Oman Observer

Agenda for Tunisia meeting discussed
MUSCAT — Sayyid Saud bin Ibrahim al Busaidy, Minister of Interior, received here yesterday Dr Mohammed bin Ali Kuman, Secretary-General of the Arab Interior Ministers Council. The meeting discussed various security issues prior to the 27th session of the Arab Interior Ministers Council due to be held on March 16 and 17 in Tunisia. The meeting was attended by Brigadier Suhail bin Amer Bait Fadhil, Director-General of Criminal Investigations at the Royal Oman Police, among Interior Ministry officials. — ONA

Lecture on ‘Open spaces in our Cities’ at GUtech
MUSCAT — The German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) will today hold a public lecture on “Open spaces in our cities – Creating successful public spaces” at its main hall. Dr Hichem Trache, Principal Urban Designer at Atkins International Co, will deliver the presentation. During this presentation Dr Hichem will discuss through a series of urban design and master planning projects the importance of high quality public spaces as an essential feature of successful neighbourhoods where people want to live, work, play and invest.

PDO wins corporate social responsibility award

MUSCAT — Petroleum Development Oman has received a major corporate social responsibility (CSR) award at a special ceremony here under the auspices of HH Sayyid Faisal bin Turki al Said, CEO, Oman Brand Management Unit . PDO won the “Best Social Investment Programme for 2009” at the Civil Society Leaders Award ceremony being organised by Tawasul...

MUSCAT — A delegation from the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) left for Damascus here to participate in a three-day-long regional preparatory meeting focusing on the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-10) scheduled to be held in Hyderabad, India from May 24 to June 4. The meeting will be followed by three days of deliberations...

MUSCAT — Dr Rawvya bint Saud al Busaidiya, Minister of Higher Education, received at the ministry Seiji Morimoto, the Japanese Ambassador to the Sultanate. Seiji Morimoto thanked the minister for allowing the opportunity to discuss certain aspects of scientific and academic collaboration between the Sultanate and his country.

MUSCAT — Sayyid Al Mutassim bin Hamoud al Busaidy, Minister of State and Governor of Muscat, received here yesterday Captain Arno Pro evo Florie, Commander of the French Marine frigate Premoget. Sayyid Al Mutassim said that the Sultanate and France share deep relations. He briefed the guest about Muscat Governorate’s historical and cultural attractions,...

MUSCAT — Sultan Qaboos University will organise a lecture on Omani-Yemeni Civilisational Exchange on February 7 and 8. The seminar aims at familiarising with the Omani-Yemeni research in the scientific and cultural fields, civilisational exchanges
on economic, cultural and social levels, in addition to highlighting aspects of knowledge and sciences made by Omanis...

SUR — State Adviser Shaikh Saud bin Sulaiman al Nabhani opened a wastewater plant in the Wilayat of Sur. The opening ceremony was attended by Shaikh Abdullah al Rowas, Minister of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources. Hamad bin Sulaiman al Ghraibi said that the project was the outcome of an urbanisation boom being witnessed by the Sultanate...

MUSCAT — Oman LNG recently celebrated the loyalty and hard work of their employees who have completed five and 10 years of working at the company. A total of 50 employees this year have completed 10 years of service and 15 have completed 5 years of service. Oman LNG celebrated their achievements at its Hay A’Shurooq Residential Complex in Sur.

MUSCAT — A training course on Radio Script Writing was opened here under the auspices of the Director-General of Radio. The course is being organised by the Sultanate of Oman Radio in collaboration with the British Embassy in Muscat and lasts till Wednesday. Fadi Mattar, in-charge of Arabic Language Training at the International Training Department in Radio France...

MUSCAT — Towell Construction and Co conducted training programmes for nationals at its facilities located at Rumaise campus and selected onsite projects. The programmes were in line with Towell Group’s policy to encourage training and to enhance the skills of Omani nationals. Candidates from various projects participated in three such training programmes...

MUSCAT — The Radisson Blu Hotel Muscat trained 48 of its employees on “Yes I Can.” The training was conducted by Lerzan Erdogan from Radisson Blu Media City Dubai. The whole day training teaches staff relationship and business results, effective communication and empowering staff.