THENew MOST RELIABLE NEWSPAPER LightAROUND YOU of Myanmar Volume XX, Number 310 14th Waxing of Tabodwe 1374 ME Sunday, 24 February, 2013 Farmers are to make agricultural reforms in five ways ways to change mind-set, the country with the to improve farmlands, backup of the agro- to use quality strains, to industry. The President apply better cultivation also underlined the need of system and to transform higher education for new into mechanized farming. generations of the farmers. Myanmar’s population He called on the would reach about 100 farmers to show their million in next 30 years. unity and industry. Efforts are being made The President gave for food sufficiency of away gifts to staff of the current population. Irrigation Department, He urged the farmers to Agricultural Mechani- boost production for food zation Department and sufficiency. Agriculture Department. He pinpointed Pyithu Hluttaw Affairs correctness and accuracy Committee Chairman U of data and outputs. Only Tin Htut also presented then, farmers would gifts to farm workers. implement triple-cropping The President and pattern. Thanks to the farm party viewed round equipment, production sunflower plantations, costs and wastes could vegetable patches, be minimized. Farmers advanced agricultural would get more agricultural machinery, thrashers, loans ever than before. harvesters, SATAKE rice Livestock breeding and mills and other agricultural related businesses would machinery in 3000-acre be carried out at the extra farm. time as the harvesting time The reclamation of President U Thein Sein views transplanting of paddy at modern mechanized farming(3000-acre) farm in Dekkhinathiri Township.—mna

Nay Pyi Taw, 23 Feb— Dekkhinathiri Township, Tin Htut, Union ministers To hail Peasants’ Day, a Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, U Aung Kyi, U Thein ceremony to launch modern this morning, in conjunction Nyunt, U Tin Naing Thein, mechanized farming (3000- with a paddy-transplanting U Kyaw Hsan, U Ohn acre) farm plantation was ceremony, with an address Myint and U Aye Myint. held at the briefing hall by President U Thein Sein. At the briefing hall, of plantation project near It was also attended the President heard reports Nyaunggon village in by Pyithu Hluttaw Affairs presented by Union Kyuntatpae village-tract, Committee Chairman U Minister U Myint Hlaing President U Thein Sein presents gift to

depart- and Directors-General. could be reduced. the farm by Ministry of mental In his speech, the He stressed the need Agriculture and Irrigation President said that the to turn to high-yield paddy and Nay Pyi Taw Council staff at government has made a strains and mechanized with the support of local transplan- lot of political reforms farming as a solution to farmers in Dekhinathiri for ensuring peace and minimize wastage. and Lewe Townships took ting of stability, rule of law and He repeated his call three months. paddy at eternal peace while making for industrialization of MNA modern economic reforms for better socio-economic status of Weather on special features mecha- people. Emphasis was nized placed on the establishment N a y P y i T a w , 23 China Sea and is centered of industrialized country Feb—According to the at about 430 miles farming based on agricultural sector, observations at 12:30 hrs Southeast of Ho Chi Ming (3000- he added. MST today, the tropical (Vietnan). It is forecast He pointed out that depression downgraded to move Southwest ward acre) farm. agricultural reforms from the tropical Storm slowly. ‘SHANSHAN’ over South NLM mna would be made in five 2 Sunday, 24 February, 2013 New Light of Myanmar Local news UMFCCI to hold US-Myanmar Trade and Investment conference on 25 Feb Yangon, 23 Feb — trade and investment occasion. According to an official of between Myanmar and the Members of the UMFCCI, a conference on US. UMFCCI will jointly- US association and US-Myanmar Trade and organize a conference on representatives from US Investment Relations will “US-Myanmar Trade and companies that are dealing be held at the building of Investment Relations: with oil and gas, information the Republic of the Union The Path Forward” with and communication of Myanmar Federation of Washington-based American technology, energy, agro- Chambers of Commerce Trade Association. business and livestock and Industry, here, on 25 UMFCCI President U breeding, service and online February. Win Aung and the US shopping are expected to The meeting will be Undersecretary for Economic attend the conference. aimed at boosting bilateral Affairs will speak on the Kyemon Judges, judicial officials take oath in Yangon Region Myanmar sees more globetrotters

Myitnge, 23 Feb — As a Mandalay Hill, Kuthodaw tourists at U Pein Bridge in result of reform processes and Pagoda, Atumashi Shwe Amarapura (a) Taungmyo greater transparency in the Kyaungdaw, Kaunghmudaw compared with those the country, more globetrotters Pagoda and Paleik Mway previous years. have come in flocks to Pagoda— in Mandalay and A tour guide said tourists visit places of interest in Sagaing are always crowded were very happy to visit Myanmar. with growing numbers of scenically attractive areas in Places of interest— tourists. There has been the country. Maha Muni Buddha Image, an increase in arrival of Kyemon Road/bridge works gaining momentum in Shan

Yangon, 23 Feb — The the Room No (2) of Yangon Chief Justice of Yangon State (East) oath-taking ceremony of the Region High Court at 9 am Region High Court U Win judges and judicial officers on 20 February. Likewise, Swe spoke on the occasion. who are discharging duties the similar ceremony for the Next, 60 district judges at Yangon Region High judges and judicial officers of and judicial officers and 178 Court and district courts Yangon Region High Court township judges and judicial in the region and who are and township courts in the officers totaling 238 took taking a refresher course (No region was held at the same oath before the Chief Justice 5/2012) for District Judges at venue at 3 pm on that day. of the Region.— Kyemon Training School of the Office of Chief Justice of the Union One more BEHS for in Hlinethaya was held at Taunggyi

Kitchen fire Taunggyi, 23 Feb — The the signboard of the newly- costs K 8 ceremony to upgrade Basic upgraded school. Education Middle School No Then the state minister million in (1) to Basic Education High and the school head Nay Pyi Taw, 23 Feb Kengtung University on 16 In meeting with School No (8) was held at the elaborated educational vision — Union Minister for February. officials at the meeting Yinmabin school on West ring road in and ongoing tasks. Construction U Kyaw Lwin On 17 February, the hall in Kengtung, the Township Seinban ward of Taunggyi on Afterwards, wellwishers inspected road works of Union minister oversaw Union minister called for 17 February. handed over sets of computers Kenglat-Tahlay-Kengtung upgrading of Kengtung- systematic use of allotted Yinmabin, 23 Feb — Shan State Minister for and cash donation for the road, construction of a Mongma-Mongla road budgets in construction Fire started from the kitchen Social Affairs Dr Myo Tun school to the school head concrete bridge on section and Kengtung- abiding by financial of a house of Kyundaw village formally opened the school who presented certificates of Tachilek-Kengtung road Loimwe road section, and rules and regulations and in Yinmabin Township of and Shan State Chief Minister honour to them. section and worksite for maintenance of Tarpin unity among the service Sagaing Region caused loss U Sao Aung Myat unveiled Kyemon extended construction of bridge. personnel.— MNA of property worth about K 8 million after reducing New school building for Dayeloo 39 houses to ashes on 18 February. village in Kungyangon Township Fire crews accompanied by five fire engines and local Yangon, 23 Feb — school (branch) in 2000. The people struggled to control The opening of new school cyclonic storm Nargis in the fire that broke out at building for Basic Education 2008 caused severe damage about1.30 pm and managed Middle School (branch) to one of two buildings of to bring it under control in Dayeloo village of the school, forcing students at about 2.30 pm. The fire Kungyangon Township of to continue to pursue their totally died at about 5 pm. Yangon Region was held at education in a makeshift Yinmabin Township the school on 13 February. building. police station filed a lawsuit The new school building was So Japanese govern- against Daw Ngwe Yi for built with the humanitarian ment provided the storm-hit her fire negligence that assistance of US$ 86,605 school with cash assistance attributed fire outbreak, given by Japan. and school furniture under causing property loss and The middle school its small grant assistance burning 39 houses to the (branch) originated as a programme to be able ground. primary school in 1985 and to facilitate learning to Kyemon it was upgraded into a middle students.— Kyemon New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 24 February, 2013 3 WORLD US okays dealings with four Brazil’s 2014 election campaign gets off to early start Brasilia, 23 Feb — The day before, Rouss- Myanmar banks Brazil’s 2014 election sea- eff announced that she has Washington, 23 Feb “Increased access to son got off to an unusually almost met her promise — The Obama adminis- Myanmar’s banking sys- early start this week with to eradicated extreme pov- tration on Friday eased tem for our companies the unofficial launch of erty by expanding social sanctions on four major and non-governmental President Dilma Rousseff’s programmes started by Myanmar banks, allowing organizations will help re-election campaign by her Lula. She spoke under a transactions with them and to facilitate Myanmar’s mentor and predecessor, banner that looked decided- their access to American fi- continued social and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. ly like a campaign slogan: nancial system. economic development, Celebrating his Work- “Ending poverty is only the The Department of serve as a model for re- ers’ Party’s 10th year in beginning.” Treasury issued a general li- sponsible investment, and power, Lula laid to rest Despite her failure to cense to Myanma Economic help to provide a better speculation that he would match the rapid economic Bank, Myanma Investment future for the Myanmar run again by anointing growth enjoyed by Lula, and Commercial Bank, Asia people,” said David Co- Rousseff as the party’s best Rousseff’s popularity is in Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff gestures during Green Development Bank hen, the Treasury’s under option to stay in power. the high 70s and she is fac- a meeting of the National Council for Scientific and and Ayeyarwady Bank, un- secretary for terrorism The main opposition ing weak opposition. Bar- Technological Development at the Planalto Palace in Reuters der which most transactions and financial intelligence, party PSDB went on the ring a major scandal in her Brasilia on 6 Feb, 2013.— with American citizens and using the former name of offensive and attacked the government or an economic dated infrastructure. Some ing the nation. entities are authorized, in- the Southeast Asian na- decade of Workers’ Party downturn that brings high of her policy moves, such Neves took to the Se- cluding opening and main- tion. (PT) rule for undoing its inflation and unemploy- as in the energy sector, have nate floor on Wednesday to taining accounts. Washington restored work in laying the basis for ment, she is seen as the shaken investor confidence. attack her, saying she had “This action will give diplomatic relations with Brazil’s financial stability odds-on favourite to win A PSDB victory in not delivered economic and US companies and non- Myanmar and ended sanc- under former President Fer- the 2014 vote. 2014 would restore more industrial expansion, failed governmental organiza- tions on investment there nando Henrique Cardoso. Rousseff has vowed liberal policies that laid the to draw investment that tions greater access to in July 2012, in response “They can get ready, to continue the PT’s social ground for economic stabili- Brazil badly needs to up- some of the largest Myan- to the advances made in they can organize, but our plans aimed at improv- ty in the 1990s. grade its dilapidated infra- mar banks and allow these the country’s reform ef- reply will be the re-election ing the quality of life of Rousseff’s most likely structure and undermined financial entities to access forts initiated by President of Dilma in 2014,” Lula Brazil’s poor, though her opponent, PSDB Senator Brazil’s fiscal credibility by the US financial system,” U Thein Sein after he took said on Wednesday in a government has turned to Aecio Neves, accused her juggling some government the department said in a office in March 2011. packed Sao Paulo hotel private business to help re- of putting more effort into accounts. statement. Xinhua ballroom. build the country’s dilapi- her re-election than govern- Reuters One dead as torrential rain floods Greek Schools, homes and public parks on capital frontline of Damascus war overflowing with water and Damascus, 23 Feb — scenes in the wrong place schoolmates were killed, public transport was severe- Syria’s civil war has burst at the wrong time —includ- she said. State media, which ly disrupted as two subway into central Damascus and ing children packed into an said 20 children died at the stops were briefly shut. its indiscriminate violence elementary school directly school, sought to whip up “This is the worst has put civilians in the fir- behind the Baath Party of- fury against rebels battling storm since 1961. We’re ing line. fices. “It’s in horrendous to overthrow Assad, repeat- talking about 52 years with- Thursday’s powerful shape, it’s a war zone,” edly broadcasting grue- out ever having seen such bomb which killed more said the mother of a girl some footage of charred a heavy downpour in this than 60 people in the capi- who attends Abdullah ibn corpses, burning cars and area,” meteorologist Yan- tal’s Mazraa District may al Zubair school, describing angry condemnation of the nis Kallianos told state tel- have targeted President shattered windows and iron attacks. evision. Bashar al-Assad’s ruling bars hanging from broken But on a day when ac- Police said a 27-year- Baath Party or the embassy concrete. tivists say 90 people were old woman died of a prob- of his ally Russia. Her daughter, wound- killed in car bombings A woman stuck in her car is rescued from flood waters able heart attack after being But many of the vic- ed by shrapnel, may lose across Damascus, there by a resident during heavy rain in Chalandri suburb trapped in her car in the tims were ordinary Dama- an eye and several of her was no need to manufacture north of Athens on 22 Feb, 2013. northern suburb of Halan- rage. dri. Reuters Residents in the centre A Reuters reporter of the city, long isolated Athens, 23 Feb — A ened large parts of the saw another woman being from a conflict which has woman died and dozens of city during the overnight rescued from her jeep as a killed 70,000 people in the commuters were trapped in cloudburst, a river broke gush of water more than last two years, fear that the their cars as torrential rain its banks and traffic jams a metre (yard) high swept violence which has devas- swamped Athens on Fri- brought much of Athens to her car away. At least five tated Homs, Aleppo and the day, the heaviest downpour a standstill in the morning other cars in the same outer districts of their own the normally sunny Greek rush hour. block were overturned and capital, is knocking at their capital has seen in decades. The capital’s main three were piled on top of door. Power outages dark- roads and highways were each other. “OK fine, so the re- Officials said more bels want to make a point US deploys about 100 military than 130 litres of rainfall that they’ve arrived here per square metre swamped in Damascus... How does personnel to Niger the neighbouring suburb of Fighters from the Free Syrian Army’s Tahrir al Sham that help their cause?” said Papagou in just under three brigade fire back at the Syrian army during heavy a man in his 40s who is no Washington, 23 Feb Mali and with other part- hours. fighting in Mleha suburb of Damascus, in this — US President Barack ners in the region.” supporter of Assad. “It’s Reuters 26 Jan, 2013 file photo.