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On the occasion of the 28th National Day

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN

It was God’s gift to us, and to our valuable country that the vision was very clear from the beginning. This vision has helped us to formulate ideas for the building of a new society, an authentic society with its own methods of thought, and economic views based upon diversification in the exploitation of its resources, and the building of a capable and dynamic human society.

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

HOLIDAY FUNWith the National Day holidays and the weekend togeth-

er creating a long break from work, both nationals and

expatriates took advantage of the wonderful opportunity

to enjoy with their families in parks and souqs in and

around the capital city. Times of Oman photographers

O K Mohammad Ali and Purushothaman K captured

some images of people having a gala time. See also >A2

Oman behind Saudi in GCC road fatalities

TARIQ AL HAREMI [email protected]

MUSCAT: Saudi Arabia tops the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in traffic-related deaths and Oman comes second, a report released by the World Health Or-ganisation (WHO) stated.

Oman registered 25.4 deaths per 100,000 people, placing it behind Saudi Arabia that led with 27.7 deaths per 100,000 people, according to the WHO’s Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015.

“Made possible through fund-ing from Bloomberg Philanthro-pies, this report is the third in the series, and provides a snapshot of the road safety situation glob-ally, highlighting the gaps and the

measures needed to best drive progress,” the report said.

However, Royal Oman Police (ROP) officials said the number of accidents had dropped from 8,209 in 2012 to 7,829 in 2013 and 6,717 in 2014 to 4,937 in 2015 because of “major awareness campaigns.”

“Thanks to the major aware-ness campaigns (launched) by the ROP, the number of accidents has been halved between 2012 and 2015,” an ROP official told the Times of Oman.

The findings reveal that driv-ers of four-wheel cars and light vehicles make up for 35 per cent of road deaths in Oman.

The passengers make up for 29

per cent and pedestrians make up for 23 per cent of the road deaths in the Sultanate.

The total number of road ac-cidents stood at 6,717 in 2014 (18 per day) while 836 deaths were recorded (2.3 per day).

Speeding top killerSpeeding is the top killer in Oman, with a total of 3,510 accidents re-corded in 2014 alone. At least 428 people were killed in these acci-dents, while 1,743 were injured.

Overtaking and negligence are the second and third most fatal causes of accidents in the Sul-tanate of Oman, according to the ROP. >A3

Oman registered

25.4 deaths per

100,000 people

behind Saudi Arabia

that led the GCC

with 27.7 deaths per

100,000 people, a

WHO report says

TRAGEDY: A file picture of an accident on the Oman’s road.

Reading minds to help Alzheimer’s victimsBABA [email protected]

MUSCAT: From the curious high school student wondering why people react in a certain way to becoming a popular mental health specialist in Oman, Dr. Hamed Al Sinawi has come a long way.

Al Sinawi, a 45-year-old soft spoken, well-built man with a tiny and pure white beard, said his interest in psychiatry developed at school where he would try to find out what makes some people more successful and charismatic in their lives.

“Soon, I started reading books in the library and then as a medi-cal student at the Sultan Qaboos University I enjoyed behavioural medicine lectures,” he said.

Al Sinawi’s interest took him to a three-month summer elective in the United Kingdom, “which gave me an insight into what is it like dealing with people, who have mental health problems.”

However, he did not have to deal with any family inhibitions during his quest.

“I am the first psychiatrist in my family. They are very supportive

and proud of my work,” he said.Since the start of his training

as a young psychiatrist, Al Sina-wi noticed there were a growing number of older people in Oman suffering from Alzheimer’s, who would come to the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital.

“I used to see family members struggling to understand their loved ones, who (had) developed

Alzheimer’s and were unable to care for themselves,” he said, de-scribing how some of the patients were unable to recognise their children.

Old-age psychiatry“That was painful for all of them. This prompted me to apply for a scholarship and study old-age psy-chiatry in the United Kingdom.”

Thus, Al Sinawi established a specialised service after complet-ing his training. There is no exact data available on the number of Alzheimer’s patients in Oman. But Al Sinawi said that some estimat-ed 5,000 to 6,000 people are living with Alzheimer’s in the country.

Main risk factorOld age is the main risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease. Other factors, he said, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and low education have been reported in several studies.

“Health diets, lack of physical and mental activity are also risk factors for Alzheimer’s. People, who have a parent or grandparent with Alzheimer’s are at more risk of developing the illness,” he said.

Asked how families reacted when they find their relatives suffering from a loss of memory, he said: “In general, most family members are supportive and car-ing and would do their level best to look after their parents. Some families would travel abroad for a second opinion only to be told the same diagnosis and offered the same treatment.” >A3

O M A N I P S Y C H I A T R I S T

SPORTSAdiso set for junior football tournament

2Adiso Soccer Academy is organising the inaugural tournament, a three-

day and four-team affair, for providing exposure and much-needed match practice to the local talents as well as give them an experience of playing against big teams from outside. >A12

MARKET‘Limestone reserves offer great opportunities’

3Limestone industry in Oman has immense potential and there are plans to develop it further and target new export markets, said a senior official. There are huge reserves of limestone in

Oman, with the best limestone being found in Salalah. >B1

OMANAirlines cancel flights to Chennai

1Heavy rains for the past few days in Chennai, the capital city of south Indian

state of Tamil Nadu, have forced airlines flying from Muscat to cancel their trips. Oman Air operates 14 flights per week (daily two flights) and Air India operates one flight daily. >A3

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

Police urge people in Oman to drive safely during National Day holidays REJIMON K [email protected]

MUSCAT: People have been urged by the Royal Oman Police (ROP)to stay safe during the National Day holidays as four people were killed in two different road accidents on Tuesday.

In a post on its Twitter handle, the ROP urged nationals and ex-patriates to remain safe during the extended weekend holidays.

On Tuesday, four people were killed in two different road ac-cidents. While in Kabourah an Omani driver was killed when his

car plunged into a wadi (valley), in Buraimi, three teachers, an Omani and two Egyptians, were killed when their car met with an acci-dent involving a truck.

Car-truck collisionThe car in which the victims were travelling collided with a truck leading to the death of the three, said the police.

“They were from a school in Mahadha, near Buraimi,” the po-lice official said.

According to the government data, as of November 2014, 369 accidents were reported in Oman,

which together claimed 62 lives.Earlier, officials from the Public

Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulances (PACDA) had said negligence increases during cel-ebrations and holidays.

“Often, you find people excited during celebrations and holidays, which leads to accidents,” said a PACDA official.

According to PACDA’s data from 2014, the ambulance team had to respond to 10,517 cases during 2014, up from 9,889 cases in 2013.

Some 7,905 of those cases were trauma-related and included road and construction-related acci-

dents, occupational injuries and fire injuries; whereas 2,612 were reported as medical cases.

Road accidents topped the list, with 7,705 cases, followed by acci-dents at home, prison and during recreation.

According to police statistics, the number of licences issued has also increased.

The number of vehicles reg-istered during the last few years has seen a sharp increase. In 2012, it was 987,354, in 2013 it was 1,082,996, in 2014 it stood at 1,179,841 and in 2015 it has reached 1,274,493 so far.

M E S S A G E F O R S A F E T Y

Mental health specialist in

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Children show talent at Indian School Ibri Times News Service

MUSCAT: Indian School Ibri recently celebrated the 12th Kids Festival in the school au-ditorium. It was inaugurated by Manoj Ajith Panicker, the head boy of the Students Council, by lighting the traditional lamp.

In the morning session, the tiny tots exhibited their talents in singing, action song, story-telling and smiling contest.

The evening session started with the welcome address by Principal M. P. Vinoba. Dr. Joy Vijayalekshmi, (Retd.) as-stistant professor, Trivandrum Medical College graced the oc-casion as the chief guest.

The chief guest, in her ad-dress, appreciated all the chil-dren who showcased their tal-ents in the festival and thanked the principal and teachers for providing a platform to stu-dents to exhibit their talents.

Abdul Gafoor Quadri, presi-dent of the school management

committee; Sandhya Vijayan, convener; Basheer Ahmed Ali, treasurer; M. P. Unnikrishnan and Firoz Husain, members of the School Management Com-mittee along with former presi-dent T. S. Daniel, former mem-bers of the School Management Committee and parents were present to witness the perfor-mances of little kids.

Fancy dress, solo danceIn the evening, the children participated in competitions like fancy dress, solo dance and group dance exhibiting their amazing talents and won admi-ration of audience. The dance performance of children left everyone spellbound.

Later, the chief guest distrib-uted the prizes to the winners.

The president of the School Management Committee pre-sented a memento to the chief guest. Mahanaz Hamadani, the senior teacher, proposed the vote of thanks.

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Oman to host GCC -EUconference on innovationTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Oman, represented by The Research Council (TRC), will host an international conference on ‘Collaboration for innovation between GCC and EU’ from De-cember 6 to 8, in Muscat.

A number of stakeholders in the fields of science, technology and innovation, decision-makers, scientists, researchers and aca-demics from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, the Europe-an Union (EU), Yemen, Egypt and Morocco, will participate in the event to be held at the hotel Grand Hyatt Muscat.

The aim of the conference is to act as a platform to exchange knowledge and expertise between the participant countries and cre-ate a chance for collaboration in science, technology and innova-tion between the European Union and the GCC.

G L O B A L M E E T

MUSCAT COMES ALIVE ON NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAYS Omanis as well as expatriates crowded beaches

and parks on the first day of Sultanate’s National

Day holidays on Wednesday. Shoppers’ rush was

witnessed at various malls. Oman celebrated

National Day on November 18. To mark the

occasion, two days holidays were declared on

December 2 and 3. Times of Oman photographers

O.K. MOHAMMED ALI and K PURUSHOTHAMAN captured some of the action at Shatti Al Qurum and

Azaiba beaches and Muttrah Souq in their cameras.


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‘Road accidents major cause of death among young globally’

Vehicle defects resulted in the death of 32 people, while road defects killed 25 in 2014.

Around 10 people were killed in 2014 in drunken driving acci-dents, while 15 died for not keep-ing safe distance, according to an ROP report.

Data from ROP indicated a 14 per cent decrease in the number of car accidents during 2013 and 2014.

The report based its informa-tion on data retrieved from the

statistics unit at the Traffic De-partment in ROP. It indicated that 913 fatalities were registered, where 86 per cent of the victims were male, while the remaining 14 per cent were females.

Traffic deathsThe number of road traffic deaths in the world was 1.25 million in 2013 and it has remained fairly constant since 2007, despite the increase in global motorisation and population, and the predict-

ed rise in deaths, WHO findings revealed. WHO said road traf-fic injuries are the main cause of deaths among those aged 15 to 29, followed by suicide, HIV/AIDS and homicide.

Africa has the biggest death rate stemming from road acci-dents, constituting 26.6 deaths per 100,000 persons, while the Eastern Mediterranean, which includes Oman too, recorded a rate of 19.9 deaths per 100,000 people.

W H O R E P O R T

Dedicated clinic to treat Alzheimer’s patients

Apart from working as a senior consultant psychiatrist at the De-partment of Behavioural Science at the University, Al Sinawi also heads the Oman Alzheimer’s So-ciety (OAS)— a support group for care givers and family members of Alzheimer’s patients.

“It was launched in April 2013. We used to meet once a month to provide support to care givers. We taught them about Alzheimer’s and how to deal with the patients at different stages of the illness,” he noted.

At the society, patients are given a chance to vent frustration and exchange experiences. OAS also organises health education events for the public, as well as medical professionals to increase their awareness about dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

A dedicated memory clinic has been established for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementia at the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital.

Al Sinawi said his clinic is a re-search project that explores the nature of Alzheimer’s in the Om-ani community and how care giv-ers are coping with the patients.

“We need more service to plan for the growing number of older adults, who develop Alzheimer’s

and other mental and physical health problems. The ministry of health has also launched care for the elderly program that provides specialized clinics all over the country and we are hoping that in the future, we can provide an early diagnosis for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementia in similar settings,” he said.

Al Sinawi also plans to estab-lish a day-care centre for Alzhei-mer’s patients.

“The idea is to have a place of gathering for Alzheimer’s pa-tients that is run by professionals and volunteers,” he said, adding “The day centre will operate in the morning when family mem-bers are at work and the person with Alzheimer’s is left with the domestic help. Attending the day centre will give the patient a chance to interact with others and have some stimulation for their brains by doing several ac-tivities.”

The psychiatrist believes the centre will also improve the qual-ity of life for Alzheimer’s patients in Oman and their care takers.

“We are, however, still at the stage of finding a sponsor, who can fund this project.”

The expert is hopeful of an Alz-heimer’s-free Oman in the future.

“One of the big challenges in Oman and other Arab countries is that patients usually come for consultation in the late stages when very little can be done,” he pointed out.

“But with the development of research studies in the preven-tion of Alzheimer’s and other chronic conditions, Insha’Allah the day will come where science can gift humanity an Alzheimer’s-free future all over the world.”

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UAE EMBASSY IN MUSCAT HOSTS NATIONAL DAY RECEPTIONUAE Embassy in Muscat hosted yesterday a reception

at Grand Hyatt on the occasion of the 44th UAE National

Day. The function was attended by a number of state

officials, heads of diplomatic missions accredited to the

Sultanate and officials from the Foreign Ministry. -ONA

Chennai rains force flight cancellations

REJIMON [email protected]

MUSCAT: Floods in Chennai, the capital city of south Indian state Tamil Nadu, have forced airlines flying from Muscat to cancel their trips.

Oman Air operates 14 flights per week (daily two flights) and Air India operates one flight daily to Chennai.

“We have been forced to can-cel the flights due to the floods in

Chennai. However, we are trying all options, including re-routing, taking care of our customers,” a senior official from Oman Air told the Times of Oman (TOO).

“We are constantly keeping a tab on the developments,” the of-ficial added.

Both airlines had to cancel their flights to Chennai from Tuesday.

“On Tuesday, Air India flight from Muscat to Chennai was can-celled. Passengers, who are will-ing to fly to nearby destinations

were provided seats on other flights,” a senior official from Air India told TOO.

As heavy rains continued to fall in Chennai on Wednesday, sev-eral parts of the city have come to a complete standstill. Electricity was turned off in some areas as a precautionary measure. A holi-day was declared at all schools and colleges.

Water levels at the Chennai airport in Meenambakkam, a low-lying area, started rising, flooding of the runway.

Airport closedOperations at the Chennai air-port have been shut down for now. According to ANI, the Chennai airport will be closed till 6 am on Thursday.

Other nearby airfields—the Air Force station in Tambaram and the Navy airfield at Arakkonam—have been rendered unusable because of the flooding, leaving the closest runway in Tirupathi,

which is about 150km away as the only option.

Flights and trains to and from Chennai have been either de-layed or cancelled, leaving pas-sengers stranded across the country. Some flights that had been headed to Chennai in the night had been redirected to ei-ther Bengaluru or Hyderabad.

The Indian Army, Navy, Coast Guard and National Disaster Re-sponse Force (NDRF) have been carrying out relief and rescue op-erations, and continue to evacuate people from flooded areas.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had on Tuesday re-quested the central government’s assistance in handling the situa-tion.

Oman Air which operates 14 flights per

week and Air India which operates one

flight daily to the south Indian city of

Chennai have cancelled the flights

WEATHER WOES: Left, Indian rescue workers and volunteers use an inflatable boat on Tuesday to rescue residents after heavy rain

over the past few days flooded Chennai and, right, patients and their care-takers shift from a flooded hospital. -AFP/ PTI

ISM celebrates National DayTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Indian School Muscat (ISM) celebrated the 45th Nation-al Day and the 75th birthday of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said with gusto, tremendous fervour and true spirit on November 26.

The school premises were be-decked with festoons and flags of the great nation. The décor and ambience were perfectly in sync with a celebration of such splen-dour and magnitude.

Eminent dignitaries were pre-sent at this momentous occasion, such as the Wali of Muttrah, Saad Al Sayeed Ahmed bin Hilal Al Bus-saidy, Members of the Majlis Al Shura, Taufeeq Abdul Hussain Al Lawatiya, Muradh bin Ali Yahya Al Hoothi, Member of the Municipal Council, Saleem bin Mohammed Al Ghamaari, Sheikh Haashil bin Habeeb Lahsani, Sheikh Ali bin Abdallah Al Haashmi, members of the Indian School Muscat Manag-

ing Committee, Principal, Srinivas K. Naidu, and the Vice Principals and Assistant Vice Principals of various sections.

ISM students put up an exhila-rating programme, which paid tribute to Oman and its magnani-mous leader His Majesty the Sul-tan. Befitting to the nature of cele-bration, a birthday cake was cut to hail His Majesty’s victorious reign of 45 years. A melodious birthday song, rendered by the students for His Majesty overwhelmed the au-dience as it spoke volumes about the commitment, loyalty and deeply embedded love for the truly exceptional leader.

A procession of students clad in the traditional attire representing different provinces and states of both Oman and India was carried out, with the students marching in with the portraits of the great farsighted leader of the Sultanate, which elevated the grandeur of the occasion.

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REGIONCameron urges parliament to back air strikeson IS in Syria

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron urged parliament to vote on Wednesday to approve British air strikes against IS rebels in Syria after months of wrangling over whether enough opposition Labour lawmakers would back military action.

“The threat is very real,” he said at the start of a 10-hour debate due to culminate in a vote at around 2100 GMT. He added: “The ques-tion is this - do we work with our allies to degrade and destroy this threat and do we go after these rebels in their heartlands from where they are plotting to kill Brit-ish people, or do we sit back and wait for them?”

However, Cameron faced a pos-sible stiffening of opposition in La-bour ranks after media reports he urged his Conservative Party law-makers at a private meeting late on Tuesday not to vote with La-bour leader Jeremy Corbyn “and a bunch of terrorist sympathisers”.

Apology“This is a contemptible and des-perate slur which demeans his office,” Corbyn’s spokesman said, calling for an apology from Camer-on. A spokeswoman for Cameron’s Downing Street office did not offer an official comment. In a further sign of rising passions over the affair, Britain’s Labour deputies backing air strikes have become targets of biting social me-dia attacks by hard-left activists.

