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NATIONAL NATIONAL 43 well-wishers in Mandalay donate Information Minister returns home K255.31 mln for Eternal Peace Pagoda from Timor-Leste PAGE-6 PAGE-2

Vol. VI, No. 138, 4th Waxing of Tawthalin 1381 ME www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Monday, 2 September 2019 Central Myanmar Aid provided to flood victims, rice earthquake damages to be re-planted in Taninthayi religious sites, buildings; no casualties

EARTHQUAKE with AN a 6-magnitude shook Shwebo district, Sagaing re- gion, on 31 August, damaging pagodas, monasteries and school buildings. The quake was centered 14 miles northwest of Shwebo township at 9: 39 pm, and the damages occurred in Shwebo, KhinU and YeU townships. Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief, Resettlement U Soe Aung, together with Chief Minister of Sagaing re- gion Dr Myint Naing, Sagaing Region Hluttaw Speaker U Than and the officials, visited the quake-affected areas, met with local authorities and dis- cussed recovery works on 1 September. The deputy minister and party inspected the damages caused by the quake at Chan- thargyi Pagoda in Shwebo. Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye presents aid to flood victims in Taninthayi yesterday. PHOTO: MNA In the afternoon, the chief minister and party arrived in HE National Disaster handed over K60.69 million for being sheltered, and distributed YeU township, and inspected TManagement Committee short duration rice seeds, K9.75 … short duration aid. Dr Win Myat Aye pledged the destructions at Sutaung- yesterday provided relief to million for five fiber boats, over that the committee would pro- pyae pagoda, Htantabin pago- flood victims and rice seeds to K919,000 for rice to 438 flood vic- rice will be vide food to flood victims during da and Phaungdaw U pagoda. farmers to aid re-planting ef- tims, and K200,000 to the family planted on their stay at the shelters, and They also visited YeU hospital forts on flood-affected fields in of a Tatmadaw member who sought suggestions from them to comfort an injured woman Taninthayi Township. sacrificed his life in the rescue 6,069 acres of for the committee. from Pyindaung village in Kh- At a meeting held for flood operation, along with school uni- He also stressed the need inU township. victims at the Taninthayi Town forms, snacks, and toys for stu- farmlands, which to take precautions for avoid- They proceeded to KhinU Hall, the vice chairman of the dents. Following the ceremony, were affected by ing casualties and minimizing township and inspected the committee and Union Minister the Union Minister visited the damages in floods which strike damaged pagodas and a school. for Social Welfare, Relief and Kangyi and Chaunggyi monas- the recent floods. Taninthayi Region every year. Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye teries where flood victims are SEE PAGE-2 SEE PAGE-3

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NATIONAL LOCAL NEWS BUSINESS Heavy rain Sagaing Earthquake: MRF expects causes damages Authorities rice exports to roads, houses announce no to plunge in in Natalin damages to dams current FY PAGE-2 PAGE-4 PAGE-5 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Information Minister returns home from Timor-Leste

UNION Minister for Informa- Department U Ye Naing who tion Dr Pe Myint arrived back accompanied the Union Minister home yesterday morning after on the trip also arrived back on attending the 20th anniversary the same flight.—MNA of independence referendum in (Translated by Aung Khin) Timor-Leste. The Union Minister and par- ty left the capital Dili for Yangon Union Minister Dr Pe Myint on 31 August through transit air- arrives back home yesterday after ports in Bali of Indonesia and attending the 20th anniversary Singapore. of independence referendum in Timor-Leste. PHOTO: MNA Director-General of Infor- mation and Public Relations Aid provided to flood Union Minister visits Dawei for victims, rice to be early childhood care programme re-planted in Taninthayi

FROM PAGE-1 around the town, and dredging of drains to reduce floods in the Afterwards, the Union Minis- future. The dykes were upgraded ter and his party visited the flood and two sluice gates were built in management office set up at the 2014 to prevent the Taninthayi Taninthayi Fire Services Depart- River from overflowing, but the ment and gave instructions to facilities are not enough to pre- officials to provide aid to victims vent floods, the minister said. systematically. With the assistance of the Under the supervision of the National Disaster Management National Disaster Management Committee, short duration rice Committee, the local authorities will be planted on 6,069 acres of and ministries concerned are farmlands, which were affected making plans for the repair of by the recent floods.—MNA sluice gates, upgrade of dykes (Translated by Kyaw Zin Lin)

Heavy rain causes damages Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye poses for a group photo together with children and parents after to roads, houses in Natalin providing toys and food for children in Dawei yesterday. PHOTO: MNA HEAVY rain caused floods dam- the township. Dr Win Myat Aye, the Union childhood care and develop- breastfeeding mothers who aging roads, bridges and houses Flood victims are now tak- Minister for Social Welfare, ment programmes up to 8 play a key role in development in the vicinity of Taung Nyo dam ing sheltering in relatives hous- Relief and Resettlement, vis- years old, and the collabora- of children in term of physical in the east of Natalin Township, es nearby, related departments ited Dawei Township, Thanin- tion of social communities, and mental processes. Tharyarwaddy District, Bago and village administrators are tharyi region, to discuss early philanthropic organizations The Union Minister and Region. coordinating to repair the road childhood care and develop- and public in this task. party then answered the que- The floods left damage and bridges destoyed.—Tin My- ment programme on 31 August He also remarked the ries at the meeting before worth of over K42 millions and int (Natalin) (Translated by afternoon. ministry still have some providing cash assistance houses affecting 50 people in Alphonsus) He met with parents, restraints to operate suffi- of K1.83 million for the five teachers and caretakers of cient number of pre-schools mother circles and demon- children from mother circles across the country, although strated proper disposal of and pre-schools under the it has plans to conduct the rubbish. They also donated managements of state and nationwide child develop- toys and nutritious food, as private sectors at the City ment training programmes well as K9.75 million to buy Hall. together with child protection five fiber boats for flooding The Union Minister sug- schemes. incidents.—MNA gested to develop human Dr Win Myat Aye em- resources, to nurture the phasized the nutrition plans (Translated by Aung children in line with early for the pregnant women and Khin)

Torrential rain causes flash flooding on roads in Natalin. Thin Thin May, PHOTO : TIN MYINT NAT TA LIN Call 09251022355,09974424848 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3 Myanmar Engineering Council receives world recognized certificates

MYANMAR Engineering man U Tin Maung Win. Council (MEngC) hosted a MEngC’s President Dr. dinner yesterday for being ap- Charlie Than handed over the proved of provisional status in two certificates to the Union Washington Accord at Inter- Minister. The latter then pre- national Engineering Alliance sented certificates of appre- and receiving the certificate ciations to the patrons and of FEIAP Engineering Edu- former presidents of MEngC. cation Guidelines Compliance Then, Dr Cho Win Maw, presented by the Federation the vice president of MEngC, of Engineering Institutions of read out the message sent by Asia and Pacific (FEIAP) for Prof Dr Chuah Hean Teik, the the second level. president of FEIAP. Union Minster for Con- The patrons and for- struction U Han Zaw attend- mer presidents of MEngC ed the dinner at the Lotte conferred certificate of ap- Hotel in Yangon, and made preciations to members of A damaged pagoda in KhinU Township in Sagaing Region. PHOTO: KHINU SOE WAI AND LU AUNG a congratulation remark, fol- scrutinizing committee for (KATHA) lowed by appreciation words qualification of engineering of Pyithu Hluttaw Transport, specialized subject and the Communications and Con- donors.—MNA Central Myanmar earthquake damages struction Committee Chair- (Translated by Aung Khin) religious sites, buildings; no casualties MOHT shares powers, rights with local governments

