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Calls for new tool to halt thespeeding
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MUSCAT: Installing average speed radars on the Sultanate’s roads will help catch erring driv-ers and reduce crashes in Oman, say road safety campaigners.
These speed cameras can mon-itor the average speed of cars. Un-like the static radars which cap-ture speed of drivers at a certain point on the road, these can track their vehicles over a set distance, making it impossible for them to escape the dragnet.
Drivers often tend to slow down before a stationary speed camera and then accelerate after passing the unit, which leads to confusion on the roads and can lead to accidents.
“We believe the introduction of average speed cameras in Oman
is a positive step forward. Speed is the number one cause of road accidents and fatalities in Oman. Some countries have installed same cameras and have recorded fantastic results with a reduction in speed-related accidents and fatalities,” Daryle Hardie, chief executive offi cer of Safety First, told Times of Oman.
Safety First is a leading non-profi t Oman company which aims to reduce road accidents and fatalities in Oman by 50 per cent by 2020. >A3
UK-style average
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speed again’
EID AL ADHA GREETINGS TO HIS MAJESTYThe management and staff of Times of Oman extend their heartiest greetings to
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said on the occasion of Eid Al Adha.
HM exchanges Eid Al Adha greetings
MUSCAT: With the advent of the blessed Eid Al Adha, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has ex-changed cables of congratulations with leaders of the Arab and Islam-ic countries.
In his cables, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere con-gratulations along with his best wishes to them and the people of their countries further progress and prosperity, praying to Allah to achieve all aspirations of progress and prosperity for their people un-der their leaderships and for the return of this occasion on all Mus-lims with blessings and welfare.
In their cables, the leaders ex-pressed their sincere congratula-tions along with their best wishes to His Majesty the Sultan and the Omani people, praying to Allah to protect His Majesty, grant him good health, happiness and a long life, achieve progress and peace for his loyal people under his wise leadership and praying to Allah for the return of this and similar occa-sions on His Majesty, Omani peo-ple, Arab and Muslim nations with welfare and progress. >A3
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OMANOman registers lowest GCC inflation
2Oman registered the lowest infl ation among GCC countries recording
an infl ation rate of 0.63 per cent over the 12-month period through July 2014. The report reveals highest annual infl ation rise was registered in Qatar with 3.1% , followed by 2.7% in both Kuwait and Bahrain. >A6
MARKET$730m contracts for Khazzan gas fields
3BP Oman awarded two drilling contracts for the Khazzan project
in Block 61, both valued at more than $730 million. KCA Deutag has been awarded more than $400 million contract for the construction and operation of fi ve new build land rigs for Khazzan. >B1
OMANROP: National faked stabbing incident
1 The incident where two masked men were reported to have stabbed an Omani
national on Alajal Nakhal Road last Saturday was faked by the victim, a Royal Oman Police offi cial confi rmed. He explained that the victim had faked the incident following a dispute with a family member. >A2
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There will be no editions of Times of Oman on October 4, 5 and 6 on account of Eid Al Adha holidays. There will also be no issue of Thursday magazine on October 9 & Hi! on October 10.
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MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Al-pha Conde of Guinea on his coun-try’s Independence Anniversary.
In his cable, His Majesty the Sul-tan has expressed his sincere con-gratulations along with his best wishes to President Conde and his country’s people. -ONA
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OMANSeveral employees of Muscat Municipality have been placed on emergency duty to handle contingencies during Eid Al Adha, which begins on October 3
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Omani national faked stabbing incident, says ROPFAHAD AL [email protected]
MUSCAT: The incident where two masked men were reported to have stabbed an Omani na-tional on Alajal Nakhal Road last Saturday, was faked by the victim, confi rmed an offi cial of the Royal Oman Police (ROP).
The offi cial said the victim had
faked the incident following a dis-pute with a family member.
“He did this to avoid embarrass-ment to himself,” said the offi cial.
Victim liedOn questioning the victim, ROP of-fi cials, who were investigating the case, found that he had been lying.
The offi cial pointed out that legal action has been initiated
against the accused since it is a crime to fake an incident.
Story went viralThis story had gone viral on the social media with many residents and citizens asking authorities concerned to improve the condi-tions of the road, which they de-scribed “as a road hard to drive on because of insuffi cient lighting,
sharp curves and no network cov-erage.” The victim had claimed that two masked men had stabbed him on the road last Saturday.
He had fi led a complaint with the ROP that the duo intercepted him on the road and demanded money. He said when they didn’t fi nd any money with him, they stabbed him with a knife before fl eeing.
The victim claimed he had
lost consciousness and on re-gaining it had gone to the Barka police station.
Person shiftedROP had shifted the victim to the Barka Health Centre and then to Sultan Qaboos University Hos-pital (SQUH) for treatment. The victim was discharged on Sunday, according to a SQUH offi cial.
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City Centre Muscat to open new car park
Times News Service
MUSCAT: Shoppers visiting City Centre Muscat, Majid Al Futtaim’s leading shopping and lifestyle destination in Oman, will fi nd it more accessible now with a new car park deck to be unveiled on October 3.
This new car park will ac-commodate 700 additional cars, which brings the total number of car park spaces in the mall to 2,850.
With three levels of park-ing, including direct access to the mall on the fi rst and second fl oors, City Centre Muscat is en-suring that customer conveni-ence remains their priority.
“City Centre Muscat has been going through a major evolution to meet the growing needs of our valued customers,” said Husam Al Mandhari, senior mall man-ager for City Centre Muscat. “With Phase 2 of our redevelop-ment currently underway, work on the new car park was accel-erated to meet the anticipated increase in traffi c. Visitors will soon discover the convenience of being able to park with ease, enhancing the overall shopping experience,” he said.
600 workersCity Centre Muscat’s new car park deck is located on the north side of the mall, and was completed in just seven months. More than 600 workers were dedicated to this project alone, and construction was in adher-ence to the highest of standards, resulting in zero accidents.
City Centre Muscat recently announced Phase 2 of its am-bitious redevelopment, an OMR27 million investment which will introduce more than 60 exciting new shopping options, spread across 10,000 square metres of additional re-tail space. The project is expect-ed to be complete in 2015.
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HM exchanges Eid Al Adha greetings with world leadersHis Majesty the Sultan has ex-changed cables of congratula-tions with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdul-lah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), His Majesty King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa of the King-dom of Bahrain, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, His High-ness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al
Jabir Al Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hus-sein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom of Morocco, Dr. Mohammed Moncef Marzouki, President of the Tunisian Repub-lic, President Abdul Aziz Boute-fl ika of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, President Ismail Omar Guelleh of the Re-public of Djibouti, Field Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir, President of the Republic of Su-dan, President Hassan Sheikh
Mahmoud of the Democratic Re-public of Somalia, President Dr. Fuad Masum of the Republic of Iraq, President Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine, Chair-man of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Or-ganisation and Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority, President Dr. Ikililou Dhoinine of the Union of the Comoros, President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi of the Arab Republic of Egypt, President Mohamed Ould Ab-del Aziz of the Islamic Republic
of Mauritania, President Field Marshall Abd Rabu Mansur Hadi of the Yemeni Republic, Sultan Haji Hassan Al Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam, King Al Wathiq Bil-lahi Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah of Malaysia, President Ilham Heydar Alyev of the Republic of Azerbaijan, President Dr. Ashraf Ghani of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Re-public of Indonesia, President Islam Karimov of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Dr. Hassan Rouhani,
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Mamnoon Hus-sain of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, President Mohammad Abdul Hamid of the People’s Re-public of Bangladesh, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov of the Republic of Turkmenistan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey, Presi-dent Idriss Deby of the Republic of Chad, President Ali Bongo of the Republic of Gabon, President Yahya Jammeh of the Republic of Gambia, President Macky Sall of
the Republic of Senegal, Presi-dent Imomali Rakhmonov of the Republic of Tajikistan, Presi-dent Almazbek Atambayev of the Kyrgyz Republic, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of the Re-public of Kazakhstan, President Abdulla Yameen of the Republic of the Maldives, President Ibra-him Boubacar Keita Republic of Mali, President Mahamadou Is-soufou of Niger, President Alas-sane Ouattara of Cote d’IVoire and Alpha Conde of the Republic of Guinea. -ONA
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Food safety steps for Eid Al Adha
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MUSCAT: Several employees of Muscat Municipality have been placed on emergency duty to han-dle contingencies during Eid Al Adha, which begins on October 3, as the civic body tightens public health and safety checks ahead of the festival.
The civic body, in coordination with Civil Defence, is also on alert for incidents of fi re from any parts of the country.
The municipality said it would engage in regular inspections of restaurants, coff ee shops and food-
stuff shops, as well as prepare the central slaughterhouse and public parks to receive people.
“There are some complaints which keep popping up during holidays so we will carry out our regular inspection,” said an offi cial of the municipality.
“The foodstuff that can be eas-ily contaminated in the heat will be monitored strictly. The inspec-tors would be concentrating more on areas where increased activi-
ties are witnessed during the Eid holidays. Traditional kitchens are also under constant check these days,” he said.
Veterinary doctors are inspect-ing livestock to ensure that the meat is fi t for human consumption. “The slaughterhouse administra-tion has coordinated with live-stock companies to import larger quantities to meet the increased demand during this period,” the offi cial added. Waiting rooms and
extra parking spaces will be avail-able for the public, in addition to higher staff strength to ensure bet-ter services.
A number of trucks have been arranged for the removal of waste from the slaughterhouse to gar-bage dumps. The public has been urged to put waste in garbage bins with lids to ensure hygiene.
Municipality teams will also be working longer hours to main-tain hygiene. The municipality’s
teams have stepped up inspec-tions at confectioneries and food-stuff stores to ensure food safety. Larger quantities of fruit and veg-etables will be imported to meet the demand.
The municipality is also keep-ing a watch on the sale of fi reworks in the country. Offi cials said that the Bausher slaughterhouse has been opened for two sessions this week with shifts between 7.30am and 1.30pm and then from 8pm to
midnight while Seeb will be open between 7am and 1pm while the second session from 4pm to 8pm. However, from October 3, the slaughterhouse will follow prac-ticing a pre-booking system.
The system aims to reduce waiting time for customers. “The supply company has assured customers that animals will be slaughtered within eight hours of them being received, as the meat will be stored in refrigerators,” the offi cial said.
The Ministry of Health has called on citizens and residents to guard against bites of bugs and in-sects that breed in the ears or skin of the animals. The ministry ad-vised against direct contact with the skin, blood and meat of ani-mals as one could contract Crime-an-Congo haemorrhagic fever.
The ministry asked those slaughtering animals during Eid to throw the waste in the garbage al-located for animal waste.
The Ministry of Regional Mu-nicipalities and Water Source gave information about the allocated garbage points for animal waste in each governorate on its websites.
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INSPECTING LIVESTOCK: Veterinary doctors are inspecting livestock to ensure that the meat is fi t for human consumption while compa-
nies are importing larger quantities of livestock to meet the increased demand during Eid Al Adha. – O K Mohammed Ali/Times of Oman
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Salma’s chocolates at more neighbourhood stores soonTimes News Service
MUSCAT: There is good news for Muscat’s chocolate lovers with popular local “chocolatiers” Sal-ma’s Chocolates launching their sweet treats in seven branches of Al Fair across the capital in time for Eid Al Adha.
“Our clients have been asking us to make our chocolates more widely available and this partner-ship with Al Fair gives us that op-portunity,” commented Salma Al Hajri one of Salma’s Chocolates two founders.
“We’re pleased that we can re-spond to their request and we’re also excited that we can introduce our brand to people who haven’t had the chance to try our choco-late before. We’re looking forward to their feedback,” she said.
The Muscat-based chocolatier added, “We’ve had great support from the Al Fair management
team who have helped us in this as part of their support for the Omani Products Programme in association with the Oman Chamber of Commerce.”
Al Fair customers will be able to pick up chocolate bars and gift boxes from Salma’s Chocolates
at stores in CCC Qurum, Medi-nat Sultan Al Qaboos, Sarooj, and Azaiba along with Spinneys The Wave, Markaz Al Bahja and Al Khoud. Aisha Al Hajri, creative director and co-founder of Sal-ma’s Chocolates explained, “We thought carefully about the best products to off er Al Fair custom-ers and settled on chocolate bars in our two most popular sizes and gift boxes of assorted chocolates in a variety of sizes for those spe-cial occasions.”
All natural, with no artifi cial sweeteners the chocolates are handmade in Oman with lo-cally sourced ingredients — from lemon, honey and rose to za’atar, dates, cardamom and halwa.
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No plan to instal average speed radars: ROP offi cial
“I have seen many motorists slowing down as they reach speed radars. A regular motorist knows the road well and slows down while nearing it and then speeds up after crossing it,” said Faizal Mohammed, a taxi driver in Ruwi.
However, an offi cial from Royal Oman Police (ROP) said the two types of speed radars — static and mobile — installed in Oman are enough to catch speeding drivers.
“We can nab speeding drivers with the facilities available. Cur-rently, there are no plans to instal average speed radars,” said the of-fi cial. According to the ROP, there has been an increase in traffi c fi nes collected in 2013, compared to 2012. The number of traf-fi c fi nes registered in 2012 was 3,239,953 and in 2011 it was ap-proximately 2,700,000.
Mark Pudwell, business de-
velopment and training manager at Competence HR, said average speed technology uses a multi-camera mast with one camera per lane of traffi c. It is placed at inter-vals of 2 km to measure the aver-age speed of all vehicles between masts and it would go a long way in deterring speeding.
“Our speed control measures, particularly the cameras, can be easily fooled and this is clearly evident on the Muscat Express-way. Those who speed remain in the third lane, bumper-to-bump-er with those who observe speed limits, and then shoot past at break-neck speeds until 100 me-tres before the next camera where they brake hard to avoid the omi-nous fl ash and a paltry OMR10 fi ne. So, their journey consists of speed, brake, speed, brake,” said Mark.
“It would be a good idea to im-pose a much higher penalty for all speeding off ences, not nec-essarily a jail term, as current trends would suggest that our jails would be fi lled overnight. Perhaps an OMR30 fi ne and 3 penalty points on licences, with those who attain 12 points being automatically banned from driv-ing for 12 months and required to attend driver rehabilitation pro-grammes,” added Mark.
Meanwhile, road safety cam-paigners have urged motorists to drive safely during the holidays to avoid tragedies.
“Drivers should be focused and avoid the use of mobile phones, stay within the mentioned speed limits and follow the safety meas-ures like buckling seat belts. Safe driving can help us avoid acci-dents,” said Daryle.
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Omani designer to showcase collection at Opera GalleriaSARAH [email protected]
MUSCAT: Designer Amal Al Ja-mali will reveal her newest col-lection, which features material based on photographs and local artists’ paintings, at a week-long exhibition at the Opera Galleria that opens October 17.
Speaking to the Times of Oman, Al Jamali said the new line would include clothes and accessories as well as furniture, as she branches out in a new creative direction. For this new line she has collaborated with four local artists, Said Al Alawi, Raya Al Manji, Abdul Ma-jeed Karooh, and Hanan Al Shihi, whose work will also be on display.
“For around one year I was look-ing for photographers and art-ists. I wanted something special about Oman. What the artists do is close to my work. It’s a story about Oman’s history, past and present,” Al Jamali said. All of her clothes feature Omani designs or images of traditional jewelry. She also takes elements of Omani men’s clothes and accessories as inspiration and gives them a feminine twist. This time the material based on the pho-tographs and paintings will repre-sent diff erent aspects of Oman.
Al Jamali, a self-taught designer who has been working in the fash-ion industry for the past eight years, said that as a child she was always interested in clothing and loved get-
ting dressed up for parties. Now she enjoys dressing other women, both Omani and European.
Her designs are aimed at both modern Omanis and European visitors who want to take home a piece of Omani culture. She de-scribes her clothing as pieces that can be worn by non-Muslims and Muslims alike, depending on what they are paired with.
“It’s a mix between Omani and European. The Omanis can wear them with a scarf and long pants or a skirt,” she said. Al Jamali’s exhibi-tion opens in time for Omani Wom-en’s Day on October 17, at the Opera Galleria. Her designs can also be found at her boutique, Sunset Fash-ions, in Alasfoor Plaza in Qurum.
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LATEST OFFERINGS: Amal Al Jamali will reveal her new collection featuring material based on photo-
graphs and local artists’ paintings on October 17. – Sarah Macdonald/Times of Oman
Singaporeans in Oman celebrate national day
SARAH [email protected]
MUSCAT: Singaporean expatri-ates living in Oman had the chance to celebrate their country’s na-tional day for the fi rst time in the Sultanate on Tuesday evening.
Consul-General Richard Grosse presided over the celebra-tions organised by the Consulate-General of the Republic of Singa-pore, which opened in August last year. The offi cial national day is August 9, which marks the date in 1965 when Singapore gained its independence from Malaysia, but the event was held later to allow for more guests to be present.
“It’s a big honour and a privi-lege. I’m just happy we could do this here and invite not only Oma-nis and the diplomatic core, but also Singaporeans living here. I think it means a lot to them also,” Grosse told Times of Oman.
There are about fewer than 70 Singaporeans living in Oman, Grosse said, but he hoped the community would grow as the amount of business and other exchanges between the two coun-tries keeps on increasing.
“Singapore has warm and strong ties with the Sultanate of Oman. Our bilateral relations continue to deepen and we look forward to celebrating the 30th anniversary of Singapore-Oman diplomatic relations next year,” Grosse said. There is a long history between the countries, especially regarding maritime routes.
In 2010 Oman reenacted a his-toric sea voyage from Muscat to Singapore with the dhow “Jewel of Muscat,” which was then pre-sented as a gift from His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to the Sin-gaporean people.
“Singapore and Oman have had regular exchange of high-level visits. These visits have brought rapport and familiarity between our leaders and offi cials and have enabled bilateral cooperation to fl ourish,” he added.
Singapore’s Minister of Foreign Aff airs and Law, K Shanmugam, came to Oman in May 2013, while
the Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minis-ter for Defence Chan Chun Sing in April 2014. Other senior offi cials from the Ministries of Foreign Af-fairs, Home Aff airs, and Trade and Industry also paid visits to Oman.
Visits by Omani offi cials to Sin-gapore include a visit by Minister of Information Dr Abdulmunim Bin Mansour Al Hasani in April 2013, a visit by Minister Responsible for Defence Sayyid Badr Bin Saud Al Busaidi for the 2014 Singapore Air-show in February 2014, and a visit by Secretary General of the Minis-try of Foreign Aff airs Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi for the 11th Singapore-Oman Bilateral Consul-tations in March 2014.
An important aspect of the re-lations is the Singapore-Oman Business Council, which has led to meetings between the Oman Chamber of Commerce and In-dustry and the Singapore Business Federation. “It’s an important net-working platform for Singapore-ans and Omanis to enhance busi-ness links,” Grosse said.
In 2013, Singapore-Omani trade surpassed $2 billion USD and Singaporean fi rms have in-creased their presence in Oman, he added. The next step in rela-tions will be more people-to-peo-ple ties, he said. “The Singapore-Oman relationship has all we need for an enduring partner-ship. We look to the future with optimism that is grounded in our history,” Grosse said.
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Oman inflation rate is among lowest in GCC
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MUSCAT: Oman registered the lowest infl ation among GCC coun-tries — recording an infl ation rate of 0.63 per cent over the 12-month period through July 2014.
The latest infl ation report re-leased by the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for Arab countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat) reveals that the highest annual infl ation rise was registered in Qatar with 3.1 per cent, followed by 2.7 per cent in both Kuwait and Bahrain, 2.6 per cent in Saudi Ara-bia and 2.33 per cent in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
As per the report, food and bev-erage registered the biggest rise annually in prices per category
in all GCC states except for Qatar and Oman where it decreased by 0.8 per cent and 0.03 per cent re-spectively. Meanwhile, the con-sumer price index (CPI) in the GCC region witnessed an overall increase over a 12 month period through July 2014. Within the GCC member states, the rise in the general CPI ranged between 0.63 per cent and 3.1 per cent, ac-cording to a report on infl ation released recently by the Statisti-cal Centre for the Cooperation Council for Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat).
On a monthly basis when com-pared to the June 2014 fi gures, the general CPI registered an increase of 0.3 per cent in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to July 2014. While the month-by-month increase stood at 0.25 per cent in Oman and 0.09 per cent in the
UAE, while remaining stable in Kuwait over the same period. The increase percentage was 2.3 per cent in Bahrain, 2.0 per cent in Saudi Arabia, 1.96 per cent in Ku-wait, and 1.42 per cent in the UAE.
As for the main consumer price categories in each of the GCC member states, statistics show an annual increase of 12.58 per cent in the prices of tobacco in Kuwait, while the recreation and culture prices went up by 10.4 per cent in Saudi Arabia.
Housing and utility prices also increased in Qatar and Bahrain by 7.6 per cent and 5.4 per cent respectively, whereas prices for furniture and household goods in Oman grew by 7.28 per cent, while prices for miscellaneous goods and services in the UAE went up by 5.64 per cent.
The GCC-Stat infl ation report
also highlights price reductions in some reporting categories over the 12 month period to July 2014. The price of health care declined by 1.18 per cent in Kuwait, and the price of transportation went down by 1.17 per cent in Oman.
In Qatar, food and drinks, as well as tobacco prices dropped by 0.8 per cent. However, there was no evidence of a decline in the prices of any goods or services in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain or the UAE over the same period.
Overall, the prices of household and utilities registered the maxi-mum infl ation among GCC mem-ber states with an increase of 7.6 per cent in Qatar, 5.4 per cent in Bahrain, 4.39 per cent in Kuwait and 2.8 per cent in Saudi Arabia along with an increase of 2.74 per cent in the UAE and 1.39 per cent in Oman.
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Oman, a hot favourite of global retailers: StudyTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Oman is among the four GCC countries on the list of top 20 countries that internation-al retailers prefer, revealed a new study by Kuwait Financial Centre ‘Markaz’ on Tuesday.
Encouraged by Oman’s growing retail sector and a population with spending power, foreign retailers and brands are now thronging the country. “This trend has been aid-ed by an increase in prime retail space for brands seeking to enter the market,” said Sudharshan Saha, a manager of a retail store in a reputed mall in Muscat.
He also said malls in Oman are mulling expansion to keep up with the demand for retail space, which has been increasing on a regular basis. Cluttons recently revealed in a report that occu-pier demand for retail space in Oman has continued to intensify through 2014, with high street retail units in Muscat’s densely populated areas operating at near 100 per cent occupancy.
The latest expansion plan was announced by Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East and North Africa, which said recently that it will invest OMR27 million to expand City Centre Muscat.
The Markaz report analysed the major segments of luxury re-tail and their presence across the GCC. It also provides an overview on various entry modes, formats of the luxury retail, and retail in-frastructure of each GCC country.
Additionally, the report ex-amines the fundamental growth drivers, challenges faced, and details of existing and upcoming prominent malls in the region.
Luxury retail is a thriving busi-ness in GCC region, propelled by affl uent locals, splurging expatri-ates, burgeoning brand-aware youthful population, and deep-pocketed tourists.
GCC has opened up exciting growth possibilities for key in-dustry players, and continues to be a major destination for a wide range of luxury brands.
Four GCC countries are pre-sent in the list of top 20 countries based on Global Retail Develop-ment Index (GRDI), which signi-fi es the preference of internation-al retailers.
However, counterfeiting, ris-ing rental costs, unavailability of workforce and increasing compe-
tition are a few challenges faced by the sector. The Middle East as a whole, benefi ts from young population, with more than 65 per cent being under the age of 35.
This off ers tremendous po-tential for the luxury market, not only in the sheer numbers, but also in the opportunity for retail-ers to overcome the fi ckleness of consumers, and build brand loy-alty early.
The 2013 GDP per capita in the GCC ranged from $29,813 for Oman to $98,813 for Qatar, well ahead of emerging countries, such as China ($9,844), and compare favourably with developed coun-tries, such as the US ($53,101) and the United Kingdom ($37,306).
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Japan Crown Prince receives HaithamTOKYO: Kataishi Naruhito Shinn, Crown Prince of Japan, received in his Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Minister of Herit-age and Culture, who is currently visiting Japan to attend the third Symposium for Sultan Qaboos Sci-entifi c Chairs.
During the audience, Sayyid Haitham conveyed the greetings, best wishes of good health and prosperity of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to the Emperor of Japan and best wishes of continu-ous progress and development for the friendly people of Japan.
On his part, Japan Crown Prince requested Sayyid Haitham to con-vey the greetings of Emperor Aki-
hito of Japan to His Majesty the Sultan along with his best wishes of good health and happiness and for the Omani people further pro-gress and prosperity.
The audience touched on the existing cooperation between the two friendly countries and the means of developing them in all fi elds, as well as issues of mutual interest.
The two sides stressed during the audience on the importance of the 3rd Sultan Qaboos Scientifi c Chairs Symposium which starts on Thursday in Tokyo University under the patronage of the Crown Prince of Japan, under the theme ‘Water Resources Management for Sustainable Development’. -ONA
V I S I T
BOOSTING TIES: His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said,
Minister of Heritage and Culture, with Crown Prince of Japan. – ONA
Social Insurance Law discussed
MUSCAT: The Legislative and Legal Committee, Services and Social Development Commit-tee at Majlis Al Shura held a joint meeting yesterday to dis-cuss amendment proposed by the Services and Social Devel-opment Committee to the So-cial Insurance Law.
The meeting discussed the amendments, which were made by the Services and Social De-velopment Committee on some articles of the law. -ONA
M A J L I S A L S H U R A
Source: Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf Graphics
Inflation rates in GCCQatar Kuwait Bahrain Saudi Arabia UAE Oman
3.1% 2.7% 2.7% 2.6% 2.3%0.63%
Food andbeverages
Annual Inflation
Household and utilities 0
-0.8%
7.6%
4.3%5.4%
2.8% 2.7%
1.4%1.9% 2.3%
1.4%
-0.03%
2%
FOUR INJURED IN BIDBID SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENTA school bus skid-
ded off the road and
overturned in Bidbid
injuring four children
on Wednesday morn-
ing. According to Royal
Oman Police (ROP),
no casualties were
reported and four chil-
dren sustained minor
injuries. — Supplied photo
$29,813is the per capita income of Oman. It is well ahead of emerging countries, such as China ($9,844), and compares favourably with developed countries, such as the US ($53,101) and the United Kingdom ($37,306).
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Erdogan vows to fight IS militants
MURSITPINAR (TURKEY)/BEIRUT: Turkey signalled it may send troops into Syria or Iraq and let allies use Turkish bases to fi ght Islamic State, as coalition jets launched air strikes on Wednesday on insurgents be-sieging a town on its southern border with Syria.
The government sent a propos-al to parliament late on Tuesday which would broaden existing powers and allow Ankara to order military action to “defeat attacks directed towards our country from all terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria”. The proposal would also mean Turkey, until now re-luctant to take a frontline role against Islamic State, could al-low foreign forces to use its terri-tory for cross-border incursions. But President Tayyip Erdogan said the removal of Syrian Presi-dent Bashar Al Assad remained a Turkish priority and stressed Ankara’s fears that US-led air strikes without a broader politi-cal strategy would only prolong the instability.
AccusationTurkey accuses Assad of stok-ing the growth of Islamic State through sectarian policies.
“We will fi ght eff ectively against both (Islamic State) and all other terrorist organisations within the region; this will al-ways be our priority,” he told the opening of parliament, but add-ed: “Tonnes of bombs dropped from the air will only delay the threat and danger. “Turkey is not a country in pursuit of temporary solutions nor will Turkey allow others to take advantage of it.”
The new Nato chief said the alliance would come to Turkey’s aid if it was attacked, in an appar-ent reference to the border crisis.
The Islamic State advance to within sight of the Turkish army on the border has piled
pressure on the Nato member to play a greater role in the US-led military coalition carrying out air strikes against the in-surgents in Syria and Iraq. The militants are encroaching on the tomb of Suleyman Shah, grand-father of the Ottoman Empire’s founder, which lies in northern Syria but which Ankara con-siders sovereign territory. It has made clear it will defend the mausoleum.
A column of black smoke rose from the southeastern side of Kobani, a predominantly Kurd-ish border town under siege by Islamic State for more than two weeks, as jets roared overhead, a Reuters correspondent on the Turkish side said.
“(They) hit a village that is four to fi ve kilometres (two to three miles) southeast of Koba-ni and we heard they destroyed one (Islamic State) tank,” Par-wer Mohammed Ali, a transla-tor with the Kurdish PYD group, told Reuters by telephone from Kobani, known as Ayn Al Arab in Arabic. The United States has been carrying out strikes in Iraq against the militant group since July and in Syria since last week with the help of Arab allies. Brit-ain and France have also struck Islamic State targets in Iraq.
Using mostly nighttime strikes, it aims to damage and de-stroy the bases and forces of the Al Qaeda off shoot which has cap-tured large areas of both coun-tries. Turkey, which hosts a US air base at its southern town of Incirlik, has so far not been mili-tarily involved.
Britain said on Wednesday that it had conducted air strikes overnight on Islamic State fi ght-ers west of Baghdad, attacking an armed pick-up truck and a transport vehicle. French Presi-dent Francois Hollande mean-while said France would boost its military commitment to the fi ght against the militants. The Syrian confl ict is now in its fourth year and has killed more than 191,000 people. The Syrian confl ict is now in its fourth year and has killed more than 191,000 people.
On Wednesday twin suicide bombs outside a school in the government-controlled city of Homs killed at least 39 civilians, most of them children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Hu-man Rights, which monitors the war. — Reuters
Coalition fi ghter jets
strike southeastern
side of Kobani, a
Kurdish border town
besieged by rebels
Gunmen attack Saudi policeman
DUBAI: Gunmen shot and wounded a Saudi policeman in the eastern part of the kingdom, state news agency SPA reported late on Tuesday.
The attack came days after the fatal shooting of an activist in the same town in Eastern Province.
The policeman, Mohammed Atiq Al Jehani, was shot at and wounded by unknown assailants while stationed at a checkpoint at the entrance to the restive town of Al Awamiya late on Monday night, Saudi-owned Al Sharq Al Awsat reported. Saudi Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef later visited Jehani at a police hospital in the capital Riyadh, SPA said.
On Saturday, authorities an-nounced that Bassem Ali Al Qu-daihi, an activist sought by se-curity forces for involvement in gun attacks and protests in recent years, had died during an exchange of fi re with police trying to arrest him in Awamiya.
Residents of Qudaihi’s native village of Tarout gave him a public funeral on Tuesday night. Inte-rior Ministry spokesman General Mansour Al Turki said on Satur-day Qudaihi was a dangerous man, though he had not been on a list of 23 people it published in 2012 as being wanted for involvement in anti-government violence. — Reuters
R E S T I V E T O W N
PILGRIMS ARRIVE IN THE HOLY CITY OF MAKKAHPilgrims arriving for a prayer at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah on Tuesday. Hundreds of thousands of faithful started pouring into the holy city for
the Haj pilgrimage. — AFP
We will fi ght eff ectively against both (Islamic State) and all other terrorist organisations within the region; this will always be our priority
Tayyip Erdogan, President, Turkey
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Nothing was done. The Prime Minister’s visit was disappointing. Nothing happened, which brought any new turn in the Indo-US relations...when you look at the outcomes, it is defi nitely disappointing
Anand Sharma, Congress spokesperson
Modi ‘satisfied’ with US visit but issues remain
WASHINGTON: With a ‘Thank You America’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wound up his fi ve-day US visit describing it as “very successful and satisfactory” with observers here saying that he had succeeded in establishing a personal rapport with President Barack Obama and largely repair-ing bilateral ties.
A joint statement issued by the two leaders after two rounds of talks covered a wide range of is-sues including “broad strategic and global partnership” between the two countries, their shared val-ues and their desire to strengthen and deepen cooperation. The 64-year-old Indian leader made a strong impression with his energy and declared commitment to transform India in which he sought US cooperation and invest-ments, including in railways and defence manufacturing.
Urging top US corporates to es-tablish and expand their base in India before “it is too late”, Modi told the US-India Business Coun-cil (USIBC) before fl ying for Delhi last night that he would imple-ment in the next six months all the things necessary for ease of busi-ness in India.
InvestmentUSIBC told him that it had identi-fi ed upwards of $41 billion slated for investment by its members in India within the next three years. However, American media was of the view that thorny issues such as Indian taxation laws, trade and ci-vilian nuclear energy cooperation, that had divided the two countries in the recent years, remained to be resolved.
There were promises on issues such as the decision to establish an inter-agency contact group to sort out outstanding liability and tech-nical issues to fast-track imple-mentation of the landmark 2005 civil nuclear deal signed by Modi’s predecessor Manmohan Singh. The deal has remained stalled over the liability of those who sup-ply nuclear reactors with Ameri-cans complaining that it was heav-ily weighed against them.
Gains of the visit include re-newal of the 10-year defence co-operation framework, agreement to cooperate on maritime security and several other initiatives like high technology, space and health cooperation.
Dawood Ibrahim, the master-mind of the 1993 Mumbai blasts, and his fi nancial network will now for the fi rst time be the target of India and the US following their
agreement to dismantle safe ha-vens for terrorists and criminal networks, including those of the D-company.
CommittedPrime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama have committed themselves to joint and concerted eff orts to disrupt all fi -nancial and tactical support to Al Qaida, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, the Haqqani network and the D-company, a reference to
the network of Dawood. The two leaders discussed terrorism in South Asia and emerging threats in West Asia but India has made it clear that it will not join “any coa-lition” in the ongoing fi ght against the dreaded ISIS group.
DealIndia, however, agreed to work with the US to deal with the “ma-jor issue” fl ight of radicalised peo-ple to that region for terror strikes.
As a critical step in strengthening
global nonproliferation and export control regimes, the two leaders pledged to continue work towards India’s phased entry into the Nucle-ar Suppliers Group (NSG), the Mis-sile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), the Wassenaar Arrange-ment and the Australia Group. - PTI
The US media was of
the view that thorny
issues such as Indian
taxation laws, trade
and civilian nuclear
energy cooperation,
which had divided
the two countries,
remained
to be resolvedBRIEFING: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks as President Barack Obama looks on during their
joint press briefi ng at the Oval Offi ce of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday. - PTI
NEW DELHI: Congress yesterday launched an all-out attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his US visit was “disappointing” on outcomes and claimed that an atmosphere of a grand event was created with the help of “cheerleaders” many of whom brought from India.
Accusing the prime minister of “hurting” the dignity of the post by “belittling” previous Indian governments on a for-eign soil, party spokesperson Anand Sharma said it is a mat-ter of concern for any political party or the nation if someone believes everything good for the nation has happened only during his time.
“We wonder whether he had gone there on an election campaign or he was suddenly reminded of his Parliamentary constituency Varanasi,” he said, adding that Modi spoke during the visit as if he was still in “campaign mode”.
Sharma also attacked him for “withdrawing”, ahead of his US visit, an order which empowered the drug pricing authority of powers to cap pric-es of non-essential drugs and then during his visit deciding to set up, in collaboration with the US, a high-level working group on intellectual property to sort out issues which have been hampering investments.
On the latter, he alleged that the Prime Minister has “com-promised” India’s position and the issue cannot be revisited in a bilateral grouping.
Refusing to give any impor-tance to the rapturous gather-ing during the Prime Minister’s address at Madison Square
Garden and elsewhere outside the venues of his address in the US, Sharma said, “There were many cheerleaders”.
CreditHe gave the credit for the gathering at the Garden to the performance by well-known artistes and singers there.
Seeking to compare it with Modi’s address at the UN Gen-eral Assembly, the Congress spokesperson claimed that “two-third of the Assembly hall was empty when the Indian Prime Minister was speaking. This small gathering should be a matter of concern.”
He also said all Indian Prime Ministers, who went to the US were given the honour of addressing the joint session of
US Congress but “Modi was not given this honour” asking “why?”. Sharma said the visit was not so impressive as was projected and quoted Bharati-ya Janata Party patriarch L K Advani to conclude that Modi is a very good “event-manager”.
Sharma said that it was ex-pected that there will be some concrete decision on signing the Indo-US nuclear agree-ment and that the issue of H1 B visa will be resolved besides the issue of totalisation agreement.
“Nothing was done. The Prime Minister’s visit was disappointing. Nothing hap-pened, which brought any new turn in the Indo-US relations...when you look at the outcomes, it is defi nitely disappointing,” he said. - PTI
PM’s US visit disappointing on outcomes: Congress
We wonder whether
he had gone there
on an election
campaign or he was
suddenly reminded
of his Parliamentary
constituency Varanasi
Anand SharmaCongress spokesperson
Protests continue as Karnataka court adjourns Jaya bail plea BANGALORE/CHENNAI: One more person died yesterday in an act of suicide after being appar-ently upset over Jayalalithaa’s conviction in the disproportionate asset case as protests against her conviction continued across the state for the fi fth day.
A 55-year-old farmer died at the government hospital in Nagapatti-nam, three days after he consumed poison at his house in Oorkuthi vil-lage near Nagapattinam, police said.
With this, the toll of those be-lieved to have died in various parts of the state unable to bear the four-year jail term awarded to Jay-alalithaa since September 27 has risen to 19.
Jaya to remain in jailAIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa will have to remain in jail for at least six more days as she failed
to get any immediate relief from the Karnataka High Court which deferred till October seven hear-ing on her pleas for immediate bail in the disproportionate assets case and suspension of the four-year sentence.
With a thick security blanket thrown around the entire court complex, the High Court vacation bench took up the matter for an urgent hearing with Jayalalithaa’s counsel Ram Jethmalani pleading for suspending the sentence pend-ing appeal under Section 389 of the Criminal Procedure Code and for her release on bail.
Under this provision, pending any appeal by a convicted person, the Appellate Court may order that the execution of the sentence or order appealed against be sus-pended. Also, if the person is in confi nement, that he or she be re-
leased on bail, or on own bond. Opposing Jayalalithaa’s plea,
Special Public Prosecutor Bhavani Singh told Justice Rathnakala that suspension of conviction sought by Jayalalithaa “is not not allowed
under the law.” Singh also objected to Jayalalithaa seeking bail under Section 389, saying that “because of the status of the accused, being a former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, she may misuse the liberty.”
Singh also fi led a memo about his appointment as SPP in the case. Singh, who was SPP in the Special Court in the dispropor-tionate assets case, had told the court yesterday that he had not yet received any offi cial notifi cation appointing him as the SPP.
After a brief hearing in the jam-packed court, the judge adjourned the matter to October 7 to be taken up by a regular bench.
Soon thereafter, some pro-AIAD-MK supporters and advocates upset over the order expressed their dis-pleasure outside the court complex but were dispersed by police.
Policemen were deployed in good strength with each person being checked thoroughly at all entry points of the court complex entrance before being let in.
The court is on Dasara holidays from Septtember 29 to October 5.
October 6 is a government holi-day on account of Eid Al Adha
The High Court had yesterday posted the matter for hearing on Oct 6 but after Jayalalithaa’s coun-sels made a plea for an urgent sit-ting today, the court allowed it.
In a verdict on Saturday at the end of an 18-year old legal bat-tle, Special Judge John Michael D’Cunha had convicted Jay-alalithaa, sentencing her to four years imprisonment, and slapped a staggering fi ne of Rs 100 crore in the Rs 66.65 crore corruption case.
Jayalalithaa’s aide Sasikala, her relatives V N Sudhakaran, dis-owned son of the former Chief Minister and Ilavarasi will also have to spend at least six more days in jail as their petitions for bail and suspension of the sen-tence were also adjourned till October 7. -PTI
G R A F T C A S E
SOLIDARITY: Supporters cry during a protest against AIADMK
chief J. Jayalalitha’s conviction in a disproportionate assets case
by a Bangalore court in Coimbatore, yesterday. -PTI
PIO card holders to get life long visa: Notifi cation NEW DELHI: Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) will get life-long visa to visit India, the government has notifi ed, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the concession at the Madison Square Garden rally in the US. The PIO card holders have also been exempted from police reporting during their period of stay in India, irrespective of any duration. “A PIO card issued to an applicant shall be valid for his life time from the date of its issue provided that such applicant has a valid passport,” the gazette notifi cation issued by the Home Ministry said. The notifi cation made it clear that a PIO card which has been issued prior to the date of publication of the notifi cation (September 30, 2014), shall be deemed to be valid for life time of its holder subject to the condition that such person has a valid passport. Earlier, Persons of Indian Origin had PIO cards with only 15 years validity for visa-free entry to India and they had to extend it for 10 years at a time if desired.
Subrata Roy moved back to jail, facilities withdrawnNEW DELHI: Sahara chief Subrata Roy was yesterday sent back to his cell in Tihar jail at the end of the period granted by the Supreme Court to stay at an air conditioned facility in the complex to negotiate sale of his overseas luxury hotels. The court had extended Roy’s stay at the Tihar Jail confer-ence room by 15 days on September 8 for him to sell the prop-erties to raise Rs100 billion to be deposited with SEBI for his bail. “We received no further extension orders from the court and the duration for which Subrata Roy was allowed to use the conference room with special facilities ended Tuesday. He has been shifted back to the jail today. He will be stay-ing at the central jail here in jail number one,” Tihar jail DIG Mukesh Prasad said.
