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Vol. VII, No. 56, 6th Waning of Nayon 1382 ME www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Thursday, 11 June 2020

Republic of the Union of Myanmar National-Level Central Committee for Prevention, Control and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID- 19) Announcement 5th Waning of Nayon, 1382 ME (10 June 2020)

1. For those Myanmar citizens who wished to return to Myanmar during the Corona- through border crossings where there were no official reception centres. This virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) period, arrangements have been made to receive could hamper efforts to prevent, control and treat Coronavirus Disease 2019 them systematically by opening official reception centres at the international (COVID-19) and also lead to the spread of the COVID-19 disease. airport, port and border entry points to carry out disease prevention, control and 3. Therefore, if anyone enters Myanmar through any unauthorized entry point from treatment measures. a foreign country and if such person has been accepted with the knowledge that 2. Also, although the National-Level Central Committee for Prevention, Control and such person has entered the country illegally, it is hereby notified that legal action Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) had made announcements would be taken in accordance with prevailing laws. and arrangements for Myanmar citizens returning from foreign countries to National-Level Central Committee for Prevention, Control and come in through official border entry points and undergo medical observation Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and examinations, there have been cases where some persons have entered

Because of COVID, we are encountering many things to think about and to learn on a daily basis: State Counsellor

TATE Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi the desire to follow the rules and regulations. Of course, wrote on her Facebook page yesterday that The most there were still some things that needed improvement. because of COVID, they have been encoun- Although the workers at the food shops wore masks, Stering many things to think about and to learn important lesson there were still some who did not were face shields and on a daily basis. The most important lesson they have gloves. Since these points are very important for the learnt from COVID was the fact that they were forced we have learnt consumers as well as the employees of the food shops, to train themselves to have boundless vigilance. This we need to issue instructions again. was what she wrote: from COVID is that Thanks to the staff member, another thing for us to After issuing rules and instructions with regard think about is for people who came together to be able to any particular issue, we need to study and assess we were forced to to eat together. People come in the same car together. whether these instructions are suitable and workable. They come together on the same motorcycle. When Not too long ago, we were working towards reo- train ourselves to they reach the food shop they cannot eat together. This pening food stalls after establishing regulations. Some is a rule which is not beneficial in the practical sense. food stalls in Nay Pyi Taw reopened after undergoing have boundless We realized that this rule should not have been made. inspection. Then a staff member who was alert, ener- The important thing was to have suitable partitions getic and who found much joy in his work went around vigilance. between the tables to eliminate contact with strangers. to three or four food shops to have meals after making Because of COVID, we are encountering many his own voluntary decision, not caring if he was having This person was able to give us a full detailed things to think about and to learn on a daily basis. The more than his fair share of meals. He thought he had report and assessments because he had experienced most important lesson we have learnt from COVID is to study the situation. This was an eating survey which it himself. The first thing that gave us satisfaction was that we were forced to train ourselves to have boundless was beneficial for us (and not at government expense). the fact that both the food shops and the consumers had vigilance. (Translated by Kyaw Myaing)

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NATIONAL NATIONAL LOCAL NEWS LOCAL BUSINESS Union Education MoRAC, MoTC Shan State Food Domestic Minister holds talks hold press briefings Supply Committee investments top on school on their 4th–year provides foodstuffs for K1,200 bln in eight reopening plans performances ethnic organizations months PAGE-3 PAGE-6 PAGE-4 PAGE-5 11 JUNE 2020 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR UNICEF supplies for COVID-19 measures arrive in Yangon

A special flight carrying the sup- plies of UNICEF to Myanmar in measures against COVID-19 landed at the Yangon Interna- tional Airport from Shanghai city of China yesterday afternoon. The US$334,330.42 worth PPE sets and related items of the UN body will be presented to the Ministry of Health and Sports. On 9 June evening, another special flight arrived in Yangon with the PPE sets and related supplies worth about $431,941.76 of the UNICEF for Myanmar. With the supports of Gavi, the UNICEF presented COV- ID-19 test kits and other medical supplies to Myanmar in May, and it also provided its own aid. Myanmar is now receiving COVID-19 medical supplies from the UN organizations such as WHO, and India, China, Korea, Singapore and Japan.—Zaw Gyi (Translated by Aung Khin) Workers unloading medical supplies of the UNICEF from the special flight at the Yangon International Airport yesterday. PHOTO: PE ZAW

Film sub-committees discuss The ASEAN Secretariat Invites Nationals preparations for centenary celebrations from Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam to apply for the following post: Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Cooperate Affairs

THE ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) based in Jakarta, Indonesia is inviting qualified ASEAN nationals from Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam to apply for the position of Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Cooperate Affairs (DSG CCA). Detailed information including responsibilities and qualifications are available at https://asean. org/ opportunities/ vacancies-asec/.—MNA Sub-committees for centenary celebrations of Myanmar film industry hold their second coordination meeting at the Motion Picture Development Division in Yangon on 10 June 2020. PHOTO: MNA SUB-COMMITTEES for cente- award winning local films after Soe Tun and sub-committee nary celebrations of Myanmar 1952 as the Myanmar histor- members of the exhibition or- film industry held their second ic films, transforming famous ganizing committee also held MoEA, MoE, MoSWRR, Nay coordination meeting at the historic films into digital ver- talks on preparations for dis- Motion Picture Development sions and to be screened them play of machines and equip- Pyi Taw Council to hold press Division of the Information and on movie theatres, producing ment along Myanmar film conference on 12 June Public Relations Department interviewing programmes with history, documentary photos, in Yangon yesterday morning. famous artistes in the film in- costumes, setting materials in THE Ministry of Ethnic Af- conference on their fourth- The sub-committee for dustry and broadcasting histor- film production, cartoon movies, fairs, the Ministry of Educa- year performances at the screening historic Myanmar ic films, movie songs and film short films, and photo and video tion, the Nay Pyi Taw Coun- Office No.7 of the Ministry movies, chaired by Patron of centenary programmes and booths for the artists and their cil and the Ministry of Social of Information in Nay Pyi Taw Myanmar Motion Picture Or- chronicles of academic awards fans.—Ohmar, Yi Yi Welfare, Relief and Reset- at 1 pm on 12 June. — MNA ganization U Hnin Moe, dis- on MRTV. tlement will hold joint press cussed nomination of academy Patron of MMPO U Kyi (Translated by Aung Khin)

Myanmar COVID-19 figure MYANMAR’S COVID-19 figure according to the Ministry of Health have recovered and 148 have been reaches 248 after two new reached 248 after two more posi- and Sports. discharged from hospitals. —MNA tive cases, who returned from Bang- Out of 248 confirmed cases in cases reported on 10 June ladesh, were reported on 10 June, the country, six died, 165 persons 11 JUNE 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3 UEC discusses COVID-19 preventive measures for 2020 General Election

THE Union Election Commission parliamentary elections will also organized a coordination meet- be organized in late this year while ing to discuss holding the 2020 following the control measures General Election this year in line against this pandemic. with preventive measures against The commission will use a mo- COVID-19. bile application to prevent gather- U Hla Thein, the Chairman of ing of voters in checking their lists UEC, presided over the meeting during the pre-election period. The held at its headquarters in Nay UEC has planned to set up over Pyi Taw, and it was attended by 40,000 polling stations across the the commission members, officials country for over 37 million eligible from the Ministry of Health and voters in the upcoming elections. Sports and the representatives of Model polling stations will also the International Foundation for be erected to demonstrate COV- Electoral Systems (IFES). ID-19 measures for the voters on The UEC chairman said that the election day, and the UEC has his commission is carrying out the adopted five norms for organizing works in line with the guidelines the 2020 General Election.—MNA UEC Chairman U Hla Thein holds talks on measures against COVID-19 for 2020 General Election of Ministry of Health and Sports (Translated by Aung Khin) yesterday. PHOTO: MNA for the COVID-19, and the third Union Education Minister holds talks on school reopening plans UNION Minister for Education Commission and the National Dr Myo Thein Gyi held a meeting Curriculum Committee and par- on videoconference yesterday ticipation of parents to support to discuss reopening of schools home assignment system. next month. Health awareness refresher The Union Minister dis- courses, roundtable discussions, cussed resuming classes for high educative articles, nutrition pro- school students in July, followed grammes for school children, by gradual reopening of class- prevention of dengue fever, ed- es for the middle and primary ucation stipends, processes in levels, in accordance with the school enrolment weeks, coop- guidelines and directives of the eration of social affairs ministers Ministry of Health and Sports. Union Minister Dr Myo Thein Gyi discusses school reopening plan next month. PHOTO: MNA with parents and teachers. He also talked about aware- children go to schools, healthy minimum dropout rates, better ademic year; new curriculum After the discussions of ness programmes for public on and safety measures, making learning opportunities and qual- for Grade 4, 7 and 10, teacher deputy minister, social affairs the healthy practices for chil- minimum 6-ft between each oth- ities. training course for short-term minister of region/state govern- dren, teachers and parents at er in the classrooms, sufficient He continued to say that teaching and learning courses, ments explained preparations school and home. interval times for classes in the appointment, assignment and refresher courses including on- for reopening of schools.—MNA The Union Minister also morning and afternoon sections, duty transfers will be prioritized line training, coordination with highlighted ensuring all the security measures for schools, in ethnic areas before the ac- the National Education Policy (Translated by Aung Khin)

