"تقارير إدارية لسنة ١٩٤٧" [و‎‎٥‎١] (١٢٨/١٠١)

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2. MNICIPAL AFFAIRS
The President of the Municipal Council, Saiyid Tariq bin Taimur
devoted his energies to maintaining and even improving the cleanliness
of the streets and roads of Muscat, but Muttrah proved too difficult a
problem with the resources at his disposal, and the difficulty of
obtaining the co-operation of the inhabitants. Wo tangible progress
was made in improvements and repairs and new constructions of municipal
facilities owing to the non-availability of cement at moderate rates.
3. EDUCATION
The standard of teaching and in fact general training of the
pupils of the Saiyidieh School ; as been raised considerably under
the direction of Ghalib Naqshbandi the Palestinian Headmaster. He
stresses the importance of physical fitness as well.as education and
has inaugurated compulsory games of volley ball, and other outdoor
sports for the boys, and even takes them out into the country and
sea shore for week ends.
The girls' school too, it is reported has made rapid advancement
towards raising the standard of education under the supervision of
Mistress Munirah, niece of Ghalib Kaqshbandi the Headmaster of the
Boys' School.
4. GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS
For the major portion of the year Muscat was in direct cable
communication with Aden only,owing to frequent temporary interru.ptions
of the Bahrain and Buspire cables. The Muscat - Karachi cable which
was destroyed by earthquake in November 1945 was re-layed by the cable
.ship Recorder in November. Direct cable communication now exists with
Karachi, ,aden and Bahrain. The cable ships "Cable Enterprise", "Norseman"
"Bullfinch" and "Recorder" visited the area on repair work.
Colonel H. Bloodworth, C.B.E. of Cable and Wireless, visited Muscat
in June to carry out a survey on the possibility of installing an
automatic telephone system in the towns of Muscat and Muttrah. The
plans of the proposed system have been submitted to His Highness the
Sultan for his approval.
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