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Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council State Administration Council Law No (4/2021) Amendment of Law Protecting the Privacy and Security of the Citizens

2nd Waxing of Tabodwe 1382ME 13 February 2021

1. The State Administration Council enacts this law according to Article 419 of the State Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. 2. This law shall be called the Amendment of Law Protecting the Privacy and Security of the Citizens. 3. The stipulations of Sections 5, 7 and 8 of the Law Protecting the Privacy and Security of the Citizens shall be suspended in accordance with Article 420 of State Constitution. 4. This law shall be deemed to be effective only during the period when the State Administration Council is assigned to the State Power according to Article 419 of the State Constitution. I hereby sign under Article 419 of the State Constitution. Sd/ Min Aung Hlaing Senior General Chairman State Administration Council

MoHS receives cash assistance for COVID-19 prevention

THE Ministry of Health and Sports received K300 million for COV- ID-19 prevention and control activities from Aung family lived in Pyay Avenue (2), Mayangon Township, yesterday morning in Nay Pyi Taw. At the donation ceremony, Union Minister Dr Thet Khine Win said the first wave and the second wave of COVID-19 were overcome as well as the COVID-19 control measures were optimized with the participation of the people, volunteers, the staff from the Ministry of Health and Sports and donations from the generous donors. He added the measures to prevent the coming waves by the Central Epidemiology Unit, the importance of the COVID-19 vaccination, the Standard Operation Procedure for relevant sectors to generate the socio-economic activities, keeping cash assistance at the relevant banks and money usage with the permission of the Central Committee without any waste. After receiving the cash assistance, the Union Minister returned the certificate of honour and expressed words of thanks.—MNA

Union Minister Dr Thet Khine Win presents the certificate of honour to the donor on 13 February. PHOTO: MNA 14 FEBRUARY 2021 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council State Administration Council Law No (3/2021) Fourth Amendment of the Ward or Village-Tract Administration Law 2nd Waxing of Tabodwe 1382ME 13 February 2021

1. The State Administration Council hereby enacts this Law according to Article 419 of the State Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. 2. This Law shall be called the Fourth Amendment of the Ward or Village-Tract Administration Law. 3. The sub-section (g) of Section 13 of the Ward or Village-Tract Administration Law shall be substituted as follows: (g) receiving and granting the information of guest list for overnight guests from other wards or village-tracts, inspecting the guest list and taking action if failed to inform the guest list; 4. After sub-section (c) of Section 16, sub-section (d) shall be added as follows: (d) if it fails to carry out in accordance with sub-section (a), (b) and (c), the Township Administrator can assign a person to the duties of acting ward or village-tract administrators by seeking the permission of respective region or state administration councils or Nay Pyi Taw council. 5. Section 17 shall be substituted as follows: 17. The person residing in the ward or village-tract shall inform the relevant Ward or Village-Tract Administrator if any of the following cases arises (a) coming and putting up as the overnight guest who is not listed in his family unit and is residing in other ward or village-tract. (b) departure of the guest who comes and puts up. 6. Section 27 shall be substituted as follows: 27. Whoever fails to carry out duty contained in sections 17, 18 and 19 shall be punished with fine not exceeding ten thousand kyats. If default to pay the fine, he shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding seven days by the relevant court. 7. Subsections (b) and (c) of Section 28 shall be substituted as follows: (b) subsidy to those temporarily appointed in accordance with sub-section (c) or (d) of Section 16 (c) lump-sum subsidy if he serves the entire term of duty efficiently; 8. Section 33 shall be substituted as follows: 33. The Ward or Village-Tract Administrator shall not collect any currency in respect of guest list information. I hereby sign under Article 419 of the State Constitution. Sd/ Min Aung Hlaing Senior General Chairman State Administration Council

Special Session of Human Rights Council on Myanmar held AT the request of the United the policies of the State Admin- Kingdom of Great Britain and istration Council and plans to be Northern Ireland, a special implemented during the period session of the Human Rights of State of Emergency. He also Council on Myanmar was held said that Myanmar will continue on 12 February 2021 in Geneva, to adhere to the Independent, Switzerland. During the session, Active and Non-aligned For- the United Kingdom and the eign Policy; uphold the princi- European Union jointly tabled ples of peaceful co-existence a resolution on the current sit- and engage with the United uation in Myanmar. Nations towards lasting peace Before the submis- and stability and sustained sion of the draft resolution, the development to the benefit of Permanent Representative of the people. Furthermore, he Myanmar, Ambassador U My- stated that Myanmar has nev- int Thu, made a statement and er accepted a country specific explained the present situation resolution which is politicized in Myanmar, including the as- and unbalanced. He added that The special session of the Human Rights Council on Myanmar was held in Geneva on 12 February 2021. PHOTO: MNA sumption of the State respon- such attempt can further com- sibility by the Tatmadaw on 1 plicate the prevailing situation and order, peace and stability manner, Myanmar dissociated and Philippines also dissociated February 2021 in accordance in the country and hamper the and the socio-economic devel- itself from the resolution. Chi- themselves from the resolution. with State Constitution (2008), prevalence of maintaining law opment of the people. In this na, Russia, Venezuela, Bolivia —MNA

Request to Public

1. Democracy practices have granted the public freedom of speech, practices and living. Such freedoms should not harm others. Diverse views of others should be understood, but should not be disturbed or harassed. However, with the reason for human rights, some persons are now under pressure, harassed and threatened in breaching the laws. Undisciplined acts could lead to tarnishing the image of democracy. 2. For preventing destructive actions against the stability of the State, the safety of the public and the rule of law, it is also required to take proper actions in line with the law. 3. All the people who favour justice, freedom, equality and safety are requested to oppose breaching the laws and prevent such actions for the benefit of country and people. ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ ၁၁၊ ၂၀၂၁ 14ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ FEBRUARY ၁၁၊ ၂၀၂၁ 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3

