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THURSDAY, October 29, 2015 / 15 Muharram 1437 AH timesofoman.com wtimesofoman.com facebook.com/timesofoman twitter.com/timesofoman blog.timesofoman.com ISO 9001:2008 Certifi ed Company
On the occasion of the 7th National Day
FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN
Oman has continued to play a full part on the international scene in co-operation with all like-minded countries, in the defence of the freedom and dignity of mankind.
‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’
Staggering cost of flash rains revealed
REJIMON [email protected]
MUSCAT: Even though it rained for only two hours, it left a trail of death and destruction in Oman, which is grappling with the stag-gering fi nancial cost of Septem-ber’s fl ash fl oods.
Data issued by the Capital Mar-
ket Authority (CMA) shows that compensation paid by insurance companies reached more than OMR3.6 million after it rained heavily for two hours on Septem-ber 4 this year.
The heavy rainfall damaged vehicles and property, along with roads, and machines used for ex-ecuting a number of government
and private projects. The report also revealed that engineering insurance claims topped the list, compared with other insurance products related to the size of paid compensation for individuals and aff ected parties as it exceeded OMR2 million for 59 per cent of the total loss that was estimated to be OMR3.6m.
Vehicle insurance of two types; comprehensive and third party came in second in terms of the size of paid compensation that reached OMR1 million for 22 per cent of the total loss.
Property insurance came in third, with 18 per cent of the total losses caused by rains.
The report also added that paid compensation covered losses to
contractors of construction and engineering projects and would only cover the loss to equipment and materials at the work site.
In light of this information, CMA has stressed on the im-portance of coordinating eff orts with institutions concerned to promote the basic structure of emergency management result-ing from rains.
Combined eff ortsCalling vehicle owners to adopt caution and not to enter wadis (valleys) during fl ooding, the CMA statement said, “Combined eff orts to evaluate drainage chan-nels, open drains for streaming and collected water in allies and residential areas as these are con-
sidered the basic tools for risk management.”
Meanwhile, a top offi cial at an insurance fi rm said most of the ve-hicle losses were due to careless-ness, which ended up with the in-surers paying for the total losses.
“From our experience, we found that several claims could have been avoided if proper attention was given,” Philip K Philip, chief executive offi cer of the Muscat Insurance Company and Muscat Life Assurance Company, told the Times of Oman (TOO).
However, he said the motor comprehensive policy is ex-pected to cover all loss or dam-age arising out of unforeseen events, including adverse weather conditions.>A7
Rains in September caused OMR3.6million
loss to insurance fi rms, which calls for the
need to boost emergency response measures
FLOODED WADI: Heavy rains damaged vehicles, roads and equipment. – Supplied photo
OMANAiling girl Basma to leave for India today
1Basma Mohammad Faisal, the fi ve-year-old girl, is fi nally fl ying to India on
Thursday morning. >A3
OMANDar Al Atta’a Big Book Sale on October 31
2Dar Al Atta’a’s “Let’s Read” initiative has decided to start “Big Book
Sale” event to be held on last Saturday of every month. >A4
OMANShura members to elect new chairman
3Newly elected Shura members would be invited to select the
chairman and two deputy chairmen. >A6
T O P T H R E E I N S I D E S T O R I E S
C7Radhika Hamlai advancing her art
Platform to tap youth passionELHAM [email protected]
MUSCAT: “Doing nothing for others is undoing yourself”. This quote aptly sums up the passion that has brought together youths to create an online platform aimed at tapping the potential for volun-teer work in Oman.
Today we feature Oman-Volunteers as part of Times of Oman’s #OmanPride campaign. The group, which was offi cially launched at Bait Al Zubair on Tuesday, matches volunteers with volunteering opportunities in the community across Oman through
crowd sourcing. The platform can be accessed at www.omanvolun-teers.org. The initiative is powered by the Global Shapers Community (GSC) Muscat Hub, which strives to tackle some of the most press-ing problems in the community
through new projects. A World Economic Forum initiative, GSC is a global network of local com-munities or hubs, led by young people, who are exceptional in their potential, their achievements and their drive to make a contribu-tion to their community.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Sayyid Mohamed Al Said, chief executive of the IBD Group, who was the guest of hon-our, said leaders of the future are those, who do not sit idly and take action to make a diff erence to the world. These are also people, who touch the lives of others in a soci-ety, he noted. >A7
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39 Omran projects under executionELHAM [email protected]
MUSCAT: Thirty-nine Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran) projects are in various stages of design, construction or tendering, said the company’s acting Chief Executive Offi cer and Chief Operations Offi cer.
Some of the projects that Om-ran is currently involved in in-clude a mega real-estate project called Madinat Al Irfan, the W
Hotel, Wadi Bani Habib and the Al Hoota Cave redevelopment, as well as Atana Musandam, Omran CEO and COO, Ali bin Nasser Al Rasbi, said at the Oman Projects Forum on Wednesday.
Work is also ongoing at Saraya Bandar Jissah, the Oman Con-vention and Exhibition Centre, the Duqm frontier town and Ras Al Hadd development, he said, adding that the company plans to create rest areas along the roads as well. >A4
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REJIMON [email protected]
MUSCAT: A low pressure in the Arabian Sea has devel-oped into a tropical depres-sion with wind surface speed of 20-25 knots, Oman mete-orological department said. “The depression is 1,100km from the Oman coast and it may deepen into a deep depression in next 24 hours,” the met statement added.
Denying two depressions, a senior meteorologist from Accuweather.com said that right now there is only one system in the Arabian Sea.
“The Indian Meteorologi-cal Department has catego-rised it as a tropical depres-sion. It would be named as Chapala and models show it impacting Yemen and west-ern Oman around November 2,” Jason Nicholls from Ac-cuweather.com, said.
Arabian Sea low develops into tropical depression
HM sends greetings to Turkey, Guatemala
MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey, on the occa-sion of the 92nd anniversary of the declaration of the Republic.
In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere congratulations along with his best wishes of good health and happiness to President Erdogan and the people of Turkey further progress and prosperity.
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has also sent a cable of congratulations to President Jimmy Morales on the occa-sion of winning the presidential elections of Guatemala.
In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere congratulations along with his best wishes of success to Presi-dent Morales in leading the people of Guatemala towards further progress and growth and further progress to the bilateral relations between the two coun-tries. -ONA
HM receives message from Somalia > A7
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Ailing Basma set to leave for India
Times News Service
MUSCAT: Basma Mohammad Faisal, the fi ve-year-old girl who is suff ering from multiple disor-ders, is fi nally fl ying to India for further treatment, on Thursday morning.
She will be boarding an Oman Air fl ight to Chennai, India, along with her parents, after being dis-charged from the Royal Hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
“We are very happy that I will be fi nally going to India for her treatment,” her father, Moham-mad Faisal Raza, said.
Speaking to the Times of Oman
(TOO), Syed Zia Akhtar, assistant manager, International Patients Assistance Center, Global Health City, said the patient will arrive in Chennai on Thursday at 4pm.
“We have arranged an ambu-lance for the little girl and anoth-er car for the family to come to the hospital from the airport,” he said. An apartment near the hospital has been booked for the family’s
stay. “Our liver transplant team has already gone through the re-ports for the patient. The child has a cirrhotic liver, with high serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). With a background problem in chronic liver disease, along with biliary system issues, it is essen-tial for Basma to undergo a liver transplant operation,” he added.
Her father also said the little girl had become very weak in the last one week as she had not been taking any food. “Let’s hope that she is cured so that we can return to Oman quickly,” he said.
Responding to a Times of Oman tweet about her story, Indian Ex-ternal Aff airs Minister Sushma Swaraj had tweeted last week, “We have issued a visa for Bas-ma’s surgery in India. We wish her a speedy recovery”.
The fi ve-year-old has been un-able to eat food due to a blockage in the passageway connecting her liver to the pancreas.
The family’s elder daughter, Asfa Mohammed Faisal, had died on December 6, 2004 from cir-rhosis of the liver.
The Pakistani girl will be boarding an Oman
Air fl ight to Chennai, India, along with her
parents, after being discharged from the
Royal Hospital on Wednesday afternoon
JOURNEY OF HOPE: The girl will arrive in Chennai in India on Thursday at 4pm, said Syed Zia
Akhtar, assistant manager, International Patients Assistance Center, Global Health City. – AR Rajkumar
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OMAN OMR1is what one pays for a paperback from a
great selection of fact and fi ction for all
family at Oman’s fi rst charity bookshop
Dar Al Atta’a Big Book Sale event set to return
Times News Service
MUSCAT: Charitable organisation Dar Al Atta’a’s “Let’s Read” initia-tive has decided to reinstate the “Big Book Sale” event to be held on the last Saturday of every month.
“The Big Book Sale” event will commence from October 31 at the Al Qurum Complex and will be held on the last Saturday of each month. It will be held on Saturday, October 31 this month, from 10am to 1pm. “There will hundreds of great books for adults and children,” the organis-ers said. The “Let’s Read” bookshop also plans to start a Teen Book Club that will meet at the shop every two weeks, commencing from Wednes-day, November 4 from 5pm to 6pm. “If teenagers are interested in join-ing, they can contact us at: [email protected],” said Jane Jaff er of the “Let’s Read” initiative.
TimingsShe added, “Come and visit Oman’s fi rst charity bookshop, we have a great selection of fact and fi ction for all family paperbacks for OMR1 and hardbacks for OMR2. All the pro-ceeds can go to Maktabati, Oman’s fi rst mobile library and the ‘Let’s Read’ campaign to promote the love of reading among children in Oman. Our location is shop 116, fi rst fl oor, the Al Qurum Complex and our opening hours are between 10am
and 1pm and from 5pm to 8pm Sat-urday to Thursday and from 5pm to 8pm on Friday”.
The bookshop is Oman’s fi rst char-ity bookshop, which has both fact and fi ction books. It is also planning to start some programmes aimed at en-couraging good reading habits among children and teens. Dar Al Atta’a’s “Let’s Read” campaign has been pro-moting love for reading among chil-dren in Oman since 2007.
The campaign’s committee achieves its aims in a variety of ways, by setting up play rooms, libraries and reading areas in hospitals, schools and nurseries. Each month, it col-lects used books and holds a sale at Al Qurum Complex. It also conducts story-telling sessions in schools and buys books and distributes them among children in the outlying areas. Every year, it holds a “Big Book Day” event that includes literacy activities and story-telling sessions.
The campaign’s annual Children’s Writing Competition attracts hun-dreds of entries from all over the country. Many winning entries have been published. Speaking about de-veloping reading habits in children, Jaff er said, “Children need to enjoy reading. Because the more they read, the more they will learn. The sim-plest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity.”
The ‘Big Book Sale’ event will commence
at the Al Qurum Complex and will be
held on the last Saturday of each month
IN GOOD COMPANY: Let’s Read bookshop is also planning to start
some programmes aimed at encouraging good reading habits
among children and teens. – Supplied photo
20 arrested on drug charges
Times News Service
MUSCAT: An Omani national was arrested on charges of pos-sessing and dealing in drugs. The arrest was made by ROP’s Directorate of Narcotics Control of North Al Batinah in Wilayat of Saham.
Offi cers found 31 heroin cap-sules in his possession.
Meanwhile, police arrested 19 individuals in separate cases dur-ing last week in North Al Batinah for possession of drugs.
All suspects have been sent to the public prosecution for fur-ther investigations.
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Tourism strategy
Al Rasbi said Omran has under-gone restructuring and has de-veloped a new strategy to help enhance the contribution of the tourism sector to the economy as a main source of sustainability and aims to become the ‘developer of choice’ in the Sultanate.
Omran’s activities are focused on development, asset manage-ment and investment, the of-fi cial said, adding that the com-pany believes in public-private partnership.
The company has three sub-sidiaries, namely the Oman Her-itage Development Company (Thurathana), the Oman Project Management and Development Company (Bunyan) and the Na-tional Omani Hospitality Com-pany (Dhiaff a).
Omran has always been com-mitted to supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and adopting corporate social re-sponsibility (CSR) initiatives, Al Rasbi noted.
In another presentation, an offi cial from the Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC)
said travel and tourism is fore-cast to support 116,000 jobs in Oman by 2024, citing a report published by the World Travel and Tourism Council.
It means that this sector will account for 8.4 per cent of total employment in the country, said Nagy Abu Zeid, senior manager, Strategy and Development.
According to the report, the total contribution of travel and tourism to gross domestic prod-uct (GDP) is forecast to rise to OMR3,886.3 million by 2024.
The offi cial also said aviation in Oman is developing to be-come one of the biggest industry sectors contributing to Oman’s economy, GDP and workforce.
Around 60 percent of world’s population lives within eight hours fl ying distance of Oman, he said, adding, “Key stake-holders have to collaborate to foster the Omani aviation sec-tor for sustainable long-term development.”
“We expect 10 million pas-sengers in 2015,” said the senior manager from OAMC.
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HM receives greetings from Sudanese president
MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received a cable of greetings from Field Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir, President of the Re-public of Sudan, while crossing the Omani airspace.
In his cable, Field Marshal Al Bashir expressed his sincere greetings to His Majesty the Sultan, praying to Allah the Al-mighty to grant His Majesty a good health and happiness and
the Omani people further pro-gress and prosperity.
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said replied to the Suda-nese President by thanking him for his good initiative and sin-cere feelings.
His Majesty the Sultan ex-pressed his sincere greetings and his best wishes to the Presi-dent and the brotherly Sudanese people, wishing him a successful journey and a safe return. -ONA
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The internal regulation of Majlis Al Shura has made a decision with regard to articles from 91 to 98- executive measures for the holding of the extraordinary session
Sheikh Ali bin Nasser Al Mahrouqi, Majlis Al Shura Secretary-General
Shura to elect new chairman, deputy chiefs
MUSCAT: Newly elected Shura members would be invited to attend the extraordinary meet-ing to select the chairman and two deputy chairmen as per the provisions of the Royal Decree No. 99/2011, Majlis Al Shura
Secretary-General Sheikh Ali bin Nasser Al Mahrouqi said.
He added that this meeting comes as per the provisions of the Article No. 58 biz and Article No. 12 of the Basic Law of the State, which states that “in response to
an invitation from His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Majlis Al Shura will hold an extraordinary session to select the chairman and two deputy chairmen for the eighth term. The selection would be made with absolute majority”.
Internal regulationHe also pointed out that the inter-nal regulation of Majlis Al Shura has made a decision with regard to Articles from 91 to 98- execu-tive measures for the holding of the extraordinary session.
He affi rmed that Majlis Al Shu-ra has already started a number of meetings to prepare for this event and to ensure its success. A com-mittee has been formed to regu-larise the session and to ensure the success of the forum.
The total number of Majlis Al Shura members, who were elect-ed by people in their wilayats for the eighth term, is 85. -ONA
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Moonlight dinner at Shangri-LaTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Set by the seaside and lit up under the full moon, the stage was set perfectly for a unique experience. Backed by popular demand, Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa brought back their Full Moon Beach Din-ner at Al Bandar’s sandy beach on Tuesday night.
Following the previous success and popularity of the Full Moon Beach Dinners, the resort decided to bring back these evenings as part of their new seasonal signa-ture events and will be hosting
the evening every month on the fi rst full moon.
Bay of Al JissahGuests are invited to dine under the moonlight overlooking the beautiful Bay of Al Jissah where they experience a truly unique setting on the beachfront of the Al Bandar Hotel with the majestic mountainous backdrop.
The evening will feature an extensive buff et consisting of Arabic mezzeh, freshest seafood, premium meat cuts, fi nest mixed grills and a wide range of tempt-ing sweet delights.
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Wadia Hamza, head of interac-tions and the community lead of GSC in the Middle East and North Africa, said GSC aims to repre-sent ‘the voice of the youth’ and is proof that they should be consid-ered part of the solution and not be seen as part of the problem.
The Muscat Hub has raised the bar very high for other groups by launching the Oman Volunteers project, he said, adding that volun-teers can make a positive impact on others’ lives.
Rumaitha Al Busaidi, curator of the Muscat Hub, said the online platform seeks to ‘capture the spir-
it of volunteerism’ in Oman, build capacity through volunteering and mobilise the power of volunteers to positively aff ect the community.
The fact that people can dis-cover their passion, enhance their skills and fi nd new opportunities through volunteer activities was highlighted at the event, attended by representatives from a public and private sectors.
Eman Rafay, the Oman Volun-teers project lead, said people can utilise volunteering opportunities listed on the platform according to their passion, skills, location, schedule and the causes they care
for. “The idea for Oman Volun-teers came in two folds; fi rstly, when I realised how underutilised the internet was in our commu-nity for social good, even though everyone was connected 24/7. Secondly, when I saw the consid-erable amounts of free time young people had while waiting for em-ployment”, she said.
Rafay encourages people to sign up as volunteers on the website and also has organisations and ini-tiatives post areas in which they need volunteers to make the Oman Volunteers platform a long-term and sustainable network.
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‘There are many ways to reduce losses from fl ood’
“In the meantime, those insured are expected to act as if they are uninsured, taking reasonable care of their property,” he added.
Commenting on the mate-rial damage or losses caused at project sites, the offi cial said it could not be considered as care-lessness; unless no precaution-ary measures were taken by the property owner despite advance weather warnings.
When asked whether the in-surance companies would pay for those who risked their life and cross wadis in cars, the offi cial said if it was proved that the driver was crossing a fl ooded wadi purpose-fully, that it was a deliberate act; the claim would be rejected.
“But the onus of proving wheth-er it is a deliberate act falls on the insurer and this could probably be a diffi cult thing to prove,” he fur-ther said.
Another insurance company offi cial said every claimant should satisfy the insurance companies’ standard check list, such as the identifi cation of risks and factors and measures undertaken to mit-igate the identifi ed risk.
“On the basis of the checklist requirements, we will decide whether we should pay for those claimants who were also careless during the rains,” Santosh Kurien, general manager at New Oman Insurance, told Times of Oman.
About good faithThe offi cial said claims made by those, who have parked their cars in wadis, will also be settled be-cause insurance is all about good faith. “However, insurance com-panies will identify such locations and areas and get police help to ensure that no parking sign boards are put in such areas to avoid fu-ture claims of careless parking in wadis,” the offi cial added.
Speaking about the engineering insurance claims, the offi cial said the cost of large commercial prop-erty and engineering claims is ris-ing, with the trend leaning towards ever higher values and risks that
are increasingly interconnected and concentrated in areas with ex-posure to natural hazards.
Expensive aff air“A property insurance claim to-day is four to fi ve times more ex-pensive than it would have been in the past. The value per square foot of an insured building is be-coming higher and higher, which is helping push up the cost of some large property claims,” the offi cial added.
Meanwhile, Mark Pudwell, training manager at Competence HR, said it is fair to say that nei-ther insurance companies nor its clients have any infl uence on weather conditions, but just like the approach to any hazardous situations, we are all in a position to mitigate the risks presented by Mother Nature.
“The eff ects of severe weather conditions are usually extremely disruptive and result in the loss of life and property, particularly in Oman, where rain water rushes down the Hajar Mountains into wadis causing widespread fl ood-ing and damage. This all inevita-bly leads to a huge impact on the
economy in the form of insurance claims, rebuilding costs of essen-tial services, vehicle losses, lost production time and the loss of life,” Pudwell said.
According to him, there are many ways in which the eff ects of a deluge can be mitigated that in-clude carrying out environmental and geographical studies prior to awarding construction contracts, which can show whether such ar-eas are prone to fl ooding.
Reducing impact“Insurance companies may base their premium assessment on such information, increasing pre-miums in those areas or refusing to cover them at all,” Pudwell said.
“The companies need to fully investigate claims for motor ve-hicle losses following storms to ensure that the loss was unavoid-able and in cases where the loss was due to carelessness or stu-pidity, and should not pay up pro-vided this is clearly stated within the terms and conditions of the coverage. We cannot stop nature from taking its course, but we can reduce its impact in economic terms,” he added.
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RISING COST: The cost of large commercial property and engi-
neering claims is rising. – File photo
HM RECEIVES MESSAGE FROM SOMALI PRESIDENTHis Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said received a written message from Somali President
Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, dealing with the bilateral relations and the means of enhancing
cooperation. The message was received by Yousef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister Respon-
sible for Foreign Aff airs, when he received in his offi ce here yesterday Dawood Mohammed
Omar, Advisor to the President of Somalia for Mineral Resources. -ONA
The idea for Oman Volunteers came in two folds; fi rstly, when I realised how underutilised the internet was in our community for social good, even though everyone was connected 24/7
Eman Rafay, Project lead Oman Volunteers
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Milan prosecutors asked that the investigation into Abdelmajid Touil’s alleged connection to the March 18 attack in Tunis — in which 21 tourists were shot dead — be dropped for lack of evidence
Judicial sources
Saudi-led allies bomb Houthis
DUBAI: Warplanes from a Saudi-led alliance bombed the Houthi movement through-out Yemen on Wednesday and dropped weapons for its allies battling the group in the south-western city of Taiz.
Taiz, Yemen’s third largest city, has become a major front in the coalition’s northward push toward the capital.
Coalition planes have dropped weapons to militias fi ghting ar-tillery and heavy machine gun duels with the Houthis in civilian neighbourhoods there.
“Coalition forces supplied the resistance with a quantity of high-quality weapons which landed in the south of the city in an area under our control,” a sen-
ior militia leader told Reuters.Air strikes also hit military
bases and Houthi combat po-sitions in Taiz, Sanaa and the Western Red Sea port of Hodai-da, residents said. Many of the raids targeting facilities that
have already been hit dozens of times throughout the mostly in-conclusive seven-month war.
Deadlocked“The confl ict is totally dead-locked,” Yemeni analyst Farea Al Muslimi said.
“There’s no political solution around the corner and both sides are settling scores with each oth-er with impunity as civilians are stuck in the middle.” — Reuters
Coalition planes also
dropped weapons
for its allies battling
Houthi rebels in the
Yemeni city of Taiz
Italy refuses to extradite suspect in Tunisian museum attack caseMILAN: An Italian court on Wednesday refused to extradite a Moroccan man suspected of having supplied weapons for the attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunisia ear-lier this year because he might face the death penalty in the case.
Italy refuses to extradite sus-pects to any country if there is a risk they could be executed for the crime. Separately, Milan prosecu-tors asked that the investigation into Abdelmajid Touil’s alleged connection to the March 18 at-tack in Tunis — in which 21 tour-ists were shot dead — be dropped for lack of evidence, judicial sources said.
“The most serious crimes the accused faces are punished by death according to the Tunisian penal code,” said Giovanni Canzio, the president of the Milan court of appeals. “Capital punishment im-pedes extradition because it is not foreseen by Italian law.”
No guaranteeTunisia had not given Italy any guarantee that Touil would not face the death penalty, Canzio said and ordered the release of the Moroccan after more than fi ve months in custody.
There was no immediate com-ment from Tunisia.
Touil came to Italy on a migrant boat from Libya in February, be-fore the attack, and was arrested in Milan in May under an interna-tional arrest warrant.
Touil was 22 at the time of his arrest and denied any involvement in the assault.
A Tunisian government offi cial said Touil had supplied arms to the militants prior to the attack and then boarded a boat for Italy.
His case fuelled fears that mili-tants could be among the hundreds of thousands of migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean by boat to enter Europe in the past two years. — Reuters
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THE RUINS: A Yemeni man carries his bags through the ruins of
buildings destroyed in an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition in
the capital Sanaa on Wednesday. – AFP
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India ranks eighth in minority investors’ protectionWASHINGTON: India is ranked eighth globally when it comes to protection of minority investors, ahead of many developed econo-mies including the US, Germany and Japan.
China is ranked much lower at 134th and India is ranked best among all BRICS countries.
This is part of the latest ‘Doing
Business 2016’ report of the World Bank that covers 189 economies and where India’s overall rank-ing for ease of doing business has remained low at 130th position, despite an improvement since the last year.
The sub-ranking for protecting minority investors is topped by Singapore, New Zealand and Hong
Kong jointly at the fi rst position.Malaysia and the UK share the
fourth position, followed by Can-ada (6th rank) and Slovenia (7th). This is the only sub-ranking where India fi gures among the top-ten countries globally and refl ects the reforms carried out with regard to regulations for companies and capital markets including by the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and the Ministry of Corporate Aff airs.
India shares the eighth position with Albania, Ireland, Israel, Mon-golia and Korea with regard to the protection of minority investors.
While India’s ranking has re-mained the same from the last year, the country is still ahead of
many developed and major devel-oping nations.
The annual report, that assesses ease of doing business activities in 189 economies, has ranked India at the 130th spot in overall ranking that is based on ten factors, includ-ing protection of minority inves-tors. India has improved overall position from 142nd rank last year
and the same ranking rose to 134 after taking into data corrections.
The ranking is based on ten fac-tors — starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minor-ity investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. - PTI
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Modi discusses tradewith African leaders
NEW DELHI: Minister Naren-dra Modi on Wednesday held bi-lateral talks with heads of several African nations during which UN reforms, combating challenge of terrorism and boosting trade and investment, particularly in oil and gas sector, fi gured prominently.
The African leaders appreci-ated India’s development projects in the continent and sought deep-ening of ties in diverse sectors including health care, education and capacity building.
In his meeting, South African President Jacob Zuma strongly called for reform of global gov-ernance system and said the UN structure which was set up after the second world war cannot re-main relevant in 21st century.
He said it was important that all like minded countries come together to ensure reform of the UN, particularly the UN Secu-rity Council, observing that many confl icts in the world including the Syrian crisis could not be re-solved because of veto powers of the UNSC member countries, sources in the Ministry of Exter-nal Aff airs said.
The heads of state and govern-ment of African countries are here to participate in the India Af-rica Forum Summit on Thursday.
Threat of terrorismThere was a detailed discussion between Zuma and Modi on ways to tackle threat of terrorism, with both stressing that there was a need for concrete strategy to fi ght the menace in a united way.
The South African leader said
coming together of African coun-tries with India showed to the world that they no longer are dependent on former colonial powers. The prime minister also met Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, and Chairman of African Union. Both the leaders discussed issues of common in-terest, including UN reforms and the threat of terrorism.
Mugabe is the co-chair for the India Africa Forum Summit, and the two leaders reviewed the preparations for the Summit.
The prime minister also met President John Dramani Ma-hama of Ghana during which both sides reviewed the “warm” bilateral ties.
Growing bilateral trade came up for discussion and both leaders stressed on the need to step up en-gagement in sectors like agricul-ture, IT, skill development, cyber security and maritime security.
The prime minister met King of Swaziland Mswati III.
The King spoke of his vision for his country’s development, in-cluding areas such as infrastruc-ture, renewable energy and skill development and sought India’s assistance. The prime minister complimented the Swaziland
King on his leadership and vi-sion, and off ered assistance in the country’s development.
Modi also met Boni Yayi, Presi-dent of Beni and both the leaders deliberated on growing economic relationship between the two countries, particularly in areas of agricultural, power generation, water supply and transportation.
In the meeting between Modi and President of Nigeria Muham-madu Buhari, issues relating to India’s oil exploration projects in that country were discussed be-sides cooperation in defence co-operation.
The issue of UN reforms also fi gured.
During the meeting between Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya, and the prime minister, areas of cooperation including healthcare, infrastructure and mutual trade and economic rela-tions came up for discussion.
The historical ties between the two countries and the large In-
dian diaspora in Kenya were men-tioned. Terrorism and UN reform also came up for discussion.
The Prime Minister also met the President of Uganda, Yoheri Museveni, and the two leaders discussed ways to enhance pros-perity and mutual understanding between the two countries.
Growth opportunitiesIndian External Aff airs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Wednes-day that Indian companies must invest in African countries as they off er resources and growth op-portunities that can be a win-win situation for both sides,
Sharing her experience after meeting visiting foreign ministers of African nations, Indian exter-nal aff airs minister said countries in that continent off er immense business and investment oppor-tunities for India.
“Nowhere is the impact of economic growth and develop-ment as visible as in Africa... The day you combine your strength with their needs, that would be a win-win situation for both... their needs would be fulfi lled and you would make money,” she said while addressing the India-Africa Business Forum here. - PTI
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appreciated India’s
development projects
in the continent and
sought deepening of
ties in diverse sectors
including healthcare,
education and
capacity building
Lobbying for net neutrality: Zuckerberg
NEW DELHI: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednes-day said his fi rm is working on an open framework and contin-ues to ‘lobby’ for net neutrality even as its plan to provide free Internet access to people under Free Basics programme faces criticism. “We do a lot to sup-port (net neutrality) in terms of regulations, we are working on building an open framework...” Zucerkerberg said, while speak-ing at Townhall at IIT- Delhi.
“We lobby for it (net neutral-ity) across the world but at the same time, we continue to push for access.” he added.
Facebook’s Internet.org plat-form, which was recently re-branded as Free Basics, has come under fi re from Internet activ-ists for violating the principle of net neutrality that is against any priority being accorded to an entity in Internet traffi c fl ow on account of payments to service providers like telecom companies. - PTI
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WARM GREETINGS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Chairperson of African Union
Commission Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on Wednesday. - PTI
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Naidu: Misinformation
campaign on against
central government
NEW DELHI: Facing fl ak over “growing intolerance”, the Centre on Wednesday said a “misinfor-mation campaign” is on to blame it for incidents outside its pur-view and accused the opposition of “showing intolerance” towards the people’s mandate for Modi government.
Putting up a strong defence of the government, which has been criticised over the Dadri lynching and beef row, Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said “some are trying to mislead and some are misled”, arguing that such inci-dents happened earlier too and the government has condemned them. Naidu said all the debate about beef and such issues was limited to some English media and others were not “bothered about this at all”.
“The government is not at fault for any of these things. Law and order is a state subject. How can anybody be unfair and criticise the government of India for some-thing happening in UP, something happening in Karnataka....How can they try to link the prime min-ister with all the things, I am un-able to understand.
“There is a misinformation campaign going on. I will only say that some are misled and some
are trying to mislead because of the propaganda. In this country of 120 crore, such incidents hap-pened earlier also, they have hap-pened in the recent past and they are condemnable.
“The party has condemned them. The government has con-demned it and the prime min-ister himself has come out very strongly,” he said.
Hitting back at critics who have blamed the government for the alleged growing intolerance, Naidu said wryly that it was true that there was growing intoler-ance and added that it was among those who had lost elections.
Congress is not able to digest the reality that they have lost power, he said.
“They are becoming more and more intolerant towards the mandate of the people. People have given a clear cut mandate to Narendra Modi and these people do not want Parliament to func-tion,” he said, attacking Congress.
The opposition party does not want him to do well internation-ally, he said. Naidu also rejected criticism of Delhi Police by Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy over police entering Kerala House following a complaint that beef was being served there. - PTI
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53% voting in Bihar polls phase 3
PATNA: Women outnumbered men as an estimated 53.32 per cent voter turnout was recorded in 50 assembly constituencies spread across six districts of eastern In-dian state of Bihar which went to the polls in the third phase on Wednesday.
