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HM SENDS GREETINGSMUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratula-tions to President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea on the occasion of his country’s Independence Anniversary. In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere congratulations and best wishes of good health and happiness to President Afewerki and the people of Eritrea fur-ther progress and prosperity. -ONA

On the occasion of the 7th National Day, 1977

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN

In our own region - the Gulf area - we are certain that it is vital that we and the states in the region should recognise that we must assume responsibility for our own security.

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

Hotline ready to take reports of mid-day break violationsREJIMON Kreji@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Mid-day break viola-tions can now be reported via a hotline number, according to the Ministry of Manpower.

“Violations can be reported at 80077000,” Salem Al Saadi, advi-sor to the Minister of Manpower, told Times of Oman.

On Tuesday, the Ministry of Manpower announced that the mid-day break, for those working in open areas and elevated areas, will begin in June and continue through August.

Occupational safetyIn the notice, the ministry has called upon establishments and private sector institutions to abide by the provisions of Arti-cle 16 of the occupational safety and health regulations, which state that workers must not work at construction sites or in open and elevated areas from 12:30pm to 3:30pm during June, July and August.

In 2015, 391 companies were warned by the ministry for vio-lating the mid-day break rule for outdoor workers in Oman which included 138 businesses in Amer-at, 122 in Seeb, 98 in Bausher and 33 in Muttrah.

According to the Article 118 of the Oman Labour Law, violators can be penalised with fi nes rang-ing from OMR100 to OMR500, or a jail term of not more than one month, or both. The penalty is doubled for repeat violations.

In the fi rst week of May, Al Saadi told Times of Oman that the mid-day break for workers will begin on June 1, as in previous

years. Meanwhile, news reports in United Arab Emirates state that, this year, the mid-day break will begin on June 15 and end on September 16 .

Hotter than normalJason Nicholls, a senior meteor-ologist at Accuweather.com, said that hotter than normal patterns will persist in the Middle East this week.

In many areas of Oman, tem-peratures are currently hovering around 45 degree Celsius.

Construction workers at dif-ferent sites in Muscat said it has become diffi cult for them to work in the sun.

“It seems this time the summer will be worse. A few minutes in the sun drains our energy,” said Ravi Kumar, an expatriate con-struction worker in Ruwi.

Mohammed Aslam, another construction worker in Al Khu-wair, along with his friends,added that they become dehydrated very quickly and are fearful about the heat during the coming days.

M I N I S T R Y O F M A N P O W E R

Prepare for takeoff

OMANGirls outshine boys

1Girls have outsmarted the boys to grab top slots in the CBSE exams, results of

which were announced. >A3

MARKETSandan, Towell in pact

2A deal was signed by Sandan Development with Towell

Construction & Co. >B1

SPORTSOman outplay Jersey

3Oman outplayed hosts Jersey for their second victory in the ongoing ICC

WCL Division 5. >C3

T O P T H R E E I N S I D E S T O R I E S

A8More than 140 killed in Syrian blasts

MORNING MINUTE

Lack of safety main cause of fi resREJIMON Kreji@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Failing to maintain and update fi re safety equipment is one of the main causes of fi res in the Sultanate, according to experts.

It is common for the number of fi res to increase in summer, how-ever, lack of safety precautions is the main reason behind fi res, ac-

cording to Oman-based insurers.“Out of the 11 fi re incident

claims settled in 2015, we can say that nine were debatable claims,in which the insured had not fol-lowed safety precautions,” Philip K Philip, group chief executive offi cer of the Muscat Insurance Company and Muscat Life As-surance Company, told Times of Oman. “We have seen several

cases of lack of safety. We advise the party to have all safety precau-tions in place before insuring their property. However, we can’t say no to their claim when they approach us after an accident,” Philip added.

Recently, a series of fi res have occurred in diff erent warehouses and industrial areas in Oman, damaging property and goods worth thousands of rials.>A6

P R E C A U T I O N S

BREAK TIME: Construction workers at diff erent sites in Muscat

said it has become diffi cult for them to work in the sun.

Muscat International Airport construction to fi nish this year

Completed airport will be then handed over to operators, says PACA boss

‘Operational readiness’ likely to be some months after that

Turn to >A4 & 5Photograph by ONA

A2 T U E S DAY, M AY 2 4 , 2 0 1 6

OMAN

Waste to fuel water desalination

BABA UMARbabaumar@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Oman plans to de-salinate ocean water using solid municipal waste as fuel, senior offi cials of the Sultanate’s waste management agency said.

“Our study says by using 2,100 tonnes of solid waste per day we can produce 18 million cubic me-tres of water per annum. That’s 30 per cent of the capacity of all exist-ing desalination operational plants in Oman,” Shaikh Mohammed Su-laiman Al Harthy, Executive Vice President, Strategic Development Be’ah, told Times of Oman on the sidelines the fi rst Oman Waste and Environmental Services Exhibi-tion and Conference (OWES).

“Our studies say we could de-salinate water with the energy that we get out of the waste energy plants. It’s a simple concept. The energy you get out of there you put into a reverse osmosis pro-cess where you desalinate water,” said Al Harthy of Be’ah, which is responsible for solid waste man-agement in Oman. He added that nearly all studies have been com-pleted, with the fi nal study being “almost ready”.

“We are revealing it at this point and it looks promising,” Al Harthy told Times of Oman, adding, “We are talking to concerned authori-ties to see how we could take it forward.”

Inadequate records, lawsSpeaking about the solid waste management problem in the Sul-tanate, several experts stressed the need for a shift from traditional

land disposal to Waste-to-Energy eff orts and creating a national da-tabase of solid and industrial waste.

“There is no set regulation. There is no correct national da-tabase on waste. We could export waste, but we need to know the cost involved. Our waste is rich in energy and could be used for en-ergy production,” said Ali Al-Ala-wi, senior corporate environment advisor, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO).

“We must utilise energy con-cepts, as Oman is facing a natural gas shortage,” he noted.

In his speech, Mahad Baawain, Director of the Centre of Envi-ronment Studies and Research, Sultan Qaboos University, called for advanced research and devel-opment to support the business of municipal solid waste (MSW) management.

“MSW should be looked at as a non-conventional resource and be part of a national integrated busi-ness market,” he said.

Stressing the need to minimise waste, the speakers agreed that Oman faces inadequate data and records about waste, insuffi cient laws and regulations, and inad-equate numbers of experienced waste management staff .

Energy produced by

plants using solid

waste as fuel could

be used to desalinate

water, offi cials said

IN NUMBERS More than 1.85 million

tonnes of municipal waste

More than 317 dump sites.

9 transfer stations

4 landfi lls

1,284 vehicles and other equipment

6,466 workers

46 per cent food and plastic waste

BABA UMARbabaumar@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Demand for power in Oman is expected to grow by almost 10 per cent per year until 2019, while the Sultan-ate’s annual growth rate for desalinated water will be 13 per cent by 2021, offi cials of govern-ment-owned Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) say.

“We are forecasting that this year we will still continue to grow (the power demand) at 8 per cent. We are a little bit cautious… we have lowered the forecast, given that we have not seen changes in the subsidy policy yet,” Ahmed Saleh Al Jahdami, CEO, Oman Power, told a gathering on Monday.

“We have also recently signed on to the new capacity Sohar and Ibri power projects that will generate 3,200 MW of elec-tricity, in aggregate,” he said.

Al Jahdami was speaking at the second Oman Energy, Water Exhibition and Confer-ence, and the fi rst Oman Waste and Environmental Services Exhibition and Conference (OWES), at the Oman Interna-tional Exhibition Center.

The three-day exhibition and conference was inaugurated by the Minister of Environment and Climate Aff airs, Moham-med bin Salim bin Said Al Toobi, along with Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Mahrouqi, Chairman, Public Authority for Electricity and Water.

Al Jahdami said that huge growth is also being witnessed in the water sector. He noted that all water desalination is performed by the private sector. However, there are two govern-ment owned-companies “which

are going to be phased out by 2018, hopefully.”

“In water, we have seen increasing demand, and this will continue,” he said, adding that more projects will be commis-sioned in the coming years to desalinate some 300,000 cubic meters of water per day by 2021. Also, he said, there are immense challenges as Oman Power has been told that it consumes some 25 per cent of the national gas requirement in Oman.

Earlier, Oman’s environment and climate aff airs minister called for “innovative” tech-nology to improve energy and water supplies in the Sultanate.

“More than 100 companies are participating in the exhibi-tion, which is an achievement. Some of the modern technolo-gies are being showcased for the fi rst time. The conference

should aim to focus on creating more jobs in the energy and power fi elds,” he said, add-ing, “The conference needs to address loss of water and elec-tricity issues, ways to improve energy, water conservation, as well as usage.”

Deals signedMeanwhile, in his speech, the Chief Economist of Oman In-vestment Fund, Fabio Scac-ciavillani, stressed the need to benefi t from the growth of some Asian and African economies.

He called for taking ad-vantage of the geo-strategic position of Oman, located between growing India, China and Africa.

New deals were also signed between Petroleum Develop-ment Oman (PDO) and PAEW, and between PDO and Nama

Group, to improve the security and reliability of the Sultanate’s electricity network.

PDO is the major exploration and production company, ac-counting for almost 70 percent of the country’s crude-oil production and nearly all of its natural-gas supply.

“The agreement will estab-lish a framework for a more effi -cient and coordinated national electricity grid by integrating the existing networks,” said PDO’s managing director, Raoul Restucci.

Some 150 local and interna-tional power, water and waste management companies from 15 countries, including UK, France, Iran, India, Germany, Italy and Malaysia, are display-ing various products, tech-nologies and services related to water and power usage.

Power, water demand expected to rise sharply

Indian Navy ships in Oman to underscore solidarity

REJIMON Kreji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: India’s navy is ready to help train Omani sailors, a vis-iting admiral pledged.

“We are always open to re-quests from Oman to train its sailors in diff erent areas, depend-ing on the facilities we have,” Rear Admiral Ravneet Singh, the Flag Offi cer Commanding Indian Navy’s Western Fleet, told Times of Oman.

According to Singh, some 150 Omani sailors are trained by India every year.

“We have provided training for Omani sailors in gunnery, naviga-tion and mechanical engineering, hydrography, diving, training man-agement, logistics management and dockyard management, to mention just a few,” Singh added.

Three Indian naval ships, Deepak, Tarkash and Delhi, under the command of Singh, arrived in Muscat on Saturday.

The ships are part of the Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command, based at Mumbai, and are on a month-long deployment in the re-gion, in a bid to improve bilateral ties with friendly regional navies.

Indra Mani Pandey, the Indian ambassador to Oman, said that the visit of the Indian naval ships to

the Gulf region, including Muscat, underscores India’s peaceful pres-ence and solidarity with friendly countries in the Gulf region, and strengthens the bonds of friend-ship between India and Oman.

Combating piracy“The Indian Navy plays a vital role in combating piracy and terrorism, in addition to provid-ing humanitarian assistance in the region,” the Indian ambassa-dor added.

INS Tarkash was sent to Yem-en to evacuate 7,000 stranded people when civil war broke out. “We were able to evacuate peo-ple, Indians and other nationals, when the civil war broke out in the country,” INS Tarksh Captain Pradeep Singh said.

Additionally, Pradeep Singh said that there have been no piracy incidents reported in the region, and if the situation continues, In-dia might consider reducing the frequency of their patrols.

The Indian Navy has close and friendly ties with the navies of the Gulf region, and has been regu-larly conducting exercises with many of them. It has also been providing training and hydro-graphic support to several navies in the region.

The involvement of Indian na-

val ships in combating piracy off the coast of Somalia, since Octo-ber 2008, has further strength-ened bilateral ties and interac-tions with navies in the region.

Bilateral relations between In-dia and Oman were formally estab-lished with the signing of the 1953 Indo-Oman Treaty of Friendship, Navigation and Commerce.

Later, the MoU on Defence Co-operation, signed in December 2005, provided the framework for defence cooperation between the two countries.

India and Oman are also mem-bers of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS), a voluntary and co-operative initiative among 35 countries of the Indian Ocean Region, which has served as a fo-rum for sharing information and promoting cooperation on mari-time issues.

The Indian ambassador also said that the India-Oman Joint Military Cooperation Committee, set up in 2006, has been providing direction for increased defence cooperation.

“The biennial naval exercise ‘Naseem Al-Bahr’ has enhanced inter-operability between the two navies. The last joint naval exer-cise, off the Indian coast in Febru-ary 2016, was a great success,” the ambassador added.

F R I E N D L Y P R E S E N C E

OPENING CEREMONY: The second Oman Energy, Water Exhibition and Conference, and the fi rst

Oman Waste and Environmental Services Exhibition and Conference, began at the Oman Inter-

national Exhibition Center Minister of Environment and Climate Aff airs, Mohammed bin Salim

bin Said Al Toobi, along with Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Mahrouqi, Chairman, Public Authority

for Electricity and Water. - Talib Al Wahaibi

GOODWILL VISIT: Three Indian naval ships, INS Deepak, INS Tarkash and INS Delhi, under the com-

mand of Rear Admiral Ravneet Singh, the Flag Offi cer Commanding Indian Navy’s Western Fleet

arrived in Muscat on Saturday. -Shabin E

The visit of the Indian naval ships to the Gulf region, including Muscat, underscores India’s peaceful presence and solidarity with friendly countries in the Gulf region, and strengthens the bonds of friendship between India and Oman

Indra Mani Pandey, India’s ambassador to Oman

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Girls beat boys at Indian school board exams

RAHUL DASrahuldas@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Girls have outsmarted the boys to grab top marks in the Central Board of Secondary Edu-cation (CBSE) exams, results of which were announced on Satur-day.

At Indian School Muscat, 16 students scored 100 per cent in sculpture, psychology, computer science, engineering, graphics and chemistry. Out of this group, 14 are girls and two are boys.

At Indian School Seeb, Jane Saldanha topped the school with an aggregate 96.2 per cent and an A1 in all subjects. Ayisha Thas-nima was second with 94 per cent and Anagha Suresh third with 93.6 per cent.

All of them are girls.Also at Indian School Darsait,

the topper of biology, chemistry and computer science was a girl, Aishwarya Gayathri, according to Dr. Sridevi P. Thashnath, Princi-pal of Indian School Darsait.

In the commerce stream at ISD, Vigneshwar Arul Selvan secured the fi rst position with 92 per cent, followed by Jesbi Suja Babu, a girl, with 89.6 per cent, while Lino Cherian Binoy grabbed the third position with 89.4 per cent, ac-cording to results.

At Indian School Ghubra, Gay-atri Mainkar and Karthik Girish earned 96.4 per cent and topped the list in the science stream.

The top position in the com-merce stream was, again, taken by a girl, Gayathri Venkatanaray-anan who earned 95.6 per cent.

At Indian School Muladha, Ashisha Ann Saji, another girl, clinched the top position in the

commerce stream with an aggre-gate score of 94.4 per cent.

However, in the science stream the fi rst position is shared by a boy, Umair Asif Siddiqui, and a girl, Neelima Vinod, with an ag-gregate score of 92.8 per cent.

“Girls are sincere here and they take studying very seriously,” S I Shareef, Principal of Indian

School Muladha, told Times of Oman. He added that most of these students’ parents had also been enrolled in this school and now belong to the middle class. “So the girls know the importance of their studies and they study very hard,” S I Shareef said.

At Indian School Muladha, 33 students in the science stream ap-peared for their exams, of which 25 were girls and eight boys, while in the commerce stream 47 stu-dents have appeared, of which 25 are girls.

Indian School Wadi Kabir, however, is the only school to have students who top in both the science and commerce streams in Oman in class XII Board Exami-nations. Of the 120 students of the science stream in Indian School Wadi Kabir, Vishaal Udandarao has topped the list of successful candidates with an aggregate of 98 per cent.

Of the 122 students of the com-merce stream, a girl, Keziah stood fi rst with 96 per cent aggregate.

Meanwhile, at Indian School Salalah the top honours were shared between a boy and girl. While Rubin Jacob topped in the science stream, Subha topped in the commerce stream.

At Indian School Sohar, howev-er, the boys swept all the awards.

In the science stream, Swapnil Gupta scored 95.8 per cent, and in the commerce stream Jowan M. Jomon scored 86 per cent to stand fi rst.

Several reasonsTeachers say that there are sever-al reasons why girls out-perform their male counterparts in the examinations. “First, girls read more than boys. Secondly, girls spend more time on homework and are every methodical and sin-cere, which helps them during ex-aminations,” said a teacher.

Students who have excelled, however, are very happy. “It feels great to score good marks. All my hard work has paid off ,” one of them said.

Similar is the case of Indian School Nizwa where all the top-pers were girls.

Prerna Barik got the highest with 94.8 per cent overall and is the topper for the academic ses-sion 2015-16, closely followed by Reshna Reji with 86.6 per cent in the second position and Manahil Ameen with 84.4 per cent in the third position.

A look at the class

XII board results

of Indian schools

in Oman reveals

that girls have

consistently fared

better than their

male peers

Ministry takes serious note of fake bank statements FAHAD AL GHADANIfahadnews@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: A number of fake bank statements provided by investors were spotted by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, accord-ing to a media statement made by the ministry.

The Ministry stated that com-panies submitting fake statements exploited the assistance provided by the ministry through the com-mercial registration services, known as Invest Easy.

The ministry also pointed out that specialists at the ministry checked the authenticity of bank certifi cates of some companies, in cooperation with the banking sec-tor, and found a number of fake bank statements.

The ministry referred the violat-ing companies to the authorities for further legal actions.

The ministry seeks, through its electronic services, to assist and

speed procedures for all investors and entrepreneurs by connect-ing other government systems through one window, Invest Easy.

The one window service con-tains all data and information about businesses and institutional records in the Sultanate, and is considered the main source for all trade data.

The one window service is the fastest method to process paper work for investors.

The ministry uses several pro-

cedures to check the credibility of companies’ registered records and data through Invest Easy, where all bank certifi cates and other data are reviewed before the issuance of new licences, and even when re-newing licences.

The ministry confi rmed that it will not hesitate to refer off enders to the authorities, while calling upon all companies, establish-ments and investors to provide ac-curate and reliable data, in order to avoid any legal consequences.

I N V E S T E A S Y

The ministry confirmed it will not hesitate to refer

offenders to authorities, while calling upon all firms,

establishments and investors to provide accurate and

reliable data, to avoid any legal consequences

Just seven more days to go for e-registration of job contracts Staff Reporter

MUSCAT: Only seven more days are left for second, third and fourth-grade establishments to register their job contracts via an electronic employment system on the Ministry of Manpower’s website.

The deadline is June 1.An e-employment contract, as

it is called, is a system developed by the ministry for the national workforce to speed the process of employment.

Company representatives and job seekers will not need to visit the ministry to complete the pro-cess, but can submit paper work electronically.

“The company won’t need to come to the ministry to sign a contract, as well as bring the job seeker to do so,” a senior Ministry of Manpower offi cial said earlier.

Sent electronically“When the employer and job seeker agrees on things, such as benefi ts and wages, the contract will be sent electronically to the job seeker, where he can ap-prove, depending on the case. The contract will then go back to the employer for his approval and, thereafter, to the ministry, where it will be saved in the system,” he explained.

Further, private sector estab-lishments can register contracts and pay fees electronically via the ministry website. An establish-ment and jobseeker must activate

the electronic attestation before the fi nal step can be carried out.

Registration for fi rst, excellent, international and consultant grade job seekers began on March 1.

The ministry stressed that they will not accept, nor receive em-ployment contracts by hand, at any of the ministry outlets after the deadlines have passed.

E M P L O Y M E N T S Y S T E M

State Council session today

MUSCAT: State Council will discuss draft Omani Penal Code, referred by Council of Ministers and reports of Majlis Al Shura and Legal Committee today.

Reports from members on their foreign participation be-sides incoming letters and the report of Secretariat General on its activities of during the peri-od between 7th and 8th sessions will be discussed tomorrow.

The discussions will be held at the State Council’s 9th and 10th regular sittings of the fi rst annual session of its 6th term under chair of Dr. Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, Chair-man of State Council.

In response to the Royal or-ders, State Council and Maj-lis will hold a joint sitting on Thursday under chairmanship of Dr. Mantheri to consider and approve articles over which there is disagreement between the two councils on proposed amendments to drafts of in-come tax, foreign investment and insurance fi rm laws. -ONA

D R A F T P E N A L C O D E

GraphicsSource: CBSE

TOP SCORES INCBSE CLASS XII

Girls

Girls outsmarted their male counterparts in the examinations. Girls study more than boys and spend more time on homework and it helps them to be on top in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) class XII examinations, teachers say.

Boys

Indian School Seeb96.2%

94.0%

93.6%

JaneSaldanha

AyishaThasnima

AnaghaSuresh

Indian School Ghubrah96.4%

96.4%

95.6%

GayatriMainkarKarthik

GirishGayathri

Venkatanarayanan

Indian School Sohar95.8%

86.0%

SwapnilGuptaJowan

M. Jomon

Indian School Muladha94.4%

92.8%

92.8%

AshishaAnn Saji

NeelimaVinod

UmairAsif Siddiqui

Indian School Darsait92.0%

89.6%

89.4%

VigneshwarArul Selvan

JesbiSuja Babu

LinoCherian Binoy

Indian School Muscat14 girls

2 boys

100%

100%

T I M E S O F O M A NT U E S DAY, M AY 2 4 , 2 0 1 6

TARIQ ZIAD AL HAREMI tariqh@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: With the ambitious goal of becoming one of the top 20 airports in the world, the new Muscat international airport ter-minal is more than 90 per cent complete and passengers could be using it as early as next year.

Dr. Mohammad Al Zaabi, CEO of the Public Authority for Civil Aviation said, “After completion, the airport will be handed over to the operating companies such as Oman Airport Management Com-pany (OAMC), Oman Air and Roy-al Oman Police.”

“No doubt that they have a work plan called “operational readi-

ness” and the airport will be op-erational after that. It is known worldwide that it takes six months (to complete),

“Be we can’t jump the gun and say exactly when the airport will be operational because it is a huge project packed with modern tech-nology which needs training and familiarisation which takes time; so the airport will need to be oper-ated according to standards.”

The 580,000 square metre air-port has the Level of Service A according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) standard which means it can ac-commodate 12 million passengers up to a maximum of 18 million without any expansion and pro-

vide the optimum level of comfort for passengers using the airport.

“There is a study with the OAMC about the future expan-sions done in phases for future passenger intakes. For the fi rst expansion phase the airport can take in 24 million, then 36 million and fi nally 48 million passengers,” said Al Zaabi.

Two terminals have also been built to accommodate heavy air-craft such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 while considering the amount of passengers each air-craft carries.

When asked whether the airport can handle large aircraft, Al Zaabi said, “The airport was designed to receive the biggest and most mod-ern aircraft. In 2014 we opened the new runway which is 4km long and 75m wide.”

“This runway is up to interna-tional standards and in fact sev-eral large aircraft have landed in Muscat, especially the Airbus A380,” he added. Al Zaabi ended by saying that they are aiming for Muscat International Airport to be among the top twenty airports in the world according to the strategy announced by OAMC.

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AIRPORT SPECIAL

Two terminals have also been built to

accommodate heavy aircraft such as the

Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 considering the

number of passengers these aircraft carry

91% WORK OF MUSCAT AIRPORT COMPLETE

Source: Oman Airports Management Company | Ministry of Transport and Communications | National Centre for Statistics & Information

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Modern, spacious airport with a tinge of Omani traditionTARIQ ZIAD AL HAREMI tariqh@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Looking at the new Muscat International Airport from the outside makes you forget the old, outdated airport.

Simply speaking, the new airport looks modern and up-to-date, and will defi nitely be among the top 20 airports in the world by 2020.

Just walking in, you can feel a sense of relief and comfort because of the vast space. It is no longer tight and cluttered, and the feeling of be-ing crowded has been lessened. In simpler terms, the new airport is a massive castle, while the old one is a three bedroom villa.

The modern architecture, in-fused with Omani culture, would surely awe passengers approach-ing the check-in counters, as large pylons are arched, simulating the arches of the palm tree. The air-port also makes use of Omani-made

products, such as Omani marble decorating the walls, while import-ed granite tiles grace the fl oor.

Heading to immigration af-ter the check-in area, passengers will be greeted by ROP offi cials at new counters.

The counters are not only new, but look cleaner and more refi ned – the diff erence between day and night compared to the current counters at the old airport.

I believe, for the fi rst few months - or even years - passengers will still look around the airport to absorb the new concept, coupled with mod-ern technology.

The airport tries to keep Omani heritage alive. On the way to the gates, passengers will notice, be-low the automatic walkways, a blue neon light along the walkway with large rocks and plants to simulate Oman’s wadis – the Sultanate’s nat-ural swimming pools.

Passenger lounges, located near

the gates, are a welcome addition, since some passengers do not wish to go through the gate before it’s time to board, and would rather wait outside or walk around the terminal before it is time to leave.

The ramps that connect the air-craft to the terminal are made to have one walkway split into two; one for business class passengers and the other for economy. This will make boarding and disembarking more effi cient and quicker.

The new arrival area, however, takes the prize, because the public can wait for friends or family inside the airport, while taking advantage of the facilities, such as restaurants, cafés and retail shops, while looking down from above to spot loved ones collecting their baggage.

Apart from the old-meets-new architecture and modern technol-ogy that the airport boasts, it has quite a relaxing, welcoming and homely atmosphere.

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TARIQ ZIAD AL HAREMI tariqh@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: The new Muscat International Airport open-ing will have a positive eff ect on the Sultanate’s economy.

While the new airport will be able to take in 12 million passengers a year, and can be expanded to up to 48 million passengers per year, Dr. Ahmed Mohammad Al Futaisi, Minister of Trans-port and Communications, believes that the airport would contribute to boost-ing Oman’s economy.

“Operating the new airport will form a touristic and economic value; espe-cially with the Sultanate heading towards economic diversifi cation which im-portant projects like these will drive it to accomplish,” said Al Futaisi. “Oman’s new airports will supplement the national economy and attract more investments in the Sultanate,” he added.

Al Futaisi also lauded the workforce’s eff orts. He thanked more than 20,000 men and women including contractors, counselors and supervisors for their achievements in almost completing the third stage of the airport.

The new Muscat Interna-tional Airport terminal will have 118 check-in counters

for both international and domestic fl ights and 82 immigration counters, including areas for duty free, retail stores, restaurants and cafés.

The airport is equipped with 40 gates for both departing and arriving passengers and 29 wait-ing lounges. 16 additional waiting lounges have been constructed for passengers being transported to aircraft by bus when necessary.

Two new gates have been added to accommodate big aircraft such as the Boe-ing 747 and Airbus A380 considering the amount of passengers each aircraft carries in one go.

There are 10 belts in baggage claim with eight of them for international fl ights and two for domestic.

The new arrival area will allow public access to restaurants, cafés and retail stores while they wait for their friends or family to arrive as well as giving them a top-down view of pas-sengers claiming their bags from one of the 10 belts.

The 68,000 square metres – 5 level parking area in the north of the airport will be able to hold 1,100 vehicles while the 67,000 square me-tres parking area will be able to accommodate around 1,200 vehicles.

New airport to boost economy of the Sultanate

– ONA/Jun Estrada

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‘Fire a major challenge for establishments in Oman’

Last Friday, three fi res were re-ported in Oman in a 24-hour pe-riod, and on Wednesday, goods worth OMR165,000 were de-stroyed when a fi re engulfed four warehouses in Al Ansab.

According to an offi cial from The New India Assurance offi ce in Muscat, improved fi re safety precautions could be adopted, in the interest of all concerned.

“In most cases, it has been observed that electrical wiring and cables were not tested or checked in a routine manner. Poor quality cable materials are used, which leads to such inci-dents. Professional and quali-fi ed technical contractors are not engaged for installing elec-trical works or repairing the faults,” the offi cial at The New India Assurance said.

“There are cases where a sin-gle socket is used by many people for charging mobile, TV, audio, and more by using an extension cord, thereby increasing the load, which heats up, causing fi re in the vicinity and extends all over,” the offi cial said.

Further, according to the offi -cial, in 2015 the fi rm received 71 claim intimations under the fi re and property insurance policy.

“The fi re incidents under the property policy mostly occurred in the porta-cabins used for work-ers’ accommodations in vari-ous sites throughout Oman. The causes were mainly stated to be “short-circuit” in the air-condi-tioners, switches, electrical pan-els, and other areas. Overall, this is a bad risk for insuring, since it easily catches fi re, even due to minor sparks, short-circuits and prevailing temperatures,” the of-fi cial added.

In March, Colonel Said Al Asmi, assistant general man-ager for operations at the Royal Oman Police (ROP), said that fi re threats remain a major challenge for establishments in Oman, es-pecially in summer.

“The unorganised and poorly marked storage of cables and infl ammable materials in many buildings raise the risk of damage by fi re,” he said.

Meanwhile, another offi cial

at New India Assurance said to avoid fi res, good housekeeping practices have to be implemented and maintained at all times.

“Adequate numbers of fi re-fi ghting appliances, as recom-mended by the civil defence department, are installed and maintained in operating condi-tion at all times in the insured premises,and in such a manner that they are easily accessible when needed,” the offi cial said.

“Materials should not be kept near electrical panels, switch boards or live electrical wires, and periodic inspections of the elec-trical cabling and wirings should be done.”

The offi cial added that conges-tion caused by stock and storing items up to roof heights should be avoided, while stock should be stored at least six inches above ground level.

According to a report by the National Centre for Statistics and Information, a fi re is reported every three hours in the country, and 23 per cent of all fi res are re-ported in residential areas.

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MUSCAT: A new eco centre was opened on Monday, coin-ciding with World Turtle Day 2016, at Shangri-La Barr Al Jis-sah Resort and Spa.

Dirk Salzsieder, Resident Manager, Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort, said the eco cen-tre is a dedicated area to explore and learn about the natural eco system in Oman, which will re-main open for guests and visi-tors. “This eco centre will create an awareness among the pub-lic,” he noted. The centre was inaugurated by Najeeb Al Raw-as, Undersecretary of the Min-istry of Environment and Cli-mate Aff airs, in the presence of resort residents, invited guests and children from Our Planet School in Madinat Qaboos. Lo-cated above the resort’s Mokha Café, the Eco Centre will also host “Turtle Talk” and a host of fun activities for children.

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Pre-Ramadan party for young cancer patientsDEEBA HASAN deeba@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Ice cream cones, pop-corn, arts and crafts, balloons, soap bubbles and more, brought smiles to the faces of young cancer patients children at Royal Hospital during a pre-Ramadan party held in the oncology ward yesterday.

Some 10 children from the ward were treated to a colourful gath-ering, which was organised by ‘I Wish’, a charity organisation in Muscat, along with the Royal Hos-pital and W.J. Towell.

The event was held in a playroom.

Volunteers came from the hos-pital staff , W.J. Towell and the ‘I Wish’ charity to assist in the cel-ebrations.

The room was decorated with balloons, art works and colourful wallpaper.

Occasionally, soap bubbles would also light up the faces of the children. Ice cream cones, drinks, popcorn and face paint-ing were available for the children to enjoy.

There are 26 children in the ward, all of whom are being treat-ed for cancer, and some of them are also terminally ill. All the children have their mothers living with them, except child who has his fa-ther living with him in the ward.

Oncology wardThe ‘I Wish’ charity, which is run by Karen Van de Ruit and Puja Khimji, was started three years ago. All of their charity work involves the oncology ward at Royal Hospital.

“We wanted to do something more personal, rather than huge events, and we initially started because we wanted to grant big wishes. But most of the kids here are very much in their wards, so they have limited knowledge about the outside world.

“We have become the iPad la-dies now- because the kids only ask for iPads, phones, PSPs and similar items,” added Khimji. The charity has been working with the young cancer patients for three years, and over the years has built a relationship with the children and hospital staff .

“We try and hold maybe two

parties every year, pre-Ramadan and Eid, and last year we also had a part on National Day, and next month we will have Nelson Man-dela day here. It’s hard to enter wards, but we have built a relation-ship here for three years, so they trust us,” she added.

“We are like Fairy Godmothers to the children, so we come and ask them what they wish for, and two days later we return with the items and fulfi ll their wishes. Most of our donations come from the community, and this year, Towell has kindly agreed to partner with us for this,” added Van de Ruit.

“The staff members at the ward are trying to educate the children by showing them fi lms and videos about the outside world, hoping that they might ‘wish’ for an expe-rience the next time, instead of an item,” Van de Ruit added.

At the end of the party, children received goody bags fi lled with chocolates, balloons, colouring books and other items.

“As part of our Corporate So-cial Responsibility, we have dif-ferent programs during the year. One type is for sustainable devel-opment, which lasts for three to eight years, and some are continu-ous charity programmes, like this one,” said Ali Abdul Hussain Sha-ban, General Manager, Systems and Resources Management at W.J. Towell.

“We signed a long term con-tract with the Ministry of Health three years ago to support cancer patients from low income groups who cannot aff ord certain types of food or equipment they need. Today, I just asked my team to pro-vide this ward with a small theatre so they can watch movies and be entertained. With these events we will be able to understand their needs better and plan for how to provide for them next year,” he added.

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NOBLE CAUSE: Some 10 children from the ward were treated to

a colourful gathering, which was organised by ‘I Wish’, a charity

organisation in Muscat, along with the Royal Hospital and W.J.

Towell. — Photo by Deeba Hasan

‘Big Give Challenge’ winners announced

DEEBA HASAN deeba@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Local charity Dar Al Atta’a awarded the winners and participants of the fi fth season of the ‘Big Give Competition’ at the Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Re-sort and Spa, under the patronage of His Highness Sayyid Kamil bin Fahd Al Said last night.

Award for the ‘Best Idea’ went to Baader bil Atta (Step up to give), ‘Best Publicity Awareness’ went to Ila Al Jannah Ma’an (To-gether to heaven), Best Project Implementation went to Akfi l-hum wa’ Asadhum (Assure them, and make them happy), and award for the most funds raised went

to Madad group which collected OMR5,750. In total, this year’s challenge raised OMR31,985. In total, 15 teams took part in the competition, whose aim is to create voluntary groups in local universities and colleges. These groups would eventually compete with one another in creating in-novative project ideas to generate donations, which will then sup-port the programs held by Dar Al Atta. Out of the total number of teams, only nine qualifi ed to the fi nal level.

There were two teams each from the Sultan Qaboos Univer-sity (SQU) and Nizwa University, and one each from the Higher Col-lege of Technology, Waljat College

of Applied Sciences (WCAS) and Mazoon University College.

All teams were given training courses that introduced them with the aim of the competition and its rules. The participants were also supported on the plan-ning and implementation of their projects, this was done in collabo-ration with Injaz Oman and Shell Oman Marketing Company.

All the winners will be award-ed with a course with Outward Bound Oman (OBO), which will help them develop leadership skills that will benefi t them in their lives and career. OBO course are conducted in the wild, not un-der ACs in classrooms but in the mountains, deserts and wadis.

Maryam bint Issa Al Zadjali said that she was overwhelmed to see the engagement of the stu-dents in the competition and their enthusiasm in the voluntary work.

Brilliant thoughts“The creativity in executing the projects and seeing how well it impacted the participants thoughts and personalities was brilliant. I wish them success and hope that this competition is their fi rst step in achieving much more in their lives.

“Our deepest gratitude goes to everyone who contributed in the success of this competition no matter how small or big was it.” she said.

Dar Al Atta’a awarded

the winners and

participants of the

fi fth season of the

event at the Shangri-

La’s Barr Al Jissah

Resort and Spa,

under the patronage

of His Highness

Sayyid Kamil bin

Fahd Al Said

CONTEST: Award for the ‘Best Idea’ went to Baader bil Atta (Step up to give), ‘Best Publicity Awareness’ went to Ila Al Jannah Ma’an

(Together to heaven), Best Project Implementation went to Akfi lhum wa’ Asadhum (Assure them, and make them happy), and award for

the most funds raised went to Madad group. — Photo by O.K. Mohammed Ali

HONOURED: In total, 15 teams took part in the competition, whose aim is to create voluntary groups

in local universities and colleges. — Photo by O.K. Mohammed Ali

Located above the Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort’s Mokha Café, the Eco Centre will also host ‘Turtle Talk’ and a host of fun activities for children

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Fahd receives Chinese official

MUSCAT: His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Depu-ty Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers received yesterday Wang Yong, State Councillor and Vice-Premier of the People’s Re-public of China.

During the meeting, the Chinese offi cial conveyed greetings and best wishes of President Xi Jin-ping and the leadership in the Peo-ple’s Republic of China to His Maj-esty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, his government and the Omani people further welfare and prosperity.

