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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.

Myanmar receives two new tugboats purchased from China

YANMA Port Authority under the Ministry of MTransport and Com- munications received two tug- boats from Union Resources & Engineering Co., Ltd. (UREC) of China at Nanthida jetty of Yangon yesterday. The two tugboats named Sin Min-1 and Sin Min-2 left for Yangon on 2 August from China and refilled at Singapore, and ar- rived at Nanthida jetty yesterday morning. The tender to build new tugboats was invited with the permission of Ministry of Trans- port and Communications in accordance with the terms and conditions. The Yunnan based Union Resources & Engineering Co., Ltd. (UREC) won the ten- der at $13.56 million and made agreement with Myanma Port Authority on 25 October 2019. According to the terms of the Newly-arrived tugboats Sin Min-1 and Sin Min-2 are seen at Nanthida Jetty in Yangon. PHOTO : KANU contract, the two vessels were designed by Singapore-based Sea The tugboat is 34 metres in HP. The vessels can drive 12 nau- the two tugboats and completed fore, the use of better tugboats Tech Solutions International Pte., length, 11.6 metres in width with tical miles per hour. Therefore, it on 22 May 2021. by Myanma Port Authority can Ltd and constructed by Shunhai four metres of draught and also can support the pull-push opera- The Yangon port currently serve the safe pull-push oper- Shipyards Ltd. of Guangzhou equipped with Japanese-made tions of international cargo ships. accommodates the ships with ations for international cargo Province. two Yumma engines with 2,500 It took 18 months for constructing larger drafts than before. There- ships.—Nyein Thu/GNLM

INSIDE TODAY

NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL Medical supplies related U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister Gov’t implements 3,143 MoEE ensures to COVID-19 prevention, for Foreign Affairs attends Pledging water supply operations continuous electricity control and treatment Conference to support ASEAN’s in 3,083 villages in transmission, power imported daily humanitarian Assistance to Myanmar 2020-2021 FY outage mitigation PAGE-2 PAGE-3 PAGE-4 PAGE-5 19 AUGUST 2021 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Announcement for Aungbalay lottery ticket buyers

1. The State Lottery Branch of the Internal Revenue Department sells the lottery tickets for the public monthly and the lottery winners are announced the every first day of the month. 2. The government takes 40 per cent of lottery ticket sales, and 60pc is put into the prize pool. 3. Although there are some restrictions regarding the withdrawing of lottery prize money, the government grants up to K50 million prize money in a lump-sum while other prizes are issued in accordance with the regulations. 4. In order to distribute more lottery tickets and facilitate the claiming of prize money, the lottery prize will be increased to 70pc of total ticket sales and all the prize money can be claimed without any restrictions starting the 30th Aungbalay Lottery to be conducted on 1-9-2021. Internal Revenue Department Ministry of Planning and Finance

Medical supplies related to COVID-19 prevention, control and treatment imported daily

Cargo trucks are seen with loads of essential medical equipment and oxygen cylinders.

HE Ministry of Commerce is working international sea ports. hard to ensure people have access to A total of 1,233 tonnes of liquid oxygen, 72 Tessential medical supplies which are tonnes of oxygen cylinders, 12 liquid oxygen stor- critical to the COVID-19 prevention, control and age containers, six oxygen distributors, 121,200 treatment activities, including liquid oxygen tonnes of oxygen storage containers, 32 oxygen and oxygen cylinders, arranging the continuous plants, two oxygen refills, 11 oxygen generators, importation on public holidays. 80,337 home oxygen concentrators, 151,048 test Yesterday, a total of 1,332 oxygen concen- kits, 546,665 PPE suits, 83 tonnes of gloves and trators were imported in addition to 12 tonnes 1,278 tonnes of masks have been imported by of masks, 3,360 oxygen storage containers, six far in August. oxygen plants, 150 oxygen concentrators, four Of 89 vehicles carrying liquid oxygen im- tonnes of masks via airways at the Yangon ported between 1 July and 18 August, 67 of them International Airport. In addition, 68 tonnes of were distributed to Yangon, 15 to Mandalay, two liquid oxygen, 9,281 oxygen storage containers, to Bago, four to Mawlamyine and one to Thaton, six oxygen plants, 2,698 home oxygen concen- trators, 24,475 PPE suits and 87 tonnes of mask A vehicle carries oxygen cylinders. were imported through border trade points and

respectively. Among 40 oxygen plants, 11 were transported to Yangon, five to Lashio, four to Bago, two to Pakokku, four to Mandalay, two to Hpa-an, two to Mawlamyine, three to Kyauk- padaung, two to Hpa-an, one each to Taunggyi, Thanbyuzayat, Magway, Dawei, Wakema, Myittha and Mogaung respectively. It is reported that the Ministry of Commerce is allowing the importation of COVID-19 devices in accordance with the SOP priority negotiated by relevant departments, and announcements related to the imports of medical supplies and equipment are posted on commerce.gov.mm.— A truck with oxygen containers is ready to start trip. Cargo truck conveys full of medical supplies for the people. MNA 19 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3 BGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGA The first priority of current government

Efforts must be made to increase number of agriculturists and breeders under the proper plans similar to economists, legal experts, technologists, engineers, medical doctors and nurses. Region and state chief ministers need to turn out the educated persons. Ensuring plentiful of educated persons is the first priority of current government.

(Excerpt from the speech to the meeting 1/2021 of the Provisional Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar made by the Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council Chairman Prime Minister of the State Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on 11 August 2021) CHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHD U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs attends Pledging Conference to support ASEAN’s humanitarian Assistance to Myanmar

U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union of necessary assistance to the Minister for Foreign Affairs flood affected victims such as attended the Pledging Con- essential needs, emergency ference to support ASEAN’s shelter and proper health care Humanitarian Assistance to and adequate medical supplies Myanmar which was held via were also needed. video conference yesterday af- In conclusion, the Union ternoon, from the Ministry of Minister mentioned that the Foreign Affairs, Nay Pyi Taw. outcome of the Pledging Con- The Pledging Conference ference would be helpful for was hosted by H.E. Dato Lim Myanmar its efforts to fight Jock Hoi, Secretary-General against the spread of COV- of ASEAN, as the ASEAN Hu- ID-19, including on the pro- manitarian Assistance Coor- vision of needs for the flood dinator (SG-AHAC), and was affected victims. attended by H.E. Dato Ery- He also expressed Myan- wan Pehin Yusof, Minister of mar’s readiness and prepar- Foreign Affairs II of Brunei edness for swift and effective Darussalam, and Special En- implementation and delivery voy of the ASEAN Chair to Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin joins pledging conference to support ASEAN 's of humanitarian assistance Myanmar, H.E. Prak Sokhonn, humanitarian assistance to Myanmar via video conference. provided to Myanmar. Deputy Prime Minister and During the meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs and ordinating Centre for Human- pressed their keen interest to been given priority to carry the States such as Brunei International Cooperation of itarian Assistance on Disaster pledge and contribution of both out all the necessary measures Darussalam, Cambodia, the Cambodia, H.E. Retno Marsu- Management (AHA Centre), as cash and in-kind to Myanmar. for the prevention, control and Philippines, Singapore, Thai- di, Minister of Foreign Affairs per Point 4 of the Five-Point The Union Minister for treatment of COVID-19 which land, Australia, European of Indonesia, H.E. Teodoro L. Consensus. He also explained Foreign Affairs extended his were indeed needed for the Union (EU) and New Zealand Locsin Jr., Secretary of For- that humanitarian assistance heartfelt gratitude to H.E. Dato people of Myanmar. However, made pledges to donate cash eign Affairs of the Philippines, would be carried out in Myan- Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-Gen- he explained that Myanmar is amounted to USD 700,000, AUD H.E. Vivian Balakrishnan, Min- mar through phases. In this eral of ASEAN for holding this still in need of vaccines, medi- 5 million and EURO 370,000. In ister of Foreign Affairs of Sin- regard, he explained that while Pledging Conference. He also cines, medical equipment, sup- addition, Indonesia, Thailand, gapore, H.E. Bui Thanh Son, Phase 1 of ASEAN’s humani- extended his appreciations plies and other related items to Vietnam, Australia, People’s Minister of Foreign Affairs of tarian Assistance in Myanmar to all the participants for the contain the consistent spread Republic of China and United Vietnam , H.E. Thongphane would be focusing on provision pledges and contributions they of local transmission and high Kingdom made pledges for in- Savanphet, Deputy Foreign of immediate needs for COV- had made to assist Myanmar. rate of infection. kind contribution. Both pledg- Minister of Laos’ PDR and ID-19, Phase 2 would be fo- Union Minister also apprised The Union Minister fur- es of contribution are through representatives from ASEAN cusing on provision of broader the meeting that with a view to ther explained that heavy rain AHA Centre. Member States and its part- humanitarian needs. struggling against pandemic, in July has caused flooding Together with the Union ners. ASEAN Foreign Ministers Myanmar has established the across many low-lying areas Minister, senior officers from The Secretary-General and representatives from ASE- Central Committee on Preven- of Myanmar and that in some the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of ASEAN explained about AN Member States, partners tion, Control and Treatment of specific areas made Myanmar Ministry of Health and Minis- the provision of ASEAN’s and friends also discussed COVID-19 for better address- people more vulnerable. In this try of Social Welfare, Relief and Humanitarian assistance to and exchanged views on the ing the pandemic. regard, he explained that while Resettlement also attended Myanmar which will be deliv- provision of humanitarian as- He then explained the it was important to provide the Pledging Conference.— ered through the ASEAN Co- sistance to Myanmar, and ex- meeting that Myanmar had needs for COVID-19, provision MNA 19 AUGUST 2021 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Gov’t implements 3,143 water supply operations in 3,083 villages in 2020-2021 FY

