Times of Oman - July 5, 2016

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July 5, 2016 29 Ramadan 1437 AH

TUESDAY

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RAMADAN PRAYER TIMINGS

Dhuhr 12.17pm

Asr 3.35pm

Maghrib 7.03pm

Isha 8.25pm Fajr (Tomorrow) 3.58am

IFTAR

7.03PM

FAJR

3.58AM

On the Occasion of 7th National Day, 1977

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN

We were determined that our young people should not only be educated but should receive Omani education in addition to being taught academic subjects they should be instructed in our Omani culture and learn to value and cherish our great historical heritage.

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

A2Iftar catering volunteers

REGIONBomber dies in blast near US consulate

2 A suicide bomber was killed and two other people wounded in a blast

near the US consulate in Saudi Arabia’s second biggest city of Jeddah early on Monday, state TV said, the first bombing in years to target foreigners in the kingdom. >A5

MARKET Oman’s economy ‘contracted’ last year

3Oman’s economy contracted in 2015 after five years of robust

growth, primarily on account of the marked drop in crude oil prices in the international market and partly due to the global slowdown, according to Central Bank of Oman. >B1

OMANOman condemns Baghdad attack

1Oman’s foreign ministry has condemned the suicidal attack at Al Karada in the

heart of the capital Baghdad resulting in the death of 165 people and injury to more than 225 others in one of the busiest shopping districts during the month of Ramadan. >A3

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

I quit over lack of urgency: Tawfiq

HASAN SHABAN AL [email protected]

MUSCAT: Tawfiq Al Lawati, the man tasked with advising the gov-ernment on finding urgent solu-tions to Oman’s oil crisis, has re-vealed why he walked away from the job.

Tawfiq headed up a Shura spe-cial committee assigned the task of addressing the economic crisis and its effect on people in an effort to come up with proposals to help.

His committee’s recommenda-tions were delayed on Thursday when the council broke mid-ses-sion and deferred the hearing un-til November.

“Deferring the meeting of a supposedly urgent committee to the next parliament session was not giving enough urgency to the crisis and that is why I decided to step down,” Tawfiq Al Lawati, head of the Shura’s special committee, said.

The committee had 12 recom-mendations to discuss, but while they were discussing the seventh, there was a controversy over pass-ing the entire report last Thursday or deferring it to the next calendar year for the parliament.

He said the recommendation was about cutting water and elec-tricity subsidies to all businesses

except for residential buildings for Omanis.

However, the proposal sug-gested that water and electricity subsidies should not be lifted for expatriates even in residential buildings.

The committee’s report empha-sised that attention should be paid to families with incomes of less than OMR600 a month.

“The report suggested with-drawing subsidy from everybody and give direct financial sub-sidy and support to families with OMR600 or less monthly income,” Al Lawati said.

Al Lawati said that experts agree that flat subsidies are an unfair method, as there are peo-ple who don’t need subsidies and the government should give the privilege only to those who “de-serve it”. >A2

Disillusioned over the delay in discussion on

proposals to minimise economic crisis and its

impact on people, Shura panel chief resigned

RAHUL [email protected]

MUSCAT: United Arab Emirates has once again opened its doors to tourists from Oman wanting to enter the country without an e-visa, with some saying that they have to pay OMR35 at the Oman-UAE border for a visa.

“Visa-on-arrival facility is now available and you have to pay 100 Dirhams (OMR10.4) more for it,” said a frequent traveller to Dubai.

Qamar Riaz, a resident of Oman who travelled to the UAE a few days ago, however, said that he had paid only OMR25 for the visa.

“I was given a visa-on-arrival but the authorities said that it would be the last time and that he will need to apply for an e-visa from the next time on,” he said.

Recently, new sign boards were installed at the Oman-UAE road border, informing that visa-on-arrival requests for residents of GCC will be processed electroni-

cally and that the manual process has been discontinued. “But I suppose they again opened up for Eid holidays,” tourists said.

Incidentally, UAE’s Ministry of Interior had announced on Sun-day that the e-visa will be applica-ble from July 15.

“Starting from July 15, UAE will start implementing e-visa services and the visa-on-arrival will be completely stopped at all airports for expats living in the GCC,” it said on its website. >A2

N E W R E G U L A T I O N S

Staff Reporter

MUSCAT: Oman needs to close-ly monitor developments in the United Kingdom post-Brexit as it is the Sultanate’s biggest foreign direct investor, the Central Bank of Oman has warned.

The UK currently accounts for 46 per cent of Oman’s Foreign Di-rect Investment (FDI) and may struggle in the coming years after voters there decided to leave the European Union, according to the central bank’s annual report.

“The British economy may register lower economic growth due to a dislocation of trade and business. Britain is one of the top-most investors in Oman and the

authorities have to closely moni-tor the development as it unfolds,” the CBO said in its report, issued on Monday.

UK market share is growing in Oman and currently worth around £4.5 billion annually. Ex-ports from the UK to Oman are up 10 per cent year-on-year, accord-ing to statistics for May, 2016.

Experts said that Oman, like any other country, needs to keep a watch on the situation.

“First we will have to see what impact Brexit will have on the European Union. Only then can we gauge the impact on the Sul-tanate economy,” Muscat-based financial analyst, Jose Chacko said.>A2

B I G G E S T F O R E I G N D I R E C T I N V E S T O R

EID GREETINGSThe Chairman and staff of Muscat Media Group extend their heartiest greetings

to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said on the advent of Eid Al Fitr.

HM pardons 156 prisoners

HM exchanges Eid-Al-Fitr greetings

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Supreme Commander, has issued a Royal pardon to a number of prison-ers convicted in different cases. They include 156 prisoners, in-cluding 51 foreign prisoners.

His Majesty the Sultan, the Supreme Commander’s Royal pardon coincides with the ad-vent of the blessed Eid-Al-Fitr 1437 AH and the July 23rd Blessed Renaissance Day, 2016 in consideration of families of those prisoners. -ONA

MUSCAT: With the advent of the Blessed Eid-Al-Fitr happy days, His Majesty Sultan Qa-boos bin Said has exchanged ca-bles of greetings with leaders of the Arab and Islamic countries.

In his cables, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sin-cere greetings along with his best wishes of good health, hap-piness and a long life to them and the people of their coun-tries further progress, welfare and prosperity, praying to Al-lah the Almighty for the return of this and similar occasions on all Muslims with blessings and wellbeing.

In their cables, the leaders ex-pressed their sincere greetings along with their best wishes to His Majesty, praying to Allah the Almighty to protect His Majes-ty, grant him good health, well-being and a long life to achieve further progress and prosper-ity for his loyal people under his wise leadership. They also prayed to Allah the Almighty for the return of this occasion on His Majesty, the Omani people, the Arab and Muslim Nations with welfare and wellbeing.

His Majesty exchanged ca-bles of greetings with the Custo-dian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), His Majesty King Ham-ad bin Issa Al Khalifa of Bah-rain and His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar. >A2

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W O R L D L E A D E R S

MORNING MINUTE

UAE restarts visa-on-arrival

Brexit needs to be monitored: CBO

rial monthly salary

drawee should be given

direct financial subsidy

and support to their

families, the Shura panel

had recommended

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Eid holidayThere will be no editions of Times of Oman on July 6, July 7 and July 9 on account of Eid Al Fitr holidays and also of Hi weekly magazine during the period.

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Ministry of Endow-ments and Religious Affairs (MERA) has called upon people to sight the moon on Tuesday which will mark the end of Rama-dan and the start of Eid-Al-Fitr. In case of seeing the moon, MERA has asked people to call the walis and judges’ offices: The num-bers are 24694400, 24644004, 24644015, 24644037, 24695551, 24692200.

M I N I S T R Y

Call to sight the moon

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OMAN Omanis are all set to celebrate Eid-Al-Fitr, and the Omani scene

with the Eid (#Laqta_Omaniyah_fi_Al_Eid) hashtag, which is a way

of showing the world the rich local culture of the Sultanate.

Hashtag to show Sultanate’s beauty and traditions on Eid >A3

HM greets world leadersHis Majesty the Sultan has also sent greetings to His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jabir Al Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, King Abdullah II of Jordan, King Mo-hammed VI of Morocco, Presi-dent Al Baji Qaed Al Sibsi of the Tunisian Republic, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria, President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, Field Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir, Presi-dent of Sudan, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia, President Dr. Fuad Masum of Iraq, President Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine, Chair-man of the Executive Commit-tee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, President Oth-man Ghazali of Comoros, Fayez Al Sarraj, Chairman of the Presi-dential Council of the Libyan Government of National Accord, President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi of Egypt, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam, King Almu’tasimu

Billahi Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah of Malaysia, President Dr. Ilham Heydar Aliyev of Azerbai-jan, President Dr. Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan, President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, President Dr. Hassan Rouhani of Iran, President Mamnoon Hus-sain of Pakistan, President Mo-hammad Abdul Hamid of Bang-ladesh, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov of Turkmeni-stan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, President Idriss Deby of Chad, President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, President Dr. Yahya Jammeh of Gambia, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, President Almazbek Atambayev of Kyrgyz Republic, President Nursul-tan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Abdullah Yameen of Maldives, President Mahama-dou Issoufou of Niger, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and President Ibrahim Boubacar

Keita of Mali.His Majesty also received ca-

bles of greetings on this precious occasion from their highnesses, ministers, advisors, honourable members of the State Council and members of Majlis Al Shura, undersecretaries and Omani ambassadors abroad, as well as ambassadors of the Arab and Is-lamic countries to the Sultanate, senior officials of the Arab and Islamic world, sheikhs, dignitar-ies and citizens.

They expressed their heart-felt greetings on the occasion of happy Eid Al Fitr along with their best wishes of good health, well-being and continuous happiness to His Majesty the Sultan, pray-ing to the Almighty Allah to pro-tect His Majesty and grant him a long life, as well as for the return of this and similar occasions on His Majesty with bounties and blessings while dear Oman and its loyal people realise all aspira-tions under His Majesty’s wise leadership. -ONA

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MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria on the occasion of his country’s Inde-pendence Anniversary.

In his cable, His Majesty the Sul-tan has expressed his sincere con-gratulations along with his best wishes of good health, happiness and a long life to President Boute-flika, praying to Allah the Almighty for the return of this and similar occasions on him to achieve aspi-rations of progress and growth for the people of Algeria.

His Majesty the Sultan has also sent a cable of greetings to Presi-dent Jorge Carlos Fonseca of Cape Verde on the occasion of his coun-try’s National Day.

In his cable, His Majesty ex-pressed his sincere greetings along with his best wishes of good health and happiness to President Fon-seca and the people of his country further progress and prosperity.

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has also sent a cable of con-gratulations to President Nicolas Maduro of the Republic of Ven-ezuela on the occasion of his coun-try’s Independence Anniversary.

In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere congratulations along with best wishes to President Maduro and his country’s friendly people fur-ther progress and growth. -ONA

C A B L E S

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of condolences to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Sal-man bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Sau-di Arabia on the death of Prince Mansour bin Faisal bin Saud Ab-dul Rahman Al Saud.

In his cable, His Majesty ex-pressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to King Salman, praying to Allah the Almighty to rest the deceased’s soul in peace and grant his family patience. -ONA

HM sends greetings

HM sends condolences

‘Expatriates should pay for unsubsidised power bill’

He added that expatriates should pay for unsubsidised electricity bill.

“Such system is implemented in neighbouring countries,” he added.

He suggests the same should apply for oil subsidies.

“These actions will reflect posi-tively on the Omani citizen and the future generation in the long term,” he added.

It is worth mentioning that six of the committee’s recommenda-tions were approved by Majlis Al Shura before stopping at num-ber seven and postponing the meeting to the next parliament session, which means that the meeting can be hold either in No-vember 2016 or June 2017.

“It can even be postponed fur-ther,” Al Lawati commented.

Talking to the Times of Oman, Al Lawati broke his silence say-ing that the Shura Council started this committee in March giving it a specific task and mandate to de-liver by June.

“This is a very sensitive and important issue to the society. It can’t be delayed and take any more time to come up with ac-tions or suggestion,” Al Lawati said, adding that he felt that his committee has fulfilled its re-quirements and that the Shura Council should have continued with the report’s discussion.

He said the delay showed that the issue is not being taken seriously.

“Since the members decided to extend the time of the commit-tee, my decision was to step down and let other people come up with

new ideas. Maybe we will have better suggestions and solutions,” he added.

The Portland State University graduate resigned on Thursday from his position as a member and head of the oil price effects on society committee.

Commenting on the contro-versial proposal by the Shura members to merge a number of ministries and other government bodies, Al Lawati said that the idea is still on the table.

However, he says the govern-ment should decide which au-thorities must be merged.

“Majlis Al Shura follows the government. It is not a research centre and the concerned insti-tutions should work on imple-menting the suggestion,” Tawfiq concluded.

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Austerity steps in Sultanate

Khalid Al Jashmi, acting gen-eral manager of Export Credit Guarantee Agency of Oman (ECGAO) says that he fears “in-direct” repercussions.

“For example, our leading business partners in certain ar-eas may want to buy stuff from UK since the pound rate has gone down and things will be a little cheaper. Then it will start hampering us,” he had said.

The CBO’s assertion comes as Oman reels under economic distress, with the government launching austerity measures

earlier this year.The CBO said that the 2016

outlook will be based on various factors, including the move-ment in oil prices, materiali-sation of rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve, volatility in global financial markets and the exit of Britain from the Eu-ropean Union.

The report also said after continuous growth in total rev-enues between 2009 and 2014, Oman recorded an overall fiscal deficit of OMR4,831.4 million in 2015.

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parts to be hit: PAEWStaff Reporter

MUSCAT: Water supply will be hit in several parts of the Muscat governorates on Friday and Sat-urday, it has been announced.

In a statement, the Public Au-thority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) has announced that in order to implement strategic pro-jects from July 8 that will contin-ue for 48 hours, water supply will be affected in Al Amerat, Muscat, Muttrah and Wattayah areas of the Muscat Governorate.

“The authority would like to apologise for any shortage in wa-

ter supply that may take place, and requests all subscribers to take every necessary precaution and continue rationing the con-sumption,” PAEW said.

A number of projects are ex-pected to be implemented during the Eid-Al-Fitr holidays, accord-ing to Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Naimi, director general of Operations. “The reason to se-lect Eid-Al-Fitr holidays for im-plementing these projects is be-cause water consumption during the festive period is low as most of the residents go out to spend their holidays,” Al Naimi said.

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Airlines insist on e-visas

Airlines, however, insist on pas-sengers possessing an e-visa. “Our rules are very clear and we are not allowing passengers to board the aircraft without an e-visa,” a sen-ior official of flydubai said.

The e-visa, however, does not apply to nationalities of around 46 countries having a treaty with the UAE, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Germany or the Euro-pean Union countries.

Citizens of these countries have a choice between visa-on-arrival or applying for a visa online.

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IFTAR CATERING CORPS - THE UNSUNG HEROES WHO FEED OMAN DURING RAMADANSome are as young as

five-year-old, others are

in their 80’s. Male, female,

rich and poor, they come

from different walks of

life, but for 30 days every

year, they unite with one

common goal. They are

the Iftar army of Oman

and their mission is al-

ways the same – feeding

tens of thousands of peo-

ple every night, for free, to

give thanks for what they

have. Today, the ‘Times

of Oman’ says thank

you to the thousands of

Omanis who work behind

the scenes to make Iftar

evenings so special, for so

many. They are the pillars

upon which Ramadan is

built. -Times of Oman

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Oman strongly condemns Baghdad attack

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Oman’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly con-demned the suicide bombing at dawn in Al Karara, in the centre of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

The attack claimed the lives of 165 people and left more than 225 victims wounded. The blast took place in a heavily crowded commercial area during the Holy Month of Ramadan.

The ministry condemns all violent and criminal acts of every kind which claims the lives of in-nocents.

Furthermore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered its sincere condolences to the victims’ fami-lies, the Republic of Iraq and its people and wished the injured a speedy recovery.

S U I C I D E A T T A C K Hashtag to show Sultanate’s beauty and traditions on Eid

MODHAHER AL [email protected]

MUSCAT: Omanis are all set to celebrate Eid-Al-Fitr, and the Omani scene with the Eid (#Laqta_Omaniyah_fi_Al_Eid) hashtag, which is a way of show-ing the world the rich local culture

of the Sultanate.The engaging Twitter hashtag

was launched at 2pm on Monday.The Twitter and Instagram-

based hashtag was first started in 2015 under the theme (Omani Eid selfie), but this year, social media users voted to change it to the Om-ani scene in Eid.

Some women in conservative societies of Oman argued that they don’t want to share their per-sonal pictures with the public.

The hashtag has attracted more than 2,000 people from different parts of the world, who were vaca-tioning in the Sultanate.

“The hashtag featured more

than 5,000 images last,” the man who launched the hashtag told the Times of Oman, adding that he is expecting greater engagement from the social media community this year.

Last year, it was listed as the highest trending international hashtag on Twitter.

The hashtag, according to its inventor, aims to promote the beauty of Oman, especially dur-ing the Khareef (monsoon) sea-son, when many locals flock to Salalah to enjoy its greenery and cool weather.

Moreover, Omanis can utilise the hashtag to showcase their traditions and different Eid ritu-als. The man behind the hashtag, who declined to be named, also owns two popular Twitter ac-counts @hashtag_oman and @zaajel_news, and together, these two have drawn more than 230,000 followers.

“The secret behind attracting followers is posting few, but qual-ity posts,” he said, adding that so far he has not accepted any adver-tisement offers.

The engaging

Twitter hashtag was

launched at 2pm on

Monday

The Twitter and Instagram-based hashtag was

first started in 2015 under the theme (Omani

Eid selfie), but this year, social media users

voted to change it to the Omani scene in Eid

Calls to shun use of black henna during Eid-Al-FitrStaff Reporter

MUSCAT: Women rushing to beauty salons ahead of Eid-Al-Fitr have been warned against us-ing black henna, with authorities and dermatologists saying the “chemical-loaded” beauty prod-uct damages the skin and could even harm one’s kidney.

During Eid, Omani women are known to decorate various parts of the body, such as hands, nails and feet, using black henna in de-signs, which is mostly procured from Sudan.

“Black henna is a permanent dye. The Omani women use it to make it appear brighter and dark-er… sometimes the manufactur-ers use some newspaper ink too… There are many patients I am see-ing for blisters, such as bubbles and burnt allergies in their hands,” Dr. Ashok Thomas Mathai, specialist dermatologist at KIMS hospital told the Times of Oman (TOO).

He said, “If one continues us-ing henna, it can get absorbed systematically and can damage the kidney. There are such possi-bilities. It’s due to the chemicals present in it.”

PACP advisoryThis week, the Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP), also issued an advisory urging women to shun the usage of black henna. The advisory came with photographs showing hennaed hands and arms wrought with red blisters. Other pictures showed a floral pattern of infection in the hands and legs.

“Please beware of applying black henna to your skin, eye

lashes, and eyebrows. It’s proven that it’s harmful to the skin,” the advisory warned.

Mathai said the disease does not spread.

“It’s a patterned allergy. It’s called henna-related allergic con-tact dermatitis. It appears accord-ing in a floral pattern. There are cases where it has left permanent scars and marks, which are hard to get rid of. It depends on your skin type. Fair-skinned people get this allergy quickly,” the derma-tologist said.

Mathai said it’s hard to say what ingredients are included in the composition of the black hen-na “because sometimes it comes in a paste format.” “And people blindly use it,” he said.

He further said such instances mostly come to light during fes-tivals and parties attended by Omani women and are mostly healed with steroid creams and

antibiotics, but warned that UV light could also trigger a reaction.

Dr Aliya, a dermatologist at Star Care hospital in Muscat said that such patients should avoid sunlight and UV rays.

“If they are exposed to the high sun and UV light, it will affect… causing blistering and sun burns,” she told TOO.

Tested hennaOther health experts suggested that tested henna should be used instead of randomly se-lected brands.

“Henna could be tested for two days. One can apply two dots of it at the elbow and two behind the ear and check after 24 hours if the skin is sensitive,” Dr Vandana, skin care specialist at the Apollo Hospital told TOO.

In case of blisters and swelling, she said patients should keep their hands in ice cold water or apply re-frigerated calamine lotion.

“Women are even using henna in the nails, which comes with fungal infections. These days I see five to seven patients a day for fungal infections,” she said.

Dr Vandana further pointed out that black henna comes with pa-ra-henylenediamine (or PPD)—a chemical substance that is widely used as permanent hair dye.

“This chemical is made from coal tar that includes benzene, naphthalene, phenol, aniline. Its contact with the skin should be avoided,” she said.

Henna has silver nitrate, car-mine, pyrogallol, and disperse orange dye, which she said has been found to cause allergic re-actions and chronic inflamma-tory reactions.

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Dar Al Atta’a spreads

cheer in Holy MonthTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Dar Al Atta’a handed out food, shopping vouchers and clothes as part of its Kiswat Al Eid and Zakaat Al Eid Ramadan programmes.

And as Eid is approaching, DAA will hold functions, starting with distribution of gifts and sweets in collaboration with Shell Oman marketing and Shangri La Bar Al Jissah to 265 children who are in-house patients at Royal Hos-

pital, Khoula Hospital and SQU Hospital.

Also, first and third day Eid meals (Ursiyah and Shuwa) will be distributed to the patients in Al Masra Hospital, as well as first day meals (Ursiya) being distributed to Half Way Home Centres.

Finally, Dar Al Atta’a Associa-tion, would love to thank all the parties, companies and individu-als that assisted during their Ram-adan initiatives, and wishes every-one a happy Eid-Al-Fitr.

C H A R I T Y

If one continues

using henna, it

can get absorbed

systematically and can

damage the kidney.

Dr. Ashok T. MathaiSpecialist dermatologist at KIMS

Be’ah ready to deal with increased wasteBABA [email protected]

MUSCAT: Oman will witness a surge in the production of munic-ipal waste in crucial areas during Eid-Al-Fitr celebrations, forcing authorities to increase the waste collection frequency, officials at a key waste management body said.

“We’re expecting an increase in the quantities of waste that will be generated during the Eid period,” Murtadha Al Lawati, head of Cor-porate Affairs at Be’ah, Oman’s waste management body, told the Times of Oman.

