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EXPAT WORKER NUMBERS HOLD STEADY IN OMAN
April 21, 2016 13 Rajab 1437 AH
THURSDAY
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FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN
We should remember that our country is vast, and providing services to all its parts requires great efforts and patience. And if our income from oil is modest in relation to our requirements and the circumstances of our country, we are rich in other resources and strong in our belief in God and in work.
‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’s
On the occasion of the 2nd National Day, 1972
OMANTimes quiz today
1City Amphitheatre is set for the Times of Oman Inter School Quiz Contest
(TOOISQC). >A3
OMANMoney laundering law
2State Council approved the draft Anti-Money Laundering and Finance
of Terrorism Law. >A7
WORLDCharge against Google
3 EU charged Google with abusing the position of its Android mobile operating
system. >A14
T O P T H R E E I N S I D E S T O R I E S
A6Passion for photography takes Bassami places
MORNING MINUTE
HM sends greetings
HM receives thanks cable
MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a ca-ble of congratulations to Queen Elizabeth II of the United King-dom, Head of the Common-wealth on the occasion of her birthday.
In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere congratulations along with his best wishes of good health and happiness to Queen Elizabeth II and the British people further progress and prosperity. -ONA
MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received a cable of thanks from King Philip of Belgium in reply to His Maj-esty’s condolences cable on vic-tims of the explosions that hit the Belgian capital, Brussels.
In his cable, King Philip ex-pressed his utmost thanks for His Majesty the Sultan’s condo-lences and noble feelings.-ONA
U N I T E D K I N G D O M
B E L G I U M
REJIMON K [email protected]
MUSCAT: The number of expa-triates employed in the private sector as a percentage of the total population is holding steady as Oman continues to embrace de-velopment and nationwide infra-structure projects.
Two years ago the Minister of Manpower had announced that steps would be taken to reduce the number of expats in the pri-
vate sector to 33 per cent of the total population.
Since then Oman has contin-ued to invest in its development and so, at current figures, the number in the private sector is around 38 per cent of the coun-try’s total population.
The Times of Oman reported yesterday how the number of ex-
pats in Oman had slowly grown to surpass two million. But as the population has increased, those employed in the private sector as a percentage of the total has re-mained steady.
“We have had to maintain a cer-tain ratio of expatriate workers in Oman. Due to the market needs, it is going up beyond our set target,” Said Salem Al Saadi, the advisor to the Minister of Manpower, said.
Blue-collar workers“As more and more construction activities are happening in Oman, more and more blue-collar work-ers are coming in, which is push-ing up the expatriate numbers,” the advisor added.
In 2014, Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Bakri, Minister of Manpower, had announced moves to reduce the percentage of expatriate workers in Oman’s private sector (1,478,041) from what was then 37 per cent of the total population (3,991,956) to 33 per cent. >A6
Rise in construction
activities and
investment in
infrastructure fuel
demand for workers
3,994,37
1,661,47
Source: NCSI Graphics
AT A GLANCE
Expat workforcein the privatesector
Totalpopulation
2014 2016
Percentage of expat employees in private sector holds steady as compared to the total population(in millions).
Plan to reduce expat workforce
to 33%
Oman continues to invest in development
Percentage of private sector workforce stable
Health clubs asked to abide by labour laws, six arrestedTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Health clubs in Oman have been asked to follow the labour laws after the arrest of several Asian workers at a health club in Al Khuwair.
The warning was issued on Wednesday after six Asian work-ers were arrested during a raid on a massage centre in Al Khuwair, for violating the labour law, ac-cording to the Ministry of Man-power (MoM).
Speaking to the Times of Oman, an official from MoM, said out of the six arrested, some were illegal workers. “A special team com-prising the Royal Oman Police (ROP), the Ministry of Manpower and the Muscat Municipality will take action to stop illegal activi-
ties,” the official said. The official also said business owners who do not follow Article 48 of the Labour Law can be slapped with a fine of OMR1,000 and workers who are found violating the law will be deported.
The ministry also reported that 44 labourers have been arrested in the past two days during a ma-jor crackdown which targeted 13 accommodations in Al Ghubra, Al Hail and Qurum which were ille-gally used to house them.
C R A C K D O W N
ILLEGAL WORKERS: Asian workers arrested during raid.
SAYYID FAHD MEETS KING SALMANHis Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said,
Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers
with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Sal-
man bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh
on Wednesday. -ONA See also >A7, 8
Taxi drivers demand
parking, drop-off area
ERIK [email protected]
MUSCAT: More parking areas, drop-off zones and waiting rooms should be created for taxis in Oman, say taxi drivers.
These are some of the demands of taxi drivers while they await an overall regulation of the taxi sec-
tor currently under discussion by the authorities.
“In Muscat, we do not have enough parking space. Since Mwasalat is here, they have taken away our parking areas,” Sulaiman Al Jardani, taxi driv-ers’ spokesperson said during a tour with the Times of Oman (TOO). >A6
P L E A T O M U N I C I P A L C O U N C I L
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Health officials gear up for polio vaccine switchoverTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Health officials are gearing up to switch from a tri-valent to a bivalent polio vaccine from April 27.
The old oral vaccine protected against all three strains of polio virus resulting in eradication of the wild polio virus Type–2.
The new vaccine will have the Type 1 and 3 strains and the in-troduction of an injectable polio vaccine will help reduce risks as-sociated with withdrawal of the Type 2 strain.
Polio vaccines are given in
Oman to children from the age of two months up to six years.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Oman re-ported the last virologically-con-firmed polio case in December 1993, with a probable relation of the virus to the Indian strains.
Doctors at private a hospital said they have been administer-ing the trivalent polio vaccine until now.
“In 2012, the WHO reached the conclusion that polio should be completely eradicated from the world and this switch from the trivalent to bivalent vaccine
was decided upon. Close to 156 countries are participating in this programme and Oman is one of them. It involves the switch from trivalent to bivalent,” Dr Paul Jo-seph, a paediatrician, working at the Badr Al Samaa Hospital said.
“We were giving Type 1, 2 and 3 through trivalent. Now we would be giving only Type 1 and 3 and April 27 is the date,” he added.
Officials said that the trivalent vaccines have to be returned to the concerned authorities and under no circumstances should they be used after April 27 as per the directives from the ministry.
B I V A L E N T P O L I O V A C C I N E
Man arrested for robbery in SalalahMUSCAT: An Omani citi-zen was arrested in Salalah on charges of house robbery, Royal Oman Police reported on Wednesday.
According to an ROP source, the accused was arrested while selling the stolen stuff at a shop in Salalah. He confessed to stealing from 14 houses in the southern governorate.
Meanwhile, an Omani na-tional and an Asian expatriate have been arrested on charges of trafficking and possessing drugs. The ROP in Dhofar said that they have seized five bun-dles of hashish.
The ROP also revealed that 235 cases of effacing vehicle number plates or improperly adjusting them were recorded in the Sultanate last year.
An expatriate of Asian na-tionality was arrested at Muscat International Airport while at-tempting to smuggle 200 tablets of narcotics.
C R I M E
We were giving Type 1, 2 and 3 through
trivalent. Now we would be giving only
Type 1 and 3 and April 27 is the date
Dr Paul Joseph, paediatrician, Badr Al Samaa Hospital
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Plane with missing engine panel not ours: Oman AirREJIMON K [email protected]
MUSCAT: An image circulated on social media showing the air-craft’s panels missing from one of its engines, is not of Oman Air, a top official of the airline said.
“This is not an Oman Air air-craft, since Oman Air engines are white in colour,” Usama Karim Al Haremi, senior manager at corpo-rate communications and media at Oman Air, told Times of Oman.
According to Oman Air, the image has been circulated online since 2008.
D E N I A L
CONTROVERSIAL PICTURE: The circulated image shows a cover
coming off the left engine of the aircraft.
Times quiz finals to be held today
Staff Reporter
MUSCAT: City Amphitheatre will today witness teams of stu-dents vie with one another for the honours in the Times of Oman Inter School Quiz Contest (TOO-ISQC) finals today.
The champions will take the Essa bin Mohammed Al Zedjali Rolling Trophy. Twelve teams, each from the junior and senior catego-ries will clash for the title at 7pm.
It will be a fantastic sight, with the students pitting their intelli-gence against their brightest peers and doing better than themselves.
According to quizmaster Giri ‘Pickbrain’ Balasubramaniam, the final will be an entertaining event.
“I believe that all the teams se-lected for the finals are doing their best so the competitiveness will be high and that makes it an enter-taining event,” he said.
Observing that the juniors seemed a little fearless, compared with the seniors, who are showing early signs of using competing tac-tics, Balasubramaniam said, “The juniors might produce a more en-tertaining final, even with their wrong answers sometimes.”
“All the 12 twelve teams are equally aggressive, therefore any school could win the title,” he said.
According to him, the senior quiz will be completely different and the pressure will be more than the junior section.
“I think there is a little bit of pre-quiz pressure because there are teams and children, who have
done well in the past might feel the pressure of protecting their repu-tation and meeting expectations,” the quizmaster asserted.
“Seniors, in my view would rely on tactics that teams deploy, as well as the risks they take. At a senior level it would be more to do with situation management than with knowledge,” he said.
According to him, TOOISQC is a like a Wimbledon for school students. “It is a like a Wimble-don championship for the school children in quizzing because the platform which they are getting is massive,” he explained.
Different formatHe also said the format for the fi-nals will be different for both cate-gories. “For the juniors, the format will be a more traditional style of quizzing, but when it comes to the senior category, it will be a speed-based one,” he explained.
Students from both the cat-egories have been guaranteed that they will do their best to lift the titles. Most of them are prepar-ing hard by covering all the topics that they have been asked to go through.
Some of them are preparing by
taking part in some online quizzes prior to the finals. In-between the junior and senior quiz, internation-al entertainer Prahlad Acharya will perform “Speaking Shadows,” his amazing hand-shadow act for the audience at the Amphitheatre.
Acharya is one of the few enter-tainers in the world, who uses his bare hands to create an unbeliev-able world of light and shade. He is an internationally renowned ma-gician, ventriloquist, shadow play artist and storyteller.
The teams have been advised to be at the venue before the as-signed time. TOOISQC is powered by Creme 21, with major sponsors being R&B, Muscat Pharmary, Pocari Sweat, Denim, Indomie, Al Mudhish and Suroor.
The co-sponsors are Kwality Ice Creams and Chiko.
The official host is Radisson Blu Hotel, Sohar and the official rent-a-car is Sixt rent-a-car, while Travel City-Travel Point is the travel partner. Venue sponsors are Relaxo, School Mate, Malabar Gold and Al Rawabi. Gift sponsor is Oman Phone. Other sponsors are Lakhoos Exchange, Al Nahda, Oasis, Sapil, Hoshan Pan Gulf, Parker Pens, and Nabil.
Times of Oman Inter
School Quiz 2016
will be held at City
Amphitheatre today
BRAIN GAMES: Twelve teams, each from the junior and senior cat-
egories will participate. – File photo
Oman takes part in services exhibition
NEW DELHI: Oman is tak-ing part in the Global Ex-hibition on Services (GES - 2016), being hosted by the Indian capital New Delhi with the participation of about 40 countries.
The exhibition, inaugurat-ed by the Indian Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi, will run for several days.
The Sultanate’s delega-tion to the exhibition is led by Yahya bin Said Al Jabri, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Special Eco-nomic Zone Authority of Duqm (SEZAD).
The delegation includes Eng. Ahmed bin Hassan al-Dheeb, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Sheikh Hamad bin Saif Al Rawahi, Sultan-ate’s ambassador to India, Dr. Salim bin Sultan Al Ruzaiqi, CEO of Information Tech-nology Authority (ITA). -ONA
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Thailand sees increase of Omani tourists in 2016HASAN SHABAN AL [email protected]
MUSCAT: More Omanis are ex-pected to visit Thailand in 2016, a senior official at the Tourism Au-thority of Thailand (TAT) Dubai and Middle East office told Times of Oman.
“We are expecting to welcome 100,000 Omani visitors this year, compared to 80,000 in 2015,” Tanes Petsuwan, executive direc-tor of TAT said, adding that 80 per cent of Omani visitors visit Thai-land for medical treatment.
Explaining why his country is a major hub for medical tourism, Petsuwan said that affordable prices of hospitals, well-trained medical personnel, and easy ac-cess to doctors make Thailand a major destination for people who seek quality healthcare.
While the GCC region is brav-ing austerity measures, Petsu-wan was optimistic, noting that the Omani currency remains very strong, while the drop in oil
prices would not affect the flow of tourists from the Sultanate to Thailand. He was speaking on the sidelines of a road-show, an event held at the Grand Hyatt Muscat on April 19 to promote Thailand as a “Quality Leisure Destination through Thainess”.
He said Oman is a ‘rising star’ with a large potential mar-ket in tourism in the Middle East region.
Some 26 leading hotels, hos-pital representatives and other businesses from many parts of Thailand participated in the
event. Commenting on the road-show, Petsuwan said, “This event helps us build a new relationship and strengthens our ties with our local friends and partners.
“We would also like to invite women to travel to Thailand, as it is a destination known for be-spoke shopping and pampering experiences.”
Thailand remains one of the highly visited travel destination and is a popular choice for Arab travellers because of its Muslim-friendly accommodations and Halal food options.
Q U A L I T Y H E A L T H C A R E
Our delegation was impressed by the warm welcome
and hospitality of the Omani people. There is so
much similarity between Thai people and Omanis,
said a Tourism Authority of Thailand official
Embassy marks UK National Day
on Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday
Times News Service
MUSCAT: British Embassy in Muscat on Tuesday marked the UK’s National Day, falling on the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.
The celebration was held at Port Sultan Qaboos with the visit-ing world-famous Cunard luxury ocean liner, The Queen Elizabeth, as a backdrop.
Speaking in Muscat, Jon Wilks, the British Ambassador, said, “Today we are celebrating Her Majesty’s long reign and the great, historic relations between our two countries. But we are also turning to the future, confident that our two countries will re-
main committed to each other in a relationship of growing impor-tance. We wish long life to Their Majesties, Sultan Qaboos and Queen Elizabeth.
“What better setting to do it, than Port Sultan Qaboos, along-side the Cunard liner Queen Eliz-abeth, at an exciting time for the future of tourism in Oman with Omran’s planned development of the Port as the Sultanate’s show-case tourism and leisure venue”.
Omran thankedWilks thanked Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC for their generous support for the event.
He also thanked Omran for supporting the event, including
through the catering offered by the Intercontinental Hotel, and Khimji Ramdas Shipping for pro-viding the air conditioned tent in which the event was held.
Shared celebrationsThis is one of a number of shared celebrations between the UK and the Sultanate of Oman to cel-ebrate Elizabeth’s 90th birthday.
The Royal Cavalry of the Sul-tanate of Oman will participate in celebrations in the UK at The Royal Windsor Horse Show in May.
On March 19, the Royal Cavalry also held a special horse race in honour of Elizabeth at Al Rahba racecourse near Muscat.
F U N C T I O N A T B R I T I S H E M B A S S Y
SQU, Iranian institutes to boost tiesTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Sultan Qaboos Uni-versity (SQU) and a number of Iranian higher educational and research institutions have agreed to strengthen academic and research ties.
A discussion held in this regard was held on Monday, 18 April at SQU between Dr Rama Al Mah-rouqi, SQU Deputy Vice Chan-cellor for Postgraduate Studies & Research, and a group of offi-cials from Iran headed by Batool Meshkinfam, Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs, Centre for In-ternational Scientific Studies and Collaboration, Iran, and Professor Faculty of Literature, Alzahra Uni-versity. Meshkinfam was accom-panied by Akber Irani, Director of Written Heritage Research Cent-er, and Nakysa Hooman of Iran University of Medical Sciences.
The meeting with SQU deputy vce chancellor was a follow-up by Iran in return to a trip paid by the delegates of SQU back in 2012. The delegates from Iran delivered lectures at the College of Arts & Social Sciences and Sultan Qa-boos University Hospital to give insights into areas they explore collaboration.
Dr. Abdullah Al Kindi, Dean of the College of Arts & Social Sci-ences, SQU, who attended the meeting, suggested to resume the teaching of the Iranian language at the college and requested the Iranian Centre to nominate and send the names of teachers. The two sides showed interest in the exchange of students and faculty associated with the College of Arts & social Sciences.
Manuscript translationThe officials agreed on conducting a joint research project related to history of Oman and Arabic lan-guage. Iranian institutions will help to translate the manuscript written on the history of Oman and Arabic language from the Ira-nian language to Arabic.
E D U C A T I O N8,000 visit Omanisation Career Fair on first day
DEEBA [email protected]
MUSCAT: More than 8,000 job seekers visited the Omanisation Career Fair on day one alone, ac-cording to the organisers.
“There has been a super turn-out from the time it started yes-terday, we recorded 8,000 visitors yesterday, there are lots of people enquiring about jobs, and that is something to do with the current scenario,” said Ashit Barnes, Ex-hibition Director of OITE.
Major companies like ORPIC, Zubair Corporation and 50 other participating companies have ad-vertised for attractive positions at the fair. Two companies from the UAE have also taken part at the fair this year.
Screening applications“Lots of companies are collect-ing CVs and screening of applica-tions is on, Oman Air has been the biggest attraction, and ORPIC, Zubair Corp, TATI and Renais-sance have also received lots of visitors. Besides the job offers, there are also seminars taking place, there was a conference on digital education and trends, something that the Ministry of
Education and Higher Education may be looking to adapt and there are also seminars on Omanisa-tion and creating links between education and employment,” Ashit added.
Oman Air has been a major at-traction at the event, not only because of their prime location but also because of the attrac-tive jobs it is offering. “We have been accepting a lot of CVs, the place has been full from the time it started, and only on the first day we received close to 500 CVs for just customer service positions, and there are four other fields we are offering jobs in, includ-ing Pilots, Cabin Crew, Reserva-tion and Ticketing Agents and
trainees,” said Ashath Al Kindy, Omanisation In-Charge for Human Resources at Oman Air.
Humaid, an engineering gradu-ate and a job seeker who came to the exhibition said that he was happy with the number of major companies that were taking part.
Temporary jobs“I have been looking for a job for six months now, I am only doing some temporary jobs at the mo-ment, so this fair has helped me meet many of the recruiting offi-cials of some large companies and I have submitted by CV to a few, and now hoping for the best.”
Zahra, another graduate was positive about finding a job
through the fair, “I am a graduate in engineering and I have a job right now but looking for a better placement. It’s my first time at a fair like this one and I am very hopeful that I will be able to find a decent job with one of the bigger companies.”
Meanwhile Al Kindy has also cautioned people to be careful about the information that comes to them about Oman Air at the fair, “Any information that Oman Air sends out to the public will be done through proper channels and with the logo of the company, so it is advised that people dou-ble check the information that comes to them, and the source as well, about the jobs that we are
offering and about the process of recruitment.”
Oman Air is also the Lead Spon-sor of the fair, which will be held from April 19 to 21 at the Oman International Exhibition Centre in Muscat.
Dr Rashid Mohammed Al Ghailani, Executive Vice Presi-dent – Human Resource at Oman Air also said, “This year we are particularly interested in recruit-ing customer service agents and cabin crew.
“We offer outstanding pay and conditions, along with the high level of pride and satisfaction that comes with working for what is probably the world’s most-recog-nised Omani brand.”
Major companies
like ORPIC, Zubair
Corporation and 50
other participating
companies have
advertised for
attractive positions
at the event
EAGER: There has been a super turnout from the time it started yesterday, we recorded 8,000 visitors yesterday, there are lots of people
enquiring about jobs, and that is something to do with the current scenario,” said Ashit Barnes, Exhibition Director of OITE. — Supplied photo
This year we are particularly interested in recruiting customer service agents and cabin crew.
We offer outstanding pay and conditions, along with the high level of pride and satisfaction
that comes with working for what is probably the world’s most-recognised Omani brand
Dr Rashid Mohammed Al Ghailani, Executive Vice President – Human Resource at Oman Air
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Opinion on impact of higher expat hiring cost on economy divided
ERIK [email protected]
MUSCAT: Higher recruitment costs, resulting f rom new fees such as those introduced by the Royal Oman Police (ROP) on Sun-day, will affect companies recruit-ing expatriate workers, but will also help to raise the government’s revenue as well as benefit Omani-
sation, companies and HR profes-sionals said.
Thasleem Khan, CEO and man-aging partner of Intelligent Park-ing and Elevator Company, told the Times of Oman that his company is ready to pay the extra fees to re-cruit an expatriate.
Unavoidable“It is unavoidable. We have to sup-port the government at this stage,” he said. Khan said that it would not impact the recruitment of ex-patriates in his company. He said that whenever they are looking for skilled people, either expatriate or Omani, they will be ready to bear the costs of recruitment.
However, the costs are an in-creasing burden on his company. “At this market situation, it is dif-ficult to bear,” he said.
An official of SPAR supermar-kets in Oman said that although the fees will not have much impact on recruitment, the extra costs will add up to the pressure felt in the current market situation.
“It may not have a huge impact
on recruitment, but it will have an impact on the business in terms of profitability,” he said.
However, he added that his com-pany is ready to pay the extra cost to employ expatriates.
Tonia Gray, general manager at Competence HR, told the Times of Oman that higher fees will indeed affect companies in Oman. “Any in-crease in these costs is not good for companies, when they are strug-gling at the moment. Although indi-vidually these extra costs for hiring an expatriate are minor, add them altogether and it becomes quite ex-pensive,” she said.
Smaller firms to be hitGray said that as mostly smaller companies will be affected in sec-tors the government is seeking to encourage, this might have a nega-tive impact on the economy.
“This will have an impact on a lot of the smaller companies in construction, retail and hospital-ity, for example. Hitting such com-panies is a bit of a negative step,” she said.
Gray said that the higher re-cruitment costs borne by compa-nies will also hit the recruitment of expatriate workers in Oman.
“It is to be expected. I think all companies expect the government to introduce such measures to get revenue. I think all of the aims in this regard will hit the recruitment of expatriates,” she said.
However, higher recruitment costs for expatriates may turn out to be beneficial to the govern-ment’s efforts to nationalise the workforce.
“Although expatriate salaries
are generally lower, if you add costs of visas, costs of transport, costs of flights home, it might even out the difference between hiring expatri-ates and hiring Omanis,” she said.
She said, in that case, it might turn out to be cheaper for com-panies to hire Omani nationals instead.
Gray said that companies facing higher recruitment costs will be more inclined to hire Omanis, but only for junior positions, which have lower overall costs. “At the senior level, an extra OMR10 is nothing,” she said.
Will help the governmentAhmed Al Hooti, a member of the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) said that the ex-tra fees will hardly impact the re-cruitment of expatriates, but will help the government to limit the impact of the oil crisis.
“It is not a big issue. These fees will help solve at least a part of the problem. We need to help the government solve the crisis,” he said.
Al Hooti said that the private sector has to help in solving the crisis. He said that since the per-centage of expatriates in the work-force has grown in recent years, he does not expect these additional fees to have any impact.
However, Al Hooti agreed that higher recruitment costs might benefit the Omanisation of the workforce.
“It has to be this way. We have around 50,000 Omanis looking for jobs in the next two years and they cannot rely on the government sec-tor. Their only chance is the private sector,” he said.
Higher recruitment
costs for expats
may turn out to be
beneficial to the
government’s efforts
to nationalise the
workforce
Although expatriate salaries are generally lower, if you add costs of visas, costs of transport, costs of flights home, it might even out the difference between hiring expatriates and hiring Omanis
ROHM to host Bamberg Symphony concertTimes News Service
MUSCAT: One of Germany’s finest orchestras, the Bamberg Symphony will be performing at the Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM) on April 22 at 7.30 pm.
It is known for the rich bright-ness and depth of its characteristic sound, whether performing pieces from Europe’s great classical rep-ertoire or cutting-edge modern and contemporary music.
The orchestra will be con-ducted by the brilliant Maestro Christoph Eschenbach, who is a frequent Guest Conductor at the world’s finest orchestras, in-cluding the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philadelphia Or-chestra, and the Boston Sympho-ny Orchestra. He has previously performed at ROHM, receiving standing ovations.
G E R M A N O R C H E S T R A
North Al Batinah leads in the number of sale contractsMUSCAT: Value of traded con-tracts in real estate sector stood at OMR358,841,935 in March 2016 while the collected fees stood at OMR8,320,219, Abdullah bin Salim Al Mekhaini, Secretary of the Real Estate Registry at the Ministry of Housing said.
The number of sale con-tracts at the governorate-level stood at 6,708 with the worth of OMR104,041,454 while the col-lected fees stood at OMR4,440,252.
North Al Batinah recorded the highest number with 1,475 sale contracts followed by South
Al Batinah with 1,404. In Mus-cat, 1,150 sale contracts were signed, while 639 were signed in Al Dakhiliyah.
In Dhofar , 470 contractswere signed while 441 contracts were signed in North Al Sharqiyah.
Likewise, 403 contracts were signed in the Governorate of South Al Sharqiyah, 383 contracts in Al Dhahirah, 184 in Al Buraimi, 134 in Al Wusta and 25 contracts in Musandam.
A total of 2,599 mortgage con-tracts worth OMR253,684,397 were signed across the Sultanate
during the period with collected fees standing at OMR930,511, the official said.
The value of exchanged contracts stood at more than OMR1,116,000 and the collected fees amounted to OMR13,699 through 154 exchanged contracts.
In the North Al Sharqiyah Gov-ernorate 34 contracts were ex-changed, which is the highest per-centage among the governorates.
As for inheritance contracts, the Governorate of North Al Batinah registered the highest percentage by 542 contracts. -ONA
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New development projects carried out by the
government may be the reason behind the
increase in number of expatriate workers
Mohammed Al Ansi, a senior official from the OCCI
Plea to authorities
“We are forced to illegally use other parking areas and if caught by the police, we get fined for parking there,” he added.
Al Jardani showed TOO one of the crowded parking lots from where taxis are now operating. “Early morning, we cannot park here and we risk a fine from the police,” he said.
“We need an organised place where we can park and operate from. We know that the govern-ment is doing its best and we are ready for their decision,” he stated.
Adil Al Balushi, a fellow taxi driver, confirmed that the pri-ority for taxi drivers was to get proper parking areas from which they can operate. “The thing we are looking for is proper parking space. Now we risk a fine from the police and that costs us our income. This is the main prob-lem,” he said.
Al Jardani pointed out another problem taxi drivers are facing, which is the lack of proper pick-up and drop-off zones in Muscat.
“As there are no such zones, we are forced to stop anywhere, which leads to dangerous situ-ations. We need proper pick-up and drop-off zones to safely pick passengers,” he said.
The Municipal Council of the Muscat Governorate had dis-cussed on Monday a proposal by taxi drivers to construct more waiting rooms for the benefit
of taxi drivers. The Council has agreed that waiting rooms are not the priority at the moment, according to Malik Al Yahmadi, member of the Municipal Coun-cil. Al Yahmadi told TOO that this should be part of the overall plan to regulate the sector. “It was agreed upon that this issue should not be solved in this way. The taxi sector as a whole needs to be regulated. It would not be fitting to build waiting rooms for taxis, without the sector being regulated. Currently, this issue is not considered important,” he said.
Although the taxi drivers agreed that waiting rooms will not be a priority for them, they urged authorities to build more in the near future. Currently, there is only one air-conditioned wait-ing room in Ruwi for taxi drivers and passengers.
“We have been asking for these rooms for years,” Al Jardani said. “Waiting rooms are both good for taxi drivers and passengers, since it will be around 48 degrees in summer,” his colleague Al Balushi said.
Another taxi driver, Adil Al Siyabi, said that although the current room is comfortable, he would like more of those rooms to be erected. “It is very important for everyone to have a place to rest. We are asking the Municipal Council to follow up on this issue and build more rooms,” he said.
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The data from NCSI shows that, while the total number of expatriate workers in Oman in the private sector is 1,669,662 which is around 38 per cent of the Oman’s total population of 4,379,105. “Everyone wants to maintain the ratio. But unfor-tunately they are not because the market demand is such so,” the advisor added. A top official from Oman Chamber of Com-merce and Industry (OCCI) said that as government is car-rying out many projects as part of diversifying its economy, un-skilled expatriate workers are needed in large numbers.
New projects“New development projects carried out by the government may be the reason behind the increase in number of expatri-ate workers,” Mohammed Al Ansi, a senior official from the OCCI, said, adding that a need for more workers in the market is still there.
Ahmed Hamoud Al Shabibi, managing director of Al Shabibi Global LLC, said an increase in expatriate workers can be seen in market.
“As many big projects are on, we can see that expatriate workers are migrating to Oman in large numbers. It is evident in market,” the managing direc-tor said, adding the number may go up again as more projects are under pipeline in Oman.
Meanwhile, Shahswar Al Bal-ushi, the Chief Executive Offic-er of Oman Society for Contrac-tors, said that workers may be coming for small projects and not major national projects.
“During the last few months no big projects have been an-nounced. However, many small projects are happening across Oman. So, workers may be com-ing for those projects,” Shah-swar said.
Due to global fall in oil price, Oman posted a budget deficit of 4.5 billion riyals in 2015 as revenues declined by more than 50 per cent.
As part of cushioning the oil price dip effect, Oman has chalked out plans to improve the non-oil revenues, especially focusing more on tourism and infrastructure development.
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MUSCAT: Dalia Al Bassami’s name is familiar in the photography circles in Oman and the region.
After all, photography has been her passion ever since she can re-member and she has been going places due to her work and passion for photography.
In her latest exhibition, entitled “Memory,” displayed at the City Seasons hotel in Muscat, Al Bas-sami takes explores an emotional theme dating back to her childhood village in Rustaq, which is empty now, as most of the people have left the place for one reason or another, she said.
Most of Al Bassami’s photos at the exhibition focus on texture and ghostly figures of people who once lived in her hometown.
“Texture is really the thing that comes to my mind when I take pho-tos and memories are not recalled
in a flat way, they come with details--with doors, walls, windows and for me, it reflects the buildings that I used to see, the people I used to play with, when I was a child. Here I have released those figures from my mind and put them in frames.”
Al Bassami used a special meth-od called “collaging” while creating the exhibition.
“Collaging used to be popular with film cameras, which is not possible with a digital camera, and so I used Photoshop, to get the de-sired results.”
Like most other expert and tra-ditional photographers, Al Bassami always prefers using a film camera for the new digital models, however, she switched about six years ago.
“I loved film cameras, the digital camera has been my friend for only
five or six years now, I never imag-ined I would use digital cameras, but this is life and you have to move on, but I still have my film cameras, which I treat as antique.”
‘Good to communicate’Currently, Al Bassami uses a Can-on Mark II and is looking to buy a Mark III. Apart from collaging, she is also into abstract and street pho-tography. “I used to be a shy person for street photography, but later I thought it was good to push myself to take pictures, and in photogra-phy it is really good to communi-cate with people, you might make people unhappy if you just take photos without permission.”
Al Bassami earned her Bach-elor’s degree in Education from the Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in
1999, and it was in college that she was introduced to photography and became an active member of the photography club. Since then, this passion has not left her side. Today, with four children and a husband to take care of, Al Bassami’s ambi-tions have only blossomed more than ever.
“I have four children and I was creating this exhibition while I was having twins, but then I thought it was now or never, and I didn’t have much assistance then, so only after my children were asleep, I worked on the exhibition all night, until morning.”
Al Bassami has numerous plans for photography, “I adore photogra-phy, and after this exhibition, I have started seeing things from a differ-ent perspective. I have overcome
the fear of facing people and taking their photos, and I love doing ab-stracts, but I like trying new things to remove the dead cells.”
Her husband is a strong support-er and critique of her works and ac-cording to Al Bassami, he is the one who believes in her.
“He supports me, but he doesn’t lie to me to please me, he critiques me when he has to, but that is what makes me even better.”
Reading has helped Al Bassami widen her imagination, “Reading for sure helps me a lot, I can read 1,000 pages in a night or two. I adore reading because it opens windows for me. I am also helping out at my son’s school to encourage reading among children. I believe in the in-ternet but if you have a book, you will travel with the pictures, and fly with the pages.”
To see her “Memory” exhibition, you can visit the Majlis Art Café at the City Seasons Hotel Muscat, a new initiative in Muscat where young and professional talent can find a place for their work.
