Volume II, Number 133 2nd Waning Day of Wagaung 1377 ME Tuesday, 1 September, 2015

President U Thein Sein sends messages Water treatment plant Step up efforts of felicitations to Uzbekistan to provide clean water against unsafe to Shwepyitha foods Page 3 Page 3 Page 8 New Myeik tour to launch in Oct Cock Comb’s heart-shaped lake in Taninthayi to draw visitors By Aye Min Soe

Yangon, 31 Aug— A num- ber of local travel agencies will offer tours to Cocks Comb Island in Myeik Archipel- ago for the first time in October, travel industry members have said. The southernmost part of Myanmar has seen very little tourism to date due to the high prices charged to sail through the archipelago. Its main visitors are wealthy Thais; how- ever this tourist season will see tours aimed at attracting local holidaymakers for the first time. Many in Myanmar’s tourism in- dustry believe that the unspoiled archipelago will become one of the country’s premier tourist des- tinations in years to come and that Cocks Comb, the island with a heart-shaped lake, will be one Cocks Comb Island in Myeik Archipelago.—Photo supplied by Good Life Myanmar of the area’s main focal points. Local and Thai-based travel most point of Myanmar and is 28 travellers,” said U Kaung Myat Beach would cost more than 1.06 million in 2012, 2.04 mil- agencies will begin a tour around miles southwest of Cocks Comb Oo of Good Life Myanmar Trav- US$3,000 per person for foreign lion in 2013 and 4.4 million in Cocks Comb Island and Thahtay Island, plus the Thai border town el Agency. tourists. 2014. Island, as well as the better of Ranong. He added that a tour which The number of tourist arriv- The country expects to see known destination Kawthoung, “We can offer private tours includes Cocks Comb Island and als has increased year on year, the number more than six million which is located at the southern- of Cocks Comb Island to local a two-day trip to Ngwe Saung reaching 0.79 million in 2010, tourists in 2017.—GNLM Japan to grant $207 million loan for Factory bosses urged to sign Yangon Circular Line upgrade employment ation Agency (JICA) to upgrade use an ODA loan from Japan for cause we know that many low-in- contracts By Khaing Thanda Lwin the Yangon circular railway line, the upgrade, which is scheduled come commuters rely on train Nay Pyi Taw, 31 Aug— Yangon, 31 Aug—Myanma according to its Senior General to be completed by 2021. U Ba services on a daily basis,” said U The Ministry of Labour, Em- Railways will soon ink a MoU Manager (Inspections) U Ba My- Myint said during a press confer- Ba Myint. ployment and Social Security for a loan of US$207 million int. Parliament recently approved ence on Monday that the project Around 70,000 people use issued an announcement Mon- from Japan International Cooper- Myanma Railways’ proposal to will begin immediately after the the circular trains each day, ac- day urging factory owners to agreement is signed by the two cording to Myanma Railways. sign employment contracts with governments. U Tun Aung Thin of Myanma workers within the first 30 days Myanma Railways will pur- Railways said that ten train new of their employment. chase trains manufactured in Ja- air-conditioned coaches will ar- Factory owners are obliged pan, which will enable it to offer rive in Myanmar from Japan on to sign employment contracts faster and more regular services, 5 September. The coaches will with staff from September, the which at the moment is limited to service the Yangon circular line ministry said. Last week the gov- 23 locomotives. as well as the Yangon-Nay Pyi ernment set a national minimum “The upgrade will see jour- Taw route. The Japanese gov- wage of K3,600 (US$2.80) for ney times cut by half,” said U Ba ernment will continue to provide a standard eight-hour work day Myint. support for the development of across all sectors and industries. The project also provides Myanmar’s transport sector, es- Small and family-run busi- for the installation of automotive pecially in software infrastructure nesses with a workforce com- train stop (ATS) system and up- enlargement, Mr Takashi Owaki, prising less than 15 workers also grading railway tracks. Deputy Minister for Technical need to sign employment con- “Myanma Railways will not Affairs, the Ministry of Land, In- tracts in accordance with a wage Travel times will halve when the upgrade is completed in 2021. raise the prices of train tickets frastructure, Transport and Tour- agreed between them.— GNLM Photo: Aye Min Soe after the upgrade is complete be- ism said.—GNLM 2 Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 Local News