YANGON Region Tourism ments for issuing permits Committee (YRTC) has per- of the hotels and tourism in- mitted over K119.62 billion dustry after a scrutiny of the and US$ 238.29 million worth applications,” the press meet of investments for hotels and told the media. tourism sector during the pe- The YRTC approved riod from January to August three hotels and two guest- end this year, generating 2691 houses, totaling 133 rooms, job opportunities, according construction permits for four to a press meet held at the hotels and one guesthouse, region government office on 56 tour licenses (internal/ 30 August. external), 19 tour licenses “The Hluttaw passed a (external), and 30 tour-guide law in connection with the licenses, generating 335 job tourism sector in December opportunities. It permitted previous year,” recounted an overall investment of Ks Sagaing Region Chief Minister Dr Myint Naing and Deputy Minister U Soe Aung inspect a damaged pagoda in Naw Pan Thinzar Myo, a cabi- 26674 million for hotels and Shwebo. PHOTO: MNA net member of Yangon Region guesthouses. government and the spokes- The Yangon Region Tour- FROM PAGE-1 partment of Disaster Manage- nU Township has shown that woman of YRTC, saying, “As ism Committee (YRTC) ap- ment U Sao Willy Frank said 35 pagodas, 11 monasteries, the Hotels and Tourism Min- proved projects for the tour- The earthquake also re- that the list of damages will 8 schools, 1 mosque, village istry has ceased its functions ism sector of the provinces at sulted in devastations at Gov- be compiled to render assis- administration office and 5 of the sector and shared the its first and fourth meetings ernment Technological College tances. houses were wrought by the powers and rights with pro- of the current year. From the and some religious edifices in He said “Data is being col- earthquake. The Department vincial governments, which start of this year till today, the Shwebo. lected about the damages to of Meteorology and Hydrology established their own tour- committee approved 33 hotels A wall of two-storey house be able to provide necessary reported that the area suffered ism task forces, these newly licenses, one provisional hotel in YeU township collapsed af- assistance to the quake-affect- a series of aftershocks. — Lo- formed subcommittees are license and eight guesthouse ter the earthquake. ed areas.” cal IPRD offices scrutinizing the applications licenses, totaling 2136 rooms, Head of the Regional De- The latest data in Khi- (Translated by Aung Khin) and issuing permits. 276 tour licenses (internal/ “The provincial tourism external), 121 tour licenses task forces are formed with (external), and 218 tour-guide the experienced technicians licenses, the press meet an- and academics of the private nounced. — Myint Maung Soe Thin Thin May, tourism sector, apart from Call 09251022355,09974424848 officials of the local govern- (Translation: TMT) 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 4 LOCAL NEWS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sagaing Earthquake: Authorities announce no damages to dams www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com AN earthquake measuring 6.0 on ACTING CHIEF EDITOR Richter scale, centered near 14 Aye Min Soe miles northwest of Shwebo Town- [email protected] ship at 9: 39 pm, has caused no SENIOR EDITORIAL CONSULTANT damage to the structures, espe- Kyaw Myaing cially dams and related water- works large and small, in the sur- SENIOR TRANSLATORS Zaw Min rounding areas of the epicenter, Zaw Htet Oo assured Irrigation and Water Utili- Alphonsus zation Management Department INTERNATIONAL NEWS EDITOR Ye Htut Tin, (IWUMD). [email protected] IWUMD personnel wasted no time in checking the irrigation Officials check the irrigation LOCAL NEWS EDITORS facilities including Kabo Dam, Tun Tun Naing (Editor), facilities at Kabo Dam after [email protected] Koebin Dam, Thaphanseik Dam, earthquake occurred on 31 Nwe Nwe Tun (Sub-editor), Kintat Diversion Dam in the sur- August. PHOTO : MNA [email protected] rounding areas of the epicenter

TRANSLATORS located about 14 miles northwest north of Yangon. The initial field but the department will conduct lic if it finds any suspicious sit- Hay Mar Tin Win, of Shwebo in Sagaing Region, check of IWUMD showed that a thorough inspection of the fa- uation or any cracks.—MNA Ei Myat Mon which is roundabout 400 miles the irrigation facilities were safe, cilities, and will inform the pub- (Translated by TMT) Kyaw Zin Lin Kyaw Zin Tun REPORTER Zalon Taung elephant camp opens in Bamauk Township Nyein Nyein Ei, [email protected] Aye Yamon Oo THE Zalon Taung elephant camp was opened yesterday at Bamauk PHOTOGRAPHER Township in Katha District of Kyaw Zeya Win @ Phoe Khwar Sagaing Region. Kyaw Zeya It is the 22nd camp opened by COMPUTER TEAM the Myanma Timber Enterprise, Thein Ngwe, under the Ministry of Natural Re- Zaw Zaw Aung, Ye Naing Soe, Hnin Pwint, Kay Khaing Win, sources and Environmental Con- Sanda Hnin, Thein Htwe, Nyi Lin Thu servation, and the fourth camp to be established in Sagaing Region. EDITORIAL SECTION The opening of the elephant (+95) (01)8604529, Fax — (+95) (01) 8604305 camp is aimed at attracting tour- ists and locals visitors, and creat- CIRCULATION & DISTRIBUTION ing jobs for local residents. San Lwin, (+95) (01) 8604532, Hotline - 09 974424114 Pilgrims visiting the Zalon Taung pagoda will also be able to ADVERTISING & MARKETING visit the scenic camp, which has ( +95) (01) 8604530, been designed as an eco-tourist Hotline - 09 974424848 [email protected] spot, said officials. [email protected] Ministers with the Sagaing Region government, officials Printed and published at the Global New Light of Myanmar Printing Factory at from concerned departments, No.150, Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, Bahan and the regional tourism com- U Larl Htaung Htann, Sagaing Region Minister for Chin Ethnic Affairs, feeds the elephants at Zalon Taung Township, Yangon, by the Global New Light mittee formally inaugurated the elephant camp at Bamauk yesterday. PHOTO: KO HTEIN of Myanmar Daily under Printing Permit No. camp by cutting a ribbon and daw Township, Pyarswe in elephants and about 1,500 wild camp can help encourage the 00510 and Publishing Permit No. 00629. giving remarks. Mawlaik, and Bodhi Tahtaung elephants in Myanmar. They are conservation of elephants and [email protected] Before the launch of the in Monywa under threat as they are increas- increase the revenue of the www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Zalon Taung camp, there were As per data from the My- ingly being poached for ivory and regional government, said offi- www.facebook.com/TheGNLM three elephant camps in Sagaing anma Timber Enterprise, there skin. cials.—Ko Htein (Translated Region — Natpauk camp in In- are around 5,000 domesticated The opening of the elephant by Ei Myat Mon)

Housing project for retired employees to be developed in Dagon Seikkan

By Aye Yamon Oo vice personnel, who will retire Although the Ministry of operate with a large company in 2020, have requested the re- Construction has been oversee- abroad. “The buildings covered A Malaysian company has won gional government to provide ing the Dagon Seikkan Smart by the project are being built by a tender to jointly build the Da- housing for them in the Yangon City project, the project can the Ministry of Construction by gon Seikkan Smart City district region. So, we’ve invited foreign take a long time to complete if itself. But there is a problem of project to house 30,000 civil ser- companies to join us in develop- it is only funded using the gov- budget constraints, and so, if Write for us vice personnel who will retire in ing this special housing project ernment budget. This being so, we depend on the government

We appreciate your feedback and 2020, said U Phyo Min Thein, the for retired personnel. The au- the government has decided to budget alone, the project will contributions. If you have any comments Chief Minister for the Yangon thorities have scrutinized the develop the project in cooper- take quite a long time to finish. or would like to submit editorials, analyses or reports please email Regional Government. Among tenders submitted by the com- ation with a foreign privately Currently, only four buildings [email protected] the companies which participat- panies and selected this Malay- owned company to construct have been built. If we construct with your name and title. Due to limitation of space we are only ed in the competitive bidding are sian company,” said U Phyo Min the buildings and ensure it is the buildings, in cooperation with able to publish “Letter to the Editor” Berjaya company, which is one of Thein at Malaysia-Myanmar completed in a shorter time. As the Malaysian company, the pro- that do not exceed 500 words. Should you submit a text longer than 500 words the leading builders in Malaysia, Connect (MMC) 2019, held at the flats are meant for those ject can be completed in a short please be aware that your letter will be who won the tender. Wyndham Grand Yangon hotel who are going to retire in 2020, time”, said U Phyo Min Thein. edited. “A total of 30,000 civil ser- on 30 August. the ministry has decided to co- (Translated by Hay Mar) 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR LOCAL BUSINESS 5 MRF expects rice exports to plunge in current FY

MYANMAR’S rice exports nouncement from the MRF. through the border have plum- Myanmar rice has pene- meted drastically in the current trated over 60 foreign markets. fiscal year, bringing down the China is the largest buyer of overall export volume, according Myanmar’s rice, accounting to figures released by the My- for over 677,900 metric tons of anmar Rice Federation (MRF). rice and broken rice exports, Between 1 October, 2018 followed by the Philippines and and 16 August, 2019, exports of Cameroon. Côte d’Ivoire is the rice through the border check- fourth, while Madagascar is the points have fetched an estimated fifth largest buyer of Myanmar US$179.7 million, while income rice. Moreover, the European from the maritime rice trade has Union countries have import- reached $443.79 million. ed over 430,900 metric tons of On account of problems in rice from Myanmar, while over the conduct of border trade with 513,000 tons of rice and broken China, the country’s rice exports rice has been shipped to African are expected to touch around 2.5 countries. million tons in the current finan- Myanmar mostly exports cial year, according to the MRF. broken rice to Belgium, followed Myanmar primarily exports by Indonesia, China, the Nether- rice to China through the border lands, and the UK. It is placed on gates. However, trade in agricul- 37 foreign markets. Workers loading the truck with sacks of rice at Botahtaung Jetty in Yangon. PHOTO : PHOE KHWAR tural products has been halted In the 2017-2018 fiscal year, on account of China’s clamp- ment-to-government (G2G) ly high compared to border trade broken rice exported between Myanmar shipped 3.6 million down on illegal trade in border pacts and under a barter system, when it comes to rice exports, 1 October, 2018 and 16 August, tons of rice to other countries, gates. in exchange for Chinese goods. accounting for 70.9 per cent of 2019 is estimated at 2.06 million which is an all-time record in rice At present, rice is being Unlike earlier, maritime the total exports. metric tons, worth over $623.57 exports.—GNLM (Translated sent to China through govern- trade this year has been relative- The total volume of rice and million, according to an an- by EMM)

