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tariqh@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: With 172 countries worldwide taking part in Earth Hour 2016, the call has gone out to business and residents alike in the Sultanate to do their part tonight. At 8.30pm this evening a number of organisations in Oman have already committed to going dark as the global initiative becomes more popular each year. Lamees Daar, Executive Director of the Environmental Society of Oman (ESO) said that their campaign last year helped save 136,603 KWh (kilowatts hour) of electricity compared to only 20,000 KWh in 2011. With 350 to 375 people expected to take the pledge and join them for their campaign this year, they are hopeful that they will achieve a higher dosage of electricity saved. “Our target focus is; which is more important than these numbers, the awareness that is raised and the actions people take beyond the tour,” said Lamees. The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque has also taken initiative to switch of their lights. Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah are organising

an event on Bandar Beach where guests and visitor will gather around a bonﬁre and listen to a live unplugged performance. “Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa is committed to protecting the environment and its participation in Earth Hour reinforces the awareness of climate change and corporate social responsibility activities as part of its ongoing environmental efforts,” said a Shangri-La representative. Leading shopping mall, retail and leisure pioneer, Majid Al Futtaim will also take part in the initiative by dimming and switching off the lights for one hour as well as increase the temperature of the mall to a standard 24 degrees centigrade. “Majid Al Futtaim shopping malls will avoid the emission of 35 tons of CO2, demonstrating the major impact of slight modiﬁcations in energy usage. The company’s sustainability experts estimate that up to $10,000 in energy consumption could be saved in Earth Hour 2016,” said a representative of Majid Al Futtaim. British School Muscat (BSM) had signed the pledge to take part in the initiative. Many BSM students will go to bed by the time the 60 minutes of Earth Hour begins and the school has also allocated an hour on March 20 to turn off as much electricity as they can. According to the 2015 Earth Hour Report published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) over 10,400 monuments around the world switched off their lights for one hour in support of the annual initiative.

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The outcome of Sunday’s elections in three German states wasn’t good for Chancellor Angela Merkel, but it also provided an example of how a well-balanced representative political system stops its Donald Trumps. As in the US, much of the day-to-day life of people and businesses in Germany is governed at the state level.

hat should the US government do to fight recessions? What should it do to fight slow growth? This is the eternal question of so-called countercyclical policy. The two mainstream ideas are fiscal and monetary stimulus. The fiscal version works by having the government borrow and spend money, either on useful things like infrastructure, or by simply mailing people checks. The typical monetary variety works by having the Federal Reserve swap money for financial assets, which lowers interest rates. Unfortunately, both of these methods have major drawbacks. Fiscal stimulus is dependent on Congress, which these days doesn’t tend to respond in a rapid, reliable or even a responsible way. Monetary stimulus just doesn’t seem to work very well when interest rates are near zero — the impact of quantitative easing, for example, was questionable. Because of these limitations, macroeconomists have been trying to dream up alternate ways of stimulating the economy. One of these ideas is the so-called helicopter drop -- have the central bank print money and give it to people. A second idea is to make interest rates very negative, which would probably require forcing people to use electronic money rather than physical cash. A third new idea is to have the government lend people money at very low interest rates. The basic reasoning is that people have constraints on how much they can borrow — not everyone can get a mortgage, or take out a large loan on a credit card. This creates limits on how much they can spend. The government, on the other hand, can borrow almost unlimited money, at far lower interest rates than normal people. The interest rate on one-month Treasury bills is just a bit more than 0.25 per cent, while credit-card interest rates are about 15 per cent: T-bill and credit card graph. Suppose the government offers loans to citizens at 0.5 per cent, up to some maximum amount perperson. If people repay the loans, the government makes a profit. If they don’t, the amount they don’t pay back acts as fiscal stimulus. Either way, people will tend to spend the money they borrow, giving a bump to aggregate demand in the short term. Because some people will pay back their loans, the cost to the government — and thus to the future taxpayer — is lower than for pure fiscal stimulus. This approach was suggested by University of

Michigan economist Miles Kimball, in a 2011 paper entitled “Getting the Biggest Bang for the Buck in Fiscal Policy.” He called the proposal “national lines of credit.” More recently, it has been suggested by the University of California-Berkeley’s Brad DeLong, under the name of “social credit.” Now, some research suggests that the US government may have already done a version of this during the Great Recession, and that it helped fight the slump. In a conference paper entitled “Credit Policy as Fiscal Policy,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology finance professor Deborah Lucas documents more than 150 programmes that the government used to lend to or encourage lending to consumers. Here, from Lucas’ paper, is a picture of total non-emergency federal loans, including direct loans and guarantees: federal loans Lucas calculates the impact of these loans on aggregate demand, using standard estimates of fiscal multipliers. She finds that federal lending did as much as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to stimulate demand and keep the economy from crashing during those dark years. Obviously, if federal lending can be used to stimulate aggregate demand at a much lower cost than fiscal stimulus, it’s something to consider. However, there are some potential drawbacks. One potential problem is that when the government lends to lots of individuals, it changes the relationship between citizens and their government. The Treasury will want to make sure that as many people as possible repay their federal loans, since deficits look bad politically. But since the government also controls policy regarding loan repayment, this gives leaders an incentive to make defaulting on debt much harder. This is happening with student loans. The federal government — which owns most student loans — has proven to be a ruthless debt collector. When you borrow from a bank and can’t pay it back, the government can step in to protect you with personal bankruptcy law. When the lender is the government, such protection may not be forthcoming. A second, related problem is fairness. If the government is lenient in collecting debts, then people who pay back their loans may feel cheated when their neighbours fail to repay. So there are serious political problems with using national lines of credit. But the evidence shows that it can give a big boost to demand, so the challenge is to find ways to minimise the political problems. - Bloomberg View

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Defiant North Korea fires missile an estimated maximum range of 1,300 km, according to the South’s defence ministry. Friday’s launch quickly provoked a barrage of criticism and appeals. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang urged North Korea to abide by UN resolutions and not do anything to exacerbate tensions. The US State Department in a statement urged North Korea to focus on taking concrete steps toward fulﬁlling its international commitments and obligations. Japan lodged a protest with North Korea through its embassy in Beijing, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament.

Pyongyang steps up deﬁance of tough new UN and US sanctions, provokes a barrage of criticism and appeals

SEOUL: North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile which flew about 800km (500 miles) before hitting the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military said on Friday, as the isolated state stepped up its defiance of tough new UN and US sanctions. A US official told Reuters in Washington it appeared to be a medium-range missile fired from a road-mobile launcher. That would mark North Korea’s first test of a medium-range missile, capable of reaching Japan, since 2014. The missile, launched from

EXACERBATING TENSIONS: A man watches a TV screen showing a ﬁle footage of the missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday. – AP/PTI

north of the capital, Pyongyang, ﬂew across the peninsula and into the sea off the east coast early Friday morning, South Korea’s Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. It appeared the North may have ﬁred a second missile soon after from the same region, with a pro-

jectile disappearing from radar at an altitude of about 17km, the statement said. South Korea did not conﬁrm the type of the missiles. But 800km was likely beyond the range of most short-range missiles in North Korea’s arsenal. The North’s Rodong missile has

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Lion wanders into Nairobi; captured after injuring man NAIROBI: A male lion that strayed into rush hour traffic in the Kenyan capital on Friday injured one man before being captured and taken back to a reserve that lies on the edge of the city, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said. KWS, which manages the country’s safari reserves including the Nairobi National Park on the outskirts of the capital, said its units had caught the lion after images posted on social media showed it wandering along a main road near the park. “A man who was injured by the lion (has been) taken to hospital,” KWS said on its Twitter feed. KWS spokesman Paul Udoto told Kenya’s NTV that the elderly man was in a stable condition after the black-maned lion attacked him when it became agitated by the hooting of car horns by passing motorists. The images on social media showed the lion walking along a grassy verge next to the busy road and past some people who

ON THE LOOKOUT: A guard of the Kenyan Wildlife Service, which manages the country’s safari reserves including the Nairobi National Park on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital. – AFP

looked on from behind a closed iron-bar gate. Inside Nairobi National Park, which lies on the city limits, tourists enjoy views of lions, rhinos, giraffes, zebras and other wildlife against a backdrop

of high-rise buildings. Lions are occasionally spotted in the city close to the park after ﬁnding a way through fences that protect the built-up areas near the reserve. — Reuters

Self-restraint “Japan strongly demands North Korea to exercise self-restraint and will take all necessary measures, such as warning and surveillance activity, to be able to respond to any situations,” Abe said. South Korea’s Uniﬁcation Ministry said Pyongyang should focus on improving the lives of its people and that provocative actions would help nothing. North Korea often ﬁres mis-

siles during periods of tension on the Korean peninsula or when it comes under pressure to curb its defiance and abandon its weapons programmes. Last week, the North fired two short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast and its leader Kim Jong Un ordered more nuclear weapons tests and missile tests. That came after North Korean media said the North had miniaturised nuclear warheads to fit on ballistic missiles and quoted Kim as calling upon the military to prepare for a “pre-emptive nuclear strike” against the United States and South Korea. US President Barack Obama imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday over its nuclear test and satellite launch. The sanctions freeze North Korean government assets in the United States, bans US exports to, or investment in, North Korea, and expands a US blacklist to anyone - including non-Americans - who deal with North Korea. North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test on January 6 and launched a

long-range rocket on February 7 in deﬁance of existing UN Security Council resolutions. The North has reacted angrily to annual joint military drills by US and South Korean troops that began on March 7, calling the exercises “nuclear war moves” and threatening to wipe out its enemies. The US and South Korea remain technically at war with the North because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armed truce instead of a peace agreement. Over the last several weeks, the two Koreas have suspended economic ties over the mounting tensions. South Korea and US officials this month began discussions on deploying the advanced anti-missile Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system to the US military in the South, despite Chinese and Russian objections. On Wednesday, North Korea’s supreme court sentenced a visiting American student to 15 years of hard labour for crimes against the state, a punishment Washington condemned as politically motivated. — Reuters

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Born in Bad-Honnef, near Bonn in western Germany in 1961, former German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle trained as a lawyer and was elected to the Bundestag lower house of parliament in 1996.

EU, Turkey clinch deal to stem illegal migrant flow The accord aims to close the main route over which a million migrants and refugees poured across the Aegean Sea to Greece before marching north to Germany and Sweden

BRUSSELS: European Union leaders approved a controversial deal with Turkey on Friday intended to halt illegal migration ﬂows to Europe in return for ﬁnancial and political rewards for Ankara. The accord aims to close the main route over which a million migrants and refugees poured across the Aegean Sea to Greece before marching north to Germany and Sweden in the last year. But deep doubts remain about whether it is legal or workable. After a morning of talks with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, European Council President Donald Tusk recommended that the 28 EU member states approve the text without changes and they rapidly agreed at a summit lunch in Brussels. “Agreement with Turkey approved. All illegal migrants who arrive to Greece from Turkey starting March 20 will be returned!” Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka tweeted from inside the meeting. A senior EU official said Davutoglu had indicated Ankara would PHILIPPINE CLASHES

Abu Sayyaf leader wanted by US wounded MANILA: Philippine security forces wounded a leader of an Al Qaeda-linked militant group wanted by the United States in a clash on Friday but he escaped, an army general said on Friday. Radullan Sahiron, a one-armed leader of the Abu Sayyaf militant group, has been on a US State Department wanted list with a $1 million reward for his capture since his involvement in the kidnapping of US tourists in 2001. “There’s an intelligence report that Radullan Sahiron was wounded in the firefight,” General Alan Arrojado told reporters referring to a clash between soldiers and about 100 militants on the southern island of Jolo. “We don’t know where he was hit but one of his assistants was shot in the leg.” Several other militants were wounded while seven militants and a soldier were killed, he said. Security forces were chasing the fleeing militants, he said. — Reuters

ACCORD: Turkey’s Prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu, left, talks with French President Francois Hollande, right, and Britain Prime minister David Cameron, centre, during the European Union summit at the EU Headquarters in Brussels on Friday. – AFP

accept the proposal if the EU leaders approved it. Under the pact, Ankara would take back all illegal migrants who cross to Greece, including Syrians, in return for the EU taking in thousands of Syrian refugees directly from Turkey and rewarding it with more money, early visa-free travel and progress in its EU membership negotiations. Migrants who arrive in Greece from Sunday will be subject to being sent back to Turkey once they are registered and their asylum claim is processed. A senior Turkish official said the returns would begin on April 4 and resettlement of Syrian refugees in Europe would begin simultaneously. The EU also agreed to accelerate disbursement of 3 billion euros already pledged in support for

refugees in Turkey and to provide a further 3 billion by 2018 once Ankara came up with a list of projects that qualified for EU assistance. While the talks were in progress, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the EU of hypocrisy over migrants, human rights and terrorism after supporters of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) set up protest tents near the summit venue. Erdogan said Europe was “dancing in a minefield” by directly or indirectly supporting terrorist groups. “At a time when Turkey is hosting three million, those who are unable to find space for a handful of refugees, who in the middle of Europe keep these innocents in shameful conditions, must first look at themselves,” he

said in a televised speech. Facing a backlash from anti-immigration populists across Europe, the EU is desperate to stem the inﬂux but faced legal obstacles to blanket returns of migrants to Turkey. The summit discussions exposed considerable doubts among member states and EU lawyers over whether a deal could be made legal under international law, and human rights groups denounced the planned agreement as a sellout of European principles. The EU leaders pressed Ankara to change its rules to extend international standards of protection to non-Syrian migrants, a condition for Greece to be able legally to return asylum seekers to Turkey. “All new irregular migrants crossing from Turkey into Greek

islands from 20 March, 2016, will be returned to Turkey,” the draft joint EU-Turkey statement seen by Reuters said. “This will take place in full accordance with EU and international law, thus excluding any kind of collective expulsion.” It did not say whether this would entail changes in Turkish legislation. Turkey’s four-decadeold dispute with Cyprus had been a key stumbling block. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades insisted there could be no opening of new “chapters” in Turkey’s EU talks until Ankara allows Cypriot traffic to its sea and airports - a result of a refusal to recognise the Cypriot state. But the issue was sidestepped because EU leaders agreed to open a negotiating chapter that was not one of the ﬁve blocked by Nicosia. An EU official said they would open chapter 33 on budget policy and accelerate preparations for negotiations in other areas. Much of the debate among EU leaders on Thursday focused on ensuring that a plan that has outraged human rights groups could guarantee that those returned to Turkey would receive full protection, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. Turkey’s human rights record has drawn mounting criticism amid a crackdown on Kurdish separatists, arrests of critical journalists and the seizure of its best-selling newspaper. EU officials said Greece also needed time to set up legal and administrative structures to carry out the deportations and grant migrants individual asylum and appeal hearings. EU partners were expected to pledge additional manpower and resources to help Athens cope with the new challenge and with a backlog of 43,000 migrants bottled up on its territory since its northern neighbour Macedonia closed its border. — Reuters

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Former German foreign minister Westerwelle dies at 54 BERLIN: Former German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle has died from blood cancer at the age of 54, his foundation said on its website on Friday. Westerwelle was leader of the business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP) from 2001 until 2011 and foreign minister during Chancellor Angela Merkel’s second term from 2009 until 2013. His foundation announced in mid-2014 that he had been diagnosed with acute leukemia. He last appeared in public in November, presenting a book on his battle with blood cancer called “Between Two Lives”. “We mourn Guido Westerwelle. Our sympathy goes out to his husband and his family,” the FDP said in a short statement. “I’m lost for words. Guido has fought so hard. The grief is great,” FDP leader Christian Lindner said in a tweet. Westerwelle was committed to promoting free markets and small government, with tax cuts at the heart of his party’s election programmes. Born in Bad-Honnef, near Bonn in western Germany in 1961, he trained as a lawyer and was elected to the Bundestag lower house of parliament in 1996. He became chairman of the FDP ﬁve years later and was widely credited with broadening the appeal of the party, especially among younger voters. In the run-up to the 2002 federal election, Westerwelle tried to stir up voters with an Americanstyle campaign, travelling around Germany in a bus dubbed the “Guidomobil”, but fell well short of his declared target of winning 18 per cent of the vote and remained in opposition. Seven years later however, the FDP won nearly 15 per cent of the vote, its best-ever election result. Westerwelle became foreign minister and vice-chancellor under Merkel but quickly ran afoul of the German media. — Reuters

