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Oman is a country with a deep-rooted history, a distinguished character, which has its own philosophy in social life, and therefore we should not allow senseless imitation to impede our progress or passively affect our immortal heritage.

Speech at Sultan Qaboos University in 1991

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

‘HM laid foundation of modern Sultanate’

MUSCAT: Praising His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said for laying the foundations of a modern na-tion that keeps pace with modern development while maintaining its true values and cultural her-itage, His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, sent a cable of greet-

ings to His Majesty the Sultan on the occasion of the 45th Glorious National Day.

In his cable, Sayyid Fahd said: “Your Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, on the occasion of the 45th Glorious National Day, when we all feel proud of the progress and prosperity made all over the Sultanate of Oman under Your Majesty’s wise leadership, on my behalf and on behalf of the Coun-cil of Ministers, I am honoured to express the most sincere greet-ings and best wishes appealing to Allah from the core of our hearts to maintain Your Majesty a vic-torious leader surrounded by Al-lah’s care.”

You Majesty the Sultan,Your Majesty have laid the

foundations of a modern nation that keeps pace with modern development while maintain-ing its true values and cultural heritage.>A6

Sayyid Fahd thanked

HM for the progress

and prosperity in the

country under his

wise leadership

Need to boost safety measures at construction sites: Experts

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MUSCAT: Following the death of a worker and injuries to three others who are battling for their life after an under-construction mosque collapsed in Salalah, safety experts and authorities have urged companies to step up safety measures and adhere to rules set by the government in the construction sector.

On Sunday evening, a Bangla-

deshi worker died and five oth-ers were injured when an under-construction mosque collapsed in Mirbat, some 63km far from Salalah city. According to hospital sources, three people are said to be in critical condition.

“Others have only minor in-juries. The worker who died is from Bangladesh,” hospital sourc-es said.

An official from the Public Au-thority of Civil Defence (PACDA) urged contractors to follow the safety regulations.

“Regulations differ for houses,

apartments and public venues. Public places come under stricter regulations as more people can be harmed if something goes wrong,” the official stated.

According to PACDA’s data, only nine similar cases were re-ported in 2014, while 16 similar incidents took place in 2013, most of which occurred during the maintenance of old and dilapidat-ed buildings. Last month, three people were injured in a building collapse in Salalah and one per-son lost his life in a similar inci-dent in Ghala, Muscat. >A6

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BUILDING COLLAPSE: PACDA officials undertake rescue work at the accident site in Mirbat. – PACDA

HM sends condolences to KuwaitMUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of condolences to His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jab-ir Al Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, on the death of Sheikha Najma Al Abdullah Al Ahamd Al Jaber Al Sabah. >A6

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2Indian vessel and Omani ship RNOV Shabab Oman will sail together. >A4

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MUSCAT: Captivated by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said’s grace, an Indian expatriate has chronicled His Majesty’s pictures, which is being featured as part of the Times of Oman’s #OmanPride campaign today.

It was three and a half years ago when Ansar Karunagapally mi-

grated to Oman. He got fascinated by His Majesty’s portraits placed in offices and since then he started collecting His Majesty’s pictures, which became a passion for him.

Currently, Karunagapally has some 1,200 pictures of His Maj-esty, each one different from the others.

“I was charmed by His Maj-esty’s grace. I am a salesman in a company. >A6

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OMANThe oil prices of course have an effect on us and all

other countries. This is an international challenge.

It is not (limited) to Oman or one particular country.

Darwish bin Ismail Ali Al Balushi, Finance Minister

‘More steps to counter oil fallout’

ELHAM POURMOHAMMADIelham@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Steps taken by the Oman government so far have helped reduce the impact of low-er oil prices on the economy and these measures will continue, said Oman’s finance minister.

“The oil prices of course have an effect on us and all other coun-tries. This is an international challenge. It is not (limited) to Oman or one particular country. Most of the countries, especially oil producing countries, are fac-ing this challenge,” Darwish bin Ismail Ali Al Balushi told report-ers at the Business Opportunities Forum on Monday.

“However, I think we are doing well with the measures that the country has started taking from the beginning of this year, both

on the expenditure and revenue. Those measures have contrib-uted in reducing the negative impact of the decline of the oil prices on the economy and the budget,” the minister noted.

He added that the government will continue to revise the ex-penditure and revenue to contain the expenditure and enhance the role of non-oil revenues in the budget.

“The revision is being done on all the government expenditure on everything to make sure that the efficiency is there to create cost-efficiency in the govern-ment expenditure,” Al Balushi explained.

Asked if measures related to fuel subsidies are included, the minister said that the revision in-cludes “everything”.

Commenting on the third edition of the Business Oppor-tunities Forum, he said that it provided a good platform for companies, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to network and discuss the existing opportunities.

The government will

continue to revise

the expenditure and

revenue to contain

the expenditure and

enhance the role of

non-oil revenues

in the budget, said

Finance Minister

Darwish bin Ismail

Ali Al Balushi

Finance Minister Darwish

bin Ismail Ali Al Balushi

Tourism sector makes steady progress

Times News Service

MUSCAT: The added value of the tourism sector in the Sultan-ate as a whole touched OMR724 million in 2014, said Minister of Tourism, Ahmed bin Nasser Al Mahrazi.

The added value of the ho-tels and restaurants sector was pegged at about OMR238 mil-lion, he added. Al Mahrazi said the Ministry has set 14 sites as geographic locations that en-compass many tourist attrac-tions covering all Omani gov-ernorates, with the objective of attracting more tourists to spend longer periods in the Sultanate.

In an interview conducted on the occasion of the 45th Na-tional Day, Al Mahrazi said the Omani strategy would focus on providing unique, distinguished and unforgettable experiences for tourists. This would ensure creating positive impressions about the Sultanate to attract a growing number of tourists.

He said that the Sultanate has witnessed significant develop-ment in all sectors during 45 years of the Blessed Renaissance during the reign of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.

He said: “This appears clear-ly through the achievements made on the ground during the comprehensive development march that continues to apply the growth factors to various as-pects of life. The tourism sector occupies a leading position in the strategy of diversifying the Sultanate’s sources of income. It has been chosen, along with other sectors, to achieve such a strategy as part of the future vi-sion for the Omani economy.”

“The ministry is seeking the services of some consulting companies to prepare studies and plans for tourist sites while paying attention to the social and environmental dimensions; as well as achieving a balance with economic dimension to achieve a sustainable development.”

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British aviator impressed with Sultanate’s beauty, tranquility

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MUSCAT: Oman is the most peaceful and beautiful place in the Arab world, said Tracey Curtis-Taylor, the British aviator, who is on a 13,000-mile solo flight from Britain to Australia in a vintage open cockpit bi-plane.

Curtis-Taylor, who stopped in Oman for refuelling her aircraft, will fly across 23 countries before

finally arriving in Sydney during the first week of January 2016.

“Oman is the most peaceful and beautiful country in the Arabian Peninsula and I am very happy to

have got a chance to do some sight-seeing here,” Curtis-Taylor told the Times of Oman in an exclusive interview at the British Embassy.

The 53-year-old British avia-

tor set off from the Farnborough Airport in Hampshire in her 1942 Boeing Stearman Spirit of Arte-mis aircraft in October. She plans to follow in the footsteps of Amy Johnson, the pioneering British aviator, who became the first wom-an to fly a solo flight from Britain to Australia in 1930.

“I want to tell Amy’s story to the world and really want to celebrate what women have achieved,” she said. According to Curtis-Taylor, it is not easy to fly like Johnson did.

“We can’t do what Amy did be-cause it’s different world now,” Curtis-Taylor said.

“When Amy did this, it was a simple world. Now I have to face different issues, such as bureau-cracy, permissions, clearances, security, political dimensions, war zones etc.,” she explained.

But she hopes that she can rec-reate the essence of Johnson’s era of flying, with an open cockpit, ba-sic period instruments and a short range between landing points.

According to the British pilot, weather is also a major challenge. She has to stop in many places be-cause of bad weather.

Speaking about her journey, Curtis-Taylor said, “So far, my journey has been tiring. Flying is absolutely fantastic, but the pro-

cess, such as security, clearances, lot of time on the ground; all this makes it exhausting.” “But to fly over the Arabian desert is the ul-timate. This type of terrain is ap-pealing to me,” she added.

According to her, Muscat is the most beautiful city around.

Spectacular city “Muscat city’s shape is spectacu-lar. The architecture is the old Arabian style and feels more au-thentic. To fly down the coasts is awesome. Muscat is greener than the others because here we can see lot of trees and gardens,” Curtis-Taylor said. “These sights make me want to come here again and again,” she added.

Speaking about the preparation of the journey, Curtis-Taylor said, “I had to prepare for 18 months for this journey.”

“My own flight to Australia is the realisation of a burning desire to fly my beloved Boeing Stear-man around the world. It has tak-en three decades to arrive at this point, and now I not only have the desire to do it, but also the resourc-es and a huge network of support behind me. I am very, very grateful for this,” she added.

“It feels as if I am finally break-ing free of the shackles of life and

fulfilling a destiny which was al-ways meant to be,” Curtis-Taylor added. She headed to Pakistan from Oman yesterday. Then, she will go to India, where she will spend nearly 12 days and will stop in Jaipur, Delhi, Agra, Varanasi and Kolkata, and then fly to Bang-ladesh. “I have to keep landing to fuel and during landing, we build programmes. We want to meet people, media, school girls and university students, etc. So that’s why I want to take three months to reach my destination,” she added.

Curtis-Taylor is not unfamiliar with this form of flying. In 2013, she flew 8,000 miles solo from Cape Town to Goodwood, West Sussex, to recreate the 1928 flight of Lady Mary Heath.

A small support crew will travel in another aircraft to record her journey to Australia. She has been flying for three decades and likes the adventure. She joined the New Zealand Warbirds at the age of 19 and was trained by military pilots.

“I got a chance to fly historic airplanes at a younger age,” Curtis-Taylor said.

Curtis-Taylor has a commercial license, but she never worked as a commercial pilot in her career. She also had a brief diplomatic service in London.

Tracey Curtis-Taylor,

who stopped in

Oman for refuelling

her aircraft, will fly

across 23 countries

before finally

arriving in Sydney

during the first week

of January 2016

UK envoy hosts reception for team of explorersTimes News Service

MUSCAT: A team of Omani and British explorers is getting ready to follow in the footsteps of adventurers from the 1930s, Bertram Thomas and Sheikh Salih bin Kalut Al Rashidi, and will leave Salalah on December 10 on a journey across the desert through Saudi Arabia to Doha in Qatar.

British Ambassador, Jon Wilks, hosted a reception at his residence on Sunday to celebrate the upcoming expedition to cross the Empty Quarter.

The expedition is being con-ducted under the patronage of His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said in Oman and His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales of the United Kingdom.

“It will be only the second at-tempt in recorded history to cross

the Empty Quarter, the biggest sand desert in the world,” said Mark Evans, general manager of Outward Bound Oman and head of the Crossing the Empty Quar-ter expedition team.

The team will start its journey from Salalah in Oman on Decem-ber 10 and walk and ride camels across the desert through Saudi Arabia to Doha.

“We will be following in the footsteps of the first such re-corded trek in 1930, which was carried out by a similar Omani-British team of Bertram Thomas and Sheikh Salih bin Kalut Al Rashidi,” Evans said.

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French envoy thanks Oman for support

Times News Service

MUSCAT: French Ambas-sador to Oman Roland Duber-trand has thanked the Omani authorities and the people for their support in the wake of the Paris attacks.

In comments to Times of Oman, Roland Dubertrand said, “We highly appreciate, in these circumstances, the support of the Omani authorities and the Omani people”.

Shocking He also said, “All the French people are shocked by the aw-ful and infamous terrorist at-tacks which occurred in Paris during the night of November 13 and caused the death of 130 persons.

Act of war“The President of the Republic, François Hollande, said that is was an act of war and we will never stop our fight against the international terrorism. The forces of death and destruction will not win.”

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WOMAN POWER: Curtis-Taylor set off from the Farnborough Airport

in Hampshire in her 1942 Boeing Stearman Spirit of Artemis air-

craft in October. She plans to follow in the steps of Amy Johnson,

the pioneering British aviator, who became the first woman to fly a

solo flight from Britain to Australia in 1930. – AR Rajkumar

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Last chance to win in Times of Oman quizTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Here is the last chance to win in the National Day quiz being organised by the Times of Oman.

The National Day quiz, which was launched on Sunday, will conclude today and winners will be announced on Wednesday.

Times of Oman National Day quiz was launched as part of the 45th National Day celebrations.

Times of Oman’s ‘How well do you know Oman? quiz checks the knowledge residents and citizens have of Oman.

While 30 questions have al-ready been asked, 15 questions

will be asked today (Tuesday).Winners stand a chance of

winning a lot of attractive priz-es, a spokesperson for Times of Oman said. The gifts include branded pens and watches.

The ‘How well do you know Oman?’ can be played on www.timesofoman.com starting Sun-day. Those who participate in the quiz have to take a screenshot of the marks they scored and send it to nationaldayquiz@gmail.com.

Those who score the highest marks will be chosen as the win-ners and in case of a tie, a winner will be chosen through a random draw. The sponsors of this quiz are Indomie and Mistal.

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His Highness Sayyid Shihab to patronise

over National Day Festival in Dhofar

SALALAH: His Highness Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq Al Said will pat-ronise at Al Sa’ada Sports Com-plex this Thursday over the 45th Glorious National Day Festival in the Governorate of Dhofar.

At least 4,500 students are ex-pected to participate in the fes-tival, in addition to members of the Omani Women’s Association in Salalah and the Oman folk art groups, under the supervision of the Supreme Committee for Na-

tional Day Celebrations.Abdul Qadir bin Ahmed Al

Haddad, deputy chairman of the Supervising Committee of the Festival, said in a statement to Oman News Agency (ONA) that the festival will include eight key scenes, in addition to the closing scene, which will be the same in all governorates of the Sultanate, entitled “Righteous Call”, which will include a presentation that covers the past, present and fu-

ture in the prosperous reign of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.

Al Haddad explained that the festival will open with the scene from the Renaissance Dawn, entitled, “Welcome”, as well as the second scene “State of Insti-tutions”, followed by the third scene, “Development of Public Education”, the fourth scene enti-tled, “Higher Education”, the fifth scene called “The Modern State”, in addition to the sixth scene en-

titled “Developmental Sectors”. He added that the seventh scene will be “The Joy of Achievement”, while the eighth scene will be “Promise and Fulfilment”, which is a general scene for all partici-pants in the festival.

The main committee supervis-ing the festival and other commit-tees in the governorate have made all the necessary preparations for organising the festival, Al Haddad added. -ONA

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Omani, Indian ships to retrace historical links

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Omani Naval Ship RNO Vessel (RNOV) Shabab Oman and Indian naval vessel INS Tarangini will sail together to retrace historical maritime links between India and Oman, in a voyage that is expected to make history and set a new milestone in bilateral relations.

The Indian Navy’s sail train-ing ship Tarangini is scheduled to arrive at the Sultan Qaboos port, Muscat, on November 22 to par-ticipate in the joint sailing voyage

with RNO vessel Shabab Oman.The joint voyage from Mus-

cat to Kochi has been planned as part of the year-long celebra-tions to commemorate 60 years of diplomatic relations between India and Oman. The joint voyage will be flagged off on November 24 during a grand ceremony and will involve numerous Indian and Omani naval dignitaries. The two ships are scheduled to reach the port of Kochi on December 4.

India’s relations with Oman are not decades or centuries old. They can be traced back to several millennia, including links during the Indus Valley Civilisation. It is

believed that it was only with the help of an Omani national that Vasco de Gama was able to reach the Indian port of Calicut.

The maritime links between India and Oman have been an integral part of the ancient spice route linking India to the world.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1955, In-dia’s age old ties with Oman have flourished and evolved into a stra-tegic partnership, which both the countries cherish and are com-mitted to expanding further.

Defence cooperation and ex-changes have emerged as an im-portant facet of this partnership.

The joint voyage

will be flagged off

on November 24 at

a grand ceremony

where several Indian

and Omani naval

dignitaries will

be participating

RETRACING LINKS: The voyage of RNOV Shabab Oman and

India’s INS Tarangini will seek to retrace maritime links between

India and Oman. – File photo

Drugs seized at Muscat airport

Times News Service

MUSCAT: An attempt to smug-gle drugs into Oman was foiled by Customs officers at the Mus-cat International Airport.

Police said the smugglers had concealed the contra-band in different ways to avoid detection, but officers at the airport managed to seize 220 Tramadol capsules and 443 Clonazepam tablets.

In another case, an Asian was arrested for attempting to smug-gle 633 grams of marijuana.

Customs officers found the narcotics while checking the suspect’s suitcase.

The suspects and the seized contraband were handed over to the Department of Narcotics Control for further action.

Infiltrators deportedNinety-two infiltrators were ar-rested by Royal Oman Police in cooperation with military and security authorities, in different parts of the Sultanate for trying to enter the country illegally, a source said. At least 21 were de-ported after legal measures and coordinated action with the re-spective embassies.

38 arrestedNorth Al Batinah Royal Oman Police (ROP) conducted a raid in Wilayat Al Suwaiq, which led to the arrest of 38 Asians violat-ing labour and residency laws.

An ROP official said the ar-rests were made in the Al Bi-daya area in Suwaiq. The official added that the campaign against violators would continue, to prevent the negative effects on the Sultanate and the people liv-ing in the country.

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Public Money Court set up

MUSCAT: A new department named “Public Money Court”, to deal with corruption issues, has been established at Muscat Prima-ry Court by the Council of Adminis-trative Affairs for the Judiciary.

“The department is also con-cerned with the deliberation of cases related to bribery, misappro-priation of public money, misuse of position, neglect of job duties and all illegal offences on public money,” said the Muscat Appeal Court chairman, who is also chair-man of general assembly of Mus-cat courts. -ONA

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I have His Majesty’s pictures from when he was young boy, as a student, a young man, army man, ruler, sailor…the list is too longAnsar Karunagapally, Indian expat

‘Culprit must be penalised’Meanwhile, Salim Al Ghammari, member of the Muscat Municipal Council, said the consultant and contractor share the responsibil-ity for the building collapse.

“The municipality issues per-mits for the construction of any building after appointing a con-sultant and making sure that the contractor follows a set of safety rules. Apparently, contrac-tors use cheap materials, which lead to such accidents,” Al Gham-mari said.

“Officials at the municipal-ity are responsible for checking whether the cement and metal is of good quality,” Al Ghammari pointed out.

Al Ghammari said he didn’t want to comment on the Mirbat accident as the investigation is

under way. A municipality mem-ber from Dhofar also refused to comment for the same reason.

Loss of lifePACDA revealed that the con-struction company in charge of building the mosque had got the relevant permission and action would be taken for the accident and loss of life by the public pros-ecution only after the investiga-tion is completed.

Mark Pudwell, business devel-opment and training manager at Competence HR, said construc-tion companies have a moral if not a legal responsibility to en-sure the safety of their employees.

“I would strongly agree that those companies, which fail to provide the required standard of

safety, should be heavily penal-ized,” Pudwell said.

“The first thing many con-struction companies do to re-duce costs is to cut back on safety essentials, such as effective and safe scaffolding, fall arrest equip-ment etc. so an already inherent-ly hazardous job becomes even more dangerous. Employees are often too afraid of dismissal to speak out so the issues remain unresolved and workers remain at higher risk than necessary,” Pudwell added.

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HM’s constant careThe requirements of each stage of comprehensive development have been met effectively and now the comprehensive development cov-ers all parts of our dear nation and meets the needs of the society. This has been achieved through proper, scientific and carefully studied fu-turistic plans that enabled the gov-ernment to achieve high indicators in terms of economic stability and financial sustainability. Moreover, a qualitative and quantitative leap has been made in diversifying the sources of income and developing the non-oil revenues.

Your Majesty’s constant care in the development of Omani citizens has resulted in a society where eve-ryone enjoys equal rights and obliga-tions and where there is a supremacy of law. The Omani citizens were ac-corded with utmost care to maintain their daily life aspects. This has been achieved through implementing a number of social development and service programmes and promoting the quality of education, health care and housing services to the public. The social aspect of the compre-hensive development process has been evident in all the plans and pro-grammes that have been implement-ed during the Blessed Renaissance. This provided many employment, training and rehabilitation oppor-tunities for the national manpower, which in turn helped them to acquire more experience and skills.

You Majesty the SultanYour Majesty’s trust in the ability

of the Omani citizen to positively take part in the decision-making process has been very evident in Your Majesty’s infinite support for the Shura march in the Sultanate.

The Sultanate’s approach, under Your Majesty’s leadership, was not restricted to laying the pillars of the state from inside, but rather extend-ed to the regional and international

arenas as well. Your Majesty has promoted peace, dialogue among countries and accord through en-couraging the acceptance of others, respecting their views and listen-ing to their views. Your Majesty has reaffirmed this at Your Majes-ty’s Royal Message to the World through UNESCO General Assem-bly. At this General Assembly, Your Majesty affirmed the basic pillars of the Sultanate’s approach since long time. This approach is based on tolerance, enhancing the bonds of love among people and encouraging dialogue among cultures. This co-incided with the UNESCO celebra-tions of the Silver Jubilee of Sultan Qaboos Award for Environment Conservation, awarded to interna-tional scientists who contribute to the protection of environment. The Award has received esteem and re-spect of international community.

Your Majesty the SultanWithin the framework of Your

Majesty’s care to maintain the de-velopment of the state and achieve high performance rates, the Council of Ministry uses Your Majesty’s royal noble directives as a method of work that guide the Council of Ministers while carrying out its responsibili-ties and translating these visions into reality. The Council of Ministers also maintains continuous follow up for the implementation of the devel-opment programs to ensure meeting the needs of all Omanis. On this dear occasion, where the hearts of all Om-anis are filled with joy and happiness, the Council of Minister pledges to exert more efforts and be persistent in continuing the sustainable de-velopment march in all walks of life inspired by Your Majesty’s sound, enlightened and farsighted vision. We appeal to Allah to ensure many happy returns of this occasion while Your Majesty enjoys good health, welfare and happiness. -ONA

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In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sin-cere congratulations along with his best wishes of good health and happiness to President Konrote, wishing him success in achieving hopes and aspira-tions of the people of Fiji and further progress to the ties be-tween the two countries. -ONA

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Message to Kuwait

In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sin-cere condolences and sympathy to Sheikh Al Sabah, praying to Allah the Almighty to rest the deceased’s soul in peace and grant her family patience. -ONA

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1,200 photos

“While visiting different of-fices, which are part of my job, I came across different kinds of pictures of His Majesty. This evoked a passion in me to collect His Majesty pictures,” Karunagapally told the Times of Oman.

1,200 pictures Starting about three years ago, Karunagapally now has some 1,200 pictures of His Majesty downloaded from the Internet and newspapers.

“I have His Majesty’s pic-tures from when he was young boy, as a student, a young man, army man, ruler, sailor…the list is too long,” he said, while flip-ping the pages of an album.

“I have not seen such a col-lection with others. I feel happy and content,” Karuna-gapally, who spends all his after office hours collecting and chronicling His Majesty’s pictures, said.

Updating knowledge He is also updating his knowl-edge of new techniques and smart ways of chronicling through online studies, Karuna-gapally said.

He added that he had never imagined that this hobby would become a serious passion.

“Since it is His Majesty, I need to be more and more careful. I can never go wrong. So, the responsibility is huge,” Karunagapally added.

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SAYYID FAHD RECEIVES ALGERIAN MINISTERHis Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Coun-cil of Ministers, received on Monday Ramtane Lamamra, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, and Head of the Algerian side in the Omani-Algerian Joint Committee. — ONA

SAYYID FAHD RECEIVES UN OFFICIALSHis Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Coun-cil of Ministers, received on Monday Cristina Gallach, Undersecretary General for Com-munications and Public Information in the United Nations and Samir Al Darbi, Acting Director of the UN Media Centre. -ONA

HM sends greetings

84 members of State Council take oath

MUSCAT: Eighty-four mem-bers of the State Council took oath at the first “procedural” session on Monday under the chair of Dr Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, Chairman of the State Council.

Dr Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, Chairman of the Council, said in his address that the 1st procedural session of the first annual sitting of the sixth term coincides with the Sultan-ate’s celebration of the Glori-ous 45th National Day. He con-gratulated the members on the Royal confidence of His Maj-esty Sultan Qaboos bin Said for appointing them as members in the current term.

Khalid bin Hilal Al Ma’awali, Chairman of Majlis Al Shura, in his speech at the first regu-lar meeting of, praised the royal speech of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, in the inaugu-ration of the works of the sixth term of the Council of Oman and the appreciation given to the two houses of the council, the State Council and Majlis.

He highlighted in his speech the agenda of the meeting in-cluding the election of midterm six members of Shura’s office and approval of the formation of main committees. -ONA

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Differences on Syria hamper G20’s battle against IS groupBELEK (TURKEY): World leaders promised to tighten bor-der controls, step up intelligence sharing and crack down on ter-rorist financing at a summit in Turkey on Monday, but there was little sign of a dramatic shift in strategy against IS in Syria.

The two-day G20 summit in Turkey’s coastal province of Antalya brought together leaders including US President Barack Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Pu-tin just 500km (310 miles) from Syria, whose 4-1/2-year conflict has transformed IS into a global security threat and spawned Eu-rope’s largest migration crisis

since World War II. Concerned about the “acute and growing flow of foreign terrorist fighters”, G20 leaders said in a statement they had agreed to step up border con-trols and aviation security.

French warplanes pounded positions held by IS in Syria on Sunday. Foreign Minister Lau-rent Fabius described it as an act of self-defence following the Paris attacks.

US officials said Washington wanted to intensify existing ef-forts against IS, including the bombing campaign and arming Syrian rebels. Obama will meet with European allies at the end of

the summit to try to shore up their common front.

But the officials said there were no immediate plans for any dramatic shift in strategy such as the deployment of significant ground forces.

The dilemma remained how to rally the coalition without draw-ing the US deeper into Syria’s war, they said.

Turkish Foreign Minister Feri-dun Sinirlioglu said the possibil-ity of a military ground operation in Syria had not been raised at the summit, and made clear Turkey was not planning any such offen-sive alone. — Reuters

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When French President Francois Hol-lande said Friday’s attacks on Paris were an “act of war,” he was following

a script set by George W. Bush in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.

Rhetorically, invoking the language of war to describe a terrorist attack sends a message of se-riousness and outrage. But as US’s post 9/11 wars show, it isn’t always wise to elevate a terrorist group to the level of the sovereign entities that tra-ditionally have the authority to make war.

This was a mistake with respect to Al Qaeda, but it’s a greater mistake when it comes to IS, whose primary aspiration is to achieve statehood. By say-ing that IS is in a war with France, Hollande is un-wittingly giving the ragtag group the international stature it seeks.

The consequences of Hollande’s declaration go beyond the public relations boon to the militant group, which has otherwise been struggling to stay in the headlines and gain the adherents it needs to control territory. A head of state who says that war has been made against his country must have a credible response in mind.

The appropriate response depends on whether the state of war is construed legally or metaphori-cally. The legal angle is somewhat important. Un-der Article 5 of NATO’s Washington Treaty, an act of war from outside the North Atlantic Treaty Or-ganization against one of the member states trig-gers obligations of support from the other treaty members. The September 11 attacks marked the first time Article 5 was invoked. That required all the NATO members to support the US war against Al Qaeda. (When it came to Iraq, several NATO members famously balked, reasoning that there was no proof the terrorist attack had anything to do with Saddam Hussein.)

If France invoked Article 5, NATO members would be obligated to support it in a war against IS. Yet the disillusioning aspect of this legal position is that France has been bombing IS strongholds in Syria since late September, and its attacks on the group in Iraq are old news.

In other words, France is already at war with IS. The Paris attacks aren’t the first salvo. They are, at most, the IS response to French assaults that

expanded after the terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish market in January.

As a result, considering the recent terrorist at-tacks to be an act of war won’t change the basic legal state between France and IS. The newspa-per Le Parisien ran the headline, “Cette fois, c’est la guerre” — “This time, it’s war.” But whatever French public perception may have been, France was already engaged.

That leaves the metaphorical sense of war. Here it’s useful to review Hollande’s options.

Saying that the attacks were an act of war could motivate public opinion for a more rigorous re-sponse than France has so far pursued against IS. Because France is already bombing, that would mean a significantly stepped-up participation in the air war -- or the introduction of French ground troops. To be sure, the war against IS almost cer-tainly can’t be won without ground troops. The re-markable longevity the group has so far shown is primarily attributable to the fact that no regional power has been prepared to commit such troops. Kurdish militias backed by Western air power in Iraq are the only troops to have made any real in-roads against IS, unless you consider the Syrian regular forces supported by Soviet planes.

French ground troops, then, would be a great boon to the battle. But it seems overwhelmingly likely that Hollande has no intention of sending French troops, no matter how angry the public may be. The strategic rationale for withholding ground troops hasn’t changed. The US won’t pro-vide any because of public scepticism after the Afghan and Iraqi disasters. And if the US isn’t will-ing to commit troops, neither is anybody else. The Paris attacks won’t move the needle sufficiently for Hollande to pursue a different course.

