2007- Q1 Newsletter

Regional Reach

Joining hands and

building bridges to Italy

Bringing future technology to Qatar

QatarThe Rise of

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Construction Division:

We are supplying Chemical Anchors for the Dubai Marina Mall, Hotel & Residences project.

We are also supplying a xing system for aluminium curtain walling for 3 tower projects in Dubai; Sky Gardens, Emirates Crown & Burj Dubai Lake Hotel.

Water Treatment Division:

We have been appointed by Pentair Water (Europe) as their Product Exclusive Dealer for the newly-introduced Siata Deionization valves & controls.

We won the contract for the supply & installation of the water treatment systems for the Canadian Hospital Dubai.

Weve also been nominated to undertake the supply of the desalination system for the Dubai Sports City project.

We supplied and installed 3 water treatment systems, for Busco Aluminium Sharjah, Alumco Dubai and Techno-glass Jordan.

The Emirates Post Ofce has awarded us (their accredited designer and contractor for the past 3 years), three new projects for total interior t-out solutions at their Headquarters, Al Riqqa & Al Wahda branches across the region.

Weve won a huge contract from Salam Studio and Stores Wa Showroom for loose furniture for more than 10000 m2.

Our work at the Palm Jumeira Villas, Golden Crest Tower, Jafza Tower in Jabal Ali free zone & Emaars Riyadh branch continues.

Among the substantial contracts we won this quarter are orders from Kahramaa for the supply of 6 way free standing feeder pillars, Oil cooler seamless tubes for QNCC, and the supply, supervision, installation and commissioning of Busduct systems for Electrical Refrigerating Engineering Co. & PT Adhikarya, as well as supplying Demag Double Girder Cranes & Accessories for Degremont in Qatar.

We bagged a huge ERP order from Lekhwiya (Internal Security Forces), resulting from our successful series of other ERP orders & projects completed previously for the government. Now our hit rate within the ERP market is 4:5 compared to our 2003 hit-rate of 1:5.

We closed our 4th order in a row with Al Jazeera

Satellite Channel for Networking & Security Solutions. The order was won against stiff competition.

We also won the largest single order weve received from QTEL in the last 3 years for a total solution for Q-TEL ISP. This win positions us as the main supplier for all QTEL ISPs for the next 5 years !!!

We are supplying Mowasalat with more than 2,000 radio Tetra units in a large deal. The Tetra radios will be installed in all current transport solutions of Mowasalat.

Finally we cemented a long term relationship with the Ministry of Interior (MOI) by winning a large order for the supply, installation, acquisition and implementation of a Police Investigation and Criminal Case History system (PICCH). The system will serve the whole of Qatar and will be the heart of the MOI for the next 10 years.

We are agents now for Senetica Italy, a premier furniture company.

Weve already won solid orders to supply large clients in the likes of Texas A & M University, State Audit Bureau, Qatar Shell & HMC.

We topped sales as Middle East Distributors for Eiki Multimedia Projectors.

We are supplying and installing 233 Digital Photocopiers for the Ministry of Education, Qatar University & Ministry of Interior.

We have provided Aghani TV, a 24 hour Arabic music channel, a Sea Change Server and Etere Automation together with a Harris Inscriber for SMS & MMS.

We also won a contract from Ten Sports to upgrade their storage system, which we provided to them in 2001.

The Tourism & Real Estate Channel, Al Aqariya, got a Vizrt ticker system through us in a signicant contract for an on-air graphics and SMS system.

We are in our new ofce now. Since November 2006 weve been at the MANA Building in Suhaim Bin Hamad Street, right next to Chilis Restaurant. You can nd us on the 6th Floor in Unit No. 14.

Even during the height of road closures in Qatar our doors were open, as always. The main access route to Salam Plaza is open once again and our customers can come to us and leave happy.

Among our new offerings: Lanvin made to measure outts!

We have also delighted our customers by giving them a larger than ever Ladies shoes and bag area at The Mall.

Bechtel qualied us to supply Low Voltage switchgear for the New Doha International Airport. Weve also received purchase orders for Medium Voltage & Main LV panels, and look forward to receiving orders for MCC panels too!

COVER STORYThe rise of Qatar. It is the story on everyones mind. The country is growing, changing, booming. In a land that is blazing into the future, there are many players behind the scenes who help make things happen. At SIIL, we are proud that we too have had a hand in enabling Qatars rise. For this editions cover story we have more than one feature. When you ip through the pages you will see weve highlighted a few aspects of our wide and various work. Work that bears the mark of our hand in Qatars rise.


We have delightful news! Now, when you turn on the Al Jazeera Sports Channel, you will see our work right there, day after day, on the integrated video wall backdrop.

We have been able to prove our capability in Qatar and the world over. We have over 4 international Al Jazeera sites under our belt, and others at DAGOC, College of North Atlantic and Hamad Medical Corporation just to mention a few. It

pleases us greatly because we have made the brand Barco synonymous with Video Wall solutions, and we have enjoyed substantial contracts in return.

Did we have to work hard? You bet. But heres the good news we wiped out the competition. Does that mean we are sitting back and relaxing? No way!

The Omnix/STS team.

5 Yearsand Going Strong On November 26, 2006 our 4U turned 5 at the City Center branch and to celebrate they gave gifts to others!!! The fortunate walked away with the nest products and services that 4U is renowned for. There were vouchers for 12 sessions of make-up application, vouchers for 12 sessions of facial treatment, hampers of perfume and a bath line worth QR 1000 and a grand prize of a gift voucher from 4U worth QR 2500!!! The celebrations ended with a grand prize draw.

Listen to Camelia Georgescu, the 4U Store Manager: 4U is one of

our store concepts that specialises in brand name fragrances and cosmetics, from the worlds leading perfumeries and cosmetic houses,

in a world-class atmosphere matched with exceptional service. Our products truly match our discerning customers tastes. Having said that though, let me also say this; as a team we thrive on continually evolving ways

to exceed our service standards and what we offer.

The New Year is for new experiences. So if you havent walked into 4U yet, why not check it out?

Hello Family!

Heres news from our corner of SIIL. Some of you might know that our Construction Division had strategy to expand regionally. And you know what? We have!

Weve secured 2 considerable orders; one from the Texas A & M University College of Engineering campus in Qatar Foundation and the other for a large industrial Ethylene plant in Kuwait.

We also successfully completed installation & commissioning work of a water ltration system for two villas belonging to His Highness the President of the UAE, in Morocco.

Just wanted to touch base with all of you and tell everybody we are enjoying our work!

The SEN UAE crew

Think

Think Omnix / Think STS!

Regional

Congratulations 4U!

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We are proud to announce to the rest of the family that our new, redesigned and enhanced website is live!

