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Vol. IV, No. 345, 12th Waxing of Tagu 1379 ME www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Wednesday, 28 March 2018 Development of Mandalay Myotha Industrial Park

THE Mandalay Myotha Garden City Project (MMGC) is being launched in Ngazun Township, Mandalay Region, a project jointly implemented by the Man- dalay Region Government and Myotha Industrial Development (MMID), whose mission includes corporate social responsibility (CSR). The Mandalay Myotha Gar- den City Project, which began in 2013, is is a master plan de- velopment that includes foreign experts and consultants and is aimed at boosting social and eco- nomic cohesion by increasing employment opportunities, living standards of the local people, public-private investment, and sustainable social economic and Commander in Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspects troops yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw. PHOTO: MNA environmental development that will be helpful for conservation and ecosystems that can main- rd tain environmental balance. Military parade to mark 73 Anniversary SEE PAGE-4 of Armed Forces Day held in Nay Pyi Taw

Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief and delivered a speech. parade company took up their mander-in-Chief of Defence Ser- Senior General Maha Thayay At 5 a.m. yesterday morn- respective positions at the Thit- vices; wives of Tatmadaw senior Sithu Min Aung Hlaing attend- ing, Tatmadaw (army, navy, air tat Parade Ground and marched officers; officers; soldiers and ed the 73rd Anniversary of the force) personnel, the Tatmadaw towards the parade ground. families from the Tatmadaw Armed Forces Day military pa- (army) women parade company, Along the route towards the Commander-in-Chief’s Office rade held on the Nay Pyi Taw pa- Tatmadaw Navy Seals, women parade ground, Daw Kyu Kyu and Nay Pyi Taw Command LOCAL SPORTS rade ground yesterday morning. special force members, the Hla, wife of Commander-in-Chief honored the marching troops Maungtaw hosts first At the parade, he received Myanmar Police Force and the of Defence Services; Daw Than with flower garlands. Lethwei event the salute of the parading forces Myanmar Police Force women Than Nwe, wife of Deputy Com- SEE PAGE-6 PAGE-16 28 MARCH 2018 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Army, navy, air force families honour retired military officers

Families of the Army, Navy and senior military officers, Maj- Air Force paid respects to re- Gen Thura Saw Phyu (retired), tired senior military officers who Maj-Gen Maung Maung (retired) attended the 73rd Anniversary and Lt-Gen Tun Kyi (retired) de- of Armed Forces Day at a cere- livered speeches of guidance. mony held in Zeyathiri Beikman, Afterwards, the Tatmadaw Nay Pyi Taw yesterday after- Commander-in-Chief respect- noon. fully presented gifts of honour to Thirty-one retired senior retired senior military officers. military officers and 12 wives Later, the Tatmadaw Com- attended the ceremony where mander-in-Chief, wife and par- Commander-in-Chief of Defence ty went to Bayintnaung guest Services Senior General Min house, where retired military Aung Hlaing and wife, Deputy officers who attended the 73rd Commander-in-Chief of Defence anniversary Armed Forces Day Services Commander-in-Chief were staying and personally paid (Army) Vice Senior General Soe respects to all the officers. Win and wife, Union Ministers Afterwards, the Tatmadaw Lt-Gen Kyaw Swe and wife, Lt- Commander-in-Chief present- Gen Sein Win and wife, Lt-Gen ed gifts to 20 Independence Ye Aung and wife, high ranking Mawgun Award winners who Tatmadaw officers from the Tat- attended the Armed Forces Day madaw Commander-in-Chief’s military parade. Among the 20 Senior General Min Aung Hlaing pays respect to retired military officers at the 73rd anniversary of Armed office and their wives paid re- was 97-year-old U Nyunt Tin Forces Day in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. PHOTO: MNA spects on behalf of the families of (also known as “Crooked-arm the Army, the Navy and Air force, Nyunt Tin”), who served in the ence Mawgun Award First Prize junction and other places. He is in North Okkalapa Township, according to Myanmar tradition. Burma Independence Army and continuing service in the beloved and respected by the Yangon Region, it is learnt. — On behalf of the retired (BIA), achieving the Independ- traffic police assigned to Hledan public and is living in retirement Myanmar News Agency

Artistes, volunteers Over 400 farmers get land compensation in Shwegyin Tsp honoured for starring in 73rd A ceremony to present compen- lating to land compensation be- 1211.053 million of compensa- Armed Forces Day movies sation to the farmers was held at fore a local farmer spoke words tion for more than 2,681 acres the meeting room of the General of thanks. of farmland were given to 439 Administration Department in The Department of Hydro- people from 115 households A CEREMONY was held to hon- Yin Let, as well as to the wives Shwegyin Township, Bago Re- power Implementation under from two villages. our the actors who worked in of soldiers who had lived in war gion yesterday morning. the Ministry of Electricity and The ceremony was also at- the Burmese film “I fought be- zones and portrayed themselves At the ceremony, Bago Re- Energy asked for compensation tended by the lawmakers, the cause I hate war,” as well as the in the film. gion Minister for Electricity and from the Union Government in Deputy Director General from award winners of competitions Later, Maj-Gen Myint Maw, Road Transport U Than Win the fiscal year 2017-2018 for local the Department of Hydropower dedicated to the Armed Forces chairman of the Armed Forces made an opening speech. After- people whose farmlands were Implementation, township level Day, in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. Day holding Committee, award- wards, Bago Region Minister for confiscated when construction departmental officials, guests At the ceremony, General Mya ed honourary certificates to U Kayin Ethnic Affairs Daw Naw of Shwegyin Dam began in and local people.—Myanmar Tun Oo, chief of general staff Wai Lin (Wai Lin-Fine Arts), Pwal Sae explained matters re- 2002. During the ceremony, Ks. Digital News (Army, Navy, Air), delivered the the first prize winner of the 73rd opening speech. Armed Forces Day military ca- Lt-Col San Oo, chairman dence; Daw Khin Sandi Seint 73rd Anti-Fascist Day celebrated at NLD HQ of the Committee for Psycho- (Alingar May), the first prize logical Affairs and Public Rela- winner in the song composition A ceremony to mark the 73rd an- tions, conferred the honourary category; and U Tint Tun-(Tint niversary of Anti-Fascist Day awards for the film to Director Tun Chauk), the first prize win- was held at the headquarters of Major Tin Aung Soe, who is also ner in the short poem composi- the National League for Democ- the writer of the novel the film tion categoery. racy in Bahan Township. is based on; co-directors Cap- Maj-Gen Htun Htun Nyi, At the ceremony, Secretary tain Banyar Aung and Ma Yoon; chairman of the Manuscript of NLD central executive com- actors Nyo Min Lwin, Nay Min, Competition Committee, then mittee member U Han Tha My- Htoo Khant Kyaw, Htoo Aung conferred honorary awards to int delivered an opening speech. and the wives of soliders who U Kyaw Aye (Pwint Thit Oo-Ka- Afterwards, NLD central execu- had lived in war zones and por- laywa), the first prize winner in tive committee member Dr. Myo trayed themselves in the film. the long poem composition cat- Nyunt read out a seven-point Lt-Gen Maung Maung Aye, egory; Lt-Col Myint Tun (Ankel Declaration of 73rd Anti-Fascist chairman of the Armed Forc- Pyinnyar), the first prize winner Day and recorded the messages es Day Preparation Commit- in the short novel composition from the political comrades as tee, presented the honourary category; and Sergeant Htun well as organisations. The NLD celebrates 73rd Anti-Fascist Day at the party’s headquarters in awards to actors Kyaw Htet Htun (Yein New Lian), the first The ceremony was attended Bahan Township, Yangon yesterday. PHOTO: MNA Aung, Academy Soe Myat Thu- prize winner in the long novel by NLD’s patron U Tin Oo, NLD zar, Academy Soe Myat Nan- composition category. central executive committee Tin Maung Tun, Deputy Speak- Anti-Fascist Day is the pre- dar, Academy Soe Pyae Thazin, General Mya Tun Oo then members, Yangon Region Chief er U Lin Naing Myint, Hluttaw cursor to Armed Forces Day, Khine Hnin Wai, Ei Chaw Poe, treated the guests with tea. Minister U Phyo Min Thein, Yan- representatives, officials from which was renamed by General Htun Sett, Saung Wutyi May and —Myanmar News Agency gon Region Hluttaw Speaker U Embassy and invited guests. Ne Win in 1962.— Zaw Gyi 28 MARCH 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3 Dinner to mark 73rd Anniversary of Armed Forces Day

COMMANDER-in-Chief of De- officers, Union Ministers, dele- fence Services Maha Tharay gations from the ethnic armed Sithu Senior General Min Aung groups who have signed the Na- Hlaing and wife Daw Kyu Kyu tionwide Ceasefire Agreement, Hla hosted a dinner to mark diplomats, delegates from the the 73rd Anniversary of Armed University for Development Forces Day on the lawn of the of National Races, University Zeyathiri Beikman in Nay Pyi Training Corps members, and Taw yesterday. winners of the competitions Among those attending marking armed forces day.— Defence Services Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife greeting senior military the dinner were senior military Myanmar News Agency officers and attendees at the dinner to mark the73 rd Anniversary of Armed Forces Day. PHOTO: MNA Awards presented to military columns participating in Armed Forces Day parade

SOME of the military columns that women special force company, representing the Directorate of parade were presented to the mander-in-Chief (Navy), the participated in the 2018 73rd anni- military band award to the cen- Ordnance Services and the com- Myanmar Police Force (wom- company representing the Di- versary of the Armed Forces Day tral military band, flag bearer pany representing the Directo- en) guard of honour, Myanmar rectorate of Supply and Trans- military parades were presented award to Tatmadaw (Army) flag rate of Electrical & Mechanical Police Force (men) company (2) port, the company representing with awards in various categories at bearing platoon, cavalry award Engineers respectively. and Tatmadaw (Army) women’s the office of the chief of defence the Thittat Parade Ground after the to the horse cavalry platoon, The second prizes for the guard of honour respectively. industries and the company conclusion of the military parade police force band award to the above categories were present- The first prizes for the Myan- representing the Directorate yesterday morning. Myanmar Police Force band, ed to the company representing mar Police Force (women) parade, of Signals respectively. At the awards ceremony, best flag bearer award to the the Office of Chief of Air De- Myanmar Police Force (men) pa- Chief of General Staff Chief of Armed Forces Train- flag bearer group representing fence Force, the company (1) rade and the Tatmadaw (army) (Army, Navy, Air) General Mya ing Lt-Gen Maung Maung Aye, the Bayintnaung column and representing the Office of Com- women’s parade were presented Tun Oo delivered a speech after organising committee chair- the best military band award mander-in-Chief (Air), the com- to the Myanmar Police Force presenting the model company man of the the 73rd anniversary to the band representing the pany representing the Direc- (women) company (1), Myanmar third, second and first prizes Armed Forces Day, presented Anawrahta column. torate of Armoured Force and Police Force (men) company (3) to the Office of Command- the parade awards to the com- The third prizes for the best the company representing the and Tatmadaw (Army) women’s er-in-Chief (Air) guard of hon- pany representing the Office camp, best marching song, best Directorate of Artillery Force company (1) respectively. our, the company representing of Commander-in-Chief (Navy) discipline and parade were pre- respectively. The second prizes The first prizes for best the office of the chief of Defence and the company represent- sented to the company repre- for the Myanmar Police Force camp, best marching song, best industries and the company ing the Office of Command- senting the central command, (women) parade, Myanmar Po- discipline and best parade were representing the Office of Com- er-in-Chief (Air). The special the company representing the lice Force (men) parade and presented to the company rep- mander-in-Chief (Navy). —My- force award was given to the Eastern Command, the company the Tatmadaw (army) women’s resenting the Office of Com- anmar News Agency

