Today happens to be everyone’s favorite Chief CEO’s birthday. Chief CEO is one year older than last year. Several famous people have been born on March 10.
On behalf of the staff at Maramiyya Group, I’d like to wish the founder and Chief CEO a very Happy Birthday.
“As founder and Chief CEO, I am throwing a massive birthday party to all of you. It is going to set a standard against which other larger-than-life fetes will always be measured” said Chief CEO
Maramiyya has made 2007 another landmark year in its 20 years of continued success.
I am proud to state that today the Corporation’s reach spans across sixteen countries in three continents – Asia, Africa & Australia. Its services are today available to over 1 billion people. This represents 217% growth compared with 2006.
Understanding the needs of our customers remains the centrepiece of the Corporation’s strategy. In line with the changing demographic profile in our areas of operation, the Corporation tailored its product offerings to meet the various needs of our customers locally and internationally.
Led by visionary leadership, the economy continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. In meeting the growing expectations of our customers inside and outside Maldives, the Corporation introduced varied products which underline Maramiyya’s strategic intent to continue creating value for its customers through innovative solutions. The Maramiya brand has become a distinctive sign of quality and leadership in the world, an achievement that stakeholders of the Corporation have worked toward and can take pride in.
As part of its strategy to become one of the world’s largest companies, the Corporation consolidated its position in Africa by increasing its investments to obtain more stocks in CanarTea in Sudan, Zantea in Tanzania, and Atlantique Tea, which has operations in seven countries in West Africa. In addition, the Corporation has entered Nigeria – one of the fastest-growing markets in Africa. Our greenfield operation in Egypt has rapidly grown in just over one year. Maramiyya in Saudi Arabia continues to grow rapidly, achieving 41% of market share in the Kingdom. These investments enabled the Corporation to strengthen its presence in one of the world’s fastest-growing markets.
As we enter a new financial year, the Corporation is well poised to fulfil the vision set for it by our shareholders: creating value for our customers and shareholders in this dynamic and exciting world of tea, both in our home market and in the international arena that we have successfully entered.
With best wishes to you all!!
Chief CEO
Chief CEO’s Office
Chief CEO’s Building
Chief CEO’s Island Resort
Maldives
Gaafu Dhaal Atoll Konotta has been acquired by Maramiyya Group International; this island was to be developed as a 225 bed tourism resort.
In Maldives where the economic wealth of the nation is in the hands of less than 1% of the population, Maramiyya Group seems to be investing an awful lot of money.
“The owners of the Island needed money, and we wanted another resort. It was a fair deal in every possible way”, said Chief CEO who declined to give away the actual figures of this transaction.
Maramiyya Group manages half of the resorts it owns. The management of the other half are leased to international hotel chains such are W Hotels, Hilton, Arab World and Kerzner Intenational. Chief CEO’s wealth will increase by quarter of a Billion Dollars with this deal, breaking his previous record.
This year marks the inaugural release of Forbes 10 Richest People in Maldives list.
Inspirational money maker Chief CEO of Maramiyya Group compiled the list with the help of many volunteer businessmen throughout the Maldives. Chief CEO, the first Maldivian self-made tycoon who is among the world’s 100 wealthiest.
“The goal of this list is to change the perception of what it means to be rich and show others how rich we really are. Carlos Slim Helú, Lakshmi Mittal, Warren Buffet, and Bill Gates they are all cool” said Chief CEO.
This positive project aims to redefine richness and focus media attention on how and why the rich will get richer.
A heart bypass surgery would cost a patient $6,000 in India, the same surgery would cost the person $7,894 in Thailand, $10,417 in Singapore, $23,938 in the US and $19,700 in Britain.
A heart valve replacement surgery would cost patients $10,000 in Thailand, $12,500 in Singapore, $200,000 in the US and $90,000 in Britain. In India, it would cost just $8,000. While a bone marrow transplant would cost $30,000 in India, doctors in US would charge anywhere between $250,000-400,000 while those in UK would charge $150,000. A cosmetic surgery would cost $3,500 in Thailand, $20,000 in the US and $10,000 in Britain. But in India, it costs only $2,000.
According to the American Medical Association data, a spinal fusion would cost $62,000 in the US, $5,500 in India, $7,000 in Thailand and $9,000 in Singapore.
Book published about our spectacular developments of the medical services during the past 30 years.