He said Be’ah has plans to deal with the anticipated increase in waste in the South Batinah and South Sharqiyah governorates, where Be’ah has “almost” com-pleted a sector takeover from the Ministry of Regional Municipali-ties and Water Resources.

“The plan includes increasing the frequency of collection dur-ing the last few days of Ramadan and the first two days of Eid,” the official said.

Be’ah officials said they will be placing additional large metallic skips in different strategic loca-tions throughout the concerned

governorates and wilayats (prov-inces) to provide additional col-lection capacity in areas “that we anticipate having a higher waste generation rate.”

Animal slaughter waste“Furthermore, Be’ah’s transfer stations and landfill facilities in both governorates will be open for longer hours during the Eid period to meet the expected in-crease in the collected quantities of waste,” Al Lawati said.

Civic bodies and health experts have been regularly urging food industries, retailers, caterers and

consumers to reduce food waste.More food is wasted during the

Holy Month of Ramadan than in any other month, with hotels, re-sorts and households being the major contributors. Wastefulness continues to touch new levels in the Sultanate. Food (26 per cent) tops the list of municipal waste composition that ends up in land-fill sites, according to official data.

Oman has nearly 317 dump-sites and four landfills. The Sul-tanate produced about 1.85 mil-lion tonnes of municipal waste in 2015, which is projected to reach 2.04 tonnes by 2040.

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‘Ban on street food vendors not lifted’

HASAN SHABAN AL [email protected]

MUSCAT: Though the public might have noticed that vendors selling mishkak, a popular grilled food, have returned to Muscat’s streets, the municipality has reit-erated that the ban on street ven-dors “has not been lifted”.

Since September 2015, Mus-cat Municipality has enforced a ban on the preparation and street sales of grilled meat. The decision has been largely influenced by the lack of food hygiene among street vendors, and was also enforced to protect the health and safety of consumers and residents.

However, residents of the capi-tal questioned whether the ban had been lifted when vendors were spotted in different locations of Muscat governorate.

Talking to the Times of Oman, a street vendor in Shatti Al Qurum said municipality officials gave them a notice period for the month of Ramadan. “We have no idea what will happen after Ramadan,” said the Omani seller.

Two other vendors in the Wilay-at of Al Seeb echoed their fellow mishkak seller, saying the munici-pality stopped issuing violation letters to vendors at the beginning of the Holy Month.

But municipality officials said the ban is still in effect and all “ille-gal” vendors will be fined, if caught by authorities.

“Nothing has been changed in the law. The ban is still a ban dur-ing Ramadan, and throughout the year,” the official told Times of Oman, while adding that the deci-sion was only taken in response to complaints from the public.

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All roads lead to Salalah as Eid holidays kick inStaff Reporter

MUSCAT: Tour operators are reaping gold as travellers are rushing to book buses for the western region of Salalah in the hope of spending Eid-Al-Fitr hol-idays amidst the annual Khareef (monsoon) season.

Most of the bus operators, the Times of Oman (TOO) spoke to, said the buses for Eid-Al-Fitr holidays (July 5 to 9) have been booked since last week.

“The (availability of ) tickets are now possible only after Eid,” an official from Al Ghazal Trans-port told TOO on Sunday, adding, “We are trying to make sure there isn’t a shortage of transport by adding more buses to the fleet. But all seats are booked.”

On Sunday, travellers hoping to holiday in Salalah were lined outside the transport offices hop-ing to get a lucky ticket during the Eid holidays.

Inside the Mwasalat office at Ruwi, many dejected passengers had to leave the premises after officials announced that seats are booked for all Eid holidays.

“I wanted to visit Salalah on Eid evening. It looks like people are travelling on the first Eid too,” said Vinod Kumar, who wanted to enjoy the holidays with his family this year.

Tourist seasonMeanwhile, Mwasalat—a gov-ernment-owned company—an-nounced that it will increase daily trips to Salalah during the Salalah Tourism Festival, start-

ing from Friday (July 8) with spe-cial fare offers.

“We will increase the trips from three to five a day. The com-pany will provide a total of 225 seats a day, adding about 7,000 seats a month,” an official state-ment said Sunday.

It further said daily service during the Khareef season will be from Muscat to Salalah and Sala-lah to Muscat at different times of the day. The first shuttle will leave at 7:00 am and the last one at 7:00 pm both ways.

“The company will offer special promotional fares during the fes-tival, with free tickets for children under the age of two, who are ac-companied by their parents, and a special discount for group res-ervation,” it said. The fare details and timetable can be accessed on the company’s website and its of-fices in the Sultanate.

“The company will be using as many of its new fleet for the aforementioned service, char-acterised by luxury and comfort, with the availability of a restroom on-board,” it said.

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Bomber killed outside US consulate in Jeddah

RIYADH: A suicide bomber was killed and two people were wounded in a blast near the US consulate in Saudi Arabia’s sec-ond city of Jeddah early on Mon-day, state TV said, the first bomb-ing in years to attempt to target foreigners in the kingdom.

The attacker parked his car outside a hospital opposite the consulate at about 2.15am and detonated his device after being approached by two security men, killing him and lightly wounding them, it said, quoting a security spokesman.

Three further blasts rocked the

location of the bombing hours later, a witness told Reuters, as police carried out what appeared to be controlled explosions near the site.

A video sent by the witness showed police taking cover be-hind vehicles and covering their ears before a blast.

In a statement, the US consu-late said there were no casualties or injuries among its staff, adding that it and the US embassy were in contact with Saudi authorities investigating the incident.

Reuters could not immediately reach officials for further details. A photograph on the Sabq news

website showed what appeared to be the remains of a man lying be-side a taxi. State television avoided direct reference to the presence of the diplomatic mission, mention-ing only the street address, an ap-parent effort to downplay the likely target of the attack.

AlertA State Department message to US citizens in Saudi Arabia reiter-ated advice to keep aware of their surroundings and take extra pre-cautions when travelling.

The witness said the area had been closed off by security forces, with helicopters hovering over-head. The explosion appeared to have taken place about 20m (65 feet) from an outer checkpoint of the consulate, he added. Concrete barriers protect the street outside the consulate.

IS has carried out a series of bombing and shooting attacks in Saudi Arabia since mid-2014 that have killed scores of people.

A decade ago, an Al Qaeda cam-paign focused on Western expa-triates in the world’s top oil ex-porter, killing hundreds in attacks on businesses and residential compounds. One 2004 attack hit the US consulate in Jeddah, kill-ing nine. — Reuters

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Iraq bombing toll rises to 150BAGHDAD: The death toll from a suicide bombing in a Baghdad shopping district has risen to over 150, fueling calls for security forc-es to crack down on IS sleeper cells blamed for one of the worst ever single bombings in Iraq.

Numbers rose as bodies were recovered from the rubble in the Karrada area of Baghdad, where a refrigerator truck packed with ex-

plosives blew up on Saturday night when people were out celebrating the holy month of Ramadan.

The toll in Karrada stood at 151 killed and 200 wounded by midday on Monday, according to police and medical sources. Rescuers and families were still looking for 35 missing people.

IS claimed the attack, saying it was a suicide bombing. — Reuters

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Gaza gets first Turkish aid shipment

GAZA: Turkish aid shipments arrived in the Gaza Strip via Is-rael on Monday, a week after Is-rael and Turkey announced they would end a six-year rupture and normalise ties.

About 11,000 tonnes of cargo, including clothing, toys and medicines destined for the Pal-estinian coastal territory, were ferried to the Israeli port of Ashdod by a Turkish ship that docked on Sunday.

Under the supervision of the Turkish Red Crescent Society, the first of about 500 trucks car-rying the aid entered the Gaza Strip, territory controlled by Ha-mas, through Israel’s Kerem Sha-lom crossing, witnesses said.

Relations between Israel and Turkey crumbled after Israeli

marines stormed a Turkish ship in May 2010 challenging Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip and killed 10 Turkish activists during fighting on board.

Last week’s rare rapproche-ment in the divided Middle East was driven by the prospect of lu-

crative Mediterranean gas deals as well as mutual concern over growing security risks, and in-cluded an Israeli pledge to enable Turkey to send aid to Gaza.

“This is the first (aid) ship after the Turkish and the Israeli gov-ernments’ agreement,” said Ker-em Kinik, president of the Turk-ish Red Crescent, who travelled to Gaza to supervise the distribution of the goods.

He said Turkey would provide “continuous, regular humanitarian assistance” for the territory. Last week, some 3,400 trucks carrying 107,500 tonnes of goods, including medical supplies, electronic devic-es, consumer goods and construc-tion material, entered the Gaza Strip via Israel, according to Israeli authorities. — Reuters

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THE ATTACK SITE: Saudi policemen stand guard at the site where a suicide bomber blew himself up in the early hours of Monday near the American consulate in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. – AFP

MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF: A truck loaded with aid parcels parked at the Kerem Shalom crossing near Rafah on Monday. – AFP

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Cabinet reshuffle today with eye on UP polls

NEW DELHI: An expansion and reshuffle of the Modi government will take place on Tuesday with a Dalit tilt in the exercise possibly eyeing the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh next year.

Prominent among the names doing the rounds for induction in-clude Anupriya Patel, an OBC Lok Sabha member belonging to ally Apna Dal, and a number of BJP leaders, who met party chief Amit Shah on Monday.

The BJP names include S. S. Ahluwalia (Lok Sabha), Vijay Goel (Rajya Sabha), P. P. Chaud-hary, a Dalit MP from Bikaner in Rajasthan.

Sources said Ajay Tamta, a Dalit Lok Sabha member from

Uttarakhand, which will go to the polls with Uttar Pradesh early next year, Purushottam Rupala, a Rajya Sabha member from Guja-rat, Ramdas Athawale, a RPI MP from Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha), Mahendra Nath Pandey, an MP from UP, are among the likely in-clusions. Krishan Raj, another BJP Dalit MP from UP, can also make the cut. Some ministers can also be dropped, party sources said adding top ministers are un-likely to be disturbed.

Frank Noronha, Principal spokesperson of the government,

tweeted on Monday that the cabi-net expansion will take place on Tuesday at 11am.

There has been talk of the ex-pansion for the past several weeks amid speculation that Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi could induct new faces from Uttar Pradesh with an eye on polls.

There is also a vacancy in the Council of Ministers after Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal became the chief minister of As-sam. This will be the second ex-pansion of the Cabinet after Modi came to power in May, 2014. The

first expansion had occurred in November 2014.

There are currently 64 Union ministers, including the Prime Minister, and there can be a maxi-mum of 82 of them under a consti-tutional bar.

Meanwhile, Shiv Sena presi-dent Uddhav Thackeray on Mon-day said BJP central leadership has not held in any discussion with him on the Union Cabinet expansion and that his party will not stand on anybody’s doors seeking favours.

“People from various political parties are joining the Shiv Sena. I have been busy attending to them and thus have not got the time to discuss the Cabinet expansion. One thing is clear. The Sena will never stand helplessly on any-body’s doors asking for anything,” Thackeray said here.

“First they (the BJP) were offer-ing us Minister of State, then said we will get a Cabinet berth. We say whatever we get, we should get with respect. We will not beg for anything. There have been no discussions with Delhi on Cabinet expansion,” he said.

Thackeray said getting ministe-rial berths was a secondary issue for him and that he would put for-ward his views if discussions were to take place. - PTI

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Jaitley expects better growth outlook for sweet spot IndiaRAIPUR: Calling India a “sweet spot” in the subdued global econ-omy, Finance Minister Arun Jait-ley on Monday said indication of “good rains” will further boost the country’s growth momentum.

“This time, it looks like rains are going to be good and India can grow very well. There are signs (for that),” he said addressing the first national minerals & mining conclave here.

India clocked 7.6 per cent growth rate in 2015-16 when there was a global slowdown, and deficient rainfall for two years in a row, he said. Jaitley said India is a “sweet spot” in the global econ-omy and “growth outlook looks much better with indications of good rains this year”.

The finance minister added that at a time when the global economy is slow, India is an ex-ample with its higher growth rate.

“When the going is good eve-rybody grows. But, at such a time (global downturn) becoming the fastest growing economy is an

example in itself. It shows that we are ready and capable to deal with such changes and perform,” he noted.

On the impact of Britain exiting the European Union, the finance minister said, “We were the least impacted. People feared that currency and stock markets will crash, but we saw the impact for just one day.” This indicates the robustness of the Indian economy and displays its capacity to handle

changes, Jaitley said.On the minerals and mining

sector in the country, the min-ister said that government’s ini-tiatives in the sector are showing results and the industry is slowly coming out of the rut. “This is the beginning and then too it is showing growth. Global growth is weak and when the global growth comes back to good levels then this experiment will also grow further,” he added.

The finance minister said that globally, including in India, the commodities market has wit-nessed a rough time with prices hitting rock bottom. “Resource-based economies globally had a rough time and prices are sup-pressed. But this will not go on for long. It will change.” - PTI

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Congress mum over reports about Priyanka to be star campaigner in UP

NEW DELHI: Congress on Mon-day remained tight lipped over reports that Priyanka Gandhi would be its star campaigner in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and also on the issue of elevation of Rahul Gandhi as the party chief.

“Whenever it happens, you will know”, party spokesman Jairam Ramesh told reporters quoting AICC General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad when asked about re-ports that Priyanka would lead the campaign in UP and address as many as 150 meetings.

Dismissed suggestionsHe, however, dismissed sugges-tions that Priyanka taking cen-tre stage in campaigning in Uttar Pradesh showed poorly on the

leadership of Rahul.Azad, who is in charge of party

affairs in Uttar Pradesh, has al-ready favoured Priyanka becom-ing pro-active in campaigning all over the state.

On Saturday, Uttar Pradesh Congress spokesperson Satya Dev Tripathi had said that Priyanka will step out of her family pocket boroughs of Amethi and Rae Bareli to campaign for the party all over the state.

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who has been roped in by the Con-gress to help and assist the party in Uttar Pradesh, has reportedly suggested that if Rahul declines to lead the party in the state, Priyan-ka by all means should.

Azad has also expressed the pos-

sibility of the party naming a chief ministerial candidate in UP.

Political wildernessCongress is in political wilder-ness in UP for the past more than 26 years which saw emergence of Mandal and Mandir issues and the rise of Bahujan Samaj Party.

Ramesh, who had earlier said that Rahul Gandhi would take over as party chief this year, on Monday steered clear of questions on when the Congress vice president would be elevated.

“Rahul has come back from his visit abroad and will be busy in Monsoon session of Parliament beginning July 18 and also on the campaign for implementation of the forest rights Act”, Ramesh

merely said.Only last month, Ramesh had

said in an interview “Rahul Gan-dhi is de facto Congress chief but he should become de jure” and make the party battle ready with-out waiting for anti-incumbency to build up against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Ramesh had insisted that the Congress vice president has “a lot of ideas on organisational restruc-turing and I hope he gets into posi-tion very soon. He is de facto, but he should become de jure”.

Congress has witnessed revers-es after reverses in elections since it lost power in the Lok Sabha polls in May 2014 and in which it posted its worst ever performance of 44 seats in the House of 543. - PTI

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KARACHI: Engro Corporation has signed an agreement with a Netherlands-based dairy compa-ny for the sale of up to 51 per cent shareholding in Engro Foods at an estimated price of $448 million, a securities filing said on Monday.

Engro Corporation currently controls approximately 87 per cent

shareholding in Engro Foods while the general public owns the re-maining outstanding shares. The deal will take place at Rs120 per share, which reflects a discount of about 26 per cent to Engro Foods’ current share price of Rs163.

The majority stake in Engro Foods will be bought by a legal en-tity in which Dutch dairy coopera-tive FrieslandCampina will hold approximately 80 per cent shares. International Finance Corpora-tion (IFC) and Dutch development bank FMO will hold the remaining shares in the legal entity.

The share price of Engro Corpo-ration rose 1.4 per cent to Rs337.6

on Monday while the stock of En-gro Foods shed 5 per cent to close at Rs155.17 per share.

Engro Corporation said in a statement it will stay on as a “sig-nificant partner and shareholder” under the new company structure. The stake of Engro Corporation in Engro Foods will likely be around 36 per cent post-transaction.

The Dutch company is required under the local takeover laws to make an attempt to purchase at least half of the shareholding cur-rently owned by the general public.

The provision is supposed to ensure that ordinary shareholders also benefit in case the sponsors of

a listed company sell their stake in a major deal.

This means general investors will also have a chance to avail the public offer extended by Fries-landCampina to sell at least half of their 13 per cent current holding in Engro Foods.

Any number of shares that ordi-nary shareholders decide to sell to FrieslandCampina will be adjust-ed against the shareholding that the Dutch company is supposed to acquire from Engro Corporation.

“With the tender price likely to be lower than the prevailing market price, we don’t expect mi-nority shareholders to sell their

shares,” said Topline Securities in a research note, adding that Engro Foods is the most actively traded consumer firm in Pakistan and provides minority shareholders with long-term growth potential.

It said the deal at a discount of about 26 per cent was not sur-prising, as the market already ex-pected a lower price. “The main reason for the Dawood Group (sponsors of Engro Corporation) to sell the stake at a discounted price is to gain FrieslandCampi-na’s dairy expertise and intro-duce new products,” it said. Engro Foods’ dairy segment consists of only three products that contrib-

ute around 90% to the company’s net sales, it added.

In a statement on Monday, FrieslandCampina said it expects to benefit from the conversion of the Pakistani market from loose to packaged dairy consumption. At present, less than 10 per cent of tradable milk consumed in Pa-kistan is processed and offered in packages, it said. The conversion is expected to accelerate in the near future as a result of the growing middle-income class, a desire for higher quality milk as well as the increasing urbanisation, it added.

Topline Securities said Engro Corporation will generate cash of around Rs47 billion, part of which will most likely be invested in en-ergy-related projects with a higher rate of return.

Engro Foods contributed more than a quarter in the corporation’s revenues last year.

Therefore, its sale will result in a decline of around Rs4 per share in the holding company’s earnings, as per the workings of Topline Secu-rities. — Express Tribune

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SURVIVORPakistani army personnel evacuate a resident injured in flooding at Ursoon village in Chitral. On Monday flash floods caused by overnight monsoon rains have killed at least 43 people in northern Pakistan, the majority from a village near the border with Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday, as supplies were airlifted to survivors. — AFP/ISPR

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Ex-religious affairs minister to spend Eid in Adiala jailISLAMABAD: The former fed-eral minister for religious affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi will spend Eid with inmates in Adiala jail as the Islamabad High Court (IHC) dismissed his bail appli-cation on Monday.

IHC Chief Justice Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi dismissed the former minister’s bail plea term-ing it devoid of merits. “No illegal-ity could be observed at this stage on the surface of the impugned judgment,” he stated.

On Wednesday, Islamabad High Court reserved a verdict on Kazmi’s bail plea, wherein he had sought bail in view of the ap-proaching Eid. In the plea, Kazmi’s counsel Latif Khosa Kazmi had contended that the former minis-ter had no role in hiring buildings for the pilgrims and there was no charge against him of receiving commission or kickbacks.

On June 3, a special court hear-ing the case sentenced former reli-gious affairs minister to 16 years in prison. His two ministry lieuten-ants were also jailed for massive irregularities during Haj opera-tions between 2009 and 2012.

Judge Malik Nazir Ahmad had also imposed a fine of around Rs147 million on each convict, who will have to serve additional two years in jail on failure to pay the penalty. The scandal had sur-faced in 2010 after then science and technology minister Azam Khan Swati, accused Kazmi of cor-ruption in Haj affairs.

The men were indicted for fraud, cheating, misuse of author-ity and causing losses to the ex-chequer and the public at large.

The men were also accused of hiring a substandard building on an exorbitant rent for housing pilgrims in Mecca and receiving kickbacks as well. — Express Tribune

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Don’t mess with India’s Central BankMihir Sharma

The first repercussions of the impending departure of Raghuram Rajan from the Re-serve Bank of India could now be visible

— and it looks like those who argued the independ-ence of India’s central bank was under threat may have been right. Rajan declared last month that he would not be seeking the expected extension of his term -- a move widely seen as being forced on him by the Narendra Modi-led government in New Delhi, which had publicly disagreed with several of his decisions and statements as governor. This was troubling. The government appeared to be un-comfortable with its inability, under Rajan, to direct the central bank’s actions. The implications for the RBI’s institutional stability and strength — and for the credibility of India as an investment destination — weren’t good.

Some of Rajan’s latest speeches suggest the government is close to knocking a further hole in the RBI’s authority. The governor has spoken out against a suggestion, which is gathering force in New Delhi, to use surplus funds with the RBI — its “contingent reserve,” set aside for emergencies —to recapitalize stressed state-owned banks.

The government’s motivations are understanda-ble. It has committed itself to a pretty stringent path of fiscal consolidation over the next few years, one that would bring the fiscal deficit down to three per-cent of gross domestic product. However it has to do this at the same time as Indian banks —in particu-lar, the state-controlled banks that comprise 70 per cent of the sector — are dealing with a full-blown bad loans crisis. Estimates of bad loans vary widely, but may total anywhere between six and 12 per cent of GDP. The RBI itself estimates they may hit 8.5 per cent of GDP by next March. Recapitalizing the banks is urgent – they need about $140 billion in capital by 2019, according to Fitch Ratings — but the government has set aside very little money to do so as yet. And soon after the next federal budget is presented at the end of February 2017, Modi’s gov-ernment will probably go into election mode. Polls are due in 2017 in the crucial northern state of Uttar Pradesh, and the next general elections will be just two years away at that point. It’s obviously tempt-ing to use the RBI’s funds instead of finding money from the general budget. Such a move would reverse years of institutional evolution at the central bank. The RBI used to own significant stakes in some ma-

jor Indian banks -- a conflict of interest for the cen-tral bank, which regulates the banking sector. Even though a government-appointed committee recom-mended as early as 1998 that these shares be sold, it wasn’t till 2010 that the sale actually took place. Ra-jan’s fear is that the current administration wants to reverse this process — and he’s right, doing so would be disastrous.