ASEAN Social Welfare and Development Ministers hold virtual meeting UNION Minister for Social Wel- fare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myint Aye attended the ASEAN Minister Meeting on Social Welfare and Develop- ment-AMMSWD, which was held online yesterday. Lao’s Labour and Social Wel- fare Minister, in his capacity as chair of the meeting, said COV- ID-19 has greatly affected vul- nerable groups in ASEAN region. The minister also urged oth- er member countries to acceler- ate social welfare programmes Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye takes part in ASEAN Minister Meeting on Social Welfare and Development yesterday. PHOTO: MNA and services in the region, and shared good practices with other Union Minister Dr Win Myat leaving no one behind. grammes, educate the persons A joint statement on ade- member countries. Aye said during the COVID-19 National Volunteers Steer- with disabilities about COVID-19, quate protection of vulnerable Delegates from ASEAN Sec- crisis Myanmar was cooperating ing Committee was formed on provide assistances for IDPs, and groups including children, wom- retary-General Office discussed with international organizations, 15 April 2020 to protect children help the volunteers who are work- en, persons with disabilities, the impacts of COVID-19 on vul- non-governmental organizations, and women, provide psycholog- ing on the COVID-19 prevention, and elderly persons was also nerable groups in ASEAN, and social organizations and volun- ical support to public, organize control and treatment processes discussed and approved.—MNA the countries’ responses. teers in response to COVID-19 social and cash assistance pro- nationwide. (Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun) 11 JUNE 2020 4 LOCAL NEWS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Shan state food supply committee provides www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com

CHIEF EDITOR Aungthu Ya foodstuffs for ethnic organizations [email protected] THE Shan State Food Supply DEPUTY CHIEF EDITOR Committee supplied foodstuffs to Aye Min Soe three ethnic organizations at the [email protected] committee’s office in No.1, Basic SENIOR EDITORIAL CONSULTANT Education High School, Taunggyi Kyaw Myaing Town, yesterday. Members of Shan State gov- EXECUTIVE EDITOR Aung Khin ernment and Shan State Minister for Planning and Finance U Soe LOCAL & INTERNATIONAL NEWS Nyunt Lwin, officials from Kan- EDITORS bawza Bank, and members of Ye Htut Tin the food supply committee were [email protected] Aung Htein present at the ceremony. Tun Tun Naing They handed over 300 rice [email protected] bags and 30 cooking oil cans each to the liaison officers of three eth- SENIOR TRANSLATOR Zaw Htet Oo nic organizations – SSA/Tatma- ha (7), SSPP/SSA and S.N.P.L.O. TRANSLATORS They also provided 300 rice bags Hay Mar Tin Win, Ei Myat Mon, and 30 cooking oil cans each to Kyaw Zin Lin, Kyaw Zin Tun P.N.L.O, PNO and RCSS on 8

REPORTER June.—Soe Nyunt Shwe (State Nyein Nyein Ei, An official from Shan State Food Supply Committee handing over the rice bags and cooking oil cans to three IPRD) [email protected] ethnic organizations in Taunggyi yesterday. PHOTO: SOE NYUNT SHWE (STATE IPRD) (Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun)

PHOTOGRAPHER Kyaw Zeya Win @ Phoe Khwar Kyaw Zeya Sending of Myanmar labour abroad expected to COMPUTER TEAM Thein Ngwe, Zaw Zaw Aung, Kay Khaing Win, turn normal in 2021 Sanda Hnin, Zu Zin Hnin, Thein Htwe, Nyi Lin Thu WITH the impact of coronavirus crisis because of the impact of abroad before the pandemic pe- sia. They are ready to leave for pandemic, the sending of Myan- the pandemic. Even if they need riod, according to the overseas their jobs. However, the sending EDITORIAL SECTION mar labour abroad is expected to Myanmar labour, they will hire recruitment agencies. of overseas Myanmar labour is (+95) (01)8604529, Fax — (+95) (01) 8604305 turn to the normal situation in only five workers instead of ten. If the overseas recruitment suspended and now they are be- the first month of 2021, according Some of the overseas recruit- agencies will get a permit to ing faced with the difficulties,” CIRCULATION & DISTRIBUTION to overseas recruitment agen- ment agencies have suspended resume their operation, those said an overseas recruitment San Lwin, (+95) (01) 8604532, cies. Because of the pandemic, their operation in mid-March. hundred thousand of Myanmar agency owner. At present, the Hotline - 09 974424114 the sending of Myanmar labour Thailand, Malaysia and Ja- labour who had received the factories from Thailand and ADVERTISING & MARKETING abroad has been suspended. pan topped the list of destinations permit letters will be given the Malaysia which mostly hire My- ( +95) (01) 8604530, Even if we get permission to which Myanmar migrant work- priority to go abroad. For those anmar labour have closed their Hotline - 09 974424848 send the Myanmar labour, it will ers were sent to by the ministry. new Myanmar labour, they need operations because of the decline [email protected] take time to get back to the nor- At present, hundred thou- to wait for a new vaccine from of demand and economic crisis, [email protected] mal situation. On the other hand, sand of Myanmar labour have foreign jobs. said an official from the over- Printed and published at the Global New entrepreneurs from other coun- already received the permit let- “We have around 200 Myan- seas recruitment agency. —Aye Light of Myanmar Printing Factory at tries are also facing an economic ters and they are ready to go mar workers to send to Malay- Maung (Translated by Hay Mar) No.150, Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, by the Global New Light of Myanmar Daily under Printing Permit No. 00510 and Publishing Permit No. 00629. Over 16,000 lamp posts targeted to install in Mandalay: MCDC [email protected] WITH the installation of the lamp ject on the roads using street double arm lamp posts and 65 of the road width and the power www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com posts with high technology by light technology starting from triple arm lamp posts are being of light. When MCDC is imple- www.facebook.com/TheGNLM Mandalay City Development the 2017-2018 fiscal year. installed. The remaining 6,915 menting the lamp posts project, Committee (MCDC), more than In 2018-2019FY, a total of lamp posts have been planned to the donors who wish to donate to- 16,000 lamp posts are targeted to 5,354 lamp posts were installed install within the project period, wards the lamp post project are install this year, it is learnt. on the main road of Mandalay, said an official from MCDC. also taking their part. More than Currently, a total of 9,669 according to the official report When the new lamp posts 2,200 lamp posts are installed lamp posts are being installed of MCDC. are erected, the old ones are by the donors while over 8,200 as of the first week of June. For “We targeted to install 16,584 removed only to be used in oth- lamp posts are installed from the the safety of the people at night, lamp posts in this FY (before er necessary installation of the MCDC 2019-2020 budgets. —Kyi MCDC has been implementing October 2020). Currently, 7,325 lamp posts. The new lamp posts Tha (Mandalay) Write for us the lamp posts installation pro- single arm lamp posts, 2,279 are also erected after calculation (Translated by Hay Mar)

We appreciate your feedback and contributions. If you have any comments or would like to submit editorials, Armed robbers make off with K180 mln from Sittway KBZ bank analyses or reports please email [email protected] with your FOUR unidentified men robbed appear with the stolen money. before grabbing the K180 mil- his accomplices and the stolen name and title. Due to limitation of space we are only K180 million from a KBZ bank The four men arrived at the lion on the counter and running money, reports the Tatmadaw able to publish “Letter to the Editor” branch in Sittway, Rakhine KBZ branch-2 in Kyaypinkyee away. True News Information Team. that do not exceed 500 words. Should you submit a text longer than 500 words State, yesterday with three of Ward around 4:15 pm in a mini Security forces managed to —MNA please be aware that your letter will be them managing to evade cap- truck and threatened the people capture one of the robbers and (Translated by Zaw Htet edited. ture from authorities and dis- inside the bank with their knives are continuing their pursuit of Oo) 11 JUNE 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR LOCAL BUSINESS/AD 5 Domestic investments Myanmar’s corn exports to Thailand exceed 1.2 top K1,200 bln in eight mln tonnes in Oct-May months MYANMAR’S corn exports of corn, worth over $40 mil- to Thailand significantly lion, was shipped through soared to over 1.2 million maritime trade, while 1.3 By Nyein Nyein into 108 projects in the tonnes through borders million tons of corn, with INVESTMENTS by My- October-November peri- between Myanmar and an estimated value of $230 anmar citizens in the od in the 2018-2019 finan- Thailand during October million, was sent through country exceeded K1,200 cial year. This fiscal year, and May period, said an the borders, according to billion in the past eight the number of enterpris- official of the Ministry of the data released by the months of the current es permitted was 29 less Commerce. Ministry of Commerce. fiscal year 2019-2020, an than the previous year. So far, Myanmar has As per data from the increase of over K200 bil- However, the quantum exported about 2 million Ministry of Commerce, My- lion compared to the cor- of investment was larger tonnes of corns to foreign anmar exported 1.4 million responding period of the compared with the year- countries. The sharp in- Farmers unloading the corns in their farm. tonnes of corn, worth over PHOTO: KO HTEIN previous FY, the DICA’s ago period as the business crease in export volume is $290 million, in the 2017- data indicated. with large capital flowed attributed to the growing Myanmar has shipped over ly demanded by feedstuff 2018FY; 1.2 million tonnes Between 1 October into the country, the DICA demand from Thailand this 500,000 tonnes of corns to processing business. This of corn, worth $250 million, and 31 May in the current stated. year. external markets through being so, it is a potential in the 2016-2017FY; and, fiscal, 79 local enterprises During Oct-May pe- Earlier, China is the maritime trade. business for both domestic 1.1 million tonnes of corn, were allowed to invest in riod, hotels and tourism major purchaser of Myan- It has been one year and external markets, said worth $300 million, in the the country by the My- sector pulled the largest mar’s corn. Later, Myan- since China suspended the an official of the Ministry of 2015-2016FY. anmar Investment Com- investment, followed by mar traders turned to the importation of some agro Commerce. Myanmar is the sec- mission and the state and manufacturing and oth- Thailand border market. products through the bor- Myanmar surpassed ond-largest exporter of region investment com- er service sectors. The Additionally, Myanmar ders. Besides, corn is not corn export target of over corn among regional mittees. Domestic in- domestic investments exports corn to India, Viet listed in China’s legitimate a million tonnes in the cur- countries. There are over vestments have reached also flow into real estate Nam, Malaysia, Singa- goods for border trade. rent fiscal. 1.9 million acres of corn K1,297 billion so far, includ- development, transporta- pore and the Philippines Therefore, the ministry is Myanmar shipped 1.5 plantations, primarily in ing the expansion of capi- tion and communication, through maritime trade. making an effort to seek million tons of corn, worth Sagaing and Magway re- tal by existing enterprises, livestock and fisheries, in- Yet, the volume of corn ex- China’s AQSIQ registration US$270 million, to foreign gions, and Chin, Kayin, as per the DICA’s data. dustrial estate, mining and ports to those markets is and to reach an agreement countries in the previous Shan, and Kayah states. Domestic investors power sectors. (Translat- quite small. with China for legal trade. financial year. During the Ko Htet (Translated by Ei pumped K1,041 billion ed by Ei Myat Mon) In the current fiscal, The corn crop is most- previous fiscal, 200,000 tons Myat Mon)