Checked us out yet? You will notice that we have several new online features. New and returning surfers will see that, as always, SIIL is living out its commitment to provide superior services to our stakeholders and community. As we recognize todays need for increasingly e-enabled services, we are treating our surfers to improved eCommerce functionalities in the likes of offering direct access to Doha Stock Market quotes.

Our new Investor Relations section, has given our shareholders their own dedicated area on the site, covering any and every question that is likely to spring up in their minds! The

nancial information related to the company has also been placed online for quick reference and efcient dissemination.

Information on our business sectors of Energy and Industry, Construction and Development, Technology and Communications, Luxury and Consumer Products, Investments and Real Estate has been placed online in separate segments focusing on each sector.

As an organization who is parent to more than 20 subsidiary companies, we are thrilled that the fresh look and feel of the new site enables a pleasant surng experience, which carries news highlights and information, enhanced by an efcient navigation structure and tasteful design.

Redesigned,Enhanced and back!

Top Noteon top in Oman

www.salaminternational.com Go ahead. Just click it!

In the last edition of our newsletter we told you how our SMC helps Al Jazeera deliver the news in English to London, Doha and Kuala Lampur. Now take a look at these gures. When this rst global high denition television network launched they had a target of reaching 40 million households.

Want to guess how many households theyve actually reached? 80 Mil-lion!!! Al Jazeeras English channel is now one of the three biggest global language 24 hour news channels.

Its so good to see our clients set such phenomenal records and to know we had a part to play in it.

The SMC Crew

EnglishChannelShattersRecords

Top Note has been on the tip of ones tongue as a popular cosmetics chain brand with outlets in Oman, Qatar and the UAE. Thats why they opened their fourth successive outlet in Seeb Lulu Hypermarket El Burj, at a ceremony ofciated by H.E. Juma Bin Ali Bin Juma, Minister of Manpower, Sultanate of Oman.

The new Top Note on the rst oor of the new Lulu Hypermarket at El Burj, Seeb, was built on the success of three Top Notes outlets at Lulu Hypermarkets Ghubra, Darseit and Sohar.

More new Top Note outlets are planned to open at different locations

in Oman and further expansions

are in the pipeline for 2007.

Congratulations Top Note! We celebrate your growth with you!!

Your brothers, sisters, cousins at SIIL

in Oman and further expansions

are in the pipeline for 2007.

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Our Gulf Steel & Engineering has successfully completed the manufacturing of the latest version of an air ltration system for the JIZAN Power plant in Saudi Arabia. The lter houses are part of a contract order Gulf Steel received from Braden Manufacturing, a multi-faceted company specializing in the design and manufacture of gas turbine air ltration, inlet silencing and exhaust silencing systems and related equipment. The company is based in Tulsa USA.

Our Gulf Steel was complimented by Bradens Director. In his words We never expected such excellent workmanship and quality of commitment from a newly founded company in the region, I continuously witnessed the execution of the works,

and found Gulf Steel making things happen in a professional manner. The order was for the supply, fabrication, testing, and commissioning of two lter house modules. Braden as the world leader in such technology has a global supply chain, and Gulf Steel has been successfully included in their vendor register. Gulf Steel is also in the process of securing other power-related industrial process packages from Braden.

Way to go Gulf Steel!

Bringing FutureTechnology to QatarSomeones got to do it!

We are thrilled that our Lancome Team won not just one but two awards at the Lancome Marketing Confer-ence in Dubai on 29th October 2006. We walked away with the awards for the Best Wholesale Progression 2006 in the Middle East and the Best Retail Ranking 2006 in the Middle East. Are we delighted or what?!

Your friends & family at SalamStudio and Stores

Congratulations SSS! We are proud of you!

Winning is our

Remember the fancy graphic fea-tures you enjoyed on Al Jazeeras Sports Channel during the Asian Games for instance? Tilting images of the athletes on the screen, views from unusual angles of your favou-rite sports event...Well, at SMC we considered it our job to make sure you were kept entertained with the best graphic systems in the world. So thats our technology you see on Al Jazeera Sports.

Good to know SMC!

We never expectedsuch excellent workmanship! Client

Bringing Future

and found Gulf Steel making things

Braden as the world leader in such technology has a global supply chain, and Gulf Steel has been successfully included in their vendor register. Gulf Steel is also in the process of securing other

Few were surprised when Omnix, the leading IT system integrator and Autodesks main Authorized Dealer for more than 14 years, arranged a Technical Seminar at the Marriott Hotel, marking the launch of Autodesk 2007 products with a special focus on the new Engineering Software AutoCAD 2007, Architectural Desktop and 3D Viz. Thats because the 100+ engineers and architects who attended the seminar and others in the industry

count on us, to usher in the best available resources in the world.

Not only did we showcase Autodesk 2007, our specialists gave detailed presentations and d e m o n s t r a t e d product features. You can get a sense of how the industry counts on us by the simple fact that

we received many requests asking us to get into the Services Business aspect in the industry and introduce

a Professional CAD Service Center, which the local market lacks.

Those who attended included people from various sectors including Contracting, Oil & Gas, Education and Utilities. If you want names; QP, QAPCO, QASCO, QAFCO, RasGAS, QatarGAS, plus other government

agencies like Ashghal, Planning, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture along with more than 20 other international contracting companies such as Bechtel, Halcrow, M&Z, just to mention a few.

The Omnix Clan

Magical

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We made sure Jewellery Arabia 2006 had world class sparkle! Our partnership enabled De Beers and SIIL to participate at the annual Jewellery exhibition, held consecutively for the past 15 years, in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The ve-day Jewellery Arabia 2006 exhibition was inaugurated on November 7th 2006 by HH Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Prime Minister took a tour with senior ofcials to several exhibition stands including ours, where he spent a substantial amount of time viewing the collections. His Highness also took time to have

a pleasant conversation with Mr. Philippe McGarry of De Beers.

Jewellery Arabia has established itself as the regions largest, long-running, best attended and most prestigious watch & jewellery trade exhibition. Jewellery Arabia 2006 was held at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre with 500 direct exhibitors from 28 countries participating. Word has it that Jewellery Arabia 2006 attracted 113,000 visitors!

Not only were we there...we shined!!

Making them

GIANTS likeEmaar trust us!

Want a peek at a section of a note sent by Mr. Gaby Koudsi (the Herman Miller Middle East and Africa Marketing Manager) regarding Salam Enterprises Qatars phenomenal growth over the last years?

...With a 33% YTD growth over last years performance, which was the highest ever, I would personally like to thank Salams management and your team for these solid and healthy gures. It is rewarding to see results of the teams hard work.

Check these percentages out:Performance Vs Goal 121%, Performance Vs prior year 33%!

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s Salam Enterprises on your record breaking performance!

SE out does itself!