EFFORTS are being made to tive programmes and research enable the rural people to have works. better water in villages in ac- Then, Director-General U cordance with the sustainable Khant Zaw of Rural Development management of water and sani- Department reported on some tation for all by 2030, said Union 35,850 water supply operations Minister for Cooperatives and carried out from 2012-2013 FY to Rural Development U Hla Moe 2019-2020 FY. yesterday. He said the department im- He said the government is plemented 3,143 water supply making strategic plans for rural operations in 3,083 villages in water supply, environmental san- 2020-2021 FY while more than itation and personal hygiene. He 31 million gallons of water was then highlighted the rural water distributed to 2,317 villages that supply rate in 2014 and 2019 and are suffering from shortage of lower water supply rate of Rakh- drinking water during the sum- ine State and Ayeyawady Region. mer, with 972 operations between He also pledged to cooper- 2016 and 2021. The department ate with the relevant officials in has facilitated water taps in 3,038 various upgrade works like water villages, water treatment at 163 distribution system, use of water villages and waste management Union Minister U Hla Moe discusses plans to supply drinking water to rural area. meter system including educa- in 4,193 villages. — MNA Deputy Minister for IFER attends 40th Meeting of High-level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration

DEPUTY Minister for Investment under its ASEAN Chairmanship and Foreign Economic Relations in 2021, the strategic follow-up U Than Aung Kyaw joined the on the recommendations of the Fortieth Meeting of High-Level report of the Mid-Term Review Task Force on ASEAN Economic of the AEC Blueprint 2025, fi- Integration (40th HLTF-EI) which nalization and adoption of the was held via video conference on consolidated strategy of Fourth 18th August, 2021, and the senior Industrial Revolution (4IR), pre- officials as representatives from paratory work for the ASEAN Foreign Economic Relations Community’s Post-2025 Vision, Department also attended the and the preparations for Cam- meeting. bodia’s ASEAN Chairmanship During the meeting, HLTF- in 2022. EI leaders exchanged views on The Deputy Minister in- the COVID-19 pandemic pre- formed the meeting about the vention and control measures of COVID-19 pandemic prevention Deputy Minister U Than Aung Kyaw participates in Fortieth Meeting of High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration via video conference. ASEAN Member States, econom- and control measures particularly ic recovery outlook of the region, for government’s efforts to speed medical equipment. In addition, tion of ASEAN Comprehensive ters and Permanent Secretaries progress of the implementation of up vaccination, private sector co- he also explained the preparatory Recovery Framework. who are HLTF-EI Leaders from the ASEAN Comprehensive Re- operation in national vaccine pro- work to implement the Myan- The meeting was chaired by ASEAN Member States, Deputy covery Framework (ACRF), the gramme, and the measures to fa- mar Economic Recovery Plan H.E Gabriel Lim, Permanent Sec- Secretary General from ASEAN priority economic deliverables cilitate the cross border import of (MERP) and the follow up action retary, Ministry of Trade and In- Secretariat and representatives (PEDs) of Brunei Darussalam COVID-19 related medicine and of Myanmar on the implementa- dustry, Singapore. Deputy Minis- took part in the meeting.—MNA

2,878 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 18 August, total figure rises to 363,169

MYANMAR’S COVID-19 positive cases rose to 363,169 after 2,878 new cases were reported on 18 August 2021 according to the Ministry of Health. Among these con- firmed cases, 282,881 have been discharged from hospitals. Death toll reached 13,786 after 163 died. —MNA

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THE Ministry of Electricity future with the goal of (never) and Energy is making effort power outages, he continued. to reduce power outage and to The Union Minister also transmit and distribute enough added the challenges in collect- electricity for every household ing electricity bills due to the and quarantine centre during insufficient human resources the stay-at-home period in the in the ministry. Since the elec- COVID-19 outbreak in Myan- tricity bills are re-used for the mar. electricity generation and dis- The Ministry held a coordi- tribution of the State, collecting nation meeting on the reduction the bill is the responsibility of of power shortages for the peo- the ministry’s employees and ple yesterday morning in Nay paying for it is the duty of the Pyi Taw. people. He called on the em- At the meeting, Union Min- ployees to continue to work to- ister U Aung Than Oo said the gether to collect the electricity ministry is making concerted bill. effort to improve the stability of Officials from respective the power system and to supply departments discussed the full voltage and stable electric- power outage at substations, ity, despite the power outages the situation of power outage due to the weather, animals in each transformer in each and trees. These power out- township and measures to be ages must be addressed in the taken to prevent it.—MNA Union Minister U Aung Than Oo meets officials to discuss electrification plans and mitigation of power outage. 19 local cement plants produce up to 9 million tonnes of cement per year

UNION Minister for Industry were cement plants in Thayet, so, it has to import about one consumption and to minimize operations. Dr Charlie Than presided over a Kyangin and Hpa-an townships million tonnes of cement per the impacts on the environment Then, the attendees to the virtual coordination meeting to until 2000. Currently, the coun- year. and social interest. It also needs meeting discussed the norms increase production of cement try has 19 cement plants, and It should make efforts to to meet the fixed standards. of the cement plants, market yesterday. although they produce from produce cement, which is es- The local cement millers shares, fuel related matters and During the meeting, the seven million to nine million sential for the construction should openly discuss regard- other arrangements not to af- Union Minister said there tonnes of cement per year, and work, with minimal energy ing their difficulties in their fect the environment.—MNA

Former Nay Pyi Taw Mayor, Vice-Mayor, members of NDC face corruption charges

Former Mayor and Chairman of the only K 27 million in the first installment. from Dagon Myothit (East) Township. former Vice Mayor U Ye Min Oo allo- Nay Pyi Taw Development Committee Failure to pay the remaining amount Due to his failure to comply with cated a total of 74.76 acres of land (44 Dr Myo Aung, Former Vice-Mayor U Ye of K 108 million even though the house the order (1/2017) issued on 10 April land plots) in the economic zone in Min Oo, former members of the com- has been completed is an act of corrup- 2017 and 126/(1)/8 on 4 May 2018 by Dekkhinathiri Township to 19 people at mittee U Min Thu and Daw Sabei Htwe tion by abusing authority. the President Office in identifying a price of K50 million per acre, violating were charged under Anti-Corruption He reportedly received K 11 million 16 special plots of land in Ottarathiri the provision of Section 29 of the Nay Law yesterday. in bribes from the person who was Township, the State has lost more than Pyi Taw Development Committee Law, According to the findings of the permitted to build a Civil Service Re- K1,933 million. without submitting to the President Anti-Corruption Commission, former tirement Rental Housing project under In identifying the special plots of Office. In this case, the State has lost Mayor Dr Myo Aung, during his tenure the Myanmar Developer Association land, former Chairman of the Nay Pyi 14,952 million kyats. as the Chairman of the Nay Pyi Taw De- in Dekkhinathiri Township. He then Taw Development Committee Dr Myo According to the Anti-Corruption velopment Committee, illegally allocat- spent K 1 million on each of 11 NLD Aung, former committee members U Commission, the former Mayor and ed 20 acres of and in the economic zone candidates running in the 2020 gen- Min Thu and Daw Sabei Htwe, were Chairman of the Nay Pyi Taw Develop- in Dekkhinathiri ward for a person. He eral election, which was absolutely an involved in land preparation and plot ment Committee, former Vice-Mayor U let the person build a one-storey house abuse of power during his political ten- preparation on private plots, which Ye Min Oo, committee member U Min to live on 2.07 acres of land in Special ure. Former Mayor Dr Myo Aung also was not the responsibility for the Com- Thu and Daw Sabei Htwe were charged Land Number (U-1002) in Yadanathiri received K 3 million from the former mittee, costing K148 million in public under Section 55 of the Anti-Corruption ward in Ottarathiri Township at a price members of the Nay Pyi Taw Council funds. Law at respective township police sta- of 135 million kyats last year and paid to use to participate in the election Former Mayor Dr Myo Aung and tions yesterday.—MNA 19 AUGUST 2021 6 LOCAL NEWS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sale of toddy-palm chair declines in Kyaukpadaung