Other bad ideas for plundering the RBI’s reserves have been floated before. In 2004, some ministers wanted to tap $5 billion a year from the surplus fund to finance India’s infrastructure-building pro-gramme. Fortunately, the RBI — with some timely help from the International Monetary Fund — man-aged to hold off the government, greatly enhancing its reputation for independence. (It’s worth noting that in this, it did better than the US Federal Re-serve, which wasn’t able to stave off a law passed by the US Congress last December that dipped into its surplus to pay for US highways.)

An attempt to use the RBI’s rainy-day cash pile would not just dent the central bank’s independ-ence, but also the credibility of India’s already shaky fiscal arithmetic. It would make accounting for the exact amount that the government was spending impossible, as well as have unpredictable effects on inflation. It would thus vastly set back the RBI’s efforts under Rajan to establish a reputation as an inflation-fighting central bank.

Worryingly, the government’s apparent willing-ness to compromise RBI independence seems in keeping with several of its recent decisions. The controversial departure of Rajan is one such. The purpose was presumably to replace him with a choice with whom the government is more com-fortable, perhaps its Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian, who first suggested dipping into RBI funds in his annual economic survey ear-lier this year. The fact that the government has cho-sen to ignore the obvious means of recapitalizing banks is also revealing. The state-owned banking sector shouldn’t be bailed out using RBI funds, of course -- but not by using tax money either. Instead, it should be guided towards privatization, and funds for recapitalizing the best banks should be raised from the markets. But movement on this is slow. Modi himself doesn’t seem too sympathetic to pri-vatisation. India’s Prime Minister came into office promising “maximum governance, minimum gov-ernment.” That’s what both the RBI and the banking sector need, not renewed state control. - Bloomberg ViewSecurity measures in troubled cities insufficent

This refers to the online report ‘Oman strongly condemns Baghdad massacre’ (July 4). After the Istanbul airport carnage, the attack in Baghdad has claimed the lives of more than 200 people. Ramadan

being a blessed occasion for people to cele-brate and enjoy their time with family and relatives, the increasing violence is worrying and directly disturbing the freedom of people. Each incident in the recent past has been so barbaric and innocent people, including military personnel have become victims of such horrific acts of brutality.Oman being a country that always acts to-wards peace and stability for not only in the regional level, but also for the entire world, its generosity to join the families of victims of the Baghdad attack has been a blessing for those affected. The national mourning announced in Iraq clearly shows the extent of terror and how it upsets the enjoyment of the holy month of Ramadan. The incident also points to the fact that security measures in crowded areas in the troubled cities, espe-cially during this holy occasion, are insuffi-

cient. The attacks in Istanbul and Iraq are once again a reminder about the dangers in the normal life, and security-related issues becoming more complex and frustrating.. — Ramachandran Nair, Ruwi

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Will the EU now unravel, as other populists and nationalists demand

plebiscites on their respective countries’ membership? Will

NATO, the grand post-war alliance that has guaranteed Europe’s

security for almost seven decades

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With the launch of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

project involving development of the Gwadar seaport and setting up of three trade corridors running up from south to north across Pakistan to Kashgar, in China the concept of regional connectivity seems to be

fast turning into a reality.

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Anti-EU champion Farage resigns after Brexit vote

LONDON: The leader of the in-surgent right-wing UK Independ-ence Party said on Monday he was stepping down after realising his ambition to win a vote for Britain to leave the EU, the latest twist in a dramatic reshaping of the na-tion’s politics.

The departure of brash former commodities trader Nigel Farage would sideline one of the most outspoken and effective anti-EU campaigners from the debate about how to sever Britain’s ties with the other 27 countries in the bloc. But it could also give his UKIP party - which under Britain’s winner-takes-all elec-tion system won just one seat in

parliament last year despite cap-turing 12.6 per cent of the vote - an opportunity to select a less polarising figure and take on the mainstream in a radically altered political environment.

The June 23 ‘Brexit’ vote to leave the EU has thrown both the two main political parties into dis-array, with the ruling Conserva-tives seeking a replacement for Prime Minister David Cameron and lawmakers from the main opposition Labour Party voting to withdraw confidence in leader Jeremy Corbyn. “I have never been, and I have never wanted to

be, a career politician. My aim in being in politics was to get Britain out of the European Union,” Far-age told reporters. “During the ref-erendum campaign, I said ‘I want my country back’. What I’m saying today, is, ‘I want my life back,’ and it begins right now.”

The acrimonious leadership battles in the main political par-ties have added to uncertainty at a time when Britain is embark-ing on its biggest constitutional change since the dissolution of its empire in the decades after World War Two.

The government, which failed

to convince voters that a Leave vote would wreck the economy, is now racing to reduce the dam-age. George Osborne, the finance minister, has abandoned his tar-get of balancing the budget within four years and floated the idea on Sunday of a quick cut in corporate tax to 15 per cent from 20 per cent. Labour accused him of trying to turn Britain into an offshore tax haven. Britain has no firm plan for how it wants to proceed in nego-tiations with the EU over a future relationship. European leaders say London must choose between continuing to allow free move-ment of EU citizens, or expulsion from the common market.

This week will see the Con-servatives start the process of whittling down the candidates to succeed Cameron, who has said he will leave it to his successor to withdraw from the EU.

Theresa May, a party stalwart who has run the law-and-order portfolio in the cabinet for six years, is the favourite to succeed Cameron despite having cam-paigned to remain in the EU.

According to bookmakers, her strongest rival is Andrea Lead-som, 53, a junior minister who was unknown to most Britons before the referendum campaign but was widely judged to have mounted an

effective case for ‘Leave’ in an eve-of-vote televised debate seen by millions.

If the betting odds are cor-rect, Britain is on course to get its first woman prime minister since Margaret Thatcher left of-fice in 1990. Leadsom, setting out her leadership credentials on Monday, said talks over Britain’s departure from the EU should be as short as possible to avoid pro-longed uncertainty. She offered reassurance to EU nationals cur-rently living in Britain: “I commit today to guaranteeing the rights of our EU friends who’ve already come here to live and work. We must give them certainty. There is no way they will be bargaining chips in our negotiations.”

She and May are opposed by three other candidates: work and pensions minister Stephen Crabb, former defence minister Liam Fox and Justice Secretary Michael Gove. Gove, a Leave campaigner, caused high political drama last week by turning against his ally, former London mayor Boris Johnson, and driving him from the race.

Despite the 52 per cent refer-endum vote, Britain has not yet invoked Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty to begin the formal process of breaking away. — Reuters

I have never been,

and I have never

wanted to be, a career

politician, said leader

of the right-wing UK

Independence Party

China jails ex-aide to Hu Jintao for lifeBEIJING: A Chinese court on Monday jailed a former top aide to retired president Hu Jintao for life after finding him guilty of tak-ing bribes, illegally obtaining state secrets and abuse of power during a secret trial in which his wife tes-tified against him.

The verdict in the case, which the ruling Communist Party has said caused major damage to its image, brings to a close another chapter in President Xi Jinping’s sweeping campaign against cor-ruption which he began more than three years ago.

The party announced its inves-tigation into the one-time aide to Hu, Ling Jihua, in December 2014. Ling had been demoted in Septem-ber 2012 from a ministerial-level job, months after his son was killed in a crash involving a luxury sports car. The court in the northern city of Tianjin, close to Beijing, held the case behind closed doors on June 7, according to a statement reported by the official Xinhua news agency.

“Ling Jihua took an extremely large amount of bribes. He ob-tained a large number of state secrets and the crimes were very serious. He abused his power and caused a terrible impact upon so-ciety,” Xinhua said. Ling took more than $11.6 million in bribes per-sonally and through his family, the court said. — Reuters

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POLARISING FIGURE: Nigel Farage, the leader of the United King-dom Independence Party (UKIP), leaves after a news conference in central London, Britain, on Monday. – Reuters

TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2014

SPOR S

IT came as a huge relief to me that the French, finally freed of the

pressure of being the host team, played superbly and with a 5-2 victory, ousted Iceland, the new darlings of European football. Nothing against Iceland’s quality. But the prospect of two rank outsiders in Iceland and Wales — who meet Portugal in the semifinals — both reaching the semifinal stage would have been a bit too much. It was enough of a triumph for Iceland to have sent the desolate England team packing.

In Germany versus France we have a second, worthy semi-final. Both teams would deserve to reach the final. I regard Germany as the favourites in this duel. I say this even though in the penalty shoot-out between Germany and the tough Italians it took 16 players to shoot from the spot, and even though among the Germans, who have this reputation as being the masters in penalty-shooting, such greats as Thomas Mueller, Mesut Ozil and Bastian Schweinsteiger failed with their shots.

The final 7-6 quarter-final victory of Germany over Italy - after Germany won the penalty shoot-out 6-5 - was a match with de-fects, but one which could scarcely be topped in terms of tension. Italy might have had a chance to go through if Daniele de Rossi, the brains of their midfield, had not had to miss the match due to injury

Germany paid a high price for its victory. Backfielder Mats Hum-mels, who I saw as the best player against Italy, is now barred after a second yellow-card warning. And in any case centre-forward Mario Gomez is injured and won’t be able to play against France, and Sami Khedira and Schweinsteiger are also questionable due to their injuries.

The loss of Hummels and Gomez hurts the team more than a possible loss of Khedira and Schwein-steiger. If those two are scratched, it would not be a problem for Germany. The young backfielder Joshua Kimmich could play the Number 6 defensive mid-field position. But German coach Joachim Loew also has Julian Weigl of Borus-sia Dortmund, a young man who so far has not played a minute but who is not afraid of the big moment and has a lot of self-confidence. I would play him.

With Gomez, the German game has been a lot better in this tournament. With his powerful, improved play-

ing style he will be sorely missed up front. In his False 9 position could come Mario Goetze or Thomas Mueller or even - as crazy as it sounds - the old-timer Lukas Podolski. This may seem surprising coming from me, since he has never completely convinced me. But he has such a great rap-port with coach Loew and with the German fans that he would play his guts out.

The French have mean-while shown that they are well-staffed with Antoine Griezmann, Oliver Giroud and Dimitri Payet up front. And midfielder Paul Pogba has woken up. Even though Iceland did again manage two goals. The French four-man back line is vulnerable and this could pose huge opportunities for Germany. But then again, the French may now profit from their looseness.

Portugal’s chances of reaching the final are natu-rally huge. They are better organised now than in the preliminary round. And this even though Cristiano Ron-aldo does not play as flashy. But now that he has stopped all the gesturing — some-thing that I greatly welcome — and is willing to help out the defence, the Portuguese are better organised.

Then there is the huge presence of 18-year-old Renato Sanches who is playing like a veteran and is willing to take responsi-bility. It’s the reason that Bayern Munich has paid Benfica Lisbon 35 million euros for him, in what looks like money well-invested. And, as said, he is worth his weight in gold for Portugal, since Ronaldo apparently has some physical problems after his long season. But giving Ronaldo his due, his two goals against Hungary in the group stage kept the Portuguese alive.

Wales has more quality than their English neigh-bours. They have played an extremely strong tourna-ment, they are physically imposing, and I don’t mean just Gareth Bale, who tow-ers over everyone else on the field. The Portuguese will have to muster up a top performance in order to prevail over Wales. In any event I am really looking forward to the duel between Real Madrid teammates Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.

And, I’m hoping for a final between Germany and Portugal. - dpa

Hoping for a final between Germany and Portugal

C O M M E N T A R Y

Coming days will decide how India shape up as Test unit: Kohli

BENGALURU: With Indian cricket team geared up for their busiest Test season comprising 17 five-day games, skipper Virat Kohli aptly stated that the coming days will be an indicator as to how they have shaped up as a Test unit.

“This is the perfect situation and opportunity to challenge and assess ourselves as a Test team. These months will define how we play as a Test team in coming years,” Kohli said at the pre-depar-ture media conference ahead of In-dian team’s tour of the West Indies.

Hailing Anil Kumble’s appoint-ment as the team’s head coach, the Indian skipper said that now they have a man, who can also tell them how to win Test matches abroad.

“It is a huge boost for us that Anil bhai is our coach. Bowlers will feel more support due to his presence. Especially as he is someone who has

won so many matches for the coun-try and knows what it requires to win matches both India and abroad,” Kohli said praising Kumble.

The skipper also pointed out how Kumble has brought a re-freshing change to the team bond-ing sessions. “Yesterday, he ar-ranged a team activity (cricketers had a Drum Circle session with Vasundhara Das’s group) and it was fun. It was a surprise for us. Often due to the rigours of inter-national cricket, we forget about team bonding session.

“These sessions helps in build camaraderie which shows on field. Even Dhoni bhai, who came for the meeting (Roadmap) joined us and enjoyed the session,” Kohli said mentioning that the limited overs captain also gave his inputs on the tour ahead. Glovesman Wrid-dhiman Saha’s batting has been

under scanner and KL Rahul is in the squad as the reserve keeper but Kohli made it clear that it would be the Bengal lad, who firmly remains the first-choice behind the stumps.

Meanwhile, India’s new head coach Anil Kumble admires Test captain Virat Kohli’s aggression

and will not try to curb his natu-ral instincts. The Delhi cricketer was initially perceived as another brash personality from the streets of a city long accused of encourag-ing aggression in its youth, hav-ing often been involved in wars of words with opponents on the field.

Former India captain Kumble’s appointment as coach was wel-comed by many who expect the former leg-spinner to be a calm-ing presence in a team led by an expressive captain. “I love his ag-gression,” Kumble told reporters sitting alongside Kohli. “I was no

different, I was also aggressive, very different in terms of the way we probably came across on the field. I will be the last person to curb someone’s natural instincts,” Kumble added.

“But we all know how important it is to be ambassadors of India and to be a part of the Indian cricket team. That everybody understands. We will ensure that there is a thin line and everybody knows that.”

India will play four Tests against West Indies and after returning from the Caribbean the world’s second-ranked side are set for a busy season at home when they will play 13 Test matches, eight ODIs and three T20 internationals.

Kumble, India’s most successful bowler, capturing 619 wickets in 132 Tests and 337 in 271 One-day Inter-nationals, has just overseen a six-day training camp in Bengaluru. - Reuters, PTI

C R I C K E T

Federer & Serena sail into quarters

LONDON: Former champion Roger Federer and World No. 1 Serena Williams had an easy out-ing at the Wimbledon on yet an-other rainy day on Monday.

Roger Federer felled high-flying Steve Johnson, knocking the wind out of the powerhouse with a 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 win in the fourth round, while Serena Williams kept her bid for a record-equalling 22nd Grand Slam title on track, over-powering Russian 13th seed Svet-lana Kuznetsova in a 7-5, 6-0.

Earlier, despite considerable pre-match hype about Johnson, fresh from victory at the Notting-ham grasscourt event, there was to be no Independence Day party for the burly American, as Feder-er showed more than enough to suggest he remains on track for a record eighth Wimbledon men’s singles crown. In the quarterfinals, Federer will play Croatian ninth seed Marin Cilic who advanced after his opponent, Japanese fifth seed Kei Nishikori, retired injured while trailing 6-1 5-1.

The six-times Wimbledon champion was too hot to handle, beginning the match as if late for an Independence Day appointment,

serving a succession of aces and then hitting a brace of groundstroke winners, one off each wing, to break the Russian in the fourth game.

In the other women’s singles matches, Elena Vesnina (Russia) beat Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 5-7, 6-1, 9-7 and Venus Williams (US) beat 12-Carla Suarez Nav-arro (Spain) 7-6(3), 6-4.

Ruthless Halep Romanian fifth seed Simona Ha-lep recovered to beat an emotional and hobbling Madison Keys 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3 and reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the second time in her career on Monday.

Querrey on prowlSam Querrey suffered no hango-ver from his famous victory over top seed Novak Djokovic as he beat Nico-las Mahut 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-4 at Wim-bledon on Monday to become the

first American man to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal for five years.

Shvedova advancesYaroslava Shvedova of Kazahkstan swept past Lucie Safarova and into her first Wimbledon quarterfinal, beating the Russian 28th seed 6-2, 6-4 on Monday.

Radwanska loseSlovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova bundled third seed Agnieszka Rad-wanska out of the fourth round 6-3, 5-7, 9-7.

Pavlyuchenkova winsRussia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenk-ova produced an awesome display of power tennis to defeat a misfir-ing Coco Vandeweghe 6-3, 6-3.

In a late match, Canadian Milos Raonic kept his Wimbledon hopes alive, edging David Goffin 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the last eight. - Reuters

Roger Federer felled

Steve Johnson 6-2,

6-3, 7-5 win in the

fourth round, while

Serena Williams kept

her bid for a record-

equalling 22nd

Grand Slam title on

track, overpowering

Russian 13th seed

Svetlana Kuznetsova

in a 7-5, 6-0

Have fun: Dhoni tells Team IndiaBENGALURU: Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s short yet stirring speech had a simple message for his teammates ahead of a busy season beginning with the West Indies tour: “It is impor-tant to have fun while you play-ing and if you back each other, success will follow you eventu-ally”.Dhoni’s pep talk came after the Indian cricketers enjoyed a 45-minute ‘drum bonding’ ses-sion alongside a bunch of musi-cians here yesterday.

India’s limited overs captain will not be part of the 17 Tests, including 13 at home, this sea-son but his words were music to the ears for the youngsters in the room. — PTI

M O T I V A T I O N

OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS: Team India captain Virat Kohli and coach Anil Kumble at pre-departure

media conference. – AFP

GOOD GOING: World No. 1 Serena Williams was ruthless against Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova in the

pre-quarterfinal match. – AFP

JUBILANT: Switzerland’s Roger Federer celebrates winning his

match against USA’s Steve Johnson. – Reuters

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After 5 years of growth, Oman’s economy ‘contracted’ last year

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Oman’s economy con-tracted in 2015 after five years of robust growth, primarily on ac-count of the marked drop in crude oil prices in the international mar-ket and partly due to the global slowdown, according to Central Bank of Oman’s (CBO’s) annual re-port. Despite increased oil produc-tion, net exports suffered a setback last year due to low oil prices. Pru-dent fiscal consolidation measures reduced government expenditure significantly in order to contain deterioration in the budget bal-ance, said the report.

Consequently, nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) con-tracted 14.1 per cent in 2015, re-

flecting a reduction in two key constituents of aggregate de-mand—rationalisation in govern-ment expenditure and a slowdown in exports as against a robust av-erage growth of 11.3 per cent dur-ing the five-year period from 2010 to 2014.

Employment opportunitiesThe CBO report stated that the creation of adequate employment opportunities for Omanis has been one of the major macro-economic objectives of the government in the recent years. In 2015, employ-ment of Omanis in the private sec-tor increased by 6.1 per cent.

Inflationary pressures in Oman abated significantly in 2015, main-ly due to a decline in international commodity prices, reduced public spending in Oman and a notable appreciation in the US dollar in real effective terms since mid-2014. Annual inflation measured by movement in the average Con-sumer Price Index (CPI) for the Sultanate decelerated to 0.1 per cent in 2015, compared with an average of 2.5 per cent during the previous five years. The recent be-

haviour of prices in Oman owes its origin to both demand and supply factors emanating from domestic, as well as external sources.

From the demand side, con-traction in the nominal GDP in Oman in 2015 was mainly due to the sharp fall in crude oil prices in the global markets and fiscal poli-cies pursued by the government. Among the supply side’s factors, a marked drop in global food and metal prices, coupled with the de-cline in import prices in 2015 fa-cilitated making goods cheaper in Oman. The oil and gas sector con-tinued to play a dominant role in the economy of Oman in 2015.

Crude oil production, subdued in 2014, turned around by 4 per cent to 358 million barrels in 2015. The production of natural gas also increased by 5.6 per cent to 39,801 million cubic metres in 2015, com-pared with 37,682 million cubic metres in 2014.

Crude oil exports in terms of volume rose 5.4 per cent to 308 million barrels in 2015, compared with 292 million barrels in the previous year. However, the aver-age price realisation for Omani

crude oil declined by 45.3 per cent to $56.5 per barrel in 2015 from $103.2 per barrel in 2014 due to ample supply, and a lack of aggregate demand in emerging market economies.

Share of oil and gasAs a result, the share of oil and gas in terms of major parameters of the economy witnessed a decline in 2015. Despite a decline in shares, oil and gas together accounted for 33.9 per cent of the GDP, 78.7 per cent of government revenues, and 59.4 per cent of total merchandise exports in 2015.

Overall fiscal balance of Oman came under pressure in 2015, mainly due to a drop in revenues, owing to the decline in average crude oil price and a general slow-down in the economy. After con-tinuous growth in total revenues during the 2009 to 2014 period, Oman recorded a revenue decline of 35.7 per cent to OMR9,067.5 mil-lion in 2015.

Fiscal consolidation measures reined in government expenditure (by 9.7 per cent to OMR13,698.9 million) significantly in order to

contain the deterioration in the budget balance. Consequently, the overall fiscal deficit stood at OMR4631.4 million in 2015.

Given the low inflationary en-vironment and moderate non-hy-drocarbon growth, CBO continued with its accommodative monetary policy stance. With domestic li-quidity conditions still remaining comfortable, monetary aggregates in Oman expanded, with some moderation during 2015.

Despite the challenges facing the economy in the current en-vironment of low oil prices, the

banking sector remains robust, supporting economic diversifica-tion initiatives and credit needs of the growing young population. The risk-based supervision of banks, implementation of Basel accords, the development of modern pay-ment and settlement systems have led to financial stability. The overall capital adequacy ratio in relation to risk weighted assets of banks remained comfortable at 16.1 per cent at the end of 2015, which was considerably higher than the minimum regulatory re-quirement.

Despite increased

oil production, net

exports suffered

a setback last

year due to low

oil prices. Prudent

fiscal consolidation

measures reduced

government

expenditure

significantly in

order to contain

deterioration in the

budget balance, said

the CBO report.

‘Cement sector is not facing an oversupply glut’Times News Service

MUSCAT: The Oman cement sector is not facing an oversupply glut due to the presence of huge project pipeline, and infrastruc-ture projects. Since 2009, it has been witnessed that there is al-ways a gap between the consump-tion and demand in Oman, which was historically met by imports, according to an industry update.