Advertorial 11 JUNE 2020 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR MoRAC, MoTC hold press briefings on their 4th–year performances

HE Ministry of Reli- US$ 61.3 million from South Ko- gious Affairs and Cul- rean EDCF loan and US$ 7.942 ture and the Ministry million from the national budget Tof Transport and Com- and is expected to finish by 2023. munications held press briefings A port in Mandalay was complet- on their 4th–year performances ed for container transportation yesterday. as an inland jetty and ports are being constructed in Monywa, Ministry of Religious Af- Pakokku, and Bhamo. fairs and Culture A total of 76,532 feet of re- Deputy Minister for Re- taining walls have been con- ligious Affairs and Culture U structed within 4 years to pre- Kyi Min talked about the Union vent the banks on Myanmar’s government’s Waso robe offer- side of rivers and creeks shared ing ceremony organized by the with other nations from eroding ministry at the Uppatasanti Pa- and thus losing national territory. goda in Nay Pyi Taw, conferring Beginning in May 2018, the river religious titles to 343 monks, 25 current in Yangon jetty has been nuns and 147 laypersons in 2020, stabilized to a point and with help presenting advanced level cer- from Japan, the Navigation Aid tificates in 2019, holding the 72nd in Yangon River is continuing. A Tipitaka examination this year. survey and drafting of a master He also presented renova- Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture holding the press conference on their th4 –year performances plan for the jetty’s infrastructure tion of landmark Shwedagon yesterday. PHOTO: MNA is under way from October 2019 pagoda in Yangon and donation to October 2020 with cooperation of gold plates at the pagoda; The Department of Archae- by the religious affairs. The Yangon-Mandalay rail- from USAID. K15.676 billion of public donation ology and National Museum The Deputy Minister also way upgrade project is also done There were 11.3 million en- to Kyaikhtiyoe pagoda in 2019 is presenting honourary cash explained the remaining 20 per with Japan’s ODA loan in two tries and exits combined across under the new trustee board awards for the cultural items cent to finalize nomination pro- phases starting from 2017 and the international and domestic which was reorganized with 11 as a move to prevent trafficking cedure draft of MraukU cultural will require repairing 202 cul- airports of the nation in 2019. members on 23 August 2016 after of these materials. The depart- area for the World Heritage is verts and constructing 35 large A PPP tender auction for the cancelling contract system for ment presented K246.85 million on the side of locals, and field bridges in the first phase. The highly traveled domestic airports the donation, and arranged free for 9,680 items and 50 antique surveys must be conducted by second phase for Toungoo-Man- in Heho, Mawlamyine and Ka- accommodation with the daily materials in the fourth year. the ministerial staff and UNE- dalay railway is underway and is wthoung have been called. The capacity of 1,279 visitors. The ministry also conserved SCO experts, however, it is not waiting for tender applications. Thandwe Airport will have its The ministry also managed 2,289 tangible and intangible possible to do so due to security The entire project is expected to runway extended and terminal in the construction of Eternal items of cultural heritages from reasons. finish around 2023. upgraded within two years while Peace pagoda in Dekkhinathiri 2016 to 2019, and held workshops He also answered to the A South Korean engineering G to G coordination for Hantha- Township of Nay Pyi Taw at the to submit Myanmar Thanakha questions about fire and theft team was called in to assess the waddy Airport are in process cost of K8.33 billion, including the on the UNESCO intangible cul- of relics at the temples in Bagan, Mandalay-Myitkyina railway up- with the government of Japan. contributions of well-wishers. tural heritage list. prevention of religious conflicts grade project twice and conclud- Myanmar National Airlines flies Establishment of inter-faith The ministry will also repair before and post 2020 General ed that a tunnel, a large bridge to 28 cities in Myanmar and has friendship programme was 121 11 remaining pagodas out of 389 Election, security measures of and two new train stations are international flights to Singa- in township level, 40 in district damaged in the earthquake on Bagan area, legal actions against needed for the rough terrain pore, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, level, 11 in region/state level and 24 August 2016, and renovate gathering for religious purpose along the Nankhan-Bonchaung Hong Kong, Chengdu, and Gaya. 1 in central level. The ministry the National Library in Yangon, that breached rules for COV- and Mawhan-Kadu sections. A Two domestic companies also supported in organizing the Renovation of the 28-year ID-19, the remark of ministry loan agreement with ROK-based and two foreign companies first Religions for Peace Advi- old National Theatre has begun on the two fugitives from justice, EXIM Bank has been signed for have been given Nationwide sory Forum organized by the on 10 August 2019, and the pro- construction of residential build- US$125 million for this purpose. Telecommunication licences to Religions for Peace Myanmar on ject is expected to last for two ings in monastery compounds Similarly, negotiations are promote private sector partic- 21 November 2018 at MICC-II in years. and the time for reopening of underway for acquiring an ipation in the communications Nay Pyi Taw, its second edition The deputy minister also pagodas and religious sites. Asian Development Bank loan sector. There are 4 similar work on 7 May 2019 and the third edi- briefed on arts school in Yangon for upgrading the Yangon-Pyay licenses given to 205 domestic tion on 19 November. and Mandalay, arts and dance Ministry of Transport and railway, upgrading the Ba- and foreign companies. The Regarding cultural affairs, courses of basic and higher lev- Communications go-Mawlamyine and Bago-Tha- Myanmar e-Governance Master the ministry could try to include els and conducting diploma and Permanent Secretary U Win ton railways are complete, and Plan is being implemented with ancient capital of Bagan into the advanced levels of arts at the Khant explained the 4th perfor- Thaton-Mawlamyine railway will the important Integrated Data UN Cultural Heritage list at the National University of Arts and mances of the Ministry of Trans- be completed within this year. Center to be completed in Nay 43rd session of World Heritage Culture in Yangon and Mandalay. port and Communications. He The Road Transport Admin- Pyi Taw by 2022. Committee held in Azerbaijan The Ministry of Religious said their transport infrastruc- istration Department managed Myanmar’s postal services from 30 June to 10 July. A draft Affairs and Culture is working ture projects follow the National to reduce traffic accidents in line began back in the colonial era version of Nomination Dossier for propagation and perpetuation Transport Master Plan and it’s with international standards but has been improved and up- for MraukU Cultural Area was of Buddha Sasana which is the auxiliary plan. while the Union budget was used graded to meet modern needs also submitted to the UNESCO major religion of the country in He said the Myanma Rail- for 69 waterway maintenance and standards. There are cur- in September 2019 for the World line with Article 34 of State Con- ways began upgrading the Yan- projects and state/regional gov- rently 1,389 post offices across Heritage list, and preparations stitution, while coordinating with gon circular train in 2017 with ernment funds were used for 964 the nation and 841 of them now for its final version. The Anan- other faiths for lasting friendship loans from Japan’s ODA and projects to prevent bank erosion provide financial services. Myan- da Candra stone inscription in as per Article 361 of the State national budget and is estimat- with priority given to densely mar climbed up to the 91st place MraukU has been included in Constitution. The Union Minis- ed to be completed in 2021. He populated locations along the in the Universal Postal Union’s the list of Asia-Pacific Memory ter is also working together with said they have completed 51 out Ayeyawady, Chindwin, Mu and ranking for 2018 from 126th in heritage list and it will be sub- members of Sangha, layperson of 59 miles and put up 42 miles of Dokhtawaddy rivers. 2016. mitted to the UNESCO for the and other religious leaders for brick walls and 8 miles of fencing The Twantay canal develop- Memory of the World. prevention of conflicts caused to keep squatters out. ment project was initiated with SEE PAGE-7 11 JUNE 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 7 MoRAC, MoTC hold press briefings on their 4th–year performances

FROM PAGE-6 down in Rakhine State. He said Next, Managing Director U several townships have had their Ba Myint of Myanma Railways internet shut down but Maung- replied to questions from the taw Township had it reopened not media on the Muse-Mandalay too long ago. He said they have railway project. He said a feasi- orders to continue the shutdown bility study was completed and till 1 August. He said this was a survey for human and envi- done to protect the public and if ronmental impact is continuing. this measure can be proved to be He said this project is restarting unnecessary then it will be lifted. a second time with a feasibility The Ministry of Ethnic Af- study completed in 2010 as well. fairs, the Ministry of Education, He said they will go through with the Nay Pyi Taw Council and the the project if it will benefit border Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief trade but currently Switzerland and Resettlement will hold their is giving support as a third party. press briefings on 12 June.—Han Permanent Secretary U Soe Myo Soe, K Tar Thein of MoTC then replied to a (Translated by Aung Khin, Senior officials from Ministry of Transport and Communications explainth 4 –year performances of their question on the internet shut- Zaw Htet Oo) ministry during a press briefing in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. PHOTO: MNA 994 Myanmar migrant workers return from Thailand via Myawady

MYANMAR migrant work- of 994 yesterday. The Myanmar medical examinations and as- ers continue returning home Embassy in Thailand arranged sisted the returnees with other through the Myawady Friendship six vehicles from Mo Chit Bus arrangements upon their arrival. Bridge (2), with the total number Terminal for 125 returnees while These returnees were 608 the remaining 869 Myanmar males and 386 females. Migrant workers queuing for citizens returned by their own A total of 24,634 returnees immigration process before schedules. Kayin State Hluttaw have entered this crossing since entering Myanmar. PHOTO: representative U Thant Zin Aung 1 May.—Htein Lin Aung (IPRD) HTEIN LIN AUNG (IPRD) and other officials performed (Translated by Zaw Htet Oo)