—Reuters Obama said on Friday that In a letter to the Con- us civilians who are get- his country has deployed gress, Obama said the last ting hurt. We’re paying the about 100 military person- element of the deployment Two military pilots killed in Mexico’s aircraft price.” nel to the West African was completed on Wednes- An elderly woman country of Niger. day, and the deployment crash vented her anger on both Obama said the de- was with the consent of the Mexico City, 23 Feb engine Porter PC-6 aircraft, transferred to military sides. “They’ve gone crazy, ployment “will provide government of Niger. — A trainer aircraft crashed was carrying out training medical facilities, but were all of them...I don’t care support for intelligence The president added in central Mexico on flights when it crashed later confirmed dead. what they want or who collection and will also fa- the US troops are equipped Thursday, killing two pilots near No1 Military Air The ministry is they think they’re fighting, cilitate intelligence shar- with weapons for their pro- on board, the authorities Base in central Mexico, the investigating the accident. they’re aiming their wrath ing with French forces tection and security. said. defence ministry said. The So far, the result remains at us. Damn them all,” she conducting operations in Xinhua The plane, a single- pilots were immediately unknown.—Xinhua said.—Reuters 4 Sunday, 24 February, 2013 New Light of Myanmar Science & Technology Chinese scientists identify prehistoric Vietnam to launch 3rd satellite into species orbit lowed Huang and his group Hanoi, 23 Feb—Vi- logy Institute, as saying that nous orbit (SSO) at an alti- to more closely examine the etnam will launch its third the VNREDSat-1A, an earth tude of 670 km. The 120-kg insect and offer their own satellite into orbit in the observation optical satel- remote sensing satellite is interpretation as to how it second quarter of 2013, ac- lite, is designed for the ser- built by France’s Astrium, should be classified. Huang cording to a document ap- vice of earth observation, which will supply to Viet- and his team said that the proved by the Vietnamese analysis of natural resourc- nam the complete satellite abdomens of the new female Government Office. es, environmental manage- system and ground receiv- specimens resemble those Vietnamese media Vn- ment and natural disasters ing facilities. During the of normal wingless flies and Express quoted Bui Trong monitoring. project, Astrium will help lack the features of an ec- Tuyen, vice president of VNREDSat-1A will be training 15 Vietnamese en- toparasite abdomen. Vietnam’s Space Techno- launched into sun synchro- gineers in controlling the In addition, the new satellite. Chinese scientists identify prehistoric species. male specimens have large The satellite, worth Xinhua and broad forewings, a fea- 70-million US dollars, will ture that is not found on be launched by the Ariane- Nanjing, 23 Feb — tologists. ectoparasites, Huang said. space at the Guiana Space Chinese scientists have The insect was first Based on detailed studies, Centre, French Guiana. announced that they have reported in 1992 by a Huang said Strashila is likely Vietnam’s two communica- identified an enigmatic pre- Russian palaeontologist. a member of Diptera, an or- tion satellites VINASAT-1 historic insect, with a re- Some scientists believe der of insects that includes and VINASAT-2 were search paper published by that it greatly differs from normal house flies and mos- launched into orbit in 2008 academic journal Nature on all known insects and can- quitoes. and 2012, respectively. 21 February. The paper was not be placed in any insect Xinhua Xinhua written by Huang Diying, orders, while others have a researcher with the Nan- even suggested establish- HP forecast beats Street, CEO says overhaul taking hold jing Institute of Geology ing a new order to accom- and Paleontology under the modate it. Still others have San Francisco , 23 provement, and I think we growth as smartphones and recover faster than its PC Chinese Academy of Sci- theorized that the insect is Feb—Hewlett-Packard should be encouraged.” tablets surge in popularity. business. ences, and his group. an ectoparasite, or an ani- Co’s quarterly revenue and Whitman also said reit- Forrester analyst Frank Underscoring the se- The well-known book mal that lives on the exte- forecasts beat Wall Street erated that HP has no plans Gillett said despite signs of verity of the industry’s “Evolution of the Insects” rior of another organism. expectations as it contin- for a break-up of the com- progress, the business at- woes, Dell on Tuesday re- states that Strashila, an ex- However, 13 new speci- ued to cut costs under CEO pany and the PC business is mosphere — with PCs in ported a 31 percent drop in tinct insect dating back to mens of Strashila found in Meg Whitman’s turnaround one that the company needs decline — is challenging profit as sales fell in virtu- the Mesozoic era, is one Ningcheng county in north plan, sending the No 1 per- to be in, but it needs to “re- for HP. “For HP, it’s a mul- ally every major business of the most puzzling insect China’s Inner Mongolia Au- sonal computer maker’s allocate resources from the ti-year journey and this is division. CEO Whitman in species known to paleon- tonomous Region have al- shares up over 5 percent. core PC business to mo- just one step,” Gillett said. October had warned of a Whitman, who took the bile” and other services. “They have a long road tough 2013, with earnings Huawei, ZTE hold most helm over a year ago af- HP’s fiscal first-quarter ahead.” Gillett said HP’s set to decline steeply. ter a failed bid to become revenue shrank 6 percent data center business could Reuters governor of California, has to $28.4 billion in a flat to patents in 2012 launched a years-long turn- shrinking personal comput- around to recapture some ing market, but it beat the of the Silicon Valley icon’s $27.8 billion Wall Street former growth trajectory. analysts had expected on She said on Thursday average. Net income fell 16 the company’s efforts were percent to $1.23 billion, or gaining traction but “there’s 63 cents a share, from $1.47 still a lot of work to do to billion, or 73 cents a share, generate the kind of growth a year earlier. HP is strug- we want to see.” “The turn- gling to shore up its cred- Beijing, 23 Feb— authorized in 2012, up 26.1 around is on track, and we ibility on Wall Street while Huawei Technologies Co percent from the previous did better than we expected battling shrinking margins and ZTE Corp were granted year, according to SIPO fig- that we would,” she told an- in an increasingly cut-throat the most invention patents ures. Of the total invention alysts on a conference call PC market and cautious on the Chinese mainland patents, 143,847 were grant- after HP reported its quar- corporate IT spending. A Hewlett-Packard logo is seen at the company’s in 2012, the intellectual ed to domestic applicants, up terly results. “The patient Like Dell Inc, HP is also Executive Briefing Centre in Palo Alto, California property authority said on 28 percentage points year on showed some signs of im- struggling to sustain sales on 16 Jan, 2013.—Reuters Thursday. Gan Shaoning, year. Companies played a deputy director of the State more important role in tech- India to launch mission to Mars this year, says president Intellectual Property Of- nological innovation last New Delhi, 23 Feb — neighbour China. “Sev- manned spacecraft to orbit Mars has drawn criticism fice (SIPO), said at a news year, accounting for 54.7 India will launch its first eral space missions are the red planet, blasting off in a country suffering from briefing that China granted percent of domestic patent mission to Mars this year, planned for 2013, includ- from the southeastern coast high levels of malnutrition 2,734 invention patents to holders, up 2.8 percentage President Pranab Mukher- ing India’s first mission to in a mission expected to and power shortages, and Huawei, and 2,727 to ZTE, points year on year. Southern jee said on Thursday, as Mars and the launch of our cost about $83 million, sci- currently experiencing its two telecommunication gi- Guangdong Province was the emerging Asian na- first navigational satel- entists who are part of the worst slowdown in growth ants, last year. home to most patent holders tion looks to play catch lite,” Mukherjee told par- mission say. in ten years. But India has A Shenzhen-based last year, followed by Bei- up in the global space liament. The spacecraft, which long argued that technol- subsidiary of the Taiwanese jing and east China’s Jiangsu race alongside the United India will send a satel- will be made in India, will ogy developed in its space Foxconn ranked third, with Province. However, Gan said States, Russia and its giant lite in October via an un- take nine months to reach programme has practical 1,099 patents. China’s auto China’s invention patents are Mars and then launch itself applications to everyday makers BYD and Chery still behind foreign countries in an elliptical orbit about life. were also among the top in areas including optics, 500 km (310 miles) from India’s space explo- 10 company patent holders. transportation, audio-visual the planet. ration programme began Eight of the top 10 are in technologies, medical and “The mission is in 1962. Five years ago, the private sector, indicat- pharmaceutical technologies, ready to roll,” Deviprasad its Chandrayaan satel- ing robust innovation vital- semiconductor and engines. Karnik, a scientist from lite found evidence of wa- ity of the country’s private China has a lot to do to boost the India Space Research ter on the moon. India is companies. technological innovation in This image of the Earth was taken by ISRO’s Organization (ISRO), said now looking at landing a A total of 217,105 in- a number of key areas, Gan Chandrayaan-1 mission while on its way to the Moon by phone from the city of wheeled rover on the moon vention patents to domestic said. on 29 Oct 2008, at 03:30 CET. Bangalore. in 2014. and overseas applicants were Xinhua Reuters India’s mission to Reuters New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 24 February, 2013 5 BUSINESS & HEALTH Most women misunderstand In US, flu vaccine worked in just over IUD birth control half of those who got it

underuse of “one of the most Chicago, 23 Feb — A influenza A or influenza B was not the case with safe and effective methods” US government analysis by 56 percent, according the influenza A (H3N2) of birth control, said Dr of this season’s flu vaccine to the study published in component of the vaccine, Jeffrey Peipert, an obstetrics suggests it was effective in the CDC’s Morbidity and which protected 46 percent and gynecology professor only 56 percent of people Mortality Weekly Report. to 58 percent of people aged at Washington University, who got the shot, and it It was more effective 6 months to 64 years, but who was not part of the largely failed to protect the against influenza B, only 9 percent of those 65 study. IUDs, which include elderly against an especially protecting 67 percent of and older, a finding that was the brand name products deadly strain circulating those who were vaccinated. statistically insignificant. ParaGard and Mirena, are during flu season. The US Against the influenza A The estimates are small plastic or copper-and- Centres for Disease Control (H3N2) strain, the vaccine based on studies of 2,697 plastic objects inserted into and Prevention said the protected only 47 percent. children and adults enrolled the uterus. They can be left findings underscore the The protective benefits in the US Influenza Vaccine implanted for years, and need for more effective of the vaccine against Effectiveness Network are more than 99 percent weapons in the fight against influenza B were consistent between 3 December and effective at preventing influenza, which kills across age groups. That 19 January.