Thorough Understanding of Duties, a Must: President Addresses Coordination Meeting on Assuming ASEAN Chair

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THENew MOST RELIABLE NEWSPAPER LightAROUND YOU of Myanmar Volume XXI, Number 197 11th Waning of Thadingyut 1375 ME Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 Thorough understanding of duties, a must: President addresses coordination meeting on assuming ASEAN Chair

Nay Pyi Taw, 29 Oct Myanmar to lead ASEAN of ASEAN Community — President U Thein Sein after joining ASEAN in through its leading role in addressed a coordination 1997. On 17 November, formulating ASEAN poli- meeting on assuming the 2011, ASEAN leaders at cies, making coordination chair of ASEAN at Myan- a summit unanimously ap- and cooperation seeking mar International Conven- proved Myanmar to gain approval of all members tion Centre (1) in the com- the ASEAN’s Chair. It and creating and paving pound of State Guesthouse can be said that assump- a way towards ASEAN’s today. tion of ASEAN’s Chair by Centrality. Moreover, the Also present on the oc- Myanmar is not only tak- ASEAN’s Chair is respon- casion were Vice-President ing the responsibility of sible to act as a mediator in U Nyan Tun, the Union a member state in accord dealing with the matters in ministers, the deputy min- with the ASEAN Charter time of emergency or the isters, chairmen of sub- but also trying hard to take difficulties that can injure committees, guests and of- a lead in ASEAN affairs the interest of ASEAN, to ficials. in line with its active and effectively and efficiently In his speech, the Pres- dynamic non-aligned for- take alternative measures ident said that it is only 63 eign policy. The duty of against the matters in time days left from now on as ASEAN Chairmanship in and to strengthen relations Myanmar is going to as- 2014 is very important as sume the ASEAN’s Chair it is the last year to take President U Thein Sein on 1 January 2014 and a necessary preparations for addresses a leading role in the region the emergence of ASEAN coordination meeting where 600 million people Community by 2015. on assuming the chair have been living in. Tak- The duties of ASE- of ASEAN at Myanmar ing a lead in the regional AN’s Chair are to strive for International summit is a huge task for ensuring peace and prosper- with ASEAN partnership, ough understandings of actively. It is in conform- Convention Centre (1). Myanmar to be proud of. ity in the region of ASEAN representing ASEAN. duties and make constant ity with the independent, It is the very first time for including the establishment mna It needs to have thor- efforts for serving duties active and non-aligned foreign policy vested in the Constitution. Myanmar's current political, economic and admin- istrative reforms are the good example to other ASEAN countries. Myanmar could practice its foreign policy in accord with the Constitution. Taking ASEAN chairmanship is a golden opportunity for Myanmar to show its leading role and its dignity in the region and the international. He called for active participation in it as a national duty. Later, Union Ministers U Thein Nyunt, U Wunna Maung Lwin, Dr Kan Zaw and U Aye Myint Kyu (See page 8) UEC allows formation Flood Bulletin INSIDE Israel shoots

of political parties Nay Pyi Taw, 29 Oct—The water Obama, Netanyahu down Gaza level of Sittoung River at Toungoo has Nay Pyi Taw, 29 Oct—The Union discuss Iran, rocket, read- reached its danger level starting from Election Commission has granted forma- Israeli-Palestinian 28-10-2013, 9.30 pm. According to tion of political parties. ies prisoner the 12:30 hr M.S.T observation today, peace talks A 17-member group comprising U the water level has exceeded by 35 cm Page-6 Lamarlay has applied for registration Page-3 release (1.1ft) above its danger level. It may of Lisu National Development Party to continue to rise 15 cm (about 0.5ft) and UEC. PM Abe commemo- Singapore plans remain above its danger level during As the registration of the Lisu Nation- the next 48 hours commencing noon rates Japan-assisted electricity futures al Development Party is in conformity with today, announced by Meteorology and opening of subway market launch by laws and by-laws, the UEC allowed it to Hydrology Department. form as a political party today. in Istanbul end-2014 MNA MNA Page-6 Page-11 2 Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 New Light of Myanmar local news Loans for cold season crops disbursed in Kathina robes offering ceremony held Mahlaing, 29 Oct— village and take part in the refreshment to the villagers at Kyaukpadaung Thanbo village-track, 12 ceremony. the monastery on 28 October miles from Mahlaing, Under the aegis of morning. Distur- annually holds Kathina robe Thayetchan Monastery The whole village took offering ceremony on a grand Sayadaw, Kathina donor part in the ceremony enjoying bance of scale when the winter is Captain Kyaw Zin Soe Myanmar traditional “dobet” ushering in. from News and Periodicals dance. loans for Villagers from near Enterprise of the Ministry Kyaw Kyaw and far come back to the of Information also donated (Mahlaing) agricultural Health Care Services purpose Public Service Talks, Public-centred Health in Kyauk- Care provided padaung. Thegon, 29 Oct—A School in Sanpya Village of donated K 100,000 to the Kyaukpadaung, 29 of green gram. The bank groundnut is sure to boost team comprising 40 Nyaunggon Village-tract of specialists team through Oct—Myanma Agricultural disburses K 100,000 per acre production. Pea production specialists led by Medical Thegon Township. officials. Development Bank of of paddy and K 20000 per is on the increase, but price Superintendent Dr Tint Commander of Thegon Next, the medical Kyaukpadaung Township in other crops to local farmers. of pea is down,” said a local Shoon of Pyay People’s Myoma Police Station Police specialists provided health Mandalay Region disbursed The bank plans to give K farmer. Hospital made field trips Captain Zaw Aung gave care services to 695 local agricultural loans to farmers 250 million to the farmers. Cold season pea can be to the grassroots level in lectures on crime reduction people free of charge with to be able to grow cold “This year’s monsoon grown within three months. Thegon Township of Pyay and Medical Superintendent the assistance of staff season crops on 22 October. is appropriate to grow The local farmers District in Bago Region on Dr Tint Shoon on educative of Township General Kyaukpadaung Town- groundnut and pigeon have to harvest the pea in 24 October. knowledge. Administration Depart- ship has grown 4700 acres of pea. So, local farmers get December. The educative talks The Chairperson of ment. cold season groundnut, 7008 boosting production. I have Kyemon-Ko Nay was held at the hall of Pyay District Maternal and Kyemon-Myo Kyaw acres of paddy, 700 acres got over 150 baskets of (Kyaukpadaung) Basic Education Middle Child Welfare Association Gyi (KP) of sesame and 9275 acres Waso pea. Cold season Dengue hemorrhagic fever Mobile library activities un- National Sports preventive measures taken dertaken in Minbu Tsp Maung Kyu emerges champion in Yangon, 29 Oct— On 24 October morn- 50-m prone pistol event North Okkalapa Township, ing, personnelof ward au- Township Development thorities and staff of Town- The test match will run Supportive Committee and ship Health Department up to 30 October. Myanmar Township Health Depart- performed fumigating 105 selected shooters and those ment jointly speeded up houses from the streets from Sports and Physical the activities of preventive namely Padauk 7th, 8th, Education Institute (Yangon) measures against DHF to- 9th and 10th streets in Hta are taking part in the test gether with local people and Ward of North Okkalapa match. social organizations in the Township. Kyemon-Sai Nyi Lay: Yangon, 29 Oct—With township of Yangon Region. Kyemon-Tun Win Photo: Shine Htet Zaw the aim of enabling Myanmar shooters to have experiences Minbu, 29 Oct—Minbu Head of Township for the XXVII SEA Games, District Information and IPRD Daw Khin Myat the Pre-SEA Games Shoot- Public Relations Depart- Mon shared the knowledge ing Test Match kicked off ment held the talks, books about population in taking at North Dagon Shooting show, photo show and wall census and household reg- Range, here, yesterday. magazine in Mankyo Village istration. Maung Kyu of Myan- of Minbu Township on 28 Those present at the mar secured champion in October. talks then viewed books, the men’s 50-m prone pistol At the Dhammayon of publications, documentary event with 149 points, Ye the village, Staff Officer U photos and wall magaine. Tun Naung second with Than Htay of the District A local expressed his 146.8 points and Nay Htet IPRD explained long-term thanks for the departmental Aung third with 126.4 points. durability of the library and personnel. Despite securing the top raising reading habits. Kyemon-Tin Tun Oo positions on the table, Ye Tun Naung and Nay Htet Aung could not maintain Natural Disaster their positions later. Overflow of water from Rural roads covered with rainwater Yedashe, 29 Oct—The heavy rains hit Yedashe earthern embankment in Local Township, causing inundation. Paukkhaung people The rural roads on east- Nay Pyi Taw, 29 Oct— About 350 houses were ern part of Swa are still in- In the heavy rains in Pauk- inundated in the overflow travelling undated due to heavy rains. The harvesting of short-term khaung Township of Bago of water and there were no on inun- Region, an earthern embank- casualties. paddy strain was suspend- ment near Gyogyar Village Members of Pauk- dated rural ed. Inundation occurred at caused overflow of water that khaung Myoma Police Sta- low-lying area of Ward 2 entered Ward 3, Ward 4 and tion gave necessary assis- street in in Swa and some villages to Ward 5 of Paukkhaung on 26 tance to the local people. Yedashe. October. Kyemon-Police Information Yedashe. Kyemon-Ko Lwin (Swa) New Light of Myanmar Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 3 WORLD Britain’s high-profile phone-hacking Obama, Netanyahu discuss Iran, trial to begin Israeli-Palestinian peace talks mous, as well as victims of Washington, 29 Oct — from acquiring a nuclear over Teheran’s nuclear crime and ordinary people, US President Barack Obama weapon and enhance coop- programme. But Israel is to secure exclusives. They on Monday spoke by phone eration on regional security worried that Iran’s latest dip- deny all charges. with Israeli Prime Minister issues. Also on last Wednes- lomatic offer could be a plot The scandal surround- Benjamin Netanyahu to dis- day, US Secretary of State merely designed to rid itself ing phone-hacking has sent cuss issues including Iran John Kerry and Netanyahu of the crippling sanctions im- shockwaves through the and the Israeli-Palestinian held a meeting in Rome, posed by the US-led Western top echelons of the British peace talks, the White House Italy to discuss coordination countries. The US and Israel establishment and shaken said.” The two leaders dis- on tackling regional security suspect that Iran’s nuclear Murdoch’s News Corp em- cussed recent developments issues, especially Iran’s nu- programme is aimed at pire. The furor has already related to Iran, Israeli-Pales- clear programme. building nuclear weapons, revealed the close ties be- tinian negotiations, and other The latest talks and which they fear could pose tween Britain’s press bar- regional issues,” the White dialogues with Israel are re- an existential threat to the ons, police chiefs and senior House said in a statement. garded as part of the Obama Jewish state, despite insists Former News International chief executive Rebekah politicians, and prompted a The two leaders agreed to Administration’s efforts to of Teheran that its nuclear Brooks arrives with her husband Charlie at the Old Bai- year-long public inquiry continue their close coordi- ally Israel’s concerns about programme is solely for ley courthouse in London on 28 Oct, 2013.— Reuters into newspaper ethics. The nation on a range of security the diplomatic engagement peaceful research and civil industry is still at logger- issues, it added, without dis- between the US and Iran. energy purposes. Mean- London , 29 Oct — The years. Rebekah Brooks and heads with the government closing further details. Washington has welcomed while, Israel has announced trial of Rupert Murdoch’s Andy Coulson, both former over how it should be regu- The Obama-Netanyahu the “change of rhetoric” its plan to release 26 Pales- former British newspaper editors of Murdoch’s now lated. Detectives launched phone conversation was held and diplomatic overture of- tinian prisoners, held for of- chief and Prime Minister defunct News of the World an investigation in January after the latest round of US- fered by Iran’s new Presi- fenses committed before the David Cameron’s ex-media tabloid, are accused of con- 2011 and since then more Israeli Strategic Dialogue dent Hassan Rouhani, who 1993 Oslo peace accords, head begins on Monday in spiring to illegally access than 125 people have been held in Washington on last last month expressed the as part of its efforts to push what will be Britain’s most voicemail messages on mo- arrested and more than 40 Wednesday, during which willingness to engage dip- forward the Israeli-Palestin- high-profile and eagerly- bile phones belonging to charged with offences. the two allies reaffirmed their lomatically with the US-led ian peace talks that were re- awaited criminal case in politicians, the rich and fa- Reuters determination to prevent Iran West to resolve the dispute sumed in July.— Xinhua Talk between UN Spain summons US nuclear agency, Iran to ambassador over spying

