribes a six month prison term and up to Rs500,000 ﬁne to those

caught employing children under the age of 14 years at brick kilns. – Reuters ﬁle photo

Provincial Assembly passes bill to prohibit child labour at brick kilns LAHORE: The Provincial Assembly passed the Punjab Prohibition of Child Labour at Brick Kilns bill on Monday. The bill prescribes a six month prison term and up to Rs500,000 ﬁne to those caught employing children under the age of 14 years at brick kilns. No more than 30 lawmakers were present when the session started with a delay of around two hours. However, the House managed to complete its agenda for the day. The bill also sought an upper limit of Rs50,000 on advance payment (peshgi) given to kilns workers by owners at the start of their employment. It prohibited work at kiln for children under the age of 14 years referring to the kiln environment as hazardous for the growth, health and education of children. It held kiln owners and parents or guardians of children jointly

responsible for their employment at kilns. The bill prescribed that a copy of the written contract between kiln owners and workers should be submitted to the police authorities concerned. Earlier, the Opposition expressed its reservations over the draft of the bill calling it ‘incomplete’ and ‘flawed’. Particularly, it opposed the bill’s definition of a child (a person who has not completed the fourteenth year of age) and said that it should be revised in view of the Article 25-A of the Constitution under which free and compulsory education had been recognised as a right for all children from five to 16 years of age. Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said that the age limit had been set in accordance with labour laws pertaining to children. He said advance payment made to the

workers were the real problem and the government would gradually ban the practice. He said the law would soon be extended to the auto workshop sector. The House unanimously passed the Punjab Civilian Victims of Terrorism (Relief and Rehabilitation) Bill of 2016. It sought timely recognition and assistance for civilian victims of terrorism. The bill deﬁned the civilian as a person other than (a terrorist) or personnel of law enforcement agencies on duty during incidents of terrorism. It said that the state should be responsible for healthcare needs of the civilian victims of terrorism without any discrimination based on gender, age, race, religion and place of birth. The House also passed amendments to the Punjab Civil Courts Bill of 2016. - Express Tribune

of fertiliser and 100,000 tons of bio-organic fertiliser will be implemented. Other projects include livestock breeding, livestock and poultry breeding base cleaning, livestock and poultry product processing centre, disease prevention and control system, planting and breeding and agricultural product processing. “As per proposed targets, gross domestic product will grow by another 1.5 per cent from 2016-20 and another 1 per cent from 202030,” said Sohail. He said the annual average trade would increase 24 per cent from 2016 to 2020 and 16 per cent from

2020 to 2030. The annual average investment growth is expected to be 25 per cent from 2016 to 2030. He said the contribution of industry as a percentage of GDP would increase 1.5per cent and about 800,000 new jobs would be created. “The OBOR will be the largest economic belt in human history that will link Central Asia, South Asia, South East Asia and Africa,” said China Institute of International Studies President Su Ge.Su said the CPEC framework revolved around Gwadar port, energy, infrastructure construction and industrial cooperation. - Express Tribune

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WORLD Suicide attack hits Chinese embassy in Kyrgyz capital countries described the assault as a terrorist act in Bishkek. The attacker was killed and at least three were wounded

Deeply shocked “China is deeply shocked by this and strongly condemns this violent and extreme act,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular news brieﬁng in Beijing. The ministry later said China would “resolutely strike against all forms of terrorism” and protect the safety of its people and government organisations overseas. M I L I TA N C Y

Singapore imprisons two Bangladeshis for ‘financing terrorism’ SINGAPORE: A Singapore court jailed two Bangladeshis for financing terrorism on Tuesday after detaining them in April on suspicion of planning attacks in their home country. Mamun Leakot Ali, 29 and Zzaman Daulat, 34, were the last to be sentenced of six Bangladeshis who were charged with contributing money for attacks in Bangladesh. The other four were jailed for between two and five years. Mamun, who contributed S$800 ($600) towards financing militant activities, was jailed for two and a half years while Zzaman, who contributed S$200, got two years. The two pleaded guilty after earlier denying the charges. The sentences were part of the city-state’s first ever case of “financing terrorism” and there were no indications the men had planned to carry out attacks in Singapore. Bangladesh, a country of 160 million people, has faced a series of militant attacks over the past year, the most serious on July 1 when gunmen stormed a cafe in the capital, Dhaka, and killed 20 people, most of them foreigners. — Reuters

Four Haqqani commanders killed in east Afghanistan GARDEZ (AFGHANISTAN): US air strikes in Afghanistan have killed four commanders of the Haqqani network, a militant group affiliated with the Taliban, as government forces try to retake a district captured by insurgents last week, Afghan officials said on Tuesday. Naqeeb Ahmad Atal, a spokesman for the governor of Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan, said 120 militants were also killed in the strikes in Jani Khil, a strategically located district at a crossroads on a major route into Pakistan. But Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid denied the report as “baseless”, saying the air strikes had killed only eight people. He said 48 members of the security forces had been killed in ﬁghting in the district.

Officials from both

BISHKEK: A suspected suicide car bomber rammed the gates of the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on Tuesday, killing the attacker and wounding at least three other people, officials said. Officials from both countries described the assault as a terrorist act, and Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev ordered the government to take extra counterterrorism measures in the capital and regions, his office said in statement. China condemned the attack and urged Kyrgyz authorities to “quickly investigate and determine the real situation behind the incident.

CONFLICT

CAR BOMBING: Kyrgyz police officers gather outside the Chinese embassy in Bishkek on Tuesday. — AFP

A Kyrgyz Interior Ministry spokesman said the car exploded inside the compound. Police cordoned off the embassy and adjacent area, and the GKNB state security service were investigating the bombing that occurred at about 10:00 a.m.(0400 GMT). Three embassy staff suffered minor injuries and had been taken to hospital, but no organisation claimed responsibility, Hua said. China’s state news agency Xinhua reported that ﬁve people were wounded: two security guards

and three Kyrgyz nationals working at the embassy. Authorities in Kyrgyzstan, a mostly Muslim former Soviet republic of 6 million people, routinely detain suspected militants they accuse of being linked to IS, which actively recruits from Central Asia. A Turkish official said in June that one of three suspected IS suicide bombers involved in the deadly attack on Istanbul’s main airport was a Kyrgyz national. An anti-Chinese militant group made up of ethnic Uighurs

is also believed to be active in Central Asia. Some security experts have questioned the group’s cohesiveness, however, and say China’s policies in Xinjiang, where hundreds have died in recent years in unrest blamed by Beijing on Islamist extremists, have contributed to the unrest. In 2014, Kyrgyz border guards killed 11 people understood to be members of that group who had illegally crossed the Chinese-Kyrgyz border.

Attacks on Chinese missions abroad are rare but in 2015, an extremist militant attack on a hotel in Mali killed three Chinese citizens, and in Pakistan, Chinese workers have occasionally been targeted by what police say are nationalists opposed to Beijing’s plan to invest tens of billions of dollars in a new trade route to the Arabian Sea. That is part of China’s “One Belt, One Road” project to open new markets via Central Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. — Reuters

Attacks stepped up Insurgents overran the centre of Jani Khil late on Friday, a significant success after they had stepped up attacks across Afghanistan in recent weeks. Afghan army spokesman Fazlkhuda Ibrahimkhil said US drones carried out Monday’s air strikes, hitting fighters gathered in the town. Colonel Michael Lawhorn, director of public affairs for Afghanistan’s NATO-led mission, confirmed that US forces had carried out attacks in support of Afghan forces on Monday. He declined to provide details while the fighting was going on. “I can confirm that US forces conducted four air strikes,” he said in an emailed statement. Another Afghan official said several military vehicles captured by the insurgents were also destroyed. — Reuters

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Bangladesh Jamaat leader Mir Quasem loses final appeal against execution for war crimes DHAKA: Bangladesh’s top court on Tuesday rejected a final appeal by the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami party against a death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers said, meaning he could be hanged at any time. The verdict comes amid a spate of militant attacks in the countery, the most serious on July 1, when gunmen stormed a cafe in the capital, Dhaka, and killed 20 hostages, most of them foreigners. The rejection, by a panel of five judges headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, comes a day after a visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry during which he urged Bangladesh to uphold democratic principles. In March, the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for Mir Quasem Ali, 63, a media tycoon and key financier of the Jamaat-eIslami party, for murder, confinement, torture and incitement to religious hatred during the war. Seeks clemency “Now it is only a matter of time to execute the verdict, unless he seeks clemency from the president,” Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told reporters. The Jamaat leader and his family have yet to decide whether

international standards, but the government rejects that assertion, and the trials are supported by many Bangladeshis.

WAY CLEARED FOR EXECUTION: This ﬁle photograph taken on November 2, 2014, shows Bangladeshi Jamaat-e-Islami party leader, Mir Quasem Ali waving as he enters a van at the International Crimes Tribunal court in Dhaka. - AFP/Stringer

to approach the president, said Ali’s lawyer, Khandaker Mahbub Hossain. “All the legal battles are over now,” he told reporters. Ali could go to the gallows any time,

without such clemency. The war crimes tribunal set up by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2010 has sparked violence and drawn criticism from opposition politi-

cians, who say it is victimising her political opponents. The government denies the accusations. Human rights groups say the tribunal’s procedures fall short of

Deployment of forces Authorities have deployed additional security forces across Bangladesh as similar previous judgments triggered violence that killed around 200, mainly Jamaat activists and police. Hundreds of people cheering the verdict ﬂooded the streets of the capital, Dhaka, and the southeastern port city of Chittagong, where torture camps were set up during the war. There have been no reports of violence, although the party called for a nationwide protest strike on Wednesday. Since December 2013, four Jamaat leaders, including former top leader Motiur Rahman Nizami, and a leader of the main opposition party, have been executed for war crimes. Official ﬁgures show about 3 million people were killed during the nine-month war. — Reuters

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IMPASSE: Myanmar ethnic rebel leader General Gun Maw, right, from the Kachin Independence Army, leaves a room following a close door meeting with other rebel representatives in Naypyidaw on Tuesday ahead of the peace conference. —AFP

NAYPYITAW/YANGON: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi is launching a major push to end decades of ﬁghting between rebels and the military, with many of the country’s myriad armed groups gathering for a peace conference in the capital Naypyitaw. Suu Kyi has made the peace process a priority for her administration, which faces sky-high expectations at home and abroad after sweeping to power in an election last November to end more than half a century of militarybacked rule. Few concrete proposals are to emerge this week, with delegates expecting to meet every six months

to tackle issues ranging from security, political representation and culture to sharing the fruits of the country’s mineral riches. But the fact that Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi has been able to bring the vast majority of the rebels to the negotiating table only ﬁve months after taking power is a sign of progress, experts say. Powerful armed groups from regions bordering China, who refused to sign a ceaseﬁre last October under the previous military-backed government, are now set to take part, partly owing to China’s tacit support for the talks, observers say. As Myanmar’s economy opens

up, China is vying for inﬂuence with the United States. President Xi Jinping pledged his country would play a “constructive role” in the peace process when Suu Kyi visited China this month. Myanmar has been torn by ﬁghting between the military, which seized power in the 1962 coup, and ethnic armed groups almost without a break since the end of the Second World War, as rebels pushed for recognition of their rights and greater autonomy from the central government. The meeting, which begins on Wednesday, has been billed as the “21st-Century Panglong Conference”, a reference to the agree-

ment between the majority Bamar and ethnic minorities in 1947 that formed the Union of Burma. It was held by Suu Kyi’s father and Myanmar’s national hero, General Aung San. “The ambition of 1947 Panglong Conference was to get independence. Today’s ambition is domestic peace and unity of the whole country,” said 84-year-old veteran journalist Phoe Thauk Kyar, who was 14 at the time of the Panglong Conference. Casting a shadow over the talks is a recent ﬂare-up in ﬁghting in northernmost Kachin State and clashes in northeastern Shan State, which is home to several

large groups operating close to borders with China and Thailand. The still-powerful military has also strongly opposed talks with three groups - the Arakan Army, Ta’ang National Liberation Army and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army - which fought it in the remote Kokang area last year. It is unclear whether those groups will play any part in this week’s conference, which will be attended by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Both sides say they are willing to talk, but the military has demanded the rebels lay down their arms ﬁrst. — Reuters

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WORLD Singapore conﬁrms 26 more cases as Zika virus spreads Australia, Taiwan and South Korea issued travel warnings while Malaysia, Indonesia stepped up checks on arrivals from Singapore

SINGAPORE: The number of confirmed cases of Zika virus in Singapore rose to 82 on Tuesday, with some of the latest infections detected beyond the area of the initial outbreak. Several countries advised pregnant women or those trying to conceive to avoid travelling to the city-state. The mosquito-borne Zika virus was detected in Brazil last year and has since spread across the Americas.| It poses a risk to pregnant women as it can cause severe birth defects. It has been linked in Brazil to more than 1,800 cases of microcephaly, a rare birth defect where babies are born with abnormally small heads and brains. At least five of 26 new cases confirmed late on Tuesday were detected outside the initial cluster in the Aljunied area in the southeast of Singapore, the health ministry and National Environ-

PROTECTIVE MEASURES: Passengers walks through feverscan camera system used to detect human temperature shortly after arriving from Singapore at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday. – Reuters

ment Agency (NEA) said in a joint statement. Australia, Taiwan and South Korea issued travel warnings, and Singapore advised pregnant women to take a free Zika test if they showed any symptoms or if their partners tested positive. “This is regardless of whether they have been to Zika-affected areas,” the statement said. The outbreak and advisories come as the tourism industry in one of the world’s busiest travel hubs already faces weak global

economic growth. Singapore’s Tourism Board said it was premature to consider any impact on the sector, adding it remained a “safe travel destination”. More than 55 million people pass through Singapore’s Changi airport every year. In the first half of this year, tourism arrivals topped 8 million, around 1 million more than a year earlier. Singapore reported its first case of locally-transmitted Zika at the weekend, and the number of confirmed infections has risen stead-

ily since then. At least three dozen patients have made a full recovery. Neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia have stepped up protective measures, introducing thermal scanners at airports and border checkpoints with the island state. Singapore residents responded to government calls to be vigilant and to take precautions against mosquito bites. Online retailer Lazada Singapore said sales of insect repellents jumped ﬁvefold in the past three

days. FairPrice supermarkets and Watsons pharmacies said their sales of such products had doubled. Most of the early infections were among foreign workers, hundreds of thousands of whom, mainly from the Asian subcontinent, work on Singapore’s construction sites and in the marine sector. The Singapore government has not said where the infected foreign workers are from. The foreign ministry directed queries to the health ministry, which did not respond to Reuters questions on the issue. The Ministry of Manpower also did not respond to a request for comment made outside working hours. The High Commission of Bangladesh, which represents the largest community of foreign workers, said none of those infected were Bangladeshis, and the Thai foreign ministry said none were from Thailand. The embassies of China, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar said they had not been notiﬁed by Singapore whether their citizens were among those infected. Authorities inspected thousands of homes in seven parts of Singapore, including ﬁve foreign worker dormitories, spraying insecticide and removing potential mosquito breeding habitats. The NEA has inspected about 5,000 premises in and around the initial outbreak area, issuing 400 notices to owners of buildings they could not access. The NEA can force entry into those premises if needed. — Reuters

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Bomb outside Somalia’s Presidential Palace kills 10 MOGADISHU: At least 10 people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday when a car bomb claimed by Al Shabaab exploded outside the Presidential Palace and also damaged two nearby hotels, an official said. Information Minister Mohamed Abdi Hayir told state radio that a meeting of security officials was under way inside one of the hotels, the SYL, at the time of blast and that one minister and some state radio journalists were injured in the attack. The hotel is frequented by government officials and police said it believed the facility was the likely target. The SYL and another hospitality facility, both located near the Presidential Palace, were partially destroyed by the blast, Major Mohamed Ali, a police officer, told Reuters. “The blast killed 10 (people) including soldiers and civilians and 30 others were wounded,” Ali said. Gunfire could be heard after the blast and a huge cloud of smoke rose above the palace, outside which were the remnants of the car and splattered blood, according to a Reuters witness. Al Shabaab’s Radio Andaluz said the hardline group was behind the attack and their military operations spokesman, Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, said the attack had killed 15 soldiers and “injured many others including a lawmaker”. In a separate incident, Al Shabaab fighters attacked military bases housing government and African Union troops south west of Mogadishu late on Monday. — Reuters

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UK, France stick to Calais migrant deal even after Brexit PARIS: British and French interior ministers agreed on Tuesday to develop cooperation “now and when the United Kingdom leaves the EU” to address challenges posed by ﬂows of migrants to the European Union. Britain’s new interior minister, Amber Rudd, came to Paris to meet her French counterpart, seeking assurances on a deal which allows Britain to make border checks in Calais and keep thousands of would-be migrants and asylum seekers in France. The meeting came days after French presidential contender Nicolas Sarkozy said Britain should deal on its own territory with migrants camped in the northern town, joining similar

calls by Alain Juppe, also a conservative presidential candidate. Officials say there are about 7,000 migrants sprawled across the area known as the “Jungle” north of Calais, with the aim of many to reach Britain illegally through the Channel Tunnel. Nongovernmental organisations put the number at over 9,000. Working together “We are committed to working together to strengthen the security of our shared border, to strongly diminish the migratory pressure in Calais and preserve the vital economic link supported by the juxtaposed controls in Calais,” Rudd and her French counterpart Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement.

“We pledge that this cooperation must and will be developed, now and after the United Kingdom leaves the EU,” they added. Warning Some French and British officials, including then prime minister David Cameron, had warned Britain that the Anglo-French Le Touquet agreement could be harmed if the country voted to leave the European Union at a referendum on June 23. Sarkozy’s comments chimed with Xavier Bertrand, the region’s head, who said France should scrap the agreement unless British Prime Minister Theresa May agreed to renegotiate the system agreed under the accord which

allows British officials to check passports in France. Bertrand, who belongs to the same party as Sarkozy and Juppe, the conservative Les Republicains, has no power on migration issues, which was a hot-button issue in the Brexit vote in Britain and is now also in the campaign for next April’s presidential election in France. France’s Socialist government, including Cazeneuve and President Francois Hollande, have repeatedly said they will respect the Le Touquet agreement which, if dropped, could spur the flow of refugees fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa through France to Britain. — Reuters

COOPERATION: French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, left,

welcomes Britain’s Home Secretary Amber Rudd before a meeting in Paris, France, on Tuesday. – Reuters

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France’s economy minister resigns in step towards presidency run PARIS: French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron resigned on Tuesday, clearing the way for a presidential bid that will further unsettle an already wide-open race. The 38-year-old former investment banker, one of France’s most popular politicians, did not immediately say he would run in the 2017 election but is widely expected to do so, having quit the government and created his own political party. “Emmanuel Macron... today handed in to the president of the Republic his resignation from the government to fully devote himself to his political party,” Socialist President Francois Hollande’s office said in a statement. Finance Minister Michel Sapin, a close ally of Hollande, will add the economy ministry to his portfolio. The government’s proreform line is not expected to change. A spokeswoman said Macron would not announce a presidential bid on Tuesday. His new party will ﬁrst conduct a door-todoor campaign to gauge opinion and collect voters’ grievances on French politics by the end of September. “After that we will make proposals, and after that candidacy questions will be dealt with,” the spokeswoman said. Macron’s place in the government had become increasingly awkward after he repeatedly criticised left-wing totems like France’s 35-hour work week and

FUTURE PLANS: Emmanuel

Macron. – Reuters

created his own party in April, casting it as leaning neither left nor right. A source in Macron’s inner circle said the rapidly evolving political situation, in which former president Nicolas Sarkozy and two former Socialist ministers had declared their intention to run for president, had forced the hand of the minister, who the source said had initially planned to resign mid-September. If conﬁrmed, a Macron bid for the presidency would further harm Hollande’s chances of re-election, with polls already suggesting he would be very unlikely to even make it into the run-off round. Hollande also has challengers from the left, including more hardline Socialists such as former industry minister Arnaud Monte-

bourg and ex-education minister Benoit Hamon. A Macron bid could also hurt the chances of the man leading the polls on the centre-right, former prime minister Alain Juppe, who would also target centrist voters. Juppe must ﬁrst beat Sarkozy in what promises to be a bruising ﬁght at the conservative Les Republicains’ primaries in November. Macron ranks in polls just behind Juppe, but analysts say that popularity may not equal votes. “He needs to transform his considerable popularity into voting intentions, but it won’t be easy because he’s not well liked on the left and his popularity on the right would not necessarily translate into votes,” said IFOP pollsters’ analyst Frederic Dabi. Macron has won plaudits from economists and business leaders by pushing through a deregulation law cutting red tape for retailers and the legal profession among other areas. But while at ease on economic issues, he is untested on security in a country where a string of Islamist attacks has made law and order and immigration key vote winners, with Sarkozy vowing to ban the “burkini” full-body swimwear across France if returned to the top job. Macron said on his Twitter page he would talk to reporters later on Tuesday. — Reuters

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World’s growth is still made in China