Cameron has said he believes British warplanes, which have been bombing IS targets in Iraq for more than a year, should also be tackling the group in Syria rather than ‘sub-contract’ national secu-rity to other countries.

The November 13 IS attacks that killed 130 people in Paris gave mo-mentum to British prime miniser Cameron’s push for air strikes, but critics have questioned whether the action would significantly add to international efforts to defeat the group. - Reuters

M I L I T A R Y A C T I O NAl Qaeda rebels take over two towns in south Yemen

ADEN (Yemen): Al Qaeda fighters retook on Wednesday two south-ern Yemeni towns they briefly oc-cupied four years ago, residents and local fighters said, exploiting a collapse of central authority in Yemen which is in the throes of an eight-month war.

In an early morning surprise attack on the Abyan province capital Zinjibar and neighbouring town of Jaar, the rebels overcame local forces and announced their takeover over loudspeakers after dawn prayers. Residents identi-fied them as Ansar al-Sharia, a lo-cal affiliate of Al Qaeda.

At least seven local militiamen and five rebels were killed, accord-ing to local fighters. Rebels were deployed to the streets of both towns, and in Jaar blew up the house of a local commander killed in the fighting, residents said. Schools and shops were closed.

A Saudi-led coalition has since March been trying to vanquish Yemen’s Houthis, who captured large parts of the country and wrested control from its govern-ment, which only recently re-turned from exile. “The entrance of Al Qaeda this time happened in

the absence of any state institu-tions, which Al Qaeda exploited,” said Zinjibar resident Fadl Mo-hammed Mubarak.

No helpJaar and Zinjibar are about 50km (30 miles) east of the main port city of Aden, where President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi is currently staying after returning from Saudi Arabia last month. Parts of Abyan including Zinjibar and Jaar fell to rebels in 2011 for over a year as government control waned during Arab Spring protests.

This time, Yemen’s northern Houthi clan and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah

Saleh are fighting against the Sau-di-led Arab coalition and fighters loyal to Hadi.

On Wednesday, local militia com-mander Abdullatif al-Sayed, said his forces tried to repel the attacks. He said he had tried to alert govern-ment officials to what he thought were suspicious Al Qaeda move-ments, but had received no help.

Fighters allied with Hadi, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, retook Aden from the Houthis in July, but residents have com-plained of lawlessness in the city as masked gunmen appeared on its streets.

Jaar has in past years lost civil-ians in air strikes intended for re-

bels, and during a visit by Reuters to Jaar in late 2013, sympathy for rebels was still evident.

Tribal leaders have often warned United States drone at-tacks on Al Qaeda were creating sympathy for the group.

UAE soldiersSoldiers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), at the head of a Gulf Arab coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen, are pre-paring for a long, tough ground war from their base in the south-ern port of Aden.

As thousands of coalition sol-diers fight daily battles with the Houthis on the frontlines, their

comrades in Aden are training Yemeni troops and trying to rebuild a functioning state loyal to Presi-dent Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

Infighting within the Hadi camp, the martial prowess of the Houthis and a growing extrem-ists menace have given the UAE armed forces, which have de-ployed in international operations from Kosovo to Afghanistan, their biggest challenge yet.

Saudi assembled the coalition in March to carry out air strikes against the Houthis. Since then, the coalition has ramped up its de-ployment of ground forces and the UAE has contributed the largest contingent. - Reuters

In an early morning

surprise attack on

the Abyan province

capital Zinjibar and

neighbouring town

of Jaar, the rebels

overcame local forces

and announced their

takeover

ON GUARD: The coalition has ramped up its deployment of ground forces and the UAE, which has contributed the largest and most ex-

perienced contingent of ground troops, has taken an increasingly prominent role. - Reuters

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Heaviest rain in century forces Chennai’s airport to shutdown

CHENNAI: Heaviest rainfall in more than a century caused mas-sive flooding across the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, driving thousands from their homes, shutting auto factories and paralysing the airport in the state capital Chennai.

The national weather office predicted three more days of tor-rential downpours in the southern state of nearly 70 million people.

“There will be no respite,” Lax-man Singh Rathore of the India Meteorological Department told reporters on Wednesday.

No deaths were reported in the latest floods, but since heavy rain set in on November 12 there have been 150 deaths in Tamil Nadu.

More than 200 people were critically injured over the past 24 hours in Chennai, a senior home ministry official said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has blamed climate change for the deluge, injecting urgency into the debate at global climate talks in Paris and highlighting the vulnera-bility of tropical nations like India to extreme weather.

Physician Rupam Choudhury said he and a friend had to wade through neck-deep water to reach high ground from where an army truck brought him to his hospital in the heart of Chennai.

Dr. A.Ramachandran’s Diabetes

Hospital was running out of oxy-gen for patients and diesel for pow-er generators, he said by telephone.

Most mobile networks were down in the city and food sup-plies running low. Chennai, India’s fourth most populous city, is a major auto manufacturing and IT outsourcing hub.

Ford Motor, Daimler , Hyundai and Nissan told workers to stay at home, while US listed outsourcing firm Cognizant shut its 11 local of-fices. Airlines suspended flights into Chennai’s flooded interna-tional airport, causing wider dis-ruption to air travel.

Airport closed until 6thAuthorities later decided to close the airport until December 6.

“The biggest challenge is to find a way to clear the inundated air-port and main roads,” said Anu-rag Gupta at the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in New Delhi.

Passengers stranded at the air-

port said they did not know when they would be able to fly, or where to stay if they could not. “All of us here are getting agitated because none of the hotels nearby are va-cant. Where do we go?” traveller Vinit Jain told Reuters Television.

In a limited initial relief effort, four helicopters dropped food, water and medicines, while fish-ing boats commandeered by the military were collecting stranded residents. A major relief effort by 5,000 soldiers was promised with-in 24 hours.

“The entire state machinery has collapsed. Most officials are forced to sit at home. It’s a very frustrating situation,” said a home ministry official, who requested anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the record.

Weather experts say the season-al northeast monsoon was respon-sible for the flooding in the city of six million, but was amplified this year by El Nino, a warming of the eastern Pacific Ocean that can have far-reaching climate effects.

Tamil Nadu is a major rice and sugar cane producing region, and a senior member of a local farm-ers’ association said floods had washed out up to four agricultural districts.

Modi has ordered rescue teams and paramilitary forces to launch an extensive relief and rescue op-eration in Chennai.

He had blamed climate change for the heavy rains that hit the southern state last month, tweet-ing before attending the UN cli-mate summit in Paris this week: “We are feeling the impact of fast-paced climate change.”

Hundreds of divers and army rescue teams entered inundated homes, taking the injured to hospi-tal. - Reuters

National weather

office predicted

three more days of

torrential rains in

the southern state

of nearly 70 million

people

INUNDATED: Bystanders and travellers gather as floodwaters lap at the end of a highway in Chennai in

India’s southern state of Tamil on Wednesday. - AFP

NEW DELHI: National Cri-sis Management Committee, headed by Cabinet Secretary P. K. Sinha, on Wednesday reviewed the situation in rain and flood-ravaged Chennai and assured Tamil Nadu gov-ernment of all possible help.

During the meeting, Sinha took stock of the availability of foodgrains in Tamil Nadu and directed Ministries of Food, Agriculture, Health, Telecommunication and others to provide all re-quired assistance to the state government to deal with the flood situation in Chennai and nearby areas.

NCMC also had a video conference with Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary K. Gnana-desikan who briefed it on the prevailing situation, official sources said.

The Cabinet Secretary assured the Chief Secretary that all required flood relief materials will be provided to the state government. The Chief Secretary con-veyed that as of now they have adequate arrangements and mechanisms to deal with requirements of drinking water, food, medicines, etc.

He also conveyed that the state government has mobilized a large number of fishermen boats for which services of personnel from Navy and Coast Guard would be required and the Ministry of Defence was asked to make suitable arrangements for this purpose.

NDRF has already sent about 600 personnel and over 40 inflatable boats to be deployed in relief and rescue operations in Chennai.Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrish too had a separate meeting with senior officials of the disaster management division and directed them to be in constant touch with Tamil Nadu government to provide necessary assistance. Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that he had spoken to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and took stock of the flood situation in Chennai and its neighbouring areas.Singh said he has also spoken to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and requested him to ensure all help from the armed forces. Following the torrential downpour that has resulted in severe flooding of Chennai and its nearby districts, Tamil Nadu govern-ment on Wednesday issued an advisory to private under-takings to declare holiday for their employees on December 3 and 4.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa will undertake an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Chennai city and its suburbs in Kanchipu-ram and Tiruvallur districts on Thursday.

Senior IAS officials have also been tasked to ensure that relief reaches the people in the worst-affected Chennai and other districts. - PTI

National Crisis Management Committee reviews situation

Developed world must ‘walk the talk’

in honouring climate commitments

LE BOURGET/NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday asked the developed world to ‘walk the talk’ and honour its pre-2020 commit-ments in the fight against climate change and joined Brazil, China and South Africa in seeking a clear roadmap in this regard.

As the rich-poor divide domi-nated crucial talks in France to limit global warming, Envi-ronment Minister Prakash Ja-vadekar while spelling out India’s stand asserted that India will be flexible and a facilitator in finding a solution instead of being a part of the climate change problem.

He also said that the developed world must take up a fair share of their responsibility and allow a fair share of atmospheric space (carbon space) to the developing world for ensuring equality in de-velopment.

“India is looking positively to the final outcome from Paris and India will be flexible and show the world that though India is not part of the problem, still is facilitator for the solution,” Javadekar, who returned from France after at-tending the opening of the climate change talks, told PTI in Delhi.

Javadekar said the need of the hour is that the developed world “must walk the talk, must come out with more ambitious num-bers for their pre-2020 commit-ment” and come out with a sepa-

rate subhead to their Intended Nationally Determined Contribu-tions (INDCs), as today’s INDCs of developed world subsumes their pre-2020 targets.

RoadmapEndorsing India’s view, the other three countries in four-country BASIC bloc asked developed na-tions to define a clear roadmap for providing $100 billion by 2020 to tackle climate change.

In the pre-2020 period, the rich countries are required to provide financial support to the tune of $100 billion a year, and were also committed to provide technol-ogy to developing countries to ad-dress climate change.

A statement issued by China

in the climate summit plenary on behalf of BASIC countries, a bloc of four large newly industrialised countries —Brazil, South Africa, India and China, extended support for a transparent and party driven process at the 12-day conference. The statement said that BASIC will work pragmatically with all other parties for an equitable and balanced climate agreement.

It said that the agreement should be as per all the principles and provisions of the UN Frame-work Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) especially equity and common but differen-tiated responsibilities (CBDR).It asserted that differentiation should be there in each element of the Paris agreement. - PTI

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INDIA PAVILION: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Minister of

State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Ja-

vadekar at the inauguration of the India Pavilion at the COP21, UN

Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, Paris on Monday. - PTI

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Today’s results are a stepping stone for a Congress

victory in 2017. Their (the BJP government) anti-

people policies have taken a toll on people

Ahmed Patel, Senior Congress leader

Concerns of veterans over Bihar rout noted: Madhav

NEW DELHI: The sharp attack by L. K. Advani and other BJP veterans on the party’s leadership after its staggering defeat in Bihar is now a closed chapter, a top BJP

functionary said on Wednesday.Ram Madhav, BJP General Sec-

retary and a former RSS spokes-person, said that concerns of the veterans had been “well taken” by the party leadership which had detailed discussions with them.

“They had certain concerns about the Bihar outcome. Party has taken their views, obser-vations seriously. Our leaders reached out to them. When you reach out to them, you will have larger discussion for longer dura-

tion. We had detailed discussions with them. Our leadership has ex-plained its position to them.

“Those concerns were well taken by us... I think broadly that chapter is now over... I hope they are satisfied,” Madhav said, while

referring to Advani’s recent state-ment to drive home his point.

After breathing fire at the BJP leadership, Advani had said last week in Gujarat that “conscious-ness” in the party had increased following its Bihar loss and also praised the Modi government, say-ing it is going in the right direction.

“So, broadly after our leader-ship’s interactions (with them), things have settled down,” Mad-hav said, adding that the party had learnt its lessons from the defeat but declined to elaborate.

Madhav was among the few BJP leaders who had articulated the party’s position after Murli Mano-har Joshi, Shanta Kumar and Yashwant Sinha besides Advani had issued a public condemnation of the leadership on the Diwali eve, saying the party had been “emas-culated” in the past one year. They had demanded that accountability be fixed for the loss. -PTI

After breathing fire at

the BJP leadership,

Advani had said last

week in Gujarat that

'consciousness' in the

party had increased

following its loss in

Bihar assembly polls

BJP government

on its way out in

Gujarat: Congress

NEW DELHI: With Congress making an impressive comeback in rural Gujarat in the local bod-ies polls, Congress on Wednesday claimed the BJP government is on its way out in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“Today’s results are a stepping stone for a Congress victory in 2017. Their (the BJP government) anti-people policies have taken a toll on people,” senior leader Ahmed Patel, who is political sec-retary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, said in a statement.

Expressing gratitude to the peo-ple of Gujarat, he said that these results indicate the BJP govern-ment is on its way out in the west-ern Indian state.

Insisting that the Bhartiya Janta Party government has paid a “heavy price for their vindictive attitude and witch hunt” towards the agitators in the state, he com-plimented state party leaders and workers for their untiring efforts and hard work. -PTI

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Bill to enhance compensation for air travellers approvedNEW DELHI: A bill, aimed at enhancing the compensation that airlines must pay to passengers in case of death, injury, lost baggage or even inordinate flight delays, was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

The Carriage by Air (Amend-ment) Bill, 2015 Bill, which was moved by Civil Aviation Minis-ter P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju and passed by a voice vote, intends to increase the compensation for death in an air accident to more than Rs 10 million from almost Rs 8.9 million now.

The Bill will enable the govern-ment to revise the liability lim-its of air carriers in line with the Montreal Convention, which was acceded to by India in May 2009.

Once enacted, the measure would result in the Indian carri-ers paying compensation equiva-lent to the rates paid by their glob-al counterparts.

Security concernsResponding to concerns over safety, security and comfort of passengers expressed by mem-bers, Raju said “the ultimate thing is that this service sector has to improve. The government is nev-er going to compromise on safety and security.”

While winding up a short dis-cussion on the Bill, the minister did admit that there was a lot of

scope to improve airlines ser-vices. He said he was looking into the suggestions made by various stakeholders on the latest draft aviation policy and promised to take appropriate action on that basis.

The Bill intends to raise the li-ability limit for damage in case of death or bodily injury for each person from 1,00,000 SDR (spe-cial drawing rights) to 113,100 SDR. As per the latest exchange rate, the compensation limit rises to over Rs10 million from almost Rs8.87 million at present.

One SDR is equivalent to over Rs 90. The currency value of the SDR is based on market exchange rates of a basket of major curren-

cies — US dollar, Euro, Japanese Yen and Pound Sterling.

The liability for delay in car-riage for each person is proposed to be raised from 4,150 SDR to 4,694 SDR, while the liability in case of destruction, loss, damage or delay of baggage is proposed to be raised from 1,000 SDR to 1,131 SDR, the bill said.

The liability in case of destruc-tion, loss or delay in relation to the carriage of cargo has been raised from 17 SDR to 19 SDR.

The Union Cabinet had in March cleared amendments to the law governing such liability to en-hance the compensation to be paid to fliers by Indian airlines for loss of life or baggage and cargo. - PTI

L O K S A B H A

We take both in our stride... We have learnt our lessons from Bihar election. Now we have left it behind and moved on to other challenges coming. Whatever needs to be learnt has been learntRam MadhavBJP General Secretary

Once enacted, the measure would result in the Indian carriers paying compensation equivalent to the rates paid by their global counterparts

Dawood aide arrested on Indo-Nepal border

NEW DELHI: An aide of un-derworld don Dawood Ibrahim allegedly responsible for gun-ning down of two BJP leaders in Gujarat’s Bharuch district, was on Wednesday arrested on the Indo-Nepal border by central security agencies with the help of Nepal Police.

Brother of Javed Chikna, one of the close aides of Ibrahim, Abid Patel was nabbed when he was crossing over into Nepal, of-ficial sources said.

They said security agencies had been tracking his activities after his name surfaced in the conspiracy of the killing of the two BJP leaders.

The sleuths had information that he would be crossing over to Nepal from Bihar. The cen-tral security agencies had taken their Nepalese counterparts into confidence and in a joint operation Abid was nabbed. -PTI

B J P L E A D E R S K I L L I N G

Cabinet okays six new IITs

NEW DELHI: Six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will be set up in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Kera-la and Karnataka with the Union Cabinet on Wednesday clearing a proposal in this regard.

A meeting of the Cabinet pre-sided by Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi gave its approval for operationalisation of these IITs initially by forming of Societies under the Societies Registra-tion Act, 1860 in order to give them legal status till the amend-ment for their incorporation in The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 is enacted.

At present,there are 16 IITs in the country. - PTI

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4 executed for school massacre

PESHAWAR: Pakistan execut-ed four men on Wednesday for in-volvement in the massacre of 134 children at an army-run school in the northwestern city of Pesha-war last year, media and security sources said.

The hangings were the first ex-ecutions of civilians convicted by Pakistan’s military courts, which were set up after the massacre through a constitutional amend-

ment. The executions were con-firmed by three security sources, two of whom are based in Kohat, where the men were hanged early on Wednesday at the city’s civil-ian-run central jail. Hazrat Ali, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Sabeel and Abdus Salam had been convicted on August 13, according to a mili-tary statement sent on that date.

All were identified as members of the Toheedwal Jihad Group, a previously unheard of faction of the Pakistani Taliban.

Three others were also sen-tenced to death for involvement in the attack, according to the same military statement, but death warrants have not yet been issued for them. All nine attackers were killed in the siege on Peshawar’s Army Public School, which killed 151 people in total on December 16, 2014. It was the worst Taliban attack on Pakistani soil.