Sayyid Fahd hailed the strong relations between the two friend-ly countries, stemming from the

historic ties binding them. Sayyid Fahd also commended the remark-able progress being witnessed by the joint cooperation, which de-picts the keenness of both sides to work for the interests of the two peoples.

In turn, the Chinese guest re-viewed policies of his country, which focus on the domestic eco-nomic building and opening for-eign investment spheres. He ex-pressed his pride and that of his accompanying delegation for vis-iting the Sultanate due to its posi-tive eff ects in terms of strengthen-ing the relations and exchanging views on a number of matters. He

praised the good global position which the Sultanate enjoys under its wise leadership, as well as its constructive role in the regional and international issues.

He stressed the importance of the talks he conducts with of-fi cials in the Sultanate, as the talks will refl ect positively at the level of cooperation between the two sides.

Conversation during the meet-ing dealt with means of enhancing investment and trade and econom-ic exchange, as well as means of ac-tivating the agreement signed be-tween the two countries, besides the cooperation, usufruct, and development agreement to build the Sino-Omani Industrial City in Duqm, which is considered as a qualitative shift in the joint coop-eration, due to its contributions in supporting the transport and trade movement. The meeting reviewed a number of other areas of impor-tance to the two countries.

Sayyid Fahd asked the guest to convey greetings and best wishes of His Majesty the Sultan to the President and the Leadership in China, and the Chinese people fur-ther progress. -ONA

During the meeting, the Chinese offi cial

conveyed greetings and best wishes of

President Xi Jinping and the leadership in

the People’s Republic of China to His Majesty

Sultan Qaboos bin Said

BOOST TO TIES: Sayyid Fahd hailed the strong relations between the two friendly countries, stemming

from the historic ties binding them. – ONA

Alawi takes part in Turkey summit

ISTANBUL: Assigned by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah participated in the meetings of the World Humanitarian Sum-mit, yesterday.

Some 70 presidents and their representatives and a number of international organisations are taking part in the summit. The summit aims to set a new strategy for humanitarian work in light of

the increasing catastrophes and crisis witnessed worldwide.

The summit also aims to set ef-fective policies for the emergency cases and a report would be sub-mitted by the UN Secretary Gen-eral to the General Assembly on the conclusion of the summit.

Seven round-table meetings and 15 sessions would be held besides 120 activities on the side-lines of the meetings.

On the opening day of the sum-mit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave a speech present-ing fi ve proposals to get rid of the humanitarian crisis the world suff ers from.

Oman is participating by a del-egation comprising representa-tives from the Ministry of Legal Aff airs, Ministry of Social Devel-opment, the NHRC and the For-eign Ministry. —ONA

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Sultanate records .76% infl ation

MUSCAT: Oman recorded a 0.76 per cent rise in infl ation in April, 2016 compared with fi gures for March 2016, while average year-on-year infl a-tion for the January-April period increased by 0.44 per cent compared with last year, according to the latest report by the National Centre for Statistics & Information.

Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels saw prices increase by 0.58 per cent in April compared with the pre-vious month, while food and non-alcoholic beverages rose by 0.32 per cent. Among the latter, bread & cereals prices went down by 0.89 per cent, while fi sh and seafood de-clined by 6.96 per cent. Meat, on the other hand logged a price rise of 0.02 per cent.

Milk, cheese & eggs, and oils & fats prices fell 0.63 per cent and 0.15 per cent respec-tively in April. Vegetables and fruits, however, turned costlier by 8.13 per cent and 2.61 per cent respectively compared with March prices.

Sugar, jam, honey & con-fectionary set logged a price rise of 0.30 per cent while other food products fell by 0.12 per cent. -ONA

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What we need to understand is this is an incident that could have taken place anywhere. Aviation incidents happen, unfortunately

Yehia Rashed, Egypt’s Tourism Minister

Bombs kill 150, injure 200 in Syria

BEIRUT: Bomb blasts killed nearly 150 people and wounded at least 200 in Jableh and Tartous on Syria’s Mediterranean coast on Monday in the government-con-trolled territory that hosts Russian military bases, monitors and state media said.

IS claimed responsibility for the attacks in the cities that have up to now escaped the worst of the vio-lence in the fi ve-year-old confl ict, saying it was targeting members of President Bashar Al Assad’s Ala-wite minority.

The Britain-based Syrian Ob-servatory for Human Rights said 148 people were killed in attacks by at least fi ve suicide bombers and two devices planted in cars. State media had said 78 people had been killed in what is Assad’s coastal heartland. The attacks were the fi rst of their kind in Tartous, capi-tal of Tartous province and home to a Russian naval facility, and in Jableh in Latakia province, near a Russian-operated air base.

The Kremlin said the bomb blasts underscored the need to press ahead with Geneva peace talks after the collapse of a Feb-ruary 27 ceasefi re in April due to intensifying violence in a war that has killed at least 250,000 people.

“This demonstrates yet again just how fragile the situation in Syria is. And this one more time underscores the need for new ur-gent steps to continue the negotiat-ing process,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with journalists.

Russian President Vladimir

Putin reiterated his readiness to fi ght with the Syrian government against “the terrorist threat” and sent his condolences to Assad, the Kremlin said. The Syrian foreign ministry sent a letter to the United Nations, state television reported, saying the blasts were a “danger-ous escalation by the hostile and extremist regimes”.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attacks and a spokesman said Ban took “note with great concern of the escalat-ing military activity in many areas in and around Damascus”.

One of the four blasts in Jableh happened when a man walked into a hospital emergency department and blew himself up.

Another blast was at a bus sta-tion. The Tartous bombs also tar-geted a bus station, the Observa-tory and state media said.

Younes Hassan, a doctor work-ing at the Jableh hospital, said he heard an explosion at the bus sta-tion, followed less than a minute later by the blast at the hospital.

“Everything went into emer-gency mode, wounded people be-gan arriving,” he told Reuters by

phone. The Tartous explosions also occurred in quick succession, no more than 10 seconds apart, a driver at the bus station said. “Peo-ple began running but didn’t know which direction to go, cars were on fi re, there was blood and bodies on the ground,” Nizar Hamade said.

Footage broadcast by the state-run Ikhbariya news channel showed several twisted and burnt-out cars and minivans.

IS claimed the attacks in a state-ment posted online by the group’s Amaq news agency, saying its fi ghters had targeted “gatherings of Alawites”.

Syria’s Information Minister Omran Al Zoubi said in an inter-view with Ikhbariya that terrorists were resorting to bomb attacks against civilians instead of fi ght-ing on the front lines, and vowed to keep battling them.

The government refers to all in-surgents fi ghting against it in the confl ict as terrorists.

The Observatory said an area of Tartous hosting internally dis-placed Syrians near a blast site was briefl y attacked by govern-ment supporters in reaction to

the bombings. Some tents were burned but nobody was killed.

Tartous governor Safwan Abu Saadah told Reuters that reports on social media about refugees being shot and tents being burned down were not true. He said some Tartous residents had gone to ref-ugee areas to protect them from possible attacks.

“Two days ago some camps in Tartous province experienced fi res because of electrical prob-lems ... today’s reports that peo-ple burned (these camps) are not true. Nobody would turn against our guests in this way,” Abu Saadah said.

Bombings in the capital Damas-cus and western city of Homs this year killed dozens of people and were also claimed by IS, which is fi ghting against government forces and their allies in some areas, and separately against its rival Al Qae-da and other insurgent groups.

Latakia city, which is north of Jableh and capital of the province, has been targeted on a number of occasions by bombings and insur-gent rocket attacks, including late last year. — Reuters

IS group claimed

responsibility for

the attacks in the

cities of Jableh and

Tartous on Syria’s

Mediterranean coast

Iraqi forces clash with IS militants near FallujaBAGHDAD: Iraqi government forces fought IS militants near Fal-luja on Monday and bombarded central districts at the outset of an off ensive to retake the longtime militant stronghold on the western approaches to the capital Baghdad.

Some of the fi rst direct clashes occurred in Al Hayakil area on Falluja’s southern outskirts, a resident said. Iraqi troops also ap-proached the northern suburb of Garma, the top municipal offi cial there said, to clear out militants before turning their attention to-wards the city centre.

Air strikes and mortar salvoes overnight targeted neighbour-hoods inside the city proper where IS is believed to maintain its headquarters, but the bom-bardment had eased by daybreak.

Iraqi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Rasool, speaking on state television, described the government’s ad-vance as “careful” and reliant on engineers to dismantle roadside bombs planted by the militants.

Falluja, a longtime bastion of militants 50 km (30 miles) from Baghdad, was the fi rst city to fall to IS, in January 2014. Six months later, the group declared a cali-phate spanning large parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.

Iraqi forces have surrounded Falluja since last year but fo-cused most combat operations on IS-held territories further west and north. The authorities

have pledged to retake Mosul, the north’s biggest city, this year in keeping with a US plan to oust IS from their de facto capitals in Iraq and Syria. But the Falluja operation, which is not consid-ered a military prerequisite for advancing on Mosul, could push back that timeline. Two off ensives by US forces against Al Qaeda in-surgents in Falluja in 2004 each lasted about a month and wrecked signifi cant portions of the city.

There are currently between 500 and 700 IS militants in Fal-luja, according to a recent US mili-tary estimate.

Iraqi army helicopters were

rocketing IS positions in nearby Garma and targeting movement in and out of the area in order to weaken resistance enough for ground troops to enter, Mayor Ahmed Mukhlif told Reuters.

The defence minister and army chief of staff visited part of that northern axis on Monday, a minis-try statement said.

Prime Minister Haider Al Ab-adi, also grappling with political and economic crises in the OPEC member state, visited a command centre set up nearby to oversee operations, exchanging his suit for the black uniform of an elite com-mando unit.

Announcing the off ensive in a late-night speech, Abadi said it would be conducted by the army, police, counter-terrorism forces, local tribal allies and a coalition of militias. Iraqi offi cials say the militias may be restricted to op-erating outside the city limits, as they largely did in the successful battle to retake the Anbar provin-cial capital of Ramadi six months ago, to avoid aggravating sectarian tensions with minority commu-nity residents.

State television aired footage of armoured vehicles sitting among palm groves on Falluja’s outskirts, a green tracer glow emanating

from shell and machine gun fi re. A family stood in the daylight out-side a simple one-storey home, cheering and waving a white fl ag as a military convoy passed by.

Iraqi and US offi cials estimate there are as many as 100,000 ci-vilians still in Falluja, a city on the Euphrates river whose population was three times that size before the war. A six-month siege has created acute shortages of food and medicine, pushing the city to-wards a humanitarian crisis.

The Baghdad government has called on civilians to fl ee and said it would open safe corridors to southern areas, but roadside bombs have prevented most of them from leaving.

The UN refugee agency UN-HCR said 80 families that man-aged to fl ee in recent days via a main road or through agricultural fi elds were undergoing screening by the security forces.

It said in a statement that at least three people had been killed trying to escape while 10,000 fam-ilies were stuck inside “in a very precarious situation”.

Residents living in central Fal-luja said they had moved at dawn to relative safety in outlying northern areas but IS patrols have since begun limiting movement even between neighbourhoods.

Militants were also using mosque loudspeakers to urge ci-vilians to donate blood, residents said. — Reuters

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‘Egypt must work harder to revive tourism industry after setbacks’CAIRO: Egypt will have to work 10 times harder to revive its tour-ism industry, Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed said on Sunday, after a series of setbacks including the crash of an EgyptAir fl ight into the Mediterranean three days ago.

Rashed sought to play down the impact of the crash on Egypt’s image. All 66 people on board the plane are believed to have died and the reason for the crash is not yet clear. “The eff orts that we need to put are maybe 10 times what

we planned to put in place but we need to focus on our ability to drive business back to Egypt to change the image of Egypt,” said Rashed from his offi ce overlooking the River Nile.

“What we need to understand is this is an incident that could have taken place anywhere. Aviation incidents happen, unfortunately.”

Egypt’s tourism industry, a cor-nerstone of the economy and a critical source of hard currency, has struggled to rebound since the

2011 protests that ended Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule ushered in a period of political and economic upheaval. Egypt has lurched from crisis to crisis in recent months, straining the tourism sector and the economy as a whole.

The number of tourists fell 40 per cent in the fi rst quarter of 2016 compared to last year due in large part to the suspected bombing of a Russian plane carrying 224 peo-ple from a Red Sea resort in late October. IS said it had smuggled a

bomb aboard and President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi called the incident act of terrorism. Then, in March, a man wearing a fake suicide belt hijacked an EgyptAir plane and di-verted it to Cyprus.

IncidentsRashed said the incidents were not linked and argued that EgyptAir’s management of the crises had boosted confi dence in the Egyp-tian fl ag carrier. He said it was too soon to gauge the impact of Thurs-

day’s crash on future arrivals. “It’s very early to say but I don’t pre-sume that we will have cancella-tions,” he told Reuters.

“People want to travel more with EgyptAir because they know us. I mean, it’s one of the fi rst airlines in the world you know so it does have a history of safety, it does have a history of hospitality.”

Following the Russian plane bombing, British and Russian airlines suspended fl ights to Sharm Al Sheikh, which was

popular with holidaymakers seeking winter sun, until they are satisfi ed with improvements to airport security. The ban has held back any recovery.

Rashed rejected the notion that the crash of the Paris to Cairo fl ight on the Thursday might further de-lay the resumption of those fl ights.

“On the contrary, it may be a good time for them to rethink their position,” he said. “I haven’t heard anything (about a resumption) but I wish it was yesterday.” — Reuters

S E R I E S O F S E T B A C K S

Israel resumes cement shipments toGaza Strip

GAZA: Israel resumed cement shipments to the Gaza Strip on Monday, ending a 45-day-old ban it imposed after it accused the Pal-estinian enclave’s Hamas rulers of seizing some of the stock meant for rebuilding homes destroyed in a 2014 war.

Hamas has denied Israeli charg-es that it siphons off cement im-ports to fortify attack tunnels.

Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Mid-dle East Peace Process, welcomed the resumption of the shipments, saying in a statement that “all sides need to ensure that cement deliveries reach their intended benefi ciaries and are used solely for civilian purposes”.

The fi rst of some 90 truckloads of cement entered the Gaza Strip through an Israeli-controlled bor-der crossing on Monday and Pales-tinian offi cials said they expected some 4,000 tonnes of the material would be brought in by the end of the day.

“But this can be reversed if we see another (Hamas) violation,” an Israeli offi cial told Reuters.

The United Nations said 140,000 houses were partially or completely damaged during the 2014 war between Israel and the Hamas-led Gaza fi ghters. — Reuters

R E C O N S T R U C T I O N

DEVASTATED: Flames billowing at the scene of multiple bombings in the city of Tartus northwest of Damascus on Monday. Right: Syrian army soldiers and civilians inspect

the damage after the explosions. Below: Syrians gather at the site of multiple bombings in the northern coastal city of Jableh and Syrian army soldiers inspect the damage

in the city of Tartous. – SANA/Handout via AFP and Reuters

JUBILANT: Iraqi security forces with militia fi ghters pose for the photographer near the frontline of

the fi ght against IS militants near Falluja, Iraq, on Monday. – Reuters

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TORRENTIAL RAINS WREAK HAVOC IN MANIPURFlood eff ected area of Kiyamgei, Imphal East in Manipur on Monday. Manipur was on the verge of being cut off from the rest of the country after rockslides hit

the Imphal-Dimapur highway (NH-2) near Kohima in Nagaland, even as torrential rains continued to wreak havoc in the state. The Imphal-Silchar highway

(NH-37) is already blocked due to multiple rockslides. Besides, a portion of the Imphal river bank, measuring over 100 ft, was breached near Kyamgei in Imphal

on Sunday night, washing away and submerging hundreds of houses. - PTI

ED to invoke India-UK MLAT for Mallya’s extradition

NEW DELHI: Enforcement Di-rectorate (ED) is soon expected to make a fresh request for Vijay Mallya’s extradition under the In-dia-UK Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) in connection with its money laundering probe against the business tycoon in an alleged bank loan fraud case.

Offi cials said the agency is ex-pected to place the request before the Ministry of External Aff airs (MEA) soon, in order to execute the non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued by a Mumbai court against Mallya, seeking execution of the 1992 signed MLAT between the two countries against a fugitive.

The India-UK MLAT has a clause where the treaty can be invoked in a criminal probe case seeking the “transfer of persons, including persons in custody, for the purpose of assisting in inves-tigations or giving evidence” and it is understood that ED considers this step a better legal tool than the regular extradition action to get a person back to country, under in-vestigation by Indian probe agen-cies. The agency has registered a money laundering case against Mallya and others based on an FIR registered last year by the CBI.- PTI

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CBI court rejects Peter’s bail plea

MUMBAI: A special Central Bu-reau Investigation(CBI) court here on Monday rejected the bail application of former media bar-on Peter Mukerjea who has been arrested in connection with the Sheena Bora murder case.

“The bail is rejected,” Special Judge H. S. Mahajan said while delivering the order in the court.The judge said that the bail appli-cation has been rejected on the ba-sis of certain facts in the case diary which cannot be disclosed to the defence lawyers.

Peter was arrested on Novem-ber 19, 2015.

His bail plea had been rejected once earlier in February this year following which he moved another plea before the court in March.

His lawyers had sought bail say-ing that Peter did not know any-thing about the murder of Sheena and he was not in the country at that time. Rahul Mukerjea, Peter’s son from previous marriage, and Sheena were in a relationship.

Peter’s lawyers had also argued that he was not against the rela-tionship between Sheena and Ra-hul. However, CBI had earlier told the court that Indrani and Peter were unhappy with their relation-ship. The central probe agency had argued that when Peter came to know that Sheena was Indrani’s daughter, everything changed and it resulted in the murder.

Indrani, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and her driver Shyam Rai had allegedly strangled Sheena, Indrani’s daughter from an earlier relationship, inside a car in April 2012.

The crime, which came to light in August 2015, is allegedly linked to certain fi nancial dealings. - PTI

S H E E N A M U R D E R C A S EIndia, Iran to combat terror; ink Chabahar, 11 other pacts

TEHRAN: India and Iran on Mon-day pledged to combat terrorism and radicalism as the two nations signed 12 agreements including a “milestone” pact on developing the strategic Chabahar port, giving a boost to economic partnership in the post-sanctions era.

India committed around $500 million for the important port in Iran’s southern coast, which will serve as a “point of connectiv-ity” between India, Afghanistan, Commonwealth of Independent States countries and East Europe.

“We have agreed to consult closely and regularly on combat-ing threats of terrorism, radical-

ism, drug traffi cking and cyber crime. We have also agreed to enhance interaction between our defence and security institutions on regional and maritime secu-rity,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here.

Modi, who is the fi rst Indian prime minister to visit the Islamic nation after 15 years on a bilateral visit after Atal Behari Vajpayee, was addressing a joint press con-ference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani after one-on-one talks. His visit comes months af-ter lifting of international sanc-tions on Iran following Tehran’s historic nuclear deal with the

Western powers over its conten-tious atomic programme.

TerrorismTerming terrorism as a “big prob-lem running rife and rampant in the region”, Rouhani said that both the nations have discussed the issue and agreed to share in-telligence to combat the menace.

“Due to the importance of sta-bility and security in the region and especially in the countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen and because a big problem called terrorism is running rife and rampant in the region. “The two countries discussed about

political issues as well and how they can cooperate on intelligence sharing and how they can get clos-er to each other in the fi ght against terrorism and extremism and how they can contribute to peace and stability in the whole region,” Rouhani added. As regards the economic cooperation, besides developing the Chabahar port, the two sides also signed agreements in diverse fi elds like trade credit, culture, science and technology as well as railways.

“The bilateral agreement to de-velop the Chabahar port and relat-ed infrastructure and availability of about $500 million from India

for this purpose, is an important milestone,” said Modi.

“This major eff ort would boost economic growth in the region. We are committed to take steps for early implementation of the agreements signed today,” he said.

Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Balochistan Province on the energy-rich Gulf nation’s southern coast, is of great strate-gic utility for India. It lies outside the Arabian Gulf and is easily ac-cessed from India’s western coast, bypassing Pakistan.

India and Iran had in 2003 agreed to develop Chabahar near Iran’s border with Pakistan. “Chabahar can very well turn into a very big symbol of cooperation between the two great countries,” Rouhani said, adding that it can serve as a point of connectiv-ity among “India and Afghanistan and countries in the Central Asia and CIS countries and also those in the East of Europe”.

Commenting on the impor-tance of Modi’s visit, Rouhani said: “This visit come at a time when we have managed to conclude the nuclear deal and at a time when sanctions are withdrawn and now the ground is prepared more than ever for to further our economic cooperation.” India and Iran have also agreed to enhance interaction between their defence and secu-rity institutions on regional and maritime security.

Terming the “dosti” (friend-ship) between India and Iran as old as history, he said, “through centuries, our societies have stayed connected through art and architecture, ideas and traditions, and culture and commerce.” - PTI

India committed

around $500 million

for the important port

in Iran’s southern

coast, which will

serve as a ‘point of

connectivity’ between

India, Afghanistan,

Commonwealth of

Independent States

(CIS) countries

and East Europe TETE-A-TETE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during their

meeting in Tehran, Iran, Monday. - PTI/PIB

Supreme Court to hear Girone’s plea to go to Italy on May 26NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on May 26 the plea of Salvatore Girone, one of the two Italian ma-rines accused of killing two fi sh-ermen off Kerala coast, seeking relaxation in bail terms to enable him to go to his country till an In-ternational Arbitral Tribunal de-cides the jurisdictional dispute between India and Italy.

A vacation bench comprising Justices P. C. Pant and D. Y. Chan-drachud fi xed the plea for hear-ing on Thursday when Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Pinky Anand, appearing for the Centre, said the government does not ob-ject if conditions are relaxed on the same lines as was done in the case of another marine Massimil-iano Latorre.

Latorre is already in Italy on

health grounds and his stay there has recently been extended by the apex court till September 30 this year. The marine, who presently is in the custody of the apex court and residing in Italian embassy here, has said that he be allowed to go back to his native place till the arbitral panel decides the jurisdic-tional aspect in the matter.

Italy and India have been mak-ing contrary claims over the right to prosecute the two Italian ma-rines in the case.

“Relax the bail conditions, in terms described..., on Sergent Ma-jor Salvatore Girone, as contained in the Hon’ble Court’s consequen-tial order dated January 18, 2013 modifying the Kerala High Court order of May 30, 2012 to enable him to return to Italy until a fi nal decision by the Annex VII Arbitral

Tribunal on the merits of the case that fi nds that India has jurisdic-tion over him in respect of the ‘En-rica Lexie’ incident,” Girone said in his fresh plea.

The plea, fi led through lawyer Jagjit Singh Chhabra, has also sought a direction that Ministry of Home Aff airs and the Foreign-ers Regional Registration Offi ce be asked to provide him with the “necessary residential permit and exit visa”.

Girone has also said the authori-ties at the Indira Gandhi Interna-tional Airport including the Bureau of Immigration and the concerned CISF and other security authori-ties be apprised of the court’s direc-tion that he can leave India.

At the outset of the hearing, the bench posed a query as to how it can hear the plea for relaxation of

bail terms when the case has been heard by a three-judge bench.

“The bail order was initially passed by a two judge bench and hence, the present plea can also be heard by a two judge bench,” the ASG said.

The submission was reiterated by the counsel for Girone also.

The law offi cer also said the in-ternational arbitration proceed-ings is expected to decide the juris-dictional issue “expeditiously” and the marine can be be allowed to leave on the terms which was im-posed on Lattore. Earlier, the apex court on April 26, had extended the stay of Latorre in Italy till Septem-ber 30. The court was informed by the Centre that international arbitration proceedings in the matter would be completed by De-cember 2018. - PTI

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ACCUSED: Italian sailors Salvatore Girone, right, and Massimiliano

Latorre leave the police commissioner offi ce in the southern Indian

city of Kochi in this January 18, 2013 fi le photo. - Reuters

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The terror attacks in broad daylight in the space of 75 minutes fuelled concerns among the political parties and the security agencies with former chief minister Omar Abdullah saying they were a “worrying” development and the government should move quickly to reassure the residents and tourists

Maiden indigenous ‘space shuttle’ successfully launchedBENGALURU: India on Monday successfully launched its maiden ‘swadeshi’ space shuttle with the winged Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV-TD) fulfi lling its mission objectives in the fi rst crucial test to make space travel easier and cheaper in the future.

With the test-fi ring of the in-digenous unmanned model space shuttle — the size of a Sports Util-ity Vehicle — by the ISRO from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh, about 350km from here, India has joined the race to de-velop reusable spacecraft to put satellites into orbit after US’ Nasa stopped its Space Shuttle pro-gramme in 2011.

Lifting off from the launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, the double delta-winged fl ight ve-hicle RLV Technology Demonstra-tor (RLV-TD) was hoisted into the atmosphere on the special rocket

booster for a peak altitude of over 65 km and released for its re-entry into the atmosphere before its splashdown in the Bay of Bengal.

Flight durationThe total fl ight duration of the 6.5-metre long ‘aeroplane’-like structure from launch to land-ing lasted about 770 seconds, the ISRO said. From a 65km altitude, RLV-TD began its descent fol-lowed by atmospheric re-entry at around Mach 5 — fi ve times the speed of sound — with the vehi-cle’s Navigation, Guidance and Control system accurately steer-ing it during this phase for safe de-scent, the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) said in a statement.

After successfully surviving high temperatures of re-entry with the help of its Thermal Protection System (TPS), RLV-TD success-

fully glided down to the defi ned landing spot over Bay of Bengal, at a distance of about 450 km from Sriharikota, fulfi lling its mission objectives, it said.

The RLV-TD is described as “a very preliminary step” in the de-velopment of a reusable rocket, whose fi nal version is expected to take 10-15 years.

The aerospace vehicle with a 1.75 tonne weight was not recov-ered as it disintegrated on impact with water since it is not designed to fl oat. The vehicle was success-fully tracked during its fl ight from ground stations at Sriharikota and a shipborne terminal.

The government has invested Rs950 million into the RLV-TD project.

The RLV is ultimately aimed at putting satellites into orbit around earth and then re-enter atmos-phere with the ultimate goal of

drastically slashing down the cost of launches by as much as 10 times.

In this fl ight, critical technolo-gies such as autonomous naviga-tion, guidance and control, reus-able thermal protection system and re-entry mission management have been successfully validated, ISRO said in a statement.

The reduced-scale space plane resembling a US space shuttle was experimented on a model almost six times smaller than the fi nal version. Hailing the successful mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Launch of India’s fi rst indigenous space shuttle RLV-TD is the result of the industrious ef-forts of our scientists. Congrats to them.” “The dynamism & dedica-tion with which our scientists & @isro have worked over the years is exceptional and very inspiring,” the prime minister, now in Iran, said in a tweet. - PTI

F I R S T C R U C I A L T E S T

BLAST OFF: ISRO successfully launches India’s fi rst indigenously

made space shuttle — the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) in Sri-

harikota, Andhra Pradesh on Monday. - PTI/ISRO

Jaya sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister for sixth time

CHENNAI: All India Anna Drav-ida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIAD-MK) supremo J. Jayalalithaa, who defi ed a 32-year history to return to power for a second consecu-tive term, on Monday took oath as chief minister for the sixth time at a function in which Dravida Mun-netra Kazhagam (DMK) was also present, breaking a practice of the rivals keeping away from the other’s ceremony.

The 68-year-old Jayalalithaa along with 28 others including her trusted lieutenant O. Pannersel-vam took the oath of offi ce and se-crecy in the name of God in Tamil that was administered by Gover-nor K. Rosaiah.

The AIADMK supremo re-tained 15 of her ministers who were in the previous cabinet and 13 new faces including three women.

Union Ministers Venkaiah Naidu, Pon Radhakrishnan, Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker and senior AIADMK leader M. Thambidurai and Jayalalithaa’s aide Sasikala

were seated in the front row.DMK treasurer M. K.Stalin,

former DMK ministers E.V. Velu, Ponmudy, party MLAs Sekhar Babu, Vagai Chandrasekhar and Ku Ka Selvam also attended the ceremony. For decades both AI-ADMK and DMK leaders had kept away from the oath-taking cer-emonies of rivals.

Amid slogans of “Puratchi Thalaivi Amma Vazhga (Long live revolutionary leader Amma) by AIADMK supporters, Jay-alalithaa stepped into the decorat-ed Madras University Auditorium in her trademark green saree.

Slogans hailing the party chief also echoed the venue when she signed the documents after tak-ing oath. Arrangements had been

made for live telecast of the cer-emony in many parts of the state with giant LED screens being placed at vantage points.

While Jayalalithaa took oath alone, others were sworn-in in groups in a brief ceremony lasting less than 30 minutes.

At the venue, she was welcomed by top state government offi cials led by Chief Secretary K. Gnana-desikan with a bouquet of fl owers.

Later, when Governor Rosaiah arrived she welcomed him with a bouquet and introduced her Cabi-net colleagues in keeping with the protocol. Ministers in the outgo-ing Cabinet Natham Viswana-than, Vaithilingam, newly elected MLAs, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sab-ha MPs of the ruling party were

also amongst the audience.The ministers retained were

O. Panneerselvam (Finance), Ed-dapadi K Palaniswami (Public Works), Sellur K. Raju (Coopera-tion), P. Thangamani (Electricity), S. P. Velumani (Municipal Admin-istration), D. Jayakumar (Fish-eries), C. V. Shanmugam (Law, courts), K.P. Anbazhagan (Higher Education), M. C. Sampath (La-bour), R. Kamaraj (Food and Civil Supplies), C. Vijayabaskar (Health), S.P. Shanmuganathan (Milk and Dairy), R.B. Udhaya Kumar (Revenue), KT Rajenthra Balaji (Rural Industries), and K C Veeramani (Commercial Taxes).

Immediately after being sworn in, Jayalalithaa drove to Fort St George where the Secretariat is

located and signed fi ve fi les to ful-fi l fi ve of her electoral promises, as mentioned in her party manifesto.

She fi rst signed a fi le ordering waiver of crop loans upto March 31, 2016 payable to co-operative banks. The waiver includes crop loan, medium and long term loans of small and micro farmers pay-able to co-operative banks and the move would entail a fi nancial burden of Rs5,780 crore on her government. Jayalalitha’s second order was 100 units of free power for domestic electricity consum-ers with eff ect from Monday in tune with the present tariff com-putation.

It would entail an additional payout of Rs1,607 crore as grant to the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) by the state gov-ernment. Another order was for increasing gold allocation from 4 to 8 grams for women benefi ciar-ies under the Thallikku Thangam Scheme (Gold for ‘Mangalsutra’).From now on benefi ciaries will get eight grams of gold in addi-tion to monetary assistance of Rs25,000 to Rs50,000.

The chief minister increased free power to handloom weavers to 200 units and for powerlooms to 750 units. She ordered closure of 500 state-run TASMAC retail liquor outlets and cut short work-ing hours of bars.

With eff ect from Tuesday, the retail outlets and bars would func-tion from noon to 10 pm which currently remain open between 10 am to 10 pm. All measures are in tune with her electoral prom-ises and she had said she would show her gratitude to the people through her work. - PTI

The AIADMK

supremo retained 15

of her ministers who

were in the previous

cabinet and 13 new

faces including

three women

SWEARING IN CEREMONY: Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah administering the oath of secrecy to

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa at the swearing in ceremony in Chennai on Monday. - PTI

With Gandhis at rock bottom, opposition comeback a daunting taskNEW DELHI: Prashant Kishor, the election campaign manager brought in by India’s opposition Congress party to reverse its de-clining fortunes, knew his real work would begin when the party hit rock bottom. It looks like that moment has come.

The party run by the fabled Gandhi dynasty, which has led the world’s largest democracy for most of its existence, suff ered humilia-tion last week when it lost Assam to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Par-ty (BJP) in a state election.

Congress had controlled Assam, in India’s northeast, since 2001, and for the nationalist BJP it was a fi rst. The race was not even close, underlining the crisis facing the mother-and-son team of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi.

Two years ago they were eclipsed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a landslide national ballot won on promises of economic growth and a strong, modern India.

While the euphoria of that time has faded and Modi’s agenda has been slowed by stalled reforms, other state election setbacks and devastating droughts hitting rural India, he remains comfortably the most popular politician.

The challenge for Rahul Gandhi, the public face of Congress’ come-back, is to make up lost ground in time for the biggest test before a

2019 general election — the state vote next year in Uttar Pradesh, home to around 200 million peo-ple. That, and the state of Punjab, will go a long way to defi ning who is the next prime minister; in 2014, the BJP won 71 of 80 parliamenta-ry seats in UP and only Sonia and Rahul Gandhi held theirs for Con-gress. Rahul Gandhi declined to be interviewed for this article, but, in a series of public appearances that have become more frequent in re-cent months, he sought to target Modi directly. “Modi talked about good days to come but today the country is reeling under drought and farmers are committing sui-cide,” he told a recent “Save De-mocracy March” of a few thousand people in New Delhi. “Modi has nothing to say.”

In an intriguing twist in the race for Uttar Pradesh, Gandhi has invited Kishor to help coordi-nate Congress’ strategy, the same man who aided Modi’s march to New Delhi with a campaign that embraced modern electioneering techniques and wowed voters.

Kishor now plans to bring those, and an intimate knowledge of the way Modi and the BJP operate, to a party that is widely seen as old-fashioned and overly reliant on the Gandhis. The 38-year-old, who largely avoids the public eye but engages the press and senior

party fi gures with increasing con-fi dence, has a backroom team of researchers analysing census data to more eff ectively translate votes into seats.

TargetingThat may mean targeting a par-ticular caste or religion, for exam-ple. Sources close to Kishor, who worked in health activism before being taken on as policy adviser to Modi when he was chief minister of Gujarat state, said Kishor had “24/7” access to Gandhi, although he did not decide his day-to-day movements. Kishor is determined to move away from a system of pa-tronage, inject a sense of urgency

and bring in fresh faces from the grassroots level upwards, even if it means upsetting the Congress establishment. And, refl ecting a growing interest in politics rather than focusing on number crunch-ing, Kishor wants to portray Con-gress as the only inclusive national party in India, the sources said.

The BJP has been accused of sti-fl ing free speech and promoting a nationalist agenda to appeal to the country’s majority at the expense of signifi cant minorities.

“We are a party of all, for all and by all,” said Jyotiraditya Scindia, a Congress parliamentarian, and, in his mid-40s, is of Rahul’s gen-eration and one of the party’s “new

guard”. “The only other national party, which is the BJP, is not rep-resentative of pan-India, because it is not of all, it is not by all and it is not for all.”

Kishor is understood to want to launch a “new face” to lead the Uttar Pradesh campaign, which could be Rahul, his popular sister Priyanka or someone else. Con-gress offi cials and Kishor declined to comment. Separately, a party source said this week that Rahul’s long-awaited promotion to take over Congress from his mother might happen “sooner than you think”. Kishor, for one, is realistic about Congress’ chances of catch-ing up with the BJP. “We are way behind the curve,” said a source familiar with his thinking. “The to-tal collapse of the party isn’t some-thing we can ignore.”

In a party steeped in tradition, secrecy and deference, enthusi-asm for Kishor is not universal. “Indian politics is not susceptible to modern, professional analysis,” said one former Congress cabinet member. “You get it right, you’re lucky; you get it wrong, you’re un-lucky.” Indian media have also re-ported on the campaign manager’s frustration at Gandhi’s reluctance to take quick decisions, and on speculation that Kishor would re-sign. As Kishor works behind the scenes, Rahul is re-emerging on

the national stage to take the fi ght to Modi. Congress loyalists say Ra-hul returned a changed man from a sabbatical in a secret location in early 2015. “He ... discovered his inner politician,” said Shashi Tha-roor, a prominent Congress law-maker. “He’s active in parliament. He’s more confi dent. His repartee shows he can think on his feet.”

Since Kishor joined Rahul’s team a few months ago, the leader has set a frenetic pace, joining student pro-testers on the barricades, showing solidarity with drought-hit farmers and hitting the campaign trail up and down the country.

The latest state polls, which also included Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal where regional par-ties expectedly dominated, suggest that Rahul’s impact has been limit-ed so far. State polls are especially important for the BJP because state legislators elect members of the upper house of parliament where Modi’s goods and services tax bill is stuck because it does not have a majority.

Some of Modi’s closest advisers say they are more worried about Kishor’s involvement with Con-gress than about Gandhi, given his impact on Modi’s victory and inside knowledge of the way he thinks. But political analysts say Modi should not lose too much sleep for now. - Reuters

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UPHILL TASK: Congress had controlled Assam since 2001, and for

the Bharatiya Janata Party it was a fi rst. The race was not even

close, underlining the crisis facing the mother-and-son team of

Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. - PTI fi le photo

Militants kill 3 policemen in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: Militants on Mon-day killed three policemen includ-ing an ASI — two of them unarmed — in twin strikes in the heart of Srinagar, carrying out such a ma-jor attack in the summer capital of Indian-administered-Kashmir after a gap of nearly three years.

