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QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER<br />

Issue 27 Oct-Dec 2011<br />

IN THIS ISSUE<br />

01 <strong>Notable</strong><br />

Achievements<br />

02 Making a Difference<br />

Youth Empowerment<br />

Community Investment<br />

Corporate Community Service<br />

10 Business newS<br />

24 TEAM<br />

CONTRIBUTIONS<br />

28 Powered by PEOPLE<br />

10, 18, 31 RAWABI<br />

HOLDING EVENTS<br />

<strong>Notable</strong> Achievements<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric:<br />

Develops the First of its<br />

Kind Saudi-Made Power<br />

Control Room<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric, the power and<br />

automation arm of <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>, is<br />

pleased to announce the delivery of a<br />

turnkey pre-engineered, prefabricated<br />

and tested power and automation<br />

solution ready for site plug and switch<br />

on. In cooperation with Saudi Aramco<br />

and the dedication of <strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric,<br />

Eaton, EEIC, Jacob Zate, the control<br />

room is up and running. The solution<br />

delivers various power needs; 34.5KV,<br />

13.8KV, 4.16 MCC, 480V Switchgear<br />

and MCC, PLC, annunciators, battery<br />

and chargers, fire systems, redundant<br />

HVAC, PPE and auxiliary power, all<br />

in one prefabricated and portable<br />

Continue on Page 2...<br />

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<strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric: Develops... (Cont. from page 1)<br />

Cover page photo:<br />

Interior shot of the<br />

Power Control Room<br />

(PCR), also known as<br />

Prefabricated Portable<br />

Substation<br />

Top photo:<br />

RE Team inside the<br />

Power Control Room<br />

Bottom photo:<br />

Exterior shot of the PCR<br />

substation that is weather proof and compliant<br />

with industry standards. When delivered,<br />

the PCR is ready for plugging site cables and<br />

switch power. It will offer Saudi Aramco all<br />

the power and control/automation required to<br />

deliver 50,000 barrels of light crude. The client<br />

is upbeat about huge savings as a result of<br />

eliminating field work and reducing time spent.<br />

Top photo:<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Career Guidance<br />

instructor, Eng.<br />

Ahmed Mostafa (rightmost<br />

in front row) with<br />

student counselors<br />

Bottom photo:<br />

Mr. Mostafa lecturing<br />

in one of the training<br />

sessions<br />

A large feat to overcome, the team’s dedication<br />

and joint vision made this a reality. I take this<br />

opportunity to thank Saudi Aramco for their<br />

relentless quest in developing local vendors,<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric’s team for their hard work and<br />

dedication and our partners at Eaton and EEIC<br />

for their extra dedication to produce the control<br />

room in a short time period. This development<br />

opens windows of opportunity for us all allowing<br />

us to add value to our society every day.<br />

MAKING A DIFFERENCE<br />

Youth Empowerment<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>’s CSR Unit<br />

Launches <strong>Rawabi</strong> Career<br />

Guidance<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>’s CSR Unit launched the pilot<br />

phase of its third Youth Empowerment “Self<br />

Discovery” Program under the title of “<strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

Career Guidance” on October 22, 2011. The<br />

program will run under the supervision of the<br />

Eastern Province Ministry of Education office.<br />

During the pilot phase, <strong>Rawabi</strong> is hosting the<br />

training of 18 counselors, eight of which are<br />

male and female student counselors from public<br />

schools in Dammam and Khobar, and were<br />

nominated by the Ministry of Education. The<br />

training, which concluded on November 23,<br />

2011, focused on equipping the counselors<br />

with the proper communication skills and knowhow<br />

to provide academic and career counseling.<br />

Upon completing the 120 hours of training, the<br />

counselors will be awarded international career<br />

counseling certificates, and begin providing<br />

career planning services for 11 th graders in the<br />

schools in which they work. The other trainees<br />

will also provide career planning services for<br />

students in the Eastern Province. The pilot<br />

phase targets a total of 1000-1500 students<br />

across the region. The career planning process<br />

will allow students to complete psychometric<br />

tests that allow them to match their interests,<br />

strengths and weaknesses with careers available<br />

to them in the Saudi job market.<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong>’s Youth Self Discovery Program<br />

addresses a pertinent social issue that addresses<br />

the requirements of <strong>Rawabi</strong>’s stakeholders:<br />

empowering youth (aged 16-24) to identify their<br />

potential, assisting them in channeling their<br />

energies and providing them with the means<br />

for a bright and successful future through three<br />

main programs: the <strong>Rawabi</strong> Talent Exhibit, the<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Internship Initiative, and the Career<br />

Guidance Program.<br />

As the majority of Saudi Arabia’s population is<br />

under 30 years old, and many of these citizens are<br />

at a loss when it comes to their future, meetings<br />

with our stakeholders allowed us to identify this<br />

as a worthy cause to adopt. <strong>Rawabi</strong>’s investment<br />

in bringing about a positive social shift for youth<br />

in our community aims to address the issue at<br />

the core, focusing on specialized programs for<br />

high school and university students.<br />

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MAKING A<br />

DIFFERENCE<br />

By joining<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong><br />

during the<br />

Summer of<br />

2011, I did not<br />

only gain soft<br />

and technical<br />

skills, but I also<br />

consider myself<br />

to have gained<br />

a new family<br />

consisting of<br />

brothers and<br />

sisters, who<br />

will always be<br />

connected, no<br />

matter where our<br />

future leads us.<br />

An Eight Week Journey with<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong><br />

Salsabeel Al<br />

Sultan<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong><br />

Corporate<br />

Communications<br />

It all started with one simple phone call from one of<br />

my friends on my first week of summer 2011, who was also a fresh<br />

graduate and searching for something useful to do with her summer<br />

vacation. We were browsing the internet when we came across a<br />

website that had a link to a company known as <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>,<br />

which we knew absolutely nothing about except that it was a multiservice<br />

corporation based in Khobar and had a summer internship<br />

opening.<br />

Department<br />

2011 Summer<br />

Even though I had taken<br />

Mini-Intern<br />

many part time jobs during<br />

college, I knew after<br />

attending the orientation program, which was well<br />

prepared by a number of highly qualified members<br />

of the company that this summer will not be as<br />

any other summer. Indeed, I realized that <strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

is not only a company, but a company powered by<br />

people, that values people’s development and is<br />

ready to share its thirty years of experience with<br />

the youth of its country.<br />

I was assigned to work in the CSR Unit in the<br />

Corporate Communications Department, to share<br />

daily tasks and projects with the rest of the<br />

team members, such as updating departments’<br />

handouts, translating a number of videos regarding<br />

experts explaining what it takes to be in their field<br />

at <strong>Rawabi</strong> Talent Exhibit. In addition to that, I<br />

assisted in initializing an environmental campaign<br />

under the name “Committed to Build a Green<br />

Future”, targeting all <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> employees<br />

while covering various aspects of daily issues as<br />

biodiversity, recycling, energy and water usage<br />

through advertisements, surveys, competitions,<br />

etc. to make the campaign as strong as possible.<br />

This project changed my entire perspective toward<br />

our planet was the environment campaign. After<br />

working on this project under the supervision of<br />

my mentor Ms. Hanaa Almoaibed, who strongly<br />

believes in taking individual responsibility<br />

towards our globe, I was greatly influenced by<br />

her devotion in making a difference in social and<br />

environmental performance. I started to think<br />

twice before using any paper product, of the<br />

number of trees we waste every day for a one use<br />

paper cup, or the effort put into plastic bottles<br />

just to produce a water bottle that is thrown away<br />

Photo: Ms. Al Sultan discusses her tasks and learning<br />

experiences as an intern<br />

as soon as it has been opened. Plus, the number<br />

of children who are suffering from Asthma right<br />

now, due to the factories surrounding our land<br />

with its continues toxic gas spread to produce<br />

new materials, that can be simply recycled with<br />

much less energy, and alternatives that can be<br />

used. I noticed that if each person invested a<br />

quarter of his/her time, massive changes could<br />

be made within our society that can be extended<br />

further in the long run.<br />

Besides the environmental awareness, I also<br />

gained professional skills by attending the<br />

orientation week, intern weekly workshops, field<br />

trips and by getting involved in CCD’s daily tasks<br />

and meetings such as a labor law awareness class<br />

delivered by the legal department during our first<br />

week.<br />

I am currently working at ISG Jubail as an IT<br />

Specialist, applying the skills and knowledge that<br />

I have learned at <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>. I am also a<br />

member of “Be Different Group” and “CARE” for<br />

charity events and volunteering work. Moreover, I<br />

am continuing to raise environmental awareness<br />

among family and friends as being a role model<br />

of how a green person can be and through my<br />

Facebook page, to apply what I have started<br />

during my internship with <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>.<br />

By joining <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> during the Summer of<br />

2011, I did not only gain soft and technical skills,<br />

but I also consider myself to have gained a new<br />

family consisting of brothers and sisters, who will<br />

My Experience with <strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

After graduating from university, I found myself lost in<br />

a predicament and facing a challenging situation – I found myself<br />

searching for a promising career in times of economic growth in the<br />

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.<br />

Fahad Othman<br />

Sales &<br />

Marketing<br />

representative<br />

I had found an article in<br />

one of the local newspapers<br />

about the <strong>Rawabi</strong> Talent<br />

Exhibit, adapted by <strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

in <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> to support the<br />

SpecializeD<br />

Enclosures<br />

(RSE);<br />

Kingdom’s youth in order<br />

to motivate them be able<br />

to identify which job suits<br />

2011 Summer them best. The exhibit<br />

Mini-Intern offered the attendees a<br />

chance to get to learn more<br />

about 25 different career<br />

paths that they could follow, showcased by<br />

career experts that explained in full depth the<br />

characteristics of each job. I was one of those<br />

career experts, offering my knowledge purely<br />

for the sake of volunteering to help enhance<br />

Photo: Mr. Othman shares his experiences from the<br />

internship<br />

always be connected, no matter where our future<br />

leads us.<br />

Finally, I’d like to take this opportunity to express<br />

my appreciation to <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> for all the<br />

effort put into this program and arranging such<br />

a beneficial summer. Also, special thanks to<br />

the Corporate Communications Department for<br />

hosting me.<br />

the development of the youth, and not for any<br />

financial gains that I may have been offered.<br />

The success stories that <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong><br />

witnessed post-exhibit and the level of<br />

organization and commitment that they invested<br />

was mind blowing to me. It was after the exhibit<br />

that I realized how much <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> is what<br />