Earlier, a military court sen-tenced all four terrorists to death after the government lifted the moratorium on the penalties in the country under the National Action Plan. - Agencies

Pakistan executed

four men for

involvement in

the massacre of

134 children at an

army-run school in

Peshawar last year

GRIEF STRICKEN: The parents and siblings of slain Pakistani

school student Asfand Khan, who was killed during an attack by

Taliban militants at an army public school, pray alongside his

photograph at their residence in Peshawar on Wednesday. -AFP

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Salalah beckons nature lovers. Inimitable ‘Khareef ’, the focus of tourism over there, lures a large number of tourists from far

and wide to visit. Yet, the tourism industry in Salalah is grappling with the problem of extreme seasonality. A vast majority of tourists gush to Salalah during Khareef season which lasts for two to three months. For the rest of the year, tourist arrivals slow down to the lower levels, particularly after winter. With seasonality acting as a stumbling block in the flourishing of tourism industry, the scope of diversification of the econ-omy by developing tourism is becomes marred by this limitation.

Salalah, the emerald land in the Middle East,has been the mainstay of the Sultanate’s tourism, and the progress of tourism at Salalah is aptly being complemented by the persistent development of quality infrastructure. Yet, Salalah faces inevitable diversification of its attractions and amenities for tourism to gain the status most competent single tourist destination in the GCC. The branding of the destination with the backing of relentless promo-tional measures proclaiming primarily the green-ery alone can help to lure tourists mainly during Khareef season. Unfortunately, due to severe sea-sonality, which limits the expansion of tourism over there. Careful and strategic diversification is of paramount significance in order to make Salalah a 365-day tourist destination.

Charter tourism and cruise tourism cater to the demands of the industry in Salalah. Cruise tourism is characterised by the short term visits of tourists to land based attractions while most of their leisure time is spent aboard a luxurious and exclusive ship. During the cruise, the ship calls in at ports, staying for various lengths of time, rang-ing from a few hours to a few days.

Yet, their spending inside the destination where they visit is very low and hence economic benefit of cruise tourism is rather limited. Dur-ing the last season, the port of Salalah received 38 cruises carrying 32,150 tourists from different parts of the world.

Charter tourism, a kind of ‘enclave tourism’ in which chain hotels receive chunk of tourists ar-riving from foreign countries in a charter flight, brings in comparatively greater economic ben-efits; yet the majority of the benefits go to the in-ternational tour operators and the chain hotels.

In the last winter season, as per estimates, more than 20,000 charter tourists from Europe-an countries visited Salalah. Sweden, Germany, Italy, and Poland are some of the major tourist

market countries for Salalah tourism. Expansion of accommodation industry in Sala-

lah is very sluggish. Barring a few upmarket clas-sified international chain hotels, other categories of accommodation units are relatively very few. Maintenance cost during the off season period becomes a matter of concern in the hotel indus-try. The demand for accommodation during Kha-reef is extremely high and it is being primarily met by the unclassified apartments which do not have the industry characteristics, and most are non-serviced.

Unfortunately, apartment charges collected from the tourists are exorbitant due to the high in-season demand. The social issues of large in-flux of tourists in one season are diverse. The lo-cal people face difficulty in movement due to the congestion on the roads. All roads face extreme congestion and traffic management is also be-comes a daunting task. The prices of many of the services and goods shoot up. Road accidents rise sharply. The suppliers; including restaurants, shops and others, face crowding. Littering and waste disposal becomes a menace. Environmen-tal concerns are also there.

If tourism has to progress further, it is high time to diversify tourism in Salalah so that tourist arrivals will spread to other seasons as well. The new airport which is being constructed, will give a fillip to tourism. Identifying more attractions is essential. The niche tourism or special inter-est tourism (SIT) can be promoted well in Sala-lah. For instance, with Al Baleed, Khor Rori, and Shisr, the archaeological sites of Salalah can be brought out as a special interest tourism package to be promoted internationally.

Fishing tourism, golf tourism, health tourism, mountaineering, adventure tourism, desert tour-ism, etc. can be promoted further. The climate of Salalah is good for a nature park, wildlife park, theme park, etc. Some artificial attractions that match with the natural and cultural heritage of the region can also be developed. Furthermore, Salalah tourism also needs to be branded for other attractions after ensuring diversified attractions in place, in addition to the greenery and Khareef. Cultural centres depicting the unique cultural heritage of Dhofar, with regular art performanc-es will be ideal for tourism growth. Indigenous products have to be mobilized and local entrepre-neurship needs to strengthen further to bring in real economic benefit for the society. - The author is Assistant Professor, Salalah College of Applied Sciences, MOHE. All the views and opinions ex-pressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not reflect those of Times of Oman

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MOSCOW: Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it had proof that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his family were benefiting from the illegal smuggling of oil from IS-held ter-ritory in Syria and Iraq.

Moscow and Ankara have been locked in a war of words since last week when a Turkish air force jet

shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian-Turkish border, the most serious incident be-tween Russia and a Nato state in half a century.

Erdogan responded by saying no one had the right to ‘slander’ Turkey by accusing it of buying oil from IS, and that he would stand down if such allegations were proven to be true. But speaking during a visit to Qatar, he also said he did not want relations with Moscow to worsen further.

Allegation deniedAt a briefing in Moscow, Defence Ministry officials displayed sat-ellite images which they said showed columns of tanker trucks loading with oil at installations controlled by IS in Syria and Iraq, and then crossing the border into neighbouring Turkey.

The officials did not specify what direct evidence they had of the involvement of Erdogan and

his family, an allegation that the Turkish president has vehement-ly denied.

“Turkey is the main consumer of the oil stolen from its right-ful owners, Syria and Iraq. Ac-cording to information we’ve received, the senior political leadership of the country - Presi-dent Erdogan and his family - are involved in this criminal busi-ness,” said Deputy Defence Min-ister Anatoly Antonov.

“Maybe I’m being too blunt, but one can only entrust control over this thieving business to one’s closest associates.”

“The cynicism of the Turkish leadership knows no limits. Look what they’re doing. They went into someone else’s country, they are robbing it without compunc-tion,” Antonov said.

Erdogan last week denied that Turkey procures oil from anything other than legitimate sources. - Reuters

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President and

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Thai PM ordersaviation safety improvement

BANGKOK: Thai Prime Min-ister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Wednesday ordered officials to improve aviation safety stand-ards after the United States Federal Aviation Administra-tion (FAA) downgraded Thai-land’s safety ratings.

Shares in Thai airlines fell after the FAA said Thailand had failed to tackle shortcomings found in an audit this year in commercial aviation standards. The lower safety rating blocks the airlines from launching or expanding in the United States and may tarnish the image of the country’s thriving tourist sector.

“I have ordered them to re-solve the issue,” Prayuth told reporters, referring to industry officials. The FAA cut Thai-land’s Department of Civil Avi-ation (DCA) to category 2 from 1 for failing to comply with FAA standards.

It did not give details of the failures but said the rating meant the DCA was “deficient in one or more areas, such as technical expertise, trained personnel, record-keeping or inspection procedures”.

The DCA will boost its work-force as part of measures to raise performance and match international standards, the transport ministry said in a statement. - Reuters

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Suu Kyi holds talks with top generalNAYPYITAW: Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi held direct talks with Myanmar’s top general for the first time on Wednesday as her party prepares to form the govern-ment in a country where the mili-tary retains considerable clout af-ter decades of rule.

Earlier in the day, the Nobel lau-reate also held talks with reform-ist President Thein Sein to dis-cuss the transfer of power to her

National League for Democracy (NLD), which swept a Novem-ber 8 election. But the support of the military will be crucial for the NLD to govern smoothly.

Suu Kyi and armed forces su-premo Min Aung Hlaing talked for over an hour at the military chief’s office in the capital Naypyitaw. No aides were present. Sitting in his car before driving away, the general smiled and said: “We had very nice

talks”. It was a meeting rich with symbolism - for over two decades, the military persecuted Suu Kyi and the NLD after ignoring a 1990 election victory won by the party. The two sides must now work to-gether - the NLD will form the gov-ernment but the military runs the interior, defence and border affairs ministries under a constitution drafted before the end of its half-century rule in 2010. - Reuters

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All eyes on Kotla track as India eye biggest series win

NEW DELHI: The 22-yard strip at Feroz Shah Kotla will be the cynosure of all eyes as a buoyant India eye their biggest series win against South Africa when they square off in the final cricket Test of the four-match rubber starting here on Thursday.

Having taken an unassailable 2-0 lead, India will be looking for another facile victory against the Proteas, which will propel them to the second position in the ICC Test rankings.

However, with the Jamtha pitch at BCCI president Shashank Manohar’s hometown Nagpur in-curring the wrath of ICC match referee Jeff Crowe, who rated it as sub-standard, the focus will be firmly on the pitch at the national capital.

Team Director Ravi Shastri and skipper Virat Kohli might have shrugged off queries about pitches

prepared for the preceding Tests in Nagpur, Bangalore and Mohali, but they will have to live with it for the next five days.

While the Feroz Shah Kotla track is not expected to be a rank turner, the primary character of the pitch has been of low and slow nature, which is unlikely to change.

India’s spin troika have so far accounted for 47 out of the 50 South African wickets in the five completed innings across three Tests.

Of them, Ravichandran Ash-win emerged as the leader of the pack with 24 victims to his credit, while Ravindra Jadeja has made an impressive comeback with 16 scalps. Leg-spinner Amit Mishra has only seven wickets to his credit, but his victims have been critical in the context of the twin victories.

Mishra pointed out that the Indian spinners did not get a lot of accolades for their efforts and rewards on a track that has now

been officially documented as under-prepared with some of the deliveries turning square from the first session.

One of the wickets that caught the eye was the manner in which right-handed batsman Simon Harmer was bowled with the de-livery landing well outside the leg-stump and going onto hit the top of off-stump.

But that sort of thing is unlike-ly to happen at the Kotla, where the spinners will need more patience as the turn will be slower.

For a change, Jadeja could prove to be a tad more effective on this track with his immaculate line

and length bowling just like Delhi found a potent weapon in left-arm orthodox spinner Manan Sharma, who took 21 wickets from four Ranji matches at this ground.

If India’s bowlers have won them the series, the form of the batsmen have been a major cause for concern.

Murali Vijay, with 195 runs, is head and shoulders above the rest of the pack in terms of runs scored as well as quality of batsmanship.

With 160 runs, Cheteshwar Pujara comes a close second.

Unbelievable it may sound but only two batsmen — Vijay and Pu-jara — have scored half-centuries in

the four completed innings so far.Even more baffling is that none

of the other top-order batsmen have been able to accumulate 100 runs in the series. It is well-known that the Indians are acclaimed for their technique against the turn-ing deliveries.

It’s not always that a winning combination is tinkered with but Kohli made an exception during the series. Even after the Mohali victory, Amit Mishra had to make way for Stuart Binny in Bengaluru.

And in Nagpur, it was Rohit Sharma, the extra batsman who was drafted in place of Binny, while Mishra replaced Varun Aaron.

Kotla has always had some-thing for the seamers during the first hour of every December morning.

Ishant Sharma likes these con-ditions but one will have to wait to find out whether Binny or Aaron make a comeback in the playing XI or they persist with Rohit, who looked good during his brief knock of 23 in the second innings.

For the South Africans, Dale Steyn’s availability is still under cloud and Morne Morkel could again shoulder the burden of lead-ing the inexperienced attack.

The visitors predictably have AB de Villiers at the top of the run scorers’ list with 173 runs to his credit.

No marks for guessing that he is the only batsman who has scored both the half-centuries for his side.

The side will take some con-fidence from the dogged partner-ship in the last game between Faf du Plessis and skipper Hashim Amla, who has been out of sorts during this tour. - PTI

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MAKING A POINT: India’s captain Virat Kohli gestures as he speaks during the training session. – AFP

Nothing written when teams get all out under 50 in South Africa: KohliNEW DELHI: India’s Test captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday took a dig at the ICC, which rated the Nagpur track as “poor”, and wondered why nothing is written when teams get out for under 50-100 runs on South African pitches. India won the series with a crushing 124-run win at Nagpur, a match that ended in two and half days, prompting ICC match referee Jeff Crowe to file a report terming the pitch as not suitable for in-ternational cricket. BCCI has been asked to reply within 14 days. Kohli came down heavily on the media reports on pitch-es. “Well, there have been three scores of under 50 runs (in an innings) in South Africa but I haven’t seen any sort of articles on that. Teams have been bundled out under 100 for about six times in South Africa. Never saw any articles written on that. See articles are there to be written. It’s a mindset or an opin-ion of someone. I don’t relate to it, I don’t understand it and I don’t entertain it. It doesn’t bother me or the team,” Kohli shot back on media reports. “People can write their opinion on as and how they wish. We are doing best what we are suppose to do,” he added.

Injured Dale Steyn to miss final Test against IndiaNEW DELHI: South African speedster Dale Steyn will miss the fourth and final Test against India with a lingering groin injury that has limited his participation in the four-match series to a solitary contest in the series-opener in Mohali. With the series already lost and a home series against Eng-land looming, few expected the 32-year-old to return to the squad even as his team bid for a pride-salvaging victory at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium. “I can confirm that Dale Steyn is not going to be fit. Dale is not playing in this game,” visiting captain Hashim Amla said at the pre-match news conference on Wednesday. Currently the number one test bowler, Steyn will finish the series having bowled only 11 overs, during In-dia’s first innings at Mohali.

Australia’s Khawaja sets sights on Boxing Day TestMELBOURNE: Usman Khawaja is on track to recover from a hamstring injury in time for Australia’s traditional Boxing Day test in Melbourne, where they face West Indies in the sec-ond test, the batsman said on Wednesday. Recalled to the Test side for the first time in two years, Khawaja took his chance with both hands against New Zealand, scoring two centuries in the first two Tests before suffering the injury in the field during the Perth match. Khawaja’s spot was taken by Shaun Marsh for the third and final Test in Adelaide and he was omitted from the 12-man squad for the first test against West Indies in Hobart from December 10. “I should be training at full pace next week. It’s about getting work into my legs after that,” Queensland captain Khawaja told local media.

Ashwin, Shami only Indians in ICC Test, ODI team of yearDUBAI: Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and seamer Mohammed Shami were the only Indians to feature in the In-ternational Cricket Council (ICC) Test and One-Day Interna-tional (ODI) teams of the year 2015, respectively, announced here on Wednesday. Ashwin is the highest wicket-taker of 2015 with 55 scalps, ahead of England pacer Stuart Broad (51). The Tamil Nadu spinner, who had five scalps in the first innings, re-turned with figures of 7/66 in the second innings, to help hosts beat South Africa by 124 runs in the third Test. But he was been named the 12th man of the Test side. Shami has been included in the first 11 of the ODI team. English Test skipper Alastair Cook was named the captain of the Test side that also includes two other Englishmen in Stuart Broad and Joe Root. This is the fifth time since 2009 that Broad has been selected in the ICC Test team of the year, having previously been included in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2014. — Agencies

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NE United thump Pune, keep semis hope alive GUWAHATI: NorthEast United FC displayed some excep-tional performance on the field to thrash FC Pune City 3-2 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium here on Wednesday to keep their semifinal hopes alive in the second season of the Indian Su-per League.(ISL). Goals from Nicolas Velez (4th minute), Diomansy Kamara (18th) and Andre Bikey (43th) ensured the hosts got full points from the match, while goals by James Bai-ley (8th) and Adrian Mutu (86th) were not enough for the visi-tors to cross the line. With this win in their final league match of the season, the hosts jump to fourth in the points table with 20 points from 14 games, having won six, lost six and drawn two. But the side will hope that Pune City win their final game against Chennaiyin FC on December 5 for NorthEast to make it to the play-offs. If Chennaiyin (currently 19 points from 13 games) win, they will go through.

Not much left in Aussie pace stocks after Johnson retiresMELBOURNE: The retirement of Mitchell Johnson, cou-pled with the injury cloud hanging over Mitchell Starc, will force Australia to dig deep into their pace reserves during the home summer but ready-made left-arm replacements are in short supply. Australia head into next week’s series opener against West Indies without a left-arm paceman for the first time since August 2013, when they were beaten in the fourth test of the Ashes at Chester-le-Street. Finding the last time Australia won a test without a left-arm quick requires a scan back to April 2012, when they defeated West Indies on tour in Bridgetown with a pace attack featuring Ben Hilfenhaus, Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle. The variation brought to the table by Johnson, and more recently Starc, has been a key weapon in Australia’s arsenal but right-armers may have to shoulder the burden through to the end of the two-test tour of New Zealand in February.

Golf in India will explode if Anirban can win: Woods NASSAU: Lauding India’s presence in the world of golf, Ti-ger Woods today said that Anirban Lahiri can make the game “explode” in the Indian market by winning a medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Woods, who is playing host to Lahiri and 17 other top golfers in the Hero World Challenge through his Tiger Woods Foundation, said that the young Indian golfer has it in him to be successful in the Olympics, which will see golf being introduced for the first time since 1904. “Anirban, I am sure will be a part of the Olympics and he will be great and hopefully he wins. That will be an explosion for all of India,” Woods told Indian reporters in an interaction at the Albany Golf course here. The veteran golfer, who has been battling a back injury and has been out of action for over a year, believes that after the success of Jeev Milkha Singh and Arjun Atwal, Lahiri is the new flag bearer of Indian golf.

Netherlands beat Canada to enter last four stage of HWL RAIPUR: Defending champions the Netherlands shrugged off a determined Canada 2-0 to enter the semifinals of the Hero Hockey World League (HWL) Final at the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Stadium here on Wednesday.Canada made life extremely difficult for the European cham-pions, who eventually emerge victorious thanks to goals from Constantijn Jonker (25th minute) and Roel Bovendeert (56th). The Canadians had numerous chances of their own, but could not find a way past Netherlands goalkeeper Pirmin Blaak. The Netherlands will face the winner of quarterfinal meeting between Australia or Germany in the semifinals, while Canada will play in the 7-8 classification game. Mean-while the disappointing campaign fresh in inds, an inconsist-ent India will have to raise their game by leaps and bounds as a dangerous Great Britain await the hosts in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Hockey World League (HWL) here on Thursday. India are still searching for their first win in the tournament. Great Britain, on the other hand, topped Pool A. - Agencies

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Adiso football tourney kicks off today

A. SESHAGIRI [email protected]

MUSCAT: With Steaua Bucha-rest junior team from Romania as the star attraction, and with Seeb Club and two academies provid-ing the local flavour, Adiso Soccer Academy are all set to launch their ambitious International Junior Football Tournament at Al Amal Club on Thursday.