Networking session held for prospective shop owners and investors Mandalay, 31 Aug — A business networking session was held with jewel- lers and entrepreneurs at the Yadanabon Super Centre in Chanayethazan Town- ship on 30 August and was also attend- ed by Mandalay Mayor U Aung Moung. The purpose of the session was to gen- erate interest in letting out stores in the soon to open Mandalay Yatanar Mall. The mall will open on 1 April 2016 and will comprise 389 gems and ornament shops, a training hall, a quality control hall, banking and money changing ser- vices and will be equipped with modern security facilities. Managing Director U Kyaw Thura of Relax Business Group Co., Ltd. and Director U Zaw Min provided detailed information about Mandalay Yatanar Mall. To date, more than 200 shops have already been sold to entrepreneurs. Thiha Ko Ko (Mandalay) Deep tube-well to supply Mohnyin Township extends ten more villages clean water to residents for emerald green project Tatkon, 31 Aug — The The department has allo- dustry standards. “We have been Township Rural Development cated K9.45 million for install- consuming water from old wells Mohnyin, 31 Aug — The Rural Development Department con- Department has assigned My- ing the tube-well and building a for many years. We’re glad that ducted a training course on duty and functions for the Emerald Green anmar Trading General Service 2,000 gallon water tank. we’ll soon have a tube-well to Project at its office in Mohnyin, Kachin State. Company to install a deep tube- Department Staff Officer supply potable water to the 1,300 A total of 56 residents from the township attended the three- well in Thankhetaung village, U Soe Min Latt emphasised the people that live in this village,” day course from 28 to 30 August. The Emerald Green Project was Tatkon Township before the end importance of completing the said a local resident. launched in 2014 and aims to improve agricultural techniques, live- of this financial year. project on time and meeting in- Tin Soe Lwin (Tatkon IPRD) stock breeding and trade and production for farmers. The project was expanded to include ten villages in Mohnyin Township in the 2015-16 fiscal year. Each village will receive K30 million fund, said the department’s Assistant Director U Aye Min Naing. Five villages in Mohnyin Town- ship implemented the Emerald Green Project last year and have seen several tangible benefits as a result, said an official of the Motherland Greening Organisation.—GNLM 001 Economists give lectures at Better Future, Better Myanmar 2015 in Mandalay Mandalay, 31 Aug — Hub Myanmar Company Ltd organized the business talks on Better Future, Better Myanmar 2015 at Hotel Mandalay in Mahaaungmye township, here, on 29 August, with man- agers from private banks and companies, young entrepreneurs and students in attendance. Professor Dr Aung Tun Thet, economic adviser to the president, gave lectures on transforming team while principal U Tin Zan Kyaw of Device Business Management Academy on self management and establishment of association and replied to queries raised by attend- ees.—Thiha Ko Ko (Mandalay) Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 3 National

Nay Pyi Taw, 1 Sept—U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the President U Thein Sein Union of Myanmar, has sent messages of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Islam Karimov, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and His Excel- sends messages of lency Mr. Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, on the occasion of the Independence Day of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which felicitations to Uzbekistan falls on 1 September 2013.—MNA Election coordination meeting held Deputy Speaker attends election monitoring groups, he added. bill committee meeting The chairman said that the Nay Pyi Taw, 31 Aug— transport bill submitted by Minis- UEC plans to train staff on poll- Deputy Speaker of Pyidaungsu try of Rail Transpiration. ing booths and will invite elec- Hluttaw and Deputy Speaker of The meeting was also at- tion monitoring group members Pyithu Hluttaw U Nanda Kyaw tended by Chairman of Pyithu to observe the training. Swa visited the Pyithu Hluttaw Hluttaw Bill Committee U T He said he is confident that bill committee meeting at Hlut- Khun Myat, secretary of the bill voter identity cards will be suc- taw affairs hall, here, on 31 Au- committee U Saw Hla Tun, and cessfully distributed in all parts gust. officials from Office of Supreme of the nation, including those af- The deputy speaker appreci- Court of the Union, office of the fected by recent floods. ated committee members’ work Attorney-General of the Union The meeting covered a va- on off days. and the Ministry of Rail Trans- riety of aspects relating to the In the meeting, the commit- portation. election, including voter educa- tee members discussed the road MNA tion, the compilation of a nation- UEC Chairman U Tin Aye addresses speech at electoral coordination al voters list, the provision of meeting with CSOs.