JUSTIN FOX

How much of the growth is the result of the real technological and network advantages of smartphone-enabled ride hailing and how much is due to the big subsidies that Uber and its competitors have been handing out (and the advantages they have enjoyed by being regulated less stringently than taxis)

espite all the hand-wringing over the vaunted China slowdown, the Chinese economy remains the single largest contributor to world GDP growth. For a global economy limping along at stall speed – and most likely unable to withstand a signiﬁcant shock without toppling into renewed recession – that contribution is all the more important. A few numbers bear this out. If Chinese GDP growth reaches 6.7 per cent in 2016 – in line with the government’s official target and only slightly above the International Monetary Fund’s latest prediction (6.6 per cent – China would account for 1.2 percentage points of world GDP growth. With the IMF currently expecting only 3.1 per cent global growth this year, China would contribute nearly 39 per cent of the total. That share dwarfs the contribution of other major economies. For example, while the United States is widely praised for a solid recovery, its GDP is expected to grow by just 2.2 per cent in 2016 – enough to contribute just 0.3 percentage points to overall world GDP growth, or only about one-fourth of the contribution made by China. A sclerotic European economy is expected to add a mere 0.2 percentage points to world growth, and Japan not even 0.1 percentage point. China’s contribution to global growth is, in fact, 50 per cent larger than the combined 0.8-percentagepoint contribution likely to be made by all of the so-called advanced economies. Moreover, no developing economy comes close to China’s contribution to global growth. India’s GDP is expected to grow by 7.4 per cent this year, or 0.8 percentage points faster than China. But the Chinese economy accounts for fully 18 per cent of world output (measured on a purchasingpower-parity basis) – more than double India’s 7.6 per cent share. That means India’s contribution to global GDP growth is likely to be just 0.6 percentage points this year – only half the 1.2-percentage-point boost expected from China. More broadly, China is expected to account for fully 73 per cent of total growth of the so-called BRICS grouping of large developing economies. The gains in India (7.4 per cent) and South Africa (0.1 per cent) are offset by ongoing recessions in Russia (-1.2 per cent) and Brazil (-3.3 per cent). Excluding China, BRICS GDP growth is expected to be an anemic 3.2 per cent in 2016. So, no matter how you slice it, China remains

the world’s major growth engine. Yes, the Chinese economy has slowed significantly from the 10 per cent average annual growth recorded during the 1980-2011 period. But even after transitioning from the “old normal” to what the Chinese leadership has dubbed the “new normal,” global economic growth remains heavily dependent on China. There are three key implications of a persistent China-centric global growth dynamic. First, and most obvious, continued deceleration of Chinese growth would have a much greater impact on an otherwise weak global economy than would be the case if the world were growing at something closer to its longer-term trend of 3.6 per cent. Excluding China, world GDP growth would be about 1.9 per cent in 2016 – well below the 2.5 per cent threshold commonly associated with global recessions. The second implication, related to the first, is that the widely feared economic “hard landing” for China would have a devastating global impact. Every one-percentage-point decline in Chinese GDP growth knocks close to 0.2 percentage points directly off world GDP; including the spillover effects of foreign trade, the total global growth impact would be around 0.3 percentage points. Defining a Chinese hard landing as a halving of the current 6.7 per cent growth rate, the combined direct and indirect effects of such an outcome would consequently knock about one percentage point off overall global growth. In such a scenario, there is no way the world could avoid another full-blown recession. Finally (and more likely in my view), there are the global impacts of a successful rebalancing of the Chinese economy. The world stands to benefit greatly if the components of China’s GDP continue to shift from manufacturing-led exports and investment to services and household consumption. Under those circumstances, Chinese domestic demand has the potential to become an increasingly important source of export-led growth for China’s major trading partners – provided, of course, that other countries are granted free and open access to rapidly expanding Chinese markets. A successful Chinese rebalancing scenario - Project Syndicate

CLIPPINGS FROM OUR ARCHIVES AUGUST 2001 Olympic Days programme concludes MUSCAT: The two-month long fourth Olympic Days programme came to a glittering and colouring end at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex yesterday. The concluding ceremony brought the curtains down on a sporting extravaganza organised by the Oman Olympic Committee, which featured many events for the youth, who made use of the opportunity to the full extent during the summer vacations.

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1919: The Communist Labour Party is founded in Chicago, with the motto, ‘Workers of the world unite!’ 1940: Joseph Avenol steps down as Secretary-General of the League of Nations. 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a Paris car crash along with her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul while ﬂeeing paparazzi.

Expatriate 99,629

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I N AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TIMES OF OMAN, SIEGFRIED BOERST, GENERAL MANAGER OF LEGOLAND DUBAI TALKS ABOUT LEGOLAND WATER PARK THAT IS ALL SET TO OPEN IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR. LEGOLAND Dubai and Legoland

Water Park are set to open in October 2016, as part of Dubai Parks and Resorts. The two parks span 3 million square feet are located on Sheikh Zayed Road between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. In total, Legoland Dubai and Legoland Water Park will feature more than 60 interactive rides, water slides, attractions and Lego building experiences. Legoland Dubai and Legoland Water Park are each designed to provide a full day’s interactive and educational experience for families with children aged 2-12. What attractions will Legoland Dubai and Legoland Water Park feature? Legoland Dubai and Legoland Water Park have a very unique offering, being the ﬁrst attractions in the Middle East that are speciﬁcally designed for families with children aged 2-12. Legoland Dubai features over 40 interactive rides, shows, attractions and Lego building experiences, as well as 15,000 Lego models made from more than 60 million Lego bricks. Key attractions include a Legoland Driving School, Submarine Adventure, The Dragon roller coaster, and Miniland

featuring iconic structures from around the Middle East made from 20 million Lego bricks. Legoland Dubai will feature six themed lands: Lego City, Adventure, Kingdoms, Imagination, Factory and Miniland. Each of the six lands is unique in its experience and entertainment offering. Legoland Water Park will feature over 20 slides and attractions, each offering a different and fun-soaked experience. Highlights include a Build-A-RaftRiver where families can build their own custom raft using Lego soft bricks, a Lego Wave Pool, and Duplo toddler and Joker Soaker play areas. Legoland Water Park offers many interactive options such as Build-A-Boat, where children can build using countless Lego bricks before testing their design against the flow of water in a 10 metre river. What is the target age group for the parks? Legoland Dubai and Legoland Water Park are the only attractions in the Middle East that are speciﬁcally designed for families with children aged 2-12. The parks

are full of fun, interactive and educational experiences for the entire family to enjoy together. How different is it from other attractions in the region and what makes it unique? As previously mentioned, Legoland Dubai and Legoland Water Park are unique to the region in that they are the ﬁrst attractions designed speciﬁcally for families with children aged 2-12. Education and playful learning is at the forefront of everything Legoland does and Legoland Dubai aims to immerse the UAE and wider GCC community in its journey with interactivity, active fun and imagination. The Lego concept is already hugely popular here in the region, and Legoland Dubai is the only attraction in the Middle East that offers Lego building experiences and models, alongside an awesome mix of rides, water slides and attractions. There truly is something for everyone. Legoland Dubai and Dubai Parks & Resorts add another dimension to Dubai’s reputation as an increasingly popular family destination. > A15

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New Apps Are Reinventing the Travel Booking Business Once Again Booking travel feels old-school, no matter how you spin it: Such sites as Expedia and Orbitz have barely updated their layouts since 1999, and dialing a travel agent hardly feels appropriate in the age of Uber. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about to change, thanks to a series of disruptive travel services that are blending human intelligence with mobile technology. The goal: Striking a middle ground in an industry where the personal touch still means something, but the bottom-line savings of DIY tech is hard to beat. SKYLARK Who itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for: The time-crunched and independent-minded. What it costs: $400 for an annual membership, billed only when you make your ďŹ rst booking. Enter Skylark, which is catering to a new psychographic that Ezon described as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;do-ityourself until you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want toâ&#x20AC;? economy: Sophisticated types who know what they want, know how to ďŹ nd it, but simply canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t add to their to-do lists. For a $400 annual fee, they can browse a vetted list of seven to eight hotel-and-airfare packages, all offered at discounted agency

rates, and then book within a matter of minutes. Members get the perks of booking with an agent-24/7 customer service, automatic rebookings in the event of ďŹ&#x201A;ight cancellations, free upgrades, and so on-minus the back and forth. (Skylark is invite-only while in beta mode, and will open to the public by yearend.) MARCHAY Who itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for: Peripatetic business travellers and C-suiters What it costs: $2,000 for an annual membership Marchay, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;private travel collectiveâ&#x20AC;? founded by venture capitalists Jon Ein and Karl Backlund, also puts emphasis on preferential pricing, though it more squarely targets frequent business travellers. As the founder of Foundry Capital, Ein is no stranger to corporate travel programmes and the discounts they can offer; his vision adds local intel and better customer service to provide an end-to-end experience. At Marchay, a membership director works with each customer to create a tailored travel proďŹ le before matching the client up with a dedicated team member.

Facts & Features Legoland Dubai will feature six themed lands, each unique in their experience, entertainment and educational offering, including: Ä&#x160;Ĺ&#x2014;Ĺ&#x2014; !)Ĺ&#x2014; #.3Ä&#x2020;Ĺ&#x2014; The coolest city around where children can indulge in a plethora of playful learning opportunities including ďŹ&#x201A;ying a plane the Lego City airport, steering a boat at the boating school, saving a burning

LOLA Who itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for: Solo travellers and procrastinators What it costs: Free, for now. A tiered price system may be introduced down the line Paul English revolutionised travel booking when he co-created Kayak in 2004. Barely a week after the expiration of his non-compete with Priceline, Kayakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parent company, he incorporated his latest venture, Lola. Now in beta with 5,000 users and a long waitlist, Lola lets users text their travel needs to specialists, who do the research and present a handful of optionsall via an in-app messaging system. ESSENTIALIST Who itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for: Culture hounds in search of a 2.0 experience What it costs: Free in its ďŹ rst year and then $1,400 annually Content comes ďŹ rst with this glossy app thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slated to launch this summer, the brainchild of travel tech expert Joan Roca and Nancy Novogrod, longtime editor-in-chief of Travel + Leisure. Members can use it all as inspiration for their next trip, or mark articles as "favouriteâ&#x20AC;? as a means of customising their travel proďŹ le, Pandora-style. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Bloomberg

building at the Rescue Academy or earning a Legoland driving license at the Legoland driving school. Ä&#x160;Ĺ&#x2014;Ĺ&#x2014; #(! )'-Ä&#x2020;Ĺ&#x2014; Knights and princesses can explore a medieval land and conquer the exhilarating Dragon coaster, taking you on a journey through the Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s castle full of vibrant Lego models depicting the era. Enjoy rides such as Merlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Flying Machine,

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skill games as well as the indoor building experiences. Ä&#x160;Ĺ&#x2014;Ĺ&#x2014; ' !#( .#)(Ä&#x2020;Ĺ&#x2014;Perfect for every Lego fan to enjoy, spend hours playing, racing Lego cars or taking advantage of the Master Builder Academy. Toddlers and small children will enjoy the Duplo playtown. Ä&#x160;Ĺ&#x2014;Ĺ&#x2014; 0 (./, Ä&#x2020;Ĺ&#x2014; Young explorers seek-

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ing thrilling antics will ďŹ nd that and more, enjoying a captivating Submarine Adventure, Wave Racers that power through waves and dodge water blasts as well as an exciting escapade through ancient temple ruins to recover a pharaohâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stolen treasure. Ä&#x160;Ĺ&#x2014;Ĺ&#x2014; #(#& ( Ä&#x2020; The Miniland at Legoland Dubai will be the ďŹ rst ever indoor air-conditioned Miniland at a

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Legoland Park and will also include Build a City where guests can ďŹ nd a 10 metre play table with white Lego bricks enabling them to create an ever changing city skyline. Ä&#x160;Ĺ&#x2014;Ĺ&#x2014; .),3Ä&#x2020; Tour the Lego factory to see how Lego bricks are produced. Factory is also home to The BIG shop, the largest selection of Lego retail items. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; swati@timesofoman.com

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OMAN CRUDE PRICE RISES Oman Crude (October delivery) increased by 40 cents to $46.25 per barrel, said Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME). The average price of Oman Crude (September delivery) stabilised at $43.40 per barrel, $3.20 higher than August delivery. – ONA

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Indian Rs ....................................174.10 Pakistan Rs .............................272.00 Sri Lanka Rs .................................. N/A Bangla Taka........................... 203.50 Phil Peso ................................... 120.20

Muscat 24ct per gm (OMR) .......16.90

Oman Crude............. (Spot) ........$46.33 Dubai Crude ............. (Spot) ........$46.48 Murban Crude ........ (Spot) .........$47.68 Arabian Light ......... (Spot) ........$46.60 N.Sea Brent............... (Spot) ........$49.60 West Texas Int ....... (Spot) .........$47.43

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Sohar Port’s container volumes grow Sohar port has handled more than 313,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the ﬁrst half of 2016, against 264,000 TEUs in the same period in 2015

Times News Service MUSCAT: Oman’s Sohar port has achieved an 18.6 per cent growth in container volume in the first half of 2016, over the same period of last year. The port has handled more than 313,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the first half of 2016, against 264,000 TEUs in the same period of last year, according to a company release. Fuelled by significant infrastructure investments in the country, break bulk cargo also grew significantly at Sohar Port in the first half of 2016, up by over 43 per cent in comparison to last SMALL BUSINESSES

SMEs get OMR5,000 grant from BP Oman Times News Service MUSCAT: Sharakah started the disbursement process of the grant provided by BP Oman to the selected 19 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that participated in the Khazzan Project for SME Development. Twenty six SMEs participated in the programme this year from different Governorates including Ad Dhahirah, Ad Dakhiliyah, and Muscat. All of which have competed a two-months intensive programme on business strategic planning. Khazzan project for SME Development is one of BP Oman’s social investment initiatives which aims to support the entrepreneurship development by assessing existing SMEs to identify their strength and weaknesses. Further a business plan is developed for each business and a grant worth OMR5,000 from BP Oman is provided to help improve business performance for those who excel. Over the past two weeks, experts from Sharakah (the programme supervisor) and inspired solutions (implementer) visited these SMEs to get a better understanding of the products and services that they offer and to get a better understanding of areas that needs improvement in their business operations. The programme focused on the following areas: business planning, cash ﬂow management, market research, marketing and branding. By the end of the programme, each SME was able to develop a strategic plan for the years to come.

STEADY GROWTH: Fuelled by signiﬁcant infrastructure invest-

ments, break bulk cargo also grew signiﬁcantly at Sohar Port in the ﬁrst half of 2016. - Supplied picture

year; increasing from 854,000 tonnes in the first-half of 2015, to over 1,227,000 tonnes in the first half of 2016. Liquid bulk also performed well, with an increase of over 15 per cent in the first half of 2016 compared to the same period last year, increasing by well over one million tonnes to 9.99 million tonnes. The port and free zone continue to play a crucial role in the diversification and globalisation of Oman’s economy. Dry bulk, which had a record first half in 2015, showed a drop of 2.7 million tonnes in the first half of 2016 to 10.6 million tonnes, due to current market conditions in the global iron and steel industry. Overall, the vessel movements at the port were up by nearly 6 per cent compared to the first-half of

2015, with over 1,300 ships calling at Sohar between January and June 2016. The Sultanate continues to invest heavily in economic diversification beyond its traditional petrochemical base, as it moves forward with Vision 2020 and plans to transform itself into a major industrial and logistics centre for the region. “Despite any current global economic uncertainties, these figures confirm we are in the right place at the right time. We will take full advantage of the prime strategic location of Sohar Port and Freezone as we continueto expand our operations and support growth in our tenants’ businesses,” said Mark Geilenkirchen, the new chief executive officer of Sohar Port.

Muscat 22ct per gm (OMR) .......16.20 Dubai 24ct per gm (Dh) ........... 160.50 Dubai 22ct per gm (Dh) ............. 150.75

* Rates as of August 30 Source: Oman UAE Exchange

* Rates as of August 30 Source: Malabar Gold & Diamonds

Don’t litter a beautiful country like OMAN. Ensure proper disposal of garbage.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2016

MARKET OMAN STOCKS

MUSCAT SECURITIES MARKET

INDICES Index .................................................High .................Low..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff % MSM30 Index ........................................5,779.60 ...............5,769.23 ....................5,771.30 ................... 5,779.60..................-8.30 .................. -0.14 Financial Index ......................................7,387.51 ...............7,362.82 ....................7,363.38 ....................7,387.25................-23.87 .................. -0.32 Industrial Index ....................................7,538.30 ...............7,509.60 .................... 7,511.60 ................... 7,538.30................-26.70 .................. -0.35 Services Index ....................................... 3,141.95 ...............3,136.45 ................... 3,138.09 ....................3,141.95.................. -3.86 .................. -0.12 MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................891.23 ..................890.12 .......................890.12 .......................891.17...................-1.05 .................. -0.12 Trading Summary Volume ................Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded 8,645,266 ................... 2,253,673 .....................590 ................17,152,408,571 .................. 4 ......................16 .................... 25 .........................45

SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 30 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 ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Muscat Securities Market. – Times ﬁle picture

OM0000001533 ............OMINVEST .................................................................... 1,125,605 ......628,942.....................22 ........... 0.550 ...........0.560 ...........0.542........... 0.558 .............0.550 ........... 0.008............. 1.455 ................0.560..............0.558...................0.570..................354,771,316 ........0.100 OM0000002366 ...........AL BATINAH DEV. INV. HOLDING ....................... 20,000 ...............1,840........................1 ........... 0.092 ...........0.092 ...........0.092........... 0.092 ............. 0.091.............0.001 ............. 1.099 ................0.092..............0.090...................0.092 ...................2,760,000 ..........0.100 OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS .................................................................. 500 ...................314........................1 ........... 0.628 ...........0.628 ...........0.628........... 0.632 .............0.632 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.628..............0.620...................0.628...................34,760,000.........0.100

MSM index ends lower

OM0000001483............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN .................................. 50,000 ............ 12,500........................3 ........... 0.250 ...........0.250 ...........0.250........... 0.250 .............0.250 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.250..............0.246...................0.250 .................368,695,319 ........0.100 OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE..................2,000 .................. 392........................1 ............0.196 ........... 0.196 ...........0.196 ........... 0.198 ............. 0.198............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.196 ..............0.194...................0.196...................39,600,000.........0.100 OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT .......................................................... 230,000 ..........110,398......................19 ........... 0.480 ...........0.480 ...........0.478........... 0.480 .............0.480 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.480..............0.450...................0.480 .................158,818,901 ........0.100 OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 776,938 ......... 144,510..................... 68 ............0.186 ........... 0.186 ...........0.186 ........... 0.186 ............. 0.186............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.186 .............. 0.185...................0.188...................32,550,457 .........0.100 OM0000001962............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ................................... 108,000 ..............6,588........................5 ............0.061 ........... 0.061 ...........0.061 ........... 0.061 ............. 0.061............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.061 ..............0.060...................0.061...................12,636,234 .........0.100 OM0000002200 ...........AHLI BANK ............................................................................269 .....................50........................2 ............0.188 ........... 0.188 ...........0.187 ........... 0.190 .............0.190 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.187 .............. 0.183...................0.187..................270,756,867........0.100 OM0000002226 ...........AL JAZEERA SERVICES ............................................34,691 ...............6,626........................9 ............0.190 ........... 0.191............0.190............0.191 ............. 0.191 ............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.191 ..............0.190...................0.193................... 11,690,016 .........0.100 OM0000002275 ...........SHELL OMAN MARKETING ...........................................30 .....................57........................1 ........... 1.900 ........... 1.900 ...........1.900........... 1.900 .............1.900 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................1.900............. 0.000...................2.090 .................180,500,000 .......0.100 OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ...........................59,565 ...............7,029........................6 ............0.118 ........... 0.118............0.118 ............0.118 ............. 0.118 ............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.118 ...............0.117................... 0.118 ....................6,943,500 ..........0.100 OM0000003000 ...........ALMAHA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MAR. .............550 .................. 770........................2 ............1.400 ........... 1.400 ...........1.400............1.470 ............. 1.470............ 0.000.............0.000 ................1.400..............1.400...................1.470..................101,430,000........0.100 OM0000003125 ............GLOBAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENT ....................3,000 .................. 495........................1 ............0.165 ........... 0.165 ...........0.165 ............0.165 ............. 0.165............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.165 ............. 0.000...................0.165 ...................33,000,000.........0.100 OM0000003141 ............ACWA POWER BARKA .....................................................250 ...................172........................1 ........... 0.688 ........... 0.688 ...........0.688........... 0.708 .............0.708 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.688..............0.688...................0.000 .................113,280,000........0.100 OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES .......................................90,445 ............ 22,592..................... 10 ........... 0.250 ...........0.250 ...........0.245........... 0.250 .............0.250 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.250..............0.245...................0.250 ..................74,694,419 .........0.100 OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 764,200..........127,219......................19 ............0.166 ........... 0.168 ...........0.166 ............0.166 ............. 0.166............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.168 ..............0.166...................0.168..................266,346,891........0.100

The top gainer was Areej Vegetable Oils, up

OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY .......................................................2,206 ............... 1,001........................3 ........... 0.454 ...........0.454 ...........0.450........... 0.454 .............0.454 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.450..............0.450...................0.454...................27,467,000 .........0.100 OM0000004925 ...........AL BATINAH POWER................................................ 150,135 .............29,727..................... 10 ............0.198 ........... 0.198 ...........0.198 ........... 0.198 ............. 0.198............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.198 .............. 0.195...................0.198...................133,627,711 ........0.100

by 10.20 per cent, while the top loser was

OM0000004933 ...........AL SUWADI POWER .................................................. 150,029 ........... 29,856..................... 10 ............0.199 ........... 0.199 ...........0.199 ........... 0.199 ............. 0.199............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.199 .............. 0.195...................0.199..................142,166,862........0.100 OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ..........................52,748 .............85,231......................14 ............1.615 ........... 1.625 ........... 1.615 ............1.615 .............1.620............-0.005 ........... -0.309 ...............1.620 ..............1.620...................1.640................ 1,211,250,000 ......0.100

Sohar Power, down by 5.49 per cent.

OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 322,728 ......... 231,287..................... 54 ............0.716 ........... 0.720 ...........0.716 ............0.716 .............0.720 ...........-0.004 ........... -0.556 ...............0.716 .............. 0.716...................0.720..................466,076,069 .......0.100 OM0000002549 ...........BANK DHOFAR ............................................................ 173,905.............41,457........................4 ........... 0.240...........0.240 ...........0.236........... 0.238 .............0.240 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.833 ...............0.236..............0.236...................0.240 ................ 404,409,933 .......0.100 OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION .........................15,000 ............... 3,315........................7 ............0.221 ........... 0.221 ...........0.221........... 0.221 .............0.223 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.897 ...............0.221..............0.221...................0.225 ..................21,003,840.........0.100 OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 998,294 .........102,879..................... 54 ............0.103 ........... 0.104 ...........0.103........... 0.103 .............0.104 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.962 ...............0.104..............0.104...................0.105...................29,868,006.........0.100

MUSCAT: Share prices on the Muscat bourse further declined on Tuesday. The MSM30 Index continued its negative run to close at 5,771.30 points, down by 0.14 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index ended at 890.12 points, down by 0.12 per cent. Ominvest was the most active stock in terms of volume as well as turnover. The top gainer was Areej Vegetable Oils, up by 10.20 per cent, while the top loser was Sohar Power, down by 5.49 per cent. As many as 590 trades were executed on Tuesday, generating turnover of OMR2.25 million with 8.6 million shares changing hands. Out of 45 traded securities, four advanced, 16 declined and 25 remained unchanged. GCC and Arab investors were net buyers for OMR68,000 followed by Omani investors for OMR32,000 while foreign investors were net sellers for OMR100,000 worth of shares. Financial Index retreated by 0.32 per cent to close at 7,363.38

points. Ominvest and Al Batinah Development gained 1.45 per cent and 1.10 per cent, respectively. Oman & Emirates, Oman United Insurance, Muscat Finance, Al Sharqia Investments and Al Madina Takaful declined by 2.92 per cent, 1.69 per cent, 1.64 per cent, 1.53 per cent and 1.39 per cent, respectively. Industrial Index closed at 7,511.60 points with a loss of 0.35 per cent. Areej Vegetable Oils, up by 10.20 per cent, was the sole sector gainer. Construction Materials, Al Jazeera Steel, Al Maha Ceramics and Galfar Engineering declined by 3.13 per cent, 2.09 per cent, 1.25 per cent and 0.96 per cent, respectively. Services Index declined by 0.12 per cent to close at 3,138.09 points. Phoenix Power gained 0.69 per cent to close at OMR0.145. Sohar Power, Port Services, OoredooOman and Oman Telecommunications lost 5.49 per cent, 0.90 per cent, 0.56 per cent and 0.31 per cent, respectively. – United Securities

OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 300,066 ........... 29,406........................3 ........... 0.098 ...........0.098 ...........0.098........... 0.098 .............0.099 ...........-0.001 ............-1.010................0.098..............0.098...................0.100..................196,030,653 ........0.100 OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 382,236 ..........146,018..................... 28 ........... 0.382 ...........0.384 ...........0.382........... 0.382 .............0.386 ...........-0.004 ........... -1.036................0.382..............0.380...................0.382 .................953,567,599 ........0.100 OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS ..................................................55,000 ............26,060......................11 ............0.476 ........... 0.476 ...........0.472........... 0.474 .............0.480 ...........-0.006 ........... -1.250 ...............0.472..............0.470...................0.472...................24,885,000.........0.100 OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL.............................................. 48,540 ...............3,446........................9 ............0.071 ........... 0.071 ...........0.071 ............0.071 .............0.072 ...........-0.001 ........... -1.389................0.071 .............. 0.071...................0.072...................12,425,000.........0.100 OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING ........... 394,353 ...........50,900..................... 56 ............0.131 ........... 0.131............0.127 ........... 0.129 ............. 0.131 ............-0.002 ............-1.527................0.130 ..............0.129...................0.130................... 11,610,000 .........0.100 OM0000001087............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE ............................... 201,500 ........... 58,435........................6 ........... 0.290...........0.290 ...........0.290 .......... 0.290 .............0.295 ...........-0.005 ............-1.695................0.290............. 0.000...................0.290 ..................29,000,000 ........0.100 OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ........................ 290,308 ............67,978..................... 36 ........... 0.238 ...........0.239 ...........0.228........... 0.234 .............0.239 ...........-0.005 ........... -2.092 ...............0.237..............0.236...................0.238...................29,226,123 .........0.100 OM0000001681 ............OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING............. 10,078 ...............1,340........................2 ............0.133 ........... 0.133 ...........0.133 ............0.133 ............. 0.137............-0.004 ........... -2.920 ...............0.133 ..............0.134...................0.137 ...................16,209,375 .........0.100 OM0000003711 ............SOHAR POWER................................................................ 5,570 ............... 1,438........................8 ........... 0.258 ...........0.265 ...........0.258........... 0.258 .............0.273 ...........-0.015 ........... -5.495 ...............0.265..............0.250...................0.265...................57,020,580 .........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 6,818,739 ...1,980,268...................486 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......34........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000001194 ............AREEJ VEGETABLE OILS AND DERIV ................ 3,446 .............13,956........................7 ........... 4.050 ...........4.050 ...........4.050........... 4.050 ............. 3.675.............0.375 ............10.204 ...............4.050............. 4.000...................0.000 ..................27,945,000.........1.000 OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 307,658............ 44,745..................... 23 ............0.146 ........... 0.146 ...........0.143 ............0.145 .............0.144 ............0.001 ............. 0.694 ................0.143 ..............0.143...................0.145..................212,077,212 ........0.100 OM0000001053 ............OMAN TEXTILE HOLDING ........................................1,100 .................. 353........................2 ........... 0.320 ...........0.326 ...........0.320........... 0.320 .............0.320 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.326..............0.320...................0.326 ...................1,920,000 ..........1.000 OM0000001400 ...........OMAN FLOUR MILLS ............................................... 200,400......... 126,656......................16 ........... 0.632 ........... 0.636 ...........0.632........... 0.632 .............0.632 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.632..............0.628...................0.632...................99,540,000.........0.100 OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES ..................................................... 443,400...........26,604......................13 ........... 0.060 ...........0.060 ...........0.060........... 0.060 .............0.060 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.060..............0.060...................0.061....................7,500,000 ..........0.100 OM0000002564 ...........AL HASSAN ENGINEERING....................................69,800 ...............5,095......................13 ........... 0.073 ........... 0.073 ...........0.073........... 0.073 .............0.073 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.073..............0.072...................0.073.................... 5,490,184 ..........0.100 OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 678,504 ........... 50,889......................17 ............0.075 ........... 0.076 ...........0.075........... 0.075 .............0.075 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.075..............0.075...................0.076..................112,500,000........0.100 OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK................................................ 16,530 ............... 1,058........................5 ........... 0.064 ...........0.064 ...........0.064........... 0.064 .............0.064 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.064..............0.063...................0.064 ................. 64,000,000 ........0.100 OM0000001590............MUSCAT FINANCE.........................................................8,611 ............... 1,033........................1 ............0.120 ........... 0.120 ...........0.120........... 0.120 .............0.122 ...........-0.002 ............-1.639................0.120.............. 0.116...................0.120...................32,005,869.........0.100 OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. ....................97,000 ...............3,007........................6 ............0.031 ........... 0.031 ...........0.031 ............0.031 .............0.032 ...........-0.001 ............-3.125................0.031 ..............0.030...................0.031....................2,635,000 ..........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 1,826,449 ......273,397...................103 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......10........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

BONDS AND SUKUK MARKET ...................................................................................................................................................................... OM0000004628 ...........BANK SOHAR BONDS 4.5 .................................................. 78 ....................... 8........................1 ........... 0.100 ........... 0.100 ...........0.100............0.110 ............. 0.110............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.100..............0.100...................0.110 ....................5,243,334 ..........0.100 .............................................SUM: ............................................................................................ 78 ....................... 8........................1 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. .........1........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

SPECTRUM AUCTION

Debt-led phone war may blow $74 billion hole in India’s wallet MUMBAI: Aggressive price wars that pushed some calls below a penny per minute in India may be catching up with wireless carriers. Mountains of debt could hinder their bidding for airwaves in next month’s auction, potentially blowing a $74 billion hole in the government’s plans. One operator already said it will sit out the sale starting on September 29, and some competitors like-

ly won’t spend on certain wavelengths. India plans its biggest sale of the spectrum that can reduce buffering on videos and speed up downloads for 1 billion-plus users in the world’s second-largest smartphone market. The government wants to raise Rs5.6 trillion ($83 billion), yet companies may bid only a small fraction of that because they bought bandwidth the past two years and

need cash to fend off billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s newest venture. Going to be a failure “We believe that the spectrum auction is going to be a failure,” said Chris Lane, a Hong Kong-based analyst for Sanford C. Bernstein. “Overall, we don’t see carriers bidding like they did in previous years.” The nation’s 12 wireless companies carry more than $61 billion

in debt, and their average revenue per user is declining as customers replace voice calls with apps that use data plans, according to company earnings. That total debt increased 41 per cent since March 2014, according to credit rating agency ICRA. The auction will be successful and the government has provided spectrum in every band, Telecom Secretary J.S. Deepak told report-

ers in New Delhi on Tuesday. Phone calls already are the cheapest among the world’s major economies, Lane said, averaging about 2 cents a minute now after dropping below 1 cent. Further price cuts loom as Ambani’s Reliance Jio Infocomm prepares to begin commercial operations, touting a network offering only fourth-generation, or 4G, service. Jio has spent at least

Rs1.5 trillion on coverage across the nation. The company declined to comment concerning the auction. In anticipation, carriers including Bharti Airtel, the nation’s largest, and Idea Cellular slashed data charges. Some also added spectrum after the government eased rules to allow sharing or trading in airwaves. — Bloomberg News

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2016

MARKET APL Logistics Oman to focus on solutions for various industries APL Logistics Oman will spearhead efforts to develop Oman as a regional hub to serve local and international customers in the Middle-East and East Africa.

The company will commence operations within four weeks in Muscat and plans to expand operations to Sohar, Salalah and Duqm at a later stage

Beat Simon. - Picture June Estrada/Times of Oman

Times News Service MUSCAT: APL Logistics Oman, a new joint venture between APL Logistics and Arab Global Logistics, will focus on logistics solutions in several industries, including automotive and retail sectors. The company, which was ofﬁcially launched on Tuesday and

will commence operations within four weeks in Muscat, plans to expand operations to Sohar, Salalah and Duqm at a later stage, the company’s top-level officials said. Logistics hub APL Logistics Oman will spearhead efforts to develop Oman as a regional logistics hub to serve lo-

cal and international customers in the Middle-East and East Africa. “If we look at the infrastructure government has provided is fantastic. The vision of the government is to push Sohar as a hub for the Mena region. Salalah is a hub for East-West traffic, North and East Africa with the right port infrastructure and a free . That is

the main reason why we are here,” said Azfar Khan, general manager, UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and other Middle East and Africa, APL Logistics Middle East. Oman is not just acting for the domestic market, but as a hub for the entire region. Beat Simon, president of APL Logistics Ltd, said that his company is a global solutions provider. “We are an enabler to realise the vision of the government,” noted Simon. The investment in Oman will depend on the local market requirements. The new Muscat-based joint venture company is backed by APL Logistics’ deep logistics expertise and global execution experience. APL Logistics has an annual turnover of $1.6 billion with a total staff strength of 7,300 people in 100 locations.

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European Commission orders Apple to pay $14.5 billion in tax to Ireland BRUSSELS: European Union antitrust regulators ordered Apple on Tuesday to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in taxes plus interest to the Irish government after ruling that a special scheme to route profits through Ireland was illegal state aid. The massive sum, 40 times bigger than the previous known demand by the European Commission to a company in such a case, could be reduced, the EU executive said in a statement, if other countries sought more tax themselves from the US tech giant. Apple, which with Ireland said it will appeal the decision, paid tax rates on European profits on sales of its iPhone and other devices and services of between just 0.005 percent in 2014 and 1 percent in 2003, the Commission said. “Ireland granted illegal tax benefits to Apple, which enabled it to pay substantially less tax than other businesses over many years,” said Competition Commission Margrethe Vestager, whose crackdown on mainly US multinationals has angered Washington which accuses Brussels of protectionism. Online retailer Amazon.com and hamburger group McDonald’s face probes over taxes in Luxembourg, while coffee chain Starbucks has been ordered to pay up to 30 million euros ($33

MASSIVE SUM: For Apple, whose earnings of $18 billion last year were the biggest ever reported by a corporation, ﬁnding several billion dollars should not be an insurmountable problem. — Reuters

million) to the Dutch state. A bill of 300 million euros this year for Swedish engineer Atlas Copco to pay Belgian tax is the current known record. Other companies ordered to pay back taxes in Belgium, many of them European, have not disclosed figures. For Apple, whose earnings of $18 billion last year were the biggest ever reported by a corporation, finding several billion dollars should not be an insurmountable problem. The 13 billion euros represents about 6 per cent of the firm’s cash pile. As of June, Apple reported it had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $231.5

billion, of which 92.8 per cent, or $214.9 billion, were held in foreign subsidiaries. It paid $2.67 billion in taxes during its latest quarter at an effective tax rate of 25.5 per cent, leaving it with net income of $7.8 billion according to company ﬁlings. The European Commission in 2014 accused Ireland of dodging international tax rules by letting Apple shelter proﬁts worth tens of billions of dollars from tax collectors in return for maintaining jobs. Apple and Ireland rejected the accusation. “I disagree profoundly with the Commission,” Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan said in

a statement. “The decision leaves me with no choice but to seek cabinet approval to appeal. “This is necessary to defend the integrity of our tax system; to provide the tax certainty to business; and to challenge the encroachment of EU state aid rules into the sovereign member state competence of taxation.” Apple said in a statement it was conﬁdent of winning an appeal. “The European Commission has launched an effort to rewrite Apple’s history in Europe, ignore Ireland’s tax laws and upend the international tax system in the process. The Commission’s case is not about how much Apple pays in taxes, it’s about which government collects the money. It will have a profound and harmful effect on investment and job creation in Europe.” When it opened the Apple investigation in 2014, the Commission told the Irish government that tax rulings it agreed in 1991 and 2007 with the company amounted to state aid and might have broken EU laws. The Commission said the rulings were “reverse engineered” to ensure Apple had a minimal Irish bill and that minutes of meetings between Apple representatives and Irish tax officials showed the company’s tax treatment had been “motivated by employment considerations.” — Reuters

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NEW SERVICE: Bank of Baroda has enhanced its single day withdrawal limit from an ATM machine to OMR600 from OMR300 now. - Picture by Jun Estrada/Times of Oman

Bank of Baroda unveils Visa Debit Card in Sultanate Times News Service MUSCAT: Bank of Baroda on Monday launched its Visa Debit Card, which will help its 21,000 customers across the Sultanate. Vineet K Dudeja, chief executive, GCC Operations of Bank of Baroda, has launched its Visa Debit Card at a function attended by top-level officials of the bank and it’s customers. The features of Visa Debit Card, which is a chips and pin debit card, include convenient shopping at merchant outlets, account-to-account fund transfer and added securities against frauds. The bank’s customers can change their present ATM card with the new Visa Debit Card. A K Singh, country head (Oman Operations) of Bank of Baroda, said that plans are afoot to upgrade

its automated teller machines (ATMs) with cash deposit machines. The bank is also planning to introduce e-banking services. Bank of Baroda has enhanced its single day withdrawal limit from an ATM machine to OMR600 from OMR300 now. However, the customer has to withdraw the money in two different transactions within 24 hours. Bank of Baroda, India’s international bank having 5,472 branches across the globe in 25 countries, has four branches in Oman – one each in Greater Muttrah (MBD area), Muttrah (Corniche), Sohar and Salalah. The bank started its operation in Oman way back in 1976. Bank of Baroda has a deposit base of OMR76.04 million and loans and advances of OMR65.80 million in Oman region as on March 31, 2016.

ECONOMY

Euro-area economic confidence declines BRUSSELS: Euro-area economic confidence worsened more than analysts predicted in August in a sign that the reverberations of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union may finally be reaching companies and households. An index of industry and consumer confidence fell to 103.5 from a revised 104.5, the European Commission in Brussels said on Tuesday. That compares with a median estimate of 104.1 in a Bloomberg survey of economists, and follows an unexpected increase in July. With ECB President Mario Draghi leaving it largely to economic data to fine-tune policy expectations before next week’s Governing Council meeting, the release provides a case for more stimulus to sustain the recovery and revive inflation. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has already cut its forecast for euroarea growth next year on the back of the UK’s Brexit vote, and the ECB will release new projections

next week. “The weakness in the August reading is broad-based across all countries, with some exceptions, and across sectors,” said Frederik Ducrozet, an economist at Banque Pictet & Cie SA in Geneva. “It’s another reason to be cautious and dovish for the ECB. Maybe not in the next weeks, but in the next months.” Inflation in the currency bloc probably accelerated to 0.3 per cent in August from 0.2 per cent the month before, leaving it well below the ECB’s goal of just under 2 per cent, according to a separate survey. Eurostat will release preliminary figures on Wednesday, along with jobless data that is expected to show the unemployment rate dropped to 10 per cent in July. Sentiment in industrial sector fell to minus 4.4 from minus 2.6, the lowest level in 18 months, according to Commission data. Confidence also slipped in services, retailing and among consumers, while a gauge for construction rose to an 8-year high. — Bloomberg News

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Boeing skips annual jetliner price hike amid sluggish sales CHICAGO: Boeing skipped raising airplane prices for the ﬁrst time in seven years as it contends with demand cooled by economic uncertainty, cheap oil and a glut of twin-aisle aircraft. The US planemaker typically adjusts its catalogue prices for commercial aircraft once a year to reﬂect an internal formula that

takes into account increases in the costs of goods, services and labour. Boeing boosted prices 2.9 per cent last year and 3.1 per cent in 2014. While ﬁnal sales usually are heavily discounted, Boeing’s decision to hold the published prices steady for the ﬁrst time since the Great Recession signals changing market dynamics to customers

and suppliers, said aerospace consultant Richard Aboulaﬁa. Planemakers have seen demand clipped by the Brexit vote, a commodities market crash in Latin America and moderating oil prices, which have encouraged carriers to hold on to older models they might have otherwise retired. “The industry is a poster child

for deﬂation at this point,” Aboulaﬁa said by telephone on Monday. “You can deny that when times are good but when times are clearly past their peak there’s really no point in pretending.” The prices posted in July 2015 will continue to serve as a basis for customer discussions, Boeing spokesman Doug Alder said

via e-mail. They range from $80.6 million for Boeing’s smallest narrow-body aircraft, the 737-700, to $400 million for the 777-9, the ﬁrst twin-engine plane designed to haul more than 400 travellers. “From time to time, we do not process an update to our pricing catalogue. Boeing didn’t publish an update in 2001 or 2009,” Alder

said. “Our goal is to set the standard for value and service for our valued customers.” Boeing shares pared their gain on the news. The stock was up 0.4 per cent at $132.77 at 3:25pm in New York, 81 cents below the trading session high. Boeing had retreated 8.6 per cent this year through Friday. — Bloomberg News

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It’s called “Helicopter Money” because of the illusion of dumping currency from the sky to people who will rapidly spend it, thereby creating demand, jobs and economic growth. Central banks can raise and lower interest rates and buy and sell securities, but that’s it.

everal years of rock-bottom interest rates around the world haven’t been all bad. They’ve helped reduce government borrowing costs, for sure. The central banks also send back to their governments most of the interest received on assets purchased through quantitative-easing programmes. The governments essentially are paying interest to themselves. What is helicopter money? Since the beginning of their quantitative-easing activities, the Federal Reserve has returned $596 billion to the US Treasury and the Bank of England has given back $47 billion. This cozy relationship between central banks and their governments resembles “helicopter money,” the

unconventional form of stimulus that some central banks may be considering as a way to spur economic growth. I’m looking for more such helicopter money — ﬁscal stimulus applied directly to the US economy and ﬁnanced by the Fed — no matter who wins the Presidential election in November. It’s called helicopter money because of the illusion of dumping currency from the sky to people who will rapidly spend it, thereby creating demand, jobs and economic growth. Central banks can raise and lower interest rates and buy and sell securities, but that’s it. They can thereby make credit cheap and readily available, yet they can’t force banks to lend and consumers and businesses to borrow, spend and invest. That undermines the effectiveness of quantitative easing (QE); as the proverb says, you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.Furthermore, developed-

country central banks purchase government securities on open markets, not from governments directly. You might ask: “What’s the difference between the Treasury issuing debt in the market and the Fed buying it, versus the Fed buying securities directly from the Treasury?” The difference is that the open market determines the prices of Treasuries, not the government or the central bank. The market intervenes between the two, which keeps the government from shoving huge quantities of debt directly onto the central bank without a market-intervening test. This enforces central bank discipline and maintains credibility. Zimbabwe and Argentina In contrast, direct sales to central banks have been the normal course of government finance in places like Zimbabwe and Argentina. It often leads to hyperinflation and financial disaster.

(I keep a 100-trillion Zimbabwe dollar bank note, issued in 2008, which was worth only a few US cents as inflation rates there accelerated to the hundreds-of-million-percent level. Now it sells for several US dollars as a collector’s item, after the long-entrenched and corrupt Zimbabwean government switched to US dollars.) Argentina was excluded from borrowing abroad after defaulting in 2001. Little domestic funding was available and the Argentine government was unwilling to reduce spending to cut the deficit. So it turned to the central bank, which printed 4 billion pesos in 2007 (then worth about $1.3 billion). That increased to 159 billion pesos in 2015, equal to 3 per cent of gross domestic product. Not surprisingly, inflation skyrocketed to about 25 per cent last year, up from 6 per cent in 2009. To be sure, the independence of most central banks from their governments is rarely clear cut.

