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Five-Point Road Map of the State Administration Council

1. The Union Election Commission will be reconstituted and its mandated tasks, including the scrutiny of voter lists, shall be implemented in accordance with the law. 2. Effective measures will be taken with added momentum to prevent and manage the COVID-19 pandemic. 3. Actions will be taken to ensure the speedy recovery of businesses from the impact of COVID-19. 4. Emphasis will be placed on achieving enduring peace for the entire nation in line with the agreements set out in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. 5. Upon accomplishing the provisions of the state of emergency, free and fair multiparty democratic elections will be held in line with the 2008 Constitution, and further work will be undertaken to hand over State duties to the winning party in accordance with democratic standards.

Statement on national cause for peace process and prevention, control and treatment activities of COVID-19

1. NUG declared as a terrorist group of some EAOs committed issuance of (EAOs) held the meeting 19/2021 on 7 efforts are being made to vaccinate that leads the terrorist acts issued statements and talks supporting that September 2021 with an attendance the entire people as quickly as pos- an announcement “Announcement violent incitement, which is posing of 35 participants from nine organiza- sible for carrying out the prevention, on the State of Emergency” on 7 threats to the people. It was seen that tions. In his opening speech, Leader control and treatment activities of September 2021 with attempts of vi- they chose the terror way against the of PPST NMSF (Mon) Chairman Nai COVID-19. olent incitement to undermine the democracy without trying to solve Aung Min said the PPST has explic- 4. At the meeting, meeting par- socio-economic life of the people and the political problem in line with the itly declared it would try to solve the ticipants discussed that the trend peace and stability of the State. political way under the law. current political crisis through inclu- of political confrontation between 2. Depending on the terror incite- 3. The Peace Process Steering Team sive dialogues with the participation the government and NUG brings ment, it was found that so-called PDF (PPST) meeting formed with NCA of relevant organizations based on loss to the country and the people. terrorist groups and some elements signatory ethnic armed organizations the essence of the NCA. He said that SEE PAGE-2 Uru Bridge upgrade set to be completed in 2022

HE Bridge Department of the Ministry of Con- Tstruction implemented the Uru Bridge upgrade project in Sagaing Region. It is sched- uled to complete by the end of March 2022, according to the ministry. The Uru Bridge located on Thekkekyin-Phaungpyin- Hkam- ti road of Hkamti District of Sagaing Region was construct- ed across the Uru River using K4 billion of Union budget. Cur- rently, the Bridge Construction Task Force (2) of the Bridge De- partment conducts the upgrade work with eight experienced en- gineers including the Director of Bridge Construction Task Force (2), and more than 80 workers. Upgrading works of Uru Bridge is underway. The new Uru Bridge is 1,090 feet long and 26 feet wide and has a 3-foot-wide pedestrian on each side. SEE PAGE-2 The waterway clearance of the bridge is 135 feet in width and 22 feet in height. It can withstand 60-tonne loads.

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NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL LOCAL BUSINESS Elderly people Union Minister U Wunna Maung Union Information Second dose of Black gram price receive 2nd COVID Lwin participates in Eleventh Minister inspects COVID-19 vaccines up by K50,000 per jabs at Kyauktalone Mekong-ROK Foreign Ministers’ central press in given to local people tonne within one IDP camp Meeting via Video Conferencing Yangon in Mongyang Tsp week PAGE-2 PAGE-3 PAGE-5 PAGE-6 PAGE-7 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Statement on national cause for peace process and prevention, control and treatment activities of COVID-19

FROM PAGE-1 on Ethnic Armed Organizations was is an infectious disease based on the the prevention, control and treatment amended on 1 February 2021 to open virus with a high genetically devel- activities of COVID-19. All the interna- NUG is making attempts to cut off the the way of dialogue forever for holding opment rate, it will not totally disap- tional organizations need to know the government from the international continuous talks if the ethnic armed pear. The global countries, including above-mentioned incidents, killings community at the UN General As- organizations wish to talk with the Tat- Myanmar, need to take adequate time and atrocities over innocent people sembly to be held in September. They madaw, if necessary, until the perpet- for monitoring, preventing and con- by these terrorist groups. also discussed that KNU/KNLA (PC) ual peace process was accomplished. trolling such diseases. 12. Health, Education and Literacy would continuously stand on the NCA 8. Now is the time of the whole 10. The vaccination process against Project-HELP and several organiza- for their stance. world suffering from the impacts of COVID-19 is being undertaken for the tions, which are performing health, 5. The State Administration Council the COVID-19 pandemic starting from people residing in the EAOs areas, education and development of the peo- of the Republic of the Union of Myan- early 2020 to date. During the period, those from IDP camps and Bengalis ple residing along the Thai-Myanmar mar, since the time when it has taken the State Administration Council is from Rakhine State. The Chairman border in KNU Dupalaya District and the State responsibility, adopted and striving for prevention, control and of the State Administration Coun- Kayin State objected to the violently has been implementing the Five-Point treatment of COVID-19 with vigor- cil Prime Minister of the Provision incited announcement of NUG. Road Map and Nine Objectives. The ous efforts as much possible as it Government of Myanmar often said 13. The government has decided to road map and the objectives have can for the whole country and the that emphasis is being placed on the continue the effective coverage of pre- straightforwardly declared “Empha- entire people by holding the policy upgrade of hospitals and dispensa- vention, control and treatment activi- sis will be placed on achieving du- “No one is important than the life ries across the nation and providing ties of COVID-19 in the entire nation, rable peace for the entire nation in of the people”. Among the people treatment for the COVID-19 patients the progress of the peace process, line with the agreements set out in undergone the medical examination without leaving any region, race and the security and improvement of the the Nationwide Ceasefire Agree- for the COVID-19 virus in the third organization in the COVID-19 vacci- socio-economic life of the people and ment (NCA)”, and all the work pro- week of July during the third wave nation and prevention, control and the peace and stability of the State. cesses are undertaken accordingly. period of the pandemic, 41 per cent treatment activities. The information was released that all 6. The Tatmadaw has announced of them were found positive results 11. In this situation, it was regrettably organizations and entire ethnic peo- statements on ceasefire and perpetual in Myanmar. As the government is found that terrorist NUG committed ple emphasizing the national cause peace 20 times from 21 December 2018 striving for prevention, control and release of incited announcements to are requested to cooperate with the to date. During the over two years and treatment activities of COVID-19, the undermine the peace and stability government. eight months period, the ceasefire and infection rate reached just 10.37 per of the State and NLD party extrem- perpetual peace were built. cent in early September, mitigating ists and so-called NUG, CRPH and Information Team 7. The formation of the Tatmad- some 30 per cent. PDF terrorists blew up the bombs State Administration Council aw’s Peace Negotiation Committee 9. It was found that as COVID-19 and committed attacks and firing to

Uru Bridge upgrade set Elderly people receive 2nd COVID to be completed in 2022 jabs at Kyauktalone IDP camp

HEALTHCARE officials gave FROM PAGE-1 used for the bottom portion the second dose of COVID-19 and approach. The bored piles vaccines to internally displaced “Our aim is to facilitate with a diameter of 1.8 metres persons over the age of 65 at the transportation, and we will be also drilled. Moreover, the Kyauktalone IDP camp in conducted the bored pile foun- it will contain four 135 feet long Kyaukpyu, Rakhine State yes- dation using new technology plate girder spans, according terday. next to the old bridge so that to the Bridge Construction During the vaccination, the vehicles can pass the old Task Force (2). staff from the General Admin- suspension bridge. The vehi- The old bailey bridge has istration Department made re- cles can use the old bridge till weight restrictions due to age- cords for the vaccinated people. today. We will start the deck ing and allows only 13-tonne Next, staff from the Kyauk- construction process and re- trucks. pyu Township Public Health De- placement of the plate girder Currently, the govern- partment measured the body in early October. We estimated ment starts the upgrade of the temperature before vaccination. A health worker examines the body temperature of an IDP before inoculation. to complete the operation in bridge, which will withstand Vaccines were given sys- March 2022 mini-budget. Cur- 60-tonne vehicles, to provide tematically, and only those with with these vaccines to prevent government officials who ar- rently, we complete 70 per cent the trade flows of the Sagaing normal conditions are vaccinat- COVID-19 disease,” said U Ko ranged for the vaccination,” said of operation,” said Director U Region with a proper transport ed, officials said. Ko Aung, the second leader of Ma Yamin Thu, who is working Aung Thiha of Bridge Depart- system. “For the first time, we vac- the Kyauktalone IDPs camp. as a volunteer at the IDP camp. ment. The upgrade works were cinated 12 people in the IDPs “I am a volunteer at the camp A total of 24 people have The new Uru Bridge is operated in January 2021. Camp on 4 August 2021. We want helping people who have been been vaccinated for the first 1,090 feet long and 26 feet wide When the operation is finished, to vaccinate people over the age vaccinated against COVID-19 time in the camp. and has a 3-foot-wide pedes- it will be good for the trade of 65, as well as those over the disease. There was no dizziness For the second time, a total trian on each side. The water- flows of the region and it will age of 18 in this camp. during the first vaccination. of 21 people, 12 on 2 September way clearance of the bridge is be also easy for the locals to “I would like to say thanks “The second dose of vacci- and nine on 8 September were 135 feet in width and 22 feet travel to the upper part of the to the volunteers who assist- nation gives me more self-con- vaccinated, according to an of- in height. It can withstand Sagaing Region, according to ed in the vaccination works. fidence. I would like to thank ficial from the township public 60-tonne loads. the Construction Ministry. — I would also like to thank the the health department staff who health department. — July Kyel The steel trusses will be Pwint Thitsar/GNLM Head of State for providing us came to our IDPs camp and the (IPRD)/GNLM 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3 BGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGA Infection rate of COVID-19 in the third wave has declined to some extent