Chief Electoral Offi cer Ajay V. Nayak told reporters that Buxar
recorded maximum 56.58 per cent voter turnout, while Patna saw minimum 51.82 per cent voting.
Continuing with the earlier pat-tern, women outnumbered men in exercising franchise.
While women voter turnout in Wednesday’s polling was 54 per cent it was 52.50 for men, he said.
Nayak said 59 persons were ar-
rested during the day.Besides, 38 motorcycles, two
country-made pistols and six car-tridges were seized by the security personnel. Voting was, however, peaceful. He said a 123-year old lady cast vote on booth number 101 in Taraiya Assembly seat in Saran district. On Wednesday’s polling percentage was nearly three per
cent more than the total voting percentage in the 2010 state as-sembly poll but is less than the fi rst two phases of balloting.
The fi rst phase of polling on Oc-tober 12 witnessed 57 per cent vot-ers turnout and 54.5 per cent in the second phase on October 16.
Giving details, the CEO said Saran recorded 52.50 per cent turnout, Vaishali 54.82 per cent, Nitish Kumar’s home district Na-landa 54.11 per cent, Patna 51.82 per cent, Bhojpur 53.30 per cent and Buxar 56.58 per cent.
Kumar, who cast his vote at a polling booth at Bakhtiyarpur, faced protests from a section of the people agitating over the death of a girl allegdly due to lack of proper medical facility in the area.
Other prominent personali-ties who exercised their franchise during the day included Governor Ram Nath Kovind and his wife
Savita, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejaswi and senior BJP leader Sushil Ku-mar Modi.
Union Minister Ravishankar Prasad arrived at the polling booth on an e-rickshaw with his mother.
Union Minister of State Ram-kripal Yadav rode a motorcycle to a booth here to cast his vote.
Polling ended at 4pm in ten con-stituencies due to security reasons and at 5pm in the remaining 40.
Stakes are high for grand secular alliance and NDA in this round of polling. In the last Assembly poll in 2010 JD(U) had won 23 seats while BJP had won on 19 out of the 50 constituencies.
Eight seats had been bagged by RJD. But this time with a change in equation the scene is diff erent.
From grand secular alliance, RJD is contesting in maximum 25 seats, JD(U) 18 and Congress 7 in the third phase.
From NDA, BJP is fi ghting on 34, LJP 10, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) 4 and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) 2.
Among those whose political
fates were decided on Wednesday are Lalu Prasad’s sons Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejaswi Yadav at Ma-hua and Raghopur seats respec-tively in Vaishali district.
Other prominent contestants on Wednesday were BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav (Patna Sahib), min-isters Shyam Rajak and Shrawan Kumar from Phulwari and Nalan-da seats respectively.
Prasad’s political turf Saran, which has 10 assembly seats, and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s home district Nalanda which has a total seven seats went to the polls on Wednesday.
There were a total of 1,45,93,980 voters for the 50 seats where the fates of 808 candidates, includ-ing 71 women,were decided on Wednesday. Voting on 81 seats have already been completed in the fi rst two phases on October 12 and October 16.
Two more rounds of polling would be held on November one and November fi ve for the rest of the 112 seats of the 243-seat Bihar Assembly and results would be de-clared on November eight. - PTI
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franchise. Women
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per cent and it was
52.50 for men VOTING DAY: Voters click selfi es after casting their vote during the
third phase of Bihar assembly polls, in Patna on Wednesday. - PTI
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Turkey to provide 34 T-37 aircraft free of cost
ISLAMABAD: Turkey will pro-vide 34 T-37 aircraft and their spare parts to Pakistan free of cost in a landmark deal signed between the two countries in Ankara, an offi cial announcement said on Wednesday.
On Pakistan’s desire of acquir-ing the aircraft, Turkey decided to provide 34 T-37, a jet trainer and light attack aircraft, without charging a single penny, said the defence ministry statement.
The agreement was reached during the meeting of Paki-stan-Turkey High Level Mili-tary Dialogue Group (HLMDG) which concluded in Ankara on Wednesday.
Director General Defence Procurement Maj-Gen Naveed Ahmed and Chief of Logistics Tur-key Maj Gen Serdar Gulbas signed the agreement, while a Joint Com-muniqué was signed by Secre-tary Defence Lt-Gen Muhammad Alam Khattak and Deputy Chief of Turkish General Staff General Yasar GULER.
During the visit, secretary defence highlighted Pakistan’s defence capability and military capacity and requirements keel-ing in view the current global perspective.
Strategic importanceHighlighting the exemplary broth-erly relations between the coun-tries, the secretary said, “Pakistan desires to further translate these relations into strategic coopera-tion, signifying strategic impor-tance of our relations”.
While expressing his views in High Level Military Dialogue Group (HLMDG) on regional and global security, Khattak said that both working groups have done considerable work to review pro-gress on decisions that were taken in last HLMDG meeting as well as new agenda relating to politico-military matters and defence in-dustry cooperation. — Express Tribune
L A N D M A R K D E A L Earthquake toll crosses 250
ABBOTTABAD/PESHAWAR: Authorities assessed damages on Tuesday after a 7.5-magni-tude catastrophic earthquake devastated northern parts of the country as harsh weather and rugged terrain hampered rescue eff orts. Offi cials confi rmed 267 deaths but feared that the toll could go up as many areas remain inaccessible. The tremor that was centred in the Hindu Kush – the 800km mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northern Paki-stan – caused deaths and destruc-tion in the two countries and sent shockwaves as far as New Delhi.
While the National Disaster Management Authority on Tues-day confi rmed 248 deaths, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), which was the worst-hit province of the country, said 208 people had been killed and 1,518 others injured in 22 districts. PDMA said 8,453 houses had been damaged and 113 schools fl attened.
The FATA Disaster Manage-ment Authority recorded 610 de-stroyed and 2,590 partially dam-aged houses in Bajaur Agency,
Kurram Agency, Mohmand Agen-cy, Orakzai, North Waziristan Agency and the adjacent frontier regions of Bannu and Lakki Mar-wat. Shangla, Chitral and Swat have been identifi ed as the most aff ected districts in K-P, where the death tolls have risen to 48, 32 and 30, respectively.
Meanwhile, the death toll in Hazara has increased to 44, with hundreds hospitalised and many others yet to reach any health-care facility because the remote areas have been blocked due to landslides. Torghar district was the worst-hit in Hazara division, where 26 villagers, mostly wom-en and children, were reportedly killed and 200 others injured.
Tough timesThe widespread destruction prompted an immediate visit from Prime Minister Nawaz Sha-rif, who was briefed by the district administrations and military of-fi cials about the relief and rescue operations.
“We stand with the aff ected people in this tough time,” said the premier while talking to the area elders on the occasion. He lauded the eff orts of the Pakistan Army
and other relief and rescue teams.He also announced Rs100,000
for every destroyed house and Rs50,000 for each partially dam-aged house.
As for the deceased and the in-jured, he said the federal and K-P governments would announce a ‘good compensation package’.Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chair-man Imran Khan also visited the quake-hit areas in K-P, including the provincial capital Peshawar, where he met the injured at dif-ferent hospitals. He was accom-panied by Chief Minister Pervez Khattak.
Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Hidayatur Rehman vis-ited the aff ected areas of Bajaur
Agency and K-P, where he direct-ed the army troops to do their best in providing relief to the aff ected people. The PDMA dispatched a relief package to each district in Malakand division.
Relief packageLatifur Rehman, the spokesman for the authority, said the relief package comprised 1,000 tents, 2,000 blankets, 2,000 mats and 1,000 food packages.
Moreover, the Pakistan Army distributed 12,000 food packets along with ration packs for 1,000 families, 1,250 tents and 500 blan-kets. The Punjab government also handed over 50 trucks of relief goods to K-P. — Express Tribune
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Uber plans to launch serviceISLAMABAD: Online taxi-hail-ing service Uber will launch in Pakistan by the end of the year, a spokeswoman said on Tues-day, part of an aggressive push targeting megacities in the Asia Pacifi c region.
Undeterred by the failure of other online taxi-hailing ventures in Pakistan, Uber’s career page advertised three top manager positions in the eastern city of
Lahore this week. The company hopes Pakistan’s launch of 3G and 4G telecommunication services last year will galvanise business.
Access to InternetFourteen per cent of Pakistan’s population of 190 million has ac-cess to the Internet and 73 per cent to mobile phones, the coun-try’s telecommunications author-ity says.
“We want to launch by the end of the year or at the latest by early next year,” Shaden Abdellatif, Uber’s head of communications for the Middle East and Africa, told Reuters.
“We will put together a team in Lahore within the next couple of months,” she said, referring to Pakistan’s second largest city where the service will fi rst be launched. — Reuters
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HIT BY CALAMITY: Pakistani earthquake survivors remove the damages from their destroyed houses in Usiak, a village some 50 km
from Chitral, on Wednesday. — AFP
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There is a powerful reason President Vladimir Putin won’t win Bashar Al Assad’s war for him. As with Russia’s limited military par-
ticipation in the confl ict in eastern Ukraine, Putin doesn’t want casualties, because not even his pow-erful propaganda machine can conceal them.
On Tuesday, Russia acknowledged its fi rst mili-tary casualty in Syria: Vadim Kostenko, a 19-year-old air force technician. The Defence Ministry, which fl atly denied all previous reports of casual-ties, didn’t volunteer the information. Instead, the Confl ict Intelligence Team, a volunteer group run by the blogger Ruslan Leviev that scours social net-works to track Russian military activity, discovered that Kostenko died October 24.
Leviev’s team used the same approach it has to track the Russian army’s presence in Ukraine and the death toll there: It combed the social network for accounts of soldiers from units believed or re-ported to be involved in the action, and those of their friends. After discovering an epitaph for Kostenko, the team contacted his relatives and friends to con-fi rm the death and discovered that a representative of Kostenko’s unit had told his family that he had killed himself.
The Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that data on Kostenko’s mobile phone suggested he had a fall-ing out with his girlfriend. Kostenko’s parents and sister didn’t believe it, though. They said he had been cheerful when he talked to them on the day he died and that he and his girlfriend had been doing great and been planning to get married.
The Defence Ministry’s initial silence and the shaky suicide narrative indicate that Russian mili-tary offi cials are reluctant to recognise any deaths.
The Syrian operation was supposed to be low-cost. And in some ways, it is. Last week, The Mos-cow Times collaborated with the research group IHS Jane’s to come up with an estimate of the cost of the intervention. It said Russia was spending about $710,000 a day on aircraft sorties, $750,000 on munitions, $440,000 to support its personnel in Syria, $200,000 to maintain its naval presence and $250,000 on logistics, intelligence and communi-cations. The total could be as much as $4 million a day. It’s a tiny amount compared with Russia’s $50 billion defence budget. A year of warfare at this rate would cost about as much as the $1.25 billion spent on government-controlled media this year, and the
propaganda benefi ts are probably greater.The cost in human lives, though, is a diff erent
matter. Levada Centre, one of Russia’s few remain-ing independent polling services, said that in early October, immediately after the Syria operation be-gan, 72 per cent of Russians supported the idea of bombing raids against the IS. Yet 46 per cent were worried that Russia could get bogged down in Syria, as it did in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Putin is authoritarian, but mindful of public opinion. He justifi es his rule with the more than 80 per cent support he enjoys in polls. Given Russia’s precarious economic situation -- the price of oil is below the comfort level -- signs of an Afghanistan-style disaster could easily erode that support.
During the Ukraine campaign, the Kremlin’s tactic was to meet any mention of casualties with deafening denials: Russia has never admitted that it had any regular troops in eastern Ukraine, so no sol-diers were killed. This largely worked because the casualties were in the dozens or, at worst, hundreds. Families could be silenced with threats and prom-ises, social network accounts deleted, fresh graves explained away. With Syria, though, hiding even a small number of casualties is impossible. Russia is offi cially involved, and it would be unacceptable to fail to honour the killed in action. More stories about suicides wouldn’t be sustainable, either.
The troops who fought in Afghanistan were draft-ees. Those in Syria are professionals, but that won’t make their families grieve any less or improve pub-lic attitudes toward the Middle Eastern adventure.
Putin has vehemently denied any plans to deploy ground troops in Syria. Although his handling of Ukraine has thoroughly devalued such denials, he may mean it this time.
This is bad news for Assad. His ground off ensive, backed by the Russian airstrikes, has been slow and not particularly successful. IS extremists appear to be pushing back near Aleppo. If the Syrian army is stopped, there’s little chance Russia would come to the rescue as it did at decisive moments in eastern Ukraine. Russia could mount an operation that it could deny, as it did in Ukraine, but Assad cannot count on that. He needs a victory on the ground to ensure continued Russian support.
The Kremlin has made that clear by off ering help to some of Assad’s opponents as they bat-tle IS. If Assad fails to deliver, Putin might let him go and negotiate his downfall with the US-led coalition. - Bloomberg View
Overstaying illegal workers set to face legal actionThis refers to the news story, More than 7,000 Bangladeshis yet to use amnesty (October 28). Even though various expatriate commu-nity members have undertaken a lot of eff orts to spread awareness about the amnesty programme, many undocumented expats were
not willing to utilise this opportunity. After the end of the six-month long am-nesty, the remaining undocumented ex-pats will have to stay illegally here. It will be very diffi cult for them to continue in the Sultanate as the Ministry of Labour will intensify their crackdown on the labour violators. It is really unfortunate that a big number of undocumented and overstaying expatriates could not utilise this opportunity to leave the Sultanate in a legal and dignifi ed manner. — P. A. Jacob, Muscat
Italy decision on Tunisia attack highlights West’s hypocrisy This refers to the online story, Italian court refuses extradition to Tunisia of museum attack suspect (October 28). This development is truly unfortunate and highlights the West’s double stand-
ards on punishing terrorists. Sometimes they seek regime change on pretext of democracy while at other times they back terrorism to thwart democracy. — Rodney Landon, Ruwi
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Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 14 people in an overnight attack on a village in southeastern Niger
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Nigeria’s troops rescue 338 held by Boko Haram
ABUJA: Nigeria’s armed forces on Wednesday said it had rescued 338 people held captive by Boko Haram and raided a number of the militant group’s camps on the edge of its stronghold in the northeast’s Sambisa forest.
Also on Wednesday, suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 14 people in an overnight at-tack on a village in southeastern Niger, security sources said.
The army said troops carried out a successful raid on camps on Tuesday at the northeastern
villages of Bulajilin and Mana-washe, along Bita and Damboa road. Reuters was unable to in-dependently verify the details of the military statement. “The res-cued persons which comprised eight males, 138 females and 192 children, have since been evacu-ated,” said military spokesman Sani Usman, adding that 30 sus-pected militants had been killed. The vast Sambisa forest reserve, the group’s remaining stronghold, has become hard to penetrate due to widespread landmines laid by the militant group.
In the last few months the mili-tary has ramped up its off ensive into the Sambisa and surround-ing areas with air strikes and an increase in ground troops.
Meanwhile one of the sources said: “They executed at least 14 civilians,” referring to the village of Ala in the Diff a region near the Nigerian border. A second securi-ty source said that the assailants had looted the village and then set fi re to the houses. Niger’s army is pursuing the militants, he added.
Niger’s Diff a region has suf-fered dozens of cross-border at-tacks this year by the militant group whose stronghold in north-east Nigeria lies just a few kilo-metres away.
Parliament on Tuesday ap-proved a law prolonging a 15-day state of emergency for Diff a by three months in a bid to boost security. Suspected members of the militant group, which has killed thousands and displaced 2.1 million people in the remote northeast of Africa’s most popu-lous nation, claimed the lives of at least 37 people and wounded 107 others last week in Adamawa and Borno states. — Reuters
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Turkish police raid media offices
ISTANBUL: Turkish police stormed the offi ces of an opposi-tion media company on Wednes-day, days before an election, in a crackdown on companies linked to a US-based cleric and foe of Presi-dent Tayyip Erdogan.
Brawls broke out and police fi red water cannon to disperse around 500 people who gathered in front of the offi ces of Kanalturk and Bugun TV in Istanbul to pro-test against the police action.
Erdogan hopes the AK Party he founded will regain the one-party rule it lost in a June vote. Polls, however, indicate it is un-likely it will secure such a vote on
November 1, let alone the large majority it would need to change the constitution and endow the presidency with the broad powers Erdogan seeks.
LinkThe media groups are owned by Koza Ipek Holding, which has links to preacher Fethullah Gulen. The authorities on Tuesday took over 22 companies owned by Koza
Ipek in an investigation of alleged fi nancial irregularities, including whether it funded Gulen, whom Erdogan terms a terrorist.
The company denies wrongdo-ing. “This is a coup against opposi-tion, against the media, against our existing constitution and against freedom of enterprise,” Abdul-hamit Bilici, editor-in-chief of the Gulen-affi liated Zaman newspa-per, told Reuters TV.
“Coups don’t happen only by tanks or by generals. Now we are witnessing a diff erent coup un-der a civilian umbrella. This will not be acceptable for the Turkish people and this will not be accept-able for the international friends of Turkey.”
Meanwhile on Wednesday, Turkish prosecutors cited strong evidence that an IS group cell in the southeastern city of Gaziantep
carried out a spate of bombings culminating in a double suicide at-tack in Ankara. In a written state-ment, the Ankara prosecutor’s of-fi ce said digital evidence indicated the Ankara bombers staged the at-tack, the worst of its kind in Turk-ish history, to undermine political stability and delay a parliamentary election set for November 1. “This group in Gaziantep took orders di-rectly from the IS terror group in Syria and planned attacks across Turkey,” the statement said.
“There is a strong evidence that the terrorist organisation IS car-ried out attacks on HDP build-ings in Mersin and Adana, the Diyarbakir rally bombing and the Suruc bombing,” it said, refer-ring to a string of attacks on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
But rising violence has not dis-tracted Erdogan from the battle against Gulen, who before their estrangement had helped him con-solidate power in the early years of his government. Erdogan clamped down on Gulen’s commercial in-terests after police and prosecu-tors considered sympathetic to the cleric opened a graft investigation of Erdogan’s inner circle in 2013.
He has also purged police and ju-diciary. As police arrived to ensure the entry of administrators to take over the companies on Wednes-day, the crowd of protesters chant-ed “the free media cannot be si-lenced”. “All I want is to be able to watch the channel I want when I get up in the morning, freely and in a democratic way. They are trying to silence it,” said Hesna Kekec, a headscarved housewife who came from the northwestern province of Kocaeli to protest.
Aydin Unal, an AK Party law-maker and former Erdogan ad-viser, said on Tuesday legal action was planned against more opposi-tion newspapers, including the na-tionalist Sozcu newspaper. “Sozcu newspaper insults us every day,” Unal told A Haber channel.
“There is a lot of pressure on Turkey. If we say something, the world accuses us of interfering with the press, so we’re not in a comfortable position now, but af-ter Nov. 1 we will settle up with all of them.”
Rights groups questioned the move against opposition media outlets so close to an election.
“The government’s seizure of Koza Ipek undermines the fair-ness of the November 1 parlia-mentary elections,” Robert Her-man of Freedom House said in an e-mailed statement.
Gulen has lived in self-imposed exile in the United States since 1999. — Reuters
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Nepal elects fi rst woman presidentKATHMANDU: Communist leader Vidya Devi Bhandari was on Wednesday elected as Ne-pal’s fi rst woman president by the parliament, weeks after it adopted a new landmark Consti-tution that declared the country a secular state.
Fifty-four-year-old Bhandari, the Vice-president of CPN-UML and widow of late general secre-tary of the party Madan Bhandari, secured 327 votes against 214 votes of her rival veteran Nepali Congress leader Kul Bahadur Gu-rung. “I announce that Vidya Devi Bhandari has been elected to the post of Nepal’s president,” Speak-er Onsari Gharti Magar said, to loud cheers from lawmakers.
She succeeds incumbent Ram Baran Yadav who was elected as the country’s fi rst president in 2008 after Nepal was declared a Republic following the aboli-tion of a 240-year-old monar-chy. With the promulgation of the Constitution on September 20, it was required to elect a new president within a month of the commencement of the Parliament session.
Public statementIn her fi rst public statement as the president, Bhandari said the new Constitution would work for Nepal’s sovereignty and inde-pendence during her tenure.
She said the charter promul-gated from the Constituent As-
sembly last month would protect sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. Bhandari said her election was a step ahead in the process of implementing the Constitution as per its spirit.
Her victory was almost certain as 12 ruling parties including the third and fourth largest parties - UCPN (Maoist) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP-N) - had pledged
their support. Gurung received votes only from NC lawmakers.
Close confi danteBhandari is a close confi dante of Prime Minister Khadga Pras-ad Oli, who was elected earlier this month and leads a coalition government. The president is the ceremonial head in Nepal while the prime minister is the nation’s leader. Bhandari began her political career with a leftist student movement in 1979. She then acquired membership of CPN (ML), went underground and fought against the party-less Panchayat system from Morang district.
She married the famed Com-munist leader Madan Kumar Bhandari. After the end of Pan-chayat system and restoration of multi-party democracy in 1990, CPN (ML) became CPN (UML) after unifi cation with CPN (Marxist) and her husband became General Secretary of the unifi ed party. — PTI
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CLASHES: Turkish police use water cannon to disperse supporters and employees of Bugun newspa-
per and Kanalturk television station, during a protest against the Turkish government’s crackdown on
media outlets, in Istanbul on Wednesday. – AFP
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Egypt extends emergency in Sinai
CAIRO: Egypt has extended by three months a state of emer-gency imposed on parts of North-ern Sinai as the military mounts counter-insurgency operations against militants, the government said on Wednesday.
Insurgents have killed hun-dreds of soldiers and policemen in Sinai since mid-2013 after the overthrow by then-military chief
Abdel Fattah Al Sisi of president Mohamed Morsi following mass protests against his rule.
The state of emergency exten-sion, announced by now Presi-dent Sisi in a written decree on Wednesday, will be implemented in Rafah, Al Arish, Sheikh Zuweid and surrounding areas starting retroactively from Tuesday and also extends a night-time curfew.
The measure was fi rst intro-duced exactly one year ago after 33 security personnel were killed in an attack at a checkpoint in northern Sinai. It was extended by three months in January, April, and July.
The attack was claimed by Sinai Province, an affi liate of IS, which earlier changed its name from An-sar Bayt Al Maqdis. — Reuters
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Insurgents have killed hundreds of soldiers and policemen in Sinai since mid-2013 after the overthrow by then-military chief Abdel Fattah Al Sisi of president Mohamed Morsi following mass protests against his rule
RIYADH/DUBAI: Saudi Arabia and Iran announced they would attend international talks in Vi-enna on Friday on the war in Syr-ia, in the fi rst meeting between the two countries aimed at ending the four-year-long war.
Saudi Arabia said its participa-tion in the talks aimed to gauge the willingness of Russia and Iran, the Syrian government’s main backers, for a peace deal, Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir said on Wednesday.
“The view of our partners...was that we should test the intentions of the Iranians and the Russians in arriving at a political solution in Syria, which we all prefer,” Al Jubeir told a news conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
First timeIranian Foreign Minister Mo-hammad Javad Zarif and three of his deputies will attend the mul-tilateral talks, Iranian state news
agencies said earlier on Wednes-day. It will be the fi rst time that Tehran attends international ne-gotiations on Syria’s war.
Other participants, notably the United States, say Assad can play no part in Syria’s future.
The Saudi foreign minister added that the kingdom and its allies would hold a separate meet-ing on Friday to seek “the time and means of Bashar Al Assad’s exit”. Egypt, Iraq, Qatar, Lebanon, the European Union and France also said they would attend Fri-day’s talks, which come a day after a smaller round of negotia-tions between the United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Around a dozen participants are expected in total.
It was not clear whether any
invitation had been issued to ei-ther the Syrian government or the opposition. Neither side was present at the last talks in Vienna.
Speaking at a news conference alongside his Saudi counterpart, British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond said he hoped the meeting would encourage dia-logue between the two countries.
Long-term interests“Saudi Arabia and Iran are the two most important and powerful countries in this region. It is very much in the long-term interests of the region that eventually these two countries are able to talk to each other, are able to discuss diff erences, are able to seek solu-tions peacefully,” British foreign minister said. - Reuters
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Austria hopes border barriers will help slow fl ow of migrantsVIENNA: Austria on Wednes-day outlined plans to build bar-riers including a fence at a busy border crossing to slow an infl ux of migrants as Germany accused Austrian authorities of shuttling groups of refugees in its direction after dark.
Austria has largely served as a conduit into Germany for hun-dreds of thousands of Middle East-
ern, African and Asian migrants fl eeing wars and hardship who have travelled from the Mediter-ranean and through the Balkans since early September.
But as the southern German province of Bavaria, which borders Austria, has complained increas-ingly stridently to Berlin that it is reaching the limits of its capac-ity to receive refugees, concern in
Austria has risen that Germany could further restrict arrivals, cre-ating a backlog.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere accused Austria on Wednesday of driving refugees to the German border af-ter dark, suggesting it was doing so to help them cross undetected, and he said he expected Vienna to return to an orderly process im-
mediately. Shortly before de Mai-ziere’s remarks, Austrian Chancel-lor Werner Faymann said Austria was planning to build barriers at the Spielfeld border crossing with Slovenia through which several thousand migrants pass daily.
Having criticised the govern-ment of neighbouring Hungary for building border fences to keep migrants out, Austria was at pains
to explain that the Spielfeld barri-ers it was planning would be much more limited and were not compa-rable to those of Hungary.
“We want to be able to carry out controls on people, and for that one needs certain technical secu-rity measures,” Faymann, a Social Democrat, told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting.
His coalition partner, Vice
Chancellor Reinhold Mitterleh-ner, a conservative, said another aim of the measure was to discour-age migrants from coming.
“Slowly word will spread among the refugees that individual states do not have a form of invitation pol-icy but are at the limits of their ca-pacity and are carrying out tougher controls and security measures,” Mitterlehner said.-Reuters
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DAMAGES: A school girl walks past damaged buildings in the
rebel-controlled area of Maaret Al Numan town in Idlib province,
Syria on Wednesday. - Reuters
Spacecraft to sample water plumes from Saturn moon
CAPE CANAVERAL(US): A US spacecraft was poised to make a deep dive into plumes of water, ice and organic mat-ter blasting from Saturn’s small, ocean-bearing moon Encela-dus, in an eff ort to learn if it could support life, NASA said on Wednesday.
Only a drop of water will be collected during the 19,000 mph (30,600 kph) fl yby, which is scheduled to take place about 1 pm EDT/1700 GMT.
Scientists say that will be enough to answer some key questions about Enceladus, which has a global ocean sealed beneath its icy surface.
“This is a very big step in a new era of exploring ocean worlds in our solar system bod-ies with great potential to pro-vide oases for life,” said Curt Niebur, programme scientist for NASA’s Cassini mission at Saturn. The spacecraft does not have instruments to directly detect life, but scientists hope to ferret out details about the underground ocean that is be-lieved to be the source of Ence-ladus’ geyser-like plumes.
Cassini discovered the plumes, which stretch hun-dreds of miles into space, in 2005, a year after reaching Saturn. -Reuters
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Dubai market achieves record volume of 9b barrelsTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) on Wednesday said it has now reached the 9bil-lion barrel mark, with a total of 9million contracts traded on the exchange.
So far this year, the exchange has seen a major uptick in the number of participants trading on the DME. The exchange has also set new records for open interest and for physical delivery. Between 15 and 22 million barrels of Oman crude oil has been delivered every month through the exchange’s fu-tures mechanism, which is unique
in the Middle East. The DME Oman contract currently has the largest physical delivery of any en-ergy futures contract in the world.
Steady rise in volumesWith the growth of energy trad-ing along the crude oil corridor between the Middle East and Asia and the backing of major fi nancial players and clearing members from Asia, the exchange has seen a steady rise in volumes that have reinforced DME Oman’s posi-tion as the most credible trading benchmark for the Asian crude oil markets. With primary global energy demand being driven by
Asia, the region has become key to price discovery.
“It’s great for DME to hit anoth-er milestone. Our long-term focus on transparency and on ensuring a fair price for both buyers and sell-ers has paid dividends and result-ed in a high degree of trust in the DME Oman contract,” said Owain Johnson, managing director of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange.
“We are focused on building a strong platform at the DME and our recent initiatives such as in-corporating fl oating storage into the delivery point as well as the launch of the DME Auctions plat-form will all strengthen the robust
trading ecosystem around the DME,” he added.
DME Oman contractThere are around 90 participants from all market segments in-volved in price formation on the DME Oman contract and no single participant typically accounts for more than 10% of activity. DME’s transparent and regulated mecha-nism explains the high credibility of the benchmark among all parts of the oil supply chain.
DME is a fully electronic ex-change, a joint venture between Dubai Holding, Oman Investment Fund and CME Group.
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Crude oil declines to two-month low as US supply increasesLONDON: Oil dropped to a two-month low in New York before government data that’s forecast to show United States crude stockpiles increased.
West Texas Intermediate fu-tures tumbled 1.8 per cent. In-ventories probably rose by 3.75 million barrels last week, accord-ing to a survey before an Energy Information Administration re-port on Wednesday.
The US plans to sell millions of barrels of crude oil from its Stra-tegic Petroleum Reserve from 2018 until 2025 under a budget deal reached on Monday night by the White House and top law-makers from both parties.
Prolonged global glutCrude Oil has moved lower af-ter a surge earlier this month above $50 a barrel failed to stick because of concerns about a pro-longed global glut.
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) con-tinues to pump above its quota and the International Energy Agency (IEA) sees world crude supplies remaining ample until at least the middle of 2016. WTI touched a six-year low of $37.75 in August.
“We’re back to trading the fun-damentals,” said Michael Cor-celli, chief investment offi cer of hedge fund Alexander Alterna-tive Capital in Miami. “Opec is
pumping a tremendous amount of oil and the market is heading for the six-year lows around $36. We could wake up any day this week and fi nd that prices have moved below those levels.”
Widening spreadsWTI for December delivery de-clined 78 cents to close at $43.20 a barrel on the New York Mer-cantile Exchange. It’s the lowest settlement since August 27. The volume of all futures traded was 14 per cent above the 100-day average. Prices have retreated 19 per cent this year.
Declines eased after the Amer-ican Petroleum Institute was said to report US crude supplies rose 4.1 million barrels last week. WTI traded at $43.43.
Brent for December settle-ment decreased 73 cents, or 1.5 per cent, to end the session at $46.81 a barrel on the Lon-don- based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The European bench-mark crude closed at a $3.61 premium to WTI, the most since September 3.
The discount on front-month WTI widened to the most in fi ve months. Crude inventories prob-ably gained last week as refi neries operated at the lowest level since January. Gasoline and distillate fuel stockpiles in the week ended October 23 are expected to have declined. - Bloomberg News
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Oman’s maiden sukuk gets definitive A1 rating
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MUSCAT: Oman’s maiden sover-eign sukuk issuance has been as-signed a defi nitive rating of A1 by Moody’s Investors Service. The rating for these debt obligations follows the provisional rating as-signed on October 5.
