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You are the best protector against COVID: State Counsellor

TATE Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi wrote way to protect ourselves is to follow the instructions on her Facebook page yesterday “you are the of the Ministry of Health and Sports. You are the best No one wants to best protector against COVID”. protector against COVID. S This was what she wrote: Some people get angry saying the returnees can Lately, there have been instances where people carry the disease because of excessive concerns. have the disease. were afraid of those who have been under quarantine; No one wants to have the disease. No one wants to some people did not want to associate with them. In go abroad and work laboriously to earn a living. The No one wants to fact those who have to go into quarantine do not pose majority of those who came back from the border a danger. Even if they had the disease, because they worked under great difficulties. We should not see that undergo regular medical treatment, the disease could the income that they got was only for them and their go abroad and be detected early and they could get early medical families. The money that enters the country helps to treatment. At present there are 233 positive cases and drive the economy; in this manner it helps the country’s work laboriously 143 persons who have been cleared of the disease. development. In 2019, official money transfers through We need to be very careful of people who are not the banks amounted to more than USD one billion. to earn a living. showing symptoms of the disease although they have All of us can be helpful to one another.—MNA the disease, although they may not be in quarantine. We can catch the disease from these people. The best (Translated by Kyaw Myaing)

One new case of COVID-19 in Myanmar on 3 June, total figure reaches 233 Updated at 8 pm, 3 June 2020 New Cases New Persons under Investigation from the Total Case 233 1 Total Death Tally 6 (2-3 June) past 24 hours to 12 noon of 3 June 2020 Recovery Update on 3 June 2020 after two consecutive tests New PUI Discharged from 41 Total Recovery 145 New Recovery 2 Hospital 132

One new case of COVID-19 on 3 June 2020: Updated at 8 pm Case Age Gender Address Contact with Overseas Hospital for medical Lab result Remark No positive patient travel history treatment

233 26 Male Nyaunglebin Town- No Yes, Thailand Bago People’s Hos- Positive Held under quarantine ( Nyaunglebin Township) ship, Bago Region pital

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NATIONAL LOCAL NEWS LOCAL BUSINESS Union Minister Online booking Regional trade participates in COVID needed to exceeds $6.9 bln in Action Platform Global apply for RTAD H1 2019-2020FY: Leaders Virtual Meeting service MoC report PAGE-4 PAGE-6 PAGE-5 4 JUNE 2020 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR VP U Henry Van Thio chairs intellectual property central committee meeting

THE Central Committee for Intellectual Property (CCIP) held their first meeting at the Ministry of Commerce in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. Vice President U Henry Van Thio, in his capacity as committee chairman, first de- livered a speech where he said this was the first meeting of the CCIP since its formation under Section 4(a) of the Industrial Design Law, Trademark Law, Patent Law and Copyright Law. The Vice President said as technological competition in- creases around the world, intel- Vice President U Henry Van Thio addresses the first meeting of the Central Committee for Intellectual Property in Nay Pyi Taw lectual property becomes more yesterday. PHOTO:MNA important in the economic, edu- He said Myanmar had been logical shortcomings. He said lations and directives to enforce department, constructing an of- cation, social and other sectors trying to enact intellectual prop- the Central Committee of In- the intellectual property laws. fice building for them, and the as a global market system is erty laws for more than a dec- tellectual Property and agency The Vice President ended various processes involved in being implemented. He said ade and ratified the Industrial needs to include professionals his speech by highlighting the implementing the intellectual it will also support the devel- Design Law and Trademark and experts and NGOs need to importance of intellectual prop- property laws. opment of a nation’s scientific Law on 30 January 2019, the contribute to the formation of erty rights as an economic de- Afterwards, Deputy Min- and technological cooperation, Patent Law on 11 March 2019, the system. velopment tool for creating jobs, isters Dr Min Ye Paing Hein, foreign trade, and investment. and the Copyright Law on 24 The Vice President said developing the nation and its U Bharat Singh, U Aung Hla The Vice President said May 2019. the intellectual property laws various sectors, and elevating Tun and U Win Maw Tun and Myanmar became a member The Vice President said need to be implemented swift- innovation and creativity across meeting attendees discussed to the World Trade Organiza- while the Ministry of Education ly as Myanmar is part of the the nation. the duties of their respective tion in 1996, joined ASEAN on 3 was tasked with drafting these ASEAN Economic Community Next, CCIP Vice-Chairman ministries and cooperation ex- July 1997, and became the 176th laws, the duty of implementing Blueprint and needs to coop- Union Minister Dr Than My- tended to implement the intel- nation to join the World Intellec- and upholding them fell on the erate with other member na- int urged meeting attendees lectual property laws. tual Properties Organization on Ministry of Commerce. He said tions in these sectors. He said to submit their ideas to swiftly The directors-general of 15 May 2001. setting up an intellectual prop- although Myanmar is given a implement the intellectual prop- the Customs Department and Since it is a member to erty system requires meeting grace period from implement- erty laws. the Research and Innovation these international organiza- international standards and si- ing provisions in the TRIPS This was followed by CCIP Department, experts, central tions, Myanmar needs to abide multaneously complying with Agreement until 1 July 2021, Secretary Deputy Minister U executive committee members by the Trade-Related Aspect the local political, economic and implementation needs to get Aung Htoo explaining processes of UMFCCI, and chairman of of Intellectual Property Rights educational context. the mechanism going. that should be completed ahead the Federation of Myanmar En- (TRIPS Agreement) and the The Vice President said The Vice President said of implementing the intellectual gineering Society made discus- ASEAN Framework Agreement that rather than implement- they were in the process of property laws. sions through video conferenc- on Intellectual Property Coop- ing all four of the laws at once, forming a department for in- Next, the Deputy Direc- ing. The website of Department eration and the Ministry of Ed- implementing them one after tellectual property under the tor-General of the Depart- of Intellectual Property was also ucation drafted the intellectual the other would mitigate the Ministry of Commerce. He said ment of Intellectual Property introduced at the meeting.— property laws for Myanmar, said challenges faced, expending of they were continuing their work explained the formation of the MNA the Vice President. human resources, and techno- on the necessary bylaws, regu- intellectual property agency and (Translated by Zaw Htet Oo)

1,493 migrant workers return from Thailand through One more imported Myawady border on 3 June case makes Myanmar MYANMAR has been making COVID-19 figure 233 systematic arrangement for the return of migrant workers from on 3 June Thailand since 1 May. The total number of returnees through My- Myanmar’s COVID-19 figure has anmar-Thai Friendship Bridge (2) reached 233 on 3 June after one more of Myawady border town in Kayin imported case of the returnee from State yesterday was 1,493. Thailand. Among them, the 217 per- The last case is the 26-year-old sons were brought back by 10 man living in Nyaunglebin Township, buses from Mo Chit Bus Terminal Bago Region. in Bangkok under negotiations Myanmar migrant workers from Thailand queuing for immigration processes at the Myanmar Out of 233 confirmed cases in the border checkpoint yesterday. PHOTO: MAHN THAN SHWE MYINT (IPRD) of the two governments and ar- country, six died, 145 persons have re- rangement of Myanmar embassy State Hluttaw MP U Thant A total of 15,733 Myan- 881 males and 612 females covered and 132 have been discharged in Thailand, while the remaining Zin Aung and local officials mar migrants have arrived from different regions and from hospitals, according to the report 1,276 persons came back home helped the returnees with back home through this states.—Mahn Than Shwe of Ministry of Health and Sports.—MNA in their own schedules from var- medical tests and other sup- route until now. The latest Myint (IPRD) (Translated by Aung Khin) ious parts of the kingdom. Kayin plies. group of returnees included (Translated by Aung Khin) 4 JUNE 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3 “People are the key” VP U Myint Swe presides over 73rd Anniversary Martyrs’ Day organizing committee meeting

ICE President U Myint Swe held discussions at V the meeting yesterday about preparations for holding the 73rd Anniversary Martyrs’ Day which will be held on 19 July. The meeting was held at the meeting hall of the President’s Office in Nay Pyi Taw. The Vice President, in his capacity as the patron of the central committee for organizing the Martyrs’ Day, said that the event aimed to remember the martyrs, including Bogyoke Aung San, who sacrificed their lives, blood and sweat, and were as- sassinated on 19 July 1947 while rd they were striving for national Vice President U Myint Swe discusses preparations for holding the 73 Anniversary of Martyrs’ Day to be held on 19 July. PHTOT: MNA independence. curity committee and to manage radios and television channels sinated and the parliamentary Aung Ko briefed on the forma- This memorial event had security measures at the Mar- broadcast about the Martyrs’ Day meeting hall this year due to tion of work committees and its been held annually for 73 years tyrs’ Mausoleum, Bogyoke Aung ahead of the event. the status of the existing pan- sub-committees for organizing to keep up the national spirit of San Museum and the Secretariat It was also honoured with demic and ensuring strength of the event. the country. (former Office of the Ministers). laying wreaths at the Martyrs’ the Bogyoke Aung San Museum Yangon Chief Minister U The Vice President also dis- The 27-member Work Com- Mausoleum and paying tributes building; making sure that his Phyo Min Thein and Yangon May- cussed the formation of respec- mittee is led by the Yangon Re- to the fallen national leaders, ar- belongings were displayed as was or U Maung Maung Soe reported tive committees for organizing gion Chief Minister to carry out rangement for public access to done the previous year and mak- on preparations of the work com- the 73rd Anniversary Martyrs’ three tasks, while the 16-member Bogyoke Aung San’s residence, ing sure that the garden looked mittees, including invitations, of- Day under order number 69/2020 Security Committee is chaired by the national flag flying at half- beautiful and neat in the museum fering meals to members of the of the Office of the President on the Deputy Minister for Home mast, displays of exhibitions and compound. Sangha, wreath laying ceremony, 13 May. Affairs to perform 12 works. offering meals to members of the The Vice President also dis- healthcare services and discipli- The 21-member the Central The 8-member sub-com- Sangha at Zabuthiri Hall of Nay cussed the works of the Securi- nary measures at the event. Committee was established with mittees will also implement re- Pyi Taw Council Office and the ty Committee, the duties of the Deputy Minister for Home Vice President U Myint Swe as spective works for the successful Yangon City Hall, dedicated to the Ministry of Information to pub- Affairs Maj-Gen Soe Tint Naing the patron, Union Minister for holding of the event. fallen martyrs on 19 July. lish news, information articles, presented preparations for secu- Religious Affairs and Culture Vice President U Myint Swe The Vice President em- interviews related to Martyrs’ rity affairs. Thura U Aung Ko as the chair- gave the following directives to phasized to strictly follow the Day, Bogyoke Aung San speech- The members of respective man and Yangon Region Chief prevent and control Coronavi- directives and regulations for es, songs, the record of efforts committees also reported on Minister U Phyo Min Thein as rus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the prevention of COVID-19 in made for Independence, movies, their works for organizing the the vice-chairman, to implement in addition to the common tasks organizing the Martyrs’ Day and newspapers, radio and television event, followed by the coordina- three major tasks for adopting of previous anniversary events. to discuss whether to allow pub- for the public, as well as sounding tion of the Vice President on the policies to hold the Martyrs’ Day, For the 72nd anniversary, lic access to the meeting room the siren at 10:37 am on 19th July. discussions.—MNA to lead work committee and se- the state-owned newspapers, where the martyrs were assas- Union Minister Thura U (Translated by Aung Khin)