THE infection rate of COVID-19 in the third wave has declined to some extent thanks to the utmost efforts of the government and systematic restrictions with examining the contact persons and managing the stay-at-home programme. The government set an aim to decline a half down of infection rate. It was found that the declining rate had registered by 24.17 per cent since 3,180 patients tested positive on 1 August and a total of 2,173 patients tested positive out of 8,991 on 22 August. The good supervision and well control of the authorities concerned as well as the collaborative efforts of the people could help drop the infection rate. (Excerpt from the speech to the 9th coordination meeting on COVID-19 prevention, control and treatment activities made by Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on 23-8-2021) CHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHD

Union Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin participates in Eleventh Mekong-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting via Video Conferencing

U WUNNA MAUNG LWIN, ing new variants of COVID-19, the Union Minister for For- to upgrade the Mekong-ROK eign Affairs, attended the 11th cooperation mechanism for Mekong-Korea Cooperation supporting the economic re- Foreign Ministers’ Meeting silience of member countries via video conference in the af- and, to enhance cooperation ternoon of 8 September 2021, in higher education as well as from the Ministry of Foreign technical and vocational edu- Affairs, Nay Pyi Taw. cation training for the youths. The meeting was co- Senior officials from the chaired by Mr Prak Sokhonn, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Prime Minister and were also present at the meet- Foreign Minister of Cambo- ing. dia and Mr Chung Eui-yong, The meeting adopted the Minister for Foreign Affairs of “Co-Chairs’ Statement of the the Republic of Korea with the Eleventh Mekong-ROK For- participation of Foreign Minis- eign Ministers’ Meeting”, and ters of the member countries; endorsed the Fifth Batch of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and 7 projects which includes a Viet Nam. project for Myanmar worth 0.2 At the meeting, the For- million USD. The project will eign Ministers reviewed the be implemented by Mawlamy- progress of Mekong-Korea ine University on the impact Cooperation and exchanged public of Korea’s active role implement projects in each also expressed his confidence of migration on rural develop- views on the future plan of in vaccine multilateralism Mekong country, and the con- in the planned establishment ment with special emphasis on cooperation under the frame- to ensure safe, effective and tribution of 4 million USD to of Mekong-ROK Biodiversity agriculture of Mon State. work. accessible COVID-19 vaccine the Fund this year. He also Centre in Myanmar as a cata- Mekong-Korea Coopera- In the Statement, Union and appreciated the ROK for welcomed the approval of the lyst to boost cooperation in the tion was established between Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin providing Official Development 5th Batch of MKCF projects conservation of biodiversity in Mekong countries such as expressed special thanks to Assistance (ODA) to support for 2021 to be implemented in the Mekong region. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Republic of Korea and Me- the efforts of Mekong countries member countries, including With regard to the future Thailand, Viet Nam and the Re- kong countries for the assis- to achieve the United Nations Myanmar, this meeting. cooperation, the Union Minis- public of Korea in 2011 with the tance including provisions of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Moreover, the Union Minis- ter stressed the requirement intention to promote friendship medical supplies and financial Development. ter supported the extension of to intensify cooperation on and cooperation between the assistance to Myanmar in the The Union Minister fur- “Mekong-ROK Exchange Year health security sector for pre- Mekong region countries and fight against the COVID-19 ther appreciated ROK’s annual 2021” to the year 2022 for cele- vention, control and treatment the ROK and to narrow the de- pandemic. contribution to Mekong-ROK brating the 10th Anniversary of of emerging and reemerging velopment gap among Mekong He commended the Re- Cooperation Fund (MKCF) to Mekong-ROK Cooperation. He communicable diseases includ- countries. —MNA

2,702 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 8 September, total figure rises to 423,104

MYANMAR’S COVID-19 positive cases rose to 423,104 after 2,702 new cases were reported on 8 September 2021 according to the Ministry of Health. Among these confirmed cases, 370,599 have been discharged from hospitals. Death toll reached 16,173 after 91 died. COVID-19 vaccine is being injected to those of priority groups in regions and states for prevention and control of the disease. Up to 7-9-2021, a total of 4,887,029 people have been vaccinated. Of them, 2,981,877 people have been vaccinated two times and 1,905,152 people once.—MNA 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

53rd ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting, 35th ASEAN Free Trade Area Council Meeting, 24th ASEAN Investment Area Council Meeting and ASEAN Economic Ministers and ASEAN Business Advisory Council Consultations held

ASEAN Investment Report (AIR) trade connect and the coopera- 2020-2021 and adopted in princi- tion of health and tourism sec- ple for the ASEAN Investment tors. After hearing the report, the Facilitation Framework (AIFF). Ministers provided guidance for The ministers also noted the further process. ASEAN Investment Surveillance At the consultations, the Un- Report 2021 and the report of the ion Minister shared the experi- Senior Official to the ASEAN In- ence of the COVID-19 prevention, vestment Area Council Meeting. control and treatment measures The Union Minister wel- with the close cooperation of the comed the ASEAN Investment private sector and formulation Facilitation Framework (AIFF) of the Myanmar Economic Re- to be adopted as one of the pri- covery Plan which will be im- orities economic deliverables of plemented as the National Mid Brunei Chairmanship in 2021. Term Plan, in line with the UN He also exchanged views on the SDGs, ASEAN Comprehensive priority areas of the investment Recovery Framework and GMS promotion in the post- COVID-19. work programme to recover the The Union Minister highlight- country economy from the re- ed the SMART Program which verse impact of COVID-19. HE Union Minister for ASEAN Secretariat and repre- in regional commitment while has been introducing for Myan- In the evening, the Union Investment and Foreign sentatives. facing the challenges by the COV- mar’s Investment Promotion and Minister attended the 53rd ASE- TEconomic Relations U In the ASEAN Free Trade ID-19 and current situation. He Facilitation and supported the AN Economic Ministers’ Meet- Aung Naing Oo participated at the Area Council Meeting, the min- also supported the developing ASEAN Investment Facilitation ing. At the meeting, the ministers 53rd ASEAN Economic Ministers’ isters noted the implementation of the guideline for the Tariff Re- Framework (AIFF) that contains exchanged views on COVID-19 Meeting, the 35th ASEAN Free of ASEAN Trade in Goods Agree- duction Schedule transposition principles and actions to facili- prevention, control, treatment, Trade Area Council Meeting, the ment and welcomed the status which provide the transparency tate the inflow of investment into and vaccination programme in 24th ASEAN Investment Area of the review of the agreement. and certainty for the intra-ASE- ASEAN as the region gears up their respective countries. Un- Council Meeting and Economic The ministers also endorsed AN trade and encouraged the towards post-pandemic economic ion Minister informed that the Ministers and ASEAN Business the list of foods and agricultural Coordinating Committee on the recovery and looked forward to government’s vaccination pro- Advisory Council Consultations products as essential goods into Implementation of the ASEAN its implementation. gramme targeting 50 % of popu- held via video conference at 8 am the annexe of the Memorandum Trade in Goods Agreement (CCA) In the afternoon, the Un- lation over the age of 18 at the end on 8 September 2021 from the of Understanding (MOU) on the to finalize the guideline. The ion Minister joined the ASEAN of this year, and the facilitation Ministry of Investment and For- Implementation of the Non-Tariff Union Minister welcomed the Economic Ministers and ASEAN and liberalization of importation eign Economic Relations. Measures on Essential Goods progress of the General Review Business Advisory Council Con- and distribution of COVID-19 The Meetings were chaired under the Hanoi Plan of Action on of the ASEAN Trade in Goods sultations which was attended by related medicines and medical by Dato Dr Amin Liew Abdullah, Strengthening ASEAN Economic Agreement (ATIGA) and sup- ASEAN Economic Ministers and equipment. Minister at the Prime Minister’s Cooperation and Supply Chain ported the ASEAN Secretariat’s the members of ASEAN Business The 53rd ASEAN Economic Office and Minister of Finance Connectivity in Response to the Paper on the proposed ways for- Advisory Council (ABAC) from Ministers’ Meeting will continue and Economy II of Brunei Darus- COVID-19 Pandemic. The minis- wards for Long-Standing Issues ASEAN Member States. ASE- on 9 September 2021. salum and attended by ASEAN ters encouraged ASEAN Member to be incorporate in the General AN Business Advisory Council Deputy Minister and senior Economic Ministers (AEM), States to notify the trade-related Review of ATIGA. reported to the Ministers about officials from the Ministry of In- ASEAN Free Trade Area Coun- measures to WTO and ASEAN In the ASEAN Investment the progress of the ABAC’s 2021 vestment and Foreign Economic cil Ministers, ASEAN Investment Secretariat according to the ASE- Area Council Meeting, the min- activities, the preparation of Relations and the representa- Area Council Ministers, Senior AN Trade in Goods Agreement isters noted the implementation ASEAN Business and Invest- tives from the Ministry of Plan- Economic Officials (SEOM), ASE- and WTO’s Agreement. of the ASEAN Comprehensive ment Summit and arrangement ning and Finance and Ministry AN Business Advisory Council The Union minister said that Investment Agreement. The min- of the Business Award, the trade of Commerce also attended the Members, Secretary-General of Myanmar will participate actively isters welcomed the launch of the facilitation program, the digital meetings.—MNA

Installation of 33kV power cable to temporarily close Twantay Canal THE Directorate of Water Resources will be undertaken between mileposts pervisory team will temporarily pro- canal need to wait at a safe place from and Improvement of River Systems 11.5 and 12 of the canal from 8 am to hibit the running of vessels upstream the workplace. The vessels should drive issued a waterway reminder that the 4 pm during the period from 11 to 13 and downstream in the waterway of in the canal passing the workplace only installation of 33kV Hlinethaya-Twan- September. the canal. if the supervisory team allows them. tay power cable across Twantay Canal During the working period, the su- The vessels which will drive in the —MNA

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UNION Minister for Information The Union Minister added U Maung Maung Ohn visited the importance to transform the Central Press of the Print- print media into a modern one, ing and Publishing Department and he urged the employees to yesterday evening in Yangon. work together for the develop- The Union Minister firstly ment of the print media busi- met with the departmental offi- ness. cials and addressed the meeting. Deputy Director-General He said it is learned that the of the Printing and Publishing central press has long been a Department U Ko Ko Naing pre- printing and publishing place of sented the history and operation historical records of the country, of the Central Press, and the and the Prime Minister strongly Union Minister inspected its encourages the print media. The operation. — MNA civil servants need to provide the public with accurate knowl- edge through the print media The MoI Union Minister as well as the right ideas to the inspects around the central press in Yangon yesterday. young people on the path to fu- ture democracy, he continued.