Chief of General Staff (Army, Navy, Air) General Mya Tun Oo Chief of General Staff (Army, Navy, Air) General Mya Tun Oo Chief of General Staff (Army, Navy, Air) General Mya Tun presents third prize to the Office of Commander-in-Chief presents second prize to the model company representing the Oo presents first prize to the the company representing the (Air) guard of honour. PHOTO: MNA office of the Director of Military Engineers. PHOTO: MNA Office of Commander-in-Chief (Navy). PHOTO: MNA 28 MARCH 2018 4 LOCAL NEWS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

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ACTING CHIEF EDITOR Aye Min Soe, project to benefit [email protected] [email protected] EXPATRIATE CONSULTANT EDITOR 700 villagers Mark Angeles, markrangeles@gmail .com THE Township Rural Devel- summer season. SENIOR EDITORIAL CONSULTANT opment Department has im- The department spent Ks8 Kyaw Myaing plemented the earthen lake million for the project, funded by SENIOR TRANSLATORS construction project to supply the Mandalay Region govern- Zaw Min, drinking water to some 125 ment from its 2017-2018 financial [email protected] Win Ko Ko Aung, households in the summer. year’s budget. [email protected] The project will directly U Aung Kyi Myint, head of benefit some 700 residents in the department, said the 100x6 INTERNATIONAL NEWS EDITOR Ye Htut Tin, Hsihsongon Village, Taungtha feet wide earthen lake is expect- [email protected] Township, Mandalay Region, ed to augment the water supply

LOCAL NEWS EDITORS which is located in the central for humans and animals in the Tun Tun Naing (Editor), arid zone and faces water short- village and nearby areas.—Min [email protected] age annually, especially in the Myintmo Nwe Nwe Tun (Sub-editor), [email protected]

TRANSLATORS Khaing Thanda Lwin, Hay Mar Tin Win, Development of Mandalay Myotha Industrial Park Ei Myat Mon Zaw Htet Oo Kyaw Zin Lin Kyaw Zin Tun FROM PAGE-1 Officials from the company have passed the grade five ex- ing investments from Indonesia, Plans are underway to go to the villages so that they can amination and 22 have passed Denmark, Thailand, China and REPORTER develop industrial parks, ware- distribute job application forms their primary school exams. Hong Kong are operational. May Thet Hnin, [email protected] houses, logistical and residential to the local people. This project that covers For the creation of employ- [email protected] development, roads and trans- Currently, efforts are being 12,000 acres is now in operation ment opportunities, the com- portation, green open spaces, made to collect data from the with foreign investments or for- PHOTOGRAPHER pany has contributed financial Kyaw Zeya Win @ Phoe Khwar bodies of water, commercial pub- villages in order to improve their eign joint investments. assistance to local residents to- lic facilities and public utilities living standards, including street Moreover, an industrial taling Ks13,592 lakhs, including COMPUTER TEAM Tun Zaw , and amenities. paving, access to electricity and zone project with an estimated Ks3,765 lakhs for an electricity Thein Ngwe, Zaw Zaw Aung, For this project, a survey is water, school building construc- at $US500 million in investments project, Ks2,552 lakhs for elec- Ye Naing Soe, Nyi Zaw Moe, being conducted to create job op- tion, mobile health clinics, first as of the second week of Janu- tricity for 56 villages from My- Hnin Pwint, Kay Khaing Win, Sanda Hnin, Zu Zin Hnin portunities for local people from aid and an English teaching ary is anticipated to open over ingyan Township, and Ks74 lakhs 21 villages in the project area. programme. 100 factories within a period of for social, educational and health EDITORIAL SECTION According to U Min Lwin According to the census of three years. care sectors. Due to internation- (+95) (01)8604529, Fax — (+95) (01) 8604305 Oo, who is in charge of EHSS, early March conducted in 13 vil- MMID Managing Director al investment, many factories there are many sector-wide lages of Ngazun township and 8 U Tun Tun Aung said that ar- are still under constructions CIRCULATION & DISTRIBUTION projects such as Job Creation, villages of Myingyan township, rangements are currently being and the project is expected to San Lwin, (+95) (01) 8604532, Hotline - 09 974424114 Village Development, Commu- out of 1,200 residents -- 432 men made to employ some 200-300 create numerous job opportu- nity Development, Social Works, and 768 women -- 83 people are workers at a shoe factory. nities for the locals as well as ADVERTISING & MARKETING Health Care Service, Education graduates, 362 have passed the At present, five factories, reduce logistics costs for trading ( +95) (01) 8604530, Hotline - 09 974424848 and Religion, which are to be matriculation examination, 277 including an animal feed plant, by providing easy access to the [email protected] carried out for the benefit of local people have passed their junior a sawmill, a concrete plant and waterway along the Ayeyarwady [email protected] residents. high school examinations, 456 a snow cookie plant opened us- River.—Khaing Sat Wai Printed and published at the Global New Light of Myanmar Printing Factory at No.150, Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, by the Global New Light New City Development Public Company gets MIC nod of Myanmar Daily under Printing Permit No. 00510 and Publishing Permit No. 00629. [email protected] The Myanmar Investment Com- Daily yesterday. production, manufacture and ing the MIC meeting (4/2018) www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com mission (MIC) has permitted The project will be execut- distribution of glass and its ac- held on the evening of 22 March. www.facebook.com/ the New City Development Pub- ed on more than 660 acres in cessories, telecommunications, Local and foreign invest- globalnewlightofmyanmar lic Company to implement the Hlegu Township. and construction of communi- ments that have been permitted small and industrial gardens Moreover, the MIC has cation network towers, as well by the MIC have created some and rental services project, ac- also permitted beer produc- as the Myanmar traditional and 1,044 job opportunities for local cording to a report in Myawady tion, motor vehicle assembly Tuangtaman rural resort, dur- people.—GNLM

Write for us Ayeyawady Region development project to be launched this year

We appreciate your feedback and contributions. If you have any comments PHASE 1 of the Ayeyawady Re- Federation, said the project finalised before 2020. For the time being, the or would like to submit editorials, analyses or reports please email gion development project will would be implemented in a re- The development projects feasibility study of the highway [email protected] be implemented by the end of gion that is a two-hour drive from will include a smart city, an inter- project is being conducted by a with your name and title. Due to limitation of space we are only this year, according to a report commercial hub Yangon. national airport, economic zones, South Korean company, and it is able to publish “Letter to the Editor” in Myawady Daily on Tuesday. In the initial stage, a new housing complexes and industri- some 70 per cent complete. that do not exceed 500 words. Should you submit a text longer than 500 words U Ye Linn, executive com- highway plan will be executed in al facilities. Negotiations are on The total cost of the project please be aware that your letter will be mittee member of Myanmar the project area later this year, with local and foreign companies is estimated to be more than edited. Construction Entrepreneurs and phase 1 is expected to be before implementing the project. US$200 billion.—GNLM 28 MARCH 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR BUSINESS 5 Agricultural exports by private sector up by $171 million

The export of agro products by the private sector in the current fiscal year (FY) topped US$2.929 billion, recording an increase of $171 million compared with the same period last FY, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The public sector did not export similar products this FY. In the seven export cate- gories, the trade value of only the forestry sector decreased. Between last April and this May, the overall exports amounted to $11.425 billion, increasing $2.49 billion against last FY. Farmers harvest paddy at a field in Kangyidauk, Ayeyawady. PHOTO: GNLM/ PHOE KHWAR According to official figures this FY, the country exported an- imal products worth $51 million, products at an estimated value mote the economy. Myanmar marine products worth $666 mil- of $2 billion. conducts trade with ASEAN lion, minerals worth $1.701 bil- The government is making member states, East Asian lion, forest products worth $201 sustained efforts to enhance countries, some European na- million, manufactured goods the country’s exports in each tions and African states. —Swe worth $6.297 billion and other sector, as part of its plan to pro- Nyein Border exports to Bangladesh increase by $17 million

THE value of Myanmar-Bang- ly through the Sittway and The country’s interna- ladesh border exports before Maungtaw trade stations. Since tional trade by sea account- the end of this fiscal year (FY) last April, exports through ed for 80 per cent of the total reached US$26.641 million, reg- Maungtaw brought in $13.134 trade, while the remaining istering an increase of $16.746 million, while exports through was conducted via the bor- million, as against last FY, ac- the Sittway border point were der gates. The country car- cording to the Commerce Min- valued at $13.507 million. ries out border trade with istry’s latest report. At the Myanmar-Bang- neighbouring countries via The total bilateral border ladesh border gates, ginger, 16 cross-border points of en- trade, as of 16 March, reached peanuts, mung beans, dried try, including Muse, Lwejel, $27.328 million, with exports plums, garlic, rice, saltwater Kanpikete, Chinshwehaw, exceeding imports by $25.954 prawns, as well as fish, bamboo, Kengtung, Tachilek, Myawady, million. blankets, candy, plum jam and Kawthoung, Myeik, Hteekhee, Myanmar conducts border footwear, are among the coun- Mawtaung, Tamu and Reed trade with Bangladesh main- try’s main export items. border gates.—Shwe Khine Myanmar to take part in 8th Coffee Expo Seoul next month

