[gallery size="medium" td_select_gallery_slide="slide" td_gallery_title_input="JCICAI hosts annual family event" ids="58739,58740"] A.A. Merchant JEDDAH — The annual event of Saudi Arabia (Jeddah) Chapter, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India was held last week at Al Shallal Theme Park, which was attended by chapter members, sponsors, and guests with families. Chairman Irfan Bhimdiwala, while welcoming members and guests, reviewed the Chapter's activities and commended efforts of executive committee during 2015 to provide seven quality technical sessions with renowned speakers of various fields. He briefed the audience on the audited financial statement for year ending 2015. He thanked all the sponsors and members for their support and marked out the committee members appreciating their dedication during the last one month working tirelessly and methodically to make the evening a great success. A grand raffle with over 100 prizes was held comprising products ranging from air tickets, gold coins, LCD's, laptops, iPads, gift vouchers, cell phones, wrist watches and electronic items. Top 10 sponsored prizes were won by Furquan Misarwala – 25 gms Gold from EY, Mishkaat Bolinjkar — Laptop from PwC, Abuzar Abul Qais — Laptop from Bupa, Dilip Tiwari — IPhone 6S from Abeer, Sadashiv Marakala — IPhone 6S from Abeer; Gopinath Palakkal — Air ticket of JeddahMumbaiJeddah for couple from Unitrans Budget; Aijaz Hashmi — Air Ticket JeddahIndiaJeddah from Air India, Mustansir Bharmal — Samsung S7 Edge from Middle East Paper Company, Salim Sanage — Samsung S7 Edge from Petromin; Neha Khullar — IPhone 6S Plus from Jotun Paints. The children raffle and Bingo game were sponsored by Binzagr Coro, California Computers and Eurostar of Al Hamli Trading. As a token of appreciation, the Chapter felicitated all sponsors with Cross Watch and Pen sponsored by Tamer. The event was co-sponsored by Abeer Polyclinic; AIMS Holding Company, Air India; Al Hamli Trading; Al Hussaini & Al Yahya Investment Group; Al Murjan Holding; Arabian Trading Supplies; Al Sorayi Carpets; Ali Zaid Al Quraishi; Ayon Access Technology and Communication; Bay La Sun Hotel; Basem Int'l Shipping. & Logistics; Binzagr Coro; BUPA; California Computers; Centrepoint; Deloitte; Ernst & Young; Initial Services Group; Jotun Saudi Arabia; KPMG; Mahmoud Saeed Beverages; Middle East Paper Company; Mohammed Yousuf Naghi; Price Waterhouse Coopers; Protiviti Global; Petromin; SAAR Information Technology; SADAFCO; SALACO; Saudi Arabian Glass; Saudi Arabian Industrial Trading; Saudi Arabian Industrial Services Company; Savola; Sameer Kodak; Swatch Al Zouman; Tamer Group; Total Lubricants; Unitrans Budget and Watania Insurance. JCICAI is grateful to Emad Etowa and Yahya of Al Shallal Amusement Park for the excellent arrangements and the delicious dinner which added further value to the efforts of the Executive Committee to make it a joyful and entertaining evening for the members and their families.