I’m looking for in order to kick-off my career. I<br />

was selected among the endless number of youth<br />

to join <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> for a “Mini-Internship”<br />

program in the Finance Department. The bulk<br />

of knowledge that I acquired under expert<br />

supervision in this field is surreal, and it was<br />

mainly due to the fact that I decided to join the<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> family and was employed by<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Specialized Enclosures.<br />

I would like to send out my most sincere gratitude<br />

to everyone who helped me and gave me a push,<br />

especially Ms. Nada Badgaish and Ms. Noaf<br />

AlTurki.<br />

The success stories that <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> witnessed postexhibit<br />

and the level of organization and commitment<br />

that they invested was mind blowing to me.<br />

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MAKING A<br />

DIFFERENCE<br />

COMMUNITY INVESTMENT<br />

Journey to the heart of Islam<br />

under spotlight at ‎Britain’s<br />

Haj exhibition<br />

Article by: ROGER HARRISON | ARAB NEWS<br />

Published: Nov 13, 2011<br />

http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/<br />

article532891.ece<br />

JEDDAH: The British Museum in London is to<br />

mount the first major exhibition dedicated to the<br />

Haj.<br />

“Haj: Journey to the Heart of Islam” will open<br />

Jan. 26 and run until April 15, 2012. Venetia<br />

Porter, curator of the museum’s Islamic and<br />

Contemporary Middle East Department, said the<br />

exhibition would examine the significance of Haj<br />

as one of the five pillars of Islam, exploring its<br />

importance for Muslims and looking at how this<br />

spiritual journey has evolved throughout history.<br />

“The exhibition is about a journey and lifechanging<br />

experience, a journey that has one<br />

purpose only — to reach the heart of Islam. We<br />

want people to understand what this experience<br />

has meant,” she said. “The exhibition will<br />

talk about why the Kaaba is important. I think<br />

it is important that non-Muslims realize that<br />

Abraham is the key to the three monotheistic<br />

religions.”<br />

It will bring together a wealth of objects from<br />

a number of different collections including<br />

important historic pieces as well as new<br />

contemporary artworks that reveal the enduring<br />

impact of Haj around the globe and across the<br />

centuries.<br />

Three key strands make up the exhibition,<br />

including the pilgrim’s journey with an emphasis<br />

on the major routes used through history —<br />

those from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle<br />

East; the Haj today, its associated rituals and<br />

what the experience means to the pilgrim; and<br />

Makkah, the final destination of Haj, its origins<br />

and importance.<br />

The journey element will start with the present<br />

day with a sense of pilgrims coming from<br />

everywhere and particularly from the UK and<br />

then go back in time and focus on four main<br />

journeys, each of which has a gathering point<br />

whence pilgrims set off and at an appointed<br />

time, including Kufah, Cairo, Damascus and<br />

Jeddah.<br />

The essence of the routes to Makkah section<br />

is the incredible effort needed to make the<br />

Haj in early times. “In a sense the groups are<br />

chronological but are from several hubs. The<br />

first we show is across Arabia Darb Zubayda<br />

from Kufah to Makkah,” she explained. Named<br />

after Zubayda, the wife of the Abbasid Caliph<br />

Harun Rashid who endowed the route with 54<br />

way stations, hostels, forts and watering places,<br />

the route led from Kufah in southern Iraq to<br />

Makkah.<br />

The second route shown is from Cairo that<br />

acted as the gathering place for pilgrims from<br />

the Middle East and West. The third hub is<br />

Damascus — the longest route in the exhibition.<br />

“The Ottomans took their responsibilities<br />

looking after the pilgrims incredibly seriously,”<br />

said Porter. They called it the sürra — the purse<br />

— not only because the caravan organizers had<br />

to pay off the Bedouin tribes but also because of<br />

the money they provided for the refurbishment<br />

of Makkah. “All the way through we were trying<br />

to communicate the arduousness of the trip,”<br />

she said. Pilgrims took months to accomplish<br />

this and to travel from Damascus to Makkah cost<br />

the Haji the price of an average house in the<br />

city. “We’ll show the landscape as well. One of<br />

the features of the exhibition is that we are not<br />

only going to show objects but a lot of contextual<br />

images to give a sense of place.”<br />

The exhibition also examines the journey and<br />

arrival from India, Indonesia and as far East<br />

as China. Of particular interest is the story<br />

during the British Colonial era — Thomas Cook<br />

for example taking charge of pilgrim ships.<br />

In 1886 the Indian government appointed<br />

Thomas Cook and Son to be the sole agent for<br />

transport of pilgrims from India to the Hijaz.<br />

The British government affirmed that it had<br />

special obligations to protect the stream of<br />

“Muhammadan pilgrims going to the sacred<br />

places at Makkah.” On display is a ticket from<br />

one of the Haj ships, a Haj-proxy certificate<br />

issued to those who are unable to perform the<br />

pilgrimage and have asked friends or family to<br />

perform it on their behalf, and pilgrims’ diaries.<br />

Porter said that she wanted to show the logistics<br />

of the task of catering for the huge numbers of<br />

pilgrims. “It is really incredible. We shall show<br />

how well it works and what it involves,” she said,<br />

adding that the journeys were but one part of the<br />

whole but they are to the heart of Islam. “Even<br />

though the journey nowadays is much easier, it<br />

is still arduous and life changing.”<br />

Qaisra Khan, project curator in the department<br />

of the Middle East section at the museum,<br />

said that a section on Makkah talks about the<br />

sanctuary and its history going back to the<br />

time of Abraham and then goes into the finer<br />

points of the rituals themselves through film,<br />

manuscript and photographs where the rituals<br />

are explained in detail, for example the tawaf<br />

(circumambulation of the Kaaba) and the<br />

standing at Arafat and why this is such a pivotal<br />

moment.<br />

A short film will detail all the ritual elements<br />

of Haj from the first to the last day. “It’s very<br />

important that people understand what these<br />

rituals mean to people, why they do them and<br />

what their origin was,” Porter explained.<br />

Augmenting the film of the rituals is a<br />

section examining the rituals through objects,<br />

photographs, manuscripts, Zam Zam water<br />

bottles and the like. In this section is a display<br />

on the history, significance and crafting of the<br />

kiswa, the black cover of the Kaaba.<br />

“We also want to convey what Haj feels like and<br />

has been viewed by artists,” said Khan, noting<br />

that there were works by contemporary and<br />

traditional artists on display. “There is also a<br />

wall of quotes about what the spiritual journey<br />

has meant to them. We hope that our visitors will<br />

leave the exhibition uplifted.”<br />

For more information: http://www.britishmuseum.<br />

org/Haj<br />

Gymboree Al Khobar Receives<br />

a Community Service Award<br />

Photo: <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> Group President and CEO Osman<br />

Ibrahim holds the Community Service Award plaque with<br />

Gymboree Play and Learn General Manager Rana AlTurki<br />

In October, Gymboree AlKhobar received a<br />

Community Service Award for ‘Recognition of<br />

Outstanding Community Service & Outreach’<br />

at the International Conference in the USA.<br />

This award was presented as an appreciation<br />

of the CSR events and outreach services<br />

to the community Gymboree AlKhobar has<br />

made. These include sponsorship of Cancer<br />

Foundation Charity Dinner, hospital visits to<br />

children with cancer over Eid, involvement in<br />

GCC Road Safety Week, Aramco Dental Health<br />

Week, Earth Day, Guest speakers at the Eastern<br />

Province ‘Teachers of Young Children’ workshop<br />

and visits to local schools including Saudi and<br />

International schools.<br />

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MAKING A<br />

DIFFERENCE<br />

We Are the Future<br />

in and in the process build a beautiful future<br />

for their country. In the different stations, they<br />

learned a new skill that’s useful to them; the<br />

aim was to teach them how every little thing<br />

is in reality a huge step. Stations included<br />

work ethics, towards a greener Saudi, health<br />

awareness, solar energy through arts & crafts<br />

and much more.<br />

The open day for children took place on<br />

December 22 nd 2011 at Sunrise Beach, Al<br />

Khobar. This is the 9 th open day organized<br />

by the Saudi Cancer Foundation. Around 70<br />

patients and their families attended the event.<br />

A big thank you to each and every volunteer who helped organize the event and turn<br />

it into a great success! You made it happen!<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> NGNS joins Bahrain<br />

Marathon Relay 2011<br />

Event Organizers:<br />

Razzan Al Azzouni, Salwa Al Azzouni,<br />

Noaf AlTurki, <strong>Rawabi</strong> Group Corporate<br />

Communications Manager<br />

Volunteers from <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> included:<br />

Emad Al Ghussaini, Meshal Al Juwaira<br />

Every year, the Saudi Cancer Foundation<br />

organizes an open day for children with cancer<br />

to enjoy with their families away from the dull<br />

walls of hospitals and the agony of treatments.<br />

“We’d like to think of it as a Willy Wonka event,<br />

where we try to turn young patients’ dreams<br />

and imaginations into reality creating a carefree<br />

educational environment where a child will learn<br />

a little something while having fun,” explains<br />

fashion designer Razan Al Azzouni, the Creative<br />

Director and one of the organizers of the event.<br />

This year’s theme was titled “We Are the Future”.<br />

Upon their arrival, children were divided into<br />

groups of five. Each group was ushered by<br />

volunteers who worked as guides for children<br />

walking them through different stations. In<br />

each station, children learned through various<br />

activities about how to better themselves and<br />

better their society, better the world they live<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> NGNS won third place in the IT-<br />