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N on 9 February 2021) N NNMNMNNNMNMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNMNMNNNMNMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN ဗဟိုဘဏ် အဖွဲ့ဝင်များအဖဖစ် ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပပး ေန်ေုန်မမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီ ဖွဲ့စည်း ဗဟိုဘဏ် အဖွဲ့ဝင်များအဖဖစ် ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပပး ေန်ေုန်မမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီ ဖွဲ့စည်း Announcementပြည်ဖောင်စုသမတပမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖတာ် to the civil servants whoပြည်ဖောင်စုသမတပမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖတာ် fail to perform ပြည်ဖောင်စုသမတပမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖတာ် ပြည်ဖောင်စုသမတပမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖတာ် နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် (၄၆/ ၂၀၂၁)their duties for various reasonsအမိန့်အမှတ် (၄၇ / ၂၀၂၁) အမိန့်အမှတ် (၄၆/ ၂၀၂၁) အမိန့်အမှတ် (၄၇ / ၂၀၂၁) 1. Civil servants are the၁၃၈၂ people ခုနှစ်၊ ပြာသိုလပြည့်ဖေျာ်who are working to၁၄ make ရေ် the whole state machinery function well. No matter၁၃၈၂ how ခုနှစ်၊much ပြာသိုလပြည့်ဖေျာ် the political, economic ၁၄ ရေ် or government changes, ၁၃၈၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ပြာသိုလပြည့်ဖေျာ် ၁၄ ရေ် ၁၃၈၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ပြာသိုလပြည့်ဖေျာ် ၁၄ ရေ် civil servants must perform၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ the ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ duties to function ၁၀ ရေ် the state machinery. They must abide by the rules and regulations၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ regarding working ၁၀ ရေ် hours, performance, and conduct in the workplace၂၀၂၁ inခုနှစ်၊ accordance ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ with ၁၀ theရေ် Civil Service Law and Employee Ethics. Those who breach၂၀၂၁ the ခုနှစ်၊ employee ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ethics ၁၀ andရေ် misconduct can be taken ဗဟိုဘဏ်အဖွဲ့ဝင်များအဖဖစ် ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပပးဖခင်း ေန်ေုန်မမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီ ဖွဲ့စည်းဖခင်း action in accordance with the့ provisions of the Civil Service Law. If an employee’s act or fail to serve is a possible offence, legal action့ will be taken. နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်တေးတောင်စီသည်ဗဟိုဘဏ်အဖွဲဝင်များအဖဖစ် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအတြခခံဥပတေ ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပပးဖခင်း ပုေ်မ ၄၁၉ အေ တအာေ်ပါပုဂိုလ်များေို နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ေန်ေုန်မမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီတေးတောင်စီသည် ေန်ေုန်မမို့တော်စည်ပင်သာယာတေးတ ဖွဲစည်းဖခင်းော်မေီေ ို တအာေ်ပါအေိုင်း နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်တေးတောင်စီသည် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအတြခခံဥပတေ ပုေ်မ ၄၁၉ အေ တအာေ်ပါပုဂိုလ်များေို နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်တေးတောင်စီသည် ေန်ေုန်မမို့တော်စည်ပင်သာယာတေးတော်မေီေ ို တအာေ်ပါအေိုင်း 2.ဗဟိုဘဏ် Therefore, အဖွဲ့ဝင်များအြဖစ် it is announced ခန့်အပ်ောဝန်တပးလိုေ်သည် to the civil ser - vants who fail to perform their duties forဖွဲ့စည်းလိုေ်သည် various reasons - to return to work as soon as possible while urging employees ဗဟိုဘဏ်to(၁) return အဖွဲ့ဝင်များအြဖစ်တေါေ်ော to work. ခင်နိုင်ဦး ခန့်အပ်ောဝန်တပးလိုေ်သည် - ဖွဲ့စည်းလိုေ်သည်(၁) ဥေဋ္ဌ၊ - မမို့တော်ဝန် (၂)(၁) ဦးတအာင်တေျာ်သန်းတေါေ်ော ခင်နိုင်ဦး (၂)(၁) ဥေဋ္ဌ၊ေုေိယဥေဋ္ဌ မမို့တော်ဝန် ၊ ေုေိယမမို့တော်ဝန် (၂) ဦးတအာင်တေျာ်သန်း (၃)(၂) အဖွဲ့ဝင်(၄)ဦးေုေိယဥေဋ္ဌ ၊ ေုေိယမမို့တော်ဝန် အမိန့်အရ (၄)(၃) အေွင်းတေးမှူးအဖွဲ့ဝင်(၄)ဦး အမိန့်အရ (ြုံ)ဖအာင်လင်းဖွေးNOTICE TO INFORM(၄) အေွင်းတေးမှူး ွုတိယဗိုလ်ချုြ်ကေီး(ြုံ)ဖအာင်လင်းဖွေး အမိန့်အရ ွုတိယဗိုလ်ချုြ်ကေီး အမိန့်အရ THE Myanmar Police Force has issued a statement saying toအတေင်းဖရးမှူး report about those courts for writing articles and speeches by using their popularity(ြုံ)ဖအာင်လင်းဖွေး on social media နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီအတေင်းဖရးမှူး ွုတိယဗိုလ်ချုြ်ကေီး(ြုံ)ဖအာင်လင်းဖွေး who have been issued the arrest warrants, for peace and stability in the country. that could harm the peace and order of the country, and the relevant courts have နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ ွုတိယဗိုလ်ချုြ်ကေီးအတေင်းဖရးမှူး The statement said that a state of emergency had been declared in the country issued arrest warrants under the Code of Criminal Procedure. နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီအတေင်းဖရးမှူး since 1 February, 2021, in accordance with Article 417 of the 2008 State Constitution As every citizen is responsible for the stability andနိုင်ငံ peaceဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ of the country, if of the မနပေးမမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီRepublic of the Union of Myanmar and efforts are being ဖွဲmade့စည်း to ensure you find any fugitives mentioned above or if you have information about them, the ruleမနပေးမမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီ of law and regular functioning of the state machinery. Meanwhile,ဖွဲ့စည်း Min report to the nearest police station or call the telephone numbers issued in each ပြည်ဖောင်စုသမတပမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖတာ် Ko Naing (a) Paw Oo Tun, Kyaw Min Yu (a) Jimmy, Htwe Lin (a) Lin Lin, Innsein state, region and Nay Pyi Taw and those who receive them will be taken action in ပြည်ဖောင်စုသမတပမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖတာ် ဖမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖပန်တမ်း နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ Aung Soe, Myo Yan Naung Thein, Eaint Poe U (a) Ei Pansalo and Maung Maung accordance with the law. ဖမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖပန်တမ်း နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ Aye have been charged underအမိန့်အမှတ် Section 505( ၄၈ (b) / ၂၀၂၁) of the Penal Code in the relevant အမိန့်အမှတ် ( ၄၈ / ၂၀၂၁) ဝန်ထမ်းအဖွဲ့အစည်းအကေီးအမှူးများ အတည်ဖပုခန့်ထားဖခင်း ၁၃၈၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ပြာသိုလပြည့်ဖေျာ် ၁၄ ရေ် ဝန်ထမ်းအဖွဲ့အစည်းအကေီးအမှူးများ အတည်ဖပုခန့်ထားဖခင်း ၁၃၈၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ပြာသိုလပြည့်ဖေျာ် ၁၄ ရေ် ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၁၀ ရေ် တအာေ်တဖာ်ြပပါ ဝန်ထမ်းအဖွဲ့အစည်းအကေီးအမှူးများေ ို အစမ်းခန့်ောလ ( ၁ ) နှစ် ြပည့်တြမာေ်သည့်တန့မှစ၍ ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၁၀ ရေ် အေည်ြပုခန့်ထားလိုေ်သည်တအာေ်တဖာ်ြပပါ ဝန်ထမ်းအဖွဲ့အစည်းအက - ေီးအမှူးများေ ို အစမ်းခန့်ောလ ( ၁ ) နှစ် ြပည့်တြမာေ်သည့်တန့မှစ၍ မနပေးမမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီ ဖွဲ့စည်းဖခင်း အေည်ြပုခန့်ထားလိုေ်သည် - ့ အမည် ဝန်ေမ်းအေေဲ့အစည်းအကေီးအမှူး နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်မနပေးမမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီတေးတောင်စီသည် မနတလးမမို့တော်စည်ပင်သာယာ ဖွဲစည်းဖခင်းတေးတော်မေီေ ို တအာေ်ပါအေိုင်း People pay homage at famous အမည် ဝန်ေမ်းအေေဲ့အစည်းအကေီးအမှူးရာေူး၊ ဌာန ဖွဲ့စည်းလိုေ်သည်နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်Public - တေးတောင်စီသည် Announcement မနတလးမမို့တော်စည်ပင်သာယာတေးတော်မေီေ ို တအာေ်ပါအေိုင်း (၁) ဦးေဲေိုးသွင်pagodas acrossဦးတောင်ညန်ကေားတေးမှူးရာ ေူး၊Myanmar ဌာန ဖွဲ့စည်းလိုေ်သည်(၁) ဥေဋ္ဌ၊ - မမို့တော်ဝန် 8 February 2021 (၁) ဦးေဲေိုးသွင် လပ်စစ်ဓာေ်အားြဖဦးတောင်ညန်ကေားတေးမှူးန့် ြဖူးတေးလုပ်ငန်း (၁) ဥေဋ္ဌ၊ မမို့တော်ဝန် (၂) ေုေိယဥေဋ္ဌ ၊ ေုေိယမမို့တော်ဝန် လပ်စစ်ဓာေ်အားြဖန့် ြဖူးတေးလုပ်ငန်း (၂) ေုေိယဥေဋ္ဌ ၊ ေုေိယမမို့တော်ဝန် PEOPLE paid homage at famous pago-လပ်စစ်နှင့်စွမ်းအင်ဝန်ကေီးဌာနand nuns paid their special homage (၃)Local banks အဖွဲ့ဝင်(၂)ဦး are providing daily services with helps in livelihoods and busi- (၂) ဦးဟိန်းထေ် ညန်ကေားတေးမှူးချုပ်လပ်စစ်နှင့်စွမ်းအင်ဝန်ကေီးဌာန (၄)(၃) အေွင်းတေးမှူးအဖွဲ့ဝင်(၂)ဦး das yesterday in Myanmar by following at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, nesses of the people. Regular banking services are fundamental to economy (၂) ဦးဟိန်းထေ် ညန်ကေားတေးမှူးချုပ် (၄) အေွင်းတေးမှူး COVID-19 safety rules. တေအားလပ်စစ်အတောင်အထည်တဖာ်တေးဦးစီးဌာနMaha Muni Pagoda in Mandalay, and of the country. The Central Bank of Myanmar is supervising the systematic Famous pagodas are now openingလပ်စစ်နှင့်စွမ်းအင်ဝန်ကေီးဌာနတေအားလပ်စစ်အတောင်အထည်တဖာ်တေးဦးစီးဌာန Uppatasanti Pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw အမိန့်အရ across(၃) the ဦးဝင်းတော်တအာင် nation starting from 8 Feb-ညန်ကေားတေးမှူးချုပ်လပ်စစ်နှင့်စွမ်းအင်ဝန်ကေီးဌာနyesterday. operation of banking services in the country. Peopleအမိန့်အရ are requested(ြုံ)ဖအာင်လင်းဖွေး to take part ruary,(၃) and ဦးဝင်းတော်တအာင် people could pay homage atညန်ကေားတေးမှူးချုပ် People can pay homage the Shwed- (ြုံ)ဖအာင်လင်းဖွေး ြပည်သူ့အင်အားဦးစီးဌာန in this process for ensuring economic stability of the country.ွုတိယဗိုလ်ချုြ်ကေီး these pagodas. agon Pagoda in Yangon at three times in ြပည်သူ့အင်အားဦးစီးဌာန ွုတိယဗိုလ်ချုြ်ကေီးအတေင်းဖရးမှူး Pagoda has been closed off for moreအလုပ်သမား၊ the morning: လူဝင်မကေီးကေပ်တေးနှင့် 6 am to 7 am, 8 am to 9 am, အလုပ်သမား၊ လူဝင်မကေီးကေပ်တေးနှင့် နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီအတေင်းဖရးမှူး than 10 months since 9 April 2020 duringြပည်သူ့အင်အားဝန်ကေီးဌာန and 10 am to 11 am, and three times in Central Bank of Myanmar နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ COVID-19 pandemic. ြပည်သူ့အင်အားဝန်ကေီးဌာနthe afternoon: 1pm to 2 pm, 3 pm to 4 pm, People including Buddhist monks and 5 pm to 6 pm respectively.—MNA 14 FEBRUARY 2021 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry Announcement No (2/2021)