from Indawkyay village are shown on the road. The local people visiting Bagan-Nyaun- gU archaeological site stop their cars and buy the chairs when they go back to their places. Last year, the toddy-palm chairs sold well. But this year, the sale of toddy-palm chairs has dropped significantly be- cause there is a few numbers of local tourists. The palm chair makers are buying the branches of toddy palm for K 50 per one to make the toddy-palm chairs. Other materials such as hammer and nails are needed to make the toddy palm chairs. They sell a chair for K 4,500 for a normal chair and K 6,000 for a reclining one. The price of toddy boxes Traditional chairs made of toddy-palm are displayed at the wholesale centre to attract local and foreign travellers. depends upon the size and the design. HE Indawkyay village chairs. But this year, the de- is manufacturing toddy-palm lects the toddy-palm yearly and This year is one of the bad in Kyaukpadaung Town- mand of toddy-palm chair has chairs, palm tables and palm is making many toddy-palm sales of the toddy palm chairs Tship is engaged in tod- dropped significantly, said U boxes. The village is located on chairs. They are generating in Indawkyay village in Kyauk- dy-palm chair making business Win Naing, a toddy-palm chair Kyaukpadaung-Meiktila road the family income from selling padaung Township, U Kyaw and the local people are man- maker. and it is five miles far from the toddy-palm chairs. Kyaw Naing explained.—Ko ufacturing a lot of toddy-palm The Indawkyay village Kyaukpadaung. The village col- The toddy-palm chairs Htein (KPD)/GNLM Myanmar-Thai border trade up $46 mln this FY THE Myanmar-Thailand bor- through seven border check- erages, fabric and yarn, motor- der trade has increased by US$ points—Tachilek, Myawady, cycles and related parts, and 46 million and stands at $3.4 Myeik, Mawtaung, Hteekhee, construction materials. billion between 1 October and Kawthoung and Meisei border Between 2016-2017 FY and 30 July this financial 2020-21, areas respectively. 2019-2020 FY (as of August), according to the Ministry of Myawady border trade ac- Thailand has been Myanmar’s Commerce. counted for the largest volume largest trade partner among The country’s export of trade with Thailand, followed the ASEAN states, followed by to neighbouring Thailand by Hteekhee, according to the Singapore and Malaysia. Border gate between Myanmar and Thailand is crowded with vehicles and walkers. reached $2.3 billion while its statistical report of the Myan- The bilateral trade be- import shared $1.09 billion. mar Ministry of Commerce. tween Myanmar and Thai- 2018 or transitional period from $ 5.6 billion in the 2013-2014 FY, Last year, the bilateral border Myanmar’s exports to land stood at $ 3.26 billion in April to September this year, $ $4.7 billion in the 2012-2013 FY, hit $3.36 billion. Thailand were primarily agri- FY 2020-2021 (as of July), $ 5.1 5 billion in FY 2017-2018, $ 4.3 and $ 4.5 billion in the 2011-2012 Myanmar is carrying out culture and livestock products, billion in FY 2019-2020, $ 5.5 billion in the 2016-2017 FY, $ FY, according to the Myanmar border trade with the neigh- and imports from Thailand billion in FY 2018-2019, $ 2.9 4.8 billion in the 2015-2016 FY, Ministry of Commerce.—ACM/ bouring country Thailand were mainly non-alcoholic bev- billion in mini-budget year of $ 5.7 billion in the 2014-2015 FY, GNLM

Oxygen generator plant starts functioning at Kalay Sitagu Cakkhudana hospital

AN oxygen generator plant at on a trial basis the day before funds,” he added. ing access to oxygen. I don’t have died because they were Sitagu Cakkhudana hospital in yesterday. Then, we started To be able to construct the think this pandemic will over struggling to breathe and no Kalay township, Sagiang region functioning it after a success- oxygen generator in Sitagu in short time. Due to the high oxygen was available, he add- was made functional on 16 Au- ful trail run. The plant will hospital in Kalay, the Kalay demand of oxygen in town, the ed. gust, said U Htay Aung, member generate 100 40-litre oxygen town Sitagu hospital made an oxygen generator plant needs A working committee to of working committee to set up cylinders per day. We are initial donation of K 60 million to supply 800 40-litre cylinders set up the oxygen plant was the oxygen plant. pleased that we could provide and other domestic and inter- daily to meet demand for the formed under the advice of The construction of the ox- the oxygen to public when they national donors also contribut- whole town. That is they rea- the world missionary Sitagu ygen plant project was started are facing hardship. The oxy- ed. The estimated cost of the son why we have construct- Sayadaw on 11 July. Those on 10 July 2021 and completely gen plant was established by project is K2.15 billion. ed the oxygen plant in Kalay who wish to donate the fund constructed 100 per cent on 15 initial donation from Sayadaw “Demand of oxygen in our town,” said U Htay Aung. for oxygen plant can contact August. and members of the Sangha. Kalay town is very high. Many Oxygen is the key to saving the working committee in Ka- “We started operational We still need many donation people have died from not hav- lives. There are people who lay township.—Lulay/GNLM 19 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR LOCAL BUSINESS 7 MIC gives nod to 45 foreign proposals this FY

MYANMAR has attracted for- project and livestock and fisher- eign direct investment of more ies sector attracted six projects. than US$3.767 billion in the past Other service sector drew five ten months of the 2020-2021 fi- projects while agriculture sec- nancial year from 45 enterprises, tor pulled two projects and one including expansion of capital foreign enterprise each entered by existing enterprises and in- industrial estate and the hotel vestments in the Thilawa Spe- and tourism sectors. cial Economic Zone, according The FDIs stood at $6.9 to the Directorate of Investment million from 158 enterprises in and Company Administration the FY 2016-2017, $6.119 billion (DICA). from 234 businesses in the FY The Ministry of Investment 2017-2018, $1.94 billion from 89 and Foreign Economic Relations projects in the 2018 mini-budget has been inviting responsible year, $4.5 billion from 298 busi- businesses to benefit the country. nesses in the FY 2018-2019 and The Myanmar Investment $5.689 billion from 253 business- Commission (MIC) ensures to Buildings of industries are mushrooming in Thilawa special Economic Zone in Yangon Region. es in the FY 2019-2020 respec- approve the responsible busi- tively, the DICA’s data indicated. nesses by assessing environ- the top source of FDI in Myan- lion in Myanmar. Of 45 foreign enterprises Those enterprises created mental and social impacts. The mar in the past nine months, Those enterprises listed permitted and endorsed by MIC over 96,000 jobs in the FY 2016- commission is working together DICA’s statistics indicated. from Brunei, China, Thailand, and the respective investment 2017, 110,000 jobs in the FY 2017- with the relevant departments to Japan stood as the second India, Malaysia, Republic of Ko- committees between 1 October 2018, over 53,000 jobs in the 2018 screen the projects. largest investor this FY with es- rea, Viet Nam, Marshall Island, and 31 July of the current FY, mini-budget period, over 180,000 In May, the UK-listed en- timated capital of $518.76 million Samoa, Hong Kong (SAR) and 24 enterprises pumped FDI into jobs in the FY 2018-2019 and terprise brought in large invest- from three projects, followed by China (Taipei) also made invest- the manufacturing sector. Elec- 210,000 jobs in the FY 2019-2020 ments of $2.5 million and became Singapore investing $428.336 mil- ments this year. tricity sector received six large respectively.—MM/GNLM Garlic price jumps on Imports of petroleum products closure of Sino-Myanmar exceed $1.7 bln in eight months border post MYANMAR imported more the highest of K1,105 for Oc- Energy notified the private than US$1.77 billion worth tane 92, K1,125 for Octane 95, sector of keeping the oil stor- of petroleum products in the K1,050 for diesel and K1,055 age above 35 per cent of stor- past eight months (Oct-May) for premium diesel, according age capacity of the tanks to of the current financial year to local fuel oil market. avoid the possible discrepancy 2020-2021, as per the Myanmar Domestic oil price is posi- between demand and supply. Customs Department. tively related to global market Last year, the domestic Normally, a monthly oil and the dollar value. The soar- oil prices have declined start- import is estimated at $400 ing demand drives up the oil ing from January owing to million, yet the oil import- prices rally higher, with WTI a fall in global oil prices. On ers are facing the pandemic slightly falling to $66,393 per 8 Jananuary 2020, oil prices induced container shortage barrel. were pegged at around K905 problem in maritime trade Additionally, foreign per litre for Octane 92, K995 and the banking restriction. exchange rate also affects for Octane 95, and K985 for Nevertheless, oil importers the petroleum price. Kyat is diesel and premium diesel. via land border can use infor- weakening in the local forex Following the global market mal payment Hundi system market, with around K1,650 crashing, the domestic oil instead, said an importer. per dollar on 18 August. In price plunged to more than At present, the domestic mid-February, a dollar was 50 per cent in April against fuel oil price is still bullish as worth only K1,430. January’s prices. Farmer is showering thiriving garlic plantation. the heightened coronavirus Normally, Myanmar im- In late April 2020, the oil THE price of garlic (Kyukok depending on the COVID-19 restriction sparked oil de- ports fuel oil primarily from prices touched the lowest variety) imported by China is containment measures. The mand concerns, coupled with Singapore, with monthly vol- of K290-330 per litre for Oc- on the rise tracking the shut- price of garlic (Kyukok variety) Kyat depreciation. umes touching 200,000 tonnes tane 92, K430-455 for Octane down of the border post be- is primarily related to the per- The fuel oil was pegged for gasoline and 400,000 tonnes 95, K435-465 for diesel, and tween Myanmar and China, mit of the border posts. at around at K620 per litre for for diesel. There are about K445-475 for premium diesel, Mawlamyine commodity depot The price of garlic moved Octane 92, K750 for Octane 95, 2,000 fuel stations and over 50 according to the domestic oil stated. in the range of K1,900-K2,950 K660 for diesel and K670 for oil importer companies in My- market. The shortage of this garlic per viss on 1 July. premium diesel in early Feb- anmar, the Myanmar Petrole- Ninety per cent of fuel oil variety happened following the The market, however, ruary 2021 in domestic retail um Trade Association stated. in Myanmar is imported, while closure of the Sino-Myanmar sees a gradual rise in prices market. In early June 2021, the the remaining 10 per cent is border posts. between K3,500 and K4,000 On 18 August, it rallied to Ministry of Electricity and produced locally.—KH/GNLM Consequently, the price per viss. hike occurred in the retail The price stays on the up- market, with exorbitant price ward trend on 18 July, ranging of K5,100 per viss (a viss equals between K2,600 and K5,100 per Advertise with us 09 251 022 355 to 1.6 kg). viss depending on the different 09 974 424 848 The garlic price may vary varieties.—NN/GNLM Call 19 AUGUST 2021 19 AUGUST 2021 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTICLE/NATIONAL 9