10 Myanmar seamen kept under quarantine in Kawthoung hotel TEN Myanmar seamen who duties with Captain U Zawyar antined for 21 days and their lab signed off from the MT-MTM Lin and six seamen who will be samples have been sent to the Colorado ship anchored in the signing on the ship docked early National Health Laboratory. Andaman Sea arrived in Kaw- in Kawthoung. —Kyaw Soe (Kawthoung) (Trans- thoung yesterday evening and The ship was transporting lated by Zaw Htet Oo) are currently held under hotel cargo from Russia and passed Myanmar seamen are questioned quarantine. through Singapore and arrived by a combined team of officials at Captain U Aung Kyaw Thet near an islet in Kawthoung Town- Kawthoung jetty before they are and the other nine seamen who ship on the Andaman Sea. held under quarantine. PHOTO: signed off the ship had swapped The ten seamen will be quar- KYAW SOE (KAWTHOUNG)

Two new cases of COVID-19 in Myanmar on 10 June, total figure reaches 248 Updated at 8 pm, 10 June 2020 New Persons under Investigation from the 248 New Case 6 Total Case (9-10 June) 2 Total Death Tally past 24 hours to 12 noon of 10 June 2020 Recovery Update on 10 June 2020 after two consecutive tests New PUI 28 Discharged from Total Recovery 165 New Recovery 6 Hospital 148 2 new cases of COVID-19 on 10 June 2020: Updated at 8 pm

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Maungtaw Township, District People’s Held under quarantine 247 46 Female No Yes, Bangladesh Positive Rakhine State Hospital, Maungtaw (Maungtaw Township) Maungtaw Township, District Peoploe’s Held under quarantine 248 32 Male No Yes, Bangladesh Positive Rakhine State Hospital, Maungtaw (Maungtaw Township) Ministry of Health and Sports 11 JUNE 2020 11 JUNE 2020 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTICLE 9 Act now to Mount Popa Geopark and Its Aesthetic Values By Than Htun (Myanmar Geosciences Society) Myanmar Daily Weather Report NDER the National people of all races have pictured es were set up in the shrine with (Issued at 7:00 pm Wednesday 10th June, 2020) hold safe Geopark Committee, their gods and goddesses as living great pomp and ceremony, and the BAY INFERENCE: According to the observations at (18:30) National Geopark on a mountain. The Buddhists be- king proclaimed that the village hrs M.S.T today, the low pressure area over the Central Bay UExecutive Committee lieve that their gods and goddess- on the slope of the hill, Popa Ywa, of Bengal has moved West-Northwestwards and still persists has been striving to establish, by es live on Mount Mayu, just as was given as perpetual fief to the over the West Central Bay of Bengal. Monsoon is strong over the collaborative effort of Myan- the Ancient Greeks believed that two Nat spirits. the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. 2020 General mar Geosciences Society, Forest their gods and goddesses dwelt on With the exception of one of Department and Geology Depart- Mount Olympus. the 37 Nats-namely Thagya Nat- FORECAST VALID UNTIL EVENING OF THE 11th June, ments of various Universities, the In the same way, the early all are spirits of deceased heroes, 2020: Rain or thundershowers will be scattered in Nay Pyi first National Geopark in Mount Burmese came to believe that and in most cases they also have Taw, Magway Region and Kayah State, fairly widespread in Popa region. With the approval Mount Popa was the home of their royal blood, or are linked to royalty. Mandalay Region and widespread in the remaining Regions Election of Union Minister for Natural Re- gods and goddesses. They came to Most are associated with histori- and States with likelihood of isolated heavy falls in Sagaing, sources and Environmental Con- believe, too, that beautiful ogress- cal figures who lived between the Mandalay, Yangon, Ayeyarwady and Taninthayi Regions and servation Ministry and Chief Min- es, who lived not on flesh but on 13th and 17th centuries. The 37 Mon State. Degree of certainty is (80%). ITH the COVID-19 pandemic, the public observed ister of Mandalay Region, Geopark flowers, played hide-and-seek in Nats are: the stay at home order, and still keeping a “phys- field party started reconnaissance the groves of Mount Popa, and that 1.Thagya Nat, 2. Mahagi- STATE OF THE SEA: Squalls with rough seas are likely at ical distancing” to fight against the infectious survey and assessment in Mount on its slopes there wandered ma- ri Nat, 3. Hnamadawgyi Nat, 4. times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface wind speed in disease. Besides, our people have helped small Popa Area in December 2016. The gicians and alchemists in search Shwe Nabe Nat, 5. Thonban Hla squalls may reach (35)m.p.h. Wave height will be about (8-10) W Popa Taungkalat (pedestal hill). PHOTO: CHAN THA (MEIKHTILA) businesses by ordering take-out, bought what we need when geology, vertebrate palaeontolo- of potent herbs and roots. Nat, 6. Taung-ngu Mingaung Nat, feet in off and along Myanmar Coasts. grocery shopping rather than hoarding what we want and gy, palaeobotany, forestry, cultural plain’. There is a crater at the top of courts in Burma. Popa Sawrahan’s to Popa Hill to be re-quipped and Under King Thinlikyaung in 7. Mintara Nat, 8. Thandawgan wore a mask in public. and archaeology sites have been the cone, but one side of the crater name suggests wizards and prim- reorganized. Perhaps at one time A.D. 344-387 the religion of the Ba- Nat, 9. Shwe Nawratha Nat, 10. OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Likelihood We can all make these sacrifices to keep ourselves and selected for geosites in a total area had been blown away during one itive beliefs at the volcanic peak of the hill itself was worshipped as gan people must have been very Aungzwamagyi Nat, 11. Ngazishin of increase of rain in Upper Sagaing Region, Kachin and Ra- others safe. Meanwhile, volunteers and health workers still of 1964 sq.km, the whole Kyauk- of the volcano’s many eruptions Popa, and perhaps it was about separate from the gods and god- similar to that from the animism Nat, 12. Aungbinle Sinbyushin Nat, khine States. stand at the front lines, risking their own health and lives padaung Township, NyaungU Dis- (Maung Htin Aung, 1959). this time that the noble Mahagiri desses, and it was probably con- now practiced by the remoter hill 13. Taungmagyi Nat, 14. Maung caring for the sick. trict in Mandalay Region. myth took its present shape (G.E. sidered to be ‘a hallowed ground peoples of Burma. Nat spirits were Minshin Nat, 15. Shindaw Nat, FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOURING This COVID-19 crisis, which can be viewed as a prolonged Thagya Nat Mahagiri Nat Harvey, 1925). of victory’ whose very touch would worshipped everywhere in the 16. Nyaung-gyn Nat, 17. Tabinsh- AREA FOR 11th June, 2020: Isolated rain or thundershowers. war, is a great test of our Historical Record Popa Taungkalat In the flower forests of Mount give success to ‘men of endeav- country but each village restricted weti Nat, 18. Minye Aungdin Nat, Degree of certainty is (100%). stamina. Mount Popa seems to be a The Mount Popa was visit- Popa, moreover, there actually our’ in their ‘mighty undertakings’ its worship to its own local Nats. 19. Shwe Sippin Nat, 20. Medaw This year's Another test will great mountain because it stands ed by King Pyusawhti in A.D.167. lurked robbers and outlaws. Anaw- (Maung Htin Aung, 1959). After reaching Saga tree the new Shwesaga Nat, 21. Maung Po Tu FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA come to us later this solitary, almost in the centre of the King Thinlikyaung established a rahta himself, while striving to re- After having many serious city of Thiripyissaya King Thinlik- Nat: a trader from Pinya who was FOR 11th June, 2020: One or two rain or thundershowers. election will be year amidst COVID-19. plain of Myingyan. It has stood new cult by proclaiming that Popa gain his father’s throne usurped by problems with his alchemistic yaung had an opportunity to es- killed by a tiger, 22. Yun Bayin Degree of certainty is (100%). It is the 2020 general elec- sentinel over the varying fortunes Ywa was given as a perpetual fief another, formed his army on the experiments and replacing his tablish a new religion or at least a Nat, 23. Maung Minbyu Nat, 24. different because tions which will be held of the Burmese people, whose first to U Tint De and his Sister, Nat slopes of Mount Popa in A.D.1044. eyes with eyes of goat and bull, new cult. The king’s carvers soon Mandale Bodaw Nat, 25. Shwe- FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING later 2020. settlements in the middle Irrawad- spirits in A.D.352. And King, minis- There are many remanences of Monk Goat-Bull (Shin Isa Gawna) carved out of the tree trunk imag- byin Naungdaw Nat, 26. Shwebyin AREA FOR 11th June, 2020: Isolated rain or thundershow- of COVID-19 and a Voting is a right that dy valley where in the Myingyan ters and people visited them once traditional furnaces in the western obtained the Philosopher’s Stone es of U Tint De and his sister, and Nyidaw Nat, 27. Mintha Maung ers. Degree of certainty is (100%). people have. plain. It is extinct volcano whose a year. part of Mount Popa, for smelting on the top of Mount Popa. then covered them with gold. The Shin Nat, 28. Htibyu Saung Nat, range of measures This year's election subterranean fires first saw day- To an early chief at Bagan, iron concretions from Irrawaddy In A.D.1249, Uzanar took images of the two Nats were put 29. Htibyu Saung Medaw Nat, 30. will be in place to will be different because light some two hundred and fifty Popa Sawrahan 613-40, is attribut- sandstone so as to make weapons thrown and after visiting Nat fes- on golden palanquins and attend- Bayinma Shin Mingaung Nat, 31. of COVID-19 and a range thousand years ago, but whose ed the introduction of the present for the battle against Bagan King tival at Mount Popa, Pwa Saw of ed by the king himself, they were Min Sithu Nat, 32. Min Kyawzwa help keep people of measures will be in raging fires died out only in his- Burmese era (Kacchapancha), Sukade. Kanpyu village became Queen of carried along the road to mount Nat, 33. Myaukpet Shinma Nat, place to help keep peo- toric times. According to the Bur- starting in March 638. Siam uses Kyansittha, after the defeat Bagan. Popa. The procession reached the 34. Anauk Mibaya Nat, 35. Shin- Invitation to young safe in complying ple safe in complying with mese Chronicles, in 422 B.C. there it under the name Chulasakaraj. of the forces of Anawrahta’s son summit of Mount Popa on the full gon Nat, 36. Shingwa Nat, 37. Shin the health guidelines. was a great earthquake and Mount Doubtless it was drawn up by by the Peguan rebels, led the The Thirty-seven Nats moon day of the golden Nat shrine, Hnemi Nat. with the health These included Popa ‘rose like a cone from the Hindu astrologers at one of the remnants of the Burmese army Throughout human history awaited the two images. The imag- TO BE CONTINUED writers for Sunday queue management, guidelines. physical distancing, hand Special ANTIBODIES IN YOUR BLOOD sanitizers alongside bal- The Global New Light of Myanmar is accepting the submission of BLOOD-BASED TESTS lot boxes and protective poetries, opinions, articles, essays and short stories from young people gear for people staffing voting stations. for its weekly Sunday Next Generation Platform. Interested candidates It is worth noting that the Union Election Commission is Italy's coronavirus blood tests advancing slowly but providing "essential" information can send their work to the Global New Light of Myanmar at No. 150, planning to launch a mobile application in the election season Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, in person, or to ensure that eligible voters check their names in the online erological testing aimed at charting the extent of sider their decision, while nearly two-thirds -- a total ID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, or could by email to [email protected] with the following voting list. the spread of coronavirus in Italy is going slower of 63 per cent – declined to respond at all. at least have heightened resistance to the disease. information: (1) Sector you wish to be included in (poetry, opinion, However, we need to discuss with experts from different than expected, officials told Xinhua, though the Valastro said the testing, which had been sched- According to Fabrizio Pregliasco, a researcher at etc.), (2) Own name and (if different) your penname,(3) Your level of S education, (4) Name of your School/College/University, (5) A written sectors how to provide safety to the people during the election information it is providing is still "essential." uled to wrap up by mid-June, would now be extended the Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health at note of declaration that the submitted piece is your original work and activities such as election campaigns and on the election day In late May Italy began a national pilot test of at to at least the end of the month. the University of Milan, the testing plays an essential has not been sent to any other news or magazine publishing houses, because the health guidelines did not cover the campaigns least 150,000 individuals to determine the prevalence The government is not the only entity supporting role in the government's policymaking going forward. (6) A color photo of the submitter, (7) Copy of your NRC card, (8) and rallies, all of which are likely to be significantly affected. of the coronavirus antibody in the population. such testing. Local governments, organizations, and "Slowing the spread of an outbreak like the coro- Contact information (email address, mobile number, etc.).— Editorial There will be over 40,000 polling stations nationwide for But Italian Red Cross officials told Xinhua that companies – from individual regions and trade unions navirus is a complex matter," Pregliasco said in an Department, The Global New Light of Myanmar over 37 million eligible voters for the 2020 General Election. fewer than one in four Italians asked to provide blood representing healthcare workers to private companies interview. "There are antibodies that show up imme- With social distancing at all voting precincts, casting a to be tested for potential exposure to the virus gave such as carmaker Fiat-Chrysler and multinational diately after infections and others that show up 14 ballot may take a little longer and may be inconvenient. their immediate permission. Though the Red Cross tire manufacturer Pirelli – have funded their own days later. No information set is perfect, and there To overcome that challenge, advance voting and other did not say what acceptance rate they expected, the testing regimens. is always a margin for error. But this kind of data is convenience ways, particularly for the elderly and those with organization did say the rate was lower than their Health officials in the northern Italian city of essential to understand how the virus spread and existing medical conditions, should be encouraged as we models predicted. Bergamo, one of the those hardest hit by the pan- what parts of the population may still be vulnerable." continue to practice social distancing to prevent the spread "We expected more citizens to participate," Rosa- demic, said this week that 57 per cent of the nearly Pregliasco said serological testing at the San of COVID-19 when voters stand in line to cast their ballots. rio Valastro, vice president of the Italian Red Cross, 10,000 residents tested showed the presence of the Donato Hospital in Milan, where he works, found The 2020 General Election will be of utmost importance, said in an emailed statement. Of the estimated 150,000 coronavirus antibody, meaning they had come into that 11 percent of employees showed signs of having and the process by which it is decided must ensure the safety An Italian health worker shows a swab used to test calls made so far, just 24 per cent resulted in an im- contact with the virus at some point. been exposed to the coronavirus, even if some of them of the people. for the presence of coronavirus. PHOTO:AFP mediate agreement to be tested. Researchers have said those with coronavirus never showed COVID-19 symptoms. Valastro said around 13 per cent agreed to recon- antibodies in their systems could be immune to COV- SOURCE: Xinhua 11 JUNE 2020 10 NATIONAL/ASIA/PACIFIC THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Japan MPs pass record coronavirus budget NEWS In BRIEF TOKYO —Japan’s powerful low- by issuing bonds — will also be er house of parliament approved used to help finance rescue pro- S. Korea to an emergency budget worth grammes and loans for strug- nearly $300 billion Wednesday, gling businesses. charge defector doubling the scale of measures The government said the to pep up the world’s third-big- size of the package, including groups over gest economy after the corona- loans and investments in addi- virus tipped it into recession. tion to actual fiscal spending, anti-North Consumer spending has is worth about 117 trillion yen, leaflets slowed to a crawl despite Ja- nearly the same size as the first pan’s relatively low infection extra budget enacted on April 30. SEOUL — The South Korean numbers and death toll from the Combined with that initial government on Wednesday said pandemic, prompting the first stimulus package, Japan’s total it will file legal complaints with economic downturn since 2015. measures amount to 230 trillion police against two civil activist In response, lawmakers yen when loan schemes are tak- groups known for launching approved a second exceptional en into account. anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North budget of 31.91 trillion yen ($297 That is a whopping 40 per- Korea. billion), including subsidies for cent of GDP — trumpeted by The stimulus pacakge aims to pep up Japan’s recession-hit The Unification Ministry smaller businesses and cash Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as economy. PHOTO: AFP said in a briefing that it would handouts for medical workers. the world’s biggest virus pro- also start proceedings to revoke The budget bill will be sent gramme — and pushes Japan’s “It will be worth it to drive In addition, the state of emer- the statuses of the two groups to the upper house and is widely debt-to-GDP ratio up to 257 the recovery,” said Oshikubo. gency has now ended across — Fighters for Free North Korea expected to be enacted as early per cent, noted Naoya Oshiku- “The two supplementary Japan and the economy is set and Kuensaem — as nonprofit as Friday. bo, senior economist at SuMi budgets alone should push up to improve,” added the econo- organizations. The cash — to be raised TRUST. real 2020 GDP by three points. mist.—AFP It accused the groups, which are led by North Korean defec- tors, of violating an inter-Korean cooperation law. Malaysia to gradually reopen schools from June 24 In a press release it said PUTRAJAYA — Malaysia will cases Wednesday, its lowest dai- Jidin said in a televised address More measures were re- they endangered “the lives and start reopening schools in stag- ly infection rate since a partial that the reopening will involve laxed starting Wednesday, with safety of residents in the border es on June 24, as the country lockdown was imposed in March. over 500,000 students from 2,440 barbers and beauty salons al- regions.” reported only two coronavirus Education Minister Radzi high schools across the coun- lowed to operate. An inter-state The defector groups ex- try. Students sitting for end-of travel ban has been lifted, and pressed their intent to contin- high school and pre-university outdoor markets, museums and ue sending balloons carrying entrance examinations will be zoos have also opened. the leaflets into North Korea allowed back first. The rest, in- However, the country’s bor- regardless of the crackdown. The cluding those in primary schools, ders remain closed, and pubs, move comes a day after North will have to wait. entertainment outlets and activ- Korean state-run media reported Schools have been shut ities that invite big crowds, like that the country would sever all since the government enacted sporting events or concerts, are lines of communication with the the “movement control order” banned until Aug. 31. As part of South in protest over the groups’ on March 18, after the number conditions for schools to reopen leaflet-sending activities. of daily coronavirus cases rose on June 24, Radzi said they must The cutting off of the to triple digits. adhere to guidelines, including communication lines “is the As the infection rate has taking students’ temperature be- first step of the determination to steadily dropped, the govern- fore entering class, tables must completely shut down all contact ment has also begun to ease be at least a meter apart and means with South Korea and Visitors have their temperatures checked at the entrance of a store in Kuala Lumpur on May 4, 2020. The Malaysian government eased many of the restrictions since break time must be staggered to get rid of unnecessary things,” curbs on movement and business the same day, following signs of May 4, by allowing most business avoid crowding in the cafeteria. the official Korean Central News improvement in the coronavirus situation. PHOTO: KYODO sectors to resume operations. — Kyodo Agency said.—Kyodo 11 JUNE 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 11