Two Indian centenarians to perform Haj this year JEDDAH: A 109-year-old Indian man is among the two cen-tenarians from the country in Saudi Arabia, who will perform Haj this year. Injil Hossain Biswas from Murshidabad in West Bengal, is the oldest Indian Haj pilgrim at the age of 109. Hun-dred-year-old Abdur Rahim from Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, is the second centenarian among India’s Haj pilgrims. A third pilgrim named Fida Husain from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, is also among one of the oldest pilgrims from India performing Haj this year. He is 98 years old. All of them have come through India’s Haj Committee. Of the 136,020 Indian pilgrims who have reached Saudi Arabia to perform Haj this year, 100,020 have come through the Haj Committee of India.
Parties will now have to deposit funds in banks: ECNEW DELHI: A set of new guidelines of the Election Com-mission came into eff ect yesterday, making it virtually man-datory for political parties to deposit their funds in banks and not to exceed ceiling limits in fi nancial assistance for candi-dates. Under the guidelines, the treasurer of a political party is now required to ensure maintenance of accounts at all state and lower levels and consolidated accounts at the central par-ty headquarters. The accounts maintained by the treasurer shall conform to the guidance note on accounting and audit-ing of political parties issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants. The annual accounts shall be audited and certi-fi ed by certifi ed chartered accountants as required under the Income Tax Act. Under the guidelines, a party should ensure that no payment in excess of Rs20,000 is made to any person or company in cash, except in a village or in town not served by a bank. - Agencies
B R I E F S
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS: Old age
gas victims and destitute pensioners stage a protest on
the occasion of ‘International Day of Older Persons’, in
Bhopal, yesterday. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan
yesterday batted for introducing a scheme to ensure that
the elderly get nutritious food on the lines of the one for
the children. Addressing a programme on the occasion
of International Day of Older Persons, she also suggested
development of such colonies where old age homes and
orphanages can be put up together. - PTI
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Train collision in UP leaves 12 dead
S. MOITRA Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI: At least 12 people were killed and more than 45 oth-ers injured following a collision between two speeding passenger trains in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh late on Tuesday night, a senior Indian Railways offi cial said on Wednesday.
“The collision took place near Gorakhpur station, about 270
kilometres from the state capi-tal Lucknow, around 11pm when Krishak Express, travelling from Varanasi to Gorakhpur, rammed into the Barauni Express. The im-pact of the collision was so great that three coaches of the Barauni Express went off the tracks,” said Alok Kumar Singh, the Chief Pub-lic Relations Offi cer.
While 12 bodies were pulled out of the three mangled coaches, those injured have been admit-ted to a local hospital where the condition of another 12 is said to be serious.
A preliminary probe has re-vealed that the Krishak Express,
travelling from Varanasi to Gorakhpur, overshot the signal and rammed into the Barauni Express from the rear.
“In the fi rst instance, it appears that the accident took place be-cause of an error on the part of the driver and assistant driver of the Krishak Express. They have both been suspended with immediate eff ect,” said Singh.
However, a thorough inquiry will bring to fore the cause of the mishap, he added.
President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have expressed grief at the loss of lives in the accident.
Preliminary probe
has revealed that
Krishak Express,
travelling from
Varanasi to
Gorakhpur, overshot
the signal and
rammed into the
Barauni Express
TRAGEDY ON TRACK: People look at the damaged coaches after
Krishak Express and Barauni Express collided near Gorakhpur on
Tuesday night. - PTI
Three killed in chopper crashBAREILLY: Three army offi cers were killed when an army helicop-ter crashed in Uttar Pradesh’s Ba-reilly district yesterday morning, offi cials said.
The Cheetah helicopter took off from Bareilly for a routine sortie. It developed a technical problem and crashed around 8am in Nakatiya, a rural area of Bareilly and burst into fl ames.
An earlier report said it was an air force helicopter, but it was later confi rmed to be a 23-year-old army chopper.
Major Abhijeet Thapa, 29, Ma-jor Vikas Varyani, 29, and Captain Avinash, 26, were killed in the inci-dent, a district offi cial said.
While the major rank offi cials were the pilot and co-pilot, the captain was from the engineer-
ing corp, an offi cial said. Senior district and army offi cials rushed to the site and expedited the op-erations to pull out the bodies of the offi cers.
President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday condoled the deaths of three army men who died in a chopper crash in Uttar Pradesh, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said. - IANS
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Rebels infiltration in army emerges as a key question
K A R A C H I / I S L A M A B A D : Months after Owais Jakhrani was sacked from the Pakistan Navy for extremist views, he led an auda-cious mission to take over a war-ship and turn its guns on a US na-val vessel in the open seas.
The early September dawn raid at a naval base in the southern city of Karachi was thwarted, but not before Jakhrani, two offi cers and an unidentifi ed fourth assail-ant snuck past a patrol boat in a dinghy and engaged in an intense fi refi ght on or around the ship.
Four people were killed in the attempt to hijack the warship Zulfi qar, including Jakhrani and two accomplices, who were serv-ing sub-lieutenants, according to police reports seen by Reuters.
Offi cials are divided about how much support the young man in his mid-20s had from inside the navy. They also stress that Jakh-
rani and his accomplices were a long way from achieving their aim when they were killed.
But the attack, claimed by al Qaeda’s newly created South Asian wing, has highlighted the threat of militant infi ltration into Pakistan’s military.
The issue is a sensitive one for Pakistan’s armed forces, which have received billions of dollars of US aid since 2001 when they joined Washington’s global cam-paign against Al Qaeda.
According to a statement from Al Qaeda, the intended target in this case was a US navy vessel, meaning potential loss of Ameri-can lives and a blow to relations between the two nations.
A naval spokesman said an in-quiry was still ongoing when Reu-ters contacted the military with detailed questions about the inci-dent. The military typically does not publish its inquiries.
“The Reuters story is not based on facts,” he said. “All the facts will be ascertained once the inquiry is fi nalised.”
Most Pakistani military offi -
cials deny infi ltration is a signifi -cant problem.
Yet Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told parliament the attackers could only have breached security with inside help.
One navy offi cial, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to the press, said at least eight navy personnel had been arrested based on the attackers’ phone records, including four aboard the ship.
Commanders arrestedThree serving mid-level lieuten-ant commanders from Karachi were also arrested in the western city of Quetta, allegedly trying to fl ee to Afghanistan two days after the botched raid, offi cials said.
Further arrests were made in Karachi, Peshawar, and north-western Pakistan, they added.
The plot’s mastermind was sub-lieutenant Jakhrani, either 25 or 26 years old, whose father is a senior police offi cer in Karachi, offi cials said.
He was fi red several months
ago during his probationary train-ing period, according to a senior naval offi cer.
“He used to ask questions about why there is no break for prayers given during the course of train-ing sessions,” the offi cer said. “He used to question seniors.”
Combat trainingEarlier this year, Jakhrani trav-elled to Afghanistan to meet mili-tant leaders and receive combat training, according to two offi -cials. They said that he had told his bosses before departing that he needed to take leave to study for exams. But Jakhrani failed his exams and alarmed colleagues with his militant views.
“We found literature and ma-terial on his person that no one can be allowed to have. His col-leagues reported his views and he was then closely watched and monitored and fi nally dismissed,” one offi cial said.
Once he left the navy, informa-tion on his movements and plans was patchy.
Intelligence offi cials tipped off
the navy days before the attack that a raid was imminent, accord-ing to two offi cials. But Jakhrani, who had an insider’s knowledge of the Karachi base, did not appear to be closely monitored.
Tracking systemImtiaz Gul, head of the Islamabad-based think-tank the Centre for Research and Security Studies, said senior generals were aware of a long-standing weakness in surveillance of military offi cials dismissed for extremism.
“They don’t have a track-ing system for offi cers who are dismissed or asked to leave the service (for radical views),” said Gul. “That makes it very diffi cult to track if they have joined ex-tremist groups.”
Chris Rawley, vice president of the Washington DC-based think tank the Center for International Maritime Security, said the attack never looked likely to succeed.
But underlining one of the Unit-ed States’ biggest fears, he added: “The fact that maybe there are some collaborators in the navy is worrying because maybe there are collaborators among others that have purview over nuclear weapons.”
Similar fears about militant in-fi ltration and the sympathies of junior offi cers were raised after sophisticated attacks penetrated a Karachi naval base in 2011 and the army’s headquarters in Raw-alpindi in 2009.
The Karachi attack came two days after Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al Zawahri announced the forma-tion of a new wing, Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent. The region, stretching across India to Bang-ladesh, is home to more than 400 million Muslims.
Militants have launched at-tacks on top Pakistani security installations before, but this plot sought to strike at the heart of the alliance between Pakistan and the United States. — Reuters
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Four killed as grenades lobbed in Balochistan
QUETTA: Militants lobbed gre-nades at two small businesses in a southwest Pakistani city on Wednesday, killing at least four and wounding 11 in what police termed ethnically-motivat-ed attacks.
In the fi rst incident, a grenade exploded in a crowded barber’s shop in the main market of Quet-ta, capital of restive Balochistan province where a separatist insur-gency has been waged since 2004.
“Four people riding two motor-bikes arrived at the salon on the main double road of the city and lobbed two grenades on the shop,” Aitezaz Goraya, a senior police of-fi cial, told AFP.
“After the grenade attack, they fi red shots at the people present at the shop,” he said.
Rashid Jamali, a medical offi cer at a nearby government hospital, said three people died while 10 more were injured.
The second attack target-ed a photo studio on Quetta’s Sariab Road.
“One person was killed and an-other got injured in this attack,” said Imran Qureshi, a senior police offi cial in the area.
Owned by PunjabisPolice said both businesses were probably attacked because they were owned by Punjabis — Pa-kistan’s biggest ethnic group which has traditionally domi-nated the army, bureaucracy and political parties.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the strikes but Baloch separatists are active in the area. They often attack gov-ernment forces, installations and people who have been settled in Balochistan from Punjab.
Baloch nationalists are seeking to stop what they see as the exploi-tation of the region’s rich natural resources and alleged rights abus-es, including extra-judicial killings and kidnappings. — AFP
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Confi rmation of the fi rst case of Ebola by the US Center for Dis-ease Control (CDC) was accom-panied by a telling message by its Director Tom Friedan “Ebola can be scary. But there’s all the diff erence in the world between
the US and parts of Africa where Ebola is spread-ing. The United States has a strong health care system and public health professionals.”
The clear line here is ‘we got this’ in ways that African health systems don’t.
What this statement does not make clear is why West African health systems are struggling to cope with Ebola and how the international health community — including CDC — have contributed to this problem through a preoccupation with performance and prioritising specifi c diseases over investment in health systems.
Health systems — hospitals, clinics, procure-ments structures, research programmes, commu-nity health workers, training provision — are the fi rst line of defence in the face of outbreaks such as Ebola. When that bulwark is breached so easily, as it was in Sierra Leone and throughout the re-gion, it raises urgent and uncomfortable questions about the focus of our development priorities.
In fact, this crisis exposes the great fallacy of the West’s global development agenda.
While the international health and develop-ment community in which USAID has played a leading role obsesses about technocratic devel-opment goals, targets, and indicators; the basic building blocks of health provision in poor coun-tries have been desperately neglected.
There is a contradiction here. Isn’t it recognised that global health has done well out of the last 15 years of development spending?
Three of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are health related, new philanthropic actors such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foun-dation have prioritised global health as an area of concern, and new fi nancing mechanisms to sup-port vaccinations and HIV/AIDS responses such as the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria were created.
This tide of resources, expertise and good will has led to a preoccupation with ‘vertical interven-
tions’ — programmes that prioritise specifi c dis-eases such as Malaria. This is of course, not a bad thing in itself. Malaria is a scourge on the health and lives of Africans, and programmes to mitigate its transmission and eff ects are both vital and badly needed. I am not proposing that we cut off support for disease-specifi c programmes nor that development is a zero sum game — but our limited resources cannot ignore the less glamorous but no less urgent areas of clinics, hospitals and systems.
The singular focus on specifi c diseases, to the detriment of health systems, is a major reason why we are where we are in West Africa and pres-ents a stark contrast to the rhetoric of contain and control presented by CDC in the US.
The failure of the healthcare infrastructure to cope with Ebola in West Africa should not be a surprise; it is certainly not for those living and working in the region, many of whom have spent decades decrying the ramshackle state of hospi-tals, clinics and systems.
The WHO has stressed the importance of health systems, and the World Bank began to make them the focus of its regional eff orts a few years ago. Yet, the idea that health systems should be a key feature of the new Sustainable Development Goal process is gaining little traction in international development circles. In short, without a radical focus on health systems; the future is bleak.
The struggle to contain Ebola in West Africa and the confi dence in the US shows how strongly equipped and fully-functioning health systems are fundamental to the management of health emergencies as well as the everyday health and well-being of people in vulnerable, poorer regions.
The stubborn focus on goals and specifi c dis-eases over the last fi fteen years has led to a chronic and senseless neglect of health systems in devel-oping countries.
This focus has contributed to a catastrophic public health emergency. If we are to salvage any-thing from this human and regional tragedy, it should include a reappraisal of performance tar-gets and disease-specifi c interventions and a com-mitment to invest money and expertise in regional health infrastructure in Africa. That, requires an urgent and radical shift in our accepted model of global health and development in which the US plays a crucial part.
Ebola exposes fallacy of development model
Health systems are the first line of defence in the face of outbreaks such as Ebola. When that bulwark is breached so easily, as it was in Sierra Leone and throughout the region, it raises urgent and uncomfortable questions about the focus of our development priorities
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Less than a week after Senior Superintendent of Police Farooq Awan survived a powerful bomb blast in Karachi, the Rangers paramilitary submitted a report in the Senate claiming that they
have decimated the Taliban network in the city. The ongoing targeted killings, street crimes and kidnappings show that the all-is-well report that the Rangers have prepared on the one-year targeted operation does not represent the true picture of the state of aff airs in the city. The representatives of both the Awami National Party and the Mut-taihida Qaumi Movemnt rightly grilled the Rangers’ representative on the claims made in the report.
Reports of targeted killings come in from nearly all parts of the city on a daily basis, especially from the Sakhi Hasan area of North Naz-imabad, which is located close to the militant stronghold, Manghopir. Even the attack on Awan bore resemblance to a similar attack carried out on the Crime Investigation Department’s Chaudhry Aslam, who was believed to have been targeted by Taliban militants. Targeted at-tacks on law enforcers have become the norm since the operation be-gan in September last year.
Yet, the Rangers insist that they have decimated the Taliban net-work in Karachi. The role of the law-enforcement agencies needs to be questioned, along with their eff ectiveness in spearheading the surgi-cal operation. If arresting political activists is the solution to the on-going violence, why are people still being targeted? What about those who are being targeted because of their sects? If the Rangers’ focus is only on political activists, who may target people working for rival par-ties and ethnic groups, then perhaps their strategy needs to be revised.
They must account for the fact that apart from battles between the armed wings of political parties, several sectarian groups are also present in the city and play a signifi cant role in the ongoing violence.
Lastly, the government and the Rangers heads need to shed light on the claims of ANP Senator Shahi Syed that elements from within the law-enforcement agencies are aiding criminals. — Express Tribune
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Like the Scots, the Catalans want a referendum on independence. Unlike the British, the Spaniards aren’t inclined to let them have it. This is a mistake, and Spain’s leaders need to show some un-
wonted statesmanship by making a vote possible — even as they cam-paign for union.
Catalonia’s local government has scheduled a referendum for No-vember 9, but on Tuesday Spain’s Constitutional Court suspended it. This is the same court that issued a ruling four years ago — in a case also brought by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s Popular Party — that gutted a 2006 Spanish law granting Catalonia more autonomy.
Catalonians have been bitter ever since, and the Popular Party has made the situation worse by stonewalling Catalan demands and en-gaging in other provocations. (An education minister once issued a call to “Hispanicise” Catalan children.) Support for independence in Cata-lonia has grown to more than 50 per cent, according to several recent polls, from as little as 15 per cent in 2007 — and it’s unlikely to fall with yesterday’s ruling. The drive for independence has not been stopped. To avoid a potential spiral of civil disobedience or even violence, Rajoy should go to Catalonia and acknowledge, in person, the mistakes his party has made. For the next steps, he need only look across the sea to the north. He should off er a fresh start to negotiations on greater au-tonomy for Catalonia and more control of its tax revenues.
As British Prime Minister David Cameron might tell him, Rajoy will probably have to make these concessions anyway to keep his coun-try together. Rajoy should also be open to constitutional reform that would decentralize powers and include a procedure to allow Spain’s regions to vote on secession. This wouldn’t necessarily have to be on the extraordinarily generous terms that Cameron agreed to for Scot-land, but it would have to create a potential route for Catalans to con-duct at least a nonbinding referendum on their status. Even engaging in such negotiations may lead Catalonians to abandon their referen-dum for now, if they believe a legal route to vote on independence will eventually become available.
In the meantime, Rajoy and other offi cials in the central govern-ment should begin a campaign to show Catalans (as well as Basques and Galicians) why they are better off in Spain. One of the benefi ts of Scotland’s two-year referendum campaign was that both sides had the chance to push and test their arguments.
Catalonia’s secession would be more traumatic for Spain than Scot-land’s would have been for Britain; the region accounts for 16 percent of the Spanish population and 19 percent of the economy (double Scotland’s share of Britain on both counts). Spain’s fi nancial position is already precarious, and both it and Catalonia would be punished se-verely in the bond markets for any breakup. — Bloomberg
Spain should welcome independence vote
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Children are too pampered in this part of the worldThis refers to the news story, In-dian school kindergarten student left unattended in Muscat school bus (October 1). Who cares? I used to walk three miles from school to home and vice versa all alone when I was in kindergarten. Kids get pampered too much in this part of the world. What is needed is that children should be independent.Joe SmithMuscat
Those running the bus are responsible for childrenThis refers to the news story, In-dian school kindergarten student left unattended in Muscat school bus (October 1). This is ridiculous. I really condemn this as we leave
our children at the responsibility of those running the buses. Thus, there should be someone in the bus taking care of the children. I have been really saddened by this incident.Aisha Muhammad Adeel Muscat
Locked child’s parents lucky to have her backThis refers to the news story, In-dian school kindergarten student left unattended in Muscat school bus (October 1). I am wondering how many more such incidents are required as a wake up call for the safety of our children on the roads as well as inside the bus. Transporting children is a huge responsibility and it should be en-trusted in safe hands and not with young drivers. Under the current
circumstances, they should make a rule to employ drivers over 45 years. The child’s parents are lucky to have her back.Jyothi Sasi RamanathMuscat
Indian writer in Oman to promote Zionist ideologyThis refers to the news story, I write stories to make people happy, says Indian writer Chetan Bhagat (October 1). In my opinion, the writer is coming to promote the Zionist ideology as he had sup-ported Israeli actions in Gaza.Noorudeen V. K.Muscat
It is surprising that many more don’t die in accidents This refers to the column, Why
drivers get away with murder (October 1). I love all these com-ments that blame pedestrians for accidents. Have any of you seen the way people drive in Oman? The only surprising thing is that more people don’t die.Stephen MartinMuscat
How can pedestrians be innocent?This refers to the column, Why drivers get away with murder (October 1). How can pedestrians be innocent? When they cross the main road where is no zebra crossing or where one is not sup-posed to cross, they give a look at the concerned driver with intense hatred.Manoj PanikerMuscat
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Aachen, Germany. 1949 Mao Zedong establishes the People’s
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MUSCAT WALK TO CELEBRATE ACTIVE AGE-ING TOMORROWMUSCAT: Abdullah bin Saleh Al Yarubi, vice presi-dent of the General Organisation for Youth, Sports and Cultural Activities, will inaugurate the Muscat Walk, organised by SQU Medical College in cooperation with the World Health Organisation, in the presence of Salem bin Ismail Al Suwaid, vice president of Sultan Qaboos University, tomorrow. Fit walkers will start at 2.30pm from the Ministry of Health premises.
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For decades, the British elec-torate has swung between two political parties when
going to the polls, making the current coalition government an anomaly. After the May 2015 elec-tion, however, at least fi ve groups large and small may end up jos-tling for power.
Britain may have to become ac-customed to administrations be-tween odd bedfellows who never
really fancied each other in the fi rst place. Between the end of World War II and David Cameron becoming prime minister in May 2010, his Conservative Party has been in power for 35 years, ver-sus 30 years for the Labour Party. With neither winning a clear ma-jority four years ago, the Liberal Democrats became kingmakers, largely due to an unexpectedly authoritative and charismatic performance by leader Nick Clegg in a pre-election televised debate among the party leaders. The shifting sands of politics, how-ever, have not been kind to the Lib Dems in its role as junior partner.
It trails with about 6 per cent in the opinion polls, the most re-cent of which was by YouGov for the Sunday Times newspaper. It was all but ignored in speeches at last week’s Labour confer-ence in Manchester, and the Conservatives now holding their shindig in Birmingham seem similarly dismissive of its coali-tion cohort. The polls put the Lib Dems, which now has 56 mem-bers of Parliament, even with the
Green Party for the fi rst time in a YouGov poll.
And while there’s only one Green lawmaker, the tie for fourth place suggests it may be able to improve on that — with the slim potential that a Green contin-gent of multiple election winners takes a seat at the table when the complexion of the next gov-ernment is being decided. The disruptive newcomer to British political scene doesn’t yet have a single elected lawmaker. Nigel Farage’s UK Independence Party — imagine the tea party recast as British eccentrics — has seduced two Conservative politicians into switching sides, though they will both have to seek re-election.
UKIP’s appeal to disaff ected Tories on a platform mixing hos-tility to the European Union with infl ammatory anti-immigration rhetoric puts it third in YouGov’s poll, with 15 per cent.
Although a post-election La-bour dalliance with UKIP is un-likely, the Conservative Party’s promise to hold a 2017 referen-dum on Britain’s membership in
the EU may well be complicated by having to tango with Farage.
The shock waves from Scot-land’s independence referendum might also reverberate into next year’s election.
With 45 percent voting in fa-vor of going solo, the six Scottish Nationalists now in Westminster may swell their numbers.
That might be blunted, though, as Parliament considers com-bining increased devolution for Scots while excluding Scottish lawmakers from participating in decisions that don’t aff ect the re-gion. Labour has consistently led in opinion polls, with about 36 percent to 31 percent for the Con-servatives. That’s an unusually narrow lead at this point in the election cycle, which may refl ect the breakdown in the political duopoly. To be sure, the election is months away and the elector-ate may drift closer to its histori-cal comfort zone between Labour and Tories. It seems likely, how-ever, that Tory-Labour hegemony won’t be in force at the next elec-tion. — Bloomberg News
Erdogan can interpret what is happening along Turkey’s borders in two ways. One is to assume that whatever strengthens the military power and international legitimacy of the PKK and its Kurdish allies in Syria is bad for Turkey, while also assuming that anyone else who fights Assad’s repressive, Alawite-dominated regime is an ally
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces a hard decision: Go back to war with the Kurd-
ish guerrillas who once ravaged the eastern parts of his country or help them fi ght Islamic State. He looks set to make the wrong choice. Erdogan is clearly torn between US pressure to join the military coalition against Is-lamic State and his own desire to see two adversaries crushed: Syrian Presi-dent Bashar Al Assad and the Kurdish guerrillas running a de facto statelet in northern Syria. Standing by as Islamic State vanquishes fi ghters from the Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, serves one of those goals. His pro-posal to impose a buff er zone in north-ern Syria would serve both.
What doesn’t appear to work for Er-dogan is to, in eff ect, come to the rescue of both the Kurds and Assad by attack-ing Islamic State, no strings attached.
It is a shame that Erdogan sees the problem in this way.
The PYD is an off shoot of the Kurd-ish Worker’s Party, or PKK, with which he has been in preliminary peace talks for more than a year.
The PKK has become so infuri-ated by Erdogan’s approach, both to the talks and to events in Syria, that its leaders are threatening to rekindle their 30-year guerrilla war in Turkey.
The PKK’s fi eld commander Cemil Bayik says the PKK still isn’t asking for independence or a Kurdish state that includes eastern Turkey — just greater regional autonomy and rights. That’s hardly a guarantee of anything, but there is clearly room for a deal.
It would involve making compro-mises, taking political risks and devolv-ing power, none of which are Erdogan’s strong suits. Bayik’s rhetoric was harsh. So, increasingly, is Erdogan’s:
Hey world, if you openly speak out against IS as a terrorist organization, why don’t you openly speak out against PKK as a terrorist organisation.
Erdogan can interpret what is hap-pening along Turkey’s borders in two ways. One is to assume that whatever strengthens the military power and
international legitimacy of the PKK and its Kurdish allies in Syria is bad for Turkey, while also assuming that anyone else who fi ghts Assad’s repres-sive, Alawite-dominated regime is an ally. This has been Erdogan’s approach until now and it fuels speculation that, rhetoric aside, Turkey works with Is-lamic State and against the Kurds. The alternative approach would be to turn the close and mutually dependent re-lationship that Turkey has developed with the Kurds of northern Iraq into a basis for wider cooperation between Turks and Kurds across the region. Success would ultimately remove the PKK’s reason for being.
I suspect that Erdogan underesti-mates the blowback Turkey would suf-fer from an Islamic State occupation of Syria’s Kurdish areas while overesti-mating the Turkish nationalist uproar that would follow any deal he might make with the PKK. Kurds can liter-ally watch the fi ght from just inside the Turkish border. They can see Islamic State making gains.
Kurdish fi ghters across the bor-der hold Turkey responsible for their plight, since it refuses to let young Kurds cross from Turkey to join the fi ght — proof that the Turkish govern-ment is colluding with a murderous terrorist organisation against their fellow Kurds. That will infect the at-mosphere between Turkey’s Kurds and their own government, too.
This is a fateful choice for Erdo-gan. To his credit, he has twice tried to start a peace process with the PKK and reach a political settlement with his country’s large Kurdish minority.
So far, though, he has proved unwill-ing to accept the compromises or po-litical risks required for a resolution.
Meanwhile, the involvement of the PKK and PYD in the fi ght against Is-lamic State appears to have hardened his approach.
Now Erdogan risks enraging his Kurdish population at a time when much of the neighborhood is in fl ames, and the damage that results may be dif-fi cult to undo. — Bloomberg News
For Erdogan, it’s a choice between the Kurds and IS
The power-sharing agree-ment reached between the two contesting Af-
ghan presidential candidates — Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah — has given rise to mild optimism in an otherwise very fl uid and chaotic politi-cal and security environment. Clearly, the US played a criti-cal role in bringing the Afghan leaders to agree to this complex power confi guration. And if it were to falter, the US and West-ern countries will keep prod-ding Afghan leaders because they have high stakes in Af-ghanistan’s future. Credit also goes to the maturity and pru-dence of the two leaders who, despite their deep diff erences, agreed to a compromise politi-cal formula at a critical time in Afghanistan’s history.
The Bilateral Security Agreement to which both candidates had given their as-cent will assure the continued commitment of Washington and Western countries for economic and political sup-port. International support to Afghanistan is vital, but its future depends primar-ily on how the two leaders, Ghani and Abdullah, handle the main transitions — po-litical, security, economic and administrative.
Each of these transitions pose formidable challenges and are interlinked. There is no doubt that the two leaders have the requisite credentials in terms of experience, edu-cational background and in-ternational exposure to lead the country. Ghani served as fi nance minister in Hamid Karzai’s government and in-terestingly, while serving in the World Bank, was respon-sible for Pakistan and knows our country and many of its leaders. Abdullah is a former foreign minister and a highly experienced politician.
Both have broad support bases, although they are sharply divided: President Ghani enjoys support among the Pakhtuns while Abdul-lah is favoured by the Tajiks. Judicious representation of the main ethnic groups in the power structure is absolutely necessary for building politi-cal stability. For a successful transition, these two leaders and their respective team of politicians will have to set aside past rivalries and work for a higher purpose.
Failure to work in unison will reverse the gains made
so far and allow the Taliban and the warlords to reassert themselves with catastrophic results. Internal dissension will also slow down interna-tional support.
The ability of the Afghan National Army (ANA) to gel as a cohesive entity that is above ethnic and tribal divisions and has the professional compe-tence of holding against the Taliban is crucial.
Any fracture in its ranks could lead to formation of sev-eral militias joining diff erent warring factions.
As reports indicate, the ANA has made modest pro-gress and given a good account of its performance in some recent combat engagements. But there were occasions when it suff ered heavy casu-alties and had to abandon its posts. A major weakness is the high percentage of illiteracy, lack of education in the army ranks and inadequate pe-riod of training of recruits. To counter the Taliban off ensive, the ANA would need contin-ued US air and surveillance support for a few years. Good military-to- military relations between Afghanistan and Pa-kistan, based on mutuality of interests, will be a key factor in combating militants and stabilising the border.
Regrettably, military-to-military relations have been coloured by mutual distrust and frequent border viola-tions. There is a common per-ception in Pakistan that the Afghan Army is close to India. A large number of Afghan mil-itary offi cers and members of other ranks have been trained in India and are infl uenced by the Indian thinking. It is not surprising that the psyche that pervades between India and Pakistan is refl ected in the be-haviour of army offi cers of Af-ghanistan towards Pakistan. Our military’s support to the Taliban in the past has been a major source of friction and a cause of distrust between the two armies. There were other contributing factors in degrading Pakistan-Afghan istan relations.
Karzai was bitter with the US because he believed it op-posed his election in 2009. Besides, he aspired not to go down as a protege of the US but as a nationalist who stood against all foreign interven-tion, including any coming from Pakistan.
The reality, however, was diff erent. He was brought into power by full US support and it was Washington’s sus-tained support that kept him going. Karzai’s salvos directed against Pakistan were moti-vated by multiple overlapping considerations.
He tried to convey that he stood up to Pakistan but was genuinely hurt with our secu-rity establishment’s tacit sup-port of the Taliban, the Haqqa-ni network and other militant groups that were using safe sanctuaries in the tribal belt for launching attacks in Af-ghanistan. — Express Tribune
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Hong Kong protesters want pro-Beijing leader to resign
HONG KONG: Thousands of pro-democracy protesters thronged the streets of Hong Kong on Wednesday, some of them jeer-ing National Day celebrations, and students threatened to ramp up demonstrations if the city’s pro-Beijing leader did not step down.
There was little sign of momen-tum fl agging on the fi fth day of the “Occupy Central” protest, whose aim has been to occupy sections of the city, including around the Central fi nancial district, in anger at a Chinese decision to limit vot-ers’ choices in a 2017 leadership election. Many had feared police would use force to move crowds before Wednesday’s celebrations marking the anniversary of the foundation of the People’s Repub-lic of China in 1949. Those fears proved unfounded, and police stayed in the background.
StandstillThe crowds have brought large sections of the Asian fi nancial hub to a standstill, disrupting busi-nesses from banks to jewellers. There were no reports of trouble on Wednesday, but witnesses said the number of protesters swelled in the evening. Hong Kong stu-dent leader Lester Shum issued an ultimatum to the city’s leader Leung Chun-ying: step down or else face wider protests.
“We will escalate the action if CY Leung doesn’t resign by to-night or tomorrow night. We will
occupy more government facili-ties and offi ces,” he told reporters, without elaborating.
“I believe the government is try-ing to buy more time. They want to use tactics such as sending some people to create chaos so that they would have a good reason to dis-perse the crowd.”
Riot police had used tear gas, pepper spray and baton charges at the weekend to try to quell the un-rest, but tensions have eased since then as both sides appeared ready to wait it out, at least for now.
The protests are the worst in Hong Kong since China resumed its rule of the former British col-ony in 1997. They pose one of the biggest political challenges for
Beijing since it violently crushed pro-democracy protests in Tian-anmen Square in 1989.
A government source with ties to the chief executive said Leung and his advisers planned to soften their approach.
“It may take a week or a month, we don’t know. Unless there’s some chaotic situation, we won’t send in riot police ... we hope this doesn’t happen,” the source said.
China has dismissed the pro-tests as illegal, but in a worrying sign for the Communist Party leadership in Beijing, the pro-de-mocracy protests have spread to neighbouring Macau and Taiwan.
On Wednesday, the Hong Kong demonstrations moved into Tsim
Sha Tsui, a shopping area popular with mainland Chinese visitors. It would normally be doing roaring trade during the annual National Day holiday. Underlining nerv-ousness among some activists that provocation on National Day could spark violence, protest lead-ers urged crowds not to disturb the fl ag-raising ceremony on the Victoria Harbour waterfront.
The event went ahead peace-fully, although scores of students who ringed the ceremony at Bauhinia Square booed as the na-tional anthem was played.
A beaming Leung shook hands with supporters waving the Chi-nese fl ag, even as protesters who want him to stand down chanted:
“We want real democracy.” “We hope that all sectors of the
community will work with the government in a peaceful, lawful, rational and pragmatic manner ... and make a big step forward in our constitutional development,” Leung said in a speech. The Hong Kong and Chinese fl ags billowed in the wind at the completion of the ceremony, but one of the main protest groups said they marked the occasion “with a heavy heart”.
Cracking down too hard could shake confi dence in market-driven Hong Kong, which has a separate legal system from the rest of China. Not reacting fi rmly enough, how-ever, could embolden dissidents on the mainland. — Reuters
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Cameron pledges £7b in tax cutsBIRMINGHAM (ENGLAND): Prime Minister David Cameron promised to hand almost half the British population a tax cut if re-elected next year, a pledge he hopes will win over millions of voters and refocus debate away from a schism inside his party over Europe.
The promise, which will cost over 7 billion pounds ($11.35 bil-lion) to fund, was a calculated gambit to try to shift the narrative from one which has focused on the damage the anti-EU UK Inde-pendence Party (UKIP) is doing to Cameron’s re-election hopes by siphoning off voters and lawmak-ers. It was also an attempt to kick-start his Conservative party’s moribund rating in opinion polls, where it has been trailing the op-position Labour party for months, by holding out the prospect of a sweetener to balance a less en-ticing promise to freeze most welfare pay cheques and to slash state spending.
“So Britain: what’s it going to be?” Cameron, 47, asked support-ers packed inside a concert hall at his party’s annual conference in the central English city of Bir-mingham. “I say: let’s not go back to square one. Let’s fi nish what we have begun.”
In a speech which touched on Scotland’s decision to remain in the UK, the threat posed by Is-lamic State, and Britain’s Second World War role, Cameron told activists he wanted and needed to be re-elected with an overall majority so he could govern alone and not in a coalition as is now the case. “Believe me: coalition was not what I wanted to do; it’s what I had to do,” he said. “And I know what I want next. To be back here in October 2015 delivering Con-servative policies.”
Tumultuous monthCameron has endured a tumul-tuous month taking Britain into battle with militants in Iraq, pon-dering his own demise if Scotland had voted to leave the United Kingdom, and watching as two of his lawmakers quit to join the anti-EU UKIP party.
In his speech he tried to strike a calm statesman-like posture as he
sought to shore up his leadership, steady his party, and dangle some eye-catching promises before vot-ers. The centrepiece was a prom-ise to lift 1 million workers out of tax if re-elected by allowing them to earn more before they pay any income tax, a pledge he said would also mean reduced tax bills for 30 million more people, or just under half the country’s total population.
He also pledged to ease the bur-den on the middle class by raising the threshold for the country’s 40 percent rate of income tax.
“With the Conservatives, if you work hard and do the right thing we say you should keep more of your own money to spend as you choose,” Cameron told delegates to applause.
In another pledge aimed at re-assuring voters, Cameron said he’d increase spending on the country’s National Health Ser-vice, an issue which voters list as a priority and perceive Labour to be ahead on.
Hours before Cameron deliv-ered his keynote speech, Arron Banks, a businessman who elec-toral records show has given tens of thousands of pounds to Cam-eron’s party, said he was switching his support to UKIP.
His move followed that of two
Conservative lawmakers to UKIP, which wants an immediate Brit-ish EU exit and sharp curbs on im-migration, and ratcheted up fears in Cameron’s party that UKIP will split the centre-right vote and allow the opposition Labour party to win. Nigel Farage, UKIP’s leader, hailed the latest defection as a sign his insurgent party was attracting big fi nancial backers to bankroll what he has described as an earthquake in British politics.
“The other parties are losing Councillors, MPs and backers to UKIP, not only voters, and they are all playing their part in chang-ing the course of politics in the UK for good,” he said.
Cameron’s party played down the defection and Cameron used his speech to hammer home what has become his party’s main rally-ing cry not to vote UKIP, present-ing the 2015 election as a straight choice between Cameron and Ed Miliband, the leader of the La-bour party. He and his aides have repeatedly argued that a vote for UKIP will weaken his own party - the traditional standard bearer of the centre-right - and make it easier for Miliband to win.
“It doesn’t matter whether par-liament is hung, drawn or quar-tered, there is only one real choice.
The Conservatives or Labour,” said Cameron. “Me in Downing Street, or Ed Miliband in Down-ing Street. If you vote UKIP that’s really a vote for Labour. On 7th May (election day) you could go to bed with Nigel Farage, and wake up with Ed Miliband.”
Trailing the opposition Labour party in most opinion polls, Cam-eron is straining to pacify the Eu-rosceptic wing of his own party which wants him to off er fi rmer commitments on changing Brit-ain’s relationship with Europe.
He has promised to renegoti-ate Britain’s EU ties if re-elected before holding an EU member-ship referendum in 2017, but has been coy about spelling out what he wants to change with some Conservatives sceptical about the strength of his resolve.
Cameron used his speech to try to calm those jitters, saying he was steadfastly committed to overhauling Britain’s EU ties and would seek to alter the bloc’s free-dom of movement rules to curb intra-EU immigration.
“Britain, I know you want this sorted so I will go to Brussels, I will not take no for an answer and when it comes to free movement - I will get what Britain needs,” he said. — Reuters
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Norway the best place to grow old
OSLO: Norway is the best place to grow old, according to the latest Global AgeWatch index of 96 countries published on Wednesday, while Afghanistan is the worst.
All but one of the top 10 coun-tries are in Western Europe, North America and Australasia, with Ja-pan the exception at ninth place, according to the ranking which comprises 91 per cent of the global population over the age of 60.
Norway tops the index, pushing last year’s number one Sweden into second place in the second year the index has been released.
Unsurprisingly, African coun-tries make up half of the lowest quarter of the index, although Venezuela, Turkey and Serbia are ranked 76th, 77th and 74th respectively.
HelpAge International, the charity which compiled the list, said economic growth in itself was not enough to improve the lives of older people.
“Specifi c policies need to be put in place to address the im-plications of ageing,” said the report, published on the United Nations International Day of Older Persons.
“Policies on income security in Mexico (30) have lifted it 26 places in the overall rankings since last year despite being less wealthy than Turkey (77).”
The index is based on 13 indica-tors grouped into four areas: in-come security; health status; capa-bility, which includes employment and educational status; and the enabling environment, including issues such as physical safety.
Some countries fare better than others in diff erent areas. Japan tops the rankings when it comes to health, while Switzerland has the best environment for older people.
This year’s report focuses par-ticularly on income security, namely pensions, which older peo-ple consistently identify as their top priority to fend off the risk of poverty. — AFP
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OCCUPY CENTRAL PROTEST: Protesters turn on their mobile phone fl ashlights as they block an area outside the government headquar-
ters building in Hong Kong, on Wednesday. – Reuters
WOOING VOTERS: Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron stands with his wife Samantha after de-
livering his keynote address to the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, central England,
on Wednesday. – Reuters
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COMFORT HUG: An employee of Japan’s nursing care goods
maker Unicare demonstrates an easy chair for congnitively im-
paired persons ‘Yasuragi chair’ at the annual International Home
care and Rehabilitation exhibition in Tokyo on Wednesday. The
chair can hug the user with the long arms with valcro tape. – AFP
Now, a chair to give youa cuddle
TOKYO: There are times in eve-ryone’s life when only a hug will do. Now one Japanese company has come up with a chair that’s always ready to give a comfort-ing cuddle.
The “tranquility chair” is built in the shape of a larger-than-life fabric doll with a friendly face and a fetching hat, but more im-
portantly, it has long arms that wrap around the user in an aff ec-tionate embrace.
“It makes you feel safe. Anyone can use it, but it is designed for older people,” said a spokesman for UniCare, which is selling the chair, at the International Home Care and Rehabilitation Exhibi-tion in Tokyo.