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Paris attacks suspect caught in Brussels: Media BRUSSELS: The most-wanted fugitive from November’s Paris attacks was wounded and caught in a shootout with police in Brussels on Friday, Belgian newspaper Derniere Heure and other media said. Other newspapers reported two people had been arrested, though there were conflicting accounts and French President Francois Hollande said there was no confirmation of the detention of Salah Abdeslam, the 26-year-old French suspect from Brussels. Gun fire Several exchanges of gun fire rang out in the city’s Molenbeek area - the scene of past investigations - and police officers were seen surrounding an apartment block there. Hollande and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel left an EU leaders meeting on the migration crisis going on at the same time in the Belgian capital and met to discuss the operation, officials said. Television footage showed masked security forces guarding a street. Reporters at the scene described white smoke rising from

OPERATION: A Belgian policemen walk in a street during a police action in the Molenbeek-Saint-Jean district in Brussels. – AFP

a rooftop and a helicopter hovering overhead. A police spokeswoman said an operation was on and gave no more details. Belgian police had found ﬁngerprints of Abdeslam at the scene of an apartment raided on Tuesday, prosecutors said earlier. The Belgian fed-

eral prosecutor’s office also said an Algerian killed during that earlier operation was probably one of the people French and Belgian investigators were seeking in relation IS attacks in Paris on November 13 last. It later said in a separate state-

ment that Mohamed Belkaid was probably the man who went under the name of Samir Bouzid and was killed on Tuesday. Public broadcaster RTBF said it had information that Abdeslam, whose elder brother blew himself up in Paris, was “more than likely” one of two men who police have said evaded capture at the scene before a sniper shot dead 35-year-old Belkaid as he aimed a Kalashnikov. Other Belgian media were more cautious, however, saying only there was evidence Abdeslam had been there. A man named Samir Bouzid has been sought since December when police issued CCTV pictures of him wiring cash from Brussels two days after the Paris attacks to a woman who was then killed in a shootout with police in the Paris suburb of St. Denis. She was a cousin of Abdelhamid Abbaoud, a Belgian who had fought in Syria and is suspected of being a prime organiser of the attacks in which 130 people were killed. Both died in the apartment in St. Denis on November 18.

France’s BFM television said the fingerprints were found on a glass in the apartment, where four police officers, including a Frenchwoman, were wounded when a hail of automatic gunfire hit them through the front door as they arrived for what officials said they had expected to be a relatively routine search. Belgian officials said earlier in the week that police had not expected to find armed suspects at the apartment and that the presence of French officers was not an indication the raid was of special importance to the investigation. Abdeslam’s elder brother was among the suicide bombers who killed themselves in Paris during a shooting rampage in which 130 people died. The younger Abdeslam was driven back to Brussels from Paris hours later. Belgian authorities are holding 10 people suspected of involvement with him, but there has been no report of the fugitive himself being sighted. There has long been speculation in Belgium that he could have fled to Syria. — Reuters

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Policeman dies in southeast Turkey blast, embassies issue warning DIYARBAKIR (TURKEY): A bomb attack by Kurdish militants killed a police officer in southeast Turkey on Friday and another device was defused outside a local government building, as embassies issued security warnings about expected demonstrations this weekend. Turkey has been on high alert since a suicide bombing, claimed by a Kurdish militant group, killed 37 people in the capital Ankara on Sunday. Germany shut down its diplomatic missions and schools in Turkey, while the US and other European embassies warned citizens to be vigilant. Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants were believed to have staged Friday’s attack on the armoured police vehicle during security operations in the town of Nusaybin, near the Syrian border,

security sources said. In the town of Hani, also in the mainly Kurdish southeast, police found a vehicle loaded with 150kg (330 lb) of explosives which they believed was to be detonated during events to mark the anniversary of a World War One battleﬁeld victory at Canakkale on Friday, state authorities said. “Thanks to the alertness of security forces, there was no loss of life or damage. Efforts to ensure peace and security for our people will continue decisively and uninterrupted,” the provincial governor’s office said. ‘Avoid busy locations’ The Spanish and Italian embassies urged their citizens to avoid busy locations, celebrations and rallies on Sunday and Monday, when Kurds celebrate the Nowroz New Year festival.

TIGHT SECURITY: Police officers search a car during a security control check in central Ankara, Turkey on Thursday. – Reuters

At the height of the PKK insurgency in the 1990s, the festival was often marked by violent clashes between Kurdish protesters and the security forces. It coincides with the spring thaw, a time when in previous years PKK ﬁghters re-

entered Turkey from mountain hideouts in northern Iraq. NATO member Turkey also faces a threat from IS militants, blamed for several attacks including a suicide bombing in Istanbul in January that killed 10

German tourists. Germany said it was keeping its diplomatic missions and schools closed until the weekend due to a highly credible security threat. Der Spiegel magazine reported that US and Turkish intelligence, as well as Kurdish security sources, had warned Berlin of a planned suicide attack, linked to IS, on German diplomatic missions or schools. A PKK ceaseﬁre collapsed in July, triggering daily violence which has killed more than 1,000 militants, security force members and civilians. In the latest clashes, 10 PKK militants were killed in ﬁghting in the southeastern towns of Yuksekova, Sirnak and Nusaybin on Thursday, the Turkish military said. European leaders have expressed concern about the loss of civilian life in military operations and have urged Turkey

to use proportional force. President Tayyip Erdogan retorted: “Our struggle against terrorism is measured and legitimate... Every terrorist organisation active in our region and in Turkey has unified against Turkey. “Many states, primarily Western countries, still cannot display a principled stance against these groups,” he added in a speech on Friday. “Europe’s continued reckless behaviour is like dancing in a minefield... I am telling nations that directly or indirectly embrace terrorist groups: you are nursing a viper in your bosom,” he said at Canakkale commemorations. The Istanbul governor’s office has dismissed the German closures, accusing Berlin of taking action on the basis of “unconfirmed rumours” without consulting Turkish authorities. — Reuters

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Kiwis keep cool to beat Australia On a high after beating hosts India in their opening game, New Zealand posted a modest 142 for eight before defending the total with disciplined bowling and tight ﬁelding against their trans-Tasman rivals

DHARAMSALA: New Zealand held their nerve to edge out Australia by eight runs in a tense World Twenty20 Group Two match on Friday and move closer to a place in the semiﬁnals. On a high after beating hosts India in their opening game, New Zealand posted a modest 142 for eight before defending the total with disciplined bowling and tight ﬁelding against their transTasman rivals. Australia came into the tournament with an embarrassment of top-order riches and decided to open with Usman Khawaja and Shane Watson. The decision meant no place for Aaron Finch, who was captain of the side barely six weeks ago and is the top-ranked batsman in this format of the game.

Khawaja (38) added 44 runs with Shane Watson (13) before Australia suffered a collapse to slump to 66-4 at the halfway mark of their innings. Glenn Maxwell (22) and Mitchell Marsh (24) tried their best but Australia kept losing wickets at regular intervals and needed 19 runs off the final over sent down by Corey Anderson. Anderson dismissed James Faulkner with the first ball to dash Australia’s slender hopes of a narrow win as New Zealand rose to the top of the group table. Mitchell McClenaghan justified his selection at the cost of off-spinner Nathan McCullum, claiming figures of three for 17. Earlier, Martin Guptill (39) gave New Zealand a flying start in a 61-run opening stand with skipper Kane Williamson (24) who decided to bat first on a dry track at the picturesque stadium in the north Indian hill station. Guptill greeted Aston Agar by hitting his first two balls out of the ground and a third six off the final ball of the over ensured the left-arm spinner was swiftly removed from the attack. Maxwell proved why he is such an asset for the side, taking a catch in the deep to send back the dangerous Guptill, dismissing Williamson with his second delivery and sending back Anderson in his next over. The 27-year-old remained in the thick of things, taking another catch to dismiss Luke Ronchi and firing in a bullet throw to run out Mitchell Santner. Grant Elliot struck a quickfire 27 down the order but New Zealand managed only 84 runs in the last 14 overs. - Reuters

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India will be under more pressure

o the match that the subcontinent was waiting for is upon us. The last time the two old rivals met a couple of weeks back in neighbouring Dhaka turned out to be a damp squib as India ran out easy winners despite getting shaken up a bit at the start of their reply to the meagre total that they were asked to chase. Both teams would have learnt plenty from that game and will therefore be better prepared this time around. The pitch will also be different even though Kolkata is not that far away from Dhaka. The Eden Gardens pitch will not have grass on it. If anything it will be bereft of any green and the ball will likely turn more than it will seam. India will be under more pressure as it is a must win game for them. They lose this and they are pretty much out of the tournament. They have only themselves to blame for they made a mess of a small total that New Zealand had set them and then went on to lose by a big margin too which makes it tough for them in case it boils down to the net run rate for qualiﬁca-

tion for the semiﬁnals. Credit to New Zealand spinners for the way they exploited the pitch and more to their think tank that went in with the extra spinner and dropped their seamers. India will most likely go in with the same eleven since Dhoni is a big believer in not changing combinations if he can help it. With the Pakistan seam attack being its strength India will stick with Pandya and not go for an extra spinner in his place. The Baroda youngster who can hit the ball long has

been found wanting against quality attacks. Such is his potential though that Dhoni will want to take a chance with him to come good in this crucial game. Ahmed Shehzad showed against Bangladesh why it was a mistake to have dropped him from the Asia Cup squad. He is a classy player who can get the team off to a ﬂying start along with Mohammed Hafeez, another terriﬁc stroke player. Pakistan will be hoping that Umar Akmal will come good for he is a player who has been an underachiever so far. However they will be looking at their skipper Shahid Afridi to make the impact that turns the game their way. If the Pakistani skipper does that at the Eden Gardens he can be sure that he will be loved more in Pakistan than in India. - PMG

NEW ZEALAND M. Guptill c Maxwell b Faulkner K. Williamson c Agar b Maxwell C. Munro c Faulkner b Marsh C. Anderson c Agar b Maxwell R. Taylor c Marsh b Watson G. Elliott run out L. Ronchi c Maxwell b Faulkner M.J. Santner run out A.F. Milne (not out) Extras (b-4, w-2) Total (8 wkts, 20 overs) Did not bat: M. McClenaghan, I.S. Sodhi

39 24 23 3 11 27 6 1 2 6 142

Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-66, 3-76, 4-97, 5-117, 6-133, 7-140, 8-142. Bowling: N.M. Coulter-Nile 4-0-33-0; S. Watson 4-0-22-1 (w-1); A.C. Agar 1-0-18-0; J. Faulkner 3-0-18-2; A. Zampa 1-0-3-0; G. Maxwell 3-0-18-2; M. Marsh 4-0-26-1 (w-1).

AUSTRALIA U. Khawaja run out 38 S. Watson c Williamson b McClenaghan 13 S. Smith st Ronchi b Santner 6 D. Warner c Guptill b Santner 6 G. Maxwell c Williamson b Sodhi 22 M. Marsh c Milne b McClenaghan 24 A.C. Agar c Taylor b McClenaghan 9 J. Faulkner c Guptill b Anderson 2 N. Coulter-Nile b Anderson 1 P. Nevill (not out) 7 A. Zampa (not out) 2 Extras (lb-2, w-2) 4 Total (9 wkts; 20 overs) 134 Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-51, 3-62, 4-66, 5-100, 6-121, 7-123, 8-124, 9-132. Bowling: C. Anderson 4-0-29-2; A. Milne 2-0-22-0 (w-2); G. Elliott 2-0-17-0; M. McClenaghan 3-0-17-3; M.J. Santner 4-0-30-2; K. Williamson 1-0-3-0; I.S. Sodhi 4-0-14-1.

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SPORTS EXTREME SAILING SERIES

Oman Air extend overall lead after another cracking day MUSCAT: Oman Air enjoyed another cracking day on the Muscat race course to put them in a strong position going into the final day of the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series Act 1. And Morgan Larson got to experience his first ever Optimist race against a fleet of keen young Omanis from the Omantel Oman Sail youth squad as a warm up! After recovering from a mid fleet performance on the dinghies, Morgan Larson and his new Oman Air GC32 crew turned on the heat for the third day of Extreme racing and recorded their eighth win in 13 races and added a further podium place to extend their overall lead at the top of the table to 26 points over second-placed SAP Extreme Sailing Team with one day of racing remaining. The first day of the Omani weekend saw crowds pile into the Extreme Sailing Series Race Village to enjoy the sunshine, on the race

course the heat translated to a constantly shifting breeze and racing was eventually shortened when the Almouj Stadium course ran out of wind altogether ending the day on four races. Tricky for the fleet It was tricky for the entire fleet, observed Oman Air’s mainsail trimmer Pete Greenhalgh but the team has gelled so well since it first gathered for training last month in Dubai, that their ‘honeymoon’ could be set to last, whatever is thrown at them. “There is a bit of a honeymoon period at the moment and we are enjoying that,” said Greenhalgh who has underpinned Oman Sail’s success in high performance catamaran racing since 2010 with four series wins under his belt. “This team has gelled very well and we are doing certain things well. Our communications pre

IN THE LEAD: Oman Air, centre, are in a strong position going into the ﬁnal day of the ESS Act 1. – JUN ESTRADA/Times of Oman

start are very good so it is easier to execute good starts. Morgan and James Wierzbowski are doing a great job at judging the line. “There have been some good opportunities

presented on the start line and we have been taking them, although some have fallen into our lap!” Going into the Muscat event, Oman Air was conservative about

Root stars as England pull off 230-run chase Root threw caution to the wind during his whirlwind 44ball 83 as England succeeded in pulling off the second-best run-chase in T20Is

MUMBAI: England pulled off an astonishing 230-run record chase with Joe Root (83) leading an incredible batting performance that powered them to a two-wicket victory against South Africa in the ICC World Twenty20 here on Friday. Required to score at almost 12 runs an over, England turned the chase on its head with Jason Roy and Alex Hales (17) putting on a blistering 48-run partnership for the opening wicket in just 2.3 overs. Test specialist Root, the No. 2 ranked player in the world in the longest form of the game, threw caution to the wind during his whirlwind 44-ball knock studded with four sixes and six fours, as England succeeded in pulling off the second-best run-chase in T20 Internationals and best in World

FABULOUS KNOCK: Joe Root

T20 history by making 230 for eight in 19.4 overs, thus keeping their hopes alive in the mega-event. The highest-ever second innings T20 total was put up by the West Indies, 236, also against South Africa in January, 2015, when they chased down the home team’s 231 for seven at Johannesburg. Root came to the crease after openers Roy blitzed his way to 43 in just 16 balls with the help of three sixes and ﬁve fours to

give England a superb blast-off in the Super 10 Group 1 game at the Wankhede Stadium. Coming to the crease after England had rocketed off to 71 for 2 in 4.3 overs, Root attacked the bowling with gusto and set up the victory before departing, caught in the deep, when 11 were needed off the last 10 balls. Amidst mounting tension England crossed the finish line after losing two more wickets with the ninth wicket pair of Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid at the crease, the winning run coming off the former’s bat. England, who lost to the West Indies in their tournament opener here two days ago, next play against Afghanistan at Delhi on March 24. Earlier, South Africa rode on belligerent half centuries from Quinton de Kock, Hashim Amla and Jean-Paul Duminy to post a record-high total of 229 for four. A near-century opening partnership between right-handed Amla (58 in 31 balls) and lefthanded de Kock (52 in 24 balls) set the stage nicely for left handers Duminy (54 not out in 24 balls) and David Miller (24 not out in 11 balls) to finish the innings with a flourish with an unconquered stand of 60 in 27 balls. Wicketkeeper batsman de Kock set the stage alight with an all-out attack in the power play before departing for 52, inclusive of 3 sixes and 7 fours. - PTI

SCOREBOARD

SOUTH AFRICA H. Amla lbw Ali 58 Q. de Kock c Hales b Ali 52 A.B. de Villiers c Morgan b Rashid 16 F. du Plessis c Roy b Willey 17 J.P. Duminy (not out) 54 D. Miller (not out) 28 Extras (b-2, w-2) 4 Total (4 wkts, 20 overs) 229 Did not bat: C. Morris, K. Abbott, D. Steyn, K. Rabada, Imran Tahir Fall of wickets: 1-96, 2-114, 3-133, 4-169. Bowling: D. Willey 4-0-40-1 (w-1); Topley 2-0-33-0; M. Ali 4-0-34-2; C. Jordan 3-049-0; B. Stokes 2-0-23- 0 (w-1); A. Rashid 4-0-35-1; J. Root 1-0-13-0. ENGLAND J. Roy c de Kock b Abbott 43 A. Hales lbw Abbott 17 B. Stokes c Morris b Rabada 15 J. Root c Miller b Rabada 83 E. Morgan b Duminy 12 J. Buttler st de Kock b I. Tahir 21 M. Ali (not out) 12 C. Jordan c Duminy b Abbott 5 D. Willey run out 0 A. Rashid (not out) 0 Extras (lb-2, w-20) 22 Total (8 wkts, 19.4 overs) 230 To bat: Topley Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-71, 3-87, 4-111, 5-186, 6-219, 7-229, 8-229. Bowling: K. Rabada 4-0-50-2 (w-2); D. Steyn 2-0-35-0 (w-1); K. Abbott 3.4-0-41-3 (w-2); Imran Tahir 4-0-28-1 (w-2); J.P. Duminy 3-0-31-1; C. Morris 3-0-43-0 (w-3).

their chances as some of the other teams were showing great improvements in their handling of the new foiling GC32 and ﬁtness and strength has become such a major part of the racing. “Some of the teams made a massive leap between the training week in Dubai last month and here,” he explained. “In Dubai, we were mid ﬂeet all the time. We had plenty to learn but we have been able to step our game up again and things have gone well, although with seven more Acts to go, it is very early days.