` Rebut spread of China aims to balance COVID-19 control, economic growth Myanmar Daily Weather Report fake news and While imposing strict measures including mass testing and widespread travel restrictions to contain the latest Delta (Issued at 7:00 pm Wednesday 18 August 2021)

variant outbreak, China, the world’s second-largest economy, has continued to drive economic growth. BAY INFERENCE: Monsoon is weak to moderate over the rumours for Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. HE Chinese mainland in an orderly fashion to show their The factory of carmaker reported 24 locally trans- health and travel codes before SAIC MAXUS’s Wuxi Branch has FORECAST VALID UNTIL AFTERNOON OF THE 19 T mitted confirmed COV- entering shops. been in full swing as the company August 2021: Rain or thundershowers will be isolated in Tanin- the people ID-19 cases on Saturday, with the In Hunan’s Zhuzhou, the im- is busy producing negative pres- thayi Region, scattered in Magway Region, fairly widespread majority in Jiangsu Province in pact of the recent outbreaks on sure ambulances to support the in Kayah, Kayin, Mon States and widespread in the remaining eastern China, according to the the normal production of enter- pandemic fight. Regions and States with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls in AKE news and rumours spread on various platforms of National Health Commission. prises is rather limited, as none “Thanks to the help of local Upper Sagaing, Mandalay Regions and Kachin, Chin, Rakhine media, especially on Facebook of the social media on a daily Jiangsu’s Yangzhou has become of the industrial enterprises have tax authorities, we have enjoyed States. Degree of certainty is (100%). F basis. Hence, people need to analyze all items of information the latest hotspot for this round been shut down in the city and a tax rebate of 42.5 million yuan distorted as true news but really fake news and rumours. of infections, logging 546 cases over 94 percent of its major indus- (about 6.6 million U.S. dollars), STATE OF THE SEA: Seas will be moderate in Myanmar An item of true information cannot immediately affect the in total. trial enterprises have maintained which has greatly relieved our waters. Wave height will be about (6 -8) feet off and along society in disarray but one item of fake news or rumours can cause The recent COVID-19 resur- normal operations, said Liu Hai- financial pressure stemming from Myanmar Coasts. the collapse of society suddenly. However, the true news can ease gence first emerged in Nanjing, bin, director of the Zhuzhou mu- capacity upgrades,” said Yan Ge- tensions of the people gradually and bring happiness to them the provincial capital of Jiangsu, nicipal bureau of industry and bai, chief financial officer of the OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Weak mon- after they have realized the where several airport cleaners information technology. company. soon. realities. On one hand, people were found to be infected on July “China has always been seek- Major projects have also pro- In fact, condemn the fake news and 20 during a routine test. ing a balance and trying its best ceeded as scheduled. A ground- FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOURING rumours in addition to their Chinese authorities have to control the epidemic locally to breaking ceremony for 12 projects AREA FOR 19 August 2021: One or two rain or thundershow- sources when the true infor- quickly clamped down on local mitigate the impact on society related to infrastructure and pub- ers. Degree of certainty is (100%). saboteurs mation comes out. flare-ups with measures like mass and the economy, leaving extreme lic services, with a total invest- For example, social net- nucleic acid testing, targeted lock- measures like city lockdowns as ment of 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, was FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA do not have work pages brought various downs, and travel restrictions, the last resort,” said Yu Xin’an, held this month in Jiangsu’s Wuxi. FOR 19 August 2021: One or two rain or thundershowers. items of rumours to the peo- which has led to a distinct down- vice president of the China As- Wen Tao, an analyst with Degree of certainty is (100%). ple, saying that some private ward trend in new infections, as sociation of Regional Economy. the China Logistics Information capability to Deliverymen wait to collect customer orders at a supermarket in Yongding District in Zhangjiajie, central China’s banks would face bankrupt- Nanjing, for example, has regis- Hunan Province, Aug. 5, 2021. PHOTO: XINHUA/CHEN SIHAN Center, said the Chinese economy FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING shoulder to cy events in the near future tered only one case in the past POSITIVE ECONOMIC OUT- has witnessed positive changes AREA FOR 19 August 2021: Isolated rain or thundershowers. while the Central Bank of three days. the current Delta variant is highly All 31 provincial-level regions on ancing epidemic control and the LOOK this year, as shown by the Jan- Degree of certainty is (100%). Myanmar would withdraw le- “The tightened measures will contagious, its overall impact on the Chinese mainland have urged operations of enterprises,” Wang According to Yu, the impact uary-July PMI data, and has a shoulder with gitimacy of K5000 and K10000 inevitably affect some people-in- China’s economy may be more citizens not to travel to medium- said. of this latest round of Delta out- relatively solid foundation for currency notes. These fake tensive industries in the short limited, because China is now and high-risk areas or leave the Due to the temporary road breaks on the national economy is long-term development. State-builders news and rumours tortured run, but they are necessary for the experienced in containing the regions where they live unless traffic controls, Nanjing Changan limited and controllable, and the In a key meeting on economic Flood Warning the hearts of the people be- long-term economic recovery,” spread of the virus and can better absolutely necessary. Automobile Co., Ltd. initially had government has taken necessary work for the second half of this (Issued at 14:00 hrs MST on 18-8-2021) in all aspects fore emergence of the real- said Wu Chaoming, an economist coordinate control measures and But such strict measures difficulty in delivering cars out actions to stem the virus spread year held amid the COVID-19 re- ities. with Chasing Securities, noting economic development. have had only a limited impact on of the city, but with the aid of lo- while restoring normal social and surgence, the Chinese leadership According to the (13:30) hrs MST observation today, the water similar to the On the other day, the that China’s economic recovery the lives of most Chinese people. cal authorities, the company has economic operations at the earli- stressed that prudent monetary level of Chindwin River at Homalin is observed as about (4½) Central Bank of Myanmar trend for 2021 is unchanged. BALANCED APPROACHES “Our previous experience with successfully applied for traffic est possible date. policy should maintain reasonably feet below its danger level. It may reach its danger level during rebutted the fake news and China’s economy has staged To combat the uptick in daily fighting the epidemic has made permits and shipped nearly 500 To lessen the burden on en- ample liquidity and support the the next (2) days. natures of rumours, approving that the a strong rebound, having grown cases, both Yangzhou and Nanjing us less panicked,” said Wang Ying, new energy vehicles. terprises, authorities in Jiangsu continued recovery of small and Central Bank of Myanmar did 2.3 percent last year amid the fall- have conducted several rounds who has not missed a day of work In central China’s Hunan issued a notice on July 28 to help medium-sized enterprises as well It is especially advised to the people who settle near the river the black and not have any reasons to close out of the coronavirus pandemic. of mass nucleic acid testing and at an insurance company in Nan- Province, which reported over 100 local firms in the procurement of as stressed industries. Efforts banks and low lying areas at Homalin Township to take pre- any banks for bankruptcy and Owing to the low comparison base suspended all domestic flights, jing since the city saw a cluster of confirmed COVID-19 cases in re- raw materials, logistics and per- should also be made to ensure caution measure. white as well as will not withdraw the legit- and its consolidating recovery, the long-distance buses, and the infections emerge. cent weeks, economic and social sonnel exchanges. Financial au- the supply and stable pricing of imacy of K5000 and K10000 country’s economy expanded 12.7 opening of indoor entertainment “Earning wages is important development have been similar- thorities in Nanjing also proposed commodities. the darkness currency notes. percent year on year in the first venues and sports centers. for employees like me to support ly resilient. At popular shopping measures to increase credit and The CBM confirmed half of 2021. China has also implement- our families. I think the govern- sites in downtown Changsha, the loan support to help firms ease SOURCE: Xinhua that the entire people can According to Wu, although ed nationwide travel restrictions. ment has done a good job in bal- capital of Hunan, people queue up capital turnover pressure. and lighting operate the services relat- ed to the banking processes which are on a regularly basis without any worries. The rumours rd separable. committed by unscrupulous Pfizer submits data for 3 dose approval in US persons were just attempts to cause the businesses in disorder of the State and the private sector. FIZER and BioNTech on One trial that evaluated the safe- better control the spread of virus nations. Israel has also began It is sure that those who spread the fake news and rumours P Monday submitted prelim- ty and efficacy of a third shot. variants during the coming sea- administering third doses to its would face reflection of their activities. The people who became inary clinical data to US health “The data we’ve seen to son,” said BioNTech Co-founder citizens. victims of rumours will never satisfy with the acts of those un- authorities as part of their effort date suggest a third dose of our Ugur Sahin. An advisory committee of scrupulous persons. They are really destructionists of the nation. to seek authorization for a third vaccine elicits antibody levels The companies plan to the Centers for Disease Con- They don’t have any positive attitude to appreciate the good things dose of their Covid-19 vaccine for that significantly exceed those submit the same information trol and Preventions, a top US of the State-builders. In fact, saboteurs do not have capability to all Americans. seen after the two-dose primary to European authorities in the healthcare agency, is slated to shoulder to shoulder with State-builders in all aspects similar to Last week, the United schedule,” Albert Bourla, Pfiz- coming weeks. meet in late August to discuss the natures of the black and white as well as the darkness and States approved the booster shot er’s Chairman and Chief Exec- The move comes despite the approval of a third dose of lighting which are separable. of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna utive Officer, said in a statement. appeals by the World Health the vaccine for adults over 65, Hence, all the people should broaden their horizons themselves vaccines for people with weak- “A booster vaccine could Organization for a moratorium care home residents and health- so as to have the capacity for analyzing all kinds of information ened immune systems. help reduce infection and dis- on booster shots to help ease care workers. Pfizer Inc is an American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology what is the right or what is the wrong. Pfizer and BioNTech pre- ease rates in people who have the drastic inequity in dose dis- corporation headquartered on 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York sented the results of their Phase previously been vaccinated and tribution between rich and poor SOURCE: AFP City. PHOTO: FLASH 90/AFP 19 AUGUST 2021 10 SCI/ENVIRON: WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Nuclear scientists hail US fusion breakthrough