Around a quarter of Japan’s population is currently over the age of 65, a fi gure expected to rise to 40 per cent in the coming dec-ades. The chair is priced at $419 (46,000 yen) and there is also a version adapted for wheelchair us-ers. Alongside specialist vehicles, beds and toilets on display at the three-day show were a variety of products designed to lift the spirits of older people, who increasingly live on their own. — AFP
The chair has long
arms that wrap
around the user in an
aff ectionate embrace
JAPANESE VOLCANO ERUPTION TOLL RISES TO 48Firefi ghters carry a hiker during rescue operations near the peak of Mount Ontake, which strad-
dles Nagano and Gifu prefectures, central Japan. The death toll from a Japanese volcano erup-
tion rose to 48 on Wednesday, the worst in 88 years, after more victims were discovered on the
ash-covered mountain. Picture taken on Sunday. — Reuters/Tokyo Fire Department/Handout
Wanted: A chewing gum cleaner for Buckingham PalaceLONDON: Buckingham Palace has revealed a sticky reality — Queen Elizabeth II is looking for a cleaner who can oversee the removal of chewing gum left by visitors to a royal residence.
Among the duties for the job at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is: “To arrange for the removal of chewing gum from the His-toric and State Apartments by the porters”, the palace said on its website. The part-time position, which is paid £15,912 (20,428 euros, $25,763) a year, would also involve cleaning the palace toi-lets and “washing of all crockery required for visits to the palace”.
DefectsThe cleaner would also “report to the Housekeeper any defects in furniture and fi ttings”, “clean all brass to the standards required by the Housekeeper” and “cover all furniture in dust sheets” when no royals are staying in the resi-dence. The many duties mean candidates must be “physically fi t and meticulous” and the post holder “will need to have a fl ex-ible approach to working hours when The Queen, members of the Royal Family and the High Com-missioner are in residence”.
Holyroodhouse dates back to the 16th century and is the Queen’s offi cial residence in Scotland. Parts of it are open to the public — a fact the royals may be regretting.
A royal source quoted by The Sun newspaper said: “You wouldn’t expect people to be chewing gum when they visit, let alone stick it on the priceless an-tiques or the parquet fl oor.” — AFP
S T I C K Y P R O B L E M
STICKY REALITY: Queen Eliza-
beth II is looking for a cleaner
who can oversee the removal
of chewing gum left by visitors
to a royal residence. – File photo
The part-time position of cleaner, which is paid $25,763 a year, would also involve cleaning the palace toilets and ‘washing of all crockery required for visits to the palace’
The Buckingham Palace website
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CURRENCY RATES* DRAFT RATES (OMR1)* GOLD PRICES*Forex rates vs OMR1*
US Dollar ................................. 2.58
Euro ............................................2.04
Pound ...........................................1.59
Indian Rs .............................160.28
Pak Rs ...................................262.05
Bangla Taka........................198.41* Rates are as of Oct. 1
Source: BankMuscat
Indian Rs ..................................160.00
Pakistan Rs ............................ 265.50
Sri Lanka Rs ........................... 336.15
Bangla Taka...........................200.80
Phil Peso .................................... 116.30
* Rates as of Oct. 1 Source: Oman UAE Exchange
Muscat 24ct per gm (OMR) .......15.45
Muscat 22ct per gm (OMR) .......14.90
10 Tola Bar Muscat (OMR) ............. N/A
Dubai 24ct per gm (Dh) ........... 146.00
Dubai 22ct per gm (Dh) .............138.50
10 Tola Bar Dubai (Dh) ..................... N/A* Rates as of Oct. 1
Source: Malabar Gold & Diamonds
Type ............................Delivery...........Price
Oman Crude ............. (Spot) ........$95.69
Dubai Crude ............. (Spot) ........$93.83
Murban Crude ........ (Spot) ........$96.22
Arabian Light ......... (Spot) ........$94.06
Arabian Heavy ....... (Spot) ................N/A
N.Sea Brent ............... (Spot) ........$94.87
West Texas Int ....... (Spot) .........$91.58
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BP awards $730m worth drilling contracts for Khazzan gas fields
Times News Service
MUSCAT: BP Oman yesterday awarded two long-term drilling contracts for the Khazzan project in Block 61, both valued at more than $730 million.
KCA Deutag has been awarded more than $400 million contract for the construction and opera-tion of fi ve new build land rigs for Khazzan. The rigs are being as-sembled in Nizwa to help maxim-ise employment opportunities in Oman, said a company release.
According to the second agree-ment, Oman’s Abraj Energy Service has been awarded more than $330 million contract to supply three drilling rigs for the full fi eld devel-opment of the Khazzan project.
“We are pleased to announce
these contracts which continue to progress our development of the gas resources at Block 61.
The two companies -- Abraj En-ergy Service and KCA Deutag will play important roles in the mas-sive drilling programme ahead.
The selection of Abraj Energy demonstrates once again BP’s commitment to In Country Value,” said BP Oman general manager Dave Campbell.
Social investment strategy“Building local content into our supply chain is a key focus area in BP’s procurement strategy. BP is committed to hiring and develop-ing talented Omanis. We are also implementing a signifi cant multi-million dollar long-term social investment strategy to support
education and enterprise develop-ment in Oman. All these are part of our commitment to deliver BP’s In-Country Value Plan (ICV),” noted Khalid Al Kindi, deputy gen-eral manager for BP Oman.
Since the approval of the Khaz-zan project development, BP has been actively awarding contracts
to ensure that the project meets its deadlines. In addition to the an-nounced contracts awards, several contracts with a value around $90 million have been awarded to local Omani companies for civil works, including well pads and in-fi eld roads. More recently, BP awarded contracts with a value of around
$16 million to several Omani com-panies to supply carbon steel pipes and to manufacture, supply and in-stall a water pipeline.
The water pipeline will be man-ufactured in Sohar.
Sanctioned in December 2013, the Khazzan project represents the fi rst phase in the development
of one of the Middle East region’s largest unconventional tight gas plays. Khazzan has the potential to be a major new source of gas sup-ply for Oman for many decades.
Gas sales agreementIn December 2013, the Govern-ment of Oman and BP signed a gas sales agreement and an amended production sharing agreement for the development of the Khazzan Project in Block 61.
The full fi eld development of the Khazzan project will involve a drilling programme of around 300 wells over 15 years to deliver pla-teau production of one billion cu-bic feet (28.3 million cubic metres) of gas per day.
This volume is equivalent to an increase of around a third of the Sultanate of Oman’s total daily do-mestic gas supply.
Construction work for the Khaz-zan project, located in the South of Block 61, has commenced and fi rst gas is expected in late 2017.
KCA Deutag bagged $400 million contract
to construct and operate fi ve new build land
rigs, while Abraj Energy Service won $330
million contract to supply three drilling rigs
GETTING SET: The full fi eld development of the Khazzan project will involve a drilling programme of
around 300 wells over 15 years to deliver plateau production of one billion cubic feet (28.3 million
cubic metres) of gas per day. – Supplied photo
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MUSCAT: Hasan Juma Backer Trading and Contracting Com-pany has been awarded a project of Sohar Industrial Estate ex-pansion (Phase 7) by the Public Establishment for Industrial Es-tates (PEIE).
The project entails the con-struction of infrastructure for a project value of OMR19.8 mil-lion, which is to be completed in 18 months. Hasan Juma Backer
has developed several industrial projects for PEIE in Sur/Sohar Phase II to VI. Apart from these, the company also developed two projects in Salalah by in the last few years.
The main features of the pro-ject are to design and build sew-age treatment plants of 2000 cum/day, road, sewer, water sup-ply and irrigation networks, each about 36 kilometres in length along with sub-stations, land-scaping and gardening, waste
transfer enclosures, compound wall and gate works.
Hasan Juma Backer has estab-lished a reputation for reliability, quality and timely delivery of con-struction projects ranging from corporate buildings, educational, sports and recreational complex-es, industrial estates, infrastruc-ture projects like roads, recharge dams, municipal and hazardous landfi lls, sewerage systems, water and power transmission and dis-tribution networks.
E X P A N S I O N
Microsoft gives
fi rst glimpse
of Windows 10
SEATTLE: Microsoft showed a fi rst glimpse of its newest Win-dows operating system, touting new features such as a custom application store and added se-curity, seeking to woo businesses that shunned the previous ver-sion as confusing and hard to use. Called Windows 10, the software restores the Start menu and will let corporations tailor the app store for their own users, Windows chief Terry Myerson said at an event on Tuesday in San Francisco. The new system, designed to run on mobile and desktop devices, will also sepa-rate corporate and personal data on individual machines to bol-ster security, he said.
“Windows 10 embodies what our consumer and enterprise customers are demanding and what we will deliver,” Myerson said. “It will run on the smallest Internet of things and data cent-ers worldwide.”
In 2012, Microsoft revamped Windows for personal comput-ers in a bid to lure back con-sumers defecting to Apple Inc.’s smartphones and tablets and devices running Google Inc. soft-ware. That version, Windows 8, added a touch-screen-based design to the program’s familiar desktop layout, a change that many users found confusing. The update was poorly received by consumers. - Bloomberg News
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Sohar project goes to Hasan Juma Backer
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Intilaaqah nurturing Omani entrepreneurs
ELHAM POURMOHAMMADI [email protected]
MUSCAT: The Intilaaqah pro-gramme, part of Shell’s global LiveWire social investment initi-ative, is contributing signifi cantly to the Omanisation policy by training and providing opportu-nities for a large number of young entrepreneurs every year.
The programme, which was fi rst launched in Scotland and brought to Oman almost 20 years ago, has provided training for about 8,000 Omanis, with a focus on Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and entrepreneur training.
Chris Breeze, Shell’s country chairman in Oman, says that the initiative helps give young Oma-nis access to business opportu-nities provided by big corporate groups’ supply chains and runs training courses every year. The programme has been a break-through in eight countries in the Middle East.
The current set of Intilaaqah’s training courses began in August 2014 and will continue through-
out the year in regions across Oman, Breeze told Times of Oman.
According to him, memoran-dums of understanding (MoUs) have been signed with Future Gen-erations International, Haya Wa-ter and Zubair Small Enterprise Centre as the programme believes in local strategic partnerships..
Excerpts from the interview with Chris Breeze:
Would you tell us how many people are trained in each course and how long does each training course last? Is it con-ducted in one phase or more? The fi rst step for an Intilaaqah trainee is to attend a one-day Bright Ideas (BI) workshop.
Intilaaqah aims for 2,000 peo-ple to go through these workshops every year.
The best 500 of these are cho-sen to participate in a seven-week course called ‘Becoming a Successful Owner Manager (BSOM)’, a course which stresses on the importance of value chain analysis of local economic sec-tors and identifying potential business opportunities in the local market.
How are the trainees selected? The one-day BI workshops are open to all Omani entrepreneurs across the country and are con-ducted in Muscat, Batinah and Sharqiya along with Dakhiliya and Dhofar. Applicants must be between 18 and 35 years of age, hold at least a secondary school certifi cate and write and speak English and Arabic fl uently.
Upon completion of a BI work-shop, participants are given the opportunity to submit an appli-cation to proceed to Intilaaqah’s next training phase — BSOM. Every year, 500 trainees are se-lected for BSOM based on their business ideas and readiness to start their own business. BSOM applications are fi ltered by a third party agency that specialises in behavioural testing and quality checking. Filtered applicants are subsequently interviewed and selected by an Intilaaqah panel, which is chaired by Intilaaqah’s executive director and supported by Intilaaqah’s close partners.
How should the applicants submit their application? Details on applying for BI work-
shops 2014, including application dates and locations, can be found on the Intilaaqah website:http://www.intilaaqah.org/
Information about applying to Intilaaqah’s BSOM course will be provided at the end of each BI workshop. Successful BSOM par-ticipants will be informed they have been chosen within two weeks of applying.
Does the training course focus on a special sector or does it cover a variety of sectors? Intilaaqah does not limit its train-ees to any specifi c sector. How-ever, the programme encourages entrepreneurial involvement in oil and gas, telecommunications, aquaculture, tourism, and water and environment, as these are fi ve of the government’s major sector focuses.
How do you think the pro-gramme contributes to the ef-forts to enhance the skills and knowledge of Omanis? Intilaaqah programme enhances the skills and knowledge of en-trepreneurial Omanis in that it takes them through the process of starting their own businesses and trains participants to make busi-ness plans, apply for funding, and covers a series of other aspects of how to successfully run a business. It gives local entrepreneurs an opportunity to develop their ideas and strengthen their managerial skills.
The Intilaaqah programme helps promote SMEs in the Sul-tanate and it does so because the proportion of SMEs here is smaller than in other parts of the world and they can be an engine of future growth.
Shell’s global
LiveWire social
investment
initiative has
been contributing
signifi cantly to
the Omanisation
policy and off ering
opportunities for
entrepreneurs
Graduates hail training programme of IntilaaqahELHAM POURMOHAMMADI [email protected]
MUSCAT: Intilaaqah graduates believe that they have benefi ted a lot from the programme and are now following their dreams to be-come successful entrepreneurs.
Fatma Hamed Mohammed Al Masroori, a graduate in Muscat, said, “I learned through the train-ing programme how to focus on my strengths and weaknesses, conduct research in the market,
understand customers’ needs and make budget planning.” Al Masroori is now running her own business. Badriya Ahmed Ham-dan Al Saadei, a graduation in So-har, called the initiative ‘wonder-ful’ and said that it really helped enhance her skills and knowledge and enabled her to engage in the labour market.
The well-developed pro-gramme qualifi ed the trainees to implement their own projects and enriched their business ideas,
Al Saadei added. Khalid Sulaiyam Obaid Al Abri, who graduated from the programme in Nizwa, described the initiative as a help-ful one, which paved the way for him to become a successful businessman.
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Mideast air freight volumes upTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Middle Eastern car-riers reported a growth of 7.8 per cent in air cargo in August, a little below year-to-date average of 9.6 per cent, said International Air Transport Association (Iata).
The Middle East continues to expand strongly on its growing links to developing markets, as well as diversifying into important commodities such as perishables.
Capacity was up 6 per cent. Global air freight markets showed contin-ued robust growth in air cargo vol-umes. Measured by freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), volumes rose 5.1 per cent in August, compared to August 2013.
Capacity grew at a slower pace of 3.4 per cent from the previous year. This is the second strong month for cargo volumes in a row, following the 6.1 per cent year-on-year rise recorded in July.
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World Bank team evaluates investment avenues in OmanTimes News Service
MUSCAT: A World Bank delega-tion was briefed on investment opportunities and regulations in Oman as well as the vision of the Public Establishment for Indus-trial Estates (PEIE) during a visit to PEIE yesterday.
The delegation visited the Sul-tanate as part of the eff orts to enhance the investment climate and strengthen the competitive position within the agreement signed with the Ministry of Com-
merce and Industry to reevaluate the investment position in Oman, registration procedures and the law governing investments.
Vision of PEIEThe delegation was briefed on the vision of PEIE, which is to enhance Oman’s position as a leading regional centre of manu-facturing, ICT, innovation and entrepreneurship excellence.
PEIE aspires to attract indus-trial investments and provide continued support, through re-
gionally and globally competitive strategies, good infrastructure, value adding services and easy governmental processes.
The role played by the Sultan-ate’s strategic location and its most prominent characteristics in investment promotion were discussed during the visit. They were also introduced to the facili-ties and services off ered by PEIE for investors in the various indus-trial estates pertaining to PEIE and the compelling investment opportunities in the country.
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Chris Breeze. – Supplied photo
The programme, which
was first launched in
Scotland and brought
to Oman almost
20 years ago, has
provided training for
8,000 Omanis, with
a focus on SMEs and
entrepreneur training
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Bank Sohar chief executive resigns Times News Service
MUSCAT: Dr Mohamed Ab-dulaziz Kalmoor, chief executive offi cer of Bank Sohar, has stepped down for ‘personal’ reasons. The announcement was made by the board of directors of Bank Sohar, which accepted his resignation.
Rashad Ali Al Musafi r, the bank’s chief fi nancial offi cer will serve as chief executive offi cer for an interim period, the bank said in a disclosure statement posted on Muscat Securities Market web-site. The board wished Dr Kalmoor success in his future endeavour.
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Dr Mohamed Abdulaziz Kalmoor
Oil prices set to recover as Saudi cuts production
LONDON: The worst is over for global oil prices, according to UBS and Barclays. After the biggest quarterly drop in more than two years, Brent is set to recover as Saudi Arabia cuts output and de-mand climbs, they said.
“Supply is the important thing and Saudi Arabia is in the pro-cess of rebalancing the market,” Giovanni Staunovo, an analyst at UBS in Zurich, said by e-mail. “The weakness in crude oil prices should come to an end.”
Brent fell on Tuesday by the most since January 2 to $94.67 a barrel. It extended a quarterly drop to 16 per cent, the largest since the three months ended June 2012. The benchmark grade for more than half the world’s oil will average $105 from October to December, according to the me-dian estimate of 15 analysts since September 11. It gained as much
as 0.5 per cent to $95.17 yesterday. Global demand growth slowed in the second quarter to the weakest since 2011, while Unit-ed States output climbed to the highest in three decades, Interna-tional Energy Agency and US En-ergy Department data show. Saudi Arabia, the biggest producer in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), cut production in August by the most in 20 months. It will maintain out-put at a reduced level until the end of the year as demand for winter fuel increases, a person familiar with its policy said September 26.
Brent futures slid in the third quarter on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange to below the $95-to-$100 range de-scribed as ‘fair’ by Saudi Oil Min-ister Ali Al Naimi at an Opec meet-ing in June. Prices fell as Libya restored output to the highest in
a year, China’s economic growth slowed, and crises in Iraq and Ukraine didn’t disrupt supplies. Brent’s premium to West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark crude, narrowed to the least in 13 months on September 29.
Opec policySaudi Arabia told Opec its pro-duction fell by 408,000 barrels a day — more than China’s demand is projected to expand this year
— to 9.6 million a day in August. The kingdom plans to keep output close to that level for the rest of the year, while the Paris-based In-ternational Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts an additional 600,000 barrels a day of demand on aver-age through December, compared with last quarter.
The fourth quarter was the strongest demand period in each of the past fi ve years, data from the IEA show.
Winter fuels“Globally, demand for crude is set to increase on a seasonal basis and as new refi neries in the Middle East and China ramp up,” Gareth Lewis-Davies, a senior energy strategist at BNP Paribas, said by phone from London on Septem-ber 26. Demand for winter fuels such as heating oil is about to rise, according to the bank. The price recovery may be amplifi ed by re-newed interest from hedge funds and other investors, who have pulled out of the market, BNP said.
Still, there are signs of a sub-dued demand rebound, so prices may struggle to rebound, Amrita Sen, an analyst said. - Bloomberg News
Brent fell on Tuesday by the most since
January 2 to $94.67 a barrel. It extended a
quarterly drop to 16%, the largest since the
three months ended in June, 2012. Global
demand growth slowed in the second quarter
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Supply is the important
thing and Saudi Arabia
is in the process
of rebalancing the
market. The weakness
in crude oil prices
should come to an end
Giovanni StaunovoAnalyst, UBS in Zurich
GROWTH SLOWS: Global demand growth slowed in the second quarter to the weakest since 2011, while United States output climbed to
the highest in three decades, International Energy Agency and US Energy Department data show. – File photo
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MSM index unchanged
MUSCAT: The MSM 30 Index remained unchanged and closed at 7,484.08 points. The MSM Shariah Index closed at 1,084.14 points, down by 0.30 per cent.
Al Anwar Holding was the most active in terms of volume while Bank Muscat was the most active in terms of turnover. The top gainer of the day was Al Bati-nah Development and Invest-ment Holding, up by 5.26 per cent while Al Jazeira Services was the top loser of the day having gone down 4.55 per cent.
A total number of 858 trades were executed during the day’s trading session generating turnover of OMR5.10 million with 12 million shares changing hands. Out of 47 traded stocks, 14 advanced, 10 declined and 23 remained unchanged. For-eign investors were net buy-ers for OMR873,000 while Omani investors were net sell-ers for OMR747,000 followed by GCC and Arab investors for OMR126,000 worth of shares. The Financial Index closed at 9,335.54 points, up by 0.32 per cent. Al Batinah Development, Global Financial Investment, Muscat Finance and Al Madina Investment increased by 5.26 per cent, 3.17 per cent, 1.32 per cent and 1.09 per cent, respectively.
ONIC Holding and Gulf In-vestment Services declined by 0.94 per cent and 0.41 per cent, respectively.Industrial Index closed at 10,215.77 points, down by 0.15 per cent. Jazeera Steel Products and Oman Cement in-creased by 2.13 per cent and 0.52 per cent respectively .Rayust Cement, Al Anwar Ceramic and Voltamp Energy declined by 2.94 per cent, 0.69 per cent and 0.47 per cent, respectively.
Services Sector Index closed at 3,803.51, down by 0.15 per cent. Sharqiyah Desalination, Omantel and Renaissance Ser-vices increased by 2.26 per cent, 0.60 per cent and 0.59 per cent,
respectively. Al Jazeira Services, Sembcorp Salalah, Al Batinah Power and Sohar Power declined by 4.55 per cent, 1.03 per cent, 0.55 per cent and 0.52 per cent, respectively.
Emerging stocks fallDeveloping-nation stocks fell for a fi fth day amid speculation US interest rates may rise sooner than anticipated. Russia’s ruble rose from a record low.
The currency appreciated less than 0.1 per cent versus the dollar after crossing the level at which the central bank intervenes to halt declines. The Micex Index added 0.4 per cent as Russia held its second straight ruble debt auction. The Turkish lira depre-ciated 0.3 per cent and South Ko-rea’s won dropped to a six-month low. Pro-democracy protests continued in Hong Kong with markets in the city and China shut for holidays.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index lost 0.2 per cent to 1,003.36 at 12:12 p.m. in London. The gauge slid 7.6 per cent in September as prospects for higher United States interest rates sent the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index to a four-year high. The rouble fell yesterday amid concern Russia will adopt capital controls. The central bank denied weighing the move.
“Concern that the Russian central bank is considering capital controls is” weighing on sentiment, Anders Svendsen, an economist at Nordea Bank Denmark in Copenhagen, said by telephone. “As long as the confl ict with Ukraine continues, we are going to see continued pressure on the rouble.”
The developing-nation stock measure’s 4.3 per cent drop in the third quarter pared gains for the year, with the gauge last trading less than 0.1 per cent higher in 2014. The MSCI index trades at 10.8 times estimated earnings.
- United Securities/Bloomberg News
Al Anwar Holding was the most active in
terms of volume, while Bank Muscat was the
most active in terms of turnover, yesterday
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REGULAR MARKET .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Security Name .................................................... Volume .....Turnover ... Trades ......... High .........Low ..........Close ......... Prev. .......... Diff . ............ Diff .............Last ..........Last ............ Last ................ Market Cap .........Par........................................................................................................................................................................................ Pr. ............ Close ........... RO ............... % .................Pr ..............Bid ............ Off er ............................................value
GLOBAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENT ..................137,500 .............. 17,873............... 11 ............0.130.......... 0.128 ............ 0.130 .............0.126 ............ 0.004 ............. 3.175 .............. 0.130 ............ 0.126 ..............0.130 ..............26,000,000.000 ......0.100AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ........................ 379,389 ...........182,028.............. 24 ............0.480 ......... 0.470 ............0.480 .............0.470 ............ 0.010 ............. 2.128 ............. 0.480 ............ 0.480 ............. 0.484 ...............59,951,020.800 ......0.100AL MADINA INVESTMENT ..............................302,302 ..............28,195...............19 ............0.094 ......... 0.093 ............0.093 .............0.092 ............ 0.001 ............. 1.087.............. 0.093 ............ 0.092 ..............0.093 ................19,265,078.712 ......0.100BANK MUSCAT ............................................1,670,222 ........1,308,656...............81 ............0.784.......... 0.780 ............ 0.784 .............0.776 ............ 0.008 ............. 1.031 .............. 0.780 ............ 0.768 ..............0.780 ...........1,711,227,539.392 ......0.100OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING ........... 1,058,478 ...........216,960...............61 ............0.206 ......... 0.204 ............0.205 ............ 0.203 ............ 0.002 .............0.985 ............. 0.204 ............0.204 ............. 0.205 .............. 24,984,375.000 ......0.100AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING ............... 45,980 ................9,890...............13 ............ 0.216.......... 0.214 ............ 0.215..............0.213 ............ 0.002 .............0.939 ............. 0.214 ............ 0.214 ..............0.216 ...............18,601,800.000 ......0.100OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION .....................325,236 ........... 542,797.............. 93 ............ 1.670 .......... 1.660 ............ 1.670..............1.660 ............ 0.010 .............0.602 ..............1.670 ............ 1.665 ..............1.670 ........ 1,252,500,000.000 ......0.100RENAISSANCE SERVICES .................................. 50,000 .............34,400.................6 ............0.688 ......... 0.688 ............0.688 .............0.684 ............ 0.004 .............0.585 ............. 0.688 ............ 0.684 ..............0.688 ............ 194,080,984.352 ......0.100OMAN CEMENT ............................................. 176,602 ........... 135,646...............16 ............ 0.772.......... 0.764 ............ 0.768 .............0.764 ............ 0.004 .............0.524 ............. 0.772 ............ 0.772 ............. 0.820 .............254,110,241.280 ......0.100BANK SOHAR ............................................... 1,101,363 ............267,561...............12 ............0.244 ......... 0.240 ............0.243 ............ 0.242 ............ 0.001 ............. 0.413.............. 0.240 ............0.240 ............. 0.243 ............ 277,992,000.000 ......0.100AHLI BANK ........................................................ 58,996 ..............14,601.................4 ............0.248 ......... 0.246 ............0.247 ............ 0.246 ............ 0.001 .............0.407 ............. 0.248 ............ 0.241 ............. 0.248 ............. 319,985,388.788 ......0.100AL ANWAR HOLDING ................................... 1,792,763 ........... 577,966............ 110 ............0.326 ......... 0.320 ............0.322 ............ 0.322 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.320 ............ 0.320 ............. 0.324 .............. 42,021,000.000 ......0.100ALMAHA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MAR. ................ 250 ................... 629................. 1 ............ 2.515 .......... 2.515 ............ 2.515..............2.515 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ..............2.515 ............ 2.505 ..............2.550 .............173,535,000.000 ......0.100BANK DHOFAR ................................................291,220 ............111,828.............. 24 ............0.384 ......... 0.384 ............0.384 ............ 0.384 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.384 ............ 0.384 ..............0.386 ..............515,805,010.176 ......0.100DHOFAR CATTLE FEED ........................................ 1,955 ................... 326.................2 ............ 0.168 .......... 0.166 ............ 0.166 .............0.166 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ..............0.168 ............ 0.168 ..............0.179 ...............12,782,000.000 ......0.100DHOFAR INSURANCE ....................................... 35,000 ................7,980................. 1 ............0.228 ......... 0.228 ............0.228 ............ 0.228 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.228 ............ 0.228 ............. 0.240 .............. 45,600,000.000 ......0.100DHOFAR INT.DEV.AND INV. HOLD. ...........................8,800 ................5,104................. 1 ............0.580 ......... 0.580 ............0.580 .............0.580 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.580 ............ 0.580 ..............0.582 ............ 127,600,000.000 ......0.100GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. ......................71,287 ............. 16,200...............13 ............0.228 ......... 0.225 ............0.227 .............0.227 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.225 ............ 0.225 ............. 0.228 ................59,841,458.747 ......0.100HSBC BANK OMAN .............................................92,555 ..............16,660.................4 ............0.180.......... 0.180 ............ 0.180 .............0.180 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.180 ............ 0.177 ..............0.180 ............360,056,302.200 ......0.100NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ............................. 337,867 ............133,795............... 11 ............0.396 ......... 0.396 ............0.396 .............0.396 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.396 ............0.000 ..............0.396 ............ 482,655,690.000 ......0.100NATIONAL GAS .................................................... 1,500 .................1,110.................2 ............0.740.......... 0.740 ............ 0.748 .............0.748 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.740 ............ 0.708 ..............0.740 ............... 34,079,937.672 ......0.100NAWRAS .........................................................509,400 ........... 345,174.............. 20 ............0.680 ......... 0.676 ............ 0.676 .............0.676 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.680 ............ 0.676 ............. 0.680 ............440,038,299.480 ......0.100OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE ................20,000 ................5,000.................2 ............0.250 ......... 0.250 ............0.250 ............ 0.250 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.250 ............ 0.248 ............. 0.250 .............. 50,000,000.000 ......0.100OMINVEST ......................................................... 2,200 ................ 1,012.................2 ............0.460 ......... 0.460 ............0.456 .............0.456 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.460 ............ 0.442 ............. 0.460 ............ 153,554,808.000 ......0.100SMN POWER HOLDING .................................. 204,000 ........... 135,456.................3 ............0.664 ......... 0.664 ............0.664 .............0.664 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.664 ............ 0.664 ..............0.672 ............ 132,558,038.400 ......0.100UNITED FINANCE ................................................... 587 ......................83................. 1 ............0.142.......... 0.142 ............ 0.143 .............0.143 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.142 ............ 0.142 ..............0.145 ............... 39,326,890.746 ......0.100GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ....................... 185,000 ............. 44,784...............10 ............0.244 ......... 0.242 ............0.242 ............ 0.243 ............-0.001 ........... -0.412 ............. 0.242 ............0.242 ............. 0.244 ............... 14,240,058.514 ......0.100PORT SERVICES CORPORATION .......................118,630 ............. 55,282.................6 ............0.466 ......... 0.466 ............0.466 .............0.468 ........... -0.002 ........... -0.427............. 0.466 ............ 0.462 ..............0.466 .............. 44,288,640.000 ......0.100VOLTAMP ENERGY ............................................ 16,017 ................ 6,798.................6 ............0.426 ......... 0.420 ............0.424 .............0.426 ........... -0.002 ........... -0.469 ............ 0.426 ............ 0.426 ............. 0.440 .............. 25,652,000.000 ......0.100SOHAR POWER ................................................. 18,000 ................6,840.................2 ............0.380 ......... 0.380 ............0.380 .............0.382 ........... -0.002 ........... -0.524 ............ 0.380 ............ 0.380 ..............0.414 .............. 83,983,800.000 ......0.100AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES ..............................185,841 ........... 106,310.................9 ............0.576.......... 0.572 ............0.572 .............0.576 ........... -0.004 ........... -0.694 ............ 0.576 ............ 0.572 ..............0.576 ..............141,195,188.420 ......0.100ONIC. HOLDING ................................................. 48,500 ............. 20,370.................8 ............0.420 ......... 0.420 ............0.420 ............ 0.424 ........... -0.004 ........... -0.943 ............ 0.420 ............ 0.412 ............. 0.420 ............... 72,837,765.000 ......0.100RAYSUT CEMENT ............................................128,150 ........... 274,740.................8 ............ 2.215.......... 2.100 ............ 2.145 .............2.210 ........... -0.065 ........... -2.941 ............. 2.160 ............ 2.160 ..............2.210 ........... 429,000,000.000 ......0.100AL JAZEERA SERVICES .....................................111,000 ............. 46,624...............10 ............0.422 ......... 0.420 ............0.420 ............ 0.440 ........... -0.020 ........... -4.545 ............ 0.420 ............ 0.420 ............. 0.434 ............... 25,705,794.660 ......0.100SUM: ..................................................................................9,486,590 ........4,678,679............596 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......................34.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
PARALLEL MARKET ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... AL BATINAH DEV. INV. HOLDING ........................ 267,678 ............. 48,086.............. 33 ............0.180.......... 0.173 ............ 0.180 .............0.171 ............ 0.009 .............5.263 ..............0.179 ............ 0.179 ..............0.180 .................5,400,000.000 ......0.100SHARQIYAH DESALINATION .............................. 10,514 ............. 49,967.................3 ............4.800 ......... 4.750 ............ 4.750 .............4.645 ............ 0.105 .............2.260 ............. 4.800 ............ 4.750 ............. 4.800.............. 30,970,684.000 ......1.000MUSCAT FINANCE ............................................ 25,000 ................3,850................. 1 ............ 0.154.......... 0.154 ............ 0.154 .............0.152 ............ 0.002 ............. 1.316 ...............0.154 ............ 0.154 ............. 0.000 ............... 35,878,930.164 ......0.100AL FAJAR AL ALAMIA ............................................2,500 ................ 1,870................. 1 ............ 0.748 .......... 0.748 ............ 0.748 .............0.748 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ..............0.748 ............ 0.748 ............. 0.000 ...............36,899,027.000 ......0.100AL HASSAN ENGINEERING .............................560,000 ............. 82,450.............. 22 ............ 0.149.......... 0.147 ............ 0.147..............0.147 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ..............0.147 ............ 0.145 ..............0.150 ................11,055,576.000 ......0.100AL MADINA TAKAFUL ..................................... 116,000 ............. 12,992.............. 25 ............ 0.112 ...........0.112 ............ 0.112 ..............0.112 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ..............0.112 .............0.111 ...............0.112 ...............19,600,000.000 ......0.100AL SUWADI POWER .........................................392,023 ..............72,114.............. 46 ............0.184.......... 0.183 ............ 0.184 .............0.184 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ..............0.183 ............ 0.183 ..............0.184 ............. 131,450,766.560 ......0.100BANK NIZWA .................................................. 537,580 ............. 50,936...............15 ............0.095 ......... 0.093 ............0.095 .............0.095 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.095 ............ 0.095 ..............0.096 ............142,500,000.000 ......0.100MUSCAT GASES ...................................................... 794 ................... 664................. 1 ............0.836 ......... 0.836 ............0.860 ............ 0.860 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.836 ............ 0.824 ............. 0.840 .............. 25,800,000.000 ......0.100OMAN FISHERIES ........................................... 156,836 ..............13,344.............. 29 ............0.087 ......... 0.085 ............0.085 .............0.085 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.085 ............ 0.084 ..............0.085 ...............10,625,000.000 ......0.100TAKAFUL OMAN INSURANCE ...........................42,200 ................ 4,351.................6 ............0.104 ......... 0.103 ............ 0.103 .............0.103 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.104 ............ 0.103 ..............0.104 .............. 10,300,000.000 ......0.100AL BATINAH POWER ....................................... 401,381 ..............72,951.............. 58 ............ 0.183 .......... 0.180 ............ 0.182 .............0.183 ............-0.001 ........... -0.546 .............0.181 ............ 0.181...............0.182 .............122,829,512.260 ......0.100SEMBCORP SALALAH ..........................................6,005 ..............14,416.............. 22 ............2.405 ......... 2.400 ............2.400 .............2.425 ........... -0.025 ........... -1.031 ............. 2.400 ............2.400 ..............2.425 ............ 229,097,268.000 ......1.000SUM: ...................................................................................2,518,511 ...........427,990............262 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ...................... 13.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
BONDS MARKET .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. BANK MUSCAT CONV. BONDS 4.5 ............................2,455 ................... 263................. 1 ............ 0.107.......... 0.107 ............ 0.109 .............0.109 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ............. 0.107 ............ 0.107 ..............0.109 ...............32,999,653.099 ......0.100RENAISSANCE SERVICES BONDS3.75...................24,765 ................2,798................. 1 ............ 0.113 ...........0.113 ............ 0.113 ..............0.113 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ..............0.113 .............0.113.............. 0.000 ................47,815,009.614 ......0.100BANK MUSCAT C C B 4.5 ..................................... 214,067 ..............23,167.................9 ............ 0.110 .......... 0.107 ............ 0.108 .............0.109 ............-0.001 ........... -0.917 ............. 0.108 ............ 0.108 ..............0.110 ...............34,521,408.900 ......0.100SUM: ..................................................................................... 241,287 ............. 26,228............... 11 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........................ 3.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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INDICESIndex .................................................High .................Low ..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff %MSM30 Index ........................................ 7,501.10 ...............7,475.38 ................... 7,484.08 ................... 7,484.17 .................. -0.09 ...................0.00Financial Index .....................................9,338.73 ...............9,309.16 ................... 9,335.54 ...................9,305.60 ................. 29.94 ................... 0.32Industrial Index ................................. 10,245.62 ............ 10,206.67 ..................10,215.77 ................. 10,231.45 ................ -15.68 .................. -0.15Services Index .......................................3,812.37 .............. 3,802.43 ....................3,803.51 ...................3,809.09 .................. -5.58 .................. -0.15MSM SHARIAH INDEX....................1,088.03 ...............1,082.77 ................... 1,084.14 ....................1,087.41 .................. -3.27 .................. -0.30
Trading SummaryVolume ................ Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up ............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded12,005,101 ...................5,106,668 .....................858 ............... 15,620,338,812 ................ 14 ..................... 10 .................... 23 .........................47
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Indian rupee recovers from seven-month lowMUMBAI: Recovering from nearly seven-month low, the ru-pee yesterday closed 14 paise higher at 61.61 against the Unit-ed States currency amid fresh dollar selling by exporters and some banks ahead of long week-end holidays.
At the Interbank Foreign Ex-change (Forex) market, the do-mestic unit commenced lower at 61.92 and immediately touched a low of 61.95, a level not seen since March 4, 2014 when it had logged an intra-day low of 62.15.
Later, a sudden dollar selling by exporters and some banks pushed the rupee up to a high of 61.58, be-fore settling at 61.61, a net rise of 14 paise or 0.23 per cent from its previous close.
On Tuesday, it had plunged by 22 paise or 0.36 per cent.
Pramit Brahmbhatt, chief ex-ecutive offi cer of Veracity Group, said: “Today rupee tried to recov-er from yesterday’s fall ahead of the fi ve-day holidays. Most Asian
currencies traded weak against the dollar as it continues to trade at four-year highs.
The rupee posted its fourth weekly fall in a row.” In forward market, premium ended steady to better on stray payments from banks and corporates.
The benchmark six-month pre-mium payable in March closed stable at its overnight level of 234.5-236.5 while far-forward contracts maturing in Septem-ber, 2015 edged up to 473.5-475.5 paise from 472.5-474.5 paise.
The Reserve Bank of India fi xed the reference rate for dol-lar at 61.7511 and for the euro at 77.9546. The rupee improved fur-ther against the pound to 99.72 from previous close of 99.91 and also strengthened to 77.56 per euro from 77.68.
It hardened to 56.05 per 100 Japanese yen from 56.24. The forex and money markets will re-main closed on October 2, 3 and 6 on account of Mahatma Gandhi
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Sensex falls In lacklustre trade, the BSE benchmark Sensex closed yester-day 62 points lower as investors booked profi t ahead of long week-end amid reports that India’s manufacturing sector in Septem-ber expanded at the slowest pace in nine months.
The 30-share barometer re-sumed better and immediately touched a high of 26,683.70 before falling back to settle 26,567.99, exhibiting a fall of 62.52 points or 0.23 per cent.
The broader 50-issue Nifty of the NSE also declined by 19.25 points or 0.24 per cent to 7,945.55. Brokers said sentiment was hit by reports of slowdown in the manu-facturing sector.
Selling was seen across-the-board as 10 out of 12 sectoral in-dices closed in the red and only IT and tech indices fi nished in the green. - PTI
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Exciting season offers at Muscat Grand Mall
MUSCAT: With the festive sea-son of Eid Al Adha just around the corner, Muscat Grand Mall has announced exciting off ers and sale at a number of fashion, utili-ties and apparel brands, making it the perfect opportunities for cus-tomers in the Sultanate to shop for themselves and loved ones, says a press release.
Throughout the holiday season, stores such as Nine West, Homes ‘r’ Us, Naturalizer, Shoe Studio, Sketchers, Original Marines, US
Polo, Arabian Oudh and Fashion World have been off ering exclusive discounts of up to 50 per cent as well as special promotional pric-ing, to make shopping for Eid an enjoyable experience for all, and customers are urged to hurry and make the most of the last few days.
During the Eid period, shoppers at Aeropostale can avail of a ‘Buy 1, Get 1 free’ promotion, while cus-tomers at Q-UP can enjoy up to 70 per cent off and popular outfi tters R&B are off ering a 25-30 per cent
discount, while Call It Spring is giv-ing customers a OMR5 gift voucher for every OMR20 purchase.
Muscat’s most popular retail destination Muscat Grand Mall houses over 130 international brands, many of which have en-tered the Oman market for the fi rst time — Muscat Grand Mall has in-creasingly become the entertain-ment destination of choice among the people of the Sultanate.
With this infl ux of new global outlets, increasing the choice for customers, the mall has seen a steady boost of visitors.
Wider choiceMGM is constantly expanding its range of brand off erings, off ering the best to visitors. Several new stores were opened recently in-cluding Original Marines, Beverly Hills Polo Club and Hunkemöller, Reebok, Megato and bYSI, giving customers an even wider choice in merchandise.
Furthermore, brands like Franklin Marshall and Silvian
Heach and Semsom are expected to open doors soon, making MGM the one stop shop for visitors in the Sultanate. This increase in international brands has contrib-uted majorly to the augmented footfall, in 2014.