That leaves Hollande with no military option but contributing more to the air war. That’s fine, but it points to a deep flaw in his declaration. If IS has really committed an act of war against France, shouldn’t France do more than send a few planes?

More concretely, Hollande must certainly real-ize that by acknowledging a war against France, he’s acknowledging a war that France can’t win, at least in the short to medium term. More air attacks won’t defeat IS definitively. Thus, the metaphor of the “act of war” puts France into a disadvanta-geous position: - Bloomberg View

UN envoy to Libya not sincere about peace effortsThis refers to the online article, ‘All sides in Libya are committing war crimes, says United Nations’ (November 16). In my opinion, the United Nations has no grounds to make such a statement. For quite

some time the UN has been making futile efforts to curb the chaos. The outgoing UN envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, tried to coerce the warring parties to agree on a new leader. However, it was clear that Leon was not sincere about bringing peace there. — Jacob Johnson, Muscat

Western imperialists have been successful in impeding growthThis refers to the online article, ‘Turkey cancels $3.4b missile defence system tender awarded to China’ (November 16). The saga reeks of the fact that the world is embroiled in a new cold war. The Western imperial powers cannot stand the fact that the emerging countries are growing at a very fast pace. To stymie this growth, the West has successfully destabilised the world. — Ashok Kumar, Ruwi

Tennis lacks talented male starsThis refers to the online article, ‘Djokovic and Federer stroll to easy wins’ (November 16). It is puzzling to see a lack of talented players in the men’s circuit. These players are monopolising the game. They should be forced to retire. — Ashley Stephen, Ruwi

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Pranab: Cherish awards, don’t let emotions overrun reason

NEW DELHI: Indian Presi-dent Pranab Mukherjee on Mon-day virtually disapproved of the returning of honours by some writers and other intellectuals, saying such awards should be

cherished and valued by the re-cipients and emotions should not “overrun reason”.

He observed that “sensitive minds” sometimes get disturbed by some incidents in the soci-ety but added that there should be “balanced” expression of concern over such events.

Pranab, while giving away na-tional awards of Press Council of India to journalists and news photographers here, said, “pres-tigious awards such as these are a public recognition of talent, merit and hard work by peers and lead-ers in the profession. Such awards should be cherished and valued by

those who receive them.”Apparently referring to the

recent cases of some writers, historians and other intellectu-als returning their awards over “growing intolerance” in the country, the president said, “Sen-sitive minds sometimes get dis-turbed by some incidents in socie-ty. But, expression of concern over such events should be balanced. Emotions should not overrun reason, and disagreement should be expressed through debate and discussion.”

Speaking on the topic ‘The im-pact and import of cartooning and caricatures as a medium of ex-pression of opinion’, he said, “We must, as proud Indians, have con-fidence in the idea of India and the values and principles enshrined in our Constitution. India has always been able to self-correct whenever such a need has arisen.”

At the function organised by the Press Council of India (PCI) on the occasion of National Press Day here, Mukherjee paid tributes to legendary cartoonists like RK Laxman and Rajinder Puri.

He also referred to Jawaharlal Nehru and said he used to repeat-edly tell cartoonist V. Shankar to not spare him in his work.

“This open mindedness and ap-preciation of genuine criticism is one of the lovable traditions of our great nation, which we must pre-serve and strengthen,” he said.

The President also said that freedom of the press in India forms part of the freedom of ex-pression which is guaranteed by the Constitution as a funda-mental right.

In a democracy, he said, various challenges will emerge from time to time and these should be ad-dressed collectively.

“We must ensure that the letter and spirit of the law always re-mains a living reality,” he said.

Speaking at the event where Minister of State for Informa-tion and Broadcasting Rajyavard-han Rathore and PCI chairman Justice (retd) C. K. Presad were present, Pranab also said that the growth of newspapers and agen-cies in the country has its roots in our freedom struggle. - PTI

President Pranab

Mukherjee said,

‘open mindedness

and appreciation of

genuine criticism

is one of the lovable

traditions of our great

nation, which we

must preserve

and strengthen’

PRESS DAY FUNCTION: President Pranab Mukherjee is greeted

by PCI Chairperson Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad during

National Press Day function, in New Delhi on Monday. - PTI

Modi meets Turkish president, Saudi king; discusses combating terror

ANTALYA (Turkey): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as well as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the margins of the G20 Summit to discuss combating ter-rorism and other bilateral issues but a structured meeting with US President Barack Obama did not take place.

Modi first met the host of the G20 Summit, Erdogan to discuss threat posed by terrorism and counter-terrorism cooperation between the two nations.

With Erdogan, Modi discussed economic cooperation, including in the ‘Make in India’ and ‘Smart City’ initiatives.

Support“He sought Turkey’s support for India’s membership for four ex-port control regime,” foreign office spokesperson Vikas Swarup told reporters here.

He was referring to the elite Nu-clear Suppliers Group (NSG), Mis-sile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), the Australia Group, and the Wassenaar Arrangement.

Swarup added that UN Reform,

civil nuclear cooperation, and cooperation in space and agricul-tural research also came up for discussion.

Modi followed it up with a meet-ing with Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, where terror again figured in talks.

Cooperation in the areas of Railways modernisation, defence manufacturing, renewable energy and marine security were also discussed. The prime minister termed the discussions “compre-hensive” and “fruitful”.

“Enhancing relations with a very dear friend from Middle

East,” he tweeted about his meet-ing with King Salman.

Important partnerSwarup described Saudi Arabia as “a very important partner in the Gulf Region” as he posted photo-graphs of the two leaders holding discussions.

However, there was no struc-tured meeting with Obama.

“No there is no possibil-ity of a meeting with the President Obama,” Swarup said.

Modi and Obama were together at many working sessions at the two-day G20 Summit as well as

dinner hosted by Erdogan.“He has met him of course (at

the Summit). There are various pull asides. What I mean is a struc-tured bilateral meeting with Presi-dent Obama has not happened.

But they were together in the leaders lounge for over 45 minutes. They were together at lunch, they were together at dinner. So I am sure they have had conversations,” Swarup said.

Modi had earlier tweeted that Obama had called him to greet on Diwali and they agreed to meet in Turkey on the sidelines of the G20 Summit. - PTI

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WARM GREETINGS: Prime

Minister Narendra Modi shakes

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key, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, dur-

ing a meeting on the sidelines of

G20 Summit 2015, in Antalya in

Turkey on Monday. - PTI

NRI arrested for security breach at Attari border

AMRITSAR: In a major security breach at the Wagah-Attari border crossing with Pakistan, an NRI crashed his SUV into the secu-rity gates at the Attari Joint Check Post (JCP) in the wee hours of on Monday and reached the Zero line at the International Border.

The 42-year-old NRI from Canada, who originally hails from Jalandhar and was identified as Surinder Singh Kang, was later ar-rested by the BSF, Punjab Border Range IG Lok Nath Angra said.

Overpowered Kang smashed his SUV into two gates before being overpowered by BSF personnel, Angra said, adding that “few medicines consumed for mind relaxation were recovered from his possession.”

BSF IG Anil Paliwal said that “the person broke into two gates before being arrested and was handed over to Punjab police.”

A senior BSF official said that the NRI has told investigators that he wanted to pay obeisance at Nankana Sahib in Pakistan, but thought obtaining visa and going through other formalities would take time. - PTI

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SOLIDARITY WITH PARIS ATTACK VICTIMS People light candles at a ceremony in memory of the victims of the Paris attacks, outside the Press Club in Islamabad, on Monday. — Reuters

Exiled Baloch leader seeks talks on unity

GENEVA: Self-exiled Baloch Republican Party (BRP) leader Brahumdagh Bugti has invited all hardline Baloch parties, par-ticularly those whose leaders are either in exile or directly involved in militancy, to meet to address

their differences. In a statement issued in Geneva, Brahumdagh said unity was the only way to guarantee resolution of issues.

“Baloch Republican Party (BRP) is a democratic party and believes in resolving issues in a peaceful way,” Bugti said in his statement.

Bugti suggested the meeting of the parties and leaders should be held in Switzerland, but could also be held in any other Europe-an country where BRP delegates would participate and he would talk through video link as he lacks

documents required to travel out-side Switzerland.

“I request all Baloch leaders to put their differences and other matters aside and gather in Swit-zerland within a month to sort out all differences. I will send my delegation to some other country if Baloch parties wish to hold the conference in any other country than Switzerland,” he added.

“We want to hold negotiations but the process was on several occasions sabotaged by the gov-ernment and security establish-ment of Pakistan. We want to end the operation and ruthless kill-ings of innocent Baloch people,” he added.

Claiming he met Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch after his repeated re-quests, Bugti said he refused to proceed with negotiations as the chief minister himself admitted that he does not have power and all he could do was take the mes-sage to Pakistan. — Express Tribune

Baloch Republican

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23 held and arms seized as French police raid homes

PAIRS/BRUSSELS: Police raided homes of suspected hard-line militants across France over-night arresting 23 people, and investigators identified a Belgian national living in Syria as the pos-sible mastermind behind Friday’s attacks in Paris.

French President Francois Hollande said France wanted more effective controls of the Eu-ropean Union’s external borders to avoid a return to national bor-der controls and the dismantling of the European Union.

Hollande also told French par-liamentarians that a single, large coalition was needed to fight in Syria and that he would meet US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Pu-tin in the coming days to discuss the issue. Much of France came to a standstill at midday for a minute’s silence to remember the 129 killed in the co-ordinated suicide bombings and shootings. Metro trains stopped, pedestrians paused on pavements and office workers stood at their desks.

Prosecutors have identified five of the seven dead assailants -- four Frenchmen and a foreign-er fingerprinted in Greece last

month. His role in the carnage has fuelled speculation that IS took advantage of a recent wave of refugees fleeing Syria to slip mili-tants into Europe.

Police believe one attacker is on the run, and are working on the assumption that at least four peo-ple helped organise the mayhem, the worst atrocity in France since World War II, which appears to have been organised in neigh-bouring Belgium.

Belgian police arrested at least one person after a four-hour siege on Monday at a house in the Brus-sels district of Molenbeek, home to many immigrants, but failed to find a man believed to have played a key role in the assault. “We know that more attacks are being prepared, not just against France but also against other European countries,” French Prime Minis-ter Manuel Valls told RTL radio. “We are going to live with this ter-rorist threat for a long time.”

Interior Minister Bernard Ca-zeneuve told reporters police had arrested nearly two dozen people and seized arms, including a rock-et launcher and automatic weap-ons, in 168 raids overnight. An-other 104 people were put under house arrest, he said. “Let this be clear to everyone, this is just the beginning, these actions are going to continue,” Cazeneuve said.

A source close to the investiga-tion said Belgian national Abdelh-

amid Abaaoud, currently in Syria, was suspected of having ordered the Paris operation. “He appears to be the brains behind several planned attacks in Europe,” the source told Reuters. RTL Radio said Abaaoud was a 27-year-old from Molenbeek. He was also reported by media to have been involved in a series of planned attacks in Belgium which were foiled by the police last January.

Police in Brussels have de-tained two suspects and are hunt-ing Salah Abdeslam, a 26-year-old Frenchman based in the Belgian capital, who is one of three broth-ers believed to have been involved in the plot.

Schools and museums in Paris re-opened on Monday after a 48-hour shutdown, but some popular tourist sites, including Disneyland and the Eiffel Tower, remained closed.

French tourism-related stocks fell sharply on fears visitors might shun Paris, one of the most visited cities in the world, but the coun-try’s blue-chip CAC 40 index was steady, with no long-term eco-nomic impact seen. Police have named two French attackers -- Ismael Omar Mostefai, 29, from Chartres, southwest of Paris, and Samy Amimour, 28, from the Paris suburb of Drancy. A source close to the investigation named two other French assailants as Bilal Hadfi and Ibrahim Abdeslam. — Reuters

A Belgian national

living in Syria was

identified as the

possible mastermind

behind Friday’s

attacks in Paris

French police believe one attacker is on the run, and are working on the assumption that at least four people helped organise the mayhem, the worst atrocity in France since World War II, which appears to have been organised in neighbouring Belgium.

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MUSCAT: Contracts worth around OMR1 billion are expected to be signed by corporate entities, including small and medium en-terprises, in various fields during the two-day Business Opportuni-ties Forum that began on Monday.

Contracts worth around OMR1 billion in total are expected to be signed on Monday and Tuesday, Redha Juma Mohammed Ali Al Saleh, vice chairman at the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Indus-try (OCCI), told Times of Oman at the third edition of the Business Opportunities Forum.

“But, overall, it is about $52 bil-

lion (that) we have kept together and signed during the last six months,” the official said after the inauguration ceremony held at the Oman International Exhibi-tion Centre under the auspices of His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said.

According to the OCCI, during the morning session on Monday,

contracts worth over OMR482 million were signed by repre-sentatives of a number of major companies, including Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC), Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic), Haya Water, Nama Group, Oman LNG, Sohar Aluminium,

Al Madina Real Estate compa-ny, Saud Bahwan Group, Jindal Shadeed, and Daleel Petroleum.

PDO contracts For instance, PDO has boosted Omani job and training oppor-tunities by signing six contracts worth $650 million over the next 10 years.

The deals for the supply, instal-lation and maintenance of 29 cen-trifugal compressors were signed with international engineering companies Siemens LLC, General Electric International LLC, and Omani firm OHI Petroleum & En-ergy Services LLC and its partners MAN Diesel & Turbo Schweiz AG.

The contracts all contain In-Country Value (ICV) provisions to retain more of the oil and gas industry’s wealth in the Sultanate.

The compressors are planned to be installed at 11 PDO projects, in-cluding the Yibal Khuff mega pro-ject, Lekhwair, Mabrouk and the second phase of the Saih Nihayda

and Kauther Depletion Compres-sion projects. PDO received one award at the OCCI event for the largest one-off contract with Sie-mens LLC worth $210 million.

The value of Haya Water’s signed contracts during the forum stand at OMR1,670,292.

His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said told reporters that the forum would help the pri-vate sector increase its contribu-tion to the economy.

He said that the slowdown of the economy all over the world is a challenge but expressed hope that the situation will improve.

In a speech at the event, Said bin Saleh Al Kiyumi, chairman of the OCCI, said, “This third version of the Business Opportunities Fo-rum builds on the success made by the previous two forum. This time we succeeded to attract a large number of companies and inves-tors from the friendly and sisterly countries. We have delegations from 12 countries.” > B4

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Monday, while the

remaining project

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at the meet todayVITAL AGREEMENTS: Petroleum Development Oman has boosted Omani job and training opportunities by signing six contracts worth $650 million over the next 10 years. - Jun Estrada/Times of Oman

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Ministry of Oil and Gas signs up for ‘DME Auctions’Times News Service

MUSCAT: Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) announced on Monday that Oman’s Ministry of Oil and Gas has become the first customer of its recently launched ‘DME Auctions’ platform.

The news is a significant show of support for the first spot com-modity auction system in the Middle East.

The Oman Ministry of Oil and Gas will add DME Auctions to

their available options to market additional spot exports of Oman Blend crude oil. This development highlights the Sultanate of Oman’s commitment towards adopting transparency in marketing and pricing its crude oil exports.

The Sultanate already uses a fully regulated exchange bench-mark – the DME Oman crude oil contract – to establish its official selling price for oil.

“We are honoured by the deci-sion of the Omani Ministry of Oil

and Gas to add ‘DME Auctions’ to their current tools to sell spot crude oil. This decision is a great endorsement of our new platform and of DME’s work to enhance transparency in the east of Suez oil markets,” said Owain Johnson, managing director of DME.

“At a difficult time for the oil markets, the need for reliable and regulated benchmarks has never been greater. We salute the Oman government’s commitment to transparency and we look forward

to working closely with the min-istry to launch the crude oil auc-tions whenever the volumes are available,” he added.

‘DME Auctions’ meets a critical need in the commodity markets by serving those customers who want to buy and sell energy prod-ucts and other commodities in the Middle East and beyond through a transparent auction process. ‘DME Auctions’ is powered by market-leading auction software provided by Elysian Systems.

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‘Cash management, budget vital for small enterprises’

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MUSCAT: As part of the ongoing Global Entrepreneurship Week events organised by the National Business Centre (NBC), various workshops were organised on Monday to a lineup of aspiring and leading entrepreneurs.

A workshop on financial man-agement was conducted by Abdul-lah Al Jufaili, general manager of Sharakah.

Al Jufaili shared his experience

in financial management and il-lustrated the efficiency in man-agement of cash flow, budget and income statement. Participants were able to thoroughly learn about the various terms related to entrepreneurship and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), identify the basics of setting up a business, get acquainted with cash flow mechanism, identify possible factors that would hin-der the project’s development, and learn how to calculate costs,

income and profit as well as loan and installments.

To inspire and motivate the par-ticipants in pursuing their entre-preneurial dreams, Hilal Al Busai-di, chief executive officer of Gulf Energy, shared his ideas on multi-million dollar business in a thriv-ing competitive environment.

A petroleum engineer by quali-fication, Al Busaidi is an experi-enced oil and gas professional, having more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas in-

dustry. He started his career in Schlumberger.

He has been instrumental with his progressive engagement of all stakeholders in the development process of Gulf energy. Under his leadership, the company has ex-panded its core services in the oil and gas segment.

SMEs clinicOn the other hand, the SMEs clin-ic, represented by Rasha Al Mah-rouqi, Business and Risk Consult-ant in SME Advisory Services at Protiviti, offered diagnosis and analysis of problems and con-straints of any emerging company.

It should be noted that the Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world’s largest celebration of innovators and job creators who work together to help bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare.

The purpose of this initiative is to connect experts and entrepre-neurs across Oman and sectors to unleash their ideas and transform innovative ideas into reality. It also comes to encourage entre-preneurs in Oman to be more visible and help them in their ef-

forts to launch and scale. Various local institutions are supporting the event comprising Public Au-thority for SMEs Development (Riyada), National Bank of Oman, Oman Oil Refineries and Petrole-um Industries Company (Orpic), Mint Marketing, Youth Vision, ITA’s SAS, Sharakah, Protiviti, Al Tumooh Al Shamikh and Al Balad Digital Solutions.

Focusing on the concept of ‘SMEs beyond borders’ and held from November 15 to 19, Global Entrepreneurship Week Oman is designed with the following actors and fields in mind: direc-tors and managers; consultants and researchers; engineers and technicians; bankers; ICT and tel-ecoms; venture capitalists; envi-ronmentalists; training and HRD; academics; civil servants; busi-ness entrepreneurs; senior man-agement and marketing managers among others.

Innovators and job

creators around the

world work together

to help bring ideas to

life, drive economic

growth and expand

human welfare

Owain Johnson, managing director of DME.

SHARING EXPERTISE: The purpose of this initiative is to connect experts and entrepreneurs across Oman to unleash their ideas and transform innovative ideas into reality. It also encourage entrepreneurs in Oman to be more visible. - Supplied picture

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Wasel Exchangeplans to acquiremoney exchange

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Wasel Exchange, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oman Investment and Finance Company, has proposed to acquire an existing money exchange company operat-ing in Oman, subject to the approv-al of the Central Bank of Oman and completion of all formalities.

The company did not name the money exchange, which is going to be taken over by Wasel Exchange, it said in a filing on Monday to the Muscat Securities Market.

A C Q U I S I T I O N

Oil slump totrigger UAE spending cuts

DUBAI: United Arab Emirates (UAE) may cut government spend-ing as a result of the slump in oil prices, Central Bank governor Mubarak Rashed Al Mansoori said.

The decline in the government’s oil revenue “may trigger further fiscal consolidation, albeit at a gradual pace, to preserve prior-ity spending in support of non-oil growth,” Al Mansoori said at a con-ference in Dubai on Monday. Oil accounted for almost a third of the nation’s gross domestic product last year, government data show.

The price of Brent crude has dropped more than 40 per cent in the past year, putting a strain on economies in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), where governments rely on in-come from oil to fund spending. The UAE banking sector has lost Dh56 billion ($15.25 billion) in government deposits since Sep-tember last year, National Bank of Abu Dhabi chief executive officer Alex Thursby said last month.

The global economic slowdown may curb growth in the UAE’s non-oil GDP. - Bloomberg News

E C O N O M Y

B3T U E S DAY, N OV E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 5

MARKETSohar Port to introduce steps to speed up truck movement

Times News Service

MUSCAT: A brand new truck ap-pointment system that will allow drivers calling at Sohar Port and Freezone to schedule collection and delivery of cargo in advance is to be unveiled at Oman Inter-national Container Terminal next month, according to a senior offi-cial at the terminal operator.

Oman International Container Terminal/Hutchison Port has invested $184 million in devel-oping state-of-the-art terminal

operations at Sohar. Albert Pang, chief executive

officer of Oman International Container Terminal said the new truck appointment system will be an important step in creating the nucleus of a seamless logistics

network in Oman’s busting North Al Batinah region.

“The truck appointment system will provide a number of time and cost savings for logistics service providers and the broader Omani economy. Perhaps the biggest ben-

efit will be the ability for drivers to monitor traffic flows remotely and schedule their arrival,” the chief executive officer said.

“This extra visibility should lead to better traffic flow in the port and on local roads as well

as fewer empty trips between Muscat and Sohar,” he added.

80,000 jobsOman’s logistics sector has grown rapidly in the past decade, and with increased investment aim-ing to create 80,000 jobs by 2020 the truck appointment system is expected to make the industry more competitive.

“The industrial and economic benefits of being able to consoli-date the movement of cargo, in-clude lower shipping costs and increased connectivity, which has the potential to enhance Oman’s existing competitive ad-vantage,” said Pang.

Pang said the new system has been designed with end-users in mind and that drivers will have three options to book arrival times at the port, includes a mo-bile app, a dedicated website, and an IVR (Interactive Voice Recog-nition) number.

“We are aware of the need for flexibility and that the mobile de-vices drivers have access to will vary significantly,” he said.

The new service,

which will schedule

collection and

delivery of cargo

in advance, is to

be unveiled at

Oman International

Container Terminal

next month

Japan’s economy contracts, falls into second recession

TOKYO: Japan’s economy con-tracted in the third quarter as business investment fell, confirm-ing what many economists had predicted: The nation fell into its second recession since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December 2012.

Gross domestic product de-clined an annualised 0.8 per cent in the three months ended Sep-tember 30, following a revised 0.7 drop in the second quarter, meet-ing the common definition of a recession. Economists had esti-mated a 0.2 per cent decline for the third quarter.

Weakness in business invest-ment and shrinking inventories drove the contraction as slow growth in China and a weak global outlook prompted Japanese com-panies to hold back on spending and production.

While growth is expected to pick up in the current quarter, the GDP report could put pressure on Abe and Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda to boost fiscal and monetary stimulus.

“This report shows the increas-ing risk that Japan’s economy will continue its lackluster perfor-mance,” said Atsushi Takeda, an economist at Itochu in Tokyo.

The reduced investment is a re-buff for Abe, who called on Japa-nese companies to put more of their record cash holdings into capital spending. - Reuters

T H I R D Q U A R T E R

SEAMLESS LOGISTICS: The new system has been designed with end-users in mind and drivers will

have three options to book arrival times at the port, which includes a mobile app, a dedicated web-

site, and an Interactive Voice Recognition number. - Supplied picture

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Paris terror attacks take toll on shares of Asian airlinesHONG KONG: Shares of airline operators across Asia tumbled on worries that the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris will deter tourists from travelling to France.

Eva Airways of Taiwan dropped 5.4 per cent Monday to NT$17.50, while China Southern Airlines was down 2.1 per cent in Hong Kong to HK$5.94. China East-ern Airlines and Hainan Airlines declined 4.7 per cent and 1.2 per cent, respectively, while Cathay Pacific Airways fell 2.7 per cent.

Shares of Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels, owner of France’s Louvre Hotels, declined 6.3 per cent in Hong Kong to HK$2.84.

Saturday’s attacks, which killed 132 people and injured more than 300, come at a time of surging demand for travel and leisure services among Asia’s grow-ing middle classes. The impact on Chinese tourism to France could last as long as a year, with many travelers likely to cancel or change trips to Europe gener-ally, China International Capital Corporation (CICC) said in a re-search note on Monday.

“There will definitely be a nega-tive psychological impact in the short term in tourism-related

sectors,” said Zhang Qi, a Shang-hai-based analyst with Haitong Securities. “Airlines are particu-larly affected.”

All safeChina’s National Tourism Ad-ministration reported that all 1,299 Chinese tourists staying in Paris were safe as of Saturday, CICC said in its note. Still, Xu Xioalei, chief branding officer of Aoyou.com, an online tour agency under China Cyts Tours, said cli-ents have been asking if they can switch to European destinations other than Paris. The attacks “may have a big impact on the city,” Xu said via Wechat.

A spokeswoman for Air China said all flight operations to Paris were proceeding as normal, but the airline was allowing passen-gers to change their tickets free of charge. Qantas Airways spokes-woman Sharna Rhys-Jones said the Australian airline also was allowing customers to reroute or reschedule flights to Paris, which go through Dubai.

China Eastern, China South-ern and Cathay Pacific did not respond to requests for comment.

Hong Kong issued an amber outbound travel alert for France,

but local agencies said they hadn’t rescheduled any groups heading for the French capital. Simon Ma Sai-man, deputy general manager of Wing On Travel, said the com-pany hadn’t received any requests to cancel planned trips to Paris.

“Compared with the explosion in Bangkok this August,” Ma said, referring to a bombing at a popu-lar temple in the Thai capital,

Jason Wong Chun-tat, gen-eral manager of Hong Thai Travel Services in Hong Kong, said the agency doesn’t have any groups of travellers entering Paris right now, and would keep an eye on possible travel restrictions when some of their groups are due to fly out of Paris in a few days.

JTB Corpoation, Japan’s larg-est travel agent, cancelled all tours to France since Saturday and plans to restart them on Tuesday. Customers who booked through November 20 can cancel without penalty, spokeswoman Eri Yokoyama in Tokyo said. “A lot” of tours and people had been affected, she said, but wouldn’t specify how many.

Still, only about 7 per cent of the 500,000 or so people that book travel with Hana Tour in a month head to Europe. - Bloomberg News

S T O C K M A R K E T

NEGATIVE IMPACT: Eva Airways of Taiwan dropped 5.4 per cent on Monday to NT$17.50, while

China Southern Airlines was down 2.1 per cent in Hong Kong to HK$5.94. – Reuters

Sensex rises; rupee extends gain

MUMBAI: India’s S&P BSE benchmark Sensex bounced by 150 points to close at 25,760.10 on fag-end buying from opera-tors at the current stage amidst the annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price in-dex stood at minus 3.81 per cent for the month of October 2015 as compared to minus 4.54 per cent for the previous month.

The Sensex resumed lower at 25,580.15 and dropped further to 25,451.42 on initial selling. But, recovered afterwards to 25,866.42 before ending at 25,760.10, show-

ing a gain of 149.57 points or 0.58 per cent. The Sensex had dropped by 256.42 or 0.99 per cent on Fri-day. The 50-share Nifty also rose by 44.35 points or 0.57 per cent to 7,806.60.

Rupee extends gains The rupee on Monday continued its upward march against the US dollar for the third day, firming up by another 10 paise to 66 on fag-end selling of the American currency by banks and exporters on the back of lower greenback in the overseas market. - PTI

I N D I A N M A R K E T S

Reliance will shake telecom in India, says Bharti Airtel’s chiefNEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel’s chairman Sunil Mittal said India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani is going to shake up the country’s telecommunication industry with the start of a $15 billion fourth-generation wireless service.

The impending entry of Am-bani’s Reliance Jio Infocomm is set to force smaller operators to consolidate, Mittal said in an in-terview. Bharti Airtel — India’s top wireless carrier — has ramped up investment and is looking for op-portunities to purchase spectrum from other companies, he said.

“Whatever Reliance does, it

does on a scale that is always big and impactful,” Mittal said on Sunday in the coastal Turkish city of Antalya. “That is exactly what Reliance is planning to do in the telecommunication sector. From what we hear the launch will be imminent in the coming 30, 60, 90 days. India has 10, 11 operators. We should have about four or five at the very most.”

Bharti Airtel is investing $3.5 billion in the year through March, about $750 million more than usu-al, to spur the company’s 4G plans, Mittal said. Ambani’s Jio is expect-ed to push for faster adoption of the

high-speed data technology with competitive pricing. That suggests pressure on profit margins at op-erators such as Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone’s Indian unit in a market of about 900 mil-lion active subscribers.