“Later on in the year at events where there is a breeze, we are going to have to step things up again because things could get pretty intense on these boats from a physical point of view. “We are having to place a very big focus on our ﬁtness so we can get the boat round the course in good shape, get the boards up and down and the sails to where they need to be. “But these GC32s are great fun – with the foiling, the speed and the increased athleticism — it’s a great package.”

PREVIEW

Pakistan hope to rewrite history against India KOLKATA: Pakistan have never defeated India in a World Cup match but coach Waqar Younis is conﬁdent his team can break the jinx against the hosts who are smarting from a thumping defeat against New Zealand in their tournament opener. A defeat against their archrivals on Saturday at the Eden Gardens will push India towards an early exit from the World Twenty20 and Waqar feels it will be the best chance for Pakistan to end their poor record against their neighbours. Pakistan, on the other hand, got off to a conﬁdent start in the tournament with a win against Asian rivals Bangladesh. “They (Indians) have lost the last game, they must be worried that they can go out of the tournament, that’s a huge worry when you are playing in your own country in such a huge tournament,” Waqar told reporters. “I am sure that they are feeling the heat. It is an added pressure on them, not on us. And in Kolkata, as I said, we have played really well in the past, and we have won the last game. “I think that the monkey is off our backs now, so hopefully we will deliver the goods.” While India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin called a match between the two countries as

a bigger contest than the traditional rivalry of the Ashes, which involves Test matches between England and Australia, Waqar said the cricketers should be proud of the rivalry. “I think ﬁrst of all, you have take it as a sport,” the former fast bowler added. “Our rivalry is deﬁnitely there, there is a history between Pakistan and India, not only culturally but also there is a cricket history given how we have played each other for 50 years. “No other game is watched as much as this one, so we should all cherish that and we should all feel proud about it.” Ashwin said India are well versed with handling pressure and have left behind the defeat against New Zealand. “I don’t think we really see a lot of pressure in this game. We are used to playing a lot of that for India,” Ashwin said. “Every game that India plays is a pressure game as you can see with the amount of people here (at the news conference). “A game like this... more than who we are playing against, it’s the T20 World Cup and we have almost put ourselves in a position where we have to win every game from here. “I think that’s more important and pertinent.” - Reuters INJURED

Malinga ruled out of World T20 MUMBAI: Sri Lanka’s World Twenty20 title defence suffered a huge blow after fast bowler Lasith Malinga was ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury, the team said on Friday. Malinga was forced to hand over the captaincy to Angelo Mathews last week due to a slow recovery from the injury and missed the Super 10 opener against Afghanistan on Thursday. “Malinga’s knee injury flared up before the match against Afghanistan yesterday,” a team spokesperson said. “He has been ruled out of the World Cup and has flown back to Sri Lanka this afternoon.” The 32-year-old paceman with blond-tinted hair and an unorthodox action is not quite the same player who was a key figure in Sri Lanka’s progress to three World Twenty20 finals in the last four tournaments. He was, however, considered key to their success in India. “Sri Lanka team management on tour have observed that Malinga whose niggling injury has been flaring up would be better off resting it, and have recommended he return to Colombo,” Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement. Sri Lanka will take on 2012 champions West Indies in their second Group One match in Bangalore on Sunday. - Reuters

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RATES CAN STILL FALL: ECB European Central Bank (ECB) still has room to cut interest rates should the euro area’s economic recovery falter, Executive Board member Peter Praet said. The ECB decided last week to increase bond purchases to €80 billion ($90 billion) a month from €60 billion. - Bloomberg News

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GLOBAL ECONOMY

Negative rates have helped economy: IMF

RESHAPING ENERGY MAP: Exxon in early March became the ﬁrst major US oil company to ship American crude from elsewhere, sending the Maran Sagitta tanker from

Beaumont, Texas, into a reﬁnery it owns in Sicily, Italy. – Bloomberg News

From China to Europe, US overseas oil sales growing Oil tankers laden with US crude have docked in, or are heading to, countries including France, Germany, the Netherlands, Israel, China and Panama

LONDON: Three months since the United States lifted a 40-year ban on oil exports, American crude is ﬂowing to virtually every corner of the market and reshaping the world’s energy map. Overseas sales, which started on December 31 with a small cargo aboard the Theo T tanker, have been picking up speed. Oil companies including Exxon Mobil and China Petroleum and Chemical FOREIGN BUSINESS

EU lobby says China should open market BEIJING: China should open its markets to foreign business and implement overdue reforms if it wants to achieve its economic goals, a European business lobby said on Friday, weighing in on Beijing’s new five-year plan. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said the country faces a tough battle to keep its economy growing by at least 6.5 per cent a year over the next five years while creating more jobs and restructuring inefficient industries. To breathe new life into the economy, leaders have put forward various plans to make the country a world leader in advanced industries such as semiconductors, robotics, aviation equipment and satellites. The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said it welcomed China’s goals to increase innovation, reform state-owned firms, and develop environmental technology as part of an economic plan for 2016-2020 set out at an annual session of parliament which closed this week. However, a Made in China 2025 initiative to drive domestic innovation would only succeed in tandem with markets that are “permitted to operate freely”, it said. rowth of 6.5 per cent would be welcomed by most countries. - Reuters

have joined independent traders such as Vitol and Traﬁgura in exporting American crude. Spot crude prices The “growing volumes of exports” from the US are now “spooking the markets,” Amrita Sen, chief oil analyst at consultants Energy Aspects in London, said in a note. The “ﬂurry of export activity” is helping to support spot oil prices in the US relative to contracts for later delivery, she wrote. With American stockpiles at unprecedented levels, oil tankers laden with US crude have docked in, or are heading to, countries including France, Germany, the Netherlands, Israel, China and Panama. Oil traders said other destinations are likely, just as supplies in Europe and the Mediterranean region are also increasing. Small scale That said, the US is likely to remain for the foreseeable future a small exporter compared to Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) giants Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq and non-Opec producers Mexico and

Russia. Ian Taylor, chief executive of Vitol, the company behind the first export, believes exports will remain a “very marginal business.” Yet, tanker by tanker, overseas sales are growing. Enterprise Products Partners, one of the biggest operators of oil ports in the US, told investors this month it alone expected to handle exports of crude and condensates — a form of ultra-high quality oil — of about 165,000 barrels a day during the first quarter, up almost 28 per cent from the 2015 average. Cheaper transport One reason behind the rise in exports is cheap pipeline and railway fees to move crude from the fields in Texas, Oklahoma and North Dakota into the ports of the US Gulf of Mexico. Another is that US oil prices have been trading at a discount to Brent crude, allowing traders to move oil from one shore of the Atlantic to another at a profit. The exports could relieve pressure on storage capacity in the US after stockpiles rose to the highest level in official data going back to 1930. The tanks at the oil hub of Cush-

ing, the biggest in the country and the delivery point for benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude, are 92.5 per cent full, according to the Energy Information Administration. The risk is that the US could shift the glut into Europe and the Mediterranean, where there are higher-than-usual loadings from the North Sea and the arrival of the first barrels of Iranian crude to the region since 2012. Texas to Sicily The export ban was imposed in the aftermath of a 1973 to 1974 oil embargo by the Arab members of Opec. It crippled the US economy and highlighted its dependence on imports. Before it was lifted, the US sold as much as 500,000 barrels a day overseas, from Alaska and a few other origins allowed under federal law. Exxon in early March became the first major US oil company to ship American crude from elsewhere, sending the Maran Sagitta tanker from Beaumont, Texas, into a refinery it owns in Sicily, Italy. Days later, Sinopec lifted on the Pinnacle Spirt tanker a cargo

of US crude, a first for a Chinese oil group. Oil traders are starting to export American crude to store it overseas and profit from a market condition called contango. That’s where prices of oil for delivery today are lower than those in future months. Buyers with access to storage can fill up their tanks with cheap crude and sell higher-priced futures contracts to lock in a profit. Gunvor Group, a commodities trader with main offices in Geneva, plans to ship 600,000 barrels of US crude to a storage terminal in Panama. It’s then likely to ship the crude in Europe. Oil traders are expecting more vessels to depart over coming weeks, with companies seeking to open new export routes from the United States West Coast and also moving barrels from new locations, including directly out of Cushing. — Bloomberg News

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HANOI: World economy would be worse off without negative interest rates, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde. Negative rates in Europe and Japan have helped support global growth and price gains, she said in an interview in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday. The finance sector may need to implement new business models as a result, she said. “If we had not had those negative rates, we would be in a much worse place today, with inflation probably lower than where it is, with growth probably lower than where we have it,” Lagarde said. “It was a good thing to actually implement those negative rates under the current circumstances. Central banks in Europe and Japan have deployed negative interest rates to stimulate the economy, and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the United States central bank is taking a look at the tool “in the event that we needed to add accommodation.” The policy moves have triggered concerns that they could have unintentional consequences such as hurting bank profits. Negative interest rates are a fairly new economic tool and more time is needed to assess the policy, Lagarde said. China growth “So let’s see whether it kick starts the process of fuelling credit to the economy, changing the behavioural pattern of people and changing the strategy of banks as well,” she said. Separately, Lagarde said the IMF may raise its 6.3 per cent growth forecast for China due to the nation’s planned economic reforms and stimulus. The figure could be raised “a little more” after an assessment of a recently announced economic package, she said. “We believe China will continue to grow,” Lagarde said. “If those reforms are implemented and the stimulus announced also directed to the most efficient leverage in societies, which we believe is more consumption than necessarily investment that would be fueled by credit, then the recipe should be quite good for China to lead a continued quality growth.” Chinese Premier Li Keqiang opened the Congress by announcing this year’s economic growth target would be 6.5 per cent to 7 per cent. – Bloomberg News

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MARKET EXQUISITE WATCH A ‘Grandmaster Chime’ luxury wristwatch, produced by Patek Philippe, is on display at the company’s booth during the 2016 Baselworld luxury watch and jewellery fair in Basel, Switzerland. Almost 1,500 companies from the watch, jewellery and gem industries will display their latest innovations and products to more than 150,000 visitors at this year’s luxury show. – Bloomberg News.

Apple is gearing up to unveil smaller iPhone The 4-inch iPhone won’t be packed full of technological innovations. It is meant to woo those still clinging to the more than two-yearold 5S or 5C, the last models with the more compact screen

SAN FRANCISCO: Since Apple introduced the ﬁrst iPhone in 2007, mobile handsets have only gotten bigger. Chief executive officer Tim Cook will buck that trend on Monday when he presents a smaller iPhone, seeking to entice holdouts to upgrade to a new smartphone even if they don’t want a larger device. The ambitions for the new phone may be commensurate to its diminutive size. Unlike previous new iterations of the device, the 4-inch iPhone won’t be packed full of technological innovations intended to send hordes of Apple fans queuing around the block on launch day to snap it up. Instead, it’s meant to woo those still clinging to the more than two-year-old 5S or 5C, the last models with the more compact screen. “It will really just replace the 5S at the low end of the lineup,” said Chris Caso, a New Yorkbased Susquehanna International R E A L E S TAT E

NEW SMARTPHONE: Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook is expected to present a smaller iPhone, The new smartphone will boast a faster processor than the 5S, a person familiar with the details has said. – Bloomberg News

Group analyst with a positive rating on Apple shares. “The 5S is getting a bit old now and won’t run the operating system that well for much longer.” Quarterly sales dip The company is rolling out the new phone two months after saying quarterly sales were likely to decline for the ﬁrst time in more than a decade, highlighting concern that iPhone growth has reached its limits. While analysts from UBS Group to RBC Capital Markets predict that shipments of the iPhone SE — the expected name of the new model — will be about 15 million annually, its smaller size and lower price could encourage existing customers to step up at a time of year when sales often decelerate. Apple sold more than 231 million iPhones in 2015, with sales dipping between April and September, as has been the case in previous years.

Though the event is focused on the new products, Apple followers may pay more attention to anything Cook says about the company’s legal ﬁght with the United States government over an order that it help the FBI unlock a terrorist’s iPhone. After more than a month of sparring — in court ﬁlings, Congressional hearings and on national television — the two sides will present their cases on Tuesday before a magistrate judge in Riverside, California. Upgrade slowdown Cook may use the stage on Monday at the company’s headquarters in California to reiterate Apple’s argument that creating software to degrade the phone’s security features would inevitably endanger the privacy of hundreds of millions of users. The company is introducing the new, smaller iPhone at a time when customers are holding onto

their handsets longer. Wireless carriers such as AT&T and Verizon Wireless are no longer subsidising new iPhone purchases like they once did, making customers question whether the improvements warrant the expenditure on new models. A slowing upgrade cycle is something Apple has experienced with the iPad, which has seen sales steadily decline for several quarters. “The replacement cycle for iPhones has stretched to 27 months,” compared to the 23 months of two years ago, RBC analyst Amit Daryanani wrote in a note to clients this week. The new handset will “ensure that consumers who have a three-year- old 5S or 5C don’t switch to Android for lack of new iPhone products.” App Store An older iPhone owner who’s looking to upgrade can currently either spend $549 on the basic version of the iPhone 6 — the 2014 edition — or buy a less-expensive Android-based phone. Apple’s new lower-end model may persuade customers to stick with the company’s products, allowing it to sell services through the App Store or subscriptionbased products such as Apple Music and iCloud. The new smartphone will boast a faster processor than the 5S, a person familiar with the details has said. Like the iPhone 5C, it may also be available in a variety of colours, analysts have said. Cook will wield a new iPad at Monday’s event. - Bloomberg News

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China home prices increase BEIJING: China’s home prices rose at their fastest clip in almost two years in February thanks to red-hot demand in big cities, but risks of overheating in some places combined with weak growth in smaller cities threaten to put more stress on an already slowing economy. Average new home prices in 70 major cities climbed 3.6 percent in February from a year ago, quickening from January’s 2.5 percent rise, according to Reuters calculations based on data released by the National Statistics Bureau (NBS) on Friday. That was the quickest year-onyear increase since June 2014, and encouragingly, 32 of 70 major cities tracked by the NBS saw annual price gains, up from 25 in January. Ordinarily, that should be welcome news for policymakers who have rolled out a raft of stimulus measures to support an economy

growing at its slowest pace in a quarter of a century. Supply glut But the divergence in home prices — surging values in bigger cities and depressed markets in smaller cities plagued by a supply glut — makes Beijing’s job harder as it looks to reanimate growth without inﬂating asset bubbles. “The government’s all-out encouragement of housing sales seems to be working, but at the cost of surging prices in big cities,” said Rosealea Yao, an economist at Gavekal Dragonomics in Beijing.