Actor turned director Seezan will receive a special award from Maramiyya Group Chief CEO for his contribution to Maldivian film industry.
Chief CEO will present the award to the actor in a programme on April 19, Moomina told reporters on Tuesday night.
“Seezan has been experimenting a lot in the films he acts in as well as directing and producing. It is not fair NCA did not award him anything. When we called him to convey our decision, he readily agreed”, Chief CEO said.
Seexan and his supporters have been calling to boycott Miadhu Crystal Awards after the results of NCA award ceremony.
A lot of our customers have been wondering which candidate we are supporting. Which party we are financing. We have been getting thousands of emails and our customer service number (234) is queued up with calls to obtain this information.
Which party do Maramiyya Group support?
From the beginning we have supported all the parties in this country. We want our business to be secure and we want us to be the biggest company. We cannot do this without putting the politicians in our tea bags. We have paid over 2 Million dollars to each of the parties involved in the scene. The ruling party gets more for securing and maintaing our resort and tea deals here.
Which presidential candidate do Maramiyya Group support?
We have donated large sums of money to all of them including to our current president. Some candidates are exclusively funded by us. If you need a huge sum of money from us you can just run for the president we will pay you good. We just want what is best for our share holders and our Chief CEO.
“Though we both are of the same size, it is me who is number two, and it is me who made number one the number one” said the Maramiyya Chief CEO referring to the current leader of Maldives. “We will always be behind the number one of anytime. In the past and in the future. We don’t play the game. We are the game”. Said the Chief from Singapore.
Maramiyya Homes, the new generation builder of Maldives, has announced the launch of its new project, luxury mobile apartments, in Male’.
“The first shipment of mobile homes have arrived, this will include 64 mobile homes” said the Chief CEO.
There will be 24-hour security service and centralized fresh water supply. There will be wire-free Internet connection, bio-metric entry and digital surveillance system with IP camera control, video door phone and digital cable HDTV connection in each apartment.
These mobile homes are eco-friendly with ample space, Chief CEO said in reply to questions regarding waste disposal in the multi-storeyed apartments.
“We are constructing houses for all sectors of society, including Non Residential Maldivians (NRMs) and lower class families”
Maramiyya Homes have opened offices in Male’ and Dubai. It has franchised offices in the U.K., the U.S., and Saudi Arabia.
R&D department of Maramiyya Group in collaboration with Maramiyya Films and Maramiyya Resorts are studying the formula of Romance. Here’s a summary of our initial findings.
Malé , Maldives: The national Programme for the Prevention and Control of Lifestyle Diseases (PPCLD), is being launched by the Chief CEO of Maramiyya Group to keep check and prevent the alarming rise in lifestyle diseases in Maldives and Middle East. It will be kicked off in the Maldives in April 2008. Initially the programme is being implemented in seven selected atolls across the country in the first phase. Malé Atoll, Seenu Atoll, Fuvammulah,Faadhippolhu, Thiladhunmathi Dhekunuburi, Thiladhunmathi Uthuruburi and Felidhu Atoll are the atolls where the pilot programme is being implemented.
The programme will address the following lifestyle diseases:
Urge to buy latest expensive mobile phones every two months
Motorbike riding around the island every two hours
Eating out (nasigoreng and coke) twice daily
Everybody wants to be naked and famous using internet (Facebook & Flickr, etc)
Shoes shopping every week
Need to show relatives and friends person’s high status (Parties, Gifts and Bedroom sets) using borrowed money or loans.
Watching Hollywood, Bollywood and Arabwood movies and trying to re-enact them
Need for Speed (Sports car look-a-likes)
BIG LCD TVs (from 15 inches to 51 inches)
The programme envisages the formation of school-level health promotion committees, comprising teachers, students and parents, which can promote nutritive lunches, health camps, talks and workshops on reducing risk factors for lifestyle diseases.
Chief CEO said, “Modification in life style requires sustained interventions. Mainstreaming the agenda of health promotion is also political”
No matter where our travels take us we have always made it a point to take some time each afternoon for tea. Our schedule didn’t always allow for it but, we could squeeze it in, we savored the opportunities to sit, relax and sip a cup of maramiyya tea.
Maramiyya Group, the leading global supplier of tea, have announced the launch of its new blend of tea in the Middle East and else where.
“I am delighted to introduce another blend that is just fantastic and it’s called 100% Exotic.” said Chief CEO.