Well-wishers donate lab equipment to COVID-19 central committee WELL wishers donated the lab equipment to in the long run as well. The Union Minister said National-Level Central Committee on Preven- this upgrade to sub-national laboratories will tion, Control and Treatment of Coronavirus Dis- speed up the identifying process for COVID-19 ease 2019 (COVID-19) at the Ministry of Health and greatly benefit prevention and control of the and Sports in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. National disease. He said the participation of civil society Director of Kinnected Myanmar Dr Naw Jar organizations, philanthropic groups, and mem- explained the steps taken to purchase and import bers of the public continues to play an essential lab equipment for the Public Health Laboratory role. The Union Minister then accepted the do- departments in Mandalay, Mawlamyine, Taung- nations and returned certificates of honour to the gyi and Lashio. U Kyaw Kyaw Win, Chairman of donours. Mandalay Urban Development Funding Mandalay Urban Development Funding Com- Committee donated two sets of lab equipment mittee, and Daw Nway Nway Hlaing, Director of worth K809.2 million to the National Health Lab- Wai Aung Kabar Jewellery Co Ltd representing oratory Department in Yangon and the Public the company chairman, explained the reasons Health Laboratory department in Mandalay. for the donation. The Wai Aung Kabar Jewellery Co Ltd do- Union Minister Dr Myint Htwe, in his ca- nated three sets of lab equipment worth K924.2 pacity as Secretary(2) of the central committee, million to these departments in Mawlamyine, said the laboratory equipment will help not only Taunggyi and Lashio.—MNA Union Minister Dr Myint Htwe receives donation of laboratory equipment by COVID-19 patients but those with other diseases (Translated by Zaw Htet Oo) Mandalay Urban Development Funding Committee. PHOTO: MNA 4 JUNE 2020 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Union Minister participates in COVID Action Platform Global Leaders Virtual Meeting

UNION MINISTER for Invest- ment and Foreign Economic Relations U Thaung Tun, yesterday participated in the COVID Action Platform Global Leaders Virtual Meeting facil- itated by the World Economic Forum. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Mr Klaus Schwab, Founder and Exec- utive Chairman of the World Economic Forum used the opportunity to launch the new Great Reset Initiative. The Initiative which in- volves a commitment to jointly Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations U Thaung Tun joins the COVID Action Platform Global Leaders Virtual Meeting from and urgently re-building the Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. PHOTO: MNA foundations of the global eco- nomic and social system in sup- and put people and planet at the al disaster with even more Myanmar supported the aims is firmly in line with the aims port of a fairer, more sustaina- heart of global value creation. dramatic consequences for which underpin the Great Re- and aspirations set forth within ble and more resilient future. If there is one critical lesson to humankind. We have to de- set Initiative and is committed our own Myanmar Sustainable The Initiative also calls for a learn from this crisis, it is that carbonize the economy in the to working with all partners – Development Plan, which is, new social contract centred on we need to put nature at the short window still remaining global and regional, public and in turn, aligned with the Glob- human dignity, social justice heart of how we operate. We and bring our thinking and be- private – to translate these as- al Sustainable Development and where societal progress simply can’t waste more time,” haviour once more into harmo- pirations into tangible actions Agenda. does not fall behind economic said His Royal Highness the ny with nature,” said Mr Klaus at the country-level here at The Great Reset Initiative development. Prince of Wales. Schwab. home in Myanmar, within our will culminate in a unique twin “In order to secure our fu- “We only have one plan- Commenting following the region, and further afield. summit in January 2021, con- ture and to prosper, we need et and we know that climate Virtual Meeting, Union Minis- The Union Minister fur- vened by the World Economic to evolve our economic model change could be the next glob- ter U Thaung Tun noted that ther stated that the Initiative Forum. — MNA

Isolated female ‘Burmese Roofed Turtle’ surprises conservationists by laying fertile eggs Conservationists attribute success to captive breeding and release of 20 young males in Myanmar’s Chindwin River

ONSERVATIONISTS covered” in the early 2000s. from the Wildlife Con- An aggressive conservation servation Society programme launched in 2007 by C(WCS) and Turtle Sur- the Myanmar Forest Department vival Alliance (TSA) in Myanmar in collaboration with the Wildlife have announced that this year for Conservation Society and Turtle the first time, an isolated female Survival Alliance has now pulled “Burmese roofed turtle” living the Burmese Roofed Turtle back far upstream on the Chindwin from the brink of extinction. River who has never been known Every year in February to produce fertile eggs, deposited and March eggs laid by the few a clutch of 19 eggs, 14 of which remaining wild females are col- hatched earlier this month. lected from sandbanks along The Burmese Roofed Turtle the Chindwin River in northern (Batagur trivittata) is considered Myanmar. They are incubated one of the world’s most endan- at a remote riverside village un- gered turtles with fewer than til they hatch in May and June, five breeding females (number Female Burmese roofed turtles. PHOTO: MYO MIN WIN/ WCS/ TSA and then the offspring are reared of males unknown) now surviving for 5-6 years in captivity before in the wild. inbreeding. several more years. However, er rivers of Myanmar, Burmese returning them to the river. Cap- Conservationist attribute Additional news about the less than a year after the turtles Roofed Turtles were driven to tive-breeding groups have also this change of fortune to a group captive population concerns a were transferred to Yangon, the near-extinction by a combination been established at several zoos of 20 captive-reared young males new breeding group of Burmese females began laying eggs in an of unsustainable egg harvesting, and wildlife sanctuaries in Myan- released into the river in late 2018. Roofed Turtles established in artificial sand island in their spa- accidental drowning in fishing mar to produce additional hatch- These offspring on the Chindwin April 2019 at the Yangon Zoo cious outdoor enclosure. To date gear, gold dredging, and destruc- ling turtles for eventual release. River are of inestimable genetic with turtles initially hatched four eggs have hatched (more are tion of critical sandbanks nest- This work is supported by worth. They will eventually be and reared at the Mandalay Zoo. expected) making this the first ing habitat. By the late 1990s, IUCN SOS – Save Our Species, incorporated into our captive Conservationists assumed these time Burmese Roofed Turtles the Burmese Roofed Turtle was the Andrew Sabin Family Foun- breeding programme to stave turtles were much too young to born in captivity have success- feared extinct until two small dation, and the Panaphil Founda- off the long-term genetic deteri- reproduce and hence, did not fully nested. populations (one of which has tion.—WCS oration of the population through expect them to begin nesting for Once abundant in the larg- since gone extinct) were “redis- 4 JUNE 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR LOCAL BUSINESS 5 Over 1,000 businesses get K37 bln from Coronavirus Fund

By Nyein Nyein stricken by the pandemic from the committee will be screened rus pandemic situation on trade Additionally, the public and the Fund, with K50 billion allo- in line with bank rules and pro- and tourism sectors; short, me- private sectors need to cooper- A total of 1,016 enterprises have cated from the country’s revolv- cedures, and they are not eligible dium and long term measures ate in setting up the supply chain been granted K37.55 billion from ing fund and another K50 billion for the loan if they get sued by to respond to the coronavirus on our own sources, including Coronavirus Fund between 9 from the social security fund. a bank. The remaining applica- crisis, together with the private weaving, knitting, dyeing, and April and 2 June, according to Regarding Coronavirus tions are being processed, the sector and related associations; sewing factories, the committee a committee to remedy the eco- Fund, 85 businesspersons were committee stated. creation of new jobs for those urges. nomic impacts caused by the granted K5.696 billion in the first The committee was formed employees who have been laid Furthermore, the commit- pandemic. batch, while 113 enterprises were on 13 March and Union Minister off at the factories; conducting tee will request the government The priority sectors for the selected for K4.495 billion in the for Investment and Foreign Eco- vocational education to the work- to give tax exemption and re- Fund of K100 billion are CMP second batch, 111 enterprises nomic Relations U Thaung Tun ers; and additional measures to liefs depending on the situations garment business, hotels and in the third batch for K3.5466 was appointed as the committee explore new markets to buy raw of the coronavirus impacts on tourism service and small and billion, 417 in the fourth batch for chairperson. materials for CMP garment busi- SMEs and to provide loans to medium enterprises (SMEs). K15.079 billion and 290 in the fifth The committee is responsi- nesses in the country instead of the domestic businesses at the The committee has been grant- batch for K8.7335 billion. ble for measures to address the relying on the sole market — low-interest rate. ing the loan to the business The applicants approved by negative impacts of the coronavi- China. (Translated by Ei Myat Mon) India-Myanmar border trade plunges in current fiscal year