“These surges in big cities are not sustainable and would increase uncertainties and instability in the overall housing market.” The data showed tier 1 cities, including Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing, remained the top performers, with prices surging 56.9 percent, 20.6 per cent and 12.9 per cent respectively. “Prices in ﬁrst-tier cities are very expensive now, it’s hard for new families to afford a home,” said Tan Huajie, vice president China’s biggest property ﬁrm Vanke. The trouble is that speculators and ordinary investors, who have been shaken by the summer crash in mainland stock markets, are increasingly ploughing their money into the housing market — most of it going to the frothy sector in big centres. A slowing economy has also meant most jobs are in the biggest cities, drawing more people into these places. - Reuters

Toshiba eyes improved profit as it scales back on products TOKYO: Toshiba said its profitability will improve in the next fiscal year as it scales back on products such as personal computers and home appliances. Operating profit will be ¥120 billion ($1.1 billion) and revenue ¥4.9 trillion in fiscal 2016, the electronics maker said on Friday, in a presentation titled “A road map to a new Toshiba.” Analysts were projecting, on average, a profit of ¥145.5 billion on sales of ¥5.77 trillion, according to data. Toshiba, which makes everything from computers to nuclear power equipment, is seeking to revive profits by narrowing the scope of its business lines. An accounting scandal has left the Japanese conglomerate in tatters, facing record losses, job cuts and potential spinoffs. The com-

pany is selling its medical unit to Canon, home-appliance business to China’s Midea Group and is considering letting go of its PC operations. “The trust we’ve lost won’t be regained overnight,” President Masashi Muromachi said at a brieﬁng at Toshiba’s Tokyo headquarters. “We must transform into a company that can deliver consistent growth.” Nuclear power operations For the current ﬁscal year, which ends this month, Toshiba kept its operating loss forecast intact, at 430 billion yen, on revenue of ¥6.2 trillion. Still, the company is re-testing the value of its nuclear power operations. That business is at the center of an investigation by the United States over al-

legations that it hid $1.3 billion in losses, according to two people familiar with the matter. Toshiba now expects the goodwill on its Westinghouse Electric to be ¥351 billion, from an originally anticipated ¥385 billion. Toshiba, which said it’s cooperating with U.S. authorities on inquiries, disclosed in November that the Westinghouse unit booked writedowns on new construction projects and automation services in ﬁscal 2012 and 2013. The value of Westinghouse wasn’t impaired by the writedowns and the accounting was accurate, Yu Takase, a spokeswoman for the company, told Bloomberg News at the time of the disclosure. Toshiba is also cutting back on hiring. – Bloomberg News

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SEATTLE: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, owner of brands such as Westin, Sheraton and W, said it received a binding $13.2 billion takeover bid from a group led by China’s Anbang Insurance, a superior offer to one by Marriott International. Anbang and its partners will pay $78 a share in cash for Starwood, according to a statement ON Friday. The offer is $2 a share more than the surprise bid the group made last week. It eclipses Marriott’s cash-and-stock deal, which Starwood agreed to in November and is currently worth about $68 a share. The announcement puts pressure on Marriott to counter. ‘Superior proposal’ Starwood notified Marriott that it and determined the Anbang bid constitutes a ‘superior proposal’ and that Starwood’s board intends to terminate the Marriott merger agreement and enter into a definitive agreement with the group. Marriott has until 11:59pm New York time on March 28 to negotiate revisions to the existing agreement. An acquisition by Anbang, which requires approval by regulators and Starwood shareholders, would mark the largest-ever acquisition of a United States company by a Chinese buyer, topping the 2013 purchase of Smithfield Foods Inc. for almost $7 billion including debt. Investors from China are pouring money into US real estate and seeking the prize of international hotel brands amid slowing growth at home. Starwood also owns real estate worth $4 billion, including St Regis in Manhattan. - Bloomberg News

Philippines at risk from $81m Bangladesh theft: Lawmaker The government is probing how money stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank was withdrawn from accounts set up at Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation in the Philippines

MANILA: Laundering of $81 million stolen from Bangladesh’s reserves through the Philippines could threaten the wider ﬁnancial sector and put the country’s credit rating at risk, the lawmaker heading the government investigation of the case said. “If you push the consequences, the Philippines could become blacklisted as a money-laundering haven, our credit ratings could go down and the cost of doing business could go up,” Senator Teoﬁsto Guingona, who previously led government investigations on corruption that led to the indictment of lawmakers, said in an interview on Thursday. “If we don’t handle this properly it will affect us all.” The government is probing how money stolen from Bangladesh’s

NEED FOR ACTION: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Amando Tetangco told reporters in Manila on Friday that there is a risk associated with this, and therefore there is a need to show that action has been taken. – Bloomberg News

central bank was withdrawn from accounts set up at Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) and cashed out at casinos after passing through a local money changer, Philrem Service. The case has prompted central banks around the world to examine cyber security measures, and triggered the resignation of Bangladesh’s central bank governor. Authorities have blocked most of the illicit transfers and $20 million sent to Sri Lanka was returned. Still, almost all of the $81 million withdrawn in the

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Barclays Africa sees lower debt sales in 2016 as lending slows JOHANNESBURG: Barclays Africa plans to issue less debt in 2016 as lending growth slows and the company’s parent considers ways of reducing its stake in South Africa’s third-largest bank. “It’s too uncertain for us to go to the market right now,” Mike Harvey, treasurer of Barclays Africa, said in an interview in Johannesburg. “We’re going to hold back on issuance.” The lender, which relies on debt capital markets for less than

10 per cent of its funding, is paring back on issuance as South Africa’s economy hovers near a recession and after average yields on rand-denominated government bonds jumped by over 140 basis points over the past year. Barclays, which holds 62.3 per cent of the South African bank, said March 1 it will reduce its stake to 20 per cent or less in the next two to three years. “We don’t need to raise debt funding right now,” Harvey said. - Bloomberg News

Philippines remains missing. Taking action “There’s risk associated with this, and therefore we need to address that,” Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Amando Tetangco told reporters in Manila on Friday. “We have to show that action has been taken.” Rizal Bank is the nation’s eighth-largest lender with assets of P410.4 billion ($8.9 billion) as of September, according to central bank data. It’s the sixth largest in terms of capital.

Maia Santos Deguito, the manager of the Rizal Bank branch from which the $81 million was withdrawn, has said she had approval from senior bank executives for the transfers. Guingona said separately that at least two other senior executives of the bank may have been involved, without naming them. Deguito was the only branch manager in a network of 471 outlets who “committed serious violations of the bank’s systems, processes and controls,” the lender said in a statement.

Failed bank “Rizal Bank failed as an institution,” Guingona said. “It’s either the branch or the headquarters that failed, but the point is, the bank failed. It could have been a system failure, human error or there was a conspiracy.” The case is an isolated one and has nothing to do with the bank’s strength and stability, Rizal Bank said in the statement. “RCBC follows global best practices but even the most stringent rules and restrictions are only as good as the people who must follow them.” The bank’s internal investigation continues, Maria Celia Estavillo, Rizal Bank’s head of legal and regulatory affairs, said in a statement late Thursday. “Deﬁnitely we will sanction anybody found to be culpable within the bank.” Rizal Bank shares fell 0.8 per cent at the close of trading in Manila on Friday, having dropped as much as 2.5 per cent earlier. The Philippine benchmark stock index rose 1.3 per cent. The credit rating for the Philippines was raised to investment grade by Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s in 2013. It’s now rated BBB by Standard & Poor’s and Baa2 by Moody’s Investors Service, two levels above junk. Fitch Ratings has the country at BBB-, one level above junk. – Bloomberg News

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Ford raises CEO’s salary by 17% over record profit MICHIGAN: Ford Motor increased chief executive officer Mark Fields’s 2015 compensation by 17 per cent to $17.3 million, excluding changes in pension value, as the automaker posted record profit on surging sales of sport utility vehicles (SUVs). Fields, 55, in his first full year as CEO, received $1.75 million in salary, $3.46 million in bonus and $13.36 million in stock and other compensation, for a total of $18.6 million, the company said on Friday in a regulatory filing. Excluding a change in pension values, which fluctuate year to year, and other compensation for perquisites such as traveling on corporate aircraft, his total for last year grew from $14.8 million in 2014. Fields rolled out the aluminumbodied F-150 pickup last year, negotiated a new four-year contract with the United Auto Workers and capitalised on falling fuel prices by pushing out more SUVs. Yet Ford’s share price fell 9.1 per cent amid investor concerns that the good times may soon be over as theUS auto expansion peaks and earnings come under pressure. Fields reinforced those fears in January, telling analysts that Ford’s operating profit margin in North America, its largest market, may decline this year as costs rise. “Times are good, so if you’re going to pay a CEO well, this is when you’re going to do it,” said David Whiston, a Morningstar Inc. analyst in Chicago who rates the shares the equivalent of buy with a “fair value” price of $18. - Bloomberg News

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his is supposed to be the era of powerful central banks, ready to wield their ﬁrepower worldwide. Yet the most powerful of all central banks — the United States Federal Reserve — is also the most reluctant to acknowledge its global reach. Like all central banks, the Fed has a local mandate, focused on domestic price stability and employment. But, unlike most central banks, the Fed has global responsibilities. This tension is at the root of some of the most threatening problems facing the world economy today. The Fed has global responsibilities for two closely related reasons, neither of which has much to do with the need to avoid the “currency wars” that so concerned former Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega. First, despite the birth of the euro and talk of the Chinese renminbi’s ascendancy, the dollar remains the currency of choice for borrowing and lending around the world. When a bank or corporation in Kuala Lumpur, São Paulo, or Johannesburg borrows abroad, the loan is more likely to be denominated in dollars than in any other currency. If local banks suffer a run, or if corporations have trouble rolling over their debt, they need to be able to borrow dollars from the local central bank, which in turn may have no choice but to get those dollars from the Fed. When the Fed in 2007-2008 entered into swap agreements with 14 central banks, including those of four emerging economies (Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, and South Korea), it de facto acknowledged that it is the world’s

lender of last resort in dollars. Yet the Fed, its governors argue, cannot be expected to do that on a regular basis. In a 2015 speech, Stanley Fischer, one of the most internationally-minded of the Fed’s governors, acknowledged that world financial stability could be supported by a global central bank, yet concluded: “I should be clear that the US Federal Reserve is not that bank.” The second reason why the Fed has global responsibilities is that its policies affect monetary conditions worldwide. There is mounting evidence that monetary-policy shocks affect risk premia, and that this channel operates internationally as well as domestically, with sizeable effects. In the 2013 episode known as the “taper tantrum,” the mere hint that the Fed might slow the pace of its bond-buying programme triggered large capital outflows and asset-price drops in most emerging economies. The traditional Fed response, expressed eloquently by former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke at the 2015 IMF Research Conference, is simple: Float your currency. The standard trilemma of international monetary policy holds that countries cannot have fixed exchange rates, monetary independence, and free capital movement simultaneously, but they can have two of the three. Countries that float their currencies can be free to set interest rates and determine financial conditions at home, even with substantial international capital mobility. If they don’t float — because they have targets for exports or the real exchange rate — that is their problem. The Fed, Bernanke argued, cannot be expected to help them. But Bernanke’s argument is not

Like all central banks, the Fed has a local mandate, focused on domestic price stability and employment. But, unlike most central banks, the Fed has global responsibilities. This tension is at the root of some of the most threatening problems facing the world economy today

entirely convincing. As London Business School’s Hélène Rey has argued, the “risk-taking” channel of monetary policy is so powerful internationally that Fed policy helps determine credit conditions in many countries quite independently of their exchange-rate regimes. When the Fed loosens policy, credit grows all over the world, and vice versa. So it is not a policy trilemma but a dilemma: capital-account restrictions — not just ﬂexible exchange rates — may be necessary for central banks to exercise effective control over domestic credit conditions. The Fed’s reluctance to serve as the world’s lender of last resort, or to acknowledge that exchange-rate movements cannot undo its actions abroad, would seem to condemn it to being a parochial and inward-looking institution. But Donald Trump should not start applauding yet. The Fed’s domestic mandate requires it to recognise, in Fischer’s words, that “the US economy and the economies of the rest of the world have important feedback effects on each other.” And those effects are getting larger. When justifying its interest-rate decisions, the Fed has historically paid little attention to the effect of international conditions on the US economy. But it broke with tradition in September 2015. Both the official minutes of the rate-setting meeting and Chairman Janet Yellen in her press conference mentioned heightened uncertainties abroad, including weakness in the Chinese economy, as key reasons to delay the Fed’s increase in interest rates. Other international linkages are also receiving greater attention. As the US economy becomes more open to

international trade and capital movements, the dollar’s value matters more because of its effect on inflation and on domestic financial conditions. In the current debate about what the Fed should do next, Governor Lael Brainard has been arguing that real dollar appreciation of 20 per cent in 2014 and 2015 reduces the need for further monetary-policy tightening. Of course, caring about how the world affects the US is not the same as concern about the economic health of the rest of the world. And yet these small steps are significant. Berkeley’s Barry Eichengreen has shown that international considerations have long played a key role in the conduct of Fed policy, and that the last three decades, in which the Fed turned mostly inward, were something of an aberration. So perhaps the 102-year-old Fed is returning to its original tradition. Or perhaps its outlook already is quite internationalist — as its actions during the financial crisis suggest — and it is only domestic political constraints that prevent this from being acknowledged openly. Either way, even incremental movement in this direction is welcome, for the last thing the world needs is a parochial Fed. Recent financial history suggests that the next liquidity crisis is just around the corner, and that such crises can impose enormous economic and social costs. And in a largely dollarised world economy, the only certain tool for avoiding such crises is a lender of last resort in dollars. The IMF could have been that lender, but it is not. The Fed is. The sooner the US and the rest of the world fully recognise this, the safer the world economy will be. — Project Syndicate

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uzanne Lang fondly remembers asking her then five-year-old son, Alec, what he wanted to be for Halloween. The king, he said, beaming. So they went to the craft store and picked out red velvet and white fur for a cape. Lang made a sceptre out of cardboard and spraypainted it gold. When I put the crown on his head, he looked at me with big eyes, full of confidence and joy, she says. “Sadly, I wouldn”t see that look again for many years.” There had been hints back in preschool that something wasn’t right. Alec’s speech was slightly off. He had trouble in kindergarten with letters and words. But at the same time, he was very bright, creative and inquisitive. In first grade, things began to unravel. Every day the class would spend time writing in their journals. And every day Alec would try hard but only manage to write one word — and he’d spell it wrong, too. School became unbearable for him. He began chewing through pencil erasers. He’d come home after school yelling or crying, feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. In third grade, when his

school evaluated him, he told the staff he was “stupid,” even though the evaluation found he actually had a very high IQ. My little ‘king’ seemed so far away, Lang noted. Eventually, the Lang family discovered that Alec had dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). These issues aren’t uncommon: one in five children struggle with brain-based issues related to reading, math, writing, attention and organisation. Back then, all I knew was that I needed to start looking for ways to help my son, Lang says. “But I hit a roadblock I never expected; few parents wanted to open up to me about their children’s struggles.” It’s an uncomfortable subject, after all. It’s also invisible — no one can tell by looking at a child that he can’t read or write. I turned to the Internet, but it was beyond frustrating. Most websites were full of confusing education jargon. And if I found a site I liked, I kept wondering, “Can I really trust this information?” Lang spent countless hours tracking down experts, eventually finding a