Informant who disclosed Soleimani’s Peru reopens location sentenced to death in Iran beaches to TEHRAN—Mahmoud Mousa- deal is possible’. vi Majd, who was ‘linked with “I just got off the phone surfers and CIA and Mossad’ and disclosed with former American hostage information on whereabouts of Michael White, who is now in bathers Iranian General Qasem Soleim- Zurich after being released from ani has been sentenced to death, Iran. He will be on a U.S. plane LIMA—Surfers and IRNA reported. shortly, and is coming home...” bathers are allowed The outlet cited Iran’s Ju- Trump had tweeted. back on Peru’s beach- diciary’s spokesman Gholam- “...to the United States! We es despite the national hossein Esmaeili as saying that have now brought more than 40 lockdown remaining in Mousavi Majd had “disclosed American hostages and detain- place, authorities said information on the location” of ees back home since I took of- on Tuesday. Qasem Soleimani’. fice. Thank you to Iran, it shows Beaches will re- Tensions between the US a deal is possible!” he added. open gradually under and Iran soared dramatically On Monday, Secretary of certain restrictions, earlier this year after Wash- State, Mike Pompeo said the such as limiting users ington launched airstrikes at United States has activated to no more than one Baghdad International Airport, Soleimani, who headed the Quds Force, the foreign operations arm of the sanctions it had prepared hour in the sea. Wear- which killed Soleimani. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, was killed in January in a U.S. drone strike against Islamic Republic of ing masks when not in Tehran retaliated by firing in Baghdad. PHOTO: AFP Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) the water will be man- a volley of ballistic missiles at strife in the region. thanked Iran for releasing the for allegedly carrying cargoes datory. two military bases of US-led co- Earlier this month, US American hostage Michael of weapons of mass destruction Bathers will only alition forces in Iraq, leading to President Donald Trump White, saying that, ‘it shows a (WMD) .—ANI be allowed if they are alone, and beaches will only be open at certain times of the day. Social Trump to resume campaign rallies this month as distancing will apply when the beaches are states relax Covid restrictions open. Surfing is a huge- WASHINGTON—President Don- The Washington Post. ingly determined to get back out Trump’s campaign for the longest ly popular sport in ald Trump is expected to restart “The Great American Come- on the road, fueled by polling that stretch since he announced his Peru with more than his “Keep America Great” rallies back is real and the rallies will be shows him trailing presumptive candidacy five years ago. 60,000 practitioners, in upcoming weeks, his campaign tremendous. Democratic nominee Joe Biden In recent weeks, states have and many popular surf team has said, following several You’ll again see the kind of five months out from the Novem- begun relaxing their restrictions, beaches are located in months off the trail amid the coro- crowds and enthusiasm that ber election, according to officials although it remains unclear and around the capital navirus pandemic. Sleepy Joe Biden can only dream who were not authorized to speak whether governors and local of- Lima. “Americans are ready to get of,” Parscale added publicly about the campaign’s ficials will be open to holding the The local munici- back to action and so is Presi- Parscale had previously plans. types of large-scale rallies that pality in the Miraflores dent Trump,” Trump campaign said the rallies would probably The pandemic, which has Trump has credited with helping district of Lima said on manager Brad Parscale said on resume in late summer. claimed the lives of at least to propel him to the White House Twitter that beachgo- Monday in a statement cited by But Trump has been increas- 109,000 Americans, has grounded in 2016. — ANI ers should “avoid using vehicles to arrive at the beach.” Miraflores is a US and Russia to resume nuclear talks, but China casts cloud popular neighborhood MOSCOW—Russia called Tues- mament treaty, warning that US Sergei Ryabkov will meet in Vi- expires in February. among tourists and day on the United States to make insistence on including China enna on June 22 with US envoy President Donald Trump has boasts five kilometers a “positive” proposal as the pow- could scuttle efforts. Marshall Billingslea to start ne- walked out on a number of inter- (three miles) of coast- ers open talks on a major disar- Deputy Foreign Minister gotiations on New START, which national agreements but voiced line, including the a general interest in preserving largest number of surf New START, which obliged the beaches in the capital. United States and Russia to halve While surfers will their inventories of strategic nu- be allowed to ride the clear missile launchers. waves, surf schools are But the Trump administra- not allowed to open nor tion says that a successor to New rent out boards. START, a Cold War legacy negoti- As well as surfing, ated under Barack Obama, should other water sports such bring in China — whose nuclear as wind-surfing, sailing arsenal is growing but remains and swimming are al- significantly smaller than those lowed. of Russia and the United States. Peru surpassed Addressing the Council on 200,000 coronavirus cas- Foreign Relations by videoconfer- es on Tuesday, making ence, Ryabkov described the US the South American willingness to start negotiations country the eighth as “good news” but said: “The worst-hit nation in the Military vehicles carry surface-to-air missiles in an October 2019 parade in Tiananmen Square to mark the 70th ball is on the American part of world.—AFP anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. PHOTO: AFP the court.” — AFP 11 JUNE 2020 12 BIZ / AD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Honda cyberattack halts Cambodia inks deal to export mangoes to China plants in India, Brazil PHNOM PENH —Cambodia has reached a key agreement with China to export mangoes to the Asian giant, the government said Wednesday.Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon told Kyodo News that under the deal, which he signed Tuesday with Chinese Am- bassador Wang Wentian, Cambodia will be permitted to export 500,000 tonnes of fresh mangoes per year to China. The agreement, which covers phytosanitary requirements for the export of mangoes, was hailed by both sides as a milestone in agricultural cooperation between the two countries. Currently, Cambodia exports mangoes to seven countries including South Korea, Russia and France. Last year it exported over 58,000 tonnes of fresh mangoes. The exports to China will involve some 20 mango farming companies as well as a South Korean-owned treatment facility Mangoes are the second Cambodian agricultural product to be approved for export to China following bananas, which were given the green light in 2019.—Kyodo

