From ashutosh.mishra at sbilife.co.in Wed Feb 4 11:20:38 2009 From: ashutosh.mishra at sbilife.co.in (ashutosh.mishra at sbilife.co.in) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 16:50:38 +0530 Subject: [Oman-L] Living in Oman Message-ID: Have been offered a job in bank in Oman -OMR 2500 / per month plus family status, yearly air fare , health insurance cover I have 2 school going children and would require to take a 2BR apartment, and there would be expenditure on leisure and sports . What is your take on living style, saving potential and quality of life with this salary?? -Regards Ashutosh Mishra Tel:+912266456281 ****************************************************************************************** To know more about SBI Life and its products, log on to http://www.sbilife.co.in OR Call Toll free(from MTNL/BSNL) : 1800 22 90 90 This message and any attachments are confidential to the normal user of the e-mail address to which it was addressed and may also be privileged. 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URL: http://oman.org/pipermail/oman-l/attachments/20090204/83e9dbaf/attachment.html From david at amouage.com Wed Feb 4 12:44:02 2009 From: david at amouage.com (David Crickmore) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:44:02 -0000 Subject: [Oman-L] Living in Oman In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <58744D919B3D481EA20D5697C4A0E4B8@DavidPC> Sorry who is this? ----- Original Message ----- From: ashutosh.mishra at sbilife.co.in To: oman-l at oman.org Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:20 AM Subject: [Oman-L] Living in Oman Have been offered a job in bank in Oman -OMR 2500 / per month plus family status, yearly air fare , health insurance cover I have 2 school going children and would require to take a 2BR apartment, and there would be expenditure on leisure and sports . What is your take on living style, saving potential and quality of life with this salary?? -Regards Ashutosh Mishra Tel:+912266456281 ****************************************************************************************** To know more about SBI Life and its products, log on to http://www.sbilife.co.in OR Call Toll free(from MTNL/BSNL) : 1800 22 90 90 This message and any attachments are confidential to the normal user of the e-mail address to which it was addressed and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this confidential message, then please delete it and immediately notify the sender. The integrity of this message cannot be guaranteed on the Internet. 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Your savings will?depend on what you look for. In areas close by CBD?you can find?two bedroom flats for?RO 400 to 450 per month. If you want to live in a higher quality compound with some facilities you will be paying at least RO 800.??? ? ? Asumand --- On Wed, 2/4/09, ashutosh.mishra at sbilife.co.in wrote: From: ashutosh.mishra at sbilife.co.in Subject: [Oman-L] Living in Oman To: oman-l at oman.org Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 1:20 PM Have been offered a job in bank in Oman -OMR 2500 / per month plus family status, yearly air fare , health insurance cover I have 2 school going children and would require to take a 2BR apartment, ?and there would be expenditure on leisure and sports . What is your take on living style, saving potential and ?quality of life with this salary?? ? -Regards Ashutosh Mishra Tel:+912266456281****************************************************************************************** To know more about SBI Life and its products, log on to http://www.sbilife.co.in OR Call Toll free(from MTNL/BSNL) : 1800 22 90 90 This message and any attachments are confidential to the normal user of the e-mail address to which it was addressed and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this confidential message, then please delete it and immediately notify the sender. The integrity of this message cannot be guaranteed on the Internet. 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Qais Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:49:47 -0800 From: asumand at yahoo.com To: oman-l at oman.org Subject: Re: [Oman-L] Living in Oman Is this Bank Muscat?? I work over there. Your savings will depend on what you look for. In areas close by CBD you can find two bedroom flats for RO 400 to 450 per month. If you want to live in a higher quality compound with some facilities you will be paying at least RO 800. Asumand --- On Wed, 2/4/09, ashutosh.mishra at sbilife.co.in wrote: From: ashutosh.mishra at sbilife.co.in Subject: [Oman-L] Living in Oman To: oman-l at oman..org Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 1:20 PM Have been offered a job in bank in Oman -OMR 2500 / per month plus family status, yearly air fare , health insurance cover I have 2 school going children and would require to take a 2BR apartment, and there would be expenditure on leisure and sports . What is your take on living style, saving potential and quality of life with this salary?? -Regards Ashutosh Mishra Tel:+912266456281****************************************************************************************** To know more about SBI Life and its products, log on to http://www.sbilife.co.in OR Call Toll free(from MTNL/BSNL) : 1800 22 90 90 This message and any attachments are confidential to the normal user of the e-mail address to which it was addressed and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this confidential message, then please delete it and immediately notify the sender. The integrity of this message cannot be guaranteed on the Internet. 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URL: http://oman.org/pipermail/oman-l/attachments/20090205/54c9029b/attachment.htm From jduester at oman.org Wed Feb 18 08:41:49 2009 From: jduester at oman.org (Joachim Duester) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:41:49 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Oman-L] Oman's economic future stable: Moody's Message-ID: <88243.70528.qm@web37901.