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Vol. VII, No. 233, 6th Waning of Tazaungmon 1382 ME www.gnlm.com.mm, www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Saturday, 5 December 2020 State Counsellor reports on COVID-19 containment measures

s of now, COVID disease Therefore, although we are has been in our country expending money for the peo- Afor quite some time. Be- ple we had to spend money for cause of the prolonged period, unavoidable reasons not where I can understand that this has this money should be spent. caused stress for our people. The cost of providing medical However, at this time, it is im- treatment to infected persons portant for our people to un- (if the infection is not critical) derstand that it is necessary to can be used to provide vaccines take extraordinary care. At the for 300 persons. present moment, the number of The expense of medical people who have tested positive services for each critical case with the COVID disease is over is equivalent to the cost of 90,000, and it is getting near to the vaccine for 1,000 persons. the 100,000 marks. This is quite Moreover, the average quaran- significant. Therefore please tine cost for each person who note this fact carefully. In the had contact with a positive post-election period, within a case is about Ks.600,000. The period of more than one week, considerable amount of this we estimated that the infection budget expenditure could not rate would increase because be used for other issues. We the people started to gather in need to work for the economic crowds. The infection rate went recovery of the country in the up just as we had estimated. post-COVID-19, and the coun- Apart from that during the try would also need to rehabil- Tazaungdine holidays, there itate economy. If we could use had been instances of people medical treatment budgets in gathering in crowds. We will divisions, in fact, in the whole is between K25 to K50 lakhs. We don’t have the vaccines the economic recovery plan, it surely see the effect of these country. When we say a slight This is the total cost when we yet. Even if the vaccines are will benefit the country and the crowds. This is something increase, actually it is quite add up direct costs as well as available, we would have to people in the long term. which could not be avoided. considerable. In order to drive indirect costs. So please think buy in competition with oth- Everybody should consider We have said this repeatedly. home the point to our people, about this. In our country as er countries. Donations make it. We have frequently remind- Please wear masks when you I wish to quote some facts and the number of infected persons up a certain amount. Howev- ed that 65 per cent of positive go outside. Please wash your figures. We have to give med- is now over 90,000 and getting er, we would have to buy the cases do not show symptoms; hand regularly. We told people ical treatment in the case of near the 100,000 figure, you can bulk of these vaccines. When and that, they might feel well. to practice social distancing a citizen or even a foreigner imagine how much money we we have to buy where will the Most of these persons are and to stay apart from other who is visiting our country. If have spent on medical costs; money come from? It will come middle-age persons with good people at least six feet apart a person gets infected with the as we have said earlier, if we from the Union treasury. At the health conditions without as much as possible. Howev- disease, if we have to provide had to spend between K15 to present when we are providing showing any symptoms. How- er, people have not followed medical treatment, the cost K20 lakhs for a normal patient, medical treatment to COVID ever, the virus can spread to these rules and regulations. is between K15 to K20 lakhs. this is equivalent to the amount patients, all these costs are be- others. The infected persons Their compliance level has This represents the direct of money we would have to ing paid from the Union treas- might have any underlying been low. That is why we have costs as well as indirect costs. spend to provide vaccines to ury. The Union government disease and poor health con- seen a slight increase in the This is for one person. If the 300 patients when we get these gets money from the people ditions. infection rate in the states and situation gets critical, the cost vaccines. to put in the Union treasury. SEE PAGE-3

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NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL LOCAL NEWS Two-day meeting National Social FDI inflow drops We Love to on peacemaking Security Board over $800 mln construct hospital in Dagon processes concludes Meeting (1/2020) held in two months of Myothit (South) for free online this FY healthcare services PAGE-4 PAGE-5 PAGE-7 PAGE-10 5 DECEMBER 2020 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF

Objectives for 100th Anniversary of Motto of 100th Anniversary of National Day 2020 National Day 2020

• Rights to basic education for all school-age children • Make the Union Peace with collective • Rights to life-long learning of practical and useful subjects for socio-economics efforts of all the nationals commencing • More education investment in ethnic areas for multi-sectoral development of the Union 100th anniversary of National Day • Technological and infrastructural inputs for education development • Establishment of a Democratic Federal Union with the collective strength of all 10th Waning of Tazaungmon 1382 ME the nationals (9-12-2020)

Announcement on making Table of ordered/received ballot papers Sr. Name of the Hluttaws Number of ballot papers Payment (Kyats) ballot papers, envelopes for 2020 Ordered (sheets) Received (sheets) General Election 1 44,169,344 44,169,344 An advance pay- 2 44,148,229 44,148,229 ment of K4,000 million was (4-12-2020) 3 Region/State Hluttaw 43,295,374 43,295,374 made to MoI. 1.THE Union Election Commission published the ballot papers 4 Ethnic National Hluttaw 7,718,173 7,718,173 and envelopes including advance ballot papers and envelopes Total 139,331,120 139,331,120 used in 2010 General Election, 2012 By-Elections, 2015 Gen- eral Election, and 2017/2018 By-Elections at the Ministry of Information. Table of ordered/received ballot envelopes 2. The commission also made the ballot papers and envelopes Sr. Size of the envelopes Number of Envelopes Payment including advance ballot papers and envelopes for 2020 General (Kyats) Election at MoI. Ordered (pieces) Received (pieces) 3. Ballot papers and envelopes for the elections had to be published 1 Big Envelope (10’’x7’’) 3,200,000 3,200,000 96,000,000 to be sufficient for all Hluttaws (including Ethnic National) 2 Small Envelope (7’’x5’’) 10,300,000 10,300,000 149,350,000 from all constituencies (including the places where elections could not be held). The ballot papers and envelopes ordered Total 13,500,000 13,500,000 245,350,000 and received are as follows; Union Election Commission

National Literary Award winners for 2019 announced

THE Ministry of Information has announced National Literary Awards, and two Genre Winners and Books Publishing Houses veteran writers for the Lifetime Award for Literary Achievement yesterday. General Knowledge (arts) Revolution of 20th Century My- Moe Thaut Pan The National Literature Award Selection Committee chose writers U Earnt anmar Poems by Dr Zaw Naing Maung (pseudonym Earnt Maung) and U Nyunt Maung (pseudonym Maung Maung General Knowledge (ap- Cancer and Myanmar foods by Shin Ma Taung Nyunt-Mandalay University) for the Lifetime Award for Literary Achievement, in plied science) Dr Hla Kyi (Nutrition Specialist) recognizing their dedicated efforts into literary works. Political Literature International Relations of My- Quality Publishing House The committee has also selected the books in the first edition and the authors anmar by Sinbyukyun Than Tun in the following list. Fictional Paper (Essay) Playing Dice with God and Es- Wun Cha Taung Genre Winners and Books Publishing Houses say collection Novel Nga-Phan-Tha-Mar by Moe Kant Kaw Wut Yee Kyaw Zin Each winner of Lifetime Award for Literary Achievements will receive K5 million Short Story Lan-Sone-Tot-Ywa by Natmauk Lin Lun Chin and K2.5 million for each author of National Literary Award respectively. Ani Cho Winners are urged to contact the Literature Award Administration and Sup- Poem Kha-Yu-Pit-Laun-Chor Hnit Kar La Myar port Committee at 01-387724 and 01-381449. They must bring two 5x8 inches colour photos and two passport-size colour photos along with a brief personal summary Sar-padetha Hnin-Taung-Tan-Ka-Pan-U-Yin Seik Kan Thar by Nyan Wai (Myittha Myay) to the committee’s office within one week of this announcement. The address of the committee is No. (529/531), Merchant Street, Sarpay Beikman Building, Yangon. Translation (Knowledge) Glimpses of World History: Au- Hnin-Siphyu st thor Jawaharlal Nehru by Boe The reward-giving ceremony will be held on 1 Waxing Day of (at the Hlaing celebrations in honour of the The Literati Day, 15 December (Tuesday) at the cer- Translation (fiction) The Puppet Boy of Warsaw by Lin Lun Khin emony.—MNA Sein Win Sein (Translation by Aung Khin)

Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Awards announced SARPAY Beikman under the Printing and Publishing Department of the Ministry of Information announced its awards for Serpay Beikman Manuscript Competition for 2019. The awards were chosen for the genres of novel, selected short stories, selected poems, general knowledge (arts), general knowledge (science and applied science), sar-padetha, Myanmar culture and arts, children literature, youth literature, politics, plays, translation (knowledge), and translation (fiction). The first-prize winner will receive K 1million, the second one K700,000 and the third one K500,000. Winners are urged to contact the Literature Award Administration and Support Committee at 01-381449. The award presenting ceremony will be held in Yangon in line with the COVID-19 preventive rules of Ministry of Health and Sports. Its time and venue will be announced.—MNA (Translated by Aung Khin) 5 DECEMBER 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3

Strive for development with united strength

All our ethnic national brothers and sisters need to strive with united strength based on national unity for the success of the peace process, for overcoming the various steps of the democratic transition process, for democracy to take firm root and for it to develop, progress and endure.