Madrid, 29 Oct — full reach of practices that, continue for second day Spain summoned the US if true, would be considered Vienna, 29 Oct — The afternoon after the meet- ambassador on Monday to inappropriate and unaccep- UN nuclear agency and Iran ing between Iranian deputy discuss alleged spying on table between allies,” the will continue talks for a sec- foreign minister Abbas Spanish citizens and said Spanish foreign ministry ond day on Tuesday over Araqchi and Amano. that, if true, the action was said in a statement. Madrid Teheran’s disputed atomic IAEA has held 12 unacceptable behavior by has also asked the United programme, the agency rounds of meetings with an ally. Earlier, Spanish States to provide more data said on Monday. Iran since 2011, but no newspaper El Mundo said from the National Security The International progress has been made the NSA recently tracked Agency (NSA), it said. The US ambassador in Spain, James Costos, leaves the Atomic Energy Agency over the inspection frame- over 60 million calls in statement was issued after foreign ministry after being summoned to a meeting (IAEA) said the agency’s work. The document aims Spain in the space of a a meeting between Spain’s with Spain’s European Secretary of State chief Yukiya Amano might at facilitating inspection of month, citing a document Secretary of State for the in Madrid on 28 Oct, 2013. — Reuters make a public statement af- Iran’s nuclear programme. which it said formed part European Union, Inigo ter Tuesday’s talks.The talk Iran has long maintained of papers obtained from Mendez de Vigo, and US have raised,” Costos said in resisted calls from Germany between both sides over an that its nuclear programme ex-NSA contractor Edward Ambassador to Spain James a statement. US President for the European Union’s inspection framework doc- is designed only for peace- Snowden. Costos. Barack Obama has ordered 28-member states to reach a ument began on Monday ful purposes.— Xinhua “Spain has relayed to “We will continue to a review of US surveillance “no-spy deal”, after reports the United States the im- confer with our allies, such programs after Snowden that the NSA monitored the portance of preserving a as Spain, through our regular leaked documents that raised phone of German chancellor Kishida to visit Iran on climate of trust...and its in- diplomatic channels to ad- alarm in the United States Angela Merkel. 9-10 November, attend terest in understanding the dress the concerns that they and abroad. Spain has so far Reuters ASEM ministerial in India Stung by scandal, South Korea weighs up cost of

Tokyo, 29 Oct — For- pressured Tehran over its curbing nuclear power eign Minister Fumio Kishi- nuclear program since Rou- from nuclear, which gener- coal and plants can be built da will visit Iran on 9 and hani’s inauguration as new ates a third of South Korea’s more easily near cities. “If 10 November to discuss Iranian president in August, electricity, could cost tens of the proportion of nuclear the country’s nuclear pro- Kishida told reporters that billions of dollars a year by power is cut, other fuel- gramme with Iranian Presi- he hopes to exchange views boosting imports of lique- based power generation dent Hassan Rouhani and with Iranian leaders on the fied natural gas, oil or coal. has to be raised. If we use Foreign Minister Moham- nuclear issue and regional Although helping calm safe- LNG, the cost will defi- mad Javad Zarif, the Japa- affairs. ty concerns, it would also nitely go up,” said Hwang nese Foreign Ministry said Kishida said he will push the government into a Woo-hyun, vice president on Tuesday. do so while keeping in politically sensitive debate of state-run utility Korea After Iran, Kishida will mind Iran’s strategic and over whether state utilities Electric Power Corp (KEP- visit India from 10 to 12 geopolitical importance, could pass on sharply higher CO). A general view of the new Shin Kori No 3 reactor of November to attend a gath- as well as the talks Iran power bills to households KEPCO owns Korea state-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) ering of foreign ministers has had with major pow- and companies. Hydro and Nuclear Power in Ulsan, about 410 km (255 miles) southeast of Seoul of the Asia-Europe Meet- ers — the five permanent Gas, which makes up Co Ltd (KHNP), which in this 3 Sept, 2013 file photo. —R euters ing, or ASEM, where he members of the UN Se- half of South Korea’s en- operates the county’s nu- hopes to discuss economic curity Council plus Ger- Seoul, 29 Oct — It Now, the scandal has snow- ergy bill while accounting clear reactors, and also has and regional affairs, as well many — and the Inter- started with a few bogus balled, with 100 people in- for only a fifth of its power, a quarter stake in Korea as explain Japan’s security national Atomic Energy safety certificates for cables dicted and Seoul under pres- would likely be the main Gas Corp (KOGAS), the policy. Agency. shutting a handful of South sure to rethink its reliance on substitute for nuclear, as it world’s largest corporate Noting that Tokyo has Kyodo News Korean nuclear reactors. nuclear power. A shift away is considered cleaner than buyer of LNG.—Reuters 4 Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 New Light of Myanmar Science & Technology LG Electronics unveils curved Computer cracks CAPTCHAs in step smartphone in race against Samsung toward artificial intelligence

tors of the battery as well New York, 29 Oct— at least one expert was not Public Turing test to tell as phone’s chip board and A technology start-up said impressed.“CAPTCHAs Computers and Humans other components remain a on Monday that it had have been around since Apart. They are based on challenge in achieving flex- come up with software that 2000, and since 2003 there the standard set in 1950 by ible devices. LG is among works like a human brain in have been stories every six British mathematician Alan a slew of smaller compa- one key way: it can crack months claiming that com- Turing in 1950: a machine nies struggling to compete CAPTCHAs, the strings of puters can break them,” said can be deemed intelligent against Samsung and Apple tilted, squiggly letters that computer scientist Luis von only if its performance is Inc, the smartphone lead- websites employ to make Ahn of Carnegie Mellon indistinguishable from a ers that account for almost users “prove you are hu- University, a co-developer of person’s. CAPTCHAs serve all the industry’s profits. man,” as Yahoo! and others CAPTCHAs and founder of that function: in order to sign LG reported last week an put it. San Francisco-based 80 billion won ($75 mil- Vicarious developed the al- Seoul, 29 Oct — South LG’s curved phones are lion) operating loss from gorithm not for any nefari- Korea’s LG Electron- only available in the South its handset division for the ous purpose and not even to ics Inc unveiled a curved Korean market as they seek third-quarter due to mar- sell, said co-founder D Scott smartphone on Monday in to gauge consumer appetite. keting costs surrounding a Phoenix. Instead, he said a move to catch up bigger Samsung launched a vari- smartphone launch in Au- in a phone interview, “We rival Samsung Electron- ant of the popular Galaxy gust. The company plans to wanted to show we could ics Co. Curved displays Note earlier this month as increase marketing invest- take the first step toward a and flexible screens are the the world’s first smart- ment in the current quarter machine that works like a new battleground for phone phone with a display slight- to raise brand awareness in human brain, and that we are makers as the screens open ly curved side to side. The the high-end market, which the best place in the world up possibilities that could model launched on Mon- it hopes will help expand to do artificial intelligence eventually transform the day by LG Electronics has sales later in the mid to research.” An illustration picture shows a projection of binary code high-end smartphone mar- a vertically curved six-inch lower-end segments. The company has not on a man holding a laptop computer, in an office in ket. Curved smartphones display. The company said Technology analysts submitted a paper describing Warsaw on 24 June , 2013.—Reuters provide a more comfortable the phone will be available and media reports say Ap- its methodology to an aca- tech start-up reCAPTCHA, up for free email, post com- grip than flat-screen mod- from next month through ple is also working on a demic journal, which makes which he sold to Google in ments, buy tickets or other els, but the lack of must- South Korea’s three mobile smartwatch, potentially it difficult for outside experts 2009. “Even if it happens online activities, more than have features means they carriers.Its vertically curved with a curved screen, but to evaluate the claim. Vicari- with letters, CAPTCHAs 100,000 websites require us- are unlikely to be big con- display offers more immer- there has been no word ous offers a demonstration will use something else, like ers to prove they are human sumer hits anytime soon, sive video watching experi- from the Cupertino Califor- of its technology at vicari- pictures” that only humans by deciphering the squig- analysts have said. Manu- ence and the phone uses a nia-based company about ous.com, showing its algo- can identify against a distort- gly letters, which are often facturing costs also remain curved battery to support its its plans. ($1 = 1,061.90 rithm breaking CAPTCHAs ing background. blurred, smeared and clut- relatively high. form factor, LG said. Korean won) from Google and eBay’s CAPTCHA stands for tered with dots and lines. Both Samsung and Changing form fac- Reuters PayPal, among others, but Completely Automated Reuters Carrier rocket Airshow attendees watch aerobatic performance dur- Wall Street’s love affair sent to launch ing the Wings Over Houston Airshow at Ellington Airport with Facebook hinges on base for of Houston, the United States, on 26 Oct, 2013. mobile unmanned The annual airshow kicked San Francisco, 29 expect Facebook to grow its moon landing off on Saturday, with the Oct — Facebook Inc finally mobile revenue at least five- absence of the US Air Force earned Wall Street’s love in fold from the year-ago peri- mission Thunderbirds air demon- the second quarter. Now it od, with many “official” esti- stration squadron due to needs to make the relation- mates ranging between $760 the spending cuts of the US Beijing, 29 Oct — A ship last. Its shares have million and $840 million. Long March-3B carrier Defence Department caused doubled in just the last three But there are signs that inves- rocket is being transported by the budget sequestration. months, buoyed by an in- tors are privately hoping for towards the Xichang Satel- Xinhua creasing belief among inves- an even bigger number. lite Launch Centre in south- tors that Facebook has finally “What I’ve been telling west China, after left Bei- Ten candidate names for China’s first struck a winning formula in folks is that, in general, $850 jing on Sunday morning, to mobile advertising. But ex- million-plus is the number prepare for the upcoming moon rover after global poll pectations will be high when that’s needed, maybe even launch of Chang’e-3 moon the world’s No 1 online so- $900 million-plus,” said Ben probe. The carrier rocket Beijing, 29 Oct — Ten jury board selected the ten powered by solar energy. cial network reports third- Schachter, an analyst with left the capital aboard a possible names for China’s most popular after heated In an interview last month, quarter results on Wednes- Macquarie Research, whose train and is scheduled to first moon rover, likely to be debates and several rounds Zhao Xiaojin, director of day, meaning the world’s own estimate calls for $836 reach the launch center on 1 launched in December, have of vote on Saturday, said the the aerospace department largest social network will million in mobile ad revenue. November, said a statement come out after a month-long newspaper report. of the China Aerospace Sci- have to handily beat Wall Reuters from the State Administra- online poll and debate of a Yutu is a white pet rab- ence and Technology Cor- Street targets to maintain its tion of Science, Technol- jury board. “Yutu,” or jade bit accompanying the god- poration, depicted the lunar lofty trajectory. ogy and Industry for Na- hare in Chinese, tops the list dess Chang’e on the moon rover an orbiter adaptable to “They’ve got to prove to tional Defence. while “Tansuo,” or explore, in a popular ancient Chinese harsh environments; a high- investors that they can con- Compared with the and “Lanyue,” or catch myth. In the next week, an- ly efficient and integrated tinue with the growth they carrier rocket of Chang’e-2 moon, came at the sec- other online poll will elect robot; and a high altitude demonstrated from the last moon probe, this one has ond and third places, said the three most popular “patrolman” carrying the quarter,” said Bob Bacarel- been equipped with a num- Sunday’s Beijing Times. names and the final result dreams of Asia. la, portfolio manager of the ber of new technologies Chinese at home and will be announced in No- “When it arrives in lu- Monetta Fund, which owns and its reliability has been abroad were wooed to sub- vember. The moon rover is nar orbit on board a lander, Facebook shares. “From further improved, the state- mit proposals for the name scheduled to be on board of the rover will choose the the way the stock is priced Facebook CEO Mark ment said. All tests on the of the lunar rover at www. the Chang’e-3 moon probe, best landing site and gen- today, the expectations are Zuckerberg sits for Chang’e-3 moon probe, xinhuanet.com and www. which will soft-land on the tly touch down the moon’s generally that they will beat audience questions in which has been in Xichang qq.com from 25 Septem- moon. surface, using optical and or exceed numbers handily.” an onstage interview for since 12 September, are go- ber to 25 October. About The rover has two microwave sensors to avoid Revenue from mobile adver- the Atlantic Magazine in ing on smoothly, the state- 190,000 proposals were wings, stands on six wheels, rocks and craters,” Zhao tising will be the center of at- Washington, on 18 Sept, ment added.