A member entrepreneur of the together under one roof. increase the coffee acreage to Myanmar Coffee Association Since its launch in 2012, 200,000 and export some 60,000 (MCA) will take part in the 8th Coffee Expo Seoul has attract- tonnes by 2030. Coffee Expo Seoul next month, ed more than 40,000 visitors and Domestic exporters are according to the Myanmar buyers, as well as 150 exhibitors making concerted efforts to Trade Promotion Organisation worldwide. The organisers ex- penetrate the international (Myantrade). pect the new latest edition to at- market with quality speciality The event is due to take tract more than 45,000 visitors, coffee. place from 5 April (Thursday) exhibitors and buyers. Currently, Myanmar coffee to 8 April (Sunday) at Coex Hall Myanmar’s coffee is a pre- is exported to Switzerland, Chi- A & B in Seoul in the Republic cious crop among its agricul- na, Thailand, America, South 09251022355, of Korea. It aims to bring to- tural products. The Ministry Korea, Japan, Germany and Call 09974424848 gether industries dealing with of Agriculture, Livestock and Hong Kong, among others. — Thin Thin May, coffee and its related products Irrigation said it expected to Swe Nyein 28 MARCH 2018 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Military parade to mark 73rd Anniversary of Armed Forces Day held in Nay Pyi Taw

FROM PAGE-1 saluted and the Tatamadaw and the Myanmar Police Force per- Some 12,434 troops from the sonnel assembled at the parade Tatmadaw and the Myanmar Po- ground took the four oaths. lice Force marched and took up Following this, the Tatmad- positions at the parade ground. aw Commander-in-Chief deliv- The parade was attended ered a speech. by Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U It is necessary to be a strong, T Khun Myat, Union Election capable, modern and patriotic Commission Chairman U Hla Tatmadaw to protect the country Thein, Amyotha Hluttaw Deputy well, so as not our independence Speaker U Aye Tha Aung, Union and sovereignty to be violated. Ministers, Chief of General Staff As the saying goes, “Only when (army, navy, air force) General the Tatmadaw is strong, will the Zeya Kyaw Htin Mya Tun Oo, Nation be strong”, we must build The military parade marches past the three giant statues of Mynmar’s historic kings. PHOTO: MNA Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Ad- our Tatmadaw to have combat miral Zeya Kyaw Htin Tin Aung power and combat prowess, said San, Commander-in-Chief (Air Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. though the majority believes in AN community without having - To uphold the continu- force) General Zeya Kyaw Htin Today, our country is march- Buddhism there has also been development. Therefore, to catch ation of Tatmadaw’sendeavour Maung Maung Kyaw and Tat- ing as the modern and developed freedom of worship for other up with the others, we need to to steadfastly walk on the path of madaw senior officers, as well as democracy one. Democracy is religions. Thus, speech causing quicken our pace. In this respect, multy party democratic system Independence Mawgun Award a negotiation of different views illusion must be restrained in all the people should bear in mind as the Union based on democrat- winners, retired Tatmadaw sen- from multiple directions and it relation to religion, said Senior “Myanmar Spirit” without racial ic and federal system, with the ior officers, the Hluttaw commit- is the way to live cohesively with General Min Aung Hlaing. and religious discrimination, adornment of Our Three Main tees chairmen, the Hluttaws rep- the same attitudes. Whichever Soon after the independ- and to strive for the country’s National Causes. resentatives of Tatmadaw, 2017 policies have been pursued in the ence, disparity in ideology, eth- development in cohesive union. - To cooperate in the up- military gallantry award winners country, there shall be laws, rules nicity, and religion came up due Instead of pointing to the past right deals of political means, and families, representatives and regulations promulgated. In to divided rules of the British im- and finding faults, it is now a high for the internal armed conflict of ethnic armed organizations democracy, there is freedom of perialist during their terms and time to learn the lessons from resolution attaining nationwide that have signed the Nationwide speech in line with democracy the armed conflicts have been the past and to conduct for the perpetual peace, in accordance Ceasefire Agreement, People’s norms but these must also be still remaining to date. To get country’s development. with the law. Militia and Frontier Force com- in accordance with the rules peace, successive governments The main task of Tatmadaw - To carry out the sus- manding group, military attach- and regulations ratified and ac- convened peace talks. And now, is the National Defence which tainable development enhancing es, officials from the Myanmar countability as well. Discipline in our country translating mul- will be conducted by joining three capabilities, for the Tat- Police Force, fire brigade, Myan- is the road map of development. tiparty democracy into practice, hands with the entire people. madaw to become a Standard mar Red Cross, veterans’ organi- Baseless speech leads to animos- we must find solutions through In defining the term ‘Defence’, Army, in line with the Tatmad- zations, students from University ity and degrades the prestige of political means as claims with it varies depending on histor- aw’s mechanism, “Study, Prac- for the Development of National our country, hindering the nation arms are not necessary. With this ical background of the states, tise, Comply”. Races, University Training Corps building, he added. meet, it is obligatory to carry out he said. After the speech, the assem- personnel, members of Myanmar He continued to say that in based on the Nationwide Cease- Whoever the government is, bled troops marched in formation Press Council, artistes, winners the advanced communication fire Agreement-NCA route that whatever the political system is, to salute the Tatmadaw Com- of military songs, poems, short networks of today, information can practically meet the voic- the main task of Tatmadaw is to mander-in-Chief and marched and long story composing/writing seems to abundantly burst so our es of the entire people, said the serve for national defence and out of the parade ground. Tat- competitions, administrators and military personnel need to think Commander-in-Chief of Defence national politics. I would also like madaw Navy Seals and the trainers of naval and air youth analytically through perception. Services. to stress that the main duties of Women Special Force members programmes, and trainees and Soon after the independence, the The Tatmadaw has signed the Tatmadaw are to safeguard rappelled off hovering helicopters invited guests. stooges of political parties, to win the NCA and been cooperating to Our Three Main National Caus- above the marching formations After the marching columns elections, could be observed to stabilize and firmly establish the es, the State Constitution, the and joined the troops marching have taken up their respective have instigated the Tatmadaw- current political process in ac- lives and property of the peo- out of the parade ground. As the positions on the parade ground, through various ways, with the cord with the provisions of NCA. ple with her adornment and the troops marched, the Tatmadaw Senior General Maha Thayay aim of exploiting the Tatmadaw In the continuation of the works contributing to State’s (Air) helicopters displaying flags Sithu Min Aung Hlaing entered in their power tug of war. Thus, mechanisms of perpetual peace interest and Public interest to- flew overhead, followed by the the parade ground, accompanied baseless speech to disintegrate via NCA for the entire people to gether with national awareness. various Tatmadaw (Air) fighters, by horse riding escorts and took the Tatmadaw and to lower her enjoy the fruitfulness of stability, In conclusion, he urged the attack helicopters, trainers, jet up his position on the dais and prestige will have to be reacted peace and development in the members of the Tatmadaw to trainers, multi-purpose jet fight- received the salute of the Tatam- with care and consciousness. quickest time, the reunification continue Tatmadaw’s traditions ers and interceptors conducting adaw and the Myanmar Police For many years, over 130 processes for security affairs of national politics that have been a fly-by. Force personnel. ethnic groups had coexisted are to be developed. During the successively preserved in dele- After the troops have The Tatmadaw Command- peacefully in Myanmar. Among peace talks, it will be more prac- gate manner as the following ob- marched out, the Tatmadaw er-in-Chief then inspected the ethnic groups, some are up to tical to negotiate about probable jectives of 73rd Annivesary Armed Commander-in-Chief greeted the troops on the parade ground, hundred-thousands but some are things, in view of long-term ben- forces Day have specified: guests attending the parade and after which Myanmar’s national just handful by population. efit instead of claiming the im- - To help the successful left the parade ground after con- flag was given the salute, while However, population is not possible ones and procrastinat- establishment of State’s peace cluding the 2018 73rd Anniversary the national anthem was played the main matter and rights are ing time. As the armed conflicts and prosperity, development, and of the Armed Forces Day mili- by the central military band. equitable for all kinds of ethnics broke out, bringing instability, the unity through cohesive nation of tary parade.—Myanmar News The fallen soldires were also as the Constitution states. Al- country legged behind the ASE- the entire people. Agency 28 MARCH 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 7 North Korean leader Kim visits China: Reports

BEIJING — Speculation is rife course,” she said. na-North Korea border and later that Kim Jong Un made a sur- If confirmed, it would be at a a guesthouse where promi- prise visit to China after media re- Kim’s first overseas trip since nent North Koreans have stayed ports that a special train believed he took over power in 2011 after in the past. to be carrying the North Korean his father’s death. Hong Kong-based ‘South dictator arrived here. Japan’s Kyodo news agency, China Morning Post’ reported Speculation is rife that Kim citing unidentified sources, re- that while it is yet to be confirmed Jong Un made a surprise visit to ported that a high-ranking North if the person is Kim himself, the Kim Jong Un . PHOTO: PTI China after media reports about Korean official had arrived in the security arrangements suggest it arrival of a special train believed Chinese capital on Monday af- is someone of great significance. to be carrying the North Korean ternoon. Historically, the visits of ly over North Korea’s nuclear tions by blocking essential sup- dictator. Japanese broadcaster Nip- North Korean leaders to China, programme after US President plies like oil and coal following Chinese foreign ministry pon TV showed footage of a the country’s neighbour and clos- Donald Trump agreed for a sum- pressure from Trump. spokeswoman Hua Chunying, train — similar to the one used est ally, were always shrouded in mit meeting with Kim. Observers say the severity however, said at a media briefing for foreign visits by Kim’s late secrecy. Though North Korea has of sanctions made Kim to tone that she had “no information for father Kim Jong Il — at a Beijing Kim’s late father Kim Jong-il remained a long-standing ally down his rhetoric on acquiring the moment” about reports that station. too used to visit China secretly. of China, relations between the nuclear weapons and consid- Kim visited China. “The infor- There were also reports Tensions temporarily abated two countries have been strained er the option for talks with US. mation will be published in due about heavy security on the Chi- in the Korean Peninsula recent- after Beijing beefed up UN sanc- —PTI