Reliance Communications — headed by Mukesh’s brother Anil Ambani — had agreed to buy AFK Sistema’s Indian wireless unit in an all-stock deal to create a car-rier with 118 million subscribers. Mukesh Ambani’s Jio is a unit of Reliance Industries, which is step-ping beyond its traditional oil and gas operations. - Bloomberg News

T E L E C O M

B4

MARKETT U E S DAY, N OV E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 5

MUSCATSECURITIES MARKET

SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16

REGULAR MARKET .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................OM0000001962 ............AL MADINA INVESTMENT .....................................78,000 ...............4,929......................13 ........... 0.063 ...........0.064 ...........0.063........... 0.063 .............0.062 ............0.001 ..............1.613 .................0.063 ..............0.062...................0.063................... 13,050,537 .........0.100

OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ..........................86,301 .......... 140,557..................... 22 ............1.625 ........... 1.635............1.625 ............1.630 ............. 1.620.............0.010 ............. 0.617 ................1.635 .............. 1.630...................1.640 ................1,222,500,000 ......0.100

OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING................................................ 32,000 ...............5,804........................7 ............0.183 ........... 0.183 ........... 0.181 ............0.181 ............. 0.180 ............0.001 ............. 0.556 ................0.182 .............. 0.181...................0.182 ................... 27,163,575 .........0.100

OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO.........................................................................45,553 ............. 35,119........................6 ............0.772 ........... 0.772 ...........0.768 ........... 0.772 ............. 0.768............ 0.004 ............. 0.521 ................0.768 .............. 0.768...................0.776 ................. 502,528,946 .......0.100

OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS ...............................................................2,000 .................. 636........................ 1 ............0.318 ........... 0.318 ...........0.318 ........... 0.320 .............0.320 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.318 .............. 0.318...................0.324 ..................16,000,000 .........0.100

OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE ......................475 .....................84........................ 1 ............0.177 ........... 0.177 ...........0.177 ........... 0.180 ............. 0.180 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.177 .............. 0.177...................0.179 ...................36,000,000 ........0.100

OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT .......................................................... 212,196 ............ 95,488......................11 ........... 0.450 ........... 0.450 ...........0.450........... 0.450 .............0.450 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.450 ..............0.450...................0.460 .................148,892,720 ........0.100

OM0000002168 ............AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES ................................ 50,000 ............ 15,900........................2 ............0.318 ........... 0.318 ...........0.318 ............0.318 ............. 0.318............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.318 .............. 0.314...................0.318 ................... 94,195,951 .........0.100

OM0000002200 ...........AHLI BANK .................................................................... 100,056 .............19,911........................7 ............0.199 ........... 0.199 ...........0.199 ........... 0.199 ............. 0.199............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.199 ..............0.190...................0.197 ..................283,582,193 ........0.100

OM0000002275 ...........SHELL OMAN MARKETING ........................................ 280 .................. 560........................ 1 ........... 2.000 ...........2.000 ...........2.000 .......... 2.000 .............2.000 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................2.000 ............ 2.000...................2.100................. 190,000,000 .......0.100

OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING .............50,507 ...............5,628........................9 ............0.112 ........... 0.112............ 0.111 ............0.111.............. 0.111 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.112 .............. 0.112................... 0.114 ....................9,990,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002549 ...........BANK DHOFAR ..............................................................59,870 .............14,369........................6 ........... 0.240 ...........0.240 ...........0.240 .......... 0.240 .............0.240 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.240 ............ 0.240...................0.246 .................370,734,851 ........0.100

OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 202,000 ...........32,614..................... 32 ............0.162 ........... 0.162 ...........0.160 ............0.161 ............. 0.161 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................ 0.161 .............. 0.161...................0.162 ...................46,794,814 .........0.100

OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY ...........................................................570 .................. 249........................ 1 ........... 0.436 ........... 0.436 ...........0.436 ........... 0.436 .............0.436 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.436 ..............0.430...................0.436...................26,378,000 .........0.100

OM0000004248 ...........SMN POWER HOLDING .............................................. 5,000 ...............3,700........................ 1 ............0.740 ........... 0.740 ...........0.740 ........... 0.740 ............. 0.740 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.740 ..............0.740...................0.760 ..................147,730,344 ........0.100

OM0000004925 ...........AL BATINAH POWER ................................................. 30,000 ...............6,300........................4 ............0.210 ........... 0.210 ...........0.210 ........... 0.210 .............0.210 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.210 ............. 0.206...................0.210 ..................141,726,360 ........0.100

OM0000004933 ...........AL SUWADI POWER .................................................. 130,000 ........... 27,300........................7 ............0.210 ........... 0.210 ...........0.210 ........... 0.210 .............0.210 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.210 ............. 0.206...................0.210 ..................150,025,331 ........0.100

OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 467,755 ..........244,363.....................40 ........... 0.524 ........... 0.524 ...........0.520........... 0.522 .............0.524 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.382 ...............0.520..............0.520...................0.528................ 1,196,331,396 ......0.100

OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ...........................................................5,129 ...............5,642........................2 ............1.100 ........... 1.100 ...........1.100 ............1.100 ............. 1.105 ............-0.005 ........... -0.452 ...............1.100 ..............1.000...................1.080 ................. 220,000,000 .......0.100

OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 202,268 ........... 34,992........................5 ............0.173 ........... 0.173 ...........0.173 ............0.173 ............. 0.174 ............-0.001 ........... -0.575 ...............0.173 .............. 0.173................... 0.174 ..................249,369,120 ........0.100

OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 154,097 ............ 17,469..................... 28 ............0.114 ........... 0.114............ 0.112 ............0.113 ............. 0.114 ............-0.001 ........... -0.877 ...............0.112 .............. 0.112................... 0.114 ..................226,035,345 .......0.100

OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL ............................................. 242,849 ............20,421......................14 ........... 0.085 ........... 0.085 ...........0.084........... 0.084 .............0.085 ...........-0.001 ............-1.176 ................0.084..............0.083...................0.084 ..................14,700,000 .........0.100

OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION .........................52,500 ............... 7,385........................6 ............0.141 ........... 0.141............0.140 ............0.141 ............. 0.145............-0.004 ........... -2.759 ...............0.140 ..............0.140...................0.149 ...................13,400,640 .........0.100

OM0000001681 ............OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING .............55,000 ...............5,500........................8 ........... 0.100 ........... 0.100 ...........0.100 ........... 0.100 ............. 0.103............-0.003 ........... -2.913 ...............0.100 ..............0.100...................0.103 ................... 12,187,500 .........0.100

OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ........................ 468,800 ........... 72,362......................18 ............0.160 ........... 0.160 ...........0.154 ........... 0.154 ............. 0.162............-0.008 ........... -4.938 ...............0.154 .............. 0.152...................0.154 ...................19,234,286 .........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 2,733,206 .......817,283...................252 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......25........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 8,064,877...... 649,810................... 166 ........... 0.080 ........... 0.081 ...........0.080........... 0.081 .............0.079 ........... 0.002 ............. 2.532 ................0.081 ..............0.080...................0.081 ..................121,500,000 ........0.100

OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK.............................................. 1,257,682 ........ 94,666..................... 80 ............0.075 ........... 0.076 ...........0.074 ........... 0.075 .............0.074 ............0.001 ..............1.351 .................0.075 ..............0.074...................0.075 ...................75,000,000.........0.100

OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. ......................2,000 .....................70........................ 1 ........... 0.035 ........... 0.035 ...........0.035 ........... 0.035 .............0.035 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.035 ..............0.034...................0.035....................2,975,000 ..........0.100

OM0000001426 ............OMAN REFRESHMENT ................................................. 920 .............. 2,282........................ 1 ........... 2.480 ...........2.480 ...........2.480........... 2.480 .............2.480 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................2.480............. 0.000...................2.480 ................ 124,000,000 .......0.100

OM0000002580 ...........OMAN EDU. & TRIN. INV. HOLDING......................4,480 .................. 790........................2 ............0.175 ........... 0.177 ...........0.175 ........... 0.186 ............. 0.186............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.177 .............. 0.178...................0.184 ...................13,020,000 .........0.100

OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 122,011 ............ 18,302......................12 ............0.150 ........... 0.150 ...........0.150 ........... 0.150 ............. 0.150............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.150 .............. 0.150................... 0.151 ..................219,390,219 ........0.100

OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES ..........................................................5,291 ...................291........................2 ........... 0.054 ........... 0.055 ...........0.054........... 0.055 .............0.056 ...........-0.001 ............-1.786 ................0.055 ..............0.054...................0.057....................6,875,000 ..........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 9,457,261....... 766,210...................264 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 7........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

BONDS AND SUKUK MARKET ......................................................................................................................................................................OM0000004602 ...........BANK MUSCAT CONV. BONDS 4.5 ........................ 37,583 .............. 4,209........................ 1 ............0.112 ........... 0.112............ 0.112 ............0.112 ............. 0.112 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.112 ...............0.111................... 0.115 ...................33,907,900 .........0.100

OM0000005971 ............B.MUSCAT COMPL. CONVR. B.B.3.5 ........................5,740 .................. 528........................ 1 ........... 0.092 ........... 0.092 ...........0.092........... 0.092 .............0.092 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.092..............0.092...................0.100...................29,822,868 .........0.100

.............................................SUM: ....................................................................................43,323 ............... 4,737........................2 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 2........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

ISIN ......................................SECURITY NAME .................................................................. VOLUME ..... TURNOVER ............TRADES ......OPEN PRICE ......HIGH ............. LOW ........ CLOSE PR. ...PREV. CLOSE...DIFF (RO).........DIFF % ............. LAST PR .....LAST BID .............LAST OFFER ........MARKET CAP .PAR VALUE

O M A N S T O C K S

INDICESIndex .................................................High .................Low ..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff %MSM30 Index ........................................5,841.43 ...............5,835.27 ................... 5,835.52 ................... 5,837.87 .................. -2.35 .................. -0.04Financial Index ..................................... 7,170.57 ...............7,154.92 .................... 7,155.15 ....................7,155.90 .................. -0.75 .................. -0.01Industrial Index .................................... 7,167.00 ............... 7,154.88 ....................7,154.88 ....................7,170.32 ................ -15.44 .................. -0.22Services Index ...................................... 3,242.67 ...............3,239.66 ................... 3,242.14 ................... 3,239.81 ....................2.33 ................... 0.07MSM SHARIAH INDEX....................... 906.71 .................. 905.15 ...................... 906.48 ......................904.62 .................... 1.86 ................... 0.21

Trading SummaryVolume ................ Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up ............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded12,233,790 ................. 1,588,230 ..................... 518 ...............14,863,243,057 .................. 6 ........................9 .................... 19 .........................34

MSM index ends lower

MUSCAT: Trading activity re-mained subdued and the index ended at 5,835.52 points, down by 0.04 per cent.

The Sharia Index increased 0.21 per cent to close at 906.48 points. Bank Nizwa remained the most active in terms of volume as well as turnover. The top gainer, Bank Nizwa, was up by 2.53 per cent, while Al Jazeera Steel was the top loser, down by 4.94 per cent, on Monday's trading.

As many as 518 trades were executed on Monday, generating turnover of OMR1.5 million with 12.2 million shares changing hands. Out of 34 traded securi-ties, six advanced, nine declined and 19 remained unchanged. Omani investors switched to net buyers for OMR140,000 while foreign investors were net sell-ers for OMR139,000 followed by GCC and Arab investors for OMR1,000 worth of shares.

Financial Index remained sta-ble at 7,155.15 points, a change of 0.01 per cent. Bank Nizwa, Al Madina Investments, Al Izz Bank and Al Anwar Holding in-creased by 2.53 per cent, 1.61 per cent, 1.35 per cent and 0.56 per cent, respectively. Oman & Emir-

ates Holding, Al Madina Takaful, HSBC Bank Oman, Bank Sohar and Bank Muscat declined by 2.91 per cent, 1.18 per cent, 0.88 per cent, 0.57 per cent and 0.38 per cent, respectively.

Industrial Index declined by 0.22 per cent to close at 7,154.88 points. Al Jazeera Steel, Oman Fisheries andRaysut Cement de-clined by 4.94 per cent, 1.79 per cent and 0.45 per cent, respectively.

Services Index gained by 0.07 per cent to finish at 3,242.14 points. Oman Telecommunica-tion Company (Omantel) and Ooredoo gained by 0.62 per cent and 0.52 per cent, respectively. Port Services, down by 2.76 per cent, was onlyshare that declined on Monday. – United Securities

The top gainer, Bank Nizwa, was up by 2.53

per cent, while Al Jazeera Steel was the top

loser, down by 4.94 per cent

OCCI announces award for

economic research, studies

“We are looking forwards for con-tracts to be signed and for plans for cooperation and investment in the various economic promis-ing sectors in the Sultanate on top of which are industry, tourism, lo-gistic services, education, health and IT,” he said.

The chairman of the OCCI, also launched a new initiative, which

is OCCI Award for Economic Re-searches and Studies.

“The Award aims at promot-ing research skills among higher education students in a number of areas related to business and economy. The competition will surely generate benefits for the business community. We will unveil the details of this award

at a special press conference for this purpose.”

Al Kiyumi also hoped that the Business Opportunities Forum will make the Omani private sec-tor more integrated and consist-ent in addressing the tough com-petition and make as well more mature and understanding of the dynamic of free economy.

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Out of 34 traded securities, six advanced, nine declined and 19 remained unchanged, at the close of Monday's trading session

Opec crude prices fall

below $40 a barrel

LONDON: Opec's average price of crude fell below $40 a barrel for the first time 2009, under-scoring the financial cost of the group’s strategy to defend its market share.

The daily Opec Basket Price fell to $39.21 a barrel on Novem-ber 13, according to an e-mail on Monday from the organisation’s secretariat. The basket, an aver-age of export grades from each of the group’s 12 members, typically trades below international oil fu-tures as some Opec nations pump denser or higher-sulphur crude that’s less profitable to refine.

Oil has slumped since the mid-dle of last year as the Organisa-tion of Petroleum Countries (Opec) keeps output elevated to pressure rivals it sees as re-sponsible for creating a global surplus. A decline in production among its higher-cost competi-tors including US shale drillers has now slowed, with output still above last year’s level. With Opec members’ revenues diminished, the group may reconsider its ap-

proach if the price slump per-sists, according to the Interna-tional Energy Agency (IEA).

Low oil prices aren’t just prob-lematic for higher-cost produc-ers, said Olivier Jakob, managing director at consultants Petroma-trix in Zug, Switzerland. “It is also providing a challenging fiscal en-vironment” for Opec nations.

Opec’s annual revenues may be curbed to $550 billion at current prices from an average of more than $1 trillion in the last five years, Fatih Birol, executive di-rector at the IEA, said in London on November 10. Even Saudi Ara-bia, the group’s biggest member, faces a budget deficit this year that the International Monetary Fund predicts will exceed 20 per cent of gross domestic product.

Still, IEA expects the price slump would need to persist for several years before the kingdom reconsiders its current strategy. Opec Secretary-General Abdalla El-Badri, said this month that the global market is on track to rebal-ance next year. — Bloomberg News

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DUBAI: Ford Motor Company and Lincoln unveiled their new concept cars, GT and Continental respectively, and are looking to ca-ter to the youth in the Middle East and Omani market.

At the 2015 Dubai International Motor Show, Ford unveiled its concept GT, which is an iconic su-percar for the well known Le Mans race, as well as the popular Shelby GT350 Mustang. The Middle East is the biggest market for Mustang outside of North America.

Though Fords do not hit the streets of Oman in numbers and they are not as popular as brands such as Toyota and Nissan, yet the Mustang seems to be the most common Ford

model in the Sultanate, and more specifically, among the youth.

Speaking to Times of Oman, Jim Benintende, President of Ford Middle East and Africa, said that catering to the youth is important.

“We looked at the demograph-ics of the region and clearly in the Middle East we realised that the largest percentage of the demo-graphics is under 25 years old,” said Benintende.

“So we know we have to cater to the youth in the Middle East; it's very important,” he added.

When asked about what Ford can do to push other models in the Omani market, he said that they took the technology from the Mus-tang and implemented it in all the other models.

Toyota and Nissan, both Japa-

nese vehicle manufacturing gi-ants, are ever so popular among the Omani public and Ford is rare-ly seen on the streets.

Commenting on that, Benin-tende said: “I think that's chang-ing. The Japanese had a terrific run in this region and they have done extremely well. But I think people want something different; they want a change. Our research tells us that they are drawn to Ford. They are drawn to the GT and Mus-tang, which are iconic representa-tions to the brand, so I think you will see a shift in mind and habits towards a company like Ford.”

Ford is planning to launch 30 vehicles in the Middle East and Af-rica by 2020 as well as expecting to see a 40 percent growth in vehicle sales during the same period.

Quiet LuxuryOn the same day, Lincoln re-

vealed its new Continental con-cept that features Lincoln's unique 3.0 liter V6 EcoBoost powertrain which offers an effortlessly pow-erful engine, which when joined by the Lincoln Drive Control and Active Front Steering, Enhanced Park Assist with 360-Degree Cam-era, Adaptive Cruise Control with stop and go, and a 19 speaker Revel audio system, combine to create a premium driving experience.

The handless (no car handles) vehicle turned heads due to subtle luxury design and comforting inte-rior. “Luxury at its best, is about sim-plifying and quietly exceeding expec-tations, rather than being the loudest statement on the road,” said Kumar Galhotra, president of Lincoln.

“The Continental Concept showcases the promise of quiet luxury from Lincoln going for-ward. It also is a strong indication of what’s to come next year as we introduce our new Lincoln Con-tinental full-size luxury sedan,” he added. Lincoln is also another vehicle rarely seen on the streets of the Sultanate. Talking about the strategy to make the vehicle bet-ter known, Matt VanDyke, Global Marketing and Sales Service Di-rector of Lincoln, said: "We are trying to be much more distinctive with the brand to launch new prod-ucts and attract more customers."

“We have not had that growth focus in the Middle East and we really began to focus on the brand in North America and China,” he explained further.

By focusing on expanding the portfolio of products that custom-ers want and a unique customer experience, Lincoln is sure to at-tract customers. VanDyke was also asked how the brand will do in the Omani market seeing their Japa-nese competitors enjoy a bigger market share in the Sultanate with cheaper and much more affordable cars. “What is different for us is our approach in how we are competing in the premium sector. So there is a move up of customers from brands you mentioned and are beginning to shop and look for German lux-ury brands and Lexus. And we see an opportunity to offer a unique and compelling choice that is very different,” VanDyke responded.

Lincoln has seen 17 percent growth in the region so far.

Ford is planning to

launch 30 vehicles

in the Middle East

and Africa by 2020

as well as expecting

to see a 40 percent

growth in vehicle

sales during the same

period.

Al Hashar Electronics facilitates Thailand factory visit for Rinnai dealers in SultanateMUSCAT: Select dealers from the Sultanate selling home ap-pliance products from Japanese super brand Rinnai recently vis-ited its manufacturing facility in Thailand, where they gained first-hand knowledge about production methods as well as quality control systems employed by Rinnai to create world-class products ap-preciated by millions across the world, says a press release.

“Rinnai uses advanced manu-facturing techniques with strict adherence to international quality standards. Al Hashar Electronics Group, as the exclusive distributor of Rinnai products in Oman, fa-cilitated a factory visit to Thailand for Rinnai dealers in the Sultanate with a view to familiarize them with the technology, production

standards and world-class qual-ity control implemented by Rinnai across its wide range of products. The trip helped them appreciate the brand in a better way,” said Ra-jeev Sharma, general manager at Al Hashar Electronics Group.

“Another objective was to edu-cate the dealers about the wide

range of products being manufac-tured by Rinnai including water heaters, commercial rice cookers and built-ins”, he said.

The dealers also had a close look at the amazing features and bene-fits of new models of cookers being developed by Rinnai. There was also a presentation on the history

of Rinnai and the various prod-ucts manufactured at Rinnai fac-tory in Thailand. The presentation was followed with a briefing by a senior executive from Al Hashar Electronics Group that focused on the greatly fruitful partnership be-tween Al Hashar Electronics and Rinnai Corporation.

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ISG emerge champions of X-Quiz-itz inter-school quizMUSCAT: Codex hosted the third edition of Delicio X-Quiz-itz under the patronage of Chait-anya Khimji. The finals took place recently at Grand Hall of the Al Falaj Hotel.

Indian School Al Gubrah lifted the champions trophy. Aditya Manjusha Shylesh and Ashwin Sankar brought the X-Quiz-itz Rolling trophy back to ISG for the second time in a row. Wisse Versteeg and Omar Kabir from ABA came in second place. Aadil Sherriff and D.K. Krishnamurthy from Indian School Darsait were the second runners up.

For the third year, X-Quiz-itz took the audience and par-ticipants to the magical world of Harry Potter. With rounds like the sorting hat, the daily prophet, the final battle etc, the animation and the effects the team worked on were absolutely terrific.

As many as 202 teams partici-pated for the Mega Prelims at In-dian School Wadi Kabir. Teams came in soaring from different part of the country. Finalist on stage were students from Indian School Al Gubrah, Indian School Muscat, Indian School Darsait, Indian School Wadi Kabir, Sri Lankan School Muscat, Paki-stan School Muscat, Bangladesh School Muscat, Indian School Al Seeb, Indian School Muladha, Indian School Sur, Indian School Salalah and ABA - An IB School.

A quiz that had 12 teams on stage representing their schools,

the quiz master Hala Jamal said: “We did create a quiz on a tougher side this year, but the teams just knocked it out of the park. They were beyond brilliant.”

All the team handled the ques-tions really well. However, ISG emerged victorious at the end of the final round, holding on to the lead from the start.

“ISG kept a cool mind and played the game strategically. ABA was a surprise, they per-formed on stage like they be-longed on it. Kudos to them on the runners up. ISD also fought tooth and nails to win the quiz, a few negatives if turned positive, they would have taken the crown,” said the quiz master.

“ISWK put in a very good per-formance, they were indeed a crowd favorite,” said Fayas Fazil.

“They thoroughly enjoyed the quiz and the theme was indeed something that made the quiz brilliant. We do like the thank the organizers for putting on a won-derful show,” said the champions.

“It was the first time for us par-ticipating at this quiz. We never expected to win, but all the ques-tions were workable and we had quite some good answers on the buzzer,” stated the runners-up from ABA

“It has been hard work for months and the audience, schools and sponsors supported us to make this a success,” commented an elated Midhun Thomas, the event coordinator.

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Muscat Gujarati Samaj celebrates Diwali MelaMUSCAT: The Muscat Gujarati Samaj, Gujarati Wing of Indian Social Club recently organized a colourful Diwali Mela to cel-ebrate the start of the festive sea-son of Diwali.

Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is the most important festival for the Indian community, more so amongst the Gujarat diaspora. To celebrate this wonderful occasion with its wing members and their families, the Muscat Gujarati Sa-maj organized their annual flag-ship event, the Diwali Mela at the Indian Embassy lawns in Al Khu-wair. The venue was lit up with decorative lights of different col-ours and the MGS members had taken up in all 62 stalls offering a range of Gujarati delicacies as well as items such as semi-stitched clothes and various display mate-rials of Diwali occasion.

The Indian Embassy lawns, a

perfect venue with a touch of fes-tivity in the air, provided a won-derful ambience to the crowd who thronged the venue with family and friends to taste the lip-smack-ing savories on offer as well as pur-chase various Diwali items on dis-play. The evening was made more interesting as MGS had made

arrangement for an instant pho-tography booth wherein visitors could take an individual or group photographs as a memory of the Diwali Mela.

Muscat Gujarati Samaj is one of the most active wings of the Indian Social Club and consciously works towards bringing out the best of

cultural and social programme for its members at a very regular periodicity. Very recently Muscat Gujarati Samaj had celebrated its 40th anniversary with big pomp and gaiety and after that MGS had organized a felicitation ceremony for the children of the members for their academic achievements.

However, it was for the first time in so many years that MGS organized their flagship event, the Diwali Mela at the Indian Em-bassy lawns and it turned out to be a great success. The occasion was attended by various dignitar-ies such as the ambassador of In-dia to Oman, Indra Mani Pandey, his wife, Sushama Pandey, Neelu Rohra, Second Secretary of Em-bassy of India, Deepak Anandji of Kalyanji Anandji Group of India, principal of Indian School, Wadi Kabir, Anil Khimji, Rajendra Ved, Arvind Toprani and many others.

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Lexus rolls out all-new LX and RX

MUSCAT: The 2016 Lexus LX and RX were launched in Oman at an exclusive function. The guests of honour at the function were the creators of the all-new LX and RX, Sadayoshi Koyari, chief engi-neer LX, Jun Takahashii, assistant chief engineer RX and Takayuki Yoshitsugu, chief representative, Toyota Motor Corporation, Mid-dle East and North Africa Repre-sentative Office. Also present on the occasion were prominent per-sonalities from the public and the private sector.

In his keynote address, Tak-ayuki Yoshitsugu said: “Over the last 27 years, the Lexus brand has made remarkable progress. And I feel lucky to have been part of this amazing transformation. Lexus is truly amazing in motion. And as a brand it drives both our organi-sation and also the industry as a whole to ever higher levels of ac-

complishment. In the beginning, when the first Lexus hit the market, we promised you superior qual-ity and service. Today, we promise even more: The boldest design and the most imaginative technology. And beyond that: an experience beyond compare.Lexus is always amazing in motion. It evolves. And it is this that drives our success. Design is a good example of what I am talking about. We believe that truly great design speaks a univer-sal language a language of emotion which all understand. It needs no translation for it appeals directly to the human heart. And it never stands still. Since 2012 we offered more passionate design and more aggressive styling. You can see it plainly in our use of bold charac-ter lines and our signature spin-dle grille. Head turning design, pulse racing driving dynamics,

and intelligent technology. It is environment friendly too. Lexus is always stunning. Always inno-vative. Always exciting.”

Lasting ImpresionSharing how Lexus as a brand is making a huge impact beyond the realms of automobiles he said: “I want to mention our new brand space Intersect by Lexus. Lexus is a transforming experience. It appeals to people who want more in their lives who want only the best. Design, art, fashion, music and technology are all part of this concept. An exceptional car de-rives from exceptional creativity. So, Intersect offers culture in its highest forms, with a comfort-able lounge and restaurant, gal-lery and library and display areas. It is a way station for people on a journey to a lifestyle of which

they can be proud. Later in the evening, Sadayoshi

Koyari, shared his thoughts on the all new LX. He said: “The 5.7 litre, V8, 8-speed automatic transmis-sion LX is not just Lexus’ new SUV flagship but a new paradigm of perfection. It represents next generation luxury, technology and elegance, the ultimate premium SUV. In the LX the new 3-eye LED headlights and sequential LED turn signals look advanced and classy. From the back, the bright L-shaped tail combination lights add width and stability as well as sophistication. The interior is as premium as the exterior. Only au-thentic materials are used includ-ing satin chrome, metal, leather and wood grain finishes in taste-ful combination. In addition to the highest levels of comfort and luxury, the LX is functional too, er-

gonomically designed to allow the driver complete and total control of the vehicle with easily readable meters and a colour head-up dis-play. The large 12.3 inch multime-dia display with remote touch of-fers navigation information along with climate control, audio, phone, and more. Add to this the Lexus Safety System Plus the most ad-vanced active safety package there is, that includes the Lexus Pre-Collision System (PCS), all speed adaptive cruise control system, lane departure alert (LDA), Adap-tive hi-beam system (AHS), blind spot monitor (BSM), rear cross traffic alert (RCTA) and more.”

Lexus RX enthusiasts too had interesting insights to look for-ward to in Jun Takahashii’s pres-entation. Elaborating on the all new RX he said: “I was deeply in-volved with this new RX as leader

of production development, driv-ing the prototype, testing and retesting and making improve-ments in every detail, to realise the specifications and our vision. We were fortunate in having Kat-suda, who also created the previ-ous RX, to guide us in creating this new generation RX.”

Winning hearts“Over the years, the RX has won the hearts of its users worldwide. So we had a high standard to meet. The previous RX was a true Lexus – meaning the best in its class. But we always ask how can we make the best better? How can we not only keep up with an evolving market, but exceed its expecta-tions. We had to keep everything good about the previous RX such as size, a quiet and comfortable in-terior, fuel economy, elegance and sophistication. The RX has won the hearts of its users worldwide. The new RX had to look alive, strong, powerful and agile. It has a greater wheel base. The tyres are bigger. The “character lines” flow aerodynamically. It’s dynamic, a head-turner. The new RX has it all, roominess, comfort, performance, luxury, technology. And a new bold, eye-catching style. We wanted the RX to be better than the best.”

Later in the evening the enthusi-asts went around viewing the vehi-cles on display and getting a first-hand experience on what makes these vehicles so special.

The all-new Lexus LX and RX are now on display at the Lexus showrooms.

The 5.7 litre, V8,

8-speed automatic

transmission LX is

not just Lexus’ new

SUV flagship but

a new paradigm of

perfection

OFFICIAL UNVEILING: (Left)Top officials with the all-new LX570 and RX350. (Right) Customers viewing the LX – Supplied photos.

Bar B.Q Tonight celebrates first anniversary with new servicesMUSCAT: Bar.B.Q Tonight res-taurant, one of the most sought after barbeque restaurants in the region, marked its first anniver-sary in Oman and announced an array of new services attracting connoisseurs of authentic south, west and central Asian cuisine at an event held recently on the res-taurant premises. The event was attended by various dignitaries, of-ficials and media fraternity, says a press release.

Celebrating its first anniver-sary, Bar.B.Q Tonight, the popular Pakistani chain restaurant that combines both rich flavour and authentic taste, announced that it has seen an ever-growing cus-tomer base in the capital as a new-comer restaurant and has gradu-ally gained popularity as one of the most preferred buffet restaurants in Muscat.

