VP U Henry Van Thio Inspects Kyerian Mountain National Park Project in Chin State

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Vol. VI, No. 305, 8th Waning of Tabodwe 1381 ME www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Sunday, 16 February 2020 VP U Henry Van Thio inspects Kyerian Mountain national park project in Chin State

ICE President and Na- tional Tourism Develop- V ment Central Commit- tee Chairman U Henry Van Thio arrived at the viewpoint of Tikir Village in Thantlang Township and observed the ongoing works for development of the village and environmental greening yesterday morning. He was accompanied by Union Ministers Dr. Myo Thein Gyi and U Ohn Maung, Chief Minister of Chin State Salai Lian Luai, Deputy Ministers Maj-Gen Than Htut, U Kyaw Myo and U Myint Kyaing, Chin State ministers and officials. The Vice President and party then inspected the construction of 13 miles and four furlongs long Tikir-Kyerian Mountain earth road. At the site where the Kyerian Mountain national park will be established Deputy Director-General of Forest De- partment U Zaw Min reported on natural flora species of the Vice President U Henry Van Thio observes plan for establishing Kyerian Mountain National Park. PHOTO: MNA area, resident mammal and bird species, the projected area of the of the park has a lot of grazing natural habitat of 92 tree species, together with teachers. progress in building the lecture national park, type of forest and grounds for the bovines. 37 mammal species and 64 bird After this, the Vice Presi- halls, workshop, hostels and staff salient points of the park. Later, the Vice President species, according to the first dent and party left Tikir Village quarters, budget allotment, ex- In response, the Vice Pres- and party posed for documentary field survey. by helicopter and arrived at tension of school compound, and ident instructed the scheduling photos with the Kyerian Moun- During inspection of the Thantlang where they inspected employment opportunities for of a trekking route from the foot tain as a backdrop. Basic Education High School the preparations for holding the local students who have finished to the crest of Kyerian Moun- Located near Tikir Village in of Tikir Village, the Vice Presi- 72nd Anniversary Chin National their studies at Government tain, systematic collection and Thantlang Township, the 7,458.5- dent encouraged the students Day and opening of booths there. Technical High School (Haka). studying of the detailed facts of acre Kyerian Mountain National learning lessons in classrooms On arrival at the Govern- Union Minister Dr. Myo Thein the park, and raising of mythun Park is made up of mountain and pursuing practical computer ment Technical High School Gyi also gave a supplementary (Gayal) (a kind of cattle with long evergreen forest, pine forest and studies at the computer room (Thantlang) Project, the Vice report. horns) as the surrounding area savanna-like areas. The park is a and took documentary photos President heard a report on the SEE PAGE-3 16 FEBRUARY 2020 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR MRTV celebrates its 74th founding anniversary

MYANMAR Radio and TV more experiences are acquired. (MRTV) of the Ministry of Infor- It has aired the events of the mation observed its 74th anniver- successive periods during the sary at its head office in Tatkon, 74 years. As it appeared since Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, at 4 the post-independence period, pm yesterday. MTRV has witnessed many First, a video documentary changes amidst the various po- of MRTV’s 74-year journey was litical trends. The embracing screened. motto “To inform, to educate Speaking on the occasion, and to entertain the public”of the Union Minister for Information Ministry of Information as well as Dr. Pe Myint said MTRV has the MRTV, remains loyal to the successfully passed through a people despite the changes in long period of 74 years. MTRV political systems. Every govern- was born in 1946 as Bama Radio ment needs a mechanism that (Bamar Athan), and in 1958, it serves as its link with the public. became Myanmar Radio (My- There can be changes in name, anmar Athan). In 1980 it became but the substance remains the Myanmar Radio and TV by intro- same. New methods will take the ducing the TV program. People place of old ones, but the goal is have been watching the TV for the same. The age of the Internet Union Minister Dr Pe Myint delivers the speech at the 74th anniversary of Myanmar Radio and Television in 40 years and listening to the ra- also calls for public information, Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. PHOTO:MNA dio for 74 years. So, MRTV has a education and entertainment long history. programs. So, MRTV must adopt changes in form, the substance time effectively and should make Races Channel for their efforts in The Union Minister said the innovative ideas in presenting must remain unchanged, and self-assessment of their own val- travelling to remote Khaunglan- value of name rises together with programs in catching up with that is the important point. ue by judging their creations and phu area in Kachin State and pre- the passing of time during which the advancing time. Despite the MTRV staff should use the accomplishments. They should sented the daily life of teachers raise their value through studies serving there in the program by and services for the State and the the name “the long journey into people. They should seek pro- the dreams”, and U Khun Nay gress by fulfilling the sector-wise Win of Radio Department. needs and concentrating on their Deputy Minister U Aung Hla work. The 75 anniversary or the Tun presented radio presentation diamond jubilee of MRTV falls award to Daw Thae Su Moe of the next year. So the diamond jubilee Radio Division and TV presenta- should be held on a grand-scale tion award to Daw Ei Mon Kyaw like the Myanmar film centenary of the TV Division. and the Yangon University cente- Permanent Secretary U Myo nary. All the activities, materials Myint Maung, heads of depart- and memorial events throughout ment then presented awards the past successive years should to the winners.The Permanent be displayed at the diamond jubi- Secretary also presented uniform lee. From now on, MRTV must allowances for staff through offi- air programs hailing the diamond cials and certificates of honour to jubilee, he said. MRTV’s partner companies that In giving away programming rendered assistance in the cere- and broadcasting awards for 2019 mony. The ceremony concluded of the MRTV, Union Minister for with a lucky draw program. — Union Minister Dr Pe Myint presents the award to the staff of the National Races Channel for their efforts in Information Dr Pe Myint present- MNA travelling to remote Khaunglanphu area in Kachin State. PHOTO: MNA ed awards to staff of the National (Translated by TMT) Union Minister observes Myitayeik women welfare & vocational training center

UNION Minister Dr Win Myat persons briefed on the plans to Aye of the Ministry of Social be carried out at the welfare Welfare, Relief and Resettle- and vocational training center. ment observed the Myitayeik Next, the Union Minister Women Welfare & Vocational donated K 1 million to the wel- Training Center in Shwebo fare center’s fund by buying 10 in Sagaing Region yesterday drawings. morning. The Myitayeik Women Wel- The Union Minister and fare and Vocational Training party watched the comput- Center is making efforts to give er training hall, the art sale care for infants and orphans, room, the beauty salon train- to assist children for their fur- ing room, and the building for ther learning in schools, and young women of the Myitayeik to conduct vocational training, Women Welfare & Vocational in cooperation with the organi- Training Center. The training zations concerned. — MNA center principal and in-charge (Translated by Aungthu Ya) 16 FEBRUARY 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3 VP U Henry Van Thio inspects preparations for holding 72nd Chin National Day, Thantlang People’s Hospital

Vice President U Henry Van Thio inspects the preparation for holding the 72nd Vice President U Henry Van Thio inspects the construction of Thantlang People’s Anniversary Chin National Day yesterday. PHOTO:MNA Hospital. PHOTO:MNA FROM PAGE-1 vide the town with over 100,000 The Vice President made ar- gallons daily. After 216,000 gal- rangements for work facilitation. lons of water produced by Kwava At the water collection tank Spring can be piped to the town, installation project of Ward 3 in it will receive a daily supply of Thantlang, the Vice President 320,000 gallons, which is suffi- looked into the requirements in cient for its residents. building the tank for ensuring At Thantlang view point, the sufficient potable water supply Vice President enjoyed the scen- to Thantlang, and observed the ery and posed for documentary water intake. photos. If per capita water consump- During his inspection of tion is fixed at 25 gallons, Thant- Thantlang People’s Hospital lang with over ten thousand (50 beds), the Vice president residents will need over 260,000 inspected the construction of a gallons of water daily. Water two-storey lab and visited the which comes from 11 springs is patients.—MNA (Translated by stored in collection tanks to pro- TMT) The site chosen for Kyerian Mountain national park. PHOTO:MNA Union Minister visits MOGE office (Lower Myanmar), stresses safety of onshore, offshore oil exploration records

UNION Minister for Electric- eral manager of the camp pre- ity and Energy U Win Khaing sented a report on operations of and the Deputy Minister visited the camp. The Union Minister Lower Myanmar office (Seinlae looked into the requirements Wae) of Myanma Oil and Gas and looked around the facility. Enterprise (MOGE) in Yankin The functions of the camp Township and based camp of involve the logistic services offshore oil rig in Thakayta for the success of onshore and Township in Yangon Region offshore oil and gas explora- yesterday morning. tion and drilling, the work of At the meeting hall of keeping and transporting the Lower Myanmar office (Sein- imported materials for onshore lae Wae) of MOGE, the Union and offshore oil and gas explo- Minister heard a report on ration projects, the erection, functions of the office, struc- maintenance and repair of nat- ture, upgrading programs of Oil ural gas control and distribu- and Gas Center, and keeping of tion camps in Yangon Region, papers and survey records of Union Minister U Win Khaing and officials hold the meeting for safety of the onshore and offshore oil research centres, pipeline bas- oil plots in tapes and digital sys- exploration records in Yangon yesterday. PHOTO:MNA es, test wells in lower Myan- tem at Data Center. Managing tance of keeping the reports facts that are invaluable for the Officials conducted them mar, the transportation and the Director of MOGE U Myo Myint and papers systematically and ministry. around the Data Center. At the supply of project materials and Oo also gave a supplementary safely and installing fire alarms. The Union Minister and meeting hall of the based camp machinery, and the provision of report. Special attention should be paid party checked the keeping of of offshore oil rig of MOGE in dockyard services for the ships In response, the Union for the safety of the records and date tapes and data books on Thakayta Township, the MOGE of MOGE.—MNA(Translated Minister stressed the impor- papers as they contain data and onshore and offshore oil wells. managing director and the gen- by Aungthu Ya) 16 FEBRUARY 2020 4 LOCAL NEWS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

