Volume I, Number 190 5th Waning Day of Tagu 1376 ME Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 President U Thein Sein tours tea and rubber INSIDE Vice President plantations in Homalin U Nyan Tun Nay Pyi Taw, 7 stresses reliable April— President U Thein statistics for Sein visited a tea farm in the township of Homalin in sound policies Sagaing Region on Tues- Page-3 day, according to officials. The president heard briefings from officials Commander- on the operations of the in-Chief of plantation, including mar- keting, employment and Defence earnings. Services tours The president and Rakhine State union ministers present- ed clothes and cash to tea Page-3 growers and cultural dance troupes. Union ministers Sagaing Region has more than 9,000 acres of present gifts to tea plantations, with 6,700 Hkamti acres in Homalin alone. At a briefing hall in Township Homalin, Sagaing Region Chief Minister U Tha Aye Page-3 explained transport net- works and construction of Age-inappropri- bridges. The president and his entourage also visited President U Thein Sein being welcomed by local residents and ethnic people on his arrival in Hkamti, ate teaching can rubber plantations, where Sagaing Region.—IPRD limit children’s he encouraged growers. progress The region has 11,700 The president also to members of the Sangha. The president and his mittees and town elders in acres of rubber plantations, visited Sitagu Eye Hospi- He also offered flowers, entourage flew to Hkamti the township’s guesthouse. Page-8 with over 1,900 acres in tal, where he paid homage water and lights at a histor- Township, where he met MNA Homalin. and presented offertories ic pagoda there. local development com- Mr. Lee Luong Minh, Business federation seeks input on reforming Secretary General, ASEAN 100-year-old Companies Act Secretariat welcomes of Commerce and Industry The Myanmar Com- the public to provide input signing for draft agreement By Ye Myint building in Yangon, with panies Act 1914 requires on modernisation of the Yangon, 7 April— Mr Chris Hughes, man- major changes, Mr Hughes new legislation by email, of Nationwide Ceasefire Myanmar’s largest busi- aging partner of multina- said, adding that its reform post or fax to its offices in Mr. Lee Luong Minh, Secretary General, ASEAN ness federation hosted a tional law firm Baker & is as important as the mod- Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw and Secretariat sent a message of congratulation letter re- public briefing and consul- McKenzie, making a pres- ernisation of the invest- Mandalay, as well as Shan garding the signing of draft agreement of Nationwide tation meeting Tuesday to entation on the draft of a ment law which is being and Mon states. Ceasefire. reform the country’s cen- new Myanmar Companies carried out by the Directo- Modernising the old In his letter, he congratulated His Excellency, Pres- tury-old Companies Act, Act. rate of the Investment and Companies Act will be of ident U Thein Sein, the Government of the Republic in conjunction with the He explained key Company Administration. benefits to businesses in of the Union of Myanmar and the people for signing Asian Development Bank. parts of the draft law that The new Companies Myanmar, making it easi- of draft agreement of Nationwide Ceasefire. He stated The meeting includes forms of compa- Act is also being devel- er for them to operate and that it will be conclusive to the realization of a peaceful, took place at the Republic nies, incorporation pro- oped by DICA in cooper- to access finance, said Mr united and harmonious Myanmar as well as contribute of the Union of Myanmar cesses and corporate gov- ation with the ADB. It has Winfried Wicklein, ADB to the maintenance of regional people and stability in Federation of Chambers ernance. invited businesspeople and country director in Myan- the interest of the peoples of ASEAN. mar. Ministry of Foreign Affairs “We are also con- sidering a future system to strengthen a collateral Dailies to come out alternately framework to make it eas- during New Year holiday ier to access credit,” he added. Nay Pyi Taw, 7 tion. It will start its publi- UMFCCI is facilitat- April— The Ministry of cation from 17 to 21 April, ing debate on the new law, Information has announced when The Mirror and The seeking public consulta- its dailies will come out al- Global New Light of My- tions and providing inputs ternately during the ten-day anmar will stop their pub- for the enactment of the New Year holiday. lications. law, said UMFCCI Vice The publication of The subprinting house President U Zaw Min Win. The Mirror and The Glob- in Mandalay will not work The new draft law will al New Light of Myanmar on 15, 18 and 22 April. Mr Chris Hughes, managing partner of Baker & McKenzie, makes a be submitted to the next will continue from 12 to 16 All dailies will resume presentation on Myanmar Companies Act Reform at UMFCCI Building in parliamentary session, he April, when The Myanma their regular publications Alinn will stop its publica- as of 22 April.—MNA Yangon on Tuesday.— Photo: Ye Myint said. — GNLM 2 Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 Parliament

Pyithu Hluttaw Amyotha Hluttaw Pyithu Hluttaw approves A&I ministry deals with queries at Upper House session

Nay Pyi Taw, 7 April the regional government education amendment bill — Deputy Minister for Ag- budget of 2015-2016 fiscal Nay Pyi Taw, 7 April The Amyotha Hluttaw riculture and Irrigation U year despite benefits of this — The Pyithu Hluttaw on and the Bill Committee had Khin Zaw was in Amyotha suggested water facility Tuesday approved the na- made 50 changes and 45 Hluttaw session on Tues- to irrigate more than 550 tional education amend- changes respectively to the day, answering queries acres of paddy farms. ment bill, which came education amendment bill, about water storage facil- Regarding the query to the parliament with with the Pyithu Hluttaw ac- ities and a rural develop- about formation of a man- changes from the Amyo- cepting their amendments ment bank. agement committee on tha Hluttaw and the Bill after discussing them Replying to the ques- water storage facilities, U Committee. clause by clause. —MNA tion of U Aung Chit Lwin, Khin Zaw also said Myan- an MP of Sagaing region mar National Committee Deputy Minister U Aung Chit Lwin, an Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Tin constituency No 11, the on Large Dams has been for Agriculture and MP of Sagaing region Oo Lwin being welcomed by Ambassador of deputy minister said a fund legalized on February 27 Irrigation U Khin constituency No 11. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim for construction of one- this year, and the execu- Zaw.—mna mna Sok Chol at a reception to mark the 103rd wall reservoir in Homalin tive board of the committee istry has not planned to ship in Kachin State in con- Township, Hkamti District, is open to all civil service open an outlet of Myanma sideration of budget allo- birthday of DPRK’s supreme leader Kim Il Sung in northwestern Myanmar employees. Agricultural Development cation in 2015-2016 fiscal at Chatrium Hotel in Yangon on 7 April.—mna has not been proposed in He also said the min- Bank in Waingmaw Town- year.—MNA Overseas employment agencies informed of code of conduct

Nay Pyi Taw, 7 April bid to convince foreign exploitation, bullying and — A seminar was organ- employment agencies to forced labour. ized at Grand Amara Hotel follow ethics. According to some here on Thursday by the Deputy Minister U laws, job agencies are re- Ministry of Labour, Em- Htin Aung delivered an sponsible for the provi- ployment and Social Se- address at the seminar, sion of services for safety curity in partnership with which focused on laws of Myanmar workers sent the International Labour concerning the protection abroad to work. Organization (ILO) in an of migrant workers from MNA

Myanmar golfers win prizes in boy classes

Yangon, 7 April — Min while Yazar Aung score at Hole No 3 in the Myanmar youth golfers secured the third prize in official practice round. participated in the 14th Boy Class B. Myanmar golfers True Visions Internation- Sai Aung Sai Pha played the championships al Junior Golf Champion- won the third prize in Boy together with over 100 ships 2015 in Siam Coun- Class C and Min Thanl- players from 11 countries. try Club, Bangkok, from win Aung the first in Boy They arrived back at 31 March to 3 April. Class D. Yangon International Air- Hlaing Min Htet Min Sit Thway of port on 4 April. Participants from overseas employment agencies join discussions on stood first in Boy Class Myanmar was honoured GNLM protection of migrant workers.—mna A together with second by the organizing com- prize winner Zin Aung mittee for his hole-in-one Myanmar investigates alleged enslavement of fishermen in Indonesia Nay Pyi Taw, 7 April immigration officials and Population, and the Minis- About 300 alleged — Myanmar is investigat- representatives from the try of Social Welfare, Re- slave labourers believed to ing reports that hundreds International Organization lief and Resettlement plans be from Myanmar, along of its citizens have been for Migration on 6 April to visit the islands and hold with 100 from other coun- forced into slave labour to interview the fishermen talks with Indonesian au- tries, were moved to a safe as fishermen on remote is- who are reportedly from thorities aimed at bringing location on Tual Island on lands in eastern Indonesia Myanmar, said U Sein Oo, any affected citizens home, 4 April, U Sein Oo said. and will seek to determine Acting Director-General of he added. The International Or- how many have been af- the Consular and Legal Af- Three-quarters of the ganisation for Migration fected before assisting in fairs Department. more than 320 migrant believes there may be as their repatriation. A Myanmar delega- workers who were rescued many as 4,000 people Four prize winning youth golfers who secured Myanmar diplomats tion comprising represent- from a remote Indonesian working as slave labourers in Indonesia travelled atives from the Myanmar island were Myanmar fish- in the fishing industry in awards in 14th True Visions International Junior to the remote islands in- Police Force, Anti-Human ermen, according to the the areas surrounding Ben- Golf Championships 2015 seen at Yangon cluding Tual and Benjina Trafficking Squad, Min- Jakarta Post’s 29 March jina. International Airport.—gnlm with Indonesian police, istry of Immigration and issue. GNLM Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 3 National

Nay Pyi Taw, 7 April—Accurate statistics are essential to the formu- Vice President U Nyan Tun stresses lation of sound policy, Vice President U Nyan Tun said Tuesday at a meeting of the reliable statistics for sound policies Ministry of National Plan- Bank to draft a nation- ning and Economic Devel- al-level strategy to ensure opment. the norms of UN’s Funda- U Nyan Tun, also mental Principle of Statis- a patron of the statistics tics and ASEAN Code of committee, said economic Statistics. and social data needs to be Myanmar has amend- reliable and consistent with ed a bill on collecting practice. facts and figures with the He said Myanmar assistance of the Asia De- would work with organi- velopment Bank, and has zations such as the World submitted it to the Union Bank to develop a statisti- Attorney General’s Office. cal system compatible with The Fourth Session of the practices of the United the ASEAN Community Nations. Statistical System Commit- Union Minister Dr tee Meeting and the intro- Kan Zaw, chairman of the duction of the EU-ASEAN statistics committee, said Compass Program were Vice President U Nyan Tun highlights accurate statistics for formulation of sound policy at the ministry is working held in Nay Pyi Taw from meeting of Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development.—mna together with the World October 14 to 16.—MNA to 25,450 matriculation sources is vital for the Commander-in-Chief of Defence students, with only 4,639 country. passing the matriculation The Chief Minister exam. of Rakhine State accepted Services tours Rakhine State Tatmadaw and computers and accessories Nay Pyi Taw, 7 April well-wishers donated and thanked donors. — Commander-in-Chief computers and accessories Senior General Min of Defence Services Sen- to fill the gap in support Aung Hlaing then inspect- ior General Min Aung of information technolo- ed a drainage project in Hlaing visited Sittway, the gy, with the area having Sittwe before meeting capital of Rakhine State, recently received 24-hour with military families at on Tuesday, to donate electricity from the na- Sittway Station, where he computers and accessories tional grid. said the Tatmadaw had for schools. Rakhine and Tanin- won public support in the During the meeting thayi regions were colo- Laukkai conflict due to its with residents and local nized in 1824, resulting sacrifices. authorities, the senior in the loss of mutual trust Later, senior military general said that while among the people and ide- officers donated food, primary schools in Rakh- ological conflicts which computers and accessories ine State had 90 percent left the area among the for schools. enrollment, that of matric- least-developed in the The commander-in ulation students was only country. chief comforted patients 25 percent. The Command- at the military-run hospi- The number of pri- er-in-Chief said formal tal, while his wife visited Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung mary school children in education is crucial for the women’s ward of the Hlaing comforts a patient soldier at military hospital in Sittway. the 2003 academic year development, while the hospital. Myawady was 104,569 compared proper use of natural re- Myawady Union ministers present gifts to Hkamti Township

Nay Pyi Taw, 7 April—Union Minister at the President Office U Soe Thane and party met with departmental officials, eth- nic cultural groups, grass- roots authorities and local people at the hall of Hkamti District on Monday. As departmental offi- cials and local authorities submitted requirements for Union Minister at the President Office U Soe Thane meets departmental the region, the union min- officials and townselders at gymnasium in Hkamti.—mna ister attended to the needs.