Understood.org is a comprehensive resource that empowers parents of kids with learning and attention issues. This powerful new resource offers parents daily access to experts, personalised support and connection to other parents in a safe online community.

reading specialist named Margie Gillis. She helped us understand two very important things: why my son was struggling and how I could help him, Lang says. That knowledge marked a turning point for the Langs. They found a middle school that gave Alec the chance to meet other kids with learning and attention issues. This helped build his conﬁdence and gave him a sense of community. I remember him saying, “I never thought there were so many people like me,” Suzanne says. Once he had the kind of instruction and support he needed, Alec started to make progress. By the end of middle school, he even started talking about wanting to go to college. Even as Alec started to thrive, a sadness came over me, Lang says. “I thought, ‘How many other parents are out there looking for answers?’” That’s when she embarked on a new mission — to help other parents whose children have learning and attention issues. That journey led her to join the team at Understood.org, a comprehensive resource that empowers parents of kids with learning and attention issues. Understood was created by 15 nonproﬁts that care deeply about kids

with learning and attention issues. Its mission is to empower parents with clear explanations and practical advice about learning and attention issues. This powerful new resource offers parents daily access to experts, personalised support and connection to other parents in a safe online community. One of the site’s interactive tools, Through Your Child’s Eyes, allows parents to experience the challenges of living with learning and attention issues, like ADHD or dyslexia. All for free. Understood launched in October 2014, and my greatest hope is that it becomes a lifeline to every parent who is looking for answers, Lang says. Alec is now a college freshman studying engineering. He’s on the dean’s list and is thinking about what he'll do after graduation. I asked him when he visited over spring break if he knew what he wanted to do, having so many options, Lang says. While Alec doesn’t exactly know yet, he did let his mother know that he wanted to do something cutting edge — something that will “change the world.” He was conﬁdent, almost beaming, she says. Her “king” was back.-BPT

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TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201) 06:00 06:00 13:00 13:00 15:00 15:00

10:45 19:00

TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)

SALALAH TO DUBAI (ROUTE 102) 15:00

Ruwi Ruwi

TO SALALAH -MARMUL (ROUTE 100) Daily Daily Daily Daily

TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101) 06:00

06:00 14:30

TO YIBAL - FAHUD (ROUTE 62)

10:30 11:15

TO MARMUL-SALALAH (ROUTE 100) 07:00 10:00 10:00 19:00

Programmes are subject to change

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)

10:20 12:30

TO SUR (ROUTE 55) Sur Sur

Maheshinte Prathikaram (Mal) (Comedy) Cast: Fahad Faasil & Anusree 3:00, 6:30 & 10:00 PM Cinema Main Pugazh (Tamil) (Com\ Drama) Cast: Jai, Surabhi & R. J. Balaji 3:30, 6:30 & 9:30 PM Cinema -2 Action Hero Biju (Mal) (Act\ Comedy) Cast: Nivin Pauly & Anu Emmanuel 3:45 & 9:45 PM Cinema -3 Puthiya Niyamam (Mal) (Thriller) Cast: Mammotty & Nayantara 3:45 PM Cinema-4\ 6:45 PM Cinema-3 Kapoor & Sons (Hindi) (Drama\Rom) 6:45 & 9:45 PM Cinema -4 Cast : Sidharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan, Alia Bhatt and Rishi Kapoor Next Change: Rocky Handsome (Hindi ) Vettah ( Mal)

Minimum

ROYAL OMAN POLICE 07:30 14:30

Film information 24791641 / 24786776 Website: www.isurf.co.om

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54) 08:00 08:00

08:55 Daily 11:40 Daily 20:20 Daily via Ibri 14:55 Daily 17:40 Daily 19:20 Daily 22:15 Daily

STAR CINEMA

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54) 14:30 14:30

Sohar Ruwi Ruwi Sohar Ruwi Sohar Ruwi

Daily Daily Daily

The Wave (Action / Drama / Thriller) Cast: Kristoffer Joner, Thomas Bo Larsen 4.00, 8.00, & 11.55 PM CP No: 371 (PG12) Frankenstein (Horror / Thriller) Cast: Carrie-Anne Moss, Xavier Samuel. 2.00, 6.00, & 10.00 PM CP No: 372 (18+) The Witch (Horror / Mystery) Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie 1.00, 10.00, & 11.55 PM CP No: 373 (15+) Kapoor & Sons (Hindi / Comedy / Drama) Cast: Fawad Khan, Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Rishi Kapoor 3.00 & 7.30 PM CP No: 374 (PG12)` London Has Fallen (Action / Crime / Thriller) Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart 5.30 PM CP No: 351 (PG12)

WEATHER

15:00 15:00 15:00

16:30 18:00 19:30

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

WITH LOVE

QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (ROUTE 36) Quriyat Sur Jaalan

BAHJA CINEMA

SALALAH Kung Fu Panda 3 (3D) (PG) (Animation) 11:05AM, 3:00, 4:45PM The Wave (2D) (PG12) (Action | Thriller) Cast: Kristopher Jonner, Thomas Bo Larsen 11:30AM, 3:30, 9:45PM Frankenstein (2D) (18+) (Horror | Thriller) Cast: Carrie-Anne Moss, Xavier Samuel 5:30PM London Has Fallen (2D) (PG12) (Action) 1:30PM Triple 9 (2D) (15+) (Action | Crime | Drama) 1:15, 5:30, 11:30PM The Witch (2D) (15+) (Horror | Mystery) Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson 10:05PM Solace (2D) (12+) (Crime | Drama | Mystery) Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Xander Berkeley 11:15AM,3:30, 6:50, 11:45PM Eye in the Sky (2D) (TBC) (Drama) Cast: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul 1:00, 11:55PM Kapoor and Sons (2D) (PG12) (Drama) Cast: Alia Bhatt, Sanjay Dutt, Fawad Khan 8:45PM Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2D) (PG12) (Mal) (Comedy / Drama) Cast: Fahadh Faasil, Soubin Shahir 7:45PM Pugazh (2D) (PG12) (Action| Thriller) 7:15PM

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

FROM MUSCAT (RUWI) Destination

12.20pm 3.45pm 6.22pm 7.33pm 4.57am

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

CINEMA SCHEDULE

Dept time

Dhuhr Asr Maghrib Isha Fajr (Tomorrow)

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PHARMACIES Round the clock Al Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi 24783334

Apollo Medical Centre, Hamriya Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi Salalah Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra Muscat Region Apollo, Al Hamriya Muscat, A Seeb Market Muscat, Al Khuwair Muscat, Al Hail South Dhofar Region Muscat, Al Nahdha Road, Salalah

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HOSPITALS Al Amal Medical & Health Care Centre 24485052 Atlas Hospital Ruwi 24811743/ Ghubra 24504000 Al Musafir Specialised Medical Clinic 24706453 Hatat Polyclinic LLC, Ruwi 24563641 Azaiba 24499269 Sohar 2683006 Al Raffah Hospital 24618900/1/2 Al Massaraat Clinic & Laboratory 24566435 Al Makook Medical Coordinance Centre 24499434 Apollo Medical Centre,

Hamriya 24787766, 24787780 Capital Polyclinic 24707549 Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic, Ruwi 24799760/1/2 Capital Clinic, Seeb 24420740 Ceregem National Raak 24485633 Dr Harub’s Clinic 24563217 Elixir Health Centre 24565802 Emirates Medical Centre 24604540 1st Chiropractic Centre 24472274 Lifeline Hospital Salalah 23212340 International Medical Centre LLC 24794501/2/3/4/5 Kims Oman Hospital 24760100 24 Hrs Emergency 24760123 Lama Polyclinic, Sohar 26751128 MBD 24799077 Al Khuwair 24478818 Magrabi Eye and Ear Hospital 24568870 Muscat Private Hospital 24583600 Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Al Khuwair 24477666 Al-Hayat Polyclinc LLC 22004000 AIRLINE OFFICES Muscat Airport Flight information (24 hours) 24519456/24519223 Aeroflot 24704455 Air Arabia 24700828 Air France 24562153 Air India 24799801

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SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2016

LIFESTYLE FACT FILE (Exploring History, Science, and Nature)

The Art of Making Paper

he word paper comes from the ancient Egyptian writing material called papyrus, which was woven from papyrus plants. Papyrus was produced as early as 3000 BCE in Egypt, and in ancient Greece and Rome. Ancient Egyptians made the earliest paper from the fibrous strips within papyrus stems. The strips were soaked in water, placed side-by-side and over one another, pressed flat and dried in the sun. Parchment followed and was made using animal skins washed in water and lime and stretched onto a frame to dry. The high-quality white paper we are familiar with today can be traced back to China in A.D. 105. The Chinese court official Ts’ai Lun described the modern method of papermaking in AD 105; he was the first person to describe how to make paper from cotton rags. Grass, leaves and old rags were soaked in limewater until they turned to pulp. The mixture was strained and pressed into flat sheets of paper. Paper was handmade and expensive until the 19th century, when papermaking machines were developed which could make paper with fibres from wood pulp. Although older ma-

Step one: To make the frame, bend and twist the coat hanger wire into a 6-inchsquare frame. Tape the ends of the wire so they are not sharp (have an adult help). Stretch one leg of pantyhose over the frame, making it tight and ﬂat. Tie knots in the hose and trim off the excess. You will need one frame for each piece of paper you make. Step two: Put a handful of torn-up paper and some warm water into the food processor. Mix until all the paper has dissolved; add more water if the mixture gets too thick. Add 2tbsp of glue to the paper pulp. Pour pulp into a sink or tub with 4 inches of water and mix well.

chines predated it, the Fourdrinier machine became the basis for most modern papermaking. This machine worked by a continuous process: pulp was fed onto a belt of wire cloth that was continually moving, so that the sheet was left on the surface while the

water drained through the wire. Today, there are many different kinds of paper. Recycling paper Usually made from the plant ﬁbre found in trees, paper can also be recycled. Recycling paper is fun,

but messy. You will need an adult to help you. What you need: • Lots of newspaper • Food processor or blender • 2 tbsp glue • 2 or 3 cups of water

• Sink or small tub ﬁlled with 4 inches of warm water • Old pantyhose • Coat hangers • Tape • Scissors • Rolling pin

Step three: Slide the frame to the bottom of the sink. Spread an even coat of the pulp on top of the screen. Lift it out slowly, letting the water drain for about a minute. Place the frame, pulp-side up, on a stack of newspapers. Cover with more newspaper and roll with a rolling pin to squeeze out the water. Remove frame from newspaper and allow to dry completely. Gently peel the paper from the frame. Trim with scissors and your homemade paper is ready to use.-lifestyle@timesofoman.com

Questions & Answers When I’m in doubt... I ask my family

One thing that puts me off... Poverty

If I win a lottery... I would help the physically challenged people

I go crazy when... My brother speaks nonsense (he always does) One movie/book I can watch/ read over and over again... Islamic stories of Suﬁ people

CDUR

Crossword Puzzle ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE

It’s better not to argue with... Me (toastmaster debate winner)

If I met an alien I would... Jadu jadu where is he (from the movie koi Mil Gaya)

The scariest thing that I have done... Gone alone to the washroom to see why my turtle is making noise

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If I could go back in history, I would like to meet Maharana Pratap One skill I would like to learn... Calligraphy

TAABISH SUHAIL

If I have to describe myself as a ﬂavour it would be... As sweet as a sugar

One person I would trade places with (real or ﬁctional) UN Secretary (Ban Ki Moon)

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If I had treasures I would hide them... In a cupboard

The best way to my heart is... Love and care for each other

Send your contributions to lifestyle@timesofoman.com. A good quality photo is compulsory. Lifestyle reserves the right to publish the contributions.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2016

LIFESTYLE

Children up to the age of 16 who would like to have their art considered for inclusion in “Art for the Ages” can e-mail their drawings or paintings (in jpeg or tiff format) to lifestyle@timesofoman.com

Art for the Ages

Children’s Poetry

The Silent Killer Sharikha Jabeen Grade X Indian School Wadi Kabir

Abhinand Sudheer, Grade 5, ISS

Aakash Gopa Kumar, Grade 10, ISWK

Ganadharshan Aathithan, Grade 7, Sri Lankan School

I wandered here and there, Looking for someone I could tear. I was man’s worst enemy And I feared nobody at all. I caused ﬁghts and sadness And wrenched tears from man’s eyes, I tore apart the smile And grabbed all his best memories. I cut out the threads of love forever. Until nothing of him remained, In this wretched place. I am a silent killer I give no warnings to anyone. I don’t have a target, I am a blind murderer. I take the lives of old, young and new. So beware of me, all lives on Earth, Because I am closer to you than you think. Surely we both shall meet, Either today or tomorrow. As, I am Death itself Addressing you at this moment.

Swastik S. Moolya, Grade 7, ISWK

Alvy Susan Mathew, Grade 10, ISWK

Sudoku How to play Fill empty cells with the numbers 1 to 9, so that each number appears once in each row, column and area.

SOLUTION Answer to previous puzzle

Send your contributions for Children’s Poetry to lifestyle@timesofoman.com

Teleword All the words below appear in the puzzle - horizontally, vertically, diagonally, even backward. Find them and circle their letters. The leftover word spells the Teleword.