120 prisoners receive COVID-19 jabs at Myanmar to host ASEAN Natsingon labour camp in Palauk Tsp ICT Awards 2021

This is the second vacci- THE ASEAN ICT Awards, an try Coordinator at https:// nation given by public health initiative and recurring project, aseanictaward.org.mm. In staff, officials said. under the ASEAN ICT Master- the second round, the judg- Palauk Township Ad- plan 2015, ASEAN ICT Master- es will conduct a preliminary ministrator U Myo Wai and plan 2020, ASEAN ICT Mas- judging process online for the officials visited the COVID-19 terplan 2025, ASEAN Digital presentations of the contest- vaccination site and provided Ministers’ Meeting (ADGMIN) ant. The ASEAN Judges and necessary assistance. and ASEAN Digital Senior Offi- the Industry Experts of ASE- Those who have received cials Meeting (ADGSOM) were AN’s partner countries such two doses of the COVID-19 annually held by the ASEAN as China, Japan and ROK will vaccine are being issued with countries since 2012, and My- make final judging in the third QR Code documents. anmar will be the host country round, and as the final round, According to the town- for ASEAN ICT Awards 2021. the winners will be awarded at ship COVID-19 Control and The contest includes four the ASEAN Digital Ministers’ Emergency Response Com- stages and those who want to Meeting (ADGMIN) meeting to mittee, the document must compete in the first level can be hosted by Myanmar. — Myo Inoculation for inmates in progress. be obtained as a travel doc- apply to ADGSOM via Coun- Min Thura/GNLM ument and must be stored A total of 120 prisoners were rectional Department in Pa- properly to prevent damage. vaccinated against COVID-19 lauk Township, Myeik District, —Hnin Myu Lwin (Palauk)/ Weapons, ammunition confiscated at Natsingon labour camp, Cor- Taninthayi Region yesterday. GNLM in Mongyai of Shan State 202 Myanmar nationals return home via Myawady border bridge

STRANDED Myanmar citizens have been safely repatriated from Thailand via Myawady Friendship Bridge (2) starting 1 August 2021, and a total of 202 Myanmar nationals returned home yesterday. Arrestees and seized weapons, ammunition and car. Myawady District Dep- uty Administrative Officer U A joint team of security forces colour Crown Athlete (1J-1547) Aung Chan Nyein and local confiscated a total of 9 guns and Sai Lin Aung Khaing (23 officials helped the returnees and 54 rounds of ammunition years old), the driver, his wife with medical tests and other in a car while conducting a Nan Mo Aye (20 years old), who supplies. search operation in Mongyai both live in Muse, and Sai Soe All the returnees must Returnees undergo reception process. Township, Lashio District in Moe Aung (21 years old) who take COVID-19 tests and the Northern Shan State yesterday lives in Namhkam Township, positive ones will have to take COVID-19 centres. and 106 females from differ- afternoon. are being prosecuted under medical treatment at Mae The latest group of re- ent regions and states. — The vehicle involved in the the law at the township police Kanal and Shwe Myawady turnees included 96 males Htein Lin Aung/GNLM armed trafficking was a white station. – Khin Mar Lar/GNLM 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Imports of anti-COVID-19 devices, medical products continue daily

THE Ministry of Commerce is trators for home use, 7,500 sets making efforts to ensure peo- of test kits, 31,600 sets of PPE ple have access to the essential suits, and 33 tonnes of masks medical supplies that are criti- were imported via Muse, Chin- cal to the COVID-19 prevention, shwehaw, Lwejel, Myawady and control and treatment activities, Tachilek trading posts and the including liquid oxygen and ox- Yangon International Airport. ygen cylinders, arranging con- Two vehicles carrying liq- tinuous importation on public uid oxygen were transported to holidays. Yangon and Monywa and one On 8 September (yester- oxygen plant to Yangon, officials day), anti-COVID-19 equipment said. and medical products, includ- It is reported that the Min- ing oxygen plants and concen- istry of Commerce is coordinat- trators, were imported by 15 ing with relevant departments, companies and transported by facilitating the importations of vehicle, including two bowsers. essential medical supplies re- A total of 41 tonnes of oxygen quired in prevention, control (liquid) carried by two bowsers, and treatment of COVID-19, as two oxygen storage containers, well as contact persons for in- 3,506 empty oxygen cylinders, quiries can be reached through one oxygen plant, one oxygen the Ministry’s Website — www. generator, 1,608 oxygen concen- commerce.gov.mm. — MNA

Anti-Covid equipment and medical aids are daily imported through land boders. Lorries and bowsers are transporting them to the needed areas.

Second dose of COVID-19 vaccines given IDPs receive first COVID jabs at to local people in Mongyang Tsp five MraukU IDP camps THE first dose of the Sinop- Before the vaccination, the harm COVID-19 vaccine was health workers check the body given to the internally displaced temperature, blood pressure persons over the age of 18 liv- and blood oxygen level at five ing in temporary shelters of vaccination sites — Naratsar MraukU Township in MraukU camp, Koe Na Win camp, Aung District of Rakhine State at five Zedi camp, Dine Gyi old village vaccination sites yesterday. and Ywar Thit camps. The offi- Dr Khin Maung Than, cials observed the people for Head of Township Public 30 minutes after vaccination, Health Department, health and also conducted education workers, administrators and programmes for them. camps’ in-charges conducted A total of 171 people from the first vaccination processes five IDP camps received their under the guidance of MraukU Sinopharm vaccines yesterday. Township Administration Body — Khin Maung Tun (IPRD)/ Chairman U Soe Soe Thet. GNLM

A local receives the second shot of Covid vaccine in Mongyang Township in Shan State(East). THE second round of COVID-19 tion Department, departments guidelines issued by the Ministry vaccination was conducted to the and civil society organization of Health. elderly and local people over performed the vaccination works U Aung Zin Oo, chairman of the age of 65 at the designated in Monglwe Village, Nammok the township administration body, vaccination centres in the vil- Village and Ponlong Village in and members of the committee lages in Monglwe village-tract, Monglwe village-tract, Mongyang supervised the vaccination. Mongyang Township, Kengtung Township. From 28 August to 7 Septem- District, Shan State (East) on 7 The second dose of the COV- ber, 1,554 people were vaccinated September. ID-19 vaccine was given to the against COVID-19 in Mongyang Healthcare workers and of- elderly and local people over 65 Township. — Khun Ye Htwe (Hsi- The first inoculation drive in MraukU IDP camps. ficials from General Administra- years of age as per the health hseng)/GNLM 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR LOCAL BUSINESS 7