Ultra-thin sun shield could protect Great Barrier Reef China-ASEAN Expo-Cambodia SYDNEY — An ultra-fine biode- calcium carbonate that has been light from reaching the corals in population, Australia is consid- exhibition to kick gradable film some 50,000 times shown to protect the reef from the first place, we can prevent ered one of the world’s worst per off in Phnom Penh thinner than a human hair could the effects of bleaching. them from becoming stressed capita greenhouse gas polluters, be enlisted to protect the Great “It’s designed to sit on the which leads to bleaching,” Mars- with advocates urging Canberra Barrier Reef from environmen- surface of the water above the den said. to do more to protect the envi- PHNOM PENH — The Chi- tal degradation, researchers corals, rather than directly on Researchers from a breadth ronment. na-ASEAN Expo-Cambodia Ex- said on Tuesday. the corals, to provide an effective of disciplines contributed to the The reef is also under threat hibition will be held here for the The World Heritage-listed barrier against the sun,” Great project, which was headed by from predatory coral-eating first time from 30 March to 1 April, site, which attracts millions of Barrier Reef Foundation manag- the scientist who developed the crown-of-thorns starfish, as well organizers said on Tuesday. tourists each year, is reeling ing director Anna Marsden said. country’s polymer bank notes. as farming run off. Chen Min, deputy director from significant bouts of coral The trials on seven different “In this case, we had chem- Marsden said it was im- of the liaison department of the bleaching due to warming sea coral types found that the protec- ical engineers and experts in practical to suggest that the China-ASEAN Expo Secretariat, temperatures linked to climate tive layer decreased bleaching of polymer science working with “sun shield” — made from the said some 290 companies will be change. most species, cutting off sunlight marine ecologists and coral ex- same material found in coral taking part in the 3-day event at Scientists from the Austral- by up to 30 per cent. perts to bring this innovation to skeletons — could cover the the Diamond Island Exhibition ian Institute of Marine Biology “It (the project) created an life,” Marsden said. entire 348,000 square-kilometre Center, displaying their products have been buoyed by test results opportunity to test the idea that With its heavy use of coal- (216,000 square-mile) reef. and services at 440 booths. of a floating “sun shield” made of by reducing the amount of sun- fired power and relatively small “But it could be deployed on “This is the first exhibition a smaller, local level to protect that the China-ASEAN Expo Sec- high-value or high-risk areas of retariat organizes in Cambodia,” reef,” she added. she said in a press conference “The concept needs more here. “It is also the largest exhibi- work and testing before it gets tion that the China-ASEAN Expo to that stage, but it’s an exciting Secretariat holds outside China.” development at a time when we Seang Thay, director general need to explore all possible op- of the Trade Promotion General tions to ensure we have a Great Department of the Cambodian Barrier Reef for future gener- Ministry of Commerce, said the ations.” exhibition was aimed at cele- Hard corals, also called brating the 15th anniversary of reef-building corals, produce a the China-ASEAN strategic part- rock-like skeleton made of the nership and the 60th anniversary same material as classroom of diplomatic relations between chalk — calcium carbonate. Soft Cambodia and China. “The exhi- corals produce smaller amounts bition is an important event that of calcium carbonate. will help strengthen and promote A report last year from economic and trade cooperation, Deloitte Access Economics val- diplomatic relations, and cultural ued the Great Barrier Reef as ties between Cambodia and China an asset worth Aus$56 billion in particular, and between China (US$43 billion), which included and ASEAN in general,” he said in its tourism revenues and indirect the press conference. Apart from value for people who have not the exhibition, there will also be A floating “sun shield” made of calcium carbonate has been shown to protect coral from the effects of yet visited the site but know it forums on trade, investment, and bleaching.­ PHOTO: AFP exists.—AFP technology, he said.—Xinhua 28 MARCH 2018 28 MARCH 2018 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR OPINION 9

HAPPEN to read a social media news report in a German Widening gap between the rich and poor in Myanmar My personal experience Follow restaurant of Myanmar men who were fined for leftover society While working abroad, I sometimes went to eat out with my IFC Invests in Thilawa food by the authoritiesconcerned. One may take the news The gap between the rich and poor in Myanmar rural and ur- family. I found many foreigners especially European tourists I lightly; if one takes it seriously, it may even tarnish the rep- ban society is unbelievably getting wider and wider. Some wealthy highly disciplined in restaurants. They order the meals accord- River Port to Develop utation of our country. Myanmar people are deemed as a people men living in Yangon and Mandalay have their homes of their own ing to their needs. They try to finish their meals with nothing left precautions to who often commit to themselves to wasting food and money. worth millions; several luxurious cars belong to their families. Con- on the plates. My Myanmar guests were shown round shopping Some members of the elite are proud of behaving inadvertently trarily, people with a hand-to-mouth existence have to live in a hut malls and fed them in restaurants which usually charge in dollars. One of Myanmar’s towards their country. Suffice it to say that the behavior is a with a thatch roof and walk to and fro between their huts and rice Unfortunately they never tried to finish their meals ; their ways of avoid danger of shameful conduct. fields. While the wealthy families send their sons and daughters thinking are different from those of Europeans. abroad for further studies, rural kids don’t have a chance to finish The same thing happens in our country now. Some people First Bulk Terminal, Those born with silver spoons in their mouths their primary level education. The rich enjoy their meals in restau- order expensive meals more than their needs; they never finish UV rays There are many ways of getting rich in Myanmar: wealth rants and the rural poor have to dig in with broken rice and shrimp- them up. The leftover meals are finally thrown into dustbins. Boost Trade and handed down from generation to generation; by means of bribery paste sauce, putting Myanmar society in disarray and unbalanced. They should have ordered in accordance with their needs. If and corruption; by abusing one’s authority; bribing somebody into Wealthy Myanmar people including government servants flush they need some more, they can order again. Suffice it to say HE ultraviolet index reaches extreme and highly dan- handing over secret information and by telling a pack of lies and with much money usually go shopping abroad, put up in luxurious that these people have committed a wasteful use of our national Competitiveness gerous levels in the summer season, which begins in so on. Most Myanmar millionaires are believed to have accumu- hotels and eat meals in expensive restaurants. They buy expensive resources. During my young days, when a grain of boiled rice Tmid-March and ends in May. lated wealth in collaboration with authorities concerned. True goods and order food in restaurants more than they need. They nev- fell off the plate, I was asked by my parents to pick it up. They IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing long- In the summer season, people must take precautions. The rags-to –riches stories are inevitably found among the country’s er try to finish the meals up, leaving a lot of leftovers. They are all too explained to me how peasants toiled in the fields. These days, term financing of $15 million to the International Bulk Terminal Health Department has warned of health risks caused by ultravi- wealthy men. much complacent about their behavior; it is really a shameful deed! when rich men ask “where does the rice come from”? The (Thilawa) Company Limited to develop and operate a greenfield olet (UV) rays and urges residents to take precautions against simple answer would be “from the rice pot”. In this connection bulk terminal at Thilawa, one of the first bulk terminals for the hazardous rays. I would like to advise authorities concerned to form ‘monitor Myanmar. The department has advised the people across the country teams’ in restaurants and hotels across the country. The guests With an effective capacity of more than one million metric to stay indoors unless required, avoid direct sunlight between 10 have to finish up the meals that they have ordered or else they tons, the bulk terminal will reduce transport and logistics costs, a.m. and 4 p.m., seek shade and wear headwear and long-sleeved must be fined. At this juncture these teams must be completely support trade and increase competitiveness of the country’s clothing at all times. without bias and fairly justified. supply chains, creating new markets and jobs. The current lack While a UV index reading between 0 and 2 poses little dan- of specialized and efficient bulk facilities forces producers and ger, an index between 6 and 7 poses considerable health risks, A waste of everything everywhere traders to containerize bulk commodities, which involves high with severe damage to the eyes and skin possible if they are I should say Myanmar people tend to waste everything be- handling costs. unprotected. Any index meas- sides meals: waste of documents, electricity and water in offices. IFC’s long-term funding for the Thilawa River Port builds urement above 11 means Try to The worst is the waste of time. Government servants sit idly by on its prior investments in Myanmar’s transport sector. The cost The country extreme risk of harm from at a tea shop by putting a bet on fixtures of football teams. Some of this project is estimated at $65 million, which will be partly unprotected sun exposure, spend their time in parks and cinema halls. Most people keep on covered by Lluvia, a Myanmar’s leading agri processing compa- sees an increase with skin and eyes burning using iphones, by wasting a valuable time, leading to the slow ny and Japan’s leading integrated logistics company Kamigumi, within minutes. economize generation of their mental aculties. both jointly set up the International Bulk Terminal (Thilawa) in sun-related The UV index is an Company international standard We must economize “We greatly appreciate IFC’s commitment to Myanmar and skin conditions measurement of the strength The prices of basic commodities are climbing at full speed, IFC’s long-term debt financing — a necessity for infrastructure of ultraviolet (UV) radiation as much as putting our country in great debt. The increase in salaries of gov- projects,” said U Ko Gyi, Managing Director of Lluvia. “We also and other heat- from the sun at a particular ernment servants cannot be expected in the foreseeable future. look forward to benefiting from IFC’s technical knowledge and related health place and time. That is why each and every one should avoid wasting money on global experience.” Small amounts of UV ra- unnecessary things. With Myanmar’s strategic geographic location, a port ex- problems in the diation can be beneficial. It is Similarly wealthy men should restrict on their reckless use of pansion program could help the country to develop as a regional essential for the production of one can money at the expense of natural resources of the country. It would trans-shipment hub. IFC’s investment will also help create a summer as the Vitamin D, and under medical be just right to economize as much as one can. market for the bulk movement of agricultural commodities. In supervision can be used to Concerning with contents in this article, one might ask” We use the near future, the port will be able to facilitate trade flows of temperature rise. treat a number of diseases, By Maung Thaung Win (Ex-diplomat) what we have earned. What of it?” That would be contrary to what I wheat, animal feed, and rice, and also have the capacity to han- including rickets, psoriasis, wanted to point out in the article. What I mean is to buy and use ac- dle other non-agricultural commodities. eczema and jaundice, according to the World Health Organiza- cording to one’s needs to be a dutiful Myanmar citizen. Contrarily, “As one of the first providers of specialized bulk cargo tion (WHO). ordering meals in restaurants more than one’s needs and leaving handling, this project contributes to the diversification of port However, at high levels, UV radiation can damage the skin a lot of leftovers would mean mere waste of national resources. So services in Myanmar. It also supports the government’s ongoing and eyes over time. Worldwide, some 12 to 15 million people the people of Myanmar are respectfully advised to economize as plan to increase private sector participation in port, logistics and become blind annually from cataracts, of which up to 20 per cent much as they can on the use of national resources. transportation services to drive economic growth,” said Vikram may be caused or exacerbated by sun exposure, according to the Translated by Arakan Sein Kumar, IFC Country Manager for Myanmar.—GNLM WHO. Over the past two years, Yangon has seen summertime UV readings reach 13. Summer in Myanmar, which lasts from March to May, is entering its hottest weeks. Special advice goes to revelers who will enjoy the Thingyan water festival, which coincides with the Children’s Literature Festival to be held in Hinthada hottest weather in mid-April. Because of heavy traffic due to the queuing of cars that WITH the joint cooperation of ture, famous author Minn Thu are waiting to get doused with water at the numerous pandals, Ayeyarwaddy Regional govern- Wun’s books and Kayin ethnic revelers have more exposure to sun and should pay particular ment, Ministry of Information people’s cultural utensils and attention to protecting themselves against the sun. and Basic Education Depart- musical instruments. The country sees an increase in sun-related skin conditions ment, a Children Literature “The purpose of the chil- and other heat-related health problems in the summer as the Festival will be held on 30 and dren’s literature festival aims temperature rise. 31 March at No.3 Basic Educa- at developing a child’s intel- Aged people and children are advised to take shelter under tion High School in Hinthada. ligence, promoting creative shady places and in places with good ventilation. During the children’s lit- thinking and oratory skills and People are advised to avoid working under the sun. Experts erature festival, discussions nurturing a love of reading for urge residents to use sunblock and apply it every four hours. and speeches will be conducted children who will be leaders Clothing and cover is essential to shade yourself from the sun. with authors, the title of this fo- of the future” said an official Experts say “thanaka”, the ancient traditional cosmetic rum is Getting Education and from the Information and Pub- paste made from the bark of the “thanaka” tree can also be Knowledge. Also included are lic Relations Department in the used, as it can act as a barrier from the sun, absorb oil and cool exhibitions of children’s litera- Ayeyarwaddy Region.—MDN the skin. 28 MARCH 2018 10 WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Russia blames US pressure on allies for expulsions