Telecom category, and came in 56 th out of 141<br />

competitors on December 9, 2011.<br />

The Bahrain Marathon Relay is an annual<br />

sporting event organized by the Bahrain Round<br />

Table to raise funds for local charities. The race<br />

format is 16 legs of approximately 3 kilometers.<br />

The race starts and finishes at the Bahrain<br />

International Circuit. The 2011 race was a great<br />

success and raised more than BD 30,000 for<br />

local charities.<br />

The race has earned its reputation over the years<br />

to be a favorite among local as well as the expat<br />

community, and is considered to be among<br />

the most anticipated events in the country.<br />

The Marathon Relay is an event that can be<br />

enjoyed by everyone. 100+ teams (businesses,<br />

schools, universities and individuals) take part<br />

in this event. While the top 20 teams are serious<br />

runners and the top 10 teams often include<br />

many international runners, most teams enter<br />

purely for the fun of participating in the event.<br />

Many of the runners in the lower placed teams<br />

only run once a year in the relay.<br />

Congratulations to our runners: Joseph<br />

Mondejae, JayR Nocellas, Hashim AlAlawi,<br />

Mohammed Jameel, Mohammed Jaffer, Ali<br />

Burashed, Wilfredo Catalan, Jerry Ravanera,<br />

Dave Junsay, Mahdi Al Masqati, Ruben Martires,<br />

Richard Bueno, Danny Sumalabe, Salman Al<br />

Mahal, Bader Bin Jamal.<br />

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MAKING A<br />

DIFFERENCE<br />

Corporate Community Service<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> supports<br />

flood victims in the<br />

Philippines<br />

What: Between December 16 and 18,<br />

Tropical Storm Washi swept away whole villages<br />

in the southern Philippines, with an estimated<br />

death toll of more than 1000 people. Some<br />

claim to have lost as many as 30 relatives.<br />

Others remain severely injured and homeless.<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> employees organized a<br />

campaign to support flood victims in the<br />

Philippines<br />

Photo credit: TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images<br />

When: Dec 27, 2011 – Jan 10, 2012<br />

Photo:<br />

Raymond Goh, Osman Ibrahim, Sh. Abdulaziz AlTurki, HE Mr. S.R. Nathan, Mr. Tan Puay Hiang<br />

EVENTS<br />

“Swiber Gives Back”<br />

Holiday Event 2011<br />

From the article of: Rizza Echarri,<br />

Senior Corporate Communications Executive,<br />

Swiber <strong>Holding</strong>s Limited<br />

Published: Jan 27, 2012, Swiber Community<br />

News<br />

http://swiber.listedcompany.com/news.html/<br />

id/285800<br />

Throughout the years, Swiber has<br />

responded to a variety of causes through<br />

its Corporate Social Responsibility<br />

initiatives. The commitment to serve<br />

and help those in need have been deeply<br />

ingrained within the organization that for<br />

this holidays celebration, this spirit of<br />

giving was demonstrated all the way to<br />

the different business unit levels.<br />

this added motivation, all teams plunged in<br />

with varied and creative fund-raising activities<br />

to enable them to provide and celebrate a more<br />

meaningful holiday with them.<br />

On 9 December 2011, at the Singapore Discovery<br />

Center, these documentaries where shown to<br />

a jam-packed Iwerks theater. An impressive<br />

line-up of judges, former Singapore President<br />

His Excellency Mr. S.R. Nathan, Mr. Tan Puay<br />

Hiang, Managing Director of Highvest Pte Ltd<br />

and Swiber partner Sheikh Abdulaziz AlTurki,<br />

Chairman of <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>, all of whom are<br />

widely known for their charity works determined<br />

the winner of this competition. The SOC Cranes’<br />

heart rending account of the struggles of Mrs.<br />

Lorena Nunez, a widow with 5 children in a<br />

relocation area from the Philippines won first<br />

prize. The other two finalists were from the<br />

PAPE Herons about Baby Kaitlyn Wijaya, born<br />

with congenital atresia who have been bravely<br />

fighting for her life for a year now and from<br />

Vallianz Albatross, about the wounded pains<br />

of the young girls sheltered by Ahuva Good<br />

Shepherd.<br />

three meaningful songs to punctuate the spirit<br />

of giving that night. He performed a duet with<br />

the Swiber Chairman Mr. Raymond Goh’s 8-year<br />

old son, Joshua Goh; he later joined the Swiber<br />

singers for the final performance of “Put a Little<br />

Love in your heart” – where the rest of the<br />

audience gamely joined in.<br />

Other guests of honor were Mr. R. Athappan,<br />

CEO of First Capital Insurance., Mr. Alvin<br />

Sariaatmadja, Director Pt. Elang Mahkota<br />

Teknologi Tbk and Mr. Osman Ibarhim, Group<br />

President and CEO of <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>.<br />

Swiber culminates every year with a night of fun<br />

and celebration, a celebration of the blessed<br />

year that was and a celebration of the people<br />

whose dedication in their work served as an<br />

inspiration…<br />

Sh. Alturki was honored with a Swiber Humanitarian<br />

Award for his beneficent help to others<br />

through his many foundations and charities. Sh. Alturki<br />

was given a figurine customized in his likeness<br />

With the theme “Swiber Gives Back”, eleven<br />

groups composed of three subsidiaries, four<br />

overseas offices and four business units chose<br />

private individuals or established charity<br />

organizations to help out. In addition, each team<br />

then came up with a compelling documentary<br />

about their causes for a video competition<br />

wherein the winner will be adopted by Swiber<br />

as one of its main CSR project for 2012. With<br />

The coveted Swiber’s Gems, a recognition<br />

of Swiberites who embodied the company’s<br />

core values of Trust, Respect, Affirmation,<br />

Determination, Excellence and Cause No Harm<br />

were also awarded that night.<br />

BBC World news anchor Mr. Rico Hizon was the<br />

event host and he introduced each of the videos<br />

while Mediacorp artiste Mr. Daren Tan provided<br />

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Business News<br />

CONTRACTING & INDUSTRIAL SERVICES DIVISION<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> electric<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> Meets<br />

Singaporean Delegates<br />

Exploring Business<br />

Opportunities<br />

Photo:<br />

RE Team at the training<br />

launch<br />

ACHIEVEMENTS & LATEST<br />

PROJECTS<br />

Singaporean Delegates visited <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong><br />

promoting the “Singapore Oil and Gas Services<br />

Delegation for the Eastern Province” which<br />

took place on 20 th November 2011 at <strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

<strong>Holding</strong> headquarters. The team was headed<br />

by Feroz Siddiqui, the Center Director - Riyadh<br />

(for International Enterprise Singapore) and<br />

First Secretary (Singapore Embassy); and Simon<br />

Lim, the Director, Industry Development Group<br />

Manufacturing & Engineering SPRING Singapore.<br />

A joint presentation was made by Hassan A.<br />

Ramady, Group VP - Contracting & Industrial<br />

Services Division and <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>’s Oilfield<br />

Services Division welcoming participants from<br />

six various companies from Singapore. Among<br />

the business delegations present were: A-Star<br />

Training & Consultancy Pte. Ltd., Cutech Process<br />

Services Pte. Ltd., Keyser Technologies Pte.<br />

Ltd., Ocean Master Engineering Pte. Ltd., RAPID<br />

Marine HVAC (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd., and Subsea<br />

Structure Pte. Ltd.<br />

A total of 14 Singaporean delegates were in<br />

attendance while 10 members of <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong><br />

also participated in the event. Present during the<br />

event were: Graeme Thomson (General Manager –<br />

RTC), Ahmed Al-Qadeeb (Deputy General Manager<br />

– RTC), Ossama Muhtaseb (Group Business<br />

Development Manager – Oilfield Services), Ihab<br />

Khayyat (Asst. Group Vice President – Oilfield<br />

Services), Ashraf A. Hakim (General Manager<br />

– RSC), Nasser Al-Shibrawi (General Manager –<br />

RISS), Gary Lindsay (Operations Manager – RCT),<br />

and Mohammed Al-Shareef (Group Business<br />

Development Manager – Contracting & Industrial<br />

Services).<br />

Side meetings were also arranged after the<br />

presentation and the day after to establish further<br />

cooperation.<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric is pleased to announce the<br />

following:<br />

1. The inauguration of RE’s new Training<br />

Platform that is comprised of a three-pillared<br />

approach. The first is high-end customized<br />

training delivered by ‎industry leaders in their<br />

field. Specialized electrical and mechanical<br />

Engineering training was ‎carried out with<br />

German-Austrian EPLAN, and US Parametric.<br />

The second pillar is developing in-‎house<br />

custom made training solutions pertaining to<br />

our specific industry requirements. For this,<br />

‎RE has built an in-house team led by staff<br />

recruited from a German institute and the<br />

first training ‎program was held in November<br />

2011. The third pillar is a Learning knowledge<br />

platform that ‎provides our staff as well as<br />

others with key personal development skills<br />

in their various fields of ‎work and interest.<br />

This was custom built with Knowledge City<br />

of USA. The same was officially ‎launched on<br />

Dec 7th, 2011. In addition we have partnered<br />

with Saudi Petroleum Services. ‎Polytechnic<br />

(SPSP) for training our new staff on latest<br />

industrial standards and norms for two ‎years.<br />

The firstbatch of trainees is already enrolled<br />

in the 2012 program.‎<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric General Manager, Fawzi Al<br />

Alwan commented “<strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric continues<br />

to bring the group’s vision and values into the<br />

workplace in the most efficient and effective<br />

way. Under the directive of the Chairman and<br />

board of directors, we spare no chance to add<br />

value to most valuable assets that is human.<br />

I take this opportunity to thank our team and<br />

group training department led by Ghaleb Al-<br />

Ghoutani for their hard work and dedication<br />

in making it happen in the shortest possible<br />

time.”<br />

2. RE’s leading solution for utility that was jointly<br />

developed with Saudi Electricity Company<br />

(SEC) passed the type tests at the Kema/<br />

Dekra Lab in the Netherlands. The tests,<br />

witnessed by <strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric and SEC staff,<br />

weredone under the toughest site conditions<br />

listed under SEC Distribution Materials<br />

Specification (SDMS) standards and leading<br />

International Electrotechnical Commission<br />

(IEC) standards, directives and norms. We are<br />

pleased again to deliver to our clients with<br />

state of the art safe and type tested solutions<br />

aimed at harvesting the best value.<br />

3. Delivery of our first and second shipments of<br />

15KV outdoor breaker type Ring Main Unit<br />

(RMU) under supply agreements signed with<br />

SEC. The shipments were made in record<br />

time,attending to our client’s needs to serve<br />

their clients with safe, reliable, solid and<br />

intelligent solutions.<br />

4. The end of FAT, staging and dispatch of first<br />

batch of RTU, SCADA and telecom solutions<br />

developed jointly with Saudi Aramco and<br />

UK and Saudi Emerson Remote Automation<br />

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Business<br />

News<br />

Solutions (RAS). These high end automation<br />

solutions will help Saudi Aramco remotely<br />

monitor and control their Oil and Gas well<br />

production from the Dhahran central control<br />

center.<br />

RUSS Training Highlights<br />

RUSS offers NEBOSH IOG Course<br />

5. The Dispatch of the Last Batch of Control<br />

Shelters Supplied Under Purchase<br />

Agreement With Saudi Aramco. This solution<br />

will help the client house all their field<br />

control, communication, telecom and other<br />

Automation equipment at satellite locations<br />

next to their production facilities in a weather<br />

proof and air-conditioned room.<br />

Photo: <strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric’s control shelter<br />