(Extract from the Message of Greetings sent by President U Win Myint on 4 January 2020 on the

nd occasion of the 72 Anniversary of Independence Day.) Landscape of Bagan Cultural Heritage Zone. PHOTO BY: TUN TUN THEIN

State Counsellor reports on COVID-19 containment measures

FROM PAGE-1 cool climate. We have already some protection, it cannot guar- ing years. I understand that our from allocations meant for the Moreover, it is needed to reminded that the disease can antee 100 per cent protection in people have a sense of duty. How- country and the people. We will have constant vigilance because spread more easily under this the tight areas. Therefore, con- ever, this attitude occasionally put more financial resources into these elderly persons are also condition. We wish to remind stant vigilance is needed to pre- can vary because mental ability the economic recovery plan next vulnerable to the infection and you again. Tazaungdine holidays vent crowds from forming. The would decline in the long term. year with public contributions could suffer life-threatening com- have ended, and it is closer to the pandemic has broken out since However, this ability must be and more state funds as much plications. strengthened. I still remember as possible for a better trajecto- The death toll has passed the advice of a Sayadaw (senior ry in the post-COVID-19 period. 1,900. The exact and updated Buddhist monk) that moral disci- That’s why everyone needs to join figure is 1,998. It can be expect- plines need to be observed strict- hands and participate in starting ed that the number would reach The government has spent tens ly although it can come loose like from now. over 2,000 tomorrow. The death the sarong on the waist. The sa- We must compete with the of each person cannot be sub- of thousands, million kyats up to rong will not cling tightly on the whole world. When the COVID-19 stituted with anything, although waist the whole day. It needs to be vaccine comes out, all the coun- the cost for medical treatment now. Money did not fall down from tightened. Similarly, moral disci- tries will rush to buy it. After the could be estimated at about 1.5 plines must be maintained when vaccination programme, every- million, 2 million, 2.5 million or 5 the sky. It was taken from the state they begin to come lax. one will focus on the economic million kyats. However, human Therefore, the disciplines recovery plans. If we want to be life is invaluable. Therefore if you budget from allocations meant for must be enforced against if it is the front-runner in this race, we lose a family member or a close needed for the well-being of the need human resources and fi- friend, because of your fault, how the country and the people. public. No one can imagine who nancial resources. So as not to can you substitute for this loss? If would be the next victim of COV- lose our human and financial re- you lose someone who is not from ID-19. Carelessness could lead to sources unnecessarily, I request your family or nor your friend Christmas and New Year events. March. In December, it has been full of remorse. The government everyone to follow the COVID-19 and this happened in another It is very important not to have 9 months. Actually, this 9-month could not do anything for regret. rules strictly. As the present family or among their friends, gatherings. It is an unavoidable period is much shorter than our Therefore, please be vigilant. year is about to end soon, try how would you substitute for this fact that the infection will spread future. There is no future for the Controlling oneself means pro- to leave behind your weariness loss? This loss is invaluable. You as soon as a crowd forms. It is dead. The 9-month is nothing tecting others, their own future and boredom in the old year, so cannot put a monetary value to not possible to stay 6-ft apart compared with having no future. and the country. The government that we may face the New Year this loss. from each other in the crowd, Therefore, try to keep vigi- has spent tens of thousands, with fresh and renewed spirits. Therefore, everybody needs while some persons would not lant at present. We will have to millions kyats up to now. Money Be happy and be healthy. Thank to have constant vigilance. The wear their masks in the crowd. make strenuous efforts for our did not fall down from the sky. It you.—MNA (Translated by Kyaw cool season has set in with a Although the mask gives you country to recover in the follow- was taken from the state budget Myaing, Aung Khin)

In efforts to speed up the prevention, containment and treatment of the COVID-19 disease, the call centre (phone number COVID-19 Call 2019) is established by four communications operators and the Blue Ocean Company with the coordination of the Medical Research Department of the Health and Sports Ministry and Post and Telecommunications Department from 9 am to 5 pm Centre opens daily at the Medical Research Department in Yangon. Over 43 staff from the Medical Research Department and 17 volunteers from the Myanmar Medical Association totally daily 60 workers have been working at the centre since 8th April.­—MNA 5 DECEMBER 2020 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR “People are the key” DSA 62nd intake holds graduation parade

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF of Defence Services Senior Gen- eral Maha Thray Sithu attended the 62nd intake graduation parade of the in Pyin Oo Lwin yesterday. Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Admiral Zeya Kyawhtin Tin Aung San, Commander-in-Chief (Air Force) General Zeya Kyawhtin Maung Maung Kyaw, senior mil- itary officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army), Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends the 62nd intake graduation parade of the Defence Services Academy in PyinOoLwin on 4 December Commandant of Defence Servic- 2020. PHOTO: MNA es Academy, and senior officers Hlaing first took their salute, and dressed the cadets, took the General met five award-winning according to the news released from Pyin Oo Lwin station attend- presented prizes to the outstand- salute from the cadets, and de- cadets and gave words of encour- by the Office of the Command- ed the ceremony. ing cadets. parted from the parade grounds. agement at the guest hall of the er-in-Chief of Defence Services.— Senior General Min Aung The Senior General ad- After the event, the Senior headquarters of the academy, MNA (Translated by KZT) MoI minister inspects MRTV (Tatkon) in Nay Pyi Taw

UNION Minister for Information Dr Pe Myint inspected the works of the Myanma Radio and Television in Tatkon Township, Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. At the meeting, the Union Minister heard reports of MRTV Director-General U Ye Naing on the plan for celebrations of its 75th Anniversary, broadcasting of news and production of songs and other programmes for the special occasions, and technical arrangements. MRTV has been performing its duties of informing, entertaining and educating since it was first established in 75 years ago. The Union Minister urged the officials to try hard in producing creative programmes and news presentation, and work for produc- tion of new songs in commemoration of special occasion. The Union Minister and party also inspected the broadcasting service’s gramophone record section, film and tape preservation division, and archiving division. MRTV was founded on 15 February 1946, and its 75th Anniver- sary or Diamond Jubilee will fall on 15 February 2021. It is also making preparations for airing entertainment and Union Minister Dr Pe Myint holds meeting with MRTV officials at the MRTV Office in Tatkon Township, Nay commemorative programmes for its 75th anniversary. —MNA Pyi Taw on 4 December 2020. PHOTO: MNA (Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun) Two-day meeting on peacemaking processes concludes A coordination meeting on mak- tor-General of Ministry of State ing peace with ethnic armed or- Counsellor Office U Zaw Htay. ganizations was concluded at They discussed future peace the National Reconciliation and negotiation with NCA-S EAOs, Peace Centre in Nay Pyi Taw the decisions made during the yesterday. eighth and ninth JICMs, and im- The meeting was participat- plementation of the frameworks ed by by Vice-Chairman of NRPC of NCA. and Union Attorney-General U The meeting also detailed Tun Tun Oo, Lt-General Yar about further discussions on Ta- Pyae, Lt-Gen Min Naung and ble 2 for step-by-step implemen- Lt-Gen Aung Lin Dwe from the tation of works beyond 2020, the Office of Commander-in-Chief amendment to the framework for (Army), Secretary of Peace Com- political dialogue, peace negotia- mission retired Lt-Gen Khin Zaw tion with non-signatories of NCA, Oo, Pyithu Hluttaw MP U Pyone and other peacemaking plans. Cho (a) U Htay Win Aung, Peace The peacemaking coordina- Commission Advisory Group tion meeting came to an end in Second day of coordination meeting on making peace with EAOs is in progress at the National Reconciliation members U Hla Maung Shwe the evening.—Myo Min Naing and Peace Centre in Nay Pyi Taw on 4 December 2020. and U Moe Zaw Oo and Direc- (Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun) 5 DECEMBER 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 5

Capacity and technical skills of the public must be promoted

Capacity and technical skills of the public must be promoted. Knowledge will be shared on how to use mobile phones effectively for business and family affairs. At the same time, better relations could be established between the government departments and the public. Another example is the application of a licence. It could be applied online. Such methods will be explained in these programmes. These are only some of the programmes for the economic development of the country. The government has other major plans. For example, the foundation will be laid for the establishment of Korea-Myanmar industrial zone in Hlegu Township next month, followed by Myanmar-Singapore industrial park in the near future in the same township. The smart and eco-city project will be implemented in Dagon Myothit Township. It will be a new city project with developing technologies.

(Excerpt from State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s report on COVID-19 situation amid containment measures, on 21 November 2020)

National Social Security Board Meeting (1/2020) held online SOCIAL Security Board under the workplaces included in the the Ministry of Labour, Immigra- Stay-at-Home programmes dur- tion and Immigration held the ing the second wave of COVID-19. National-Level Social Security From 24-9-2020, applications are Board Meeting (1/2020) through being received through the On- videoconferencing yesterday af- line Web portal and township of- ternoon in Nay Pyi Taw and Un- fices. As of 30-11-2020, 42,486,246 ion Minister U Thein Swe, in his million kyats have been approved capacity as the Chairman of the for 674,001 insured workers from National-Level Social Security 5,780 departments that complet- Board addressed the meeting. ed the application. The Union Minister said that Union Minister U Thein Swe speaks during the National-Level Social Security Board Meeting (1/2020) on 4 Union Minister concluded his office is focusing on imple- December 2020. PHOTO: MNA the meeting after Director-Gen- menting the four main pillars: with international organizations financial benefits in medical and 2019-2020 fiscal year as well as eral for Social Security Board U to revive the economy and em- including ILO, while working to travel expenses from 6 months to COVID-19 positive patients since Maung Maung Aye coordinat- ployment sector in response to ease the process of the delivery 1 year during unemployment; and 14 November 2020. ed the meeting. The meeting the COVID-19 crisis based on of benefits and the payout of in- issuance of medical certificate The Ministry provided approved the 37 bulletins and 5 international labour standards, sured workers in order to reduce (S-1) in accordance with the law K19,791,178 million to 804,585 points to be decided and further to support work departments for the delay in the process and is and 60 per cent financial bene- insured workers from 6,750 in- activities. employment and income gener- testing the Wave Money finan- fits to insured pregnant workers, dustries and workplaces as 40 The meeting was also par- ation, to protect workers in the cial service system to allow the COVID-19 affected workers and per cent Social Security benefits ticipated by the members of the workplace and to continue the payment of benefits through the workers under quarantine. from 13 May to 16 November and National-Level Social Security social dialogue for solutions. online payment. The Union Minister also is also scrutinizing the issuance Board, representatives from He continued the Social Se- He added a three-month added that his office is providing of the remaining insured workers. Employers and Employees As- curity Board is accelerating the deferral on contributions of medical treatment to 4,571 inpa- A total of 67,792,563 million sociations and specially invited reform plans in information tech- employers and workers in the tients and 1,087,764 outpatients kyats has been earmarked for the guests.—MNA nology, medicine, administration industries and workplaces cov- including those under treatment second 40 per cent social security (Translated by Ei Phyu and legal issues in collaboration ered by the project; increased during the COVID-19 period in allowance for 979,109 workers in Phyu Aung)