The A1 rating assigned to the certifi cates is at the same level as the long-term issuer ratings of the Government of Oman, as the sukuk certifi cate holders will ef-fectively be exposed to Oman’s senior credit risk; not be exposed to the risk of performance of the portfolio assets relating to the cer-tifi cates; will not have any prefer-ential claim or recourse over the assets, or rights to cause any sale or disposition of the assets except as expressly provided under the transaction documents; and only have rights against the Govern-
ment of Oman, ranking pari passu with other senior unsecured obli-gations as provided in the transac-tion documents.
Oman’s credit profi leMoody’s notes that its sukuk rat-ing does not express an opinion on the structure’s compliance with Sharia law.
On October 27, the Government of Oman priced its fi rst-time sov-ereign sukuk, a fi ve-year domestic issuance of OMR250 million with a rate of 3.5 per cent per annum, payable semi-annually. The sukuk issuance was oversubscribed close to 1.7 times.
Oman’s sovereign credit profi le displays a number of strengths. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth will likely remain positive, although Moody’s ex-pects it will slow to an average 2 per cent to 3 2 per cent per year
until 2019, down from a previ-ously higher growth trend of 4.9 2 per cent on average between 2005 and 2014.
Off setting this strength to some degree is the likely sharp fall in nominal GDP this year from the collapse in oil prices. This will crimp government and private sector incomes. Moody’s base case scenario for oil market trends is a Brent crude price of $55 per barrel on average in 2015 and $53 per barrel in 2016 that rises only gradually to around $75 per barrel by 2019.
Financial assetsEven factoring in the reduced government revenues and re-sulting higher government debt over the next one to three years, Oman’s debt metrics will still compare favourably with the A-rated median. The Omani govern-
ment has substantial fi nancial assets, as well as deposits in the domestic banking system.
Having said that, uncertainty exists over the eff ectiveness of the government’s policy response to challenges posed by lower oil prices to Oman’s government fi -nances, external current account, and growth performance in 2015 as well as over the next three years. This uncertainty is refl ected in the negative rating outlook on the Gov-ernment of Oman’s issuer rating.
Fiscal defi citsGiven that the issuance rating is tied to the rating of the Govern-ment of Oman, the same factors and considerations would apply.
Therefore, given the negative outlook on the government’s rat-ings an upward movement in the rating is highly unlikely. However, containment of government fi scal defi cits and consequent increases in government debt, and progress in diversifying the economy and government fi nances from oil, would place upward pressure on the rating and could cause the out-look to be changed back to stable.
Conversely, downward rating pressures will increase if diversi-fi cation eff orts slow down, and/or government fi nances deteriorate faster than in our baseline sce-nario, including a signifi cant rise in the wider public sector debt.
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Volkswagen posts $3.85b loss FRANKFURT: Volkswagen posted a €3.48-billion ($3.85 bil-lion) third-quarter loss, its fi rst in more than 15 years, and said full-year earnings will come in signifi -cantly below last year’s level amid the diesel emissions scandal.
The operating loss, which com-pared to a €3.23 billion profi t a year ago, was wider than the €3.27 billion defi cit estimated on average by 11 analysts surveyed. The cheating scandal accounted €6.7 billion in special costs in the third quarter, more than the €6.5 billion it originally set aside, the Wolfsburg, Germany-based com-pany said Wednesday. Sales rose 5.3 per cent to €51.49 billion.
Matthias Mueller, chief execu-tive offi cer, will face questioning from investors as he tries to gain their backing for his handling of the crisis. Volkswagen is bracing for costs that analysts have esti-
mated could total from €20 bil-lion to as much as €78 billion.
Cost of lawsuitsThe company acknowledged prior to the Wednesday results that the provisions it set aside in the third quarter won’t cover the full cost of lawsuits, fines and repairs for 11 million vehi-cles fitted with software to rig diesel emissions tests.
“The fi gures show the core strength of the Volkswagen Group on the one hand, while on the oth-er the initial impact of the current situation is becoming clear,” Mu-eller said in the statement. The shares rose 3.3 per cent to €108.6 in Frankfurt. Volkswagen has lost some €21 billion in market capi-talisation since the scandal be-came public on September 18.
Mueller will need to address questions ranging from the pro-gress of the investigation into how the cheating came about to longer-term strategy issues.
Most pressing are the cost and timing of recalls for 8.5 million cars in Europe and 480,000 in the United States. Though some vehi-cles will only need a software up-date, Volkswagen hasn’t said how will fi x those that do require new parts. Others may be bought back entirely. - Bloomberg News
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Work to build second phase of Duqm town on track: Off icial
ELHAM POURMOHAMMADI [email protected]
MUSCAT: Work on the second phase of the Duqm Frontier Town is on track and greater emphasis is being placed on the social infra-structure of the development, said an offi cial involved in the project.
The concept masterplan has been prepared and includes a number of options that are under consideration by the Duqm De-velopment Company (DCC), said Simon Newberry, associate prin-cipal – design, planning and eco-nomics, AECOM.
Speaking to Times of Oman, Newberry noted that the options have been presented and DCC will give feedback and directions.
The plan has not been approved yet but at the moment, it is envis-aged that the project will include a hospital, a school, some retail and leisure facilities as well as a mix
of buildings from villas and town-houses to apartments, he said on the sidelines of the Oman Projects Forum on Wendesday.
Asked about the estimated amount of investment in the sec-ond phase, Newberry said that it is not clear at this stage as the preferred options have not been identifi ed yet. The second phase is certainly much larger than the fi rst phase, he added.
The expert also said that he can-not specify the exact time frame for the completion of the project but given the developments in Duqm, there will be a need for housing in the near future.
Long-term plan The Duqm Frontier Town project is part of the country’s long-term plan to develop the coastal area of Duqm into a fully integrated com-mercial hub and spur residential development in the industrial
zone. It is aimed at providing qual-ity accommodation for the man-agement staff of Oman Drydock Company (ODC).
The fi rst phase of the project, which was launched last year, is spread over 23 hectares, off ering 344 fully furnished residential units, including 250 apartments and 94 villas.
Social infrastructureThe facilities provided in the fi rst phase include a leisure club which features a restaurant, swimming pools, multisport hall, gym, squash court, outdoor tennis court, beach volleyball court and retail shops. Also drainage, power and com-munications distribution system, water distribution system and storage facilities as well as sewage treatment facility have been pro-vided in the development.
Newberry said that a greater focus will be placed on the social
infrastructure of the development in the second phase to provide a pleasant experience for the com-munity living there.
“I did not have an involvement in the fi rst phase but in terms of the second phase, I think there are a couple of things we are trying to improve,” he said.
“The fi rst phase looks good and works well. I think moving for-ward, we hope to focus on getting more of that social infrastructure and make it feel more like a com-munity than buildings and per-haps making more of the existing environment topography and the bodies that exist on the site at the moment,” he explained.
Challenges In a presentation at the forum, Newberry said that some of the challenges facing the establish-ment of a frontier town are the diff erent age profi les of the people
living in the town, gender imbal-ance, transient population, spatial planning and phasing, infrastruc-ture and construction as well as social challenges, especially those related to family connections and communication.
There are good opportuni-ties in Duqm for frontier town development and coordination between regulators, developers and consultants can help create a successful model, the AECOM offi cial added.
Adaptability of buildings, coor-dination of development, concen-tration of development and social infrastructure should be taken into consideration, the expert noted.
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Spanish trade mission to visit Oman next monthMUSCAT: A trade mission from Spain is scheduled to visit the Sultanate of Oman on November 3 and 4, ac-cording to Economic and Trade Offi ce of the Span-ish Embassy in Muscat. Organised by the Bilbao Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a delegation of 8 companies will hold discus-sions representing auto-matic systems equipment for gates and garage doors and access doors, technol-ogy services (laboratory tests), logistic services, high technology special cables, protection and control for motors & generators, surge protection devices, machine tools manufacturers, milling machines, lathes, expansion joints, high-tech machinery for the paper and cardboard converting industry. During the mission, the representa-tives will meet potential distributors and agents.
Saudi Wealth Fund to seek bankers for global deals RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is seeking to hire bankers for international deals to help the kingdom acquire over-seas technology and exper-tise. The sovereign wealth fund, which holds about $100 billion worth of stakes in local companies, is looking to appoint Saudi nationals with experience at both local and international invest-ment banks. The hires will help the fund make strategic acquisitions in industries including transport, manu-facturing and technology that will give Saudi access to foreign expertise and know-how. - Times News Service/Agencies
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DEVELOPMENT: It is envisaged that the project will include a hospital, a school, retail and leisure facilities as well as a mix of buildings
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Regional airlines set to log robust passenger growthTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Development in the region’s aviation sector will once again be a major talking point at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2016, as Gulf airlines look to capi-talise on their strategic location, connecting East and West.
It has been a strong perfor-mance over the last 18 months for the region’s aviation sector with Gulf airlines in particular showing the strongest passenger growth in the world, according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) statistics, fol-lowing an 11.7 per cent year-on-year rise in traffi c to August 2015, which is now beginning to mani-fest itself at ATM.
Since June 2015, Emirates has announced improved frequencies and also new routes to Boston, Orlando, Chicago, Bali, Mashad (Iran), Bamako (Mali), as well as Panama City, the longest non-stop fl ight in the world in a west-erly direction. Etihad Airways has opened up new routes to Ed-inburgh and Madrid and next year Qatar Airways will fl y to Sydney, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Boston.
Low-cost airlines“The low-cost airlines are not be-ing left behind either, fl ydubai now operates 110 routes and will carry 8.9 million passengers this year. Air Arabia now connects Casablanca with Montpellier (France) and Naples (Italy) and Marrakesh with Frankfurt.
In addition the Sharjah-based carrier is now extending its reach
to Urumqi in China,” added Nob-let-Segers.
Other regional statistics sup-port the bullish sentiment toward aviation growth forecasts, when demand and wealth dynamics are considered. According to the World Bank, the Middle East and North African (Mena) region population is more than 331 mil-lion with an annual growth rate of 1.73 per cent in 2013.
“That’s 5.7 million people per annum, or to put it another way, the equivalent of the population
of Riyadh. And with 31 per cent of the Mena population still under 15 years, it will continue to grow and it will continue to travel,” added Noblet-Segers.
In terms of wealth, the per cap-ita income for the UAE according to the World Bank in 2014 was still more than $44,000, comfort-ably within the top 10 per cent of richest nations, behind Qatar ($97,000) and Kuwait ($49,000), but ahead of Bahrain ($25,000), Saudi Arabia ($24,000) and Oman ($19,000).
A V I A T I O N
CMA’s training sessions for staff of insurance fi rms, brokers beginTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Oman’s insurance watchdog Capital Market Au-thority’s (CMA) said its thir-teenth programme on managing claims got underway on Tues-day with the participation of 30 employees organised for youth working in insurance companies and brokerage fi rms.
As Oman’s CMA continues to organise training sessions for na-tional cadres, the total number of the trained employees for this year reached 280. This initiative comes within the eff orts of the CMA to achieve its future plan for enabling national cadres operat-ing in insurance sector.
The programme aims to qualify participants with fundamentals of dealing with claims and proce-dures followed for studying policy-holders risks, and the mechanism of determining the size and type of
compensation. Audited indicators of the sector show that the size of paid compensations for individu-als and institutions has risen 8 per cent in 2014 compared to the paid compensations for insurance com-panies which reached OMR232 million in the previous year.
The programme discussed the institutional claims philosophy regarding the service’s quality, importance of claims department, approved mechanisms for nego-
tiation, and techniques of dealing with policyholders.
Insurance claimsThe trainer also discussed about reserves of claims and its imple-mentation with a detailed expla-nation of re-insurance claims. He also spoke about disastrous loss of 20 lives, causing physical injuries for more than 50 persons, or causes insured loss for more than $29 mil-lion or total loss of $457 million.
H O N I N G S K I L L S
DUBAI: Asserting the civil aviation industry must adapt and change, Etihad Airways president and chief executive offi cer James Hogan has said partnerships and collaboration were the most tangible way to grow in the current competitive scenario.
Addressing the Inter-national Air Transport Association (IATA) Aviation Day in Abu Dhabi, Hogan said Etihad Airways’ suc-cessful partnership strategy could become a model for other players. He said that
partnerships and collabora-tion were the most tangible way to grow in today’s highly competitive business envi-ronment, providing consum-ers with greater choice and connectivity.
“Ways of doing business globally have changed over the years and aviation, like many other industries, must adapt and change. In union there is strength and a shared vision. At Etihad Airways we have seen the results of working together which go well beyond commercial ben-efi ts,” he said. - PTI
Aviation industry should adapt, change: Etihad chief
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MARKETT H U R S DAY, O C TO B E R 2 9, 2 0 1 5
MUSCATSECURITIES MARKET
SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28
REGULAR MARKET .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 341,444 .........260,446......................12 ............0.756 ........... 0.764 ...........0.756 ........... 0.764 ............. 0.760 ........... 0.004 ............. 0.526 ................0.764 ..............0.764...................0.768 ..................497,321,392 ........0.100
OM0000001319 ............NATIONAL ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS ............. 304,000........... 70,290..................... 30 ........... 0.230 ........... 0.233 ...........0.230............0.231 .............0.230 ............0.001 ............. 0.435 ................0.230..............0.227...................0.230 ................... 7,755,005 ..........0.100
OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT .......................................................... 3,700 ...............4,126........................2 ............ 1.115 ............1.115 ............ 1.115 ............1.120 ............. 1.120 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................ 1.115 ...............1.115................... 1.150 ................. 224,000,000 .......0.100
OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 626,106 ............75,759..................... 25 ............0.121 ........... 0.121............ 0.121 ............0.121 ............. 0.121 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................ 0.121 .............. 0.121...................0.122 ..................242,037,848........0.100
OM0000001681 ............OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING .............75,000 ................7,725........................4 ............0.103 ........... 0.103 ...........0.103 ........... 0.103 ............. 0.103............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.103 ..............0.103................... 0.110 ................... 12,553,125 .........0.100
OM0000001822 ............UNITED POWER ................................................................. 114 ...................319........................ 1 ........... 2.800 ...........2.800 ...........2.800 .......... 2.995 .............2.995 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................2.800 ............ 2.800...................2.900 ...................2,396,000 ..........1.000
OM0000001962 ............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ................................... 208,900 ............12,609......................11 ........... 0.060 ........... 0.061 ...........0.060........... 0.060 .............0.060 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.060..............0.059...................0.060 ..................12,429,083 .........0.100
OM0000002226 ...........AL JAZEERA SERVICES ............................................27,902 ............. 11,496........................5 ............0.412 ........... 0.412 ...........0.412 ........... 0.412 ............. 0.412............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.412 .............. 0.412...................0.416 ................... 25,216,160 .........0.100
OM0000002275 ...........SHELL OMAN MARKETING .....................................3,000 ...............5,940........................ 1 ............1.980 ........... 1.980 ...........1.980 ........... 2.000 .............2.000 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.980 ..............1.980...................0.000 ................ 190,000,000 .......0.100
OM0000002366 ...........AL BATINAH DEV. INV. HOLDING ........................ 57,856 ............... 5,728......................13 ........... 0.099 ........... 0.099 ...........0.099........... 0.099 .............0.099 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.099 ..............0.099................... 0.101 ....................2,970,000 ..........0.100
OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 687,280 .........368,378..................... 39 ........... 0.536 ........... 0.536 ...........0.534........... 0.536 .............0.536 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.536 ..............0.536...................0.538................ 1,228,416,912 ......0.100
OM0000002804 ...........ASAFFA FOODS ...................................................................100 .....................86........................ 1 ........... 0.860 ...........0.860 ...........0.860........... 0.860 .............0.860 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.860.............. 0.776...................0.860 ................ 103,200,000 .......0.100
OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ...........................22,014 ............... 2,179........................6 ........... 0.099 ........... 0.099 ...........0.099........... 0.099 .............0.099 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.099 ..............0.099...................0.102 .................... 5,825,478 ..........0.100
OM0000003000 ...........ALMAHA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MAR. ............ 226 .................. 441........................ 1 ............1.950 ........... 1.950 ...........1.950 ........... 1.950 ............. 1.950............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.950 ..............1.960...................0.000 .................134,550,000........0.100
OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ..........................83,262 .......... 135,929..................... 24 ............1.635 ........... 1.635............1.625 ............1.635 ............. 1.635 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.625 .............. 1.625................... 1.635 ................1,226,250,000 ......0.100
OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 1,566,501 ...... 274,531..................... 32 ............0.175 ........... 0.176 ...........0.175 ............0.175 ............. 0.175 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.175 .............. 0.174................... 0.175 ...................50,863,929 .........0.100
OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 352,000 ............61,952........................8 ............0.176 ........... 0.176 ...........0.176 ............0.176 ............. 0.176 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.176 .............. 0.172................... 0.176 ..................253,693,440 .......0.100
OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 389,822 ........... 33,383..................... 29 ........... 0.085 ........... 0.086 ...........0.085 ........... 0.086 .............0.086 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.085 ..............0.084...................0.085...................24,938,335 .........0.100
OM0000003711 ............SOHAR POWER ................................................................2,640 .................. 977........................3 ........... 0.370 ........... 0.370 ...........0.370 ........... 0.380 .............0.380 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.370 ..............0.350...................0.390 ..................83,983,800 .........0.100
OM0000004735 ...........SEMBCORP SALALAH ................................................ 12,180 .............33,373........................3 ............2.740 ........... 2.740 ...........2.740 ........... 2.740 .............2.740 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................2.740 ..............2.470...................2.740 ..................261,552,714 ........1.000
OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL ............................................. 173,000 ............14,705........................7 ........... 0.085 ........... 0.085 ...........0.085 ........... 0.085 .............0.085 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.085 ..............0.084...................0.086...................14,875,000 .........0.100
OM0000004925 ...........AL BATINAH POWER ..................................................50,124 ............. 10,777........................6 ............0.215 ........... 0.215 ...........0.215 ............0.215 ............. 0.215............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.215 ..............0.205...................0.215 .................. 145,100,797 ........0.100
OM0000004933 ...........AL SUWADI POWER ....................................................50,047 .............10,760........................6 ............0.215 ........... 0.215 ...........0.215 ............0.215 ............. 0.215............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.215 .............. 0.211...................0.215 .................. 153,597,363 ........0.100
OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY ..................................................... 27,610 .............12,104........................6 ........... 0.438 ...........0.440 ...........0.436 ........... 0.438 .............0.440 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.455 ...............0.438 ..............0.438...................0.440 ..................26,499,000 .........0.100
OM0000002200 ...........AHLI BANK .................................................................... 250,000 ............51,084........................9 ........... 0.204 ...........0.205 ...........0.202 .......... 0.204 .............0.205 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.488 ...............0.202 ............. 0.192...................0.204 .................290,707,373 ........0.100
OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE .............. 405,000 ........... 74,550..................... 35 ............0.183 ........... 0.185 ...........0.182 ........... 0.184 ............. 0.185............-0.001 ........... -0.541 ...............0.183 .............. 0.183...................0.184 ...................36,800,000.........0.100
OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 1,080,482 ...... 198,289......................71 ............0.185 ........... 0.185 ...........0.182 ........... 0.184 ............. 0.185............-0.001 ........... -0.541 ...............0.183 ..............0.182...................0.183 ................... 27,613,800 .........0.100
OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING .............99,255 ............. 11,037........................8 ............0.113 ........... 0.113 ............0.110 ............0.111.............. 0.112 ............-0.001 ........... -0.893 ............... 0.112 ...............0.111................... 0.112 ....................9,990,000 ..........0.100
OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT ........................................................... 30,000 .............13,400........................3 ........... 0.446 ........... 0.448 ...........0.446........... 0.446 .............0.452 ...........-0.006 ........... -1.327................0.448..............0.448...................0.480 .................147,569,229 ........0.100
OM0000002374............UNITED FINANCE ..........................................................6,188 .................. 792........................ 1 ............0.128 ........... 0.128 ...........0.128 ........... 0.128 ............. 0.130............-0.002 ............-1.538................0.128 ..............0.128...................0.130 ................... 39,777,912 .........0.100
OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION .........................16,300 ............... 2,612........................3 ............0.162 ........... 0.162 ...........0.160 ........... 0.160 ............. 0.163............-0.003 ........... -1.840 ...............0.160 ..............0.160...................0.162 ...................15,206,400 .........0.100
OM0000001087 ............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE ............................... 293,000 ............74,775......................12 ........... 0.255 ........... 0.257 ...........0.255 ........... 0.255 .............0.260 ...........-0.005 ........... -1.923................0.257 ..............0.255...................0.257...................25,500,000.........0.100
.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 7,245,053 ...1,840,552................... 417 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......32........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000001053 ............OMAN TEXTILE HOLDING ................................... 279,732..........103,044..................... 64 ........... 0.348 ........... 0.382 ...........0.348........... 0.368 .............0.350 ............0.018 ............. 5.143 ................0.364..............0.364...................0.370....................2,208,000 ..........1.000
OM0000002580 ...........OMAN EDU. & TRIN. INV. HOLDING......................2,245 ...................361........................ 1 ............0.161 ........... 0.161 ............ 0.161 ............0.147 ............. 0.147............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................ 0.161 .............. 0.161...................0.000 ..................10,290,000 .........0.100
OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 140,824 ............21,130..................... 20 ............0.151 ........... 0.151 ............0.150 ........... 0.150 ............. 0.151 ............-0.001 ........... -0.662 ...............0.150 .............. 0.150................... 0.151 ..................219,390,219 ........0.100
OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 3,025,365 ..... 242,002..................... 62 ............0.081 ........... 0.081 ...........0.079 ........... 0.080 ............. 0.081............-0.001 ............-1.235................0.080..............0.080...................0.081 ................. 120,000,000 .......0.100
OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES .......................................................56,500 ............... 3,221........................6 ........... 0.057 ........... 0.057 ...........0.057 ........... 0.057 .............0.058 ...........-0.001 ............-1.724 ................0.057 ..............0.057...................0.058.................... 7,125,000 ..........0.100
OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK.............................................. 840,000 ........... 63,278..................... 39 ............0.075 ........... 0.076 ...........0.075 ........... 0.075 .............0.077 ...........-0.002 ........... -2.597 ...............0.075 ..............0.075...................0.076...................75,000,000.........0.100
OM0000002564 ...........AL HASSAN ENGINEERING...................................... 9,000 .................. 774........................3 ........... 0.086 ........... 0.086 ...........0.086........... 0.086 ............. 0.091............-0.005 ........... -5.495 ...............0.086 ..............0.086...................0.091 .................... 6,467,888 ..........0.100
.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 4,353,666 .......433,811................... 195 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 7........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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
O M A N S T O C K S
INDICESIndex .................................................High .................Low ..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff %MSM30 Index ........................................5,937.98 .............. 5,932.07 ................... 5,933.26 ....................5,937.91 .................. -4.65 .................. -0.08Financial Index .................................... 7,326.20 ...............7,305.80 ................... 7,306.04 ................... 7,325.58 ................ -19.54 .................. -0.27Industrial Index ....................................7,338.63 ...............7,320.66 ................... 7,320.66 ................... 7,338.63 ................ -17.97 .................. -0.24Services Index ...................................... 3,280.97 .............. 3,278.68 ....................3,279.61 ................... 3,280.17 .................. -0.56 .................. -0.02MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................912.93 ...................911.37 ....................... 911.85 .......................913.65 .................. -1.80 .................. -0.20
Trading SummaryVolume ................ Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up ............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded11,598,719 .................. 2,274,363 .....................612 ............... 14,728,755,343 .................. 3 ......................14 ....................22 .........................39
MSM index ends lower
MUSCAT: Profi t-booking on the Muscat bourse pulled down share prices. The MSM 30 Index mar-ginally closed lower at 5,933.26 points, down by 0.08 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index down by 0.20 per cent to close at 911.85 points.
Bank Nizwa led in terms of volume while Bank Muscat was the most active in terms of turno-ver. Wednesday’s top gainer was Oman Textile Holding, up by 5.14 per cent, while Al Hassan Engi-neering was the day’s top loser, down by 5.49 per cent.
As many as 612 trades were ex-ecuted during Wednesday’s trad-ing session generating turnover of OMR2.27 million with 11.59 million shares changing hands. Out of 39 traded securities, 3 advanced, 14 declined and 22 re-mained unchanged.
GCC and Arab investors were net buyers for OMR58,000 while foreign investors were net sell-ers for OMR42,000 followed by OMR15,000 worth of shares.
Financial Index fallsFinancial Index declined by 0.08 per cent to close at 7,306.04 points. Al Izz Bank, Oman United Insurance, United Finance and Bank Nizwa declined by 2.60 per cent, 1.92 per cent, 1.54 per cent and 1.23 per cent, respectively.
Industrial Index ended at 7,320.66 points, down by 0.24 per cent. National Alumnium in-creased by 0.43 per cent to close at OMR0.230.
Al Hassan Engineering, Oman Fisheries, Oman Cement and Voltamp Energy declined by 5.49 per cent, 1.72 per cent, 1.33 per cent and 0.45 per cent, respectively.
Services Index declined by 0.02 per cent to close at 3,279.61 points. Oreedoo Oman was the only gainer to close at OMR0.764. Port Services, Phoenix Power and OIFC declined by 1.84 per cent, 0.66 per cent and 0.54 per
cent, respectively.
Emerging markets slipEmerging-market stocks fell for a third day amid concern China’s growth slowdown is hurting cor-porate earnings and as investors awaited United States Federal Reserve comments to gauge the timing of the fi rst US interest-rate increase in nine years. Rus-sia’s ruble rebounded with oil.
Chinese shares traded in Hong Kong posted their biggest drop in a month as companies from Tsingtao Brewery to Jiangxi Cop-per reported declining earnings, and UBS Group cut its forecast for growth in the world’s second-largest economy.
Benchmark indexes in Dubai and Abu Dhabi slid to two- month lows. Brazilian stocks headed for the longest streak of losses in a month. The ruble and Indone-sia’s rupiah helped a gauge of 20 developing-nation currencies rise for the fi rst time in four days.
Futures trades signal a 96 per cent probability the Fed will hold its rates on Wednesday and a two-third likelihood it will leave them unchanged in December as well. Still, investors remain on the edge as offi cials including US Federal chair Janet Yellen, Stan-ley Fischer and John Williams said they expect a rates liftoff warranted this year.
China concerns have wors-ened the sentiment, with UBS lowering its forecast for the na-tion’s 2016 growth to 6.2 per cent from 6.5 per cent and a measure of consumer sentiment sinking to a record.
“Chinese corporate earnings are a refl ection of the growth outlook,” Michael Wang, a strate-gist at hedge fund Amiya Capital in London. “Lower commodity prices are more worrying as they are more of a real-time indicator of what activity is like.
- United Securities/Bloomberg News
The top gainer was Oman Textile, up by 5.14
per cent, while Al Hassan Engineering was
the day’s top loser, down by 5.49 per cent
RSM launches new global brandTimes News Service
MUSCAT: RSM International, the world’s seventh largest audit, tax and consulting network, has adopted ‘RSM’ as its united global brand name together with a new visual identity.
George Mathew & Co, the mem-ber fi rm in Oman of the RSM net-work has also adopted the new brand and visual identity along-side fellow members of its inter-national network. RSM Interna-tional has adopted ‘RSM’ as its united global brand name in over 110 countries worldwide.
The unifi ed brand, which was announced in June this year, is de-signed to reinforce the network’s global strength in providing au-dit, tax and consulting services to entrepreneurial, growth-focused organisations. Underpinned by its own strong fi nancial performance and a rapidly expanding interna-tional client base, the network’s new brand identity is based on the
theme of helping clients to move forward with confi dence.
Long-term strategyFollowing recent extensive inde-pendent global client and prospect research, feedback confi rmed that the network’s strengths lie in their ‘passionate focus on collabora-tion’, ‘deep understanding of what matters most to clients,’ and ‘in-sight sharing by senior partners’. These values are captured in the network’s new global positioning: “The Power of Being Understood”.
Jean Stephens, chief executive offi cer of RSM International, said: “Uniting under one brand is an important step in our long-term growth strategy. In an ever more globalised economy, our new brand will further diff erentiate our off ering to leaders of entre-preneurial, growing organisations globally who want to work with advisers that really take the time to understand and care about their business and its drivers.
The new single brand enables us to better promote our resources and expertise, and provide an en-hanced, seamless service off ering to clients all over the world, ben-efi ting them and also our 37,500 professionals globally.”
RSM has launched a global ad-vertising campaign presenting its new brand across eight major international transit airports and digitally in global business media. In addition, RSM has launched a new bi-annual global econom-ics publication – The Global Real Economy – providing insights and analysis on a range of inter-national issues relevant to middle market business leaders.
Global expansionJean Stephens commented: “Over the years, the network has devel-oped a strong suite of services to support our clients’ global ex-pansion, helping them to address changes in regulation and the global business environment.
That’s why we are celebrating our new brand by providing cli-ents with value-driven insights designed to help them succeed in an increasingly competitive and global economy.”
George Mathew, managing partner of the RSM member fi rm in Oman commented, “This is an exciting development for our fi rm and our global network RSM In-ternational. We believe that this change will strengthen our pres-ence in the market, which will in turn create opportunities for our clients and our people. It will al-low us to grow our services in line with our client’s needs and pro-vide the clients access to a global network of likeminded, trusted advisors from across the world.”
RSM is the world’s sixth largest provider of tax services, has the fi fth largest fi rm in the US and the third largest in China.
RSM was the fastest growing top ten global network in 2014 with 18 per cent growth.
N E W I D E N T I T Y
Sensex closes in thered; rupee declinesMUMBAI: Markets ended in red for the third straight day, as the Sensex slipped by another 213.68 points to end at two-week low at 27,039.76 on profi t-booking from investors mainly in banking, pow-er, realty and auto counters ahead of the expiry of futures and options October contract on Thursday.
Lower Asian cues coupled with cautious approach of investors ahead of the US Federal Reserve statement due later in the day also aff ected the market sentiment.
Bank stocks led decline for key benchmark indices. Axis Bank tumbled by 7.36 per cent on con-cerns regarding the private sec-tor bank’s slippages in the second quarter of September 2015. ICICI Bank and State Bank of India also ended lower by 4.30 per cent and 2.67 pct respectively.
The Sensex resumed lower at 27,131.71 and hovered in a range of 27,163.98 and 26,919.96 before ending at nearly two-week low at 27,039.76, showing a loss of 213.68 points or 0.78 per cent.
The Sensex has dropped by 431.05 points or 1.57 per cent in two days.
The CNX 50-share Nifty dropped by 61.70 points or 0.75 per cent to close at 8,171.20. It has also 124.25 points or 1.50 per cent in two weeks.
In overseas equity markets, stocks in China and Indonesia led decline in Asian markets as in-vestors turned cautious ahead of the outcome of a monetary policy review from the United States Federal Reserve which could pro-vide clues about the timing of the Federal’s fi rst interest rate hike in a decade.
In the domestic market, 19 scrips out of the 30-share Sensex pack ended lower while 11 others closed higher.