Al Bassami prefers
using a film camera
for the new
digital models
Shura discusses Omanisation in private sectorMUSCAT: Youth and Human Re-sources Committee at the Majlis Al Shura reviewed the final report of its study on Omanising the man-agerial and supervisory jobs at the private sector. The report will be discussed by Majlis Al Shura at the upcoming regular sessions.
Within the framework of study-ing the empowerment of youth for contribution to the sustainable de-velopment, the committee hosted Dr. Hamad bin Hamoud Al Ghafri, Chairman of the National Youth Commission (NYC) and some NYC specialists. Dr.Al Ghafri gave an overview on the Commission and the challenges it faces.
Members of the Youth and Hu-man Resources Committee asked several questions about issues addressed by the committee and how far youths are satisfied with the services provided by the com-mission. They presented a range of proposals and solutions that may help in addressing challenges and promoting youth initiatives.
The Youth and Human Resourc-es Committee at the Majlis Al Shu-ra yesterday held its 16th regular meeting of the first annual sitting (2015-2016) for the 8th term un-der the chair of Eng. Mohammed bin Salim Al Busaidi, Head of the Committee. -ONA
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DISCUSSION: The Youth and Human Resources Committee at the Majlis Al Shura yesterday held its
16th regular meeting of the first annual sitting. – ONA
FOCUSES ON TEXTURE: Dalia Al Bassami’s exhibition entitled “Memory,” is displayed at the City Sea-
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Oman hopeful about Yemen talks successMUSCAT: A responsible source at the Foreign Ministry said that in implementation of the Royal Or-ders of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said and since the beginning of the crisis in Yemen, the Sultanate has made endeavours to approxi-mate viewpoints of different Yem-eni parties.
Political settlementIt also provided all the facilities to support the efforts exerted by the United Nations (UN) through Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Spe-cial Envoy of the UN Secretary General for Yemen to end the current state of war and reach a political settlement among the Yemeni parties.
While the Sultanate affirms its continuous endeavours, it is look-ing forward for the success of the potential consultations among the Yemeni parties in Kuwait to en-sure restoring security and stabil-ity in Yemeni Republic. -ONA
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Sayyid Fahd meets King Salman of Saudi ArabiaRIYADH: His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Depu-ty Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers arrived in Riyadh yes-terday to take part in the Summit between the GCC leaders and King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Summit between the GCC leaders and President Barack Obama of the United States.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Ab-dulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and King Moham-med VI of the Kingdom of Morocco led the welcoming party for Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud upon his ar-rival at King Salman Airbase.
Sayyid Fahd and his accompa-nying delegation were received by Prince Mohammad bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, First Deputy Prime Minister, Min-ister of Interior, Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Governor of Riyadh, Dr. Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani, GCC Secretary General, some princes, ministers and members of the Mission of Honour accompanying Sayyid Fahd.
StatementSayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers gave the fol-lowing statement on the occasion of his participation, on behalf of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, at the GCC-Morocco Summit and the GCC-US Summit in Riyadh:
“The GCC Leaders-US President Summit in Saudi Arabia comes within the framework of coordina-tion and cooperation to enhance the GCC march, which aims at crystallizing a vision that helps in keeping pace with the develop-ments being witnessed by the re-gion to maintain security and sta-bility and allow countries to focus on the socioeconomic development paths, which aim at bringing happi-ness to their people.
“The GCC-US Summit coincides with another summit that gathers the GCC leaders and King Moham-med VI of Morocco with the objec-tive of supporting the existing part-nership between Morocco and the GCC countries.
“It is a great honour for me and the accompanying delegation to
take part on behalf of His Majesty the Sultan and convey His Majes-ty’s greetings and best wishes to the GCC leaders, the King of Morocco and the US President.
SupportWhile the Sultanate reaffirms its continuous support for the GCC and its march, it also greets with high esteem the role being played by Saudi Arabia under the leader-ship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in enhancing the GCC march. The Sultanate also ap-peals to Allah to crown this meeting and other meetings among brothers and friends with success to serve the higher common interests”.
The official delegation accompa-nying Sayyid Fahd comprises You-suf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minis-ter Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Ali bin Mas’oud Al Sunaidi, Minister of Commerce and Indus-try and Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Futaisi, Minister of Transport and Communications. The official delegation also comprises govern-ment officials. -ONA
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WELCOMING PARTY: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Ara-
bia and King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom of Morocco led the
welcoming party for Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud upon his arrival
at King Salman Airbase. – ONA
Money laundering law draft okayed
MUSCAT: State Council ap-proved the draft Anti-Money Laundering and Finance of Ter-rorism (AMLFT) Law, which was referred by the Council of Ministers, as well as the reports of Majlis Al Shura and the Legal Committee on the same draft law while taking into consideration the remarks of the members of the State Council and a commit-
tee to draft such remarks.The State Council chairman
delivered a speech saying that the session will be dedicated to the draft AMLFT law, which was referred by the Council of Minis-ters, as well as the report of Majlis and the Legal Committee.
Abdul Qadir bin Salim Al Dha-hab, Head of the Legal Committee pointed out that the AMLFT Law was issued in 2002. An updated version of the law was also issued in 2010. He added that the draft law takes into consideration the international agreements and li-abilities the Sultanate is party at.
He also said that the amend-ments to the law were compre-hensive and added many new provisions. Additions have been made to the definitions and the general provisions.
“While studying the draft law, the Committee reviewed several Arab and international agree-ments on AMLFT and some comparative laws for the GCC countries,” he concluded. State Council yesterday held its 8th regular session of the 1st annual sitting of the 6th term under the chair of Dr. Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, its Chairman. -ONA
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In a statement received by email, Iraq’s powerful
cleric Moqtada Al Sadr called for ‘continuing peaceful
protests in the same intensity and even more in order
to pressure the politicians and the lovers of corruption’
Obama meets Saudi King
RIYADH: US President Barack Obama met the Custodian of Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to seek joint action on security threats.
The American president has come to the world’s top oil ex-porter for a fourth and likely last time, hoping to reassure King Salman and other Gulf leaders, whom he will meet on Thursday, of Washington’s commitment to their security.
Greater threatObama has spoken of his desire to persuade Gulf countries to focus on what he sees as a greater threat emanating from IS.
After arrival in Riyadh, Obama met King Salman and a group of top princes and officials at the Erga palace for a two-hour meet-ing. US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter, National Security Adviser Susan Rice and Central Intelli-gence Agency Director John Bren-nan were among Obama’s entou-rage, demonstrating the focus on security in the president’s agenda with his Gulf counterparts.
On Thursday, he will attend a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
TalksBefore Obama met King Salman, in an ornate room in a Riyadh pal-ace, US Defence Secretary Ash Carter had talks with his Gulf Arab counterparts on ways of countering fighting the IS group.
They agreed on joint coopera-tion towards improving Gulf mis-sile defence, special forces and maritime security, but no new deals were announced.
The GCC secretary general said the bloc and the United States
would stage joint maritime pa-trols. American officials said these were already taking place and did not represent a new step.
Obama’s words of reassurance follow a series of top-level meet-ings between US and Gulf officials in recent years in which Wash-ington aimed to get across the same message.
He and King Salman last met in the United States in September, a meeting that followed a Camp David summit with Gulf leaders in May. Saudi television earlier broadcast Gulf leaders being wel-comed on the runway by King Sal-man and a host of other officials.
Obama is set to meet with the leaders of Britain, France and Ita-ly in Hanover on Monday with IS and other security issues high on the agenda. — Reuters
US president to meet
Gulf Cooperation
Council leaders today
Houthis to attend Yemen peace talks starting todayKUWAIT: Negotiators from Yem-en’s Houthi group and their allies left the capital Sanaa on Wednes-day for delayed UN-backed peace talks in Kuwait with the Yemeni government after a dispute over a shaky ceasefire was resolved.
The talks to end the war were meant to start on Monday but representatives of the Houthi group and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh did not turn up.
They accused the Yemeni gov-ernment and its military allies of violating a temporary ceasefire, including with air strikes that had killed at least two civilians. They also said the agenda of the Kuwait meeting had been altered without
consulting them. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric confirmed the talks would begin on Thursday.
Restoring authorityTalks to end the war that has killed at least 6,200 people and caused a humanitarian crisis, are expected to focus on creating a more inclusive government and restoring state authority over the country, which is now divided be-tween the Houthis and President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi’s ad-ministration.
Yemen’s government has also accused the Houthis of violating the truce and said on Wednesday it was running out of patience with
the other side. “If the session does not begin tomorrow...the delega-tion would be compelled to leave,” it said in a statement published on Yemen’s Sabanew agency.
The government had given the Houthis “full opportunity” to negotiate and had been pa-tient enough despite continued ceasefire violations and attacks in Yemen, it said. Mahdi Al Mashat, a senior Houthi official, said on Tuesday his group had received assurances that the ceasefire would be upheld and the peace talks agenda would “reflect the issues that are likely to lead to peaceful solutions to end the sta-tus quo”. — Reuters
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Sadr calls for renewed protestsBAGHDAD: Iraq’s powerful cleric Moqtada Al Sadr on Wednesday called for renewed protests de-manding that parliament approves a long-delayed new cabinet and end political and sectarian wran-gling that is hampering a vote on the matter.
Prime Minister Haider Al Ab-adi announced an overhaul of the government in February in a bid to tackle corruption. But the pro-cess has been slowed by disputes and protests.
The last proposal that Abadi planned to put to a vote before par-liament consisted of a cabinet of technocrats.
In a statement received by email, Sadr called for “continuing peaceful protests in the same in-tensity and even more in order to pressure the politicians and the lovers of corruption”.
“Nobody has the right to stop it otherwise the revolution will take another turn,” he said in the statement, in an apparent refer-ence to Abadi’s decision to restrict protests in Baghdad to the central Tahrir Square.
Sadr’s followers started dem-onstrating in central Baghdad on Sunday in support of his warning the day before for politicians to ap-prove a new cabinet by Tuesday.
Sadr also asked the MPs loyal to him not to take part in any ses-sion other than one convened for the cabinet vote, and asked them to withdraw from a sit-in with other lawmakers inside the parliament as it prevented the assembly from reaching the quorum required to hold a formal voting session.
The prime minister has warned the crisis is threatening to hamper Iraq’s campaign against IS mili-tants who still control swathes of territory in the north and west of the oil-rich state.
Iraq, a major OPEC exporter which sits on one of the world’s largest oil reserves, ranks 161th out of 168 countries on Transpar-ency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. — Reuters
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Deal reached for Machar’s returnJUBA: South Sudan’s government and rebels said on Wednesday a deal had been reached to let rebel leader Riek Machar return to the capital to form a unity govern-ment, resolving differences that led to a delay this week that had worried peace monitors.
Rebel spokesman James Gat-det Dak told Reuters by telephone from Nairobi that Machar, who had been due to return early this
week before the latest in a series of delays since last year’s peace deal, was now expected to fly into Juba on Thursday.
Machar and his rival, President Salva Kiir, signed an agreement in August to end a two-year conflict in which thousands of people have been killed and more than two mil-lion forced to flee their homes. But clashes have flared since then.
The United States and the UN
Security Council have both voiced concern over the latest delay to the return of Machar, who is due to take up the post of First Vice Presi-dent next to Kiir as part of a power sharing deal.
The body monitoring the peace deal, the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC), which includes Western powers, African representatives and oth-ers, also said it was worried. — Reuters
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AUGUST MEETING: US President Barack Obama meets with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of
Saudi Arabia at Erga Palace upon his arrival for a summit meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. – Reuters
WARM WELCOME: US President Barack Obama and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Sal-
man bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia walk together following their meeting at Erga Palace in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. – Reuters
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Crucial third phase of voting in West Bengal assembly polls today
KOLKATA: Polling for the crucial third phase of West Bengal Assem-bly election for 62 seats, including seven constituencies in Kolkata, will be held on Thursday.
Over 13.7 million electorate will seal the fate of 418 candidates, in-
cluding 34 female, who are in the fray during third phase of elections for 62 seats spread over Murshi-dabad, Nadia, Burdwan districts and north Kolkata.
A total of 13,713,594 voters, in-
cluding 6,579,331 females, are registered to vote at these con-stituencies through 16,461 polling stations from 7am to 6pm.
Key candidates in this phase in-clude Trinamool ministers Shashi
Panja and Sadhan Pande, BJP na-tional secretary Rahul Sinha, five-time Congress MLA M. Sohrab, CPI-M MLA Anisur Rahman and retired IPS officer Nazrul Islam.
The Election Commission has identified 3,401 hamlets in the phase as vulnerable. Based on complaints received from the electorate, 6,095 voters have been identified as vulnerable af-ter which action has been taken by 4,094 trouble mongers. Secu-rity forces have been strengthened with around 100,000 security per-sonnel, including 75,000 central forces, spread all over the state.
When voters go out to exercise their franchise on Thursday, the scorching sun will be an issue as several districts are reeling under a heatwave. Even in the city where voting will be held in seven con-stituencies, the weatherman has predicted 39 degrees Celsius tem-perature on polling day.
Trinamool Congress, Left-Con-gress alliance and BJP have put up a fight in all the seats. Former min-ister Humayun Kabir, who was ex-pelled from Trinamool Congress for six years for making anti-party statements, is in the fray from Re-jinagar seat as an independent. Murshidabad district, which has been a Congress stronghold, will see five-time Congress MLA and former minister Abu Hena put-ting up a fight once again from La-lgola seat while party MLA Manoj Chakraborty is also in the fray from Beharampur.
Former investment banker Ma-hua Moitra, who left her lucrative job as vice-president of JP Morgan in London in 2008, has finally got a chance to prove her mettle in poli-tics courtesy a Trinamool ticket from Karimpur seat in Nadia dis-trict. Trinamool has been facing a rough time with the Election Commission as party chairman
and Chief Minister Mamata Ba-nerjee was showcaused by the poll panel over an alleged violation of the model code of conduct. EC has also transferred a number of IAS and IPS officers including Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Ku-mar. Anubrata Mondal, Birbhum district president of the TMC, has been facing the wrath of the EC ever since the election began. In north Kolkata the Vivekananda flyover collapse which left 26 peo-ple killed on March 31 is also a big election issue.
In his campaign speeches, Home Minister Rajnath Singh raised the issue of fake currency, infiltration and cow smuggling into India through the porous In-do-Bangladesh border. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi at-tacked both TMC and BJP for not taking action against the culprits involved in the Saradha scam and black money laundering. - PTI
Over 13.7 million
electorate will
seal the fate of 418
candidates, including
34 female, who are in
the fray during third
phase of elections
India, China for mutually acceptable border solutionBEIJING: India and China on Wednesday agreed to adhere to “peaceful negotiations” to settle the vexed border issue and reach a “fair, reasonable and mutually ac-ceptable solution”, amid negativity over Beijing’s blocking of India’s bid in the UN to ban Jaish-e-Mo-hammad chief Masood Azhar.
The decision was taken during the annual 19th round of bound-ary talks here between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi to discuss the way forward to resolve the dispute which has bedevilled the relations between the two countries.
Both the leaders had an “ex-tensive, deep and candid” discus-sion on the 3,488 km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC), which remains undemarcated resulting in tensions between the two sides.
Both sides agreed to adhere to “peaceful negotiations to settle the boundary question”. They will make efforts to reach a “fair, rea-sonable and mutually acceptable solution”, according to a Chinese foreign ministry statement.
Besides the border issue, Doval and Yang, the designated Spe-cial Representatives, also have a larger mandate to discuss all contentious bilateral, regional
and international matters of mu-tual concern. Welcoming Doval, Yang in his opening remarks at the meeting said: “Your visit fully signifies the importance Indian side attaches to this meeting and the efforts to further promote the strategic partnership between China and India.
“China-India relations carry special significance. China stands ready to use this important occa-sion to have a broad ranging in-depth and candid discussion with Indian side on the bilateral rela-tions, boundary question, regional and international issues and other issues of shared interest.” - PTI
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ON ELECTION DUTY: Women polling officials carry Electronic Vot-ing Machines as they leave for their polling booths on the eve of state assembly elections at Berhampore on Wednesday. - PTI
Modi’s wax statues established in museumsNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday joined the prominent world leaders when his wax figures took up residence at Madame Tussauds branches in Singa-pore, Hong Kong and Bangkok.
Modi, 65, had come face-to-face with himself in wax on Monday at a private viewing organised at his 7, Race Course Road residence. That figure will now travel to Madam Tussauds headquarters in London and will open to the public on April 28. The statue shows Modi, with folded hands in ‘namaste’ style, dressed in white kurta pyjama and cream jacket. All four fig-ures took the museum’s team of artists four months and cost £150,000 to create.
Madame Tussauds, the cel-ebrated wax museum of London established in 1836, has branches in 20 cities across the world. - PTI
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Rajan warns against euphoria over fastest-growing economy
PUNE: Warning against being “euphoric” about India being the fastest-growing economy, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday sought to contextu-alise his “one-eyed king” remarks about India’s growth and said the country has a long way to go be-fore it claims to have arrived.
“As a central banker who has to
be pragmatic, I cannot get euphor-ic if India is the fastest growing large economy,” he said.
Seeking to explain his ‘one-eyed king’ comments, Rajan said his comments were “hung out to dry out of context” and even offered an apology to the visually-impaired for hurting them by the use of
the proverb.Stating that the per-capita in-
come of Indians remains lowest among BRICS, Rajan said, “We have a long way to go before we can claim we have arrived. We need to repeat this performance (economic growth) for 20 years before we can give each Indian a
decent livelihood.” He also said India’s global reputation holds great promise, but is seen as a country that has under-delivered and that it should “implement, implement, and implement” the structural reforms.
Speaking at the convocation of National Institute of Bank Management, Rajan said India is yet to achieve its potential growth though it is on the cusp of that and a substantial pick-up in growth can be achieved with pending reforms.
Making a reference to his last week’s interview to a foreign pub-lication where he likened India being the fastest-growing major economy to a case of the one-eyed man being king in the land of the blind, Rajan said his comments were interpreted as having deni-grated the country’s success rath-er than emphasising on the need to do more.
“... Every word or phrase that a public figure speaks is intensely wrung out of meaning. When words are hung out to dry out of context as in the newspaper headline, it only becomes a fair game for anyone who wants to fill in, meaning to create mischief,” he said.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had rebutted Rajan’s remarks, saying compared with the rest of the world, the Indian economy is growing much faster and, in fact, the fastest.
Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman too had not taken Ra-jan’s remarks lightly, saying better words should have been used.
Rajan today said commonly used words or proverbs can “most easily and deliberately be misinterpreted”.
“If we are to have a reason-able public dialogue, we should read words in their context, not stripped of it,” he said.
He, however, apologised to the visually-impaired whose associa-tion had criticised Rajan for using the proverb. “I do want to apolo-gise to a section of the population that I did hurt with these words, that is the visually impaired, or the blind,” Rajan said.
Queried for his take on India be-ing the ‘bright spot’, Rajan during last week’s interview had said: “I think we have still to get to a place where we feel satisfied.
“We have this saying ‘In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king’. We are a little bit that way.” — PTI
Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley had
rebutted Rajan’s
remarks, saying
compared with the
rest of the world,
the Indian economy
is growing much
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fact, the fastest LECTURE: RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan delivering the Inaugural Kotak Family Distinguished Lecture at Columbia Law School in New York on Monday. - PTI
Forces deployed in Bengaluru after violence over provident fund issueBENGALURU: Caught off guard by sudden eruption of violence during the garment workers’ pro-test over the Provident Fund issue, authorities have deployed central forces in Bengaluru, and clamped prohibitory orders.
Rapid Action Force personnel on Wednesday staged a flag march along the Jalahalli Cross stretch, one of the worst-hit by the violence on Tuesday, even as police arrest-ed about 50 persons in connection with the untoward incidents.
Along the stretch from Madiwa-la to Bengaluru’s IT corridor Elec-tronics City which saw widespread protest and violence, 15 platoons of Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP), three platoons of Central Reserve Police Force and Rapid Action Force and six to seven City Armed Reserve (CAR) platoons have been deployed, a top police official said.
“We have registered around 18 cases, yesterday nine and day be-fore nine; and about 50 persons
have been arrested so far,” Ad-ditional Commissioner of Police (East-Bengaluru City) Harishek-aran said.
In a spurt of violence, protest-ing garment workers set several vehicles ablaze and attacked a po-lice station here on Tuesday forc-ing the government to revoke the amendment to Provident Fund rules that caused the unexpected spontaneous unrest.
Protesters had gone on the ram-page pelting stones at Hebbagodi
police station and torching seized vehicles there.
The agitation which began on Monday, spun out of control on Tuesday in which several people, including 25 policemen, were in-jured and traffic was thrown out of gear as thousands of workers took to the streets at different places.
City Police Commissioner has promulgated prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC in the limits of Bengaluru city till the midnight of April 22. - PTI
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PATROLLING: Rapid Action Force personnel patrol a day after gar-ment workers’ violent protests in Bengaluru on Wednesday. - PTI
Bomb threat delays Jet Airways flightAHMEDABAD: A Jet Airways Mumbai-Ahmedabad-Mumbai flight carrying 125 passengers and six crew members was on Wednesday delayed after a bomb scare, which later turned out to be a hoax even as one person was detained after a chit with “bomb” written on it was recovered from under his seat. The flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad was tak-en to the isolation bay immediate-
ly after it landed here on Wednes-day morning due to the bomb scare. According to police, one of the cleaning staff while preparing the flight for the next trip found a “chit” with “bomb” scribbled on it under one of the seats after which authorities were informed.
The aircraft was then taken to an isolation bay where it was thoroughly checked by police and bomb disposal squad.
“When the cleaning staffers were making the flight ready for the next trip, one of them found a chit beneath a passenger seat,” said Assistant Commissioner of Police, ‘G’ division, J. N. Parmar, who along with other policemen, Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) and dog squad rushed to the spot.
Meanwhile, police have started questioning of the passenger, who has been detained. - PTI
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Rafale deal finalised at $8.8b: BJPNEW DELHI: Even as the gov-ernment has chosen to remain tight-lipped on the price bargain related to purchase of Rafale fight-er jets from France, the BJP on Wednesday announced on its of-ficial Facebook page that the deal has been finalised at $8.8 billion.
An image posted on Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) official Fa-cebook page said the Narendra Modi-led government “saved $3.2 billion (Rs.21,000 crore) out of the $12 billion (Rs.80,000 crore) deal”.
“The deal to buy 36 state-of-the-art Rafale aircrafts from France at $12 billion (around Rs.80,000 crore) was re-negotiated and fi-nalised at $8.8 billion (around Rs59,000 crore),” the post, which has an image of Prime Minister Modi on it, said.
The defence ministry refused to comment on the figure.
On Tuesday, Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh said most of the roadblocks in ne-gotiations on the Rafale deal had been overcome and it is likely to go to the Defence Acquisition Coun-cil (DAC) soon.
Earlier, sources said the nego-tiations over pricing had almost concluded, and the deal would be final soon. - IANS
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Seven policemen killed during anti-polio drive
KARACHI: Taliban gunmen at-tacked policemen guarding medi-cal workers administering polio vaccinations in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Wednesday, killing seven of them.
While militants in Pakistan have on numerous occasions at-tacked teams trying to eradicate the crippling childhood disease, a police chief said his men were target this time, not the health workers.
The policemen were killed in two attacks in the sprawling port metropolis of more than 20 mil-lion people that has been plagued by ethnic, sectarian and political violence for years.
The attacks took place within 600 metres of each other near a market, a senior police official said. “One took place at the three policemen who were escorting a polio team, the policemen were on foot when they were attacked,”
said the official, Ali Asif.“In the second incident, four
policemen in a police van were targeted.” Provincial police chief Allah Dino Khwaja said the vac-cination workers were not the target of the gunmen. “The target was purely the police,” he said.
Western spiesThe Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility. Teams in Pakistan working to immunise children against the virus are often target-ed by Taliban and other militant groups, who say the campaign is a cover for Western spies, or accuse workers of distributing drugs de-
signed to sterilise children.At least 89 people - includ-
ing vaccination workers and policemen - have been killed in such attacks since July 2012, ac-cording to a Reuters tally based on United Nations figures and media reports.
Last year, Pakistan reported 54 of 74 worldwide cases of po-lio, down drastically from the 306 cases reported in the coun-try the year before, mainly due to expanded immunisation efforts. Government officials in Kara-chi said the immunisation drive would be suspended while the violence was investigated. — Reuters
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Gangster Chotu surrenders with 175 ring membersRAJANPUR: The ringleader of a notorious criminal gang reported-ly surrendered late Tuesday night along with 175 comrades, bringing to a non-violent end a 21-day-long operation in the riverine area of Rajanpur district of South Punjab.
The gang of Ghulam Rasool, alias Chotu, also released 24 po-licemen seized a week ago when the Punjab police had made an unsuccessful attempt to storm the island hideout of criminals in Ka-cha Jamal area, sources told The Express Tribune. They said that Chotu agreed to turn himself in as the military was preparing to launch an assault against his gang holed up in the island.
The army took command of the operation, codenamed Zarb-e-Aahan, on April 15 in an effort to rescue the 24 policemen abducted by the Chotu gang a week ago. Ne-gotiations between the authorities and the gangsters had been ongo-ing since the hostage-taking.
While helicopter gunships con-tinued to target hideouts of the Chottu gang in Kacha Jamal on Tuesday, ground troops did not use heavy weaponry for the safety of the kidnapped policemen.
Movement of tanksThe military had launched a full-fledged assault using helicopter gunships, surveillance drones and heavy artillery with unconfirmed reports also suggesting movement of tanks in Kacha Jamal, Shahwali and Sonmiani areas.
A member of the Chotu gang was arrested in the day when four bandits tried to escape the island. However, three of them managed to run back into the riverine for-est. The arrested gangster, iden-tified as Ramzan Machhi, a resi-dent of Chak Umrani, was shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation.
Sources said the gang had been using the kidnapped policemen,
and women and children as a hu-man shield during the operation, forcing the military not to take decisive action. The bombproof tanks transported to the island had been held back.
Army helicopters, on the in-structions of the interior minis-try, dropped pamphlets asking the criminals to surrender, offering them leniency along with a last warning to the gangsters.
Sources in the irrigation depart-ment told The Express Tribune that authorities were trying to control the flow of water at Taunsa Barrage to help the military reach Chottu gang’s hideouts.
Meanwhile, the Punjab govern-ment issued names of 96 criminals associated with the Chotu gang, setting up to Rs2 million bounties on the heads of some of them.
The list includes many facili-tators of Chotu from Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur and Muzaffargarh districts. — Express Tribune
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INCONSOLABLE: Relatives mourn the death of policemen after
Taliban gunmen attacked them while they were guarding medi-
cal workers administering polio vaccinations in Karachi, Pakistan
on Wednesday. — Reuters
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Saifullah Saif, said eight
members carried out the attacks in revenge for the
alleged killing of their colleagues by police in Karachi
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How Germany views British exit from EUClemens Fuest
On June 23, voters in the United Kingdom will decide whether their country will leave the European Union. They alone will
cast ballots, but the political and economic impact of a vote to leave (“Brexit”) would be felt across the EU, if not the world. For Germany, Europe’s larg-est economy, the consequences of Brexit could be grave. Public opinion in the country is divided on the issue. Some fear that the EU would become less liberal if the UK left. Others, resentful of the UK’s presumption that it should be allowed à la carte EU membership, are eager to see the British go. When it comes to the economic impact of Brex-it, however, Germany has much to lose and almost nothing to gain.
To begin with, Brexit would change the way mul-tinational companies make investment decisions. The UK could face an exodus of foreign firms, as companies seek to retain a presence in the EU. But there is no reason to believe they would necessar-ily move to Germany; many US multinationals, for example, would likely relocate to Ireland.
At the same time, the EU as a whole – and Ger-many in particular – would become less attractive to investors.
The UK would be free to loosen regulations and lower taxes in order to attract investments for which a foothold in the EU is not necessary. This, too, could reduce investment in Germany. Second, while some believe that Brexit would cause Frank-furt to rise in importance as a financial centre, that outcome is highly uncertain. Today, London is Eu-rope’s dominant financial centre, even though the UK is not a member of the eurozone.
This suggests that proximity to the European Central Bank is not an important factor in the success of a financial industry. To be sure, the EU would come under growing pressure to use regula-tory measures to take business away from London, but whether that would work is an open question. Already, Deutsche Börse and the London Stock Exchange have announced that a planned merger will go ahead, regardless of the outcome of the Brexit referendum.
Even if London’s importance as a financial cent-er does decline, some of the business will be picked up by centers outside Europe, such as New York or Hong Kong. And the business that does migrate to the EU could just as easily be snapped up by ri-
vals to Frankfurt, such as Paris. Third, German exporters are likely to suffer. In 2015, the surplus from trade with the UK topped €50 billion ($57 billion), with German exports totaling roughly €89 billion, or 3 per cent of German GDP. Only France and the United States bought more German goods. Any disruption to bilateral trade would be felt across the country.
Exactly how trade and capital flows would be affected depends on the exit arrangements negoti-ated between the EU and the UK. If the UK were to remain, like Norway and Iceland, part of the European internal market, the economic damage would be limited.
Unfortunately, however, this is unlikely. Non-EU countries that have access to the European Single Market are also required to comply with most European regulations – which is exactly why the UK wants to leave the EU.
Moreover, some European decision-makers might want to make sure that Brexit causes as much pain as possible, to deter others from follow-ing the UK’s example. By declaring its intention to leave, the UK would trigger Article 50 of the EU Treaty, which stipulates a two-year deadline for reaching an exit agreement.
If no agreement is signed before the deadline, EU membership simply expires.
A minority of 35 per cent of the votes in the Eu-ropean Council would be enough to block an agree-ment that minimises the economic costs of Brexit. Finally, Brexit would be a severe setback to Euro-pean integration. The EU’s remaining members might agree more easily on common policies re-garding internal and external security and foreign policy; but, for Germany, it would become harder to champion free trade and oppose protectionism. Currently, the EU contains a bloc of countries – the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and the Scandinavian and Baltic coun-tries – with favourable views on free trade – that controls roughly 32 per cent of the votes in the Eu-ropean Council.
This provides Germany, with its 8 per cent vot-ing share, a pivotal role in economic-policy nego-tiations. - Project Sybdicate
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India by Punjab rulersThe refers to Kohinoor given to East India by Punjab rulers (April 19) was a shock and deprived me of speech. Professor Mark A. Helper,
a lecturer at University of Texas says, “The Kohinoor, now in the British crown jewels, was for many centuries possessed by Indian and Iran (ancient) rulers. The United Kingdom acquired it when the Brit-ish annexed the Punjab in 1849”. History doesn’t support the theory that Kohinoor was given by the successors of Punjab Kesri Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780 – 1839) to East India Company in 1849 as compensa-tion for helping them in the Sikh wars. The British East India Company ruled India until the Indian Rebellion aka the Sepoy Mutiny, a revolt led by Indian troops from 1857 to 1859. Alan W. Cafruny, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs at Hamilton College of US says, “In 1858, as a result of the revolt, the British government took control of India from the East India Company”. It was then a historical faux pas
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Ghani promises revenge as Kabuldeath toll tops 64
KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani vowed on Wednes-day to avenge “every drop of blood” from this week’s suicide attack in Kabul, as officials more than doubled the death toll to 64.
The attack hit an office of the national security services, in an area close to the heart of the gov-ernment and diplomatic area. Most of the casualties, including 347 wounded, were civilians, In-terior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said.
But around 30 members of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) died in the attack, most shot by gunmen who rushed into the complex after a vehicle packed with explosives blew up at the entrance to the compound, according to lawmakers.
The Taliban quickly claimed the attack, the deadliest single
incident of its kind in Kabul since 2011 which came only days after the extremist group announced the start of its annual spring of-fensive. But it rejected the state-ment about civilian casualties, accusing the government of “ma-licious propaganda”.
The Taliban said 92 security service personnel had been killed in the attack, although they often exaggerate casualty figures.
Smashed windows and dam-aged shop fronts hundreds of metres away attested to the strength of the blast, which tore through the area. “My cousins were trapped under the dust and wreckage for almost three hours and there was no one to help them,” said 28-year-old Javid Sa-biri, as he worked on clearing up the debris from his family’s house.
Concerns about civilian casu-
alties had already been raised in a recent United Nations report, which said an increase in urban warfare had caused a spike during the first three months of the year.