Union Minister The union minister kitchen utensils to Hkamti isters Lt-Gen Thet Naing U Ye Htut presents presented Sky Net TV re- Township through offi- Win, U Tin Naing Thein, U gifts to a local resident ceiver and related equip- cials. Ohn Myint and U Ye Htut in Hkamti. ment, blankets, station- Also present at the and deputy ministers. mna ery, marine products and meeting were Union Min- MNA 4 Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 local news Students join scholarship tests for middle and high schools

Tatkon, 7 April —Scholar- ship exams were held at No 1 Basic Education High School in Tatkon Township, Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, on Monday. A total of 150 students from 147 basic education schools and seven monastic education schools Kalay sat the middle school scholarship test. Mandalay Likewise, 32 students from 33 Yinmabin basic education schools participat- TadaU ed in the scholarship test at high school level. Magway The students sat English and Tatkon general knowledge components on 6 April and physical and men- Nay Pyi Taw tal tests on 7 April.—Tin Soe Lwin (Tatkon Township IPRD) Hinthada

Students to receive three-storey building Yangon in Pabedan Tsp Yangon, 9 April — The Development Co Ltd U stake-driving ceremony for Aik Tun participated in the construction of a three-sto- stake-driving ceremony. rey reinforced concrete It will be the 83rd school building was held at No 3 building built by Shwetaung

Basic Education Primary Company. The building will Myeik School in Pabedan Town- be 6,084 square feet, com- ship here on Tuesday. prising nine classrooms, two Yangon Region Minis- offices and one hall. Today’s ter for Social Affairs Dr My- According to the sched- int Thein, Director of No 3 ules, the building will be Myanmar Basic Education Department completed in October 2015, Daw San San Yi, Region with a K450 million con- News sites Hluttaw MP Dr Win Ko Hla tribution from Shwetaung and Chairman of Shwetaung Company.—MNA An educative talk Myanmar, Thai entrepreneurs on crime reduction during Maha Thingyan showcase foodstuffs, personal goods festival period was

Myeik, 7 April — A agreement on 9 October, and Thailand. held at the hall of friendship trade fair at 2014. The director of the dis- General Administration Myeik Shopping Center Chief Minister of trict development depart- Department in on Strand Road showcased Taninthayi Region U Myat ment of Thailand spoke Kyaunggon, Ayeyawady goods from Myanmar and Ko said the Htikhi-Maw- about bilateral relations Region, on 6 April. Thailand on 4 April. taung border trade camp and business cooperation. Police officers spoke Authorities from My- has been opened for trade On the occasion, stu- about plan to take action eik District of Taninthayi promotion in the region, dents of Myeik University against sales of hormone Region and Prachuap Kh- adding that trade fairs fur- presented dances depicting and narcotic drugs. iri Khan District of Thai- ther strengthen bilateral re- the Bagan era. land signed a sister city lations between Myanmar District IPRD David (Kyaunggon) Asphalt road commissioned into service in Zabuthiri Township

Nay Pyi Taw, 7 April and 12-foot-wide road was council area. — The opening ceremo- upgraded to an asphalt fa- After attending the ny for a new asphalt road cility to improve transport road opening ceremony, leading to Tegyigon Vil- for local residents. the council member and lage in Zabuthiri Town- The council member, officials viewed the con- ship was held Tuesday, the committee member struction of water-throw- with Nay Pyi Taw Council and Amyotha Hluttaw MP ing pandals in Nay Pyi member U Myo Nyunt, cut the ribbon to open the Taw Hotel Zone and in- Amyotha Hluttaw repre- road. structed officials to su- sentative U Khin Maung While meeting lo- pervise entertainment Htay and Nay Pyi Taw cal residents, the Nay Pyi of participants in line Development Committee Taw Council member with Myanmar culture member U Kyaw Myint in spoke about development while also taking security attendance. tasks in education, health measures. The 1,920-foot-long and social sectors in the District IPRD Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 5 regional India seeks to settle French fighter jet dispute ahead of PM’s trip New Delhi, 7 April ter Narendra Modi visits spokesman was not imme- the jets at the factory of out. It said, under a new — India has asked France this week. diately available to com- Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd proposal, Dassault will France’s Dassault Aviation The deal was initial- ment on the report. Das- (IPO-HIAE.NS) in Ben- not be liable for penalties SA(AVMD.PA) to stick to ly worth $12 billion but is sault was also not available. galuru, the newspaper said. if Hindustan Aeronautics the original price tag for now widely estimated to Under terms of the “Dassault should re- failed to deliver the planes fighter jets or risk losing have jumped to $20 billion, contract, 18 of the planes lent, become fully compli- on time. one of the world’s biggest primarily because of the will be sold ready-to-fly ant to the request for pro- India conducted a military aircraft deals, the implications of building while the rest will be as- posal and stand 100 percent global tender in 2007 for Times of India reported on some of the jets in India. sembled at an Indian state- by its original offer. It can the planes after a domes- Tuesday. The Times quoted an run facility as part of a live with a slightly lesser tic programme to build Talks on the proposed unidentified Indian official government effort to build profit margin,” the official combat aircraft made slow purchase of 126 Rafale as saying Dassault wanted a domestic military-indus- was quoted as saying. progress. The Rafale was planes have been ongoing to raise the price to cover A Rafale fighter jet trial base. The two sides have chosen in 2012 over ri- for more than three years the increased cost of local performs during the The price of the jets also wrangled over the is- val offers from the United to resolve differences over production, and that any Aero India air show at was set to increase substan- sue of guarantees for local States, Europe and Russia. pricing as well as local as- such escalation could be a Yelahanka air base in tially because the French production of the aircraft Modi is travelling to sembly. The deal is back deal-breaker. Bengaluru on 18 Feb, firm had calculated a rise which the newspaper said France, Germany and Can- in focus as Prime Minis- A defence ministry 2015.—Reuters in hours required to make they were trying to work ada this week.—Reuters Russian PM’s visit a boost for Thais, Memorial service held on 70th anniversary of focus on trade, tourists Yamato sinking government. Thailand accused the products including rubber,” Medvedev’s two-day United States in February Yongyuth said. visit follows criticism from of meddling in its political Medvedev’s visit, the some Western countries affairs. first by a Russian prime min- and the United Nations of A Thai government ister in 25 years, will include sweeping security powers spokesman, Yongyuth May- stops at Bangkok’s glittering granted to the military last alarp, said Russia and Thai- Grand Palace and Temple of week after martial law was land would sign five mem- the Emerald Buddha. lifted in most areas. orandums of understanding The ruble’s sharp de- Political worry, es- on Wednesday on increasing cline over the past year is pecially after the 22 May, cooperation on energy, in- exacting a toll on Southeast 2014, coup, has hurt Thai- vestment, suppressing drug Asian tourism as Russians land’s tourist industry and it crime, tourism and culture. think twice about their next Russian Prime Minister is keen to lure more Russian Russia has also shown beach holiday in Thailand, Dmitry Medvedev visitors to its Buddhist tem- interest in buying rubber Cambodia and Vietnam. ples, beaches and bars. from Thailand, the world’s Thailand drew 1.6 mil- Bangkok, 7 April — Thailand has stepped up biggest grower and export- lion Russian tourists in 2014, Russian Prime Minister engagement with both Chi- er of the commodity, and down 8.6 percent. Dmitry Medvedev arrives na and Russia in response Medvedev was expected to “Talks aimed at en- in Thailand on Tuesday for to cooler ties with old ally follow up on earlier talks on ticing Russian visitors to a visit aimed at expanding the United States and other cooperation with Prime Min- Thailand despite the Russian trade and the ruling military Western countries worried ister Prayuth Chan-ocha. currency’s depreciation are will be keen to highlight in- about the suspension of de- “The Russian prime high on the agenda,” said ternational support nearly a mocracy and curtailment of minister has expressed in- Yongyuth. year after it ousted an elected some human rights. terest in Thai agriculture Reuters