Addressing a press conference, Asif Khan, vice-chairman of Mus-cat Vision (MV), the holding com-pany that owns the restaurant, said: “I am excited as we mark the

first year of our journey. I believe the fundamentals on which busi-nesses are built are vision, fine intentions, the right associations and producing excellence – profit and success are then the bi-prod-ucts. The most important element of our success in this venture is ‘people’ in the form of our guests and our staff. I would like to extend my gratitude to all our customers. Rest assured we will continue with our commitment to provide Mus-cat with delicious food, excellent service and wonderful experience at Bar.B.Q Tonight”.

Talking about future plans of

Muscat Vision, Khan added, “MV the holding company, after the success of MV Restaurants; has launched MV Distribution and MV Services company with dif-ferent businesses and in 2016 the plan is laid out to enter two more sectors in the Sultanate”.

Salim Al Busaidi, chairman MV, commented, “We are excited to complete our first year and as per our 5-year plan that we call ‘Vi-sion 2020’ we look forward to an array of diversified projects in up-coming years.”

Retaining traditional signature dishes and favorites, the restau-

rant will also foray into corporate and private catering services, hi tea and express lunch boxes, ac-cording to Furqan Iqbal, GM of the restaurant.

Available in both vegetarian and non-vegetarian variations, Bar.B.Q Tonight offers diners the option of choosing their dishes. The restau-rant can accommodate more than 200 guests. In addition, the restau-rant also introduced express lunch packs that are available with vari-ous combinations and are reason-ably priced at OMR2.5.

Commenting on the new ser-vices, Furqan added: “Keeping up with the evolving needs of our customers is always a priority. We have customized our services to meet the lifestyles of our clientele at every level, while our new hi-tea facility, which is launched at our first anniversary, will offer an exciting experience to the foodies in town. We are extremely excited to bring in new dining experiences from our culture to the food lovers in the country.”

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Indian School Muladha wins CBSE Oman Cluster Kho Kho Championship 2015

MULADHA: The Kho Kho team of Indian School Mu-ladha did their school proud by clinching the CBSE Oman Cluster Kho Kho Champion-ship 2015 held at Indian School Sur on November 9, 2015.

In the final, Indian School Muladha recorded a 20-10 vic-tory over Indian School Salalah to qualify for the CBSE National Kho Kho Tournament which will be held in Amritsar, Punjab from December 14 to 18, 2015. Mulad-ha team stormed into the final by beating Indian School Sohar 20-11. Earlier in the quarter finals,

Muladha had swept past host In-dian School Sur 20-17.

With this win, Indian School Muladha has become the cup favourites as they played in the final for three consecutive years, thanks to the rigorous mentoring by Praveen, the P.E. teacher.

Dr. Kazi Arshad Jafar, the pres-ident of the SMC, congratulated the team on their commendable performance and extolled the guidance of Praveen. S.I.Shareef, the principal, V.S.Suresh, the vice principal, Lekha.O.C, the Coordinator (Co-curricular and Extra-curricular).

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BP Oman makes major contribution to National Museum as National Day gift

MUSCAT: In celebration of Oman National Day and as part of its gift to the nation, BP Oman has signed an agreement with the National Museum to donate an educational curriculum for the learning centre at the museum.

This curriculum will be drawn from international best practices

in learning centres like the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The agreement was held un-der the auspices of His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Minister of Heritage and Culture, and Michael Townshend, Region-al President BP Middle East, at the Ministry of Heritage and Cul-

ture. The agreement was signed by Yousuf Al Ojaili, BP Oman president, and Jamal bin Hassan Al Moussawi, Acting General Di-

rector of the National Museum, says a press release.

The Learning Centre will tar-get children, school and univer-

sity students, as well as Omani and expatriate families to learn about Omani heritage and cul-ture. It will comprised two classrooms, two multi-purpose rooms, a lecture hall and an open-air reception veranda area overlooking the public garden. The centre will be fully equipped with computers with appropri-ate Arabic software for visually impaired users.

Commenting on the new part-nership His Highness Sayyid Haitham said: “We are pleased to sign this partnership agreement with BP and we thank BP for its generous contribution to the Na-tional Museum.

“The National Museum brings together Omani culture and herit-age and we appreciate BP weaving

itself into the tapestry of Oman,” he added.

Michael Townshend said: “BP is honoured to be supporting the National Museum of Oman – a truly remarkable and unique mu-seum which beautifully shows the history of Oman. The museum, built in partnership with the lead-ing museums from around the world, will undoubtedly be a gem for Omanis and all those visiting Oman. We are proud to give this gift to the nation on Oman’s 45th Anniversary.”

BP Oman runs an ambitious social investment program which focuses on education, enterprise development and energy sustain-ability. Launched in 2014, the pro-gram has already benefited over 4,000 Omanis.

The Learning Centre will target children,

school and university students, as well

as Omani and expatriate families to

learn about Omani heritage and culture

NAPCO generates revenue of OMR 18.5 million in 2015MUSCAT: National Aluminium Products Company (NAPCO), one of the leading extruders of alumin-ium profiles in the GCC, has an-nounced a robust performance for the third quarter of 2015, achiev-ing a remarkable growth in volume in the domestic market as well as in exports.

It has reported revenues of OMR18.5 million during the first nine months of 2015, compared to OMR13.5 million during the same period for 2014, represent-ing an increase of 37 per cent, says a press release.

In addition, NAPCO has gained a net profit of OMR0.582 million, an increase of 20 per cent, as of September 30, 2015 as compared to OMR0.486 million during the same period of the previous year. The figures were revealed during the company’s recent meeting of the Board of Directors held at the NAPCO headquarters.

Despite challenging market conditions, NAPCO is buoyant about its short-, mid- and long-

term outlook supported by vision-ary policies of the GCC states that continue to focus on the diversifi-cation of their respective national incomes away from traditional hydrocarbon-based revenues.

Furthermore, the company stat-ed that streamlined production and introduction of new products and services have been the main driv-ers for its notable performance.

Robert Holtkamp, CEO, NAP-CO, said: “NAPCO has registered outstanding financial results for the first nine months of 2015 due to our progressive business strat-egies and aggressive marketing plans designed keeping in mind the sharp decline in oil prices and the slowdown of the global economy. We focused our efforts to increase our market share and mitigate market risks through our branding activities that helped in creating greater visibility in a highly competitive market. The GCC is bullish in its economic growth because of continued in-frastructure development that

has created opportunities for key players such as NAPCO. We re-main optimistic about our growth in the near future because of our high-quality products, better cus-tomer service, and quicker deliv-ery periods.”

NAPCO has been part of several landmark projects in Oman and the rest of the region. Its current portfolio in Dubai includes City-walk, an upcoming retail destina-tion on the junction of Al Wasl and Safa Roads; Onyx Tower, a 3-tower commercial project close to Emaar Business Park on Sheikh Zayed Road; and Dubai Design District (d3), an ambitious and innova-tive purpose-built destination for creatives. In addition, it is working on Abu Dhabi Plaza, a mixed-use development underway in Astana, Kazakhstan. NAPCO’s long list of developments comprise the Su-preme Court in Muscat, Salalah Airport, the Dubai International Airport Expansion (UAE), the Burj Khalifa (UAE), and the Al Rayyan Complex (UAE), to name a few.

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Expert surgeon joins Al Raffah Hospital

MUSCAT: Dr. Tagore Mohan Grandhi has recently joined as a consultant in the department of general, minimally invasive (laparoscopic), and bariatric surgery in Al Raffah Hospital, Al Ghubra. He has been trained in the UK, France, Korea and USA and has over 15 years of experi-ence in general and laparoscopic surgery in UK, USA and India. Dr. Tagore obtained FRCS from Glasgow, UK and has undergone Bariatric fellowship training at Legacy Health System, Portland, USA and Advanced laparoscopic fellowship training at University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.

“Oman has a high incidence of obesity and its associated prob-lems. Recently we have seen a surge in the demand for bariat-ric surgery. Dr. tagore has a dual fellowship in bariatric as well as laparoscopic surgery from reputed health-care centers in USA. As a part of his training in USA he has performed several hundred bariatric surgery cases. He is a welcome addition to our existing team as we can now offer enhanced services and easy avail-ability of appointments for our

burgeoning clientele,” remarked Dr. Ashik Sainu, medical director and senior consultant gastroen-terologist at Al Raffah Hospital.

The surgical team at Al Raffah Hospital routinely sees patients having problems related to stom-ach, intestines, colon, spleen and different types of hernias.

“I had visited Al Raffah recent-ly as my father had to undergo a hernia operation. The medical team at the hospital was very pro-fessional and helpful. The doctor explained the details of the sur-

gery and was patient in answer-ing all our concerns,” said Nadiya Al Harthy.

“Dr. Tagore has joined the well-established team of Dr. Szabolcs Papp and Dr. Abha Singhvi who have already taken the Depart-ment of General and Laparoscopy surgery in Al Raffah Hospital to great heights. With his addition the team hopes to continue pro-viding world-class services to the clientele,” concluded Seeniya Biju, COO, Al Raffah Hospital.

Aster, Al Raffah Hospital offers a full range of medical services from general medicine, pediat-rics, dentistry, to specialty servic-es like endocrinology, cardiology, neurology, gastroenterology, pul-monology, dermatology and more. Aster Al Raffah group of hospitals has been envisioned with the aim of bringing to Oman the highest standards of health and medical services along with care, com-fort and compassion. To achieve this, Aster Al Raffah hospital is equipped with the best health ex-perts and professionals, high-end technologies, systems and facili-ties to take total and empathetic care of its patients.

H E A L T H C A R E

KIMS conducts workshop on assistive technology for communicationMUSCAT: As part of its commu-nity involvement and continued efforts to spread health knowledge and education has conducted a workshop on assistive technology for communication, which was organized by KOH’s audiology de-partment at the hospital’s prem-ises, recently.

Assistive technology is any de-vice that helps a person with hear-ing loss or a voice, speech, or lan-guage disorder to communicate. With the development of digital and wireless technologies, more and more devices are becoming available to help people with hear-ing, voice, speech, and language disorders communicate more meaningfully and participate more fully in their daily lives.

More than 100 people attended the workshop that featured many medical talks and educational speeches. Reshmi Lourds Mathew, audiologist at KIMS Oman had ed-ucated the attendees on Oro-facial Approach in speech therapy, while Camile Matta, guest speaker, had given a talk on assistive devices and related technology for the de-

velopment of persons with com-munication difficulties.

“Speech therapy at KIMS Oman hospital is treated by using soft-ware programme which intend to benefit a big range of speech disorders and related conditions including apraxia, hearing im-pairment, oral motor articulation deficits in addition to fluency, voice and language disorders in children and adults,” said Reshmi Lourds Mathew.

M E D I C A L P R O G R A M M E

Season’s best offers on Nissan Pathfinder MUSCAT: Nissan has a heritage of showcasing some of the most amazing benefits for their cus-tomers by introducing unique offers on their prestigious lineup of vehicles. In an effort to make Nissan vehicles affordable and accessible to all, Suhail Bahwan Automobiles has taken up this unique initiative.

Auto enthusiasts can now avail exciting benefits on the Nissan Pathfinder 3.5L that include cash gift up to OMR750, free service for two years or 20,000 kms (periodic maintenance only), free registra-tion, 6 years unlimited mileage warranty and easy and conveni-ent financing options. Flexible EMI’s can also be tailor made for any individual requirement from in-house Auto Finance team.

Customers can also get unlim-ited access to Nissan’s prestig-ious vehicle lineup at the comfort of their homes or offices. Simply visit Nissan Oman’s facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/Sbanissanoman) or send an SMS to get updated information on any of the vehicles from the house of Nissan, says a press release.

Cross-over for the family The Nissan Pathfinder has

transformed into a much more

family-friendly vehicle, with a roomy, modern interior, and han-dling characteristics and impres-sive power. The Pathfinder is no longer the choice for those who need to venture off-road only. With the introduction of the all-new fourth generation, not only does Pathfinder provide capabil-ity with spacious seating for sev-en, and an intuitive 4 Wheel Drive System, but it also resets the standard for the segment with an unprecedented level of premium style, comfort, fuel economy and offer a comfortable experience for families.

Along with reduced weight, Pathfinder’s new unibody plat-

form provided the designers an opportunity to create the more aerodynamic exterior without compromising headroom or cargo capacity. Moving upscale in appearance, the new exterior styling presents a smart fusion of signature Nissan styling cues and dynamic strength. The look is adventure-ready with wheel-oriented muscular fenders and a strong, stable stance. The upper body features an open cabin with large windows which can be com-plemented with an available Dual Panoramic Moonroof, to enhance the new Pathfinder’s open, airy in-terior environment.

Thoughtful technology is also

found throughout the Pathfinder interior, starting with Nissan’s advanced, class-exclusive around view monitor, which provides the driver a virtual 360-degree im-age of the area around the vehicle. The instrument panel includes advanced drive-assist display (standard on every model), fea-tures a 7.0-inch LCD colour dis-play, and utilises 3D-effect graph-ics to relay key information right in front of the driver. The instru-ment panel includes a large multi-function center IT display, avail-able Nissan navigation system, streaming audio via Bluetooth and rear view monitor.

Other technology includes tri-zone automatic climate control, hill descent control, auto anti drizzle IRVM and 2nd row head restraint-mounted DVD display screens.

With best-in-class standard towing capacity, up to 5000lb, the all-new Pathfinder also retains its ability to tow boats, jet skis, trail-ers and a variety of other recrea-tional gear.

SBA is largely committed to supporting Nissan’s growth in the Sultanate through major empha-sis on customer satisfaction and by providing world-class after-sales services in Oman.

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MUSCAT: Bank Muscat in line with its ‘Let’s Do More’ vision and partnership in the country’s devel-opment and progress, has launched a pre-paid card celebrating the 45th National Day. The limited edition card features an attractive design highlighting the national colours of white, red and green.

The special card commemorat-ing the glorious achievements of the Sultanate during the last 45 years under the leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said,

is available in all Bank Muscat branches across the Sultanate. A bank account is not a pre-requisite to acquire the pre-paid card, which can be used in Oman and abroad, says a press release.

Tariq Atiq, AGM – Cards and eBanking, said: “Bank Muscat is proud to join the nation and launch the special edition pre-paid card on the occasion of Oman’s 45th Renaissance anniversary. The card is an attractive memorabilia enhancing the joyous experience

of the National Day celebrations. The chip and PIN card ensures en-hanced security and convenience.”

The 45th National Day pre-paid card, considered a collec-tor’s item, has a top-up limit of OMR960 and can be replenished on the bank’s CDM network across Oman. Payments using the card are made against funds avail-able in the prepaid account. All transactions are authorised using Personal Identification Number (PIN) instead of signature.

Bank Muscat cards, which spell convenience and security, is the preferred mode of payment in Oman. The wide range of Bank Muscat cards provide a secure op-tion to pay for a host of transac-tions at shopping malls, restau-rants or holiday abroad. Embedded with an electronic chip, the cards ensure maximum protection and peace of mind.

The prepaid card allows cus-tomers to be in total control of everyday spending. All payments are made against the funds avail-able in prepaid account, and are debited immediately, preventing customers from overspending. The available balance can be elec-tronically checked before each transaction is completed.

In Oman and the Gulf region, customers can check the bal-ance available in prepaid account through Bank Muscat ATMs and any other ATM which displays the OmanNet / GCC Switch logos.

The card facilitates all the con-veniences offered by a debit card linked account without the need to maintain an account with the bank.

A bank account is

not a pre-requisite to

acquire the pre-paid

card, which can be

used in Oman and

abroad

MUSCAT: OTE Group recently felicitated Khemo Khanwani of Al Raud Trading Company, one of the biggest dealers in Dhofar re-gion for LG, Bosch, White West-inghouse and Pearl brands of electronics, home appliances and air conditioners, in recognition of his outstanding performance and exemplary contribution in mul-tiplying business in the region, says a press release.

Al Raud Trading Company is one of the reputed dealers for electronics and home appliances in Salalah for decades and their

showrooms are centrally located in Salalah and Hamdan area. The spacious and well laid out show-rooms display wide range of tel-evisions and home appliances, so that the customers can conveni-ently check and select a model to best suit their requirement.

The new expanded showroom at Hamdan has helped in main-taining OTE Group’s market leadership in electronics, home appliances and air conditioners categories. OTE congratulates Al Raud on their major expansion of Hamdan showroom.

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Bank Sohar conducts monthly draw of OMR55,000 in BuraimiMUSCAT: Bank Sohar, under the patronage of Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmed Rashid Al Shamsi, deputy chairman of the Shura Council - Buraimi Province rep-resentative, recently conducted its monthly Al Mumayaz Savings Scheme draw for the month of October with a prize amount to-talling OMR55,000 distributed among 10 lucky winners, says a press release.

The draw, which was held as part of an exclusive VIP client gathering in the governorate wit-nessed five Bank Sohar customers win OMR 10,000 each, and five minor account holders win OMR 1,000 each.

Representing Bank Sohar at the event, which was held at the Al Qasr Al Malaki Hall in Buraimi on November 11, were Rashad Ali Al Musafir, acting CEO, Khamis Masoud Al Rahbi, senior AGM of branches, and Mazin Mahmood Al Raisi, senior AGM of Marketing and Customer Experience. Also in attendance were other senior members of the bank including Redha Al Lawatia, senior chief manager of Liabilities and Sales, and Khalid Humaid Al Saadi, sen-ior branch manager of the Buraimi branch, who welcomed the chief guest and the bank’s VIP custom-ers from the area.

The event commenced with a welcome address by Khalid Hu-maid Al Saadi followed by an in-troductory speech by Rashad Al Musafir, who highlighted the key aspects behind the bank’s success over the past eight years. He said, “Our success over the past eight years has been the result, in equal parts, of the continued patronage of our customers, the guidance of our honoured board and the hard work put in by the bank’s execu-tive management and staff. Our customers have and always will be an important part of this suc-cess story, and we will continue to work towards developing our products and services and in-troducing new ones that will of-fer them best possible customer experience.” Rashad Al Musafir ended his speech by thanking all the attendees and congratulating them on the occasion of the Sul-tanate’s 45th National Day.

Shortly after, the guests were

treated to an impressive stage performance by the children of the Al Majad Elementary School followed by a special cake cutting ceremony in commemoration of the 45th National Day of the Sul-tanate. A comprehensive over-view of the features of the 2015 Al Mumayaz Savings Scheme was then presented to the audience by Redha Al Lawatia, highlighting the main enhancements of the scheme and other value added advantages. During his informative presenta-tion, he also showcased the range of retail banking products and ser-vices provided by the bank.

Conducted by the chief guest of honour, Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmed Rashid Al Shamsi, the draws were initiated with the childrens’ OMR 5,000 monthly draws, which saw five children – Ahed Shaqsi, from Bahla branch; Mahmood Abdullah Abul Hassan, from Al Seeb branch; Turki Al Aamri, from Al Khoudh branch; Maryam Al Saadi, from Azaiba branch; and Sadeem Al Bu-saidi, from Al Khoudh branch; win OMR 1,000 each.

Following which, the draws to reveal the winners of the Al Mu-mayaz Savings Scheme OMR 50,000 monthly draws was con-ducted which saw Said Al Noam-ani, from Sinaw branch; Abdul-lah Al Hajri, from Ibra branch; Mohammed Boota, from Barka branch; Rashid Al Senaidi, from the Jallan Bani Bu Ali branch; and Nassr Al Mahrouqi, from Ibra branch, win the OMR 10,000 each.

Commenting on the occasion, Khamis Masoud Al Rahbi, sen-ior AGM of branches said, “With only the November monthly draw remaining, we will soon be enter-ing the final month of the 2015 Al Mumayaz Savings scheme which will witness over 30 winners at the year-end draws and over half a million rials; making it our most eventful month of the year. I would like to encourage all of our cus-tomers to continue saving to be eligible for this great opportunity whilst also improve their chances of winning. In doing so, they will also increase their chance of win-ning in our ongoing hourly and weekly draws which will be con-tinuing till the end of the year.”

The event concluded by hand-ing over a special token of ap-preciation to Rashid bin Ahmed Rashid Al Shamsi by Rashad Al Musafir. The event also provided a great platform for the senior man-agement and staff for a one-to-one interaction with customers and proved to be a great success.

“I would like to take this oppor-tunity to also congratulate our Oc-tober monthly winners and thank the attendees for the overwhelm-ing response and for making the event a success. We were and al-ways are happy to host such pres-tigious VIP client gatherings, as they provide us with great oppor-tunities to show our gratitude and appreciation for our ever-growing number of loyal customers,” added Khamis Al Rahbi.

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Takaful Oman recognised at OER Top 20 Awards 2015MUSCAT: Takaful Oman has re-ceived a prestigious award for its pioneering effort in introducing Shari’a-compliant insurance prod-ucts in Oman at the OER Finance Summit & Top 20 Awards 2015. The Summit was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Muscat. Modelled on the Fortune 500, the OER Top 20 is Oman Economic Review’s annual ranking of the Sultanate’s Top 20 listed com-panies on the Muscat Securities Market, says a press release.

Speaking on the occasion, Sayy-ida Rawan Ahmed Thabit, Manag-ing Director & CEO, said: “Since its inception, Takaful Oman has been on a winning streak at lead-ing award ceremonies across the region and this award from OER is another feather in our cap. Our innovative products and customer-focused services have already earned us a name of re-pute amongst customers looking for Shari’a-compliant insurance products. Takaful Oman believe in teamwork and our team has put in

a lot of effort and time into build-ing the company as well as our brand from the ground up.”

O.G. Ravishankar, CFO and General Manager further added: “We are quite delighted by this achievement. As the Sultanate’s first full-fledged Islamic insur-ance provider, we have our work cut out in terms of creating inno-vative products that thrive within the code of Islamic Shari’a. It was indeed an honour to be amongst the best of the best in Oman. As a company we believe in team work. As a team we are constantly

working towards achieving such landmarks from time to time.”

The Summit brought together CEOs, CFOs and financial lead-ers to discuss ideas on managing finance in an uncertain business environment. It comprised five paper presentations and a panel discussion, covering a range of topics that included managing business risk; negotiating finan-cial uncertainty and striking a balance between short-term ob-jectives and long-term sustain-ability against the backdrop of falling oil prices.

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Bank Nizwa extends support

to Al Shahba’a Inshad Festival

NIZWA: Joining the community to pay tribute to the rich cultural heritage of the wilayat of Ni-zwa, Bank Nizwa supported Al Shahba’a Inshad Festival. Organ-ized by the local youth under the auspices of Sheikh Dr. Khalifah bin Hamad Al Sadi, governor of Al Dakhiliyah and supervision of Hamdan bin Nasser Al-Ru-maidhi, Nizwa representative of Shura Council, the festival saw participants chant Islamic po-etry to over 300 people, showcas-ing the deep roots of Oman’s cul-tural hub and its contributions to the intellectual growth of com-munities across the Sultanate, says a press release.

The event comes as part of Bank Nizwa’s continued efforts to strengthen its relationship with

the public and private sector. In early 2015, the bank and in col-laboration with the Ministry of Heritage and Culture and the wali of Nizwa’s office, unveiled the de-sign concept for a monument hon-ouring Nizwa’s achievement of

earning the title of 2015 Capital of Islamic Culture. Other communi-ty activities included hosting vari-ous discussions and conferences to raise awareness on Islamic finance and how to build sustain-able SMEs to name but a few.

C U L T U R A L H E R I T A G E

I-Tech Expo all set to be held in December MUSCAT: I-Tech-Innovation and Technology Exhibition will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sayyid Taimur bin As’ad Al Said from December 1 to 3 at the Oman International Exhi-bition Centre, Seeb.

I-Tech Exhibition is a premier most anticipated and must-at-tend event showcasing the lat-est ICT products and services, hi-tech gadgets, consumer elec-tronics and cutting edge smart technology across all sectors, with unique launches, exciting interactive features and innova-

tive solutions by top developers, manufacturers, retailers and global brands.

Some of the key highlights of the Expo will be: Invention Zone: Ingenious local and international inventors and innovators to showcase nascent projects.Student Lab Zone: A zone to showcase the students innovative tech projects. Future Technology: The best of tomorrow’s technology will be showcased here. Robotic Technology: Many

innovative robots will be intro-duced and Robotics workshop will be conducted. Gaming Zone: MSI Gaming - world’s first manufacturer for gaming laptops will be showcas-ing 15 latest gaming machines and laptops and gaming work-shop is being conducted by SAE Institute Dubai. Auto Zone : BMW will showcase the latest in automotive technolo-gies and Polaris Slingshot will showcase their Car-Bike.

I-Tech is brought to you by Muscat Expo.

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Smith, Voges join run fest after Taylor’s epic at Perth’s WACA

PERTH: Steve Smith and Adam Voges scored the fifth and sixth centuries of the second Test to give Australia a lead of 193 after Ross Taylor’s epic 290 brought New Zealand back into the contest on day four on Monday.

Smith hit his eighth century in 13 Tests over the last 12 months, and his fourth in five Tests as cap-tain, while western Australian Voges delighted the WACA crowd with his first on home soil to take the hosts to 254 for two.

The skipper will resume on 127 not out and Voges unbeaten on 101 in a partnership of 208 that stead-ied the innings after New Zealand had removed openers Joe Burns

(0) and David Warner (24) cheaply. That drove home the tourist’s

advantage after Taylor’s mighty 374-ball knock, which featured 43 fours, had dragged his side back into the match with a first-innings lead of 65.

Although he fell 10 runs short of the triple century, the 31-year-old’s innings was the highest score by any visiting batsman in Austral-ia, bettering the previous record of 287 set by England’s Tip Foster in Sydney in 1903.

It was also the third highest in-nings by any New Zealand bats-

man in a Test match and eclipsed the 253 contributed by Warner to Australia’s first innings tally of 559-9 declared, which had looked almost unassailable on day two.

Major breakthroughJust before lunch and after more than nine hours at the crease, Ross Taylor miscued a slog-sweep to substitute fielder Jonny Wells off the bowling of Nathan Lyon to bring an end to New Zealand’s in-nings on 624.

Breaking Australia’s open-ing partnership, which had put

together century stands in the first three innings of the series, was an achievement in itself but also removing Warner with just 46 runs on the board was a major breakthrough.

Southee had Burns caught at first slip by Taylor, while Warner, who also scored centuries in both innings in Brisbane, fell to Trent Boult and a sharp catch from Tom Latham at cover.

Smith came out at number three because of the hamstring in-jury to Usman Khawaja, who will miss Australia’s next two Tests,

and quickly showed his desire to get in on the WACA run-fest, which has seen 1,441 scored on the first four days. He raced to his half century in 57 balls and, after being dropped by New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ Watling on 96, reached his 12th Test century with a four behind point, the 13th of his innings.

Voges, who hit a century on de-but against West Indies earlier this year, scored at a more pedestrian pace and reached the milestone with his 15th boundary in the pe-nultimate over of the day. - Reuters

Smith hit his eighth

century in 13 Tests

over the last 12

months, and his

fourth in five Tests

as captain, while

western Australian

Voges delighted the

WACA crowd with

his first on home

soil to take the hosts

to 254 for two

Australia 1st innings 559 for 9 decl (D. Warner 253, U. Khawaja 121)

New Zealand 1st innings (Overnight: 510-6) M. Guptill lbw b Starc 1 T. Latham c Smith b Lyon 36 K. Williamson c Johnson b Hazlewood 166 R. Taylor c sub b Lyon 290 B. McCullum b M. Marsh 27 B. Watling c Lyon b Starc 1 D. Bracewell c Nevill b Johnson 12 M. Craig c Johnson b Lyon 15 M. Henry b Starc 6 T. Southee c & b Starc 21T. Boult not out 23 Extras (b-7, lb-11, nb-3, w-5) 26Total (all out, 153.5 overs) 624 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-87, 3-352, 4-432, 5-447, 6-485, 7-525, 8-554, 9-587, 10-624 Bowling: M. Starc 37-7-119-4, J. Ha-zlewood 32-2-134-1 (nb-1), M. Johnson 28-2-157-1 (w-1), N. Lyon 37.5-6-107-3, M. Marsh 15-1-73-1 (nb-2), S. Smith 4-0-16-0

Australia 2nd innings J. Burns c Taylor b Southee 0 D. Warner c Latham b Boult 24 S. Smith not out 131 A. Voges not out 101 Extras (nb-1, w-1) 2 Total (for 2 wickets, 63 overs) 258 Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-46To bat: U. Khawaja, M. Marsh, P. Nevill, M. Johnson, M. Starc, J. Hazlewood, N. Lyon Bowling: T. Southee 13-3-40-1, T. Boult 10-0-50-1, D. Bracewell 10-3-34-0, M. Henry 12-3-45-0 (w-1), M. Craig 17-0-81-0 (nb-1), K. Williamson 1-0-8-0Position: Australia lead by 193 runs with one more day to go

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MAKING MERRY: Ton makers Australia’s captain Steve Smith and team mate Adam Voges, right, run between wickets during the fourth

day of the second cricket Test match against New Zealand at the WACA ground in Perth, Western Australia. – Reuters

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Two days of cricket washed out due to rain means that the

second Test match is most likely to end in a draw. With the weather forecast not being good for the remaining days there is no time for the Indians to get back into some batting form too.

Shikhar Dhawan made good use of the early dismiss-al of the South Africans by batting confidently and more importantly spending valu-able time out in the middle. He was watchful to deliveries around his off-stump and capitalised on those pitched at his leg-guards which he scored off and then as he grew in confidence was punching the ball through the covers like the Dhawan of old, which is great news for India.