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SENIOR EDITORIAL CONSULTANT tained application forms to pur- Kyaw Myaing chase more than 500 apartments at the Myayee Nanda affordable SENIOR EDITOR housing project, being carried Aungthu Ya SENIOR TRANSLATORS out by the Mandalay City Devel- Zaw Htet Oo opment Committee (MCDC) in Aung Khin Myayee Nanda Ward in Chan- INTERNATIONAL NEWS EDITOR myathasi Township, Mandalay, Ye Htut Tin, according to MCDC. [email protected] The Myayee Nanda apart- LOCAL NEWS EDITORS ments are being built for retired Tun Tun Naing (Editor), government servants, private [email protected] companies’ staff and the general Nwe Nwe Tun (Sub-editor), [email protected] public. A total of 6,423 application TRANSLATORS forms have already been dis- Hay Mar Tin Win, tributed, including 3,824 forms Ei Myat Mon to civil staff still in service, 929 Kyaw Zin Lin Kyaw Zin Tun to retired staff, 470 to private companies’ staff and 1,200 to The Myayee Nanda apartments are being built for retired government servants, private companies’ staff and REPORTER members of the public who are the general public. PHOTO:THAN ZAW MIN (IPRD) Nyein Nyein Ei, serving or living in six townships [email protected] in Mandalay region. tion forms are to be submitted apartment measures 661 square lakh, fourth floor for K 195.7 lakh PHOTOGRAPHER From 27 January to 7 Feb- from 17 to 28 February. feet in area. The ground floor and the fifth floor for K 180.25 Kyaw Zeya Win @ Phoe Khwar ruary, apartment application The 574 apartments are apartment is being sold for K lakh. These prices include three Kyaw Zeya forms were sold for K 1000 to being built in 21 six-story build- 288.4 lakh, first floor for K 257.5 per cent commercial tax. —Than those who wish to buy apart- ings under the Myayee Nanda lakh, second floor for K 231.75 Zaw Min (IPRD) COMPUTER TEAM Thein Ngwe, Zaw Zaw Aung, ments. The completed applica- affordable housing project. Each lakh and third floor for K 211.15 (Translated by Hay Mar) Hnin Pwint, Kay Khaing Win, Sanda Hnin, Thein Htwe, Nyi Lin Thu Narcotic drugs seized in some townships EDITORIAL SECTION (+95) (01)8604529, A combined team comprising squad searched the house of Hlu shan village, Hpakant Township lant tablets at 12:30 pm, a com- Fax — (+95) (01) 8604305 members of antidrug police Hwa at No (1/C-3), upper Hmaw- on 14 February evening, and bined team comprising members found 1,300 stimulant tablets, 0.06 of antidrug police squad halted CIRCULATION & DISTRIBUTION kilo of stimulant powder. Simi- a motorcycle driven by Thaung San Lwin, (+95) (01) 8604532, Hotline - 09 974424114 larly, a combined team compris- Nyunt Oo on Momeik-Mabein ing members of antidrug police road, near 7th Mile Junction, ADVERTISING & MARKETING squad stopped and searched a at the entrance of Kyauktaung ( +95) (01) 8604530, passenger car on Muse-Manda- village, Momeik, and found 121 Hotline - 09 974424848 [email protected] lay road near Oriental Toll Gate kilos of heroin and cell phone [email protected] in Hsenwi, and found 1.1 kilos of at 1 pm on 14 February. Further heroin and a cell phone from pas- information led to the seizure Printed and published at the Global New senger Ma San San Kyu (a) Ma of Ma Kaunra together with Ks Light of Myanmar Printing Factory at No.150, Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, Bahan Kyu, the same evening, a com- 1,500,000 and a cell phone, and Township, Yangon, by the Global New Light bined team comprising members the seizure of 0.363 kilo of heroin of Myanmar Daily under Printing Permit No. of antidrug police squad halted a at the home of Ma Homlot Htu- 00510 and Publishing Permit No. 00629. motorcycle driven by Yanchna hsai, who was at large. Legan Han (a) Archan at Hsanhsai action has been taken against the [email protected] th www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com A suspect named Ma San San Kyu (a) Ma Kyu seen with confiscated 5 Street, Hsanhsai Ward (B), suspects, according to Myanmar www.facebook.com/TheGNLM drugs. PHOTO: MPF Tachilek, and found 2,000 stimu- Police Force.— GNLM

Overturned fuel truck catches fire in Mawlamyine A fire broke out when a road driver lost control as he turned accident occurred in the ear- at the Myotaw Oo roundabout ly morning on 15 February in from Daw Khin Kyi. The accident Mawlamyine Town in Mon State. caused the fuel to leak, resulting Firefighters were called to in the fire. Write for us the scene at 3:05 am, and the According to the fire bri-

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A coordination meeting to accel- symptoms during their incuba- erate the preparatory work for tion periods. control and prevention of Coro- In the implementation work, navirus Disease (COVID-19) was all the Mandalay Region health held at Mandalay General Hos- officials should lay down their pital yesterday morning. decisions in accord with multi- At the meeting, Union ple perspectives such as public Minister Dr Myint Htwe of the health, medical service, social, Ministry of Health and Sports economic and trade. One of the explained how the heads of Man- important factors is that majority dalay hospitals, the professors/ of Chinese people, who enter into heads of departments of the Mandalay Region by air, are stay- Mandalay General Hospital, the ing in the residences that they specialized surgeons and health rented in prior. “We should need personnel should involve in the a mapping where they’re staying preventive measures, being exe- and accelerate our control and cuted by the ministry, according preventive measures by using to the prevailing situation both the Chinese language,” he said. in China and in some countries. Similarly, the health infor- “We should keep a constant sur- mation leaflets in the Chinese veillance as many Chinese peo- language are being distributed ple are residing in Mandalay and at border entry points with Chi- its neighbouring towns,” he said. na. Health information about Union Minister Dr Myint Htwe addresses the coordination meeting to accelerate the preparatory work for The death rate is now soar- COVID-19 should be well aware control and prevention of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Mandalay yesterday. PHOTO: MNA ing up to 2.8 per cent and trans- among the people in Mandalay mission rate from the infected Region as public involvement After review and scrutiny, it is Hospital will receive an addi- preparation for adequate person- person is also high. So the con- is also very important. There also necessary to prepare for tional supply of personal pro- al protective equipment (PPE), trol and preventive measures should be clear concise infor- any future threat of infections. tective equipment (PPE) and and progress in health condi- must be carried out in Mandalay mation and data for the people. In order to have an easier check suits as soon as possible as we tion of the in-patients who are and its adjacent towns as well as Health personnel, who have to on those who are in the quar- have cooperated with the WHO in the quarantined wards of the factories and workplaces. “We work closely with the in-patients antined wards of the Mandalay and other UN organizations,” hospitals. need to reinforce the measures in the quarantined wards, should Region hospitals, there should he added. The meeting was attended being undertaken,” he added. also be kept under surveillance be a format for a quick review The meeting also discussed by the Director-General (Union He pointed out that some and in isolation from their family of preparedness on hospitals. the matters pertaining to the Minister’s Office), the Direc- in-patients are now under sur- members so that it can benefit “We shall need to designate the WHO announcement of Global tor-General (Public Health & veillance and treatment both for all. Kandawnadi Hospital to prepare Emergency on Coronavirus on Medical Services Department), in public and private hospitals “We are making efforts to for control and prevention if any 30 January 2020 and its relevant the Deputy Director-General in Mandalay Region. If some control and prevent the COV- outbreak of infectious diseases information, the control and pre- (Medical Services), the Depu- patients may be verified posi- ID-19. In such doing, the younger may occur. Incorrect news and ventive measures undertaken by ty Director-General (Control tive by laboratory tests or there generation -- doctors and person- rumours should also be clarified Myanmar on 5 February 2020, Diseases), the Deputy Direc- may be some serious cases, they nel of medical profession alike to the public,” he said. the health information aware- tor-General (Procurement & should be provided with quality -- can draw many lessons and Correct information and ness campaign, dissemination Distribution), Head of Manda- treatment in line with the clinical experiences they gained in order data should be disseminated of correct and real-time infor- lay General Hospital, professors, management directives, com- to prevent and contain any possi- to all those who are undertak- mation to the public to avoid fear surgeons, the Director (Commu- piled by the medical professors ble epidemic infectious diseases ing the control and preventive and panic among them due to nicable Diseases Control – Cen- and issued by the ministry. Pre- in the future,” he added. measures and after review and incorrect news and rumours, tral), the Director (Promotion of caution measures should also A comprehensive written scrutiny, they should reinforce dissemination of information Health Education), and health be taken properly upon those, account should be done on the the implementation work where on work progress to those who officials among others.—MNA who cross the entry points legal preventive measures being un- necessary. are undertaking the control and or illegal and show no sign of dertaken in Mandalay Region. “The Mandalay General preventive measures, necessary (Translated by Aungthu Ya) Nay Pyi Taw Flower Festival attracts holiday makers

NAY Pyi Taw’s first-ever Flower Fountain Garden has been revi- Festival was crowded with peo- talized due to the flower festival. ple on Saturday. Visitors can enjoy the enter- Yesterday’s festival show- tainment programme and they cased some 250,000 flower dec- can also take part in amuse- orations, with over 30 species. ment programmes during the The Flower Festival will con- festival,” said Dr Nay Lin Tun, tinue through 31 March. Chairman of the Hsan Myat Tun The festival has also ar- Company which organized the ranged to entertain visitors with festival. —Hein Min Soe concerts by celebrity vocalists. People enjoying the flower festival in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. PHOTO:HEIN MIN SOE “The Nay Pyi Taw Water (Translated by Kyaw Zin Lin) 16 FEBRUARY 2020 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Total border trade value 13.5 acres of poppy exceeds $ 3.9 bln destroyed in Shan State A combined team comprising ruary. The total border trade value million. At this time last year, Tamu and Reed border points. police members of Tangyan Similarly, a combined team through 7 February of this fis- the border trade was valued at Among all the points, the Township Police Force in Shan comprising Tatmadawmen of cal year (FY) exceeded US$3.9 $3.39 million. Muse border point sees the larg- State destroyed two areas of local unit destroyed 11.5 acres of billion, according to the Ministry Myanmar conducts border est volume and value of border one foot high blooming poppies three inches high young poppy of Commerce. trade with China through the trade, with an estimated value at Khama ME-548923 one mile plants in the surrounding area From 1 October to 7 Feb- Muse, Lwejel, Kanpikete, Chin- of more than $1.92 billion in this west of Weinmaing village in of Kaungkat village in Namhkam ruary of 2019-2020 FY, the total shwehaw and Kengtung border FY, followed by Hteekhee with Tangyan Township on 14 Feb- Township, Shan state.— GNLM border value amounted to $3.981 points. The country carries out $668 million and Myawady with billion, up $584 million compared border trade with Thailand $390 million. with the same period last year. through the Tachilek, Myawady, Myanmar’s major export The total border trade value in- Kawthoung, Myeik, Hteekhee, items are farm, animal, marine, cluded $2.57 billion in exports Mawtaung and Maese border forest, mining, CMP and other and $1.41 billion in imports. points. The cross-border trade products. Myanmar mainly im- Compared with the last FY, camps between Myanmar and ports capital goods, industrial export earnings increased by Bangladesh are Sittway and raw materials, personal goods more than $221 million, while Maungtaw, whereas the country and CMP raw materials.— the import value increased $362 trades directly with India via the GNLM

Overheated brake causes wagon fire in Amarapura

THE last car of the No ( 41) Mandalay-Myitkyina passen- Opium poppy plants growing in Tangyan, Shan State. ger/mail train caught fire re- PHOTO: MPF sulting from overheating brake in Amarapura Township Man- dalay Region at 5.30 pm on 14 February, according to My- anmar Police Force. The fire burned down the newspapers in the wagon that caught fire while the train was crossing the Inwa bridge on Ayeyawady River. The fire died down at 6.50 pm. It destroyed 500 copies of newspapers, 120 eggs, 150 coconuts and 20 plugs carried on the wagon. Legal action has been taken against U Phone Fire engulfing the mail train wagon in Amarapura on 14 February. Myint (60), a staff of Myanma PHOTO:MPF Railways.—GNLM

