Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said yesterday issued two Royal Decrees as follows:
Royal Decree No. 7/2016 appoints an adviser at the Foreign Ministry.
Article (1) appoints Dr. Moosa bin Ja'afar bin Hassan as an adviser at the Foreign Ministry with his same grade and financial allocations.
Article (2) says that this Decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and enforced on its date of issue.
Royal Decree No. 8/2016 declares the project to develop Sallout Fort’s archaeological site in Bahla as a public utility project.
Article (1) states that the project to develop Sallout Fort’s archaeological site in the Wilayat of Bahla and its adjoining areas—as specified in the memo and diagram attached to this decree—as a public utility project.
Article (2) stipulates that the departments concerned may expropriate, through direct implementation, the properties and lands necessary for the aforementioned project, along with all installations therein, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Utility Expropriation Law promulgated by Royal Decree No. 64/78.
Article (3) says that this Decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and enforced on its date of issue.