Other major losers were NTPC 2.19 per cent, Lupin 1.83 per cent, Dr Reddy’s Lab 1.79 per cent and M&M 1.62 per cent while Cipla rose by 1.64 per cent, Bharti Air-tel 1.62 per cent and ONGC 1.41 per cent.
Among the S&P BSE sectoral indices, Bankex fell by 2.53 per cent followed by Power 1.48 per cent, Realty 1.24 per cent, Auto 0.65 and Healthcare 0.50 per cent while Consumer Durable rose by 1.63 per cent.
Rupee depreciatesSnapping two-day losing streak against the United States cur-rency, the rupee recovered by four paise to 64.93 per dollar on fag-end selling of dollars by banks and ex-porters on the back of lower dollar in the overseas market.
The rupee resumed lower at 65.07 per dollar as against the last closing level of 64.97 per dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market and moved down further to 65.0950 on initial dollar demand from banks and importers.
However, it trimmed its ini-tial losses against the dollar and recovered to 64.9150 per dollar before settling at 64.93 per dol-lar, showing a gain of four paise or 0.06 per cent.
It had dropped by 14 paise or 0.22 pct in the previous two days. It moved in a range of 64.9150 per dollar and 65.0950 per dollar during the day.
The dollar index was trading low-er by 0.19 per cent against a basket of six currencies in the late after-noon trade.
In the overseas market, the US dollar struggled for direction in the late afternoon trade, as investors held back from taking lopsided po-sitions ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee. - PTI
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Toyota Innova: Perfect 8-seater for big families
MUSCAT: With a spacious 8-seater interior and a dynamic design, the Innova is perfect for the modern family, off ering fl ex-ible space for infi nite possibilities.
Toyota Innova has style, space, safety and comfort, all packed in one. The multi-utility Innova arrests at-tention with its dynamic looks and impressively sculpted contours. It seats comfortably, ensuring spa-cious legroom in and around the second and third row seats.
Now, ever since Saud Bahwan Automotive has launched the Fes-tival of Joy campaign the Innova
is available with insurance (one year Oman only) on 2015YM In-nova of 2015 production. This ben-efi t is applicable until November 12, for all purchases except those made by government organisa-tions and ministries. Conditions apply. Please visit nearest Toyota showroom for further details, says a press release.
This is one of the many delightful reasons to own an Innova. Fash-ionably adorned with a bold front grille, stylish front bumper design and an attractive backdoor garnish that catches the eye, the Innova of-fers outstanding manoeuvrability
even at high speeds. Powered by a 2.7-litre, 4-cylinder, 16V, DOHC, EFi, VVT-i engine, its front and rear suspensions achieve excellent drive comfort and stability as well as an extremely quiet ride.
The top of line grade hosts a plethora of high class features – auto ac, multi-information display, outer mirrors with turn signal in-dicators, side protection moulding with chrome, bluetooth integrated music system with 6.1” display screen, woodgrain panelling, al-loy wheels, fog lamps and steering mounted controls, to name a few.
The Innova packs a host of
safety measures that include the thoughtful design of the driving position, enabling each driver to fi nd a position of comfort and con-trol with an excellent fi eld of view. Other safety measures include a specially designed body, compris-ing a crumple zone and high integ-rity cabin, which help to protect occupants by minimising defor-mation to the passenger compart-ment. The dual airbags, ABS and seatbelts further add to the out-standing safety off ered by Innova.
All specifi cations listed above are standard Toyota equipment. Safety kit (fi re extinguisher, warn-ing triangle, tyre pressure gauge and fi rst aid kit) is a dealer in-stalled non Toyota item provided on Toyota models as standard equipment. The vehicle specifi ca-tions may change without prior notice. Pictures and colours may diff er from actual specifi cations of the vehicles.
In Oman, the nationwide parts and service network of Saud Bahwan Automotive supports Toyota’s outstanding product quality. No wonder then that today, Toyota is one of the most trusted and well-known brands.
The multi-utility
Innova arrests
attention with its
dynamic looks
and impressively
sculpted contours
Muscat Insurance opens 15th new branch in MabelahMUSCAT: Muscat Insurance Company (a Muscat National Holding Group company), lead-ing insurance service provider in the Sultanate, marked the ex-pansion of its branch network with the inauguration of its 15th new branch in Mabelah under the auspices of Sheikh Khalfan Saleh Al Nabi.
Philip K. Philip, GCEO MNHC, said: “We are on the path of high growth. Today MIC is the fastest growing insurance company in personal lines insurance. With the opening of a branch in Mab-
elah we are looking at increasing our footprints across the Muscat governorate, in order to ensure reach and ease of doing business with our customers.”
Ramesh P. L., GM, MIC, as-sured the dignitaries that his team shall work in close prox-imity with the customers and is committed to delivering out-standing service through its dedicated staff .
The new branch will be a full service outlet, off ering all prod-ucts and services of Muscat In-surance Company.
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Telugu Wing’s ‘Muscat Madhurimalu’ brings renowned artistes to MuscatMUSCAT: Indian Social Club (ISC) Telugu Wing’s ‘Muscat Mad-hurimalu 2015’ mega event was staged recently with a resounding success at Al Falaj Hotel.
Indra Mani Pandey, Indian ambassador to Oman, and Neelu Rohra, fi rst secretary at the Indian Embassy, attended the event.
The event which brought on stage famed lyricist Ananth Sriram, Tollywood TV artistes and popular playback singers Kausalya, Krishna Chaitanya, Sa-keth and Parnika whipped up top-notch, non-stop entertainment keeping the audience in rapture through the entire evening.
Sriram held the audience in a trance with his poetic speech and a rendition of verses composed as a tribute to NRIs. The poignant lyr-ics left a profound impact on the audience, says a press release.
The singing sensations ensured that they catered to everyone in
the audience with the perfect mix of melodies, golden hits and cur-rent chart busters.
The singers also presented a special Hindi segment with rivet-ing numbers as a tribute to the am-bassador.
Speaking on this occasion, Anil Kumar, convener, said: “While the well-known serial artistes Anil, Mythili, Nirupam and Chaitra of Ashta-Chemma revved up the glamour quotient of the event with their superb dancing skills, the im-mensely popular anchor Shyamala captivated the audience with her quick repartees and charming compering.”
The 1,500 strong audience sat mesmerised till the very end. The surprise gifts added to the ex-citement. In addition there was a raffl e draw with attractive high value prizes.
The fi nal 45 minutes of the pro-gramme had almost the entire au-
dience on its feet with the singers belting out a non-stop medley of fast beat songs leaving the delight-ed crowd asking for more.
Anil said the mega event was a glitzy entertainment.
Community serviceISC Telugu Wing which has been committed to community service right from inception reaffirmed its commitment to social causes by presenting a cheque of OMR1,500 to the Charity Wing of Indian Social Club during the event.
The event, which was hosted free of charge saw members of all quarters of the Telugu community attending with great enthusiasm. The huge success of the mega nite was a befi tting acknowledgement to the committed and selfl ess work put in by the committee members of the Telugu Kala Samithi for over four months.
The gold sponsors for the event were NCC International and Tee-jan Group of Companies.
The silver sponsors were Avani Infra Developers, Roca, Bank Mus-cat, Muscat Finance, Al Wasit Ma-chinery, Modern Exchange, Dun-lop, Voltas, Lalbuksh Voltas and Towell Engineering Group.
The bronze sponsors were Xpress Money, Global Technology, Al Sulaimi Group, Carrier, AGAF Contracting Company, Oasis, Mustafa Sultan Exchange, Muscat Gases Co, Amwaj Saham Trading and SAS Al Hekmah Est.
The offi cial carrier was Oman Air and the media partner was Times of Oman.
On behalf of the Indian Social Club Telugu Wing, committee members thanked everybody and requested the members of the community to become part of the Indian Social Club by enrolling membership for the year 2015.
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Expert laparoscopic
surgeon joins Starcare
MUSCAT: Starcare Hospital an-nounced the joining of Dr P. N. Ajitha, a renowned laparoscopic surgeon from India.
The hospital, under the fl ag-ship of Starcare Health systems has bloomed into a prominent destination for those, seeking quality healthcare. The presence of a team of dedicated, experi-enced and qualifi ed medical pro-fessionals is the reason for this. The services of Dr Ajitha is now available at Starcare Hospital, says a press release.
Dr Ajitha has conducted more than 6,000 surgeries in her ca-reer. She is the fi rst lady gynae-cologist to perform total laparo-scopic hysterectomy in Kerala, India. She is also the fi rst lady gynaecologist to conduct single port laparoscopic hysterectomy, in Kerala.
She completed her MBBS from Calicut Medical College, Kerala. Later on, she completed her Di-ploma in Obstetrics and Gynae-cology. Dr Ajitha attained her Di-ploma in Pelvic Endoscopy ( Keil University) from Germany.
She has won many accolades and is a life member of Indian Medical Association, Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaec Society of India, Indian Association of Human Reproduction and Indian Association of Gynaecological Endoscopists.
Dr Ajitha is functioning as the State Chairperson of IMA Wom-en Wing (Kerala), Secretary of Indian Menopausal Society, Cali-cut etc. She is a member of Rotary
International and is a Paul Har-rison Fellow. She has conducted many social development pro-grammes and has given talks on gynaecology and laparoscopy on a number of occasions.
She has appeared in many tel-evision shows and has spread awareness about the benefi ts of using the latest technology in the medical fi eld.
While welcoming her, K. Jayan, vice president, Starcare Health Systems UK, said, "Performing 6,000 surgeries is no mean feat. The challenge for a physician to-day is not just delivering quality treatment to a patient but also to be abreast with the latest ad-vancement in the medical tech-nology. Dr Ajitha has been able to excel in both and that’s why she is considered one among the best in the fi eld today."
He also added that with the ad-dition of Dr Ajitha to the present team of medical professionals in Starcare Hospital, the facility is well on its way to reach higher destinations.
H E A L T H C A R E
Declamation contest held at PSM
MUSCAT: Pakistan School Muscat (PSM) recently conduct-ed the intra-school declamation contest 2015.
Syed Ayaz Hussain, ambas-sador of Pakistan to the Sultan-ate of Oman, was the chief guest. Shahid Javaid, M. Sajid, Usman Lakhan and Hafeez Malik also attended the occasion. Attaullah Niazi, senior principal, Pakistan School System, Khalid Jadoon, PSM principal, and Munnazza Ghafoor, principal, Pakistan School Junior Branch, were also present along with a number of guests, dignitaries and partici-pants of the event.
The jury of the declamation was formed by Bukhari, a renowned educationist and the Principal of Pakistan School Seeb, Col. Ir-shad, the ex-principal of PSM and Sahahra Humayun, a talented speaker and an ex-student of Pa-kistan School Muscat. Asim Rana compiled the scores.
After the recitation of the Holy Quran by Ahmad Ali, the contest began. The programme consisted of two levels. In level 1, the stu-dents of Grades V-VIII painted
their side of the picture on the topic, ‘Social Media is spoiling our youth’.
Contestants from Grades IX-XI spoke of their views about the maxim, ‘God helps those who help themselves’.
The speakers from PSM and its branches in Mussanah, Nizwa and Sohar took part in the contest. All the participants displayed the best skills of oration which made the contest a neck and neck com-petition of speeches.
In group I, Hira Mahmood of Pakistan School Sohar secured the second position and Laiba Ali of Pakistan School Muscat stole the show as the top speaker. In
group II, Javeria Zahid of Paki-stan School Mussanah ended up second while Rabia Zeeshan of Pakistan School Sohar claimed the top position. In overall results, Pakistan School Sohar mounted the victory summit. PSM admin-istration awarded trophies to Maryam Shoaib Khan, Farzana Shahzad and Iram Ashfaq as ac-knowledgement of their services for the organisation.
Live national songs and doc-umentaries added colours to the event.
Trophies, certifi cates and med-als were given away to the win-ners of essay writing competition and declamation contest.
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Stage set for big Pan India property show
MUSCAT: The stage is set for the biggest Pan India property show to be held tomorrow and the day after, at Holiday Muscat, Al Khuwair, sponsored by Phoenix Group, Hyderabad. The Times of India, India’s largest newspaper, in association with Muscat-based East Expo, is organising Oryx property show.
The Indian property show re-turns with a large number of par-ticipants taking the show to great-er heights. This event generates a lot of excitement and interest to the Indian community in Oman, says a press release.
Expected to be the biggest show in its history, the two-day prop-erty extravaganza will showcase properties from the UAE, Singa-pore, Oman, Malaysia and India (Biggest pavilion with 30 exhibi-tors- Pan India Presence). Both commercial and residential pro-jects will feature in the exhibition. Property developments, which will be showcased at the property show, will be known for their latest technological advancements and new construction trends.
The International Property Show is the leading consumer event in Oman making it a perfect platform for providing buyers and investors with a ‘one-stop shop’
opportunity to capitalise and take advantage from the best property deals in India.
It will open doors from 10:30am to 8:30pm on both these days. With more than 170 exhibitors and 220 stands spread across 6,000sq.m the show is much larger than its previous editions.
The Indian property show has become a launch platform for de-velopers over the years. New and upcoming projects, lucrative in-vestment opportunities, exciting deals will be showcased here and NRIs get best bargains in return. With 200 properties to see and experience and prices starting at a low of OMR6,200 to high end lux-ury properties are made available. It promises a good mix of proper-ties PAN India with developers coming from diff erent regions of India representing Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns and metropolis. The show enables the buyers to understand the pulse of property scenario back home.
The exhibitors at the show will include best of the Indian real es-tate developers, estate agents and fi nance companies. This year’s show will witness a large Indian pavilion alongside Yaas proper-ties from Dubai off ering lucrative investment and buying options in UAE. The large Indian contin-gent will be represented by key developers such as Phoenix Build-ers, Puranik Builders, Aparna Constructions, and Hyderabad to name some.
With focus on cities like Banga-lore, Mangalore, Chennai, Co-
imbatore, Kochi, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Delhi, Gur-goan, the choice becomes even more interesting and attractive for those looking at buying or invest-ing in these places.
The property show’s main spon-sor Phoenix Group, Hyderabad will present two of its big projects.
The Golf Edge in Hyderabad is a one-of-its-kind luxury home of 487 apartments in the heart of Nana-kramguda-Gachibowli in Hy-derabad. It is located in the middle of the IT hub housing names like Microsoft, Dell, Deloitte, Infosys, Wipro to name a few. Golf Edge is a fully-furnished, fully-fi tted and fully-serviced apartment with a global appeal. On the campus is an internationally branded star hotel Holiday Inn Express and Suites. There are a host of corporate work spaces, international schools, shopping malls, multiplexes all around the site within just a cou-ple of kilometres radius.
The Commune in Chennai is a collection of landscaped green at-tached villas ranging from 1,200 sq ft to 1,800 sq ft. Set amidst a pre-mier gated community on OMR, this 40 acre landscaped project, is a part of the Village Township, promoted by Phoenix Hodu De-velopers. There is no dearth of amenities and utilities; including a 30,000 sq.ft club house.
Puranik Builders — Ideas that stay with youPuranik Builders Pvt. Ltd. is one of the well-known and leading
real estate company that provide comprehensive residential and commercial solutions across vari-ous real estate categories for more than four decades. The group has successfully developed over 4.5 million sq.ft area and around 15 million sq.ft area is under devel-opment stage. Innovative design and concepts, strict adherence to delivery schedules and budget estimates are the defi ning bench-marks of Puranik Builders.
AwardsBest residential project for Thane based Puranik City by CNBC Awaaz in 2014, The Most Powerful Upcoming Brands in India - Power Brands Rising Star 2012, Best project award for Puranik City in the year 2010 by Accommodation Times, Best maintained garden by the Thane Municipal Corporation in 2005 and others.
Best investmentInvestment in Indian property sector is a best investment for vari-ous reasons including highest LTV, tangibility, less volatility, rental income and appreciating asset. In-dian property market is huge and yet aff ordable compared to inter-national investment destinations. With a guaranteed capital appre-ciation on real estate in India this is far higher than the high-yielding deposits for non-resident Indians.
Visitors at the Indian property show will get free advice and in-formation on various aspects such as existing property and tenancy laws, rate of return, fi nance op-tions, etc. The property exhibition is specially designed to meet the needs of Indians in Oman.
Other highlights will include free seminars, designed to off er interesting insights and analysis to the customers, which will be conducted by some of the most infl uential property industry pro-fessionals, and legal advisers. ‘Get to know your City’ will focus on bringing the customer closer to choosing his dream home.
Properties being
showcased at the
real estate show will
be known for their
latest technological
advancements
and modern
construction trends
NTT congratulates Oman Air on its Dreamliner deliveryMUSCAT: National Travel & Tourism congratulated Oman Air on the occasion of the air-line receiving its fi rst Boeing 787 Dreamliner. They said this is in-deed a proud moment for the air-line as well as the country.
National Travel & Tourism (NTT), has been closely associ-ated with Oman Air since its in-ception more than two decades ago. During this period, as Oman Air expanded its fl eet and net-work, NTT has always been at the forefront to promote the services of the national carrier in both the government and private sectors, says a press release.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner uses cutting-edge technology and materials to achieve best-in-class parameters in performance, effi ciency and passenger com-fort. With the induction of this aircraft into the fl eet, Oman Air would be able to open new and additional routes for the conveni-ence of travellers out of Oman.
“As a top seller of Oman Air services, we believe the induc-tion of Dreamliner into the Oman Air fl eet would further add to the award-winning and excellent Oman Air services to our clients. This would no doubt support us
to promote Oman Air services even better,” said an NTT spokes-man on the occasion.
NTT today off ers the highest levels of customer service and response from multiple locations throughout Oman with emphasis on providing top-notch travel, holidays and freight manage-ment services.
NTT sales outlets are available in Wattayah, Ruwi (CBD), Seeb, Salalah, Sohar and Buraimi (liai-son offi ce).
NTT’s various divisions of-fer the whole gamut of services. NTT Travel Services: Provides cutting-edge service levels relat-ing to corporate and individual travel on a 24x7 basis.
Choice Holidays off ers com-prehensive holiday options all over the world. NTT Tours off ers comprehensive destination man-agement services, off ering one of the widest range of tours and spe-cialised products for the discern-ing tourists into Oman.
NTT Cargo off ers compre-hensive, door-to-door freight services, both air and sea. Hertz Rent-A-Car has more than 1,000 vehicles making it one of the larg-est rent-a-car service providers in the country.
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ISD hosts Ambassador’s
Polemic Challenge 2015
MUSCAT: Indian School Darsait (ISD) hosted the Ambassador’s Rolling Trophy - Polemic Chal-lenge 2015 organised under the aegis of Board of Directors, In-dian schools in Oman recently at the senior school auditorium.
Twenty-four participants from 12 Indian schools competed in the battle of words and wits to grab the coveted Ambassador’s Rolling Trophy.
Annual eventAmbassador’s Polemic Challenge is a prestigious annual event keen-ly contested by almost all Indian schools in the Sultanate. The event was conceptualised to commemo-rate International Day of Peace. The topic for this year’s debate was ‘Education alone can bring world peace’. Erudite wars of words and rebuttals set fi re to cerebrations of the enlightened audience.
Speakers vied with each other to present their views in the most convincing way and countered the questions posed at them. Most of the debaters exhibited their rhetoric to the fullest.
Indian School Muscat emerged as the winners of this year’s Am-bassador’s Polemic Challenge. The following are the prize win-ners - The best speaker: Angela
Alex of ISM, the second best speaker: Arundhati Panicker of Indian School Sur, consolation prize: Samawiyah S of ISM and the best rebuttal: Mamata Gopi-nathan of ISWK.
Indra Mani Pandey, ambas-sador of India to the Sultanate of Oman, attended the occasion and distributed certifi cates and mementos to the winners. The dignitaries present included Cdr. Mathew Abraham, educational adviser to BOD, Abdul Rahim Kassim, President SMC, Dr Amsa Parambil, vice president SMC, Dr Alex C. Joseph, assistant educa-tional adviser to BOD and coordi-nating teachers from the partici-pating schools.
Earlier, Dr Sridevi P. Thashnath, principal ISD, wel-comed the debaters, members of the jury, distinguished guests and the organisers and participating schools to the august gathering. Wishing the participants every success, she commended the toil and hard work of these young tal-ents and appreciated the trainer teachers who worked behind the scenes. Representing the judges, John Moshi, shared his views and experience on communica-tion. Dr Alex C. Joseph proposed vote of thanks.
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National Life CEO honoured with coveted Bizz Award MUSCAT: The World Confed-eration of Business (Worldcob) recently honoured S. Venkatacha-lam, CEO of National Life & Gen-eral Insurance Company (NL-GIC) by awarding him the World Business Leader award as well as honorary title of Excellence in Business Management. This is the second time Venkatachalam is re-ceiving this honour, fi rst being in the year 2013, says a press release.
The Bizz award is considered to be a prestigious award in the busi-ness fi eld worldwide that monitors pioneering companies and leading fi gures all over the world in terms of their achievement in the fi eld of business activities, exceptional achievements, leadership and so-cial responsibility.
Speaking on this occasion, Venkatachalam said: “We are ex-tremely delighted to receive such a prestigious international award that emphasises NLGIC’s com-mitment and focus on following the best international practices in all its activities in terms of qual-ity of our operations and customer centric approach to products and world class customer services.”
National Life & General Insur-ance Company is the fi rst and the largest insurer in the Sultanate of Oman to have completed 30 years of excellence in insurance. They
are the total insurance solutions provider in the Sultanate off ering solutions in both life and general insurance. They have the Good (B++) Financial Strength Rating from A.M. Best Co., world’s old-est and most authoritative rating agency and are certifi ed with ISO 9001:2008 by British Standards
Institute. The company is already providing wider range of insur-ance products to cater to all cus-tomer segments.
They are now leveraging on their widespread experience, profound knowledge and customer loyalties to deliver value to clients, partners and stakeholders.
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We are extremely
delighted to receive
such a prestigious
international award that
emphasises NLGIC’s
commitment and focus
S. VenkatachalamCEO, NLGIC
PSM students visit EduTraC
MUSCAT: The students of Pa-kistan School Muscat (PSM) visited EduTraC Oman, the higher education exhibition, which was held under the pa-tronage of Ministry of Educa-tion – National Career Guid-ance Centre, aiming to bring in the leading career options to spotlight for students in Oman.
The students of AS, AII, XI and XII were part of this visit. By arranging this visit, the school administration high-lighted its interest in fi nding the best future academic pos-sibilities for its students, says a press release.
Exhibiting keen interest, the students visited diff erent stalls to gather information about diverse and advanced study programmes off ered by a vast number of universities from around the world.
The most visited stalls by the students were of the colleges and universities in Oman, Ma-laysia and the UK.
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twenty4 opens third showroom in Muscat
MUSCAT: After the successful successive opening of twenty4 stores in Muscat within the last one year, twenty4 is now set to welcome fashion enthusiasts to their third store located at the plush and brand new Panorama Mall in Bausher.
The opening was held amidst media guests, top offi cials and in-augurated by Salim Ali Nasser Al Siyabi, chairman, Panorama Mall.
Inaugurating the new outlet, Nasser Kunnummal, country head of twenty4, said, “Bausher is a po-tential market for twenty4 and there is a strong demand of cus-tomers for the products off ered by the brand.”
He further commented, “The opening of twenty4 inside the Pan-orama Mall will further strength-en the portfolio of the area as well as open lot of avenues for people living in and around that area. The presence of retailers catering to the mid-market segment helps Oman to position itself on the global front.”
Keeping in line with its current in-store layout, the new store too will feature large aisles and bright and spacious setting that will en-hance the feel-good factor. Shop-pers can look forward to a wide array of trendy clothes and acces-sories under one roof, which will make it truly a one-stop shop for all their shopping requirements.
Tarique Azmi, concept head, twenty4 said: “We are delighted with the response and interest that we have been receiving for our brand from patrons in Oman. The opening of the 3rd store strength-
ens our belief in Oman as a poten-tial market for the brand.”
Introductory off er “Customers who purchase full price merchandise worth OMR15 and more will be eligible to get a free comforter. With twenty4’s latest off ering, we want to make shopping during this month even more fun and satisfying for cus-tomers. At twenty4, shoppers will fi nd all the amazing savings on merchandise we are known for, in addition to fi nding our existing stores refreshed with new, bright and colourful must-have items.”
Uber-cool collectiontwenty4’s chic, young, and uber-cool collection off ers incredible value to fashion conscious cus-tomers of any age. The store has already proven its mettle amongst consumers in the region, who are spoilt for choice with the brand’s exciting variety of clothes and ac-cessories for women, men, young adults, kids and even homes. Also noteworthy about twenty4 is the fact that complete emphasis is given to customer convenience by the brand - with customer friendly
signage, ample and spacious trial rooms, large cashiering banks, ample parking space outside the store, to name a few.
With the fashion direction for the season now defi ned, rush to the twenty4 store to shop for an array of options from the brand’s spring collection. You can also like twen-ty4’s Facebook page for a daily dose of high-street fashion.
Headquartered in the UAE, twenty4 is the Middle East’s fast-est growing fashion retailer and part of the BMA International Group, one of the biggest retail conglomerates in the Middle East. Showcasing popular collections for men, women, kids and homes, twenty4 has a long standing aff air with fashion. As a brand twenty4 believes in constantly being a trend-setter in the region and has successfully created a marketing portfolio, newer forms of com-munication, channeled to keep the consumer involved. That’s not all, the store’s world-class design and ample retail space ensures an uncluttered, fun and cosmopoli-tan shopping environment and is defi nitely a one-stop shop for all fashion needs.
Keeping in line with
its current in-store
layout, the new store
too will feature large
aisles and bright and
spacious setting that
will enhance the
feel-good factor
Bank Muscat board approves Q3 resultsMUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the fl ag-ship fi nancial institution in the Sultanate, yesterday announced the Q3 fi nancial results, approved by the board of directors.
The bank posted a net profi t of OMR136.2m for the 9-month pe-riod ending September 30, 2015 compared to OMR126.7m re-ported during the same period in 2014, an increase of 7.5 per cent, says a press release.
Shaikh Khalid bin Mustahail Al Mashani, chairman of Bank Muscat, said: “The key business lines of the bank maintained per-formance momentum during the period in question. Going forward, the bank will continue its prudent policies and align growth accord-ing to market conditions, which pose a challenging situation.”
The bank’s net interest income from conventional banking stood at OMR176.0 million for the nine months of 2015 compared to OMR170.3 million for the same period of 2014, an increase of 3.3 per cent. Net income from Is-lamic fi nancing was OMR13.7m for the nine months of 2015 com-pared to OMR12.4m for the same period of 2014, an increase of OMR10.2 per cent.
Non-interest income at OMR112.9 million was higher by 8.4 per cent compared to OMR104.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Operating expenses for the nine month period ended Septem-ber 30, 2015 stood at OMR126.0 million as compared to OMR117.6 million for the same period in 2014, an increase of 7.2 per cent. Impairment for credit losses for the nine month period in 2015 was OMR42.7 million as against OMR40.7 million for the same
period in 2014. Recoveries from impairment for credit loss were OMR25.5 million for the nine month period of 2015 as against OMR19.6 million for the same pe-riod in 2014. Share of income from associates for the nine month pe-riod in 2015 was OMR1.9 million against OMR896,000 for the same period in 2014.
Net loans and advances from the conventional opera-tion increased by 8.7 per cent to OMR6,566 million as against OMR6,042 million as at Septem-ber 30 2014. Customer deposits, including CDs from the conven-tional operations increased by 6.7 per cent to OMR6,778 million as against OMR6,351 million as at September 30 2014.
Islamic fi nancing receivables amounted to OMR482 million as of September 30, 2015 compared to OMR385 million in the same period of 2014. Islamic banking customer deposits amounted to OMR549m as of September 30 2015 compared to OMR231m re-ported in the same period in 2014.
G R O W T H
The bank posted a net
profit of OMR136.2m
for the 9-month period
ending September 30 2015
compared to OMR126.7m
reported during the same
period in 2014, an increase
of 7.5 per cent
Frankfurt, Dhaka lead the way in Oman Air’s winter scheduleMUSCAT: The major upgrade to Oman Air’s Frankfurt service, and introduction of new service to Dhaka form centrepiece of the airline’s newly-announced Winter 2015/16 schedule.
Oman Air’s service between Muscat and Frankfurt is now oper-ated using the airline’s brand-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The iconic jet was fi rst delivered to Oman Air at the beginning of Octo-ber. Following an inaugural fl ight from Muscat to Salalah on Octo-ber 18, it fi rst fl ew to Frankfurt on October 25. Since the route was fi rst launched in 2009, using Air-bus 330s, Oman Air experienced huge demand for more seats. De-ployment of the Dreamliner, with its enhanced capacity of 18 Busi-ness Class and 249 Economy Class seats, enables Oman Air to meet
signifi cant ongoing growth within the German market. Furthermore, Oman Air is now the only airline to off er direct fl ights from Germany to Oman.
The launch of Oman Air’s new service from Muscat to the Bang-ladeshi capital of Dhaka, also on October 25 has similarly been undertaken in response to strong consumer demand. The route is Oman Air’s second to Bangladesh and 18th on the Indian Sub-Conti-nent. It provides essential support for Bangladesh’s sizeable expatri-ate workforce, as well as increased opportunities for leisure travellers to discover the country’s extensive natural beauty.
The service currently off ers four fl ights per week, with six frequen-cies per week expected to com-mence from December 1.
Whilst Frankfurt and Dhaka provide the centrepiece for Oman Air’s Winter 2015/16 schedule, a wide range of other changes bring increased choice and convenience for air travellers. Worthy of note is an increase in the number of fl ights between Muscat and Paris from four per week to fi ve. The change took eff ect from October 25. Also from the same date, the number of fl ights from Muscat to the Indian leisure destination of Goa increased from four fl ights per week to six fl ights per week.
Meanwhile three more of Oman Air’s most popular services will receive a signifi cant boost. Flights from Muscat to Colombo, in Sri Lanka, have increased in number from 10 per week to 14. Flights between Muscat and Dammam, in Saudi Arabia, have increased
in frequency from 14 per week to 16 per week. Services between Muscat and Tehran are also set to increase from seven fl ights per week to 10 fl ights per week from November 15, in response to high consumer demand.
Route upgradesIn addition to increased frequen-cies, Oman Air’s Winter sched-ule notes that a number of routes will benefi t from upgrades in the types of aircraft that operate on them. Following the introduction of Dreamliner fl ights to Frank-furt, the Boeing 787s will also be deployed on services between Muscat and Milan from Decem-ber 1. Dreamliners will also be de-ployed on one fl ight per day basis between Muscat and Salalah from December 1.
Also within the Gulf region, fl ights from Muscat to Jeddah and Riyadh will be operated using Oman Air’s award-winning Airbus 330. The aircraft will supersede Boeing 737 on the routes. Flights to Khasab will be operated using Embraer 175. The Embraers will replace ATR42 which are current-ly deployed on the route and are due to be phased out from Oman Air’s fl eet.