Know those hi-tech looking Television Transmission vehicles you see in movies? The ones that have all sorts of antennas mounted on them and loads of breathtaking equipment inside? The ones that transmit live news feeds around the world, with smart newscasters standing by?

Qatars got its own such vans now and we tted them out with all the technical wizardry it required! Salam Media Cast designed, supplied, equipped and commissioned state of the art Outside Broadcast Vans (OB Vans) with Digital Satellite News gathering, editing, sound over and video tape playback via satellite capability. The vans were used to cover the 15th Asian Games and the Al Jazeera Festival.

Good work SMC!

Technology on

Who hasnt heard of Emaar? Well, even industry giants count on trustworthy partners to get their work done. We just completed the 5th branch for Emaar Financial Services which is located in Riyadh. And theres more...we are just getting through the design stage for the next 1200 m2 branch for Emaar, set up in the regional business hub of Dubai.

Feeling good about being trusted by our clients, so thought of sharing it with all of you!

The Atelier 21 Team

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When a giant of the football world chooses to go shopping people get curious. What will he buy? Who is he shopping for? What is his taste like? And where will he shop? Well, we wont answer the rst few questions for you but we will denitely answer the last. On Friday the 3rd of November we opened up our store just so that the legendary Sven-Goran Eriksson could enjoy a private shopping experience with us!

It was our pleasure to serve Mr. Eriksson, and afford him the best of everything we offer at Salam Plaza. His visit, only conrmed the trust our customers have in us to provide them with the regions absolute best and the worlds ultimate brands.

Sven-Goran Eriksson was Englands rst foreign coach, and is a man admired and respected by fellow managers, players and fans the world over. Mr. Eriksson is a Swede, well known for his astute tactical awareness and his calm, reassuring style.

Salam Studio and Stores-Qatar

New partnership with MotorolaOMNIX recently signed up as Motorolas Tetra partner for Qatar. This move on our part to cement a partnership with one of the worlds leading telecom device providers has given us a solid foothold into the telecom business within the country.

The orders we bagged for Dohas Asian Games and the contracts we inked with Mowasalat for Tetra equipment was a direct result of this new partnership. We see great potential for business in 2007 and look forward to the challenge of closing some good deals.

Good Luck Omnix with the New Partnership!

Remember how we invited you to take a look at the Qatar Airways brand new Premium Terminal at Doha International Airport, in the last edition of our Newsletter?

We want to announce that we completed the new rst and business class terminals at Doha International Airport which was ofcially opened for travellers on the 27th of November 2006 ahead of the Doha Asian Games.

This terminal is considered to be the Worlds rst dedicated terminal which includes two oors totalling 10,000 m2.

Last time we showed you concept images of our work but this time we can show you the real thing. So enjoy!

All of us at Salam Industries

A world rst &we are part of it!

Our SMC has provided

Qatar TV a

technological solution

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video feeds!

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SMC Crew Qatar

Who helps QTv edit at

lightning speed?

shops with us!

we are part of it!

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Qatar Gas II works closely with Korea as part of their 13.5 Billion Dollar project to build 57 ships for transportation of LNG to different countries. It goes with out saying that a massive project like this needs state of the art technological solutions. We are re-ally glad that our Om-nix has had a hand in providing a dedicated Cimage Document Management System for them.

Our relationship with Cimage has spanned 14 years. Satisfac-tion in our product offering and service is what led Qatar Gas II to look to us for a brand new Electronic Document Management System connecting a central Server located in Ras Laffan to 4 remote lo-cations - 3 Shipping Building indus-tries in Geoje Island, South Korea and one at a remote site in the UK.

Our Mr Roy Pascal, Mr. Shony Rappai

and Mr. Lijo Antony established the systems in South Korea and the UK during the period 2005-2006. Once the systems were established weve

kept on working to ex-pand Cimage modules with various new ap-plications developed to suit Qatar Gas chang-ing business needs. Thats not all. Our people also trained all the System Admin-istrators, Document Controllers, Secretar-ies, Site Inspectors and Site Leads at the sites and the system is currently being re-motely supported by our team.

Omnix believes in total solutions and our clients know that.

Hats off to our Omnix Team for crossing boundaries again!

Your SIIL Family

Our SMC Qatar has scored a major breakthrough by designing, supply-ing, installing, and commissioning digital radio studios and a fully solid state stereo FM radio transmitter for QBS Radio. These digital studios are the rst of their kind to be installed and embedded in the country. Since providing total solutions is a quality that runs in the SIIL family, not only are we getting the studios & trans-mitter up and running, but we are also training their people.

For the Techies among us. We equipped control rooms of Studio 1 to 6 and upgraded from an analogue

system to on-air digital continuity, tted out the Music Studio with a state of the art music recording mix-er and editing systems, connected the two master control rooms using underground bre optics which en-ables them to communicate, trans-mit, exibly operate and control the system!

The SMC team Qatar

ConnectingQatar,South Korea, UK

Orbit moved some of their Arabic Channels (Prime, Alyom and Music Now) from Italy to Lebanon so they can make better use of their produc-tion studio set-up in Lebanon. Sounds easy enough but the move involved critical technological processes. Our SMC UAE provided a tape-less solu-tion for Orbit by using a Seachange Server, Etere Automation and a Har-ris Switcher.

Now it sounds all techie doesnt it? Well, just hold onto this. Our SMC UAE created an optimal solution for Orbit Lebanon, despite the fact that installation occurred when Lebanon was under Israeli attack. Sufcient to

say that not even a war stopped our installation team.

Good work SMC UAE We are proud of you!

We help Orbit Transmit

& this time its Radio!

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Satellite monitoring forAl JazeerasArabic channel

The Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) recently reached out to industrialists and entrepreneurs of Torino, Italy and presented the wealth of investment opportunities available in Qatar. More than a few of our own were part of the delegation. The team was led by Mr. Bassam Massouh, General Manager of QBA. As members of the team Mr. Bassam Abu Issa of Salam International, Mr. Issam Al-Faqih

of Salam Industries, Mr. Yasser Hamad of Salam International, and Mr. Dado Quilacio of Stream, discussed ways to promote business co-operation and investment opportunities between the small and medium enterprises of the two countries. Some 150 Italian companies attended the session. They also held talks with the Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Torino. Furthermore,

a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the QBA for bilateral co-operation with Alberto Tazzetti, President, Union of Industrial Businessmen, Torino, Italy, during the visit. Italy is a major investor in the infrastructure projects in Ras Laffan.

SIIL is glad to link hands with QBA and be part of building Qatars future!

We have been responsible for the supply, installation, commissioning and training of Al Jazeera staff for Satellite Monitoring and setting up their Master Control Room for incoming and outgoing audio and video. The technical details are complex but all we wanted our SIIL family to know was, our work contributes toward the transmissions you enjoy on al Jazeeras Arabic channel.