The attack, which Ghani called “unjust, un-Islamic and inhu-mane”, appeared to destroy any hopes of reviving the stalled peace process, which the Taliban had already rejected.
However despite their denials, insurgent leaders acknowledged the issue of civilian casualties as a problem.
“Though civilian losses aren’t as high as declared by the Afghan government and media, it sad-dened us,” one senior commander said. “We do take extra care and sometimes we even postpone our attacks in highly important areas because we don’t want common people to suffer,” he said. -Reuters
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Afghanistan, on Wednesday. - Reuters
Britain’s Prince William says he is not workshyLONDON: Britain’s Prince Wil-liam said he was ready to take on more royal duties and help foster a more modern monarchy, shrug-ging off newspaper accusations that he is lazy and spends his time enjoying the high life while shirk-ing official tasks.
British newspapers have ac-cused “workshy Wills” and his wife Kate of being idle and over-zealous in their attempts to con-trol the media, saying they had carried out far fewer official en-gagements than his grandmother Queen Elizabeth or her 94-year-old husband Prince Philip.
In an interview to mark the queen’s 90th Birthday on Thurs-day, William, 33, said he was aware of the criticism and was willing to take on more royal du-ties. “When the queen decides that she’s going to hand down more responsibilities, I’ll be the first person to accept them,” he said in the interview released on Wednesday.
“To be honest I’m going to get plenty of criticism over my life-time and it’s something that I don’t completely ignore but it’s not something I take completely to heart.”
William said he had his “fingers
in many pies” combining royal duties — he has just returned from a tour to India and Bhutan with his wife which garnered huge amounts of media coverage — with his role as a father with a young family and his job as an air ambulance pilot. He said he took all three of these roles very seriously, and the queen and his father, heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles were fully supportive.
“I think the royal family has to modernise and develop as it goes along and it has to stay relevant and that’s the challenge for me is how do I make the royal fam-ily relevant in the next 20 years time,” William said. - Reuters
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Jennifer Aniston named ‘People’s’ ‘most beautiful’ woman
NEW YORK: Jennifer Aniston was named People magazine’s most beautiful woman of 2016 on Wednesday, 12 years after she first won the honour.
Aniston, 47, said she was “very, very flattered” to be named again, telling the maga-zine she had a “sort of very excit-ed, teenage-y kind of moment” when she heard the news. People also named the Friends star the most beautiful woman in 2004 when the TV comedy series was in its final season.
Recent winners of the honour include Sandra Bullock, Jen-nifer Lopez and Lupita Nyong’o.
CareerAniston, who last year married her second husband, actor Jus-tin Theroux, said she started paying attention to her looks and her body early in her career after an agent told her she failed to get a part because she was “too chubby.”
“I was like, ‘What?!’ But my diet was terrible,” she said.
“Milk shakes and French fries with gravy. It was a good thing to start paying attention.” - Reuters
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Aftershocks bring misery for Japan
quake survivors as toll rises to 48
TOKYO: Aftershocks rattled sur-vivors of deadly Japanese earth-quakes on Wednesday, nearly a week after the first one struck, as the area braced for heavy rain and the possibility of more landslides.
Rescuers using backhoes and shovels to dig through crumpled houses swept away in a landslide found a woman’s body, one of sev-eral people still missing. Another death was confirmed later in the day, taking the toll to 48.
Hundreds of people in the Ku-mamoto area of southwestern Ja-pan spent another night in their cars, afraid to return to damaged houses. Medical experts warned of the danger of potentially fatal blood clots from sitting too long in cramped conditions after a 51-year-old woman died and at
least 12 people were hospitalised.Eleven people appear to have
died of illnesses related to their prolonged stay in evacuation centres, NHK national television said. The first quake hit late last Thursday and the largest, at mag-nitude 7.3, some 27 hours later.
“I keep thinking the earth-quakes will stop, but they just go on and on,” one woman at an evacuation centre in Mashiki, one of the worst-hit areas, told NHK.
“It’s really scary.”Of more than 680 aftershocks
hitting Kyushu island since April 14, more than 89 have registered at magnitude 4 or more on Japan’s intensity scale, strong enough to shake buildings.
An earthquake of 5.8 magni-tude struck off Japan’s northeast
coast on Wednesday evening, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warn-ing, nor were there any reports of damage or casualties.
The agency gave an initial magnitude of 6.1 for the quake that was centred 104km (about 60 miles) southeast of Sendai, Honshu, near where a devastat-ing quake and tsunami struck in March 2011, killing about 20,000 people.
On Kyushu, nearly 100,000 people were in evacuation cen-tres, some huddling in blankets outside as night temperatures fell as low as 8 Celsius (46 Fahren-heit). Heavy rain is expected over the area, raising fear that slopes weakened by the quakes could collapse. - Reuters
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Google charged with abusing Android market dominance
BRUSSELS: The European Un-ion charged Google on Wednesday with abusing the dominant posi-tion of its Android mobile operat-ing system, opening a second front against the US technology giant that could lead to large fines.
European Union antitrust regulators said that by requiring mobile phone manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and the Google Chrome browser, the US company was denying consumers a wider choice of mobile apps and stifling innovation.
Google is already facing EU charges over the promotion of its shopping service in Internet searches at the expense of rival services, in a case that has dragged on since late 2010 despite three attempts to resolve the issues.
The stakes are higher for Goog-le in the Android case as it made about $11 billion last year from ad-vertising sales on Android phones through its apps such as Maps, Search and Gmail, according to
estimates by financial analyst Richard Windsor.
Wider choice denied“A competitive mobile Internet sector is increasingly important for consumers and businesses in Europe,” European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestag-er said in a statement.
“We believe that Google’s be-haviour denies consumers a wider choice of mobile apps and services
and stands in the way of innova-tion by other players,” she said.
Internet Explorer-browser maker Microsoft Corp declined to comment. Suppliers of brows-ers including Mozilla, which is behind Firefox, as well as Ap-ple, with its Safari browser, and Norway’s Opera Software were not immediately available to comment.
The European Commission said about 80 per cent of smart
mobile devices in Europe and the world run on Android, the operat-ing system developed by Google.
Google, which has 12 weeks to respond to the charges, said in a statement that Android was a re-markable system based on open-source software and open innova-tion. “We look forward to working with the European Commission to demonstrate that Android is good for competition and good for consumers,” Google’s general counsel Kent Walker said.
FairSearch, the lead complain-ant, said Google had launched An-droid as an open source project, but was now hindering the de-velopment of versions that might lead to new operating systems able to compete with Android.
The Commission alleges Goog-le has breached EU antitrust rules by making phone manufacturers pre-install its search function and Chrome browser, and by prevent-ing them from selling mobiles running competing operating sys-tems based on the Android open source code.
The EU also charged the US company with giving financial incentives to manufacturers and network operators to pre-install Google Search exclusively on de-vices. — Reuters
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Quake strikes Ecuador againPEDERNALES (ECUADOR): A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook Ecuador’s coast early on Wednes-day, terrifying locals and impeding rescuers after a bigger weekend quake battered the same area and killed nearly 500 people.
The latest earthquake hit 25km (15 miles) off Muisne on the north-west Pacific coast at a depth of 15km, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. That was near the epicentre of Saturday’s 7.8 quake, which devastated a long swath of the coast and dealt a major blow to the oil-producing nation’s already fragile economy. Witnesses said two strong tremors of about 30 seconds each woke people up and sent them running into the street.
No tsunami warning was issued, and there were no immediate re-ports of major damage.
Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute said there were in fact two quakes of magnitude 6.2, followed by 17 aftershocks. The USGS, however, mentioned one quake of 6.1 size.
Local media reported that rescue operations were temporarily sus-pended because of the new earth-quake, amid dwindling hopes of finding more survivors from Satur-day’s quake. That earthquake quake killed 480 people, left another 107 missing, and injured more than 4,600. It also destroyed about 1,500 buildings, triggered mudslides and tore up roads. — Reuters
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At least 9 killed in Houston floodsHOUSTON: At least nine people have been killed and some 1,150 residences damaged by floods in Houston this week that caused high water to spill on to roads and into scores of neighborhoods in the fourth most populous US city, officials said on Wednesday.
Eight of those killed were found in vehicles that had been in flooded areas, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences and a local sheriff said, adding that medical examiners were working to confirm the causes of death.
The National Weather Ser-vice said more rain is on tap for the city on Wednesday after a record-setting drenching that dumped as much as 18 inches
(45 cm) of rain on some parts of the Houston area on Monday. The weather service has issued a flood watch from central Texas, through Houston and into large parts of Louisiana.
There have been more than 1,200 water rescues in the floods as emergency crews on boats have shuttled people from homes in areas hit by high water to dry ground and ferried motorists to safety after their cars were caught in rushing waters. Heavy storms that park atop the city in low winds can overwhelm Hou-ston’s system of drainage chan-nels that move water back to the Gulf via the Houston Ship Chan-nel, particularly if the ground is already saturated. — Reuters
I N C L E M E N T W E A T H E R
Russia warns US over naval incident BRUSSELS: Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of intimidation by sailing a US naval destroyer close to Russia’s border in the Baltics and warned that the Russian military would respond with “all necessary measures” to any future incidents.
Speaking after a meeting be-tween NATO envoys and Russia, their first in almost two years, Moscow’s ambassador to NATO said the April 11 maritime inci-dent showed there could be no improvement in ties until the US-led alliance withdrew from Russia’s borders.
“This is about attempts to exer-cise military pressure on Russia,” the envoy, Alexander Grushko, said. “We will take all necessary measures, precautions, to com-pensate for these attempts to use military force,” he told reporters.
US Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute pressed Russia about the incident, warning it had been dangerous. The United States has said the guided missile destroyer USS Cook was on rou-tine business near Poland when it was harassed by Russian jets. “We were in international waters,” a NATO diplomat reported Lute as telling Grushko during the NA-TO-Russia council meeting.
Despite what officials said was a calm and professional meeting, the public comments highlighted the state of tension that persists between the sides since Mos-cow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea in March 2014 and its support for separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the NATO mem-ber states had, during the meet-ing, rejected Grushko’s account
of the crisis in eastern Ukraine, where 9,000 people have died since April 2014. Stoltenberg said while there were “profound disa-greements” over how to handle Europe’s security, each side ur-gently needed to talk more and to use existing rules to reduce mili-tary risk. Stoltenberg suggested revamping a Cold War-era treaty known as the Vienna document, which sets out the rules for large-scale exercises and other military activity, as well as telephone hot-lines and other military commu-nication channels. “We have to use our lines of communication,” he said.
Russia’s chief concern is NA-TO’s biggest modernisation since the Cold War, which is likely to include a military build-up in eastern Europe with a rotating, multinational force in Poland and the Baltics. NATO says the plans are a proportionate re-sponse to Russian aggression fol-lowing Moscow’s annexation of Crimea, and the alliance had no forces in eastern Europe before the Ukraine crisis. — Reuters
N A T O T E N S I O N S L A I D B A R E
PRESS BRIEFING: European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager addresses a news con-
ference in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday. – Reuters
INTIMIDATION: Russian am-
bassador to NATO Alexander
Grushko. – Reuters
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CURRENCY RATES* DRAFT RATES (OMR1)* GOLD PRICES*Forex rates vs OMR1*
US Dollar .................................2.58
Euro ............................................2.26
Pound ........................................... 1.79
Indian Rs ..............................171.94
Pak Rs ....................................267.59
Bangla Taka......................200.96* Rates are as of Apr. 20
Source: Bank Muscat
Indian Rs ................................... 171.80
Pakistan Rs ............................. 271.80
Sri Lanka Rs ..................................N/A
Bangla Taka........................... 203.35
Phil Peso ....................................119.60
* Rates as of Apr. 20 Source: Oman UAE Exchange
Muscat 24ct per gm (OMR) ...... 16.00
Muscat 22ct per gm (OMR) .......15.40
Dubai 24ct per gm (Dh) ........... 150.50
Dubai 22ct per gm (Dh) ..............141.25
* Rates as of Apr. 20
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Type ............................Delivery...........Price
Oman Crude ............. (Spot) ........$39.35
Dubai Crude ............. (Spot) .........$39.15
Murban Crude ........ (Spot) ..........$41.21
Arabian Light ......... (Spot) ........$38.50
N.Sea Brent ............... (Spot) ........$43.28
West Texas Int ....... (Spot) .........$40.15
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Budget deficit of Arab nations to riseTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Consolidated budget deficit of Arab countries as a group is expected to increase marginally in 2016 to 11.6 per cent of gross do-mestic product (GDP), as oil rev-enues will continue to fall. Also, tax revenues are expected to be affected by sluggish growth at the international and regional levels, according to a report released by Arab Monetary Fund.
Lower crude oil prices eased pressures on public finance in Arab oil-importing countries, es-pecially in light of the rising cost of energy subsidies.
As a result, the estimated con-solidated budget deficit for the Arab countries as a group is esti-
mated to increase to 11.4 per cent in 2015 compared to 2.8 per cent of GDP in 2014. It is obvious that the tendency of many Arab countries is to implement wide and diversi-fied range of fiscal reforms aiming at rationalising public spending, enhancing public revenues to en-sure budget consolidation and fis-cal sustainability, particularly in the light of the challenges facing fiscal policy in these countries.
Tax reformsTax reform came at top of these reforms, as several reforms have been implemented in a number of Arab countries to enhance tax rev-enues and ensure equitable and ef-ficient tax system through revising income and corporate tax systems,
adoption or reforming value added tax, and directing taxation to sup-port small and medium-sized en-terprises and promising regions.
On the other hand, several poli-cies have been implemented to lower public spending mainly through rationalising current ex-penditures via containing increas-es in payroll expenses and reform-ing subsidy systems, in addition to measures to increase the efficiency of capital expenditures. Arab gov-ernments also, paid great atten-tion to achieve higher levels of ef-ficiency and transparency of public finance and debt management.
Public spending is projected to fall by 6 per cent this year as a result of fiscal discipline policies, which will help reduce pressures
on consolidated public budget of Arab countries as a group. In 2017, public finance is expected to see a significant improvement, amid expectations of higher revenue as a result of expected increase of oil prices by 15 per cent next year.
State budgetsThe report said that tax revenues are expected to rise owing to the anticipated expansion of econom-ic activity in the Arab countries and their major trading partners. Moreover, the consolidated public budget will positively benefit from fiscal reforms implemented in Arab countries within time frame extending to 2020.
The current account deficit for Arab countries as a group will
reach $137.8 billion (representing 5.5 per cent of GDP) in 2016 com-pared to $105.7 billion for the defi-cit recorded in 2015. Concerning 2017, the report expects that the current account deficit for Arab countries as a group to decline to $97 billion dollars (representing 3.6 per cent of GDP), amid expec-tation of relatively higher interna-tional oil prices next year.
Also, lower oil prices are expect-ed to negatively affect the growth rate of deposits.
As crude oil revenues
will continue to
fall, consolidated
budget deficit of Arab
nations is expected
to rise marginally to
11.6 per cent of Gross
Domestic Product
this year
Omantel’s subsea cable network lands in FranceTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Oman Telecommu-nications Company (Omantel), the Sultanate’s leading telecom service provider, has announed the landing of the Asia Africa Eu-rope-1 (AAE-1) cable system in the French city of Marseille.
Spanning approximately 25,000 kms, the AAE-1 sub-marine cable is one of the first unique cable systems to connect Hong Kong to Singapore, Africa and Europe, all via Oman. The cable will provide an alternative and low latency short route be-tween Hong Kong, Singapore and Europe while covering close to 50 per cent of the world’s population.
Commenting on the achieve-ment, Talal Said Al Mamari, chief executive officer of Omantel said,;“The decision to join hands with Marseille to become the landing site for AAE-1 was an easy one as the city is a critical telecommunications connectivity hub, a key trade port and an entry way into Europe.”
“This achievement would not have been possible without the support of the city of Marseille. To land a cable of this magnitude requires permits and regula-tory approvals from many areas within the government. Our ex-perience of Marseille is a city that is professional, business-oriented and one that welcomes foreign investment,” added Talal Al Mamari.
Omantel FranceThe AAE-1 landing was made possible through the creation of Omantel France, an Omantel subsidiary company tasked with ensuring that the AAE-1 cable system is able to deliver seamless connectivity between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia while offering operators an alternative access point in Europe.
Omantel’s carrier neutral land-
ing facilities and new data cen-tres in Marseille gives carriers competitive access to and from Europe via the AAE-1 cable sys-tem. Network operators arriving in Europe or seeking to access undersea cable infrastructure are often faced with expensive back-haul and interconnect costs due to monopolistic pricing.
Affordable accessOperators in Europe that need to connect their networks to a landing station usually have no alternative but to pay. The Oman-tel facility will have an open and neutral model in the Interxion data centres in Marseille which will give operators new and af-fordable access to undersea cable infrastructure.
Omantel’s extensive interna-tional network will provide addi-tional protection and diversity to the AAE-1 cable system through other systems like EPEG, which is a major high-capacity system consisting of redundant under-sea cables to Iran and onwards terrestrial cable all the way via Azerbaijan and Russia to Frank-furt avoiding existing heav-ily congested cable systems and crowded bottlenecks on the route between Asia and Europe.
Sohail Qadir, VP (Wholesale Unit) at Omantel said, “As the first GCC operator to land a submarine cable in Europe, we are thrilled with the success-ful execution of this project, especially given the landing of the AAE-1 cable was concluded ahead of schedule.”
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OMAN CRUDE FALLSOman Crude (June delivery) marginally declined by 4 cents to $39.58 per barrel. The average price of Oman Crude (May delivery) was at $36.34, showing a growth of $6.11 per barrel compared to April delivery. — ONA
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MARKETT H U R S DAY, A P R I L 2 1 , 2 0 1 6
MUSCATSECURITIES MARKET
SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20
REGULAR MARKET .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE .............. 2,251,155 ......490,603..................... 73 ........... 0.205 ...........0.226 ...........0.205........... 0.218 .............0.206 ............0.012 ............. 5.825 ................0.226..............0.226...................0.238...................43,600,000 ........0.100
OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 7,239,939 ...1,240,665................... 183 ............0.169 ........... 0.175............0.169 ............0.171 ............. 0.164............ 0.007 ............. 4.268 ................0.175 .............. 0.175................... 0.176 ..................271,134,864 ........0.100
OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 6,980,308 ..... 691,305...................225 ........... 0.098 ........... 0.102 ...........0.098........... 0.099 .............0.095 ........... 0.004 ............. 4.211 ................0.098 ..............0.098...................0.099...................28,708,083 .........0.100
OM0000002374............UNITED FINANCE ......................................................... 6,606 .................. 895........................2 ............0.134 ........... 0.136 ...........0.134 ............0.136 ............. 0.133............ 0.003 ............. 2.256 ................0.136 .............. 0.136...................0.145 ...................44,377,234 .........0.100
OM0000004925 ...........AL BATINAH POWER ................................................ 306,353 ............65,971..................... 30 ............0.215 ...........0.220 ...........0.215 ............0.215 ............. 0.211 ............ 0.004 ............. 1.896 ................0.215 .............. 0.211...................0.218 .................. 145,100,797 ........0.100
OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 400,452 ......... 296,172..................... 43 ............0.732 ........... 0.744 ...........0.732 ........... 0.740 ............. 0.732............ 0.008 ............. 1.093 ................0.740 ..............0.740...................0.788 ..................481,698,730 ........0.100
OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ..........................28,305 ............ 44,724......................12 ............1.570 ........... 1.585 ...........1.570 ........... 1.580 ............. 1.570.............0.010 ............. 0.637 ................1.580 .............. 1.570...................1.580 ................1,185,000,000 ......0.100
OM0000004933 ...........AL SUWADI POWER .................................................... 47,679 ............ 10,294........................5 ............0.216 ........... 0.216 ...........0.215 ........... 0.216 ............. 0.215.............0.001 ............. 0.465 ................0.216 .............. 0.216...................0.219 .................. 154,311,769 ........0.100
OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 171,000.............39,567........................8 ........... 0.232 ........... 0.233 ...........0.226............0.231 .............0.230 ............0.001 ............. 0.435 ................0.226............. 0.220...................0.226 .................. 67,140,386 .........0.100
OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS ............................................................... 1,000 .................. 320........................2 ........... 0.320 ...........0.320 ...........0.320............0.318 ............. 0.318............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.320.............. 0.312...................0.318 ...................17,490,000 .........0.100
OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ........................................................33,535 ............ 36,050......................11 ............1.075 ........... 1.075 ...........1.075 ............1.075 ............. 1.075 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.075 .............. 1.075................... 1.120 ..................215,000,000 .......0.100
OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 356,000 ............ 35,712........................3 ........... 0.100 ........... 0.102 ...........0.100 ........... 0.100 .............0.100 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.102 ..............0.100...................0.102 ..................200,031,279........0.100
OM0000001533 ............OMINVEST ........................................................................ 6,049 ...............3,025........................ 1 ........... 0.500 ...........0.500 ...........0.500........... 0.500 .............0.500 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.500..............0.500...................0.506 .................317,895,444 ........0.100
OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 1,335,770 ...... 293,471......................71 ............0.219 ...........0.222 ...........0.218 ........... 0.220 .............0.220 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.218 ..............0.218...................0.219 ...................33,016,500 .........0.100
OM0000002366 ...........AL BATINAH DEV. INV. HOLDING ...................... 203,500 ............17,298......................13 ........... 0.085 ........... 0.085 ...........0.085 ........... 0.085 .............0.085 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.085 ..............0.084...................0.085....................2,550,000 ..........0.100
OM0000002549 ...........BANK DHOFAR ................................................................ 5,000 ...............1,250........................ 1 ........... 0.250 ...........0.250 ...........0.250........... 0.250 .............0.250 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.250..............0.250...................0.258................. 424,800,350 .......0.100
OM0000002648 ...........NATIONAL FINANCE ................................................. 27,142 ............... 3,773........................ 1 ............0.139 ........... 0.139 ...........0.139 ............0.139 ............. 0.139............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.139 ..............0.130...................0.150 ................... 37,686,426 .........0.100
OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 615,820 .........243,837..................... 26 ........... 0.396 ........... 0.396 ...........0.394........... 0.396 .............0.396 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.396 ..............0.394...................0.396..................988,515,102 ........0.100
OM0000003125 ............GLOBAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENT ....................8,000 ...............1,030........................2 ............0.127 ........... 0.129 ...........0.127 ........... 0.129 ............. 0.129............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.129 ..............0.129...................0.135 ...................25,800,000.........0.100
OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY ........................................................1,345 .................. 565........................6 ........... 0.420 ...........0.420 ...........0.420........... 0.420 .............0.420 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.420..............0.420...................0.440 ..................25,410,000 .........0.100
OM0000003711 ............SOHAR POWER .................................................................... 110 .....................36........................ 1 ........... 0.326 ........... 0.326 ...........0.326........... 0.352 .............0.352 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.326..............0.324...................0.326 .................. 77,795,520 .........0.100
OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS .....................................................1,734 .................. 693........................4 ........... 0.398 ...........0.400 ...........0.398........... 0.398 .............0.398 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.400............. 0.400...................0.414 ...................20,895,000.........0.100
OM0000002168 ............AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES ................................. 12,325 ............... 3,410........................3 ........... 0.280 ...........0.280 ...........0.276 ........... 0.277 .............0.278 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.360 ...............0.276 ..............0.272...................0.276................... 82,051,190 .........0.100
OM0000002226 ...........AL JAZEERA SERVICES ...............................................5,146 ...............1,266........................4 ............0.251 ........... 0.251 ...........0.242 .......... 0.246 .............0.247 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.405 ...............0.242............. 0.242...................0.247 .................. 15,056,251 .........0.100
OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT .......................................................... 2,560,405.. 1,244,546..................... 26 ........... 0.488 ........... 0.488 ...........0.486 ........... 0.486 .............0.488 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.410 ...............0.488 ..............0.480...................0.488..................160,804,137 ........0.100
OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION ....................... 449,000 ............99,316..................... 10 ........... 0.225 ........... 0.225 ...........0.221 ........... 0.221 .............0.222 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.450 ...............0.221 ..............0.221...................0.224 ..................21,003,840 .........0.100
OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ............ 178,500 ............47,162..................... 32 ........... 0.267 ........... 0.267 ...........0.261 ........... 0.264 .............0.266 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.752 ...............0.261 ..............0.261...................0.263 ...................5,544,000 ..........0.100
OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ........................ 211,723 ............ 35,963......................21 ............0.170 ........... 0.170 ...........0.167 ........... 0.170 ............. 0.172............-0.002 ............-1.163 ................0.167 .............. 0.167...................0.170 ...................21,232,653 .........0.100
OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL ............................................. 177,600 .............12,772........................8 ........... 0.072 ........... 0.073 ...........0.071 ........... 0.072 .............0.073 ...........-0.001 ........... -1.370................0.071 ..............0.072...................0.073...................12,600,000 .........0.100
OM0000001962 ............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ................................... 390,435 ...........24,034......................11 ........... 0.063 ........... 0.063 ...........0.061 ........... 0.062 .............0.063 ...........-0.001 ............-1.587................0.061 .............. 0.061...................0.062 ..................12,843,386 .........0.100
OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ........................... 58,130 ...............7,230........................6 ............0.125 ........... 0.125 ...........0.123 ........... 0.124 ............. 0.126............-0.002 ............-1.587................0.123 .............. 0.123...................0.127 .................... 7,296,559 ..........0.100
OM0000001681 ............OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING ........... 1,206,970 .......146,758......................13 ............0.125 ........... 0.125 ........... 0.121 ........... 0.122 ............. 0.124 ...........-0.002 ............-1.613 ................0.124 ..............0.122...................0.124 ................... 14,868,750 .........0.100
OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING ........... 173,049 ............19,720..................... 30 ............0.115 ........... 0.115 ............ 0.113 ............0.114 ............. 0.116 ............-0.002 ............-1.724 ................ 0.114 ...............0.113................... 0.114 ...................10,260,000 .........0.100
OM0000004248 ...........SMN POWER HOLDING .......................................... 160,000 ......... 114,560........................2 ............0.716 ........... 0.716............ 0.716 ............0.716 ............. 0.732............-0.016 ........... -2.186 ...............0.716 ..............0.660................... 0.716 ..................142,939,090........0.100
OM0000003000 ...........ALMAHA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MAR. .......96,098 ...........153,757........................3 ............1.600 ........... 1.600 ...........1.600 ........... 1.600 ............. 1.675 ............-0.075 ........... -4.478 ...............1.600 ..............1.600................... 1.675 ..................110,400,000 ........0.100
.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 25,706,183 ......5,427,749...............892 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......35........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000002564 ...........AL HASSAN ENGINEERING.................................. 584,521 ............50,141..................... 43 ........... 0.085 ........... 0.089 ...........0.085 ........... 0.086 ............. 0.081............ 0.005 ............. 6.173 ................0.085 ..............0.086...................0.087.................... 6,467,888 ..........0.100
OM0000001228 ............OMAN HOTELS AND TOURISM .............................. 2,140 ...................516........................ 1 ............0.241 ........... 0.241 ...........0.241 ........... 0.241 ............. 0.241 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.241 ..............0.241...................0.000 ..................13,255,000 .........0.100
OM0000001301 ............DHOFAR CATTLE FEED .............................................. 1,049 .................. 229........................ 1 ............0.218 ........... 0.218 ...........0.218 ........... 0.220 .............0.220 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.218 ............. 0.000...................0.218 ................... 17,787,000 .........0.100
OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. .................... 15,382 ...................518........................4 ........... 0.034 ...........0.034 ...........0.033 ........... 0.034 .............0.034 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.033 ..............0.033...................0.034 ...................2,890,000 ..........0.100
OM0000002101 ............OMAN FIBER OPTIC ........................................................... 73 .................. 332........................ 1 ........... 4.550 ........... 4.550 ...........4.550........... 4.570 .............4.570 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................4.550............. 0.000...................0.000 ..................32,973,089 .........1.000
OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 2,661,610 ......201,846..................... 49 ........... 0.076 ........... 0.077 ...........0.075 ........... 0.076 .............0.076 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.075 ..............0.075...................0.076..................114,000,000........0.100
OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ........................................................ 87,081 .............13,062........................3 ............0.150 ........... 0.150 ...........0.150 ........... 0.150 ............. 0.151 ............-0.001 ........... -0.662 ...............0.150 .............. 0.150................... 0.151 ..................219,390,219 ........0.100
OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK.............................................. 723,354 ............ 42,711..................... 25 ........... 0.060 ...........0.060 ...........0.059 ........... 0.059 .............0.060 ...........-0.001 ............-1.667................0.059 ..............0.058...................0.059...................59,000,000.........0.100
OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES ..................................................... 397,674 ............ 27,022..................... 24 ........... 0.070 ........... 0.070 ...........0.067 ........... 0.068 .............0.070 ...........-0.002 ........... -2.857 ...............0.067 ..............0.067...................0.068....................8,500,000 ..........0.100
OM0000001764 ............NAT. HOSPITALITY INSTITUTE ...........................50,500 ............ 26,866........................2 ........... 0.532 ........... 0.532 ...........0.532 ........... 0.532 .............2.050 ........... -1.518 .......... -74.049 ..............0.532 ............. 0.000...................0.000 .....................532,000............1.000
.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 4,523,384......363,242................... 153 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......10........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
BONDS AND SUKUK MARKET ...................................................................................................................................................................... OM0000004867 ...........BANK MUSCAT C C B 4.5 ................................................... 74 ....................... 8........................ 1 ............0.102 ........... 0.102 ...........0.102 ........... 0.102 .............0.102 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.102 ..............0.102...................0.106 ...................32,603,553 .........0.100
.............................................SUM: ............................................................................................ 74 ....................... 8........................ 1 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. .........1........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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
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INDICESIndex .................................................High .................Low ..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff %MSM30 Index ........................................5,743.04 ............... 5,712.74 ....................5,739.47 ................... 5,709.03 ................. 30.44 ................... 0.53Financial Index .................................... 7,322.04 ...............7,282.89 ................... 7,306.54 ................... 7,276.32 ................. 30.22 ................... 0.42Industrial Index ................................... 6,988.70 .............. 6,979.98 ................... 6,979.98 ...................6,966.95 ..................13.03 ................... 0.19Services Index .......................................3,193.35 ............... 3,171.92 .................... 3,181.75 ....................3,171.92 .................... 9.83 ................... 0.31MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................864.38 .................. 863.19 .......................863.35 ...................... 862.67 ....................0.68 ................... 0.08
Trading SummaryVolume ................ Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up ............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded30,229,641 ................. 5,790,999 ................. 1,046 ............... 16,778,070,213 ................ 10 ......................17 .................... 19 .........................46
MSM index ends higher
MUSCAT: Recovery continued on the Muscat bourse with the MSM 30 Index ending higher at 5,739.47 points, up by 0.53 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index also ended at 863.35 points, up by 0.08 per cent.
Bank Sohar was the most ac-tive in terms of volume while Oman Cement led in terms of turnover. Al Hassan Engineering was the top gainer on Wednesday, up by 6.17 per cent while National Hospitality institute was the top loser, down by 74.05 per cent.
As many as 1,046 trades were executed on Wednesday, generat-ing turnover of OMR5.79 million with 30.23 million shares chang-ing hands. Out of 46 traded secu-rities, 10 advanced, 17 declined and 19 remained unchanged. For-eign investors were net buyers to the tune of OMR159,000 worth of shares followed by GCC and Arab investors at OMR144,000. Omani investors who were net sellers, sold shares amounting to OMR303,000.
Financial Index closed at 7,306.54 points, up by 0.42 per cent. Bank Sohar and United Fi-nance increased by 4.27 per cent and 2.26 per cent, respectively.
Al Sharqiya Investment, Oman & Emirates, Gulf Investment Ser-vices and Al Madina Investment declined by 1.72 per cent, 1.61 per cent, 1.59 per cent and 1.59 per cent, respectively.
Industrial Index advanced by 0.19 per cent to close at 6,979.98 points. Al Hassan Engineer-ing and Galfar Engineering in-creased by 6.17 per cent and 4.21 per cent, respectively.
Jazeera Steel Product, Gulf International Chemicals, Oman Cement and Al Anwar Ceramic declined by 1.16 per cent, 0.75 per cent, 0.41 per cent and 0.36 per cent, respectively.