—Reuters received and a 14-member weighs 140 kg and will be said. —Reuters tention. Wall Street analysts 2013. —Reuters New Light of Myanmar Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 5 BUSINESS & HEALTH Toyota still No 1 carmaker In Europe, stirrings of in Jan-Sept, likely growth are talk of the outselling GM, VW season Tokyo, 29 Oct — Toy- period a year ago, with Frankfurt, 29 Oct — whose job it is to fill the jobs ota Motor Corp (7203.T) strong sales in its biggest Down in the undergrowth of that companies start to cre- is likely to have retained market of the United States Europe’s economy, some- ate as they expand, there is a its position as the world’s offsetting slow sales in thing is stirring. Whether similar sense of being at the best-selling carmaker for China. Toyota’s groupwide they make paper to pack leading edge of an upturn the first nine months of the total includes sales at affili- A sign with a logo is on display at a Toyota car sales and peaches, recruit temps for in fortunes: “The positive year, beating rivals Gen- ates Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd showroom in St Petersburg, on 18 Sept, 2013. secretarial work or work at signals that emerged during eral Motors Co (GM.N) (7262.T) and Hino Motors Reuters the dirty end, handling the the previous quarter per- and Volkswagen AG Ltd (7205.T). waste that all businesses sisted in the third quarter,” (VOWG_p.DE), company General Motors sold cent to 7.03 million vehi- Scania sold around 56,220 produce, managers are talk- said Rob Zandbergen, chief figures showed on Monday. 7.25 million vehicles dur- cles, according to figures vehicles up to September. ing about signs the gloom executive of USG People Toyota said its group- ing the same January to released earlier this month. Scania and MAN brands is lifting and hopes that (USGP.AS), echoing com- wide sales totaled around September period, up 4.6 Volkswagen’s sales fig- typically account for a com- growth is on its way back. ments from rival Manpower 7.41 million vehicles, up percent year-on-year, while ure however, excludes its bined 200,000 vehicles in a The euro zone came out of a (MAN.N). The staffing sec- 0.1 percent from the same Volkswagen rose 4.8 per- Scania and MAN brands. full year.— Reuters long recession in the second tor is seen as an economic quarter and a survey last barometer as firms tend to Apple’s iPhone sales, holiday quarter up for week of purchasing manag- hire temporary staff first, ers —a guide to how firms waiting for further evidence see their business growing of recovery before adding scrutiny in the coming months — to their permanent payroll. New York, 29 Oct — shipped, translates into bet- ports of 5C production cuts disclosed a large position in seemed to confirm recovery, Zandbergen said companies Apple Inc’s iPhone sales ter margins and earnings are misleading, in our view, the iPhone maker and be- albeit tentatively, is taking dealing with logistics and and revenue forecasts, due overall. given what we think has gan making calls for a new, root. making semi-finished goods to be released on Mon- Apple will be report- been strengthening over- stepped-up $150 billion “There is certainly — typically involved in the day, may offer clues as to ing results just a week after all 5S/5C production with share buyback programme growing optimism that early stages of production whether its low-cost 5C taking the wraps off an in- 5S vectors continuing to - boosting hopes of a bigger things are on the mend in before products reach their model missed the mark or crementally improved iPad strengthen even real time,” return of cash to sharehold- Europe,” said Vasant Prab- final buyers — were doing whether the world’s largest Air. But it is the iPhone, Timothy Arcuri, an analyst ers than anticipated. But the hu, chief financial officer of well: “A number of early- tech company can continue which accounts for more at Cowen & Co, said in a stock is still down about Starwood Hotel and Resorts cyclical sectors returned to its run of smash-hit gadg- than half the company’s research note. 1 percent this year, vastly Worldwide (HOT.N), one revenue growth in the third ets. Signs have emerged profit and is its highest- Apple has come under underperforming the S&P of a host of executives to quarter,” he said. that demand for the cheaper margin gadget, that takes pressure over the past year 500’s 23 percent gain. comment during the third- Another business close model is lagging the top-tier center stage. or two to bolster sales of its Longer-term, investors quarter earnings season. to the inner workings of iPhone 5S — both of which Apple is expected to iPhones and iPads as per- wonder whether the com- The company, which runs industry, French waste and went on sale in September - report sales of 33 million ennial rival Samsung Elec- pany that revolutionized the Sheraton and other hotel water company Suez En- because its $100 discount is to 36 million iPhones in tronics and cheaper gadgets cellphone industry and pop- brands, said it did well from vironnement (SEVI.PA), proving to be insufficient to its fiscal fourth quarter that based on Google Inc’s An- ularized the tablet computer tourists in Italy and Spain said the upswing had yet motivate emerging market ended in September, rising droid software chip away has another groundbreaking and made more revenue to arrive— but that at least and price-conscious cus- to more than 50 million in at its once-leading market device left in it. Analysts from each room thanks to things seemed to have flat- tomers. But some analysts the typically strong holi- share. Its stock has gained say it will take a genuinely a lack of new hotels open- tened out after a period of say the concerns are over- day quarter — the first full 12.5 percent since August, new device — like the oft- ing. Among multinationals decline.—Reuetrs blown and that a greater quarter of sales of the two when famously aggressive rumored smartwatch or proportion of iPhone 5S new phones. “Media re- activist investor Carl Icahn some sort of TV — to re- Samsung Elec shares rise 2 vive the stock. An employee Investors also hope percent after third-quarter shows the that Apple will seal a deal the front of to sell phones through Chi- earnings boost outlook a new Apple na Mobile Ltd, gaining ac- iPhone 5C cess finally to the country’s Seoul, 29 Oct —Shares sung, expecting a strong (R) and largest telecoms operator. in Samsung Electronics recovery in its memory iPhone 5 “We do see fewer positive rose 2 percent on Monday, chip business to help offset S (L) at a catalysts for the stock as the driven by expectations that slowing growth of smart- Verizon store company finishes its annual the South Korean technol- phone profits in the coming in Orem, product line refresh,” Colin ogy giant will continue to quarters. Utah on 19 Gillis, an analyst at BGC post solid earnings after Samsung shares rose Sept, 2013. Financial, said in a Friday its record-high profit in the as much as 2 percent to Reuters note to clients. July to September period, 1,478,000 Korean won Reuters analysts said. ($1,400) per share, the Some analysts raised highest intraday level in a Japan’s NTT Comm to buy their target prices for Sam- week.—Reuters two US cloud computing firms Tokyo, 29 Oct — NTT buy Virtela Technology An NTT Communications declining revenue from Communications Corp Services Inc, allowing it to spokesman declined to com- voice services. plans to buy two US cloud offer data services globally ment but said President Aki- Cash-rich Japanese computing firms for up to without licensing cables and ra Arima was due to hold a firms have been actively 100 billion yen ($1 billion) lines in individual markets. news conference at 4:30 pm acquiring overseas com- combined, a source with Denver, Colorado-based (0730 GMT) in Tokyo. panies in recent years, in- knowledge of the matter Virtela provides services to NTT Communications, cluding in the telecoms said, as Japanese firms ramp corporate clients in more which operates data centres and information technol- up efforts to improve over- than 190 countries through in Hong Kong and Britain, ogy sector where SoftBank seas networks through ac- local partnerships. aims to boost revenues from Corp in July completed its quisitions. Information on NTT cloud services above 200 $21.6 billion purchase of The unlisted long-dis- Communications’ planned billion yen by the business Sprint Corp, Japan’s biggest tance and overseas calling acquisition of a second year to March 2016, more overseas acquisition. ($1 = A man using his mobile phone walks past a Samsung unit of Nippon Telegraph US cloud-related firm was than double the figure for 97.3400 Japanese yen) Electronics shop in the company’s main office building and Telephone Corp will not immediately available. 2011/12, as it grapples with Reuters in central Seoul on 23 July, 2013.—Reuters 6 Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 New Light of Myanmar WORLD PM Abe commemorates Berlusconi’s daughter Japan-assisted opening denies planning to enter of subway in Istanbul politics Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Rome, 29 Oct — Silvio had and have no intention of speaks during a cer- Berlusconi’s oldest daugh- engaging in politics,” said a emony marking the ter Marina denied specula- statement from the 47-year- opening of a subway tion on Monday within her old Marina, who heads her line under the Bospo- father’s party that she could father’s business empire. rus Strait in Istanbul, replace him as centre-right The statement comes amid Turkey, on 28 Oct, leader due to the billionaire deepening divisions in his Fininvest President Marina Berlusconi poses before the former prime minister’s le- center-right party as Ber- 2013. — Kyodo News shareholders meeting at Mondadori headquarters in gal difficulties. Berlusconi, lusconi’s conviction for tax Segrate, outside Milan, on 21 April, 2011.— Reuters Istanbul, 29 Oct — Abe also expressed 77, is embroiled in a series fraud at his Mediaset em- Japanese Prime Minister respect for “the determina- of court cases, and the ap- pire threatens the career of old Forza Italia group last that thwarted the tycoon’s Shinzo Abe on Monday tion and passion of the peo- proach of a Senate vote on a man who has dominated week has exacerbated a rift attempt to bring down the afternoon attended a recep- ple involved in the project, whether to expel the media Italian politics for the last between loyalist supporters government of Enrico Let- tion to mark the opening of which became the driving magnate from parliament, two decades. of the four-times prime min- ta, a fragile coalition that a subway system under the force of the almost-impos- possibly exposing him to Berlusconi’s decision ister and a rebel group who includes the centre-right Bosporus Strait in Istanbul, sible work of construction” the risk of arrest, has in- to suspend the activities back Interior Minister An- and their traditional rivals Turkey, that was partly fi- and called the project “a tensified talk in his party of of his People of Freedom gelino Alfano. Alfano led the centre-left Democratic nanced by Japanese yen historical achievement” re- Marina taking over. (PDL) party and revive his a revolt earlier this month Party.—Reuters loans. “I hope (the railway) sulting from cooperation Several party members will be a symbol of friend- between Japan and Turkey. told Italian media over the Israel shoots down Gaza rocket, ship between Japan and Japan provided offi- weekend that Marina might Turkey, and further pro- cial development assistance enter politics, while others readies prisoner release mote our friendly relation- loans totaling 153.3 billion said such decisions should ship,” Abe said at the re- yen for the subway system, be made democratically. called on Abbas, who holds ception attended by Turkish linking the Asian and Euro- “Once again I am forced to sway in the Israeli-occupied Transport Minister Binali pean sides of the city. deny this in the most abso- West Bank, to abandon Yildirim. Kyodo News lute manner: I have never peacemaking and form a new Palestinian power- Mexico forces kill two suspects in state sharing government. The Islamist faction has also signaled readiness energy firm attacks to go to war, taking respon- while three others had been sibility last week for a tun- captured.”These men ... nel which the Israelis dis- have been hospitalized as a covered running into their result of injuries caused by territory from Gaza and the flipping over of the car said was likely intended they were trying to flee in,” Palestinian policemen loyal to Hamas inspect the scene for kidnapping soldiers or Sanchez said. It was not of an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip setting off underground ex- immediately clear when on 28 Oct, 2013.— Reuters plosives. But the sands are the killings and arrests took shifting for Hamas, which place. Jerusalem, 29 Oct — clave’s Islamist Hamas rul- has tipped into financial and He said that power had Palestinians in the Gaza ers and the Jewish state. political crisis after being now been restored to all Strip fired two rockets at There was no claim of cut off from neighboring the affected regions. Lo- a southern Israeli coastal responsibility for Monday’s Egypt by the new, military- cal media said blackouts city on Monday and Is- launches. They may have guided interim government had plunged into darkness rael’s Iron Dome intercep- been meant to spoil the US- in Cairo. Hamas’s ties with more than 400,000 people tor shot down one while sponsored peace talks that former backers Iran and Federal police patrol downtown in Morelia, in the across the mountainous the other fell into the sea, a Hamas’s rival, Palestinian Syria have similarly de- Mexican state of Michoacan on 28 Oct, 2013.—Reuters state of some 4.4 million. military spokeswoman said. President Mahmoud Abbas, teriorated and in Gaza its Mexico City, 29 Oct western state of Michoacan Mexico stepped up security Within hours, Israel’s air resumed with Israel in July. authority has at times been — Mexican security forces in an attack that temporar- in the troubled western re- force bombed what a mili- To bolster Abbas, Israel is challenged by more radical killed two people believed ily knocked out power for gion in the wake of the at- tary spokesman described due to free 26 Palestinian armed Islamists. to be involved in a string hundreds of thousands of tacks.nergy Minister Pedro as two concealed rocket prisoners this week. During Abbas’s administra- of attacks on electrical in- people. Joaquin Coldwell said se- launchers in northern Gaza. the previous prisoner re- tion, which was expelled stallations at the weekend National securi- curity forces had increased There were no casualties. lease, in August, Gaza mili- from Gaza in a 2007 Pal- and captured three more, ty spokesman Eduardo their presence at facilities The pre-dawn salvo against tants fired rockets across the estinian civil war, has kept the government said on Sanchez said authorities of the state-run electricity Ashkelon, about 12 km (7 border and Israel responded Hamas in check in the West Monday. An unspecified were still investigating the company the Federal Elec- miles) north of Gaza, was with air strikes. Hamas has Bank.—Reuters number of substations attacks but added that two tricity Commission (CFE) unusual given the relative and gas stations were at- men suspected of being and oil monopoly Pemex in restraint of Palestinian mili- tacked and damaged early involved had been killed Michoacan. tants since last November’s on Sunday in the troubled in a firefight with soldiers, Reuters war between the coastal en- Three Egypt policemen killed in attack in Nile Delta town