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WASHINGTON (United States) day used uncommonly strong — The US State Department on language. Saturday condemned the deten- “The preposterous charges tion in Venezuela of an uncle of that have been put forward fur- opposition leader Juan Guaido, ther exemplify the increasing saying the man was being held desperation of Maduro and his on “preposterous charges.” corrupt associates,” it said. “The United States strongly Venezuelan authorities condemns the detention of Juan claimed that Marquez had smug- Jose Marquez, uncle of interim gled explosive material aboard President Juan Guaido, and de- a flight from Portugal, despite mands his immediate release,” strong denials by Portuguese said a statement from State De- authorities that he could have partment spokesperson Morgan done so. Ortagus. “Manufacturing evidence to Marquez was detained justify arbitrary, politically mo- Tuesday at the international air- tivated detentions is a common port near Caracas while accom- tool of the illegitimate former panying Guaido on his return Maduro regime,” the US state- trip from a three-week tour to ment said. several countries including the “These despicable actions US aimed at building pressure by the former Maduro regime on President Nicolas Maduro. -- detaining innocent civilians Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido (C) arrives at Simon Bolivar The US is one of some 50 and inventing false charges -- are International Airport in Maiquetia, Vargas state, Venezuela on 11 February 2020. PHOTO : AFP countries that have recognized sadly typical,” it said, accusing Guaido as Venezuela’s inter- Maduro and his associates of government-imposed travel ban. what happens to Juan Jose Guaido met with the British, im president after Maduro’s “mafia-style practices.” He has denounced the treatment Marquez, an honest and brave French and German leaders and 2018 re-election was widely de- Guaido was allowed to leave of his uncle as “a kidnapping.” man,” Guaido tweeted on was a guest of President Donald nounced as rigged. the airport unhindered on Tues- “I hold you responsible, Wednesday. Trump at his State of the Union The US statement Satur- day despite being in defiance of a usurper Nicolas Maduro...for During his three-week tour, speech.—AFP Google mulls licensing deals with Iran to vote in general news media: industry sources election many see as ‘lost cause’ of news Richard Gingras said in a statement. TEHRAN (Iran) — Iranians 2016, said independent journal- “We care deeply about this vote next week in a crucial ist Farshad Ghorbanpour. and are talking with partners and parliamentary election that is "The Iranian people have looking at more ways to expand widely expected to herald the come to the conclusion that our ongoing work with publish- return of conservatives and their choice has no impact," ers, building on programs like our heap pressure on beleaguered he told AFP. The purge of can- Google News Initiative.” President Hassan Rouhani. didates was "unprecedented", The Wall Street Journal re- Friday's vote comes after said Ghorbanpour. ported earlier Friday Google was months of steeply escalating "Even some conservatives considering deals for a “premi- tensions between Iran and its who were likely to speak inde- um” news product. decades-old arch enemy the pendently and rationally in par- The California tech giant United States. liament have been disqualified." has remained steadfast about The Guardian Council, the not paying for news article links body that rigorously vets can- Sanctions and turmoil In this file photo taken on 16 May 2019 a man takes a picture with displayed in search results and is didates, disqualified more than Iranians are feeling the his mobile phone of the logo of the US multinational technology and Internet-related services company Google as he visits the Vivatech not changing that position, people half of the 14,444 who sought strain after months of turmoil. startups and innovation fair, in Paris. PHOTO : AFP familiar with the matter told AFP. to stand -- including dozens of In November, nationwide It has argued that it drives mostly moderate and reformist demonstrations over petrol SAN FRANCISCO (United mining the internet for material traffic to news websites and incumbents. A week of cam- price hikes turned violent be- States) — Google is in discus- it displays in search results. thereby helps those publishers paigning for seats in the Ma- fore being crushed in a deadly sions on deals to pay media or- A licensing deal would likely get ad revenues. jles kicked off Thursday with crackdown. ganizations for content, a move be welcomed by news organiza- Google’s News Initiative little fanfare. Faced with the Bread and butter issues aimed at blunting criticism that it tions that contend Google derives works with publishers to en- stark choice of voting for the have put Rouhani's alliance at unfairly profits from copyrighted profits from ads alongside their courage readership and paid conservatives and whether or risk of losing in a landslide. news, according to people famil- news articles, including “snip- subscriptions to their offerings. not to vote at all, those who A salesman in Tehran's iar with the talks. pets” in search results. Facebook, which has been backed Rouhani in the past see Grand Bazaar summed up the Negotiations between the Contacted by AFP Friday, hit with similar criticism, last this election as a lost cause and mood, saying he would abstain internet giant and news outlets Google indicated it is seeking new year launched a dedicated “news are expected to stay away in as voting seemed "useless". were said to be in the early stag- ways to help publishers. tab” with professionally-pro- droves. Asked what might convince es, with most of the publishers “We want to help people find duced content — a move by the "The majority of the cur- him to change his mind, Mosta- located in France and other parts quality journalism — it’s impor- social network to promote jour- rent parliament is composed of fa Hamidi, 37, said it would be of Europe. Paying for news would tant to informed democracy and nalism and shed its reputation reformists, and people believe if those in power lived up to "at diverge from the Alphabet-owned helps support a sustainable news as a platform for misinformation. that they haven't done anything least one of their promises. Just internet titan’s practice of freely industry,” Google vice president —AFP serious" since being elected in one, not 1,000."—AFP 16 FEBRUARY 2020 16 FEBRUARY 2020 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 9 Time to prevent possible spread of Full team of WHO experts to arrive in Coronavirus infection in Mandalay China over weekend The top diplomats of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Saturday agreed to support China's efforts to contain S Chinese travellers and business persons are staying a deadly new coronavirus, as the outbreak poses increasing health risks and threatens to undermine the global economy. in Mandalay, the city must brace for the possibility of Coronavirus infections. We need to be prepared to take dam confirmed by Malay- Her husband tested negative The passengers will be transport- Aeffective emergency measures to quickly respond to the sia to have coronavirus although he remains hospitalized ed to the airport on buses. infection, and to minimize damage in case of an outbreak. A woman from the United for treatment of his symptoms The fatality rate from the deadly infectious disease has reached States who was among the near- and observation. Man runs marathon in pre- 2.8 per cent of those infected, and with higher rates of infection ly 1,500 passengers who disem- The couple were among the vention of virus possible health authorities should beef up their current surveillance barked on Friday from a cruise total 405 passengers who, after A fanatical runner jogged the and preventive measures in Mandalay, especially at factories. ship in Cambodia and flew to disembarking on Friday, boarded equivalent of an ultra-marathon Malaysia has been confirmed charter flights to either the capital inside his small apartment as peo- Despite there being no as being infected with the new Phnom Penh or to Kuala Lumpur. ple in virus-hit China desperately Hence, priority great challenge in dealing coronavirus, a Malaysian health try to keep fit while cooped up with infected patients, so far, official said Saturday. U.S. to evacuate Ameri- indoors. must be we should not reduce our The Westerdam, carrying cans The country is at the centre current efforts. Some pa- 1,455 passengers and 802 crew, The U.S. government will of an outbreak of a new coronavi- given to the tients are still quarantined grabbed headlines after it was send chartered aircraft to Japan rus, leaving more than 1,500 dead at hospitals in Mandalay, turned away by five ports in Asia to evacuate American citizens and sparking global alarm, but monitoring of while others entering from over coronavirus fears before the and their families from a coro- it is also in the grip of a health China show no symptoms. We Cambodian government allowed navirus-hit cruise ship quaran- drive because the government is all travellers and should not forget the fact that the ship to dock on Thursday on tined near Tokyo, its embassy said aggressively encouraging people those who entered Mandalay humanitarian grounds. Saturday, amid concerns about to exercise to fight the disease. patients who over the border illegally can Noor Hisham Abdullah, the deteriorating sanitary conditions With much of the 1.4 billion appear ill, so show symptoms of the dis- Health Ministry director gen- on the vessel. population ordered indoors and ease anytime, though they eral, said in a statement that Japan confirmed more infec- gyms closed, people are compet- that they can display no symptoms during the 83-year-old woman and her tions on the Diamond Princess ing to outdo each other in how Myanmar Daily Weather Report the incubation period. Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization (WHO) health emergencies programme, 85-year-old husband, also from as monitoring continued for its many bottles of water they can lift, (Issued at 7:00 pm Saturday 15th February, 2020) immediately Hence, priority must be speaks at a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland on Feb. 13, 2020. PHOTO : (XINHUA/CHEN JUNXIA) the United States, were among passengers, while also announc- how many push-ups they can do given to the monitoring of all 145 passengers who flew into ing additional cases within the with their children on their backs BAY INFERENCE: Weather is partly cloudy over the Andaman receive travellers and patients who LL members of the scientific effort to curb the virus. China's efforts to contain a deadly Malaysia on Friday after disem- country including those at a hos- or how many flights of stairs they Sea and Southeast Bay and generally fair elsewhere over the appear ill, so that they can World Health Organi- Ryan also told the briefing new coronavirus, as the outbreak barking. pital. Facing a number of cases can scale in their tower blocks. Bay of Bengal. appropriate immediately receive appro- zation (WHO) team of that the first and foremost of poses increasing health risks and Airport screening discovered whose infection routes cannot be But Pan Shancu has easily treatment in priate treatment in case they Ainternational experts the priorities are the demands threatens to undermine the global the couple to have "symptoms," tracked, the government admit- won the unofficial gold medal, FORECAST VALID UNTIL AFTERNOON OF THE 16th Febru- are confirmed to be infected are expected to arrive in China of frontline clinicians and public economy. the statement said, adding they ted it is "facing a different situ- saying he jogged 66 kilometres ary, 2020: Light rain are likely to be isolated in Upper Sagaing case they are by the Coronavirus. over the weekend to work with health workers in China, includ- Meeting on the sidelines of were sent to a hospital on the out- ation." (41 miles) in a loop at home in six Region and Kachin State. Degree of certainty of (60%). Weather To make a decision on their Chinese colleagues against ing the development of better a security conference in Munich, skirts of Kuala Lumpur. A test The U.S. aircraft will arrive hours, 41 minutes. will be partly cloudy in Taninthayi Region, Northern Shan, Chin confirmed to be preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus pneumonia. frontline diagnostics in emergen- Germany, Japanese Foreign Min- for the virus now known as COV- in Japan on Sunday evening and REFERENCES and Mon States and generally fair in the remaining Regions the deadly disease, health A WHO advance team, which cy rooms, and immediate needs ister Toshimitsu Motegi, U.S. Sec- ID-19 came back positive for her leave Tokyo's Haneda airport the Xinhua; AFP; Kyodo News and States. infected by the authorities in Mandalay are arrived in China on Tuesday, and for clinical trials of drugs, such as retary of State Mike Pompeo and on Saturday. following day, the embassy said. Updates urged to take approaches their Chinese counterparts have the standard antivirals that were South Korean Foreign Minister STATE OF THE SEA: Sea will be slight to moderate in Myan- Coronavirus. based upon social, economic finalized the scope of work and de- used in the past against MERS Kang Kyung Wha focused on the mar waters. Wave height will be about (4-6) feet off and along and medical points of view. sign of the mission, while the rest and SARS, as well as some an- coronavirus outbreak. Myanmar Coasts. The most important of the team will start arriving in ti-HIV drugs. The coronavirus outbreak point is that most Chinese nationals who entered Mandalay by China over the weekend, said Dr. However, it could still be originating in the central Chinese OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Likelihood of air are staying in rented homes. Surveillance in these areas should Michael Ryan, executive director weeks before the trials are set up city of Wuhan has rapidly spread, isolated light rain in Upper Sagaing Region and Kachin State. be speeded up and measures should be taken to provide rapid of the WHO Health Emergencies and generate some good informa- killing more than 1,500 and in- response to potential patients with the virus. Program, at a briefing in Geneva, tion so as to "give us a large num- fecting over 66,000 in mainland FORECAST FOR NAYPYITAW AND NEIGHBOURING AREA Probably, because of the nature of the new coronavirus, in without revealing more details. ber of observations and a much China alone. FOR 16th February, 2020: Fair weather. some countries there have been cases in which medical institutions Earlier, Director-General stronger indication as to whether Hundreds more have tested initially failed to correctly diagnose people displaying suspicious Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus those drugs are working," he said. positive in other countries that FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA symptoms. said the advance group was led Another urgent need has are scrambling to take counter- FOR 16th February, 2020: Generally fair weather. Similarly, to carry out the surveillance to seek out patients by Bruce Aylward, a Canadian ep- been the ability to do household measures, and the International with suspicious symptoms, cooperation by local people is playing idemiologist and a "veteran of past studies and to develop a serology Monetary Fund has warned of a FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING AREA the most important role in this monitoring. public health emergencies," and test that would "allow us to test slowdown in the global economy FOR 16th February, 2020: Generally fair weather. As the fight to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus is a long the whole team will probably be populations to determine how as supply chains and tourism take battle, the Ministry of Health and Sports, along with local health made of 10 experts from around many people in the population a hit. authorities nationwide, need to ensure that sufficient manpow- the world. have been affected over time," The U.S. Embassy in Japan er and materials will be available, and the people are urged to As part of the internation- he said. said Saturday it will send char- cooperate with the authorities without leaving the burden of the al cooperation and coordination tered planes to evacuate Amer- mission entirely to medical bodies. against the virus COVID-19, a Latest developments ican citizens and their families It is also important to distribute information about the in- WHO-led global research and Japan, U.S., S. Korea vow to from a cruise ship that has been fection by detailing what measures are being taken to deal with innovation forum on the control back China quarantined in Yokohama Port for the situation to minimize anxiety among members of the public. of the epidemic concluded on The top diplomats of Japan, nearly two weeks. Staff members consolidate a facility which was blown down by the wind in Xiaonan District of Xiaogan City, Wednesday, which set the most the United States and South Ko- central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 15, 2020. Xiaogan witnessed a snowfall on Saturday as people around the city urgent priorities for the global rea on Saturday agreed to support Passenger from Wester- still fight in the battle against the novel coronavirus. PHOTO : (XINHUA/HU HUHU) 16 FEBRUARY 2020 10 WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Australian bushfires extinguished, but climate rows rage on