NUCLEAR scientists using la- moment when they are creating power plants, where the bonds of sers the size of three football more energy than they are using. heavy atomic nuclei are broken fields said Tuesday they had gen- “This result is a historic ad- to release energy. erated a huge amount of energy vance for inertial confinement In the fusion process, two from fusion, possibly offering fusion research,” said Kim Budil, light atomic nuclei are “married” hope for the development of a the director of Lawrence Liver- to create a heavy one. In this ex- new clean energy source. more National Laboratory, which periment scientists used two iso- Experts focused their giant operates the National Ignition topes of hydrogen, giving rise to array of almost 200 laser beams Facility in California, where helium. This is the process that onto a tiny spot to create a mega the experiment took place this is at work in stars, including our blast of energy -- eight times month. Sun. “The NIF teams have done more than they had ever done Nuclear fusion is considered an extraordinary job,” said Pro- in the past. by some scientists to be a poten- fessor Steven Rose, co-director Although the energy only tial energy of the future, particu- of the center for research in this lasted for a very short time -- larly because it produces little field at Imperial College London. just 100 trillionths of a second waste and no greenhouse gases. “This is the most significant ad- -- it took scientists closer to the It differs from fission, a tech- vance in inertial fusion since its holy grail of fusion ignition, the nique currently used in nuclear beginning in 1972.”—AFP National Ignition Facility. PHOTO: WIKIPEDIA/AFP Hong Kong adds wildlife trafficking One dead as France to organised crime law battles Riviera inferno

for illegal parts of endangered HUNDREDS of firefight- been lightly injured, including animals like elephants, rhinos ers struggled for a third day 19 who inhaled toxic fumes, the and pangolins -- most of it headed Wednesday to contain France’s authorities said. Five members for consumers in mainland China. worst wildfire of the summer of the fire brigade have also On Wednesday lawmakers near the glitzy Riviera resort of been lightly injured. added illicit wildlife smuggling Saint-Tropez which has left one Some 1,200 firefighters to the city’s Organised and Seri- person dead and forced thou- were deployed, some using ous Crimes Ordinance, putting sands of residents and tourists high-pressure hoses and wa- the trade on a par with drug and to flee. ter-bombing planes and heli- human trafficking. The blaze has scorched copters to control the flames. The law, initially designed to some 5,000 hectares in a region High temperatures and combat the city’s triad organised known for its forests, vineyards strong winds forced local au- crime gangs, contains wide in- and fauna since it broke out in thorities to evacuate around vestigatory powers for the police the Plaine des Maures nature 7,000 people from homes and and heavier sentences for those reserve on Monday evening. campsites, the Var prefecture convicted. The fire “had not spread” said Tuesday, many to the safe- Courts also have broader during the night but “that does ty of municipal buildings and With its busy port and transport links, Hong Kong has been thriving as a powers to confiscate the proceeds not mean it is under control,” schools. Among them were 1,300 major transit point for illegal parts of endangered animals like elephants, rhinos and pangolins. PHOTO: AFP of organised crime. said the fire service spokesman people staying at a campsite in Wildlife seizures have for the Var region, Franck Gra- the village of Bormes-les-Mi- HONG KONG passed a new law will give law enforcement wider reached new peaks in the past ciano. “We will carry out the mosas down the coast from on Wednesday that classifies wild- powers to combat the trade. two years, including a record 8.3 same basic work as yesterday Saint-Tropez. Other fled the life trafficking as an organised With its busy port and trans- tonnes of pangolin scales as well by dropping water on the critical village of La-Garde-Freinet, but crime issue, a move welcomed port links, Hong Kong has been as 2.1 tonnes of ivory, according to places,” he said. there were no new evacuations by conservationists because it thriving as a major transit point a legislative filing.—AFP The local authorities in a overnight, the fire service said statement said one person had Wednesday. died, the first confirmed fatality “We started smelling the from this wildfire. The state- smoke around 7:00 pm, then Earthquake, storm and floods: no relief ment did not give the person’s we saw the flames on the hill,” identity or say how they had said Cindy Thinesse, who fled in sight for Haiti as toll rises died. a campsite near Cavalaire on Twenty-two people have Monday evening.—AFP THE death toll from a 7.2 mag- With more than 60,000 according to Magalie Cadet, 41, nitude earthquake that struck homes destroyed and 76,000 who only had a shower cap to Haiti has risen to 1,941, the Car- damaged, the United Nations’ protect against the rain. ibbean nation’s civil protection children’s agency UNICEF said Aftershocks continued to agency said Tuesday, as a trop- that more than half a million rock the ground in Les Cayes ical storm brought torrential children have been affected by days after the quake, further downpours on survivors already the disaster. terrifying the residents. coping with catastrophe. In the coastal town of Les “Yesterday evening, I took More than 9,900 people Cayes, residents began building shelter near a church, but when were wounded when the quake makeshift shelters on a football I heard the ground shake again, struck the southwestern part of field despite lashing winds and I ran to return here,” said Cadet. the Caribbean nation on Satur- pouring rain as Tropical Storm The government has de- day, about 100 miles (160 kilom- Grace passed over the country. clared a month-long state of eters) to the west of the capital So few structures remained emergency in the four prov- Port-au-Prince, according to the standing that people had to re- inces affected by the quake. Water-dropping planes and helicopters were used to control the updated toll. lieve themselves in city streets, —AFP flames. PHOTO: AFP 19 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR PANDEMIC: WORLD 11 Japan: Prolonged virus step likely to delay solid economic recovery

omy is unlikely to return to its eateries to stop serving alcohol pre-pandemic size by the end of and close early and for people to 2021 as projected by the govern- refrain from unnecessary out- ment, following the release Mon- ings. day of figures showing real gross Fully covering the period of domestic product increased at an the Tokyo Olympics, held with annualized pace of just 1.3 per almost no spectators from July cent in the April-June period. 23 through Aug. 8, the emergen- Responding to a survey cy, the fourth so far issued, is released Thursday by the Ja- currently scheduled to end on pan Center for Economic Re- Aug. 31. search and conducted over an But the number of daily eight-day period through Aug. new virus cases nationwide has 6, 36 private-sector think tanks kept increasing, topping 20,000 forecast average GDP growth on Friday to log a record high of an annualized 2.55 per cent for the third straight day. “The in the July-September period, emergency will be probably ex- down sharply from the 4.90 per tended to around October,” said cent increase projected a month Keiji Kanda, a senior economist Japan’s economic recovery is likely to remain sluggish in the July-September period, as the resurgence in domestic coronavirus infections is expected to lead to parts of the country remaining under a state of earlier. at the Daiwa Institute of Re- emergency for the next few months, analysts say. PHOTO: AFP The downgrade reflects the search. “That means, most of state of emergency issued in To- the July-September period will JAPAN’S economic recovery is resurgence in domestic coronavi- under a state of emergency for kyo in mid-July, which was then be under the state of emergency, likely to remain sluggish in the rus infections is expected to lead the next few months, analysts say. expanded to four more prefec- and economic growth in the quar- July-September period, as the to parts of the country remaining Some analysts say the econ- tures earlier this month, asking ter will be very slow.”—Kyodo

Is India ready for third wave of COVID-19?