Adiso is organising the inaugu-

ral tournament, a three-day and four-team affair, with the main aim of providing exposure and much-needed match practice to the lo-cal talents as well as give them an opportunity to experience playing against big teams from outside.

“There is a lot of football talent in Oman. There is a lot of potential here and we think there is a need to guide and groom these talents in a proper way, especially at the junior level,” Adrian Tufar, head coach and General Manager Adiso Soc-cer Academy, said.

Speaking to Times Sport on the sidelines of a meeting of the par-ticipating delegations, Adrian Tu-far said: “Our aim has always been to promote Omani talent. Organ-ising this tournament is another step in that direction.”

“This is an attempt to build a bridge between Oman and Eu-rope, to pave the way for the teams to travel both ways and mutually benefit from each other’s experi-ences, both in football and cultur-ally as well,” Adrian, who founded the Adiso Soccer Academy back in 2012, added.

While thanking Steaua Bucha-

rest for accepting the invitation and travelling to the Sultanate, he said: “We are privileged to have the junior team of Steaua Bucha-rest here. We are also thankful to the Seeb Club and Mosaic Acad-emy for agreeing to participate in our tournament.”

“I am sure it will be a great learning experience for not only

our academy (Adiso) players but also the youngsters of other three teams,” he said.

While stressing that ‘this is just the beginning’, Adrian said: “As I have said we are delighted to have Steaua Bucharest, a team of great significance in the Romanian football history. But this is just the beginning.”

“We want to make it an annual affair and involve even more fa-mous teams from Europe as well as the neighbouring Gulf coun-tries.” he said.

Adrian also thanked main spon-sors Gatherings Oman for sup-porting the tournament.

But Adiso will surely need more sponsors if they have to realise their dream of hosting even bigger tournaments in the coming years.

Adrian, meanwhile, revealed that Masimo Pedrazzini, a vast-ly experienced Italian who had coaching stints in his native coun-try and also Romania as well as in the United Arab Emirates, will be the tournament director.

Masimo Pedrazzini, who had been involved with coaching set up of AC Milan youth teams, Monza and most recently Steaua Bucha-rest, said: “These kind of tourna-ments will be beneficial for the young players as they get to know different styles of football and how to adjust to different conditions.”

“These tournaments also help coaches and administrators to learn from each other... not just about football but also about the

different peoples and cultures, which will in turn help in better un-derstanding of the players,” he said.

Giving details of the tournament format, he said: “After consultations with the local team coaches as well as that of the visiting sides, we have decided to have 70-minute matches with water break after 20 minutes in each of the 35-minute sessions.”

“In order to give playing oppor-tunity to all the players at their disposal, the teams will be allowed to make as many substitutions as possible,” he informed.

The tournament will kick off with a match between Seeb and Steaua Bucharest at 6.00 pm on Thursday and that will be followed by a match between hosts Adiso Soccer Academy and Mosaic Academy at 8.00 p.m.

There will be four matches on Friday. In the morning session, Seeb taking on Adiso Soccer Acad-emy and Steaua Bucharest facing Mosaic Academy. In the evening, Adiso will play Steaua Bucharest and Mosaic clash with Seeb.

Saturday’s programme includes third play-off from at 5 p.m. and the final from 7.00 p.m.

Adiso academy is

hosting the junior

international

tournament with

the main aim of

providing exposure

to local talentsALL SET: Adiso International Football Tournament Director Masimo

Pedrazzini, centre, speaks as Adiso Soccer Academy officials

Adrian Tufar, left, and Shane Carroll look on during a meeting at

Hormuz Grand Hotel on Wednesday. – Times of Oman / JUN ESTRADA

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‘Limestone reserves offer opportunities’

ELHAM POURMOHAMMADI [email protected]

MUSCAT: Limestone industry in Oman has immense potential and there are plans to develop it fur-ther and target new export mar-kets, said a senior official.

There are huge reserves of limestone in Oman, with the best limestone being found in Salalah, Hussain Al Zubaidy, director of Exploration Department at the Public Authority for Mining, told the Times of Oman.

Used in many industriesLimestone can be used in many industries so there are plans to boost the sector and help develop different industries, Al Zubaidy said on the sidelines of the first Oman Minerals and Mining Exhi-

bition and Conference held at the Oman International Exhibition Centre on Wednesday.

Target markets Asked about the export mar-kets that Oman is targeting, the official said India is one of the target markets given the huge consumption of limestone in its growing steel industry.

Iran and Africa are other po-tential markets, he noted.

The potential of the limestone industry in Oman was also dis-cussed by a number of experts at the conference, who said the Sul-tanateis well-positioned to be a major player in this sector.

Dean Cunningham, chief ex-ecutive officer of Kunooz Oman Holding, spoke about the lime-stone industry in Oman from an investors’ perspective and said Oman is strategically positioned to serve India, which is poised for a high growth rate requiring ma-jor consumption of steel and ce-ment for infrastructure demand.

Developing the mining sector would have long-term benefits for the local economy, he said, adding that the Sultanate has many ad-vantages, including the fact that it is the epicentre of the Gulf Coop-eration Council (GCC) region and areas of significant gross domes-tic product (GDP) growth.

Oman has a ring side view of the highest growth areas on the plan-et, Cunningham noted.

Commenting on the impor-tance of limestone, he said it is a remarkable and versatile miner-al, with a long tradition of use in a wide variety of industries, such as farming and agriculture, ce-ment, sugar manufacture, paper, glass production, chemicals and high quality steel.

Luc Hance, group head of Ge-ology at Carmeuse Coordination Centre, said the lime market is evolving and Oman is an attrac-tive market. He also discussed the limestone and lime industry in Oman from producers’ per-spective.

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Assets of Islamic banks to touch $1trillion in 2015Times News Service

MUSCAT: Banking assets of Is-lamic commercial banks based in Qatar, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, the United Arab Emir-ates (UAE) and Turkey are set to exceed $801 billion in 2015 and will represent 80 per cent of the international Islamic banking as-sets, according to Ernst & Young’s World Islamic Banking Competi-tiveness Report 2016.

Globally, Islamic banking assets with commercial banks are set to exceed $920 billion in 2015.

“With the exception of Turkey and Indonesia, Islamic banking has gained market share in all markets, demonstrating the im-mense success and resilience of the industry. Twenty-two inter-national Islamic banks now have $1 billion or more in shareholder equity, making them better posi-tioned to lead the future regional-isation of the industry. In relative terms however, they are still only a third of the size of their larg-est traditional peers in the home markets, and also lag in terms of return on equity,” said Gordon Bennie, Mena Financial Services Leader, Ernst& Young.

Islamic banking continues to see strong growth with a com-pounded annual growth rate of 16 per cent. In 2014, the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) coun-tries added $91 billion in Sharia-compliant assets, representing a year-on-year growth of 18 per cent share, despite Turkey losing mar-ket share by 0.3 per cent nationally due to political pressure on one of

the leading Islamic banking insti-tutions in the country.

High-performance countriesSaudi Arabia continues to domi-

nate the share of the global Islamic banking market at 33 per cent and is the highest contributor to total global Islamic banking assets, fol-lowed by Malaysia at 15.5 per cent and the UAE at 15.4 per cent. Is-lamic banks in Bahrain have also been steadily gaining market share over traditional banks.

“Leading Islamic banks have done well to mainstream with a competitive, sizeable business in their home markets. The com-bined profit pool for Islamic banks across Turkey was estimated to be $10.8 billion in 2014, which is a notable milestone. However, the return on shareholder equity could be significantly enhanced, by at least 15 per cent to 20 per cent, and this need becomes more pressing in the context of the prevailing macro-economic environment,” noted Ashar Nazim, partner, Glob-al Islamic Banking Centre, Ernst & Young.

Two main areas are expected to drive future growth in Islamic banking: average growth in bank-ing sector assets and an increase in market share.

The total Islamic banking assets with commercial banks in Turkey are expected to reach $1.6 trillion by 2020 and the total industry profit pool of Turkey is expected to reach $27.8 billion.

In terms of banking market share, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bah-rain and Qatar are expected to be the major players by 2020.

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Oil prices resume fall as Opec members gather for meetingLONDON: Oil fell for the third time in four days as ministers from the Organisation of Petro-leum Exporting Countries (Opec) arrive in Vienna to discuss pro-duction policy.

Futures dropped as much as 0.9 per cent to stay below $42 a barrel in New York. Saudi Ara-bia will consider all issues at the Friday gathering and listen to the concerns of other group members, Oil Minister Ali Al Naimi said. US crude inventories probably declined for the first time in 10 weeks, a Bloomberg survey showed before Energy In-formation Administration data Wednesday.

Oil has slumped 37 per cent since Saudi Arabia led Opec’s decision in November last year to maintain output and defend market share against higher-cost shale producers. Iranian Oil Min-ister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh sent a letter to the group calling for a cut in excess supply, accord-

ing to Mehr news agency. Crude stockpiles in the US, the world’s biggest consumer, have risen to almost 120 million barrels above the five-year seasonal average level.

“There’s no evidence at this stage that members within Opec are moving toward a scenario that will see Saudi Arabia back away from its strategy,” Michael Mc-Carthy, a chief strategist at CMC Markets in Sydney, said by phone. “Until we see some sort of shift on the supply side of the equation, the improvement in sentiment around demand is not having much of an impact.”

Opec outputWest Texas Intermediate (WTI) for January delivery lost as much as 36 cents to $41.49 a bar-rel on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was at $41.53 at 3:45pm Singapore time. The con-tract gained 20 cents to $41.85 on Tuesday. Total volume was about

36 percent below the 100-day average. Prices decreased 11 per cent in November, the most in four months.

Brent for January settlement was down 21 cents at $44.23 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. It slid 0.4 per cent to $44.44 on Tuesday, closing lower for a fourth day. The European benchmark crude was at a premium of $2.70 to WTI.

Opec’s 12 members pumped above their collective production target of 30 million barrels a day the past 18 months, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Venezuela has called for a supply reduction while Libya has signaled plans to expand output ahead of the Vien-na summit, the group’s first min-isterial meeting since June. When asked if Saudi Arabia will stick to its strategy of defending against competing supplies, Al Naimi told reporters: “Who said we are keep-ing market share strategy? Did I ever say?” — Bloomberg News

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VITAL RESOURCE: Opec’s 12 members pumped above their collective production target of 30 mil-lion barrels a day in the past 18 months, data compiled by Bloomberg show. - Bloomberg file picture

Hussain Al Zubaidy.— Times of Oman picture

Slump in prices drive India’s gold importsNEW DELHI: Gold imports by India, the world’s second-biggest consumer, more than doubled in November as a slump in global prices to a five-year low stoked demand amid the peak festival and wedding seasons.

Overseas purchases last month climbed to 101 metric tonnes from 45 tonnes in October, two fi-

nance ministry officials said, ask-ing not to be identified citing gov-ernment rules. Imports dropped 22 per cent to 655 tonnes in the eight months through November from 841 tonnes a year earlier, they said.

Gold prices slid to a five-year low in November and are set for a third year of declines on expec-

tations the first US rate increase since 2006 will strengthen the dollar and reduce the appeal of the yellow metal. Demand usually peaks in the final quarter in India with gifting during festivals and culminates with the start of the wedding season in November.

Finance ministry spokesman D.S. Malik declined to comment

on imports. The Commerce Min-istry separately compiles and publishes gold data that differs from the finance ministry data.

Prices may drop below $900 an ounce in 2016 as higher US inter-est rates and Treasury yields pro-vide better avenues of investment, ABN Amro Bank said in a report on December 1. — Bloomberg News

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Eurozone inflation picks up as ECB prepares for actionMADRID: A pickup in euro-area inflation in November may prove too tame to stop Mario Draghi in his tracks.

All eyes are on the European Central Bank president this week as he prepares to ramp up stimulus to fuel price growth and nurture the economic recovery. Inflation in the 19-nation region accelerated to 0.2 per cent from 0.1 per cent in October, according to the median of 37 estimates in a Bloomberg survey. Eurostat will release the figures at 11am in Luxembourg.

The data, out one day before the Governing Council announces its policy decision, crown a series of reports from manufacturing to un-employment that have highlighted the slowly improving, though deli-

cate, state of the economy. With a slowdown in emerging markets weighing on the recovery and in-flation far short of the ECB’s man-date, Draghi has all but promised to cut interest rates and expand asset purchases.

“Regardless of the data, the ECB cannot afford to disappoint on Thursday,” said Marco Valli, chief euro-area economist at UniCredit SpA in Milan. “The stage has been set for Draghi to take action.”

While policy makers have stressed repeatedly that inflation is being damped by a drop in costs for energy and other commodi-ties that will fall out of the equa-tion at the end of the year, they now seem to be concerned that low price growth will become en-

trenched. Inflation hasn’t been in line with the ECB’s goal of just un-der 2 percent since early 2013, and forecasts in September signalled it wouldn’t return there until late 2017. Core inflation — which strips out volatile elements such as food and energy prices — remained un-changed at 1.1 per cent in Novem-ber, according to a separate survey.

Draghi set the scene for more stimulus in October and rein-forced his pledge in a November 20 speech, when he declared that officials “will do what we must to raise inflation as quickly as pos-sible,” using all available instru-ments within the mandate.

Among his options are a depos-it-rate cut from its current low of minus 0.2 per cent, changes to the

size or duration of the existing 1.1 trillion-euro ($1.2 trillion) asset-purchase programme, or new even measures.

In a Bloomberg survey pub-lished this week, all 53 participat-ing economists predicted the ECB will step up stimulus, with almost 80 per cent of them seeing an ex-tension of QE and more than 65 per cent anticipating Draghi will raise purchases from 60 billion eu-ros a month.

A deposit rate cut was forecast by more than three-quarters of respondents. Traders betting the euro will extend three months of losses against the dollar and de-cline toward parity last seen in 2002 may find support from ECB officials. — Bloomberg News

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China beats India in race for IMF reserve currency status

MUMBAI: China’s accession to the International Monetary Fund’s elite has left behind In-dia, whose cautious approach to liberalisation means the rupee is unlikely to be a viable candidate for reserve currency status for at least a decade.

China has campaigned hard for inclusion in the benchmark cur-rency basket, and the IMF’s an-

nouncement on Monday that the yuan had been added was recogni-tion of its global power status.

Beijing has introduced a flurry reforms to ensure the yuan was considered “freely usable” in IMF parlance, meaning widely used in international transactions and commonly traded.

India’s nationalist government also harbours ambitions to in-

crease the country’s clout on the international stage and to extend the reach of its currency, freeing up investment and trade.

After all, in 1980, India was an economy roughly the same size as China. Now China is more than four-and-a-half times larger.

But concerns over broader economic stability in India mean there is little appetite for “big

bang” currency reforms, even among top central bank officials who have argued for full convert-ibility over time, like governor Raghuram Rajan. That means In-dia could, by some estimates, be over a decade away from follow-ing China. “Our estimates suggest that India’s GDP will still only be around $6 trillion in 2027, i.e. still not as big as China today, and by then world GDP will be still larg-er,” said Charles Robertson, global chief economist at Renaissance Capital.

“So unless politics plays a role, we doubt India’s rupee will be a global reserve currency before 2030.”

No “big bang”Rajan, answering questions on the IMF’s yuan move, said on Tuesday that India was moving in the right direction.

“We are steadily moving to-wards being a much more open economy, while keeping some of the concerns about stabil-ity, making sure we have things broadly under control,” he said.

He detailed steps taken by the Reserve Bank of India towards a freer rupee: allowing companies to more easily raise rupee debt offshore, with “masala bonds”,

and allowing foreign investors to invest more in rupee debt on-shore, for example.

“All these (steps) are in the di-rection to broaden and open up a little more, but at the same time it is not a big bang, where we lose control,” he said. “It is a steady process.” By contrast, he ob-served that it was unclear wheth-er China would continue to open up at the current pace.

“Post getting in, pressure may not be as much as before going in,” he said in an interview with CNBC-TV18.

Since India began opening up its economy in 1991, it has gone from a largely non-convertible, pegged currency to a regime that is effectively a managed float, meaning there is a currency mar-ket, but the RBI intervenes to contain volatility.

Slow and steadyUnder Rajan, a former chief econ-omist at the IMF, the central bank has steadily acted to open up In-dian markets.

On Monday, it eased rules for offshore borrowing, allowing for-eign insurers, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds to lend to Indian corporates more easily, and for longer. — Reuters

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US set to fund transportation bill by selling reserve crude WASHINGTON: US transporta-tion bill will be partially funded by selling off some of the US emer-gency oil reserve, but less will be sold than originally planned af-ter negotiators in the Senate and House of Representatives reached a deal on Tuesday.

About 66 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petrole-um Reserve will be sold from 2023 to 2025 under the deal, instead of about 100 million barrels, the amount in the original bill passed by the Senate in July.

The legislation, which has bi-partisan support, is expected to reach the floor of each chamber by Friday, when a short-term funding measure runs out.

Once passed, it would then go to President Barack Obama’s desk to be signed.

The world’s largest supply of government-owned emergency oil, held in a series of salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana, currently holds 695 million barrels, well over the minimum required by inter-national agreements. In a budget deal reached in October between Republicans in Congress and Obama, the government will sell 58 million barrels from the SPR between 2018 and 2025. — Reuters

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Vale estimates disaster cost at $443mNEW YORK: Brazil’s Vale said November’s deadly mining disas-ter could cost it at least $443 mil-lion, but it was too early to put a price tag on what it expects to be a long clean-up from the pollution caused by the dam burst.

