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Princess Sabeeka pays tribute to Bahrain’s women

MANAMA: Women’s achievements in Bah- giving and dedication. fa. Eighty-one women achievers were hon- ress which now reflects the renaissance of

n Economy is
rain were saluted yesterday by Her Royal “This is a source of our pride and strong oured at the event. an entire nation,” she said.
Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al belief in the ability of Bahraini women to Princess Sabeeka stressed that the oc- She affirmed that Bahraini women’s
Khalifa, wife of His Majesty King Hamad assume responsibilities vested in them to- casion embodies the prestigious status achievements could not have been possible

and Supreme Council for Women (SCW)
president, on Bahraini Women’s Day.
In a statement marking its 10th anni-
versary, she said, “Today we are celebrat-
ing the contributions of Bahraini women
wards the nation and its citizens.
“History will record their patriotic con-
tributions and landmark achievements in
golden letters,” she said.
Princess Sabeeka patronised the official
enjoyed by Bahraini women as essential
partners in the national march and con-
tributors to the nation-building process.
“It is a national occasion similar to Na-
tional Days, as described by the leader
expanding....
without the support of Bahraini men who
have never hesitated to pave the way for
their female partners to play their role in
the nation-building process. She also paid MANAMA: Bahrain’s economy
special tribute to the government for its is robust – supported by a

UNITY
engineers, who have managed, like their
counterparts in all fields of work and pro-
duction, to establish a successful march of
ceremony marking Bahraini Women’s Day
2017, which was attended by Deputy Pre-
mier Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khali-
of the national march, His Majesty King
Hamad, whose care and support have en-
sured the sustainability of women’s prog-
commitment to integrate women’s needs in
the development process.
Engineers honoured – Page 11
strong banking system, declared
the Central Bank of Bahrain
(CBB) yesterday. The economy
outperformed expectations this
year, despite lower oil prices and
subdued regional growth, it said.
The Central Bank was responding
to Standard and Poor Global
Ratings lowering Bahrain’s
long-term foreign and local
currency sovereign credit ratings
to ‘B+’ from “BB-’. The ratings
agency said the downgrade
reflected Bahrain’s weak external

CALL
liquidity and increasing financial
risk due to more limited access
to international capital market
financing. “In light of the recent
Standard and Poor’s rating of
Bahrain, the CBB wishes to state
that Bahrain remains committed
to maintaining a fixed exchange
rate regime with the US dollar,”
said a CBB statement. “This
policy has provided a strong
anchor for monetary policy
throughout the years and helped
in creating a stable business
environment and financial
stability.
Full report – Page 15

MANAMA: The Premier yester-
day paid tribute to the UAE on
its 46th National Day, hailing its
landmark development and sup-
port for Bahrain in all circum-
stances.
“The joys of the UAE are also Bahrain’s
as we share the times of joy and adversity,”
he said.
His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa stressed the im-
portance of unity as he attended a ceremony host-
ed by UAE Ambassador Abdul Ridha Abdulla
Khoury at his residence to mark national day.
He underlined strong relations with the UAE,
describing the country as a strong, successful
and modern model of unity, cohesion and pros-
perity.
He paid homage to the late UAE President
Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, founder of
the UAE and architect of its development, and
advocate of Gulf and Arab unity.
He also commended President Shaikh Khalifa
bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who continued the march
of development, along with other UAE rulers.
He commended the UAE-led role in support-
ing the GCC, advocating the causes of Arab and
Islamic nations and backing “brothers” in all
circumstances”.
He congratulated Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed,
UAE Vice-President, Prime Minister and Dubai
Ruler Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Mak-
toum and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and UAE
Armed Forces Deputy Supreme Commander
Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on
the occasion. He also congratulated other mem-
bers of the Supreme Federal Council and rulers
of the emirates and crown princes.
n More suicides
MANAMA: Two more expatriates
in Bahrain reportedly committed
suicide, taking the toll to four
within a week. Indian Jini Jose
Kachipally, aged 30, who was
working in a restaurant in
Adliya was found hanging from
the ceiling fan in her bedroom
at around 7pm on Friday.
According to sources, the victim
had alerted her cousin working
in the same hotel about her
intention, at around 6.30pm.
Separately, Bangladeshi
Mohammad Shujon Reza,
aged 28, was found dead in his
accommodation in Arad.
According to sources, he was
found hanging in his room
n The Premier attends a ceremony hosted by the UAE Ambassador yesterday morning.
Full report – Page 3
at his residence to mark national day. Growth hailed – Page 2
2 Gulf Daily News Sunday, 3rd December 2017
n The Premier at the reception held to mark UAE National Day
n Ministers, diplomats and senior officials at a ceremony to
mark UAE National Day
Premier hails
‘TIS THE SEASON TO CELEBRATE
YOUR CHRISTMAS STORY
UAE’s growth
MANAMA: The Premier yester-
day hailed the UAE’s landmark
development strides, ever since
the emirates united and started
building a modern state with
economic and political lever-
age that strengthens the Arabi-
an Gulf.
His Royal Highness Prime
Minister Prince Khalifa bin
Salman Al Khalifa made the
statement as he attended a cer-
emony hosted by UAE Am-
bassador Abdul Ridha Abdulla
Khoury at his residence to mark
the UAE’s 46th National Day.
He hailed strong ties with the
UAE, describing the country as
a model of unity, cohesion and
prosperity.
The UAE Ambassador ex-
pressed heartfelt thanks and ap-
preciation to the Premier for his
kind gesture and keenness on
sharing with them their celebra-
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auction starts today
MANAMA: Mazad yesterday
announced that it will launch the
ninth and the last online private
vehicle number plates auction
today at 6pm. It will run until
next Sunday. Forty new numbers
will be introduced through Arabia
Auction website http://www.
arabian.auction and smartphone
application Arabian Auction. The
minimum bid is set at BD100
and bidders must complete an
online registration and pay 20
per cent of the minimum required
bid to secure their participation.
Payments can be made either
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Ambassador to the US Shaikh
Abdulla bin Rashid Al Khalifa
and US Ambassador Justin
Siberell attended.
tions of the UAE National Day.
“This reflects his love and
appreciation of the UAE, as
well as his constant keenness
to support everything that is
aimed at bolstering relations
between the two brotherly
countries, he said.
He described the Premier’s
presence as a badge of honour
and a source of pride.
Mr Khoury praised the prog-
ress and renaissance witnessed
by the kingdom under the Pre-
mier’s leadership, thanking the
citizens of Bahrain for their
sincere feelings on his country’s
National Day.
The ceremony featured a
poem which lauded the role of
the Premier in strengthen rela-
tions between the two brother-
ly countries. It also hailed his
sound visions on ways to bolster
joint GCC action.
n New talks hope
ADEN: Former Yemeni president
Ali Abdullah Saleh yesterday
said he was ready for a “new
page” in ties with the Saudi-led
coalition fighting in Yemen. The
apparent shift in position came as
Saleh’s supporters battled Houthi
fighters for a fourth day in the
capital Sanaa. “I call upon the
brothers in neighbouring states
and the alliance to stop their
aggression, lift the siege, open the
airports and allow food aid and
the saving of the wounded and we
will turn a new page by virtue of
our neighbourliness,” Saleh said
in a televised speech. “We will
deal with them in a positive way
and what happened to Yemen is
enough,” he added. The Saudi-
led coalition welcomed Saleh’s
change of stance.
n Body found
MANAMA: The body of an
Asian, aged 37, was found at
Ras Zuwayed beach yesterday,
according to the Interior
Ministry. “Initial details
indicate drowning as the cause
of death,” it said on its Twitter
account.
Separately, a Gulf national was
killed and another seriously
injured in an accident between
a car and a bus on Amwaj
Highway yesterday.
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Conman, 40, dies

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New centre for

elderly women
on way in Hoora

before plea ruling

A MAN convicted of con-
ning more than 40 people
out of nearly BD80,000 has
died before serving his sen-
tence.
The 40-year-old Bahraini
was sentenced to three years in
jail by the High Criminal Court
in August last year.
He appealed against the ver-
By NOOR ZAHRA
dict in the Supreme Criminal
Appeals Court, but judges have
been told he died from natural
causes last month – before an
appeal ruling was delivered.
The accused had previously
been released on bail pending
the outcome of the appeal.
His victims described how he
took their money after promis-
ing to secure them jobs and
Bahrain residency permits, but
simply pocketed the cash.
The scam, which took place
between 2010 and 2011, is said
to have netted the defendant a
total of BD78,000.
One of his victims said he
handed the defendant BD2,000
in return for a residency permit
that never materialised.
“I needed to get residency
in Bahrain and find a job,” the
34-year-old Saudi told prose-
cutors.
“However, due to unrest in
2011 I was sometimes facing
difficulties on the King Fahad
Causeway and could not find
work.
“I met him (the defendant)
and he said he had a brother
working for a top official, who
could get me everything I need-
ed.
“I gave him BD2,000, but
he quickly changed his attitude
and told me he could not do
anything.
“I asked him to return my
money, but he told me to go file
a complaint against him if I had
any issue.”
A police detective who in-
vestigated the case confirmed
that he had exploited more than
40 victims.
“The defendant used his
brother’s position working for
top officials to claim he could
help victims find jobs in 2010
and 2011,” the officer told pros-
ecutors.
“He took BD78,000 from
them, but did not follow
through on his promises.
“The victims came forward
and filed complaints against
him.”
noorz@gdn.com.bh
A CeNTRe for elderly women
will be constructed in Hoora.
His Royal Highness Prime
Minister Prince Khalifa bin
Salman Al Khalifa has directed
a land in Block 318 to be real-
located and registered for the
centre.
Labour and Social Devel-
opment Minister Jameel Hu-
maidan paid tribute to the
Premier for the gesture which,
he said, reflects his keenness
to provide the elderly with the
necessary social security and
healthcare.
Mr Humaidan announced
that the ministry would start ad-
ministrative and executive pro-
cedures to start construction of
the centre, adding that the Pre-
mier’s directives would have a
positive impact on the elderly.
He hailed the Premier’s
keenness to reach out to citi-
zens and meet their needs.
“The Premier allocated plots
and budgets to build and oper-
ate several other social and de-
velopment centres in all gover-
norates,” he said.
The minister stressed the
Premier’s directives, instruct-
ing officials to visit villages,
assess citizens’ needs and meet
their demands promptly.

n The Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority celebrated the UAE National Day during an
event held at the Bahrain Light Festival. A traditional band performed a number of national
songs. “We wanted to mark this national event with a celebration that portrays the unity and
fondness of both nations,” said BTEA chief executive Shaikh Khalid bin Humood Al Khalifa.
Bahrain Light Festival, at Bahrain Bay, ends today. Above, visitors at the event.

Four expats commit

suicide in a week
TWO more expatriates in Bahrain reportedly By RAJI UNNIKRISHNAN
committed suicide, taking the toll to four within
a week. his accommodation on November 2.
Indian Jini Jose Kachipally, aged An employee at the restaurant where
30, who was working in a restaurant Ms Jose was working told the GDN
in Adliya was found hanging from the that the death had shocked them.
ceiling fan in her bedroom at around “She was not at work and at around
7pm on Friday. 6.30pm she called her cousin who was
According to sources, the victim had at work (both were working as wait-
alerted her cousin working in the same resses) and told her that she was going
hotel about her intention, at around to kill herself,” said the Indian.
6.30pm. “The woman rushed to the Gudaibi-
Separately, Bangladeshi Moham- ya accommodation which they shared
mad Shujon Reza, aged 28, was found and found Jini’s room locked.
dead in his accommodation in Arad. “She managed to break open the
According to sources, he was door and reportedly saw her hanging
found hanging in his room yesterday n Ms Jose from the ceiling fan.
morning. “We were notified by around 7.30pm
Police was alerted by colleagues and police moved the body from the
around noon. scene at around 11pm.
Mr Reza was working as a labourer “The incident is shocking; we heard
with Bahrain Motors Company. that she had some family issues.”
The two incidents follow the sus- Sources also told the GDN that Ms
pected suicide of Indian Jaffrey Pas- Jose had reportedly reached out to
sanha, aged 53, a supervisor with a car many other colleagues on Friday eve-
dealer in Bahrain, who was found dead ning to inform them about her inten-
in his Tubli home on Wednesday. tion to commit suicide.
An insurance company employee Apparently Ms Jose came to Bahrain
Gopalan Jayasheelan, 42, also an Indi- n Reza in July, through her cousin who helped
an national, hanged himself in his Manama home her find the job. The deceased is survived by her
on Monday. husband who works in Qatar and four children,
A labourer at a contracting company Gurpreet aged between four and nine, who are in her home-
Singh, 23, from India was also found hanging in town in Kodungalloor, Kerala.
 4 Gulf Daily News
Farmers’
Sunday, 3rd December 2017
bounty...
By NOOR ZAHRA
THOUSANDS of visitors
flocked to the sixth edition
of the popular Bahraini
farmer’s market which
opened at the Agriculture
Centre in Budaiya yester-
day.
The organisers are hoping
for a record-breaking season
with thousands more expect-
ed to patronise the event by
the time it ends on April 29.
Bahrainis and expatriates
of several nationalities vis-
ited the market and spent
hours walking around and
shopping.
Families enjoyed the an-
imal section where children
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n Fresh produce available at the market
could ride ponies and see ani-
mals and birds including pea-
cocks and rabbits.
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US embassy consul Geoff
Austin, who was accompanied
by his wife Alisa and four chil-
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n A stall selling traditional Bahraini honey
dren, said this was the “best
farmer’s market” he had ever
visited.
“We are from a farming com-
munity and this has been the
best farmer’s market I have n Mr Austin and his family at the market
ever been to by
far,” the 41-year- interested in our vegetables
old told the because they are organic.”
GDN. Farmer Aqeel Al Ajami
“We all loved said the number of visitors
it and enjoyed a to the market has increased
lot; my children over the years.
got to ride the “Every year the market
miniature horses gets bigger and this is the
and see the ani- sixth time I am taking part,”
mals also. he said.
“I have been in “We have some unique
Bahrain for just products you can find only at
four months and this market including a mix
I am planning to of Asian vegetables.”
visit the market Farmer’s Market exec-
every week. utive manager Amani Abu
“It’s a nice op- Idris said she expected the
portunity to see number of visitors to set a
the fresh vege- record this year.
tables and fruits “On the first day, we had
grown by Bah- 6,500 people; we expect to
raini farmers.” surpass the number of last
Bahraini farm- year’s visitors which was
er Mirza Hassan 22,000,” she told the GDN.
Mansoor said this n Asian vegetables mix sold at the market “The number of vendors
was his sixth year increased from 33 to 39 and
of participation in the market. Peninsula Farms (Green- we also have five farming
“Every year this project is house and Hydroponics) gener- companies taking part.
proving to be successful and al manager Rashid bin Khalifa “This is a great event for
I was among the first to take Al Khalifa expressed his satis- the entire family.
part in the market,” said the faction with the number of visi- “We also showcase tradi-
41-year-old who owns a farm tors on the first day. tional Bahraini products in
in Jasra. “People love to buy fresh the arts and handmade prod-
“The event helps us to sell produce and this is what they ucts section.
our vegetables and showcase can find in the market,” the “People can also take a
Bahrain’s best quality products. 34-year-old told the GDN. break from shopping by sit-
“In the summer I grow dates, “We sell goat milk soap, goat ting in the restaurants near a
okra and figs. milk, goat cheese and other water fountain.
“I am very happy to see the products and can deliver to the “I am very happy with the
huge turnout of people. homes of our customers.” great show up of people on
“Several Saudi farmers who the first day.”
visited the market said they Organic Ms Abu Idris said three
want to set up a similar market One of the Bahraini partici- fruit festivals will also be
for Saudi farmers in their coun- pants described how his prod- organised on the sidelines of
try.” ucts were organic and contained the market.
Another American visitor no pesticides or chemicals. The market will run every
said he loved the organic veg- “We grow everything organi- Saturday from 8am to noon.
etables in the market. cally, using the aquaponics sys- A special car park has
“I am a health-conscious tem,” Dar Aqua and Agriculture been allocated next to
person and exercise regularly. official Abdulaziz Salmeen told Mohammed bin Khalifa
So these organic vegetables are the GDN. Mosque in Budaiya, with
good for me,” said the 40-year- “We are a Bahraini farming regular shuttle buses ferry-
old man who did not want to be company and all our products ing people to the market.
named. are healthy. A lot of people are noorz@gdn.com.bh
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Funds plea to
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n The Royal Burial Mounds in A’ali