SMC Qatar

Joining hands and building bridges to Italy

The Emergency Control Centre at HMC is the nerve centre of the hospital. And weve been awarded the contract to supply them an integrated video wall so-lution.

STS /Omnix along with BARCO will supply the Main Video Wall which will form the core of the new Con-trol Centres for HMC, managing all emergencies at the hospital and the trafc of all emergency ve-hicles.

Ominix / STS

HMC counts on us for

Mr. Sami El Shafai was happy to meet Siemens Dr. Hanz-Joerg Grudmann (Member of the Group Executive Management) and Mr. Rudi Lamprecht (Member of the Managing Board) at a reception arranged by Siemens to celebrate the 1st anniversary of their ofce in Doha. The event also celebrated Siemens achievements for Asian Games.

SIIL was pleased to be part of the gathering. We look forward to being partners in the evolving presence of Siemens in Qatar and the GCC.

Visitors, Friends & us

Ominix / STS

gathering. We look forward to being partners in the evolving presence of Siemens in Qatar and the GCC.

Dr. Hanz-Joerg GrudmannMr. Rudi Lamprecht

You will remember that we mentioned the release of our employee HR manual in the last edition of our newsletter. Well, wed like to show you the people behind it, who have worked hard at providing you with a common set of guidelines and standards that will put us all on the same page.

Our special thanks to the Chairman, Vice Chairman, Executive Directors, HR Department, Corporate Marketing & Communications Manager, Personnel Manager, and Legal Advisor for their contributions and hard work that helped the manual achieve its goal. The HR Manual is now available to all of you.

Thank you for your hard work!

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Face to facewith our CEOMr. Issa Abu Issa

At the center of our Earth lies a super-dense core that is larger than the planet Mars! This core, made up of two distinct layers, has a liquid outer layer and a solid inner core. The inner core, experts say, is made up of metallic iron-nickel alloy which is about 5 times as thick and dense as the rock we walk on at the surface! But there it is; thats what lies deep within our planet. Thats what helps hold together all that is outside. Thats what gives it strength.

The beginning of a new year gives us a great opportunity as individuals and as a company to stop and take a look within; to sort of take a personal inventory. What really lies at our core? What gives us strength from within? What powers us, sets us apart? What makes us who we are?

Just as individuals each of us have been blessed with special talents and capabilities, as an organization too, we have our own distinctive strengths. These talents/strengths are enduring and unique and they form the qualities that draw others to us. Heres a truth; an individuals or organizations greatest room for growth will always be found in the areas of their greatest strength.

What unique qualities do we believe lie deep within Salam? World class management experts will tell us that it is this knowledge of our uniqueness which formulates our positioning.

At Salam we come from a heritage that was built by a discerning visionary with an entrepreneurial spirit. And that gives us a priceless legacy. It places the qualities of discernment and the capacity to make things happen, deep within our core. It is those core qualities that make others come to us, prefer us, choose us. We have the discernment to make things happen.

Those of us who love poetry and philosophy will no doubt recognize the distinguishing voice of the great poet Ralph Waldo Emerson in one of his famous quotes when he said, What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.

So, at the beginning of this new year lets honour those who came before us and extend our legacy of discernment and capability to those who will come after us, and celebrate what lies at our core.

What liesat the core? Editors

CornerNadine J. Fattaleh-Al Shaa

Hello again!

Its good to be talking to you and meeting you out here. My warm wishes for a wonderful 2007! With each new year most of us nd ourselves on the threshold of making resolutions we hope to keep in the 365 days ahead.

Interestingly, the tradition of making new year resolutions has been traced back to the early Babylonians, who held lavish celebrations for the new year. History says the Babylonians most popular new year resolution was to return borrowed farm equipment! Well, our resolutions are sure to be different. But since we are on the topic of resolutions I thought Ill share a few tips that can help us stick to our decisions, be they resolutions made concerning our work lives at Salam or our personal lives at home.

Review last years resolution if we made one. Have we succeeded, if no, why not?

Set our GoalsMaintain clear focus. Lets ask ourselves if we really want the change.

Dont let the cup spill overDont create too many resolutions at a time.

Let it be for a year not a dayNew year is the time to plan for the entire year. So lets not stick to our resolution for a day or two alone.

Acknowledge the price, and decide to pay itAny worthwhile achievement requires sacrice, risk, effort and perseverance. So dont overlook the fact that our resolutions will cost us time, energy and effort.

This is going to be an exciting year for us, who form the large and dynamic SIIL family. This year will bring many tools our way, which will help us go beyond our achievements in the past years.

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Salam Bounian formally launched The Gate Project, a commercial and entertainment complex in the heart of Doha, offering superlative commercial and entertainment facilities in West Bay. Mr. Issa Abu Issa, our CEO and Chairman announced the beginning of work on the project, at a ceremony held on the site of The Gate. Also present were Salam Bounians General Manager, Yasser Hamad, and several members of the business community and members of our Board. The Gate will be built at an estimated cost of QR560 million, with the rst phase involving the construction of infrastructure costing QR60 million. The rst phase is to be completed by June 2007. The project is a commercial

development over approximately 21,000 m2 of land. It will have 3-levels of basement parking, a 4-storey high end shopping centre and 12-storey executive and highly equipped ofce blocks above it.

Mr. Issa Abu Issa, explained: The Gate will represent a unique, ultra-modern mixed

use development with a combination of commercial, retail and entertainment facilities. He added:

The Gate is primed to be the number one destination for leading retail brand names and franchises that will revolutionalise the shopping and entertainment scene in the city. The full complex is expected to be operational by early 2007.

Work begins on The Gate

HUGOThe HUGO brand combines creativity and individuality. It offers self-condent men and women

a collection to express their own style. HUGO is unconventional and avant-garde a fashion dened not by age group, but by attitude.

Hugo Boss has been one of our brands and weve been giving it a home

in Qatar, Oman and Al Ain in the UAE for over 15 years! Having started small, the brand has regionally grown steadily under our patronage. We opened the very rst dedicated boutique for Boss Orange recently at The Mall. Our future plans for Boss include the following; to have a Hugo Boss shop located at The Gate once the project is complete, and to have Boss Black and Boss Orange boutiques set up by 2008 at The Pearl of Qatar. August 2007 will see us open a Boss Black boutique at the City Center in Muscat, Oman.

The history of Hugo Boss dates back to 1923 Germany. Having gained a strong foothold in the

apparel market over a few decades, in 1953 Hugo Boss released its rst suit design for menswear. In 1993, 70 years after its founding, Hugo Boss launched its rst fragrance, and created a division which has since grown to be an important part of the company.

Hugo Boss offers the world classy and elegant clothing, shoes, fragrances and accessories. HUGO BOSS is represented in the fashion market by the BOSS and HUGO brands.