—Reuters A medical worker explains a family planning method pregnancy. between 3,000 and 50,000 using the Intra Uterine device (IUD) to housewives in In contrast, the birth people in the United States a local government health centre in Navotas, Metro control pill has been found each year depending on the Manila on 3 March, 2011. — Reuters in real-world practice severity of the flu season. New York, 23 Feb the devices don’t increase to be about 95 percent “We simply need — In a new survey, most the risk of getting a sexually effective. Callegari said a better vaccine against women had inaccurate transmitted disease. that earlier studies have influenza, one that works perceptions about the “It’s not clear whether highlighted some of the better and lasts longer,” safety and effectiveness of women have an overly mistaken beliefs women CDC Director Dr Thomas intrauterine devices (IUDs) optimistic view of the have about IUDs, and she Frieden said in a statement in preventing pregnancy, effectiveness of the birth and her colleagues wanted on Thursday. Experts say US researchers, who control pill or an overly to get a better sense of how generally estimate the urge doctors to talk more pessimistic view of common they are among effectiveness of flu about the benefits of the the IUD,” said Dr Lisa average women visiting vaccines to be between 50 devices. In particular, many Callegari, the study’s primary care clinics. They percent and 70 percent, of the study participants lead author and a clinical surveyed more than 1,600 but this vaccine appears to Vaccination containers pass through a machine that didn’t know that IUDs assistant professor at the women between the ages have fallen on the low side will individually photograph vaccines for quality are more effective University of Washington. of 18 and 50 who had of that range. The vaccine control on the assembly line at the Novartis flu vaccine contraceptives than the Whatever their source, visited one of four clinics in did cut the risk of medical manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, North birth control pill and that these misperceptions lead to Pennsylvania.—Reuters visits caused by either Carolina, on 23 Nov, 2009. — Reuters GM pledges $7.3 billion Jobs, factory, inflation data investment in South Korea unit favour easy Fed policy Seoul, 23 Feb — Gen- build its next-generation Washington, 23 Feb current programme,” said eral Motors Co (GM.N) Chevrolet Cruze small car — A raft of US economic Millan Mulraine, senior said it would invest $7.3 in South Korea. But GM data on Thursday from economist at TD Securities billion in its South Korean said its 8 trillion won in- claims for jobless aid to fac- in New York. Initial claims unit over the next five years vestment in improving tory activity and consumer for state unemployment — an amount which will manufacturing and engi- prices pointed to a still tep- benefits increased 20,000 likely help relieve concerns neering capabilities un- id recovery and supported last week to a seasonally that the US automaker was derscores South Korea’s the argument for the Fed- adjusted 362,000, unwind- set to reduce its presence in importance as a key pro- eral Reserve to maintain its ing the bulk of the prior the country. Fears of output duction and development monetary stimulus. The Fed week’s decline, the Labour cuts and layoffs had grown base, even if the domestic A security detail keeps watch at General Motors Orion is currently buying $85 bil- Department said. after GM said it was inter- market is relatively small.” Assembly plant as US President Barack Obama arrives to lion in bonds per month and A second report from ested in gaining full con- GM Korea will continue tour the facility with South Korean President Lee Myung- has said it would keep up the department showed trol of GM Korea by buy- to play a major role in our bak in Detroit, Michigan on 14 Oct, 2011. euters purchases until the labour consumer prices were flat ing a 17 percent stake from global growth plans,” Tim R market outlook improves for a second straight month the unit’s second-biggest Lee, head of international cluding global mini, small about a quarter of GM’s substantially, although of- in January as gasoline shareholder, a move that operations at GM, said in and midsize cars. It reiter- Chevy production globally. ficials are increasingly di- prices fell and the cost of was seen as possibly paving a statement. GM Korea, ated it will build GM’s first It also has design and en- vided over the wisdom of food held steady. In the 12 the way for restructuring which has five manufactur- global full battery electric gineering centers in South that course. months through January, steps. ing facilities in South Ko- vehicle.South Korea ex- Korea, which have devel- “The economy is in a consumer prices rose 1.6 Those worries intensi- rea, said it will produce six ports Chevrolet-branded oped the Spark and Aveo holding pattern. It’s not go- percent, the smallest gain fied after GM Korea said upgraded versions of GM cars to Europe and other mini cars and the Trax sport ing to strengthen sufficient- since July. late last year it would not models currently built, in- regions and accounts for utility vehicle.—Reuters ly to justify an end of the Reuters Chinese scientists find smoking-dementia link Beijing, 23 Feb — smoking, should be and severe dementia among group. A research team led by considered an important participants exposed to ETS. The study further Chinese scientists has risk factor for severe According to the found that, among those linked smoking to higher dementia syndromes. results, 626 participants, or exposed to ETS for over risks of dementia, Health The research was 10.6 percent of the total, had 40 years, the risk of severe News, a national health- conducted by a team with severe dementia, and 869, dementia escalated to 19.3 centric newspaper, reported Anhui Medical University, or 14.7 percent, moderate percent, showing a positive on Thursday. The research in cooperation with British syndromes. Among them, association between results, published in the and American scientists. 292 smokers or passive intensity of ETS exposure British Occupational and The team interviewed 5,921 smokers, or 13.6 percent and rate of severe dementia. Environmental Medicine people aged 60 and above in of participants exposed to The study did not find a journal, concluded that five provinces in China from ETS, had severe dementia, correlation between ETS Environmental tobacco 2007 to 2009. They used an incidence rate much exposure and moderate A woman fills out an application for one of the 300 smoke (ETS), including scientific models to calculate higher than the 8.9 percent dementia. available positions at a new Target retail store in San smoking and passive the relative risk of moderate among the non-exposed Xinhua Francisco, California on 9 Aug, 2012. — Reuters 6 Sunday, 24 February, 2013 New Light of Myanmar WORLD Five killed in miliatants car bomb attacks University in north Mali evacuated amid Gao, 23 Feb—Five and Malian troops killed 15 were killed and three others bomb scare in people were killed in a re- millitant on the streets of wounded. It was not possi- mote Malian town on Fri- the city of Gao. ble to independently verify US Texas day in car bomb attacks by Sporadic gunfire was the report. Houston, 23 Feb— millitant on Tuareg MNLA also heard in Gao on Fri- The MNLA swept About 100 people were rebels with close links to day, and a Malian officer across northern Mali in evacuated from a building at French forces, a spokesman said a millitant fighter was April, taking advantage of Texas A&M University on for the Tuareg fighters said. still holed up near the banks a power vacuum left by a Friday after a bomb threat Violence in north- of the Niger River. coup in Bamako. But its was received, school authori- ern Mali underscores the Moussa Ag Assarid, revolt was eclipsed by a ties said. It was the second risk of French and African a Paris-based representa- loose alliance of millitant A Malian soldier looks on during fighting with forces becoming entangled tive of the pro-autonomy jihadists, including al-Qae- millitants in Gao, on 21 Feb, 2013.—Reuters bomb threat in the past few in a messy guerrilla war as MNLA Tuareg fighters, da’s North African wing, towns around the Adrar des operations in Mali’s north, days at the university. they try to help Mali’s weak said suspected millitant AQIM. Ifoghas mountains, where Malian government troops School officials were army counter bombings and had first tried to drive into France is six weeks millitant are believed to be were carrying out house- notified of the threat against raids by al-Qaeda-linked a building in In Khalil, but into an offensive to clear hiding near the Algerian to-house searches on Friday the university’s College Sta- militants. the car was destroyed by fighters from Mali’s north, border. France has estab- after a day of fighting. tion campus at about 9:25 am Friday’s car bomb at- fighters ahead of impact. which Paris said was in lished close links with Tu- “The buildings must be local time. tacks in In Khalil, 1,700 km A second car then danger of becoming a areg rebels on the ground filled with dead enemy who A “Code Maroon” alert (1,000 miles) northeast of drove into the group’s lo- springboard for attacks on and has set up a base at still have unexploded gre- was issued and the Clayton the capital Bamako, came a cal operations centre and the region and the West. Kidal’s airport but has kept nades, guns and Kalashnik- Williams Alumni Centre of day after a car bomb killed exploded. Aside from the In the meantime, the a low profile in the town. ovs in their hands,” Colonel the school was evacuated, two people in the northern two bombers, Ag Assarid MNLA says it has retak- In Gao, the hub for Massaoule Samake told according to a report on the city of Kidal and French said three MNLA fighters en control of Kidal and French and Malian military Reuters TV. —Reuters website of The Houston Chronicle. Code Maroon is Ireland shuts down plant Underground tanks at US nuclear the university’s emergency notification system, which after horse meat mislabelling reservation leaking uses multiple methods to contact students, faculty and San Francisco, 23 Inslee will be in Wash- stored in 177 underground Feb—Governor of the US ington DC this weekend for tanks in Hanford, represent- the community. state of Washington said a meeting with US Energy ing two-thirds of high-level Students evacuated on Friday that underground Secretary Steven Chu. nuclear waste in the United from the Clayton Williams tanks at a nuclear reserva- The Hanford site, a de- States. The complex has Alumni Center were allowed tion in the state are leaking. commissioned nuclear pro- been the focus of the na- back into the building shortly Washington Governor duction complex in south- tion’s largest environmen- after 11 am, after the school Jay Inslee told reporters that central Washington, was tal cleanup for years. declared the building safe, a total of six underground home to the first full-scale Last Friday, it was an- according to the report. tanks at Hanford nuclear plutonium production reac- nounced that a single-shell The university’s Kyle reservation are leaking and tor in the world. Plutonium tank at Hanford was leaking Field and adjacent buildings he was told there is no im- manufactured at the site up to 300 gallons a year of were evacuated on Wednes- mediate safety threat from was used in the first nuclear radioactive liquids, raising day after a threatening mes- the leaks, according to bomb and the bomb deto- concerns about the integrity sage was found scrawled on reports from The Seattle nated over Nagasaki, Japan. of other underground tanks. a wall. Nothing was found in Times. Today, nuclear waste is Xinhua that case, either.—Xinhua Samples of minced meat are seen in the food control laboratory institute Eurofins in Ebersberg, eastward of Passenger Pentagon suspends F-35 flights due to Munich on 18 Feb, 2013. plane makes Reuters engine blade crack

Dublin, 23 Feb—Ire- praised of this development safe emergency Washington, 23 Feb— that are being used for test- that are helping to fund de- land’s agriculture depart- and are working closely The Pentagon on Friday ing and 34 in use for train- velopment of the jet. ment has suspended pro- with my department,” agri- landing in suspended the flights of all ing in Florida and Arizona. “Given the political duction at a small meat culture minister Simon Co- 51 F-35 fighter planes af- It said it was working scrutiny they’re under and plant after it said on Friday veney said in a statement. Ukraine ter a routine inspection re- closely with Pratt & Whit- given the concerns about that it discovered the plant “The issue here is one Kiev, 23 Feb—A Rus- vealed a crack on a turbine ney, the United Technolo- cost and performance, this had sent horse meat to the of mislabelling and that will sian Airbus A-320 passen- blade in the jet engine of an gies Corp unit that builds is not welcome news,” said Czech Republic incorrectly be the focus of the investi- ger plane made an emer- F-35 test aircraft in Califor- the engine, and Lockheed aerospace analyst Richard labelled as beef. gation.” gency landing early Friday nia. Martin Corp, the prime Aboulafia with Virginia- Europe’s horse meat B&F Meats, a south- at a southern Ukrainian It was the second contractor for the radar- based Teal Group. Although scandal, which has prompt- ern Irish plant that debones airport without causing any grounding of the warplane evading warplane, to ensure it was not clear how serious ed product withdrawals, beef and horsemeat and dis- casualties, local authorities in two months and marked the integrity of the engine the issue was, he said another consumer concerns and patches it via a UK-based said. another setback for the and return the F-35 fleet to long grounding could set government investigations, trader, had sent some horse- The aircraft encoun- $396 billion F-35 Joint flight as soon as possible. back the programme’s abil- erupted last month after meat to a single customer tered a technical problem Strike Fighter programme, The programme is try- ity to complete an aggressive tests carried out in Ireland using a Czech label that, with the engine after taking the Pentagon’s biggest ing to shore up orders from flight test schedule this year. on beef products supplied when translated, referred to off, and then made a safe weapons programme. The the eight foreign countries Reuters to the likes of Tesco. beef, the department said. emergency landing at Sim- programme has already Irish producers and Ireland, which holds feropol airport, the State been restructured three investigators have blamed the EU presidency, called a Service for Emergencies times in recent years and Poland for raw materials meeting of European minis- said. None of the 28 pas- may face further cutbacks that saw as much as 75 per- ters earlier this month that sengers and 4 crew mem- if Congress does not avert cent horse DNA included proposed increased DNA bers aboard the Simferopol- budget reductions due to in its products — a charge testing to assess the scale of Moscow plane was injured, take effect on 1 March. Polish food safety agen- a scandal. added the authorities. The F-35 programme cies deny — but the depart- Coveney said he has An investigation is al- office said it was too early ment said the latest find was arranged a special debate ready under way. to know if this was a fleet- down to mislabelling. in Brussels on Monday dur- Last week, a plane with wide issue, but it was sus- “I am seriously con- ing a meeting of Europe’s 52 people aboard crashed pending all flights until an cerned about this devel- Council of Agriculture and while landing at the eastern investigation was complet- A US Marine Corps F-35B lands at the Marine Corps opment and the Gardai Fisheries. city of Donetsk, killing 5 ed. A total of 51 F-35 jets Air Station in Yuma, Arizona in this handout photo (police) have been fully ap- Reuters people.