THE value of border trade at over $36 million at Tamu and between India and Myanmar $40 million at Reed. There was declined by US$51.47 million no trade recorded at the Htan- between October and mid-May talan border. period of the current fiscal year Over the past seven and owing to the closure of borders half months since October, the by India in wake of the corona- India-Myanmar trade plunged virus pandemic. to $76.3 million from $127.8 mil- India has closed the bor- lion recorded in the year-ago ders in Mizoram and Manipur period, according to the data on account of the pandemic, released by the Ministry of and traders are reeling under Commerce. the negative impact of the out- Myanmar exports mung break. beans, pigeon peas, green The cross-border trade be- grams, areca nuts, ginger, A container ship seen docking, loading/unloading at Hteedan Port in Yangon. tween Myanmar and India has saffron, turmeric, bay leaves, PHOTO: PHOE PHWAR stopped, and the reopening of fishery products, fruits, and the borders would depend on vegetables to India, while it the spread of the virus. imports pharmaceuticals, oil Regional trade exceeds $6.9 bln in Myanmar also conducts cakes, electronic appliances, trade with neighbouring In- motorbikes, steel and other H1 2019-2020FY: MoC report dia through Tamu, Reed, and construction machines and Thantlang borders. building materials from the THE value of Myanmar’s re- valued at $2.7 billion, followed by items included agricultural Between 1 October and 15 neighbouring country.—Ko gional trade with ASEAN coun- Singapore ($2.2 billion), Malaysia and fishery products, as well as May in the current fiscal year, Khant tries through the sea route and ($772.9 million) and Indonesia minerals, while imports included trade values were registered (Translated by Ei Myat Mon) land borders was estimated at ($651.4 million). food and beverages, electronic US$6.9 billion in the first half The Philippines has tools, motor vehicles, and con- (Oct-March) of the 2019-2020 emerged as the nation’s sumer goods. Apart from its financial year, according to the fifth-largest trade partner, with main trade partner China, Myan- Ministry of Commerce. bilateral trade estimated at mar’s external trade was mostly The ministry reported that $838.19 million. carried out with regional trade imports surpassed exports in Meanwhile, Myanmar’s partners. Trade with countries regional trade, with exports bilateral trade with Viet Nam in the European Union, how- reaching $2.14 billion and im- was $423.97 million, Cambodia ever, remained uncompetitive, ports valued at $4.75 billion. $16.896 million, while trade with compared with regional trade Since October, Thailand has Laos stood at $1 million, and partners.—GNLM been Myanmar’s largest trade Brunei, less than $1 million. partner in ASEAN, with trade Myanmar’s main export (Translated by Ei Myat Mon)

File photo shows: Namphalong Market in India-Myanmar border near Moreh in the Tengnoupal district of the Indian State of Manipur. PHOTO: CHINDWINTHAR 4 JUNE 2020 6 LOCAL NEWS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Online booking needed to apply for RTAD service www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com

CHIEF EDITOR Aungthu Ya “THE online booking is a must have to do the booking within the cles across the country. Among provided in the Yangon Region [email protected] in applying for the Road and prescribed period. They need to them, half of the vehicles are in is a herculean task. However, Transport Administration De- show the needed evidence that Yangon Region. Also, one-third the RTAD service in Myintha is DEPUTY CHIEF EDITOR partment (RTAD) services such they have already registered of the driving licences out of 2.3 being provided by only a small Aye Min Soe as the extension of the vehicle li- online,” he stated. million is from Yangon Region. crew of 80.—Myint Maung Soe [email protected] cences, new vehicle licences and When the operation starts in So, the RTAD service being (Translated by Hay Mar) SENIOR EDITORIAL CONSULTANT renewal of driving licences,” said Myintha RTAD, only 700 vehicles Kyaw Myaing RTAD Regional Head U Thein will have registration service a Htut at a media conference held day. The office work will be start- EXECUTIVE EDITOR Aung Khin on 2 June at RTAD office in Yan- ed at 8:30 am. For those who wish gon Region. to do the vehicle registration, LOCAL & INTERNATIONAL NEWS “The RTAD offices from only two persons are allowed EDITORS across the country are resum- to enter the office and they also Ye Htut Tin ing their service starting from need to bring the documents of [email protected] Aung Htein 1 June. We are ready to resume the vehicle, he added. Tun Tun Naing our operation under the guide- Also, only 160 people are [email protected] line of the Health Department. allowed to take the driving trial. People who wish to do the exten- Only those who pass the written SENIOR TRANSLATOR Zaw Htet Oo sion of vehicle licences, new ve- test will be allowed to take the hicle licences and driving licenc- trial in Ywarthagyi. Half of the vehicles across Myanmar are in Yangon Region. TRANSLATORS es must book online. Also, they There are 1.1 million vehi- PHOTO: MYINT MAUNG SOE Hay Mar Tin Win, Ei Myat Mon, Kyaw Zin Lin, Kyaw Zin Tun

REPORTER Affordable housing complex sold for retired civilian Nyein Nyein Ei, [email protected] service personnel in Nay Pyi Taw PHOTOGRAPHER Kyaw Zeya Win @ Phoe Khwar OUT of the retired civilian ser- The affordable housing A ground floor apartment housing loans from Nay Pyi Kyaw Zeya vice personnel from Nay Pyi complex is constructed near is being sold for over K25 mil- Taw development bank. They Taw, those who wish to buy the Myoma market on Pyinma- lion, a first floor one for over need to make initial cash down COMPUTER TEAM new apartments started to apply na-Taung Nyo Road, Zabuthiri K24 million, a second floor one payment of 30 per cent of the Thein Ngwe, Zaw Zaw Aung, Kay Khaing Win, for buying the new apartments Township in Nay Pyi Taw. It is for over K23 million and a third flat value. Then, the remaining Sanda Hnin, Zu Zin Hnin, in Nay Pyi Taw, according to the a four-storeyed building. Each floor one for over K22 million. 70 per cent can be paid in three Thein Htwe, Nyi Lin Thu retired staff housing manage- flat contains two bedrooms and The retired civil staff can buy to five-year instalment system. ment sub-committee. the flat is 650 square feet wide. the apartments either by the With ten years, they need to pay EDITORIAL SECTION The affordable housing About 1,000 complexes are being cash-down system or instal- monthly payments with inter- (+95) (01)8604529, Fax — (+95) (01) 8604305 complex in Nay Pyi Taw will be constructed. These complex- ment system. Those who wish est.—Aye Maung sold for between K22 million and es will be sold for the staff who to buy the apartments with the CIRCULATION & DISTRIBUTION K25 million. retired between 2019 and 2020. instalment system can get the (Translated by Hay Mar) San Lwin, (+95) (01) 8604532, Hotline - 09 974424114

ADVERTISING & MARKETING Red Cross organizations provide ( +95) (01) 8604530, Hotline - 09 974424848 aids for IDPs in Chin State [email protected] [email protected] THE Myanmar Red Cross Soci- temporary shelters and solar Printed and published at the Global New ety (MRCS) and the Internation- lamps for 2,975 persons of 728 Light of Myanmar Printing Factory at al Committee of the Red Cross households at the IDP camps No.150, Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, Bahan (ICRC) have recently provided in Sami Town. Township, Yangon, by the Global New Light of Myanmar Daily under Printing Permit No. humanitarian aids for the Inter- A total of 32 volunteers from 00510 and Publishing Permit No. 00629. nally Displaced Persons (IDPs) the two organizations distrib- in Sami Town, Paletwa Town- uted the humanitarian items [email protected] ship in Chin State. to the IDPs in Sami Township www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com The two humanitarian from 26 to 30 May, according to www.facebook.com/TheGNLM organizations donated food, the Myanmar Red Cross Soci- women’s personal care prod- ety (MRCS).—Win Aung (Red Officials from Myanmar Red Cross Society seen donating relief items to ucts, kitchen utensils, mosquito Cross) IDPs in Sami Town in Paletwa Township, Chin State. PHOTO: MNA nets, materials for constructing (Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun)

More than 190,000 Rohu fingerlings released into Inn Ye Gyi Inn

FOR the sustainability of the al Fisheries Department Head At the ceremony, a total of fisheries resources. The releas- Write for us aquatic resources and sufficiency Director U Saw Aung Ye Htut 190,390 rohu fingerlings were ing ceremony of the fingerlings

We appreciate your feedback and of fish feed in Kyonpyaw Town- Lwin, District Fisheries Depart- released into the Inn Ye Gyi is launched annually. The inland contributions. If you have any comments ship, Ayeyawady Region, the ment Head U Aye Naing, the Inn. Those fingerlings are from area of the inn is 900 acres wide or would like to submit editorials, analyses or reports please email Fisheries Department released township administrator and the Pathein, Hinthada, Pantanaw in monsoon season and 700 acres [email protected] with your over 190,000 rohu fingerlings into officials from the related depart- fisheries camps and Taloathla wide in summer. With sufficiency name and title. Due to limitation of space we are only Inn Ye Gyi Inn on 2 June. ments, the township Fisheries and Aung Haik fisheries camps. of the fish for local consumption able to publish “Letter to the Editor” At the rohu fingerlings re- Department Head and his staff, The fingerlings are released ensured, the surplus fish are sent that do not exceed 500 words. Should you submit a text longer than 500 words leasing ceremony, the regional the camp heads and fisheries into the water to ensure sufficien- to other regions. —Nay Win My- please be aware that your letter will be Hluttaw representatives Mann labours released the fingerlings cy of the local consumption and int (IPRD) edited. Johnnie and Daw Thida, region- into the water. sustainable development of the (Translated by Hay Mar) 4 JUNE 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR COVID-19: SPOTLIGHT 7