SYDNEY (Australia) —Austral- ing for more coal-fired power ia’s “black summer” of devastat- plants. ing bushfires is finally coming At the same time, the cen- to a close, but bitter arguments trist wing of his party has crit- over how to tackle climate-fuelled icised his climate targets as disasters are raging on. inadequate. When firefighters an- Meanwhile rebel members nounced this week that all blaz- of opposition Labor met secretly es in the hard-hit state of New to steer the centre-left party’s South Wales were under control leadership toward a more overtly for the first time since Septem- pro-coal stance. ber, the relief was palpable. The party’s deputy leader In other regions, a few awkwardly refused to rule out fires are still being contained, more coal subsidies, months af- but most Australians can final- ter vowing they should end. ly abandon the grim rituals of “They don’t want to stick the last half-year -- morning their heads above the parapet, at checks of smog monitors and least when it comes to suggest- “Fires Near Me” apps, deciding ing substantive policy,” said Matt whether the kids can play out- McDonald, an expert in climate side, whether to flee or defend Dozens of families have lost loved ones in the bushfires, thousands of homes and farms have been gutted and politics from the University of swathes of the east coast are scarred charcoal-black. PHOTO: AFP their homes. Queensland. But the after-effects will en- One reason, he explained, is dure, and national soul searching swathes of the east coast are cal leaders, and it is being met In an arid nation whose eco- that while the hot and dry Aus- has already begun. scarred charcoal-black and mostly with finger-pointing and nomic strength is intimately tied tralian continent is uniquely sus- “We know events like these millions have had their sense of recrimination. to the mining and export of fossil ceptible to the impact of climate can challenge the way we think security shaken. fuels, at least four prime minis- change, it is also a world-beating about the world, undermine our “It will likely take years and ‘Heads above the parapet’ ters have been ousted in part source of coal. perceptions of safety, and rup- a great deal of imagination for us While scientists agree cli- over their climate policies. Coal accounts for around 75 ture social bonds,” said disaster to figure out where we go from mate change created favourable In recent weeks, Prime Min- percent of Australia’s electricity response expert Erin Smith. here,” said Smith. conditions for the blazes, politi- ister Scott Morrison has seen generation and exports of the Dozens of families have lost The question of what is cians of all stripes are acutely his ruling conservative coalition fossil fuel are worth Aus$60 bil- loved ones, thousands of homes next for Australia is already be- aware how sensitive the issue threatened by members in rural lion a year, the country’s largest and farms have been gutted, ing asked, most of all of politi- is in Australian politics. constituencies demanding fund- export after iron ore. —AFP Weinstein prosecutors urge Germans hit the streets against jurors to convict ‘predator’ deals with far right NEW YORK (United States) — ual misconduct by more than Harvey Weinstein was a “pred- 80 women. He denies the alle- especially at the CDU and Kem- ator” who used his status as a gations against him. merich’s Free Democrats (FDP). powerful Hollywood producer Six women took the stand Barely 24 hours after accept- to take advantage of the women to say the ex-Miramax Films ing the vote, Kemmerich agreed he attacked, prosecutors said boss had sexually assaulted to step down. But outrage at the Friday as his sex crimes trial them, but the jury is consider- centrist parties accepting help drew to a close. ing charges related to just two: from the far right, a first since the The disgraced movie mo- ex-actress Jessica Mann and founding of the Federal Repub- gul, 67, faces life in prison if former production assistant lic in 1949, remains deep-seated convicted of predatory sexual Mimi Haleyi. among the protest organisers. assault charges in the high-pro- Mann says Weinstein raped ‘ file trial that marks a watershed her in March 2013, while Haleyi End of a taboo’ moment in the #MeToo global alleges he forcibly performed “This election was the end of reckoning against men abusing oral sex on her in July 2006. a taboo” against cooperation with positions of power. Illuzzi-Orbon argued that the far-right, Unteilbar spokes- Demonstrators rally for a protest themed “Not with us! No pacts with Weinstein believed he was the six women who testified had man Maximilian Becker told fascists any time or anywhere!” on 15 February 2020 in Erfurt, capital of “the master of his universe, “no motive to lie.” Thuringia state in Germany. PHOTO: AFP Berlin’s Tageszeitung newspaper. and the witnesses here were “They sacrificed their digni- “We want to show that what’s really ants who he could step ty and privacy and peace for the FRANKFURT AM MAIN (Ger- politicians belonging to the “Un- going on in Thuringia will not go on without consequences,” said prospect of having that voice” many) — Ten thousand people teilbar” (indivisible) movement. unanswered.” While Saturday’s assistant district attorney Joan heard, she said. are expected to join a demonstra- Thuringia rocked national demonstration is supposed to be Illuzzi-Orbon in the final day of On Thursday, defense at- tion Saturday in Erfurt, capital of politics on February 5, when state peaceful, some have taken out closing arguments. torney Donna Rotunno argued Thuringia state in Germany’s for- lawmakers from Chancellor An- their rage in attacks on FDP offic- “He had a surefire insur- the women had used sex with mer communist east, where far- gela Merkel’s centre-right CDU es around Germany, Der Spiegel ance policy: the witnesses were Weinstein to advance their ca- right lawmakers last week helped party voted with far-right, anti-im- reported, a sign of festering polit- standing in line to get into his reers, saying they only decided install a new state premier. migrant AfD representatives to ical tensions nationwide. universe,” she added. they had been assaulted after “Not with us! No pacts with elect liberal politician Thomas Mainstream politicians Weinstein, the first man ac- Weinstein became a global pa- fascists any time or anywhere!” Kemmerich state premier. charge that one of AfD’s aims is cused of abuse in the #MeToo riah when allegations against is the motto for the protest, or- Spontaneous demonstra- to paralyse or render ridiculous movement to face a criminal him ignited #MeToo in October ganised by the DGB trade union tions quickly broke out across the normal functioning of the trial, has been accused of sex- 2017. —AFP federation, NGOs, artists and Germany in response, targeted country’s institutions.— AFP 16 FEBRUARY 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 11 Syrian chopper downed over rebel area, killing crew