—Xinhua were affected, including 17 taken on 20 Nov, 2012.—Reuters New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 24 February, 2013 7 local news Fire preventive measures inspected on board How much students know about milk oil tanker Mawlamyine, 23 Feb— Electricity U Naing Lawi and one supporting vehicle. The talks on fire preventive Aung, Head of State Fire Then, officials inspected fire measures and fire drill was Services Department U preventive measures at Yadana held at Myanma Petroleum Thaung Htaik, Head of 3 oil tanker and gave talks Product Enterprise in Mupon Township FSD U Zaw Win about danger of fire to about in Mawlamyine of Mon State and Branch Manager U Thein 40 staff. on 13 February. Htwe of the enterprise together Head of Township FSD The authorities inspected with staff. U Zaw Win demonstrated use Yadana 3 oil tanker. The fire drill was practised of foam and practical work for The talks was attended with the use of one fire engine, fire fighting. by Mon State Minister for one management vehicle Myanma Alinn Jaingphaw Yadana Cup for new generation footballers in Shan State (East) Kengtung, 23 Feb— Kengtung Township Sports Those wishing to take With the aim of turning out and Physical Education part in the tournament new generation footballers Department and Jaingphaw may register with Daw Tin from townships of Shan Yadana Commodity Tin Win, Staff Officer of Nay Pyi Taw, 23 Feb—A in Zabuthiri Township held participation of students State (East), Jaingphaw Transport Service, will be Kengtung Township Sports total of 26 students of basic at Basic Education High in the contest. The essay Yadana Cup Men’s Open launched at Myoma Sports and Physical Education education schools participated School No. 5 on 16 February contest was held at basic Football Tournament Ground in Kengtung at 2.30 Department, not later than 23 in the essay contest depicting morning. Deputy Minister education schools in regions 2013, jointly organized by pm on 26 February. February.—Myanma Alinn feeding milk to students for Livestock and Fisheries and states on 16 February from basic education school U Khin Maung Aye and simultaneously. Union Cup Games officials viewed round the Myanma Alinn Dates and Venues for Sports Events Monk-led association opens Nos sport categories Event Period Venue Remark library in Gangaw From to Gangaw, 23 Feb—A with the sponsorship of Luthar ceremony to open Luthar Myitta Parahita Association Opening ceremony 28-2-2013 - Wunna Theikdi Stadium Myitta Library located near that was set up under the aegis (Zabuthiri Township) the junction of Gangaw- of TatU Monastery Sayadaw 1 Track and field 3-3-2013 7.3.2013 Wunna Theikdi Stadium Kalay Road, Gangaw-Haka in December 2010. (Zabuthiri Township) Road and Gangaw-Pale Road The association provided 2 Badminton 23-2-2013 27-2-2013 TC-1 Badminton Training Hall in Myaukgon (Yaybok) Ward cash assistance and school (Zabuthiri Township) of Gangaw was held in front uniforms to 38 needy 3 Basketball 1-3-2013 6-3-2013 TC-1, Basketball Training Ground of the library on 13 February. students in 2011 and 25 (Zabuthiri Township) Staff Officer U Khin students in 2012. Moreover, 4 Billiards and snooker 23-2-2013 2-3-2013 TC-2 Billiards Hall, Lewe Township Win of Gangaw District the association presented 5 Physical fitness 12-2-2013 - MCC (Yangon, Thingangyun Township Information and Public K 30,000 each to 12 persons 6 Boxing 24-2-2013 1-3-2013 TC-1 boxing training gym Relations Department and who faced difficulties to (Zabuthiri Township) townselder U Tin Oo formally receive medical treatment at 7 Chess 26-2-2013 2-3-2013 Gold Camp (mess hall) (Zabuthiri Township) opened the library. the hospitals. 8 Cycling (Cross Country) 1-3-2013 6-3-2013 Mount Pleasant cycling ground The library was built Myanma Alinn (Ottarathiri Township) Cycling (Down Hill) 1-3-2013 6-3-2013 Mount Pleasant cycling ground (Ottarathiri Township) Cycling (BMX) 1-3-2013 6-3-2013 Mount Pleasant cycling ground (Ottarathiri Township) Cycling (Road Race) 1-3-2013 6-3-2013 TC-1 Cycling training gym (Zabuthiri Township) Pinlaung road/ Taungkya Village and Leinli bridge 9 Football (Men/women) 20-2-2013 7-3-2013 Wunna Theikdi Stadium (Zabuthiri Township)/ Paunglaung ground (Pyinmana Township) Training grounds (1) and (2) (Zabuthiri Township) 10 Fustal (Men/women) 23-2-2013 6-3-2013 TC-1 Fustal training gym (Zabuthiri Township) 11 Judo 25-2-2013 27-2-2013 TC-2 Judo training gym (Lewe Township) 12 Karatedo 4.3.2013 6-3-2013 TC-2 Karatedo training gym (Lewe Township) 13 Sepak Takraw 25-2-2013 5-3-2013 TC-1 Sepak Takraw training gym Collegians meet in football (Zabuthiri Township) 14 Table Tennis 23-2-2013 27-2-2013 TC-1 Table Tennis training gym tournament (Zabuthiri Township) Mandalay, 23 Feb— Chemistry beat Library and 15 Taekwondo 1-3-2013 3-3-2013 TC-1 Taekwondo training gym The Inter-Major Men’s Information Science 2-1 (Zabuthiri Township) Football Tournament for and Archaeology routed 16 Tennis 23-2-2013 28-2-2013 TC-1 Tennis training gym (Zabuthiri Township) 2012-2013 academic year of History 4-0. Law trounced 17 Pancek Silat 2-3-2013 6-2-2013 TC-2 Martial Arts training gym Yadanabon University was Geography 5-0 in the group (Lewe Township) held at its football ground A. 18 Traditional Boxing (Muay) 3-3-2013 5-3-2013 TC-1 Boxing training gym (Zabuthiri Township) on 15 February, with an The football tournament 19 Volleyball 27-2-2013 7-3-2013 TC-1 Volleyball training gym address by Rector Dr Khin is being held at sports grounds (Zabuthiri Township) Maung Oo. of Mandalay University, In the debut, defending Institute of Mandalay Sports 20 Weightlifting 1-3-2013 3-3-2013 Paunglaung Gymnasium (Pyinmana) champion Botany team beat and Physical Education and 21 Wushu 1-3-2013 3-3-2013 TC-2 Wushu training gym (Lewe Township) Mathematics team 2-1 in the Yadanabon University from 22 Wrestling 4-3-2013 7-3-2013 Paunglaung gym (Pyinmana Township) Group A. 15 February to 1 March. 7-3-2013 - Wunna Theikdi Stadium (Zabuthiri Township) Closing Ceremony In the group D, Industrial Myanma Alinn 8 Sunday, 24 February, 2013 New Light of Myanmar article

Sunday, 24 February, 2013 Puja at the Grassroots Myanmar is a land not least ethnic food, exotic every year, to remind occasionally on social In pursuit of opium free of many festivals. Verily and delicious, tantalize their the members of the UN parties. Now there was so no month in the lunar taste-buds like never before family of the gravity of much to talk among them country calendar passes without experienced. the problem. Even at the as they shed some years at least one festival if Another endearing grassroots ward level and wrinkles reliving A matter of serious concern not only to not more than one, and in ceremony known as the oldies of 80 years moments of the past. Myanmar but also to the world is narcotics fact is really much much “obeisance ceremony or and above grew to 112 Presently the that poses a grave threat to the entire mankind. more indeed. For the Puja” is one of features of persons, 5% of the resident ceremony began. The Narcotics can destroy the lifestyle of drug Myanmars who profess the open season starting population. It was a MC read out the agenda, addicts. Narcotic addiction can devastate their Theravada Buddhism from October to the coming communal fete where the and after kowtowing, economies, education and health. As abusing the prominent feature of spring showers preceding ward residents pool cash and words of thanks, drugs in wide variety are mushrooming is the Pagoda festival. new monsoon in May/ and kind for the puja. The the Ward administrator, around the world, emphasis is being placed From centuries past, June. The most common Executive members of the Chairman, EC members on drugs elimination efforts in every nation. devout kings, royalty, ceremonies are focused and young volunteers ministers and laymen on obeisance to teachers, offered presents to each of Counternarcotics activity is set as a national By Ba Than built and enshrined writers, retirees and the the oldies. For those oldies duty in Myanmar that is actively cooperating pagodas, stupas, temples oldies of the town and Social Committee and who could not be present with international counternarcotics agencies, and caves dedicated to villages. A glance at the the newly elected ward here, the presents will including the United Nations since decades the Self-Enlightened daily newspapers will administrative officer be given in their homes. long. In pursuit of its goal of becoming an Lord Buddha. It is convey news items of puja U Aung Khine Oo all After a word of thanks opium free country, tactics of combating believed that no merit ceremonies to the teachers spontaneously offered by a distinguished oldie production and trafficking, eliminating drug surpasses that of building of the universities, colleges, their voluntary services. the endearing ceremony abuse and ensuring law enforcement are being pagodas and edifices of high schools etc. On the Puja Day the came to close, as simple employed in a fight against narcotic drugs. worship and veneration What the author is invitees arrived slowly, as it started, no fanfare, as their metabolism had All the people are to make utmost efforts for propagation about to narrate is little pomp or pageantry, and and perpetuation publicized puja ceremony slowed down, and many in minutes it was over. for exposing and preventing illegal import of of Buddhism, and at the grassroots ward level, carrying a third leg, the A colleague of the chemicals, various forms and routes used in donors of these relics where this puja ceremony walking stick. Oldies author and close friend production and trafficking of narcotic drugs. of worship earn the was celebrated, borne out and guests were treated Sayagyi Sai Aung Recently, a letter of agreement on cooperation name:“PhayarDagar/ of cetana generosity and to Mohingar, Myanmar Tun, retired University with counternarcotics agencies establishing PhayarAma”, the highest respect of ward residents. It sweetmeats and coffee Professor, renowned the opium yield survey and other purposes and most prestigioustitle was sponsored by the Social before the ceremony. The historian and reputable between Myanmar and the US was signed a person can ever cherish. Committee of Ward 23, EC and youth volunteers Shan Scholar recounted to as another great step that leads to further Some pagodafestivals are Thuwunna. Thuwunna was had already packed the me that last month he played presents neatly arranged on cementing bilateral cooperation. centrally acknowledged a new settlement established host to Thai academics by kings of yore, and after Independence as a the long table, at the ready. on visit to Myanmar While underscoring the importance of of late by governments, National Housing project The presents consisted historical sites on up- eradication of production and trafficking, notified as “Gazetted for government servants. of cash, and kind such as country tour. Being retired elimination of drug abuse and law enforcement, Pagoda Festivals”. And Later it was expanded towels, toothpaste, booklets principal of Myitkyina knowledge about danger of narcotic drugs are to there are many local in two phases, assigning on Lord Buddha’s teachings College he was invited be taught in combination with school lessons at pagodas where festivals vacant land plots to retired etcetera, borne out of to Acariya Puja arranged universities, colleges and basic education schools were held by communal senior civil servants general contributions. Some by Myitkyina College the length and breadth of the nation. Moreover, consensus, gazette or not. with permission to build individual donors also old students at Monywa. educative talks through discussions and further There are also ethnic buildings of their own offered presents separately. As time and occasion It was not the amount that assistance for the drive of addressing production festivals as Myanmar designs. At present there was favourableSayagyi is home to eight major are 460 buildings, 381 matters but the cetana invited his Thai professors and trafficking of opium and narcotic drugs are ethnic nationalities and households and 2762 motivating such charity. to attend and observe the to be given to the poppy growers and local youths as many minor ethnic residents. By 9 am the ward Myanmar ceremony. The in border regions. It is also necessary to scale up clans enumerated over This puja ceremony of oldies who could honour visitors were astounded conducting educative campaigns against HIV/ a hundred. The varying the oldies of the Ward was the puja were comfortably and fascinated by the AIDS, an evil consequence of narcotic drugs. ethnic festivals were the 35th held so far. The date seated on chairs facing the respect and devotion of In speeding up the efforts to totally indeed colourful and of the ceremony was 12th ward residents who came Myanmar students to eliminate poppy cultivation and to improve exciting. Their ethnic February 2013. Not only in to pay puja. They were their teachers, a unique living status of national races in border areas dresses designed on the ward, but nationwide the sturdy lot reasonably experience never found and poppy growers, earning sustainable differing natural terrain, and the world at large, fit and moving as age anywhere in the world. weather, heredity, the ageing population is permitted, just one third Other foreign visitors incomes, it is required to introduce ways and culture and customs offer growing at an alarming of the number. Others less concurred on this aspect. means for growing of alternative crops, having unending delights as much rate due to economic fortunate, were the feeble It was a true manifestation access to market and better transport so that