These brand collections and their fashion lines are aimed at various target groups, creating a brand world of extraordinary fashion diversity at a constantly high level of quality. The BOSS Black, BOSS Selection, BOSS Orange and BOSS Green lines as well as the accompanying accessory collections are all part of the core BOSS brand.

BOSS GreenThe functional sportswear in the BOSS Green line offers athletic and fashion-oriented men a collection

that promises optimum performance from both a sports and fashion perspective.

BOSS BlackThe womenswear and menswear collections of the BOSS Black line offer wide-ranging styles. The

comprehensive spectrum encompasses elegant business ensembles, casual sports clothing and evening wear designed for special festive occasions. The person wearing these clothes appreciates the awless look that expresses his or her personality and the high standards of quality.

BOSS SelectionThe luxurious BOSS Selection M e n s w e a r c o l l e c t i o n

embodies the premium tier of the BOSS brand world, implementing the design competence of the BOSS brand using the best materials and the nest workmanship. Hand-stitched details and features of traditional custom tailoring express the lines exclusive nature and assure its positioning in the upper market segment.

BOSS OrangeThe BOSS Orange collection offers leisure fashion for men and women who enjoy stylish outts and an

element of surprise. Unusual materials, vibrant colors and intricate details are aimed at customers who like experimenting with fashion and also value good workmanship.

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To say something youd like to seepublished in the next news letter please email the editor at:

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Heres your space! Its just waiting to be lled. Bouquets? Brickbats? Heavy discussions? Light banter? Whatevers on your mind the Ed wants to hear it all.

Dear Mr. Hussam Abu Issa,

I would like to than

k you for the interesting

views you shared with us upon our visit

to your

company. I was a member of

the Professionails team

and was very impressed by your company,

the

ambitions you expressed and the capacitie

s of

your organisation. Our visit con

rmed to us that Salam is a

major

force in the country of Qatar and the lar

ger

Gulf and Middle East region.

Your Salam Magazine has alr

eady been well read

and studied and I think that

the major forces

of success in your organiza

tion are omnipresent,

in respect to all contributions and perso

nnel and

their ability to reduce major

issues and problems

and circumvent challenges. All this prove

s

their essence and capability. We in Weste

rn

Europe have lost this sense of thinking a

nd lose

ourselves in the corporate world too eas

ily.

Therefore I am honoured that I was pre

sent at

your headquarters and only hope that my

small

contribution towards the nail bars and be

auty

shops project will help you

in achieving your

goals. Please accept the ex

pression of my respect,

Yours faithfully, Philip Theys,Interior Designer for

Professionails

Being a member of the Salam family I f

elt

proud to go through the 3rd Quarter issue of

The Salam Experience containing so m

uch

information. I consider our Newsletter to be a

worthwhile effort, especially in the face of the

ever changing business environment around us.

As rightly pointed out by Mr. Joseph S

tanly of

our SSS Qatar, it is of utmost impo

rtance

for us to develop and retain our human capital

since it plays a vital role in sustainable business

growth.

Being a big organization, a communicatio

n

medium like The Salam Experience facili

tates an

environment for us to share our experiences and

to learn from each other.

Id like to make a suggestion. Why not think

about having an exclusive intranet, creating

another space in a different medium, for us

to share our work experiences and knowledge

across the group? This will help us reinforce

our capacity to remain a learning organi

zation

and to march ahead towards new goals.

BASHEER SADIQ BATCHA

Secretary Atelier 21 Ofce F

urniture Division

Dubai UAE

Secretary Atelier 21 Ofce F

urniture Division

Dubai UAE

Hi Basheer!Thanks for your response and for your valued

comments and suggestion.

Theres good news! A simple intranet site for

SIIL has already been designed and is currently

being compiled for publication on the internal

company server. The categories that are fea-

tured will include: a General Information section,

SIIL related forms, External Forms, The Salam

Experience, Policies and Procedures, Performance

Management System (PMS), Circulars & Internal

Memos, Telephone Directory, Strategic Planning,

and Logo/Identity Library. Eventually, when the

intranet is fully up and running, all Salam Inter-

national family members with access to the local

servers will be able to enter and use the intranet.

Look out for more news on this important devel-

opment soon. For now, local users in Qatar will

have access to this new communication medium

when it goes live. As for the rest of our SIIL

users outside Qatar, phase two is being worked

on right now to bring you guys on board soon

too. The Editor

Dear Mr. Hussam Abu Issa,

Take a look. Heres how people feel about working with us!

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Mukesh Vasandani

Transition and change is always a challenging process, though if one looks at the fundamental idea of change, its actually quite simple. To change is simple. Maintaining change is the difcult part.

After having been in hospitality for many years, I took the decision to create change in my life, and maintain it by moving on to a new challenge. All of you have gone through a transformation period, in which Salam has been evolving, through a stage of chrysalis, and even now, continually evolving. Its an exciting time, one of growth and opportunity, new ideas, new horizons, and new goals. It was one of the key factors in my keen desire to be part of this process, and help in this transformation.

Being new to Salam International, I have spent the past few months looking at the large diversication of our company, and see enormous talent, where people have built their careers, lives, and Salam to what it is today. I look forward to being part of a key driver in the HR & Training process that continues to balance the demands of several different roles: business partner, internal consultant, operational and administrative expert and both employee and employer advocate.

Through my experience in hospitality, one thing that has always stuck with me is the value of training and development. As the saying goes, Train, Train, Train, and then Train again! One of the core beliefs held here in Salam is the belief that all employees have the right tools and resources to do the job correctly, and the ability and means to further develop themselves. As stated by Mr. Issa Abu Issa; Salam is a breathing, living organism that receives its breath from all of us. We are the company, the brand ambassadors, and the drivers of the future.

I look forward to working together to create innovative and valued trainings, which will help us all in delivering The Salam Experience. Knowledge is power, and as the great B.B, King once said, The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.

Ross NicholasTo do or not to do.... (not to be confused with Shakespeares ....to be or not to be....) became a dening experience for my family when we began considering joining Salam.

I have always been extremely aware of not falling into any comfort zone and have always practiced the philosophy of maintaining a degree of nervous tension in a professional environment as I believe that this will ensure that nothing is taken for granted and it prevents complacency from creeping in... Why then, when I was approached by Salam for the rst time did I decline?

In fact, upon reection, I was extremely happy at my previous company, I had initiated a series of changes that I would have liked to see through and yet I started to think about the Salam opportunity seriously.

The turning point in my decision to consider joining Salam came about upon my rst meeting with Mr Bassam Abu Issa in Dubai. Having nally managed to synchronize our diaries and actually meet face to face, I was pleasantly surprised by the genuine wish of the company to achieve signicant changes in the way it operated its retail outlets.

The second push over the edge in terms of my decision to join Salam

came about when I met the rest of the Salam Board and Mr Issa in Doha.