Muscat Grand Mall is Oman's most dynamic shopping desti-nation. It is the fastest growing lifestyle hub in the Sultanate of-fering choice and convenience for shoppers and residents, as part of a combined leisure experience. Boasting more than 130 stores, a three-screen cinema, high-end res-idences and offi ce space, in addition to hosting the largest food court in Oman, Muscat Grand Mall is also home to leading global brands such as Carrefour, Happy Land, City Cinema, Sharaf DG, R&B, Home-sRUs, PAUL and Chili's, US Polo, Beverly Hills Polo Club, Garage and Patchi among others.
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New Home Centre catalogue features big style collection
MUSCAT: Home Centre, the re-gion’s leading home retailer, has released its latest catalogue fea-turing a bigger and better collec-tion than ever before.
The 140-page catalogue fea-tures several new style buys to give your home the now-factor, says a press release.
Whether classic or contem-porary or a clever combination of the two, the catalogue intro-duces a comprehensive range of furniture and accessories that quite evidently reinforces the brand's promise that ‘No Two Homes Will Be The Same’ with Home Centre.
“Filled with abundant inspira-tions, ideas and beautiful prod-ucts to refresh your home, our signature catalogue has some-thing for everyone, whatever the style or budget. And that’s not all, in an attempt to make this user-friendly guide more inspira-tional for our customers we have replicated the looks of the rooms featured in the catalogue in our stores. The idea is to off er our customers a fi rst-hand experi-ence of the newly launched prod-ucts,” says Colin Renwick, COO, Home Centre.
The newest catalogue from Home Centre takes an editorial slant, off ering tips, style advice and recommendations for the house-proud reader. Some of the highlights of this year’s catalogue are new special features such as ‘Six of the Best’, ‘Object of Desire’ and ‘Outstanding Value’.
Aff ordableSix of the Best features the top furniture picks of a category, the Object of Desire collection high-lights three sought-after prod-ucts and the Outstanding Value segment reveals a variety of af-fordable living, dining and bed-room collections and accessories.
This year, Home Centre has also amplifi ed engagement with customers on its digital plat-forms. The brand has added an interactive edge to its digital catalogue with an embedded re-gion-wide contest, a behind-the-scenes video of the making of the catalogue cover, and additional products to view.
The interactive catalogue will be available across all digital and social platforms and even on Home Centre’s new mobile application.
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ISC Salalah celebrates Navratri festivalSALALAH: A colourful open-ing ceremony was held to mark Navratri and Dandiya festival at In-dian Social Club, Salalah. Manpreet Singh, chairman, ISC, Salalah was the chief guest and he opened the festival by lighting of the lamp in the presence of many other digni-taries, says a press release.
Small children from Gujarati community presented a bouquet of fl owers to Singh. Convener Kishore Seth and Co-convener Akshay Mehta along with Har-ish Asher presented a memento
to the chief guest. In local Indian language, Nav means nine and Ratri means night. The festival of Navratri lasts for nine days out of which three days each devoted to Lakshmi, Durga and Saraswati.
No wonder this is the longest dance festival of the world wherein millions of people all around the world rejoice. The basic spirit of Gujarat, which is vibrancy, colour, courtesy, hospitality, enterprise and cooperation, is best refl ected in this festival. It is no wonder that Navratri celebration is so eagerly awaited.
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The Sultan Center launches new employee of month programmeMUSCAT: As a leader of the re-tail market in Oman with its rich, diversifi ed and unparalleled off er-ings of products marked with high quality, The Sultan Center (TSC) pioneers the industry not only in the Sultanate but throughout the Middle East region.
Keen to maintain its leading po-sition TSC realised early that its workforce is the cornerstone of its success, and focused on creating a work environment where TSC core values of integrity, teamwork, commitment and recognition are ever present. With that in mind, the company is constantly looking to provide a healthy work environ-ment that retains good employees, encourages their contribution to the fullest and ultimately cel-ebrates great performance. In this regard, TSC Oman successfully launched employee of the month scheme recently throughout all of its branches in the Sultanate, says a press release.
The programme has been de-signed to create and sustain a posi-tive environment for the teams. Other initiatives, already imple-mented include clearer and more frequent forums of communica-tion to encourage more collabo-ration between management and employees. All these activities have greatly helped in motivating the employees and encouraged them to innovate in their jobs, im-
proving team spirit and united ef-forts for improved performance.
RecognitionEmployees are awarded on this achievement based on their per-sonal contribution of increasing sales, reducing losses or through examples of great customer ser-vice within their store. Then are recognised for their extra contri-
bution through the presentation of a certifi cate and gift voucher, cel-ebrated with other members of the team at a special gathering.
Commenting on the initiative, Fawaz Diab, chief commercial of-fi cer, TSC Oman, said: “TSC em-ploys around 600 employees in its diff erent branches around the Sultanate and we don’t spare any eff ort in recognising for their ef-
forts by constantly designing new motivational programmes includ-ing the 'Employee of The Month'.
Diab confi rmed TSC is keen to evaluate employee’s achievements while stressing on the importance of these awarding programmes in enhancing productivity, which is a catalyst in boosting operations and simultaneously creating a healthy environment of competition.
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Oman Forum to be held on November 10MUSCAT: Oman Forum 2014, the annual Arabic debate organ-ised by leading Arabic business magazine Alam al-Iktisaad Wal A’mal (AIWA), will be organised on November 10 at Grand Hyatt Hotel. The live debate will in-volve the relevant stakeholders of the economy and society, and aims at contributing to the deci-sion making on critical manage-ment and policy issues, says a press release.
Noted TV journalist Yusuf Al Hooti will moderate the panel dis-cussions. The last two editions of Oman Forum had been a roaring success. Oman Forum 2014 would comprise two panel discussions. The fi rst panel discussion would focus on the subject — ‘Job Crea-tion — The National Agenda’.
The second panel discus-sion would debate on — ‘Oman’s March on Islamic Banking, Fi-nance and Insurance’.
Oman Forum 2014 is supported by the Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Higher Education, Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry, The Research Council and Sultan Qaboos University.
The forum is being organised in partnership with MHD Group, Omantel and Galfar Engineering & Contracting as strategic part-ners; Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), Bank Muscat, Jin-dal Shadeed Iron and Steel and Al Jazeera Steel as support partners.
Apart from senior bureaucrats
from the relevant ministries, over 300 strong audience represent-ing the senior-and-middle level leadership of private sector com-panies with a combined market capital of over $28 billion are go-ing to attend it.
“The primary objective be-hind Oman Forum has been to promote thought leadership and facilitate a live public discussion in Arabic on the challenges and opportunities from the social and economic perspectives. In order to strengthen the collaboration between the relevant stakeholders — government, Majlis Al Shura, civil society, business community, industry captains, educationists, workers, youth and society at large — Oman Forum brings their key representatives face-to-face to share their viewpoints to arrive at constructive solutions towards building a stronger nation and vibrant society,” said Khalfan Al Rahbi, Editor-in-Chief of Alam al-Iktisaad Wal A’mal.
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Noted TV journalist
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Malabar Gold celebrates 21st anniversary in style
MUSCAT: Malabar Group, one of the leading corporate conglom-erates with its presence in eight countries, marked its 21st anniver-sary by launching the offi cial logo. Renowned Bollywood actress Ka-reena Kapoor Khan unveiled the logo, initiating the celebrations.
The group that is best known for its activities in the fi eld of gold and diamonds has announced its expansion and diversifi ca-tion plans on this occasion, says a press release.
From humble beginnings with a jewellery outlet at Kozhikode in 1993, Malabar Group is today one among the best corporate estab-lishments of India with over 7,000 strong management team, 1,600 investors and a turnover of over $3.5 billion. The group is marching ahead with diversifi ed presence in various sectors in this 21st anni-versary year.
In the words of Group Chairman M. P. Ahammed, the greatest and the most valuable asset of Malabar Group is the trust of customers and the recognition of the society earned by providing sustenance and support to thousands of fami-lies directly and indirectly.
Upholding the values of trust, transparency and honesty, the Group’s fl agship company Ma-labar Gold & Diamonds is now among the leading jewellery retail-ers of the world with 120 show-rooms across eight countries.
Their international retail op-
erations started with the open-ing of a showroom in Sharjah on June 19, 2008. Today they have 45 retail jewellery outlets across the Middle East and Singapore. Today, Malabar Gold & Diamonds is an integrated jewellery retailer comprising of bullion, wholesal-ing, retailing and manufacturing of jewellery and is one among the top fi ve jewellery retailers in terms of annual turnover.
Plans are underway to fortify the presence of their existing re-tail jewellery outlets and to expand their operations into the promi-nent locations in the Middle East; Singapore and India.
They are also planning to spread their wings to Far East Markets like Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong. The group is also function-ing to roll out their operations into UK and US in the near future.
Apart from jewellery business, Malabar Group has successfully diversifi ed into various business sectors such as real estate devel-opment, retail and distribution of luxury branded watches and life-style articles, organic farming, fur-niture retailing and IT sector.
Malabar Developers, the prop-erty development wing of the group is scaling heights with a se-ries of projects across India like townships, IT parks, commercial and retail spaces, signature bun-
galows and premium apartments. Mega project ‘Mall of Travancore’, in 700,000sq. ft featuring world-class brands, proposed in Kerala, India and international airport will be the fi rst shopping mall of global standards to come up in Kerala, India.
New venture‘Eham’, a new venture marks the group’s foray into branded furni-ture business. Eham, conceived on the idea ‘total home solutions’ off ers an innovative range of home furniture, soft furnishing and accessories of international standards.
Furniture showrooms also will be under the brand name Eham and the fi rst showroom was opened in Kollam, Kerala, India at R.P. Mall on September 20. Apart from manufacturing furniture by associating with world-class brands, Eham plans to export fur-niture to overseas markets.
Malabar Group has also diversi-fi ed into IT sector, with the acqui-sition of a Microsoft Gold Certifi ed Partner Company, Atna Technolo-gies. Atna Technologies provide IT related services to more than 30 client companies in the United States, Canada, Middle East, Af-rica, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. The expertise of Atna Technologies is being utilised for the group’s
upcoming IT township project in Kerala, India.
The group also ventured into in-terior fi t out and designing arena by setting up M FIT Interiors in Dubai, UAE earlier this year to undertake consultancy services and various turnkey projects in the region. They deal with diff er-ent sectors such as commercial, retail, hospitality and healthcare. M FIT also specialises with works such as MEP, civil, glass, lighting works, etc.
“Green Thumb’, organic farm club is an ecofriendly initiative of Malabar Developers, aimed at pro-moting self-reliance and sustain-able development through organic farming of vegetables and fruits.
Right from the days of inception, Malabar Group has been active in humanitarian and social welfare activities. The social wing of Ma-labar Group focuses on concep-tualising and implementing the corporate social responsibility ini-tiatives of the group and the group sets apart a certain percentage of the net profi t from business for CSR activities. The initiatives are directed towards enabling com-munities through various projects in the areas of education, medical aid and health services, women empowerment, environment pro-tection and housing development for the less privileged.
The group, best
known for its
activities in the fi eld
of gold and diamonds,
also announced
its expansion and
diversifi cation plans
Petrogas E&P off ers support to OADMUSCAT: Petrogas E&P, the ex-ploration and production of oil & gas arm of MB Holding Group of Companies, places strong em-phasis in giving back to the com-munity within which it operates.
In keeping with the broad cat-egories identifi ed and fi nalised by its parent company MB Holding Company, Petrogas E&P has lent its support to the Oman Associa-tion for Disabled (OAD) in Mus-cat, says a press release.
Oman Association for Disabled was registered in 1995 pursu-ant to a ministerial decision. It is a non-governmental organi-sation established to provide support, education and recrea-tional activities for people with disabilities. The association also works towards achieving a bet-ter understanding of the needs of people with disabilities in the wider community.
As part of the agreement, Petrogas E&P will provide cer-ebral palsy wheel chairs, sports wheel chairs, steel wheel chairs and home care bed with mattress to the association.
“At Petrogas E&P, we always look at new ways in which we can give back to the community. The company is fi rmly supporting the cause of a socially sustainable so-ciety through the implementation of community development pro-grammes such as this one,” said Iman Al Barwani, manager – Cor-porate Communications and CSR.
“We would like to off er our heartfelt appreciation to Petro-gas E&P for this kind gesture. Since our association is non-profi t, we rely on the private sector companies to fund our ac-tivities and needs. Through this generous contribution, the com-pany has proved that it cares for the community. I hope this ges-ture encourages other corporates to come forward and support our association,” stated OAD Chair-man Yahya Al Amri.
S O C I A L R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y
Through this generous
contribution, the company
has proved that it cares
for the community. I hope
this gesture encourages
other corporates to
come forward and
support our association
Yahya Al AmriChairman, Oman Association for Disabled
Reyooq event highlights successful experience of Omani entrepreneur
MUSCAT: The National Business Centre (NBC), which pertains to the Public Establishment for In-dustrial Estates (PEIE), hosted yesterday Azza Suleiman Al Is-maily, CEO of MyEduZone Group, as part of Reyooq monthly series of events. The event, which took place at Ubhar, shared the success-ful entrepreneurship journey of Azza Al Ismaily in the presence of a group of business leaders in the country, says a press release.
Azza’s career in the oil and gas industry started in 1994 where she joined Petroleum Develop-ment Oman. Because of her pat-riotism and love for the people of Oman, she felt it is necessary to
initiate a project to educate and train the youth of today; hence, she founded MyEduZone Group, later to become the fastest growing edu-cational institute in the region. She also founded Rikaz Global, a brand name in the fi eld of training and consultancy. She was nomi-nated to be part of the “Reforming of General Education in Oman” Committee, where she proved to be amongst the top most experi-enced people in the committee with wide knowledge on suggest-ing ways and drafting the execu-tive plan of boosting the general education in Oman.
Azza also founded the United National Oil Field Services, to be
the fi rst Omani company off ering tubular inspection. In 2012, she founded Zomorda Cleaning Ser-vices, a new concept of providing part time housemaids. A year later, she founded Maisa, one of the big-gest cloth factories in Oman. A strong supporter and believer to support the community and the needy people, Azza founded Al Birr Charity Group, in September 1999.
Sponsored by Nawras, the series of Reyooq events aspires to pre-sent an ultimate platform for Om-ani entrepreneurs to network with experts, and learn about entre-preneurship to get innovative and creative ideas for their businesses. This initiative also comes to devel-
op the abilities and knowledge of entrepreneurs and put their per-spectives forward to the experts in the fi eld, besides enhancing com-munication channels.
The NBC is an initiative launched by the PEIE at the Knowledge Oasis Muscat to off er promising Omani entrepreneurs a platform to develop their business ideas and advance them into grow-ing ventures. The centre attempts to become the premier platform for Omani entrepreneurs by pro-viding business development sup-port and guidance, training and mentoring, access to markets and industry experts, and state-of-the-art and fully equipped offi ce space.
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Meethaq, Zubair SEC join hands to support SMEs
MUSCAT: Meethaq, the pioneer of Islamic banking in Oman from Bank Muscat, and Zubair Small Enterprises Centre (Zubair SEC), signed a Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU), to extend sup-port to entrepreneurs and owners of small businesses and maximise successful entrepreneurial chan-nels in the Sultanate.
The MoU was signed at the Zubair Corporation headquarters in Azaiba by Sulaiman Al Har-thy, group general manager, Is-
lamic Banking, and Mohammed Al Hasani, chief communications offi cer of Zubair Corporation, in the presence of top management executives from both sides, says a press release.
“Meethaq is proud to join hands with Zubair SEC to provide Islam-ic fi nance for SMEs in Oman. The main objective of the bank’s SME strategy is to complement the gov-ernment eff orts in empowering entrepreneurs to chart success-ful business ventures by provid-ing necessary training, guidelines, tools, etc. The partnership with Zubair SEC marks a clear progres-sion of the well defi ned strategy pursued by the bank in line with the directives of His Majesty Sul-tan Qaboos bin Said to support the SME sector and strengthen its role in the economic development of Oman,” said Sulaiman Al Harthy.
“Meethaq strives to fulfi l the needs of customers with innova-tive Shari’a based products and is well positioned to provide Islam-ic fi nancial expertise to diverse segments and thereby promote the good of society as a whole. Meethaq has adopted the best practices in Islamic banking and fi nance worldwide to combine a
robust model which protects cus-tomers and complements the Is-lamic banking industry,” he added.
Commenting on the MoU, Mo-hammed Al Hasani said: “Today we are adding signifi cant value to the system that we have been building for entrepreneurs and owners of small businesses in the Sultanate.
This facility has been evolv-ing and developing based on the close attentiveness to the needs of Zubair SEC’s members and the market demand.
“What we always aim for is to cater to entrepreneurs’ needs with all our capacity and reach. Hence, the partnership with Meethaq Is-lamic Bank has been very well re-ceived by our members and brings a new perspective to the “access-to fi nance” that we try to facilitate for them through our network of stra-tegic partners.”
On fulfi lling the funding criteria based on Meethaq credit policy, fi -nancial assistance will be extended to micro and small enterprises in the Sultanate, including members of Zubair SEC’s Direct Support Programme who get selected every year by Zubair SEC as the most en-gaged and committed members.
Zubair SEC will direct its mem-bers possessing feasible business proposals to Meethaq for Islamic fi nancing for SME ventures.
Mutual eff orts by both parties will also be in place towards rais-ing awareness on Islamic fi nanc-ing, entrepreneurship, and busi-ness administration.
Zubair SEC is one of the initia-tives which emanated from Zubair Corporation’s strategic social re-sponsibility vision towards Omani society. The vision refl ects the cor-poration’s belief in the importance of small enterprises (SEs) in en-hancing the national economy and contributing to sustainable socio-economic development.
The centre comprises a team of socially engaged and business savvy advisers who put all eff orts to contribute to leveraging the Omani community through equip-ping and enabling entrepreneurs and start-ups to grow with their businesses in a sustainable and re-sponsible manner. Since its launch in 2013, Zubair SEC has added to its membership 200 small busi-nesses and around 220 entrepre-neurs from all sectors of the econ-omy to benefi t from its services and support.
The MoU was
signed by Bank
Muscat’s Sulaiman
Al Harthy, group
general manager
– Islamic Banking,
and Mohammed
Al Hasani, chief
communications
offi cer of Zubair
Corporation, in
the presence of
top management
executives
from both sides
City Centres promise special moments during Eid holidaysMUSCAT: Muscat City Centre and Qurum City Centre, Majid Al Futtaim’s leading lifestyle destinations in the Sultanate, are hosting an extensive range of cel-ebratory activities, including tra-ditional festivities and magical performances for all to delight in.
With the aim of uniting fami-lies during the holiday season, Muscat City Centre and Qurum City Centre are creating great moments this Eid Al Adha, says a press release.
Children of Oman are all set to be entertained on October 4 and 5 in Qurum City Centre, as well as October 6 and 7 in Mus-cat City Centre. City Centres of Oman welcome visitors to spend quality time with their families during this period.
A fun, interactive 50 minute show will be presented three times per day, between 6pm
and 9.30pm, including enchant-ing performances by a Folkloric dancer, a humorous Puppet Show, and a mesmerising magician.
“Eid Al Adha is a religious feast that we always commemorate with celebratory festivities. We want to create great moments for our loyal customers through the array of family entertainment and activities that we are hosting in the mall,” said Watfa Humaid Al Harthy, Senior Mall manager, Qurum City Centre.
“As a landmark and lifestyle destination, City Centre Muscat is encouraging residents to en-joy what we have on off er, from valuable shopping deals to inter-national dining, and an exciting program of activities and shows to keep families entertained,” said Husam Al Mandhari, Sen-ior Mall Manager at Muscat City Centre.
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Infoline hosts key seminar on business transformation MUSCAT: Infoline, the leading IT and IT enabled service pro-vider in Oman, recently organised a seminar on Business Transfor-mation with Connected Inno-vation at Holiday Muscat. Prof. Mohanbir Sawhney and Jaya Vaidhyanathan were the keynote speakers, says a press release.
Prof. Sawhney is a globally recognised scholar, teacher, con-sultant and speaker in strategic marketing, innovation and new media. He advises and speaks to Global 2000 fi rms and govern-ments worldwide and has been widely recognised as a thought leader. Business Week named him as one of the 25 most infl uential people in E-Business.
Jaya Vaidhyanathan is a much sought after speaker in national and international forums across Europe, US, China, India and Australia and has been recognised with numerous awards. Through this seminar, the speakers cov-ered aspects of business innova-tion right from understanding the basic concepts of strategy and managerial environment.
Prof Mohanbir Sawhney be-gan with his presentation and research on twelve vectors of in-troducing business transforma-tion and innovation. Few of these vectors introduced by Sawhney included customer satisfaction, business ecosystem, presence, competition, channel innovation, supply chain etc. The core of the discussion was to focus on vectors and their catalyst role to maxim-ise business value and returns to shareholders. Key emphasis was on early adoption of innovation in business life cycle to outsmart
competition. Talks on innovation also focused on rebranding and recreating products and services even at the cost of phasing out ex-isting service lines.
Prof Sawhney explained above concept by using real time busi-ness case studies on clients oper-ating in technology, government, fast moving consumer goods and global coff ee chain operator. Coff ee chain case study was dis-cussed with participants. The key take away from the case study was to improve and provide an overall experience rather than only serv-ing coff ee to customers. Business strategy of the coff ee chain is based on one of the vectors dis-cussed during the seminar i.e. presence. As a result of success-fully implementing the presence vector this coff ee chain outlets are available in more than 100 countries worldwide.
Sawhney also shared an in-novation incubator in which real time data could be fed to arrive at business specifi c value added requirements to serve customers.
He also briefed the attendees on how companies today can get themselves ready and organised
for innovation through the dif-ferent innovation archetypes that have been observed in various successful companies.
The second speaker Jaya Vaid-hyanathan initiated the discus-sion on business risk and social media and as a service tool for reaching out to customers served by business. Key focus was on banking and fi nancial industry which is a closely monitored and highly regulated industry. More than 122 diff erent regulations are introduced by regulatory bodies in UK alone every week. Failure to comply can lead to law suits and penalties in millions of dollars.
“Social media is no longer a tool for personal engagement but a ne-cessity due to explosion in smart phone technology and platforms. Since social media has emerged on business radar only couple of years back, its true potential is yet to be explored.
“Communication channels are becoming more and more infor-mal and social media provide a user friendly platform to share experiences with a large target audience in shortest interval of time,” she said.
H I G H P R O F I L E E V E N T
HSBC Oman showcases wide range of vocational opportunities at EduTraC MUSCAT: Illustrating the bank’s continuing commitment to in-vesting in local talent and inspir-ing future leaders, HSBC Bank Oman showcased the wide range of vocational opportunities avail-able in the banking industry at the EduTraC Oman Higher Edu-cation, Training and Careers Fair, held recently at the Oman Inter-national Exhibition Centre, says a press release.
Sponsoring the Careers Pa-vilion, representatives from the bank’s Human Resources and Re-tail Banking and Wealth Manage-ment departments demonstrated the structured professional growth opportunities available at HSBC Bank Oman, sharing information about its two year Graduate Management Trainee Programme and internship op-portunities to students and visi-tors during the three day event.
“HSBC Bank Oman is a keen supporter of educational ini-tiatives and is committed to en-hancing the professional devel-opment of young Omanis. Our Graduate Management Trainee Programme provides an exciting
and challenging career path for new graduates, and internship placements have proven success-ful in preparing students for the next step in their career.
“We can off er practical experi-ence and an introduction to every aspect of the banking environ-ment to help students discover the right position that matches their ambitions and capabilities, supported by tailored personal and professional development planning to help them reach their potential,” said Andrew Long, Chief Executive Offi cer, HSBC Bank Oman.
The bank joined universi-ties, colleges and many of the Sultanate’s largest employers at EduTraC Oman 2014, organised under the patronage of the Min-istry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Manpower. The event was held for the fi rst time this year and is set to become the annual showcase of avail-able jobs, training, education and self-employment opportunities, as well as sharing the career and entrepreneurship advice services available in the Sultanate.
E X H I B I T I O N
MUSCAT: McDonald’s Oman yes-terday announced the launch of its new premium line – the Clubhouse Sandwich. This tasty combination of fi rst-class fl avours will be avail-able from today for a limited time only. Customers can look forward to enjoying the zesty, savoury tastes of a quarter-pound beef patty or juicy chicken breast, topped with beef bacon, caramelized grilled on-ions, emmental cheese, crispy leaf lettuce and fresh tomato, all loving-ly layered on a golden artisanal roll with premium special sauce, says a press release.
Commenting on this new pre-mium off ering from McDonald’s, Ali K. Daud, Development Li-censee and president of McDon-ald’s Oman, said: “This bold taste represents McDonald’s ongoing commitment to responding to the unique preferences of our loyal customers, who increasingly are looking for greater premium op-tions for their quick service res-taurant experience. Our new Clubhouse range is all about taste, juiciness, and the quality of our sources. Our new Clubhouse is savoury, not stuff y, and we look forward to welcoming all who have good taste. ”
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Meethaq opens state-of-the-art branches in Sohar, Al Khoud
MUSCAT: Widening its net-work in the Sultanate, Meethaq, the pioneer of Islamic banking in Oman from Bank Muscat, opened a state-of-the-art branch in So-har yesterday. Sayyid Mundhir bin Saif Al Busaidi, president of Oman Equestrian Federation, presided as guest of honour at the ceremony attended by dignitaries and senior bank offi cials, says a press release.
Sayyid Mundhir congratulated Meethaq for extending the branch network to all parts of Oman and setting a benchmark for Islamic banking operations in the country.
“The banking sector in Oman is witnessing the consolida-tion of Islamic banking and the
state-of-the-art branch network refl ects Meethaq’s focus to rede-fi ne Islamic banking operations in Oman. With unique products and services, Meethaq Islamic banking will benefi t citizens and complement the economy,” said Sayyid Mundhir.
“Meethaq is proud to open the new branch in Sohar as part of its focus to expand branch op-erations across the Sultanate and thereby off er world-class Islamic banking experience to custom-ers. The new branch is designed to create a unique ambience and banking environment in line with the Meethaq brand values of true Partnership, Transparency and Trust. Meethaq plans to expand the branch network as well as launch new products and services to complement the unique Islamic banking experience,” stated Su-laiman Al Harthy, group general manager – Islamic Banking.
Earlier, Meethaq opened a state-of-the-art branch in Al Khoud on Tuesday, September 30. Sayyid Sulaiman bin Hamoud al Busaidi, deputy secretary gen-eral of the Council of Ministers, presided as guest of honour at the ceremony attended by dignitaries and senior bank offi cials.
Sayyid Sulaiman congratulated Meethaq for extending the branch network to all parts of Oman and setting a benchmark for Islamic banking operations in the country.
Meethaq strives to fulfi l the needs of customers with innova-tive Shari’a based products and the extension of the branch net-work is yet another proof of its commitment and dedication to meet customer expectations for Islamic banking. Meethaq is well positioned to provide Islamic fi -nancial expertise to diverse seg-ments and thereby promote the good of society as a whole.
Meethaq plans to open branch-es in all major cities and towns across Oman. Bank Muscat is the fi rst commercial bank in Oman to obtain CBO approval and launch Islamic banking window opera-tions. The bank has invested in staff , systems and controls to en-sure the service is delivered in a professional, segregated and fully Shari’a compliant manner.
Meethaq off ers a full suite of Islamic banking products. The Shari’a compliant products and services include savings account, current account, home fi nance, auto fi nance, credit card, mobile banking etc.
Meethaq has adopted the best practices in Islamic banking and fi nance worldwide to combine a robust model which protects cus-tomers and complements the Is-lamic banking industry.
Every Meethaq product goes through the process of Shari’a
compliance certifi cation by the Shari’a Supervisory Board and is created in line with the guidelines of the Central Bank of Oman.
As the pioneer of Islamic bank-ing in Oman, Meethaq stands out for its independent Shari’a Su-pervisory Board, separate capi-tal allocation from shareholders’ money, unique risk management tools, complete fund segrega-tion, separate books of account, core banking system which sup-ports Islamic banking operations, stand-alone Islamic banking branches and proper profi t distri-bution mechanism among invest-ment account holders/depositors.
The adoption of AAOIFI stand-ards (Accounting & Auditing Organisation for Islamic Finan-cial Institutions) distinguishes Meethaq Islamic banking prac-tices in terms of standardisation of products and services.
Meethaq’s extension
of the branch network
is yet another proof
of its commitment
and dedication to
meet customer
expectations for
Islamic banking
Jolly Silks launches special Eid promotion
MUSCAT: Jolly Silks, Oman the one stop destination for silks and fashion, has announced an ex-citing off er to reward customers during the peak summer shop-ping period. Customers shopping at Jolly Silks, Oman during the promotion period will get OMR5 gift voucher on their purchase of OMR30 and above. The reward-ing off er is valid up to October 1, says a press release.
“Our customers are now plan-ning to shop for the upcoming festive season and we thought re-warding them at this peak buying period will be truly appreciated,” said Joy Alukkas, chairman & MD, Joyalukkas Group.
Jolly Silks off ers a wide range of sarees, churidars, kurtas, shirts, trousers and kidswear to suit the budget of all customer profi les. The wide range of choices include designer wear for weddings and special occasions and also daily wear items to cater to all the needs and aspirations of shoppers in fashion and readymade garments.
An extra incentive for shoppers is the host of new summer collec-tions that Jolly Silks has recently added in-store.
The new collections and designs have been chosen from the latest trends in India and abroad and have been inspired by some of the foremost designers of fashion and silks clothing there.
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Omantel launches unique Mobile Academy service
MUSCAT: Omantel, the leading telecommunication services pro-vider in the Sultanate, has intro-duced ‘Mobile Academy’ service, a mobile learning portal that consists of mobile courses, ranging from learning languages, mobile pho-tography, body language, negotia-tion tactics, essential nutrition and much more, says a press release.
“Part of Omantel’s eff orts to of-fer innovative value-added ser-vices that meet the needs and requirements of our customers, Mobile Academy is an educational service which provides knowledge in diff erent fi elds,” said Sahar Al Asmi, manager, Applications and Data Services at Omantel Con-
sumer Unit. “Through this service we seek to off er our valuable cus-tomers courses that off er a variety of educational information such as learning Arabic, English, French, and other languages as well as pho-tography, nutrition programs and much more,” Al Asmi added.
She pointed out that the sub-scription can be done by send-ing the word (learn) to 91197 and customers shall receive the portal link which will allow them to enjoy and benefi t from all the available courses.
Moreover, our customers can register online by visiting the link http://welcome.mobileacademy.com and follow the registration
procedure. Once the customers register, they will receive three messages per week for only 400 baisa each.
Omantel is the pioneer provider of leading edge telecommunica-tions services in the Sultanate of Oman connecting individuals, en-terprises and government across the country through a state-of-the-art network. By off ering an unmatched range of innovative products and after-sales service, Omantel is the market leader. We serve our customers nationwide through online channels, shops and distributors. Omantel is listed on the Muscat Stock Market and trades under the name OTL.OM.
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AVOD showcases its range of high-quality products at Opex
MUSCAT: Areej Vegetable Oils and Derivatives (AVOD) partici-pated at Opex 2014, a three-day event to highlight the unique fl a-vours and heritage of diff erent regions of the Sultanate via prod-ucts produced by important Om-ani industries. AVOD was also the gold sponsor of Opex 2014, which saw more than 100 exhibitors and around 4,000 visitors.
Salem Al-Bortmany, deputy general manager, AVOD, says: “Opex is an ideal platform for AVOD and all other national companies to showcase their products at global level and strengthen their foothold in the larger Middle East market. At the event, AVOD exhibited its best range of high quality products such as Areej cooking oil, Areej
frying oil, Minara sunfl ower oil, Khafeef mayonnaise etc.
“Apart from familiarising our prospective customers with our products, Opex also gave us a per-fect opportunity to learn about latest business trends and meet business visitors from diff erent parts of the globe.”
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Ten exercises to keep you healthier and happier
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MUSCAT: Occasions like Eid are there to celebrate and enjoy but be careful: avoid carefree eating and too much sleep to go out of shape. Instead focus on your fi t-ness to come back fi tter, healthier and happier.
“Group fi tness classes are an exhilarating way to stay in shape. Going to a class with a friend or exercising beside a stranger is a great way to push yourself and stay inspired in a fun, benefi cial envi-ronment surrounded by trained professionals. So, whether you have plenty of experience with workouts, or if you are just getting started, consider exploring any of the group fi tness classes at the Balance Health & Fitness Gym - or all of them! There’s something for everyone, and the result is the
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OAA revives Oman International Rally as MERC candidate eventA. SESHAGIRI [email protected]
MUSCAT: The Oman Automobile Association (OAA), especially in the last couple of years, has been working tirelessly to develop mot-orsport as whole, paying attention to not only developing the state of the art facilities but also dedicat-ing time and energy on popularis-ing each and every discipline, in-cluding go-karting and drifting as well as motorcycling events, while providing opportunities to motor-sport afi cionados of the Sultanate to practice and participate in the sport they love most.
But all along the association’s ambitious team, under OAA Chair-man Brigadier Salim Al Maskary, has been nurturing the dream of placing Oman back on the interna-tional rally map.
And if the OAA offi cials are to be believed they have moved one step closer to getting the Oman International Rally included in the Middle East Rally Champi-onship calendar, where it once occupied pride of place as one of the favourite events of the regional rallyists.
And to return to that glory days, the OAA fi rst needs to host a suc-cessful Oman International Rally this year as a candidate event for the Middle East Rally Champion-ship, an objective the offi cials are confi dent of achieving.
If the OAA offi cials succeed in hosting a successful 2014 edition, scheduled for October 30 to No-vember 1, and impress an observer from international motorsport
body Fia, then the Oman round will return to the regional cham-pionship calendar after an eight-year hiatus.
“We are hosting the Oman In-ternational Rally this year as a candidate event for the Middle East Rally Championship and our sole aim is to get the nod for our event to be included in the regional championship,” OAA Deputy Di-rector Anwar Al Zadjali said dur-ing a media event organised to an-nounce the rally details at Hormuz Grand Hotel yesterday.
In fact, the OAA offi cial sounded confi dent of achieving the goal, saying: “We are sure of hosting a great candidate event this year and be part of the Middle East Rally by next year.”
Anwar, of course, has every rea-son to be confi dent and two of the
main reasons being the dedicated team at the OAA and the popular-ity of the Sultanate as a great venue for rallying.
“Thanks to the picturesque lo-cations, the Sultanate has been a great venue and a favourite round of the rally drivers even back in 2007 when we hosted the last of our Middle East Rally Champion-ships rounds,” he said.
“Back then it was considered the best by the drivers and they used to enjoy competing here. Because of the diff erent and varied condi-tions, it was also considered one of the toughest rounds.”
“And we are sure it will be no diff erent for the drivers who will be coming here this year and the years to come,” a confi dent Anwar added. “We are also confi dent of hosting a great event because eve-
ry one of us, including the four spe-cial committees we have formed, have been working hard for the last three months with one objec-tive of organising a successful and impressive event,” he said.
Anwar also said all the regional associations have promised to support our rally.
“We are also expecting drivers from all the GCC countries to take part in our event. Abdu Dhabi Rac-ing Team have already confi rmed their participation with six cars. We are hoping to have 20 to 25 teams, which we believe is good for a candidate event,” he said.
Unique eventThe OAA also got a shot in the arm as Hani Shaaban, clerk of the course for the event, de-scribed the Oman International
Rally as a unique event.Speaking at the press briefi ng,
Hani Shaaban said the special as-pect of the Oman rally is the tar-mac stages.
“For the fi rst time in the entire region, Oman event will have 15 per cent of the rally will be run on the tarmac. This is a new aspect that will surely be of great interest to the drivers as well as the specta-tors,” he said.
Asked about the main criteria for the event to be included in the re-gional championship calendar, he said: “Safety. That is of paramount importance. The Fia observer will be looking at the safety aspect, the safety of the drivers, offi cials and of course the spectators.”
Giving the details of the rally, he said: “There will be 180kms of spe-cial stages and the total distance of
the rally will be 700km.”Speaking on the occasion, Min-
istry of Sports Aff airs representa-tive Ahmed bin Faisal Al Jahad-hamy said the ministry is happy to be supporting the rally and hoped it will become a great success.
“As in the past, the Ministry of Sports Aff airs will give complete backing to the Oman International Rally. And thanks to the diff erent climatic and geographical condi-tions, the Oman rally will surely be a hit with the drivers as well as the spectators,” he said.
Ultimate aimMinistry of Tourism offi cial Ibra-him Al Mahrouqi said: “Our minis-try has been supporting the motor-sport, especially rallying.
“We supported the Oman Inter-national Rally from 2003 to 2007 and even after that we have been involved with the promotion of Oman national rally champion-ship over the years.”
“We are delighted to be part of this candidate event and we are sure it will be part of the Middle East Rally Championship by next year,” he added.
Meanwhile, OAA Chairman Brigadier Salim Al Maskary in statement said: “The Sultanate is an ideal venue to host rally cham-pionships. We had successfully or-ganised Middle East Rally Cham-pionship seven years ago.
“With the Oman International Rally Championship, we hope to bring the momentum back to mo-torsports in Oman. Our ultimate aim is to host a round of World Ral-ly Championships in near future.”
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AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME: Oman Automobile Association’s Anwar Al Zadjali, second left, speaks during a press conference organised to
announce the details of the Oman International Rally at Hormuz Grand Hotel yesterday. – TIMES OF OMAN / Talib Al Wahaibi
Day of drama and controversy
INCHEON: Cries of foul play took over the Asian Games yesterday when an Indian female boxer re-fused to accept her medal and Ma-laysia lodged a formal complaint after one of its competitors failed a drugs test.
An Iraqi runner was also award-ed a gold after a bizarre end to one of the key athletic events where he fi nished fourth but the fi rst three fi nishers were all disqualifi ed.
Multi-sports events are always fi lled with drama and controversy but even by the eccentric nature of the Asian Games, Wednesday’s developments were bordering on the bizarre.
The Indian boxer L Sarita Devi was left facing disciplinary ac-tion after being reported to Asian Olympic offi cials over her behav-iour. Sarita refused to wear the bronze medal that was presented to her yesterday, taking it only in her hand before trying to drape it over a South Korean opponent who had beaten her in a fi ght the previous day.
When the presentation was over, Sarita left the medal behind, despite being told by the organis-ers to take it with her.
The International Boxing Fed-eration took a dim view of her ac-tions, submitting a formal report to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) over her behaviour.
“The whole incident looked like a well planned scenario by her and her team, and it is regretful to watch a boxer refuse the medal regardless of what happened in the competition,” AIBA supervisor David Francis said in a statement.
“In this regard, as the Techni-cal Delegate, I had to request OCA to review this incident, so any boxer or athlete in other sports
will not follow in her footsteps by respecting the spirit of fair-play and sportsmanship of the Olympic Movement.”
Malaysia was also in the spot-light after the team’s chef de mis-sion said the south-east Asian na-tion would appeal the decision to suspend its martial arts gold medal winner Tai Cheau Xuen.
The OCA announced on Tues-day that Tai had tested positive to a banned stimulant and had been ex-pelled from the event and stripped of her medal.
But the Malaysian Olympic Committee is disputing the result and appealing to the Court of Arbi-tration for Sport (CAS).
A decision the appeal is expect-ed within 48 hours.
“This involves the image of the country and the athlete involved,” Datuk Daniyal Balagopal Abdullah told the Malaysian news agency Bernama.
The OCA announced yester-day that a fi fth athlete had tested positive. Syrian karate competitor Nour Aldin Al-Kurdi had tested positive for the banned steroid clenbuterol and had been disquali-fi ed from the Games, it said.
Lucky IraqiIraq’s Adnan Almntfage got a lucky break when he was promoted to the gold medal for the men’s 800 metres despite fi nishing the fi nal in fourth place.
Mohammed Abdulaziz of Saudi
Arabia crossed the line fi rst, just ahead of Abdulrahman Musaeb Bala of Qatar and Abraham Kip-chirchir Rotich of Bahrain after a frantic two-lap race.
But Almntfage was later el-
evated to the gold medal position after Abdulaziz was disquali-fi ed for obstruction and Bala and Rotich were disqualifi ed for lane infractions.
“I would like to say that the Bah-
raini, Qatari and Saudi opponents were very worthy opponents — however they made mistakes at the 200m mark,” said Almntfage.
“And these mistakes were against the rule of the competition, I hope these mistakes won’t hap-pen again in such a competition.”
Oman’s Barakat seventhThe drama overshadowed another strong performance by controver-sial Qatari sprinter Femi Oguno-de, who returned to competition this year after serving a two-year ban for doping.
The Nigerian-born speedster, who switched allegiances to Qatar in 2009, took out the 200m fi nal in 20.14 seconds, an Asian games record. The event also saw Oman’s Barakat Al Harthi fi nish seventh with a timing of 21.17 seconds.