—mna manuals to polling booth staff, the polling booth process, vot- Yangon, 31 Aug—The gon on Monday. ers’ ID and electoral processes. Union Election Commission He said that a total of 6,189 The commission chairman will announce the voters’ list candidates have been nomi- concluded the meeting by urging in mid-September, UEC Chair- nated and that district election civil society groups to cooperate man U Tin Aye said during a sub-commissions have begun the with the UEC and support its ef- coordination meeting between process of vetting candidates. forts to make the 2015 general UEC and civil society organisa- The UEC has issued accred- elections free, fair and transpar- tions at Park Parkroyal in Yan- itation cards to local and foreign ent.—MNA Rice research agreement signed Nay Pyi Taw, 31 Aug—Phil- Director-General Dr Ye Tint and World Bank representatives Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin and wife being ippine-based International Rice Tun of the Agricultural Research on cooperation in research works welcomed by Malaysian Ambassador Mr Mohd Hanif Adbul Rahman Research Institute and Yezin Ag- Department, the Rector of the to boost paddy production in My- and wife at the reception to mark National Day and Armed Forces Day ricultural Research Department University of Agriculture Dr Myo anmar. of Malaysia at Sule Shangri-La Hotel in Yangon on 31 August.—mna signed an agreement to undertake Kywe and IRRI’s Director-Gener- The union minister also research and human resources al Dr Matthew Morell signed the viewed cultivation of Palethwe training at the Ministry of Agri- MoUs. hybrid paddy by Myanmar New Japanese company opens culture and Irrigation in Nay Pyi Union Minister U Myint Ayeya Agriculture Company in Taw on Monday. Hlaing held discussions with IRRI Dekkhinathiri Township.—MNA paper box factory Water treatment plant to provide clean water to Shwepyitha Yangon, 31 Aug — A lead- opening speeches. The ceremony ing company from Japan opened concluded with ribbon-cutting and Yangon, 31 Aug—Resi- ment Committee. of fire. YCDC is currently supply- a corrugated paper box factory factory inspection. dents in 13 wards in Shwepyitha New water pipelines will be ing 205 million gallons of water in Mingaladon Industrial Park on Oji Group has investments in Township will soon be provided laid out in the township and exist- sourced from Gyobyu, Phugyi, Monday. eight countries in Asia and oper- with clean drinking water from ing water pipelines cleaned. The Hlawga dams and Ngamoeyeik A ceremony to mark the ates 34 factories. Together with Nyaunghnapin water treatment water supply network will include water treatment plant.—Yi Yi My- opening of Oji GS Packaging Co,. Malaysian and Myanmar compa- plant, said Yangon City Develop- 80 taps dedicated to the prevention int, Ohnma Thant Ltd was attended by Union Minis- nies, it has established a joint ven- ter for Industry U Maung Myint, ture company with a plan to open Japanese Ambassador to Myan- rubber products and purify water mar Mr Tateshi Higuchi, Malay- in Thilawa Special Economic sian Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Zone. Oji GS Packaging Co Ltd Mohamed Hanif and the CEO of recently donated K5 million for GS Packaging Co., Ltd Mr Kiyo- flood-hit victims in Ayeyawady takashindo, each of whom gave Region.—MNA KBZ’s relief supplies go to victims in Chin State Hakalay, 31 Aug—Kan- and plastic buckets. bawza Brighter Future Myanmar Moreover, the foundation of- Foundation on Sunday donated fered K300,000 each to 69 fami- relief supplies to disaster victims lies in Twekhainzan and Hakalay in Chin State, one of the worst-af- villages in the region who lost fected areas of the country. their homes because of the reced- Their donation covers rice, ing water of Natmyaung Creek Workers clean water pipeline before supplying water to Shwepyitha Township. eligible oil, household utensils on Friday.—GNLM 4 Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 regional