Welcoming the changes, Paul Gregorowitsch, chief executive of-fi cer at Oman Air, said: “As Oman Air’s fl eet and network continue to grow, we are delighted to be of-fering our customers even greater choice and convenience. The changes we have announced in our Winter 2015/16 schedule will introduce greater frequencies to many of our most popular destina-
tions. Furthermore, the introduc-tion of our Dreamliners to desti-nations in Europe and Oman, and the deployment of larger and more modern aircraft on other routes, will allow us to surprise and de-light many more customers.
“All these moves represent a very positive response to the in-creases in demand that we are experiencing in markets such as Germany, India, Saudi Arabia and Iran. However, demand through-out our network continues to grow. I would therefore advise travellers to book their seats with Oman Air at the earliest opportunity. Book-ings can be made via our website (www.omanair.com) or through a local travel agent.”
Oman Air’s Winter 2015/16 schedule is in operation from now until Sunday March 27, 2016.
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Joyalukkas continues expansion drive
DUBAI: Joyalukkas, the world’s favourite jeweller, continues its massive expansion drive with the opening of 13 brand new show-rooms across GCC and India.
The back-to-back inaugura-tions were in keeping with the company’s chairman and MD Joy Alukkas’ objective to make the brand more accessible to all jew-ellery lovers.
The opening of the new show-rooms, just before the historically frenzied gold and jewellery buying months of November and Decem-ber, is a move that has been wel-comed by loyal customers, says a press release.
John Paul Joy Alukkas, execu-tive director, Joyalukkas Group
said: “We are very pleased that our goals to expand rapidly across GCC and India are coming to frui-tion according to schedule, prov-ing that there is big demand for the unique Joyalukkas experience.
“I personally thank each and every customer for the support and encouragement off ered to us in the last 28 years.”
Quality serviceNew showrooms feature the brand’s signature bright and spacious interiors, showcas-ing the jewellery collections’ world-class craftsmanship, as well as high quality of service Joyalukkas is known for in all its locations.
The showrooms inauguration started with Udupi showroom opened on October 23.
The Tirunelveli and Nagercoil showrooms opened on October 26, followed by the Malleswaram store today and the Viruthachalam showroom on October 31 in India.
The opening of showroom in Oman Avenues Mall, Bausher is slated for today.
Showrooms at Safari Mall, Abu Hamour, Doha, Al Watan Centre, Airport Road, Doha and Barwa Village, Al Wakrah, will open to-morrow, followed by Lulu Hyper-market, Al Batha, KSA store on November 5.
The group will soon open in Shabiya, Mussafah.
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Ooredoo recognised as one of top
performing companies by OER
MUSCAT: For the fi fth consecu-tive year, Ooredoo was recognised as Sultanate’s one of the Top 20 performing companies by Oman Economic Review (OER), Oman’s leading economic and business publication.
Accepting the accolade on be-half of the company was Jorgen Latte, chief fi nancial offi cer, who joined representatives from lead-ing corporations listed on the Muscat Securities Market.
The recognition was based on fi nancial indicators includ-ing growth of profi t, earnings per share and share price growth. The
last 12 months have seen Oore-doo’s numbers grow substantially, driven by an increase in both mo-bile and fi xed data, as well as in-ternational voice revenue, says a
press release. The leading telecommunica-
tions company also launched a series of inspiring new off ers and services into the market, all of which have been generating signifi cant interest and uptake. Supporting Ooredoo’s strategy of service innovation, quality and reach, the company also achieved key milestones in its network modernisation programme, in-cluding increased radio capacity and core network enhancements; all of which has been validated by its strong performance results across the board.
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MUSCAT: Placing more empha-sis on quality rather than quantity, the Oman Equestrian Federation (OEF) has decided to reduce the number of competitions while de-vising the calendar of events for the 2015-16 season.
However, according to OEF chief Sayyid Mundhir Al Busaidy, the federation will consider in-
creasing the number in all dis-ciplines in the coming months provided more sponsors come forward to support the activities, though ‘the focus at present is fi rmly on the Olympic events’.
Speaking at a press conference organised to reveal the details of the calendar, Sayyid Mundhir said: “Last season we have hosted 72 competitions, in various disci-plines including dressage, show jumping, endurance races, tradi-tional events and tent pegging.
“But this year our calendar in-cludes 66 competitions. We have cut down on the numbers but we will cover all the disciplines. We are hoping this will help us on fo-cussing on the quality rather than the quantity.”
The OEF chief, however, said there is scope for increasing the
competitions. “We will surely be keeping our options open, at least for the next couple of months. If more sponsors come forward we will be adding more competitions.”
“But whatever be the changes, the focus will be on Olympic dis-ciplines like dressage and show jumping,” he added.
Giving further details of the competitions in the new season, he said: “We have planned eight endurance races, including two qualifi cation rounds. There will be 23 show jumping competitions with three Grand Prix events.
“In tent-pegging we will have nine competitions, including three Grand Prix events. The calendar also includes six dressage and eight traditional horse festival events.”
The traditional events will be held in diff erent wilayats and at
the end of the season the OEF will honour the best three wilayats.
The federation has also planned a special Cup event for the ‘elite riders’ of the Sultanate.
Attract new participantsAsked whether there are plans to increase the tent-pegging com-petitions or to host international events in the disciplines consid-ering the success achieved by Omani riders and teams, he said: “No doubt, we had great success in the tent-pegging in the last season. Our riders have done exception-ally well in various competitions, including the ITPF World Cup we have hosted.
“We want our teams and riders to continue with their good work. But we also want them to compete and get the experience of perform-
ing outside the country in the in-ternational events.”
“As for the domestic events, we have already planned a few com-petitions. But as I have mentioned our focus will be on Olympic dis-ciplines,” he added. The OEF chief also stressed the need to attract new talents to the equestrian sport.
“When we are talking about the Olympic, we know there is a need to focus on increasing the number of participants. We need to bring in new riders and increase the qual-ity of horses. “But it is not going to be easy. As you know the horses used in equestrian sports are dif-ferent from the ordinary ones and they also cost more. “But we are making some changes in the rules and introducing some new ones... all aimed at encouraging and at-tracting new talents to the sport.”
About the exclusive women’s competitions, he said: “Last sea-son we had organised an endur-ance race for women. It was a great success as several Omani riders as well as some expat women and those from other GCC countries took part in the competition.
“This season too we have planned a similar endurance race. After seeing the feedback we re-ceive, which we are sure will be positive, we will hopefully plan more such events in the future,” he informed. OEF General Secretary Dr Juma Al Mushaiki and Treas-urer Ahmed Al Jabri also spoke on the occasion. On the sidelines, the OEF also felicitated the Sultan-ate’s endurance squad who have won bronze medals at the second GCC Games organised in Saudi Arabian city of Dammam recently.
OEF chief Sayyid
Mundhir Al
Busaidy said the
federation will
consider increasing
the number in all
disciplines in the
coming months
provided more
sponsors come
forward to support
the activities, though
‘the focus at present
is fi rmly on the
Olympic events’
REVEALING PLANS: Oman Equestrian Federation chief Sayyid Mundhir Al Busaidy,
second from left, speaks during a press conference at the Oman Olympic Committee
headquarters on Wednesday. – JUN EXTRADA / Times of Oman
FELICITATION: Oman Equestrian Federation chief Sayyid Mundhir Al Busaidy, right,
felicitates a member of Oman squad who won a bronze medal in the endurance com-
petitions at the recent second GCC Games in Dammam.
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Corfield defies windy conditions to triumph
MUSCAT: Corfi eld wiped off a two-shot defi cit in windy condi-tions to win the Ghala Open for his fourth victory on the MENA Golf Tour on Wednesday.
Playing in the day’s second last group, Corfi eld closed with a bo-gey-free three-under 69 to fi nish at eight under, two clear of Ger-many’s Aaron Leitmannstetter with England’s Stuart Archibald settling for third on fi ve under.
“It was probably the best round I played this year.
Going bogey-free in such windy and tricky conditions shows I played some good golf out there,” said Corfi eld after receiving the winner’s trophy from Ziyad Al Zubai, a board member of Ghala Golf Club, and Mohamed Juma Buamaim, chairman of the MENA Golf Tour.
“I got a bit lucky on the 9th when I managed to save a par from beneath a palm tree.
Overall, it was a pretty solid round,” he said.
“The standard of golf on the MENA Golf Tour is getting better and better every year.
There is more strength in depth,” said the Englishman who thanked his coaches Jus-tin Parsons and Clauding Foong at the Butch Harmon School of Golf at The Els Club Dubai for all their hard work they have done on his game.
Germany’s Leitmannstetter matched day’s best score of a 68, which contained six birdies and two bogeys, to move up the leader-board as Clarke Lutton, the over-night leader, carded a fi nal round fi ve-over 77 to slip to tied eighth on two under.
“I started off well, but a miscued approach on the seventh ruined my confi dence.
I just struggled to string to-gether the round thereafter,” said Lutton, who broke through for his maiden win on the MENA Golf Tour at The Els Club earlier this
month. India’s Rayhan Thomas returned a two-under 70 to win the Leading Amateur award at one-over, one ahead of England’s James Allan, the current Order of Merit leader in the division.
The Moroccan duo of Fay-cal Serghini and Mehdi Saissi shared the honours in the MENA Division with an identical score of three over as Ayoub Lguirati and Karim El Hali were declared joint winners in the region’s ama-teur division.
The MENA Golf Tour travels to Ras Al Khaimah next week
for the ninth and penultimate event of the season, starting on Monday.
Ghala Open results: 1.Lee Corfi eld (England) 8-under; 2.Aaron Leitmanstetter (Germa-ny) 6 -under; 3. Stuart Archibald (England) 5-under
Leading amateur: Rayhan Thomas (India).
MENA Division: Professionals: Faycal Serghini and Mehdi
Saissi (both of Morocco) tied for fi rst. Amateurs: Ayoub Lguirati and Karim El Hali (both of Mo-rocco) tied for fi rst
Thomas emerges
leading amateur as
Serghini and Saissi
share honours in
MENA Division at
the Ghala Open
CHAMPION: England’s Lee Corfi eld receiving the winner’s trophy from Ziyad Al Zubai, a board mem-
ber of Ghala Golf Club, and Mohamed Juma Buamaim, chairman of the MENA Golf Tour. – Supplied photo
Thakur, Shukla meet IPL team representatives
NEW DELHI: BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur and Indian Pre-mier League (IPL) chairman Ra-jeev Shukla met with representa-tives of six IPL franchisees here on Wednesday to update them on the recommendations proposed by the board’s working committee for the next two years of the lucrative Twenty20 tournament.
“We are making constant eff orts to keep our stakeholders involved at all levels. It was important for us to take the franchisee on board and let them know about our discus-sions and recommendations and our reasons behind those recom-mendations with regards to vivo IPL season 2016 and 2017. The
franchisees expressed satisfaction and support towards the IPL.
“We are committed to deliver the best of IPL editions in the years to come,” Thakur was quoted as saying in a statement from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). During the meet-ing, the franchisees were informed that the IPL will continue to re-main an eight team event during the 2016 and 2017 seasons and bidding for the two new teams for these editions will start after the BCCI’s annual general meeting on November 9.
They were also briefed about the modalities of the player auction for the next two IPL seasons. — IANS
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Ashwin nearing full fitness before Tests
CHENNAI: Indian off -spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes he is close to full fi tness and is confi -dent of delivering with the ball in the forthcoming four-match Test series against South Africa, start-ing in Mohali on November 5.
The Tamil Nadu bowler was ruled out of the One-Day Inter-national (ODI) series against the Proteas after suff ering a side strain in the fi rst ODI at Kanpur.
India suff ered their worst defeat at home when they went down by 214 runs in the fi nal ODI in Mum-bai to hand over the series 2-3 to the visitors.
Following both the Twenty20 International and ODI series losses, India will heavily rely on Ashwin to help the team get back
to winning ways in the longest for-mat of the game.
“I’m close to achieving full fi t-ness and I’m feeling fi ne. I’m con-fi dent of bowling well in the series. It is not that we played poorly. We fought our way back into the ODI series brilliantly after we found ourselves trailing 1-2. We levelled the series 2-2 here and it was up to the last match in Mumbai where anything could have happened,” Ashwin said here on Tuesday on the sidelines of a promotional event. Speaking on the upcom-ing Test series, he said, “It will be a close contest. South Africa is an excellent side and they have adapt-
ed to the conditions very well. It will be a tough challenge and we will be up for it.”
Ashwin, who is the only Indian Test bowler to be ranked in the top-10 of the ICC rankings at No.8, feels the wickets so far have aided the batsmen.
“I am not taking away any credit from the batsmen but I believe they have been scoring runs on wickets that have aided batting. Bowlers need to be given wickets that are helpful to them.
I want to see batsmen scoring runs on wickets that aid bowlers,” the 29-year-old said.
The Chennai-born spinner
backed his teammates, saying that the young players need more time to settle down.
“There are no weaknesses in the Indian side. We are a young side which is gaining experience. There are only a few players who have played over 100 ODIs, and so this team needs to be given more time,” he said.
“If you look at the South African side, players like Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers were given a lot of time to settle down. I guess Indian players too need a similar cushion. Before the series began, everyone knew it would be hard-fought and it did live up to its billing.” - IANS
The Tamil Nadu
bowler was ruled
out of the One-
Day International
(ODI) series against
the Proteas after
suff ering a side
strain in the fi rst
ODI at Kanpur
South Africa is an
excellent side and
they have adapted to
the conditions very
well. It will be a tough
challenge and
we will be up for it
Ravichandran Ashwin
Mixed results for Fatma in CanadaMUSCAT: Fatma Al Nabhani had a mixed day at the second of the back-to-back ITF Pro Circuit tournaments the Omani tennis ace is taking part in Canada.
The Omani star, who is cur-rently placed at 471 in the rank-ings, failed to clear the fi rst hur-dle in the singles but reached the quarterfi nals of the doubles in the $50,000 Tevlin Challenger in Toronto.
In the fi rst round of the sin-gles competition, Fatma fought bravely against third seeded Stephanie Vogt of Liechtenstein. But the latter proved too strong for the Omani, who managed to win four games before going down 4-6, 0-6.
In the doubles, however, Fatma and her Swiss partner Amra Sadikovic had an easy ride against American pair of Brynn Boren and Caitein Whorisky be-fore storming into the quarterfi -nals with a 6-1, 6-0 victory.
In the last eight stage, Fatma and Amra will come up against top seeds Sharon Fishman of Canada and Maria Sanche of the United States.
Fishman and Sanchez ad-
vanced after defeating Germa-ny’s Kim-Alice Grajdek and Sha-har Peer with a 6-3, 6-3 scoreline.
Fatma also took part in the $50,000 Saguenay tournament in Quebec where her singles campaign ended in the second round while she failed to make past the first round in the doubles competition.
Fatma has shifted to $50,000 events after fi nding success at two back-to-back $10,000 tour-naments held in India recently.
TENN I S
The Omani star, who is
currently placed at 471
in the rankings, failed to
clear the first hurdle in
the singles but reached
the quarterfinals of
the doubles in the
$50,000 Tevlin
Challenger in Toronto
OFA FELICITATES STAFF MEMBERS ON YOUTH DAY AND WOMEN’S DAYThe Oman Football Association (OFA) organised the staff members at a ceremony organised to observe the Oman Youth Day
and Women’s Day as well as the celebrate the birthdays of the staff . The event was presided over by OFA Chairman Sayyid
Khalid Al Busaidi, who handed out presents to the staff . All the women staff were also given commemorative presents to
mark National Women’s Day. — Supplied photos
Chhetri ’tricks as Mumbai rout NorthEastMUMBAI: India football captain Sunil Chhetri capped a superb dis-play with a fi ne hat-trick to orches-trate Mumbai City FC’s 5-1 rout of North East United FC in the In-dian Super League (ISL) at the D Y Patil Stadium here on Wednesday.
Chhetri, who once again com-bined very well with Haitian Sony Norde and compatriot Subash Sin-gh, scored from the penalty-spot in the 25th and 48th minutes, while volleying home from close range in-between in the 40th minute, to complete the second hat-trick of the season. Chennayin FC’s Steiv-en Mendoza had scored the fi rst against FC Goa.
The triple strike took the dimin-utive Indian striker’s tally of goals to six — the highest so far in the league this season — and included his double strike against Delhi Dynamos and a lone goal against
FC Goa, both won 2-0 by Mumbai. Then Norde fi nished off the match as a contest with a controlled strike in the 51st minute before fel-low-Haitian team captain Frantz Bertin headed home three minutes from regulation time to complete NEU’s humiliation.
NEU got their only goal of the game, which neutralised Chhetri’s opening goal, through Boithang Haokip in the 29th minute, before playing second fi ddle right till the end to the home team.
The third successive victory, all at home, propelled Mumbai to the second spot on the table. They have ten points now, two points behind leaders FC Pune City and level with FC Goa who have an in-ferior goal diff erence. The defeat left NEU stranded in seventh spot, one rung above cellar outfi t Kerala Blasters, with six points.
Both teams missed a few half-chances to score before Mum-bai shot into the lead in the 25th minute through a penalty award. It came off a counter attack when a surprisingly unmarked Chhetri collected the ball on the right side of the fi eld, darted into the penalty area and laid a measured pass to Subhash Singh on his right.
Subhash crossed to the left. The ball struck the hand of a leaping de-fender Carlos Lopez leading to a pen-alty award which was coolly slotted home into the left corner of the goal by Chhetri, the India captain’s fourth strike in the last three games.
However, Mumbai’s joy of tak-ing the lead was short-lived as four minutes later North East drew lev-el through a fi ne, curling left-footed free-kick from the right of the area by homegrown talent — Hoakip.
The ball swerved towards the
goal, beating a couple of defenders forming the wall and India custo-dian Subrata Paul, who was root-ed to his spot, on its way in. The home team bounced back into the lead again fi ve minutes before half time, with Chhetri scoring past ri-val custodian Rehenesh Paramba.
Changing ends, Mumbai virtual-ly fi nished off the game as a contest by scoring two goals in four min-utes. The fi rst came via a penalty converted by Chhetri to complete his hat-trick, in the 48th minute. Then Haitian Norde showed some magical tough on the left side be-fore coolly putting the ball past the hapless NEU goalkeeper.
Chhetri missed in an one-on-one situation against Rehenesh before Mumbai captain Frantz Bertin rose to head in his fi rst and the team’s fi nal goal against a de-moralised opposition. - PTI
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Blatter blames Platini, England and US for ‘attacks’ against him
MOSCOW: Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he was a “ball in a big political power game” involving the United States and Russia in an interview in which he also criticised UEFA’s Michel Platini for playing a part in attacks on him.
In the interview with Russia’s TASS news agency, the 79-year-old Swiss also praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and said Russia would never lose the 2018 World Cup despite calls from some quarters in Britain.
Blatter is serving a 90-day sus-pension imposed by FIFA’s Ethics Committee which is looking into a 2 million Swiss franc ($2.03 mil-lion) payment he made to Platini in 2011 — a case which is also part of a Swiss criminal investigation.
Blatter, who has been president of FIFA since 1998, said poli-tics was behind “attacks” on him which followed the indictment of 14 soccer offi cials and sports mar-keting executives by U.S prosecu-tors in May.
“At the beginning it was only a personal attack. It was Platini against me. He started it, but then it became politics,” he said in the in-terview published on Wednesday.
“And when it is in politics, it is not any longer Platini against me. It is then those who have lost the World Cup. England against Russia. They lost the World Cup. And the USA lost the World Cup against Qatar.
“But you cannot destroy FIFA. FIFA is not the Swiss bank. FIFA is not a commercial company. So, what they have done together with the Swiss, they have created this attack towards FIFA and the presi-dent of FIFA,” he said.
“And you are from TASS and you know what are the problems between your country and the U.S. The FIFA World Cup or the FIFA president is a ball in the big politi-cal power game,” he said.
Denouncing England as “bad losers” for losing the 2108 World Cup to Russia, he said: “In Great Britain they have made this beau-tiful game, they have introduced fair play. But there was only one vote going for England. They were eliminated in the fi rst round. No-body wanted to have England”.
Blatter said Russia’s prepara-tions for the tournament were go-ing well and he had warm words for Putin whom he described as a “good friend of Joseph Jo-sephovich”, referring to himself in Russian style. “You know what I like in Russia also is that in dif-fi cult situations I still have the full support of President Putin. This is good. And I support him in all dis-cussions, in all situations,” he said.
‘Envy and jealously’Blatter, who said he regretted not standing down as he initially planned in 2014, argued there was “envy and jealousy” of FIFA’s com-mercial success but rejected the suggestion that the current crisis
at FIFA was a de facto ‘American takeover’ of the body.
“Personally I don’t think so. Because even speaking about the American takeover of FIFA - foot-ball, the real football, where is the real money, where are the good players, the good competition - it’s
Europe. They cannot take it. It’s not the way Americans would have business. I don’t think it is in their business thinking.
Blatter said FIFA’s Ethics Com-mittee, whose decision he is ap-pealing, had bowed to pressure to remove him. “I think it was the
pressure of the media. It was the pressure to get rid of the FIFA president. Unfortunately, Platini was in the same boat. And they wanted to say - We, Ethics Com-mittee, we are not at the service of the president, we are totally independent. This is wrong. They
can be independent but they don’t need to be against me,” he said.
Blatter suggested Swiss media coverage of him was tainted by “primitive” prejudices about his origins from the small canton of Valais. But after 17 years in foot-ball’s top job, Blatter said he hoped
he would be cleared in time to lead FIFA’s congress on Feb. 26, which will elect a new leader.
“If Almighty is with me, I do hope that I’ll be back as president of FIFA. Then I could at least conduct this congress. This is my dream,” he said. - Reuters
In an interview,
Sepp Blatter praised
Russian President
Vladimir Putin and
said Russia would
never lose the 2018
World Cup despite
calls from some
quarters in Britain
If Almighty is with me, I
do hope that I’ll be back
as president of FIFA.
Then I could at least
conduct this congress.
This is my dream
Sepp BlatterSuspended FIFA President
ZURICH: Seven candidates are now lined up to take over at FIFA from Sepp Blatter, whose 18 years as president are ending with world soccer’s governing body entangled in a scandal over pervasive corruption.
FIFA confi rmed seven can-didates had registered by Mon-day’s deadline, with candidates from Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
One potential candidate, David Nakhid, was forced out on Wednesday when his registra-tion was ruled invalid. Another, South Korean Chung Mong-Joon, pulled out on Monday because he had been banned from soccer for six years.
Among the seven registered candidates, Michel Platini’s is in doubt. The head of Euro-pean soccer’s governing body, UEFA, he is also currently suspended for 90 days, along with Blatter.
Those remaining are: Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan and Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrein; French-men Platini and Jerome Cham-pagne; and the Swiss Gianni Infantino, Liberian Musa Bility and South Africa’s Tokyo Sexwale.
One of them will become the head of an organisation facing its worst scandal ever. The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted 14 soccer offi cials and sports marketing execu-tives on a series of corruption charges, and Swiss authorities are investigating the decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments to Russia and Qatar respectively.
Since 2010, FIFA’s own Eth-ics Committee has banned more than a dozen current and former members of the executive com-mittee, either while in offi ce or after they had left.
The exclusion of Nakhid was a
surprise, though. A former Trin-idad and Tobago international player, he took part on Monday in a sports conference in Den-mark, along with Champagne, as a candidate. He spent Tuesday afternoon giving interviews and laying out his plans.
‘Shocked’But FIFA’s electoral rules state that candidates must present letters of support from fi ve football associations, and that each cannot back more than one candidate. One association
had signed letters of support for both Nakhid and a rival candi-date. “One of the fi ve declara-tions of support for Mr Nakhid was declared invalid as the same member association had issued a declaration of support for another candidate,” FIFA said on Wednesday.
“The electoral committee decided not to consider Mr Na-khid’s application as it did not fulfi ll the required fi ve declara-tions of support.”
Nakhid’s spokesperson told Reuters they were “shocked”
and would appeal. He plans to issue a formal statement later.
The seven other candidates must now face integrity checks under FIFA’s code of ethics. FIFA said that Platini’s bid would not be processed while he is banned, but he could still stand if he wins an appeal.
“Should such a ban be lifted or expire before the FIFA presi-dential election, the Ad-hoc Electoral Committee would de-cide, depending on the respec-tive exact point in time, on how to proceed with the candidature
concerned,” FIFA said in a statement.
As an alternative European candidate, UEFA’s general sec-retary Infantino announced he would stand on Monday.
Champagne is a former French diplomat who held vari-ous posts at FIFA between 1999 and 2010 but is a critic of UEFA.
Sexwale is a South African businessman and former apartheid-era political prisoner and Bility is head of the Liberian Football Association. Prince Ali is a former FIFA executive committee member and Sheikh Salman is head of the Asian Football Confederation.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said in a state-ment it had heard representa-tions from four of the candi-dates but was not yet ready to endorse any of them.
“After discussions with these (four) fi gures, the executive committee of CAF unanimously decided to let the administrative procedures for the registration of candidates take its course, given there is plenty of time to decide (on a candidate) that will serve the primary interests of the continent,” it said. - Reuters
Seven ready to run for FIFA post; Nakhid disqualifi ed
SEVEN IN RACE: From top left, Gianni Infantino, Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, Jerome
Champagne, Musa Bility, Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, Tokyo Sexwale and Michel Platini. – AFP
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OFA ORGANISES BEACH SOCCER COACHES COURSEThe Oman Football Association (OFA), in co-operation with the world soccer body FIFA, has organised a beach soccer coach-
es course at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex. The course, attended by 25 aspiring coaches, was conducted by Oman beach
soccer team coach and international lecturer Talib Hilal. Jim Selby, Director of Technical Department at OFA, distributed the
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Jazz Boys to host FRiENDi Mobile Challengers CupMUSCAT: Jazz Boys Cricket Club will organise the 18th edi-tion of their FRiENDi Mobile Challengers Cup cricket tour-nament from November 6. The matches will be played at Al Ghubra Power Plant lush green ground during two weekends.
The 16-team tournament is open to teams who have not played in the fi nal of the previous Jazz Boys-conducted tournaments. The participating teams can in-clude any players other than those playing in the Oman Cricket’s Pre-mier and A Division leagues.
The tournament is mainly sponsored by FRiENDi Mobile, National Metal Cans, Danube, Abdul Fatah Mohammed Noor Co, Al Hajiry Group, Cluttons and The Body Shop.
“Cricket lovers and their fami-lies have embraced our tourna-ment and this year’s version promises to exceed their expecta-tions with swashbuckling cricket and attractive prizes,” the organ-isers said in a statement.
“With big hitting the current trend in cricket, teams will fi nd it a big challenge to limit the fl ow of runs in this eight over format. But over the years Jazz Boys tourna-ment has unearthed some bowl-ing gems too, which is defi nitely good for cricket,” it added.
Around 19 teams - Rain Riders, Asfandyar XI, SS Friends, Akct Muscat, Future CC, Masters XI, Al Dasser Friends, Ashes, Attic Outdoors, Cyclone, Darsait XI, FAP UTSC, Indian XI, New Man-
gloreans, National Gas, Mobile Point Ruwi, Royal Strikers, Tely Boyz and Mangaloreans - have already registered for the tour-nament. However, the organis-ers will select the 16 teams after checking their eligibility criteria.
The tournament draw will be conducted at Palm Restaurant in Al Khuwair at 8 p.m. on Novem-ber 3 in the presence of team cap-tains and managers as well as the representatives of the sponsors.
The organisers, meanwhile, have declared a lot of attractive prizes and they include trophy cash award and gift hampers for all players of the winning and runners-up teams.
The individual awards include best batsman (FRiENDi Mobile), best bowler (FRiENDi Mobile), best fi elder (FRiENDi Mobile), maximum sixes (FRiENDi Mo-bile), best spectator (gift ham-per), man of the match (gift from FRiENDi Mobile), man of the series (Home Theatre), best dressed and most colourful team (Colourful Trophy), outstanding catch of the tournament (FRiEN-Di Mobile) and best wicketkeep-er (gift hamper).
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POPULAR EVENT: FRiENDi Mobile COO Adnan Al Alawi, CEO Alex
Bennett and Brand Manager Joseph Rajan at the unveiling of the
Challengers Cup trophy. – Supplied photo
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Elite sailors face stern test at World Cup Final
ABU DHABI: With nine gold medals at stake over four days of intense racing, the 2015 ISAF Sail-ing World Cup Final gets under way in Abu Dhabi on Thursday with some of the sport’s most ac-complished elite athletes facing a stern examination.
Not even the multi-world title winning combination of Austral-ia’s Mat Belcher and Will Ryan can aff ord a lapse in concentration if they are to secure another World Cup crown and gain extra momen-tum towards next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
A total of 150 competitors from 39 countries have assembled at Abu Dhabi Sailing and Yacht Club (ADSYC) to contest eight of the ten classes chosen for Rio, as well as an open kiteboarding competi-tion containing one of the sport’s rising stars.
The nature of competitive sail-ing at the highest level, and the quality of the World Cup fi eld built from fi ve qualifying regattas, means that even the most decorat-ed among the competitors can take nothing for granted in the regatta, which is supported by ADS Secu-rities and Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority.
“This is as good as it gets in Olympic class sailing and we ex-pect racing to be fi ercely contested across the board from start to fi n-ish,” Carlo Croce, President of ISAF, the International Sailing Federation, said.
“We are delighted to be back for a second year in Abu Dhabi which has become a truly world-class ven-
ue for sailing, and along with our partners at Abu Dhabi Sailing and Yacht Club look forward to putting on a great show in the UAE capital.”
With their victory in the recent 470 World Championships, Belcher and Ryan extended the remarkable winning record of sailors who have been guided by the man they call ‘The Medal Maker’, Victor Kova-lenko, the Ukrainian born coach of the Australian Olympic sailing team
In total, Kovalenko has coached the winners of nine Olympic med-als — six of them gold — and 18 world championships. His rela-tionship with Belcher goes back 16 years, peaking when the six-time world champion won gold at the London 2012 Olympics alongside Malcolm Page.
Double Olympic champion Page, who retired immediately after London to be replaced by Ryan, is in Abu Dhabi as a senior ISAF of-fi cial and is ideally placed to say what is so special about Kovalenko.
“I wouldn’t say he has one spe-cial area of expertise, but he’s an amazing coordinator in the way he puts a programme together,” said Page. “He likes long-term projects and builds your skills over a period
of time, testing and fi ne-tuning them and making sure that you peak at the right time.”
While Belcher and Ryan will start as fi rm favourites to retain their 470 World Cup title in Abu Dhabi, they know it will be any-thing but easy, particularly over a four-day regatta format which can see medal hopes disintegrate with one major race disaster.
ISAF and ADSYC, the regatta hosts, aim to inspire UAE young-sters this week. They could be helped in this by the appearance of Russian teenager Elena Kalinina, who won this year’s women’s IKA Formula Kite World Champion-ships before her 18th birthday and is shortlisted for the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards.