Photo: RUSS Team with<br />

Nebosh Trainer Akbar<br />

Zia-ud-din (middle of<br />

top row) and Ali Karam,<br />

Safety Supervisor from<br />

Abdul Kareem <strong>Holding</strong><br />

(middle of second row)<br />

Oilfield Services Division<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> United Safety Services<br />

RUSS, in cooperation with Akbar HSE Training<br />

and Consultancy successfully conducted<br />

NEBOSH International Technical Certificate for<br />

the Oil & Gas Operational Safety on October<br />

23 – 30, 2011 at RUSS Technical Operations<br />

Center, Old Abqaiq Road, Dhahran.<br />

Business<br />

Development<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> United Safety Services (RUSS) was<br />

awarded an SFC (ShortForm Contract) by Saudi<br />

Aramco to maintain and repair 2500 (H2S & LEL)<br />

Sensors. The project was completed successfully<br />

before the deadline.<br />

• RUSS has also gained a one year agreement<br />

for providing safety services and rental<br />

equipment with NPS (National Petroleum<br />

Services).<br />

• The RUSS team has been appreciated by<br />

Baker Hughes on XTDs Project for the support<br />

and cooperation in sour well completion<br />

before expected time. The project successfully<br />

ended without any incident, which is the core<br />

objective of RUSS’s operations.<br />

• It is a great opportunity to announce that<br />

RUSS has built valuable relations that is to<br />

help expand its services in the downstream<br />

sector. RUSS has recently started providing its<br />

safety services on two new projects awarded<br />

by Saudi Aramco. RUSS has also made<br />

inroads to penetrate the Yanbu industrial city<br />

over short period of time. RUSS looks forward<br />

to have a remote facility in Yanbu Industrial<br />

City in near future.<br />

• Another major breakthrough in the downstream<br />

sector is the RUSS enrolment with SABIC as<br />

safety services provider with all its activities,<br />

which includes supply of specialized safety<br />

manpower, rental of safety equipment and<br />

safety training.<br />

RUSS conducts Emergency Response<br />

Training in SAMREF Yanbu<br />

A total of thirty-five (35) Al-Rushaid Construction<br />

Co. Ltd. (ARCC-EEI) HSE personnel in SAMREF<br />

Project, Yanbu were the attendees of the<br />

Emergency Response Training for Confined<br />

Spaces and Working at Heights on Nov. 15 –<br />

16, 2011. The course covers theoretical and<br />

practical aspects of rescue operations in confined<br />

spaces and vertical rescue. The attendees<br />

actively participated in the practical exercises<br />

conducted at their facility. It also includes the<br />

New Hire Training for RUSS Employees<br />

RUSS Training Development Department<br />

completed the new hire training of eight (8) new<br />

employees for the last quarter of 2011. Topics<br />

included are the following:<br />

1. Administrative Policy Orientation<br />

2. Health & Safety Policy Orientation<br />

3. Vehicle Operation Rules & Regulations<br />

Orientation<br />

4. H2S Awareness Course<br />

5. Basic Fire Fighting Course<br />

6. Defensive Driving Course<br />

use of Breathing Apparatus (SCBA and SABA)<br />

especially working in confined spaces.<br />

Jerico Padrones and Henry Hugo conducted<br />

the two-day training providing the participants<br />

necessary skills in the proper emergency rescue<br />

procedures. They were trained also on how to<br />

use various rescue equipment that might be<br />

needed to perform emergency response.<br />

7. First-Aid & CPR with AED Training<br />

Site H2S Specialist new hire training also<br />

includes equipment training and on-the-job<br />

training at rig sites, a total of approximately 18<br />

days to complete the process.<br />

The new hire training program of RUSS aims<br />

to inform new employees about various policies<br />

and develop their skills and knowledge in order<br />

to fulfill their respective job responsibilities<br />

safely and effectively.<br />

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Business<br />

News<br />

RUSS Certifies 740 Personnel for Hydrogen Sulfide Safety<br />

Retail<br />

Gymboree Play & Learn<br />

Give your child the very best<br />

start to a healthy lifestyle<br />

A total of 740 personnel from various companies<br />

in Saudi Arabia completed the Hydrogen Sulfide<br />

(H2S) Awareness Course from October 1, 2011<br />

to December 17, 2011. Most of the attendees<br />

were from Saudi Aramco Drilling & Workover<br />

Department (SA D&WO) and Transportation<br />

Department. As SA D&WO accredited provider<br />

of H2S Safety Training, RUSS maintains the<br />

highest standards in providing this course to<br />

its clienteles. An (International Association of<br />

Drilling Contractors) IADC accredited course,<br />

with qualified and well-experienced instructors,<br />

course participants were able to experience<br />

actual use of various types of breathing<br />

apparatus and different models of gas detection<br />

devices that they may be able to use in the field.<br />

As Saudi Aramco Drilling & Workover Department (SA D&WO)<br />

accredited provider of H2S Safety Training, RUSS maintains the<br />

highest standards in providing this course to its clienteles.<br />

The training aimed of informing oil and gas<br />

workers about the dangers or hazards of hydrogen<br />

sulfide, areas potential for H2S gas presence,<br />

the health hazards and emergency response<br />

procedures in the rig sites. It is also expected<br />

that attendees can properly wear breathing<br />

apparatus and use detection devices in order to<br />

be certified for hydrogen sulfide safety.<br />

The RUSS pool of instructor includes Khalid Al-<br />

Dowlah, Jerico Padrones, Mohammad Awad and<br />

Mubashar Hassan.<br />

News from the Gymboree Play floor…<br />

Have you exercised today? Are you planning to<br />

visit the gym this evening?<br />

If you answered “Yes” to either question,<br />

you will be in the few among us who exercise<br />

regularly! Unfortunately our children are also not<br />

exercising as much as they need to either and<br />

we are now faced with high rates of children in<br />

the overweight and increasingly, obese weight<br />

range.<br />

Children need to learn healthy habits in their<br />

early years in order for us as a community to<br />

decrease these frightening trends. At Gymboree<br />

we are offering parents a chance to introduce<br />

their children to fun exercise with the launch of<br />

our new Sports program designed by experts in<br />

the USA!<br />

The program aims to encourage healthy habits<br />

and a positive attitude toward physical exercise<br />

through fun and physical sports play. Activities<br />

are designed to get toddlers and preschoolers<br />

engaged in non-competitive interactive<br />

games and sports which emphasize flexibility,<br />

confidence and emotional well-being to build<br />

strong bodies and minds.<br />

Children aged from 18 month to 5 years<br />

participate in Sports including Football, Hockey,<br />

Golf, Basketball, Track & Field, Tennis and<br />

Baseball either with their mums or as a drop off<br />

program.<br />

Give your child the very best start to a healthy<br />

lifestyle and book a free trial class at Gymboree<br />

today!<br />

Hip Hip Horray! It’s a Gymboree Day!!<br />

Keep up to date with all our news on Facebook, accessed through our website:<br />

www.gymboreeclasses-ksa.com<br />

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<strong>Rawabi</strong> Chairman Opening Speech<br />

Distinguished guests, ladies & gentlemen,<br />

It gives me great pleasure to be with you today at <strong>Rawabi</strong> Service Appreciation Awards,<br />

where we are gathered to honor an extraordinary group of <strong>Rawabi</strong> family members who<br />

deserve the utmost appreciation for their accomplishments and dedication over the years.<br />

Events<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong>’s Service Appreciation<br />

Awards 2011<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong>’s Service Appreciation Awards Ceremony for the year 2011 took place at<br />

Le Meridien Hotel, Al-Khobar, last December 15, 2011. Three hundred nineteen<br />

(319) employees were honored for their years of service at <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong><br />

companies.<br />

Event presenters: Hanaa Almoaibed, Nada Badgaish, Farah Al Ghamdi, Mohammed Ashfaq Siddiqui,<br />

Simpronio ‘Roni’ Medenilla<br />

Dear Honorees,<br />

“Who does not thank people, does not<br />

thank God” Hadith<br />

How can we not thank you when you have<br />

contributed to building and developing<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>? Your dedication, hard<br />

work and responsibility helped bring<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> to where it is today.<br />

Our sincere thanks and gratitude to<br />

each and every one of you and to more<br />

success Inshallah!<br />

As we are approaching a new year, we<br />

leave behind a year of hard work and<br />

unflagging efforts ... where we have<br />

continued to strive to achieve <strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

<strong>Holding</strong>’s vision to be the leading<br />

regional provider of products and<br />

services to a diversified range of key<br />

industries, and by doing so to contribute<br />

to the economic development and<br />

quality of life in the countries where we<br />

operate.<br />

Based on that vision, our mission<br />

and core values and to contribute<br />

to the development of our society,<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> launched its Youth<br />

Empowerment Program as part of its<br />

corporate social responsibility.<br />

Under Youth Empowerment, <strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

Self Discovery Program was launched<br />

in early 2011 to empower youth (aged<br />

16-24) by encouraging them to identify<br />

their potential, assisting them in<br />

channeling their energies and providing<br />

them with the means for a bright and<br />

successful future through three main<br />

programs: <strong>Rawabi</strong> Talent Exhibit, the<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Internships, and the Career<br />