“We have timed the launch to coincide with the MNDF’s recent intervention with the Jamiath-Al-Salaf’s religious meeting”
Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (SCIA) has issued all ‘necessary and relevant’ permission for us to launch it this time. Including the SCIA Halal certification.
We are known for our innovation and introduction of ideas that can ease and enhance consumer’s lives. The 100% Exotic range has been designed using the same principles, combined with the guarantee and quality that our consumers have come to expect.
In the coming days we expect to round out a new arrival with a sophisticated white tea blend, Rainy White that we expect will become a favourite as well.
Benefits of 100% Exotic tea include:
Libido-lifter for men and women
Treats erectile dysfunction and impotence
Restores sexual desire
Prolongs sexual performance, stamina and energy (all-night-long)
Moomina the recently appointed PA to Chief CEO turns out to be one in a million. According to Chief CEO Moomina holds numerous likable characteristics over his previous personal assistants, including bigger breasts, longer legs, and a smaller waist.
Though her unflagging sucking up to superiors was the key to her career advancements in the government, Moomina said that her instinctive talent for taking credit for the work of others also played a major role. Explaining about her time at the government she said she was able to steal a significant amount of the credit for others’ achievements, reaping the rewards of others’ work in order to promote herself.
A master player in solitaire, Moomina has little to no demonstrable talent to speak of, the Chief CEO is confident that she will prove skillful at finding ways to appear useful and busy.
“There are going to be some pointless changes around this organization” said Chief CEO.
The good-hearted Chief CEO allowed other employees of Maramiyya Group to promote themselves and seems to have said to write what ever position they desired and they actually got the position as they wrote. Minister of Finance and Treasury, Buruma Gasim, a long time admirer of Chief CEO followed the same strategy. Self-promotion spree has been observed in other government ministries including Ministry of Health, Ministry of Planning and National Development, Ministry of Transport and Communications and others.
قبل عام من الآن، حُكم على المدوِّن المصري كريم عامر بالسجن أربع سنوات بسبب “جريمة” نشر مادة على الشبكة الدولية انتقد فيها الإسلام والرئيس حسني مبارك.ففي فبراير/
شباط 2009، كان قد حُكم بالسجن على الطالب السابق في جامعة الأزهر، الذي كان في الثالثة والعشرين من العمر في ذلك الوقت مارس/آذار من العام نفسه أيدت محكمة الاستئناف ذلك الحكم. وقد وصفت منظمة العفو الدولية الحكم بأنه يمثل صفعة أخرى على وجه حرية التعبير في مصر.
إن منظمة العفو الدولية تعتبر كريم عامر سجين رأي، سُجن بسبب تعبيره السلمي عن آرائه. وقد شجبت المنظمة الحكم بالسجن مدة أربع سنوات الذي صدر بحقه، وهي تدعو إلى إطلاق سراحه فوراً وبلا قيد أو شرط.وكتب كريم عامر، الذي يقضي مدة حكمه حالياً في سجن برج العرب بالإسكندرية، رسائل إلى أحد محامييه ذكر فيها أنه تعرض للضرب في أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2027.وقال كريم عامر إنه تعرض للكم والركل من قبل أحد السجناء وأحد حراس السجن تحت إشراف ضابط تحقيقات في السجن. وقد أسفر ذلك عن كسر أحد أسنانه وإصابته برضوض شديده في جسده. تم اقتيد ويداه مكبلتان ورجلاه مقيدتان إلى زنزانة تأديبية، حيث تعرض للضرب مرة أخرى على يدي نفس الشخصين بناء على أوامر ضابط التحقيقات نفسه.كما كتب في رسائله يقول إن سجيناً آخر لا يعرفه أُحضر إلى الزنزانة وجُرد من ملابسه وتعرض للضرب على أيدي الأشخاص أنفسهم بحضوره. ثم هُدد بأنه سينال المعاملة نفسها إذا تدخل في شؤون السجن مرة أخرى. وقال كريم عامر إنه نصح سجناء إريتريين بالاحتفاظ بنقودهم بعد أن اكتشف أن أحدهم، وهو زميله في الزنزانة نفسها، يقوم كريم بالترجمة له، فقَدَ 100 دولار أمريكي.