Murali Vijay has been such a rock for India in the last couple of seasons and the manner in which he was bat-ting eases any nerves in the dressing room. There was just one period when he seemed to have lost his concentration when he tried to play the pull shot a couple of times in a Morkel over and was dropped by Imran Tahir. He quickly recovered his composure and India have all 10 wickets in hand to resume whenever rains relent.

Waiting for the umpires to take a call on the fitness of the ground for resumption of play can be pretty boring and frus-trating too. While the elderly can use the time to rest and catch up on their reading or listen to music, the younger, restless and more energetic lot are prone to get up to a lot of mischief and leg pulling.

Rains and weather inter-ruptions are often the best times for team bonding as the players can sit in the dressing room and have a joke and a laugh without the immediate tension of playing the game.

The seniors come out with old stories about some of their earlier team mates and that breaks the barrier that sometimes teams from the sub-continent have between seniors and junior players. Of course most of the stories told are with the added ingredient of mirchi and masala to spice it up and make them even more hilarious.

If the team has Punjabis and Parsees in its ranks then the stories will be colourful and create raucous laughter in the dressing room. Virat Kohli, the Indian skipper

is known to be a very good mimic so he will have kept his team entertained with his mimicry. The team will certainly miss Harbhajan Singh for he also is one with an incredible fund of stories and will have you in splits. Ashish Nehra was another who did not need a rain inter-ruption to keep the team in good humour.

In the commentary box we are missing Wasim Akram who would regale us with stories of his Pakistani team mates told in Punjabi which seems to be a language made for telling stories. Farokh Engineer during our time was an entertainer par excellence in the dressing room.

Having a Parsee and a Punjabi in the dressing room is a sure guarantee for plenty of laughs and high jinks that help ease the pressures that a Test match brings. - PMG

Interruptions due to rain are often best times for team bonding

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Shikhar Dhawan made

good use of the early

dismissal of the South

Africans by batting

confidently and more

importantly spending

valuable time out in

the middle. He was

watchful to deliveries

around his off-stump

and capitalised on

those pitched at his

leg-guards which he

scored off and then as

he grew in confidence

was punching the ball

through the covers like

the Dhawan of old, which

is great news for India

Taylor goes from zero to record-breaking hero in just a week

PERTH: They say a week is a long time in politics but you need only ask Ross Taylor how much can change over a similar period in cricket after he hit a magnificent 290 in the second Test against Australia on Monday.

Seven days before his epic knock lit up the WACA, Taylor had been among New Zealand’s more disappointing performers as the tourists slumped to a 208-run defeat in Brisbane to go 1-0 down in the three-match series.

Looking sluggish with no sign of the aggression that once typified his batting, the 31-year-old man-aged to contribute only a seven-ball duck and a 26 to his team’s paltry tallies.

“I was pretty rusty and all over the show up there,” Taylor admit-ted to ABC radio before the start of play on Monday.

“It played a little bit on my mind, you start questioning your-self, little doubts start creeping into your mind. It was nice to get rid of those.”

Taylor did more than banish the doubts over more than nine hours at the crease, he smashed them out of sight in the same manner he pummelled some of his 43 fours to the boundary ropes.

The righthander did a fair bit of damage to a few records too, most notably ending Englishman Tip Foster’s 112-year reign as the highest scoring visiting batsman in Australia. Only Len Hutton, who scored 364 for England at Lord’s in 1938, has racked up more runs against Australia in 138 years of Test cricket.

Although the second Test had become something of a run-fest, there were more than a few chal-lenges to overcome in such a long innings, not least the searing Perth heat.

There was also Australia’s Mitchell Starc, who fired a yorker that was clocked at 160.4 kilome-tres per hour at Taylor on Sunday. It was the fastest ball ever record-ed in a test match but Taylor dug it out and resumed his innings.

UndercookedTaylor had managed only one half century in eight innings this year before he began his mighty WACA innings, a far cry from his pomp of 2013 when he scored three straight centuries against West Indies.

He admitted he was “under-cooked” going into the Gabba test after being sidelined for six weeks by a nasty injury to his testicles he sustained in the nets in Zimbabwe

in August. It was more a change in approach that sparked the turna-round in his fortunes this week, however. “I felt I just needed to get back in the groove,” Taylor added.

“You can either graft it out or go out and play your shots and (the latter) probably comes more natural to me.

“It’s surprising what happens when you hit a couple off the mid-dle, the feet start moving and the confidence comes flooding back.”

Taylor celebrated both his cen-tury and double century by stick-ing his tongue out. in a message to his daughter who, he admitted, had been a little confused by him

doing it twice on one day. She was spared further confu-

sion on Monday when Taylor was caught in the deep 10 runs from a third celebration but that will not detract from what Black Caps batting coach Craig McMillan de-scribed as “one of New Zealand’s best Test knocks”. - Reuters

Seven days before

his epic knock lit up

the WACA, Taylor

had been among

New Zealand’s

more disappointing

performers as the

tourists slumped to

a 208-run defeat in

Brisbane to go 1-0

down in the three-

match series

I was pretty rusty and all over the show up there. It played a little bit on my mind, you

start questioning yourself, little doubts start creeping into your mind. It was nice to

get rid of those ... Ross Taylor

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MUSCAT: Opener Noor Ali Zadran mixed caution with aggres-sion to score a scintillating cen-tury and also steer Afghanistan to a strong position in the three-day UAE tour match against Oman at the Ajman Oval on Monday.

According to information re-ceived here, Noor Ali smashed 15 fours and a six off 215-ball 113 be-fore he was caught by Amir Ali off

part-time bowling by Oman skip-per Sultan Ahmed.

Oman had begun well, when Rajesh Ranpura castled the other Afghanistan opener Shabir Noori before the batsman could disturb the scorers.

Joined by Mohammed Shahzad, Noor Ali helped the Afghanistan score to 59, before the former was caught behind by Swapnil Khadye for 30 (6 fours).

Later Noor Ali and Hasmatullah Shahidi, who missed his ton by five runs, took the total to 211.

Shahidi was Amir Ali’s first vic-tim having slammed 14 bounda-ries and a six for his 95, while Amir also accounted for Asghar Stan-ikzai, who contributed 34 runs (3 fours, 2 sixes).

However, Samiullah Shenwari (56 not out) and Afsar Zazai (16 not out) ensured that no more damage was done as they helped team’s total to 350 for 6.

It will be interesting to see how Oman will live up to the huge to-tal on Tuesday, provided Afghani-stan declare their innings in the morning.

For Oman batsmen it will be a test of character, patience and per-severance as they lack the experi-ence of playing the longer version of the game.

Afghanistan opener

Noor Ali smashed 15

fours and a six off

215-ball 113 before

he was caught by

Amir Ali off part-

time bowling by

Oman skipper

Sultan Ahmed

Afghanistan 1st inningsShabir Noori b Ranpura 0Noor Ali c Amir Ali b Sultan Ahmed 113Mohd Shahzad c Khadye b Lalcheta 30H. Shahidi c Khadye b Amir Ali 95A. Stanikzai c Aamir Kaleem b Amir Ali 34Samiullah Shenwari not out 56Nasir Jamal lbw b Khawar Ali 0Afsar Zazai not out 16Extras (b-5, nb-1) 6Total (6 wkts; 96 overs) 350

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-59, 3-211, 4-262, 5-273, 6-276.

Bowling: Mohammed Nadeem 14-3-55-0; RJ Ranpura 10-2-37-1; Khawar Ali 16-2-59-1; AJ Lalcheta 21-2-67-1; Zeeshan Siddiqui 3-0-15-0; Amir Ali 13-3-42-2; Aamir Kaleem 7-1-26-0; VS Wategaonkar 6-2-19-0; Sultan Ahmed 6-0-25-1.

Oman: Khawar Ali, VS Wategaonkar, Adnan Ilyas, Zeeshan Siddiqui, Sultan Ahmed, Aamir Kaleem, Amir Ali, AJ Lal-cheta, Mohammad Nadeem, RJ Ranpura, SS Khadye and Zeeshan Maqsood.

Toss: Afghanistan

Umpires: Rabiul Hoque and Syed Shabir

Reserve umpire: Ahmed Shah Durrani

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FINE TON: Afghanistan opener Noor Ali Zadran inspired Afghani-

stan with a scintillating century in a three-day tour match against

Oman at Ajman Oval in United Arab Emirates. – File photo

England aim for unassailable lead against Pakistan in SharjahSHARJAH: Having secured a crucial win, England is likely to go in with the same squad.

England bounced back superb-ly in the second One-Day Inter-national and will aim to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series against Pakistan on Tuesday at the Sharjah Interna-tional Stadium.

Pakistan has had a good run in ODI cricket, having beaten Zimbabwe (2-0), Sri Lanka (3-2) and Zimbabwe again (2-1) ahead of this series, but was let down by its batsmen in the second game, where it succumbed to a 95-run defeat.

After the Pakistan bowlers did well to restrict England to 216 in the first game, Mohammed Ha-feez’s ton overshadowed the fra-gility of the batting line-up. The host was reduced to 41 for 3 but Hafeez (102 not out) and Babar Azam (62 not out) collaborated for an unbeaten 106-run stand for the fifth wicket to take the team over the finish line.

Learning from their mistakes, the England bowlers did not al-low the Pakistan batsmen to set-tle down in the second game and bundled them out for just 188. Much to the delight of the English fans, this was after the batting had also come good with Alex Hales leading the way with a 117-ball 109. Jason Roy and Joe Root too

played promising innings and with momentum on England’s side, Pakistan will have a tough task as it seeks to take lead in the series.

Having secured a crucial win, England is likely to go in with the same squad. One thing that will trouble the Pakistan think-tank is the fitness of Yasir Shah. The leg-spinner has been struggling with a knee injury and will undergo a fitness test ahead of the game. If Yasir is ruled out, Pakistan can turn to Bilal Asif, the offspinner, or Zafar Gohar, the uncapped left-arm orthodox spinner.

Waqar Younis admitted that

Pakistan wasn’t expecting Eng-land to bounce back in such fash-ion. “England bounced back and bounced back well, we probably were not thinking that they are going to play that well so we have to play out of our skins to make it 2-1,” he said ahead of the game.

“Obviously we were expecting a fightback from England but we also played poor cricket in that game. We were not up to the mark in batting; at no time were we in the game, we must make sure it doesn’t happen next time.”

Pakistan will again look to tar-get England’s spin duo of Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid, who strug-

gled in the first game and returned combined figures of 1 for 104 from 19 overs. Though they gave away just 82 runs in the second game from their 20 overs, they picked up only one wicket as the pacers did most of the damage.

Pakistan and England have played five ODIs in Sharjah with England winning three of them. However, the last time these two sides met here was in 1999 and it’s unlikely that the teams will be bothered by past records.

The last time England played in the United Arab Emirates, it went on to win the series 4-0 and it surely wouldn’t want to leave empty-handed after the Test se-ries loss. The four-match series will be followed by a three-match Twenty20 International series.

Teams (from):England: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Jordan, Alex Hales, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, James Tay-lor, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett.

Pakistan: Azhar Ali (capt), Mo-hammed Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Bilal Asif, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shoaib Malik, Babar Azam, Mohammed Rizwan, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Amir Yamin, Anwer Ali, Yasir Shah, Za-far Gohar, Rahat Ali, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Irfan. - ICC

O D I

England bounced back superbly in the second One-

Day International and will aim to take an unassailable

2-1 lead in the four-match series against Pakistan

on Tuesday at the Sharjah International Stadium.

Pakistan and England have played five ODIs in Sharjah

with England winning three of them. However, the last

they met here was in 1999 and it’s unlikely that the

teams will be bothered by past record

Rain wipes out third day tooBENGALURU: Persistent rain ensured play was called off with-out a single ball being bowled for a second successive day in the sec-ond Test between India and South Africa at Bengaluru’s M. Chinnas-wamy Stadium on Monday.

After losing the entire second day’s play to inclement weather on Sunday, day three was given an early start time but the steady drizzle ensured the players would remain in the pavilion for another three sessions.

“Play for Day 3 has been called off due to persistent rain. Weath-er permitting, Day 4 will begin at 9:15 am (3:45 GMT),” the Indian cricket board tweeted.

India, who lead the series 1-0, have dominated what little play that has been available, dismiss-ing South Africa for 214 before ending the opening day on 80 without loss.

The steady drizzle left puddles in the outfield and around the edges of the covered square in the middle.

With more downpours forecast on Tuesday, the chance of a posi-tive result in Proteas talisman AB de Villiers’ 100th test appears to

be growing ever more remote.The visitors, looking out of

sorts after being beaten inside three days on a turning track in the series-opener in Mohali, would probably welcome the rain intervention, though.

With eight of their batsmen surrendering to the Indian spin-ners in the first innings at Ben-galuru, South Africa already find

themselves on the back foot in the four-test series.

The absence of injured pace duo of Daley Steyn and Vernon Philander has also taken the sting out of their attack, compound-ing the crisis for the world’s top-ranked test team, who have not lost an away series since 2006.

The third Test is in Nagpur and starts on November 25. - Reuters

T E S T S E R I E S

NO PLAY: Umpires Ian Gould, centre, Richard Kettleborough, left,

third umpire Shamshuddin and fouth umpire Nandan, right, hav-

ing words with grounds incharge on the third day of the second

Test match between India and South Africa at Chinnaswamy

Stadium in Bengaluru. – Credit

Pakistan rejects India offer, series in jeopardyNEW DELHI: Next month’s scheduled series between India and Pakistan remains in doubt after both sides again failed to reach an agreement on where the matches should be played.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wants to stage the matches in the United Arab Emirates, which has been the team’s “home” base since 2009 because of ongoing security concerns in their homeland that prevents international teams from visiting.

But the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said the Indian govern-ment would not permit its team to play Pakistan in the UAE, so the series would have to be played in India.

The two countries, bitter ri-vals on and off the cricket field, signed a memorandum of un-derstanding in 2014 that Paki-stan would host their next series after India had staged their pre-vious two meetings.

The PCB chairman Shaha-ryar Khan said he was still wait-ing for an explanation as to why the Indian government was op-posed to its team playing in UAE but was adamant that Pakistan would not go to India. - Reuters

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MUSCAT: Avigyan Bhattacharya is on a roll and he continued his fine run with a major victory to upset the top seed in the boys under-14 singles at the Falcon Insurance Company-sponsored Annual Ten-nis Tournament organised by the Indian Social Club (ISC) Muscat.

Random seed Avigyan proved that his victory over fourth seed Shlok Ail in the quarterfinals was no flash in the pan when he went all guns blazing to score the big-gest upset of the tournament so far when he scored a brilliant 6-2, 6-0 victory over top seed Vedanth Ram in the semifinals of the boys under-14 singles.

An off-colour Vedanth started on the wrong footing when Avi-gyan broke him in the very first game and failed to make any im-pact on Avigyan who played with confidence.

Avigyan broke again in the fifth game and held for a 5-1 lead. Vedanth held to stay in the set but Avigyan served out to win the first set.

Avigyan dominated the second set and although Vedanth had sev-eral break opportunities, he lacked the consistency and the confi-dence to convert those points.

Avigyan romped into the final winning the second set without losing a game.

Vatsal Manikandan, the top seed in the under-10 singles stormed into the final after dominating the semifinal to defeat Mikhail Sarit comfortably 6-0.

In the final, the top seed will clash against second seed Pra-neeth Raj who progressed to the fi-nal after scoring a 6-2 victory over J. Kaavya in the second semifinal.

W Brothers top six-hour karting race

MUSCAT: W Brothers took top honours at the Six-hour Karting Endurance Race organised by the Oman Automobile Association at Muscat Speedway.

W Brothers — comprising

Wadia, Waheed and Al Waris Al Kharusi — covered 375 laps to emerge the champions.

Team NBK, who also covered 372 laps, to finish second while Omantel Ozone 2 settled for third

place after completing 372 laps. A total of 11 teams took part in the competition.

W Brothers’ driver Wadia said: “It was a tough race and it was very difficult to predict the win-

ners. Knowing it will be a physi-cally challenging race.

“We had prepared well for this event. We also adopted a good strategy and that helped us to win the title,” he said.

M O T O R S P O R T

Avigyan upsets

top seed Vedanth

I S C T E N N I S

IN FINE FORM: Avigyan Bhat-

tacharya. – Supplied photo

England forced to field experimental side against France

LONDON: England will select an experimental lineup against France in Tuesday’s friendly at Wembley after a series of injuries, manager Roy Hodgson said on Monday.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Ryan Mason has been called into the squad to replace the injured Fabian Delph for a match that has been overshadowed by the deadly attacks in Paris on Friday.

“I think for us, I’m talking purely football now, it (the match) would never have taken on the im-

portance we were hoping, simply because so many players are not available for the game,” Hodgson told a news conference.

“It’s going to be a young team tomorrow, I think six players are under the age of 22.”

The match is part of England’s build-up to Euro 2016 but Hodg-son will have little chance to run the rule over his preferred lineup given the spate of injuries.

Nevertheless, England captain Wayne Rooney is excited by the

crop of youngsters coming through to the squad with the France game giving them an opportunity to gain some experience.

“To know the manager has faith in youngsters and will reward them... I think that’s great. It’s a big opportunity for those young lads,” he told the news conference.

“I’ve said over the last 18 months I’ve been very excited by this team, there are a lot of young-er players in the squad and it’s a great opportunity for them,” cap-

tain Rooney said. “So many young players starting the game is a big challenge against a good French team so we need to be to-gether and try and put our game-plan into effect.”

Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard, 22, was called into the squad for the first time on Sunday as club mate Michael Carrick and Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy were ruled out through injury.

Carrick returned to United after being carried off on a stretcher with

an ankle injury in the final minute of Friday’s 2-0 friendly defeat away to European champions Spain.

Vardy missed Friday’s match due to an injury suffered playing for his club the previous weekend.

Mason, 24, has not started a Premier League match since re-covering from a knee injury suf-fered in September.

He earned his only cap against Italy in March and joins fellow Spurs midfielders Eric Dier and Dele Alli in the squad. - Reuters

F R I E N D L Y

Murray battles past Ferrer at ATP World Tour Finals

LONDON: Andy Murray bat-tled past a dogged David Ferrer to win his opening match at the ATP World Tour Finals on Monday, showing no sign of being distract-ed by next week’s Davis Cup final in Belgium.

The Briton, aiming to win the prestigious season-ender for the first time in his career, needed to be at full tilt to finally subdue his Spanish opponent 6-4, 6-4.

After Sunday’s two opening

singles in the other group saw easy wins for world No. 1 Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, Mur-ray and Ferrer produced some ab-sorbing rallies in a near-capacity O2 Stadium. World No. 2 Murray

took the first set when Ferrer, trailing 4-5, served a double-fault.

But he was broken to love at the start of the second set and 33-year-old terrier Ferrer seemed to have the bit between his teeth before

dropping serve in the sixth game.An increasingly-confident

Murray piled on the pressure and Ferrer again buckled at 4-5 with Murray completing victory with a volley into an open court.

Murray had spent most of the build-up to the tournament prac-tising on clay in preparation for next week’s Davis Cup final in Ghent where he hopes to lead his country to the title for the first time since 1936.

In Sunday’s late match, Roger Federer recovered from a sloppy start to outclass Czech Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-2.

The Swiss world No. 3, bidding to win the title for a seventh time, served a two double-faults in his opening service game as he was broken to love, but quickly recov-ered to leave Berdych floundering.

Berdych did lead 4-3 on serve in the opener but 34-year-old Feder-er then reeled off seven games in a row, treating a full house at the O2 Arena to his usual show of win-ners from all corners of the court.

There was little Berdych could do and although the 30-year-old Czech managed to avert a second-set drubbing, federer wrapped up the win in little more than an hour and now needs just one more win to reach 50 at the tournament.

He will face world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who beat Japan’s Kei Ni-shikori earlier, in his second round-robin match on Tuesday. - Reuters

The Briton, aiming to

win the prestigious

season-ender for

the first time in his

career, needed to be

at full tilt to finally

subdue his Spanish

opponent 6-4, 6-4

CONFIDENT: Great Britain’s Andy Murray in action during his match against Spain’s David Ferrer in

ATP World Tour Finals at O2 Arena in London on Monday. – Reuters

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ISWK girls humble ISG to emerge U-19 champions

MUSCAT: Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir (ISWK) recorded an easy 10-wicket victory over Indian School Al Ghubra (ISG) in the fi-nal of the Oman Cricket-organised and Al Turki Enterprises-spon-sored Girls Under-19 Division at

the Municipality Ground II. Winning the toss and batting

first, ISG got off to a bad start los-ing their star batsman Aditi Bhat-nagar early for a duck. However, they were able to consolidate with Nayan Anil scoring 74 of 65 balls

and Saya Channa chipping in with 28. ISG ended up posting a meager 134 for three in 25 overs.

For ISWK, Akshadha and Ramya claimed one wicket each.

In reply, ISWK openers Akshad-ha Gunashekar and Jayadhanya

Gunashekar scored unbeaten 65 and 37 runs respectively as ISWK clinched the match and the cham-pionship scoring 135 runs for no loss in 19 overs.

Brief scores: ISG 134 for 3 in 25 overs (Nayan Anil 54 n.o.,

Akshadha 1/33, Remya 1/23) bt ISWK 123 for 7 in 19 overs (Ak-shadha Gunashekar 65 n.o., Jayad-hanya Gunashekar 37 n.o).

Individual awards (for 2015-14 season): Consolation bowl-ing: Amal Binte (PSM) 14.2 overs,

78 runs, 9 wickets; Best bowling: Thara Fathima (ISG) 23.4 overs, 145 runs, 10 wickets; Consola-tion batting: Akshadha Gunasekar (ISWK) 6 innings, 250 runs; Best batting: Nayan Anil (ISG) 6 in-nings, 311 runs.

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CHAMPIONS: Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir. – Supplied photo RUNNERS-UP: Indian School Al Ghubra. – Supplied photo

ISWK inflict 215-run defeat on PSM

MUSCAT: Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir (ISWK) defeated Paki-stan School Muscat (PSM) by 215 runs in a Khimji Ramdas-spon-sored Under-19 Division match played at the Municipality Ground I here recently.

Winning the toss and batting first, ISWK posted a massive 316 for eight in 40 overs largely thanks to a brilliant century by Ivan Man-

jila of 132. He was ably supported by Mohit and Hardik, both of whom scored 40 runs each.

In reply, Pakistan School Mus-cat managed score 101 for nine in 22.1 overs, thus handing ISWK the bonus point victory.

Sohail and Ivan both claimed three wickets each.

Brief scores: ISWK 316 for 8 in 40 overs (Ivan Manjila 132) bt PSM 101 for 9 in 22.3 overs (Syed Hussain 32; Ivan Manjila 3/13; So-hail Sameer 3/16). Points: ISWK — 3, PSM — 0.

MCCC beat BOC In an Al Turki Enterprises-sponsored U-16 Division match, Muscat Cricket Coaching Centre (MCCC) defeated Bosher Olympic Centre (BOC) by nine wickets at the Municipality Ground IV.

Batting first, BOC were bowled out for 82 in 18.5 overs. Prashob Babu claimed five wickets for MCCC.

In reply, MCCC scored 83 for one in 10 overs to claim a bonus point win. Kevin and Shaurya hit 22 not out and 21 respectively.

Brief scores: BOC 82 in 18.5 overs (Prashob Babu 5/14) lost to MCCC 83 for 1 in 10 overs (Kevin 22 n.o.; Shaurya 21). Points: MCCC – 3, BOC - 0.

PSM rout SLSMIn another U-16 Division match, Pakistan School Muscat (PSM) defeated Sri Lankan School Mus-cat (SLSM) by 81 runs.

Batting first, PSM put on 214 for four in 25 overs with Ubaid Ullah scoring an unbeaten 108. Hashain Saranga claimed two scalps for SLSM. In reply, SLSM were bowled out for 133 in 19.2 overs thus giving the bonus point to PSM. Ubaid, Saqib and Muzahir claimed two wickets apiece.

Brief scores: PSM 214 for 4 in 25 overs (Ubaid Ullah 108 n.o.; Hashain Saranga 2/35) bt SLSM 133 in 19.2 overs (Ubaid 2/21, Sa-qib 2/15, Muzahir). Points: PSM – 3, SLSM - 0.

SLSM edge BSMIn an U-13 Division match, Sri Lankan School Muscat (SLSM) scored a 11-run victory over Bang-ladesh School Muscat (BSM).

Batting first, SLSM posted 144 for five in 18 overs. Adrian top scored with 65 runs. Irfanul claimed three wickets.

In reply, BSM were bowled out for 133 in 17.3 overs. Irfanul played a handy knock of 52. Devin claimed four wickets for SLSM in their tight win.

Brief scores: SLSM 144 for 5 in

18 overs (Adrian 65; Irfanul 3/21) bt BSM 133 in 17.3 overs (Devin 4/29). Points: SLSM – 2, BSM - 0.

BOC A down BOC BIn another U-13 Division match, BOC A defeated BOC B by 80 runs.

Batting first, BOC A posted 191 for four 20 overs. Sidhant smashed an unbeaen 50 while Adithya and Prateek chipped in with 38 and 39 not out respectively. In reply, BOC B managed only 111 for three in 20 overs. Gokul Lal top scored with 40.

Brief scores: BOC A 191 for 4 in 20 overs (Sidhant 50 n.o., Adithya 38, Prateek 39 n.o.) bt BOC B 111 for 3 in 20 overs (Gokul Lal – 40). Points: BOC A – 3, BOC B - 0.

MCCC A win In another U-13 Division match, MCCC A defeated PSM by five wickets. Batting first, PSM posted 144 for three in 20 overs. Abdullah and Ahmed chipped in with 40 and 52 not out respectively.

In reply, MCCC A scored 145 for five in 16.2 overs with Zayed Ali and Wajihullah scoring with 53 and 41 not out respectively.

Brief scores: PSM 144 for 3 in 20 overs (Ahmed 52 n.o., Abdullah 40) lost to MCCC A 145 for 5 in 16.2 overs (Zayed Ali 53, Wajiullah 41 n.o). Points: MCCC A – 2, PSM - 0.

Winning the toss and

batting first, ISWK

posted a massive

316 for eight in 40

overs largely thanks

to a brilliant century

by Ivan Manjila of

132. In reply, PSM

managed score 101

for nine in 22.1 overs

ISWK STARS: Ivan Manjila and Mohit. – Supplied photo

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Olympic Day events organising panel discusses preparations

MUSCAT: The working commit-tee, appointed by the Oman Olym-pic Committee (OOC) to oversee the organisational aspects of the Olympic Day 2015 events, met here on under the chairmanship of Mutassim bin Humood Al Zad-jali, OOC treasurer.

The committee also comprises

Dr. Said bin Ahmed Al Shihri, OOC board member and vice-chairman, Jehad bin Abdallah Al Shaikh, Al Mur bin Moham-med Al Hashimi, Saud bin Badr Ambu Said, Hisham bin Salim Al Adwani as members and Ali bin Salim Al Bu Safi as member and rapporteur.

The committee members have decided to form working teams to different governorates to ensure the success of the Olympic Day events. The 2015 Olympic Day events will take place on Decem-ber 8 in five governorates - Mus-cat, Dhofar, Musandam, Al Dha-hirah and the Interior.

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Mangalore Spikers lift Mogaveera CupMUSCAT: Mangalore Spikers overcame Sohar Team to emerge the champions at the Mogaveera Cup indoor volleyball tournament organised by Muscat Mogaveera Koota (MMK), sponsored by pa-trons of Mangalore Spikers, at the Muscat Club here recently.

The two-day tournament, which was organised as part of MMK’s Silver Jubilee celebra-tions, saw Team Misbah winning the third place while Team Sohar Club finished in fourth place.

The individual awards went to Ashwal Rai (best smasher), Anup D’Costa (best all-rounder), Adam (best lifter) and Dhanraj Amin (best libero).

The tournament attracted 10 teams, including Team Sohar, Mangalore Spikers, Mushtaq Club Pakistan, Sohar Club, MIP A, MIP B, MIP C, Misbah Muscat, Dubai Challengers and UFSC Friends.

S.A.S Naqvi, former Oman na-tional hockey team coach and Oman Hockey Association con-sultant, officially inaugurated the event in the presence of Indian Social Club (ISC) chairman Dr. Satish Nambiar, G. V. Ramakrish-na, Head National Sales and Ex-pat Services at Bank Muscat, Na-bil Ali Al Balushi, Partner Majan Events Group of Companies, and Shaikh Kaleem Saheb, MD of Ma-jan Events Group of Companies.

Prakash Naik, Vice-President of MMK, and Jaya Ramesh Shet-tigar spoke on the occasion.

Star attractions Anup D’Costa, a highly acclaimed Indian na-tional volleyball player, Ashwal Rai, Karnataka state volleyball player, and Dhanraj Amin the very popular libero from India flew in to Muscat specially to strengthen Mangalore Spikers team and they proved their class with excellent performance.

Amur bin Humaid Al Tuqi,

General Secretary of Oman Vol-ley Ball Association, Ahmed Saeed of Oman Volleyball Asso-ciation, Majid bin Said Al Wahai-bi, General Secretary of Muscat Club, and Sheikh Kaleem, MD of Majan Events Group of Compa-nies, graced the prize-distribu-tion ceremony.