Cairo, 29 Oct — Three the army toppled Islamist before dawn and fired at the forces. He did not specify Egyptian policemen were President Mohamed Mursi policemen “to make sure who had carried out the at- killed on Monday when in July. that they were dead”, a se- tack. State-run newspaper masked men attacked a The majority of the at- curity source in Mansoura Al-Ahram reported that 60 checkpoint in the Nile Del- tacks have been carried out said, speaking on condition bullet casings were found at ta city of Mansoura, secu- in the largely lawless Sinai of anonymity. the site of the attack. The po- rity sources said. No group region, although militants “This is another attack lice were conducting search has claimed responsibility have on occasion extended in the series of terrorist at- operations to locate the per- for the attack. Al-Qaeda- their campaign into major tacks against the police,” petrators, but no arrests had linked Islamist militants cities. Three men in a car he said, saying the violence been made, according to an A woman passes by posters of Georgian presidential have stepped up attacks on and one on a motorcycle shows the intent of “re- emailed statement from the election candidates in Tbilisi on 26 Oct, 2103. soldiers and police since approached the checkpoint venge” against the security interior ministry.—Reuters Kyodo News New Light of Myanmar Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 7 LOCAL NEWS Shelter Self-Improvement Project Case Management Training Sugarcane plantations thriving Course kicks off in Pyu, Kyaukkyi, Kyaukdaga

Trafficking Police Corps, P y u , 29 Oct— the survey of the officials. seven from Gender Gorup, Plantations of sugarcane are Zeyawady Sugar Mill JICA TIP Project, World thriving in Pyu, Kyaukkyi of Pyu Township will go Vision (ETIP Program), Kren and Kyaukdaga townships of into operation in third week Baptist Convention Women Bago Region for 2012-2013 of December this year. Department. Officials from cademic year due to proper Farmers are to send their Human Traffcking Working rainwater this year. sugarcane to the sugar mill Group which are World A total of 2150 acres as of first week of October. Vision, IOM and JACA took of sugarcane of 1074 The sugar mill issued part in the discussions. farmers are thriving in Pyu K 300,000 each to farmers Ms Hoa Nguyen Township, 1767 acres of for maintenance of vehicles (International Develop- 849 farmers in Kyaukkyi and K 30000 per acre to ment, Anti-Human Township and 749 acres of sugarcane growers in 2013- Trafficking Program 143 farmers in Kyaukdaga 14 cultivation season. Specialist) and Daw Ohn- Township. The mill will crush mar Ei Ei Chaw Shelter Self-Improvement Project Case Management Training Course in It may be produced 800,000 tons of sugarcane (UNIAP Myanmar) shared 95526 acres of sugarcane, this season, said General progress. their experience to the said officials from Manager U Myo Min of Yangon, 29 Oct—The and Rehabilitation and said that Myanmar has attendees. Zeyawady Hsinbyudaw Hsinbyutaw Advanced Shelter Self-Improvement UNIAP, was held at Social drawn National Plan of MMAL-Zaw Myo Advanced Sugar Mill of Sugarcane Mill. Project Case Management Welfare Department on Action for Anti-Trafficking Naing Pyu Township according to MMAL-Pyu Myint Oo Training Course, jointly Kyaikwaing Pagoda Road, in Persons with Policy and organized by Central here, from 22 to 25 October. Cooperation, Prevention, Committee for Anti- Commander of Anti- Prosecution, Protection and Trafficking in Persons, Human Trafficking Police Capacity Building sectors as Human Trafficking Victims Corps Police Brig-Gen Win a programme for protection Acceptance, Reintegration Naing Tun, in his address, of human trafficking victims. Tasks are being carried out through victim-centred approach. A sustainable network is to be set up among the government, NGOs and human trafficking victims. It was attended by 23 personnel from Social Welfare Department, seven from Anti-Human Narcotic Haka District gets new court drugs seized Pabedan Township Maternal and Child Welfare H a k a , 29 Oct—A State Hluttaw, the Chief Haka District judge in Momauk ceremony to open the new Justice of Chin State High U Aung Win presented Association and Township Health Department court of Haka District was Court, the Advocate-General commemorative pennants Kyauksakhan jointly organized the public-based mobile clinic held in Zayhaung Ward of of the State and Chin state to the Chief Minister of the Momauk, 29 Oct— IP at the Dhammayon of Maha Theindawgyi in Haka of Chin State on 24 ministers. State, Chief Justice U Win Aung Myat Kyaw and party Pabedan Township on 11 October. Doctors of the October. The Chief Minister of Myint Kyaw of State High of Momauk mobile team from clinic provided health care services to local people It was attended by Chin the state formally unveiled Court and officials. Bhamo Anti-Drug Squad (1) State Chief Minister U Hong the signboard of the new MMAL-Chin State including members of the Sangha from 9 am to 5 of Kachin State together with Ngai, the Speaker of Chin court. IPRD pm.—MMAL-Mee Mee local authorities raided the house of Ko Kun Tae at No. Meiktila Phalankyin forest reserve contributes plantation to the village,” forest plantations day and 17 in Kyauksakhan Village much to greening task said Assistant Director U night and gave educative in Bhamo Township on 24 Soe Tint (1) of Dry Zone talks to local people twice a October morning. Meiktila, 29 Oct— hand over the forest to Phalankyin plantation is Greening Department of month not to squat the forest Acting on a tip-off, Meiktila of Meiktila District Phalankyin Village. now thriving within one Meiktila District. reserve, not to plought the they searched and found in Mandalay Region is “In the past, the western year. At a time when it turns Offcials and staff lands as farmlands, not to 0.001 gram of white powder located in the dry zone of part of Meiktila, near five year, the department of Dry Zone Greening cut the trees and not to set from the straw of soft drink Myanmar. Thus, Dry Zone Meiktila-Kyaukpadaung will hand over the forest Department protect the fire. under the chest drawer and Greening Department under Road, were covered with 23.7 grams of white powder the Ministry of Environmental thick foliage. Later, the believed to be heroin from Con-servation and Forest greening forest plantations the iron box and K 170,000 Department is implementing were declining year by year believed to be proceeds from the project for village fire- due to growing population the sales of heroin. wood plantations. and number of housings. Momauk Myoma Phalankyin forest The local people utilized the Police Station tested the reserve is one of the list of forests for their housing and powder. forest reserves of the Dry clearing parts of forest as MMAL-Wah Wah Zone Greening Department residences and pasture lands. (Bhamo) near Phalankyin Village of In consequence, the area gets Meiktila-Kyaukpadaung about 20 inches of rainfall. The plants at Phalankyin Road. That was why officials forest will contribute to the The forest reserve is organized the local people weather for getting proper located on 110 acres of land. to grow village plantations volume of rainfalls in the Plants are grown under a and conserve the existing region and greening of the five-year plan. After five forests. Therefore, they have region. years, the department will over 30 inches of rainfall. Thriving plantations seen at Phalankyin forest reserve. MMAL-435 8 Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 New Light of Myanmar Nationnalal stability and capacity to dent and party looked round President U Thein Sein ASEAN countries as well simples of gifts and brooch- Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 addresses coordination … as to the globe. Myanmar es for ASEAN chair and needs to show successful progress in construction of To actively take part in (from page 1) that taking ASEAN Chair- holding of regional and in- meeting halls. reported to the President manship is a golden op- ternational meetings to the It is reported that nationwide census taking on preparation works for portunity for Myanmar. world during its transitional Myanmar takes ASEAN ASEAN Chair and so did He called for cooperation period. ASEAN Chair's chair for one-year term Myanmar is now working hard for taking the Subcommitte chairmen. by the government, NGOs duty is broad and enormous as of 1 January next year. nationwide census in 2014. This is the third time After hearing the re- and all citizens as a national one. He called for collabo- More than 240 meetings for the country after regaining its independence. ports, the President left the duty. ration among the ministries are scheduled to be held Census taking was carried out in the country in necessary instructions. Successful holding of and the subcommittee, he in Yangon, Mandalay and 1973 and 1983. From that time on, there were In his concluding re- meetings gives Myanmar a added. Bagan-NyaungU. no census takings that took place in the country, mark, the President said chance of showing peace, Afterwards, the Presi- MNA making it difficult to obtain accurate data and facts. Census taking activities will be undertaken Meeting between nationwide from 30 Match to 10 April 2014 under the leadership of the Ministry of Immigra- Legislatures, tion and Population. Towards this end, the 2013 Union Government Population and Census Law has already been promulgated. Under the law, it is stated that and Legislative data and facts on census shall not be utilized in other causes except census matters. Cooperation Work The task of nationwide census taking is Committee in huge and could cost a lot of funds. It is estimat- ed to cost US$ 85.5 million. It is learnt that the progress at Hluttaw country will spend US$ 15 million on the project Complex.(News on and the remaining cost will be borne by foreign countries. Therefore, all the people are to ac- Page-16)—mna tively take part in the mega process to be able to obtain accurate data and facts. As the census taking to be launched soon covers not only census but household facts and UEC chairman meets President of National figures, each and every household plays a cru- Endowment for Democracy (NED) cial role in helping acquire accurate data. Only then, will it be able to contribute to drawing fu- Nay Pyi Taw, 29 man of the Union Election UEC’s functions and people, political parties, Oct—A delegation led by Commission U Tin Aye electoral process, prepa- Civil Society Organiza- ture development plans. President of National En- at Chairman’s office here rations for ensuring a tions (CSOs), media and At a time when concrete steps are being tak- dowment for Democracy this morning. free and fair multi-par- international organiza- en by the relevant departments and individuals (NED) Mr Carl Gersh- They cordially ty general election in tions in the processes of for success of the impressive process to be soon man paid a call on Chair- exchanged views on 2015, participation of Myanmar’s democratic carried out, all the national people are therefore reforms and the elec- to do their bit with a sense of duty to help obtain tions, drawing strategic accurate data and facts. plan for the electoral process, visits of local Pyithu Hluttaw Education and foreign election observers, visits to other Promotion Committee Chair- countries’ elections by Myanmar observers and man receives foreign guests international experience on elections. Nay Pyi Taw, 29 Oct— of Hluttaw Complex, here, It was also attended Pyithu Hluttaw Educa- this afternoon. by commission members tion Promotion Committee Also present at the call U Myint Naing, U Aung Chairman Dr Chan Nyein were Secretary of the Com- Myint, Dr Daw Myint Kyi, received a delegation led mittee Dr Mya Oo and 13 U Win Kyi, U Nyunt Tin by Executive (Executive members. and U Win Ko, secretary Education) Mr. Heyi Gan At the call, they had a Chairman of Union Election Commission U Tin Aye receives U Tin Tun and officials of Lee Kuan Yew School cordial discussion on edu- President of National Endowment for Democracy (NED) from the UEC Office. of Public Policy of National cational cooperation be- MNA University of Singapore at tween the two countries. Mr Carl Gershman.