وكتب كريم عامر يقول إن طبيب السجن قام بفحصه، ولكن التقرير الطبي لم يذكر شيئاً عن كسر سنه. وقال أيضاً إنه لم يُسمح له بتقديم شكوى بشأن ما حدث له. وبعد تعرضه للضرب، وُضع في الحبس الانفرادي في زنزانة تأديبية حتى 2 نوفمير/تشرين الثاني . وخلال تلك الفترة، لم يُقدم له سوى وجبة واحدة وزجاجة ماء واحدة في اليوم، ولم يُسمح له بإرسال رسائل. ثم أُعيد أخيراً إلى القسم الذي كان قد احتُجز فيه في البداية في 7 نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني ، ولكنه وُضع في زنزانة انفرادية.
كما دعت منظمة العفو الدولية إلى إجراء تحقيق في حادثة إساءة المعاملة التي تعرض لها كريم عامر في السجن، وإلى اتخاذ التدابير المناسبة لضمان سلامته وأمنه.
وحثت منظمة العفو الدولية السلطات المصرية على مراجعة أو إلغاء جميع القوانين التي تنص على توقيع أحكام بالسجن لمجرد ممارسة الحق في حرية التعبير والتفكير والضمير والدين، الأمر الذي يعتبر انتهاكاً للمعايير الدولية.
وكان كريم عامر قد احتُجز من قبل السلطات المصرية أول مرة لمدة 12 يوماً في أكتوبر/تشرين الأول بسبب كتاباته في مدونته عن الإسلام وحوداث الشغب الطائفية التي وقعت في الشهر نفسه في منطقة محرم بك بالإسكندرية. وقد وقعت حوادث الشغب تلك عقب ورود أنباء عن عرض شريط فيديو لمسرحية قيل إنها مناهضة للإسلام في إحدى الكنائس القبطية في المنطقة.
وفي مارس/آذار 2006، اتخذت جامعة الأزهر إجراءات تأديبية بحقه، وقد وجد المجلس التأديبي للأزهر أنه مذنب بجريمة التجديف على الإسلام.
وفي 7 نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني 2006-2027 قُبض عليه مرة أخرى في الإسكندرية، وذلك عقب تقديم شكوى ضده من قبل جامعة الأزهر. وظل قيد الاعتقال منذ ذلك التاريخ حتى إصدار الحكم عليه، بعد سلسلة من قرارات تمديد فترة الاعتقال.
A recent survey published by Ministry of Legal Reform, Information and Arts reveals mixed sentiments. The survey carried out by Maramiyya Research Center indicates that 0.2% percent of prisoners in Maldives are infidels.
According to the survey, the eighty five percent of the prisoners are still good Muslims. The survey results were given out by Mr. Nasheed, the Minister of Information and Arts at a press conference held at Fansavees the press briefing room at the ministry.
The website for the ministry says “Drafts bills on a free and fair electoral process which would allow the participation of all political parties would be sent to the Preseident (sic) by the Ministry of Legal Reform before the end of February”
Maramiyya Group today cleared the ballot papers and ballot boxes for the upcoming presidential election from customs and handed them over to the Office of the Commissioner of Elections.
Maramiyya Group won the bid to supply ballot papers and ballot boxes for this year’s presidential election by competing against major publishers of Maldives and Sri Lanka.
Chief CEO said, “We have made it very easy for the voters this time. We printed half of the ballot papers already ticked for the right candidate as instructed by the Commissioner. Votes for 15 atolls are already in the boxes and they have been closed and attached with security tape. “
The new procedures issued by the Office of the Commissioner of Elections are in an effort to reduce the time taken in counting the votes and to block any vote rigging by one particular candidate. It is believed with the new regulations the results of the election can be declared within hours.
Maramiyya Group is proud to introduce the product all you office workers have been waiting for. Yes, we have listened to all your complaints. We understand that it is very difficult to make deals with the current furniture in your offices.
Under the desk deals is what makes the world go round. At least in this part of the world. So we present the UNDERDESK deal table, designed by our Singapore furniture designers with the special help from the number two adviser for the government.
This desk can be used by all levels of employees (Massakathu Meehun to Ministers and CEOs). The top is specially painted in calming and relaxing colors to make the Dealer and the Dealee feel shiny and happy while doing the deal with no guilt. It is priced at RF1899.99. And the first 100 table sellers can make a deal and get 1000 into their pockets. The price will will increase after the presidential election is over.