EVEN though India is easing its as the second one, if the Delta URES URGED restrictions amid a sharp drop in variant remains dominant and With cities lifting restric- new COVID-19 cases, the threat no new variant has emerged, tions and normal life resuming of a third wave looms large, as experts have said. across the country, the best de- experts predict another wave “I don’t think that we will fense against the coronavirus might hit the country by the end see a third wave which will be is still the public’s awareness of August but say it will be less as bad as the second wave,” of strictly following COVID-19 brutal. said Randeep Guleria, director preventive measures. Daily new COVID-19 cases of India’s premier health insti- India’s health officials have across the country dropped from tute All India Institute of Medical urged people to wear face masks, a peak of more than 400,000 in Sciences in New Delhi, adding wash hands and maintain so- May to over 25,000 at present. that children would be “more cial distancing, and people em- Last week, India’s federal health ministry approved the allocation of The caseload will rise slowly susceptible” because they were barking on “revenge travel” over 971 million U.S. dollars -- 50 per cent of the federal government’s instead of significantly, and the not being vaccinated. have been strongly criticized. share in the emergency response package announced in July -- to states third wave will not be as chaotic PREVENTIVE MEAS- —Xinhua to prepare for the possible COVID-19 third wave. PHOTO: AFP The boy band bringing joy and local Bangladesh signs MoU to manufacture China’s Sinopharm pride to Hong Kong COVID-19 inactivated vaccine ered for the latest boy band frenzy sweeping the troubled city, where BANGLADESH is all set to start locally manufacturing China’s many are desperate for both a Sinopharm COVID-19 inactivated vaccine as an agreement on happy escape and a source of co-production of the Chinese jab was signed via video with rel- local pride. evant authorities. The occasion is an appear- The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed ance by Edan Lui, one of the 12 between China’s Sinopharm Group, Bangladesh’s Ministry of members of local band Mirror Health and Family Welfare and Incepta Vaccine Ltd., a leading who have taken Hong Kong by local vaccine manufacturing company, on Monday afternoon. storm, who has arrived to pro- Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming said that mote an animated kids’ movie the successful signing of the MoU will be a successful model screening in local theatres. for cooperation between China and South Asian countries. He A glass-shattering scream emphasized that vaccine cooperation requires full mobilization erupts as he takes the stage and and joint efforts from the government and enterprises. The occasion is an appearance by Edan Lui, one of the 12 members of the placard-waving crowd goes Bangladeshi Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid local band Mirror who have taken Hong Kong by storm, who has arrived wild. Among the excitable fans Maleque said the signing of the agreement is a new milestone in to promote an animated kids’ movie screening in local theatres. was Chan Yuk-kwai, 74, who de- China-Bangladesh’s relationship. The minister expressed the hope PHOTO: AFP cided not to tell her daughter that that the local production of the Chinese vaccine will be started IN the middle of a Hong Kong chanting. But this is not a recent she would be spending her Satur- as soon as possible. For his part, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister shopping mall, hundreds of peo- democracy protest. day trying to catch a glimpse of a AK Abdul Momen said it is a historic day for Bangladesh and ple are excitedly screaming and Instead the crowd has gath- man her grandson’s age.—AFP China-Bangladesh friendship.—Xinhua 19 AUGUST 2021 12 ECON: WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NEWS Suga asks business lobby to reduce commuters IN BRIEF amid virus resurgence Auto factories push US industrial higher PRIME MINISTER Yoshihide than expected Suga asked Japan’s largest busi- ness lobby Wednesday to help in July reduce the number of commuters through telework as the increas- AMERICAN auto assembly ingly rampant novel coronavirus lines continued working last puts a strain on the country’s month, pushing industrial medical system. production above analysts’ ex- Meeting Masakazu Tokura, pectations, according to Federal chairman of the Japan Business Reserve data Tuesday. Federation known as Keidanren, Though vehicle manufac- at its office in Tokyo, Suga said turers continue to struggle with “Telework is an effective coun- a global shortage of crucial sem- termeasure. It may be difficult for iconductors, they nonetheless some businesses to implement, shortened or canceled their typ- but I ask for cooperation.” ical July factory shutdowns, the Tokura responded that he Fed said. That helped to account will notify Keidanren members of for a surprise 0.9 percent jump the request with a view to slash- in industrial output last month, ing the number of commuters by was more than analysts had 70 percent. forecast and well above June’s Tokura told reporters after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga asked Japan’s largest business lobby Wednesday to help reduce the number 0.2 percent growth. Manufac- the meeting that he urged Suga of commuters through telework as the increasingly rampant novel coronavirus puts a strain on the country’s turing output rose 1.4 percent, to make “antibody cocktail” treat- medical system. PHOTO: KYODO about half of which was due to ment widely available, to which a 11.2 percent jump in the mo- Suga responded he would do so. tered casirivimab and imdevimab 70 percent, according to overseas dented rise in coronavirus cases tor vehicles and parts sector, The treatment, in which intravenously, lowers the risk of clinical trials. The meeting was nationwide due to the highly con- according to the report. COVID-19 patients are adminis- hospitalization or death by about held as Japan sees an unprece- tagious Delta variant.—Kyodo Despite the gains in the sector, the Fed said motor ve- hicle production was about China sifts opportunity from ashes of US Afghan project 3.5 percentage points below its peak in January of this year. —AFP ghanistan. and cooperative” relations with But Beijing will remain Afghanistan. watchful of the hardliners now While Beijing says it has Watchdog halts running the show in Kabul, es- no desire to direct any future Tsuruga nuclear pecially as Afghanistan borders political settlement in Kabul, it safety assessment China’s eastern Xinjiang prov- appears to have scented oppor- ince, home to the Muslim-major- tunity to press its Belt and Road after data tampering ity Uyghurs, analysts say. interests as the US pulls out. Around a fortnight before - Pragmatism prevails - JAPAN’S nuclear regulator said the Islamists seized power in a As power transitions to the Wednesday it will pause its lightning offensive that stunned Taliban, Beijing has a few key de- safety assessment of a central the world, Foreign Minister Wang mands, said Hua Po, an independ- Japan reactor in response to the Yi hosted a Taliban delegation in ent political analyst in Beijing. operator having tampered with Chinese state-run media branded the Taliban’s victory as an indicator of Beijing. “The first is to protect Chi- key geological data related to a the US’ failure in Afghanistan. PHOTO: AFP/FILE And just one day after the na’s investments and ensure se- fault underneath the facility, CHINA’S overtures to the Taliban mum benefit from the dramatic Taliban entered Kabul, China said curity of Chinese nationals,” he putting in doubt its restart after indicate a bid to extract maxi- collapse of the US project in Af- it was ready to deepen “friendly says.—AFP a 10-year shutdown. The Nuclear Regulation Authority said it will stop its evaluation of the No. 2 unit UK inflation slows but expected to rise again at the Tsuruga nuclear pow- er plant in Fukui Prefecture BRITAIN’S annual inflation rate across a broad range of goods until it confirms the operator, slowed sharply last month as and services, including clothing, Japan Atomic Power Co., has clothing retailers slashed prices which decreased with summer improved the management in the pandemic-hit sector, offi- sales returning after the pan- of data like that which was cial data showed Wednesday, but demic hit the sector last year,” changed to make the fault ap- economists warned it will likely said ONS statistician Jonathan pear less active. “Reliability of rise again. The Consumer Prices Athow. Last month’s slowdown documentation is necessary to Index stood at 2.0 per cent in July, was partly due to the clothing evaluate whether an operator’s the Office for National Statistics sector, where price growth stood assessment (of faults and oth- said in a statement. at 1.7 per cent after a 3.0-per er aspects) is appropriate,” said The rate had soared in June cent bounce in June. Inflation NRA Chairman Toyoshi Fuketa to a near three-year peak of 2.5 has nevertheless been propelled at a meeting, criticizing Japan per cent as prices had acceler- higher since March when the Atomic Power for not following ated on easing coronavirus re- UK government began a phased best scientific practice in com- Analysts say inflation in Britain will likely rise again this year. strictions. lifting of coronavirus restrictions. piling documents.