INTENSE ZONES OF TRANSMISSION Americas tormented by COVID-19, “still a killer virus”

OVID-19 has not cases and 128 more deaths, bring- changed either in its ing the total caseload of infections transmissibility or se- to 170,039 and the death toll to Cverity so far, still plagu- 4,634. Among the worst-hit are- ing many parts of the world, no- as, capital Lima has registered tably the Americas. 103,020 cases, followed by the More than 6 million con- west-central province of Callao, firmed COVID-19 cases were with 12,495 cases, the Health Min- reported to the World Health istry said in a statement. Organization (WHO) globally as Chile on Monday reported of Tuesday, the latest WHO dash- a total of 105,159 cases of novel board on the disease showed. coronavirus infection, and 1,113 The United States, the deaths from the disease. country hardest hit by the virus In the past 24 hours, 5,471 around the world, topped 1.8 mil- new COVID-19 cases were de- lion cases on Monday, with more tected and 59 more patients died, than 105,000 deaths. the Health Ministry said. WHO Director-General A lockdown is in effect in Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus capital Santiago and the metro- said his agency still hopes to con- politan area through June 5, as tinue cooperation with the United A view showing a large number of parked buses due to the drop in passenger movement caused by the the region is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, at a depot in Curitiba, Brazil. Daniel Castellano / AFP States, despite Washington’s de- country’s outbreak. cision last week to cut ties with it. “I would certainly charac- Emergencies Programme, said hit country, on Tuesday morning “Clearly the situation in terize that Central and South in a press conference on Mon- said its confirmed COVID-19 cas- many South American coun- “INTENSE ZONES” America, in particular, have very day in Geneva. “Five of the 10 es have reached 526,447, while the tries is far from stable. There’s The WHO said that Central much become the intense zones countries worldwide reporting death toll neared 30,000, accord- been a rapid increase in cases and South America have become of transmission for this virus as the highest new number of cases ing to the Center for Systems Sci- and those systems are coming “intense zones” of COVID-19 we speak, and I don’t believe that in the past 24 hours are in the ence and Engineering at Johns under increasing pressure and transmission, and solidarity and we have reached the peak in that Americas: Brazil, USA, Peru, Hopkins University. they need our support, they need support are needed to help them transmission,” Michael Ryan, ex- Chile and Mexico,” he said. Neighbouring Peru on Mon- our solidarity,” Ryan said. overcome the pandemic. ecutive director of WHO Health Brazil, now the second worst day reported 5,563 new COVID-19 SOURCE: Xinhua EXPRESSION OF CONCERN NEW IDEA The Lancet casts doubt over Malaysian university moots robot graduation ceremonies hydroxychloroquine study to cut virus risk HE Lancet has is- week raising concerns about its Lancet said Tuesday. sued an “expression methodology and transparency While an expression of con- A Malaysian university is con- of concern” over a around the data, which was pro- cern is not as severe as a journal sidering using robots dressed Tlarge-scale study of vided by the firm Surgisphere. withdrawing a published study, in gowns and mortarboards to hydroxychloroquine and chlo- “Although an independent it signifies that the research is act as stand-ins at graduation roquine it published that led to audit of the provenance and va- potentially problematic. ceremonies to prevent corona- the World Health Organization lidity of the data has been com- The observational study virus infections -- but students suspending clinical trials of the missioned by the authors not looked at records for 96,000 pa- have blown a fuse at the idea. anti-viral drugs as a potential affiliated with Surgisphere and tients and concluded that treat- A video of the planned cer- treatment for COVID-19. is ongoing, with results expected ment with hydroxychloroquine, emonies released by the univer- This handout photo released In a statement, the medi- very shortly, we are issuing an which is normally used to treat sity shows two elegantly attired, by the Sultan Zainal Abidin cal journal acknowledged “im- Expression of Concern to alert arthritis, and chloroquine, an waist-high robots being handed University shows two robots portant” questions over the readers to the fact that serious anti-malarial, showed no ben- diplomas by high-ranking uni- wearing graduation robes during a simulation of a research, after dozens of scien- scientific questions have been efit and even increased the versity officials. The students’ graduation ceremony. PHOTO : tists issued an open letter last brought to our attention,” The likelihood of patients dying in faces appear on screens mount- UNIVERSITY SULTAN ZAINAL hospital. ed on the robots’ heads. ABIDIN/AFP Its publication last month Associate professor Eng- ceremonies originally scheduled triggered the WHO to announce ku Fadzli Hasan Syed Abdullah, for October and November. it was pausing clinical trials of the leader of the team at Sultan “I am willing to wait one, the drugs. Zainal Abidin University that two, three or several years but France was among the made the robots, said Tuesday please let me go on the stage,” countries to also halt COVID-19 the idea was to allow students said Nurhazwani Sa’aid on the treatment with hydroxychloro- to participate, albeit remotely. institution’s Facebook page. quine. It has whipped up fresh “We would show the face of Engku Fadzli however said controversy over hydroxychloro- the student through the head the robot idea was just a plan quine, which has been endorsed of the robot through video con- for now and that the university by public figures including US ferencing,” the academic from would do its best to hold proper President Donald Trump despite the university in northeastern ceremonies. Malaysia has had concerns over its side effects Terengganu state told AFP. a relatively moderate virus out- and a lack of evidence that it is However, students were not break, with nearly 8,000 people Both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can produce potentially effective. amused at the idea and called infected and 115 deaths. serious side effects, particularly heart arrhythmia. PHOTO : AFP/FILE SOURCE: AFP for the university to delay the SOURCE: AFP 4 JUNE 2020 4 JUNE 2020 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL / COVID-19 9