“I started kite boarding at the age of 12,” said Kalinina, who com-petes against the men, including British defending champion Oli-ver Bridge, in the open competi-tion in Abu Dhabi.
“Before that I sailed optimists but I had to change as I was too big to be sailing in that class.
“Most of the time my father was coaching me, and I gained a lot of knowledge from my optimist
coach. Now I kite in the sailing academy in St. Petersburg.
“It is much more interesting to compete with men. They are very skilled, but kite boarding is not de-termined by the strength of your arms or legs, so I feel confi dent competing with them.
“I think it would be great for kiteboarding to be included in the Olympic Games. Right now a lot of people just kite for fun, but if it be-came an Olympic sport I feel more people would take it up.”
Kalinina has taken an instant liking to Abu Dhabi, as did Bel-gium’s Evi Van Acker last year when she captured the Laser Ra-dial World Cup gold.
Van Acker is determined to pull off a repeat performance this week, but will be under pressure, as will Austria’s Lara Vadlau and Jolanta Ogar who are back to de-fend their title in the women’s 470 class, and Britain’s Bryony Shaw in the women’s RS:X competition.
All the race action takes place in the waters around Lulu Island off the Abu Dhabi corniche, present-ing a great spectacle for spectators, and a worldwide ISAF television audience of millions.
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ELITE TEAM: From left Will Ryan, Malcolm Page, ‘Medal Maker’ Victor Kovalenko and Mat Belcher.
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Muguruza wins again, Kvitova opens account
SINGAPORE: Spain’s Garbine Muguruza moved to the brink of the WTA Finals last four with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Angelique Ker-ber on Wednesday after Petra Kvi-tova opened her account with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over fellow Czech Lucie Safarova.
Muguruza (2-0) came into the tournament on the back of her fi rst premier level tournament win in Beijing at the start of the month and backed up her impressive opening round-robin win over Sa-farova with another straight sets victory over Kerber.
Kvitova (1-1), Kerber (1-1) and Safarova (0-2) can all still advance to the last four from the ‘White Group’ with one round of matches to play.
But Muguruza is in prime posi-tion to advance as the winner of the four-player pool in Singapore.
“Every time I step on the court against Angelique it seems to be a tough match so I knew I had to be at my best today to secure the vic-tory,” Muguruza said in a courtside interview after improving to 4-3 against the German.
The 22-year-old Muguruza started the contest full of positive intent, immediately fi nding the corners and licking the paint with her powerful ground strokes as she broke in the fi rst game before Ker-ber had a chance to settle.
Slowly but surely, the German worked her way back into the set, breaking back in the fourth game through sheer determination and a tenacious defence as the pair fought tooth and nail to gain the ascendancy.
At 4-4, the Spaniard increased her intensity levels a notch and quickly forged three break points, edging ahead on the second of them and
closing out the set with a blistering serve in the next game that Kerber sent sailing over the baseline.
Muguruza, who started the season ranked outside the top 20, continued to apply pressure at the start of the second as Kerber hung on by her fi ngernails, until the Spaniard fi nally converted her sixth break point of the set to edge 3-2 ahead.
Kerber refused to buckle, how-ever, and broke back against the run of play in the eighth game be-fore Muguruza wrestled back con-trol in what had become a baseline slugfest, then closed out the con-test as her demoralised opponent wilted under a barrage of booming forehands.
Czech matesEarlier, Kvitova got her campaign back on track with a hard-fought victory over Fed Cup teammate Safarova to record her fi rst win of the week on the Singapore Indoor Stadium’s purple hard court.
Both women had lost their open-ers on Monday so were desper-ate to pick up a much-needed win and it was the double Wimbledon champion who made the most of her opportunities on the key points to emerge victorious.
“We actually are good friends from the Fed Cup, so I’m really glad the (fi nal) is coming soon and we are going to be colleagues and not opponents,” Kvitova said of the upcoming Fed Cup showpiece
against Russia in Prague on No-vember 14-15.
“It’s tough to play her... not only because she’s a very good player right now, in good form, but also playing a friend is a little bit tougher with emotions. So it’s not easy to handle all this kind of stuff .”
The left-handers took to the court in identical outfi ts and were also almost impossible to separate on the scoreboard until Kvitova ramped up the pressure to break in the 12th game of both sets to im-prove to 8-0 against Safarova.
The ‘Red Group’ concludes on Thursday with Simona Halep (1-1) taking on Agnieszka Radwanska (0-2) before Maria Sharapova (2-0) faces Flavia Pennetta (1-1). - Reuters
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SINGAPORE: Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won their second match in a row to more or less seal a women’s doubles semifi nal spot at the WTA Finals at the Singapore Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday.
Following their straight sets victory in the opening match of the red group of round robin on Monday, the Indo-Swiss combine came up with another brilliant performance to beat Czech seventh seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hra-decká 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 17 minutes.
Playing on hard courts, Sania,
who won the prestigious tour-nament last year with Zimba-bwe’s Cara Black, and Martina got off to a perfect start by fi rst holding their serve and then breaking the Czechs in only the second game of the match.
They again broke Andrea and Lucie in the sixth game of the fi rst set to take a 5-1 lead.
Serving for the set, the reigning Wimbledon and US Open champions were, how-ever, broken by the seventh seeds in the seventh game.
The Czech Republic girls also went on to hold their serve in the next game.
But at 5-3, the world’s top-2
ranked Sania and Martina only needed a couple of minutes to pocket the set in 33 minutes and take the lead in the match.
Like the fi rst set, the Indo-Swiss pair was broken once in the second set.
But Sania and Martina were just too good, breaking the Czech serve twice more to eas-ily pocket the contest.
Sania and Martina, the only pair in their group to have not lost a set, will take on Hun-garian-French fourth seeds Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in their fi nal round robin match on Friday before the knockouts. - IANS
Sania-Martina on course for knockouts
IN FORM DUO: India’s Sania Mirza, left, and Martina Hingis of Switzerland. – AP/PTI
Planet rugby is on the riseLONDON: The world’s fastest-growing sport. That status is claimed by many, but rugby un-ion has a genuine shot at the title on the back of a record-breaking Rugby World Cup.
As the tournament approaches its climax, having smashed at-tendance and TV audience re-cords despite host nation Eng-land’s early exit, the sport aims to build on growth from Asia to Europe and the Americas.
Data collected by governing body World Rugby shows that player numbers climbed to more than eight million last year from 5.48 million in 2012.
“We’re going into new coun-tries all the time, huge new pro-grammes in countries like Mexi-co and India, and we’re going into Mongolia and Asia,” World Rug-by’s head of competitions and performance, Mark Egan, said.
“It’s all about getting in there on the ground, going into schools, educating parents about our sport, the strong values our sport has. It’s a very powerful message.”
The emergence of Italian rugby off ers a vivid illustration of the game making its mark outside es-tablished strongholds.
For decades rugby in Italy was very much a niche sport, but since it joined Europe’s Six Na-tions championship in 2000 the number of registered players and coaches has climbed to 110,000 from 25,000, the Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) says.
Aided by the increased me-dia exposure, FIR revenue has increased tenfold to 40 million euros-plus ($45 million) since 2000, making it one of Italy’s wealthiest sporting federations.
‘Life school’Riccardo Sironi, trainer at Over-BugLine Rugby in the northeast-ern town of Codroipo, said hardly anyone in Italy had heard of rug-by when he fi rst played in 1974. But now even little Codroipo has teams from under-6s to under-14s, with 100 children signed up.
“Demand from families keeps on growing, because rugby is not just a sport but a life school,” he said.
Women’s rugby is also taking off . The number of women FIR cardholders has risen to 7,200 from 600 in 2000 and Italy fi n-ished third in this year’s Wom-en’s Six Nations, with victories over France, Scotland and Wales.
Japan, meanwhile, is making huge strides, though participa-tion has fl uctuated over the past 20 years. With only one victory from seven previous World Cups, Japan pulled off the biggest up-set in the tournament’s history by beating South Africa in their opening game and were desper-ately unlucky not to progress be-yond the pool stage.
The Brave Blossoms’ exploits drew record TV audiences in Ja-pan, reaching 25 million for the game against Samoa, which au-gurs well for when they host the 2019 tournament.
“Maybe there were 30 mil-lion people in Japan watching this game. That’s the whole of the Australian population, plus the kangaroos, and New Zealand and all the sheep,” Japan’s Aus-sie coach Eddie Jones said af-ter their closing win against the United States. “Now out of that 30 million people there are kids that want to be the new Michael Leitch (the Japan captain). It’s a fantastic opportunity for Japan.”
The success of the tournament is seen by World Rugby as the springboard to further growth.
New markets“The game was on a upward spi-ral anyway, but I do think the Rugby World Cup is giving us huge exposure,” Egan said.
“Japan beating South Africa and the competitiveness of the Tier Two countries is opening us up to a lot of new markets ... we have seen some good growth in Central America, El Salvador, Guatemala, also in Ecuador.
“I think we have three million in Germany who are tuning in to the World Cup.”
Overall fi gures for Europe show
an increase of about 13 percent since 2012 to 3.45 million players. Of the smaller rugby nations, Ger-many, Russia, the Netherlands, Poland and Malta have all at least doubled playing numbers.
World Rugby is investing £350 million ($538 million) across 120 national unions between 2009 and 2016, with nearly half going outside the top-tier nations.
But while the overall picture is of rugby on the rise, drill below the headline numbers and a more nuanced trend emerges.
Though World Rugby’s data shows total playing numbers have risen 46 percent since 2012, the age breakdown indicates that the main driver is pre-teen rugby, which jumped by 88 percent, with teen participation up 29 percent.
The number of adult players, however, has dipped by three per-cent over the same period.
It is a phenomenon familiar to many at grassroots level.
Maidenhead RFC, an amateur club competing just below the English national leagues, has a fl ourishing youth section, but senior playing membership that once supported eight teams has dwindled and only three sides now run out every Saturday.
“Our youth rugby is very strong, with good numbers of players and qualifi ed coaches. We have 400-plus kids from under-6s to un-der-16s, plus 40 to 50 colts,” club chairman Stephen Bough says of a youth section that counts Eng-land’s James Haskell among its impressive alumni.
“But like many clubs, we strug-gle with senior numbers,” he add-ed, citing the pressures of work and family.
World Rugby is aware of the divergence but expects the sheer weight in numbers of children taking up the game to boost adult participation in the years ahead.
“That is what makes the grassroots, mass-participation programme at youth level so im-portant,” World Rugby media manager James Fitzgerald said.
Sevens growthThere is also the potential for the sport to follow a diff erent route entirely. Player numbers in the lucrative U.S. market have exploded since 2012, rising by nearly 350 percent to almost 1.5 million. But it is the ‘how’, rather than the ‘how much’, that could be most signifi cant.
There are signs that USA Rugby could devote less time and money to 15s and focus on the Sevens for-mat — a less complex, broadcast-er-friendly game that has gained inclusion at next summer’s Olym-pic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Las Vegas is already part of the World Sevens series, San Fran-cisco has been awarded the 2018 Sevens World Cup and, tellingly, the USA won the last World Sev-ens tournament at Twickenham in May and are a medal pros-pect in Rio. But America is by no means the only country showing appetite for the 15-a-side game’s upstart cousin.
“Rugby needs the Olympic movement to be global,” said Car-los Barbieri, president of Rugby South America, noting that Brazil is investing heavily in the game, particularly Sevens.
While World Cup semifi nalists Argentina clearly lead the pack in South America, participation numbers in Brazil have soared to about 420,000 from only 13,000 in 2012, with female players ac-counting for a third of the total.
“The Brazilian women are learn-ing fast, quicker than the men, and playing at a level that allows them to have a team on the World Sevens circuit,” Barbieri said.
The rugby purists need not panic about a Sevens revolution quite yet, however. “It’s a brand of rugby that has taken off in the States in a big way,” said former England scrumhalf Nigel Mel-ville, now chief executive of USA Rugby. “That doesn’t mean 15s isn’t being played ... (Sevens) is just another brand.
“It’s global, its an Olympic sport, its something special and helps us all grow the game.” - Reuters
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Al Khabourah rout Al Arouba, Sohar move to top of table
MUSCAT: Sohar outplayed Mus-cat to move to the top of the table while Al Khabourah stunned de-fending champions Al Arouba in the Omantel Professional League (OPL) on Wednesday.
Sohar’s 4-2victory over Mus-cat at the Seeb Sports Stadium helped them take their tally of points to 12 from six outings, same as Suwaiq, who had earlier defeated Salalah by a solitary goal at the Sohar Sports Complex.
But Sohar occupy the top place having scored 10 goals against Suwaiq’s eight. In the second match of the Sohar Sports Com-plex double header, middle table Al Khabourah defeated Al Arou-ba by a 4-1 margin. Al Arouba are now in the third place with 11 point, above Dhofar who also
have 11 points from six matches. Below them are Al Musannah
(10), Al Nahda (9) and Fanja (7), though the last mentioned team’s match against Al Shabab was postponed from Tuesday’s to Fri-day. Al Khabourah are in eighth place with seven points. There was more good news in store for Al Khabourah as Oman national team coach Paul Le Guen has called up their Said Obaid for his wards next training camp, which is scheduled to start on Novem-ber 2 ahead of their international friendly against New Zealand on November 12. Oman will be play-ing the New Zealand friendly as part of their preparations for the next World Cup and Asian Cup away qualifi er against Turkmeni-stan on November 17.
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KEEN TUSSLE: CAction from the match between Sohar and Mus-
cat at the Seeb Sports Stadium. – JUN ESTRADA/Times of Oman
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THE EXPERIENCED ARTIST STILL UTILISES EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP NEW IDEAS AND ADVANCE HER ARTStory: Dr Patricia GrovesPhotography: Shabin E
RADHIKA HAMLAI AT HOME
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Wandering with Radhika Hamlai around her studio which is strewn with fresh art-
work, and having traced her progress for many years, I mention the fi rst thing that comes to mind — “You’ve come a long way…” She responds, “I have a long way to go.”
This is just like Radhika — al-ways evolving her art, ever striving to improve. Radhika goes on to say that she has been what she terms ‘a serious artist’ for 15 years, but her history with art began much ear-lier. In her recent work, Radhika has been experimenting successfully with diff erent media — printing her fi gures on canvas carry bags in one venture, on ceramic bowls and plates in another, and brilliantly weaving her abstract designs into tapestries.
Radhika has just returned from an art fair in Bahrain where she met an array of interesting artists with whom she exchanged ideas and from whom she learned a few new approaches and techniques. It’s always like this – Radhika takes ad-vantage of every opportunity to de-velop new ideas and advance her art.
Radhika’s studio is a simple and comfortable two-room apartment in the family house. The room where she produces her art is stocked with pigments, brushes, charcoal, paper and canvas. The remaining room is a lounge with a computer and a couch. Upstairs in another part of the house is a light-fi lled penthouse area where she once worked and now occasionally goes for inspira-tion. When Radhika enters her stu-dio, she turns on music to suit the art she wishes to create and lights candles perfumed with one of her favourite fl oral scents — Jasmine or rose. She then sits meditatively for about twenty minutes before she picks up a paint brush or a piece of charcoal – and the result shows the quality of thought and feeling that goes into her work.
Radhika’s art pieces are found in important collections such as that at Bait Al Zubair, as well as in major venues in the region and India, including fi ve star hotels in Oman and the UAE – and half way around the world in Toronto Can-ada, where a large painting hangs above the fi replace in the sitting room of my family home, admired by all who enter.
ART BAHRAIN
Art Bahrain is a melting pot of artists, curators, cognoscenti and art lovers from Bahrain and around the world, who can share space, ideas, and inspira-tion. This prominent art exhibition provides an ideal platform for the local, regional and global art communities to engage, synergise and stimulate crea-tivity; promoting Bahrain’s emerging talent and celebrating the region’s artis-tic vivacity as a whole. Radhika Hamlai participated in the fi rst edition of Art Bahrain from October 13 to 16, 2015.
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Fifteen years ago Radhika was a fresh young artist burst-ing with the awakening joy of discovery. She was on fi re, wings aloft - and seemed to outshine her work. Today Radhika is every bit as enthusiastic, if not more so. She has gone through phases of total Abstraction, Fauvist Expressionism and semi-abstract Symbolism. Now Radhika has fused these elements into her own brand of semi-fi gurative Expressionism in which representations of surreal human fi gures can be discerned and their existential auras sensed. Radhika has achieved her own mastery of colour and form, with powerful results, us-ing for example mysterious forms in bright pink-orange and gold – or glassy teal-green. Radhika is well-known and equally well-loved for her devotion to art, her work for others, and the compelling magic of her warm and engag-ing personality. “I live in a matching world of beautiful nature, bright colour and dramatic light, where everything aff ects and inspires me.”
Radhika Hamlai, Artist and Curator
Honorary member of the Omani Society of Fine Arts (OSFA)
Member of the Bombay Art Society; frequently exhibits in India
Curated a show in 1999 at the Indian Embassy with Omani and Indian artists, as well as in Ahmedabad
Hot and Cold exhibition in Delhi, with a group of Muscat artists. Other overseas exhibitions also include shows in Berlin, Kuwait, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Bahrain and the UAE
Organised and curated the seminal Oman-Indian Art Exchange Workshop (“Art Camp”) and Exhibition in 2009 which featured talks by the famous Indian Art Historian Alka Pande
Exhibited in numerous women artists’ quartets, such as Painted Poetry and 4x 1 - A Female Interpretation with prominent Muscat artists, especially Sarah White, Maryam Al Zadjali and Tahira Fida
Showcased works in group exhibitions in all major Muscat Galleries
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The Great Outdoors Children Don’t Enjoy
My school holi-days meant the sound of the sea and that of bare feet running
on the soft sand of the beach that stretched forever. Yes, there were other sounds, too, of the seagulls. They fought over the fi sh that were scattered on the mats to dry under the hot sun.
I also remember the crabs that used to dive for cover into their holes as I approached them and the tangle of the fi shermen’s nets around my feet. The clat-ter from the small, boat repair workshop bounced off the blue waters and blended with the roar-ing of the waves as they rushed to the shore. The workshop was quite a distance away and I would sometimes visit it to watch men stripped to the waist, hammering the vessels together, in a smoke-fi lled workplace reeking of tobac-co and burning tar.
“Hey, boy, don’t just stand there like a piece of wood. Pass me that box of nails from the table.” This was typical of the shouts
they directed at me. I would hap-pily oblige them in a world that was free of parental supervision, though, I was only ten and a few streets away from home. I knew I was all right and so did my par-ents. I was safe from any physical harm by unscrupulous people. Those days, every adult was a par-ent of other people’s children and if they were around, then it was like being supervised by your own parents. Independence then start-ed early in life and we were free to make our own mistakes. That way, we learned fast.
Can I let my children be alone in a foul-smelling workshop where men work half-naked now? I don’t think so. The world hasn’t changed much from those days but its inhabitants have. Children have become the favourite target of criminals who wouldn’t think twice before abusing them.
We are obviously denying our children the same freedom our parents gave us when we were growing up. We don’t take the same risks and we bottle them up in a way where they can only see
the outside world from the glass that surrounds them. It’s sad but life has changed for the worse.
I have this fear of seeing my chil-dren growing to being dependent on familiar surroundings, reluc-tant to take risks that are so im-portant in shaping their lives. It’s downright unfair, because we may blame them later for not taking the chances that will surely come to them. Life is about taking that extra step towards the unknown - at least once in your lifetime. But modern day child-rearing is about
over-protection and guilt that comes when we know we are do-ing the wrong thing.
If they can’t venture out alone ten steps beyond the busy main road, without parents tagging along, then we shower them with indoor gadgets to keep them amused. They hear the rustle of the dry leaves and watch burning tar from computer games or tele-vision programmes. But they can’t smell the rotting branches of an old tree bowing to the ground in its fi nal days from glaring screens. Their physical senses have been replaced by electronic ones. Now it’s the tap of a keyboard or the sharp tug of a joystick.
From the constant watchful eyes of the parents, the children of today know only to obey com-mands programmed by an obses-sive mum and dad. That’s why they love computer games - it is the only way they can reverse the trend. The great outdoors that we enjoyed as children is fast vanish-ing for our kids and are being re-placed by the four walls of protec-tion that we call home.
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WHATThere are over 80,000 stones on planet earth. Natu-
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against curses or ill wishing, and is known to give
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The insignia of the Or-der of the Star of Italy is a beautiful medal made in the image of an eight-point star.
It was a breathtaking moment at the residence of the Italian ambas-sador when this highly honorifi c medal was conferred with the rank of Commendatore on His High-ness Sayyid Mohammed bin Salim Al Said, Head of the Protocol De-partment of the Ministry of For-eign Aff airs earlier this week.
Fittingly, it was Sayyid Moham-med’s Italian counterpart, the Chief of Diplomatic Protocol of the Ital-ian Republic, Riccardo Guariglia, who adorned His Highness with Italy’s Star strung on a ribbon in the colours of the Italian fl ag, which are the same as those of the Omani fl ag.
The Star of Italy is bestowed by the President of the Italian Repub-lic on Italians abroad or other na-tionals who have acquired special merit in the promotion of friendly relations and cooperation between
Italy and other countries.The ceremony was hosted by
Paola Amadei, Ambassador of Italy, in the presence of undersecretaries, Ambassador Ahmed bin Yousef Al Harthy and Ambassador Moham-med bin Yousef Al Zarafi , along with other representatives from Oman’s
Ministry of Foreign Aff airs, and various diplomats and dignitaries. In her speech, Paola remarked that Sayyid Mohammed “has proved a true friend of Italy by providing an unmatched support to all the activi-ties of our embassy over the years, many of which would not have been
possible if it weren’t for his endur-ing constructive engagement.”
Sayyid Mohammed responded with a brief and utterly sincere speech in which he thanked the ambassador for the honour, mod-estly saying that he was only ful-fi lling his duty. But everyone in the room knew it was so much more than that.
Sayyid Mohammed never miss-es any of the countless diplomatic receptions, dinners and events that require his presence or to which he is invited – and is with-out exception always gracious, warm and welcoming to whoever wishes to converse with him.
His packed daily schedule would overwhelm almost any-one else, yet Sayyid Mohammed never seems at all tired or in the least bored. He has won not only the esteem, but also the hearts of all who know him.
In the past, His Highness has served his country abroad as am-bassador, and in Muscat he is a daily ambassador for the friendli-ness and good will that character-ises the people of Oman.
The Star of Italy in Oman
BOLLYWOOD
NEW DELHI: Model-turned-ac-tress Neha Dhupia, who also repre-sented India at the Miss Universe pageant in 2002, says modelling is not a brainless profession but a job that needs lot of “hard work”.
Neha is anchoring the King-fi sher Supermodels 3 show where she is also mentoring 10 super-models who can be seen battling it out through 20 episodes of tasks and challenges on a show aired on NDTV Good Times.
Controverting the people’s com-mon perception about models, Neha said that modelling is a “hardwork-ing” job with models, who are also practising dentists, lawyers and have corporate jobs.
“It is a myth that modelling is a brainless profession. We have girls here who are dentists, lawyers, girls who are doing corporate jobs and working in tech companies. It is a lot of hard work, long hours and every-day you have a new boss,” Neha said.
“It is not a great place to be but
having said that, there is a lot of adulation. If you are good at what you do, it is a great place to be. It is competitive, cut-throat like eve-rything else. Get into it only if you are fully ready,” said the Singh Is Kinng actress.
Advising that modelling is about working on your positive traits and concealing the negatives, Neha said that imperfections are beautiful and it’s about owning yourself.
“If you want to get into model-ling, be professional, work on your positives, conceal your negatives and keep at it. Don’t come with pre-conceived notions. Imperfections are beautiful,” she said.
“Even if you think that you can-not be model because there is some-thing wrong...just get into it. You have models in New York who have taken the modelling industry by storm, there is a girl who has dis-coloured skin patches but still she is everywhere! It is about owning yourself,” she said. — IANS
Modelling is Not a Brainless Profession, Says Neha Dhupia
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Ryan Adams Compares Taylor Swift to ShakespeareSinger Ryan Adams, who earlier put out an album fi lled with his covers of songs from Taylor Swift’s hit album 1989, has compared the pop star to William Shakespeare, saying her lyrics have struck him as incredibly deep for almost a decade now. Talking about the making of the covers album, which is also titled 1989, Adams said that the transition from working on his own material to recording Swift’s songs was like “being in Ghostbusters or something, and then all of a sudden I have to go do Shakespeare”. “Well, look, those songs are popular for a reason. She’s a popular artist for a reason,” Adams told theguardian.com. Adams said that he had been a longtime fan of Swift and his 1989 was the result of his love of her music. He then gushed over White horse off the former country darling’s 2008 album Fearless, saying that he got “chills” from “head to toe” when he fi rst listened to the song. “I remember feeling shocked by her voice, shocked at how clean that song was. I like stuff that sort of penetrates through my regu-lar consciousness and hits me where I’m not looking. That’s usually stuff that’s a little darker,” he said.
‘Zootopia’ to Have New Major Characters Walt Disney Animation Studios has released some photographs of its upcoming animated feature Zootopia, off ering a look at some new characters such as a cape buff alo police Chief Bogo, Mayor Lion-heart and other animal characters who reside in the fi ctional animal city. One of the images shows Li-onheart giving speech in podium while another one features Bogo in a rage, reports aceshowbiz.com. Besides releasing the new photographs, Disney has announced the other voice cast members who will join previously-announced actors Jason Bateman, Ginnifer Goodwin and Shakira. Idris Elba voices Bogo, head of the Zootopian Police Department; Octavia Spencer lends her voice for Mrs Otterton, an otter struggling to fi nd his missing husband; J.K. Simmons is on board to voice Lionhearted; Tommy Chong voices Yax the Yak, “a most enlightened, laid-back bovine”; and Nate Torrence is Benjamin Clawhauser. Other voice cast members are Jenny Slate, who voices Assistant Mayor Bellwether, “a sweet sheep with a little voice and a lot of wool”, Alan Tudyk, who voices Duke Weaselton, “a small-time weasel crook with a big-time mouth”, and Raymond Persi, who voices Flash, “the fastest sloth working at Zootopia’s DMV”.
Depp May Star in a Time-Travel Film Actor Johnny Depp is in early negotiations with Fox to produce and star in Neil Gaiman’s time-travel tale Fortunately, the Milk with Edgar Wright directing. Australia-based Animal Logic Enter-tainment, best known for The Lego Movie, is producing the live-action and animation hybrid. Zareh Nalbandian from Animal Logic Entertainment is the producer, reports variety.com. Bret McKenzie, half of the Flight of the Conchords duo, is writing the script, based on Gaiman’s children’s book. For-tunately, the Milk was published in September, 2014 and is narrated by a child. -IANS
BR I E FS
Two popular movies _ Goodbye Mom and The Happy Life — will be screened this year.
Released in 2009, Goodbye Mom is a touching drama about mother daughter relation-ship. Aeja was once a promising stu-dent. Not only she did well in school, she also loved to write poetry on rainy days and also possessed excel-lent fi ghting skills. Her dream was to become a novelist and a few years later she moved to Seoul to fulfi l the dream. Although Aeja became 29 years old, she could not achieve any of the success she had hoped for. Her only accomplishment to date was winning an award from a local newspaper organisation. Aeja’s personal life was also not much better off . Her boyfriend cheated on her and eventually ran off leaving behind large amounts of debt. Aeja was nearly pushed to the edge. At that time, Aeja re-ceives a message from her mother asking her to come back to Busan for her brother’s wedding. Aeja’s
mother has always been tough on her and when she got back to Busan her mother treated her no diff erent. However, the relationship starts to change in an unexpected way.
The Happy Life, which was re-leased in 2007, is a comedy drama revolving around the college rock band Volcano and its members. Sang-woo, the leader of college rock band Volcano, dies setting up a reunion for Gi-yeong and the other members of the group. For-mer bass player Seong-wook lives a hand-to-mouth existence work-ing two jobs. Drummer Hyeok-su is a single father struggling to make a living as a car salesman. Unemployed lead guitarist Gi-yeong dreams of taking over Vol-cano as the new front man. At the funeral, Gi-yeong suggests they reform the band, but his former band mates all reject the idea. But Gi-yeong persists and gets each to relent, setting the stage for a rock and roll reunion. The movies are English subtitled and admission is free. - [email protected]
GET SET FORA KOREAN MOVIE FIESTA
The Embassy of the Republic of Korea will
organise the annual Korean Movie Nights at the
City Cinema, Muscat Grand Mall, on November
3 and 4 at 7.30pm. The event, which aims to
promote cultural exchange and off er a glimpse
of Korean cinema, is supported by Korean Film
Council, Oman Film Society and City Cinema.
Korean Movie Nights
Organiser: Embassy of the Republic of
KoreaMovies: Goodbye
Mom (November 3, 7.30pm)
The Happy Life (No-vember 4, 7.30pm)
Venue: City Cinema, Muscat Grand Mall
Entry: Free
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FOR RENT
Room for rent in Al Khuwair
near Ibis hotel with A/C. Contact:
95124975
1/2, B/R – Res / commercial di-
rectly from owner near Bank Muscat,
Bausher. Contact 92158031
Well maintained 3 bedroom fl at
with 2 bathroom, car parking and a/c
is available for rent in al Mawallah
near Ahmed Clinic, free electricity
and water. Contact 99219699.
ISD, walking distance, 2 BHK,
recently renovated fl at, new and
well maintained building. Ideal for
Keralite / South Indian family, 350/-
per month, including air condition-
ers and maintenance. Contact: Iqrar
on 99076557. Available from 1st
November.
Flat for rent, 3 bedrooms, kitchen &
bathroom in wadi kabir for 260 RO.
Contact : 97771444
5 Bedroom Luxury Villa in Al-Ansab
Phase 3. Contact 99417023
2 BHK Apartment for rent near MSQ
area. Contact 92888063
Tourist restaurant in Falaj Al qabail
Sohar , good location. Contact :
94066999 / 99369733
6 bed rooms for rent in Al Khuwair
33 for family only rent 500 R.O. Con-
tact: 99366624
1&2 BHK C.B.D. Contact: 99024730
1&2 BHK Wadi Kabir. #99024730
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DAILY GUIDE
2BHK commercial Al Khuwair R.O
375/-.Contact: 92144045
2BHK villa Mumtaz R.O 300/-. Con-
tact: 92144045
One & two bedroom apartment
available for rent at South Ghubra
close to Atlas hospital near Grand
mall & Avenues mall, next to Diwan’s
offi ce. #99833747 / 24562526
2BHK fl at at Al Khodh & 2 BHK Hon-
da Road Ruwi. Contact: 99224748 /
99332297
Big room with attach bathroom,
Kitchen in Muscat RO 95/-. Contact:
95094028
Villa in Arjan complex near Seeb
stadium 4BHK, 1 living room, 1
majles, 1 extra room in ground fl oor.