develop
burial mounds
DELAYS in developing
Bahrain’s historic buri-
al mounds as a key tourist
attraction have prompted
By MOHAMMED AL A’ALI
network of traditional buildings
that trace their heritage back to
Most of Bahrain’s most prom-
inent burial mounds are located
in the Northern Governorate,
but Mr Buhamood said despite
velop the mounds as tourist and
archaeological sites, but added
funding remained a problem.
“Baca has plans and they are
“I am not giving excuses, I
acknowledge there are delays.
“But there is also commit-
ment. A’ali Burial Mounds are
Baca previously said Une-
sco would make decision on
the burial mound heritage site
application in July of this year,
the glory days of the pearling their historical significance they working to have them carried fenced to ensure no trespassing, but no announcement has been
calls for urgent funds to industry – have already been attracted no tourists. out, but like elsewhere in the as are other sites so they are forthcoming.
be made available for the granted World Heritage Site He proposed the Bahrain world when it comes to protect- safe. Officials from the organisa-
scheme. status. Mumtalakat Holding Company, ing and preserving history there “Investment will come when- tion could not be reached for
Northern Municipal Council However, the application for the country’s sovereign wealth are difficulties that they are try- ever Unesco recognition is comment.
chairman Mohammed Buha- the burial mounds has still not fund, should pump money into ing to overcome,” he said. granted.” mohammed@gdn.com.bh
mood claimed the plan had been been approved and Mr Buha- a restoration and preservation
on the table for more than a de- mood called on authorities to project.
cade. make cash available to develop “Mumtalakat should be in-
He warned that threats to the what he described as the coun- vesting in making the mounds a
mounds, including calls to de- try’s “most significant” historic tourist attraction,” he said.
molish them, would attraction. “It would be positive for all
only increase the “Baca (the Bah- the projects and companies that
longer it took to rain Authority for come under its banner.
commence work. Culture and Antiq-
“For 12 years we uities) managed to Investment
have been seeing get financing for the “Mumtalakat’s portfolio al-
the same designs to 200-year-old Pearl ready includes tourism compa-
develop the mounds Route in Muharraq nies and they could run sites to
into a touristic at- from the Islamic make money, rather than from
traction, but nothing Development Bank an archaeological perspective -
has been done,” he and got it registered which would continue being the
said. as a World Heritage responsibility of Baca.
An application to n Mr Buhamood Site, despite it hav- “We are suggesting investors
recognise 11 buri- ing less significance could be brought in by Mumta-
al mound locations, stretching than the burial mounds – which lakat to open cafés and restau-
25km from the centre of the are 4,000 years old,” he said. rants near excavated locations.
country to the northern coast, as “It also got funding from the “Such places would look
a World Heritage Site was sub- private sector and now, when much better than the tourist dis-
mitted to the United Nations Ed- it comes to Bahrain’s most sig- trict in Adliya.”
ucational, Scientific and Cultur- nificant historic site, the burial He also expressed fears that
al Organisation (Unesco) more mounds, there is no funding. further delays would only in-
than seven years ago. “It is good that the Pearl crease pressure from some quar-
They include the A’ali Royal Route project is on track, but the ters to bulldoze the mounds and
Burial Mounds along with oth- burial mounds have to be giv- use the land to construct homes.
ers in Dar Kulaib, Buri, Hamad en attention because they have “MPs think the mounds are
Town and Karzakan. what it needs to be the best at- useless and want the land trans-
Bahrain Fort, near Seef, and traction – even bigger than Bah- ferred to the Housing Ministry
the Pearl Route in Muharraq – a rain Fort.” to build homes,” he said.
Worry
Staff evaluation call “That’s really worrying be-
cause such pressure could result
in the government submitting.
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burial mounds and in 2012 a
tomb belonging to an ancient
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A week-long event to foster
values of patriotism and national
belonging among children will be
launched today. The programme,
which runs until Thursday, is
part of festivities lined-up by
the Southern governorate to
mark His Majesty king Hamad’s
Accession Day and the national
Day. Southern governor
Shaikh khalifa bin Ali Al
khalifa stressed the importance
Speakers’ will be held on December king was found there.
26 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel from The tomb, belonging to Dil-
6pm to 9.30pm. Keynote speakers
will include Sarah Khan and James mun’s King Yagli-El,dates back Terms and conditions apply.
Jeffley from the US, Rowena to 1700BC and was particularly
Niduza from the UAE, Abdulla significant because it also estab-
Al Abandi from Saudi Arabia and lished a royal chronology - iden-
Joel Indrupati from Bahrain. For tifying him as the son of King Behbehani Brothers w.l.l.
further information call Fareeda Bai Rimum, who was buried nearby.
Tanzeer on 36361667 or Benchie Sitra – Tel: 17459977 Email: volkswagen@behbehani.com.bh
A’ali municipal councillor
Fortuno at 33997764. Registration is Abdulla Ashoor said he did not
now open at www.eventbrite.com.
doubt Baca’s keenness to de-
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TODAY is Sunday, December 3, the 337th day of 2017.
There are 28 days left in the year. Highlights in history
on this date:
1810 - British capture Mauritius from French.
1912 - Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro sign an
armistice.
1944 - US forces cross Saar River in Germany in Second
World War.
1952 - UN General Assembly adopts India’s proposal for
Korean armistice.
1961 - United States deploys platoon of troops along
border between East and West Berlin as East Germany
THERE is many a good man to be found
Green facts...
A FEW days ago I read a letter from Nalini
Varma regarding non-biodegradables and
a supermarket.
I would like to put forth some facts.
Supermarket bags are thin and non-biode-
gradable which is more harmful compared
with a biodegradable bag with more thickness.
1. Biodegradable refers to all those things
that can be easily decomposed by natural
agents. Natural agents include water, oxygen,
ultraviolet rays of the sun, acid rains, microor-
ganisms, etc. On the other hand non-biode-
gradable substances are never broken down
or decomposed by environmental factors.
2. Biodegradable substances include

FESTIVE SMILE
under a shabby hat – Chinese proverb.
food waste like vegetable and fruit peels,
dead plants and animals,
begins strengthening Berlin Wall. chicken, egg shells, paper
1967 - Surgeons at Cape Town, South Africa, hospital
report successful human heart transplant, said to be
materials, garden waste,
first of its kind. etc. Non-biodegradable
1984 - Hundreds are reported dead and several thou- things consist of plastics, n Non-biodegradable bags pose a serious
sand stricken after inhaling poisonous cyanide gas polystyrene, metals, plastic threat to the environment
which leaked from Union Carbide insecticide factory in and aluminium cans, toxic
central India. chemicals, paints, tyres, etc. and reunite to create the magical show
1988 - Pakistan’s Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, in first
official act, calls for release of about 1,000 political
3. Biodegradable sub- again, please.
prisoners and commutes all death sentences. stances on breaking up are Rajendra K Aneja
1989 - East German Politburo and Central Committee converted into simple or-
resign.
1993 - The United States and Ukraine fail to resolve a
dispute over Ukraine’s stockpile of more than 1,000
ganic matter and are assimi-
lated in the soil and thus be- War on prices?
comes a part of the carbon
T
long-range nuclear warheads. HIS refers to the rising cost of living in
1994 - Taiwan’s long-ruling Nationalists lose control of cycle of the atmosphere. On
the capital but keep its governorship in historic elec- the contrary, non-biodegrad- Bahrain.
tions that highlighted the island’s march to democracy. able substances are resistant Last month a reader recorded a very
1995 - In Madrid, President Clinton authorises a van- to the environmental factors intelligent observation. He said that while
guard of American troops to open a risky mission in and never decompose and the subsidy on meat was abolished, sellers
Bosnia and rejects Serb demands for rewriting the peace adopted new silent techniques to keep their
instead contribute to majority
tual
tmas adverts ac
deal.
of the solid waste. e Ch ris earnings intact. He gave an example of how
1997 - Representatives of more than 120 nations gather al l th
in Ottawa, Canada, to sign a treaty banning land mines. 4. Biodegradable substanc- “Now I’ve seen seems like a let-down” shopkeepers keep the price of traditional
1998 - Making their first collective decision about mon- es may decompose within Christmas Bahrain “kababs”
etary policy, 11 European nations cut interest rates in a a few days or months while intact at 500 fils, drop Published letters are not
surprise move to fight the global economic slowdown.
2002 - World Food Programme warns the UN Security
Council that a record 38 million people were at risk of
non-biodegradable items may
take thousands of years or may never ever
Forget differences the size and quantity
of kababs down to
necessarily the views of the
Editor. Readers wishing to
starvation in Africa. The southern nations of Zimbabwe,
Malawi, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zambia and Mozambique
are among the worst affected.
be broken down and remain in their original
form.
Considering the benefits of biodegradable
T HE Kapil Sharma Comedy show, aired at
weekends for the last few years, was a
brilliant programme.
four from five.
If any real judicious
survey, research or
make a complaint through
the GDN should provide full
details of the complaint
2003 - A declassified Canadian Security Intelligence material, more people are using it. Mega Mart, It petered out because Kapil Sharma and his study is done by, say together with their contact
Service report says the spread of Sars could threaten Macro Mart, Bahrain Pride, Shakeel Trading university students
global stability and devastate countries in Africa as
team had some issues with each other whilst telephone numbers.
well as other parts of the developing world because of and others. Thinner and regular polymer on a foreign tour. or researchers, the
the challenges the virus poses to treatment and fragile is not the only solution. Correct material is However the programme was very enter- majority of middle
health systems. “Biodegrade” and MPI BIOPLAS. taining. I am missing it. May I request Kapil class in Bahrain (excluding expatriates) will
2004 - President Alvaro Uribe signs the final order to Aamir Shamim Khalid Sharma and his team, to sink their differences be found complaining about increasing
extradite Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, leader of the prices of daily commodities. Until
once-feared Cali drug cartel and the most powerful
Colombian trafficker to ever face trial in the US.
2007 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez loses a consti-
l A chance to have your say... Fax: 17622141 Post: The Editor, Gulf
last month a chicken burger from a
street shop cost 300 fils. Yesterday it
tutional vote that would have let him run for re-election Daily News, PO Box 5300, Manama, Bahrain. Email: letters@gdn.com.bh was 400 fils. It looks a very insignifi-
indefinitely. cant increase.
2008 - Russia says it is sending a warship through the But it means that an ordinary
Panama Canal for the first time since Second World War, sandwich shop in streets and
a short journey loaded with symbolic weight: the de-
stroyer will dock at a former US naval base, showcasing
residential areas has increased its
Russia’s growing influence in the region. income by an average BD5 mini-
2009 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he is willing mum a day, while a sandwich shop
to talk with the Taliban chief in a bid to bring peace to situated in the “wall streets” of the
the country if the move has the backing of the US and island, like the two in front of Zalin
other international partners.
2011 - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki confidently pre-
Plaza or near offices, commercial
dicts that his country will achieve stability and remain areas or schools, a minimum of
independent of its giant neighbour Iran even without an BD15 a day.
American troop presence that is ending within weeks. The sufferers are ordinary peo-
2012 - President Barack Obama warns Syria that the use ple, as nobody can question this
of chemical weapons would be “totally unacceptable”
and that the country’s leaders would be held account-
increase.
able. Tomatoes three weeks ago were
2013 - French scientists looking into the death of at 600 fils with the so-called illegal
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat dismiss poisoning by vendors.
radioactive polonium, his widow says, contradicting This has dropped to 400 fils now
earlier findings by a Swiss lab.
with these vendors. I am a purchas-
CHEMISTS er and I have my eyes to sense the
quality as well as watch my pocket
24-hour chemists:
as inflation rises.
Jaffer Pharmacy: 18, Tarfah bin Al Abid Avenue, Ma- As such I prefer buying from
nama 319. Tel: 17291039. Awal Pharmacy: 30, Shaikh Ali
bin Khalifa Avenue, East Riffa 901. Tel: 17772023. Al Mu- these vendors. In the supermarkets
wasaa Pharmacy: 38, Shaikh Mohammed bin Salman these were 800 fils. Four to five
Avenue, Muharraq 205. Tel: 17335666. Al Maraya Phar- years back, Bahrain’s local crop of
macy: 379 Amman Avenue, Tubli 705. Tel: 17784029. Al red juicy tomatoes for decades had
Rahma Pharmacy: 12 Souk Abu Dhar Alghafari, Isa Town
814. Tel: 17687117. National Pharmacy: Bldg. 2058, been BD1 for a full crate weighing
Road 4563, Sanad 745. Tel: 17620208. Nasser Pharma- more than 10kg.
cy: 63-B, Qadisiya Avenue, Manama 332. Tel: 17740900. At the corners of busy streets,
Hamad Town Pharmacy: 225 Souk Waqf, Hamad Town sellers had on the roadside 20-30
1203. Tel: 17410114. Majeed Jaffar Pharmacy: Building
233, Avenue 57, Muharraq 203. Tel: 17331168. Al Hilal
crates offering to every passing car.
Pharmacy: Shop No. 649B, Road 1511, Muharraq. Tel: These crates of local tomatoes have
17341700. disappeared.
Vet Services 24-hours 39481208. The need, in the larger national
interest, is not to “monitor” the in-
PRAYER TIMES crease in prices but to “investigate”
Noon (Dhohr) 11.28am, Afternoon (Asr) 2.26pm, Sunset where our local tomato crates have
(Maghrib) 4.46pm, Nightfall (Ishaa) 6.16pm and Dawn gone?
(Fajr) 4.48am tomorrow.
We country-loving Bahrainis
Today is the 15 Rabea Al Awal, 1439, in the Islamic cal- should not forget that the next war
endar.
is going to be about food.
*Provided by the Islamic Affairs Ministry. J Muhammad