Achieving corporate change in any company is only possible if the people in that company are willing to initiate and embrace change ..... and I had met people who were willing to embrace corporate change and who had recognized the need and urgency for change. So there I was ying back to Riyadh from Doha staring out of the airplane window with visions of a new Salam logo oating in front of my eyes ..... imagining the new Salam Wa Store as the initiator of a new era in Salams history and asking myself if I wanted to be an integral part of this change process.

The answer was unequivocally YES! This was NEW, EXCITING, CHALLENGING and FORWARD THINKING, who would not want to be a part of it...and best of all the PEOPLE, were sincere in their willingness to initiate changes.

So, why did I join Salam? The answer was the people, the corporate philosophy and the potential to be part of something unique, signicant and ground breaking. Its not often that one nds the opportunity where the corporate mission is not just lip service but is in fact a living thing I had found a company that wanted to live and breathe its corporate mission and I wanted to be a part of it.

Like an infant, our corporate goals will be born, evolve, grow up and mature and we will go through growing pains and teenage difculties on the way but this is the very thing that creates the excitement for our future vision because through our actions and commitment we could model and determine the nature, character and future of our business.

Prioritize actions ( a) Do Now ( b) Do Soon (c) Do later

Treat all appointments like the dentist (Postponing normally means it turns into a big job)

Implement a quiet hour with no interruptions Never touch a piece of paper more than once-

work on it and send it off Group appointments together and x time limits Always seek precise information from others Put time limits on meetings and stick to them

In order to identify the most useful timesavers you must rst identify your time stealers.

Rank the following in order of importance to you:

Too many phone calls Too much to read Too many interruptions Inadequate equipment Too many meetings Indecisive bosses Too much paper work Incompetent colleagues Too few staff I cant say no!

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ConnectingGreetings to all, from us lot at SIIL IT Department!

You want to know what weve been up to? A whole lot. But heres just a few highlights. We set up the new SIIL Data Center at our Bin Omran premises. This nerve center, is what helps keep all IT functions in the SIIL system running smoothly.

We also completed a Multi-protocol Label Switching project (which sounds highly technical we know!), but what it does is that it enables our SIIL family companies to connect with each other and work as if they are located within the same room! Here are the folk who are virtually connected now as if their tables are right next to each other ~ Bin Omran, Salam Tower, STS Town Center, Stream, and Alu Nasa, Salam

Industries & Gulf Industries in the Industrial Area.

We are running a shared Internet and security implementation service that is currently providing secured Internet services to all SIIL sites (250+ users) through our Data Center. This solution is reducing our connectivity/service costs due to the sharing of infrastructure in addition to providing state of the art security. At IT we believe that good things must be shared so we have a plan in the pipeline to eventually offer this service to our Dubai Users, Vendors, Customers etc, so that they too can benet from the IT advances that we are enjoying.

Want to talk to us? Just give us a buzz.

When an organization is as diverse and as dynamic as ours, there are thousands upon thousands of functions that go on day after day. Things we hardly give thought to. Sometimes just taking a peek behind the scenes brings out interesting facts. Ever thought about the Salam warehouse? Weve got two of them and gigantic ones at that. Our warehouses have six (6) sections: Perfumery & Cosmetics, Photogra-phy, Luggage, Household, Bed & Bath, and Red Bull. They currently store about 1 million items and we have 23 col-leagues working at the 2 warehouses. Our warehouses re-ceive about 500 consignments per year. Thats a whole lot of goods.

Top notch luxury magazine Society Dubai makes a bold statement on its cover. It features three sharply dressed men and says These three men persuade you to part with millions of dirhams every year . A readers immediate reaction? Who are these guys? Movie Moghuls? Tax department? Maosi?!

Look closely. One of the faces belongs to one of our own. Steven Giedymin, our Visual Merchandiser for Salam Stores Dubai was one of three leading merchandisers interviewed for a six page feature in the opulent, hip magazine. The captivating spread titled The Conversation took a unique trajectory, to uncover the secrets behind the persuasive art of visual merchandising. To permit readers a peek at the masters behind the mind game of luxury retail, they chose three of the citys best. Saks Fifth Avenue, Villa Moda and our Salam Stores led their list and so the conversation began.

A fashion expert posed questions and the three men answered. (We wish we could share the entire

feature with you. Unfortunately we can only give you a glance at it due to space constraints.) Ever wondered how a particular set of clothes and accessories ended up on a mannequin posing a certain type of look? Listen to our Steven. You assume things just appear there. There are so many details the consumers take for granted. But for us, we have to take note of every tiny detail, right down to the minute one. Think about emptying a room and then lling it up again, with xtures and mannequins and lighting and wall coverings and furniture; its many layers.

About being part of a store in the caliber of Salam, Steven says, When you are working with a company that has more than one store, consistency is everything. You have to voice the message the company represents. It can go from blueprints of the store to should the mannequins wear earrings? The details are vast. The more open you are to understanding the operational aspects of how it all integrates, the smoother the store runs. It is a learned profession.

Mr. Moataz ObarSalam Warehouse Manager

Some Colleagues

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The Garangao Event and promotion

held at 4U City Center and Royal Pla-

za at the end of 2006 was successful

and the best to date. Patrons were

afforded 15% discount on perfume

and cosmetic purchases. The spirit

of Garango didnt stop here. Patrons

were treated to fabulous gifts with

every purchase made, children were

offered sweets and toys on entry

and to their delight, had their faces

painted.

4U Garangao 2006 aResounding

offered sweets and toys on entry

and to their delight, had their faces

Salam International is the proud

business mentor of Folio Design

House, a wholly owned Qatari com-

pany, formed by several talented

young ladies, graduates of Virginia

Commonwealth University Qatar

(VCU). Folio will offer the market,

both on individual and corporate

levels an exciting range of creative

services in fashion and interior de-

signs. Salam International contrib-

uted to Folios capital and continues

to expose the enterprising ladies to

the business, marketing, legal and

nancial models of such a venture.

This is yet another example of Salam

International supporting causes that

benet Qatari entrepreneurs as part

of its corporate social responsibili-

ties as a corporate citizen.

Fables and Foliodesign house

Ms. Mona FadelConcept developer andGeneral Manager of Folio

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A visit to Dubai by interior design students from Virginia Commonwealth University - Qatar, which includes attendance of the Index Exhibition, a visit to Salam Internationals Modern Decoration Company (MDC) and the Ibn Battuta Mall counts for a worthy education. The trip gave an opportunity to the students to experience some of the most innovative interior design concepts ever seen in the region. At MDC, the students were shown the design details of furniture, adaptation of new colour trends and explanations of design solutions.