as their varying human and development improved and the disabled who could of Buddhist teachings, national races in poppy cultivated areas can animation dances such as medicine, nutrition and not be present. The male tradition, heritage and enjoy higher living standards and generate elephants, tigers, tonayar improved style of living, oldies were mostly retirees, culture intrinsic to greater incomes. dragons, kannayi-kanniyar which add to longevity, old friends and colleagues at Myanmar society. Although the world nations are making mythical birds, gaining a factor to be reckoned work when young who were May this endearing great strides in the fight against narcotic drugs, unending applause from with. UN Population Day now retirees abandoned tradition be perpetuated in st various kinds of narcotics and use of stimulant the spectators. And last but is designated at 1 October into life of recluse, meeting this, our land of pagodas. tablets spread rapidly and human society is still under the threats of narcotics. Thus, the entire Kiradech Shines at Zaykabar Myanmar were a further two shots people are to join hands with the government, back on 133 at the Royal open presented by Alpine Mingalardon Golf and contributing their effective commitments in Country Club. counternarcotics activities. Y a n g o n , 23 Feb— Myanmar Open presented which is the curtain raiser Kiradech Aphibarnrat is by Alpine on Friday. for the 10th Asian Tour The professionals in position of winning a The Thai rising star, season celebrations. from Australia, Finland, second Asian Tour title who was the co-overnight Thai duo Thanyakon Chinese-Taipei and Make hay while the after shooting a five- leader, struggled with his Khrongpha and three- Thailand, stood at the top under-par 67 for a two- putting but scrambled to time Asian Tour winner positions in the second sun shines. shot lead in the halfway a 13-under-par 131 total Chawalit Plaphol, who shot Asian Tour. stage of the Zaykabar at the US$ 300,000 event a 67 and 66 respectively, NLM New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 24 February, 2013 9 NATIONAL Free eye care for patients given in Kyaukpadaung Invitation of logos marking Township ASEAN chairmanship Nay Pyi Taw, 23 Feb As Myanmar will take on ASEAN chairmanship — Union Minister at the in 2014, we hereby invite submission of logos marking President Office U Hla Tun Myanmar’s ASEAN chairmanship. held talks with members (a) The contest is open to anyone and the winner will of the board of trustees on be awarded K 1 million. organizing alms-offering (b) The logo shall feature Myanmar’s cultural characters ceremony of MyoU Aung and represent 10 ASEAN nations. Pagoda in Kyaukpadaung (c) It shall come together with the assurance that the Township on yesterday. work is the own creation. The first-in will be given The Union minister the precedence in deciding the works with same and Mandalay Region ideas or designs. Chief Minister U Ye (d) Each contestant may submit up to five logos with Myint observed giving accounts on their logo designs. free eye care to patients (e) Unselected accounts may be withdrawn. in Kyaukpadaung by (f) As regards any argument arose from the winning Sagawah Myay Foundation designs, the decision of Liaison and Information in cooperation with the Subcommittee on ASEAN chairmanship is final. Health Ministry and IBTC. (g) The copyright of the winning logo is maintained Next, the Union by “Liaison and Information Subcommittee” for minister and the chief Union Minister U Hla Tun meets eye patients receiving medical treatment in various applications. minister presented gifts Kyaukpadaung Township.—mna (h) Potential contestants shall submit their names, and certificates of honour A total of 1581 patients tour of medical team of the met with ward and Citizenship Scrutiny Card Nos, addresses, phones to wellwishers and those with eye complaints foundation. village administrators with 5 in x 5 in logo on A4-sized paper. who took part in the free were given free medical In the afternoon, at the gymnasium in (i) A CD with a Photoshop file of high-resolution design eye care service. treatment in the three-day the Union minister Kyaukpadaung. — MNA for hoardings and billboards shall be submitted. (j) The designs shall be addressed to U Kyaw Soe, Accommodation for artistes Pyithu Hluttaw Committee Secretary-1, Liaison and Information Subcommittee from ASEAN countries on ASEAN Chairmanship, News and Periodicals Chairman receives Enterprise, Office No (7), Nay Pyi Taw, Ph-067- 412385, by 4 pm on 30-4-2013. coordinated Canadian Lawmakers Nay Pyi Taw, 23 Feb— by Preparation Training Cooperation in e-Government system The work coordination Committee Chairman N a y P y i T a w , 23 morning. meeting on accommodation Union Minister for Culture Feb—Chairman of Pyithu discussed of artistes from ASEAN U Aye Myint Kyu. Hluttaw International They frankly discussed Na y Py i Ta w, 23 his office, here, yesterday countries who will present At the meeting, the Relations Committee U ongoing legislative Feb—Union Minister for morning. entertainment at opening officials from the ministry Hla Myint Oo received a tasks of the Hluttaws, Labour, Employment and They focused on and closing of 27th SEA and Nay Pyi Taw Hotel delegation led by Canadian scrutinizing the budgets, Social Security U Maung cooperation of the company in Games to be hosted by Zone discussed matters Parliamentary Center rules and regulations of Myint received Executive e-Government programmes Myanmar took place at related to accommodation Chairman Mr. Jean-Paul holding Hluttaw sessions Chairman of Malaysia- of the Ministry, sharpening the conference hall of the of 35 artistes from each Ruszkowski at the meeting and cooperation between based Hei Tech Padu Berhad skills of staff and assisting in Ministry of Culture, here ASEAN country. hall No. 1 of Hluttaw the Hluttaws of the two Co., Dato Mohd Hilmev e-Government technology. this morning, addressed MNA Building, here, yesterday countries.—MNA Mohd Taib and party at MNA is going well. Car dealers As to temporary relocation... are also OK. There are (from page 16) Chairman of Anti-relocation more than ten car dealers ground to Thirimingala Committee U Min Ko Myint. here who have made car market was 20 February. Demonstration dealings in the Hanthawady We would like to be stable Committee Chairman U compound. We are OK now. We were asked to Aung Myat also said, “Some here for toilet, water and move another place when journals write the news on electricity. Arrangements the place was assumed as a the move on 28 February. should be made for the good location. There were We do not make move on convenience of car-servicing 30000 people — dealers, that day. We will continue here. It is not only for us.” brokers, vendors and their to call for discussion. We Car-dealer Ko Kyaw families—whose liveli- all don’t want to move. We Khaing who moves to the hoods depend on the ground. have submitted the petition old Thirimingala market We paid taxes without fail for making demonstrations in said, “It would be more and always made donations. the front of Yangon Region convenient unless it moves to We could not afford to own Hluttaw on 26 February, City the old Thirimingala market. a showroom. We wanted Hall on 27 February and on As a matter of fact, I have a public ground for free Kyundaw road in Kamayut friends here. I get a place selling and buying. Township on 28 February. there by placing cars. We “We formed both Car dealers who move have to find a new market the Anti-relocation Com- to the old Thirimingala when moving to a new place. mittee and Demonstration market said, “I move here as There are a few toilets in Committee. The authority of 18 February. There is no Thirimingala market. And ordered us to make a place for us in Hanthawady it is inconvenient to see the temporary move. This car compound. We have cars when the power is out. Scale model of Yangon Car Plaza. has no guarantee. The to do it roadside. We don’t This compound is the best. due to it.” and weather proof. But it opponents in all walks of compound is packed with want to do like that, but we Those who do not want to Taxi driver Ko Htin Lin would not be convenient life. I presented voices car-trading, brokers, shops have to. It is dangerous at make the move are making from Sangyoung Township for car-servicing businesses from both sides to review and car servicing. Blue night. Here, I would like to demonstrations. It would be said, “The old compound and there might be traffic it by people themselves in collar workers might face thank the government for its more convenient for all of us has wide space. The old jams because of narrow the time of people-centered unemployment. We all arrangement. I think I am thanks to this project. I don’t Thirimingala market has spaces.”It is natural that period. agree to develop it.” said so lucky that my business want the collapse of market more flats for car parking there are supporters and Trs:YM+MT 10 Sunday, 24 February, 2013 New Light of Myanmar WORLD Pakistan arrests militant leader over Germany Quetta bombings not to Multan, 23 Feb—Po- of Quetta. It also claimed Rights Watch says more lice said they arrested the responsibility for blasts on than 400 Shi’ites were dominate leader of a banned militant 9 January that killed 96 in killed in sectarian attacks group on Friday in connec- the same city. last year. Chatta said Ishaq Europe, tion with sectarian attacks It was unclear why was being held under public in the northwestern city authorities did not ar- order legislation and would Britain shall of Quetta that have killed rest Ishaq, who was living be held at least a month nearly 200 people this year. openly at his home protect- while investigators interro- stay in EU Police said they arrest- ed by gunmen, after the LeJ gated him. ed LeJ leader, Malik Ishaq, claimed the first bombing. Ishaq was released Berlin, 23 Feb—Ger- in the town of Rahim Yar Pakistani leaders have from prison in July 2011 man President Joachim Khan at his home on Friday done little to contain hard- after spending 14 years be- Gauck said on Friday deep- afternoon. line Sunni groups which hind bars charged with 34 er integration in Europe “LeJ has accepted re- have stepped up a campaign counts of culpable homi- Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks would produce a “European sponsibility for the recent of bombings and assassina- cide and terrorism. He was during a Press conference at the Renaissance Hotel in Germany, not a German Quetta blast and Ishaq is tions of Shi’ites in a bid released after the charges Washington DC, capital of the United States, Europe.” its supreme commander. to destabilise the nuclear- could not be proved — on 22 Feb, 2013. Abe began a visit to During a keynote poli- That’s why we have ar- armed country and install a partly because of witness the United States on Thursday. cy address at the presiden- rested him and 24 other LeJ Sunni theocracy. intimidation, officials said. Xinhua tial palace, President Gauck militants,” said Zafar Chat- The LeJ, whose roots Supporters showered him pointed out that the Europe- ta, the district police officer. are in the heartland Pun- with rose petals when he US Embassy in Senegal warns an Union (EU) was plagued The LeJ claimed re- jab Province, wants to ex- left jail. of bomb threat to Dakar not only by chronic debts sponsibility for a blast that pel the Shi’ites, who make In an interview with woes, but also by “a crisis killed 85 people on Satur- up about a fifth of the 180 Reuters last year, Ishaq said Dakar, 23 Feb—The signs of a reinforced po- of confidence.” day in the provincial capital million population. Human Shi’ites were the “greatest US Embassy in Senegal lice presence, but that peo- Gauke also urged Brit- infidels on earth”. said on Friday it had re- ple were going about their ain to stay inside the EU, At that time he said ceived information of a business ahead of Friday responding to Prime Min- he was a leader of Sipah- bomb threat to the capital prayers. ister David Cameron’s call e-Sahaba, the LeJ parent Dakar. The United States and for a 2017 referendum to group. He told Reuters that In a text message to African governments are decide whether to remain in Shi’ites had insulted the US citizens, the embassy backing a five-week-old the 27-nation bloc. Prophet Muhammad. advised its nationals to stay French military campaign “Whoever insults the away from the city centre against Islamist rebels in “We need your ex- companions of the Holy until further notice but did Senegal’s neighbour Mali. perience as the land with Prophet should be given a not give any further details. Senegal has sent sev- the oldest parliamentary death sentence,” he said. A Senegalese security eral hundred troops to join democracy, your tradi- Many Pakistanis re- source confirmed the threat an African force being tions, your sobriety and main suspicious about the and said the authorities had deployed to Mali. Rebers your courage,” Gauck said. extent to which the LeJ has taken “necessary meas- group have threatened to “It is also your Europe,” Shi’ite groups hold lighted candles at the site of Satur- preserved its links with the ures”. strike back at anyone who he added, saying Britain day’s bomb attack, to mourn for the victims, in Quetta country’s powerful security Reuters reporters in the supports the mission. had helped save Europe in on 21 Feb, 2013. —Reuters services.— Reuters city centre said there were Reuters World War II.—Xinhua Chinese newspaper Global Times launches US edition Los Angeles, 23 Feb— duce a dynamic, complex age of the local communi- Popular Chinese daily and changing China to the ties in the United States to newspaper Global Times world in vivid, accurate re- cater to the needs of Ameri- launched its bilingual US porting. can readers. edition this week, becom- As China now stands The English version of ing the first newspaper under the glare of the glob- US edition of the daily has form China’s mainland that al spotlight, the newspa- 24 pages while the Chinese launches US edition of both per aims to showcase for a one has 16 pages. Chinese and English daily global audience real voices Founded in 1993, the at the same time. from across a transforming Chinese version of Global The Global Times said China, guiding it through Times has a daily circula- the US edition would pro- China’s fast-growing eco- tion of over 2 million. It vide readers with sharp nomy and ever-changing launched the English ver- reporting and perceptive society, the newspaper sion in 2009 and quickly analysis. It seeks to cover said on Friday in a briefing. became one of China’s world events from a Chi- The US edition also most influential English- nese perspective, and intro- seeks to increase its cover- language media.