of us who have been Blessed by the Almighty to be part of Oman during the illustrious reign of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said - and who have had the honour and the pleasure of contributing under his leadership to a land of peace and Plenty - the saying that 'Dreams Can Come True' is a fact for we have witnessed very many of our dreams become reality.

• We are now in the 39th year of His Majesty's reign and we should strive even harder to be worthy of being responsible members of this society.

• We must contribute more, we must build on what we have and diversify further to meet the challenges of the new century.

Omar Zawawi Establishment

• Built the first school and hospital complexes in the Sultanate of Oman at six locations (Nizwa, Sohar, Rustaq, Sur, Buraimi and Samayel). The contract commenced in 1971 and was completed in a record period of 18 months, by December 1972.

• Commissioned the feasibility and bought all the machinery for Oman Flour Mills in 1973/74.

• Did the study and founded the first group to operate the port Mina Sultan Qaboos.

• Participated and created the Company that was the precursor of Oman Aviation Services namely, Oman International Services and served Seeb International Airport from the day it was inaugurated.

• Planned and built the first colour TV station (in Oman and the Gulf) in 8 months and 7 days from the date of signing the contract to the date of its first broadcast in 1974.

• Did the complete study and appointed the consultants for the first private cement company in Oman, Raysut Cement Company.

• Founded the 1^st 100 per cent Omani owned bank - the Oman International Bank.

• Joint ventures with Overseas Trust Bank of Hong Kong and Singapore to form the Oman Overseas Trust Bank (The precursor of BankMuscat) and single handedly negotiated with the Hong Kong Government, the buy-out of the shares of Overseas Trust Bank and formed with the other founders, BankMuscat.

The list is long - and we hope and pray that it keeps growing as we see our dreams come true.