It’s become the norm in peacetime, but not during times of war, when government spending shoots up and the resulting debt requires considerable centralbank assistance. That was certainly true during World War II, when the US money supply increased by 25 per cent a year. The Federal Reserve was the handmaiden of the US government in ﬁnancing spending that far exceeded revenue. Today, developed countries are engaged not in shooting wars but wars against chronically slow economic growth. So the belief in close coordination between governments and central banks in spurring economic activity is back in vogue — thus helicopter money. All of the QE activity over the past several years by the Fed, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank and others has failed to signiﬁcantly revive economic growth. US economic growth in this recovery has been

the weakest of any post-war recovery. Growth in Japan has been minimal, and economies economie in the UK and nd the euro area remain re under pressure. Given the “mad as hell” attitude of many voters in Europe and the US, on the left and the right, don’t be surprised to see a new round of ﬁscal stimulus ﬁnanced by helicopter money, whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton is the next president. Major central bank helicopter money is a fact of life in war time — and that includes the current global war on slower growth. Conventional monetary policy is impotent and voters in Europe and North America are screaming for government stimulus. I just hope it doesn’t set a precedent and continue after rapid growth resumes — otherwise, the fragile independence of major central banks could go the way of those in banana republics. — Bloomberg News

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Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 — Sensational new luxury coupe The Vision MercedesMaybach 6, which measures almost six metres in length, is designed as an electric car

STUTTGART: Every August classic car fans from around the world converge on Pebble Beach in California for a very special beauty contest. This gathering of magnificent classic cars was the perfect place to premiere the exclusive Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6, a sensational luxury-class coupé. The 2+2-seater is a homage to the glorious age of the aero coupés and consciously carries this tradition forward into the future. The coupé reinterprets classic, emotional design principles in an extreme way, following the Mercedes design philosophy of sensual purity, says a press release. The Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6, which measures almost six metres in length, is designed as an electric car. The drive system has an output of 550 kW (750 hp). The shallow underfloor battery allows a range of over 500 kilometres according to the NEDC (over 200 miles according to EPA). The large coupé made its debut at Monterey Car Week, which took place on the Monterey Peninsula recently. The final event

was on the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance. With its sensual, emotional design (“hot”) and intelligent details (“cool”), the Vision MercedesMaybach 6 represents the ultimate in luxury. The classic aesthetic proportions of the show car - the extremely long bonnet, the low roof line and the rearward positioning of the greenhouse - recall the aero coupés of days gone by. But this is not retro design - this is a reinterpretation of classic, aesthetic principles. At the same time the design is something unexpectedly new cool, technoid and reduced. This is exemplified by the aerodynamically intelligent basic shape. Even without aids such as spoilers, the airflow hugs the contours of the vehicle body and only breaks away very late at the tail end of the vehicle. Then there is the surprisingly technoid character of the narrow lights, the partially transparent rims and the split rear window. “Our sensational Coupé, the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6, represents the ultimate in contemporary luxury. It is hot and cool,” stated Gorden Wagener, head of Design at Daimler AG. “With its intelligent appeal and reduced, technoid look, it perfectly embodies our design philosophy of sensual purity and our pursuit of aerodynamic efficiency.” Clearly defined contours and organically formed wings stand in contrast to the sharply drawn, extended feature line on each side which defines the upper vehicle body from the radiator grille across the entire length of the vehicle to the rear. Below this, the main body has a bulging, muscular look, extending across the entire flank.

created for the vehicle. Here too the designers have followed the sensual, pure design idiom of Mercedes-Benz. Plenty of space has also been provided for further additions such as picnic accessories or personal items.

There is also a striking contrast between the Maybach red paintwork and the chrome strips which sit above the wheel arches and in the centre of the bonnet and boot lid. A reinterpretation of the Mercedes-Maybach radiator grille with its ﬁne, vertical struts accentuates the front end. The grille was inspired by a pinstriped suit. The radiator grille rests on two aerodynamically shaped supports on the outer right and left of the bumper. The distinctive 24-inch wheels are a development of the aero rim from the Concept IAA (Intelligent Aerodynamic Automobile). A transparent shield in the vehicle colour provides a view of the aluminium spokes behind it. A further highlight is provided by the gullwing doors, a hallmark Mercedes design element which has been brought up to date. They underline the sporty character of the vehicle’s silhouette and feature innovatively designed aluminium trim. The exterior mirrors designed as cameras are supported on the wings. The interior of the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 is a synthesis of intelligence and emotion and combines traditional Mercedes-Benz values with a new high-tech experience.

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The dashboard wing curves across the door trim into the seat landscape, creating a 360° lounge. The new “inside out” spatial design adds a particular touch of finesse. The sitting surface forms a horizontal, which transitions into the vertical of the doors and finally becomes the underside of the dashboard wing. In addition to the flowing contours, the material composition produces a luxury experience of the highest order. Authentic materials and colours such as rose gold are used to create luxurious accents. The interior, with its highquality leather trim, has a cool colour scheme which perfectly underlines the digital innovations. The sitting surfaces have a Chesterfield look. In the doors and dashboard the traditional wood trim softens the appearance of the digital control and display interfaces. As a contrast to the digital world of the displays, elm is used in the floor area, creating a refined yachting look. Elm is the palest open-pore wood which MercedesBenz is currently working on for series use. In the front luggage area of the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 is a set of two suitcases, exclusively

Emission-free driving The side sills, illuminated by LED light strips, clearly underline the fact that the Vision MercedesMaybach 6 is designed as an electric car. Thanks to its four compact permanent magnet synchronous electric motors, it features allwheel drive. The output of the drive system, which is currently in series development, is 550 kW (750 hp). The shallow underﬂoor battery has a usable capacity of approx. 80 kWh. This not only allows performance characteristics typical of a sports car (acceleration from 0-100 km/h in under four seconds, top speed electronically governed at 250 km/h) but also a range of over 500 kilometres according to the NEDC (over 200 miles according to EPA). Perfection blends with exclusivity Mercedes-Maybach stands for the ultimate in exclusivity and individuality. The target group is made up of status-oriented customers. The current vehicles include the Mercedes-Maybach S 500 and S 600 models, launched in February 2015, which blend the perfection of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class with the exclusivity of Maybach. A special protection version, the MercedesMaybach S 600 Guard, is the world’s ﬁrst passenger car to meet the highest ballistic protection level for civilian vehicles, VR10.

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Shifa Al Jazeera distributes financial aid worth $205,800 MUSCAT: Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Group, leading healthcare conglomerate in the GCC, has distributed financial assistance worth $205,800 to the needy and other welfare schemes as part of its charity initiative, says a press release. At a function held in Muscat, Group Chairman Dr K. T. Rabeeulla said this is part of a larger charity worth $14,91,400 and till now over $89,4800 has been distributed in three phases. “Shifa Al Jazeera will always be in the forefront of providing welfare to the hapless sections of society,” he added. He said in the third phase, financial aid were distributed for house construction, treatment and education assistance. $67,000 has been distributed for house construction and completion of houses under ‘Baithu Shifa’, a social welfare programme initiated by Shifa Al Jazeera Group to provide housing for poor people. $44,7500 has been given to various educational institutions in Malappuram district and $29,850 to a Research Centre at Kozhikode district in Kerala. $3000 has been given to welfare fund for Muhammed Fazal of Tirur initiated by KMCC, Muscat, who died in a fatal accident in Muscat recently. $3000 has been given for the renal treatment of a Thiruvanthapuram native, Muhammed Shareef.

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Kims introduces most advanced treatment for spondyloarthritis MUSCAT: The Rheumatology Department at Kims Oman Hospital is fully equipped to diagnose and treat all forms of arthropathy – both inflammatory and non-inflammatory. Spondyloarthritis (SpA), one of the inflammatory arthropathies, requires special medical attention as it can easily be mistaken for mechanical or traumatic back pain and the department has profound experience in managing it successfully, says a press release. Spondyloarthritis is the name given to a group of various chronic inflammatory diseases affecting the spine, sacroiliac and peripheral joints and entheses (the sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bones). In some cases, the disease also involves skin, gut, heart, eyes, and kidneys with severe complications if not treated as ankylosis of the joints (disappearance of ROM of the joints), loss of vision or silent heart block with death or spinal osteoporosis. Dr Abeer Ahmed, senior specialist, Rheumatology, Kims Oman Hospital said, “At Kims Oman, we focus on diagnosing it properly at an early stage so that managing it will be easier and more effective and to avoid any untreatable complications.” Spondyloarthritis is an umbrella term given for a number of diseases like Ankylosing Spondylitis, Reiter Syndrome, Psoriatic Arthritis, Enteropathic Arthritis, Juvenile SpA (since childhood), Peripheral SpA and Undifferentiated SpA. The most important cause of Spondyloarthritis is genetic – the presence of a gene called HLA-B27. Other causes include bacteria or viral infection, psoriasis, inflammatory

bowel diseases, etc. Different types of Spondyloarthritis show various symptoms. Dr Abeer continued: “The most common symptom is inflammatory back pain. According to the type of Sponyloarthritis, there are several other symptoms too – like finger or toe inflammation with swelling (sausage like digits), chest wall pain, pain in heels, ligament and tendon inflammation, etc.” It is important to note that Spondyloarthritis has some other manifestations as well, like frequent pain in the eye with redness and tears, difficulty in breathing, renal failure due to certain protein deposition, diarrhea with blood and mucus with intestinal ulcerations, loss of weight, psoriatic skin, severe chest pain or associated malignancy as lymphoma in long standing cases with no treatment Kims Oman Hospital offers

At Kims Oman, we focus on diagnosing it properly at an early stage so that managing it will be easier and more effective and to avoid any untreatable complications Dr Abeer Ahmed

Senior specialist, Rheumatology, Kims Oman Hospital

the most advanced treatment for Spondyloarthritis in a world-class environment supported by qualiﬁed rheumatologist and quality equipment. Spondyloarthritis is often treated with non-steroidal anti-inﬂammatory drugs or low dose of steroids. It also involves physiotherapy as early as possible and surgery by orthopedic involvement in some severe cases of spinal deformities and vertebral fracture or hip ankylosis (in neglected cases).

National Biscuit announces first round winners of Nabil promotion MUSCAT: National Biscuit Industries Ltd, maker of the brand ‘Nabil’ range of biscuits, wafers and snacks, announced its first round of seven winners of the ‘Nabil makes learning fun’ promotion. The first draw was held recently at the headquarters of National Biscuit Industries by Yusuf Al Jabri, official from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. National Biscuit congratulated the lucky winners. Along with the winning prizes of laptops and tabs, the winners were also handed special gift hampers of Nabil

Biscuits, says a press release. The next draw will be held tomorrow where eight more winners will be selected. The winners of the Samsung tabs are Nuwan Thilina, Mohammed Al Wahabi, Adnan Said Al Subhi, Harab Nassar Al Amri, Hamna Amir Subzwari and Lubnah Adbul Hamed. The Lenovo laptop was won by Parsia Jahanzad. Commenting on the occasion, Unnit Mankodi, head - Sales & Marketing, said that this promotion has already created a huge

excitement among the consumers and the entries are increasing every day. Such a unique concept of winning the prizes throughout the period of the promotion has deﬁnitely caught the attention of the consumers and the excitement will further increase with each passing day. The consumer promotion is applicable on the entire range of Nabil Snackits, Nabil Cream Wafers 20gm and Big Crunch wafers 20 gms. The period of the promotion is till October 15.

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ROUND-UP Special offers on entire 2016 Mitsubishi models Going by the slogan ‘Highest Cash Back and Lowest Prices’ the new promotion offers unmatched deals on the very latest 2016 Mitsubishi models

MUSCAT: General Automotive Company, the official distributor of Mitsubishi vehicles in Oman, has announced new special offers on its entire 2016 model range. Going by the slogan ‘Highest Cash Back and Lowest Prices’ the new promotion offers unmatched deals on the very latest 2016 Mitsubishi models, coupling unbeatable prices with high-value cash backs together with free service packages, registration, roadside assistance and more, says a press release. Commenting on the offer, Manoj Ranade, the GM of General Automotive Company said, “With this latest offer we are offering Mitsubishi customers and fans with a great opportunity to purchase the latest 2016 models at extremely attractive prices. We are further

sweetening the deal by offering generous cash gifts and two years of free service across our entire model range. Couple this with the guaranteed reliability, comfort, safety and an engaging driving experience characteristic of any vehicle sporting the tri-diamond badge, and you end up with a deal that is very hard to pass up.” Valid until October 21 this of-

fer applies to all 2016 Mitsubishi Models comprising the Attrage, L200, LancerEX, Pajero, Outlander, and the new Montero Sport. As part of the offer, Mitsubishi is offering each of these models with extremely attractive pricing coupled with six years unlimited mileage warranty, six years roadside assistance and free registration. Customers purchasing any

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variant of these models will also benefit from a free service package of 2 years/30,000km (on all models aside from the Pajero 3.2 Diesel GLX) and cash gifts of up to OMR3,000. “In addition to the offer, we are also presenting potential buyers of the Attrage with the option of purchasing the base variant of the model, without the offer benefits, for a special all-time low price of just OMR3,995,” added Ranade. Each of Mitsubishi models, regardless of their offer benefits, presents customers a unique experience. The Attrage is Mitsubishi’s entry level model that sports class leading fuel economy, exceptional value for money and a fun and easy drive; the L200 is a reliable and capable pick-up that maximises driving comfort and sports features that bring driving enjoyment and pleasure not normally associated with the commercial vehicle sector; Lancer EX has a range of styles and engines to suit anyone looking for a spacious high-quality Japanese family saloon. The Outlander is technologically advanced crossover sporting versatility, space and performance in equal measure; the legendary Pajero offers market-leading off-road capability coupled with supple on road comfort; while the Montero is the newest model to join the Mitsubishi family and sports some of the most advanced technology ever seen in a Mitsubishi.

ENLIGHTENING PROGRAMME

Indian School Ghubra marks Sanskrit Day MUSCAT: Samskritam (Sanskrit) Day, organised by the Department of Sanskrit to mark the importance of Sanskrit language, was celebrated at Indian School Ghubra (ISG) recently. The day began with the special morning assembly which saw the active participation of students from Classes VI to X. The students of Class VII presented a mesmerising composition depicting the greatness of Sanskrit, says a press release. The rendition of shlokas by the students of Class VI complemented by the music was a treat to the ears. A unique skit, performed by the students of Class VIII, which involved ‘Antakshari’ a game with Sanskrit shlokas exhibited the students’ skill in Sanskrit. Students of Class X brought out the incredible treasure trove of Sanskrit language through a PowerPoint presentation. The celebrations showcased the relevance of Sanskrit in the

The celebrations held by the Department of Sanskrit of Indian School Ghubra showcased the relevance of Sanskrit in the contemporary milieu contemporary milieu. Papri Ghosh, the principal and G. Sreekumar, the vice principal, appreciated the performances by the students and thanked the Department of Sanskrit for organising an enlightening programme. RAFFLE WINNER

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Al Mouj Muscat to participate in Cityscape Global 2016 expo MUSCAT: Al Mouj Muscat, Oman’s lifestyle destination, will be showcased under the Majid Al Futtaim stand at Cityscape Global 2016, the region’s top real estate event to be held in Dubai World Trade Centre during September 6 to 8, says a press release. Cityscape Global is the largest and most inﬂuential event for real estate investments and developments in the emerging markets globally. It will bring together investors, developers, government ofﬁcials and real estate professionals. Commenting on Al Mouj Muscat’s participation, Nasser bin Masoud Al Sheibani, acting CEO said, “Cityscape Global is an opportunity to directly meet with clients, update them on our plans and build new associations. Participants can view the latest developments from across the world and discuss investment prospects. It is a great chance for developers like us to showcase our exclusive properties to investors and visitors from across the region and beyond. Being a world-class lifestyle destination, Al Mouj Muscat has much to present on this platform.” “The exhibition will be a stage for us to highlight the wise choice

of investing in Oman as a country offering a politically stable, business-friendly and sound economic environment. Al Mouj Muscat, the award-winning freehold waterfront development, is supported by a strong partnership between the Government of Oman and Majid Al Futtaim,” Al Sheibani added. Offering a unique style of living and incredible leisure experience, Al Mouj Muscat has already brought together a diverse community of more than 4,000 people of 70 nationalities providing a truly global environment. The reasons to invest in Al Mouj Muscat are many. It offers a 100% freehold ownership with residen-

cy for owners and immediate family, and is located along a stunning 6 km stretch of coast in Muscat and it promises delivery with quality ﬁnishes. Along with luxury and family friendly residential properties, the vibrant development offers a unique combination of lifestyle and leisure experiences. At Al Mouj Muscat you can enjoy Oman’s only signature PGA Standard 18-hole golf course designed by Greg Norman; the eco-friendly award-winning 400-berth Al Mouj Marina; Oman’s largest private yachting hub; convenience shopping and dining; The Walk, with its palm-tree lined boulevard and 70 exclusive dining and retail outlets.

MJEC conducts training course MUSCAT: Learning and development section of Majan Electricity Company (MJEC) in coordination with HSE department organised a rigging and slinging training course at National Training Institute recently. The training course broadly covered the operations of rigging and slinging, identiﬁcation, inspection and maintenance of tools. The training programme included both classroom training and the practical application of theory, says a press release. The theory session covered elements like health and safety leg-

islation, rigger’s responsibilities, wire rope, its construction and safe working load maintenance, inspection and parameters for safe use of all lifting appliances. The practical session comprised demonstrations of using a crane, various methods of slinging to enable lifts to be carried out safely. Participants also had an opportunity to witness a practical demonstration of inspection of lifting equipment. This training is an initiative to ensure safety of MJEC employees and contractors.

Volkswagen Oman picks ‘Share and Win’ winner MUSCAT: Volkswagen Oman, represented by Wattayah Motors, has announced the lucky winner of its Facebook ‘Share and Win’ raffle. Nurullah Al Kader won a one night stay at Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa. The prize was handed over to Al Kader at the Volkswagen showroom in Azaiba recently by Andrew Squires, general manager of Wattayah Motors, says a press release. Al Kader said, “I have always been a fan of Volkswagen. I have never actually won a draw before and I am grateful to Volkswagen Oman for this prize. I am looking forward to my stay at the resort.”

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Bank Muscat offers mBanking feature for international debit card usage Enhancing security, the new mBanking feature allows customers to disable/ enable debit card for international usage

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the ﬂagship ﬁnancial services provider in the Sultanate, in line with its ‘Let’s Do More’ vision and focus on innovation to provide a distinct banking experience, has launched a new feature on its mobile banking application for international usage of debit cards. Enhancing security, the new mBanking feature allows custom-

ers to disable / enable debit card for international usage. By default the debit cards are enabled for international usage, says a press release. The customer can log into mBanking app and place an instant request to disable debit card for international usage on ATM and PoS. Customers can also at any point of time log into mBanking app later and place an instant request to enable debit card for international usage on ATM and PoS for all or speciﬁc countries. These requests do not impact any eCommerce transactions on the web. Customers also have the mBanking option to enable or disable debit cards for a particular date range. Allaying card security concerns, the service requests are authenticated by one time PIN (OTP) conﬁrmation. Amjad Al Lawati, AGM – Cards & eBanking, said: “Driven by the latest technological features offering a wide range of options, mBanking presents a unique fa-

cility from Bank Muscat that lets customers bank at convenience from ‘anywhere, anytime’. For people constantly on the move, mBanking service is a boon. Robust security features have been

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built into the ‘trusted’ mBanking application. Data exchange from this application is encrypted based on best industry standards and dual factor authentication.” The feature-rich and easy-touse mBanking services include real time bill payment and presentment facility for Oman Mobile, Ooredoo, OIFC; fund transfers across the world via the bank’s SWIFT network; speed transfer to India, the Philippines and Sri Lanka; mutual fund purchases; instant credit card bill payments; Zakat calculator and charity payments. The international fund transfer facility has a maximum daily limit of OMR2,500. The limit of speed transfer to India is OMR2,500 a day and to the Philippines and Sri Lanka, the maximum daily limit is OMR300. The transaction limit for mutual fund purchases through Bank Muscat Asset Management is OMR5,000 a day. Customers can make Zakat payment up to a maximum of

OMR2,500 a day and for charity payment, the maximum daily limit is OMR500. For each of these services, mBanking customers are allowed up to ﬁve transactions a day. The mBanking transaction limit for transfer of funds to other banks within Oman is OMR2,500 a day. The limit for transfer of funds within own accounts is OMR7,500 a day. The transaction limit for transfer of funds within Bank Muscat accounts is OMR5,000 a day while utility bill payments limit is OMR2,500 a day. Winner of the coveted His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Award for the Best Public eService, Bank Muscat’s mBanking is Oman’s preferred mobile banking service with more than 350,000 registered customers. mBanking registration is accepted for both local and international mobile number. A host of non-ﬁnancial mBanking services include loan statements, loan calculator, request of statement through email, request

for changing registered email and mobile number, customer profile views and push notifications. In keeping with the bank’s focus to provide world class banking products and services, especially electronic services which spell convenience to customers, the mBanking service complements the government’s efforts in creating a digital society. Bank Muscat enjoys an edge in hi-tech products and services and the mBanking services further fulfil the banking requirements of a young, tech-savvy generation. The ‘anytime, anywhere’ mBanking has made banking truly mobile for the largest banking family in Oman who can bank 24/7 ‘anytime, anywhere’. Notably, the mBanking application works on most of the mobile phones and is customised for iPhones, Blackberry and Android phones with simple icons and menus. The mBanking application is available in both English and Arabic.