S.Korean banks’ corporate lending Honda said the cyberattack was still affecting at least four plants globally. PHOTO: AFP posts biggest May growth TOKYO—Honda plants in Brazil woman told AFP on Wednesday. fected 11 Honda plants -- includ- SEOUL—South Korean banks’ corporate lending posted the biggest and India have halted operations Motorcycle plants in India ing five in the US, according to May growth as companies rushed to secure liquidity on worry about as the Japanese carmaker battles and Brazil were still out of action local media reports. the COVID-19 outbreak, central bank data showed Wednesday.Banks’ to recover from a cyberattack following the attack, while a four- All US plants have resumed lending to companies amounted to 945.1 trillion won (793.2 billion that affected several factories wheel vehicle plant in Turkey re- operations, the spokeswoman U.S. dollars) as of the end of May, up 16 trillion won (13.4 billion U.S. worldwide. The cyberattack at sumed operations on Wednesday, said, declining to elaborate fur- dollars) from a month earlier, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK). the beginning of the week tar- the spokeswoman said. ther. She said the suspension It marked the biggest May expansion since relevant data began to geted Honda’s internal servers The firm was “still investi- would have only a limited impact be compiled in June 2009. The corporate lending soared 27.9 trillion and spread a virus through the gating details”, she said. on Honda’s business globally.— won (23.4 billion U.S. dollars) in April and 18.7 trillion won (15.7 billion company’s systems, a spokes- In total, the cyberattack af- AFP U.S. dollars) in March respectively.—AFP

THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR MINISTRY OF ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY Virus crisis forces Spain’s Inditex into the red DEPARTMENT OF HYDROPOWER ARTEIXO—Spain’s Indi- The figure included euros ($3.7 billion) from 5.9 online sales, which ac- IMPLEMENTATION tex, which owns fashion a provision of 308 million billion euros a year earlier, counted for 14 percent in Invitation to tender for the Design, Supply and Supervision of chain Zara, said Wednes- euros for work in its shops with the group closing up 2019, posted strong growth erection and commissioning of Hydraulic Steel Structue and day it would focus on which was already under to 88 per cent of its stores of 50 percent during the Electromechanical Works for Nam Pa Nga Hydropower Project. growing its online business way before the crisis took at the height of the lock- first quarter, and even after posting its first Q1 hold. down, among them Zara, increased by 95 per cent 1. The Ministry of Electricity and Energy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Department of Hydropower Implementation loss in nearly 20 years as Sales plummeted by Massimo Dutti, Bershka, year-on-year in April, the (DHPI), hereinafter called the Employer, seeks to invites qualified the pandemic devastated 44 per cent to 3.3 billion Oysho and Pull&Bear. But company said.—AFP Contractors and/or Joint Ventures to submit Tenders for the design, sales. supply and supervision of erection and commissioning of Hydraulic Steel Structure and Electromechanical works for “The COVID-19 pan- Nam Pa Nga Small Hydropower Project (Delivered Duty demic has had a material Paid - at Site Basis). impact on our operations 2. The project is located on the Nampanga Chaung, one of the main as lockdown and restric- tributaries of Chindwin River, on the territory of the Homalin Township area, Sagaing Region of the Republic of the Union tions have been in place in of Myanmar. most markets,” executive 3. A complete set of Tender documents can be purchased within chairman Pablo Isla told office hours upon payment of a non-refundable fee of 300,000 analysts. MMK (Three Hundred Thousand in Myanmar Kyat) at the following office by June 25, 2020. The textile giant post- Procurement Branch ed a first-quarter loss of Department of Hydropower Implementation 409 million euros, com- Office Building No. 27, Nay Pyi Taw Republic of the Union of Myanmar pared with a net profit of Telephone: 009567-8104189, 009567-8104190, 009567-8104191 734 million euros in 2019, E-mail : [email protected] in what was its first loss The coronavirus is having a ‘severe but temporary’ impact on Zara’s business, as one analyst 4. Tender Submission Date is 9th ,of July 2020 at 13:00 (Myanmar since it went public in 2001. put it. PHOTO: AFP Standard Time). 5. Tenderers must be submitted the proposals to the address above on Tender Submission Date. Any late proposal shall be rejected. 6. All tenders shall be rejected if they submit their proposals by circulation order electronic or express services. 7. Technical envelop will be opened in the presence of tenderer’s is in easier way. representatives, who choose to attend at the address above after 13:00 hours (Myanmar Standard Time) on Tender Submission Date. Hot Line : 8. Any request for the extension of Tender Submission Date Embassy of India, Yangon 09974424848 shall not be allowed. Tender Notice Tender Committee Requirement of Manpower – one Receptionist, one Office Assistant Advertise with us/ Department of Hydropower Implementation and one MTS. Details are available in the Embassy’s website Ministry of Electricity and Energy https://embassyofindiayangon.gov.in/ Tender - Tender (Embassy’s) Hot Line : Nay Pyi Taw and CPP Portal. The last date is 24 June, 2020. 018604530 11 JUNE 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ECON/AD 13

Australian media companies to cut jobs Invitation for Prequalification Country: Republic of the Union of Myanmar further amid COVID-19 downturn Name of Project: Myanmar Power System Efficiency and Resilience Project Contract Title: Design, Supply, Installation, Testing and SYDNEY—Two major Commissioning of a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Australian media com- Power Plant of around 300MW Net Power Capacity panies, the Australian Sector: Energy Broadcasting Corporation Prequalification Reference No.: EPGE-PQ-01/2020 (ABC) and the News Corp Date: June 11, 2020