Laos mulls picture of the day Indonesian ferry service workers to stage connecting mass protest against layoffs capital to Jakarta, 31 Aug — Indone- sian trade unions expect tens of Thailand thousands of workers to call for higher wages at a mass protest against job cuts on Tuesday, up- Vientiane, 31 Aug — A ping pressure on the government as cross-border ferry linking down- it struggles to kickstart an economy town Vientiane with neighboring growing at its slowest in six years. Thailand across the Mekong Riv- Labour-intensive sectors have er is a step closer with com- shed thousands of jobs in recent mencement of survey and design months, while workers contend works, local media reported with rising food prices that made Monday. Indonesia’s annual inflation, at The proposed development 7.46 percent in July, the highest in includes a terminal which is set to the region. “We are expecting up to include shops, restaurant and vis- 100,000 layoffs this year...so we itor accommodation on the Lao ask the government to stop the side, state-run media Vientiane rhetoric and come up with regula- Times reported. tions to save workers’ purchasing The proposal will be subject power,” said Subianto, secretary to a memorandum of understand- general of the Indonesian Workers ing between authorities of both Confederation, which has 2 million countries and representatives of members and is one of several un- private sector developers once ions participating in the protest. preliminary works are completed. Malaysia’s (L-R) Prime Minister Najib Razak and King Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah wave Malaysian Some 8,000 police are expect- Vientiane is already connect- national flags during National Day celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, August 31, 2015. Malaysia’s ed to be deployed to marshall the ed to the northern Thai city of Independence Day celebrations took place on Monday, a day after thousands of protesters took part in protest, with at least 50,000 work- Nong Khai via the First Thai-Lao the second day of a rally organised by pro-democracy group Bersih in Kuala Lumpur calling for electoral ers due to march in the capital Ja- Friendship Bridge, located some reform and Razak’s resignation over a multi-million-dollar payment into an account karta, Jakarta-based risk consultan- 19 kilometres from the central under his name. —Reuters cy Concord Consulting said on business district of the Lao capi- Monday. tal.—Xinhua Unemployment in Southeast Asia’s largest economy stood at Former Thai PM appears at Supreme 5.81 percent in February, accord- Director - Maung Maung Than ing to official statistics, but ana- [email protected] lysts say that doesn’t cover the in- Chief Editor - Than Myint Tun Court over doomed rice subsidy scheme formal sector and the real figure [email protected] could be much higher.——Reuters Deputy Chief Editor Than Tun Aung Bangkok, 31 Aug — Former [email protected] Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Drought affects Chief Reporter - Aye Min Soe Shinawatra appeared before the [email protected] Supreme Court on Monday to re- Consultant Editor - Jessica Mudditt 185,451 hectares [email protected] view evidence in a case involving Editors rice subsidies that haemorrhaged of rice seedlings Ye Myint, [email protected], billions of dollars and could see Kyaw Thura, [email protected], her jailed for up to 10 years for Myint Win Thein negligence. in Cambodia [email protected] Yingluck’s flagship election Phnom Penh, 31 Aug — Some International news Ye Htut Tin policy helped sweep her to office 185,451 hectares of rice seedlings [email protected] in a landslide in 2011, but its fail- have been affected by drought in Tun Tun Naing ure saw her banned from politics some areas in 13 provinces and cit- [email protected] for five years in January by a leg- ies of Cambodia, according to a Reporters islature appointed by the generals report by Agriculture Minister Ouk Khaing Thanda Lwin who toppled her government. Rabun, released to the media Mon- [email protected] Tun Aung Kyaw The grain policy, which has day. [email protected] since been discontinued, aimed to “A lack of water has affected Translator boost farmers’ incomes by buying Ousted former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra gestures as 185,451 hectares of rice fields in Khaing Minn Nyo their rice at above market prices. she arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 31, which 9,240 hectares have been [email protected] Yingluck’s government was at- 2015. —Reuters completely damaged,” the minister Proof reader Nwe Nwe Tun tacked for refusing to abandon the wrote in a report sent to Prime Layout designers scheme when the rice and debt She insists she acted honestly upstart capitalists from outside Minister Hun Sen. 