MoE discusses National Education Strategic Plan (2021-2030) A coordination meeting on Na- and vocational training for giving officers and the participation of tional Education Strategic Plan first priority to ethnic regions. student’s parents for bringing (NESP) (2021-2030) was held via The Union Minister contin- great success. videoconferencing yesterday. ued to say about the Southeast He emphasized the transpar- The meeting was attended Asia Primary Learning Met- ent performance in conducting by Union Minister for Education rics (SEA-PLM) 2019 Results the education reforms without Dr Myo Thein Gyi, Deputy Minis- that showed better abilities of taking bribes. ter U Win Maw Tun, Regions and Myanmar students than other Then, Permanent Secretary States Social Affairs Ministers, three member countries out of for Education Dr Zaw Myint pre- Ethnic Affairs Ministers, the Per- six countries, the contribution sented the NESP (2021-2030), and manent Secretary and other offi- of school textbook per student Director-General for Basic Ed- cials of Education Department. only in Myanmar and Malaysia ucation U Ko Lay Win briefed The Union Minister first- among six countries and the per- the Chapter (5) Basic Education ly discussed the work plans in Union Minister Dr Myo Thein Gyi joins the virtual meeting on National formance of one-third of student of NESP (2021-2030) while other Education Strategic Plan (2021-2030) on 4 December. PHOTO: MNA implementing the education that brings above the average in officials about Chapter (6) and reforms based on non-discrim- skills for all the students to be- capacity building for teachers, math skills while one-fourth of the Chapter (7). ination, leaving no one behind, come decent citizens with full improving technology and in- student in reading skill and one- The meeting came to an end no drop-out and rights to learn of responsibilities and creative frastructure, the high rate in fifth of the student in writing skill. after the discussions of attend- according to NESP(2016-2021), mind, the increase of government primary, middle and high school He appreciated the efforts of ees.—MNA (Translated by Khine plans to meet the 21st-century budget in education reforms, completion as well as in technical teachers and other educational Thazin Han) 5 DECEMBER 2020 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR MoSWRR organizes coordination meeting on establishment of Patheingyi Youth Training School

A coordination meeting on the staff of youth training schools establishment of Patheingyi briefed the current plans and Youth Training School in Man- needs of centres and the Depu- dalay was held via videoconfer- ty Minister, Directors-General, encing yesterday. Deputy Directors-General and At the meeting, Union Min- other officials coordinated the ister for Social Welfare, Relief meeting. and Resettlement Dr Win Myat In his concluding remark, Aye said the training centre is the Union Minister emphasized aimed for establishment of a the plans to keep carrying out correction and rehabilitation despite COVID-19 to be familiar centre to shelter the youths who with the health guidelines of the have violated the law. Ministry of Health and Sports, The Union Minister dis- trials for youths via videoconfer- cussed the plans to accept encing, online intellectual talks more youths under 18 years old in respective training centres, at the centre according to the support of training for the hu- Child Rights Law which defines man resource development a child as anyone at 18 years of the country, educating pro- old, the management system grammes for the youths to know of Patheingyi Youth Training how to behave within the scope Centre like 16 staff members of law, group talks to exchange for 211 youths, challenges amid their views for mental develop- Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye joins the virtual meeting on the establishment of Patheingyi Youth Training COVID-19 pandemic, efforts of School in Mandalay on 4 December 2020. PHOTO: MNA ment and the talks especially ministry for the centre including with those have experience re- healthcare service, security and centre, the Youth Policy which itized sectors of Youth Policy for chances to stay in the scope of garding with drugs to refrain buildings in the first quarter of defines youths aged between the development of youths and the law. from using drugs. –MNA 2020-2021FY, plans to follow the 15 and 35 years, work plans in awareness programmes for the Then, the Head of Region (Translated by Khine Thaz- COVID-19 health rules in the accordance with the 16 prior- youths to know their rights and Social Affairs and Principals and in Han) Myanmar nationals abroad arrive back home by relief flights A total of 181 Myanmar citizens stranded in foreign countries – 31 from France, Spain and neighbouring areas and 150 from Singapore –because of suspension of commercial flights returned home by relief flights yesterday. Myanmar Embassy in Paris organized the relief flight of Amelia Airlines to bring back 31 from France, Spain and neighbouring areas. The flight landed at Yangon International Airport in the morning. Myanmar Embassy in Singapore arranged the 29th relief flight of Myanmar Na- tional Airlines to repatriate 150 Myanmar citizens from Singapore. The flight landed at Yangon International Airport in the evening. The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, the Ministry of Health and Sports and the Yangon Region government provided them with proper medical tests and arranged 7-day quarantine at specific places or designated hotels, followed by the 7-day home quarantine. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been working with Myanmar embassies in foreign countries, local ministries and shipping companies/organizations to bring back Myanmar citizens stranded abroad in accordance with the guidance of the National-Level Myanmar returness are seen at the Yangon International Airport on 4 December Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19. —MNA 2020. PHOTO: MNA (Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun)

1,502 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 4 December, total figure rises to 96,520

MYANMAR’S COVID-19 positive cases rose to 96,520 after 1,502 new cases were reported on 4 December according to the Ministry of Health and Sports. Among these 96,520 confirmed cases, 2,059 died, 74,973 have been discharged from hospitals.—MNA

Updated at 8 pm, 4 December 2020 Daily death toll until 8 pm 4-12-2020

Total Cases 96,520 New Cases 1,502 31

Total Death Tally 2,059 Discharged from Hospital 74,973

Ministry of Health and Sports 5 DECEMBER 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 7 MoPFI deputy minister joins Sixth Tokyo Fiscal Forum virtually

DEPUTY Minister for Planning, relief methods and programmes; Finance and Industry U Maung low-interest loans and grants Maung Win joined the Sixth To- provided by the IMF and the Asia kyo Fiscal Forum virtually yes- Development Bank (ADB) to de- terday morning from Nay Pyi veloping countries; extension of Taw. the debt repayment period to Deputy Minister for Inter- G-20 countries from January national Bureau of the Finance 2021 to end of June 2020 to sup- of Japan Mr Kenji Okamura and port the growing spending on Dean of the Asia Development health of developing countries; Bank Institute Mr Tetsushi Son- and the possible financial risks obe delivered opening remarks of increased spending during respectively at the forum. the COVID-19 crisis and how to At the forum, senior inter- remedy it. national officials and experts The forum focused on the including the International Mon- management of fiscal risks as etary Fund (IMF) discussed to in response to COVID-19, which increase emergency medical leads to a decline in government expenses at present as well as revenue and expenditure, in- fiscal policy and measures for creasing deficit and declining the post-COVID-19 economic re- GDP growth and rising debt.— covery since COVID-19 is still MNA having a significant impact on (Translated by Ei Phyu Deputy Minister U Maung Maung Win participates in the Sixth Tokyo Fiscal Forum via videoconference on 4 households and businesses; debt Phyu Aung) December 2020. PHOTO: MNA FDI inflow drops Telenor launches Web Shield to keep Business over $800 mln in two Customers safe from cyber threats TELENOR Myanmar on 1 De- Concerns with cybersecuri- ual software clients can deliver. months of this FY cember, announced Myanmar’s ty and online safety are growing “Small and medium en- first new cloud-based internet in Myanmar, and customers are terprises (SMEs) have been security solution, Telenor Web looking to telecoms operators challenged by the need for cy- By Nyein Nyein foreign investment projects val- Shield, for business customers and the government for protec- bersecurity solutions to protect ued at over $1,027.013 million. of all sizes. This digital security tion. According to a U-Report their customers, employees and THE Foreign Direct Investment Among them, the number of tool, enabled from the Telenor Myanmar’s Poll from earlier partners beyond the standard (FDI) reached about US$200 permitted or endorsed enter- network, helps protect cus- this year, 4 in 10 respondents firewall and antivirus software. million in two months of this prises this year was 25 less than tomers from key cyber threats: expect internet service provid- Firewall and antivirus software financial year (FY) -- a decline in the same period of last year, malware, phishing and botnets ers to help protect them online. may block some threats but to- of over $800 million compared and the investment volume has attacks. Web Shield requires no Telenor Web Shield blocks day’s security threats like mal- to the same period of last FY, reached only one-fifth,” DICA additional hardware or software threats to customers’ cyberse- ware, phishing and botnets are according to the report of the Director-General U Thant Sin installations and is available for curity even before a connection getting more sophisticated. By Directorate of Investment and Lwin said. all Telenor business customers is established by applying Do- launching the Web Shield ser- Company Administration. “FDI reached over K1 billion starting 1 December 2020. main Name System (DNS) secu- vice in its network, Telenor will From 1 October to 25 No- at this time last year. This year, “More and more business- rity technology. The Web Shield deliver next-generation protec- vember of this FY2020-2021, My- FDI hit only K200 million, which es are moving online and rely on service analyzes DNS data to tion for its business customers,” anmar Investment Commission is one-fifth of that last year,” said secure digital communication. deliver real-time, effective, and said Sid Pisharoti, Regional (MIC) allowed 14 foreign direct U Thant Sin Lwin. COVID-19 has only accelerated accurate threat protection. Vice-President - APJ Media and investments worth $199.756 mil- MIC has set an FDI target this rapid digitalization. Busi- Carrier from Akamai, Telenor lion. of $5.8 billion in the current FY. ness owners and executives Designed with SMEs in Myanmar’s technology partner “During the same period must relate to and protect their mind: seamless and afforda- on the Web Shield product. of last FY, MIC greenlighted 39 (Translated by Hay Mar) businesses from rising cyber ble While every device and threats. With no installation re- Telenor Web Shield is de- every business are open to cy- quired and instant protection signed with small business ber security attacks, Telenor over the network connection it- owners in mind, keeping both Web Shield will make custom- self, Telenor Web Shield is the cost and complexity of deploy- ers much harder to reach. perfect solution to safeguard ment low. Its secure technology Business mobile customers the enterprise while enabling is seamlessly enabled over the signing up during the promo- our customers to focus on what Telenor network, which means tional launch period will receive matters to them – their busi- no software installations or Web Shield protection free of ness,” said Daw Yin Yin Htay, configurations are required on charge up to 28th February Chief Business Officer at Tel- customer devices. By placing cy- 2021. Telenor Web Shield com- enor Myanmar. bersecurity systems in the net- plies with end-user data privacy work, itself, business customers rules and regulations to provide Growing concerns with can obtain stronger and more customers with a transparent, cybersecurity and online up-to-date protection against sustainable security solution. safety cyber threats than what individ- — GNLM