Services Index closed at 3,171.92 points, up by 0.31 per cent. OIFC, Al BatinahPower, Oreedoo Oman and Oman Tel-ecommunications Company in-creased by 5.83 per cent, 1.90 per cent, 1.09 per cent and 0.64 per cent, respectively.
National Hospitality Institute, Al Maha Petroleum, SMN Pow-er Holding, Port Services and Al Jazeira Services declined by 74.05 per cent, 4.48 per cent, 2.19 per cent, 0.45 per cent and 0.40 per cent, respectively.
- United Securities
Al Hassan Engineering was the top gainer, up
by 6.17 per cent, while National Hospitality
Institute was the top loser.
Saudi to pick JPMorgan, private banker for Aramco share offeringRIYADH: JPMorgan Chase and Michael Klein, the former Citi-group investment banker who runs his own boutique, have been select-ed to advise on state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Company’s initial pub-lic offering (IPO), according to peo-ple familiar with the matter.
Klein is providing strategic advice to the government, while JPMorgan is working on prepa-rations for the IPO and may be among the banks that underwrite the listing, the people said, ask-ing not to be named as the details aren’t public. The deliberations are still at an early stage, and no final decisions about the IPO have been made, they said.
Saudi Arabia’s Prince Moham-med bin Salman is working on a plan to list shares in Aramco, as the business is known, on the country’s domestic stock ex-change as early as 2017. A listing could turn the world’s biggest oil exporter into the largest publicly traded firm with a value in the trillions of dollars.
Representatives for Aramco and JPMorgan declined to com-ment. Klein didn’t immediately respond to an e-mailed request for comment.
The prince, who heads Aram-co’s supreme council, said Saudi Arabia plans to sell a less-than five percent stake in the business. Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund could receive $106 billion in cash from a sale of that size, ac-cording to the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute.
Klein’s shopKlein, 52, has become a prolific force in the M&A industry, landing roles advising on some of the big-gest deals in the past few years. M Klein & Company was listed first among advisers to Dow Chemi-cal on its merger with DuPont, the largest-ever chemicals deal. He also worked as a go-between for the chief executive officers on Glencore Plc’s 2012 merger with Xstrata, people with knowledge of the deal said at the time.
He landed a spot as one of the top advisers to IHS, where he had formerly served on the board, on its acquisition of financial data firm Markit Ltd. last month. When commodity trader Noble Group faced criticism of its ac-counting and declining shares last year, chief executive officer Yusuf Alireza hired Klein to re-view its financing and investment options, a person familiar with the matter said previously.
JPMorgan was the sole inter-national financial adviser on the $2.5 billion IPO of Saudi Arabian Mining in 2008. The bank, along with HSBC Holdings Plc, also helped arrange a $10 billion loan for Aramco last year.
Saudi Arabia has announced 27 IPOs in the last five years with a total value of about $10.6 billion, according to data.
The biggest by far is National Commercial Bank’s debut in 2014, which raised $6 billion and was the Middle East’s largest share sale. – Bloomberg News
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Sensex extends gain; rupee risesMUMBAI: In a voalitile market, the S&P BSE benchmark Sensex extended its gains for the fifth trading day on Wednesday, moving up by 28 points to end at 25,844.18 on fag-end buying mainly in metal, consumer durable, utilities and power sectors.
Market also got the boost after the Reserve Bank of India’s gov-ernor Raghuram Rajan said in a speech in Pune that implementa-tion of several reforms would be key
to ensuring India posts high growth.The Sensex resumed higher at
25,942.34 and hovered in a range of 25,956.34 and 25,716.81 before finishing at 25,844.18 , showing a gain of 27.82 points or 0.11 per cent. It has gained by 1,170.34 points or 4.74 per cent in last five trading days.
The NSE 50-share Nifty also inched up by 0.05 points to close at 7,914.75 after moving in a range of 7,950.40 and 7,877.55.
Rupee extends gains Extending its gains against the American currency for the second trading day on Wednesday, the ru-pee advanced by another 33 paise to close at 66.22 per dollar. The Indian rupee resumed higher at 66.27 as against the Monday’s level of 66.55 per dollar and hovered in a range of 66.35 per dollar and 66.10 per dollar before finishing at 66.22 per dollar, showing a gain of 33 paise or 0.50 per cent. - PTI
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MARKETOman Flour Mills’ net profitincreases 56%Times News Service
MUSCAT: Oman Flour Mills group said that its net profit moved up by 56 per cent to OMR8.67 mil-lion for the first nine months end-ing March 2016.
The company’s revenue moved up to OMR63.20 million for the first nine months of 2015-2016 financial year, against OMR60.51 million for the same period last year.
Net profit margin by March 2016 stood higher at 13.71 per cent, against 9.82 per cent for the same period last year, according to a disclosure state-ment posted on MSM website.
These are initial un-audited fi-nancial results and are subject to review by the audit committee and approval by the board of directors.
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Saudi agrees conditions on $10b loan to fund deficitRIYADH: Saudi Arabia has agreed terms with banks for its first sovereign loan in at least 15 years, three people with knowl-edge of the matter said.
The government will pay lend-ers about 120 basis points above the London interbank offered rate including margin and fees for the $10 billion facility, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. The loan will have a tenor of five years and should be signed before the end of April, the people said.
A large group of United States, European, Japanese and Chinese banks are lending the funds, the people said. Saudi Arabia’s initial request for as much as $8 billion was significantly oversubscribed, allowing the country to increase the size of the deal, the people said.
At $10 billion the loan is the larg-est to be raised in the Middle East since Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil producer, obtained a $10 billion financing in March last year. Qatar raised $5.5 billion in December.
Saudi Arabia has not borrowed internationally since at least 1999, according to data. The country is looking for other sources of funding to plug a budget deficit that is ex-pected to reach 17.8 per cent of eco-nomic output this year, according to Riyadh-based Jadwa Investment.
The Kingdom will prepare for a bond sale and start a two- or three-year programme once it concludes the loan deal, Minister of State Mohammad bin Abdulmalik Al-Sheikh said last month.
As Saudi Arabia prepares for a post-oil future by boosting other industries, its plan to strengthen Riyadh’s position as a financial centre is plagued with delays, cost overruns and a failure to under-stand the needs of local banks, ac-cording to Aliesa. - Bloomberg News
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Bank Dhofar plans to issue euro bondsTimes News Service
MUSCAT: BankDhofar set up a Euro Medium Term Note Pro-gramme (EMTN), allowing it to issue Eurobond transactions un-der the programme in the interna-tional market.
BankDhofar’s EMTN pro-gramme is listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and enables flexi-ble issuance of bonds up to a maxi-mum volume of $500 million in all major currencies and with various coupon structures.
“This programme will help support the diversification of our funding needs,” said BankDho-far’s acting chief executive officer
Abdul Hakeem Omar Al Ojaili.Meanwhile, BankDhofar earlier
said that the bank has achieved a 15.12 per cent growth in net profit at OMR13.56 million for the first quarter of this year, over the same period of 2015.
The bank’s net loans and ad-vances to customers for the three-month surged ahead by 17.39 per cent to OMR2.81 billion from OMR2.39 billion.
Deposits from customers moved up by 6.19 per cent to OMR2.81 billion from OMR2.64 billion in the first quarter pe-riod under review, according to a disclosure statement posted on MSM website.
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MAJOR CURRENCIES: BankDhofar’s euro bonds is listed on the Irish bourse and enables flexible issuance of bonds up to a maximum volume of $500 million in all major currencies. – Times file picture
Crude declines as Kuwait oil workers end three-day strike
KUWAIT CITY: Oil fell after Ku-wait workers said they would end a strike that disrupted output in the Organisation of Petroleum Ex-porting Countries’ (Opec) fourth-largest producer for three days.
Futures fell as much as 3 per cent in New York. Prices gained 3.3 per cent on Tuesday, the first ad-vance in five days, after the protest reduced Kuwait’s production by as much as 1.7 million barrels a day.
The United States inventories probably increased by 3 million barrels last week, according to a survey before an Energy Infor-mation Administration report on Wednesday. That compares to in-dustry data showing a 3.1 million-barrel gain.
Talks in Doha on Sunday be-tween the world’s largest produc-ers about capping production
failed after Saudi Arabia insisted it wouldn’t restrain output with-out commitments from all Opec members, including Iran, which has ruled out freezing for now.
Workers in Kuwait went on strike to protest cuts in pay and benefits as Middle Eastern crude exporters reduce subsidies and government handouts amid the collapse in prices.
“The oil workers’ strike in Ku-wait is over, leading to overnight pressure,” said Olivier Jakob, managing director of Petromatrix in Zug, Switzerland. “The strike was not expected to last for long.”
Cushing stockpilesWest Texas Intermediate for May delivery, which expires on Wednesday, dropped as much as $1.23 to $39.85 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was at $40.
Prices on Tuesday rose 3.3 per cent to $41.08 a barrel. Total vol-ume traded was about 36 per cent above the 100-day average. The more-active June contract fell 91 cents to $41.56 a barrel.
Brent crude for June settlement fell as much as $1.22, or 2.8 per cent, to $42.81 a barrel. The front-month contract on Tuesday gained
2.6 per cent to settle at $44.03. The global benchmark traded at a $1.56 premium to June WTI.
Kuwait’s workers resumed their jobs on Wednesday out of respect for the country’s emir after success-fully showing the importance of their role in the economy, Kuna, the country’s official news agency said, citing a labour union statement.
The stoppage of the strike comes soon after Anas Al Saleh, the acting oil minister, said on Alrai television the government wouldn’t hold talks with workers as long as the walkout continued. The country will boost output to
an average of 3 million barrels a day in three days, according to a statement from Kuwait Petrole-um on Wednesday.
Output was 1.5 million barrels a day on Tuesday compared to 1.1 million on Sunday.
Kuwait’s Oil refineries are still operating at about 520,000 barrels a day. - Bloomberg News
Workers in Kuwait
went on strike to
protest cuts in
pay and benefits
as Middle Eastern
crude exporters
reduce subsidies
and government
handouts amid the
collapse in prices
BACK TO WORK: Kuwait will boost production to an average of 3 million barrels a day in three days, according to a statement from Kuwait Petroleum on Wednesday. Output was 1.5 million barrels a day on Tuesday. – AFP
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Europe’s economic malaise has a lot to do with its crippled banking system. Mak-ing that system more fragile seems like
the wrong way to address the issue.With the European Central Bank (ECB) tak-
ing interest rates deeper into negative territory and the euro-area economy languishing, inves-tors have become more concerned about the fu-ture profitability — and perhaps the viability — of the region’s banks. As a result, regulators are coming under pressure to ease capital require-ments, on the grounds that this will help banks start making money and lending again.
Such logic perpetuates a misunderstanding of what bank capital is — a point that Hyun Song Shin, head of research at the Bank for Interna-tional Settlements (BIS), made eloquently in a speech recently. In its purest form, capital is equity financing, money from shareholders that banks can lend. Unlike debt, it has the ad-vantage of automatically absorbing losses in bad times. When banks have more of it, they can borrow on better terms, and are more ca-pable of taking the kinds of risks that make the economy dynamic. As Shin and a colleague demonstrate in a new paper, higher capital lev-els are strongly associated with higher lending volumes, and could make the ECB’s stimulus efforts more effective.
With the European Central Bank (ECB) taking interest
rates deeper into negative territory and the euro-
area economy languishing, investors have become
more concerned about the future profitability — and
perhaps the viability — of banks in Europe.
AS OF MID-2015, THE AGGREGATE EQUITY AT THE NINE LARGEST EURO-AREA BANKS AMOUNTED TO LESS THAN FOUR PER CENT OF ASSETS, ABOUT TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS SHORT OF THE ALREADY-LOW LEVELS AT THE LARGEST US AND UK BANKS.
Capital requirementsSo it is puzzling that euro-area regulators have not done more to increase capital levels. As of mid-2015, the aggregate equity at the nine largest euro-area banks amounted to less than four per cent of assets, about two percentage points short of the already-low levels at the largest US and UK banks. Instead of requir-ing banks to retain equity, regulators have al-lowed them to pay out hundreds of billions of euros to shareholders in the form of dividends and stock buybacks. Banks have paid out some 400 billion euros to investors in this period. Had they returned less money, they would have more scope for lend-ing and taking risks. Relaxing capital require-ments to help them survive in a weak economy is backward thinking. Regulators should in-stead require them to operate with more equity capital, so they can help the economy grow. — MARK WHITEHOUSE /Bloomberg News
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Z-Corp comes to 15th career fair aiming to be ‘employer of choice’
MUSCAT: The Zubair Corpora-tion (Z-Corp) announced its sup-port as the lead sponsor of the 15th edition of Omanisation Career Fair (OCF) that opened on Tues-day and will end today at the Oman International Exhibition Centre.
The three-day career fair, pro-vides a platform for graduates, job seekers and recruiters from Oman to explore new opportunities.
Held under the patronage of the Ministry of Sports Affairs, the fair is Oman’s popular career event that offers a range of employment
opportunities for students, gradu-ates and experienced profession-als looking for a change of job.
Z-Corp Group is represented by the multi-business sectors - automotive; energy and logistics; real estate and hospitality; engi-neering, construction and con-tracting; financial services and manufacturing.
Six sectors from the Z-Corp group including automotive; en-ergy and logistics; real estate and hospitality; engineering, construc-tion and contracting; financial services and manufacturing are participating in this career fair.
According to a Z-Corp official, ca-reer opportunities would be the main focus in these sectors.
Z-Corp also encourages job seekers to submit their CVs through its dedicated portal http://www.zubaircorp.com/careerfair created for the purpose.
The new area of focus for the Z-Corp at the career fair this year is also a corner dedicated to the SMEs which carries a message - ‘job employment might not be your only option, have you considered starting your business?’.
Z-Corp is known for the qualita-tive support it provides to SMEs
and start-ups through its various initiatives and it hopes to back those showing interest in the area. This initiative will focus on tal-ented Omanis who foresee their future as ’Entrepreneurs’.
A spokesperson of Z-Corp said, “As a keen supporter of Omanisa-tion, Z-Corp is delighted to be the lead sponsor of this year’s career fair which is a highly regarded career exhibition in the country. The main objective of this fair is to support the integration of na-tional manpower into the coun-try’s workforce and at the same time, guide and encourage local
entrepreneurship. "Z-Corp is committed to sup-
port our government’s initiative to bring talented Omani employees into the workforce and also pro-vide them with training and career development opportunities. We have worked out a strategy to re-cruit and develop the skills of the Omani workforce and help them progress professionally.”
The spokesperson also added, “We are glad that the event pro-vides an opportunity for Omani job seekers to speak face-to-face with a variety of potential employ-ers. We are certain that significant
number of job opportunities will be offered by the different compa-nies participating in the fair.
"Being the lead sponsor, Z-Corp marches closer to becoming the ‘employer of choice’ by providing prospective job seekers and Om-ani talent with a ‘one-stop-point’ of employment opportunities’ through this career fair.
"According to the organisers the previous edition of OCF received over 5,000 professionals – which was a record in the event’s 15-year history. For companies looking to hire national workforce, the career fair is a chance to interact with prospective hires about openings in their organisations.
"OCF is the only platform which provides all companies the chance to meet all types of professionals under one roof.
“The career fair also gives us an opportunity to spot the right tal-ent and Z-Corp is certain that by recruiting Omani youth the group is giving them a chance to contrib-ute in the nation’s building and will encourage them to play a worth-while role in the process,” the Z-Corp official added.
The new area of
focus for the Z-Corp
at the career fair
this year is also
a corner dedicated
to the SMEs
Orpic participates as main sponsorMUSCAT: Orpic (Oman Oil Re-fineries and Petroleum Industries) is exhibiting at the Omanisation Career Fair as a lead sponsor.
The participation is part of Orpic’s value of supporting and de-veloping young Omanis to take on leadership roles and contribute to the Sultanate’s success. Through the fair, Orpic will be targeting uni-versity and college graduates and will also offer internship oppor-tunities to fresh graduates, says a press release.
Recently, Orpic celebrated the graduation of 320 Omani trainees at a gala ceremony in Sohar. These
graduates are part of Orpic’s com-prehensive training programme which Orpic undertakes on a year-ly basis. The students graduated under different disciplines such
as bachelor’s degree, instrument engineers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, chemical engineers, engineering; internal audit, procurement, engineering (diploma holders); field operators, instrument technicians, electrical technicians, mechanical techni-cians, document controllers, HSE analysts, etc.
Speaking on the occasion Nofal Al Saidi, GM – Human Resource Services, Orpic, stated, “Orpic has an ambitious plan to expand its business through its investments in Sohar Refinery Improvement Project, Liwa Plastics Industries
Complex, and Muscat Sohar Prod-uct Pipeline with a total cost of ap-proximately USD 9b which will be commissioned over the next four years. This means that our need for both new and skilled manpow-er will increase tremendously. As part of our commitment to support the national drive, we will be train-ing and developing young Omanis to take on various roles. Their de-velopment will also be supported by mentors and function heads who will actively seek to nurture and guide these young minds into a bright future whilst bringing the potential of our people alive.”
C A R E E R F A I R
QBG offers opportunities
MUSCAT: Qurum Business Group (QBG) is an international diversified business services group, with operations across the Middle East, Europe and the In-dian sub-continent.
As part of its participation at the Omanisation Career Fair, QBG will be holding constructive con-versations with talented Omani jobseekers including recent grad-uates and those who will graduate soon. The group will be looking to recruit talent from various spe-cialities such as finance and ac-counting, health & safety and the various engineering disciplines.
Rooted in Oman, QBG has
grown into a leading interna-tional business group, with more than 40 years of experience in bringing management expertise, local knowledge and targeted in-vestment to a range of business sectors. The group’s portfolio includes facilities management, construction, engineering and marine services, information technology, landscaping, staffing solutions and financial services.
It aims to attract, train and re-tain talented and ambitious young Omanis to join its constantly growing group and be part of its ongoing efforts to make an active contribution to Oman’s economy.
Q U R U M B U S I N E S S G R O U P
NAHI exhibits as silver sponsor
MUSCAT: The National Auto-motive Higher Institute (NAHI) is the Sultanate’s first specialised automotive institute that provides internationally accredited educa-tional and training programmes.
NAHI serves to equip and em-power Omani students as profes-sional technicians across multiple disciplines within the automotive industry. The institute delivers a two-pronged approach in the theoretical and practical aspects of automotive education to pro-vide the automotive market with a pipeline of well-equipped na-tional professionals.
In Omanisation Career Fair, NAHI is exhibiting as silver spon-sor and will be targeting young Omani school students, school graduates, employers in automo-tive sector, job seekers, and techni-cians in public and private sector.
At the event, NAHI will be shed-
ding light on its educational and training programmes as below:
1. Diploma programmesNational Automotive Higher
Institute Awards Diploma and Ad-vance Diploma. The certificates are certified by the UK, institute of
the Motor Industry (IMI).Engineering Studies: Light
Vehicle Service & Maintenance, Heavy Vehicle Service & Main-tenance, Vehicle Body Repair, Vehicle Painting.
Business Studies: Sales and Marketing, Parts Management, Customer Services
2. Competency based training and short courses
NAHI offers two types of short courses:
courses (3-9 months)
courses (1-4 weeks) By participating in the Omani-
sation Career Fair, NAHI aspires to promote and educate fresh school graduates, job seekers, em-ployed technicians and skill work-ers about its programmes and ser-vices and the benefits they can get by joining them.
N A T I O N A L A U T O M O T I V E H I G H E R I N S T I T U T E
In Omanisation Career Fair, NAHI is targeting young Omani school students, school graduates, employers in automotive sector, job seekers and technicians in public and private sector
Kansas State University offers top-ranked programmes
MUSCAT: Kansas State Uni-versity has been providing qual-ity education to Kansas resi-dents, the country and the world for over 150 years.
It is an excellent fit for stu-dents in Oman and the region: its offers top-ranked pro-grammes in the most popular majors, and they are a best-val-ue university in the US.
Students have access to all the opportunities and top-ranked programmes of a larg-er university, but they enjoy the personal attention and strong community of a small-er institution.
It is also very excited to fur-ther develop its relationship with the Ministry of Higher Education, and hope to wel-come more Omani students to its campus in future.
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UTM — Malaysia’s leading
research intensive university
MUSCAT: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) is an innova-tion-driven entrepreneurial re-search university and a leading research-intensive university in engineering, science and tech-nology ranked in the top 100 world ranking in engineering and technology as attested by the QS World University Rankings.
UTM is a graduate-focused university with 55% of its student population comprising post-graduate students, the highest in Malaysia. The number of post-graduate enrolled in PhD studies in diverse field of specialisation is 5,299 students as at 31 De-cember 2015, the highest in the region and among the top 10 in the world. It has more than 3,000 international students from 60 countries around the world, the highest among research univer-sities in Malaysia. Through its Global Outreach Programme, UTM students gain international exposure and experiential learn-
ing through various student mo-bility and exchange programmes, service learning and commu-nity engagements and Summer School programmes.
UTM’s mission is to lead in the development of creative and innovative human capital and advanced technologies that will contribute to the nation’s wealth creation. This is in line with the aspirations of the country to-wards becoming a knowledge-based, innovation-led economy, grounded in creativity and inno-vation with high value creation. Through a strategic transforma-tion of its organisational struc-ture, UTM is focused on creat-ing a vibrant academic culture and fertile intellectual ecosys-tem through its new academia approach based on the Blue Ocean Strategy, which focuses on innovative, entrepreneurial, value-driven and meaningful ap-proaches beyond conventional paradigms.
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Ajyal targets all jobseekersMUSCAT: Ajyal HR Solutions & Services is a local firm, established in 2006 to support the Omani and GCC market in human resources solutions through its global expe-rience and international Partners.
Ajyal provides recruitment and talent management services, training and development pro-grammes, e-Learning solutions and management consultancy.
Ajyal is the proud winner of Omantel’s Business Excellence Award for 2012 as Best Performing Company for Medium Enterprise Category. It is aware of the chal-lenges faced by its clients and with its experience, Ajyal can deliver outstanding business solutions to achieve their objectives.
With 55 per cent of the popula-tion coming in the 15 to 25-year age group it is also the right time to capture local talent and mould them into a solid resource core. A core team that has the energy, the talent and most of all Ajyal is the foundation for the next gen-
erations. Ajyal has the capabil-ity to tap in this young talent and identify high calibre potential can-didates, matching them with the needs of the industry.
It firmly believes in local knowl-edge combined with local culture and values to identify, nurture and develop human capital assets.
Ajyal’s vision will never be com-plete if it do not understand and take a proactive approach and satisfy the needs of the commu-nity and the country. It has com-menced taking the right steps to-
wards achieving its vision and will continue to work with its partners to realise this vision.
At Omanisation Career Fair, it will be targeting all jobseekers. It specialises in large scale recruit-ment solutions from graduates, skilled employees, management and executive head hunting. Ajyal has various job vacancies for its partner-clients in Oman. These clients include government entities as well as private companies from different fields like oil/gas, banking, utility sectors, electricity, etc.
Ajyal has participated in Om-anisation Career Fair to support Omanis find jobs through offering of their client’s current job vacan-cies and other future job openings.
Ajyal helps companies identify, select and develop exceptional leaders, managers and teams and thus, they would like to reach out to career fair participants from in-dividuals to clients and/or organi-sations, utilising its professional HR consultancy services.
H R S O L U T I O N S & S E R V I C E S
It is the proud winner of Omantel’s Business Excellence Award for 2012
CSUSM offers variety of courses
MUSCAT: California State Uni-versity San Marcos (CSUSM) is located in North San Diego County – the heart of coastal Southern California. Surrounded by Cali-fornia’s most beautiful beaches, mountains, and deserts, CSUSM is the perfect place to achieve your academic and professional goals.
CSUSM welcomes interna-tional students because they are an important component to the learning experience at CSUSM.
Whether researching with a lab partner in a biotechnology course or developing a business proposal for a college of business senior ex-perience project, international stu-dents enrich and enliven CSUSM, helping to create an academic community of original thinkers.
In Ghedex, they will be look-ing for students seeking their bachelor’s and master’s degrees, seeking conditional admission to
the university through their Eng-lish language and pathway pro-gramme, also students wanting to take university courses study abroad for a semester or one year.
Although they have variety of courses, at Ghedex they will be focusing on:
Bachelor’s: Anthropology, Bio-chemistry, Biological Sciences, Pre-health/medicine, Biotech-nology, Business Administration, Liberal Studies, Chemistry, Com-munication, Computer Science &
CIS, Criminology & Justice Stud-ies, Economics, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, History, Human Development, Literature & Writing, Mass Media
Master’s: Biotechnology, Com-puter Science, Master’s in Busi-ness Administration (MBA)
California State University San Marcos is part of Ghedex as they feel it brings good quality of stu-dents at the event and the overall organisation is also much better than other local events.
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MUSCAT: Following the conclu-sion of the ‘You Can’ Facebook competition, Bank Sohar conduct-ed a prize distribution ceremony where it presented certificates worth OMR100 to the winners.
The competition, which was launched last month, presented the bank’s Facebook followers with an opportunity to win cash prizes totalling OMR500 by an-swering questions related to the 2016 Al Mumayaz Savings Scheme launched in January this year, says a press release.
The prize distribution was conducted at the bank’s head office in MBD where Mazin Mahmood Al Raisi, Senior AGM and head of Marketing and Cus-tomer Experience at Bank Sohar, handed over the cash gift certifi-cates to Alia Al Mohtaseb, Abdul Samad Al Balushi and Yousef Mohammad. Arrangements have been made for the remaining two winners of the Facebook contest, Nawal Mubarakand Muhammed Al Zaabi, to receive their prizes at the Bank Sohar branch nearest to each of them.
Titled ‘You Can’, the Facebook competition ran from March 27 to March 31 on Bank Sohar’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/excel.banksohar).
Over the course of the five-day competition, participants were
required to answer a new ques-tion posted each day on the bank’s 2016 savings scheme. The first correct entry from each user per question was then entered into a computerised draw, which was conducted shortly after the com-petition ended, to pick the five lucky winners.
Key point of contact Commenting on the successful completion of the contest and congratulating the winners of the contest, Al Raisi said, “Our social media platforms have grown ex-ponentially over the past three years and have become a key point of contact between us and our customers and fans.
“A key reason behind this is our efficient use of the various plat-forms for building awareness on the bank’s activities and its prod-ucts while also hosting several successful competitions.
“This contest was no different and was most definitely a grand success with a significant large number of entries over the course of just five days. As such, I would like to thank all the participants for their entries, as well as con-gratulate each of our five win-ners. With this contest behind us, our social media followers and fans can look forward to more similar contests.”
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FIRST MG GS CUSTOMER IN OMANDr Tony Sun Guang, general manager of SAIC Motor Middle East, handing over the key to Abdulla S. Al Abry, the first MG GS
customer in Oman, in the presence of Mohammed Al Kharusi, group director-Business Development, MHD and Vasudev Rao
Varkoor, director-MHD Automotive Products Division. — Supplied picture
Bridgestone Tyres launches retail campaignMUSCAT: Towell Auto Centre and Bridgestone Tyres announced a unique and reassuring consumer offer to welcome the summer.
TAC and Bridgestone have launched an exclusive ‘3 years of Peace of Mind’ retail campaign for all passenger car tyres, 4x4 SUVs tyres which include Turanza GR-90, Turanza AR-20, Potenza and Dueler, says a press release.
The three-year offer is valid through all Tyre Care Plus outlets, First Stop stores and Bridgestone authorised dealers and will be ap-plicable on tyres bought in the campaign period from April 12 to
June 10. The campaign offers an absolute free of charge repair of Bridgestone tyres, in case of any damage in the first three years since date of purchase. In severe cases, if the tyre has been damaged beyond repair while still falling in the first three years period, Bridge-stone also accommodates for a tyre replacement based on usage. Keeping the safety aspect in mind, the repair or replacement offer will not be valid in case the tyres have been subject to abuse and us-age beyond tyres tread life. TAC ensures that the repair or replace-ment procedure is kept hassle-
free, easy and quick. Customers who come across a
tyre failure simply have to visit the Bridgestone authorised dealer from where the tyre was purchased. After a thorough examination of the tyre, the customer can avail of a repair or replacement tyre as deemed ap-propriate by producing the voucher card and original invoice.
Along with this fabulous offer on Bridgestone tyres, TAC has devised a scratch and win offer, giving away exciting gifts to its lucky winners. Ten lucky winners can get a brand new iPhone 6S 16GB free. With an abundance of rewards, TAC will
also be giving away 1 tyre free to 175 lucky winners. Keeping the re-wards thoughtful, beneficial and necessary, TAC also has 1,300 free oil change coupons to give away.
“As the name suggests, once you buy a Bridgestone tyre from us, you needn’t worry about any tyre re-lated failure because we shall have it covered. Bridgestone tyres have always been known to be robust and thus can confidently extend their campaign with a repair and replacement assurance for up to three years,” said Oommen John, AGM - Bridgestone Tyre Division at TAC.
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al Wathbah to enrol new batch of entrepreneurs
MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the flag-ship financial services provider in the Sultanate, as part of its ‘Let’s Do More’ vision and commitment to partnership in supporting youth to embark on entrepreneurial ven-tures, is set to enrol a new batch of entrepreneurs for a compre-hensive training programme at al Wathbah Academy in Muscat.
The unique al Wathbah Acad-emy was launched by the bank in August 2014 as part of its com-mitment to sustainable social de-velopment, complementing gov-
ernment efforts in strengthening the role of SMEs in the economic development of Oman. Presently, al Wathbah Academy programmes are under way in Muscat, Sohar and Salalah benefiting 45 aspir-ing entrepreneurs. The Corpo-rate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative is aimed at equipping youth with self-employment skills boosting the country’s progress and development.
The objective of al Wathbah Academy is to impart the required skills and guidance to entrepre-
neurs drawn from diverse fields to embark on successful SME busi-ness ventures, says a press release.
The eight months training pro-gramme is offered in association with Amideast, leading to ac-credited international certifi-cation by Project Management Institute (PMI).
The unique SME initiative plays an important role in fill-ing the gaps and empowering en-trepreneurs to chart successful business ventures. The academy marks a clear progression of the well-defined strategy pursued by the bank in line with the directive of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to support the SME sector and strengthen its role in the eco-nomic development of Oman. In light of the business environment in Oman which offers tremendous opportunities and challenges for the SME sector, Bank Muscat re-mains committed to creating self-employment opportunities for citizens across the Sultanate.
Aimed at strengthening the SME sector, the bank offers a com-
prehensive suite of tailor-made fi-nance solutions. A unique SME fi-nancing launched by the bank has helped entrepreneurs overcome a major challenge. al Wathbah SME non-collateral finance not requir-ing collateral guarantee is a bold step affirming the bank’s commit-ment to encouraging an entrepre-neurial culture in Oman.
The bank has also launched a se-ries of initiatives as part of a com-prehensive plan to support women entrepreneurs in Oman. The bank regularly conducts workshops and seminars to equip SMEs to identify business opportunities and tackle challenges. Serving as building blocks for existing and prospective entrepreneurs, these initiatives assume importance in the backdrop of the priority ac-corded by the government to de-velop the SME sector in Oman.
The support to SMEs stems from the bank’s commitment to create self-employment opportu-nities for Omani youth who con-stitute more than 50 per cent of the country’s population.
The objective of Bank Muscat’s al Wathbah
Academy is to impart the required skills
and guidance to entrepreneurs drawn from
diverse fields to embark on successful SME
business ventures
ISC Bhojpuri Wing’s big musical show tomorrow
MUSCAT: Indian Social Club’s Bhojpuri Wing will be celebrat-ing its 10th anniversary with musical show Dhamaka Purwa Pawan tomorrow at the Indian Embassy from 7pm onwards.
The chief guest for the event will be Indra Mani Pandey, Am-bassdor of India to Oman. There will be several Bhojpuri celebri-ties who will be performing at the event, says a press release.
Khushboo Kumari is a famous and talented Bhojpuri singer, who was born and brought up in Bihar has done various stage shows, albums and television programmes which include Bhojpuri Utasav Malad Mum-bai 2015, Bihari Asmita Sam-man 2010 Patna, Bhojpuri Jalwa Doordarshan Bihar, Folk Jalwa ETV Bihar, Modi Express, Holi Me Ghare Aaja and many more. She is multi-talented and can sing in nine different languages.