The terror attacks in broad day-light in the space of 75 minutes fuelled concerns among the politi-cal parties and the security agen-cies with former chief minister Omar Abdullah saying they were a “worrying” development and the government should move quickly to reassure the residents and tourists.

The militants also decamped with the service rifl e of one of the slain cops.

Terror outfi t Hizbul Mujahi-deen claimed responsibility for the two incidents. In the fi rst strike, militants shot dead two police-men, who were unarmed, in the Zadibal area at around 10.45am.

The ultras shot at the two cops from close range at Mill Stop in Zadibal area which connects the city to Hazratbal Shrine and su-per speciality SKIMS Hospital at Soura, a police offi cial said.

The two cops died on the spot, he said, adding the deceased have been identifi ed as Assistant Sub Inspector(ASI) Ghulam Moham-mad and Head Constable Nazir Ahmad. Police and other security forces have been put on an alert to look out for the assailants, who managed to fl ee the spot.

In the second strike, militants shot at constable Mohammad Sadiq, who was posted as personal security guard to chairman of J&K Pasmanda Tabqajaat (downtrod-den classes) Mohammad Abdullah Chatwal, at Tengpora on Parimpo-ra-Hyderpora Bypass road. - PTI

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Students advised to check recognised universities

LAHORE: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has issued an advisory to update students about HEC-recognised public and pri-vate universities in the province.

Talking to The Express Trib-une, an HEC spokesman said the commission had issued the ad-visory to guide students seeking admissions in the upcoming aca-demic year.

He said the commission had up-dated its website for students and parents. “They are encouraged to check the list of recognised insti-tutions before applying.”

According to the advisory, the HEC recognises 179 degree-awarding public and private uni-versities and their sub-campuses across the country.

The spokesperson said that the website also had a list of unrecog-

nised institutions and campuses.The spokesman said colleges af-

fi liated with diff erent universities had also been listed at the website. “Some colleges claim affi liation with a university and promise students that they will get its de-gree. Affi liation status of a college should be verifi ed by students before they apply. Many students suff er when they discover too late

that their college is not affi liated with any university,” he said.

The spokesperson said the list had also tried to address the problem of unrecognised degree programmes at recognised uni-versities. He said it was possible that some degree programmes at recognised institutions might not be approved by the HEC. “It is important for students to know

about such degree programmes,” he said.

He said, “Universities need HEC approval before starting a degree programme but some start admissions and seek approval later. It becomes a problem for students when the university fails to complete programme require-ments and are left with an unap-proved degree.”

He said the HEC had compiled a list of such programmes to avoid a situation where students en-rolled in these programmes could put the blame on the commission. He said in the past some institu-tions had used their students to pressure the HEC into granting approval for their degree pro-grammes or recognition for their sub-campuses. — Express Tribune

An Higher Education

Commission

spokesman said the

commission had

issued the advisory

to guide students

seeking admissions

in the upcoming

academic year

HICCUP: List of recognised universities and approved programmes available online. — Express Tribune

Five gunned down near borderwith Iran

QUETTA: At least fi ve people were killed on Monday as uniden-tifi ed men opened fi re at them in Kech District’s Mand area near the Pakistan-Iran border.

“A vehicle was on its way when unidentifi ed armed men opened fi re at them near a river in Mand,” Balochistan Levies offi cial Mo-hammad Rizwan Baloch said while speaking to The Express Tribune.

The victims were identifi ed as Kareem, Qayum, Nadir, Ameen and Muyeed.

“The suspects threw the bodies out of the car and then set the ve-hicle on fi re,” Mohammad Rizwan said, while adding that the reason for the attack is yet to be ascer-tained.

No enmityFurther, Balochistan levies of-fi cials stated that according to relatives of the victims, they did not have enmity with anyone. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

Two killed, fi ve injured in blast near Balochistan University in Quetta

ExplosionEarlier this month, at least two policemen were killed while fi ve others injured in an explosion near Balochistan University in Quetta.

Talking to Express News, Balo-chistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti confi rmed the incident.

“The attack targeted a check-post in which two police personnel lost their lives while fi ve more are injured, including three police per-sonnel,” he said. — Express Tribune

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ENGROSSED A man reads a newspaper containing news about Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar

Mansour at a stall in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday. — Reuters

Nisar has ‘reservations’ over border post handover to KabulISLAMABAD: Interior Min-ister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has expressed reservations over the handover of a purpose-built border crossing facility in South Waziristan Agency to Afghan authorities.

The development came a day after the military said that the Angoor Adda border crossing fa-cility was handed over to the Af-ghan authorities “to strengthen brotherly relations between Paki-stan and Afghanistan and with a

strategic intent to improve border management”.

“It was reiterated during the process, that all border-related issues will be amicably resolved through mutual consultations subsequently,” the military’s me-dia wing said in a statement on Saturday.

However, a source told Daily Express that the interior minister has voiced his reservations over the move in a letter to Prime Min-ister Nawaz Sharif.

“All constitutional and legal procedures set for such decisions have been violated blatantly, reads the letter.

Clear rules“There are very clear rules which should be followed before taking such important decisions.”

Nisar said in the letter that the ministry was a big stakeholder in matters related to border man-agement, border control or pro-tection of borders. — Express Tribune

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Investment between growth, developmentMohammed Mahfoodh Al Ardhi

When economist Adam Smith spoke about freeing the market from government intervention, he was asked how private

companies and organisations can best maintain public interest in their behaviour and policies. He noted that the market has an internal mechanism for dealing with this. Terming it as the market’s ‘invisible hand’, he said that organisations’ eff orts towards their own interest would work to greater benefi t of the society in comparison to actions that were directly intended to serve public interest.

Smith’s ideas were revolutionary in the 1700s, when politics dominated economy. Economic ac-tivities were in favour of the rulers and aristocrats. Growing in power, private corporations began to replace political elites; the benefi ts of economic ac-tivities became theirs alone. Millions of people were denied the fruits of their hard labour. This is why the concepts of growth and development became separate, while they should be one and the same.

The link between growth and development should be the link between a creek and its river, or the link between a river and the sea it ends in. More accurately, it is the link between rain and crops. Growth is supposed to nurture development and should result on a positive impact on human com-petency in the service of communities and econo-mies, regardless of how diffi cult the task is.

This is one of the greatest errors of previous practices, not only on a local level, but in the global economic arena as well. Private corporations have made strong profi ts in the past century. The chan-neling of these profi ts towards human and social development, and building an infrastructure that enables suitable forms of economic activities for each era, are limited or, in many cases, absent.

I believe we must not shy away from acknowledg-ing the faults of our global economic system. Many voices have already been raised in this regard. Criti-cism, however, is diff erent today than it was when arguments were between diff erent economic theo-ries — one called for nationalisation and the other for privatisation. Criticism now is in defence of humanity and the future, of how the global economy should be in terms of standards, ethics, and goals.

It is time to revise concepts that caused this error. The most important idea we must revisit is the rela-tionship between the private sector and the govern-ment. We must identify the interests of both parties

and the outcomes of their economic eff ort, and then steer it towards the benefi t of humanity.

Privatisation has become the key to solve all problems, but we must remain conscious of the new issues it can bring forth. We live in diff erent times unlike those when Smith freed the market from the politicians’ dominance. In this day and age, it is profoundly necessary to consider the stability and autonomy of governments and communities, and encourage a healthy synergetic relationship to promote stability. Such stability cannot be achieved without nations’ control over their own resources, and without governments leading and supervising development in their respective countries.

That is not to say that foreign investments hold any less importance. It is necessary for some countries that need foreign capital and expertise to enhance their GDP, and for all countries that seek improving their experience and expertise and integrate them with successful global ventures. A short-term policy attracting foreign investors with cheap labour and resources, and a semi tax-free en-vironment could be detrimental in the long run. The motivations of investment in any country defi ne the culture that will aff ect the outcome of said invest-ment, and determine the level of responsibility of foreign investors to achieve social and economic development of communities where they work.

In the Sultanate of Oman, we encourage foreign investment. The most important lesson we have learned from our development experience in the Sultanate is to employ an approach that yields sustainable results, uses caution and addresses our future long-term goals. Even if progress is slow, the process must achieve stable results, not temporary ones. Development operations must be shared and as responsibility between both public and private sectors, so resources are used optimally to contribute towards a brighter future for Oman.

Thus, we welcome foreign investments. We can promise investors that the sustainability of their investment and profi t growth will be determined by the level of support their investments provide for achieving our vision toward our nation and our society. - Exclusive to Times of Oman

The author is the Chairman of National Bank of Oman, Executive Chairman of Investcorp and an International Advisor to the Brookings Institution. All the views and opinions expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not refl ect those of Times of Oman..Use of plastic items by cafes needs to be banned

This refers to the report, Food safety: Restaurants in Oman placed under CCTV surveillance (May 23). It’s good step but the govern-ment should change the law and allow restaurants to have take away

and delivery points without any space requirements. The authorities need to take action against coff ee shops whose staff are not wearing clean dress. Additionally there is a need to check crockery as very poor plastic one are used. This is common in cafes in Ruwi, Ghala and Ghubra. Along with this use of plastic items needs to be banned. Lastly, there is a need to check food quality. — Asad Musa Qureshi, Muscat via Facebook

Congrats for Oman cricket teamThis refers to the report, Oman humble Nigeria in 181 –run victory (May 23). I sincerely congratulate the Oman cricket team for this marvellous victory in their ICC World Cricket league Division 5 match, with such a huge margin. This 181 run victory will infuse immense confi -

dence in boys. I wish and pray that the journey of Team Oman in this competition moves forward with the same pace and style. Keep it up boys. — Mohammad Osama Rawat, Ruwi

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US lifts arms ban on Vietnam as regional tensions simmer

HANOI: The United States an-nounced an end to its embargo on sales of lethal arms to Vietnam on Monday, an historic step that draws a line under the two coun-tries’ old enmity and underscores their shared concerns about Bei-jing’s growing military clout.

The move came during Presi-dent Barack Obama’s fi rst visit to Hanoi, which his welcoming hosts described as the arrival of a warm spring and a new chapter in rela-tions between two countries that were at war four decades ago.

Obama, the third US president

to visit Vietnam since diplomatic relations were restored in 1995, has made a strategic ‘rebalance’ towards Asia a centrepiece of his foreign policy.

Vietnam, a neighbour of China, is a key part of that strategy amid worries about Beijing’s assertive-ness and sovereignty claims to 80 per cent of the South China Sea.

DecisionThe decision to lift the arms trade ban, which followed intense de-bate within the Obama adminis-tration, suggested such concerns outweighed arguments that Viet-nam had not done enough to im-prove its human rights record and Washington would lose leverage for reforms.

Obama told a joint news confer-ence with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang that disputes in the South China Sea should be re-solved peacefully and not by who-ever “throws their weight around”. But he insisted the arms embargo move was not linked to China.

“The decision to lift the ban was not based on China or any other considerations. It was based on our desire to complete what has been a lengthy process of moving towards normalisation with Viet-nam,” he said.

Obama later added his visit to a former foe showed “hearts can change and peace is possible”.

The sale of arms, Obama said, would depend on Vietnam’s hu-man rights commitments, and

would be made on a case-by-case basis. Human Rights Watch re-acted with dismay to Washing-ton’s decision to toss away a criti-cal lever it might have had to spur political reform in the Commu-nist party-ruled state.

Phil Robertson, the watchdog’s Asia director, said in a statement that even as Obama was lifting the arms embargo Vietnamese authorities were arresting a jour-nalist, human rights activists and bloggers on the street and in their houses. “In one fell swoop, Presi-dent Obama has jettisoned what remained of US leverage to im-prove human rights in Vietnam — and basically gotten nothing for it,” he said.

Obama told the news confer-

ence with President Quang Wash-ington would continue to speak out for human rights, including citizens’ right to organise through civil society. Obama is scheduled to meet with a group of activists on Tuesday.

Quang, who actually announced the lifting of the US embargo be-fore Obama could do so, was until recently minister of public secu-rity, which activists say harasses and arrests dissidents.

Defence strategyDissent was once the domain of just a few in Vietnam, but while the party has allowed more open criticism in recent years, it is quick to slap down challenges to its monopoly on power.

Though the communist parties that run China and Vietnam offi -cially have brotherly ties, China’s brinkmanship over the South Chi-na Sea — where it has been turn-ing remote outcrops into islands with runways and harbours — has forced Vietnam to recalibrate its defence strategy.

Security analysts and regional military attaches expect Viet-nam’s initial wish list of equip-ment to cover the latest in sur-veillance radar, intelligence and communications technology, al-lowing them better coverage of the South China Sea as well as im-proved integration of its growing forces. Washington has allowed sales of defensive maritime equip-ment since 2014. Hanoi’s military strategists are expected to now seek drones, radar, coastal patrol boats and possibly P-3 Orion sur-veillance aircraft from the United States. - Reuters

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Everest safety under scrutiny as third climber dies while descendingKATHMANDU/SYDNEY: A 43-year-old Indian mountaineer has died while descending from the summit of Mount Everest, in the third fatality on the world’s tall-est mountain in as many days since climbing resumed after last year’s avalanche tragedy at Base Camp.

Subash Paul, who climbed the 8,850 metre (29,035 feet) on Sat-urday, perished the next day due to exhaustion, Wangchu Sherpa of the Trekking Camp Nepal com-pany said on Monday.

An Australian woman and a Dutch national have also died since Friday due to altitude sick-ness in the notorious ‘death zone’ where the air is so thin that only the fi ttest can survive without sup-plementary oxygen.

Hiking offi cials and climbing veterans say the deaths raise ques-tions about the preparations and safety standards of some climb-ing operators, with cut-price lo-cal companies competing for business as international outfi ts scale back operations. This year’s Everest campaign has been hit by high winds on some days when climbers had been counting on the

weather ‘window’ to open to make their summit bids before the mon-soon sweeps in next month.

Inexperienced climbersQueues have formed on the fi nal stretch to the summit, which is often secured by a single rope line, leading veterans to complain that slow and inexperienced climbers were holding up others and putting them at undue risk.

“Many climbers without any experience crowd Everest every year, and companies often use poor quality equipment... off er-ing cheap packages to clients who are exposed to security risks,” Ne-pal Mountaineering Association Chief Ang Tshering Sherpa said.

“Climbers with well-managed companies employing experi-enced guides are safe.”

Hiking offi cials blame the gov-ernment, which charges $11,000 for each Everest permit, for fail-ing to spend any money on safety measures. The government col-lected $3.1 million from 289 climb-ers as permit fees so far this year.

But offi cials blame inadequate preparation on the part of climb-

ers. “The deaths were not due to accident or the crowd,” Tourism Department offi cial Sudarshan Dhakal said.

“Energy loss and altitude sick-ness mean that they were not well prepared.” Expedition organisers were assembling a rescue team on Monday to retrieve the bod-

ies of Australian university lec-turer Maria Strydom and Dutch climber Eric Ary Arnold. Strydom died before reaching the summit on Saturday, one day after Arnold perished after attaining the peak.

Apart from the three deaths, two other Indian climbers have been missing on Everest since Saturday,

and hiking offi cials said chances of fi nding them alive were slim.

Another Indian woman who fell sick was being escorted to lower camps and will be evacuated by a helicopter, an agency offi cial said.

While fatalities are not unusual, there are fears the latest casualties could again hit mountaineering in Nepal. At least 18 people died a year ago when an earthquake sent a massive snow slide careen-ing into Base Camp, while an ava-lanche in the treacherous Khumbu Icefall killed 16 guides in 2014.

The back-to-back tragedies had halted climbing on Everest. “It is a diffi cult and challenging climb and many people have died,” Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told reporters in Brisbane, adding that the government was assisting with the repatriation of Strydom’s body.

Arnold Coster, the owner of Ar-nold Coster Expeditions which led the group containing both Strydom and Eric Ary Arnold, said both climbers became ill very quickly on the descent. The Dutch climber was assisted down to the South Col camp, the fi nal camp before the summit, where he was

given oxygen and medicine but “unexpectedly passed away that evening in his tent,” Coster said in a Facebook post.

Strydom decided to turned back from her attempt to reach the summit and was assisted down to the South Col by her husband, veterinarian Robert Gropel. Af-ter spending the night there, she walked out of her tent to continue the descent, only to collapse on the Geneva Spur, two hours from Camp 3 where helicopter evacua-tions are possible.

The expedition leader said Gro-pel, who himself suff ered high alti-tude pulmonary oedema on the de-scent, tried unsuccessfully to carry his wife’s body down the mountain. He was evacuated by helicopter to Kathmandu on Monday.

May is one of the most popular months to scale Everest before the peak is shrouded by rain, cold and cloud brought on by the monsoon in June. Good weather over the past two weeks has allowed more than 350 climbers to reach the summit this month from the Ne-pali side of Everest. Several people have climbed from Tibet. - Reuters

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BOOSTING TIES: Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang, right, and US President Barack Obama, left,

take part in a joint press conference at the International Convention Centre in Hanoi on Monday. - AFP

SAFETY QUESTIONED: This fi le photo taken on April 20, 2015

shows Mount Everest in the Kumbh region of northeastern Nepal.

A 43-year-old Indian mountaineer has died while descending from

the summit of Mount Everest, in the third fatality since climbing

resumed after last year’s avalanche tragedy at Base Camp. - AFP

Fire at Thai school dormitory for poor hill-tribe girls kills 17WIANG PA PAO DISTRICT, CHIANG RAI, (Thailand): Fire swept through a dormitory at a school for girls from poor hill-tribe families in Thailand, killing at least 17 and injuring fi ve, police said on Monday.

The fi re broke out late on Sun-day as the girls, aged fi ve to 12, slept at the Christian Pitakiatwit-taya School in the northern prov-ince of Chiang Rai.

“Most of the losses were be-cause the children were asleep,” said district police chief Colonel Prayad Singsin. Two of the injured were in critical condition, he said. Forensic experts sifted through the debris and ashes inside the concrete shell of the school dor-mitory building on Monday. Pre-liminary indications suggested a faulty fl uorescent light on the ground fl oor may have been the cause, Sant Sukhavachana, a sen-ior regional forensics offi cer, said.

A hot fragment fell onto a pile of clothes and started the fi re, he said. The children likely died due to smoke inhalation, he said.

“There was a lot of smoke and the room where it happened was right below where the children were sleeping,” he said. A total of 36 children of the 142 that attend the school were in the dormitory when the fi re started, said Pim Wasana, the head of the school, said.

The alarm was raised by a school cleaner, she said. “I am at a loss for words,” she said. “I don’t

know what I should do, but the only thing on my mind now is to try to fi nd a way to ease the par-ents’ suff ering.”

Namae Patikiri, a 57-year-old member of the Hmong hill tribe, lost six grandchildren in the blaze. “Five of them had only moved here a year ago,” she said, crying. “The other one had only been here for two weeks.” - Reuters

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DESTROYED: A forensic expert inspects a burnt building at the

Pitakkiat Wittaya School in the northern province of Chiang Rai,

Thailand, on Monday. - Reuters

One Rohingya shot dead in mass escape from camp

BANGKOK: Thai police shot dead a Rohingya Muslim from Myan-mar on Monday during a dramatic mass escape of detainees from an immigration camp in southern Thailand, police said.

Police Lieutenant Colonel Nop-padon Rakchart said 21 Rohingya fl ed the Phangnga Immigration Detention Centre at about 1am after sawing through an iron bar in their communal cell. One was shot dead and three arrested after throwing stones and punches at police and immigration offi cers who gave chase, said Noppadon. The other 17 escaped.

Tens of thousands of Rohingya “boat people” have fl ed poverty and persecution in western Myan-mar since religious violence erupt-ed there in 2012. Many headed for Malaysia but often got waylaid at human traffi cking camps in the jungles of southern Thailand or ar-rested by the authorities.

StatelessMost Rohingya are stateless and unrecognised by the two coun-tries, Bangladesh and Myanmar, they call home. This complicates repatriation, which can lead to lengthy spells in overcrowded Thai detention centres, which Ro-hingya often try to escape.

The latest attempt was triggered by “stress and homesickness,” said Noppadon. “They have been inside for almost a year.” The Rohingya was killed because “he resisted ar-rest and attacked the police”, Po-lice Major General Worawit Parn-prung, Phangnga police chief,said.

“The police had to defend them-selves,” he said. - Reuters

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The decision to lift the ban was not based on China or any other considerations. It was based on our desire to complete what has been a lengthy process of moving towards normalisation with Vietnam

Barack Obama, US president

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UNITED STATES: The US Supreme Court is shown as the court meets to issue decisions on Monday in Washington, United States. — Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP

FRANCE: People take picture of the giant ‘#ParisWeLoveYou’ during the launch of the collaborative social network project to build a gi-

ant hashtag covered by a mosaic of pictures at place du Palais Royal, in Paris on Monday. — AFP

BRITAIN: A peacock bird design made of fl owers is seen at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Britain, on Monday. — Reuters

FRANCE: An illustration photo shows a tennis ball which drops into

water during rainfall on Monday in Paris, France. — Reuters

CHINA: People slide down a rope from a bridge during a rescue

training in Chongqing, China, on Sunday. — China Daily/via Reuters

CHINA: Children watch robots dancing at a science and technol-

ogy camp in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China on Sunday. — China

Daily/via Reuters

ITALY: A person walks past art by England-based graffi ti artist

Banksy, during the “Guerra, Capitalismo & Liberta” ( War, Capital-

ism and Freedom ) exhibition at Rome’s Palazzo Cipolla, Italy, on

Monday. — AFP/VINCENZO PINTO

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Baltimore police offi cer Edward Nero, 30, had faced misdemeanour charges of second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in offi ce

Far-right candidate defeated in Austrian presidential vote

VIENNA: Austria has elected a 72-year-old former leader of the Greens party to be its next presi-dent, narrowly avoiding becoming the fi rst country in the European Union to vote in a far-right candi-date as head of state.

After an election on Sunday that was too close to call, Austrian offi cials spent most of Monday counting hundreds of thousands of postal ballots which ended up vaulting Alexander van der Bellen past Freedom Party rival Norbert Hofer and into the ceremonial post of president. The Interior Ministry gave van der Bellen 50.3 per cent of the vote, compared to 49.7 per cent for Hofer, who had run on an anti-immigration platform.

Hofer conceded defeat in a post on his Facebook page, thanking his supporters and telling them not to be despondent.

“Of course I am sad today,” he said. “I would have liked to take care of our wonderful country for you as president.”

Embarrassing setbackHofer’s defeat averts an embar-rassing setback for Europe’s po-litical establishment, which is increasingly under threat from populist parties that have profi ted from concerns about the region’s refugee crisis and years of weak growth and high unemployment.

“It’s a relief to see the Austrians reject populism and extremism,” French Prime Minister Manuel

Valls said in a Twitter post. “Eve-ryone in Europe must draw les-sons from this.”

Austria is a relatively prosper-ous country, but it has been at the centre of a record infl ux of mi-grants from the Middle East, fan-ning public resentment towards the two centrist parties - the So-cial Democrats (SPO) and the conservative People’s Party - that have dominated politics since the end of World War II.

Sunday’s provisional result, which did not include the postal ballots, showed Hofer ahead with 51.9 per cent to van der Bellen’s 48.1 per cent.

But the SORA institute, a poll-ster, had said that mail-in ballots were likely to favour van der Bel-len because they are traditionally used by more educated voters. The institute’s election-day polling showed 81 per cent of voters with a university degree had backed

van der Bellen and 86 per cent of workers voted for Hofer. The vote in Austria, a country of 8.5 mil-lion people, had unsettled leaders elsewhere in Europe, particularly in neighbour Germany where a new anti-immigration party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), is on the rise.

In France, the National Front of Marine Le Pen is leading in polls ahead of a presidential election next year. Across the Channel, the

UK Independence Party is cam-paigning for Britain to leave the European Union in a referendum on June 23. Hofer, 45, has de-scribed himself as a centre-right politician and told voters not to believe suggestions from other parties that he would be a danger-ous president.

But his party has its roots in Austria’s Nazi past, a history the country has not confronted as openly as Germany. — Reuters

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Baltimore police offi cer acquitted

BALTIMORE: Baltimore police offi cer Edward Nero was acquit-ted on Monday of all charges in the 2015 death of black detainee Fred-die Gray, an incident that triggered rioting and protests and fueled the Black Lives Matter movement.

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams, who heard the case in a bench trial, issued the verdict before a packed courtroom.

Nero, 30, had faced misdemea-nor charges of second-degree as-sault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in offi ce.

There were no initial signs of ri-oting after the verdict but a group of protesters chased members of Nero’s family into a parking garage, yelling, “No justice, no peace.”

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake issued a statement urging calm and said Nero would face an administrative review by the po-lice department.

“In the case of any disturbance in the city, we are prepared to re-spond,” she said.

Nero had been charged with ar-resting Gray, 25, without justifi ca-tion in April 2015 and failing to se-cure him in a police van, where he suff ered a fatal spine injury.

Failed to prove caseWilliams said prosecutors had failed to prove their case. During a 25-reading of his decision, he said that Nero acted as a “similarly sit-uated” offi cer would.

He said Nero’s partner, Garrett Miller, had testifi ed that Nero had not handcuff ed Gray.

Gray’s death a week after his arrest sparked a day of rioting in which nearly 400 buildings were damaged or destroyed in the ma-jority black city of 620,000 peo-ple. The case helped stoke the Black Lives Matter movement and national debate over policing in minority communities. Nero was among six offi cers charged in Gray’s death and the second to go to trial. The trial of the fi rst offi cer to be tried, William Porter, ended in a hung jury in December. — Reuters

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ELATED: Presidential candidate backed by the Greens Alexander Van der Bellen reacts during an election party after the second round

of the Austrian President elections on Sunday in Vienna. Freedom Party rival Norbert Hofer conceded defeat in a post on his Facebook

page, thanking his supporters and telling them not to be despondent. – AFP

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$3.8b fund for schools in war zones launched by UN envoy

ISTANBUL: A crisis fund has been launched to raise $3.8 billion to help millions of children miss-ing out on school because of war or natural disasters, UN special envoy Gordon Brown announced on Monday at the fi rst ever World Humanitarian Summit.

Nearly 75 million children liv-ing in areas aff ected by war or natural disaster had their educa-tion disrupted last year, leaving them prey to child labour, traffi ck-ing and extremism, according to research published in March.

The fund aims to help more than 13 million children and young people over the next fi ve years, and 75 million by 2030. “For the fi rst time, we have a humanitar-ian fund targeting education,” said Brown, the former British prime minister and now UN Special En-voy for Global Education. “A fund that plans - not just for weeks or months - but for years in support of a child’s development. And a fund with a contingency reserve allowing us to act when a crisis hits ensuring no begging bowl has to be circulated,” he added.

On average, only two per cent of global humanitarian appeals are dedicated to education. Despite growing needs, funding for edu-cation in emergencies has almost halved since 2010, according to the London-based Overseas De-velopment Institute (ODI).

“Without school, young chil-dren caught up in emergencies are at risk of becoming the youngest labourers in the fi eld, the young-est brides at the alter, the young-est soldiers in the trench, and in some cases, the youngest recruits vulnerable to extremism and radi-calisation,” Brown said.

Education is one of the items on a broad agenda for government and business leaders, aid groups

and donors gathered in Istanbul for the two-day summit.

They want to try to develop a more coherent response to what UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called the worst humanitarian situa-tion since World War II, with 130 million people aff ected by war or natural disaster.

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai urged world leaders ahead of the conference to match

their words with action.“I call on world leaders in Is-

tanbul to be generous and back up their words with political will,” she said. “They must deliver on each and every commitment they make, including fully funding the new Education Cannot Wait initiative.” An average of four schools or hospitals are attacked

or occupied by armed groups eve-ry day, the UN children’s agency (UNICEF) said ahead of the sum-mit. In Syria alone, more than 6,000 schools are out of use - at-tacked, occupied by the military or taken over as an emergency shelter. And in confl ict-hit Cen-tral African Republic, a quarter of schools are not functioning, UNICEF said. “Education is an absolutely vital investment both

for those children’s futures, but also for the futures of their com-munities and their countries,” Jo Bourne, UNICEF’s head of edu-cation, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Since war broke out in 2011, Syria’s education standards have dropped to the levels of South Sudan - which has some of the world’s worst levels education - said Kevin Watkins, executive di-rector of the think-tank ODI.

“That’s in part because of the failure of the international com-munity to respond with the right type of funding at the right time,” Watkins said on the sidelines of the summit.

“We’re seeing huge reversals of education in countries like Central African Republic, South Sudan, northern Nigeria and dis-placed populations in Cameroon and elsewhere,” he said.

UnderfundedEducation for children in Syria and its neighbouring countries is massively underfunded, he said. Funding is needed consistently, so children’s schooling is not disrupted.

“If you speak to the kids and parents concerned, they regard (education) as an absolutely fun-damental priority. And there is something that you can do about it,” Watkins said.

The new fund will pool resourc-es from government and private donors, to be used by local NGOs - who can deliver education much more cheaply and quickly than the World Bank or UN agencies, Wat-kins said. “At the moment... almost all the money mobilised... trick-les down incredibly slowly, after quite a lot of it has been removed because of the costs of the system, and it delivers pretty meagre re-sults on the ground,” he said.

“I think this (new fund) ticks a lot of the boxes for fi xing things that are clearly wrong in the sys-tem.” — Thomson Reuters Foundation

The fund aims to help

more than 13 million

children and young

people over the next

fi ve years, and 75

million by 2030

Jolie to teach at London School of Economics

LONDON: Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is to join the Lon-don School of Economics (LSE) as a visiting professor on a new masters course on women, peace and security, the school an-nounced on Monday.

The LSE said the course, which starts next year, is the fi rst of its kind globally and will be run by the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security which was launched last year by Jolie and Britain’s former foreign secretary, William Hague.

“It is vital that we broaden the discussion on how to advance women’s rights and end impunity for crimes that disproportionately aff ect women, such as physical vi-olence in confl ict,” Jolie, a special envoy for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), said in a statement. “I am looking forward to teaching and to learning from the students, as well as to sharing my own expe-riences of working alongside gov-ernments and the United Nations.”

Hague will also be joining LSE as a visiting professor.

The Oscar-winning actress and Hague have become an un-likely double-act on campaigning to end violence against women in confl ict. The partnership was sparked by Jolie’s 2011 directo-rial debut “In the Land of Blood and Honey” that was set against the backdrop of the 1992-95 Bos-nian war in which an estimated 20,000 women were believed to have been raped.

The pair co-founded the Pre-venting Sexual Violence in Con-fl ict Initiative in 2012 to rally global action on such crimes, in-crease the numbers of perpetra-tors brought to justice and ensure better support for survivors.

They co-hosted the fi rst global conference on the issue in London in 2014. Hague said the new course would help underpin their work by developing research to help tackle the culture of impunity. — Thomson

Reuters Foundation

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DIRE STRAITS: Yemeni students in the capital Sanaa. Nearly 75 million children living in areas af-

fected by war or natural disaster had their education disrupted last year, leaving them prey to child

labour, traffi cking and extremism, according to research published in March. – AFP

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Sandan, Towell sign deal

Times News Service

MUSCAT: A construction deal was signed by Sandan Develop-ment with Towell Construction & Co (TCC) on Monday to build the country’s fi rst integrated light industries park.

The contracting fi rm will start work on the fi rst phase of the park after one month and the whole project will be completed after two years, according to Said Al Rashdi, executive man-ager at Sandan.

Sandan Light Industries Park will spread over an area of 250,000 square metres and will accommodate 2,400 workshops, automobile showrooms, building material shops, 450 offi ce space and 1,400 residential units.

The project, which is fully in-vested by local investors, has a strategic location at Halban in the middle of Muscat Express way and Al Batinah Express way, and fi ve kilometers away from Al Muabailah exit on the Expressway.

As many as 15,000 people will be accommodated, who will have all facilities inside the park. The park is planned to accommodate a mosque, a hypermarket, a hos-pital, restaurants, shops, banks and travel agencies.

Ground levelling workReferring on the progress so far, Al Rashdi said that about 90 per cent of ground levelling work has already been completed, which was a diffi cult work due to high standards adopted by Sandan. Leveling land was a critical pro-cess since it was the fi rst step.

Al Rashdi added that when the company launched the project, there was a big demand for the units off ered on sale, thanks to an attractive package of incentives.

Al Rashdi explained that San-dan has received 14 construc-tion bids from local and interna-tional construction fi rms after the launch. ”We studied carefully the off ers and made our opinion to award the construction of the park to TCC, which is one of the most important companies oper-ating in the Sultanate.”

Husain Jawad Abdul Rasoul, chairman of TCC, said that win-ning the industrial park project is a source of great pride for the company. The company will co-operate with Sandan to have a long-term relation in future pro-jects that will support national economy and create more jobs for Omani youths.

“The industrial park is a pio-neer project that refl ects innova-tion and creation required for the future period to support develop-ment and progress in the Sultan-ate,” noted Khaled bin Sulaiman, business development advisor at TCC. “We are very happy to win this project and will not spare eff ort to execute the fi rst phase, which is a 350,000 square me-ter and deliver it to Sandan with highest quality and on time,” said M K R Sai, the newly appointed chief executive offi cer at TCC.

The contracting

fi rm will start work

on the fi rst phase

of the park after

one month and the

whole project will

be completed after

two years, according

to Said Al Rashdi,

executive manager

at Sandan

China plans mega projects, including refi nery, in DuqmMOBIN MATHEW BLESSONmobinmathew@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: A land lease agreement was signed between Oman and China to establish a major indus-trial park in Duqm, which will at-tract a series of mega investments from China that include an oil re-fi nery with a refi ning capacity of about 230,000 barrels per day.

The construction of oil refi nery is subject to necessary approvals from competent authorities in the Sultanate.

Relationship between Sultanate and China, Oman’s policies and the strategic location of Duqm port at-tracted China to invest in Oman, said Ali Shah, general manager of China-Arab Wanfang Investment Management Company Ltd, on the

sidelines of the signing ceremony.“Chinese investors need a (in-

dustrial) park in Oman to cover the markets of South Asia, West Asia, Middle East and Africa with rich resource, good geographical location and fl exible policy,” Ali Shah added.

“Diff erent investors from China are coming to Oman under the um-brella of one company,” he added.

The proposed industrial park in Duqm is expected to attract as much as $10 billion worth in in-vestments by 2022.

Agreement was signed by Ali Shah on behalf of China and Yahya bin Said bin Abdullah Al Jabri, chairman of the Special Economic Zone Authority in Duqm (Sezad).

According to Ali Shah, the pro-ject that spreads over a huge area

of 11.72 square kilometres is di-vided into three main categories - heavy industrial area, light in-dustrial area and mixed-use area (including a hotel).

“The project will be completed in three diff erent phases and the fi rst phase is expected to ready in fi ve years,” Ali Shah asserted.

The whole project is expected to be ready within ten years.

The fi rst area of about 870 hec-tares will be allocated for heavy in-dustries. According to him, Wan-fang will allocate this land under sub-usufruct conventions to other Chinese investors and companies.

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Banking sector achieves strong growth despite oil price slump

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MUSCAT: Oman’s banking sec-tor has achieved a robust growth, despite a slump in crude oil prices across the globe, a top-level offi -cial of the Central Bank of Oman said here on Monday.

“(The) banking industry in Oman has been a sound catalyst for the economic growth and it will continue to be so. A fall in oil price has not aff ected and will not aff ect its vital contribution,” said Hamoud Sangour Al Zad-jali, executive president of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO). He was delivering the keynote speech at the GCC New Age Banking Summit 2016 organised by UMS Conferences.

“In spite of falling oil price, 2015 too witnessed 8.4 per cent rise in credit and 12.6 per cent rise in core capital and reserves. Even though the total deposits registered a lesser rise at 3.41 per cent, there was no let-up in banking activities and reach,” added Al Zadjali. The strength of banking industry is re-fl ected in professionalism, sound corporate governance and man-agement, keeping up capital ad-

equacy ratio, which is at high 16.5 per cent now, consistent growth in business, still maintaining a low gross non-performing loan ratio of 2.5 per cent and steady rise in profi ts in 2015.

Meeting SME requirementsAlong with personal loans, it does cater to the needs of business; fi nance and stands fairly diversi-fi ed. Banks are committed to meet the requirements of small and me-

dium enterprises sector and they extend assistance for non-fi nan-cial areas too like entrepreneurial development. Banks are diversi-fying the sources of funding and there is no reason to doubt banks’ capacity and willingness to deploy credit and resources towards as-sisting and contributing to growth – even in changed environment.