Call Thin Thin May, 09251022355 5 DECEMBER 2020 5 DECEMBER 2020 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTICLE 9 Addressing post- COMMEMORATING THE ONE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF COVID-19 economic THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIVERITY OF RANGOON (YANGON) အမ်ိဳးသမီးမ်ားအေပၚ အၾကမ္းဖက္မႈပေပ်ာက္ေရး (၁၆)ရက္တာလႈပ္ရွားမႈ recovery challenges is အထိမ္းအမွတ္အခမ္းအနား By Dr Myint Zan “ အမ်ိဳးသမီးမ်ားအေပၚအၾကမ္းဖက္မႈ ကာကြယ္တံု႔ျပန္ဖို႔၊ သီးသန္႕ရန္ပံုေငြထားရွိလို႔ အခ်က္အလက္ေကာက္ယူစို႔ ” HE University of Ran- when Nyo Mya did that. goon (as it was then of- General Ne Win a Chinese? His “ Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!” everyone’s concern ficially named) was es- 'Goat Balls' and their Deli- father has tattoos on his thighs! Ttablished in December ciousness 1920. Starting from 2019 prepara- Fast forward (from 1936) or Our General a China man? (pauk ITH the number of COVID-19 cases approaching tions were made for gala celebra- back to the past (from the years phaw) 100,000, the number of deaths from the COVID-19 is tions of the 100th anniversary of 1970 or indeed 2020) to the year When he was young, he wore long expected to reach over 2,000 tomorrow. what was one of the top Universi- around 1946. U Nyo Mya had re- [Burmese] earrings! W We have anticipated this situation due to gath- ties in Southeast Asia during the cently returned to Burma from erings of people without social distancing after the November-8 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. But the post-graduate studies (among Our leader, a Chinese money elections. scourge of Covid 19 intervenes others) in the United Kingdom lender? No one knows how much it costs to give medical care to every and even if the occasion were to be Impish Satire of the Plucky and United States (after obtain- his family worshipped the tra- Myanmar Daily Weather Report patient with severe infection and mild infection from the corona- commemorated it probably would ing an MSc in Journalism from ditional Talaing nats ('spirits') Journalist Oway U Nyo Mya (Issued at 7:00 pm Friday 4th December, 2020) virus, and also to patients at quarantine centres in our country. have to be done without much North Western University). His nought to do with the Chinese Researchers in the healthcare field have estimated costs as- public gatherings and festivals as now long-defunct Oway Jour- University friend Ko Aung San nats နတ် sociated with different levels it was initially envisaged. nal writing under his real name had become General Bogyoke or with red ponytails! BAY INFERENCE: According to the observations at (18:30) of care, ranging from those Nyo Mya, U Nyo Mya narrated in U Aung San (since by early 1947 hrs M.S.T today, the Deep Depression over Gulf of Manner It is found that experiencing mild symptoms Second Rangoon University Burmese 'When I wrote the Hell- Bogyoke has retired from the mili- Our great Country comprising of has moved West-Westwards and is crossing South Tamil to those requiring ventilators. Student Strike of 1936 and Hound article' ကန်တော် "ငရဲခွေး" tary). U Aung San apparently said many provinces. Nadu coast near Ramanathapuram district (India).Weather one hospital- Where will the money 'political storm' ဆောင်းပါးရေးစဉ်က how (in his own in a speech that some politicians of O, Yeah, let us joyously celebrate! is cloudy over the Southwest Bay and partly cloudy over the for giving treatment to the One event which should be words) that short piece had unin- those times - human nature being Andaman sea and elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal. ized case with patients come from? This is commemorated was the 2nd tended consequences. human nature and politics being ဗိုလ်ချုပ်နေဝင်းတရုတ်ဆို သူ့အဖေမှာ important because it affects strike of the Rangoon University Self-effacingly U Nyo Mya politics one might also add now- ထိုးကင်းွ င်္ကီးနဲ့ FORECAST VALID UNTIL AFTERNOON OF THE 5th mild infection everyone directly. Yes. The in early 1936. One of the protag- wrote that he did not mean to were like 'goat balls' ဆတိ ်လစေ့(စိ) တို့ဗိုလ်ချုပ်တရုတ်ဆို သူငယ်ငယ်က December, 2020: Light rain are likely to be isolated in Upper is equivalent to Union Government has spent onists of that notable event was say that he, Ko Aung San, Ko Nu 'swinging from one thigh to an- နား‌‌ဋောင်းင်္ကီးနဲ့ Sagaing, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady, Taninthayi Regions and the budget collected from the the journalist and writer Oway etc. were the 'shining heroes' of other' meaning shifting political တို့ ခေါ င်း ဆော င် င်္ကီး ထော င် ကဲ ဆို Kachin, Shan, Kayah, Kayin, Mon States. Degree of certain- vaccinating 300 people to provide free medical အိုး‌ဝေ U Nyo Mya(10 April 1914-29 the historic 2nd Rangoon Uni- allegiances or to use a more polite မိဆိုင်ဖဆိုင် တလိုင်းနတ်ပဲ ty is (60%). Weather will be partly cloudy in the remaining care to the patients. September 1985). versity strike လမ်းလမ်းတောက် term 'swaying with the (political) ကျစ်ဆံနီနဲ့ ဘာမှမဆိုင် တ ို့ တိုင်း၊နိုင်ငံ papers of 1 May 1965 though in the Within days vicious, indeed vitriol- Regions and States. people against According to researchers, In January 1936 Oway The သူရဲကောင်းတွေကို မဆိုလိုပါဘူးခင်ဗျာ. winds'. My late mother Professor ဗမာပြည်ကွ English language newspaper The ic critiques, as well as crude car- a single symptomatic COV- Voice of the Peacock, Volume V, He also wrote that he (and the Dr Daw Myint Myint Khin (15 De- ‌ဟေလားမောင်တဝို့ ါး။ Guardian which I had obtained toons mocking U Nu's proposal (U STATE OF THE SEA: Seas will be slight to moderate in the coronavirus. ID-19 infection costs from 1.5 No. 1 (January 1936) by the Ran- leaders of the student strike) cember 1923-19 June 2004) told me did not provide even a summary Nu was in India since April 1969) Myanmar waters. Wave height will be about (4-8) feet off million to K2 million for mild goon University Student Union) were not 'beating their chests and that Nyo Mya wrote in response to Perhaps the publication of translation of his speech). It is written by the literary hacks of and along Myanmar Coasts. infections. Even when consid- was published. The magazine in- boasting out aloud' that they were Bogyoke's comment that 'Bogyoke the late Dr Maung Maung (then said that (perhaps at times) Gen- the then regime, were published. ering only the costs during the cluded an article in English, 'The so ရင်ဘတ်စည်တီးပြီး ကြားဝါခြင်း probably has not eaten goat balls; Chief Justice of the Union of eral Ne Win can be quite tolerant Maung Thumana was per- OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Likelihood severe infection and not those needing follow-up care, one hos- Hell-hound At Large' under the မဟုတ်ပါဘူးခင်ဗျာ they are quite delicious!'. Burma) (31 January 1925-2 July of humour or satire about him haps the only journalist of worth of slight decrease of night temperatures in Shan State. pitalized case costs from K2.5 million to K 5 million to save the pseudonym 'Yama Min' ('King of He also mentioned other I have not read that particular 1994) in both Burmese and Eng- and I can affirm that Maung Thu who stood with his Ko Gyi (elder patient’s life. Hell'). It is a four-sentence, 104- names including (but not limited article published around 1946. It lish entitled Burma and Gen- Mana's Thangyat was published brother) Nu in an article entitled FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOURING So, everyone can calculate how much the Union Government word article not even as lengthy, to) Ludu ('The People') Daw Amar must have been published prob- eral Ne Win မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရေးခရီးနှင့် and the impish doggerel was not in translation 'Storm in a Teacup'. AREA FOR 5th December, 2020: Partly cloudy. spent on treating over 90,000 patients infected with the novel coro- as the gentle reader has read so (29 November 1915-7 April 2008) ably in the Oway newspaper or ဗိုလ်ချုပ်င်္ကီးနေဝင်း was commented censored. Even if U Nu's proposal of 1969 navirus based on different infection rates. far, of this article. as persons who were involved in magazine which Nyo Mya estab- by the Burmese language service causes some political 'storm' FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING It is found that one hospitalized case with mild infection is It would not be much of an the 2nd Rangoon University strike. lished in the immediate post-War of the British Broadcasting Corpo- 'Storm in a Teacup' perhaps –in contrast to the 1936 AREA FOR 5th December, 2020: Likelihood of isolated equivalent to vaccinating 300 people against the coronavirus. exaggeration to state that 'Hell- U Nyo Mya also stated some period. A search of the archives ration (BBC) a week or so before This time 'slow forward' from student strike- and as per Maung light rain. Degree of certainty is (60%). We should all note that the money spent on the patients was Hound' article caused a political persons had commented to the at Central Universities Library Maung Thumana published his 15 April 1969 to 15 June 1969 is- Thumana's article it was more of intended to be used for the development projects in the country. storm (more than a 'storm in a effect that the main 'target' of 'The might locate the said article which article in response to the BBC sue of Oway journal. On 3 June a 'storm in a teacup'. FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING The country must deal with the financial and debt management teacup', more on that later) which Hell-Hound At Large' article was reveals Nyo Mya's impish sense broadcast Maung Thumana was 1969, all state-owned newspapers In U Nu's defence, Maung AREA FOR 5th December, 2020: Generally fair weather. in the post-COVID-19 period. affects not only the history of the the late Myanaung U Tin who was of satire and his being unafraid paraphrasing a speech General published the various reports of Thumana wrote that the fact That is the same problem being faced by the people who are University of Rangoon but also one of the authorities at the then to write bold comments even or Ne Win (6 July 1910-5 December the 33 men Internal Unity Advi- of U Nu being a 'top lead- WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WEEKEND: Weather will be also impacted by the pandemic. added momentum to the stu- University of Rangoon. especially if they 'emanate' from 2002) gave at the Convocation Hall sory Board ပြည်တွင်းညီညွတ်ရေး er' should not be forgotten partly cloudy in Naypyitaw, Mandalay Region and likelihood The closure of industries and reduced productivity among the dent-led freedom struggle against Nyo Mya wrote that this eminent, revered or influential of the Rangoon Arts and Science အကြံပေးအဖွဲ့ which General Ne ဦး နု ဟာ ထိ ပ် တ န်း ခေါ င်း ဆော င် င်္ကီး of isolated light rain in Yangon Region. operating firms, laid-off employees, salary cut, and unpaid leave, colonial rule. imputation was not (necessari- persons. University on 30 April 1965 where Win formed on 2 December 1968. တ စ် ဦး ဖြ စ် တ ယ် ဆို တာ ကို လဲ all these have translated to huge job and revenue losses. Of course, the identity of ly) true. He wanted to target, he Ne Win, among others, stated that It included a separate pro- မမေ့သင့်ဘူးဗျ and that how could The tourism and transport sectors have been grounded due to 'Yama Min' was withheld. The Ed- wrote in 1970, the then University Doggerel or Thang- there were allegations that he was posal by U Nu that among others U Nu have asked otherwise? the government’s containment measures to curb the coronavirus. itor Ko Aung San (as he then was) authorities of 1935 who were 'syc- yat Chinese. General Ne Win (earli- (1) Parliament abolished by Ne The brave journalist U Nyo Hotels and restaurants have been shut following lockdown and (13 February 1915-19 July 1947) ophants' and not any particular Talking about powerful per- er name Shu Maung) stated that Win in the aftermath of the 1962 Mya, on this occasion also bucked cancelled travel. refused to release the identity of person. sons, let's fast forward or revert if he were so since it was about military takeover be recalled (2) the trend and did not 'go with the We need huge investments to put the country back on track the writer of that satirical if also Nyo Mya also wrote that after to the past of April 1969. In the 'one's father and one's mother' he that power be handed to him (U flow'. to recovery. scathing 'piece'. the Second World War he invited 15 April 1969 issue, the then new- would have said so (i.e. he was of Nu) temporarily and he would When U Nu made his Dec- We must brace hard times in the post-COVID-19 period. We’re Soon thereafter student lead- Myanaung U Tin, gave obeisance ly republished Oway journal (it Chinese ancestry or 'extraction'). make sure that newly convened laration in London together with all in this together. And we will get through this together. ers Ko Aung San and Ko Nu (25 to him; they went to a 'photoshop' was republished around October ကန်တော့ဆိုလင် တရုတတ် ဲ့ဗျ၊ ဒီတော့ Parliament mainly comprising of the late U Law Yone (5 February May 1907-14 February 1995) were in Myaynigoan မြေနီကုန်း ဓာတ်ပုံဆိုင် 1968 and had to cease publica- ဟုတ်ရင်ဟုတ်တယ်ပေါ့ဗျ။ ဘာဖြစ်လဲ the remaining representatives of 1911-27 June 1980) on 29 August expelled from the University in Rangoon and took photos of him tion by Revolutionary Council' fiat' အဖေအမေ Parliament abolished in March 1969 that he was still the legal relation to the article, and it led giving obeisance to Myanaung U around June 1972) the following He proffered as 'evidence' 1962 will (3) elect General Ne Win Prime Minister of Burma, the to the 2nd University student strike Tin. U Nyo Mya also gave those (proposed) Thingyan Thangyat of his non-Chinese ancestry as as President, and he can serve Declaration was again reproduced in February 1936. Of course, since photos to Myanaung U Tin 'for သင်္ကြန်သံချပ ် or doggerel appeared aptly summarised in the above two full 5-year term as President. in full in the original English and the 1960s it is generally known any future use'. He also wrote af- in an article by Maung Thuma- 'proposed' Thangyat by Maung The full translation into Burmese translation on 3 Sep- 09251022355, that Ko Nyo Mya (also known as fectingly that Myanaung U Tin na‌ မောင်သုမန (another pseudo- Thumana. (The full version of English of U Nu's proposal was tember 1969 issues of all govern- Thin Thin May, Call 09974424848 Thein Tin) wrote that article. In Aung was unable to withhold nym of Nyo Mya for his bi-monthly General Ne Win's speech can be published in both The Working ment-owned newspapers. the December 1970 issue of the tears သူ့ခမျာ မျက်ရည်မဆည်နိုင်ရှာဘူး columns in the Oway journal): read in Burmese language news- People's Daily and The Guardian. SEE PAGE-12 5 DECEMBER 2020 10 LOCAL NEWS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR We Love Yangon to construct hospital in Dagon www.gnlm.com.mm www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Myothit (South) for free healthcare services CHIEF EDITOR Aungthu Ya [email protected] By Nyein Nyein the meeting held on 3 December to construct the hospital,” he DEPUTY CHIEF EDITOR A hospital will be constructed added. Aye Min Soe [email protected] on a 7-acre plot of land in Dagon Currently, the charity team Myothit (South) Township by the is on behalf of the donors hand- SENIOR EDITORIAL CONSULTANT organization ‘We Love Yangon’ ing over the funds from donors Kyaw Myaing to provide free healthcare, said to the places which require aid U Ah Yay Khyo, the vice-chair- during the pandemic period. EXECUTIVE EDITOR Aung Khin man of We Love Yangon. Moreover, the Fortune Pla- “The hospital will be built za Centre was set up as We Love LOCAL & INTERNATIONAL NEWS on a 7-acre plot of land. It will be Yangon Happy COVID Centre, EDITORS constructed by the funds donat- with spending of K1,000 million. Ye Htut Tin [email protected] ed across the country. The hos- The team also provided K50 mil- Aung Htein pital will provide free healthcare lion to access the lamp posts and Tun Tun Naing services to the people with the upgrades the roads, according [email protected] supervision by the doctors from to the We Love Yangon team. outside. It looks like the Jivita- We Love Yangon was SENIOR TRANSLATOR Zaw Htet Oo dana Sangha hospital set up by formed with 11 committees and the Sayadaws. Our We Love Yan- located in 42 townships. Later, TRANSLATORS gon team is an organization that the We Love will be carrying Picture shows the site where We Love Yangon Group will construct a Hay Mar Tin Win, Ei Myat Mon, works with the people through- out a green environment pro- Kyaw Zin Lin, Kyaw Zin Tun hospital in Dagon Myothit (South) Township. PHOTO: SUPPLIED out the country to make Yangon gramme in Yangon region. Now, REPORTER a clean and beautiful city,” said Development Committee. tary of We Love Yangon. writer Daw Than Myint Aung Nyein Nyein Ei, U Ah Yay Khyo. The hospital design has al- “We will build it as soon acts as the chairperson of We [email protected] The hospital will be built ready been drawn, and it will be as possible. We have already Love Yangon which was estab- with the organization of We Love constructed as soon as possible. formed a committee to build lished on 5 March with about PHOTOGRAPHER Kyaw Zeya Win @ Phoe Khwar Yangon and with the spending Besides, the team is negotiating the hospital. We have already 3,000 members. Kyaw Zeya of the fund from the public on with the physicians, said U Zaw looked at the design and nego- the land owned by Yangon City Win Khaing, the general secre- tiated with those concerned at (Translated by Hay Mar) COMPUTER TEAM Thein Ngwe, Zaw Zaw Aung, Kay Khaing Win, Sanda Hnin, Zu Zin Hnin, YRTA keeps suspending City Taxi registration amid COVID surge Thein Htwe, Nyi Lin Thu