—Xinhua Passengers carry their children on the back as the wait at the railway station in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on 22 Feb, 2013. As the Mongolia to host number of travellers rises before the Lantern Festival, many children went back with their parents back to the workplaces.—Xinhua 2013 World Environment Day Nairobi, 23 Feb—The ship. “Mongolia has taken President Tsakhia Elbeg- Mozambique to rank 4th world position UN Environment Pro- a lead in the development dorj was one of the recipi- gramme (UNEP) on Friday of a less polluting and ents of UNEP’s Champion in coal export said that Mongolia will host more sustainable national of the Earth 2012 Award. the 2013 World Environ- development strategy and “I am optimistic that Maputo, 23 Feb —The ported on Friday. antee that the production ment Day. is therefore a good choice as a global host of the en- former Portuguese colony According to a study is exported. The main line UNEP Executive Di- for hosting the 2013 World vironment day, it will Mozambique will poten- carried out by the Portu- currently being used by the rector Achim Steiner told Environment Day,” Steiner demonstrate to the world tially overtake South Africa guese Bank Espirito Santo, Brazilian mining company a media briefing in Nairobi said. that a transition to a green and the US in the export to reach that position it will Vale and Rio Tinto, the that the nation was selected The day is the most economy is possible when of coal in the coming 10 be necessary to take good Sena line, will be fully busy during the close of the first widely celebrated global leadership and political will years, reaching the fourth advantage of the country’s by 2020 when the compa- governing council session day for positive environ- is translated to the ground,” position, the Maputo News potential, invest in trans- nies reach their peak in coal under universal member- mental action. Mongolia’s he said.—Xinhua Sheet Correio da Manha re- port infrastructures to guar- production.—Xinhua New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 24 February, 2013 11 Regional New Zealand navy to begin major deployment to Asia Wellington, 23 Feb— as well as intense training our partner navies is a vi- Two New Zealand Navy exercises and diplomatic tal component in achieving ships will set sail this week and trade duties. this.” Fleet replenishment to launch a major interna- “Te Mana will be tanker HMNZS Endeav- tional mission to Asia, the working intensively in our, leaving Sunday, would Royal New Zealand Navy one of the world’s busiest join the Te Mana for the announced on Saturday. sea lanes. Exercises such first three weeks, training Anzac-class frigate as this ensure our navy is together in Australian wa- HMNZS Te Mana would ready to respond effective- ters and providing support leave on Monday to visit ly to any situation which to both Australia and New ports in Australia, Sin- may impact our economic Zealand as the on-duty re- gapore, Vietnam, China, livelihood,” said Martin. gional response tanker. South Korea and Japan, “New Zealand relies “Overseas deploy- before returning to New on the sea to transport 99 ments are a chance to re- Zealand in June, Maritime percent of its imports and inforce New Zealand’s in- Component Commander, exports,” he said. terests abroad. The navy is Philippine policemen check the wreckage of a tourist bus at the accident site in Commodore John Martin, “Ensuring New Zea- not just working at sea, our the northern Philippine Province of Benguet, on 22 Feb, 2013. At least five people said in a statement. land’s ocean lifelines re- presence in foreign ports were killed and 32 others injured after a tour bus slammed into a cargo truck in The deployment would main open and secure is the lifts New Zealand’s inter- the northern Philippine province of Benguet on Thursday evening, the National cover a range of objectives navy’s number one prior- national profile, and helps Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Centre (NDRRMC) said on Friday. and offer support to multi- ity, and maintaining strong protect our national inter- Xinhua ple government agencies, working relationships with ests,” said Martin.—Xinhua Philippines pleasant to see Indian home minister visits blasts sites in southern city Timor-Leste as new ASEAN of Hyderabad member New Delhi, 23 Feb— are in critical condition,” he Indian Home Minister Su- said, after talking to doctors Manila, 23 Feb — The ASEAN membership. shil Kumar Shinde on Fri- treating them. Philippine government is “The Philippines looks day visited the sites of the Meanwhile, the central looking forward to wel- forward to welcoming Ti- two blasts which hit the government has launched a coming Timor-Leste as the mor-Leste into the ASEAN southern state of Andhra multi-agency probe into the 11th member of the Asso- family,” Del Rosario said in Pradesh’s capital Hy- terror attacks and put major ciation of Southeast Asian a statement. derabad on Thursday even- Indian cities, including the Nations (ASEAN), a senior During the bilateral ing in a span of less than national capital Mumbai government official said talks, the two foreign min- 10 minutes, killing at least and the eastern city of Kol- Friday. isters also discussed ways 16 people and injuring 119 kata, on high alert. Philippine Foreign Af- on further enhancing coop- others. The home minister said fairs Secretary Albert del eration, particularly in the “At this moment we on Thursday in the Indian Rosario said that during areas of education, defence, cannot say anything. The capital that there were in- his bilateral meeting with technical cooperation, and matter is under investiga- telligence inputs about pos- visiting Timor-Leste Min- possible opportunities for tion,” the home minister sible attacks in the country ister of Foreign Affairs and trade and investment, the told the media in Hyderabad between 14 and 25 Febru- The blast site is seen in Dilsukhnagar area of Cooperation Jose Luis Gu- Department of Foreign Af- where one of the critically ary, but no specific infor- Hyderabad, India, on 22 Feb, 2013. terres, the latter highlighted fairs (DFA) said. injured succumbed to his mation as to where or when Xinhua his country’s campaign for Guterres also paid a injuries this morning, tak- they might occur was avail- courtesy call on President ing the death toll to 16. able. Indian Prime Minis- tary General Ban Ki-moon sibility for the attacks, lo- Toy bomb kills Benigno S Aquino III in Apart from going to the ter Manmohan Singh has have strongly condemned cal TV channels speculate Malacanang, the presi- blast sites in the Dilsukhna- described the blasts as a the terror attacks, with the that the blasts could be a two children dential palace, where they gar area, a busy commercial “dastardly attack” and said former even offering as- fallout of India’s execution in Pakistan’s discussed South-South co- hub, Shinde also visited the “guilty will not go un- sistance in investigation if of 2001 parliament attacks’ operation between the two some of the injured admit- punished”. requested by India. main conspirator Afzal North countries, the department ted to a local hospital. “Of The United States and Though no terrorist Guru earlier this month. said.—Xinhua the 119 people injured, six the United Nations’ Secre- outfit has claimed respon- Xinhua Waziristan

Islamabad, 23 Feb— Six passengers killed as bus plunges into river Vietnam to host 19th ASEAN A toy bomb killed 2 kids in Pakistan’s North Wa- in NW Pakistan Economic Ministers Retreat ziristan tribal region on Pakistani Hanoi, 23 Feb—The with the participation of Friday evening, local me- 19th ASEAN Economic high-ranking leaders of Vi- dia reported. A five-year- people Ministers (AEM) Retreat etnam, Vietnamese Minis- old child found the device gather and related meetings will ter of Industry and Trade, while collecting woods in at a bus be held on 6-9 March in Minister of Brunei, EU Tapi area and took it home. accident Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, Trade Commissioner and The bomb exploded according to an announce- ASEAN Secretary General. as his 12-year-old sister site in Pa- ment by the Ministry of During the AEBS, a snatched the device, pre- kistan’s Foreign Affairs on Friday. protocol on amendment of suming the bomb as the cap north- At the AEM Retreat, a number of ASEAN eco- of water cooler. Both chil- western economic ministers from 10 nomic agreements on trade dren died on the spot, offi- ASEAN member countries will be signed. Pesha- cials said. It was not clear will work together to map In addition, the 3rd as to who had planted the war on out directions for 2013 in AEBS will also discuss the device in the field. The in- 22 Feb, order to boost regional eco- establishment of a public- cident has raised concerns 2013. nomic integration towards private dialogue forum and about the presence of live building the ASEAN Com- issues related to business Xinhua bombs in North Waziristan, munity by 2015. activities as well as the reg- which the United States The 19th AEM Retreat ulations and the potential claims is a base for rem- Islamabad, 23 Feb— injured when a passenger shawar District on Friday, will be held at the same time for cooperation between the nants of al-Qaeda and Tale- At least six people were bus plunged into a river in local media reported. with the 3rd ASEAN-EU two economic regions. ban.—Xinhua killed and twenty others Pakistan’s northwestern Pe- Xinhua Business Summit (AEBS) Xinhua 12 Sunday, 24 February, 2013 New Light of Myanmar ADVERTISEMENT & GENERAL Claims Day Notice Hong Kong Spe- cial Administra- MV west scent voy No (008) tive Region Chief Consignees of cargo carried on MV west scent Executive Leung VOY NO (008) are hereby notified that the vessel will Chun-Ying (3rd be arriving on 24.2.2013 and cargo will be discharged R front), Carrie into the premises of a.w.p.t where it will lie at the Lam Cheng Yuet- consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the bye- ngor (2nd L front), laws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. Chief Secretary for Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am Administration of Hong Kong SAR, to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day now and other guests declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo attend the Spring from the Vessel. cocktail reception No claims against this vessel will be admitted after held by Chinese the Claims Day. General Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) Shipping Agency Department in Hong Kong, Myanma Port Authority south China, on 22 Agent for: m/s interasia lines Feb, 2013. Phone No: 256908/378316/376797 Xinhua WB provides 200 mln USD loan for German arms exports to Gulf states more water programme in Vietnam than doubled in 2012

Hanoi, 23 Feb—The programmes in increasing tween the Australian Agen- Berlin, 23 Feb—Ger- ed Arab Emirates. tention and criticism. So- World Bank (WB) and access to clean water and cy for International De- many’s weapons exports to The newspaper said the cial Democrat chancellor the State Bank of Vietnam sanitation conditions in the velopment (AusAID) and the Arabian Gulf countries information was released candidate Peer Steinbrueck signed here on Friday a 200 Red River Delta. the World Bank to support more than doubled in 2012 by the Economy Ministry said in December that it million US dollars loan to Improved sanitation Vietnam in strengthening compared with one year ear- after the opposition Left was “extremely dangerous fund the country’s national and access to clean water economic competitiveness, lier, reaching 1.42 billion eu- party submitted a request in that Germany has become target programme for water will bring significant bene- environmental sustainabil- ros (1.88 billion US dollars), the parliament. In 2011, the the world’s third largest ex- supply and sanitation. fits to people’s health. ity and access to social and a major local newspaper re- arms exports to the region porter of weapons.” The loan aims at sup- Moreover, the programme economic opportunities, ported on Friday. amounted to 570 million However, the Merkel plying safe water for 1.7 will also help strengthening the AusAID also pledged According to the Mu- euros. administration views Saudi million people and im- the country’s institutional to provide 8 million Aus- nich-based Suddeutsche German military ex- Arabia as a “stabilizing fac- proving sanitation for system, improving sec- tralian dollars by technical Zeitung newspaper, Saudi ports have to be approved tor” in the region, while 650,000 people in rural tor planning and monitor- assistance to support the Arabia spent 1.24 billion by a national security coun- Merkel reportedly said in a areas in Vietnam. ing the implementation of national target programme. euros and was by far the cil chaired by Chancellor speech last October that it Victoria Kwakwa, water and sanitation pro- This is the first time the biggest buyer among the Angela Merkel that meets is in Germany’s interests to WB’s Country Director in gramme in localities, said State Audit of Vietnam will six states of the Gulf Coop- behind closed doors. “enable partners to intervene Vietnam, said WB is de- Kwakwa. conduct an independent eration Council, which also Proposed arms deals effectively to preserve or re- lighted to support the Vi- In the framework of evaluation of the results of includes Bahrain, Kuwait, with Saudi Arabia have establish security and peace etnamese government’s the strategic partnership be- the programme.—Xinhua Oman, Qatar and the Unit- drawn intense domestic at- in their regions.”—Xinhua Namibian women challenge Fire kills eight in east police chief over mini-skirt ban China city Windhoek, 23 Feb— His comments came Hangzhou, 23 Feb—A The city’s fire depart- Hundreds of Namibian after the arrest last Decem- fire thatbroke out early Sat- ment said the fire, which women clad in mini-skirts ber of 40 mini- skirted girls urday morning in Wenling occurred at 2:59 am, burnt demonstrated on Friday in Rundu, about 700 km City, east China’s Zhejiang three residential houses in against a top policeman’s north of Windhoek. Province, has killed eight Zeguo Township. comments about mini-skirts “Those who are be- people before it was con- An investigation is un- being “unAfrican.” having outside the normal tained 4 hours later. der way.