Barakat ran a good race, but couldn’t match up with powerful runners like Qatar’s Femi Ogunode and silver medallist Fahad Al Sub-aie of Saudi Arabia (20.74 seconds) and bronze medalist Hosua Yeo of South Korea (20.82 seconds).
It was Femi’s second gold medal in Incheon after he won the 100m earlier in the week, a result that rekindled complaints about the increasing number of African ath-letes who have changed to oil-rich nationalities. “(My) next target is to win gold in the Brazil Olympics,” Ogunode said.
Kemi Adekoya, who moved from her birthland of Nigeria to Bahrain
earlier this year, won a second gold for her adopted country yesterday.
Adekoya won the women’s 400m hurdles in 55.77, just out-side her personal best, after earlier winning the 400m fl at race.
“I didn’t break my record, so I’m not satisfi ed with my time at all. But I did my best,” she said.
Kazakhstan, led by London Olympic champion Olga Rypa-kova, won three athletics gold medals, all in women’s events, yesterday.
Rypakova won the triple jump with a leap of 14.32m, Margarita Mukasheva successfully defended her 800m Asian Games title in a winning time of one minute 59.02 seconds and Olga Safronova won the 200m in 23.02.
China, Japan and Bahrain won two gold medals in track and fi eld, which ends with the men’s mara-thon on Friday.
The off -fi eld dramas overshad-owed most of yesterday’s com-petition, where 33 gold medals were decided.
China won just fi ve medals — a modest haul by its lofty standards — but still remained perched at the top of the standings with a total of 294 medals, including 131 golds.
The host-nation South Korea won another eight golds to con-solidate its second place position with 62 golds, setting the stage for today’s men’s soccer fi nal against its reclusive neighbours from North Korea. Few football fi xtures are painted with as much politi-cal intrigue and the fi nal promises to stoke passions on both sides of the world’s most heavily milita-rised border.
North Korea won the women’s gold medal for a third time on Wednesday, beating 2011 World Cup winners Japan 3-1.
The Koreans took a 2-0 lead on goals from Kim Yun Mi and skip-per Ra Un Sim before Japan hit back through captain Aya Miyama. Substitute Ho Un Byol scored a brave diving header in the closing minutes to seal the win.
Late in the second half, however, plain-clothed security personnel swooped on a man who unfurled a North Korean fl ag and hung it on barriers directly behind the Japa-nese goal.
Security yanked the fl ag down and whisked the man away for questioning. — Reuters
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total of 294 medals,
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CLOSE FINISH: Qatar’s Femi Seun Ogunode , second left, powers toward the fi nish line to win ahead of Saudi Arabia’s Fahad Mohammed
Al Subaie, left, Japan’s Shota Iizuka, second right, and South Korea’s Yeo Hosua, right, in the fi nal of the men’s 200m fi nal. –AFP
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BIG HOPES: Jubilant Afghanistan players, who had qualifi ed for the forthcoming Cricket World Cup. – File photo
Play in our land, ACB tells the cricket world
INCHEON: Afghanistan’s cricket chief yesterday called on top na-tions to tour the country, insisting it is safe and has world class facili-ties boosted by foreign money.
Money from Germany is being used to build one stadium in the war-torn nation and interest is growing as Afghanistan has quali-fi ed for next year’s World Cup.
“I am telling the players to come to my country and play there, they will treasure those memories for ever,” Afghanistan Cricket Board chairman Shahzada Masoud said at the Asian Games.
“We want support from other nations. We had lots of problems in the last 30 years because of the uncertain security situation, but that needs to be erased from
our minds and heart now. “Because sport unites people.
Cricket is one of our favourite sports. You get 20,000-30,000 people watching our local league matches. The security is good, es-pecially for cricketers.
“Our teams travels around the country without guards. We don’t need those guards. People love them because they represent the country.”
Masoud said a new stadium in Jalalabad was comparable to any stadium in Asia, and has already hosted club and fi rst-class teams from Pakistan.
Foreign assistance is boosting cricket facilities in Afghanistan. The Indian government has given a grant of $ One million to build a new stadium in Kandahar.
German boost to cricket And Germany, a non-cricketing nation, has sanctioned 700,000 euros for a stadium in Khost prov-ince, Masoud said.
“We are grateful to both India and Germany for their support,” he said. “But what we want now is for teams like India to come any play on our grounds.
“It would have been so exciting if Sachin Tendulkar had come and played in our country. I hope Ma-hendra Singh Dhoni can make it.”
Afghanistan has come a long way since the national team was formed in 2001 and played their fi rst Asian Cricket Council tourna-ment for non-Test nations in 2003.
They qualifi ed for the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean in
2010 and have already taken part in subsequent tournaments in 2012 in Sri Lanka and in Bangla-desh earlier this year.
But Afghanistan’s greatest achievement so far is qualify-ing for next year’s showpiece 50-over World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
“We have achieved a lot in a short time, I don’t think anyone ex-pected us to get this far,” Masoud, a minister in the Hamid Karzai gov-ernment, said.
“The future of cricket is bright in our country. It is played in 32 of our 34 provinces. And matches are shown on local television.”
Masoud said thousands turned up to get a glimpse of the World Cup trophy when it was brought to Afghanistan during a world tour organised by the International Cricket Council recently.
“The World Cup is big news in Afghanistan,” he said. “The youth of the country want the team to do well there. We know it will be a tough tournament, but our target is to defeat established teams like Bangladesh.
“We beat them on their soil in the Asia Cup this year, so there is no reason why we can’t do it again.”
Afghanistan are currently tour-ing Australia under new coach Andy Moles, a former English fi rst-class cricketer, to prepare for the World Cup.
But keen to match, or surpass, their silver-medal winning per-formance at the previous Asian Games four years ago, the team management fl ew down four top
players, including captain Mo-hammad Nabi, from Australia to Incheon to reinforce the second-string team.
Afghanistan will also play four one-dayers in the United Arab Emirates in December and take part in a one-day tournament in the West Indies in January to pre-pare for the World Cup.
Assistant coach Raees Ah-madzai, who is looking after the team at the Asian Games, said the management wanted to build a true cricket culture among the players.
“That includes better fi tness and learning how to perform in front of live TV because most of our big matches are televised these days,” Ahmadzai said. “Also, they need to learn to face the media.” — AFP
Foreign assistance
is boosting cricket
facilities in
Afghanistan. The
Indian government
has given a grant
of $ One million to
build a new stadium
in Kandahar
It would have been
so exciting if Sachin
Tendulkar had
come and played
in our country
Shahzada MasoudChairman, ACB
Bracewell returns to Test team for Pakistan seriesWELLINGTON: All-rounder Doug Bracewell has earned a recall to the New Zealand Test squad for their series against Pa-kistan in the United Arab Emir-ates after being dumped from the team for disciplinary issues ear-lier this year.
The 24-year-old Bracewell, who last played against Bangla-desh last year, was dropped af-ter he and batsman Jesse Ryder breached team protocols by going out drinking the evening before a test in Auckland.
Bracewell was part of the New Zealand ‘A’ team that toured Eng-land in August and coach Mike Hesson said his performances on that tour had convinced him to give the burly all-rounder an-other opportunity.
“Doug had a very good NZ A tour and we just think that in the heat in the UAE his experience and resilience in those condi-tions will be important,” Hesson said in a statement yesterday.
Opening batsman Peter Fulton was dropped from the squad that secured a 2-1 series victory over West Indies in June, with Ham-ish Rutherford and Tom Latham the likely opening combination.
Rutherford saw off the chal-lenge of provincial team mate Michael Bracewell — the cousin of Doug — who had been tipped as an outside selection for the tour given Rutherford’s struggles at the top of the order since his astonishing 171 on debut against England in early 2013.
The 25-year-old Rutherford, however, scored 281 runs at 52.5 in fi ve one-day innings on the ‘A’ tour, which had given Hesson some hope he could rekindle his Test form. “Hamish demonstrat-ed a lot of positives on that Eng-land tour,” Hesson added. “His balance was back and with that came his confi dence.”
Off -spinner Mark Craig, a left-fi eld selection for the West In-dies tour but who impressed on the turning pitches in the Carib-bean was retained to try to do as much again on the wickets in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah against Pakistan. Hesson also named a 19-man New Zealand XI squad for one-day matches against World Cup qualifi ers Ireland and Scotland later this month, with former captain Daniel Vettori brought back into reckoning for next year’s global showpiece in Australia and New Zealand.
Vettori, who has not featured for New Zealand since a One-day International in June last year and been restricted to mostly Twenty20 cricket in 2014, was
the stand out name in the extend-ed squad, which the fi nal 15-man World Cup team is likely to be drawn from.
The 35-year-old, who has bat-tled an Achilles’ injury and back problems over the last three years, remains one of the most economical bowlers in the world in limited overs cricket and a handy lower-order batsman.
Aggressive batsman Ryder, who has had a career blighted by off -fi eld disciplinary issues, was not included in either squad de-spite a strong season for English county side Essex, indicating he was not in consideration for the World Cup. New Zealand face Scotland on Oct. 15 in Christch-urch and then play Ireland three days later on Oct. 18 in Hamilton.
Hesson will then select his squad for three one-day interna-tionals against South Africa on Oct. 21, Oct. 24 and Oct. 27 after the Ireland game. The team will then travel to the UAE for their series that includes three Tests, fi ve One-day Internationals and two Twenty20 matches against Pakistan, with the fi rst Test start-ing on Nov. 9. The series con-cludes on Dec. 19 with the fi fth One-day International.
Test squad: Brendon McCul-lum (captain), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Mark Craig, Tom Latham, James Neesham, Luke Ronchi, Hamish Rutherford, Ish Sodhi, Tim South-ee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson.
New Zealand XI: Brendon McCullum (captain), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Dean Brownlie, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan McCul-lum, Kyle Mills, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, James Neesham, Luke Ronchi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Daniel Vettori, BJ Wa-tling, Kane Williamson. — Reuters
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RECALLED: Doug Bracewell.
Rivals India and Pakistan end 32-year wait for hockey fi nal
INCHEON: Arch-rivals India and Pakistan face off in a mouth-watering fi eld hockey fi nal at the Asian Games today with a place in the 2016 Olympics at stake.
Millions of fans in both nations will be glued to their television screens for the title clash which earns the winner a ticket to Rio de Janeiro and the loser left facing a hazardous qualifi cation route.
India and Pakistan last met in an Asiad fi nal way back at New Delhi in 1982 where the Indians suff ered a stunning 1-7 rout in front of their hown fans that in-cluded then prime minister In-dira Gandhi.
In Beijing in 1990 when Paki-stan claimed the gold and India the silver, there was no fi nal since the winner was decided after a round-robin league.
Eight-time Olympic champi-ons India have won the Asiad title
just twice, both in the Thai capital of Bangkok in 1966 and 1998.
In contrast, defending cham-pions Pakistan are the most suc-cessful team in the continental games with eight golds, highlight-ed by four successive wins over India in a fi nal from 1970 to 1982.
Pakistan, coached by former international Shahnaz Sheikh, start as favourites following their 2-1 win over India in the prelimi-nary league.
But Sheikh was worried by the failure of his strikers to score against Malaysia in on Tuesday’s semifi nal which ended in a 0-0 draw before Pakistan edged ahead 6-5 in the tie-breaker.
“We played better than them but just could not score,” said Sheikh, a former striker hismelf. “We don’t want to make the same mistake again.
“Fans love an India-Pakistan
game. I am sure the fi nal will be exciting.”
India upset hosts South Ko-rea 1-0 in the semifi nal through Akashdeep Singh’s 44th minute winner, but face a tougher test against Pakistan’s goalkeeper Im-ran Butt, the star of the shoot-out win against Malaysia.
The Indians, coached by Aus-tralian Terry Walsh, will also bank on reliable goalie P. R. Sreejesh to block the Pakistani forwards as star midfi elder and captain Sard-ar Singh attempts to control the game upfront.
“The fi nal is a very important game for our young side,” said Walsh. “There was a lot of energy shown against the Koreans but we must seize the chances that come our way.”
South Korea and Malaysia will contest the bronze medal play-off ahead of the fi nal. — AFP
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JUBILANT: Pakistan’s players celebrate after defeating Malaysia througha penalty shootout. –AP/PTI
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Djokovic on a roll, Wozniacki out
BEIJING: Men’s top seed Novak Djokovic maintained his perfect China Open record but Caroline Wozniacki’s hopes of qualifying for the year-ending WTA Finals in Singapore took a hit after she crashed out yesterday.
World number one Djokovic needed 85 minutes to overcome Canadian Vasek Pospisil 6-3, 7-5 in the second round and extend his China Open record to 21-0.
Djokovic, eyeing a fi fth title at Be-ijing, broke the big-serving Pospisil four times and lost only six points on his fi rst serve in his dominant display. Rain washed out play on the outer courts, where seeded players including Tomas Berdych and Grig-or Dimitrov are scheduled to play.
Bulgarian Dimitrov will meet Djokovic if he goes past Spaniard Pablo Andujar in the second round.
In the women section, Austral-ian Samantha Stosur showed fl ashes of her old brilliance to beat Wozniacki 6-4 7-6(9) in their sec-ond round encounter.
Wozniacki needed to win the Be-ijing title to qualify for Singapore but was troubled against a sharp-serving Stosur, who broke her in the seventh game to claim the fi rst set and saved fi ve set points in the tiebreak before closing it out.
Wozniacki can still qualify for Singapore this week, if Angelique Kerber does not reach the quarter-fi nals and Ekaterina Makarova falls before the fi nal.
Third seed Petra Kvitova, the fourth and the latest to qualify for the eight-player season fi nale, beat local favourite Peng Shuai 6-4, 6-2 in another second round match.
Peng, who made the semifi nals at the US Open last month, took a 2-0 lead before the Wimbledon cham-pion stormed back, winning 12 of the next 16 games and wrapping up the match in just 66 minutes.
Peng throughout the match had diffi culty dealing with her left-handed opponent’s powerful serves. “Some of the players, they
didn’t really get used to left - hand-ers’ serves,” Kvitova said. “So I think that’s my advantage,” she said, add-ing that “the serve helped me a lot”.
The Czech player will now meet 16th seed Venus Williams for a tricky third round match.
The third seed in Beijing has enjoyed a return to consistency in China after a poor run in the North
American swing. She won her sec-ond tournament of the year at New Haven, but crashed out of the US Open in the third round to 145th-ranked Serbian qualifi er Aleksan-dra Krunic.
Kvitova then lost to Elina Svito-lina of Ukraine, her quarter - fi nal opponent in Wuhan, in her open-ing match in Cincinnati.
With her victory in Wuhan, the 24-year-old confi rmed her place at the WTA Finals in Singapore, the end-of-season fi nale involving the world’s top eight women play-ers. Those who have already made it to the tournament include world number one Serena Williams, Ma-ria Sharapova (4) and Simona Ha-lep (2). — Agencies
Novak Djokovic,
eyeing a fi fth title at
Beijing, broke the big-
serving Pospisil four
times and lost only
six points on his
fi rst serve in his
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GREAT GOING: Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns to Vasek Pospisil of Canada during their men’s singles second round match at the China Open tennis tournament. – AFP
Nippy Nishikori thrills home fansTOKYO: Kei Nishikori thrilled his home fans as the US Open fi -nalist posted a 6-3, 6-4 opening victory over Ivan Dodig yesterday to reach the second round of the Japan Open.
The fourth-seeded Nishikori could do no wrong at the Ariake Colosseum, where the roof was closed due to intermittent rain after two days of sunshine in the capital.
Nishikori, last week’s cham-pion in Kuala Lumpur, next faces Donald Young after beating the American in both of their previ-ous ATP matches. He beat Dodig for the second time this season after a win in Madrid.
“Winning Kuala Lumpur gave me more confi dence. I try not to pay attention to the crowd or what the opponent is doing, but it’s always good to play at home. I can feel the support here,” said the Japanese sporting idol.
“I was playing well with confi -dence and my serve was working. He’s a tough opponent who gets all the balls back. I played well on some of the big points and got the win.” Japan’s top player is work-ing to become the fi rst Asian man to qualify for the eight-strong fi eld
at London’s World Tour fi nals in November.
Nishikori currently stands provisional sixth with fi ve spots in the fi eld still to be fi lled over the next month of regular-season ATP play. Yesterday’s victory took his 2014 record to 45 wins and 10 defeats.
Nishikori spent just under
90 minutes earning his victory against an increasingly frustrated Dodig, who became frustrated with both the ballboys and the Hawkeye computerised line call-ing system. “I didn’t really no-tice what he was doing,” said Ni-shikori. “I have to stay focused on just my own game.”
Nishikori was out-aced 6-2 by
the 61st-ranked Croatian, who saved two match points in the pe-nultimate game. Nishikori took the opening set in 38 minutes thanks to a break for 5-3 as he took the early lead. The Japanese play-er went down a break, 1-3 in the second set, but levelled again with a break back in the fi fth game.
The Asian, watched by famed part-time coach Michael Chang, then tacked on an insurance break for 4-3 and closed out vic-tory three games later on his third match point as he wrong-footed Dodig to end the afternoon. “I felt more pressure in New York, it was my fi rst grand slam fi nal,” said the 2012 Tokyo champion. “I could re-ally feel the crowd support.”
France’s Gilles Simon came from a set and a break down to overhaul Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller 4-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-3.
He will play American Steve Johnson, who defeated Spain’s Marcel Granollers 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, a 10-ace performance for the win-ner which took just under two hours. Johnson was joined as a winner by compatriot Jack Sock as the Wimbledon doubles cham-pion beat Kazakh Andrey Golubev 6-3, 1-6, 7-5. — AFP
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QUICK START: Japan’s Kei Nishikori hits a return against Ivan Dodig of Croatia during their men’s singles fi rst round match of the Ja-
pan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo. – AFP
SURVIVES A SCARE: France’s Gilles Simon came from a set and a
break down to overhaul Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller. – AFP
Training, not birthplace, makes you win: Jamal
INCHEON: Ethiopian-born Mar-yam Yusuf Jamal thanked Bahrain for giving her the chance to earn a living from athletics yesterday and said that her Asian Games 1,500 metres gold medal was down to in-tensive training, not which coun-try she originated from.
Several oil-rich Gulf states, in-cluding Bahrain and Qatar, have achieved overnight athletics suc-cess by recruiting fl eet-footed young Africans, who are free to compete at international level after meeting eligibility and resi-
dency requirements. The issue has become a hot topic at the Asian Games. But Jamal, who came home just ahead of fellow Ethopi-an-born Bahraini Mimi Belete Gebregeiorges to claim a hat-trick of Asian Games 1,500m wins said that whether an athlete was born in a country or had been adopted by it made no diff erence. “Eve-rybody is representing Asia,” she said. “Bahrain gave me a lot of op-portunity and the people also sup-ported me from my federation... I say ‘thank you Bahrain’.” — Reuters
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OEF GEARING UP FOR NEW SEASONThe Oman Equestrian Federation (OEF) offi cials met here recently under the chairman-
ship of Sayyid Munthir Al Busaidy to discuss the association’s preparations for the new
season. OEF chief Sayyid Munthir also met the offi cials entrusted with the responsibility
of preparing the statistical data of the horses, trainers and riders. The new comprehensive
data will have all the details, including the complete history of the horses, trainers and the
riders. — Supplied photo
‘Hunter’ Hamilton in pursuit of a hat-trick
SUZUKA: Despite deposing Mer-cedes teammate Nico Rosberg as Formula One leader, Lewis Ham-ilton still sees himself as very much the hunter rather than the hunted as he chases a hat-trick of victories in Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix.
Hamilton took a three-point lead in the standings after win-ning in Singapore last month while steering wheel problems forced Rosberg’s retirement.
With fi ve races to go, and double points on off er in the fi nale in Abu Dhabi, the title duel between the two is wide open even if Hamilton now has the momentum.
“I don’t think in my head that I am leading the championship,” said the Briton after celebrating his seventh win of the season.
“I still feel that I’m 20 points be-hind or whatever.
“I still feel like I’m chasing. I still feel like I’m hunting so that’s a good feeling.”
Hamilton has won the last two races from pole position, and also set the fastest lap but the 2008 world champion, who last led the
championship in May after a run of four straight wins, knows just how quickly things can change.
Reliability is the key now, with any retirement potentially a title-wrecker, but the Briton is not planning on doing anything dif-ferently.
“No, this is game time,” Hamil-ton said when asked whether he might drive more defensively.
“I’m really just going to try and do the same things I did this last two weekends which is really just attacking every practice session, hope that we have clean week-ends, getting those poles and get-ting those wins in.
“I want to make sure these next fi ve races, if I don’t do any more races in my whole life as good, these next fi ve races have to be the ones.”
Red Bull favouriteNeither Hamilton nor Rosberg have previously won at Suzuka one of the sport’s great circuits with its fast and challenging fi g-ure of eight layout.
Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix in his rookie year in 2007 but that race was held at the Fuji circuit and his best result at Suzuka remains a third-place for McLaren in 2009. Rosberg has never fi nished higher than fi fth.
The circuit has been one of Red Bull’s favourite stamping grounds, with Sebastian Vettel winning four of the last fi ve races there. The German also clinched his second world title at the circuit in 2011 with a drive to third place.
While Vettel has yet to win this season, the reigning champion ar-
rives on the back of his best result of the campaign with a second place in Singapore. However, Red Bull, who need at least three points to prevent Mercedes taking the constructors’ title on Sunday if the leaders fi nish one-two, recognise Mercedes are still the favourites.
Suzuka also holds a special place in the heart of McLaren’s Jenson Button, who won in 2011 and whose fashion-model fi ancée is half-Japanese.
“Coming to Suzuka feels like a second home race for me,” said Button, who failed to fi nish in Sin-gapore and whose team have not won a race since his last victory in Brazil in November 2012.
“Suzuka will be a tricky one for us, but I’m still really looking for-ward to it,” the Briton said. — Reuters
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England extend coach Lancaster’s deal until 2020LONDON: The Rugby Foot-ball Union (RFU) underlined its confi dence in Stuart Lancaster yesterday by awarding England’s head coach a new contract 2020. Lancaster’s coaching team — for-wards coach Graham Rowntree, backs coach Andy Farrell and at-tacking skills Coach Mike Catt — have also been contracted to the end of the 2019-20 season.
“We are lucky to have a tal-ented, committed and passion-ate coaching group,” RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie said in a statement.
“Coaching at international level is unique in that the time Stuart and the coaches have with the players is limited, and in that regard it requires a special and stable coaching team.
“We therefore felt it important to secure their long-term future and we believe this is entirely the right decision for the future of England Rugby.”
Lancaster took over from Mar-tin Johnson as interim boss after England’s poor showing at the 2011 Rugby World Cup and led the side to second place in the Six Nations and, after earning wide-spread plaudits for restoring con-fi dence within the side, was given the job on a permanent basis.
All eyes will be on Lancaster and his team as they host the next world cup in 2015, and the new RFU contract also takes in the 2019 world cup in Japan.
“It’s great that the RFU have got faith in us as a coaching group and its support has been criti-cal to what we have achieved to date,” Lancaster said.
“The 2015 World Cup on home soil will be a once-in-a lifetime
opportunity, (but) we want to build a team for England Rugby that leads into Japan in 2019 and beyond.
“We believe that England Rug-by is moving in the right direc-tion, we have the right coaching and management team to take us forward and are excited about the challenge ahead.”
Rowntree has been at the RFU since 2007 while dual-code in-ternational Farrell, father of cur-rent fl yhalf Owen, became backs coach in June 2012. Catt, a 2003 rugby World Cup winner, joined the set-up in September 2012.
England face New Zealand, South Africa, Samoa and Austral-ia in November internationals at Twickenham. - Reuters
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Hooker Du Plessis in for Boks against All BlacksCAPE TOWN: South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer has made one change to his starting line-up to face New Zealand in their Rugby Championship clash in Johannes-burg on Saturday but he may yet be forced into making another.
Bismark du Plessis, controver-sially sent off in New Zealand last year, takes over at hooker from Adriaan Strauss in what is other-wise an unchanged side from the one that defeated Australia 28-10 in Cape Town at the weekend.
However, there remains a ques-tion-mark over the fi tness of num-ber eight Duane Vermeulen, who will be given as much time as possi-ble to recover from a rib cartilage in-jury sustained against the Wallabies.
Should he fail a late fi tness test, he will be replaced from the bench by veteran Schalk Burger, whose position among the replacements
will go to Warren Whiteley. “It’s been good to build some form of continuity and we’ll give Duane as much time as possible before mak-ing a fi nal call,” Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer said in a state-ment yesterday.
“He’s been one of our best play-ers in the last couple of weeks and is responding well to medical treat-ment. Schalk’s impact last weekend was massive, but so was the rest of the bench and we’ll be looking for more of the same on Saturday.
“At hooker, we’ve decided to rotate Bismarck with Adriaan Strauss, both of whom must rate amongst the best hookers in the world at the moment.”
Meyer said that the Springboks would need to be at their best, defend strongly and execute their attacking plays as well as possible if they were going to be victorious against a New
Zealand team beaten just once since lifting the 2011 World Cup.
“We’re well aware of the mas-sive task that awaits us,” Meyer said. “There are areas of the game we know we have to improve on against New Zealand. We’d like to go out there and enjoy the occa-sion and carry on where we left off against Australia.”
The team: 15-Willie le Roux; 14-Cor-nal Hendricks, 13-Jan Serfontein, 12-Jean de Villiers (captain), 11-Bryan Habana, 10-Handre Pollard, 9-Francois Hougaard, 8-Duane Vermeulen/Schalk Burger, 7-Teboho Mohoje, 6-Marcell Coetzee, 5-Victor Matfi eld, 4-Eben Et-zebeth, 3-Jannie du Plessis, 2-Bismarck du Plessis, 1-Tendai Mtawarira. Replace-ments: 16-Adriaan Strauss, 17-Trevor Nyakane, 18-Marcel van der Merwe, 19-Bakkies Botha, 20-Schalk Burger/Warren Whiteley, 21-Cobus Reinach, 22-Pat Lambie, 23-JP Pietersen. - Reuters
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IRAN CRICKET TOP OFFICIALS VISIT OMANIran Cricket Association Chairman Afshin Haydari and Secretary Saeed Behrozi recently arrived here on a two-visit during
which they visited Oman Cricket headquarters. The Oman Cricket offi cials took the visiting duo on a tour of cricket facilities
here in Oman, including the Ministry of Sports Aff airs turf grounds and Municipality Grounds in Al Amerat. — Supplied photo
AFC unveils Asian Cup off icial ball
KUALA LUMPUR: Asia’s most prestigious football competition is fast approaching as the 16th edi-tion of the AFC Asian Cup is set to kick off when hosts Australia play Kuwait at the Melbourne Rectan-gular Stadium on January 9.
With only a few months to go before Asia’s top 16 teams vie for glory, the AFC has organised the AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 Team Workshop in Kuala Lumpur in order to deliver relevant organi-sational information to the partic-ipating teams.
In the same event, AFC’s long-
time partners Nike who has de-signed a special ball for the tour-nament, also unveiled the offi cial competition ball marking another milestone in the build-up to the competition. The fi rst offi cial ball was presented to AFC Vice-Pres-ident Prince Abdullah Ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah.
The ball, which will be used dur-ing all 32 matches of the competi-tion, was also presented to each participating teams.
According to Prince Abdullah, the handover marks another step closer towards what is set to be one
of Asia’s most intriguing football competitions yet.
“The Asian Cup is a highly pres-tigious tournament which we started 58 years ago in 1956. I hope
you will enjoy the tournament, our festival of football in Asia. It’s like the World Cup for Asia and taking part in it is a matter of pride for the teams,” he said.
The AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 Team Workshop was also of-fi cially opened on September 30 by Prince Abdullah, who is also Chairman of the AFC Asian Cup
2015 Organising Committee. Also attending the workshop was the Australian Local Organising Com-mittee Chief Executive Offi cer, Michael Brown.
The two-day Team Workshop included briefi ngs to team man-agers, doctors and offi cials on relevant matters such as sports integrity, refereeing, media, team services as well as medical infor-mation, among others.
There was also a briefi ng on AFC’s 60 minutes campaign which aims to increase the amount of actu-al playing time in AFC competitions by encouraging players and coaches to avoid using time-wasting tactics.
Dato’ Alex Soosay, AFC Gen-eral Secretary, mentioned that organising the Team Workshop is a must prior to the competition as it ensures that all teams, especially those behind the scenes making the necessary arrangements, are well prepared for the competition.
“I am glad that all teams partici-pated well in the workshop, which was successfully held, and I can see that all 16 nations are raring to go” said Dato’ Alex.
The AFC has organised the Asian Cup
Australia 2015 Team Workshop in
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relevant organisational information
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ANOTHER MILESTONE: AFC General Secretary Dato’ Alex Soosay, left, hands over the 2015 Asian Cup
offi cial ball to AFC Vice-President Prince Abdullah Ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah during a ceremony in
Kuala Lumpur. – Supplied photo
Argentina make fi ve changesBUENOS AIRES: Former cap-tain Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe has left Argentina’s Rugby Championship squad making way for Rodrigo Baez as one of fi ve changes for Saturday’s closing Test against Australia.
Fernandez Lobbe misses the match in Mendoza having left for France where he plays his club rugby for Toulon to meet his new-ly-born second son.
With Juan Manuel Leguiza-mon still injured, the Pumas will fi eld a new-look back row.
Another change coach Daniel Hourcade announced on Tues-day in the forwards has tighthead prop Ramiro Herrera dropping to the bench to be replaced by Na-huel Tetaz Chaparro.
The team: 15-Joaquin Tuculet, 14-Juan Imhoff , 13-Horacio Agulla, 12-Juan Martin Hernandez, 11-Lu-
cas Gonzalez Amorosino, 10-Nicolas Sanchez, 9-Martin Landajo; 8-Leon-ardo Senatore, 7-Benjamin Macome, 6-Rodrigo Baez, 5-Tomas Lavanini, 4-Mariano Galarza, 3-Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2-Agustin Creevy (cap-tain), 1-Marcos Ayerza. Replacements: 16-Matias Cortese, 17-Bruno Postigli-oni, 18-Ramiro Herrera, 19-Matias Alemanno, 20-Javier Ortega Desio, 21-Thomas Cubelli, 22-Marcelo Bosch, 23-Jeronimo De la Fuente. - Reuters
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Hulk suff ers racial abuse in Russia
MOSCOW: The Russian Pre-mier League was rocked by a second instance of racial abuse in less than a week when it was con-fi rmed that Zenit St Petersburg’s Hulk was the target of monkey chants from visiting Spartak Moscow fans on Saturday.
The 28-year-old Brazil inter-national told a Russian news-paper that he could hear the disgraceful taunts from fans of the Moscow club during the 0-0 draw at Petrovsky Stadium.
“During the game, racist abuse was directed towards me from the Spartak section of the ground,” Hulk told the Sport Ex-press newspaper yesterday.
“In the fi rst half, I clearly heard monkey chants shouted in my direction and this was not only on one occasion. It was coming from a large group of people.
“This happened at least twice — midway through the fi rst half and during injury time at the end of the fi rst half.
“I think that such things have absolutely no place and the foot-ball powers-that-be must take action in the fi ght against the occurrence of racial hatred.”
Russian federation (RFS) dis-ciplinary committee chief Artur Grigoryants confi rmed that ra-cial abuse had taken place be-fore the panel announced a rela-tively light punishment against Spartak Moscow. - Reuters
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McIlroy named PGA Tour Player of the YearLONDON: Northern Irish world No. 1 Rory McIlroy was named yesterday as the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year for a second time after a stellar 2014 campaign highlighted by two major victories.
The 25-year-old, who fi rst land-ed the coveted honour in 2012, won consecutive Majors this season at the British Open and PGA Cham-pionship, sandwiched around his victory at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. McIlroy won out over Billy Horschel, Martin Kaymer, Jimmy Walker and Bubba Watson in a vote of his peers.
He also earned the Arnold Palm-er Award as the Tour’s leading of-fi cial money winner ($8,280,096)
and claimed the Byron Nelson Award for adjusted scoring aver-age (68.83).
American Chesson Hadley, win-ner of the Puerto Rico Open, was selected Rookie of the Year.
McIlroy displayed remarkable consistency, fi nishing no worse than 25th in any of his 17 tourna-ment appearances and placed out-side the top 10 only fi ve times.
He said that 2014 was a more consistent season than when he previously won the award in 2012 and thanked his peers for voting him No. 1.
“It’s a great honour. And a great honour to win twice in the space of three years, and hopefully I
can win it for many more years to come,” McIlroy told reporters, speaking by telephone from the 18th tee at St. Andrews, where he was preparing for this week’s Eu-ropean Tour event.
“If I compare 2012 to 2014, I’d say that this year’s play was much more consistent. Every time I teed it up I felt like I had a good chance to win, and that’s what I feel like I need going forward, consistency in my game and being up there each and every week.”
The Northern Irishman did not have a discernible weakness in his game, ranking 16th in total driving, sixth in greens in regulation and 12th in putting.
He also had two runner-up fi n-ishes to go with his three victories and fi nished third in the FedEx Cup standings.
After his brilliant 2012 season, McIlroy had a minor slump in 2013 as equipment changes and off -course issues seemingly took a toll, but he is confi dent he will have no such problems in 2015 as he cuts his schedule slightly.
“I think just from a maturity standpoint and from being in this position for a good bit over the past couple years, I’m probably better equipped to handle it now than I might have been when I fi rst got to number one back in the middle of 2012,” he said. - Reuters
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Enrique takes blame for Barca’s loss against PSG
PARIS: Barcelona coach Luis En-rique refused to point the fi nger at his defence after the Catalans went down 3-2 to Paris Saint-Ger-main in Champions League Group F on Tuesday.
“I don’t like to evaluate individ-ual performances when we lose a game. We are all responsible, above all me,” he said after suff ering his fi rst defeat since being appointed in the summer. “We will analyse in depth what we did wrong to try and ensure these things don’t hap-pen again.”
Barca had received praise af-ter going unbeaten through their opening seven matches this sea-son, keeping seven clean sheets in the process.
However, with Marc-Andre ter
Stegen selected in goal rather than Claudio Bravo and with Gerard Pique left on the bench, Barca’s defence was made to look ordinary.
David Luiz put the French champions ahead in the 10th minute, breaching the visitors’ defence for the fi rst time this sea-son after 640 minutes, and PSG’s smallest player Marco Verratti was allowed to head in a corner to make it 2-1 after Lionel Messi had equalised with his 68th Champi-ons League goal.
Blaise Matuidi added a third, and while Neymar pulled another one back, Barcelona could not equalise and slumped to a fi fth loss in nine
Champions League away games. “We committed very clear er-
rors in bringing the ball out from the back,” added Enrique. “From set-pieces they are very strong, and when you are behind it re-quires an awful lot of eff ort to try and get back into the game.”
However, he said his side were perhaps unfortunate not to come away with a draw after putting their hosts under constant pres-sure in the closing stages.
“We already knew their poten-tial. They are candidates to win the Champions League; they won their league last season.
“We were up against a rival of
the same level as us and the dif-fi culties we had were normal in such a game, but in the last 25 min-utes we could have equalised.
“In the end I think we could have drawn and it would have been a fair result.”
Barcelona were unable to build on their opening Group F win against APOEL two weeks ago, although a 1-1 draw between the Cypriots and Ajax in the night’s other game did little to help these sides’ prospects of progressing to the last 16.
Blanc satisfi edMeanwhile, it was a night of great
satisfaction for Paris coach Laurent Blanc, who had been under growing pressure following his team’s slug-gish start to the season, even if they have yet to lose a match.
The Ligue 1 club drew 1-1 at Ajax a fortnight ago and came into this encounter without injured talis-man Zlatan Ibrahimovic as well as Ezequiel Lavezzi and Thiago Silva.
Despite that, they went one better than in April 2013, when a 2-2 draw against the same opponents led to them being eliminated from the competition in the quarterfi nals.
“I am very satisfi ed. I think for those who like Paris Saint-Ger-main and French football it was a good evening,” said Blanc, whose side are fi ve points behind leaders Marseille in Ligue 1 yet harbour ambitions of going all the way in the Champions League.
“I will remember this win, as will the players and all those who were at the stadium. We do this job to live nights like these.”
“I don’t deny that our start to the season has been a bit more compli-cated than we wished, but tonight, the smell, the Champions League, Barcelona, subconsciously you are more determined.
“On nights like tonight you ei-ther rediscover your team or fi nd yourself at the bottom of a hole.”
Blanc, who was a team-mate of Luis Enrique at the Camp Nou for a season in the 1990s, added: “They hadn’t conceded a goal yet. With the staff we have watched a lot of their matches and we realised that in all of them their opponents had chances to score goals.
“I played at Barcelona and I know that as a defender they take lots of risks. We had an inferior amount of the ball, which is rare, but despite that we created chanc-es and scored three. — AFP
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NORMAL DIFFICULTIES: Barcelona’s coach Luis Enrique said ‘we are all responsible, above all me’. – AFP
Pellegrini rues carelessness as Roma hold CityLONDON: Manchester City man-ager Manuel Pellegrini said his side need to sharpen up their act after they were held 1-1 by Roma in their second Champions League Group E game.
After 38-year-old Roma cap-tain Francesco Totti cancelled out Sergio Aguero’s early penalty with a goal that made him the oldest scorer in Champions League his-tory, City had most of the play, but lacked ideas in attack.
The hosts had 59 per cent of pos-session, but mustered only two shots on target to Roma’s four, and might have fi nished on the losing side had goalkeeper Joe Hart not saved from Gervinho and Miralem Pjanic.
Roma now trail group leaders
Bayern Munich by two points, with City three points further back ahead of a double-header against CSKA Moscow.
Pellegrini appeared to acknowl-edge that his side were being over-run in midfi eld when he sent on James Milner for Jesus Navas at half-time, but he said it was sloppi-ness, rather than tactical failings, that had hampered his team.
“Every time you don’t reach the result you want, there’s a lot of dif-ferent things you could do,” he told a press conference after on Tues-day’s game at the Etihad Stadium.
“But we were playing very well in the last games, so it was not an easy decision to change (the team) from the beginning. We play a lot
of strong teams in this way and we do it very well.
“Today (on Tuesday) we weren’t very accurate with our passing and when we lost the ball, maybe we didnt have enough midfi elders to cover. But I don’t think that was the reason. The main problem was we lost many easy passes.”
The hosts took the lead from practically their fi rst attack, with Aguero scoring from the penalty spot in the fourth minute after he had been dragged back by former City right-back Maicon.
But Roma responded impres-sively, driving deep into City ter-ritory with pacy counter-attacks, and equalised in the 23rd minute when club talisman Totti deftly
chipped Hart from Radja Naing-golan’s through-ball.
While Roma had chances to extend their lead — Hart saving from Gervinho and Pjanic ei-ther side of half-time — City saw most of the ball in the second half, but without truly extending their opponents.
Failure to win in Moscow on October 21 will leave the English champions at risk of a third group-stage exit in four seasons, but Pel-legrini said there was no need to reach for the panic button just yet.
“We have only one point from (a possible) six, but we’re only three points behind Rome,” said the Chilean, whose side lost 1-0 to Bayern two weeks ago.
“It depends on a lot of things. We hope we can win the next game in Russia. We have 12 more points to fi ght for and we’ll try to fi ght until the end to qualify.”
Asked if Roma had produced the best performance of his year-old reign, visiting coach Rudi Gar-cia said: “I don’t know, but what pleased me was that the team played with personality.
“The key word of the build-up was to play with confi dence. We had everything to win and nothing to lose. We managed the game well.
“Taking a point allows us to stay three points ahead (of City) and enables us to approach the rest of the competition with confi dence,” he said. — AFP
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Aguirre recalls Kagawa and Havenaar to face Brazil
TOKYO: Japan boss Javier Aguirre recalled playmaker Shinji Kagawa and tall striker Mike Havenaar to another ex-perimental squad for the friend-ly matches against Brazil and Jamaica later this month.
The Mexican also included the uncapped trio of Gen Shoji, Tsukasa Shiotani and Yu Kob-ayashi in the 23-man squad named yesterday for the fi x-tures in Niigata against the Ja-maicans on October 10 and the fi ve times World Cup winners in Singapore four days later.
Aguirre replaced Alberto Zaccheroni as head coach in July but only took charge of the Asian champions for the fi rst time last month in a disappoint-ing 2-0 home loss to Uruguay and 2-2 draw with Venezuela.
The 55-year-old called up eight uncapped players for that fi rst squad as he attempted to give a chance to as many as pos-sible before the defence of their Asian Cup title in January in Australia.
Kagawa missed the opening two matches after he suff ered concussion in a English League Cup match for Manchester United, but the attacking mid-fi elder is back in the squad af-ter some sound displays since switching to his former club, Borussia Dortmund.
Aguirre hinted at a central role for the playmaker, who was shunted wide at United and under former Japan boss Zaccheroni.
“I would like to see him in the centre of a 4-3-3 formation,” Aguirre told reporters.