Militants in Malaysia planned raids Photo taken on 7 April, 2015, in the western Japan city of Kure shows a memorial service to honour around 3,000 crew who died when Japanese battleship Yamato for guns, attacks in capital was sunk by the US forces 70 years ago in the East China Sea.—Kyodo News Kuala Lumpur, 7 April a la IS in Malaysia,” police eral administrative centre of over board decisions. — Suspected militants loyal chief Khalid Abu Baker said Putrajaya. Khalid did not identify Hiroshima, 7 April — like to contribute to world to the Islamic State (IS) had in a statement on Tuesday. Prime Minister Najib any suspects but said among A memorial service was peace by conveying the war planned to raid Malaysian Malaysia has not seen Razak oversaw the repeal them was a 49-year old for- held on Tuesday in Kure, dead’s wishes to younger army camps and police sta- any significant militant at- of an Internal Security Act, mer member of the Kumpu- Hiroshima Prefecture, for generations.” tions to seize weapons and to tacks but has arrested 92 cit- which allowed for detention lan Militan Malaysia militant about 3,000 crew members Kure Mayor Kazutoshi attack “strategic locations” izens on suspicion of links to without trial, in 2012 under a group who was suspected of aboard the Imperial Japa- Komura said, “We should in the capital, Malaysia’s the Islamic State. Authorities reform agenda. getting military training in nese Navy’s battleship Yam- not forget that our peace was police chief said on Tuesday. have identified 39 Malay- Phil Robertson of Hu- Syria last year, and earlier in ato which was sunk by US founded on the sacrifices of Hours after news of the sians in Syria and Iraq. man Rights Watch described Afghanistan and Indonesia. forces on 7 April, 1945 dur- the war dead.” arrest of 17 suspects, law- Militants have used the legislation reintroducing A 38-year-old suspect ing World War II. A naval ensign was makers passed an anti-ter- Facebook and other social it as “a giant step backwards was a religious teacher who About 300 people in- hoisted and a local MSDF rorism bill early on Tues- media to draw recruits, at- for human rights”. went to Syria in September cluding relatives of the war band played as the families day following more than 10 tracting thousands of follow- “Malaysia has re- 2014 to join Islamic State dead and Maritime Self-De- in turn placed white chry- hours of debate on legisla- ers online. opened Pandora’s Box for and returned in December. fence Force cadres attended santhemums at the cenotaph. tion that reintroduces deten- The 17 were arrested politically motivated, abu- Two other suspects were in the service held in front of a Of the 3,332 crew mem- tion without trial three years in various locations in the sive state actions,” he said in the army, and one was a se- cenotaph for the war dead in bers aboard the Yamato, 276 after it was revoked. northern state of Kedah and a statement. curity guard who had access the Old Imperial Navy Cem- survived the sinking. Police arrested the 17 in the capital, Kuala Lum- The law permits police to weapons. etery. The Yamato, completed on Sunday saying they want- pur. to arrest and detain individ- A former member of Kazushi Hiro, 91, lead- in Kure in December 1941 as ed to establish an Islamist re- They had also planned uals suspected of terrorist the Jemaah Islamiyah mil- er of a group of survivors the then largest battleship in gime in the Muslim-majority kidnappings and to rob a activities, with decisions for itant group from Indonesia and other people which the world, was sunk by US Southeast Asian country. bank. Khalid did not identi- extension of detention made who was skilled in handling sponsored the event, deliv- warplanes in the East China “The purpose of this fy any locations he said they by a Prevention of Terrorism weapons was also detained, ered a speech paying tribute Sea southwest of Kagoshima new terrorist group is to es- planned to attack in Kuala Board, and ruling out courts Khalid said. to the war dead. Prefecture while on its way tablish an Islamic country Lumpur and the nearby fed- from having jurisdiction Reuters Hiro said, “We would to Okinawa.—Kyodo News 6 Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 world China to document its tourists behaving badly years which it said reflect- the general public. ed badly on the country’s In 2013, a Chinese image. student sparked an outcry Bad behaviour in- in Egypt after scratching cluded violating customs, his name on the wall of an destroying public infra- ancient temple in Luxor, structure and historic sites, while a mainland couple causing disturbances on drew ire in Hong Kong for public transport and par- allowing their two-year- ticipating in gambling and old child to defecate on a prostitution, the agency sidewalk. said. Thai authorities issued “China’s image has al- thousands of Chinese-lan- ready been tarnished,” the guage etiquette manuals China National Tourism in February after Chinese Administration said on its tourists were caught dry- website. ing underwear at a temple, The actions of bad- kicking a bell at a sacred ly behaved tourists has shrine and washing their caused many people to feet in a public restroom. “blush with shame” and Overseas travel has people who behaved badly boomed in recent years overseas needed to “learn a among increasingly af- lesson”, it added. It did not fluent Chinese, who have specify the nature of any become the world’s big- punishment. gest spenders on travel Chinese tourists visit Wat Phra Kaeo (Emerald Buddha Temple) in Bangkok Regulators would hunt since 2012, according to on 23 March, 2015.—Reuters out bad behaviour through the UN World Tourism Shanghai, 7 April — of “uncivilised” behaviour years, the country’s tour- day, to combat a spate of tips from local tourism bu- Organization. China will keep records by its tourists for up to two ism agency said on Tues- incidents abroad in recent reaus, media reports and Reuters Nagasaki institute makes proposals on Hezbollah says Iran Northeast Asia nuke-free zone nuclear agreement Tokyo, 7 April — A in nuclear disarmament, formal peace treaty — and no longer have to rely on the ‘rules out spectre of research centre in Nagasaki we hope this proposal will provide mutual non-aggres- nuclear deterrence provided for the abolition of nuclear help create a breakthrough,” sion, assurance of rights to by the United States for its regional war’ weapons on Tuesday urged Hiromichi Umebayashi, access nuclear and other protection against potential the Japanese and South Ko- ex-director of the centre energy, and an agreement attacks. rean governments to take who has led the project, on a treaty to establish the “We worked out this the lead in establishing a told a Press conference at Northeast Asia Nuclear proposal so that the Japa- nuclear weapon-free zone the Foreign Press Centre Weapon Free Zone, it said. nese government can shift in Northeast Asia ahead of in Tokyo. According to the It also said Japan and to a security policy that a UN conference to review proposal, the three countries South Korea, by proposing does not rely on the nuclear the Nuclear Non-Prolif- as well as the surrounding the establishment of the umbrella and can insist on eration Treaty. Nagasaki nuclear powers — Chi- nuclear-free zone, should nuclear weapons abolition University’s Research Cen- na, Russia and the United “fulfill their obligations” set with more conviction as a tre for Nuclear Weapons States — should not only forth by the previous NPT country that has suffered Abolition made the call as pursue North Korea’s denu- review conference in 2010 atomic bombings,” Ume- it unveiled a seven-point clearization, but also seek to that called on all state par- bayashi said. proposal for achieving the conclude a “comprehensive ties to pursue policies that The research centre is nuclear-free zone that is framework agreement” that are fully compatible with based in Nagasaki, the sec- expected to geographically is aimed at resolving relat- the objective of achieving ond city devastated by US cover Japan, South Korea ed pending security issues a world without nuclear atomic bombing in 1945, A poster of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan and North Korea. simultaneously. weapons. after Hiroshima. It was Nasrallah is seen during a snow storm in Al-Rihan, “Although the NPT re- The framework should In the zone, Japan and launched in April 2012 to south Lebanon on 13 Feb, 2015.—Reuters view conference (to start in include declarations to ter- South Korea will be assured conduct research focusing Beirut, 7 April — The a settlement to allay West- late April in New York) is minate the Korean War — that they will not face nucle- on the elimination of nucle- leader of Lebanon’s Hez- ern fears that Iran could said to become a difficult which has yet to end tech- ar attacks or intimidation, ar weapons. bollah said on Monday that build an atomic bomb, with one amid sluggish progress nically in the absence of a which means that they will Kyodo News a framework nuclear agree- economic sanctions on Te- ment that Iran reached with heran being lifted in return. S Korea condemns Japan for territorial claim over disputed islets world powers last week Nasrallah said the ac- rules out the spectre of re- cord would prevent conflict Seoul, 7 April — women’,” South Korea’s The statement was Yong also summoned gional war. as “the Israeli enemy was South Korea on Tuesday Foreign Ministry said in issued after the Japanese Japanese Ambassador to “There is no doubt that always threatening to bomb condemned Japan for reas- a statement, referring to document reaffirmed To- South Korea Koro Bessho the Iranian nuclear deal Iranian facilities and that serting its territorial claim the islets by their Korean kyo’s position that the is- to lodge a protest against will be big and important to bombing would definitely over South Korea-con- name. lets, known as Takeshima Japan’s approval of the the region,” Sayyed Hassan lead to a regional war.” trolled islets in the Sea of “Although the Japa- in Japanese, are Japanese textbooks. Nasrallah said in an inter- The Shi’ite Muslim Japan in its annual foreign nese government continues territory based on historical Japan’s education view with Syria’s al-Ikh- Hezbollah was founded policy report. to make such nonsensical facts and international law. ministry said on Monday bariya television. with Iranian help in the “Despite our repeated claims, the historical truth South Korea on Mon- that all 18 social studies “The agreement, God 1980s to fight Israel in Leb- warnings, Japan carried out that Dokdo is the first vic- day issued a similar state- textbooks authorized for willing, rules out the spec- anon. It has grown into a acts of running contrary to tim of Japan’s aggression ment, denouncing Japan use at Japanese junior high tre of regional war and powerful political and mil- history by Cabinet endorse- into the Korean Peninsula for laying its claim to the schools from April next world war,” he said. itary force and is fighting ment of the Diplomatic and ‘comfort women’ suf- territory in newly approved year describe the islets as The tentative accord, alongside President Bashar Bluebook, which contains fered unspeakable pains school textbooks. Japanese in line with new struck on Thursday after al-Assad’s army in Syria’s unjust claims over Dokdo and scars can never be de- South Korean Vice government guidelines. eight days of talks in Swit- civil war. and victims of ‘comfort leted or revised,” it said. Foreign Minister Cho Tae Kyodo News zerland, clears the way for Reuters Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 7 world Greek parliament backs setting up Obama says confident Iran sanctions could committee to investigate bailout be reimposed if deal Athens, 7 April — deficit, whose wildly gy- tee one of his pre-election Greek lawmakers voted rating figures triggered the pledges and has repeatedly on Tuesday in favour of country’s fiscal crisis, a debt promised to scrap measures broken setting up a committee to restructuring in 2012 and the such as wage and pension Washington, 7 April candidate in 2016, who has examine the circumstances recapitalisation of the coun- cuts. — President Barack Oba- vowed to scrap any deal under which Greece agreed try’s banks. Greeks have been hit ma said in an interview with Iran on his first day in to bailouts totalling 240 bil- The proposal was ap- hard by austerity imposed released on Tuesday he is office if elected. lion euros (174.45 billion proved with 156 of the 250 on them under the bailout confident sanctions against Obama said if pres- pounds) with the Europe- lawmakers present voting agreements over the last Iran could be reimposed if idents were to withdraw an Union and International in favour, 72 against and 22 five years. Greece is only Teheran violates an agree- from international agree- Monetary Fund. just emerging from years abstaining. ment to restrict its nuclear ments reached by their Relations are tense be- Former prime minister of economic depression and programme. predecessors it would be a tween Athens and its cred- Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, now the roughly one in four Greeks Obama told National problem for US allies and itors, on whom it depends Alexis Tsipras main opposition leader, ac- is still unemployed. Public Radio (NPR) that “embolden our enemies.” for money to stay afloat. cused Tsipras of trying to In March, parliament US and European nego- “It would be a foolish Greece, which has not re- Minister Alexis Tsipras told distract the public from the passed an anti-poverty bill ceived any bailout funds lawmakers before the vote pressing issues facing the offering food stamps and tiators are trying to reach approach to take, and, you since last August, is fast in the early hours of Tues- economy. free electricity to the poor a deal with Iran in which know, perhaps Mr Walker, running out of cash and day. “Indeed we will need a to tackle what Tsipras calls sanctions could be reim- after he’s taken some time struggling to strike a deal on The committee, pro- new committee... (to exam- the country’s humanitarian posed without a UN Secu- to bone up on foreign poli- reforms needed to unblock posed by Tsipras’s leftist ine) the credit event (crunch) crisis. The bailout commit- rity Council vote, where cy, will feel the same way,” that aid. Syriza party and its coalition which you are bringing clos- tee follows a parliamentary Teheran-ally Russia would Obama said. “After five years of partner, the right-wing Inde- er... and for the new bailout panel set up to audit bal- have a veto. In an excerpt released parliamentary silence on the pendent Greeks, will look you are leading us towards,” looning debt and another to “We are absolutely on Monday, Obama poured major issues that caused the into how Greece entered the Samaras said. demand reparations for the convinced we can do it cold water on an Israeli de- bailout catastrophe, today agreements and any other A fierce critic of Nazi occupation, a claim again,” Obama said of the mand that a deal be predi- we commence a procedure issue relating to the bailouts Greece’s bailouts and the which has strained relations international sanctions, cated on Teheran recogniz- that will give answers to and their implementation. unpopular austerity attached between Greece and its big- which have crippled Iran’s ing Israel. the questions concerning This includes the re- to them, Tsipras had made gest creditor, Germany. economy. “The notion that we the Greek people,” Prime vision of the 2009 budget setting up such a commit- Reuters He said a reimposition would condition Iran not of sanctions would be trig- getting nuclear weapons gered by a finding of the In- in a verifiable deal on Iran Obama says would move fast to take ternational Atomic Energy recognizing Israel is real- Agency that Teheran had ly akin to saying that we Cuba off terrorism sponsor list broken the agreement. won’t sign a deal unless After reaching a the nature of the Iranian Washington, 7 April mediately after announcing ther strides toward normali- Marxist insurgencies. But it framework deal last week, regime completely trans- — President Barack Obama a diplomatic breakthrough zation before the summit. is currently aiding a peace negotiators face an end- forms,” Obama said. vowed on Tuesday to act with Havana on 17 Decem- “As soon as I get a rec- process with Colombia’s of-June deadline to reach “That is, I think, a fun- quickly once he receives a ber. ommendation, I’ll be in a left-wing FARC guerrillas. a final agreement meant damental misjudgment,” he State Department recom- Obama, in a Reuters in- position to act on it,” Obama “I think there’s a real to prevent Iran from be- said. mendation on whether to terview in early March, said said in an interview with Na- opportunity here, and we are ing able to build a nuclear Obama said a nuclear remove Cuba from the US he hoped the United States tional Public Radio. going to continue to make — weapon. deal would not solve many list of terrorism-sponsoring would be able to open an Obama gave no sense move forward on it,” Obama Obama said a nuclear of the other disagreements countries, a remaining obsta- embassy in Cuba by the time of where the administration said. “Our hope is to be in a deal could help strengthen Washington has with Tehe- cle to the restoration of rela- of the 10-11 April Summit is heading on the issue but position where we can open moderate elements in Iran. ran. tions between Washington of the Americas, and US made clear that his deci- an embassy there, that we and Havana. officials have since said the sion would be based not on can start having more reg- “If they are shown to “They’re still going With just days to go be- review was being expedited. “whether they engage in re- ular contacts and consulta- have delivered for their to be financing Hezbol- fore a hemispheric summit But the lack of a deci- pressive or authoritarian ac- tions around a whole host people, presumably it lah. They’re still support- in Panama where Obama sion so far on taking Cuba tivities in their own country” of issues, some of which we strengthens their hand vis- ing Assad dropping barrel will come face-to-face with off the terrorism blacklist but on the “current activities have interests in common.” a-vis some of the hardliners bombs on children. They Cuban President Raul Cas- — something Havana has of the Cuban government” He added: “What I’m inside of Iran,” he said. are still sending arms to tro, he offered no clear sign steadfastly demanded — has with regard to terrorism. saying is, I’m going to be Obama also took a the Houthis in Yemen that of how he was leaning or the raised strong doubts about Cuba was added to the taking a very close look at swipe at Wisconsin Gover- have helped destabilize the timeframe for his decision. whether the review will be list of terrorism sponsors in what the State Department nor Scott Walker, a possi- country.” He ordered the review im- finished in time to make fur- 1982, when it was aiding recommends.”—Reuters ble Republican presidential Reuters Former British PM Blair to assail Cameron over EU referendum London, 7 April — the end of 2017. ment decisions postponed and instability since the British Prime Minister In a campaign speech or canceled; a pall of un- war.” Blair will argue that David Cameron’s plan to on Tuesday, former Labour predictability hanging over Cameron made the referen- hold a European Union leader Blair, who served as the British economy,” he dum pledge to appease Eu- membership referendum if prime minister from 1997- will say. roskeptic members of his he is re-elected next month 2007, will say the “short- If Britain voted to party and to try to win back would lead to an intense term” pain of Cameron’s leave the European Union, voters who have defected period of uncertainty for proposed re-negotiation business would face the to the anti-EU UK Inde- businesses, former British has been underestimated. most intense uncertain- pendence Party. Prime Minister Tony Blair “Think of the chaos ty since World War Two, “This issue, touching will say on Tuesday. produced by the possibility Blair will say. as it does the country’s fu- Cameron, whose Con- never mind the reality of “There would be sig- ture, is too important to be servatives are neck-and- Britain quitting Europe,” nificant business uncer- traded like this,” Blair will neck with the opposition Blair, 61, will say, accord- tainty in the run-up to a say. Labour Party in most polls ing to extracts released in vote but should the vote go Blair will praise op- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks during ahead of the 7 May vote, advance by the Labour Par- the way of exit, then there position Labour leader Ed the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) in has promised to renegotiate ty. would be the most intense Miliband for resisting pres- Sharm el-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Britain’s ties with Brussels “Jobs that are secure period of business anxiety, sure to promise a referen- Cairo on 14 March, 2015.—Reuters ahead of a referendum by suddenly insecure; invest- reconsideration of options dum.—Reuters 8 Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 opinion