—Kyodo PHOTO: AFP/FILE “Inflation fell back in July —AFP 19 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR BIZ: WORLD/ AD 13 Sri Lanka’s BTS producer becomes South Korea’s best-paid employee Hambantota industrial park THE producer behind Kang Hyo-won, the K-pop sensation BTS was chief producer of several speeds ahead the highest-paid employee of the group’s megahits with new in South Korea in the first including “Blood Sweat & investments half of this year, reports Tears”, “DNA” and “Idol”, said Wednesday, outrank- made more than 40 billion ing some of the country’s won ($34.2 million) in the The low hum of excava- richest business leaders. January to July period, tors and dump trucks ech- The trailblazing septet a regulatory filing by his oes across 228.5 hectares have reached global super- agency HYBE showed. of land belonging to the stardom with their single That made Kang, 37 Hambantota International “Dynamite” entering the and also known as Pdogg, Port’s (HIP) industrial park, Billboard Hot 100 at num- the top paid staff member as contractors scramble to ber one last year, making at any listed South Korean complete ground leveling them the first South Kore- company in the first half of for a 300 million U.S. dollar an act to top the US chart. the year, reports said. South Korean boy band BTS perform during the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. PHOTO: tire factory. They are credited with His wages were MTV/AFP Sri Lanka’s southern generating billions for the around 38 million won, district of Hambantota South Korean economy, but Kang also earned 39.9 his company. Korean auto giant Hyundai erance pay from Hyundai is mostly known for its and last year their label billion won from stock op- In second place was Motor Group. Mobis, the automaker’s sprawling paddy fields, pea- HYBE made a high-profile tions and 111 million won Chung Mong-koo, the hon- Chung, 83, earned 30.2 parts and service arm. cocks and ruins from the stock market debut. in incentives, according to orary chairman of South billion won, mostly in sev- — AFP ancient Kingdom of Ruhu- na. But the sound of heavy machinery signals the im- Australia’s Qantas to make Change of Name pending arrival of modern The daughter of U Zaw Hpone Naing, Aye Khin Khin manufacturing, which the vaccines mandatory for staff government hopes will Hpone (National ID No.13/TaKaNa(Naing)332123; transform the district into AUSTRALIAN airline Pilots, cabin crew and Qantas’ new rule Passport No.MF208290) to be called as Shwe an industrial powerhouse Qantas said Wednesday airport staff must be fully comes after Australia’s Wutt Yee Hpone @ Aye Khin Khin Hpone. and commodities trading it would make Covid-19 vaccinated by November conservative government Shwe Wutt Yee Hpone hub.—Xinhua vaccines mandatory for 15, with other staff mem- said it would not make staff, as the company bids bers given until March 31 vaccines mandatory but to get planes back into the next year. would leave businesses Facebook moves skies. “Having a fully vacci- to implement their own The national carrier nated workforce will safe- policies. The airline said CLAIMS DAY NOTICE to block Taliban’s M.V SEA MASTER VOY.NO. (131S) WhatsApp is one of the first major guard our people against a staff survey found 89 Australian firms to man- the virus but also protect percent were willing to Consignees of cargo carried on M.V SEA MASTER accounts date vaccines for employ- our customers and the be vaccinated or already VOY.NO. (131S) are hereby notified that the vessel will ees, saying the rule would communities we fly to,” had been, while 4 percent be arriving on 19-8-2021 and cargo will be discharged Facebook said Tuesday it also apply to its budget Qantas CEO Alan Joyce were unwilling or unable. into the premises of MITT/MIIP where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws was blocking WhatsApp offshoot Jetstar. said in a statement. — AFP and conditions of the Port of Yangon. accounts linked to the Tal- Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am iban after the radical Islam- to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now ic group seized control of declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo Afghanistan and sought to from the Vessel. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after use the messaging service to the Claims Day. help it govern. “The Taliban Phone No: 2301185 is sanctioned as a terrorist Shipping Agency Department organization under US law Myanma Port Authority and we have banned them Agent For: from our services under M/S SEALAND MAERSK ASIA PTE LTD our Dangerous Organiza- tion policies,” a Facebook spokesperson told AFP. The Facebook move shut down a WhatsApp hotline CLAIMS DAY NOTICE M.V AEGEAN EXPRESS VOY.NO. (216N) the Taliban had set up to receive complaints about vi- Consignees of cargo carried on M.V AEGEAN olence and looting, accord- Australian airline Qantas said Wednesday it would make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for EXPRESS VOY.NO. (216N) are hereby notified that ing to the Financial Times. staff, as the company bids to get planes back into the skies. PHOTO: AFP/FILE the vessel will be arriving on 19-8-2021 and cargo will A WhatsApp spokesperson be discharged into the premises of MIP where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the said in an email to AFP that byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. the company is required to PESTICIDES DISTRIBUTER CHANGING Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am follow US sanctions. “This The manufacture of Lier Chemical Co.,ltd have registered the following products in to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo includes banning accounts Pesticide Registration Board of Myanmar to distribute in Myanmar. Now, we have to from the Vessel. that appear to represent change from old distributer name “ROYAL GOLDEN CITIZEN CO.,LTD”, to new No claims against this vessel will be admitted after themselves as official ac- distributor name “ ”. If any object or THU KHA MAHAR AGROCHMICAl CO.,LTD the Claims Day. counts of the Taliban. We’re enquiry, please contact to Pesticide registration Board, Plant Protection Division, Bayint Phone No: 2301185 seeking more information Naung Road, West Gyogone, Insein Township, Yangon, from here to next 14 days. Shipping Agency Department from relevant US authorities Thu Kha Mahar Agrochemical Co.,Ltd. Ph-09797915818. Myanma Port Authority Agent For: given the evolving situation Sr. Trade Name Active Ingredient Registration No. in Afghanistan,” the compa- 1. Mahar Fighter Thiamethoxam 50% WG P2021-5229 M/S CONTINENTAL SHIPPING LINES ny said.—AFP 19 AUGUST 2021 14 SOCIETY THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NEWS Berlin calls on NATO to learn IN BRIEF lessons from Afghanistan Canada won’t recognize Taliban Speaking ahead of an government in Afghanistan emergency meeting of NATO ambassadors, Annegret CANADA does not intend to recognize a Taliban government in Af- Kramp-Karrenbauer told Ger- ghanistan, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, explaining man broadcaster ZDF “there’s that Ottawa continues to view the group as a terrorist organization. a lot that we have to work on “Canada has no plans to recognize the Taliban as the government within NATO”. of Afghanistan,” Trudeau said. “The question for us will be “They have taken over and replaced a duly elected democratic to what extent are we willing government by force. And... they are a recognized terrorist organization to carry the consequences for under Canadian law.” this, and to what extent we are On Monday, the United States said that it would only recognize a prepared to take measures that Taliban government in Kabul if it were to respect the rights of women up to this point we have left to and shun terrorists.— AFP Germany’s defence minister on Tuesday urged NATO to learn lessons the Americans,” Kramp-Kar- from its Afghanistan mission -- slammed as a “debacle” by critics, as renbauer said. allies struggled to pull off a difficult evacuation operation from the capital, Kabul. PHOTO: UNSPLASH/AFP NATO ambassadors are Taliban co-founder back in Afghanistan meeting on Tuesday to discuss GERMANY’S defence minis- “debacle” by critics, as allies the situation in Afghanistan, THE Taliban’s co-founder returned to Afghanistan Tuesday following ter on Tuesday urged NATO to struggled to pull off a difficult where Western allied forces the group’s stunning takeover of the country, hours after they told learn lessons from its Afghan- evacuation operation from the are seeking to accelerate their government staff to return to work -- though residents reacted cau- istan mission -- slammed as a capital, Kabul. evacuation operations.—AFP tiously and few women took to the streets. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar’s arrival from Qatar -- where he has spent months leading talks with the United States and then Afghan Defiant Afghan ex-VP vows new fight with Taliban peace negotiators -- crowns a stunning comeback for the Taliban after being ousted 20 years ago. AFGHANISTAN’S defiant vice Significantly Baradar, now deputy leader of the group, chose to president made one thing clear touch down in Afghanistan’s second biggest city Kandahar -- the Tal- as the Taliban seized control of iban’s spiritual birthplace and capital during their first time in power. the capital following the collapse He landed hours after evacuation flights from Kabul’s airport of his government — he will not restarted after chaos Monday when huge crowds mobbed the apron, surrender. with some people so desperate they clung to the fuselage of a US It appears he has retreated military plane as it rolled down the runway for take-off.—AFP to the country’s last remaining holdout: the Panjshir Valley northeast of Kabul. ‘I fear for my Afghan sisters’ “I won’t dis-appoint millions who listened to me. I will never NOBEL Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday wrote “I fear for be under one ceiling with Talib- my Afghan sisters” in an op-ed published in The New York Times in an. NEVER,” he wrote in English the wake of the Taliban’s stunning takeover. on Twitter on Sunday, before go- Taliban fighters patrol a market in Kabul. PHOTO : AFP “We will have time to debate what went wrong in the war in Af- ing underground. ghanistan, but in this critical moment we must listen to the voices of A day later, pictures began first pieces of a guerilla move- “We will not allow the Tal- Afghan women and girls. They are asking for protection, for education, to surface on social media of ment to take on the victorious iban to enter Panjshir and will for the freedom and the future they were promised,” Yousafzai, 24, the former vice president with Taliban, as fighters regroup in resist with all our might and wrote. “We cannot continue to fail them. We have no time to spare.” the son of his former mentor Panjshir. power, and fight them,” one Yousafzai, long an advocate for girls’ education, survived a Pa- and famed anti-Taliban fighter resident told AFP on condition kistani Taliban assassination attempt when she was just 15 years old Ahmed Shah Massoud in Pan- ‘Resist with all our might’ of anonymity. when the militants shot her in the head in rural northwest Pakistan. jshir — a mountainous redoubt Famed for its natural de- Such a battle would be the Since then the Oxford graduate has become a global figure pro- tucked into the Hindu Kush. fences, the valley never fell to the latest in Saleh’s long struggle moting education for girls. The Taliban took effective control of Saleh and Massoud’s son, Taliban during the civil war of the against the Taliban as a onetime Afghanistan on Sunday when president Ashraf Ghani fled and the who commands a militia force, 1990s, nor was it ever conquered insurgent turned spy chief and insurgents walked into Kabul with no opposition.—AFP appear to be putting together the by the Soviets a decade earlier. later vice premier.—AFP New island discovered south of Tokyo after submarine volcano erupts