Captain Makoto Hasebe was not named in the 23 despite re-turning to fi tness with German side Eintracht Frankfurt after he was forced to pull out of the Venezuela and Uruguay fi xtures following another issue with his troublesome knee.
However, Havenaar, born in Japan to Dutch parents, was called up by the former Atleti-co Madrid and Mexico boss despite failing to fi nd the net for his new Spanish side Cor-doba following a close season move from Vitesse Arnhem in Netherlands.
The squad: Eiji Kawashima, Shusaku Nishikawa, Shuichi Gonda; Hiroki Mizumoto, Yuto Nagatomo, Kosuke Ota, Daigo Nishi, Maya Yoshida, Tsukasa Shiotani, Gotoku Sakai, Gen Shoji; Hajime Hosogai, Masato Morishige, Junya Tanaka, Shin-ji Kagawa, Ryota Morioka, Gaku Shibasaki; Shinji Okazaki, Kei-suke Honda, Mike Havenaar, Yu Kobayashi, Yoichiro Kakitani, Yoshinori Muto. — Reuters
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They could afford it — the eight-bedroom home is on the mar-ket $8.1 million — less than what Daniel
gets for one Bond movie, and Ra-chel,43, is now one of Hollywood’s top earners. And together they make the money-men rub their hands — starring together in the recent Broadway revival of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal the play grossed a record-breaking $18 million in just 14 weeks.
Not that they would have much time at the moment to relax in a country hideaway. Daniel is in-volved in yet another 007 epic and Rachel has back-to-back movies which will keep her busy for the rest of the year. She is starring in Paolo Sorrentino’s movie Youth followed by The Light Between The Oceans with Michael Fassbender.
“We do want more time to-gether,” she says. “Although it was lovely co-starring in Betrayal. I love being married to Daniel. It’s a wonderful feeling of stability and it’s very grounding.”
But it hasn’t improved her cook-ing skills. “I’m not more domestic, or anything. Just being married doesn’t make you able to cook, but I’m extremely happy right now.”
Insiders say that Rachel grew close to Daniel Craig when they
played husband and wife in the movie thriller Dream House. And at the same time, Daniel became tight-lipped about the state of his relationship with long-time partner, film producer Satsuki Mitchell.
Rachel says she remains close friends with Darren and that they are both committed to giv-ing Henry a secure and loving upbringing. But despite the at-tention she is getting about her private life, Rachel confesses that she’s thoroughly enjoying being in the big-time.
“The money is amazing and it would be stupid to say I didn’t like it,” she says. “I was raised not to waste money but I’m getting bet-ter at buying things — clothes are my main temptation!”
It was her performance in The Constant Gardener — an expose of unethical drug-companies — which had the Hollywood money-men reaching for their chequebooks.
Now a stream of big new big-budget movies has put her among the film capital’s top earning women stars. “I have to admit I don’t like Hollywood much,” she says. “I don’t like the way it treats women.”
Not that she’s been spending a lot of time there recently. The Constant Gardener was made on
location in Kenya before that she was filming in arctic Russia mak-ing the wartime drama Enemy at the Gates with Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes.
Rachel’s family know all about war. Her parents fled Hitler and ar-rived in London to start a new life — her father is a medical inventor and her mother a psychotherapist.
Rachel was educated at a top London private school, studied English at Cambridge and started acting at the Edinburgh Festival.
Her father wasn’t very pleased. He had vetoed her acting career when she was 14 and refused to allow her to co-star with Richard Gere in the movie King David.
“I had to tell the studio that I couldn’t take the part. It was years before I got over the resentment and disappointment.
“My father has always been my harshest critic,” she says. “Until recently he still thought I shouldn’t be acting. Now he thinks that my personality wouldn’t be suited to anything else. I suppose that’s the nearest I’m ever going to get to approval!”
Certainly her father wasn’t very pleased when his daughter appeared in the gossip columns linked with such heart-throbs as Neil Morrissey and Alessandro Nivola, her co-star in the movie I want You.
“Alessandro and I are in love and plan to live together in New York,” she declared, but three months later admitted she was “madly in love” with Morrissey, a relationship which broke down after six months. She also had a relationship with top director Sam Mendes.
According to her best friend Susan Lynch, her co-star in the movie, Beautiful Creatures, about two women who accidentally get involved in a murder, “Rachel has film star quality — she re-minds me of those classic movie actresses of the past.
“But what we have in common is a healthy cynicism about what we do. What does it all matter?”
Rachel agrees. “It’s a crazy way to make a living,” she says.”And although I take my work very se-riously I know that movies are pretty unimportant in the history of the planet!
“My husband, my family and my friends are at the very top of my priorities list.”
Now Rachel’s ambitions in-clude working with directors Mike Leigh and Woody Allen, and to ensure that “I don’t burn bright-ly and then burn out as an actress.”
The way things are going at the moment for Rachel Weisz, there doesn’t seem much fear of that. - John Graham/Tony James Feature
The star and her husband Daniel Craig are close to buying a $81 million
idyllic converted water-mill in England’s rural Warwickshire
RACHEL WEISZ’S RUMOURED RURAL RETREAT
We do want more time
together. Although it
was lovely co-starring
in ‘Betrayal’ I love
being married to
Daniel. It’s a
wonderful feeling
of stability and it’s
very grounding
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hat has happened to Jamiroquai, the supergroup that virtually invented acid rock and have been ominously quiet for the past few months after returning from a major American tour?
“We’re getting our breath back and working on a new album,” says the mastermind behind the group, 44-year-old Jay Kay (aka Jason Cheetham). “You certainly haven’t seen the last of us.”
He’s worth an estimated $50 million, with a country mansion, homes all around the world and over $4 million worth of cars including Rolls-Royces, Ferraris, Porsches and Masera-tis. So what’s he doing spending most of his time in a tiny hut?
“I write our songs there,” Jay Kay explains — talking about the miniature stone house in a remote corner of his 80-acre estate in Bucking-hamshire. It’s so small that it barely has room for more than two chairs.
“If I lost everything apart from this little place, I wouldn’t be all that bothered. Material stuff is great, but I could live without it.
“I suppose I’d miss my cars and my helicop-ter, but I’d get over it. In the meantime it gives me a reason for getting up and going to work.”
After a frenzied few months on tour, Jamir-oquai have agreed to give their charismatic front-man some breathing space in his rural hideaway while he pens new material for the next album.. Looking around at his Georgian mansion in its manicured gardens and park-land, its helicopter pad, swimming pool and trout-lake, the man born in industrial Man-chester says: “Sometimes I feel like running away from all this.”
For a decade Jamiroquai have been the dar-lings of the discos, selling over 40 million al-
bums. They have a new Greatest Hits album out now and a new single will be out later this year. But the man who started it all, with his strange hats and bizarre dancing, claims that “I was happier when I was nobody!”
He explains: “I know I’m supposed to think I have a great life with all this money and pos-sessions, but I can’t. Every minute of the day someone wants something. It’s decisions, deci-sions. I never have a moment to chill out.”
Soon he will take his laptop of nearly com-pleted songs to a crofter’s cottage he has bought on a remote Scottish hillside...without phone or internet access. “I just can’t wait to get away and be completely inaccessible,” he says. “Any problems which need sorting will have to wait until I get back.”
It’s all a far cry from Jay Kay’s reputation as a ladies’ man — he had a four-year romance with TV personality Denise Van Outen — and a mainstay of the London party scene.
“I’m so tired of all that,” he says. “I think there
are more important things to do with your life than be stuck in the corner of a room with peo-ple crowding round and taking pictures of you with their mobile phones.”
Jay Kay has always maintained he felt un-easy with his celebrity status even though he knew all about show-business from an early age — his mum was 1970s jazz singer Karen Kay and his Portuguese father a guitarist.
He left home at 16 — “My mum kicked me out for mixing with the wrong crowd” — and lived in a series of London squats where he met Simon Katz and Stuart Zendor who, with Jay, would form the basis of Jamiroquai in 1992.
After a slow start, the group fi nally got into the big-time with — their third album, Travel-ling Without Moving and the singles Virtual Insanity and Cosmic Girl.
“I didn’t like all this celebrity stuff and still don’t” Jay Kay says. “I love the music but all the rest of it makes me nervous.
“That’s why I like disappearing to places where no one knows who I am. I just go into a pub and have a pint and read the paper and no one gives me a second glance. That’s where I’m happiest — there’s no doubt about that.”
And when that loses its novelty, Jay Kay plans to take off in one of his Ferraris across Europe. “Here again I’ll just stop in places that look nice and chill out.
“I’ve been all over the world touring but I’ve never actually seen anywhere apart from re-cording studios and the insides of arenas. It’s high time I put that right.”
And does he really want to go it alone? “Of course I’m always looking for the right girl and hopefully one day she’ll come along,” Jay Kay says. “But until then I’m quite happy by myself.”- Judson Bennett/Tony James Feature
After a frenzied few months on tour, Jamiroquai have agreed to give
their charismatic front-man some breathing space in his rural hideaway
while he pens new material for the next album
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hen he saw his new fi lm, The Judge, at the Toronto Film Fes-tival, Robert Downey Jr. wasn’t focused on what was happen-ing on the screen. He was listen-ing to the audience around him,
during the fi lm and especially on the way out of the theatre.
“I was really buzzed,” Downey recalled. “I really listened to the conversations. I keep hearing, ‘This movie made me think about my relationship with my father, but also with my brother and that gal whom I owe an immense amount to who was my high-school sweet-heart.’ “I’d hear, ‘I know it’s called The Judge, but that’s my mom up there. She can talk to you about fi nding a parking spot for 20 minutes.'”
Sitting for a Sunday-morning interview at a Los Angeles hotel a couple of weeks later, Downey is still charged by the audience re-sponse. “It’s so much more than a father-son story,” said the actor, who plays the son to Robert Duvall’s titular judge. “I love a movie that speaks of unrequited things and coming to terms. In life you must show up for uncom-fortable things. Often, what you fi nd in the end is some clarity and some dignity.”
Set to open in the US on October 10, The Judge casts Downey as Hank Palmer, a ruth-less lawyer Chicago whose focus is not on justice but on winning. His proud credo: “In-nocent people can’t aff ord me.”
Hank has been estranged from his father, Judge Joseph Palmer, for several decades when he gets a call to come home to his native Indiana. His mother has died and, after a frosty reunion with the stern judge, Hank is about to escape back to his own life when his father is unexpectedly charged of fi rst-degree murder.
As Hank defends his father and as the truth about the old man’s secret life slowly emerges, Hank struggles to come to terms not only with his alienated father but also with the rest of his estranged family.
“What can I say about Hank?,” Downey joked. “If he was faced with me, Robert Downey the actor, he’d probably say, ‘I’d love to defend that guy. He’s a cash cow. I can open another branch of the law fi rm just defending him!”
Downey and his wife, Susan, produced the fi lm through their new company, Team Downey. From the start, he said, they realized
that casting the right actor in the title role was crucial. Duvall was an obvious choice, but the two men didn’t move in the same circles and barely knew each other.
“Whenever I’d see Bob around, it would be in a restaurant,” Downey recalled. “I’d drop by the table and he would look up. At that moment I’d be scared and think, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t have come up to the table?
He’s Robert Duvall. Everyone comes up to the table and bugs him.’
“At restaurants Robert would give me the wave,” he continued. “But honestly, before this movie we were essentially strangers, although I felt like I knew him from his movies.”
Duvall can be acerbic in dealing with younger actors, but he said in a separate in-terview that it didn’t take much to sell him on The Judge.
“There were a lot of things to learn about life from this script,” Duvall said. “It’s about coming to conclusions as a human being. I knew I had to do that type of role with the right actor playing my son, and Robert Downey Jr. was perfect.
“Even at my age, I found that I could grow just from working with him.”
The fi rst day on the set, Downey recalled, he couldn’t help feeling nervous, even with 70-odd fi lms to his credit.
Working with Duvall, he said, served as a useful check on his own tendencies as an actor.
“I can overcomplicate things,” Downey said,
“and it’s exhausting. There is an effi ciency where Robert gets to extremely diffi cult spac-es. He doesn’t use tricks. That’s something I hope to take more on board as I get older.”
In a separate interview, the very pregnant Susan Downey said that the set was fi lled with surprises.
“Both Roberts are unpredictable,” she ex-plained. “You just don’t know what their in-stincts will be that day. Moments you thought would result in a fevered pitch were played really quiet.”
Downey grew up in New York as the son of indie fi lmmaker Robert Downey Sr. and actress Elsie Ford Downey. He began per-forming as a boy in ups tate New York, and later appeared in several of his father’s fi lms. When his parents divorced in 1978, he moved to California with his father and eventually dropped out of Santa Monica High School to act full time. Things were rarely easy for Downey. His father struggled with drug ad-diction, and the younger Downey had similar problems for decades before fi nally clean-ing up his act in 2003, after many arrests and several stints in jail.
Even in his darkest days, however, Downey’s talent was clear, and he won raves for his per-formances in such fi lms as The Pick-up Artist (1987), True Believer (1989), Chaplin (1992), Restoration (1995) and Wonder Boys (2000).
Despite initial skepticism from many in Hollywood, who viewed a relapse as only a matter of time, the newly clean-and-sober Downey soon took the movie business by storm, delivering crisp, quirky performances in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Zodiac (2007), Iron Man (2008), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012) and Iron Man 3 (2013).
Eleven years later he is one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars.
The Judge is the fi rst fi lm produced by Team Downey, the production company spearhead-ed by Downey and his wife. Without criticis-ing the superhero movies that have earned him millions, he made clear that he is aiming to produce a diff erent type of fi lm.
“Our hope is that this will get us going on movies about real people,” he said. “We’re in-spired by movies from the late ‘70s, where peo-ple actually talked to each other.”- Cindy Pearlman/The New York Times News Service
R O B E R T D O W N E Y J R
Robert Downey Jr talks about his role in the new movie ‘The Judge’ and how his
perspective on the father-son relationship has changed
Downey grew up in New York
as the son of indie filmmaker
Robert Downey Sr. and actress Elsie
Ford Downey. He began performing
as a boy in upstate New York,
and later appeared in several
of his father’s films
IN NEWS that is sure to divide movie fans, vampire romance franchise Twilight is to be revived for fi ve short fi lms. Five female directors will be selected to bring the popular characters back to life in mini-movies shown exclu-sively on Facebook in 2015. How-ever, none of the original cast is expected to star.
The series, titled The Storytell-ers — New Creative Voices of The Twilight Saga, is backed by the Women in Film organisation.
A panel of judges including Kristen Stewart, , and Stephenie Meyer, who wrote the original bestselling books, will mentor the chosen directors.
Kate Winslet, Octavia Spender, Julie Bowen, Frozen co-director Jennifer Lee, Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke and pro-ducer Cathy Schulman are also believed to be involved. Fans will then help decide the winner through Facebook and crowd-sourcing platform Tongal.
“The female voice is something that has become more and more important to me as I’ve worked in the fi lm industry,” said Meyer.
“I’m honoured to be working with Women in Film, Lionsgate and Facebook on a project dedi-cated to giving more women a chance to be heard creatively.”—Jess Denham/The Independent
T W I L I G H T R E V I V A L
‘Twilight’ set to return for fi ve short Facebook fi lms
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Demi Moore off ers baby help to Ashton Kutcher
ACTRESS Demi Moore reportedly wants to help her ex-husband and actor Ashton Kutcher who is getting ready to welcome his fi rst child with fi ancé and actor Mila Kunis. Moore and Kutcher ended thier marriage in 2011 after be-ing together for eight years. “Demi is putting the past behind her now,” ra-daronline.com quoted a source as say-ing. “Moore has off ered to help in any
way that she can with the baby and with Mila. She is in total acceptance now. She ultimately has great love for Ashton and has accepted the fact that he is in love Mila and that they are starting a family,” the source added. Kutcher and Kunis began dating in 2012, and got engaged this February.
Ben Affl eck’s children not interested in ‘Batman’
ACTOR Ben Affl eck, who has three children with wife and actor Jennifer Garner, says his kids don’t care much about his role as Batman because they prefer Disney’s Frozen movie. The actor is playing the superhero in forthcoming fi lm Batman v Superman: Dawn of Jus-tice. On Tonight Show, the 42-year-old actor said his children will only be inter-ested in his acting if it has anything to do
with movies like Frozen on Tonight Show, reported femalefi rst.co.uk. The actor said: “Because of the fact I’m playing Batman now, people say, ‘Are your kids into it?’ The truth is, they’re not. If I was doing the sequel to Frozen I would be a hero. “My two older daughters couldn’t give a damn about Batman and they’ve now passed that aff ection onto my son. He’s always like, ‘Papa, can I watch Frozen? And I’m like, ‘No, dude, it’s not on again!’.”
Singer Taylor Swift makes her ‘Vogue’ cover debut
SINGER Taylor Swift has made her fi rst appearance on the cover of Vogue magazine. The Red hitmaker features on the November issue of the fashion bible in a Miu Miu pastel pink jacket and baby blue knit tank top and has been shot by famed photographer Mario Testino. Swift, whose smoul-dering eye make-up forms the focal point of upcoming edition’s cover, also opened up to readers about her tumul-
tuous love life saying dating is the “last thing” on her mind as she posed for the sultry shoot, reported femalefi rst.co.uk “Dat-ing or fi nding someone is the last thing on my mind,” she said.
No bad blood: Hemsworth on break-up with CyrusDESPITE his messy break-up with singer Miley Cyrus, actor Liam Hemsworth says he has no hard feelings for his ex-fi an-cee. The 24-year-old preferred to stay mum on his relation-ship with Cyrus during an interview with Nylon Guys maga-zine, reports eonline.com. “There’s not much to say; there’s no bad blood there,” he said. The couple had split after four years of on and off dating in September 2013. And The Hun-ger Games star said he’s not a fan of the paparazzi attention he received after they broke up. “You never get used to it because you get followed and you get chased and it’s never a fun experi-ence. I think when people see photos of you out and about in your personal life, they assume that you’ve asked for it or that you want that attention, but I don’t think anyone in their right mind asks for that kind of thing,” Hemsworth said. —IANS
S T A R B U Z Z
‘Maps to the Stars’ is the title of the new David Cronenberg
fi lm starring Robert Pattinson. It refers to the Hollywood cartogra-phy that informs tourists where to fi nd the homes of their favour-ite actors. Anyone buying one of these plans will be tremendously disappointed if they are looking for the home of Britain’s most famous vampire. Last year the actor decided to sell his mansion in Griffi th Park, near the famous Hollywood sign in central Los Angeles, saying he was too young to be tied to such a lavish property and instead wanted to lay low and live life to his needs rather than his means.
“The house was so amazing,” he says of the abode that he sold for $6.37 million. “I wasn’t really thinking when I got it. I was just living in LA and had been liv-ing in and out of hotels, and you have money for the fi rst time.” When he says money, he means a mind-boggling amount, for any-one, not just a young British actor. He reportedly received $20 mil-lion for the fi nal part of Twilight, the saga that made him a global name, and made his private life fodder for public consumption. Pattinson reveals that the selling of the house is part of a general disassociation with Hollywood.
“If you are the kind of person who needs to be pushed into do-ing something, then Hollywood is not the right place, so I think I might be done with Los Angeles. I’ve just realised that in the past few weeks.”
We meet on the day of the To-ronto Film Festival premiere of Maps to the Stars and there is a yearning for Barnes, West London, where he grew up. His dad imported vintage cars from America, and his mother worked for a modelling agency, a profes-sion Pattinson entered just before he hit his teens. “I think I need to spend more time in London, or just move around a bit more. I’ve been in LA for six or seven years or something and it’s weird. The more you stay there, especially as an actor, the more you think you need to be there, that you’ll be missing out on something by leaving, but you are not really. It’s a fun city, though, but you are permanently on holiday there. I feel like I’ve been on holiday there since I was 22.” It seems the 28-year-old has had enough of the focus being on his roman-tic life rather than his career. His relationship with fellow Twi-light star Kristen Stewart domi-nated headlines before a very public split after she was caught cheating on him by a paparazzo’s
lens, and now there’s endless speculation that he’s going out with every girl who happens to be in the same room as him. The fascination with his love life must be frustrating because, since the Twilight franchise ended, not
many column inches have been expended on the impressive ré-sumé he has been building. In addition to working with Cronen-berg twice, he gave one of his best performances as a left-for-dead armed robber in David Michôd’s Australian outback thriller The Rover and he’s just fi nished play-ing TE Lawrence for Werner Herzog in Queen of the Desert and photographer Dennis Stock for Anton Corbijn . On the horizon is an adaptation of David Grann’s book The Lost City of Z, to be di-rected by James Gray.
The impressive list has come about because the actor has been seeking out auteurs: “In the last two years, I’ve just done stuff just for the director and not re-ally thought that much about the script,” he says. “Now I’m swing-ing it back a little bit, trying to get a medium between the two”
He’s clearly thankful to the Ca-nadian director Cronenberg for taking a chance on him, especial-ly when people wondered if all he had to off er was a blank stare into the eyes of his co-stars. “After working with Cronenberg it just opened stuff up. People sort of approach you in a diff erent way. . Now I’ve done a few other things and it kind of works on a bit of a roll, working with auteur-y guys.” - Kaleem Aftab/The Independent
The actor prefers disassociating with Hollywood and likes living a low life
ROBERT PATTINSON: HAVE MONEY FOR THE FIRST TIME
Prince is back and he is all over the place
AFTER AN unparalleled run of pop brilliance that lasted from 1979 to 1992, we’ve learned to adjust our expectations for new Prince albums. Best-case scenario — the music is a little freaky and the maestro isn’t being too con-trol-freaky about it.
In recent years, he’s managed to pluck nearly all of his music off YouTube, earning him a reputa-tion for being Web-phobic and out of touch.
But it’s important to remember that Prince, now 56, began experi-menting with self-distribution and give-away album releases long before it was fashionable — and before it was so eagerly sponsored by titans of telecom and consumer electronics.
Ten years ago, Prince’s sales spiked when he included a copy of his latest album, Musicology, in the price of a concert ticket. And that album was pretty good, too.
Still, His Purpleness never man-aged to establish a sustainable business model and has recently re-signed with Warner Bros., the label that fi rst launched his career.
Their break-up in the ‘90s was more historic for its ugliness, causing Prince to change his name to a symbol and scrawling the word “slave” on his face in guy-liner.
Now, the major artist and his major label are back together and everything appears to be peachy.
To celebrate the reunion, Prince has released two separate albums this week. The fi rst is an all-over-the-place romp called Art Offi cial Age, while the other, Plectrum Electrum, fi nds him marching his new band, 3rdEyeGirl, through a sequence of airtight rock riff s.
If you’re nutso for Prince’s gui-
tar playing, the 3rdEyeGirl album is for you.
And only you. The songs are crunchy and colourful, but too pristine, at times evoking a less-funky Parliament-Funkadelic or non-grungy grunge. If you’re of the mind that great rock ‘n’ roll speaks magic through its mistakes, move along. Prince doesn’t make mis-takes when he’s holding a guitar.
Art Offi cial Age is the stranger, spottier, but ultimately stronger recording.
It’s a concept album about wak-ing up from cryogenic naptime in an enlightened utopian future and partying like it’s 1999 (we think). And while there are plenty of propulsive funk numbers to go around, they’re often defl ated by their brittle and garish electronic timbres.
The album’s slow jams, how-ever, vibrate with the teasing elec-tricity that Prince has mastered over the past four decades. U Know off ers some delicious quirks while This Could Be Us takes its lyrical inspiration from a Twitter meme, even though it sounds like Prince might have penned it in the late-’80s.
The tastiest in the bunch is Breakfast Can Wait, a mischie-vous ode to a.m. canoodling. It fi rst surfaced online more than a year ago, but it came with some hi-larious and ultimately distracting cover art — Comedian Dave Chap-pelle dressed as Prince, off ering up a plate of pancakes.
A year later, listen to Breakfast Can Wait with your eyes closed. You’ll hear something frisky, funny, and masterfully wrought — something only Prince could make, let alone get away with. — Chris Richards/The Washington Post
P R I N C E O F P O P
If you are the kind of
person who needs to
be pushed into doing
something, then
Hollywood is not the
right place, so I think
I might be done with
Los Angeles. I’ve just
realised that in the
past few weeks
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Nicole Scherzinger to join ‘Cats’ cast in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End revivalFORMER Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger has joined the West End cast of Cats. The US singer will play Grizabella when the Andrew Lloyd Webber musi-cal returns for a limited run at the end of the year.
Scherzinger said she was hon-oured to take part in the mu-sical in what will be her West End debut.
The US singer will play Griza-bella during the musical’s limited run. She said: “To have the op-portunity to work with Andrew, Trevor and Gillian is a dream come true. I grew up listening to Andrew’s extraordinary music and was lucky enough, a couple of years ago, to record Cats’ beautiful song Memory.”
Following her departure from the group, Scherzinger won sea-son ten of Dancing with the Stars (2010), released her long-delayed debut solo album, Killer Love (2011) and returned to acting with a role in Men in Black 3 (2012).
The former X Factor UK judge added: “Andrew’s score is breath-
taking and I am truly honoured to have been asked to take part in what I know will be a very special time in my career. I can’t wait to begin rehearsals.”
Based on TS Eliot’s Old Pos-sum’s Book of Practical Cats, the musical will return to the West End (UK) stage at the Palladium on 6 December.
Directed by Trevor Nunn and
choreographed by Gillian Lynne, Cats fi rst opened at the New London Theatre in 1981, where it played for 21 years. It won numer-ous awards.
Cats opened on Broadway in 1982 and ran for 18 years. It went on to become the second longest-running show in Broadway his-tory after The Phantom of the Opera. —Agencies
B R O A D W A Y M U S I C A L
The drummer began a ‘long relationship’
with the band in the early nineties
Metallica’s Lars Ulrich has revealed himself an un-likely Oasis lover, describ-ing the Britpop band as “the soundtrack to (his) life for the last 20 years”.
The drummer, 50, spoke about the “huge im-pact” the group has had on him since he fi rst heard their track Supersonic.
Shortly afterwards, he read an Oasis interview littered with swear words. Sold by their “not giv-ing a damn” attitude, a “long and very rewarding relationship” was born.
“I have stories and pictures in my mind that go along with everything, from the fi rst time I heard particular songs and read certain articles, to hearing about the band’s shenanigans and fes-tivities,” he wrote in a Guardian blog.
“Oasis sound, approach and way of looking at the world has had a huge impact on me and helped shape who I am today.” Ulrich also paid tribute to the cultural phenomenon the band became in the Nineties as they “cut across all
shapes, sizes, boundaries and classes”.“Everybody knew Oasis and in some way were
impacted by them” he continued. “And if they didn’t love them, it was often the polarising op-posite. But most importantly, nobody didn’t care. Everyone had an opinion. Nobody ignored them. No one.” Ulrich shared an anecdote in which he met Oasis at one of their 1994 club gigs, a “For-saken hole in the wall” in New Jersey. The band were lacking a lighting technician and, as Ulrich was “the only one in the building that knew the songs”, he stepped in to help.
Earlier this year, Ulrich said that he was in-spired to stop taking cocaine after reading an interview with Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher.
His revelations coincide with the reissue of Oasis’ classic 1995 album, What’s the Story Morning Glory this week.
Ulrich enjoys some other, far more guilty pleasures too. Last year, Ulrich outed himself as a ‘Belieber’, after Justin Bieber was seen air-guitaring to Metallica’s Fade to Black solo.- Jess Denham/The Independent
Metallica’s Lars Ulrich reveals he’s an Oasis fan
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ETCETERAT H U R S DAY, O C TO B E R 2 , 2 0 1 4
“What is my ‘me time’ like?,” she mused. “Hmm. Hanging
out with my friends and maybe watching Netfl ix.”
If she had to think about it, that’s no surprise. She’s young — she’ll turn 17 on October 8 — and she doesn’t have a great deal of spare time on her hands. A strik-ingly gorgeous redhead who looks more mature than her years, she co-stars in Alexander and the Ter-rible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, a Disney comedy set to open in the US on October 10. Also on the way are two thrillers, Big Sky and Home Invasion, the for-mer starring Kyra Sedgwick and the latter Ioan Gruff udd. Then there’s Amityville: The Awaken-ing, a horror fi lm featuring Jen-nifer Jason Leigh, and The DUFF, a comedy in which she and Mae Whitman co-star.
That would be enough to keep your average 16-year-old hop-ping, but for Thorne it’s only the tip of the iceberg. She recently completed work on her fi rst album, set to drop in the near future. Her fi rst novel, Autumn Falls, will be re-leased on November 11 by Random House, and she’s the face of adver-tising campaigns for both Candie’s and Neutrogena.
Given all of that, it’s amazing that Thorne found the time for a telephone interview, speak-ing from her Los Angeles home only hours before she was sched-uled to jet off to Milan to attend a fashion show.
First up is Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, a family comedy based on Judith Viorst’s 32-page book of the same name, which was released in 1972. It tells the story of how the whole Cooper family experiences a day to forget. Nothing goes right for 11-year-old Alexander (Ed Ox-enbould), his parents (Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner) or siblings Anthony (Dylan Minnette), Emily (Kerris Dorsey) and Trevor (Zoey and Elise Vargas). Making matters much worse for older brother An-thony is his demanding girlfriend, Celia (Thorne). “Everybody’s got to take it easy on Celia,” Thorne play-fully protested. “It’s not that she’s
mean. She just wants a perfect day, and she gets stuck with the rest of them and it’s not such a perfect day. It ruins her homecoming experi-ence, which is why she’s so mad in the fi lm. “I liked the challenge of that,” she said. “You still want your character to be likable, even if she’s being mean. She’s funny enough, I think, that it’s OK. If she was just cold and mean, then that wouldn’t be much fun or fi t the movie.”
Thorne — who remains best known as the star of the Disney Channel series Shake It Up (2010-2013) and most recently played Adam Sandler’s daughter in Blended (2014) — spent the major-ity of her time on Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in the company of Minnette, a friend of hers for years now. “Dylan, what a good ac-tor,” Thorne said. “Everything he tries, he’s so natural. I’ve actually known him for quite a while. I’d seen his band play. I used to go to his shows. When he’d talk about it on set, he was so excited. “I loved working with him,” she contin-ued. “Most of my scenes were with him, but everyone — Steve, Jennif-er, the rest of the cast — was great.”
Thorne slips into scream-queen mode for Amityville: The Awaken-ing. The fi lm, scheduled for release in 2015, fi nds a single mom (Jen-nifer Jason Leigh) moving her family — which includes daughter
Belle (Thorne) and Belle’s coma-tose brother — into Long Island’s most infamous haunted house.
“Amityville was really intense,” Thorne said. “I’m not going to lie. It was intense, but that’s what I loved about it. That’s really my fl a-vor. I’m best at crying and scream-ing. That’s my thing.
Of all her endeavours, however, Thorne sounds proudest of Au-tumn Falls. The novel is the fi rst installment in a planned trilogy.
“It’s about a girl named Autumn Falls and how she grows up over the series,” Thorne said. “Her dad dies in the beginning of the fi rst book, and it’s kind of about her getting through life without him. He leaves her a journal to write in through high school and, when she writes in it, things come to life. She’s dyslex-ic, so whatever she writes comes to life a little bit wonky and mostly backfi res on her.”
Any Thorne fans reading those words will see the deeper meaning of them immediately. Thorne her-self is dyslexic and her own father, Rey Thorne, died in a 2007 car ac-cident, leaving behind 9-year-old Bella and her older siblings, Kaili, Dani and Remy.
“I wrote this because it is really personal to me,” she said, “and I wanted to share my story and shed a diff erent light on it. That’s what was cool about writing it, but it was also hard because you’re let-ting everyone know your story, know your feelings, and how Au-tumn feels in the book is pretty much how I feel. “I wanted to ex-press that to people, how I felt, and I decided to do it in these books,” Thorne continued. “When I was reading the audiobook, it honestly brought tears to my eyes because, seeing the words on the page and how she describes everything, it was true to me. It was hard to read it out loud, because there’s so much of me in Autumn, but I hope that girls who are going through their teen years relate to it.
“A lot of people out there, their parents have divorced or one par-ent has passed away,” the young actress added. “It can be so hard, and I’m glad that they have a book to help them through it.” – Ian Spell-
ing/The New York Times News Service
Ask Bella Thorne to describe her ‘me time’, and the young actress
seems momentarily stumped
Ger Duany’s brand new worldTHE 35-year-old native of South Sudan is an actor and model these days, soon to be seen co-starring with Reese Witherspoon in the fi lm The Good Lie. How-ever, he’s also toted a rifl e, fought in a war, been separated from his family and walked hundreds of miles from one refugee camp to another.
Since arriving in the United States two decades ago, he has lived in California, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa and New York. He was at Syracuse University, in up-state New York, preparing to play basketball overseas when direc-tor David O. Russell cast him in I Heart Huckabees (2004). And did we mention that, thanks to his fa-ther’s nine marriages, Duany has 63 brothers and sisters?
“My life has been very diff er-ent,” Duany said as he settled into a chair in a conference room at Warner Bros.’ offi ce in Manhat-tan. “But I only know that now. Especially early on, I was just living or trying to survive. My story wasn’t very diff erent from other people until I came to the United States.”
Duany’s past and present con-
verge with The Good Lie. Set to open in the US on October 10, the drama follows a trio of South Su-danese civil-war refugees — Jer-emiah (Duany), Paul (Emmanuel Jal) and Mamere (Arnold Oceng) — as they make their way to Kansas. They’re representative of the real 3,600-plus Lost Boys of Sudan who arrived in the US months before the 9/11 attacks.
Jeremiah, Paul and Mamere are met at the airport by Carrie (Witherspoon), an employment counselor reluctantly assigned to fi nd jobs for the newcomers. The fi ery Carrie and her boss, Jack (Corey Stoll), befriend the men, take them under their wings and help them contend with culture shock and cut through red tape as they try to reunite with their “sis-ter,” Abital (Kuoth Wiel), who has ended up in Boston.
“This movie was very diffi -cult for me to make, but at the same time this is a movie I had to make,” said Duany, who is tall and lean, with a bald pate and a bright smile. “I was reliving my past. I had to unlock everything and let it all out. Now that I’ve fi nished the movie, I’ve found peace by
opening myself to the world.“The story had been there for
so many years, but I didn’t know who’d turn and try to make it into a movie,” the actor said. “A guy named Bobby Newmyer had been trying to produce it for a long time. I’d met him in 2005, when I did my fi rst movie, I Heart Huck-abees, but he died and I thought the story died with him.
“It’s the story of my country. I’m one of the Lost Boys.”
Duany was “shocked” when Warner Bros. agreed to fi nance The Good Lie. Witherspoon’s involvement lent the project in-stant credibility, and Philippe Falardeau, writer/director of the Oscar-nominated Canadian fi lm Monsieur Lazhar (2011), signed on to direct a script by Emmy nominee Margaret Nagle.
Falardeau and Nagle both wel-comed his input, Duany reported.
“I think I helped through the whole process,” he said. “I talked about the script and, on the set, Philippe was the guy with a vision and I was a guy who really under-stood the tragedies of the South-ern Sudanese people. —Ian Spelling/
The New York Times News Service
BUSY BELLA
I’m not going to lie.
Amityville was intense,
but that’s what I loved
about it. That’s really
my flavour. I’m best at
crying and screaming.
That’s my thing
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FOR RENT
3 BHK, 2 BHK and 1 BHK fl ats with
split air conditioners are available
for rent in new building in Al Qurum,
near Rose Garden. Interested persons
may contact on Phone no 99244577
Spacious two bedrooms, two
bathrooms ground fl oor villa, split
units A/C, car park, servant quarters
at Al Khuwair 17/1, opposite Zakher
Mall, Way No. 3905, House No.362.
Contact : 99356703
Furnished / unfurnished apartments
available for rent on long term /short
term basis, near Vacha’s hypermar-
ket in Ghala. Contact : 97677211
Rex Rd Opp Park - 230 RO (Full Flat
Furnished) or Exec Bachelor 120 RO
(share 1 Room) 92194086, 96731123,
99545552
Studio fl at (pent house) for rent near
Al Maya Wadi Kabir from 1st Novem-
ber- OMR 150/-. Contact : 92081796
New warehouse for rent at Ghala
Ind. Area. 1140sqm n 540sqm each,
Near. Hotel Al-Madinah Holiday.
Ghala. Container can enter. Imme-
diate access to roads & highways.
Contact : 95362717
Flat for rent 2 BK, 2 toilets, split A/C
Muttrah near Oman House. Contact
97007934 / 92629232
1 BHK in Ghubra, 2 BHK in Ghala,
3 BHK in Al Khuwair, 2 BHK in Ruwi,
Mumtaz, 2 BHK in Al Falaj and full
furnished offi ces in Ghala.
Contact 93782735 / 96902593
3 Bedroom Flat for rent at Mumtaz
area near Al Burj Hotel.
Contact 99104418 / 99345914/
99884924
5 Bedroom Villas at Al Ansab
(Near express highway).
Contact 99199365
3 Bedroom fl at in Wattaya, 2 B/R
Flat in Azaiba for offi ce, Store-
labour accommodation,
Industrial land - Villas & Flats.
Contact 99057348 / 99776071
Offi ce space with fl at for accom-
modation available at Ghala next to
Udipi Hotel. Contact 95225662
Studio Apartment Madinat Qaboos
200 RO including water electricity,
3 BHK Villa at Al Khuwair 600 RO.
Contact 95178930
2 Bedroom fl at at Muttrah Corniche.
Contact 99414644
2 Bedroom one sitting one kitchen
2 toilet Rex road near Jaff er Sad-
diq Mosque. Contact 99312674 /
96917934
D2 T H U R S D AY, O C T O B E R 2 , 2 0 1 4
One Bedroom one kitchen one toilet
location Muttrah opposite Lalu
Razai Mosque. Contact 99312674 /
96917934
3 Bedroom, one sitting room, one
kitchen 2 toilets, Wadikabir near
Kuwaiti Mosque. Contact 99312674
/ 96917934
Flat for rent Luxury Flat 2 Bedroom
one sitting room location Walja
Honda Road. Contact 99312674 /
96917934
Offi ce with furniture for rent loca-
tion Sultan Qaboos Mosque Horizon
Restaurant building Ruwi. Contact
99312674 / 96917934
2 BHK Flat for rent near ISM School,
Darsait RO 275. Contact 99682349
Al Khuwair Shop. Contact 99024730
2 BHK fl at at Al Khuwair.
Contact 99792181
2 BHK fl at at Mumtaz area.
Contact 99792181
For Rent 1 BHK Flat @ RO 180/
Month near Hotel Golden Oasis be-
hind Jingle nursery school
Wadikabir. Contact 92202293
2 BHK fl at at Hamriya.
Contact 99792181
2 BHK fl at at Wadi Adi.
Contact 99792181
2 BHK fl at at Rex road.
Contact 99792181
2 BHK fl at at Wadi Kabir.
Contact 99792181
Labour camp for rent in Wadi Kabir
(50 people). Contact 99792181
Flat in Darsait 2 Rooms 1 hall
300RO. Contact 97500025 /
99357586 / 95779595
Apartment for rent conditioned
Amerat to communicate. Contact
96996061
One two B/R new fl ats directly from
owner at Bausher. Contact 92158031
2 BR fl at in Ghobrah near Indian
School. Split A/C, kitchen furniture.
Contact - 94194071
3 BR Duplex fl at in Rex with car
park. Contact 99713489
1 BHK near Medical Darsait RO 200.
Contact 98748925
Flat for rent 2 BR attached toilets,
1 kitchen at Mawaleh. Contact
99200084 / 99330479 / 99864818
Moballah Senaiaya Good location
full Equipt Garage.
Contact 99879872
5 Bedrooms Villa with 2 halls,
4 bathrooms in Darsait behind
Khimji Market. Contact 92584715/
24700120
Spacious 1 BR Flat in MBD & Wadi-
kabir. Contact 99713489
2 BHK Pent- house with split A/C
in all rooms, very spacious balcony
with sea & city view at Bldg# 1619
Way 1322 adjacent to Indian Nurs-
ery Darsait RO 375, 2 BHK RO 340,
1 BHK RO 250. Contact 99476728 /
99831047
Store CBD 350 SQM. Contact
99024730
Offi ce space 400 SQM CBD.
Contact 99024730
Villa in Muttrah, behind police sta-
tion. Contact 95797976
2 Bedrooms surface house, 1 Family
Hall, 1 Bathroom, kitchen,
full furnished. Contact: 99315515
1 BHK in Ghubra South include W/E
and split AC 285 RO.
Contact 95811110
1 BHK for rent 2 minutes walk to
Indian School Muscat in Darsait.