This indicates that the demand for cement in the local market is higher than the production ca-pacity of domestic producers. At present, the total demand for ce-ment is around eight million met-ric tonnes (MT) where around 43 per cent of demand is met by import substitution. The demand for cement in the local market is likely to remain intact owing to announced infrastructure and construction projects, United Se-curities said in its latest report.

Oman’s cement industry is dominated by two companies with Oman Cement incorporated in 1977, and Raysut Cement, start-ed in 1981, combining for 57 per cent of the local market share.

Most of Oman’s cement con-sumption occurs in the north which is considered to be where construction activities are the highest in the country.

This demand is mostly met by Oman Cement, which is strategi-cally located in northern Oman while Raysut Cement covers the southern region.

Being located in southern Oman, Raysut has the distinctive logistical advantage of exporting cement to neighboring regions such as Yemen and East Africa. Raysut Cement acquired Pioneer Cement of UAE at the end of De-cember 2010 and is now catering to Northern Oman directly com-peting with Oman Cement.

According to the research re-port Oman Cement is adding a new cement grinding capacity that is expect to be operational by the end of May 2016 and also ramping up the modernisation of its kiln 2 which is expected to be completed by the end of fourth quarter of 2016.

Not to be left behind, Raysut cement is also expanding its do-mestic facilities by constructing a terminal in Duqm Port to cater to demand arising out of the region. Post the operational and capacity expansion; we expect the histori-cal supply and demand gap to con-tract.

Dumping from UAE Underpriced cement imports from UAE producers have weighed on realisation level of lo-cal cement companies since 2010. As a result, domestic cement pric-es have fallen by 3.1 per cent at an eight-year CAGR from OMR30.9 per MT in 2008 to 24.8 in 2015.

UAE’s cement industry has suf-fered from overcapacity since the economic crises and consequent-ly, has become a net exporter of

cement where nearly 60 per cent of its production is exported to neighbouring countries which in-cludes Oman.

Structural over-capacityThe structural over-capacity in the UAE is such that it would take more than a turn-around in the UAE construction market to engineer a sustainable improve-ment in pricing. The report esti-mates that only by 2018 would the oversupply situation in UAE ease where local production can be ab-sorbed in their own market, due to the commencement of various mega projects in anticipation of Dubai expo 2020.

Recent announcements by au-thorities’ point towards an immi-nent clampdown on overloaded trucks, which would increase operating costs for UAE cement

companies thereby offering little room for them to further, lower their prices.

This would effectively provide a base for realisation to bottom out. However, we expect the cur-rent price gap between domestic and imported cement to continue which would add pressure on local cement companies to revise their selling prices in order to be com-petitive in the local market.

The government’s recent de-cision to double the price of gas, which is used as fuel for kiln firing, presents a great challenge for ce-ment producers as far as produc-tion cost is concerned. Gas price supplied to the manufacturing industries has been hiked 100 per cent starting January 1, 2015 with annual escalation of 3 per cent thereafter.

The new cost of natural gas di-

rectly increases the cost of pro-duction which the company may not be able to pass on to customers completely effectively depress-ing gross margins. As per both companies’ disclosure, the hike in the gas price was estimated to increase cost of production by a total of OMR11.1 million (Oman Cement: OMR6.6 million, Raysut Cement: OMR4.5 million) for the overall sector.

As of 2015, energy cost has in-creased to comprise 41 per cent of the overall cost of sales for ce-ment companies from 30 per cent in 2014. The companies had proposed to use coal (discovered in Sharqiyah region) as a cheaper alternative but the government’s strategy is not to use it at present. This year, Oman had proposed to raise the electricity and water charges as well as increase in cor-porate tax from 12 per cent to 15 per cent.

Increase in other cost such as higher corporate tax along with higher electricity and water charges would add pressure on the sector margin in the near term but expects to be mitigated in the long run through higher operational ef-ficiencies along with the absence of expensive imports.

The report expects utilisation rates forecast to improve steadily: Raysut and Oman Cement togeth-er combine for clinker and cement capacity of 6.5 million MT (metric ton) and 8.1million MT per an-num respectively.

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Latest auction of Oman crude oil concludesTimes News Service

MUSCAT: The Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) announced on Monday the success of its latest auction with major global play-ers participating in a bid to buy 1,000,000 barrels of Oman crude oil. The auction was conducted on July 1 through the DME Auction platform, the first spot commodity auction system in the Middle East.

Oman’s Ministry of Oil and Gas has included DME Auctions in their available options to sell spot cargos of Oman Blend.

TransparencyThis move maintains a high level of transparency in the marketing of Oman’s crude oil exports and offers customers a fair and equal opportunity to access the Sultan-ate’s spot exports. Owain Johnson, Managing Director, DME said: “The Oman government believes in transparency as a key factor for a successful and healthy relation-ship with its oil customers. Oman has adopted exchange-based pric-ing since 2007 and selected DME Auctions for its spot exports in 2015. Today’s auction was another success and justifies the trust giv-en to the platform by the govern-ment and industry participants.”

DME is the premier internation-al energy futures and commodities exchange in the Middle East.

D U B A I M E R C A N T I L E E X C H A N G E

PRUDENT POLICIES: The Central Bank of Oman report stated that the creation of adequate employ-

ment opportunities for Omanis has been one of the major macro-economic objectives of the govern-

ment in the recent years. — Times file picture

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Oman’s Vision 2020 and successive Five-Year Development Plans are pursuing the strategy of economic diversification, improving the business climate to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and a greater role for the private sector, according to the Cen-tral Bank of Oman’s (CBO’s) annual report.

The central bank further said that during the previous 10-year period, the share of the non-hydrocarbon sector increased from 16 per cent to 41 per cent of merchandise exports, while the share of non-oil revenue in public rev-enue grew from 14 per cent to 22 per cent.

With a view to finance the fiscal deficit, the authorities have planned to utilise fiscal buffers, raise loans from the

domestic market without crowding out credit to the private sector and access external markets by the sovereign and government related entities. The success-ful raising of $1billion in 2015 and of $2.5 billion in June 2016 underscores strong investor appetites, the report said.

Over the years, the government of Oman has implemented sound macro-economic policies, resulting in strong growth, moderate inflation and a stable finan-cial system.

On the external sector front, authorities are planning to implement measures in the medium-term to bolster earnings from tourism, strengthen the manufacturing sector, and ratify a new investment law to attract foreign investment to Oman.

CBO report forecasts positive outlook for Oman’s economy

ROBUST DEMAND: The demand for cement in the local market

is likely to remain intact owing to announced infrastructure and

construction projects. - Times file picture

OMAN CRUDE PRICES RISEOman Crude (September delivery) increased by 99 cents to $46.56 per barrel, said Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME). The average price of Oman Crude (July delivery) stabilised at $44.33 per barrel, $4.93 higher than June delivery. – ONA

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MARKETT U E S DAY, J U LY 5, 2 0 1 6

MUSCATSECURITIES MARKET

SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR MONDAY, JULY 4

REGULAR MARKET .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ........................ 789,993 ..........177,935..................... 70 ............0.217 ...........0.230 ...........0.217 ........... 0.225 ............. 0.214 ............0.011 ............. 5.140 ................0.230..............0.228...................0.230 ..................28,102,041 .........0.100

OM0000003125 ............GLOBAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENT ..................26,974 ............... 3,671........................3 ............0.137 ........... 0.137 ...........0.135 ............0.136 ............. 0.130............ 0.006 ............. 4.615 ................0.135 .............. 0.135...................0.140 ...................27,200,000 .........0.100

OM0000001962 ............AL MADINA INVESTMENT .................................... 50,000 ...............3,100........................7 ........... 0.062 ........... 0.062 ...........0.062........... 0.062 .............0.060 ........... 0.002 ............. 3.333 ................0.062.............. 0.061...................0.062 ..................12,843,386 .........0.100

OM0000001681 ............OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING ........... 208,860 ........... 28,780..................... 28 ............0.140 ........... 0.140 ...........0.137 ............0.138 ............. 0.135 ............ 0.003 .............2.222 ................0.138 .............. 0.137...................0.138 ................... 16,818,750 .........0.100

OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 100,000 ............30,143......................11 ........... 0.300 ...........0.302 ...........0.300 .......... 0.302 .............0.296 ........... 0.006 ............. 2.027 ................0.302............. 0.300...................0.302 .................. 87,776,608 .........0.100

OM0000001087 ............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE .................................18,000 ...............4,575........................4 ........... 0.250 ........... 0.255 ...........0.250........... 0.254 .............0.250 ........... 0.004 ............. 1.600 ................0.255 ..............0.255...................0.000 ..................25,400,000.........0.100

OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ........................................................16,000 ............ 21,268......................12 ............1.310 ........... 1.330 ........... 1.310 ........... 1.330 ............. 1.310 ............ 0.020 ............. 1.527 ................1.330 .............. 1.330...................0.000 ................ 266,000,000 .......0.100

OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ..............47,942 .............12,087..................... 10 ........... 0.250 ...........0.254 ...........0.250........... 0.252 .............0.249 ........... 0.003 ............. 1.205 ................0.254..............0.254...................0.256....................5,292,000 ..........0.100

OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 304,900............53,358........................3 ............0.175 ........... 0.175............0.175 ............0.175 ............. 0.173 ............ 0.002 ..............1.156.................0.175 .............. 0.175...................0.177 ..................280,787,385 ........0.100

OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING ........... 497,158 .............69,814..................... 25 ............0.140 ........... 0.143 ...........0.140 ........... 0.140 ............. 0.139.............0.001 ............. 0.719.................0.142 ..............0.140...................0.142 ...................12,600,000 .........0.100

OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT ............................................................ 59,780 ............ 28,334......................17 ............0.474 ........... 0.474 ...........0.472 ........... 0.474 .............0.472 ........... 0.002 ............. 0.424 ................0.474 ..............0.426...................0.474 ..................156,833,665 ........0.100

OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS ........................................................... 138,882 ...........80,222..................... 37 ............0.576 ........... 0.588 ...........0.576 ........... 0.578 ............. 0.576 ........... 0.002 ............. 0.347 ................0.576 ..............0.576...................0.582...................31,790,000 .........0.100

OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ..........................58,848 ............ 96,538..................... 25 ............1.635 ........... 1.650 ...........1.635 ........... 1.640 ............. 1.635 ............ 0.005 ............. 0.306 ................1.645 .............. 1.630...................1.645 ................1,230,000,000 ......0.100

OM0000001483 ............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ..................................... 1,250 ..................304........................ 1 ........... 0.243 ...........0.243 ...........0.243........... 0.240 .............0.240 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.243..............0.235...................0.240 .................353,947,506 ........0.100

OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 872,000 ........... 86,328..................... 83 ........... 0.099 ........... 0.099 ...........0.099........... 0.099 .............0.099 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.099 ..............0.099...................0.102 ..................198,030,966 ........0.100

OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE .............. 317,070 ............ 62,463......................17 ............0.197 ........... 0.197 ...........0.197 ............0.197 ............. 0.197............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.197 .............. 0.196...................0.197 ...................39,400,000.........0.100

OM0000001533 ............OMINVEST ......................................................................92,536 ............ 52,560..................... 25 ........... 0.568 ........... 0.568 ...........0.568 ........... 0.568 .............0.568 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.568 ............. 0.000...................0.568..................361,129,224 ........0.100

OM0000002549 ...........BANK DHOFAR ............................................................ 200,000...........46,400........................7 ........... 0.232 ........... 0.232 ...........0.232........... 0.232 .............0.232 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.232..............0.225...................0.232 .................394,214,725 ........0.100

OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 1,060,755 ......402,976...................297 ........... 0.380 ...........0.380 ...........0.378 ........... 0.380 .............0.380 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.380..............0.378...................0.380 .................948,575,098........0.100

OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES .......................... 96,000 ............. 11,136........................3 ............0.116 ........... 0.116 ............ 0.116 ............0.116 ............. 0.116 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................ 0.116 .............. 0.112...................0.120 .................... 6,825,813 ..........0.100

OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY ........................................................2,110 ...................912........................3 ........... 0.432 ........... 0.432 ...........0.432........... 0.432 .............0.432 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.432 ..............0.432...................0.474 ...................26,136,000 .........0.100

OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 240,985 ......... 178,329......................17 ............0.740 ........... 0.740 ...........0.740 ........... 0.740 ............. 0.740 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.740 ..............0.732...................0.740 ..................481,698,730 ........0.100

OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS ................................................. 88,000 .............41,353..................... 56 ........... 0.470 ........... 0.470 ...........0.468 ........... 0.470 .............0.470 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.470 ..............0.462...................0.470...................24,675,000 .........0.100

OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 812,000 ......... 142,792..................... 63 ............0.175 ........... 0.178 ...........0.175 ............0.176 ............. 0.177 ............-0.001 ........... -0.565 ...............0.178 .............. 0.177...................0.178 ...................30,800,432 .........0.100

OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 1,484,690 ...... 162,694..................... 60 ............0.111 ............0.111 ............0.109 ............0.110 ............. 0.111 ............-0.001 ........... -0.901 ...............0.110 ..............0.109................... 0.110 ................... 31,897,870 .........0.100

OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL ...............................................46,450 ...............3,428........................9 ........... 0.073 ........... 0.075 ...........0.073 ........... 0.074 .............0.075 ...........-0.001 ............-1.333................0.075 ..............0.074...................0.075 ...................12,950,000 .........0.100

OM0000002226 ...........AL JAZEERA SERVICES ............................................15,000 ...............3,225........................2 ............0.215 ........... 0.215 ...........0.215 ............0.215 ............. 0.218............-0.003 ............-1.376 ................0.215 .............. 0.213...................0.218 ................... 13,158,919 .........0.100

OM0000002374............UNITED FINANCE ....................................................... 24,211 ...............3,656........................ 1 ............0.151 ........... 0.151 ............ 0.151 ............0.151 ............. 0.154............-0.003 ........... -1.948 ............... 0.151 ............. 0.000...................0.152 ................... 49,271,781 .........0.100

OM0000004933 ...........AL SUWADI POWER ....................................................79,652 ............. 16,170........................6 ........... 0.208 ...........0.208 ...........0.203........... 0.203 .............0.208 ...........-0.005 ........... -2.404 ...............0.203..............0.203...................0.208 .................145,024,487 ........0.100

OM0000002200 ...........AHLI BANK .................................................................... 301,157 ............ 53,946......................11 ............0.180 ........... 0.180 ...........0.178 ............0.179 ............. 0.187............-0.008 ........... -4.278 ...............0.180 .............. 0.178...................0.180 ..................255,081,470 ........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 8,051,203 ...1,878,497................... 913 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......30........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000004776 ...........TAKAFUL OMAN INSURANCE ..............................15,000 ............... 1,830........................ 1 ............0.122 ........... 0.122 ...........0.122 ........... 0.122 ............. 0.118 ............ 0.004 ............. 3.390 ................0.122 .............. 0.118...................0.122 ...................12,200,000.........0.100

OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES ..................................................... 142,370 ..............8,922..................... 25 ............0.061 ...........0.064 ...........0.061 ........... 0.063 ............. 0.061............ 0.002 ............. 3.279 ................0.063 ..............0.062...................0.063.................... 7,875,000 ..........0.100

OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK.............................................. 298,871 ............17,932......................17 ........... 0.060 ...........0.060 ...........0.060........... 0.060 .............0.059 ............0.001 ............. 1.695 ................0.060..............0.059...................0.060 ..................60,000,000 ........0.100

OM0000001152 ............OMAN NATIONAL ENGINE. INVT. ........................ 5,000 .................. 950........................ 1 ............0.190 ........... 0.190 ...........0.190 ............0.195 ............. 0.195............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.190 ..............0.180...................0.195 ...................19,500,000 .........0.100

OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. .................. 113,284 ............... 3,519......................12 ........... 0.032 ........... 0.032 ...........0.031 ............0.031 ............. 0.031............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.031 .............. 0.031...................0.032 ...................2,635,000 ..........0.100

OM0000001723 ............OMAN ORIX LEASING ................................................. 2,947 .................. 333........................2 ............0.113 ........... 0.113 ............ 0.113 ............0.113 ............. 0.113 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................ 0.113 ...............0.113...................0.000 ..................28,367,452 .........0.100

OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 1,399,445 ....... 111,013..................... 29 ........... 0.080 ...........0.080 ...........0.079 ........... 0.079 .............0.079 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.079 ..............0.079...................0.080 .................118,500,000 ........0.100

OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 473,215............ 76,526.....................44 ............0.161 ........... 0.162 ........... 0.161 ........... 0.162 ............. 0.162............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.162 .............. 0.161...................0.162 ..................236,941,437 ........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 2,450,132 ......221,026....................131 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 8........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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

O M A N S T O C K S

INDICESIndex .................................................High .................Low ..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff %MSM30 Index ........................................ 5,819.01 .............. 5,804.10 ....................5,811.82 ................... 5,812.32 .................. -0.50 .................. -0.01Financial Index ..................................... 7,339.31 ...............7,308.69 ................... 7,320.60 ................... 7,327.64 .................. -7.04 .................. -0.10Industrial Index ................................... 8,245.93 ...............7,423.52 ................... 7,468.07 ................... 7,420.79 ..................47.28 ................... 0.64Services Index .......................................3,252.74 .............. 3,245.97 ................... 3,247.93 ................... 3,248.81 .................. -0.88 .................. -0.03MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................894.73 ..................892.02 ...................... 894.69 ...................... 892.03 ....................2.66 ...................0.30

Trading SummaryVolume ................ Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up ............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded10,501,335 .................. 2,099,522 ................. 1,044 ............... 17,059,200,197 ................ 16 ........................7 .................... 15 .........................38

MSM index ends lower

MUSCAT: MSM 30 Index wit-nessed subdued trading before Eid holidays, which closed at 5,811.82 points, down marginally by 0.01 per cent. The MSM Sha-riah Index gained 0.30 per cent to finish at 894.69 points.

Galfar Engineering was the most active in terms of volume while Bank Muscat was the most active turnover in terms of turno-ver. Al Jazeera Steel was the top gainer, up 5.14 per cent, while the top loser was Ahli Bank down 4.28 per cent.

Altogether 1,044 trades were executed on Monday, generating a turnover of OMR2.1 million with 10.5 million shares changing hands. Out of 38 traded securi-ties, 16 advanced, 7 declined and 15 remained unchanged.

At the close of the session, Omani investors were net buyers to the tune of OMR153,000 worth of share, while foreign investors were net sellers at OMR129,00. Arab and GCC investors, who were net sellers, sold shares amounting to OMR 24,000.

Financial Index retreated 0.10 per cent to close at 7,320.60

points. Global Financial Invest-ment, Takaful Oman, Al Madina Investments, Oman & Emirates Holding and Al Izz Bank gained 4.62 per cent, 3.39 per cent, 3.33 per cent, 2.22 per cent and 1.69 per cent respectively. Ahli Bank, United Finance, Al Madina Takaful and Al Anwar Holding declined 4.28 per cent, 1.95 per cent, 1.33 per cent and 0.56 per cent respectively.

Industrial Index ended positive-ly at 7,468.07 points, up 0.64 per cent. Al Jazeera Steel, Oman Fish-eries, Raysut Cement, Gulf Inter-national Chemicals and Oman Ce-ment gained 5.14 per cent, 3.28 per cent, 1.53 per cent, 1.20 per cent and 0.42 per cent respectively. Galfar Engineering, down 0.90 per cent was the only loser.

Services Index declined 0.03 per cent to end at 3,247.93 points. Renaissance Services, National Gas and Omantel increased 2.03 per cent, 0.35 per cent and 0.31 per cent respectively.

Al Suwadi Power and Al Ja-zeera Services declined 2.40 per cent and 1.38 per cent respective-ly. — United Securities

Al Jazeera Steel was the top gainer, up 5.14%,

while the top loser was Ahli Bank down 4.28%

Construction of Six Flags theme park in Dubai beginsTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Dubai Parks and Re-sorts on Monday announced that construction has commenced for Six Flags Dubai, the first Six Flags branded theme park in the region, marking the start of phase two of the development.

Planned to open in late 2019, Six Flags Dubai will be the fourth

theme park at the Dubai Parks and Resorts destination and will in-clude 27rides and attractions for all ages across six themed zones; Thrill seeker Plaza, Magic Moun-tain, Fiesta Texas, Great Escape, Great Adventure, and Great Amer-ica. Set over an area of 3.5 million square feet with an opening day footprint of 2 million square feet, the estimated cost of the project is

Dh2.6billion. Six Flags is one of the world’s

largest amusement park corpo-rations with 18 properties in the Americas. Appealing to thrill seekers of all ages, Six Flags Dubai will feature at least three world record breaking rides in addition to 6 roller coasters, 4 aerial attrac-tions, a 350-metre river rapids ride and 3 performance spaces along

with many attractions tailored for younger guests. Additionally, the park will have 16 food and bever-age outlets and 16 retail outlets.

Raed Kajoor Al Nuaimi, chief ex-ecutive officer of Dubai Parks and Resorts, said, “We are delighted to announce that construction has commenced on the region’s first Six Flags branded theme park. This is the fourth theme park at our des-

tination alongside motion gate Dubai, Bollywood Parks TM Dubai and LEGOLAND Dubai and it will help us strengthen the appeal of Dubai Parks and Resorts as a must visit destination in the region.

Six Flags is a successful brand and the introduction of this theme park will further establish Dubai Parks and Resorts as the region’s largest leisure destination.

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B3T U E S DAY, J U LY 5, 2 0 1 6

MARKET

Global gold holdings expand by over 500 metric tonnesSINGAPORE: Global gold hold-ings have expanded by more than 500 metric tonnes since bottom-ing in January in a signal of inves-tors’ rising concern about slowing growth, a United States Federal Reserve that’s probably on hold and the ructions caused by Britain’s vote to quit the European Union.

Assets in bullion-backed ex-change-traded funds (ETFs) rose 6.6 tonnes to 1,959.1 tonnes on Friday, up from 1,458.1 tonnes on January 6, according to data. The holdings increased 37 tonnes last week as investors reacted to the UK’s vote, and swelled in five months out of six in the first half.