It will be a matter of relevance to note at this summit that banks in Oman are spending good time,

money and eff orts in techno-logical innovations; new and ad-vanced modes of service delivery are constantly introduced.

Innovative technologiesWhile delivering his keynote ad-dress, Al Zadjali also stressed on the importance of new and in-novative technologies in meeting the needs of new age customers and balancing them with control, risk management and compli-ance. “The banks in Oman are spending good time, money and eff orts in technological innova-tions; new and advanced modes of service delivery are constantly introduced. CBO has been con-veying its expectation of pru-dent growth meeting the needs of the society and looks forward to continued growth of banking industry consistent with real economy,” he added.

Highness Sayyid Taimur bin Asad Al Said was the Guest of Honour and Hamood Sangour Al Zadjali was the chief guest and keynote speaker at the event. Bank Muscat was the Offi cial Banking Partner and GBM was the Technology Partner for the

fi rst-of-its-kind summit in Oman. Bank Sohar and Oman Data Park were the Supporting Sponsors. Oman Air was the of-ficial Airline Partner.

Digital landscapeWhile delivering his opening re-marks, Asad Batla, head of con-sumer banking in Bank Nizwa and the chairman of the summit, said: “With the exponential growth of smartphones and new tech-nologies, the way we do things has changed and banks have to embrace digital landscape to deliver better banking experi-ence through better customer engagement, mobile apps, digi-tal payments, big data analysis and partnering with external service providers.”

The GCC New Age Banking Summit was a unique platform for the banking and fi nance profes-sionals to discuss the new devel-opments in global banking and de-bate on the focus areas for Omani banks. The event hosted a line-up of expert regional and global in-dustry speakers from companies including IBM, Bank Muscat, Oman Data Park, Westpac Pacifi c Banking (Australia), GENESIS Institute (UAE), Arab National Bank (Saudi Arabia), Meethaq Is-lamic Bank and Takaful Oman In-surance. The deliberations helped the audience gain expert insights on disruptive technologies, global banking trends and new age cus-tomer needs, and an opportunity to network with industry peers and banking solution providers. Featuring sessions on Omani channel banking and risks and compliance, the event stressed on driving effi ciency across various channels for better monetisation as well as the need to be in line with regulatory norms while em-bracing digitisation.

Bloomberberg Businessweek Middle East, OER, Times of Oman and Al Shabiba were the media partners for the event.

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oil price, last year

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cent growth in credit

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reserves, a top-level

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Bank of Oman saidHamoud Sangour Al Zadjali, executive president of the Central Bank of Oman. — Supplied picture

(The) banking industry in Oman has been a sound

catalyst for the economic growth and it will continue

to be so. A fall in oil price has not affected and will

not affect its vital contribution

Hamoud Sangour Al ZadjaliExecutive president, CBO

Boeing wins $11.3b order for 100 planes from VietJet

HANOI: Boeing won an order for 100 jets from VietJet Aviation Joint Stock valued at $11.3 billion in list prices as Vietnam’s only pri-vate airline expands fl eet amid a surge in travel.

VietJet signed the agreement on Monday in Hanoi during President Barack Obama’s visit to Vietnam. Delivery of the Boeing 737 Max 200 planes will run for four years beginning in 2019 and will help the carrier expand its fl eet to 200 by the end of 2023, the company said in a statement.

Low-cost carrierThe low-cost carrier, which started operations in December of 2011, is seeking to expand in a market that’s grown 20 per cent annually in the last three years, ac-cording to the airline. At present, VietJet operates more than 250 fl ights a day with 50 routes in Viet-nam and across the region to coun-tries such as Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, China, My-anmar and Malaysia. “They seem to be extremely ambitious,” said Brendan Sobie, Singapore-based chief analyst at CAPA Centre for Aviation. “They have established themselves domestically with a strong brand and high share of the market in a very quick time.”

Fastest-growingVietJet will probably surpass na-tional carrier Vietnam Airlines as the nation’s biggest domestic car-rier this year, according to CAPA Centre for Aviation. Vietnam is ex-pected to rank among the world’s 10 fastest-growing aviation mar-kets in the next two decades, ac-cording to the International Air Transport Association.

The Boeing aircraft “will accom-modate our strategy of growing Vi-etJet’s coming international route network, including long-haul fl ights,” Chief Executive Offi cer Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao in a statement. — Bloomberg News

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China plans mega projectsThe second category will be an area of about indivisible 10 hec-tares allocated to the implemen-tation of a tourism project.

“We are planning to build a Chinese-style hotel, which will have an investment of $150 mil-lion and it is expected to generate more than 200 job opportunities,” Ali Shah said.

The third category will be on an area of 292 hectares allocated for the establishment of an oil refi n-ery and petrochemical industries’ complex. The capacity of the re-fi nery will be about 230,000 bar-rels per day.

According to Ali Shah, the en-tire project off ers 12,000 job op-portunities and 10 per cent of which will be allotted to the Om-ani nationals.

“We (would) like to increase the percentage of Omani work-

force in the future,” he added. He also said that $100 million

will be invested to build a hospi-tal, which will have 500 beds and provide medical treatment to people within the locality, regard-less of nationalities.

Ali Shah also said that they will invest $15 million to build a school for the park residents, including Chinese, Omanis and other nationalities.

Job creationHe also confi rmed that around 1,500 jobs will be provided to Omanis and approximate 1,000 Omanis will get degree education for vocational training in China.

“We agreed to give the land to China and they will build the en-tire infrastructure for the park. So, this will reduce the burden on us to build the infrastructure,” Al

Jabri said. Al Jabri stated that the signing of the agreement refl ects the position reached by the Sul-tanate and its ability to attract in-vestments. “This also refl ects the investment environment in the country and global interest en-joyed by the Sultanate under the patronage of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos,” he added.

According to Al Jabri, Chi-nese investments are a great ad-dition to the current investment in Duqm.

“SEZAD’s eff orts made dur-ing the past years have attracted investments from the GCC, Asia, and Europe. We hope that diver-sity would contribute to attract Omani experience specialised in many areas related to ports, pet-rochemical industries, fi shery in-dustries, tourism, trade and other areas,” he added.

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PDO and Nama Group sign key power distribution deal

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MUSCAT: An agreement to en-hance the security and reliability of the Sultanate’s electricity net-work was signed by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) with Nama Group on Monday.

At present, there are four sepa-rate electricity supply networks — the main integrated system in the north, the Dhofar system in the south, the Duqm system in the east and PDO’s system in central Oman.

The agreement means the four systems will eventually be inter-connected via a 400-kilovolt pow-er transmission system, which will enable them to share power reserves, co-ordinate on electric-ity generation and planning and access areas with high renewable-energy potential.

It should also reduce the amount of fuel gas needed for power gener-ation facilities in the country, free-

ing it up for use elsewhere.The memorandum of under-

standing (MoU) with Oman Elec-tricity Transmission Company (OETC) and Oman Power and Water Procurement (OPWP) Company, both members of Nama Group, should lead to a more in-tegrated and co-ordinated power grid across the country, according to a press release.

The MoU was signed at the opening of the three-day Oman Energy and Water Exhibition and Conference at the Oman Interna-tional Exhibition Centre in Seeb.

“This agreement will establish a framework for a more effi cient and co-ordinated national elec-tricity grid by integrating the ex-isting networks,” said PDO man-aging director Raoul Restucci.

“PDO and our partners will be able to work together more eff ec-tively to ensure the stability and security of the day-to-day run-ning of the system and also dur-

ing emergencies. If one part of the country needs more electricity, this makes it easier to transmit it from another part where there is less demand. The new set-up will also mean we can reduce the con-sumption of vital gas for power generation, which can be diverted for industrial, commercial and residential uses.”

The MoU will also establish a technical support hub, where ex-perts from PDO, OPWP and OETC can share relevant technical and economic data and information and pave the way for co-operation on potential renewable-energy development.

OPWP chief executive offi cer Ahmad Al Jahdami said, “Power interconnection between PDO and the main power grid will allow

for joint planning for future power capacities in a manner that will reduce the costs of the produced capacities. It will also provide new opportunities for the utilisation of renewable energy between the two grids, in addition to meet-ingthe gas needs ofthe Sultanate.”

OETC chief executive offi cer Ali Al Hadabi said, “This MoU will provide the opportunity for study-ing the possibility of intercon-necting the unifi ed transmission grid owned by OETC and con-necting it with PDO’s grids and the possibility ofextending high voltage lines to the south of the Sultanate, in Salalah.

“At OETC, we consider this project viable and important,as it will help us in the future to connect our existing grid in

Dhofar-Salalah with the main grid in the north.”

PDO also signed a second MoU with the Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) for closer co-operation in the PAEW’s plans and projects for communi-ties in PDO’s concession area and the formation of a committee to supervise the process of distribut-ing water to residents in the area (excluding Dhofar and Sohar).

The agreement also covers the possibility of PDO advising on topics such as renewable en-ergy, competency development and the development of small and medium enterprises. Fur-ther, the Company will assist the PAEW with lean effi ciency pro-grammes and will provide some technical support.

The agreement means the four systems

will eventually be interconnected via a

400-kilovolt power transmission system,

which will enable them to share power

reserves, co-ordinate on electricity

generation and planning and access areas

with high renewable-energy potential.

CRUCIAL AGREEMENT: Present, there are four separate electricity supply networks — the main

integrated system, the Dhofar system, the Duqm system and PDO’s system. - Supplied picture

Japan’s exports post seventh monthly declineTOKYO: Japan’s exports fell for a seventh consecutive month in April as the yen strengthened, un-derscoring the growing challenges to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s eff orts to revive economic growth.

Overseas shipments declined 10.1 per cent in April from a year earlier, the Ministry of Finance said on Monday. The median es-timate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg was for a 9.9 per cent drop. Imports fell 23.3 per cent, leaving a trade surplus of 823.5 billion yen ($7.5 billion), the highest since March 2010.

Even after coming off an 18-month high earlier this month, the Japanese currency has gained 9 per cent against the dollar this year, eroding the competitiveness of the nation’s products overseas and hurting the earnings of ex-porters. Concern about the im-pact of the yen was on show over the weekend as Finance Minister Taro Aso and his US counterpart disagreed over the seriousness of recent moves in the foreign-ex-change market.

“Exports are getting a hit from the yen’s gains and weakness in overseas demand, especially in emerging nations,” said Yuichi Kodama, chief economist at Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. in To-kyo, who added that last month’s

earthquakes in Kumamoto also will likely slow exports. “There’s a high chance that Japan’s econ-omy will return to contraction in the April-June period as do-mestic consumption and exports look weak.” Monday’s report also

shows that exports to the US fell 11.8 per cent in April from a year earlier, while shipments to the EU rose 9.9 per cent.

Exports to China, Japan’s larg-est trading partner, dropped 7.6 per cent. Imports fell 23.3 per

cent, the biggest decline since Oc-tober 2009. Oil and liquefi ed natu-ral gas contributed the most to the decline. The petroleum and coal tax was raised in April, which also could aff ect declines in energy imports. Impact of Quakes The tremblors hit the southern island of Kyushu in April, bringing a halt to production at factories of com-panies including Sony and Toyota. They disrupted parts suppliers, including Aisin Seiki, delaying production of Toyota vehicles.

Exports of cars to the US fell 4.4 per cent in April from a year earlier, declining for the fi rst time since November 2014. The dis-ruptions from the earthquakes could further hurt auto exports, according to the fi nance ministry.

Supply chain disruptions may aff ect shipments of auto parts and electronic components, slowing Japanese exports to China and elsewhere in Asia in the April-June period, Yoshimasa Maruy-ama, chief market economist at SMBC Nikko Securities in Tokyo, said. — Bloomberg News

E C O N O M Y

VITAL EXPORTS: Exports to the US fell 11.8 per cent in April from a year earlier, while shipments to

the EU rose 9.9 per cent. — Bloomberg fi le picture

Al Hassan Abu Dhabi wins major contract

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Al Hassan Engineer-ing Co. Abu Dhabi LLC, which is controlled by Al Hassan Engineer-ing Co. with a 49 per cent stake, has received a letter of intent from Siemens, Abu Dhabi, for construc-tion of 132KV substation civil works for Dh57.55 million.

The project duration is one year from June 2016, according to a disclosure statement posted on Muscat Securities Market (MSM) website.

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Dubai investor plans to open Monaco’s fi rst gold refi nery

DUBAI: Dubai investor Selim Fendi plans to open Monaco’s fi rst gold refi nery in early 2017 to meet demand from local and global jewellers looking to make sure they aren’t using metal from confl ict areas.

Aurum Monaco SAM will pro-duce up to one metric tonne of gold a month in its fi rst year, with ca-pacity to boost that to three tonnes a month, Fendi said in an inter-view. The gold will be from mines in Colombia, Peru, Chile and soon Ecuador that are fi nanced by Fen-di’s Dubai gold-trading company Noble Precious Metal DMCC. “Major luxury groups” are lined up to buy, mainly in Europe and the US, he said.

“Some jewellery brands in Mo-naco buy gold at a premium be-cause they want gold that hasn’t harmed the environment, was mined using fair labor conditions and is traceable and confl ict-free,” Fendi said.

“The big luxury brands don’t have enough gold that is certifi ed. We will have full traceability from mine to refi ner.”

Fendi is planning the refi nery even as global gold jewellery de-mand is shrinking and some fac-tories are closing. MTC-PAMP India, India’s biggest gold refi ner, temporarily stopped operations after weak demand and higher supply in the domestic market made it unprofi table. Global jew-ellery demand in the fi rst quarter slumped 19 per cent from a year earlier, led by declines in India and China, according to the World Gold Council.

Monaco abides by the Or-ganisation for Economic Coop-eration and Development’s due diligence guidelines for respon-sible sourcing of gold, according to Claude Cardone, president of Monaco’s chamber of watch-makers and jewellers.

“Monaco is a perfect place to have a gold refi nery because Monaco has a concentration of wealth, and wealth brings gold,” he said by phone. — Bloomberg News

I N V E S T M E N T

Opec set for another meetingLONDON: After failing to reach an accord on oil supply in Doha last month, Opec is poised to go another meeting with no agree-ment on how much crude to produce. All but 1 of 27 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg said the Organisation of Petroleum Ex-porting Countries (Opec) won’t set an output target on June 2, as it sticks with Saudi Arabia’s strat-egy to squeeze out rivals includ-

ing US shale drillers by pumping near-record volumes. An accord on an output cap with non-mem-bers such as Russia collapsed in Doha last month when Saudi of-fi cials insisted Iran would need to take part.

Oil has rebounded about 80 per cent to almost $50 a barrel from the 12-year low reached in January as depressed prices take their toll on supplies. The IEA

and Goldman Sachs Group say the crude glut is dissipating, sign-aling that the Saudi approach — opposed by most Opec members when it was unveiled in late 2014 — is fi nally paying off .

The head of Iran’s state oil company said at the weekend that the country has no plans to join any output freeze since it’s still ramping up exports to pre-sanctions levels. — Bloomberg News

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OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ........................ 1,113,170 ....... 233,129..................... 65 ........... 0.207 ........... 0.215 ...........0.207........... 0.209 .............0.207 ........... 0.002 ............. 0.966 ................0.214 ..............0.214...................0.215 ................... 26,103,674 .........0.100

OM0000004925 ...........AL BATINAH POWER ................................................ 146,786 .............31,592......................14 ............0.213 ........... 0.216 ...........0.213 ............0.215 ............. 0.213............ 0.002 ............. 0.939 ................0.216 .............. 0.216...................0.218 .................. 145,100,797 ........0.100

OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ........................ 145,440 ......... 237,067........................9 ............1.630 ........... 1.630 ...........1.630 ............1.630 ............. 1.615 .............0.015 ............. 0.929 ................1.630 .............. 1.630...................1.640 ................1,222,500,000 ......0.100

OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 688,713 .......... 155,448..................... 60 ........... 0.226 ........... 0.227 ...........0.224 .......... 0.226 .............0.224 ........... 0.002 ............. 0.893 ................0.226..............0.226...................0.228 ..................33,916,950 .........0.100

OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 430,830 ........... 76,938......................13 ............0.179 ........... 0.180 ...........0.178 ............0.179 ............. 0.178 .............0.001 ............. 0.562 ................0.178 .............. 0.178...................0.179 ..................287,205,382........0.100

OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 568,409 ........ 228,900..................... 53 ........... 0.402 ...........0.404 ...........0.402........... 0.402 .............0.400 ........... 0.002 ............. 0.500 ................0.402............. 0.400...................0.402 ...............1,003,492,604 ......0.100

OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE .............. 480,500 ............ 97,713..................... 29 ........... 0.203 ...........0.206 ...........0.203........... 0.203 .............0.202 ............0.001 ............. 0.495 ................0.203..............0.203...................0.204 ..................40,600,000 ........0.100

OM0000001087 ............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE .................................60,884 .............16,012........................2 ........... 0.263 ........... 0.263 ...........0.263........... 0.263 .............0.263 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.263............. 0.240...................0.262 ..................26,300,000 ........0.100

OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION ........................... 1,200 .................. 305........................ 1 ........... 0.254 ...........0.254 ...........0.254........... 0.250 .............0.250 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.254............. 0.240...................0.250 ..................23,760,000 .........0.100

OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS ........................................................... 152,047 ............79,951......................17 ........... 0.520 ........... 0.526 ...........0.516 ........... 0.526 .............0.526 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.526 ..............0.524...................0.528...................28,930,000.........0.100

OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ...................................................... 145,875 ...........185,261..................... 20 ............1.270 ........... 1.270 ...........1.270 ........... 1.270 ............. 1.270............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.270 .............. 1.270...................1.280 ................. 254,000,000 .......0.100

OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 121,450 .............13,360......................16 ............0.110 ........... 0.110............0.110 ............0.110 ............. 0.110 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.110 ..............0.106................... 0.110 ................. 220,034,407 .......0.100

OM0000001533 ............OMINVEST .................................................................... 227,018 ..........129,400......................11 ........... 0.570 ........... 0.570 ...........0.570 ........... 0.570 .............0.570 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.570 ..............0.570...................0.580 ................ 362,400,806 .......0.100

OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT ........................................................... 25,000 .............12,150........................2 ........... 0.486 ........... 0.486 ...........0.486 ........... 0.486 .............0.486 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.486 ..............0.482...................0.486..................160,804,137 ........0.100

OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ............ 173,100 .............43,195......................18 ........... 0.250 ...........0.250 ...........0.249........... 0.250 .............0.250 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.250..............0.250...................0.251 ....................5,250,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002226 ...........AL JAZEERA SERVICES .......................................... 109,024 ............25,301......................12 ........... 0.232 ........... 0.236 ...........0.232........... 0.232 .............0.232 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.236 ..............0.232...................0.238................... 14,199,391 .........0.100

OM0000002366 ...........AL BATINAH DEV. INV. HOLDING ...................... 119,200 .............11,005........................5 ........... 0.094 ...........0.094 ...........0.092........... 0.092 .............0.092 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.092..............0.090...................0.093....................2,760,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002374............UNITED FINANCE ..................................................... 257,525.............37,084......................13 ............0.144 ........... 0.144 ...........0.144 ........... 0.144 ............. 0.144 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.144 ..............0.144...................0.145 ...................46,987,659 .........0.100

OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING ........... 243,560 ........... 34,927..................... 36 ............0.143 ........... 0.145 ...........0.142 ........... 0.143 ............. 0.143............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.145 .............. 0.143...................0.145 ...................12,870,000 .........0.100

OM0000002549 ...........BANK DHOFAR ............................................................ 352,000 ...........88,000........................8 ........... 0.250 ...........0.250 ...........0.250........... 0.250 .............0.250 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.250..............0.249...................0.250 ................ 424,800,350 .......0.100

OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES .......................... 60,000 ............... 7,575........................4 ............0.128 ........... 0.128 ...........0.125 ........... 0.126 ............. 0.126............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.125 .............. 0.125...................0.126 .................... 7,414,245 ..........0.100

OM0000003000 ...........ALMAHA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MAR. ..........1,150 ............... 1,772........................2 ............1.545 ........... 1.545 ...........1.535 ............1.545 ............. 1.545............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.535 .............. 1.535...................1.545 ..................106,605,000........0.100

OM0000003281 ............TAAGEER FINANCE ................................................. 100,000 ........... 13,000........................ 1 ............0.130 ........... 0.130 ...........0.130 ........... 0.130 ............. 0.130............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.130 .............. 0.127...................0.129 ...................32,966,700 .........0.100

OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL ............................................... 17,500 ...............1,300........................4 ........... 0.076 ........... 0.076 ...........0.074 ........... 0.074 .............0.074 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.074 ..............0.074...................0.075 ...................12,950,000 .........0.100

OM0000001707 ............OMAN CABLES INDUSTRY ..................................... 25,000 ............ 45,650........................2 ............1.825 ........... 1.830 ...........1.825 ............1.825 ............. 1.830............-0.005 ........... -0.273 ...............1.830 ............. 0.000...................1.830 ..................163,702,500 ........0.100

OM0000001483 ............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ................................. 137,000 .............35,491........................7 ........... 0.260 ...........0.260 ...........0.257 ........... 0.259 .............0.260 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.385 ...............0.257 ..............0.255...................0.260 .................381,968,350 ........0.100

OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO........................................................................ 64,800 ............ 48,478........................6 ............0.748 ........... 0.752 ...........0.748 ............0.748 ............. 0.756............-0.008 ............-1.058................0.752 .............. 0.752...................0.756 ................. 486,906,284 .......0.100

OM0000001319 ............NATIONAL ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS .............. 48,246 ............. 12,011........................7 ........... 0.249 ...........0.250 ...........0.248........... 0.249 .............0.253 ...........-0.004 ............-1.581 ................0.249............. 0.240...................0.249 ................... 8,359,291 ..........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 11,204,657 ........2,802,485 ...........699 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......32........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES ...................................................... 43,000 ...............2,646........................8 ........... 0.062 ........... 0.062 ...........0.061 ........... 0.062 ............. 0.061.............0.001 ............. 1.639 ................0.061 ..............0.060...................0.061 .................... 7,750,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002564 ...........AL HASSAN ENGINEERING.................................... 27,456 ............... 2,551........................3 ........... 0.094 ...........0.094 ...........0.092........... 0.093 .............0.092 ............0.001 ............. 1.087 ................0.092.............. 0.091...................0.092 ...................6,994,344 ..........0.100

OM0000001053 ............OMAN TEXTILE HOLDING .......................................... 600 ...................198........................6 ........... 0.330 ........... 0.330 ...........0.330........... 0.330 .............0.330 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.330..............0.330...................0.362 ...................1,980,000 ..........1.000

OM0000001228 ............OMAN HOTELS AND TOURISM ............................45,980 ............ 28,324........................ 1 ............0.616 ........... 0.616 ...........0.616 ............0.616 ............. 0.616 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.616 ............. 0.000...................0.612 ...................33,880,000.........0.100

OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. .................... 19,827 .................. 654........................5 ........... 0.033 ........... 0.033 ...........0.033 ........... 0.033 .............0.033 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.033 ..............0.033...................0.034 ...................2,805,000 ..........0.100

OM0000001590 ............MUSCAT FINANCE ......................................................23,308 .............. 2,844........................2 ............0.122 ........... 0.122 ...........0.122 ........... 0.122 ............. 0.122 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.122 .............. 0.121...................0.125 ...................32,539,301 .........0.100

OM0000001723 ............OMAN ORIX LEASING ............................................... 12,595 ...............1,448........................3 ............0.115 ........... 0.115 ............ 0.115 ............0.115 ............. 0.115 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................ 0.115 ...............0.115...................0.124 ................... 28,869,531 .........0.100

OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 2,825,132 ...... 216,057..................... 22 ........... 0.076 ........... 0.077 ...........0.076 ........... 0.076 .............0.076 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.077 ..............0.077...................0.078..................114,000,000........0.100

OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 466,373 ............71,487..................... 55 ............0.153 ........... 0.154 ...........0.153 ............0.153 ............. 0.153 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.154 .............. 0.153...................0.154 ..................223,778,023 ........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 3,464,271 ......326,209................... 105 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 9........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

BONDS AND SUKUK MARKET ...................................................................................................................................................................... OM0000005971 ............B.MUSCAT COMPL. CONVR. B.B.3.5 ........................1,726 .................. 164........................2 ........... 0.095 ........... 0.095 ...........0.095 ........... 0.096 .............0.096 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.095 ..............0.095...................0.100....................31,119,515 ..........0.100

.............................................SUM: .......................................................................................1,726 .................. 164........................2 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. .........1........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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

O M A N S T O C K S

INDICESIndex .................................................High .................Low ..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff %MSM30 Index ....................................... 5,949.52 ...............5,931.98 ................... 5,948.41 ................... 5,931.09 .................. 17.32 ...................0.29Financial Index .................................... 7,642.22 ............... 7,625.75 ....................7,641.56 ................... 7,624.78 .................. 16.78 ...................0.22Industrial Index ....................................7,328.38 ...............7,305.46 ................... 7,328.38 ...................7,294.52 ................. 33.86 ................... 0.46Services Index ....................................... 3,301.17 ...............3,294.76 ...................3,300.20 ...................3,282.49 ...................17.71 ................... 0.54MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................888.33 .................. 887.06 ...................... 888.25 .......................887.06 .....................1.19 ................... 0.13

Trading SummaryVolume ................ Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up ............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded14,670,654 ..................3,128,858 .................... 806 ................ 17,157,682,571 ................ 13 ........................4 .................... 25 .........................42

MSM index ends higher

MUSCAT: Shares on the Muscat bourse recovered on better sup-port from retail and institutional investors. The MSM30 Index ended higher to close at 5,948.41 points, up by 0.29 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index increased by 0.13 per cent to close at 888.25 points. Galfar Engineering was most active in terms of volume as well as turnover. The top gainer was Renaissance Services, up by 4.83 per cent, while National Al-uminium was the top loser, down by 1.58 per cent.

As many as 806 trades were executed on Monday, generat-ing turnover of OMR3.13 million with 14.6 million shares chang-ing hands. Out of 42 traded secu-rities, 13 advanced, four declined and 25 remained unchanged. GCC and Arab investors were net buyers for OMR130,000 followed by foreign investors for OMR14,000 while Omani investors were net sellers for OMR274,000 worth of shares.

Financial Index closed at 7,641.56 points, up by 0.22 per

cent. Al Madina Investment , Al Anwar Holding, Bank Sohar and Bank Muscat increased by 3.08 per cent, 0.89 per cent, 0.56 per cent and 0.50 per cent, respec-tively. National Bank of Oman was the only loser in the sector and was down by 0.38 per cent to close at OMR0.257.

Industrial Index declined by 0.46 per cent to close at 7,294.52 points. Galfar Engineering, Al Anwar Ceramics and Jazeera Steel Product increased by 3.77 per cent, 1.89 per cent and 0.97 per cent, respectively. National Aluminium and Oman Cables declined by 1.58 per cent and 0.27 per cent, respectively.

Services Index closed at 3,282.48 points, up by 0.54 per cent. Renaissance Services, Al Batinah Power, Oman Telecom-munications Company and OIFC increased by 4.83 per cent, 0.94 per cent, 0.93 per cent and 0.50 per cent, respectively. Ooredoo Oman was the only sector loser and was down by 1.06 per cent to close at 0.748. – United Securities

The top gainer was Renaissance Services, up

by 4.83 per cent, while National Aluminium

was the top loser, down by 1.58 per cent

Brazil's government to host a round of investor meetings for state asset salesBRASILIA/SAO PAULO: The Brazilian government plans to host a round of investor meet-ings to market a broad plan of as-set sales, a key initiative to help raise cash and reduce a record budget deficit, a senior official and people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

According to Wellington Morei-ra Franco, the head of a govern-ment agency to draw foreign investment to Brazil, a round of so-called roadshows is seen as a necessary step to advertise the as-sets and the legal and regulatory framework behind the programme . He did not give a timetable nor say which assets will be sold.

Still, fi ve sources with knowl-edge of the plan told Reuters over the past week that Moreira Franco and Foreign Aff airs Minister José Serra will lead the roadshows, which may take place in New York, London and other fi nancial hubs. Two of the sources said the presentations are scheduled for mid-July. The list of ready-for-sale assets is still in the making. Yet, interim President Michel Temer’s government wants to sell majority stakes in the fuel distribution unit of oil producer Petróleo Brasileiro SA and in power utility Furnas Centrais Elétricas SA, and some of the facilities that airport authority Infraero runs, the sources said.

Moreira Franco said the pro-gramme’s goal is to help create jobs as Brazil wrestles with a two-year long recession and slumping com-modity prices. Still, the plan could help Brazil raise extra funds to nar-row a defi cit that most economists forecast to top 10 per cent of gross domestic product this year.

“It’s time to end with the govern-ment monologue and start build-ing solutions with our partners,”

Moreira Franco said late on Friday, adding that the legal and invest-ment framework will be designed in a way that bidders “feel safe and confi dent.”

State asset saleThe state asset sale programme off ers more evidence of Brazil’s policy shift since the Senate’s de-cision earlier this month to try the impeachment of leftist Presi-dent Dilma Rousseff . Temer, her replacement during the trial and afterwards if she is found guilty, has vowed to streamline Brazil’s bloated state and open room for more private investment activity.

It could become Brazil’s most ambitious privatization drive in two decades.

Qatar Investment Authority, Abu Dhabi Investment Co PJSC, and Mubadala Development Co PJSC are among the sovereign

wealth funds invited to attend the roadshows, three of the sources said. Canadian investment fi rms and European infrastructure com-panies have already been contact-ed too, the same sources added.

Moreira Franco declined to give an estimate of how much the gov-ernment could fetch from asset sales, although two of the sources said proceeds could range between $10 billion and $20 billion over the next two years.

Some of the largest investment banks operating in Brazil will also attend the meetings, many of them representing potential buyers, the sources added.

In a statement to Reuters, Te-mer’s offi ce said the government “plans to transfer to private in-vestors several assets, stakes and companies, although it is still ana-lyzing which and which others will remain in the hands of the state.”

Spokespeople for Serra’s offi ce declined to comment. Spokespeo-ple for the wealth funds and the Canadian fi rms including Brook-fi eld Asset Management Inc, did not have an immediate comment.

Sanitation, insurance, lotteryTemer plans to deliver to law-

makers later on Monday a request to raise a key budget defi cit target for this year, which requires con-gressional approval before the end of the month to avoid a govern-ment shutdown. The new shortfall estimate is the so-called primary defi cit goal, or the expected diff er-ence between spending and rev-enues before debt payments.

Brazilian equities, bonds and currency have gained in recent months, on optimism that an even-tual removal of Rousseff from of-fi ce for breaking budgetary rules could usher in more business-friendly policies.

Moreira Franco noted that the asset sale program and contacts with investors could also help the government resume auc-tions of oil and natural gas ex-ploration permits.

The programme will be imple-mented in phases that will hinge on the ability of offi cials and their advisors to prepare deals, the sources noted. Moreira Franco said that no banks have yet been hired to advise on the program.

According to the sources, the government will fi rst off er those state companies with the most attractive or profi table business models, keeping a smaller stake in them. At a later stage, the gov-ernment would try to exit stakes in privately-held or listed com-panies owned by BNDESPar, an investment holding company con-trolled by state development bank BNDES, they said. — Reuters

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ANZ Banking mulls sale of part or all of its insurance unitSYDNEY: ANZ Banking Group is exploring plans to sell part or all of its life insurance and pension product development unit, valued at up to $4 billion in total, people familiar with the matter said, in line with its broader strategy of raising funds to boost capital.

The plans being worked out by Australia’s No. 4 lender come months after it split its global wealth management business into separate arms, one focus-ing on developing insurance and pension products and the other focusing on distribution.

ANZ is still streamlining the product development division before seeking bids for the busi-ness, the people said, declining to be identifi ed as the plans were confi dential. The people said no fi nal decision to sell the operation has been made, and ANZ could yet decide to retain the business.

The lender has already held informal discussions with in-vestment banks on a potential disposal, but there is no clear time-frame for the launch of a formal sale process, according to the people familiar with the matter. The business could be valued at between $3 billion and $4 billion overall, according to one person. Like many global lenders, ANZ is exiting capital-intensive businesses at a time when banks are under increas-ing regulatory pressures to have a greater capital buff er against souring loans. Last week, ANZ said it has cut 200 Australian jobs due to slowing economy and weak lending growth.

Australia’s insurance sector has already seen a shake-up in

recent months as the country’s banks face increasing pressure to sell off non-core assets. The sec-tor generated A$4.5 billion ($3.3 billion) in profi t last year, accord-ing market research fi rm IBIS-World. Last October, National Australia Bank, the country’s No. 1 lender, agreed to sell 80 per cent of its life insurance arm to Japan’s Nippon Life Insurance. Then earlier this year, Macquarie Group sold its life unit to Zurich Insurance Group for an undis-closed sum.

The ANZ business could at-tract interest from insurers from Japan and China among others, the people with knowledge of the matter said.

ANZ took full control of its wealth management and life in-surance division in 2009 after buying a 51 per cent stake in the business from former joint ven-ture partner ING. ANZ has an 8.5 per cent share of Australia’s A$86 billion life insurance market, ac-cording to IBISWorld. — Reuters

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FUND RAISING: Michel Temer, Brazil’s acting president, centre,

smiles during an event in Brasilia, Brazil. - Bloomberg News

The plans being

worked out by

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come months after it

split its global wealth

management business

into separate arms

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Renault’s attractive Ramadan promo offers exclusive benefits

MUSCAT: Renault Oman from the house of Suhail Bahwan Auto-mobiles has launched an exclusive Ramadan promotion for the ben-efi t of customers who buy Renualt vehicles during the scheme period.

The Renault Ramadan promo-tion which began on May 22 will go on till July 21. Renault Oman’s unique Ramadan off er boasts of a host of benefi ts for customers pur-chasing its top selling models and latest models, says a press release.

Assured cash giftAs part of Ramadan promotion, Renault Oman has worked out a lot of special off ers which the cus-tomers can avail during the period. Those looking to purchase the fol-lowing Renault cars during the scheme period are assured of cash gifts of diff erent values.

Renault Symbol 1.6l: Customers will be entitled to receive free reg-istration, free unlimited warranty period of up to 6 years/ unlim-

ited mileage, AAA road side assis-tance card and assured cash gift of OMR500. Customers are entitled to a scratch and win card through which they can win an assured service package. Customers will be eligible to win an assured ser-vice package gift up to 100,000km periodic maintenance service with minimum assured service pack-age of 30,000km periodic mainte-nance service. They are entitled to a scratch and win card through which they can win any one of the products comprising of Apple iP-hone 6s, Dell Laptop-Intel Core i5 or LG 32 inch LED TV.

Renault Megane 1.6l SE CVT: Customers will be entitled to re-ceive free registration, free un-limited warranty period of up to 6 years/ unlimited mileage, AAA road side assistance card and as-sured cash gift of OMR600. They are entitled to a scratch and win card through which they can win an assured service package and will be eligible to win an as-sured service package gift up to 100,000km periodic maintenance service with minimum assured service package of 30,000km peri-odic maintenance service and are entitled to a scratch and win card.

The Renault Fluence 1.6l and 2.0l: Customers will be entitled to receive free registration, free un-limited warranty period of up to 6 years/ unlimited mileage, AAA road side assistance card and as-

sured cash gift of OMR1,000. They are entitled to a scratch and win card through which they can win an assured service package and will be eligible to win an as-sured service package gift up to 100,000km periodic maintenance service with minimum assured service package of 30,000km peri-odic maintenance service and are entitled to a scratch and win card.

Renault Safrane 2.0l, 2.5l and 3.5l: Customer benefi ts include free registration, free unlimited warranty period of up to 6 years/ unlimited mileage, AAA road side assistance card and assured cash gift of OMR1,000. They are en-titled to a scratch and win card through which they can win an as-sured service package and will be eligible to win an assured service package gift up to 100,000km pe-riodic maintenance service with minimum assured service pack-age of 30,000km periodic mainte-nance service. Customers are enti-tled to a scratch and win card.

Renault Captur 1.2 ltr PE, SE and

LE models comes with free registra-tion, free unlimited warranty period of up to 6 years/ unlimited mileage, AAA road side assistance card and a cash gift of OMR1,000. Custom-ers are entitled to a scratch and win card through which they can win an assured service package and will be eligible to win an assured service package gift up to 100,000km pe-riodic maintenance service with minimum assured service package of 30,000km periodic maintenance service. Customers are entitled to a scratch and win card.