Black gram price up by K50,000 per Stock market up in August tonne within one week THE values of shares trad- At present, people are ed on the Yangon Stock Ex- keeping emergency savings, change (YSX) climbed up in rather than investing in the August 2021 compared with COVID-19 crisis and cur- those registered in the last rent political development, two months, with over K300 he added. million worth of 49,191 shares Amid the COVID-19 traded on the exchange, crisis and political changes, the YSX’s monthly report Myanmar’s securities mar- showed. ket has been able to continue In February 2021, K442 operating without stopping million worth of 77,388 shares trading. Additionally, the were traded on the exchange. stock market also rose in The figures extended further August. drops to K110 million worth of In 2020, the value of 19,816 shares in March 2021. stocks traded on the ex- Then, the market slightly change reached a peak of rose in April with K280 mil- K1.48 billion in February, lion worth of 42,964 shares. whereas trading on the ex- The stocks were maintained change registered an all-time Kyat weakening against the US dollar in the forex market caused the price of black grams to spike. in the bull market in May low of K552.9 million in No- with 78,642 shares worth vember due to the COVID-19 THE price of black gram (urad and pigeon peas starting from of pigeon peas under the G-to-G K432.448 million as well. In resurgences in Myanmar, the called in India) has risen by 2017. Myanmar earlier had to (government to government) June, 79,296 shares worth exchange’s monthly report K50,000 per tonne within a week, export black bean and pigeon pact during the April-March pe- K430.285 million were trad- showed. according to Yangon Region peas under the quota system and riod between the 2021-2022 finan- ed on the exchange. Then, A total of K12.6 billion Chambers of Commerce and limit period. cial year and the 2025-2026FY, as the volume of shares traded worth of 1.87 million shares Industry (Bayintnaung Whole- On 15 May 2021, India’s Min- per the Memorandum of Under- in the equity market plunged by six listed companies were sale Centre). istry of Agriculture and Farmers standing between the Ministry of to 36,855 shares in July 2021 traded on the exchange in The black gram fetched Welfare approved not only black Commerce and India’s counter- and the trading value also 2020, a significant drop com- only K1,400,000 per tonne in the gram but also other pulses being part signed on 18 June. slipped to K198 million. pared to 2019. Over 2.4 mil- domestic market on 2 Septem- imported from Myanmar that Myanmar yearly produces Under Section 4 of the lion shares from five listed ber, whereas it touched a high have the bill of lading up to Octo- about 400,000 tonnes of black Trading Business Regula- companies, valued at K13.39 of K1,451,000 per tonne (FAQ/ ber-end 2021, with relaxations of gram and 50,000 tonnes of pi- tions, the stock trading was billion, were traded on the RC) on 8 September. conditions regarding clearance geon peas. closed from 16 to 20 August exchange in 2019, according Kyat weakening against the consignment up to 30 November Myanmar is the top produc- 2021 as the long public holi- to the annual report released US dollar in the forex market 2021. ing country of black gram that In- days for COVID-19 preven- by the exchange. caused the price of black grams According to this statement, dia demands. Besides Myanmar, tion, control and treatment Next, the Securities to spike. the previous notifications dated other beans such as pigeon peas, activities. The market re- and Exchange Commission Moreover, the price rise is 19 March 2021 and 26 March 2021 green grams and yellow peas, sumed on 23 August 2021 as of Myanmar (SECM) has al- attributed to the relaxation of were cancelled. are also grown in Australia and usual. lowed foreigners to invest in the bean import quota by India. Additionally, Myanmar can Africa, Myanmar Pulses, Beans Last month, the shares India set an import quota export 250,000 tonnes of black and Sesame Seeds Merchants the local equity market from on beans including black gram gram (urad) and 100,000 tonnes Association stated. — NN/GNLM of six listed companies — 20 March 2020. First Myanmar Investment Furthermore, YSX (FMI), Myanmar Thilawa launched a pre-listing board SEZ Holdings (MTSH), My- (PLB) on 28 September 2020 Potato from Ywangan area fetches high price anmar Citizens Bank (MCB), to provide unlisted public THE newly harvested fresh First Private Bank (FPB), companies with fund-rais- potato from the Ywarngan TMH Telecom Public Co. Ltd ing opportunities and build area is regularly flowing into (TMH), the Ever Flow River a bridge toward listing on Thirimarla Vegetable Whole- Group Public Co., Ltd (EFR) YSX, YSX stated. sale Market in Mandalay, ac- and Amata Holding Public The YSX was launched cording to potato warehouses. Co., Ltd. (AMATA) were trad- four years ago to improve About seven to eight ed in the equity market. The the private business sector. It trucks load of potatoes are share prices per unit were disseminates rules and reg- daily supplied to Thirimarla closed at K8,900 for FMI, ulations regarding the stock Vegetable wholesale market. K3,200 for MTSH, K7,800 exchange and knowledge of The prices are higher than last for MCB, K20,500 for FPB, share trading through stock year. The potato was priced K2,700 for TMH, K3,100 for investment seminars. The the highest of K700 per viss (a EFR and K4,800 for AMATA stock exchange has also viss equals 1.6 kg) last year, About seven to eight trucks load of potatoes are daily supplied to respectively. sought the government’s whereas it fetches up to K900- Thirimarla Vegetable wholesale market. The prices are higher than last year. The stock markets support to get more public 1,000 per viss depending on worldwide have reported companies to participate in size and quality, said U Aung in other regions and states. sulted in the price rise, he their largest declines since the stock market and help Moe Naing, an owner of Aung Last year, flooding the market continued. the 2008 financial crisis. warehouse in Mandalay. resulted in a price drop. Along with the price rise, more institutional investors, At present, the inflow of Nevertheless, this staple other vegetables such as cab- Similarly, the local equities such as financing companies, potatoes from the Ywangan food potato is highly demanded bage, kidney bean and cauli- market is also scared by the investment banks, and insur- area to the Mandalay market this year amid the COVID-19 flower are sold at regular pric- COVID-19 crash, a market ance companies, to emerge. is steady. Meanwhile, the har- consequences as raw potato es. – Min Htet Aung (Mandalay observer points out. — KK/GNLM vest time has already finished can last several months, re- Sub-Printing House)/GNLM 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTICLE/NATIONAL 9 Take care of Covid has ‘devastating’ impact on fight against HIV, your health but MYANMAR Daily Weather Report TB, malaria: Global Fund (ISSUED at 7:00 pm Wednesday 8 September 2021) don’t be harmful BAY INFERENCE: Monsoon is moderate over the Andaman The Covid-19 pandemic had a “devastating” impact on the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and ma- Sea and South Bay and weak to moderate elsewhere over to others the Bay of Bengal. laria in 2020, according to a report released by the Global Fund on Wednesday. FORECAST VALID UNTIL AFTERNOON OF THE 9 September, 2021: Rain or thundershowers will be scattered in VERYBODY needs to take care of the dangers trig- O mark our 20th an- rus pandemic on the fight against distributed increased by 17 per Sagaing, Magway Regions and Kachin, Chin, Rakhine States, gered by various diseases which can affect those niversary, we had TB worldwide had similarly been cent to 188 million and structures fairly widespread in Nay Pyi Taw, Mandalay, Ayeyawady Re- E persons with terrible impacts leading to physical and “Thoped to focus this “catastrophic”, the report said. covered by indoor residual spray- gions and widespread in the remaining Regions and States mental losses. year’s report on the extraordinary The number of people treat- ing increased by three per cent. with likelihood of regionally heavyfalls in Nay Pyi Taw and Nobody can evade the danger of diseases. They all will stories of courage and resilience ed for drug-resistant TB in the Nevertheless, the Global isolated heavyfalls in Lower Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway, Bago, gradually fade out from society one day due to the impact of that made possible the progress countries where the Global Fund Fund -- which brings together gov- Taninthayi Regions and Northern Shan, Kayin, Mon States. any disease. Nobody can avoid the day they pass away. It is a we have achieved against HIV, invests dropped by “a staggering” ernments, multi-lateral agencies, Degree of certainty is (100%). universal truth. However, they should not give up on the danger TB and malaria over the last two 19 per cent, with those on treat- bilateral partners, civil society of disease without any reason. While being alive, everybody decades,” said Peter Sands, the ment for extensively drug-resist- groups, people affected by the STATE OF THE SEA: Seas will be moderate in Myanmar needs to fight against the diseases through various ways and Global Fund’s executive director. ant TB registering an even bigger diseases and the private sector waters. Wave height will be about (6-8)feet off and along My- means as much as they can. “But the 2020 numbers force drop of 37 per cent, it said. -- said that its “rapid and deter- anmar Coasts. They must be struggling for a different focus. They confirm mined response to Covid-19 pre- Generally, healthy life alive as well as for their what we feared might happen TB treatment vented an even worse outcome”. OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Likelihood survival. when Covid-19 struck,” he said. The fund calculated that of increase of rain in Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady, Taninthayi and fit persons But everybody should “The impact of Covid-19 on around 4.7 million people were Fund disbursements Regions and Kayin, Mon States. not be too much afraid of the fight against HIV, TB and treated for TB in 2020, around one In 2020, the fund disbursed can endure diseases. Unfrightening is malaria and the communities we million fewer than in 2019. $4.2 billion to continue the fight FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOURING the impacts not activities of careless- support has been devastating. For Interventions to combat ma- against HIV, TB and malaria AREA FOR 9 September, 2021: One or two rain or thunder- ness. They have to solve the first time in the history of the laria “appear to have been less and approved an additional $980 showers. Degree of certainty is (100%). of diseases. the health challenges with- global fund, key programmatic badly affected by Covid-19 than million in funding to respond to out too much frightening results have gone backwards.” the other two diseases,” the re- Covid-19. The Global Fund said FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA Those persons by applying their experi- port found. “Thanks to adaptation that since it was set up in 2002, FOR 9 September, 2021: Isolated rain or thundershowers. with powerful ences. At this juncture, not “Significant” declines in HIV A patient walks past an HIV testing tent in Harare, Zimbabwe in June 2019. PHOTO: AFP/FILE measures and the diligence and it has saved 44 million lives and Degree of certainty is (100%). too much frightening is not testing innovation of community health the number of deaths caused by immunity can similar to carelessness. En- There were “significant” de- number of people reached with percent, holding back new treat- antiretroviral therapy for HIV in workers, prevention activities AIDS, TB and malaria decreased FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING countering the challenges clines in HIV testing and preven- HIV prevention and treatment ment in most countries. 2020, rose by 8.8 per cent to 21.9 remained stable or increased by 46 per cent in countries where AREA FOR 9 September, 2021: Isolated rain or thunder- easily overcome of diseases with careless- tion services, the fund said. dropped by 11 per cent last year, Nevertheless, the number of million “despite Covid-19”. compared to 2019.” it invests. showers. Degree of certainty is (100%). the health ness may affect not only Compared with 2019, the while HIV testing dropped by 22 people who received life-saving The impact of the coronavi- The number of mosquito nets SOURCE: AFP themselves but those from problems because environs. If somebody com- FLOOD Bulletin mits misconduct based on (ISSUED at 08:00 hrs M.S.T on 8-9-2021) they have been carelessness, such a move taking care of may change the process of Flood condition of Ayeyawady River society unexpectedly. Africa Covid death toll tops 200,000: AFP tally According to the (07:30) hrs M.S.T observation today, the health along Nowadays, some peo- water level of Hinthada at Ayeyawady River has exceeded by ple do not have the fear about (3) inches above its danger level. It may fall below its their lifespan. In of the terrible COVID-19 The WHO has said that if excess deaths directly or indirectly linked to Covid are taken into account, danger level during the next (1) day. pandemic. They do not use According to the (07:30) hrs M.S.T observation today, the consequence, protective gear such as the real toll could be double or triple. water level of Zalun at Ayeyawady River has exceeded by about they enjoy the masks, gloves, face shields (5) inches above its danger level. It may fall below its danger and hand washing. They ORE than 200,000 peo- tries of North Africa. 83,899 deaths so far. But last week’s pared to just 11 per cent on 1 July. level during the next (1) day. advantage of their put masks on their chins ple have died from Cov- The WHO has said that if ex- daily average of 7,400 new cas- Africa has seen the lowest FLOOD condition of Ngawun River which cannot prevent the M id-19 in Africa since the cess deaths directly or indirectly es and 234 deaths is significantly vaccination rate to date of all the According to the (07:30) hrs M.S.T observation today, the good deeds for danger of COVID-19. At a start of the pandemic, according to linked to Covid are taken into ac- lower than in late July, when the continents, with only eight jabs water level of Ngathaingchaung at Ngawun River has exceeded self-health care. time when most people use an AFP tally compiled from official count, the real toll could be double daily average was up to 20,000 new administered per 100 inhabitants by about (2) inches above its danger level. It may fall below its the COVID-19 protective records as of 1700 GMT. or triple. cases and 420 deaths. administered, according to an AFP danger level during the next (2) days. gears, some persons are A total of 200,254 fatalities The total number of infections count, compared with 102 in Eu- still overcoming the challenges of COVID-19 with carelessness. have been registered in Africa, is also likely to be an under-es- Vaccination key rope and 116 in the United States Advisory The people using the protective gears cannot impose impacts home to more than 1.3 billion peo- timate, given insufficient testing The decrease has been even and Canada. IT is advised to the people who settle near the river banks of any impacts from the pandemic on those with carelessness. ple, since the virus emerged in capacity in Africa. more striking in Tunisia, which has According to the WHO, around and low lying areas in Hinthada Township, Zalun Township But, viruses from those careless persons may spread in the China in December 2019. “It’s probably a lot higher than recorded a daily average of 1,680 three per cent of sub-Saharan Afri- and Ngathaingchaung, to take precaution measure. air to cause further infection to others. After several deadly months, that,” said researcher Glenda Da- cases and 64 deaths: 41 and 39 per- ca’s population are fully vaccinat- As such, anyone needs to take care of their behaviours including some 27,000 deaths in vidson of South Africa’s Cape Pen- cent down on the previous week. ed. By comparison, 52 per cent of without harming other persons. Especially, the ailing persons July and 26,000 in August, the pan- insula University of Technology. The figures are well below those people are fully vaccinated in the should take more care of their behaviours. Individual care demic appears to be easing on the “Testing resources are very low of July, which were described by United States of America and 57 is one of the factors to overcome the challenges of diseases. continent, with current daily fig- on the continent.” the government as “catastroph- per cent in the European Union. Soldiers escort a homeless woman to a gathering point in the Everybody expects they all would have to enjoy the full longevity. ures of 617 compared to up to 990 Death registration processes ic”, with up to 7,900 cases and 207 “The inequity is deeply dis- Johannesburg CBD during the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown. PHOTO: MICHELE SPATARI/AFP Generally, healthy and fit persons can endure the impacts in late July, a record for the region. were often delayed and inaccurate, deaths daily. turbing. Just two percent of the of diseases. Those persons with powerful immunity can easily The figures are based on tolls she added. Tunisia’s summer was also over five billion doses given glob- Africa has been picking up after a Choonara. overcome the health problems because they have been taking communicated daily day by health The current fall in the con- marked by a sharp acceleration in ally have been administered in rocky start. “It is contributing to certain care of health along their lifespan. In consequence, they enjoy authorities in each country or by tinent’s tally is a result of sharp its vaccination drive, with nearly 37 Africa,” WHO Africa chief Dr Mat- “The vaccine has been our changes in trends we are begin- the advantage of their good deeds for self-health care. the UN’s World Health Organiza- drops in the hardest-hit countries. per cent of the population having shidiso Moeti said last week. weapon,” said South African pub- ning to see.” tion (WHO) and include the coun- South Africa has recorded received at least one dose, com- However, inoculation in South lic health practitioner Shakira SOURCE: AFP 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 10 SCI/ENVIRON: WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Conservation meet mulls moratorium on deep sea mining