TASHKENT, (Uzbekistan) — Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent, Moscow on Tuesday charged Lavrov said the expulsions jus- Washington had put “colossal tified Russia’s view that there pressure” on allies to expel are “few independent countries” scores of Russian diplomats, remaining in Europe. and vowed to retaliate. Comments by British Prime “This is the result of colos- Minister Theresa May blaming sal pressure, colossal blackmail Russia for the poisoning were which is the main instrument of “simply an affront to the system Washington on the international of Anglo-Saxon justice system,” arena,” Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov added. Sergei Lavrov said in Uzbekistan. Britain had urged allies to “We’ll respond, have no take strong action in response to doubt! No one wants to put up the attack that left former Rus- with such loutish behaviour and sian spy Skripal and his daughter we won’t.” in critical condition. At least 116 alleged agents The United States responded working under diplomatic cov- particularly strongly, ordering 60 er were ordered out by 22 gov- Russians to leave embassies and ernments on Monday, dwarfing consulates and shutting down similar measures in even the the Russian consulate general in most notorious Cold War spying Seattle. Australia also joined in disputes. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov . PHOTO: AFP the coordinated diplomatic move, The expulsions were a re- expelling two Russian diplomats sponse to the poisoning of Rus- of Salisbury on 4 March. well as a number of European new lows amid ongoing tensions on Tuesday that Prime Minister sian double agent Sergei Skripal Expulsions of Russian diplo- Union countries, Albania and over Ukraine and Syria. Malcolm Turnbull said were “un- and his daughter Yulia with a mats were ordered by the United Ukraine. The row has plunged Speaking on the sidelines of declared intelligence officers”. nerve agent in the English city States Canada and Australia as Russia’s relations with the West to a conference on Afghanistan in —AFP UK MPs demand Zuckerberg Father of Orlando nightclub attacker was FBI informer testify on data row after he MIAMI — The father of Omar vestigation for money transfers Mateen, who killed 49 people in a he had made to Turkey and Af- 2016 attack on an Orlando night- ghanistan. offers deputy club, was a long-time confidential The FBI also said it had re- informant for the FBI, according ceived a tip that Seddique Mateen LONDON, (United Kingdom) like to hear from Mr Zucker- after the Easter parliamentary to court documents. was engaged in fund-raising that — British MPs renewed a berg as well. recess”, meaning April 16 at Seddique Mateen’s past as may have been intended to con- demand on Tuesday to inter- “We will seek to clarify the earliest. a source for federal law enforce- tribute to “an attack against the view Facebook chief Mark with Facebook whether he is The committee’s request ment emerged at the trial in Or- government of Pakistan.” Zuckerberg personally over available to give evidence or to Facebook followed allega- lando of Noor Salman, 31, Omar The defence attorneys said a data privacy row, after he not, because that wasn’t clear tions that data from up to 50 Mateen’s widow, who prosecutors the government’s failure to dis- responded to an earlier re- from our correspondence, and million users was harvested by allege had prior knowledge of her close the information violated Sal- quest by offering to send one if he is available to give evi- a British company, Cambridge husband’s plans. man’s “right to a fair trial” and of his deputies. dence then we would be happy Analytica, for use in election Omar Mateen died in the 12 called for the charges against her Damian Collins, the chair- to do that either in person or campaigns, namely that of US June, 2016 mass shooting at the to be thrown out. man of the House of Commons via video link if that would be President Donald Trump in Pulse nightclub, which he claimed “If the government had pro- digital, culture and media com- more convenient for him.” 2016. to have carried out on behalf of vided this information, the defence mittee, said that the serious- In the letter to Collins, Re- The social media giant the Islamic State group. Defence would have investigated whether ness of the allegations meant becca Stimson, head of public said it did not know the data attorneys, in documents filed with a tie existed between Seddique it was “appropriate” for Zuck- policy for Facebook UK, wrote: was being used in a political the court over the weekend, called Mateen and his son, specifically erberg to offer an explanation “Facebook fully recognizes the campaign, although it did al- for a mistrial in Salman’s case whether Mateen’s father was in- himself, whether in person or level of public and parliamenta- low an academic researcher following the revelation that her volved in or had foreknowledge via videolink. ry interest in these issues and to create an app that picked father-in-law had served as an of the Pulse attack,” the defence In a letter published by the support your belief that these up the information from users FBI informant. But US District said. Seddique Mateen, who is committee on Tuesday, a sen- issues must be addressed at and their friends. Judge Paul Byron rejected the originally from Afghanistan, was ior British Facebook executive the most senior levels of the In the letter, Stimson request on Monday, the Orlando on the government’s initial wit- offered to send chief technol- company by those in an au- revealed that Facebook was Sentinel newspaper reported. ness list but was finally not called ogy office Mike Schroepfer or thoritative position to answer working with regulators According to Salman’s law- to testify. Judge Byron dismissed chief product officer Chris Cox your questions. around the world to assess how yers, the US Attorney’s office ac- the request for a mistrial. “This tri- to London next month. “As such Mr Zuckerberg many people in each country knowledged in an email over the al is not about Seddique Mateen,” “We’d be very happy to in- has personally asked one of his were affected. weekend that Seddique Mateen the Orlando Sentinel quoted the vite Mr Cox to give evidence,” deputies to make themselves “We can now confirm that was an “FBI confidential human judge as saying. “It’s about Noor Collins said at the start of a available to give evidence in around one percent of the glob- source at various points in time Salman.” Salman is facing charg- committee hearing on Tues- person to the committee.” al downloads of the app came between January 2005 and June es of providing support to a for- day. She said either Schroepfer from users in the EU, including 2016.” In addition, it said, Seddique eign terrorist organization and “However we would still or Cox could attend “straight the UK,” she wrote—AFP Mateen was the subject of an in- obstructing justice.—AFP 28 MARCH 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 11 German court keeps ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont in custody

NEUMUNSTER, GERMANY lo Llarena accused the ousted — A German court has kept for- Catalan leader of organising an mer Catalan president Carles independence referendum in Oc- Puigdemont in custody pending tober last year despite a ban from possible extradition to Spain to Madrid and the risk of violence. face “rebellion” charges, as fresh That vote had been swiftly demonstrations blocked several followed by the Catalan parlia- main roads in the Spanish region ment’s declaration of independ- on Tuesday. ence on 27 October. Puigdemont will “remain in detention for the time being, until ‘Revenge and repression’ a decision is made concerning Puigdemont had been visit- the extradition procedure,” the ing Finland since Thursday, but regional court in Kiel, northern slipped out of the country before Germany, announced Monday, Finnish police could detain him. a day after Puigdemont was ar- In Geneva, the UN Human rested. Rights Committee said it had The ex-leader’s detention registered a complaint from Pu- in Germany has sparked angry igdemont, which his lawyer has protests in Catalonia and dem- earlier said concerned Madrid onstrators blocked several major violating Puigdemont’s right to roads in the region on Tuesday, be elected and his freedom of ex- including briefly the two main A banner outside the building where former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont is being held in northern pression and association. access roads into Barcelona. Germany. PHOTO: AFP Elsa Artadi, a lawmaker with Puigdemont’s arrest comes Puigdemont’s Together for Cat- five months after he went on man law. A spokeswoman for the in the air to try to contain the Protesters in Barcelona saw alonia party, said he should fight the run as Spanish prosecutors German prosecutor’s office told demonstrators, who pushed large the move as a provocation, while his extradition. sought to charge him with sedi- AFP it would “probably not come recycling containers towards Catalan parliament speaker Rog- “Spain does not guarantee tion and rebellion in the wake of this week” ahead of the four-day police. Some people threw glass er Torrent appealed for calm in a fair trial; only revenge and re- Catalonia’s failed independence Easter holiday. bottles, cans and eggs at police. an address broadcast on regional pression,” she wrote on Twitter. bid in October last year. About 90 people were slightly television. While separatist parties won He was detained on Sunday Protest in Barcelona injured during the protests, in- Aside from Puigdemont, Catalonia’s regional elections after crossing the border into The ousted president’s de- cluding 22 police officers, emer- nine other Catalan separatist which were called by Madrid in Germany from Denmark, under tention marks the latest chap- gency services said. leaders are in jail in Spain over December, they have been unable a European warrant issued by ter in a secession saga that has the wealthy northeastern region’s to elect a president and form a Spain. bitterly divided Catalans and ‘Solution can be found’ failed breakaway attempt. government as they have picked According to his lawyer triggered Spain’s worst political The case lands a diplomatic His arrest came two days af- candidates who are now either in Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas, Pu- crisis in decades. hot potato in German Chancellor ter Spain’s supreme court issued exile, in jail or facing prosecution. igdemont was on his way back Demonstrations on Tuesday Angela Merkel’s lap less than two international arrest warrants for After Puigdemont was to Belgium, where he lived in closed the A7 motorway near the weeks after her new government 13 Catalan separatists including forced to withdraw his bid for the self-imposed exile after Spanish French border, as well as the na- was sworn in. Puigdemont and his nominated presidency as he could not return authorities moved to impose di- tional N340 that links Catalonia Her spokesman insisted successor Jordi Turull. to Spain without facing arrest, rect rule over Catalonia. with Spain’s southeastern coast. on Monday that the decision on The court said they would another pro-independence leader The court in northern Ger- The blockades followed pro- Puigdemont’s extradition rested be prosecuted for “rebellion”, a Jordi Sanchez followed suit when many turned down a request tests in Barcelona on Sunday, solely in the hands of the German charge which carries a maximum a judge refused to let him out from Puigdemont’s legal team when Catalan riot police shoved regional justice authorities. sentence of 30 years in prison. of jail to be sworn in. The third for his release pending the ex- and hit demonstrators with ba- Spain’s deputy prime minis- Twelve more face less se- candidate, Turull, was placed in tradition decision by German tons to keep the crowd from ter Soraya Saenz de Santamaria rious charges such as disobedi- custody on Friday. authorities. advancing on the Spanish gov- welcomed the arrest as “good ence. Fresh regional elections will The ruling must normally be ernment’s representative office. news”, saying: “No one can make Issuing the warrant for Pu- be triggered if a new leader is not made within 60 days under Ger- Officers fired warning shots a mockery of the courts forever”. igdemont on Friday, Judge Pab- elected by 22 May.—AFP