2nd Waxing of Tabodwe 1382ME 13 February 2021

1. The government has been conducting relief measures on taxation to help ease the pain for businesses affected by COVID-19 pandemic and made an exemption for the 2 per cent advance income tax on exports from 1.4.2020 to 31.1.2021. 2. There are still socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, and the exemption for the 2 per cent advance income tax on exports will be extended to 28 February 2021 according to the permission of the State Administration Council.

Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry

State Administration Council’s Announcement

Some unscrupulous persons are putting various forms of pressures and posing threats to civil service personnel in performing their duties at present. The civil service personnel who have encountered such pressures and threats shall contact the following phone numbers. Strong legal actions will also be taken against those who make such pressures and threats.

Contact phone numbers -067 412 168 -067 412 246 -067 412 388 -067 412 598 -067 412 539 -067 412 222 -067 412 387 -067 412 444 -067 412 066 -067 412 540

Mandalay Region Administration Council’s Announcement to Public

Contact phone numbers -02 403 9635 -02 403 6869 -09 797 144 144 -02 403 7199 -02 403 6978 -09 694 740 311

Request to health workers

1. It is appreciated for the strenuous efforts of the medical doctors, nurses, medical experts and other health works at the respective departments under the Ministry of Health and Sports at the front-line in the fight against prevention, containment and treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). 2. As the vaccination programme of COVID-19 is being conducted for the public and the real-time healthcare services are required for the people, all the staff members at the respective departments under the Ministry of Health and Sports are strongly urged to return to their duties with taking the well-being of patients into consideration. Ministry of Health and Sports 8 February 2021

42 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 13 February, total figure rises to 141,585

MYANMAR’S COVID-19 positive cases rose to 141,585 after 42 new cases were reported on 13 February 2021 according to the Ministry of Health and Sports. Among these confirmed cases, 3,188 died, 130,103 have been discharged from hospitals.—MNA

Updated at 8 pm, 13 February 2021

Total Cases 141,585 New Cases 42

Total Death Tally 3,188 Discharged from Hospital 130,103

Ministry of Health and Sports 14 FEBRUARY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 5 Healthcare services offered at Tatmadaw hospitals

TATMADAW hospitals from different for hospitalized patients. states and regions are giving medical Among the patients, a total of 470 services to the people with support of patients who were in need of major and physician volunteers, according to the minor surgeries have been given nec- Office of the Senior General (Army). essary operation, and other emergency A total of 7,454 outpatient, and patients are being treated specially by 3,176 inpatients were transferred to doctors and medical workers. the Tatmadaw hospitals in respective The Office of the Command- military headquarters as of yesterday er-in-Chief has announced that people from 5 February and doctors, nurses can have medical treatments at the and healthcare workers are giving nec- nearest Tatmadaw hospitals if there are essary treatment to those in need as any medical difficulties at any time.— well as facilitating the foods and places MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Saw Than Hlaing is providing foodstuffs to the patient. PHOTO: OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

Tatmadaw medical corps provide COVID-19 test for domestic air travellers TATMADAW medical team from Dawei Battalion provided the COVID-19 medical tests to a total of 49 domestic air travellers flown from Dawei to Yangon yesterday. The Tatmadaw medical corps in collaboration with departmen- tal officials have been providing COVID-19 tests, medical care to the positive patients and issuing COVID-19 health certificates to domestic air travellers in accordance with the COVID-19 health guidelines set by the Ministry of Health and Sports at Dawei airport since 7 February, Tachilek airport since 8 February and Lashio airport since 9 February. The Tatmadaw is also opening temporary hospitals to provide daily medical care to civilians in respective townships, according to the report of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief.—MNA

The Tatmadaw medical corps are seen testing a traveller for COVID-19 in Dawei yesterday. PHOTO: OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

Tatmadaw True News Information Team: Healthcare services offered at military hospitals

THE Tatmadaw True News Information Team released a statement on 4 February 2021 that healthcare services are offered to all the national people at the military hospitals. The statement said that some persons who are creating disturbances, aiming to destabilize the administrative mechanism and stability of the State, have incited Civil Disobedience Campaign through social networks, causing failure to perform duties among the health workers. Doctors have vowed during their convocation that “ Health and well-being of the patients will be our own issues as the first priority ; I will practice my profession with conscience and dignity and in accordance with a good medical practice; I will serve my medical profession regardless of nationality, race and social status; and I will maintain the utmost respect for human life”. It is also advised all the health workers not to follow the incitement that can jeopardize the interest of country and people, and keep their professional vows to the public. The Tatmadaw has received the permission of the State Administration Council to solve the current healthcare problems of people across the nation by the military medics. Therefore, people can get proper medical treatments at the nearest military hospitals.—MNA

CBM issues announcement on public rumours about monetary issue

THE Central Bank of Myanmar released an announcement on 3 February to wipe out rumours among the public about the monetary issue and possible closure of banks. The announcement said, “There were false rumours that K5,000 and K10,000 banknotes would be demonetized and banks would close in relation to the current situations in the country. It was also learnt that some people were worried because of the rumours and were reportedly withdrawing their money from the banks. The Central Bank of Myanmar has been working hard to stabilize the financial system, and the banks have been providing proper services in accordance with the rules and regulations. The general public can continue using the banknotes and banking services without any worries, and all the banks have been instructed to provide regular banking services.”—MNA 14 FEBRUARY 2021 6 LOCAL NEWS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thanlyin local farmers grow more summer paddy, edible oil crops

FARMERS from Thanlyin the winter crop. We have many Township grow monsoon pad- agricultural inputs. This year, dy, summer paddy and edible we hope to have access to suffi- oil crops annually. According cient amount of irrigated water to the summer paddy growers, and also expect that the price this summer, the residents are of summer paddy and green cultivating more summer pad- gram will be rising in the mar- dy because they have accessed ket,” said U Zaw Min, a local the irrigated water in their farmer from No 706, Group-B township. farmland, Bawt Thabyay Kan The Department of Agri- village, Thanlyin Town. culture in Thanlyin township The department is also targeted to grow 3,096 acres of providing the awareness train- summer paddy. ing in time to the local farm- “I have cultivated 35 acres ers from Thanlyin township of summer paddy. I have been regarding the multi-crop cul- growing the summer paddy tivation based on the cost-ef- for three years. In the past fective technology; how to two years, we have troubles access high-quality seeds; the to access irrigated water. Ad- farming techniques under GAP ditionally, the summer paddy system; production of crops in prices have dropped in the local line with the COVID-19 rules market. I have also cultivated and regulations. —Thet Khaing The Department of Agriculture in Thanlyin township targeted to grow 3,096 acres of summer paddy. 37 acres of a green gram as (Thanlyin)/GNLM PHOTO: THET KHAING (THANLYIN)

Forty-three villages access Border trade using ITC electricity in Magway Township exceeds K8.09 bln in Q1 this financial year