Guidance Program.<br />

I am pleased to announce that following<br />

the success of <strong>Rawabi</strong> Talent Exhibit,<br />

the General Directorate of Education<br />

in the Eastern Province has invited us<br />

to set up the same exhibition in their<br />

schools to reach the largest number of<br />

students.<br />

The Ministry of Labor has invited us to<br />

exhibit during its “Liqa’at” recruitment<br />

program that will take place in Saudi<br />

Arabia’s major cities. We are the only<br />

company that has been granted such an<br />

opportunity to exhibit!<br />

We have recently launched the pilot<br />

phase of ‘<strong>Rawabi</strong> Guidance Program’.<br />

The program will also run in cooperation<br />

with the General Directorate of<br />

Education in the Eastern Province.<br />

The program focuses on equipping<br />

counselors with the proper skills and<br />

know-how to provide academic and<br />

career counseling. Upon completing<br />

training, the counselors will be awarded<br />

international career counseling<br />

certificates, and begin providing<br />

professional career planning services to<br />

students.<br />

We are proud of these achievements<br />

and our partnerships with the public<br />

sector, which makes us in the lead in<br />

social responsibility.<br />

In an effort to communicate our<br />

messages more efficiently to the<br />

community, we have recently hired<br />

a PR firm to help us build stronger<br />

communication with our stakeholders<br />

starting with our employees ...with<br />

you… the heart and soul of <strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

<strong>Holding</strong>.<br />

In our last gathering, we promised<br />

to activate internal communication<br />

channels so our vision, mission and<br />

values become the common language<br />

that brings us together as a team.<br />

Thus, Corporate Communications<br />

with the support of Legal and HR,<br />

started a reorientation program were<br />

employees learn about <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>,<br />

its businesses, policies and procedures<br />

and find answers to their inquiries.<br />

We are currently in the process of<br />

translating the employee handbook into<br />

different languages to reach out to all<br />

employees.<br />

As for people development, we have<br />

invited several international trainers to<br />

conduct in-house courses to a selective<br />

group of employees to raise their<br />

professionalism and enable them to<br />

achieve targets.<br />

Furthermore, we have signed an<br />

agreement with the Saudi Petroleum<br />

Services Polytechnic (SPSP) to train<br />

180 students under <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>’s<br />

sponsorship for two years.<br />

Trainees will join the <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong><br />

workforce after completing their<br />

technical training at SPSP.<br />

And this is just the beginning…<br />

Our coming year carries several<br />

initiatives that aim to further activate<br />

and integrate our mission, vision<br />

and core our values into our work<br />

environment and daily practices in order<br />

to realize our goals and our hopes.<br />

In conclusion, I’d like to congratulate<br />

our awardees once again for their great<br />

accomplishments...<br />

I thank each and every team member<br />

who works hard to turn <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>’s<br />

aspirations into reality.<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> is powered by people<br />

like you!<br />

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Events<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong><br />

is powered by<br />

people like you!<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Service Honorees 2011<br />

More Than 5 Years<br />

Infrastructure<br />

Development Company<br />

Abdo Mahmoud Hassan<br />

Ahmed Abdul Fatah<br />

Ahmed Kamal Saeed Mohammed<br />

Amin Khan<br />

Amr Mohamed Magdi Kamel<br />

Andew Haber Dolanas<br />

Ass Bahadur Thada Magar<br />

Bagbir B.K. Manga<br />

Bekt Ahmed Al Taeeb<br />

Bishnu Dev Sah<br />

Bitay Kumar Sahu Sudi<br />

Buddhi Bahadur Nepali<br />

Budhi Man Limbu<br />

Dal Bahadur Katuwal Sher<br />

Dilmab Kunwar Lur<br />

Dulal Hazarat Ali<br />

Eid Alsaeed Hassan Hegazi<br />

Emad Alddin Ali Mokhtar Ali<br />

Farrukh Abdul Khaleeq<br />

Golam Golam<br />

Hossan Fakhri Fouzat Al Bataniya<br />

Ismael Abdulfadel Ismaeil<br />

Jeniffer siniguian Lagundi<br />

Jimmy Guevarra<br />

Johnny Rabang Lardizabal<br />

Jonax Lagda Balurin<br />

Khalid Mohammed Abo-Alhammed<br />

Lagbeer Khan<br />

Lal Miah Sokal Miah<br />

Mahmoud Ahmed Sabon<br />

Majid Khan<br />

Makesar Yadav<br />

Mansour Mohammad Mohmmad Ahmed<br />

Metab Half Turki Almutairi<br />

Mohamed Ali Fadel Ahmed<br />

Mohammed Amer Yosef<br />

Mohammed Hamod Al Abdulh<br />

Mokram Abdulalem Ahmad Ali<br />

Mouamen Athman Abdul Altaeb<br />

Mouelhi Shhata Moselhi<br />

Nagmuddin Ahmed Hasmi<br />

Nasser Alsaeed Mohmod Altaeb<br />

Nazrul Islam Faziu Miah<br />

Pragas Kapar<br />

Rady Abdo Abdulmobdi<br />

Raj Kishor Yadav<br />

Ram Bahadur Biswakarma Gita<br />

Ram Bahadur Tamang<br />

Ram Dular Yadav<br />

Ramkaji Darji Khamba Singh<br />

Rasheed Miya a<br />

Refet Hasen Abdalla Eltaib<br />

Reynaldo Centeno Gabriel<br />

Sattar Fazlul Hoque<br />

Shaban Mohammed Thaha<br />

Shanitsher Sada<br />

Sobur Hossain Zulmot Ali<br />

Suphal Mamdal Dev<br />

Taj Borhan Def Khan<br />

Tank Bahadur Basnet<br />

Vijay Kumar Sahani<br />

Younes Matok Al Taha<br />

Yousef Saaed Abu Sharkh<br />

Zahid Ali Ameer Khan<br />

Abdullah Mohd Noheli<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Corrosion<br />

Technology<br />

Edson R. Lalusin<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric<br />

Abdullah Mahdi Makki Al Natha<br />

Ali Salman Ali Al Faryh<br />

Bader Abbas Ali Al Suhaili<br />

James Manuel Tiongson Velasco<br />

Jassim Mohammed Saleh Al Zayid<br />

Mahmoud Hussein Mohammed Al Qalaf<br />

Martin Edassery Poulose<br />

Muslim Abdulwahab Al Monasef<br />

PradeepKumar Pallippurath<br />

Sahu Srinibas<br />

Shajahan Tharayil Kader<br />

Shiju Kunjamma John<br />

Sudheer Cheruparambil Somasundaran<br />

Sushil Kumar Shiriya<br />

Tarig Saeed Salman Saeed<br />

Vinod Sasidharan<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong><br />

Sufian Bassam Mahmoud Sharaf<br />

Maher Al Ismail<br />

Mohammed Hussein Al Ammah<br />

Murali Nedumthedth Raman<br />

Nawaf Saad Ali Al Atwi<br />

Primar Evangelista Asuncion<br />

Julio Jr. Labanen Cacho<br />

Nasser Suliman AlMuneef<br />

Reeman Rashid Mohammed Al Dossary<br />

Ric Benzon Licanto Barboza<br />

Roqaih Hassan Mahdi Al Ghezwi<br />

Jafar Ahmed Khazem Al Yousef<br />

Vicente Jr. Rayala Renolayan<br />

Abdulbasit Hashim Al Ansari<br />

Harisha Shetty<br />

Narayana Pillai Suresh<br />

Ravindra Kumar Gupta<br />

Senthilkumar Subbaiah Gavundar<br />

Thomas Kulathunkal Mathew<br />

Vedasto G. Felicitas<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Specialized<br />

Contracting<br />

Abdulaziz Saad Ibrahim Al-Tuwaijri<br />

Abdurahman Fahad Al Taraiky<br />

Alberto Grenen Castano<br />

Ali Naser Hussein Al-Mukhles<br />

Antonio Santiaguel Lunasin<br />

Arman Cajayon Javier<br />

Ayman Sabri Abdulrahman Mohmd<br />

Babu Ram Acharya<br />

Bal Bahadur Gurung<br />

Bam Bahadur Kami<br />

Bandar Lafi Ziabani<br />

Bhoja Bahadur Thapa<br />

Bhukal Mahato Mina<br />

Bir Bahadur Tharu<br />

Bishnu Giri<br />

Buddhi Man Bastola<br />

Cesar Lupang Talingdan<br />

Chop Lal Shrestha<br />

Dal Bahadur Magar Khadga<br />

Dal Bahadur Rana<br />

Dan Bahadur Sarki<br />

Danilo Danilo Vasay<br />

Deepak Khatri Chhetri<br />

Dil Bahadur Gurung<br />

Dina Salah Ahmed<br />

Edgardo Jonales Doria<br />

Eduardo Pancho Gurra<br />

Emeterio Jr Penida Precia<br />

Epifanio Camacho Javier<br />

Ernesto Almarez Cantos<br />

Faisal Fahed Al Dakheel<br />

Frederick Carrera Fontanilla<br />

Ganesh Thapa Susmita<br />

Ganga Bahadur Nepali<br />

Gaphar Miya<br />

Golan Prasad Chaudhary<br />

Gopal Prasad Shrestha<br />

Gorakh Prasad Naresh<br />

Hare Narayan Thakur<br />

Hem Raj Tharu Amar<br />

Hira Lal Henjan<br />

Iba Bahadur Punya<br />

Jayson San Pedro<br />

Jojit Batac Fuertez<br />

Kari Mandal Kebat<br />

Khadga Raj Chandtej<br />

Kholoud Fadel Sahli<br />

Krishna Bahadur Bishwakarma<br />

Kul Bahadur Khadka Mishra<br />

Laxmi Pasman<br />

Lekhanath Acharya Gita<br />

Mani Lal Budha<br />

Manoj Kumar Yadav<br />

Mario Coro Palogme<br />

Marlito Bobijes Britanico<br />

Merjim Quinto Real<br />

Mohammed Rahim Rain<br />

Mohammed Saeed Ekwan<br />

Narayan Adhikari<br />

Nicasio Sinag Silos<br />

Patricio Salenga Santiago<br />

Pramod Mukhiya<br />

Puran Mandal Seni<br />

Purna Kumar Limbu<br />

Raja Sandanam Veeramuthu<br />

Ram Bahadur Gurung Rai<br />

Ram Bahadur Khatri<br />

Randy Umali Maliksi<br />

Renato Real Perez<br />

Romeo Serrano Diokno<br />

Romero Salupado Bolanio<br />

Ronald Del Rosario Enriquez<br />

Sanjay Yadav Magrdaita<br />

Shree Ram Rana<br />

Subas Rai<br />

Tulasi Ram Baral Surya<br />

Vinod Kumar Shivhare<br />

Virgilio Galeza Fulo<br />

Yagya Bahadur Bhandari<br />

Yousif Ali Al Jaber<br />

Abass Mohammed<br />

Chacko Yohannan<br />

Sadasivan Subhas<br />

Sameer Al Atwani<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Trading and<br />