Fight against
terrorism ‘key
to security’
COunTEr-TErrOrISM
is a key responsibility of
military and security work,
Commander of the royal
Guard Special Force and
joint national counter-ter-
rorism drill “The King-
dom’s Guards 1” Major
Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad
Al Khalifa said.
The security and safety of
Bahrain are worth all sacri-
fices, he said, and hailed
the support of His Majesty
King Hamad for the drill.
Shaikh Khalid said the
drill, to be held at Seef Mall from December 5 to
6, is in co-ordination between Bahrain Defence
Force, the Interior Ministry and the national
Guard.
l Man assaulted woman at knifepoint in bathroom
Cleaner’s jail
term upheld
A MALE cleaner who assault-
ed a woman at knifepoint while
she was preparing to pray has
lost his appeal against a five-
year jail sentence.
The 27-year-old defendant
walked into a female bathroom,
located in a government ministry
building in Seef District, holding a
knife and slapped the victim, cov-
ered her mouth with his hand and
groped her chest.
He then banged her head on the
floor and climbed on top of her in
the corridor outside the bathroom
when she tried to seek help.
It happened after working hours
at around 4pm and the victim, an
employee of the ministry who had
n The Manama Toastmasters Club staged The Trial, a short court room drama, as part of its 54th anniversary celebrations. Thirteen members
took part in the event at the Crowne Plaza Hotel yesterday. Above, a scene from the drama and, right, a section of the audience.
n Shaikh Khalid chairs the meeting
The Public Prosecution is also taking part as
a legal legislator.
He said that drill would be monitored by spe-
cialised independent bodies to evaluate the level
By NOOR ZAHRA
stayed late, was able to escape and
lock herself in her office.
From there she called her father,
who in turn alerted police.
The incident took place in Octo-
ber last year and the High Criminal
Court in March found the 26-year-
old Indian defendant guilty of mo-
lesting and assaulting the victim.
He appealed at the Supreme
Criminal Appeals Court, which has
now upheld the original ruling.
“The defendant barged into the
bathroom and slapped her while in
possession of a knife,” stated the
appeal court ruling.
“He placed his hands over her
mouth, but she bit his finger and he
Gulf Daily News Sunday, 3rd December 2017
Email: gdnnews@gdn.com.bh
of preparedness, readiness and responsiveness.
The preparatory exercises last month included
various scenarios that showed differences in the
concepts and implementation of procedures.
then touched her chest. ther then arrived at the office and
“The victim screamed for help found the victim in a mess and cry-
and put on her abaya because the ing.”
defendant had left the bathroom. The defendant denied wrong-
“She then saw him waiting for doing and claimed he accidentally
her outside, removing his belt, and bumped into the victim, landing on
he banged her head on the floor top of her, while he was working.
before sexually assaulting her in a “The defendant claimed he ac-
corridor. cidentally ran into his victim in a
“She pushed him away, locked corridor, fell on top of her and ac-
herself in her office and phoned her cidentally touched her chest as he
father.” tried to help her get up,” said the
One of the woman’s colleagues, court ruling.
who was also working late, came “However, evidence presented
to her aid after hearing her screams by the victim, prosecution witness-
for help. es and investigations prove the de-
“She told him the defendant mo- fendant carried out the attack.”
lested her after threatening her with The defendant will be deported
a knife,” added the court ruling. after completing his sentence.
“Policemen and the victim’s fa- noorz@gdn.com.bh
7
Everywoman’s
story...
By MEERA RAVI
O
ne of the expensive pastimes of
being a rich and successful expat
Indian is to sponsor one’s profile in
catalogues of most well-known Indians in
the region. These impressive bound, gold-
edged tomes are to be found prominently
placed in reception area tables, with the
person’s profile conveniently marked with
the page-marker.
I have no issue with such self-publicity
– but what gets me is that there is rarely
mention of women in these books. Perhaps
in Bahrain, expat Asian women tend to be
better-known for their achievements in
the arts or social work and not in business
but even these triumphs count for naught.
There are successful women entrepreneurs
but they tend to fly below the radar and
have become accustomed to being ignored.
It hurts that there is nary a nod to those
who are successful in raising the bar for
the community. Have we heard of the early
pioneering women, for example, who came
as nurses and teachers? If you look at the
grainy sepia prints of the ‘forties and ‘fifties,
you will see these doughty professionals
standing in their starched whites squinting
into the fierce sun, next to doctors and
government officials or with their students
around them.
Nursing and teaching are considered, to
this day – somewhat dismissively, I may add
– as ‘womanly’ careers and not so impor-
tant. But they weave a sense of well-being
and a promise of the future into the com-
munity and are such essential factors to our
well-being and for the economy. A healthy
population keeps the country’s wheels
moving and nurses enable that as much as
doctors do. A school with good teachers
allows families to stay together and nurture
the next generation. As someone told me,
the Indian School alone facilitates more
than 10,000 families staying in Bahrain and
they rent houses, work and shop here and
their skills and money buoy the economy.
So why are we turning up our noses on
nurses and teachers as contributors to the
nation?
The trouble is women are trained from
the beginning to be self-deprecating.
“Oh, I’m just a housewife.” Really? Run-
ning a house is hard work ... why bury it
with a just?
“Oh, I just write women’s stories.” Are they
not stories about humans too? Ah, what
you really mean is that women’s stories are
not really meaningful in the heavy sense.
Light ... chick-lit as they call it.
Bahrain celebrated Bahrain Women’s Day
on December 1 and I believe this is an occa-
sion, with the euphoria still fresh in the air,
for all women to take ourselves more seri-
ously. The achievements of Bahraini women
make us all proud as a sisterhood. After all,
this is a country that established one of first
GCC girls’ schools and we have inspiring
historic figures such as Aisha Yateem who
travelled in the early 20th century, to India
for her primary and secondary education
and later in the UK and conducted fascinat-
ing salons in her home; Shaikha Lulwa Al
Khalifa who established the region’s first
charitable society – the Children & Mothers’
Welfare Society – to reach out to the needy.
Today we have Bahraini women diplo-
mats, bankers, businesswomen, academics,
MPs – there is no area untouched by their
genius and capacity to nurture change.
This year, the kingdom celebrated women
in engineering, acknowledging the role of
Bahraini women as nation-builders in the
truest sense.
So let’s take the narrative forward – we
must make place in public memory and
narratives for the women who pioneered
the female space in public life and also
recognise that expat history is made up of
more than just a glossy CEO story.
meeraresponse@gmail.com
8 Gulf Daily News Sunday, 3rd December 2017

TAKE A BREAK ...

ACROSS 15 Youngster training to be a little

R E R
1 He has everything in town (5) rogue? (5)
6 A tendency to race in heats (5) 16 Those due to many bets going
9 One who doesn’t believe he can wrong? (5)
possibly find a lie out? (7)

10 Written maybe by a deputy
wanting a uniform (5)
11 Modern invention giving some
I L D
18 Faith expressed in a letter to read
aloud (5)
19 Openly and in pally style (7)
21 Rubbish in free circulation

ACROSS
1 Baked food (5), 6 Film (5), 9 Bounded (7), 10 Foe (5), 11 Courage (5), 12 US coins (5), 13
Royal companion (7), 15 Peculiar (3), 17 Leave out (4), 18 Straw hat (6), 19 Cutlery item (5), 20
Elf (6), 22 Pulse (4), 24 Digit (3), 25 Contrition (7), 26 Entreaties (5), 27 Cancel (5), 28 Undress
(5), 29 Calm (7), 30 Enquired (5), 31 At no time (5)
DOWN
2 Kidnapper’s demand (6), 3 Nearly
(6), 4 Home improvement (3), 5 Metal
fastener (5), 6 Say in passing (7), 7
Poems (4), 8 Attack (6), 12 Pancake (5),
13 Shore (5), 14 Gunpowder ingredient
(5), 15 Freshwater mammal (5), 16 Hum
(5), 18 Skeleton parts (5), 19 Delayed
(7), 21 Imperial weights (6), 22 Drinks
container (6), 23 Hope (6), 25 Bad-
tempered (5), 26 Unsullied (4), 28 Star
(3)
ladies faultless service (5)
12 Capital line in short paragraphs
(5)
13 A quick tour of bases (4,3)
15 Fish possibly demanded by one’s
deliverer! (3)
17 Vessel returning from Crewe (4)
18 Is able to imitate something
savoury (6)
19 Could she harbour a lot of sailors?
(5)
20 Not a single sort of jump (6)
22 Garment obtainable from a glove
store (4)
24 All that’s needed to be
determined (3)
25 Scolds a traitor amid the workers
(7)
26 Survived a tangle with the devil
(5)
27 May come in for use as a
condiment (5)
28 For a start, a broken rib and some
teeth missing (5)
29 Many girls from study groups (7)
30 Sharp character (5)
31 Show appreciation of what’s hot
in the tank (5)
DOWN
2 Still, it’s no way to shuffle around
Crouch End (6)
3 Songs of an idler tipsy around
closing time (6)
4 Fiendish finish? (3)
5 Team capable of awing the
spectators? (5)
6 For some vicar to be in hell seems
screwy! (7)
7 What a pity it’s in central Asia (4)
8 Highest point, but one can be over
it (3,3)
12 It’s tasteful and very clean at one
end (5)
13 Absurdly, hates athletics (5)
14 The value of some rituals (5)
around the States (6)
22 Go and get right out of varnish
(6)
23 A cross in stone possibly seen at a
church (6)
25 He’s no beauty (5)
26 Defeat at a good speed (4)
28 Be short of time at the races? (3)
YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION
ACROSS: 4, Glance 7, Terrible 8,
Tapers 10, Are-as 13, Boss 14, W-asp
15, De-ns 16, In-n 17, Pail (pale) 19,
U-p to 21, Hard Times 23, Wild 24,
Idea 26, Cat 27, Edna 29, Chow 32,
Snu-G 33, C-H-ore 34, Shoots 35,
Trippers 36, Granny.
DOWN: 1, Straw 2, Tries 3, Kiss 4,
Get on 5, Alps 6, Cyr-a-no 9, Assume
11, Ram 12, A-pp-Al 13, Bel-ting 15,
Did (rev.) 16, It’s 18, Arde-NT 20,
Peach 21, H-it 22, Ida 23, Washer
25, Cor 28, Dusty 30, Homer 31,
Welsh 32, S-own 33, Cop-e.
YESTERDAY’S QUICK SOLUTION
ACROSS: 4, Lastly 7, Literate 8,
Anorak 10, Slack 13, Drip 14, Hell
15, Gene 16, Red 17, Edam 19, Coir
21, Mausoleum 23, Harm 24, Toss
26, Hot 27, Diet 29, Trap 32, Fund
33, Aside 34, Denims 35, Emulsion
36, Street,
DOWN: 1, Clash 2, Steal 3, Trek 4,
Learn 5, Stop 6, Loafer 9, Nieces 11,
Leg 12, Clear 13, Demoted 15, Gas
16, Rim 18, Dumdum 20, Ousts 21,
Mat 22, Lot 23, Honest 25, Fad 28,
Inset 30, Rigid 31, Penny 32, Fire 33,
Ally.
WY O
How many words of four
letters or more can you
make from the letters
shown here? In making
a word, each letter may
be used once only, each
must contain the centre
letter and there must be at
least one nine-letter word.
No plurals or verb forms
ending in “s” no words
with initial capitals and no
words with a hyphen or
apostrophe permitted.
The first word of a phrase
is allowed (e.g. inkjet in
inkjet printer)
TODAY’S TARGET
Good 29 ; very good 43;
excellent 57 (or more).
Solutions tomorrow.
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
bairn barn brain bran
brant brat brill BRILLIANT
lair liar lira rabi rail rain rani
rant rial rill tarn trail train
trial tribal trill trinal

1. How many months of the

year have a maximum of

SPRING CHICKEN TRAYBAKE 30 days?

Delicious seasonal dish. 2. Which main river runs

Serves three.
Ingredients through the city of
200g purple sprouting broc-
coli, leaves removed Glasgow?
200g new potatoes, washed
and halved
6 asparagus spears, washed 3. Footballer Frank Lampard
and trimmed
2 tbsp olive oil currently plays for which
½ small pack tarragon Major League Soccer
3 garlic cloves, peeled and
bashed team?
1 lemon, cut into wedges
6 chicken thighs, skin on
Handful mint, leaves only 4. Who was the sixth wife of
LEVEL: HHHII 100g natural yoghurt
Henry VIII of England?
Method
1 Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/ 5. Where was actor Anthony
gas 6. Put the broccoli, new
potatoes and asparagus in a Hopkins born?
roasting tin and toss with 1
tbsp of the olive oil and some
seasoning. Add four tarra- 5. Wales
gon sprigs, the garlic cloves and 1/2 the lemon finely chopping the remaining tarragon (leaves
wedges. Sit the chicken thighs on top and rub only) with a few mint leaves, then stir through 4. Catherine Parr
with the remaining oil, seasoning well. the yoghurt. Season well and add a squeeze of
2 Roast in the oven for 45 to 50 minutes until lemon juice.
3. New York City FC
the chicken is cooked and the vegetables are 4 Bring to the table with the yoghurt dressing 2. Clyde
tender. and remaining lemon wedges, and let people
3 Meanwhile, make the yoghurt dressing by help themselves. 1. Four
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l New Beit Al Quran calendar features top Scottish artist’s work

A journey
n A view of the city of Acre
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through
Palestine...
By FERAS AHMEDI

PAINTINGS that illus-

trate life in 19th Century
n Prayer in the Mosque of Omar,
Jerusalem, 1840, with the Dome of
the Rock in the background