DAMASCUS (Syria) — A Syrian rebels operate, but did not say military helicopter was shot down who fired the missile. over the last major rebel bastion The Turkey-backed Nation- in northwest Syria on Friday, the al Liberation Front rebel group second such incident in a week of claimed responsibility in a state- high tensions with Turkey. ment posted on the Telegram app. The attack in a region The Syrian Observatory for where Turkish troops and Rus- Human Rights said the helicop- sian-backed government forces ter’s two pilots were killed. have engaged in multiple clashes An AFP correspondent saw came as Washington urged Anka- the chopper’s mangled remains ra to look to its Western allies in and the blood-stained fatigues of light of Moscow’s actions. one of the pilots. Syrian and Russian forces Three days earlier, another have pressed a deadly offensive Syrian military helicopter was against the shrinking pocket in downed over Idlib province, kill- the country’s northwest since ing at least three crew members. Syrians inspect the wreckage of a regime military helicopter after it was brought down over western Aleppo December, claiming the lives of Turkish media blamed that province. PHOTO: AFP nine civilians on Friday. attack on rebels but the Obser- “At approximately 13:40 (1140 vatory said Ankara’s troops had major rebel pocket in the north- the city, the monitor said. for an immediate end to the Idlib GMT), one of our military helicop- fired rockets at the aircraft over western Idlib region and parts of The assault has sparked the offensive to save lives. ters was hit by a hostile missile in the village of Qaminas, southeast neighbouring Aleppo and Latakia largest wave of displacement in “We demand that the parties, the western countryside of Alep- of Idlib city. provinces. Eight civilians includ- the nine-year conflict, with 800,000 especially the Syrian regime and po,” Syrian state news agency Turkey did not claim respon- ing three children were killed in people fleeing since December, its allies, immediately end their SANA said. sibility. bombardment Friday, the Obser- according to the United Nations. military offensive, establish a gen- “This led the helicopter to vatory said, adding that five died Among them, some 82,000 uine and lasting ceasefire,” said crash, killing all crew on board.” Turkey tensions in Russian raids near the almost people are sleeping rough in permanent member France and SANA said the aircraft was Since December, Syrian deserted city of Atareb. sub-zero temperatures. non-permanent members Bel- downed near the town of Urum government forces have pressed Government forces are with- European members of the gium, Estonia and Germany.— al-Kubra, where Turkey-backed a blistering assault on the last in five kilometres (three miles) of UN Security Council called Friday AFP US to evacuate Americans from virus-hit Fifteen children killed in cruise ship near Tokyo Haiti orphanage fire new coronavirus. TOKYO — The US government The number of infections KENSCOFF (Haiti) — Fifteen housed about 66 children, she will send chartered aircraft to confirmed on the ship expand- children were killed when a fire said. Japan to evacuate American cit- ed to 285, with the government swept through an unlicensed The fire in Kenscoff — a izens and their families from a newly reporting 67, including 38 orphanage outside Haiti’s cap- town of 50,000 south of the capi- coronavirus-hit cruise ship quar- who showed no symptoms such ital Port-au-Prince, a judge told tal — began shortly after 9:00 pm antined near Tokyo, its embassy as fever. AFP on Friday, highlighting the Thursday (0200 GMT Friday), said Saturday, amid concerns The monitoring period for severe shortcomings of the is- Antoine added. about deteriorating sanitary con- its passengers and crew will last land nation’s child welfare in- According to one of the chil- ditions on the vessel. through Wednesday. stitutions. dren, the fire was ignited by can- The aircraft will arrive in Japan has increasingly con- Two children died in the dles that the young occupants Japan on Sunday evening and firmed COVID-19 cases from blaze and 13 others died at a hos- had lit in their rooms because the leave Tokyo’s Haneda airport the people with no direct connec- pital as a result of smoke inhala- electricity was out, she told AFP. following day, the embassy said. tion to China, where the virus tion, said magistrate Raymonde An investigation is under- The passengers will be trans- originated. Jean Antoine. way to determine the exact cause ported to the airport on buses. On Saturday, eight more The building — which had of the fire and identify the people People in protective suits stand “We recognize this has been cases were announced in To- not been authorized to operate responsible for the orphanage. in front of the Diamond Princess a stressful experience and we cruise ship docked at Yokohama kyo. Seven of the people had had as an orphanage since 2013 — — AFP remain dedicated to providing near Tokyo on 15 February close contact with a taxi driver all the support we can and seeing 2020. The ship has been kept in who was found this week infected you safely and expeditiously re- quarantine amid the spread of a with the coronavirus, according United Airlines pushes 737 MAX new coronavirus among people on united with family and friends in to the metropolitan government. board. PHOTO: KYODO NEWS the United States,” the embassy In Wakayama Prefecture, flights to September said in a letter to the American western Japan, three more peo- passengers, posted on its web- ate their citizens on the ship, a ple, including a doctor, tested NEW YORK (United States) last month the company’s com- site. government official said. positive for the virus, the prefec- — United Airlines announced mercial director said United had About 380 people aboard the More than a week has tural government said. Friday it was pushing back to decided not to fly the aircraft this Diamond Princess will be offered passed since the cruise ship, now A total of five people related September 4 the resumption of summer. seats on the evacuation flight with around 3,400 passengers to a hospital in the town of Yuasa flights using the Boeing 737 MAX “We’ll continue to monitor from Japan back to the United and crew aboard, was put under in the prefecture have now been aircraft, grounded worldwide fol- the regulatory process and nim- States, The Wall Street Journal a two-week quarantine at Yoko- confirmed infected — two male lowing two deadly crashes. bly make the necessary adjust- reported Friday. hama Port after a passenger who doctors in their 50s, the wife of The US air carrier had said ments to our operation and our Japan will also cooperate disembarked in Hong Kong was one of the doctors in her 50s, and in December that it was elimi- schedule to benefit our customers with other countries that make found to be infected with COV- two male patients in their 60s nating flights using the aircraft who are traveling with us,” Unit- similar arrangements to evacu- ID-19, the pneumonia-causing and 70s.— Kyodo News from its schedule until June, and ed said in a statement.— AFP 16 FEBRUARY 2020 12 WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR France confirms first coronavirus death outside Asia

PARIS (France) — An 80-year- The virus originated late ‘Preparing for pandemic’ old Chinese tourist has died last year in China, where it Away from China, almost 600 from the new coronavirus in has since infected more than cases have been confirmed — France, the first death con- 66,000 people and killed more roughly 35 of which have been firmed outside of Asia, French than 1,500. reported in the European Union. Health Minister Agnes Buzyn Three deaths from the vi- The most concentrated said on Saturday. rus have so far been recorded number of cases outside China Buzyn said she had been outside mainland China — in is on a cruise ship quarantined told about the death of the pa- the Philippines, Hong Kong and off the Japanese coast, which is tient — in hospital in Paris since Japan. holding at least 285 people with late January — late on Friday, The scale of the epidemic the virus among its 3,700 crew adding that his condition “had ballooned this week after offi- and passengers. deteriorated rapidly” after sev- cials in the Chinese province The US embassy has said it eral days in a critical condition. of Hubei — the epicentre of the will fly roughly 400 Americans on Six people with the virus outbreak — changed their cri- board the ship back their home remain in hospital in France, teria for counting cases, adding country and Buzyn said France Buzyn said six people with the virus remain in hospital. PHOTO: AFP Buzyn said, adding that none thousands of new patients to was “always ready to repatriate were seriously ill. the tally. its nationals”, though she made wear masks and keep away from sible pandemic and therefore One of them was the dead Some 56 million people in no firm commitment. others during brief outings on the circulation of the virus on Chinese tourist’s 50-year-old Hubei and its capital Wuhan are There are believed to be deck. “We are following the international territory.” She said she daughter and the rest were Brit- now living under quarantine, four French nationals on the Di- national situation very closely,” would take stock of the situation ish nationals who were infected virtually sealed off from the rest amond Princess, where all those Buzyn said. on Tuesday in a meeting with by a compatriot at a French ski of the country in an effort to on board are mostly confined “We need to prepare our health experts and officials. — resort. contain the virus. to their cabins and required to health system to deal with a pos- AFP

US, Europe clash over Washington’s global retreat South Sudan president offers key

MUNICH (Germany) — US Sec- compromise for peace retary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday traded barbs with Eu- JUBA (South Sudan) — South Kiir and Machar met last ropean leaders over diminish- Sudan’s president said on Sat- week in neighbouring Ethiopia ing Western influence, rejecting urday he would return to a sys- but the talks ended in deadlock. as “grossly over-exaggerated” tem of 10 states, a key opposi- However, Saturday’s an- their claims that Washington tion demand, paving the way for nouncement meant a key con- had retreated from the global a unity government and an end cern of Machar appeared to stage. to the country’s civil war. have been resolved. Speaking at the Munich “The compromise we have “This decision may not Security Conference, Pompeo just made is in the interest of have been the best option for sought to assuage European peace...I expect the opposition our people, but for the sake of anxiety over the transatlantic to reciprocate,” Salva Kiir said, peace and unity in the country, bond under an unpredictable after a meeting of top govern- the Presidency sees it neces- President Donald Trump. ment and military officials in sary,” a government statement Mike Pompeo said Washington was leading a multinational effort to “The West is winning and the capital Juba. said. defeat the Islamic State jihadist group. PHOTO: AFP we’re winning together,” Pom- Kiir said the country would But after the surprise an- peo said. now be divided among the orig- nouncement, Machar’s party But he was immediately He said Washington was ing’s pessimistic tone. inal 10 states, plus three “ad- said they welcomed Kiir’s com- contradicted by French Presi- playing a key role in keeping “There is a competition out ministrative areas” of Pibor, promise but opposed splitting dent Emmanuel Macron, who Europe safe by reinforcing NA- there in so many areas, with so Ruweng and Abyei. off oil-rich Ruweng. warned of “a weakening of the TO’s eastern flank on the border many different actors, but sim- The opposition welcomed Oil provides almost all of West”. with Russia, as well as leading ply lamenting that we have lost the move but immediately the government’s revenue in The annual gathering of a multinational effort to defeat our way will not provide us with raised questions over the fate South Sudan, one of the most oil world leaders, generals and the Islamic State jihadist group. a way forward,” Stoltenberg told of Ruweng, a key oil producing dependent nations in the world. diplomats to discuss security “Is this an America that the audience. zone. Ruweng has been one of the challenges has been dominated ‘rejects the international com- “Europe and North Ameri- The number of states is most heavily fought over areas by fears over the West’s dimin- munity’?” he asked. ca are indispensable partners.” contentious because the bor- in the civil war and is claimed ishing role in the face of a more “The free West has a bright- But France’s Macron ech- ders will determine the divi- by both the Dinka people of Kiir assertive China and Russia. er future than illiberal alterna- oed the German concerns. sions of power in the country. and the Nuer of Machar. In his opening speech a tives,” Pompeo added, urging The US was undergoing “a “We welcome this decision day earlier, German President allies to have “confidence” in rethink of its relationship with Oil zone arguments but we only have one complaint; Frank-Walter Steinmeier sug- the transatlantic bond. Europe”, Macron said, strength- Kiir and rebel chief Riek the establishment of Ruweng gested that the United States He stressed the need to ening his belief that the conti- Machar — who lives in exile — Administrative Area,” said op- rejected “even the idea of an work together against threats nent had to take charge of its are under increasing pressure position party spokesman Pouk international community” and posed by Russia’s territorial am- own destiny. to resolve their differences by Both Baluang. “The issue of the was acting “at the expense of bitions, China’s military build- “We need a European strat- February 22 and form a unity states has not been resolved neighbours and partners”. up in the South China Sea and egy that renews us and turn us government as part of a peace completely.” “Those statements don’t re- Iran’s “campaigns of terror” into a strategic political power,” agreement. But Baluang said he ex- flect reality,” Pompeo retorted. through proxy conflicts in the he added. They have already missed pected Kiir and Machar to meet “I’m happy to report that Middle East. The divisions were under- two previous deadlines to en- soon to discuss their differenc- the death of the transatlantic NATO chief Jens Stolten- lined in the growing spat over shrine peace and end a six-year es. Kiir said the final matter of alliance is grossly over-exagger- berg, who also took to the stage Chinese tech giant Huawei, conflict that has left at least states would be debated once ated,” he added, paraphrasing a in Munich, joined Pompeo in another dominant theme in 380,000 people dead and mil- the unity government forms.— famous Mark Twain quote. voicing dismay at the gather- Munich.— AFP lions in dire poverty. AFP 16 FEBRUARY 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ASIA / AD 13 Chinese, Vatican foreign ministers Deadly Taiwan helicopter crash hold first meeting blamed on fog, human error