Trade deficit narrows to $1 bln as imports Trade at Muse falls by $1 bln decline, exports rise THE value of Sino-Myanmar China through the legitimate A fall in imports coupled with Meanwhile, Myanmar’s to- businesses are rising, the coun- border trade through the Muse channel as they find the tax lev- a jump in exports, between 1 tal external trade decreased to try’s reliance on natural resourc- gate plunged by US$1.19 bil- ied by China too high. There- October and 23 August in the $31.21 billion from $31.47 billion es such as natural gas and jade lion between 1 October, 2018 fore, rice confiscation and current financial year, helped recorded in the same period of is lessening. and 23 August, 2019 to reach price manipulation often occur. narrow Myanmar’s trade deficit the previous FY. The government is trying $4.36 billion from $5.55 billion “We need to convert to US$1.2 billion from $3 billion Myanmar exports agricul- to reduce the trade deficit by recorded in the year-ago peri- the government-to-govern- in the corresponding period of tural products, animal products, screening luxury import items od, according to data from the ment (G2G) agreement into the 2017-2018FY, according to the minerals, forest products, and and boosting exports. Ministry of Commerce. a sustainable pact. Myan- Ministry of Commerce. finished industrial goods, while Myanmar’s trade deficit was During the October-Au- mar requires G2G or busi- In the October-August period it imports capital goods, interme- pegged at $1.3 billion in the last gust period, exports through ness-to-business (B2B) agree- in the current fiscal year, exports diate goods, CMP raw materials, mini-budget period, $3.9 billion the Muse gate dropped signif- ments for trade of pulses and were estimated at $14.9 billion and consumer goods. in the 2017-2018FY, $5.3 billion in icantly to $2.76 billion, while beans, corn, sesame, fish, and and imports were valued at $16.2 The country’s export sector the 2016-2017FY, and $5.4 billion imports were valued at $1.59 shrimp to grab a share of the billion. Compared to the previous relies more on the agriculture in the 2015-2016FY, according to billion. Chinese market. The govern- fiscal, exports have increased by and manufacturing sectors. While statistics released by the Central Exports through the Muse ment and the private sector $762.8 million, while imports have export earnings from the CMP Statistical Organization. — Htet gate have declined owing to also need to move forward fallen by $1 billion. (cut, make, and pack) garment Myat (Translated by EMM) tight confiscation and trade in harmony through public suspension by China since Oc- private partnerships (PPP),” tober, 2018, coupled with the according to U Ye Min Aung, Border trade value increases by over $1.1 bln this FY closure of the Mandalay-Muse the president of the Myanmar road, a major trading route, Rice Federation. THE value of total border from 1 ee, Chin Shwe Haw and Kengtung trade, with an estimated value of due to recent fighting. Myanmar exports rice, October to 23 August this fiscal gates while Myanmar is carrying more than $4.36 billion this FY, Muse is an important bor- sugar, pulses, sesame seeds, year has reached US$ 9.09 bil- out border trade with India via followed by HteeKhee with $2.24 der gate in Myanmar and han- corn, dried tea leaves, fishery lion, up over 1.1 billion compared Tamu and Reed. The country’s billion and Myawady with $852 dles the largest trade volume, products, minerals, and animal with over $7.98 billion in the same border trade gates with Bangla- million. Myanmar mainly export but it has seen a steep drop as products to China, while it im- period last year, according to the desh are Sittway and Maungtaw agricultural products, animal trade in agricultural products ports agricultural machinery, statistical report of the Ministry as well as Thailand via Tachilek, products as well as forest prod- has been halted on account of electrical appliances, iron and of Commerce. The total border Myawady, Kawthaung, Myeik, Ht- ucts, minerals, fishery products, China clamping down on illegal steel-related materials, raw in- trade value included $6.3 billion in eeKhee, Mawtaung and Maese. manufactured goods and other goods. dustrial goods, and consumer exports and $2.8 billion in imports. During this period, the bor- products while capital goods, Myanmar merchants find goods. — GNLM (Translated There are 17 border trade der trade value at the Muse bor- raw industrial materials and it difficult to export goods to by EMM) camps in Myanmar. Myanmar der trade camp amounted to $4.36 consumer products are import- is trading with her neighboring billion, down $1.2 compared with ed into the country. Currently, countries_ China, India, Bangla- the same period last year. some 80 per cent of the country’s desh and Thailand. Sino-Myan- Among all the gates, the external trade is carried out via mar border trade is carried out Muse border gate sees the largest sea routes.—Zwe (Translated through Muse, Lweje, Kanpiket- volume and value of total border by Hay Mar) 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR 43 well-wishers in Mandalay donate K255.31 mln for Eternal Peace Pagoda

UNION Minister for Religious ter, the Director-General, the Affairs and Culture Thura U Deputy Director-General, and Aung Ko received cash dona- the District Administrator of tions of well-wishers in Manda- Mandalay General Adminis- lay for building Eternal Peace tration Department, and they Pagoda yesterday afternoon. returned certificates of honour The donation ceremony to the donors. was held at the Convocation A total of 43 well-wishers Hall of State Pariyatti Sasa- donated K 255.31 million dur- na University on 62nd street ing the third donation ceremo- in Aungmyethazan Township, ny at State Pariyatti Sasana Mandalay. University (Mandalay)— Tin Union Minister Thura U Aung Ko receives cash donations of well-wishers in Mandalay for building Eternal The cash donations were Maung (Sub printing House- Peace Pagoda yesterday. PHOTO : TIN MAUNG (SUB PRINTING HOUSE-MDY) received by the Union Minis- Mdy)

SOCIAL Meghan Markle’s dad UN chief expresses solidarity criticises being estranged with Ebola-hit DR Congo from his daughter

GOMA (DR Congo) — UN LONDON (United Kingdom) daughter. chief Antonio Guterres — Thomas Markle, Meghan “I do love her very much. I started a three-day tour of Markle’s estranged father, has would love nothing more than the Democratic Republic of criticised being made a “ghost” to put a picture of Archie in a Congo Saturday, expressing in her life -- while accusing his frame.” “solidarity” with a region rav- daughter of telling “lies” about He added he was “disap- aged by violence and an Ebola how she financed her university pointed” not to have seen his epidemic. education. grandson Archie. The UN secretary gen- The 75-year-old, who lives in The duchess’s estranged eral first visited Goma, the Mexico, said in a British newspa- father said he had made efforts capital of North Kivu province per interview published Sunday to reconcile with Meghan, but so which is trying to roll back an that he had not heard from the far to no avail. epidemic of Ebola that has Duchess of Sussex or her hus- “I sent her a card via her claimed more than 2,000 lives band Prince Harry since skip- financial adviser in LA but re- in a year. ping their 2018 wedding. ceived no acknowledgement,” Guterres was received by He told the Daily Mail he he added. Leila Zerrougui, his special had hoped to receive a photo- “I have no idea if she got it.” representative in DR Congo. graph of his royal grandson Ar- In the lengthy interview The two did not shake chie, born earlier this year, but with the British paper, Thom- hands, in line with health pro- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. PHOTO: AFP had so far been rebuffed. as Marklealso hit out at claims tocols aimed at curbing the “There was never any prob- Meghan made during a royal spread of the highly infectious lem between Meghan and me visit to Fiji last year that she had and very often fatal disease. and South Kivu provinces of ple living in the bush under until recently,” said Thomas personally paid her way through Guterres said he had DR Congo, a vast country the the illusion that by being in Markle, who missed walking his college in the United States. come to express his support size of western continental an armed group they could daughter down the aisle at her “I’m sorry but that is com- “with the armed forces of Europe. have a better life. The reality, Windsor Castle nuptials due to pletely untrue. I paid every pen- DRC in the fight against ter- At a centre for demobi- he insisted, was that meant health problems and then be- ny of her tuition and I have the rorism” which represents “a lised former militia fighters in “a tragic life, a life without a came embroiled in a paparazzi bank statements to prove it,” threat not only for the Congo Goma, Guterres appealed to future.” photo scandal. he said. but the whole of Africa.” the militias to choose peace. According to the Group of “I’ve stayed quiet because “I’m sick of the lies. I’m sick The UN peacekeep- “It’s always possible to Experts on Congo from New Meghan was pregnant with Ar- of being vilified and shut out of ing mission in the country choose peace,” he said, urging York University and Human chie but I’m speaking out now their lives. known by its French acronym all combatants to come “to a Rights Watch, armed groups because they and their PR peo- “I always upheld my respon- MONUSCO comprises some centre like this (for) a new life killed 1,900 civilians and ple are continuing to ghost me sibilities as a father. Meghan’s 16,000 troops and has an an- in peace in their home com- kidnapped more than 3,300 out of her life,” he added. comments about paying her way nual budget of over $1 billion. munity.” people in the region between “Sometimes I get the feel- through college are offensive to A total of 130 militias and He added he had heard June 2017 and June 2019. ing people think I don’t love my me,” he said. — AFP armed groups roam the North moving testimony from peo- — AFP 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 7 Israel fires back after anti-tank missiles from Lebanon