Palestine are depicted

in an annual calendar,
which is being sold to
support a Bahraini muse-
um dedicated to ancient
Islamic texts.
The calendars, titled A
Journey Through Palestine,
have been issued by Beit Al
Quran, Manama.
They feature artworks by
famous Scottish artist Da-
vid Roberts, who completed
the sketches and etchings
during his visit to the region
between 1838 and 1840.
“He began sketching
landscapes in Europe, but
was later told to move to
the east and create the great
work that you see here in
this calendar,” museum di- n The artist pictured in
rector Ashraf Al Ansari told 1844 by Hill and Adamson
photography studio in
the GDN. Edinburgh, Scotland
Considered to be some
of the artist’s
most popular n Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem,
1839
work, the co-
loured sketch-
es featured in
the calendar
capture the es-
sence of life in
the holy land
180 years ago.
They in-
clude land-
marks such
as the Dome
of the Rock
in Jerusalem,
Jacob’s Well
in Nablus and
Church of
Saint Joseph
in Nazareth.
It is Beit Al n A view of the city of
Quran’s way Tiberias, 1839
of bringing at-
tention to the
Palestinian cause. “They (Palestine) have a er to fill it with culture which versary next year, having been “They support us through Two versions of the new
“We filtered all of his problem that still has not been people can have in their own officially opened in 1990 by buying the calendar, which calendar are available, a wall
work to show only his work solved.” homes,” explained Mr Al An- late Amir His Highness Shaikh helps us continue our journey calendar and a desk calendar
on Palestine,” said Mr Al The illustrations come from sari. Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa. of spreading Islamic culture in costing BD2 each.
Ansari. the collection of Beit Al Quran Proceeds from sale of calen- “The support we get from our country.” New Year greeting cards
“We chose this theme be- founder Dr Abdullatif Jassim dars will help fund programmes organisations, the govern- The museum showcas- will also be available, priced
cause we wanted people to Kanoo. of Beit Al Quran, whose name ment, banks and so on is what es rare and ancient Quranic at 400 fils.
remember this country still “We do not make this calen- means “Home of the Quran”. keeps this place running,” re- manuscripts and other Islamic Contact Beit Al Quran on
exists. dar just to fill a void, but rath- It is celebrating its 28th anni- vealed Mr Al Ansari. items. 17290101 to order a calendar.
10 Gulf Daily News Sunday, 3rd December 2017
CINECO (CITY CENTRE): 20 SCREENS
1) Daddy’s Home 2 (PG-15) (Comedy)
Starring: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg and
Mel Gibson
Shows at 10.30am, 12.45pm, 3pm,
5.15pm, 7.30pm, 9.45pm and midnight
Shows at (VIP I): 11.45am, 2pm, 4.15pm,
6.30pm, 8.45pm and 11pm
2) Paddington 2 (PG) (Adventure/
Comedy/Family)
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins
and Hugh Grant
Shows at (Imax 2D): 12.15pm, 5.15pm
and 10.15pm
Shows at: 11.30am, 1.45pm, 4pm,
6.15pm, 8.30pm and 10.45pm
3) The Mountain Between Us (PG-13)
(Thriller/Drama/Romantic)
Starring: Idris Elba, Kate Winslet and
Beau Bridges
Shows at 12.15pm, 2.30pm, 4.45pm,
7pm, 9.15pm and 11.30pm
4) Act Of Vengeance (15+) (Action/Crime)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Cristina
Serafini and Atanas Srebrev
Shows at 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm,
9pm and 11pm
5) Better Watchout (18+) (Horror/
Thriller/Crime)
Starring: Patrick Warburton, Virgina
Madsen and Olivia Dejonge
Shows at 10.45am, 12.45pm, 2.45pm,
4.45pm, 6.45pm, 8.45pm and 10.45pm
6) S.M.A.R.T Chase (PG-15) (Action/
Adventure/Crime)
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Simon Yam and
Lynn Hung
Shows at 11.30am, 3.30pm, 7.30pm and
11.30pm
7) Justice League (PG-13) (Action/
Adventure)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill and
Gal Gadot
Shows at (Imax 3D): 2.30pm and 7.30pm
Shows at 12.30pm, 3.15pm, 6pm, 8.45pm
and 11.30pm
Shows at (VIP I): noon, 2.45pm, 5.30pm,
8.15pm and 11pm
8) Coco + Olaf’s Frozen Adventure (PG)
(Animation/Adventure/Comedy)
Starring: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia
Bernal and Benjamin Bratt
Shows at 12.45pm, 3.30pm, 6.15pm, 9pm
and 11.45pm
9) Murder On Orient Express (PG-15)
(Crime/Thriller)
Starring: Daisy Ridley, Johnny Depp and
Michelle Pfeiffer
Shows at 11am, 1.30pm, 4pm, 6.30pm,
9pm and 11.30pm
10) Wonder (PG-13) (Drama/Family)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Jacob Tremblay
and Owen Wilson
Shows at 11.30am, 1.45pm, 4pm,
6.15pm, 8.30pm and 10.45pm
11) Thor, Ragnarok (PG-15) (Action/
Adventure)
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tom
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and 8.30pm
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and Gal Gadot
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and Michelle Pfeiffer
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7pm, 9.30pm and midnight
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Tremblay and Owen Wilson
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6pm, 8.15pm and 10.30pm
8) Thor, Ragnarok (PG-15) (Action/
Adventure)
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tom
Hiddleston and Mark Ruffalo
Shows at 12.45pm, 3.30pm, 6.15pm,
9pm and 11.45pm
9) A Bad Mom’s Christmas (18+)
(Comedy)
Starring: Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and 6) Jawaan (Telugu)
Kathryn Hahn
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10) Annadurai (Tamil) 2) Paddington 2 (PG) (Adventure/
Starring: Vijay Antony, Diana Comedy/Family)
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and Mel Gibson Shows at 12.30pm, 2.45pm, 5pm and
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Starring: Cinda Adams, Bob Barlen 6.30pm and 8.45pm 2) Paddington 2 (PG) (Adventure/
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3) The Mountain Between Us (PG-13)
Starring: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg (Thriller/Drama/Romantic)
(Thriller/Drama/Romantic)
and Mel Gibson Starring: Idris Elba, Kate Winslet and Starring: Idris Elba, Kate Winslet and
Shows at 12.15pm, 2.30pm, 4.45pm, Beau Bridges Beau Bridges
7pm, 9.15pm and 11.30pm Shows at noon, 2.15pm, 4.30pm, Shows at 11.45am, 2pm, 4.15pm,
2) Firangi (PG-13) (Hindi/Comedy/ 6.45pm and 9pm 6.30pm, 8.45pm and 11pm
Romantic/Drama) 4) Act Of Vengeance (15+) (Action/ 4) Act Of Vengeance (15+) (Action/
Starring: Kapil Sharma, Ishita Dutta Crime) Crime)
and Monica Gill Starring: Antonio Banderas, Cristina Starring: Antonio Banderas, Cristina
Shows at 11.30am, 2.30pm, 5.30pm, Serafini and Atanas Srebrev Serafini, Atanas Srebrev
8.30pm and 11.30pm Shows at 1.30pm, 5.30pm and Shows at 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3.30pm,
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Starring: Orlando Bloom, Simon Yam
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Shows at 11am, 3.30pm, and
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Women engineers honoured

n Shaikh Khalid with other dignitaries at the event

More than 80 leading women engineers were hon- on the occasion.

oured last night for their outstanding achievements in
various fields.
Deputy Premier Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa
attended, on behalf of Her royal Highness Princess Sabeeka
bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, wife of His Majesty King Hamad
and Supreme Council for Women (SCW) president, the
official ceremony of Bahraini Women’s Day 2017 at the
Arcapita headquarters in Bahrain Bay.
Present were parliament chairman Ahmed Al Mulla, Shura
Council chairman Ali Saleh Al Saleh, senior officials and
guests.
Shaikh Khalid, who is also chairman of the High
Supervisory Committee for Bahraini Women’s Day
2017, congratulated the leadership and Princess Sabeeka
Winners of a competition on the best design for a
monument embodying Bahraini women’s advancement
march, launched by SCW in co-operation with the Bahrain
Authority for Culture and Antiquities, were also honoured.
Shaikh Khalid praised Princess Sabeeka’s directives to
promote Bahraini Women’s Day as a work programme and
an annual activity to assess women’s status and boost their
development in all fields.
Capital Governor Shaikh Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al
Khalifa saluted Bahraini women in the engineering sector
for their competence, hailing the kingdom’s dedication and
years-long efforts to empower women to integrate into all
fields and assume leading positions in the public and private
sectors. n An engineer is being honoured at the event

n The Friday congregation at St Christopher’s Cathedral, Manama was treated to a special

Advent presentation sung by an international choral group of members from the cathedral under
the direction of Sharon Craggs. The event also featured a dance performed by ballet teacher
Saskia Cox-Milne, who interpreted the experience of Mary receiving the extraordinary news that
she was to be the mother of Jesus. Above, Ms Cox-Milne as Mary. Right, Graham Roberts giving
a strong lead and, below, a section of the choral group.
12 Gulf Daily News Sunday, 3rd December 2017 WEEKLY FOCUS Advertising feature by STEPHANIE SUTCLIFFE Advertising featu

Magical Christmas at
Four Seasons Hotel
I mmerse yourself in the
festive wonderland at
Four Seasons Hotel
Bahrain Bay and discover an
array of treats complimented
by glorious holiday décor in
the grand lobby, which fea-
tures a handmade chocolate
Christmas tree.
Discover homemade
chocolate truffles, mince pies,
gingerbread and more at the
Magical Christmas Market from
December 6 to 31, every day
from 11am to 7pm.
Located in the Lobby Alcove,
guests will find festive cookies,
honey-glazed turkey-to-go and
the signature yule log cake
straight from the hotel kitchen.
Take the stress out of cooking
and treat your family to a
signature Four Seasons feast,
with turkey-to-go available for
home delivery or pick-up until
December 31.
Choose from turkey-to-
go which includes chestnut
stuffing, turkey sauce, cranberry
n The Four Seasons
Hotel Bahrain Bay
To order call 17115500.
Throughout December, enjoy
a lavish Festive Afternoon Tea
featuring a host of seasonal
treats including mouth-water-
ing honey-glazed turkey and
smoked salmon sandwiches, as
well as freshly baked ginger-
bread spiced cookies.
The Festive Afternoon Tea
will be served every daily
between 3pm
and 9pm at Bay
View Lounge
until January
1, priced at
Christmas Eve four-course
dinner followed by dinner on
Christmas Day.
Dinner will be served from
7pm to 11pm priced at BD45++
BD15++ per and a la carte is available.
person or Reservations are required, so n The breath-taking view from CUT by Wolfg
BD28++ for two call 17115044.
people. Celebrate an enchanted erages and BD34++ for a full in the Kids For All Seasons
Delight in a Christmas Day at the brunch beverage package. club, where they can enhance
Christmas Eve hosted by Bahrain Bay Kitchen An array of activities have their DIY skills and participate
feast at Bahrain from 1pm to 4pm, priced at been organised for younger fam- in drawing competitions, face
Bay Kitchen, BD35++ with soft beverages ily members this festive season painting and more.
while enjoying and BD45++ with a full bever- at the Kids For All Seasons kids For those with a sweet tooth,
the heart-warm- age package. camp. the chefs at the Wolfgang Puck
ing sounds Feast on traditional gastro- Open daily between 9am and restaurants have prepared a
of Carollers nomic delights, while enjoying 6pm on weekdays and 9am and sweet surprise and lavish meal
on December 24 from 7pm to the festive tunes of carol singers 8.30pm on weekends, children for December 16 and 17 at CUT
midnight. and vibrant entertainment by aged between four and 12 years and re/Asian Cuisine.
Indulge your taste-buds with a live band. Children will also old can enjoy gingerbread house
succulent roast turkey complete have a visit and receive gifts making, candy hunts and more.
with all the trimmings and from Santa Claus. Meanwhile, celebrate Bahrain
festive sweet treats for BD35++ Meanwhile, CUT by Wolf- National Day on December 16
with soft beverages and gang Puck will host a lavish with a mouth-watering brunch
BD45++ with a full beverage American brunch featuring menu at Bahrain Bay Kitchen
package. traditional festive dishes from from 12.30pm to 3.30pm.
CUT by Wolfgang Puck 12.30pm to 3.30pm, priced at Younger family members will
will also host an unforgettable BD24++ including soft bev- enjoy National Day celebrations

Sarah lines up smart winter

chutney, mashed potato, Brussel
sprouts and carrots for eight
people for BD80++ or roast beef
with mashed potato, roasted
vegetables and rosemary sauce

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for BD20++ per kilo.
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S arah, known for its sensuous yet

affordable lingerie, launches its
festive Autumn/Winter 2017 col-
lection featuring a range of decorative,
detailed pieces.
It’s amazing how a woman’s self-es-
teem, perception of beauty and sensuali-
ty change with the right inner wear.
Sarah’s invigorated winter collection
delivers, with its very attractive range,
the essence of feminine identity.
Sophisticated bras come with lace
back features and pretty picot trims.
A touch of provocation, with highly
detailed, strappy party pieces that have
a modern classic feel, available in both
regular and curve ranges.
A variety of undergarments are
available, giving a complete look for the
party season.
Be naughty and nice with floral prints
in red and black in both regular and
curves.
Choose from a range of nine items
that include a camisole and shorts, mak- n Arctic ... stay warm
ing a full set – and the perfect holiday
this holiday season
gift.
Meanwhile, the palette remains fash-
ion savvy, with the con-
tinuation of deep blues
and the introduction of
statement colours like
dark green and charcoal.
Sophistication is
crucial, keeping these
touches quiet as if barely
there. Sarah’s Winter
2017 collection combines
artistry and femininity
with lace bralettes and
slip dresses, which feel
exactly how they look –
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Walk a bit taller, add a
bit more sway and bring
on the sass in your step.
It’s exactly what wom- n Caribou ... comfort meets style with
en want. the Autumn/Winter 2017 collection
for choco
A totAl of 60 local and interna-
tional exhibitors will take part in
the Bahrain Chocolate and Coffee
Exhibition at Bahrain Interna-
tional Exhibition and Convention
Centre from December 7 to 9.
organised by Badayat, the
event will be held under the pa-
tronage of Bahrain tourism and
Exhibitions Authority (BtEA)
chief executive Shaikh Khalid bin
Humood Al Khalifa.
According to Bedayat chief
executive officer Yasmin Jamal,
exhibition participants are mainly
from Bahrain, as well as the UAE,
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Tur-
key, Azerbaijan, the UK, France
and the US.
“the overwhelming success
of the first edition last December
engaged more than 15,000 visitors
and 51 participants. therefore,
with a cute onesie
this year looks to double this num-
ber to at least 30,000 visitors and
100 exhibitors,” said Ms Jamal.
She added that the exhibition
gathers all interested individuals
including chocolatiers and entre-
preneurs, and benefits them with
new investment opportunities in
the chocolate and coffee industry.
the exhibition opens their eyes
to the best chocolate products, ser-
vices and equipment of regional
and international manufacturers
and suppliers.
Furthermore, chocolate makers
and interested investors will gain
an ideal platform to strengthen
their productive partnerships and
business relationships and explore
new horizons in the chocolate
industry and trade.
last year’s event saw Industry,
Commerce and tourism Minister
Zayed Al Zayani attend, where
he paid tribute to the dedicated
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Forum to shed light on value-added tax

gang Puck
Additionally, indulge on
this special day at Bay View
Lounge, while enjoying scrump-
tious Bahraini inspired Arabic
MANAMA: Keypoint, a Bahrain-based val-
ue-added tax (VAT) specialist, is hosting
a full-day “VAT chat” on Tuesday, less
than a month before VAT is introduced in
Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The event to be held at the Downtown
Rotana in Manama, will start at 9am and
end at 4.30pm.
Mubeen Khadir, who heads Keypoint’s
tax practice, welcomed the opportuni-
ty to update key decision makers from
businesses across the GCC on recent leg-
islative developments, such as the final
release last week of the UAE’s executive
regulations.
“We are still talking to businesses in
Saudi Arabia and the UAE who have not
yet started to prepare their people, their
systems and their technology for VAT,”
Mr Khadir said.
“However, although we are now very
late in the day, there are still strategies
that companies can adopt that will at least
mitigate some of the challenges of VAT
and – importantly – lay the foundations
for VAT compliance, albeit not making
them fully compliant by January 1, 2018.
The Keypoint seminar, which has met
with significant demand, has been devel-
oped as a modular programme with panel
discussions and sector-focused workshops
led by senior members of Keypoint’s spe-
cialist VAT team.
George Campbell, an associate director
in Keypoint’s VAT practice and one of
the very few chartered tax advisers in
the GCC, welcomed the opportunity to
highlight his team’s deep and broad VAT
expertise.
“As we move quickly towards January
1, it is important that businesses learn
not just from the mistakes of others – but
from the successes of others.
“That is one of the reasons we
have built two panel discussions into
our VAT chat.
“The opportunity to learn from key
decision makers who are going – or have
been – through the implementation pro-
cess will be welcomed by many.”
Sector-specific workshops on import
and export industries (including retail),
major projects (focused on the oil &
gas and real estate & construction sec-
tors) and financial services (featuring
banking and insurance) cover many of
the GCC’s industries that will be most
significantly affected by VAT – due to
be introduced in Saudi Arabia and the
UAE on January 1.