COVID-19 WORLD OF WORK Adapting to new SHIFT IN WORK STYLES Myanmar Daily Weather Report normal is best way rd How the Coronavirus is changing working styles in Japan (Issued at 7:00 pm Wednesday 03 June, 2020) BAY INFERENCE: Monsoon is moderate to strong over the Andaman Sea, South Bay and weak over the East central Bay to cope with stress HE coronavirus pan- est business lobby advised com- position of the mouse can be of Bengal. Weather is partly cloudy elsewhere over the Bay demic has opened panies that had introduced such determined by the other person of Bengal. people's eyes in Japan measures as emergency steps during a business call, making from COVID-19 T to the possibility of to make them permanent. it easy to explain the shared FORECAST VALID UNTIL NOON OF THE 04th June, 2020: new working styles where work- Toshiba Corp. has begun to materials. Anyone can readily Rain or thundershowers will be widespread in Taninthayi Re- ing from home, staggered work consider introducing a four-day use the system since no pre- gion and Mon State, fairly widespread in Upper Sagaing, Bago ITH the improvement in containing and prevention of hours, and even four-day work- workweek for office work and work, such as sharing URLs, and Yangon Regions, Kachin, Chin and Kayin States, scattered the coronavirus, the work force of the governmental weeks could become the norm. factories. Other major compa- is required, the company said. in Lower Sagaing, Mandalay and Ayeyawady Regions, (North- machinery will work in full-swing soon, ending the While it took the spread of nies, such as Hitachi Ltd. and "Time and place restrictions ern and Southern)Shan and Rakhine States and isolated in the W working in two shifts by practicing social distancing. the pneumonia-causing virus to Mitsubishi Electric Corp., have are eliminated," said a company remaining Regions and States. Degree of certainty is (80%). The current COVID-19 pandemic has changed almost every push firms toward teleworking, said they will continue with work official, calling it an "opportuni- aspect of our lives, adding increased anxiety, stress and depression not all employees are keen to from home for around 50 per- ty" for locally based companies. STATE OF THE SEA: Sea will be moderate in Deltaic, Gulf and often making a bad situation worse. return to the way things were cent of their employees for the One big obstacle for in- of Mottama, off and along Mon- Taninthayi Coasts and slight Both the people and the employees of the country are feeling a now that the nationwide state time being. troducing such remote work to moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters. Wave height will sense of uncertainty and heightened stress right now- about their of emergency has been lifted. Tokyo-based Bellface Inc., reforms, argue some, is pro- be about (6 - 8)feet in Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along health and financial security amidst the pandemic. "From now on, I would like which provides an online busi- ductivity — which seems to fall Mon- Taninthayi Coasts and about (4 - 6)feet in off and along The global pandemic to work from home 80 per cent of ness conference system con- when people are away from Rakhine Coasts. has impacted not only the the time," said Chihiro Oyama, necting users via smartphone their office. physical health of many 37, who is in charge of human or landline, has seen a rapid According to a survey by the OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Likelihood we can help individuals but their men- resources development at NTT increase in inquiries. Japan Productivity Centre, al- of advancement of Southwest Monsoon into the Central My- each other by tal health as well. If you’re Data Corp. in Tokyo. In the four and a half years though more than 60 per cent of anmar areas. anxious, depressed, or Oyama starts work at home since it was founded, the num- people wish to continue working having a caring struggling to sleep through at 7 am and works intensively ber of companies using the sys- from home after the pandemic FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOURING the night, you’re not alone. until noon before spending the Undated supplied photo shows a sample of Bellface Inc.'s online business card. PHOTO: KYODO tem has risen from 1,300 to over has eased, nearly the same per- AREA FOR 04th June, 2020: Isolated rain or thundershowers. and empathetic Today is the time for rest of the afternoon with her 10,000 in March and April, when centage admit to seeing "a drop Degree of certainty is (80%). us to adapt to the new child. "After I got the hang of After the state of emergen- artificial intelligence at the com- the emergency declaration was a free version was launched to in work efficiency." work culture, normal ways of life to cope this, I was able to achieve the cy was declared in early April, pany, started coming to work lifted for most of Japan, the Ja- help companies combat the Many voice concerns about FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA with the stress from the same results as when I was at as a general rule, employees 30 minutes later than usual in pan Business Federation, or coronavirus crisis. barriers such as the sharing FOR 04th June, 2020: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree keeping COVID-19. work," she said. of NTT Data were asked not to March. Keidanren, called on member While customers are still of data that cannot be viewed of certainty is (100%). The governmental She has frequent email and come to work. From June, the He says the later start has companies to consider intro- mainly in the Tokyo metropoli- outside the workplace and prob- mental health employees, especially chat interactions online but says policy is to have 50 per cent or "relieved stress" since he can ducing "various working styles" tan area, take-up has increased lems with the communication FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING those who have to get close for her, "it is hard to have con- more of employees work from avoid crowds on public transpor- including teleworking, a four- especially in areas hard-hit by environment. Companies will AREA FOR 04th June, 2020: Isolated rain or thundershowers. as a key focus contacts with the people versations that are about noth- home and for those who do tation. He is thinking of working day workweek and staggered the outbreak such as Hokkaido, likely be forced to decide wheth- Degree of certainty is (80%). risking their health, and ing online." Instead, she makes come to the office to stagger from home two or three times hours to reduce the spread of Osaka and Hyogo prefectures. er to invest in equipment up- throughout this possibly their lives, dealing efforts to actively communicate their hours. a week and working staggered COVID-19, the disease caused Business materials and grades. with the public for hours with her coworkers on days Yuji Nomura, 39, who is in- hours in the office in the future. by the novel coronavirus. business cards can be provided pandemic. each day, should remem- when she goes into the office. volved in the development of On May 14, the day when It means the country's larg- to customers online. The screen SOURCE: Kyodo ber that the old normal is gone and they would have to get used to a very different new normal. It means we cannot DIGITAL WAVE Invitation to young expect a life as it existed before COVID-19. writers for Sunday Before resuming activities, we must comply with the require- Fast-Changing E-Commerce Trends In A Pandemic ments for safe guidelines directed by the Ministry of Health and Sports. ASED on a 2019 study ery Generation’, the study sur- merce sector has expanded sev- shopping online. Special During this time of uncertainty and stress, the need to prior- by Facebook and Bain veyed 12,965 respondents across enfold in just four years, rising “There is no longer just one The Global New Light of Myanmar is accepting the submission of itize individual health and well-being is stronger now than ever, & Company, a global ASEAN’s six biggest economies from US$5.5 billion in 2015 to over way to shop and nobody shops the poetries, opinions, articles, essays and short stories from young people and we can help each other by having a caring and empathetic management consult- – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philip- US$38 billion in 2019. The sector is same way twice,” said Sandhya for its weekly Sunday Next Generation Platform. Interested candidates B can send their work to the Global New Light of Myanmar at No. 150, work culture, keeping mental health as a key focus throughout ing firm, digital consumers in ASE- pines, Singapore, Thailand and on track to exceed US$150 billion Devanathan, Country Managing this pandemic. AN will be spending three times as Vietnam – and interviewed more by 2025. Director, Facebook Singapore. Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, in person, or To achieve success in prevention and containing the corona- much in 2025. than 30 CEOs and venture capi- “The key takeaway is that de- by email to [email protected] with the following virus individual participation is the key. They must remember that The joint study found that talists in the region in an effort to More Choices signing for discovery is absolute- information: (1) Sector you wish to be included in (poetry, opinion, their behaviour and conduct will impact everyone around them. while consumers in Southeast learn about how the behaviours However, the addition of new ly crucial, given that customers etc.), (2) Own name and (if different) your penname,(3) Your level of In this time of the virus, it is important for everyone to look Asia spent US$125 on average on of today’s digital consumers are companies and the rapid develop- engage with a business through education, (4) Name of your School/College/University, (5) A written note of declaration that the submitted piece is your original work and after our mental, as well as our physical health, and we all should online purchases in 2018, that sum reshaping online spending in ment of existing players is chang- multiple channels at the same has not been sent to any other news or magazine publishing houses, display more sympathy and understanding, as the pandemic does is expected to more than triple to the region. It was reported that ing the e-commerce landscape in time,” she added. (6) A color photo of the submitter, (7) Copy of your NRC card, (8) not seem to be going away any time soon. US$390 in 2025. more than 90 percent of Southeast This file photo shows a girl surfing for bargains on a website in Singapore. Southeast Asia – ultimately offer- PHOTO : AFP Contact information (email address, mobile number, etc.).— Editorial Highlighting increasing choic- Asians connect to the internet pri- ing consumers more choices. Fast Trends Department, The Global New Light of Myanmar es, better internet access and ris- marily through their smartphones, and personal care products. This have also jumped on the band- According to the Bain & Com- E-commerce aggregator iP- ing affluence as factors that will and this connectivity has ushered trend can be widely seen amid the wagon and are relying on their pany report, 67 percent of respond- rice Group recently released a continue to drive more spending in a new horizon of opportunities current COVID-19 pandemic. delivery services as many regular ents said they do not know exactly report titled ‘Vietnamese e-com- online, the report also predicts for e-commerce players. HappyFresh and Honestbee customers have opted to order what they want to purchase before merce industry in the time of Call that Southeast Asia will be home No longer looking at e-com- are two of the biggest players in their groceries and necessities they shop online and over 40 per- COVID-19: Missed opportunities’ Thin Thin May, to around 310 million digital con- merce as a platform to hunt for the online grocery delivery market online. It was reported that even cent have tried an online store they which revealed that three out of sumers by 2025 – in comparison discounts on big-ticket items such in the region. With virus lockdowns traditional wet market grocers have never heard of before. four major e-commerce market- 09251022355 to 250 million in 2018 and just 90 as electronics, today’s digital shop- implemented in various countries have taken to online channels to In Singapore alone, 75 percent places in Vietnam actually expe- million in 2015. pers are increasingly going on- as a preventative measure to con- hawk their products and to con- of respondents said that they are rienced drops in website traffic 09974424848 Titled ‘Riding the Digital line to purchase lower-cost daily tain the outbreak, supermarkets duct online auctions. either open to other brands or will during the first quarter of 2020. Wave: Southeast Asia’s Discov- items such as groceries, clothes such as Tesco and Cold Storage The value of ASEAN’s e-com- buy from multiple brands when SOURCE: ASEAN POST 4 JUNE 2020 10 SOCIAL/ENVIR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR China, Singapore rank high in top 100 Asian universities: survey

LONDON — Chinese and Sin- amid the spread of the novel gaporean universities occupy coronavirus, the report said. the highest spots in a ranking The University of Hong of Asia’s top 100 universities, a Kong and the Hong Kong Uni- global survey showed Wednes- versity of Science and Tech- day. nology ranked fourth and fifth, According to the Times respectively. Higher Education Asia Rank- The universities in the sur- ings, China led the way with Ts- vey, located across Asia and the inghua University in first place Middle East, are judged accord- and Peking University in second, ing to 13 criteria including teach- followed by the National Univer- ing, research, citations, industry sity of Singapore. The University income and international outlook of Tokyo was ranked the highest in terms of staff, students and Japanese university and came research. seventh, up one notch from a Fourteen Japanese univer- year earlier. sities were ranked in the sur- Asian universities are ex- vey, including Kyoto University pected to rise in international in 12th place, Tohoku University rankings as promising students in 30th, Nagoya University in 41st enroll in their respective coun- and the Tokyo Institute of Tech- Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2019 shows the main building of Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China. tries rather than studying abroad nology in 42nd place.—Kyodo PHOTO : (XINHUA/LI JING)