Bullion prices climbed to the highest level in more than two years in June as investors ab-sorbed the implications of the UK result, adding to a rally that’s been driven by the Fed’s hesitation in raising borrowing costs and the spread of negative rates in Europe

and Japan. Banks including Gold-man Sachs raised their outlooks for gold after the vote, while yields on 10- and 30-year US Treasuries have touched record lows.

“The low-yield environment globally, and increased volatility in the financial markets as a result of a number of key geopolitical developments, have increased the appeal of gold as an investment and safe-haven asset respectively,” said Vyanne Lai, an economist at National Australia Bank.

The push-back in the markets’ expectations for the timeline of further US rate hikes suggests fur-ther upward potential for prices, she said.

Yellow metal ralliesGold for immediate delivery trad-ed 0.7 per cent higher at $1,351.15 an ounce in Singapore, up 27 per cent this year, according to generic pricing. It rallied to $1,358.54 on

June 24, the highest level since March 2014. Spot silver has also jumped. Gold holdings in exchange traded funds (ETFs), which peaked at 2,632.5 tonnes in 2012 as central banks ramped up stimulus to re-suscitate growth after the global fi-nancial crisis, have now rebounded to the highest since August 2013. ETFs trade like shares, and allow investors to buy and sell bullion without taking physical delivery.

Goldman raised its three-, six and 12-month bullion targets by $100 an ounce last month, cit-ing a flight to safety by investors, while Singapore-based Oversea-Chinese Banking has flagged the potential for bullion at $1,400.

Gold will probably extend gains as Britain’s vote adds to the case for the Fed pausing on rates.

“Brexit has created all sorts of fear and loathing across markets,” Commonwealth Bank of Australia said in a note. - Bloomberg News

P R E C I O U S M E T A L

Real estate market hit hard by Britain’s exit referendum

LONDON: Aftershocks of Brit-ain’s decision to leave the Euro-pean Union have hit the property sector over the past week, with a foreign bank freezing loans for buyers and some investors pulling out of commercial deals.

Some foreigners, however, are already making the most of the drop in the pound post-Brexit to snap up what they see as residen-tial bargains.

London property has long been a magnet for foreign investors, be it extravagant homes or iconic commercial real estate, and prices in the capital have sky-rocketed.

Key to overseas investors will be whether the fall in the value of sterling is attractive enough to offset the political vacuum, ex-pected economic slowdown and questions over market access that have resulted from Britain’s vote to leave the EU.

Singapore’s United Overseas

Bank temporarily halted mort-gage loans for London properties. Other Asian banks also flagged potential investment risks. For British investors, the uncertainty may be prohibitive, even though property is widely considered more profitable than other safe assets, given supply shortages.

Purchase delayed“A number of deals I know have gone down or certainly been de-layed,” Paul Firth, head of real estate at law firm Irwin Mitchell said. “Everyone is taking a pause at the moment just to wait until a new normal is established.”

In one case, the purchase of a regional shopping centre by a United States private equity fund worth more than £30 million ($40 million) was delayed after Brexit

for at least a couple of months pending the market settling down.

Another deal his firm was work-ing on involved a French vendor of high-end luxury goods who put on hold its new flagship London store after Britain’s decision to leave the EU, he said.

He said a number of their “sig-nificant investment deals”, worth above £30 million each, had stalled. The deals involved mainly UK in-vestors but also some foreigners. One deal the firm was working on worth more than £40 million had gone through since Brexit.

Britain’s June 23 vote to leave the EU has already caused the government to collapse and deep-ly divided the country.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney said on Thursday the economy would probably need more stimulus over the summer given that the outlook had dete-riorated. He also said commer-cial real estate transactions had halved since last year’s peak and that activity in residential real es-tate had slowed sharply.

British commercial real estate

investment volumes reached £10.7 billion in the first three months of 2016, a 28 percent fall versus the same period a year ago and its lowest quarter since the second quarter of 2013, according to June research from real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield.

Investors’ gainsThere were also signs that the fallout from Brexit was benefit-ing professional investors such as private funds at the expense of homebuyers, who may struggle along with the economy.

Before the referendum, officials said the economy could tip into recession and house prices could fall 10 to 18 per cent if Britain voted to leave the European Un-ion. Economists before the vote said they expected house prices to be flat next year and then pick up again if Britain chose to leave.

David Galman, sales director at Galliard Homes, said profes-sional investors had already con-tacted him offering to buy any units end-users may seek to sell in the Skyline residential devel-opment it launched in June just outside London.

Galliard Homes, London’s sec-ond largest house-builder, had offered buyers get out clauses for the 89 off-plan units ranging from 200,000 to 250,000 pounds in their development in Slough, west of London.

The buyers had the option to withdraw their offers if they were unhappy with the outcome of the EU vote. - Reuters

Aftershocks of

Britain’s decision to

leave EU have hit

the property sector

over the past week,

with a foreign bank

freezing loans for

buyers and some

investors pulling out

of commercial deals

Abu Dhabi’s Al Jaber to improve $1.6b debt dealDUBAI: Al Jaber Group, a family owned business in Abu Dhabi with interests spanning construction, engineering and shipping, has al-most doubled the amount of cash it intends to raise from asset sales under a new debt repayment plan it offered to creditors, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

The group plans to raise Dh5.2 billion ($1.4 billion) by selling assets including real estate and shares by March 2018, compared to the Dh2.75 billion proposed ear-lier, said the people, asking not to be identified because the informa-tion is private. Al Jaber has already raised Dh1.3 billion, the company said in its presentation to creditors last week, according to the people.

Repaying debtThe plan includes raising Dh1.5 billion by the end of the year, Dh600 million of which will be used to repay debt and for working capital, the people said.

It will use an additional Dh650 million to repay creditors who want to exit at about 50 cents to dollar, and the maturity of the re-maining debt would be extended to 2024, they said.

Al Jaber is among several busi-nesses in the United Arab Emir-ates that sought to restructure liabilities after the global finan-cial crisis in 2008 led to a crash in property prices. The company signed a debt-restructuring agree-ment with banks in June 2014 af-ter being in negotiations for about four years, people familiar with the matter said at the time.

National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, First Gulf Bank and Union Nation-al Bank, which hold 50 per cent of Al Jaber’s $1.6 billion debt, agreed to the new debt plan. - Bloomberg News

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is the fall in British commercial real estate investment volumes, which reached £10.7

billion in the first three months of 2016, compared to the same

28%

GAINS SHEEN: Bullion prices climbed to the highest level in more than two years in June as investors absorbed the implications of the UK result. – File

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FEATURET U E S DAY, J U LY 5, 2 0 1 6

W hile the shale boom has driven more domestic crude into

US refineries, the resulting petrol typically isn’t ideal

for the engine of a Corvette Stingray, Rolls-Royce Phan-

tom or even a Nissan Infiniti. That’s prompting a surge

of shipments from Asia carrying additives including

alkylates, which are blended with motor fuel to boost performance.

The US imported almost 10 times as much of those petrol components

from the Asian oil-trading hub of Singapore in 2015 compared with a year

earlier, according to US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data.

The shipments show how the shale boom is shifting global trade flows and

helping refiners such as India’s Reliance Industries find new markets.

“Americans love their SUVs, high-performance engines and muscle

cars,” said John Driscoll, chief strategist at JTD Energy Services Pte, who

has spent more than 30 years trading crude and petroleum in Singapore.

“These engines need high-octane fuel to hit peak performance and pre-

vent engine damage.”US shale oil is usually of a lighter variety that yields petrol with

lower octane. While this supply is fine to use in regular cars, it tends

to burn prematurely in the more powerful motor of a Porsche or Ford

Mustang, leading to what’s called a knock and potential damage.

Blending components such as alkylates increase octane levels.

Premium petrol cost on average almost 50 cents a gallon more

than the regular variety on June 28 in the US, according to data

from the American Automobile Association. The difference was

as low as 13 cents in 2009 and rose to about 30 cents in 2011 after

the shale boom took off.“The price of high-octane petrol has risen much more strongly

than the normal stuff, which means it’s because of demand,” said

Ehsan Ul-Haq, a senior consultant at KBC Advanced Technolo-

gies in London. “In the US, people always look at more power

when they buy cars and SUVs. If oil prices are relatively low, peo-

ple don’t care.”Demand for blending components could rise further next

year as new regulations requiring the reduction of sulphur con-

tent in fuels are implemented in the US. The process used by

refiners to remove the impurity has the effect of also reducing

octane levels, potentially boosting the need for additives.

The tanker Polar Cod, which can carry about 60,000 met-

ric tonnes of fuel, unloaded alkylate at New York in May af-

ter sailing from Sikka a month earlier, from where Reliance

Industries ships fuel produced at its western-India refinery,

vessel-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show.

A slowdown in fuel margins has prompted refiners to

turn to petrochemicals, including blending components,

as a key source of income. Profits from processing benchmark Dubai crude in Asia

have averaged less than $6 a barrel this year, compared with $8.25 in the first six

months of 2015, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

“Refiners like Reliance normally send their material where they can get the high-

est price,” KBC’s Ul-Haq said. “The US is a destination for these refiners because

it’s the largest petrol consumer in the world.”

India’s supplies of petrol blendstocks to the US rose more than tenfold to an av-

erage 44,000 barrels a day in the period 2010 to 2015, compared with the previous

10 years, EIA data show. American imports of the components from Singapore

surged to about 1.5 million barrels last year from 150,000 barrels in 2014, accord-

ing to the data.Shale boomThe US oil boom was driven by a combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic

fracturing, or fracking, of shale formations including the Eagle Ford and Permian

in Texas and the Bakken in North Dakota. That boosted the country’s crude pro-

duction to 9.6 million barrels a day last year, the highest level in more than three

decades, from as low as 3.8 million barrels in September 2008, EIA data show.

The jump in output has meant the nation’s need for crude from overseas has

dropped, while the quality mismatch of the petrol produced has boosted depend-

ence on foreign additives. Those purchases have averaged 635,000 barrels a day

over the past 6 years, 25 per cent higher than shipments over the previous decade,

according to government data.“Once you get addicted to high-octane stuff, then you want to keep using it,”

KBC’s Ul-Haq said. “People want to put a tiger in the tank instead of lower-octane

stuff.” — Bloomberg News

THE U.S.HIGH OCTANE ADDICTION From Beverly Hills to The Hamptons,

luxury cars on American roads are

relying on help from Asia to keep them

purring with high-octane petrol.

THE U.S.HIGH OCTANE ADDICTION From Beverly Hills to The Hamptons,

luxury cars on American roads are

relying on help from Asia to keep them

purring with high-octane petrol.

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DiningSECTIONB L I F E STY L E T U E S DAY, J U LY 5, 2 0 1 6

SPANISH STYLE RICE AND PRAWN ONE POT A fast meal filled with delicious Mediterranean flavours., this is an easy, quick and a no fuss take on a Spanish Paella.

Ingredients

-

Preparation In a non-stick frying or shallow pan with a lid, sau-té the onion, pepper, sausages and garlic in the oil over a high heat for 3 minutes. Stir in the rice and

-er, and then cook over a high heat for 12 minutes.

-

more water if the rice is looking dry, and then cook for another minute until the prawns are just pink and rice tender. Add your seasonings of salt and

the oven. Throw in the onion, peppers, sausag-es, garlic and oil into a greased ovenproof dish,

tomatoes, seasonings of salt and pepper and

stirring in prawns for the final 5 minutes. Finish

ONE POT MAC AND CHEESE

of Cheddar and all in one pot. This one pot mac and cheese recipe makes for an easy, less mess, de-licious vegetarian dinner.

Ingredients

pieces

PreparationPut the milk and macaroni in a medium saucepan.

frequently to keep the macaroni from sticking and clumping, then cook, stirring frequently, until the macaroni is tender and the milk has thickened to

Remove the saucepan from the heat, add the -

and stir until smooth, thick and creamy. Serve hot.

VEGETARIAN BURMESE KHAU SUEY

Ingredients

-

Preparation

and gram flour. Whisk them well until the gram flour has dissolved. Heat oil in a pan; Add crushed garlic and sauté on low for a few seconds. Add the

coriander powders and salt. Give the mixture a

curry is ready. Transfer to a serving dish. To Serve

coconut curry into this salad until you see it rising

noodles and serve immediately.

EASY CREAMY CHICKEN RISOTTO-

Ingredients

fresh thyme leaves

Preparation

saucepan and cook the onion until it is tender. Add the rice to the pan and stir until well coated with

Continue to add the stock, a little at a time, stir-

more. After approximately 20 minutes, all of the

parsley, thyme and grated parmesan. Continue to cook the risotto for a minute or two more until the chicken has heated through. Season to taste with

PRESSURE COOKER HALEEMHere is a quick to make mutton haleem recipe which is instant and delicious. Nutritious and wholesome, Haleem is a hearty stew of meat and

-cut yet tasty version of the same.

Ingredients

lemon wedges, and julienne ginger

Preparation

hour. Heat oil or ghee in a pressure cooker and add the cumin seeds, cloves, cardamom, and green chillies. Fry for a minute and add the onions. Fry till translucent. Now stir in the ginger-garlic paste

dried up from the mutton. Throw in the red chilli powder, turmeric powder, yoghurt, tomatoes and salt. Mix it in and add the soaked lentils and cracked wheat. Add 5 - 6 cups of water and give it a stir and close the lid of the pressure cooker and

-

-low the cooker to cool down and cook on low heat till done stirring frequently. Please make sure that

runny in texture. Serve hot with fried onions, lem-on wedges, coriander leaves and ginger julienne. Tip –and masoor dal till they lightly change the colour.

to a lightly coarse powder and add accordingly to -

nate to soaking the lentils and wheat.

ALL IN A POT Recipes Oneza Tabish

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CINEMA SCHEDULE CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 3 YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE CINEMA | BOX-OFFICE COUNTER OPENS 30-MINUTES PRIOR TO THE SCREENING OF THE FIRST SHOW

BAHJA CINEMAFilm information 24540856 / Advance Booking

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The Asian Connection (Action)11.45 p.m.; CP No: 1764 (15+)Intruder (Horror/Thriller)11.45 p.m.; CP No: 1785 (15+)The curse of Sleeping Beauty (Fantasy) 9.30 p.m; CP No: 1786 (18+ )Ghosthunters (Comedy / Family/ Fantacy)9.30 p.m.; CP No: 1787 (PG)From Eid DayThe Asian Connection (Action)1.00 p.m; CP No: 1764 (15+)The Purge: Election Year (Action)Cast: Frank Grillo, Elizebeth Mitchel4.00, 8.00 & 11.55 p.m.; CP No: 1810 (12+)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (Action/Adventure)12.00, 2.00, 6.00 & 10.00 p.m; CP No: 1811 (PG12 )Sultan (Hindi) (Action)Cast : Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma3.00, 6.00 & 9.00 p.m; CP No: 1812 (PG12)30 Years Ago (Arabic) (Action/Thriller)Cast : Ahmed El Sakki, Mona Zaki, Sherif Mounir11.55 P.M; CP No: 1813 (PG12)

STAR CINEMAFilm information 24791641 / 24786776

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School Bus ( Mal); 9-30 PM Cinema Main Udta Punjab ( Hindi); 9-30 PM Cinema- 4Gentleman (Telugu); 9-45 pm Cinema -3Jackson Durai (Tamil) ( Horror) 9-30 pm Cinema -2From Eid DaySultan( Hindi) ( Act) Cast: Salman Khan & Anushka Sharma 3-30 PM Cinema -2; 6-30 & 10-00 Pm Main Happy Wedding ( Mal) (Comedy) Cast : Willson Joseph, Soubin Shahir 3-00 Pm Main; 6-30 & 9-30 pm Cinema -2School Bus ( Mal)( Thriller) 3-45 & 9-45 PM Cinema -3Kammati Paddam ( Mal) ( Act) 6-45 pm Cinema -3Gentleman ( Telugu) ( Drama\ Comedy) 3-45 pm Cinema -4Jackson Durai ( Tamil) ( Horror\comedy) 6-45 & 9-45 pm Cinema -4

@ AZAIBA

School Bus (Mal) (2D) (Thriller | Drama) (PG) Cast: Aakash Muraleedharan, Angelina Roshan, Kunchacko Boban10:00 PM

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Elvis & Nixon - (2D) (Comedy | History) (PG12)Cast: Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer9:30 & 11:15PM

KEITH MELROY LOBOJuly 5, 2004

B7T U E S DAY, J U LY 5, 2 0 1 6

LIFESTYLE

Do you always order a pizza with only lot of cheese or chicken as topping? Are you a diehard fan of eat-

ing and enjoying pizza? Want to go creative with pizza toppings for en-joying a mouthwatering yet healthy treat? Let us explore some best top-ping ideas for enjoying a yummy yet healthy pizza:

1 Stewed PeppersAdding stewed peppers will

prove to be great on pizza as topping, which will enhance the taste and look. The stewed pepper is made with slender, slightly piquant pep-pers that are stirred into scrambled eggs. This topping will make your pizza tastier and yummier.

2 Arugula SaladMany people say that eating

pizza is not good for health. Pizza

lovers can shut the mouth of all those people who say that pizza is not good for health by adding arugu-la salad on the top of your pizza. This will turn the pizza into something greater and really delicious.

3 Olives and OnionsTo experience and enjoy the

real earthy and strong taste, you can consider in adding sweet onions and black olives as toppings on the pizza. This will help you to make a simple yet amazingly tastier pizza, which you can eat in your lunch or dinner.

4 Mushroom and PestoFirst spread the pesto over

the pizza and then top it with mush-rooms, tomatoes and some season-ing. Bake it for 15-20 minutes to en-joy a delicious pizza treat.

5 Artichoke and RicottaSpread the ricotta over the

pizza and then scatter on it the ar-tichokes, olives and meat. Do not forget to season them before baking. Once the pizza is ready, you can en-joy a mouthwatering treat.

6 Beef, Basil, Cherry Toma-toes and Mozzarella

Fry minced beef with onion and garlic in olive oil over a high heat for around five minutes until it turns brown. Then top your pizza with the fried mixture, cherry tomatoes and mozzarella (season the topping) and bake it. Once ready serve the pizza hot by sprinkling some basil leaves.

Pizzas are a great treat for every food lover, which can be enjoyed in breakfast, lunch, and dinner by sim-ply playing with its toppings. It is in your hand to go with a heavy, light or healthy pizza topping, which will help you to serve your family or friends a lip smacking and delicious treat.— Courtesy of Artipot

Topping Ideas for a Delicious and Healthy Treat

BR I E FS

There’s More to Pizza Than Pepperoni

Eid delights at InterContinental MuscatEnjoy a sumptuous Eid lunch buffet on the first and second day of Eid at the Musandam Café & Terrace with traditional ouzi, Oriental grilled dishes, ice cream for the little ones and more for only OMR15++ per person. For reservation, call + 968 2468 0000.

Arabic buffet at Anantara Sir Bani Yas Island

Enjoy a wonderful selection of international and local dishes at Anantara Sir Bani Yas Island. Treat your family and loved ones to a unique staycation and cel-ebrate this special occasion in the unparalleled contemporary Arabic ambience at The Palm Restaurant. On July 7 savour a sumptuous Arabic buffet while being spoiled with generous Arabian hospitality. Price at

AED 280* (including soft beverages and local mineral water. On July 8 enjoy a variety of grills prepared over the open fire, while feasting on a rich BBQ buffet. Price at AED 280* (in-cluding soft beverages and local mineral water) For reserva-tions call + 02 801 5218.

Shake Shack introduces the new frozen custardCool off this summer at your local Shake Shack with their newest frozen custard treats. Available at all of their loca-tions across the region, Shake Shack will have their all new cheesecake concretes in store for a limited time only. Shake Shack’s signature frozen custard brings together rich, dense and a creamy texture to ice cream that is filled with fantas-tic flavours. The new ranges of frozen custards have been blended with three cheesecake flavours for a limited-time only: Double Chocolate Cheesecake (chocolate frozen, Shack fudge sauce, cheesecake and Valrhona pearls) Strawberry Cheesecake Swirl (Vanilla frozen custard, strawberry puree, cheesecake and rainbow sprinkles); and Caramel Cheesecake Crunch (Vanilla frozen custard, chocolate toffee, cheesecake and caramel sauce).

Discover a summer unlike any other at Grand Hotel Tremezzo and Lake Como

Summer is a season best ex-perienced amid invigorating fresh air, a picturesque natu-ral landscape and a dramatic setting rich in history and style – characteristics that combine with finesse at Grand Hotel Tremezzo on Italy’s Lake Como. Nestled against the stately Grigne Mountains and directly on the shores of the lake itself, the mix of na-ture at its best alongside the

hotel’s impeccable standards and world-class offerings make it the ideal choice for a summer holiday – especially as Grand Ho-tel Tremezzo that celebrates its 106th anniversary on July 9th with a grand party. Grand Hotel Tremezzo has just launched two delectable new dining experiences to keep repeat guests and gourmands satiated with something new for their pal-ates: T-Pizza Gourmet Party (Friday, Saturday, Monday from 7:00-10:00pm) presents a selection of pizzas with a tasting menu among atmospheric candles and music from a music concierge; Sunset Beach Dinners (7:00-10:30pm) also feature a special soundtrack, while guests dine at a romantically lit T Beach with punch paired with freshly grilled food from the “Onfalos”, a circular platform and focal point for gourmet in-dulgence. It’s also easier to take a bit of the hotel experience home with the launch of T Shop Boutique, filled with books, towels and the hotel’s signature fragrance. During this cele-bratory period, “Gusto Italiano” offers an “Italian taste” of the lakeside retreat in a vintage automobile. Behind the wheel of a sleek 1970s Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider, the panoramic roads along the lake’s shores can be explored in a style fitting of the hotel’s lively past. — [email protected]

B8

LIFESTYLET U E S DAY, J U LY 5, 2 0 1 6

If you are a beginner who is just trying out new recipes every day in the kitchen, then you must be getting

flummoxed now and then when a recipe simply does not perform the way it should or when you actually forget to carry out certain important steps in spite of going through the recipe twice or more. It is true that cooking recipes can often be complicated, but long cooking recipes are generally detailed and simple, provided you get the hang of handling them. Some tips and tricks that will help you handle all kinds of cooking recipes and turn cooking into a success-

HOW TO

HANDLE LONG

COOKING RECIPES

ful and enjoyable affair for you are listed here.