BEIJING (China) — The TAIPEI — Taiwan’s De- of general staff, along with icopter suddenly entered foreign ministers of China fense Ministry on Satur- seven other officers, a sen- thick fog that had descend- and the Vatican have met day blamed human error ior enlisted adviser from ed. About one minute be- in the first high-level en- and bad weather for last the General Staff Head- fore crashing at 8:07 a.m., counter between the sides month’s crash of a helicop- quarters, a military corre- the co-pilot reminded the -- a new sign of improving ter that killed the military’s spondent, and three crew chief pilot twice of the alti- relations between two chief of general staff and members. tude of the chopper. states with no diplomatic seven others. The chief pilot report- The flight data record- ties. The UH-60M Black ed in his last radio contact er showed that the chief The talks between Hawk crashed on Jan. 2 in at 8:03 a.m. that visibility pilot attempted to climb out China’s Wang Yi and Arch- a mountainous area of New was clear. of the fog by pulling up the bishop Paul Gallagher in Taipei City while flying on However, in less than a chopper 12 seconds before the German city of Munich Relations between the two sides have steadily improved a routine mission to a mil- minute afterward, the hel- the crash.— Kyodo News following a landmark agreement on the appointment of on Friday come as rela- itary base in the island’s bishops in 2018. PHOTO: AFP tions steadily improve fol- northeast from the capital lowing a landmark agree- up more space for the fu- were “cordial” and that Taipei. ment on the appointment ture exchanges between contact between the two Maj. Gen. Huang of bishops in 2018. the two sides,” he said. sides had seen “positive Chih-wei, of the Air Force “Today is the first Wang, who met Gal- developments”. Headquarters, told a press meeting between the Chi- lagher on the sidelines of Wang and Gallagher conference at the Defense nese and Vatican foreign the Munich Security Con- “highlighted the impor- Ministry that the chief pilot ministers,” Wang said, ference, called the 2018 tance” of the 2018 deal and failed to monitor altitude according to the People’s agreement “groundbreak- reiterated a willingness to while flying in fog that sud- Daily newspaper, a Com- ing”, adding that it “has continue “the institutional denly appeared. munist Party mouthpiece. achieved positive results”. dialogue at the bilateral The helicopter took “This is a continuation level to promote the life of off from Taipei’s Songshan of the exchanges between First bishop the Catholic Church and District at 7:54 a.m., car- China and the Vatican for a In a statement, the the good of the Chinese rying Air Force Gen. Shen Rescuers search through the debris of a crashed military period of time. It will open Vatican said the talks people”.— AFP Yi-ming, the military’s chief helicopter on 2 January 2020. PHOTO: KYODO NEWS

Four children die after CLAIMS DAY NOTICE CLAIMS DAY NOTICE school van catches fire in M.V NINOS VOY. NO. (1116 S/N) M.V UNI ARISE VOY. NO. (0194-601 N/S) Consignees of cargo carried on M.V NINOS VOY. Consignees of cargo carried on M.V UNI ARISE Punjab’s Sangrur NO. (1116 S/N) are hereby notified that the vessel will be VOY. NO. (0194-601 N/S) are hereby notified that the arriving on 16-2-2020 and cargo will be discharged into the vessel will be arriving on 16-2-2020 and cargo will be SANGRUR (India) — At nesses, there were 12 premises of AWPT where it will lie at the consignee’s risk discharged into the premises of HPT where it will lie at the least four children died children onboard the van. and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. on Saturday after their Eight children were the Port of Yangon. Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am school van caught fire in saved by the people who Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now Punjab’s Sangrur district. were working on the to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo Punjab Chief Minis- farm and came rushing declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the Vessel. ter Amarinder Singh has on seeing the school van from the Vessel. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after ordered a magisterial in flames. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims Day. inquiry into the incident. The children who died the Claims Day. SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT “Very sad to learn of the in the incident were four SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY news from Sangrur, where to five years of age. MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY AGENT FOR: M/S EVERGREEN MARINE we lost four children be- The van was heading AGENT FOR: M/S NEW GOLDEN SEA LINES (S'PORE) PTE., LTD cause their school van to drop the students to Phone No: 2301185 Phone No: 2301185 caught fire. Injured have their homes after school. been rushed to the hospi- “The van was head- tal. The District Collector ing to drop the students CLAIMS DAY NOTICE CLAIMS DAY NOTICE and Senior Superinten- at their home. 12 students M.V CAPE FLORES VOY. NO. (149N/S) M.V IAL 001 VOY. NO. (058N/S) dent of Police of Sangrur were there inside the van. Consignees of cargo carried on M.V CAPE FLORES Consignees of cargo carried on M.V IAL 001 VOY. are on the spot and I have People here broke the VOY. NO. (149N/S) are hereby notified that the vessel will NO. (058N/S) are hereby notified that the vessel will be ordered a magisterial en- windows of the van and be arriving on 16-2-2020 and cargo will be discharged into arriving on 16-2-2020 and cargo will be discharged into quiry. Guilty will be strict- somehow saved eight stu- the premises of AWPT where it will lie at the consignee’s the premises of HPT where it will lie at the consignee’s risk ly punished,” Amarinder dents but four students risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of Singh tweeted. were burnt alive,” said a of the Port of Yangon. the Port of Yangon. According to eyewit- local. — ANI Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the Vessel. Circulation order is in easier way. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after from the Vessel. the Claims Day. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT the Claims Day. Hot Line : Advertise with us/ MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY 09974424848 Hot Line : 018604530 AGENT FOR: M/S NEW GOLDEN SEA SHPPING LINES AGENT FOR: M/S INTER ASIA LINES Phone No: 2301185 Phone No: 2301185 16 FEBRUARY 2020 14 DEVELOPMENT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Four Japanese loan projects to contribute to socioeconomic life of local residents soon

By Htut Htut (Twantay)

TATE Counsellor Daw support at public and private Aung San Suu Kyi’s levels to the new government first visit to Japan ear- as a friend of Myanmar. He also S ly November in 2016 conveyed his hope to work with was a historic one for the coun- State Counsellor Aung San Suu try during which she met with Kyi, building upon this visit, Mr Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister to dramatically advance the of Japan, and held discussions relationship between Japan about various areas. and Myanmar. Speaking at the meeting, In response, State Coun- Japanese PM Abe said he ex- sellor Aung San Suu Kyi ex- pressed respect for Myanmar’s pressed her gratitude for the

State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi holds talks with Prime Minister Mr Shinzo Abe in Japan in 2016. PHOTO:CABINET PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE She thanked Japan for its as- sion of regional hospitals as sistance, including in areas of part of these activities. peace and stability, up to now On 21 January 2020, Mr and the Japanese people for MARUYAMA Ichiro, Ambas- their warm support. sador of Japan to the Republic Prime Minister Abe ex- of the Union of Myanmar and plained that Japan fully sup- U Maung Maung Win, Deputy ports Myanmar’s policy of pro- Minister for Planning, Finance moting balanced development and Industry signed the Ex- among states and regions to change of Notes with regard provide an economic buttress to the four projects, which to national reconciliation that will be implemented with the targets balanced development loan from Japan worth about of rural and urban areas, and 120,915 million Yen (approx. 1.1 that Japan plans to contribute billion USD), in Nay Pyi Taw. State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was welcomed by Myanmar nationals in Tokyo in 2016. PHOTO:MNA 800 billion yen over five years, The following projects are starting 2016, at public and pri- part of the implementation of efforts on nation building un- warm hospitality and while vate levels in areas including the commitment of 800 billion der the leadership of State noting the historically good assistance to areas with ethnic Yen private-public assistance, Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi ties between Japan and My- minority peoples, agriculture, which Prime Minister Shinzo who shares the fundamental anmar, she also voiced a desire Yangon urban development, Abe stated during the meet- values of freedom, democracy, to maintain the ties and move electric power, airports, and ing with State Counsellor Daw human rights, and rule of law forward together with Japan human resource training, and Aung San Suu Kyi in November with Japan and explained that as a trustful partner rooted to support renovations to hy- in 2016, within five years. Japan intends to give its full in a longstanding friendship. dropower facilities and expan- 16 FEBRUARY 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR DEVELOPMENT 15

Yangon sewerage system water and wastewater from threatens the safety of citizens’ loan mentioned above on the development project commercial entities flow into lives. With this loan mentioned project, the distribution loss Loans of 45,900 million the river with untreated sew- above, about one third of the rate will be decreased only by Yen will be provided to Yan- age, causing deterioration to main drainage channels of the 1 % in each city and reduce gon sewerage system devel- water quality. By implementing region will be improved and power outages caused by the opment project for extensive this loan project, the capacity the measures for reducing traf- insufficient capacity of the dis- renovation work as to the plans to treat the wastewater will be fic congestion and ensuring tribution facilities. Eventually, to expand waste water treat- increased up to about 7 times traffic safety on the main roads it is expected that the project ment, construct sewer pipes by 2030 (two years after project and Yangon circular railway will contribute to the economic and improve the living envi- completion), and the amount road will be taken. Therefore, development of Myanmar and ronment of local residents in of wastewater treatment is ex- it is expected that the project the improvement of socio-eco- the commercial city of Yan- pected to be about 130 times will contribute to the econom- nomic life of the citizens espe- gon where a 10 % of the total of the current amount. It is ic and social development of cially in Yangon and Mandalay. population of the country is expected that the project will Yangon City. residing. Currently, most of support the improvement of Regional infrastructure human waste, domestic waste- the living environment of the Power distribution im- improvement project in local residents. provement project in Yan- Chin, Rakhine, Mon and gon and Mandalay Kayin States and Tanin- Urban development pro- Loans of 12,288 million thayi Region ject for reduction of traffic Yen will be provided to power Loans of 38,642 million Yen congestion and damages distribution improvement pro- will be provided to regional in- affected by the flood in ject in Yangon and Mandalay, frastructure improvement pro- Yangon the major commercial cities ject in Chin, Rakhine, Mon and Loans of 24,085 million Yen in Myanmar. It is aimed at re- Kayin States and Taninthayi will be provided to urban devel- pairing and expanding elec- Region with the aim of improve opment project for the reduc- tricity distribution facilities in the lives of local residents tion of traffic congestion and order to improve power supply through new construction, the damages affected by the in the major cities. In Myan- renovation and installation flood in Yangon with the inten- mar, there has been a rapid of infrastructures necessary tion of improving drainage and increase in power demand due for life such as roads, bridges, take measures against traffic to recent developments and electric power and water sup- congestion at level crossings investments. In 2017, the maxi- ply in rural areas of Myanmar. on main roads and Yangon cir- mum power demand was about The poverty rate in the country cular railway road in Yangon, 3,075 MW nationwide. In 2020, is the highest in Chin State the largest city of Myanmar power demand is expected to (73.8% poverty rate) and Ra- with high economic growth. increase up to 4,531 MW and khine State (43.5% rate), and In the Yangon metropolitan the government of Myanmar is the electrification and water area, there has been a five- planning to boost the amount supply rates are very low. The fold increase in the number of of power supply. However, development of infrastruc- registered motor vehicles as a measures to renovate and im- tures has been a challenge for result of high economic growth prove power distribution facil- the economic development in and the traffic congestion has ities have been delayed. But it the States and Regions with been serious for a long time. In is expected that there will be higher poverty rates. In addi- addition, due to the poor and more power distribution facil- tion, the development of those capacity of existing drainage ities exceeding their capacity regions is emphasized in the channels, floods occur during during 2020. Therefore, there “Ayeyawady, Chao Phraya and the rainy season, and it causes is an urgent need to renovate Mekong Economic Coopera- the deterioration in the traffic and expand the power distri- tion Strategy” (ACMECS). It is environment of the region and bution facilities. Spending the of importance to promote the stable economic development in the rural areas through progress of infrastructures in Mon and Kayin States and Tanin- thayi Region situated along the East-West Economic Corridor and the South Economic Cor- ridors and it is expected to be improved in the future. With the loan mentioned above, 70 sub-projects including 35 for roads and bridges, 25 for electricity and 10 for water supply will be implemented to improve socio-economic life of local residents from those regions, thereby contributing to the stable socio-economic development in rural areas.