ACCORDING to the figures K45.9 billion in the 2017- released by the Ministry of 2018FY, K22.5 billion during Commerce, Myanmar’s total the 2018 mini-budget period border trade using Individual (April-September), K59 billion Trading Cards (ITC) exceeded in the 2018-2019FY and K43 K8.09 billion in the first three billion in the 2019-2020FY. months of this financial year The Trade Department 2020-2021. has issued 1,792 cards, reg- From 1 October to 31 istering its trade value of December 2020, the ministry over K220 billion so far since issued 17 individual trading the 2012-2013FY intending to cards. Export using ICT cards boost trade. through land borders earned Myanmar mainly exports over K1.62 billion while its im- agricultural products, animal ports exceeded K6.46 billion. products, marine products, During the period, minerals, forest products, Myawady border checkpoint manufactured goods and oth- recorded the highest ITC’s er goods to foreign trade part- Recently about 43 villages have already access to the electricity under the NEP project. trade with over K5.33 billion. ner countries. In contrast, the PHOTO: MAGWAY WIN MAUNG Individual trades topped capital goods, intermediate UNDER the Phase-1 project of 1,200-foot long 400-volt power yay San South village is the K737 million in the period goods and consumer goods National Electrification Project lines and 2.5-mile long 400-volt 41st village that accesses the from 21 November 2012 to 31 are imported into the country. (NEP), 43 villagers receive elec- power lines were installed with electricity. There are 57 houses March 2013, exceeded K6.6 People in business can tricity in Magway township. On the villagers’ contribution. And in Thabyay San North village billion in the 2013-2014FY, trade goods worth K3 million 13 February, two more villages 11 kV power line, 11/0.4 kV and and 420 houses in Thabyay San reached K9.37 billion in the per day using ITCs, and the -- Thabyay San North village 100 kVA transformer for Thab- South village, said U Soe Htay 2014-2015FY, stood at over Trade Department has per- and Thabyay San South village yay San North village and 11/0.4 Aung, the electrical engineer in K6.4 billion in the 2015-2016FY, mitted the trade of up to K15 accessed the electricity. kV, 200 kVA two transformers for Magway Township. rose above K18.5 billion in million per day over five days. Similarly, another two vil- Thabyay San South village were “Under the NEP project, a the 2016-2017FY, touched — Zwe/GNLM lages named Tamoh village and installed under the NEP project. total of 51 villages will access to Yin Seik village have also access Under the NEP project in the electricity supply. Recently, to electricity. Magway Township, Thabyay about 43 villagers have already To access electricity in San North village is the 40th access to the electricity,” he Thabyay San North village and village that accesses the elec- added. —Magway Win Maung/ Call Thin Thin May, 09251022355, 09974424848 Thabyay San South village, tricity. In contrast, the Thab- GNLM 14 FEBRUARY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR GLOBAL NEWS 7