KIRYAT SHMONA (Israel) — fire from Lebanon, an Israeli Israel said it returned fire Sun- military spokesman called on day after anti-tank missiles from Israelis living within four kilo- Lebanon hit targets inside its metres (2.5 miles) of the Leba- territory, raising fears of a se- nese border to remain at home rious escalation with Hezbollah and prepare shelters. after a week of rising tensions. Tensions have risen in the Hezbollah claimed it de- last week between Israel and stroyed an Israeli military ve- its enemy Hezbollah, the Leb- hicle and killed and wounded anese Shiite movement backed those inside, but Israel had not by Iran. Hezbollah chief Has- commented in detail. san Nasrallah said Saturday Lebanon’s Prime Minister the group’s response to an al- Saad Hariri urged the United leged Israeli drone attack on States and France to intervene, the group’s Beirut stronghold contacting US Secretary of had been “decided”. State Mike Pompeo and French The pre-dawn August 25 at- President Emmanuel Macron’s tack involved two drones — one diplomatic adviser to do so. exploded and caused damage to The head of the UN peace- a Hezbollah-run media centre keeping force in Lebanon urged and another crashed without “maximum restraint.” detonating due to technical Israel’s army said in a failure. Israel has not claimed statement that “a number of responsibility for the incident. anti-tank missiles were fired The attack in Lebanon from Lebanon towards an (Is- Artillery shells are lined up beside an Israeli self-propelled artillery gun near the Lebanese border. PHOTO: AFP came just hours after Israel raeli military) base and military launched strikes in neighbour- vehicles.” towards the sources of fire and south of the country. the Avivim barracks (in north- ing Syria to prevent what it said “A number of hits have been targets in southern Lebanon.” Hezbollah said in a state- ern Israel), killing and wounding was an impending Iranian drone confirmed,” it said. The Lebanese army said ment its fighters “destroyed a those inside.” attack on the Jewish state. It was “responding with fire Israel fired 40 rockets into the military vehicle on the road to After the initial reports of — AFP More than 100 killed in air strike on 9 dead in plane crash in Yemen prison: ICRC Philippines

SANAA (Yemen) — More than their injuries in hospitals in the much of Yemen -- the Arab MANILA — All seven passengers ing that investigators and airline 100 people are believed to have city, south of the capital Sanaa. world’s poorest nation. and two pilots onboard an 11-seat- personnel are in the process of been killed in an air strike by the ICRC teams collecting bod- Fighting since then has al- er private plane were killed in a identifying the bodies. Saudi-led military coalition on a ies were also “working relent- ready claimed tens of thousands fiery crash on Sunday afternoon The report said the private detention centre in Yemen, the lessly to find survivors under of lives and sparked what the in Laguna province south of Ma- plane took off from Dipolog City International Committee of the the rubble”, he said, but cau- United Nations calls the world’s nila in the Philippines, an updated airport at 1:40 p:m. Red Cross said Sunday. tioned that the chances of find- worst humanitarian crisis. police report said. The report said the two care- The coalition said it target- ing any were very slim. The medical evacuation takers who were at the resort dur- ed a facility run by the Huthi Footage obtained by AFP War crimes plane, carrying seven pas- ing the crash were also injured rebels that “stores drones and showed heavy damage to the Both sides stand accused sengers, a pilot and a co-pilot, and taken to a local hospital for missiles”, but the rebels said the building and several bodies ly- of actions that could amount to crashed into a private pool resort treatment. According to witness- attack had levelled a building ing in the rubble, as bulldozers war crimes. inside a subdivision in Pansol, a es, smoke engulfed the low-flying they used as a prison. worked to clear away huge piles The coalition has been village in Calamba City, around plane before it crashed and ex- The ICRC rushed to the of debris. blacklisted by the UN for the 3:00 p:m, the report said. ploded in fireball. They said that scene in the city of Dhamar with The coalition intervened in killing of children, while Sau- Police said the King Air 350 the plane attempted to ascend medical teams and hundreds of 2015 to support the government di Arabia and its allies accuse plane with tail number RPC 2296 before it hit the ground. body bags. after the Iran-aligned Huthis the Huthis of using civilians as was transporting a patient from Metal debris were falling “The location that was hit swept out of their northern human shields in densely pop- Dipolog City in Zamboanga del from the plane while it was trying has been visited by ICRC be- stronghold to seize Sanaa and ulated areas. — AFP Norte province in the southern to maneuver, the witnesses add- fore,” Franz Rauchenstein, its Philippines to Manila for a med- ed. Firefighters and emergency head of delegation for Yemen, ical treatment. personnel rushed to the scene told AFP from Dhamar. “It’s a Among the passengers on- minutes after the crash. college building that has been board were the patient’s wife, a The Civil Aviation Author- empty and has been used as a doctor and medical staff, plus the ity of the Philippines said that detention facility for a while.” two pilots. All the nine died, the a medical evacuation plane lost “What is most disturbing report added. radar contact with the Manila is that (the attack was) on a “As of 8: 16 p:m, nine ca- Control Tower while on its way prison. To hit such a building is davers were retrieved from the back to Manila from Dipolog City. shocking and saddening – pris- wreckage,” the report said, add- — Xinhua oners are protected by interna- tional law.” Rauchenstein said that over 100 people were estimated to be dead, and that at least 40 A screen grab from an AFPTV video shows the destroyed building Call Thin Thin May, 09251022355,09974424848 survivors were being treated for following reported airstrikes on 1 September. PHOTO: AFP 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 9 Keep hopes Improving Health Initiative through Schools Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Sunday 1st September, 2019) and dreams for By Dr. Myint Myint Than (Deputy Director-General), Dr. Phyu Phyu Aye (Director [School Health]) (Continued from a spirit of sacrifice, treating their BAY INFERENCE: Monsoon is strong to vigorous over the yesterday’s article) students like their own offspring Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. peace alive and nurturing them properly. Seven directives of the With these feeling of tender- FORECAST VALID UNTIL AFTERNOON OF THE 02nd State Counsellor ness that surrounds the learning September, 2019: Rain or thundershowers will be scattered (1) Elimination of drug hazards centers, the parents must come in Sagaing Region, Kachin and Northern Shan States, fairly EPRESENTATIVES of the National Reconciliation and to create a drug free so- forward and fill in the needy widespread in Mandalay and Magway Regions and widespread and Peace Centre (NRPC) and four members of ciety. cooperation in the campaign of in the remaining Regions and States with regionally heavyfall the Northern Alliance — KIO, MNTJP, PSLF, and (2) Eradication of cigarette/ che- health initiative through schools. in Rakhine State and isolated heavyfalls in Taninthayi Region, R ULA — held talks on 31 August for ceasing the root smoking, tobacco chew- Ways and means in support Chin, Kayin and Mon States. Degree of certainty is (100%). ongoing armed conflicts at the earliest. ing and betel quid consump- of the campaign is not necessari- In a recent early morning gunbattle at Moheik village, tion. ly just contributing cash and kind STATE OF THE SEA: Occasional squalls with rough seas Kutkai, northern Shan State, three women and two children, (3) Reduce and avoid heavy al- towards the school, but providing will be experienced off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface including an infant, lost their lives. coholic drinking and to shun voluntary work and time in the wind speed in squalls may reach (40)m.p.h. Wave height will The armed conflicts that started on 15 August in the away from related diseases, activities. be about (9 –12) feet off and along Myanmar Coasts. northern Shan State have already claimed several lives and hazards and risks. Task for improving health caused heavy damage to property. (4) Living and leading a lifestyle initiative through schools de- OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Strong mon- From the attacks on in a healthy manner. pends mainly on the abilities of soon. PyinOoLwin at the eastern (5) Reducing injury and damage the parent-teacher association edge of Mandalay Region from vehicle accidents and and the school health committee. FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOURING The wish of to the skirmishes all along road accidents. Enhanced abilities of the par- AREA FOR 02nd September, 2019: One or two rain or thun- the people is the road to Lashio and Muse (6) Raising awareness and im- ent-teacher association and the dershowers. Degree of certainty is (100%). in the northeastern part of parting knowledge on repro- school health committee could peace, not war, the country, the people have ductive health through school surely elevate and pushed up the FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA had more than their share curriculum. health awareness and knowledge FOR 02nd September, 2019: One or two rain or thundershow- and everyone of suffering. (7) Reducing the excessive vid- of the students. ers. Degree of certainty is (100%). Let alone the torching eo game addiction among the Healthy dealing with things is aware of this. of heavy trucks, passenger students. sensibly and realistically in a way FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING coaches, and private cars that is based on practical rather AREA FOR 02nd September, 2019: One or two rain or thun- It’s about time during the conflicts, even (6) Mental health issues than theoretical considerations dershowers. Degree of certainty is (100%). ambulances on rescue mis- Among the teenagers, one would be achieved in the daily Young school children enter their classrooms as their teacher waits by door. PHOTO: PHOE KHWAR use of armed sions were not spared. Ci- out of ten youth are always (or) lives of the youth. vilians were caught in the ority tasks and programs on (7) including education, health future of the offspring It might be literally termed struggle as crossfire, and the wounded topics have been taken up by and sport areas would be used Participation of the parents as nurturing a new generation a bargaining and the sick could not get experts and professionals and for laying down strategies is very much vital and impor- with peace of mind, physically Invitation to young access to medical treat- Strengthening health exchanged views. The seminar and future plans strength- tant for elevating health initiative and mentally. Peace of mind is chip for ment. Some of the more pointed out the salient points ening health promotion at through schools in top gear for a state of mental and emotional writers for Sunday unfortunate civilians were promotion at schools is as and the future tasks for the im- schools. the better future of the children. calmness, with no worries, fears political gains arrested and tortured, sim- plementations at various levels Union Minister Dr. Myint School is one of the most im- or stress. Special ply on suspicion, according such as the Central Level, the Htwe also called on other relat- portant things in youth lives. If In conclusion, it may be is seriously to the natives. important as implementing Regional Level, the State Level, ed ministries, INGOs and civil they are not educated then they strongly advisable that the par- Normal traffic ground the District Level, and the Town- society organizations for cooper- do not have the skills needed to ents and the public must come The Global New Light of Myanmar is accepting submissions to a halt on the Union High- ship Level. ating in implementing the seven function in everyday society. forward in the campaign and reconsidered. the National Health Plan of poetry, opinion, articles, essays and short stories from way, the main trade route National Seminar on tasks for promoting the health Educational institutions are drive for the health promoting young people for its weekly Sunday Next Generation Platform. between China and Myan- Strengthening Health Promo- standard at schools under the the venues for the youth which schools for the greater good of mar, as bridges on the facility were blown up, burnt-out cars 2017-2021 -- the health tion School titled “Physically leadership of the Ministry of Ed- systematically provide such as the students. Interested candidates can send their work to the Global were placed as road blocks, and sporadic skirmishes occurred and Mentally Fit Youth for the ucation as the Ministry of Health that of their physical and men- New Light of Myanmar at No. 150, Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda along the road. It is clear that the armed conflicts have had roadmap for the country. Brighter Future” was held at the and Sports alone cannot bring tal health; that of decent living References: Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, in person, or by email to an adverse impact on trade and traffic flow. Myanmar International Conven- success to the program. among the society; that of the 1. World Health Organization, [email protected] with the following Indeed, battles involve opponents using different weap- tion Centre-II in Nay Pyi Taw on At the seminar, the General love and cherish for the tradition School and Youth Health, information: (1) Sector you wish to be included in (poetry, ons and tactics, but targeting communities, unarmed people, 12 August 2019. Framework was adopted for the and culture. Global School Health Initia- opinion, etc.), (2) Own name and (if different) your penname, and innocent persons, and taking cover in towns and villages Speaking at the seminar, future tasks. As for teachers, they exhibit tive; (3) Your level of education, (4) Name of your School/College/ amounts to an act of terrorism. most of the times remained iso- the boys. Union Minister for Health and Cooperation needed for the loving kindness, enthusiasm, and (https:// www.who.int/school— The wish of the people is peace, not war, and everyone lated and lonely. In the midst of Recent National Seminar on Sports Dr. Myint Htwe said youth—health/gshi/en/). University, (5) A written note of declaration that the submitted is aware of this. It’s about time use of armed struggle as a such lonely youth, one out of ten Strengthening Health Pro- Strengthening health promo- 2. School Health Manual, Min- piece is your original work and has not been submitted to bargaining chip for political gains is seriously reconsidered. attempted to commit suicide; moting School in Myanmar tion at schools is as important istry of Health and Sports any other news or magazine publishing houses, (6) A color The NRPC, KIO, MNTJP, PSLF and ULA have released (GSHS-2016). Under the auspices of as implementing the National As for teachers, they exhibit (2018). photo of the submitter, (7) Copy of your NRC card, (8) Contact a joint communiqué that supports the public hope for peace, the State, and in cooperation Health Plan 2017-2021 the health 3. Global Youth Tobacco Survey information (email address, mobile number, etc.).— Editorial national reconciliation, and cessation of armed conflicts at the (7) Reproductive health is- among the relevant ministries roadmap for the country. loving kindness, enthusiasm, (GYTS-2016); World Health Department, The Global New Light of Myanmar earliest. Additionally, the Office of the Commander-in-Chief sues and the Ministry of Health and He continued to say that pro- Organization. of Defence Services has also issued a statement, extending According to the findings Sports, the National Seminar moting health standard of the and a spirit of sacrifice, treating 4. Global School Based Student unilateral ceasefire till 21 September. in the (2016) Myanmar Demo- on Strengthening Health Pro- school-age children who makes Health Survey, (GSHS-2016), Both the joint communiqué and the statement are encour- graphic Health Survey (MDHS), moting School titled “Physically up about 20 per cent of the coun- their students like their own World Health Organization. aging signs for the peace-loving people of the country, who youth between the age brackets and Mentally Fit Youth for the try’s population would ensure 5. Myanmar Demographic and dislike playing games, as their great hope is the emergence of 15 years to 24 years only a few Brighter Future” was held at the the all-round development of the offspring and nurturing them Health Survey, (Myanmar of a democratic federal union through sincere and proactive numbers of youth have the com- Myanmar International Conven- country. DHS-2016). efforts. Let’s keep their hopes and dreams for peace alive! prehensive knowledge on HIV tion Center-2 on 12 and 13 June The Union Minister said properly. Translated by UMT (Ahlon) issues such as 16 percent among 2019 in Nay Pyi Taw. the suggestions given by ex- Call Thin Thin May, 09251022355,09974424848 the girls and 18 percent among At the two-day seminar, pri- perts from different sectors 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 10 ENVIRONMENT / SCIENCE THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