Confirmed COVID-19 cases mounting in South, Southeast Mexican Asia as India total infections surpass 200,000 zoo saves HONG KONG — South and COVID-19 cases Wednesday as bringing the total to cross the to 19,748 after the Department Southeastern Asian countries India recorded its highest dai- 200,000 mark. of Health reported 751 more in- animals continued to report spikes in ly increase of 8,909 new cases, The number of confirmed fections. cases rose to 207,615 in India, The number of recoveries endangered and the death toll reached 5,815, further climbed to 4,153 after 90 said the federal health ministry. more patients have recovered, by virus As many as 217 new deaths and the death toll also increased were reported in the past 24 to 974 after eight more deaths crisis hours, added the ministry’s data. were reported. Bangladesh reported 2,695 Malaysia recorded 93 new- CULIACáN, Mexico — Kira, more positive cases, bringing ly-confirmed cases, pushing the a two and a half year-old ti- the total to 55,140. national total to 7,970. ger, arrived at a zoo in Mex- A total of 37 deaths including Health Ministry Direc- ico’s northeast in April after 28 men and nine women were tor-General Noor Hisham Ab- her owner could no longer reported in the last 24 hours, dullah said at a press briefing feed her due to the corona- taking the death toll to 746. that all the new cases are local virus-induced economic In Indonesia, the total cas- transmissions, with 91 being collapse. es rose by 684 within one day foreign nationals and two are The imposing 130-kilo- Nurses, wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread to 28,233, and the death toll in- locals. gram tigress was sedated and of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus, make the "love" gesture as they pose for a picture during a ceremony to commemorate International Nurses creased by 35 to 1,698. No new deaths had been re- transported in a cage by truck Day at the Selayang Hospital in Selayang, Malaysia, on May 12, 2020. The number of coronavirus ported, with the total standing at to her new home in Culiacan PHOTO: AFP cases in the Philippines surged 115.—Xinhua zoo in Sinaloa state. Her owner had respond- ed to a campaign by Mexico’s Virus-hit Mumbai largely unscathed by Cyclone Nisarga Association of Zoos, Nurseries and Aquariums (AZCARM) to MUMBAI — Coronavirus-hit near the coastal town of Alibag, avoid abandoning wild animals Mumbai appeared to escape around 100 kilometres (60 miles) during the lockdown. the worst of Cyclone Nisarga on south of Mumbai, on Wednesday “Abandonment happens Wednesday as the first severe afternoon, meteorologists said. when people can’t cope with storm to threaten India’s finan- It then crossed Maharash- their animals any more, and cial capital in more than 70 years tra’s coast, with its path veering in this pandemic, faced with left it largely unscathed after rip- to the east of Mumbai and grad- the lack of economic re- ping roofs off buildings in nearby ually weakened by Wednesday sources and places to keep coastal towns. evening, they added. them, they prefer to get rid Mumbai and its surrounds The cyclone brought heavy of them,” AZCARM presi- are usually sheltered from cy- rainfall — with winds of 100-110 dent Ernesto Zazueta told clones — the last deadly storm kilometres per hour (60-70 miles AFP. to hit the city was in 1948 — but per hour) and gusts of up to 120 Alongside the big cat, the authorities evacuated at least kph. Mumbai experienced down- NDRF personnel clearing fallen trees from a road in Alibag town of Culiacan zoo also welcomed 100,000 people, including corona- pours throughout the afternoon, Raigad district following cyclone Nisarga landfall in India’s western during the lockdown a python, coast. PHOTO : (AFP PHOTO) virus patients, from flood-prone with strong winds toppling trees a baby manatee and 14 green areas in the states of Maharash- in some cases. City authorities rains caused compound walls to worse, with the cyclone tearing macaws, as well as 49 deer tra and Gujarat. said there were no reports of collapse in some neighbourhoods. roofs off homes and overturning rescued from a sugar mill in The storm made landfall injuries or deaths, though the The beach town of Alibag fared mobile food stalls.—AFP Tabasco.—AFP 4 JUNE 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 11 G-7 finance ministers discuss debt Italy thirsts for tourists relief for poor nations as country reopens to TOKYO—The finance ministers G-7 move, saying in a state- of the Group of Seven countries ment after a virtual meeting Europe held a teleconference Wednes- that the suspension of debt pay- ROME —Italy was the first day, with debt relief to help de- ments would start on May 1 and European country to be hit veloping nations fight the novel creditors would also consider a hard by the coronavirus and coronavirus pandemic expected potential extension during this has officially reported more to be on the agenda. year. than 33,000 deaths. Italy re- The virtual meeting took The G-7 and G-20 talks fol- opened to travellers from place amid growing concern lowed an earlier announcement Europe on Wednesday, three over capital outflows from by the International Monetary months after the country emerging economies, with un- Fund on immediate debt relief went into coronavirus lock- certainty caused by the pan- for 25 developing countries, in- down, with all hopes pinned demic hitting investor senti- cluding 19 African nations, to be on reviving the key tourism ment. offered through its revamped industry as the summer sea- In mid-April, the G-7 fi- $500 million Catastrophe Con- son begins. nance ministers pledged in tainment and Relief Trust. Gondolas were ready to a videoconference with their The IMF projected in a re- punt along Venice’s canals, central bank governors to sus- port released that month that Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso meets the press in Tokyo on May lovers will be able to act out pend debt payments by “the the world economy will contract 27, 2020. PHOTO: AFP “Romeo and Juliet” on Vero- most vulnerable and poorest by 3.0 per cent in 2020 from a The leaders of the G-7, emergency telephone talks in na’s famed balcony, and glad- countries” if all of the Group of year earlier due to the pandem- which groups Britain, Canada, mid-March to regularly commu- iator fans can pose for selfies 20 economies agreed to do so. ic, the worst setback since the France, Germany, Italy, Japan, nicate on issues related to the at Rome’s Colosseum. The G-20 finance chiefs Great Depression, which largely and the United States as well as pandemic through their finance But there were fears subsequently supported the occurred in the 1930s. the European Union, agreed in ministers.—Kyodo many foreign tourists would be put off coming to a coun- try still shaking off a vicious pandemic.“We hoped to see Russia to never initiate use of nukes: Kremlin some movement from today, MOSCOW—Russia will never initiate the use of nuclear weapons, On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a de- but have no foreign tourists Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said regarding the country’s cree on the fundamentals of the country’s state policy of nuclear newly released nuclear deterrence policy on Wednesday. deterrence. “The Russian Federation reserves the right to launch The policy unveiled on Tuesday specifies the situations that a nuclear strike either in response to a similar attack or in the could lead Russia to retaliate for foreign nuclear attacks, Peskov event of a threat to the existence of the state,” the decree reads, told a daily briefing. stressing that the policy is defensive in nature.— Xinhua Spanish PM says “worst is over” while seeking final

A masked gondolier hopes extension to state of alarm domestic and foreign tourists will take a punt on Italy this MADRID — Spanish Prime He also defended Spain’s tremendously effective and we tions imposed by the state of summer with the country Minister Pedro Sanchez told law- strict lockdown measures. are coming out of the tunnel,” alarm, which is the first of three facing its deepest recession since World War II makers on Wednesday that “the “There was no other way. We Sanchez said. emergency levels a Spanish worst is over” while addressing accept one of the strictest con- Spain is currently advanc- government can apply under booked in for this week or the Spanish Congress, the lower finements in Europe. It has been ing in the government’s four- exceptional circumstances.— next,” said Alessandra Conti, a chamber of the Parliament, in a terribly hard, but it has also been stage plan to ease the restric- Xinhua receptionist at the Albergo del debate which will see the sixth Senato hotel which overlooks and final extension of the state the Pantheon in Rome.“We’ve of alarm. got a few reservations from “It’s been three months that mid-June... (but) are still get- seemed never-ending. Today, ting lots of cancellations for with caution, we can say that this summer”. the worst is over,” Sanchez said. Spain had imposed the state ‘Smouldering’ virus of alarm on March 15 to control Italy was the first Euro- the spread of the coronavirus. pean country to be hit hard The two-week extension will pro- by the coronavirus and has long the Spanish government’s officially reported more than emergency powers to June 21. 33,500 deaths—the third “I am proud to preside the highest toll in the world.It government of a country that imposed an economically has shown discipline, solidarity crippling lockdown in early and responsibility. Since March March and has since seen 11, when the global pandemic its infection numbers drop was declared, the government off dramatically. With the has had no other goal than to country facing its deepest save lives,” Sanchez said, ac- recession since World War cording to Spanish best-selling People take a stroll during the time allowed by the Spanish government for exercise on 17 May, 2020 in II, it needs foreign tourists to newspaper El Pais. Madrid, Spain amid a national lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19. PHOTO: AFP return, and quickly.—AFP 4 JUNE 2020 12 BIZ / AD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Megabanks, S. Korea’s self-driving upstarts take cashless on tech giants payment providers tie SEOUL—In a workshop that blends a corporate office with up for possible a tool-packed garage, around 20 South Koreans are looking to “digital yen” take on the multi-billion-dollar TOKYO—Japan’s three giants of Uber, Tesla and Google megabanks will join hands parent Alphabet with a self-driv- with East Japan Railway Co. ing car of their own. and other cashless payment The RideFlux start-up providers to study interop- brings together engineers who erable electronic money and have given up well-paid jobs digital currency, a cryptocur- with some of the South’s most rency exchange operator said prestigious firms to try to build Wednesday in a project that a ride-sharing company for the could evolve into the intro- tech-savvy nation. duction of the “digital yen” Their modified Hyundai envisaged by the Bank of Ioniq, festooned with cameras Japan. and proximity sensors, is the While a number of cash- first autonomous vehicle to go less payment services such into regular service on public as smart cards issued by roads in the country. railway operators and smart- For two weeks it has been phone payments services are shuttling customers from the widely available in Japan, airport on the tourist island of Under South Korean law a safety driver has to sit at the wheel to intervene if necessary. PHOTO: AFP participants are expected Jeju to rental company SoCar’s to study how to make their service centre. pedestrian crossings and bus- and an “optimal environment” Park Jung-hee, who holds a doc- services interoperable and The five-kilometre (three- tling airport traffic, meaning it is to develop and improve AI sys- torate from MIT in mechanical more convenient for custom- mile) route includes a U-turn, 11 “laden with potential variables” tems, says founder and CEO engineering.—AFP ers.—AFP

CLAIMS DAY NOTICE circulation order is M.V UNI ACCORD VOY. NO. (0206-647N) in easier way. Consignees of cargo carried on M.V UNI ACCORD VOY. NO. (0206-647N) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving on 4-6-2020 and cargo will be Hot Line : discharged into the premises of HPT where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws 09974424848 and conditions of the Port of Yangon. Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am Advertise 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 with us/ from the Vessel. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims Day. Hot Line : SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY 018604530 AGENT FOR: M/S EVERGREEN MARINE (S'PORE) PTE.,LTD. Phone No: 2301185 Call Thin Thin May, 09251022355,09974424848 CLAIMS DAY NOTICE CLAIMS DAY NOTICE CLAIMS DAY NOTICE M.V PACITA VOY. NO. (076N/S) M.V KONG QUE SONG M.V OCEAN PROBE VOY. NO. (042N/S) Consignees of cargo carried on M.V PACITA VOY. Consignees of cargo carried on M.V KONG QUE Consignees of cargo carried on M.V OCEAN NO. (076N/S) are hereby notified that the vessel will be SONG VOY. NO. (77) are hereby notified that the vessel PROBE VOY. NO. (042N/S) are hereby notified that arriving on 4-6-2020 and cargo will be discharged into the will be arriving on 5-6-2020 and cargo will be discharged the vessel will be arriving on 4-6-2020 and cargo will be premises of AWPT where it will lie at the consignee’s risk into the premises of TMIT-1 where it will lie at the discharged into the premises of TMIT/MIP where it will and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. the Port of Yangon. and conditions of the Port of Yangon. Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the Vessel. from the Vessel. from the Vessel. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after No claims against this vessel will be admitted after No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims Day. the Claims Day. the Claims Day. SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY AGENT FOR: M/S COSCO SHIPPING AGENT FOR: M/S CONTINENTAL SHIPPING AGENT FOR: M/S NEW GOLDEN SEA LINES SPECIALIZED CARRIERS CO LTD LINE PTE LTD Phone No: 2301185 Phone No: 2301928 Phone No: 2301185 4 JUNE 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ECON/AD 13

