Monday, October 4, 2010

Council of Oman Meeting 2010

Been too busy to write. More weddings. Monsoon is officially over but the mountains are still green. We had some rain this week, but only in the mountains. Salalah is crammed with police officers and army officers this week as His Majesty is conducting the 2010 Oman Council Meeting in Salalah this morning. Two hours from now.
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The Oman Council (Shura Council + State Council people) will discuss current issues in Oman. His Majesty will give his annual speech. Since it's his 40th year as Sultan, people are expecting a different speech this year. I took the day off work to watch Oman TV and hear what he'll say. Omanis are expecting big 'news' in this speech. However, I'm pretty sure if he had big news, he'd save it for 40th National Day on November 18th. We'll wait and see..
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Source: Oman - H.M the Sultan to Preside Tomorrow over the Annual Convening of the Council of Oman
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said will preside tomorrow (Monday) over the annual convening of the Council of Oman at Al Hisn Hall in Hay Al Shati in Salalah.During the convening of the Council of Oman, the Country's Monarch will deliver a Royal speech in which he will review the work and development progress in the Sultanate, it's features at present and it's wide horizons during the forthcoming period to achieve the objectives drawn by His Majesty for the Omani modern renaissance as a sustainable development solid tracks and steps, as well as, with growing achievements that accomplish welfare and enhance security and stability to this beloved country and it's faithful people.The annual convening of the Council of Oman will be attended by their highnesses, the chairmen of the State Council and Majlis A'Shura, ministers, advisers, commanders of the Sultan's Armed Forces and Royal Oman Police, honourable members of the State Council and members of the Majlis A'Shura, heads of diplomatic missions accredited to the Sultanate, Sheikhs, dignitaries editors-in-chief of Oman News Agency (ONA) and local newspapers, as well as, a number of editors-in-chief of newspapers and media representatives of the sisterly and friendly countries.

5 comments:

  1. 40 years - that's impressive. I do hope his speech will be good too:)

    hugs and love

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  2. man did he say anything special yet?

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  3. please do post if there's anything special he's said: "Any Big News"

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  4. ... did he say anything about further Omanization? Was at the fish market this morning and all of a sudden there was a lot of noise, confusion & guys running away. Turns out the police were searching for non-Omani who were working there. One guy told me that if you're not Omani you're not allowed to work there any more. Do you know if this is true?

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