EDITORIAL SECTION YANGON Region Transport Au- to prevent people from being suspension period, over 40,000 (+95) (01)8604529, ance of the Ministry of Health Fax — (+95) (01) 8604305 thority (YRTA) will continuously crowded. Now, more than 40,000 are renewal cases which include and Sports, said the joint sec- suspend the registration of the are needed to extend the city the vehicle change from red li- retary of YRTA. CIRCULATION & DISTRIBUTION city taxi because of the rising taxi registration. censes and non-taxi vehicles for City taxi registration be- San Lwin, (+95) (01) 8604532, rate of infection in Myanmar, The registrations of the different reasons. gan in 2002 to bring transport Hotline - 09 974424114 said U Hla Aung, the joint sec- city taxi are carried out only YRTA is carrying out the services on par with Yangon’s ADVERTISING & MARKETING retary of the YRTA. in Yangon region. There were vehicle registration and issuing image as a commercial hub, and ( +95) (01) 8604530, The extension process of a total of 65,620 registered as the driving licences. If YRTA for regulating the taxi services. Hotline - 09 974424848 city taxi registration has been city taxis in Yangon Region as of starts its operation for the regis- — Aung Thura [email protected] [email protected] halted starting from the out- end-October, 2020, according to tration of the city taxis, they will break of COVID-19 in March the data from YRTA. During the conduct so in line with the guid- (Translated by Hay Mar) Printed and published at the Global New Light of Myanmar Printing Factory at No.150, Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, by the Global New Light MDY public rental housing to be constructed within this FY of Myanmar Daily under Printing Permit No. 00510 and Publishing Permit No. 00629. [email protected] THE Department of Urban Naing, the director of DUHD. set up a five-year tenancy peri- jointly by the Myanmar Urban, www.gnlm.com.mm and Housing Development “The project started imple- od. We have set up the period yet and Construction Entrepre- www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com www.facebook.com/thegnlm (DUHD) under the Ministry of menting on 28 August. At pres- in Mandalay. We will announce neurs Association and Myanmar Construction is carrying out the ent, the infrastructure of the officially to ap ply for the applica- licenced contractors Associa- construction of Mingalar Yankin project, including bridges and tion to rent the apartment after tion. public rental housing project roads, is completed. The engi- we have accepted guideline and The Department of Urban containing 3,000 flats in Shin neering part of the project is also negotiation with the regional and Housing Development is Taw Gone village near Yankin completed, and now the project government. We attempted to constructing a total of 10,000 Taung (Yankin Mountain) Pathe- is being started with the founda- complete the project as soon apartments covered by this Write for us ingyi township, Mandalay within tion. Now, the construction of as possible to assist the people housing project including 6,300 this financial year (FY). the project is completed by 3 per who are having difficulty living. in Yangon region, 700 in Nay We appreciate your feedback and This housing project aims cent. We targeted to complete We also have a plan to construct Pyi Taw and 3,000 in Mandalay. contributions. If you have any for the retired civil staff, who the construction of the project more apartments next year,” Upon completion of the project, comments or would like to submit editorials, analyses or reports please could not afford to buy the flats, within a year. Upon completion he added. the department will accommo- email [email protected] those who are near retirement of the project, we will set up the The department is build- date those retired civil staff with with your name and title. and those who have difficulty policy in Yangon, Mandalay, Nay ing a total of 3,000 flats on 112 a cheap rental system which Due to limitation of space we are only able to publish “Letter to purchasing a flat. This project is Pyi Taw and rent those flats. The acres of plot land. There are 188 will be less expensive than the the Editor” that do not exceed 500 being implemented, with spend- apartments will be rented by five-storey apartment buildings, outside private apartments. words. Should you submit a text ing of K75 billion from the Union paying three months’ advance and each room measures 650 — Min Htet Aung (Man longer than 500 words please be aware that your letter will be edited. Government and regional gov- and the tenancy period will be square feet. Sub-Printing House) ernment budgets, said U Thet fixed. The apartment in Yangon This project is implemented (Translated by Hay Mar) 5 DECEMBER 2020 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR PANDEMIC: ROLLING UPDATES 11