VIVA network upgrade to

dessert buffet on December 16
from 3pm to 9pm for BD8++.
Four Seasons Bahrain Bay
will illuminate in sparkling red
and white lights from 6pm on
December 16. Call 17115500
for further information.

improve online experience

ing last year’s exhibition
MANAMA: VIVA Bahrain has achieved
another network breakthrough with the
successful deployment of the world’s first
Intelligent Routing Platform (IRP) powered by
Noction – the leading international provider of
network routing software.
The upgrade looks to enhance VIVA custom-
ers’ online experience by instantly screening
thousands of Internet destinations and intelli-
gently rerouting inbound and outbound Internet
and speed consistency, as well as other important
factors such as capacity, current usage and histor-
ical reliability of the routes.
Following the real-time scan, Internet traffic
is immediately routed through the best-identified
path, bypassing congestion and outages, enhanc-
ing user experience on latency-sensitive appli-
cations such as e-commerce, VoIP and media
streaming, and minimising network downtime.
The solution also provides comprehensive
Al Wetaid.
“We’re very proud of marking this break-
through with Noction; an international tech-
nology provider that not only shares the same
values and high-quality standards as VIVA, but
also caters to the customer-centric, digitally-led
direction that VIVA’s focusing on.”
The Noction-powered solution comes as a
second layer upgrade to VIVA’s new Customer
Excellence Centre, which is equipped with real-

ors sign up
traffic based on quality-focused metrics in a
matter of seconds.
The new system is designed to optimise the
Internet’s standardised Boarder Gateway Protocol
analytics as well as real-time insights, allowing
VIVA to identify routing anomalies and continu-
ously improve customer experience.
“Lately, we’ve been strengthening our core
time dashboards that detect degradations in ser-
vices even when there’s no technical fault in the
network. VIVA has also recently deployed the
world’s first One Cloud core network, which

olate expo
(BGP) decision-making process. It works by first
examining all available Internet routes for critical
network performance indicators such as latency
operations with infrastructural upgrades that aim
to empower our network capabilities and truly aims at paving the way for a cloud-based future
take our customer experience to new heights,” and bringing Bahrain one step closer to imple-
said VIVA Bahrain chief executive Ulaiyan menting the latest generation network. n Mr Al Wetaid

efforts.
Additionally, the first edition
was visited by VIPs, delegations,
officials and business people.
Ms Jamal said this year the
Chocolate and Coffee Exhibition
will feature industry-related train-
ing sessions to enhance expertise
and skills of Bahrainis in the field
and support national efforts to
promote the hospitality sector in
Bahrain.
She added that the industry and
trade of chocolate in Bahrain is
very popular.
“The Bahrain Chocolate and
Coffee exhibition not only works
to collect manufacturers and trad-
ers under one roof, but we aim to
establish an integrated plat-
form for the development of all
elements of this sector, including
human resources,” she said.
“Over the past two years with
our chocolate and coffee makers,
we have seen opportunities to
raise the presence of Bahrainis
Ithmaar Bank unveils first
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launched a new Sharia-compliant needs of the affluent traveller seg- minimum repayment of only five
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Mastercard, a leading technology “The card reflects our com- within 25 days from the statement
company in the global payments mitment to creating tailored date, and immediate access to
industry. payment solutions that address Mastercard-enabled Automated
The pioneering Ithmaar Bank the evolving needs of our card- Teller Machines (ATMs) around
World Credit Card, the country’s holders in the market,” said the world. In addition, Ithmaar
first contactless offering, is a result Pankaj Kathuria, area business Bank will also provide free sup-
of the bank’s continuous commit- head, Northern Gulf, plementary cards to
ment to listen to, and deliver on, Mastercard. immediate family
customer expectations, it said. “The card is pow- members of the prima-
“Ithmaar Bank is determined ered by secure encryp- ry cardholder.
“What if we don’t change at all ... and to become the region’s premier tion technology that An additional
something magical just happens?” Islamic retail bank,” said Ithmaar consists of an embed- layer of security is
Bank chief executive Ahmed ded computer chip embedded in the new

Greece bailout deal

in this field, not only as workers
but as business owners, either by
launching their own brands or
by getting brand agencies global
trade.”
She added that the Bahrain
Chocolate and Coffee Exhibition
is a vital sector that is promising
to generate jobs that attract citi-
zens and meet the government’s
keenness to diversify national
income sources.
Ms Jamal called upon all
employees and those interested in
the chocolate and coffee industry
to attend these training sessions,
in order to contribute and develop
their careers, as well as identify
new horizons.
Visit www.chocoandcoffeeexpo.
com for further information.
ATHENS: Greece and official
creditors yesterday concluded
talks on the review of its bail-
out progress, reaching agree-
ment on fiscal issues, energy
and labour market reforms,
bad loans and privatisations,
the country’s finance minister
said.
A deal between Greek offi-
cials and European Union and
International Monetary Fund
representatives on the country’s
compliance with reforms and
future commitments must be
approved by euro zone finance
ministers, scheduled to meet on
December 4.
“The institutions’ visit is com-
pleted, we closed the staff level
agreement,” Finance Minister
Euclid Tsakalotos said.
“We will present the agree-
ment to Monday’s Eurogroup
meeting.”
Once concluded, the review
will release about five billion
euros in loans from Greece’s
86bn euro bailout programme,
its third since 2010.
Abdul Rahim.
“To do so, we continue to invest
heavily in developing our products
and services while also working
to be closer to our customers,”
he said.
“The Ithmaar Bank World
Credit Card allows customers to
make quick, secure payments with
just a tap of the card. The con-
tactless feature currently works at
regional and international points
of sale, and will also be available
in Bahrain shortly,” Mr Abdul
Rahim said.
“The card also offers customers
enhanced privileges, including for
example, unlimited access to over
900 airport lounges in more than
450 cities across more than 135
with an antenna that credit card with the
sends the transaction SecureCode authenti-
signal wirelessly at a cation feature that pro-
small distance with- tects the card against
out direct contact fraud using One-Time
with the reader and Password (OTP) for
the contactless device. online payment trans-
Payments can be made n Mr Abdul Rahim actions. The card also
anywhere a cardholder enables users to accu-
sees the contactless symbol on mulate Ithmaar Rewards loyal-
the terminal reader. This includes ty points with each transactions,
quick-service restaurants, con- which can be redeemed online on
venience stores, movie theatres, www.ithmaarbank.com/ithmaar-
and more,” he said. rewards to 700 airlines, 150,000
It also offers access to exclu- hotels, car rental services, cash
sive discounts through the back or donations.
Mastercard Buy 1 Get 1 appli- Customers can earn one
cation that includes dining, spas, Ithmaar Rewards loyalty point
entertainment and more offers, for every BD0.750 spent on pur-
free Life Takaful insurance from chases while using their card.
14 Gulf Daily News Sunday, 3rd December 2017
 Gulf Daily News Sunday, 3rd December 2017 15

Global industry leaders to gather for WIBC 2017

MANAMA: The 24th edition of World
Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC),
the largest gathering of Islamic bank-
ing and finance leaders in the world,
begins in Bahrain tomorrow.
The three-day forum, under the
patronage of His Royal Highness Prime
Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al
Khalifa, is being organised by Middle
East Global Advisors – a leading finan-
cial intelligence platform facilitating
the development of knowledge-based
economies in the MENASEA mar-
kets, in strategic partnership with the
Central Bank of Bahrain, at the ART
Rotana Hotel in Amwaj Islands.
The theme for WIBC 2017 “Drivers
of Economic Growth & Risks:
through the complexities of the global
financial system.
CBB Governor Rasheed Al Maraj
will inaugurate the conference and give
the keynote address.
Other keynote speakers are Alex
Tapscott, chief executive of NextBlock
Global, co-author of Blockchain
Revolution and founding member,
IMF’s high-level advisory group on
fintech, Taliya Minullina, CEO of the
Tatarstan Investment Development
Agency and member of the Investment
Council of the Republic of Tatarstan,
n Dignitaries and officials at the 23rd WIBC and Xen Baynham-Herd, head of strat-
with the conference’s vision to serve over 1,300 global industry leaders, pol- egy and lead economist – Blockchain.
as a compass for the global Islamic icy makers, innovators and stakehold- Delegates can also look for-
finance and banking industry, and is ers, all focused on generating break- ward to networking and connecting
industry players.
Key features for WIBC 2017 include
a conversation with distinguished
Islamic finance veteran Adnan Ahmed
Yousif, chief executive and president,
Al Baraka Banking Group on the
future course of the Islamic economy;
An interview with renowned Sharia
scholar Sheikh Nizam Yaquby on cen-
tralised Sharia boards, Sharia stand-
ardisation and fostering new genera-
tion of Sharia experts; Digital bank-
ing-focused panel on harnessing digital
technologies to stay relevant; The CEO
Debate focused on increasing the mar-
ket share and geographical footprint of
Islamic banks; The Regulations Power-
Table on fostering synergies among

Robust economy ‘led by

Policymakers & Regulators”, is in line
expected to draw participation from through insights that help navigate on a one-to-one basis with leading regulators, standard setters and global
financial regularities authori-
ties to further Islamic finance;
Panel discussions focusing on
dynamic capital markets, sus-
tainable, equitable and inclusive
growth, potential of disruptive
technologies, new horizons for

strong banking system’

Islamic finance, ESG, VAT,
the effect of the recent global
economic and political develop-
ments and more.
The 24th WIBC will also see
the launch of two major finan-
cial intelligence reports from
Thomson Reuters: The Islamic
Finance Development Report &
MANAMA: Bahrain’s economy is robust – supported business environment and financial stability. “It is also important to note that despite the lower con- The Islamic Commercial Law
by a strong banking system, declared the Central Bank “The International Monetary Fund also endorsed this tribution of the oil sector in Bahrain’s economy to 20pc, Report 2018, arming the indus-
of Bahrain (CBB) yesterday. policy in its Article IV review of the economy of Bahrain.” oil revenue is still the main source of income in the state try with critical insights going
The economy outperformed expectations this year, The CBB statement pointed out that overall economic budget, which provides continuous foreign exchange reve- forward.
despite lower oil prices and subdued regional growth, it growth in Bahrain posted an annual rate of 3.4 per cent for nues that can meet the cost of imports, financial transfers Delegates can also stay
said. the first half of the year, which was an improvement on and remittances. abreast of the latest updates on
The central bank was responding to Standard and Poor’s 3.2pc growth posted during last year. The CBB said Bahrain’s financial sector has performed the programme, network and
Global Ratings lowering Bahrain’s long-term foreign and The non-oil sector also posted a growth rate of 4.7pc in well over the years and the recent results of the banking connect with other delegates
local currency sovereign credit ratings to ‘B+’ from “BB-’. the first half of 2017 compared to 4pc in 2016. sector reflect its strong liquidity and capitalisation. and speakers through Direct
The ratings agency said the downgrade reflected “This is a remarkable achievement in light of lower oil “The capital adequacy ratio of the banking sector Messaging, and engage in live
Bahrain’s weak external liquidity and increasing financial prices and subdued regional growth,” said the CBB. reached 19.8pc as of September 2017, well above the reg- interactive polling across all of
risk due to more limited access to international capital “This reflected the effectiveness of the government’s ulatory requirement. the session via WIBC’s digital
market financing. initiatives in gradually adjusting the fiscal imbalances and “Retail deposits continued to grow, reaching $45.1 bil- mobile app – Web Connect.
“In light of the recent Standard and Poor’s rating of the efforts in enhancing the overall legal, investment and lion in October 2017, increasing by almost 4.5pc compared Industry leaders will also be
Bahrain, the CBB wishes to state that Bahrain remains business environment.” to the same period in 2016. recognised for their excellence
committed to maintaining a fixed exchange rate regime The foreign direct investments also continued to grow, “Despite the current low oil price, the economy contin- through the WIBC Performance
with the US dollar,” said a CBB statement. reaching $695 million as of October 2017, compared to ues to grow with low inflation reflecting the government’s Awards 2017, the winners of
“This policy has provided a strong anchor for monetary $280m in 2016. ongoing initiatives to foster sound fiscal and economic which will be honoured at the
policy throughout the years and helped in creating a stable “This reflects the resilience of the economy. policies.” Gala Dinner on Tuesday.

Bin Faqeeh wins MEED’s ‘Real KHCB to list shares on Dubai

Estate Developer of Year Award’ bourse from December 19 MANAMA: Khaleeji Commercial Bank (KHCB) attracting more shareholders, which coincides with
has announced December 19 as the date to list its the bank’s direction towards expanding its share-
MANAMA: Bin Faqeeh said. shares on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) after holder base,” he said.
Faqeeh, a lead- “Since its incep- obtaining approvals from regulatory authorities The bank said, according to procedures adopted
ing Bahrain-based tion in 2008, Bin in Bahrain and the UAE, including the Central by DFM, the shareholders in the market must obtain
privately-owned Faqeeh has success- Bank of Bahrain, the DFM and the Securities and the investor’s number by filling out an application
real estate invest- fully established Commodities Authority. form along with all required documents approved
ment company, won itself as leaders in The listing process will be finalised during a by official authorities and submitting the appli-
special ceremony held at the DFM, in cation personally or through the elec-
MEED’s ‘Real Estate the market and the presence of bank chairman, board tronic services of the DFM or through
Developer of The gained promi- and management members, representa- licensed brokers in the market, and
Year 2017 Award’. nence regionally to tives of the authorities in the UAE, and shareholders must obtain the special
The company was become a key real media personnel. trading number through licensed inter-
selected out of 142 estate investor in A special presentation will be made mediaries.
regional firms which the Middle East. to the DFM’s brokers, introducing the For more information, shareholders
were shortlisted ear- “At the moment, bank, its services and innovative prod- can contact the Dubai Financial Market
lier in 25 award cat- we are focusing our ucts, as well as informing them of the Investor Service at 0097143055555 or
egories. efforts to create a details of its financial performance. via cutomerservice@dfm.ae.
The award aims to bright future for The DFM listing process follows the Shareholders wishing to transfer their
recognise companies the real estate mar- approval of the bank’s general assem- shares to DFM should apply for a trans-
for their contribution ket in Bahrain by bly, last March. fer from the Bahrain Bourse to the mar-
n Mr Khalfan receiving the award “Throughout its history, DFM has ket by applying to the Bahrain Clear and
to the GCC’s economic launching premium
growth and success. and unprecedented real estate projects,” played an active role in providing com- in co-ordination with their registered
n Dr Al Mutawa
Ahmed Khalfan, head of marketing at Mr Faqeeh added. panies and banks with the opportunity broker in Bahrain Bourse.
to benefit from capital market components, whether For more information, shareholders can contact
Bin Faqeeh, received the award at a cere- The judges looked at how each indi- through consortiums required to execute growth Bahrain Clear Services at 0097317108833 or via
mony held at Conrad Hotel, Dubai. vidual company has contributed to this strategies, assessing their assets in a fair and trans- registry@bahrainclear.com
“We are very proud to win this prestig- success through its business achievements, parent trading environment, or improving relations The statement also pointed out that the percent-
ious award from MEED, which emphasises environmental sustainability programmes, with the investment community, both locally and age of shares allowed to be listed on DFM does not
our role as a leading real estate develop- workforce culture, innovative practices, internationally,” KHCB chairman Dr Ahmed Khalil exceed 10 per cent of the bank’s capital. The bank’s
er in the GCC,” Bin Faqeeh Real Estate and client service in delivering the region’s Al Mutawa said. shareholders who owned or will own 5pc and more
Investment Company chairman Faisal ambitious projects programme. “This listing will doubtlessly enhance the bank’s of the bank’s capital (directly or indirectly) cannot
market value, improving liquidity of shares and trade on the DFM.
16 Gulf Daily News Sunday, 3rd December 2017

COUNTRY SELL CASH SELL DRAFT

AUSTRALIA (Dollar) 0.2946 0.2922

BANGLADESH (Taka) 0.00483 0.00457

CANADA (Dollar) 0.3042 0.3010

CHINA (Yuan) 0.0568 0.0568

DENMARK (Krone) 0.0635 -

EGYPT (Pound) 0.0241 0.0218

EUROPEAN UNION (Euro) 0.4565 0.4540

HONG KONG (Dollar) 0.04970 0.04930

INDIA (Rupee) 0.00582 0.00589

INDONESIA (Rupiah) 0.00003017 0.00002854

IRAN (Tuman) 0.00010964 -

IRAQ (Dinar) 0.000300 -

JAPAN (Yen) 0.00354 0.003470

JORDAN (Dinar) 0.5362 0.5354

KOREA (Won) 0.00039472

KUWAIT (Dinar) 1.256 1.256

MALAYSIA (Ringgit) 0.0947 0.0945

NEW ZEALAND (Dollar) 0.2646 0.2646

NORWAY (Krone) 0.0477 -

NEPAL (Rupee) 0.00395 0.00367

OMAN (Riyal) 0.98220 0.98340 n Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Budget deal deadline looms