References: Press Release of Japanese Embassy to Myan- mar and joint-statement of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Mr Maruyama Ichiro, Ambassador of Japan, and U Maung Maung Win, Deputy Minister for Planning, Finance and Industry, and officials pose for documentary. PHOTO: SUPPLIED 16 FEBRUARY 2020 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR MIU FC wins Myanmar Futsal League 2019-2020

MYANMAR Imperial Universi- Futsal League head to head and the championship trophy The fifth place team in the award was earned by Nyi Nyi ty Futsal Club won the Myan- decision, MIU FC secured the by Myanmar Football Feder- Myanmar Football Federation Thant from VUC FC and he mar Futsal League 2019-2020 championship position, as the ation president U Zaw Zaw, U-19 Team received K 2.5 mil- also received K 300,000. following a 4-4 draw to the Vic- two teams met in a previous while the first runners up VUC lion. The fair play award went toria University College Futsal group match that ended 2-2. FC received K 7.5 million. The most valuable player to the Myanmar Football Fed- Club in their final match played After the final match, an The third placed team, GV award went to De Carvaiho eration U-19 Team, and offi- at National Indoor Stadium II awards ceremony was held. FC, was awarded K 6 million Junior of VUC FC, and he re- cials awarded K 500,000 to the in Yangon yesterday. The winning team, MIU and fourth place team On Doc- ceived K 300,000. team.—Lynn Thit (Tgi) Due to the Myanmar FC, was awarded K 10 million tor FC received K 4 million. The best goalkeeper MFF seeks to create new generation referees

WITH the aim of raising a new generation Currently, Myanmar’s youth referee U of referees, Myanmar Football Federation Phyo Htet Aung is attending the Academy, is seeking to open new referee courses in and he will next referee the AFC football states and regions in Myanmar, according matches and FIFA matches, the MFF to the federation statement. stated. MFF is now seeking referees under MFF is aiming to host 30 courses, with 35 years. Interested persons can contact 24 being launched in Yangon and another the Referee Department of the MFF in six courses will be held in towns and cities Yangon for further information. Yangon United FC players seen on the pitch before a previous match. PHOTO:YUFC throughout Myanmar. Currently, Myanmar has 16 FIFA rec- The MFF is also arranging to contact ognized referees, including four men, three the Asian Football Confederation so Myan- women and nine assistant referees. Yangon United to play Southern mar might send new referees to attend the Myanmar has the second most FIFA AFC Referee Academy in Kuala Lumpur, referees in South East Asian and Thailand, Myanmar FC today Malaysia. MFF hopes to send two men and having 19 FIFA referees, which is also the YANGON United will play against “Now, all of the teammates are one woman referee to the AFC Referee highest number in ASEAN countries.— Southern Myanamr FC at Mawlamy- getting ready for the coming match. I Academy in Malaysia in November. Lynn Thit (Tgi) ine stadium in Mawlamyine today at will play not to concede any goals. And 3:30 pm. I am getting more understanding from Regarding the match, Aboubacar, my teammates, which encourages me foreign defender of Yangon United, ex- to show a greater performance on the pressed his feeling about the match pitch”, Aboubacar added. against Southern Myanmar. Also, Aboubacar welcomed the Aboubacar had scored the team’s team’s fans to enjoy the match. first goal in the opening season match “I want to invite the fans to sup- against Institute of Sports and Physical port us through TV or anywhere. We Education FC. need their support in every game”, “Currently, the opponents are sit- said Aboubacar. ting at the bottom. So they will play The match will be broadcast live on hard and try to take points while at Fortune TV, and will also be streamed their home. We need to put a double live on MySports Facebook Page.— effort into playing that match. Lynn Thit (Tgi) The Global New Light of Myanmar

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By May Thu Htay 2nd year Honours Student, English Specialization, University of Yangon

ur country, Myanmar has been crossing over the authoritarian political system to the democracy. After 2010 general election, Othe president U Thein Sein government took office on March 2011 and governed the country with a democracy system. Now, the incumbent government led by President U Win Myint and State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi alive democracy in the country. It is not wrong to assess that democracy is a form of political system that leads to good governance, populace par- ticipation in the politic as the people have to elect the party and the people to represent them. On the other hand, every political system has its weak point and this is what all our Myanmar citizens and governors should not be taken for granted to build up democracy in Myanmar. If governors and populace hand in hand implement democracy, our democracy path cannot be deterred by any leak. Comparing to other political systems, democracy system has many strong points if applied thoroughly. In a democracy, as governments and parties are elected through elections for certain terms, this system makes the government fully committed to the populace’s needs, people’s satisfaction, so that they can regain the public trust again and be elected for the next term. Here, in the election, if Myanmar citizens do not assume their votes as their obligations and ignore their privileges to vote, this can turn out like “ our democracy system just represents the minority, not about 50 million people.” As repeatedly mentioned in the public newspaper, in the democratic system, media plays as an important pillar as they inform the performance of the government to the public. Here also, on the part of the media, as a mean of enhancing democracy, before broadcasting information, they need to ensure that the news come from reliable sources so as not to disperse fake news, misinformation. If the populace’s decisions are enticed by fake news, the representatives cannot be elected on their own merits and this is the loss in the democracy system. In the democratic system, the power is not centralized and is transferred between parties. Thus, in some way, it prevents the monopoly of the ruling system. On the other hand, it takes time to make decisions to implement some plans for the incumbent government as the system goes with the majority voting system. The faster the agreement within representatives achieves in that system, the more progress in administration, legislation, jurisdiction, economic growth, infrastructure, education, and the concerned matters of the public can create. Overall, “DEMOCRACY” is such a good political system as it can cause less violence and enhance transparency. Nevertheless, the parties and politicians have to do campaigns to get the votes by using the budgets and even after being elected, they only get the 5-year term, which hold them highly responsible for the goals to be implemented within that term. To conclude, if we can let exist the weaknesses of democracy, like public involvement, implementing the people’s needs and goals without taking a long process by the mutual agreement and support between the representatives, it is certain to strengthen the power of democracy in Myanmar. 16 FEBRUARY 2020 2 NEXT GENERATION PLATFORM THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

By S. Shwe Lin Yaung B.Sc, Pathein University

lthough we did not know able to have laughed, they all make us whether the roads were long want to go home back more when the or so were our legs, the legs numbers of them increase. When our A of the home-runners were beliefs topple down when our mind is long. To know the depth of ego, to catch chopped quite thoroughly and when the shining moon and to clear the roads everything we have already thought like a network, we rubbed many things cannot be accomplished, we want to called nights again and again. When the go home back. We want the nights in nights were darker and the days were which the ones who love us are crowded like them more, home-runners sang the around us. Now, we are startled up with songs entitled ‘One who is far away from half-sleep. We are suffering from the his abode’, running with wounds. intimidating of the nights. We wanted to go home back. In spite We have climbed up the summit of being homeless, we still wanted to go of the mountain with the thought home back. In spite of our homes to go which we will be happy in our last days. back not being similar to the homes, we However, when we get there we again still wanted to go home back. Although become realized that there are still many we did not know how the road was far summits left we will have to be going and how vague our goal was, we still to climb. It is said family can never be wanted to go back. In this way, when we chosen. However, it is said again we heard the sound of the wound that we can learn how to live together with a had been wrong, we had already been family. Can we go home back embracing very far away from our homes. We be- the dreams? Although we are called as came aged and so were our homes which home-runners, we are always longing were singing the songs of tears. for going home back, aren’t we? In spite At the moment, our muscles are not of saying that homes do need magnifi- swollen and hard and our mind is not cence, a hut is our home if we are with also decisive and steadfast. Our ways are our families. Everywhere with our fam- not straight and unenjoyable. Now, we ilies is a home. We should have homes want to go home back. When it is aged when we become exhausted looking for and we do not find what we are look- dreams. ing for, we start to realize that it is the The more we try to go home back, homes that we have to take the shelters. the farther we are from homes. Our What we are thinking now is why we lonely nights are cool and hard like the have given our time and what we have eggs without nests. Lying our spouses, received in return; where we are now saying that we are OK, shouting we do and what we would keep on doing. We not want to go home back, gazing at the are, in awe, standing like a lamp running family’s rice-having table on TV, washing out the oil among the complications of our clothes by ourselves and waking up the era. We are flowing like an ox-bow lonely, we have made our long with our lake in the region where it is scanty of egos. How long the roads are, how long love. the trips are, we happen to want to go The nights in which we target our home back one day. In spite of having no temples loading the bullets into our home to go back, we always want to go egos, the smiles that are cushioned by home back… the technology, the jokes that are not 16 FEBRUARY 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NEXT GENERATION PLATFORM 3

By Zin Wai

t was the second Friday of Feb- who is the Father of the nation and who brief, there are three kinds of love, sexual ruary 2020 in the city of Yangon. fought for Myanmar’s independence from love (love between men and women), People were happily celebrating Japan and the United Kingdom. The UN family love (love among the families), and IValentine’s Day. celebrates the day on November 20, and perfection love (the sort of love has to be Supermarkets were decorated with most of the countries celebrate on 1 June fulfilled by Bodhisattva in order that they heart-shaped accessories, and have since 1954. become the Buddha). displayed various brands of chocolates, A thought of comparison came into The romatic (or) sexual love and flowers and gifts. People, in particular my mind that some people are enjoying family love can lead to suffering, but the couples, were wearing smiles on their love, but some people are suffering from perfection love, I called it true love, is faces. Most of them held flowers and hate. Then, I thought that if I can change always beneficial for the people. gifts on their hands. the world, I want to change the world full The perfection love can always gener- No doubt, people are happy of true love in which people in every cor- ate a feeling of joy and happiness, and also because of love. Even there is a quote ners of the world don’t hurt one another help other people to generate a feeling of “Love is life. And if you miss you, you like the couples on Valentine’s Day. joy and happiness. miss life.” I don’t want to miss life. Thinking that people hurt one an- Those who cultivate perfection love Therefore, I was also among them. I felt other after love among them disappears, always think about for the benefits of happy seeing the couples’ happiness. I entered the Ocean which is lovely with other people, instead of benefits for them. Apart from seeing the other cou- V-day decoration. I went to the book store For the sake of others’ benefits, they give ples, I have nothing romantic to do, and of underground floor, and browsed a few all they can without thinking about them- was using Facebook which I didn’t use books. On the shelf of religious books, I selves. the previous day in front of the ninth found a little book written by Sayadaw Ya I couldn’t help fall in love with the mile Ocean. Most of the posts were Wai Nwe (Innma). Its name is “the work of idea of perfection love or true love, and it about Valentine’s Day. noble persons” in which ‘The Ten Perfec- became ‘my new lover’ for the 2020 Val- A few posts were about the tions of the Buddha’ are explained in an entine’s Day. How about you? With whom birthday of Bogyoke Aung San on 13 essay form accompanied by stories. did you fall in love with? February. I then saw a post about the I read the ninth perfection of lov- Then, I continue to think with the children injured during armed conflicts ing-kindness (Metta Parami) of the little help of my new partner “true love” that: in Buthidaung on 13 February, which book. After I had read that chapter, I came “May all children be well and happy. May is also “Children’s Day” of Myanmar. to know that there are many kinds of love. their hearts rejoice. May they be free from Myanmar’s Children’s Day is celebrated Some sorts of love are suffering, suffering.”. on the birthday of Bogyoke Aung San while some are beneficial for the world. In 16 FEBRUARY 2020 16 FEBRUARY 2020 4 FEATURE THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR FEATURE 5