Start with Simple Recipes: You might argue that this is besides the point when all you want to know is handle long recipes, but you need to re-member that just like in every other discipline, with cooking too, we need to go one step at a time. Jumping too high up will often have you landing flat on your face. So if you just started cooking tomorrow, then do not start making lasagna that requires three homemade sauces, four cheeses, and two types of meat. Start with plain old pasta. As you get the hang of smaller, simpler recipes,

you will easily be able to han-dle long and complicated ones naturally within some time.

Go Through The Recipes A Number Of Times: Just reading through a recipe once, specially a new one is a recipe for disaster. In order to get a recipe right, you will actually need to go through it at least two to three times in order to understand the steps properly. And of course, you will also need to keep going through it time and again while cooking.

Assemble All The Ingredi-ents Before You Start: You might have seen your parents assembling their ingredi-

ents after they put the pot on the stove, but even though it looks really easy to do, it can be tough for a newbie. If you do not want to mess up your recipe, go through the list of ingredients and assemble them before you start cooking. If you are using vegetables or meats, make sure that they are chopped in the right way and that the meat is washed and duly prepared to be tossed into the pan before you put the pan on the fire.

Use The Right Propor-tions: We often see chefs on TV and in real life tossing in ingredients by the fistful only to deliver gourmet delicacies

within minutes and the care-fully listed proportions in a recipe start feeling redundant. Trust me, they are not. Most beginners have a long way to go before they can start doing this, because experienced cooks do not ignore the proportions giv-en in a recipe, but rather they know how much a fistful is due to years of experience. So whenever you try out a recipe, try and do justice to it by using all the ingredients in the exact amounts provided. Of course you can scale it all if you are cooking for a larger or smaller number of people, but follow-ing proportions is mandatory if you want your recipes to turn out well. -Courtesy of Artipot

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

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C4 VACANCY CARGO C7

T U E S D AY, J U LY 5 , 2 0 1 6

RENT C2

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

* Subject to space availability

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

FOR RENT

C2 T U E S D AY, J U LY 5 , 2 0 1 6

DAILY GUIDE

*Tourist visa arranged

Spacious 4BHK with split A/C’S, 4

bathrooms & storeroom, near Church

roundabout, Mumtaz area.

Rent:R.O 575, Contact:99349672

3 Rooms, 2 Toilets Flat for Rent.

18 November Street. Near Mars

Hypermarket and The Chedi.

Ghobrah -Good for Commercial or

Residential use. OMR 295/- month.

Call 94477222

Flats for rent, location: Dar-

sait AENT. Contact: 99885957 /

24488075

2 BHK flat near Indian school

Wadi Kabir. Contact – 24714625/

91173997

Luxury fully furnished 2 bedroom

flat at Al Khuwair, for short or

long term lease contract. Contact

Atlas Real Estate & Rent A Car LLC.

Contact 99436312 /92888376 /

94617563, tel: 24833848

Villa available –Built up 300m2,

3 bedrooms, sitting, family lounge,

kitchen, 3 toilets, near 100 meters

from Indian School Sohar-

Contact: 26843530, 95856630

2 BHK flat in AL Ghobrah near

Indian school. Contact: 95933961

Studio & 1 BHK flats in Al Khuwair

rent 170/- & 200/-.

Contact: 97616158

3 bedroom well maintained flat (vil-

la type only 2 flats in one bldg) in

Al Khuwair, behind Al Aktham res-

taurant villa no 1839, Way no 3922

block 239. Contact: 99462980

Home for rent (4 bed room), Ruwi.

Contact: 95178248

2 BHK, 1 hall and Mawaleh north

Masjid Sadiq Al Amin. Contact:

99224748 / 99425665

5 Rooms, 2 hall villa 18th Nov road

north Azaiba.

Contact: 99224748 /99425665

One bed room flat for rent near

Indian School Darsait. Contact:

99322363/95453813/95806611

2 BHK, 1 Hall & seating room

Athaibah. Contact: 99224748 /

99425665

Two bedrooms flat behind Ger-

man Embassy nearer to Al Nahdha

hospital. Contact: 99203954

2 Bedroom, 1 sitting room, 1 toilet,

1 kitchen at Darsait.

Contact: 99022487

3 BHK Al Khuwair. R.O 375/-.

Contact: 97799175

1BHK Ghobrah R.O 250/-.

Contact: 97799175 /92144045

1.2.3 BHK flats & villas. Contact:

92144045/ 97799175

Flats for rent near Indian school in

Wadi Kabir. Contact 99777122

1BHK Darsait 200/- R.O.

Contact: 99342661

Store in Mabela industrial area

100m2. Contact: 99342661

10 studio apartments & 12 fully

furnished executive apartments

ready for occupation - location at

Falaj Al Qabail -

Contact 22092638 /94532131;

Email: [email protected]

2 bed rooms flat in Wattaya

OMR 300/-. Contact: 99202602

I BHK Flat -3 Nos at Hamriya – R.O.

175/-3 Bed Room/ 3 Bath room/

Very big sitting area/ kitchen

- Villa 1st floor with A/C at Al

Khuwair Near Rayyan Residence.

R.O 360/-For families. Contact:

94934353 - 9 am to 7 Pm.

Email – [email protected]

Shop for good location on main

road behind whole sale Al Amerat

Space 11 MT long, 4 MT wide.

Contact: 92877449

Room with attached bathroom,

sharing, kitchen for executive

bachelor / lady or couple in Wadi

Kabir near Kuwaiti Masjid, Please

Contact: 96510226/98404827

2 BHK flat at Darsait behind KIMS

hospital. Contact: 92141514

2 BHK specious flat behind Bank

Muscat Wadi Kabir near Indian

School: 99373290, 24815012

Offices and flats in Ghala.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Villa for rent at Azaiba, near al

Meera hypermarket. 4 Bedrooms,

3 toilets, kitchen, sitting room and

dining room. This will include

curtains and air conditioners.

Sharing is allowed ro.500/-.

Please call 99469203

2 Bed room, 2 bath room, 1 hall

and kitchen behind Bank Muscat

for rent. Contact: 99313533

New flats for rent Muscat

Al Zafarania, split units AC , all

rooms & bed room R.O 200/-,

3 bedroom R.O 300/- negotiable.

Contact: 93393755

Single room flat near Jibroo

roundabout on Road Muttrah:

99373290, 24815012

1 BHK fully furnish flat in Hamriya

for short terms. Contact – 99792181

2000 sqft land with p/cabin,

toilets at YETI. Contact 99221683

/ 92830110

1 BHK flat in Al Khuwair for

2 months. Contact – 99792181

1 Room for sharing accommoda-

tion in Al Khuwair.

Contact - 99792181

3 & 5 BHK villa staff accommoda-

tion in Al Khuwair.

Contact - 99792181

Flats, shops & store for rent in

MBD area Ruwi, Mumtaz area.

Contact: 97293708 / 92433127

Flats in Darsait. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Ghubra & Al Khuwair, 1 bed room,

hall. Contact: 90991079

Flats in Muttrah. Contact

94051789 / 97201688

Flats for rent in Mumtaz,

2 bedrooms , hall Way no 3352

building no. 3447 & 3668.

Contact: 90991079

Two bedrooms flat behind Ger-

man Embassy near to Al Nahda

Hospital. Contact: 99209354

Wadi Kabeer Industrial 80 sm

show rooms for rent 400/- R.O.

Contact: 99879939

Fully Furnished apartments in

Boucher (35). Contact 94051789 /

97201688

Offices & Showrooms in Al Khood.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Flats in Qurum. Contact 94051789

/ 97201688

Flats in Ghobrah. Contact

94051789 / 97201688

Brand new villas in Al Ansab.

Contact 94051789-97201688

Flats in Al khuwair. Contact 94051789-97201688

Villa for rent at Azaiba, near Al

Meera hypermarket, 4 bedrooms,

3 toilets, kitchen, sitting room

and dining room, this will include

curtains and air conditioners.

RO 520/-. Contact 99469203

Flat for rent in Al Khoud, 2 rooms

& hall. Contact: 91763665

5 BHK Villa in Al Khuwair,

for Staff Accommodation.

Contact 99792181

Flat for rent 2 BHK in Darsait

North near Indian School about

200 mtrs, rent RO 300/-.

Contact: 94101134

Flat for rent in South AlGhubrah

3 rooms, hall and 3 toilets, kitchen

rent 450/-. Contact: 99335580

1 B/R Fully Furnished Luxury

Apartment @ Al Khuwair 33, 2

B/R Fully Furnished Luxury

Apartment @ Al Khuwair 33, 4

B/R Unfurnished Apartment with

attached Split A/C @ Azaiba. For

Short Term or Long Term lease.

Contact: Atlas Real Estate & Rent A

Car LLC : 99249069 / 94617563/

99436312/ 92888376,


2BHK split A/C 200/- Monthly

& 1BHK spilt A/C 150/- monthly

new building good location Barka

Market. contact 99342661

Flat in Al Khuwair opp grand mall

4 room 3 toilet + hall kitchen in 3

floor 400. Contact 99420346

2 BHK flat at Wadi Kabir behind

Pioneer Hotel apartment.

Contact: 99857332 /99261522

3000 Sqr mtrs compound land in

Misfah. Contact 99792181

1700 sqr mtrs open Land + small

store + garage for Rent in Ruwi.

Contact 99792181

Labor Camp available with all

facilities near Sohar Port.

Contact: 98050654 / 99015826

Flats in Wadi Kabir. Contact

94051789 / 97201688

Flat for Rent 2 bed room Near ISM

muscat Indian Scoole

Darsate Tel : 00 968 95158570

Deluxe two bedroom flat at

Mumtaz area, two bathrooms, good

size living/dining room, modern

kitchen and a guest bathroom.

Contact 99310375

Ruwi office space for rent,

Saravana Bhava Building.

Contact: 95729549

2 BHK with Split A/C in MSQ,

Bareeq Al Shatti, Al Ghobrah near

Indian school. Content: 96708000

1 BHK Flats are available near Lulu

Darsait (Opp. to Min. of Defense)

Contact: 93202733 / 94771769

New flat for rent separate property

in Al Mawaleh South 3, 3 bedrooms

, 3 bathrooms , hall, Kitchen & store.

All are with A/C split unit.

Contact: Whatsapp 98575157

Flat for rent in Al Mawaleh South

3, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, hall,

kitchen & store with air condition.

Contact 98575157

2 BHK one bath one toilet separate

near ISM Darsait close to Al Noor

hypermarket and Muscat pharma-

cy. Contact: 99354975 / 99065900

DAILY GUIDET U E S D AY, J U LY 5 , 2 0 1 6 C3

Flat for rent 2 BHK 2 split A/C,

2 toilets, Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti

Masjid. Contact: 97007934 /

92629232

2BHK Big Size Flat Behind Bank

Muscat, Wadi Kabir. Near ISWK.

97826454, 24815012.

Warehouse at Wadikabir - total

area 3500 sqm - covered ware-

house (500sqm), office, ac-

commodation (1000sqm), open

area (2000sqm) please contact:

99273774 - 99202278

1BHK at Hamriya near Muscat

Pharmacy & 2 BHK at Mawaleh

near Mosque Sadiq Al Amin.

Contact: 99224748 / 99332297

2BHK split A/C for rent Muttrah

near Oman House.

Contact: 97007934 / 92629232

1 Bed room, sharing K& T, R.O 100,

2 bedrooms , sharing K& T

R.O 200/- in AL Khuwair.

Contact 95154331

Furnished office (61M2) for sale

/ rent Al Khuwair near Zawawi

Mosque. Contact: 95611569

02 BHK residential flat opposite

to Al Nahdha hospital.

Contact: 99342733 /99795241

2 bed rooms flat with hall,

2 bathrooms in Darsait near

Muscat Municipality.

Contact: 92584715/ 24700120

2 & 3 BHK Flat in Al Khuwair &

Ghubra. Contact 99792181

4 BHK Villa in Bowsher Heights.

Contact 99792181

FOR SALE

Dental chairs for sale sparingly

used dental units for sale.

Contact Mr. Ansari 92616343.

Kumar 99570284

Shop for sale and electronic Ruwi

high street main road side shop

exit in good reputed building.

Contact: 95238577 / 95178297

HD Scaffoldings, Shuttering

Jacks, Wooden Planks, Shuttering

wood assorted, Tower hoist (lift),

Concrete Mixer, Bending Machine,

Steel Fabrication Machinery

(Searing/Cutting, lathe & Welding)

including tools for immediate sale:

Contact 99273774/ 99202278

Luxury Apartments in Boucher

(35) / Ghala / Qurum. Contact

95056808 / 97201688

Shop for sale opp Towell Service

Center, Wadi Kabir.

Contact 99221683

1No brand new containerized

package type STP 100 m3/ day

with blower equipments (suitable

for camps). Serious Buyers may.

Contact: 99445367

Book Shop in a busy shopping

mall for sale, interested parties

please contact 99851255

Single colorful Bed and Sofa for

Sale at Al Khuwair.

Contact 92881849 /

What`s up No 97290565

Steel Scrap materials for im-

mediate sale. Contact: 99273774/

99202278

Space for printing press avail-

able at wadikabir with or without

machinery. Contact 99328430

Urgent sale of steel scrap only

serious buyers kindly contact

+968 96725423

for viewing the items.

Restaurant for sale heart of Ruwi.

Contact 93687466

Almost new beach/ garden

lounge chairs /bar stools/ counter.

Photos can be sent 95865457

Shop for sale near Oman House,

Muttrah. Contact 99024362.

FOR SALESHUTTERING

PLYWOOD

SIZE : 4’ X 8’ X 18MM

GSM:92835445,93205253,93205423

MV SALE

FOR RENT

1 No. Toyota Hilux (model 2009)

Colour: White / Red (diesel), 1 NO.

Toyota Hiace bus (model 2008)

Colour: White / Red (Diesel). Please

send offer to (desbyrne@omantel.

net.om)

TOYOTA Camry for sale, 2010,

1,00,000 kms, full option, silver

colour, warranty up to Sept 2016,

full showroom service, Indian

expat leaving the country.

Mob 97462122

TOYOTA CAMRY : Good

condition,Colour White, Make

2004, Automatic Transmission,

Done 236000 Kms.

Contact: 93667236

Audi Q3. Expat lady Dr driven

(Ibra). Excellent condition,

Silver color, done 69000kms.

New tyres. Extended warranty

and free servicing up to feb 2018.

OMR 9500.

Contact - 97609733

Mazda Portege 323, 2002 model

for sale. Contact: 99719298

Toyota Corolla, 2010 Model,

134000 Km, good condition at

RO 3350. Call 95230586

Toyota Corolla 1.8xli Automatic

2007 July 113000Kms Expat driv-

en excellent condition RO.2750

Contact: 98924106

Toyota Prado, 2009 model,

6 cylinder, single expat owner

used, white pearl color, km 287k

Contact- 99318152

Nissan Qashqai 2013 Kms 30,000 VGC comprehensive

Insurance UAE / Oman.

Contact: 96995430

ACC. AVAILABLEWANTED

Urgently required looking to

immediately buy used Grit blast-

ing & airless spray equipment 1

No each. Contact: 968 24810930

/ 93203772 / 93203773 /

93203778

IELTS Coaching (academic)

required nearby wadi Kabir area.

Please call on mobile or msg on

Whats up.

Mobile # 92927880/99012165

AVAILABLE

Well spoken, well experienced (Us

base experience) catering staff

available for annual contractual

hiring and immediate mobilization.

Continental cook, Indian cook, south

Indian cook, chapatti Maker, waiter,

kitchen boys cleaner. Contact:

97226179

Party & Wedding equipment rent-

als. Full line, from Tables, Linen

& Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers,

Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware,

Chafing Dishes, Ice Sculptures, to

Large Sound Systems and spec-

tacular lighting. Call Andrea 9606

2222 for Catering and Croyden

9623 5555 for Sound & Light.

ww.tunesoman.com,

E-mail: [email protected]

Furnished apartment for rent,

two rooms, majlis, hall, kitchen.

Near Carrefour al-mawalah.

Contact 99336776

Fully furnished two bed flat for 4

- 6 months rent available, location

KFC building, Wadi Kabir, Ruwi.

Contact: 98763645 / 93894257

Room with sharing kitchen &

bathroom between Al Nahda hos-

pital & Hamriya roundabout (Fam-

ily or Bachelor) Contact 96040415

Furnished rooms with kitchen

at Ruwi. Contact : 91214897 /

98049288.

2 BHK villa for rent 600 meters

behind Carrefour / city center

Seeb. Contact: 99311979 (Francis)

Sharing room at Ruwi for R.O 50/-.

Contact: 99385287

One single room available for

executive bachelor at CBO area

fully furnished and WIFI available.

Contact 92779732

Sharing accommodation avail-

able for bachelor / family at Ruwi.

Contact: 99008436

Furnished room with TV, A/C

fridge at Hilat, Al Saad near main

road. Contact: 95714202

Furnished room available with

attached bath and balcony,

near MBD area.

Contact: 97636432

Single room executives Wadi

Kabir. Contact: 99336206

Accommodation available in a

villa for south Indian family, one

bedroom, hall, kitchen north

Ghobrah. Contact: 99209160

Fully furnished room available

for executive bachelors opp. Star

Cinema. Contact 92886715

Room, bath room for executives in

Wadi kabir. Contact 99336206

One room available in 2BHK in

Al Falaj area for Executive bach-

elor only. Contact 99131742.

Room with attached bathroom for

a family in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 97167857

Room with attached bathroom

and sharing kitchen available for

Executive bachelor or small family

at wadikabir. Contact 93049849

Furnished room attached bath

for Indian bachelor, Al-Falaj

Ruwi & lady Wadi Kabir near

Mars hypermarket. Contact:

96202458/96761960

1 BHK appartment for rent in

Al Khoud Shabiya near mazoon

mosque for rent (next to alkhoud

medical center and squ)

MOB: 93913224

Sharing Accommodation avail-

able for working ladies opposite

Al Nadhah Hospital. Preferably

Indians. Room with seperate toilet

and sharing kitchen.RO.90.

Contact 96524717

Furnish bedroom with attach

bathroom for executive bachelor.

Contact: 97704794

BUYING

Bobcat available for rent.

Contact 97623299

Buying cars for cash.

Contact 90202090

LOST

ACC. WANTED

Urgently required Villa with 8 rooms near Bausher/Ghala/

Al Ansab area for accommodation

of Staff from a reputed company in

Oman. Interested party may

contact - Mr. Pramith

99694150

Accommodation Wanted for an

Executive Bachelor, Single Flat /

Sharing Room @ Wadi Kabir.

Pls call: 93883674 / 98103169

Room available for Executive

bachelor at Al Hail.

Contact: 96234708

Room available in Mumtaz area

1 room, 1 Bathroom, Kitchen &

1 room, common bathroom.

Interested please contact

92680041 Mr. Altaf

Sharing accommodation

near ISD. Contact: 99657340

ACC. AVAILABLE

Mohammed Sohorab Uddin has

lost Bangladeshi Passport No.

AA 6920632. Finder please

handover to ROP.

FOR HIRE

New Volvo Trailor available for

rent to UAE every alternative days,

50 ton capacity with reasonable

rent contact.99318152/

email- Ahastco @gmail.com

SITUATION WANT-BUSINESS

INVESTOR PARTNER REQUIRED

Please contact – 95213273Email:

muscatcoff [email protected]

For a successfully Catering Restaurant

Investor cum Partner is required.

Investor with fi xed returns also welcome.

ONE STOP SHOP BUSINESS

SERVICES

Public Relation Service (PRO)

Document Clearance,

Business setup,

Formation new Companies,

LLC Companies,

Investor Visa, Legal Services.

Contact Saleh:

96723485

WEB, ERP and Business Intel-

ligence (BI) creation and manage-

ment at rock bottom price.

Contact: http//webviewoman

GOOD NEWS

Ayurvedic treatments & massage

– Ayurvedic Clinic Al Khuwair.

Contact 97263637 / 93309131

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 joint

pain, backache, paralysis, mas-

sage, steambath, obesity, Spondy-

litis, Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic,

18 November Street, Azaiba.

Contact: 99639695 / 97397320

Ayurvedic treatment for back-

ache, paralysis, arthritis etc

& massage, All Season (Vaid-

yaratnam). Contact:24475280 /

95371664 / 92504980

www.siddhayur.com

NRI

Land for Immediate sale 19 cents

residential land at Bakery

Junction near valsala hospital,

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala,

India, for sale. Tar road frontage

with lorry access.

Contact: 98469311/96179737

Ready to occupy just completed

3 BHK in Chennai -Pallikkaranai

:1600sqft ,builders lcs city makers

,high quality construction ,

woodwork done, part of 64 apts all

3bhk in 4 blocks gated community

with swimming pool/gym/com-

mon hall/2 car parking. Genuine

buyers call rag @99235815 or

email: [email protected]

MATRIMONIAL

Christian divorce, male 40.

Contact by Whatsapp: 91346321

Ezhava male, 31yrs, height 5.6,

star Magham, B. Tech aeronauti-

cal, administrative professional,

parents in Oman, native Aluva

(ekm). Mob-99550870

Parent of Thrissur based Hindu

Ezhava girl aged 20, Slim,Atham

star, Studying for B. Pharm seek-

ing alliance from well employed

Graduates, preferably in Engineer-

ing Contact :96425102

Ezhava male, 31yrs, height 5.6,

Star Magham, B-Tech Aeronauti-

cal, administrative professional,

parents in Oman, native Aluva

(Ekm). Contact 99550870

Indian male Roman Catholic 40yrs divorcee working in Muscat.

Seeks suitable alliance from

widow/ divorcee/ single.

Contact 96059801.

Malankara Catholic Male Nurse (28) from Thiruvalla working in

Nizwa Private Co. Alliance invites

parents/nurses working in Oman.

Contact 968 98267338,

0091 9287215726

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noon for next day’s publication.