WHO experts want ‘more NEWS IN data’ from China on BRIEF WHO expects ‘post- possible early Covid cases COVID condition’ to affect many globally WHO experts voiced frustration expectations in terms of what Saturday over the lack of access is feasible under which time WORLD Health Organization to raw data during a recent mis- frame,” he said, adding he hoped (WHO) Director-General Dr sion to China to probe the pan- the requested data would be Tedros Adhanom Ghebreye- demic’s origins, saying more was made available going forward. sus said here on Friday that needed to detect possible early The four-week WHO mission The team members have had to walk a diplomatic tightrop during their given the scale of the current Covid cases. to China to uncover the origins mission. PHOTO: AFP COVID-19 pandemic, the “We want more data. We of the coronavirus wrapped up been transmitted to humans via The expert team deter- WHO expects many people have asked for more data,” Pe- earlier this week with no con- another mammal. mined that there were no signs to be affected by “post-COVID ter Ben Embarek, who headed clusive findings. But while the virus was first of large clusters of Covid-19 in condition,” also referred to as WHO’s expert mission to Wuhan, Experts believe the dis- discovered in Wuhan in Decem- Wuhan or elsewhere prior to “long COVID.”Speaking at a told AFP in an interview. ease -- which has killed nearly ber 2019, it remains unclear if December that year, but did not virtual press conference, he “There is a mix of frustra- 2.4 million people worldwide -- that is when and where the out- rule out sporadic cases spread- also said that the best way to tion but also a mix of realistic originated in bats and could have break actually began. ing before that. —AFP prevent this condition is to prevent COVID-19 in the first place.According to the WHO chief, earlier this week the At least 30 injured after 7.3-magnitude quake WHO held a global meeting of patients, clinical experts and strikes off northeastern Japan other stakeholders to advance the understanding of “long AT least 30 people were injured COVID”. —AFP after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck off Fukush- ima Prefecture in northeastern Oil prices gain amid Japan late Saturday. stimulus hopes The quake was preliminarily measured with a magnitude of OIL prices advanced on 7.1 and was later revised up to Friday, bolstered by hopes 7.3, the Japan Meteorological for a U.S. stimulus bill. The Agency (JMA) said. West Texas Intermediate for At least 30 people were in- March delivery added 1.23 jured in Miyagi and Fukushima U.S. dollars to settle at 59.47 prefectures, according to local dollars a barrel on the New authorities. The temblor oc- York Mercantile Exchange. curred at around 11:08 pm local Brent crude for April deliv- time (1408 GMT), with its epicen- ery increased 1.29 dollars to tre at a latitude of 37.7 degrees close at 62.43 dollars a barrel north and a longitude of 141.8 on the London ICE Futures degrees east, and at depth of 60 Exchange. Oil prices have km, according to the JMA. rallied recently amid signs of So far no tsunami warning tightening supplies.The U.S. has been issued. The quake A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 hit off the coast of eastern Japan on Saturday, shaking crude benchmark logged a logged Upper 6 in some parts of buildings and triggering widespread blackouts, but there appeared to be no major damage and no tsunami weekly rise of 4.6 percent, warning was issued. PHOTO: EPA/AFP Fukushima Prefecture on the while Brent surged 5.2 per Japanese seismic intensity scale about 950,000 households were blackout affected 860,000 homes ings Inc. and 90,000 homes under cent for the week. — Xinhua which peaks at 7. Chief Cabinet left without electricity follow- under the area covered by Tokyo Tohoku Electric Power Co., Kato Secretary Katsunobu Kato said ing the strong earthquake. The Electric Power Company Hold- said.— Xinhua Portugal prolongs flight suspensions Equatorial Guinea suspends transport links due to lack of virus kits with UK, Brazil EQUATORIAL Guinea on Saturday said it was suspending air PORTUGAL on Saturday and boat links between its capital Malabo, located on an island, extended the suspension of and its mainland due to a lack of Covid testing kits. flights from Britain and Bra- Equatorial Guinea, a country with 1.3 million people, has zil to March 1, in an attempt officially recorded 5,663 cases of coronavirus, of which 87 have to check the spread of Covid been fatal. variants first detected in The economic capital Bata is located on the mainland and those countries. the suspended travel links will be a severe blow to the people “In the context of the of the oil-rich country, where the vast majority lives in grinding epidemiological situation... poverty. all flights from Brazil and The tiny state, ruled by 78-year-old President Teodoro the United Kingdom” are Obiang Nguema for the past 41 years, scaled back a rigorously suspended, the interior enforced range of restrictions in August. ministry said. “From Sunday February 14 until a date that will be decided On Friday Portugal ex- Equatorial Guinea on Saturday said it was suspending air and boat links later, all flights and boat crossings are suspended between Mala- tended border controls with between its capital Malabo, located on an island, and its mainland due to a bo and Bata and vice-versa because the Covid-19 testing kits have neighbouring Spain until lack of Covid testing kits. PHOTO: AFP been depleted,” the state television said late Friday.—AFP March 1.—AFP 14 FEBRUARY 2021 14 FEBRUARY 2021 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL/ARTICLE 9 Investing in COVID: Using AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘right thing to do’ for Myanmar Daily Weather Report everyone, says WHO expert panel (Issued at 7:00 pm Saturday 13 February 2021) post-harvest BAY INFERENCE: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy over the South Bay and a few cloud to partly cloudy over the Andaman Sea and elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal. A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel countered concerns over the ef- FORECAST VALID UNTIL NOON OF THE 14 Feb- technologies is ruary 2021: Weather will be generally fair in Nay Pyi ficacy of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine on Wednesday, insisting that “it’s the right Taw, Lower Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway regions and Northern Shan, Chin, Kayin, Mon states and partly thing to do” to use it – even in countries where variants had surfaced. cloudy in the remaining regions and states. a must STATE OF THE SEA: Seas will be moderate in My- anmar waters. Wave height will be about (4-7) feet off Even if you have the circula- tries that are still waiting to intro- Of the 128 million doses ad- and along Myanmar Coasts. HILE bearing the brunt of market difficulties brought tion of a variant in a country, duce a vaccine - and this vaccine ministered so far, more than three OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Likeli- by the COVID-19 pandemic, many farmers counting “ there is no reason that we may be the first one - certainly quarters of vaccinations have hood of isolated light rain or thundershowers in Upper W losses due to market difficulties and extreme weather see for now, not to use the As- the benefits will far outweigh the been in just 10 of the wealthiest Sagaing Region and Kachin State. events caused by the climate change. traZeneca vaccine as indicated, risks.” nations, they said. FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOUR- If they had post-harvest technologies or infrastructures, to be able to reduce the levels Dr Swaminathan also issued This is a “self-defeating ING AREA FOR 14 February 2021: Generally fair they could store their produce for a long time and sell when of severe disease in that popula- a call for greater genomic moni- strategy” that will cost lives and weather. the situation stabilizes and they could harvest their products tion”, said Dr Alejandro Cravioto, toring of COVID-19 transmission livelihoods, the UN officials said, FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING in time before unseasonal weather came to them. Chair of the Strategic Advisory in initiatives including the Africa before warning that it would also AREA FOR 14 February 2021: Partly cloudy. Hence, the private sector should seize this business op- Group of Experts on Immuniza- Pathogen Genomics Initiative. give the virus the chance “to mu- FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING portunity and to invest in post-harvest handling technologies tion (SAGE). “In many other countries the tate and evade vaccines”, while AREA FOR 14 February 2021: Generally fair weather. including cold rooms, warehouses and many post-harvest The development follows situation may be that with very also undermining economic re- techniques. the recent release of data from a limited sequencing they’ve been covery. Getting access to re- study in South Africa indicating able to detect this variant, but So that vaccine rollouts can quired technology which that the AstraZeneca jab provided they don’t know the spread. And begin in all countries of the world Getting access can increase their produc- little protection against a variant therefore, they’re very cautious in in the first 100 days of 2021, the tion and can ensure suita- of the new coronavirus among The coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca is already being administered in making decisions based on very WHO and UNICEF chiefs said it to required ble prices for their produce older people. the UK. PHOTO: UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD/JOHN CAIRNS limited data.” was imperative that health work- in the market is also one of At a press conference in Ge- hospitalisation and death”, she No upper age limit en on an individual basis by a To date, there have been ers who have been on the front- technology the rights of the farmers. neva, SAGE Executive Secretary, said, “and that is the outcome of The vaccine should be ad- general practitioner, he added. there have been 106,555,206 con- lines of the pandemic in lower and Climate change caus- Dr Joachim Hombach, described most interest and most impact for ministered in two doses to people And because of a lack of avail- firmed cases of COVID-19, includ- middle income settings should be which can es crop damage yearly in that study as “relatively modest”, early roll-out of vaccines”. over 18 years old “without any able vaccines and the need to con- ing 2,333,446 deaths, reported to protected first. increase their Myanmar and thus the while Dr Cravioto added that few From research into the new upper age limit”, Dr Cravioto said, tinue limiting the potential for WHO. They also called for the COV- Agriculture Research De- over 65s had taken part in it. coronavirus’s response to vac- adding that the “best” interval be- the virus to spread, Dr. Cravioto ID response initiative known as production partment has developed 25 Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO’s cines in trials so far, Dr O’Brien tween the first and second doses advised that international travel- Vaccine solidarity call Access to COVID-19 Tools Accel- hybrid strains which are head of immunization, said that explained that the highest impact was eight to 12 weeks, to ensure lers should not be given the jab. In a related development, the erator (ACT) to be fully funded, and can ensure climate-resilient crops the South African study’s findings had been among the most poorly an increased immune response. heads of the WHO and UN Chil- to help developing countries to suitable to the soil of the were “inconclusive, albeit demon- patients. Although the vaccine is No time to lose dren’s Fund UNICEF on Wednes- deploy vaccines. suitable prices nation. strating a low efficacy against “For all of the vaccines there “safe”, the SAGE Chair said that Urging countries to use the day made an urgent appeal for If fully funded, the ACT Ac- for their produce In addition to growing mild and moderate disease”. is a gradient of response”, she owing to a lack of available data, AstraZeneca vaccine – particu- vaccine solidarity. celerator could return up to $166 of paddy as a main food, said. “The highest response is it was not yet possible to make a larly those for whom it would be Tedros Adhanom Ghebreye- for every dollar invested, the UN in the market Myanmar is a country of Absence of data against the most severe disease recommendation about wheth- their sole protection against the sus and Henrietta Fore called on officials maintained. growing such edible oil Most important was the “ab- and somewhat lower efficacy for er the vaccine should be given virus - WHO Chief Scientist, Dr leaders “to look beyond their is also one of plant as peanut, sesame, sence of evidence from that trial moderate and then further down to all pregnant or breastfeeding Soumya Swaminathan, insisted borders and employ a vaccine SOURCE: AFP sunflower and varieties of over whether the AZ product has for milder disease…this is not women. that there was no time to lose. strategy that can actually end the the rights of the pea; such kitchen crops as efficacy against severe disease, unique to coronavirus vaccine.” That decision should be tak- “The vast majority of coun- pandemic and limit variants”. farmers. various kinds of vegetables; and such perennial crops as mango, rubber and cof- fee. The post-harvest tech- No end to pandemic without equal nology should focus on all crops grown in our soil. Post-harvest infrastructure, such as storage and distribu- tion facilities, is vital to a farmers’ market, according to the vaccine access: experts current market-oriented economic system. To implement the farmers’ market system, we need time and space to improve EVELOPING new Cov- nationalism" could leave the Co- years before the coronavirus is currently need to be kept ultra such facilities and to encourage practices which can enable a id-19 vaccines will fail to vax initiative aimed at getting vac- brought under control at a global cold throughout their delivery. sustainable market situation. Dend the pandemic unless cines to low- and middle-income level." And despite unprecedented Meanwhile, it’s worth noting that youth who have been all countries receive doses in a countries facing a huge dosage Despite there being more public and private investment in engaged in paddy works are searching green pastures in urban fast and fair manner, disease ex- shortfall for several years to come. than two dozen Covid-19 vac- vaccine development and pro- areas or going abroad for their better future. As a result the perts warned Saturday. "The stark reality is that the cines either in development or curement, Covax estimates it will 09251022355, strength of workforce in agriculture sector decrease facing bad As several nations consid- world now needs more doses approved for use, lower income need an additional $6.8 billion in Thin Thin May, The authors of an open letter published in the Lancet medical journal said Call consequences as rising in wages, failing to cultivate in time, er implementing vaccine pass- of COVID-19 vaccines than any countries still have enormous 2021 to secure supplies for 92 de- 09974424848 vaccine stockpiling in wealthier countries would only prolong the global increasing in loss and wastage and decreasing in production. ports when international travel other vaccine in history in order logistical challenges to procure veloping nations. health emergency. PHOTO: NOAH SEELAM/AFP/FILE Commitments to get rid of these kinds of loss and wastag- resumes, the authors of an open to immunise enough people to immunisations and deliver them Based on available sales fig- es should be made by traders, experts and investors at home letter published in the Lancet achieve global vaccine immunity," to populations. ures, the authors said that rich na- times over. health-care workers and high-risk with us/ and abroad. medical journal said vaccine said lead author Olivier Wouters These include a lack of funds tions representing 16 per cent of "Securing large quantities populations in poorer countries," It’s unacceptable for farmers to continue incurring such stockpiling in wealthier countries from the London School of Eco- to purchase vaccines, as well as the global population had already of vaccines in this way amounts said co-author Mark Jit from the A d v e r t i s e Hot Line : losses after working so hard in a bid to improve their lives. would only prolong the global nomics and Political Science. poor infrastructure to transport secured 70 per cent of vaccine to countries placing widespread London School of Hygiene and health emergency. "Unless vaccines are distrib- and store them -- especially since doses -- enough to inoculate every vaccination of their own popula- Tropical Medicine. 09974424848 They warned that "vaccine uted more equitably, it could be the mRNA vaccines on the market one of their owns citizen several tions ahead of the vaccination of SOURCE: AFP 14 FEBRUARY 2021 10 GLOBAL AFFAIRS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