Contracting<br />

Alfredo Pascua Soniega<br />

Hamed Bakhuet AlJarbuay Al Marri<br />

Manoj Kumar Kallupalathingal<br />

Mohammed Ali Hasan Al-Amrad<br />

Shakil Mujawar<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> United Safety<br />

Services<br />

Ahmed Hilal<br />

Hendry Dador Hugo<br />

Hussein Ali Mahdi Albouri<br />

Jan Acosta Penaflor<br />

Jassem Mahdi Argan<br />

Jordan Castillo<br />

Lemuel Titular Sumagang<br />

Mohammed Hanif<br />

Mubashar Hassan<br />

Murad Abdullah Alabdi<br />

Murtada saleh Alobaid<br />

Raymond M.Deliquina<br />

Safi Hussein Alsaggaf<br />

Sibtain Mughal<br />

Taleb Abdullah Alfadhel<br />

Tisser Ibrahim Alshanar<br />

Frank’s <strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

Mohammad Bilal Khalid Parvez<br />

Abdullah F. Mansoor Al Hayek<br />

Mohammad Ali Mohammad Al Qadhe<br />

Mohammad Hassan Al Tawal<br />

Sami Ahmed Habib Al Daqdooq<br />

Jehad Ali<br />

Oussama Asied Sabri<br />

Obaida Abdulkarem Khafaja<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> EMEC<br />

Ashraf Elsayed mohamed Elhamahmi<br />

Hany Ibrahim Mohamedi Ibrahim<br />

Ibrahim Mohammed Ali Abdelrahman<br />

Mohamed Ashraf El Hahmami<br />

Mohamed Yousef AlHafez<br />

Hussein Dekhil Ahmed Al Ali<br />

Fahad Ahmad Ali Al Omani<br />

Hesham Medhat Ali Ghonim<br />

Yahya Mohamed Zakarya Mahmoud<br />

Gehad Mohamed Abdelmawla Mohamed<br />

Ahmed Fathi Labib Ahmed<br />

Mohamed Mahmoud Yousef El Gaafarawi<br />

Ahmed Aly Abdulla Atia<br />

Sherif Hassan Abdel Wahab Ali<br />

Mohamed Kamal Shendy Elsayed Salem<br />

Mohamed Saeed Mohamed Saleh<br />

Mohammed Mohammed Khattab Eliwa<br />

Hesham Aly Abdel Hamid Aly<br />

Mohammed Moustafa Tawfik<br />

Moustafa Ahmed Mohsen Shadoufa<br />

Yousef Abdallah Mohdammed Al-Hafez<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Industrial<br />

Support Services<br />

Wael Abdullkarem Bata<br />

Mohammed Abdullah Shaban<br />

Abdulbaset Al Ansari<br />

Ravindra Kumar Gupta<br />

Thomas K. Mathew<br />

Harisha Shetty<br />

Senthilkumar S. Gavundar<br />

Narayana Pillai Suresh<br />

Vedasto Felicitas, Jr.<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Hot-hed<br />

Dante Gapasin<br />

Pedro Mendoza<br />

Herwin Son<br />

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Events<br />

More Than 10 Years<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric<br />

Adnan Ahmed Al Mussalam<br />

Hom Prasad Budha<br />

Min Bahadur Katuwal Chhetri<br />

Rajeev Kuttan Nair<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong><br />

Abdullatif Cheeran Kunnan<br />

Akram Habeb Al-Motawa<br />

Hisham Ahmed Al Monasef<br />

Nazrul Islam Jane Alam<br />

Ossama Zeyad Muhtaseb<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Specialized<br />

Contracting<br />

Abdul salam Shamsul Haque<br />

Alejendro Ascano Ellorda<br />

Allauddin Khan<br />

Ceferio Alarcon Martinez<br />

Danilo Padilla Lapizar<br />

Dante Polides Jarata<br />

Elizalde Arcangel Masangcay<br />

Hilario Decena Quinto<br />

Kasam Ali Fakaruddin<br />

Lerio Ninalsa Vasay<br />

Manuel Caser Gacho<br />

Meraz Khan<br />

Miznur Rehman Alauddin Mollah<br />

Mohammad Qeyamiddin Ansari<br />

Mohammed Ismail Babu Patel<br />

Mohammed Muslim Junab Ali<br />

Mohammed Musthafa<br />

Mohammed Zamiral Haque Kismuddin<br />

Mohd Nazar Ansari<br />

Nikha M.Al Subahie<br />

Ram Chandran Gohiwar Yadv<br />

Ram Yakwal Mahto<br />

Rogelio Antonio Tamma<br />

Rogelio Espiritu Signio<br />

Sakir Hussain Kheru Deen<br />

Shakeel Ansari<br />

Shamsher Mohamed Alam Ali Khan<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Trading and<br />

Contracting<br />

Aji Nair NandaKumaran<br />

Mohammed ARIF<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> United Safety Services<br />

Ahmed Abdelmoula Alsayed<br />

Frank’s <strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

Ali Saeed Abdul Majid Shali<br />

Hani Ali Hassan Natha<br />

Hussain Salman Bahrani<br />

Mohammad Ali Ahmed Al-Ebadi<br />

Yaser Mohammad R. Al Hubail<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> EMEC<br />

Saher Abd El Aziz<br />

More Than 15 Years<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Corrosion Technology<br />

Hanef Hussain<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric<br />

Imaduddin Javeed<br />

Yousif Ibrahim Ahmed Al Talaq<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong><br />

Mohandas KK<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Specialized<br />

Contracting<br />

Adolfo Botor Tirao<br />

Alejandro Cantanclo Dela Raya<br />

Anthony Thomas<br />

Faruk Mohammad Naisul Ahmad<br />

Fredie Reyes<br />

Hussain Ali Khodir<br />

Mohammad Sirajuddin<br />

Mohammed Abdul Quadeer<br />

Renaldo Bulacan Sanora<br />

Sakaria Mavoonkal Thomas<br />

Sayed Rashid Ali<br />

Victoriano jr Duque Nicdao<br />

Wazir Alam Ansari<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Trading and<br />

Contracting<br />

Jose Espanola Gindap<br />

Mohammad Riaz Khan<br />

Ibrahim Abd El Ghany<br />

More Than 20 Years<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Corrosion Technology<br />

Shaji John<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric<br />

Shaikh Mohammed Qayyum<br />

C. Abraham Joseph<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Specialized<br />

Contracting<br />

Romeo A. Vasquez<br />

25 years of service<br />

Rajan Varghese<br />

Engineering Manager at<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric<br />

“In 1985, Rajan Varghese<br />

joined <strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric, formerly<br />

Remal Electric, as an Electrical<br />

Engineer.<br />

When he first came to the<br />

factory, he just had a briefcase<br />

in his hand. There was no roof or office. Together,<br />

with his manager at that time, they established<br />

Remal Electric factory (now <strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric)<br />

from scratch.<br />

Years of hard work and handling several positions<br />

from Production Supervisor to Production<br />

Engineer handling both Electrical and Mechanical<br />

divisions in the factory. Then, in Jan 01 st 1992,<br />

Mr. Varghese was appointed as Engineering<br />

Manager and took care of all the operations and<br />

design in the factory.<br />

Mr. Varghese is the type of person who’d role his<br />

Volunteers who helped organize the event<br />

Sami Al Bouri, Mohsin Zuhair Al Salim, Emad H.<br />

Ghussaini, Hassan Al Ahbail, Mohammed Ashfaq<br />

Siddiqui, Kholoud Al Sahly, Abdullah Al Sayed,<br />

Bandar Al Qahtani, Alfredo Soniega, Rommleigh<br />

Abdi, Mohammed Faizullah Baig, Mohammed<br />

J. AlHezam, Fadel Al Manasif, Karl Jeffrey C.<br />

The event was honored by the presence<br />

of our Guest Speaker, Engr. Hosam A.<br />

Alqurashi, a marketing professional with<br />

strong passion for CSR.<br />

Throughout his career, Mr. Alqurashi made a solid<br />

commitment to contribute to the society through<br />

the companies he served. In 2007 he launched<br />

the 1st female empowerment programmed<br />

called Shine targeting female students in public<br />

universities. He then worked as a consultant and<br />

developed CSR projects in the fields of Youth<br />

enabling and financial literacy. He is now the<br />

senior director of marketing at Alnahdi Medical<br />

Company developing a CSR platform for chronic<br />

disease patients across the country.<br />

sleeves up if there was a machine breakdown in<br />

the factory, he wouldn’t wait for help, he would<br />

rather rectify the problem himself. He is a hard<br />

worker; he always foresaw a better future for his<br />

company. He is loved and respected by all his<br />

co-workers.<br />

He is disciplined and detail-oriented. He believes<br />

in team work and accomplishing tasks with a<br />

positive attitude.<br />

25 years of dedication has made Rajan Varghese a<br />

role model for any person who wishes to mark his<br />

career with great achievements! Congratulations<br />

Mr. Varghese on your success!”<br />

- from a speech presented by<br />

Mohammed Ashfaq Siddiqui, <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong><br />

Recruitment Specialist, during <strong>Rawabi</strong>’s Service<br />

Appreciation Awards.<br />

Mendoza, Mishal Juweirah, Yuosef Saad Al-<br />

Masuod, Jerry Ravanera, Mico R. Aceberos,<br />

Rodel Bautista, Randy Castro, Randa Essa,<br />

Simpronio ‘Roni’ Medenilla, Farah Al Ghamdi,<br />

Nada Badgaish, Hanaa Almoaibed, Joey Anatalio,<br />

Danny Sumalabe, Raymond Teodocio<br />

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Mohammad Al Qadi<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>’s<br />