DAILY GUIDEC4 T U E S D AY, J U LY 5 , 2 0 1 6

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

SITUATION WANT-SIT. WANTED

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

DRIVER

DESIGNER

ELECTRICIAN

ENGI./TECHNICIAN

ACCOUNTS

CATERING

BEAUTICIAN

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

SALES / MARKETING

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ARCHITECT

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN

DOMESTIC HELPER

ARCHITECT

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

IT

Required Shop Sales man + Hard-ware Technician for IT Company

with minimum 2 years experience.

Contact: 98825806 / 98825806,


IMMEDIATE - Housemaid wanted for an Indian Family - husband,

wife and 2 girls. Visa, accommoda-

tion and all other requirements

will be provided. Please call me on

92725141.

House maid for Omani family.

Contact: 99773100

Wanted Staff Nurses (Female)

with or without MOH license for

a polyclinic near Sohar. Excellent

salary & accommodation.

Contact – 99006915/

Email - [email protected]

A medical centre is looking to hire immediately a talented Nurse to join our successful team,

required 3 years of experience,

Oman prometric, data flow. Send

your CV to- [email protected] or

Whatsapp - 91254820

Wanted staff nurse with MOH

license, immediate appointment,

to work in a private clinic. Perma-

nent post or locum. All Nationals

can apply. Salary negotiable, free

accommodation available.

Contact – 99048170/ 94870029

Required GP Doctors, Gynecology, X ray Tech staff nurses. Contact: 99681325 Email:

[email protected]

Wanted for Ibra clinic lab Tech-nicians gynecologist physician lady medical officer MOH license

and NOC needed or prometric with

high score and dataflow.

Contact - 99373493

[email protected]

Wanted Sales Man for an eleva-

tor company 3 yrs exp English

language must has NOC required

send resume to pioneersoverall.

[email protected]

Contact: 968 94496661

Required outdoor Sales/ Market-ing Executive with experience

in selling Technical- Mechanical

products/ building materials &

hardware/ auto parts. Graduate

with Oman license preferred.

Apply to: [email protected] or

fax to: 24799615

Advertising & interior company required Sales Executive with

driving /L send CV to

[email protected]

Require Salesman with D/L for

construction, Ind materials,

hydraulic hoses & fittings.

Contact 99221683 / 92830110

Required smart, young, dynamic Sales & Marketing Executive hav-

ing 2-3 years sales experience for

a reputed manufacturing company

in Oman, having its Head Office

in Ruwi. Experience in building

materials is an added advantage.

Omani Driving License and

NOC is a must. Attractive

remuneration package.

Apply with photograph to

E-mail: [email protected]

Required female person to work at

the retail shop/Marketing. Please

send your CV on e mail:

[email protected]

Required marketing / PR manager

for a modern restaurant group in

Oman , proficient in illustrator &

Photoshop charismatic , proac-

tive , creative & flexible excellent

writing / Editing skills degree in

relevant area fluent in English.

Send CV to

[email protected]

Shawarma / grill / Salad / Asian Cook. Contact: 95529970

WANTED Female Gynaecologist,

Female GP- Two Female Staff Nurse (From India or Pilipino)and One

Female Dental Assist and

Female Lab Technician. With MOH Licence and Data Flow for

Al Saadi Specilised Medical Centre, Musanna.Contact # 92025033,

Email : [email protected]

A foodstuff distribution company in Muscat is looking for an Accountant. The candidate should

have good communication skills,

in depth knowledge of MS office

application & tally. Email us at

[email protected]

An Omani Audit firm is seeking audit partner to join the firm, the

candidate should be completed any

certificate course CIA,CPA, CA, ACC,

and 4 years’ experience, interested

candidates to submit their CVs to :

[email protected]

Chief Accountant well experi-

enced with reputed group avail-

able. Contact : 98803439.

Part time Accountant available to

handle all accounts up to finaliza-

tion and audit work.

Contact: 95804210

Indian male B.Com graduate

looking for suitable placement in

accounts, office Administration &

marketing, 12 years experience,

NOC available Oman D/L.

Contact: 95804210

Part time Accountant up to finali-

zation auditing available after

4 pm. Contact: 91126314

Sudanese GIS Analyst hold mas-

ter in RS & GIS Resident have an

experience in accounting & store

management. Contact: 97943738

Indian 20 years well experienced

accounts & finance professional

looking for immediate placement

NOC available. Contact: 94546455


Young Indian male (25) with

B.Com degree on visit visa with

D/L and N.O.C for simple opportu-

nities preferably in accounting.

Contact : 96324484

7 Years experience as Financial

Analyst, MBA in finance. Respon-

sibilities- research contributor,

financial statement analysis,

generating MIS & efficiency report,

managing TAT, business & clients.

On visit visa in Muscat.

Contact- 90191628 / 96175780

Part Time Accounting, Audit

Preparation, Internal Audit, Monthly

Reports, Accounting set up for new

companies, GSM: 96975454,


Part time accounting workers up

to finalization, on monthly basis &

yearly finalization works.

Contact : 96247295

ACCA qualified professional lady with 5 years experience in finance

management accounts is looking

for a suitable placement NOC can

be Contact: 94521899

28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com -

Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/

India experience looking for a

suitable placement.

Contact : 90187483

[email protected]

Indian female 28 yrs B.Com 4 yrs

experience in MNC’s currently in

Muscat seeking suitable place-

ment in Finance / Admin.

Contact :94743790

Accountant 8Years Experience

with D/L and NOC.

Contact: 97712084

Construction Company looking for Architect with experience in

Oman. Contact 97192707

Beauty salon needs lady for

henna. Contact: 93336061

Indian male 31 chartered account-

ant with 2 years Oman experience

looking for suitable placement NOC

available. Contact: 96357827


Indian male B.COM, MBA 4 years in

Larsen & Toubro total 26 years gulf

experience English, Arabic speaking

driving license NOC available.

Contact: 95588565

Accountant Having 5 Years expe-

rience in reputed companies.

Currently working in Muscat

(NOC AVAILABLE) GSM.91367217

Email [email protected]

Indian/MBA/male Chief Accountant 18Yrs Experi-

ence, MIS, C.Flow, Budgeting,

ERP, Cost accounting &Liasing

with auditors. NOC available.

Contact: 92254691/97826674


ADMIN

ADMIN

Architectural Draftsmen diploma

in construction technology with 6

years experience in drafting and

detailing as per British standard

in Oman with valid Omani license

looking for suitable opportunity

Noc available. Call 94375897.

Autocad works freelance, MEP, Civil

works, Interior, 2d/3d, BOQ etc.

Contact 97103168

Revit, Autocad D/man, expected

salary 200 OMR PH :92279784

Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD

Draftsman with 20 years profes-

sional experience is looking for suit-

able job in Oman. Please Contact:

96489798, (+974) 66653780.

Indian (Male) having 17+years

Experience in Trading & Health-

care seeking senior Position in

Accounts (11 years GCC Experi-

ence)currently on Resident Visa

(NOC Available) and has a valid

Omani Driving Licence. Contact:

91335026; [email protected]

Indian male age 26, Accountant

one year experience in accounts

looking for suitable job. Contact -

Email: Anishkhan991867@gmail.

Com Mobile: +968 9565 9415

Qualified and experienced MBA

post graduate with proven work

exposure in Middle East & India,

having more than 5.5 years of rich

experience in accounts , project

coordination and administration in

(3.5 years UAE experience) oil and

gas projects is currently looking for

suitable job. Contact 93953613,

[email protected]

Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in

commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in

accounts/ finance field. On visit

visa. Immediately available.

Contact 92836216 /

[email protected]

Indian male 31 chartered Accountant having 2 years Oman

experience looking for suitable

placement in finance and audit

field NOC available.

Contact: 96357827 Email:

[email protected]

Urgently required a Graphic designer with 2 years experience

in graphic designing, Photoshop,

illustrator. Send CV to


Advertising and signboard making company required fresh or

experience Graphic designer send CV to

[email protected]

Wanted a experience Driver for Capital and Interior work.

Gsm : 942-888-63

Required Omani Driver

for a restaurant. Contact 95929911

Looking for a full time driver

with valid Omani license. Contact

95454033

Required urgently driver, experi-

ence Omani or expat drivers with

P.D.O. license. Contact: 98242478

Architect and 3D visualize three

years experience 1.5 in Oman flu-

ent in Arabic and English have Om-

ani driving license looking for job

with consultancy office or interior

design firm. Contact: 94673937

Architect Engineer seeking for

suitable job, 8 years experience.

GSM : 96075000, Email :

[email protected]

Indian female diploma architect

6 years exp in Oman Engineering

consultancy, valid Oman driving

license. Contact: 96683293 /

97750870

DESIGNER

Interior design supervisor 6 yrs

experience valid Oman license NOC

/ release available. # 92508926

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Urgently required experienced and trained kindergarten Teacher for a well reputed bilingual school

in Mabela area Muscat interested

and suitable candidates must

reply to


Required English, computer and science female Teachers up to

grad 4. Contact - 95054916,

[email protected].

contact time after 5PM

MEDICAL

MEDICAL

Indian female 33 years with 9.5

years experience (1yr in Oman) as

Executive Secretary, Administra-

tion, Sales Coordinator, and HR

coordinator seeks suitable place-

ment. Contact 97985059

[email protected]

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

With 15 years of gulf experience in

HR- Admin logistics looking for suit-

able position fluent in Arabic & Eng


7 yrs Exp Office Admin / HR/

IT Admin, MCA, BCA, MBA NOC

Available, With Driving License

PH: 97086686

Indian male 21 yrs Graduate in

business administration (BBA)

with computer knowledge (hard-

ware & software) seeks suitable

employment immediately.

Contact: 98085633 / 98898504

Indian female, MSC more than 6

years Oman experience in office

coordination, administration &

managerial, clerical jobs looking

for a suitable position.

Contact: 91303124

Indian/ 23yrs female/ 5yrs GCC

experience with NOC looking for a

suitable position in HR/Admin

/ Accounts/ BD. Contact 90656997

Indian female with nearly 10

years of Oman experience in

Administration & HR, seeking

suitable placement. NOC available.

Contact:99242841

Filipino HRD especialist /

material controller supervisor with

18 yrs experience looking for suit-

able job in Oman. Contact: (+968)

98037142 / (+968) 92659817

Indian female MBA / HR, 2.5

experience seeking suitable job.

Contact: 99257214

Indian female MBA fin & HR now

on visit visa looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 92097764

Supervisor required for Con-

struction Company having Omani

driving license, fresher’s can apply.

Contact: 92888337

Branch Manger required to

manage entire Business.

[email protected] 99110080

Urgently required a Purchase Manager to handle all the procure-

ments for a reputed Ready-mix

concrete Company, having its

branches all over Oman. The

candidate should possess required

experience, product knowledge

and excellent communication

skills. Interested candidates may

send their CV to sndakshin@gmail.

com / Contact: 99256757

IT Engineer, min 4 years experi-

ence in Biometric Attendance Sys-

tem and CCTV camera, preferably

with D/L. Apply to hr@unitedsys-

temsit.com or call 99423442.

Qualified and experience Technician required for the kitch-

en restaurant equipments. Who

can repair hot and cold equip-

ments will be preferred. Contact:

Email: [email protected] /

Fax: 24727481

Care Medical Centre Al Seeb

requires Gynecologist and General Practitioner. Mail CV to:

[email protected]

Urgently required experienced female Lab Technician, with knowl-

edge of histopathology & cytology,

with MOH release, for a well-known

laboratory in Al Khuwair.

Contact: 95271561/98893034

Wanted service Technicians for

diesel generators and diesel air

compressors for a fast growing

rental company persons hav-

ing thorough knowledge with

Perkins / Cummins engines,

ELGI compressors with Oman

driving preferred. Contact:

95442846/95041935

Urgently Require BE civil En-gineer with 2+ years experience

and Omani driving license must ,

Salary R.O300/- Send CV to

[email protected] or

Contact: 24565337

Testing / Protection Engineer with minimum 05 years of ex-

perience and should have Oman

DCRP license, Interested candi-

dates send resume to

[email protected]

CCTV & Burglar alarm Techni-cian. Urgently looking for an

Expatriate with minimum 5 years

experience with NOC. Email your

CV with recent Photograph to:

[email protected]

Tailor shop requires Master Cutter & hand embroidery.

Contact – 99359700

Required Indian Mason – 5 nos., eligibility (minimum 5 yrs experi-

ence in road construction field).

Contact: 99882127


MISCELLANEOUS

Advertising company required Graphic designer knowledge of

designing, Photoshop, illustrator,

coral draw & Salesman with D/L. Send CV to

[email protected]

Contact No: 94771366/95338210

Required candidates for following

posts: Accountant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Van-salesman (water), Helpers. Candidates with Omani driving

license preferred.

Contact 99273774/99202278

Looking for Female Journalistic or advertising & media back-

ground. #99342237/ 9394 6622/


Electrician with qualification

and experience.

Contact: Fax: 24727481


GP doctor needed for reputed clin-

ic. Preferably with MOH license or

with Dataflow & Paramatics pass

Contact: 95388934

Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately

for a clinic in Suwaiq.

Contact 95081010


Wanted Staff Nurse for

a dermatology clinic in Muscat .

Must have MOH license and NOC.

Attractive salary offered. Email:

[email protected]


Accountant available with NOC,

7 years experience in Oman.

Ready to join immediately.

Contact 98263394

Well experienced Account M.Com

available with NOC, Tally & ERP.

Contact : 99035707

Indian male 34 yrs, M.Com –

Finance with 5 yrs experience in

Accounts in India, presently in

visiting visa looking for a suitable

placement. Contact: 93671785


Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA

Finance and marketing with IT

skills, 7+ yrs of experience,

Looking for suitable placement.

contact 94879615,Email-

[email protected]

Sudanese Accountant, Alexandria

University Graduate bachelor of

commerce Diploma of Marketing

professional photographer worked

in PR and social media for 2 years

looking for a job in public relations

media, social media or marketing.

Contact: 96976240

ACCA member with 6 yrs of

experience in Oman looking for a

suitable job in finance.

Contact: 99284193

Indian, Kerala Male B.COM & B.PE,

Currently on Visit Visa. Looking for a

suitable job in Accounts, Store Keep-

er, Sales etc. Ready to join as early

as possible. Contact: 96988923

email:- [email protected]

Indian male age 24, B.Com.

Accountant having 2 year

experience and currently in

Muscat. Looking for suitable place-

ment in finance or Audit.

Contact: 90766307


Indian Male 22 , Graduate , Spe-

cialized in Tally ERP 9.0, SAP B 1&

Professional in Indian & Foreign

Accounting (CPIFA) with 1 year

work experience , on visit visa in

Muscat , Contact no:91782545

Indian female, 27, MCA, 2 yrs

experience in Administration and

HR in India & Oman. Currently in

family visa seeking suitable jobs

preferably in Muscat.

Contact:.99417993

Indian Male MBA (UK), 9 years experience in Dubai/London/Mumbai in Management Consulting,

Sales & Marketing, Business Development for Real Estate/Banking

seeks similar placement with D/L.

Contact: 95168205



ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

IT

MISCELLANEOUS

PROJECT ENGINEER - CIVIL - 13

years experience in construction at

Oman seeking suitable position -

NOC available - Contact 94427535

([email protected])

Diploma in Mechanical Engg, 10 years exp in steel fabrication

site work with valid Oman driving

license. Contact: 94696192

B.E Electrical Engineer, Age 28 yrs.

5.5 yrs experience. 2 yrs in OMAN

as site supervisor/ site engineer,

with valid GCC license.



Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp

seeks suitable position ina reputed

company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711

B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 24

with almost 1 year experience as

Production Shift Engineer, has

achieved training on HVAC

Engineering design and has good

hands on software like AutoCAD

and HAP.Currently in Oman on a

visit visa, looking for a suitable

placement.Contact: 95065955


Civil Engineer 8 years experience

Structural buildings marine. Avail-

able NOC release. Contact: 92451323.


Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience

in designing, assembling, com-

missioning execution etc having

valid GCC license too looking for a

suitable. 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 92157694. E-mail:

[email protected]

An Iraqi civil with more than

30 years experience in (Iraq and

G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C)



Indian male Civil Engineer 1.6 yrs

exp, having Omani D/L, looking for

suitable position. NOC available.

Contact – 92157694 /

[email protected]

Mechanical Engineer with one

year’s experience as Asst. Piping

Engineer having good knowl-

edge of PIPING DESIGNS, PDMS,

SP3D, AUTOCAD, PRO-ENGINEER

WILDFIRE, DS CATIA, JAVA

SCRIPTS etc, looking for suit-

able opportunity. Contact: +968-

99200724/24496072.

BE mechanical Engineer having

6+ years experience in structural

and piping job looking suitable

position. Contact: 96115463


Fresh Engineering graduate M-

Tech in mechanical Automation

and automobile Engineering now

in Oman on visit seeks suitable

placement. Contact: 95853514 /

98280794

Fresh Engineering graduate

B.Tech mechanical engineering

now in Oman on visit seeks

suitable placement.

Contact: 95853514/98280172

Electrical Engineer: Indian male

30 years, having 5 years of experi-

ence in industrial automation &

utility maintenance in Indian,

holding valid Oman D/L.


[email protected]

Indian male BE Mechanical with

11 years experience in Automo-

tive Engineering and Industrial

Maintenance in Oman with valid

driving license seeks suitable job.

On release in Oman-92880593

Civil Engineer B.Tech with 6+

years in supervision designing

planning and QC expert in Mech,

civil software. Contact: 90719263

Project co-odinater & AutoCAD

draftsman Indian male, 8 yrs exp

in Oman in civil, interior, precast-

ing with D/L & NOC.

Contact: 92188496, Email:

[email protected]

Quantity surveyor (B.E Civil) 5+

years experience in buildings

and mosque N.O.C available ready

to join immediately. Contact:

+97826597 / +919171430681


For preparing Civil / MEP Auto CAD drawings.

Contact -93480346.


Electrical Engineer B.Tech, Indian

available in Oman, 2+ years Oman

exp (MEP) Light D/L.

Contact - 93832935

Diploma Civil Engineering (certifi-

cate attested) 6 years Oman experi-

ence as interior work site in charge

/ quantity surveyor NOC/ Release

available.Contact: 93120433

Civil Engr. Diploma 8 yrs exp in

construction & consultancy with

auto cad. D/L.Contact: 93060770


Electrical & Electronics Engr,

knows autocad & revit.

PH: 93837973

Indian male MBA Finance & Marketing 25 yrs

having 1.9 years of experience Finance & Marketing

Contact: 95206140/ 96992013 Email:

[email protected]

ENGINEER With 2 years exp in Telecom sector, currently on visit visa, looking for suitable placement.

Contact : 93919943 [email protected]

Sudanese Male 35 yrs B.Sc Electronic System Engineering

with 11 yrs. Experience in Gov/Private. CISCO (CCNP-R&S) and Ethical hacking

services management.

Email: [email protected]:+97450475034

B.E Mechanical Engineer, age

33 with 6+ years experience in

GCC in MEP building construc-

tion field (execution and design of

HVAC,firefighting,plumbing), with D/L,

NOC available Contact 96978380,


Construction Machinery repairs

Engineer, 5 years, driving license,

Contact - 94001961

Civil Engineer (QS) 2 yrs exp

seeking job UAE D/L.

Contact: +96895641991

Agriculture Engineer 2 8rs, with

5 yrsexp in the field of agriculture,

landscaping & irrigation. Since 2

yrs working in different projects.

Having valid UAE driving license.

Currently in Oman (Salalah) on

visit visa. Contact – 94120190 /

[email protected]

An MBA (M Finance)With SAP erp and accounts

Standards (IAAP-UK), peach tree

experience seeks suitable placement

Gsm: +968 98103247

A O G

diploma in I

experience seeks suitable placement.

Gsm:+958 98103250

An MBA (M Finance)

Mechanical Engineer (Sudanese)

3 years experience : Fire fighting,

HSE, Design, Production.

Contact: 93642704


Civil Engineer, Indian male 4

Years experience in Oman & India.

Looking for Permanent Placement

in Oman. NOC Available, Contact:

+96895984661,+96891455949

Civil Quantity Surveyor with 3yr

UAE experience seeking job.

UAE driving license holder.


+96895641991; +971557969671

Indian male, Structural Engineer

looking for job in structural design

field. Having 6 years of experience

in design field. Residing in Muscat.

Contact: 91176187


Civil Engineer, young Indian

having almost 2 years experience

looking for a challenging position

seeks suitable position in Oman/

GCC. Please contact 92718490,

Email ID: [email protected]

Indian male 24 ,B.E ( E.C.E ) gradu-

ate with 3 years of experience in

the fields of BMS and Low current

systems and has good knowledge

about Electronic Security Systems,

currently working in Oman, NOC

Available. Contact:-94737033/

[email protected]

Pakistani male Diploma Civil

Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bull-

ing & mega projects, valid license

Oman. Contact: 98921022

Indian female 25years M.E (power

electronics) 3years experience in

teaching profession looking for

suitable job. Contact no 97003267

& 94214909


Site Supervisor, Diploma in

Civil Engg (cert attested) knows

autocad revit, salary exp: 250

Ph : 92279784

Senior Land Surveyor 23 yrs

Oman, UAE & Egypt GPS, T.S

Construction roads infrastructure

oil feed electric works OHL, UGC

grid , primary substation process-

ing data. #95326927 / 92928981


Indian male B-tech 8 years experi-

ence as senior electrical project

engineer / QC engineer on visit

visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact 94094543


Indian male, Mechanical

Engineer having 1year experi-

ence, on visit visa looking for

suitable job. Contact:97416564,

Email:[email protected]

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

in Oman as a project engineer for

governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912

Young Indian, Engineering in

Bio-technology, Bio-chemical and

Chemical, looking for a challenging

placement in Oman.

Contact 97607000. Email:

[email protected]

IT

DIETICIAN

Indian candidate with 15 years

experience in Facility Manage-

ment (Soft Service) looking for

part time assignments / Consul-

tancy Opportunities.

Contact- 98469311/96179737

27, Indian female B.com gradu-

ate with 4 years experience in

procurement and purchases on

family visa looking for immediate

and suitable placement.

Contact: 95828986

Indian male, 28, post graduate,

6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back

office) & credit control with valid

Oman D/L looking for suitable lace-

ments. NOC available.

Contact: 92066 523

Sudanese male bachelor geology

and mining with 3 years experi-

ence in MUD logging and training

in soil investigation.