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One lucky winner to get a chance to visit Mercedes-Benz World in UK MUSCAT: Mercedes-Benz Oman is taking one lucky winner to MercedesBenz World in the United Kingdom. Followers of the 130 Year Journey Campaign on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram can now enter a draw to win this all-inclusive trip by simply sharing their dreams with Mercedes-Benz Oman, says a press release. The campaign The Mercedes-Benz 130 Year Journey Campaign is about vision and leadership, inspirations and aspirations and most importantly innovation and reinvention. Sharing its story with Oman, followers have witnessed many milestones of the car maker’s history including its humble beginnings when the world saw the ﬁrst automobiles in 1800s, its enduring and unbeaten records in the early 1950s, as well as its arrival to Oman in the 1970s when Zuwawi Trading Company started what today has become one of the strongest and most trustworthy business relationships in the Sultanate. “Our 130-Year Journey Campaign is a tribute to what was once a dream and today is a reality and our grand prize to visit MercedesBenz World embodies the true spirit of this campaign,” said Clive Hammond, Mercedes-Benz Oman CEO. “Overlooking the historic Brooklands motor racing circuit where many records were set, Mercedes-Benz World is an unforgettable adventure and a window

into our past, present and future.”

Our 130-Year Journey Campaign is a tribute to what was once a dream and today is a reality and our grand prize to visit Mercedes-Benz World embodies the true spirit of this campaign Clive Hammond

CEO, Mercedes-Benz Oman

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Beneﬁts The lucky winner will receive return tickets, accommodation and entry to Mercedes-Benz World in the United Kingdom. Located in Surrey, MercedesBenz World is a once in a lifetime experience, not just for motoring fans but for people of all ages. The winner will be able to explore three ﬂoors of interactive and ever changing attractions including the new AMG Performance Centre featuring the latest AMG models, fascinating exhibitions, guided tours and get up close to legendary Mercedes-Benz vehicles. On the track, they can put their driving skills to the test with a 30 minute Driving Experience out on the Handling Circuit which features two heart-stopping and wildly bendy circuits that will get your adrenalin pumping.

Mars conducts ‘Make a Cake’ contest MUSCAT: Mars Hypermarket in Azaiba conducted ‘Make a cake with Mars’ competition. About 15 participants exhibited their creative skills in decorating cakes. Floral bouquets, dolls, cartoons, dry fruits, fruit toppings and several other attractive creations were the ﬁnal outcome of the ideas of the participants in the contest conducted as a customer participation programme, says a press release. ‘Make a cake with Mars’ competition was a part of the weekend Cake and Pastry Festival celebrated at Mars Hypermarket, Azaiba. Over 50 types of cakes and pastries were displayed at the bakery section offering the customers a special treat. This idea of ‘Make a cake with

Mars’ competition was appreciated by all the participants as well as several customers who assembled to see the contest. Khalis Humaid Abdullah Al Hasni, member of Muscat Municipal Council, Wilayat Bausher was the chief guest for this event while C. J. Rajendra Prasad, chief operating officer, Mars International welcomed the gathering and declared the event open with a cake cutting ceremony. He mentioned that Mars Hypermarket has plans for many such customer engagement activities at all their outlets to encourage talents and skills of adults and children alike. The panel of judges consisted of Sushma, cake designer, Prashanth, chief chef of MOD and Dinesh,

pastry chef of MOD. The gathering witnessed huge participation of the customers in the presence of staff and senior management of Mars International. Mahanaz Sulﬁ was declared as the ﬁrst prize winner, Sehba was the second prize winner and Namitha was awarded the third prize. A special prize was awarded to Sumi. Attractive prizes were given to all the winners while participation prizes were given to all the contestants. Mars is one of the fastest growing retail chains in sultanate of oman, offering the best retail experience for the customers, who can shop conveniently and “feel the difference” while shopping at any of the branches of Mars Hypermarket.

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Lulu all set to open new outlet in Rustaq today The latest addition will be the group’s 17th store in Oman and 129th in the region

MUSCAT: Standing ﬁrm on its policy to bring affordable shopping one step closer to its customers, Lulu Group is all set to launch its newest hypermarket in Rustaq. The hypermarket at Rustaq will be inaugurated by Sheikh Hilal bin Said Al Hajri, Governor of South Batinah today, says a press release. Rustaq is a beautiful town strategically positioned between the coast and the mountains. The town, which has over the years developed into a major centre for local commerce, craftsmanship and other trades, is a major tourist attraction too. The new hypermarket with all its features will soon turn out to be a landmark for all shoppers and visitors to Rustaq. The latest addition will be the group’s 17th store in Oman and 129th in the region. It highlights the group’s dedicated efforts to spread its network all across the country, thus connecting with consumers, no matter where they are. Spread over an area of 75,000 square feet, the new store with its refreshing look and feel is specially designed to offer the residents of Rustaq an all-new standard shopping experience at affordable prices. The store has been designed with separate sections to cater to all the needs of the consumers ranging from fresh food, fruits and vegetables, ﬁsh, meat

and dairy products to hot food, bakery and grocery. It will also host a ready-to-eat counter to catch the attention of foodies. There is also a department store with electronics and electrical products, home appliances and IT products, furniture, furnishing and fashion accessories. The outlet will also have the

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widest choice of world-class fashion brands and products for ladies, gents and kids. The new outlet also boasts of extensively laid out counters, attentive services and ample parking spaces that ensure an uncluttered, fast and hassle-free shopping for customers. Commenting on the latest project M. A. Yusuffali, managing di-

rector of Lulu Group, said “I am glad to announce the opening of our new hypermarket in Rustaq. Our successful growth in the Sultanate of Oman is only due to the goodwill of the people and the support from the government, which has stood by us in all our ventures in the country till date. Today we take pride in having ﬁrmly established ourselves as one of the most preferred retail destination for both locals and the expatriate communities in Oman.” “The new outlet in Rustaq is sure to provide its residents a shopping experience with value for money. Through our new venture, we aim to continue with our strategy to create maximum job opportunities for talented Omani nationals,thus doing our part to boost the economy. This is also an opportunity for us to get closer to our customers in Rustaq and the surrounding areas, making it easier for them to obtain all that they require, closer to home,” he added. Renowned for its customerfriendly approach and standards, the Lulu Group bears the stamp of variety, modernity, quality and friendliness. With a group of welltrained staff and a professional management to oversee the operations, the multi-faceted business conglomerate has become a name synonymous to a seamlessly pleasant shopping experience.

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Oman LNG employee represents Newcastle University at Biopro MUSCAT: Ahmed Al Hatrooshi, Oman LNG employee, on an academic sabbatical at the University of Newcastle was nominated to represent University of Newcastle in the ‘Biopro’ – a biotechnology manufacturing forum for the best 20 universities in the world. Biopro World Talent Campus, held from August 18 - 25, is an advanced one week course at PhD level, where students will learn and be challenged with cuttingedge knowledge within biotechnology manufacturing. This prestigious event has seen the participation of 25 PhD or Master students working in the field of biotechnology manufacturing, from 20 selected universities around the world. This is not Ahmed’s first achievement as he won first prize with his first year poster ‘Marine Waste Bio-refinery’ at 2015 Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials Annual Postgraduate Research Conference, says a press release. “It is indeed immense pleasure to be nominated to represent Newcastle University at Biopro after winning an internal competition between the PhD students at the University, the accomplishment made me really proud as an Omani representing my country in this world talent campus,” said Ahmed. “It also reveals the capability of Oman LNG employees and their dedication in the study. My participation in this campus will create a networking platform with talented PhD students from the top 20 universities in the world. This participation shall widen the horizon of future research and industrial collaborations. Finally, my sincere thanks and gratitude to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said for his vision in providing

the foundation for skills development opportunities. I would also like to thank Oman LNG for their valuable contribution in facilitating my study and their usual co-operation.” Oman LNG remains dedicated to achieving the aspirations and visions His Majesty, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, has set out for the Sultanate of Oman and its people. “We are proud of this moment as we witness the enhancement of Oman’s society through individuals that exemplify the translation of His Majesty the Sultan’s vision for human resources development for the people of Oman. We will continue to extend our support and emphasise staff development and progression. Our collaborations with our academic partners support staff to reach their full potential which builds a strong foundation to deliver in-country value,” said Harib Al Kitani. Boasting as high as 89% Omanisation –one of the highest in the country’s energy sector – Oman LNG takes a lot of pride in their efforts to nurture and develop local talent through providing on-the-job training, accredited training programmes and through cross postings in and outside of Oman.

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India Home Fair to showcase leading builders and developers on Sept. 2, 3 Blood donation drive set for September 2 Staff Reporter MUSCAT: We Help Blood Donors, a blood donors group, will organised a blood donation drive on Friday, September 2 at Bausher blood bank, the group members said. “The blood donation drive is organised in association with the Ministry of Health’s blood bank unit in Bausher,” Kabeer C. V., a member from We Help Blood Donors, said. The timing to donate blood is between 8am till 2pm. Recently, there were reports that a critical shortage of blood has forced the postponement of some surgeries at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Muscat. “The report said that at least two heart surgeries have been postponed due to shortage of

matching blood. So, we see this blood donation drive seriously. We welcome donors to come forward and donate,” Kabeer added. As per a new Ministry of Health rule, people who have travelled to a malaria endemic country cannot donate blood for 12 months after their return to Oman. The restriction period earlier was six months. “Some of these countries include India, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Sudan, Pakistan and some African nations. The rule, which applies to citizens and expatriates, has been in force for the past four months. So, those who have travelled to the above said countries can avoid coming for donation,” Kabeer added. The group members can be reached at 99512871, 96094365, 92286033, 92836424, 98278483, 98082962 and 97312871.

MUSCAT: HDFC, India’s largest home loan bank, is presenting this year’s India Home Fair, at Al Falaj Hotel in Muscat from September 2. The two-day event will showcase properties and real estate developments in different parts of India by more than 45 reputed builders, says a press release. “HDFC has been an active supporter of the success story of the Indian real estate sector. The largest home loan bank has been bridging the gap between developers and customers by pooling its resources for the betterment of the real estate sector. NRIs have always been looking at right investment opportunities to park their hard earned money. Indian Home Fair 2016 is the right avenue for this as more than 30 reputed builders are participating in the exhibition. HDFC has many novel schemes which are easy and aimed at prospective real estate buyers,” said Rupsree, regional head of HDFC. “The previous editions of India Home Fair have attracted a large number of visitors and many of them have got rich dividends from their visit. This year, we have selected those builders who have proved their merit in the market.

Thus, upcoming exhibition will have top builders and developers who have not only excelled in their ﬁeld but have a wide range of products on offer for customers,” said Abhimanyu Kukreja, Oman representative of HDFC. “By bringing together HDFC and reputed builders under one platform, it has become a golden chance for non-resident Indians (NRIs) to get ﬁrst-hand information about affordable homes and premium villas at prime locations. Thus, projects from all parts of the country will be available at the ex-

hibition venue at the Al Falaj Hotel on September 2 and 3. Besides, for the beneﬁt of Indians in Oman, the exhibition will have on the spot bank loan documentation facility,” said Lijihas Hussain, director of Molecules International, which is organising the property exhibition along with East Expo. For the beneﬁt of visitors, there will be an active help desk which will clear the doubts and will guide prospective buyers to right properties. HDFC Middle East team will assist about Home loan procedures also.

By bringing together HDFC and reputed builders under one platform, it has become a golden chance for non-resident Indians (NRIs) to get first-hand information about affordable homes and premium villas at prime locations Lijihas Hussain

Director of Molecules International

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New enhanced Kia Mohave now comes with exciting offer MUSCAT: The 2016 Kia Mohave SUV, known as the Absolute Mohave, has received many refreshing and thrilling changes to set many a pulse racing! Some of the changes made to the Kia Mohave include a new chrome radiator grille, new chrome coated rear garnish and outer door and inside handles, new design interior and steering wheel, LED daytime running lights and rear fog lamps, among others. At the present moment, the Kia Mohave is available with an exciting Eid offer that includes a cash gift of OMR1500. In lieu of this, customers may opt for a service package for 30,000km/2 years, whichever is earlier, 1-year insurance, and a cash gift of OMR700.

“Either way the customer beneﬁts, so it’s truly a gratifying choice,” said a customer. The enhanced Mohave also features 18-inch alloy wheels that comes with large 265/60 tyres and a tyre pressure monitoring system. Powered by a 3.8 litre V6 DOHC dual C.V.V.T gasoline engine, the Kia Mohave’s variable intake system churns out an awesome 271 HP / 6000 rpm with 36.9 Kg.m. / 4400 rpm of torque together with an ATD (Active Torque on Demand) drive. Hitting the tarmac with the power is a 5-speed sports automatic transmission. The Mohave is not just an aweinspiring performer; it is also a safe & sound family vehicle. Its topnotch safety credentials include a

5-star NCAP crash rating. This is the result of it being loaded with features such as Electronic Stability Control, Brake Assist System, Hill – Start Assist Control System, Downhill Brake Control System, Driver and Passenger Airbags and Front & Rear Parking sensors. The luxurious interiors of the Mohave are now adorned with a smart key with button start ignition, plush leather upholstery, integrated memory seating system, driver & passenger powered seats, sunroof, dual front auto air - conditioning & heating, steering controls ( cruise control, bluetooth and audio), power closure-tail gate, front/rear air conditioning & heating, USB & AUX audio connectivity and tinted glass. Setting

the ambience is a DVD player with 8” navigation system, rear view camera and JBL speakers. Kia in Oman is ranked amongst the top distributors in the world. Reliable International Automotive, the distributor for Kia in Oman provides a rewarding ownership experience for customers. Excellent product attributes and unmatched facilities easily ensure their absolute satisfaction, every mile of the way. No wonder then that Reliable International Automotive has been ranked amongst the top Kia distributors worldwide and has been honoured with prestigious accolades including the ‘Good Partnership award, ‘Family Like Care’ Service award’, and ‘Kia ‘Distributor of Distinction’ award.

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Five-star Steyn bowls South Africa to massive win over New Zealand SCOREBOARD

South Africa 1st innings: 481 for 8 declared New Zealand 1st innings: 214 South Africa 2nd innings S. Cook lbw Boult 4 Q. de Kock c Williamson b Bracewell 50 H. Amla c Guptill b Southee 1 J. Duminy lbw Southee 0 F. du Plessis c Taylor b Boult 6 T. Bavuma (not out) 40 S. van Zyl c Watling b Wagner 5 V. Philander b Southee 14 D. Piedt (not out) 0 Extras (b-4, lb-1, nb-1, w-6) 12 Total (7 wkts decl, 47 overs) 132 Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-32, 3-32, 4-47, 5-82, 6-98, 7-129. Did not bat: D. Steyn, K. Rabada Bowling: T. Southee 16-6-46-3 (w-5); T. Boult 14-3-44-2; D. Bracewell 7-2-19-1; N. Wagner 10-1-18-1 (nb-1, w-1).

Set an unlikely target of 400 to win the match, New Zealand were bowled out for 195 with a day to spare as South Africa kept in tact their record of never losing a series against the Kiwis

PRETORIA: Dale Steyn grabbed ﬁve wickets to lead South Africa to a convincing 204 run-victory over New Zealand in the second Test at Centurion on Tuesday that sealed a 1-0 win in the series. Set an unlikely target of 400 to win the match, New Zealand were bowled out for 195 with a day to spare as South Africa kept in tact their record of never losing a series against the Kiwis. Steyn, who missed most of South Africa’s series against England with a shoulder injury, put South Africa on the path to victory with three wickets in 10 balls at the start of the visitors’ innings as their top four batsmen were dismissed for a paltry 18 runs in the

FIVE-FOR: South Africa’s Dale Steyn, centre, celebrates after dismissing New Zealand’s Tom Latham during the fourth day of their second

Test match at the Supersport Cricket Stadium in Centurion on Tuesday. – AFP

hour before lunch. But New Zealand dug in during the second session with the loss of just one more wicket before tea. Henry Nicholls made a Testbest score of 76 before becoming the last wicket to fall and Steyn’s fifth victim. Steyn, who finished with figures of 5-33, removed both openers in his first over. Tom Latham was bowled by the first ball of the

visitors’ second innings, leaving a delivery too close to his stumps, and Martin Guptill fell to the sixth, edging to Hashim Amla at slip. The fast bowler trapped Ross Taylor lbw with a wicked delivery in his second over which stayed alarmingly low and hit the batsman on the ankle. Captain Kane Williamson, who top-scored for New Zealand in their ﬁrst innings of 214, was

caught by a superb dive from wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock off Vernon Philander in the fourth over. Nicholls and BJ Watling shared a 68-run partnership before spinner Dane Piedt had Watling trapped leg before for 32. After tea, Steyn clean bowled Mitchell Santner (16) and Philander trapped Doug Bracewell lbw for 30. Tim Southee and Neil Wagner were dismissed by Kagiso

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Rabada before Steyn wrapped up victory for the hosts. South Africa declared their second innings after the ﬁrst hour’s play on Tuesday on 132 for seven, setting New Zealand a recordbreaking target on a pitch with uneven bounce and widening cracks that was proving increasingly treacherous for batsmen. The ﬁrst Test in Durban ended in a waterlogged draw. - Reuters

New Zealand 2nd innings T. Latham b Steyn 0 M. Guptill c Amla b Steyn 0 K. Williamson c de Kock b Philander 5 R. Taylor lbw Steyn 0 H. Nicholls c Rabada b Steyn 76 B. Watling lbw Piedt 32 M. Santner b Steyn 16 D. Bracewell lbw Philander 30 T. Southee b Rabada 14 N. Wagner lbw Rabada 3 T. Boult (not out) 0 Extras (b-10, lb-7, w-2) 19 Total (all out, 58.2 overs) 195 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-3, 3-5, 4-7, 5-75, 6-118, 7-164, 8-187, 9-195. Bowling: D. Steyn 16.2-4-33-5; V. Philander 14-4-34-2 (w-1); K. Rabada 132-54-2 (w-1); S. van Zyl 3-1-5-0; D. Piedt 12-3-52-1.

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Fatma storms into doubles last eight stage in China

ON A HIGH: A ﬁle photo of Oman Air team. – Supplied photo

Leaders Oman Air gearing up for St Petersburg Act MUSCAT: Oman Air is leading the Extreme Sailing Series 2016 after four Acts and is backing a ‘sensible’ plan for St Petersburg to guard against mistakes on a notoriously tricky race course and trapdoor twists in the rankings. With a five-point lead on the overall scoreboard, following their last gasp win in Hamburg, the pressure is on to maintain 100 percent focus to make sure they perform to their maximum capabilities right up until the final race in Sydney in December. In Hamburg, where a tight stadium race course and fluky winds proved challenging for the entire fleet, Morgan Larson’s team came away with their third win of the year but only by a single point following a close and compelling tussle with rivals Alinghi. “The Neva River in St Petersburg is a stadium race course similar to the one in Hamburg so I think it will be close again,” predicted Oman Air tactician and trimmer Pete Greenhalgh who once again teams up with Nasser Al Mashari, Ed Smyth and James Wierzbowski. “But we quite like these tight race courses and learned a lot in Hamburg so if we can keep things

We are five points ahead on the leaderboard so the challenge is now to keep our foot on the gas while at the same time staying sensible Morgan Larson Oman Air skipper

together in the boat and put into practice some of the techniques we learned on the Elbe, we can up our speeds and performance.” “We are ﬁve points ahead on the leaderboard so the challenge is now to keep our foot on the gas while at

the same time staying sensible. Remember the ﬁnal event in Sydney is double points so at this stage, we need all the points we can get.” Since St Petersburg was introduced onto the Extreme Sailing Series circuit in 2014, Oman Sail’s

boats have had mixed fortunes on the restricted Neva race course, which is ﬂanked on both sides by the Winter Palace and Peter and Paul Fortresses. And with the new foiling GC32s, the competition is wideopen, Greenhalgh said, and Oman Air has a lot to do to stay on top of their game. “I don’t feel we have reached our peak yet and think there is more to come but that is the case for the other teams too, there may very well be more to come from them. We are all still learning about these boats and new venues always throw up something different.” Omani bowman Nasser Al Mashari returns for his third visit to the Russian capital and is hoping the conditions, which in previous years have featured everything from an ultra-light shifty breeze to big booming gusts, are suited to another round of close exciting racing. “We have had some big winds here since we arrived and there is a strong current. Our aim is to make sure we are still in the mix come the ﬁnal race,” he said. Racing starts on Thursday and continues through to Sunday.

SENSATIONAL START: Fatma Al Nabhani

MUSCAT: Omani ace tennis player Fatma Al Nabhani stormed into the quarterfinals of the double competition in the $25,000 ITF Pro Circuit tournament in Guiyang, China on Tuesday. According to information received here, the Sultanate star combined well with her Russian partner Anastasia Gasanova to record a thrilling first round victory over Thailand’s Kamonwan Buayam and China’s Fang Ying Xun. Fatma and Anastasia, however, had to survive some tense moments against their fourth-seeded opponents before pulling off a sensational match tie-break win. Oman-Russian duo fought bravely to win the first set tiebreak at 7-6 (5). But their opponents showed their fighting qualities to take ease to a 2-6 in the second set. However, Fatma and Anastasia

regrouped themselves to win the last match tie-break and a place in the last eight with a ﬁnal scoreline of 7-6 (5), 2-6 (10-4). In the last eight stage, Fatma and Anastasia will clash with Chinese duo of Hanyu Guo and Yukun Zhang, who eased to a 6-0, 6-0 win over their campatriots Xiao Chen Fu and Wanyu Tang. Singles challenge Fatma Al Nabhani, who has been given the sixth seeding, will begin her singles campaign on Wednesday when she takes on local girl Xinyu Gao. The Omani girl has recently won the second place in a $10,000 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ITF Pro Circuit tournament in Spain, where she also reached the semiﬁnals of the doubles competition in the company of Belgium’s Helene Scholsen.