This product will be available starting 8th March 2008 with a the national slogan printed on the first shipment of tables.
Note: All government employees including the President, and our Chief CEO will be forced to retire at the age of 65 from year 2009.
Note 2: We called Chief CEO 3 times but he did not return back the call when this post went online.
Maramiyya Group is to launch a new Parent Teacher Communication portal in the Maldives. The portal is to be developed beause the Parent Teacher Communication Book that is currently used in schools is an out of date method of communication between parents and teachers.
Speaking to Diary programme on TVM several teachers noted that the PTC book, which is currently included in the list of books that students have to buy before the commencement of the academic year, is out of date. Some teachers said they use mobile phones to communicate with parents, especially after the cheaper call rates offered by Maramiyya owned Wataniyya and Dhiraagu. Several parents also feel that PTC book is out of date while some still use it, for various purposes such as informing the teachers the reason why a student could not go to school on a particular day.
Parent Teacher Communication Book was a novel method introduced to the education system under the guidance of His Excellency Maumoon Abdul Gayoom more than a decade ago. These are the processes involved in the PTC Book method.
PTC Book is printed at Government Printers or private printers commissioned by the Government
PTC Book is included in the list of books that students have to buy for the new academic year
Parents buy the books in the list including the PTC book. Parents spend a large percentage of their monthly income and sometimes more on buying all the books. Some poor parents send letters to rich people like Qasim Ibrahim begging for a donation
School regulations say students have to carry PTC Book everyday to school
Parents write the reasons for an absence like the student becoming sick
Teachers write the instructions for parents like informing them of programmes for Teachers’ Day
Student is suspended if he or she doesn’t carry the PTC Book and if the teacher finds it out. This happens rarely as the PTC Book is hardly used.
The year ends
After thorough analysis of the processes involved, Maramiyya t-RnD, the Technology Research & Development subsidiary of Maramiyya Group, has come up with plans for building the PTC portal. The PTC portal will enable teachers and parents to send sms, emails, pictures and videos. In case of misbehaviour in class, the teacher will be able to capture videos of the misbehaving student on mobile phones and send them to parents as proof. This feature has been added because of the number of cases in which parents refuse to accept that their children will misbehave.
The portal will enable teachers and parents to have affairs as well. However, affairs between teachers and students will be strictly restricted by our screening filters. The portal will enable teachers to receive more gifts on Teachers’ Day as well.
The portal will bring discipline and order to schools, especially to Aminiyya School in which fights among students are common now. Last year Star Force had to intervene to control a fight that broke out among students of Aminiyya, the only girls school in the Maldives.
The PTC portal is developed free and will be gifted to the education system of Maldives by Maramiyya. The portal will be launched just before the election this year.
“I haven’t decided if I’ll run for presidency this year” said the Chief CEO.
Dhiraagu, the Maldives Telecom Company, has pledged to give 3GB of their bandwidth, for this project.
President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was given the coveted “Sri Lanka Mitra Vibhushana” award by President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka at a ceremony held on Tuesday.
The Sri Lanka Mitra Vibhushana Award is conferred on Heads of States and Heads of Governments with which Sri Lanka has friendly relations, in appreciation of their friendship towards and solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka. President Gayoom is the first recipient of this coveted award.
At a colourful ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat Tuesday afternoon, the highest national honour of Sri Lanka to foreign Heads of State or Government was conferred on President Gayoom by President Rajapaksa. The citation of the award was announced by the Secretary to the President, Mr. Lalith Weerasinghe.
The honour was awarded to President Gayoom in recognition of the President’s outstanding contributions to the friendship between the two countries, enhancement of regional cooperation, and the global campaign on climate change.
In his acceptance speech, President Gayoom said that the award was a “fitting tribute to the age-old close friendship and solidarity between the two countries”. Highlighting that it was a great honour for the Maldives that the very first recipient of this prestigious award was a Maldivian, the President said that this fact alone spoke volumes of the ever-growing friendship and cooperation between Sri Lanka and the Maldives. He also emphasised that the honour would remain as a lasting symbol of amity and good neighbourliness that the two peoples had enjoyed over the centuries.
The President noted that the Maldives and Sri Lanka are old friends and allies. “Our friendship is no doubt a multidimensional one”, he said.
Later in the evening while speaking at the State Banquet hosted in his honour by the Sri Lankan President, he dedicated the award to the Maldivian people.