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Agriculture is one Light of Myanmar Printing Factory at No.150, Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, “These were not seen or re- 61. “She did the right thing.” Yin- ings to last at least six months. of the four major pillars support- Bahan Township, Yangon, by the viewed (by all parties),” Yingluck gluck’s supporters see the court Some experts have said the junta ing the country’s economy. The Global New Light of Myanmar Daily told reporters. “Today we’re go- case as another strike by a royalist risks a backlash if Yingluck’s sup- Southeast Asian nation produced under Printing Permit No. 00510 and ing to hear about this and hope establishment threatened by the porters perceive the verdict as un- over 9 million tons of paddy rice Publishing Permit No. 00629. that we will get justice.” rapid political rise of a clique of fair.—Reuters last year.—Xinhua Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 5 World Thai police chief rewards officers Thai police hunt two bombing after mysterious suspects after weekend raids bomb suspect Bangkok, 31 Aug — mainland China and Hong twice, once on Saturday and Police probing Thailand’s Kong, were among those again on Sunday. nabbed deadliest bombing issued killed in a blast the junta Police allowed media Bangkok, 31 Aug — arrest warrants on Monday said was intended to cripple to observe as they searched Thailand’s police chief for two suspects after a raid an already flagging econo- rooms on Sunday while res- praised officers investigat- on a suburban apartment my. idents, many of them Mus- ing the country’s deadli- block uncovered possible “We have expanded lim, were present. In some est bombing and promised bomb-making materials. our search to various resi- rooms, possessions were on Monday to hand out Police were hunting for dential building after the ar- spread out on the floor. $83,000 among them as a a 26-year-old Thai woman rest of one suspect,” Prawut Police have not con- reward for catching a sus- and a foreign man in his said. firmed the identity or pect they have yet to tie di- 40s after a weekend search A picture of the female nationality of the 28-year- rectly to the attack. on a property in the Min suspect showed her wearing old man they arrested on Standing behind a po- Buri district uncovered fer- a hijab. She rented the room Saturday in Nong Chok. dium topped with three bun- tiliser, digital watches and occupied by the foreign Many Thai Muslims and dles of banknotes, Somyot an explosives detonator, man, for whom police is- foreigners live in the dis- Pumpanmuang commended police spokesman Prawut sued the second arrest war- trict dotted with colleges, the detective work after the Thawornsiri said on TV. rant, Prawut said. A sketch factories, rice paddies and arrest of a foreigner whose That came after a raid of the man showed him with mosques. He is charged A sketch of an undentified suspect is shown in this Thai name, nationality and affili- on an apartment in the short hair and stubble. with possessing illegal ex- Royal Police handout released August 31, 2015.—Reuters ation remain a mystery. nearby Nong Chok district Police have been crit- plosives. “The accomplished on Saturday, when police icised for an erratic inves- Police have since the motive and capability to forcibly repatriated more work that led to the arrest arrested a foreigner and tigation that had, until this weekend mentioned an un- carry it out. than 100 Uighurs to China is truly the work of the au- seized explosives and stacks weekend, uncovered few specified network they are These have includ- last month, prompting inter- thorities and their investiga- of passports. clues about who was be- tracking via cellphones, but ed southern ethnic Malay national outrage. tive abilities,” Somyot told The Aug. 17 attack on hind the blast. No group has have provided no details insurgents, opponents of Many of the minor- a news conference, which a Bangkok Hindu shrine claimed responsibility. about the group. the military government, ity Uighurs from Chi- opened with him pulling the killed 20 people and in- Security forces raided Since the bombing, foreign militant groups na’s far west have sought wads of cash from a black jured more than 100. Four- the bright pink low-budget speculation had focused on and sympathisers of Ui- passage to Turkey via holdall. teen foreigners, seven from apartment in Min Buri groups that could have the ghur Muslims. Thailand Southeast Asia.