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Oman's economic future stable: Moody's Source: Oman Daily Observer, 18 February 2009 Moody's International Credit Rating report placed the Sultanate at A2 level alongside with South Korea, Chile and Botswana. The report expects stable economic future for the Sultanate. This rating of the Sultanate came as a result of a number of factors covered by Moody?s report, such as the increase in the strength of the economy, the institutional power, the financial power of the government and the decrease in the speed of being affected by risks. The report pointed out that the increase in the strength of the economy came as a result of the relative increase in the GDP and ability to pay the debt liabilities, as well as the increase in the GDP per capita in terms of purchasing power which is estimated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at $ 22,000. These factors placed the Sultanate in the 36th place among 181 countries covered by the IMF report. The report pointed out that the increase in the institutional power is attributed to the clean record of the Sultanate in paying its loan liabilities in time and the good transparent government in terms of financial assets. The rise in the government financial strength comes also as a result of the financial surplus which has been collected during the last five years and the building of foreign financial assets which will enable the Sultanate?s government to supply the expected deficit in 2009/2010 budget due to slump in oil prices. The report also pointed out that the reserves of the government assets will enable the Sultanate to face the expenditure without resorting to foreign loans. This rating might be affected if these reserves have been severely exhausted, the report added. The report attributed the low possibility of the Sultanate to be affected by the risks to its stable political environment and distinguished relations with other countries. The report affirmed continuity of current global economic slowdown (if it continued) will be a challenge for providing job opportunities for the growing number of Omani youths. From jduester at oman.org Fri Feb 20 16:51:08 2009 From: jduester at oman.org (Joachim Duester) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:51:08 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Oman-L] Oman to build $ 1.8bn port at Duqm Message-ID: <538882.14048.qm@web37901.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Oman to build $ 1.8bn port at Duqm Source: Reuters, 20 February 2009 Oman will build a OR692m ($ 1.8bn) port at Duqm as part of its economic development plan despite a global downturn and a projected drop in oil revenue, Minister of National Economy Ahmed Mekki said yesterday. The government expects ?reasonable growth? for 2009 despite the financial crunch in part because it aims to pursue all the major state-led development projects it has launched, using surplus oil revenue or state reserves, if needed, he said. ?The 2009 outlook is relatively good ... we expect a reasonable growth since we are going ahead with all major plans,? Mekki said. Oman plans to diversify its economy away from oil income dependency, which makes up about 75 percent of national revenue, and is pursuing a number of large-scale infrastructure projects. The government has already awarded 220 million rials worth of infrastructural projects since the beginning of the year, according to the state figures. Last week, Oman said it has shortlisted six companies for the construction of the $ 1.5bn Muscat airport terminal building. The Duqm development in central-eastern Oman aims to create a new city to serve as a key administrative, industrial and commercial centre. The first phase of the Duqm project calls for the port and a dry dock expansion. Phase 2 includes an airport, an extensive road network and a free trade zone for industries. ?Phase 2 will be the development of various projects whose funds will come from huge foreign and local investments,? Mekki said. Mekki said oil fetched 7.75 billion rials in revenue in the first eleven months of 2008, according to preliminary figures, compared to OR5.8bn in the same 11 month period in 2007. That helped drive a government budget surplus of OR1.98bn for the first 11 months of the year, he said. ?This indicates an overall healthy surplus for the overall year once the 2008 statistics have been finalised,? Mekki said. The 2009 budget has been based on the average oil price of $ 45 per barrel. Any financial shortcoming would be financed by the national reserves, Mekki said in January. Ratings agency Moody?s said non-OPEC oil exporter Oman has a ?comfortable? cushion of financial assets to cover any budget deficits in 2009 and 2010 but that the state remains vulnerable to oil prices changes. Economic growth in Oman is likely to fall by more than half to 3.3 percent in real terms this year from 7.1 percent in 2008, Moody?s said. ?The Muscat airport plan is now going satisfactorily. The objective is to increase efficiency to absorb fast growth of passengers and cargo to cater for the rise of tourism and business,? Mekki said. About 1.5 million tourists visit Oman every year, 50 percent come from other Gulf Arab states, mainly from the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. From jduester at oman.org Sat Feb 21 13:19:14 2009 From: jduester at oman.org (Joachim Duester) Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:19:14 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Oman-L] Oman's foreign trade witnesses 64.1 per cent rise Message-ID: <641816.84823.qm@web37903.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Oman's foreign trade witnesses 64.1 % rise Source: Oman Daily Observer, 21 February 2009 The statistical bulletin issued by the National Economy Ministry has shown that the Sultanate?s foreign trade witnessed a 64.1 per cent rise in the total value of commodity exports during the first ten months of the last year, compared to the same period in 2007. The total value of commodity exports amounted to RO 1,2401.8 million as at the end of October 2008, against RO 7,556.5 million during the corresponding period in 2007. This rise was attributed to a 63 per cent increase in oil exports commodities, which amounted to RO 9,413.9 million at the end of October 2008, compared to RO 5,774.6 million during the corresponding period in 2007. The Sultanate?s non-oil exports rose by 73.5 per cent as at the end of October 2008 to RO 1,692.4 million compared to RO 975.3 million during the corresponding period in 2007, the bulletin said. Re-export trade also rose by 60.6 per cent during the first ten months of the last year to RO 1,295.6 million, compared to RO 806.6 million during the corresponding period in 2007. The UAE topped the countries importing Omani non-oil exports as it imported RO 553.5 million of commodities as at the end of October 2008 followed by India with RO 214.6 million followed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with RO 134.8 million. The UAE also topped the countries importing Omani exports ?re-export? as it imported, as at the end of October 2008, RO 8,08.2 million worth commodities followed by the Islamic Republic of Iran with RO 136.4 million and the Ukraine with RO 29.6 million. The commodities imports also recorded a 47.4 per cent increase to hit RO 7,338.9 million as of the end of October 2008 compared to RO 4,980.1 million during the corresponding period in 2007, the bulletin said. The United Arab Emirates also topped the countries exporting to the Sultanate, as the latter imported RO 1,979.6 million of commodities from the former during the first ten months of 2008 followed by Japan with RO 1,094.9 million and the USA with RO 419.4 million.