learning at preschools. This age is suitable only particularly in the frontal lobe— the part of the for play-based learning. A premature start to for- brain responsible for uniquely human higher mal learning is likely to cause profound damage mental functions. Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 to the self-image and learning dispositions of a Many Myanmar adults have grown up hav- generation of children. ing undergone schooling from an early age as Age-inappropriate teaching Although preschool teachers are given train- their parents, lacking knowledge about age-ap- ing before or after they have set up their kinder- propriate teaching methods, wanted them to can limit children’s progress gartens, there are still some nurseries operated learn reading and writing. With this in mind, by teachers who have not received training for educative programmes for parents should be By Aung Khin class control methodology or child psychology. conducted and preschools should be monitored On the other hand, many parents lack knowledge to ensure appropriate teaching for young ost Myanmar children are sent to pre- about the appropriate age for children to start children. schools or nurseries at around four formal classes. These circumstances have pre- Myears old. They are exposed to writing vented some children from receiving the greatest Write for us both Myanmar and English alphabets from that educational benefits. time. The reason for this premature teaching is Research by prominent education experts We appreciate your feedback and contributions. due to their parents’ and kindergarten teachers’ and psychologists on children’s play in hunt- If you have any comments or would like to submit belief that they need to be ready for writing and er-gatherer societies, and evolutionary psycholo- editorials, analyses or reports please email wallace. reading when they go to primary schools. gy studies on other mammalian young, have iden- [email protected] with your name and title. Education experts have warned of the dam- tified play as an adaption that enabled early Due to limitation of space we are only able to aging pressure to perform in class at a young humans to become powerful learners and prob- publish “Letter to the Editor” that do not exceed 500 age. Children in Myanmar are obliged by law to lem-solvers. words. Should you submit a text longer than 500 be in full-time schooling by age five. However, For young children, playful activity leads to words please be aware that your letter will be edited. almost all Myanmar children have to start the growth of more connections between neurons, Ushering in the Thingyan Festival starlets and fading stars it and the many opportuni- entice merrymakers to vis- es, people continue to have an fish (Eleutheronema tri- By Myo Myint is a time to make some ties that it presents for pur- it the pandals to get them- fun during Thingyan in the dactylum), crispy fried on- hingyan, the Myan- money and get some pub- poses other than to cele- selves thoroughly soaked. way their forefathers use ions, the scent of bee wax, mar Water Festival, licity with their Thingyan brate the end of the old Some even hire entertain- to. If they can afford to, and is eaten together with Tis around the cor- song and dance routines. year and the beginning of ers from neighbouring they carry out such merito- fried green mangoes. On ner. One can sense it from For those money-minded the new in a traditional countries to draw more at- rious deeds as offering New Year Day which usu- the huge pandals being wealthy people and own- manner, Thingyan has in- traction to their pandals. food and refreshments to ally falls on 17th April, the built, the repeated telecasts ers of enterprises, it is time creasingly become com- There are even small res- all who pass by their fun and frolic end and My- of golden-oldie Thingyan to compete for the right to mercialized and the way it taurants that also serve al- house, they do so with the anmar people concentrate songs by aspiring singers set up a pandal, have fun, is celebrated by many cohol attached to the pan- help of relatives and on merit making activities accompanied by little make money and promote young people and a few dals to cater to the friends. People living in like going to the pagoda known dancing actresses their products all at the older ones have deviated merrymakers. Hookah shi- states and regions continue together as a family, and and models wearing faux- same time, and for those from the traditional con- sha is also made available to celebrate Thingyan in releasing captive cattle, padauk in their hair, the with less money to invest, cepts of merrymaking, cel- for merry makers to smoke their own unique way. The birds and fish. They also advertisements of ephem- to find a good spot to set up ebration and doing merit. so that they become liveli- Rakhine youths have their collectively hold ceremo- eral western style Thing- a food and refreshment Take for instance the er. Dressed in the latest re- own way of throwing wa- nies to pay their respects yan songs that appear an- stall and make a few extra Thingyan pandal. The tra- vealing fashion that is to- ter. A boat to put water for and present gifts to the el- nual at this time of the year bucks. For the middle ditional pandal is a tempo- tally alien to Myanmar throwing is placed in the derly living in the ward. on TV and radio, the aged, it is time to think of rary inexpensive one built culture and contrary to the pandal. Damsels sit on They may also invite skimpy revealing dresses gaining merit while enjoy- of bamboo poles and coco- significance of the water one side of the long boat monks to recite Parittas to being displayed in stores, ing the fun and festivities. nut fronds and decorated festival, some revelers facing the interior of the bless the neighbourhood. the youths with heads dyed For the aged, it is time to with the scented blossoms take advantage of the joy- pandal. Young men stand Thingyan is the most in flamboyant colours, and fret about how to pass the of padauk by the youths of ful mood and misbehave on the other side with beloved of Myanmar festi- weird hair-cuts, and sales noisiest week in the year the locality for them to as if given the license to buckets of water that they vals as it is the most joyful of goods unrelated to and find a place to medi- throw water. Young peo- act indecently in public. have bought from the pan- as well as the most signifi- Thingyan being held to tate far from the madden- ple gather there to throw With micro shorts, bare dal. Each lad chooses the cant, not only for each per- herald the festival. The ing crowd. For those young water using bowls. There midriffs, backs and shoul- damsel he wants to pour son, but also the country as weather is also getting hot- in years, but mature in is no intention to cause ders being in fashion for water on and initiates the a whole, since it brings us ter day by day and soon the mind, it is a time to seek pain or alarm. Some even bold females these days, water pouring as well as all together to mark the four-day festival will ar- shelter in meditation use sprigs of padauk to rude, nasty shocks are the chatting. After being happy transition from one rive followed by the cele- centers and learn more gently spray water on oth- likely to occur during the poured water for about year to another from which bration of the first day of about Buddhism. For the ers. But now things have Thingyan festival unless three times, the damsel we anticipate a better, the Myanmar New Year. overworked employees, it changed. Costly huge two- these females are fore- throws water on the lad us- more peaceful and more For those young in is time to get a bit of rest storied pandals, many of warned about the legal ing the content of the boat. prosperous future for the age, or young in spirit, it is and do spring cleaning and them sponsored by busi- consequences by the au- Another unique tradition country and oneself. As a time to look forward to: washing. nessmen to promote their thorities concerned. in Rakhine state is the san- the traditional spirit of the merrymaking, zipping Thingyan has always products, are set up in cen- It must not be thought dalwood grinding compe- Thingyan should be about in crowded vehicles been a time for merriment trally located spots like that Thingyan traditions tition participated by Ra- strengthened, so that it will from one water throwing since ancient times, as lit- Kandawgyi and Pyay road have been forsaken by all. khine women held on the not be diluted by foreign pandal to another, dressing erary records and frescoes in Yangon and along the In big cities like Yangon eve of New Year to offer influence, it is therefore vi- up (or dressing less), danc- in ancient pagodas will palace moat in Mandalay. and Mandalay, the trans- the sandalwood paste to tal that we train our young- ing singing, getting intoxi- show. However, in the an- Some of these pandals gressors of Thingyan tra- the images of Lord Buddha er generations not only to cated and flirting with the cient past, it had been cele- charge exorbitant fees for ditions are still a minority at pagodas on New Year value the irreplaceable tra- opposite sex. For the rich brated without the assis- people to spray water on and the majority are mere day. The Mon people, as ditions of the Thingyan and adventurist, it is a time tance of hosepipes, water revelers using hosepipes spectators of the misbe- part of their Thingyan ritu- Festival, but also to respect to spread one’s wings and pumps and water balloons operated with powerful haviours, and they contin- als, prepare a dish called our rich culture to ensure celebrate Thingyan abroad. and without malice or de- pumps. Bands with popu- ue to conduct themselves Thingyan rice which con- that our uniqueness and For newly emerging and sire to cause pain. lar singers and dancers are in accordance with tradi- sists of cooked rice, crispy identity are never lost. established pop singers, Due to modernization hired to entertain as well as tion. In towns and villag- fried pounded dried kakuy- ******* Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 9 Local News Habitat destruction threatens golden deer population Kanaungsu Ward wins Magway, 7 April — to 14 species of mammals, Development, drought 43 species of amphibian, Hinthada and hunting threaten My- 39 species of butterfly and anmar’s golden deer pop- 113 species of birds. football ulation, with the species’ Many golden deer can habitat shrinking each year, be seen in the sanctuary. tournament according to conservation The deer can also be found Hinthada, 7 April — experts. at Chatthin sanctuary in The Kanaungsu Ward team One of the conserva- Kanbalu Township, and defeated Pabedan Ward 2-1 tion areas for the golden Thayet, Shwebo and Meik- in the final of the Hintha- deer is Shwesettaw sanc- tila townships. da Township Management tuary in Magway Region. The government en- Committee Chairman’s Established in 1940, the acted the Conservation of Cup U-23 football tourna- 280-square-mile sanctu- Natural Areas Law (1994) ment at the township foot- ary is bordered by Minbu, for protection of flora and ball ground on 4 April. Pwintbyu, Ngaphe and Se- fauna. Chairman of the com- doktara townships. Kaung Thuta mittee U Tin Aung Win The sanctuary is home (Minbu) presented the trophy to Kanaungsu Ward, Com- Workshop emphasizes mander of Township Police Bridge under construction on Force Police Major Toe importance of libraries to Win, second prize to Pabe- inter-district road dan Ward and Chairman of community Township Development Af- fairs Supporting Committee Yinmabin, 7 April — A the development of librar- U Aye Cho third prize to workshop on enhancement ies. Talokhtaw station. More of library services was Similar workshops than 500 spectators watched staged at the hall of Basic were held in Salingyi and the final, including depart- Education High School in Kani townships in the third mental personnel and social Yinmabin, Sagaing Re- week of March. organization members. gion, on Monday with par- Tun Ko Ko (Yinmabin) Kyaw Kyaw (Hinthada) ticipation of officials and staff of the Information and Public Relations Depart- ment. Staff Officer of the dis- trict IPRD U Hsan Myint spoke about the important role of library services in broadening the horizons of TadaU, 7 April — The the existing span with a re- inter-district road crosses local residents. TadaU Township Rural De- inforced concrete structure. five creeks along its route. Librarian U Aung Nay velopment Department is The 20-year-old wood- The bridge on Chaunggwa Lin of Bawdi Mandaing upgrading a bridge across en bridge has gradually Creek is under 30-feet long. library in Nyaungbingyisu Chaunggwa Creek on No 1 become damaged through Khin Zar Mon Myint Village discussed the con- inter-district road, replacing wear and tear. The No 1 (Law) tribution of volunteers to Link connections Two new concrete bridges span Pyaungbok installed for electric Creek in Sagaing Region

safety of people Kalay, 7 April — Yayshin Road in built with K198 million long section of Maw- Public Works has built Sagaing Region. from the Pyidaungsu laik-Pyaungbok-Sawbwa two concrete bridg- The road links Kalay Hluttaw fund in fiscal Yayshin road spending es across Pyaung- and Mawlaik districts. 2014-15. K780 million from the bok Creek on Maw- Both bridges have Public Works con- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw fund. laik-Pyaungbok-Sawbwa 18-foot-wide motorways, structed the eight-mile Joe Net