—Reuters “This was the work of the Thai authorities, there were no tip-offs.” Two largest opposition parties confirm plan to join forces Police have been crit- icised for a patchy inves- While the possible in northeastern Japan be- tigation which until the merger is aimed at build- fore the party decided who weekend had uncovered ing a group large enough to to support. little more than a grainy sur- mount a credible challenge Hashimoto and Matsui veillance video of a bearded to Prime Minister Shinzo left the party on Thursday. man in a yellow shirt with Abe’s dominant ruling par- Along with party lawmak- shaggy hair leaving a bag at ty in the House of Council- ers representing constituen- the site of the Aug. 17 blast. lors election next summer, cies in Osaka, they plan to Police gave contradic- whether it can be success- launch a new party by the tory statements on Saturday fully engineered remains to end of October and aim to about whether the man ar- be seen, given reservations secure over 20 lawmakers rested that day was the chief in both opposition parties. as members, according to suspect caught on security Matsuno has voiced people close to the matter. footage the night when 20 the need to form a group The Japan Innovation people were killed, 14 of with over 100 members in Party has 40 lower house them foreigners. the House of Representa- members and 11 upper Police have yet to say tives through realignment house members, while the if the man has provided any Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno (2nd from L) meets with Democratic Party within the opposition DPJ has 72 members in the information or if his DNA of Japan chief Katsuya Okada (2nd from R), together with other senior lawmakers of the camp, drawing fire from lower house and 58 mem- samples, seized explosives, two opposition parties, at the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2015.—Kyodo News Hashimoto and another bers in the upper house. fake passports or telephone records connect him to the Tokyo, 31 Aug — The est opposition Democrat- to form a framework after party co-founder, Osaka Matsuno apparent- bombing at Bangkok’s most heads of Japan’s two larg- ic Party of Japan and the the current Diet session to Gov. Ichiro Matsui, both of ly believes that by join- famous shrine two weeks est opposition parties on second-largest Japan In- closely discuss elections whom are on friendly terms ing forces with the DPJ, ago. Monday confirmed their novation Party comes on and policies,” DPJ Presi- with Abe. The rift between it will still be possible to Somyot, who together plan to cooperate in join- the heels of the departure dent Katsuya Okada told the key party members have nearly 100 lawmak- with his wife made an assets ing forces to challenge the from the latter last week reporters after his meeting deepened this month after ers in the lower house declaration of nearly $10 ruling Liberal Democratic of co-founder and Osaka with Yorihisa Matsuno, Secretary General Mito even without those ex- million last year, said a third Party in future elections. Mayor Toru Hashimoto. the Japan Innovation Party Kakizawa backed a candi- pected to join Hashimoto’s of the 3 million baht reward The move by the larg- “We reached an agreement head. date for a mayoral election new party.—Kyodo News was from his personal funds and the rest donated by an anonymous businessman. China to open high-speed rail link to North Korean border Panthongtae Shina- Beijing, 31 Aug — Chi- from Shenyang to the bor- railway official saying. North Korea, hoping to tap structure on its side of the watra, son of former Prime na will open a high-speed der city of Dandong, which As much as 80 percent low labour costs and en- border, including building Minister Thaksin Shina- watra, said on his Facebook rail line to the North Korean faces North Korea across of trade between China and courage the North to see a bridge from Dandong into page on Sunday that he was border on Thursday, state the Yalu River, and will North Korea passes through the benefits of economic North Korea. As relations ready to hand out a reward news agency Xinhua said, shorten the train journey Dandong, which is near one reform, even while publicly between China and North of 7 million when the group the latest effort to boost eco- from 3 1/2 hours to just over of North Korea’s special rebuking it over its nuclear Korea have become strained behind the bombing was nomic ties despite tension one hour, Xinhua said. economic zones on Hwang- weapons programme. in recent years, China has caught. between the countries. The new link will gumpyong island. While there has been grown closer to South Ko- Police issued arrest The line, under con- “raise the region’s econom- China has encouraged little sign of progress in the rea, Asia’s fourth-largest warrants for two more sus- struction since 2010, will ic competitiveness”, the the development of three new economic zones, China economy and the North’s pects on Monday.