Pravin Kumar has proved him-self as a singer, actor in various films, albums, TV and stage shows
which includes Shere Bihar, Diwa-na Tumtum Wala, Gawna Ke Date, Bihar Vihan and many more.
A well known singer of Bhojpuri films who started his career in 2007, Prabhat Singh till date has done 713 stage shows and 50 al-bums. He has also done anchoring in many TV shows. In 2015 he has also performed in Bangkok during Navratri at Vishnu Temple and was honoured.
K. Santosh Ray is well known popular face of Indian televi-sion, reality shows of music. He is a successful music director and expert keyboard player. Ray has done many popular reality shows for many TV channels.
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All-new Toyota Fortuner comes with tough yet smart design MUSCAT: The all-new Toyota 2016 Fortuner is not just more spacious, stylish and strong, it now oozes toughness thanks to the muscular wheel arches and a chunky trapezoidal front bumper.
Its sleek, aggressive headlamps are framed by large, slanted upper grille and set off by a thick chrome plating that extends around the prominent trapezoidal front bumper, says a press release.
According to an enthusiast, “While the Fortuner is a toughie, it also has a sophisticated and re-fined side to it. Take a look at the slender headlight clusters that are fused with the front fenders, the three lines that score the sculpted roof line and flanks, as well as the sleek rear combination lampsthat blend beautifully to its rear.”
In fact, the Fortuner is unique in that it has a tough yet smart design. This reflects in its interiorthat ex-hibits the toughness of an SUV, tempered with the elegance of a premium sedan. A focal point of the dashboard architecture is the vertical centre cluster flanked by columns of soft simulated leather upholstery that offer leg support
from both sides. The air conditioner has a
high-efficiency compressor that decreases engine load and en-hances cooling performance, contributing to excellent fuel economy performance. Other innovative touches include a 7-inch tablet-inspired multime-dia touchscreen display. With a
full-colour display, the rear view monitor system ensures peace of mind when reverse parking. The Fortuner also has a 6-speaker specialised audio equaliser. Its power back door system can be opened and closed electronically.
The Fortuner is available with-petrol engines, which include a 2.7-litre four-cylinder producing
164hp & 25.0 kg.m of Torque. The 4.0-litre V6 engine churns-out 235hp along with 38.3 Kg.m of Torque. The 6-speed automatic transmission provides a thrilling acceleration.
The Fortuner has a newly devel-oped frame structure that enhanc-es the feeling of steering input and rear end grip. The Fortuner’s sus-
pension comfortably absorbs the vibration to provide a ride that is the envy of a luxury SUV. A drive mode switch offers a choice of Eco or Power driving, while an easy-to-use 4WD switch is also available.
The Fortuner is equipped with comprehensive safety systems to protect its occupants. These in-clude anti-lock braking system
that prevents the tyres from lock-ing during braking.
The Fortuner comes with the supplemental restraint system for the driver and passenger front seats along with airbags for pas-senger and driver plus a knee airbag for the driver. In terms of seatbelts, a three-point emer-gency locking retractor seatbelt is equipped on all seats. When im-pact is suddenly applied during a collision, the seatbelt locks to re-strain the passenger.
The Fortuner is equipped with 17” all-terrain tyres or 18” alloy wheels with HT tyres depending on the grade selected, 7” naviga-tion display with audio system, power back door and follow me home lights, for convenience of customers. Apart from this, Fortuner is equipped with rear-parking sensors, amongst many other features.
Toyota Fortuner has been equipped with some local acces-sories to enhance its look, feel and functionality. Customers are welcome to get the full details of these local fitments, by visiting a Toyota showroom.
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Safrane comes with bouquet of benefits
MUSCAT: The Renault Safrane from the house of Suhail Bahwan Automobiles has become synony-mous with quality, durability and performance.
With the next generation Safrane, there is a growing buzz and excite-ment around the Renault range as the Safrane is a generously-dimen-sioned saloon car. It is nicely bal-anced proportions, fluid and elegant lines sweeping over the broad shoul-ders denote a powerful presence.
Offer highlights Customers will be entitled to
receive assured cash gift of OMR1000 on Renault Safrane 2.0L/2.5L/3.5L along with other benefits that include free regis-tration, 6 years unlimited mileage warranty and 2 years/ 30,000km free service (whichever is ear-lier). Customers will also re-ceive free AAA/Road Assistance card for the first year only and as supported by AAA Oman. The scheme is applicable for all cus-tomers purchasing Renault vehi-cles for personal use only.
A carefully engineered blend of comfort and performance, and a choice of modern engines, the Sa-frane has an efficient new chassis including the Nissan multi-link rear suspension arrangement for enhanced ride comfort and driving pleasure. The Renault Safrane V6 fitted with an automatic six-speed transmission comes equipped
with the Carminat TomTom navi-gation system, a solution as effi-cient as it is easy to update and use, with the intuitive joystick.
The hands-free card allows you to open and close the doors as well as start the engine, without even leaving your pocket. Bluetooth technology allows you to make calls in perfect safety.
For easy manoeuvring, the re-verse parking camera displays ob-stacles on the colour screen, while the parking brake is activated automatically when the engine is turned off. On board the Safrane, technology is also harnessed to provide onboard pleasure in the form of the Bose audio system giv-ing you larger-than-life sound.
Additionally, it also comes with an athermic windshield, electric mirrors with memory function, auto-dimming rear-view mirror,
tri-zone climate control, deadlock-ing with an anti-intruder device, electric rear windows with anti-pinch, Bose CD/MP3 stereo with 10 speakers, Bluetooth, Renault keyless smart card, panoramic sunroof, cream leather seats, power front seats with massage, integrated rear sunblind, as well as front and rear parking sensors. Items such as HID headlights, 18-inch alloy wheels and an electronic parking brake.
Renault Safrane combines unique facilities for a complete sense of well-being. The driver’s seat has multiple settings for op-timal comfort. Thanks to its pneu-matic air-cushion system, it will massage the driver’s back, accord-ing to the mode and intensity of their choice, in perfect silence.
Suhail Bahwan Automobiles is largely committed to support-ing Renault Oman’s growth in the Sultanate through major emphasis on customer satisfaction and by providing world-class after-sales services in Oman. With a national network of more than 80 show-rooms, service centers and parts outlets, SBA has further built upon its legacy of trust, excellent cus-tomer service and providing value for money to each of its customers.
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Two-day roadshow
by Godrej Properties
set to start tomorrow
MUSCAT: Godrej Properties, India’s largest builder conduct-ing exclusive roadshow in Mus-cat tomorrow and day after at Hotel Haffa House Ruwi, will be showcasing Bangalore, Pune and Bombay properties.
Prana is a residential township project in Undri, Pune. Godrej Prana, is spread across 31 acres, the first phase of the project comprises of a total saleable area of approximately 65,000 sq. m (7.0 lakh sq. ft). Customers can choose from 1BHK, 2BHK and 3BHK apartments ranging from carpet areas of 45 sq. m to 100 sq. m (485 sq. ft. to 1,075 sq. ft), says a press release.
Excellent connectivityThis project is strategically locat-ed in Undri and offers excellent connectivity to Pune railway sta-tion, Nagar road, Pune-Kolhapur Highway, IT hubs and the city centre. It is in close proximity to major urban areas like NIBM, Hadapsar and M.G. road.
Godrej Prana is being devel-oped in the picturesque backdrop of hills and sloping meadows.
The towers are planned to maximise views and community
interaction. These homes will be well ventilated and designed to bring in natural light, whilst pro-viding privacy.
The entire architecture has been designed to offer a contem-porary lifestyle.
Godrej Prana is envisioned in 4 zones - Zen, Joy, Nature and Life, offering a series of courts and gardens to form a balanced lifestyle. Contemporary facili-ties including luxurious club-houses, swimming pool, gym, indoor games, kids play area, en-trance boulevards, grassed am-phitheatres, platforms that open out to the hills, tree houses and viewing decks will all be part of the project.
Additionally, the project will offer a range of activities includ-ing cricket and tennis.
Customers can also enjoy quiet evenings from the contemplative spaces that will be offered.
Sustainable initiatives, like rainwater harvesting, solar pan-els and zero discharge have been incorporated into the design to make the township eco-friendly.
As is the case for most Godrej Properties’ projects, Godrej Pra-na is a joint venture development.
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Mega Basant Festival promises fun-filled day at Sawadi BeachSHAHZAD [email protected]
MUSCAT: All roads will lead to Al Sawadi beach on Friday as Pa-kistan Social Club Oman will host its mega annual event ‘Basant Fes-tival’, the immensely popular kite-flying extravaganza that promises shades of Pakistani culture, music, food and a lot of fun.
Naheed Naveed Atif, Charge d’affaires, Embassy of Pakistan, will be the chief guest. Times of Oman is the media partner of the event.
Thousands of Pakistanis, Oma-nis and members of other com-munities join PSC every year in celebrating this festival that has
been growing in popularity ever since it was launched well over a decade ago.
“We are expecting a much larger crowd this year as people wait for this popular kite-flying festival the whole year round. Noted sing-ers Farah Naz and Tariq Ali Mehdi have been specially flown in from Pakistan to entertain the crowd,” said Mian Mohammed Munir, PSC chairman, who has been re-elected for a new term of two years.
“Since it is a festival of fun, peo-ple from all communities are invit-ed to join us at Al Sawadi beach,” said A H Raja, PSC vice-chairman.
Though the kite-flying buffs will start reaching the venue in the
morning, the festival will formally kick off after Friday prayers.
Held annually to celebrate Paki-stan’s famous ‘Jashn-e-Baharan’,
the kite-flying festival called ‘Ba-sant’ is now awaited here with much anticipation. The ‘Jashn’ is celebrated to mark the advent of
Spring every year. The main fea-ture of it is Basant, which has now become one of the hottest events on the Pakistani cultural calen-dar. People from all over the world come to Lahore to be part of what many call ‘a fun-filled festival’.
Basant is a highly popular and colourful kite-flying festival in Lahore. So grand is the occasion, solely for the sheer joy and fun it provides, that people from all over the world come to Lahore simply to be part of this lifetime experience.
Once the kite is air-borne, it is an open invitation to a severing contest — the painch. The kite’s weapon is its maanjha — its wick-edly armoured string, which the
kite-flyers of Basant spend many days preparing, and the treatment of which is an art in itself.
The string is coated in a mixture of rice paste and ground glass to strengthen it and render it capable of slashing through a hapless op-ponent’s maanjha.
Millions of people do celebrate Basant in Lahore (now all over Pakistan) every year in a way that is unmatched. In fact, Lahore and Basant have become syn-onymous. Basant’s emergence in the last two decades as the pre-mier festival of Lahore has been attracting thousands of people from elsewhere in the country and many even from abroad.
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Zubair SEC sponsors new classrooms for school established by its memberMUSCAT: New classrooms have been constructed at Jana’en Al Hamra Private School, located in the Wilayat of Al Hamra in Al Dakhiliyah governorate.
The construction was funded by Zubair Small Enterprises Centre (Zubair SEC) as part of the benefits that the school founder and member of Zubair SEC receives for winning membership of the Direct Support Programme (DSP) by the Centre. The school is established and man-aged by Kadhia Hamid Mohammed Al Nabhanih, the principal.
Jana’en Al Hamra Private School, which has kindergarten classes, caters to the needs of stu-dents in the wilayats of Al Hamra and Bahla. The school has 11 class-rooms and around 230 students studying in it.
With increase in demand for new admissions in the school due to its increasingly good reputa-tion, Kadhia and Zubair SEC’s team found that there was a need to increase the number of class-rooms while discussing expansion plans. Consequently, Zubair SEC decided to fund the construction, furnishing and equipping of two extra classrooms that will accom-modate 40 more students. The fund comes as part of the benefits obtained from the Direct Support Programme (DSP) that Kadhia has been selected for in 2015.
The inauguration of the new classrooms was held under the pa-tronage of Khalid Muhammad Al Zubair, managing director of The Zubair Corporation.
The event was also attended by a number of executive management from The Zubair Corporation and Zubair SEC, as well as members from the local community of Al Hamra and the school’s manage-ment, staff and students.
Congratulating Kadhia on the development and progress of Jana’en Al Hamra School, Khalid Al Zubair said, “I believe that en-
trepreneurship in the field of edu-cation is an important one. Zubair SEC’s member Kadhia’s idea of starting a school in the Al Hamra wilayat exemplifies her commit-ment to this community and to quality education in general. Good schools are fundamental to educa-tion and nation building. I am sure the new classrooms will provide a perfect learning environment for young students. With the efforts of all dedicated educators and teach-ers, I am delighted to see the school get such as great response from the community.” He added, “Zubair SEC’s support provided to a pri-vate school is a visible demonstra-tion of the centre’s commitment to young entrepreneurs and to the development of youth.”
Thanking Zubair SEC for its support, Kadhia said, “Building of new classrooms mark another milestone in the expansion plans
of the school I established. I ex-press my deep gratitude to all at Zubair SEC who helped me see a long-held dream brought to re-ality. They are helping so many young Omanis with their support services. As a principal I want my school to be a place where young students build their capacities and their aspirations with the support of their teachers. The need for ex-tra classrooms was felt because of the overwhelming response we received from the community in the form of increased number of applicants. The school has built for itself a great reputation since the time it was established. With Zubair SEC’s support and cooper-ation I hope to attain our common vision, mission and goals.”
Earlier Zubair SEC had sent Ka-dhia Al Nabhanin to participate in an experiential trip to Jordan. The objective of the organised trip
was to expose and acquaint her to international educational and schooling experiences and mod-els through the success stories of reputed private schools in Jordan. Kadhia had visited four leading private schools in Jordan, a leading national children’s museum, and a reputable publishing house that produces and publishes books for children. Kadhia had immediately started implementing a lot of what she learnt in Jordan at her school in Al Hamra after her return.
Zubair SEC’s DSP has been providing advisory, financial, business development, and guid-ance support to 28 high-potential young entrepreneurs and busi-ness owners for the last three years who were selected for the programme, while it keeps serv-ing its wider members that have reached more than 330 small busi-ness owners since establishment.
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Bank Sohar conducts Al Mumayaz monthly draws live on Al Shabab FM
MUSCAT: Bank Sohar recently conducted its Al Mumayaz Savings Scheme Monthly Draws for the month of March, live on air through Al Shabab FM where it also an-nounced the names of the winners.
The draws conducted included the OMR10,000 general monthly draw, OMR1,000 children’s draw, OMR10,000 exclusive draw and the OMR10,000 ladies draw’s split amongst two winners. In ad-dition to the above, the bank had conducted the branch guaranteed draws the day before at the bank’s head office in MBD, which saw one winner from each of the bank’s 27 branches win OMR1,000. In total, the second monthly draw event saw over OMR55,000 won by 32 winners across all categories.
Khamis Masoud Al Rahbi, ae-nior AGM of Branches and Retail Sales said, “Our customers are used to excellence and innova-tion in the products and services provided by the Bank in addi-tion to the different draw events held as part of the Al Mumayaz Savings Scheme. This time we decided on sharing the exciting moment of conducting the draws with the largest possible audi-ence, by broadcasting it live on-air. We are pleased with the posi-tive feedback we received from these draws, and look forward to the upcoming draws.”
The draws started with a short interview with Redha Al Lawatia, Sr. Chief Manager of Liabilities and Sales, who provided the listen-ers with a brief overview of Bank Sohar and the comprehensive products and services provided.
The children’s draw saw Lia Al Lawati (minor), from the bank’s Al Qurum Branch, win OMR1,000. The two ladies draws saw L. N. M., from Al Buraimi Branch, and Na-bila Saif Al Jasri, from Privilege Banking branch, win OMR5,000 each; while the exclusive draw saw Said Suwaid Al Badi, from
the bank’s Saham branch, win OMR10,000. The final draw of the evening was the general draw for the month of March, which saw Sreejith Appath Raman, from the bank’s Al Qurum Branch, also win OMR10,000.
The monthly branch guaran-teed draws conducted day before the event and witnessed a cus-tomer from each of the bank’s branches win OMR1,000, where the winners were Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Zadjali was the winner from Al Buraimi branch, Battineni Anantha Srinivas from Al Khoudh branch, Hamood Al Saadi from Al Azaiba branch, Said Al Zarai from Jaalan Bani bu Ali Branch, Hassan Omar from Salalah branch, Salim Al Rabaani from Bahla branch, Hi-lal Al Mawali, from Barka branch, F. M. Al Farsi from Ibri branch, Abood Al Sawafi from Ibra branch, Fatima Mohammed Al Ajmi from Saham branch, Ali Sa-jowani from Shinas branch, Salim Al Maskari from Nizwa Branch, S. Al Alawi from Al Qurum branch, Sakina Abdulah, from Ruwi Branch, Rashid Al Mamaari from Sohar Branch, Qasim Al Balushi from Sinaw branch, Salem Jamil from Suwaiq branch, Hilal Al Hat-tali from Rustaq branch, Fakhari Khamis from Qurayat branch, Nasser Al Dhahli (minor) from MBD branch, Mohammed Al Ala-wi from Sur branch, Yasser Al Si-yabi from A’Seeb branch, Baqer Al Ajmi from Al Khabourah branch, Zeyana Al Shibli from Al Amerat branch, Talal Al Zadjali from Al Khuwair branch, Husam Moham-med from Avenues Mall Branch, and the final winner was from the Privilege Banking Branch.
In total, the monthly draw’s saw over OMR55,000 won by 32 winners across all categories.
Al Rahbi said, “On behalf of the bank, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the winners.”
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Ahmad bracing up for Blancpain Endurance Cup curtain raiser
MUSCAT: Monza in Italy is the destination for Omani racing driver Ahmad Al Harthy on April 23 and 2, where the eagerly awaited opening round of the Blancpain Endurance Cup gets underway at the world fa-mous ‘cathedral of motorsport’.
After a long seven-month break since the final round of the 2015 season, punctuated in December by a podium-finishing debut out-ing in the annual Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi, the Omani driver is relishing the prospect of being back in action at the wheel of his
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.Racing once again with the
Oman Racing Team powered by Motorbase, Ahmad cannot wait for Sunday’s opening three-hour con-test where he aims to get his fourth season in the championship off to a strong start with team-mates Jonny Adam and Devon Modell in the Pro-Am Cup Class.
DeterminedThis season marks the 34-year-old’s third piloting Aston Martin machinery in the pan-European
Blancpain Endurance Cup and the coming campaign looks set to be as competitive as ever, if not more so with the entry list for Monza fea-turing close to 60 cars — a remark-
able number. More than 20 cars will be eligible to battle for Pro-Am honours alone.
“It’s fantastic we’re only a few days away from the first round at
Monza, I really can’t wait”, said the Omani. “Every year you think Blancpain can’t get any stronger, any bigger, but it does and when you look at the entry list for this season it looks like it should be the most competitive championship yet.
“Everyone at the team is so de-termined to make the best start we can to the new season, it’s going to be great working with Jonny and Devon and we’re all looking for-ward to the weekend.
“It’s too early to know where we stand, so we’re not making any predictions, but we’ll aim to do the very best we can and be as compet-itive as possible.”
Enjoying excellent support from an impressive portfolio of spon-sors, headed by Oman Air for an eighth successive year, Ahmad is also backed in 2016 by the Minis-try of Sports Affairs, the National Bank of Oman (NBO), Barr Al Jis-sah and Omantel.
Additionally, of course, Ahmad is continuing in his role as am-
bassador for Aston Martin Mid-dle East and North Africa and, as such, retains strong links to the Al Hashar Group — the official dealer of Aston Martin in Oman.
“I’m very proud to again be sup-ported by so many incredible spon-sors and commercial partners, they are the reason we’re able to put the Oman Racing Team on the grid and be part of such an amaz-ing championship”, added Ahmad.
“I’m going into this season more determined than ever and very hungry to succeed. One thing is for sure, we’ll be giving our very best as we always do.”
The opening ‘Bronze Test’ of the 2016 Blancpain Endurance Cup season will get underway at 0900 hours (local time) on Saturday, with free practice then following at 1100 and pre-qualifying begin-ning at 16.25.
On Sunday, final qualifying will take place at 0900 (local time) with the opening race of the season getting underway at 1500.
After a seven-month break since the final
round of the 2015 season, the Omani driver is
relishing the prospect of being back in action
at the wheel of Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
It’s fantastic we’re only a few days away from the first round at Monza, I really can’t wait
Ahmad Al HarthyOman racing star
ICC bans Hong Kong all-rounder Ifran AhmedHONG KONG: Hong Kong all-rounder Irfan Ahmed has been banned for two and a half years for failing to disclose approaches made to him to engage in corrup-tion, the International Cricket Council said on Wednesday.
The 26-year-old Pakistan-born cricketer was provisional-ly suspended in November with the ICC’s anti-corruption unit (ACU) investigating his role in relation to the activities of an-other suspected offender.
“Whilst Mr Ahmed was not charged with any offence in-volving corruption, the ACU established that he had failed to disclose to it full details of approaches or invitations to en-gage in corrupt conduct that had been made to him between Jan-uary 2012 and January 2014,” the ICC said in a statement.
Ahmed, who had played in six ODIs and eight Twenty20 matches for Hong Kong, accept-ed the sanction and waived his right to appeal, the ICC added.
ACU chairman Ronnie Flana-gan said corrupt individuals had increased the targeting of play-ers from ICC Associate Member nations, where cricket is firmly established and organised, and the game’s stakeholders needed to stave them off.
“This penalty (imposed on Ahmed) should act as a reminder to all participants of the need to comply with their obligations under the (anti-corruption) code at all times and, in particular, the requirement to report corrupt approaches to the ACU without any delay,” Flanagan said.
“It is pleasing to note that the investigation upon which these charges were founded originat-ed from information that had been disclosed to the ACU.
“This is a clear and welcome demonstration that participants now more and more fully realise their own responsibilities in com-bating this scourge on the game through prompt and diligent re-porting as required by the Code.”
Ahmed’s ban is backdated to when he was provisionally sus-pended and will expire on May 4, 2018. - Reuters
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Red-hot Gujarat take on HyderabadRAJKOT: Unbeaten in all the three games they have played so far in the tournament, Gujarat Lions would look to continue with their impressive winning run when they take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL match here on Thursday.
The Lions have been in red-hot form in their debut season with convincing wins in all the three games and they would seek to maintain a clean slate on Thurs-day at the Saurashtra Cricket As-sociation Stadium.
The home side will also be bol-stered by the return of all-round-er Ravindra Jadeja who did not play in the Lion’s seven-wicket thrashing of defending champi-ons Mumbai Indians in Mumbai due to his wedding.
“Jadeja is all set to return to the team as all post marriage ritu-als got completed,” Lions team sources said.
The IPL debutants have won their two away matches against Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians. They also defeated Ma-hendra Singh Dhoni-led Rising Pune Supergiants at home by seven wickets. Australian opener Aaron Finch, who has hit three fifties in three matches, will once again be the batting mainstay for the Lions.
Finch, who had to battle mus-cle cramp in Lions’ win against Mumbai, started the IPL season in sparkling touch, scoring 74, 50 and 67 not out.
On each occasion, he has been named the man of the match, only the second time in IPL history a player has won the award three consecutive times.
Kiwi hard hitter Brendon Mc-Cullum is yet to score a big one as his highest in three matches has been 49 against Rising Super Kings, and he would look to make his mark tomorrow.
Captain Suresh Raina is yet to capitalise on the starts he has got in the previous games and he can be expected to score big runs at home turf.
Dinesh Karthik, Dwayne Bravo and Jadeja would be handy in the batting front for the Lions.
The bowling attack has also been up to the task with Bravo, James Faulkner and Praveen Kumar doing well in the pace department while Jadeja’s re-turn will bolster spin department which also has the likes of Pravin Tambe and Shadab Jakati.
Bravo has taken six wickets in three matches while Jadeja have four from the two matches he played. On the other hand, the Sunrisers have won just one match out of three games.
They scored a morale-boosting seven-wicket win over Mum-bai Indians at home in their last match with skipper David Warn-
er hitting an unbeaten 90 off just 59 balls. Warner can decimate a bowling attack on his day but his side’s batting line-up looked fragile in the absence of the likes of Yuvraj Singh and Kane Wil-liamson, who both suffered inju-ries during the World T20, and with the horrible run of form of Shikhar Dhawan who has scored just 16 in three games. Yuvraj and Williamson are unlikely to be available for tomorrow’s match.
Yuvraj is not expected to be fit till early next week and the Sun-risers are badly missing his ser-vices. Moises Henriques, Deepak Hooda and Eoin Morgan are the other key batsmen in Sunrisers squad. In the absence of senior pacer Ashish Nehra, who sus-tained a groin strain in Sunrisers’ first match against Royal Chal-lengers Bangalore, Bhuvneswar Kumar and Bangladesh seamer Mustafizur Rahman would han-dle the new ball.
They would be supported by the likes of Moises Henriques and spinner Bipul Sharma.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Deepak Hoo-da, Siddharth Kaul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Eoin Morgan, Mustafizur Rahman, Ashish Reddy, Ricky Bhui, Bipul Sharma, Trent Bolt, Ben Cutting, Ashish Nehra, Naman Ojha, Vijay Shankar, Karn Sharma, Barinder Sran, T Suman, Aditya Tare, Kane Williamson and Yuvraj Singh.
Gujarat Lions: Suresh Rai-na (C), Dwayne Bravo, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Ravin-dra Jadeja, Sarabjit Ladda, Ak-shadeep Nath, Amit Mishra, Dinesh Karthik, Shivil Kaushik, Dhawal Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, Brendon McCullum, Paras Dogra, Eklavya Dwivedi, Ishan Kishan, Shadab Jakati, Pradeep Sangwan, Jaydev Shah, Umang Sharma, Dwayne Smith, Dale Styne, Pravin Tambe and Andrew Tye. - PTI
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ON A ROLL: Gujarat Lions would look to continue with their im-
pressive winning run when they face Sunrisers. - BCCI
The Lions have been in
red-hot form in their debut
season with convincing
wins in all the three games
and they would seek to
maintain a clean slate on
Thursday at the Saurashtra
Cricket Association
Stadium with Jadeja
also set to return
after his wedding
Pollard steers Mumbai to six-wicket victory
MUMBAI: Leading from the front, skipper Rohit Sharma smashed 62 off just 44 balls to guide Mumbai Indians to a com-fortable six-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Wankhede Stadium here on Wednesday.
Batting first, Bangalore man-aged 170/7 in 20 overs. Travis Head (37) was the top scorer for the side.
In reply, riding on Rohit’s in-nings and Kieron Pollard’s quick-fire unbeaten 19-ball 39, defending champions Mumbai chased down the total easily as they posted 171/4 in 18 overs to bag their sec-ond win of the season.
Iqbal Abdulla (3-40) was the pick of the bowlers for Bangalore.
Chasing a challenging target of 171, Mumbai got off to a poor start, losing opener Parthiv Patel (5) in the second over itself.
But his opening partner Rohit Sharma and incoming Ambati Rayudu (31) held on to score at a good pace without losing any fur-ther wickets to score 51/1 after the
completion of the powerplay.As Rayudu was looking set af-
ter striking five boundaries, off-spinner Iqbal Abdulla scripted the much-needed breakthrough for the visitors, removing the right-handed batsman to put Mumbai at 82/2 in the 11th over.
The duo struck a 76-run part-nership for the second wicket.
Despite the fall of wicket at the other end, skipper Rohit used his experience to best effect to bring up his half century in 38 balls and keep the hosts on course towards the run chase.
But Abdulla struck for the sec-
ond time to dismiss Rohit in the 13th over to put Bangalore back into the game. Mumbai were 109/3 at his point of the game.
New batsmen Kieron Pollard and Jos Buttler (13) held on for a couple of overs before the lat-ter gave his wicket away in the 16th over.
But Pollard, who failed to im-press in earlier matches, came up with a quick-fire knock, smashing four boundaries and three sixes to steer his team to second victory in the IPL-9.
Earlier put into bat, the visitors got off to a flying start, scoring 49
for the loss of one wicket after the completion of powerplay.
K.L. Rahul took the initiative at the start, smashing two fours and two sixes for his 14-ball 23, but the right-handed batsman fell in the fourth over to the bowling of Mitchell McClenaghan to give Mumbai their first breakthrough.
But the wicket did not stop in-coming batsman AB de Villiers (29) and opener Virat Kohli (33) from playing their natural game.
The duo, who in the previous season smashed an unbeaten 215-run partnership at this venue against the same opposition, made batting look simple, piling on boundaries and sneaking in with twos at regular intervals to bring up a 50-run partnership for the second wicket in just 35 balls and help the team post 89/1 in 10 overs.
But the 11th over of the Banga-lore innings saw a big twist in the game as off-spinner Krunal Pandya dismissed in-form Kohli (caught at long-off ) followed by De Villiers (stumped) to bring Mum-bai back into the game.
Bangalore, after the two quick blows, were reduced to 93/3.
Incoming batsman Shane Wat-son (5) too didn’t last long.
Trying to guide an outside off stump delivery to third man, he eventually got a thin edge which was grabbed well by wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel.Young Sarfaraz Khan (28) and Head held on to guide the team to 112/4 after the completion of 15 overs.
The right- and left-handed bat-ting duo played sensibly to put up a much needed 50-run partnership for the fifth wicket in just 30 balls.
Jasprit Bumrah (3-31) and Krunal Pandya (2-27) were the pick of the bowlers for Mumbai.
Brief scores: Royal Challeng-ers Bangalore 170/7 in 20 overs (Travis Head 37; Jasprit Bumrah 3-31, Krunal Pandya 2-27) lost to Mumbai Indians 171/4 in 18 overs (Rohit Sharma 62; Iqbal Abdulla 3-40). - IANS
Rohit’s (62) innings
and Kieron Pollard’s
quick-fire unbeaten
19-ball 40 helped
defending champions
Mumbai Indians
chased down
Royal Challengers
Bangalore’s 170
with ample ease
FULL OF AGGRESSION: Mumbai Indians batsman Kieron Pollard
plays a shot during the match against Royal Challengers Banga-
lore at the Wankhede Stadium. – BCCI
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OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY COURSE FOR SHOOTING COACHES BEGINSThe Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) launched the Olympic Solidarity course for shooting coaches at the OOC on Wednes-
day. The course was inaugurated under the auspices of Sheikh Mahfoudh bin Ali Al Juma, member of the Shura Council and
Chairman of Oman Hockey Association (OHA) and in the presence of Lt. Col. Rashid bin Salim Al Balushi. The course, which
runs till April 27, is being organised by the OOC’s Olympic Solidarity Committee under the supervision of the Olympic Soli-
darity of the International Olympic Committee. A total of 29 coaches of the Oman Shooting Association are taking part in the
course, which is being conducted by Sinclair Bruce of Scotland. — Supplied photos
Oman Cricket likely to host Ramadan T10 tournament
MUSCAT: Oman Cricket is plan-ning to organise a T10 knockout tournament during the holy month of Ramadan.
According to officials of some teams, the Sultanate’s cricket body has communicated to the teams saying ‘Oman Cricket is pleased to announce that it proposes to conduct the first ever ten-overs-a-side Ramadan floodlight knockout cricket tournament’.
The Ministry of Sports Affairs turf ground will be the venue for the proposed tournament.
The tournament is open for all teams registered with Oman Cricket for 2015-16 season and its players who have played with the
corresponding teams, the commu-nique added.
According to the official com-munique, the tournament is scheduled to start on June 5 and conclude on June 26. Matches will be played on five days of the week, except on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
For the 32-team tournament, the entries will be accepted on on first come first serve basis.
The last date for registration of teams is May 20 and the individual players can also register till May 25. The participating teams will be divided into two groups of 16 teams each and the the knockout matches will see each group win-ners competing in the final.
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Refs on Euro penalty area clean-up mission
ENGHIEN-LES-BAINS: Put-ting attacking players between the defensive wall and the keeper at free-kicks will lead to any re-sulting goal being disallowed dur-ing Euro 2016 as referees aim to clamp down on penalty area in-fringements.
Speaking at a referees work-shop before the finals in France starting in June, UEFA’s chief ref-ereeing officer Pierluigi Collina said goal line technology would allow the additional assistant ref-eree (AAR) to focus on what hap-pens in the box.
Collina explained the reasons behind the decision at a news conference on Wednesday after meeting all the 24 national team coaches whose teams will play at the June 10-July 10 tournament to discuss the interpretation of the game’s rules.