NEWS FAUCI APOLOGIZES FOR REMARKS IN BRIEF Fauci walks back criticism of Britain’s vaccine approval NOT ENOUGH DATA vaccine approval. ness even though it came out His comments came a day that way.” First in line for Covid after Britain became the first Fauci had earlier described vaccine? Some US country to approve the Pfiz- Britain’s Medicines and Health- healthcare workers er-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine care products Regulatory for general use, prompting Agency (MHRA) as having say no some skepticism among the “ran around the corner of the THEY can move to front of the country’s European neighbors marathon and joined it in the line for a Covid-19 vaccine if and suggestions of politiciza- last mile” and “rushed through they want, but some US health- tion. that approval.” care workers are skeptical Widely respected Fauci, He contrasted that with the about taking a vaccine that was who leads the US National In- US Food and Drug Administra- developed in record time -- even stitute of Allergy and Infectious tion (FDA), which he said had as the pandemic rages on.Some Diseases, told the BBC: “I have been careful to avoid “cutting want more time, despite assur- a great deal of confidence in corners” because it did not ances from experts that they what the UK does both scien- want to fuel vaccine skepticism. trust the vaccine vetting process Anthony Fauci, who leads the US National Institute of Allergy and tifically and from a regulator “In fact, they were even carried out by the US Food and Infectious Diseases had been seen as criticizing the British drugs standpoint.” rather severely criticized by Drug Administration.“I think I regulator on their swiftness to approve a coronavirus vaccine for “Our process is one that their European Union coun- widespread use. PHOTO: AFP/FILE would take the vaccine later on, takes more time than it takes terparts who were saying, you but right now I am a little leery LEADING American infectious his criticism of Britain’s drug in the UK. And that’s just the know, ‘That was kind of a hot of it,” nurse Yolanda Dodson, disease scientist Anthony Fau- regulator after saying it had reality,” he said, adding: “I did dog play,’” Fauci had said. 55, told AFP.Dodson works at ci on Thursday walked back rushed through its coronavirus not mean to imply any sloppi- SOURCE: AFP the Montefiore Hospital in New York City and spent the spring in the heart of the deadly fight FIGHTING DISINFORMATION against the virus.Vaccine studies so far “look promising but I don’t Facebook to remove false Covid-19 vaccine claims think there is enough data yet,” FACEBOOK on Thursday said it October banned advertisements gram,” the company said in a blog dient list” as well as “conspiracy Dodson said.“We have to be would remove posts containing discouraging people from getting post. theories” that have been proven grateful to those who are willing false claims about the Covid-19 vaccinations that could end the “This could include false false, Facebook said. to subject themselves to take vaccine as it tries to manage pandemic. claims about the safety, efficacy, The company said the crite- that risk” to participate in the the flow of disinformation on its “Over the coming weeks, we ingredients or side effects of the ria of posts it considers eligible studies, she said. “It is a very per- platform. The social media giant will start removing false claims vaccines,” including “false claims removal will change based on sonal decision.”SOURCE: AFP regularly removes incorrect and about these vaccines that have that COVID-19 vaccines contain “guidance from public health potentially harmful information been debunked by public health microchips, or anything else that authorities as they learn more.” about the virus and has since experts on Facebook and Insta- isn’t on the official vaccine ingre- SOURCE: AFP SLOVENIA

Mass testing RUSSIA planned, prolonged virus shutdown Registered vaccines and 40,000 volunteers

MASS coronavirus testing will RUSSIA’S Sputnik V corona- begin in Slovenia this month virus vaccine was registered as restrictions imposed to tack- in August and is currently le the pandemic have not had completing the third and final the desired effect, the govern- phase of clinical trials, with ment said Thursday. some 40,000 volunteers taking The nationwide pro- part. gramme should start after The vaccine uses two December 11 or 12, when the different human adenovirus first 100,000 test kits are ex- vectors and is administered pected to be delivered, Health in two doses with a 21-day gap. Minister Tomaz Gantar told a Developers said interim test news conference, adding that results showed the vaccine to the government planned to be 95 per cent effective. acquire a total of 1.5 million There is not a clear time- antigen tests. line for the vaccination process While health and care but authorities expect mass home workers are already be- vaccination to start in 2021. ing tested for coronavirus, the Developers plan to pro- government plans to broaden duce more than two million the scheme to include other doses of the vaccine by the key members of the workforce end of 2020. such as teachers, soldiers and Moscow is likely to be policemen. the first city to roll out vacci- By the end of the year the nations, and the mayor said The Russian coronavirus vaccine has gone into production at the Binnofarm pharmaceutical factory in the town of Zelenograd outside Moscow. PHOTO: AFP tests, which provide a result around 300 vaccination points within minutes, will be offered were already on standby wait- high-risk groups -- including citizens. cinate 80,000 soldiers by the to all citizens that apply for it, ing for the shots to come in. medics and teachers -- and all Russia has also started a end of this year and more than Gantar said. The vaccine will be first vaccination will be on a volun- mass vaccination campaign 400,000 servicemen in the fu- SOURCE: AFP made available to people in tary basis and free for Russian in the army, expecting to vac- ture. SOURCE: AFP 5 DECEMBER 2020 12 AD / ARTICLE / ASIA THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

“INTERFERENCE IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS” COMMEMORATING THE ONE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIVERITY OF RANGOON (YANGON) India issues demarche to criticize Canadian FROM PAGE-9 (lay) person who pur- quick browse of In Search sand years. He specifical- ported to 'kill off' both of on ly compared it with the PM’s remarks on Indian The vitriolic attacks all sorts of 'cravings' as the world wide web where American 'Sky Lab' which against U Nu intensified, well as 'heretical views' it can be read for free. was launched in May 1973, farmers protest and the derogatory term တဏှာသတ် ဒိဌိသတ်; the Unlike his journalistic which fell onto Earth in ပြည်ပြေး Pyi Pyae ('mis- satirical journalist stat- pieces where he wrote in July 1979. creants who run away ed in effect that 'Do kill colloquial, indeed punchy It was not the an- from the country') was heretical views but please Burmese prose Nyo Mya's cients (be they- ancient- devised by the regime's spare the cravings since writing style in the histor- Indians, Sumerians, literary hacks. Maung together with the workers ical treatise was formal Egyptians etc.) who Thu Ma Na in another on the sea and workers in at times even rhetorical. launched the 'vehicle that column that appeared in the air we as workers with Suffice to say that in can fly across the cosmos'. September 1969 issue of attachments and cravings comparison with work It was, starting with the Oway concerning U Nu's are building a socialist so- of historian Sayagyi Dr contemporary Soviets declaration wrote another ciety (or contributing to Than Tun (6 April 1923- (later Russians) Ameri- commentary regarding U the welfare of the coun- 30 November 2005) (writ- cans, (some) Europeans Nu's rebellion. try). ten in English) History and the Chinese that build ရေလုပ်သားကြီးများ၊ Farmers hold placards and shout slogans during a protest Paraphrasing a of Buddhism in Burma: vehicles that reached the လေလုပ်သားကြီးများနှင့်အတူ at the Delhi-Haryana state border. PHOTO: MONEY th Burmese poem of yore တဏှာလုပ်သားကြီးများ အဖြစ် AD 1000-1300 (4 edition moon and flew-by a few SHARMA/AFP (cannot recall the name တိုင်းပြည်အကျိုးကိုဆောင်ရွက် February 2020) Sayagyi U planets in our solar sys- of the author) that the နေပါတယ် The reference Nyo Mya's work was (per- tem. The Space Age ac- India’s External Affairs political leaders to refrain 'the war drums' calling to 'workers in the air' was haps in the 'content-neu- tually, historically (not in Ministry on Friday sum- from pronouncements forth for the rains of hate perhaps an ironic refer- tral' sense of the word) folklore or imaginings of moned the High Commis- that legitimize extremist မုန်းရန်ဖွဲ့ မိုး (as evinced ence to the rhetoric, 'the more 'nationalistic'. One yore of various cultures sioner of Canada in India activism,” it added. by U Nu's declaration) airing' by the then regime realizes though that (Pa- and civilizations) started and informed him that On Tuesday, while ad- (in the original poem it to 'march towards social- gan/Bagan) era under with the launch of the hu- comments by Canadian dressing members of the is written the rains that ism in our own Burmese study by Dr Than Tun was man-made satellite Sput- Prime Minister Justin Sikh community in Cana- could cause nostalgia or way'! at least between 750 years nik I on 4 October 1957 by Trudeau, cabinet minis- da, Trudeau said that the sorrow) ဆွေးရန်ဖို့ မိုး had to about 585 years earlier the then Soviet Union. ters and lawmakers on situation of Indian farm- been beaten too early. In Search of Konbaung than that of U Nyo Mya's Was the (at times) issues related to the Indi- ers agitating against farm Dynasty and 'Vehicle study of the Konbaung pe- gentle wit being ironic an farmers constitute “an bills was “concerning” and 'Eliminate' Wrong to Fly Across the Cos- riod. Western, especially (though not impish) in unacceptable interference that his country would “be Views if you wish but mos' British colonialism, had his juxtapositions with in our internal affairs”. there to defend the rights 'spare our' cravings After the Oway jour- not reached our shores the ancients' fantastical A demarche issued to of peaceful protest.” In One more sense of nal was closed (in retro- and our land during the Sekkyar yin pyan စငကြာ the Canadian envoy said, response to Trudeau’s impish humour of Nyo spective permanently) Bagan era. ယာဉ်ပျံ concept with now “Such actions, if contin- remarks, Indian foreign Mya can be mentioned around June 1972, U Nyo In one place in his outdated and 'demised' ued, would have a serious- ministry spokesper- here. In a January 1970 Mya produced at least two treatise, U Nyo Mya Skylab? Or is my mention- ly damaging impact on ties son Anurag Srivastava issue of Oway Journal books: a three-volume mentioned about part ing this (to quote from his between India and Can- on Tuesday described there appeared an arti- monograph 'Commen- Burmese, perhaps part own article of June 1969) a ada.” “These comments the comments as “ill in- cle (in rough translation) tary on Opium' ဘိန်းဋီကာ Pali phrase Set Kyar Yin 'storm in a teacup'? have encouraged gather- formed”. “We have seen 'Feel free to eliminate he- (published 1974) and in Pyan စငကြာ ယာဉ်ပျံ (per- ings of extremist activities some ill-informed com- retical views but kill not May 1982 In Search of haps imperfectly trans- This article also com- in front of our High Com- ments by Canadian lead- and please spare the crav- Kongbaung Dynasty latable as 'vehicle that can memorates the 50th an- mission and Consulates in ers relating to farmers in ing'. ဒိဌိကို သတ်ချင်သတ်ပါ ကုန်းဘောင် ရှာပုံတော် (the fly across the cosmos') as niversary of U Nyo Mya’s Canada that raise issues India. Such comments are တဏှာကိုတော့ချမ်းသာပေးပါ first of many editions of an idea of the ancients article of safety and security. We unwarranted, especially It was Maung Thu- the book) was published. (including ancient Bur- ကန်တော် “ငရဲခွေး” expect the Canadian Gov- when pertaining to the mana's response to a This writer has not even mans or Bamars?) which ဆောင်းပါးရေးစဉ်က which ernment to ensure the full- internal affairs of a dem- ('Buddhist') religious seen Commentary on predated modern Space was published in early est security of Indian dip- ocratic country. discourse by a particular Opium but has had a exploration by a few thou- December 1970 lomatic personnel and its SOURCE: Xinhua