Dr. Shekhar Salian, President of Muscat MM Koota, presented

mementos to the guests and the guest players.

The speakers made special mention about all-round perfor-mance of Ahmed Aslam of Hofin-cons Co., who played for Manga-lore Spikers.

The organisers thanked spon-sors Oman Oasis, Muscat Phar-macy (Pocari Sweat) and Sweets of Oman.

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CHAMPIONS: Mangalore Spikers celebrate after winning the Mogaveera Cup indoor volleyball tournament. – Supplied photo

INAUGURATION: Hockey veteran S.A.S Naqvi cuts the ribbon to officially inaugurate the Mogaveera Cup indoor volleyball tournament at Muscat Club. – Supplied photo

Rosberg victory raises hope of gloves-off finale

LONDON: Nico Rosberg’s Bra-zilian Grand Prix victory was not much of a thriller, even for Mer-cedes bosses who never tire of dom-inance, but next week’s Abu Dhabi finale could be all the better for it.

With both titles long decided, and Rosberg now sure of second place overall behind triple world champion teammate Lewis Hamil-ton, Formula One’s dominant team can afford to loosen up a little.

“It’s one-two in the champion-ship, we’ve secured it. it’s now gloves off for Abu Dhabi,” said Mer-cedes motorsport head Toto Wolff immediately after Sunday’s race.

That may not prove entirely the case, with Mercedes always want-ing a one-two and the Austrian leav-ing no doubt that the team would continue to make major strategy calls, but there is room for hope.

Hamilton has his third title, pole trophy and 10 wins from 18 races but he will still not want to see Rosberg wrap up 2015 with a streak of six successive poles and three wins in a row.

The importance of momentum can be exaggerated but Rosberg, and Formula One as a whole, needs to believe the German can take the fight to Hamilton from the start of next season rather than going missing again.

Two successive wins have re-vived Rosberg’s morale and a third would bring at least some bragging rights, however temporary.

“Whoever is going to win the

last race has a little benefit into December,” commented Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda, a former triple champion. “Then you forget it anyway be-cause next season is all a new start for everybody.”

Rosberg’s return to form has shown he can channel anger and frustration into something more positive.

The German’s win at Interla-gos gave him a 100 percent pole and win record since Hamilton wrapped up the championship in Texas last month thanks to a late error by his teammate. That de-feat in Austin, coupled with a first corner clash and Hamilton’s with-ering response to his rival’s anger, seems to have had an effect.

It may be that Hamilton’s atten-tion has waned since Texas, the Briton conceding he might have overdone the partying, while Mer-cedes made clear their priority was to help Rosberg finish second overall. But even if those factors helped, something also changed in the German’s mindset.

“Austin was very tough because of losing the championship,” he said in Brazil, looking back at what may come to be seen as a watershed. “When I got to Mexico, the new motivation was there... some of the things Lewis said after Austin gave even more motivation to come back and beat him. I was raring to go again,” he told Sky Sports F1.

“I am definitely ready to fight for it (the title) again... gutted about this year, the way I lost it and hap-py that there’s another great op-portunity coming next year which I’m sure there will be because we’ll have a great car again.” - Reuters

With both titles long

decided, and Rosberg

now sure of second

place overall behind

triple world champion

teammate Lewis

Hamilton, Formula

One’s dominant

team can afford to

loosen up a little

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When people ask me what my favourite Omani food is, I’d love to say something specific

and traditional, like the banana-leaf wrapped roast, shuwa, or the chicken and rice porridge, arseeyah,

or the jelly-like sweet Omani halwa, but the truth is, the one food I dream about when I go back to

the States is the seafood.

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India is extraordinary, but complicated: Padma Lakshmi

She’s a proud Indian Supermodel, TV host, pro-ducer, cookbook author and actor Padma Lakshmi, who embarked on a glamour-filled journey from the narrow lanes of Chen-nai to the broad avenues of Hollywood, says that despite its “complicated” image in the West, India continues to enamour the world with its mysterious charm, delectable cuisine and awe-inspiring crafts. “I don’t think India has a bad or a good image. I think it has a very complicated im-age in the West. There are extraordinary things, both good and bad, about our country,” Lakshmi told.Lakshmi, who adds the glamour quotient to the kitchen world with her TV show Top Chef, says it’s the taste and aroma of Indian cuisine, handicrafts and bewitching folklore that provide the pull. Her book of achievements is filling up fast with an Emmy nomination for Top Chef; an award-winning cookbook titled Easy Exotic and a memoir Love, Loss, and What We Ate to her credit.

Foods to stay warm during wintersAs soon as the winter season approaches, we fill our wardrobe with knitted sweaters and more. But it is also important to keep our bodies warm from inside. So stock up ginger, honey and nuts. CyberChef food specialist Shilpa Gupta shares a list of five foods that will keep you warm:* Ginger: Ginger reduces high cholesterol level and hence is the best choice to keep the body fit during winters. With its antibac-terial properties, it is also helpful in treating cough and cold that is quite com-mon during this season. It can be chewed raw daily or can be added to soup or any other dishes to enhance the flavour.* Honey: It is instrumental in combating cold, flu or cough during winter. Even if it is sweet, honey doesn’t add calories and is also beneficial in keeping the body warm.* Nuts: A variety of nuts like peanuts, walnuts and al-monds is the best source of good cholesterol, vitamins, fibre and Omega-3 fatty ac-ids. They make for essential snacking during winters, as they are naturally hot food items.* Cinnamon: Cinnamon is a wonderful spice to shield you from the dipping temperatures. Add it to any cooked dish or to soup and salad to add flavour or use it while making warm bever-ages like tea. -IANS

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A small, sweet, buttery

flavoured tree nut. It is available

raw or roasted and sometimes

without skins.

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With over 3,165km of fer-tile coastline, I suppose it shouldn’t have come as such a surprise to me

when I discovered that Oman boasts some of the most incredible sea fish and Crustaceans in the world, but, in my defence, I’m a California girl, and our seaside fish offerings were noth-ing compared to the gigantic, tender prawns; flaky, sweet, white-fleshed Arabian grouper called hamour; the pungent, thick steaks of king fish; or the small, tender crabs that we would grill over open fires on the shores of Muscat, Sur, and Salalah. On visits to the Muttrah fish market, I was always overwhelmed by the vast variety, from giant tuna to tiny Sultan Ibra-him and sardines. I always greedily wonder if I’ll ever get the chance to taste them all.

This oceanic diversity is somewhat unique to Oman, which has a longer coastline compared to other GCC countries, boasting more than 90 fish-ing villages that overlook three seas: the Arabian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea. According to re-search from the Department of Ma-rine Science and Fisheries at Sultan Qaboos University, Omani fishermen catch an average of 134,000 metric tones of edible fish each year. Ironical-ly, despite this bounty, it is hard to find restaurants that specialise in fresh seafood here in Muscat, so I find it especially appropriate (at least in my food obsessed opinion) that the grand dame of Muscat hotels, the InterCon-tinental, has decided to celebrate the

45th National Day with an Omani seafood week for which the Musan-dam Café has been transformed into a miniature (and quite posh) fish mar-ket. Partnering with the Ministry of Heritage, outside the Café, there is a small exhibition of traditional Omani handicrafts, wood carving, silver-smith, pottery, and henna painting, while inside, the salad buffet has been decked out with fish-shaped breads and a sushi station and out on the lawn there is a decorative dhow (traditional Arabian boat) packed with ice and a menagerie of fish and shellfish.

I went to check it out, and I was sur-prised to discover that we were given free-reign over the seafood mini-mar-ket, selecting our own delicacies from the piles of fresh prawns, crabs, three types of snapper, sardines, king fish, hamour, and even baracuda. I took a few favourites, resulting in a rather obscenely large platter of food for one person, and then handed my plate over to the grill men who set about cooking my catch.

I wandered inside to peruse the buf-fet and hot side stations, steering clear

of the rice and potatoes; I was here for the fish. I brought my plate of salad and sides, which also had grown to an unsightly size, back to my table and ate some cucumbers and hummus, while I waited for my feast to finish cooking.

The seafood arrived, and seemed to have doubled in size. I soon discovered that was because a grilled lobster tail had made its way into the mix. I’m cer-tainly glad it did. I rarely order lobster (it isn’t my favourite), but this one was one of the best I’ve ever had, tinged

with smoke from the grill and lightly seasoned to let its natural flavours come through.

Between the select beverages, vast buffet, and unlimited seafood, it was a shockingly generous spread. But, word to the wise, order modest portions and go back for more. As a punishment for my gluttony, I found that I wasn’t able to get around to eating most of my fish and prawns before they got cold. Nevertheless, as I sat back sipping an after-dinner espresso, enjoying the glorious cool breeze and watching the palms around me gently sway, I decid-ed that feasting on the oceanic jewels of Oman was perhaps the best way a food lover like me could celebrate the anniversary of this wonderful country I’m so proud to call home. - felicia@timesofoman.com

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Between the select beverages, vast buffet, and unlimited

seafood, it was a shockingly generous spread

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MAKE-AHEAD APPETISERS

Plenty of entertaining occasions are coming up. Instead of focusing on several sides to accompany

your barbecue favourites, consider offering your guests an array of seasonal appetisers to complement your

main course. Celebrity chef and Food Network star, Alex Guarnaschelli, offers three make-ahead, delicious

appetisers that will help make entertaining a breeze. By pairing seasonal produce and herbs with nuts like

walnuts and pecans for rich flavour, these appetisers will be the highlight of your meal.

Walnut Stuffed Cherry Tomato Halves Who doesn’t love a stuffed cherry tomato? Guarnaschelli says, “A mixture of cheese, peppery arugula and juicy tomatoes brings out the great richness of the nuts. Stuffed cherry tomatoes are satisfying without being filling, and make a great alternative to bread-based starters. You can assemble these appetisers ahead of time and refrigerate them until you’re ready to serve.”

Preparation Time: 15 minutes12 servings

Ingredients1/2 cup walnut halves and pieces, toasted

3/4 cup fresh arugula leaves, coarsely chopped 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese2tbsp extra-virgin olive oil1tsp balsamic vinegar

1tsp grated lemon zest36 cherry tomatoes1/8tsp salt

PreparationToast the walnuts by placing them in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat. Stir frequently until the walnuts turn golden - about three to five minutes.

Combine the arugula with the walnuts, cheese, olive oil, vinegar and lemon zest; set aside.

Cut the tops off the tomatoes. Use a small spoon (such as an espresso spoon), the handle of a teaspoon or a melon baller to gently remove the majority of the seeds and pulp, taking care not to pierce the skin. Season the insides lightly with salt. Fill the tomatoes with the walnut and arugula mixture. Serve at room temperature.

For a more Italian experience, use authentic Parmigiano Reggiano cheese.

Quickie Goat Cheese and Pecan Bites Another great make-ahead appetiser, these bites are filled with flavour and deliver the perfect combination of crunch and taste. “The freshness of the parsley and lemon zest is the perfect bridge between the goat cheese and pecans,” says Guarnaschelli.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes24 servings

Ingredients1 pound soft goat cheese2tsp cracked black pepper1/2 cup toasted pecan halves, choppedZest from two lemons3tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley

PreparationBreak up and mix the goat cheese with the black pepper in a medium bowl. Divide into 24 pieces of about 2tsp each and roll into balls.

Combine the pecans, lemon zest and parsley in a medium bowl until well blended. Roll the goat cheese balls in the pecan mixture. Arrange on a serving platter. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Take them out 15 minutes before serving so they soften a little and drizzle with a little olive oil, if desired.

Spicy Walnut and Chickpea Hummus While hummus is traditionally made with tahini (sesame) paste, this version uses sesame seeds and walnuts to add richness to the mixture and texture when sprinkled on top. Serve this hummus as an individual hors d’oeuvres or as a tasty dip with pita wedges.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes24, 2tbsp servings

Ingredients1 cup chopped walnuts, divided1/4 cup olive oil1 can (15 ounces) chickpeas, drained and rinsed3tbsp fresh lemon juice1tbsp sesame seeds2 cloves garlic1/2tsp paprika1/4tsp chipotle powder or ground red pepper1/2tsp salt1 medium red bell pepper, ribs and seeds removed, coarsely chopped, about 3/4 cup1tbsp chopped parsley

PreparationCombine 1/2 cup walnuts and olive oil in the bowl of a food processor, pulse to coarsely chop the walnuts. Add the chickpeas, lemon juice, sesame seeds, garlic, paprika, chipotle powder and salt, and process until smooth.

Transfer the spread from the food processor into a medium mixing bowl and stir in bell pepper, parsley and remaining 1/2 cup walnuts. Serve with toasted pita triangles, if desired.

For more recipe inspiration and tips from Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, check out FisherNuts.com.

Tricks to makeboring food exciting for childrenIf your little ones are fussing over healthy eating, try empha-sising on the colour of foods, and involve them in food selec-tion and preparation to catch their interest, says an expert.Saumya Shree, a food specialist at BiteClub.in, a Gurgaon-based chef-designed virtual restau-rant which facilitates its native presence through Android, iOS and web applications, has shared tips on how to make healthy food more interesting for children:

* Emphasise on colour: Children love all things bright and colour-ful, even when it is food. Not only are they more appealing to the children, but they are also better for them. The naturally colourful fruits and vegetables can help your child’s body get the wide variety of nutrients that he or she needs to grow strong and healthy.

* Present food in shapes: To feed the picky eaters, there is no way better than presenting fancy shaped foods to them. Using mini cookie cutters and cutting their vegetables, fruit and even cheese into stars and other shapes can really enliven their plate and boost their appetite.

* Use fun names: Giving fun names to any food can make it easy to attract the children and build their interest in it. It can instantly change the attitude about a new food for children. You can start calling cauliflower or broccoli as baby trees or peas as green marbles.

* Serve it differently: Presenta-tion can make a huge difference in eating habits and doesn’t take much extra time. For instance, instead of slicing the fruits, make fruit kebabs with a chocolate dip or simply make fruit balls and stuff it inside the rind of empty hard shells of fruits like water-melons with cheese cubes.

* Involve them in food selection and preparation: Grown-ups avoid taking their young ones for grocery shopping and involving them in the food preparation process at times, but they are both important ways to teach them about making good food choices. They give the children an opportunity to see the process of preparing food in a healthier way and spend time with the grownups that definitely makes things fun.

Vikas Khanna cooks up new storybook for kidsMichelin-starred chef Vikas Khanna has served up his sec-ond storybook for children, in the form of The Milk Moustache, a tale of goodwill and friendship.Khanna partnered with Domi-no’s Pizza launched the book on Children’s Day. The book’s story is about children of the village who one day refuse to drink milk, which makes Kali the cow very sad. It is up to Jassi, the local milkman’s daughter and Kali’s best friend, to find a way to end the children’s milk boycott and lift Kali’s spirits again. The book is well-illustrated and simply told. Talking about his latest offering, Khanna said in a state-ment: “The theme of the book is a topic which every household in India will identify with. Children not drinking milk is a problem faced by every parent.” He said that he will continue to write books for children. -IANS

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LIFESTYLEC11T U E S DAY, N OV E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 5

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YOUR SPICE

It’s often said that no kitchen should be without

thyme. This wonder herb, both fresh and dried,

is known to add fragrance to mundane dishes

and is available throughout the year.

What’s It?Thyme is a green herb with culinary, medicinal and ornamental uses. It has a distinct savoury pungent flavour which gels well with soups, stews, and meat casseroles. In the Middle East it is called za’atar. Dried garden thyme leaves are grey-green in colour.

HistoryThyme is grown in the Mediter-ranean, southern Europe, western Asia and North Africa. The Egyp-tians and the ancient Greeks both used this for medicinal values and it grew over the centuries.

Culinary UsesIt is used in salads as garnishes and goes well with veal, lamb, beef, poultry, fish, stews, soups, and herbed mayonnaise. It blends well with lemon, garlic, and basil.

Select and StoreThyme leaves can be bought fresh and if they are kept too much in moist then the leaves get black. It can be stored for over a week in the refrigerator. It can also be frozen with a little water in ice-cube trays. Dried thyme should be stored in an airtight pack and protected from extremes of heat, light and humidity. - swati@timesofoman.com

Grand Hyatt Muscat to Hostthe US Ambassador as Guest Chef A UNIQUE initiative led by Grand Hyatt Muscat in association with Oman American Business Centre featuring the ambassador of the United States in an informal evening.

The hotel is set to host a culinary series of ambassador guest chefs be-ginning with Ambassador Greta C. Holtz presenting ‘Discover America’, an all-American evening of grilled fare at the Safari Rooftop Grill House on Thursday, November 19. This particular event is sponsored by United and will feature Alaskan

guest chef LaDonna Gundersen who specialises in salmon. She will feature one of her signature salmon dishes during the evening.

United have generously agreed to sponsor two return flights to the United States from Dubai. The win-ners will be raffled away towards the end of the night.

The evening will feature an all inclusive three-course set menu for OMR32. Ambassador Holtz will demonstrate a signature American dish giving guests the opportunity

to experience food prepared by the ambassador also known to be an avid cook. Ambassador Holtz said “Come join us at the Hyatt for an all American feast, featuring Alaskan guest chef LaDonna Gundersen. Our guests will experience some of the finest food products America has to offer, from Alaskan salmon to New York cheesecake”.

For Reservations:Call:+968 2464 1234 oremail: muscat.dining@hyatt.com

I N T H E N E W S

The hotel is set to

host a culinary series

of ambassador guest

chefs beginning

with Ambassador

Greta Holtz

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or diced radishes

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coleslaw or potato

salad recipe.

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subtle peppery flavour

to green salads with

sliced radishes. Or stir

minced radishes into

tuna or chicken salad

for a peppery crunch.

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AL KHUWAIR: 1 BHK with A/C

OPP. AL NAHDHA HOSPITAL: DELUXE 2 B H K with

3 bathrooms and 1 BHK with 2 bathrooms -built in wardrobe,

security, split a/c

Contact : 24 70 30 60

FOR RENT

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Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifieds@timesofoman.comTel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461

FOR RENT

2BHK near Oman house behind

Khimji, H.O. Contact: 95865686

1BHK new bldg with A/C curtains

near Khimji mart MBD. Contact:

99061408 /99024039

New Building in Muttrah, 2 B/D

Room Flat + Setting Room, 3 Baths+

Kitchen with split unit Ac’s. Behind

Khimjis main office/opposite to

Oman House Call 99419712

1+ 2+ 3BHK Darsait.

Contact: 99024730

D2 T U E S D AY, N O V E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 5

DAILY GUIDE

Villa at Al.Khuwair having six

bedrooms, six bathrooms, sitting,

dinning, hall, kitchen Etc.

Contact - 24833972/ 24833974/

99367448 Single BHK flat avail-

able in Honda road Ruwi. Contact -

24833972/24833974/99367448

Shops for rent behind the building

good for offices +stores space 11 x 4

Meters behind Sultan Center

Al Amerat R.O 250/- PER Month.

Contact: 92877449

Brand new deluxe 1, 2 BHK flats in

Waljah- Ruwi. Contact: 99369081

Beautiful villa directly on beach in

best location in Shatti Qurum 1800

OMR. Contact: 95887572

Spacious 2 BHK flat on Penthouse

behind Sultan Center, Azaiba –

RO.425/- p.m.

Contact: 99849325/99824803

One / two, B/R RES / Comm. direct-

ly from own ER near medical college

Bausher. Contact: 92158031

2 BHK flat in North Ghobrah. 18 No-

vember Street. RO 295/- For office or

residential use. Contact 94477222

1000 sqm Industrial land with

compound wall & 2 rooms at Misfah.

Contact: 99342733 / 99795241

Flats and Houses for rent in Wadi

Kabir and Sidab best price.

Contact: 95555162/95755953

Studio flat for rent at Wadi Kabir

behind Muscat bakery, building No.

337, Way No. 150.

Contact: 99373290/24815012

One room with kitchen & bathroom

at W/ Kabir R.O 100/.

Contact: 99384640

New villa at Mawalah south 5 bed

room, family hall, Majlis, bath.

Contact: 99332367

Fully furnished luxury 2 bed room

flat for rent at Ghala for short or

long term basis. Contact: 99886386

/99881653

Sohar: 3BHK AND 4BHK FLATS, R.O 200 and R.O 215 respectively.

(New Building with CCTV camera

with Split A/C). Contact 99881426

/ 92123699

1 BHK Nr Oman house and Khimji

H.O Muttrah. Contact: 99233116

Villa for rent in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 95562646

2 & 3 BHK Al Khuwair.

Contact: 99024730

3 Bedroom flat at Al Khuwair.

Contact: 99447257/97014234

2BHK Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti mosque.

Contact: 97007934/92629232

Flats available for rent 1 & 2 BHK

flats with spilt A/C kitchen & big hall

available for rent AL Khuwair near

Muscat holiday. Contact: 94227178

Coffee shop for rent Jifnain.

Contact: 93340597

Store for rent Misfah Industrial area

100sqm RO.350/- . Contact - 99617464

Flat for Rent 1/2 BHK Flat at Mut-

trah, near Oman flour mills, 10 min.

from Corniche.Equipped with split

unit ACs, internet points, free-to-air

dish connection, CCTV monitored,

basement parking. Rent RO.250/350

per month. Contact: 99229263;

93221054; 95215289

2 BHK Honda road Ruwi.

Contact: 99224748 /99332297

1& 2 BHK C.B.D. Contact: 99024730

House rent 7 rooms, 7 toilets in each

room, with A/C, 2 rooms for reserved

kitchen offices medical clinic or any

other purpose. Contact: 92992901

For rent in Al Khuwair 33/1, 2 Bed

Rooms 1 Family Hall, 1 Bathroom,

1 Kitchen & Full split unit.

Contact no 99315515

2 Bedroom villa for rent in Madinat

Qaboos, with swimming room

children’s play area, parking ECT.

Contact: 92447365

2 BHK flats for rent near PDO Gate

No.2 with spilt AC. Contact: 94057023

02 BHK Commercial / residential

(with split AC) flat at Honda road.

Contact: 99342733 / 99795241

Fully furnished office space in As - As-

salah Tower Ghobra. Contact 98202001

02 BHK Residential flat opposite to

Al Nahda Hospital.

Contact 99342733 / 99795241

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FOR SALE

FOR RENTFOR SALE

FOR RENT

.

FOR HIRE WITH OPERATORS1. Back Hoe Loaders (Shovels): 5 Nos

2. 10 Tons Vibratory Roller Compactor: 1 No.

3. 42 Mtrs. Concrete Pump Putzmeister: 1 No.

4. 45 Cbm Tippers: 2 Nos

5. 50 M height, 50 Boom tower cranes: 5 Nos.

Please contact – Mr. Ravi on 96529679Email – ravi@alliedoman.com / narayan@alliedoman.com

Flat for rent in CBD area - Ruwi

Two rooms and a large hall•Office spaces for rent in Al Hail on

the main road On the same building

of Al Khamis Shoes at Al Hail

•2 bed room flats in Qurum 29 for

rent next to ABA New building

-split AC - Good location

Contact No: 96177505

For Rent Flats in Darsait -

94051789-97201688

For Rent Flats in Ghala Heights -

94051789-97201688

For Rent Flats in Wadi Kabir -

94051789-97201688

For Rent Fully Furnished

apartments in Boucher (35) -

94051789-97201688

For Rent flats in Muttrah-

Contact – 94051789-97201688

Offices for Rent Gala-

Contact –94051789-97201688

For Rent Duplex villa in Qurum

29- 94051789-97201688

For Rent Offices & Showrooms in

Al Khoud- 94051789-97201688

For Rent offices in Qurum op-

posite city center- 94051789-

97201688

For Rent Mini Furnished Apart-

ment in Qurum- 94051789-

97201688

For Rent Flats in Mawalah

south-94051789-97201688

For Rent brand new villas in

Al Ansab- 94051789-97201688

For Rent Offices & Showrooms in

Muttrah -94051789-97201688

2BHK with A/C s Muttrah near

Oman house. Contact: 99896838

3BHK Qurum P.D.O light 350/-.

Contact: 99342661

New pent house 219 meters,

3 bedrooms Each own toilet , serv-

ant room with toilet laundry area ,

kitchen with store elevator avail-

able AL Khuwair 39

rent R.O 575/- family only.

Contact: 99207840

1BHK flat Darsait near MCT Munici-

pality 220/-. Contact: 99342661

Our spacious banquet hall can accommodate up to 1200 of your most important guests. For More information please

Contact - 94123540,

99134674 , 99101806

RAMEE DREAM

RESORT

SEEB

Banquet hall is available for Rent or Lease

1000 SQM industrial land in Ghala

suitable for workhouse work shop.

Contact: 92584715 /24700120

2 bedrooms flat with hall, 2

bathrooms in Darsait near Muscat

Municipality. Contact: 92584715 /

24700120

6 shops in South Mawalah

Contact: 96420432

Furnished room for rent Indian

family or executive bachelor, near

Honda road. Contact - 99016546

2 BHK Flats for rent Muttrah near

Oman house.

Contact: 97007934/92629232

Studio in souk Al Khoud behind

of Al Ahali bank with 2 BR toilet+

kitchen in 2 floor 160RO.

Contact 99738881

Room in Al Mwalih very close to

Wave. Contact: 95192927

Villa in AL Ansab with six attached

bedroom, Majlis, hall, kitchen and split

unit A/C s located at phase

4 in heights, near to the main road, op-

posite Haya water. Contact: 99311348

Flats and shops for rent in Ruwi

Honda road Mumtaz area. Contact:

97293708 /92433127

For rent Seeb 1 room, 2 rooms,

3 rooms , with all supplements,

including water electricity and

sewage also. We provide the fol-

lowing services free plumber and

electrician 2 cleaner for garbage our

price on your hand, just call on

Farahat: 98020768 Hilal: 96541283

New flats for rent Darsait Al Sahel.

Contact: 99311525 / 92533356

Villa with 5 rooms, two sitting

rooms, 5 toilets and kitchen at

Al Hail North. Contact: 91130875

Flats in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 99376454

2BHK flats / offices & shops for rent

in a brand new building at Honda

Road. Contact: 91165807

Flat for rent at Wadi Al Kabir next

Al Hassan.co, 2 bedroom, 3 WS,

1 sitting room. Contact: 99210008

1BHK Near Al Nahdha hospital Ruwi

R.O 200/-. Contact: 99617786

3BHK flat for rent at Muttrah.

Contact: 99423596

ACC. AVAILABLE

ACC. AVAILABLE

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, sitting

room, Kitchen & store including

utilities bills at Al hail.

Contact 92817777

Spacious room semi furnished with

attached bath near Ruwi Rounda-

bout. Contact: 96612979

Sharing accommodation rooms

AL Khuwair. Contact: 99743569

/97004265

3 Bedroom apartment with living

room and 3 toilets located in Wadi

Kabir near Al-Hassan Electrical Co.

RO 500/- Contact 94488444

1 Bedroom with bathroom available

for rent. Only Indian female.

Contact - 92394614

Sharing accommodation available

near dolphin village in Bausher.

Contact: 99169512

Independent rooms in Qurum /AL

Hail. Contact 95529970

Single room W/ bath near Al Falaj

hotel. Contact: 99643845

Accommodation available for 50

to 100 labours, Misfah Industrial

area. Contact – 99617464

Sale house & office furniture &

electronic items. Contact : 99834373/

96642500/22010080

High performance fork lift with au-

tomatic functions, plus Isuzu engine

and one year warranty. Model 2015.

Contact: 98883445

Six unused rack mount (4U) PC i5

with original windows 7 for sale.

Please Contact: 99206367 or

opaloman@omantel.net.om

Used steel racks (slotted angle

shelves) for sale in lot.

Contact: 24703981

GP and dental clinic in Adam.

Contact: 99330385

A running restaurant for sale near

Oman oil petrol Pump Al Uqdah

(Barka). Contact: 990590103

Coffee shop for sale Barka near

police station. Contact: 95598029

For sale Fully Furnished apart-

ments in Bousher (35) - 95056808-

97201688

BUYING

Excellent running building mate-

rials shop cum showroom and store

for sales in Wadi Kabir. Contact:

98871547/93412622

AVAILABLE

Party & Wedding equipment rentals.

Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirt-

ing, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery,

Crockery, Glassware, Chafing Dishes,

Ice Sculptures, to Large Sound Sys-

tems and spectacular lighting. Call

Andrea 9606 2222 for Catering and

Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound & Light.

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E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

2 BHK flat available for rent in

Darsait. Contact: 99357586

Brand new residential flats in Wadi

Kabir near Muscat football club,

have 2 bedroom family hall, 2 toilets,

Kitchen with spilt AC for 250/- R.O.

Contact: 95999904 / 98585889 /

92383886

600 SQT commercial flat for rent

opposite Oman flourmill Darsait

more details. Contact: 91214849/

99364735

Villa for rent in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 95562646

1BHK flat spilt with A/C Al Khu-

wair, 230/-. Contact: 99358589 /

95570288

Al Mawalh villa for rent

17 bedrooms, all attached toilet, 2

big hall, 1 big kitchen, outside 1 kitch-

en 1 PVT room near (Mac Donald).