Contact 93219597
1BHK fl at available in MBD near Khim-
ji Supermarket with split AC & curtain
R.O 230/-.#97748721 / 92393067
1BHK new bldg with A/C curtains
near Khimji Mart MBD. Contact:
99061408 / 99024039
Large room private toilet small
kitchen, Electricity water lnclusive
monthly RO 180/-, opp. Qurum Park.
Contact Hassan: 99349990
Private room with toilet, electric-
ity water lnclusive opp Qurum Park
monthly RO 130/-. #99349990
2BHK fl at + AC Amerat 6 km from
Amerat police. Contact: 95521432
600 SQT Commercial fl at for rent
opposite Oman fl ourmill Dar-
sait more details please Contact:
91214849/ 95729711
2 BHK Al Amerat 6 new bldg with
A/C 200/- R.O. Contact: 99024730
Warehouse for rent in Ghala. Contact:
99208423
Flat for rent in South AL Hail 1
room, seating room, 1bath, 1kitchen
parking. The fl at is clean and good
location for Contact: 93214010 /
92602050
2 BHK near Oman house behind
Khimji H.O. Contact: 95865686
2BHK for rent in Al Amerat rent R.O
250/- Month. Contact: 92925173
Furnished offi ce space & room avail-
able in Walja. Contact: 96246625
1BHK available Mumtaz area Ruwi.
Contact : 99269751
For rent one bedroom Majlis, 2
toilets, kitchen, balcony Greater Mut-
trah near Muscat Electricity distribu-
tion new building rent
R.O 230/-. Contact: 99243059
Unfurnished Villa 5 B/ R @ Madinat
Al Ilam, Fully Furnished Villa 5 B/R
@ Madinat Al Ilam Executive Fully
Furnished 1 B/R Apartment at Al
Khuwair 33. Contact: Atlas Real
Estate & Rent A Car LLC. 24834888 /
99249069 / 92888376/ 99436312.
Email: [email protected]
1BHK Ghubra R.O 275/-. contact
92144045
2BHK Ghubra R.O 300/-.#92144045
1BHK Mumtaz R.O 250/-. Contact:
92144045
1BHK Darsait R.O 225/-. Contact:
92144045
FOR SALE
Available 1 BHK & 2 BHK fl ats at
Ghala Industrial area, Coco Cola road
(for family/ Exec bachelors). Contact
92854747
New Building in Muttrah, 2 B/D
room fl at + Sitting Room,3 Baths+
Kitchen with split unit Ac’s. Behind
Khimji’s main offi ce/opposite to
Oman House Call 99419712
1 BHK for rent at Al-Khud in Baskin
Robbins Building. R.O. 200. Contact:
94194876, 99478492
Deluxe 3 BHK Penthouse with Seav-
iew, ideal for offi ce / residence at
Qurum near PDO. #9772 1313
New buildings commercial / residential in Muttrah both
will BE rented out for one com-
pany only for more details. Contact:
99364735/95729711
Flat 2bedrooms, 2 toilets, kitchen
and sitting room in Al Ansab.
Contact: 95302993 / 95216161
Offi ce/Shop 28 SQM, Wadikhabeer,
Contact 93004902
2BHK with Split Unit A/C ,
Wadikhabeer near Indian School,
99441193, 93004802
Flats and shops for rent in Ruwi,
MBD Mumtaz area. Contact :
97293708 / 92433127
2BHK with Split Units ,
WadiKhabeer, 93004802.
Flat for rent 2BHK Wadi Kabir near
Kuwaiti Mosque. Contact: 97007934
/ 92629232
Flats in Wadi Kabir.contact
99376454
02 BHK commercial / residential
(with split AC) Flat at Honda road.
Contac: 99342733 / 99795241
02 BHK residential fl at opposite
to Al Nadha Hospital. Contact:
99342733 / 99795241
1000sqm industrial and with com-
pound well & two rooms at Misfah.
Contact: 99342733 / 99795241
Readymade offi ce space for rent
(100sm) in Bank Melli Iran building,
MBA area, Ruwi, opposite Center
Point. Contact: 99011352
Excess tractor and agricultural
parts for sale for details. For details
please visit us at Zawawi Trading
Company – Muscat branch – E&
P division, for more information
please Contact: Mr. said Al Sham-
makhi 99456045
2 BHK apartment for
rent at Muscat hills
with Golf Course
view. Rent: RO.900/-
per month
If interested please contact – 97986525
Or Email – [email protected]
Brand new residential fl ats in Wadi
Kabir near Muscat football club,
have 2 bedroom family hall, 2 toilets,
Kitchen with spilt AC for 250/- R.O.
#95999904 / 98585889 / 92383886
3 BHK Penthouse Flat with Split
A/Cs, Free Unlimited Broadband
WiFi, Security access system, Pvt.
Terrace & Secured car park,
Opposite Kims Hospital Al Falaj,
Monthly Rent: 625/-.
Contact: 99657906 or 24702141
600 SQT commercial fl at for rent
opposite Oman fl ourmill Darsait
more details.#91214849/ 99364735
New fl ats for rent At Darsait near to
Ministry of Sports, Mumtaz area the
fl ats includes1 living room, 2 bed-
rooms, Kitchen, 3 toilets, every rooms
with split A/C, high quality fi nishing,
rent RO 340 /-.#00968 92225523
Showroom / storage / offi ce space (area 290 SQM, 6 M Height) avail-
able 4 R.O PER SQM, facing Al Mina
Street, near Darsait Lulu. Contact:
99360631/ 96760819/ 24711184
2 rooms in Al Khuwair 17/1 rent
250/- R.O with water & elect. Con-
tact: 99330385
Luxury apartments in Al Khoud 3,
composed of clean – conditioned
room, lounge and toilet, kitchen and
store. Contact 93366421
Al Mawalh villa for rent 17 bed-
rooms, all attached toilet, 2 big hall,
1 big kitchen, outside 1 kitchen 1 PVT
room near (Mac Donald). Contact:
99654252 / 95566475
1BHK fl at spilt with A/C Al Khuwair,
230/-. #99358589 / 95570288
DAILY GUIDET H U R S D AY, O C T O B E R 2 9, 2 0 1 5 D3
FOR SALE
Running furniture showroom for urgent sale.
Ladies beauty parlor sale at Mutt rah.
Contact - 91135930
ACC. AVAILABLE
ACC. AVAILABLE
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Party & Wedding equipment rentals.
Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirt-
ing, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery,
Crockery, Glassware, Chafi ng Dishes,
Ice Sculptures, to Large Sound Sys-
tems and spectacular lighting. Call
Andrea 9606 2222 for Catering and
Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound & Light.
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E-mail: [email protected]
Fully furnished offi ce space in
As - Assalah Tower Ghobra.contact
98202001
Furnished single / sharing room
for Exe bachelor at Rex Road (near
Kamat hotel). Contact: 95096081
Furnished room available in Ruwi.
Contact: 92435784
1BHK, fully furnished with furniture
AC LCD, ETC, ideal for small family
or 2 bachelors available from 1st
November. #96444400
New fully furnished room & at-
tached bathroom, kitchen, wifi ,
for bachelor Honda road. Contact:
98582078
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, sitting
room, Kitchen & store including utili-
ties bills at Al hail. Contact 92817777
Single room available near Muttrah
Souq for Executive Kerala bachelor.
Contact: 96195506
NRI
17cents residential plot for sale in
Mundoor Center (near Amala hospi-
tal) about 75 meters from
Mundoor main road.
Contact: 00968 -92376297
FOR SALECompany maintained
Mercedes prime mover (2005).
Contact 99449048 26750468
TATA BUS model 2009 For saleSeating 60+1
Good condition
Sohar
Contact -
99449228
COMPANY CLOSING- LANDS FOR SALE
1. Al-Hail North 6300 SQM. (Resi/Comm)
2.Al-Hail South 3600 SQM. (Resi.)
3.Ar-Rumais 5235 SQM.
Interested buyers please contact GSM 99227267
FOR HIRE WITH OPERATORS1. Back Hoe Loaders (Shovels): 5 Nos2. 10 Tons Vibratory Roller Compactor: 1 No.3. 42 Mtrs. Concrete Pump Putzmeister: 1 No.4. 45 Cbm Tippers: 2 Nos5. 50 M height, 50 Boom tower cranes: 5 Nos.
Please contact – Mr. Ravi on 96529679Email – [email protected] / [email protected]
DHOKA SCAFFOLDING ALL TYPES FOR SALE OR RENT
Please contact – 99458883Email – [email protected]
M.V.FOR SALE
Toyota YARIS. Model 2008. KM
70000 Expat driven, All services at
Toyota. Very clean. Rate: 2750. Con-
tact 99445675.
Mazda 323, 1997 model, 219525
km for sale / Hyundai Sonata
2005 model, 150870 km for sale,
expat Handled.contact 98512702 /
99351044
Big room in available near Hamriya
R/A for Muslim couple / small fam-
ily / Executive bachelor rent 150/-
per month including W+ E. Contact:
99495131
Single room with attached toilet
& bath for Executive bachelor rent
including with water & electricity in
Ruwi. Contact: 99327158
Family sharing Ruwi high street
Raymond bldg. Contact :
99895616
Independent rooms in Qurum /AL
Hail. Contact 95529970
Furnished single rooms available
for Executive bachelors at Ruwi.
Contact : 93431089
COMPUTER
Scraps for sale in Muscat
1. Metal2. Cable3 .WiresContact Drake & Scull
International LLCGSM : 95355693
Scraps for sale in Sohar
1. Metal2. Cable3 .WiresContact Drake & Scull
International LLCGSM : 95355693
Used Visi coolers (chiller) for sale.
Contact: 93888028 / 93204920
Restaurant for sale lease running
restaurant, opp. Mars Wadi Kabir 7
visa. Contact: 93334685
Comm. & Res land in the heart of
Ruwi 2400 sq mtr for sale.
Contact : 91155779
Comm. & Res land in Darsait, opp.
Pakistani School, 900 sq mtr for sale.
Contact: 91155779
Used Fabrication machinery for sale
: Fabrication machinery and tools in
excellent condition for
immediate sale. contact 94652485/
99273774/99202278
Comm. & res. land for investment for
25 years in Ghala heights.
Contact: 91155779
Comm. & Res land in Ghala heights
400 sq mtr for sale. #91155779
Beauty parlour in Mobela for sale.
Contact: 96131261
For sale land in Amerat 3000 Sq.mt
with petrol pump permission.
Contact 99323957 / 92702891
SITUATION WANT-
ED
BUSINESS
Reputed contracting company
required sound parties to invest ongo-
ing excavate projects high profi ts as-
sured. Contact: 98867530/ 95565039
Ware house space for rent at Ghala
and Barka up to 20000/- Sqm.
Contact: 99509460 / 93731363
We want fi nance for 3 (three) moths
or renewable every 3 months from
Omani nationals or Expatriate for
trading business. Contact: 99462591
or 93525028 Email:
DRIVING
BUYING/ SELLING
We want to buy running car work-
shop in Oman. Contact : 99157377
CLASSES
CLASSES
IELTS & TOEFL
Academic / General
Target Band 8
TQT Institute.
Ph #
24480800 / 99347202
Karate and self defense classes
at Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per
month twice a week Monday and
Tuesday 6. 30 TO 7. 30. PM CON-
TACT 98294551
Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English
class for Malayalam Speakers in Azaiba and Ruwi
• Learn in two months• Satisfaction guaranteed
Tel: 95244310
GOOD NEWS
Kutchhi coff ee shop, pure Veg avail-
able, Mandvi Kutch Dabeli, Chappati,
puri Bhaji, Vada Pav, Farari Kachori,
many more, next to Lulu Wadi Kabor
Souq Al Juma, shop #3. Contact Udit
– 94460286, Kishore – 99437869
Ayurvedic treatment for backache,
paralysis, arthritis etc & massage,
All Season (Vaidyaratnam). Contact
24475280 / 95371664 /
92504980 www.siddhayur.com
FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to know
more about Islam, please call:
99425598, 99250777, 99353988,
99253818, 99341395, and 99379133.
For ladies: 99415818, 99321360,
99730723 Orvisit:www.islamfact.com
MATRIMONIAL
A respectable Hindu KAPU (Naidu)
family from Vijayawada A.P.India
invites alliances for their daughter,
25 years, B. Tech (computer Science)
father working in Oman. Contact:
95097913 / 99744870 Email: sarath-
Muslim girl, 23 yrs, 162” looking
alliance from Doctors TamilNadu/
Kerala. Contact 98553628
Kerala orthodox boy 29/188 work-
ing as Staff Nurse MOH Muscat
seeking suitable alliances. Contact:
99461264
Indian Kerala male, 32 yrs, Chris-
tian R.C working in Muscat looking
for a suitable bride. If interested
Contact: 9845460 / 99883109
Nair boy 38 years Palakkad having
land & property in Kerala working
in a Star Hotel MCT as Supervisor
for cast 15 years is looking for life
partner. No demand at all. Bindu :
97944673
Pakistani male 34 years living
with parents in Oman for 27 years
using hearing aid looking for a suit-
able alliance. Contact: 95544612 /
99353096
Seeking alliance for our son from
Muslim families. Interested
families Contact: 99889590
DAILY GUIDED4 T H U R S D AY, O C T O B E R 2 9, 2 0 1 5
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT
Email: [email protected] classifi [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461
DOMESTIC HELP
EDUCATION
CATERING
ENGINEER/TECH/MECH
ENGINEER/TECH/MECH
ACCOUNTANT
DRIVER
MEDICAL
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
SALES / MARKETING
SKILLED LABOUR
Required 2 Expatriate Drivers for
manpower supply company with
Oman driving license. Contact
94148972 / 94148970
Valid bike license (Oman), Driver
required for reputed chain of res-
taurants in Muscat visa available.
Contact: 93798969
ADMIN
A reputed Wellness Center is look-
ing for MOH licensed or Prometric
Passed Physiotherapist, Nurse and
Occupational therapy. Please send
your CV to : hr2015.oman@gmail.
com
Required General Physician,
Gynecology, Dentist, Pharmacists,
Lab technicians, Nurses. Contact:
95133572 Email: kunoozghala@
gmail.com
Urgently required Staff Nurse
dental clinic Al Ghoubra. Contact:
95094028
Urgently required female therapist
Panchakarma in Ghoubra. Contact :
95094028
Urgently require Female nurse with
or without MOH license for a dental
clinic at Bahla 98230488
Required Prometric passed nurse to
join clinic. Contact: 91478749
Required female Nurse with MOH li-
cense for a private a private clinic in
Bowsher area, Muscat. #92189807
Urgently Required an English
Teacher (Part-time) for teaching
English, daily one hour (As Your
preferred time). Good Remunera-
tion. Interested Persons may contact
94571643
Science, Maths & English Teachers
are required in a private school in
Al Ansab. Send your CV at Email :
94540479, [email protected]
Post Graduate researcher required. Contact 99229700
ARCHITECT
Architect (BSC), female 23 one year
experience with valid Omani driving
license, under family visa look-
ing for suitable placement. contact
92670199 Email: tkhaleque92@
gmail.com
Indian, Architect male 25, two
years experience in UAE design,
tender, site inspection with strong
knowledge in AutoCAD, Photo shop
Microsoft offi ce looking for a suit-
able placement. Contact 92382038
Email: [email protected]
Architecture Structural Draughts-
man having 5 years Oman expe-
rience, NOC available. Contact:
97312627
Architect with bachelor degree 4
years experience in architectural
design (interior & exterior) profes-
sional in (3D Max- Archicad - Auto-
CAD - Photoshop). contact
96041201 Email: amer.yousfan@
gmail.com
We are looking for Chief Financial
Offi cer, Male 40- 45 years old, ,
Bachelor of Science in Account-
ancy with 5 - 15 yrs. of experience.
Contact: +968 24702133, Email:
Chinese/ Arab/ continental cook & helper wanted. Contact 95529970
ADMIN/ HR
MISC
Female Receptionist required for
play area in Azaiba. Must be ener-
getic, speak good English, and be
good with children. Start date mid-
November. Sponsorship available.
Email CV to [email protected]
Young Omani PRO: deemaild@
gmail.com
Urgently required for a Hotel
/ hotel apartments in Muscat:
Receptionists (Omani) – male /
female. Contact 97677211
Required female tailors Philippine
national 2Nos and cutting Master
also Philippine female. Must have
Oman experience in stitching fash-
ion clothes. C.R 1046847. Contact :
93219696 Maid required for Indian family
visa and accommodation provided.
Contact: 97448484
Housemaid wanted for Kerala fam-
ily in Seeb. Visa available. Contact:
97494228
FULL time housemaid needed
for family in Azaiba - good salary,
accommodation ,visa provided, ac-
commodation provided. No release.
Contact 95123244
Wanted full time maid for In-
dian family. Visa provided. Contact:
92800073 / 95120404
A new lady’s fashion shop in shop-
ping mall require Omani and Filipino
sales lady. A new fast food shop in the
same mall require Filipino cashier.
Please send CV to newbrandpano-
Male - Marketing Supervisor with
University Degree, Experience in
Marketing, w/ excellent communica-
tion skill. Email admin-dept@daud.
om
Required project salesman on profi t
sharing basis. [email protected]/
99221683
Lady Telesales Executives & Busi-
ness Development Executives with
Oman D/L for leading IT & Media En-
terprise. Enthusiastic Freshers also
welcome. [email protected]
Male/Female advertising and media
sales executives required with valid
driving license and minimum 1 year
experience. Mail CV to
Wanted Sales man (experienced in
transporting etc). contact 94007259
Email: [email protected]
Urgently required: Sales Execu-tive- with 5 years experience in
aluminum and sales, MUST have
NOC and immediately join. Apply,
fax 00968–24605955,
emails [email protected],
Urgently required Sales Executive
with 2 years experience in electri-
cal outdoor sales. Must have D/L
and NOC. Contact: 91373200 Email:
Sales & Marketing Executive for
travel and tourism. #92890506
Male 28, MBA Finance & Market-
ing with 4 Years experience in UAE
seeks suitable placement. Contact
- 90264337
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT-M. Com
Finance, Indian with 7 years experi-
ence in Finance & Accounts up to
fi nalization. Currently employed in
Oman. Having D/L, NOC available.
Cont: 98278801, mansoormk10@
gmail.com
Sr. Accountant with 14 yrs experi-
ence, 2 yrs in Oman capable of han-
dling all accounting functions. NOC
available. Contact: 92404608 Email:
jin_75@rediff mail.com
Male Accountant 24 yrs, MBA (Fi-
nance & HR), DIFA certifi ed having 2.9
yrs experience as Account assistant
looking for suitable job, Currently on
Visit Visa. Contact:95878661 E-mail:
Fresher 24 years B.Com Gradu-
ate, Tally 7.2 & ERP-9, looking for a
suit#Contact: 97219505
Male accountant BSc Hons (Finance
& Accounts) having 2 years experi-
ence in accounts, looking for suitable
job on visit visa. Contact: 91420128
Indian male Accountant looking
for a suitable placement in Salalah.
More than 20 years experience in
accounting job (upto the fi nalization
of accounts), 8 years working experi-
ence in Middle East in Dubai, Salalah.
Contact: 91325029
Finance Manager 26 years experi-
ence with NOC available immedi-
ately. Contact: 91302906 / 91335205
Young 24, ACCA affi liate, Advanced
diploma in Accounting and Busi-
ness, seeking suitable placement
in Accounts, Finance or audit With
valid driving license. Contact -
92430152 ,Email - rau_dey@yahoo.
com
Chartered Accountant with ICWA
Inter having 5 years experience in
Finance, Accounts, Costing, Budget-
ing, Audit, Insurance, Treasury &
Banking operations - NOC Available
+ Oman Driving License Contact
:97881548 Email-fi nancecost2@
gmail.com
ACCA member / B.Com (3.7 years
experience) looking for Accounts /
Audit job. Contact: 97769145 Email:
Finance Controller 15 years experi-
ence in Oman corporate fi nancing ,
management accounts , feasibility
study, cost control , business plan,
ERP, MIS Banking, International
trade etc seeks suitable opportunity.
Contact: 98571309
Indian Chartered Accountant
having 7 year experience in MIS,
Budgeting, Taxation, ERP, Costing,
Cash Flow etc. working as Asst.
Manager - Finance. NOC Available;
contact: [email protected] /
91789950
Indian male, 30 yrs, 7 yrs experi-
ence in UAE in Accounts, Sales &
IT, currently on visit visa, seeks
suitable position. Contact 95657110,
Email : [email protected]
Indian female 5+ yrs Oman exp in
Accounts tally looking for suitable
placement in W.K to Qurum area.
Contact: 95580416
Part time accountant, senior ac-
countant, doing all type of ac-
counting works, up to fi nalization.
contact.95254864
MANAGER
A newly started travel agency
in Ruwi requires a Manager.
The candidate should have 5-7
years experience with excellent
communication skills and a valid
Omani driving license. Interested
candidates , please send CV to
within 15 days from the date of this
advertisement
Indian male 20 + yrs exp in Non
banking fi nance co (NBFC) in Oman
as Credit Analyst, risk, recoveries
operations, well versed with branch
operations & fl air in Arabic with
valid D/L now on visit. #99055123
MBA International Business in
fi nance and operations Indian male
24, (3 months visit visa) seeking
immediate placement. Contact 968
97489409 / Email: abhay8168@
gmail.com
Accountant fi nance Indian male 25
yrs B.Com tally ERP.9, 3+ yrs work-
ing experience in India on visiting
visa for 3 months seeks suitable
placement.#93772901 /95309001
Email id: [email protected]
Indian male 22 years, B.Com Gradu-
ate 1 year experience as Account-
ant in India on visit visa looking
for suitable placement. Contact:
98693800 / 95709455
Email: hameeshham29143@gmail.
com
Accountant , Indian (Kerala) male,
more than 09 years experience in Qatar
(02 years) and New Delhi experience
upto fi nalization of Accounts & exper-
tise in using Tally ERP-9, MS Offi ce
(Word & Excel). Currently on visit visa,
seeking suitable placement. Contact:
97864890 / 97268429 Email: vinod-
Indian male 35 years BBM diploma
in A/C & Banking 5 years experience in
Oman as Business promoter with valid
D/L & NOC seeking urgent placement
in Muscat. Contact : 92683606 Email:
Indian lady 15 yrs experience in Insur-
ance / Accounts looking for suitable
placement. Contact : 92986455
Accountant Indian female having
5 years exp in fi nalization, audit
and administration in GCC pres-
ently in Muscat seeking suitable
position. Contact 97323574 Email:
sreeja@[email protected]
Accountant, Indian female on visit
visa degree: B.Com, exp 6+ years in
tally ERP-9 (latest), fi nalization of
account, Tax, Accounting, Stock main-
tenance payroll etc. Contact: 91551164
/91175456 Email: mk-jothipriya@gmail.
com
Indian male 8 years experience hav-
ing B.Com and MBA ready to work in
HR customer service,
Admin banking & related fi eld.
Contact : 97436890 / 96939803.
Email: [email protected]
Indian lady, bachelor degree in
Preparatory Programme (BPP) and
Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), com-
pleted training course in MS Word,
Excel, Power Point and Outlook from
KTI looking for full time / part time
job opportunity in Oman. Contact
92437568, 96795853,
Email: [email protected]
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, with
13yrs experience, 6 yrs Oman in
manufacturing, trading & con-
tracting Cos, capable of handling
all accounting, fi nance, bank-
ing, L/C, import, export & fi na-
lization seeks placement. NOC
Available. Call+968-98932752,
mail:[email protected]
Finance Manager, 12 years experi-
ence in leading Construction and
manufacturing companies (9 years
in Oman) have strategic vision and
proven leadership ability. B.Com,
CPA- USA & modern accounting
certifi cate from “AUC”. “NOC” in
hand. Contact: 97220505
Urgently required Project Engineer
for a reputed Construction Company
in Muscat with Civil Engineering
Degree/Diploma, 4 to 10 years expe-
rience, holding Oman/GCC Driving
License. E.mail: assaud@omantel.
net.om or FAX: 24953530
Urgently required for a leading
Company Planning engineer. Fax
: 24478522, Email : gh1.careers@
gmail.com
MEP Engineer electrical with full
knowledge of concealed wiring, air
conditioning works, plumbing hav-
ing at least 3 - 5 years experience in
supervision and project execution.
autocad is a must. contact tgi17@
omantel.net.om
Indian female MBA , 3 Years expe-
rience in Admin MIS , family Visa.
Contact 98234427,
10 years Gulf & 4 years Oman ex-
perience in HR / Admin & logistics
fl uent in Arabic / English with
D/L looking for suitable position.
Contact: 95824598
Indian lady, B.Tech gradu-
ate currently pursuing mba
via off campus and having 2
years work experience will-
ing to work in management
sector.”91156408,divyasara16@
gmail.com
Hr & admin with 15 years
experience looking for a job
change.NOC available.contact
92475023,email:phoenix.snair@
gmail.com
Indian female , MBA( HR) experi-
ence in both corporate and teaching
back home, looking for any suitable
HR/ Admin / teaching post currently
on visit visa. Contact:
90139719 Email:umadevi23@gmail.
com
Indian female, Masters in HR, hav-
ing 4 + years Oman experience in
media management and HR, look-
ing for openings in HR, Education,
Admin, Corporate communica-
tions. Contact 98252030
Looking for job Admin / HR. Re-
lease available. contact 94229041
HR/ Recruitment specialist
with 8 years Oman experience in
entire gamut of HR functions like
resource planning, recruitment, HR
policies & procedures performance
appraisal, expatriate aff airs, exit
interviews & ticketing. contact
93825307
Email: javthath@rediff mail.com
Urgent Requirement
Sales LadyFor Jewellery Showroom 1. Two years experience
in sales.
2. NOC is must.
(send CV with current picture)
Email:[email protected]
Indian female 28 years M.Com,
Accountant having 6 years experi-
ence in Accounts, fi nalization, Tally
currently on visit visa.
Contact : 95595083 Email:
URGENTLY REQUIREDRECEPTIONIST
• Omanis Only (preferably female)
• Must speak English fluently
• Ability to handle Office/Admin works
• Good knowledge of computers
Interested candidates please send CV to:[email protected]
or Fax: 24600683
INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING FIRM REQUIRES
FOR PROJECTS IN SULTANATE OF OMAN
QUANTITY SURVEYOR(DIPLOMA IN QUANTITY SURVEY)
WHO ONLY CAN JOIN IMMEDIATELY
EXPERIENCE: 8 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN
INCREASINGLY RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS,
EXPERIENCE IN CONTRACT MANAGEMENT,
REVIEW OF PAYMENT CERTIFICATES, VARIATION
ORDERS AND CLAIMS IN THE FIELD OF WATER
SUPPLY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
CVs mentioning Oman tel. No. to be submitted to: [email protected]
Joinery foreman with minimum
3 - 5 years experience in interior
fi nishing related to all carpentry and
aluminum works required. Persons
with relevant experience and release
/ NOC. Contact [email protected].
om
An Omani company in Muscat are
looking for Indian Procurement
Engineer with 5 years in GCC. The
experience should be in industrial
procurements (oil & gas and power
plant). Indian nationality send the
CV, Omani PRO. Candidates could
send their CV to
Leading construction company
requires experienced Site Engineer
and QA/QC Engineer for residential/
commercial project. Require
NOC. Send your CV :
Experienced construction Civil Engineer with qualifi cation
(attested) certifi cates & with Omani
driving license. Contact: slayhawk@
yahoo.com 99601004
Wanted urgentlyA well known family in
Oman urgently needed an
experienced Indian
female part time or full
time Nursing Assistant to
take care of their Mother
recovering from stroke.
Contact 99717791 or 94084335
Vacancy
Supply Chain Executive1. Minimum of 2 years experience in supply chain
management
2. Has work experience in logistic company
3. Has to have expertise in logistics and inventory
management
Send CV to [email protected]
A reputed Company urgently requires smart and
efficient personnel for their Insurance Brokerage activity
a) Insurance Brokerage Manager Candidate should have minimum 10 yrs experience in
Insurance Sector, and able to lead a team
b) Marketing ExecutivesShould have min 5 years exp in Insurance Sector
kindly email CV`s to : [email protected]
Wanted female Gynecologist, female Staff Nurse – 2 no., Dental Asst, female
Lab Tech from India or Filipino with
MOH license & data flow for Al Saadi
Specialized Medical Centre in Mussana.
Contact 92025033, [email protected]
SECRETARIAL & OFFICE
Experienced Secretary required
experienced for Ruwi offi ce. Must
have high standard of competence
in MS Offi ce suite and excellent
Arabic / English communication
skills. Send CV and covering email
SKILLED/ UNSKILLED
IT
Experienced electrician / lineman
(preferred Gulf return) for Electrical
company. Clearance ready. Contact :
99706132 Email: atlasllc11@gmail.
com A leading cosmetic company in
Muscat is looking for an IT Execu-
tive Email us on vacancies@
maryanagroup.com
Urgently required by an LLC Company in Muscat1) Projects Manager – Mechanical: Degree holder with
atleast 10 yrs experience in oil & gas industry in Oman.
Should be capable of doing tendering & execution of
mechanical projects.
2) Projects Manager – Civil: Degree holder with atleast 10
yrs experience in oil & gas industry in Oman. Should be
capable of doing tendering & execution of civil projects.
Interested candidates may send their CV urgently to [email protected]
JOB VACANCYSALES MEN – HoReCa for one of the leading FMCG company in the
Sultanate of Oman.
Qualifications:• Male expats with GCC experience in sales
• Must have a valid GCC driving license
• With pleasing personality
• Very good English communication skills
• Very good in customer service
Please send your updated CV with photo and complete contact details to [email protected]
Wanted Oman candidate to work
as Operation staff in Logistics
company in Muscat. Contact: +968
24794579 Email: noha.chalhoub@
compasslog.com
Travel agent in Muscat required
DRAUGHTSMAN
Autocad d/man, exp in arch, struct,
now in visit visa PH : 91146914
DAILY GUIDET H U R S D AY, O C T O B E R 2 9, 2 0 1 5 D5
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR
MEDICAL
HOSPITALITY
MISCELLANEOUS
Social worker MSW Children
counselor, 2 years UK, Indian exp
or resident visa. Contact: 94635091
Email: [email protected]
Sudanese lawyer with experience
10 years in Judiciary in Khartoum.
Contact: 94458976
DRIVER
ENGG. / TECH./MECH.
DRAUGHTSMAN Indian female, 30 yrs, Interior Designer
Bachelor degree with 5 yrs working experience seeking suitable
placement in Oman.
Contact 98499975, Email :
Project/ Program Manager/ Finance professional
Qualifi cati on MBA PMP six sigma (GB)Countries exposure Canada & Middle
East, Industry any (experienced in bank, telecom, transport.
Nati onality-Canadian. On visit in Oman.
Contact - 97203531
3 years experience in Oman
looking for a suitable job. Contact:
97462781
Light driver looking for job 7 years
exp. Contact: 94208089
Looking for driving job. Contact:
98219182
Experienced Light Duty Driver
available. Contact: 94141925
Light driver. Contact:
96313100
Driver for job. Contact:
94182497
Driver for job. Contact: 98934367
Pakistani, light driver looking job
exp, 4 years. Contact: 96346582
12 years experience need a job.