THE world’s top conservation fo- bers — some 1,400 national manganese, cobalt and nickel — rum will vote this week on wheth- agencies, NGOs and indigenous metals increasingly in demand er to recommend a moratorium groups — is a commitment “to for electric vehicle batteries. But on deep sea mining, with scien- support and implement a mora- there’s a catch: these fist-sized tists warning that ecosystems torium on deep seabed mining”. rocks are generally found on degraded while dredging the The measure also recom- seabeds four to six kilometres ocean floor 5,000 metres below mends greater oversight of the below the surface. Commercial the waves could take decades International Seabed Authori- mining at those depths does not or longer to heal. The proposed ty (ISA), an intergovernmental currently exist, but there are sev- ban is among a score of meas- body that regulates the extrac- eral companies investing in the ures deemed too controversial tion of precious minerals from technology that would make it to be decided remotely ahead of seabeds beyond waters falling possible. The ISA — mandated the International Union for the within national exclusive eco- by the UN to regulate miner- Conservation of Nature (IUCN) nomic zones. Parts of the ocean al-extraction from the high seas Congress, meeting through Sat- floor are rich in minerals, includ- This photo taken on 30 August 2018 shows an abandoned phosphate “for the benefit of humanity as harbour in Aiwo on the Pacific island of Nauru. PHOTO: MIKE LEYRAL urday in Marseille. ing so-called polymetallic nod- a whole” — has approved 30 li- / AFP A “yes” vote by IUCN mem- ules composed mostly of copper, cences for exploration.—AFP

NEWS Sea of plastic: Med pollution under IN BRIEF spotlight at conservation meet NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock PLASTIC packaging and discard- ed fishing nets bob in the tran- quil waters of the Mediterranean, NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded signs of the choking pollution that in collecting its first rock sample for scientists to pore over when a has stirred strong feelings at the future mission eventually brings it back to Earth. world conservation congress in “I’ve got it!” the space agency tweeted, alongside a photograph of the French port city Marseille a rock core slightly thicker than a pencil inside a sample tube. this week. The sample was collected on 1 September, but NASA was initially “The Mediterranean is the unsure whether the rover had successfully held onto its precious cargo, most beautiful sea in the world because initial images taken in poor light were unclear. — and one of the most polluted,” After taking a new photo so mission control could verify its con- said Danielle Milon, vice-presi- tents, Perseverance transferred the tube to the rover’s interior for further dent of the Calanques National measurements and imaging, then hermetically sealed the container. Park on the edge of the city, where Sperm Whale was found dead with 22kg of plastic in its stomach on the “This is a momentous achievement and I can’t wait to see the the International Union for Con- coast of Sardinia. PHOTO: SEAME SARDINIA/AFP/FILE incredible discoveries produced by Perseverance and our team,” NASA servation of Nature is holding administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement. its congress. While the quantity countries whose economies rely President Emmanuel Macron Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for science, likened of rubbish in the sea is well doc- on tourism drawn to pristine pledged to greatly increase the the achievement to the first samples of rock taken from the Moon, umented — the IUCN released beaches and sparkling waters. size of conservation areas off which are still invaluable to researchers today. a report on the issue last year At the opening of the IUCN Con- their Mediterranean coasts — Perseverance’s sampling and caching system is the most complex entitled “Mare plasticum” — it gress, Greek Prime Minister as well as the rigour with which mechanism ever sent to space, with over 3,000 parts. is driving growing alarm among Kyriakos Mitsotakis and French they are preserved.—AFP Its first target was a briefcase-sized rock nicknamed “Rochette” from a ridgeline that is particularly interesting from a geological perspective as it contains ancient layers of exposed bedrock.—AFP On thin ice: Near North Pole, a warning Armed with voting rights, native groups on climate change join conservation fray the “50 Let Pobedy” (“50 Years NEWLY armed with voting rights, indigenous peoples have come to of Victory”), part of a growing the world’s leading conservation congress meeting in the French city fleet of icebreakers that Russia is of Marseille both hopeful and wary. using to assert its power in Arctic They have demands, and will not go quietly into the night, their waters. The vast, nuclear-pow- representatives say. ered ships clear paths through “It makes no sense for consultants and companies to come to teach the ice for commercial vessels, us how to protect what we have always successfully protected,” said helping Russia to deliver its oil, Jose Gregorio Diaz Mirabal of COICA, which represents more than two gas and minerals to the rest of million indigenous people across nine Amazon nations. world, and eventually to set up Their boldest proposal is for a measure to ensure that 80 per cent an Arctic shipping route between of the Amazon is declared a protected area by 2025. Asia and Europe that Moscow The reasoning is simple. has touted as a rival to the Suez “Half of [tropical] forests, and 80 per cent of biodiversity” in the Polar bears depend on the frozen ocean to hunt for their main sources of Canal. Lobusov, a 57-year-old world are found in indigenous territories, said Peter Seligmann, a vet- food: seals and walrus. The bears are the bosses here, this is their home,’ with a grey beard who often has eran conservationist who set up an NGO — Nia Tero (Our Land) — run says Dmitry Lobusov. PHOTO: AFP/FILE a pipe in hand, stares out from the in part by indigenous leaders. A massive icebreaker cuts its way the eye can see. But even here, bridge as the red-and-black ship Walter Quertehuari is a leader of the Wachiperi people in south- through the frozen waters of the the impact of climate change can ploughs forward, so silent you eastern Peru. His commune in the Amarakaeri reserve is recognized Arctic Ocean, clearing a path to be felt. Dmitry Lobusov has seen can hear the ice cracking under on the IUCN Green List for its work in protecting biodiversity.—AFP the North Pole, all white as far as it. For 13 years he has captained its hull.—AFP 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR PANDEMIC: WORLD 11