—mna the Hluttaw Affairs Hall MNA Government of Hungary hands over of ASEAN in 2014, which will be paving the way to- Hey, Death... you computer hardware system to Myanmar wards the successful ASE- can’t take me, for Nay Pyi Taw, 29 Oct— computer hardware system Type worth 43379.57 US I’m fastening my AN Community in 2015 seat belt! An official ceremony was to U Tin Win, Ambassador Dollars to Myanmar in sup- and will strengthen and organized on 25 October Extraordinary and Pleni- port of the assumption of further promote the existing 2013 at the Embassy of potentiary of Myanmar to the ASEAN Chairmanship diplomatic relations and co- the Republic of the Union Thailand, on behalf of the of Myanmar in 2014. operation between Myan- of Myanmar in Bangkok. Government of the Repub- Ambassador U Tin mar and Hungary. ” On behalf of Hungarian lic of the Union of Myan- Win mentioned, “The com- Also present were the Government, Mr. Danes mar. puter hardware donated by Myanmar Military Attache, TOMAJ, Ambassador The Government of the Government of Hun- diplomats from the Myan- Extraordinary and Pleni- Hungary donated the com- gary will surely support mar and Hungary Embas- Fasten your seat belt while driving. potentiary of Hungary to puter hardware system of our preparation for the sies, business entrepreneurs Myanmar, handed over the 9567800 Hungarian Forint Myanmar’s Chairmanship and media men.—MNA New Light of Myanmar Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 9 NATIONAL Roadside vendors allowed... (from page 16) section (4) of Shwepyitha Pyithu Hluttaw Committee and Wadaya and Thadukan in- Industrial Zone in which dustrial zones that were other three sections have Commission meet established in 2004 and developed, there will be lagged behind in develop- new jobs for 25000 work- Nay Pyi Taw, 29 Complex here today, attend- chairmen and the secretaries It was also attended by Py- ment due to inadequacy in ers. Oct—A work coordination ed by Pyithu Hluttaw Speak- and commission members ithu Hluttaw Deputy Speak- electricity supply and farm- Today’s session end- meeting of Pyithu Hluttaw er Thura U Shwe Mann. presented the reports. er U Nanda Kyaw Swa and land issues. Upon comple- ed at noon and the 17th-day Committees and Commis- The Pyithu Hluttaw The meeting came to an officials from the Hluttaw tion of the task of devel- session will continue on 31 sion was held at Zabuthi- Speaker addressed the meet- end following the speech by Office. oping the two zones and October.—MNA ri meeting hall in Hluttaw ing. Officials, the committee the Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker. MNA Nay Pyi Taw, 29 Oct—Union Minister for Union Home Affairs Minister Workshop on formulation Home Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko held talks on bilateral receives NED President of disaster management cooperation with President of the National Endowment bylaws held for Democracy (NED) Mr. Nay Pyi Taw, 29 Oct on 31 July 2013. Carl Gershman and party at — On her speech at a work- Next, Mr. Sanny Ramos his office, here, this noon. shop on formulation of dis- of UNDP (Asia Pacific Re- It was attended by aster management bylaws gional Office) spoke on the Deputy Minister for Home held at the Ministry of So- occasion. Affairs Brig-Gen Kyaw cial Welfare, Relief and Re- Afterwards, members Kyaw Tun and officials settlement, here, this morn- of Pyithu Hluttaw Bill Com- concerned from Myanmar ing, Union Minister Dr Daw mittee and National Disaster Police Force and the Gen- Myat Myat Ohn Khin called Preparedness sub-commit- eral Administration Depart- on experts from departments tees, experts from Supreme ment.—MNA concerned and relevant are- Court of the Union and At- Union Home Affairs as to give advice based on torney-General Office of personal experiences and the Union, heads of relevant Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko expertise on formulation of departments, responsible receives President of bylaws (draft) that have to persons of Disaster Risk Re- National Endowment for be drawn during a 90-day duction Working Group and Democracy (NED) Mr. period after promulgation of legal experts from Indone- Carl Gershman.—mna Disaster Management Law sia and the Philippines held discussions on enactment rd 23 ASEAN Armies... ASEAN Armies Rifle Meet Workshop on formulation of disaster of disaster management by- (from page 16) They looked round 2013 at PyinOoLwin golf laws in a transparent man- management bylaws in progress.—mna The Chief of the Gen- the booths put on show at course. ner.—MNA eral Staff awarded the win- Exhibition Hall in AARM In the evening, they ners at Novelty Shooting village. In the afternoon, enjoyed sunset view near contest. The Chief of Gen- the Chief of General Staff, PyinOoLwin Anisakhan eral Staff (Army, Navy and the Vice-Chiefs of Staff and beauty of Dattawchai Air) and the Vice-Chiefs (Army) and senior mili- waterfall. Later, prizes were of Staff (Army) planted tary officers from Myan- awarded to those winners at star-flower saplings in the mar participated in friend- the dinner at Dattawchaint compound of the shooting ly golf tournament held in Hotel. range. commemoration of the 23rd Myawady

Shooting teams take Shot in the arm for athletes designated positions Nay Pyi Taw, 29 Oct— tensive training and training Chairman of the Committee of Vovinam Bando athletes at shooting range. for Ensuring Success in and joint training of My- Myawady Sports Deputy Minister for anmar traditional Chinlone Sports U Thaung Htaik vis- players together with those Chief of the General ited the training center-1 at from Cambodia and Thai- Nay Pyi Taw Sports Train- land, and training of play- Staff (Army, Navy and ing Centre this morning. ers in billiards and snooker, Air) General There, he encouraged Taekwondo, and archery Hla Htay Win the Muay boxers under in- events.—MNA and Vice-Chiefs of Staff (Army) of Moderate earthquake jolts inside ASEAN countries Myanmar view modern arms Nay Pyi Taw, 29 northwest of Mandalay and ammunitions Oct—A moderate earth- seismological observatory displayed for ASAB quake of magnitude (5.0) was recorded at (14) hrs Armies Rifle Meeting Richter Scale with its ep- (23) min (08) sec M.S.T in PyinOoLwin. icenter inside Myanmar today, announced Meteor- Myawady (about 14 miles east of ology and Hydrology De- Kalewa) about (132) miles partment.—NLM 10 Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 New Light of Myanmar LOCAL NEWS Disaster Risk Reduction Security Course for Hotels, Motels and Community-based disaster risk reduction Lodgings opened in Toungoo courses conducted Toungoo, 29 Oct— Under the leadership of Seikpyu, 29 Oct—Under the Ministry of Hotels and the supervision of Disaster Tourism, the Bago Region Management Unit of My- Zone Hoteliers Association anmar Red Cross Society, conducted the hotels, motels Seikpyu Township Red and lodgings security course Cross Society conducted the at Myanma Thiri Hotel on community-based disaster Meiktila Bala Road in Toun- risk reduction courses from goo on 28 October. June to October 2013. The ministry managed It was attended by 360 conducting the training trainees from 12 villages. courses in 16 townships such At the concluding cer- as Toungoo, Ngwehsaung, emony at Basic Education Chaungtha, Pathein, Bago, Middle School in Chaung- Pyay, Mawlamyine, Hpa-an, magyi Village on 25 Oc- Hotels, motels and lodgings security course in Kengtung, Tachilek, Lashio, tober, Magway Region progress at the hotel in Toungoo. Muse, Sittway, Ngapali, Hluttaw representative U Magway and Myitkyina. and National Registration tomers. The hotel staff will Myint Soe delivered an Similar courses were Department gave lectures to be higher qualification. The address. provided in Nay Pyi Taw, the trainees. hotels should install CCTVs Deputy Commanding Yangon, Mandalay and “It is a good training at their buildings without fail. Officer U Maung Maung Inlay regions from 21 to 25 for security of the hotels We have given instructions Win of Township Red Cross October. and lodgings. Thanks to to the hotels last year,” said Battalion explained the An official present certificate to leader of trainee at Trainers from local po- knowledge from the train- Chairman U Nyo Myint of purpose of training courses. lice stations, Criminal Inves- ing course, the hotel staff Bago Region Zone Hotel- Officials presented concluding ceremony of community-based disaster tigation Department, Special will have knowledge to give iers Association.—Kyemon- first, second and third prizes risk reduction courses. Branch and Immigration better services to the cus- Kyaw Swa (Toungoo) to the winning groups from Present on the occasion Society provided K 1500 for Chaungmagyi and Mezalig- were town’s elders, members 30 trainees in each village. way villages in practical of village development sup- The training courses were Hotel security course commences works. portive committee, course opened in each village for The village administra- instructors and trainees. five days. in Pyay tor and a female trainee spoke During the training Kyemon-Ko Myo Pyay, 29 Oct—Ministry words of thanks. period, Myanmar Red Cross (Seikpyu) of Home Affairs and Minis-

Meiktila, 29 Oct— TCRC meets local people in Meiktila Township Committee of the Right of Child held a talk Township with local people at Magy- ichauk Village of Zaung- changon Village-tract of Officials of Meiktila Township on 27 Township October afternoon. The talks was held at Commit- Child Care School in Magy- ikyaung Village. tee of the The training on hotel security in progress in At first, village admin- Right of Township. istrator U Tun Sein made a try of Hotels and Tourism ship Police Force Police speech. Child jointly organized the hotel Major Myint Oo explained Chairman of Meiktila security course at the hall of the systematic learning of meet local Township Committee of Mingala Uyin Hotel in Pyay lectures for security meas- the Right of Child U Khin people in on yesterday morning. ures. Maung Tint explained the Pyay Region Manager Police Captain Swe township committee of the Meiktila. U Myint Sein of Myanmar Lin of Pyay District Spe- child right for rights of the Hotels and Tourism Services cial Branch and officials of children. explained the purpose of con- Criminal Investigation De- of children Sanda Shwe gave lectures ers.—Kyemon-Thein Myint Member of Township ducting the training course. partment will give lectures on Member of Township on tuberculosis diseases. Kyaw (Meiktila) Committee of the Right Commander of Pyay Town- basic knowledge on security Maternal and Child Wel- Later, they replied to of Child Daw Than Than measures and mine clearing fare Association Daw Moe queries raised by the villag- Myint briefed all on right Talks on fire preventive and preventive measures. Officials A total of 54 trainees measures from hotels, transport and of Fire Toungoo, 29 Oct—An techniques. Technician logding enterprises from Services educative talk on fire pre- GradeV U Thiha Swe Pyay District and 31 from su- Department ventive measures and fire demonstrated use of dry permarkets and department gives lec- drill was held at Toungoo chemical powder in putting stores totalling 85 attended Locomotive Shed on 27 out the fire. the course. tures on fire October morning. It was attended by Officials gave lectures preventive Head of Branch of the over 30 staff and workers to those of hotels, transport measures shed U Kyaw Moung made from the locomotive shed. and logding enterprises for a speech. Head of Toun- The educative talks was five days course, and those to workers goo District Fire Services organized by Toungoo Dis- of supermarkets and depart- of Toungoo Department U Khin Maw trict Fire Services Depart- ment stores one day course. Locomotive explained the fire reventive ment.—Kyemon-U Kyaw Kyemon-Myo Kyaw Gyi Shed. measures and firefighting Hla (Toungoo) (KP) New Light of Myanmar Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 11 Regional Singapore plans electricity futures market launch by end-2014 Singapore, 29 Oct— tory approval. The progress est paper in May this year, in the second half of 2014,” The Singapore Exchange was also announced by S setting out the proposed de- he said. (SGX) said on Monday that Iswaran, minister in the sign of the futures market. SGX is working with it has been preparing for the Prime Minister’s Office and Six companies showed their the industry to launch a trial launch of Asia’s first elec- second minister for home interest. The minister said run next year so as to allow tricity futures market by the affairs and second minister that the commercial discus- generation companies to Gujarat’s chief minister and Hindu nationalist end of 2014. “SGX is work- for trade and industry, at the sions are in progress for the build up competencies and Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for ing closely with the EMA Singapore International En- development of the futures experience in trading and India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (Energy Market Authority), ergy Week on Monday. market, and that an industry market making. Iswaran addresses a rally in the eastern Indian city of Patna Energy Market Company The Energy Market workgroup is in the process said Singapore is consid- on 27 Oct, 2013.