NEWS EU court to hear case on jailing MPs In BRIEF over air pollution Genes explain up to 25 pct of same-sex in the southern German city, and following a final decision in behavior: study 2014, a Munich court demanded a plan of action from the state WASHINGTON—An interna- government which included a tional team of geneticist and city ban for diesel-fuelled ve- behavioral scientists found that hicles. genetic markers are not enough ‘No precedent’ for predicting whether a person Yet both activists and the is gay, bisexual, or straight. judiciary have claimed the gov- The study published in ernment is flagrantly ignoring this week’s Science magazine the 2014 ruling. In November showed that genetics can last year, the Bavarian higher explain between 8 percent and administrative court referred 25 percent of same-sex behavior the case to the ECJ, saying while the rest can be explained that “high-ranking political fig- by environmental influences, ures” had “made it clear, both ranging from hormone ex- publicly and to the court, that posure in the womb to social Archival picture shows a police officer monitoring polluting vehicles in Paris, January 2017. PHOTO: AFP/ they would not fulfil their re- influences later in life. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT sponsibilities.”The court said Scientists used the UK FRANKFURT AM MAIN—The ment of Bavaria, just one battle ronmental group Deutsche Um- that a 4,000 euro ($4,433) fine Biobank, a long-term health European Court of Justice will in a furious national debate over welthilfe (DUH) is attempting to had proved “inefficient”, and study of 500,000 British this week examine whether Ger- diesel and driving bans. force the Bavarian government asked the magistrates in Lux- people, and examined DNA man judges can impose prison The ECJ’s opinion, though to implement measures against embourg to advise on the le- markers and data from surveys sentences on politicians for fail- not legally binding, could have air pollution in the state capital gality of threatening lawmakers of sexual behavior filled out by ing to enforce inner-city bans implications for leading politi- Munich. with imprisonment.“It is quite a nearly 409,000 UK Biobank on polluting vehicles. In a case cians in the Bavarian sister-par- “We are asking that air spectacular case,” Philipp Re- participants and about 69,000 starting Tuesday, the court will ty of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s pollution limits be respected,” imer, a professor of public law at customers of 23andMe. advise in a long-standing dis- ruling Christian Democrats. DUH chairman Juergen Resch the University of Bonn, told AFP. They found five genetic pute between environmental In a legal tug-of-war told AFP. Nitrogen dioxide levels “I don’t know of any prece- markers significantly associated activists and the state govern- stretching back to 2012, envi- have long exceeded EU limits dent in German law.”— AFP with same-sex behavior: two markers were shared by men and women, two were specific to men, and one was found only Japan whaling town Taiji begins dolphin hunting in women.— Xinhua TAIJI —The hunting season for all returned without any catch, national Whaling Commission, ed down its proposal to resume dolphins using a controversial according to a fisheries cooper- Japan halted commercial whal- commercial whaling of species “drive-hunting” method began ative official. ing in 1988 but hunted whales for considered abundant, such as Southern Africa Sunday in the whaling town of The hunting method, in what it called research purposes, minke whales. Hunting dolphins threatens to quit Taiji in western Japan, without which fishermen herd dolphins a practice criticized internation- and other small cetaceans in wa- wildlife trade any major protest from ani- and small whales into a cove be- ally as a cover for commercial ters near Taiji was not subject to mal-rights groups. fore sealing the area with a net, whaling. controls by the IWC, although monitor While local police officers has drawn fierce criticism from Japan had long sought to critics have said the technique JOHANNESBURG —Southern were on high alert for anti-whal- animal-rights groups at home lift the moratorium and finally is cruel and it has become the African nations are threatening ing campaigns, 12 boats left the and abroad. left the IWC on June 30 after subject of an Oscar-winning doc- to quit the global wildlife trade town’s port around 5 a.m., but As a member of the Inter- the organization last year vot- umentary.—Kyodo regulator after it refused to re- lax restrictions on trade in ivory and rhino horn and imposed a near total ban on zoos taking China’s FAST telescope identifies 93 pulsars African elephants captured in the wild. GUIYANG — China’s Five-hun- Zhu Wenbai, a researcher Ties soured during this dred-meter Aperture Spherical with National Astronomical Ob- week’s meeting of the Conven- Radio Telescope (FAST), the servatories, said around 3,000 tion on International Trade in world’s largest single-dish ra- pulsars have been identified by Endangered Species (CITES) dio telescope, has identified 93 global scientists since the first in Geneva after numerous new pulsars since October 2017, one was discovered by humans proposals from the Southern the research team announced in 1967. Pulsar observation is an African Development Commu- Friday. important task for FAST, which nity (SADC) regional bloc were A pulsar is a highly magnet- can be used to confirm the ex- rejected. ized, rotating neutron star, which istence of gravitational radiation Botswana, Namibia emits two beams of electromag- and black holes, and help solve and Zimbabwe -- home to netic radiation. many other major questions in the world’s largest elephant Since the first time FAST physics. population -- asked for the right reported it had found pulsars Located in a naturally deep to sell ivory acquired through in October 2017, the telescope and round karst depression in natural deaths, confiscations has already detected 132 prom- southwest China’s Guizhou and culling. ising pulsar candidates, 93 of Province, FAST was put into trial Photo taken on Aug. 27, 2019 shows China’s Five-hundred-meter The demand was rejected them had been confirmed, the operation in September 2016.— Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in by a majority of 101 votes. — research team said. Xinhua southwest China’s Guizhou Province. PHOTO: XINHUA AFP 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ASIA 11 Chinese books translated into Mongolian to NEWS In BRIEF mark 70th anniversary of China-Mongolia ties