Australia, were both set to 1. The Government of Myanmar has applied for financing from cut jobs further to save the the World Bank toward the cost of the Ywama new Combined cost, Australian Associat- Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plant and intends to apply ed Press (AAP) reported part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Design, Supply, and Installation of a CCGT Power Plant of on Tuesday. around 300MW Net Power Capacity. To meet the Austral- 2. Electric Power Generation Enterprise (EPGE) under the ian federal government’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) intends to prequalify budget cut, the ABC man- contractors for performance of the construction of a power plant at the Ywama site, located in the suburb of Yangon. The plant will agement said they were be built using the combined cycle gas technology and the scope of prepared to cut more than works is for a full turn-key power plant; including the demolition 200 positions across all di- of existing units, engineering, procurement, construction and visions in the company, installation of equipment, testing, and commissioning of the News Corp will stop printing more than 100 regional and local newspapers. - Pic source: new power plant. The time for completion of the facilities is with voluntary redundan- News Corp estimated to be of 36 months. The detailed scope of the contract cies offered to its staff. is outlined in Section VII of this Prequalification Document. It “The budget gap of 41 change proposals, we have pect dozens of jobs to be small number” of staff but is expected that the Request for Bids will be made in 2020. million Australian dollars decided to provide employ- axed as the company will likely to keep its’ editorial 3. Prequalification will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for (28 million U.S. dollars) per ees in divisions where it is merge the production and positions separate from IPF Borrowers July 2016, revised November 2017 and August annum means that despite anticipated that more than editorial positions in its metropolitan papers. 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible our best efforts some of 10 redundancies will be re- two metropolitan newspa- Australia’s media Applicants as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4. Interested eligible Applicants may obtain further information our services will be affect- quired with an opportunity pers, The Daily Telegraph sector has gone through from EPGE at the address below during office hours 09.30 ed and, regrettably, there to express an interest in in Sydney and The Herald widespread job cuts and to 16.30 hr (Myanmar Standard Time). A complete set of will be redundancies,” redundancy.” Sun in Melbourne. closure in recent months the prequalification document in English language can be ABC’s managing director Meanwhile, staff at The company’s na- with hundreds of jobs lost available by interested Applicants on the submission of a written application to the address below by email from the date of David Anderson said. News Corp Australia are tional newspaper, The during the process.—Xin- announcement. The document will be sent by e-mail. “As we finalize those told at the same day to ex- Australian will also cut “a hua 5. Applications for prequalification should be submitted in sealed envelopes delivered to the address below by August 20, 2020, 14:00 hr Myanmar Standard Time and be clearly marked “Application to Prequalify for Ywama New Combine Cycle Egypt cleans up for return of tourists Gas Turbine (CCGT) Power Plant(ICB EPGE-PQ-01/2020)” Late applications may be rejected by Electric Power Generation CAIRO—Hotels have ramped up hy- The North African country, like far registered around 35,000 COV- Enterprise (EPGE) under the Ministry of Electricity and Energy giene, archaeological sites have been others, has in recent weeks started ID-19 cases, including more than (MOEE). Attn: Managing Director sanitized and beaches cleaned up -- loosening confinement measures as 1,200 fatalities. Office No.27, Nay Pyi Taw, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Egypt is gearing up to welcome back it looks to slowly open up to tourists The minister said Red Sea re- Phone: +95 9 2225181, +95 9 5133511 tourists kept away by the coronavirus in the summer season. sorts including in South Sinai will be E-mail: [email protected] pandemic. “We are waiting for our curve the first to open along with Mediter- “We are laying the groundwork (of contaminations) to stabilize,” the ranean beaches west of the coastal for tourists from around the world to minister said. city of Alexandria. find this destination ... in exemplary Conditions for international tour- Top tourist attractions such as Circulation order is in easier way. sanitary conditions,” Egypt’s antiq- ism will be announced in the “coming the Giza pyramids and Luxor’s Kar- uities and tourism minister, Khaled days”, he said, adding that the govern- nak temple will also reopen to tourists Hot Line : al-Anani, told AFP. ment was “not rushing” it. but with controls. Advertise with us/ Egypt has since March halted air “All we want is to make sure that Luxor’s star attraction, the tomb traffic and shuttered archaeological tourists face no problems when we of Tutankhamun, for example, will 09974424848 Hot Line : sites, museums and hotels to stem open up.” grant entry to a maximum of 10 peo- the spread of COVID-19. Egypt’s health ministry has so ple at a time, Anani said.—AFP 018604530

CLAIM DAY NOTICE CLAIM DAY NOTICE CLAIM DAY NOTICE M.V OLYMPIA VOY. NO. (022S) M.V KUO TAI VOY. NO. (212N/S) M.V THERESA GRACE Consignees of cargo carried on M.V OLYMPIA Consignees of cargo carried on M.V KUO TAI VOY. Consignees of cargo carried on M.V THERESA VOY. NO. (022S) are hereby notified that the vessel will NO. (212N/S) are hereby notified that the vessel will be GRACE VOY. NO. (02.20) are hereby notified that the be arriving on 11-6-2020 and cargo will be discharged arriving on 11-6-2020 and cargo will be discharged into vessel will be arriving on 12-6-2020 and cargo will be into the premises of MITT/TMT where it will lie at the the premises of MIP where it will lie at the consignee’s risk discharged into the premises of WILMAR where it will consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the and conditions of the Port of Yangon. the Port of Yangon. byelaws 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 SEALAND MAERSK ASIA AGENT FOR: M/S CONTINENTAL SHIPPING AGENT FOR: M/S BEN LINE AGENCIES PTE LTD LINE (S'PORE) PTE LTD Phone No: 2301185 Phone No: 2301185 Phone No: 2301928 11 JUNE 2020 14 ARTICLE THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR BOARD STRUCTURE FOR CRISES TIMES: A CHANGE OF ROLES

By: Cherry Trivedi, Aung Myat Khaing and Benedikt Bevec

OMPANIES operating even its very existence. It will governance. It has an impera- in Myanmar undergo a always require an executive-lev- tive duty to ensure organizations Crapid development ever el response, a so-called board have an appropriate corporate since the opening to the world or committee of the board. Un- governance structure and cul- economy. Catching up to inter- der such circumstances, board ture. The fiduciary duty inherits national standards is on the members are often challenged that decisions are made to the agenda of many organizations, in ways that may be unfamiliar benefit of the whole company its but often hindered by externally to them as they are drawn into shareholders, and ideally to the inflicted crises such as natural a more active role. benefit of all stakeholders. disasters or political instability. Based on MIoD’s certified The board of directors is the Strong leadership in difficult members’ experience sharing, trustee of the shareholders’ in- times is essential to grow a busi- the frequency and velocity of terest and is charged with fidu- ness and make it thrive over a crises is growing. The last dec- ciary responsibility. In the con- long period of time. The board of ade alone has brought us the text of corporate governance, directors can directly influence banking crisis, political trans- the meaning of fiduciary is un- which path a company takes dur- formation, Cyclone Nargis, trad- wavering, trustful, undoubting. ing a crisis and how it channels ing policies changes, and not to Failure of such often leads to its assets and networks. This re- mention high profile governance significant operational losses PHOTO: SUPPLIED quires a conscience awareness failures. These similar kinds of and missed opportunities; and of how the board is composed crises will be happening in this materializes on the (triple) bot- erate on manual data collection members. CEOs present only and which role it plays when increasingly volatile environ- tom of a company. Boards are and lack digital infrastructure facts that supported the deal push comes to shove. Pre-de- ment, speeded up by climate responsible for safeguarding such as Enterprise Resource without adding out-of-the-box fined crisis management plans, change. It is no longer possible the corporate governance and Planning software or Customer thinking related to risk mitiga- a balanced-board, and sufficient to simply say “this crisis may not viability of the organization. How Relationship Management sys- tion. information supply frameworks relate to our type of business” or crises are handled are, thus, a tems, senior management has Thirdly, board rooms often play a crucial way in weathering “ya par tal!”. central preoccupation for the an increased influence of the ac- decide their deals before in- economic and natural turmoil. During this COVID-19 pe- board of every organization, curacy of supplied information. clusive discussions, and make riod, scholars and business op- regardless of the size and local, Secondly, board members business cases based on older THE BOARD’S ROLE TO erators keep questioning how regional, or global focus. PLAY was high-level leadership of the If the frequency and velocity If we are all in agreement on the decision company involved with crisis of crises are increasing contin- A crisis does not mean that handling and its organization? uously since many years, why – then I propose we postpone further there is a bad day in the office; a How and when was the board do boards still struggle to be discussion of this matter until our next crisis can affect multiple levels involved? prepared. meeting to give ourselves time to develop of a company, such as a com- The board of directors is an pany’s value and reputation or essential element in corporate THE IMPORTANCE OF SUF- disagreement and perhaps gain some FICIENT INFORMATION understanding of what the decision is all SUPPLY about. - Alfred P. Sloan (1875 – 1966) A board is only able to make educated decisions based on the information it is supplied with. are in a difficult situation to eval- assumptions of the way of do- Insufficient information supply uate which information is rele- ing business. Board members is a key challenge to this. Re- vant and indicates risk. When and specific committees too of- ports and data are generated China first reported the cluster ten rely on a person or a single in the course of daily operation, infections of COVID-19 to the source opinion as a trusted ex- usually under the supervision of World Health Organization in pert. Over the positive assump- The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, is a senior management. CEOs and December 2019, it was not yet tion, they identify some obvious prominent negative example of information processing managers, who are in contact foreseeable how this informa- risks, but patiently assure the failure Lehman Brothers was a financial services firm with the operations team on a tion will influence companies, board that executives under- investing in high-risk real estate mortgages. The com- daily basis, have an informa- especially those not related to stand those risks and would pany went bankrupt in 2008 due a drastic devaluation tion advantage over the board the healthcare sector or not have them all under control and of invested assets. Stakeholders that signalled concerns and are gatekeepers on which operating internationally. Most well monitored. about the high leverage risk this investment strategy in- information will be forwarded boards make decisions based on herited included shareholder of competitors, the Secu- and presented to the board their limited knowledge received BOARD COMPOSITION AS rities and Exchange Commission and selected govern- members. This poses a potential from outside of board rooms. A RISK MITIGATION TOOL ment departments of the United States. Yet, concerned threat as the top management is Mostly top executives convince stakeholders had no systematic way to reach the board usually compensated on meas- the chairman of the board or Who serves on an organiza- urable key performance indica- tion’s board plays an important of directors of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. board committees of a deal’s tors. In Myanmar particularly, value and together they set out role in the ability to monitor and where many companies still op- to convince the remaining board offer support to the manage- 11 JUNE 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTICLE 15