In a presentation on Tuesday preparing investors for a tough 2016, the world’s largest iron ore producer said it planned to cut capital investments to about $6

billion, down by about a third from 2015 plans.

Environmental recoveryChief Executive Officer Murilo Ferreira said environmental re-covery from the disaster on No-vember 5 at the Samarco joint venture co-owned with BHP Bil-liton would take time and a lot of help. “We acknowledge the seri-ousness of the moment and we are

committed to helping and already engaged in joint coordination,” he said at the company’s annual “Vale Day” event in New York.

The disaster, described by the government as Brazil’s worst-ever environmental disaster, killed at least 13 people and flooded thick mud across two states. Toxic ma-terials such as arsenic were found in river water days after the dam burst. — Reuters

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NEXT MOVE: Inflation in the 19-nation region accelerated to 0.2 per cent from 0.1 per cent in October. — Bloomberg file picture

HARD CAMPAIGN: A bank employee counts 100-yuan banknotes at a bank in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang province, on Decem-ber 1, 2015. - Reuters

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MARKETYahoo board to consider sale of core web business

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo’s board will consider a potential sale of the company’s main In-ternet businesses in a series of meetings starting on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

The board will discuss wheth-er to stick to its plan to spin off the company’s stake in Alibaba Group Holding, to find a buyer for Yahoo’s Web businesses, or both, the paper reported on Tues-day, without naming the people. Representatives for Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo declined to comment.

Chief Executive Officer Maris-sa Mayer had planned to com-plete the spin-off by January, and promised to update investors on

her strategy for the rest of the ail-ing Web portal. Mayer is facing re-newed pressure from activist in-vestor Starboard Value, which last month threatened a proxy fight if she doesn’t make drastic changes to her plans, including selling the main search and display advertis-ing businesses. In more than three years at the helm, Mayer has made little progress turning around the company, whose revenue is fore-cast to drop eight per cent in 2015. Yahoo shares have declined 33 per cent this year.

Most of the company’s value is tied to its stake in Chinese e-com-merce giant Alibaba. In a letter dated on November 19, Starboard estimated that Yahoo’s enterprise value is $31.2 billion. Excluding the Alibaba stake, cash holdings

and partial ownership of Yahoo Japan, Starboard valued Yahoo’s core business at about $2 billion.

Mayer’s effortsMayer has been adding services for smartphones and tablets, new tools for advertisers and media content in a bid to attract audi-ences and marketers. Yet Yahoo has lost advertising market share in key areas such as mobile, where rivals such as Facebook and Goog-le have gained ground. In October, Yahoo said it would update share-holders with a new strategic plan for the post-Alibaba era during its next earnings call, which is ex-pected in January.

She’s also lost several execu-tives in recent months, includ-ing Jacqueline Reses, Yahoo’s

chief development officer, who had shifted her focus this year to the Alibaba share sale. Rob Bar-rett, who led media strategy, also departed, Re/code reported last month, citing sources it didn’t name. Kathy Savitt, who had been Yahoo’s chief marketing officer, left earlier this year.

Web businesses’ valueYahoo’s core business could be worth about $1.9 billion, not in-cluding about $5.8 billion in cash expected at the end of 2016, along with some growth assumptions, Brian Wieser, an analyst with Pivotal Research Group, wrote on Tuesday in a note.

“Realising value is far from as-sured,” he said. “Yahoo’s core busi-ness is in seemingly permanent

decline.” The November letter from Starboard referred to “nu-merous conversations and meet-ings” held privately with Yahoo in the past year, and the activ-ists’ growing frustration with the company’s reluctance to adapt its plans as Yahoo’s shares — and Ali-baba’s — have declined.

Starboard doubled its stake in Yahoo in the third quarter, after earlier selling part of its holdings. The investor — one of the most prolific US activists — typically targets small- and mid-cap public companies it considers under-valued, pushing executives and directors for changes such as unit spin-offs and asset sales.

Spin-off plansYahoo is planning to complete the spin-off of its Alibaba stake, now worth more than $30 billion, by next month, Mayer said on the company’s third-quarter confer-ence call in October — later than a prior target of year’s end. She said the transaction would let Ya-hoo focus on markets where it can make an impact.

“I have very aggressive expecta-tions for Yahoo’s core business,” Mayer said on the call. “We have the right talent, the right strategy, and the right assets to drive long-term sustainable growth for our investors.”

The prospect of the US Inter-nal Revenue Service (IRS) taxing the Alibaba transaction also has weighed on the stock.

Even though the IRS declined to give Yahoo an advance ruling blessing the deal, Yahoo’s board authorised the spin-off in Septem-ber. — Bloomberg News

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Indonesia sells $3.5b of dollar bondsSINGAPORE: Indonesia raised $3.5 billion in its second sovereign dollar bond sale of 2015, preempt-ing a likely increase in US borrow-ing costs. The government sold $2.25 billion of 10-year notes at 4.8 per cent and $1.25 billion of 30-year securities at six per cent, Sce-naider Siahaan, a director at the Finance Ministry’s budget financ-ing and risk management office, said in a text message on Wednes-day. Bids totalled $8.1 billion, he said. The yields were higher than in the secondary market where dollar bonds due January 2025 yielded 4.56 per cent as of 8:09am in Jakarta and those due January 2045 yielded 5.69 per cent, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

Indonesian authorities said last month they were planning an-other dollar sale in 2015 to raise money for next year’s budget, and futures contracts show a 72 per cent chance the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates this month. The government will increase the share of foreign-currency debt to 30 per cent of total issuance in 2016 from 24 per cent this year to guard against potential increases in local-currency yields as the US raises rates, Robert Pakpahan, director-general at the budget fi-nancing office in Jakarta, said on November 12. “The sale is a well-timed move,” said Tim Condon, head of Asia research at ING Groep in Singapore. Indonesia “would have raised the yield if they had difficulty selling the bonds. Obvi-ously they got a lot of demand,” he said. The yields were lower than the indicative levels of five per cent and 6.125 per cent that came on Tuesday from a person familiar with the offer who asked not to be identified because he or she wasn’t authorised to speak publicly on the matter.

Building reservesIndonesia last sold dollar bonds in January, issuing $4 billion of 10- and 30-year notes at coupons of 4.125 per cent and 5.125 per cent, respectively. Proceeds from this week’s sale will bolster the central bank’s foreign-exchange reserves, which have fallen 10 per cent to $100.7 billion this year through October. “The country wants to pre-fund ahead of a potential Fed liftoff,” Avanti Save, a credit strat-egist at Barclays in Singapore, said on Tuesday. “Compared to global emerging-market peers, Indone-sia has stronger credit metrics and credit ratings are expected to re-main stable.”

Standard & Poor’s on Tuesday said it would retain its rating of BB+, the highest junk level, for In-donesia after the nation increased its global medium-term note pro-gram by $10 billion to $40 billion. The rating has a positive outlook, indicating the possibility of an up-grade over the next 12 months if the government achieves more re-forms such as allowing fuel prices to adjust more freely, S&P said in a statement. Moody’s Investors Ser-vice and Fitch Ratings assess In-donesia at the lowest investment grade. — Bloomberg News

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US manufacturing falls in NovemberWASHINGTON: Manufactur-ing in the United States contract-ed in November for the first time in three years as the sector buck-led under the weight of a strong dollar and deep spending cuts by energy firms, but robust automo-bile sales suggested the economy remained on solid ground.

Other data released on Tues-day showed a sturdy increase in construction spending in October, which should help offset the drag from manufacturing on fourth-quarter economic growth. With manufacturing accounting for only 12 per cent of the economy, analysts say it is unlikely the per-sistent weakness will deter the Federal Reserve from raising in-terest rates this month.

“Manufacturing is being pum-meled by the stronger dollar and the weakness of global demand, but the other 88 per cent of the economy continues to perform well. This won’t prevent the Fed from raising interest rates at the mid-December meeting,” said Steve Murphy, a US economist at

Capital Economics in Toronto.The Institute for Supply Man-

agement said its national factory index fell to 48.6 last month, the weakest reading since June 2009 when the recession ended, from 50.1 in October. While a reading below 50 indicates a contraction in manufacturing, the index re-

mains above 43.1, which is associ-ated with a recession.

Factory activity has also been undercut by business efforts to re-duce an excessive inventory build, which is putting pressure on new orders. The ISM said a gauge of new orders tumbled four percent-age points to 48.9 last month.

Inventories at manufacturers continued to shrink and their cus-tomers reported stocks of unsold goods were too high for a fourth consecutive month.

Ten out of 18 manufacturing industries, including apparel, ma-chinery, primary metals, electrical equipment, appliances and com-ponents and computer and elec-tronic products reported contrac-tion in November. Five industries reported growth.

Manufacturers cited dollar strength, slower Chinese and Eu-ropean growth and lower oil pric-es as headwinds. Recent data on business capital spending plans and factory output had offered hope that the worst of the sector’s woes were over.

But with auto sales and con-struction spending remaining robust early in the fourth quarter, economists still expect US gross domestic product to expand at around a two per cent annual pace, almost matching the third-quarter pace.

Though November auto sales

dipped to a seasonally adjusted annualised 18.19 million-unit pace from October’s brisk 18.24 million rate, according to Auto-data Corp, they kept the industry on track for record sales this year.

“The good news is that the much more important services sector continues to do very well, benefit-ing from solid domestic demand. In that environment, the Fed will begin to raise interest rates at the upcoming meeting,” said Harm Bandholz, chief US economist at UniCredit Research in New York.

Fed officials meet on December 15-16 and are expected to raise benchmark rates for the first time in nearly a decade.

Prices for US government debt rose, while the dollar fell against a basket of currencies. US stocks ended higher.

In a separate report the Com-merce Department said construc-tion spending increased 1.0 per cent to a seasonally adjusted $1.11 trillion rate, the highest since De-cember 2007, after rising 0.6 per cent in September. — Reuters

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Australia’s economy

picks up on exports

SYDNEY: Australia’s economy expanded at a faster pace than economists forecast in the three months through September, un-derscoring the central bank’s de-cision on Tuesday to keep inter-est rates steady. GDP advanced 0.9 per cent from the second quarter, when it rose a revised 0.3 per cent, government data showed on Wednesday. That compared with the median of 28 estimates for a 0.8 per cent gain.

The report spans a period when Australia’s currency dropped almost nine per cent in response to record-low interest rates as the central bank sought to spur investment outside the resources industry.

While mining investment con-tinued to fall, earlier spending by resources firms is boosting out-put that is reflected in surging export volumes of commodities like iron ore.

“Most of the rebound reflects volatility in commodity exports, which fell sharply in the second quarter as weather disrupted shipments and have rebounded,”

Kieran Davies, chief economist at Barclays and a former Treasury official, said before the release. “The RBA is also expecting a re-bound.”

Exports surgedThe local dollar was little changed and traded at 73.24 US cents at 11:44 a.m. in Sydney from 73.25 cents before the release.

Compared with a year earlier, the economy expanded 2.5 per cent in the third quarter, the re-port showed. The median fore-cast of economists was for a 2.4 per cent rise. Exports surged 4.6 per cent in the third quarter, adding one percentage point to GDP growth, the report showed. Household spending rose 0.7 per cent last quarter, adding 0.4 point to the expansion.

Reflecting the unwinding of re-source investment, non-dwelling construction fell 5.3 per cent, subtracting 0.4 per cent from GDP growth while machinery and equipment dropped 4.6 per cent, subtracting 0.2 per cent.

— Bloomberg News

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Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer . — Bloomberg file picture

Yahoo chief executive officer Mayer has been adding services for smartphones and tablets, new tools for advertisers and media content in a bid to attract audiences and marketers

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apparel, machinery, primary metals, electrical equipment, appli-

ances and components and computer and electronic products,

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ndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to help Indian businesses grow. One way to do that is to help some of them go bust. Efficient bankruptcy turns idle resources back to produc-tive use. Unfortunately, India, a thriv-ing market economy, has never had a unified bankruptcy law. Unwinding a failed business takes on average more

than twice as long as in the West; slow-moving courts are currently processing nearly 60,000 cases. And these delays al-low shadier owners to strip their compa-ny’s assets, which helps explain why credi-tors typically recover less than 26 cents on the dollar in India, compared with more than 80 cents in the US.

India’s aspirationsThis dysfunction deters many entrepre-neurs and investors from committing to new ventures. It hurts workers by offering them little incentive to invest in upgrad-ing their skills. And it stifles growth. By next March, stressed assets at state-owned banks, which account for 70 per cent of all lending in India, are expected to reach their highest level since 2001.

To avoid classifying even more loans as nonperforming, Indian banks often roll over debts indefinitely. This “evergreening” locks up unproductive capital in a capital- starved country. It also greatly diminishes banks’ appetite for new lending, which is why successive rate cuts have yet to pro-

duce a substantial boost in private invest-ment. Until this conundrum is solved, none of Modi’s other initiatives to revive growth can easily succeed. In any case, most of them are held up in parliament.

Modi’s attempts to bridge differences with the opposition Congress Party have so far failed to clear the way for a critical nationwide goods-and-services tax. By con-trast, the draft bankruptcy code now under consideration should be relatively uncon-troversial. Its key principles limit the period for deciding whether to restructure or close down a business to 180 days (with a 90-day extension available in rare circumstances); provide for professional outside manag-ers to run the company in the interim; and

mandate that 75 per cent of creditors must agree to any restructuring plan in order to stave off outright liquidation.

Getting a bankruptcy law passed might ease cooperation on other matters, includ-ing the GST. For the changes to be effective, of course, an entirely new infrastructure of tribunals, insolvency professionals and regulators would need to be established.

Rules would be needed to prevent end-less appeals. And before banks start ramp-ing up lending again and entrepreneurs gain the confidence to launch new compa-nies, the new system would have to dem-onstrate results.

Modi shouldn’t need any more incentive to get started. — David Shipley/Bloomberg News

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NATURAL CURE

WILL OMAN’S TRADITIONAL HERBAL MEDICINE BUSINESS

SURVIVE THE TIDE OF MODERN LIFE?

STORYSALEH AL SHAIBANY

LIFESTYLEB6 T H U R S DAY, D E C E M B E R 3, 2 0 1 5

MUSCAT TO BAHLATotal distance: 218 kmTime: 2 hours 30 minutes (approximately)

The 76-year-old Mo-hammed Al Saify sat inside his dark shop surrounded by many woven baskets that

contained bottles, frankincense, balms, dried leaves, and seeds. Be-hind him were old shelves staked by roots, rock salts, and tree barks, all are ingredients of folk remedies.

His companions were two el-derly friends who drank mint tea. Apart from them, Al Saify didn’t receive any customers the whole day. He finds it difficult to survive with his herbal medicine busi-ness, and is seriously contem-plating closing down his shop. Reasons: The old generation that supported his business was fast disappearing and young-sters have no interest of buying home grown medicines.

“I have been running this busi-ness for 32 years, but it has been very difficult for me in the last five years. The young generation has no interest to buy alternative medi-cines. For them, I sell as twigs and smelly leaves and they don’t believe in them. I am the only one in Bahla who sells herbal medicines. All other shops have closed down,” said Al Saify.

Not only his customers are a rarity, the historical town of Bahla has changed immensely in the last three decades since he established his shop. Old houses with wooden verandahs and teak doors that once lined up the streets are not there any-more. He got up and removed an

old framed photograph from the wall next to the shelf and handed it to me. The picture showed 14 houses that were razed down by a property developer to make way for a modern six-floor struc-ture. Behind the building was a neat line of modern villas that made up a brand new street owned by educated and well paid young couples. I crossed the road to the building and walked into a bank. I met 36-year-old manager Ali Al Bahlani with his young staff.

“We have now pharmacies all over the place. Why should we buy bitter medicines that you need to chew and hard to swallow. My parents still buy them but for me I would rather buy something that is reliable that offers a guarantee to make me feel better and not worse,” Al Bahlani said.

I walked out from the bank 10 minutes later to watch cus-tomers passing Al Saify’s herbal shop as if it never existed, to en-ter a pharmacy located just 100 metres away. But old Al Saify, though his business is on the wane, still has a few fans but from an unlikely quarter as I watched a group of tourists step-ping out from a bus. For the next 10 minutes, Al Saify was busy wrapping herbs for his Euro-pean customers and collecting cash with visible gratitude.

While the tourists were walk-ing around in the streets of Bahla, I caught up with one of them standing under the shadow

of the towering 2,000-year-old famous fort. What inspired him to buy Omani herbal cure?

“I like to try something differ-ent when I travel. Besides, I am great fan of eastern herbs. We don’t get them in the Scandina-vian countries. I don’t think they will do any harm to me because they have tested over the years in this country by generations of people,” said Hans Schiphol, a tourist from Sweden.

But what he missed out was that Omani young people had no faith in their local heritage hand-ed to them over the generations. Opposite the massive fort, was a handicraft shop owned by a 67- year-old Hamood Al Khanjari. He acknowledged how the youngsters snub home grown medicines. He was also disappointed of their lack of knowledge of herbs. He said the pedigree of the local medicines was unquestionable.

“For example, Habat Al Kamar is a great remedy for controlling blood pressure and so is Kurkum, which fights infection in your body. You don’t need expensive and harmful pills from the doctor. Habat Al Kamar is a combination of desert tree roots while Kurkum is a mixture of yellow powder ex-tracted from ginger, garlic and other spices. Both are cooked with food or boiled in water and taken orally,” Al Khanjari explained.

Though Bahla still retains its old charm, it lost the old power of heal-ing thanks to the indifference of the young people.