Renault Koleos 2.5l: Customers will be entitled to free registration, free unlimited warranty period of up to 6 years/ unlimited mileage, AAA road side assistance card, and assured cash gift of OMR1,500. Customers are entitled to a scratch and win card through which they can win an assured service pack-age and will be eligible to win an assured service package gift up to 100,000km periodic maintenance service with minimum assured ser-vice package of 30,000km periodic

maintenance service and are enti-tled to a scratch and win card.

Renault Duster 2.0 ltr PE and SE model (2 wheel drive & 4 wheel drive) attractions comprise free registration, free unlimited war-ranty period of up to 6 years/ un-limited mileage, AAA road side assistance card and assured cash gift of OMR750. Customers are entitled to a scratch and win card through which they can win an as-sured service package and will be eligible to win an assured service package gift up to 100,000km pe-riodic maintenance service with minimum assured service pack-age of 30,000km periodic mainte-nance service. Customers are enti-tled to a scratch and win card.

Renault Dokker LE 1.2l M/T model (with and without parti-tion) comes with free registration, AAA road side assistance card and a cash gift of OMR500. Custom-ers are entitled to a scratch and win card through which they can win an assured service package and will be eligible to win an as-

sured service package gift up to 100,000km periodic maintenance service with minimum assured service package of 30,000km pe-riodic maintenance service. Cus-tomers are entitled to a scratch and win card.

AAA/Roadside assistanceCustomers will also get a AAA road-side assistance card for the fi rst year and as supported by AAA Oman.

Raffl e drawCustomers purchasing any of the Renault models during the scheme period will be eligible to partici-pate in a raffl e draw and stand a chance to win fi ve Renault Sym-bols throughout the off er period.

A senior offi cial for SBA said, “The Ramadan off er is our way of rewarding our valued custom-ers for their love and trust in the brand. We are driven with the sin-gular objective of off ering the best for our customers.”

Suhail Bahwan Automobiles has designed the Ramadan scheme in such a way that customers can avail easy fi nancing option with attractive interest rates which in turn off ers hassle free way to own a desired Renault vehicle.

SBA is largely committed to sup-porting Renault Oman’s growth in the Sultanate through major emphasis on customer satisfac-tion and by providing world-class after-sales services in Oman.

Renault Ramadan

promotion which

began on May 22 will

go on till July 21

Oman based Starcare opens in KeralaMUSCAT: Starcare Health Sys-tems, which opened its fi rst hospi-tal in Oman in 2011, is now spread-ing its wings across the ocean.

The brand which has a leader-ship status in healthcare, current-ly managing two hospitals and a medical centre, has opened a new 300 bedded multi speciality hospi-tal in Calicut (Kozhikode), a city in the northern part of Kerala in In-dia, says a press release.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Sadik Kodakat, chairman of Star-care, said, “I am pleased that we could open a world class hospital in my hometown. As a team, we have utilised the experience that we gained by working in the UK, UAE and Oman back to India. Creating a clean, safe, transpar-ent environment that patients can wholeheartedly trust and feel val-ued is our focus in Starcare Hospi-tal Kozhikode. We have highly tal-ented doctors there and now they have an international level hospi-tal to work with. It is heartening to see many senior professors who have taught me joined Starcare.”

Dr Abdulla Cherayakkat, one of the most popular physicians in Kerala is leading Starcare Kozhikode as its managing direc-tor. “Being right on the national highway only fi ve minutes away from the busy city centre and only about 30 minutes from Cali-cut International Airport gives us an added advantage. Even before opening, we have started seeing overseas patients, Omanis in par-ticular, who have started enquiring about our services,” he said.

Starcare Kozhikode will have

more than 35 specialities with spe-cial emphasis on everything related to women’s health, orthopaedics, spine surgery, vascular surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, cancer care, gastroenterology and surgery, advanced laparoscopy and all sub-specialities of ENT includ-ing cochlear Implantation.

The project was supervised by the Starcare UK team from Oman. K. Jayan, vice president who lead the project team said, it was certainly challenging to get everything to high standards that we are accustomed. But we have done it. Starcare Kozhikode brings a new concept of ‘Patient Portal’, where complete medical records of the patients will be stored in a cloud based electronic medical re-cord and patients can access their own record from anywhere in the world. This will be of particular use to our international patients.”

Dr Askar Kukkadi, director of Starcare Oman operations added, “Soon there will be spe-cial counters opened in all our units in Oman which will help

any Omani patients who require treatment abroad. Calicut Super-speciality Hospital Help Desk- +968-2644304” has been already live at Starcare Hospital Seeb. Omanis can expect the same level of Starcare quality at a lower cost in Starcare Kozhikode. More im-portantly this new hospital will allow us to bring in highly skilled doctors more often to Oman and create an even better tertiary care centre here in Oman itself.”

An interesting facet of the hos-pital is the superbly designed suite rooms which off er a 3 sided im-mense view of vast greenery. This gives a better healing environment to this superspeciality hospital making it an ideal destination for long stay ailments as well.

“We have always set high stand-ards for ourselves in terms of qual-ity of service and infrastructure that we provide. This is in line with our history of being the hospital in Oman to achieve the prestigious JCI Accreditation (USA) in the shortest time period,” added Dr Naseem, CEO of Starcare Seeb.

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Mrunal’s Boutique to

showcase Ritu Kumar’s

collection in Muscat

MUSCAT: Mrunal’s Boutique is bringing Ritu Kumar’s collec-tion for an exclusive showcase to Oman on May 28 and 29.

In line with Mrunal Khimji’s vision to bring world class hand-work, designs and talent from Indian and Western heritage to Oman, Ritu Kumar is yet an-other example of this. The show-case will be held exclusively at Mrunal’s Boutique in Qurum from 10.30am to 7pm, says a press release.

Ritu Kumar is the largest and most respected designer-wear brand in India today. Since 1969 it has developed a unique style of its own, refl ecting the ancient traditions of Indian craftsman-ship in a contemporary vocabu-lary. Kumar’s understanding of ancient designs and the innova-tive use of traditional crafts has created a new classicism.

Today the company is re-nowned for its distinctive use of colours, quality of fabrics, intri-cate embroideries and a glori-ously rich Indian aesthetic.

The full collection will be avail-able in Oman during the show-case including sarees, salwar khameez, tunics with both formal and casual wear.

W O R L D C L A S S D E S I G N S

NMWC wins gold at Tech AwardsMUSCAT: National Mineral Wa-ter Company (NMWC) won gold at the Oman Tech Awards 2016 for the design of its website nmw-coman.com.

National Mineral Water Com-pany’s portfolio is expanding to include new internationally rec-ognised brands with a strong focus on high-quality products. This ap-proach to developing the business will promote new strategic part-nerships in the future.

The new website allows the reader to scroll through the diff er-ent products that are distributed, read about its manufacturing techniques and quality controls, and appreciate its delivery pro-cesses as well as see a kaleido-scope of photographs giving in-sight to its strength in practise its employees, says a press release.

With the technical help of Ad-

ventz Design NMWC created the new website www.nmwcoman.com with the intent of being user friendly and informative, artisti-cally appealing, easy to navigate and informing the consumers about NMWC and what the busi-ness is able to do.

Shortly customers will be able to read a weekly blog giving informa-tion about health issues aff ecting the consumer as well as having a strong interface with the compa-ny Facebook and Twitter profi les

giving customers details of off ers, promotions and competitions which are run on a regular basis.

“Receiving this recognition shows our commitment to giving the very best service to our con-sumers. We want to make the best use of social media and technol-ogy to reach out to our consumers giving them an insight as to how NMWC is able to deliver quality products pure, precious and natu-ral, every time,” said John Pugh, managing director, NMWC.

N A T I O N A L M I N E R A L W A T E R C O M P A N Y

MG Group recognised at Oman Tech Awards

MUSCAT: MG-Group received the award for ‘Best ICT Solutions Provider’, adding another feather to the company’s cap paving the way to advancement and growth and more success in the IT fi eld, at the Oman Tech Awards.

MG’s uniqueness lies in the edu-cational solutions all over Oman,

focusing on smart curriculums. On the other hand, the investment and development in mobile bank-ing for the whole region is being developed for easy access for its us-ers. These technology solutions will ease the e-lifestyle of the public and will bring another milestone to the company, says a press release.

In the IT business, especially in the Mena region, change is the only thing constant and MG meets this challenge in the short and long term by improving distribution capabilities and technical com-petency to build stable, mutually benefi cial relationship with both end users and channel partners.

‘ B E S T I C T S O L U T I O N S P R O V I D E R ’

ISD organises Symphoneve 2016

MUSCAT: Indian School Darsait (ISD) organised ‘Symphoneve 2016’, a musical extravaganza recently at City Amphitheatre, Qurum. It served as a platform to raise funds for the school to sup-port its developmental activities.

The renowned musical rock band ‘Agam’ enthralled the au-dience with their breathtaking performance of free-style fusions ranging from classical, semi-classical to folk and cinematic. It was a synthesis of good music with keyboard, guitar, violin and drums rendered at its best, says a press release.

The programme began with a young and spirited performance by the senior boys of ISD to the

tune of Arabic songs. This was fol-lowed by the welcome address by Dr Sridevi P. Thashnath, princi-pal. Extending a cordial welcome to the dignitaries and the audi-ence, the principal acknowledged the generosity exhibited by the sponsors and patrons of ISD. The untiring eff orts of the core team under the chairmanship of Jaik-ish Pavithran, member, SMC was applauded by one and all.

The amphitheatre reverberat-ed with mesmerising music that transported the audience into a world of rhythmic entertainment. The exuberance displayed by the audience too echoed throughout the programme and enlivened the atmosphere. Abdul Rahim Kasim,

president of the School Manage-ment Committee, duly honoured the musicians with mementoes.

Symphoneve was presented by Minara, and was brought out in association with Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Group. The event was powered by 360 Degrees Res-taurant. SMC Infra was the gold sponsor. Event sponsors included Malabar Gold & Diamond, BEC Group and S&T Interiors & Con-tracting, KAS. Oman Air was the offi cial airline; Times of Oman the media partner; Al Zahra Printing Press the print partner; and Voice of Kerala the radio partner.

Orbit Event Management man-aged the event with the active in-volvement of ISD staff members.

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Toyota Oman launches new app

MUSCAT: Toyota Oman unveiled a new application to add to its cus-tomer care off erings in the presence of Yoshiyuki Koike, general man-ager and Maasayuki Fukumori, pro-ject general manager, Bahrain Rep-resentative Offi ce of Toyota Motor Corporation.

The event featured a futuristic launch of the new app that mes-merised the audience while giving them a clear idea of its powerful features, says a press release.

“This new application will bring the power of Toyota service to the fi ngertips of our customers,” remarked the spokesperson. “Its development refl ects our com-mitment to delivering the high-est quality customer service to all

Toyota owners across Oman. This special app can be easily down-loaded for various platforms and off ers a whole host of benefi ts to the customers.”

Indeed, the Toyota Oman-mo-bile app is one more step towards connecting customers. This stra-tegic tool will help in creating two-way communications between customers and Toyota Oman while boosting their convenience.

“Now onwards Toyota custom-ers will be able to connect with any Toyota service branch across Oman…non-stop….24x7, 365 days a year. We have tried to incorporate the most useful and advanced fea-tures in Toyota Oman mobile apps

and they will be released in phases.”Toyota Oman has initiated a

process of introducing a free WiFi zone in service HQ-Wattayah and thereafter at major Toyota service locations, in phases.

The customers can then down-load Toyota Oman Mobile apps without consuming their inter-net data. This initiative will allow customers to connect their friends and relatives when their vehicle is undergoing service.

A fi rst time user enthusiasti-cally remarked, “It is easy to use this app. When you click on the tab – service network. You start navi-gating! You can see the list of ser-vice centres, sorted as per the dis-

tance from your current location or in alphabetical order. You can fi nd all relevant information avail-able right in front of you, at your fi ngertips. You can call the branch directly, fi nd the distance between your current location and also dis-play way to reach the selected lo-cation and even request a service appointment. Very user-friendly.”

Through the app, customers can also appreciate the various service products available on of-fer including maintenance re-minders system, express mainte-nance, extended service interval, value added services, Kizunax, easy payment plan.

Toyota Oman App also provides

customers with information on various strategically designed cus-tomer retention programmes, viz., Toyota Thiqah, Toyota Mousbaq and Toyota Tamin, that benefi t the customers: Toyota Thiqah: A uniquely rewarding service loy-alty programme specially designed for Toyota vehicle owners, Toyota Mousbaq: Customised prepaid service packages off ered to cus-tomers for taking care of vehicle preventive maintenance require-ments, Toyota Tamin: A unique product developed in partnership with Al Ahlia Insurance Com-pany to provide a comprehensive insurance coverage on Toyota ve-hicles with highly rewarding fea-tures like Toyota dealer repairs, without any depreciation free UAE coverage and free AAA card.

The app also includes an inter-esting utilities area wherein warn-ing symbols, current off ers, useful tips, and car locator as well as fuel station locator are available for user convenience. The warning symbols guide the customer about appropriate action to be taken when a warning symbol lights on in the instrument cluster/ dash-board of their vehicle.

Current off ers update custom-ers about special off ers and run-ning campaigns. Useful tips: Cus-tomers will fi nd that the useful tips in the app, which will keep them always driving safe and sound. The car locator is a very attrac-tive feature introduced by Toyota

Oman in mobile app, using which customers will be able to locate their vehicle easily in large park-ing lots. Using this, by saving the location of a new ventured spot of interest, the app can assist cus-tomers to reach to the spot easily next time. The fuel stations locator guides the customers to fi nd near-est fuel stations from their current location, showing the distance and the way to reach the nearest fuel stations. This is a very useful feature especially when on a long drive, or at a new location.

The menu button also contains a link through which the customers can connect directly through Toy-ota Oman Facebook page and You-Tube page, where the customers can enjoy latest information and videos of their favourite Toyota.

“Apart from special off ers, schemes and promotions, the My Garage portion of the app will be customised to keep our custom-ers apprised of the scheduled time for servicing of their vehicles, ve-hicle readiness, the loyalty points accrued etc., feedback forms and payment gateway and much more will be added soon,” the spokes-person added.

The app is a refl ection of the belief that the customer not only merely deserves an excel-lent product but is also entitled to after-sales service of an equal calibre. Is it any wonder then that Toyota owners share the senti-ment - ‘Toyota Akeed’.

This strategic

tool will help in

creating two-way

communications

between customers

and Toyota Oman

while boosting their

convenience

Al Ariq hosts seminar on cleaning and waste handling technology

MUSCAT: Al Ariq Equipment, the leading cleaning and waste han-dling systems provider, hosted a seminar recently at Muscat Holi-day Inn Hotel, Al Khuwair focusing on latest in cleaning technology, waste handling systems including odour management solutions.

The event was attended by pro-fessionals from the industry and municipalities. The seminar high-lighted the importance of having adequate technology for street cleaning and how to verify stand-ards of cleaning and waste han-dling, says a press release.

The session started with the launch of an innovative urban and industrial waste vacuum cleaner technology introduced by Glutton Cleaning Machines, Belgium.

Vincent Laurent, technical

manager - Glutton, narrated and demonstrated the newly launched product showcasing its advantages as solutions from litter picker to modern machine. It has revolution-ised the work of road maintenance staff as well as municipalities since it is easy to use, silent in operation and environment friendly.

The seminar also discussed on road sweeping systems and speaking on the latest mechanical suction sweeping system Mario Pepe from Dulevo International, Italy presented street cleaning methods using mechanical suction sweeper.

He explained that Dulevo tech-nology is unique and a combina-tion of mechanical and vacuum collection system is considered to be ideal for sweeping roads in

Oman and its special dust fi ltra-tion system is capable of picking dust right down to three micros.

The panel discussion at the seminar saw participation of Muscat Municipality offi cials and facility managers.

Speaking on the event, Sivaku-mar, commercial manager of Kal-hat Services, said that the sessions were informative and the Glutton technology was a revelation.

“The seminar concluded with a commitment for re-cycling of waste at home and offi ce and as to accelerate this thought all the par-ticipants were given with segrega-tion at source container. We also had topics for waste recycling and odour management,” said Nikson Mathew, divisional manager, Al Ariq Equipment.

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OHI Leo Burnett wins at Transform Awards MenaMUSCAT: OHI Leo Burnett won silver for Bank Muscat Meethaq at Transform Awards Mena.

The Transform Awards recog-nise best practice in corporate, product and global brand devel-opment work, with categories that focus on strategy, execution, content and evaluation. Trans-form Mena is the only awards programme awarding the best brand work in the Middle East and North Africa. In a category that saw leading branding agen-cies across the Mena region vying for top honours, OHI Leo Burnett won the silver for Hafawa Prior-ity Banking of Meethaq in the cat-egory of Best Use of Visual Prop-

erty, says a press release.“We are proud of this honour

and feel privileged to collaborate with the Bank Muscat team to develop an impressive and now award-winning brand identity for Hafawa. This is a testimony to the Leo Burnett philosophy of ‘crea-

tivity has the power to transform human behavior and is refl ected in all that we do’. Using the cul-tural nuances of Oman to evolve a brand is rewarding in itself,” said Narayan Iyer, general manager, OHI Leo Burnett.

Commenting on the win, Am-mar Al Saleh, executive vice chair-man, OHI Group, said, “Oman has great potential for branding, busi-nesses have to trust local adver-tising agencies and collaborate to co-create successful and award winning brands that are rooted in our culture and tradition yet modern and relevant. This award refl ects that eff ort and it is an honour to be part of it.”

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Gruhapravesh set to showcase top builders

MUSCAT: Global property show & Gruhapravesh, India’s biggest property show by IndiaProperty.com, comes to Muscat, Oman for the second time on popular de-mand from the NRI community here on May 27 and 28 at Al Falaj Hotel, Ruwi.

India Property Online Pvt. Ltd. is one of India’s leading portals in the online real estate space. Founded on the core promise of ‘We get you Home’, it constantly strives to simplify and add value to the property buying experience by providing an end-to-end purchase experience for the buyer.

Gruhapravesh which is the property expo conducted by In-diaProperty.com is the most trusted and longest running re-alty expo in India and abroad. It brings together the best selection of builders and projects under one roof and helps you make the right property buying decision while be-ing far away from the country. For NRIs who are looking to invest in India, Gruhapravesh becomes the crucial link to the best of the realty industry in India. With a lot of pos-itivity surrounding 2016, it might be the right year to make your dream of buying a home in India a reality, says a press release.

Over 45 top builders from In-dia will showcase their projects

this year from all the major cities in India like Kerala, Hyderabad, Benguluru, Mangalore, Mysuru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi-NCR, Gurgaon, Noida, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Ahmedabad and Kolkata. The re-puted developers exhibiting their projects are Godrej Properties, Vilas Javdekar Developers, WTC, Hiranandani, Mahindra Lifes-paces, Montag Infrastucture, Icon homz, Fortuna, Shriram proper-ties, Time Green, Asset Homes, ABAD Builders, EV Group, Olive Builders, Heera Homes, Crescent Builders, L&T Realty and more. There would be something for eve-ryone who wants to buy a house in India – from apartments, plots, villas and gated communities to projects ranging from INR 3 lakhs to 50 million.

There would an exclusive Ker-ala pavilion at the property show. Investments in Kerala real estate promise high returns in the wake of upcoming new government. There are many infrastructure projects are expected to boost the realty industry in Kerala and cre-ate business opportunities like the smart city project in Kochi, metro rail, ambitious high-speed railway corridor, light metros in Thiru-vananthapuram and Kozhikode, international airport at Kannur, Vizhinjam Port, upgraded water and power supply.

A recent report by IndiaProp-erty.com, features the top in-vestment destinations in India.

Highlighting the nifty investment zones in the top cities, the report elaborates that, a healthy trend is observed in Mumbai.

“The satellite township of Navi Mumbai has emerged as the new-est investment destination for home buyers and builders alike. With projects like the Navi Mum-bai International Airport and the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, this region has witnessed a surge in investments with an overall price appreciation of nearly 3% to 5% each quarter.”

Cities such as Pune, Chennai and Ahmedabad have been chosen for the Smart Cities Mission.

This means these cities are in for an infrastructural do over. The Smart Cities Mission will ensure that the livability index of these cit-ies goes up by several notches. The real estate scenario of these cit-ies is set to improve in the coming days. Pune and Ahmedabad are al-ready quite strong realty wise. The Smart Cities Mission will further strengthen their position.

Nagpur is one of the more af-fordable real estate destinations in India and is also one of the fastest growing cities in the country. The major infrastructure develop-ments such as Mihan and the SEZ are the major attractions here. Measures are being taken to trans-form the city into a major IT hub and this is going to transform the realty market of the city. The exist-ing MIDC corridor along with the proposed and upcoming IT parks

have raised expectations among buyers and investors.

Moving to southern cities, Kochi which is an important city in Kerala is now witnessing good demand for aff ordable and mid segment prop-erties. Over 60% of the projects here fall into these two categories.

Kannur, another area in Kerala is set to have a functional inter-national airport by next year. This development along with improve-ments in infrastructure in areas around Kannur is boosting the real estate market here. The expo will showcase projects from cities of Trivandrum, Kollam, Kottay-am, Alappuzha, Kochi, Thrissur, Calicut, Kannur, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram. The top builders to name few are Crescent Build-ers, Asset Homes, ABAD Builders, Nucleus, Olive Builders, Heera Homes, Pentium Construction.

Bangalore has emerged as one of the most stable markets in the country. Hyderabad’s real estate market is set to fl ourish this year. The city is turning into a commer-cial realty hub. Coimbatore is one of the Tier 2 cities which provides real estate investment opportu-nities at aff ordable prices. Well known areas such as Race Course, R.S. Puram and Avinashi Road are quite popular with buyers.

According to Ganesh Vasudevan, CEO IndiaProperty.com, “There are two big developments that are set to reshape the real estate sector in India. One is the Smart Cities Mis-sion and the other is the Real Estate Regulation and Development Act. The Smart Cities Mission will bring in better infrastructure and change the real estate landscape of some of India’s important cities. By doing so it will give the real estate industry a big boost. The Real Estate Regula-tion and Development Act is anoth-er game changer for the industry. It will go a long way in helping the sec-tor to regain customer confi dence. Through the act, accountability and transparency will be given a new lease of life.”

The fl agship

property show by

IndiaProperty.com

will showcase around

200 new projects by

45 top builders

from India

Badr Al Samaa Nizwa holds CME programmeNIZWA: Badr Al Samaa Nizwa organised a continuing Medical Education (CME) programme re-cently at Al Diyar Hotel as part of its ongoing professional develop-ment programme.

IIango, Branch head, Badr Al Samaa Nizwa, welcomed the gathering that was attended by more than 110 medical profes-sionals, both from the ministry and private healthcare establish-ments. He indicated about the im-portance of continuing learning process through which patients are benefi ted, says a press release.

There were two topics present-ed by Dr Sajid Valsan, consultant ENT surgeon and Dr Ammar Yas, Internist, Badr Al Samaa Nizwa.

Dr Sajid elaborated on Ob-structive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS), its manifestations and management options. OSAS, though common condition, has been implicated as a signifi cant risk factor for hypertension, car-

diac disease, diabetes mellitus and stroke. The condition is over-looked when treating its afore-mentioned complications. Treat-ing OSAS also reduces road traffi c accidents brought about by ex-cessive day time sleepiness while

driving. A sound sleep and a sim-ple snore could be so complicated.

Dr Ammar spoke in detail about Hepatitis B virus infection, its prevalence locally and globally, spread of disease and more impor-tantly the preventive measures. It captured the audience interest as most of them being medical or paramedical personnel are at a high risk of contracting the infec-tion in their daily lives.

Mementos were awarded to the speakers as a token of appreciation for their informative sessions.

Sreejith, senior marketing ex-ecutive, healthcare promotions, proposed the vote of thanks for the overwhelming support from the medical fraternity.

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Signature Couture Show

all set to bring best of

fashion world to Oman

MUSCAT: Signature Couture Show, presented by Jaguar F-Pace, is all set to get the sartorial mercu-ry soaring tomorrow at Al Bustan Palace, A Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

The star of the evening will be the Jaguar F- Pace, which will be launched at the event by MHD, the sole retailer for the Jaguar and Land Rover brands in the Sultanate of Oman for more than fi ve decades, says a press release.

The event also promises an impressive line-up of globally re-nowned names in the world of fash-ion, who will amp up the glam quo-tient with their exquisite creations.

Alpana Roy, executive vice-president - UMS said, “The fi rst two editions of Signature Cou-ture Show have established its credentials an event that diff er-entiates itself by creating equal emphasis on bringing the best of the fashion world to Oman and providing a credible platform for local talent. This year is no diff er-ent. We are committed to treat-ing our discerning audiences to a spectacular show and our line-up includes names such as Lucy Choi, Gaurav Gupta and local tal-ent Nawal Al Hooti.”

Fashion and the art of shoe-making are in Lucy Choi’s DNA. Lucy, who spent 8 years in the fi -nance industry before she decided to follow her calling, always knew she would be part of the industry someday, given that her inspira-tion has been none other than Jimmy Choo, the man known for turning shoes into art pieces.

Lucy Choi London, which is now 4-year-old, benefi ts from her family shoe dynasty and the founders’ combined wealth of over 30 years’ experience in the shoe and luxury brand industry. The brand ethos is based on Lu-cy’s 3 Cs: comfort, craftsmanship and character. A dependable Brit-ish brand, which encompasses luxury, style, on trend fashion and aff ordability, Lucy Choi London

will enthral Muscat’s audiences for the very fi rst time at the Sig-nature Couture Show.

So will Gaurav Gupta, who will also be debuting his collections in Oman. Gupta is no stranger to accolades. A graduate of Cen-tral Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, a very young Gaurav Gupta was instantly recognised as ‘Future of Couture’ by Altaro-ma Altamoda. Now, with over a decade in the fashion industry, Gaurav Gupta, the man and the brand, managed to change the face of the sari forever, Gaurav has delivered and sustained a world that is Indian at its core and boundless in its form. It is no wonder then that even inter-national celebrities consistently endorse his genius with red carpet appearances. A few of them are Skylar Grey, Aishwarya Rai, Nicole Scherzinger and Julie Berman.

Last but defi nitely not the least, Nawal Al Hooti needs no intro-duction. She made her mark in the fashion world with the launch of her brand in 2003. The fi rst Omani name to do so, her fashion philosophy etches itself in artfully merging heritage with modernity. Nawal’s world is a beautiful tap-estry of glamour where ethnic-ity merges with style and elegance harmoniously blends with beauty of colours of nature. Her work is an artistic dossier of details of time and place that translates the values of pride in Omani identity; something that has time and again caught the world’s attention and has made Oman and its heritage a star on the global runway.

The show is also supported by partners Mouawad and Saraya Bandar Jissah; salon partner: Vibes Hair & Beauty; media partners: Times of Oman and Al Shabiba; print partner: Oman Printers & Stationers, hospitality partner: Al Bustan Palace, A Ritz-Carlton Hotel, and accommoda-tion partner: Coral Hotel.

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Nabeel Perfumes opens new showroomMUSCAT: With the background melodies of the Oud and the waft-ing scent of Arabian music, Nabeel Perfumes Group offi cially inaugu-rated its new showroom at Oman Avenues Mall recently to mark its second boutique in Oman.

At the launch ceremony, Mustafa Adam Ali, managing di-rector of Nabeel Perfumes Group, expressed his extreme happiness at the new addition and revealed his company’s expansion plan by announcing its entry next month

into Nizwa and Salalah markets. He added, “The Sultanate of

Oman is one of our most promis-ing markets in our expansion plan as the range of our perfumes is well-suited to the taste of discern-ing customers in this Sultanate. We promise to dedicate ourselves to maintaining consistency in of-fering the best quality of Arabic perfumes, with aesthetic packag-ing, unique bottles that gives the end user an exceptional experi-ence. We hope our success will

provide young Omanis with inspi-ration and encouragement to al-ways pursue their dreams no mat-ter how hard the path seems to be, as only devotion, determination and adherence to quality stand-ards can overcome any diffi culty.”

The boutique is located at the ‘Silk Route’ section of the mall that is solely dedicated for Orien-tal products, a perfect hub for Na-beel Perfumes to meet and serve customers looking for authentic Arabic perfumes.

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Bank Muscat to host workshops for SMEs

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the fl ag-ship fi nancial services provider in the Sultanate, is hosting two work-shops on ‘Basics of fi nance and cash fl ow management for SMEs’ in Muscat and Salalah.

The fi rst workshop will be held

in Muscat at the bank’s head offi ce on Monday, May 30 and the second workshop in Salalah on Wednes-day, June 1 at Crowne Plaza Hotel. The workshops are organised by al Wathbah, Bank Muscat’s SME department, as part of activities

aimed at expanding and strength-ening avenues for SME develop-ment in Oman, says a press release.

Expert trainers will lead the workshops for existing and pro-spective entrepreneurs to familiar-ise them with the basics of fi nance and cash fl ow management. Topics to be covered include balance sheet, income statement, cash fl ow state-ment, sources and use of cash for SMEs, main cash fi nancial indica-tors and ratios. The workshop is designed to help the participants evaluate whether their business is healthy from a cash perspective and how to take managerial deci-sions based on the basics of fi nance and cash fl ow management.

Bank Muscat regularly organ-

ises workshops and seminars to facilitate unique learning oppor-tunities to address the challenges faced by entrepreneurs and there-by create an environment favour-able for SME success.

Over the years, Bank Muscat has launched several initiatives as part of its commitment to SME development in Oman. Serving as building blocks for entrepreneurs, these initiatives assume impor-tance in the backdrop of the prior-ity accorded by the government to develop the SME sector in Oman. Aimed at strengthening the SME sector and creating a successful generation of entrepreneurs, al Wathbah is committed to facilitat-ing such unique initiatives.

Expert trainers will lead the workshops for

existing and prospective entrepreneurs to

familiarise them with the basics of fi nance

and cash fl ow management

Hayyak customers receive free data for one year with value smartphone purchase

MUSCAT: Omantel, the Sultan-ate’s fi rst integrated telecoms provider, has unveiled the Hayyak Smart Device promotion, an ex-citing off er giving new prepaid customers free monthly Internet data when they purchase an entry level smart device.

In line with Omantel’s aim to consistently deliver even more value to its customers, the new promotion rewards new sub-scribers with a free Hayyak starter kit and up to 200MB of mobile data free each month for one year when they purchase a smart-phone or 3G/4G enabled device ranging from OMR20 to OMR69 from selected retailers, says a press release.

Commenting on the new pro-motion, Saleh Mahmood Al Maimani, Omantel’s senior man-ager of Consumer Product Devel-opment noted, “In today’s mod-ern world, distance is no longer a barrier to keeping in touch with family and friends. With the new Hayyak Smart Device promo-tion, our new subscribers will have the means to remain con-stantly connected through the free monthly internet data they receive when they purchase se-lected smart devices from Adhwa Al Bilia Trading (Oman Phone) or Addirham Trading. Our custom-ers will receive their fi rst month

free Internet immediately, and will only need to recharge OMR1 in the subsequent months. Staying connected could not get easier.”

“At Omantel we are constantly striving to enrich the lives of our customers by delivering even more value. The secret to our suc-cess has been the strong relation-ships we have with our customers, a relationship we are constantly looking to strengthen with off ers such as the Hayyak Smart Device promotion that ensures subscrib-ers get the most value for the low-est cost,” continued Al Maimani.

Hayyak plans are truly unique in terms of value, satisfaction, coverage and boast numerous benefi ts, meaning customers can select the plan that suits their personal needs and lifestyle.

P R O M O T I O N

Polyglot Institute opens branch in Al KhoudMUSCAT: With over four decades of dedication and experience, Poly-glot Institute announced the open-ing of its new branch at Al Khoud.

Under the leadership and vi-sion of Sheikh Al Qasim Al Har-thy, Polyglot Institute has made its mark in the Sultanate of Oman

by being the pioneer in provid-ing outstanding general training. This expansion symbolises the organisation’s growth which is aligned with the group’s strategy, says a press release.

The modern new branch has 16 classrooms and 5 IT labs.

E X P A N S I O N

Burjeel Hospital strives to keep abreast of emerging trendsMUSCAT: Burjeel Hospital in Al Khuwair, conveniently located in the heart of the city, is equipped with the most advanced facilities in diagnosis, treatment, and man-agement of various health condi-tions with a team of renowned medical experts at the helm.

Dr Ashendu Kumar Pandey, recently appointed as the chief operating offi cer of Burjeel Hos-pital, is an MBBS, D. Ortho, says a press release.

Dr Pandey brings wealth of ex-pertise from his professional ex-perience in various well-known hospitals in India and the region. He has sixteen years of leadership experience across corporate and trust healthcare, heading opera-tions of healthcare business units including pre and post hospital care formats, strategic initiatives, projects, technology management and hospital planning. He has joined Burjeel Hospital in Oman to spearhead its goals to redefi ne healthcare delivery through Bur-jeel’s signature art of healing. The hospital combines world-class medical excellence while provid-ing a comforting ambience, full of warmth and personalised atten-tion to every guest.

In an interview Dr Pandey ex-plains why has Burjeel come to Oman and what all it off ers.

Why has Burjeel come to Oman at a time when there seem to be too many private hospitals around already?Healthcare provision in the Sul-tanate is going through a transi-tional stage: both the public and private healthcare systems con-tinue to expand to support the increasing demand for quality healthcare services in Oman. We are committed to meeting this de-mand in what is one of the most promising countries in the region. Like our Burjeel network in the UAE, we are confi dent that in a short span of time, the new medi-cal facility in Al Khuwair will also be recognised as one of the lead-ing hospitals in Oman.

As a hospital, we are constantly striving to stay abreast of emerg-ing trends and meet the changing needs of our patients. Although Oman has a suffi cient number of polyclinics and primary health-care centres, it is signifi cantly lacking in terms of quality ter-tiary healthcare.

We foresee major changes hap-pening in the delivery of health-care across the region in the coming months and years, which is why we continuously improve our services, with a focus on unri-valled patient-centred care.

The ‘art of healing’ seems to be Burjeel’s main identity. Can you please elaborate this concept?At Burjeel, we strongly believe it is not just about the cure. It is not

only about the equipment. It is not merely about the facilities.

Amidst all the medical ad-vancements of the modern world, it is easy to forget that those who are sick sometimes need something more than medi-cines, treatment or sophisticated medical environment.

Often a genuine and warm smile, a reassuring touch or a few words of comfort can instil hope and confi dence in patients and help them on their way to faster recovery. This is what we mean by the ‘art of healing’.

At Burjeel, we are of the fi rm belief that the process of heal-ing is much more than curing a medical condition in a clinical environment. We provide an ex-tremely comforting ambience, full of warmth and personalised attention and this is the reason why along with world-class medical professionals, sophis-ticated diagnostic equipment and superior healthcare ser-vices, Burjeel Hospital is set to change the landscape of health-care delivery in Oman.

Burjeel is positioned as a pre-mium healthcare brand. Do you think the communities in Muscat will benefi t substan-tially from it?Burjeel Hospital is a premium brand that is committed to off er the best healthcare services for our patients and the communities we serve.

The upcoming hospital in Al Khuwair will have all the core medical, paramedical, and sup-port services supplied by well-trained, credentialed and accred-ited professionals.

This premiere 7-star health-care facility will provide world-class, specialised medical treatment and services to com-munities in Muscat and across the Sultanate.

Burjeel Hospital will have premiere and deluxe in-patient rooms, which are well-appointed and exceptionally spacious.

This 74-bed hospital will in-clude a total of 31 consultation rooms.

How are the doctors and healthcare professionals employed by Burjeel Hospital diff erent from other private medical hospitals in Oman?The reputation of a hospital is built on the quality of medical care provided. Hence stringent standards are in place to recruit world-class medical talents. Our panel of highly qualifi ed doc-tors has been trained extensively in leading hospitals around the world and possess internationally recognised qualifi cations from Europe, US and other continents. What specialities will your hospital off er to the residents of Oman?The upcoming new medical facil-ity, Burjeel Hospital in Al Khu-wair, will benefi t the community on many levels. It will provide people access to state-of-the-art clinical facilities and quality healthcare from a team of reput-ed medical professionals from across the world. In light of this, the medical hub in Muscat has been purpose-built to house cen-tres of excellence and clinics such as obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, orthopaedics, oph-thalmology, cardiology, rheuma-tology, gastroenterology, urology, psychiatry and neurology, der-matology and cosmetology, ENT, sleep medicine, endocrinology, internal medicine, family medi-cine, dentistry, general surgery, and plastic surgery. Furthermore, the hospital’s pre- and post-oper-ative rooms, triage centre, emer-gency room, labuor and delivery suites, ICU, NICU, Cath Lab, MRI, CT Scan, laboratory, and pharma-cy will be equipped to the highest clinical standards.