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J W UW S E T E I K N L K Y T S O S N S A A M R WA E H N N

G S A I F Y E I I A J O P I A

Z R T I I L L L L U K E V E Y

O T E A R L O A A C C E B E R

CLUE: ‘BROTHERS & SISTERS’ (TV SERIES)

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X N T L P A S A D E N A L C S

AM AW I G C R I E R T T S A I P L M L A A C C N C AM V B

SOLUTION: 6 LETTERS

Alison, Baitz, Balthazar, Calista, Dave, Drama, Emmy, Family, Field, Flockhart, Greg, Harper, Holden, Holly, Justin, Kevin, Kitty, Lowe, Luke, MacFarlane, Matthew, Maxwell, McCallister, Molly, Monica, Newman, Nora, Ojai, Olin, Pasadena, Patricia, Rachel, Rebecca, Rifkin, Role, Ryan, Sarah, Schapker, Show, Star, Vancamp, Wandell, Weekly, Wettig, William. Answer: Walker

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FOR SALE @ Sanaya/ Hospital Road- Sohar PLEASE CONTACT:

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Brand new villas in Al Ansab. 94051789-97201688 For rent and investment Land industrial shops in Rusayl. Contact: 99323957 / 95490842 Flats in Qurum. Contact 94051789-97201688 1B/R apartment executive fully furnished at AL Khuwair 33 & 5 B/R villa unfurnished at Madinat Al Ilam & 5 B/R villa furnished at Madinat Al Ilam. Contact: Atlas Real Estate & rent a car LLC -24834888/ 99249069/92888376/94617563 Email: info@alshahiintl.com Luxury villa of 5 BHK in Al Khuwair 33 RO.650/- Contact – 91776665 Brand new villas in Al Ansab. Contact - 94051789-97201688 Flats in WadiKabir. Contact - 94051789-97201688 600 M2 showroom or office in Bousher in front of Dolphin complex. RO.3.5 per m2. Contact 91776665 Offices & Showrooms in Al Khoud. Contact 9405178997201688 Fully Furnished apartments in Boucher (35) Contact- 9405178997201688 Brand new 4 BHK villa in Al Fai compound Al Khoud. RO.475/Contact – 91776665 Villa of 3 BHK and sitting area in Al Ghobra North. RO.525/Contact – 91776665 Luxury and brand new semi furnished 2 BHK ﬂat in Remalbowsher. RO.550/- Contact – 91776665 Mini Furnished Apartment in Qurum. Contact 9405178997201688 Spacious 1 BHK ﬂat in Al Wattaya with all split A/C’s and parking. RO.300/-Contact – 91776665 Offices & Showrooms in Muttrah. #94051789-97201688

Wholesale Iranian best carpets quality TOP per sqm 17.5 RO quality normal per sqm 13.5 RO for Masjid per sqm 13.5RO in Oman and all Gulf country’s delivery in Muscat and Iranian Souvenirs paintings and gifts. Contact: 91213269 / 99234905 Good conditioned 5 ton forklift for sale. Contact 99885638 / 94052713 An excellent grade license with various activities and ten clearances (4 General Cooks, 4 waiters, 2 waitresses) is for sale. Serious buyers send Email: mohdhinai.mgp@gmail.com Well running 30 yrs old irrigation and agricultural showroom in Al Ghubra with materials. Contact: 99310450 Zanzibari coffee shop for rent or sale in Barka Souq road, at Prime location. Contact: 99814411 400 sq mtrs Commercial/Residential land in Mabela Phase 5 Block 2. OMR 165 Thousand. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 or 97509955 A well running pharmacy for sale at prime location. Contact- 99627621, 93240949 Well established coffee shop / restaurant prime location at AL Khoud. Contact: 92188777/98700760 Space for printing press available at wadikabir with or without machinery. Contact 99328430 Shop for sale near Oman House, Muttrah. Contact 99024362. Almost new beach/ garden lounge chairs /bar stools/ counter. Photos can be sent 95865457 Luxury Apartments in Bousher (35). 95056808-97201688 Villas in Al Khoud. 9505680897201688 Steel Scrap materials for immediate sale: contact 99273774/ 99202278

Fully furnished 1BHK at Wadikabir near Al Hassan RO275/month available for 4 months from 01/04/2016 to 31/07/16. Contact: 92577929 Furnished two rooms both attached bath with common kitchen in a new building with compound in front & back side for single bachelor or both rooms for a family, Aint, Darsait.contact 99008069 1 BHK apartment for rent in Al Khoud Shabiya near Mazoon Mosque for rent. Contact : 93913224 Single room near Al Falaj Hotel. Contact 99643845 Room with attached bathroom for a family in Wadi Kabir. Contact 97167857 Room with kitchen available at Ruwi. Contact 91214897 / 98049288 Spacious villa Al Ansab main road, 8 rooms, 8 toilets & bathrooms, kitchen store. Contact:96354553 Furnished bedroom with attached bath and kitchen separate entrance for bachelor for RO 150 per month all inclusive in a villa, opp. Star Cinema.#99314807 Room with toilet for working lady. Contact: 91450718 Furnished room attached bath for Indian bachelor, Al-Falaj Ruwi & lady Wadi Kabir near Mars hypermarket. Contact: 96202458/96761960 Furnish bedroom with attach bathroom for executive bachelor. Contact: 97704794 Room with attached bathroom and sharing kitchen available for Executive bachelor or small family at wadikabir Contact 93049849 Room available in Mumtaz area 1 room, 1 Bathroom, Kitchen & 1 room, common bathroom. Interested please contact 92680041 Mr. Altaf Room for rent with furniture. Al Bustan village.contact 93687466

ACC.WANTED Required single room for an executive lady (non cooking) in Darsait, Ruwi, Wadi Kabir. Contact - 98591132 Accommodation required with food for 1 month, bachelor for March month. Preferably Al Ghobrah area. Contact: 99335742

Nissan Qashqai 2013 low mileage 30.000kms comprehensive insurance UAE Oman valid till 2016 . Contact: 96995430 Pickup for sale, model 2013, diesel engine 4x4. contact 94194399

MATRIMONIAL Keralite, Kollam Marthoma male (27) yrs diploma in Civil (Muscat) seeking alliances form suitable families. Contact: 95253640 Christian RC boy 30/160 cm fair, working as an Accountant in a company Muscat, suitable proposals solicited. Contact: 98788464 Ezhava girl 25yrs B. Tech working in MNC Shudajathakam from Palakkad looking suitable alliance Contact 99323085 / 99001726.

WANTED

URGENTLY REQUIRED New/ Used Tower Cranes Contact +968 92695608 Email – constpurchase16@gmail.com

A Graduate Syrian Christian Pentecostal boy, 27, working in Oman as Store-in-Charge seeks proposals from parents of suitable girl, preferably those working in Oman. Contact 92411983

MANPOWER

40 Years male divorced, working in Muscat seeks suitable proposals, Indian. Contact - 91346321 Malankara Catholic Male Nurse (28) from Thiruvalla working in Nizwa Private Co. Alliance invites parents/nurses working in Oman. Contact: 968 98267338, 0091 9287215726 Indian male Roman Catholic 40yrs divorcee working in Muscat. Seeks suitable alliance from widow/ divorcee/ single. Contact: 96059801.

DRIVING

AVAILABLE Party & Wedding equipment rentals. Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, Chaﬁng Dishes, Ice Sculptures, to Large Sound Systems and spectacular lighting. Call Andrea 9606 2222 for Catering and Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound & Light. ww.tunesoman.com, E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

FOR HIRE Grader, roller, bobcat, JCB 3CX, JCB 4CX with breaker & water tanker for rent. Contact:93218705 / 24478450

NRI 2 Acres of land for sale in Tamil Nadu, Tirunevelli District, Kondanagarm, near Suthamalli, 7 km from Tirunelveli town, off Cheranmahadevi Road. Contact:0091 7358518439 / 92324126 Urgent sale semi furnished 2BHK Kanakia properties opposite Cinemax Mira Road Mumbai contact 99009686 Flats villas land for sale in Pune Contact: 95272138/918139098275

WANTED LOST IELTS Coaching (academic) required nearby wadi Kabir area. Please call on mobile or msg on Whats up. Mobile no: 92927880/ 99012165

Waris Ali Rahim Bakhsh has lost Pakistani passport No. KG 854522. Finder please handover to ROP

CHANGE OF NAME We, Modha HetanKumar Jayantilal (name of father as per the passport, holder of Indian Passport No. J9865189) and Modha Anishaben HetanKumar (name of Mother as per the passport holder of Indian Passport No. J9863575) having permanent address in 2 VrijBhuvan Soc, Opp. Airport Nr. VasuBhai Teachers House Porbandar – 360577 Gujarat (complete postal address in India) and presently residing at the following address in Muscat P.B. No. 491, PC No. 112, Sultanate of Oman, hereby solemnly affirm and declare to change the name of our child Miss Modha Aryashi Hetan (name as per present passport), holder of Indian Passport No. J9864146 date of issue 26.08.2011 issued at Ahmedabad. The name of our child will be henceforth known as Modha Aryashi HetanKumar (new name) for all purposes. Any objection towards change of name of our minor child may please be communicated to Embassy of India, Muscat, Diplomatic Quarters, Al Khuwair, P. Box No. 1727, Postal Code 112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman. We, Modha HetanKumar Jayantilal (name of father as per the passport, holder of Indian Passport No. J9865189) and Modha Anishaben HetanKumar (name of Mother as per the passport holder of Indian Passport No. J9863575) having permanent address in 2 VrijBhuvan Soc, Opp. Airport Nr. VasuBhai Teachers House Porbandar – 360577 Gujarat (complete postal address in India) and presently residing at the following address in Muscat P.B. No. 491, PC No. 112, Sultanate of Oman, hereby solemnly affirm and declare to change the name of our child Master Modha Daivik HetanBhai (name as per present passport), holder of Indian Passport No. J9864147 date of issue 26.08.2011 issued at Ahmedabad. The name of our child will be henceforth known as Modha Daivik HetanKumar (new name) for all purposes. Any objection towards change of name of our minor child may please be communicated to Embassy of India, Muscat, Diplomatic Quarters, Al Khuwair, P. Box No. 1727, Postal Code 112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman.

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT

SITUATION WANTED

REQUIRED PROJECT MANAGER For an Infra/ Bldg project in Duqm/Oman Graduate Engineer with 20+ years experience preferably in Oman/ GCC with valid D/L and transferable visa, computer literate. Send CV to Email :

omanproject2011@gmail.com

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT A famous Italian brand is seeking for female applications for the position of “Counter Sales” which will be located in one of Muscat’s most popular malls. Qualification required: Fluent English speaking, Arabic speaking is preferred, good communication skills, basic knowledge with computers. Experience required: Minimum of 1 years of professional experience in sales Candidates are requested to send their CVs on recruit

nomination.sales@gmail.com

REQUIRED Full time

Housemaid For a reputed Omani household. Age group between 30 to 35 years only.

Please call 99342737 between 9 am to 6 pm only.

ADMIN

ENGINEER/MECHANIC.

SALES / MARKETING

Wanted a male front Office Assistant minimum 3 yrs exp with good communication skill. Visa provided. Interested candidates mention the expected salary and send CV to bijimuscut@gmail.com

A construction company requires Civil Engineer (degree holder) is having minimum 7 yrs exp who can independently handle the site. Oman experience will be plus point. Apply with bio data to fax no: 24489096 or email: tec_oman@hotmail.com. Contact: 99339661

Urgently required a Marketing Executive with 2 years experience and driving license (GCC) for a reputed building material & electrical showroom in Al Khoud. Please send CV to – startradingmuscat@gmail.com. Contact - 94320909 Urgently required Sales Executives (2 nos.) & Graphic Designer for signage / print media with minimum 1 to 2 yrs experience. Send CV at Email : info.kkllc@gmail.com, 91275555

Urgently required Omani receptionist for a trading company in Muscat. Kindly send CV to email: infooman@orchidinternational.ae Required urgently a Legal Consultant/ Lawyer for reputed law ﬁrm in Sohar, Muscat. Candidates should have 5-7 years experience as a Legal Consultant/ Lawyer with good knowledge of Computer & should be ﬂuent in English both written & spoken. Email C V to shejaanil66@gmail. com or Contact 99153620 between 8am to 1pm & 2pm to 5.30 pm on Sunday to Thursday

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Required Accounts Officer- ensure accurate processing of revenue data into ERP systems and invoicing module. Posting of invoices to customer SAP portal and delivery to customer offices and interface with country manager/ reporting to regional CEO. Qualiﬁcations: BSc accounting. Relevant experience & knowledge on online accounting systems especially the customer SAP system. Submit CV to: me-job@interwell.com Accountant with gulf experience in construction ﬁeld preferred with Oman driving license. Interested candidates send CV to: Email: omanhari@yahoo.com Gsm: 95892831/95197615

CATERING Required Cook 5 yrs exp in Oman for family. Send CV fax: 24703854 or abuakram_omer69@hotmail. com. Contact: 90140203

Urgently required QA/QC Engineer minimum exp 5yrs including Gulf in fabrication tanks, vessels. Certiﬁcate- CSWIP, NDT-L-2, ISO Certiﬁcate – int. audit. Contact:92746349. Email: mydeen@ mudest.com Required Hydraulic Mechanical. Contact - 95251213 Civil Engineer with minimum 5/8 years experience with valid Oman driving license. Contact Interested candidates send CV to: Email: omanhari@yahoo.com Gsm: 95892831/95197615

EDUCATION/TRAINING The Egyptian school requires chemistry Teacher for IG, English, Science & mathematics. Teacher’s application should be submitted by hand or by email – egyptianschool98@gmail.com / 24603930

MISCELLANEOUS Required for leading Company:- Qualiﬁed Accountant & Marketing(male, female). Valuator – real estate, English typist. Email : hr16.careers@gmail.com Required candidates for following posts: Accountant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Vansalesman (water), Helpers. Candidates with Omani driving license preferred. Contact 99273774/ 99202278

DOMESTIC HELP MEDICAL Urgently required an Filipino Housemaid, interested people can forward your bio-data to careerhr1972@gmail.com

Wanted a Nurse for dental clinic Seeb. Contact: 99722457 / 95706223

Housemaid required for full-time for Indian family, Hindi/English speaking CBD area Ruwi. Contact: 96183093

Urgently required female Gynecologist for a clinic at Samail. Send CV: saemomar@gmail.com, 95498105

Looking for a part-time cookcum-housemaid in Azaiba. Call 92450197.

Wanted Nurse for a dental centre in capital area. Interested may contact – 93431024 or send CV to – drasyanaseem@gmail. com

DRIVER Looking for driver with motorbike licenses for resturant delivery , contact 95048797 Looking for motor cycle license holders for FMCG merchandising contact: 92312112 Required a expat driver with Omani D/L. Contact – 91409668 Part or full time Driver Required call us 91120552

ENGINEER/MECHANIC. Required urgently experienced Civil Engineers having 2-3 years on building construction jobs. Contact: 99472795

Wanted Staff Nurse for a dermatology clinic in Muscat . Must have MOH license and NOC. Attractive salary offered. Email: clinicvacancy2015@gmail.com Required female Nurse, with MOH license for private dental clinic in Bowshar area, Muscat. Contact: 92189807 GP doctor needed for reputed clinic. 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 Email: umchealthcare@gmail.com

Require Salesman with D/L. E mail: mailcv7@gmail.com Required Sales staff 2 NOS Having experience in Cosmetics Sales. Send your updated CV to james_kunju@yahoo.com GSM 92683688 Urgently Required Steel Fabricated Products Salesman with an experience in steel fabrication, MUST have Oman driving license, and immediately join. Apply, fax 00968–24605955, emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com, sbeoman@yahoo.com An Omani construction company located at Muscat looking for Marketing executive with GCC driving license & NOC send C.V to kwk585@gmail.com Required Sales Executive knowledge of building materials.Full or part time. Contact: 99421513

SKILLED LABOUR Screen printer in Ruwi. Contact 92831131 / 97752162

TECHNICIAN We, the storm shield in the talented candidates for the below positions (Indian only): Maintenance Technician (male -1) should have knowledge of new mobile devices & 3 years Oman experience Contact: 94441111 Send CV to email: gshield9@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Indian male good experienced in Accounts, ERP Tally 9 & Admin in India & Oman, presently on visit visa, looking for suitable placement. Contact 94834687 Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in accounts/ finance field. On visit visa. Immediately available. Contact 92836216 / muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com 28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/ India experience looking for a suitable placement. # 90187483 shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com Dynamic Indian Male Accountant with 9 Years Experience seeks suitable placement. NOC available. Contact: 96902860 MBA Indian National 26 years old Having (06) years experience in FSM Industry Catering and Restaurant, As An Accountant and finalization of all accounts related works, Available to join immediately kindly contact on 98315449.

DRIVER

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Male Accountant M.Com Accounts & finance, 3 yrs exp in accounts looking for suitable job on visit visa. Contact: 95648575 Indian female MBA in financ currently on visit visa seeking suitable placement in Accounts / HR/Admin Contact: 92896110. E mail: anoopodiyan@gmail.com Indian male, M. Com with 3 yr Oman Exp in Accounts with valid oman D/L, on visit Visa, seeking suitable placement. GSM:94744575. Email:sidharth673@gmail.com Indian CA finalist, 7 yrs exp having driving license with visa looking for finance / accounts position Email: rameesnm@gmail. com, 98097009 B.Com Graduate, Indian male 24 yrs, 3 yrs exp in Oman looking for Accounting, Sales, suitable jobs. NOC Available. Contact:90615814. Mail : adhilrahman.a@gmail.com Fresher 24, ACCA Affiliate, Advanced diploma in Accounting and Business seeking suitable placement in Accounts, Finance or Audit with Oman driving license. Contact - 92430152 Email - raju.rd619@gmail.com ACCA member with 6 yrs of experience in Oman looking for a suitable job in finance. Contact 99284193 Indian female MBA in finance currently on family visa seeking suitable placement. Contact: 96471025 Female seeking suitable placement in reputed Company, 5 yrs experience in Oman. Skills : Tally, EKP9, Sage ACC, PAC, ITIL, MS Office. Contact 95483804, sararowshan344@gmail.com 4 yrs experience in Oman handling Accounts. NOC available, strong communications. Contact 95187454, rowshan.rafiul@gmail. com Indian male B.Com Graduate, 6 yrs exp in auditing, accounts and marketing 3 yrs exp in Oman with DL looking for suitable placement. Contact :96146287, mubarakamk@gmail.com Indian male, 32 yrs, B.Com having 8 yrs Accounts experience in Oman, looking for suitable placement (local release + Oman D/L available). Contact 97494322 / 98093515

Indian Male Accountant 10yrs Exp. in OMAN Retail & Furniture Co. (Release Available) #92564955

Driver with car. Contact

Indian female 25 yrs, MBA HR & Marketing, with one and half years experience as accountant and 6 months experience in teaching, now on a visit visa, seeking suitable position. Contact: 99624044, mail: np.neethu1@gmail.com.