PAKISTAN (Rupee) 0.00366 0.00357

PHILIPPINES (Peso) 0.00768 0.00752

QATAR (Riyal) 0.10386 0.10381

SAUDI ARABIA (Riyal) 0.10065 0.10071 NEW YORK: Wall Street’s ald Trump warned on Twitter ranging from increasing ten- ager at Novato, California-based
SINGAPORE (Dollar) 0.2853 0. 2833 fear of missing out on a re- that “I don’t see a deal” to keep sions in North Korea to former Hennessy Funds, said a govern-
lentless rally appears to be the government open and work FBI director’s James Comey’s ment shutdown or the tax bill
SOUTH AFRICA (Rand) 0.02890 0.02880 trumping rising political risk past December 8, although the testimony to Congress that failing would prompt a swift
in a high-stakes December in White House said on Wednes- President Trump fired him to sell-off, but that rising consum-
SRI LANKA (Rupee) 0.00283 0.00246
Washington. day it did not see such an even- undermine the agency’s Russia er confidence would ultimately
SWEDEN (Krona) 0.0482 - The ticking clock on the Re- tuality. investigation. continue to push the market
publican Party’s efforts to cut Typically, the threat of a gov- On Friday, stocks sold off higher over the next year.
SWITZERLAND (Franc) 0.3951 0.3920 corporate taxes, alongside the ernment shutdown alone would on a report that former national “If I’m looking at a 10pc cor-
SYRIA (Pound) 0.001740 0.0018 risk that the US government prompt fund managers to move security adviser Michael Flynn rection, I’m a buyer,” he said.
may shut down if a budget deal more of their assets into cash. was prepared to tell investiga- The inaction is not limited to
TAIWAN (Dollar) 0.013100 - isn’t reached by December 8, is The benchmark S&P 500 lost tors that before taking office the stock market.
increasing the levels of politi- 2.6 per cent in the eight trading Trump had directed him to make Christopher Ryon, a munici-
THAILAND (Baht) 0.011780 0.011770
cal risk for investors – but they days before the last govern- contact with Russians. Howev- pal bond fund manager at Santa
TURKEY (Lira) 0.1029 - have yet to really react. ment shutdown er, shares quick- Fe, New Mexico-based Thorn-
UK (Sterling) 0.5174 0.5144
“Right now the market is
assuming that everything will
in 2013, and
has declined WEEK AHEAD ly pared those
losses.
burg Investment Management,
said that the Republican tax
UAE (Dirham) 0.102850 0.102870
work out, but you’ve got a tre- an average of Despite his bill could reduce the size of the
mendous number of moving 0.6pc during scepticism, Or- municipal bond market by 25 to
USA (Dollar) 0.37790 0.37800 parts,” said Phil Orlando, chief government shutdowns overall, lando has yet to move more of 30pc by limiting the ability of
equity market strategist at Fed- according to LPL Financial. his assets to cash, in large part stadiums, airports and private-
For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please erated Investors in New York. Debt limit concerns are like- because corporate earnings keep ly-financed toll roads to qualify
call Bahrain Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888. Alongside the back-and- ly to be put off until 2018 as the rising and should continue to do for tax-exempt status.
forth on taxes, Wall Street will US Treasury is expected to take so even if a tax package is not At the same time, there could
be watching a December 8 ex- steps to postpone any need for signed, he said. be an increased demand for
piration date for funding need- action by Congress. If the tax bill fails, Orlando municipal bonds if residents of
ed to keep the US government Yet with the benchmark S&P said he expected the S&P 500 high-tax states are no longer
open alongside the deadline 500 up nearly 18pc for the year to fall by as much as 10pc. He able to deduct their full state
1 US$ 1 UK Stg 1 SFR 100 Yen when the US Treasury hits its to date, some portfolio manag- would be a buyer in that case, and local property taxes, leav-
Bahrain 0.3770 0.5738 0.3829 0.3385 limit on borrowing; as well as a ers see a greater risk in stepping he said, because he expected the ing tax-free municipal bonds as
Kuwait 0.2855 31.7933 0.2900 0.2564 December 12 Special US Sen- to the sidelines. Throughout S&P 500 to reach 3000 within one of the few ways wealthy in-
Oman 0.3849 0.3790 0.3909 0.3456 ate election in Alabama. the year, the stock market has the next 18 months. vestors can reduce their taxable
Qatar 3.6420 3.5859 3.6990 3.2705 On Tuesday, President Don- rallied in the face of standoffs Brian Peery, a portfolio man- incomes.
UAE 3.6730 3.6164 3.7304 3.2983 As a result, Ryon is largely
Saudi 3.7500 3.6923 3.8087 3.3675 sitting on his hands, ignoring
both lower-rated bonds that
have rallied as investors have
D reached for yield and triple A
Rates are in Bahrain Dinars 1 tola 187.000 I rated bonds that look “on the
8gm coin 22k 118.500 rich side,” he said.
8gm coin 21k 111.000
5 tola 918.000 L “There are a whole lot of
10 tola 1,816.500
1gm (24 carat) 18.500 B unintended consequences at-
2.5gm 43.500 1kg 15,536.000 tached to this legislation,”
5gm 82.500 1kg silver 224.500 E Ryon said.
10gm 161.500 1/2kg silver 123.500 R “This is going to be an inter-
20gm 319.000 esting couple of weeks where
50gm 790.500
t
$PVSUFTZ
#FY.POFZ
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T we will really see how the sau-
100gm 1,574.500 &YQSFTT
&YDIBOHF
8--
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1 ounce 493.500 17-275-275
sage gets made.”

Almoayed Wilhelmsen Taurus OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East January 8 MSC Splendida - 05 Cruise Vessel due from Cruise Vessel March 28
YM Plum OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East December 5 MSC Splendida OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East January 24 Dilmun Shipping Agency
Cape Artemisio OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East December 5 MSC Splendida OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East February 14 OOCL Poland - 010 Cosco due from MEX2 December 11
OOCL Poland OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East December 11 MSC Splendida OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East March 7 CSCL Neptune - 040 Cosco due from MEX2 December 18
CSCL Neptune OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East December 18 MSC Splendida OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East March 28 Diaporos - 01747 Emirates due from EGLX December 22
YM Pine OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East December 18 Exports from Bahrain Emirates Wafa - 01748Emirates due from EGLX December 29
Ain Snan OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East December 18 Xpress Euphrates 135OOCL to Far East China, Southeast Asia, Inter Gulf OOCL Bangkok - 021Cosco due from MEX2 January 1
YM Busan OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East December 18 December 5 Taurus - 014 Cosco due from MEX2 January 8
Diaporos OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East December 22 Alsharif Group National Shipping
YM Cosmos OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East December 25 MSC Splendida - 01 Cruise Vessel due from Cruise Vessel today YM Plum-141W YML due from CGX December 5
Emirates Wafa OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East December 29 MSC Splendida - 02 Cruise Vessel due from Cruise Vessel January 24 Cape Artemisio-004WYML due from AGX December 5
OOCL Bangkok OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East January 1 MSC Splendida - 03 Cruise Vessel due from Cruise Vessel February 14 YM Pine-136W YML due from CGX December 18
MSC Splendida OOCL/NVOCC due from Europe, US, Far East January 3 MSC Splendida - 04 Cruise Vessel due from Cruise Vessel March 7 Ain Snan-004W YML due from AGX December 18
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n The 8-and-under finalists with tournament organisers

Hashim claims title

HasHim al Toobli downed
Hussain Jalil 7-3, 6-7, 7-4
in the final to claim the
8-and-under category title of
Bahrain Tennis academy (BTa) Junior
Tennis Tournament held at Dilmun Club
in saar.
in the semi-finals, Hussain and
Hashim beat James Colkitt and ab-
dulaziz al-Betairi respectively to set the
stage for a final showdown in this tour-
nament organised by BTa.
in the play-off for third and fourth
place, James narrowly overcame ab-
dulaziz 10-8.
meanwhile, in the 10-and-under cate-
gory, eight players – Rohan mukherjee,
shikesh sonawane, ahmed Riyaan, Zayn
siddiqi, Vyom Gupta, Hamza moussa –
earned themselves a place in the follow-
ing day’s quarter-finals by topping their
respective groups.
Format
Players took part in a round-robin
format competition in four groups,
after which the top two players from
each group progressed to the quar-
ter-finals.
Players wishing to compete in the next
tournament should contact the Director
at dan@bahraintennisacademy.com or
join the Facebook group “Bahrain Junior
Tennis Players” for information about
Brave looks to
boost support
from sponsors
BRaVE Combat Federation is
implementing steps focused on
market orientation and sponsor-
ship relations leading to 2018.
During the year of opera-
tions, the international mixed
martial arts promotion based in
Bahrain has partnered with in-
ternational and domestic brands
in their flagship show.
it has also partnered with key
celebrities in the Kingdom of
Bahrain and aired in Bahrain Na-

Super Soccer ‘A’

Joseph Bromyard, Ekene ayadiuno, Ru-
upcoming tennis events.
tional Television apart from being
telecasted in 84 nations to rough-
ly 833 million house holds.
The Bahrain-based sports
media property has internation-
ally attracted a number of prop-
ositions and collaborative com-
munications for the year 2018.
The implications also result-
ed in Brave Combat Federation
strengthening diplomatic rela-
tions with athletes and initia-

bag futsal crown

tives appreciated by ambassa-
dors and diplomats.
This will result in Brave
hosting events in more geo-
graphical locations during the
year 2018 featuring internation-
al superstars.
During Brave 9: The Kingdom
of Champions, Brave Combat
Federation projected Bahraini
musicians, artists, brands and me-
dia to the global forefront.
The initiative featured prom-
inent sponsors including Coca
suPER soccer ‘a’ and min- Cola, K Hotel, mercedes Benz
istry of Youth and sports ‘a’ to name a few.
team were crowned champi-
ons of the Futsal and 3-on-3
Basketball Championships,
respectively, at the inaugural Batelco karting
team complete
Bahrain Women’s Day sports-
fest 2017 held on Friday.
some exciting and neck-and-
neck competition were staged
at um al Hassam sports Com-
plex, where young teams bat-
double victory
tled it out in two of the most B aT E l C O
popular sports in the Kingdom. team registered
in futsal, eight teams were two fine victories in the second
involved in a well-contested round of the 3-Hour Endurance
tournament, but it was super Race Karting Championship
soccer ‘a’ held at Bahrain internation-
and Tekkers n Futsal champions Super Soccer ‘A’ team with officials at the awarding ceremony al Karting Circuit (BiKC) in
who made sakhir yesterday.
it to the ti- Batelco came first in the
tle decider. General Classification category
The game ahead of second-placed Go Go-
was a thrill- saibi and third-placed ithmar
ing affair Bank.
between the Completing Batelco team’s
two sides, double glory was their victory
and eventu- in the Professionals category,
ally it was beating Zain Racing 1 and ice
super soc- Racing, who finished second
cer ‘a’ who n Bahrain Olympic Committee board members and third, respectively.
e m e r g e d Bader Nasser and Shaikha Hayat honour the best in the National Teams cat-
victors 3-2. players of the futsal tournament egory, Go Gosaibi reigned su-
Hajer al ansari was declared followed by the quarter-finals n 3-on-3 basketball winners, the Ministry of Youth, and Sports ‘A’ team preme beating runners-up Zain
top scorer, Dana al Noor was and semi-finals. by ‘Out of the Box’ and under cials, presented trophies and oth- she also noted the contribu- Racing 2 and Beesa Racing.
the best goalkeeper, while The ministry of Youth and the patronage of shaikha Ha- er awards to the winning, in addi- tions of Her Royal Highness
sama amjad was the best over- Sports ‘A’ made it to the final after yat bint abdulaziz al Khalifa, tion to individual prizes winners. Princess sabeeka bint ibrahim Victorious
all player. all three received in- a tough 9-7 win over alba, while board member of the Bahrain shaikha Hayat congratulat- al Khalifa, wife of His majesty ithmaar Bank dominated the
dividual prizes. ministry of Youth and sports ‘a’ Olympic Committee (BOC) ed Bahrain women they have the King and Chairwoman of Companies category with Red
The 3-on-3 basketball was team defeated its ‘C’ team 8-5 and chairwoman of Women’s achievements over the past the supreme Council for Wom- Lion Racing 2 finishing second
also well contested with more to set-up the title clash. In the fi- sport Committee, and with the years, thanks to the continued an, and thanked ‘Out of the and Redline third.
than 12 teams vying for the nal, the ‘a’ team defeated the ‘B’ full support of BOC. support of His majesty King Box’ for its remarkable efforts Twenty-one teams took part
crown. The teams were divid- squad 9-7 to lift the trophy. shaikha Hayat, along with Hamad and the kingdom’s gov- in bringing this event in co-op- in the race that lasted three
ed into four groups, which was The event was organized festival organisers and other offi- ernment. eration with BOC. hours.
The first round was held on

National Swimming Day Championship set

The Bahrain Swimming Federa-
tion is organising the 7th National
Swimming Day Championship under the patron-
age of BSF president Shaikh Mohammed bin
Ibrahim Al Khalifa from December 15 to 16.
The two-day event will take place at Khalifa
Sports City in Isa Town and marks Bahrain’s
National Day and his Majesty King hamad’s
accession day.
Shaikh Mohammed praised the efforts of the
Organizing Committee of the championship,
stressing that the continuous work and commit-
Nov 4, while the third is set for
Feb 9 next year.
shaikh mohammed bin sal-
man al Khalifa awarded tro-
phies to the winners.
ment will ultimately lead to the success of the event he pointed out that the Organising Committee He praised the high level of
at all levels. has invited teams from Bahrain and other GCC organisation of the champion-
Meanwhile, the Organising Committee an- countries to take part. ship and the strong competition
nounced the programmes of the championship, Al Malki noted that the event will be open to wishing all teams and karters
which will cover five age groups – 10 years, 11 to citizens and expats alike, and welcomed all to success in future races.
12 years, 13 to 14 years, 15 to 17 years, and adults participate. shaikh mohammed also
from 18 years and above. Al Maliki said the technical committee has lauded the efforts of the Bah-
On his part, member of the Board of Directors approved the programme for the competition, rain motorsports association
of the Bahrain Olympic Committee and director of which features morning and evening sessions, and as well as the chairman of the
the tournament Omar Al Malki said the associ- includes various competitions – including 100m, international Karting Commit-
ation is fully prepared to organise the seventh 200m and 50m meters freestyle, backstroke and tee’s Board of Directors, shaikh
National Day of International Championship. breaststroke. abdullah bin isa al Khalifa.
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Esa triumphs in showjumping event second round

alI Esa claimed
the grand prize in
the second round
of the Bahrain
Equestrian and Endurance Fed-
eration (BREEF) Showjumping
Championship held at the Mili-
tary Federation arena.
Esa dominated the round
which featured obstacles of
125m in height, clocking 53.93
seconds in this championship
held under the patronage of Su-
preme Council for Environment
vice president, and Bahrain Roy-
al Equestrian and Endurance
Federation president Shaikh
Faisal bin Rashid al Khalifa.
Finishing second was ahmed
Mansour, who completed the
main event in less time (47.47
seconds), but committed four
faults.
ahmed akbar came third in n The winners show their trophies. Right, a rider attempts to clear the fence
53.45 seconds and fourth place Meanwhile, Eiad ahmed letes, picking up 44 points at a ond in 43.13 seconds with an rounded out the podium placers Elsewhere, Fadel al Hadad
went to Basil al Dosari who was bagged the title of the fourth time of 42.55 seconds. equal number of points with with 44 points also, but at 48.55 won the third competition for

HAYA BOSA
almost one second behind akbar. competition for advanced ath- Nidal abdulnabi came sec- the winner, while ahmed Esa seconds. amateur athletes.