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Ceregem National Raak 24485633

Dr Harub’s Clinic 24563217

Elixir Health Centre 24565802

Emirates Medical Centre 24604540

1st Chiropractic Centre 24472274

Lifeline Hospital Salalah 23212340

International Medical

Centre LLC 24794501/2/3/4/5

Kims Oman Hospital 24760100

24 Hrs Emergency 24760123

Lama Polyclinic, Sohar 26751128

MBD 24799077

Al Khuwair 24478818

Magrabi Eye and

Ear Hospital 24568870

Muscat Private Hospital 24583600

Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment

Centre, Al Khuwair 24477666

Al-Hayat Polyclinc LLC 22004000

AIRLINE OFFICES

Muscat Airport Flight information

(24 hours) 24519456/24519223

Aeroflot 24704455

Air Arabia 24700828

Air France 24562153

Air India 24799801

Air New Zealand 24700732

Biman Bangladesh Airlines 24701128

British Airways 24568777

Cathay Pacific 24789818

Egypt Air 24794113

Emirates Air 24404400

Ethiopian Airlines 24660313

Gulf Air 80072424

Indian 24791914

Iran Air 24787423

Japan Airlines 24704455

Jazeera Airways 23294848

Jet Airways 24787248

Kenya Airways 24660300

KML Royal Dutch Airlines 24566737

Kuwait Airways 24701262

LOT Polish Airlines 24796387

Lufthansa 24796692

Malaysian Airlines 24560796

Middle East Airlines 24796680

Oman Air 24531111

Pakistan International

Airlines 24792471

Qatar Airways 24771900

Qantas 24559941

Royal Jordanian 24796693

Saudi Arabian Airlines 24789485

Singapore Airlines 24791233

Shaheen Air 24816565

SriLankan Airlines 24784545

Swiss International

Airlines 24796692

Thai Airways 24705934

LISTINGS

LONG DISTANCE BUS TIMINGS (OMAN NATIONAL TRANSPORT COMPANY SAOC) *SUBJECT TO CHANGE

FROM MUSCAT (RUWI)

Dept Destination Arrival Operatingtime time days

QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (ROUTE 36)

15:00 Quriyat 16:30 Daily

15:00 Sur 18:00 Daily

15:00 Jaalan 19:30 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

06:30 Sohar 08:50 Daily

06:30 Buraimi 11:00 Daily

08:00 Buraimi 14:30 Daily via Ibri


13:00 Buraimi 17:40 Daily

16.00 Sohar 18.35 Daily

16.00 Buraimi 20:20 Daily

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)

17:30 Sinaw 20:50 Daily

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

14:30 Nizwa 16:50 Daily

14:30 Yanqul 19:30 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)


08:00 Al Araqi 12:30 Daily

TO SUR (ROUTE 55)

07:30 Sur 12:00 Daily

14:30 Sur 18:45 Daily

TO FAHUD - YIBAL (ROUTE 62)

06:30 Fahud 10:30 Daily

06:30 Yibal 11:15 Daily

TO MARMUL-SALALAH (ROUTE 100)

07:00 Salalah 20:00 Daily

10:00 Marmul 20:30 Daily



TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)


SALALAH TO DUBAI (ROUTE 102)

15:00 Dubai 07:00 Daily

TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)



13:00 Sohar 15:30 Wed,Thur

13:00 Dubai 18:30 Wed,Thur



TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

07:00 Fujairah 11.45 Daily

07:00 Sharjah 13.30 Daily

07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily

TO MUSCAT (RUWI)

Dept Destination Arrival Operatingtime time days

FROM JAALAN-SUR-QURIYAT (ROUTE 36)

05:30 Sur 06:45 Daily

05:30 Quriyat 08:30 Daily

05:30 Ruwi 10:00 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)



13:30 Ruwi 20:20 Daily via Ibri





TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)


TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)



TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)



TO SUR (ROUTE 55)



TO YIBAL - FAHUD (ROUTE 62)

12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily


TO SALALAH -MARMUL (ROUTE 100)





TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)


DUBAI TO SALALAH (ROUTE 102)


TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)



13:00 Sohar 16:15 Thur-Fri

13:00 Ruwi 19:10 Thur-Fri



FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH/SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily

16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily

16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily

@SHATTI @RUWI

Bus 657 (Action | Crime | Thriller) (12+) Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dave Bautista, Gina CaranoTiming: 2:45, 9:30 PM

@PANORAMA MALL

Victor Frankenstein (Drama, Horror)(2D)(12+)Cast : Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica BrownTimings : 7:15 /11:45 pm

Pathemari (Drama) – Tamil – PGCast : Mammoty, Jewel Mary5.00, 7.15, 9.30 PM

Dhuhr 12.01pmAsr 3.04pmMaghrib 5.25pmIsha 6.40pm Fajr (Tomorrow) 5.13am

PRAYER TIMINGS

BAHJA CINEMAFilm information 24540856 / Advance Booking 24540855Website: www.albahjacinemaoman.com

In the Heart of the Sea (Action / Adventure) Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan3.30, 7.30, 9.45 & 11.55 p.m. CP No : 3031 (PG12)Krampus (Comedy / Fantasy / Horror)Cast: Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner4.00, 8.00 & 11.55 pm CP No: 3032 (12+)Bus 657 (Action / Crime / Thriller)Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Robert De Niro2.15, 6.00 & 10.00 pm CP No : 3033 (12+)The Keeping Room (Drama)Cast: Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld1.45 & 5.45 pm; CP No : 3033 (15+)Hunting the Phantom (Action / Adventure) Cast: Kristanna Loken, Armand Assante11.45 a.m; CP No : 3027 (12+)Creed (Sports / Drama)Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone 12.00 p.m; CP No : 3026 (15+)

STAR CINEMAFilm information 24791641 / 24786776Website: www.isurf.co.om

Pathemari (mal) (Rom/Drama) Cast : Mammootty, Jwel Mary & Srinivasn 3-00, 6-30 &9-30 Pm At Cinema Main Anarkali (Mal Rom/Drama) Cast: Prithviraj,Biju Menon & Priya Glor 3-30 & 9-30 Pm Cinema -2; Friday 6-45 Pm Cinema-3Amar Akbar Anthony (Mal) (Act/Drama) Cast: Prithviraj & Jaya Surya 3-45, 6-45 & 9-45 pm At Cinema-3 Friday: 3-45 & 9-45 Pm At Cinema-3 Inji Iduppazhagi (Tamil) (Only Thursday) 3-45, 6-45 & 9-45 At Cinema-4 Rajini Murugan (Tamil) ( From Friday ) Cast : Shiva Karthikeyan & Keerthi Suresh 3-30 & 9-30 Pm Cinema -3; 6-30 Pm Main Shankara Bharanam (Telugu) From Friday Cast : Nikhil Siddharth & Nanditha 3-45, 6-45 & 9-45 Pm Cinema-4 Programmes are subject to change

WEATHER

280

Maximum

210

Minimum

TEMPERATURE

40-80%RELATIVE HUMIDITY

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SHOPPERS’

PARADISEA peek into 5 famous traditional souqs in the GCC

AL DEIRA SOUQ, RIYADHSaudi ArabiaConsidered as the best souq in Saudi Arabia, Al Deira Souq sells traditional goods, includ-ing men’s dress, garments, and accessories. It also offers a range of silverware, antiques, old jewellery, in addition to Arab spices.

MANAMA SOUQBahrainThe famous Souq is located in the narrow streets of central Manama behind Bab Al Bah-rain (Gateway of Bahrain), a historical building with an arch marking the entrance to the Manama Souq. It is a place where ancient traditions meet modern lifestyle. You will find the same cheap electronics and bargain clothing to traditional spices to jewellery.

MUTTRAH SOUQOmanMuttrah Souq is one of the oldest markets in Oman, dat-ing back about two hundred years. Its antiquity has per-haps increased the extent of its beauty, magic, and allure. A trip to Oman will not be complete without a visit to the famed souq. The market starts at a gate facing the Sea of Oman and Muttrah Corniche, and ends with another gate in the city’s old quarters that usually receive the majority of visi-tors coming from other Omani towns and villages.

CENTRAL SOUQ, SHARJAH UAEOpened in 1979, Sharjah’s Cen-tral Souq or Blue Souq, houses more than 600 shops, offer-ing an eclectic mix of prod-ucts. Goods include jewellery, rugs, collectables, perfumes, cosmetics, antiques, and even cameras. The Central Souq is often considered to be one of the best places to buy oriental carpets in the Emirates. If you are tired of shopping, your next stop should be the souq’s cafés and the nearby Khalid Lagoon, in itself a popular attraction.

SOUQ WAQIFQatarSouq Waqif is a must-see mar-ketplace when you visit Qatar. Built on a traditional Bedouin marketplace site, the souq has been revamped recently to give it a more ‘authentic’ look. One can get best quality spices, fab-ric, traditional crafts, and all the perfumes of Arabia. The souq is just off the corniche, ad-jacent to Grand Hamad Street.

W W W.T I M E S O F O M A N . C O MSECTION

CONNECT H E D A I LY G U I D E

C

C4 VACANCY CARGO C6

T H U R S D AY, D E C E M B E R 3 , 2 0 1 5

RENT C2

*Tourist visa arranged

Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461

FOR RENT

Flat in Wadi Kabir, 3 BHK rent

280/- R.O. Contact: 99330810

An industrial land 1400SQM in

industrial Bausher (Muscat) in

front of Oman cement located on

the main road for further details.

Contact: 99719973 /95858928

2 Bed rooms flat with hall, 2

bathrooms in Darsait near Muscat

Municipality. Contact: 92584715/

24700120

1000 SQMTRS industrial land for

rent in Ghala suitable for

warehouse workshop etc.

Contact 24700120 /92584715

1 BHK available at Al Khoud in

Baskin Robbins building. RO 200/-

Contact: 97261418, 99478492,

98181649

One flats for rent 2 bedroom all

with bath al gubrah north near

indian school (hot pargur restau-

rant) Tel: 99766103

Flat for rent 3 bedrooms, kitchen &

bathroom in Wadi Kabir for 260/-

RO. Contact- 97771444

C2 T H U R S D AY, D E C E M B E R 3 , 2 0 1 5

DAILY GUIDE

1 Bed room in Al hail south R.O

130/- Monthly. Contact: 93993354

4 Bedroom Twin Villa for rent in

Al Hail South, easy access to

Sultan Qaboos Highway

Contact 98080822

Brand new 2 Bedroom apartment

with maid room for rent in Rimal

Bausher with private parking

Contact 98080822

One BHK with A/C and one large

room for rent in AL Khuwair near

Ibis hotel. Contact: 95724975

Rent one room, 1 toilet, big hall,

with air-condition Wadi Adai.

Contact: 99345137

One flats for rent 2 bedroom all

with bath al Ghobrah north near

Indian school (hot burger restau-

rant) tell 9976610

1BHK near medical Darsait

Muttrah house R.O 175/- & 2 BHK

R.O 220/-. Contact: 98748925

Excellent office 5 rooms Al Khu-

wair O.A. Bank building 850/-R.O.

Contact: 94232344

We have 3BHK villa fully furnished

in Ghobrah 18th November.

Contact: 93782735/99208033

We have open space offices in Ghala

new building.

Contact: 93329476/99208033

We have coffee shop for rent or sale

in Al Khuwair.

Contact: 93782735/99208033

We have 200sqm Basmat in

Al Khuwair. Contact: 93329476/

99208033

Villa for rent four spacious bath

attached bedroom private swim-

ming pool, Gymnasium (common)

with electrical equipment and free

maintenance secured compound

at Madinat Al Illam.

Contact: 98027975

One & two bed room apartments

available for rent, opposite the new

Panorama Mall at south Ghobrah

close to Muscat Grand Mall,

next to Diwan office.

Contact: 99833747

2BHK near Oman house behind

Khimji H.O R.O 200/-.

Contact: 95865686

We have 2 BHK flats in Ghobrah,

Ghala, Azaiba.

Contact: 93782735/99208033

Showroom for rent at Wadi Kabir

perfectly suitable for travels,

money exchange, Auto parts up

holster advertising materials.

Contact: 94143636

Room for rent near Al Dasar Ruwi.

Contact 99797645/ 92099367

Villa for rent 4 BHK, plus 1 sitting

room and 1 extra servant room at

18 November road behind

Oman Oil. Contact: 99373290/

24815012

1BHK new bldg with A/C curtains

near Khimji mart MBD.

Contact: 99061408 /99024039

1BHK flat near Hamriya hotel.

Contact: 96500860

Flats for rent in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 99376454

House for rent in AL Amerat oppo-

site office Justice, 3rooms, Majlis

, 4 toilets, living room ,food hall &

kitchen. Contact: 99252494

Room, kitchen & bath in north

Ghobrah include E/W & AC split

200/- R.O. Contact: 92811110

4 BHK villa for rent Al Khuwair

650/- O.R Contact: 94232344

Flat for rent at Wadi Al Kabir next

Al Hassan.co, 2 bedroom, 3 WS,

1 sitting room. Contact: 99210008

600 SQT commercial flat for rent

opposite Oman flourmill Darsait

more details. Contact: 91214849/

99364735

2 BHK Honda road Ruwi.

Contact: 99224748 /99332297

5 BHK villa at Mabela 7 for Rent.

Contact: 99428221/ 99269912

A Bedroom along with separate

bathroom available for rent for an

Executive Bachelor in Al Khuwair

(near Zawawi Mosque).

Contact 92138451

1BHK flat near Star Cinema 220/-.

Contact 99358589 /95570288

Studio in souk Al Khoud behind

of Al Ahali bank with 2 BR toilet+

kitchen in 2 floor 160RO.

Contact 99738881

Flats and shops for rent in Ruwi

Honda road Mumtaz area.

Contact: 97293708 /

92433127

Flat for Rent 1/2 BHK Flat at Mut-

trah, near Oman flour mills, 10 min.

from Corniche.Equipped with split

unit ACs, internet points, free-to-air

dish connection, CCTV monitored,

basement parking. Rent RO.250/350

per month. Contact: 99229263;

93221054; 95215289

Villa with 5 rooms, two sitting

rooms, 5 toilets and kitchen at

Al Hail North. Contact: 91130875

Single BHK flat available in

Honda road Ruwi.

Contact - 24833972/

24833974/99367448

1/2/3 BHK Flats & Showrooms at

AVAILABLE

FOR RENT100 Sq Mts Showroom

On Ground Floor at

Darvesh Building,

Near Royal Hospital.

Contact Person

Mr. Mudassir : 99314330

Mr. Sajeev : 98157340

We have fully furnished offices in

Ghala new building good price.

Contact: 93782735 / 99208033

We have office in Ghobrah main

road Prime location. Contact:

93782735/99208033

We have 2BHK flat in Ghala.

Contact: 93329476/99208033

2 BHK with spilt A/C in W.K behind

Sana fashion. Contact: 96708000

1 BHK with split A/C in Darsait

opposite Muscat Municipality.

Contact: 96708000

2 BHK with spilt /AC in MSQ oppo-

site AL Fair. Contact: 96708000

Beautiful villa directly on beach in

best location in Shatti Qurum 1800

OMR. Contact: 95887572

2 BHK in Al Meera MKT building in

Al Khuwair available. Rent RO420.

Contact 94047434

Sohar: 3BHK AND 4BHK FLATS, R.O 200 and R.O 215 respectively.

(New Building with CCTV camera

with Split A/C). Contact: 99881426 /

92123699

DAILY GUIDET H U R S D AY, D E C E M B E R 3 , 2 0 1 5 C3

FOR SALE

2 B/R Apartment Executive Fully

Furnished @ Al Khuwair 33

1 B/R Apartment Executive Fully

Furnished @ Al Khuwair 33

1 B/R Flat - Fully Furnished @

Salalah Near New Lulu.

2 B/R Flat - Fully Furnished

American standard @ Salalah.

5 B/R Villa - Fully Furnished @

Madinat Al Ilam, 5 B/R Villa -

Unfurnished @ Madinat Al Ilam

5 B/R Villa - Unfurnished @

Al Mawalah North Brand New

Please Contact: Atlas Real Estate

& Rent A Car LLC. 24834888,

99249069 / 92888376/

92888374

Email: [email protected]

For Rent Flats in Darsait -

94051789-97201688

For Rent Flats in Ghala Heights -

94051789-97201688

For Rent Fully Furnished

apartments in Boucher (35) -

94051789-97201688

For Rent Mini Furnished Apart-

ment in Qurum- 94051789-

97201688

Immediate sale of well running

pharmacy at prime location.

Contact- 99627621, 99516236

Building material and jotun paint

shop for sale at Ruwi and Ghala.

Contact: 99421228

Urgent shop sale in Wadi Kabir

Sanaya. Contact: 95949668

Porta cabin for sale. Contact:

99883502/95398929

We have complete office furniture

for sale very nice like new rare use.

Contact: 93782735 93329476

Fully equipped running café for sale

at Wadi Al Kabir.

Contact: 99636550

Coffee shop Mabela industrial area

for sale. Contact: 92253080

Beauty Salon for urgent sale in

Azaiba prime location behind

Al Fardan building. With sponsor and

1 staff and 1 ready visa clearance.

Call: 95318629 / 95169411

Ladies saloon with 2 staff for sale in

Mawalah. Contact 94197589

Sale house & office furniture & elec-

tronic items. Contact : 99834373/

96642500/22010080

For Sale Luxury Apartments in

Bousher (35) -Contact 95056808-

97201688

For sale Fully Furnished apartments

in Bousher (35) -

Contact- 95056808-97201688

A running restaurant for sale near

Oman oil petrol Pump Al Uqdah

(Barka). Contact: 99059013

Beauty parlor for sale Muttrah.

Contact: 93142676

For sale villas in Al Khoud -

95056808-97201688

For Rent Flats in Wadi Kabir -

94051789-97201688

For Rent flats in Muttrah-

Contact – 94051789-97201688

Offices for Rent Gala-

Contact –94051789-97201688

For Rent Duplex villa in Qurum

29- 94051789-97201688

For Rent offices in Qurum op-

posite city center- 94051789-

97201688

For Rent Offices & Showrooms in

Al Khoud- 94051789-97201688

For Rent Flats in Mawalah

south-94051789-97201688

For Rent brand new villas in

Al Ansab- Contact 94051789-

97201688

For Rent Offices & Showrooms

in Muttrah -Contact - 94051789-

97201688

2 BHK flat available for rent in

Darsait. Contact: 99357586

GENERAL ELECTRONICS SERVICES LLC

CONTACT: 99627299 / 93327841

BRING HOME - LIVE MUSIC & CINEMA

HOME THEATER&

KARAOKE

ACC. AVAILABLE

Furnished sharing accommodation

in ruwi near O.K. Center for non-cook-

ing indian bachelor. Gsm 9880-5474

Full furnished 1BHK flat at OMR

260/- available for 4 months.