Contact 99346265
3 BHK Villa Qurum Heights, pool and
GYM 950 RO. Contact 94232344
Big Villa at Bowshar area 8 rooms,
8 bathrooms with kitchen & maid
room. Contact 91314699
2 BR, 2 toilets, kitchen at
Al Mawaleh. Contact 99444786 /
99747560
Flat (Ground fl oor) 3 rooms, 3 AC,
3bath rooms, Kh, hall, behind
Sanayat Al Mabelah,
Contact 99377290
2 BHK Darsait new building with AC.
Contact 99024730
1 BHK Wadikabir.
Contact 99024730
New Villa & Flat in Wadi Adai, with
4 bed rooms, 2 toilets, 1 kitchen and
2 big hall. Contact 99345137
2 BHK Al Khuwair & Ghubra.
Contact 99024730
1 BHK near Oman house Muttrah.
Contact 99233116
Shop / Offi ce space near Oman
house Muttrah. Contact 99233116
1 BHK for commercial MBD area RO
280/-. Contact 92144045
Shops available for rent in Honda
road and Ruwi. Contact : 24833972
OR GSM 99367448
Single & 3 Bedroom Flats behind
German Embassy, near Al Nahdha
Hospital. Contact 99203954
2 BHK in Khoudh near Bank Dhofar
RO 250/-. Contact 97661432
1 room with toilet in Hail RO 130/-.
Contact 97661432
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Party & Wedding equipment rent-
als. Full line, from Tables, Linen
& Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers,
Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, Chaf-
ing Dishes, Ice Sculptures, to Large
Sound Systems and spectacular
lighting. Call Andrea 9606 2222 for
Catering and
Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound &
Light. www.tunesoman.com,
E-mail: [email protected]
WANTED
ACC. WANTED
LOST
CHANGE OF NAME
Shop Store 1200 SQ Building mate-
rial investment partner wanted.
Contact 97477739
Wanted 150 to 300 Sqm Warehouse
/ Commercial Villa for Cargo &
Logistics Offi ce & Storage in Azaiba/
Bowshar / Ghala / Airport area.
Please contact: 97753848
Wanted a lady driver to deliver a
student from Muttrah to Majan Col-
lege. Contact 99426100
A running private school in Azaiba
for sale or lease. Call 9288 7809 /
9556 4746.
Brand new split unit A/C 1.5 ton
never used packed in Box with
warranty RO 120/- for sale, 3 pcs.
Contact 96789522
Used A/C Bunk bed cupboard Steel
racksets. Contact 92423403
Running Supermarket for sale Ruwi
Walja lots of Parking. Genuine buyer
contact 95764290
Readymade garment shop furniture
for sale. Contact 97752395
Household items. Contact 96441670
Digital Printing shop for sale in
Al Khoud. Contact – 93127272/
95066811
Well running coff ee shop for sale in
Bousher and Al Khuwair.
Contact 94514314
Used equipment available for sale
like JCB loadall, tower lights,Air
Compressors, Generators, Barbender,
Barcutter, compaction plates, Screed
pump, roller, Welding machine, tile
cutter, Mini mixer, etc, Sale is “ As
it is where is “ condition. Interested
party can submit quote in a sealed
envelope within a week.
Contact : 99241286, 24616162.
56 Sqm Shop/ Offi ce for sale in Al
Khuwair near Bader Al Sama hospi-
tal. Contact 98909091/ 93166933
Offi ce for sale/ rent in Al Khu-
wair/ Ghala. Contact 96787868
/96498585
56 Sqm shop/ offi ce for sale in Al
Khuwair near Badr Al Sama hospital.
Contact – 98909091 / 93166933
Offi ce for sale/ rent in Al Khuwair
/ Ghala. Contact - 96787868 /
96498585
Water Proofi ng Rolls Saudi Make
and primer. Contact 92888337
Grab this Opportunity: 3 Porta Cab-
ins in very good condition available
for sale at lumpsum price of OMR
2000/-. No 1: Offi ce Cabin with Pan-
try and Toilet, No 2: Sr. Staff accom-
modation: 2 Cabins with attached
toilet, No 3: Large Hall type Cabin.
Contact : Siddique, M- 96090427 /
24815123 or Fax 24815383
Email: [email protected]
If you have any properties / Inquir-
ies. Contact us gk@goldenkey-
real-estate.com . Tel 24505072/
91155779 Fax 24507045
New Buildings in (Ghala/ Al Gho-
bra/ Al Mabella). Contact 24505072
/ 91155779 Fax 24507045
For Sale Babar Shop in Azaiba.
Contact 92936391
Supermarket for sale Walja Ruwi,
lots of parking space. Contact
95764290
Running Bakery with good income
for sale in Muscat. Contact 91144968
Indian restaurant for sale 2 shops
for rent at Ruwi.
Contact - 00968 95039506
A well running Indian restau-
rant in capital for sale. Contact –
98630593/ 99811170
From Owner Al Khuwair
2 separate Villas plot area 1155 sqm,
RO 420000. Contact 99348943
Commercial Lands in (Ghala/
Al Ghobra). Contact 24505072 /
91155779 Fax 24507045 / www.
goldenkeyreal-estate.com
Industrial / Commercial Lands in
(Al Mabella / Al Messfa).
Contact 24505072 / 91155779
Fax 24507045
Villas in 18th November street.
Contact 24505072/ 91155779
Fax 24507045 /
www.goldenkeyreal-estate.com
New Villas in (Al Ghobra/ Al
Khoudh/ Al Mabella). Contact
24505072/ 91155779 Fax 24507045
2 Floors / Flats in Al Ghubra main
road. Contact 24505072/ 91155779
Fax - 24507045
Check out properties on
(www.goldenkeyreal-estate.com).
Contact 24505072/ 91155779
Fax 24507045
Accommodation wanted in Ruwi for
a small family (two persons only),
preferably with a separate entrance.
Attached bathroom and separate
kitchen preferred. Contact 92604901.
FOR SALE
FOR RENT
FOR SALE
BUYING SELLING
Restaurant in a running and excel-
lent condition, ample parking space
with a capacity of 55 seating and a
party hall for sale.
Contact - 99343735
We are dealing with sale of all
beauty salon equipments, furnitures
& cosmetics. Contact 942 888 61 /
942 888 63
1 & 2 BHK with AC MBD area 325/
280/-. Contact 92144045
Villa near Ghubra Indian School 3
Bedroom. Contact 94066627
Flat Athaiba, near Zubair 2 BHK,
hall, small kitchen with split A/C,
family only, RO 350/-.
Contact 92479515
Shops & Flats deluxe fi nishing in
Al Khoud 6. Contact 99311767/
99590373
At Rusyl Industrial area storage
shaded area of 400 sqm along with
1200 sqm surrounded open area
along with 2 rooms as offi ce & toilet.
Contact 99344813
Showroom / Warehouse + offi ces +
accommodation with other facilities
on total area 1800 sqm. # 99344813
Flat for rent in Wadikabir.
Contact 99383569
Flat for rent Al Amerat 5, 3 BHK,
3 toilets, hall split AC.
Contact 92288423
Big fl at Azaiba behind Meera
Market 4BHK Living room, Ground
fl oor big separate parking, split AC
for family only 600 RO. #92479515
Flat in Wadikabir 3 Bedroom with
AC’s, 2 toilets, kitchen with store.
Contact 99333639
Villa at Qurum, MQ, 4 BH hall, liv-
ing room near British Council, RO
1000/- for family only with split A/C.
Contact 92479515
Store at Wadi Al Kabeer. Contact 92844996
Flats shops basement location/
Ruwi/Honda rood, MBD area.
Contact 92433127/ 97293708
Flat (1 room, kitchen, toilet) in
Al Khuwair family / Bachelors
RO 160. Contact 95154331
2 BHK for Commercial MBD area RO
325/-. Contact 92144045
Godown for rent 570 sq mt nearby
Times of Oman building Ruwi
monthly rent RO 600/- p.m, off
comm. 5%. Contact 99445880,
Abdullah.
New building fl ats for rent 3 BHK 2
BHK behind Muscat bakery & bank
Muscat at Wadi Al Kabir.
Contact 99338133 / 99423862
Small villa at Bowshar, nr Muscat
Hospital 4 BHK, hall, living room, RO
600 family only. Contact 92479515
1,000 sq mtrs industrial land in
Misfah Industrial area near to Khan-
co. OMR 1,500 Monthly. Electricty
and boundary wall will be provided.
Tel: 99333479 or 95215360
1 BHK fl ats at Muttrah. # 93231403
Accommodation available for
Executive bachelors in Muttrah.
Contact 93231403
For rent single room and fl at avail-
able at Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Qurum.
Contact 98100454
Villa at Al Qurum 20. Contact
92844996
2BHK apartment with split AC for
rent in Qurum near PDO Gate No-2.
Contact 94057023
2 Fabulous AC fl ats 3 Bedrooms
family hall in Al Khoud RO 280 & RO
300. Contact 99334699
5 Rooms, main living room +
Women living room+2 halls, 6 toilets,
kitchen in Azaiba near Al Fair
800 RO. Contact 99888873
For rent Flat 2 bedroom attach bath-
room opp Ruwi police station Ruwi.
Contact 99311209/ 99013580
3 rooms, 3 bath & Kitchen Oman
House Muttrah. Contact 99319149
Luxury twins villa in Al Khoud near
Awlad Tariq Mosque prefer compa-
nies. Contact 95753538
Villa for rent in Muscat 6 rooms.
Contact 96116767
Flats, shops basements, location,
Ruwi MBD area, Honda road, Qurum.
Contact 96942749 / 97293708
Big Villa at Bowshar 8 rooms,
8 bathrooms, kitchen, maid room &
Majlis. Contact 91183117
2 BHK with A/Cs Mutrah behind
Oman house. Contact 99896838
Offi ce & House hold furniture,
Electronic items. Contact 99834373
/ 96642500
Ladies beauty parlour for sale at
Darsait. Contact 93231403
Textile shop for sale in Al Khuwair.
Contact 92148699
High quality well running rope
making machinery, winders & pack-
ing machinery for sale. For details
please call 9239647 1/ 99472634
Urgent sale of scrap for elec-
tronic item such as TV, Refrigerator,
Freezer, Cooking Range, Washing
Machines etc. Only serious buyers
kindly contact: +968 96725423 for
viewing the items.
Logistic Company with new equip-
ments, contracts sale. Contact
99438523 / 94252527
Coff ee Shop on lease or for sale in
Wadi Kabir near Lulu. 99172727,
99433540
Well running beauty parlor
for sale in Rustaq Contact 99812891
I, Mr. Hanif Sharief (holder of Indian
Passport No. Z 2676338) son of
Sharief Ahmed having permanent
address in India 404, Mahavir
Roshan Height, Sector - 40, Plot
42, Seawood, Nerul (West), Navi
Mumbai - 400706, India (Maha-
rashtra) (complete postal address
in India) and presently residing
in Muscat, P.O. Box 308, PC 124,
Sultanate of Oman (complete postal
address in Oman), intend to change
my name from Hanif Sharief (given name) to Parkar (Surname) Hanif Sharief (new name) for all practical
purposes. Any objection towards my
name change may please be commu-
nicated to Embassy of India, Muscat,
Diplomatic Quarters, Al Khuwair, P.
Box No. 1727, PC 112, Ruwi, Sultanate
of Oman.
I Gurpreet Singh (Holder of Indian
Passport no L 4908482), s/o Sukh-
daman Singh having permanent
residence in Villa Timberpur PO Bras,
Teh Sirhind DT Fatehgarh Sahib
-140602 (Complete postal address in
India) & presently residing in P.O. Box
42, P.C 117 Wadikabir, Muscat, Oman
(Complete postal address in Oman)
intend to marry Ms Gurdeep Kaur
(holder of Indian Passport bearing
no. M 1818216) D/o Gurdev Singh, in
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that I am marrying her at my own
free will and not under any duress
and Intimidation. Any objection
towards this marriage may please be
communicated to Embassy of India,
Muscat, Diplomatic Quarters,
Al Khuwair, P. Box no 1727, Postal
Code 112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman
within 30 (thirty) days of publication
of this newspaper advertisement.
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Finder please handover to ROP
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DAILY GUIDED4 T H U R S D AY, O C T O B E R 2 , 2 0 1 4
DAILY GUIDE
DOMESTIC HELP
INTERIOR DEC.
CATERING
PROJECTS
DRAFTSMAN
DRIVER
ARCHITECT
SKILLED / UN SKILLED
SKILLED / UN SKILLED
ARCHITECT
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT
MEDICAL
SITUATION WANT-
EDSIT. WANTED
SITUATION WANT-
EDSIT. WANTED
SECRETARIAL & OFFICE
Required an Indian full time
Houseboy or Housemaid for an
Indian family, veg. food, small dog.
Interested pls Contact 95736558
ADMIN/HR
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
EDUCATION
Email: [email protected] classifi [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461
Over 14 years of Gulf experience as
Administrator /HR specialist fl u-
ent in Arabic/English with driving
license, looking for suitable position.
Contact 95824598
Indian male MBA 32 yrs having 10
yrs of exp seeking suitable place-
ment in Admin/ HR/ Operations/
Coordination/ Logistics etc. Holding
valid Oman D/L Contact - 99054786
Indian male 24 yrs BE professional,
1n1/2yrs experienced in oman with
DL &NOC, seeking suitable posi-
tion in Mgmt/Admin/Accounts/PDO
jobs etc., ExpectedSal: 600 omr.
Mob:98347864
Young male 26, seeking HR or
Admin job. Have 10 months Oman
experience in related fi eld, and have
valid driving license . ready to join
immediately. phone: 92671033
email: [email protected]
Filipino, 30 years, male looking
for job vacancy in Muscat area for
document controller position with
6 years experience in Gulf country.
Contact#- 98283988 Email-
Male, 27 years with MBA in HR/
MKT having 2 years exp in respec-
tive fi eld looking for suitable
placement in leading organization.
Contact 91705051
ENGINEERS/TECH..
Reputed civil construction com-pany looking for Subcontractors capable take big project measuring
10,000 Sqm.
Contact 98867530/ 92019524
Email [email protected]
Well reputed construction company
in Muscat, wanted a Civil Engineer at
site. Tel: 24546800, Mob: 95643811
Urgently required for an Engi-neering Consultancy Company 2 Land Surveyors to be deployed in
Muscat & Sohar with a minimum
of 5 years experience. Interested
candidates may please send your
C.V. to [email protected]
Required Laser Printer Technician, with minimum one year experience
for an IT Consumable company in Mus-
cat. Send CV to [email protected]
Seeking a well-qualifi ed profes-sional Executive preferable with
Engineering background & practi-
cal experience in COPPER INDUS-
TRY, Manufacturing, trading &
related know-how. Reply to:
Civil Engineer not less than
5 years experience and with driv-
ing license, Fax no 24478522
Email [email protected]
Urgently required 1 no. - MEP Engineer in building construction
with minimum 5 years experience.
Apply, fax 00968 - 24605955,
Email: [email protected]
Leading construction company
requires Quantity Surveyor (QS) preferably Srilankan Nationality
with minimum 8 to 10 years expe-
rience. Send your CV to
Required Architect,min. 3 yrs expe-
rience in kitchen designing, Carpen-
ter (door) & foreman experience in
carpentry work. Contact 98827105,
Email: [email protected]
Indian female Senior Accountant
with 10 years experience in Ac-
counts, Finance, Audit & Tax man-
agement. Contact 96263157
Indian male MBA (HR& FIN) exp one
year as HR, EXP now we have visit
visa, looking opportunity in Admin
–HR/ hospitality / purchase, seeking
suitable placement as soon as pos-
sible. Contact 93662430
Email: [email protected]
Leading Construction company requires MEP Draftsman
with minimum 8 to 10 yrs experi-
ence, and HSE Offi cer Omani Na-
tional. Send your CV :
Sudanese Architect 10 years expe-
rience conception design detail-
ing development site supervision
interior PM-4S AutoCAD Archicad,
Primavera 6 with archi cad prima-
vera Omani driving license.
Contact 96104571
Required light driver with local
release. Contact [email protected]
Require Omani Driver for 3 Ton
truck. Please contact Mr. Kazim on
95883596 or 24562221
Light Duty Driver preferably from
Kerala. Contact 92888337
Urgently required experienced Driver cum Delivery coordinator
(Omani Nationality) with Valid Driv-
ing license for medical company.
Contact Details: info@perfectgroup.
me Telephone no: +968 24184234
Driver Merchandiser. Contact 99325387
Required Indian Cook. Apply to
Contact 94146486
Required Philpino lady to work in
offi ce of contracting company in
Sohar with exp in English & account-
ing. Contact: 98989232
Required: Person to do minor repairs
in electricity, plumbing, carpentry.
etc with driving licence. #93387962
Indian Male: B.COM, 4 years experi-
ence in Accounts, in Manufactur-
ing Co Oman, Working Knowledge
With Tally ERP- With Oman valid
D/L,Presently working in Muscat
NOC Available Looking for Suitable
position in Reputed Company,
Contact; 95745287 and Email:
raiforeveryone@rediff mail.com
Senior Accountant 22 yrs experi-
ence 5 years UAE & 4 years Oman
D/L Oman release available visa
expires in one month B.com MBA
Pursuing CMA (US).
Email [email protected]
Contact 93744368
Accounts Manager, MBA (Finance),
P.G. Diploma in HRM, B. Com, 15 yrs
experience in Muscat, now working
for const co. NOC/ Release / driving
license available, can join immedi-
ately. Contact 99175042
Senior Position for a CA with 24
years of experience: Managing
Finance and Accounts audit, Bank
Loans, Budgeting, Business planning
and Strategy, Operations manage-
ment of SAOG, group of companies.
Contact 91799262
Indian male, Accountant, 2 yrs
experience on visit visa.
Contact 92664170
Indian female 22 years B.Com
Graduate presently on visit visa,
seeks quick placement.
Contact 94514154
Indian female, 23, M.Com, with 25
yrs experience in Back offi ce & Ac-
counts, seeks for suitable placement.
Contact 95995943 Email deepthi.
prasannan23@rediff mail.com
Well experienced Indian, M. Com,
working knowledge with tally & ERP
presently working in Oman, NOC
available PH : 99035707. EMAIL :
Senior Accountant, Indian male, 34
yrs, MBA (Finance), CMA (doing),8
years in oman, with valid Oman D/L,
NOC available and can join immedi-
ately. Looking for a suitable position.
Contact# 95645945.
Indian male MBA, M.Com having 7+
yrs of experience in Accounts, with
valid Oman D/L, Looking for suitable
placement. Contact 91006272
CFA, MBA (Finance), 7 yrs in cor-
porate fi nance & accounting with
Thomson Reuters, Accenture & OPL.
Financial statement preparation,
forecasting, budgeting, SAP & US-
GAAP. Contact 96545382,
Accountant 4 years Exp (2 in UAE)
as a Business Developer & HR. CMA
holder, Fluent in English & Arabic.
Contact: 93447760
Sr Accountant: Sri Lankan 30yrs
Western Educated (UK) having
6 yrs experience Accounting &
Finance in Qatar, Oman, UK and Sri
Lanka Looking for suitable position
Tel:96908831
E-mail : [email protected]
Senior Accountant, 33 Years, 13
Years Experience (7 yrs in Oman) in
Finance & Accounts up to fi naliza-
tion, Excellent in Tally, Valid Oman
D/L, seeks suitable placement.
Contact 93410793
Indian female 22 M.Com Gradu-
ate with B Com degree, looking for
a suitable job. Contact 99363721
Email [email protected]
Indian Male 27, 5+ years experience
in Accounts & Admin looking for a
suitable placement.
Contact 96247318
20 Years experienced professional
Banking private corporate worked in
Oman, 5 yrs Oman driving license.
Contact 91752426
Email : [email protected]
Indian male age 30 having
10 yrs experience in Finance &
Accounts seeking suitable place-
ment. mob.93675399
Indian male, 24 yrs with 3 yrs
accounting exp. in Oman, 2 yrs in
construction & block factory in ac-
counts, with valid Oman D/L, seeks
suitable placement. Also interested
working in sales or purchase.
Contact: 96059201
Sudanese male, 27 yrs MBA
(fi nance) (HRM) diploma 4 yrs experi-
ence with bank, currently available on
visit visa. Contact 968 95906829,
Email : [email protected]
Indian male 37 yrs, B. Com Graduate
15 yrs exp in accounts & administra-
tion with release seeking suitable
placement. Contact:96938820
MBA (Finance) 2 years experience
in Accounts & fi nance expert in Tally
& Offi ce admin. Contact 97473329
Indian male, 28 yrs B.Com 7 years
experience in Banking & Financial
sector, seeking any suitable job.
Contact 96181072
Email : [email protected]
MISCELLANEOUS
Urgently required A reputed Gar-
ment and Electrical Wholesale
company 1) Accountant: who can do
upto fi nalization. 2) Junior account-ant: Who can do day to day account
posting well versed with accounting
softwares. Please mail
Leading construction company requires document controller with
4-6 yrs experience. Send your CV :
Wanted experienced Waiter for
reputed House in Qurum. Contact
99466062
Urgently required experienced
staff for a hotel / hotel apartments
in muscat and sohar : 1. reception-ist (male ) , 2. house-keeping su-pervisor, 3. marketing executive, 4. room attendants, e - mail : [email protected]
Required for Hotel Front Offi ce / Female, Front Offi ce Manager, Indian Tandoori Chef & Indian Chef,
House Keeping, Waiters & Waitress,
A/C Technicians, Painters, Electri-
cians & Plumbers. Send your CV to
International Consultancy Com-
pany looking 1) Senior Architects,2) Senior Project Manager (Civil Engineer. 3) Senior Interior De-signer 4) Senior Draftsman. Should
have minimum 10 years experience
and good communication skill.
Send your CV to
Operators - grader, mobile crane,
shovel, excavator, forklift, heavy
duty drivers / mechanics. Contact:
00968-99412085. E-mail: mus-
[email protected], P.O. Box 271,
PC 112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman.
Required Tailor and Salesman. Contact 96964767
Building Material Salesman, Electrician & plumber, mason. Contact 968 99383044
Wanted Excavator Operator
Minimum experience: 3 years for
reputed Contraction Company.
Email [email protected]
Contact 97748192 / 96774297
We are looking for a learning sup-port assistant to provide academic
support to our daughter, a Grade 4
student at ABA (American British
Academy) during school hours (7:30
am till 2:00 pm), 5 days a week.
Please contact us at GSM 9871 7822
Required urgently for a Nursery in Muscat- Nursery Trained Teachers (Omanis & Expats), Baby sitters/
Aayas. Please forward your CV to
call 92887809
An Upcoming School in Seeb, Mus-
cat welcomes resumes from
innovative and qualifi ed teachers for the following subjects (IELTS
compulsory with the score 6)
English, computer, Arabic.
Contact 91256565/ 91257575
HSE Offi cer required on full time /
part time basis for a steel fabrica-
tion co. based in Rusayl. Must have
the minimum 3 to 5 yrs experience.
Email : [email protected]
SALES / MARKETING
SALES / MARKETING
Required a Sales and Marketing Executive for an International IT Con-
sumable Company in Muscat. Candi-
date should be an University Graduate
with good speaking capacity in
English and Oman Driving License.
Send CV to [email protected]
Wanted 2 salesmen in Sohar -fl uent
in English & Arabic with Oman D/L -
contact 97673900
A Professional Sales Manager with 12 yrs of combined experi-
ence dealing in Industrial Products,
Building Material for infrastructure
projects in Oman & UAE, within Oil &
Gas, Water, Waste water, Infrastruc-
ture Projects Environment, seeks
placement in Senior Middle level
Sales management. Please Contact
99108018 or send email at
A Professional Sales Manager with
12 yrs of combined experience
dealing in Industrial Products,
Building Material for infrastructure
projects in Oman & UAE, within Oil &
Gas, Water, Waste water, Infrastruc-
ture Projects Environment, seeks
placement in Senior Middle level
Sales management. Please
Contact 99108018 or send email at
Sales Representative for Decora-
tion Company + Driving License:
Urgently required an experienced Sales and offi ce Administration Executive for a building material
shop with Oman driving license.
Please Send CV to
A well-established Cargo & Logis-tics company seeks a Marketing Executive –with administration
knowledge & experience in Logis-
tics / transportation-/ cargo (GCC
Transport Co-ordination). Driving
license is a must. Send your CV to:
Urgently required Salesman: Who
knows Oman Market with driving
license must. Please mail
Investment and Construction Com-
pany requires female executive assistant, with good computer and
communication skills,
advanced English, fl uent Arabic.
Please send your CV
Wanted an experienced person as part timer for making BOQ for an
Interior decoration company. SMS
your details to 92162623
Required a medical practitioner with MOH License for a well estab-
lished Medical center in Mawaleh,
near City Center. Contact 93827286
OMANI FEMALE RECEPTIONIST for State of the Art Dental Clinic. Must
speak, read and write English and
have general computer skills. All
interested candidates please send C.V.
Dentist (male & female) with MOH
License for a polyclinic near Sohar.
Excellent Salary, accommodation
and commission. Contact 99006915
Email [email protected]
Lab Technician leave vacancy job
for 45 days in December 2014.
Contact 99374539
Required Receptionist, Dental Technician, Staff Nurse for
dental clinic. Contact 91290034,
Required paed doctor Gyn doctor, dentist -female G.P lab technician , X.ray technician staff nurse for
polyclinic for Saham.
Contact:92406024 , Email:
Required Dentist. Call: 91290034
Email: [email protected]
Required Sales man with Omani
driving license minimum 3 to 5 years
experience required in the sales fi eld.
Email [email protected]
Required part time Lady for Marketing in tourism co with Oman
D/L Salary RO 150/- + Car & petrol,
10% commission. Contact 91272676
Well established oilfi eld con-sumables suppliers require sales exec. knowledge of safety eqp, pipe
fi ttings, valves, fasteners, industrial
tools, building material, mech/ elect
eng or 3-4 yrs fi eld sales exp. Oman
D/L must, basic + performance based
incentives, expectations & CV at fax
: 2481 7496,
Email : [email protected]
Sales man full & part time capa-
ble of closing deals for projects &
maintenance contracts in the fi eld of
Landscaping, gardening & cleaning.
Contact +968 99242207
Email: [email protected]
Urgently required Sales Executive with Omani DL, good Communica-
tion skills. Contact : 96545020
Wanted urgently looking for smart
–energetic boys and girls with excellent Sales Acumen to products
in Oman. People with relevant
experience and valid Omani driving
license forward resume to
A reputed tourism company required male marketing person. Salary R.O 200/- car and home free,
experience required.
Contact : 91272676
Looking for Sales Executive with
Oman driving license for a reputed
company. Contact – 99450677
Landscaping & cleaning Foreman : minimum of 10 years experience,
fl uent English & capable of closing
deals. Contact +968 99242207
Email: [email protected]
DOMESTIC HELP
DAILY GUIDET H U R S D AY, O C T O B E R 2 , 2 0 1 4 D5
DAILY GUIDESITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
DRAUGHTSMAN
ENGG. / TECHNICAL
DRIVER
ENGG. / TECHNICAL
Electrical draftsman total 13 yrs
exp (9 yrs in Saudi Arabia). Contact
00966537175789
Email [email protected]
Draughtsman 10 years experience
in Oil/ Gas, looking for suitable job
immediate joining NOC available.
Contact 968 98628657
Email [email protected]
Indian male, 26 Years. AutoCAD
M.E.P. Draftsman (Plumbing &
mechanical) having 4 years Oman
experience. Presently working in a
reputed company in Oman. Seeks
suitable placement.
Contact 97351786 / 96143708.
Indian male, 28 with 10 years expe-
rience in driving in Oman & Indian.
Contact 96769268
Pakistani, with valid Omani driving
license seeks driver or sales/mar-
keting job in oman. Know Arabic/
English language.
Contact: 95919265
Indian Light Driver, seeking suit-
able placement. Contact 99066408
Light duty driver 1 year experience.
Contact 92602182
Indian L/D. Driver, 2 years exp.
Contact 98783139
Pakistani male light vehicle
Driver with one year exp, looking
for driving job. Contact 97083294 /
92571096
Light duty Driver Pakistani, seeks
suitable placement. Contact
94049812
Light Driver 4 yrs exp, seeks place-
ment. Contact 97106424
Driver 2 year experience in Oman,
seeking suitable placement.
Contact 93663493
Light Driver for job experience
2 years. Contact 93181200
Light Driver, seeking suitable place-
ment. Contact 96913836
Looking for driving job for
Pakistani. Contact 99197423
Light Driver. Contact 94087276
Driver with Car. Contact 91707140
Indian executive Driver.
Contact 94003617
CAD Draftsman (DCSE) AutoCAD
2 D & 3 D with 2 years experience.
Contact 91781227
25, Male, ACCA fi nalist, have good
experience upto fi nalisation of
accounts and statutory audit, seek-
ing for part time or project based
job,GSM-97654769,email id-
Indian male, Diploma in Civil Engi-
neering having 17 years experience
in India & 5 months experience in
UAE, now available in Oman in visit-
ing visa seeking suitable placement
GSM- 93097757,
e-mail :[email protected]
Having Experience in Junior Sys-
tem Administrator Cybex Solutions,
Cochin , Assembling & Dissembling
PC, A+, Networking Essentials. PRES-
ENTLY WORKING IN INDIA
Please contact-97239854-Ashe
Mechatronics Engineer with
diploma in product design and
analysis looking for a job
Contact -98584349 @-
Civil Project Manager 19 years
exp 17 yrs Gulf having Oman
license. Contact 00919950673719 /
96570465. Email :
arshadjamalkhan@rediff mail.com
Graduate in electrical & electronic
engineering having 3 years experi-
ence in construction and procure-
ment fi elds. Also have knowledge of
Automation systems ( PLC SCADA ),
Autocad and professional electronic
design and automation. Valid oman
driving licence looking suitable
position. E mail. Sajeel2009@gmail.
com or call 93116402
Sudanese Civil Engineer has
15 years experience in contracting
and construction in Gulf, looking for
a job in Oman, on visit visa.
Contact 95963355
MISCELLANEOUS
INFORMATION TECH
Indian Male, B.E computer science
with MBA(fi nance) 26 age ,5 years
experience in Oracle DBA/ Oracle
Apps DBA, Linux seeking a suitable
position in the fi eld of IT.
Contact # +968 97739982,
EDUCATION
Indian MSc. B.Ed Maths, Science on
visit visa looking for teaching posi-
tion. Contact 91344706
MSc. Chemistry Teacher (5 y EXP.)
Pakistani female looking for a job in
School/college 96580101
Chemistry Teacher (Indian Male)
: 33Yrs, B.Ed. & M.Phil. (Chemis-
try), having 10 Yrs experience as
a Chemistry Teacher for Higher
Secondary, Seeking suitable job
in Oman.Contact: +919952849285
(India), +96898989716(Oman),
Email : [email protected]
HOSPITALITY
Indian Male, 26 yrs, graduate in
hospitality science,
with New Zealand business diploma
and previous Oman experience in
Customer service seeks suitable
placement in hospitality/sales-
marketing/ logistics/ admin.
Contact 91383167
Female 21 yrs, Tally 1 year experi-
ence, looking for visa.
Contact 95330720
Male 22 Housekeeping front offi ce
Hotel management degree course.
Contact 96732520
B Tech Computer science, 3 years
experience in IT C#, ASP, NET, SQL
server, SharePoint on visit visa.
Contract 97004290
IT Networking Business Develop-
ment having 10 years experience
within Oman / GCC in Account
Management & Sales with driving
license and local release available
for immediate joining.
Contact 95110896
Email [email protected]
IT- Support: CCNA MCSE & RHCE
with 3 & half year experience includ-
ing Oman in hardware/ networking
and IT offi ce administration, seeks a
suitable placement.
Contact 99075692
Email [email protected]
Indian male, 32, BE Computers, PG
Dip in IT, 9.75 Yrs experience, MS
SQL server, report writing (SSRS,
Crystal Report) .Net, seeking suitable
position in fi eld of IT as team leader/
Asst. manager.
Contact 92048861
Email : [email protected]
Indian female (25) married, MSc
(Software Eng), 2+ years of experi-
ence in leading MNC, IT skill include
HTML, CSS with the design and de-
velopment of Web based application
using struts femme work, JZEE and
oracle with excellent communica-
tion skills, looking for a suitable job.
Contact 95892587, 96265726 Email
IT Infrastructure Engineer, 4 yrs ex-
perience, BE- CSE customer service
engineer, hardware, network, MCITP,
CCNA, CCNP, CCTV, local transfer
available. Contact 91264768
Indian female (26) married
MCA,2+years of experience in soft-
ware development in leading MNC
Accenture in Bangalore. IT skills in-
clude Dot Net, SQL server 2008, ASP.
Net, HTML, CSS, excellent communi-
cation skills looking for suitable job.
Contact: 94057790/
Email: geetika.pesit08@gmail.
BSC computer information systems,
male Graduated & qualifi ed from UK
with 6 years experience in software
testing, WEB DEV, IT support &
marketing having license.
Contact +968 98399587
Email: [email protected]
IT Help Desk Support (33), 8 years
experience troubleshooting network
confi guration, designing, hardware
maintenance, website design and
administration (Joomla).
Contact 94197650, 95072166.
Email : [email protected]
Mechanical Engineer 2 years
experience in HVAC. Now in Oman
on visit. seeking suitable placement.
GSM:91744764
email:[email protected]
Indian male B.Tech Mechanical
Engineer with 2 years experience,
looking for suitable job, currently on
visit visa. Contact 94316364
Email [email protected]
Graduate CIVIL Engineer available
in Muscat on family visa is looking
for suitable positions in Muscat.
NOC available. Contact – 94453799
Pakistani professional civil Engi-
neer seeks suitable placement.
Have 30 years experience with con-
sultants /contractors for executing
/managing large building projects.
NOC available. Contact 99570179
CATERING
MEDICAL
Indian female MSC Nursing ( child
health nursing) having 4 years exp
(3 yrs Academic and 1 year clinical)
looking for suitable placement,
currently on family visa.
Contact – 96019903 / 99623071 /
Indian Male GP with MOH License
and NOC, having 10 years of excel-
lent hands on experience in Oman
with corporate culture.
Contact 98140024
Email: [email protected]
Licensed Pharmacist with
4 years experience in Oman.
Contact 96535239
Dentist Indian male (MOH passed)
4 yrs experience, seeks suitable
placement. Contact 98328982 /
92969475
Email [email protected]
Egyptian GP with MOH license NOC
14 year’s experience, 2 years in
Oman & 5 years as Medical director.
Contact 968 93851109
Email: [email protected]
SALES / MARKETING
Indian Male 26 yrs Store keeper
having experienced of 2 years in
Oman looking for a good placement
Note: Release/ NOC Available by cur-
rent Company contact 96671102
Indian female, B.Tech Computer
Science, 2 yrs exp in web design-
ing (html, CSS)-looking for suitable
placement in secretary, administra-
tion, web designer, computer teacher,
Currently on visit visa in Oman.
Contact no: 93442305;
Email: [email protected]
Indian male Graduate with retail and
management experience, working as
store in charge and staff develop-
ment with 10 yrs Gulf and 4 yrs of
International experience with luxury
brands in Gold and diamond indus-
try, looking for a suitable position.
Contact 00971 558656978
Email: [email protected]
Denter, painter, vehicle-10 years
experience need job seeks job
with visa. Contact; 96136615 /
91139936
Male MBA, 2 years experience
looking for suitable job. Email :
Contact 98083010
Seeking a driver post job in com-
pany or family in Oman. Please
Contact: 98982410
Indian female MCA (Computer
science) looking for placement in
Admin/ offi ce/ Sales co-ordinator,
currently on family visa.
Contact : 95462266
Email [email protected]
27 Years Pakistani male in (Crimi-
nology having 4 years experience in
security and management seek-
ing suitable placement as security
offi cer. Contact 99191701 Email :
EEE Engineer male 29 yrs having
5 yrs experience, 3 yrs in Oman
looking for job transition interested
areas: Sales - Marketing Project- Co-
ordination / Management/ Procure-
ment and Construction holding
valid Oman D/L, with NOC available.
Contact 93011060 Email
Site plumbing foreman, Indian
male, Mechanical Engineering,
Diploma, 24 yrs, 2 yrs exp. on visit
seeks suitable placement.
Contact 97901559
Electrical Engineer 9 years Exp.
Excellent in (automatic control, PLC,
M.V, substations, L.V networks & In-
stallation of local panels, plc panels,
Photocell). Contact: 94003284
Network Engineer / Administration
having 12 years experience within
Oman. Driving license and local
release available for immediate
joining. Contact 99677429
Email: [email protected]
Indian, Diploma Civil Engineer, 3
years experience in Oman, having
Omani driving license, looking for
a suitable placement in and around
Sohar. Contact 94227073
Electrical Mechanical Engineer, looking for a job in Muscat. Contact
98246222 / 97644542
Female B Tech Engineer, looking for suitable placement.
Contact 93505502
MEP / Electrical Engineer 10 years
exp 6 yrs in Oman IOSH, CEP, D/L
Arabic / English. Contact 95752101
Civil Engineer 8 years Exp (2 in
Angola with DAR AL HANDASAH, 4
months in Oman) as a Site Engineer.
Holding Diploma in project manage-
ment, fl uent in English & Arabic.
Contact: 99170315
Electrical Engineer with 7 years
experience.ph#91293519
Diploma in Civil Engineering with 3
yrs experience in Oman, looking suit-
able placement. Contact 93137486
Email [email protected]
Engineer with MTech in Energy
Engineering and BTech in Chemical
Engineering and Certifi ed Energy
Management System Auditor with
one year internship project experi-
ence in auditing. Contact 95094101
Email: [email protected]
BE Civil Engineer 4 years experience
NOC available. Contact 98970233
Indian BE, Mechanical Engineer, 8 yrs experience in planning,
scheduling & project management of
structural steel fabrication, erection,
2 yrs in Oman looking for suitable
job. Contact 93086721,
B.Sc. in Civil Engineer, 6 years
experience as a QA/QC Engineer /
QC inspector in sub station, high rise
multistory building, Industrial build-
ing & Oil and gas fi elds (OMAN, UAE &
QATAR). Also as a materials inspector,
seeking suitable placement.
E-Mail-mmosharoff [email protected] ,
Mobile Number- +97433854588
Elect. Engr 9 yrs in Electrical projec-
tor having Oman D/L with NOC
ready to do local transfer.
Contact 92732744
Email: [email protected]
Civil Engineer 8 years Exp (2 in
Angola with DAR AL HANDASAH, 4
months in Oman) as a site engineer.
He holds a Diploma in project man-
agement, fl uent in English & Arabic.
Contact: 99170315
B.Tech Mechanical. Indian male
with 1 year experience in Oman
looking for suitable job. NOC avail-
able. Contact: 96542340.
Email: [email protected]
Experienced female Electrical
Engineer. Contact 93800906
Project Road Engineer with 5 years
exp, seeks job. Contact 97646908
Indian Male B.E & MBA, 20 yrs expe-
rience in Civil construction including
7 yrs in Oman, Looking for project
manager (Civil) readily available with
NOC. Contact 97906977,
Email : [email protected]
Indian male MBA 32 yrs having 10
yrs exp seeking suitable placement
in Admin/HR/ Operations/ Coordi-
nation/ logistics etc. Holding valid
Oman D/L. Contact - 99054786
Indian Male over 10 years experi-
ence in Offi ce / Sales Coordinator,
Admin, Secretarial and purchase
with driving license and NOC
available. Well versed in MS offi ce.
Looking for suitable placement.
Contact 99709336
SECRETARIAL / OFFICE
SKILLED / UNSKILLED-
An MBA Graduate Management
professional, having an accumulated
experience of over 18+ years in vari-
ous industries, With an NOC from the
current employer looking for open-
ing anywhere in Oman.
Contact 97486733
MANAGER/ SUPER
Indian Cook, male 40 yrs, having 4
yrs of experience in Muscat and 14
yrs exp in India, looking for a Cook
job in Hotel / restaurant / catering.
Contact 93460201/ 97792103
Indian female M. Sc Chemistry
having 2 years industry & 2 yrs
teaching experience seeks suitable
placement. Contact 96358771
M. Pharm, Ph. D (Pharmaceutical
Chemistry, under completion), In-
dian female, currently under family
visa, seeks suitable academic/lec-
turing position. Contact 95509601;
email - hanaowi@ gmail.com
India Male 27 yrs (Degree) good
looking. Watch men /Offi ce Boy and
cleaning 1.5 years exp in Oman,
Seeking replacement with NOC
Contact 93764069
A Mechanical Engineer having over
10 years experience in the Oil & Gas
Sales marketing and business devel-
opment. NOC available.
Contact 95864396 / 97608419
Indian male, MBA (Marketing) hav-
ing 2 years experience in Marketing
& Sales, Currently on visit, seeking
suitable placement. #96301626
Email [email protected]
Indian male having 7 yrs of experi-
ence in indoor sale (supervisor) in
furniture, NOC available.