Natogyi, 7 April — improve safety. Electricians led by Town- A 33 kilovolt line and ship Electrical Engineer U an 11 kV line pass through Ye Htet Hein installed 20 Natogyi to connect the grid link connections at 400- which supplies electricity volt power lines in Nato- across the nation. gyi, Mandalay Region, to Htay Myint Maung 10 Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 world UN Security Council mulls how to help Syria’s Yarmouk civilians United Nations, 7 “What the civilians ures that would facilitate an civilians.” April — The United Na- in Yarmouk are most con- orderly and safe evacuation Yarmouk became a tions Security Council said cerned about right now is of those who wish to leave battleground before the on Monday it would look bare survival. It’s as sim- the camp.” siege, and has been devas- at how to help some 18,000 ple and straightforward as “That is a highly com- tated by street fighting, air Palestinian refugees and that,” Krahenbuhl told re- plex undertaking in an attacks and shelling. The Syrian civilians in a camp porters via video link from environment that is as del- United Nations said 94 largely taken over by Is- Jordan. icate and dangerous as Yar- civilians had made it out lamic State as a top UN Islamic State has taken mouk currently, but those on Sunday, though some official suggested it con- most of Yarmouk from ri- would be concrete steps to 3,500 children were still sider measures to evacuate val groups while the Syrian be looked at,” he said. Kra- trapped. people. army surrounds the district, henbuhl said UNRWA had The chief Palestini- Pierre Krahenbuhl, according to the Syrian not had any contact with Is- an delegate at the United head of the UN Relief and Observatory for Human lamic State militants. Nations, Riyad Mansour, Works Agency (UNRWA), Rights. Islamic State rules The Security Council appealed for international Pierre Krahenbuhl, United Nations Relief and Works briefed UN Secretary-Gen- swathes of Syria and Iraq said in a statement it would help “in any form or shape” Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General speaks eral Ban Ki-moon and the and is the target of US-led “look into further measures to secure a safe evacuation during an interview in Damascus on 11 March, 2015. 15-member council about air strikes. Krahenbuhl said that can be taken to help route for civilians out of Reuters Yarmouk camp on the out- states with influence over in providing the necessary Yarmouk. killed 220,000 people and “nothing replaces seeing skirts of Damascus, just warring parties should push protection and assistance.” Yarmouk was home to displaced millions of Syri- a situation for oneself and a few miles (kilometres) for protection of civilians It called for aid access to half a million Palestinians ans. Krahenbuhl suggested having to confront the real- from President Bashar and urged the council to Yarmouk and for “safe before the Syrian conflict Security Council envoys ities on the ground.” al-Assad’s palace. “think about possible meas- passage and evacuation of began in 2011. The war has visit Yarmouk because Reuters Hungry sea lion pulls man holding fish off South Africa detains girl boat in California trying to join Islamic State Johannesburg, 7 Minister of State Security April — South African David Mahlobo was quoted authorities detained a as saying in The Star news- 15-year-old girl who was paper. travelling to join Islamic “An investigation is State, the state security under way as to how far ministry said on Monday, this network goes, whether the country’s first known there is a cell in the coun- arrest linked to the militant try. We cannot allow South group. Africa to be used as recruit- The ministry said it ment space,” he said. was investigating whether Thousands of people Islamic State had a recruit- from more than 80 nations, ment network in South Af- including Britain, other rica. parts of Europe, China and The teenager was the United States, have stopped at Cape Town air- joined the ranks of Islam- port on Sunday after ev- ic State and other militant idence was found in her groups in Syria and Iraq bedroom indicating she over the past few months. had been in contact with Islamic State seized San Diego, 7 April The sea lion jumped into the water for about 15 a photo with the large fish Islamic State recruiters, the large swathes of land in — A man was injured on onto the railing of a boat at seconds, Swanson said, and when the incident occurred. ministry said. Iraq and Syria last June, Sunday after he was pulled the Hyatt Mission Bay Mari- was brought to a hospital California sea lions, “We can confirm that including territory close to into the water by a sea lion na and snatched a fish being where he was treated for cuts many of them pups, have she was planning to leave the Turkish border. A US- that jumped from the water held by a man on the boat, on his arm and hand. been washing ashore strand- the country with the inten- led coalition has launched at a San Diego marina and said San Diego Fire Rescue Media, citing witnesses ed and hungry in record tion of joining IS, and had air strikes to try and push grabbed a fish he was hold- spokesman Lee Swanson. including lifeguards, report- numbers in recent months. been actively engaged with the Sunni militant group ing, authorities said. The man was pulled ed the man was posing for Reuters social media networks,” back.—Reuters Lufthansa says not obligated to report crash pilot’s medical record Frankfurt, 7 April end up paying $300 million said it had “no information — Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) in claims and costs related to at all” before the crash about said on Monday it was not the crash. Lubitz’s depression. required to inform German Lubitz broke off pilot Lufthansa said that a aviation authorities about training for several months provision in the new regula- Andreas Lubitz’s former in 2009. When he resumed tion, introduced in Germany depression because he qual- his training, he told the in April 2013, safeguarded ified as a pilot before stricter Lufthansa pilot instructors certain pre-existing fit-to-fly reporting rules went into ef- by email he had overcome a certificates and medical cer- fect in 2013. period of severe depression. tificates issued by special- Lubitz, a co-pilot at He was first certified to fly ized aviation doctors. Aero- Lufthansa’s budget division commercial planes in 2012. medical centers or aviation Germanwings, is believed Under European regula- doctors could therefore issue to have deliberately crashed tions, pilots with psychiatric extensions to such medical a plane into the French Alps conditions should be referred certificates even after the and killed 150 people. to the licensing authority by new rules came into effect, The question of what aeromedical examiners, who the airline said. “A general Lufthansa knew about any may then decide to restrict and separate duty to refer psychiatric problems may be the pilot’s licence. to the LBA did not there- a factor in its liability in the The Luftfahrtbundesa- fore arise as a result of the A general view of debris, seen in this picture made available to the media by the crash. Germany’s Allianz mt (LBA), the relevant Ger- change in the legal position,” French Interior Ministry on 1 April, 2015, from the wreckage of a Germanwings estimates that insurers will man authority, on Sunday Lufthansa said.—Reuters Airbus A320 which crashed, near Seyne-les-Alpes.—Reuters Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 11 business & health US researchers separate cancer cells from blood using sound waves Asia up on Wall Street’s lead, Washington, 7 April at an angle, each cell en- — A simple blood test may counters several pressure one day replace invasive nodes as it flows through Aussie jumps as RBA stands pat biopsies thanks to a new de- the channel,” according to Tokyo, 7 April — on easing hopes but were vice that uses sound waves a statement released by the Asian stocks rose on Tues- last up 0.4 percent. to locate and separate cancer researchers from the Mas- day, following a positive Elsewhere in the re- cells circulating in patients’ sachusetts Institute of Tech- lead from Wall Street, while gion, shares in Indonesia, blood, US researchers said nology, Pennsylvania State the dollar held onto its gains Malaysia and Thailand on Monday. University and Carnegie after rebounding against the gained. Chinese stocks hit a Cancer cells often break Mellon University. “As cells euro and yen on higher US new seven-year high ahead free from their original loca- encounter each node, they Treasury yields. of the quarterly earnings tions and circulate through are pushed further to the side Spreadbetters saw the season. MSCI’s broadest the bloodstream, but finding of the channel; the distance upward momentum for eq- index of Asia-Pacific shares them has proven challeng- of cell movement depends uities continuing into Eu- outside Japan gained 0.3 ing because there might be on their size and other prop- rope, forecasting a higher percent. only one such cell in every erties, such as compressibil- open for FTSE, Germany’s Japan’s Nikkei climbed one billion blood cells in ity.” DAX and France’s CAC. 1.2 percent as the market the sample, the researchers According to the re- The Australian dollar had an opportunity to gauge reported in the US journal searchers, it takes about five jumped after the Reserve how US equities respond- An employee of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) Proceedings of the National hours for the dime-sized de- Bank of Australia surprised ed to Friday’s much weak- stretches his body as he works at the bourse at TSE Academy of Sciences. vice to separate cancer cells some by standing pat on er-than-expected non-farm in Tokyo on 13 March, 2015.—Reuters Most existing cell-sort- from a typical patient sam- monetary policy, leaving payrolls. high of $1.1036. The dollar agement, said in a note. ing technologies require ple of about 6 milliliters. the cash rate at a record low “How the US market was steady at 119.60 yen af- In commodities, crude tagging cells with chemicals The researchers tested 2.25 percent. would react to the weak ter bouncing from a low of oil dipped, giving back some or exposing them to strong the device with blood sam- But given the risks fac- jobs data was of concern to 118.80 on Monday. of the large gains made mechanical forces that may ples from three breast cancer ing the Australian economy investors,” said Nobuhiko A spike in US Treasury overnight when the market damage them, but sound patients and found the meth- like sliding prices of iron Kuramochi, a strategist at yields buoyed the dollar. reassessed how quickly Iran waves offer a gentler alter- od is as effective as a com- ore, the country’s biggest Mizuho Securities in Tokyo. The 10-year yield jumped might increase exports after native, allowing scientists mercially available device. export, the central bank did “The market is relieved overnight from two-month a preliminary nuclear deal. to recover intact cancer cells “With further improve- leave the door open for fu- on views that the Fed will lows and was back at a level Goldman Sachs said prices that are ready for further ments in cell throughput, ture action, saying further not likely raise interest rates prior to the weak non-farm needed to remain low for testing, they said. this work could offer a use- easing might be appropriate. while the economy is seen data release. The benchmark months to achieve a slow- The concept behind the ful new tool, for both basic “We have a cut for still fragile.” note last yielded around down in US output growth. new method involves plac- research into the complex May. The key development Wall Street shares 1.90 percent. US crude was down 0.8 ing two acoustic transduc- topic of circulating tumor is that weaker commodity rose overnight as the disap- “It is important to look percent at $51.70 a barrel ers, which produce sound cells and for clinical assess- prices, lower terms of trade, pointing jobs data fed ex- at the unemployment rate, after rallying 6 percent on waves, on either side of a ment of different types of and a somewhat sticky cur- pectations that the Federal which remained unchanged Monday. Brent shed 0.6 per- microchannel on a micro- cancer,” coauthor Carnegie rency will push them over Reserve could wait longer and earnings, which in- cent to $57.48 a barrel fol- fluidic chip. When the two Mellon University President the line in May,” said Su- before raising interest rates. creased last month. The lowing its 5.7 percent jump. waves meet, they combine Subra Suresh said. Lin Ong, senior economist The US stock market was moves in the financial Gold retreated from a to form a standing wave, The researchers are at RBC Capital Markets. closed on Friday, when the markets tell us that equity, seven-week top as the dollar which thus produces pres- now working on further im- The Aussie was up 1.3 closely-followed data was bond and FX traders share rebounded. Spot gold was sure nodes, or lines of low proving the device ‘s flow percent at $0.7686, pulling released. our view and we expect the flat at $1,213.80 an ounce pressure, across the channel. rate, as well as making it away from the six-year low In currencies, the euro dollar to avoid further loss- after hitting the seven-week “Because the sound more robust and cost-effec- of $0.7534 plumbed last inched up 0.1 percent to es this week,” Kathy Lien, peak of $1,1224.10 on Mon- waves are tilted so they run tive. week. Australian shares rose $1.0936, after climbing managing director of FX day. across the microchannel Xinhua more than 1 percent earlier down from an overnight strategy at BK Asset Man- Reuters BOJ starts 2-day meeting, likely to For some elderly, unclogging leg maintain current easing policy Tokyo, 7 April — The The BOJ aims to arteries doesn’t improve mobility Bank of Japan started a achieve the 2 percent in- two-day policy meeting on flation target in the period San Francisco, 7 April mobility allows doctors, pa- “I think the importance cline in overall function, the Tuesday, at which the cen- centering on fiscal 2015 — For nursing home resi- tients and families to have of the study is that people authors reported in JAMA tral bank is likely to keep that started this month. dents, surgery to improve more realistic discussions can be sanguine of the ben- Internal Medicine. intact its current monetary In February, Japan’s blood flow to the legs yields about outcomes of the op- efits of this operation in this A year after surgery, easing policy despite the core consumer prices re- only limited improvements eration, said Dr Emily Fin- population,” said Finlayson. more than half the people likelihood of consumer mained flat from a year ear- in mobility, according to a layson, the study’s senior The nearly 11,000 nurs- had died. Rates of death or prices falling into negative lier, excluding the impact new study. author from the Philip R Lee ing home residents in the immobility were 63 percent territory. of last April’s consumption Knowing that so-called Institute for Health Policy study had a problem called among patients who were Amid moves by ma- tax hike, as prices were lower extremity revascu- Studies at the University of peripheral artery disease, able to walk before the oper- jor companies that have weighed down by declines larization may not improve California, San Francisco. which results when arteries ation, and 89 percent among decided to raise wages in in crude oil prices, accord- in the legs are clogged and those who couldn’t walk be- spring wage talks, the BOJ ing to government data. blood flow is reduced. Pain, fore surgery. maintains its outlook that With the lingering trouble walking, poor wound Also at one year, a third consumer prices are likely effects of lower crude oil healing, and even gangrene had a steady decline in func- to return to a rising path in prices, many economists can result. tion. the latter half of this fiscal expect prices are likely to To treat the condition, Being 80 years old or year and reach the central fall into negative territo- the residents underwent older, having cognitive im- bank’s 2 percent inflation ry in the next few months, lower extremity revascular- pairment, congestive heart target. while the BOJ expects ization between 2005 and failure, kidney failure, need- But the outlook of prices to start rising again, 2009, at an average age of ing emergency surgery, not price developments is like- judging such effects will 82. Surgeons replaced or re- being able to walk before ly to be one of the main likely start to fade around opened their leg arteries with surgery or declining activi- topics at the gathering, this summer. a small balloon to improve ties of daily living were each as some of the nine Poli- Meanwhile, the central blood flow. tied to an increased risk of cy Board members have bank is expected to retain Before surgery, three dying or not being able to pointed out the possibility its current economic as- A retired woman uses a cane as she takes a walk in quarters of the residents walk after lower extremity of a delay in the timing of sessment as Japan’s econo- Enghien-les-Bains, north of Paris, on 26 Aug, 2013. could not walk, and 40 per- revascularization, the re- prices’ starting to climb my is recovering moderate- Reuters cent had experienced a de- searchers write.—Reuters again. ly.—Kyodo News 12 Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 ADVERTISEMENT & general Claims Day Notice Claims Day Notice Claims Day Notice MV KANG LONG VOY No (100) MV KOTA BERLIAN VOY No ( ) MV TOKYO TRADER VOY No (1505) Consignees of cargo carried on MV KANG LONG Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA Consignees of cargo carried on MV TOKYO VOY No (100) are hereby notifiedthat the vessel will BERLIAN VOY No ( ) are hereby notified that the TRADER VOY No (1505) are hereby notified that be arriving on 8.4.2015 and cargo will be discharged vessel will be arriving on 8.4.2015 and cargo will be the vessel will be arriving on 8.4.2015 and cargo will into the premises of M.I.T.T (3) where it will lie at discharged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will be discharged into the premises of M.I.P where it will the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. 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Carter said new guide- No claims against this vessel will be admitted US Defence Secretary Ash No claims against this vessel will be admitted lines on bilateral defence after the Claims Day. Carter cooperation with Japan Shipping Agency Department after the Claims Day. Washington, 7 April will take “our cooperation Shipping Agency Department Myanma Port Authority — US Defence Secretary to a whole new level, and Agent for: M/s ADVANCE CONTAINER Myanma Port Authority Ashton Carter called on into new areas like space LINES Agent for: M/s CMA CGM LINE Monday for the early and cyber space.” Phone No: 2301185 Phone No: 2301185 conclusion of a contested Tokyo and Washing- Pacific free trade pact, ton are working on put- saying he believed US ting the finishing touches After Nepal tragedy, trekkers safety in hands military strength rests on to the new version of the the foundation of a growing guidelines and planning to economy. release it after a so-called of living-room weatherman In his first full speech two-plus-two meeting on Kathmandu, 7 April A trekker on the US policy of focus- 27 April in Washington —Armed with a four-year- stands in ing on Asia since he be- among foreign and de- old laptop and an unreliable fence ministers from both front of came US defence chief in Internet connection, a retired February, Carter also ex- governments. weather forecaster working Mount pressed the hope that new The two countries from his living room is the Everest, security guidelines with Ja- agreed to revise the Guide- best local source of climate lines for US-Japan De- which pan would take bilateral se- data for trekkers in Nepal curity ties to a “new level.” fence Cooperation, which months after a storm killed is 8,850 The Trans-Pacific define the roles of the Jap- 32 in the Annapurna massif. metres high Partnership trade initiative anese Self-Defence Forces The tragedy, described and the US military in a (C), at Kala is “as important to me as at the time by Nepal’s top another aircraft carrier,” contingency, for the first civil servant as a “wake up Patthar Carter said in the speech at time since 1997, citing call”, has yet to result in any in Arizona ahead of his first changes in the security en- new meteorological services vironment in East Asia. Solukhum- visit to Japan and South being provided to trekkers Korea. On China, Carter in and guides, despite promises bu District The trade deal among his speech mentioned its made by Prime Minister Su- on 7 May, the United States, Japan opaque defence budget, shil Koirala. and 10 other countries is actions in cyber space and 2014. Instead, those heading “one of the most important assertive claims to islands to the world’s highest moun- Reuters parts of the rebalance,” in disputed areas in the tain range largely rely on are high up in the moun- “We have seen the gov- failing to warn of the weath- Carter said, mentioning a South China Sea. Krishna Bhakta Manandhar, tains, what happens if I am ernment is concerned about er system, the government phrase President Barack “We and many other a former senior meteorolo- wrong?” this,” said Prakash Adhikari, promised to set up a new Obama’s administration countries are deeply con- gist at Nepal’s Meteorolog- Thousands of tourists of Himalayan Rescue Asso- system. An official at the uses to promote its focus cerned about some of the ical Forecasting Division. from Europe, North Amer- ciation Nepal. “But we are Meteorological Forecasting on Asia: “rebalance to activities China is under- He was among the first to ica and East Asia have ar- yet to see them make any Division said there “had not Asia.” taking,” Carter said. warn that a cyclone in the rived in Kathmandu for the major improvements.” been any special improve- The US-led trade ini- He also talked about Bay of Bengal would bring spring trekking and climbing Annapurna was the na- ment” since. tiative would “underscore the need to build mutual snowstorms in the Annapur- season. Many have little or tion’s worst trekking disas- “If the weather is par- our lasting commitment confidence and construc- nas. “I feel a moral obliga- no mountain experience, ter. Aside from the 32 fatal- ticularly bad, then we put to the Asia-Pacific,” said tive dialogue with China, tion to help those in need,” and the failure to overhaul ities, hundreds were injured out a press release and con- Carter, who will be arriv- saying, “The US and China Manandhar, 64, told Reuters forecasting renews concerns when waist-high snow fell tact the home ministry,” said ing in Japan on Tuesday are not allies, but we don’t at his home in Kathmandu. about the safety of Himala- on a high-altitude pass in the official, who asked not to for a three-day stay before have to be adversaries.” “I am often nervous...they yan treks. October. After criticism for be named.—Reuters South Korea. Kyodo News Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 13 ADVERTISEMENT & general