—Xinhua Namibian Police Com- tradition of an African will missioner Sebastian Ndei- be dealt with. At Rundu, tunga was quoted in one both traditional and politi- of the country’s English cal leaders were happy and dailies on Tuesday as say- supported our actions,” he ing the police would arrest told a local newspaper. women for indecency when Ndeitunga also said Job applicants take part in a job fair in Changfeng of they are seen in mini- skirts. that those who wear mini- east China’s Anhui Province, on 22 Feb, 2013. More The three-hundred plus skirts should “cover the es- than 36 companies participated in the job fair here on Friday with over 3,000 employment positions. women gathered in central sentials.” Windhoek’s Zoo Park car- “At least put on some- Xinhua rying placards, some of thing, even if it’s short it which read “How dare you should cover the essen- Explosion injures three at mini-mise my freedom of tials. You can’t walk in choice” and “Arrest rapists town while people can see Kazakh pipe factory and not fashionists.” your buttocks. I don’t want Almaty, 23 Feb— condition, according to the The demonstration was to prescribe how people Three people were injured department. organized by Women in should wear, even if it’s after an explosion hit a pipe The “Arcelor Mittal Solidarity organization new fashion style, it should factory in western Kazakh- Aktau” factory special- whose leader Rosa Namises be within our tradition,” he stan on Friday, the regional izes in producing steel oil addressed the crowd. said. Photo taken on 23 Feb, 2013 shows a fire-stricken emergency department and gas pipes, as well as Although Ndeitunga While some elders residential building in Muxi Village of Zeguo Town, said. equipment in mining in- has since denied the com- have praised the police for Wenling, east China’s Zhejiang Province. A fire that The explosion oc- dustry. ments citing misquotation, acting on mini-skirts, some broke out here early Saturday morning has killed eight curred at about 14:00 local It is the only manufac- he still insists that when women, columnists and hu- people before it was put out an hour later. Wenling’s time (0800 GMT). Three turer of large-diameter steel and if women are found to man rights activists have fire department said the fire occurred at 2:59 am (1859 people were injured and pipes in Kazakhstan. be dressed indecently, they had a field day attacking the GMT) and burnt three residential houses in Zeguo one of them was in critical Xinhua will be arrested. police chief.—Xinhua Town.—Xinhua New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 24 February, 2013 13 ENTERTAINMENT Kate Moss Congolese teen actress gets US visa crowned 2013 Hat to walk Oscar red carpet Los Angeles, 23 Feb Person of the Year —The teenage star of the Oscar-nominated Cana- London, 23 Feb—Supermodel Kate dian drama “War Witch” Moss has been named the 2013 Hat Per- will get to travel from her son of the Year. native Congo to the Acad- The 39-year-old catwalk queen, emy Awards in Los An- who can often be seen wearing headgear geles after she received a in various styles, took the crown in an last-minute visa, the film’s online poll conducted by The Headwear US distributor said on Association (THA) after gaining 40 per Thursday. cent of the vote, reported Contactmusic. Amateur actress Ra- “Kate Moss’ oft-imitated London chel Mwanza, 16, who street style is legendary, and she is well grew up an orphan on known for her love of hats. Hats off to the streets of capital Kin- Congo’s actress Rachel Mwanza arrives at the news you, Ms Moss. shasa, received her visa to conference during the 62nd Berlinale International PTI the United States earlier in Film Festival in Berlin on 18 Feb, 2012.—Reuters the week and will arrive March. Lady Gaga has hip surgery, calls injury in Los Angeles on Friday, “War Witch,” set in two days ahead of Sun- sub-Saharan Africa, focus- “bump in the road” day’s Oscar ceremony, a es on Mwanza’s character spokeswoman for distribu- Komona, who at the age of Los Angeles, 23 Feb family situations, school tor Tribeca Film said. 12 is forced by anti-gov- —Lady Gaga said she has environments, health is- The French-language ernment rebels to kill her undergone surgery to repair sues, homelessness, iden- film is nominated for Best parents and fight as a child an injured hip that forced tity struggles,” wrote Lady Foreign Language Film at soldier. the pop singer last week Gaga, who often engages Hollywood’s annual Acade- Mwanza won Best Ac- Lady Gaga to cancel the remainder of with her fans about their my Awards. tress awards at the Berlin her concert tour. The “Born personal problems. “So “To have her (Mwan- and Tribeca film festivals This Way” singer thanked I thought to myself, ‘I’m za’s) journey end on the red last year for the role. The fans in a blog post on her alive; I’m living my dream, carpet is beyond anything film, titled “Rebelle” in littlemonsters.com fan web- and this is just a bump in she could have dreamed French, touches on fam- site on Thursday, saying the the road,’” she added. of,” director Kim Nguyen ily, love and the possibility setback was “just a bump in The 26-year-old singer to return to performing, and concerts on six continents. said in a statement. Mwan- of finding happiness after the road.” tweeted on Wednesday that her tour operator said last The injury forced her to za will also visit Canada in years of trauma and war “As they wheeled me she was heading into sur- week that she would need cancel some two dozen con- the coming weeks for the and has been praised by into surgery...I thought gery to treat a labral tear of “strict downtime.” Lady certs in the United States as Canadian Screen Awards critics for its poignancy and about all of your pain and her right hip. No timetable Gaga has been on the road part of her “Born This Way and Quebec’s Jutra Award sensitivity. perseverance, your unique has been set for Lady Gaga for two years, performing Ball” tour.—Reuters for Francophone cinema in Reuters

Good films need big idea, not budget Daniel Craig is different Daniel Craig has worked in three Bond films till date. Indore, 23 Feb—Actor John Abraham, who turned to James Bond in producer with the Shoojit “every way” Sircar-directed film ‘Vicky Donor’, says filmmakers New Delhi, 23 Feb— pen. But don’t need to spend a lot of 44-year-old actor Daniel what can money to make a good film. Craig insists the suave spy I do about “Being an actor and —who he has portrayed in it? “It was PTI film producer I feel that good three movies, Casino Roy- my choice ale, Quantum of Solace and to be Bond. ideas make big films, not the Skyfall—is different from So I’ve got to budget. A filmmaker does him and has “nothing” to do get on with it not need to spend crores to with him as soon as he stops and try to be make a good film,” John told playing the character. the best Bond I reporters here through video When asked in what can.”—PTI conferencing. ways he is different to 007, PTI he said: “Every way. Noth- ing — that man has nothing “Scary Spice” Mel B joins to do with me. Nothing at all, no.”While Daniel— “America’s Got Talent” panel who is married to Rachel Los Angeles, 23 Feb name is Melanie Brown, Weisz —admits he has —Former Spice Girl Mel B will join “shock jock” How- been typecast by a number will join the judging panel ard Stern, who has agreed of people for playing Bond, on summer TV talent show to return for his second sea- he has no plans to relin- “America’s Got Talent,” son, and comedian Howie quish the role. broadcaster NBC said on Mandel. “This exciting ad- He added in an inter- Thursday. The 37-year-old dition of the dynamic Mel view with Nuts magazine: Briton, known by the nick- B to our lineup of judges “It’s working out for me at name Scary Spice when promises that fans will see the moment. So I’ll keep at she was part of the chart- a strong, talented and opin- it, and there’ll be other stuff topping 1990s British girl ionated woman match up to do. When I accepted the band, will replace Sharon against our equally outspo- job, I knew that it would Osbourne who quit the se- ken judges Howard Stern have a major effect on my ries in a dispute with NBC and Howie Mandel,” NBC career. over their decision to drop president of alternative pro- “I mean, people would her son Jack from another gramming Paul Telegdy find it very difficult not to Singer and former Spice reality show. said in a statement. see me as Bond now, which Girl, Mel B Mel B, whose full Reuters I always knew would hap- 14 Sunday, 24 February, 2013 New Light of Myanmar SPORTS Injured Casillas hopes to All three return earlier Ukrainian Madrid, 23 Feb — aged hand put in a cast. teams Real Madrid’s Spain inter- Now just a month after national goalkeeper, Iker his injury Casillas is plan- eliminated Casillas has confirmed that ning his return to action a he expects to be available month ahead of schedule. from Europa for his team in around a “I am improving all of the month. Casillas was ex- time. I didn’t have much League pected be sidelined for strength in my hand, but around three months af- that is returning and I am Kiev, 23 Feb— All ter he broke a bone in his at the halfway point of the three Ukrainian soccer left hand in Real Madrid’s recovery,” he announced at clubs were eliminated from Copa del Rey quarterfinal a presentation at the San- away to Valencia in Janu- tiago Bernabeu Stadium. this season’s UEFA Europa ary. “I have very positive League after failing to get His injury led his club feelings about this: the wins in their second legs to resign Diego Lopez doctor gave me the woarst of the last 32 in the tour- from Sevilla as cover for case scenario, which was nament on Thursday night. what looked as if it was three months, but the oth- FC Dnipro drew 1-1 with going to be an extended er day they took my cast Real Madrid’s Spain international goalkeeper, Iker Casillas FC Basel in eastern Dne- propetro- vsk city time on the sidelines as the off and were pleased with active exercise and giv- strength I have lost there,” the first serious injury of to set u p goalkeeper underwent an what they saw. ing more mobility to my confirmed the goalkeeper, his career difficult to deal the operation and had his dam- Now I am carrying out thumb in order to gain the who admitted he had found with.—Xinhua Freibug, Frankfurt share Steyn kicks Bulls to victory in Super Rugby points in German Bundesliga opener ute. Nonetheless Pretoria, 23 Feb — too many silly penalties in lowed Steyn three penalty Frankfurt were Springbok flyhalf Morne the dangerous places on the shots at goal and he con- unable to con- Steyn gave a faultless kick- field. It is a big wakeup call verted them all to give the vert their run on ing display to punish the er- for us,” Stormers skipper home side a 9-0 lead at the Freiburg’s goal ror-prone Stormers and give Jean de Villiers said. break. team from into a tangible the Bulls a 25-17 win in Both sides struggled The Stormers had their Switzer- land for reward within the opening match of their at set-pieces during a dis- opportunities, but flyhalf the round of 16. the first half. 2013 Super Rugby cam- jointed first half with the Elton Jantjies, on loan from The 90 minutes of foot- At the second paign at Loftus Versfeld Stormers, in particular, the Lions, had an awful ball saw two penalty kicks half Freiburg on Friday. Steyn kicked six turning over possession in game with the boot, miss- and two red cards handed were able to free penalties and a conversion promising positions. They ing three penalties in the out by referee Deniz Ay- themselves from against a Stormers side who had their lineout poached opening half. tekin. Ukraine’s Evgen Frankfurt’s at- “We were very lethar- Selezniov scored at 75th Berlin, 23 Feb — tacks as Jan Rosenthal ap- gic in the first 40 minutes, minute through a penalty Stunning sides Freiburg and proached the visitor’s goal we were watching the game kick. However, 15 minutes Frankfurt shared points at dangerously by header. rather than playing,” De later, Basel’s Fabian Schar the opener of the 23rd round A great save by Frank- Villiers said. Steyn added sent the keeper the wrong following a goalless draw furt goalkeeper Kevin his fourth penalty shortly way to make it 1-1, and 3-1 on Friday. Frankfurt staged Trapp denied Freiburg a after the restart to extend on aggregate. Basel’s 2-0 a better first half whereas late winner as Max Kruse the Bulls advantage and, first-leg lead proved to be Freiburg almost broke the failed to overcome the when Jantijies then missed decisive. deadlock at the second keeper following a pass into a relatively simple penalty In another game in half owing to the promis- path by Jonathan Schmid. in the second half, the game Kharkov of Ukraine’s east, ing chances. From the kick Also substitute Johannes plan of the visitors changed, Shola Ameobi’s 63rd min- off, the visitors from Frank- Flum squandered the last leading to the game’s open- ute penalty handed New- furt took the reins and were chance to mark the winner ing try. castle United a 1-0 win over nearly rewarded with 12 when his header flew over The Stormers received Metallist Kharkov, after the made too many unforced minutes into the match, but the crossbar five minutes five meters from the Bulls’ another penalty in a kick- first leg at St James Park last errors and could not take the score by Stefan Aigner before the final whistle. line in their only real attack able position, but instead week had ended goalless. their chances in a game that was called offside. Both teams stay on in the Bulls 22 and, despite went for the attacking li- Dynamo Kiev, which faced revealed plenty of rusti- The fast paced game by their position, Frankfurt on having the heavier pack, neout and they built some Bordeaux in France, failed ness in both teams. “We Frankfurt presented a prob- the fourth with 38 points were second best at the phases in the Bulls 22 dur- to translate their dominance were beaten by the better lem for the hosts as Aigner and Freiburg on the fifth scrums. ing a period of sustained on Stade Chaban-Delmas, team, we made too many had again a chance to open with 35 points. Repeated infringe- pressure. losing 3-1 on aggregate. mistakes and gave away the scoring at the 16th min- Xinhua ments in their own half al- Reuters Xinhua Colsaerts thrives on tour with roadie days behind him Nicolas Colsaerts Marana, 23 Feb— Match Play Championship told reporters after getting anything can happen. of Belgium With his reckless night- this week. to five-under par after 16 “When you play some- watches his clubbing days while living Colsaerts thumped in- holes. body of the stature of Justin, second shot on “like a roadie” now well form American Bill Haas Colsaerts was delight- it can always go very fast behind him, Belgian Nico- 5&4 in the opening round ed to record another victory one way or the the first hole las Colsaerts has relished of the elite World Golf over Rose, having beaten other.” during the sec- his golfing success over Championships (WGC) the Englishman 4&3 in the Col- saerts, ond round of the last two years. The event and on Friday upset last 16 of the 2012 Euro- who lost in the the WGC-Ac- power hitter from Brussels British world number six pean Tour’s Volvo World open- ing round at centure Match has triumphed twice on Justin Rose 4&2 to reach Match Play Championship Dove Mountain last year on Play Cham- the European Tour during the last 16 at Dove Moun- which he went on to win. his debut at the event, took pionship golf that time, made a stunning tain. “I played pretty good “I felt pretty confident go- control with three birdies in tournament debut at last year’s Ryder the last couple of holes and ing out knowing, if I played the first eight holes before in Marana, Cup and has flourished made sure this game wasn’t my game, I would have a sealing victory with a par at Arizona on 22 in the opening rounds of really going to go too far,” fair chance to do the job,” the short 16th, where Rose Feb, 2013. the elite WGC-Accenture the 30-year-old Belgian the Belgian said. “But then bogeyed.