NEWS Hong Kong completes third runway as IN BRIEF pandemic keeps city isolated Lao health officials step up COVID-19 HONG Kong marked the comple- months of political unrest in 2019, checks on migrant tion of a third runway at its air- which at one point paralyzed the port on Tuesday at a time when airport, and China’s subsequent workers the once thriving international crackdown on dissent. travel hub remains cut off from The business hub current- Lao health officials will beef most of the world. ly remains inaccessible to most up screening and quarantine City leader Carrie Lam people during the coronavirus procedures for Lao nationals re- presided over a topping-off pandemic because it maintains turning from Thailand, in a bid ceremony for the 3.9-kilometre some of the world’s strictest to stem the spread of COVID-19 runway, which took five years quarantine measures. Almost infections. to construct on reclaimed land. all arrivals must complete one As COVID-19 spread in Thanks to its location and to three weeks of mandatory ho- Thailand, Laos is at greater risk comparatively relaxed entry re- tel quarantine, a move that has of the highly infectious Delta quirements, Hong Kong has long kept the coronavirus at bay but variant, especially if people en- hosted one of the world’s busiest hammered the travel industry ter Laos from Thailand illegally international airports. and left the city isolated. Chief executive leader Carrie Lam (centre) at the topping-off ceremony and avoid screening, local daily But it faces increasing com- The construction of new for the 3.9km runway. PHOTO: HONG KONG GOVT/AFP Vientiane Times reported on petition from regional rival Sin- runways often faces strong op- Tuesday. gapore as well as rapidly expand- position from environmental Before the coronavirus, the flights per year. Thousands of Lao nation- ing airports in mainland China. groups in western nations but two runways were already oper- The third runway is expect- als are returning from Thailand The city’s reputation as a Hong Kong’s airport expansion ating well beyond their capacity ed to start operations sometime during the pandemic, according travel hub was also dented by saw little protest. of receiving and sending 420,000 in 2022.—AFP to the National Taskforce Com- mittee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.—Xinhua Rally of Japan cancelled because of pandemic Japan orders 150 ganizers announced on Tuesday. Rally Japan was inked in million doses of “Considering the character- as the 12th and final event of the Covid vaccine istics of the WRC competition, championship calendar and the which is held on public roads WRC said it would announce a JAPAN has agreed to buy 150 with the imperative co-operation replacement event shortly to million doses of Novavax’s of all in the local community, and conclude the season. coronavirus vaccine, with Jap- the fact that in Japan the COV- After eight rallies, French- anese firm Takeda expecting to ID-19 emergency cases continue man Sebastien Ogier (Toyota) manufacture the formula for to increase daily and alleviation leads the drivers’ standings, distribution early next year, the of the situation remains unpre- 38 points ahead of his British drugmaker said Tuesday. dictable, together we were left teammate Elfyn Evans and Bel- The cost of the deal was with only one choice which was gian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai). not announced, and it is con- to, unfortunately, call off the 2021 Among manufacturers, Toyota is tingent on the vaccine being WRC Rally Japan,” the organis- 41 points ahead of Hyundai. After approved in Japan. Takeda will ers said in a statement. the Acropolis Rally in Greece be in charge of carrying out lo- Sebastien Ogier leads the WRC standings but will not get the chance to It is the second successive which runs this week from cal clinical trials.—AFP claim the title in Japan. PHOTO: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/FILE year that organizers have had Thursday to Sunday, two other THE World Rally championship has been cancelled because of to cancel the Rally Japan which events remain on the calendar, in event in Japan, which was due continuing problems with the was due to appear last year for Finland (1-3 October) and Spain Hong Kong: Travel to take place in mid-November, coronavirus pandemic, the or- the first time since 2010. (14-17 October).—AFP restrictions ease for certain visitors Thailand’s new COVID-19 cases drop to lowest since July As of Wednesday, travellers ar- riving in Hong Kong no longer need to quarantine. The relax- THAILAND registered 13,821 tients were discharged from hos- ing of restrictions is welcome, new COVID-19 cases, the fewest pitals over the last 24 hours after after summer outbreaks on the since 22 July, while the number making a full recovering from the mainland made stricter travel of new fatalities was still high at virus, almost 3,000 more than the rules necessary. 241, the Center for COVID-19 Sit- newly infected, according to the Travellers who have not uation Administration reported CCSA. Since the pandemic start- been to medium or high-risk on Tuesday. ed early last year, the accumula- areas located on the mainland Out of the new infections, tive number of COVID-19 stands or in Macao will now be able over 6,000 cases and more than at 1,308,343 with 13,283 total fatal- to enter Hong Kong. However, half of the new fatalities were ities. Over 700,000 COVID-19 vac- the number of visitors will be reported in Bangkok and its five cines have been administered on capped at 2,000 people per neighbouring provinces. Monday, making the total number day. Despite no longer being More than 86 per cent of of COVID-19 vaccination doses required to quarantine, all the new deaths recorded were given in the country rose to above travellers still need to present among senior patients aged over 36.6 million. About 15 per cent of a negative Covid test prior to ar- 60 years and patients with under- the Thai population have been rival and must continue to take lying diseases. fully vaccinated against the virus Citizens wait to receive COVID-19 vaccines in Bangkok, Thailand, 9 July tests throughout the duration Some 16,737 COVID-19 pa- so far.—Xinhua 2021. PHOTO: XINHUA/RACHEN SAGEAMSAK of their stay.— AFP 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 12 ECON: WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

NEWS Moscow vies for Arctic clout with nuclear icebreaker fleet IN BRIEF AS Arctic ice cover recedes with and state companies such as Japan’s economy climate change, Russia is pinning Gazprom Neft, Norilsk Nickel watcher sentiment its hopes for supremacy in the and Rosneft already have major posts sharpest drop warming region on a fleet of giant projects in the Arctic to extract nuclear-powered icebreakers. oil, gas and minerals. “The Arctic in 18 months Moscow sees the develop- region has enormous potential,” ment of the Arctic as a historic Russian Deputy Prime Minister BUSINESS sentiment among mission and already has huge Alexander Novak said earlier this workers with jobs sensitive projects to exploit its natural month. “In terms of resources, to economic trends in Japan resources. Its next big plan is we’re talking about 15 billion marked the steepest fall in one for year-round use of the North- tonnes of oil and 100 trillion cubic and a half years in August as the ern Sea Route, a shipping lane metres of gas. Enough for tens if nation saw record levels of COV- through Arctic waters Russia not hundreds of years,” he said. ID-19 cases, government data hopes could rival the Suez Canal. showed Wednesday. Here are some key facts Russia has a fleet of five icebreakers and a container ship and is building Suez alternative The diffusion index of con- about Russia’s plans for the four more nuclear-powered vessels within the next five years. PHOTO: The Northern Sea Route AFP fidence in current conditions Arctic: links the Pacific to the Atlantic compared with three months AFP journalist on board that Rus- frozen waters. We are continu- through Russian Arctic waters. earlier among “economy watch- Historic ambitions sia has a special role to play in ing this successfully,” Dmitry It is not currently navigable ers,” such as taxi drivers and res- As an icebreaker called the the Arctic. Lobusov said. year-round without the help of taurant staff, plunged 13.7 points “50 Years of Victory” left the port “A third of our territory lies President Vladimir Putin icebreakers, though in summer from July to 34.7, the first drop in of Murmansk for the North Pole above the Arctic Circle. Our has made the development of some specialized classes of ships three months, according to the this summer, its captain told an ancestors have long mastered the Arctic a strategic priority can pass through.— AFP Cabinet Office. The decline was the biggest since a 14.0 point fall recorded in February last year, French builders hammer through Covid as homes go green when coronavirus infections started increasing in the coun- try and the economic outlook on Tuesday. of Crafts and Small Building began to deteriorate rapidly. The French builders were as Companies (Capeb). latest benchmark index reading busy in the first half of this year Growth in energy renovation was the lowest since 31.2 logged as they were before the pandem- — which includes retrofitting and in January this year. A reading ic as owners upgrade properties power-saving upgrades — is key below 50 indicates that more re- now that they spend more time to France meeting its climate spondents reported worsening at home, an industry group said change commitments as build- conditions than improving ones. on Tuesday. ings account for 28 per cent of From around late July, the Growth was driven by en- its greenhouse gas emissions, number of new daily infections ergy renovation, which grew by Andreas Rudinger of think tank continued to rise across Japan 3.3 per cent in the first half of IDDRI wrote in an article last amid the spread of the highly the year from the same period in year. Overall activity in the sector contagious Delta variant and 2019. Overall, maintenance and — ranging from home building eventually exceeded 25,000 in renovation grew 2.2 per cent. to energy upgrades — grew by mid-August, though cases have Logjam: More than half of French builders say they’re experiencing “Being confined and work- 0.5 per cent from the first half started to fall recently.—Kyodo problems with raw material supplies. PHOTO: AFP ing from home has prompted of 2019. French people to change their “It’s exceptional, when you FRENCH builders were as busy as owners upgrade properties homes in order to live better,” consider the year we had in 2020,” China unveils 5-year in the first half of this year as now that they spend more time said Jean-Christophe Repon, Repon said, adding, however, that plan for agricultural they were before the pandemic at home, an industry group said president of the Confederation “growth is very fragile”.—AFP green development THE Chinese government on Wednesday unveiled a plan for Power cuts stall industrial revival in Syria’s Aleppo the green development of the country’s agricultural sector WORKSHOPS in Syria’s Aleppo “I can’t say the war has over the next five years. used to clatter on into the night really ended as my machines The plan, jointly issued by before the war, but these days haven’t gone back to working six departments including the the machines grind to a halt at around the clock,” he said. Ministry of Agriculture and Ru- 6:00 pm sharp because of power The conflict has ravaged ral Affairs, identified resource cuts. electricity networks as well as protection, pollution control, Fighting ended almost five oil and gas infrastructure across restoration of agricultural ecol- years ago in the country’s for- the country. ogy and the development of a mer economic hub, but limited Syria’s largest oilfields re- low-carbon agricultural indus- electricity supply has hampered main beyond the government’s trial chain as the key tasks for a full return to work in its man- reach in the country’s Kurd- the 14th Five-Year Plan period ufacturing neighbourhoods that ish-held northeast, and Western (2021-2025). The plan set quan- produce everything from plastic sanctions have hampered fuel titative objectives for the agri- to food. imports from abroad. culture sector to be achieved by In the Karm al-Qatar- Syrians in government-held Syrian men work at a workshop in Aleppo. Syrians in government-held 2025, which include attaining ji district famous for textiles, areas have had to adapt their areas have had to adapt their lives at home and work around power cuts an overall pass rate of over 98 Mahmud Majkini, 31, said his lives at home and work around of up to 20 hours a day. PHOTO: AFP per cent in routine quality and business weaving medical gauze power cuts of up to 20 hours a tricts may receive a little more is still not enough for his busi- safety tests of agricultural prod- was still reeling from the effects day. power than residential neigh- ness to fully get back on its feet. ucts.— Xinhua of the decade-old conflict. Aleppo’s industrial dis- bourhoods, but Majkini says it —AFP 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR BIZ: WORLD / AD 13 Toyota to spend 1.5 tril. yen on battery NEWS IN BRIEF development, supply by 2030 China’s state media tries to TOYOTA Motor Corp. said now” in the late 2020s, reassure investors over crackdown Tuesday it will spend 1.5 Masahiko Maeda, Toyo- trillion yen ($13.7 billion) ta’s chief technology of- China’s recent clampdowns on a range of industries including by 2030 on the development ficer, said in an online press tech firms and the education sector will not detract from its and supply of batteries for briefing. goal of opening up the economy, state media said Wednesday, electric and hybrid vehi- Maeda said the com- as Beijing rushes to reassure rattled investors. cles, as it pushes for carbon pany aims to achieve the Sweeping regulatory changes over the past months neutrality and competition cost-cut goal by slashing have targeted everything from monopolistic behaviour to intensifies over low emis- roughly 30 per cent in the data security, rattling share prices and wiping billions off sions technology. cost of manufacturing the companies’ valuations. The world’s biggest batteries such as by devel- Authorities have ordered some of China’s biggest tech carmaker by volume is oping materials that can firms to stop “disorderly expansion”, scuppered the bumper looking to nearly quadruple replace cobalt and nick- listing of financial giant Ant group, and launched a series of its global sales of electrified Toyota said it has not changed its target to commercialize el, and improving power antitrust and cybersecurity probes. vehicles including hybrids all solid-state batteries, which enable a longer travel efficiency of vehicles by A fresh push by President Xi Jinping targeting the coun- to 8 million units in 2030 to distance for electrified cars per charge, by the early 2020s. 30 per cent. The automak- try’s uber-rich and calling for “common prosperity” has added meet stricter emission reg- PHOTO: TOKUMEIGAKARINOAOSHIMA/ WIKIMEDIA er also targets raising fire to public debate, as have moves to tighten oversight of COMMONS/KYODO ulations in global markets. the endurance perfor- pop culture. Of the 1.5 trillion yen in er. It indicates that about 8 about 1.4 trillion yen and 1.2 mance of the battery for But a widely shared article by a well-known blogger investments, about 1 trillion per cent of capital spending trillion yen in the respective the Toyota bZ4X, a new calling the clampdowns a “profound revolution” has prompt- yen will mainly be spent on and nearly 5 per cent of the fields for the business year model of battery electric ed a scramble by public figures and state media to counter increasing the number of research and development through March 2022. vehicles to be launched growing fears that the changes amount to a second Cultural production lines for the bat- budget will be battery re- “We will aim to achieve around mid-2022, to one Revolution. “Opening to the outside world is China’s basic na- teries to 70 or more by 2030, lated every year, given a a per-vehicle cost of 50 per of the highest levels in the tional policy, and this will not waver at any point,” a front-page according to the automak- Toyota forecast to allocate cent or less compared to world.—Kyodo News People’s Daily editorial proclaimed on Wednesday.— AFP