ON TOP
n Participants suspend themselves in the air. Below, Bahrain’s Fatima Al
Khalifa in action in the Freestyle category. Pictures – MAHMOOD AL SALEH

Haya Bosa shone brightest Dennis Praet from Belgium,

at the start of Flight Fight-
ers 2017 Indoor Skydiving
competition yesterday at
Gravity Indoor Skydiving
wind tunnel.
World champions in 4-Way
FS aa, Haya Bosa took a two-
point lead against Weembi
High Rollers at the end of the
first day rounds of this two-day
international event.
Making up Haya Bosa team
are David Grauwels, andy
Grauwels, Jeroen Nollet and
while Julien Degen, Guillaume
Bernier, Mathieu Bernier and
Roy Janssen of France form the
Weembi High Rollers side.
In the 4-Way aa category,
Bahrain 1 team were in the lead
by 26 points, while in 4-Way
VFS, SDC Core were on top. In
the 4-Way Dynamic, Windoor
and Fire Meets Gravity were in
tight battle.
In 2-Way Dynamic, Win-
door were in the lead, while in
Freestyle & Solo Speed, Junior
Freestyle champion Kyra Poh
stole the spotlight with a fantas-
tic performance and freestyle
routine that put her in the lead.
The atmosphere during the
competition on the first day was
very enjoyable, filled with a fun
spirit.
Flight Fighters is witnessing
a great number of spectators
taking enjoyment in watching
the variety of performances by
the competitors, anticipating
the finals which take place to-
day.
More than 60 male and female
athletes from around the world
are taking part in the event,
which comes as part of Gravity’s
preparations to host the third FaI
World Cup of Indoor Skydiving
in October next year.
Sports enthusiasts are en-
couraged to attend the sporting
event, which is open to all for
free.

Ministry win
DEFENDING champions
Ministry of Works and Munici-
palities will take on alba as the
Companies and Establishments
Football league 2017-2018 season kicks
off today at 5.30pm at Bapco Club in
awali.
a total of eight teams – Garmco, Kah-
rama, Bapco, Gulf air, Tatweer, Ministry
of Works and Municipalities, Bapco and
GPIC – are competing this year.
n Gulf Diwaniya receive the trophy
Gulf Diwaniya bag title
Gulf Diwaniya defeated KMCC Bah-
rain 25-19, 21-25, 25-22, 21-25, 15-8 to
win the title of the BKS-Optima Inter-
national Volleyball Tournament held at
BKS Open ground on friday.
The win earned Gulf Diwaniya a cash prize
of $3,000, while KMCC Bahrain took $1,500
as runners-up prize.
Individual awards were also given by organ-
isers such as Best Striker (Vipin George, Gulf
Diwaniya), Best Setter (Jayalal,Arabco, Saudi),
Best libero (Ratheesh, Arabco, Saudi) and
Player of the Match (Ajithlal, Gulf Diwaniya).
The tournament’s sponsors are Optima
(Title Sponsor), Gulf Diwaniya Hotel Group,
KMCC, Gulf fencing, BMMI and Yummi Ice
Cream.
Samajam general secretary N K Veeramani
thanked guests, sponsors and spectators to
the tournament.
22 WORLD SPORT

Arsenal go down
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Barcelona and
Real held by
gutsy rivals
MADRID: Real Madrid

to gallant United
LONDON: Manchester Unit-
ed held on with 10 men after
Paul Pogba’s late dismissal to
beat Arsenal 3-1 in a pulsating
game yesterday at the Emirates Sta-
dium on a day when Liverpool and
Chelsea also kept up the heat on Pre-
mier League leaders Manchester City.
With Pep Guardiola’s free-flowing side
not in action until today, second-placed
United closed the gap at the top to five
points with a thrilling display that belied
manager Jose Mourinho’s reputation as
overly defensive away from home.
While goals from Antonio Valencia
and Jesse Lingard inside 11 minutes, and
a further second-half strike from Ling-
ard, showed United at their best, Pogba’s
crude ‘studs-up’ lunge at Hector Bellerin
revealed another side in the 75th minute.
The Frenchman deservedly received
a straight red card and will miss three
games, including next week’s derby
against City.
Until Pogba’s dismissal, everything
had looked perfect for United, for whom
David De Gea was outstanding and was
beaten only by Alexandre Lacazette just
after the interval.
Liverpool took advantage of Arsenal’s
first home Premier League defeat in 13
games to move fourth after thumping
Brighton & Hove Albion 5-1. Juergen
Klopp’s side have now scored 15 goals
in four away games in all competitions.
The German made even more changes
than his team scored goals, leaving out
six of the side who beat Stoke City 3-0
in midweek.
Liverpool were not weakened and
after stand-in centre half Emre Can put
them ahead with a bullet header, Rober-
to Firmino hit a double, Philippe Coutin-
ho scored from a free kick and Brigh-
ton’s Lewis Dunk headed into his own
net. With the visitors three up, Glenn
Murray’s 51st-minute penalty was not
enough to spark Liverpool’s usual de-
fensive jitters.
Earlier, Chelsea came from behind
to sweep past Newcastle United 3-1 at
Stamford Bridge.
After Dwight Gayle gave Newcas-
tle the lead, Belgium’s Eden Hazard
produced nine shots, six on target, and
remain eight points
adrift of Barcelona at the
top of La Liga after fail-
ing to break down Athletic Bilbao
in a 0-0 stalemate early this morn-
ing as captain Sergio Ramos saw
the 24th red card of his career.
Earlier, Celta Vigo became
the first team this season to take
points off Barcelona at the Nou
Camp in a thrilling 2-2 draw.
Atletico Madrid took ad-
vantage of Barca’s stumble as
Antoine Griezmann’s winner
against his former club two
minutes from time earned a
hard-fought 2-1 win over Real
Sociedad to move to within six
points of the leaders.
Real are now tied for fourth
with Sevilla, who beat Deport-
ivo 2-0 on the day their coach
Eduardo Berizzo was released
from hospital just four days af-
ter undergoing an operation on
a cancerous prostate tumour.
Celta have been a bogey side
for Barca in recent years, beat-
ing the Catalans once in each of
the past three seasons.
A positive start from the Gali-
cians on Celta boss Juan Carlos
Unzue’s return to the Camp Nou,
where he spent three years as Luis
Enrique’s assistant, was rewarded
20 minutes in when Aspas tapped
home on the rebound after a stun-
ning save from Marc-Andre ter
Stegen had denied Maxi Gomez.
SOCCER RESULTS
n United’s Lingard,
second from right, FRENCH LEAGUE
scores against Arsenal Strasbourg 2 PSG 1
Monaco 1 Angers 0
two goals in a display that, according to the start of the second half. The goals Lille 1 Toulouse 0
Troyes 0 Guingamp 1
Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez, made came early with Christian Kabasele’s Nice 3 Metz 1
the difference against a side who have opener for Watford cancelled out by Son Rennes 2 Amiens 0
now gone six games without a win. Heung-min. Sixth-placed Spurs are now GERMAN LEAGUE
Hazard also provided a potent re- four points behind Liverpool and 15 Mainz 1 Augsburg 3
minder of what England can expect adrift of leaders City. Bremen 1 Stuttgart 0
when they face Belgium in the World Sam Allardyce and Alan Pardew Bayern 3 Hannover 1
Cup in Russia next year. both looked to deliver the new manager Hoffenheim 4 Leipzig 0
At Vicarage Road, Spurs clung on for bounce in their first match in charge for Leverkusen 1 Dortmund 1
Schalke 2 Cologne 2
a 1-1 draw with their near neighbours their clubs but only Everton collected ITALIAN LEAGUE
after Davinson Sanchez was sent off three points in a routine 2-0 win over Torino 1 Atalanta 1
for elbowing Brazilian Richarlison at Huddersfield Town.

ENGLISH LEAGUE SCOTTISH LEAGUE WORLD RESULTS

Premiership The Championship Premier League BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association on Friday
Arsenal 1 Manchester United 3 Preston 1 QPR 0 Celtic 5 Motherwell 1 (home team in CAPS):
(Lacazette 49) (Valencia 4, Lingard 11, 63) Sheffield Wednesday 2 Hull 2 Hearts 1 Hamilton 1 UTAH 114 New Orleans 108
Brighton 1 Liverpool 5 Derby 1 Burton Albion 0 Partick 0 Hibernian 1 MIAMI 105 Charlotte 100
(Murray 51-pen) (Can 30, Firmino 32, 48, Coutinho 87, Sunderland 1 Reading 3 Ross County 0 Dundee 2 Sacramento 107 CHICAGO 106
Dunk 89-og) Bolton 3 Barnsley 1 St Johnstone 1 Kilmarnock 2 San Antonio 95 MEMPHIS 79
Chelsea 3 Newcastle 1 Millwall 3 Sheffield United 1 P W D L F A Pts OKLAHOMA CITY 111 Minnesota 107
(Hazard 21, 74-pen, Morata 33) (Gayle 12) Celtic 15 11 4 0 36 8 37 TORONTO 120 Indiana 115
Brentford 3 Fulham 1
Everton 2 Huddersfield 0 Aberdeen 15 9 3 3 23 18 30 Golden State 133 ORLANDO 112
Ipswich 4 Nottingham Forest 2
(Sigurdsson 47, Calvert-Lewin 73)
Bristol City 2 Middlesbrough 1 Hibernian 16 8 5 3 24 17 29 WASHINGTON 109 Detroit 91
Leicester 1 Burnley 0
Rangers 15 8 3 4 31 17 27
(Gray 6) League One Motherwell 15 7 2 6 22 21 23 GOLF
Stoke 2 Swansea 1
Bristol Rovers 2 Rotherham 1 Hearts 16 4 6 6 14 19 18 Second-round scores at the USPGA Tour Hero
(Shaqiri 36, Diouf 40) (Bony 3)
St Johnstone 15 5 3 7 16 23 18 World Challenge at Albany Golf Club, Bahamas
Watford 1 Tottenham 1 Southend 2 Oldham 0
Hamilton 16 4 5 7 23 26 17 on Friday (par-72, USA unless stated):
(Kabasele 13) (Son 25) FA Cup
West Brom 0 Crystal Palace 0 Dundee 16 4 3 9 17 26 15 132 - Charley Hoffman 69-63; 135 - Jordan Spieth
Kilmarnock 16 3 6 7 14 23 15 68-67, Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 66-69; 136 -
Notts County 3 Oxford City 2
P W D L F A Pts Ross County 16 4 3 9 14 24 15 Justin Rose (ENG) 68-68; 137 - Hideki Matsuyama
Port Vale 1 Yeovil 1
Man City 14 13 1 0 44 9 40 Partick 15 2 5 8 12 24 11 (JPN) 71-66, Tiger Woods 69-68, Francesco Moli-
Milton Keynes Dons 4 Maidstone United 1 nari (ITA) 69-68, Matt Kuchar 67-70, Rickie Fowler
Man United 15 11 2 2 35 9 35 Shrewsbury 2 Morecambe 0 Playing today:
Chelsea 15 10 2 3 28 12 32 67-70; 138 - Patrick Reed 72-66, Kevin Chappell
Forest Green Rovers 3 Exeter 3 Aberdeen v Rangers
Liverpool 15 8 5 2 33 19 29 68-70; 139 - Justin Thomas 69-70; 140 - Dustin
Fleetwood Town 1 Hereford 1 (3.30pm Bahrain time)
Arsenal 15 9 1 5 29 19 28 Johnson 68-72; 141 - Henrik Stenson (SWE) 70-
Gillingham 1 Carlisle 1 Division One 71; 142 - Alex Noren (SWE) 73-69, Kevin Kisner
Tottenham 15 7 4 4 23 13 25
Burnley 15 7 4 4 14 12 25 Stevenage 5 Swindon 2 70-72; 148 - Daniel Berger 75-73; 149 - Brooks
Watford 15 6 4 5 25 26 22 Bradford 3 Plymouth 1 Airdrieonians 2 Forfar Athletic 1 Koepka 71-78.
Leicester 15 5 5 5 20 20 20 Arbroath 1 Stranraer 2
Everton 15 5 3 7 19 28 18 SPANISH LEAGUE Ayr United
Queen’s Park
3
2
Albion Rovers
East Fife
2
1
ICE HOCKEY
National Hockey League on Friday (home team
Brighton 15 4 5 6 14 19 17
Southampton 14 4 4 6 14 17 16 Barcelona 2 Celta Vigo 2 Raith Rovers 2 Alloa Athletic 1 in CAPS):
Stoke 15 4 4 7 18 30 16 (Messi 22, Luis Suarez 62) (Aspas 20, Maxi Gomez 70) New Jersey 2 COLORADO 1
Newcastle 15 4 3 8 14 22 15 Atletico Madrid 2 Real Sociedad 1
Division Two Los Angeles 4 ST LOUIS 1
Huddersfield 15 4 3 8 9 26 15 (Filipe Luis 63, Griezmann 88) (Willian Jose 29-pen) Annan Athletic 2 Elgin City 0 WINNIPEG 7 Las Vegas 4
Bournemouth 14 4 2 8 12 16 14 Sevilla 2 Deportivo 0 San Jose 2 FLORIDA 1
Berwick Rangers 1 Stirling Albion 0
West Brom 15 2 7 6 12 21 13 Pittsburgh 4 BUFFALO 0
(Ben Yedder 45+1, Krohn-Dehli 79) Clyde 0 Montrose 0
Crystal Palace 15 2 4 9 8 25 10 Ottawa 6 NY ISLANDERS 5
West Ham 14 2 4 8 12 30 10 Athletic Bilbao 0 Real Madrid 0 Peterhead 3 Edinburgh City 0
NY RANGERS 5 Carolina 1
Swansea 15 2 3 10 8 18 9 Playing today:
(all Bahrain time)
Scottish Championship COLUMBUS 4 Anaheim 2
Playing today:
Bournemouth v Southampton Leganes v Villarreal (2pm) Dundee United 2 Dunfermline 1 SOCCER
(4.30pm Bahrain time) Getafe v Valencia (6.15pm) Greenock Morton 4 Brechin City 1 Australian championship:
Manchester City v West Ham Eibar v Espanyol (8.30pm) Queen of the South 0 Inverness 0 Newcastle Jets 1 Melbourne City 2
(7pm Bahrain time) Las Palmas v Real Betis (10.45pm) St Mirren 0 Dumbarton 1 Western Sydney 0 Brisbane Roar 2
 Email: sport@gdn.com.bh WORLD SPORT
n Woods reacts to a
missed putt on the
12th green during
the second round
Woods tied for fifth after firing 68
NASSAU, Bahamas: Tiger Woods got
off to a fast start and briefly held the out-
right lead in the second round of the Hero
World Challenge on Friday before finish-
ing with a four-under-par 68, tied for fifth place,
as his long-awaited comeback continued in the
Bahamas.
The solid effort, which included an eagle, four
birdies and two bogeys, left the former world
number one at seven-under 137 in his first tour-
nament in nearly 10 months following spinal
fusion surgery.
“I proved the surgery is successful and the re-
hab is fantastic,” Woods told Golf Channel when
asked about his play over the first two days of
the elite 18-man event that features eight of the
Gulf Daily News Sunday, 3rd December 2017
“Now I have a chance to go out there and play
competitive golf again.”
Charley Hoffman’s nine-under 63, which in-
cluded 12 birdies, put him in command at 12-un-
der 132, three strokes ahead of Jordan Spieth
(67) and England’s Tommy Fleetwood (69).
Fourth
Fleetwood’s countryman Justin Rose (68)
was alone in fourth on eight-under, with Woods
a stroke back alongside Matt Kuchar and Rick-
ie Fowler, who both shot 70s, Japan’s Hideki
Matsuyama (66) and Italy’s Francesco Molinari
(68).
Woods, who had a 69 at the Albany course on
Thursday, made an impressive start to the sec-
23
holes. Then came the eagle at the par-five ninth
that pushed him to a one-stroke lead at the turn.
Another birdie at number 11 had him six-un-
der for the day before he three-putted the par-
three 12th hole for his first bogey of the round.
Woods, who turns 42 on Dec. 30, delivered
pars for his next five holes before a bad drive
at the last left him in trouble and resulted in a
second bogey.
“I still have a long way to go,” said Woods,
who last won a tournament in 2013. “It’s going
to take time, a lot more practice, a lot more train-
ing and more tournaments.”
Hoffman also had a bright start with six bird-
ies and a bogey on the front nine and pulled
away on the back side with six more birdies and

India dominate
world’s top 10. ond round with birdies on three of his first four two bogeys.