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Schweinsteiger still dreams of playing for Man United BERLIN: Bastian Schweinsteiger wants to continue playing for Manchester United this season, even though manager Jose Mourinho said last week that the former Germany captain is unlikely to figure in his plans. “My dream is to play for Manchester United,” the 32-yearold told reporters at a Germany news conference on Tuesday, reflecting on his bad luck with injuries last season. “I believe in my ability. I have spoken to Mourinho and have no problem with him. I know what his goals are but I also know what I want. We will have to see what happens in September. But I will certainly not stop playing football,” he added. “Football has ups and downs. It is a tough business and, unfortunately, not just a sport.” Farewell game The 2014 World Cup winner announced his retirement from international football in July and Wednesday’s friendly against Finland will be his 121st and last game for his country. “I’m glad that I got the chance to get a farewell game. Of course, it’s emotional,” he said. “I had wonderful years here and feel a gratitude to be able to make 120 appearances for Germany,” he added. Schweinsteiger played at three World Cups and four European championship tournaments though his international career ended in disappointment with a 2-0 defeat to France in the Euro 2016 semifinals. - Reuters

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Rooney to end England career after 2018 World Cup in Russia The 30-yearold made his

Russia will be my last opportunity to do anything with England. Hopefully I can end my time with England on a high

announcement ahead of the World Cup qualiﬁer against Slovakia on Sunday

LONDON: Wayne Rooney will end his England career after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the striker said on Tuesday. The 30-year-old made his announcement at a news conference ahead of the World Cup qualiﬁer against Slovakia on Sunday when will set a new record for an England outﬁeld player, ahead of David Beckham, by winning his 116th cap. “Come Russia I feel that will be the time for me to say goodbye to

Wayne Rooney international football, my mind is made up,” said Rooney, who was reappointed England captain by new manager Sam Allardyce on Monday. “Russia will be my last opportunity to do anything with England so I’m going to try to enjoy these

two years and hopefully I can end my time with England on a high.” England’s record goalscorer with 53 goals, Rooney has been a stalwart for his country since bursting on to the international scene under Sven-Goran Eriksson at Euro 2004.

Four managers and 12 years later, however, Rooney accepts there has been a familiar tale of England under-achievement. “We have to (move on from previous disappointments). You can’t just forget it (Euro 2016) but it’s a new era for us. A new manager. I

seem to say that after every tournament. We have to work out how we can go one step further in tournament play. “I’m looking forward to this new regime. I’m excited by the players involved at the moment and, although there have been questions about my future, I said straight after the Euros that I wanted to still be involved,” he added. “When Sam got the job I made that clear to him and here we are. Sam is a relaxed guy. The camp has been good, we have only had one session, but we are all excited about what ideas he can bring to us.” Rooney said he was happy to play anywhere for England although Allaryce has said he will ask him to fill a No. 10 role as opposed to the midfield position where previous manager Roy Hodgson deployed him at Euro 2016. “Obviously, it’s the manager’s decision,” Rooney said. “We haven’t really spoken about it - we will in the next couple of days. I’m ready to play whether it’s midfield, number 10 or striker.” - Reuters

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Allardyce open to selecting foreign-born players for England LONDON: England manager Sam Allardyce is keen to the leave the door open for foreign-born players to enter the national team setup and has told British media he would have no problem picking a player who qualiﬁed only through residency. Allardyce had earlier revealed he had hoped to call up Ste-

ven N’Zonzi, who has lived in England for six years, but his attempts were thwarted by FIFA because the Sevilla midﬁelder is ineligible after featuring for the France under-21 side. The Football Association has previously held discussions over possible call-ups for several play-

ers including goalkeeper Manuel Almunia, midﬁelder Mikel Arteta and winger Adnan Januzaj on residency grounds. “Do you pick the best squad to win the World Cup, and if one or two of those are like N’Zonzi, do you do it? Or don’t you and then suffer the consequences of not

getting to the quarterﬁnal and failure?” Allardyce said. “The percentage of English players in the Premier League is 31 percent. Surely if you’re going to win something and that player is of the calibre to force his way into that side then you give him an opportunity?

“If he goes out and scores the winner will it be quite that bad?... It’s not my department to ﬁnd those. We have a department to look at the whole situation at all areas for every international team.” Allardyce also said taking up the England job was likely to be “the ﬁnal challenge of a long career”. - Reuters FOOTBALL

Barcelona swoop for Alcacer MADRID: Barcelona announced on Tuesday the signing of Spain forward Paco Alcacer from Valencia on a ﬁve-year contract. He moves to the Nou Camp on his 23rd birthday for a fee of 30 million euros ($33.5 million) and is likely to be the Spanish champions’ last signing in the transfer window. Alcacer’s buyout clause has been set at 100 million euros and the player, who is on international duty with Spain, will be unveiled next week. Barca’s priority was to add a striker but they lost out on signing Nolito and Kevin Gameiro, with the former joining Manchester City and the latter Atletico Madrid. Alcacer is Barca’s fourth attacking option behind Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar. He scored 13 times last season in La Liga. Alcacer had been at Valencia since 2005 and has featured at every age-group level for Spain. - Reuters

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MS Dhoni: Down and beginning to get dumped

hen the 15-minute thunderstorm left puddles on sections of the outfield at Central Broward Regional Park at Lauderhill leading to the cancellation of the second T20 match on Sunday, the Indian crowd gathered at the stadium had a legitimate reason to feel bad, because it was the second time they had got a chance to see the Indian cricket team play in the U.S., but the picture of MS Dhoni evoking the galloping image of Shoaib Akhtar to juice up his disappointment about losing a chance to level the series looked ludicrous. Even Carlos Brathwaite would have agreed if someone had told him that the West Indies had been staring defeat in the face. The manner in which the Indian batsmen approached the imposing target of 246 and almost pulled off an incredible victory in the first game was impressive, and the way the Indian bowlers tackled the big-hitting West Indians in the second was convincing, but it was Dhoni’s moment of failure that seemed to have got stuck in his mind finding uninspiring expression. The puddles at the pavilion end run-up were so far away that they could be dangerous only for a bowler with a long run-up, but Dhoni was eager to remind us that Brathwaite himself, or anyone under his command, was no Shaoib Akhtar. That’s absolutely right, but the point Brathwaite sought to stress was not just that, but about the possibility of a player—bowler or fielder—chasing the ball and getting injured in the process. It could be the end of the road for young ones like Brathwaite. The difference lies in the way Dhoni and Brathwaite looked at the issue: one who is at the end of his career and the other who is at the starting point. When we take a glimpse of the puddles from this angle, what the West Indian said made more sense than what the Indian skipper tried to articulate. If his puddle view was muddled, Dhoni’s take on his last ball failure was far from what he believed was happening. Dhoni said his thinking was right, but the execution wasn’t, but when we got to hear Dwayne Bravo about his mood and mindset about

How Dhoni failed to do that, despite getting dropped off the first ball, and despite being handed the opportunity to face two more balls, and finally one last delivery to score just one run for a tie and two for a win, raises bitter, painful questions

the last ball, we couldn’t help thinking that Dhoni was getting his thought and execution wrong. Post match, Brathwaite said Bravo had told him that he was going to bowl the slow ball, so the fielders were in place to stop Dhoni from pushing the ball to the off-side and getting two quick runs. Bravo was a touch apprehensive of bowling the slower one, but when he saw “MS walking across and so bowled it and it worked”. That simply, and embarrassingly, means Bravo outthought Dhoni and the Indian skipper was a sitting duck for the West Indian to execute his plan. Needing only to score just eight runs, with six wickets in hand, in the last over in a massive run chase is not something that happens often. How Dhoni failed to do that, despite getting dropped off the first ball, and despite being handed the opportunity to face two more balls, and finally one last delivery to score just one run for a tie and two for a win, raises bitter, painful questions. One of the top brands Dhoni has been endorsing for the last 11 years seems to have got the answer right. Pepsico says the brand is looking for new heroes. So are Indian cricket fans. The writer is a freelance contributor based in India. All the views and opinions expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not reflect those of Times of Oman

McGrath fears Aussie debacle in India if spin woes continue With India series looming, urged Smith and Co. to take a cue from Matthew Hayden who reinvented himself in the early 2000s and dominated in the spin-friendly conditions

KOLKATA: Their frailties against quality spin attack badly exposed in Sri Lanka recently, pace bowling great Glenn McGrath on Tuesday said that the Australians will have to quickly sort out their issues against slow bowlers if they don’t want a disaster in their tour of India to play four Tests in FebruaryMarch next year. “Especially with the way things went in Sri Lanka on turning wickets, they have got a lot of work to do

‘TOO DEFENSIVE’: Glenn McGrath

between now and then. The Aussies will ﬁnd it tough in India unless they turn things around pretty quickly,” McGrath told reporters during a promotional event. “They really get too defensive and look to survive. They need to ﬁnd a way as a team or as an individual to cope with the turning wickets. They should have the intent to score runs. They just can’t look to survive,” he added. Australia had a troubled Test series in Sri Lanka who coasted to a 3-0 sweep as the regular Aussie skipper Steve Smith made a sudden return to home, giving cap-

taincy debut for Davide Warner. Terming it a big disappointment, McGrath said: “I’m not sure about the exact reason behind Steve’s going home early, whether he had niggles or something else. David Warner will enjoy the captaincy. I think they will play well once they go back to Australia.” With India series looming, the 46-year-old McGrath urged Smith and Co. to take a cue from Matthew Hayden who reinvented himself in the early 2000s and dominated in the spin-friendly conditions. “You look back to 2001-04, Matthew Hayden decided to play the

sweep shot. He played it really well and that’s how he took on the bowling on turning wickets. Our batsmen need to find ways to score and not just look to survive on turning tracks,” he said. India will kick off their home season against New Zealand later this month as they go on to play 13 Tests, including against Australia, England and Bangladesh. With the popularity of T20 cricket, Test matches may find it hard to fill up seats but McGrath strongly hoped the India-Australia Gavaskar-Border Trophy next year will revive the languishing longer version of the game. “I think you will get good crowd when Australia are here, especially if India are winning. I think a lot of Indians like to see Australia getting beaten. “Test cricket is still the ultimate and young people should hold it in high regard. I used to have concerns about T20 cricket and its impact in the game but I think it can have a positive impact by bringing new people into the game to watch it and to play. That might filter up to the Test level,” said McGrath. “You look at the guys like Virat, AB de Villiers, Steven Smith, Joe Roots, they are quality Test players and are also up there with the best in T20. You still need to be a quality batsman to succeed at T20 level too.” - PTI

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Nishikori fends off resilient Becker to move into second round NEW YORK: Kei Nishikori held off a fightback from Benjamin Becker and earned a 6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 victory over the German veteran on Tuesday for a convincing start to his U.S. Open title bid. The Japanese sixth seed stormed through the first two sets but the 35-year-old Becker took control in the third before Nishikori righted the ship in time to secure a spot in the second round. “He started playing much better so it was tough third and fourth sets but luckily I got out of the last two games,” said Nishikori. “It was a pretty good match.” Nishikori, runner-up in 2014, will next play qualifier Karen Khachanov, a 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 winner over Italy’s Thomas Fabbiano. In the women’s singles, fifth seed Simona Halep blasted her way into the second round by demolishing Kirsten Flipkens 6-0, 6-2 underlining her credentials as a potential Grand Slam winner.

Halep, a winner of three WTA Tour events this season, including a hardcourt event in Montreal, carried her superb form into Flushing Meadows as she needed just one hour on a sun-splashed but almost vacant Arthur Ashe Stadium court to dismiss the 56th ranked Belgian. Flipkens, a former grand slam semiﬁnalist who advanced to the last 16 at the Rio Olympics, look headed to a humiliating double bagel as Halep swept through the opening 11 games. But with Halep serving for the match Flipkens broke her Romanian opponent before thrusting her arms into the air in mock triumph. Flipkens would then hold serve for the ﬁrst time but her late bit of resistance only prolonged the inevitable as Halep closed out the rout to setting up a second-round meeting with Czech Lucie Safarova. On Monday night, Novak Djokovic opened his title defence with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 win over Poland’s

CONVINCING WIN: Kei Nishikori of Japan hits a return against Benjamin Becker of Germany during their ﬁrst round match at the U.S. Open in New York on Tuesday. – AFP

Jerzy Janowicz, but the laboured performance gave rise to fresh concerns about the world number one’s ﬁtness. After a sizzling start to the sea-

son that brought Grand Slam wins No.11 and 12 at the Australian and French Opens, Djokovic’s form has plummeted, with a third-round loss to Sam Querrey at Wimbledon

followed by a first-round exit at the Rio Olympics. The Serb might have been in trouble on another day at Flushing Meadows but Janowicz, ranked 246 places below Djokovic, has advanced from the first round just once in four previous U.S. Open visits and looked unlikely to do it again on Monday. Djokovic, a U.S. Open finalist five of the last six years, next faces Czech Jiri Vesely, a five-set winner over Indian qualifier Saketh Myneni. Myneni gave a mighty scare to the world No. 49 Veseley before limping out due to cramps that scuttled his victory march. Myneni, ranked 143 in singles, had a match point in the eighth game of the fifth set but stiffness in the right thigh restricted his movement badly and he was forced out 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 5-7 after battling hard for three hours and 47 minutes in a marathon first round match. His first ever appearance in

the singles draw of a Grand Slam thus ended in disappointment. Myneni was clearly a better player on the court but for ﬁtness issues he lost the opportunity to play with Novak Djokovic, one of the greatest of the game, in the second round. It brought back the memories of the Davis Cup tie against Korea last month in Chandigarh, where similar scenes were witnessed as both the Indian and the Koreans struggled to stand on court due to humid conditions. “I competed hard till the end and happy with my progress at the Open. I loved every bit of support I got from my family, friends and the Greenwich family,” Saketh said. After splitting four sets, Myneni broke the Czech in the fourth game to take a crucial 3-1 lead and led 4-2 in the ﬁfth set. The match changed at that stage as Myneni took a medical time out due to issue in his right thigh but managed to hold for a 5-2 cushion. - Agencies

England plunder world record total of 444 for 3 SCOREBOARD

Buttler struck the last ball of the innings for four to take Morgan’s men past Sri Lanka’s 443 for nine against

ENGLAND J. Roy c S. Ahmed b H. Ali A. Hales lbw H. Ali J. Root c S. Ahmed b Nawaz J. Buttler (not out) E. Morgan (not out) Extras (b-6, lb-8, nb-9, w-3) Total (3 wkts, 50 overs)

15 171 85 90 57 26 444

Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-281, 3-283. Did not bat: B. Stokes, M. Ali, C. Woakes, A. Rashid, L. Plunkett, M. Wood Bowling: M. Amir 10-0-72-0 (w-1); H. Ali 10-0-74-2 (nb-3); W. Riaz 10-0-110-0 (nb-2, w-2); M. Nawaz 10-0-62-1; Y. Shah 6-0-48-0; A. Ali 1-0-20-0; S. Malik 3-0-44-0.

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Netherlands in July 2006. Hales plundered 171, the highest individual score by an England batsman

NOTTINGHAM: England piled up a world record one-day international total of 444 for three against Pakistan after Alex Hales and Jos Buttler ran riot at a sun-kissed Trent Bridge on Tuesday.

List of the highest ODI totals after England amassed 444 for three against Pakistan on Tuesday: 444-3 England vs Pakistan 30 August 2016 443-9 Sri Lanka vs Netherlands 4 July 2006 439-2 South Africa vs West Indies 18 January 2015 438-9 South Africa vs Australia 12 March 2006 438-4 South Africa vs India 25 October 2015 434-4 Australia vs South Africa 12 March 2006 418-5 India vs West Indies 8 December 2011 418-5 South Africa vs Zimbabwe 20 September 2006 417-6 Australia vs Afghanistan 4 March 2015 414-7 India vs Sri Lanka 15 December 2009

Buttler struck the last ball of the innings for four to take Eoin Morgan’s men past Sri Lanka’s total of 443 for nine against Netherlands in July 2006.

Hales plundered 171, the highest individual limited-overs score by an England batsman, before Buttler reached his ﬁfty off 22 deliveries, also an England record.

The hosts passed their previous highest total of 408 for nine, made against New Zealand last year, while captain Morgan got to his half century off 24 deliveries as he and Buttler shared an unbroken fourth-wicket partnership of 161. Caught off a no-ball Hales ﬂayed four sixes and 22 fours in his 122-ball knock to surpass Robin Smith’s 167 not out against Australia in Birmingham in 1993. Caught off a no-ball on 72 and dropped on 114, the 27-year-old right-hander passed Smith’s score by pulling Hasan Ali to the midwicket boundary. The bowler trapped him lbw with the next delivery to end a second-wicket stand of 248 with Joe Root, who fell soon after for 85, but the pain was far from over for the Pakistan bowlers. Buttler hammered six sixes and three fours to get to his halfcentury and ﬁnished 90 not out off 51 balls while Morgan ended unbeaten on 57. Hales and Root’s partnership was also England’s third-highest in one-day internationals. - Reuters

ALEX HALES

171

runs from 1 22 balls 22 fours, 4 sixes

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INDIAN WRESTLER

ISC HOSTS CHESS EXPERT

The Indian Social Club (ISC) hosted an interactive session with Divakar Vinnakota, a chess expert from India at its premises on Friday. Divakar gave an interesting talk and shared his experiences with chess enthusiasts. Divakar played in the Indian National Chess Championships in 1992. He was President of the Chess Association of Hyderabad for 15 years. He also worked as a TV commentator for the Anand vs Kamasky International Chess Championship match held in Hyderabad. — Supplied photo

Yogeshwar’s London Games bronze upgraded to silver NEW DELHI: Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt’s bronze medal from the London Olympics has been upgraded to silver after second-place ﬁnisher late Besik Kudukhov of Russia was stripped off his medal for failing a dope test. “This morning I came to know that my Olympics medal has been upgraded to silver. I dedicate my medal to people of the nation,” Yogeshwar tweeted. As per Russian agency, ﬂowrestling.org, the four-time world champion and two-time Olympic medallist Kudukhov, who had died in a car crash in 2013 in southern Russia, was found to have used a banned substance in a test conducted by the World AntiDoping Agency (WADA). As a result, Yogeshwar, who had bagged a bronze medal in men’s 60kg freestyle category in the London Games, has now joined Sushil Kumar as the other silver medallist wrestler from the 2012 Olympics.

Yogeshwar Dutt

Yogeshwar, who had bowed out in the ﬁrst round of men’s 65kg freestyle at the recently concluded Rio Olympic Games, had lost to Kudukhov in the pre-

quarterﬁnals at London. But once the Russian advanced to the ﬁnal, Yogeshwar got another chance in the repechage round and went on to win bronze. - PTI

Broken finger ends Marsh’s Sri Lanka tour COLOMBO: Shaun Marsh will miss the remainder of Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka after the top-order batsman broke a finger while fielding during Sunday’s third One-day International (ODI), the country’s cricket board has said. Australia have not called up a replacement for March in the two remaining one-dayers but fellow left-handed batsman Usman Khawaja, already a part of the ODI squad, will come in for the two Twenty20 matches against the same opposition. “Shaun suffered an injury to his left little finger whilst fielding in the match yesterday (Sunday),” Australia team physiotherapist David Beakley said in a statement. “An X-ray after the match confirmed a fracture and Shaun will now return to Perth to allow time for this to heal.” - Reuters

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GOOD NEWS Ayurvedic massage, backache, joint, neck pain etc. Contact: 98254909 Coming Eid appointments special offer on all beauty treatments, Varkey’s Gents Spa.#92935679 Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain, backache, paralysis, massage, steam bath, obesity, Spondylitis. Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic, 18 November Street, Ghubra. Contact: 99639695 /97397320 Car care - care for your car. Stop worrying about your car. Enjoy your vacation peacefully. Here is a solution for safe parking and cleaning your car when you are away on vacation. Taking very good care of your car, trust us.#96964767 Ayurvedic treatment for backache, paralysis, arthritis etc & massage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam). Contact: 24475280 / 95371664 / 92504980 www.siddhayur.com

LOST Joyal Abedeen has lost Bangladesh Passport No. V0812434. Finder please handover to ROP Ghulam Shabbir has lost Pakistani Passport No. AR 5138591. Finder please handover to ROP

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SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT

Wanted Electrician & Ele- Technician 3-5 yrs experienced Electrical Technicians, must have knowledge in UG Cables, OH lines & MEP. Preference for Electrician license holders. Send CVs : tajallulu.electrical@gmail.com

URGENTLY REQUIRED For a new Medical Centre at Thumrait and Salalah (Oman)

General Practitioner/ Physician, Ophthalmologist, Gynecologist, Lab technician.