Invitation for Bids UK mulls ‘air bridges’ with Date: 3, June , 2020 50 (T)/ DPTSC(PTP) / 2019-2020 Design, Supply, and Installation Bid No. and Title: of 230kV Mann- Taungdwingyi Transmission Line (57) miles low-risk countries Deadline for 17, July , 2020, 13:00 hours (local Submission of Bids: time) 1. The Department of Power Transmission and System Control (DPTSC) has allocated the financing towards the cost of the project. DPTSC intends to apply a portion of the funds to eligible payments under the Contract for which the Bidding is issued. 2. The Department of Power Transmission and System Control (DPTSC) (“the Employer”) invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Design, Supply, and Installation of 230kV Mann- Taungdwingyi Transmission Line (57) miles (“the Facilities”). The Facilities are all located in Magwe region. 3. International Competitive Bidding will be conducted in accordance with Single - Stage: Two-Envelope bidding procedure and is open to all Bidders from eligible countries as described in the Bidding Document. 4. Only eligible Bidders with the following key qualifications should participate in this bidding: • Participation in at least two (2) transmission line contracts as main contractor that have been successfully completed within the last ten (10) years, where the value of the Bidder’s participation exceeds US$ 30.0 million. Under a plan to try to limit the spread of COVID-19, international arrivals will be required to self-isolate for a fortnight, but • For the above or other contracts executed, a minimum experience within the last ten (10) years in the following Britain is considering establishing “air bridges” with certain countries that would be exempt. PHOTO: AFP key activities: LONDON—Britain confirmed Tues- “These measures will be re- These “would remove self-iso- Overhead transmission line of 220kV or higher shall not day it was looking at establishing viewed every few weeks,” said lation measures and safely open up be less than (75) km route length including Engineering, Procurement, Installation on Turnkey Basis in outside “air bridges” with countries with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps routes to and from countries with bidder country as main contractor that have been low rates of coronavirus, exempting in a statement. low transmission rates”. successfully completed. In case of Myanmar Bidder, them from controversial quarantine “And we are working with the “Agreement would need to be both outside and within Myanmar are acceptable. measures. Under a plan announced transport industry to see how we made with individual countries be- • Minimum average annual turnover of US$ 28 million calculated as total certified payments received for contracts last month to try to limit the spread can introduce agreements with oth- fore these measures take effect,” in progress or completed, within the last 3 years. of COVID-19, international arriv- er countries when safe to do so, so it added. The qualification criteria are more completely described in als from June 8 will be required to we can go abroad and tourists can Lorry drivers, police officers, the Bidding Document. self-isolate for a fortnight. come here.” seasonal farm workers and health- 5. To obtain further information bidders should contact the Ireland is currently the only An interior ministry statement care professionals are already ex- following from 9:30-16:30 hours (local time) except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays: country with an exemption, and confirmed this could involve “ar- empt from the quarantine plan, Department of Power Transmission and System Control (DPTSC) business leaders and airlines have rangements, known as ‘air bridges’ which will be initially reviewed after Address : Material Planning Department (DPTSC), Building condemned the blanket approach. or international travel corridors”. three weeks.—AFP No. 27, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Telephone : 95 67 8104286, 95 67 3410209 Email : [email protected], dd1ptp.dptsc@moee. gov.mm, [email protected], sedesignptp. [email protected], S. Korea’s actions “not helpful” in resolving Fax : 95 67 8104286, 95 67 3410209 6. To purchase the bidding documents in English, eligible bidders export spat, Japan says shall pay a nonrefundable fee of purchase order (bank draft) with 50,000 Myanmar Kyats. 7. Bids must be submitted to the following address above on or and Energy Ministry said before the deadline: 17, July, 2020 at 13:00 hours (local time) that it was resurrecting together with a Bid Security as described in the bidding documents. the complaint because Ja- Department of Power Transmission and System Control (DPTSC) Address: Material Planning Department (DPTSC), Building No. pan had not shown willing- 27, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar ness to settle the dispute 8. Electronic Submission is not allowed. bilaterally despite months 9. Technical Bid will be opened in the presence of Bidder’s of talks. In July last year, representatives, who choose to attend at the address above after Japan placed tougher 13:00 hr. (Local Time) on 17/ 7/2020. 10. Any request for the extension of Bid submission deadline restrictions on South Ko- shall not be allowed. rea-bound exports of three key materials used to man- Tender Committee ufacture semiconductors Department of Power Transmission and System Control Ministry of Electricity and Energy and display panels. The Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar following month, Japan Telephone 067-3410282, 3410209 removed the country from a “white list” of countries given preferential trading FILE PHOTO: Protesters in Seoul hold up placards saying ‘No Japan’ during a rally against status, citing concerns Circulation order is in easier way. Japan’s decision to remove South Korea from a ‘white list’ of preferred export partners on over Seoul’s lax rules on August 3, 2019. PHOTO: AFP exporting sensitive goods. TOKYO—South Korea’s his South Korean counter- Japan’s Foreign Ministry. South Korea filed the decision to reopen a World part on Wednesday. The two also dis- WTO complaint in Septem- Hot Line : Trade Organization com- In a 40-minute phone cussed the lifting of travel ber, arguing the measures Advertise with us/ plaint about Japan’s tight- call with South Korean restrictions meant to pre- were a form of political re- ening of export controls is Foreign Minister Kang vent the spread of the nov- taliation, but suspended 09974424848 “not helpful” to the process Kyung Wha, Motegi reit- el coronavirus, according it in November after the Hot Line : of resolving the nations’ erated that the move by to a ministry official. countries agreed to start differences, Foreign Minis- Seoul was “extremely re- On Tuesday, South consultations on export 018604530 ter Toshimitsu Motegi told grettable,” according to Korea’s Trade, Industry controls.—Kyodo 4 JUNE 2020 14 WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR US military’s South Korean China warns Britain interfering civilian staff to go back to work

SEOUL—Thousands of South Koreans working at US military in Hong Kong will ‘backfire’ bases in the country, furloughed in a row over funding for the American presence on the peninsula, will go back to work this month after Seoul offered to pay their wages. Washington has around 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea to defend it against the nuclear-armed North and protect US interests in north-east Asia. But the security allies’ relationship has been strained by the Trump administration’s demands that the South pay billions of dollars more towards the cost of their presence after the previous funding pact expired last year. Around 4,000 local civilian employees of US Forces Korea (USFK) were put on unpaid leave in April after funds to pay their salaries ran out with talks stalled on cost-sharing. A full new deal has yet to be struck, but Seoul offered more than $200 million to fund the cost of the civilian employees for the rest of the year, which the US Department of Defence accepted. They will return to work “no later than mid-June”, officials said. USFK Commander Robert Abrams called the decision “another positive sign of the power of our Alliance”. But it was only a “short term solution” for labour cost shar- ing, he acknowledged in a statement, adding it “highlights the need for an overall Special Measures Agreement for the long FILE PHOTO: People protest against the United States’ intervention in Hong Kong affairs in front of the U.S. Consulate General, south China’s Hong Kong, Dec. 3, 2019. PHOTO: XINHNA term”.—AFP BEIJING—China warned Britain after the proposal was endorsed spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday that interfering by China’s rubber-stamp parlia- Beijing had lodged “serious rep- in Hong Kong will backfire, after ment last week. resentations” with London over the former colonial power vowed Prime Minister Boris John- Raab’s remarks, which “grossly to give sanctuary to locals who son, meanwhile, said London interfered” in Hong Kong’s af- may flee the city if a controversial would not “walk away” from fairs. security law is passed. Hong Kongers worried by Bei- “We advise the UK to step The United States and Brit- jing’s control over the interna- back from the brink, abandon ain have enraged Beijing with tional business hub. their Cold War mentality and co- their criticism of planned national Johnson wrote in a column lonial mindset, and recognize and security legislation that critics for The Times newspaper and respect the fact that Hong Kong fear would destroy the semi-au- the South China Morning Post has returned” to China, Zhao said tonomous city’s limited freedoms. that he would offer millions of at a regular briefing. British Foreign Secretary Hong Kongers visas and a pos- Zhao said London must Dominic Raab has further an- sible route to UK citizenship if “immediately stop interfering in US soldiers stand ahead of a grand opening ceremony of the new headquarters building for the United Nations Command and US gered Beijing by suggesting that China persists with its national Hong Kong’s affairs and China’s Forces Korea at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek on June 29, it had time to “reconsider” the security law. internal affairs, or this will defi- 2018. PHOTO:AFP plan, which could soon be enacted Chinese foreign ministry nitely backfire.”—AFP China issuing more visas to Japanese hoping for post-virus rebound BEIJING—The Chinese gov- some time for the families of such ernment has stepped up the businesspeople as well as Japa- number of visas being issued to nese tourists to be able to enter Japanese citizens after limiting China, given that flights between it for months following the coro- the countries are likely to remain navirus pandemic, a diplomatic limited for the foreseeable future. source familiar with bilateral A large number of workers ties said Wednesday. The move and their families went back to is apparently aimed at bringing Japan for the weeklong Lunar business exchanges between the New Year holidays that began two countries back to normal, the Jan. 24 and extended their stays source said, adding China has to evaluate the situation as fears recently issued visas to Japanese about the outbreak in China lin- people entering Shanghai and gered in February. Guangdong Province. In late March, the Chinese In China, most companies Foreign Ministry abruptly an- have resumed operations with nounced that it would temporarily the number of infections decreas- stop allowing foreigners to enter ing, but many Japanese citizens People wait at a boarding area for domestic flights at Beijing Capital International Airport on May 10, the nation to prevent imported 2020. PHOTO: KYODO working in the nation have been infection cases. The measure stranded in their home country months.With the absence of Jap- China, Beijing may start giving to shore up the economy hit hard applies even to those who hold a as China has restricted the en- anese staff affecting operations preference to Japanese busi- by the spread of the virus. valid visa or residence permit.— try of foreigners for the past two at Japan-related companies in nesspeople when issuing visas But it is expected to take Kyodo 4 JUNE 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 15