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M/S BLPL SHIPPING LINES M/S SEALAND MAERSK ASIA PTE LTD 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 14 SOCIETY THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NEWS Blinken says Taliban renew vow IN BRIEF Mexico to replace Columbus statue with to let Afghans ‘freely depart’ indigenous woman faced mounting pressure amid A statue of Christopher Columbus in the heart of Mexico City will be reports that several hundred peo- replaced by one of an indigenous woman, authorities said Monday, ple, also including Americans, days before the country’s 200th independence anniversary. had been prevented for a week The figure of the Italian navigator, which was removed from from flying out of an airport in Reforma Avenue last year as protesters vowed to topple it, will be northern Afghanistan. moved to “a safe, dignified” place, the National Institute of Anthro- The Taliban told the United pology and History said. States that “they will let people It will be replaced by a sculpture of an indigenous Olmec woman with travel documents freely de- made by the Mexican artist Pedro Reyes, Mexico City Mayor Claudia part,” Blinken told a news confer- Sheinbaum said. ence in Doha where he and De- “It is precisely indigenous women who have perhaps had the fence Secretary Lloyd Austin met greatest burden in the history of Mexico and to whom the least rec- their Qatari opposite numbers. ognition has been given,” she said. “We will hold them to that,” The decision also represents an act of “social justice,” Sheinbaum US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (2nd-R) and Secretary of Defense he added. added, as well as recognition of 500 years of “indigenous resistance” Lloyd Austin (L) with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Qatar said that Kabul airport, since the Spanish conquest. Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (R) and Qatari Deputy Prime largely closed since the conclu- Minister and Defence Minister Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah Activist groups last year organized a protest called “We’re going to sion of Washington’s chaotic with- (2nd-L). PHOTO: POOL/AFP knock it down” for Monday, 12 October, the date marking Columbus’ drawal from the country at the arrival in America in 1492. In Mexico, the date is commemorated as US Secretary of State Antony Afghanistan following his meet- end of August, would hopefully Dia de la Raza (Day of the Race), in recognition of the country’s mixed Blinken said Tuesday that the ing with Qatari officials on accel- reopen soon, potentially opening indigenous and European heritage.— AFP Taliban had reiterated a pledge erating evacuations. an important corridor for Afghans to allow Afghans to freely depart US President Joe Biden has seeking to leave.—AFP UN denies Sudan refugee camps used as bolthole for Tigray rebels Fire at overcrowded Indonesian prison kills 41

The UN on Tuesday denied claims that refugee camps in Sudan were A fire tore through an overcrowd- being used by Ethiopian rebels as a bolthole after Ethiopian officials ed Indonesian prison in the early said fighters had been caught with refugee ID cards. hours of Wednesday when most Tens of thousands of Ethiopian refugees have streamed across inmates were asleep, killing 41 the border into Sudan since war broke out 10 months ago in Ethiopia’s people and injuring dozens of northernmost Tigray region, exacerbating tensions between the two others, an official said. Horn of Africa neighbours. Firefighters extinguished Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into Tigray to topple the the blaze — which was mostly regional ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, saying the contained within one block that move came in response to TPLF attacks on army camps. housed prisoners jailed on drug Although the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner vowed a swift vic- charges — at around 3:00 am tory, the war has dragged on and spread into the neighbouring Afar (2000 GMT Tuesday) and evac- and Amhara regions. uated the victims. Television In recent days, Ethiopian officials have said TPLF fighters recently footage showed a massive fire crossed from Sudan to Ethiopia carrying IDs issued by the UN refugee raging through the prison block, agency UNHCR. with thick smoke billowing from A fire at the Tangerang Penitentiary, just outside Jakarta, has killed 41 “The TPLF has tried to expand the conflict by entering Benishangul the building as firefighters raced people. PHOTO: AFP Gumuz and Amhara regions crossing the long Sudanese border,” Ethi- to put out the flames. “Forty-one conference. Authorities were still may have been to blame. “I have opia’s foreign ministry said late Monday. “All of its attempts in these inmates died, eight were badly investigating the cause of the in- checked the scene. Based on ear- areas have proven futile but new evidence has come to the surface. injured and 72 others sustained cident at Tangerang Penitentiary, ly observation, it is suspected (the Some TPLF soldiers infiltrating from the Sudanese side, have been minor injuries,” Jakarta police just outside the capital Jakarta, fire) happened because of a short captured carrying UNHCR ID cards.”—AFP chief Fadil Imran told a press but suspected an electrical fault circuit,” Imran said.—AFP Beam, bolt flaws caused Mexico metro crash, probe finds