Financial Advisor<br />

TEAM CONTRIBUTIONS<br />

Income is considered derived from a source in<br />

the Kingdom in any of the following:<br />

1. Income is derived from an activity in the<br />

Kingdom:<br />

a. Loan charge (proceeds) in any of the<br />

following cases:<br />

• the debt is secured by movable or<br />

immovable property located in the<br />

Kingdom,<br />

• the borrower is a resident of the<br />

Kingdom,<br />

• the loan is related to an activity carried<br />

out in the Kingdom<br />

establishment of a nonresident located in<br />

the Kingdom, including income from sales in<br />

the Kingdom of goods of the same or similar<br />

kind as those sold through such a permanent<br />

establishment, and income from rendering<br />

services or carrying out another activity in the<br />

Kingdom of the same or similar nature as an<br />

activity performed by a non-resident through a<br />

permanent establishment.<br />

Place of payment of the income shall not be<br />

taken into account in determining its source.<br />

b. Insurance/reinsurance premiums in any<br />

of the following:<br />

• insured asset is located in the Kingdom<br />

• the insurer is a resident of the Kingdom<br />

• insurance of activities or risks related<br />

to activities carried out in the Kingdom<br />

Withholding Tax Rates<br />

Withheld amount from gross amount paid shall<br />

be as follows:<br />

Type of payment<br />

Rate<br />

Withholding Tax Law<br />

according to the New Tax<br />

Law in the Kingdom of<br />

Saudi Arabia<br />

Every resident, whether or not a taxpayer according to the<br />

Income Tax Law, and a permanent establishment in the Kingdom of a nonresident<br />

which pays an amount to a non-resident from a source in the Kingdom<br />

shall withhold tax from the paid amount.<br />

c. Income derived from technical or<br />

consulting services in any of the following:<br />

• the service is given to a person resident<br />

in the Kingdom,<br />

• the service is related to an activity<br />

carried out in the Kingdom<br />

2. If it is derived from immovable property<br />

located in the Kingdom, including gains from<br />

the disposal of a share in such immovable<br />

properties and from the disposal of shares,<br />

stocks or partnership in a company the property<br />

of which consists mainly, directly or indirectly of<br />

shares in immovable properties in the Kingdom.<br />

3. If it is derived from the disposal of shares or<br />

a partnership in a resident company.<br />

4. If it is derived from lease of movable properties<br />

used in the Kingdom.<br />

5. If it is derived from the sale or license for<br />

use of industrial or intellectual properties used<br />

in the Kingdom.<br />

6. Dividends, management or directors’ fees<br />

paid by a resident company.<br />

7. Amounts paid against services rendered by a<br />

resident company to the company’s head office<br />

or to an affiliated company.<br />

8. Amounts paid by a resident against services<br />

performed in whole or in part in the Kingdom.<br />

9. Amounts for exploitation of a natural resource<br />

in the Kingdom.<br />

10. If the income is attributable to a permanent<br />

Management fees<br />

Royalties or proceeds;<br />

payments for services to<br />

a head-office or related<br />

company<br />

Payments for rent; payments<br />

for technical and consulting<br />

services; payments for<br />

air tickets, air freight<br />

and maritime freight;<br />

payments for international<br />

telecommunications services;<br />

dividends; loan charges;<br />

insurance or reinsurance<br />

premiums<br />

Other payments<br />

20%<br />

15%<br />

5%<br />

15%<br />

Management fees means payments for<br />

management services contracts, such as hotel<br />

management contracts, ship management<br />

contracts, etc.<br />

Royalties means payments received for use of<br />

or the right to use intellectual rights, including,<br />

but not limited to, copyright, patents, designs,<br />

industrial secrets, trademarks and trade names,<br />

know-how, trade and business secrets, goodwill,<br />

and payments received against the use of<br />

information related to industrial, commercial or<br />

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Team<br />

Contribution<br />

scientific expertise, or against granting the right<br />

to exploit natural and mineral resources.<br />

Rent means payments for rent contracts, such<br />

as rental of equipment, machines, houses and<br />

Information networks.<br />

Technical and consulting services means any<br />

type of technical, technological and scientific<br />

services, including studies and research on<br />

different fields, surveying work of scientific,<br />

geological and industrial nature, consulting or<br />

supervisory services, or any type of engineering<br />

services including relevant designs.<br />

Payments for air tickets, air freight and maritime<br />

freight means any payment for air tickets, air<br />

freight and maritime freight paid in the Kingdom<br />

to air and maritime transport companies, their<br />

agents or representatives in the Kingdom.<br />

Payments for international telecommunications<br />

services means any amounts paid to a nonresident<br />

party in return for services related to<br />

provision of international telecommunications<br />

services from the Kingdom.<br />

Dividends means any distribution by a resident<br />

company to a non-resident shareholder, and any<br />

profits transferred by a permanent establishment<br />

to related parties; the following should be<br />

considered:<br />

a. Dividends by companies engaged in<br />

natural gas investment, oil and hydrocarbons<br />

are not subject to withholding tax.<br />

c. Subjection of a distributing company to<br />

income tax shall not preclude imposition of<br />

withholding tax on its dividends.<br />

Loan charge (proceeds/interest) means any<br />

amount paid to a non-resident for the use of<br />

money.<br />

Other payments means payments from a source<br />

in the Kingdom to a non-resident for services<br />

other than services mentioned in this Article (1)<br />

above.<br />

Withholder’s Obligations<br />

A person, natural or corporate, required to<br />

withhold tax is obligated to do the following:<br />

Registering with the Department.<br />

1. Withholding due amount and paying of<br />

withheld amount to the Department within<br />

the first 10 days of the month following the<br />

month of payment to the beneficiary using<br />

the prescribed monthly form.<br />

2. Filing the annual withholding form within<br />

120 days of the end of the financial year,<br />

and within 60 days for partnerships.<br />

3. Providing the beneficiary with a certificate<br />

stating the beneficiary’s name, amount of<br />

payment, value of tax withheld and number<br />

and date of payment receipt.<br />

4. Maintaining records required to prove the<br />

correctness of the withheld tax.<br />

Withholder’s Liability<br />

a. The person responsible for withholding<br />

tax under the Income Tax Law who fails to<br />

withhold tax as required, fails to pay withheld<br />

tax, or fails to report withholding statements<br />

to the Department is personally liable to pay<br />

the unpaid tax and any resulting delay fines in<br />

accordance with paragraph (a) of Article Seventy<br />

Seven which is 1 percent of unpaid tax for every<br />

30 days of delay from calculated from the due<br />

date to the date of payment.<br />

b. A withholder who hides information, or<br />

submits incorrect information to the Department<br />

with the intent to evade taxes is personally liable<br />

to pay the penalty amount as stipulated in Article<br />

77(b) which is 25 percent of unpaid taxes.<br />

Other Withholding Provisions:<br />

a. The withholding tax as of rates stated in 2<br />

(above) shall be imposed on total amount<br />

paid to the non-resident as of 13/6/1425H<br />

(30/07/2004).<br />

b. The withholding tax is imposed on gross<br />

amount paid notwithstanding expenses incurred<br />

to make the income, and notwithstanding full or<br />

partial allowance/disallowance, as a deduction,<br />

of such payment; it shall also be even imposed<br />

on payments attributed to contracts concluded<br />

before the effective date of the Law.<br />

c. Withholding tax provisions shall not apply to a<br />

natural person who conducts no activity.<br />

for which tax is withheld, that tax shall be final,<br />

taking into consideration that no further tax<br />

shall be imposed on the income from which the<br />

tax was withheld, and no refund of any amount<br />

paid as withholding tax.<br />

f. If the amount is paid to a non-resident who<br />

conducts business in the Kingdom through a<br />

permanent establishment, and the amount paid<br />

was directly connected with the business of the<br />

establishment, such amount shall be calculated<br />

in determining the tax base of the non-resident.<br />

g. If tax is withheld for an amount paid to a<br />

taxpayer which is included in its tax base, the<br />

tax withheld shall be deducted from the tax due<br />

on the taxpayer’s tax base.<br />

h. If tax is not withheld and paid within the<br />

legally prescribed time, the recipient remains<br />

liable to the Department for the amount of tax.<br />

The Department may recover the tax from the<br />

recipient, its agent or sponsor.<br />

Withholding Tax Forms<br />

1. Withholding Tax Monthly Form:<br />

This form is considered to be a monthly selfassessment<br />

return of withheld tax. The withholder<br />

must file this form with the Department within<br />

the first 10 days of the month following the<br />

month of payment to the recipient.<br />

2. Withholding Tax Annual Form:<br />

b. Partial or full liquidation of a company<br />

is deemed to be dividends for payments in<br />

excess of paid-in capital.<br />

d. A payment by a permanent establishment is<br />

deemed to be a payment by a resident company.<br />

e. If an amount is paid to a non-resident and<br />

The withholder must file the withholding tax<br />

annual form filled out within 120 days of the<br />

end of the financial year, and within 60 days for<br />

partnerships.<br />

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Powered PEOPLE<br />

NEW EMPLOYEES<br />

The people of <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> are at the core of our company. As a united team, we<br />

boldly reach for the sky while respecting what holds us firmly to the ground.<br />

It is our people who enable us to tackle new challenges, extend our services and<br />

actively add new offerings to our growing portfolio. The personal sense of responsibility<br />

each employee feels fuels our hard work and determination and helps make us a<br />

success each and every day.<br />

We welcome all new members and wish them a successful journey with <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>.<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

Archer<br />

Yousef Al-Shaikh<br />

Operations Manager<br />

rawabi<br />

Specialized<br />

Contracting<br />

Mohamed Ouzrourou<br />

Planning Scheduling & Cost<br />

Control Unit Head<br />

rawabi Specialized<br />

Enclosures<br />

Hussain Ali Mansour Al Sudair<br />

Mechanical/HVAC Technician<br />

RAWABI UNITED SAFety SERVICES<br />

Jassim Yousif Rashid Al Dossari - Site H2S Specialist<br />

Saeed Yousif Al Omairi - Procurement/ Vehicle Assistant<br />

Ali Eid Mohammed Al Khaldi - Industrial Sales Assistant<br />

Osama Ibrahim Saleh Al-Suliman<br />

Warehouse/Inventory Controller<br />

Peter Ruel Rouche - Instrument/ Fire & Gas Sys Specialist<br />

RAWABI INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT SERVICES<br />

Fahad Ali Essa Al Subiai<br />

Heat Treatment Technician<br />

Muttab Saleh Essa Al Subiai<br />

Heat Treatment Technician<br />

Gymboree Play and Learn<br />

Sherii Ann Kiewitz<br />

Facilitator<br />

It is our hard<br />

work and<br />

determination<br />

that creates<br />

results.<br />

We are <strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

<strong>Holding</strong>.<br />

Mr. Al Shaikh has joined <strong>Rawabi</strong> Archer as<br />

Operations Manager last December 2011.<br />

He has over ten years of experience in<br />

Sales, Marketing and Operations. He holds<br />

a bachelor’s degree in applied mechanical<br />

engineering at King Fahad University of<br />

Minerals (KFUPM) and pursued his master’s<br />

degree in Business Administration at<br />

University of Leicester, United Kingdom.<br />

Eng. Ouzrourou has joined <strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