Contact: 92956848

BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants).


[email protected]

Indian male 28yrs Bcom 3yrs

exp. in warehouse operations

(including pharmaceutical). Well

knowledge in WMS & ERP, looking

for suitable job. Ph. 95576686,

E: [email protected] (UAE visa

holder, currently in Oman)

Indian Female, 25 Years - MSc

Biotechnology, 1yr exp. in Clinical Mi-

crobiology & 6 months working exp.

in international crop reserch

institute of semi arid crops (ICRISAT)

Looking for suitable job.

Contact 92619048,


MEDICAL

Indian Male with 13 Years Oman

Experience as Assistant Pharma-

cist with Valid MOH License and

Oman D/L is looking for a Suitable

Job in Muscat Area. NOC available.

Please Contact: 92121414

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

Chief Accountant/Finance Manager

– Indian male, CA Finalist, having

20 years’ experience in Finance,

Accounts, Audit, Finalization of Ac-

counts, preparation of Project Reports

etc., looking for immediate placement.

12 yrs. in Oman in Construction and

Consultancy co., have Omani D/L,

knows Tally. Contact 94041048,


Male - 44, MBA /CIM (UK) qualified

business Manager in FMCG with 3

years’ experience across Oman and

10 years in GCC looking for a suitable

position. Contact -99160550

Indian male - 8 yrs exp as HSE of-

fice/supervisor -on visit visa- seeks

suitable opening in Sohar - Contact

94532131 / 98317698;


Civil Engineer (Indian male)

5 years experience in Oman with

valid Omani driving license & NOC

looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93101283

Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+

yrs of exceptional exp in spear

heading strategic planning and

project management initiatives &

executing various high rise resi-

dential & commercial building as

well as roads and highway project

with proficiency in installation,

seeking a challenging position in

a dynamic organization.

Contact 96570891

Indian female dietician with 3

years experience in India seeking

a suitable placement preferable in

Muscat. Contact: 99104209

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable

placement. Contact 99739415 /

92091528

Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech)

Indian male with 2 year experience,

AREA OF INTEREST Work on Oil

Rigs, Work as an QA/QC inspector,

Ultrasonic testing, Radiographic

testing. Contact: +91 9567526566


Light duty driver, 1 yr experience

seeks placement.

Contact: 94284645

Pakistani male, 30 age, driver

(light vehicle) company or residen-

tial experience 4 years experience

in Oman. Contact: 96147520 /

96907013

Bangladeshi looking for job, Muscat experience 4 years.

Contact 96356280

Driver light veh, store keeper,

sales man, shop keeper, supervisor

8 years exp knows English, Arabic,

Hindi. Contact: 91615715

Light driver job exp 4 years, know

Hindi, English, Arabic, Education

B.A. Contact: 98522914

Light Driver / Supervisor Fluent

in English & Arabic, Well knowl-

edge of Muscat Areas Looking for

suitable placement.

Contact Tariq: 97950869

Driver light duty (house or com-

pany) valid Gulf D/L looking job.

Contact- 95175192

Pakistani driver with car Subaru

2004 model. Contact: 99667817

Driver with Electrician 4 years

experience looking for job.

Contact: 97456062

Pakistani driver with 3 years

experience, seeking for placement

familiar with Batinah & Sharqiyah

regions. Contact 99832706

Looking for driver job.

Contact: 99035942 /97383016

Driver with car. Contact:

93346085

Looking for job driver. Contact

94158238

Six years experienced light duty

vehicle driver looking for a suita-

ble placement. Contact: 96362871

Driver with light duty license 10

yrs exp. Contact: 94566432

Bangladeshi driver looking for job.

Contact: 97418036

Experience driver 12 years experi-

ence in GCC, seeks suitable place-

ment. Contact: 93722881

13 years experience driver.

Contact 95068976

DRIVER

BSC Software Engineer 2 years

experience in ASPN. NET, C#, SQI

server, mysql , crystal report, vis-

ual studio , capable of Jave, Php,

HTML and roid looking for suit-

able vacancy. Contact 90696220/

92729744

Indian male ERP Consultant 15

yrs exp, 11 yrs in gulf looking for

IT management jobs, local release,

Oman D/L. Contact: 94618761

Indian female, MCA currently on

family visit visa skills in ASP ,

NET , DBMS, AutoCAD civil seeks

suitable placement NT, Interested

in teaching. Contact: 90417133


Indian male 22 years B.A. Anima-

tion & Graphic Adobe suites and

Maya, seeking suitable placement.


[email protected]

Female, 31, B.Tech- ECE/CCNA/

GSM, 5 yrs Oman experience in IT

support (AD, exchange, TMG, UNIS

Server admin, In-house apps sup-

port, project placement, Transfer


Indian Male, MCA Graduate, 15

yrs exp in ERP, CSM Certified,

seeking suitable role.NOC Avail-

able. Contact : GSM : 90189284


Indian female M.Sc Computer

Science seeking suitable place-

ment in Muscat area.

Contact 98660672

SAP Business Objects / Data

Warehousing professional. 10

years experience with top 5 IT

global companies (HP and Accen-

ture) in team leading roles. Oman

family visa. Looking for jobs in

Muscat. Phone: 91487199

Indian male 4 years experience in

IT as Programmer / Web Support/

CCNA/ Network on visit visa seek-

ing placement. Contact: 93069694


IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years

in Oman 2 years in India.

Contact: 94672759

3 years experience in IT Software

field, seeking suitable jobs.

Contact: 96350234, Email :

[email protected]

ENGG. / SUPERVISOR

SAP Business Objects / Data

Warehousing professional. 10

years experience with top IT

global companies (HP and Accen-

ture) in team leading roles. Oman

Family visa. Looking for jobs in

Muscat. Contact: 91487199

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Indian, 20 years experience in

Oman as personal assistant / office

manager / executive secretary /

administrator / business develop-

ment asst. seeks job change. Release

available. Contact 99168054.

Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coor-

dinator 12 years experience in

Oman in reputed companies, seek

immediate Employment.

Call: 95244761

Looking for part time job Secre-tarial / Data Entry / Documenta-

tion available every day after 5:00

pm Friday / Saturday full day area

preferred Ruwi/ CBD/ MBD /

Al Khuwair. Contact: 90414827

Indian female BE, 3 years office

assistant experience, seeking

placement.Contact-90655903

Indian Female, 25 Years - MSc

Looking for suitable job.

Mobile: 92619048,


SALES / MARKETING

Indian female, MBA Marketing

with 4 years experience with

4 years experience with Oman

experience, NOC and D/L looking

for suitable opening with visa.

Contact: 92460623

Indian Male, 26 M.Com with

4 yrs of Experience in Accounting

& Administration in a Financial

Company in India, seeks suitable

job, Currently in India.

Contact India:-+918907212253

Akhil:-93626288, Email:

[email protected]

Sales representative with 7 years

experience and valid Oman driving

license, NOC or release avail-

able-99695780

Indian male 26 years of experi-

ence of sales & marketing in surgi-

cal and laboratory equipments.

Looking for good replacement.

Contact – 92015894 / 95774854

35 years male, Lebanese holding

British passport, 10 years of expe-

rience in procurement, Omani Gov-

ernment tenders, setup marketing

plans & strategies, importing,

Organizing events, management,

have car, NOC available.

Contact 94123939


Indian male 1 yr exp in sales

automotive (TBL) looking for best

opportunity , NOC available.

Contact: 97793879


Indian male Graduate with 18

years of Marketing experience

presently in Oman on family visit

visa, looking for best opportunity.

Contact: 96168687


Indian male graduate, 10 years

experience Oman seeks job in

Sales & Marketing.

Contact: 92133277

Indian Male, MBA marketing 5

yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG

sector, looking for best opportu-

nity. NOC available.

Contact: 96001877

Indian female 29 years Post Grad-

uate with computer Knowledge 2

years of Oman experience in coor-

dinator & 5 years of experience in

customer service, client relation

officer with excellent communica-

tion skill seeks suitable place-

ment. Contact: 95337665

Indian Male MBA, 5 years Build-

ing Materials Project Sales experi-

ence in Oman, NOC available,

seeking for placement.

Contact - 90655903,99325544

B. Com 2 years experience in

Sales Marketing Logistics

Accounts and Front office

Contact 95506048

Indian Male, Experienced in

FMCG & other kind of Sales,

looking for suitable placement in

Foodstuff/FMCG Industry with

valid GCC license. Immediately

available. Contact: 94625495.

Indian male 37 years MBA

graduate in marketing with 9yrs of

experience in UAE in field of brand

promotions & marketing with UAE

D/L on a visit seeking suitable

position. Conatct 95792820

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

Electrician, plumber, helper, In-

dian & gulf exp looking job.

Contact - 95175192

Mason, sh/carpenter, steel fitter,

with medical. Contact- 95175192 or

mail, [email protected]

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian male, 25 years old, (exp.)

Civil Engineer diploma, look-

ing suitable position. Contact:

00919746443745 / 92861980

Electrical Foreman, 25 years ex-

perience, Indian male currently in

Oman looking for suitable position.

Gsm – 96718013 Email:

[email protected]

Indian Male B-Com graduate

2 year experience in various

Fields Valid Oman Driving License.

Looking for any suitable post.

Please contact: 94409500

DAILY GUIDEC6 T U E S D AY, J U LY 5 , 2 0 1 6

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


MISCELLANEOUS

Indian Male, B.Com + Dip. Logis-

tics 2year experience looking for

a job in Accounts/Logistics Field.

Presently on Visit Visa #93884951

Email:[email protected]

Indian male 25 years- BE- Com-

puter Engineer with CISA and

CCNA, having 3 years work experi-

ence in Oman, valid Omani driving

license, seeking for suitable place-

ment in IT companies or Audit

companies for IT Audit job, NOC

can be obtained.Contact:99253011

4years and 7months experienced

Female seeking job related to Of-

fice Job, Data Entry and Desktop

Administration. Completed di-

ploma in Computer Science.

Contact: 94653264

Master in Aeronautical engineer-

ing (PhD) having 4 years experi-

ence. Seeking job in universities,

colleges, schools and industries.

Contact 98259462

[email protected]

Indian female 23 ORACLE ERP

Technical consultant 2+exp skills:

oaf, forms reports and bipublisher.

Contact - 91156571 email:

[email protected]

Indian Male 30 year GCC driving

license and past experience as

project coordinator looking for a

suitable position. Project coordina-

tion, Sales executive, marketing

executive or any other suitable

post. Contact -97070427

Master in Aeronautical Engineer-

ing (PhD) having 4 years experi-

ence. Seeking job in universities,

colleges, schools and industries.

Contact 98259462

[email protected]

Qualified banking & Accounts

management profesional seeking

suitable job opportunities. Current-

ly working in India with ICIC Bank.


Contact# 919755550181

Mechanical Engineer 3 years of

experience in HVAC mechanical

engineer one year experience in

Auto Cad B.E (mechanical engi-

neering) revit mep, auto cad, stcw,

huet.mobile: +97430384909


Indian Male 24 years, HSE , 3

years Experienced as WELDING

SUPERVISOR, PIPE FITTER, NON-

DESTRUCTIVE TEST, ASNT-NDT

level II, per SNT-TC-LA (Radio-

graphic Testing (RT)Penetrate

testing (PT) Magnetic Particle

Testing(MT)Ultrasonic Testing

(UT)RTFI, looking for a suitable job.

Contact 99334770

Indian Male, 22, Experienced,

Looking for job in sales (no DL).

Contact: 90801420; Email:

[email protected]

Indian candidate with 15 years

experience in Facility Manage-

ment (Soft Service) looking for part

time assignments / Consultancy

Opportunities. Contact- 98469311

Part- Time Accountant, well expe-

rience senior accountant, doing all

type of accounting works, Finaliza-

tion, Budgeting available.

Contact: 98803439

Indian male 21, Graduate in com-

merce (B.com ) having 2 years

of experience in cash counter

(National trading & spare parts)

looking for a suitable placement

on a visit visa. Contact 95919647,

94245753/

[email protected]

Indian Male, 23, BBA Graduate,

fresher, no D/L, looking for a suit-

able job. Contact: 94032041; Email:

[email protected]

Filipino Male: 35 yrs, with 3yrs

Technical & Customer Service,

2yrs Online Ad Serving, 1yr dmin-

istrative work experiences looking

for suitable job.

Contact 97852816

SITUATION WANTEDCOMPUTER/WEB./ EDUCATION/CLASSES

Karate and self defense classes

at Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per

month twice a week Monday and

Tuesday 6. 30 TO 7. 30. PM.

Contact: 98294551

Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English

class for Malayalam Speakers in Azaiba and Ruwi

earn in two monthstion guaranteed

Tel: 95244310

Project Engineer, Mechanical In-

dian Male, 26 years 3 Years experi-

ence in Projects of Tanks, Boilers

and Steel structures Aware of int.

Standards B.Tech in Mech engg

Contact-rahulkunnath23@gmail.

com Mob-00917350860889

25, Indian female (BCA- Com-

puter Application). 1yr experience

as teacher and graphic designer.

Knowledge in Photoshop, illustra-

tor, in design. Looking for suitable

job in office administration, teach-

ing and graphic designing.

Contact - 98426509

Filipino Cabin steward / Linen

vallet is looking for suitable job in

Oman. Contact: +968 91065438 or


Indian male Administrative

officer Four years experience in

same field. Well known MS office

tools, Specialization in handling

back office operations, inter of-

fice correspondence, confidential

mails, Quotations, Monthly billing.

Searching for suitable job in Oman.

Contact: +91 9750572088/ E-mail

id: [email protected]

Indian Driver, with Oman driving

license having 10 years experience

in Oman, looking for suitable posi-

tions. Contact-91519047

Indian male network cabling tech-

nician (19-years gulf experience)

seeking for suitable placement.

Contact: 0091-8089909265 (India)


HSE Engineer, Indian male 5 years

experience in Oil & Gas. Working

in Shclumberger, NEBOSH, IOSH,

& NDT Certified, M Tech in HSE.

[email protected]

+91 9867016808

Indian male MBA, 24 yrs having

experience in Sales & marketing

seeks suitable placement.

Contact GSM: 93833563

email: [email protected].

Indian male, 24 yrs, B. Com Grad-

uate more than 1 year experienced

in accounts planning to come for

a family visit in oman seeking

for a suitable placement.

Contact 99334770/ 99743709

Mechanical Engineer, Indian,

(B.E.) on visit visa, seeking suit-

able post. Contact no: 99534733


Indian male 33 years, B.Com, hav-

ing 6 years experience in Oman.

Tally & ERP looking for suitable

placement. Mobile no :98492921

Female Architect on visiting visa,

two years’ experience, graduated

from School of Planning and Archi-

tecture (under MHRD). Proficient

in AutoCAD, Google Sketchup and

creative visualization. Email

[email protected].

Contact 00968-94057427.

Economist: Female, MA & M. Phil/

PhD_ in ECONOMICS. 10 years

experience Banking/Lecturer/

Customer Service/Trainer,

currently looking for job

contact: 97457248

Indian Architectural Engineer with

2.5 yrs experience in architectural

consultancy firms, currently on visit

visa, looking for suitable placement

Contact no: +96894955793

[email protected].


merce (B.com) having 2 years of

experience in purchase (supply

chain management) looking for a

suitable placement presently on

a visit visa. Contact: 93979084 /

97351786 / E-mail:

[email protected]

Indian Female 23 Years, Post

Graduated in Sanskrit (language),

Seeking for Suitable Jobs, (Teach-

ing or Clerical), Knowledge in MS

Office, Good Communication Skill

Contact 96141317, 94614317, E-

mail: [email protected]

Indian male electrician (EEE),

2 years good working experi-

ence searching for suitable job.

Gmail id ; antonyajin15@gmail.

com, Contact; 918148336160 /

918300136160

Indian male Electrician(EEE)

2 years good working experience

searching for suitable job. mail ;

[email protected],

Contact; 918148336160 /

918300136160

Indian male 33 yrs, MBA - HR, worked on

Recruitments,Training,Site-HR,

Omanisation and development

plans of nationals ,10 yrs exp.

Seeking a job.NOC avl. # 94179499

[email protected]

Indian Male, 23, BBA Graduate,

Fresher, on visit visa looking for

job in sales/marketing.

Contact - 94032041; Email -

[email protected]

Indian male 25, Graduate in

commerce (B.com) having 4 years

of experience in Office Admin-

istration (admin) looking for a

suitable placement presently on

a visit visa. Contact: 93979084 /

97351786 E-mail:

[email protected]

Indian male, 30.System admin-

istrator/desktop support profes-

sional.5 years of GCC exp.

Visa status: visit (Dubai)

mob: 00971565598176/

[email protected]

Indian male, 26 years 3 Years’

experience in Projects of Tanks,

Boilers and Steel structures

Aware of int. Standards, B tech in

Mech Engg. Contact-

[email protected]

Mob-00917350860889

Sudanese male, 5 years experi-

ence in supply chain (warehouse

management, logistics and pro-

curement) Contact : 90644186



experience in same field looking

for a suitable placement pres-

ently on a visit visa. Contact :

93979084 / 97351786, E-mail :

[email protected]



experience in same field looking

for a suitable placement presently

on a visit visa. Contact : 93979084

/ 97351786, E-mail :

[email protected]

5 years experienced (Front office

& Banking), Indian Male (28 years.

Hotel Management graduate),

searching for suitable position.

English, Hindi, Malayalam,

Arabic fluent.

Noc available. Contact: 91383167

Indian male Electrician(EEE ).

Two years good working experi-

ence searching for suitable job.

Gmail id ; antonyajin15@gmail.

com, Name; Antony Ajin.

G : 918148336160 /918300136160

Female Architect on visiting visa,

two years’ experience, gradu-

ated from School of Planning

and Architecture (under MHRD).

Proficient in AutoCAD, Google

Sketchup and creative visualiza-

tion. Email

[email protected].

Contact 00968-94057427.

Economics Specialist: Female ,

MA & M.Phil/PhD_ in ECONOMICS

. 10 years experience Banking/

Lecturer/Customer Service/Train-

er currently Looking for job

Call: 97457248

Indian female , M.B.A, 8 Yrs of

Experience in Oil and Gas industry,

Trading & contracting companies.

working as an Unit Manager for

MNC, HR Coordinator and Office

admin for local companies. seek-

ing suitable placement immedi-

ately. Contact 99179709.


TOURS

RENT A CAR

25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP

specification for monthly rent &

small car with driver.

Contact 99839898

SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with

Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain

Marine Tours contact 98029602,

92808636

We arrange tours & accommoda-

tion at all the beautiful places in

Oman. Contact 99839898

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION

Transportation. Contact: 91703829

Transportation available Ruwi to

Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909

Transportation available Al Khu-

wair, Ghobrah, Azaiba, Al Hail & Al

Khoud. Drop & pick.

Contact: 95250161

Gulf link rent car get the best rate

daily weekly monthly & long term.

Contact: Tel: 24348106 G.S.M:

98265073 /96023931


Transportation required from

Qurum to WadiKabir at afternoon

only 1 PM. Contact - 99012165

Transportation. Contact:96538078

Transportation. Contact 99508282

Transportation. Contact 92015894

Transportation. Contact94510847

Transportation. available.

For ladies Contact 92430239

DRIVING

Filipino Male, 28 years Old. Looking

for job, Have experience in Rent

a Car/ Cargo & Logistics / Real

Estate/ Customer Care Executive /

Sale Executive & Marketing/ Shop

In- Charge. Hard working w/ good

computer and communication skill.

GSM: 97761075

Indian male 27 yrs, MBA finance

with 4 years experience currently

in Muscat on visit visa seeking suit-

able placement in finance / admin.

Contact: 90921724

Indian male 43 yrs accountant pres-

ently on tourist visa looking for suit-

able placement in a company 18yrs

experience in managing finance in

Indian and abroad.

Contact 90190648

Indian female having D/L with 12

years experience in corporate / retail

sales & B/D. Looking for a suitable

job in training / IT / Education com-

panies. Contact: 91751077


Indian male Accountant 2.5 years

exp in Oman with valid D/L NOC


Sales & Marketing executive

MBA with 3 years exp ,

6 months exp in Oman with NOC ,

looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 91345727

Sales & Marketing Executive In-

dian national with valid Omani D/L

with good command of languages,

18 yrs exp in Middle East. Looking

for suitable placement.

Contact - 98103829

Indian male 1.5 yrs exp a sales &

merchandising in Oman looking

for best opportunity NOC available.

Contact: 93039342

MANPOWER

Manpower available: cleaning

male/female staff, loading unload-

ing and helpers staff available on

contract basis. Contact- 94636086

*Classified Advertisement space booking with

text, should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s

publication. * Subject to space

availability

Indian male 5+ years of experience

as a sales & marketing executive

with valid Oman D/L.

Contact 95434902

Indian male 4 years experience in

IT as programmer / Web support /

CCNA / Network on visit visa seek-

ing placement. Contact: 93069694


Indian female MCA having 3 yrs

experience in teaching looking

for any suitable job in reputed

organic station on visit skilled in

programming language VB, JAVA

,C,C,TT & also WEB development.

Contact 90595322

Chief Accountant, well experi-

enced available.#95598477

Mechanical Engineer 2 years

experience as HVAC design &

drafting, CAD, MEP Engg.

Contact: 90150913

Civil Engineer with 6+ years in

Supervision designing & Q.C expert

in much civil softwares,


Automobile Mechanic ITI 3 years

experience marine mechanical

fitter 2 yrs experience.#93674847

Indian male 24 years dynamic &

professional B.Tech (Mech. Engg)

with 1 year experience working on

BPCL project in India seeks open-

ing for suitable post, currently in

Oman. #: 93672286 / 97772272

Mechanical Engineer experience

maintenance of pumping stations

production line machinery turbine

for power plant good communica-

tions skills, planning follow up

Engineer projects HSE awareness

trained multiple design software

looking for job. Contact 949064473

/ 96654019




Indian male, 44 Years, Plumbing

Supervisor, holding Omani Driving

license, having 14 Years of experi-

ence in Oman and 8 years in India.

Looking for suitable placement.

Contact - 95154414

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