Contact 96615479 / 98732726
Sales/ Marketing / customer
service release / NOC available UK
+ Oman experience valid Oman D/L,
excellent communication & organ-
izing skills, can join immediately,
Email : [email protected],
gsm 92342060 / 96761225
Indian male 15 years experience in
sales & marketing dealing with build-
ing materials, construction equip-
ments, Industrial tools, cleaning &
agriculture equipments seeking suit-
able position with valid Oman D/L.
NOC available. Contact 92406527
Marketing Manager / Sr Marketing
Executive with Oman driving license
5 years in Oman. Contact 99530405
Senior Manager with 18 years expe-
rience (8 years in Oman) in Sales &
Marketing, General Administration,
responsible for profi t and loss, new
business, seeking suitable position
in a reputed progressive company.
NOC available. Contact 93426416
Indian male having an experience
in Sales 2 years with valid Oman li-
cense, looking for a suitable position.
Contact 93826377
25 Years Indian male MBA Sales
& Marketing 2 years experience
vehicle sales. Contact 98664979 /
94107012 Email:
muzafi [email protected]
Male 30 years require suitable
position in Marketing having
8 years experience of marketing
business development & PR Gradu-
ate in business, fl uent English on
visit visa till October 8th.
Contact 96528508
10 Years experienced Carpentry
workshop Manager with Omani driv-
ing license. Contact 92864663
Civil Engineer (Diploma), looking
for a suitable post, Now as position
Site Engineer total 10 years experi-
ence
(4 years in Oman). Contact
93477358/ 95648309 Email
Indian male, B.Tech (Mech), 15 yrs
experience, in Oman more than 3
yrs in Manufacturing Industry with
valid Oman D/L. Exposure in Op-
erations, Quality Management and
Admin seeks suitable placement.
NOC available, can join immediately.
Contact 91301625.
Indian male B.tech Mechanical
Engineer with 3years experiance
looking for suitable job.Currently on
visit visa. Mob:96268488
Mechanical Engineer,(BTech in
Mechanical) with Certifi ed quality
controller - NDT level 2 qualifi ed as
per ASNT - SNT-TC-I A, with
1 & half yr exp. as quality control
engineer, presnetly in India seeks
suitable placement Cont : 95405033
Electrical Eng. BSC with 8 years ex-
perience in Oil & Gas fi eld especially
in ESP. Contact 92657255
Bsc Civil Eng PMP, MBA, 15 years
experience with valid Omani driving
license. Contact 95702191
MANAGER/ SUPER
Senior Sales & Marketing/ Opera-
tions Management (female) profes-
sional with more than 19 years of
proven experience in FMCG, Health
Care Industry, Wellness Industry. A
self-starter, quick-learner, high-
energy producer who has proven re-
cord of successes exceeding quota
on both professional and personal
level and for motivating a team to
perform at their highest potential.
Contact - 91140866
Nursing caregiver, qualifi ed Nurse/
Asst. Nurse (male/ female) medical
staff seeks placement for Hospital/
clinic. Contact 92989109 (Oman),
0091 – 9555427742 (India),
MEDICAL
DAILY GUIDE Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624
Email: [email protected]
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DAILY GUIDE Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624
Email: [email protected]
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* Subject to space availability
29 yr old indian male graduate 5yrs
oman exp in sales and marketing
with valid oman driving license
looking for suitable job.Noc available
ready to join immediately
Contact 95136784
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
Libyan Male having 7 years of
Experience in Oman having Valid
Omani Driving license working in
Purchase, Marketing and Finance
Dept looking for a suitable position.
salary is negotiable.
Mob: 94211919
SIT.WANTED
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
18 years of extensive experience in
gulf. Excellent communication
skills in English & Arabic, holding
valid Omani D/L. Looking for a
suitable opportunity.
Contact 96383958
Senior Accountants Professional,
Indian Male, 35 years, M.Com, MBA
(Fin) 8 years in Oman, with valid
Oman DL, NOC, Capable to handle ac-
counts up to fi nalization.
Contact 91395515.
B.E.in Civil Engineering, Indian
Male, with 1 year experience seek-
ing suitable placement. Contact
91231972. Email : Visa No -876071 /
70. Email : [email protected].
Indian female, 26 years, Chartered
Accountant, Finance Manager, high
academic qualifi cation and good ex-
perience looking for suitable place-
ment. Contact 92530131, 24785757.
Email : [email protected]
Indian Female 27years MBA, M.Com
having 6years experience in Ac-
counts/Finance and Admin looking
for suitable placement.
Contact :00919008028843.
Email: [email protected].
Uzbekistani BD graduate in English
Literature with good knowledge
of HR operation, Recruitment and
computer with Taleo system, Certi-
fi ed from Cornell University in HRM
Selection & Staffi ng Process. Excel-
lent communication skill in English,
good coordination in team work etc.
currently working in Oman, seeks
suitable opening. Interested parties
may contact Kadir Abdullayev on
GSM: 96920699
Indian male, 35, B.E (IT & Telecom)
on visit, 8 years exp as Techni-
cal Manager, Onsite Coordinator,
presales professional looking for
suitable placement
Contact: 92385930
Senior Accountant, Indian Male, 35
years, MBA (Fin), 7 years in Oman,
accounts up to fi nalization.
Contact 96023965
SALES / MARKETING
VIDEOGRAPHER
Professional videographer with 12
years experience in videography
and running a studio in India look-
ing for job. Now in Oman on a visit
Contact : 9507 2122
Sales & Executive looking for job.
Contact 94003617.
Indian Male, 28 yrs, having 5
years experience in FMCG Sales in
visit visa, Looking for any suitable
jobs in Oman. Contact 98531486/
98988824
Indian Male, MBA in Marketing and
Finance, 10 years’ Sales & Business
Development Experience with valid
D/L of Oman & UAE looking for a
suitable placement. NOC Available.
Contact: 93969961
e-mail [email protected]
Manager-Organizational, Mar-
keting Communication, Double
Masters, smart professional, Oman
exp, Arabic speaking Indian, Quality
English writing & Communication
seeks role in International Organiza-
tions / MNC’s. Quick joining. NOC
available. Contact 98179887
Communications Manager, Oman
exp in Organisational, Marketing
Communication, Press Releases,
Speeches, Website Content, Brand-
ing, Customer Relationship Man-
agement, Arabic speaking Indian.
Available immediately. Only MNC’s/
reputed Groups. Contact 98179887
Mechanical Engineer , 2 years
experience in water pipeline and
plumbing seeks suitable job.
Contact 94008908.
Email : [email protected]
29 yr old Indian male Graduate 5yrs
oman exp in sales and marketing
with valid oman driving license
looking for suitable job. Noc available
ready to join immediately Contact:
95136784
Mechanical Engineer, 2 years
Oman experience in water pipe and
plumbing seeks suitable job.
Contact: 94008908.
Email : [email protected]
BE(Electronics and communication
Engineering) having 3 years experi-
ence in CCTV, Alarm system and
Networking on visit visa seeking
placement Contact-97460974
B. Com (H) Graduate having 5 yrs
working experience (2 yrs 6 months
in Oman) is looking to change the
job, can join immediately, NOC avail-
able. Contact 97916062.
Indian Tamil Housemaid looking
for full time job in capital area.
Contact 95838604
Indian Female 26, MA B.Ed in Hindi,
diploma in offi ce automation . Now
working as teacher in Oman look-
ing for better placement. Contact
99036256 or 92178304.
Indian Male 32 yrs, B.E.(EIE),
Having 10 yrs Experience in Proof
reading, Content check, Typesetting
Books, Journals/Pre-press Printing/
Publishing, Knowledge in CISCO-
CCNA. Seeking suitable position.
CONTACT: 94257113, 96532471,
30 Indian female. B.Com, Tally
having 8 years experience in ac-
counts department in Oman. seek-
ing suitable placement.
Contact: 92056034
mail: [email protected]
26 years, Indian male with MBA
& PGDFM, Total 3 years experience
inadministration and accounts
.seeking suitable placement in
Muscat, having oman valid driving
license. Contact: 93359371
Indian Male: B.COM, 4 years experi-
ence in Accounts, in Manufacturing
Co Oman, Working Knowledge With
Tally ERP- With Oman valid D/L,
Presently working in Muscat NOC
Available Looking for Suitable posi-
tion in Reputed Company,
Contact; 95745287 and Email:
raiforeveryone@rediff mail.com
Indian Male, Welder. More than 10
years Gulf experienced, Presently
in Oman (Specialised in Arc , Ship
and general Welding) .#:99743709
Indian Male having 10 years of
Experience in Oman having Valid
Omani Driving license working in
accounts fi eld looking for a suitable
position as the company not doing
well. [email protected]
Mob: 94304324
Young,hardworking,21,male,Bsc
honours in networks and communi-
cation -University of Bedfordshire
(fi nal semester),expertise in MSS,
ITWA, PMMT, project planning mgmt
seeking for suitable replacement,
Gsm-944034331
Indian female, MBA fi nance with 8
years experience in accounts. hav-
ing oman experience . Strong in tally,
net browsing & MS Offi ce, looking for
suitable position.
Contact :93475578
Email: [email protected]
Filipino Graphic Designer - Have
8 years experience. Very good in
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and
Indesign. Have Photography and I.T.
skills. Contact 95098512/
Email: [email protected]
Indian female in Al Azaiba, 37years,
B.Sc (physics, chemistry), B.Ed (Sci-
ence, Maths).Having 5 years experi-
ence in teaching. Contact : 92928187
Mining Engineer and also did NE-
BOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC)
25 year old Pakistani male looking
for job and recently on visit visa.
Available to join respective fi rm.
Contact 97412696
Email: [email protected]
Senior Accountant, Indian Male, 35
years, MBA (Fin), 7 years in Oman,
accounts up to fi nalization.
Contact 9602 3965.
Indian Male. Having 5years experi-
ence for furniture Sales in Muscat
and salalah . 5 years experience for
electronics and Home appliances
Sales in India with Valid Oman
Driving License. Local release avail-
able. GSM 96148228 ,
Email - kmfi [email protected].
Specialist-Corporate Communica-
tions, pleasing personality with pro-
fessional English, Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) Programs, Ads
Design, Media Relations, Speeches,
Press Releases, Campaigns, Events.
Quick Joining. NOC.
Contact 98179887.
Multi talented Communications
Professional, writing & editing
skills, creative advertisements,
can speak Arabic, high standard of
spoken and written English, Oman
exp, seeks Corporate, Marketing
Communications role in big groups.
Quick joining. NOC available.
Contact: 98179887
Document Controller/ Admin,
Indian male 30 years, MBA (HR/
Marketing), 5 year Gulf experience,
having valid Oman & UAE D/L, seek-
ing placement, GSM # 94374877,
Indian female, M Tech in Industrial
Bio-technology (B Tech Biotech)
with specialization in safety in
process plants, design of biological
treatment process plant technology
& excellent academic achievements,
seeks placement.
Contact: 97906410.
Mining Engineer and also did NE-
BOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC)
25 year old Pakistani male looking
for job and recently on visit visa.
Available to join respective fi rm.
Contact number# 97412696, Email:
Indian Female MA. B.Ed. with One
year Teaching experience, English
Seeking for an urgent suitable place-
ment, Now in Oman.
Contact: -: 93961142, 92184408,
Email:[email protected]
Senior Accountant, Indian male,
35 years, MBA (Fin), 7+ years in
Oman, can handle accounts
up to fi nalization. Contact 96023965.
IT support Engineer & graphic
designer in a good organization in
Oman. Young energetic boy having
4 years worked experiences in same
fi eld in Dubai in hyper market chain
of group of company head offi ce
and customer support executive.
Contact 91294353.
Diploma in Civil Engineering, 5
years experience in Oman working
at Hyundai Engineering & Construc-
tion Co. Ltd. JMB – 1, Beximco Eng.
Ltd, IRCON Co. Ltd and 20 storied
Commercial & Residential Building
Underfi nd Tower seeking job.
Contact 97140857
28 year Indian female (MBA) with
3+yrs experience(Oman)
in Accounts is seeking suitable
placement in Muscat.
Contact on 96141283.
B.E. (Civil) & M. Tech., Indian male,
with 7 year’s experience in Design
Consultancy in India (primarily in
GCC projects) is looking for
placement in Muscat.
Contact : 97914623
Email : [email protected]
Male, Indian, 24, graduate in
B.E. (Hons) computer hardware &
networking with 1 year experience,
seeking a placement in I.T. sector
having oman driving license.
mobile: 92711506.
EMAIL: [email protected]
Mining Engineer and also did NE-
BOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC)
25 year old Pakistani male looking
for job and recently on visit visa.
Available to join respective fi rm.
Contact 97412696 ,
Email: [email protected]
Indian female, 29 yrs, Qualifi cation
MCA 3 Years Experience Looking for
suitable jobs in Teaching/
Secretary/ Sales Coordinator,
Contact 95083454,
E-mail. [email protected]
An Indian Lady seeks work as
Housekeeper, Baby sitter, Cook
on full time/ part time basis with
Indian families.
Contact 95828503
Indian Female, M.sc 8years experi-
ence in Administrative and teaching
fi eld, looking for suitable placement
Contact: 96726175,
92369044.
Email: [email protected]
DAILY GUIDET H U R S D AY, O C T O B E R 2 , 2 0 1 4 D7
DAILY GUIDE
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
Sudanese.male 31years.B.SC Me-
chanical Engineer.5years experi-
ence, working now in water pipeline
project, fl uent Arabic and English,
have Omani driving .looking license,
looking for good opportunity
TEl: 91117089
Indian Female 25 yrs, Bsc.(Physics)
Bed. 2 Yrs experience in teaching,
currently on visit seeking suitable
placement .Contact 98217776 Email:
Purchase Offi cer Professional, Indian male having 5 Years of Expe-
rience in Oman Having Valid Driving
License working as a purchase of-
fi cer , Looking for a suitable Position,
Contact: 95132564/96456071.
E-mail:[email protected]
Well experienced Senior Account-
ant seeks part time accounting job.
Contact :98803439
Indian, Female, Pharmacist avail-
able with MOH License, preferably in
Muscat. Contact 94391355.
Having 17 years experience HR
Management in Oil & Gas Industry
with M.A and an HR Diploma from
American University, I am looking
for an HR Role Where I can provide
strategic and tactical leadership
critical to retaining valued custom-
ers of an organisation.
Email: [email protected],
Mobile:00968-99898150.
Admin Executive, 31, Indian Male,
having 8+ years exp. in reputed
companies. Seeking suitable place-
ment in any gulf region. Contact
+968 99276601 & 97693456. email :
Indian male 11 years experience in
sales and marketing having D/L of
Oman looking for a suitable place-
ment. Contact: 98125746,
Email: [email protected]
18 years of extensive experience in
Sales & Marketing in GCC. Holding
valid Omani driving license & NOC
is available. Fluent in Arabic and
English Language seeking for
a suitable placement.
Contact 96383958
Seeking a good replacement as
Accountant in a good organization
in Oman having 4 years experiences
in India and 6 years in Muscat in a
reputed group of companies as sen-
ior accountant. Contact: 9512 9352
/ 91350411.
Pakistani male 35 years, looking
for suitable placement in accounts,
14 years experience with 2 years
in Oman. Contact 97646927 /
92531035.
MEP Project Manager Engineering
Degree holder with 16 years of expe-
rience in Engineering, Contracting
and Execution of Building, Infra-
structure and Industrial Construc-
tion seeks suitable job. Valid D/L,
NOC available Contact 95689623
B.Tech mechanical Degree Attested
from UAE, Dubai, seeks job as a
Mechanical Engineer or Trainee.
Call.+968 96728279
Masters in Information Systems
with 10.5 years of experience is
looking for a placement in teaching,
Technical support & System Admin-
istration. Contact: 98502793, email:
Pakistani male 46, welding/me-
chanical/pipeline engineer,25 years
experience,certifi ed welding inspec-
tor, omani driving license,
Contact: 93215186
Senior Accounts Professional, Indi-
an male, 35 years, M.Com, MBA (Fin)
8 years in Oman, with valid Oman
DL and NOC available. Capable to
handle accounts up to fi nalization.
Contact 9602 3965.
Indian Male 30yrs,having around
8yrs experience in Sales & Market-
ing & Customer relations, Looking
for immediate placement with NOC
available. Contact: 99369497 /
92080354.
Having Experience in Junior Sys-
tem Administrator Cybex Solutions,
Cochin, Assembling & Dissembling
PC, A+, Networking Essentials, pres-
ently working in India.
Contact 97239854-Asher
Electronics & communication
Engineer, having 3+years experience
(2 yrs GCC) in Security systems/low
current systems (FAS, CCTV, ACS,
PAVA etc) seeking suitable post in
construction/manufacturing/pro-
duction/maintenance depts. Contact:
[email protected], 98132746/
00966544912293
Male, Indian, 24, Graduate in
B.E (Hons) computer hardware &
networking with 1 year experience,
seeking a placement in IT Sector.
having oman driving license.
mobile: 92711506.
EMAIL: [email protected]
34 years Indian male, working as
QC Inspector in maintenance fi eld,
having 4 years experience in Oman
and valid Oman driving license.
Contact 95339870
Indian male, Accountant ,
11 years experience in accounting,
tally, looking for a part time job.
#no.96423671
Senior Accounts Professional, Indi-
an Male, 35 years, M.Com, MBA (Fin)
8 years in Oman, with valid Oman
DL and NOC available. Capable to
handle accounts up to fi nalization.
Contact 91395515.
Indian Female 29 yrs, B-Com Gradu-
ate with Basic Computer Knowledge
and Tally having 6 yrs experience
in accounting, seeking for the place-
ments in Accounts/ HR/ Admin,
Presently on visit visa in Oman.
Contact: 95478149,
Email: [email protected]
Indian female B.Com with 5years
experience in accounts/commercial
assistant, having Oman D/L seeks
for suitable placement in Ruwi
/w.kabir surrounding.
Contact: 99665096
Email: [email protected]
Indian Female MA. B.Ed. with One
year Teaching experience, Sub-
ject: English, seeking for an urgent
suitable placement, Now in Oman.
Contact: -: 93961142, 92184408
Email:[email protected]
Indian Male Graduate with 10+
y-exp in IT H/w Business Dev, Retail
Management Import/Purchase
distribution looking for suitable
position.GSM: 96981051
Admin Executive, 31, Indian Male,
having 8+ years exp. in reputed
companies seeking suitable place-
ment in any gulf region. Contact
+968 99276601 & 97693456. email :
Seeking a good replacement as
accountant in a good organization
in oman having 4 years experiences
in India and 6 yrs in Muscat in a re-
puted group of companies as senior
accountant . please contact :
95 12 93 52 / 91 35 04 11.
Mining Engineer and also did NE-
BOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC)
25 year old Pakistani male looking
for job and recently on visit visa.
Available to join respective fi rm.
Contact number# 97412696, Email:
Indian Male having 10 years of
Experience in Oman having Valid
Omani Driving license working in
Purchase Dept looking for a suitable
position. salary is negotiable.
Contact 94304324
57 Yrs. Old healthy person seeking
an opportunity in any area of works
(Painting, Store asst, Traffi c control-
ler, Foremen, Controller). Saudi expe-
rienced. Contact-97239854-Asher
26 years Indian male with MBA &
PGDFM,Total 3.1 years experience in
administration and accounts .seek-
ing suitable placement in muscat.
having oman valid driving license.
Contact :93359371,
Mechanical Engineer -B.E with 4yrs
exp in manufacturing/production
presently in Oman on visit visa seek-
ing suitable placement.
Contact : 93694953,
Email : [email protected]
Indian Male, M.Com/MBA, 6 years
experience in Muscat in Administra-
tion, Accounts, Marketing and P.R.
with valid Omani D/L looking for a
suitable position in a reputed Co.
NOC available. Contact 97026960
Indian male, 30 yrs, having 10 Years
experience in Accounting, seeking
for suitable opportunity.
GSM-93675399
Indian female, P.G. Diploma in
Journalism and Mass Communica-
tion, 4 yrs of exp as sub- editor/
content editor in India, seeking suit-
able placement.
Email: [email protected]
Contact no: 95886447, 93063576
Senior Accounts Professional, Indi-
an Male, 35 years, M.Com, MBA (Fin)
8 years in Oman, with valid Oman
DL and NOC available. Capable to
handle accounts up to fi nalization.
Contact 91395515.
Indian Male having 10 years of
Experience in Oman having Valid
Omani Driving license working in
Purchase Dept looking for a suitable
position. salary is negotiable.
Contact 94304324
Admin Executive, 30, Indian Male,
having 8+ years exp. in reputed
companies. Seeking suitable place-
ment in any gulf region. Contact
+968 99276601 & 97693456. email :
Indian Female, Teacher M.A.Bed, 3
years experience in teaching seeks
suitable position,
currently on visit visa. Contact
91229330 /98489344
Mining Engineer and also did NE-
BOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC)
25 year old Pakistani male looking
for job and recently on visit visa.
Available to join respective fi rm.
Contact # 97412696,
Email: [email protected]
28 year Indian female (MBA) with
3+yrs experience (Oman) in Ac-
counts is seeking suitable placement
in Muscat. Contact 96141283.
Young boy (B-Com) HAVING experi-
ence Marketing, Customer
Relationship, Store managing .
Seeking suitable opportunities &
presently in India. .
Mob:97239854.
Mail:[email protected]
MEP Project Manager with
engineering degree and 16 years
of experience in Engineering,
Contracting and Execution of Build-
ing, Infrastructure and Industrial
Construction seeks suitable job. NOC
available Contact 95689623
Male from India, 5 years experi-
ence in Business processing and
outsource, Masters in Business Ad-
ministration (MBA), Seeking for and
urgent placement in H.R -Reputed
Organization. Now in India. Contact
00968 98620260, +918898877843,
Email: - [email protected]
Seeking a replacement as IT sup-
port Engineer & graphic designer in
a good organization in Oman. Young
energetic boy having 4 years worked
experiences in same fi eld in Dubai in
hyper market chain of group of com-
pany head offi ce and customer sup-
port executive. Contact: 91294353.
Indian male, age 30,having 10 Years
Experience in Accounting ,seeking
for suitable opportunity.#93675399
Indian male, 21 yrs, graduated
in B. Com with computer skills in
tally and Peachtree, seeking suit-
able placement as an accountant.
Contact : 99121506, 92040258,
email:[email protected]
AutoCAD draughtsman, 2 yrs ex-
perience of Oman seeks suitable job.
Contact 93741905 / 93169509. Email
Indian, Female with 5 yrs Sales &
Admin experience in Oman looking
for a suitable placement.
Contact 98072970
Indian female having ten years ex-
perience as cook. South Indian, Guja-
rathi special. Contact:: 94224512
A female with a B.Sc Business
Management Degree, specialized in
Human Resource Management cur-
rently living in Sri Lanka seeking for
a suitable position in Oman.
# 9801 1529
PDO Approved - Indian Male PMP,
CIPS, PGDBA, DME, Oil & Gas/Con-
struction with 18+ Yrs. in Contracts,
Procurement, Operations, Project
with valid Oman-PDO D/L seeking
job - Contact 92560287
INDIAN, B.E. MECHANICAL ENGI-
NEER, 2 yrs job experience in Oman
in pipeline fi eld, fl uent in English,
Gujarati, Hindi and Marathi, with
valid oman driving license (light),
searching for a new job.
Contact no-+968 92745691
MBA Finance, 5 Years’ experience in
Accounts, Finance & Administration
, with Valid UAE D/L #96970930
Indian, Female, Pharmacist avail-
able with MOH License, preferably in
Muscat. Contact 9439 1355.
Indian 34M with 14 years experi-
ence in Business development /
Sales / Marketing looking for chal-
lenging role. Contact 9367 8885
Mail: [email protected]
Indian male having 5 Years of Expe-
rience in Oman Having Valid Driving
License working as a purchase of-
fi cer ,Looking for a suitable Position,
Contact: 95132564/96456071
E-mail:[email protected]
Indian Male, 23, MBA in Marketing.
More than 1 years experienced in
the Axis Bank Presently in family
visit in Oman Looking for a suitable
vacancy Contact : 997 43 709
Printing professional, having 20
yrs experience in Gulf / Africa with
NOC seeks suitable placement.
Contact 95427923,
Email : [email protected]
Indian Male looking for job in mar-
keting/sales/operations with 10yrs
experience as a dynamic candidate,
with excellent communication skills.
Please contact 93506291.
Indian Female, B.Sc Maths Resid-
ing in Al-Ghubra, having 2 years of
experience in teaching. Looking for
school. Ph. 94231633
Senior Accounts Professional, Indi-
an Male, 35 years, M.Com, MBA (Fin)
8 years in Oman, with valid Oman
DL and NOC available. Capable to
handle accounts up to fi nalization.
Contact 9602 3965.
Filipino Female photographer/ graphic designer / receptionist
looking for suitable job in Muscat.
Contact: +971 563749414
Indian Male having 10 years of
Experience in Oman having Valid
Omani Driving license working in
Purchase Dept looking for a suitable
position. salary is negotiable.
Mob: 94304324
Indian Male PMP, CIPS, PGDBA,
DME, Oil & Gas with 18+ Yrs. in
Contracts, Procurement, Operations,
Project, seeking job -
Contact 92560287
Microbiologist having 13 years
experience in Pharmaceutical/Food
Beverage Quality Assurance. on
FAMILY VISA. Currently search-
ing a suitable Job in Oman. e-mail:
[email protected] , Mobile in
Oman: +96892068377
28 year Indian female (MBA) with
3+yrs experience (oman) in Ac-
counts is seeking suitable place-
ment in Accounts/Admin. Contact on
96141283
Part- time accountant available.
Contact ; 98803439
Indian male, b.com with tally,
having 11 years experience in ac-
counting ,looking for a part time job.
contact.96423671
Bangladeshi Male, Seeking Offi ce
Boy position in Oman.
Contact: 97451456
Female staff nurse with Oman
Prometric passed, seeking suitable
placement, currently on visit visa.
Contact 97803046
GP Male doctor with Valid Oman
MOH license, looking for suitable
placement. Contact Mob: 97063454
Telecommunication and Electron-
ics Engineer Seeking for suitable
Placement, with valid Omani Driving
License. professional and
experienced individual.
Call 99013323
SITUATION WANT-
EDSIT. WANTED
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MATRIMONIAL
Christian (Jacobite) Boy, 31/168cm,
Diploma Engg, working as Sales
Engineer in a reputed company, with
family status. Contact 99444734
Kerala RC Girl 27/y, 67/ cm Staff
Nurse Muscat, seeking suitable
alliance. Contact 92730750
Suitable alliance invited from pro-
fessional qualifi ed boys for Chris-
tian Jacobite Girl MOH Staff Nurse
28 years 162 cm Ibri Hailing from
Kothamangalam. Contact 94038689
Nair Boy, 32/165 cm (Divorced)
Accountant MBA, seeking alliance.
Contact 97058681
R.C Kerala 5.8, 29 yrs. Contact 98917545
Mangalore Sunni Muslim, seek-
ing suitable bride (preferably from
Dakshina Kannada) for their son
working as Logistics Manager.
Contact 92198085
GOOD NEWS
GOOD NEWS
NRI
A 3 BHK new fl at, Price – 70
Lakhs, fetching 17,000 rent P.M. ,
available for sale in Indirapuram
(Ghaziabad). Contact: 99353384
2 BHK Flat for sale at Vytilla
Cochin 24189806
Looking for an experienced A/R
conditioner and deep freezer Tech-
nician to independently handle
a running refrigeration service
center in Kannur Kerala. Attractive
terms off ered. Please send CV to
For Astrological consultation,
Jathakam. Contact 99860435 /
97102599
Genuine Ayurvedic treatments
& massage, ayurvedic clinic at
Al Khuwair. Contact 24478618 /
97263637/ 93309131
Ayurvedic treatment for joint
pain, backache, paralysis massage,
steambath, obesity, spondylitis,
IDEAL CARE Ayuvedic Clinic, 18 No-
vember Street Azaiba. # 99639695
FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to know
more about Islam, please call:
99425598, 96050000, 99353988,
99253818, 99341395, and
99379133. For ladies: 99415818,
99321360, 99730723
Orvisit: www.islamfact.com
Semi furnished room with Separate
T&B Split AC Wifi pref Filipino
or non cooking bachelor lady in
Boushar near Rehab Hotel RO.145/
mo incl W&E. Contact 99058225
2 rooms for working lady / bach-
elors / couple separate toilet &
sharing kitchen near Medical MOH,
Darsait.# 99796392, 91298277
Furnished single room+ bath for
Executive bachelor at Darsait.
Contact 92116197
Fully Furnished ( A/C , Fridge,
T.V, Cooking Gas ) 2 BHK at Azaiba
near Al Meera Hyper market (Sa-
feer )Preferably for Company staff
/ Family . Contact -99424470
Times: 9 am to 7 pm.
Room with A/C in Al khuwair 33.
Owner 92953400
Bachelor Sharing Accommodation
available in villa, Rex Road Ruwi-
Contact- 94442157
Room for non cooking executive
near Salman Stores Ruwi.
Contact 99049743
Furnished room for non cooking
bachelor, near Softy Ice cream Ruwi.
Contact 98458979 / 91066224
1 BR accommodation available
at Rex road, suitable for bachelors.
Contact 99889590
Sharing accommodation near ISM
School Darsait. Contact 92926879
Room for rent in Ruwi. #91535642
1 room with toilet in Al Khuwair.
Contact 98294692
Sharing accommodation for a fam-
ily in W/K. Contact 97167857
Room for rent in Al Khuwair for
bachelor 120/ RO with AC- Elec
-water & Bed. Contact 95190627
Room for rent at Al Khuwair area
with attach bathroom & kitchen.
Contact 93941622 / 93835869
Independent rooms in Qurum /
Hail. Contact 95529970
Room for rent at Al Khuwair area
with attach bathroom & kitchen.
Contact 93941622/ 93835869
Furnished fl at with two rooms near
al meera hypermarket, Azaiba.
Gsm 99761216
ACC. AVAILABLE
Single room for rent at Al Khuwair
area with attach bathroom for
Executive bachelor single family.
Contact 93941622 / 93835869
Sharing villa with attached bath-
room, furnished South Mabelah.
Contact 94026210
Room with balcony, kitchen at
Al Khuwair. Contact 99743569 /
99689315
2 rooms with 1 bathroom and
kitchen for Indian only Al Khuwair.
Contact 98178454
For Executive bachelor one room
with bath in Wattayah near Hatat
house. # 92446858 / 91627323
Executive bachelor room available
for sharing at Azaiba near
Al Meera. Contact 99586381
Furnished room available for
Executive bachelor in Ruwi area.
Contact 99054542 / 24781104
Furnished room with attached
bathroom for non cooking Exe-
bachelor in Ruwi RO 160.
Contact 92478852
Room with separate entrance at-
tached toilet for non-cooking bach-
elor near Al Nahdha hospital RO 80
including Elect. / water.
Contact 99366727
Accommodation available for
rent only 10 mts drive from
Rusyal Industrial area. Pleas call on
95200429
Al Khuwair room for rent attach
Bathroom for executive bachelors
for 3 months 200 RO.
Contact 98850182
Semi furnished (2 no.) rooms avail-
able with sharing b. room n kitchen
for E. bachlor in MBD Ruwi area.
Contact --95450250
Sharing accommodation in Ruwi,
Mumtaz, main road RO 100/-,
RO 65/-. Contact 92230581
Rooms for rent Al Khoud Souq area
for family or bachelor.
Contact 95890625
Single room at Walja, opposite MBD
area available for executive bach-
elors for OMR 90 including Electric-
ity and water. Contact 93079877
2 BR sharing fully furnished Azaiba
RO 250/-. Contact 99321325
Room for rent near Qurum park
family or Bachelor. Contact
99664703
Room with AC & separate entrance
for non cooking Indian executive
near Rawasco, Al Khuwair
OMR 130/-with E/W .
Contact 97201100 / 95397442
Fully furnished Single room for
bachelor, Near Muttrah Hotel.
Rent R.O.95/- (Include.E/W)
Contact 98450071
Fully furnished room, CBD area,
Free wifi , Advance deposit.
Contact 95934642
One Bedroom sharing kitchen
bathroom near Indian School Wadi
kabeer rent RO 130/-
Contact 92739154
Ayurvedic treatment for backache,
paralysis, arthritis etc & massage,
All Season (Vaidyaratnam).
Contact 24475280 / 95371554 /
92504980
Ayurvedic Massage, backache, joint
pain, neck pain etc. # 96245877
SIT. WANTED
Indian male B.com, 6 years experi-
ence in Oman as an offi ce secretary,
document controller and presently
working as an operation executive
in an insurance agency. Looking for
a suitable post. NOC available. Valid
Oman D/L Contact: 98026324
Email: [email protected].
Indian Female having 13 years expe-
rience with driving license seeking
suitable position in Accountant cum
Sales Coordinator, Business Develop-
ment # 00971555817625 or
email: [email protected]
Indian female,MBA fi nance with
8 years experience in accounts.
having oman experience . Storng in
tally ,net browsing & ms offi ce.look-
ing for suitable position.
Contact 93475578
Email: [email protected]
Indian Male 32 yrs, B.E.(EIE),
Having 10yrs Experience in Proof
reading, Content check, Typeset-
ting Books, Journals/Pre-press
Printing/Publishing, Knowledge in
CISCO-CCNA. Seeking for suitable
position. CONTACT: 94257113,
96532471,
B.Tech Civil Engineer, 4years Expe-
rience looking for suitable job.
Contact : 968 9840 0056
A female with a B.Sc Business
Management Degree, specialized in
Human Resource Management cur-
rently living in Sri Lanka seeking for
a suitable position in Oman.
# 9801 1529
PDO Approved - Indian Male PMP,
CIPS, PGDBA, DME, Oil & Gas/Con-
struction with 18+ Yrs. in Contracts,
Procurement, Operations, Project
with valid Oman-PDO D/L seeking
job - Contact 92560287
INDIAN, B.E. MECHANICAL ENGI-
NEER, 2 yrs job experience in Oman
in pipeline fi eld, fl uent in English,
Gujarati, Hindi and Marathi, with
valid oman driving license (light),
searching for a new job.
Contact no-+968 92745691
MBA Finance, 5 Years’ experience in
Accounts, Finance & Administration ,
with Valid UAE D/L
Contact 96970930
Indian 34M with 14 years experi-
ence in Business development /
Sales / Marketing looking for
challenging role.
Contact 9367 8885
Mail: [email protected]
DAILY GUIDET H U R S D AY, O C T O B E R 2 , 2 0 1 4 D9
DAILY GUIDESITUATION WANTEDCARGO
Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with Buffet, & Land Tours
Al- Ainain Marine Tours Contact- 98029602, 92808636
BUSINESS
Wanted Business Head to run travel
agency in Sohar on profi t sharing
basis - contact 97673900
Increase your income on commis-
sion basis with our landscaping &
gardening services provided for big,
small projects &
maintenance contracts.
Contact +968 99242207 Email:
TOURS
TOURS
RENT A CAR
M.V. FOR SALE
Hyundai Tucson 2007 Model, V6,
2.7, company serviced, Expat driven,
165000 kms For RO 3200. Contact
95882130.
2011 Toyota Yaris Automatic in
perfect condition white colour.
Contact 99737879
JCB4CX Model-08 RO 21,000.
Contact 99325827
Mitsubishi Pajero 2004 model
white full option. Contact 96608725
Ford focus full options, 2010, 8100
kms, expat lady driven, excellent
condition and all tyres changed
recently for immediate sale. Fixed
price OMR 3000. Contact 99421138
Mercedes C180, 2005.
Contact 99755644
Mitsubishi Lancer model 2009 full
automatic. Contact 99045803
Mitsubishi Lancer 2006 excellent
condition Mulkiya upto 2015-07.
Contact 99378397
A running condition, Mitsubishi
Pick-up, Model 2009, used only for
4 years, Double cabin 4X4 L200,
4CYL 2500CC, is ready for sale.
Contact: 93893906 / 99256757
FOR HIRE
TRUCK FOR HIREIsuzu 10 ton cargo body truck
(2012 FVR) with UAE experienced driver
available for long term / short term rent.
Contact: 95346950
JCB4CX PDO Approved.
Contact 99325827
JCB4CX PDO Approved.
Contact 99325827
50 seater bus with PDO specifi cation
for rent or lease. Contact99839898
Running truck wash for rent in
Ouhi Sunia Sohar. Serious people
can. Contact on 97864747
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION
Car with Driver. Contact 92179395
Transportation. Contact 98178135
Transportation. Contact 96538078
Transportation. Contact 96538078
Within Seeb, Gubra, Rusayl Circle.
Contact 93198128
Executive driver. Contact 94003617
Transportation Available
Contact 97180655
Transportation. Contact 96771559
Transportation. Contact:
97897833
Transportation. Contact
98132389
Car with driver available.
Contact 99526610
Transportation. Contact
96785989
MANPOWER
DAILY GUIDE Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624
Email: [email protected]
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Email: [email protected]
SERVICES
CLASSES
WEBSITE
WEB, ERP and Business Intelli-
gence (BI) creation and man-
agement at rock bottom price.
Contact: http//webviewoman
COMPUTER
House Shifting. Contact 99708138
GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,
Contact 99314807/24792998
MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your
marble. Contact 24793614/
99314807
Civil Maintenance, Painting Elec-
tric, Plumbing, Decor, Tile Fixing,
Lecithin Copra Board fl at stifl ing ,
Carpet Cleaning and A/C Servicing.
Contact 97897831 (Indian keralite)
YallahOman.com - Shop & gift on-
line. Cheapest prices. Pay by card or
cash on delivery.
Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles
polishing, carpet shampooing,
maintenance. Contact ABU QA-
BAS- 99320217 /24788722
A.M Trading Pest control.Contact 99067923
Electrical Plumbing Painting
Contract and Maintenance.
Contact 98456535
Painting Interlock plumbing
maintenance. Contact 92142319
For HT cable jointing and
termination works 33KV/11KV.
Contact 99056438 /
Email: [email protected]
Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-
Contact 99320217/24788722
Door to Door Computers repair
specialist laptop software
Website cartridges.
Contact 99199376
SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES
SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES
Split & window A/C servicing &
repairing. Contact 99557080
Civil maintenance, Electrical &
Plumbing work. Contact 99557080 /
96236476
Window & split unit A/C servicing
& maintenance. Contact 96236476
Split & window A/C servicing &
maintenance. Contact 93769089
MEP Design / MEP/ Arch. Shop
drawings. Contact 91467905 /
94373456
We translate documents from
English to Arabic and Arabic to
English. Contact 99242119
Split & window A/C servicing &
repairing. Contact 99557080
Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles
polishing, carpet shampooing,
maintenance. Contact ABU QA-
BAS- 99320217 /24788722
Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile
polishing, pest control & anti-ter-
mite treatment, general cleaning
painting, Plumbing, Electrical,
shifting. Contact Mundhir
Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C. #
24810137, 99450130
Cleaning Services, Carpet Sham-
pooing, General Cleaning, Polish-
ing, Ocean Center LLC.
Contact 99884591
GULF INTERNATIONAL LLC
all kind of pest control.#92326955
We assist Buying / Selling / Renting
/ Empty Plots, Villa, Buildings, Open
Lands, Warehouses, Industrial Lands
on long and short term lease & Man-
agement of Properties. Kindly fax
us or email copy of your kurki with
contact details. Fax No . 24533348,
Email : [email protected]
Window & split unit A/C servicing
& maintenance. Contact 96236476
Catering services We do industrial
catering service, Canteen/ mess, 3
times packed meals, and all types of
catering events. Contact 92188777/
99249899
Truck repairing and truck body
fabrication Misfa Ind. area. Contact
92326955 Bridge Gulfa LLC
Hardware, Networking full setup
and service for home and business
RO 15/- per visit. Call : 92054431,
97311847
Carpet & Sofa Shampooing services.
Ocean Center LLC 92682970
A/C, Fridge & Washing Machine servicing & Repairing,2. Painting,
Plumping, Electrical & carpen-
try works. Contact 97014234 /
24504281 / 99447257
House shifting, packing & Trans-
portation.Contact 99657644 /
98518013
P.R.O Service. Call me 99368907
Pest Control Treatments, termites,
Cockroaches & Rodents. Ocean
Center LLC 99344723
DRIVING
Learn Driving from professional
instructors. Contact
94022250
Learn driving automatic from
scratch. Contact 98599675
House shifting & transporting.
Contact 92490422
Electrical Works, Maintenance,
Building Gas Pipelines, Fire Alarm
& Security systems. Contact Amjad
Majees Trading & Contracting:
99467936
Split & window A/C servicing &
maintenance. Contact 93769089
*Classifi ed Advertisement space booking with text,
should be done till 12.00 noon
for next day’s publication.* Subject to space availability
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SITUATION WANTEDDINING DELIGHTS