“All of them 100 percent agreed with this interpretation (of the off-side rule),” the Italian said. “Putting an attacking wall (be-tween the defensive wall and the keeper) influences the goalkeep-er’s ability to do his job.
“Normally they (the attacking players) try to go back to an onside position before the kick is taken but often they can’t manage it.
“What we agreed with all 24
coaches in Paris (last month) is that if a team uses these tac-tics and the ball goes into the net the ‘goal’ will be disallowed because the goalkeeper’s vision is obstructed.”
Collina added that the refer-ees, who have gathered on the outskirts of Paris for a four-day workshop ending on Thursday, had been instructed to be “proac-tive” in warning the players.
Technological helpReferees will be greatly helped by goal line technology.
“(Before the goal line technol-ogy) they would miss something in the penalty area because they
were not watching the penalty area but had already an eye on the goal line,” said Collina.
“With the goal line technology the additional assistant referee can really be focused on the rest of the area”, where shirt pulling and holding can be a problem.
“I have to say that in UEFA competitions the problem of hold-ing and pulling has already been reduced, greatly diminished in the last seasons,” said Collina.
English referee Mark Clatten-burg said: “Now with the goal line technology... to clear up the goal, the additional referee can concen-trate more on the penalty area de-cisions, which are just as crucial
as the ball crossing the line.“They both complement each
other. With the instructions we’ve had we’ll be successful.”
Last weekend, holding and pull-ing in the area were a concern in Premier League leaders’ Leices-ter City’s 2-2 home draw against West Ham United and Clatten-burg said the problem could be reduced if additional assistant referees were used.
“In our federation we don’t have the additional referees we have in UEFA competitions (where) it (holding and pulling) has been heavily reduced.”
“It’s a deterrent the players can see,” he said. - Reuters
UEFA’s chief
refereeing officer
Collina said goal line
technology would
allow the additional
assistant referee
to focus on what
happens in the box
‘PROACTIVE’: UEFA’s Chief Refereeing Officer Pierluigi Collina during a workshop for referees of the
upcoming Euro 2016 soccer championships in Eaubonne, France. – Reuters
FANJA, SUWAIQ, AL AROUBA WINS TAKE OPL TITLE RACE TO THE WIREFanja, Suwaiq and Al Arouba recording contrasting
victories on Wednesday to take the Omantel Professional
League (OPL) title battle to the wire. In the 25th and pe-
nultimate week action, eight-time domestic league cham-
pions Fanja defeated Saham 2-0 and Suwaiq, who have
three titles to their credit, edged Muscat 2-1. Both Fanja
and Suwaiq now have 48 points each but the former sit
on top thanks to their better goal average. Al Arouba,
meanwhile, ensured the title race remains a three-way
battle going into the final week action on April 24 with a
2-1 win over Sohar on Wednesday. Al Arouba now have 47
points. In the day’s other matches, Al Shabab routed Sala-
lah 4-0, Al Musannah beat Al Nasr 2-0 and Dhofar won
3-2 against Al Khabourah. — ISMAIL AL FARSI/Times of Oman
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Bolt eyes triple ‘threepeat’ and sub-19 200m in Rio Olympics
NEW YORK: Sprint king Usain Bolt aims to crown his legacy with an unprecedented Olympic three-peat at the Rio Games, and to top that off by running the first ever sub-19 seconds 200 meters.
The long-striding Jamaican suggested he might not stop there, leaving open the chance he could extend his career beyond the 2017 season he has said would be his last.
Bolt has already swept the 100 and 200m sprints at the last two Olympics and added gold in the 4x100 relays in both Beijing (2008) and London (2012) with his Jamaican team mates.
“Just to defend my titles, to do the threepeat. That’s my main goal. That’s my main focus,” Bolt told Reuters on Tuesday after helping
sponsors Hublot open their big-gest U.S. fine watch store with a grand opening on Fifth Avenue.
“My secondary goal is to try and run sub-19,” added Bolt, who set the world 200m record of 19.19 in 2009. “That’s something I really want and I hope that everything goes smoothly and I can get it. That
would be a big step for me.”Bolt said he has been gradually
rounding into shape after dealing with ankle problems. “I’m feeling OK,” he said. “My coach says my fit-ness is not exactly where he wants it to be. Starting out this season I had a problem with my ankles and it was a setback but not that bad. We’re get-
ting back on track and he’s happy with the progress I’m making.”
Bolt said he would ramp up his preparations carefully so he can end his Olympic career with a flourish. “I really want to be at my best leading up to the champion-ships. I have two months before (Jamaican) trials and three and a
half months before the champion-ships,” he said.
“I’ll keep pushing myself and hopefully everything smoothes out and I’ll be at my best when the Olympics comes around.”
Bolt said he would run his first race in Cayman, then in Ostrava and then to his coach’s June meet
in Jamaica before the trials and then on to the Diamond League meeting in London.
The 29-year-old said his coach, Glen Mills, wanted him to leave the retirement door open.
“Coach says I shouldn’t say I want to retire just yet, I should fo-cus on the year and see how I feel after the (2017) world champion-ships (in London),” said the six-time Olympic gold medallist.
“And if I still feel like I want to retire, I should. But he says to give it a chance, because I think my coach is pushing for me to go a few more years. We’ll see what hap-pens,” he added.
“Personally, I don’t really want to continue for years and years because it’s getting hard. I have to sacrifice more and more. It takes up so much of your time.”
In any event, Bolt said he would not treat 2017 like a farewell tour.
“I’m never going to come out and joke or be a joke in a season. I’m a winner. I believe in winning. I hate to lose. I will never come out and say it is a farewell tour. I will want to compete at my best, go to the championships and win again.”
As for the legacy he hoped to leave the sport he has dominated for eight years, Bolt spoke about another Hublot spokesman, 75-year-old soccer great Pele.
“I met Pele today. For me, it was a dream come true,” Bolt said. “I’ve always said I want to be the great-est. I want to be like Pele and Ali and all those guys.
“I want to be great. I want to be remembered as one of the greatest that have ever done the sport.” - Reuters
Usain Bolt has
already swept the 100
and 200m sprints at
the last two Olympics
and added gold in the
4x100 relays in both
Beijing (2008) and
London (2012)
with his Jamaican
team mates
BIG HOPE: Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt poses during a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the flagship “Hublot” store on Fifth Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York. – Reuters
Neymar under scrutiny as Barca stuttersBARCELONA: Barcelona for-ward Neymar finds himself at the centre of unwanted media at-tention in Spain as his struggling team’s promising season threatens to unravel after a run of defeats.
The Brazilian has not scored in his last five games and is being portrayed as one of the reasons for Barca’s woes after three straight La Liga losses has seen them caught by Atletico Madrid, who have also knocked them out of the Champions League.
Barcelona-based newspaper La Vanguardia this week focused on the 24-year-old’s conduct off the pitch, particularly his “trips away, parties at unadvisable times and commercial commitments”. He visited Brazil in March for his sis-ter’s birthday party.
TV programme ‘El Dia Despu-es (The Day After) on Tuesday showed Neymar arguing with Jor-di Ala during Sunday’s home de-feat by Valencia after the defender chose not to pass to him. Camera footage showed Neymar appear-ing to swear at his team mate.
Barcelona play Deportivo La Coruna on Wednesday looking
to get their title bid back on track with the cover of newspaper Mundo Deportivo focusing on Neymar, pictured between Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, below the headline ‘This cannot go on’.
The focus on Neymar comes at a time when his future at Barcelo-na is unclear. The Brazilian is ne-gotiating a new contract, although newspaper reports say Man-chester United and Paris Saint Germain are trying to tempt him away. Barca vice president Jordi Mestre has denied that the club
has any intention of selling Ney-mar, who came third in the FIFA Ballon d’Or awards behind Messi and Ronaldo in January.
“We are delighted with Neymar and he is not for sale. It’s not even crossed our minds,” Mestre told Barca TV on Tuesday. “We are ab-solutely satisfied with his perfor-mances and his behaviour.”
Another bone of contention be-tween Barcelona and Neymar is his willingness to play for Brazil in the Centenary Copa America in June and the Olympic Games in
Rio de Janeiro in August.Mestre made it clear the club
only want Neymar to play in one of the tournaments.
“We can’t prevent him from playing in a FIFA competition, but we recommend that he only plays one competition because he has played a lot of games,” he said.
“The seasons are long and tough and we believe he should rest, but it’s a decision he has to make with the coaches. We’ve made the rec-ommendation we feel is best for everyone.” - Reuters
F O O T B A L L
BAD RUN: Barcelona’s Brazilian forward Neymar puts his head against the goal post during the Span-ish league football match against Valencia CF at the Camp Nou stadium. – AFP
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Those who watched Ang Lee’s criti-cally acclaimed 2012 Hollywood flick, Life of Pi, would never forget Santosh Patel, the father of the protagonist, Pi Patel, and the owner of a zoo in Pondi-
cherry in India.Adil Hussain, still cherishes the role that earned
him appreciation from around the world. “It was great opportunity to work in an Ang Lee movie. He is a serious director who makes movies only when he wants to tell a story,” Adil said.
The versatile actor also spoke about his associa-tion with theatre, differences between acting in a drama and film, among many other things, in a freewheeling interview, a day after completing the shoot of his new Malayalam movie, Naval Enna Jewel, in Muscat last week.
ExcerptsLife of Pi gave you international acclaim. How was your experience of working with Ang Lee?I was fascinated by Ang Lee’s humble, soft-spoken attitude. World knows him as an Oscar winning director, but no one will notice his presence on the sets. He sits silently on one corner and never shouts at his colleagues. I haven’t seen a director like him.
You are known as a theatre personality. How difficult it is to act in movies?The culture of theatre is sacred, where actors rehearse for many days to make their roles perfect. But films have a different character. I was con-fused when I entered the set for my debut movie. I couldn’t concentrate as it was quite noisy. Even the sound of the clap between the scenes made me uncomfortable.
What are the major differences between acting in a play and a movie?Filming is based on the location. The last scene may be shot first while the first one may be shot last. Everything is arranged during the editing stage. But drama follows a proper order, from beginning to end. Proximity is another important factor. I know the position of the audience in theatre, and I know how much is too much, and how low is too less. Proximity still confuses me in the movies.
You have acted in Indian and foreign language movies. How different is the experience?Foreign language movies, especially Hollywood films, are well organised. Movie makers provide the script well in advance. It gives actors enough preparation time. It doesn’t happen in most of the Indian movies. The work culture needs to change.
Which are the movies that gave you satisfaction?I got challenging roles in Partho-Sen Gupta’s Marathi movie, Sunrise, and Budhayan Mukher-jee’s Hindi movie, The Violin Player. Gauri Shinde’s comedy-drama film, English Vinglish, too made me feel proud. But I believe that I haven’t done the best role of my career yet. I am waiting for the role that will explore the complexities of human being.
How is it possible to balance between commercial movies and theatre?Recently, I acted in a movie, Mukti Bhavana (Salvation Home), directed by young and talented Subashish. It delves into a complicated father-son relationship. When I read the script, I wanted to do it. But the director told me that they were making it on a shoe-string budget. I didn’t pull off from the project. The gruelling 30-day schedule was a nice experience. I have high hopes for the movie, which will be screened in the 73rd Venice Film Festival.
I could afford to act in it, as I earn enough from big budget films. For example, I will act in Robot – 2 (South Indian film icon Rajnikant-starrer), and Force -2 (Bollywood hero John Abraham-starrer) to make money.
How did you fall in love with acting?Two stand-up comedians used to perform near our home in Assam when I was just four-years old. They imitated Bollywood stars. I looked at them with respect, and I began to imitate them. When I was enrolled in kindergarten, the teacher picked me to act in a 30-minute play, Capmaker and the Sailor. Later, I got good roles in school and college plays. And it drove me to the National School of Drama, the premier drama school in India.
You teach acting at India’s reputed National School of Drama. What are the traits of a good actor?Passion for acting is important. A good actor should be curious, should lend an ear to others, and see the world through others. Craft is another important factor. Actors should learn the connec-tion between breath and emotions.–[email protected]
The Versatile Actor
ADIL
HUSSAIN,
THE
QUINTESSENTIAL
THEATRE
PERSONALITY,
MADE A LATE
ENTRY INTO
THE FILM WORLD,
BUT IT DIDN’T
DETER HIM
FROM CARVING
A NICHE FOR
HIMSELF IN
HOLLYWOOD,
BOLLYWOOD,
AND OTHER
INDIAN
REGIONAL
LANGUAGE
MOVIES.
ADIL HUSSAIN’S MOVIESHindi
Kaminey, Ishqiya, Agent Vinod, English
Vinglish, Lootera, Boyss Toh Boyss Hain,
Kaanchi: The Unbreakable, The Xposé,
Zed Plus, Ahaan, Zahhak, Angry Indian
Goddesses, Umrika
EnglishFor Real, The Reluctant Fundamentalist,
Life of Pi, Lessons in Forgetting, Tigers,
RN Gupta, Main Aur Charles, Jai Ho
Democracy, Unfreedom, White Lies, Feast
of Varanasi, Nanak Shah Fakir, Mantra
BengaliGangor
Upin, Har Har Byomkesh
AssameseRaag: The Rhythm of Love, Sringkhal,
Rodor Sithi
Tamil Yatchan
MarathiSunrise
MalayalamNaval Enna Jewel
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Bahrain 24 605 074/133
Bangladesh 24 698 660
Brazil 24640100
Brunei 24 603533
China 24 696782
Cyprus 24 699815
Egypt 24 600 982/411
France 24681 800
Germany 24835000
India 24684500
Indonesia 2469 1050
Iran 24 696 944/7
Iraq 24603642
Italy 24693727
Japan 24 601 028
Jordan 24692760/1/3
Kazakhstan 24 692418
Kenya 24 697664
South Korea 24 691490
Kuwait 24 699628
Lebanon 24 693208
Libya 24603466
Malaysia 24698329/643
Morocco 24696152/3
Nepal 24696177
Netherlands 24603706
Pakistan 24603439
Palestine 24601312
Philippines 24605335
Qatar 24 691 153/2/4
Russia 24602894
Saudi Arabia 24601705
Senegal 24694139
Somalia 24697977
South Africa 24647300
Spain 24691101
Sri Lanka 24697841/2
Sudan 24697875
Switzerland 24603267
Syria 24697904
Tanzania 24601 174
Thailand 24 602684/5
Tunisia 24603486
Turkey 24697050/1/2
UAE 24400000
United Kingdom 24609000
United States 24643400
Yemen 24600815
PHARMACIES (ROUND THE CLOCK)
Al Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi 24783334
Apollo Medical Centre,
Hamriya 24782666
Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi 24702542
Salalah 23291635;
Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra 24503585
Muscat Region
Apollo, Al Hamriya 24787766
Muscat, A Seeb Market 24421691
Muscat, Al Khuwair 24485740
Muscat, Al Hail South 24537080
Dhofar Region
Muscat, Al Nahdha Road,
Salalah 23291635
HOSPITALS
Al Amal Medical & Health Care Centre
24485052
Atlas Hospital
Ruwi 24811743/
Ghubra 24504000
Al Musafir Specialised
Medical Clinic 24706453
Hatat Polyclinic LLC,
Ruwi 24563641
Azaiba 24499269
Sohar 2683006
Al Raffah Hospital 24618900/1/2
Al Massaraat Clinic &
Laboratory 24566435
Al Makook Medical
Coordinance Centre 24499434
Apollo Medical Centre,
Hamriya 24787766, 24787780
Capital Polyclinic 24707549
Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic,
Ruwi 24799760/1/2
Capital Clinic, Seeb 24420740
Ceregem National Raak 24485633
Dr Harub’s Clinic 24563217
Elixir Health Centre 24565802
Emirates Medical Centre 24604540
1st Chiropractic Centre 24472274
Lifeline Hospital Salalah 23212340
International Medical
Centre LLC 24794501/2/3/4/5
Kims Oman Hospital 24760100
24 Hrs Emergency 24760123
Lama Polyclinic, Sohar 26751128
MBD 24799077
Al Khuwair 24478818
Magrabi Eye and
Ear Hospital 24568870
Muscat Private Hospital 24583600
Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment
Centre, Al Khuwair 24477666
Al Hayat International Hospital, Al Ghubra
22004000, 94267068/97049520
Al Hayat Clinic, Al Hail 22009455
AIRLINE OFFICES
Muscat Airport Flight information
(24 hours) 24519456/24519223
Aeroflot 24704455
Air Arabia 24700828
Air France 24562153
Air India 24799801
Air New Zealand 24700732
Biman Bangladesh Airlines 24701128
British Airways 24568777
Cathay Pacific 24789818
Egypt Air 24794113
Emirates Air 24404400
Ethiopian Airlines 24660313
Gulf Air 80072424
Indian 24791914
Iran Air 24787423
Japan Airlines 24704455
Jazeera Airways 23294848
Jet Airways 24787248
Kenya Airways 24660300
KML Royal Dutch Airlines 24566737
Kuwait Airways 24701262
LOT Polish Airlines 24796387
Lufthansa 24796692
Malaysian Airlines 24560796
Middle East Airlines 24796680
Oman Air 24531111
Pakistan International
Airlines 24792471
Qatar Airways 24771900
Qantas 24559941
Royal Jordanian 24796693
Saudi Arabian Airlines 24789485
Singapore Airlines 24791233
Shaheen Air 24816565
SriLankan Airlines 24784545
Swiss International
Airlines 24796692
Thai Airways 24705934
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FROM MUSCAT (RUWI)
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15:00 Quriyat 16:30 Daily
15:00 Sur 18:00 Daily
15:00 Jaalan 19:30 Daily
TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)
06:30 Sohar 08:50 Daily
06:30 Buraimi 11:00 Daily
08:00 Buraimi 14:30 Daily via Ibri
13:00 Sohar 15:45 Daily
13:00 Buraimi 17:40 Daily
16.00 Sohar 18.35 Daily
16.00 Buraimi 20:20 Daily
TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)
17:30 Sinaw 20:50 Daily
TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)
14:30 Nizwa 16:50 Daily
14:30 Yanqul 19:30 Daily
TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)
08:00 Nizwa 10:20 Daily
08:00 Al Araqi 12:30 Daily
TO SUR (ROUTE 55)
07:30 Sur 12:00 Daily
14:30 Sur 18:45 Daily
TO FAHUD - YIBAL (ROUTE 62)
06:30 Fahud 10:30 Daily
06:30 Yibal 11:15 Daily
TO MARMUL-SALALAH (ROUTE 100)
07:00 Salalah 20:00 Daily
10:00 Marmul 20:30 Daily
10:00 Salalah 23:30 Daily
19:00 Salalah 07:40 Daily
TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)
06:00 Marmul 16:50 Daily
SALALAH TO DUBAI (ROUTE 102)
15:00 Dubai 07:00 Daily
TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)
06:00 Sohar 08:30 Daily
06:00 Dubai 11:30 Daily
13:00 Sohar 15:30 Wed,Thur
13:00 Dubai 18:30 Wed,Thur
15:00 Sohar 17:35 Daily
15:00 Dubai 20:55 Daily
TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)
07:00 Fujairah 11.45 Daily
07:00 Sharjah 13.30 Daily
07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily
TO MUSCAT (RUWI)
Dept Destination Arrival Operatingtime time days
FROM JAALAN-SUR-QURIYAT (ROUTE 36)
05:30 Sur 06:45 Daily
05:30 Quriyat 08:30 Daily
05:30 Ruwi 10:00 Daily
TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)
07:00 Sohar 08:55 Daily
07:00 Ruwi 11:40 Daily
13:30 Ruwi 20:20 Daily via Ibri
13:00 Sohar 14:55 Daily
13:00 Ruwi 17:40 Daily
13:00 Sohar 19:20 Daily
17:00 Ruwi 22:15 Daily
TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)
07:00 Ruwi 10:25 Daily
TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)
06:00 Nizwa 08:40 Daily
06:00 Ruwi 11:00 Daily
TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)
15:40 Nizwa 17:55 Daily
15:40 Ruwi 20:20 Daily
TO SUR (ROUTE 55)
06:00 Ruwi 10:45 Daily
14:30 Ruwi 19:00 Daily
TO YIBAL - FAHUD (ROUTE 62)
12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily
12:30 Ruwi 17:30 Daily
TO SALALAH -MARMUL (ROUTE 100)
07:00 Ruwi 19:50 Daily
10:00 Marmul 13:15 Daily
10:00 Ruwi 22:30 Daily
19:00 Ruwi 07:30 Daily
TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)
06:00 Marmul 16:30 Daily
DUBAI TO SALALAH (ROUTE 102)
15:00 Salalah 07:00 Daily
TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)
07:30 Sohar 10:50 Daily
07:30 Ruwi 13:40 Daily
13:00 Sohar 16:15 Thur-Fri
13:00 Ruwi 19:10 Thur-Fri
15:30 Sohar 18:45 Daily
15:30 Ruwi 21:35 Daily
FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH/SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)
16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily
16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily
16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily
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SHATTIThe Huntsman: Winter’s War – (3D) (Action | Drama) (PG12)Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain3:15, 5:00, 9:15 & 11:30PMPrecious Cargo – (2D) (Action) (12+)Cast: Bruce Willis, Claire Forlani3:00, 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30PMDemolition (2D) (Comedy | Drama) (12+)Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts4:45, 6:45PMCabin Fever (2D) (Horror) (18+)Cast: Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario11:45PMFan (Hindi| Thriller) (PG12)Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Joelle Koissi8:45PMThe Jungle Book - (3D) Drama| Family) (PG)Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley3:00, 5:30 &7:15PM
MUSCAT GRAND MALLThe Huntsman: Winter’s War – 3D (PG12) Action| Adventure | DramaCast: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain12:30, 7:30, 11:30 PMGold Class – 5:00 PMPrecious Cargo – 2D (12+) ActionCast: Bruce Willis, Claire Forlani5:45, 9:45, 11:45 PMGold Class – 3:15, 9:15, 11:15 PMThe Jungle Book – 3D (PG) Adventure | Drama| FamilyCast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:45 PMGold Class – 7:15 PMFan – 2D (PG12) Hindi| ThrillerCast: Shah Rukh Khan, Joelle Koissi2:45, 8:45 PM
PANORAMA MALLThe Huntsman: Winter’s War – (3D) (Action | Drama) (PG12)Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain3:45, 6:00 &11:30PMPrecious Cargo – (2D) (Action) (12+) VIP LOUNGECast: Bruce Willis, Claire Forlani,3:00, 4:45 & 11:30PMPrecious Cargo – (2D) (Action) (12+)2:30, 9:30 & 11:15PMThe Ones Below – (2D) (Thriller) (15+)Cast: Clémence Poésy, David Morrissey4:15 & 11:45PMFan - (Hindi| Thriller) - VIP LOUNGE (PG12)Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Joelle Koissi8:30PMFan (Hindi| Thriller) (PG12)6:00, 8:15 & 11:15PMThe Jungle Book – (3D) (Adventure | Drama| Family) (PG) - VIP LOUNGECast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley6:30PMThe Jungle Book (MX4D) (Adventure) (PG)3:30, 5:30, 7:30 & 9:30PM
The Jungle Book - (3D) Adventure | Drama| Family) (PG)3:15, 5:15 & 7:15PMBatman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice (3D) (Action, Adventure) (PG12)Cast: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams9:00PM
AZAIBA The Huntsman: Winter’s War (3D) (Action |Adventure | Drama) (PG12) Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain3:15, 11:45 PMThe Jungle Book (3D) (Adventure|Family)(PG) Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 11:30 PMFan (2D) (Thriller) (PG12) Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Joelle Koissi2:30, 5:30, 8.30, 11:15 PMLaal Rang (2D) (Thriller) (PG12) Cast: Randeep Hooda, Piaa Bajpai3:30, 9:00, 11:30 PMKali (Mal) (2D) (Romance | Thriller) (12+) Cast: Dulquer Salmaan and Sai Pallavi6:15, 9:15 PMTheri (Tamil) (2D) (Comedy | Action) (12+)
Cast: Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu6:00 PMSarrainodu (Telugu) (2D) (Action) (TBC) Cast: Allu Arjun / Rakul Preet Singh8:30 PM
RUWIScreen 1Laal Rang (Action / Thriller) –PG12Cast: Randeep Hudda, Piaa Bajpai2.30 PMFan (Thriller) –PG12Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Joelle Koissi, Mariola Jaworska5.30, 8.30, 11.30 PMScreen 2Fan (Thriller) –PG12Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Joelle Koissi2.30 PMThe Jungle Book (2D) (Adventure /Drama/ Family) –PGCast: Scarlett Johansson, Idris Elba5.15, 7.10 PMLaal Rang (Action / Thriller) –PG12Cast: Randeep Hudda, Piaa Bajpai9.05, 11.45 PMScreen 3
The Jungle Book (2D) (Adventure /Drama/ Family) –PGCast: Scarlett Johansson, Idris Elba3.30, 9.30 PMLaal Rang (Action / Thriller) –PG12Cast: Randeep Hudda, Piaa Bajpai6.30, 11.45 PM
SURPrecious Cargo (Action) (12+) Cast: Bruce Wiilis, Claire Forlani, John Brotherton3:00, 5:30, 11:45 PMThe Huntsman: Winter’s War (Action | Adventure | Drama) (PG12) Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Charlize Theron3:30, 9:30, 11:45 PMFan (Hindi | Thriller) (PG12) Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Joelle Koissi, Mariola Jaworska8:45 PMThe Jungle Book 3D (Adventure | Drama | Family) (PG) Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley.4:45, 6:45 PMKali (Mal) (Romance | Thriller) (12+) Cast: Dulquer Salman, Sai Pallavi 7:15 PM.
SOHARThe Huntsman: Winter’s War – 3D (Action, Adventure, Drama) (PG12)Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Charlize Theron3:45, 6:15, 11:30PMPrecious Cargo– 2D (Action) (12+)Cast: Bruce Willis, Claire Forlani, John Brotherton3:15, 6:45, 9:15, 11:30 PMThe Ones Below– 2D (Thriller) (15+)Cast: Clémence Poésy, David Morrissey, Stephen Campbell Moore5:00, 11:45 PMThe Jungle Book – 3D (Adventure, Drama, Family) (PG)Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley3:15, 5:15, 7:15PMFan-2D (Crime, Drama, Thriller) (PG12)3:00, 8:30, 11:30PMTheri – 2D (Romance, Comedy) (12+)Cast: Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu6:30PM
Kali – 2D (Romantic, Thriller) (12+)Cast: Dulquer Salmaan & Sai Pallavi9:30PM
BURAIMIFan PG12 (Hindi, Thriller)Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Joelle Koissi3:00, 8:30 PM.The Jungle Book (3D) PGCast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley3:30, 5:30, 7:30PMCabin Fever 18+ (Horror)Cast: Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario, Samuel Davis11:45PMThe Huntsman: Winter’s War PG12 (Action)Cast : Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain4:30, 9:30, 11:30PMPrecious Cargo 12+ (Action)Cast : Bruce Willis, Claire Forlani2:45, 6:30, 11:30 PMThe Ones Below 15 + (Thriller) Cast: Clémence Poésy, David Morrissey5:45, 9:45PMKali 12+ (Malayalam) Romantic | ThrillerCast: Dulquer Salmaan and Sai Pallavi7:30PM
SALALAHThe Jungle Book (3D) (PG) (Adventure ) Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30PMThe Huntsman: Winter’s War (3D) (PG12) Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron2:00, 6:00, 11:30PMFan (2D) (PG12) (Thriller) Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Joelle Koissi7:00, 8:15, 11:15PMDemolition (2D) (12+) (Comedy Drama) Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts5:00PMPrecious Cargo (2D) (12+) (Action) Cast: Bruce Willis, Claire Forlani, John Brotherton12:15, 3:15, 10:00, 11:55PMThe Ones below (2D) (15+) (Thriller)Cast: Clémence Poésy, David Morrissey, Stephen Campbell Moore1:30, 4:15PMKali (2D) (12+) (Mal) (Romantic | Thriller)Cast: Dulquer Salmaan and Sai Pallavi8:30PM
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Precious Cargo – 2D (12+) ActionCast: Bruce Willis, Claire Forlani5:45, 9:45, 11:45 PMGold Class – 3:15, 9:15, 11:15 PM
Laal Rang (Action / Thriller) –PG12Cast: Randeep Hudda, Piaa Bajpai2.30, 9.05, 11.45 PM
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The Huntsman: Winter’s War (Action)Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain4.00, 8.00, 10.00, & 11.55 PMCP No: 1105 (PG12)Cabin Fever (Horror)Cast: Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario4.30 & 11.55 PMCP No: 1106 (18+)Demolition (Comedy / Drama)Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper2.00 & 6.00 PMCP No: 1107 (12+)Fan (Hindi) (Drama / Thriller)Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Waluscha De Souza2.00, 6.30, & 9.15 PMCP No: 1100 (PG12)
STAR CINEMAFilm information 24791641 / 24786776
Website: www.isurf.co.omKali (Mal) (Comedy & Drama) Cast: Dulquar Salmaan & Sai Pallavi 3:00, 6:30 & 10:00 PM Cinema Main From Friday: 5:00, 8:00 & 11:00 PM Cinema Main \ 3:30 Cinema-2Vetrivel (Tamil) (Action\Comedy) Cast: M. Sasi Kumar & Miya George 9:45 PM Cinema -3From Friday: 3:45, 6:45 & 9:45 PM Cinema -4 Theri (Tamil) (Action) Cast: Vijay & Samantha 3:30, 6:30 & 9:30 PM Cinema -2 From Friday: 6:30 & 9:30 PM Cinema-2Fan (Hindi) (Action\Drama) Cast: Shahrukh Khan & IIeana Dcruz 3:45, 6:45 & 9:45 PM Cinema -4Maheshinte Prathikaram ( Mal) ( Comedy) Cast: Fahad Faasil &Anusree 3:45 & 6:45 PM Cinema -3 From Friday: Sarrainodo (Telugu) (Action & Drama) Cast: Allu Arjun & Rakul Preet Singh 1:30 PM Cinema Main \ 3:45 ,6:45 & 9:45 PM Cinema-3\ Programmes are subject to change
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Demolition (2D) (Comedy | Drama) (12+)Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts4:45, 6:45PM
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H ave you ever been mis-taken for someone else? It can be very embar-
rassing. Only last week, a man waved at me as I was coming out of a shop. I could not recognise him and he squeezed my hand warmly as we shook hands.
I could see that he knew I was not the person he thought I was. But we exchanged a few compli-ments. I asked him how he was doing. “I am doing alright, no complaints,” he said.
There must have been a puzzled look on my face, which perhaps begged him to explain further. “You know,” he looked right into my eyes, “you begin with many ex-pectations…” He let the sentence trail away, then I filled the blanks and said, “but we have learned to be content with what we have.”
He broke into a smile and agreed without saying a word. As I was driving off, I found myself thinking about what he had said to me, I realised, with some sur-prise, that the man, in less than a minute, had told me a story of his life! As a matter of fact, he spoke for millions around the world who sought a similar path only to realise much later that they have always been on it.
When we look ourselves in the mirror we see a face that asks, “have we arrived there yet?” I wonder when did he realise that he has always been where he needed to be. When our ex-pectations and dreams know no bounds it becomes easy to write off all the achievements in the past. The light comes in one spontaneous moment which, if you are lucky, brightens up what appeared to have been lost but was always with you.
A fellow journalist once
shared an invaluable lesson with me. “If you think that you still have not reached your full poten-tial, then write yourself a brief autobiography,” he said, “you will find out you have already done so and you have been hard on your-self for nothing.”
You don’t have to be a literary genius, but a brief sketch, in the same way you do a biodata, is enough to reflect back. It is amaz-ing how we like to look at the past critically and the future with great hope. Perhaps, in doing so, we miss much of the pleasures of the present.
There’s a simple philosophy that says, “what we had, what we have, and what we are going to have is the same thing.”
One British tycoon was once quoted by newspapers saying, “we only need three meals a day and one bed to sleep in the night.”
He said those words when he was asked what his reaction for losing a lucrative contract was. What he was really saying was that three meals and a bed are something we work for and need all the time. Again, you don’t have to be a millionaire to work that out.
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Singer Swagatalakshmi to perform in MuscatRENOWNED Bengali singer and exponent of Rabindra Sangeet, Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, will perform in Muscat at Al Falaj au-ditorium on April 22 (Friday), during the annual cultural festival of the Oman Chapter of Jadavpur University Alumni Association.