Parkes stars
as Wales pip
South Africa

Sri Lanka
CARDIFF, UK: New
Zealander Hadle-
igh Parkes enjoyed
a dream debut for
Wales yesterday, his brace
of tries handing his adopted
country a 24-22 win, and third
successive home victory, over
South Africa.
Parkes, 30, was named at in-
side centre on the very day he
qualified for Wales after serv-
ing three years of residency and

l Kohli and Vijay

the Kiwi farmboy produced a
strong-running and skilful dis-
play as Wales looked like they
n India captain Kohli, might squander an 11-point

smash centuries
left, celebrates with half-time lead.
Vijay after the former
scores a century “It’s been amazing. A dream
against Sri Lanka come true,” man-of-the-match
Parkes said.
NEW DELHI: India’s run-machine Virat Kohli and “To be able to get a meat pie
in-form Murali Vijay smashed big centuries in a (try) and score a double on your
massive 283-run stand to deflate Sri Lanka on the debut is very special so I’m
opening day of the third and final Test yesterday. very happy.”
The tourists claimed two wickets in the morning session and two The victory meant Wales fin-
more in the final one but it otherwise was a microcosm of a series ished the autumn series with
dominated by the hosts as India scored at more than four runs an two wins, their scrappy triumph
over to reach 371 for four 4 at the close. over Georgia sandwiched be-
Kohli remained not out after a majestic 156, which contained 16 tween defeats by Australia and
fours and followed his 104 not out in the first Test in Kolkata and New Zealand.
213 in Nagpur. The 29-year-old also joined the 5,000-Test run club
in his 105th innings. RUGBY UNION
Rohit Sharma was on six at SCOREBOARD
the other end, with the hosts Wales 24 South Africa 22
chasing a record-equalling India Half-time: 21-10
M Vijay st Dickwella b Sandakan 155 Wales – Tries: Scott Williams
ninth consecutive Test series (5), Hadleigh Parkes (8, 33);
S Dhawan c Lakmal b Perera 23
win after Kohli won the toss. C Pujara c Samarawickrama b Gamage 23 Conversions: Leigh Halfpenny
Right-handed opener Lokesh V Kohli not out 156 (6, 9, 34).
Rahul made way for the A Rahane st Dickwella b Sandakan 1 South Africa – Tries: Warrick
left-handed Shikhar Dhawan R Sharma not out 6 Gelant (37), Handre Pollard (46),
as India, 1-0 up in the series, Extras (lb1, nb6) 7 Jesse Kriel (56); Conversion:
shuffled the top of their batting Total (4 wickets, 90 overs) 371 Pollard (38); Penalty: Pollard (31).
order for a third match in a row. Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-78, 3-361,
Dhawan could not make the 4-365. “We wanted to finish 2017
Bowling: Lakmal 14-2-50-0, Gam-
most of the opportunity, though, age 17-6-68-1, Perera 21-0-97-1,
off for the fans,” said Wales
his attempted sweep shot off Dil- Sandakan 23-1-110-2 (nb6), De unstoppable as the right-hander by a leg glance and an imperi- shan Sandakan, one of the three skipper Alun Wyn Jones. “We
ruwan Perera finding Suranga Silva 15-0-45-0. scored at nearly a run a ball, ous pull in front of square. new faces in the Sri Lankan had two good halves against
Lakmal at deep square leg. treating the weekend crowd to Vijay brought up his 11th Test team, dismissed Vijay and Australia and New Zealand and
The opener made 23 before a Sri Lankan trap. Paceman some exciting shot-making. century with a ninth four, cele- Ajinkya Rahane stumped in suc- we had a purple patch from the
becoming the off-spinner’s 100th Lahiru Gamage stationed Sad- Gamage was on the receiv- brating the feat with a little jig. cessive overs in the final session. first whistle but we managed to
Test victim in a Sri Lankan record eera Samarawickrama at leg slip ing end of Kohli’s sublime The right-hander, who scored “We saw glimpse of what he finish on a high.
of 25 Tests, two less than spin and bowled the perfect delivery batting in an eventful 37th over 128 in Nagpur, hit 13 boundar- can do at the end, we wish it had “We’re disappointed with
great Muttiah Muralitharan. which Pujara tickled to the fielder when the batsman hit the bowl- ies in his elegant 155 before a come two sessions earlier,” bowl- some of the results, but we’re
Cheteshwar Pujara hit four to depart for 23. er for three boundaries – a drive lapse in concentration. ing coach Rumesh Ratnayake looking to change things and
boundaries before walking into Kohli, however, was simply through extra cover, followed Left-arm wrist-spinner Lak- said of Sandakan’s performance. come back stronger next year.”

De Grandhomme ton leaves Windies reeling

WELLINGTON: New Zealand
all-rounder Colin de Grand-
homme cracked his maiden Test
century off just 71 balls to leave
the West Indies reeling at stumps on the
second day of the first Test in Wellington
yesterday.
It was the ninth fastest Test century
of all time as de Grandhomme, in only
his seventh Test, made light of a tiring
attack and plundered the boundary on a
demoralising day for the West Indies.
At stumps New Zealand were 447 for
nine, holding a 313-run lead after the
West Indies were rolled for 134 in their
first innings.
De Grandhomme was out for 105
SCOREBOARD
West Indies first innings 134 (K Powell 42; Wagner 7-39)
New Zealand first innings (overnight 85-2)
T Latham c Roach b Holder
J Raval c Dowrich b Roach
K Williamson c Hope b Roach
R Taylor lbw Roach
H Nicholls c Gabriel b Cummins
M Santner b Cummins
C de Grandhomme c Powell b Chase
T Blundell not out
after a rollicking innings that included
three sixes and 11 fours. Senior batsman
Ross Taylor and Henry Nicholls set the
stage for an all-out attack with their 127-
run stand for the fourth wicket which led
N Wagner b Chase
M Henry c Dowrich b Gabriel
37 T Boult not out
42 Extras (b4, lb2, nb13)
1 Total (for nine wickets, 127 overs) 447
93 Fall of wickets: 1-65, 2-68, 3-109, 4-236, 5-272,
67 6-281, 7-429, 8-437, 9-442.
17 Bowling: Gabriel 26-3-80-1 (7nb), Roach 19-5-
105 73-3, Cummins 24-7-74-2 (4nb), Holder 27-7-85-
57 1 (2nb), Chase 23-2-83-2, Brathwaite 8-0-46-0.
to de Grandhomme and Tom Blundell
adding 148 for the seventh.
There was no sign of nerves from the
debutant Blundell who was unbeaten on
57 at stumps to go with Taylor’s 93 and
66 for Nicholls on a day in which New
Zealand scored 362 runs, lost seven wick-
3
ets and left the West Indies exhausted.
4 De Grandhomme, who went to the
2 crease when Nicholls was dismissed on
19 the second ball after tea, used the first
delivery he faced from Miguel Cum-
mins as a sighter and then smacked
boundaries off the next two.
It was big hitting with minimal risk
as he raced to 99 and then reached his
milestone century steering a Cummins
delivery wide of point for three.
But in the following over he was de-
ceived by a slower ball from Roston
Chase which was chipped to Kieran
Powell at long on.
But question marks will surely
be raised over the future of Allis-
ter Coetzee, who has led South
Africa to wins over France and
Italy over the last two weekends,
but whose side have gone down
to record defeats by Ireland and
the All Blacks.
“We’re very disappointed,”
admitted ‘Bok flanker Siya
Kolisi. “The way we started
today wasn’t good enough and
we didn’t have the patience.
We have to be more disciplined
at the end of the game and not
make silly mistakes. We have to
be better than this next year.”
The match at the Principality
Stadium came to life after five
minutes, Northampton-bound
fly-half Dan Biggar twice pull-
ing the strings to great effect.
24 Gulf Daily News Sunday, 3rd December 2017

Ferrari threat to leave F1 ‘serious’

ARESE, Italy: Ferrari pres-
ident Sergio Marchionne
says the threat that the Italian team could
leave Formula One is a “serious” one.
Marchionne is unhappy with the sport’s
proposed 2021 engine rules, which were
revealed at the end of October, and has said
that Ferrari could leave F1.
He reiterated that message yesterday at
a news conference to launch the new part-
nership between Alfa Romeo and Sauber.
“The dialogue has started and will con-
tinue to evolve,” Marchionne said. “We
have time until 2020 to find a solution
which benefits Ferrari. The threat of Ferrari
leaving Formula One is serious. The agree-
ment with Sauber expires in 2020-2021,
right when Ferrari could leave.
“We have to find a solution which is
good for the sport but we also have to be
clear on the things we can’t back down on.”
Ferrari is the only team to have compet-
ed in every F1 season since its inauguration
in 1950.

ENGLAND
n England’s Overton reacts after
diving to try and reach a catch
from Australia captain Smith

n Queiroz dares
Iran to ‘fire’ him
HONG KONG: Carlos Queiroz

ATTACK
has challenged Iran’s football
authorities to remove him from his
post as head coach of the country’s
World Cup-bound national team if
they do not appreciate his public
criticism of preparations for next
year’s finals in Russia.
Iran have been drawn to face
Queiroz’s native Portugal as well as
Spain and Morocco in Group B, but
the former Real Madrid coach has
renewed calls for the authorities to

FALTERS
do more to support his team’s bid
for a place in the second round.
“I’m here to say Iran needs special
local preparations,” the 64-year-
old said in a video posted on his
Facebook page after Friday’s
World Cup draw in Moscow.
“I don’t care about the threats
and what they have been trying
to do to stop me talking. The
Iranian fans deserve special World
Cup preparations. We need to
implement special preparations to
bring honour and pride. “They can
fire me, I don’t care, but it’s time
to express my opinion because the
Iranian fans deserve that.”

n De Jager and Atwal on top

ADELAIDE: Craig
Overton made Aus-
tralia captain Steve
Smith his maiden Test
victim but England could not
drive home their advantage
under the Adelaide lights and
the hosts finished the first day
of day-night Ashes cricket on
209 for four yesterday.
It was the story of the day
for the tourists after captain Joe
Root had won the toss and sent
the Australians in to bat under
ashen skies only for his bowlers
to fail to make the breakthroughs
the decision demanded.
Peter Handscomb, who was
36 not out, and Shaun Marsh,
unbeaten on 20, batted out the
remainder of a tense final ses-
sion and will resume on day two
as Australia look to build on
their thumping 10-wicket vic-
tory in the opener at the Gabba.
“At the end of the day wheth-
er you bat or you bowl, you’ve
got to do it well,” Australia
batsman Usman Khawaja said.
“I wouldn’t say we’re streets
ahead but I’d say we’re pretty
happy with four for 200. It’ll all
depend on how we bat tomor-
row, though.”
Australia survived the
rain-disrupted first session
with all 10 wickets intact and
openers Cameron Bancroft, run
out for 10, and David Warner,
caught behind for 47, departed
SCOREBOARD
Australia first innings
C Bancroft run out (Woakes)
D Warner c Bairstow b Woakes 47
U Khawaja c Vince b Anderson 53
S Smith b Overton
P Handscomb not out
S Marsh not out
Extras (lb3)
Total (4 wickets; 81 overs)
Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-86, 3-139,
4-161.
Bowling: Anderson 20-3-45-1,
Broad 19-7-39-0, Woakes 15-2-
50-1, Overton 17-3-47-1, Moeen
10-1-25-0.
in an extended second.
England struck straight af-
ter the second break to remove
Khawaja for 53, leaving Smith,
whose unbeaten 141 was the dif-
ference between the sides in Bris-
bane, to again carry the burden.
10
With what sun there had
been long gone and the Ade-
40 laide Oval bathed in the bright
36 artificial light, though, Overton
20 found the perfect length with an
3 off-cutter and Smith played on
209 for 40 - his bails flashing red as
they flew into the night air.
“It was a pretty nice one,”
said Overton, who came in for
Jake Ball in the only change to
the England side. ‘
“He’s one of the best players
in the world and so good to get
that one to start with and, hope-
fully, I can continue with that
tomorrow. We’re pretty happy
even though we didn’t quite get
the rewards we wanted. We’ll
come back tomorrow with a
new ball and hopefully take a
couple of early ones and then
we’ll be right on top.”
The crowd of 55,317 was a
record for cricket at the ground,
bettering the 50,962 that packed
into the ground for the second
day of the 1933 “Bodyline” Test.
Although relations between
the sides have not yet ap-
proached the lows of that series,
there were plenty of words ex-
changed in the middle and um-
pire Aleem Dar at one stage felt
the need to step between Smith
and England’s James Anderson.
BEL OMBRE, Mauritius: South
Africa’s Louis de Jager joined
overnight leader Arjun Atwal
of India at the top of the
leaderboard after the Mauritius
Open third round yesterday and
the pair will take a one-shot lead
into today’s final round of the
European Tour event in Domaine
del Bel Ombre.
The 30-year-old De Jager hit
four birdies in a 67 to join Atwal
on 13 under par after 54 holes.
The Indian had carded a course-
record 62 in the first round.
Dylan Frittelli of South Africa
and Miguel Tabuena from the
Philippines were a stroke back in
third place.
n Zunic surges ahead
GOLD COAST, Australia: Little-
known Australian Jordan Zunic fired
a superb eight-under-par round of 64
to surge to a three-shot lead after the
third round of the Australian PGA
golf championship yesterday.
The 25-year-old New South

Australia win Rugby League World Cup

BRISBANE, Australia: Austra-
lia won the 2017 Rugby League
World Cup when they ground
out a tough 6-0 win over a gal-
lant England in Brisbane yesterday.
Boyd Cordner’s first-half try ensured
the Australians clinched the title for the
11th time in a low-scoring but enthrall-
ing final in front of 40,000 fans.
Australian captain Cameron Smith
said afterwards the match ranked along-
side any he had played.
“That was one of the toughest games
I reckon I’ve played in my career,” he
said. “The English were outstanding but
our boys were really good. We sustained
so much pressure from the English, but
they couldn’t score points.”
The Kangaroos went into the match as
firm favourites after going through the
preliminary rounds largely untroubled.
And for large parts of the match they
looked certain to overrun England, par-
ticularly in the first half and the opening
10 minutes of the second.
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n Australia players celebrate with the trophy
But the English were resolute in de-
fence as they slowly came back into the
final and could have upset the more fan-
cied Australians if they had shown more
composure in attack.
In a pulsating and at times brutal first
half, the home side shaded both pos-
session and territory, with much of the
game played in England’s half.
The two sides were evenly matched
and neither was able to breach the strong
defensive lines in the opening exchanges.
But on the 15 minute mark, the Aus-
tralians spread the ball wide and second
rower Boyd Cordner steamed onto a flat
pass to crash over beside the posts.
Smith converted to make it 6-0 to the
Kangaroos.
“They were very good – they don’t
RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP FINAL
Australia 6 England
Australia – Try: Boyd Cordner. Goal:
Cameron Smith.
give you much defensively,” Smith said.
“We just knew we had to stay patient.”
England had few chances to threaten
the Australian line in the opening 40
minutes, but when they did they ap-
peared to panic and lost the ball early in
the tackle count.
The Australians began to make some
easy metres out wide towards the end of
the half as the English began to tire.
Welshman was 11-under the
card after 16 holes. However, he
bogeyed the 17th before a double
bogey on the difficult 18th saw
him finish the day 17 under the
card, three shots ahead of fellow
Australian Cameron Smith.
n Leclerc to race for Sauber
ARESE, Italy: Formula Two
champion Charles Leclerc will
move up to Formula One with Alfa
Romeo-backed Sauber next season
while Marcus Ericcson stays in the
lineup despite the Swede failing to
score a point in 2017.
The announcement was made
by Fiat Chrysler chief executive
Sergio Marchionne yesterday at
0
a presentation of Alfa Romeo’s
new partnership with the Swiss
team at the Italian marque’s
museum near Milan.