France, Germany, Britain urge Iran to stop production NEWS IN BRIEF of uranium metal in violation of nuclear deal UN concerned about 1.3 mln FRANCE, Germany and Brit- 15 years.” ain on Friday urged Iran to “We strongly urge Iran to people facing stop producing uranium metal halt these activities without severe hunger in in violation of the 2015 nuclear delay and not to take any new Madagascar deal, according to a statement non-compliant steps on its nu- released by the French foreign clear programme. In escalating HUMANITARIANS at the ministry. its non-compliance, Iran is un- United Nations said on Friday The three European coun- dermining the opportunity for they are seriously concerned tries (E3) noted “with grave con- renewed diplomacy to fully real- about the 1.3 million people cern” the International Atomic ize the objectives of the JCPOA,” in the southern and eastern Energy Agency’s report in which the three countries said. parts of Madagascar facing it confirmed that Iran was pro- Iran said in early January severe hunger in a “rapidly ducing uranium metal in viola- The UK, France and Germany condemned Iran’s decision to produce that it was starting to produce deteriorating food situation of the nuclear deal, officially uranium metal, which they said was contrary to Iran’s commitments to 20 per cent enriched uranium, tion”. Singling out southern the international community. PHOTO: AFP known as the Joint Comprehen- as part of the country’s Strategic Madagascar, the UN Office for sive Plan of Action (JCPOA). key step in the development of not to engage in producing or Action Plan to Counter Sanc- the Coordination of Human- “We reiterate that Iran has a nuclear weapon,” the state- acquiring uranium metal or to tions which was approved by itarian Affairs (OCHA) said no credible civilian justification ment read, adding that Iran, conduct research and develop- parliament in December 2020.— the area is facing its worst for these activities, which are a under the JCPOA, “committed ment on uranium metallurgy for AFP drought in 10 years and the third drought in a row. People have minimal access to essential services.“ According Cypriots protest against corruption, virus restrictions to the Food and Agriculture Organization, significant rain- journalist said. Some beat drums abuses were uncovered in a con- fall deficits in the Grand Sud and shouted at dozens of police in troversial “golden passports” region have led to a decline in riot gear, while others held large scheme for foreign investors. the area planted with staple black banners that read in Greek, Nicosia had long faced pres- foods and will likely compro- “We have to go onto the streets sure from Brussels to reform the mise food production this to fight fear”. scheme over concerns it may year,” OCHA said in a release. Police responded with water have helped organised crime — Xinhua cannon and tear gas to break up gangs infiltrate the European the gathering, which is prohibited Union. Philippine leader under coronavirus restrictions. “The government has lost demands U.S. “pay” One protester was seen lying legitimacy after the passport to keep visiting on the ground suffering from the scandal and they are using the effects of tear gas. pandemic as a reason to stop forces pact Protest organizers on social protests,” Andreas, 26, a lawyer PHILIPPINE President Rod- Cypriot protesters clash with police in Nicosia. PHOTO: AFP media had called for the protest and part of the organizers’ legal rigo Duterte demanded on to say “enough” to “state author- team who declined to provide his Friday that the United States CYPRIOT police on Saturday Protesters, including fami- itarianism”, “the failed manage- surname, told AFP. “pay” if it wants his country used water cannon and tear gas lies with children and young men ment of the pandemic” and “cor- Cyprus has begun cautiously to continue a visiting forces to break up a rare protest in the and women in black hoodies and ruption”. easing its national lockdown fol- agreement with Washington. capital, as hundreds demonstrat- balaclavas, moved through cen- Cyprus in January unveiled lowing a decline in the spread of The president’s remarks, ed against government corrup- tral Nicosia, blocking traffic on a series of measures to tackle Covid-19 infections that peaked made during an address at an tion and coronavirus restrictions. several major streets, an AFP corruption, months after alleged after Christmas.—AFP air force base in the suburbs of the capital Manila, were likely made in half-jest in response to a perceived lack of India’s domestic flights reach highest since military cooperation between the two longtime defence resumption after COVID-19 outbreak allies, but the words could be taken negatively in the Unit- INDIA’S Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri ed States. Duterte said that said on Saturday that Feb. 12 recorded the highest even though he asked former number of passengers on domestic flights since the U.S. President Donald Trump resumption of the services. for the United States to The number of domestic passengers on the day provide the Philippines with rose to 297,102 on 2,349 flights, the highest since the guided missiles, nothing has resumption of domestic flights on May 25 last year, come of it. “I’d like to put on a statement issued by the Civil Aviation Ministry notice if there is an American quoted Puri as saying. The minister said with air agent here that from now on, travel emerging as a preferred mode of travel due you want the visiting forces to safety, efficiency and time saving, the numbers agreement done, you have to are almost touching pre-COVID-19 levels. The total pay,” the president said. The flight movements of Feb. 12 were 4,697, and the Duterte government served total number of footfalls on airports was 593,819, notice to the United States in the minister said. Domestic flight operations had February last year that it in- been suspended in India since March 24 last year tends to cancel the pact. It has India’s Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday that Feb. 12 recorded in wake of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the highest number of passengers on domestic flights since the resumption of the since postponed the decision before being resumed on May 25, 2020. — Xinhua services. PHOTO: AFP twice. — Kyodo 14 FEBRUARY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR SOCIETY 11

NEWS Iran’s Rouhani warns of virus ‘fourth wave’ IN BRIEF

IRAN’S President Hassan Portugal prolongs Rouhani warned Saturday of Covid border a Covid-19 “fourth wave” as controls with Spain cases rise in certain areas of till March the Middle Eastern country hardest hit by the pandemic. PORTUGAL said Friday it “This is a warning for all of will extend border controls us,” Rouhani said in televised with neighbouring Spain remarks. until March 1, after impos- He said some cities in ing the restrictions to try to the southwestern province curb rampaging Covid-19 of Khuzestan were now “red” infections. -- the highest on Iran’s col- The measures intro- our-coded risk level -- after duced in late January in- weeks of low alert levels across volve controls at a number the country. Iranians wearing protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, leave a bus in the capital Tehran, on Dec 30, of crossing points and limit “This means the beginning 2020. PHOTO /AFP cross-border traffic, the of moving towards the fourth government said in a state- wave. We all have to be vigi- added. than 80 million people has of more than 1.5 million cas- ment. They do allow for the lant to prevent this,” Rouhani The country of more lost close to 59,000 lives out es of Covid infection. —AFP flow of goods and emergency services and for people living near the border to pass from one country to Moderna wants to pack 50% more Covid the other. Portuguese nationals vaccine per vial and those with the right to reside in the country will Drug Administration had already those currently in use. also be allowed to return cleared it to increase levels by 40 “Any resulting change would from Spain, and foreign- per cent. be subject to final approval from ers will be allow to leave. “In order to better maximize the various regulatory authori- —AFP resources as well as maximize ties. Implementation of any such opportunities to deliver more changes would be expected to doses into each market faster, be completed in approximately Moderna has proposed filling vi- a two- to three-month period,” Nigeria mobile court als with up to 15 doses of vaccine it said. hands out fines for versus the previous 10 doses,” a Citing sources close to the mask violations spokesperson said in a statement matter, the Times reported that Some ten percent of Americans have so far received at least one Covid to AFP. the FDA had agreed to Moderna AUTHORITIES in Nige- vaccine dose, with Moderna accounting for just under half the number. The spokesperson added the ria’s capital Abuja have PHOTO: AFP/FILE using 14 doses per vial, compared company was engaging in dis- to the previous 10. established an outdoor US biotech firm Moderna said as a way to quickly boost current cussions with the US Food and This would require retooling mobile court in an effort to Friday it was seeking clearance supply levels. Drug Administration (FDA) and of production lines that would prosecute individuals and with regulators around the world The company issued a state- authorities in other countries, take less than ten weeks, or be- institutions violating rules to put 50 per cent more coronavi- ment after The New York Times and the increased level of doses fore the end of April, the newspa- imposed to help reduce the rus vaccine into each of its vials first reported the US Food and wouldn’t require different vials to per said. —AFP spread of the coronavirus. Face masks are com- pulsory in public spaces and social distancing is Cambodia approves Oil tankers catch fire, gun advised across the country, but these rules are rarely emergency use of China’s observed. Since early Feb- shots heard in Islam Qala ruary, the Abuja Covid-19 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine task force has prosecuted port in W. Afghanistan violators at a court set up on CAMBODIA officially approved and other countries, the minis- Eagle Square, steps away the emergency use of China’s ter added. SEVERAL oil and liquid gas (RS) mission to assist local from the Supreme Court Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, the The EUA of the vaccine will tankers caught fire and gunshots authorities in extinguishing and National Assembly. country’s Health Minister Mam take into effect immediately, he were heard in the customs office the fire, Farhad added. “I think today we had Bunheng said on Friday. said. of the dry port of Islam Qala that Farhad did not say wheth- about 46 people, three were “Taking into account of the On Feb. 4, Cambodia also connects Afghanistan to Iran on er the incident was a terrorist minors,” Attah Ikharo, pandemic of COVID-19, with approved the emergency use Saturday, provincial government act, saying that investigation chairman of the task force a view to protecting life and of China’s Sinopharm COV- spokesman Jilani Farhad said. could determine the reason. said on Wednesday. health of Cambodian people, the ID-19 vaccine, saying that it is The fire devoured numer- Herat Provincial Gover- Punishments can Ministry of Health of the King- used safely in China and other ous oil tankers and damaged nor Wahid Qatali, according include community service dom of Cambodia has decided countries. some other areas, the official to local media, has sought the and even jail time. Presi- to grant Sinovac COVID-19 vac- The Southeast Asian na- said. support of Iran in fighting the dent Muhammadu Buhari cine for the Emergency Use Au- tion kicked off an anti-COVID-19 The provincial govern- fire to save traders’ goods signed a new law in January thorization (EUA) in Cambodia, inoculation drive on Feb. 10, ment has ordered the local stranded in the area. prescribing a six months jail he said in a statement. days after receiving the first fire brigade to the scene and Islam Qala is the biggest sentence for those diso- Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine batch of Sinopharm vaccine has also sought help from the dry port that links landlocked beying Covid-19 guidelines. has been used safely in China from China. —AFP NATO-led Resolute Support Afghanistan to Iran.—Xinhua —AFP 14 FEBRUARY 2021 12 GLOBAL NEWS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Draghi sworn in as Italian PM