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CONTINUITY OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS Japan parliament approves post-Brexit trade deal with Britain JAPAN’S parliament ap- Trade Secretary Liz Truss Brexit transition period in Without such an agreement, proved Friday a post-Brexit in Tokyo in October, passed December and could result the European businesses free trade deal with Britain, the upper house following in impositions of higher tar- of Japanese manufactur- clearing the way for its en- its approval by the lower iffs on both countries.While ers, including Nissan Mo- forcement Jan. 1 next year house last month. Britain Japanese companies wel- tor Co. and Toyota Motor to ensure continuity in bilat- still needs to complete its come the deal, those that Corp., which benefit from eral business operations be- domestic ratification proce- operate both in the United supply chains built across yond London’s end of tran- dures for the pact to enter Kingdom and in continen- the continent and Britain, sition out of the European into force. The two countries tal Europe are still wary could be disrupted. The two Union this month.The deal, needed to wrap up the deal about whether London will automakers procure parts signed by Japanese Foreign as the existing Japan-EU reach a free trade agree- from continental Europe Minister Toshimitsu Mote- pact will not cover Britain The House of Councillors holds a plenary session in Tokyo ment with the bloc by the and assemble vehicles in gi and British International after the completion of the on Dec. 4, 2020. PHOTO: KYODO end of the transition period. Britain. SOURCE: Kyodo

2021 OIL POLICY PESTICIDES DISTRIBUTER CHANGING The manufacture of Beijing Multigrass Formulation Co.,ltd (China) has registered OPEC and allies seek to thrash the following products in Pesticide Registration Board of Myanmar to distribute in Myanmar. Now, we have to change from old distributer name “BAIGREEN CROP out cuts deal SCIENCE CO., LTD”, to new distributor name “Y AGRO SOLUTION CO., LTD”. If any object or enquiry, please contact to Pesticide registration Board, Plant Protection GMT but eventually start- Division, Bayint Naung Road, West Gyogone, Insein Township, Yangon, from here ed almost two hours later. to next 14 days. Y Agro Solution Co.,ltd . Ph-00787630272. The first wave of the Sr. Trade Name Active Ingredient Registration No. coronavirus pandemic 1. Power Up 20 TB Gibberellic Acid 20% TB P2018-4325 sent oil demand — and prices — plummeting in the spring, with the bench- mark American contract SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE even going into negative PROCUREMENT OF CONSTRUCTION, CIVIL WORKS territory for the first time Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin in history. After tough ne- THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR Salman Al-Saud speaks via video link during a virtual gotiations in April, OPEC+ THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE UNDER THE MINISTRY OF emergency meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC countries, — which includes Russia SOCIAL WELFARE, RELIEF AND RESETTLEMENT following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease — agreed on drastic pro- MCCT4N –MATERNAL AND CHILD CASH TRANSFER FOR IMPROVED (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 9, 2020. PHOTO: duction cuts in order to SAUDI PRESS AGENCY/ KYODO NUTRITION PROJECT try to put a floor under oil Project No.:164129 Contract Title: (250’x75’x24’) 2S RC Office Building, Union Office (37500 Sft including water, THE members of the Or- grouping was pushed back prices. electricity, toilet, portico) ganization of the Petrole- from Tuesday and comes Despite hitting pro- Reference No. : CW-2.1.1-(1 in Union) um Exporting Countries after three days of incon- ducers’ revenues hard, The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has received financing from the International Development Association (IDA) toward the cost of the Maternal and Child Cash Transfer for Improved Nutrition Project (OPEC) cartel of oil pro- clusive discussions among those cuts did help drag (MCCT4NP). The Department of Social Welfare (DSW) under the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and ducers are meeting with the 13 members of OPEC prices back up again. Resettlement, in its role as Implementing Agency (IA) of the MCCT4N Project, intends to apply part their allies on Thursday proper. Observers say the However, the second of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the procurement of Construction, Civil Works. to see if they can reach postponement points to an wave of the pandemic has The Department of Social Welfare (DSW) now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the following construction, civil works (1) in Nay Pyi Taw Council: an accord on extending agreement being harder dashed hopes of a rapid CW-2.1.1-(1 in Union): (250’x75’x24’) 2S RC Office Building, Union Office (37500) Sft including production cuts over the to reach than initially “V-shaped” recovery for water, electricity, toilet, portico) coming months. thought. the economy and for oil The works are scheduled to start on 10 February 2021 with an estimated completed period of 30th The video-conference The meeting was orig- demand. September 2021. Bids will be evaluated as a bid, taking into account discounts offered. The contract will be awarded to meeting of the OPEC+ inally scheduled for 13:00 SOURCE: AFP the Bidder offering the lowest evaluated cost to the Employer for this bid, subject to the selected Bidder meeting the required qualification criteria for this bid as the case may be. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding procedures as specified in “the World INTERNATIONAL TOURISM Bank’s Guidelines for Procurement of Goods, Works and Non-Consulting Services under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers dated January 2011 and revised in July 2014” (the Procurement Guidelines), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Procurement Guidelines. In Air New Zealand launches new safety addition, please refer to paragraphs 1.6 and 1.7 setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the Department of Social Welfare (DSW), video to boost local tourism industry U Aung Kyaw Moe, Deputy Director General, ([email protected]) (socialprotection.dsw. [email protected]) and inspect the bidding documents during office hours Monday to Friday from 10:00 to AIR New Zealand worked with Tourism international visitors, the safety video is 17:00 Hrs at the address given below. New Zealand to launch a new safety a unique way to stimulate further local A complete set of electronic bidding documents in English Language may be obtained free of charge by interested eligible bidders by simple e-mail request to the address below. No printed bidding documents video on Thursday to boost the local demand, benefiting local tourism oper- will be made available or sent by DSW. tourism industry. ators, the New Zealand economy and Interested Bidders that obtained the bidding documents will be invited to attend a Pre-Bid Meeting including an Information Session on the Bidding Documents and Templates on Monday 28 December 2020 10:00 am. Air New Zealand Chief Customer Air New Zealand employees,” she said. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before Thursday 7 January 2021 10:00 am Myanmar and Sales Officer Leanne Geraghty “The video also assists in supporting time. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in said “Aotearoa, the 8th Wonder of the the recovery of international tourism the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who choose to attend at the address below on Thursday 7 January 2021 immediately after the bid submission. World” is a high impact way to promote once borders reopen. We know the deci- Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Security or a Cash Deposit with a reputable Bank in Myanmar, licensed destinations across New Zealand, from sion-making process for visitors to come by and under the supervision of the Central Bank of Myanmar for this activity. Cape Reinga to Stewart Island, to both to New Zealand will be different into the The address referred to above is: Department of Social Welfare (DSW) domestic and international audiences. future, so we need to be building the ap- Attn: U Aung Kyaw Moe, Deputy Director General “With borders closed as a result of peal and desire now in international mar- Union Office, Office No (23), Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, COVID-19, we’ve seen a significant im- kets in anticipation of borders reopening. Nay Pyi Taw, Republic of the Union of Myanmar. For Detailed information please contact: pact on the New Zealand tourism indus- It’s important to keep New Zealand as a U Aung Kyaw Moe 067 404583 (office telephone)067 404583 (office fax) try. Around 30 per cent of people flying visitor destination top of mind.” e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] on our domestic network are usually visitors from overseas. In the absence of SOURCE: Xinhua 5 DECEMBER 2020 5 DECEMBER 2020 14 ART & CULTURE THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTS & CULTURE 15

Kaunghmutaw Stupa built by King Thalun

705years old By Maung Tha (Arcaheology) Zeyapura Sagaing

MONG cities in Tagaung King Thadoe Maharaja Konbaung era, Sagaing gave birth to two blind sons in 40 City which was Sasana era. They were named Maha established in 1315 AD Sambhava and Cula Sambhava. The turns 705 years now. king ordered to kill those sons but APlentiful of cultural heritages the queen hid them till their aged remain in Sagaing. Among them, a at 19 years old and then set them large number of pagodas painted adrift into the Ayeyawady River. with lime along Sagaing Hill are The raft they rode hooked up with a symbols of Sagaing. branch of Sit tree in an area. From then onward, the area was named Sagaing in history Sagaing. Sagaing located at the foot Zabudipa Usaung treatise of Minwun mountain range, west edited by U Pe Maung Tin and J. of Ayeyawady River, was famous S. Furnivall mentioned “Sagaing Yokesone as Zeyapura. Ayeyawady River area is located east and south to Monastery at streams beside Sagaing as a shape Ayeyawady River, west to Sauktaw Ariyawuntha of hugging the city. Inhtwet Creek and north to Corner on The Glass Palace History Magyisi.” Sagaing Hill mentioned that the queen of Saw Ywan, son of Taseeshin 5 DECEMBER 2020 5 DECEMBER 2020 14 ART & CULTURE THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTS & CULTURE 15

Thihathu who was the youngest of three Shan brothers, established Sagaing in 677 to rule the northern part of the country. He took the title of Thiri Athinkaya. Various history treatises mentioned the residential term of Athinkhaya Saw Ywan before throne but U Kala, Twinthin, Glass Palace and Zartatawpon treatises mentioned eight years for ruling period. Seven kings reigned for Sagaing for more than 50 years—Athinkhaya Saw Ywan for eight years, Tayaphya for 14 years, Shwetaungtet for three years, Kyaw Swa for 10 years, Hsinbyushin Nawrahta Minye for seven months, Hsinbyushin Tayaphyange for three years and Min Pyauk for 13 years.