—Reuters (EMC) and market partici- Authority held a public con- of developing the design of ering the introduction of pants to design the futures sultation last year on the de- the electricity futures con- electricity futures market to India opposition urges tighter products,” it said in a state- velopment of an electricity tracts. “We hope that the complement the spot mar- ment, adding that the launch futures market in Singapore. electricity futures market ket. safety for top candidate Modi is still subject to regula- It issued a request-for-inter- will be launched some time Xinhua after blasts The model of South 42 passengers New Delhi, 29 Oct — day’s violence was a sign of Korea’s “CHEUNMOO” India’s main opposition heightened tensions in the missile is seen at press day party demanded on Monday early stages of a campaign of the Seoul International from crashed protection for its candidate that has already coincided Aerospace & Defence for prime minister, Naren- with an uptick in commu- Exhibition (ADEX) at the Lao Airlines dra Modi, after a series of nal clashes between Hindus Kintex in Paju, South Ko- small blasts killed six people and Muslims. India is due rea, on 28 Oct, 2013. More flight shortly before he addressed to elect a new government than 360 companies from a packed weekend rally. by May 2014 in a contest 28 countries and regions identified While Modi was not in the pitting the political outsider displayed their products Vientiane, 29 Oct — vicinity of any of the blasts Modi, favoured by business, in the six-day exhibition Forty-two passengers have in the state of Bihar on Sun- against the ruling Congress opened on Tuesday. been identified from Lao day, they were a reminder party’s Rahul Gandhi, the Xinhua Airlines flight QV301 which of India’s bloody political scion of a political dynasty crashed on 16 October kill- history, that includes the as- stretching back more than Police drop case over 2010 online leak ing all 49 on board, Somkiet sassination of former prime 60 years. Vorralath, deputy director minister Rajiv Gandhi at a Modi denies any role of Champassak Provincial 1991 election rally. in the 2002 riots or bias of antiterrorism documents Health told Xinhua on Mon- The Hindu nationalist against minority Muslims. Tokyo, 29 Oct — To- same day. After three years the period in which a suspect day. Modi is seen as a target of He has gathered momentum kyo police on Tuesday of investigating the leak that is out of the country. The According to Vorrala- Islamist militants who hold in recent weeks and opinion dropped their case over the the police strongly believed MPD had been pursuing the th, officials are waiting for him responsible for riots in polls suggest his Bharatiya online leak of documents in was an inside job, the Met- case as one of obstruction of DNA samples from Thai- 2002, during his first term Janata Party (BJP) could 2010 that contained sensitive ropolitan Police Department duty as the incident affected land and Australia in or- as chief minister of Guja- win enough seats to form the information about their anti- failed to find evidence to its security operations for der to aid the identification rat state, in which at least next government in a coali- terrorism efforts as the stat- support its case as a culprit the Asia-Pacific Economic process. Seven of the pas- 1,000 people, most of them tion. ute of limitations for filing could not be identified, in- Cooperation forum summit sengers are still unidentified Muslims, were killed. Sun- Reuters criminal charges expired the vestigative sources said. in Yokohama in November including three French, two Nonetheless, the MPD 2010. Tokyo police at the Lao people and two Austral- Evacuees from typhoon-hit Izu will send related papers to time were strengthening se- ians. The plane’s “black- prosecutors on Tuesday curity ahead of a series of box” data flight recorders without naming a suspect APEC-related events. The are still unrecovered, Yakua Oshima Island return home and continue investigating leak involved 114 documents Lopangkao, director general Izu Oshima, (Japan), the Tokyo metropolitan evacuation order was issued the leak that came to light that are believed to have been of the Lao Civil Aviation 29 Oct — Thirty-four government had been hous- to prevent further damage. in October 2010 in case a collected by the MPD divi- Department, told Xinhua on evacuees from typhoon-hit ing at facilities away from Kyoko Okamura, 62, suspect abroad is identified, sion specializing in crimes Monday. Repairs to a crane Izu Oshima Island, mostly the island where 32 people who evacuated with her they said. The statute of limi- committed by foreigners. equipped barge caused mi- elderly and disabled peo- died and nine are still miss- handicapped husband, said, tations is suspended during Kyodo News nor delays but teams will ple, returned to the island ing after a typhoon on last “I’m relieved.” “Some of continue through the night on Monday afternoon on a Wednesday. my acquaintances were in attempts to reach the chartered vessel, after the The evacuation order swept away. When I go blackbox units, he said. evacuation order and ad- and advisory were lifted on back to the island, I want According to Lopang- visory issued for the entire Saturday as this year’s 27th to see friends and check kao, poor visibility and the island were lifted on Satur- typhoon, Francisco, was everyone’s faces,” she said strong current of the wet- day. downgraded to an extrat- tearfully. Another chartered season Mekong are continu- They were among ropical cyclone. The island vessel is set to transport ing to make recovery efforts some 100 evacuees from was hit by deadly mudslides other evacuees back home difficult. The two blackbox the island, some 120 kilom- caused by Typhoon Wipha on Tuesday. units contain information eters south of Tokyo, whom on last Wednesday, and the Kyodo News that may help officials de- termine details of the crash. Three police killed in bomb blasts in One unit records aircraft performance parameters southern Thailand and inputs to the plane’s Bangkok, 29 Oct — under a local road in Bacho because insurgents failed to electronic systems while Three members of a police district of Narathiwat Prov- kill police officers during a the other records radio com- bomb disposal unit were ince. The bomb was detonat- previous attack in Septem- munications, conversations killed on Monday in a bomb ed by remote control while ber. More than 5,500 people Mariko Shinoda (C), a member of the pop idol group in the cockpit and ambient attack in Thailand’s restive the police officers were have been killed since 2004 AKB48, poses in front of a Peach Aviation airplane sounds. south, police said. trying to defuse the bomb. in the separatist insurgency featuring her face during a ceremony at Kansai The twin engine ATR The attack occurred in Two died at scene while a in the three restive Muslim- International Airport near Osaka, western Japan, on 72-600 crashed into the the morning when the unit third later succumbed to his majority provinces of Nar- 27 Oct, 2013. The ceremony marked the launch of Mekong River during bad was inspecting an area after injuries. According to the athiwat, Yala and Pattani, the low-cost carrier’s Kansai-Narita service. weather 7 km from its desti- receiving information that an police, the bomb disposal near the border with Malay- nation of Pakse Internation- Kyodo News explosive device was hidden unit may have been targeted sia.—Kyodo News al Airport.—Xinhua 12 Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 New Light of Myanmar advertisement & GeNERAL Claims Day Notice Claims Day Notice Claims Day Notice M V kota rajin voy No (815) M V ora bhum voy No (351) M V morotai voy No (220) Consignees of cargo carried on MV kota rajin Consignees of cargo carried on MV ora bhum Consignees of cargo carried on MV morotai VOY VOY NO (815) are hereby notified that the vessel will VOY NO (351) are hereby notified that the vessel will NO (220) are hereby notified that the vessel will be be arriving on 30.10.2013 and cargo will be discharged be arriving on 30.10.2013 and cargo will be discharged arriving on 30.10.2013 and cargo will be discharged into the premises of a.w.P.t where it will lie at the into the premises of m.i.p where it will lie at the con- into the premises of m.i.P where it will lie at the con- consignee’s risk and expense s and subject to the byel- signee’s risk and expense s and subject to the byelaws signee’s risk and expense s and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. aws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. and conditions of the Port of Yangon. 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Material Planning Department Textile Industries vaccine for poor countries Ministry of Industry Rio de Janeiro, 29 Oct er leading emerging nations lion doses per year of the Office No. 37, Nay Pyi Taw — Brazil´s top biomedical such as China and India new measles/rubella vac- Phone: 067-408156,408185,408338 research and development in investing in biomedical cine to supply developing center announced plans on technology to supply vac- countries in Africa, Asia China’s C919 aircraft gets more orders Monday to produce a com- cines and medicines to de- and Latin America. bined measles and rubella veloping countries at lower This will increase the Beijing, 29 Oct — The China’s largest domesti- that has now been delayed vaccine for developing costs than those produced availability of a vaccine Commercial Aircraft Cor- cally produced aircraft, until 2015. poration of China (Comac) have showed the increasing Tian said a modern countries, mainly in Africa. by pharmaceutical indus- that today is produced by on Monday received 20 demand and confidence in commercial aircraft is com- The first Brazilian vac- tries in developed nations. only one manufacturer, the more orders for the C919 aircraft made in China, said prised of millions of parts cine developed specifically Measles kills 158,000 Serum Institute of India aircraft, which brought the Tian Min, chief accountant and dozens of complicated for export will be made by people a year in the world, Ltd. total orders to 400. The Co- of the Comac.The Comac systems and also a project Bio-Manguinhos, a unit of mostly children under the The Gates Foundation mac and Industrial Bank C919, which will compete involving hundreds of work the Oswaldo Cruz Foun- age of five. said it would grant $1.1 Financial Leasing signed a with the Airbus A320 and units home and abroad. dation (Fiocruz), in part- Rubella, a contagious million to support clinical contract for the new orders Boeing 737 family of air- “This adds difficulty and nership with the Bill & viral disease with symp- trials and might contribute on Monday. craft, was scheduled for complexity to project man- Melinda Gates Foundation. toms like mild measles, can additional funds in subse- The orders for C919, its first flight next year, but agement.”—Xinhua Brazilian health minister cause serious consequences quent phases of the project. Alexandre Padilha an- to pregnant women and Bio-Manguinhos has nounced the vaccine plan their babies. been producing the com- at a medical science confer- Bio-Manguinhos, bined measles, mumps and ence that the Gates Foun- which has a track record of rubella vaccine since 2003 dation organized in Rio de making combined measles, under a technology transfer Janeiro. mumps and rubella vac- agreement with GlaxoS- Brazil is following oth- cines, will produce 30 mil- mithKline Plc.—Reuters Toshiba to sell Poland TV factory to Japan, Colombia kick off 3rd round of Taiwan manufacturer Tokyo, 29 Oct — Elec- Television Central Europe ond half of the 2013 business FTA talks tronics maker Toshiba Corp Sp.zo.o., which serves the year as a result of the televi- Tokyo, 29 Oct — Japan day meeting through Friday, Colombia are mainly in- said on Monday it will sell European market, will be sion-business restructuring. and Colombia kicked off Jun Yokota, Japan’s ambas- dustrial goods such as auto- its television manufacturing sold to Compal Electronics In August, sources their third round of free trade sador in charge of econom- mobiles and steel products, base in Poland to a Taiwan Inc. by next March but will close to Toshiba said it was negotiations on Monday in ic diplomacy, said Tokyo while Japan-bound Colom- partner company as part of continue to supply Toshiba considering shutting down Tokyo, which will cover tar- hopes to “continue nego- bian exports are mainly agri- the restructuring of its televi- products to Europe via out- the plant in Kobierzyce, in iff reduction, rules of origin tiations to reach a high-level cultural items including cof- sion business. sourcing. Toshiba said it southwestern Poland, if it and public procurement. comprehensive accord” with fee and flower. The liquid crystal dis- aims to return to the black could not find a buyer. At the outset of the five- Bogota. Japan’s exports to Kyodo News play TV company Toshiba in the October to March sec- Kyodo News New Light of Myanmar Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 13 ENTERTAINMENT Rapper Chris Brown Judi Dench walks down arrested in Washington red carpet just weeks after over assault surgery London, 29 Oct—Vet- on 6 September, I said to Washington, 29 Oct— Hollosy, was arrested on eran actress Judi Dench, my surgeon ‘On 16 October Rapper Chris Brown was the same charge. News re- who recently underwent a I will walk up a red carpet arrested and charged with ports referred to the second knee replacement surgery, unaided’, and so I did,” assault in Washington early individual as Brown’s bod- walked down the red car- Dench said. on Sunday after getting into yguard. Clay said he could pet for her new movie, just The actress says she is a fight with a man outside a not confirm Hollosy’s rela- weeks after the operation. far from retiring. hotel near the White House, tionship with Brown. The 78-year-old Oscar- “I am not feeling police said. The victim was taken winner asked her surgeon to my age at all. I am about Brown was charged to the hospital, Clay said. make sure she shows up at 43, a tall willowy blonde with felony assault at 4:25 Brown has been on Singer Chris Brown performs during the iHeartRadio the premiere of Philomena, 43-year-old with long legs. am (0825 GMT) after the probation since 2009 for as- Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in without the aid of a stick, I don’t want to slow down at altercation outside the W saulting Rihanna, his then Las Vegas, Nevada on 20 Sept, 2013.—Reuters reported Daily Mirror. all. We don’t say the word Hotel, a few hundred yards girlfriend, and the new ar- “I have a completely retirement in our house. (meters) from the White rest could complicate that Los Angeles, but reinstated has accused Brown of cut- new knee now. It’s bril- Old and retired are totally House, Officer Anthony parole. after he agreed to another ting corners of his commu- liant. When I had it done banned,” Dench said.—PTI Clay of the Metropolitan This was revoked over 1,000 hours of community nity labour sentence, which Police Department said. the summer after Brown labour. he was allowed to complete Another man involved was charged with a hit- The Los Angeles in his home state of Virgin- in the fight, Christopher and-run traffic accident in County Attorney’s office ia.—Reuters Eva Mendes cheating on Ryan Gosling?