FORMER European Central leading Italy rudderless at a crit- Bank chief Mario Draghi was ical time. formally sworn in as Italy’s He spent the last 10 days new prime minister on Satur- assembling a broad-based coali- day, against the backdrop of the tion and on Friday night formally deadly coronavirus pandemic accepted the post of premier in and a crippling recession. a meeting with Mattarella, after The appointment of the which he publicly revealed the 73-year-old known as “Super new cabinet for the first time. Mario” capped weeks of polit- On Wednesday, Draghi will ical instability for the country be presented to the Senate, the still in the grips of the health upper house of parliament, fol- crisis that has killed more than lowed by the lower Chamber 93,000 people. of Deputies on Thursday for a “I swear to be loyal to the confidence vote that will give Republic,” recited Draghi, as he the final official blessing to his stood before President Sergio government. Mattarella in the ornate pres- “Break a leg,” read the idential palace in a ceremony headline on La Stampa daily broadcast live on television. Saturday, as an Ipsos poll in the Members of his new cabinet, Corriere della Sera daily showed who include technocrats, veter- that 62 per cent of Italians sup- an politicians and ministers held ported Draghi. Mario Draghi will be sworn as Italy’s new prime minister on Saturday, and will quickly face a raft of challenges. over from the previous govern- Coalition, for now? PHOTO: AFP ment, each took the oath of office. Draghi has the support of a Draghi was parachuted in rainbow coalition ranging from Star Movement (M5S), the cen- then fell out over the handling an anti-establishment move- by Mattarella after the previous leftists to Matteo Salvini’s far- tre-left Democratic Party (PD) of the Covid-19 pandemic. ment, was split over whether to centre-left coalition under pre- right League. and Italia Viva -- who made-up M5S, the biggest party in support a government led by an mier Giuseppe Conte collapsed, It includes the populist Five the previous government and parliament which began life as unelected technocrat.—AFP

NEWS Peru health minister resigns over IN BRIEF ex-president vaccine scandal: TV Trump impeachment trial nears end with verdict expected PERU’S health minister re- dent Francisco Sagasti, state country continues to be ham- signed Friday, state TV re- television network TV Peru mered by a second wave of Cov- THE US Senate is expected to deliver a verdict in Donald ported, amid a growing scan- reported. The government is id-19 -- hospitals are overrun Trump’s impeachment trial this weekend after his lawyers dal over claims that former yet to formally confirm she is with more than 14,100 coronavi- argued late Friday that the former president bears no re- President Martin Vizcarra was stepping down. rus patients and have reported sponsibility for an attack by supporters on Congress after vaccinated against Covid-19 be- Her successor is due to be a lack of oxygen to treat those he failed to win reelection. Defence lawyers wrapped up fore the jab was available to sworn in Saturday, local me- with breathing problems. their presentation in just three hours, accusing Democrats the public. dia said, and will be the South Peru only began its im- of persecuting Trump. Pilar Mazzetti -- who American nation’s fifth health munization program on Tues- This followed two days of evidence from Democratic had served as the country’s minister since the pandemic day, two days after receiving impeachment managers, centred around harrowing video minister of health since July first emerged in the country 300,000 vaccine doses from footage of the mob assault against the Capitol on January 6. last year -- has presented her 11 months ago. state-owned Chinese company The Senate is due to reconvene Saturday at 10 am (1500 letter of resignation to Presi- They will take office as the Sinopharm. —AFP GMT) for debate on whether to allow witness testimony, then closing arguments. Expectations are that a verdict could be voted the same day, with indications so far that Democrats will not get enough Republican support for a conviction. —AFP

Mexico’s president welcomes US cancellation of constructing border wall

MEXICAN President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday welcomed the decision by his US counterpart Joe Biden to cancel the construction of a border wall separating the two countries, calling it a “good” decision. Lopez Obrador also welcomed Biden’s proposal to set up a visa system for Mexican and Central American migrants. Both measures are among Biden’s first actions since taking office in January. “It is an issue that we celebrate because the wall has been under construction for some time ... so it is a historical step,” Peru’s Health Minister stepped down Friday, amid a growing scandal over claims that former President Martin Lopez Obrador told reporters during his usually daily press Vizcarra was vaccinated against Covid-19. PHOTO: PERUVIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH/AFP/FILE conference at the National Palace in Mexico City. —Xinhua 14 FEBRUARY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ECON/AD 13 Exports from 6 ASEAN states only Will money laundering down 2.2% in 2020 despite pandemic laws end art world’s culture of secrecy?

WHEN a Botticelli painting New anti-money-laun- went under the hammer dering rules mean art and last month at Sotheby’s in antiquities dealers in Brit- New York for $92 million, ain and the EU must now it was assumed the buy- record the actual benefi- er was a Russian oligarch ciaries of their sales for the since the bidding was done first time. US Congress ap- by an adviser to wealthy proved similar legislation Russians. last month that should be But as art journalist in place by 2022. Scott Reyburn told “The Some high-profile cas- Week in Art” podcast, it’s es over the past decade not always that simple: seem to justify the clamp- “Sometimes very wealthy down, such as disgraced collectors use telephone Brazilian financier Ede- bidders that imply a cer- mar Cid Ferreira buying tain nationality just to an $8-million Jean-Michel guarantee their own ano- Basquiat painting and nymity... to throw us off the shipping it to a New York scent,” he said. storage facility with a $100 The ultra-wealthy label. File photo of shipping containers at Tokyo Port in December 2019. (Kyodo)zoom photoFile photo of shipping prize that sort of confidenti- Or fugitive Malaysian containers. PHOTO: KYODO ality, and it also helps build Jho Low, accused of spend- the mystique and theatre ing some $137 million on EXPORTS from six crease in exports for in the foreign exchange 4.1 per cent in Singapore in which auction houses art with money he “bor- Southeast Asian coun- the year, up 7.0 per cent market prompted the and 2.6 per cent each in like to drape themselves. rowed” from his country’s tries fell 2.2 per cent in to $282.66 billion, with a U.S. Treasury Depart- Malaysia and Indonesia, Lately, however, reg- 1MDB sovereign wealth 2020 from a year earlier 5.2 per cent drop to Ja- ment last December to according to JETRO, re- ulators in Europe and the fund. to a combined $1.35 tril- pan more than offset by label the country as a ferring to statistics from United States are out to But some in the art lion, a relatively small a 25.7 per cent rise to currency manipulator respective countries. spoil the fun, arguing that market fear the new ap- decline despite the the United States and an for the first time. The combined trade this culture of secrecy is proach means they are be- coronavirus pandem- 18.0 per cent expansion Among the five other surplus of the six ASE- ripe for exploitation by ing essentially hung out as ic hitting the region to China, JETRO said, members of the Associa- AN members more than criminals. bait for criminals.—AFP and other parts of the citing Hanoi’s customs tion of Southeast Asian triple to $133.66 billion, world, according to data authorities. Nations, the Philippines as easing energy prices from the Japan External However, Vietnam’s logged a 10.1 per cent fall and shrinking domestic Trade Organization. growing trade surplus in exports in 2020, fol- demand led to steeper Of the six, only with Washington and lowed by a contraction of declines in imports than Vietnam posted an in- Hanoi’s interventions 6.0 per cent in Thailand, exports.—Kyodo Maryland becomes first US state to tax digital ad revenue Botticelli’s ‘Young Man Holding a Roundel’ was sold in New “It’s all about taxes tending it would raise York last month for $92 million. PHOTO: AFP/FILE and no results,” Mr Ho- taxes on people already gan said in a video post- struggling due to the ed at Twitter. “This is not pandemic. the end of this fight, this A tax bite of up to 10 is the only the beginning. per cent would be taken It cannot and it will not from the portion of dig- stand.” ital advertising revenue The tax is expected resulting from Internet to be challenged in court. use in the state. Supporters of the “Maryland will be- tax, money from which come the first state in Facebook and Google dominate the digital advertising is to be funnelled into the country to make market, bringing in billions in revenue annually. education, touted its sure big tech pays their PHOTO: AFP passage as a victory for fair share while making MARYLAND on Friday enough votes to override schools that have gone billions of dollars a year (Feb 12) became the first a veto by Republican underfunded while In- using our personal data US state to tax digital ad Governor Larry Hogan, ternet firms have raked to sell digital ads,” state money taken in by Inter- who had sought to derail in fortunes from target- senator Bill Ferguson net giants. the tax on revenue taken ed ads. said in a Facebook post Legislators in the in from online ads shown Mr Hogan vetoed supporting the Bill.— state Senate mustered in Maryland. the Bill last year, con- AFP 14 FEBRUARY 2021 14 FEBRUARY 2021 14 DEVELOPMENT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR DEVELOPMENT 15