ULAN BATOR—An inaugura- relations. China imposes tion ceremony of the complete “The importance of literary retaliatory tariffs on translations of three Chinese translation is immeasurable. It US imports books was held on Saturday as provides people with a deep- part of a China-Mongolia semi- er understanding of culture of BEIJING —China on Sunday nar on translation of literature. other countries,” Choimaa Lo- imposed further tariffs on The Firebrand by popular doiravsal, deputy director in US imports, in retaliation for Chinese novelist Cao Wenxuan, charge of research and coop- Washington’s fourth round of The Study of Tsend Damdin- eration of the NUM, said at the tariff hikes on Chinese prod- suren’s Literature by director of inauguration ceremony. ucts. China will impose addi- the Mongolian Research Centre “By translating The Men- tional tariffs of 5 per cent or at Peking University Dr. Wang cius, I achieved my goal to 10 percent on a total of 5,078 Hao, and The Mencius were completely translate the Four products from the United translated by scholars of the Books of Confucianism. Today, I States worth $75 billion, with National University of Mongolia am very much satisfied with my- some levied from Sunday and th the rest to come on Dec. 15. (NUM) on the occasion of the 70 self,” said Menerel Chimedtseye, FILE PHOTO: Chinese writer Cao Wenxuan poses with his works at the anniversary of the establishment a prestigious sinologist and pro- Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Bologna, Italy, on April 4, 2016. PHOTO: The move came as the of China-Mongolia diplomatic fessor at the NUM.— Xinhua XINHUA United States slapped China on Sunday with the first stage of a new round of tariffs that US, Taliban at “threshold” of Afghan agreement: envoy will see nearly all Chinese imports taxed, in response to ISLAMABAD—The U.S. envoy round of negotiations, which tiate an honorable & sustainable Mujahid nation that we are on what it calls Beijing’s unfair leading negotiations with the Tal- began on Aug. 22 in Doha, was peace and a unified, sovereign the verge of ending the occu- trade practices, including iban said Sunday that the two concluded Saturday and that he Afghanistan that does not threat- pation and reaching a peaceful intellectual property theft.— sides are “at the threshold of would be heading to Kabul for en the United States, its allies, solution.” Kyodo an agreement” that would allow consultations with the Afghan or any other country,” Khalilzad The two sides have been full peace talks among Afghans. government. said. holding peace talks on and off Zalmay Khalilzad, Wash- “We are at the threshold of The Taliban’s political in the Gulf state of Qatar for Flights cancelled ington’s special representative an agreement that will reduce spokesman in Doha, Sohail nearly a year, striving to reach after Hong Kong for Afghanistan reconciliation, violence and open the door for Shaheen, concurred, saying in an agreement to end the nearly protesters target said via Twitter that the ninth Afghans to sit together to nego- a tweet, “I assure our believing 18-year-long conflict.—Kyodo airport HONG KONG—More than a What lies beneath: Singapore plans a subterranean future dozen flights were cancelled Sunday as thousands of pro-de- According to a draft devel- mocracy activists blocked opment plan released in March, routes to Hong Kong’s airport, authorities want to put utilities, a day after protesters and transport as well as storage and police fought pitched battles industrial facilities underground in some of the worst violence in order to free up land on the sur- seen in the city since unrest face. There are as yet no plans to began three months ago. At put housing underground, howev- least 16 flights were cancelled, er. Three-dimensional technology the airport’s website said, with will be used to produce subterra- the departure hall packed with nean maps, with three pilot areas a backlog of passengers who targeted initially, according to the had struggled to make it to the Urban Redevelopment Authority, terminals. which created the development Earlier, operators of the plan. Airport Express train suspend- ed services after the station was Digging deep besieged, while black-clad pro- Singapore is the latest city to testers—hiding from CCTV cam- try to make use of subterranean eras under umbrellas —built space. Finland’s capital Helsinki barricades at the bus terminus has tunnels housing car parks, and attempted to stop traffic Singapore has already built an underground highway and state-of-the-art air conditioning system, but is now shopping malls and even swim- on the main road leading to the looking to house more facilities beneath the surface in order to optimise land use above it. PHOTO: AFP ming pools, while Montreal in facility. Stranded travellers were SINGAPRORE—Space-starved overcrowding and traffic chaos. beneath the surface in order to Canada has a so-called “Under- forced to abandon their lifts Singapore has expanded out- But with its population of 5.6 optimise land use above it. ground City”, a tunnel network and drag their luggage along wards by building into the sea million expected to grow steadily “We need to consider options connecting key points. the airport road. and upwards by constructing in coming years, authorities are for putting critical infrastructure In a report commissioned Sunday’s action is the lat- high-rises but planners are now now considering how to better underground,” Abhineet Kaul, a by Samsung about what the est in three months of increas- looking underground as they seek use the space below the streets Singapore-based public sector world will look like in 50 years, ingly violent protests sparked new areas for growth. in a city that is just half the size specialist at consultancy Frost experts predicted the appearance initially by opposition to a The nation has carefully of Los Angeles. Singapore has & Sullivan, told AFP. of “earthscrapers”—like an in- proposed law that would have managed its rapid growth in re- already built an underground “We have an increasing need verted skyscraper burrowing allowed extraditions to main- cent decades to avoid the prob- highway and state-of-the-art air for industrial, commercial, resi- downwards for many storeys— land China, but which morphed lems faced by other fast develop- conditioning system, but is now dential and green space on land in an attempt to save space in into a broader anti-government ing Asian metropolises, such as looking to house more facilities in Singapore.” overcrowded cities.—AFP movement.—AFP 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 12 WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

NEWS Iran’s Rouhani warns Macron of In BRIEF looming nuclear step Fragile truce holds over northwest Syria: TEHRAN—President Hassan bringing Rouhani and Trump monitor Rouhani spoke with French together for a meeting. counterpart Emmanuel Macron But Rouhani has played BEIRUT—A fragile Rus- on Saturday, warning him Iran down the likelihood of that hap- sian-backed ceasefire was would take the next step in re- pening unless the United States holding on Sunday in Syria’s ducing its nuclear commitments first lifts crippling sanctions that violence-plagued northwest, unless Europe lives up to its it has slapped on Iran since pull- following months of heavy own undertakings. ing out of the deal. bombardment of the anti-re- Tensions have spiked in the “If Europe cannot opera- gime bastion, a war monitor Gulf since May last year when tionalise its commitments, Iran said. “Relative calm prevails” President Donald Trump unilat- will take its third step to reduce over the Idlib region, said Rami erally withdrew the US from a its JCPOA commitments,“ Rou- Abdel Rahman, the head of the nuclear deal between Iran and hani told Macron in a phone Britain-based Syrian Observato- world powers - known formal- call, quoted by the government ry for Human Rights. ly as the Joint Comprehensive website. Regime and Russian war- Plan of Action (JCPOA). However, “this step, just planes have not been seen over The escalation has seen like the other ones, will be re- Idlib since a unilateral ceasefire ships attacked, drones downed versible,“ he added. went into effect at 6 am (0300 and tankers seized in the Strait “Unfortunately after this GMT) on Saturday, he added. of Hormuz, a chokepoint for Twelve months on from the US pulling out of the nuclear deal, Iran unilateral move by the US, Eu- But the Observatory head began reducing its commitments. PHOTO: AFP around a third of the world’s ropean countries did not take did report some “skirmishes” in sea-borne oil. Iran on June 21 before cancel- efforts to de-escalate the sit- concrete measures to imple- Idlib, where government forces At the height of the crisis, ling them at the last minute. uation, and expressed hopes ment their commitments.— have been battling jihadists of Trump ordered strikes against Macron has been leading at a G7 meeting last week of AFP the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alli- ance and allied rebel groups. HTS, Al-Qaeda’s former At least 5 dead as 21 injured in Texas shooting: police Syria affiliate, controls almost all of Idlib as well as parts of WASHINGTON—At least five people have Gerke told reporters. Three police officers Police in Odessa had earlier reported neighbouring Aleppo and Lata- been killed in a mass shooting that left 21 were injured in the incident which began that “a subject (possibly 2) is currently driving kia provinces. The area is one of victims in the US state of Texas on Saturday, with a traffic stop, he said. The suspect was around Odessa shooting at random people”. the last holdouts of opposition police said. shot dead in an exchange of fire with officers. They added that “the suspect just hi- to forces of Syrian President “We have at least 21 victims, 21 shooting The shooting comes less than a month jacked a US mail carrier truck” and urged Bashar al-Assad. —AFP victims and at least five deceased at this after a gunman killed 22 people in the Texas people to stay off the road and use extreme point in time,“ Odessa Police Chief Michael city of El Paso, close to 480km west of Odessa. caution.— AFP Libya’s eastern- based army launches Britons protest Johnson’s Brexit ‘coup’ move airstrike near Gharyan city from mid-September and legis- TRIPOLI—Air force of Libya’s late against leaving the European eastern-based army on Satur- Union without an agreement. day launched an airstrike on Johnson, who only came to positions of the rival UN-backed power in July following a Con- government forces near the city servative Party leadership elec- of Gharyan, some 80 km south tion, hit out at the prospect in a of the capital Tripoli. newspaper interview published “The air force targeted Sunday. “What on earth are we positions of the Gharyan Pro- achieving by this?” he told the tection Force, killing two of the Sunday Times, noting Brexit had militias (government forces) already been delayed twice this and destroying a number of year and warning rebel Tory MPs their vehicles,” said the east- risked toppling the ruling Con- ern-based army’s information servatives. “What we need to do is center. get a deal done, or if we can’t get a No statement has been deal done then get out of the EU issued so far by the UN-backed on Oct the 31st, come what may. government regarding the Demonstrators hold up placards in the sunshine at a protest against the move to suspend parliament in the “And that’s what we’re going airstrike. final weeks before Brexit outside Downing Street in London on Aug 31, 2019. PHOTO: AFP to do,“ he added. A few days ago, the UN- LONDON—Protesters wielding tion, thousands of whistle-blow- citizen living in Britain, who ac- However the EU’s chief backed government’s forces an- pro-democracy placards and ing, drum-banging people gath- cused Johnson of “riding rough- Brexit negotiator said Brussels nounced that they had stopped EU flags rallied on Saturday in ered raucously outside the gates shod over everybody”.“You just would not change the divorce an attack of the eastern-based dozens of British cities against of Downing Street in London can’t trust him,“ she said. deal struck with his predeces- army near Gharyan. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chanting “Boris Johnson shame The demonstrations come sor Theresa May. “I am not opti- Later last month, the UN- controversial move to suspend on you!” ahead of an intense political mistic about avoiding a ‘no deal’ backed government’s forces parliament just weeks before “I’m absolutely disgusted week in which Johnson’s oppo- scenario,“ Michel Barnier wrote took over Gharyan city and Brexit. by what’s happening here,“ said nents will go to court to block in the Sunday Telegraph newspa- expelled the eastern-based In the biggest demonstra- attendee Maya Dunn, 66, a Dutch his move to suspend parliament per.— AFP army.—XINHUA 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ECONOMY / BIZ / AD 13