ADMIN

95037759

Pakistani looking for job as driver 4 yrs exp light duty. Contact:97469730

Male 28 yrs looking for driver job part time / full time. Contact : 97224035 Driver job wanted. Contact: 96393082

Light driver looking for job Oman exp. Contact :95292621 Light driver with car 3 months exp. Contact: 97118292 Light driver Indian 4yrs exp in Oman having own car looking for job, release available . Contact: 93053917

10 yrs experienced Omani PRO looking for suitable position. Good knowledge in HR Admin ROP, all Ministries related affairs. Contact: 99588154 / 93387833

Seeking driver job. Contact :

MBA professional with 5 yrs exp in the ﬁeld of HR , Administration, Sales (Business Development) and accounts, holding valid UAE driving license on visit visa until end of March. Contact: 91731542/ shanoj120@gmail.com

Pakistani light driver looking job 9 yrs exp in Oman. Contact: 96048460

24 yrs, lady expat looking for full time job with visa. Interested ﬁelds are admin, back office, front-office, reception. Contact: 96321431 or email: sharanya. nair08991@gmail.com Indian female BS, 2 yrs exp looking for suitable position in HR & Administration. Contact – 94656009 Urgently required Document controller / material controller / HR job 15yrs exp. D/L available plz contact; 96777019/ 92386043

Indian male MBA- UK 18 yrs Gulf exp in Administration/ HR & Public relationship. Fluent in Arabic/ English with D/L. Looking for suitable position. Contact - 99897280

Indian female MBA Accountant, 8 yrs exp in accounts seeking suitable placement. Contact: 96117303

Young Omani male have experience 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK Helper Supervisor Admin Supervisor, H.R Manager have diploma in H.S.E, IT and P.D.O license, looking for H.R position or P.R.O part time or full time. Contact: 95933288

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT-M. Com Finance-Indian with 7 years experience in Finance & Accounts up to ﬁnalization. Currently employed in Oman. Having D/L & NOC. #94122464, Email: cammk13@gmail.com

Travel Coordinator, 20 yrs in Oman looking for suitable job. Contact: 95113612 (NOC available).

8 years of intensive Oman experience in procurement & supply chain management looking for suitable placement.#97755488

Indian male 25 years of age, Bachelor degree in B.Com, seeking suitable place in Oman, on visit visa. Contact – 91240544 / 98016928

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, with 13yrs experience, 6 yrs Oman in manufacturing, trading & contracting Cos, capable of handling all accounting, ﬁnance, banking, L/C, import, export & ﬁnalization seeks placement. NOC Available. Call+968-98932752, mail:jjohnmuscat@hotmail.com

a family. Release ready. Contact 96693290

Indian male 25 B.Com (graduate) 2 years experience as accountant in country club India with ERP oracle r12, tally knowledge. On visit visa immediately available. Email: shabi.hyd@gmail.com Contact- 9042-1161

Indian male MBA 33yrs having 10 yrs of exp seeking full time suitable placement in Administration/ HR/ Operations/ Coordination/ Logistics. Holding valid D/L. Contact 99054786

Indian male 28 yrs MBA ﬁnance/ marketing and graduate in computer experience 3 yrs seeking suitable job, now family visit visa. Contact: 93195378 Email: faisalme.beg677@gmail.com

Light Driver looking for work in

Experienced Indian Driver cum

Indian male 22 yrs B.Com with one year exp in accounting auditing with good working knowledge in tally erp-9 looking for a suitable placement now on visit visa Contact: 97189500

Jordanian, Senior accountant, 15 yrs experience in Oman ﬁnance & accountant. Contact: 92881223

ing for job 3 yrs. experience. Contact: 94077119

Chief Accountant 25 years experienced looking for part/full time accountant job. Contact: 95598477/98803439

Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+ experience in Administration/HR, Customer Support, Office Coordinator with good Computer skill, Now on Visit Visa,looking for suitable position. Contact: 90196235

Part time accountant, up to ﬁnalization of accounts looking for job after 5 PM (location prefers – MSQ – to AL Hail). Contact: 95694737

looking for job. Contact: 99521033

Bangladeshi male light driver lookIndian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA Finance and marketing with IT skills, 7+ yrs of experience, Looking for suitable placement. Contact : 94879615,Emailsajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com

Accountant Indian male 25 yrs BBA with Tally, having 3 years of exp. plus Hardware, Networking seeking for suitable placement: 98201244

Indian female Accountant 8yrs exp in Oman. Contact:93726921

Pakistani male light vehicle driver

Filipino male with 13 years HR and Administration managerial experience. MBA & CIPD holder. Currently looking for job in Oman. Interested employer Contact - 97728418. Indian, 26 yrs , female , 5 yrs exp in HR/ Admin with valid Oman D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact: 98236033 Indian female, Masters in HR, having 4 + years Oman experience in media management and HR, looking for openings in HR, Education, Admin, Corporate communications. Contact 98252030

CATERING Cooks (Arabic Indian) gulf exp looking job. Contact: 99531802

93499058 Pakistani driver with Elantra 2016 model car seeks job: 95873286

2 Years exp in driving, seeking any job .Contact: 97460056 Seeking driver job with own car. Contact: 98031620 Looking for job light duty driver 6 years experience NOC available. Contact: 92381696 Bangladeshi male light driver looking for job 3 exp. Contact: 93254149 Indian light driver cum house cleaner. Contact: 96255558 /99415443

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN AutoCAD Civil Draughtsman for road, having 5 yrs experience working on X- Sec, L-Sec & alignment, preparation of plan & proﬁle & cross sections, preparation of structural drawings, quantity estimation as per drawing. Contact 94034544, casper_c100@yahoo.com

Revit /Draughtsman experienced expected salary 200. Contact : 92279784 AutoCAD Draughtsman seeking job. Contact: 95516807 Indian Female, Bsc Fashion Designer with Oman driving Lisence, looking for any good job. Contact 98757582 Interior Designer Seeking suitable job. On visit visa in Oman. Contact - 92166130 Interior designer 3 years experience 1 year in Oman and 2 years in Egypt, experience in interior design, 3D max, AutoCAD, Photoshop. Contact - 94762876 AutoCAD draftsman experience 2 years. Contact: 93738335 /95809393 Email: mammoosing@gmail.com

EDUCATION/TRAINING Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. Contact : 99739415 / 92091528 Female Indian, M.Sc, Maths Teaching experience College University ready to join immediately. Contact 99835738 Indian female MSC,B.ED, MPHIL, IELTS, currently on visit visa seeks suitable placement. Contact: 96916534

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. DOMESTIC HELP Housemaid (overseas) Indian family looking for job. contact 99531802

Indian male 23 Mechanical Engineer (B.E) residing in Oman looking for suitable job. Contact: 98530806 / 99362006

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION WANTED ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Indian Mechanical Engineer with 28 years of industry experience in Sales & Marketing, Materials Management seeks suitable opening. Presently working with Indian conglomerate in Oman. Possess valid driving license and SUV. CONTACT:+968 95901425 Male Dip.Civil Engineer, having 20 yrs exp (building & road) looking for suitable job. Contact: 94720782 Pakistani Civil Foreman and PDO civil permit holder looking for job 94768993 B Tech Mech, certificate attested, exp in steel fabri. and autocad drafting , salary -250 OMR. Contact : 96108187 B.Sc Civil Engineer 27 yrs Oman exp as project manager, structural engineer looking for suitable placement. NOC/local transfer available. Contact: 99349578. Email:farooqatm@hotmail.com BE Mechanical Engineer 6 yrs exp, 1.5 yrs in Oman in piping and structure construction work. Release available. Contact: 96115463. Email: jijoraju085@yahoo.com Indian male 35yrs BE - Engg 15 yrs exp in UAE Site Manager looking for job. Email : vinoj_1979@yahoo.co.in Indian male, 29 yrs, B.Tech (EEE) with 5+ yrs of experience from reputed firms in the field of Electrical Site Execution & Project Coordination in HL, LT for various EPC Projects, now on visit, seeks suitable placement in related industries. Contact 92310762, email : write2man@gmail.com Male, NDT, QA/QC Supervision Mechanical 10 yrs experience seeks suitable placement. Contact 96954202, Email : nasirarain86@yahoo.com Civil Engineers exp 4 yrs of Pakistan in building work. Contact: 95135608 Diploma in Civil Engineering 13 yrs exp with valid Oman D/L, NOC available. Contact : 99612163 Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+ yrs of exceptional exp in spear heading strategic planning and project management initiatives & executing various high rise residential & commercial building as well as roads and highway project with proficiency in installation, seeking a challenging position in a dynamic organization. contact 96570891 Pakistani Civil Eng having 10 yrs exp in consulting and building field looking for suitable job in good running company with valid driving license. Contact: 97425973 Indian male,24 yrs, Electronics & Telecom, Graduate, Mumbai University (2015 batch) looking for entry level job in Engg.com having good knowledge at telecom, networking ,fiber optic, OraclellgSQL, PLSQL, now in Muscat on 3 months visit visa. Contact : 91868936 / 93101922. Email: siddiquiajmal42@gmail.com

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

For your BPR, guide finance & HR & RM, advise product marketing & CRM, appraise IT system for reporting & communication.

Indian male 30 years, having 5 years of experience in industrial automation and utility maintenance in India (MRF Tyres), holding valid Oman D/L.

Contact: Tel - 96500729 k.profitoman@gmail.com

Contact - 92789995

Contact-93361624, Email-

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Electrical Engineer, Indian male, 6 years industrial experience on visit-visa, seeking job- ready for any roles. Contact: 98750295 Email:bebala04@gmail.com Building Site Supervisor working in Oman since Mar 2010 with Oman D/L looking for suitable placement .contact:91507828 B.Tech electronics & Comm.Engg with CCNA certified with 2yrs exp. Contact-99490930. email; sujith8938@gmail.com An Iraqi civil with more than 30 years experience in (Iraq and G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C) available. Contact: 96561306 Email: iq.bgd.mnsr@gmail.com Civil Engineer 11 yrs exp in construction field having Oman driving license & NOC. Contact – 94194399 / shiblyrock@gmail.com Indian male 22, Chemical Engineer residing in Oman looking for suitable placement. Contact: 92379181 Engineer has 10 years local & international experience in ready mix concrete also in Oil & Gas field also in marketing & sales field , has Omani driving license. #92534098 Indian male, Mechanical Engineer having 1year experience, on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact:97416564, Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp seeks suitable position ina reputed company. NOC available. #96789711 Male 25 age M.B.A, HRM, BE Automobile 3.4yrs exp production engineering. # +91 9841873619/ vickey040890pt@gmail.com. Electrical Engineer with 18 years exp in UAE. Contact: 98148034 Email: shassalih66@gmail.com B.Tech Mechanical Engineer (Indian, 23yrs male) 1.5 yrs exp (IBM India &Pvt Ltd & Zeuzer Engineers (Pvt ltd) looking for suitable job. Currently on visit visa ready to join immediately #93354092/990249660. email:eapenbijoy92@gmail.com Pakistani male Diploma Civil Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling & mega projects, valid license Oman. contact:98921022 Mechanical Engineer having Omani driving license and 2yrs exp seeks suitable placement. Email:malvindevachan@gmail. com, Contact: 97411523 Project Engineer B.Sc Civil, 7.5 yrs in Oman, need suitable placement, NOC release available. #91129192

Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech) looking for job. Contact:90623220 Electrical Design Engineer (MEP) Indian male having 1.8 years of experience in India. Available on visit visa looking for suitable placements. Contact: 92658569, Email:mdraziuddin2@gmail.com

Electrical & Electronics Engineer with 3 years GCC exp in sales, GCC driving license. Seeking suitable placement. Contact - 90301410

Network Engineer CCNA-MCSA exp computer science with NOC. Contact : 92346191 Indian Civil Engineer in UAE seeking suitable placement in Muscat-Contact 00968 99142171 Project Engineer 14 yrs exp of project execution & operations, all kinds Mech/civil and interior decoration with license Contact: 93260559 Sudanese Civil Engineer 4 years experience –98093544 B.E Mechanical and diploma with 75%, age 28, 2yrs Hyundai Motor and 3yrs in water treatment. Contact - +91 9003612305. prabugn28@gmil.com

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Sudanese Electrical Engineer, granted with distinction, hardworking and can adapt to different work conditions. Contact: 98133281

Indian female Project Engineer 15 yrs experience Project Management quality data base management data analytics marketing business development having Omani driving licenses seeks suitable placement presently on family visa, having Omani experience. contact 95783792

Indian History graduate with diploma in Safety with valid Oman Driving licence seeks suitable placement.

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26 yrs Indian Male – B.Tech (IT) - 6 yrs exp -sales & admin -seeks suitable placement 91848460 / 98304080; Email: arun9895431989@gmail.com Civil Engineer 6 yrs Exp in Oman with license. Contact: 98975518 Sri Lankan Engineer (27 Years old) – B.Sc Engineering (Hon) Mining / Geotechnical Presently in Muscat, 1.5 years experience. Contact 91295802 acmfaslan123@gmail.com Structural Engineer, 8 yrs experienced in ﬂat slab, post tensioned & slab-beam multi story building design & supervision with driving license. Contact: 98256860 Mechanical Engineer M.Tech 2 years experience HVAC design & site Engg revit MEP Auto CAD. Contact: 90150913 Email: mahmanmechengg@yahoo.im Sudanese Telecom Engineer, 5 years experience, 3 years in Oman PMP certiﬁcate. contact 93391008 Email: momen.awadallam@gmail. com

Civil Engineer 8 years experience in Oman as a project engineer for governmental & private projects. Contact – 90164912 Procurement Engineer (27 years single male with Oman Driving License) having 7 years experience (UAE 2, Oman 3) with expertise in MEP, Water, Electromechanical, Instrumentation seeking suitable placements. Contact 95852033, mail: hemal1988@gmail.com Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian male 24 years with 1+years Indian experience,(Certiﬁed in Staad Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad). Looking for a Suitable position. Available In Sultanate of Oman (Muscat) on Visit Visa. Contact: 92835952. E-mail: mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in designing, assembling, commissioning execution etc having valid GCC license too looking for a suitable. Contact: 00968-98052942 Email: azamjeelani78@gmail.com Civil Engineer 8 years experience Structural buildings marine. Available NOC release. Contact: 92451323. Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com HSE Engineer (B.E Mech+Diploma Safety+NEBOSH+OSHA) over 10yrs. Exp, (Visa Release Letter (NOC) available), seeking suitable placement, Mob:97061817, Email:jayanammu1977@gmail.com Indian female civil engineer B.Tech having 3 years experience sound knowledge of software, REVIT STAD PRO structural detailing currently on family visa seeks suitable placement contact 95345591 Civil Engineer (BE) having total 5 years experience in building construction looking for a suitable placement. D/L available Contact 94450270 Bachelor Civil Engineer 6 Years in Oman experience Valid Driving License seeks suitable placement Phone 97619722 Email – golamrob@yahoo.com Road and Construction Engineer with 5 years exp in Oman. Contact: 97667113 Diploma in Mechanical Eng piping system in AutoCAD work, 21+ years experience with Driving license. Contact: 95267113 Email: rkakkaryil@gmail.com 7 Yrs Exp. PM in Mech. Engg in the ﬁeld of Building Const. Oil & Gas Seeking Job.94625598 Omani HSE supervisor. Email: jeebal3000@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer with 3 Yrs experience in international Oil & Gas company looking for job Contacts: Tel: 90164236 Email: mustafaoshi-62@hotmail.com Indian female, 31 yrs, 7 yrs experienced as AutoCAD civil draftsman (2 yrs experience in Oman) currently in Oman seeks suitable. Contact 96789441 Email: simi5304@gmail.com Indian Electrical Engineer Btech, female 24 seeking job, presently in oman having 2 year experience in design and estimation of Ht &Lt projects. Contact 968 97436557, Mail id : sibinanoop1@gmail.com Indian Male 23 years B.Tech Civil having 2 years experience in quantity survey and site management looking for suitable placement. Contact:- 95042656