Contact: 92148699 location Ghala

Furnished room for non – cooking

bachelor near Softy ice cream Ruwi.

Contact: 93120054/91107383

1 Bedroom with attached Bath, fully

furnished, separate entrance at

Mabela for ladies only. #99634841

Furnished rooms attached bath for

Indian bachelor in Al Falaj

Ruwi & lady in Wadi Kabir.

Contact 96202458 /96761960

1BHK fully furnished spacious for

rent CBD, ideal for family or two

bachelors easy access to Main road

near Sheraton hotel with all

electronics & furniture.

Contact: 96444400 /5pm -10pm

Single bid room with attached bath,

separate entrance, Honda road near

NBO for ex bachelors.# 91410434

Big room available near Hamriya R/A

for Muslim couple / small family / Ex-

ecutive bachelor rent 150/- per month

including W+ E. Contact : 99495131

1 Bedroom with bathroom available

for rent. Only Indian female.

Contact - 92394614

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, sitting

room, Kitchen & store including

utilities bills at Al hail. # 92817777

Large room with separate bathroom,

sharing available in Al Khuwair.

Contact - 95250161

Single room bathroom in Darsait R.O

140/-. Contact: 93289652

Room with bath for executive

bachelor near A/C flat, hotel.

Contact: 99643845

ACC. WANTED

Sharing Accommodation Required

for Non cooking Executive Lady in

Darsait /Ruwi/Wadikabir.

Contact 99360615

SHARED OFFICE SPACE

FOR RENTAVAILABLE SHARED FULLY

FURNISHED OFFICE SPACE

FOR RENT WITH SEPARATE

ENTRANCE

PRIME LOCATION

IN AZAIBA.

TOTAL AREA 201sq.m.

FOR FUTHER DETAILS

PLEASE CONTACT ON

95621492/96554579

MV SALEMAZDA 626, 2001, VGC, full

service history, expat single user

RO 1100, Contact: 99296768/

93033072

FOR SALE or rent Tata Dawoo

Truck 12 ton 2014 Model.

Contact: 92719681

Chaverlet Epica 2004 model

RO -700, for sale.

Contact 92194205

Cat – D8K, Model 1985, Scania wa-

ter tanker, model 1993, Mitsubishi

bus s28 seat, Model 2003, Hamm

roller, model 2003.

Contact: 99207592 & 99882570

BMW 318/ 2003 for sale.

Contact 96364990

Ford focus, automatic, 2010

model, silver colour, expat driven,

58000 kms, dealer serviced, regis-

tration till sep 2016, price ro 2750.

Contact- 93207590

NRI

Plot, propeties for sale in prime

location in pune

95272138,(+918390982975)

Available on rent 2 Bedroom fur-

nished flat in Koregaon Park, Pune

and Maharashtra, India.

Contact 99374187.

Luxurious villas in a Gated community with all the modern facili�es at

Vakathanam By-Pass (MC road-NH 220)Web: www.royalcastles.inemail: [email protected]

+968 92855909, +91 9961 11 9988

royal castles vakathanam, kottayam

AVAILABLE

AVAILABLE

Party & Wedding equipment rentals.

Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirt-

ing, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery,

Crockery, Glassware, Chafing Dishes,

Ice Sculptures, to Large Sound

Systems and spectacular lighting.

Call Andrea 9606 2222 for Catering

and Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound &

Light. ww.tunesoman.com,

E-mail: [email protected]

New flats for rent Darsait Al Sahel.

Contact: 99311525 / 92533356

ACC. AVAILABLE

Single room for expat Indian bach-

elors near Al Aktham restaurant

Al khuwair for RO 120. Water and

electricity included.

Contact : 98803261Available office space in Prime

location on 18th November Street,

Azaiba Kindly.

Contact: 99288664

MATRIMONIAL

MATRIMONIAL

27 years Kerala boy, Hindu Ezhava

(Atham) diploma holder working

in Oman seeking suitable alliance.

Contact: 95606132

Ezhava divorcee, 37, 5.3”,

pharmacist in Muscat.

Contact - suryakv2010@gmail.

com,+919961176066

Indian male christian 40yrs.

working in muscat.looking for life

partner.divorced or single.

Contact :91429811

Ayurvedic treatment for joint

pain, backache, paralysis, massage

steambath, obesity, Spondylitis,

Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic,

18 November Street Azaiba.

Contact: 99639695 / 98342990

FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to know

more about Islam, please call:

99425598, 99250777, 99353988,

99253818, 99341395, and

99379133. For ladies: 99415818,

99321360, 99730723

Orvisit:www.islamfact.com

Ayurvedic treatment for backache,

paralysis, arthritis etc & massage,

All Season (Vaidyaratnam).

Contact 24475280 / 95371664 /

92504980 www.siddhayur.com

GOOD NEWS

FOR LADIES

Home service for ladies only facial, waxing, body massage, (if you

not waxing menicure pedicure) only

20 Riyal, Contact 9243 0239

Keralite R.C. Boy, 30yrs, 161cm,

MBA (Finance) Working in

Oman seeking suitable alliance.

Contact: 92290247 / 97302978

35 Christian male, LLB, working as

project executive divorce.

Contact: 97413778

DAILY GUIDEC4 T H U R S D AY, D E C E M B E R 3 , 2 0 1 5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT

SITUATION WANTEDSIT. WANTED

SITUATION WANT-SIT. WANTED

Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

DOMESTIC HELP

DESIGNER

LAWYER

ENGINEER

ENGINEER

DRIVER

MEDICAL

MEDICAL

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ARCHITECT /AUTOCAD

TECHNICIAN /MECH.

SALES / MARKETING

ADMIN

WANTEDCivil Engineer (Building Construction) 2 Nos

Qualification: BE in Civil Engineering

Electro Mechanical Engineer (Building Services)1 No.

Qualification: BE in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Send detailed resume to

[email protected]

MISCELLANEOUS

Interior Designer Experienced

knows 3D max Photoshop:

Contact 93837973

Architect (B. Arch) 5 years experience seeking job.

Contact 96146645


Senior HR , professional MBA ,

12 yr GCC experience at manage-

rial recruitment, administration

, policy formulator working with

a leading construction co (4000

plus employees) looking for a im-

mediate change over , NOC avail-

able. Contact: 94017306


10 years Gulf & 4 years Oman ex-

perience in HR / Admin & logistics

fluent in Arabic / English with D/L

looking for suitable position.

Contact 95824598

Male BBA graduate 5 years admin

HR document controller purchaser

account assistant (tally) experience

NOC. Contact: 97015178

Indian female graduate over 6

years experience admin operations

service looking for suitable job.

Contact: 94231020

Indian male - 25 years - MBA

(HR & marketing) with one year

experience on visit visa looking

preferably for suitable HR/ ADMIN

/ marketing jobs .contact : Mr.

Harish Ravindranathan / mail ID

: [email protected] /

90189964

Indian female, Masters in HR,

having 4 + years Oman experience

in media management and HR,

looking for openings in HR, Educa-

tion, Admin, Corporate communi-

cations. Contact 98252030

Indian male MBA- UK 18 yrs Gulf

exp in Administration/ HR & Pub-

lic relationship. Fluent in Arabic/

English with D/L. Looking for suit-

able position. Contact - 99897280

Indian Female, MBA-HR having

8+ experience in Administration/

HR, Customer Support, Office Coor-

dinator with good Computer skill,

Now on Visit Visa, looking for suit-

able position. Contact: 90196235

26 yrs male, MBA, 3+ years experi-

ence in Administration in MNC,

seeks suitable placement.

Contact 95041201


Urgently required for a reputed

company in Oman (Tyre, Battery &

Lubricant division) Sr. Executives/Executive-5 nos (Sohar, Nizwa &

Muscat), Techno Commercial Pro-fessional-5nos, Driver (Omani)-1no.

Required minimum 3-5 yrs experi-

ence in the same field with market

exposure holding valid Omani driv-

ing license or GCC. Kindly fwd your

CV’s to [email protected]

Contact: (+968)93891700

BEAUTY

Branded salon in Muscat requires a beautician with skills of: Mani-

cure, Pedicure, Nails techniques,

Massage, Facial and waxing.

Contact- 98500222

Need excellent cook & housekeep-er. Contact Whatsapp: 95887572

Small Omani family in Muscat

requires an educated House maid. Contact – 98500222

Full time living House maid required for an Indian female in

Al Ghobrah. Contact: 97084023

We are looking for Chief Finan-cial Officer, Male 40- 45 years old,

Bachelor of Science in Account-

ancy with 5 - 15 yrs. of experience.

Contact: +968 24702133


1. Service Administrator: A qualifi ed Electro/Automobile/Electric Diploma holder with

minimum 2 years’ experience on deskjobs such as preparing

quotation, supplier correspondence, warranty claims etc. Age between 25 – 30.

2. Accountant: A qualifi ed B.Com/M.Com/C.A. Inter accountant with minimum 4 years’

experience in accounting with banking knowledge.

Age between 25-30.

Attractive Salary and terms Off ered

VACANCY

Candidates with NOC or on visit visa can apply, please drop your CV at

[email protected]

SECT. /OFFICE

Personal Assistant, 5yrs experi-

ence in Oman or GCC. MBA or

equivalent. Part-time preferred.

Call 95364625.

F

Urgently require two caretakers for a build-

ing in capital area. Contact:

93888666/99228454/24493666

A reputed construction company in Muscat urgently requires the

following candidates (Omani Nationals only) Civil Engineer & P.R.O & light duty driver. Send C.V to [email protected]

or call 99344896

Instrumentation & controls Technician with 2-3 years experi-

ence preferably in water sector

and having valid driving license

Send CV to [email protected] or

call Ph:+968 99450811

Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in

commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in ac-

counts/ finance field. On visit visa.

Immediately available.

Contact – 92836216 /

[email protected]

CA Final (Group I), Indian Female,

Accountant, 5+ year’s exp, in A/

Cs, Audit, Tally, ERPs. Available

in Muscat & looking job in A/Cs.

Ph:94704800 email id:

[email protected]

Senior Accounts Admin Manager

B.com M.com 25 years experi-

ence accounts up to finalization

holding light duty license seeks

suitable placement.

Contact: 93064975

Accountant Bachelor of

commerce English, 2 years expe-

rience visit visa.

Contact: 98584398/ 95539923

Male Indian with 7 years experi-

ence in accounting & 6 years expe-

rience in sales and marketing very

good knowledge of tally currently

in Muscat on a visit visa.

Contact: 96148427


Indian lady, bachelor degree in

Preparatory Programme (BPP) and

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom),

completed training course in

MS Word, Excel, Power Point and

Outlook from KTI looking for full

time / part time job opportunity

in Oman.

Contact 92437568, 96795853,


Accountant with more than 30

years experience in construction

(experience in accounting/admin-

istration/HR/material manage-

ment) and with own car seeks

part time or full time assignment

preferably in construction either in

Oman or UAE. Contact 94674031

Accountant Indian female 23

years M.com graduate 2 and half

years of experience as accountant

in Indian, now on visit visa seeks

suitable placement.

Contact: 91358654


Indian female accountant 5

years of experience in account-

ing tally,sales coordination, and

admin, currently on visit visa

seeking suitable placement

Contact :95684179

12 years of Oman experienced

chief accountant looking for suit-

able position. Contact: 99513082

Accountant job wanted 8 years

experience, 5 years in India, 3

years in Oman knowledge of tally

ERP 9 NOC available.

Contact: 91162503

Indian male 9 years experienced in

storekeeper cum accountant with

D/L Oman & UAE. # 97085435


Indian male MBA finance 12

years experience in Muscat seek-

ing suitable position can join

immediately. Contact: 96055815


28/ male MBA – finance /B.com –

accountant with 4 years of Dubai

/ India experience looking for a

suitable placement.

Contact: 90187483 Email:

[email protected]

WASTE MANAGEMENT AND

WATER TREATMENT

SPECIALIST Looking for dynamic and talented

individuals to join our team in Oman for the position of

“waste management and water treatment specialist”

with at least 5 years experience in the relevant fi eld.

And one in-house specialist

[email protected]@oasismaritimeservices.com

Required locally available Indian

national light duty driver for

Omani House. Visa readily avail-

able. Contact: 99420752

Wanted heavy driver. Contact 91770195

Wanted driver. Contact 91025698

Civil Site Supervisor for telecom

tower projects across Oman. Send

CV to [email protected] or call

+968 9946 7227

Seeking a well experienced diploma Engineer (electrical) with

valid Oman driving license kindly.

Contact: 99288664

Engineering consultancy firm in

Sur looking for graduate Civil Engineers. Interested candidates

apply to babupj@ gmail.com

or call 99318205

Medical CARE Centre, Al Seeb,

requires General Practitioners and

Pharmacist, Please Mail CV-

[email protected]

or call 97884856.

Required General Physician, Gynecology, Lab Technician & Pharmacists. Contact: 95133572


ACCA affiliate, fresher, Indian

male, valid driving license, look-

ing for full time employment in

Accounting and Finance, also

open to other opportunities,

Contact +968 91291520,


Sr. Accountant ( CA- inter) Indian

male 31 years having 9 years

experience in finance & accounts

looking for suitable placement.

NOC available and valid Oman

D/L. Contact: 94108678 Email:

[email protected]

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, with

13yrs experience, 6 yrs Oman

in manufacturing, trading &

contracting Cos, capable of

handling all accounting, finance,

banking, L/C, import, export &

finalization seeks placement. NOC

Available. Call+968-98932752,

mail:[email protected]

Indain male Accountant, 8 years

experience 4 years In dubai,4 yrs

in Muscat. Additional knwoledge

in JDE and Tally.9, NOC available

ready to join immediately.

Contact: 95364896 /92912347


MEP Engineer with minimum five

years PDO / ministry experience.

Please send CV to

[email protected]

Contact: 99150203/91404425

Civil Engineer with minimum five

years, PDO Experience, earth work

and building construction (PDO

driving license preferred.

Please send CV to

[email protected]

Contact: 99150203/91404425

A group of well reputed Private Schools associated with Cambridge Programs in

Muscat – Sultanate of Oman Requires following teaching posts:

WELL QUALIFIED TEACHERS for IGCSE & CIP for (English, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, IT, lab assistant for Chemistry and

Physics) - MSc / BSc and M.Ed / B.Ed with (IELTs / TOFEL) and at least 3 years of teaching

experience with attested documents.Mail your CV at: [email protected]

Arab lawyer fluent in English with

five years experience for law firm.

Contact: 92424593

Lab Technician Wanted -

A Polytechnic in Sohar is looking

for a lab technician with or

without MOH license -

Contact 93828382 or

[email protected]

Wanted Staff Nurses (female) for

a polyclinic with or without MOH

license. Excellent salary & accom-

modation. Contact – 99006915 /

[email protected]

Wanted Canary clinic MBBS Doctor with 3 years experience

MOH license holder gets, Good

offer salary. Contact 94395199


Required for urgent appointment

with MOH license and valid NOC

against the following vacancy

in a polyclinic in Muladdah

(Musanah) radiologist cum sinologist, Gynecologist & obstetrician & pediatrician & Lab Technician. Contact: 99110254

Wanted a female staff Nurse with

MOH license to work in a poly-

clinic good salary offered.

Contact: 97121359/96493058

(2 to 4 pm)

REQUIRED

for a Contracting Co.

- Civil Engineer / Buildings

(with not less than 5 years experience).

- Mechanical Engineer Email:

[email protected]

REQUIRED for a Contracting Co.

Freelance

Civil Engineer / QS Required for preparation of

BAR BENDING

SCHEDULE for completed project of

approx. area 10,463 Sq. M,

GF only.

Contact – 97257060

A reputed Dairy Company in Oman is looking for following Vacancies.

Please forward your CV’s to

Van Salesman:

3 Year experience with NOC

Drivers – Omani National Only: 2 year experience with Valid

Omani D/L

Debt collector: Omani National with 4 years experience with Valid Omani D/L

A Leading Marble Manufacturing Company in Sultanate of Oman having a vacancy for the post of

Electrical Engineer Th e candidate must be an university qualifi ed engineer or a higher degree diploma holder with a minimum industry experience of 3 years. Fluent in written & spoken English, knowledge about power, CPU, inverters & electrical panels

isrequired.

Suitable candidates may submit their complete CV with certifi cates to:

[email protected] or [email protected] Or Fax –on: 24446049

Nationality – Indian or Philippines (better if available in Oman)

ACCOUNTANTA leading Company in

Oman looking for Accountant,

B.Com with min 3 -5 yrs of exp required.

Female preferred.

Please send your CV to : [email protected]

Wanted Business Development Exe/ Sr.Exe with customs clear-

ance & shipping exp. Contact:

91204131


MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

Media company need Graphic Designer Male - Female no need

experience, need to have experi-

ence on Graphic Design Programs.

[email protected]

Wanted Lab Technician with

MOH license for Ibra clinic.

Contact – 99373493/


Wanted GP Doctor with MOH

license, job location in muscat with

good salary and benifits. Drop ur cv

at [email protected].

Urgently required Philipina Nurse with MOH license at pro-

metric parsed. Contact: 99724013

Sales man / Interior Designer wanted for prestigious interior

design and office furniture Supply

Company. Experience and drivers

license needed excellent

remuneration package.


AutoCAD D/man Experienced.

Contact : 93837973

Urgently required cold room refrigeration Technician must

know up to commissioning gulf

experience preferred .Pls forward

CV to [email protected]

Contact: 97982623/ 95183616

Instrumentation & controls Technician with 2-3 years

experience preferably in water

sector and having valid driving

license call Ph:+968 99450811

Send CV to [email protected]

Accountant Indian 10 years experi-

ence in Oman, capable for handling

all accounting functions and fina-

lization good knowledge of tally

ERP9 NOC / release available with

immediately joining.