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development MINISTRY OF ENERGY (Department of Rural Development) MYANMA OIL AND GAS ENTERPRISE National Community Driven Development Project (IDA Grant H814-MM) ( INVITATION FOR OPEN TENDER ) Assignment Title: Township Level Technical Assistance (6/2015) Open tenders are invited for supply of the following respective items in United Ref No. Township Clusters (TC) by No of townships per Potential expansion into States Dollars/Myanmar kyat. Region/State cluster, beginning in additional townships in Sr.No Tender No Description Remark October 2015 subsequent years up to (1) IFB-001(15-16) 4” Dia Discharge Vibrator Hose and 4” Dia US$ a total of Hammer Union ( 2 ) Items C4.10 Ayeyawaddy 2 TS 6 TS (2) IFB-002(15-16) Electrical Spares for USS Oil Well Rig US$ (26) Items C4.11 Bago and Yangon 3 TS 8 TS (3) DMP/L-001(15-16) PGGO 140 Gear Oil (1) Lot KS C4.12 Kayah 2 TS 5 TS (4) DMP/L-002(15-16) Hydraulic Oil (H.O.L) (1) Lot KS C4.13 Magway and Chin 2 TS 10 TS (5) DMP/L-003(15-16) Cooling Fan Motor, Water Pump & Motor, KS C4.14 Mon, Kayin and Tanintharyi 4 TS 12 TS Oil Pump & Motor for CNG Compressor (4) Items C4.15 Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay 3 TS 8 TS Tender Closing Date & Time - 4-5-2015, 16:30 Hr C4.16 Sagaing 12 TS 8 TS Tender Document shall be available during office hours commencing from 6TH The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has received financing from the World Bank to imple- April, 2015 at the Finance Department , Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise, No(44) Com- ment the National Community Driven Development Project (NCDD) under the Department of plex, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Rural Development (DRD) of the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development. Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise The Government intends to apply part of the Grant proceeds to hire consulting services for new Ph . +95 67 - 411097 / 411206 townships to be covered starting in year 3 of project implementation, e.g. around September Tender Invitation for Pharmaceutical Plants 2015. Myanma Pharmaceutical Industries (MPI) The consulting services (the “Services”) include: n Assisting township DRD offices in planning, implementing and monitoring project activi- Ministry of Industry ties in the respective townships in line with the procedures contained in the Project Opera- Concerning with EOI, which was invited by MPI for the tions Manual and directions received from the DRD union office. development of Pharmaceutical Production of the Pharma- n Assisting villages and village tracts in (i) the preparation and annual revision of develop- ceutical Factory (Insein), the Winner list has already been ment plans; (ii) sub-project technical design, cost estimation, review and approval; (iii) declared. Sub-project implementation, including adherence to environmental and social safeguards So, MPI would like to invite the EOI winner companies outlined in the Operations Manual, procurement of labor and materials and supervision to participate the Tender process for each and every project during implementation; and (iv) organization of annual social audits. plant, the Automatic Ware House System, Complete Tablet n Assisting village tract project support committees to manage project funds in a transparent Production Plant, Small Volume Parenteral Production Plant, and accountable manner. Large Volume Parenteral Production Plant and Cephalospor- n Where applicable, providing technical support as needed to existing project townships with- in Injection Plant, as mentioned in EOI. in the State/ Region. The MPI invites the Tenders for all projects plants above The consulting services will be procured in seven separate contracts, covering the geographic mentioned with facilities: the complete design, construction, areas outlined below. Technical assistance will begin in two to four townships (as per the ta- supplying machineries and equipments, transferring the kno- ble above) starting in October 2015, and depending on performance and project needs may be whow, providing validation Master Plan and Standard Op- increased into additional townships in 2016 up to the total listed above. The consultant teams eration Procedures, etc. All facilities should be in certified/ will include five full timeexperts based in each township: (i) team leader/training specialist, (ii) compliance with GMP or PIC/S Guidelines. finance officer, (iii) procurement officer, (iv)monitoring and evaluation officer, (v) communi- Tender Documents may be purchased and detail infor- cation/social accountability/gender officer. Furthermore, there may be a national senior advisor mation can be obtained from the Office of Planning De- as well as short-term inputs by an international CDD expert to support the township teams. In partment, MPI, Ministry of Industry, Building No.(37), th addition, the Consultant will also locally recruit community facilitators (1 CF per 2 village tracts Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, during working hours from 8 th or 8 villages) and technical facilitators (1 TF per 3 village tracts or 15 villages) to be based in April, 2015 to 30 April, 2015. each township. In each township, this team shall be in place for a period of 24 months starting Tender Documents (technical and financial bid) shall be from 1 October 2015 to build the capacity of local DRD offices, with an annual review at the end submitted at the Office of Deputy Minister, Ministry of In- of the first 24 month period in a given township to see what remaining inputs may be needed in dustry, Building No. (37), Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar before th each township. Given the phased nature of township expansion, the contract will be for a period 16:00 hrs on 15 May, 2015. of 48 months. Planning Department DRD now invites eligible consulting firms or NGOs (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in Myanmar Pharmaceutical Industries providing these Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that Ph - 067-408140, 067-408195, 067-408276 they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services in one or Fax - 067-408275 more of the townships in the aforementioned locations. Consultants may associate with other NGOs/ firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications. Claims Day Notice Expressions of Interest must be submitted in a written form to the address below (in person, or MV UBC CANADA VOY No (36) by mail, or by e-mail) by 18 May 2015 and clearly indicate the township cluster(s) in which Consignees of cargo carried on MV UBC CAN- the Consultant is interested. Consultants may indicate more than one township cluster in their ADA VOY No (36) are hereby notified that the Expressions of Interest. Following a review of Expressions of Interest, DRD will invite short-listed consultants to pre- vessel will be arriving on 8.4.2015 and cargo will be pare full proposals. Consultants will be selected in accordance with the QBS method set out in discharged into the premises of M.I.T.T (5) where it Japanese tourist the Consultant Guidelines. Contracts will be structured primarily as lump sum payments against will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject evacuated from agreed outputs. The short-listing criteria are: to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. Socotra Island by n Past experience with community based development activities in similar conditions as in Myanmar, with prior experience in Myanmar desirable; Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 Chinese navy ship n Size of relevant assignment contracts over the past five years. am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day Tokyo, 7 April — A Further information and detailed sample terms of reference may be obtained from the NCDD now declared as the third day after final discharge of Japanese tourist has arrived Project webpage: http://www.cdd.drdmyanmar.org or the address below during office hours in Oman after being evacu- cargo from the Vessel. from 09h00 to 16h00, Monday through Friday, except public holidays. ated from Yemen’s Socotra Attn: U Khant Zaw (Deputy Chief Engineer) No claims against this vessel will be admitted Island by a Chinese naval NCDD Project Secretariat Office, Department of Rural Development after the Claims Day. vessel, the top Japanese gov- Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development Shipping Agency Department ernment spokesman said on Office No. 14, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Myanma Port Authority Tuesday. Chief Cabinet Sec- Tel, & Fax: 067- 409071 retary Yoshihide Suga told Email address: [email protected] Agent for: M/s THALAMAR SHIPPING AG a regular Press conference Phone No: 2301186 that the tourist accepted an Weather report offer from Chinese people BAY INFERENCE: Weather is generally fair in the Andaman Sea and East Central Bay and to leave the island together partly cloudy elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal. Advertise with us! aboard the navy ship being FORECAST VALID UNTIL EVENING OF THE 8th April, 2015: Rain or thundershow- used to evacuate Chinese ers are likely to be isolated in Upper Sagaing and Mandalay Regions, Kachin, Northern Shan For inquries to place Please email citizens. “We have conveyed and Chin States, weather will be partly cloudy in Lower Sagaing, Magway and Taninthayi [email protected] our gratitude to the Chinese Regions, Shan (Eastern and Southern) and Rakhine States and generally fair in the remaining an advertisement in government,” Suga said. Regions and States. Degree of certainty is (60%). the GNLM, (+95) (01) 8604532 Kyodo News 14 Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 entertainment Eva Mendes to return for ‘Furious 8’? Naomi Watts inspired Los Angeles, 7 April Fuentes in the second “Fast for the upcoming ‘Furious Customs Agent Monica by Nicole Kidman — Actress Eva Mendes, and Furious” movie, is re- 7’ sequel. Fuentes,” Latino-Review’s who played Agent Monica ported to reprise her role Mendes, 41, who just El Mayimbe wrote on his gave birth to her first child Instagram page. with Ryan Gosling, played Aside from Mendes, US Customs Service agent Kurt Russell is also expect- in the second installment “2 ed to return for “Fast and Fast 2 Furious” in 2003. She Furious 8″ as Vin Diesel then returned for a cameo previously suggested, “I in the franchise’s fifth film always think of these films “Fast Five” in 2011, report- multiple pictures in ad- ed Ace Showbiz. vance — I think of them as “FAST & FURIOUS 8 trilogies. Kurt Russell came #RUMOR With #fast7 now in for this movie, but we in the record books, the up- really hired him because of “I was lucky that Nicole Kidman was always there to Actress Eva Mendes, who played Agent Monica Fuentes coming NY based #Fast8 the story that follows this support me, console me, keep my spirits up and help me in the second “Fast and Furious” movie, is reported to story will depend on wheth- – that takes place in New believe in myself. She’s been such a good friend over reprise her role for the upcoming ‘Furious 7’ sequel. er they can bring back Eva York. Cool stuff that not the years,” Naomi said.—PTI PTI Mendes’ character: US everybody knows.” PTI London, 7 April — with long-term partner Liev Naomi Watts has revealed Schreiber, said she is re- Oscar-winning actress luctant to take on traumatic Michael Keaton’s Nicole Kidman helped her roles these days because she to believe in herself. is so happy in her personal tribute to ‘Batman’, The ‘While We’re life. Young’ star admits she “Early in my career I couldn’t have carved out a was drawn to darker ma- ‘Beetlejuice’ on SNL successful career in Holly- terial. But now I have so Keaton eventually wood without the support much joy in my family life delivered one-liners from of her best friend, reported that I don’t want to spoil that Killam and Moynihan’s Contactmusic. mood. favorite movies at the end “I was lucky that Nicole “I feel such a warmth of the monologue, reported Kidman was always there with Liev and the boys. I Ace Showbiz. to support me, console me, look forward to everything In one of the sketch- keep my spirits up and help now. I’ve always had a es, Keaton played a teach- Thai young people cosplay at a presentation me believe in myself. She’s happy nature, it was just a er whom Mike O’Brien’s of Bangkok Entertainment Week in Bangkok, been such a good friend over matter of getting to a place The 63-year-old actor high school student’s char- Thailand, on 5 April, 2015. Bangkok Entertainment the years,” she said. where I could let that side turned down the two’s acter asked to the prom as Week will be held in Bangkok from 27 April to The 46-year-old beau- take charge again. Me and requests, but Killam and he made a bet with a friend 3 May.—Xinhua ty, who has sons Alexan- my men have such fun to- Moynihan edited footage that he could make anyone der, seven, and Samuel, six, gether.”—PTI of Keaton backstage on who went with him a prom the show to fulfill their queen. I was like a brother to Amy Winehouse: Mark Ronson dreams.—PTI The “Birdman” star Los Angeles, 7 April also played a super creepy London, 7 April — brother. When I met her, — Oscar-nominated actor dude who’s really into Record producer Mark when we made the record Michael Keaton returned Easter in another skit called Ronson says he felt like together, she was super to “Saturday Night Live” “Easter Candy”. he was a brother to Amy together, maybe the most since he last hosted the Meanwhile, “SNL” Winehouse, who died together she’d ever been in show in 1992. parodied Scientology in young due to alcohol intox- her adult life because she During his monologue, a music video from fake ication, and admitted it was was doing something great. Taran Killam and Bobby group, a science-based re- a “dream” to work with the “I’d heard these sto- Moynihan interrupted him ligion Neurotology. The star. ries, like, ‘Oh, you’re go- to ask him to play “Bat- show also poked fun at The 39-year-old ‘Up- ing to make a record with man” and “Beetlejuice” CNN and its excessive town Funk’ hitmaker Amy Winehouse? Good with them. use of reenactment videos worked closely with the luck.’ Because a couple The 63-year-old ac- with Cecily Strong playing late star, who tragically Record producer Mark Ronson says he felt like he was years before, she’d been tor turned down the two’s anchor Brooke Baldwin. passed away in July 2011 a brother to Amy Winehouse, who died young due to drinking heavily. But I was requests, but Killam and Responding to the skit, at the age of 27, on her alcohol intoxication, and admitted it was a “dream” to like, ‘What’s everybody Moynihan edited footage Baldwin called it “a crazy last studio album, “Back work with the star.—PTI talking about? It’s a dream of Keaton backstage on the compliment” on Twitter. to Black”, reported Female “She wouldn’t reach she was (despondent) be- working with her,’” he show to fulfill their dreams. PTI First. out to me so much when cause I was almost like a said.—PTI Hollywood studios defeat animators’ hiring lawsuit Los Angeles, 7 April Animation SKG Inc and 21st proof that the studios ran a per trail, which could justify ing from cold calling em- settled similar claims cover- — A federal judge has Century Fox Inc’s Blue Sky “continuing” conspiracy not stopping the clock. ployees, by sharing news of ing other workers for a com- thrown out an antitrust law- Studios. to raid each other for talent “The allegation that de- job offers, and by agreeing bined $20 million. suit accusing major Holly- Koh also found no or tried to cover up their pa- fendants engaged in a secret not to get in bidding wars. The named plaintiffs wood animation studios of conspiracy does not show The lawsuit raised in the animators’ case are trying to drive down ani- that defendants took affirm- many of the issues under- lighting artist Georgia Cano, mators’ wages through an ative steps to mislead,” Koh lying a 2009 US Depart- character effects artist Rob- illegal anti-poaching con- wrote in a 32-page decision. ment of Justice probe into ert Nitsch and production spiracy. She gave the plaintiffs Silicon Valley recruiting, engineer David Wentworth. In a decision on Friday, permission to amend their and a separate $415 million Koh said the statute of US District Judge Lucy Koh lawsuit. settlement of claims that limitations ran out on their in San Jose, California said Lawyers for the plain- Apple Inc, Google Inc, Intel claims as early as 2008, and the four-year statute of lim- tiffs did not immediately Corp and Adobe Systems no later than 2011. itations ran out long before respond on Monday to re- Inc agreed not to poach each The studios had called the animators in September quests for comment. others’ engineers. it “implausible” to believe sued Walt Disney Co and its Animators accused the Koh approved that ac- they would collude on wages Lucasfilm and Pixar units, The water tank of The Walt Disney Co Studios is pictured studios of having suppressed cord last month. Lucasfilm, after the Justice Department Sony Corp, DreamWorks in Burbank, California on 5 Feb, 2014.—Reuters wages since 2004 by refrain- Pixar and Intuit Inc have probe began.—Reuters Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 15 general