Specialized Contracting (RSC) as Planning,<br />

Scheduling and Cost Control Unit Head<br />

last December 2011. He holds a bachelor’s<br />

degree in civil engineering at the University<br />

of Algiers, Algeria. Prior to joining RSC,<br />

Mr. Ouzrourou has over sixteen years of<br />

experience in Facilities Management, Property<br />

Management and Project Management.<br />

Newborn Babies<br />

An unexpected<br />

blessing is<br />

Powered by<br />

dedicated,<br />

talented and<br />

committed<br />

people.<br />

rawabi <strong>Holding</strong><br />

Farah Al Fayez<br />

Training Coordinator<br />

Farah Saud Al-Ghamdi<br />

CSR Officer<br />

Muhammed Moizuddin<br />

Oracle Apps. DBA<br />

Enrico B. Cruz<br />

Executive Secretary<br />

Fatima Rabie Al<br />

Dawood<br />

Daughter of Rabie<br />

Al Dawood, Treasury<br />

Coordinator of<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>, born<br />

on September 11,<br />

2011<br />

Omnyah Al-<br />

Abbas Omer<br />

Idriss<br />

Daughter of AlAbbas<br />

Omer Idriss,<br />

Accounts Manager<br />

of RTC, born on<br />

December 13, 2011<br />

Aman Rico<br />

Padrones<br />

Son of Jerico M.<br />

Padrones, Training<br />

Development<br />

Coordinator of RUSS,<br />

born on October 26,<br />

2011<br />

Noaf-Fatima<br />

Daughter of Basheer<br />

Mohammed Abdul<br />

Salam, of the<br />

Chairman Villa, born<br />

November 8, 2011<br />

Fatima Tawfeeq<br />

Al Sulais<br />

Daughter of Mr.<br />

Tawfeeq Yousef Saud<br />

Al-Sulais, Accounts<br />

Clerk of <strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

<strong>Holding</strong>, born on<br />

October 20, 2011<br />

always the<br />

best gift!<br />

Babies are the<br />

most beautiful<br />

gifts from God.<br />

May your small<br />

one grow strong<br />

and happy<br />

under your care<br />

and love.<br />

28 <strong>Rawabi</strong> News Issue 27 Oct-Dec 2011 <strong>Rawabi</strong> News Issue 27 Oct-Dec 2011<br />

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“Learn from<br />

yesterday, live<br />

for today, hope<br />

for tomorrow. The<br />

important thing<br />

is not to stop<br />

questioning.”<br />

– Albert Einstein<br />

(1879 –1955)<br />

Inspirational Quotes<br />

“Men make counterfeit money; in many more<br />

cases, money makes counterfeit men.”<br />

– Sydney J. Harris (1917 – 1986)<br />

“Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they<br />

are made just like anything else, through hard<br />

work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to<br />

achieve that goal, or any goal.”<br />

Vincent Thomas “Vince” Lombardi (1913 –1970)<br />

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t<br />

matter to me. Going to bed at night saying<br />

we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what<br />

matters to me.” – Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs (1955<br />

–2011)<br />

“Courage is the most important of all the<br />

virtues, because without courage you can’t<br />

practice any other virtue consistently. You can<br />

practice any virtue erratically, but nothing<br />

consistently without courage.” – Maya Angelou<br />

Personal news<br />

“The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life<br />

is what is important.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.<br />

(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)<br />

“For having lived long, I have experienced<br />

many instances of being obliged, by better<br />

information or fuller consideration, to change<br />

opinions, even on important subjects, which I<br />

once thought right but found to be otherwise.”<br />

– Dr. Benjamin Franklin (1706 -1790)<br />

“If you don’t stand for something you will fall<br />

for anything.” – Dr. Malcolm X (1925 –1965)<br />

“The future belongs to those who prepare for it<br />

today.” – Dr. Malcolm X (1925 –1965)<br />

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t<br />

used to an environment where excellence is<br />

expected.” – Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs<br />

For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow!<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Industrial Support Services (RISS)<br />

hosted a farewell party to one if it’s first<br />

employees,Mansueto Belonio, HR Officer, who<br />

is ending his service after 10 long years with<br />

RISS. ‘Manny’, as commonly known to many,<br />

joined <strong>Rawabi</strong> on November 17, 2001. He<br />

eventually transferred to RISS and with GM<br />

Naser Alshibrawi, slowly established RISS as a<br />

Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Company. As a<br />

start-up company with very limited manpower at<br />

that time, Manny assumed and rotated to almost<br />

all office positions in order to achieve the demand<br />

of the service and office as well. Today, RISS is<br />

one of the leading NDT companies in the Saudi<br />

market and Mr. Belonio as one of its pillars who<br />

puts RISS to its present stature.<br />

The farewell party was graced by the Group<br />

President & CEO and in his brief speech,<br />

extended his heartfelt appreciation to Manny for<br />

his 10 years of valuable service and contributions<br />

to RISS. Mr. Ibrahim reiterated that the real<br />

strength of <strong>Rawabi</strong> is its people and addressed<br />

everyone to emulate the dedication that Manny<br />

has had for the company.<br />

In his acceptance of the certificate of appreciation,<br />

Manny, thanked <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> for the trust and<br />

EVENTS<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>’s 4 th Annual<br />

Get-Together<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>’s Filipino employees organized<br />

the 4 th annual get-together, which was held on 25 th<br />

December 2011 at La Paz Batchoy Restaurant<br />

in Al-Khobar. The event was attended by more<br />

than 100 <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> employees and their<br />

family members. This included Filipino team<br />

members from <strong>Rawabi</strong> Swiber, <strong>Rawabi</strong> Trading<br />

& Contracting, <strong>Rawabi</strong> Specialized Enclosures,<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Industrial Support Services, <strong>Rawabi</strong><br />

Specialized Contracting, <strong>Rawabi</strong> Corrosion<br />

Technology, <strong>Rawabi</strong> United Safety Services,<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> Electric, and <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> Head<br />

Office.<br />

The holiday season is a time for sharing and the<br />

season of joy and good deeds. This occasion is a<br />

great chance to get acquainted with all the other<br />

employees of <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>.<br />

Filipino employees from The get-together was<br />

organized by Jerry Ravanera, Executive Secretary<br />

- Office of the Group President & CEO, Raymond<br />

Teodocio, Corporate Communications Coordinator<br />

- Corporate Communications Department, Monico<br />

“Mico” Aceberos, Executive Secretary - Office of<br />

the Group Vice President (Contracting & Industrial<br />

Services Division), along with Alfredo Soniega,<br />

Rodel Bautista, Joey Anatalio, Rico Bautista,<br />

Jerome Cacho, Jun Renolayan, Noli Arranguez,<br />

confidence that they had given him during his<br />

stint in the company.<br />

Manny will sure be missed by his colleagues.<br />

Andrew Lauron,<br />

Karl Mendoza, Roni<br />

Medenilla, Danny<br />

Sumalabe, Burt<br />

Pereda, Enrico<br />

Cruz, Yoldy Tabilog,<br />

among others.<br />

Special thanks go<br />

to our fellows from<br />

RSC Dammam Port<br />

Project for helping<br />

in the physical<br />

arrangement of<br />

the venue, to Joel<br />

Galinato and Toto Vasquez for lending their<br />

MediaCom Videoke Sound Systems, and to Mr. &<br />

Mrs. Primar Asuncion for judging the contenders<br />

in the singing contest and providing the cash<br />

prizes to the winners.<br />

Of course, this event would not be possible<br />

without the support of our respected management<br />

who gave the group the needful support, morally<br />

and financially.<br />

Guests were satisfied as none of them left the<br />

venue empty handed. Parlor games (individuals or<br />

pair) were also prepared to spice up the occasion.<br />

One of the highlights of the event was the singing<br />

contest, where Jerome dela Cruz (RSC) got the<br />

grand prize for his very exciting performance.<br />

Surprise guest performers were also invited to the<br />

celebration: one is a regular performer in a live<br />

band, a new member of <strong>Rawabi</strong> Group (Gymboree<br />

Play and Learn) Ms. Apple Jade, and a grand<br />

champion at the KSA Pop Icon Season 4, Ms.<br />

Dallah Gonzales. A group of carolers also came<br />

to sing some carols and collected small amounts<br />

for the benefit of our needy fellow “kababayans”.<br />

It was a short but meaningful get-together where<br />

everyone got his share of joy, gifts, and wonderful<br />

experience.<br />

30 <strong>Rawabi</strong> News Issue 27 Oct-Dec 2011<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> News Issue 27 Oct-Dec 2011<br />

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Events<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong><br />

Toastmasters Club<br />

Inauguration<br />

The <strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> Toastmasters Club was<br />

inaugurated on the 11 th of December 2011 at<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong>’s Headquarters. The nomination<br />

and election of club officers transpired during the<br />

meeting. The club is organized by the Training and<br />

Appraisal Unit, Human Resources Department.<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> Toastmasters Club is open to all<br />

<strong>Rawabi</strong> <strong>Holding</strong> employees and its subsidiaries’ to<br />

develop overall communication and presentation<br />

skills.<br />

Toastmasters helps people with their communication, speaking and listening<br />

skills in a mutually supportive and positive learning environment. Growing your<br />

communication skills will help foster self-confidence and personal growth.<br />

Photo: (front row, from left) Farah Al Fayez, Muneera Al-Hamad and Alaa Elbakri; (back row, from left) Abdullah Al Sayed, Mashrab Quadri, Fadel Al<br />

Manasif, Mohammed Ashfaq Siddiqui, Bandar AlQahtani, Ghaleb Al Ghoutani, Mr. Azhar Farooq - Toastmasters Division “O“ Governor, Mohammed<br />

Zaheeruddin, Syed Azhar Husain, Faizullah Baig<br />

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