AN investigation into the Mexi- on a structural failure in an misplaced bolts. co City metro disaster that left initial report published in June. Possible reasons for the 26 people dead concluded Tues- In its final technical report collapse of the beams include day that the buckling of beams released Tuesday, the firm said mechanical and design defi- and problems with bolts caused the collapse “occurred as a re- ciencies, according to the re- the elevated track to collapse. sult of buckling of the north and port. The accident, in which an south beams” and inadequate The metro line, the city’s overpass gave way on 3 May, bolts that “caused part of the newest, has been plagued by bringing a passenger train elevated section to lose its com- problems since it was opened crashing down, has prompted posite structure.” in 2012. angry demands for justice from This led to cracks “that fur- An independent report with relatives of the victims. ther reduced the structure’s analysis of the root causes of Norwegian engineering ability to carry the load,” it the accident will be released at An altar with candles and flowers is seen near the section of an elevated company DNV, which was hired added. some point in the future, said track that collapsed bringing a train crashing down on 3 May in Mexico by the authorities to investigate The investigation identi- Mexico City works chief Jesus City. PHOTO: AFP the causes, blamed the crash fied poorly welded, missing and Esteva.—AFP 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR GLOBAL AFFAIRS 15 Nuclear watchdog NEWS IN BRIEF chides Iran for ‘seriously undermining’ monitoring Taliban announce hardline THE IAEA released a strong- cameras. government as ly-worded report Tuesday saying Initially Iran reached a tem- monitoring tasks in Iran have porary agreement with the IAEA protests grow been “seriously undermined” under which it committed to pre- after Tehran suspended some serve recordings from this equip- THE Taliban announced on of the UN agency’s inspections ment with a view to eventually Tuesday an interim govern- of its nuclear activities. handing them over to the IAEA. ment drawn exclusively from The latest report comes with However, that agreement their own loyalist ranks, with diplomatic efforts to revive the between Iran and the agency Outgoing President Hassan Rouhani inspecting one of Iran’s nuclear established hardliners in all key 2015 nuclear deal between Iran ran out on 24 June and Iran “has plants. PHOTO: AFP posts and no women — despite and world powers at a standstill. failed to engage with the Agency previous promises to form an In February, Iran suspend- at all on this matter for a num- ously undermined as a result of ed out that the equipment was inclusive administration for all ed some IAEA inspections in ber of months”, according to the Iran’s decision to stop the imple- normally serviced every three Afghans. response to the United States’ report. mentation of its nuclear-related months and that by now there But as the Taliban tran- refusal to lift sanctions on Iran “Since 23 February 2021 the commitments” under the 2015 would be a question over wheth- sition from militant force to and also limited IAEA access to Agency’s verification and moni- deal, the report added. er all the systems were “still op- governing power, they face a monitoring equipment such as toring activities have been seri- A diplomatic source point- erational”.— AFP growing number of protests against their rule, with two peo- ple attending a demonstration shot dead in the western city Bolsonaro attacks courts, elections at Brazil rallies of Herat. The government an- ment rallies. Throngs of Bolsona- mer army captain who is openly nouncement was the latest step ro supporters flooded streets with nostalgic for Brazil’s military dic- in the Taliban’s bid to cement the green, yellow and blue of the tatorship (1964-1985), warned his their total control over Afghani- national flag in Brasilia, Sao Pau- backers their “democracy” and stan, following a stunning mili- lo, Rio de Janeiro and other cities, “freedom” were under threat by tary victory that saw them oust holding massive prayer sessions the powers that be in Brasilia. the US-backed government on and chanting slogans in support “As of today, we’re going to start 15 August, days ahead of the of the embattled far-right leader. writing a new history here in Bra- chaotic pullout of American Shouting “Get out, Bolson- zil,” he told the rally in the capital, troops.—AFP aro!”, opposition protesters held where he kicked the day off with their own rival rallies, an opening a flag-raising ceremony and Air salvo ahead of elections in Octo- Force flyover. With hardline back- US embarrassed ber 2022 that polls currently place ers urging a military intervention by private sector the president on track to lose. to give Bolsonaro unfettered pow- Afghan evacuations A supporter of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro holds a national flag Bolsonaro, whose popularity is er, there had been fears the day while standing on a military vehicle, outside the Alvorada Palace, during at an all-time low, is seeking to could turn violent, with echoes of the Independence Day celebrations in Brasilia. PHOTO: AFP fire up his base in the face of a the 6 January attack on the US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has PRESIDENT Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday, vowing to defend sup- flagging economy and a series of Capitol by supporters of former promised to do everything upped his attacks on perceived porters’ “freedom” as Brazil investigations targeting him and president Donald Trump — to in his power to rescue Ameri- enemies including the Supreme marked its Independence Day his inner circle. whom Bolsonaro is often com- cans stranded in Afghanistan Court and the electoral system with rival pro- and anti-govern- Bolsonaro, a 66-year-old for- pared.—AFP and fearful of violent Taliban reprisals following the US mil- itary withdrawal. But limited resources Fate of Morocco’s ruling and diminished political lev- erage have opened the way Islamists at stake in for evacuation missions led by Republican politicians, former parliamentary poll military personnel and private organizations that risk embar- MOROCCANS head to the ballot the source of key decisions and rassing the White House. box on Wednesday for parliamen- strategic direction in the coun- The United States man- tary and local elections that will try of 36 million people. Swept aged to airlift more than decide the fate of Islamists who to power in the wake of the 2011 120,000 US citizens, Afghans have governed the kingdom since uprisings around the Middle East and foreigners since the Tali- the Arab Spring uprisings. and North Africa, the Islamist ban’s lightning takeover on 15 Doors will open at polling sta- Justice and Development Party August — but hundreds were tions at 8:00 am (0700 GMT) and (PJD) hopes to secure a third left behind. Coronavirus concerns have made energetic election rallies few and far close at 7:00 pm for the 18 million term leading a ruling coalition. between in Morocco. PHOTO: AFP In a sign of the pitfalls on the electoral roll, who will vote Compared with demands back ahead, the government was for 395 MPs and more than 31,000 then for an end to “corruption al Rally of Independents (RNI) businessman and Agriculture accused Tuesday of wrong- local and regional officials. and despotism”, this year’s two- have exchanged heftier blows. Minister Aziz Akhannouch, in a ly taking credit for, and even King Mohammed VI will week election campaign has been fiery Facebook video on Sunday. actively obstructing, the first name a prime minister from the mostly stable, with no large gath- ‘Suspicion’ “The head of government mission to get Americans out party that leads the parliamen- erings due to the coronavirus. Former prime minister and must be a political personality since the completion of the tary poll to govern for the next In the final days, however, PJD leader Abdelilah Benkirane with integrity who is above sus- withdrawal at the end of Au- five years. The palace remains PJD and its close rival the Nation- attacked the RNI boss, billionaire picion,” he said. —AFP gust.—AFP 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council Nine Objectives

1. Political affairs (a) To build a Union based on democracy and federalism, through a disciplined and genuine multiparty democratic system that is fair and just. (b) To emphasize the achievement of enduring peace for the entire nation in line with the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). (c) To continue implementing the principle of peaceful co-existence among countries through an independent, active and non-aligned foreign policy. 2. Economic affairs (a) To enhance production based on agriculture and livestock through modern techniques and strengthen all-round development in other sectors of the economy. (b) To develop a stable market economy and promote international investment in order to enhance the economic development of the entire National people. (c) To promote and support local businesses to create employment opportunities and increase domestic production. 3. Social affairs (a) To ensure a strong and dynamic Union spirit, the genuine spirit of patriotism. (b) To respect and promote the customs and traditions of all National peoples and preserve and safeguard their cultural heritage and national characteristics. (c) To enhance the health, fitness and education quality of the entire nation.

Teams to be confirmed after MNL II fixtures set for next year

League II fixtures next year. son due to the global outbreak Two new teams, including After the 2020 season, three of the COVID-19 pandemic and Dagon, are likely to be added, teams playing in MNL were was cancelled again this year. but the number of teams is likely disbanded, and the Myanmar Eight teams competed in to change as the tournament National League allowed some the MNL II in 2020, and the My- fails to take place this year. teams from MNL-2 to qualify for anmar U-19 youth team, which The Myanmar National the Myanmar National League is formed for international com- League II started in 2013 and I. petitions, is competing in the has been held nine times. As a result, the number of league under the name of Junior Chin United won the 2013 teams in the MNL II compe- Lions. version of the tourney, while tition has decreased and new Of the teams competing in Hanthawady United won in 2014, teams will be added, but the the tournament, Chinland FC Southern Myanmar in 2015, number of teams has not been and Myawady FC will be rele- Manaw Myay FC in 2016, City Myanmar National League allows teams from the Myanmar National League II to qualify for the League I. PHOTO: MNL confirmed yet. gated to the MNL next season, Yangon United in 2017, Royal The first round of the tour- following a decision by a league Thanlyin FC in 2018, and Chin THE Myanmar National League participant teams after releas- ney was cancelled after the 2020 committee meeting earlier this United in 2019 respectively. — will only be able to confirm the ing the Myanmar National Myanmar National League sea- year. Ko Nyi Lay/ GNLM

st Drive to succeed: golfing great Soccer: Japan defeat China for 1 win in Pak Se-ri World Cup final qualifiers

FIVE years after retiring, the woman who paved the way for YUYA Osako netted the only goal South Korean golfers to dominate the ladies’ game still exudes Tuesday as Japan got their 2022 a sense of steely determination on the course. World Cup qualifying campaign Pak Se-ri addresses the ball before striking it straight and back on track with a 1-0 victory true with as smooth a swing as at the peak of her career. over China. The win at Doha’s Pak won the first of her 25 LPGA titles — the 1998 US Open Khalifa International Stadium — in her rookie season at the age of 20, the first Asian to win the earned Hajime Moriyasu’s men oldest women’s major. Her success inspired a generation of South their first points of the final Asian Korean women to follow in her golf-shoed footsteps, dubbed the qualifying phase following a shock “Pak Se-ri kids”. It was a moniker that weighed on her at first, 1-0 loss at home to Oman in their giving her a “sense of burden” rather than pride, she told AFP. opening Group B clash. And golf is perhaps the ultimate individual sport, with players The Samurai Blue dominat- having to confront their own weaknesses and team competitions Players of Japan (blue) and China (red) stand for the national anthems ed the contest at one of the ven- such as the Solheim Cup rare exceptions rather than the rule. prior to their World Cup qualifier match in Doha on 7 September ues for next year’s World Cup, 2021. PHOTO: KYODO “I went to the US to solely pursue my personal goal,” she said in but could only convert the one her first international media interview for three years. “But at chance, when Vissel Kobe for- ers for bouncing back with a mined to rebound and it creat- one point my dream also became someone else’s.” ward Osako volleyed home off a positive attitude following last ed a good energy for the match Later she began to share her LPGA knowledge with her cross from winger Junya Ito in Thursday’s disappointing loss against China. They won with fellow Korean competitors, as her mindset shifted “to focus on the 40th minute. to Oman at Panasonic Stadium. hard work and smart play,” Mori- what kind of a role model I could be”. — AFP Moriyasu credited his play- “The players were deter- yasu said. — Kyodo News