UAE says Qatar fighter jets intercept civilian flights

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emir- Qatari fighter jets dangerously ment released by its civil aviation ates —The United Arab Emir- approached two UAE-registered authority. ates said two Qatari fighter jets commercial aircraft while flying The UAE, Saudi Arabia, “dangerously approached” two over Bahraini airspace today, in Bahrain and Egypt cut all ties UAE passenger flights on Mon- a flagrant and serious threat to with Qatar in June over Qatar’s day, sparking a swift denial by civil aviation and air navigation alleged ties to Islamist extrem- Doha in the third such incident safety”. ists and Shiite Iran. between the Gulf rivals. One of the aircraft was Qatar, which denies the ac- Qatar and the Emirates forced to “do an emergency cusations, is barred from using have rowed repeatedly over manoeuvre to avoid colliding the airspace of the four states, alleged airspace violations this with the Qatari jets”, the avia- although UAE airlines are not year, as a diplomatic crisis in the tion authority said in a statement technically banned from oper- Gulf enters its 10th month. published by the official WAM ating flights through Qatari air- The UAE General Civil Avi- news agency. space. Abu Dhabi is now looking ation Authority condemned the Qatar “categorically” de- at rerouting flights to Bahrain to Qatari fighter jets “dangerously approached” two passenger “reckless manner in which two nied the accusation in a state- avoid Qatari airspace.—AFP flights. PHOTO: AFP 28 MARCH 2018 12 WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Russia to increase Tu-160M bomber. PHOTO: TASS flight range of upgraded Tu-160 bomber

SAMARA — The efficiency of The enterprise repairs en- the new engine for the upgrad- gines for long-range aircraft - the ed Tupolev Tu-160 missile-car- Tu-160 (NK-32), the Tu-95 (NK- rying bomber will be increased 25) and the Tu-22M3 (NK-12) and by about 10%, which will allow is creating a new version of the the aircraft to fly a thousand kilo- NK-32 engine for the upgraded metres farther, Russian Deputy Tu-160M2 supersonic strategic Defence Minister Yuri Borisov missile-carrying bomber. said on 21 Wednesday March. “In its upgraded version, it As part of a check of state [the engine] will be 10% more defence plan fulfillment, Bor- efficient, which will make it pos- isov visited the Samara-based sible to increase the flight range Kuznetsov Company, which is a of the strategic bomber by about the Industry and Trade Ministry formance characteristics of the strategic bomber at the Kazan leading Russian enterprise for 1,000 km,” Borisov said during his a regular meeting of the inter-de- new plane,” the deputy defence Aviation Enterprise. On 16 No- developing, producing, providing visit to the Kuznetsov Enterprise. partmental commission, which minister said. vember, 2017, the new plane was maintenance for and repairing As the defence official not- oversees the pace of work on the The Tu-160 is the biggest delivered from the final assembly gas turbine aviation and liq- ed, in 2014 the Samara-based upgrade of the Tu-160. The work plane with a variable-sweep wing workshop to the flight testing sta- uid-propellant rocket engines, Kuznetsov Enterprise was set is proceeding, by and large, ac- and one of the most powerful tion. Thanks to its upgrade, the and also gas turbine installations the task to reproduce the engine cording to schedule so far. As for combat aircraft in the world. In efficiency of the Tu-160 bomber for use in the gas sector and pow- and improve its characteristics. the engine, this is the basic unit, 2015, a decision was announced is expected to increase by 60%. er engineering. “We are holding jointly with which will determine the per- to restart the production of the — Tass

Mexico, US tout Brexit campaigners breached UK cooperation as homeland vote rules, lawyers say security secretary visits LONDON — Brexit campaign- MEXICO CITY — The United phone calls with Trump. ers breached UK law to channel States and Mexico sought to In the wake of the second more funds to a data analysis play up their cooperation on se- cancellation, Trump’s son-in- firm ahead of the EU referen- curity issues on Monday as US law and senior adviser Jared dum, according to evidence out- Homeland Security Secretary Kushner visited Mexico, and lined on Monday by whistleblow- Kirstjen Nielsen visited Mexico Nielsen is now the latest ers’ lawyers. City at a time of strained ties. high-level US envoy to visit in “There is a prima facie case In her first visit to Mexi- what appears to be an effort to that the following electoral of- co as homeland security chief, smooth over ties. fences were committed by Vote Nielsen met with the country’s The strain has raised Leave in the EU referendum foreign and interior ministers fears over the future of the two campaign,” said a 50-page doc- and oversaw the signing of countries’ close cooperation ument presented by London law three deals to work more closely on issues like migration, drug firm Bindmans. together on customs and border trafficking and other border The case centres on a issues. security matters. £625,000 ($889,300, 714,150 eu- Lawyers argue a £625,000 ($889,300, 714,150 euros) donation by Vote “No one should underes- But Nielsen was upbeat on ros) donation by Vote Leave to Leave to the smaller pro-Brexit group BeLeave was made by the lead timate the strength and com- bilateral ties. the smaller pro-Brexit group campaign group to mask a payment to Canadian data firm AIQ. PHOTO: AFP mitment of the United States Mexican Foreign Minister BeLeave, which lawyers argue to the United States-Mexican Luis Videgaray acknowledged was made by the lead campaign partnership,” she said, adding the tension, but said the coun- group to mask a payment to Ca- idea that... the campaign was le- to refer it to state prosecutors, in thickly accented Spanish: tries were trying to find com- nadian data firm AIQ. gitimate is false,” he told Channel they said. The overspending “We are neighbors, we are al- mon ground. “There are strong grounds 4 News. accusation comes as the role lies, we are friends.” “It’s true, there are issues to infer that Vote Leave was in- Vote Leave ultimately de- of data analysis companies in Mexico has been stung on which we have different volved in the decision by which clared campaign costs of just political campaigns come un- by President Donald Trump’s opinions. We don’t agree on the AIQ payment were made,” over £6.7 million — under the der greater scrutiny, following verbal attacks on Mexican everything. But we are deter- said the legal opinion, written by £7 million legal limit — of which allegations that British consult- immigrants, his insistence on mined not to let our differences three independent barristers at nearly £2.7 million was spent on ing group Cambridge Analytica renegotiating the North Amer- define our relations,” he told a Bindmans’ request. services by AIQ. Lawyers argue harvested data on tens of mil- ican Free Trade Agreement press conference. Shahmir Sanni, who worked witness statements by three peo- lions of Facebook users. Chris- (NAFTA), and his vow to make “The focus of our work is on for BeLeave, earlier told British ple close to the two campaigns topher Wylie, who worked for the country pay for his planned the areas where we agree and media of the campaign’s close demonstrate their “extremely Cambridge Analytica, blew the border wall. the things we can do together.” ties to Vote Leave, “in effect they close relationship”, including whistle on the scandal and ap- The latter subject has twice The newly signed agree- used BeLeave to over-spend, and staff from the two groups shar- peared at the Bindmans press caused Mexican President ments are three of more than 20 not just by a small amount”. ing an office. conference where he said there Enrique Pena Nieto to cancel that are currently in the works, “They say that it wasn’t co- The case requires “urgent should be a second Brexit ref- trips to Washington after heated Nielsen said.—AFP ordinated, but it was. And so the investigation” to decide whether erendum.—AFP 28 MARCH 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 13 Abe gov’t submits bills to ratify TPP trade pact after US pullout

TOKYO — The govern- changes to be brought by ment of Prime Minister the free trade accord. Shinzo Abe submitted a But the changes are set of bills to parliament minor — such as fixing on Tuesday to ratify the the implementation date successor to the Trans-Pa- or including the new name cific Partnership, moving of the pact — as the laws a step closer to imple- for the original TPP were menting the long-prom- enacted in December 2016 ised multilateral free following the signing of the trade pact amid fears of accord by 12 countries, in- rising US protectionism. cluding the United States. Japan and the 10 oth- When the new bills Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and his Cabinet hold a meeting in Tokyo on 27 March, 2018. The Cabinet approved er countries taking part are enacted, copyrights bills to ratify the successor to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, bringing the long-promised multilateral trade pact closer to in the deal, renamed the enforcement. PHOTO: KYODO NEWS and trademarks, for ex- Comprehensive and Pro- ample, will be preserved gressive Agreement for to implement the pact,” go smoothly with lawmak- Diet, it is hard to say when product and a population for 70 years after the cre- Trans-Pacific Partnership Toshimitsu Motegi, Jap- ers focused on favoritism deliberations on the bills of some 500 million. The ators die, longer than the after the United States’ anese minister in charge allegations leveled at Abe, presented will start,” a agreement will enter into current 50 years in Japan. withdrawal, aim to put the of the TPP, told a press involving the heavily dis- senior government source force 60 days after at least The government will also pact into force possibly by conference. “Each coun- counted sale of state land said. “I can only ask for six countries complete do- seek to help domestic live- the end of this year. try has expectations for to a school operator with the start of deliberations mestic procedures. stock farmers by compen- “With Japan taking Japan to become the first ties to his wife Akie. The as soon as possible.” To bring the CPTPP sating them for sales they the lead towards early country to complete do- current Diet session runs The pact, signed in into force in Japan, a total may lose due to cheaper enactment, we hope to mestic procedures.” through 20 June. Chile earlier this month, of 10 laws need to be re- products being imported further build momentum But Diet deliberations “Considering the covers 13 per cent of the vised to include new rules from foreign competi- for the 10 other countries over the TPP bills may not current situation in the world’s gross domestic and protections against tors.—Kyodo News

THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR World bank CLAIM’S DAY NOTICE MINISTRY OF ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY M.V MAERSK WOLGAST VOY. NO. ( ) MYANMA OIL AND GAS ENTERPRISE estimates ( INVITATION FOR OPEN TENDER ) Consignees of cargo carried on M.V MAERSK ( 6/ 2018 ) Indonesian WOLGAST VOY. NO. ( ) are hereby notified that the 1. Open tenders are invited for supply of the following respective items in Myanmar vessel will be arriving on 27-3-2018 and cargo will be Kyats and United States Dollars. economy to discharged into the premises of M.I.T.T/M.I.P where it Sr.No Tender No Description Remark expand 5.3 will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject (1) DMP/L-001(18-19) Spares for Garbarino Pump (6) Items Ks to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. (2) DMP/L-002(18-19) Rig A Lite Lighting Fixture Complete Set Ks this year Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am (50) Sets to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now (3) DMP/L-003(18-19) Spares for 30 Ton Kato Rough Terrain Ks declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo Crane (71) Items JAKARTA — Indonesia’s (4) DMP/L-004(18-19) Spares for SK 50P-6 Kobelco Excavator Ks economy will grow 5.3 per from the Vessel. (69) Items cent this year supported by No claims against this vessel will be admitted after (5) DMP/L-005(18-19) Spares for MI-2 Tracked Dozer (56) Items Ks the Claims Day. export and consumption, (6) DMP/L-006(18-19)) Spares for Volvo Tractor (45) Items Ks (7) DMP/L-007(18-19) Spares for MWM D226-4 Lighting Set Ks World Bank said here on SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY Engine Ex MTBN-5 River Craft (27) Items Tuesday. Country Director (8) DMP/L-008(18-19) 2 7/8” & 2 3/8” EUE Tubing (3) Items Ks AGENT FOR: M/S MCC TRANSPORT World Bank for Indonesia (9) DMP/L-009(18-19) Water Transfer Pump with Engine Ks (S’PORE) PTE LTD Rodrigo A Chaves said (300 GPM x 150 FT HD) 48 HP (10) Sets Phone No: 2301185 (10)DMP/L-010(18-19) Water Transfer Pump with Motor Ks Indonesia’s economy ex- (100 GPM x 150 FT HD) 11 KW (4) Sets panded significantly in the (11)DMP/L-011(18-19) Crude Transfer Pump with Motor Ks second half of last year. “We (100 GPM x 150 FT HD) 11 KW (1) Set projected that the signifi- (12)DMP/L-012(18-19) Air Compressor (Reciprocating) with Ks cant growth will continue (15-18 HP) Diesel Engine (2) Sets (13)DMP/L-013(18-19) Portable Fire Pump with Engine and Ks this year, and the growth Accessories (16) Sets target (of 5.3 percent) will (14)DMP/L-014(18-19) 50 KG Fire Extinguisher (ABCE), Wheel Ks be achieved,” he said at the Type (25) Nos Indonesian economic quar- (15)DMP/L-015(18-19) Gas Cutting Tourch Assembly (6) Sets Ks (16)DMP/L-016(18-19) Electrical Materials & Accessories Ks terly forum. (3) Groups However, the director (17)DMP/L-017(18-19) Storage Server (1) Lot Ks warned that the growth (18)DMP/L-018(18-19) HP A0 Scanner, Printer, Copy & Ks forecast faces risks if global Copier (A3) (2) Items trade weakens along with (19)IFB/001(18-19) Interpretation Workstation & Data US$ Processing Center (1) Lot a weakened growth of do- 2. The Open Tender forms including Description of Materials / Qtty with details speci- mestic private consump- fications and Tender Terms & Conditions can be available free download at the Ministry tion, which account for over of Electricty and Energy Website Portal (www.moee.gov.mm) as from 28 March 2018. half of the country’s gross Tender forms will not be sold. 3. The interested Bidders should submit the Technical Specifications with Original domestic product growth. Bid Bond and Commercial Quotation in each separate sealed envelopes on which Besides, rising domes- to be addressed to the Managing Director, Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise and should tic demand on imported reach in Tender Box of the Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise not later than 16:30 pm on products would also erode 23 April 2018. 4. Tender Closing Date & Time- 23-4-2018, 16:30 pm the contribution of exports to the economic growth Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise amid a weakening rupiah, Trade Mark: 09-251022355 Ph . +95 67 - 411206 he added.—Xinhua +95 67 411212 28 MARCH 2018 14 SOCIAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Fifty years on, Yuri Gagarin’s death still shrouded in mystery

MOSCOW — Yuri Gagarin, feted The second plane theory as a Soviet national hero for being “My parents always assured the first man in space, was killed me that Gagarin died because in a plane crash 50 years ago but he was drunk,” says Alexander the details of his death remain Volodko, a policeman from the Si- shrouded in mystery. berian city of Novokuznetsk, on a On 27 March, 1968, at 10:18 recent visit to Moscow’s Museum am, Gagarin was preparing for of Cosmonautics. a training flight in his MiG-15 Volodko tells AFP that he plane at the Chkalovsky aero- would like “the truth to be finally drome near Moscow, his former revealed”. cosmonaut colleague Vladimir He said he personally be- Aksyonov recalls. lieved the version put forward “Yuri and I consulted the by legendary cosmonaut Alexei same doctors and listened to Leonov — the first ever to go on the same weather forecasts, my a spacewalk — after the fall of the takeoff was due an hour after Soviet Union in 1991. his,” the 84-year-old tells AFP. According to Leonov, who But Aksyonov’s flight was was a member of the 1968 inves- cancelled. At 10:30 am, when he tigation commission, a Sukhoi returned to his base, Gagarin and plane approached Gagarin’s his co-pilot Vladimir Seryogin planned route, passing less than were no longer responding to The details of Yuri Gagarin’s death — the first man in space — in a plane crash 50 years ago remain shrouded in 20 metres from his plane. This radio calls. mystery. PHOTO: AFP would have caused Gagarin’s At 2:50 pm, helicopter crews aircraft to spin and crash. searching for the plane said they who was not a head of state. “This pushed colleagues a weather balloon after which In June last year, 83-year-old found parts of the wreckage 65 The engineers knew Gagarin and experts to start their own Gagarin and Seryogin lost control Leonov repeated this version: “I kilometres (40 miles) from the was training on a MiG and that he research.” of the aircraft. saw a declassified document of aerodrome. had already experienced landing Rumours “One of the probable rea- the investigation that confirmed Gagarin’s body was found problems. When they heard the At the time, wild rumours sur- sons! This wording does not (this),” he told state news agency the next day. He was 34. investigation commission give its rounding Gagarin’s death were mean anything. None of the doc- RIA Novosti. Leonov believes the ‘Gagarin is dead!’ conclusions, they were perplexed. circulating around the Soviet uments from the 29 volumes of commission covered up the truth Sergei Kravchinsky, 74, re- According to the official Union: that he was killed by the the investigation was published to protect the Sukhoi plane’s pilot, members learning of Gagarin’s version, the plane’s crew had Kremlin, drunk in the cockpit or in full,” said historian Glushko. whose name he refuses to reveal death when he was a young space to make a sudden manoeuvre kidnapped by aliens were just He believes that the secrecy but describes as “quite famous” engineer and had just finished a because of a “change in the sit- some popular theories. around Gagarin’s death was re- and currently “old and sick”. gymnastics class. “We heard a uation in the air”, which led to In 2011, to celebrate the 50th tained to hide “the flaws in the “This is no longer a secret: it scream in the corridor: ‘Guys, the crash. anniversary of Gagarin’s historic organisation and the functioning is about negligence and a viola- Gagarin is dead!’” “The report of the official 1961 flight into space, the Kremlin of the Soviet space sector,” a sym- tion of aviation rules,” he insists. “It was a shock, all the wom- commission, which was 29 vol- released some fresh information bol of the USSR’s might. But until the investigation’s en were crying,” he recalls. umes, was never published,” on his death. Newly declassified “In the absence of the truth, official documents are made For the first time in Soviet Alexander Glushko, a historian documents said “one of the prob- rumours are multiplying and con- public, said historian Glushko, history, a day of national mourn- studying the Soviet space indus- able reasons” for the crash was a tinue to circulate to this day,” he “this claim is just a hypothe- ing was declared for someone try, told AFP. sharp manoeuvre made to avoid added. sis”.—AFP

Angelina Jolie secretly dating real estate agent ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ back for ‘gut-wrenching’ second run LOS ANGELES — Hollywood on her own, Pitt, 54, has become star Angelina Jolie is reportedly a changed man, going out more dating a real estate agent. and enjoying time with close LOS ANGELES — Dystopian the show’s award-winning star According to Entertain- friends, an additional source sci-fi series “The Handmaid’s Elisabeth Moss told US cable ment Tonight, Jolie’s ex Brad told the publication. Tale” returns in a month for its network Bravo ahead of its 25 Pitt, who she has yet to finalise “He has made changes in second season, promising more April release. “It’s gone in a her divorce with after a 2016 his life since the split. “gut-wrenching” television as completely different way that split, is also quietly dating When they first split, he it moves beyond the events of I never would have expected.” around. spent a lot of time at home and Margaret Atwood’s foundation- Published in 1985, Atwood’s “It’s not serious. Brad and was often very down about what al feminist novel. bestseller is required reading Angie are both very secretive Hollywood star Angelina Jolie was going on. The producers of the in schools, often mentioned about their dating life. Angie has . PHOTO: PTI He was a homebody for awards juggernaut, which in the same breath as George told some friends she isn’t ready many months, but in the last became Hulu’s flagship show Orwell’s “1984,” Aldous Hux- to date, but she has been seeing never happen. month or two, he’s been going last year, are promising new ley’s “Brave New World” and a handsome, older-looking man Things between Brad and out more. He enjoys going out locations, characters and plot other works of speculative fic- who is a real estate agent. Angie really ended poorly, and to eat with close friends. twists — but the same old dread tion. It has spawned a movie, a He isn’t a celebrity or high while they’ve attempted thera- “He’s very private about that permeates the nightmarish graphic novel, an opera and a profile in any way,” a source py with the (six) children, they who he’s seeing, but he does hellscape of Gilead. ballet, not to mention the first said. The source also said that can barely be in the same room continue to casually date. The “I have been saying about season of Hulu’s hit show that a ‘Brangelina’ reconciliation together.” women he sees are not in the the opening scene of season has eight Emmys, three Critics is not happening, “People talk And while Jolie, 42, has public eye,” the source said. two that, whatever you think Choice Awards and two Golden about them reuniting, but it will started to become comfortable —PTI it’s going to be, just throw it out,” Globes.—AFP 28 MARCH 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR SOCIAL 15 Bronze coins from Jewish revolt against Rome Empire discovered near Temple Mount