The slogan of Salam Omans LOreal Professional Division Products is Train our Dealers and the upshot is growth in business. Dealers are educated on the latest international concepts, have demonstrations on how they can attract more clients, serve them professionally, and

advise them to use LOreal products. The training programmes for 2006 resulted in more than 210 hairdressers being trained. Ms. Amani Shahine, LOreal Professional and Kerastase trainer heads Salams own LOreal Education Centre.

VCUQ Students visit Salam furniture factory

A young team of volunteers joined Reach Out to Asia (ROTA) on a mission to Lebanon. They delivered stationery and school bags as a gesture of friendship and support to their counterparts in Lebanon. Students from schools that were damaged or disrupted due to recent events in Lebanon received these gifts from ROTA team members and a young Qatari student volunteer group that included Aya Abu Issa.

Concerning the gesture, the Lebanese Minister of Higher Education said Reach out to Asia was an appropriate name given to an organization reaching from the heart of Qatar to the farthest regions of Asia, spreading seeds of goodness to those in need. The school supplies were bought with the funds donated during the Atfalouna Our Children

campaign and money raised by schools throughout Qatar.

As part of the one year awareness campaign handled jointly by the Organ Donation Department at Hamad Medical Corporation and SIIL, various road shows were arranged at many public places in Qatar. The road show includes booths setup in various venues around Doha - with informational yers and gift items. They were run by operational staff and nurses ready and willing to provide information in various languages to interested parties. The rst stop of the road show was

the City Center Mall on October 30 31, 2006. The second stop of the road show was Royal Plaza on November 16 17, 2006 near the Information Desk

on the main level. Next stops include Landmark Mall and Hyatt Plaza.

In aid of HMCs Organ donation department

Salam International, unde

r the companys corporate

social responsibility progra

mme, The Pillars, has

signed an agreement with

The Supreme Council for

Family Affairs to provide th

em with nancial support a

nd

equipment for

their recently

developed

Womens Centre

in Al Khor. The

Supreme Council

For Family Affairs

Womens

Department is

implementing

a programme

to empower

women in Al Khor

and the North

Region. Salam

Internationals

support includes the equip

ping of the training rooms

and lecture room for the Wo

mens Centre.

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Congratulations to Salam

Enterprises Qatar Sales

Executive Mr. Ahmed

Sabbah and Projects

Coordinator Mr. Mazen

Ataya for attending the

Holy Pilgrimage of Hajj.

Our CEO invited Salam Group management from both Qatar and the UAE to attend management sessions dedicated to discuss the Salam Group new business expansion strategy and the new

organisational structure. The November 2006 discussions were based on the work done by Mr. Walter Kleinschmit, a retail consultant to the group, facilitated by Mr. Suleiman Al Khateeb, SIIL Executive Director, Strategic Planning. The following

Executive Directors of Salam Group attended: Mr. Ibrahim Bitar, Mr. Ross Nicholas, Mr. Pierre Khoury, Mr. Bassam Abu Issa, and Mr. Hekmat Al Younis, CFO Salam Group, and Mr. Mukesh Vasandani, HR Training and Development SIIL - UAE.

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Dubai Grand Hyatt Hotels Al Baniyas Ballroom was the venue

for the festive Salam Iftar, where all Salam Ofce staff, including

personnel from the Perfume and Cosmetics Department and Hi

Rez celebrated. The 50 revelers and 10 guests invited had a special

and memorable evening.

Salam Dubai celebrates Iftar

Living Life to the fullestThrill seeker, sky diver and fun lover, Dima Abu Issa, daughter of our Vice Chairman and COO, Mr. Hussam Abu Issa, jumps from 13,000 feet in England.

Baby Girl Natalie born to Edward Al Shaa and Nadine Fattaleh, SIIL Cor-porate Marketing & Communications Manager on January 1, 2007.

Natalie

Haya

Baby Girl Maya born to SSS Qatar Graphic Artist Mr. Mustafa Ardity & Sales Associate Mrs. Rania El-Refai on December 10, 2006.

Maya

Baby Girl Haya born to Nohad Hallab and Lamies Miqdadi (Lamies was our previous HR coordinator at SIIL) on September 18, 2006.

Baby Boy Mohammed born to Salam Petroleum Mrs. Fadia Qassim, Administration on June 21, 2006.

Mohammed

JihanneBaby Girl Jihanne Nyah born to SSS Qatar GSD Assistant Mrs. Joan Thifanny Iigo on July 25, 2006.

Baby Boy Stanly Emmanuel born toSSS Qatar GSD Assistant Mrs. Ellen Grace Vistan on August 21, 2006.

Stanly Emmanuel

Mr. Iyad Touq Hasiba, SIIL Legal Advisor, completed a training course held in Doha from November 5 8, 2006 offered by the Arab Center for Arbitration in collaboration with the Qatar Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

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Bassel Dakkak

Bassel has joined us

as a new

Division Manager for

LOreal

CPD division in Oma

n. Bassel

comes from Lebanon w

ith

great experience in s

ales,

having worked with to

p FMCG

distributors like Vape

, Parmalat,

GSK, Nana etc. Basse

l is an

effective leader, who

is rich in

creativity, and someo

ne who

has ability to solve pr

oblems

and nd solutions to t

he most

complicated sales sit

uations. He

believes in team wor

k.

Bassel Dakkak

Bassel has joined us

as a new

Division Manager for

LOreal

CPD division in Oma

n. Bassel

comes from Lebanon w

ith

great experience in s

ales,

having worked with to

p FMCG

distributors like Vape

, Parmalat,

GSK, Nana etc. Basse

l is an

effective leader, who

is rich in

creativity, and someo

ne who

Hekmat Al YounisHekmat is our SIIL Deputy Chief Financial Ofcer for the UAE and will carry the authorities, duties and responsibilities as CFO for Salam Group of Companies & De Beers. The group of companies includes: Salam Studio & Stores Qatar, Salam Studio & Stores UAE, Salam Studio & Stores Oman, Salam operations in Kuwait and Jordan, Salam Group Doha, De Beers, and Adabisc. He joined Talal Abu Ghazaleh & Co in 1983 as an Auditor up to 1992 when he joined Salam as Accounts Manager for Salam Holdings. In 1996 he moved to Dubai as Finance & Administration Manager and was then promoted to Deputy CFO for Salam International UAE.

Hekmat Al YounisHekmat is our SIIL Deputy Chief Financial Ofcer for the UAE and will carry the authorities, duties and responsibilities as CFO for Salam Group of Companies & De Beers. The group of companies includes: Salam Studio & Stores Qatar, Salam Studio & Stores UAE, Salam Studio & Stores Oman,

Imthias Ahmed KoorImthias. joins Atelier 21 & MDC as Production Co-ordinator.

Imthias Ahmed KoorImthias. joins Atelier 21 & MDC as Production Co-ordinator.