Ex-Colombia First Russian strikes in 3 months hit president Uribe faces NW Syria: monitor spying probe: DAMASCUS—Russian air court strikes have hit Syria’s last ma- jor rebel bastion for the first time BOGOTA—Colombia’s Su- since a March ceasefire came preme Court on Tuesday into force, a war monitor said announced it is opening an on Wednesday. investigation into former The Russian strikes on president Alvaro Uribe in Tuesday evening and at dawn connection with illegal mil- on Wednesday hit an area of the itary spying on journalists northwest where the boundaries and politicians. of Hama, Idlib and Latakia prov- A preliminary inves- inces meet, the Syrian Observa- tigation has been opened tory for Human Rights said. against Uribe “as the possi- The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ble recipient of information alliance (HTS), led by Syria’s provided by illegal military former Al-Qaeda affiliate, and intelligence surveillance in its hardline allies enjoy a signif- 2019,” the Supreme Court icant presence in the area, the said on Twitter. Britain-based monitoring group The magazine Sem- added. ana revealed in May the Home to some three million existence of a military in- people, the Idlib region of the telligence network spying northwest is controlled by HTS on around 130 journalists, and affiliated rebel groups. Since a ceasefire went into effect around Syria’s last major rebel stronghold in March, Russia has been politicians, retired soldiers A Russian-backed govern- conducting joint patrols along the strategic M4 highway that cuts through the region and analysts say it is keen and trade unionists. to keep jihadist forces away. PHOTO: AFP ment offensive between Decem- One of the soldiers ber and March displaced nearly ties since the ceasefire went into strikes by government forces push jihadists away from the key involved in the scandal a million people in the region. force, according to the United and their Russian allies that M4 highway in northern Syria, told the magazine he had Some 840,000 of the nearly Nations. killed at least 500 civilians in where Turkish and Russian forc- been ordered to pass on one million remain displaced, The truce, which coincided four months. es often conduct joint patrols as information collected on a while some 120,000 have re- with the coronavirus crisis, had The Observatory said the part of the truce agreement.— magistrate to “a politician turned to their home communi- put a stop to the relentless air latest strikes were intended to AFP known to the Democratic Centre,” the ruling party led by Uribe, who was pres- Tropical Storm Amanda death toll rises to 26 in Central America ident from 2002 to 2010. “Another preliminary SAN SALVADOR—The death Sunday, causing floods and vador, who also said 2,000 homes and falling rocks.” investigation by an anon- toll from Tropical Storm Aman- power cuts. were “completely destroyed.” Four people died in Hondu- ymous coward who says da in Central America rose to 26 The death toll in El Salva- Nearly 8,000 people were ras after they were swept away that I am the beneficiary even as a new storm was form- dor, which bore the brunt of the evacuated from high-risk areas by the current. of the reports,” Uribe said ing in the Gulf of Mexico, reports storm, rose from 16 to 20, the and transferred to shelters. The rains caused flooding on Twitter. said on Tuesday. environment ministry said on With Tropical Storm Cris- and landslides in several re- If evidence is found, El Salvador and neighbour- Tuesday. tobal expected to bring further gions of the country, officials the Supreme Court can ing Guatemala and Honduras One of seven people report- heavy rains to already water- said. Two people were also killed launch a criminal trial were lashed by torrential rains ed missing there was however logged soil, the environment and two injured in Guatemala, against the former head and high winds after Amanda found alive, said Carolina Reci- ministry has warned of “a high where authorities reported 500 of state, who is now a sen- swept in from the Pacific on nos, a senior official in San Sal- probability of many landslides homes damaged.—AFP ator.—AFP US protests defy curfews as Trump faces backlash for violent crackdown WASHINGTON—Protesters defied curfews across and is to be buried there next week. the United States as leaders scrambled to stem “Today is... about George Floyd’s family -- we anger over police racism while President Donald want them to know that George did not die in vain,” Trump rejected criticism over his use of force to Mayor Sylvester Turner told an estimated 60,000 break up a peaceful rally. people. A tearful Roxie Washington, the mother Standoffs between police and demonstrators of Floyd’s six-year-old daughter, told a news con- stretched into the night in cities from New York to ference she wanted “justice for him because he Los Angeles over the death of George Floyd, an was good. unarmed African-American man whose killing “No matter what anybody thinks, he was has brought once-in-a-generation protests to the good.” nation for the past week. In New York, which on Tuesday prolonged its But there were fewer reports of the looting and first curfew since World War II for the full week, violence that had soured street demonstrations AFP reporters saw hundreds refusing to go home in previous nights. Tens of thousands gathered after the 8:00 pm cutoff, instead chanting slogans Demonstrators take part in a protest in Uptown neighbourhood of earlier Tuesday in Houston to pay a hometown and peacefully walking the streets in Manhattan Chicago, the United States, June 1, 2020. PHOTO: AFP tribute to Floyd, who grew up in the Texas city and Brooklyn.—AFP 4 JUNE 2020 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Myanmar’s pool star Phone Myint Kyaw celebrating in his Phone Myint Kyaw previous match of the 8 Ball Chinese Pool Super Match 2020 stands atop at Chinese Tournament. PHOTO: KO AR TI’S FACEBOOK PAGE 8 Ball tourney MYANMAR’S pool star Phone he is garnering 40,300 points, Myint Kyaw (alias) Ko Ar Ti is according to the tourney’s or- currently standing at the first ganizers. position of the 8 Ball Chinese Following Phone Myint Pool Super Match 2020 Tour- Kyaw, Yu Hai Tao is at the sec- nament, which is being held in ond place with 36,100 points and Chao Yang, China. Chu Bing Jie in the third posi- Phone Myint Kyaw has al- tion with 29,600 points. ready played seventh matches Next, Yang Fan is in the in the tourney, won six matches, fourth place with 26,000 points and faced one loss. and Liu Hai Tao in fifth place A loss match against Chu with the same point but with Bin Jie on Sunday night could differences in sub-matches won not make the ranking of Myan- in their previous matches. mar’s player falling down to the Top three players including second place. Phone Myint Kyaw will directly With a tremendous number advance to the second round of of fans supporting him, Phone semifinals while fourth and fifth Myint Kyaw got 2,300 points, positioned players will fight for the points which are for fans a play-off for their hope of sem- surrounding him and currently ifinals. —Lynn Thit (Tgi)

IFAB sets new football rules Asian football getting ‘closer’ for 2020-2021 season INTERNATIONAL Football an attacking player (or team- to return, official says Association Board (IFAB) has mate) are only penalized if it oc- had Laws of the Game chang- curs ‘immediately’ before a goal KUALA LUMPUR—Asia’s domestic leagues to start first,” in discussion” about when its es for 2020-2021 football season, or clear goal-scoring opportunity. Champions League is getting added John, when asked about competitions will restart, declin- according to the yesterday state- In Law 14 –The penalty kick, closer to a return but it will have the return of the AFC’s club tour- ing to reveal a possible date. ment with the Myanmar Football an offence by the goalkeeper is to wait until domestic competi- naments. The AFC Champions Time is tight for both club Federation.Some Laws and VAR not penalized if a penalty kick tions are back in action, a sen- League, Asia’s top club compe- tournaments, with the 32-team Protocol were changed according misses the goal or rebounds from ior football official told AFP on tition, and the second-tier AFC Champions League needing to to the new football rules set by the the goal (without a touch from the Wednesday. Football is gradually Cup have both been on hold since complete four rounds of group- IFAB on 7 April. goalkeeper) unless the offence resuming around the world after March, along with World Cup and stage matches before reaching In Law 1 –The Field of Play, clearly affected the kicker. The closing down because of the coro- Olympic qualifiers. the knock-out phase.The Cham- goalposts and the crossbar may goalkeeper is warned for the first navirus, although most leagues Of the 12 countries involved pions League and AFC Cup finals be a combination of the four basic offence, and it will be a yellow are still yet to return. Asian Foot- in the Champions League, South are both scheduled to take place shapes.In Law 10 – Determining card for any further offences. ball Confederation general secre- Korea is the only league back in in November.Asked if there were the outcome of a match, yellow Also, the kicker is penalized if tary Windsor John said: “We are action, with four more restart- any proposals to change the tour- cards and warnings are not car- the goalkeeper and the kicker approaching closer to the return ing in June or July and Thailand naments’ home-and-away format ried forward into kicks from the offend at exactly the same time. of football.” scheduled for September. to avoid potential infections, John penalty mark and in Law 11 (off- Also in VAR protocol rule, “We have to wait for all the John said the AFC was “still said talks were ongoing.—AFP side), deliberate handball by a only one ‘TV signal’ is required for defending player is considered a VAR-only review, according to ‘deliberate play’ for offside. the official statement with the In- In Law 12 – Fouls and mis- ternational Football Association conduct, accidental handball by Board. —Lynn Thit (Tgi)

Newcastle doctor warns of injury increase ahead of Premier League restart

LONDON—Newcastle United’s doctor warned on Tuesday that Premier League clubs are preparing for “a lot more injuries” as players return to full training ahead of this month’s restart.UK government guidance has paved the way for teams to resume full-contact training, with the season set to resume on June 17 after being suspended for several months because of the coronavirus pandemic.“We are expecting more injuries at this time,” Newcastle doctor Paul Catterson told BBC Radio 5 Live.“The players have been running on treadmills and working indoors for eight weeks so that Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal won last year’s AFC Champions League. PHOTO: BEHROUZ MEHRI AFP transition is a different stimulus for the body.”—AFP