Contact: 94134085


Indian female, MBA HR & Finance,

having 1 year experience, seeking

suitable placement. Currently in

Oman. Contact: 96052366.


SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

CATERING

DRIVER

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN

Mechanical Engineer M.Tech 2

years experience as HVAC design

engineer rev IT M.E.P AutoCAD.


[email protected]

Chemical Engineer, valid Oman

driving license, Indian 2 years of

exp in industrial production,

seeking suitable placement

Contact: 91247222

Civil Engineer 6 yrs Exp in Oman

with license. Contact: 98975518

Civil Engineer B.E , 06 years expe-

rience in Oman having D/L

seeking for a suitable position .

Contact 95961336


Indian male, 29 years electrical

engineer, having 5+ years of ex-

perience in oil / gas and construc-

tion field (GCC) having valid GCC

license too, looking for a preferable

job. Contact: 00968-98052942


Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian

male 24 years with 1+years Indian

experience,(Certified in Staad

Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).

Looking for a Suitable position.

Available In Sultanate of Oman

(Muscat) on Visit Visa.

Contact: 92835952. E-mail:

[email protected]

Structural Draughtsman having

10 years experience in engineer-

ing consultancies N.O.C available.

Contact: 00968 97612846

Indian male diploma civil engineer

13 years of professional experience

in projects and operations, seeking

suitable placement NOC available.

Contact: 96328643/96234670

Civil Site Supervisor for telecom

tower projects across Oman. Send

CV to [email protected] or

call +968 9946 7227

Indian male 27yrs, mechanical

engineer (energy engineering

M.Tech & HVAC diploma) with

4 yrs experience on visit visa,

seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 98791735


Civil Engineer 8 years experience

in Oman as a project engineer for

governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912

7Yrs Exp. PM in Mech. Engg in the

field of Building Const. Oil & Gas

Seeking Job.94625598

Electrical Engineer, B-Tech, with

4 Yrs experience in India, 3 YEARS

IN MRF and one year in KSEB.

Available in Visit Visa looking for

suitable Placement as an Engineer.

Contact: 94741401

Email:[email protected].

B.E .Mechanical & Production, Indi-

an male with (QA / QC mechanical) 6

months exp as sales engineer, seek-

ing suitable placement on visit visa.

Contact: 94818333 / 99789512/


BSc Civil Engineer having 3 years

experience with Construction Com-

pany seeking suitable placement.

GSM-97409350.

GIS Certified Pipeline Engineer

with 3 years experience in diesel

power plants and heavy industry.

Contact: 93504812

Male, Electrical Engineer, ages 53

yrs, working since 8 years in Oman.

With a consultant, exp in draw-

ing / MAS work inspections, post

contract activities, with NOC & valid

Oman D/L, seeking suitable place-

ment. Contact: 968 96243401


B.E civil Engineer, 07 years expe-

rience in Oman having D/L, N.O.C

available looking for a

suitable position.

Contact 95961336/93523507


B.E Electrical Engg with 5 yrs exp

in Oman with D/L.


[email protected]

Hygiene Officer/QC, B.Tech Bio

tech. HACCP LVL. 2 &3.Experi-

enced in Food & water industry.

92940218

Experienced Light Duty Driver,

Fluent in English, Arabic Well

knowledge of Oman Areas Seeking

Suitable placement 97950869

2 years exp Light driver. Contact: 97132269

Light driver personal driving,

office boy, driver visa required 10

yrs exp N.O.C ready.

Contact: 96693290

Light duty driver looking for job.

Contact: 98356230

Looking for driving job.

Contact 98219182

Driver looking for job.

Contact 91354803

Light driver, looking for job.

Contact: 98372745/99090362

Light driver. Contact: 95084826

Looking for Job driving.

Contact: 97418036

Driving with car, looking for job.

Contact: 97095200

Driver with new car looking for

job.contact: 95873286

Heavy duty driver (Exp 3years)

seeking suitable job.

Contact: 91372623

Driver (light & heavy duty) valid

gulf /Indian) looking job.

Contact: 95175192

25 years male BA. English ,

Qualified as mast in digital

animation having 5 yrs ex in

character animation special-

ized Auto Desk mago and motion

building software knowledge,

seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 97917357

Professional architect 3ds max

(interior, exterior) looking for pri-

vate work. Contact: 96041201

Female 26, B.E in computer

science, having 4 years MNC

experience as software developer,

seeking suitable position in

Muscat. Contact: 96784320


Age 28 years experience 2years

& 8 month in IT accounting

technical skill, java, J.S.P tally

Peachtree M.S excel, SQL ,Working

java programmer India , account-

ant , Dubai ,Qualification MCA,

B.C.A mathematic visit visa.

Contact: 95673451

Indian male MC.A 2 years

experience in software knowledge

of Java ASP Net, network in techno

park Kerala. Contact: 99210940

Male 31 Years, IT 6 year’s online

marketing experience in India

seeks suitable placement.

Contact-91175265

Cooks (Arabic Indian)

gulf exp looking job.

Contact: 99531802

M.Tech Civil, certificate attested,

Indian, 18.8 year experience seeks

suitable position. Contact: 98327311


Civil Engineer 11 years experience

in construction, having driving

license & NOC. Contact: 94194399


B.E civil Engineer having 11 years

experience with NOC looking for

job. Contact: 95690780


Indian male 24, B.E. Civil Eng’g

with 2 years experience as Struc-

tural Engineer looking for suitable

job in Muscat. 97355352

Sri Lankan Engineer (27 Years old)

– B.Sc Engineering (Hon) Mining /

Geotechnical Presently in Muscat,

1.5 years experience.91295802 /

[email protected]

IT

Well experienced team available to provide feasibility reports & business solutions, product

development, risk management methods for startups, progressive,

defunct operations. Creating of ERP modules.

Contact - 93343251 E

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

MEDICAL

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian male 25 yrs of exp in

construction field Oman. Good

knowledge in same field worked as

foreman + 15 yrs of driving exp

looking for job, with visa.

Contact: 93718164

The Business Development Man-

ager, Iraqi, Experience 15 Years

Inside and outside Oman follow-

ing activities: construction(Very

strong and qualified to bringing

business for civil work Or any

type of the construction work for

many million per year with a good

experience in pricing and collect

payment and cash management of

the company & marketing projects

& investments& tenders & real

estate. Contact: - 92385033

MBA (marketing) with 17 years

experience in freight forwarding/

logistics industry in GCC & Oman.

Presently working as branch

manager in Muscat. Looking for a

suitable position. Release and NOC

available. Contact: 99856331

An experienced Sudanese female GP with MOH license looking for

job. Contact: 96436517 /97396088

Palestinian dentist looking for job

in Muscat privet hospitals , poly-

clinics or dental centers – 15 yrs

experience out Muscat at privet

hospitals or polyclinics.

Contact: 96951750

Male Nurse, Experienced, Pass

Prometric (Oman) 93837973

Indian female , M.com gradate ,

7 years of experience in Oman in

accounts administration , secre-

tarial and sales coordination with

valid Omani driving license,

looking for a suitable placement.

Gsm 95134495

Purchase Officer with 8 years exp

in Oman having D/L & NOC looking

for urgently placement.

Contact 96174564

email: [email protected]

Graduate, computer literate, expe-

rienced in sales, credit control,

accounts, omani d/l , seeks suit-

able placement. Gsm 9880-5474

24 years Indian female MSC -

Biotechnology 1 year exp.in clinical

microbiology, worked in icrisat

for project work as Trainee, looking

for suitable job. Contact: 92619048


Indian female, 26, M.sc biotech-

nology now in family visa seeks

suitable placement. Contact:

95210498/ 99850321/93093466

Omani national with bachelor in

management looking for suitable

placement please call: 91908052 or


EDUCATION

American female Master’s TESOL

12 yrs teaching exp. EFL Curricu-

lum Developer & Teacher Trainer.

Professional Development Specialist

& Educational Activity Coordinator.

Available February 1st 2016.


Contact: 99630244

Indian female M.SC B.Ed, 3 years

experience looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 94420033


HOSPITALITY

Dutch male qualified commer-

cial pilot (Faa-ME-IR certified) is

looking for job openings in middle

east. [email protected]

Sudanese female Electrical En-

gineer graduated with distinction

excellent knowledge and inter-

ested in protection.

Contact: 98133281

B.E Biomedical Engineer 5 years

experience in the subfield (hospital

/ company) looking for suitable

placement. Contact 92084807

Email: bonnygeorge1005@gmail.

com

Electrical Engineer Indian male

29 years, having 5 years of experi-

ence in industrial automation and

utility maintenance in India (MRF

Tyres) seeking suitable place-

ment. Contact: 92789995 Email:

[email protected]

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

12 years of experience in Oman;

marketing strategies & operations,

logistics, government tenders, public

relations & dealing with international

companies -4 years of experience

in UK, engineering CNC & industrial

areas, have dual nationality, fluent in

English & Arabic speaking and writ-

ing , (I can travel abroad easily with-

out visa, for finalizing business or any

other purpose). Contact: 94123939

Indian male, MBA 25 yrs. 1 year

experience in auditing and 10

month in sales. Currently on visit

visa seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 92054304

Indian male, 24, MB Marketing

and HR, I year experience. On

visit visa. Looking for suitable job.

Contact 94014073

10 yrs exp in Oman in logistics/

purchase-have Oman D/L-looking

for suitable placement-

contact 96410767


Indian male 25 age, MBA market-

ing (fresher) PGDM (HR) fluency in

English, Arabic, Hindi looking for

suitable job currently in Oman on

visit visa. Contact: 97127799


The Business Development Manager, Iraqi, Experience 15

Years Inside and outside Oman

following activities: tenders& real

estate& construction & marketing

projects& investments& trans-

portation & Marine services&

companies management& develop

business. Contact :- 92385033

Hospitality/Hotel/ Restaurants

Dynamic result oriented hospital-

ity professional with 20 years of

international exp. MBA in Hotel

Management, specializing in Hotel/

Restaurant start ups, concepts &

Franchise development with proven

records. Seeking for Challenging

positions in reputed groups as GM/

COO/CEO/Business Head. (NOC

available) Contact: 96059470

Mechanic Tractor Diesel Engines

& Hydraulic, 25 years Experience

in Multinational Companies.

Contact - 91685048

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

26 yrs Indian Male - fluent in Eng/

Arabic, qualified network technician

seeks job: 98675047 / 98138750

Indian male, having 15 yrs of exp

in site supervising, telephone line,

supervising with valid D/L, looking

for job. Contact: 93931162

8 years exp body fitter and electric

welder. Contact: 93015630

Mason, SH / carpenter, steel fitter

gulf & Indian exp looking job.

Contact: 95175192

Electrician, plumber (exp gulf / In-

dian) looking job. Contact 95175192

Sales Engineer 5 years experience

looking for a placement.

Contact: 91411043

Sales Manager having 12 years

experience M.B.A in sales & mar-

keting having valid GCC driving li-

cense seeking suitable placement,

NOC available. Contact: 98125226

Indian Male 32, MBA (Marketing &

Finance) with 10 years experience

in Marketing of Banking Products

& Insurance Industry. Seeking for a

Job in Oman.

Contact: 93576980, 97750460


Indian male MBA marketing 2

years Oman experience with valid

Oman driving license looking for

a suitable position NOC available.

Contact: 91202335


Marketing Executive/Merchan-

diser, Omani License, BA 8 years

Experience in Multinational

Groups. Contact 97601343

Indian male 23yr BA TTM(Travel

and Tourism Management)

with Advanced Diploma in

Supply Chain Logistics and

Shipping Management, exp in

Logistics(CHA) seeking in suit-

able placement. Currently on visit

visa (Oman) contact; 90291092

email:[email protected]

Indian male auto cad draughts-

man (civil) 8 years experience

.seeking for job in Dubai & Qatar.

Contact - 00968-99070584

(Mct):0091-9895061474 (India)


Indian Female Accountant 5

Years of Experience in Account-

ing Tally, Office coordination, And

Admin, Currently on Visit Visa

Seeking Suitable Placement.

Contact: 95684179

Indian male B.Eng. in IT, MCSA,

MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT support,

valid Omani D/L seeking suitable

placement in IT/Network/

Server support.

Contact 92607532

Indian male, 11 years exp. in

accounting, knowledge in tally

also. Looking for a part time job.

Contact. 98983122

Manager / Working Partner.

Indian M.Com with 20 years Dubai

experience in media advertising

industry, client service, marketing,

production, gifts trading, branding

with D/L. Contact -93031168

Indian male BE Electrical & elec-

tronics and pg in power systems

(transmission & distribution) on

visit, Seeking placement.

Contact – 94669679

Email [email protected]

Sales & Marketing executive MBA

with 3 years of experience looking

for suitable placement.

Contact: 91345727

Indian male 42, 20 years experi-

ence building material sales man

sales manager seeks suitable

placement NOC available.

Contact: 97457331

Indian homeopathic doctor, 34

years, 8 years experience in medi-

cal industry, seeking job as insur-

ance medical officer / heath care.

Contact: 92428547


TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

Muttrah to Bausher. Contact:

99022790/24712088

Transportation. Contact: 96538078

Transportation. Contact 99508282

Transportation. Contact:

95190627

RENT A CAR

Best Rates for Saloon. Tel: 99826300 / 97869042,

[email protected]

Transportation available Ruwi to Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909

Indian 32 years completed M.A.

English, having three years experi-

ence in teaching filed searching

for the suitable job.# 99869535


Accountant Indian male B.Com 15

years (8 years I Oman with valid

Oman driving license) experi-

ence in accounts up to finalization

NOC available. Contact: 94117616/

91238272

DAILY GUIDEC6 T H U R S D AY, D E C E M B E R 3 , 2 0 1 5

Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with

Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain

Marine Tours contact 98029602,

92808636

TOURS

SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

ABDULHAKIM AL BIMANI

TRADING & CONTRACTOR

Expert in Shipping cargo by sea & air

to Zanzibar, Pemba, Dar es Salam in

Tanzania, Burundi, Th e Philippines,

Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

Reasonable price.

Contact: 97440625/95416662Email: [email protected]

*Classified Advertisement space booking with text, should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication. * Subject to space availability

Classes for Spoken EnglishTOEFL / GRE / GMAT / SAT

Excellent Guidance and Coaching Satisfaction Guaranteed

IELTS PREPARATION Target Band 8.0

EAGLES INSTITUTE92325542 | 93657915 | 93657917 | Email: [email protected]


SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

SITUATION WANT-SERVICES

A/C maintenance, installation

spilt A.C and maintenance window

A/C and ducted and package the

reunites. Contact: Asad Abbas

98667326

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,

Contact 99314807/24792998

Cleaning Sofa shampoo

carpet shampoo house.

Contact: 92179395

Debt collection services your

money we collect value com-

mercial services. Fax: 00968-

24783669 Contact: 00968-

2479815 /00968- 24701422

/00968- 94665476 Email:

[email protected]

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile

polishing, pest control & anti-ter-

mite treatment, general cleaning

painting,Plumbing, Electrical,

shifting. Contact Mundhir

Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C.

Contact: 24810137, 99450130

Window & split unit A.C servicing &

repairing. Contact: 99557080

Split & window unit A.C servicing &

maintenance. Contact: 96236476

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of

your marble. Contact 24793614/

99314807

Window & split unit A.C ser-

vicing & maintenance. Contact

93769089 / 95323517

Split & window A/c servicing &

maintenance. Contact: 93769089 /

95323517

Cleaning & carpet shampooing, Ocean Center LLC.

Contact: 99884591

Pest control treatments. Ocean Center LLC.

Contact: 99344723

SITUATION WANT-ED

BUSINESS

Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont

Maintenance services electric,

plumbing and A/C.

Contact: 96524904 / 94285064

House shifting. Contact:

99657644/98518013

DRIVING

Learn driving with professional.

Contact: 94022250

FOR HIRE WITH OPERATORS1. Back Hoe Loaders (Shovels): 5 Nos2. 10 Tons Vibratory Roller Compactor: 1 No.3. 42 Mtrs. Concrete Pump Putzmeister: 1 No.4. 45 Cbm Tippers: 2 Nos5. 50 M height, 50 Boom tower cranes: 5 Nos.

Please contact – Mr. Ravi on 96529679Email – [email protected] / [email protected]

CLASSES

IELTS & TOEFL

Academic / General

Target Band 8

TQT Institute.

Ph # 24480800 / 99347202

Classes for bakery, cup cakes, icing

decorations. Contact: 96202458

/96761960

Karate and self defense classes

at Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per

month twice a week Monday and

Tuesday 6. 30 TO 7. 30. PM

CONTACT 98294551

COMPUTER

Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English

class for Malayalam Speakers in Azaiba and Ruwi

earn in two monthstion guaranteed

Tel: 95244310

WEBSITE

WEB, ERP and Business Intel-

ligence (BI) creation and manage-

ment at rock bottom price.

Contact: http//webviewoman

A/C Maintenance & servicing,

fridge, washing machine & dish

washer repairing, painting &

cleaning services, electrical &

plumbing. Contact: 99447257

/97014234 / 24504281

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. contact ABU QABAS-

99320217 /24788722

Water proofing ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

CHANGE OF NAME

I Stube Pearl Nirajini Jayakumar (holder of Indian passport No.

G 8908659) Daughter of Stube

Jeremiah Williams having perma-

nent residence in No. 66, 3rd main

road Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Vellore

632002 ( complete postal address

in India ) and presently residing

in Rustaq (complete postal in

Oman) intend to change my name

from Stube Pearl Niranjini

Jayakumar (old name) to

Pearl Niranjini ( new name) for all

practical purpose. Any objection

towards my name change may

please be communicated to

Embassy of India, Muscat,

diplomatic Quarters,

AL Khuwair, P. Box No, 1727

postal code 112, Ruwi,

Sultanate of Oman.

MANPOWER

LOST

Santhosh Kumar has lost Indian

Passport No. J 2317576. Finder

please handover to ROP

C8 T H U R S D AY, D E C E M B E R 3 , 2 0 1 5

DAILY GUIDE Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

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