Burjeel Hospital has been operating in the UAE for four years now and is getting stronger. Why have you decid-ed to expand in Oman rather than going to bigger markets in the Mena region?Our fast growing network is a genuine manifestation of Bur-jeel’s commitment to extend ‘the art of healing’ in every country in the Mena region. We see Oman as a critical market where we can make a real, sustainable im-pact and bring about meaningful change in the community.

Besides being an important gateway to other Middle Eastern markets, Oman itself is a country with signifi cant potential. Our network of medical facilities is also undergoing massive expan-sion in the region and the same goes for Oman.

In the coming months, we are bringing our 7-star services to other parts of the UAE includ-ing Al Ain and we are extending our reach to other GCC coun-tries such as Qatar, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.

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Wawrinka dazzles as rain relents atRoland Garros

PARIS: Defending champion Stan Wawrinka dazzled the mo-ment he walked on to a gloomy Philippe Chatrier Court wearing a fl uorescent yellow shirt but his play only occasionally matched his attire as he fl irted with a hum-bling fi rst-round exit on Monday.

The 31-year-old third seed was left in the shade by straight-hit-ting Czech Lukas Rosol for much of their fi rst-round clash but fi -nally came to life to win 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

It was touch and go for a while, though, as Rosol, who famously beat Rafael Nadal in the Wimble-don second round in 2012, threat-ened another huge upset on a damp and dreary day that began two hours late because of heavy rain.

“A really tough match, the con-ditions were slow and heavy,”

Wawrinka, relieved to avoid becoming the only defending French Open men’s champion in the professional era to lose in the fi rst round, told reporters.

“He kept me under pressure permanently. I kept running after the score. You can’t really relax.”

It was that kind of day, one for grit over style and Spain’s fourth seed Garbine Muguruza, a Wimbledon fi nalist last year, showed plenty as she too avoided an early exit.

Wearing a long-sleeved top like most of the women players, the fl at-hitting Spaniard took a while to fi nd her game but even-tually ground past Anna Karoline Schmiedlova 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

“It was so cold. Even though I was running and playing, I felt like cold. I thought it was going to rain. I was looking to the sky,” Muguruza told reporters.

Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, champion 10 years ago, also toiled away to beat Yaroslava Shvedova as the seeds, apart from a few exceptions such as seventh seed Roberta Vinci, fl ourished.

Some advanced to the second round with a fl ourish, namely sec-ond seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and Romania’s Simona Halep, the sixth seed.

Halep, beaten by the currently suspended Maria Sharapova in the 2014 fi nal, beat Japan’s Nao Hibino 6-2, 6-0 while Radwanska, looking to go beyond the quarter-fi nal for the fi rst time, dispatched Serbian Bojana Jovanovski 6-0, 6-2.

Vinci was crushed 6-1, 6-3 by Ukraine’s Kateryna Bondarenko.

It was a shock-free day in the men’s draw with a batch of seeds moving through, led by number fi ve Kei Nishikori.

The Japanese, a semi-fi nalist in Madrid and Rome in the build-up to Roland Garros, followed Waw-rinka on to Chatrier with his job already half done against Simone Bolelli. He carried on where he left off before rain halted play on Sun-day, easing to a 6-1, 7-5, 6-3 victory.

He was joined in the second round by eighth seed Milos Raon-ic and 16th seed Gilles Simon who delighted the hardy home fans by beating Brazil’s Rogerio Dutra Silva 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2.

Viktor Troicki ended the hopes of former top-tenner Grigor Dim-itrov. - Reuters

The 31-year-old third

seed was left in the

shade by straight-

hitting Czech Lukas

Rosol for much of

their fi rst-round

clash but fi nally

came to life to win

4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 TOUGH MATCH: Switzerland’s

Stanislas Wawrinka celebrates

after defeating Czech Repub-

lic’s Lukas Rosol during their

fi rst round match in the French

Tennis Open on Monday. – AFP

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After running back from the edge of the 30-yard circle to take what looked like

an impossible catch a metre or two from the rope, to send Karun Nair back to the dugout to spend the rest of the night in shock and surprise, Virat Kohli put a fi nger on his lips in a sassy act of telling the roaring crowd to keep silence and just watch the fun.

And, after getting the Delhi Daredevils out for a below-par score of 138, and after watching Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers failing to rise up to the occasion, Kohli fl icked Carlos Brathwaite in the 13th over to the deep square leg boundary and cel-ebrated the moment hitting his bat furiously on his pad.

There was no need for the ex-travagance on both occasions. In the fi rst case, it was too early in the innings — just the sixth over and the second wicket — to act cocky and, in the second, moving into a personal score of 42 was no milestone, especially when the situation was still dicey, with the Royal Challengers Bangalore

still needing 43 runs from 42 balls. The fi nger-on-the-lips act was a spontaneous expression of confi dence and the bat-on-the-pad show was an irresistible pat on the back for getting his plot right after sending the ball exactly where he wanted.

Both acts fell, or so we were forced into thinking, charmingly within the line of limits.

A little later, after pushing the fi rst ball of the 19th over to mid-on for a quick single that elevated his team to the second spot on the points table, the man happily announced that what he did in the 14 matches, especially the last four, was actually boring, but that was what he was born to do.

He then talked about a thin line between confi dence and

overconfi dence and the need not to get arrogant or rude.

Such simple tips on arrogance and rudeness, after spending a considerable time out in the mid-dle gleefully engaging in acts that blatantly crossed the line, would have been hilarious had it come from any other player but Kohli.

Kohli has scored a record 919 runs in 14 matches. Now that he has given himself at least two more games, one against the Gujarat Lions on his home turf, and another, either in the fi nal or in the qualifi er two, depending

on the result of the fi rst game, chances of the RCB skipper going past the magical 1000-run mark in a single season for the fi rst time in IPL history looks incredibly possible. When Kohli won the toss and chose to chase a target, the scales seemed tipped in favour of the RCB.

If anything could distract the big hitters, it was the below-par score of 138. When Gayle and De Villiers departed rather too quickly, inside the fi rst three overs and with just 17 runs on the scoreboard, the swing

of things coming from Chris Morris and Zaheer Khan looked ominous. Kohli was patient, but his rare lapse came in the sixth over when he edged a delivery from Morris and the ball fell just short of Karun Nair in the slips.

When he was in his peak, West Indian great Brian Lara had said the art of reading the bowler right was about forcing the guy into landing the ball where he (Lara) wanted.

Such confusion in the minds of bowlers and rival skippers is common when they are up against great players.

It was poor tactic on the part for Zaheer to hold Morris back after a bit of chat between the South African and Kohli pro-duced the edge, but great players like Kohli often get their rivals into acute brain-freeze.

Kohli has become the focus of attention in the ninth sea-son of the IPL, and this time overwhelmingly for the right reasons. To Australian leg-spin-ner Adam Zampa, Kohli is a run machine. To Mitchell Johnson

who tried and failed to dismantle the machine both during his international career and quite after hanging up his boots, “the man is a superstar”.

Australian captain Steve Smith couldn’t stop himself from chanting “Virat” at the end of every sentence he had spoken at the post-match chat after the World T20 Champion-ship defeat at the hands of India. David Warner says Kohli has set a benchmark for every other player in the world.

Obviously, there’s a thin line between fl attery and genuine praise, but the line, whether it’s between confi dence and overconfi dence or fl attery and due praise, gets pushed further and farther when the man of the moment is Kohli.

The writer is a freelance con-tributor based in India. All the views and opinions expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not refl ect those of Times of Oman

How Kohli pushes the line of arrogance and why we simply applaud the actC O M M E N T A R Y

Obviously, there’s a thin line between flattery and

genuine praise, but the line, whether it’s between

confidence and overconfidence or flattery and

due praise, gets pushed further and farther

when the man of the moment is Kohli

Resurgent RCB clash with steady Gujarat

BENGALURU: Powered by an in-form Virat Kohli’s inspira-tional leadership, Royal Chal-lengers Bangalore (RCB) would look to inch closer to a maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title triumph when they take on table-toppers Gujarat Lions in the Qual-ifi er I, here on Tuesday.

RCB were in a real spot of both-er as they needed to win their last four games to make it to the play-off s. The Bangalore outfi t showed great fi ghting spirit, with Kohli leading from the front, to record four consecutive wins to fi nish the league engagements at the second spot. RCB fi nished the preliminary round with 16 points from 14 games, just behind lead-ers Gujarat Lions, who garnered 18 from 14 matches.

RCB seem to have struck form at just the right time and after a not-so-impressive start to the season, the Kohli-led side has dished out four clinical perfor-mances to beat the Lions (by 144 runs), Kolkata Knight Riders (by nine wickets), Kings XI Punjab (by 82 runs D/L method) and Del-hi Daredevils (by six wickets) to seal their top-four place.

In the do-or-die battle against Daredevils last night, RCB fi rst re-stricted their opponents to 138 for eight and then chased down the target with consummate ease — Kohli again hogging the limelight with an unbeaten 54.

RCB would be desperate to con-tinue their winning momentum for two more matches and ensure that they improve on their run-ners-up fi nish from the 2009 and 2011 season.

The last time RCB squared up against Gujarat here, they re-corded the biggest ever (144-run) victory in the history of IPL. AB

de Villiers (129 not out) and Virat Kohli (109) went on a rampage in that game and scored magnifi cent centuries. And come Tuesday, the Bangalore outfi t will once again fancy their chances on home turf.

Nightmare trioThe biggest hero for RCB this sea-son has been skipper Kohli, who is perhaps enjoying the best phase of his career.

Kohli has so far amassed a re-cord 919 runs in the ongoing IPL with four centuries and six fi fties at a staggering average of 91.90.

Kohli has also been an impres-sive captain and infused confi -dence in the team after a disap-pointing start. At one point of time, qualifying for the play-off s looked

a distant dream, but the captain made it possible with his glorious batting and leadership qualities.

In the company of Kohli, de Vil-liers and Chris Gayle also dished out some sizzling batting perfor-mances. The trio has been nothing short of a nightmare for the team’s opponents. While de Villiers has 603 runs under his belt with one century and fi ve half-centuries, Gayle indicated his return to form in the last few games. Credit for the turnaround should also go to RCB’s not-so-experienced bowl-ing attack, which was under fi re for a major part of the tournament.

RCB’s turnaround in bowl-ing was made possible by leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who is the leading wicket-taker with

19 scalps from 11 games. The late entry of Chris Jordon also helped RCB in containing their rivals in the death overs. Australian Shane Watson too has served the team well with the ball, picking up 16 wickets so far in this season.

Debutantes Gujarat Lions, on the other hand, were the fi rst team to qualify for the play-off s by de-stroying the hopes of title-holders Mumbai Indians.

Gujarat defeated RCB by six wickets in their opening meeting this season before suff ering the 144-run loss in the next tie.

And the Suresh Raina-led side will be eyeing sweet revenge for the embarrassing defeat to head straight into the fi nal of their maiden IPL appearance.

In contrast to RCB, Gujarat made a rampaging start to the sea-son before facing a late slump.

In Aaron Finch (339 runs from 11 games), Brendon McCullum (321 from 14), Dwayne Smith (250 from 10), Raina (397 from 13), Dinesh Karthik (283) and Darren Bravo, Gujarat too have a formida-ble batting line-up.

In the bowling department, Gu-jarat have depended on the pace duo of Bravo and Dhawal Kulkar-ni. While Bravo has 15 wickets against his name, Kulkarni has managed 14 scalps so far.

The spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Pravin Tambe, who did not have the best of IPL so far, too would like to come to the party. - PTI

The last time RCB

squared up against

Gujarat they recorded

a 144-run victory,

their biggest ever

in the history of IPL

INTENSE: RCB captain Virat Kohli in discussion with teammate AB de Villiers. – BCCI

TABLE TOPPERS: Gujrat Lions captain Suresh Raina speaks with

coach Brad Hogg and teammate James Faulkner. – BCCI

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India pick fast bowler Thakur for West Indies Test seriesMUMBAI: Fast bowler Shardul Thakur was the surprise selec-tion in India’s 17-man squad for their Test series against West In-dies, the Board of Cricket Control (BCCI) in India announced on its website(www.bcci.tv) on Monday.

The 24-year old earned his fi rst call-up to the national side after playing a key role in Mumbai’s 41st Ranji Trophy victory in Feb-ruary, picking up 41 wickets in his 11 matches. Virat Kohli has been named captain of the side for the July-August series with Ajinkya Rahane will be his deputy.

The four-match series will mark the resumption of bilateral ties between the sides after the Car-ibbean team pulled out midway through a 2014 tour of India over a protracted pay dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board.

The BCCI also announced a weakened 16-man squad for the One-day and Twenty20 Interna-tionals to tour Zimbabwe.

The uncapped Faiz Fazal, Yuzv-endra Chahal, Jayant Yadav, Karun Nair, Mandeep Singh were included while experienced players such as

Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ash-win and Suresh Raina were rested.

India will play three One-day In-ternationals and three Twenty20 games beginning in June.

West Indies tour squad: Vi-rat Kohli (captain), Murali Vi-jay, Shikar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Ra-hane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhi-man Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma,

Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Stuart Binny.

Zimbabwe tour squad: Ma-hendra Singh Dhoni (captain), KL Rahul, Faiz Fazal, Manish Pandey, Karun Nair, Ambati Rayudu, Rishi Dhawan, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Barinder Sran, Mandeep Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal. - Reuters

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Al Azzani calls up 24 players for Oman U-23 team camp

MUSCAT:Oman national un-der-23 football team coach Hamad Al Azzani has called up 24 players for the domestic training which is scheduld to start from Saturday.

The training-cum-condition-ing camp runs till July 6.

The team are also scheduled to travel to Manama to play two friendly matches against Bahrain Under-23 team on July 2 and 5.

Hamed Al Azzani boys will be playing the friendly matches as part of their preparations for the GCC Under-23 Champi-onship to be organised in Qatari capital of Doha in August and September this year.

List of players called for camp: Hassan Al Saaadi, Am-mar Al Shiyadi, Ammar Al Rashidi, Mohsin Al Ghassani (Al Suwaiq), Zaher Al Aghbari, Murwan Awlad Wadi, Iyhad Al Balushi (Seeb), Abdulaziz Al Ghailani, Ayman Ibrahim, Abdullah Al Mashaikhi, Adel Al Alawi (Sur), Thuwaini Al Mukhaini, Yousef Al Mukhaini, Amran Al Mukhaini (Al Arou-ba), Ahmed Salim, (Saham), Bilal Al Balushi, Al Munther Al Alawi (Oman), Jamil Al Yahmadi (Al Shabab), Bakhit Salim Fadhel (Salalah), Thani Al RAshidi (Al Khaboura), Ab-dullah Arafa (Dhofar), Ibrahim Al Sawafi (Bausher), Nabil Al Mashaikhi (Al Nahda) and Mazin Al Balushi (Al Salam).

F O O T B A L LOman outplay Jersey for second victory at ICC WCL

MUSCAT: Oman came up with another superlative display to out-play hosts Jersey for their second successive victory in the ongoing ICC World Cricket League Divi-sion 5 competition on Monday.

Oman and Jersey, both of whom are favourites to clinch the two available promotional places to Di-vision 4, ‘replayed’ the match after their fi rst encounter ended in a no result due to rain on Saturday.

However, it was Oman who dis-played their all-round abilities and kept their cool at the crucial mo-ments to record a 58-run victory thanks to patient knocks by Zee-

shan Maqsood (69) and Jatinder Singh (40) and a fi ve-wicket haul by Munis Ansari.

For the second time, Oman cap-tain Ajay Lalcheta lost the toss and like in their 181-run victory over Nigeria on Sunday, the Sultanate squad were asked to bat fi rst.

Though Oman lost Khawar Ali (2) early in the innings, Zeeshan and later Jatinder steadied the shipt. Down the order Swapnil Khadye (21), Mehran Khan (17) and Rajesh Ranpura (12) made valubale contributions to ensure Oman put up a defendable score of 205 for six

in 50 overs. In reply, Jersey, who also scored a big victory against Va-nuatu on Sunday, made a cautious start. But once left-arm spinner Lalcheta, who opened the bowling, removed opener Nat Watkins (2) in the seventh over Jesery kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

After Munis removed another opener Peter Gough (17), Aamir Kaleem struck two vital blows. Then Munis Ansari and fellow pacer Rajesh Ranpura went on to trouble the opposing batsmen with their accurate bowling.

Though Anthony Hawkins-Kay

(45) and Luke Gallichan (30) did give Oman some anxious mo-ments, their departure sparked a collapse and Jersey folded up for 147 in 41.4 overs.

Munis Ansari returned with fi gures of fi ve for 27 in 10 overs while Ranpura and Aamir Kaleem grabbed two wickets each.

On Tuesday, Oman are expected to have an easy outing against Va-nuatu while Jersey play Tanzania and Guernsey face Nigeria.

The two fi nalists of the ICC WCL Division 5 will earn a promo-tion to Division 4.

After being asked to

bat fi rst, Oman scored

205 for 9 in 50 overs

thanks to fi ne knocks

by Zeeshan Maqsood

and Jatinder Singh.

Then they bowled

out Jersey for 147

in 41.4 overs with

Munis Ansari taking

fi ve wickets

OMAN Zeeshan Maqsood c Dunford b Perchard 69Khawar Ali c Dunford b Hawkins-Kay 2Noorul Riaz c Hawkins-Kay b Watkins 14Jatinder Singh c Watkins b Stevens 40Z. Siddiqui c Hawkins-Kay b Stevens 3A. Kaleem c Dunford b Hawkins-Kay 12Ajay Lalcheta lbw Jenner 3Mehran Khan b Watkins 17S. Khadye run out 21Rajesh Ranpura not out 12Extras (b-2, lb-4, w-6) 12Total (9 wkts; 50 overs) 205Did not bat: Munis Ansari Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-48, 3-126, 4-132, 5-138, 6-143, 7-163, 8-178, 9-205.Bowling: AW Hawkins-Kay 6-0-18-2; B. Kynman 6-0-21-0 (w-1); NAT Watkins 10-1-43-2; CW Perchard 10-0-29-1 (w-3); BDH Stevens 10-1-45-2; JW Jenner 7-0-34-1 (w-1); CJ Bodenstein 1-0-9-0 (w-1).JERSEYPW Gough b Ansari 17NAT Watkins c Khadye b Lalcheta 15BDH Stevens c Ranpura b Aamir Kaleem 5JW Jenner c&b Aamir Kaleem 14CJ Bodenstein c Khadye b Ansari 0Hawkins-Kay c S. Khadye b Jatinder 45LE Gallichan b Ansari 30CW Perchard b Ansari 0JE Dunford not out 3B Kynman b Ansari 1RJG Palmer c Aamir Kaleem b Ranpura 0Extras (lb-2, w-15) 17 Total (all out; 41.4 overs) 147Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-39, 3-43, 4-43, 5-82, 6-143, 7-143, 8-143, 9-146.Bowling: Ajay Lalcheta 7-0-29-1 (w-4); Rajesh Ranpura 6.4-3-10-1; M. Ansari 10-1-27-5 (w-3); Aamir Kaleem 8-0-21-2 (w-1); Zeeshan Maqsood 5-1-35-0 (w-2); Khawar Ali 2-0-11-0; Jatinder 3-1-12-1.

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ALL-ROUND SHOW: Oman celebrate after their victory over Jersey. – Supplied photo

ISC table tennis tourney gets underway

MUSCAT: The annual table ten-nis tournament organised by the Indian Social Club (ISC), spon-sored by Muscat Insurance Ser-vices LLC and Oman United In-surance Company got underway at the club hall.

Surabhi Salian and Alina Desai set the early pace with impressive victories in the girls under-13 sin-gles singles.

In the round-robin league matches, Surabhi scored two out-right victories, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7 over Dimple Malaviya and 11-5,

11-6, 11-5 over Shwetha Ganesh to go to the top of Group A.

In Group B, Alina Desai posted a fi ne 11-6, 11-5, 11-9 over Ananya Krishnan. Ananya, however, kept her hopes alive with a fi ghting 11-9, 11-9, 11-2 victory over Nashita Khan. In action from the under-10 singles, Dimple Malaviya posted a convincing 11-3, 11-4, 11-5 win over Kevin Thiyagaseelan, Rishabh Shegh defeated Akshara Pateriya 11-4, 11-2, 11-8 and Mohamed Ad-nan held his nerves to score an im-pressive 11-7 14-12, 7-11, 11-4 vic-

tory over Akshara Pateriya.Madhav Vinod Nair advanced

to the second round of the boys under-15 singles event after reg-istering 11-4, 11-4, 12-10 win over Hariharan Subramanian.

N. Rubesh Kumar also advanced with a 11-6, 11-8, 12-14, 11-4 tri-umph over Teerth Sheth while Madhav Arvind was a 222-9, 22-5, 22-6 winner over Siddhartha Pari-da. Prakhar Pateria was in sublime touch and proved too strong for Chandan Srinivas whom he hand-ed a 11-0, 11-4, 11-1 defeat.

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SPORTST U E S DAY, M AY 2 4 , 2 0 1 6

Marwan, Issaa emerge winners

MUSCAT: Oman Sail and Ahmad Bin Majid Private School in Mus-cat hooked up to beat the drum for sailing recently in a special cham-pionship event at Al Musannah Sports City to highlight the bene-fi ts of the sport among youngsters.

The two organisations formed a close bond four years ago when the school, named after the famous Omani navigator and cartographer Ahmad bin Majid, began sending its students to Almouj Sailing School for introductory lessons in sailing, upholding a founding principle of

the school to teach youngsters lead-ership discipline, self-dependency, and how to overcome challenges.

Since then, almost 300 students have become involved in Oman Sail’s sailing programmes and 36 of them took to their Optimists and Laser Picos to have some fun, in-spired by Oman Sail’s sailors such as Mohsin Al Busaidi, Khamis Al An-bouri, Fahad Al Hasni and Nasser Al Mashari who all earned their spurs on the Musannah race track.

A soft breeze made their task of sailing around the marina area

all the more challenging but af-ter some friendly competition, cheered on by around 150 fellow pupils, Marwan Fauzi Al Busaidi emerged as winner in the Opti-mist class with Qussai Nasser Al Dhakhari runner-up and Marwan Mohammed Al Rahbi in third. All the competitors came from the school’s primary level.

Furthermore, eight-year-old Yusuf Suleiman Al Kasbi of Grade

3 won the Youngest Sailor Award. In the Laser Pico class, popular

among the secondary level pu-pils, the winner was Isaa Nasser Al Gahwari with Turky Abdulla Al Hasni second and Abdulmalik Ahmad Al Rahbi third. Blue House was the overall winner.

School chairman Najim Mo-hammad Al Timami, who spent the day cheering and supporting the competitors, congratulated the

students on their participation in the championships and extolled the virtues of sailing as a learning activity. “This has been an enjoy-able and valuable day for all of us. We have seen sailing as a sport bring out the best in these young-sters,” he said.

The theme of the fi rst Inter-House Sailing Championship in Oman by Ahmad bin Majid was “Today’s navigators — tomor-row’s leaders”.

“They have learned leadership skills, taking risks and chances and being good sports, both in victory and defeat. They will have gained an understanding of how impor-tant it is to have resilience and to remain calm and collected when the going gets tense.

“All these are great lessons to learn in life and reinforce our con-fi dence in such activities, moving away from dependency on text-books. The sailing programme started four years ago and it forms a core part of the school’s leader-ship programme. The programme runs parallel to the equally suc-cessful international curricula at Ahmad Bin Majid.”

Watching out for new young tal-ent at Musannah was Mohammed Al Balushi, Centre Manager of Mu-sannah Sailing School.

“Sailing for these kids is all about having fun but they look at the likes of Mohsin Al Busaidi and Nasser Al Mashari and see how successful they have become through sailing and their interest is immediately engaged,” he said.

“Oman Sail has worked hard at developing these exemplary role-models for the youngsters and hav-ing a connection with an organiza-tion such as the Ahmad bin Majid Private School which upholds the same principles is a great boost to all the coaches and instructors who are tasked with introducing and teaching the sport of sailing to new generations.”

The school will continue its training sessions with Oman Sail as part of the curriculum in order to up skill the levels of their cur-rent sailing talents. According to Abdullah Al Mahwashi who is leading the sailing programme at the school. The school plans a big-ger event next year to mark its 25th anniversary.

A soft breeze made their task of sailing

around the marina area all the more

challenging but Marwan Fauzi Al Busaidi

emerged as winner in the Optimist class.

In the Laser Pico class, the winner

was Isaa Nasser Al Gahwari

TOMORROW’S LEADERS: All the participants in the Oman Sail-Ahmad Bin Majid Private School championship organised at Al Musannah Sports City. – Supplied photo

Australia captain Smith wary of pink ball Test at GabbaMELBOURNE: Australia cap-tain Steven Smith has no qualms about playing another day-night Test at Adelaide Oval but is wary of how the pink ball will perform in the humid conditions expected at Brisbane later this year.

Australia play Pakistan in the fi rst Test under lights at the Gab-ba on December 15, despite warn-ings from former players and pundits that muggy conditions could make the ball unplayable for batsmen.

In the inaugural day-night match against New Zealand in drier Adelaide conditions last year, the ball hooped around men-acingly during the fl oodlit late sessions and Australia won in three days.

Cricket Australia (CA) hope to schedule another test against South Africa at Adelaide Oval in November but the Proteas have balked at the prospect, citing a lack of experience with the pink ball.

“I think it worked well, the one Test at the Adelaide Oval,” Smith told reporters in Brisbane on Mon-day. “I personally believe that’s the best place to play a day-night test match but we’ve got the one at the Gabba this year so it will be inter-esting to see how that goes.

“It’s just a little bit diff erent with the ball and humidity that quite often is around in Brisbane, so it could be very diffi cult for the batters, particularly if there’s grass left on the wicket.”

Fears that the pink ball might not last the required 80 overs in test cricket saw a grassy pitch prepared for the Adelaide match, making the task much harder for

batsmen. “I think we still need plenty of development with the ball to make sure that we don’t prepare a wicket that suits the ball with plenty of grass on it,” Smith added.

South Africa captain AB de Vil-liers said last month that his team had misgivings about playing the day-night test after getting feed-back from Smith and some other Australian players.

Although Smith responded by backing Cricket Australia’s cam-paign for the Adelaide match, he was less enthused about playing a

personal role in talking South Af-rica around.

“I guess we could have conver-sations about it with some of the senior players in South Africa but in the end it’s up to both boards what they want to do in regards to the game,” he said.

Smith will lead the one-day team in a triangular tournament in the Caribbean against West In-dies and South Africa next month and said he had recovered from a wrist injury that ended his stint in the Indian Premier League (IPL) prematurely. - Reuters

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It’s just a little bit

different with the ball

and humidity that

quite often is around

in Brisbane, so it could

be very difficult for the

batters, particularly

if there is grass

Steven SmithAustralia captain

Italy coach Conte omits BalotelliMILAN: Italy manager Antonio Conte named his provisional squad for the European Championship on Monday, and his selection was notable as much for the player he left off as for those he chose.

Milan’s Mario Balotelli will not be part of the team for the cham-pionship matches, which start on

June 10. That is not a huge sur-prise; Conte has named the striker only once since taking over in 2014.

The 23-man squad: Gianluigi Buff on, Federico Marchetti, Salvatore Sirigu; Da-vide Astori, Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bo-nucci, G. Chiellini, Angelo Obinze Ogbonna, Daniele Rugani; Federico Bernardeschi, Antonio Candreva, Matteo Darmian, Mat-

tia De Sciglio, Stephan El Shaarawy, Davide Zappacosta; Marco Benassi, Giacomo Bo-naventura, Daniele De Rossi, Alessandro Florenzi, Emanuele Giaccherini, Jorge Luiz Jorginho, Riccardo Montolivo, Thiago Motta, Marco Parolo, Stefano Sturaro; Cita-din Martins Eder, Ciro Immobile, Lorenzo Insigne, Graziano Pelle, Simone Zaza; Alex Meret (reserve goalie). - Reuters

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Deliciously Chilly

POMEGRANATE GELATOThis super easy, no eggs, no cooking, and no churning, fresh pomegranate ice-cream tastes like a lucious

pomegranate milk shake

INGREDIENTS• 3 fresh pomegranates

• 1 lime• 175g icing sugar

• 500ml double cream

PREPARATION•Juice two of the pomegranates and the lime and strain the juices into a large bowl. Save the third pomegranate to use the seeds before serving. Sift in the icing sugar and whisk to dissolve. Feel free to use the whisk attachment of your stand mixer, or use a hand mixer or electric whisk — just be careful as the juice will splatter and can stain.• Add the double cream to the pomegranate mixture and whisk, using your preferred method, until soft peaks

form. Transfer the pomegranate whipped cream to an airtight freezer-safe container and freeze at least 4 hours or overnight.

• Remove from the freezer 15 minutes before serving to soften, then serve in serving bowls and scatter with seeds of the third pomegranate.

EASY BERRY SORBET Stockpile seasonal berries and cherries in the form of this incredibly fresh and delicious berry sorbet.

INGREDIENTS • 1-3/4 cups sugar• 1-3/4 cups water

• 2 cups strawberries• 2 cups raspberries

• 1-1/2 cups real cherry juice• 1/2 cup fresh lime juice

• 2 tbsp orange juice concentrate

PREPARATION• Combine sugar and water in a large pot. Boil until the sugar has dissolved completely. Stir in the

strawberries and raspberries. Continue cooking for 10 minutes. Strain through a strainer. Refrigerate the juice until chilled and toss the pulp. Once the juice has cooled stir in the cherry juice, lime juice, and orange

concentrate. • From here you have three options: 1) Pour mixture into an ice-cream maker and follow instructions that came with it. 2) Pour into an airtight container. Freeze solid. Blend until smooth and freeze again. 3) Pour into an airtight container and place into the freezer. Whisk every 20 minutes for the fi rst two

hours then freeze solid. • Enjoy with a hand full of fresh berries or berry sauce.

FROZEN BANANA DESSERTPop bananas in the freezer and ordinary fruit transforms into a healthy dessert with major

wow-factor.

INGREDIENTS• 2-3 large very ripe bananas

• 2 tbsp chocolate chips• 1 tbsp butter

• 4-5 dry roasted cashews, coarsely chopped

PREPARATION•Peel the bananas, cut into slices and place them inside a freezer bag in a single layer. Freeze overnight.

Make the chocolate coating by placing the chocolate chips and butter into a bowl. Set this over hot water. You can also microwave and heat 10 seconds at a time until they begin to melt. Remove it from the heat and continue to stir until the chocolate has completely melted. Set aside. Take the frozen bananas from the freezer and blend until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Divide the banana mixture in two bowls

and drizzle each with the chocolate coating . Sprinkle chopped nuts.

COOL STRAWBERRY BITES Sweet, juicy strawberries dipped into yoghurt make for a quick, tangy frozen treat.

INGREDIENTS• Yoghurt (Greek preferred)

• Strawberries

PREPARATION• Clean and trim the strawberries. You can use them halved or whole.

• Either put the yoghurt in the freezer for a while to thicken it, or use Greek yoghurt as it’s thicker. You can also strain the yoghurt in muslin cloth for a while to release liquid and make it thicker.

• Dip the strawberries in the yoghurt. Place on a wax paper, parchment lined sheet that fi ts in your freezer and freeze for 4-5 hours.

• Pack in an airtight container for quick treats.• Serve with a toothpick.

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RUWIScreen 1Sarbjit(2D) (Drama ) –PG12Cast : Aishwarya Rai, Randeep Hooda3.30, 9.30 PMX-Men: Apocalypse (2D) (Action) PG12Cast : Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn6.30 PMScreen 2X-Men: Apocalypse (2D) (Action) –PG12Cast : Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn3.45, 9.45 PMSarbjit (2D) (Drama ) –PG126.45 PM

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SURX-Men : Apocalypse 3D (Crime ) ( PG12 ) Cast : James Mc Avoy, Michael Fassbender4:45, 9:15, 11:45 PMOur Kind of Traitor (Thriller ) (15+ ) Cast : Ewan Mc Gregor, Damian Lewis4:30, 9:00 PMKing Liar (Malayalam | Comedy ) (PG12) Cast : Dileep, Madonna11:00 PMThe Angry Birds Movie - (3D) ( Animation) 7:15 PM ( U ) Marudu ( Tamil | Action ) (PG12) Cast : Vishal, Sri Divya, Radha Ravi6:30 PM

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X-Men: Apocalypse (PG12) (3D) (Action)Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender3:15, 6:00, 8:45, 11:30PM Jungle Book (PG) (3D) (Adventure)Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley5:00PMThe Angry Birds Movie (U) (3D)(Comedy)Voice Overs: Peter Dinklage, Tituss Burgess3:00, 7:00PMOur Kind of Traitor (15+) (Thriller)Cast: Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis3:45, 9:15, 11:45PMSarbjit (PG 12) (Hindi)(Biographical Drama)Cast : Shiwani Saini, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan11:15PMKing Liar (PG12) (Malayalam) (Comedy)Cast: Dileep, Madonna Sebastian, Lal 9:00PMWyrmwood: Road of the Dead (15+) Cast: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey11:55PM (Horror)Captain America: Civil War 3D (PG12)9:00PMCaptain America: Civil War 2D (PG12)3:45PMMaruthu (PG12) (Tamil/Action/Romance) 6:15PMBrahmot Savam(Telugu/Comedy/Romance)Cast: Kajal Aggarwal, Mahesh Babu, Tanikella Bharani6:30PM

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Maruthu (PG12) (Tamil) (Action / Romance)

Cast: Vishal Krishna, Sri Divya, Radha Ravi 6:30 PMX-Men: Apocalypse (PG12) (3D) (Action)4:30, 8:45 & 11:30 PMJungle Book (PG) (3D) (Adventure)4:30 PMThe Angry Birds Movie (U) (3D)( Animation)Voice Overs: Peter Dinklage, Tituss Burgess, Jason Sudeikis6:45 PM Our Kind of Traitor (15+) (Thriller)Cast: Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis, NaomieHarris4.45, 7.00 & 9.15 PMSarbjit (PG 12) (Hindi)(Biographical drama)Cast : Shiwani Saini, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Randeep Hooda11.15 PMKing Liar (PG12) (Malayalam) (Comedy)Cast: Dileep, Madonna Sebastian, Lal 9:00 PMWyrmwood: Road of the Dead (Comedy)Cast: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon11:55 PM (15+)

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X-Men: Apocalypse (3D) (PG12) (Action) Cast: James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence6:00, 8:45, 11:30PMX-Men: Apocalypse (2D) (PG12) (Action) Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender 1:00, 3:45PMCaptain America: Civil War (3D) (PG) (Action | Adventure| Sci-Fi) Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson3:15, 11:15PMThe Jungle Book (3D) (PG) (Adventure) Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley2:30PMThe Angry Birds Movie (3D) (U) (Animation) 12:30, 4:30PM (Eng)Voice Overs: Peter Dinklage, Tituss Burgess, Jason SudeikisOur Kind of Traitor (2D) (15+) (Thriller) Cast: Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis, Naomie Harris1:15, 6:30, 11:55PMSarbjit (2D) (PG12) (Biographical Drama) Cast: Shiwani Saini, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan 8:30PMKing Liar (2D) (PG12) (Malayalam) (Comedy)9:00PM Maruthu (2D) (PG12) (Tamil) (Action )Cast: Vishal Krishna Reddy, Sri Divya, Radha6:15PM

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X-Men: Apocalypse (4D) (Action) MX4D (PG12)Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender Jennifer Lawrence3:15, 6:00, 8:45 & 11:30PM

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BAHJA CINEMAFilm information 24540856 / Advance Booking

24540855

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The Trust (Crime / Thriller)

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood, Sky Ferreira

4.00, 8.00, 10.00 & 11.55 p.m.

CENSOR PERMIT NO : 1119 (15+)

Term Life (Crime / Drama)

Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn

4.00, 8.00, 10.00 & 11.55 p.m.

CENSOR PERMIT NO : 1120 (15+)

Correspondence (Drama / Romance)

Cast: Olga Kurylenko, Jeremy Irons, Shauna

2.00 & 6.00 p.m.

CENSOR PERMIT NO : 1125 (12+)

Ratchet & Clank (Animation)

Voice Overs: James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye,

Jim Ward

2.00 & 6.00 p.m.