Presidential hopeful Prince Ali demands FIFA changes

Cairo, 7 April — FIFA aged over the years,” added presidential candidate Prince the 39-year-old. “The reality Ali Bin Al Hussein demand- is the reputation of FIFA (8-4-2015 07:00 am~ 9-4-2015 07:00 am) MST ed immediate change in the is where it is despite many * News * Myanmar Street Food organization of soccer’s gov- great people doing their best * Cruising To Precious * Today Myanmar erning body as he issued his for football. Islands (Part-1) “Food Safety” manifesto on Monday. The “Unfortunately as pop- * News * News Jordanian royal is one of ular as the sport is, the repu- * Myanmar Social & * Egg Shell three men who will challenge tation of its controlling body Charitable Association * School for the Blind incumbent Sepp Blatter in is in the other direction. You (Ep-1) Mingalar the election on 29 May. The need a change and that change * A Life In The Ring Byuha * News others are former Portugal needs to come now.” Prince * Thingyan Dance midfielder Luis Figo and Ali said FIFA’s vast profits * Chaung Tha at its FIFA Vice President Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of * News Dutch FA president Michael must be ploughed back into peak period Jordan and UEFA President Michel Platini (L) attend * Director: Maung Myo van Praag. the development of the sport * Products of Myanmar the CONMEBOL ordinary congress in Luque Min (Yin Twin Pyit) In his manifesto, en- across the globe. “My ideas — Seashells Products on 4 March, 2015. —Reuters * 19 Hours titled ‘A FIFA Worthy of are based on the needs and * News * News the World’s Game’, Prince the Confederation of African “My manifesto is based necessities of countries the * Super Myanmar * Insight Myanmar: Football (CAF) Congress in on my experience as presi- Ali pledges to transform the world over, from those small Traditional Stick Media & Election Cairo. “It’s been enough, in dent of a national association organization’s reputation and in size to those at the top of Form (EP-2) * Thingyan Dance my opinion, in terms of all and what I have also seen guarantee development. the game, and taking all their * My Golden Dancers * News the problems and scandals. serving on the FIFA execu- He also delivered a perspectives into account,” and Artist U Lun * Myanmar Performing harsh warning on the fu- “I will not continue on tive committee over the last he added. His manifesto also Gywe Arts- Puppet ture should Swiss Blatter be the executive committee if four years. It’s also based on put an emphasis on transpar- * News * News voted into power for a fifth I am not elected because my discussions with other ency, more consultation and * A Journey To * Marvelous Solo Cane term, as is expected. “You I cannot see another four countries.” Prince Ali said increased effort in tackling Southern Shan State cannot underestimate how years for myself if things FIFA had to be restored as “a match-fixing and racism. “I Ball Playing (Ep-2) important it is ... to have a don’t change. If I win ... I’ll proper service” group. think it’s very do-able. I’m * Myanmar Invites You change right now,” the FIFA make the changes that are so “We have to bring belief here to unite people not di- vice-president told Reuters needed,” said the Jordanian back to an organization that vide,” said Prince Ali. in an interview on the eve of FA chief. has had its reputation dam- Reuters