—Reuters Reuters New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 24 February, 2013 15 GENERAL Donation invited for new elevator at MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL Kyeikthalan Pagoda in Mawlamyine (24-2-13 09:30 am ~ (24-2-2013, Sunday) 25-2-13 09:30 am) MST 7:00 am Versions Mawlamyine, 23 Feb * News 1. Paritta By Hilly Region 13:45 pm — Another elevator was * Bamboo Parquet Missonary Sayadaw 15. Documentary rebuild at Kyeikthalan * News 7:25 am 14:15 pm Pagoda in Mawlamyine * Myanmar Movies 2. Health Programme 16. Teleplay (Traffic) for the convinience of Impact “Dramatic Film 7:30 am 14:35 pm people who want to paid 3.Morning News 17. Myanmar Traditional homage the pagoda. of Comedy,Which One The pagoda was do you like Best?” 7:40 am Cultural Performing enshrine with tooth and * News 4. International News Arts Competitons Hair relics of Buddha. * Journey To 7:50 am 4:00 pm The new elevator was Unimaginable Sports 5. (38) Phyar Mingalars 18. Opening Song build at east stairway of (Episode-8) 8:05 am 4:05 pm pagoda.People who wish * News 6. SEA Games (Go for 19. Songs For Upholding to donate for the elevator * Photography: The Art Gold) (Basket ball) National Spirit can contact ph 057-21344,25335,24193,09-5322300.— Kyemon of Framing the Nature 8:30 am 4:15 pm * News 7. Muscial Programme 20. Dance Of National Corinthians appeal Libertadores fan ban * MI People’s Celebrities 8:50 am Races “One and the Meaning 8. Performance with Song 4:25 pm Rio de Janeiro, 23 zilian outfit. Local prosecutor Abi- of Housewife” 11:00 am 21. Musical Programme Feb — Corinthians have “Now we are going to gail Saba confirmed the * Urban Life and 9. Martial Song 6:20 pm appealed a decision by wait. We hope that on Mon- supporters were being in- Electcity Consumption 22. Cartoon Series South American football’s day Conmebol can give us vestigated for “a crime with * News 11:10 am governing body Conmebol a response,” Corinthians the death of a minor” fol- * Myanma Orchestra The 10. Musical Progamme 6:50 pm forcing the club to play its lawyer Luiz Alberto Bussab lowing the visiting team’s Magic of Melodious 11:20 am 23. TV Drama Series Copa Libertadores matches said. first-half goal. Music (Episode-3) 11. Round Up Of The 8:00 pm behind closed doors. Bolivian police have Earlier, Conmebol said * News Week’s TV Inter- 24. News In a statement released charged two Corinthians Corinthians fans would be * ILBC Drama Concert national News 25. International News on Friday night, Corinthi- fans with homicide and 10 prohibited from attending * News 11:30 am 26. Wether Report ans denied responsibility others with being accesso- home and away matches for * Good Agriculture 12. International News 27. Tamyethnar Takwetsar for Wednesday’s death of ries to the crime, which oc- the remainder of the 2013 Practice (GAP) in 11:35 am 28. TV Drama Series 14-year-old Bolivian fan curred during the defending Copa Libertadores tour- Myanmar 13. Myanmar video 10:00 pm Kevin Beltran, who was champions’ 1-1 draw with nament, which finishes in * Myanmar Movies “By 13:30 pm 29. News struck by a flare allegedly San Jose in the Bolivian July. means of Love” 14. Singing In Different 30. Teleplay (Htar) thrown by fans of the Bra- city of Oruro. Xinhua Neymar misconduct hearing postponed

Rio de Janeiro, 23 Feb in Brazil’s Campeonato —Neymar is free to play in Paulista last Sunday. “We “He’s probably as goodF or as we are going to get.” Santos’ 3 February clash made a request for his case against rivals Corinthians to be deferred and it was Shelby joined other senators after a hearing into a mis- accepted,” Santos’ legal ad- supporting the nomination of Chuck conduct charge against the viser Joao Vicente Gazolla Hagel as US Secretary of Chief, striker was postponed by a told the club’s website on saying he would be suitable for the Brazilian sports tribunal. Friday. job. The Senate will vote on the The charge relates to Neymar was sent off nomination next week. the 21-year-old’s alterca- for the incident and could tion with Ponte Preta de- face a 12-match ban for Richard Shelby fenders Artur and Cleber “hostile behavior and phys- US Republican Senator during Santos’ surprise ical aggression”, according 3-1 defeat to the recently to Lancenet. “We should judge ourselves not only by how far promoted Serie A outfit Xinhua Neymar there is to go, but by how far we’ve come.” The MP said at the second More leading seeds fall at Match Blackhawks set record for anniversary of Christchruch Play second round deadly earthquake the second city best start to season would be built as “the best and Washington, 23 Feb Raleigh , 23 Feb — The hawks (14-0-3) remained most livable” city, admitting that — Bubba Watson came out Chicago Blackhawks set a undefeated in regulation his government was well aware the only survivor as other National Hockey League play this season. All three of the slow pace of rebuilding top 10 seeds all fell at Fri- record for the best start to a of the Chicago losses have process. day’s second round of the season when they scored a come in shootouts. The Match Play Championship, John Key point in a 17th consecutive Anaheim Ducks set the pre- following world No 1 Rory New Zealand Prime Minister game by defeating the San vious record of 16 straight McIlroy and 14-time major Jose Sharks 2-1 on Friday. games with a point to open “I think our society needs more heroes, more champion Tiger Woods’ Brandon Saad’s third- the 2006-07 season. Chica- scientists, more researchers, more engineers.” exit on Thursday. period goal delivered the go tied that mark in a win on The eighth-seeded seed, suffered his worst loss game-winner as the Black- Tuesday.— Reuters Watson missed two straight The founder of the social network in this event, beaten 7 and putts that would have won 6 by Scott Piercy, fourth- Chicago Blackhawks made the comment at the launch the match before he fi- seeded Louis Oosthuizen goalie Ray Emery (30) of the Breakthrough Prize in nally put away Jim Fu- never led against Robert blocks the shot of San Life Science. The prize will go ryk in 22 holes. It was the Garrigus, and Justin Rose, Jose Sharks left wing to researchers with breakthrough first time since this World the No 5 seed, lost to Nico- Martin Havlat (9) dur- Golf Championship began las Colsaerts 4 and 2.Of the ing the second period achievements. in 1999 that only one top 16 players remaining, the of their NHL hockey Mark Zuckerbert 10 seed was left after two Americans and Europeans game in Chicago, on Facebook Founder rounds. each have seven players 22 Feb, 2013. - NLM - Luke Donald, the No. 3 still alive.—Xinhua Reuters Sources: Reuters and Xinhua Reuters Sources: R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information. 14th Waxing of Tabodwe 1374 ME New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 24 February, 2013 Challenges of ASEAN Economic Community will Objectives of the 68th be overcome if the government, industrialists and Anniversary civil societies work in cooperation harmoniously Armed Forces Day 2013 1. To uphold the national policy namely its agro-based economy Free Trade Agreement, non-disintegration of the Union, non- into industrialized one. He providing assistance to called for promotion of banks and money lenders disintegration of national solidarity, and SMEs as the country has for availability of capital perpetuation of sovereignty to follow the free trade for SMEs, links with local 2. To play the leading role in the national agreement while ASEAN and foreign organizations, politics by the Tatmadaw joining hands Economic Community market development and with all national races with Union Spirit was launched. He stressed competiveness, human the need of encouraging resource development, more and the true patriotism in line with the already-established SMEs employment and information Constitution while inviting foreign and research, he added. 3. To crush all destructive elements at home investments to fulfill the Yangon Region Chief and abroad through the strength of State, capital and technological Minister U Myint Swe said People and Tatmadaw requirements for economic that Yangon Region had 29 growth and allowing free industrial zones with more 4. To build up a strong, competent, modern, flow of investment, goods than 6000 factories and patriotic Tatmadaw to safeguard the and services in accord with workshops and 260,000 security and sovereignty of the nation zones in Yangon Region briefed the Vice-President on Vice-President U Nyan Tun views cold storage of facing challenges, electricity supply, water supply, Great International Fisheries Ltd in Hlinethaya taxation, loans and lands. Industrial Zone.—mna Deputy Ministers U Nay Pyi Taw, 23 Feb — four polices were formulated Myo Aung, U Aung Than In meeting with industrialists to protect local businessmen Oo, Dr Maung Maung at Kanaung Hall of from the adverse impact Thein and U Soe Tint made Hlinethaya Industrial Zone of foreign investments. He clarifications. Management Committee called on SMEs to work Vice-President U Nyan Office in Hlinethaya harder to be able to keep their Tun said the challenges Township, here, this competitiveness with foreign must be changed into afternoon, Vice-President companies in capacity and opportunities, attaching high U Nyan Tun highlighted productivity, stressing the importance to the rule of the importance of foreign importance of SMEs while law. Challenges of ASEAN investments, assuring that the nation is translating Economic Community will be overcome if the One-way traffic (from Pyay government, industrialists and civil societies work in Road to Bagayar Road) on the agreements of ASEAN workers. For industrial zones of Myanmar Industries cooperation harmoniously. free trade area. development, Industrial Association U Zaw Min Dr Khin Maung Lwin,

Dhammazedi Rd Efforts are to be made development committee was Win, on difficulties of SMEs Managing Director of FAME pharmaceutical industry, Yangon, 23 Feb—Yangon City Development for development of SMEs, formed. and Director U Myo Thaw Committee announced today that Dhammazedi Road (from preventing the collapse of Yangon Region of SMEs Development conducted the Vice-President Pyay Road to Bagayar road) in Sangyoung Township has SMEs, promoting market Electricity and Industry U Department of the Ministry and party round the factory. been changed into one-way traffic as of 22 February, competitiveness of investors Nyan Tun Oo presented of Industry on SMEs. They also visited Great 2013.—MNA that would flow into the the report on operations of Chairmen of management International Fisheries Ltd. country thanks to ASEAN industrial zones, Chairman committees of industrial MNA As to temporary relocation of Hanthawady auto trading ground … Vehicles are allowed to Byline: Tha Nyan/Win Win Maw park in the ground from 6 Photos: Tin Tun Aung am to 6 pm free of charges and night parking for them Plans are underway News crews of Myanmar will be allowed later,” an to implement an urban News Agency made a field official of YCDC said. modernization project in trip there to listen to the “Auto trading Yangon on the area of voices of those people. programmes will be included Hanthawady auto trading “The deadline set for in the urban modernization ground in Kamayut relocation of Hanthawady project. The name of the Township by Yangon City auto trading ground shifted project is Yangon Car Development Committee. from 20 to 28 February Plaza where there will be a With regard to the with the aim of facilitating 19030-square meter parking relocation of Hanthawady the relocation process. space that can hold more than auto trading ground to the Now vehicles are allowed 600 vehicles for residents of place of old Thiri Mingala to enjoy free admission the plaza. For auto dealers, market, it is learnt that to the ground. If there 52 auto showrooms where Central Association for 1997 and we lived on the would be given priority to there are two groups of are charges for admission more than 600 vehicles Automobile Purchase and graves. In May 2012, the purchase the apartments at those whose livelihoods to the ground, there will will be on display and Selling (Yangon), U Aung Mayor and U Kyaw Soe had reasonable prices. depend on the compound. be reasonable admission a 14228-square meter Than Win of Hanthawady said the ground would be But an announcement Those who are unwilling charges. Arrangements parking lot with a capacity auto trading ground said relocated temporarily while was issued by the YCDC to relocate from the ground will be made for officially- of about 500 vehicles are that we had started our the development project is in on 16 February, saying to the new place formed an registered shops in the also included in the project. businesses on the former progress. Upon construction that a deadline to move the anti-relocation committee. ground as much as we can. Chairman of Myanmar Kyandaw cemetery since works, those of the ground (See page 9)