IT Indian Male, IT System Engineer having 4 yrs of experience in system administration.CCNA,MCSE, Linux. Looking for suitable job. Contact :91272867 Indian female completed M.C.A seeking for suitable jobs. Contact: 91409481 / 97308719 ASP.NET WEB DEVELOPER , 3 YR EXP, PH : 97947921

INDIAN male, pursued bachelor’s of computer science having experience in desktop Engineer, looking for IT job, on visit visa, seeking suitable placement. Contact : 98784174 ,email : abdulmoyeed@ outlook.com

MANAGER The Business Development Manager, Iraqi, Experience 15 Years Inside and outside Oman following activities: construction(Very strong and qualiﬁed to bringing business for civil work Or any type of the construction work for many million per year with a good experience in pricing and collect payment and cash management of the company & marketing projects & investments& tenders & real estate. Contact 92385033

Indian female, B.Tech graduate, with one and half years experience as ‘web developer’ interested in web development and has experience working in HTML,CSS,Bootstrap, JavaScript and Photoshop. Contact: 9592 7075 e-mail id: mariarosejacob90@gmail.com

Indian Bsc Female Nurse with 6.5 years exp, 4 years in KSA. Passed Oman Pro Metric with 69%, completed data ﬂow. Presently in Muscat in visit visa looking for a suitable placement. Contact 94744900, 94742834, jincyalphonese@gmail.com

Omani 26(M) seeks placement, 6 yrs excellent experience networking hardware software. Contact: 95356166

HOSPITALITY Indian male Graduate hotel management 12 yrs exp operations & sales oriented GCC driving license and release available. #94525463 Hospitality/Hotel/ Restaurants Dynamic result oriented hospitality professional with 20 years of international exp. MBA in Hotel Management, specializing in Hotel/Restaurant start ups, concepts & Franchise development with proven records. Seeking for Challenging positions in reputed groups as GM/COO/CEO/Business Head. (NOC available) contact 96059470

Pharmacist have license and experience, looking for job in Sohar or Buraimi. Contact- 93878153

Male GP Doctor with NOC 6 yrs experience in Oman for perm/locum job. Contact : 97746074 An experienced Sudanese female Dentist with MOH license looking for job. Contact 96436517 /97396088

MISCELLANEOUS 12 yrs exp with store incharge purchasing having valid Omani driving license. Contact: 99004638 Wanted job as an office boy or customer service. Contact: 94640906 Indian male 37 yrs X-Ray welder 7 yrs exp (ARC, TIG, ARGON, Welding) seeking suitable job. Contact: 91360190/98223683 B.Com Graduate with ﬁve and half yrs exp in Oman as a purchaser. NOC available. Valid driving license. Looking for suitable placement Contact: 96772166 Graduate, computer literate, experienced in sales, credit control, accounts, Omani D/L , seeks suitable placement. Gsm 98805474 A lady entrepreneur with BF Tech 1st Class (Fashion Technology) since 2006 in Kerala like to make change for better. Specialized in designing, Production Management, Fashion Art, Grading, Surface ornamentation, Garment Construction. Email: prettyjinu08@gmail. com Mobile: +919539397097.

MANAGER 35 yrs vast experience in Sales, Marketing, Advertisement & distribution at Senior position in Oman. NOC available. Contact 99868330 / 99848831, rwahedi458@gmail. com 10 yrs exp in procurement, tenders, importing, marketing and sales, organizing events. Have car NOC available. Contact: 94123939 Purchase/Planning & Logistics Manager MBA (Finance), 14yrs. Oman Exp. with D/L, NOC available, looking for suitable position. Contact: 93826090 jskanchan01@gmail.com The Business Development Manager, Iraqi, Experience 15 Years Inside and outside Oman following activities: tenders& real estate& construction & marketing projects& investments & transportation & Marine services& companies management& develop business. Contact: :- 92385033 General Manager MEP also manage civil, MBA, BE Electrical, 10 yrs exp in Oman valid D/L, release available. Contact – 92447102 Indian male, with experience in operations management, information security, purchase & stores mgmt, hold UAE driving license, on visit visa, seeks suitable job. #91904541 Email: naushers@yahoo.com Production Manager 9 years experience in Oman manufacture and development factories .GRB. GRC. GRG rubber molds and false ceilings, ﬁberglass and executive at site emadadly2000@yahoo. com96149081

Indian male with 6 yrs of GCC exp in sales and service & 1 year of exp in gym ﬁtness instructor. Seeking job presently in Muscat in family visit visa. Contact: 90694335/ 99438360 or email:sahildgreat99@yahoo.com

MEDICAL Staff Nurse (female) with MOH license. Looking for opportunity in Muscat. NOC / release letter available. Contact - 99433415.

Indian female, B.Tech graduate, with one and half years experience as ‘web developer’ interested in web development and has experience working in HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript and Photoshop. Contact : 9592 7075, e-mail id: mariarosejacob90@gmail.com

Sudanese B.Sc in business administration, exp 8yrs in sales, marketing & accounting. contact 96112453

4 Years of experience in Sales with driving license. #90615235

Indian female, 30 yrs, B.Tech & MBA(I.T), 6 yrs work exp in India & Oman exp in telecommunications, conﬁguration & installation of automated solution systems seeking for suitable placement. Contact : 92689823, jobymees2014@gmail. com

MSC (IT) male 32 age 4 yrs networking system administrator. Seeking a suitable placement +918608247110. email:samad3301@gmail.com

SALES / MARKETING

Indian female on visit MBA (International Business- Marketing & Logistics), BE (Computers & Science Engg.) Trained in SAP-BI/ BW with 1 year experience seeking for job Contact: 90228586 Email:fathimasha16@gmail.com Bangladeshi male, University M.Com, Working as an Accountant & Administrator in Oman; searching better job. Phone: 94864966 Email: sunrisetoiqbal@gmail.com

SALES / MARKETING Indian male 23 yeas BBM & Diploma in logistic. Looking for Indore/ Outdoor sales & marketing suitable placement, currently in one month visit visa. Contact: 93180270/ faizanmck@gmail.com Indian M/39 conﬁdent Keralite, Dubai Bank experience with Oman driving license & NOC seeks suitable placement in sales & marketing / coordinator. #94742666 Indian male, B.Com worked in Bahrain (4 years) and currently working in Oman from last 4 years in accounts and sales looking for suitable placement. Valid Oman license and NOC available. Contact number : 9954 8543. Indian male, B.Com with Valid GCC Driving License 5-year experience in Sales. Good Arabic/English Mob-96970027 Having more than 5 yrs exp in sales indoor & outdoor with driving license. Contact – 90126776 An experienced sales & marketing person having several years experience in GCC with valid D/L. Looking for a suitable position. Contact – 92124669

MBA graduate having 6 years exp in Sales & Marketing, 4 years with PEPSI, India, having international driving license permit seeks suitable placement. #: 95308167, Email : samir.pag@gmail.com Indian Male 28 MBA Marketing with 4 years of experience in sales with good communication skills now available in Muscat on visit visa. GSM 95840153 / Mail akbarshareef786@gmail.com Indian sales marketing professional highly experienced in business development in ME India and Africa seeks suitable placement. Contact: 97897611 B.Com male 2 yrs experience in sales Computer knowledge, seeking suitable placement. Contact: 98371144 email: nabilnazar22@gmail.com Indian male, MBA Marketing having 2.5 years Sales experience immediately looking for a suitable position. Contact: 91415145, Email: shariqs88@gmail.com Male 38 yrs Graduate 07 years experience indoor / outdoor electronic ﬁeld with D/License & NOC available (as per new rule). Contact: 92453375

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE Executive Secretary/ assistant Indian female 9 years experience in Oman, Diploma in Business management. Valid D/L. Contact: 96684705 Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordinator 12 years experience in Oman in reputed companies, seek immediate Employment. Call: 95244761

SKILLED / UNSKILLED Mason, SH / carpenter, steel ﬁtter gulf & Indian exp looking job. Contact: 95175192

TOURS & TRAVEL Indian 26 yrs looking for fresh sales /coordinator /admin/logistics & travel air fare, air audit experience 8 yrs in India on visit visa looking for suitable post. Contact: 94894170 / 95618311 Filipinas lady having exp in ticketing and preservation, call center, secretarial and real estate is now looking for job please call.94054080 Five years in travel ﬁeld B.Com. IATA & pursuing MBA including experience in the travel desk of (ITC managed) ﬁve star hotel, looking for suitable position. contact 9470 5767, 9465 2485, 9536 4479

MISCELLANEOUS B.Com Graduate with 4 year experience as an Accountant in Oman. Also have Oman Driving License. Best fluency in English, Arabic, Hindi & Malayalam, looking for Job. Currently in Oman. Cont: +968 93943448, murshid4u@gmail.com Indian Male,B.Com & Diploma Logistics & supply chain management 2years experience looking for job in Accounts/ logistics field. Presently on Visit Visa. Software knows MS office & Tally7.2 .MOBILE:93884951Email:mehreenraiz@gmail.com HSE Engineer: 3.8 years experience in Oil & Gas. NEBOSH,IOSH, & NDT Certified, M Tech in HSE,B Tech in Mechanical Engg. CONTACT-krish.569@gmail.com, Mobile- +91 9867016808 Looking for QHSE – Manager / Asst. Manager job, Indian Male – 39.Yrs, With 17.Yrs Experience & NOC, NEBOSH – UK, MR – ISO 9001, 14001 & 18001, HSE Trainings, Audits, Pls Contact – haree. krishnan9944@gmail.com

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Manager with 12 yrs of exp in sales & marketing & business development, MBA Graduate with valid driving license looking for a suitable placement. NOC available. Contact: 98125226 MBA Indian male 2 years experience in ﬁreﬁghting & security systems sales & marketing. Seeking suitable job. Contact – 90634050 Diploma(Electrical Engineering) From Government polytechnic.Age 27years, 6 years Experiance in Maintenance, troubleshooting and managing and Technical in substation as a Electrical Engineer. Seek suitable placement. Contact GSM- 92995899,(a.abbas31@ gmail.com) INDIAN MALE, 26 years, BBA graduate, seeks suitable position in automotive spare parts, Have 3 year experience. Phone no:96026400, Bineeshpn@gmail.com Mechanical Engineering 6 years experience. Contact: 00968998907110091-9841867534 Email: sayed.fortuner88@gmail. con Bangladeshi male, University MA, Working as Store In-charge cum Logistic Manager in Muscat; searching better job. Phone: 91997605, email: mohamednazrulislam2@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS 25 years, male B.Com and insurance Graduate with 6 year experience looking for an opening in accounts, ﬁnance or operations related only. Driving license and NOC available. Contactlilommca@gmail.com and 95236312. Civil Draftsman seeking job. Contact-95516807 Admin Assistant, Having 5 years experience in admin department in reputed companies, presently working in Muscat (NOC Available). GSM. 0096898404122, Email panduru.jeevankumar@gmail. com Master’s in Petroleum Geology looking for relevant job ready to join ASAP, valid drivers license. Email : mehdi.poorjahangiri@ gmail.com

Any time available transportation solution for house office shifting, TV ﬁxing, carpenter all type of maintenance. Contact Indian person : 95194801 / 96594592 Whatsapp WEB, ERP and Business Intelligence (BI) creation and management at rock bottom price. Contact: http//webviewoman

Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English class for Malayalam Speakers

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

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Tel: 95244310

SITUATION WANTED SERVICES

Pest control & Building cleaning all kinds of pest control building. Cleaning tiles / Marble polishing monthly/ Yearly contracts available. Contact: 98814733 /98814740 Al Husn Cleaning L.L.C

SERVICES We Provide Cleaners, Oﬃce boys, Cleaning Contracts, General cleaning etc. Al Mudakhir National Est. LLC Contact : 94277020 LEGAL SERVICE An Indian lawyer Provides all legal services in company matters. Labour issues, contracts, agreements, LLC formation, legal help for starting new business in Oman, Civil, criminal cases,.service issues. Ibrahim Al Massalhi.legal consultancy Sarafudheen, LLB, MBA, Legal Advisor Muscat. GSM: 97351649

Split & window A/c servicing & maintenance. Contact 93769089 / 95323517 GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing, Contact 99314807/24792998 Water prooﬁng ABUQABASContact 99320217/24788722

House shifting & transporting. Contact 92490422

Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont Maintenance services electric, plumbing and A/C. Contact: 96524904 / 94285064

House shifting. Contact: 99708138

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles polishing, carpet shampooing, maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS- 99320217 /24788722

Pest control treatments, Ocean center LLC . contact:99344723 MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your marble. Contact 24793614/ 99314807 A/C maintenance & servicing, fridge, washing machine & dish washer repairing, painting & cleaning services, electrical & plumbing. Contact: 99447257 / 97014234 / 24504281

Marble crystallization & grinding, cleaning & carpet shampooing. Ocean center LLC. Contact:99344723 Split A/C servicing R.O 10 only. Contact: 94217681 / 99210141

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile polishing, pest control & anti-termite treatment, general cleaning painting,Plumbing, Electrical, shifting. Contact Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C. Contact: 24810137, 99450130

Building maintenance. Contact: 96173326

House shifting packing. Contact: 99657644 / 98518013

Villa cleaning, shifting, marble crystallization, tiles polishing, shampooing sofa & carpet. Modern Eastern Arms. 92145560 Sahal Al Wadi White Trad. Specialist in repairing of cold store, chiller, A/C & refrigerator. Contact – 94528546

Marble crystallization & grinding, Ocean center LLC . Contact:99344723 *Classiﬁed Advertisement space booking with text, should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication. * Subject to space availability

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Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain Marine Tours contact 98029602, 92808636 We arrange tours & accommodation at all the beautiful places in Oman. Contact 99839898

SITUATION WANTBUSINESS SITUATION WANTBUSINESS ED ED ONE STOP SHOP BUSINESS SERVICES Public relation services (PRO), Formation new companies, LLC companies, investor visa, business setup, prepare business & companies accounts, legal services, representing you and your company.

Contact Saleh: 96723485

RENT A CAR

RENT A CAR Best Rates for Saloon Contact: 97869042 / 95730550 sales@modernreem.com

GOOD NEWS Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain, backache, paralysis, massage, steambath, obesity, spondylitis. Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic, 18 November Street, Azaiba. Contact: 99639695 / 97397320

Driver available with car. Contact: 96728056

TRANSPORTATION Transportation. Contact 91703829

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Ruwi, Muttrah, Al Khuwair, Muscat, Qurum, seek transportation. Contact: 91132238

Ayurvedic treatment for backache, paralysis, arthritis etc & massage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam). Contact:24475280 / 95371664 / 92504980 www.siddhayur.com

Transportation. Contact 92015894

Transportation. Contact 99508282 /93113534 Transportation. Contact 99508282

Transportation available Ruwi to Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba. Contact: 91103909

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25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP speciﬁcation for monthly rent & small car with driver. Contact 99839898

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