Wigan fire (8-4-2015, Wednesday) Groups sue US to halt killing of 6:00 am 2:30 pm manager • Paritta by Hilly Region • Head Line News grizzlies near Yellowstone Mackay Missionary Sayadaw 2:35 pm 6:30 am • Traditional Boxing Washington, 7 April region, may mean that as In most cases it is il- London, 7 April — • Physical Exercise 3:30 pm — Wildlife advocates are many as 65 female bears legal to kill grizzlies and Wigan Athletic have fired 7:35 am suing the Obama admin- could be killed annually. other federally protected manager Malky Mackay • Head Line News Money Talk Myanmar istration to prevent the That would amount to animals without special following their 2-0 home • 4:35 pm killing of protected griz- three times the mortality permits from the Fish and defeat by Derby County on 8:00 am • University of Distance zly bears that come into limit set by US wildlife Wildlife Service. Monday, the English Cham- • News / International Education conflict with sportsmen managers, the activists say In 2013, the agency pionship club said. News (TV Lectures) over elk they kill or wound in their lawsuit filed Friday issued such a permit for Wigan, who won the FA 8:35 am — First Year (English) during annual hunts in in a US court in Washing- Grand Teton, where the Cup and were relegated from • People’s Talks northwest Wyoming. ton, DC. search for food by bears the Premier League in 2013, 5:00 pm 9:35 am The Sierra Club and The outsized, can bring them into conflict are eight points from safety • News/Weather Report • Science and Technology Western Watersheds Pro- hump-shouldered grizzly with hunters over elk car- with five games of the season 6:35 pm Programme ject accuses the US Fish bears, considered an icon casses, and where hunters remaining. • Science and Technology and Wildlife Service of of the American West, shot and killed a grizzly The 43-year-old Mack- 10:35 am Programme violating the Endangered were added to the federal in 2012. ay, former manager of Wat- • Documentary Species Act with a permit endangered and threatened “The fact that the gov- ford and Cardiff City, took 11:35 am 7:35pm allowing four grizzlies to species list in the lower 48 ernment responded to that charge of Wigan in Novem- • MRTV’s Youth • Documentary be killed over seven years states in 1975, after hunt- killing by authorizing the ber but they have gathered Programme 8:00 pm during elk hunts in Grand ing, trapping and poisoning killing of four more bears only 19 points from a possible • News / International Teton National Park, south cut their numbers to just in one of our nation’s pre- 72 and look likely to be rele- 12:00 noon News / Weather Report of Yellowstone National 1,000 from an estimated mier parks ought to be tell- gated to the third tier. • News / International Park. 100,000 a century ago. ing us something is wrong “This is a very difficult News / Weather Report 9:00 pm The wildlife advocates Most grizzlies that still with our management of decision to make but I feel 12:35 pm • News / International argue that those anticipat- roam the lower 48 are in grizzlies and parks,” said that for the long-term future • Hluttaw Image News / Weather Report ed grizzly deaths, com- and around Yellowstone Tim Preso, attorney for of the club, there needs to 1:55 pm • Hluttaw Image bined with federal permits National Park, which en- Earthjustice, the environ- be a change now,” Wigan Songs of Thingyan • Fine Arts-Boston of sanctioning the deaths of compasses parts of Wyo- mental law firm repre- chairman David Sharpe told • grizzlies elsewhere in the ming, Montana and Idaho. senting the conservation the club website. “I wish Festival Dramatic Performance groups. Malky all the best for the A spokesman for the future.” Mackay is still under Fish and Wildlife Service investigation by the FA for said the agency does not allegedly sending racist and comment on pending or sexist text messages when he ongoing litigation. was Cardiff manager. (8-4-2015, Wednesday) An inter-agency gov- Former Wigan chair- 6:00 am 8:25 am ernment panel overseeing man Dave Whelan was fined • Mono Classic Songs • Teleplay Yellowstone area grizzlies by the FA and banned for 6:20 am 8:35 am has said the population of six weeks for making racist • Songs And Dance Of • Myanmar Video roughly 600 bears has re- comments in an interview Thingyan Festival 9:35 am covered and recommended following his decision to 6:40 am • Songs And Dance Of that they be stripped of appoint Mackay as manager. • Myanmar Series Thingyan Festival federal protections, which Whelan quit as Wigan 7:00 am 9:55 am • TV Drama Series • Myanmar Movie A grizzly bear roams through the Hayden Valley in could ultimately open the chairman last month, handing 7:45 am 12:00 noon Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, way for hunting. the job to Sharpe, his 23-year- • TV Drama Series • Close Down on 18 May, 2014. —Reuters Reuters old grandson.—Reuters 5th Waning Day of Tagu 1376 ME Wednesday, 8 April, 2015 MFF issues tentative list of Bolt has no need to worry about women’s national team Gatlin, says coach Kingston, 7 April — lin dominated the Diamond cord holder, Bolt won both Yangon, 7 April — istry), Phu Pwint Khaing Yi Oo (Sports Ministry), Usain Bolt is happy with League last season, ending events at the 2008 and 2012 Myanmar Football Feder- (MOHA), Wai Wai Aung Khin Marlar Tun (Sports his condition in the leadup the year as world leader in Olympics. ation released a tentative (Sports Ministry), Zar Chi Ministry), Win Thein- to August’s world cham- the 100 and 200m with per- Having taken time off pionships and will not be sonal best times of 9.77 and last year, the 28-year-old list of Myanmar national Oo (Myawady FC) and Aye gi Tun (Myawady FC), denied more sprint gold by 19.68 seconds respectively. told Reuters he was looking women’s team that will Aye Moe (Myawady FC); Hla Yin Win (Myawady American Justin Gatlin, ac- “It’s good for the sport to set quick times this sea- take part in the AFF midfielders: San San Maw FC) and May Thu Kyaw cording to his coach Glen and creates the kind of in- son. “I always try to wait Women’s Championship (MOHA), Than Than Htwe (Myawady FC). Mills. “We take all compet- terest, but those kinds of until I run my first race (to 2015 in Ho Chi Minh City (Transport Ministry), Khin The team is under itors with a level of serious- things don’t affect us in any set targets), but for me the of Vietnam from 1 to 10 Moe Wai (MOHA), Naw control of manager Daw ness and I don’t see Gatlin way because Usain and my- aim is always to go to the May. Ar Lo Wer Phaw (MOHA), Myat Myat Oo, technical as a joke, but the truth of self knows what we can get championship and to de- The team compris- May Sabwi Phu (Myawady adviser U Aye Maung, the matter is Usain at his him to do when he’s fully fend my titles,” he said. es goalkeepers Mya Phu FC), Nilar Myint (MOHA), head coach Daw Thet Thet best doesn’t have much to fit and ready and that’s “But I want to run re- Ngon (Sports Ministry), Nilar Win (own business), Win, coaches Daw San worry about,” Mills told what we’re working to do,” ally fast this season so I’m Khin Thanda Aye (Sports Yupa Khaing (Myawady San Thein and U Ko Ko Reuters in an interview. said Mills, who has guided working on it.” Ministry) and Thanda FC), Nan Kyay Ngon Aung, medical officer Dr Jamaican Bolt will bid Bolt since 2005. Mills said Bolt had Oo (Myawady FC); de- (Transport Ministry), Lei Mon Mon Khaing, phys- for a third 100 metres gold “When we are ready stepped up his preparation

fenders Khin Than Wai Lei Hlaing (own busi- iotherapist Daw Pyone and a fourth 200m gold in and he’s peaked then let’s sincerunning 46.37 seconds Editorial Section — (+95) (01)8604529, Fax (01) 8604305 Advertisement & Circulation — ( +95) (01) 8604532 (Myawady FC), Zin Mar ness) and Nge Nge Htwe Pan Ei and media officer succession at the 22-30 Au- hear the shout, ‘I’m sure it over 400m on 14 March in Win (Home Affairs Min- (MOHA); forwards: Yi U Nay Myo Kyaw.—MFF gust meeting in Beijing. will be Usain Bolt!’” The Kingston. In Bolt’s absence, Gat- 100 and 200m world re- Reuters QPR striker Vargas Nishikori out for six weeks, reclaims No 4 ranking says agent New York, 7 April —

Kei Nishikori moved back gnlmdaily @gmail.com www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com newlightofmyanmar www.facebook.com/global London, 7 April — doctors who told him Var- up to fourth in the latest Queens Park Rangers gas should be fit within six ATP world rankings re- striker Eduardo Vargas weeks. leased on Monday. will be out of action for “The information I Nishikori had reached six weeks due to a knee have I was given directly a career-best No 4 in the ligament injury, the play- by the doctor, with whom 2 March rankings, but er’s agent said on Mon- I am speaking every day, dropped to No 5 a week day. as well as with Eduardo,” later where he had stayed The 25-year-old Chil- Ogalde told Chilean Radio ever since. Novak Djok- Usain Bolt of Jamaica (C), Poland’s Karol Zalewski (L) and Sheldon Mitchell ean international, who is Cooperativa. ovic held the top spot, fol- of Jamaica compete in the men’s 100m race during the fifth Athletic Memorial, on loan from Italian club “He shouldn’t have lowed by Roger Federer. a tribute to deceased Olympic Champion Kamila Skolimowska, at the National Napoli, was hurt after any problem being at the Kyodo News Stadium in Warsaw on 23 Aug, 2014. —Reuters scoring the opening goal Copa America but now in the 4-1 victory at West it’s evidently more impor- Bromwich Albion on Sat- tant for him to even man- City’s title hopes in tatters after defeat at Palace urday. age to play (some of) what London, 7 April — City claiming Palace had ace after a run of patchy echoes of Liverpool’s visit The struggling Pre- remains of the Premier Crystal Palace left Man- been offside in the build- form with only four wins to Selhurst Park 11 months mier League club said League.” chester City’s hopes of up, but there was no argu- in their last 13 matches in ago when they were lead- earlier on Monday that QPR are second from retaining their Premier ment about Palace’s sec- all competitions and were ing 3-0 with 11 minutes Vargas would be out for bottom, three points be- League crown in tatters ond three minutes into the almost dealt an early blow to play, only for Palace 10 to 12 weeks, meaning hind Aston Villa who are after a 2-1 win at Selhurst second half. Fernandinho in the second minute when to end their title hopes by he would miss QPR’s last two places above them Park on Monday to leave brought down the out- Wilfried Zaha blasted his drawing 3-3. seven league matches of and host Rangers on Tues- Manuel Pellegrini’s side standing Murray 20 metres angled drive over. Palace manager Alan the season. day. trailing a distant fourth in from goal and Jason Pun- City soon settled with Pardew told Sky: “We But his agent Cristian Chile is hosting the the title race. cheon swept his curling David Silva and Sergio showed diligence, charac- Ogalde said he was in dai- Copa America from 11 The defeat kept City free kick over the wall and Aguero combining well ter and resilience tonight. ly contact with the QPR June- 4 July.—Reuters nine points behind lead- past Hart into the corner of up front, and Aguero came We had two quality mo- ers Chelsea and seemingly the goal. close to opening the scor- ments for the goals — it now in a battle to finish Yaya Toure gave City ing after 19 minutes but was a shame we did not above Arsenal and Man- some hope with a thunder- saw his shot cannon away have more offensive mo- chester United. Chelsea, ous drive after 78 minutes off the foot of Julian Sper- ments tonight, but we will who have eight matches to but although Palace dealt oni’s right-hand post. have other games when play, have 70 points, fol- his team what could be The match also had that happens.”—Reuters lowed by Arsenal on 63, a fatal blow to their title Manchester United on 62 hopes, Pellegrini was not and City on 61. That trio conceding the race was all have seven matches re- over yet. maining. “We lost to an offside Impressive Palace goal and a beautiful free defended resolutely to kick and we did not take withstand early City pres- our chances,” he told Sky sure before taking the lead Sports. “We are not talk- through Glenn Murray af- ing about the title now, or ter 34 minutes. Chelsea. We are just trying He swept in from to win our games. We have Eduardo Vargas celebrates scoring the first goal for close range after Scott seven games left they are QPR during Queens Park Rangers v Everton football Dann’s shot bounced off all very important, there Manchester City’s Joe Hart looks dejected during match, Barclays Premier League, Loftus Road, goalkeeper Joe Hart’s leg are 21 points and all we Crystal Palace v Manchester City football match, on 22 March, 2015. into his path. must do is win our games.” Barclays Premier League in Selhurst Park “R/489 Printed and published at the Global New Light of Myanmar Printing Factory No. 150, Reuters The goal stood despite City came to Pal- on 6 April 2015.— Reuters by the Global New Light of Myanmar Daily.” Yangon, Township, Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, Bahan