Current Sagaing Sagaing takes a position on 12.612 square miles of land with 300 feet high of above sea level and Sagaing Township on 485.16 square miles of land. The highest part of the city is 1,373 feet high Sagaing Hill and Ayeyawady River at Shwemyintin Hill. Sagaing Township is sharing border with Ayeyawady River, Madaya, high replica of Pahtodawgyi in 1152 ME. In 1447 AD, people paid visits to stone posts. Patheingyi and Amarapura townships King Badon built two large lion the umbrella hoisting ceremony of A total of 10,186,522 bricks, 164,555 in the east, Mu River and Myinmu statues with 95 feet each in height in Htupayon Pagoda passing through the baskets of plaster and 22,492 baskets Township in the west, Ayeyawady River, the east of Pahtodawgyi in 1155 ME. temporary bridge. A strong earthquake of concrete were used in building the TadaU and Ngazun townships in the The northern lion statue collapsed in destroyed the bridge in 1838. King stupa. King Pintale (1648-1661 AD), son south and Wetlet Township in the north. 1200 ME and the southern one was also Bagan rebuilt the bridge in 1849 but he of King Thalun, hoisted the umbrella At present, Sagaing Township damaged by the earthquake in 1318 ME. could not finish it. atop the stupa on 8 April 1649. formed with two towns as Sagaing and Mingun bronze bell weighing 90.52 An iron furnace built at the The stone inscription posted on Hsataung, 34 wards and 177 villages tons or 55,555 viss is the world’s largest western foot of ShwetawUmaw Hill the platform of the stupa mentions the from 76 village-tracts. According to the one which can be rung across the world. and Asaykhan Fort on the bank of history of stupa, donated lands for the data in September 2018, a total of 283,332 stupa and list of servants for serving the people resided in the township. stupa. Based on statistics in September 2018, a total of 776 pagodas, 1,378 stupas, Zeyapura 1,311 monasteries and 490 nunneries are Inwa King Thadoe Minphya (1364- located in Sagaing Township. Likewise, 1368 AD) moved his royal palace to Inwa the township is home to 8,149 monks, from Sagaing. King Naungdawgyi of 6,379 novices and 7,865 nuns. Konbaung era reigned over the country The Department of Archaeology from Sagaing from 1760 to 1764 AD. and National Museum preserves 10 After King Naungdawgyi had passed buildings including Asaykhan Fort, iron away, the royal palace was moved to smelting furnace, Ariyawuntha corner Inwa again. and Yokesone monastery, Mingun bell, Sagaing, being a royal palace for Myatheintan Pagoda, Pondaw Ceti, more than 50 years, has been a tourist Pahtodawgyi, two large lion statues, destination for many years. Settawya Pagoda, Kyetdaunt Lake Since 705 years, Zeyapura Sagaing and LaungUmaw Pitakat chamber still maintains its significant symbols in Ywathitgyi as ancient buildings in such as stupas and temples, fort and Sagaing. Inwa Bridge built in 1934 industries, stone inscriptions, holly corners on Sagaing Hill and cultural Historical buildings in Mingun area King Badon (1782-1813 AD), the fifth Ayeyawady River can be seen as buildings. As such, Sagaing is famous Mingun, a famous tourist king in Konbaung dynasty, cast the historical heritages of Konbaung era as a cultural city of Myanmar among local destination in Myanmar, is 12 miles bronze bell on 29 April 1808 AD. well as Inwa Bridge built in 1934 across and foreign travellers till today. north of Sagaing, having access to Prince Sagaing built Myatheintan Ayeyawady River. Mandalay via motor road as well as Pagoda in 1163 ME and completed it Kaunghmutaw Stupa built in (Translated by Than Tun Aung) Ayeyawady River. in 1169 ME. The pagoda was named Nyaungyan era is located six miles King Badon who established as Myatheintan due to donation of an northwest of Sagaing. According to Amarapura Royal Palace started emerald stone worth K100,000 by Prince Twinthin New History, King Thalun, construction of Pahtodawgyi Temple Sagaing for construction of the pagoda. the third king of Nyaungyan Dynasty, References: in 1152 Myanmar Era but could not Construction of Settawya Pagoda built Kaunghmutaw Stupa in design of finish it. The folded paper from the in Sagaing, a brick tier-roofed building, Htupayon Pagoda from Ceylon Island, Myanmar Encyclopaedia golden treasury proved Pahtodawgyi was contributed cash by Thiri Thumalla near Phettinhteik Lake of Sagaing. Volumes I, IV was purposed to build the one with 293 Nanda Devi, spouse of Prince Momeik. The stupas called Raza Manicula was Twinthin New History elbows in diameter and 352 elbows in enshrined on 4 September 1636. (Maha Sithu U Tun Nyo) height. But, veteran historian Dr Than Historical buildings in Sagaing The dome of Kaunghmutaw Stupa History of Sagaing Kaung- Tun wrote that construction of the Htupayon Pagoda, built by Inwa with 274 metres in diameter and 46 hmutaw Temple (Einphyu Pahtodawgyi reaching 160 feet in height King Narapatigyi (1443-1469 AD) is metres in height was built with three Tawya Sayadaw) collapsed. King Badon built the 15 feet located in Poetan Ward of Sagaing. terraces flanked by 812 five feet high 5 DECEMBER 2020 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Myanmar Lethwei World Championship V Premier League, EFL to be held on 6 December agree £250-million virus rescue package

LONDON—The Premier League and the English Football League agreed a £250-million ($337 million, 277 million euros) rescue pack- age on Thursday, ending months of uncertainty for lower-league clubs struggling to survive during the coronavirus pandemic. Most football in England has been played behind closed doors since March, depriving lower-league clubs of vital matchday revenue, although crowds have been allowed back in limited numbers in certain areas this week. The financial agreement follows months of negotiations be- tween the two football governing bodies, who had been strongly criticised for their failure to reach a deal. The British government consistently said that the Premier League, rather than the taxpayer, must help the English Football The fifth edition of the Myanmar Lethwei World Championship will be held behind closed doors on 6 League (EFL). December 2020. PHOTO:MLWC Clubs in Leagues One and Two -- the third and fourth tiers WITH the organization of the in the bouts, and all the fights Saw A Yine will then take on -- will receive grants worth £50 million ($67 million). Myanmar Martial Arts Group will be broadcast live on Skynet Da Na Aung and Kanaung Thway The Premier League has committed to cover up to £15 million (MMAG), one of the biggest Sports-4 and Skynet Sports-HD will fight with Paing Thet Aung. in interest and arrangement fees to enable a £200 million loan to Lethwei events in 2020 named Channels starting from 2:00 pm Another exciting bout for the be secured for clubs in the second-tier Championship.—AFP Myanmar Lethwei World Cham- of Myanmar Standard Time, ac- Lethwei fans will be the fight of pionship V will be held on 6 De- cording to the Lethwei officials. Saw Shwe Lay vs A Phoe Thway. cember. Tun Tun Min will defend his On 18 August 2019, Myan- The event will be launched Championship title against Yar mar’s Lethwei starfighter Tun without an audience to prevent Mhan in the main bout of the Tun Min claimed the Myanmar and control the outbreak of the Myanmar Lethwei World Cham- Lethwei World Championship COVID-19 pandemic in Myan- pionship 5. IV title after defeating Russia’s mar. Next, Byat Gha will fight Mikhail Vetrilla at the Thein Famous Burmese tradition- against Saw Thein Lin and Kyar Phyu Lethwei Stadium in Yan- al Lethwei fighters will compete Thway will face Thar Dane. gon.—Lynn Thit (Tgi)

Postponement costs for Tokyo Games to total 294 bil. yen

The metropolitan govern- AC Milan are five points clear at the top of Serie A. PHOTO: AFP ment will cover the largest slice at 120 billion yen. The Tokyo Games organizers will shoulder 103 billion yen and Juve, Inter play catch-up the central government 71 billion yen. on AC Milan before big Prior to the postpone- ment, the Tokyo Games were European games projected to cost around 1.35 trillion yen, with the organ- TURIN—Juventus host city ri- are targeting their first Serie A izing committee planning to vals Torino on Saturday looking title since 2011, when the Swede cover 603 billion yen, the To- to close the gap on high-flying last played for the club. kyo metropolitan government Serie A leaders AC Milan be- Ibrahimovic has missed 597 billion yen and the central fore next week’s final Cham- their last two games including Tokyo Games organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori (back) holds government the remaining 150 pions League group clash at their Europa League win over talks with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (L) and Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto (R) on Dec. 4, 2020, in Tokyo. POOL PHOTO/ KYODO billion yen. Barcelona. The Italian cham- Celtic with a muscular injury Additional operating costs pions are fourth in the table, and will be sidelined for the TOKYO—The organizers Tokyo Games organizing of 198 billion yen caused by the six points behind Milan, who trip to 11th-placed Sampdoria. of the Tokyo Olympics and committee President Yoshi- postponement are expected to head to Sampdoria on Sunday But while Milan have Paralympics reached an ro Mori, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko include expenses related to looking to extend their unbeat- shown they can win without agreement Friday with the Koike, and Olympic minister securing games venues, equip- en run in the league. their star striker, who leads Tokyo metropolitan and cen- Seiko Hashimoto attended the ment rental and storage fees, Second-placed Inter Milan, the Serie A scoring charts tral governments on splitting three-party talks. and labor. five points adrift on their city ri- with 10 goals, Juve are reliant an extra 294 billion yen ($2.83 The additional cost for Of this amount, the Tokyo vals, host Bologna, days before on Cristiano Ronaldo. They billion) in costs arising from postponing the games by a Games organizers will shell their Champions League hopes have drawn five of nine games the one-year postponement of year is estimated at 198 billion out 103 billion yen, the metro- will be decided in a must-win played this season including the games, along with counter- yen, while the virus counter- politan government 80 billion game against Shakhtar Donesk last weekend’s 1-1 against measures for the novel coro- measures will cost an extra 96 yen and the central govern- at the San Siro. Benevento when Ronaldo was navirus. billion yen. ment 15 billion yen.—AFP Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Milan rested.—AFP