CENSOR PERMIT NO : 1126 (PG)

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King Liar ( Mal) (Comedy)

Cast : Dileep ,Siddique & Madonna Sebastian

9-30 pm Cinema Main; 3-30 & 6-30 pm

Cinema-2

Brahmotsavam (Telugu) ( Drama)

Cast : Mahesh Babu, Samantha & Kajal Agarwal

3-30 & 6-30 pm Cinema Main; 9-30 pm

Cinema-2

Marudhu (Tamil) ( Act)

Cast: Vishal & Sri Divya

3-45, 6-45 & 9-45 pm Cinema-4

Jacobinte Swargarajyam ( Mal) (Comedy\

Drama)

Cast: Nivin Pauly, Renji Panicker & Lakshmi

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LIFESTYLEC7T U E S DAY, M AY 2 4 , 2 0 1 6

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I n most cake baking class-es, there is one ingredi-ent that remains a staple favourite and it is none other than chocolate, of

course. Undoubtedly, it’s the most favourite fl avour on the planet. Not only is it a popular candy, but as a fl avouring, chocolate has been undeniably favoured by humans — raging tempers are calmed, foul moods are soothed, and ruf-fl ed feelings are comforted by its seemingly magical power.

Originally a native to the Cen-tral and South American re-gions, the cocoa tree now grows all around the equatorial band. When its seeds are dried, what is commonly known as the cocoa bean is obtained, chocolate is then obtained from beans.

Main Diff erence between Cocoa and ChocolateMost people are under the mis-conception that cocoa is a lesser quality product than chocolate. On the contrary, cocoa is a purer form of chocolate. The two main components of chocolate are co-coa solids, which gives the fl avour, and cocoa butter, which gives the rich creamy texture.

Cocoa powder contains very little cocoa butter, as it is mainly composed of cocoa solids one can consider cocoa powder as choco-late minus most of the cocoa but-ter. It contains about 10% of cocoa butter, compared to pure unsweet-ened chocolate comprising of 55% cocoa butter. Therefore, cocoa powder will add a stronger punch of chocolate fl avour as it has more cocoa solids and less cocoa butter.

Overall, cocoa powder is more bitter, sharp and dense in fl avour, whereas chocolate is creamy, sweet and less sharp in taste. For hot chocolate, adding cocoa pow-der will give a much more rich taste whereas chocolate will give a more mellowed fl avour.

Dutched vs Natural CocoaMost recipes that call for cocoa

usually specify either Dutched or natural processed cocoa. Dutch-processed cocoa is treated with alkali, which causes an increase in the pH level and reduces the sharp, bitter fl avour of cocoa.

When to Use Chocolate and When to Use Cocoa?Texture is as important as fl avour in any recipe. The dessert’s texture is greatly infl uenced by the type of fat used in the recipe, from the oil, butter, cocoa butter from the choc-olate, or a combination of all. For creamy desserts, it’s best to use chocolate as some desserts need the silkiness that only cocoa butter can render. For your mousses, pud-dings, and ganaches, the luxurious taste and mouth feel of cocoa but-ter truly comes out, so defi nitely opt for chocolate while making

these. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t use cocoa powder. Add-ing a tablespoon or two in your mousses and puddings will boost the fl avour of the dessert without altering its chemistry.

When baking cakes, a cake made with cocoa and another made with chocolate can greatly diff er in tex-ture and fl avour. These again have to do with the fats used in the reci-pe. Cakes made with cocoa powder and oil result in tender and intense fl avoured bases.

Devil’s Food Cake is a good ex-ample of its deep fl avour and col-our, with the moist texture com-ing from the cocoa powder and oil pairing. The rich and intense fl a-vour is because of the lack of milk or butter diluting the pure choco-late fl avour.

Chocolate cakes made using chocolate are sensitive to tem-perature, due to the cocoa butter; therefore you’ll need to take this under consideration. Chocolate cake should be served at room tem-perature. In brownies, cocoa gives chewy results whereas chocolate yields a fudgier texture. The more chocolate in the recipe, the fudgier your brownies will be.

— Courtesy of Artipot

Chocolate vs Cocoa

When it comes to baking, there

can be a lot of confusion between

chocolate and cocoa. What’s the real

diff erence between these two?

When to Use Them

One of the very few reasons as to why most people look forward to the summer season is for the love of mangoes. Keeping that in mind Yellow Chilli Oman welcomed the scorching summer wholeheartedly by introducing a month-long Mango Festival in both their outlets.

The entire menu tagged as “Mangoes All The Way” has the fruit playing the protagonist sometimes and otherwise just complementing the dish with the right tinge of sweetness. Every dish right from the starters to the desserts is a well thought of gem which makes one fall in love with it from the very fi rst bite. For me the cherry on the cake was the cute anecdotes and stories behind each dish which Chef Manoj Radi narrated while serving the dish.

The menu serves two drinks: the ambi panna cooler and the mango mojito. Both are essential summer drinks that helps quench your thirst as well as get your tastebuds accustomed to the taste of mango. While ambi panna is a popular traditional Indian summer drink, the mango mojito is an interesting fusion which contains mint, green lime, and crushed ice.

The other dishes from the menu that are absolute stunners include aam rass pani poori, aamchur papad nachos, achari murgh tikka, khatti tawa macchi, khatti meethi nalli boti and the star dessert, mango ‘cool-fi ’ and malai cream. Pani poora a.k.a gol gappa or fuchka is one of the most common and loved street food in India. But as soon as you put one of these pani pooris in your mouth you are going to be in for a surprising mango explosion. The nachos are papad cut in triangular shape to give it the feel of nachos. While it might be impossible for one to think of having heavy non-vegetarian dishes with mango, it is almost magical how the fruit complements the chicken, fi sh, and mutton in the menu. While you get the taste of mango the sweetness or tanginess doesn’t overpower the taste of meat that is served. A mango ‘cool-fi ’, popularly known as kulfi in India, will get you nostalgic. The malai cream is a mango mousse that will slowly and deliciously melt in your mouth.

Visit Yellow Chilli today if you don’t want to miss out on giving yourself a grand mango feast. The fest ends on the 31st of this month. —shruthi@timesofoman.com

Go Mangoliciousat The Yellow Chilli

STORY SHRUTHI NAIR

LIFESTYLEC8 T U E S DAY, M AY 2 4 , 2 0 1 6

PieTake one packet of pistachio pudding in a bowl. On it add a can of crushed pineapple, 1/2 cup walnuts, and 1/2 cup

grated coconut. Mix the ingredients well. Fold in container of cool whip and add 2 cups of pie crust. Refrigerate for a few hours and serve with a topping of whipped cream.

Cake Take a box of yellow cake mix and to it add 1/2 cup oil, 2 packets of pistachio pudding, 4 eggs, and 1 cup sour cream.

Separately mix 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and 1/2 cup walnuts for fi lling. Put 1/2 of the cake mixture in a well-greased pan and sprinkle half of the fi lling. Top it with the balance cake mix batter and pout

the remaining fi lling. Bake at 180 degrees C for 45 minutes.

FishTake 1/4 cup of butter and spread on a shallow baking dish. Sprinkle 1/4 cup shredded cheese and place fi sh fi llets,

almost a kilogram on it. Sprinkle some shredded cheese and chopped pistachio nuts on the top and bake at 200 degrees C for about 10 minutes. Baste until the nuts are brown. Sprinkle salt and garnish with lemon wedges.

Shake Mix 1 litre ice cream and 1/2 kilo mango pulp. Add 5 tablespoons ground pistachio and a cup of milk to the ice cream

mixture, and blend well. Serve it with crushed ice on top, and sprinkle some chopped pistachio pieces.

SaladSauté 2-4 chicken breast pieces cut into strips till brown in 2 tablespoons butter. Add 1 tablespoon of any salad

dressing and simmer for 1 minute. Add 8-10 strawberries and simmer for another 10 seconds. Pour mixture over 2 cups of freshly chopped spinach. Sprinkle 3 tablespoons of chopped pistachio nuts and refrigerate it. Serve chilled.

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Semi furnished big room with

separate entrance attached bath-

room near Indian School Al Ghu-

bra for non cooking Indian Execu-

tive bachelor. Contact: 95146361 /

92657598

Big single room with AC, separate

toilet, kitchen at Al Hail highway

side preferred South Indians rent

RO 90/-. Contact: 98593040

Semi furnished room for single

bachelor at Muttrah R.O 85/-, WIFI

& E/W. Contact: 92828615

Full Furnished room with at-

tached bathroom near Star Cinema

for ex. Bachelor/lady. Contact

92886715 / 99782133

Room furnished attached for

Executives in Mumtaz area.

Contact: 99334770

Independent room in Qurum

heights. Contact: 95529970

Room with attached bathroom for

a family in Wadi Kabir.

Contact 97167857

Spacious semi furnished room

with separate bathroom for execu-

tive bachelor Opp. O.C. Centre Ruwi

. Call : 90611670

1 BHK appartment for rent in Al

Khoud Shabiya near mazoon mosque

for rent (next to alkhoud medical

center and squ) MOB: 93913224

Small old house for rent in

Ghobra. Contact: 97165972

Room with attached bathroom for

working ladies in a fl at in M.B.D.

Contact: 99764307

Furnish bedroom with attach

bathroom for executive bachelor.

Contact: 97704794

Room with attached bathroom

and sharing kitchen available for

Executive bachelor or small family

at wadikabir Contact 93049849

ACC. AVAILABLE

ACC. AVAILABLE

Running Coff ee Shop at Hamari-

ya/Ruwi for sale with CR & Visa.

Contact : 92824153 / 99881187

Commercial land in fi rst line in

Barka for sale. Contact: 91155779

Farm in Barka for sale.

Contact: 91155779

Villa for sale in Mabela 6 rooms,

living room & hall.

Contact: 91763665

Dental chairs for sale sparingly

used dental units for sale.

Contact Mr. Ansari 92616343.

Kumar 99570284

6 Villas of six bedrooms each un-

der construction in one compound

in Bausher near Muscat Private

hospital. Prices range from 165

thousand to 179 thousand for each

villa. Each villa has three fl oors

and 369 sq mtrs build up area.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 or

97509955

Dental clinic for immediate sale

doctor going abroad. Contact:

92882209 / 96373097

Coff ee shop for sale 7 visa avail-

able at Al Khuwair.

Contact: 98826793

2 Shops for sale at prime location

in Ghobra. Contact: 96381294

Bozlur

Building in Al Khuwair at prime

location for sale. Contact: 91155779

Commercial /R land in Al Khuwair

for sale. Contact: 91155779

Luxury Apartments in Boucher

(35). Contact 95056808 /

97201688

Shop for sale near Oman House,

Muttrah. Contact 99024362.

Ware house in W/K for Sale.

Contact: 91155779

Single colorful Bed and Sofa for Sale

at Al Khuwair. Contact 92881849 /

What`s up No 97290565

400 sq mtrs Commercial/Resi-

dential land in Mabela Phase 5

Block 2. OMR 165 Thousand.

Contact 99333479 or 95215360

or 97509955

Steel rack sets (Godown shelf’s).

Contact: 94521205

Commercial /R land in Ghala

(Industrial area) for sale.

Contact: 91155779

Villa in Al Qurum / Azaiba/

Mawaleh for sale. Contact: 91155779

Steel Scrap materials for im-

mediate sale. Contact 99273774/

99202278

10 Shops in ground fl oor of 8 fl oor

building in Bausher near Muscat

Private Hospital. Have income

of about 2,700 monthly. OMR

268 Thousand. Tel: 99333479 or

95215360 or 97509955

Working beauty parlour for sale

at Al Ghubra. Contact: 98178135

Double Shutter 80 sq mtrs corner

textile shop in Seeb Souq for sale.

Contact 99326339

Space for printing press available

at wadikabir with or without

machinery. Contact 99328430

HD Scaff oldings, Shuttering

Jacks, Wooden Planks, Shuttering

wood assorted, Tower hoist (lift),

Concrete Mixer, Bending Machine,

Steel Fabrication Machinery

(Searing/Cutting, lathe & Welding)

including tools for immediate sale:

Contact 99273774/ 99202278

Urgent sale of steel scrap only

serious buyers kindly contact

+968 96725423 for viewing the

items.

Almost new beach/ garden

lounge chairs /bar stools/ counter.

Photos can be sent 95865457

INVESTOR PARTNER REQUIRED

Please contact – 95213273Email:

muscatcoff eeshop@gmail.com

For a successfully Catering Restaurant

Investor cum Partner is required.

Investor with fi xed returns also welcome.

FOR LADIES

Off er!! Treading Gold Facial &

Pedicure just for 10 RO, Al Doom

Parlour Ruwi: Contact 99619409

(watsup) Home service available

ONE STOP SHOP BUSINESS SERVICES

Public Relation Service (PRO)Document Clearance,

Business setup, Formation new Companies,

LLC Companies, Investor Visa, Legal Services.

Contact Saleh: 96723485

Room available for family / bach-

elor opposite to o.K. Center, Ruwi.

Gsm 942-888-63

PORTA CABINS FOR SALE

Two Porta Cabins of Size 12mX3.6m and

11mX3.6m In good condition.

Contact Lal 99418657 or Vijay 24492813

99147207

AVAILABLE

Party & Wedding equipment rent-

als. Full line, from Tables, Linen

& Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers,

Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware,

Chafi ng Dishes, Ice Sculptures, to

Large Sound Systems and spec-

tacular lighting. Call Andrea 9606

2222 for Catering and Croyden

9623 5555 for Sound & Light.

ww.tunesoman.com,

E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

NRI

Plot for sale in Mundur & Palakkal

Trichur District.

Contact: 00968 92376297

20 cent of Land at Irinjalakuda, Kallettumkara,

Trichur Dist besides road side for sale. Contact on

+968 93978378 / 0091 9947461230

Sharing accommodation

near ISD. Contact: 99657340

1 BHK for rent, Ideal for small

family or two bachelors, easy

access to main road with AC near

Sheraton hotel, CBD.

Contact: 96444400

Villa for rent in South Mabellah,

3 bedrooms, sitting room, family

Lounge, kitchen, three Toilets

Contact 92212212

between 10 AM to 5 PM.

Room available for Executive

bachelor at Al Hail.

Contact 96234708

Sharing Accommodation avail-

able for working ladies opposite

Al Nadhah Hospital. Preferably

Indians. Room with seperate toilet

and sharing kitchen.RO.90.

Contact 96524717

Furnished apartment for rent,

two rooms, majlis, hall, kitchen.

Near Carrefour al-mawalah.

Contact 99336776

Furnished room attached bath

for Indian bachelor, Al-Falaj

Ruwi & lady Wadi Kabir near

Mars hypermarket. CONTACT

96202458/96761960

Room available in Mumtaz area

1 room, 1 Bathroom, Kitchen & 1

room, common bathroom. Inter-

ested pleasecontact 92680041

Mr. Altaf

MV SALE

LOST

Prado 2007, manual 4-cylinder.

Contact: 99454425

Car for sale Mitsubishi Lancer,

2008 model, 1.3 CC.

Contact: 92815138

Diesel tanker 1600 gallon, Volvo

model 1987. Contact: 92836774

Nissan path fi nder, 2012 model.

Contact: 99467005

WANTED

IELTS Coaching (academic)

required nearby wadi Kabir area.

Please call on mobile or msg on

Whats up. Mobile no: 92927880/

99012165

MATRIMONIAL

Ezhava male, 31 yrs, height 5.6,

B. Tech Aeronautical, administra-

tive professional, parents in Oman.

Contact 99550870

Indian male Roman Catholic 40yrs divorcee working in Muscat.

Seeks suitable alliance from

widow/ divorcee/ single.

Contact 96059801.

Sunni Muslim family seeks

proposal for their 24 year old

daughter from well settled Urdu

speaking Indian family. Pls call on

93521249 / 99374371

Parent of Thrissur based Hindu

Ezhava girl aged 20, Slim,Atham

star, Studying for B. Pharm seek-

ing alliance from well employed

Graduates, preferably in Engineer-

ing Contact :96425102

Malankara Catholic Male Nurse (28) from Thiruvalla working in

Nizwa Private Co. Alliance invites

parents/nurses working in Oman.

Contact 968 98267338,

0091 9287215726

Aneesh Sukumaran has lost

Indian Passport No. G1472644.

Finder please handover to ROP

Sultana Akter has lost Bangla-

deshi Passport No. AG 4516356.

Finder please handover to ROP

DAILY GUIDED4 T U E S D AY, M AY 2 4 , 2 0 1 6

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

SITUATION WANT-SIT. WANTED

Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifi eds@timesofoman.comTel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

DRIVER

MISCELLANEOUS

ENGINEER/MECHANIC.

ARCHITECT

BEAUTICIAN

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

SALES / MARKETING

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

DOMESTIC HELPER

MEDICAL

MEDICAL

IT

Required Indian Mason – 5 nos., eligibility (minimum 5 yrs experi-

ence in road construction fi eld).

Contact: 99882127

Email: georgymv@yahoo.com

Young male Indian ACCA fi nalist

with B.Sc (Hons) in Accounting

with 3 years experience in Tally &

KPI & holding valid Omani driving

license seeks immediate place-

ment, NOC available.

Contact: 92851056

Chief Accountant well experi-

enced with reputed group available

for immediate joining.

Contact : 98803439 / 97413784.

MBA female looking for job in

accounting or in marketing or

Administration department having

1 year experience have knowledge

of Tally ERP9, MS Word.

Contact: 95910427 Email:

ritashivprasad111@gmail.com

Indian female with B.Com & CA

Inter having overall 12 years expe-

rience in accounting / fi nance fi eld,

now on visit visa.

Contact: 90651102

Part Time Accountant, up to fi na-

lization of accounts, looking for job

after 5 PM (location prefer MSQ to

Al Hail). Contact: 90935099

American Certifi ed Manager (6 sigma, CPPM) with MBA, PMP

trained having 10 years, UAE cross

functional experience in procure-

ment, projects management, sup-

ply chain, facilities & Administra-

tion with UAE D/L seeking suitable

placement. Contact: 90772927

Email: callshebin@gmail.com

MBA & BBA (Hons) fi nance &

having three years experience in

accounts & seeking suitable job on

visit visa, immediately joining. All

documents are attested and

verifi ed from Oman.

Contact: 00968 94044125

Omani female looking for job exp

in accounts date entry customer

service & PRO. Contact: 91161736

Indian male 43 yrs, M.Com –

Finance with 5 yrs experience in

Accounts in India, presently in

visiting visa looking for a suitable

placement. Contact: 93671785

Email: jeyan903@gmail.com

Qualifi ed CA & CS, CISA (pursu-

ing) Indian male 10 yrs managerial

experience, working in bank seek-

ing suitable placement open to any

GCC. Contact: 90788509

Email: kartirevy@gmail.com

Accountant Assistant BBA, exp,

Tally have 2 yr valid VISA

PH : 98269281

Young Indian male ACCA fi nalist

with B.Sc (Hons) in applied Ac-

counting with 3 years experience

& holding valid Omani driving

license seeks immediate

placement, NOC available.

Contact: 92851056

Accountant 8Years Experience

with D/L and NOC.

Contact 97712084

ACCA member with 6 yrs of

experience in Oman looking for a

suitable job in fi nance.

Contact: 99284193

Indian/MBA/male Chief Account-

ant 18Yrs Experience, MIS, C.Flow,

Budgeting, ERP, Cost accounting &

Liasing with auditors. NOC availa-

ble. Contact: 92254691/97826674

email: khader2305@gmail.com

Required Shop Sales man + Hard-ware Technician for IT Company

with minimum 2 years experience.

Contact: 98825806 / 98825806,

Email: info@rns-group.com

Required Offi ce Assistant with

driving license present in Oman,

Electrical B.Tech with 5 years of

Oman experience & D/L electrical

with ITI Industrial & MEDC license.

Contact: 99454425

Wanted Nurse for a dental centre

at Qurum. Interested candidates

may contact the below or

mail : drasyanaseem@gmail.com

or Contact 99458844

ADMIN

Required Offi ce Boy. Contact : 91120552

A full time living Housemaid required for an Indian family in

Ghobrah. Contact: 97335255

Require Employee for Saloon in

Al Amerat, should have experience.

Contact: 90600688

Part Time Accounting, Audit

Preparation, Internal Audit, Monthly

Reports, Accounting set up for new

companies, Project Report for Bank

Loan purposes. GSM : 96975454,

email: ibfc.gcc@gmail.com

Indian male good experience in

accounts, Admin & ERP, Tally 9 NOC

available looking for suitable job.

Contact: 94834687

Senior Accountant 5 years experi-

ence NOC available up to fi nalization

valid D/L. Contact: 96339599

Email: ahmedmohdkhan@gmail.com

Indian male 32 Chartered Account-

ant having 2 years Oman experience

looking for suitable placement in

fi nance & Audit fi elds.

Contact: 96357827

Email: ubaiskeeran@gmail.com

Indian Accountant with 15 yrs

experience / driving license 8 yrs in

Oman local release available.

Contact: 93477447

Email: s4svpai@gmail.com

Indian CA, male 34yrs and 14+

Yrs exp. in A/Cs, fi nance, auditing,

consultancy and knows SAPB1,Tally

ERP etc. , Oman D/L .Currently in

Oman. NOC available.

Please contact: 94704800,

Email: omanjobca@gmail.com.

Indian (Male) having 17+years

Experience in Trading & Healthcare

seeking senior Position in Accounts

(11 years GCC Experience )

currently on Resident Visa (NOC

Available ) and has a valid Omani

Driving Licence. Contact: 91335026;

skumartp@gmail.com

Indian male 26 years MBA experi-

ence in Accountant & Administration

in a MNC company currently on visit

visa ready to join.

Contact: +968 92194987

email: achal1989@hotmail.com

Indian male Accountant looking

for a suitable placement in Salalah.

More than 20 yrs experience in Ac-

counting job (upto the fi nalization of

Accounts), 8 yrs working experience

in Middle East in Dubai, Muscat &

Salalah. Contact 91325029.

Sri Lankan, Senior Accountant

with 6 Years experience, 2 years in

Oman, BBA, Reading MBA , CA Inter

Looking for Suitable Job, have Valid

Oman Driving License,

NOC Available. Contact 97250638

msmnaja@gmail.com

Indian male age 26, Accountant one

year experience in accounts

looking for suitable job. Contact -

Email: Anishkhan991867@gmail.Com

Mobile: +968 9565 9415

Senior Accounts Executive, B.Com, 05 years experience in

India, seeking urgent job in Oman.

Contact 919900077458,

+968-98444359,

Email:syedtou23@gmail.com.

Fresher 24, ACCA Affi liate, Ad-

vanced diploma in Accounting and

Business seeking suitable place-

ment in Accounts, Finance or Audit

with Oman driving license.

Contact - 92430152

Email - raju.rd619@gmail.com

Indian male MBA (F) with 6 years

of experience as an Accountant

profi ciency in various A/C software

& SAPFI seeking for suitable place-

ment. Contact: 95920740 Email:

abdulhameed1527@gmail.com

Accounts part time services,

available to handle all accounts up

to fi nalization on monthly basis.

Finalization and audit works.

Contact: 96247295

28/male/MBA - fi nance/B.Com -

Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/

India experience looking for a

suitable placement.

Contact 90187483

shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com

Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA

Finance and marketing with IT

skills, 7+ yrs of experience,

Looking for suitable placement.

contact 94879615,Email-

sajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com

Accountant available with NOC,

7 years experience in Oman.

Ready to join immediately.

Contact 98263394

Indian female M.Com with Oman

driving license having 10+ years ex-

perience in Accounts & Administra-

tion in Oman seeking suitable job,

NOC available. Contact: 91609799

Female Executive Secretary for

MD Indian / Philippine Minimum

5years experience in HR and other

administration work. Immediate

appointment & attractive package.

Send your CV with passport size

photo to E-mail: dsjob913@gmail.com

Required candidates for following

posts: Accountant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Van-salesman (water), Helpers. Candidates with Omani driving

license preferred.

Contact 99273774/99202278

Wanted an experienced Account-ant. Forward your CV to

ami.almoosa@gmail.com

ACCOUNTS & FINANCE

Required Omani Driver for a restau-

rant. Contact 95929911

Wanted a experience Driver for Capital and Interior work.

Gsm : 942-888-63

Wanted driver. Contact:

97165972

Require Freshers & experienced Receptionists, insurance under-

writers & marketing executives

with fl uency in English (Omani &

expatriates) apply to

insure@dotintl.com

Experienced Sales and Market-ing Executive required for Indian

restaurant, valid driving license

preferred. Email CV to

deepak@jashnoman.com

Required female person to work

at the retail shop/Marketing.

Please send your CV on e mail:

Zeyanaalharmaly@yahoo.com

Sales person with 10 years expe-

rience in logistics sales. Attrac-

tive salary and incentive scheme.

Required for the fastest growing

logistics company in Oman.

Will be required to recruit and

develop a sales team.

Email: telljobs@gmail.com

Required marketing / PR manager

for a modern restaurant group in

Oman , profi cient in illustrator &

Photoshop charismatic , proac-

tive , creative & fl exible excellent

writing / Editing skills degree in

relevant area fl uent in English.

Send CV to

marketingpr2016@gmail.com

Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engi-neer, Interior Designer, Telecom Engineer, Finance Controller & Sales Manager with 3 to 5 years

of experience in Oman with driv-

ing license who can execute and

manage to get projects kindly.

Contact: gcpel16@gmail.com

with monthly expected salary.

Required smart, young, dynamic Sales & Marketing Executive having 2-3 years sales experi-

ence for a reputed manufacturing

company in Oman, Experience

in building materials is an added

advantage. Omani Driving License

and NOC is a must. Attractive

remuneration package.

Apply with photograph to

E-mail: salesjobds@gmail.com

Required fresh Graduate in Sales / marketing with valid D/L.

Send CV on

Email : citycom213@gmail.com

Required smart, young, dynamic Sales & Marketing Executive having 2-3 years sales experi-

ence for a reputed manufacturing

company in Oman, having its

Head Offi ce in Ruwi. Experience

in building materials is an added

advantage. Omani Driving License

and NOC is a must.

Attractive remuneration package.

Apply with photograph to

E-mail: salesjobds@gmail.com

Required for a leading Engineering

Consultancy fi rm experienced

Offi ce Secretary. Send CV to:

mail@abdullamukadam.com

Fax: 24614398

Civil Engineer, Masons, Helpers, Shuttering, Carpenters, Steel fi xers with 5 yrs experience in Oman.

Contact: 97491117

Sudanese Accountant, Alexandria

University Graduate bachelor of

commerce Diploma of Marketing

professional photographer worked

in PR and social media for 2 years

looking for a job in public relations

media, social media or marketing.

Contact: 96976240

Accountant Indian male with 7

years experience up to fi nalization

in tally & accounts receivable SAP

R/3, good knowledge of payroll

having Oman D/L, NOC.

Contact 93733996

Email Id: thmsb182@gmail.com

Indian, Kerala Male B.COM &

B.PE, Currently on Visit Visa. Look-

ing for a suitable job in Accounts,

Store Keeper, Sales etc. Ready to

join as early as possible.

Contact: 96988923

email:- sajith3969@gmail.com

Senior Accountant Indian male

10 years experience (8 yrs in

Oman) with D/L & NOC, Accounts

upto fi nalization.

Contact: 99582979 / 97373853

Sudanese accountant holding

BSC, CIB 8 Post Graduate Diploma

in fi nancial management with

Banking experience in projects

fi nance. Contact: 99061339

Urgently required an Accountant

With minimum 3-5 years Oman / GCC experience for a reputed

Trading & Contracting Co. located in Azaiba.

Candidate must have Oman D/L & NOC.

Send your CV: info@styletrading.net

Fax: 244 95 411

REQUIRED URGENTLYAn experienced Cold Store Technician

For a well-established Muscat based Frozen Foods Distribution Company.

Must have sound knowledge of cold room installation/ maintenance and air conditioning

maintenance experience.Applications may be mailed to the HR Manager:

nationalcoldstores@gmail.com

ARCHITECT, Indian Female with

4 years experience in Oman, well

versed in related softwares, seeks

suitable placement. Contact

email: samarch0409@gmail.com

GSM 96207476

Indian female diploma architect

6 years exp in Oman Engineering

consultancy, valid Oman driv-

ing license. Contact: 96683293 /

97750870

Architect looking for a private &

freelance work in design & mod-

eling in 3ds max & architecture.

Contact: 96041201

Architect female 5 years experi-

ence seeking job.

Contact: 96146645,

Email: anjuovil@gmail.com

Contact - PH: 99337945, 95073506, 24544798Email: skill.mct@gmail.com

URGENTLY REQUIRED1. Electrician: Preferably with Electrician license in Oman with minimum 3 years of experience, urgently required full ti me for a reputed Constructi on Company (Driving license holders may have more preference)

Wanted G.P Doctor, Pharmacist, Lab Technician and Staff Nurse for a running medical clinic near

Sohar area. Contact 95272672

Care Medical Centre Al Seeb

requires Gynecologist and General Practitioner. Mail CV to:sarita_h23@yahoo.com

Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately

for a clinic in Suwaiq.

Contact: 95081010

Email: umchealthcare@gmail.com

Wanted expatriate legal profes-

sional. Forward your CV to

lawfi rmfm@gmail.com

Urgently required GP, Gynecologist, Dentist, Staff Nurse, Lab Techni-cian, Pharmacist, for a medical

centre in Muscat.

Email ruwistar@hotmail.com.

Tel: 92603863

Urgently required Offi ce Staff /Manager for medical equipment

import offi ce in Ruwi.

email: ruwistar@hotmail.com.

Tel: 92603863

Required Lab Technician, X- Ray Technician, Staff Nurses & Doctors. Contact: 99681325 Email:

pmsunilkumar@hotmail.com

Oman licensed GP doctor & Nurse required for a polyclinic in Sohar.

Remuneration to be best in the fi eld.

Contact : 93828382 / 93678494,

Email: alshifamodern@gmail.com

Wanted Staff Nurse for

a dermatology clinic in Muscat .

Must have MOH license and NOC.

Attractive salary off ered. Email:

clinicvacancy2015@gmail.com

GP doctor needed for reputed clin-

ic. Preferably with MOH license or

with Datafl ow & Paramatics pass

Contact: 95388934

Require a qualifi ed Nurse to take

care of an elderly female.

Contact: 99425200

Required Sales Merchandiser Age 21-30 status: Single, English

speaking, experience 2 years

minimum, Salary RO 300/-

(Accommodation+ transportation).

Contact: 93875654

Qualifi ed and experienced MBA

post graduate with proven work

exposure in Middle East & India,

having more than 5.5 years of rich

experience in accounts , project

coordination and administration in

(3.5 years UAE experience) oil and

gas projects is currently looking for

suitable job. Contact 93953613,

Email-allen.mathew83@gmail.com

Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in

commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in ac-

counts/ fi nance fi eld. On visit visa.

Immediately available.

Contact 92836216 /

muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com

Indian female with nearly

10 years of Oman experience in

Administration and HR, seeking

suitable placement. NOC available.

Contact: 99242841

Young Omani male have experi-

ence 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK

Helper Supervisor Admin Supervi-

sor, H.R Manager have diploma in

H.S.E, IT and P.D.O license, looking

for H.R position or P.R.O part time

or full time. Contact: 95933288

HOTEL MANAGERA new modern 3 star hotel located in a prime location at Bawshar – Muscat is looking for a Hotel Manager. Th e Candidate should be a holder of degree or an equivalent qualifi cation in Hotel Management and should have at least 5 years’ experience at the Hotel industry with 2 years at least as Hotel manager.

Interested Candidates can e-mail CV’s to Qaisbahwan@yahoo.com

Teachers required Math, Science & English with B.Sc, B.Ed & B.A,

B. Ed for Omani Private School in

North Al Hail. Contact: 95141554 /

95825772

EDUCATION/TRAINING

DAILY GUIDET U E S D AY, M AY 2 4 , 2 0 1 6 D5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

DRIVER

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable

placement. Contact : 99739415 /

92091528

Indian Female, M Sc Mathemat-

ics from a Prestigious University.

B.Ed qualifi ed, distinction holder

through out academics with abso-

lute passion for teaching. Having 6

yrs teaching experience currently

on family visa. Contact: 91360147

Indian English teacher B.A Tesol,

8 years experience, 4 years in Om-

ani School & 4 years in India seeks

suitable job. Contact: 99839385

Indian female, MSc Physics, B.Ed,

5+ years experience in Oman seeks

suitable placement.

Contact: 93992958 / 96203570

ADMIN

DRIVER

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

Indian Graduate Civil Engineer

having over 19 years Gulf experi-

ence in contracting consultancy

fi rms seek immediate employ-

ment. NOC available. Contact:

93251306 / 99446786

Diploma Engineering Instrumen-

tation Technician, 2 years experi-

ence skills calibration & instal-

lation etc. Contact: 98963344 /

96946408

Email: anfeeranfu4@gmail.com

Civil Engineer, B.Tech, 6 yrs expe-

rience with Omani driving license,

local release available.

Contact: 91693008

B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 24

with almost 1 year experience as

Production Shift Engineer, has

achieved training on HVAC En-

gineering design and has good

hands on software like AutoCAD

and HAP.Currently in Oman on a

visit visa, looking for a suitable

placement.Contact: 95065955

email: mjs.jazeb@gmail.com

Project Manager Electrical with 6

years experience with EHV & MV

substation projects. NOC available.

Contact 91398559

Electrical Engineer with 8 Years

Experience, looking for Job, hav-

ing driving License and NOC.

Ph#91293519

Email:nomee987@gmail.com

Diploma in Civil Engineer 3 years

experience (Surveyor) 1 year ex-

perience building work looking for

job. Contact: 94857668

Email: mudassarsh93@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer, B.Tech &

M.Sc, 3 yrs experience in Oman

having Driving License.

Contact: 91162085

Mechanical Engineer with 2 years

experience in Quality Control /

Mechanical Engineer has achieved

certifi cation in NDT level 2, cur-

rently in Oman looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 95632276,

Email: jassim.sudhakaran@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer with 16 years

experience in switchgear / trans-

former / over head lines & trading,

looking for sales / procurement &

project planning & Execution with

NOC & D/L. Contact: 95994727

Email: qurm340@gmail.com

B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics

Engineering experience 3 years

in central industries Ltd Chennai

as Project Engineer in oil & gas

industry in installation Erection,

commissioning & maintaining

terminal Automation system.

Contact: 93550661

Email: rashiqrahuman@yahoo.in

Civil Engineer (Indian male) 5

years experience in Oman with

valid Omani driving license & NOC

looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93101283

IT

Civil Engineer B.E 6 years experi-

ence with Omani driving license.

Contact: 95964048 / 99554461

Email: adnan002@yahoo.com

Diploma in Civil Engineer (11 years Gulf experience +7

years India experience) Building

structure & fi nishing work NOC

available. Contact: 90458201

Email: siva6467@yahoo.com

Electrical Engineer Indian male

30 years having 5 years of experi-

ence in industrial automation &

utility maintenance in India,

holding valid Oman D/L.

Contact: 92789995 mail:

akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech)

Indian male with 1 year experience

looking for job, qualifi cation in

QA- QC, HVAC & piping engineer-

ing. Contact: 90510800 Email:

muhammedjaseem07@gmail.com

Worked as Electrical & Instrumen-

tation Maintenance Engineer with

Global Gypsum Board Co. LLC, Sala-

lah (3 years) having valid Oman

driving license looking for a new

job urgently. Contact: 93363104

Computer Hardware & Network-

ing Engineer Egyptian Bachelor of

Engineering in computer &

networking from Middle East

College looking for a job on family

visa. Contact: 97764264

Indian male, Instrumentation

Engineer with M.Tech in Chemi-

cal process control seeking for

suitable job position, presently in

Oman for visit. Contact: 98352288

Indian male 23 years Electron-

ics and Communication Engineer

B.Tech & Technical Diploma look-

ing for suitable position. Contact:

94804100, sulthank@live.com

Mechanical Engineer 28 years,

experience 1 year in Oman with

NOC looking for suitable place-

ment. Contact 94887665

Email: mechatron_mt@yahoo.com

B.E Mechanical Engineer, age

33 with 6+ years experience in

GCC in MEP building construc-

tion fi eld (execution and design

of HVAC,fi refi ghting,plumbing),

with D/L, NOC available

96978380;prajithks@gmail.com

Civil & MEP Sub contractor we

are doing all types of civil electri-

cal & plumbing works. Contact:

98040451 /94109760

Auto CAD Drawings & program

chart we are doing all types of civil,

electrical, plumbing shop draw-

ings & program chart for approval.