ronment of Myanmar, age does ing of the company, must display liable and actually reaches the of board members is still an open not necessarily translate into their care for each individual board room. This includes fos- question and there is no per- wisdom. Business models and inside and around the organi- tering relationships with stake- fect answer to it. What is more consumer behaviour change zation. That includes daily con- holders, especially those that important anyways, is not how rapidly, and the younger gener- ference calls and engagements have an interest in the success many people serve on the board, ation is keener to keep up with with all levels of the company. of the company. A functioning but who serves on it. the change. A balanced board Such occurrences could turn risk management committee consists of different generations out to be the most important is responsible that critical in- Independent Directors that, in crisis times, combine the engagements a person has formation can reach the board American energy compa- experience and wisdom of older during his or her tenure. To room from either insiders or ny Enron Corp. melted down generations with new ideas and make a smooth transition from from external sources. in 2001 because it lacked inde- practices of the younger gen- a monitoring board member on Myanmar is a country that pendent directors, and several erations. observation and advisory duty, is especially exposed to a mul- are quite long in the tooth. Cor- to an active board member exe- titude of risks. The recent open- porate boards have been shaken The Role Of Risk Manage- cuting tangible actions, a Crisis ing and fast development of the up and made over. In Myanmar it ment Committees Management Plan is required in local economy causes a rapid is mostly public companies that A risk management com- any organization, so that it could change in business models and have more independent direc- mittee is a dedicated workforce answer before the crisis causes consumer behaviours, as well as tors these days, and nearly all compiled of board members that too much damage. a dependence of trade activities of them (up from roughly a third are experienced in risk man- Crisis experience may not with neighbouring countries. just a few years ago) have ap- agement. The committee’s main be a key requirement when com- Political instability and natural pointed lead or presiding direc- duty is to oversee risk policies panies and shareholders place disasters pose further risks that tors to help ensure the board’s and risk management practices board members, but it is in these can disrupt a company’s opera- vigilance in company affairs. of the company. It is further in situations, where good boards tion with little to no warning. A Independent directors are charge to monitor systematic can have an impeccable impact well-balanced board and active board members that are not risk inside and outside the indus- on the company and develop a risk management committees employed, nor have material or try, as well as global risk such truly board-driven competitive are proven measurements pecuniary relationships to the as the COVID-19 pandemic or advantage. companies can apply to avoid company. They often come from a financial crisis. The chair of the risk man- or mitigate disruption as much different industries and have the When a crisis scenario agement committee must make as possible. function to bring in an outside emerges, board members, who sure that information provided perspective. Questions asked are responsible for the well-be- to the board is trustworthy, re- by independent directors might sound trivial to industry-insiders ment, regarding risk mitigation but can reveal fundamental mis- and risk policies. It influences understandings amongst board how information is requested, members. Having an increased processed, and interpreted. A number of independent direc- well-balanced board is more tors helps mitigating risk and likely to identify risk earlier avert crises. As they work in dif- and make strategic decisions ferent industries, independent that prepare an organization for directors can enrich the board the future, or immediate disrup- with creative solutions to cur- tions. Key parameters for board rent or future challenges. Their composition are board size, the engagement with related stake- number of independent direc- holders provides independent tors, and age heterogeneity. directors with a broader over- sight over systematic risks and Board Size shifts across industries. An in- creased number of independent How many persons should directors is a good assessment serve on a board differs for tool to evaluate information pre- every organization, but it has sented to the board and compare shown that having between 7 to it to relevant metrics from their 14 people sitting on the board of respective industries. directors lowers the impact risk Furthermore, independent has on a company. More board directors have a higher moti- members increase the capacity vation to monitor the company, to monitor the company and un- since they face an increased derstand the informational that reputational risk by leading is presented to them more effec- companies outside their specific tively. Having too many people industry. Mismanagement and appointed as board members, maladministration of a compa- though, inherits the risk for de- ny will affect his/her reputation layed decision-making as it is in this industry, as well as the more difficult to find consensus. industry the independent direc- Globally, the number of board tors originate from. members averages around 9 – which is a remarkably stable av- Age Heterogeneity erage over the years and across This parameter refers to countries. the age difference between the Bigger boards are usually youngest board member and found at large conglomerates the oldest. A certain degree of and globally operating enterpris- experience is required to be es, such as Wal-Mart or General a good board member. In the Electric (GE). The ideal number fast-changing economic envi- PHOTO: SUPPLIED 11 JUNE 2020 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Myanmar National League scheduled to resume on 16 July

MYANMAR National League National League clubs, football Stadium and Myanmar Nation- matches which have postponed authorities from MFF and MNL al League II matches will be for the global outbreak of pan- attended the meeting to discuss launched form 22 July to 28 demic in March is being planned restarting the Myanmar Nation- August at Padonmar Stadium, to restart on 16 July, accord- al League matches next month. Salin Stadium and Bahan M-3 ing to the Myanmar National Upon restarting the MNL artificial turf and South Dagon League committee meeting matches, football authorities Stadium. held at the Novotel Yangon Max will request permission to hold Next, General Aung San Hotel in Yangon yesterday. the national league matches Shield matches will be held President of the Myanmar from government in the cou- from 16 July to 26 September at Football Federation and Myan- ples of day. Thuwunna Stadium, Padonmar mar National League Commit- When the government Stadium, Salin Stadium, Bahan tee, U Zaw Zaw, vice president allowed to hold the tourney, M-3 artificial turf and South of the MFF and MNL Commit- Myanmar National League Dagon Stadium. tee, Dr Sai Sam Tun, vice pres- matches will be held from 16 Detailed fixtures will be ident of the MFF and owner of July to 12 September at Thu- released soon, according to U Zaw Zaw, President of the Myanmar Football Federation and the Yangon United, U Pye Phyo wunna Stadium, Yangon United the Myanmar National League Myanmar National League, discusses on restarting football matches at Tay Za, owners of the Myanmar Sports Complex and Padonmar Committee.—Lynn Thit (Tgi) the yesterday's MNL Committee Meeting. PHOTO: MNL Stoke manager O’Neill tests Roger Federer out of postive for coronavirus tennis until 2021 after knee surgery “Stoke City can confirm that manager Michael O’Neill has PARIS — Twenty-time Grand ward to seeing everyone back tested positive for the Covid-19 Slam singles champion Roger on tour at the start of the 2021 virus following the latest round Federer said Wednesday he season.” The announcement of testing on Monday (June 8),” would be sidelined until 2021 af- is likely to renew speculation read a club statement. ter undergoing his second knee about retirement for Federer, “O’Neill had tested negative operation in a matter of months. who holds the record for men’s in the previous five rounds of The 38-year-old Swiss said Grand Slam singles titles and testing. he needed follow-up arthroscop- was last month named as the “He will now follow the rel- ic surgery “a few weeks ago” af- world’s highest-paid athlete. evant guidance and undergo a ter undergoing a similar keyhole Federer, whose first ma- period of isolation, whilst con- procedure in February. jor trophy was in 2003, lies just tinuing to be in regular virtual Federer, whose last Grand ahead of his fierce rivals Rafael contact with his coaching staff Slam win was the 2018 Austral- Nadal (19) and Novak Djokovic and players.” ian Open, said he “experienced (17) on the all-time list. O’Neill tested positive for coronavirus after testing negative on five O’Neill’s assistant Billy a setback during (his) initial re- After the initial operation previous occasions. PHOTO : AFP/FILE McKinlay will prepare the team habilitation”. Federer had originally planned for their game with Reading on “I plan to take the necessary to return for the now cancelled LONDON — A friendly be- coronavirus. June 20 when the Championship time to be 100 percent ready to grass court season this month. tween Manchester United and Stoke had arrived at Unit- resumes after being suspended play at my highest level,” he said His last tournament match was Stoke was called off at the last ed’s Carrington training base in March due to the pandemic. in a statement on Twitter. on January 30 in the Australian minute after the manager of the on Tuesday and were in the Stoke are just three points “I will be missing my fans Open semi-final, where he lost Championship side, Michael academy building when they above the relegation zone with and the tour dearly to eventual champion Djokovic. O’Neill, was diagnosed with found out. nine games remaining.—AFP but I will look for- —AFP Beyond bizarre: Thomas has ‘different feel’ as PGA Tour returns

LOS ANGELES — Justin lenge will be full of firsts as we’re just go- ing to teeing up at the Thomas says getting back into the PGA Tour’s restart begins have to get over the course in Fort Worth, the swing of things on the PGA Thursday in Texas with the fact that it’s going to be Texas. Tour after a three-month break 148-field teeing off at the Colo- different and be a little weird.” Some of the sport’s due to the coronavirus pandem- nial Country Club. World number one Rory top players from outside ic has a different feel to it. “I would say 2020 is beyond McIlroy and second-ranked Jon of North America de- It means daily tempera- a bizarre year so far, and espe- Rahm of Spain lead a strong cided to skip the event ture checks, filling out health cially in the world of sports it’s field that includes 15 of the because travelling to Justin Thomas is looking forward questionnaires, knowing where just going to be different,” said world’s top 20 players. the US would mean a to playing this week at the Colonial, the hand-sanitizing stations are the former world number one World number three Brooks two-week quarantine, the first event of the PGA’s restart and social distancing on the tee Thomas. Koepka, defending champion including 10th-ranked which will feature new health and boxes. “If we all want to get back Kevin Na, Dustin Johnson Englishman Tommy Fleet- safety guidelines and no spectators. PHOTO : AFP The Charles Schwab Chal- and play the game that we love and Phil Mickelson are also wood.—AFP