Gov’t to launch smartphone-based rewards Could cryptocurrency program to soften tax impact dethrone the dollar? TOKYO — The gov- in Japan offer similar re- small shops from Octo- ernment will launch a wards programs to spur ber to June next year, for LONDON — Bank of Eng- smartphone-based re- their local economies which the government land governor Mark Car- wards program in 2020 and the government in- set aside 279.8 billion ney has suggested that a using national identifica- itially considered using yen. The consumption virtual currency, modelled tion “My Number” cards, their systems. tax will be raised to 10 on Facebook’s Libra, could as part of measures to But the plan was per cent from the cur- one day replace the dollar mitigate the impact of scrapped as their pro- rent 8 per cent from Oct. as king of the foreign ex- the consumption tax grams are available only 1. The government will change market. hike next month, sources within their own areas, look into the feasibili- The BoE chief aired close to the matter said not nationwide. ty of bringing forward vague proposals for a Sunday. The new program the start of the rewards so-called “Synthetic He- The government is that is expected to cost program to July 2020, in gemonic Currency” at the considering providing several hundred billion time for the Tokyo Olym- recent Jackson Hole Sym- 5,000 yen ($47) worth of yen will follow another pics and Paralympics posium of central bankers. points to spend at stores measure to give rebates beginning late in that Here is a brief assess- across Japan to con- for cashless payments at month.—Kyodo News File photo shows bitcoin medals. Carney proposed new ment of why the greenback sumers who load 20,000 digital currency. PHOTO: AFP is losing its lustre and the yen in their account for outlook for Carney’s pro- ue of the greenback. It has global foreign exchange smartphone payments, posed new digital curren- retained its global suprem- reserves in the first quar- starting in October next cy, which would be sup- acy ever since, thanks to ter of 2019, according to year, the sources said. ported by major central the economic and political the International Mone- There will be no in- banks around the world. clout of the United States. tary Fund. come restriction for ap- “The dominant cur- The European single plicants for the program Why dollar domi- rency is always that of the currency was second with and details of the frame- nance? world’s biggest political 20.2 per cent, while Chi- work will be disclosed The dollar has been power,” noted Philippe na’s yuan comprised only soon in an upcoming the world’s reference Waechter, head of research two per cent despite the Cabinet meeting on the currency since the Bret- at Ostrum Asset Manage- country’s rise to the rank promotion of digitaliza- ton Woods agreement in ment. of the world’s second big- tion of public adminis- 1944, when various key The dollar accounted gest economy behind the tration. units were fixed to the val- for almost 62 per cent of US.—AFP Some municipalities A “My Number” card. PHOTO: KYODO NEWS

New ordinance to boost CLAIM’S DAY NOTICE CLAIM’S DAY NOTICE M.V SINAR BANDUNG VOY. NO. (629 N/S) M.V MCC DHAKA VOY. NO. (935S) barrier-free hotel rooms Consignees of cargo carried on M.V SINAR Consignees of cargo carried on M.V MCC DHAKA BANDUNG VOY. NO. (629 N/S) are hereby notified that VOY. NO. (935S) are hereby notified that the vessel will ahead of Paralympics the vessel will be arriving on 02-09-2019 and cargo will be arriving on 02-09-2019 and cargo will be discharged be discharged into the premises of M.I.T.T/M.I.P where it into the premises of M.I.T.T/T.M.T where it will lie at the TOKYO — A Tokyo metro- that are a minimum 70 cm will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws politan government ordi- wide. There should be no the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. and conditions of the Port of Yangon. nance took effect Sunday steps in the rooms or on the Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am that is expected to boost way to them, according to 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 the number of hotel rooms the ordinance. declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo in the capital accessible by “We would like to use from the Vessel. from the Vessel. the disabled and the elderly the games as a jump-start No claims against this vessel will be admitted after No claims against this vessel will be admitted after ahead of the 2020 Olympic to improve facilities, leav- the Claims Day. the Claims Day. and Paralympic games. ing a legacy toward the SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT Tokyo’s revised barri- future of an aging society,” MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY er-free building ordinance said a Tokyo government AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPING AGENT FOR: M/S MCC TRANSPORT (S'PORE) is the first in Japan to set official in charge. The met- LINES PTE LTD Phone No: 2301185 Phone No: 2301185 criteria for standard hotel ropolitan government esti- rooms so persons with dis- mates up to 850 barrier-free abilities and senior citizens hotel rooms will be needed can more conveniently ac- per day during the upcom- Notice for Change of distributor cess them. ing Tokyo Games. Notice is hereby given that the official distributor have been changed for It stipulates that As the existing num- the following fungicide manufactured by UPL limited. standard rooms in hotels ber of wheelchair-acces- and lodgings with renovat- sible rooms is insufficient Sr. Trade name Active ingredient Registration type. Registration no. ed, newly or additionally to meet demand, the new constructed floor space of ordinance is expected to 1. Fego 14.5 SC. Indoxacarb 14.5% SC. Full F2017-1308 over 1,000 square meters push hotel operators to Myanmar Arysta LifeScience Co.,Ltd. invites objections to Co-secretary, must provide doorways at further renovate standard Pesticide Registration Board, Plant Protection Division, Wet Gyogone, Insein least 80 centimeters wide rooms to make them bar- township, Yangon from all parties within a period of fourteen (14) days form and bathroom entrances rier-free.—Kyodo News the pubilcation of this notice. If no objections are received within the period prescribed, parties mentioned above shall proceed with the completion of formalities recorded with the Pesticide Registration Board. with us/ Hot Line : A d v e r t i s e Myanmar Arysta LifeScience Co.Ltd., No.(95), Padonma Street, Dagon 09974424848 township, Yangon. 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 14 TOURISM THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

HE view of Mt. Popa on the road to it after driving past Kyaukpadaung Town was a spectacular sight. The T solitary extinct volcano rising up to a height of 4,981 ft. above sea level makes it distinct in the flat plains of central Myanmar. It is a well known and a major attraction for both locals and foreigners alike. Mt. Popa is an extinct volcano in central Myanmar near Bagan and on a clear day, it can be seen from the bank of Ayeyawady River 37 miles away from it. It is 10 miles northeast of Kyaukpadaung Town in Mandalay Region, 405 miles from Yangon and 31 miles southeast of Bagan. Experts estimated the last eruption to be about 250,000 years ago. The mouth at the top of the extinct volcano was about a miles wide and drops down to a depth of 2,650 ft. The gorge or chasm was known as Chone Ma Twin gorge.