London, 29 Oct — Ac- not ready to fulfill Gos- maker she dated from 2002 Ryan, but she’s very non- tress Eva Mendes has re- ling’s dreams of marriage to 2010 and who is also her traditional when it comes portedly been cheating on and a family at this point of business partner in the Vida to what she wants. She’s her boyfriend Ryan Gosling time, reported Showbiz spy. homewares line. phobic about commitment. with filmmaker George Au- “Eva has been arrang- “Ryan’s friends know That’s the root of the prob- gusto. ing trysts with George Au- he is ready to settle down, lem,” a source said. The actress is allegedly gusto, the Peruvian film- 100 percent... Eva loves PTI Veteran actress Judi Dench Roger Moore diagnosed with diabetes London, 29 Oct—For- ing asleep and just feeling mer James Bond star Roger terrible and dying of thirst Moore has revealed that he and literally passing out,” is suffering from diabetes. Moore said. The diagnosis came af- “My wife took me ter the 86-year-old actor’s into emergency at Princess wife Kristina Tholstrup Grace Hospital in Mona- took him to an emergency co and I was straight on a doctor in Monaco after he slab... And I have diabetes. began losing weight and And I’ve obviously had it passing out recently, re- for quite a long time... Dur- ported Daily Express. ing that week where I was Recently, Hollywood falling asleep, my wife said star Tom Hanks revealed I was losing a kilo a day. that he has diabetes. So, I have had to have all “I have got the dreaded my trousers taken in,” he Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks added. The Oscar winner came out with the fact he has a pacemaker which was Roger Moore in a still According to sources, Eva loves Ryan but the root of the problem is that she is phobic has diabetes, and about four fitted in 2003. from Diamonds Are about commitment. or five weeks ago I was fall- PTI Forever. right now. God wants my Miley Cyrus: Music is my main love right now life to be about being successful and being happy and London, 29 Oct—Pop singer, who recently ended “I need to treat my music she said. “I am not going to blessing other people and star Miley Cyrus says she her relationship with actor like a relationship — give it look back on it and be like, ‘I being blessed,” she added. will be concentrating on her Liam Hemsworth, wants to my time and all the attention wish I hadn’t been dwelling Cyrus has been recent- music rather than crying over focus on her music because it deserves — and that is my over a breakup,’ you know? ly linked with Rolling Stone heartbreak. The 20-year-old God want her to be success- main love right now. This Because that is not what God photographer Theo Wen- Pop star Miley Cyrus ful, reported Contactmusic. is the best time of my life,” wants my life to be about ner.—PTI An aperitif Beetles and scorpions creep on to Paris food scene dish with grasshoppers, Paris, 29 Oct — Popu- known for its butter crois- cies of insect are eaten the Paris food scene with his salted and sealed lar delicacies in Asia but sants and haute cuisine, Le around the world, mainly in grasshoppers on quail eggs, in packages spurned by most in the Festin Nu, or Naked Feast, Africa and Asia, but people water scorpions on chicory imported from West, grasshoppers, beetles has just added to its menu in the West generally turn or beetles with potatoes. “I Thailand, is and waterscorpions have dishes as remote as possi- their noses up at the likes of try to create a work of art seen at the crept on to the menu of a ble from the classics, with grasshoppers, termites and around the insect,” Daviron restaurant ‘Le Parisian restaurant for the crunchy insects imported other crunchy fare. Still, told Le Monde newspaper. Festin Nu’ in first time. In the heart of from Thailand. young French chef Elie Da- “For me this is a kind of Paris on 23 Oct, the French capital, better More than 1,900 spe- viron has created a buzz on still life.”—Reuters 2013.—Reuters 14 Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 New Light of Myanmar SPORTS Walker signs Spurs contract Arsenal’s Gnabry signs new contract London, 29 Oct — Ar- ity and he can give a senal forward Serge Gnabry final ball,” Arsenal extension has signed a new long-term manager Arsene Serge Gnabry London, 29 Oct—Tot- back at the Sheffield club, contract with the Premier Wenger told the tenham Hotspur defender Queens Park Rangers and League leaders, the club club’s website Kyle Walker has signed a Aston Villa before estab- said on Monday. (www.arsenal. new contract that will keep lishing himself in the Spurs The 18-year-old Ger- com). him in north London until team at right back. many youth international “He’s 2019, the Premier League Reuters signed his first professional a powerful club said on Monday. Tottenham Hotspur’s Kyle contract in mid-2012, and offensive The 23-year-old, Walker prepares to take a has made four league ap- player and I capped nine times by Eng- throw-in against Everton pearances, scoring in the believe that land, has made 83 league during their English Pre- 2-1 victory over Swansea he will be appearances for Spurs, City in September. a great scoring twice. mier League soccer match at White Hart Lane in “He has technical abil- player He joined Tottenham ity, he has power, he has for London on 7 April, 2013. from Sheffield United in pace, he has finishing qual- Arsenal Reuters 2009, spending loan spells Football Club.” Hart howler turns spotlight back on The length of the England keeper contract was not disclosed. headed the ball beyond an losing at Cardiff City and Reuters outrushing Hart, leaving Aston Villa. Torres the simplest of tasks “What I think, I won’t to seal a last-minute vic- talk about,” Pellegrini said tory which moved Chelsea after the match. up to second in the Premier “I repeat that the analy- League and left City in sev- sis I do with individual play- enth, six points behind leaders I do with the players, ers Arsenal. not the press. You must ask Hart has faced mount- (Hart) how his confidence ing criticism for a number of is,” he added. mistakes this year at club and “I talk just internally international level, with Eng- with the players. We are go- land manager Roy Hodgson ing to see the best way to ar- Juventus sanctioned over and City boss Manuel Pel- range things. Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart reacts after a legrini both publicly backing “We are losing stupid anti-Naples chanting Chelsea goal during their English Premier League the 26-year-old in the past points. The three defeats we A Juventus sup- soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London month. had away we didn’t deserve porter takes a on 27 Oct, 2013.—Reuters Chilean Pellegrini, in his but the reality is we have lost picture before London, 29 Oct — Man- Nastasic allowed Chelsea’s first season in charge at City, them and we’ve had the im- their Champions chester City goalkeeper Joe Fernando Torres to score a was slightly less forthcoming portant responsibility for the League soccer Hart generated some more late winner in a 2-1 victory at in the aftermath of Sunday’s goals the other team scored. match against negative headlines after a last Stamford Bridge on Sunday. defeat, however, the side’s We try to arrange. We have Galatasaray, at minute mix-up with Matija Nastasic inadvertently third in the league after also time.”—Reuters Juventus stadium in Turin, LPGA waives off age limit to grant teen Ko membership on 2 Oct, 2013. Wellington, 29 Oct— in Sydney aged 14. Her “It is not often that the Reuters New Zealand’s 16-year- mother Tina had confirmed LPGA welcomes a rookie Turin, 29 Oct — Se- was suspended for one year old golfing prodigy Lydia earlier this month that her who is already a back-to- rie A champions Juventus and will be implemented Ko has been granted full daughter had asked the back LPGA Tour champi- became on Monday the lat- only if there is a new offence membership to the LPGA LPGA for an exemption. on.” The teenager became est team to be sanctioned during that period. The writ- Tour from the start of the Ko formally announced the youngest winner on the for anti-Naples chanting by ten decision said that Juven- 2014 season after the gov- her decision to turn pro last LPGA Tour when she cap- their fans during a game, tus fans repeated the chants, erning body waived the age week via social media. tured last year’s Canadian the Serie A league said in a including “wash them with limit clause, the tour said on The LPGA Tour has Open at the age of 15. statement. fire from Vesuvius”, several Monday. an 18-year-old age require- Lydia Ko Ko was also the young- Serie A’s disciplinary times during their team’s 2-0 Ko, who was born in ment for membership but membership beginning at est champion on the Euro- tribunal ordered both tiers win over Genoa on Sunday. South Korea and moved to commissioner Mike Whan the start of the 2014 sea- pean Tour with her triumph of the South Curve at the Ju- Last week, AS Roma, New Zealand when she was said they have made an ex- son,” Whan said in a state- in the New Zealand Open ventus Stadium to be closed Torino, Inter Milan and AC six, was the youngest player ception for Ko. ment. “We are looking for- last February and then suc- for one home match for what Milan were given the same to win a professional tour- “After reviewing ward to having Lydia as a cessfully defended her Ca- was officially described as sanction for anti-Naples nament when she clinched Lydia Ko’s petition, I have full-time member for the nadian Open title this year. “territorial discrimination”. chanting by their fans. the New South Wales Open granted her LPGA Tour 2014 season. Reuters However, the sanction Reuters Federer doesn’t care about No 1 spot, says Nadal Paris, 29 Oct — Been low par performance this any doubt that he will be be back in the No 1 (spot), Roger Federer of there, done that. Roger season, at best reaching the playing better than what he I think it’s not his goal, be- Switzerland and Federer does not need to be last four at the Australian did this year,” the Spaniard cause at the end he already Rafael Nadal (R) of world number one anymore Open — the first time he told a news conference at has been there. He has been Spain greet each other and he might well be a top has not made it to a major the Paris Masters, where the in the top positions of the at the net after Nadal contender at next year’s final since 2002. The Swiss, two could clash in the final. ranking for a long time.” defeated Federer in Australian Open, his chief however, has a record 17 “No doubt about that. Federer, who lost the their men’s singles rival Rafa Nadal said. grand slam titles to his name His talent allows him to Basel final to Juan Martin quarterfinal match Federer’s decline has and has spent 302 weeks at keep being one of the fa- del Potro on Sunday, will at the BNP Pari- been well documented the top of the ATP rankings. vourites, to keep winning be seeded fifth in Paris as bas Open ATP tennis since 2011, the year he He does remain a for- the best tournaments of the he looks to secure a spot in tournament in Indian failed to win a grand slam midable opponent, accord- year. next month’s ATP World Wells, California, for the first time since 2003. ing to current world number “So talking about if Tour Finals. on 14 March, 2013. He suffered yet another be- one Nadal. “I don’t have he’s able to be back or try to Reuters Reuters New Light of Myanmar Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 15 GENERAL MYANMAR Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Poland’s first Ellis Island reopens one INTERNATIONAL 30-10-13 09:30 am ~ post-communism PM, dies year after Sandy floods 31-10-13 09:30 am) MST

have always admired his New York, 29 Oct — where immigrants were in- * Local News calmness, his conscious- Ellis Island and the Immi- spected, and Journeys: The * Diverse National ness and his decisiveness,” gration Museum reopened Peopling of America 1550- Costumes & he told public TVP Info. to the public on Monday 1890. This first-floor exhibit Their Fashion Trend Born in 1927, Ma- for the first time since Hur- tells the story of American (Episode-3) zowiecki was behind the ricane Sandy submerged immigration prior to Ellis * World News “thick line” concept under the island a year ago. “We Island’s years of operation. * In the Studio: Sunec * Local News which lower-ranking com- are delighted to be able to Visitors can pick up a free * Back To A Paradise munist-era officials could share Ellis Island’s unique- audio tour, join a ranger also work in the newly (Episode-1) ly American story with the program and watch an intro- * World News democratic Poland. Some world once more,” said Da- ductory film. Outside, visi- of Poland’s rightist groups * Myanmar Masterclass vid Luchsinger, the super- tors can stroll to the popu- Class “Contemparary criticized him for this, say- intendent for Ellis and the lar American Immigrant ing his approach allowed Art” neighboring Statue of Lib- Wall of Honor and take in * Local News many communist officials erty. “I can think of no better fabulous views of Manhat- * A Day Out With Sarah avoid responsibility for way to celebrate Lady Lib- tan. However, the museum (Episode-3) their wrong-doings before erty’s 127th birthday than will remain in repair at least * World News 1989. As prime minister, to welcome visitors back through the spring. * Brilliant Woman “Dr Ewa Kopacz (R), the newly elected speaker of the he oversaw Poland’s shock to the place where those ‘ Ellis Island was com- Mya Thidar Sway Tin” parliament, chats with former Prime Minister Tadeusz economic therapy of early huddled masses yearning to pletely covered by water * Local News Mazowiecki at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw 1990s aimed at replacing breathe free’ first came to when Hurricane Sandy hit * The Night of Hearthrob on 8 Nov, 2011.