Swagatalakshmi has touched
the hearts of music lovers across the globe.
The cultural festival, Sanskriti 2016, will begin at 7.30pm with Manoj Mitra’s one-act play, Sho-tyi Bhuter Golpo, performed by the association members.
Email [email protected] to get your invitation.
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Khattab Institute for the Blind in Al Khoud has opened
a new facility to train visu-ally challenged students the art of pottery. The work-shop is funded by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO).
PDO will also extend its support in the sales and mar-keting of the products. Ac-cording to Moza Al Kindi, Deputy Director of the Omar bin Khattab Institute for the Blind, the institute is com-mitted to ensuring the edu-cational and training needs of the visually challenged and raising their economic and social status. “The workshop will enable them to learn a new skill which they can use to generate income,” she said.
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Contact: 99224748 / 99332297
Flat for rent 2 BHK 2 split A/C,
2 toilets, Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti
Masjid. Contact – 97007934 /
92609232
Office space small in Azaiba.
Contact: 99428143
2BHK at Mawaleh near
Sadiq Al Amin Mosque.
Contact: 99224748 / 99332297
7 B/R en-suite villa for rent/lease
with ac, 1100 OMR per month, loca-
tion: al khuwair opp. safeer plaza
hotel. Contact : 93389107
Brand new double bed room flats
with two and three toilets, split ac,
elevators available at Al Khoudh
next to Al koudh health center.
Contact 99022675
Available for Rent one Room
with Bathroom and Kitchen in Al
Khuwair (near Sagar Polyclinic),
suitable for Executive Bachelors or
Couples. Contact 99225008
Flat for rent in Ruwi, Mumtaz area
2 bedrooms. Contact: 24291500 /
91409667
Villa for rent in Al Mawaleh be-
hind Al Tawfeer Super market nr
Al Mawaleh facilities - 7 spacious
bedrooms, 7 toilets, 1 big hall, 1
family hall, 1 kitchen & parking,
rent 800/-negotiable.
Contact: 92885889 / 95031133
Office for rent. Contact: 99355330
1000 sqmtrs industrial land for
rent in Ghala suitable for
warehouse workshop etc.
Contact 24700120 / 92584715
Flat for rent in Wadi Kabeer near
India Primary School 2B & 1K.
Contact: 92222922
1000 sqm Industrial space with
office and accommodation, near
Grand Mosque, Ghala.
Contact: 99364938
2 bed rooms flat with hall,
2 bathrooms in Darsait near
Muscat Municipality.
Contact: 92584715/ 24700120
1BHK at Hamriya near Muscat
Pharmacy & 2 BHK at Mawaleh
near Mosque Sadiq Al Amin.
Contact: 99224748 / 99332297
1 BHK in Azaiba. Contact:
99385835 / 99428143
Flats in Qurum. Contact 94051789
/ 97201688
Villa for rent Al Zahiya Muttrah, 5
rooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen & big
compound. Contact: 91163611
New flat at Al Wadi Al Kabir.
Contact: 96130797 / 92130703
Flats in Wadi Kabir. Contact
94051789 / 97201688
2 B, 1Bathroom & 1K in Al
Azaiba (Behind Zubair Showroom).
RO340/- Call: 98989054
Ware houses in Hay Aseem Barka,
11000 m2 near round about new
Beach road at Al Khoud location
open store with office.
Contact 92959129
Flats in Darsait. Contact
94051789 / 97201688
Fully Furnished apartments in
Boucher (35) Contact 94051789 /
97201688
Flats in Muttrah. Contact
94051789 / 97201688
Offices in Ghala. Contact
94051789 / 97201688
Shops / flats available in Honda
Road, Ruwi & Mabellah Indus-
trial area. Contact 24833972/
24833974/ 99367448
Flat for Rent 2 bed room Near ISM
muscat Indian Scoole Dar sate
Tel : 00 968 95158570
Brand new villas in Al Ansab.
Contact 94051789 / 97201688
Offices & Showrooms in Mutrah.
Contact 94051789 / 97201688
Duplex villa in QURUM 29.
Contact 94051789 / 97201688
Offices & Showrooms in Al Khoud.
Contact 94051789 / 97201688
Flat in Al Khuwair opp grand mall
4 room 3 toilet + hall kitchen in 3
floor 400. Contact 99420346
2BHK available Mumtaz area
Ruwi. Contact: 99269751
Flats, shops and store for rent in
Ruwi, MBD & Mumtaz. Contact:
97293708 / 92433127
New building Wattayah main
road, showroom & office space.
Contact 94300909
2BHK flat shops / ware house
space available for rent behind
new ROP building at Honda road.
Contact 91165807
2 BHK / 1BHK near Machi Market
Ruwi. R.O 200/- & 225/-.
Contact: 99354771
Furnished office (61M2) for sale
/ rent Al Khuwair near Zawawi
Mosque. Contact: 95611569
Quality Warehouses
for rent at Mizfa 550 sqm to 3400 sqm.
Contact 99332291 / 96046951
FOR RENTIN RUWI
1 BHK – SPILT A/C,
BUILT IN WARDROBE
&CENTRALIZED GAS.
SPACIOUS 2 BHK.
Contact :990 49 722
Flat in Wadi Al Kabir 2 bedrooms,
1 living room, 1 family hall, kitchen
& 3 bathrooms. Contact: 99277787
Room for rent in Al Khuwair near
Ibis hotel, very big. R.O 180/-.
Contact: 95724975
Two modern fully furnished &
DAILY GUIDET H U R S D AY, A P R I L 2 1 , 2 0 1 6 D3
FOR SALE
FOR SALE
FOR RENT
1100.00 m2 com. & Res. plot at heart
of Ruwi. Contact: 93666944
Excavator Volvo 240 & Hydraulic
Hammers. Contact: 99209427
Fork lift Caterpillar (tool carrier cat
it 28 f) oxy / PDO certified with
excellent condition for sale.
Contact details: gsm: 99332937,
land ph: 24446535
Shop for sale in Mabela Sanayya-3
suitable for any business.
Contact : 96653000
2012 S350L AMG Mercedes special
order 62500 KM asking 21800 Tel:
99423189
Pharmacy in prime location in
Muttrah Souq. Contact: 95803883
Dental Clinic for sale in Seeb.
Contact: 96373097 / 92882209
Coffee shop for sale in Al Khuwair
33. Contact: 92994415
Villas in Al Khoud.#95056808 /
97201688
Luxury Apartments in Boucher
(35). Contact 95056808 /
97201688
Single colorful Bed and Sofa for
Sale at Al Khuwair. # 92881849 /
What`s up No 97290565
Furniture and other treatment
items for Ayurvedic clinic.
Contact 97986525
Steel Scrap materials for im-
mediate sale. Contact 99273774/
99202278
Almost new beach/ garden lounge
chairs /bar stools/ counter. Photos
can be sent 95865457
A well running pharmacy for
sale at prime location. contact
99627621, 93240949
Space for printing press available
at wadikabir with or without
machinery. Contact 99328430
Urgent sale of steel scrap only
serious buyers kindly contact +968
96725423 for viewing the items.
400 sq mtrs Commercial/Residen-
tial land in Mabela Phase 5 Block 2.
OMR 165 Thousand. # 99333479 or
95215360 or 97509955
AVAILABLE
Party & Wedding equipment rent-
als. Full line, from Tables, Linen
& Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers,
Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware,
Chafing Dishes, Ice Sculptures, to
Large Sound Systems and spec-
tacular lighting. Call Andrea 9606
2222 for Catering and Croyden
9623 5555 for Sound & Light.
ww.tunesoman.com,
E-mail: [email protected]
DRIVING
ACC. AVAILABLE
ACC. AVAILABLE
Rooms available with Kitchen
facility at Ruwi. Contact: 91214897
Sharing accommodation
near ISD. Contact: 99657340
Sharing bachelors accommoda-
tion available in Rex Road, Ruwi.
Contact 94442157
Sharing accommodation one
attached hall, small kitchen, A/C,
Internet R.O 140/- E& W at Al Khu-
wair. Contact: 99382008
Single room available near Darsait
Lulu. Contact: 92120626
Furnished flat near ABA American
School near Madinat Qaboos Rent
R.O 650/- P.M. Contact : 99335100
Furnished single room available
for Executive bachelor or small
family in Walja near Honda Road
Ruwi. Contact 99016546
Big room available with AC,
toilet, Kitchen at Al Hail Highway
roadside preferred south Indians.
Contact: 92968292
Furnish bedroom with attach
bathroom for executive bachelor.
Contact: 97704794
Separate entrance furnished
bedroom with attached bath and
kitchen for Executive bachelor in a
villa opp. Star Cinema.
Contact: 99314807
Sharing Accommodation avail-
able for working ladies opposite
Al Nadhah Hospital. Preferably
Indians. Room with seperate toilet
and sharing kitchen.RO.90.
Contact 96524717
Furnished apartment for rent,
two rooms, majlis, hall, kitchen.
Near Carrefour al-mawalah.
#99336776
Small old house for rent in Al
Ghoubra. Contact : 97165972
Room for rent with furniture.
Al Bustan village.
Contact 93687466
Room available for Executive
bachelor at Al Hail.
Contact 96234708
FOR HIRE
Crane trailer, hiab. Contact:
99354909
FH Volvo 40 feet flat trailor avail-
able for rent. Contact: 95120774
For rent Backhoe Loader Volvo BL71
long term. Contact: 99257975
Quality concept trading LLC Crane
rental daily monthly cranes
available for rent at attractive prizes
Contact: 92870992
2BHK Wadi Kabir R.O 300/-.
Contact: 92144045
Flat for rent in South AlGhubrah
3 rooms, hall and 3 toilets, kitchen
rent 450/-. Contact: 99335580
New Rent house in Mabela.
Contact: 99880841/96053220
1 BHK near Medical Darsait R.O
170/-. Contact: 95076261
2,200 sq mtr factory area & 800 sq
mtr store with 8 accommodation
rooms and 10 office cabins avail-
able for rent in Barka industrial
area. Contact 91398381 / 80 / 78,
email - [email protected]
02 BHK residential flat opposite
to Al Nahdha hospital.
Contact: 99342733 /99795241
Two bedrooms flat in Al Ghobrah
near Oman Oil of 18 November
Street. OMR 330 Monthly.
Contact 99333479 or 95215360 or
97509955.
1 Bed room, sharing K& T, R.O 100, 2
bedrooms , sharing K& T R.O 200/-
in AL Khuwair. Contact 95154331
Flat for rent 2 BHK 2 split A/C, 2
toilets, Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti
Masjid. Contact 97007934 /
92629232
Warehouse at Wadikabir - total
area 3500 sqm - covered ware-
house (500sqm), office, ac-
commodation (1000sqm), open
area (2000sqm) please contact:
99273774 - 99202278
3BHK in Qurum P.D.O high 350/-
Monthly. Contact: 99342661
2BHK split A/C 200/- Monthly
& 1BHK spilt A/C 150/- monthly
new building good location Barka
Market. contact 99342661
Four bedroom two floors luxurious
and spacious residential villa in
Al Hail North, near to the sea and
Oman oil. Each room has its own
bathroom. It has splits A/C’s and
shaded car park. OMR 750 month-
ly. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 or
97509955
For rent and investment Land
industrial shops in Rusayl.
Contact: 99323957 / 95490842
2BHK Big Size Flat Behind Bank
Muscat, Wadi Kabir. Near ISWK.
97826454, 24815012.
New flats for rent at Darsait near
to Ministry of Sports, Mumtaz area
the flats includes, 1 living room, 2
bedroom, kitchen, 3 toilets, every
rooms with split A/C high quality
finishing rent per flat is R.O 340/- .
Interested candidates please
Contact 00968 92225523
Wanted one room. # 98026234
Looking for a villa in Amerat area.
Contact : 95405033
ACC WANTED
WANTED
IELTS Coaching (academic)
required nearby wadi Kabir
area. Please call on mobile or
msg on Whats up. Mobile no:
92927880/99012165
BUYING
Buying cars for cash.# 90202090
Bobcat available for rent.
Contact 97623299
MV SALE
NRI
FOR SALE
Skip loader Hino 1999 model.
Contact: 99441640
Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2012, expat
owned, company maintained,
125000 KMS, warranty up to 2018,
expected price E 8500.
Contact: 99330509
Honda CRV, 2015, white, expat
lady driven, 9000 kms, No.2
expected price 10500.
Contact: 99330509
Nissan Pathfinder 2012 model.
Contact: 99467005 / 92552328
Forklift caterpillar 5 ton, 2006
model. Contact: 99467005 /
92552328
Hyundai Veracruz 2011 model
for sale, 4 WD color black 7 seater
with engine capacity 3775CC,
automatic – Steptronic with GPS.
Contact 97203784
Nissan sunny, year 2000, km
190k, expat lady driven in good
condition, RO 700 negotiable.
Suzuki alto, year 2008, km 127k,
expat driven in good condition RO
600 negotiable. Call or whatsapp
immediately 968-98898273
INDIAN RAILWAYS
Ticket Reservation
Hotel & Bus Tickets
Star Travel92820665 / 24711734
1 B/R - 890 S.FT fully furnished
flat at Best Western Quepem.
Contact: 97094797
Furnished room attached bath
for Indian bachelor, Al-Falaj
Ruwi & lady Wadi Kabir near
Mars hypermarket. CONTACT
96202458/96761960
Room with attached bathroom for
a family in Wadi Kabir.
Contact 97167857
Room with attached bathroom and
sharing kitchen available for
Executive bachelor or small family
at wadikabir Contact 93049849
Single room B/K sharing Mumtaz
area. Contact: 95212017
Room available in Mumtaz area
1 room, 1 Bathroom, Kitchen & 1
room, common bathroom. Interested
pleasecontact 92680041 Mr. Altaf
LOST
CHANGE OF NAME
AlAwia Faisal has lost Yemeni
Passport No.03868805. Finder
please handover to ROP
We Mohammed Tahar Shakeel (name of father as per the pass-
port, holder of Indian passport no
K0794602 and Fatima Noorani
(name of mother as per the pass-
port holder of Indian Passport no
K0796396) having permanent
address in H.No.3-3-146, Chappal
bazar, Kuthbiguda, Kachiguda,
Hyderabad and presently residing
at following in Salalah, Sultan-
ate of Oman, hereby solemnly
affirm and declare to change the
name of our child Miss NABIHA
FATIMA holder of Indian Pass-
port No. K3695280 date of issue
24/04/2012 issued at Muscat. The
name of our child will be hence-
forth known as ALIAH MOHAM-
MED for all purpose. Any Objection
towards change of name of our mi-
nor child may please be communi-
cated to Embassy of India, Muscat,
Diplomatic Quarters, Al Khuwair
P.Box.No.1727, Postal Code112,
Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman.
*Classified Advertisement space booking with text,
should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication.
* Subject to space availability20 x40 containers. Contact:
99354909
HD Scaffoldings, Shuttering
Jacks, Wooden Planks, Shuttering
wood assorted, Tower hoist (lift),
Concrete Mixer, Bending Machine,
Steel Fabrication Machinery
(Searing/Cutting, lathe & Welding)
including tools for immediate sale:
Contact 99273774/ 99202278
Shop for sale near Oman House,
Muttrah. Contact 99024362.
MATRIMONIAL
Tamil Hindu Brahmin Iyer/boy, parents invite proposal for their
only son 25 yrs / 6.1 ht / B.Tech
(NIT), MBA (IIM), EX- ISM student,
employed MNC Bangalore star Ut-
tira Thdhi seeks suitable alliance
fom Iyer/Iyebger families.
Parents in Oman
Contact: 98288925 / 92264915
Nair boy working in Muscat, age
32 & H 165 cm, seeking alliance
from Nair/Nambiar girls,
especially from kannur & kasara-
god, Manger visa with family
status. Contact: 99855397
30 yrs, Kottayam working in Saud
Bahwan Automotive L.L.C Oman.
Contact: 93049433 / 99613914
Malankara Catholic Male Nurse (28) from Thiruvalla working in
Nizwa Private Co. Alliance invites
parents/nurses working in Oman.
Contact 968 98267338, 0091
9287215726
Indian male Roman Catholic 40yrs divorcee working in Muscat.
Seeks suitable alliance from
widow/ divorcee/ single.
Contact 96059801.
Nair boy Alleppy dist, 25 Revathy
175 Cm, B.E Mech 3 yrs in Oman as
planning Engineer seeks alliance.
Contact: 94232342
FOR LADIES
MANPOWER
Offer!! Treading Gold Facial &
Pedicure just for 10 RO,
Al Doom Parlour Ruwi:
# 99619409
DAILY GUIDED4 T H U R S D AY, A P R I L 2 1 , 2 0 1 6
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624
DRIVER
DOMESTIC HELP
DESIGNER
MEDICAL
MISCELLANEOUS
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
ARCHITECT
ADMIN
We are looking for Public Relations
Officer. Contact: 99855604
Urgently requires Hiab Driver & JCB Operator with valid Omani /
GCC driving license,
Mason having 5 years experience.
Contact: 24594868/ Fax: 24593880
Mobile 93210740
Email: [email protected]
Urgently required a Driver.
Contact: 99291154
Wanted driver. Contact: 91025698
Wanted female Muslim cook for fam-
ily at Qurum, visa available.
93387962
Looking for a female fashion
designer to work at Al Bawwab
Textiles in Shatti Al Qurum.
Contact : 94029940
Urgently required Nurses for Al
Hayat International Hospital : Omani
Female Nursing Assistants, Female
Nurses (Filipino preferred) with
or without MOH license. Contact:
00968 94267068 / 97049520,
Email: pradeep.ratnagiri@
alhayathospital.com
Urgently placement for female Staff Nurse & Pharmacist clinic at Samail. Send CV :
Email: [email protected],
Contact 95498105
Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately
for a clinic in Suwaiq.
Contact 95081010
Email: [email protected]
Wanted Staff Nurse for
a dermatology clinic in Muscat .
Must have MOH license and NOC.
Attractive salary offered. Email:
GP doctor needed for reputed
clinic. Preferably with MOH license
or with Dataflow & Paramatics
pass Contact: 95388934
ENGINEER/MECHANIC.
EDUCATION
CATERING
Maintenance Foreman with D/L
electrician cum plumber, CCTV
technician building material sales-
man. Contact: 99383044
Engine cylinder head technician
required immediately for guide
changing, seat changing, seat cut-
ting & valve lapping. call or what-
sapp immediately 968-98898273
Required Hydraulic Mechanic.
Contact 95251213
Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in
commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in ac-
counts/ finance field. On visit visa.
Immediately available. CONTACT
92836216 /
28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com -
Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/
India experience looking for a
suitable placement.#90187483
Part-time Accounting up to finali-
zation, Auditing, Taxation and Pro-
ject Finance assistance - 91044655
Qualified and experienced MBA
post graduate with proven work
exposure in Middle East & India,
having more than 5.5 years of rich
experience in accounts , project
coordination and administration in
(3.5 years UAE experience) oil and
gas projects is currently looking
for suitable job. #93953613 , Email
Senior Accountant-M. Com,
Finance-Indian with 7 years expe-
rience in Finance & Accounts upto
finalization. Having D/L & NOC.
Mob: 94122464,
Indian male 24 yrs B.Com, Tally-
ERP 9 with one year exp seeking
for suitable placement.
Contact: 93502127
Indian male 25yrs, 3+ years
experience in tax & financial con-
sultancy, Masters in International
business, B.Sc (Hons.) in account-
ancy & finance, looking for suitable
placement in finance / consultan-
cy, posses driving license can join
immediately. Contact: 95980549
Accountant Indian male with 7
years up to finalization Tally &
accounts receivable SAP R/3, good
knowledge of payroll having Oman
D/L, NOC.
Contact: 00968-93733996
Email: [email protected]
Accountant 8 Years experience
with D/L and NOC.
Contact 97712084
ENGG. / TECH./MECH.
B. Tech Mechanical Engineer hav-
ing 3 years experience in mainte-
nance & commissioning experi-
ence in an engineering services
company on visit visa looking for
suitable. Contact 91106765 Email:
Indian male 22, Chemical Engi-
neer residing in Oman looking for
suitable placement.
Contact: 92379181
Engineer I have driving license of
Oman I need job of driving.
Contact: 95980506
Indian male 26 B.Tech Civil Engi-
neer 3 year’s 8 months Experience
at building construction. In Oman
2 year’s experience N.O.C available
seeking suitable placement
Contact : 97396269
Email : [email protected]
D.A.E (civil) Engineer + safety
course (OSHA & IOSH), 5 years
experience in infrastructure work
looking for suitable placemen.
Contact 97658602
B.Tech & Diploma in Mechanical
having 3 years exp. in India looking
for suitable job. Contact : 90542737
Electrical B.E.C Engineer Pakistani
male 24 years looking for a job.
Contact: 94049812 / 92958112
Civil Engineer having 7 years, 8
months experience with driving
license immediately joining having
NOC. Contact : 99294954
Purchaser (construction) with 4
years experience & driving license.
NOC available looking for similar
job. Contact: 98956725
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Female B. Ed English teacher, 7
yrs exp seeking suitable placement.
Contact : 99739415 / 92091528
Indian Lecturer M.Phil, M.Com,
MBA DMM , 3+ years of exp in
college & 2+ years exp in corporate
seeks a suitable position.
Contact: 90369540
Email: [email protected]
SALES / MARKETING
SALES / MARKETING
Salesman required for electrical
equipments with driving license
& 5/7 years working experience.
Fax your C.V 24833043 (Jinan
Enterprises)
Urgently Required: Construc-
tion Company Purchaser- with
experience in Oman and with
NOC for immediately join. In-
terested candidates may call us
to our office telephone: 00968-
24696584/24696585 or fax:
00968-24605955 or email us to
Need salesman with driving
license, having two years experi-
ence. Contact: 92891888
Salesman for a printing press.
Contact: 99498949
Looking for Salesman with experi-
ence in vegetable and fruits sales,
good conduct, fluent in English.
Should have driving license. Email
CV on: [email protected]
Contact - 96339339
ARCOP & Partners (Middle East)
Engineering Consultants LLC looking to hire minimum 3 years
experienced Omani Civil
Engineer, for upcoming building
projects in Ibri & Buraimi. The
candidate must be capable of
independently handling the
works, as a consultant. Resident
engineer stationed at site.
Interested candidates to forward their CV’s with all the details to [email protected]
or fax to 24493446.
SITUATION WANT-SIT.WANTED
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
Indian female MBA in finance
currently on visit visa seeking
suitable placement in Accounts.
Contact: 92896110
Email: [email protected]
Indian male, 24 yrs, Graduated
with specialization in Accounting
2 years experienced C.A.CPT com-
pleted. #94628086 / 97315091
Indian male well experienced in
Accounts ERP, TALLY 9 & Admin
NOC available looking for a suitable
job. Contact: 92650835
A young CA (ACA & ACCA quali-
fied) with 4 years experience in
one of top audit firms in UK & KSA
seeks suitable placement in Oman.
Contact: Kamran: hkamran112@
gmail.com. +44 7480 1196 74. +968
93595050.
Audit and accounts 5 years
experienced male/25 with SAP,
Tally and peachtree knowledge
available for suitable placement.
97190575.
Male, 33 yrs, 14 yrs experience
in Marketing, finance & accounts
financial services, transaction
processing, investment banking
seeking suitable openings.
Contact: 94697386
Sudanese female Accountant
excellent knowledge, MS Office,
can work under pressure.
Contact: 97200130
Young ACCA finalist with Hons.
degree in applied Accounting from
Oxford Brooks with three years
experience with valid Oman driv-
ing license looking for immediate
placemen. Release NOC Available.
Contact: 92851056
M.Com Accountant three
years experience three star
hotel Tamil Nadu India, immedi-
ately available. Contact: Contact
92831400/96051737
Accountant available with NOC,
7 years experience in Oman.
Ready to join immediately.
Contact 98263394
Indian male , 29 B.com ICWA
(pursuing) 7 years experience in
accountant / audit with valid Omani
D/L seeking for suitable placement,
NOC available. #94706954
Email: [email protected]
Indian CA, Male, 34 yrs, having14+
Yrs exp. in A/Cs, finance, auditing,
consultancy and knows SAPB1,Tally
ERP. Valid Oman D/L .Currently
working in Oman. NOC available.
Contact: 94704800,
Email: [email protected].
Male Accountant M.Com (finance
& accounts) having 3 years experi-
ence in accounts looking for avail-
able job on visit visa.
Contact: 94648575
Male CA finalist B.Com having 5
years experience with big four
audit firms looking for suitable job
on visit. Contact: 92230543 Email:
CMA & CIA qualified finance
professional with 13 years of me
experience in FMCG industries as
well as various other industries
available for immediate permanent
job openings. #94543660
ACCA finalist with 2 years of expe-
rience in a Construction Company
as an Accountant in United King-
dom here on visit visa for 3 weeks
from 12 April - 3 May.
Contact: 99171627
Part time accountant, up to fina-
lization, looking for job after 5 pm
(location prefer - MSQ to Al Hail).
Contact: 95694737
MBA finance from Pakistan with
4 years experience in Accounts &
finance department currently in
Muscat on family visit visa, 27 yrs.
Contact: 90590037 Email:
Filipino Male, 24 Years Old..
looking for job, have experience
in Cargo & Logistics/ Rent a Car/
Real Estate/ Finance & Accounts/
customer service and as Travel
Agent. Hard working and with
good computer and communica-
tion skills having Omani driving
license. GSM: 95370052
Jordanian Senior Accountant 15
yrs experience in Oman finance &
accounts. Contact : 92881223
ACCA member with 6 yrs of
experience in Oman looking for a
suitable job in finance.
Contact 99284193
ADMIN
Indian male, 26 yrs experience
(1.5 yr in Oman) in HR/Admin/
Office / Sales seeking suitable
placement, local release available.
Contact 93112346
Indian, 20 years experience in
Oman as personal assistant /
office manager / administrator
seeks change of job with release -
Contact: 99168054,
Indian male – MBA (HR) & Engi-
neering graduation with total 10
years of experience in HR & Admin
( 3 yrs of Oman Exp.) along with
hands on experience in technical
bid submission for all Government
& PDO tenders ready to join immedi-
ately with NOC. Contact: 91240251/
Email; [email protected]
Indian male, 28 MSW, 5 yrs exp
Office Operations, Administration,
Public relation & counseling on
visit visa. Contact: 90652428 /
Indian male 25 yrs, MBA HR,BBA.
One Year Administrative/Accounts
experience, looking for suitable
placement, on visit visa
Contact: 90653362
Indian / female, 26 yrs, MBA with
3 yrs experience in HR / Admin
marketing customer relations
currently in Muscat on visit visa.
Contact: 97205038
Email: [email protected]
Indian Male 19 years (8 Years in
Oman) well experienced in HR
/ Admin in Oil & Gas, Construc-
tion fields with Oman D/L seeks
suitable position. Release / NOC
available call: 92854993.
Young Omani male have experi-
ence 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK
Helper Supervisor Admin Supervi-
sor, H.R Manager have diploma in
H.S.E, IT and P.D.O license, looking
for H.R position or P.R.O part time
or full time. Contact: 95933288
Indian female with nearly 10 years
experience in administration & HR,
seeking for a suitable placement.
NOC available. Contact: 99242841
B.Com 3 years business process
outsourcing. Contact: 94657273
Teacher female 27 yrs, MCA 5
yrs experience in teaching in India
currently on visit visa seeking for a
suitable placement.
Contact: 96709509
Email: [email protected]
Filipino HRD especialist / material
controller supervisor with 18 yrs
experience looking for suitable job
in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142
/ (+968) 92659817
Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+
experience in Administration/HR,
Customer Support, Office Coordina-
tor with good Computer skill, Now
on Visit Visa,looking for suitable
position. Contact: 90196235
DESIGNER/DRAUGHTS.
Architect Interior designers 3d
Visualizer, 8 yrs exp, Indian male,
have Omani D/L available. NOC &
local release. Contact: 92710047
Architectural Draftsmen diploma
in construction technology with 6
years experience in drafting and
detailing as per British standard
in Oman with valid Omani license
looking for suitable opportunity
Noc available. Call 94375897.
Free lance /part time autocad
works (ARCH/ MEP) 2D/3D
PH: 97103168
Piping designer with 14 years expe-
rience working with PDO, OXY for 10
years NOC available.#92582356
Revit, Autocad D/man, expected
salary 200 OMR PH :92279784
Supervisor / Cad Draftsman with
Oman light driving license 10
years experience in carpentry
field. Contact: 95962384
LOOKING FOR SALESMEN
- Required urgently young &
dynamic
- Junior Sales Persons with a
valid
- Oman Driving license for a
reputed printing and graphics
company.
Contact: 96260078 / 96532284
Email: [email protected]
Looking for Accountant
for Cosmetics Industry
having experience in
retail and inventory.
Contact – 24704636
Email : [email protected]
CANADIAN CO.- FREE CONSULTANCYFOR LEGAL JOB
- For Hotel Staff, Construction Staff, Medical, Gas
& Oil Staff.
- Free recruitment - free tickets, accommodation,
work visa, contract for 2 (two) years.
Contact : 93392630 Send CV on
Urgent required Outdoor sales 3-5 years of experience in spare
part, Store Keeper 2 years experi-
ence, Accountant 2-3 years
experience.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 24504726 Fax: 24504723
Required candidates for following
posts: Accountant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Van-salesman (water), Helpers. Candidates with Omani driv-
ing license preferred. Contact
99273774/99202278
DRIVER
Light Duty Driver looking for job.
Contact: 96250185
Light Duty Driver looking for job.
Contact: 96780325
Light driver looking for job.
Contact: 96798075
Heavy driver available.
Contact: +968 96449233
Temporary light driver.
Contact: 99053510
Light Duty Driver, 3 years 6 months
experience. Contact: 95768440
L/Driver, having 11 years experi-
ence in Oman looking for suitable
job. Contact 96373904
Light driver 9 years experience
looking for job. Contact: 95827886
Looking for a job as driver experi-
ence 9 years in Oman, Language
Arabic / Hindi / English. Contact:
92517532
Need job for Driving. Contact: 94375896
Light duty driver 4 years Oman
exp seeks placement.
Contact: 98726383
Driver, exp 1.5 years, Language
English, Arabic & Urdu, license
light. Contact: 96011572 /
94484181
Experience driver looking for job.
Contact: 95113612
Bangladeshi male light driver exp
16 years need job.
Contact: 99165961
Driver 3/6 years experience,
I have 2 years experience out door
sales man in led light, Pakistani,
Oman experience 6 years.
Contact: 94565993 / 92627855
Family driver available.
Contact 92943094
Required Accountant with
minimum 4 years experience.
Email: [email protected]
A well known private school is in need of Laboratory Assistant, English, Maths, Science & Kinder-garten teachers. Contact: 96910649
Email: [email protected]
Parameters required in the fol-
lowing disciplines mathematics
science neighborhoods physics.
Send CV at the following
Email: [email protected]
Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA
Finance and marketing with IT
skills, 7+ yrs of experience,
Looking for suitable placement.
contact 94879615,Email-
10 yrs of Oman experience ca-
pable of handling large accounts,
looking for suitable placement in
senior sales / business develop-
ment position. Contact : 98987654
Cook exp Australia Japanese, Indian, Arabic all kinds of foods
Mediterranean foods & also seek
job with visa. Contact: 96136615 /
91139936
Wanted Male/female Indian cook
with experience in Omani & Indian
food for Omani Family. Visa avail-
able. Contact : Antony 99889459
DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN
Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD
Draftsman with 20 years profes-
sional experience is looking for
suitable job in Oman.
Please Contact: 96489798,
(+974) 66653780.
Required Temporary
Instructorfor summer camp
For further details kindly contact Mr.babu 99380374
or fax 24593277
Required Architect Minimum
3 years experience for a reputed
Engineering Consultancy in Mus-
cat. Preference for Arabic speakers.
Contact: 92838840 OR
email- [email protected]
Required marketing / PR manager
for a modern restaurant group in
Oman , proficient in illustrator &
Photoshop charismatic , proactive ,
creative & flexible excellent writing
/ Editing skills degree in relevant
area fluent in English. Send CV to
Urgently required Sales Execu-
tives, Operations Executive import
& export, for a reputed freight
forwarding company in Muscat
candidates with Oman D/L and
minimum 2 yrs experience in
similar field preferred. Interested
candidates may send C.V to
DAILY GUIDET H U R S D AY, A P R I L 2 1 , 2 0 1 6 D5
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
An experienced Chartered Accountant
with over 25 years in varied
industries, presently working
with a reputed group in Muscat,
looking out for a suitable change.