Contact: 98040451/ 94109760

Civil Engineer B.Tech 2 years ex-

perience on visit seeks immediate

placement. Contact: 98233199

Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+ yrs

of exceptional exp in spear head-

ing strategic planning and project

management initiatives & execut-

ing various high rise residential

& commercial building as well as

roads and highway project with

profi ciency in installation, seeking

a challenging position in a dynamic

organization. Contact 96570891

Construction Machinery repairs

Engineer, 5 years, driving license,

Contact - 94001961

INDIAN MALE, MARKETING & HR SPECIALIST,

25 yrs, Master degree with 2 yrs of experience both HR & Marketi ng,

now on visiti ng visa. Contact 96972939 / 96096723

Email : lijubn@gmail.com, jerrin007@gmail.com

Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp

seeks suitable position ina reputed

company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

Structural buildings marine.

Available NOC release.

Contact: 92451323.

Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com

Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in

designing, assembling, commission-

ing execution etc having valid GCC

license too looking for a suitable.

Contact: 00968-98052942 Email:

azamjeelani78@gmail.com

HSE Engineer (B.E Mech+Diploma

Safety+NEBOSH+OSHA) over

10yrs. Exp, (Visa Release Letter

(NOC) available), seeking suit-

able placement, Mob:97061817,

Email:jayanammu1977@gmail.com

Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian

male 24 years with 1+years Indian

experience,(Certifi ed in Staad

Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).

Looking for a Suitable position.

Available In Sultanate of Oman

(Muscat) on Visit Visa.

Contact 92835952. E-mail:

mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com

Indian male 26 B.Tech Civil Engi-

neer 3 year’s 8 months Experience

at building construction. In Oman

2 year’s experience N.O.C available

seeking suitable placement

Contact : 97396269

Email : usmanshaik42@gmail.com

An Iraqi civil with more than

30 years experience in (Iraq and

G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C)

available. Contact: 96561306

Email: iq.bgd.mnsr@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer & Project Manager Sudanese 29 yrs, more than 3 yrs experience in Mining Company,

Profession:Producti on & manufacturing, safety, fi re fi ghti ng designing,

Engineering Management, sales – Muscat, Oman. Contact 968 93642704,

Email : mohamedfdl87@gmail.com

An experienced Chartered Accountant

With over 25 years in varied industries, presently working with

a reputed group in Muscat, looking out for a suitable change.

Contact - 96491030

With 15 years of Gulf experience

in HR / Admin / logistics looking

for suitable position. Fluent in

Arabic / English with D/L.

Contact: 95824598

Indian female 27 yrs MBA HR with

3.6 yrs exp in HR / Marketing / Cus-

tomer relation currently in Muscat

on visit visa. Contact: 97205038

Email: chandpriya89@gmail.com

Indian male Post Graduate in HR

19 years (8 Years in Oman) well

experienced in HR / Admin in Oil

& Gas, Construction fi elds with

Oman D/L seeks suitable position.

Release / NOC available.

Contact 92854993.

Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+

experience in Administration/HR,

Customer Support, Offi ce Coordina-

tor with good Computer skill, Now

on Visit Visa,looking for suitable

position. Contact: 90196235

Indian female BE (EC) with 2 years

HR /IT/ Admin experience looking

suitable placement now in visit visa.

Contact: 93263169

Receptionist (BSC Hotel Man-

agement) Indian male 26 years

experience in Taj, Ramada, Crowne

Plaza looking for position, now

in Oman (Salalah) on visit visa.

Contact: 99780896

Indian female MBA (HR) 4 yrs exp

in HR & Admin in India & Oman

looking suitable placement.

Contact: 95619537

Indian, 20 years experience

in Oman as Personal Assistant

/ Offi ce Manager / Executive

Secretary / Senior Administrator /

Business Development Asst. seeks

job change. Release available.

Contact 99168054.

Dynamic Indian male with 5

years Oman & Indian experience in

Administration, purchase, market-

ing with valid Oman driving license

seeks placement, also a certifi ed

SAP SD. Contact: 93846053

Filipino HRD especialist / mate-

rial controller supervisor with

18 yrs experience looking for

suitable job in Oman. Contact: (+968)

98037142 / (+968) 92659817

MANAGER, CIPD HR With 13 years experience in GCC and Oman. Competent in Sales, Marketi ng, Business operati on

and administrati on. Interested employer please call

97728418

Sr. Sales & Marketing SpecialistIndian male, Diploma Engineer with BBA & 16 yrs experience in Oman, worked with MNC in retail (Telecom/ Lubricant sales) and with construction industry handling various products & subcontract projects. Holding valid Oman D/L, NOC available.

Contact 96960991, Email : sunap1968@gmail.com

Filipino Cabin steward / Linen

vallet is looking for suitable job in

Oman. Contact: +968 91065438 or

email: blonglive@gmail.com

CATERING

Experience driver looking for job.

Contact: 95113612

Light driver available.

Contact: 95501608

Light driver available. Contact: 91362475

Looking for a full time driver with

valid Omani license.

Contact: 95454033

Looking for weekly light driving

job, experience 5 years.

Contact: 92640278

Light driver. Contact: 99775728

Looking for driving job experi-

ence 5 years, Pakistani.

Contact: 96046242 / 93804176

Light duty driver Pakistani more

than 3 yrs exp seeks placement.

Contac: 97732728

DIP Mechanical Engineer tool &

die, CAD course Pro Engineering

ROPE Access level 1 experience

3 years in Hyundai Motor Chennai.

Contact: 93550661

Email: feroz1391@gmail.com

B.Sc Civil Engineer, MBA experi-

ence 5 years (15 months in Oman)

English & Arabic, driving license

looking for a suitable job.

Contact: 94162443

Electronic and instrumentation B.Tech Indian male 04 years with

2 years Indian experience looking

for suitable position available in

Oman on visit visa.

Contact: 91228010

Indian male BE Mechanical with

11 years experience in Automo-

tive engineering and Industrial

maintenance in Oman. With valid

driving license seeks suitable job.

On release in Oman. 92880593

Indian 24 yrs exp SR civil Engg

with NOC, searching suitable job,

in any project Supervision.

Contact: 96602718

mishteyaqh@yahoo.co.in

Diploma Civil Engineer (8 years

Exp.) with driving license.

Contact 92429006,

francisprem123@gmail.com

Sudanese Civil Engineer 6 years experience in Oman.

Contact: 95212902

Electrical & Electronics Engineer

1 year experience currently on

visit visa, available immediately.

Contact: 90654844 / 90491353

Email: feyizmohamed@gmail.com

Telecommunication Engineer res-

ident in the Sultanate, Sudanese

Nationality. Contact : 95000024

Automobile Mechanic ITI 3 years

experience marine mechanical

fi tter 2 yrs experience.

Contact: 93674847

Site Supervisor, Diploma in

Civil Engg (cert attested) knows

autocad revit, salary exp: 250

Ph : 92279784

Mechanical Engineer 2 years ex-

perience as HVAC design and draft-

ing MEP Engg. Contact: 90150913

Young Indian, Engineering in

Bio-technology, Bio-chemical and

Chemical, looking for a challeng-

ing placement in Oman.

Contact 97607000. Email:

sivasankarjayakumar@gmail.com

Indian male, Structural Engineer

looking for job in structural design

fi eld. Having 6 years of experience

in design fi eld. Residing in Muscat.

Contact: 91176187

syam036@gmail.com

Indian 14 yrs exp SR MEP – Elect

Engg with NOC, searching suitable

job, in fi eld PMC, Fire consultants ,

Testing & com, project supervision.

Contact: 92437865

Email: maimran.mtech@live.com

Indian male B-tech 8 years expe-

rience as senior electrical project

engineer / QC engineer on visit

visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact 94094543

Email: anwar425@gmail.com

Pakistani male Diploma Civil

Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bull-

ing & mega projects, valid license

Oman.Contact:98921022

Filipino I.T. with 5 years experience

looking for suitable job in Oman.

Contact: +968 91183514 or email

delarama_ryan_t@yahoo.c om

Architectural Draftsmen diploma

in construction technology with 6

years experience in drafting and

detailing as per British standard

in Oman with valid Omani license

looking for suitable opportunity

Noc available. Call 94375897.

Revit, Autocad D/man, expected

salary 200 OMR PH :92279784

Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD

Draftsman with 20 years profes-

sional experience is looking for

suitable job in Oman. Please Con-

tact: 96489798, (+974) 66653780.

License light heavy duty, PDO license experience 8 years

mechanical experience vehicle.

Contact: 92091528

Light driver / Salesman fl uent in

English, Arabic well knowledge of

Muscat Areas. Contact: 97950869

Bangladeshi driver looking for job.

Contact: 97418036

Driver with light duty license,

10 yrs experience.

Contact: 92742722

Electrical & Electronics Engr,

knows autocad & revit.

PH: 93837973

Indian male, Mechanical

Engineer having 1year experi-

ence, on visit visa looking for

suitable job. Contact:97416564,

Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

in Oman as a project engineer for

governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912

IT Solution Architect,Indian fe-

male post graduate with 12 years of

IT experience. Looking for position

of IT Solution Architect/Consult-

ant/Project Manager, Valid driving

license. Contact 96563962

Indian male 3 years experience in

IT as Linux Administrator& 1 year

experience in Amazon EC2 Cloud

at Wipro Technologies Bangalore

seeking for a suitable placement.

Contact: 92889678

Email: amalpathikal@gmail.com

Indian Male, MCA Graduate, 15 yrs

exp in ERP, CSM Certifi ed, seeking

suitable role.NOC Available.

Contact : GSM : 90189284

Email: meetlibran@gmail.com

Indian male B.Tech Electronics

communication, MCSA, Java on

visit visa seeking placement in IT

/ Network / Server Support / Retail

sales. Contact: 91736346 Email:

sajilsadanandan@gmail.com

Software Developer having two

years of experience in PHP Web

development & Microsoft CRM &

adx Portal experience looking for

a developer position in reputed

Software house or IT Dept bilal.

Contact: 95596711 / 92762313

IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years

in Oman 2 years in India.

Contact: 94672759

System IT Engineer with Linux &

UNIX System Administration skills

transferable visa. Contact: 99109332

Omani 26(m) seeks placement

6 yrs experience IT specialist.

Contact: 99025044

Indian female M.Sc Computer

Science seeking suitable placement

in Muscat area. Contact: 98660672

Indian female M.Sc Biotechnolo-

gy, 3 years experience seeking for

suitable position, part / full fl exi-

ble for research, teaching business

development IT hospitals.

Contact: 94710931

Email: skystars.hm@gmail.com

MANAGER

Young Dynamic MBA Post-Grad

with 2 yrs exp as Procurement

offi cer at Muscat & 3 yrs exp &

Marketing-Interior construction

in India with NOC and Driving

License. No# 98238260

Workshop Manager having 30

years gulf and abroad experience

in plants & machineries, heavy

duty trucks, readymix batching

plants & crushers, water well drill

rigs, rock blasting machineries etc.

kindly contact @ 97145088.

MEDICAL

D- Pharm Pharmacist 17 years

experience Ayurvedic Panchakar-

ma Masseur’s 3 years experience.

Contact: 93672452

General Dentist with NOC, 5 years

experience seeking for suitable

job. Contact: 98956747 /

91159996 (Brother)

Email: dramjad32t@gmail.com

Licensed Pharmacist with experi-

ence want job in Buraimi or Sohar.

Contact 93608698

Indian female Dentist specialized

Endodontist looking for suitable

placement, prometric completed.

Contact: 96410448

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian Female, 25 Years - MSc

Biotechnology, 1yr exp. in Micro-

biology, Looking for suitable job.

Mobile: 92619048,

Email: anusreeg1991@gmail.com

BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants).

Contact: 92475206 Email:

zahaibzafar007@gmail.com

Indian male 34 yrs in Oman on

visit visa seeks suitable place-

ment. Contact: 97702082

Indian male, 28, post graduate,

6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back

offi ce) & credit control with valid

Oman D/L looking for suitable lace-

ments. NOC available.

Contact: 92066 523

SALES / MARKETING

Indian male, 5 years building

material sales experience in Oman

Seeking for placement.

Contact 90655903

10 years ICT Business develop-

ment & project management exp

in Oman looking for suitable sen-

ior position. Contact: 98987654

Pakistani male MBA 6 years experi-

ence, electrical & building material

in Oman seeking for placement.

Contact : 968 96789513

Indian male 24 years B.com

2 years of experience in Sales

& Offi ce Admin knowledge of

Tally ERP 9 & MS Offi ce. Contact:

98613373 / 97359814, Email:

syedismailnoor@gmail.com

Indian Male, MBA marketing 5

yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG

sector, looking for best opportunity.

NOC available. Contact: 96001877

Indian Male 22 years, Having

experience in indoor sales/site

supervisor Looking for suitable

Placement.GSM: 97435306.

Email: zuhebnakhwa94@gmail.com

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Lady Secretary / Sales Co-co-

ordinator 12 years experience in

Oman in reputed companies,

seek immediate Employment.

Call: 95244761

Looking for part time job Secre-tarial / Data Entry / Documenta-

tion available every day after 5:00

pm Friday / Saturday full day area

preferred Ruwi/ CBD/ MBD /

Al Khuwair. Contact: 90414827

Indian Male more than 10 years

gulf experience in Offi ce / Sales

Coordinator, Admin, Secretarial

and purchase with good com-

puter skills. Holding Oman Driving

license. Looking for suitable place-

ment. Contact 99709336

Indian male MBA Finance & Marketing 25 yrs

having 1.9 years of experience Finance & Marketing

Contact: 95206140/ 96992013 Email:

bonnythomas007@gmail.com

3 years experience looking for

job. Contact: 96457875

Light vehicle driver. Contact:

95891087

Light driver with 6 years experi-

ence looking for job.

Contact: 92617293

Driver looking for job.

Contact: 96371945 / 94575111

Light duty driver 2 yrs exp.

Contact: 96393805

Driver with car. Contact: 93346085

Family driver. Contact:97196448

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MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

B.E. (Mechanical) 12years indus-

trial sales one year Muscat experi-

ence, Presently in India,

Immediately ready to join.

Contact :917338899372 , email id :

ganesh2008sep@gmail.com

Male, Indian, 25, 5 years experi-

ence in Dubai; looking for perma-

nent placement in Oman for jobs

related to sales, coordination and

marketing. Contact: +971563664701

syed97681@gmail.com

Male, 23, with experience in UAE

& India, looking for job in sales /

marketing. Contact: 94032041

Sr. Accountant, WITH Oman D/L

& 8.5 yrs exp, 7.5 yrs Oman & 1 yr

India in manufacturing, trading

& contracting Cos, independently

handling all accounting, fi nance,

banking, L/C, import, export & fi na-

lization seeks placement,

srjob12@gmail.com

Procurement/Tender & Contract

Procurement /logistics & freight

Specialist /Oil Field / petrochemi-

cal/Engineer /MBA /SAP certify

/ 15yrs Rich Experience/ Import

&export Specialist / Oil Field expe-

rience/ coordinator / World Wide

supplier network /Noc available

Looking for challenging Position

Contact: 97813849,

Email Id:vved76@gmail.com

Male, 23, with experience in UAE

& India, looking for job in sales /

marketing. Contact: 94032041

Indian Male Accountant. Com-

pleted MBA with 1 year experience,

good working knowledge in Tally

& Excel. Searching for suitable

job. Email : jovin8910@gmail.

com, Contact : 919715874548 ,

918015907437

Indian male electrician(EEE ).

Two years good working experi-

ence searching for suitable job.

Gmail antonyajin15@gmail.

com, : Contact; 918148336160 /

918300136160

Electrical & Electronics diploma

Engineer Indian male 23 years,

2 years experience in Electrical

fi eld/good experience in Electron-

ics MCU projects currently in

visit visa please do not hesitate to

#93047707 adilm89@gmail.com

Indian male 30 yrs, holding valid

driving license, having 5 years of

experience in sales, looking for

suitable position.

Contact # 90552942/94355626

MANPOWER

Indian male Diploma in Electron-

ics, having 3 years of experience

in the hardware and networking

fi eld, also worked in construction

company Mabela for 6 months

as supervisor, trying to get driving

license. Contact: - +96897017866.

Mechanical Engineer, Indian,

Male,5 years experience in GCC &

India, looking for permanent place-

ment in Oman. NOC Release Avail-

able. Contact: 00968-95140445;

noorullahanas@gmail.com

Indian female (27 yrs)

MBA(IT),BCA,CCNA.2year

experience in IT operations in

Oman. Graduated from Oman

with good analytical, commu-

nicating & programming skills,

presented in international con-

ference, seeking suitable posi-

tions.contact:93672143.e-mail

id:fathima.shoukath@gmail.com

Indian Female seeking a job in

Back Offi ce and Accountancy,

8+ years proven experience as a

dynamic candidate with excellent

Excel & Communication skills.

Quick learner and Team player.

Currently on Family Visa.

Contact 94093154, 91746890,

Email: joyjohn_hhh@yahoo.com

Sri Lankan Male, 31 years. 6 years

experience as an Accounts Execu-

tive, (Languages can speak Urdu/

Arabic, English written & spoken) .

Contacts: 99782930/

lalindra1st@yahoo.com

HSE Engineer, Indian male, 5.5

Plus years experience in Oil & Gas.

Working in Shclumberger.NEBOSH,

IOSH, & NDT Certifi ed, M Tech in

HSE. CONTACT-krish.569@gmail.

com Mobile- +91 9867016808

Sri Lankan Male, 31 years. 6 years

experience as an Accounts Execu-

tive, (Languages can speak Urdu/

Arabic, English written & spoken).

Contact 99782930/

lalindra1st@yahoo.com

Indian male with 10+ years of

working experience (security solu-

tions, event management) on visit

visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact – 97945269,

hkkrishna@gmail.com

Indian male Network Cabling Tech-

nician (19-years gulf experience)

seeking for suitable placement. mo-

bile no: 0091-8089909265 (India),

email: mohithavp@gmail.com

Senior accountant ,NOC avail-

able, more than 5 years exp., born

& bought up in Oman, Accounting

upto fi nalization, computer skills

tally9, Sage ERP accpac 500(6.0A),

Vcams , Audit ,valid Oman D/L,

languages known English ,Arabic,

Hindi. can join immediately. Tel:

(+968) 96339599, mail-ahmed-

mohdkhan@gmail.com

Business Management Gradu-

ate with 12 years of experience

in Oman, Worked with catering,

medical, IT groups seeks suitable

placement in Finance/purchase/

insurance sector, NOC Available.

Email, saima.gangawali@gmail.

com, Mob 94258301

Indian Male, 24 yrs, looking for

any type of job, qualifi cation is

Diploma in Electronics with 3 years

of experience in the hardware an

networking fi eld an also worked in

construction company Mabelah for

6 months as supervisor,

having valid D/L.

Contact : - +96897017866.

BS in Electrical engineering,

experience : 6 years in electrical

installation and maintenance

Contact : 99817032,

Email : engmmg24@yahoo.com

33 year old Filipina with experi-

ence in Tele performance, Manila

call centre, now working as Wait-

ress in Qatar seeking suitable post.

Local contact 99022484

SCM / LOGISTICS/ PROCURE-

MENT - 25 Yrs exp - Indian Male

- Oil & Gas, Manufacturing Sector

- Having valid Oman D/L & NOC

available. Seeks Challenging sen-

ior position. GSM-94236414,

Email ID - jayamurli@gmail.com

Petrochemicals Specialist, Chemical, MBA 18 YEARS EXPE-

RIENC IN OIL FIELDS COM, RAW

MATERIAL , polymer, SPACIAL-

ISED IN Procurement /COMME-

CIAL/ PURCHASE / LOGISTICS /

SCM/Planning & sound knowledge

of technical requirement for any

manufacture plant Forecasting,

Distribution, Vendors Develop-

ment, LC opening/ establishment

coordination with NOC available.

Contact:97813849

SIT.WANTED

Highly experienced mechanical/

steel structural fabrication engi-

neer looking for suitable place-

ment. NOC available.# 99860714,

hussain20173@gmail.com.

Indian Male 28 years, Mechani-

cal Engineer (Diploma) with 2

years’ exp., Automobile ITI NCVT,

CSWIP-BGAS Painting QC Grade-2,

NDT Level-2, ISO Lead Auditor

QA (IRCA), Piping QC & Isometric

Drawings, WPS & WPQR, available

on Visit Visa, seeks suitable job.

Contact: 90653733,

libinthomaslt@gmail.com

Indian male, M. Com with 3 yr

Oman Exp in Accounts with valid

NOC & D/L on Visit Visa, available to

join immediately . GSM :94744575

Light Duty Driver, Fluent in

English, Arabic. Well knowledge of

Oman Areas looking for suitable

placement. Contact 97950869

IT Administrator with 6 yrs of GCC

experience, now in Dubai (visit

visa).seeking suitable placement in

UAE. Contact :00971-565598176,

email:aneeshngr@gmail.com

Civil Engineer (Indian male)

with 5 years experience in Oman

and having a valid Oman driving

license and NOC looking for a suit-

able opportunity. GSM: 93101283

Email: ajeshcyril@gmail.com

Indian Male: 23yrs, MBA in Market-

ing from UK (United Kingdom), look-

ing for a job, currently in Muscat in

visit. No: 97210361 / 95357513,

Email: sharanshetty3@gmail.com

Architect Engineer seeking for

suitable job, 8 years experience.

GSM : 96075000, Email :

haytham_201046@yahoo.com

B.E(Mechanical) 12years in-

dustrial sales one year Muscat

experience ,Presently in India

,Immediately ready to join ,Mobile

no :917338899372 , email id :

ganesh2008sep@gmail.com

Electrical & Electronics diploma

engineer Indian male 22 years,

2 years experience currently in

visit visa. Contact 93047707

adilm89@gmail.com

Planning Engineer, BE Mech Engg.

Indian Female having total 11 yrs

exp in oil & gas projects (8+ yrs in

Gulf) with valid Oman D/L, Seeks a

Suitable job. Contact: 92456003

Indian Male 48 Yrs with over 25

Years Oman experience in Sales &

Marketing with NOC & valid Oman

D/L Also Fluency in Arabic, seeks

suitable placement. Contact no.:

92210661/99224057

B.S.C in Electrical Engineering,

Experience: 5 Years (Power Plant).

Contact: 92475206

Email: zahaibzafar007@gmail.com

Fresh B.Com Graduate in visit

visa looking for a job. Contact:

93518923 / 99075027.

email: sheikcok@yahoo.com

Part- Time Accountant, well experi-

enced senior accountant ,capable of

doing all type of accounting works

up to fi nalization, Budgeting, Bank

fi nancing requirements, taxation

work etc available. # : 98803439

Admin Assistant. Having 5 years

experience in admin department in

reputed companies, presently work-

ing in Muscat (NOC Available).

GSM. 00968-98404122, mail -

panduru.jeevankumar@gmail.com

Import & Export professional, Expe-

rienced as Asst. Commercial Man-

ager for 15 years, Profi cient in MS

offi ce, Male Indian, Seeks suitable

placement, on Visit, #95484684

GOOD NEWS

Ayurvedic treatment for joint

pain, backache, paralysis, mas-

sage, steambath, obesity, Spondy-

litis, Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic,

18 November Street, Azaiba.

Contact: 99639695 / 97397320

Ayurvedic treatment for

backache, paralysis, arthritis etc

& massage, All Season (Vaid-

yaratnam). Contact:24475280 /

95371664 / 92504980

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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, 99321360, 99730723

Orvisit:www.islamfact.com

Indian male, 33 yrs, MBA-HR

generalist with 10 yrs including

training of Omani nationals.NOC

possible .Seeking a suitable job.

Contact :saiprasad_18@yahoo.com,

94179499

Indian male, 40 Years, B. Com,

having 10 years experience in

Oman, Tally & ERP- looking for

suitable placement ( NOC and

Oman driving license available.

Contact +91 89 43 109897

Rajeev. 252002@gmail.com

Safety offi cer, 3 years of experi-

ence in safety certifi cations: BE

(electrical and electronics engi-

neering), NEBOSH, IOSH, DHSE,

fi rst aid. Contact +97474018995,

mail:midhunmich@gmail.com,

skype:midhunmike

Indian male, network cabling

technician (19 years Gulf experi-

ence) seeking for suitable place-

ment. NOC available. Contact :

0091-8089909265 (India),

E mail: mohithavp@gmail.com

Indian male,B.Com + Dip. Logistic

2year experience looking for a job

in Accounts/Logistics Field. Pres-

ently on Visit Visa # 93884951,

Email:mehreenraiz@gmail.com

Electronics Technician , 4 Years

experience as Electronics service

engineer. Knowledge in all type of

Electronics items. Looking for suit-

able placement. GSM- 99105043

IT professional, B.E. in IT, CCNA,

MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT, valid

Omani D/L seeking suitable place-

ment in IT/Network/Server sup-

port/Retail sales. # 91496939.

Looking for a part time accounting

& admin job. Contact 99196621.

Indian male, 40 Years, B. Com,

having 10 years experience in

Oman, Tally & ERP- looking for

suitable placement ( NOC and

Oman driving license available)

Tel- +91 89 43 109897

Rajeev. 252002@gmail.com

Assistant Accountant - B.Com

Graduate with excellent overall

skills. 2 Years of experience. Ready

for immediate joining.

Contact: sharonravi00@gmail.com,

968-92049215

Software Engineer with 5 + plus

years of experience in Infosys

ltd on visit visa seeking suit-

able vacancy in oman. Email :

steff yraphel@gmail.com mob:

96896246205 / 96897032284

Indian male, 24 yrs, B. Com Graduate

more than 1 year experienced in ac-

counts planning to come for a family

visit in oman seeking for a suitable

placement .#99339544 / 99743709

IT professional, B.E. in IT, CCNA,

MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT, valid

Omani D/L seeking suitable place-

ment in IT/Network/Server sup-

port/Retail sales. # 91496939.

Indian male 26 years, Graduate in

BBM & having Diploma in Logis-

tics with 3 years of experience in

Banking and Accounts looking for

suitable placement. Contact :

+ 968 97166820/ +91 9895102356

Email :afsalrahman1989@gmail.com

Indian Female looking for a part

time opportunity (Graphic Design/

Teaching/Research Assistant/

Business Development/Admin-

istration) Contact: 95811820 or

sankarikm06@gmail.com

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT-M. Com

Finance-Indian with 7 years expe-

rience in Finance & Accounts up

to fi nalization. Having D/L & NOC.

Mob:94122464,

caammk13@gmail.com

Tea boy looking for job Name:

Man Bahadar Contact: 97859837

Indian Female, M.Sc Computer

Science, Seeking suitable place-

ment in Muscat Area. #98660672

Indian Female, 29 Yrs Age, M.Sc

Microbiology, looking for Job any

reputed organization / Hospitals,

seeks suitable position.

Contact : 95218424 / 9610 6604.

On Family Residence Visa.

Indian female 10 years exp as cook

in Oman. South Indian &

Gujarati special looking for job,

company or restaurant.

Contact 90559292

Indian Male B-Com Graduate

1 year, experience in market sur-

vey, Valid Driving License,

looking for any suitable post.

Contact: 92567020 / 96930392

Indian Male 30 year GCC driving

license and past experience as

project coordinator looking for a

suitable position. Project Coordi-

nation, Sales Executive, Marketing

Executive or any other suitable

post. Contact number -97070427

Indian B-Com Graduate 1 year

Experience in market survey,

Valid Driving License,

looking for any suitable post.

Contact :92567020 / 96930392,

shwayanad@gmail.com

Indian male, M. Com, 11 years

experience in the fi eld of account-

ancy and Stores. Good knowledge

in SAP, Tally, oracle, MS offi ce and

Excel seeks suitable placement.

Contact 92859733

Indian male, M.Com, 7 years Oman

experience in the fi eld of accounts

and valid oman driving license &

NOC . Good knowledge in SAP, Tally,

oracle, MS offi ce and Excel seeks

suitable placement. # 92859733

Indian male 42, BE-Civil 13 years

experience in Road construction.

looking for suitable placement.

having valid Oman driving license.

Contact: 95225214, Email:

Sudheerrokkala73@gmail.com

Bachelor in Hotel Management

Having 13 years experience in

Catering Industry in all aspects of

Operations with D/L looking out

for a suitable placement.

Contact 90654826

Email: mailingsaikiran@gmail.com

Indian with 3 years for experience

in sales and marketing fl uency in

English, Arabic, Hindi, Tamil and

Malayalam looking for suitable job.

Also hold valid Driving License,

currently in oman Mob : 93451439

Indian male network cabling tech-

nician (19-years Gulf experience)

seeking for suitable placement.

Contact 0091-8089909265 (India),

Email: mohithavp@gmail.com

Safety Offi cer 3 years of expe-

rience in safety certifi cations:

BE (Electrical and Electronics

Engineering),NEBOSH, OSH, DHSE,

fi rst aid. Contact +97474018995,

email:midhunmich@gmail.com

skype:midhunmike

Indian female, MBA, Diploma in

Aviation & Hospitality mgt (IATA),

having 4 yrs of exp, on family visa

seeks job in Oman.

Contact-9910 4529, 95679557,

e-mail-jkramya91@gmail.com

ELECTRONICS ENGINEER Indian/

male/24Yrs,Bsc.Electronics &

Communications,ITI,1.7 Years

experience as Service Technician

in India, on visit Visa, looking

For a Suitable Placement.

Contact :92794176 ,

E-mail: prathyushkp9@gmail.com

27 years old Indian male looking

hospitality jobs in Hotel. Experience

in customer service, front desk,

housekeeping supervisor, captain,

cashier,guest relation manager.

Contact. +968-90351742 Email.

samubaid6@gmail.com

NOC available, Indian Male - MBA

(HR) and B.E (E.I.E) with total 9

years of experience in HR & Admin

and Business Development (3 yrs

of Gulf exp.) can join immediately -

Contact 91240251 /

kvaradhan@hotmail.com

Indian Female on a visit visa hav-

ing master degree seeking suitable

placement in any fi eld, 1 ,5 year ex-

perience in HR .Contact 91467576.

Female Dentist with MOH license

and NOC, 7 years experience 2 yrs

out of them in Oman looking for a

job. Contact 97401243

Indian Male 42 year’s, MBA, Sr.

Material controller having 12 years

experience in Oman with reputed

companies. Having Oman driving

License, Seeks suitable replace-

ment immediately. Available NOC.

Cont. 00968-92944026,

Email – charanjeet35@yahoo.co.in

Indian male, 26 years old BA

Graduate having 1 year experience

in accounts fi nance fi eld. Looking for

suitable Job On visit visa immedi-

ately available. Contact. 9565 9415

anishkhan991867@gmail. com

LAND SURVEYOR: Male, more than

12 years’ experience in land/pipe

line surveying in Oman and UAE.

Looking for suitable placement.

NOC available. Contact 91215843

Senior Accountant, NOC avail-

able, more than 5 years exp., born

& bought up in Oman, Account-

ing upto fi nalization, computer

skills tally9, Sage ERP ACCPAC

500(6.0A), Vcams, Audit ,valid

Oman driving license, lan-

guages known English, Arabic,

Hindi. Can join immediately.

Tel: (+968) 96339599, E-mail-

(ahmedmohdkhan@gmail.com)

ELECTRONICS ENGINEER In-

dian/male/24Yrs,Bsc.Electronics &

Communications,ITI,1.7 Years experi-

ence as Service Technician in India.

On visit Visa, Looking For a Suitable

Placement. Contact :92794176,

E-mail:prathyushkp9@gmail.com

SALES / MARKETING

SKILLED LABOR

STP operator 20 yrs experience.

Contact: 93550661

Email: feroz1391@gmail.com

Marketing, BBA, Dip in Logistics

Mgmt, on 2 yrs free visa.

Contact : 98269281

Indian male Graduate with 18

years of Marketing experience

presently in Oman on family visit

visa, looking for best opportunity.

Contact: 96168687

Email: dhibupaul@gmail.com

Graduate looking for suitable

replacement. NOC available. Ex-

perience in Oman 15 + years. Field

: Executive - Sales & Marketing /

Executive Secretary.

Contact : 95798149

35 years male, Lebanese holding

British passport, 10 years of experi-

ence in procurement, Omani Gov-

ernment tenders, setup marketing

plans & strategies, importing, Organ-

izing events, management, have car,

NOC available. Contact 94123939

Email: 002015r@gmail.com

Indian male MBA Sales Market-

ing business development with

10 years of vast experience 5

years GCC 5 years India excellent

communication skills presently in

Oman on visit visa looking for best

opportunity. Contact: 97946069

mail: faizanahmad2308@yahoo.com

Indian Male, 26 M.Com with

4 yrs of Experience in Accounting

& Administration in a Financial

Company in India, seeks suitable

job, Currently in India.

Contact: India:-+918907212253

Akhil:-93626288, Email:

Sumeshpsmkr1989@gmail.com

Indian male 37 years MBA

graduate in marketing with 9yrs of

experience in UAE in fi eld of brand

promotions & marketing with UAE

D/L on a visit seeking suitable

position. Conatct 95792820

DAILY GUIDET U E S D AY, M AY 2 4 , 2 0 1 6 D7

TOURS

TOURS

RENT A CAR

25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP

specifi cation for monthly rent &

small car with driver. # 99839898

SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with

Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain

Marine Tours contact 98029602,

92808636

We arrange tours & accommoda-

tion at all the beautiful places in

Oman. Contact 99839898

RENT A CARBest Rates for Saloon

Contact: 97869042 / 95730550

sales@modernreem.com

DRIVING

TRANSPORTATION

Transport. Contact: 96538078

Transportation available Ruwi to

Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909

Transportation. Contact:94510847

Transportation. Contact 9508282

Transportation. Contact

92015894

Transportation requiredfrom Qurum to WadiKabir at

afternoon only 1 PM.

Contact - 99012165

SITUATION WANT-

ED

BUSINESS

SITUATION WANT-

ED

BUSINESS

WEB, ERP and Business Intel-

ligence (BI) creation and manage-

ment at rock bottom price.

Contact: http//webviewoman

Required partner investor to

build an apartment in Al Mobelah.

Contact: 99355330

Need investor for pure Veg. Coff ee

shop, Al Khuwair. Contact: 99437869

Want to market a product.

Contact: 92162623

IT Consultancy division available

interested person to handle the

above division can #92162623

Coff ee shop for sale 7 visa avail-

able at Al Khuwair. #98826793

SITUATION WANT-CLASSES

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

CONTD ON PG 8

D8 T U E S D AY, M AY 2 4 , 2 0 1 6

DAILY GUIDEEmail: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifi eds@timesofoman.comTel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

SITUATION WANT-SERVICES

SERVICESWe Provide Cleaners,

Offi ce boys, Cleaning Contracts, General cleaning etc.

Al Mudakhir Nati onal Est. LLC Contact : 94277020

A/C Maintenance & Servicing,

Fridge, Washing machine & Dish

washer repairing, Painting & Clean-

ing services, Electrical & plumbing.

Contact 99447257 / 97014234 /

24504281

Regular container transportation

from Sohar sport to anywhere in

Muscat area OMR 100 per con-

tainer. Contact: 93731363

Pest control & Building cleaning all kinds of pest control building. Cleaning ti les /

Marble polishing monthly/ Yearly contracts available.

Contact: 98814733 /98814740 Al Husn Cleaning L.L.C

Marble crystallization & grinding, Ocean center LLC

Contact: 99344723

A/C servicing maintenance.

Contact: 92279370

House shifting. Contact 99708138

CAD drawings Archi/ MEP CAD –

comply BIM. Contact: 91233975

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,

Contact 99314807/24792998

Window & split unit A.C servicing

& repairing. Contact: 99557080

Split & window A/c servicing &

maintenance. Contact 93769089 /

95323517

Split unit & widow unit A.C servic-

ing & maintenance.

Contact: 95323517 / 93769089

Split unit & window unit A.C

servicing & maintenance.

Contact: 96236476

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile

polishing, pest control &

anti-termite treatment, general

cleaning painting,Plumbing,

Electrical, shifting. Contact Mun-

dhir Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C.

Contact: 24810137, 99450130

Pest control treatments, Ocean center LLC

Contact 99344723

Marble crystallization & grinding, cleaning & carpet shampooing.

Ocean center LLC.

Contact 99344723

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. Contact ABU QA-

BAS- 99320217 /24788722

Cleaning services, Sofa, carpet,

shampoo old house or new house.

Contact: 92179395

Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont

Maintenance services electric,

plumbing and A/C. Contact:

96524904 /94285064

House Shifting Packing. Contact: 99657644 / 98518013

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your

marble.# 24793614/ 99314807

SITUATION WANTEDEDUCATION/CLASSES/COMP./WEB.

Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English

class for Malayalam Speakers in Azaiba and Ruwi

• Learn in two months• Satisfaction guaranteed

Tel: 95244310