Chindwin Bridge (Htamanthi) under construction for development of Naga mountain ranges

HE government is striv- Bridge (Htamanthi) is being Sagaing Region. Stakes were ing for ensuring smooth built to link the Naga area and driven for the building of the By Swe Oo Wai Ttransportation in hilly the mainland of the country. bridge on 19 January 2021 areas of the country. As prior- Construction Group (2) to launch the bridge project. Translated by ity is being given to the con- of the Ministry of Construc- The facility will link Htamanthi Than Tun Aung struction of roads and bridges tion is taking responsibilities and Yinma villages in Homalin not only for local ethnic people for building Chindwin Bridge Township. Upon completion, but for their regions, gradu- (Htamanthi) in Homalin local people will have easy al improvement can be seen Township of Hkamti District access to the mainland of the there. Currently, Chindwin in upstream Chindwin area of country. “Thanks to Chindwin Bridge (Htamanthi), local people from the Naga area can drive throughout the route to eyawady River near Myingyan. the mainland of the country Thanks to the bridge, local peo- by car. The bridge will fulfil ple will have the opportunities the basic requirement of the to overcome the challenges in local people for regional devel- the development of the region opment and transportation,” due to hindrances caused by said U Myo Nyunt, Pyithu Hlut- Chindwin River. taw representative of Homalin Indeed, four bridges have Township at the stake driving been built crossing Chind- ceremony. Local people are win River. They are 2,656 feet pleasure with construction of long Chindwin Bridge (Hkam- the bridge. ti), 2,763 feet long Chindwin In fact, Chindwin Bridge Bridge (Homalin), 2,815 (Htamanthi) is bridging the feet long Chindwin Bridge Naga Self-Administered Zone (Kalewa) and 4,730 feet long and the mainland of the coun- Chindwin Bridge (Monywa). try. The project was launched The 2,624 feet long Chindwin with K33,000 million of the Bridge (Htamanthi), which is Union budget in 2020-21 fiscal under construction, is the fifth year. It is necessary to take facility of its kinds. more than two years for con- Really, the bridges built struction of the bridge which crossing Chindwin River in will be 802 metres long and 9.4 Sagaing Region help under- metres wide. take the tourism industry and At a time when the bridge regional development tasks. is completed, goods and prod- As Chindwin River passes ucts from Naga area can be through Htamanthi wildlife sent to Monywa, Mandalay sanctuary and Hukaung Val- and other major cities direct- ley Tiger Sanctuary, if all the ly. As transportation will be bridges have been completed smooth and swift all the year- across Chindwin River, vari- round, the bridge will contrib- ous types of tourism industry ute much to improvement of would have secured improve- health, economic and social ment with momentum. Chind- lives of the local people as well win Bridge (Htamanthi) will as the development of tourism create smooth transportation industry of the region. facilities for the travellers The areas in Naga up- bound for Htamanthi wildlife stream of Chindwin River in sanctuary. Sagaing Region were diffi- Chindwin Bridge (Htaman- cult in transport. Moreover, thi) under construction is streaming of Chindwin was a located between Chindwin great barrier and challenge Bridge (Hkamti) and Chindwin for the local people. Chindwin Bridge (Homalin). The facility River, more than 750 miles links milepost 247/5 on Thet- long, flows from the north to keikyin-Phaungpyin-Homa- the south, streaming into Ay- lin-Hkamti road and Htaman- 14 FEBRUARY 2021 14 FEBRUARY 2021 14 DEVELOPMENT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR DEVELOPMENT 15

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Casper Ruud became only the A special event of the ONE on Davit Karia of Georgia. second Norwegian to make the Championship named “Fists of In the Men’s Flyweight last 16 of a Grand Slam Saturday, Fury” featuring bouts of world- Kickboxing bout, Rodtang emulating his father. PHOTO: AFP class fighters will be held on 26 Jitmuangnon of Thailand will February at Singapore Indoor fight with Alejandro Rivas of Stadium in Singapore. Spain. Like father, There will be a total of six In the Men’s Bantam- fights: four men’s bouts and weight Kickboxing fight, Hi- like son: Ruud two women’s bouts of women roki Akimoto of Japan will face makes Slam fighters. Zhang Chenglong of China. In the main card of the In the Women’s Straw- last 16 event or Men’s Flyweight Kick- weight Muaythai fight, Won- boxing World Championship, dergirl Fairtex of Thailand will PHOTO: ONE CHAMPIONSHIP MELBOURNE— Casper Ilias Ennahachi of Netherlands fight with Jackielou Buntan of The ONE Championship Championship. The first two Ruud became only the sec- will fight against Superlek Ki- the United States. Fights will be broadcast live fights will also be streamed ond Norwegian to make atmoo of Thailand. In the Women’s Atom- free on ONE Super Applica- live on ONE Championship the last 16 of a Grand Slam In the Men’s Feather- weight fight, Victoria Lee of tion and ONE Championship Facebook page, officials stat- Saturday, emulating his fa- weight Kickboxing bout, Gior- Singapore will take on Sunisa YouTube Channel, according ed.—GNLM ther Christian who made gio Petrosyan of Italy will take Srisen of Thailand. to the statement with the ONE the grade at the Australian Open in 1997. The 22-year-old outlast- ed Radu Albot 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, Bayern Munich win race to sign Leipzig defender 6-4 to book a fourth-round Melbourne Park clash with Upamecano - reports Russian Andrey Rublev and said he was proud to match BERLIN—France defender expires in June after repeat- his dad’s achievement. Dayot Upamecano will join edly turning down extension “He was happy. He’s my Bayern Munich from Bunde- offers. Bayern sports director main coach, so it’s also an sliga rivals RB Leipzig next Hasan Salihamidzic told Bild achievement for him. Now season, according to reports he could confirm the transfer he has done it himself and France defender Friday. Both magazine Kick- Dayot Upamecano of the 22-year-old Upamecano. as a coach,” he said. er and daily Bild say Bayern will join Bayern “I can and we at FC Bay- “So I think he’s happy will pay 43 million euros ($52 Munich from ern are very happy about it,” that I’ve been able to not million) to activate the buy-out Bundesliga rivals RB said Salihamidzic. “We had beat his record yet, but at clause in Upamecano’s Leipzig Leipzig next season, very good, intensive and pro- least do the same as he did. according to reports contract, which runs until 2023. Friday. PHOTO: fessional talks with Dayot and “That was kind of the European champions Bay- AFP his agent Volker Struth over last inch he had on me when ern appear to have fought off many months. “We knew that it comes to Norwegian re- competition from Liverpool and sign the centre-back. David Alaba, 28, who is set to we had very strong competi- cords in tennis,” he added.— Chelsea, who also wanted to Upamecano will replace leave Bayern when his contract tion. —AFP AFP Inter, Juve continue title pursuit after cup skirmish

ROME—The pursuit of Serie A leaders AC Italia on Thursday Juve’s Leonardo Bonucci Milan heats up this weekend, as Juventus said “the images speak for themselves”. and Inter Milan face key matches after clash- Juve appeared to take particular delight ing on and off the pitch midweek. in seeing off their former coach Conte, who Champions Juve, who travel to Napoli left Italian football’s ‘Old Lady’ in July 2014 on Saturday, knocked Inter out of the Italian after leading them to a trio of league titles, Cup with a dogged goalless draw at the Alli- the first of their current run of nine in a row. anz Stadium on Tuesday which gave them a Conte was hired by Inter to knock Juve 2-1 aggregate win over their fiercest rivals. off their perch and although they find them- Inter coach Antonio Conte appeared to selves two points ahead of the third-placed show the finger to Juve’s directors at half- Turin giants they are being held at bay by time, while footage from broadcaster RAI at city rivals Milan.Â the end of the match showed Juve chairman Seven-time European champions Milan Andrea Agnelli apparently telling Conte to have defied expectations under Stefano Pioli “shut up”. and will be favourites to at least hold on to Newpspaper Gazzetta Dello Sport re- their five-point lead at the summit as they ported the pair clashed in the tunnel after travel to lowly Spezia while Inter host red-hot The pursuit of Serie A leaders AC Milan heats up this weekend, as Juventus and Inter the final whistle, and speaking to Sky Sport Lazio. —AFP Milan face key matches after clashing on and off the pitch midweek. PHOTO: AFP