A new island has been discovered ed erupting on Friday. by the volcanic activity was also near Iwoto Island located around The Japan Meteorological found by the coast guard floating 1,200 kilometers south of Tokyo Agency has issued warnings across a 60-km area in a north- after a submarine volcano be- about smoke and large ash de- west direction. gan erupting late last week, the posits in nearby waters as an New islands have been con- Japan Coast Guard said Monday. active eruption is expected to firmed in the area in 1904, 1914 The new island is C-shaped, continue. and 1986, with all of them hav- with a diameter of approximately The coast guard found the ing submerged due to erosion 1 kilometer. It was discovered newly formed island when it by waves and currents. Photo shows eruption at a submarine volcano near Iwoto Island, located after the volcano some 50 km observed the eruption from the The one found in 1986 sank around 1,200 kilometers south of Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2021. south of Iwoto in the Ogasawara air on Sunday, according to the after about two months, accord- PHOTO: JAPAN COAST GUARD/KYODO Islands in the Pacific Ocean start- weather agency. Pumice created ing to the coast guard.—Kyodo 19 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR GLOBAL AFFAIRS 15 Taliban pledge to be ‘different’, as Afghans flee

THE Taliban have offered a to flee the country -- they held ideology, and beliefs, there is no pledge of reconciliation, vowing their first press conference from difference... but if we calculate no revenge against opponents Kabul. “All those in the opposite it based on experience, maturi- and to respect women’s rights in side are pardoned from A to Z,” ty, and insight, no doubt there a “different” rule of Afghanistan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah are many differences,” Muja- from two decades ago. Mujahid told foreign and local hid told reporters. He also said The announcements came reporters, revealing his identity they were “committed to letting on Tuesday night shortly after for the first time. “We will not seek women work in accordance with the return to Afghanistan of their revenge.” Mujahid said the new the principles of Islam”, without co-founder, crowning the group’s regime would be “positively dif- offering specifics. A spokesman astonishing comeback after being ferent” from their 1996-2001 stint, for the group in Doha, Suhail Sha- ousted by a US-led invasion in which was infamous for deaths by heen, told Britain’s Sky News that 2001. With huge concerns global- stoning, girls being banned from women would not be required to ly about the Taliban’s brutal hu- school and women from working wear the all-covering burqa, but The Taliban are pledging to rule differently from their last stint from man rights record -- and tens of in contact with men. did not say what attire would be 1996-2001. PHOTO: AFP thousands of Afghans still trying “If the question is based on acceptable.—AFP

US steps up Kabul evacuation, says NEWS IN BRIEF Taliban pledged ‘safe passage’ Cambodian court jails union leader for two THE White House said Tuesday US citizens, permanent residents sands of US soldiers were at the years over border comments the Taliban had promised that and their families on 13 flights. airport as the Pentagon planned civilians could travel safely to the Earlier Tuesday, the White to ramp up flights of its huge C-17 A Cambodian court on Wednesday jailed outspoken union leader Kabul airport as the US military House had said that 11,000 US na- transport jets to as many as two Rong Chhun for two years on incitement charges relating to comments stepped up its airlift for Amer- tionals remain inside the country, dozen a day. “Now that we have about the country’s border, the latest legal case activists say is aimed icans and Afghans fleeing the including diplomats, contractors established the flow, we expect at cracking down on opposition voices. Islamist group. and others, most waiting to be those numbers to escalate,” said Rong Chhun, the leader of the Cambodian Confederation of Some 3,200 people have been evacuated after the Taliban take- the White House official who gave Unions, was arrested in July last year after accusing the government evacuated by the US military so over. Washington wants to com- the updated evacuation figures of “irregularities” over the demarcation of the eastern border with far, a White House official said, in- plete the exodus before its August Tuesday and who spoke on con- Vietnam. cluding 1,100 on Tuesday alone -- 31 withdrawal deadline, and thou- dition of anonymity.—AFP The demarcation process at the Cambodia-Vietnam border has for years been a lightning rod for controversy, fuelled by strong anti-Viet- namese sentiment in the kingdom. Rong Chhun, who has been in pre-trial detention since his arrest last July, had said that a newly agreed borderline encroaches on some locals’ farmland.—AFP A US Air Force C-17 is seen loaded with some 640 Families of Egypt death row Islamists face Afghans fleeing agonising wait Afghanistan after the After surviving the bloodshed when Egyptian security forces killed Taliban some 800 people in a sprawling Islamist protest camp in 2013, 12 takeover. PHOTO: US Muslim Brotherhood members are on death row waiting to be hanged. AIRFORCE/ For their families, it is an agonising wait, knowing their loved ones AFP could be executed at any moment, without warning, having exhausted all avenues of appeal. Brothers Mahmud and Adam, who spoke to AFP on condition their real names not be used for fear of repercussions, said their inability to do any more to exonerate their father was a constant source of anxiety.—AFP Escorted by Taliban: India’s midnight evacuation from Afghanistan

OUTSIDE the main iron gate of Their position was a precar- side the Indian embassy weren’t the Indian embassy in Kabul, a ious one. Pakistan has long been there to extract revenge, but group of Taliban fighters wait- the Taliban’s biggest supporter, rather to escort them to Kabul ed -- armed with machine guns using the country for so-called airport, where a military aircraft and rocket-propelled grenade strategic depth in never-ending was on standby to evacuate them launchers. battles -- real and diplomatic -- after New Delhi decided to shut Inside the compound were with arch-rival India. its mission. 150 Indian diplomats and nation- India in turn, strongly backed As the first of nearly two als -- growing increasingly nerv- the government that took over dozen vehicles drove out of the ous as they watched news of the when the Taliban were ousted, embassy late on Monday, some of Taliban tightening their grip on earning them hatred and enmity the fighters waved and smiled at the capital, which they took a day from the hardline Islamist group. the passengers -- an AFP corre- Indian nationals prepare to board an Indian military aircraft to be earlier without a fight. But the Taliban fighters out- spondent among them.—AFP evacuated after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. PHOTO: AFP 19 AUGUST 2021 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Yushin Okami wants to get new challenge against Aung La N Sang Republic of the Union of Myanmar FORMER two-division ONE World Champion Aung La N State Administration Sang “The Burmese Python” is on the comeback trail, and thus Council another ONE Championship star fighter Yushin Okami of Japan is Nine Objectives making a challenge against the Burmese Python via his social 1. Political affairs media. (a) To build a Union based on democracy and On 30 July, the Myanmar federalism, through a disciplined and genuine sports icon knocked out Bra- multiparty democratic system that is fair and zilian hulk Leandro Ataides at just. ONE: BATTLEGROUND in Sin- gapore and took a step closer (b) To emphasize the achievement of enduring toward reclaiming the middle- peace for the entire nation in line with the weight ONE belt. Japanese Mixed Martial Arts legend Yushin Okami. PHOTO: ONE Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). Following the victory, Aung CHAMPIONSHIP (c) To continue implementing the principle of peace- La told ONE Championship com- “I have been eagerly await- Okami tweeted. “I look forward ful co-existence among countries through an mentator Mitch Chilson that he ing a fight with him since the day to fighting you in the Circle Cage. independent, active and non-aligned foreign was willing to fight anyone next. I decided to move up to middle- The results will be there.” policy. There are few athletes who weight,” Okami tweeted. “Since And with that, Aung La N 2. Economic affairs have recently caught Aung La N then, nothing has changed in my Sang replied with nothing but (a) To enhance production based on agriculture Sang’s attention including Japa- mind. Aung La N Sang, I will kind words. and livestock through modern techniques and nese fighter Yushin Okami. beat you.” “Thanks,” he wrote. “Big strengthen all-round development in other sec- The Japanese mixed mar- The Myanmar sports icon fan of you and it will be an hon- tial arts legend Yushin Okami wasted no time in responding. our.” tors of the economy. announced on Twitter that he “It would be an honour to “This bout has not been (b) To develop a stable market economy and pro- was moving up from the wel- share the ONE Championship made officially by ONE Cham- mote international investment in order to en- terweight division to the mid- Circle with you,” Aung La N Sang pionship’s matchmaking com- hance the economic development of the entire dleweight division and that his tweeted back. “But I don’t think mittee, but it has certainly excit- National people. aim was a matchup with “The you will beat me.” ed the organization’s global fan (c) To promote and support local businesses to Burmese Python.” With the challenge accept- base. Stay tuned to ONEFC.com create employment opportunities and increase And after Aung La N Sang’s ed, the two then exchanged for more updates on this devel- domestic production. victory on 30 July, Okami doubled pleasantries. opment,” ONE Championship 3. Social affairs down on the challenge. “Congrats on your win,” officials commented. —GNLM (a) To ensure a strong and dynamic Union spirit, the genuine spirit of patriotism. (b) To respect and promote the customs and tradi- Halep earns injury comeback win; tions of all National peoples and preserve and safeguard their cultural heritage and national Gauff to face Osaka characteristics. (c) To enhance the health, fitness and education SIMONA Halep earned her first a 6-1, 6-2 hammering of Hsieh Tour last week in Montreal, los- quality of the entire nation. victory since last May’s calf inju- Su-Wei. ing in the opening round. She re- ry pause as the three-time finalist On a day when rain forced a mained confident that progress defeated Magda Linette 6-4, 3-6, reorganisation of the afternoon was not far away after her injury 6-1 on Tuesday at the ATP-WTA and evening schedule, women’s in Rome three months ago. Ronaldo rubbishes ‘disrespectful’ Cincinnati Masters. top seed Ashleigh Barty and The Romanian defeated her American teenager Coco Olympic gold medalist Alexander Polish opponent for a second reports of Madrid move Gauff lined up a contest with sec- Zverev never made it onto court. time, taking just over two hours. ond seed Naomi Osaka through Halep only returned to the “It was a strong match. In CRISTIANO Ronaldo on Tues- have been frequent news and my opinion, both of us played re- day blasted reports that he was stories associating me with a ally well,” the 29-year-old said. trying for a return to Real Ma- number of clubs in many differ- “Maybe the rain delay helped me drid, hours after coach Carlo ent Leagues, with nobody ever a little bit to find energy. I was a Ancelotti also said he was not being concerned about trying little bit stronger physically and going to take the Juventus for- to find out the actual truth,” mentally in the third set. ward back to Spain. Ronaldo added. “It means a lot, I’m really In an Instagram post, Ron- “I’m breaking my silence happy to win. It’s always impor- aldo said that his “story at Real now to say that I can’t allow tant to have victories when you Madrid has been written”, al- people to keep playing around come back from an injury. though he did not explicitly say with my name. I remain focused “This was the first time in that he was not looking for a on my career and in my work, my life that I’ve had this kind way out of Juve. committed and prepared for of problem, and I didn’t really He said that such talk was all the challenges that I have know how to manage it. But I’m “disrespectful” to both him to face.” happy to be back, happy to play and “to all the clubs involved Ronaldo has been the sub- Simona Halep of Romania plays a backhand during her match against Magda Linette of Poland during the WTA/ATP Cincinnati tournament in pain-free. I’m just trying to build in these rumours, as well as to ject of a series of rumours about Ohio. PHOTO: AFP my confidence back.” —AFP their players and staff”. “There his future this summer.—AFP