Contact: 99654252 /95566475

For sale villas in Al Khoud -

95056808-97201688

For Sale Luxury Apartments in

Bousher (35) - 95056808-97201688

Beauty parlor for sale Muttrah.

Contact: 93142676

60,000 Sq Mtrs Agriculture Land in

Misfah can be changed to Industrial

Land. OMR 29 per Square Meter.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

Beauty parlour at Mabela for sale.

Contact: 96131261

5 plots of fertile agriculture lands in

Misfah East totaling 4,532 sq mtrs

having date trees and using Falaj

water for irrigation. OMR 158 Thou-

sand for all 5 plots. Tel: 99333479 or

95215360

400 sq mtrs Commercial/Residen-

tial land in Mabela Phase 5 Block 2.

OMR 155 Thousand. Tel: 99333479

or 95215360

For sale 8 Apartments (Total area

850 SQM approximate) in “Bait Al

Noor” occupying two full floors

(7th and 8th floors). The building

is opposite to GMC car showroom

facing the main road (Sultan Qaboos

Road). Excellent location for best

visibility of signboard

for any corporate.

Contact 94194071 for details.

USED VEHICLES/EQUIPMENTS & SCRAP FOR SALE

Tenders are invited for used light vehicles / Construction equipments & Scrap for sale. Those interested in participating may

For further information please contact 99475367 / 99473260

The last date of submission of tenders shall not be later than 1200 hrs on Monday, 23 November 2015.

Villa in Arjan complex near Seeb

stadium 4BHK, 1 living room,

1 majles, 1 extra room in ground

floor. Contact 93219597

2,688 sq mtrs commercial land in

MBD North. OMR 1.39 Million.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

1 Bedroom with attached Bath, fully

furnished, separate entrance

at Mabela for ladies only.

Contact : 99634841

Single room bathroom in Darsait

R.O 140/-. Contact: 93289652

Furnished office space & room

available in Walja. #96246625

Single room for expat Indian bach-

elors near Al Aktham restaurant

Al khuwair for RO 120. Water and elec-

tricity included. Contact: 98803261

Room for rent available in a flat for

Executive bachelor at Azaiba be-

hind Al Meera Hypermarket Azaiba

with attached bath with Cot & A/C,

rent RO 175/- per month includ-

ing Water & Electricity. Contact

96404166 / 97433992

Big room available near Hamriya R/A

for Muslim couple / small family / Ex-

ecutive bachelor rent 150/- per month

including W+ E. Contact 99495131

Single room for rent at Mumtaz

area. Contact: 96916398 / 95212017

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Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifieds@timesofoman.comTel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

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SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

Omani driver with heavy license

send CV to jobtech42@gmail.com.

Contact: 98813893

We require Omani driver with valid

visa, Cont: 92680323/91425640.

Wanted driver. Contact 91025698

Looking Office and House Driver. Contact: +968 96339339

ADMIN

ADMIN

ADMIN

Wanted, Gynecologist, G.P, Pharmacist and Lab Technician for a polyclinic in North Bathina.

Contact: 95081010

Email: umchealthcare@gmail.com

Required a Pharmacist for newly

opened pharmacy near Sohar. The

candidate should be B. Pharm Gradu-

ate with Oman MOH license or with

prometric exam passed and cur-

rently in Oman. Contact - 91305460

Urgently require male and female Nurses preferably with MOH license

or prometric pass with 60% and

above for a reputed polyclinic in

Muscat. Send your CV to

hrhospitalmuscat@gmail.com

Medical CARE Centre, Al Seeb,

requires General Practitioners and

Pharmacist, Please Mail CV- sarita_

h23@yahoo.com or call 97884856.

Wanted Staff Nurses (female) with

or without license for a poly clinic

near Sohar. Excellent salary and ac-

commodation. Contact – 99006915/

Email – alhinaee.clinic@yahoo.com

Required a Female Staff Nurse with

MOH license for a high class

dermatology center in Barka (Mus-

cat). Interested candidates places

send your CV to

mdcjobs2015@gmail.com

Indian Pediatrician required for

reputed medical centre in Dubai.

Proffered DHA passed candidate,

send CV: nafuaehr@gmail.com

CATERING

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN

MANAGER

OFFICE/SECT.

Urgently required GRP foreman

with minimum 5 years experience.

Contact: 99382174

Civil diploma holder with driving

license for a construction company.

Contact: 99169512

Civil Engineer min 10yr experience.

Send your CV to

jobsinoman2015@gmail.com

Sales Engineer: Mechanical Engi-

neering holder with 2-4 years’ Exp.

in Sales, preferably in Metal fabrica-

tion Company. Omani D/L is a must.

Contact: recruitment747@gmail.com

Instrumentation & controls Technician with 2-3 years experi-

ence preferably in water sector and

having valid driving license Send

CV to shiju@spec-link.com or

call Ph:+968 99450811

Wanted female Gynecologist, female

Staff Nurse – 2 no., Dental Asst, female

Lab Tech from India or Filipino with

MOH license & data flow for Al Saadi

Specialized Medical Centre in Mussana.

Contact 92025033, dr.srinivas76@gmail.com

WANTEDCivil Engineer (Building Construction)

2 Nos

Qualification: BE in Civil Engineering

Electro Mechanical Engineer (Building

Services)1 No.

Qualification: BE in Electrical or

Mechanical Engineering

Send detailed resume to

sskpvr@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS

SKILLED

AutoCAD d/ man 7 years exp in

GRC gypsum marble.

Contact: 96967862

Creative Designer with 8+ years

experience in web, graphic, video

editing, outsourcing looking for a

suitable placement in a reputed

company. Contact 97276004

Professional architect 3ds max

(interior, exterior) looking for pri-

vate work. Contact: 96041201

Auto Cad Draughtsman having 8

yrs Oman exp in civil consultancy

firm seek for immediate place-

ment. Contact - 99452117

25 years male BA. English , Quali-

fied as mast in digital animation

having 5 yrs ex in character

animation specialized Auto Desk

mago and motion building soft-

ware knowledge, seeking suitable

placement. Contact: 97917357

Architect with bachelor degree 4

years experience in architectural de-

sign (interior & exterior) professional

in (3D Max- Archicad - AutoCAD -

Photoshop). Contact 96041201

Email: amer.yousfan@gmail.com

Indian Trailer Driver holding

Omani driving license with release

letter. Contact: 99462980

Indian female, MBA HR & Finance,

having 1 year experience, seeking

suitable placement. Currently in

Oman. Contact: 96052366.

Part Time Accounting, Business

Management Consultancy, Accounts

Finalization, Audit Preparation, Inter-

nal Audit, Accounting System for New

Companies, Contact: 96975454,

email :ibfc.gcc@gmail.com

ACCA Member / B.com (3.7 years

experience) looking audit / accounts

job. Contact: 97769145 Email:

mnaemo2@gmail.com

28/male/MBA- finance/B.Com -Ac-

countant with 4 years of Dubai/In-

dia experience looking for a suitable

placement. shobinkarikkan1987@

gmail.com 90187483

Experienced Female Senior

Accountant looking for suitable

alternative. Contact: 99849325

Sr. accountant M.com (finance) 2

yrs in Oman seeking suitable place-

ment NOC Available with immediate

joining. Contact: 92404608

Email: jin_75@rediffmuil.com

Accountant Pakistani male age 29

yrs MBA banking & finance having

4 years Oman experience seeking

suitable placement driving license.

Contact: 95089565

CMA & CIA professional Finance Manager with 10 years middle

eastern experience, inclusive of

Managerial experience with leading

F&B companies. For further informa-

tion, kindly Contact: + 971566561199

Email: babar_shabir@hotmail.com

Indian Chartered Accountant

having 7 year experience in MIS,

Budgeting, Taxation, ERP, Cost

Accounting, Liasing with Big 4 Audi-

tors, Cash Flow etc. working as Asst.

Manager - Finance. NOC Available;

contact: igneshmlazar@gmail.com /

91789950

Part time accountant services from

senior accountant M.com 15 years

Oman exp. Contact: 97441960

Sir Lankan accountant having AAT

qualification and 5 years experience

seeking replacement NOC available.

Contact: 94546160

Email: pereradilipa@gmail.com

Cooks (Arabic Indian) gulf exp

looking job. Contact: 99531802

Required Teachers for kinder-

garten & elementary B.A. + B.Ed +

experience. Contact: 24705605

from 8 am to 1pm

EDUCATION

Required Sales Executive 2 - 3

years’ OMAN experience in corporate

sales preferably in office and busi-

ness supplies such as stationery, IT

Consumables. Experience of meeting

business owners, IT and purchasing

decision makers. Ability to make

appointments with the decision

makers. OMAN driving license. To

apply – Please mail Resume:

hr@officeoman.com

A leading trading group is looking

for outdoor Sales Coordinator with

driving license & release / NOC &

female office assistant. Email: CV to

alhajoil@omantel.nrt.om

or fax: 24701683

Primed International is looking for experienced sales executives having strong background of digital

and print media. Send your CVs at

angeline@primedia-oman.cm

contract on 91391801

REQUIRED SALES EXECUTIVE

For the sale of Building Material,

with 5-7 years experience in GCC, holding a

valid Omani driving license.

Indian female M.Tech electron-

ics IELTS 6.5 experience in VLSI

project training seeks placement in

education / training / Admin field in

family visa now. Contact: 90195131

Email: chinj.89@gmail.com

Female Indian 9+ yrs experience

in administration customer support

office coordination with good com-

puter skill now on visit visa looking

for suitable openings.

Contact: 99285440

10 years Gulf & 4 years Oman

experience in HR / Admin & logistics

fluent in Arabic / English with D/L

looking for suitable position.

Contact 95824598

Indian female, Masters in HR,

having 4 + years Oman experience

in media management and HR, look-

ing for openings in HR, Education,

Admin, Corporate communications.

Contact 98252030

Indian male with 20 years in Oman

in the field of language institute

(admin registrar, Acct clerk) seeking

a suitable position NOC available.

Contact: 96553961

Email: u.m.sulfi@gmail.com

Planner administrator 10 years

experience in oil and gas.

Contact: 90375369

Email: merapak123@yahoo.com

Qualification B.com accounting

BE mechanical engineer course

completed experience 17 years HR

administration, parches store,

quality assurance.

Contact: 93820512 Email:

kuruvilajohn2012@gmail.com

MBA graduate seeking a suitable

position in/as Administration/Secre-

tary/Front office. Contact 94627227

Young Indian Male with post

graduate UK degree in business ad-

min, 4 years Oman experience in

administration & purchase in

electromechanical/civil contracting

company. NOC available. Possess

valid Oman Driving License.

Contact: 94400671

with experience in earthmoving equipments, cruchers, quarry & mining

industry.

JUNIOR ACCOUNTANTA reputed legal fi rm in Oman is

looking for fi lling the position urgently.

graduate with working knowledge in Ms. Excel

maintaining accounts till fi nalization

and work cordially as a team Interested candidates should send their resumes with a covering letter

to - hr@alalawico.com

Wanted immediately for Salalah, Accountant with 2/3 years experi-

ence Sales man with experience

in rent a car, HR Officer apply with

bio to hr_oman1@tahoo.com

A leading institution in Muscat requires a Teacher for Indian

Classical Dance. The candidate

should be well qualified and

experienced. Send your resume to

dance.oman@gmail.com

Required Sales man, Tailor and Barber. Contact: 96964767

Shipping company in Oman requires Sales Executives for Muscat Exp in shipping industry

& D/L preferred.

Contact: 97990844/ Email:

operations@arabianseabridge.com

Indian Salesman required for print-

ing press with minimum 3 years ex-

perience and should have knowledge

of English – Hindi language with GCC

driving license. #96917952

Email: swapneelbhatt@gmail.com

Wanted Civil Engineer, with mini-

mum 4 years experience in Oman

supervising building construction.

Noc and D/L Must. Send CV to

vpdath43@omantel.net.om

Wanted Urgently for Contractor Civil Engineer (Road Construction).

Quantity Surveyor. Land Surveyor

Accountant. Please send your CV to

info.muscatibex@gmail.com

Indian male B.Tech, MBA MNC ex-

perience looking for finance profile.

Contact : 96891640545

Master degree commune (M.COM)

it older looking for an accountant /

sales job in Oman new in visit visa.

Contact: 95160805/91236665

Finance controller 15years

experience in Oman contracting ,

consultancy, oil & gas , IT , tourism ,

management accounts, ERP, feasibil-

ity, study , business strategy, project

financing , international trade ,

ETC. Contact: 98571309 SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, with 13yrs

experience, 6 yrs Oman in manu-

facturing, trading & contracting Cos,

capable of handling all accounting,

finance, banking, L/C, import, export

& finalization seeks placement.

NOC Available. Call+968-98932752,

mail:jjohnmuscat@hotmail.com

Indian male B.Com Graduate with

2+ years experience in Accounts &

Administration looking for a suitable

placement. Contact: 96923391

Sudanese, Masters degree in

Economics, 8 years experience in

procurement and finance.

Contact: 94524060

Accountant, Indian Male, 15 Years

experience (8 years in Oman with

Driving License & NOC) seeks suit-

able placement,

Contact 94117616, 91238272

Email: praveen78oman@gmail.com

ENGLISH TEACHERS

FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS

We require Male/Female Omani Administrator (Front Office)

with valid visa,

Cont: 92680323/91425640.

CATERING

Chinese/ Arab/ shwamar cook & helper wanted. Contact 95529970

Omani receptionist required receptionist, well presented with

excellent communications skills

and telephone manner, fluent in

Arabic and English required for

Ruwi office candidates should

be familiar with Ms English and

Arabic office suite.

Send CV and covering email to

mj-co@omantel.net.om

Mason, 3-4 yrs in fitting tiles,

bathroom fittings i.e. bathtub,

shower tray & WC with plaster-

ing. Trade certificate is required.

Contact: 24813822

Accountant Indian female having

5 years exp in finalization, audit

and administration in GCC pres-

ently in Muscat seeking suitable

position. Contact 97323574

Email: sreeja@236@gmail.com

Indian lady, bachelor degree in

Preparatory Programme (BPP) and

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom),

completed training course in MS

Word, Excel, Power Point and Out-

look from KTI looking for full time /

part time job opportunity in Oman.

Contact 92437568, 96795853,

Email: linda_navs@yahoo.com

Indian female 5+ yrs Oman exp in

Accounts tally looking for suitable

placement in W.K to Qurum area.

Contact: 95580416

Part time Accountant services

available to handle all accounts

related work up to finalization on

monthly basis.

Contact: 96247295

Sr. accountant Indian 10 years expe-

rience in Oman , capable to handling

all accounting functions and knowl-

edge of tally ERP9 can be joined

immediately release (visa transfer)

available. Contact: 94134085

Email: muscatoman95@yahoo.com

B.SC Hons (finance & accounts) hav-

ing 2 years experience in accounts,

male looking for suitable job on visit

visa. Contact: 91420128

Chief Accountant, 12 years Oman

experienced looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 99513082

Experience part time Accountant

in management, accounts, finance

audit tax. Contact: 95857199

Male 24 yrs MBA in marketing

fiancé seeking immediate place-

ment. Contact: 96112920

with at least 3 years’ experience

with Omani Driving License.

preference for Omani Candidates

Send CV to

Private dental clinic in Buraimi city need a Dentist have practice

license in Oman. Contact -98379121

Lab technician for a clinic in

Muttrah. Contact: 99330385

Required licensed lady G.P .or Gynecologist male Asst. Pharma-cist, lab technician for a clinic in

Salalah. Contact: 93129219 Email:

clinicrecruitment2015@gmail.com

A reputed Wellness Center is look-

ing for MOH licensed or Prometric Passed Physiotherapist, Nurse and Occupational therapy. Please send your CV to :

hr2015.oman@gmail.com

Reputed Perfume Company required sales executive, prefer-

ence to Oman nationals, send CV to

atugt@gmail.com

Contact: 94786784

Omani / Expats, male / female required for gift articles shop with

minimum 2 years experience and

should have knowledge of MS Office

English & Arabic language.

Contact 96917952

Email: swapneelbhatt@gmail.com

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

Indian male MBA- UK 18 yrs Gulf

exp in Administration/ HR & Public

relationship. Fluent in Arabic/ Eng-

lish with D/L. Looking for suitable

position. Contact - 99897280

HR/ Recruitment specialist with

8 years Oman experience in entire

gamut of HR functions like resource

planning , recruitment , HR policies

& procedures, performing appraisal,

expatriate affairs , exit interviews &

ticketing. Contact 93825307

Email: javthath@rediffmail.com

26 yrs male, MBA, 3+ years experi-

ence in Administration in MNC, seeks

suitable placement.#95041201

Email: noyel55@gmail.com

Wanted urgentlyA well known family in

Oman urgently needed an

experienced Indian

female part time or full

time Nursing Assistant to

take care of their Mother

recovering from stroke.

Contact 99717791 or 94084335

The candidates D/L have added advantage. Send your CV to

C (7 years experience)

E (minimum 5years experience)

O (female, 3 years experience)

Cook

Candidates interested and

with minimum 5 years experience may apply with CV

giving full details by Email

Valid Oman driving License is must.

Need excellent cook & housekeeper. Contact Whatsapp: 95887572

DAILY GUIDET U E S D AY, N O V E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 5 D5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

MEDICAL

HOSPITALITY

24 years Indian female MSC -

Biotechnology 1 year exp.in clinical

microbiology, worked in ICRISAT

for project work as Trainee, looking

for suitable job. Contact: 92619048

Email: anusreeg1991@gmail.com

Omani national with bachelor in

management looking for suitable

placement please call: 91908052 or

Email: saidoburndi257@yahoo.com

Indian male 38 years , 17 years ex-

perience in Oman with valid Oman

2 wheeler license and own bike

Seeks position as (office – assistant)

messenger / courier.

Contact: 92287226

Sir Lankan male , 27 years ,

pursuing MBA, having 4 yrs retail

industry experience in operations

customer services, training and

development as an executive in

looking for suitable placement

currently in Oman on visit.

Contact: 98445287 Email:

mihiran.dhsnuka1@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS

DRIVER ENGG. / TECH./MECH. IT

IT

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

Bachelors’ hotel Mgmt 10 years

experience seeking vacancy

FMCG or hospitality NOC and GCC

D/L. Contact: 94525463

Dutch male qualified commer-

cial pilot (Faa-ME-IR certified) is

looking for job openings in middle

east. rutjestom@outlook.com

MBA (marketing) with 17 years

experience in freight forwarding/

logistics industry in GCC & Oman.

Presently working as branch manag-

er in Muscat. Looking for a suitable

position. Release and NOC available.

Contact: 99856331

Manager MBA (Finance) 13+ yrs

experience in Oman with knowledge

of finance admin purchase logistics

costing looking for suitable position

with D/L. Contact : 93826090

Email: jskanchan01@gmail.com

Purchase Officer with 8 years experi-

ence in Oman having Oman D/L and

NOC, looking for urgently placement.

Contact: 96174564

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 management of the company &

marketing projects & investments&

tenders & real estate.

Contact: - 92385033

Logistics, shipping & receiving

and supply chain expert: Sudanese

Canadian with 8 yrs experience in

DHL/ loomiss xp Canada.

Contact: 94044784

Keralite with NOC/DL seek BDM

Position. Contact- 96795603

The Business Development Man-ager, Iraqi, Experience 15 Years

Inside and outside Oman following

activities: tenders& real estate&

construction & marketing projects&

investments& transportation & Ma-

rine services& companies manage-

ment& develop business.

Contact :- 92385033

Indian male Civil Architectural / structural AutoCAD draughtsman

with 18 years experience in Oman

having a D/L, seeking immediate

placement. NOC is available.

Contact: 96385545 Email:

kayamkulambalagopal@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 11 years experience

in construction, having driving

license & NOC. Contact: 94194399

Email: shiblyrock@gmail.com

Indian male, 24 Mechanical en-

gineer having good knowledge in

HVAC looking for suitable place-

ment. Contact: 95434381 Email:

shuhaibusman313@gmail.com

M.Tech Civil, certificate attested,

Indian, 18.8 year experience seeks

suitable position. Contact: 98327311

Email: sen.pangode@gmail.com

Indian Male, 22yrs, Mechanical

Engineer looking for a Suitable job.

Contact: 91502510 / 98504980.

25 Years experienced MEP profes-

sional is available to associate

with nationals to set up & run mep

consultancy or contracting busi-

ness with full p/l responsibility,

full investment expected by the

national. contact – 97754141

B.sc Civil Engineer 8 years experi-

ence including 6 years in Oman hav-

ing D/L seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 98475572

Email: kkholifa@yahoo.com

Indian lady master bachelor degree

computer science & engineering 2

yrs experience project trainee seek-

ing suitable job. Contact: 94528019

Email: indhu10101291@gmail.com

Indian male 22 yrs B.Tech me-

chanical engineer seeks suitable

placement as sales / procurement/

project engineer. Contact: 96618390

Sudanese Electrical Engineer. Contact: 97452159 Email:

mohamedkarrar.mk@gmail.com

Indian male 24, B.E. Civil Eng’g with

2 years experience as Structural

Engineer looking for suitable job in

Muscat. 97355352

B.E (EEE) 4 years experience as an

MEP site Engineer. Contact: 96649586

Email: sattarali863@yahoo.in

BRT 4 years job experience

physiotherapist looking for. Contact:

96649586 / +919704178267

Email : sarwarbpt85@gmail.com

Young Indian Male electrical

engineer having 1.4 yrs of experi-

ence in India, currently on visit-

ing visa. Looking for placement.

Mob.93924395, Email:

thomaspallathu19@gmail.com’

Electrical Engineer Indian Male

2.5Years Experience Looking for

suitable Job. Contact: 91845173

Email:er.joshidhaval@gmail.com

SENIOR SALES ENGINEER (B.E.

Mechanical, MBA-Mktg) - 6yrs expe-

rience in Industrial Products and

Services with NOC and GCC Driving

License looking for the challenging

opportunities. Join immediately.

GSM: 94596639

E-mail:dhvlnayak@yahoo.co.in

Electronics and communication

Engineer B.Tech Indian male (23)

having 1 year experience CCNA,

MCSA trained seeking suitable job

currently on visit visa.

Contact: 00968 91282138

Email: aashirfathah@gmail.com

Sudanese male Mechanical

Engineer 7 years experience (HVAC,

fighting, energy) PMP certificate.

Contact: 97986890

Indian lady 25 electrical Engi-

neer with a dynamic and vibrant

personality seeks employment

opportunities in Muscat has worked

for 3 years in tendering & Estima-

tion department. Contact: 97710156

Email: deepthikarun@gmail.com

Electrical (MEP) Engineer (diploma) having 16 years (6 years

in Oman ) in MEP site experience

civil & MEP procurement and MEP

QS NOC available cable to join im-

mediate. Contact: 96533493

Mechanical Engineer M.tech 2

years experience HVAC design

Engineer Revet MEP, AutoCAD.

Contact: 90150913 Email:

rahmanmechengg@yahoo.com

Civil Engineer 7 years experience,

Driving license, NOC available.

Contact - 98078095

Kerala Electrical Technician fore-

man (4y) cum storekeeper (6 yrs). Contact: 93563744

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

MISCELLANEOUS

Male staff Nurse, 4 years of hospital

experience in Oman with MOH

license and driving license.

Contact: 99502456/ 99831657

Staff Nurse with MOH license. Look-

ing for an opportunity in Muscat.

Release / NOC letter available.

Contact 98508515

Indian female General Nurse with

3 yrs exp with Oman prometric 63%

looking for a suitable placement.

Currently on visit visa staying in

Sohar. Contact: 94493227

Email: subirinson@gmail.com

Indian female dentist prometric

cleared seeking suitable

openings in Muscat.

Contact: 95585807/92880267

Indian Female Dentist with 7 year

experience in MOH seeks suitable

placement preferably in Muscat

region. Contact : 94003843

Light duty driver looking for job.

Contact: 98356230

Driver job wanted please.

Contact: 96393082

Driver with car looking for job.

Contact: 96692774

Experienced Light Duty Driver,

Fluent in English, Arabic Well

knowledge of Oman Areas Seeking

Suitable placement 97950869

Driver 10 years experience Oman

3 years company will give release

knows English, Hindi, Arabic &

Nepalese. Contact: 95897233 /

95674697

Driver (light & heavy duty) valid

gulf /Indian) looking job.

Contact: 95175192

Bangladesh driver looking for job.

Contact: 98503237

Light driver, looking for job.

Contact: 98372745/99090362

Bangladeshi male light vehicle

driver with 2 yrs exp looking for job.

Contact: 93761597

Bangladeshi driver need job.

Contact : 97106424

Searching heavy / light driver job

with Qatar and Saudi GCC license.

Has 8 years of experience in Qatar

readymix and Almarai Company,

Saudi Arabia. Contact: 96080988

Light driver. Contact: 95084826

MISCELLANEOUS

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

Looking for job, steel, fabricator &

helper. Contact : 93015630

Mason, SH / carpenter, steel fitter

gulf & Indian exp looking job.

Contact: 95175192

Electrician, plumber (exp gulf /

Indian) looking job. # 95175192

SALES / MARKETING

Sales Engineer 5 years experience

looking for a placement.

Contact: 91411043

25 years male M.B.A qualified exec-

utive looking for sales & marketing

job well experienced on visit visa for

one month which will expire on 8 /

DEC/ 2015. Contact: 93189290

Sales & marketing professional

with 10 years woks experience in

UAE / Oman, working in a 4 star

hotel & 5 star airlines, valid driving

license, NOC available on visit visa.

Contact: 95544612

Indian male Twelve years sales

experience FMCG Industry, AS sales

man having valid driving license

looking for the suitable placement

immediately NOC available.

Contact: 99735501

Looking for a job, I have two years

experience now, visiting visa for 3

months looking in accounts sales,

admin, Arabic fluency in typing

speaking writing, with show my

talent please do needful. Contact:

+968-97240204 /968- 95770412

Email: dmethaju@gmail.com

Looking for Senior Sales Engineer

job having 11 years of experience in

automobile and civil material

testing equipment sales having

GCC license. Contact 94137387/

96250490

Indian male 22 years B.com gradu-

ate, looking for a job, particularly in

sales, currently in Oman an family

visa and also possess a valid Oman

driving license. Contact: 9854698

Indian male MBA Marketing

and HR B.com Graduate 8 months

experience in Indian seeking suit-

able placement, currently visit visa.

Contact: 91987119

Indian male looking part / full time

marketing job with driving license,

fluent English job visa.

Contact: 94742666s

Indian male 31 yrs MBA

(Marketing) having more 7 years

experience in marketing &

distribution in frozen food / FMCG.

Contact: 94143370

Female Indian 27 yrs, MBA ( gold

medalist) having more than 5 years

exp as a coordinator of sales &

marketing , operations , billing &

payment follow up of IT / Electronic

products, knowledge of ERP.

Contact: 97242901

Indian Male-MBA Marketing

13 years experience seeking

suitable placement in any sectors

call: 92009780

Email: zamannoor1978@gmail.com

Experienced marketing executive

with Oman D/L seeks well place-

ment. Contact: 97278343

Marketing Executive MBA 3 years

experience in Sales looking for suit-

able placement. Contact: 91345727

Sales Manager modular kitchen &

furniture, 46 years Indian.

Contact 94522616

Purchase experienced 8 years in

Construction Company Indian male

45 yrs, release & D/L available.

Contact: 90268183 / 96987234

17 years Gulf experience in Pur-

chasing / logistic and Import, export

with valid driving license in Oman.

NOC available. Contact: 97829152

Marketing Executive/Merchan-

diser, Omani License, BA 8 years

Experience in Multinational Groups.

Contact 97601343

Experienced Diesel Generator

Mechanic seeks well placement.

Contact: 97278343

Civil Engineer having 2 years & 8

month experience in Oman, looking

for a suitable placement.

D/L available. Contact: 94450270

HSE Engineer, 27 Indian B Engg

mechanical , Nebosh IGC 5 years

experience on tourist visa.

Contact: 94135234

Medical Lab Technologist 5 years

experience willing to work in Oman.

Contact: 97007930

Road and construction Engineer

with 5 years exp in Oman.

Contact: 97646908

Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech),

Engineering Management Gradu-

ate (Masters), 3 years experience in

Diesel power plants with valid Oman

Driving license. On visit visa seeking

for a suitable role. Contact: 91140522

Email: nitinjkoshy2@gmail.com

B.Tech Mechanical Engineer, Indian M, having 1.5 years experi-

ence in steel fabrication, AutoCAD &

MEP looking for suitable placement.

Contact|: 90154793

Email: sangu.vazhoor@gmail.com

Indian female M.Tech (electrical

power system) having gulf experi-

ence in family visa seeking suitable

placements in Oman.

Contact: 91001194 /94306164

Indian male 23 bachelors degree in

electrical engineering having 1 year

experience on visiting visa looking

for suitable job ( certificate attested).

Contact: 93547687

Email: ajay.v.s.prabhu@gmai.com

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

in Oman as a project engineer for

governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912

B tech Mechanical Engineer, Indian

male, 33 yrs, having 10 yrs Exp

includes 6 yrs in GCC, Having Oman

D/L. Seeking Suitable placement.

Contact 96978380,

Email: prajithks@gmail.com.