96491030
ENGG. / TECH./MECH.
SECRETARIAL & OFFICELady Secretary / Sales Co-coordi-
nator 12 years experience in Oman
in reputed companies, seek imme-
diate Employment. Call: 95244761
Sales & Marketing specialist
with 16 yrs experience in Oman in
MNC retails telecom lubes
construction related industry
handled various projects, holding
valid Oman driving license,
release available.
Contact 96960991
Electrical Engineer having 5
years experience in the field of
managing supervising testing &
commissioning of electrical
distribution, transmission &
substation projects.
Contact 92322906 / 90377916
Email: [email protected]
Indian male 23 years, young
dynamic looking for draughtsman
in civil. Contact: 94553406 Email:
Indian female 23 years Mechani-
cal Engineer with 1.5 years experi-
ence looking for suitable jobs.
Also interested in sale & and mar-
keting. Contact : 94743992
E mail : [email protected]
Civil Engineer, 6 yrs experience
with Omani driving license, local
release available. #91693008
An Iraqi civil with more than
30 years experience in (Iraq and
G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C)
available. Contact: 96561306
Email: [email protected]
Indian male, Mechanical
Engineer having 1year experi-
ence, on visit visa looking for
suitable job. Contact:97416564,
Email:[email protected]
Civil Engineer 8 years experience
in Oman as a project engineer for
governmental & private projects.
Contact – 90164912
Building Site Supervisor since
2010 in Oman with Omani D/L
looking for suitable placement.
Contact: 91507828
Indian male, Technical Sales Man-
ager, B.E Mech, with 11 years exp
in Automotive Eng & Industrial
Maintenance with Oman D/L seeks
suitable job. On release to join
immediately – 92880593
An electrical & electronics engi-
neer awarded from Sunderland
University with an experience in
access central eyewear & rebrand-
ing of petard elations facilities
have a valid visa up to year & half.
Contact: 91347567
Egyptian lady have BA in Electri-
cal power & machines & did some
training looking for job in any
company. # 95935181 / 91112193
Graduate Civil Engineer having
19 years Gulf experience seeks
immediate employment in reputed
firms in Muscat NOC available.
Contact: 99446786 / 93251306
Female Electrical Engineer,
excellent knowledge, Graduated
with distinction, can work under
pressure. Contact: 98133281
Mechanical Engineer (UK), 4 yrs
exp in technical, Sales Engineer
in Oman having valid GCC license
looking suitable placement. NOC
available. Contact: 97612297
Email: [email protected]
Electrical Engineer having 8years
experience with valid driving license
(NOC available) Ph#91293519
Email: [email protected]
Indian female M.Tech in VLSI
Design B.Tech in electronics with
valid IELTS score 6.5 now in fam-
ily visa experience in teaching
& and admin. Contact: 90195131
Email: [email protected]
Mechanical Engineer M.Tech 2
yrs, experience HAVC firefighting
CAD. Contact: 90150913 Email:
Mechanical Engineer is looking
for a job vacancy Graduate of Ma-
laysia, 7 years of work experience
in oil & Gas fluent in both Arabic &
English. Contact: 95569430
Electrical Engineer 6 years
experience in Oman experience in
MEDC / projects valid D/L.
Contact: 91249329
Structural Engineer, ME, with 2
yrs exp proficient in ETABS, STAD,
SAFE & Prokon, seeks job.
Contact:050-9984535
Sudanese Civil Structure Engineer
3 years looking for job in reputable
company AutoCAD, Etabs, Staad
Pro Omani driving license avail-
able. Contact: 97906770
Indian male, 25 yrs,
Accountant, 2.5 yrs in
Finance & Accounts, MBA
Finance & HR, exposure in
SAP, Tally, ERP 9 on visit visa.
Contact 96715420 / 91265020, Email : [email protected], [email protected]
B.E Mechanical Engineer, 24, one
year experience as Production Shift
Engineer, achieved training on
HVAC Engineering design and has
good hands on software like Auto-
CAD and HAP, presently in Oman
on visit visa, looking for a suitable
placement. Contact:95065955
Email: [email protected]
Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian
male 24 years with 1+years Indian
experience,(Certified in Staad
Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).
Looking for a Suitable position.
Available In Sultanate of Oman
(Muscat) on Visit Visa.
Contact 92835952. E-mail:
Mechanical Engineer (B Tech)
Indian male with 1 year experience
on visit visa looking for suitable job.
Contact : 90510800, Email :
Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in
designing, assembling, commis-
sioning execution etc having valid
GCC license too looking for a suit-
able. Contact: 00968-98052942
Email: [email protected]
HSE Engineer (B.E Mech+Diploma
Safety+NEBOSH+OSHA) over
10yrs. Exp, (Visa Release Letter
(NOC) available), seeking suit-
able placement, Mob:97061817,
Email:[email protected]
Road Engineer 10 years experi-
ence in Oman. Contact: 91274706
Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp
seeks suitable position ina reputed
company. NOC available.
Contact 96789711
Civil Engineer 8 years experience
Structural buildings marine. Avail-
able NOC release. Contact: 92451323.
Email: [email protected]
Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+ yrs
of exceptional exp in spear head-
ing strategic planning and project
management initiatives & execut-
ing various high rise residential
& commercial building as well as
roads and highway project with
proficiency in installation, seeking
a challenging position in a dynamic
organization. Contact 96570891
Civil Engineer (B.Tech) Indian
male 24 yrs having 1+ year experi-
ence in Industrial construction
with good communication skills
and software knowledge, looking
for suitable position available on
visit visa. Contact: 968 - 99779538
/ 98694939
Email: [email protected]
Engineer with 4 years experience in
Oman in telecom operations looking
for a suitable opportunity have valid
driving license interested in mar-
keting also. Contact: 98513495
Pakistani male Diploma Civil En-
gineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling &
mega projects, valid license Oman.
contact:98921022
NDT / QA / QC Supervisor /
Radiographer DAE Mechanical pip-
ing- vessel LPG Bozer Storage tank
inspection experience 10 years.
Contact 96954202
Email: [email protected]
Electrical Engineer Indian male
30 years, having 5 years of experi-
ence in industrial automation &
utility maintenance in Indian (MRF
Tyres) holding valid Oman D/L.
Contact: 92789995 Email:
Male QC inspector Mechanical,
NDT 20 years experience valid
Oman D/L , release available.
Contact: 91001104
Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil
Engg (cert attested) knows autocad
revit, salary exp: 250 Ph : 92279784
B. Sc Civil Engineer 27 yrs, Oman
experience as Project Manager,
Structural Engineer looking for suit-
able placement. NOC / local transfer
available. Contact : 99349578
Email: [email protected]
Indian male B-tech 8 years experi-
ence as senior electrical project
engineer / QC engineer on visit
visa seeks suitable placement.
Contact 94094543
Email: [email protected]
SKILLED/ UNSKILLED LABOUR
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
S.T.P Operator 20 years experi-
ence in Oman. Contact: 93089468
Indian female master degree one
year experience seeking suitable
placement in any field. #97792820
Email: [email protected]
Indian male, 28, post graduate,
6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back
office) & credit control with valid
Oman D/L looking for suitable place-
ments. NOC available. # 920 66 523
BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants).
Contact: 92475206 Email:
MANAGER
Finance manager 22 years Oman
experience available with NO.
Contact: 91335205/91302906
Purchase/Planning & Logistics
Manager, MBA (Finance), 14yrs.
Oman Exp. with D/L, NOC avail-
able, looking for suitable position.
Contact : 93826090,
Egyptian male 36 years
Warehouse Manager, 7 years in
Sultanate of Oman, 1 year in UAE,
and 3 years in Egypt.
Contact: +968 97200468 Email:
MEDICAL
Indian female staff nurse with
parametric passed 10 years experi-
ence looking job Muscat regain.
Contact: 95851590 / 91510137
Indian female (MSC – Microbiolo-
gist) seeking suitable job.
Contact 96791162 / 90618567
Indian Bsc Female Nurse with 6.5
years exp, 4 years in KSA. Passed
Oman Pro Metric with 69%, com-
pleted data flow. Presently in Muscat
in visit visa looking for a suitable
placement. # 94744900, 94742834,
Indian female 27 yrs, Diploma in
Aviation & Hospitality manage-
ment, seeking suitable placement.
Curnetly in Oman, NOC Available.
Contact 94880684
Indian Male 28 years, Mechanical
Engineer (Diploma) with 2 years’
experience, Automobile ITI NCVT,
CSWI-BGAS Painting QC Grade-2,
NDT Level-2, ISO Lead Auditor QA
(IRCA), Piping QC & Isometric Draw-
ings, WPS & WPQR, available on
Visit Visa, looking for a suitable job.
Contact: 90653733,
The Business Development Man-ager, Iraqi, Experience 15 Years
Inside and outside Oman following
activities: construction(Very strong
and qualified to bringing business
for civil work Or any type of the
construction work for many million
per year with a good experience in
pricing and collect payment and
cash flow & marketing projects &
investments & tenders & real estate.
Contact :- 92385033
Bachelor in Hotel Management
Having 13 years experience in
Catering Industry in all aspects of
Operations with D/L looking out for
a suitable placement. #90654826
Email: [email protected]
Tea boy looking for job Name: Man
Bahadar Contact No. 97859837
Indian Female on a visit visa hav-
ing master degree seeking suitable
placement in any field, 1 ,5 year ex-
perience in HR .#+968 91467576.
Indian Female, M.Sc Computer
Science, Seeking suitable place-
ment in Muscat Area.
Contact : 98660672
Indian male network cabling tech-
nician (19-years Gulf experience)
seeking for suitable placement.
Contact 0091-8089909265 (India),
E mail: [email protected]
Indian female, MBA, Diploma in
Aviation & Hospitality mgt (IATA),
having 4 yrs of exp, on family visa
seeks job in Oman.
Contact-9910 4529, 95679557,
Pakistani male having 7 years ex-
perience in General Salesman hav-
ing valid D/L Looking for suitable
placement. Contact: 97216830
Email: [email protected]
9 yrs exp Site Engineer in Civil &
Shade Structure. 2d, 3d draughts-
man (HOLDING OMANI DRIVING
LICENSE) seeking job.
Contact: 93790601
LAND SURVEYOR: Male, more than
12 years’ experience in land/pipe
line surveying in Oman and UAE.
Looking for suitable placement.
NOC available. #91215843
ELECTRONICS ENGINEER Indian/
male/24Yrs,Bsc.Electronics &
Communications,ITI,1.7 Years
experience as Service Technician
in India, on visit Visa, looking
For a Suitable Placement.
Contact :92794176 ,
E-mail: [email protected]
Marketing Communications Coordinator Indian, 25 years GCC
experience in Media, Advertising
& Marketing ATL + BTL brand-
ing. Contact: 93031168 Email:
Indian male physiotherapist with
3 years of experience, with (moh
license and NOC available. seeking
suitable placement.
Contact 99767528, 91317863
Indian, 32 years, passed M.A. Eng-
lish M.Sc Psychology, DHM & B.Ed
in English with 4 years experience
seeking for part time or full time
job. Contact: 99869535 Email:
[email protected] 27 years old Indian male looking
hospitality jobs in Hotel. Experience
in customer service, front desk,
housekeeping supervisor, captain,
cashier,guest relation manager.
Contact. +968-90351742Email.
27 yearsold Indianmale look-
ing Jobs in documents Collection
executive.Experience in collection
executive. Contact. +968-90358068
Email [email protected]
Qualified Certified Management Accountant (CMA-USA) and cost and
management accountant (ACMA-
India) with over 25 years experience in
Sultanate of Oman in finance, banking
and administration is seeking a suitable
placement. NOC available.
Contact -95986767
Oman experienced Lawyer
Indian male, BA, Arabic, LLB, MBA
Knows English, Arabic with over 9 yrs in
legal field, now working as a legal
advisor in Muscat, seeks suitable
placement. NOC available.
Contact 97351649, [email protected]
INDIAN FEMALE, 23 years, BSC-
CS Diploma in IAD graphics, well
knowledge in computer applica-
tions 6 months experience pres-
ently in Sohar seeking suitable
placement. Contact: 96670907.
Email: [email protected]
Indian female MCA & BSc Physics
Graduate, holder of valid driving li-
cense, seeking suitable placement
in IT or Administration.
Contact: 99466062
Indian female M.Sc Computer
Science seeking suitable placement
in Muscat area. Contact: 98660672
B.Tech (IT) experience in Net-
working server & desktop man-
agement in corporate environment
looking for suitable placement.
Contact: 92954613
9 years of Software Test Consult-ing and business analysis experi-
ence in various CBS (Core Banking
Solutions) and other Banking
related solution implementa-
tions with deep understanding of
Islamic Banking. Completed CDIF -
CIMA Diploma in Islamic Finance
and ADIF - Advanced Diploma
in Islamic Finance conducted by
CIMA, UK. NOC available. Contact:
GSM: 9393 8086
Omani 26 (M) Seeks placement
6 yrs experience IT specialist.
Contact 99025044
IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years
in Oman 2 years in India.
Contact 94672759
Female 24 yrs, 3 years in IT pro-
grammer now in Oman looking for
suitable job. Contact: 96350234
IT SALES / MARKETING
PROJECTS
MISCELLANEOUS
Indian male (25) MBA / MMS
(Marketing) on visit visa valid UAE
driving license exp 2 yrs sales /
marketing. Contact: 98089262
Indian male, 29 years BSc, Gradu-
ate, with Omani driving license
and 7 years of sales experience in
home appliances, IT products, mo-
bile and traffic safety equipments
currently working on employment
visa, NOC available seeking for
suitable placement immediately.
Contact 97890607
Email: [email protected]
35 years male, Lebanese holding
British passport, 10 years of experi-
ence in procurement, Omani Govern-
ment tenders, setup marketing plans
& strategies, importing, Organizing
events, management, have car,
NOC available. #94123939
Email: [email protected]
Graduate Diploma, 5+ years in logis-
tics operation and marketing / event
management with driving license.
Contact: 92107006
Email: [email protected]
Indian male 31, BBA Muscat born,
fluent in English above average
Arabic, experience in Sales, Mar-
keting , customer service sectors
ranging from FMCG to real estate,
with NOC, seeks suitable place-
ment. Contact: +968 93870938
Experience Sales Executive
Muscat 13 years, KSA 9 years, with
Oman driving license & KSA.
Contact : 93508287 / 90701036
Sales experience of 2 years driv-
ing license diploma holding in
wireless networking. Interested in
Marketing, Accounts and
Salesman. Contact: 98668151
Wants a suitable job as Salesman
& have driving license. Wants a job
with good salary & have 6 years of
experience & can speak in English,
Arabic and Hindi. #94162434
24 years experience Sr. Manage-
ment professional as Profit centre
head. Industry electrical trade
looking for a suitable position in
Oman / UAE. Contact: 91195418
Email: [email protected]
Indian male 29, BHM, 3 yrs exp
in Oman in sales with D/L NOC.
Contact: 92594055
Indian male 23 years BSc Com-
puter Science on visit visa seeking
job opportunities for suitable
placement. Contact: 92740543
Email: [email protected]
Indian male B.com 10 years expe-
rience in Oman stores & ware-
house, immediate job with NOC.
Contact: 95192733, email:
26 yrs Indian male MBA Market-
ing Sales / Marketing Executive,
3 yrs experience now available
in Muscat on visit visa seeking
placement for immediate joining.
Contact: 95978874
Email: [email protected]
MBA (Marketing) Sales & Mar-
keting Executive with 4 years of
experience in Sales & Business De-
velopment in FMCG sector is look-
ing for best opportunity in Muscat
at present available in Muscat on
visit visa. GSM:95840153.
Mail: [email protected]
Indian male 37 years MBA
graduate in marketing with 9yrs of
experience in UAE in field of brand
promotions & marketing with UAE
D/L on a visit seeking suitable
position. conatct 95792820
Indian female, M.Sc Computer Sci-
ence, Seeking suitable placement
in Muscat Area. GSM : 98660672
Indian male, 26 years old BA Gradu-
ate having 1 year experience in
accounts finance field. Looking for
suitable Job On visit visa
immediately available.
Contact 9565 9415
Anishkhan991867@gmail. Com
ELECTRONICS ENGINEER Indian/
male/24Yrs,Bsc.Electronics &
Communications,ITI,1.7 Years
experience as Service Technician
in India. On visit Visa, Looking For
a Suitable Placement.
Contact :92794176,
E-mail:[email protected]
B.Tech, MBA currently working in In-
dia in Bank. Contact: +918939857146
Email: [email protected]
Pakistani male 23 years old expe-
rience in travel agency - ticketing
looking for a suitable job, NOC avail-
able. Contact: 93253759
Accountant cum cashier available.
Contact: 98002428
Indian with 3 years for experience
in sales and marketing fluency in
English, Arabic, Hindi, Tamil and
Malayalam looking for suitable job.
Also hold valid Driving License,
currently in oman
Mob : 93451439
HSE Engineer, Indian male, 4 Plus
years exp. in Oil & Gas, Working
in Shclumberger, NEBOSH, IOSH,
& NDT Certified, M Tech in HSE.
Mobile- +91 9867016808
Indian male Physiotherapist with
MOH license and NOC looking for
suitable job. Contact: 92617235
Indian Male, 40 Years, B. Com,
having 10 years experience in
Oman, Tally &ERP- looking for suit-
able placement ( Local release and
Oman driving license available.
Tel- 92469789
Indian Male 42 year’s, MBA, Sr.
Material controller having 12 years
experience in Oman with reputed
companies. Having Oman driving
License, Seeks suitable replace-
ment immediately. Available NOC.
Cont. 00968-92944026, Email –
ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN Indian/male/24Yrs,Bsc.Electronics
& Comm,1.7 Years experience as
Service Engineer in India. On visit
Visa, Looking For a suitable place-
ment. Contact : 92794176
E-mail:[email protected]
Indian male Executive Secretary
having vast experience in admin,
logistics & procurement well versed
with computer seeks suitable
placement. Contact 99514286
Indian male Kerala, B.com & B.PE.
Currently on visit visa, looking for
a suitable job in Accounts, Store
keeper etc. Ready to join as early as
possible. Contact:-93301023,
email:- [email protected]
Female Dentist with MOH license
and NOC, 7 years experience 2 yrs
out of them in Oman looking for a
job. Contact 97401243
Electrical diploma Engineer
Indian male 22 years, 2 years
experience in control panel contact
93047707 [email protected]
IT System Administrator 6 yrs
experience, male, Filipino Desk-
top, Laptop and printer Support,
Backup administrator, Router and
switch Network, Server Adminis-
trator. +968 94134295
Female dentist with MOH license
and NOC ready to join 7 years
experience 2 of them in Oman.
Contact 97401243
Indian male 28 years B.com, MBA
4 yrs experience in accounts /
finance currently in Oman on visit
visa looking for suitable place-
ment. Contact: 93460277
Email: [email protected]
Having 10 years exp. in Admin &
HR in reputed companies. Pres-
ently working in Muscat and seek-
ing for suitable placement.
Contact No.: 97693456. email :
Indian Male 42 year’s, MBA, Sr.
Material controller having 12 years
experience in Oman with reputed
companies. Having Oman driving
License, Seeks suitable replace-
ment immediately. Available NOC.
Cont. 00968-92944026,
Email – [email protected]
An Electrical engineer with 4+
yrs of experience in Electrical
network (MT, LT) with professional
computer skills seeking for work.
Contact: 99841736 / 93955381/
+149922698343 Email:
Electrical & Electronics Engr, knows
autocad & revit. PH:93837973
HSE OFFICER, having 9 years
experience in construction.
GSM 97035591
Email - [email protected]
DAILY GUIDED6 T H U R S D AY, A P R I L 2 1 , 2 0 1 6
Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624
SITUATION WANTEDEDUCATION/CLASSES/COMP./WEB.
Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English
class for Malayalam Speakers in Azaiba and Ruwi
earn in two monthstion guaranteed
Tel: 95244310
Karate and self defense classes at Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per month
twice a week Monday and Tuesday 6. 30 TO 7. 30. PM. CONTACT 98294551
WEB, ERP and Business Intelligence (BI) creation and management at
rock bottom price. Contact: http//webviewoman
Pharmacist M. Pharm working in
Oman for 2 years with MOH license
Data flow completed. #98399415
NOC available, Indian Male - MBA
(HR) and B.E (E.I.E) with total 9
years of experience in HR & Admin
and Business Development (3 yrs
of Gulf exp.) can join immediately -
91240251 / [email protected]
M. Sc Computer Science – 2 year
Experience – in India, looking suit-
able Placement. Email:-elvisgt6@
gmail.com, Mob:-+91 9497482305
(INDIA), Oman:-98291626.
Indian, 30 years, B. Com with 2
years Oman experience in Tally
ERP-9 available in Muscat seeking
suitable positions. # on 95186652
ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN In-
dian/male/24Yrs,Bsc.Electronics
& Comm, 1.7 Years experience as
Service Engineer in India, On visit
Visa, looking for a suitable place-
ment. Contact : 92794176,
E-mail:[email protected]
B-tech Civil with honours, Civil En-
gineer (structures) Experience more
than six years. #91431483. Email
HSE Engineer,Indian male, 4
Plus years experience in Oil &
Gas .Working in Shclumberger
NEBOSH, IOSH, & NDT Certi-
fied, M Tech in HSE. CONTACT-
[email protected] contact
+91 9867016808
Indian male Network cabling
technician ( 19-years gulf experi-
ence) seeking for suitable place-
ment. Contact : 0091-8089909265
(India), Email: mohithavp@gmail.
com
PART TIME ACCOUNTANT avail-
able, well experienced in account-
ing up to finalization. knowledge
in tally also. contact. 92643875
Chief Accountant 25 years
experienced looking for part/full
time accountant job.
Contact: 95598477 / 98803439
Indian Pediatric consultant, md
with 20 years experience and wife
gynecologist md with 15 years
plus experience seeking oppor-
tunities with reputed hospitals in
Muscat. [email protected]
PROCUREMENT OFFICER, Indian-
Male 34yrs,M.Com with 14 yrs
work Exp.(8 yrs in Oman) work-
ing in Construction Co LLC( for
ROAD,CIVIL,ELECTRO-MECHANI-
CAL & Others Projects ) and having
valid LT D/L, NOC available & ready
to join within a month-M:94064650,
Email: [email protected]
14 years experienced light driver
with valid Oman license looking
for suitable job. Contact 99442481
Indian male: 24 years, diploma
in computer science and B.E(CSE)
having experience in hardware
and networking seeking for the
suitable job. Contact: 91170912,
Email id: [email protected]
Indian male auto cad draughts-
man (civil) 8 years experience,
seeking for part time job. mobile
no: 0096899070584. email:
Sudanese male, 5 years experi-
ence in warehouse management
and logistics services#90644186
Civil Engineer (roads and struc-
tures) Education B. Tech Civil
Engineering with honours
experience more than six years.
Contact no 91431483 ,Email
Indian male 6 years exp in differ-
ent field, with valid Oman driving
license. Languages known Hindi,
English, looking for any job(Driver
for executives). Contact 98696795
HSE Engineer,Indian male, 4
Plus years Experience in Oil &
Gas .Working in Shclumberger.
NEBOSH,IOSH, & NDT Certified,
M Tech in HSE,
contact [email protected]
Mobile- +91 9867016808
Experienced B.Com graduate +
IATA Diploma holder looking for
Accounts/Admin/Travels related
job. Mob. 91142997. NOC available
.
Indian male B.A degree & diploma
in hotel management with 16 years
experience as restaurant & catering
manager in Oman & Saudi with V/L
Oman D/L seeks suitable place-
ment. Contact : 92100141
MBA Graduate (Indian male 26
years) having 2 years experi-
ence in Qatar as admin assistant
looking for suitable placement.
contact 93041141 Email:
Indian female, MBA with 9 yrs of
experience in finance & procure-
ment currently on family visa
looking for suitable position in
finance & supply chain.
Contact 95622568
Draughtsman, 15 years’ experi-
ence, Indian male currently in
Oman looking for suitable position.
Gsm – 95358115, 96977289,
Email : [email protected]
Indian Female living in Ghubra -
Muscat near Emirates Shopping
Center. 20 years of experience in
Teaching. Able to handle all sub-
jects till grade 6. Need suitable job.
Contact- 94406552
Indian male,16 years Oil & Gas
experience ( Down Hole Tools ),
3 years in Oman, Dip. Mechanical
Engineer, Having D/L and NOC.
Email – [email protected],
Mob : 965 956 18.
Bangladeshi Male, Univer-
sity MA, Working as Store
In-charge cum Logistic Manager
in Muscat; searching better job.
Phone:91997605. email:
8 plus years of experience in
Events /Marketing Communica-
tion /conferences / Trainings /
Media representation. Having UAE
D/L. seeking Suitable Placement:
Contact: 95792820.
Indian Female, 24 MA Eng. Litr
with 2 yrs experience in teach-
ing & 14 months in Administra-
tion cum Secretary, Currently
on visit visa, seeks suitable job.
Contact: 92613704/99260702,
Email:[email protected]
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES
SITUATION WANT-SERVICES
Window & split unit A.C servicing &
repairing. Contact: 99557080
Split & window unit A.C servicing
& maintenance.
Contact 96236476
PEST CONTROLAL TABA SERVICE LLC
Ants, Rodent, & cleaning On monthly,
Harmless & Odourless
100% Professional A ordable Rate !!!
CALL - 91464586
B
Y
Split & widow unit A.C servicing &
maintenance. Contact 93769089 /
95323517
House shifting & transporting.
Contact 92490422
CATERING SERVICES We do industrial catering
service, Canteen / mess,
3 times packed meals and
all types of catering events.
Contact: 92188777 / 99249899
Split & window A/c servicing &
maintenance. Contact 93769089 /
95323517
GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,
Contact 99314807/24792998
We do building maintenance all
kind of works. Contact 99247663
A/C maintenance & servicing,
fridge, washing machine & dish
washer repairing, painting & clean-
ing services, electrical & plumbing.
#99447257 / 97014234 / 24504281
Water proofing ABUQABAS-
Contact 99320217/24788722
Pest control treatments, Ocean center LLC
Contact 99344723
House shifting. Contact 99708138
CAD drawings Archi/ MEP CAD –
comply BIM. Contact: 91233975
MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of
your marble. contact 24793614/
99314807
Marble crystallization & grinding, cleaning & carpet shampooing.
Ocean center LLC.
Contact 99344723
Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont
Maintenance services electric,
plumbing and A/C. Contact:
96524904 /94285064
Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles
polishing, carpet shampooing,
maintenance.
Contact ABU QABAS- 99320217
/24788722
Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile
polishing, pest control & anti-ter-
mite treatment, general cleaning
painting,Plumbing, Electrical,
shifting. Contact Mundhir
Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C.
Contact: 24810137, 99450130
Split & window A/c installation &
maintenance specialist package &
ducted units. Contact 98667326
House Shifting Packing. Contact:
99657644 / 98518013
Muscat Driving School established
for over 15 years drive safe with
MDS. Meet our professional friendly
Instructor. Contact: 99773651 /
95840670 Sohar 26844412 Ruwi /
Darsait 24781123 MGM 24399951
AL Khudh 24536348
Split A/C servicing R.O 10 only.
Contact: 94217681 /99210141
All MEP & Civil shop drawings.
Contact : 93070771 Email :
Cleaning Services, Sofa, carpet
shampoo old house or new house.
Contact: 92179395
Marble crystallization & grinding, Ocean center LLC
Contact: 99344723
GOOD NEWS
Ayurvedic treatment for back-
ache, paralysis, arthritis etc
& massage, All Season (Vaid-
yaratnam).Contact:24475280 /
95371664 / 92504980
www.siddhayur.com
FREE INFORMATION ABOUT IS-LAM. 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
Indian Male,Kerala,B.COM & B.PE
having 13Years of Physical Educa-
tion Teacher experience. Currently
on visit visa Looking for a suitable
job. Contact:- 968 94106834.
email:[email protected].
14 years experience in 5 star hotel
as sales manager in UAE & INDIA on
tourist visa looking for suitable op-
portunity please contact 91305978
Indian male with 1 yr exp looking
for job in I.T as Web developer,
presently in Muscat on visit visa.
#92312978
Admin Assistant. Having 5 years
experience in admin department
in reputed companies, presently
working in Muscat (NOC Available).
GSM. 00968-98404122, Email -
Indian Female on a visit visa hav-
ing master degree seeking suitable
placement in any field, 1 and half
year experience in HR .
Contact : +968 91467576
.
Indian male, 8.5 yrs experience,
B.Com Graduate with GCC exp &
valid driving license looking for
better job opening in Muscat.
Contact: 92609935 / 94771365
2 years experienced male seek-
ing job related to safety. M. Tech
in HSE, MSc in Environmental
Science and IOSH certified.
#94653264
Sri Lankan Male 34 BSc. (Physics)
5 years experience as a site man-
ager and administration supervisor
in Oman with valid D/L looking
for a suitable position. contact
99153061 or
DAILY GUIDET H U R S D AY, A P R I L 2 1 , 2 0 1 6 D7
TOURS
TOURS
RENT A CAR
25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP
specification for monthly rent &
small car with driver.
Contact: 99839898
SITUATION WANTEDCARGO
Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with
Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain
Marine Tours contact 98029602,
92808636
We arrange tours & accommoda-
tion at all the beautiful places in
Oman. Contact 99839898
Moon Travel L.L.CSaudi Arabian Government approved agent
Contact: Tariq Al Balushi - 99218069 Ahmed Maseehuddin - 99353611, O ce: 24790746/24706217
Umrah Package by Road & AirBus Departures- Apr 19, May 03, 17 & 31.2016
Ramadan Schedule - Jun 06, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26 & 30.2016
SITUATION WANT-SIT. WANTED
SITUATION WANT-SIT. WANTED
RENT A CARBest Rates for Saloon
Contact: 97869042 / 95730550
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation available on rent
10 ton Hiap Trailers.
Contact 94207475 / 95649231/
97982842
Transportation. Contact 99508282
Transportation. Contact
92015894
Transportation available Ruwi to
Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.
Contact: 91103909
Transportation. Contact
94087276
Transportation required from
Qurum to WadiKabir at afternoon
only 1 PM. Contact - 99012165
SITUATION WANTEDBUSINESS
Investment RequiredMinimum OMR 500,000 to transfer
5 Excavators big + 5 Tippers 2015
Astra, working on good profitable
Excavation projects. Assured
income 36 %.
98867530 / [email protected]
A well developing, beautifully designed, villa project in Kerala
needs an investor as partner. original
land. clear documents. high returns
guaranteed. please call 0091-
9447433853/8086793717
We are looking for training license
training business to buy.
Contact: 97100419
Email: [email protected]
Female Junior Architect Gradu-
ated from School of Planning & Ar-
chitecture, Vijayawada. Excellence
in Autocad, Sketching & Model-
ling. Internship - KHAM Designs,
Bangalore. Presently with Atulya
Architects & Associates. Email
#00968-94057427.
Indian male 37 YEARS, BSC
COMPUTER SCIENCE having More
than 8yrs of experience with well
exposure in PDO, DALEEL & OXY as
IT SUPPORT /
DESKTOP SUPPORT ENGINEER.
Seeking suitable placement.
Contact [email protected]
/ 968-99758320
MBA Indian male 2 years experi-
ence in firefighting & security sys-
tems sales & marketing. Seeking
suitable job. Contact – 90634050
B.Com Graduate with 4 year expe-
rience as an Accountant in Oman.
Also have Oman Driving License.
Best fluency in English, Arabic,
Hindi& Malayalam. Looking for
Job. Currently in Oman. #+968
93943448, [email protected]
Diploma(Electrical Engineering)
From Government polytechnic.Age
27years, 6 years Experiance in Main-
tenance, troubleshooting and man-
aging and Technical in substation as
a Electrical Engineer. Seek suitable
placement. GSM- 92995899,
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DAILY GUIDE Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624
SITUATION WANTEDDINING DELIGHTS
*Classified Advertisement space booking with text,
should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s
publication. * Subject to space availability