Attraction for researchers, devotees and visitors Mt. Popa is an attraction for students and researchers of geology, history, zoology, To the mouth of Mt. Popa Volcano

By Maung Tha (Archaeology)

biology, forestry etc. as well as for religious paign started more than half a Hiking to the mouth devotees, curious and casual local and foreign century ago restored the vege- Most visitors came to visitors. tation and wild life to such an Taung Kalat while the moun- Along the southwest slope of Mt. Popa is extent that it now had become tain itself was a place for stu- a pedestal hill, a sheer-sided volcanic plug, a place for zoology, biology and dents and experts to visit, study known locally as Taung Kalat, rises 2,156 forestry students, experts and and research. However, it’s above sea level. This was a place of legends enthusiasts to visit and study. been some years since hikes and beliefs where believers, devotees, curious Popa is home to 10 mammal up the mountain was arranged and casual local and foreign visitors flock to. species including monkey and between December 21 and 25. Myths, legends, facts and fictions of Myan- wild cats, 100 species of but- It was not a very well known mar’s first kingdom Bagan was closely as- terflies, 175 species of brids activity but it had been growing sociated with Mt. Popa and this Taung Kalat. including some rare and end- in popularity among locals as Deforestation almost completely wipes agered one, 360 types of herbs well as foreign visitors year by out vegetation and wild life in the Mt. Popa with medical values and 84 spe- year and this was what brought region but a successful reforestation cam- cies of orchids. me to the mountain.

Stone hedge demarcations. PHOTOS: MAUNG THA (ARCHAEOLOGY)

Majority of the hikers were from nearby townships of Kyaukpadaung, Myingyan and NyaungU. Christmas was the day when most climbers or hikers hiked up the mountain. They were ordinary people who came just for fun and were not mountaineers, a native or inhabitant of a mountain- ous region or a person who climb mountains for sports. Forest Department station. They came in groups to enjoy 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR TOURISM 15

went along with a group or- leading to the mountain top. many stones that were for- On the plateau near the ganized by Bagan Hotelier and It had more than 500 house- merly lava spewed out by the summit of the mountain was Bagan Tour Guide groups. holds and majority of the vil- volcano. These volcanic stones a Forest Department station We left our hotel in Popa lagers were farmers growing littered the area around the where we rest briefly and then Town by car passing through banana, peanut, tomato etc. volcano to a considerable dis- continue down the crater of Popa Lwin and Gyaing villag- Even though the village name tant. the volcano locally known as es and arrived at a natural in English would be mountain After passing the farm Chone Ma Twin gorge. The pozzolan factory. Pozzolan is top village (Taung = mountain, lands, the track became nar- descent was a bit steep. Be- a natural product rich in sil- Paw = on or top), we were ac- rower and our group had to fore I was there I read about ica and aluminous materials tually at the start of our hike walk in a single file. The hike the crater being surrounded

Plantations include dragon fruit farming.

by three peaks looking up from the crater but when I was there, I saw four peaks or summits surrounding the crater. As in the case of many peaks or summits in Myanmar each peak or summit here had a pagoda on top of it. We briefly look around inside the crater and then return back to the Forest Department station without climbing further up to the summit of the mountain. As we descended the mountain, we passed by many farm lands. In some farm hous- es, we also saw dragon fruits grown on a concrete pillar. As dragon fruit fetches good price, many household grow it in a small scale. Kyaukpadaung Township where Mt. Popa is located was bordered by Meiktila Town- ship and Mahlaing Township in the east, Nyaung U and Chauk townships in the west, Stone hedge demarcations. PHOTOS: MAUNG THA (ARCHAEOLOGY) Natmauk Township in the south and Taungtha Town- the hike in the cool December and were found volcanic ash. up the mountain. up the mountain wasn’t steep ship in the north. It is eas- weather. As it was a memo- Contact with water made it The cars were parked at but long so many of our group ily accessible by good road rable hike for all, more and harder and harder to it was the exit of the village and our members stop frequently to connections. With its diverse more were participating in the used in constructing canals hike up the mountain starts rest. and good eco-system, pleas- annual hike up Mt. Popa. The and dams to strengthen the there and then. On departing The mountain path was ant climate all year round and hikers take the jungle trail on structures said Bagan Hotelier the village, we went past farm through thin forest that had scenic natural view, local and the left side of the road just Group Chairman U Zaw Wate. lands were individual lands become a habitat for monkey, foreign visitors can visit it all before reaching Popa Moun- After 10 minutes drive were demarcated by stone wild pigs and deer said U Thein year round. Arranging new tain Resort. Popa Mountain from pozzolan factory brought hedges. The stone hedges Win from Forest Department activity like our hike up Mt. Resort is on the side of Mt. us to Taung Paw Village were made putting big stone who was in our group. Popa was a good way of mak- Popa overlooking Taung Kalat. (south). There were two Taung at the bottom with smaller We hiked up slow and ing this place more attractive. My hike up the mountain Paw Villages, south and north one place on top. That was a steadily and reached the was arranged by Journey Plan of which Taung Paw Village strange sight for me. Being a mouth of the volcano in about Translated by Handytips Travel from Yangon and we (south) was beside the road volcanic area, the place had an hour and half. 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR International U-15 Girls’ Football Tourney: Lethwei event ‘Fearless Myanmar trounce host Viet Nam 3-0 Tigers’ to be held in Mandalay: WLC

THE World Lethwei Championship (WLC) has announced that a lethwei event titled ‘Fearless Tigers’ will take place on 4 October at the Mandalar Thiri Indoor Stadium in Mandalay. In the main event, Myanmar’s elite fighter Thway Thit Win Hlaing, who is among the most famous fighters in the WLC, will take on German-Thai striker Burutlek Petchyindee. Both are undefeated strikers. Thway Thit Win Hlaing dispatched Saw Ba Oo, Shwe Yar Mann, and Shan Ko in the first three World Lethwei Championship events be- fore taking a brief hiatus. In the co-main event in the women’s Light Welterweight category, newly signed leth- wei rising superstar Nicola Barke will meet Hungarian champion Bianka Balajti. Nicola Barke has won Team Myanmar celebrate their victory after beating Viet Nam 3-0 in the International U-15 Girls’ Football Tourney, multiple championships in which was held yesterday at Hanoi’s Youth Football Training Center. PHOTO: MFF England and China, and is MYANMAR secured a big win Myanmar won their second was scored by Su Myat Noe at now making her foray into over Viet Nam in the Internation- goal at 29 minutes off a long pass, 78 minutes over a corner assist. the world of Lethwei. Nick- al U-15 Girls’ Football Tourney, getting it past Viet Nam’s de- In the final minutes, team named the ‘Burmese Py- held yesterday at the Youth Foot- fense, who failed to put up a unit- Myanmar seemed to reduce thon’, she has won an ardent ball Training Center in Hanoi, ed front, and into the goal net. their tempo and concentrate fan following in Myanmar, Viet Nam. Spurred by the goals, My- on building a massive defense, and this is the first time she Myanmar used fast attacks anmar kept up their attack, and successfully deflecting all goal will be competing in the birth country of her mother. from the start and dominated ended the first half with a lead attempts by Viet Nam. At the Bianka Balajti is a multiple-time Muay Thai champion in over Viet Nam throughout the of two goals. final whistle, the score was 3-0 Europe. Originally from Hungary and now residing in Vietnam, match. In the second half, Myanmar in favour of Myanmar. Balajti’s intense style is in complete contrast of Barke, who is a Two minutes into the game, girls continued to dominate the With the win, Myanmar is in technical striker. Other bouts featured on the cards include a clash Myanmar used an error on be- play, demonstrating solid control a good shape in the tourney, and between two of the biggest stars in lethwei, Shwe Yar Mann and half of the Viet Nam goalkeeper, of the ball, and showing excel- for fulfilling their championship Phan Thwe, and a face-off between World Lethwei Championship who had let the ball slip from lent passing and heading, and dream. veterans Yan Naing Tun and Tha Pyay Nyo. her hand, to land their first goal. they managed to thwart all goal Myanmar will play their next The bare knuckle fight-show will be broadcast live on Canal+ in The goal was netted by Than attempts by Viet Nam. group match against Iceland on Myanmar and UFC Fight Pass for international viewers, according Than Soe. The third goal for Myanmar 3 September.—Lynn Thit (Tgi) to lethwei officials.—Lynn Thit (Tgi) Two Spurs coaches give football training to over 200 kids

TWO coaches from the Totten- Mr Aaron Tilbrook are mem- as England forward Harry “As football coaches, it is of youth through sport, espe- ham Hotspur club of the Eng- bers of a coaching team that Kane and South Korean at- always a delight to be contrib- cially here in Asia. lish Premier League provid- trains world-class stars such tacker Son Heung-Min. uting towards the development Such training camps are ed football training to around very effective at inculcating 240 kids yesterday at the Yan- positive values, such as team- gon United Sports Complex work and the importance of (YUSC) in Yangon. staying active through phys- At the day-long program, ical activities,” said Aaron Mr Anton Blackwood, Interna- Tilbrook. tional Development Manager, “On behalf of our coaching and Mr Aaron Tilbrook, Inter- team, we would like to express national Development Coach, our appreciation for the hon- from the Tottenham Hotspur our to be in Myanmar for the F.C. trained young footballers first time, thanks to AIA Myan- aged 7 to 14 years, with the mar, and to directly work with assistance of local coaches these young footballing talents from the Yangon United Foot- who have a bright future ahead ball Club. of them,” he added. The young trainees took The football training event to the training fields enthu- was entitled ‘AIA KICK’, and siastically, running drills and it was organized by the AIA exercises. The two Spurs coaches wearing violet colour jerseys providing football training to the children at the Life Insurance Company. — Mr Anton Blackwood and Yangon United Sports Complex (YUSC) in Yangon on 1 September. PHOTO: PHOE KHWAR KyawKhin