Indian male 27 yrs M.Tech

mechanical engineering (energy

engineering) and HVAC diploma

holder , 4 years exp , seeking suit-

able placements currently on visit.

Contact: 98791735

Email: anilengandiyur@gmail.com

Net work Engineer with experience

degree in computer science, CCNA,

MCSA. Contact: 92346191

Oracle ADF Developer: Msc (IT), 2

yrs of Experience in Software De-

velopment (Oracle ADF, sql, pl/sql),

Oracle OCA & SQL Expert, Currently

on visit visa. Contact :

+968 93755858 / 92141644. Email :

shiralkarmuzammil@yahoo.com

IT Indian male B.Tech computers,

networking 1 years experience in Da-

tabase support on visit. #96376061

Email: diaz1992@outlook.com

Male 26 years , BSc IT with years

4 years experience , currently on

visit visa looking for any IT support

job. Knowledge of hardware & net

working, environment, program-

ming languages, Linux environ-

ment. Contact: + 968 95369856

/968 24781651 Email:

mark.tony.alphonso@hotmail.com

Indian male , IT professional,

8 yrs experience including GCC in

windows server, computer hard-

ware, networking & office adminis-

tration seeking suitable placement.

Contact 95994227

Male, 31 years, M.I.T, CCNA, 9

years exp in Qatar as assistant IT

manager, network administrator,

server management and knowledge

of developing website, Qatar D/L.

Contact: 0097477237607,

00968 97683849

Email:mohsin2022@gmail.com

Indian male B.Tech Eng IT, CCNA,

MCITP, RHCE 3years experience.

Contact: 93311963

Email: sajal035@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Indian female BED, BCA & IELTS Cer-

tified with 5 yr U.A.E exp & 6 months

Oman exp in teaching primary &

secondary looking for a teachers job

Email: rani_sweet786@live.com

contact: 97384206

Indian female B.Sc Maths, B.Ed, PGDCA , having 5 years

experience in teaching 2 years

experience in office work looking for

suitable job on visit visa.

Contact: 92594844/95705724

SECT/OFFICE

Engineer from India with exp in

German company seeking oppor-

tunities in procurement/manu-

facturing/QC/Fleet Management/

automotive services/Total 6 years

exp-Contact: 91306841

email: shanyphilip23@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer (UK),

28 years old male, looking for suit-

able placement with 4 years experi-

enced and with valid Oman driving

license, NOC available

immediate availability.

Contact: +96897612297

Email: engrmirza1786@gmail.com

Indian male 25 years, B-Tech Grad-

uate with two years experience in

Oman as Civil Engineer in a reputed

construction company. Looking for

suitable jobs. Resident card will ex-

pired on 06-01-2016.NOC available.

Seeking immediate placements.

Contact: 96179737/97076972,

email:robinsj.sj@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer 13 years experi-

ence HV/ LV in Oman 5 years, Oman

valid D/L to NOC.

Contact: + 0091- 9946570903

Email: shibualukka@gmail.com Ref:

no-Oman 97095094

Indian male B.Tech electrical 2

years experience seeks placement.

Contact: 93570984

Email: arunprasad7883@gmail.com

Omani Mechanical Engineer/ GPA-3.49 graduated in 2013.

GSM#95276154 / 99201710

Civil Engineer 6 years experience

in materials & structural valid D/L

3 yrs supervision work in Oman.

Contact: 96086214

M.S.C HSE Engineer 8 yrs experi-

ence in oil & gas fields, hold N.D.T

level 2 Master in Radiation

protection. Contact: 95058541

Construction machinery repairs

Engineer, 4 years experience with

driving license. Contact 94001961

Electrical Engineer: Indian male 29

years, having 5 years of experience

in industrial automation and utility

maintenance in India (MRF Tyres),

seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 92789995

Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com

Sudanese Geologist 3 years experi-

ence in mining and geotechnical.

Contact : 97612807

Indian male, 19 years experience

in purchase, material coordinator

in building construction & factory

production field, have good com-

puter skills & driving license and

NOC. Looking for a suitable place-

ment. Contact: 99008101

Male Accountant Indian, B.com,

2 Year experience currently

working in Oman. NOC available,

doing accounts in Tally and Excel

searching for suitable Job. Email:

contactanand31@gmail.com /

91894487, 98789958

Indian male B.Eng. in IT, MCSA,

MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT support,

valid Omani D/L seeking suitable

placement in IT/Network/Server

support. Contact 92607532

Indian Mechanical Engineer (16

Yrs Exp), Knowledgeable in Moni-

toring of workshop setup, Work-

shop run, Business Development,

ISO certification, Quotation, Tender,

Account verification, Sohar Area,

Mb. 94215208’

Indian male, 27 BSC nurse 4.5

years experience in India. Pro metric

passed with 61% Data flow process-

ing, ACLS, BLS passed. Now on visit

visa. Mob: 98926621, 94361049

e-mail: shemeermk@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer, B-Tech, with

4 Yrs experience in India, 3 YEARS

IN MRF and one year in KSEB.

Available on Visit Visa.

Contact: 94741401 :Email:

sobinthomask05@gmail.com.

Sudanese male...telecom engineer

11 yrs. exp in IT support, Network-

ing, Security systems, Server

support, IT sales and marketing,

management .Seeking suitable

placement. Contact 91182027

31 years, Indian male PG in HR

, with 5 yrs Professional experi-

ence in HR in Construction Oil &

Gas Oman seeking for a suitable

placement(NOC Available).

Contact me on 93488914, email-

Kaarthickshankar@gmail.com

FEMALE SYRIAN ARCHITECT ,new

graduate have good experience in

architect programs, auto-cad 3d

max ,sketch up , Photoshop ,sketch

up, searching for a job full time or

part time, for Contact : 97482871

Indian male, 36 years old. More

than 12 years of Oman experience

in office boy and store keeper

filed can speak Arabic (excellent),

understand English, Hindi, Malay-

alam etc. Contact: 95060792

Civil Engineer B.tech with iosh

nebosh certification having valid

Omani driving license, looking for

suitable job in Oman.

Contact: 93631625

Indian male, 4 years of experi-

ence in Structured cabling, ter-

mination and Fiber optic splicing.

Looking for a suitable Placement.

NOC available. GSM- 92484039,

Email –rajaveer8989@gmail.com

Indian Female, 35years, Bach-

elor of Pharmacy (BPharm)

fresh graduate with BSc and MA

looking for positions in Front

Office,administration office, or

any suitable positions in hospital,

polyclinic, companies or Institu-

tions. Contact 90236481

Advertising/media executive

with 15 years gulf experience with

oman driving license. Seeks good

opening. 93031168.

Admin, having 10+ years experi-

ence in Admin/HR/Logistics/

Time Keeper, in reputed com-

panies. Presently working in

Muscat. #968 94369965,mail -

satya1528@gmail.com

Chemical Engineer, Indian, 2

years of exp in industrial produc-

tion, seeking suitable placement.

contact 91247222

Indian male 25 years, MBA finance

and marketing with tally have 1.3

year experience in India. Now in

Oman on visit visa. #97445488

INDIAN FEMALE– ME in CSE with

2 years’ experience in teaching

seeking Suitable Job Opportunity.

Contact: 94263445 or

+91 9486251274,

E mail – apshinmar@gmail.com

Working as Senior accountant,5yr.

exp.in oman, Accounting upto

finalisation, relevant computer

skills tally9, Sage, vcams , Audit

,valid oman driving license,

languages known English, Arabic,

Hindi. NOC avaliable can join im-

mediately. Tel: (+968) 96339599.

E-mail-(ahmedmohdkhan@gmail.

com)

Structure/Pipeline,Piping Draughtsman have 12+ yrs. Exp. in

Oman seeking suitable placement.

Contact 92103713

NOC available.

Hardware & net working, 2 years

exp. Contact: 96244031

Looking for job, Mason, carpenter,

election and helper.

Contact: 93015630

Sudanese / Arabic & English teacher for all nationalities / willing

to teach at home. Tel: 94211377

Civil Engineer B.Sc -6 years

experience with constructions

companies - qualified as A Project

Engineer & Planning Engineer .

Contact+968-94682217

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SITUATION WANTED

SITUATION WANTED

MISCELLANEOUS

B.Tech (Electrical & Electronic)

with MBA in marketing having

9 years of experience seeking

a suitable position as Sales &

Marketing/Business Development

executive. Contact-(97043494)

Indian female dentist prometric

cleared seeking suitable openings

in Muscat.# 95585807, 92880267

Indian Male more than 10 years

gulf experience in Office / Sales

Coordinator, Admin, Secretarial

and purchase with good computer

skills. Having Driving license and

NOC available. Looking for suita-

ble placement. Contact: 95149624

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT: Indian

male, Graduate & CA Article ship

completed. 18 Years of experience.

Currently on visiting visa. seeks

suitable placement.

Contact: 97498809, 98569025,

Email: hilariankj@gmail.com

Indian male, B.E. mechanical, 16

yrs experience, for Quotation, Ten-

der, Accounts, Business develop-

ment, Sohar Area, Part Time. Mb.

94215208

9 years experience in construc-

tion Purchase seeking suitable

placement immediately, NOC

available. Contact: 97332401

Digital marketing / ad words/

analytics / SEO expert, exp 5 yrs

(male) certified) , (visit visa).

Contact: 93594114 (visit visa).

Email: abeyre@gmail.com

Hotel exp 4 years F+ B (service)

visit visa expires 13/11/2015,

B.A Hotel Management. Contact:

91987013 / 96971643 Email:

shinekls34@gmail.com

Kerala Electrical Technician, foreman cum Storekeeper (Electri-

cal). Contact: 93563744

Civil Engineer B.Tech with Iosh,

Nebosh certification having valid

Omani driving license looking for

suitable job. Contact: 93631625

Mechanical Engineer (UK), 28

years, male having 3.5 years

experience, looking for suitable

placement with valid Oman driv-

ing license NOC available.

Immediate availability

Contact: +968 97612297

Email: ymirza11@caledonian.ac.uk

BE Mechanical Engineer, 23

years, Indian male on visit avail-

able for immediate placement

please contact: 96145820 or

arunsankar.10.92@gmail.com

Sales/marketing, Indian male 35,

years, having13 years experience,

in that 6 years experience of KSA

seeks for suitable placement, on

visit visa contact: 95954786,

Email:syedhameeduddin16@

gmail.com

Sudanese / civil engineering Di-

ploma / 5 years experience / deal

with most popular computer pro-

grams / good in English / fluent in

Arabic. Contact: 96995670

Accountant , Indian (Kerala) male,

more than 09 years experience in

Qatar (02 years) and New Delhi

experience upto finalization of

Accounts & expertise in using Tally

ERP-9, MS Office (Word & Excel).

Currently on visit visa, seeking suit-

able placement. Contact: 97864890

/ 97268429

Email: vinodthomas80@gmail.com

Young 24 yrs, ACCA affiliate ,

advanced diploma in Accounting

business, seeking suitable place-

ment in accounts finance or audit

with valid driving license.

Contact: 92430152

Email: rau_day@yahoo.com

MALE ACCOUNTANT, age 25

years, ACCA UK finalist with 4

years experience in accounting &

audit in Pakistan, now in Muscat

on visit visa seeking suitable

placement. Contact 90197029,

muzammalhafiz16@gmail.com

Indian male 26 years, 4 years

experience as system and network

engineer. B. Tech graduate.

Looking for suitable opening.

Contact:93125669,

Email:amritrajgt18@gmail.com

Indian male 23yr BA TTM(Travel

and Tourism Management) with

Advanced Diploma in Supply

Chain Logisitics and Shipping

Management, exp in Logisit-

ics (CHA) seeking in suitable

placement, currently on visit

visa(Oman) contact;90291092

email:iyas.adhur@gmail.com

Senior Accountant ,NOC

avaliable,5yr.exp.in oman,

Accounting upto finalisation,

computer skills tally9, Sage

ERP accpac 500(6.0A), Vcams ,

Audit ,valid oman driving licence,

languages known english , ara-

bic, hindi. can join immediately.

Tel: (+968) 96339599, E-mail-

(ahmedmohdkhan@gmail.com)

Part time accountant, senior

accountant, doing all type of ac-

counting works, up to finalization.

contact.95254864

Indian Diploma Engineer, NEBOSH Qualified with valid oman

D/L, Seeks placement in HSE.

Contact: 97066980 Indian male, 1 Year Experience in

Logisitics (CHA) field. Qualifica-

tion BA Travel and Tourism Man-

agement with Advanced Diploma

in Supply Chain Logisitics and

Shipping Management. Currently

On Visit Visa Oman, seeks suitable

placement. Contact :90291092

B.E. Electronics Engineer, Indian

male 22 years, seeking suitable job,

currently on visit visa.

Contact 99226928,

E mail : sanath301@gmail.com

BSC (Hons) Civil Engineer with

Oman work experience and valid

driving license looking for im-

mediate placement in consultancy

or construction firm currently on

visit visa. Contact: 91181680

Indian male having 11 yrs experi-

ence 4 yrs in Oman in purchase,

stores & logistics, having valid

Omani D/L and N.O.C in Hand, look-

ing for suitable position any where

in Oman. Contact : 92369700

Indian male, 22 yrs, BBA, Travel

& tourism brought up in Muscat,

seeks suitable placement in

Sales & Marketing.

Contact 93519369

Engineer- Mechanical 4 years

experience looking for vocational

instructor/lecturer/technical

mechanical engineer jobs.

Contact : 95598477/93211870,

Email: rajeesh4me@gmail.com

Indian male 33 yrs, BCA ,10 years

experience (India & Oman) IT

Support, System administrator/

Supervisor looking for suitable

Job. Contact 95448561.

Male 25 years, B.E. Mechanical

with CSWIP 3.1 and ASNT level 2,

3 yrs. of experience in QC in oil and

gas industry. Currently working in

Oman, NOC available. M: 91262792.

vignesh1503@yahoo.com

udanese male , 31 year old ,

have 3 year Diploma in electrical

engineer, 7 years experience in

building construction and electri-

cal production plant.

Contact 94549609

Site supervisor (Aluminium Divi-

sion ) With Driving License, Fluent

in English , Arabic, Well knowl-

edge of Oman Areas Looking for

suitable placement.

Cell# 97950869

31 year Indian male PG in HR

,with 5 yrs Professional experi-

ence in HR in Construction Oil &

Gas Oman seeking for a suitable

placement(NOC Available).

Contact me on 93488914, email-

Kaarthickshankar@gmail.com

Indian male, B.E. Mechanical,

16 yrs experience, for Quotation,

Tender, Accounts, Business de-

velopment, Sohar Area, Part Time.

Contact 94215208

Admin, having 10+ years experi-

ence in Admin/HR/Logistics/Time

Keeper, in reputed companies.

Presently working in Muscat. (NOC

Available) Contact- 94369965,

mail - satya1528@gmail.com

Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifieds@timesofoman.comTel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

Electronics/Electrical/Instru-

mentation Design Engineer with

2+ years of experience, having a

Bachelors Degree in Instrumenta-

tion Technology. Seeking for a job,

currently on visit visa.

Contact- 90142166 /

Mail: aksafwan@gmail.com

Sales & Marketing/ Business

Development Executive: - B.Tech.

(Electrical & Electronics) MBA in

marketing having 9 years of expe-

rience seeking a suitable position.

Contact (97043494)

Purchase & Stores In charge –

Having continues 13 years experi-

ence in a single firm, looking for a

placement. Contact: - 99627427,

96154564

Marketing or Business develop-

ment-BSC in marketing 5 years

of experience looking for suitable

position. Contact (99522233)

Indian male be electrical and pg

in power systems (transmission &

distribution) with one year experi-

ence on visit. Seeking placement

contact – 94669679/

email prsabarish@gmail.com

Indian male 23 years old graduate

with one year experience in Sales

& Marketing with valid Oman

driving license seeking suitable

opportunities.(NOC available)

Contact: +968 98240510 Gmail:

affanahamed0@gmail.com

Indian male, 29 years, B. Tech

Electronics & Communication Eng.

with 7 year’s experience seeking

for a suitable placement, currently

in UAE visit visa.

Contact 00971 552513735

Email: rahul.rn198@gmail.com

Sri Lankan male – 3.5 years

experience as a site supervisor

& Administration executive in

Oman / 2 years experience as an

HR executive with Oman driving

license. (English/Arabic/Urdu)/

NOC available 97281617

Sri Lankan male BSc (Physics) –

5 years experience as a site super-

visor & Administration executive

with Oman driving license. (Eng-

lish/Arabic/Urdu)/ NOC available

93214717

Marketing Coordinator, Indian,

Advertising Agency experienced

person with D/L seeks good open-

ing. Contact 93031168

Male 25 years, B.E. Mechanical

with CSWIP 3.1 and ASNT level

2, 3 yrs. of experience in QC in oil

and gas industry. Currently work-

ing in Oman, NOC available.

Contact 91262792.

vignesh1503@yahoo.com

The Business Development

Manager, Iraqi, Experience 15

Years Inside and outside Oman

following activities: tenders& real

estate& construction & marketing

projects& investments& trans-

portation & Marine services&

companies management& develop

business. Contact 92385033

Indian male 23yr BA TTM(Travel

and Tourism Management) with

Advanced Diploma in Supply

Chain Logisitics and Shipping

Management, exp in Logisitics

(CHA) seeking in suitable place-

ment,

currently on visit visa(Oman)

Contact;90291092

email:iyas.adhur@gmail.com

Indian Electrical Engineer B.

Tech, female 24 seeking job. pres-

ently in oman having 2 year expe-

rience in design and estimation of

Ht &Lt projects. Contact number

96897436557,

Mail id : sibinanoop1@gmail.com

Sudanese /Diploma in civil

engineering/5 years experience/

good computer’ skills / English &

Arabic/Mobil 96995670

IT Lecturer , Indian male

30yrs,MSc Computer Science(on

visit) 7 years experience in

Teaching is looking for college

or school.Contact:99842554

Email:riazkalleli@gmail.com

Msc (IT), 2 yrs of Experience in

Software Development (Oracle

ADF, sql, pl/sql), Oracle OCA &

SQL Expert, Currently on visit

visa. Contact : +968 93755858 /

92141644, Email :

shiralkarmuzammil@yahoo.com

Sudanese / 30 years old / M.Sc.

Logistics Management /English &

Arabic/ logistics - procurement -

inventory planning / 91270881

Indian (Bangalore), internal audi-

tor / senior accountant having

(Gulf) 8 years, (India) 15 years

experience, presently on employ-

ment visa seeking suitable place-

ment in Salalah / Muscat.

Contact 968 94765948,

email:amituppin@gmail.com

Indian male, 19 years experience

in purchase, material coordinator

in building/pipe line construction

& factory production field. have

good computer skills & driving

license and NOC, looking for a

suitableplacement.

mr.victor2015@hotmail.com

Contact: 99008101

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT/ACCOUNT-

ANT, with 8 years experience in

Accounts ( 5 Years in Oman) in a

Trading Company, capable of han-

dling all accounting , Banking, L/C,

import &Finalization with Driving

Licence. Noc Available seek Suit-

able Placement.GSM-98184170.

B.A Economics, Indian male, 12

years experience in teaching, both

academic & Quran, looking for an

opportunity. Contact 9845 6432,

9967 8470

Sudanese female, B.sc on ac-

count.16 years experience. Good

in working out financial report

break down of monthly and annual

budget’s. follow up tax files and so-

cial Insurance costingard feasibil-

ity study. Email: amani.eltayeb@

hotmail.com, mobile:92037605

Indian Female Accountant 5 Years

of Experience in Accounting Tally,

Sales coordination,and Admin,

Currently on Visit Visa seeking

suitable placement.

Contact :95684179

Indian Female 10 years as cook

in Muscat, Oman . South Indian,

Gujarati special food, Looking for

part time. Contact 96710189

INDIAN MALE accountant,

12 years experience in accounting

with tally also, looking for a

suitable placement. #98983122

MALE ACCOUNTANT, age 25

years, ACCA UK finalist with 4

years experience in accounting &

audit in Pakistan, now in Muscat

on visit visa seeking suitable

placement. Contact 90197029,

muzammalhafiz16@gmail.com

Indian female,33 yrs MSc,BEd with

computer knowledge having 3yrs

experience in teaching,looking for

suitable job on visit visa. #97042806

Mail:poornimaajith11@gmail.com

Indian male 23 years old graduate

with one year experience in Sales

& Marketing with valid Oman

driving license seeking suitable

opportunities. (NOC available).

Contact: +968 98240510 , Gmail:

affanahamed0@gmail.com

B.Tech, MBA (Marketing), PGDM

(IB) having 9 years of experience

in sales & marketing/ business

development seeking for suitable

position. Valid Driving License

Phn-97043494

Indian Male 33 yrs, BCA ,10 years

experience(India & Oman) IT

Support, System administrator/su-

pervisor looking for suitable Job.

Contact 95448561

Indian male, 10 years Driving

experience in Dubai. Looking as a

company driver job. #: 96180458 ,

+91 99 61 019366 (India )

Maintenance Engineer, Indian,

male, DME, 36 years of age with

16 years of experience in ma-

chine maintenance and handling

machine breakdowns, currently on

visit visa seeking suitable posi-

tion. Contact: 92180933; email:

rramesssh@yahoo.com

32 years, Indian Male MSC,MBA-

HR having 7.5yrs Exp (HR/SAP op-

erations) with Oman valid driving

license, seeking suitable opening

in Human Resource & Admin/

backend jobs. Contact: 99322978

Indian Male,27 years, MCA, 3

years Experience in Web devel-

oper, Technical Supporter, looking

for suitable position. Presently

Working in India. Contact- +91

7403288953, +91 9020679788.

Email-vinuvn88@gmail.com.

Indian male having 14 years of

experience in HR, Purchase Dept,

having Oman driving license

looking for a suitable position ,

at Salalah. Noc available. Email.

Madhuvtk@ gmail.com

Contact: 91182907

Indian male, 19 years experience

in purchase, material coordinator

in building construction & factory

production field. have good com-

puter skills & driving license and

NOC, looking for a suitable place-

ment. Contact: 99008101

Pakistani male, MBA(Marketing)

+PGD(HR) with 9 yrs experience

in banking & hospital industry

(Consumer Credit Review, Admin

& HR). 3 yrs experience as Asst

Manager, Admin & HR in famous

private hospital in Oman with NOC.

Contact: 95761982 or

umerok@hotmail.com

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SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

A/C maintenance, installation

spilt A.C and maintenance window

A/C and ducted and package the

reunites.

Contact: Asad Abbas 98667326

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing, Con-

tact 99314807/24792998

Split & window A/c servicing &

maintenance. Contact: 93769089 /

95323517

We are providing services like

Auditing, Accounting, Taxation,

Company Formation & Project

Feasibility Study. ASAS AUDIT

& CONSULTANCY. Contact at

91720465/94319719/24602222

Window & split unit A.C ser-

vicing & maintenance. Contact

93769089 / 95323517

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Contact 99320217/24788722

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. contact ABU QABAS-

99320217 /24788722

Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont

Maintenance services electric,

plumbing and A/C. Contact:

96524904 / 94285064

Split window unit A/ C servicing.

Contact 94694472

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile

polishing, pest control & anti-

termite treatment, general clean-

ing painting,Plumbing, Electrical,

shifting. Contact Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi

trading. L.L.C. Contact: 24810137,

99450130

Window & split unit A.C servicing &

repairing. Contact: 99557080

Split & window unit A.C servicing &

maintenance. Contact: 96236476

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of

your marble. Contact 24793614/

99314807

Cleaning & carpet shampooing,

Ocean Center LLC.

Contact: 99884591

Pest control treatments. Ocean

Center LLC. Contact: 99344723

House shifting. Contact:

99657644/98518013

A/C Maintenance & servicing,

fridge, washing machine & dish

washer repairing, painting &

cleaning services, electrical &

plumbing. Contact: 99447257

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WEB, ERP and Business Intel-

ligence (BI) creation and manage-

ment at rock bottom price.

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CLASSES

IELTS & TOEFL

Academic / General

Target Band 8

TQT Institute.

Ph # 24480800 / 99347202

Karate and self defense classes

at Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per

month twice a week Monday and

Tuesday 6. 30 TO 7. 30. PM

CONTACT 98294551

Spoken Arabic class for Non

Arabic Speakers & English

class for Malayalam Speakers

in Azaiba and Ruwi earn in two months

tion guaranteed

Tel: 95244310

COMPUTER

Indian male having 7 Years of Expe-

rience in Oman Having Valid Driving

License working as a Office Driver

,Looking for a suitable Position, NOC

Available. Contact: 99680429,

E-mail:anzarkutty1975@gmail.com

Female, Indian, 35 years, Bachelor

of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) fresh gradu-

ate with BSc looking for positions in

Front Office, administration office,

or any suitable positions in hospital,

polyclinic, companies or Institu-

tions. Contact 90236481.

Well experienced management

finance specialist having 18 years

experience available for placement.

Contact.95602518

SERVICES

MATRIMONIAL

Classes for Spoken EnglishTOEFL / GRE / GMAT / SAT

Excellent Guidance and Coaching Satisfaction Guaranteed

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NRI

NRI

Villa for Sale in Chennai OMR - Nav-

alur . 5 BHK, Gated Community with

24 hrs security, swimming pool, Car

park for sale in Chennai. Ready to

occupy. Interested buyers (NRI) may

Contact - 99103433

Plot for Sale; 30 cents of hous-

ing plot with boundary wall and

Well with Electricity connection

and motor. Roads at three side

in Puthanchirra – Mala bye pass.

Interested parties – contact - + 968

99416088 or 919740956198

Alliance invited from professional

boys for nair girl B.Tech Bharani

30 years, 161cm Ernakulum.

Contact: 99269673 /99269673

Seeking alliance for our son

from Muslim families. Interested

families Contact: 99889590

Ayurvedic treatment for joint

pain, backache, paralysis, massage

steambath, obesity, Spondylitis,

Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic, 18 No-

vember Street Azaiba.

Contact: 99639695 / 98342990

Ayurvedic treatment for backache,

paralysis, arthritis etc & massage,

All Season (Vaidyaratnam).

Contact 24475280 / 95371664 /

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FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to know

more about Islam, please call:

99425598, 99250777, 99353988,

99253818, 99341395, and

99379133. For ladies: 99415818,

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Balloons for all occasions birthday,

celebration, grand opening, wedding,

party, national day all type of bal-

loons, designs work please Contact:

95194801 /96594592

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MANPOWER

Housemaid, cooks waiter , helper

driver ( light & heavy ) mason

carpenter steel fitter, skilled &

unskilled categories , immigra-

tion service from India & Philip-

pine. Contact: Al Aidi Manpower

24484232/99531802 Email:

oman.manpower@yahoo.com

SITUATION WANT-ED

BUSINESS

Ware house space for rent at Ghala

and Barka up to 20000/- Sqm.

Contact: 99509460 / 93731363

12 CENTS residential commercial

land opposite to Ernakulum north

railway station for sale.

Contact: 9496336972

Flat for sale 3 BHK flat near Pattom,

Trivandrum, 2 KM to parliament

house, medical college. Contact:

00968- 98108979

Spacious 2BHK flat for sale in

Hebbal Bangalore.

Contact: 96263157

Indian Male,27,ACCA Part

Qualified,B.COM with 7+ yrs exp in re-

ceivables and credit control in Oman

looking for suitable placements.

NOC available.

Contact 9657 4343.

Indian Female, Science Graduate,

3 years Experience in Teaching back

home. Looking for a suitable job op-

portunity as a teacher, in Schools in

Muscat Region.

Contact : 96431456 / 95704814

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Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain Marine

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DRIVING

Best Rates for Saloon. Tel: 99826300 / 97869042,

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Learn driving with professional.

Contact: 94022250

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TRADING & CONTRACTOR

Expert in Shipping cargo by sea & air to Zanzibar, Pemba, Dar es Salam in

Reasonable price.Contact: 97440625/95416662

Email: abdulhakimalbimani@hotmail.com

Volvo prime – mover 6x4 sleeper

Gap, model 2000 to inspection.

Contact: Mr. Mohammed

AL Harthy 99427071

Toyota Yaris 1.3 automatic, 2007

model, blue colour, 71000 kms,

manual window with automatic

door. Registration up to Feb. 2016.

Price RO 2000. Contact- 92140757.

Toyota Yaris, 1.3 automatic, hatch-

back, 2009 model, white colour,

27000kms, manual window with

automatic door, Registration up to

Sept. 2016, Price RO 3000.

Contact - 92140757.

Asalat Al Khareef for Trad ASSO

Company which is recorded under

the commercial register in direc-

torate general for trade industry

number 1139717 is going to change

its name to Al Naif Projects Al As-

riah for Cont ASSO Company .This

is to inform anybody who concerns

about that.

Mazaya Shinas for Trad ASSO

company which is recorded under

the commercial register in direc-

torate general for trade industry

number 1028356 is going to

change its name to Mazaya Shinas

for Cont ASSO company

This is to inform anybody who

concerns about that.

Chamila Sajeewaani has lost Sri

Lankan Passport No. N 4253064.

Finder please handover to ROP

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation. Contact 99508282

Transportation. Contact: 95190627

Transportation.. Contact:94510847

Transportation available Ruwi to

Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909