Required male, female GP, Dentist, Administrator, Nurses, Pharmacist, Lab Technician for a Polyclinic at Ibra. Contact 71100596, joharaajmal2016@gmail.com

Minimum 3 years experience Contact – 99702784 drsidiqmds@gmail.com

Seeking qualified Contracts Claims Specialist With 5+ yrs experience in contracts and claims negotiation. Expertise required in contract standards (e.g. FIDIC) and project scheduling. Omani candidate encouraged (part-time work considered). Send CV to

VACANCIES

omanjobs99@gmail.com ACCOUNTS Required female Accountant Graduate in Commerce. E mail: mailcv7@gmail.com fax: 24784202

BEAUTY Urgently required a Gulf experienced professional Hair Dresser cum Beautician (Lady) for a reputed Beauty salon. Immediate appointment Contact : 99816262 / 98557585,fax : 24796211, email: skin. hair.makeup@gmail.com

DRIVER Wanted Driver for heavy (sewage vehicle) and light vehicle with valid Oman driving license. Contact: 97991654 / 97991652 Kindly send CV at Email: construction@remasalseeb.com / remaschandran2020@gmail.com

EDUCATION/TRAINING Wanted Teachers with B ED and IELTS or TOEFL. Contact 92827450 Required English & Maths Teacher for a School in Al Hail. Contact: 95339066 Teachers required with BA. B,Ed, B.Sc, B.Ed Art for private school in Oman North Al Hail. Contact : 95825772 . Email : fairozhuded13@gmail.com

ENG./TECHNICIAN Wanted urgently for Salalah 1) Electrical Engineers, degree with minimum 5 yrs experience. Gulf experience preferred. 2) Technicians with experience to work in automatic laundry. Apply soon to hr_oman1@yahoo.com Wanted Civil Engineer with minimum 3 years experience with valid GCC / Oman driving license. Contact: 97991654 / 97991652 Kindly send CV at Email: construction@remasalseeb.com / remaschandran2020@gmail.com

HOSPITALITY A fast and growing restaurant is looking for a number of staff who are experienced in the hotel or restaurant. They should be young, conﬁdent and energetic and are willing to work hard. Preferred those with NOC or on a visit visa who can join soon. Please send your CV as soon as possible to nasser.almaawaly@gmail.com

MEDICAL Wanted Dentist with MOH license for a clinic in Sur. Contact 97475816 Urgently required Doctor with MOH license for leave vacancy one month. Contact: 97091664. Fusion Medicare Polyclinic, Muscat wants GP, staff Nurse holding MOH license & Receptionist (Omani) Contact – 97698004 / email: medicare@fusionlogicoman.com Required urgently Doctors & Paramedical Staff 1) Gynecology 2) General Practitioner 3) Dental 4) Radiographer. E mail: altaqwamedicalcenter@gmail.com

Interior Designer MEDICAL Wanted female & Male Nurse with or without license (good salary, food & accommodation with other beneﬁts. Contact 97700963, medicoport@gmail.com

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MANAGER Required urgently – A public listed company in Sohar requires Stores & Logistical Supervisor – Candidate Proﬁle- Degree in Accounts / Commerce, 2-5 years experience in similar ﬁeld, good knowledge of MS Office & ERP, Age below 30 years, NOC is a must. Please apply to mgglass@omantel.net.om within 10 days. Required a Divisional Manager to Promote Security System products. Experience in CCTV Camera, Gate/Home Automation, Access Control and Biometric Systems etc. Apply with photograph to E-mail: salesjobds@gmail.com

SALES / MARKETING Experienced, energetic, tech-savvy laptop & smartphone salesmen wanted urgently to work in store in Oman. Graduates preferred. Interviews in Muscat. immediate placement. Salary RO 300 - 400, Send CV : sales@justbtl.com A well reputed IT company urgently require Oman experienced Marketing Executive preferable with Omani driving license. Contact: 99328329 / 99434656 1) Building Material Salesman, 2) CCTV Technician 3) Maintenance building foreman with D/L, 4) Electrician cum Plumber. Contact: 99383044 Sales/ Marketing Executive required for selling structural steel products. Relevant experience in Oman and driving license is mandatory. Send CV at jgocoman@gmail.com Sales Executive required for block factory in Muscat with 5 yrs exp. Contact : 97197745. email: mohamadncp@gmail.com Looking for a Sales Executive for an aluminum fabrication company in Muscat, driving license is must. Contact: 96096212 / 91261569. Required experienced Indoor and Outdoor Sales Executives for a reputed perfume company. Contact: retails2016@gmail.com Earn upto RO 1000 in Sales, expats required in Salalah on commission basis only. Contact 92760281 Required min 2 years marketing experience with ODL. Send CV : info@DoOdleZz.com Require experienced female Insurance Underwriters & Marketing Executives with ﬂuency in English (Oman Expatriates). Apply to: insure@dotintl.com

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SITUATION WANTED

SITUATION WANTED ADMIN Indian (M), MBA, 29 Yrs, 4+ yrs HR Payroll and Admin Experience in Muscat Oman, NOC Available, Contact - 97862240. Expat lady with 17 years experience in Oman having thorough knowledge in HR policies, ISO procedures, Oman labour law and General Office Administration looking for opening with reputed offices. Please call 94542525. Indian male 27 years, Masters in Hospital Administration with 3 years experience in quality assurance and JCI Implementation currently working with Aster group as Asst Manager in Quality Assurance. Contact : 98431213 vishnuvijjay14@gmail.com Filipino HRD especialist / material controller supervisor with 18 yrs experience looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142 / (+968) 92659817 Indian male 25yrs, B.Com, MBA, SAP (level 1) certiﬁed, 1yr exp in Office Administration, on visit visa looking for placement in Accounts, Sales & Marketing, Storekeeper, Logistics. Contact: 97914014 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 Egyptian woman resident, considerable experience in the Administration and Secretarial Executive for company. Contact : 97221126

ARCH./ INTERIOR DEC. Junior Architect from NIT (female) seeks suitable placement. Contact 92705130 Architect Engineer seeking for suitable job, 8 years experience. GSM : 96075000, Email : haytham_201046@yahoo.com

ACCOUNTS Indian female, M.Com, 4 yr’s experience in Accounts looking for Accountant/Asst. Accountant job. Contact: 98418533 / 99338639 Accountant 8Years Experience with D/L and NOC. Contact 97712084 Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA Finance and marketing with IT skills, 7+ yrs of experience, Looking for suitable placement. Contact 94879615, Emailsajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com Indian, 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. #96988923 email:- sajith3969@gmail.com

ACCOUNTS Indian female M.Com.DCA,10 yrs exp in Oman as an Accountant up to finalization having Oman driving license seeking suitable job. Contact: 91609799 Indian male 33 yrs having 8 yrs accounts exp in Oman looking for suitable placement. Local release, NOC & valid Oman D/L are available. Contact: 98093515 / 97494322 Indian female, senior Accountant /ast.Finance manager having 15 years oman experience with d/l and noc looking for a suitable placement. Contact : 94838231 Indian male, B.Com, MBA in Finance, 4 yrs in Larsen & Tourbo, 26 yrs in Oman, English/ Arabic speaking with driving license. NOC available. Contact 95588565 Accountant Srilankan National Inter CA 3 yrs exp in finance on visit visa. Contact: 79049355.email: ahmedfiham777@gmail.com Part time accounting upto finalization auditing. Contact: 91126314 B.Com with 9 yrs experience looking for a suitable post for Accounting & Admin job. Contact 95409428 / 96395701, Email : saqibsoldier@gmail.com Indian Accountant 28 yrs, having M.Com with 7 yrs exp Danish Ahmed. Contact 91651695. email:danishpa2005@gmail.com Finance Manager 16 years experienced chartered accountant (Sri Lankan) looking for a suitable post. NOC available. Contact 92194926 Email: manomuscat@gmail.com SENIOR ACCOUNTANT/Ast. Finance Manager-MCom FinanceIndian with 8 years experience in Finance & Accounts Dpt and Banking & Facilitation. Having D/L & NOC. Mob:94122464, cammk13@gmail.com Indian male MBA finance more than 6 years of experience in Accounts proficiency in various A/C Software, SAP (F1/ CO) seeking for suitable placement. Contact : 95920740 email : abdulhameed1527 @gmail.com ACCA member with 6 yrs of experience in Oman looking for a suitable job in finance. Contact: 99284193 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 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

ACCOUNTS

DESIGNER/ DRAUGHTSMAN

12 yrs Oman experienced Chief/ Senior Accountant seeks job, immediately available with release/ NOC and D/L. Contact: 97385562

Free lance / part time autocad works / make boq 2d /3d arch , structural, shop drawings interior drawings. Contact 97103168

Indian male age 26, Accountant one year experience in accounts looking for suitable job. Contact Email: Anishkhan991867@gmail. Com Mobile: +968 9565 9415

Revit, Autocad D/man, expected salary 200 OMR. PH :92279784

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 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, Emailallen.mathew83@gmail.com

MEP Draughtsman GCC 4 yrs exp, NOC available. Contact: 96949041 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. Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD Draftsman with 20 years professional experience is looking for suitable job in Oman. Please Contact: 96489798, (+974) 66653780.

DRIVER

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

Forklift Operator / Warehouse Assistant: 10 yrs Experience. Immediately Available. Contact: 99297712

Indian female 26 yrs, MBA ﬁnance 2 yrs exp with MNC. Email: rilooozmali@gmail.com. Contact : 90551366.

An Indian driver (multi lingual) with own car having 13 years’ experience in Oman looking for a suitable placement. Contact 91103909

Accounts part time services available to handle all accounts up to finalization on monthly basis. Finalization and audit works. Contact : 96247295 Accountant available with NOC, 7 years experience in Oman. Ready to join immediately. Contact 98263394 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 (M), 31 yrs, M Com 9 yrs experience in Oman, looking for Manager or Executive position in Fin & Accounts, NOC Available. Contact 968 96166178/ +919768537435: mohammednajeem@yahoo.com 7 Years experience as Financial Analyst, MBA in finance. Responsibilities- research contributor, financial statement analysis, generating MIS & efficiency report, managing TAT, business & clients. On visit visa in Muscat. Contact 90191628 / 96175780 Accountant B.com Indian male 12 yrs exp seeks suitable job.NOC available . Contact : 91212471 Email: rennyj6@gmail.com Indian female 28 yrs B.Com 4 yrs experience in MNC’s currently in Muscat seeking suitable placement in Finance / Admin. Contact :94743790

CATERING Wanted Indian Cook for part time for Indian family in Ghubra. Contact: 93228657

Light duty driver with 4 yrs experience seeks placement. Contact: 92458526

Indian driver L/D (Kerala) looking for job. Contact: 98694455 Exp. Heavy duty driver looking for job. Contact : 97363138 Driver looking for job. Contact 95892363 Bangladeshi male light vehicle driver 3 yrs exp. Contact: 90923748 Looking for job Light driver. Contact : 98503237. Indian light driver seeks job. Contact : 96693613 Light Driver. Contact 92703258 / 99617026

EDUCATION/TRAINING M. Sc Graduate Indian Teacher can teach Science, English, IELTS 7. Contact: 97861512 M. Sc Biotechnology, Indian lady, experience in Micro biological quality control in food and water research assistant, IELTS. Contact 93545578 M.Phil Psychology, Pakistani Female, looking for placement in educational / training organization. Contact 98134026 Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. Contact 99739415 / 92091528 Mathematics Lecturer , Indian Female, M Sc Mathematics from a Prestigious University, B.Ed qualiﬁed, distinction holder with 6 yrs teaching experience in colleges. Contact: 91360147.

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION WANTED Indian female, MBA, Finance, B.Com & PGDM Ϯ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĂƐ &ŝŶĂŶĐŝĂů ŶĂůǇƐƚ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ƉŽƐŝƟ ŽŶ ŝŶ ĐĐŽƵŶƚƐ ĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟ ŽŶ Žƌ ǆĞĐƵƟ ǀĞ ƉŽƐŝƟ ŽŶƐ͕ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚůǇ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŝŶ KŵĂŶ͘

Contact 96126736 / 95629821 Email: ppreethi006@gmail.com

Indian Male MBA (UK),

PROJECT MANAGER,

9 years experience in Dubai/London/ Mumbai in Management Consulting, Sales & Marketing, Business Development for Real Estate/Banking seeks similar placement with D/L.

B.Tech, MBA, PRINCE-2, British Citizen now available with NOC in OMAN. 25 yrs. exp in EPC Project Management of 0JM (BT 1JQFMJOFT 3Fĕ OFSJFT 1PXFS Plants. Seeking job immediately/

Indian male, MBA,

Hotel/Restaurant/ Hospitality

6 yrs experience in Sales & Marketing, Export / Import, logistics (general trading), holding Oman driving license, presently on visit visa, looking for suitable jobs.

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Contact - 91544858

Call 9785 5160

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SENIOR JOINERY ESTIMATOR /ŶĚŝĂŶ ŵĂůĞ͕ ϭϭ ǇƌƐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ KŵĂŶ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ũŽŝŶĞƌǇͬ Į ƚŽƵƚ ĞƐƟ ŵĂƟ ŽŶ Žƌ ŵĂƌŬĞƟ ŶŐ͘ >ŽĐĂů ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘ Contact - 94541830, ŵĂŝů͗ ĞƐƟ ŵĂƚŽƌϲϰϯϭϵΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ

EDUCATION/TRAINING Experienced Maths teacher bilingual AS, A, IB Thanwia Aamaa. Contact: 98016336.

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Indian female B. Tech 5 yrs exp in MNCs currently in Muscat, seeking suitable job in Sql & Plsql domain. Contact: 93262829 Indian (male), 40 yrs, B. Tech Civil Engg, male 40 yrs, 10+ yrs Oman exp, D/L seeking suitable job in Asst. Project Manager (or) Project Co-coordinator positions. NOC available. Contact: 93476959, E mail: balavasan100@gmail.com B.Tech Electrical, Indian male 4 yrs exp in electrical ﬁeld seeking suitable position. Now in Muscat on visit visa. Email: lenish.kl@gmail.com. Contact: 93528963 Quantity Surveyor, Srilankan, male, 25 yrs, B.Tech, HND QS (Civil & MEP), AutoCAD with 5 yrs experience, looking for a suitable placement. Contact 92032632, haseebmursaleen@gmail.com BE Civil Engineer, 21 Yrs. Exp in Apartments, Malls, Industrial, Educational, Infrastructure and Fit out Projects. Have DL & NOC Contact: vsssmblr@gmail.com / 97195260 Instrument Technician with 7 years experience with expertise in calibration of ﬁeld instruments seeking job. NOC available. +96896773899

Civil Engineer 8 years experience Structural buildings marine. Available NOC release. Contact 92451323. Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com Indian male Civil Engineer 1.6 yrs exp, having Omani D/L, looking for suitable position. NOC available. Contact – 92157694 / mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com Diploma in Mechanical Engg, 10 years exp in steel fabrication site work with valid Oman driving license. Contact: 94696192 Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrs exp seeks suitable position in a reputed company. NOC available. Contact 96789711 B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 24 with almost 1 year experience as Production Shift Engineer, has achieved training on HVAC Engineering design and has good hands on software like AutoCAD and HAP.Currently in Oman on a visit visa, looking for a suitable placement.Contact: 95065955 email: mjs.jazeb@gmail.com Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in designing, assembling, commissioning execution etc having valid GCC license too looking for a suitable. Contact: 00968-98052942 Email: azamjeelani78@gmail.com Civil Engineer Indian (B-Tech, M.Tech) 8 yrs experience, having Omani D/L.NOC available. Contact: 94195397 M.Tech Electrical Engineer, female Indian. Now residing in Oman looking for suitable placement in Muscat area. Email Id:neethusprakash@gmail.com, GSM: +968 93733627

Electrical Engineer with 10 years experience in building MEP work looking for job. Having driving license of Oman. Contact 91863008

Quantity Surveyor 6 yrs exp with D/L. Contact: 95685265

Mechanical Engineer Indian 4 yrs of Gulf experience as a Piping Engineer in a oil/gas consulting company with valid UAE driving license. Contact : 97451151, Email : md.farhanz10@gmail.com Civil Engineer with 6 yrs exp. in construction and all related works having Omani license & NOC, looking for job. Contact 94520994 Construction Machinery repairs Engineer, 5 years, driving license, Contact - 94001961 Expatriate - Chemical Engineer + MBA (marketing management), experience in chemicals and polymers, 15 years in Oman, looking for business development, consulting or sales- marketing role. Contact 91257746. Civil/Structural Engineer with B.E Civil & MS Structures. Experience in Power house Structures, Tunneling, Telecom Sector & Consultant Experience. Call or Watsapp: 90753298 Project - Sales Engineer, B.E. Mech, 24 yrs, having 2 yrs exp in structural glazing, curtain wall, aluminum windows & glass shop fronts, seeks placement D/L & NOC available. Contact : 94951527

ENGLISH TEACHER Indian FM, B.A, B.ED English Lit, 4 yrs Teaching experience in Oman and 2 yrs in India, immediate joining.

Contact - 94202122

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

Indian female seeking Software Engineer job, having 2 yrs exp in . NET staying in Oman at resident visa. Contact: 95473758

Project Manager B.Tech, D.C.E, Civil Engineer 15 yrs experience with client contractors consultants, handled 2 construction companies independently with release letter. Contact : 99015053

Contact- 00968-94731728/ josececy25@gmail.com

Contact: 95168205

B. Sc Civil Engineer, 7 yrs exp. in Oman, total 9 yrs G.C.C D/L & local release available. Contact: 98628515 Email:sofiq.sohel02@gmail.com Indian Automobile Engineer 25 yrs, with 4 yrs exp on service field, now in Muscat on visit visa seeking suitable job. Contact: 92077172 B.E. Graduate with 1 year and ten months experience in CCTV, Access control & fire alarm looking for suitable job on visiting visa. Contact : 93253160 Electrical Engineer, 24 yrs, Indian Male, Fresher, Training Undertaken in Electrical Draughtsman, Fire Alarm, Fire Fighting and Industrial Automation. Contact: 94989767, Email: Junaiz987@gmail.com Indian female 32 yrs PG in Eng having 6 yrs exp in MNCs (Tech. M IBM TCS) looking for suitable placement on visit visa. Contact: 91063848.E mail: rumpachatterjee21@yahoo.com Mechanical Engineer, Indian, Male, 30yrs. Experienced in Steam turbines and Thermal Power house seek employment. Contact - +91 8130553668 or mohamedshah7@gmail.com B.E Electrical 3 yrs Oman Elect / MEP LV& HV/ oil & gas commission fire fight HVAC telecom projects with NOC. Contact : 96335725

Senior Accountant

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER EDI GIS

B.Com, 18 yrs experience abroad, 12 years in Oman with an excellent grade construction company, handling day to day BDUJWJUJFT VQUP ĕ OBMJ[BUJPO QSPĕ DJFOU JO Microsoft GP, knows AX – 2012, valid D/L, looks for suitable placement in Accounts / Admin. Local release available.

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Contact: 968 97702648

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IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE WITH NOC HR & ADMINISTRATION PROFESSIONAL With 14 years of Oman experience in Omanization, well familiar with Oman labor laws, employee relations / welfare, Liasion & Coordination, Strategic HR Planning, performance Appraisal & General Administration.

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MISCELLANEOUS B.Com,IICL Certiﬁed Container Inspector(No.150850),Visit Visa, Six months experience, need placement. Phone 90880935,99023279, Email solexyesudas@gmail.com. BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants). Contact: 92475206 Email: zahaibzafar007@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

Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian male 24 years with 1+years Indian experience,(Certiﬁed in Staad Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad). Looking for a Suitable position. Available In Sultanate of Oman (Muscat) on Visit Visa. Contact: 92157694. E-mail: mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com

B.E (Civil) Site Engineer 3 yrs exp NOC & release available. Contact: 90230750 / 91009717

IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years in Oman 2 years in India. Contact: 94672759

Sales man / office boy, experienced, knows MS Office, good in English. Contact : 96129054

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 28 having 8 years experience in oil & gas with 5 years gulf experience and oman driving license. Contact Ashok kumar Gsm. +968 79097871

IT ﬁeld 3 years of experience, female seeking suitable job in Oman. Contact: 96350234 Email: greeshmavkannan@gmail.com

Looking for part time job Secretarial / Data Entry / Documentation available every day after 5:00 pm Friday / Saturday full day area preferred Ruwi/ CBD/ MBD / Al Khuwair. Contact: 90414827

Indian male, Mechanical Engineer having 1year experience, on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact: 97416564, Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com

Civil Engineer, young Indian having almost 2 years experience looking for a challenging position seeks suitable position in Oman/ GCC. Please contact 92718490, Email ID: uvais.pk82@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 8 years experience in Oman as a project engineer for governmental & private projects. Contact – 90164912 Young Indian, Engineering in Bio-technology, Bio-chemical and Chemical, looking for a challenging placement in Oman. Contact 97607000. Email: sivasankarjayakumar@gmail.com Female Chemical Engineer with 1yr exp as a lab technician. Contact: 90920081 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 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 Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil Engg (cert attested) knows autocad revit, salary exp: 250 Ph : 92279784 Pakistani male Diploma Civil Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling & mega projects, valid license Oman. Contact: 98921022 Electrical & Electronics Engr, knows autocad & revit. PH: 93837973 Electrical Engineer having 16 years experience in Switchgear / transformer / over head lines & lines & trading for sales /procurement & project execution, valid Oman D/L. Contact: +968- 95994727, Email : qurm340@gmail.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 Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com Civil Engineer (Indian male) 5 years experience in Oman with valid Omani driving license & NOC looking for suitable opportunity. Contact: 93101283 Indian male, Structural Engineer looking for job in structural design field. Having 6 years of experience in design field. Residing in Muscat. Contact: 91176187 Email: syam036@gmail.com

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Indian male 24 ,B.E ( E.C.E ) graduate with 3 years of experience in the ﬁelds of BMS and Low current systems and has good knowledge about Electronic Security Systems, currently working in Oman, NOC Available. Contact:- 94737033/ mohdmuhafez45@gmail.com Mechanical/ Piping Engineer (B.Tech.) on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact 94703350 mail: nadeembcoolboy@gmail.com