JERUSALEM — Bronze coins, residents who hid in a large cave “For the Freedom of Zion” to “For the sources. layer that was situated at the base the last remnants of a four-year for four years from the Roman the Redemption of Zion,” a shift According to Mazar, it is of the cave. The coins were well Jewish revolt against the Roman siege of Jerusalem, up until the which reflects the change of the remarkable that this cave was preserved, probably because they Empire were found near the Tem- destruction of the Second Temple rebels during this period of horror never discovered by subsequent were in use for a short time, noted ple Mount in Jerusalem, sources and the city of Jerusalem, said the and famine, said Mazar. residents of Jerusalem nor used Mazar. from the Hebrew University said Hebrew University archaeologist. In addition to Hebrew in- again after the Second Temple A similar number of “Year on Monday. While several of the coins scriptions, the coins were deco- period. In this way, the cave acts Four” coins were found near These bronze coins were dis- date to the early years of the re- rated with Jewish symbols, such as a veritable time capsule of life Robinson’s Arch, near the West- covered by Hebrew University volt, the great majority are from as the four biblical plant species: in Jerusalem under the siege ern Wall, by Professor Benjamin archaeologist Dr Eilat Mazar dur- its final year, otherwise known palm, myrtle, citron and willow, and during the four-year revolt Mazar, Eilat Mazar’s grandfather, ing renewed excavations at the as, “Year Four” (69-70 CE), said and a picture of the goblet that against the Roman Empire. said the sources. He conducted Ophel, located below the Temple Mazar. was used in the Temple service. These findings all date back the Temple Mount excavations Mount’s southern wall. Significantly, during the fi- Many broken pottery vessels, to the time of the rebellion and right after Israel’s Six Day War, on These 1.5-centimetre bronze nal year, the Hebrew inscription including jars and cooking pots, were found in the Ophel Cave di- behalf of Hebrew University’s In- coins were left behind by Jewish on the coins was changed from were also found in the cave, said rectly above a Hasmonean Period stitute of Archaeology.—Xinhua Japanese author Kadono wins 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy 2018 Andersen award for writing found at Sydney university SYDNEY — Staff at the Univer- khmet because it tells us that on TOKYO — Japanese author sity of Sydney’s Nicholson Mu- the coffin as well.” Eiko Kadono, known for her seum in Australia were shocked “What we don’t know is if novel “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” to find a 2,500-year-old Egyptian the remains inside the coffin are has won the 2018 Hans Christian mummy inside a coffin that was Mer-neith-ites herself because Andersen Award, considered the thought to be empty. many coffins that were bought Nobel prize in children’s liter- “The coffin was originally in the mid 19th century from the ature, the Swiss-based award bought from an antiquity mar- antiquities markets would have organizer said. ket in Egypt back in 1858, by Sir coffins and mummies sold as “Kadono’s books are always Charles Nicholson, one of the an ensemble but they did not surprising, engaging, and em- first chancellors here at the Uni- necessarily fit together.” powering. And almost always versity of Sydney,” archaeologist Researchers believe that fun. And always life affirming,” and investigation lead Dr Jamie due to the mummy’s very bad the International Board on Fraser told Xinhua on Tuesday. condition, the coffin was almost Books for Young People said on “One of the curators in 1940 certainly a target of tomb rob- its website. published a catalogue saying bers. Kadono, 83, is the third Jap- that the coffin was empty so we “They tore the mummy anese to receive the award, fol- had this perceived wisdom that apart to try and get all the jew- lowing Michio Mado in 1994 and there wasn’t very much there.” els and amulets,” Fraser said. Nahoko Uehashi in 2014. But recently, when Fraser “Then the coffin was trans- “I am really honored to re- decided to take some photo- ported to the dealership shop ceive the award named after An- graphs of the underside of the and then moved by Nicholson to dersen, whom I have loved since coffin for the museum’s records, London and then onto Sydney, my childhood,” said Kadono. staff thought they better know so there is a mixture of many Kadono has produced a what was inside before they bones, bandages and beads.” number of picture books and moved it onto scaffolding. Although the body is not novels, including one about a “Our records said that ei- entirely intact, Fraser believes girl named Kiki who in following ther it was empty or there was it presents a very unique oppor- her mother to become a witch mixed debris in it,” Fraser said. tunity for further study. must live by herself in a town “We expected a few band- “When you have a complete and survive by using her powers. ages or maybe a couple of bones, mummy, you have an ethical re- “The language in her pic- but when we took the lid off we sponsibility to treat these people ture books is notable for its play- Undated file photo shows the Japanese children’s book “Kiki’s Delivery were just astonished by what we as they intended to be treated, fulness and use of onomatopoeia. Service.” Its author Eiko Kadono was named winner of the Hans had found.” we don’t want to unwrap them, And of course, the beautiful, but Christian Andersen Award for writing on 27 March, 2018. PHOTO: Although it’s not known we want to preserve them,” he simple language in her novels KYODO NEWS who the person was or how said. makes them extremely reada- they got to be inside the coffin, “Although we can use dig- ble,” the organizer said. Lear.” since 1956 and the illustrator’s investigators have discovered ital tools to scan a complete The board also picked Igor An award ceremony will be award since 1966. a few helpful clues that might mummy, we don’t ever actually Oleynikov from Russia as the held on 30 August in Athens. The award winners are help solve the ancient mystery. get to handle the bones, so now winner of this year’s illustration The Hans Christian Ander- picked by an international jury of “The coffin was made for a the next step is for a forensic ar- prize, saying, “His versions of sen Award is given every other children’s literature specialists. lady called Mer-neith-ites and chaeologist to lay the bones out the classics are always original year to an author and an illustra- The selection criteria include we know that she lived in Egypt and perform an analysis on what and surprising, never obvious tor whose works have made an aesthetic and literary qualities around 600 BC due to the style they ate, what their lifestyle was or what one might expect. He is important and lasting contribu- as well as the ability to see things of the coffin,” Fraser said. like and how they died.” “These equally brilliant with Andersen, tion to children’s literature. The from a child’s point of view. “We also know she worked answers lie in the pathology of Grimm, the Old Testament, and author’s award has been given — Kyodo News in the temple of the goddess Se- the bones.”—Xinhua 28 MARCH 2018 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Former Brazilian footballer Edmílson teaches basics in Yangon

EDMÍLSON, a former footballer I will give young Myanmar play- of the Brazilian national team and ers the inspiration and discipline a member of the 2002 World Cup they need to become successful winning squad, will hold a CBF footballers one day,” he added. camp to teach football basics to Hirayama, representative youngsters in Yangon on 28 and director of the Asian Young Foot- 29 March. ball Development Association, Some 160 youth footballers delivered the opening speech at are attending the two-day short the press conference, followed by course, including 120 participants Edmílson and former Kawasaki aged between 12 and 13 years Fron Turn player Tadashi Hayas- from the National Football Acad- hi explaining the CBF camp to emy (Yangon), and 40 external the media. Next, U Ko Ko Thein, participants. A handpicked team general manager of Myanmar from the CBF camp and the MFF Football Federation, delivered a U-13 team will hold a friendly speech, and then he, Edmílson match at 4.30 pm on 29 March. and Hayashi answered questions In a press conference at posed by reporters. Finally, Hi- Novotel Hotel on 27 March, Ed- royuki Naka, managing director mílson told reporters that he in- of Genyu-Ko, delivered the clos- itiated the CBF camp to realise ing speech. Saw Ba Oo fights against Thway Thit Win Hlaing during 60-kilo Lethwei event in Maungtaw. PHOTO: AYE the dreams of aspiring young Edmílson played as defen- MIN THU footballers. “I faced a lot of diffi- sive midfielder or a central de- culties in my youth too, so now, I fender for Brazil from 2000 to 2007 have established four centres in and was part of the Brazil team Maungtaw hosts first Lethwei event four countries to help aspiring that won the 2002 World Cup. He young players,” Edmílson told the has also played for prominent THE first traditional lethwei In the 62-kilo division, in squared off. After a barrage of media. “You have to work really teams such as Barcelona, Lyon, challenge in Maungtaw, Ra- which matches lasted four punches and kicks from Linn hard to become a great player. São Paulo, and Villarreal.—Shine khine State, was held yester- rounds and could be won only Yon May, her opponent was de- Even though I only have two days, Htet Zaw day with men’s and women’s by knockout, Tun Tun (Shwe feated in the first round. matches in a variety of weight Aung Myay) faced Than Zaw The rest of the lethwei classes. Htay (Maungtaw), where Than event saw many spirited com- In the 60-kilo division, in Zaw Htay incapacitated Tun batants dueling in knockout-on- which the matches last five Tun in the first round. The ly fights where some ended in rounds and can be won only second bout had Kyaw Kyar draws while some were swiftly by knockout, Ko Ko Aung (Shwe (Taung Kalay) facing Saw Zarni defeated. Aung Myay) faced off against (Adventure). The fight ended The Myanmar Traditional Suu Mike (Shwe Mea Myay), in a draw. Lethwei Challenge was held in while Saw Ba Oo (Taung Ka- In the women’s division, in collaboration with the Myan- lay) clashed with Thway Thit which the bouts lasted three mar Traditional Boxing Fed- Win Hlaing (Adventure). Both rounds and could be won only eration and the National De- fights ended in a draw amid by knockout, Linn Yon May velopment Company to honour enthusiastic support from the (Shwe Linn Yon) and Nan the 73rd anniversary of Armed Former Brazilian star player Edmílson, centre, and the team of audience. Cho Cho Win Maung (Kayah) Forces Day. — Kyaw Thu Win coaches. PHOTO : SOE NYUNT

Facial recognition tech to make Olympic debut at 2020 Tokyo Games

TOKYO—The 2020 Tokyo Olym- to facilitate movement of the rounded by a fence 2.5-3 metres pics and Paralympics are set to anticipated 300,000-400,000 per- high, and infrared sensors and be the first games in history to sonnel. surveillance cameras will mon- use facial recognition technology, The advanced technolog- itor for suspicious activity 24 according to the organizing com- ical measures aim to prevent hours a day. New high-perfor- mittee’s security plan guidelines entry using borrowed, stolen mance cameras are also being revealed to Kyodo News. or counterfeit ID cards, while considered. After submitting photo- the reduced waiting time is ex- Other measures include graphs to a database, athletes pected to lower athlete stress using machines to determine and games staff will be issued and avoid possible heatstroke if tickets are valid for the day identification cards containing or heat exhaustion during the of entry or forged, as well as IC chips which will allow facial humid summer months. Facial strict inspection of vehicles recognition technology to au- recognition will not be used for entering the venues. The 2020 tomatically verify the identity spectators, but X-ray and metal Tokyo Olympics are scheduled of those entering the venues. detectors will be employed to to be held between 24 July In addition to increasing check for weapons and hazard- and 9 August, followed by the security and preventing terror- ous materials. Paralympics from 25 August to Facial recognition machines at Narita airport. PHOTO: KYODO NEWS ism, the plan is also expected Each venue will also be sur- 6 September.—Kyodo News