—Reuters the centrally controlled our shores. “ New York Harbor on 29 Pho Chit communist economy with Visitors once again Oct, 2012. The storm surge * World News Warsaw, 29 Oct — “It is a shame that such a free market and sought walk the halls of the im- destroyed electrical, com- * Talented Musicians Tadeusz Mazowiecki, person passes away,” No- to mend ties with Poland’s * Fantastic Orchid Poland’s first prime min- bel Peace Prize laureate migration station where 12 munications, heating and neighbors, such as Germa- million people began life cooling systems. Repairs to Garden From The ister after the fall of com- and former President Lech ny. Flower City munism, died on Monday Walesa, who appointed Ma- in America. Open areas on the water and sewage sys- Mazowiecki was a the first and second floors tems were in process. * Large Parasol: A aged 86. Mazowiecki, who zowiecki as prime minis- Souvenir of Pathein Catholic activist under include the Great Hall, Xinhua emerged from Poland’s ter, told public broadcaster communism and joined the * Journey To dissident intellectual tradi- TVP. “Moreover, the Pol- Solidarity trade union 1980 Unimaginable Spots tion, was famously pho- ish democracy is failing a strikes in the Gdansk ship- (Episode-3) tographed making a vic- little bit now and we would yard offering support for * The Great Minds tory sign after his election need him here, but it seems the protesting workers from of Myanmar for Prime Minister, which that he is also needed on the the country’s independent (Anthropologist marked the beginning of the other side.” President Bron- intellectuals. Arrested in U Kyaw Win) * Myanmar Potent end of 40 years of Cold War islaw Komorowski, speak- 1981 when the communist Herbal Medicinc, politics in Eastern Europe. ing in the southern city of authorities declared martial He was one of the architects Brzeg Dolny, said: “Ta- pennywary law to crush Solidarity, he * Distinguished of the “Round Table” talks, deusz Mazowiecki, with became an adviser to Wale- which brought together the his wise and calm will, set Myanmar Ladies sa, the union’s charismatic “Tin Moe Lwin” Soviet-installed communist the directions for Poland’s Photo taken on 28 Oct, 2013 shows the view of Ellis leader, who was later elect- * Herbal Medicine By authorities and the opposi- development.”Wojciech Island in New York, the United States. Ellis Island and ed Poland’s first post-war Thurein (Ta Bin Dine tion to pave the way for Po- Jaruzelski, Poland’s last the Immigration Museum reopened to the public on non-communist president Monday for the first time since Hurricane Sandy Mya Nan) (Vitis) land’s peaceful transition to communist leader, also in 1990. submerged the island a year ago.—Xinhua * A Myanmar Tapestry democracy in 1989. praised Mazowiecki. “I Reuters McIlroy edges out Woods in lucrative shootout Haikou, 29 Oct— mentators were forced to galleries that swarmed the eagling the par five th12 as World number six Rory apologise when further col- two golfers at every oppor- McIlroy came close to a rare McIlroy produced some ourful language was uttered tunity, the duel did not light albatross with an exquisite dazzling golf on the back by the 14-times major win- up until the golfers had made approach. nine to overcome a sniffling ner on the 17th hole. the turn for the inward nine. Both then birdied the Tiger Woods by one shot McIlroy told the on- Woods, playing for the 13th while McIlory pulled in their lucrative ‘Match at course interviewer during his first time since 6 October, level at four-under by sink- Mission Hills’ in China on round that he wanted to win complained of rustiness after ing a five-footer to pick up Monday. the match but the friendly pulling his opening tee shot another shot on the 14th. The double major- chit-chat and lack of inten- while McIlroy started solidly The pair birdied the winning Northern Irishman sity, particularly from the with birdies on the first two 300-yard driveable par four shot a six-under-par 67 to renowned fighter Woods, holes. 16th before Woods made beat the world number one’s was obvious throughout the However, the Briton’s a crucial error on the 17th 68 in the exhibition match contest. The two were heard joy was short-lived as McIl- when he appeared to mis- which, according to British Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland (C) hits a shot during laughing and joking and roy then carelessly three- judge his approach to the media reports, earned both a 18-hole exhibition match against Tiger Woods of the discussed golf club design, putted the par-three fifth to green which fell well short men in excess of $1.5 mil- US (not pictured) at the Blackstone course of Mission pollution in China and the re- fall back to level par. and led to a bogey. That left lion. Hills in Haikou, Hainan Province on 28 Oct, 2013. cent Presidents Cup in which Woods, who said he McIlory one ahead heading McIlroy has endured a Reuters an America side featuring had picked up the cold from up the par-five 18th where disappointing winless year twice,” Woods said to much microphones as they played, Woods once again beat the one of his children during his both men found the green but his game looked to be laughter after the friendly but it appeared Woods forgot International team. period away from competi- in two but Woods missed heading in the right direction round, only for McIlroy to that his every word was be- The Blackstone Course tion, birdied the third, fourth with his eagle effort to al- for the final weeks of the Eu- swiftly interject and down- ing made public as he was on Hainan Island had been and ninth to reach the turn low the mop-haired McIlroy ropean Tour season WITH a play the achievement. heard swearing on several shortened for the duel, ac- at one-under, one ahead of to roll in a short birdie putt second victory over Woods “Well, I don’t know occasions. cording to McIlroy, and with his 24-year-old opponent. for the win. “I enjoyed it. We following his one-shot suc- about that, I beat you by one Twice he swore when hardly any rough, organisers Thankfully for the crowd didn’t play probably our best cess in the ‘Duel at Jinsha shot twice,” the former US describing a cold he has been had done their best to create a and organisers, the level of on the front nine but on the Lake’ last year. Open and US PGA Cham- suffering from for the last birdie fest. competition improved on the back nine we got it going,” “He schooled me pion smiled. Both men wore week, while television com- Unfortunately for the back nine with both players Woods said. —Reuters R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information. 11th Waning of Thadingyut 1375 ME New Light of Myanmar Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 Roadside vendors allowed to sell their Everybody can put goods at designated places for part time fingers on Hluttaw’s Nay Pyi Taw, 29 Oct— today’s Pyithu Hluttaw ses- township’s Health Depart- to call for systematic meas- undertakings: Pyidaungsu “Roadside vendors have sion. ment by educating them ures to relocate the roadside been allowed to undertake He continued that to dispose of the water in food vendors and to educate Hluttaw Speaker their trade activities at des- Yangon City Development a systematic manner, he them about food safety,” U Nay Pyi Taw, 29 legislative power, executive ignated places for part time Committee launched a added. Soe Win said during an in- Oct—A meeting between power and judicial power. as various organizations crackdown on streets ven- “I submitted this ques- terview with him. Legislatures, the Union He pointed out that the MPs reported to the Union gov- dors in Yangon by neglect- tion with the aim of en- Regarding the question Government and Legisla- need to be cautious about ernment that there will be a ing its annual income of K couraging the government raised by U Tin Maung Oo tive Cooperation Work misunderstandings among negative impact on the gov- 0.8 billion collected from to help street vendors to of Shwepyitha Constitu- Committee took place at them. ernment’s drive to alleviate street vendors as of 1 June, sell their food prepared in a ency, Deputy Minister for Zabuthiri meeting hall of Deputy Speaker of Py- poverty,” Deputy Minister 2011. healthy way. I know remov- Industry U Thein Aung re- the Hluttaw Complex, here idaungsu Hluttaw U Nanda at President Office U Thant Moreover, measures al of vendors on the roads is plied that the Yangon Re- this morning. Kyaw Swa, Deputy Speaker Shin responded to the ques- are being taken by YCDC’s impossible as a crackdown gion government is striving Pyidaungsu Hluttaw of Amyotha Hluttaw U Mya tion raised by U Soe Win Health Department in co- launched on them can hurt to fulfill the requirements of Speaker Thura U Shwe Nyein, the Chairman of the of Kyauktada Township at operation with respective their incomes. I would like (See page 9) Mann called for coopera- Constitutional Tribunal of rd tion of legal experts, schol- the Union, the Deputy At- 23 ASEAN Armies Rifle Meet 2013 opened ars and officials for emer- torney-General, the Judge gence of a law that can bring of the Supreme Court of the benefit to the people and Union, the Secretary of Py- the State. Those involved in idaungsu Hluttaw Joint Bill three pillars need to have a Committee and those pre- thorough understanding of sent held a discussion. current affairs and serving The meeting came to their duties conferred by the an end with the concluding Constitution. He invited the remarks by the Speakers. It suggestions and advice on was also attended by mem- Hluttaw's activities. He re- bers of the Constitutional affirmed that Hluttaws will Tribunal of the Union and enact the laws that can ben- officials from Joint Bill efit the people, he added. Committee, Joint Public Later, Speaker of Accounts Committee and Amyotha Hluttaw U Khin commissions, Pyidaungsu Aung Myint called for co- Hluttaw representatives and operation of those involved officials from the Hluttaw Opening of 23rd ASEAN Armies Rifle Meet 2013 in progress in PyinOoLwin.—Myawady in exercising three powers: Office.—MNA Nay Pyi Taw, 29 Oct— with the opening song titled Opening of the 23rd ASE- “We’re the One”. Chief of Five star Hotel to emerge at open air market area AN Armies Rifle Meet 2013 the General Staff (Army, hosted by Myanmar was Navy and Air) General held at Tatmadaw Shooting Hla Htay Win delivered an in Yangon Range in PyinOoLwin this opening speech on the occa- Shwe Taung Group the area and a pedestrian before implementing the efit Myanmar’s tourism morning. sion. Later, the Chief of the and Pan Pacific Hotels bridge over Bogyoke Aung second phase that includes sector. As a gesture of The cadets from Pyin General Staff and the Vice- Group inked a deal to in- San Street will emerge. building of 28-storey apart- taking corporate social OoLwin station demon- Chiefs of Staff (Army) vest in construction of a The project designed ment and the remaining responsibility regarding strated their martial arts from the ASEAN Armies five star hotel at the open by DP Architect of Singa- parts of the shopping cen- the project, Shwe Taung skills. Later, national races encouraged the teams. air market area in Yangon pore will be developed un- tre. Moreover, a parking lot Company will build a new culture troupes entertained (See page 9) on 26 October. der two phases. Construc- for around 1500 vehicles building for Basic Educa- Coordination be- tion of a 23-storey Office will be constructed. tion Primary School No Japan, Russia to promote tween the two developers Tower, a 20-storey five-star The project, once com- (3) located next to the pro- is in progress to sign fur- hotel and some parts of a pletion, will not only be ject. defence exchanges ther agreements including shopping centre will be able to create more than Kyemon (29-10-2013) hotel management after included in the first phase 2000 jobs but also to ben- Trs: YM Tokyo, 29 Oct—The nese Maritime Self-De- defence ministers of Japan fence Force and the Russian the signing of a joint ven- and Russia will confirm at a Navy have had exchanges. ture contract on construc- meeting in Tokyo on Friday Japanese Defence Minister tion of the five star Pan that the countries will pro- Itsunori Onodera and his Pacific Yangon Hotel. mote exchanges between Russian counterpart Sergei In March 2012, Yan- their defence forces as part Shoigu are expected to ex- gon City Development of efforts to strengthen bi- pand exchanges across the Committee invited a ten- lateral security cooperation, Japanese and Russian forc- der for the implementation a Japanese government es a day ahead of the coun- of a project that includes source said on Tuesday. tries’ first-ever “two-plus- construction of office The envisioned exchanges two” meeting of foreign tower, apartment, shop- will include mutual visits and defense ministers in the ping centre and hotel at to air bases by the aircraft Japanese capital, the source the area, and Shwe Taung of the Japanese Air Self- said. Japan is working to Company won the tender. Defence Force and the Rus- forge stronger security co- A joint venture contract sian Air Force, and mutual operation with Russia in the between YCDC and Shwe participation in exercises hope of advancing bilateral Taung Company was by officers of the Japanese negotiations on a group of signed on 11 May. Upon Ground Self-Defence Force Russian-held islands off completion of the project, and the Russian army as ob- Hokkaido that are claimed new Bogyoke Market that servers, the source said. by Japan. was removed for the pro- Photo shows high-rise buildings to be built at an open air market area in So far, only the Japa- Kyodo News ject will be relocated at Yangon.