IT Indian female, (22)-Science graduate in IT, doing MS IT now seeks a suitable job in Muscat. Exp. less than a year. Contact 94909075 / 99886418 Computer hardware & CCTV Technician - Indian male having 8 yrs exp in hardware & 2yrs in CCTV. Presently on visiting visa seeking satiable placement. Contact: 92164971/ email: adersh.kr@gmail.com Indian male 3 yrs exp in IT as Linux Administrator & 1 yr exp in Amazon EC2 Cloud at Wipro Technologies Bangalore seeking 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, 22 yrs, entry level engineer with B.Tech in electronics & communications knowing C,C++, Lab view, Matlab Software along with strong communications & management skills, seeking suitable placement. Contact 90898827, Email : jobinjacob19@gmail.com IT professional, Indian male, MCA with Java Script, HTML, DCHN, 6 months experience in Web Design seeking suitable job. Contact 96458230 21, Indian female, fresh Graduate in Computer Science Engineering looking for suitable placement in IT sector, currently residing in Oman. Contact 96153739 Indian female M.Sc Computer Science seeking suitable placement in Muscat area. Contact: 98660672 CFA level 1 cleared (pursuing level 2) MBA operations research, female, 5 yrs experience as Analyst, have a valid Oman driving license, looking for related openings. Contact 95818892

Indian male 4 years experience in IT as Programmer / Web Support/ CCNA/ Network on visit visa seeking placement. Contact 93069694 Email: mrabrar14@gmail.com

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordinator 12 years experience in Oman in reputed companies, seek immediate Employment. Call: 95244761

MEDICAL SALES / MARKETING Filipino male Medical / Sales representative with 3 yrs experience is looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: 92610394 Indian Dentist (BDS) 6 yrs exp looking for job prometric & Dataflow completed. Contact: 90377433 Srilankan female qualified in UK with B.Sc (Hons) Pharmacology and M. Sc Pharmaceutical- Science with management studies having 1.5 yrs exp in UK and Srilanka in clinical-research and regulatory, currently on visit, looking for suitable post in Pharmaceutical, clinical research or health care organizations. Contact: 71148320 Iraqi Dentist female, MOH license seeks suitable job in clinic in Muscat. Contact 97891219 Pharmacist (female) passed Prometric 80% marks and dataflow completed having 3 yrs experience in Retail and Hospital Pharmacy, education Doctor of Pharmacy seeks job in Muscat. Contact 95575270. Veterinary Doctor: Indian Female looking for a suitable placement. Contact: 96906534 /99014885, Email: monishmajeed@gmail.com

MANAGER Procurement Manager (BE + MBA) having 13 yrs exp. in engineering, procurement & construction industry available immediately with NOC. Contact no. +968 97886616 or email : guptaashish1978@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS Filipino Male, 28 years Old. Looking for job, Have experience in Rent a Car/ Cargo & Logistics / Real Estate/ Customer Care Executive / Sale Executive & Marketing/ Shop In- Charge. Hard working w/ good computer and communication skill. GSM: 97761075 Filipino Graphic Designer / I.T. looking for a suitable job with 10 years experience. Very good in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Photography, Knowledge in CCTV & Access Controls. Pls. Call 79042628. Sudanese male bachelor geology and mining with 3 years experience in MUD logging and training in soil investigation. Contact 92956848

Indian male with 6 years experience in sales in oman. NOC available, looking for suitable placement. Contact 95364128 Smart & energetic Sales Manager with over 10 yrs of Technical experience seeks suitable placement. Contact 79063761 Indian male 1 yr exp in sales automotive (TBL) looking for best opportunity , NOC available. Contact: 97793879 Email: shyampkn@gmail.com Indian male 26 years of experience of sales & marketing in surgical and laboratory equipments. Looking for good replacement. Contact – 92015894 /95774854 Indian male 35 years, B.com and 9 years GCC experience in Sales & Marketing (Transport & Logistic). Having GCC driving license, looking for suitable placement. Contact 92634281 email: shinojkk1224@gmail.com Indian male age 24, B.Com. having 2 year experience and currently in visit visa. Looking for suitable placement in Sales, Marketing & ﬁnance. Contact: 90766307 Email: shhaazz.007@gmail.com Indian Male, 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 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 Indian female 29 years Post Graduate with computer Knowledge 2 years of Oman experience in coordinator & 5 years of experience in customer service, client relation officer with excellent communication skill seeks suitable placement. Contact: 95337665

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Indian male 39 years, 10 years experience in Oman as Marketing, Business Development & Operations with legal background looking for suitable job having Oman D/L. NOC available. Contact : 94266552 / 94942328

Indian male 23 undergraduate having experience in restaurant ﬁeld and having computer and internet skills searching for suitable position in sales, data entry operator etc. Contact:90801420 Gmail:anwaar223969@gmail.com

Indian male 27 yrs, 7 yrs exp in Sales & marketing (FMCG) looking for suitable position, currently on visit visa. Contact: 71141234, E mail: mohamedjasfer@gmail.com

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, 27 yrs, Sales Executive, 2 yrs Diploma in Hotel Management & Catering, Oman with D/L looking for best opportunity. NOC available. Contact 97768047 MBA (Marketing & Finance) 15+ Years of Work Ex. in Retail Sales, Life Insurance & Telecom domains. Good in communication / presentation skills. Spearheaded Large Teams at Multiple Locations. Key Skills: Team Management, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Business Development. Available in Muscat for interaction / meeting. Contact : 93985519 or anshuman28@hotmail.com Business Development Manager Industrial commercial 7 yrs experience in Marketing, Sales, General Administration, well aware of Oman laws, Arabic Nationality with Architectural interior design back ground. Contact: 91308588 Indian male 12 yrs Oman experience Marketing & Sales excellent knowledge throughout market research. Arabic ﬂuency with driving license seeking suitable placement, NOC available. Contact: 91437484 Sales & Marketing Supervisor - 13 yrs exp in FMCG worked in reputed company having driving license, NOC available. Contact : 94131656

33 years, Indian Male MSC, MBAHR having 8 yrs exp. (HR / Payroll / Admin) with Oman valid DL seeking suitable opening in Human Resource, Payroll & Admin/ backend jobs. Contact:00968- 99322978 Indian male 23 years completed BE in electrical engineering Looking for suitable placement. Contact:alamalsuhail@gmail.com, Contact:+968 9968 2689 Indian Male 23 Photographer searching for suitable job. Contact: 90801420 WhatsApp: +917411062397 for my sample shots, Email: anwaar223969@gmail.com Indian male 32 years (MBA) Having 7 years experience in Oman, Seeking for Business Development/ Business Support job, having Valid Oman Driving License. Mobile No : 00968 98403599 Indian male 25, Graduate in commerce (B.com) having 2 years of experience in Accounts looking for a suitable placement presently on a visit visa. Contact : 97939084 / 97351786 E-mail : mohammednsr126@gmail.com

Indian female with 8 yrs exp in Oman holding valid D/L looking for part time / freelance work in sales & marketing. Contact: 93228657

28 years, Indian (Kerala )lady seeking job as a primary teacher . Qualiﬁcations : +2 , TTC and Graduation in Sociology. She has 4 years experience in the Teaching ﬁeld. Contact +968 94743882

Indian male with 15 yrs of rich experience in business development and marketing 7+ yrs in Oman looking for a suitable opportunity. Contact : 98652962

Indian senior Mechanical Engineer experienced in EPC projects in crushing, construction chemical, concrete products etc. # 9109 6940 E: kpopragmatic@gmail.com

Indian male 26 yrs, B.Com 2 yrs exp Sales and Marketing in India and 2 yr Salesman in Oman. Contact : 90922545

B.E Engineer and also did NEBOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC) First Aid.3 year of Gulf experience As a Safety Engineer looking for job. Available to join respective ﬁrm. Contact # 94618504, Email: shan37yousfani@gmail.com

Indian male Engineering Graduate 6 years experience in Sales & Marketing in Oman with D/L & NOC seeking suitable openings. Contact: 94386894 Email: tonykuravackal@gmail.com Resident in Oman 18 years, 10 years experience in setup marketing plans and strategies, sales, import & logistics, procurement, Omani government tenders, organizing projects & events, import ﬁreworks for festivals, NOC available, have car. Contact 94123939. Email: 002015r@gmail.com Indian Male, MBA marketing 5 yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG sector, looking for best opportunity. NOC available. Contact: 96001877 Indian male 42 yrs searching for suitable job, experience in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Saudi D/L holder, ﬂuent in Arabic, English, Hindi Gulf experience 20 yrs manpower co-ordinator, sales & marketing, logistics. Contact: 90518114 Oil & gas experienced Indian lady with 6 years in sales & marketing to PDO and having valid Omani driving license. Contact 96143430 / 99875919

Indian male, 26 years, 3 years’ experience in projects of tanks, boilers and steel structures, aware of int. standards, b tech in Mech engg. contactrahulkunnath23@gmail.com, mob-00917350860889 B.E Engineer Indian male with total 7+ years experience in the ﬁeld of telecom projects, operations and sales, 3 years experience in Oman, with license and NOC seeks suitable placement. GSM- 92961033 E MAIL -joalappa77@gmail.com Indian male Executive Secretary having vast experience in admin, logistics & procurement well versed with computer seek suitable placement. Contact : 99514286 email: azimmohd@yahoo.co.in Indian Male 30 Yrs with 4 years Oman experience in Mechanical & QA QC and Construction Projects. Valid Oman Driving License and NOC has available. Looking for suitable placement. Contact: +968 97358342, +968-93992560. Email : Kuldeepbina@yahoo.com

Female, 25yrs old with 4 yrs experience in admin, HR and Secretary position looking for a job. Contact neslinmoras@gmail.com 99265759. Indian Female 23 Years, B.Sc Nursing , Seeking for Nursing Jobs , Good Communication Skill Contact 96723359, 97470727 E-mail : anaswara271@gmail.com Indian male 23 Diploma in Automobile engineering Experienced restaurant manager/supervisor and Marketing knowledge searching for suitable position in your company currently on a visit visa. Contact: 90801420, Email:anwaar223969@gmail.com Graduate (C.M.A & B.Com) having 4 yrs experience in U.A.E & Pakistan in accounts/ Audit now in Oman immediate available. Cell # 94973273 (call & Whatsaap) 4 years experience in IT Executive and also ticketing staff, seeking placement contact 94948622. Email Jarar.haider@yahoo.com INDIAN FEMALE 28 yrs, M.Sc B.ed Science, Experience 2Years In Teaching In India, seeking suitable Job. Contact 0091 9676814123, Email;bbroshini53@gmail.com Pakistani Male having 7 years Experience Valid Omani Driving license working as a Transport Manager looking for a suitable position. Salary is negotiable. Email: mohdnaveed043@gmail.com, Mob: +96893363316 / 94202746 Indian Female, 28 Years - MSc Microbiology, Quality checking food industry, Looking for suitable job. Contact 98170510 Email: lasyapriyaprasanth@gmail.com Sr Project Engineer, 30 Years, Mechanical, 8 Yrs. experience in Oman & Qatar, Qatar Petroleum approved, Experienced in EPIC Projects Tanks, Vessels, Piping, Steel structures. Ph-00974 66772193, Mail: snu057@gmail.com IT professional, BE. in IT, CCNA, MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in it, valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement in it/network/server support/ retail sales. Contact 91496939. Mechanical, 8 Yrs. experience in Oman & Qatar, Qatar Petroleum approved, Experienced in EPIC Projects, Tanks, Vessels, Piping, Steel structures. Ph-00974 66772193 Mail;snu057@gmail.com B.E Engineer and also did NEBOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC) First Aid.3 year of Gulf experience As a Safety Engineer looking for job. Available to join respective ﬁrm. Contact # 94618504, Email: shan37yousfani@gmail.com Part- Time Accountant, well experience senior accountant, doing all type of accounting works, Finalization, Budgeting available. Contact 98803439 Indian Male 23, BE. Mechanical Engineer currently on visit visa Seeking for suitable Job. Software Proﬁciency AUTOCAD, CATIA, ANSYS, SOLIDWORKS. Contact No: 90924672 / 98859557, tsprakash01@gmail.com Looking for Land surveyor job 5 years experience in Oman fully know autocad GPS and latest total station instruments NOC available:+96894144052 wasifnaz313@Yahoo.com

An Indian senior mechanical engineer capable to start business or enhance existing business locally and internationally is interested to associate. Contact financially sound and decision makers only : 00968 9109 6940. kpopragmatic@gmail.com Indian, 22 yrs, looking for a job in Sales. NOC Available. Contact: 90463953, Email: sayyan44@hotmail.com Indian male, 26 years, 3 Years’ experience in Projects of Tanks, Boilers and Steel structures, Aware of int. Standards, B tech in Mech engg. Contact-rahulkunnath23@ gmail.com, Mob 0091 7350860889 Mechanical/Production Engineer, 3 years’ experience in production industry, B tech in Mech engg, Proficiency in AutoCAD, Primavera certified. Contact 0091 9895233155, arn9895@gmail.com Sr Project Engineer, 30 Years, Mechanical, 8 Yrs. exp. in Oman & Qatar, Qatar Petroleum approved, Experienced in EPIC Projects Tanks, Vessels, Piping, Steel structures. Contact 00974 66772193 Mail;snu057@gmail.com. B.E Engineer and also did NEBOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC) First Aid.3 year of Gulf experience As a Safety Engineer looking for job. Available to join respective firm. Contact 94618504, Email: shan37yousfani@gmail.com Electronics Technician , 4 Years experience as Electronics service engineer. Knowledge in all type of Electronics items. Looking for suitable placement. GSM- 99105043 BS in Civil Engineering, experience: 8 Year (Road Projects), Omani license: 9 Years. Contact: 97427701, Email: hassanrvc1989@gmail.com Indian male 33 yrs, MBA-HR with 10.6 yrs.exp. in Recruitment, Training, PMS, OD, Sites-HR and Omani nationals development, seeking a job, NOC avl. Contact 94179499 Email: saiprasad_18@yahoo.com Looking for a job as Sales man or any suitable job. Contact 94401228. Indian male 23 undergraduate having experience in restaurant field and having computer and internet skills searching for suitable position in same field. Contact:90801420 Gmail:anwaar223969@gmail.com 3 years’ experience in production industry, B tech in Mech engg, Proficiency in AutoCAD, Primavera certified, Contact arn9895@gmail. com. Mob 00919895233155 Indian Male,26 years, 3 Years’ experience in Projects of Tanks, Boilers and Steel structures Aware of int. Stds,B tech in Mech engg. Contact-Mob-00917350860889 rahulkunnath23@gmail.com Indian male, 23 yrs, BE in Mechanical Engineering looking for suitable job. Contact : 91504101 mail: nickfaiz93@gmail.com Indian Male, Accountant, 10 years Oman experienced having release letter presently in oman seeking for a suitable placement. Contact : 99334770/ 997 43 709 Indian male 21 (B.Com 2Years) having experience in Sales looking for suitable entry-level position. Contact: 94562777, E-mail: Hammadakrami61@gmail.com

Pakistani male looking for House boy and cleaning work. GSM:96710189 Indian male, 25 years, diploma in computer science and B.E(CSE) having experience in hardware and networking seeking for the suitable job. Contact: 93879828, Email id: santoshannathurai@gmail.com Indian male BBA Graduate, looking for any suitable post. Contact: 97691779 6 years experience in Admin, Accounts & Marketing B.com Qualification NOC & D.L is available. 98895739 Mechanical Engineer (B.E), Indian, 21 yrs, Fresher, Looking for suitable job in the field, Contact- 92291955 / vishusav@hotmail.com Indian/male (26) / MBA/2 years experience in Procurement, Coordination and distribution management, with valid Oman license available for immediate joining. Contact: 92536194 email:suhailbs@gmail.com Indian male, 11 years exp. in accounting, knowledge in tally also. looking for a part time job. Contact . 98983122 Internal Auditor/Accountant : BCOM /CA INTER having 7 years experience under Chartered Accountant in India and 10 years as internal auditor/ Accounts manager in Oman , well versed with Tally and MS office , seeks suitable placement. Contact : 93214484/91358384 1.5 years experienced, 6 months in Oman, electrical engineer/ project engineer, experience in sub-station, MV, LV systems. power and oil & gas projects. NOC available. Contact : 94669679 mail:prsabarish@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer (B.E), Indian, 21 yrs, Fresher, Looking for suitable job in the field, Contact- 92291955 / vishusav@hotmail.com Electrical Engineer (DEE), Having 17 year Experience (14 year in Gulf), Experts in Estimation, Design, Planning and construction activities of MEP work seek Similar Placement with D/L & NOC Available. Contact: 97007489 4 years experience in IT Executive .i come on a visit visa seeking placement contact 94948622. Email Jarar.haider@yahoo.com whatapp 00923142195074 Indian male looking for part time job. Preferred time from 8 am to 12.30 pm. Contact: 79062787 Indian Female, 28 Yrs, M.Sc Comp Science having 3 years experience as a Lecturer/Teacher/IT Support with excellent computer skills, on family visa looking for suitable position. Pls Contact 92857417. Indian male 25, Graduate in Civil Engineering (B.E) having 3 years of experience in Site Execution & Quantity Surveyor looking for a suitable placement having Visa Release & Valid Driving License Contact : 96240153 / 97490311, E-mail : mdmosin33@gmail.com BE Electronic & Telecom Eng. 2yrs Exp in telecom copper and fibre cables, able to do project sales & support. Project installation & Commissioning, Exp in telecom related civil job. Contact 97423932, Email: mzeeshanshaikh89@gmail. com

Indian female 10 years as cook in Muscat, Oman . South Indian, Gujarati special food ,Looking for part time. Contact 95795971

Indian male Post graduate Dentist with 18 plus years experience with MOH Oman. Fluent in Arabic too. Contact : 96689064/ amal_sam48@hotmail.com

Fire & Safety Officer, 22 Years old, Indian expatriate seeking for a suitable placement. 2 years of experience. Ready for immediate joining. Contact : +968-97682273, Email: maniavbah555@gmail.com

Indian male 23 diploma in automobile engineering have experience in handling accounts and good marketing skill searching for new suitable job. Contact: 90801420, Email: anwaar223969@gmail.com

MECHANICAL ENGINEER ( B.E.,)Indian male, 7 Years of experience in thermal power plant, Pump station and utilities piping Erection & commissioning. Contact: madhavansakthi@gmail.com, Cell No: +968 98208500

Indian male: 24 years, diploma in computer science and B.E (CSE) having experience in hardware and networking seeking for the suitable job. Contact: 91170912, Email id: sales2@witoman.com

Senior sales/marketing executive. Experience in trading industries and thorough knowledge of Oman market. Driving license and NOC available, seeks senior position. Contact: 98487311

Chief Accountant , 7 years experienced ( 25 years experience in accounts) worked with reputed group companies , handling accounts, auditing, tax work, budgeting & banking facilities , seeks openings Contact 98803439 / 97413784 Indian male 37years btech civil engineer,13years oman experiense in buildings and infrastructure(steel) having d/l and noc is now in oman on visit visa,ready to join immediately. Contact : 93641216 , EMAIL: shalabha02@yahoo.com Indian male B.Tech, DCE Civil Engineer 14 years Gulf experience. Contact 97045409 Male Indian current job : call center job, B.E (ECE) searching for suitable job, email: amirraj11691@gmail.com. mobile: +919677642346 / +918428617572 B.Com Pakistani, 6 years experience of marketing NOC and D.L is available 0096898895739 Indian/male (25)/ MBA/3 years experience in administration, sales and marketing with driving license. Fluent in English, Hindi, Arabic. Contact 97291114, MAIL: jawadazeez123@gmail.com Senior sales/marketing executive. Experience in trading industries and thorough knowledge of Oman market. Driving licence and NOC available. Seeks senior position. Pls contact: 98487311 Indian male 23 yrs, Diploma in Automobile Engineering have experience in handling accounts and good marketing skill searching for new suitable job. Contact 90801420, Email: anwaar223969@gmail.com MBA with 18 years of experience in Procurement, 2 years in Sohar, Oman driving license, looking for suitable position.M:92507430, ahmed16071974@gmail.com, NOC available Indian/male(26)/MBA/2 years experience in procurement, coordination and distribution management, with valid oman license available for immediate joining. Contact 92536194 email:suhailbs@gmail.com Experienced Restaurant Manager/ supervisor, direct sales searching for suitable position Indian male 23 Diploma in Automobile engineering. Contact: 90801420, Email: anwaar223969@gmail.com Sr Project Engineer, 30 Years, Mechanical, 8 Yrs. experience in Oman & Qatar, Qatar Petroleum approved, Experienced in EPIC Projects Tanks, Vessels, Piping, Steel structures Mail; snu057@gmail.com, Ph-00974 66772193 Indian 30 years, Autocad Draftsman 10 years experience in India. 2 years Oman experience in MEP Drawings and QS Estimation. Contact: 9353 1192, 9086 4988 MECHANICAL/PRODUCTION ENGINEER, 3 years’ experience in production industry, B tech in Mech engg, Proficiency in AutoCAD, Primavera certified, Contact- arn9895@gmail.com Mob 00919895233155 MECHANICAL ENGINEER, Indian Male,26 years, 3 Years’ experience in Projects of Tanks, Boilers and Steel structures, Aware of int. Standards,B tech in Mech engg. Contact-rahulkunnath23@gmail. com, Mob-00917350860889 B.E Engineer and also did NEBOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC) First Aid.3 year of Gulf experience As a Safety Engineer looking for job. Available to join respective firm. Contact number# 94618504, Email: shan37yousfani@gmail.com 23 Male Indian 3 year experience in restaurant manager & accountant job & marketing experience looking for suitable job. Contact:90801420 , WhatsApp no :+917411062397, E-mail: anwaar223969@gmail.com TEKLA & AutoCAD.5 years Oman experience in project execution and detail drawing of Steel structures, site and shop erected tanks. Diploma in mech.Engg. Mob: 98486585 sinoshcs@gmail.com. 4 years experience in IT Executive and also ticketing staff, seeking placement Contact 94948622. Email Jarar.haider@yahoo.com

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