Contact: 99709344
Light duty driver 3 years experi-
ence in Oman looking for job. Con-
tact: 93131542
20 years experience. Contact:
94795033
Driver looking For job 95154610
Light duty driver seeks placement.
Contact: 94435912 / 92439315
Light duty driver 8 years exp in
U.A.E need visa Oman seeks place-
ment.contact 96975028 / 95803184
Pakistani Driver wanted job,
with 3 years experience. contact
94356465
Indian driver, 4 years experience
in Oman with car looking for suit-
able job (NOC available). contact
93053917
Driver seeking suitable placement.
Contact: 98134080
Indian Driver need job. contact
91254539
Light driver for job 5 yrs exp.
Contact: 92171166
Bangladeshi male driver, 48 yrs,
exp 14 years, 9 years need job &
visa, got release letter. contact
99165961
Hotel exp 4 years F+ B (service) visit
visa expires 13/11/2015, B.A Hotel Man-
agement. Contact: 91987013 / 96971643
Email: [email protected]
Relationship Manager Indian male
28 BB, MBA 5 years exp currently
working in India, computer skilled.
Contact: 0091 9747101018 Email:
Oman: 95071632
Indian 14 years experience in con-
sumer goods as Marketing Manager
with visa D/L. Contact: 90314809
Indian male more than 8 years
experience in UAE in Offi ce , Sales
Marketing with good computer
skills having driving license look-
ing for suitable placement. contact
99369081
Email: shazulashraf60@gmail.
com
Indian Male 26, U.K Post Graduate
M.A, MBA, 3 years Experience,
looking position within Market-
ing, Branding, Business Develop-
ment & PR. Contact: greetings111@
hotmail.com Tel No: 95128769
/+918939165131
Indian, female 28 yrs, B.Com, 7 yrs
call center/marketing experience,
currently on visit, seek suit-
able placement. Contact Rashmi
96746698.
9 years experience in construc-
tion Purchase seeking suitable
placement immediately, NOC
available. Contact: 97332401
Marketing Executive/Merchan-
diser, Omani License, BA 8 years
Experience in Multinational
Groups. Contact 97601343
Digital marketing / ad words/
analytics / SEO expert, exp 5 yrs
(male) certifi ed) , (visit visa). Con-
tact : 93594114 (visit visa). Email:
Indian male B.Com with valid
driving license & 8 years of Gulf
experience with NOC or transfer
letter whatever required look-
ing for a outdoor job is sales or
business development immediate
placement. Contact 91234320
Sales & marketing professional
with 8+ years experience at UAE
& Oman in hotels & airlines with
valid driving license NOC avail-
able, seeks suitable opportunity.
contact : 95544612
Purchase experienced 8 years
in Construction Company In-
dian male 45 yrs, release & D/L
available. Contact: 90268183 /
96987234
Indian male MBA, 2 years
experience in sales and 2 years
experience in HR with D/L looking
for a suitable position. Contact:
91202335 Email: mrishad90@
yahoo.com
Male BA, with D/L having 7 years
exp in Oman wanted suitable
job in Sales inventory & procure.
contact 92191026
Sales and marketing - male 27
yrs, 2 years experience seeking
suitable placement with Oman
D/L. contact 95642740 Email:
Indian male , 23 yrs, postgraduate
Mechanical Eng. (M.Sc, UK), 1 year
sales exp, having Oman DL, seeking
for suitable employment in re-
puted fi rm. Contact: 91419764 Email:
Indian male 23 years B.E Electri-
cal Engineer 1 year experience is
looking for suitable job in Oman
currently on visiting visa (certifi cate
attested). Contact: 93547687 Email:
Workshop Supervisor 29 years work-
ing in Oman P.D.O area project NOC
available. Contact 94594234 Email:
B.Tech mechanical Engineer, 24 yrs,
2 yrs exp seeking job on visiting visa.
Contact: 93523752 Email:
Indian, female, 24 yrs, BE, CS Engg
with 2 yrs Exp in Tech Support at
Hewlett Packard & S/W Development
at ISRO-India, looking for a job in
Tech Support /Admin/Teaching/IT
fi eld. Contact : 92891427, reshmatj@
gmail.com
Instrumentation Engineer, Indian
male 24 years of age on visiting visa
with 2 years experience in oil & gas
seeking suitable position. Contact:
94743685 Email: akashpp444@
gmail.com
Mechanical Engineer (6 years
Diesel Engine, control maintenance,
solar) (1 year HVAC) NOC & D/L. Con-
tact: 97452159 Email:
Civil Engineer 20 years experience
in project management including 10
years in Oman. Contact: 91177755
Indian male, 23 years, B.Tech [ECE],
1 year experience in sales and instal-
lation (electronics, IT and network-
ing devices) is looking for suitable
job. Currently on visiting visa. Con-
tact: +968 96761020 email:
B.SC Civil Engineer, road construc-
tion fi eld with 12 years experience
in Oman. Contact: 92200485
Civil Engineer, Indian male, 11 years
experience in construction, having
D/L and NOC. Contact: 94194399
Email: [email protected]
B.E Mechanical Engineer Indian
male 27 years having 4 years experi-
ence including 2 years GCC experi-
ence, seeking suitable placement.
Contact: 90156984 Email:
Indian B. tech Civil, 19 years exp ,
seeks suitable position. #98365910
Email: [email protected]
Electrical Engineer Indian Male
2.5Years Experience Looking for suit-
able Job. Contact:91845173 Email:er.
Civil Eng 1 year exp Indian male 23
yrs, knowledge in quantity surveying
currently on visit visa, looking for
suitable placement. Contact: 00968
95786832
HSE Engineer, Indian 26 years
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering Ne-
bosh IGC qualifi ed 5 years exp in O
& G on visit visa. Contact: 94135234
Email: [email protected]
Kerala Electrical Technician, fore-
man cum Storekeeper (Electrical).
Contact: 93563744
Civil Engineer B.Tech with Iosh,
Nebosh certifi cation having valid
Omani driving license looking for
suitable job. Contact: 93631625
Mechanical Engineer (UK), 28 years,
male having 3.5 years experience,
looking for suitable placement with
valid Oman driving license NOC
available. Immediate availability
Contact: +968 97612297 Email:
B.Tech mechanical Eng (Indian)
having 4 years exp in oil fi eld, com-
pleted CSWip 3.1 welding inspec-
tion level-2, primavera and good
knowledge in designing software like
Staddpro tekla auto spool AutoCAD
etc seeking suitable placement. Con-
tact : 96071081
BE Mechanical Engineer, 23 years,
Indian male on visit available for
immediate placement please contact:
96145820 or arunsankar.10.92@
gmail.com
BSC (Hons) Civil Engineer with
Oman work experience and valid
driving license looking for immedi-
ate placement in consultancy or
construction fi rm currently on visit
visa. Contact: 91181680
Indian Electrical Engineer B. Tech,
female 24 seeking job. presently in
oman having 2 year experience in
design and estimation of Ht &Lt pro-
jects. Contact number 96897436557,
Mail id : [email protected]
BE mechanical Engineer MBA
Indian male 25 currently working in
Qatar skills, MEP Designing, Survey-
ing Oracle AutoCAD, SAP. Contact:
+97474470866 C/O Oman
95071632
Indian lady Electrical Engineer, M.
Tech in power systems (NITC) &
B.Tech in EEE (CET) with 3 years ex-
perience in electrical design & con-
sultancy. Profi cient in AutoCAD, LT &
HT design estimation, seeking suit-
able position in Muscat. #97710156
Email: [email protected]
SALES / MARKETING
Male 22, B. Tech in Mechanical
Engineering dynamic personality,
seeking suitable position languages
known English, Hindi, Currently
in Oman. Contact: 93611341 /
92603257 Email: arjunakshysree@
gmail.com
BSC Civil Engineer and MBA 25
years experience in roads, infra-
structure and management have
Oman D/L. Contact: 96936263 Email:
Civil Engineer 5 years experience in
Oman, 3 years in EURO looking best
career in my fi eld or management,
with valid driving license. Contact:
93149659
Indian male 38 yrs total 19 yrs
experience (Gulf 13 yrs) in Electrical
fi eld, electrical Forman experience 4
yrs in Oman seeking suitable place-
ment in hospital setup, maintenance,
department, construction fi eld now
visit visa, NOC available. Email: binu.
Indian female 11 years experience in
Oman as a Quantity Surveyor in Civil
having valid Omani driving license.
NOC available. Contact: 99879525
Experienced Civil Engg profes-
sional 12/26 years ran a company
as Working partner have estima-
tion, tendering of high rise building
infrastructure steels conc. Products
seeks suitable placement. contact
95360102 / 94460357
Indian male 24 years Instrumen-
tation technician have 2.5 years
experience in India, seeks a suitable
job. Contact: 92696798 Email:
Electronics diploma 1 year exp in
telecommunication, mobile tower
fi eld support Engg. Vishnu Madhu
Soodanan. Contact: 94519571 /
95233636 Email: vishnumadhull@
gmail.com
BSc. in Civil Engineer 12 years ex-
perience in infrastructure & building
having UAE D/L currently on visit
visa looking suitable placement.
Contact 91206763 Email:
Civil Engineer, Indian male 29,
having 7 years exp in construction
fi eld& Auto Cad in Oman. Having
valid driving license. Fluent in Eng-
lish & Arabic. Looking for suitable job
in reputed fi rm. #99650569
Civil Engineer B.Sc -6 years experi-
ence with constructions companies
- 1 years in Oman - qualifi ed as Site
Engineer & Planning Engineer.
Contact+968-94682217
Electrical Engineer Indian male 29
years, having 5 years of experience
in industrial automation and utility
maintenance in India (MRF Tyres),
seeking suitable placement.
Contact: 92789995 Email:
Road and Construction Engi-
neer exp 5 years in Oman. contact
97646908
SECRETARIAL & OFFICE
Indian Male more than 10 years
gulf experience in Offi ce / Sales
Coordinator, Admin, Secretarial
and purchase with good computer
skills. Having Driving license and
NOC available. Looking for suitable
placement. #95149624
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
Advertising/media executive with
15 years gulf experience with oman
driving license. Seeks good opening.
93031168.
Indian (Bangalore), internal auditor
/ senior accountant having (Gulf) 8
years, (India) 15 years experience,
presently on employment visa seek-
ing suitable placement in Salalah
/ Muscat. Contact 968 94765948,
email:[email protected]
Sudanese / 30 years old / M.Sc.
Logistics Management /English &
Arabic/ logistics - procurement -
inventory planning / 91270881
Civil Engineer B.tech with iosh
nebosh certifi cation having valid
Omani driving license, looking for
suitable job in Oman. #93631625
Indian male, 19 years experience
in purchase, material coordinator
in building/pipe line construction &
factory production fi eld. have good
computer skills & driving license and
NOC, looking for a suitable place-
ment. [email protected]
contact: 99008101
INDIAN MALE accountant, 12 years
experience in accounting with tally
also, looking for a suitable place-
ment. contact . 98983122
FEMALE SYRIAN ARCHITECT ,new
graduate have good experience in
architect programs, auto-cad 3d max
,sketch up , Photoshop ,sketch up,
searching for a job full time or part
time, for contact : 97482871
Indian Male 33 yrs, BCA ,10 years
experience(India & Oman) IT Support,
System administrator/supervisor
looking for suitable Job.#95448561
Indian male, 10 years Driving expe-
rience in Dubai. Looking as a com-
pany driver job. Contact : 96180458 ,
+91 99 61 019366 (India )
32 years, Indian Male MSC,MBA-
HR having 7.5yrs Exp (HR/SAP
operations) with Oman valid driving
license, seeking suitable opening in
Human Resource & Admin/backend
jobs.Contact: 00968-99322978
Bangladeshi male, seeks job as
Supervisor, 2 yrs experience with
cleaning company & valid Oman
driving license. Contact 97443270
Indian Male,27 years, MCA, 3
years Experience in Web developer,
Technical Supporter, looking for
suitable position. Presently Working
in India. Contact- +91 7403288953,
+91 9020679788.Email-vinuvn88@
gmail.com.
Indian male having 14 years of expe-
rience in HR, Purchase Dept, having
Oman driving license looking for a
suitable position , at Salalah. Noc
available. Email. Madhuvtk@ gmail.
com Contact: 91182907
Indian Female 10 years as cook in
Muscat, Oman . South Indian, Guja-
rati special food, Looking for part
time. Contact 96710189
Indian male MBA (MKTG) B.com
having 2 years experience in sales
marketing and business development
looking for a suitable opening pres-
ently on family visit visa. # 93268245
Email: [email protected]
Indian male with CA & CPA having
20 years of experience, currently
on visit seeks suitable placement.
Contact: 93910095 Email: rejithom-
Female accountant on family visa
available for part time / full time.
Contact: 98002428
Filipino male, 29 Graduate of Bs IT
with GCC experience as document
controller and Executive Secretary
looking for employment. Contact:
+968 93929569
Indian female MSC computer Sc,
IELTS certifi ed experienced in teach-
ing higher grades IGCSE GD, CBSE
in Oman and India seeking suitable
placement. Contact: 98048946
Indian male, 19 years experience
in purchase, material coordinator
in building construction & factory
production fi eld. have good computer
skills & driving license and NOC,
looking for a suitable placement.
Contact: 99008101
Jordanian Engineer in MECHANICAL
& MANUFACTURING Good experience
Sheet Metal Fabrication, AutoCad,
Solidworks 3D, Storage Tanks & Silos,
Sales - Speaking Arabic/English/Rus-
sian -GSM#90198575 / 99201710
ENGG. / TECH./MECH.
Electrical Engineer (B.E) with 5
years experience (3 yrs in Gulf) NOC
available. Contact: 92119851 Email:
Resident Engineer B.E civil 25 years
exp 12 yrs in Architecture consul-
tancy having Oman Dubai D/L NOC
available. Contact: 95732453
Email: [email protected]
IT
IT
Software Programmer, 6 yrs exp
in software projects & development
(Java,PL/SQL Unix) on visit visa.
Contact: 99487493
Pakistani male 28 data entry
experience 5 years in I.T Computer
M.S excel MS Word, installation all
windows formating networking and
E.T.C. Contact : 94568628 Email:
Desktop / server / network support exp 7 yrs male, visit visa CCNA,
MCSE. Contact: 93594114
Indian army Retired Colonel with
25 years experience in project
management, optical cables,
telecommunications & IT system
integration available for immediate
employment in project management
/ Business development. Immediate
available to join. Email: amrain66@
gmail.com
Palestinian dentist looking for job in
private hospitals, Medical Center or
Dental Centers in Muscat 15 yrs exp P.
hospitals out Muscat. #96951750
Indian male diploma Civil (Drafts-
man) 2 years experience in AutoCAD,
looking for suitable post. Contact:
91146914 Email: shafnas456@gmail.
com
Architectural & Structural Draughtsman 5 years experience.
Contact: 97312627
Indian male 28 yrs, Master degree
in Computer Application, 2 years
exp in Oman looking for suitable
placement. Contact: 93295112
Email: syedsadathali.mca@gmail.
com
IT Telecom / Networking Engineer
with CCNA & CCNP, 3 yrs experi-
ence, currently in visit visa. contact
97435944 Email: abdulsameerr@
gmail.com
IT System Administrator MCSA
Sudanese UAE experience. contact
91302074
Indian female M.Sc Physics, B.Ed
having 5 years experience in teach-
ing looking for suitable job. Contact:
97367389
Sales Manager MBA, having 12
years of experience with valid GCC
driving license looking for a suitable
position NOC available. Contact:
98125226
Electrical Forman Indian male 38
years, total 19 yrs exp in electrical
fi eld, electrical Forman exp 4 yrs in
Oman seeking suitable placement.
Contact: 97379290
MECH. Engg with 3+ year’s exp in In-
dia & U.A.E (Site Engg / Sales Engg)
in oil & gas on visit visa looking for
suitable jobs. contact 97896725
Email: [email protected]
Pakistani male 29 years General
Salesman with 5 years of experience,
valid Oman D/L looking for suitable
placement. #97216830
Chemical Engineer, Indian, 2 years
of exp in industrial production,
seeking suitable placement. contact
91247222
Indian male, 4 years of experience
in Structured cabling, termination
and Fiber optic splicing. Look-
ing for a suitable Placement. NOC
available. GSM- 92484039, Email
Admin, having 10+ years experience
in Admin/HR/Logistics/Time Keeper,
in reputed companies. Presently work-
ing in Muscat. #968 94369965,mail
Pakistani male, MBA(Marketing)+PGD(HR) with 9
yrs experience in banking & hospital
industry (Consumer Credit Review,
Admin & HR). 3 yrs experience as
Asst Manager, Admin & HR in fa-
mous private hospital in Oman with
NOC. Contact: 95761982 or umerok@
hotmail.com
Indian male 25 years, MBA fi nance
and marketing with tally have 1.3
year experience in India. Now in
Oman on visit visa. GSM: 97445488
Working as Senior accountant,5yr.
exp.in oman, Accounting upto fi nali-
sation, relevant computer
skills tally9, Sage, vcams ,
Audit ,valid oman driving
license, languages known English,
Arabic, Hindi. NOC avaliable can join
immediately. Tel: (+968) 96339599.
E-mail-(ahmedmohdkhan@gmail.
com)
Indian Female, 35years, Bachelor of
Pharmacy (BPharm) fresh graduate
with BSc and MA looking for posi-
tions in Front Offi ce,administration
offi ce, or any suitable positions in
hospital, polyclinic, companies or
Institutions. Contact 90236481
Network/Noc engineer, CCNA certi-
fi ed & CCNP trained, Indian male 27
years B.com(general) 5 years & 4
month’s of experience in the fi eld of
networking seeks for better place-
ment. contact 97663834 / 98730758
INDIAN FEMALE– ME in CSE with 2
years’ experience in teaching seek-
ing Suitable Job Opportunity. Con-
tact: 94263445 or +91 9486251274,
E mail – [email protected]
Civil Engineer B.Sc -6 years
experience with constructions
companies - qualifi ed as A Project
Engineer & Planning Engineer . Con-
tact+968-94682217
Indian male 22 years, looking for
suitable placement in Hardware and
Networking fi eld, Having 1 year exp. in
India, training in al ameen computers
Muscat Ruwi. Qualifi cation is Diploma
in Electronics and Communication at
present I am having my valid em-
ployee visa In the same work. Contact
: - 9739622910/8050101914, Email ID
Sudanese / Arabic & English teacher for all nationalities / willing
to teach at home. Tel: 94211377
Structure/Pipeline,Piping Draughtsman have 12+ yrs. Exp. in
Oman seeking suitable placement.
Contact 92103713 NOC available.
Indian male having 7 Years of Expe-
rience in Oman Having Valid Driving
License working as a Offi ce Driver
,Looking for a suitable Position, NOC
Available. Contact:
99680429, E-mail:anzarkutty1975@
gmail.com
Syrian architect have years and half
experience in oman looking for work,
full time perfect in architectural
programs 3d max , auto cad , Pho-
toshop , and sketch up. for contact :
0096897482871
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Email: [email protected]
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TRANSPORTATION
Transportation any time Al Ghou-
bra. Contact: 97681599
Driver with car. Contact: 92279370
Transportation. Contact: 94087276
Transport. Contact: 94510847
Transportation available Ruwi to
Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.
Contact: 91103909
MANPOWER
Labour available for loading
& unloading of goods. contact
92246399
WEBSITE
WEB, ERP and Business Intel-
ligence (BI) creation and manage-
ment at rock bottom price.
Contact: http//webviewoman
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SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES
GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing, Con-
tact 99314807/
24792998
Split window unit A/ C servicing.
Contact 94694472
Cleaning & Carpet Shampoo-ing, Ocean Center LLC. contact
99884591
Pest Control Treatments. Ocean Center LLC. contact
99344723
Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile
polishing, pest control
& anti-termite treatment,
general cleaning painting,
Plumbing, Electrical, shifting.
Contact Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi trading.
L.L.C. contact 24810137,
99450130
House shifting & transporting.
Contact 92490422
MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of
your marble. Contact 24793614/
99314807
Window & split unit A.C ser-
vicing & maintenance. Contact
93769089 / 95323517
Pest Control Gulfa Intl .LLC. Contact: 92326955
Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-
Contact 99320217/
24788722
Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles
polishing, carpet shampooing,
maintenance. contact
ABU QABAS- 99320217
/24788722
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CHANGE OF NAME
Volvo excavator.ec.290 and xcmg
shoval. 3m3 pls contact.95254864.
Mayya Karrero has lost Nepal Pass-
port No. 06067500. Finder please
handover to ROP
MD Abu Tahar has lost Bangladeshi
Passport No. AP 8496828. Finder
please handover to ROP
I Googila Rajesham (holder of
Indian passport No. F 4211186) Son
of Shankeriah having permanent
residence in 2- 45, Ragudu Sircilla
Karimnagar Telengana (AP) (com-
plete postal address in India) and
presently residing in AL Nasr Trad-
ing P.O BOX. 337 P.C 113 (complete
postal address in Oman) intend to
change my name from Googila Raje-sham (old name) to Abdul (given
name) Rahman (Sur name) (new
name) for all practical purposes.
I have changed my religion from
Hindu to Islam. Any objection to-
wards my name change may please
be communicated to Embassy of In-
dia, Muscat, Diplomatic Quarters, Al
Khuwair, P.Box No. 1727, Postal Code
112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman.
Female, Indian, 35 years, Bachelor
of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) fresh gradu-
ate with BSc looking for positions in
Front Offi ce, administration offi ce,
or any suitable positions in hospital,
polyclinic, companies or Institu-
tions. Contact 90236481.
Indian Male 47 years MBA-Opera-
tions Management with total 25 Yrs
exp inclusive of 9 yrs in Oil & Gas
sector in Oman, having valid Omani
D/L & NOC, seek challenging posi-
tion in SCM/Logistics/Procurement.
GSM-94236414. Mail id –
Well experienced management
fi nance specialist having 18 years
experience available for placement.
Contact.95602518
23, Male, ACCA Affi liate, OBU Bsc,
2.5 years of experience in audit and
fi nance in Big 6 Firms, Looking for
permanent placement in similar
fi eld. Release NOC available. Contact:
#95140445, [email protected]
22, Male, Indian, BBA (Marketing),
1 year experience in India, Looking
for suitable placement in Sales and
Marketing. #91897046,
Indian Male,27,ACCA Part
Qualifi ed,B.COM with 7+ yrs exp in
receivables and credit control in
Oman looking for suitable place-
ments. NOC available. # 9657 4343.
Indian Female, Science Graduate,
3 years Experience in Teaching back
home. Looking for a suitable job op-
portunity as a teacher, in Schools in
Muscat Region. Contact : 96431456
/ 95704814
Looking for a suitable job as Jr.
Accountant/ Jr. Administration in
a reputed company. NOC Available.
GSM # 93004738.
ACCOUNTANT, Male, 8 years experi-
ence, presently working in Oman as a
Senior Accountant with oman Driving
license. NOC available, seek suitable
opportunity. GSM: 97705854
Chemical Engineer Indian 2 years
of experience in production fi eld
Contact: 91247222
Email:[email protected]
Syrian male 3yrs. exp in IT support,
Networking, Security systems, Serv-
er support, IT sales and marketing.
Valid Omani D/L seeking suitable
placement. Contact 91033395
Civil Autocad Draughtsman part
time work for job mob :96023726
Indian female, MBA, 25yrs Hav-
ing 4yrears of experience in MNC,
hands of experiences in recruitment
and administration, fl exible for any
suitable job placements currently in
visting visa. Contact Tel : 98864639
Email : [email protected]
Indian Male, 25, Chartered Account-
ant, working with ICICI Bank India.
On a Visit Visa in Oman. Staying with
parents at Azaiba. Ph: 24492638.
Email: [email protected]
Indian Male, 26 Yrs, Business
Management, 6 years in Oman.
Knowledge of MS Offi ce and Arabic
Language. Seeks suitable position.
Contact 93931935
Indian Mechanical Engineer, 30, having 8yrs of UAE Sales/Busi-
ness Development. experience in
Electromechanical and Irrigation
sectors. Contact no-
+971558763220
email [email protected]
Indian male, with fi nance and Law
degree, having more than 25 years
of experience in Finance/ Accounts /
Audit (5 years of Oman experience)
seeks suitable placement. NOC avail-
able. Contact: 98421619.
E-mail: [email protected].
Indian male Executive Secretary
having vast experience in admin,
logistics & procurement well versed
with computer seeks suitable place-
ment. Contact : 99514286
Indian male 22yr BBA with LOGIS-
TIC Diploma, exp in tally and data
entry seeking in suitable placement.
Contact; 90151739
email shakeeb.mp280gmail.com
ACCOUNTANT: Indian male 25 hav-
ing 4 years experience in accounting
& having well knowledge in tally.
Contact:968094535881,
0091 9037622048,
Email: [email protected]
Pakistan Male: 24 years,M.Com
Finance having 2.5 year experience
as a accountant & marketing execu-
tive looking for suitable placement.
Contact: 97670816,
E.mail: [email protected]
Senior Accountant. 8 Years experi-
ence. NOC available. Oman driving
license. Seek suitable opportunity.
GSM- 98184170
31 year Indian male PG in HR ,with 5
yrs Professional experience in HR in
Construction Oil & Gas Oman seek-
ing for a suitable placement. Kindly
contact me on 93488914, email-
Indian female with MBA in fi nance
seeking immediate placement.
Contact: 968-93316493
MBA Finance with more than fi ve
years of experience in Finance &
Accounts including GCC, looking for
a suitable opening. Having UAE driv-
ing license. #91391802.
Sudanese/26/Bsc Computer Sci-
ence /3 years exp/skills Excellent
knowledge in operating systems
and maintaining computers Java
Programmer Web Developer Linux
SMS solutions Android developer/
email [email protected]/
# 944958080 and 99758186.
Indian male B.Eng. in IT,CCNA,
MCSA,MCSE, 2.5 yrs + exp. in IT sup-
port, networking and server support
valid Omani D/L seeking suitable
placement in IT/Network/Server
support. Contact 92607532
Indian B.E Computer Science graduate
2012 passout. 1 .5 yrs exp. in Account-
ing. Having good communication skills
and mindset to work in a team. Having
NIIT certifi cate in Diploma in Java
Technology. # 97767894
Email: [email protected]
Indian male 24 YEARS, B.Tech (Elec-
trical & Electronics), having 2 yrs.
exp as Electrical Site Engineer. Done
IOSH & NEBOSH- IGC certifi cations,
seeking for suitable placement in any
related industries. Contact 98045482,
Email: mastanshaik1008@gmail.
com
Indian male, 24 years, HSE Engineer
having 2 years of Indian experience.
Done IOSH & NEBOSH- IGC certifi ca-
tions, seeking for suitable placement
in any related industries.
Contact 98045482
Indian Male (Diploma in electronics
Engineering and CCNA.) having 9
years of experience in Networking, 5
years’ experience in Oman. Looking
for a suitable Placement. NOC avail-
able. GSM- 93787098,
Email –[email protected]
Mechanical Draftsman, Indian male
27, Diploma in Mechanical Engineer-
ing having 7 years of experience
in Auto CAD looking for a suitable
placement.#97351786 / 96143708
ACCA Affi liate, OBU Degree, 2.5
years experience in audit and
fi nance in Big6 fi rm, Looking for
permanent placement. NOC release
available. Contact: 95140445,
27, male, ACCA fi nalist, have pro-
fessional experience up to fi nali-
zation of Accounts, Statutory and in-
ternal audit, expertise in using tally
and focus & Oracle Software, have
3.5 years experience in accounts
till fi nalization, seeking for per-
manent replacement ,#97654769,
email id- abdullah.nooralam@yahoo.
com
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, 8 years ex-
perience ,Oman driving licence,Noc
available. Seek Suitable opportunity.
GSM- 98184170
B.E Mechanical Engineer with 2
years’ experience in HVAC fi eld on
visit visa looking for suitable job.
Contact: 93442296
Email Id: [email protected].
MBA (F) B.COM Indian female
having knowledge of accounts with
Tally looking for full or part time job.
Presently on family visit visa.
Contact: - 96259171. Email: -
Site Supervisor/ L Driver, Pakistani
Male 33 with valid D/L, 4 years
experience in Muscat, fl uent in
English, Arabic looking for suitable
place. Contact: 97950869
Indian Male, MBA, Talented
management expert having 6 year
experience at U.A.E, India and Oman
in luxury goods and Retail. Seeking
suitable openings in related or same
fi eld. Contact:92700670
Email: [email protected]
B.Tech EEE with 4+ years experi-
ence in the fi eld of it, networking,
ex-tonics etc. presently working in
Amazon India development centre as
a content quality associate seeking
for suitable jobs in Oman.
Contact : +91 9940514005, 93116402
email: [email protected]
Pakistani, Male, Pak, Exp 14 Years
in IT Trainer / Computer Teacher,
looking for a better position in Oman,
already working in Prestigious Con-
struction Company. # 95983711.
M. Tech VLSI design, B. tech Elec-
tronics and instrumentation, Indian
female,3 years teaching experience
for graduation level students,
seeking suitable placements .
Ph:00968 92904155.
MBA Finance with more than fi ve
years of experience in Finance &
Accounts including GCC, looking for
a suitable opening. Having UAE driv-
ing license. Contact no..91391802
Part- Time Accountant, well experi-
ence senior accountant ,doing all
type of accounting works, Finaliza-
tion, Budgeting available.
Contact 98803439
Indian 26M, B. Tech Computer Sci-
ence graduate, 3 years exp in India,
looking for suitable job in Muscat.
Contact : 93125669,
Email : [email protected]
Sudanese/Bsc IT/26/2 years experi-
ence/excellent Eng-Arb speaking/
Omani driving license/96387227/
MBA - (F), M.Com, B.COM. Indian
female having knowledge of accounts
with Tally looking for part time or full
time job. Presently on family visa. #
91892264. mail: [email protected]
Admin, having 10+ years experience
in Admin/HR/Logistics/Time Keeper,
in reputed companies. Presently work-
ing in Muscat. Contact
94369965mail - satya1528@gmail.
com
Two year experience in Oman,
experience in sales, purchase and
system admin, Having GCC license.
Contact number 97475860,
Indian male B.Eng. in IT,CCNA,
MCSA,MCSE, 2.5 yrs + exp. in IT sup-
port, Networking and Server support
with valid Omani D/L seeking suit-
able placement in IT/Network/Server
support. contact 92607532
Indian Female BSC nurse with 8+
years of experience including 3
years of GCC exp. Oman Promet-
ric passed with 57 %. Currently in
Oman. Contact : 98034384
Indian Male, 25, Chartered Ac-
countant, working with ICICI Bank
India. On a Visit Visa in Oman.
Staying with parents at Azaibah.
Ph:24492638. Email: shyamal008@
gmail.com
Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624
Email: [email protected]
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