is another mystery: why the evolution of a people with somewhat developed culture and civilization had been retarded to render them to be still semi-primitive in the 20th or early 21st century? To give the readers a glimpse of their ways of life, I would like to share one interesting habit of theirs. I had frequently seen the Salons foraging the beaches at low tides. If they find an exposed rock boulder covered with sea clams or small oysters, they would heap dried leaves and twigs gathered along the sandy beaches to make a fire over the rock. The heat of the fire caused the clams or oysters to open and the creatures inside were half cooked. They would eat them, then and there, with the rice they brought along. Those were strange and peculiar sights I had ever seen. Their hunting techniques too were very interesting. They just released a few hunting dogs, which stayed with them on their houseboats, onto an uninhabited island and patiently waited and went about their other chores. When they hear the sounds of the dogs barking, they stopped all activities and listened intently. When the barking of the dogs became fixed in one place, they knew right away that the prey was cornered and was time for them to act. Two or three persons would pick up their harpoons and machetes and went ashore. Then, in no time, they would return with a wild boar or a deer or any other small animal carcass. How they trained their hunting dogs were also very interesting. When there was a litter of pups born to one of their bitches, they would cut off the tails while young. When the mother stopped suckling her babies, they would be taken and abandoned on the uninhabited islands. After a few months, the Salons would go back to those islands. If a dog was thin and came towards them wagging its short tail, they wouldn’t take it back, because in their opinion that dog haven’t learned how to fend for itself and wouldn’t make a good hunting dog. However, if a dog seemed to be well fed and shun people, they deemed that dog would make a good hunting dog and would try to catch it. By that way, some dogs left behind became feral dogs and multiplied on some deserted islands. Judging on this training method, it can be assumed that the Salons, though uneducated are well familiar with the ways of nature. In the previous paragraphs, I had raised two questions. Those questions had been nagging me for quite sometimes. If I were to recall them, the first question is: how their mannerism had changed so drastically from aggressive and fearsome warlike people to quiet, meek, timid and shy people? The second question being: why the evolution of a people with a somewhat developed culture and civilization had been The th st retarded to render them to be still semi-primitive in the 20 or early 21 Salons century? Both questions can be answered by just one answer that was agreed upon during a conversation with my friend, a retired Philosophy By Khin Maung Myint professor. SEE PAGE- S-8 I knew PHOTO: MOWKUN

n my previous article---The Salons: Sea Gypsies of My- qualifications and skills in boat building, sailing, swimming, barrier because they spoke only limited Burmese language anmar (17/2/19 - GNLM)---I had written who the Salons diving and hunting. in those days, I wasn’t able to learn very much. Anyway, I are in general. Now, I will be describing their natures, In the mid-nineteen sixties, the nature of my duty took had some knowledge of their ways of life or their cultures, Ibehaviours, habits, customs and traditions or in short-- me to the Myeik Archipelago, where I spent more than six customs, traditions, behaviours, habits, hunting techniques, -their ways of life. I will base my narration on my experienc- months altogether, during my two tours of duty in that area. diving skills and etc; from close observations. es with these mysterious tribesmen whom I encountered During those times, I had traversed that area from North As birth and death are the two most important occa- over five decades ago. to South, criss-crossing among the numerous islands and sions in any human being’s life, I will discuss briefly the They have an identity of their own, which is unique became familiar with the islands and the people of that Salons’ customs or traditions related to them first. I had wit- and has nothing in common with any other ethnic races area. I used to boast that I know the area like the palms of nessed their custom of bathing the newborn babies in sea of Myanmar. Today, they are quiet, timid, meek and shy by my hands. I had also made many contacts with the Salons water. It may be due to scarcity of fresh water, as they live nature and tend to be unsocial, but their ancestors were said and became friendly with one headman of a group. in boats on the sea. In those days they were never known to be aggressive fierce warlike people, whom even the Eu- Salons used to live in groups that may consist of ten to seek medical help from clinics or hospitals on their own ropean and Persian sea-farers feared in ancient times. How to twelve houseboats, each sheltering a family. There were accord. Thus it can be assumed that they always gave birth their mannerism had changed so drastically from aggressive about ten, plus or minus one, groups in those days. To my by themselves out at sea and the sea was the only source and fearsome warlike people to quiet, meek, timid and shy knowledge, but would need confirmation, the members of water. However, another theory is: it was a sort of a ritual people is a mystery. of a particular group belonged to the same clan. They were handed down through the generations, thus may have a It may be due to the language barrier or their inferiority always on the move on the sea, never staying put in one more mystical significance. complex, they kept to themselves without socializing with place for long and never had permanent homes on dry land, Concerning death, the Salons were known to have a other races except to do business. Thus they lag behind except during the monsoons when the seas were rough. very unique burial rite. Though they were nomads, they in development compared to other national races. Every Then only they will build shanty huts on land, inside a shel- never bury their deaths randomly, but have burial grounds, nationality or race has their own unique identities. Those tered bay, cove or nook. Otherwise the Salons always kept where it was customary to see grave markers erected at the identities should not be subjected to abrupt changes, hopping islands in search of good hunting and gathering heads of the graves. The markers were wooden planks with but should be given the freedom to evolve naturally and grounds. strange and curious looking carvings resembling fearful allowed to freely preserve them. The identity of a nation, As hunter-gatherers, they foraged the sea beds, comb images. Another interesting thing was they plant a coconut race or tribe is their pride, they should not be suppressed. the sand beaches and the woods on the islands in search palm at the head of the grave. As they like to live freely they detest oppression. Though of anything that they can sell or barter. During my contacts These rituals indicate the level of their custom or they may be still much behind in development in culture, with the Salons, I took advantage of whatever opportuni- culture that they inherited from their ancestors can be civilization, literacy and social sectors, they have unique ty available to learn about them. As there was a language assumed to be quite developed since ancient times. Here it 16 FEBRUARY 2020 6 COMICS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR 16 FEBRUARY 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NEXT GENERATION PLATFORM 7

By Ms. Moon Final year Honours (English) Dagon University

here had been a flourishing culture in our society when we were young. It was a mini business of the book-hiring shop. When the late afternoon came, T people especially youths were crowded at those shops choosing which books they liked reading. Those shops could be said as a simile viz. ‘Doors of the heart’ established by enthusiasts of books. They were not systematic like a library but they displayed various kinds of books – knowledge and aesthetic enjoyment which would often be liked by regular customers. It is great to taste and comfort for me sitting in the teashop and reading a newly issued magazine at that moment. I think that comfort was much better than using the internet under the free wifi network shared by the teashop these days. However, such book-hiring shops have disappeared one by one for a few years. Their disappearances were like that of dinosaurs in the world. There might be a query associated with the disappearance of book-hiring shops. Who has ever looked for the solution to the query? Although there are few book-hiring shops these days, the flourishes of libraries in the wards have not been seen. I have heard one or two libraries can be running in a certain town or ward but the founders of them encounter countless numbers of difficulties such as cash, site, building, cost of maintenance, increasing prices of books, salaries of staff for the long term. I cannot help praising their steadfastly withstanding mindset. In the current situation, our nationals especially the youths cannot be reading books. The people who do not read books are like the ones whose minds are disorder and scat- tered. At that moment, such ones will not accept the master- piece that was created by an even very clever and well-known writer. “If a race who are looking down on the literature, science, art, life, loving-kindness, and sympathy but desirous and chasing the cash, that race cannot last long in the society.” These words were told by John Ruskin, an English critic. Our country was still in poverty but it is not possible to give a book to the one who is poor. In fact, man needs nutrition for their physical bodies as well as books to feed their mind. What is more, there is a quote that has been said by Ludu U Hla, a well-known journalist, “Opening of a door of a library can make a door of a prison close.” Those were the words of wisdom. For our country that is not flourishing the culture of the library, we cannot guess how many doors of the prison have already opened. I have heard that the numbers of best-seller’s books are over the numbers of seven digits. How- ever, Myanmar’s best-selling books never turn to ten thousand in number. Most people in the world assume that the standard ruler of the culture of a country is just literature. All in all, animals do not read books. The reason why man escaped from hostile terms and lives is the literature. Writing these above words, I happen to be ashamed that I am one of the members of the library foundation of my township.

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FROM PAGE- S-5 During the morning walks to Kandawgyi, the Professor and I used to discuss various topics. One day after my article - The Salons: Sea Gypsies of Myanmar - appeared in the Global New Light of Myanmar, I raised those two questions to him. He promptly answered that the advancement of the weaponry used by the Europeans and the Persian sea-farers who the Salons used to prey upon, must have caught them by surprise. The number of casualties they suffered at the hands of the strangers must have frightened them to the point that the psychological effect was so great. From those times onwards, they dare not face strangers and started to isolate themselves and tried to hide from them. That could have made them what they are today. That was the most logical and plausible answer to both the questions. O my brother, my dear, To Southern Islands in the sea, Quietness, timidity, meekness and It’s all you know, I do so. Which are gifts to our nation. shyness were the characteristics of their Since the days of earlier, behaviours in the old days when I first In our land of “ Myanmar ” O my brother, my dear, met them, however, now that they are Unions sailing down the river It’s all you know, I do so. relocated to a permanent village on an is- Until they reach Aya’s mouth Since the days of earlier, land they usually frequented in the past, In the part of the nation’s south, In our land of “ Myanmar ” they may have changed. Before con- Brings unity to our nation. Hands in Hands her children are cluding, I would like to put it on record Pure in mind and thoughts for each that I couldn’t agree with the suggestion O my brother, my dear, Non-predatory and smiles in sweet, mentioned in my previous article: the It’s all you know, I do so. Which will make our great nation. Salons may have migrated from China Since the days of earlier, by land and spread to the maritime In our land of “ Myanmar ” Sayar Zawgyi Southeast Asia, because it doesn’t have Unions living together Translated by any logical sense. I may discuss that in From Snowy mountain in the east Nwe Phyo (Cherry Land) my next article.

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