Ibrahim Farraj

Ibrahim has joined SIIL as Deputy

Chief Financial Ofcer. He is a

Commerce Graduate with more

than 23 years of experience in

Finance. Ibrahim holds a BSc.

Degree in Accounting. He has

worked with Deloitte and Touch

for 10 years. In 1993 he joined Mid

Gulf International as Financial

Controller and Administration

Manager. Since 1991 Ibrahim

has been a member of the

Colorado American Institute of

Certied Public Accountants and

a member of the Colorado State

Accounting Society.

Fouad SouaidA new member of the S

SS

Oman team, Fouad has

joined as Traditional Channel

Development Manager. Fouad

is a young and enthusiastic

Lebanese who has worked in

the merchandising eld for

quite a while. In Lebanon,Fouad

raised the prole of the Matco

portfolio before moving to the

UAE, where he undertook the

Al Waseet newspaper customer

portfolio. Fouads main objective

is to develop all interior markets

and build the Salam portfolio in

Oman.

Jinane El Hage

Jinane is SSS Qatars new Brand

Manager. She holds a Bachelors

degree in Sales & Marketing

and has vast experience gained

in leading companies based in

Lebanon.

Abdul Rahim Mahmoud Promoted from Senior Supervisor to Credit & Collection Manager SSS Qatar.

Abdul Rahim MahmoudPromoted from Senior Supervisor to Credit & Collection Manager SSS Qatar.

Joseph StanlyPromoted from Senior Supervisor to Personnel Manager SSS Qatar.

Joseph StanlyPromoted from Senior Supervisor to Personnel Manager SSS Qatar.

Mahmoud Amin A Project Engineer by profession, Mahmoud is now part of the Atelier 21 & MDC teams.

Mahmoud Amin A Project Engineer by profession, Mahmoud is now part of the Atelier 21 & MDC teams.

Huguette S

ouaid

Huguette i

s our new

Oman Bran

d

Manager fo

r Mirato, Pa

ra Mi Bebe

,

Umbro, Be

ttina Barty

, and Chicc

o

products. H

uguette st

arted her c

areer

in Lebanon

at Maliks

bookshop,

a chain of s

tationary a

nd gadgets

distributor

s and retai

lers, as a

Marketing

Executive,

then shift

ed to

Matco. With

her great p

ersistence

,

wide publi

c relations

, creative

marketing

skills, and

leadership

capacity, sh

e was able

to boost th

e

awareness

of Matco pr

oducts all o

ver

Lebanon, m

aking her

rm one of t

he

leading play

ers in toilet

ries.

Huguette S

ouaid

Huguette i

s our new

Oman Bran

d

Manager fo

r Mirato, Pa

ra Mi Bebe

,

Umbro, Be

ttina Barty

, and Chicc

o

products. H

uguette st

arted her c

areer

in Lebanon

at Maliks

bookshop,

a chain of s

tationary a

nd gadgets

distributor

s and retai

lers, as a

Marketing

Executive,

then shift

ed to

Matco. With

her great p

ersistence

,

wide publi

c relations

, creative

marketing

skills, and

leadership

capacity, sh

e was able

to boost th

e

Mirna Fayad

Mirna has join

ed SSS Qatar

as

Perfume Supe

rvisor. She h

as

excellent expe

rience in Skin

Care and Cus

tomer Service

.

Oliver Jayaraj

Sales Executive, Oliver, ha

s

joined the SEN-Qatar team

.

Being a graduate in English

Literature, Oliver has

11 years fruitful experienc

e in

sales of educational produ

cts,

ooring materials,

wall coverings and furnitu

re

prior to joining Salam.

Oliver Jayaraj

Sales Executive, Oliver, ha

s

joined the SEN-Qatar team

.

Being a graduate in English

Literature, Oliver has

11 years fruitful experienc

e in

sales of educational produ

cts,

ooring materials,

wall coverings and furnitu

re

prior to joining Salam.

Joseph Stanly

Khubaib Hamdan Promoted from Senior Supervisor to General Services Manager SSS Qatar.

Khubaib Hamdan Promoted from Senior Supervisor to General Services Manager SSS Qatar.

Khubaib Hamdan

Walid Jamal Walid has begun work at A

telier

21 & MDC as Site Manager

and will be helping the team in

ongoing development work.

Walid Jamal Walid has begun work at A

telier

21 & MDC as Site Manager

and will be helping the team in

ongoing development work.

Nasseer ShadidNasseer joined Stream as Engineering Projects Manager, accountable for the development

of the Electromechanical Contracting activities of the company. He is a graduate with a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from RWTH in Aachen, Germany in 1983 and has

23 years extensive experience in industrial and contracting business. His optimistic endurance, complex intellectual capacity, extensive experience and achievements from diverse facets will surely assist him in this new role.

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A Warm Welcome to the Salam Family!

Congratulations to all of you from your extended Salam Family!

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Ala Mahmoud

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Salam Plaza

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A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. What food might this contain? The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house.! The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it. The mouse turned to the sheep and told him, There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house! The sheep sympathized, but said, I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers.

The mouse turned to the cow and said There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house! The cow said, Wow, Mr. Mouse. Im sorry for you, but its no skin off my nose. So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmers mousetrap alone. That very night a sound was heard throughout the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmers wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmers wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital, and she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soups main ingredient.

But his wifes sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the sheep. The farmers wife did not get well; she died. So many people came for her funeral; the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them. The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesnt concern you, remember -- when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another. REMEMBER EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSONS TAPESTRY; OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.

But his wifes sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the sheep. The farmers wife did not get well; she died. So many people came for her funeral; the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them. The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesnt concern you, remember -- when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to

REMEMBER EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSONS TAPESTRY; OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress at work and in life.

Offering his guests coffee , the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite, telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:

If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is

just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.

What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups. And then you began eyeing each others cups. Now consider this. Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not dene, nor change the quality of life we live.

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.

God brews the coffee, not the cups..Enjoy your Coffee!!

The happiest people dont have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. He saw your laptop and wants to know

if he can check his Hotmail.

Welcome to the IT age!!

One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet and a sign that read: I am blind, please help.

A creative publicist was walking by and stopped to observe. He saw that the blind man had only a few coins in his hat. He dropped in more coins and, without asking for permission, took the sign and rewrote it. He returned the sign to the blind man and left. That afternoon the publicist

returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was full of bills and coins.

The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if it was he who had written his sign and wanted to know what he had written on it.

The publicist responded: Nothing that was not true. I just wrote the message a little differently. He smiled and went on his way.

The new sign read : Today

is Spring and I cannot see

it. Sometimes we need to change

our strategy. If we always do what weve always done, well always get what weve always gotten.

And remember too, sometimes its not WHAT we say, its HOW we say it !!!!


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2007- Q1 Newsletter