—Reuters run 207 km (127 miles) report cited an unnamed special economic zones in continues to improve infra- main rival.—Reuters 6 Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 World UK pledges 500 million pounds to Two US F-22 fighter jets refurbish Scottish nuclear base arrive in Poland as part of European training mission

Warsaw, 31 Aug — Two advanced US F-22 fighter jets arrived in Poland on Monday for a one-day working visit, the Polish army said, a part of Washington’s efforts to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian actions in Ukraine. The visit is a part of the F-22’s first-ever deployment to Europe, where four of the stealth fighters will train with allied air forces and US services through mid-September. The four aircraft arrived at Spangdahlem Air base in Germany on Friday. “The US is conducting reconnaissance of abilities of operating this type of aircraft at an allied airport,” Polish army spokesman Artur Golawski told Reuters. The planes landed at a military air base in Lask, in central Poland. Earlier this month, US Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh James said the F-22’s deployment in Europe would allow US forces to train with NATO partners across Europe, testing the ability of the jets to communicate and fight together with the Eurofighter and other advanced warplanes. Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (L) walks along the jetty at the Royal Navy’s James said the deployment would also give F-22 pilots more ex- submarine base at Faslane, Scotland, August 31, 2015. Britain will spend more than 500 million pounds perience with the European terrain. The Air Force has previously de- ($769.5 million) refurbishing its nuclear submarine base in Scotland over the next 10 years, Osborne ployed the jets in Japan and South Korea but not in Europe. The stealth tactical fighter aircraft was designed by Lockheed and said on Monday.—Reuters Boeing Co as a fighter, but it can also be used for ground attack, elec- tronic warfare, and signals intelligence. The jets formally entered service in December 2005, with the last London, 31 Aug — Britain is home to the fleet of four Van- government said in a statement. F-22 delivered to the Air Force in 2012.—Reuters will spend more than 500 million guard-class submarines, one of A decision on replacing the pounds ($769.5 million) refur- which is on patrol at all times, ageing submarine fleet is due bishing its nuclear submarine that form Britain’s ‘Trident’ nu- next year. Prime Minister David base in Scotland over the next 10 clear deterrent. Cameron’s Conservative govern- New Zealand showing years, finance minister George The money will be spent on ment has said it backs the fleet’s Osborne said on Monday. “ship lifts, sea walls, jetties and multi-billion pound renewal and The Faslane naval base on other major projects” and that intends to base the new subma- commitment to Pacific the River Clyde, east of Glasgow, work will start in 2017, the rines at Faslane.—Reuters at leaders meeting Austria toughens border controls Wellington, 31 Aug — Prime Minister John Key will lead New Zealand’s delegation to the annual Pacific Islands Forum Leaders in trafficking clampdown Meeting in Papua New Guinea next week. Key said on Monday that the meeting in Port Moresby was an opportunity to discuss the issues faced across the region. Vienna, 31 Aug — Austria The police said on Sunday general for public security at the toughened controls at its east- they had arrested a fifth suspect ministry, said: “In the hours “As a Pacific nation, New Zealand is committed to working with ern borders in an attempt to in connection with the deaths of since we started implementing our closest neighbors to build a more secure and prosperous region, “ clamp down on trafficking of the migrants found in an aban- these measures that we agreed Key said in a statement. refugees, triggering a queue of doned refrigeration truck. with Germany, Hungary and Leaders would discuss a range of issues, including climate change vehicles on Monday that Slovakia, we have been able to and fisheries, as well as wider development and political issues. stretched some 20 kms (12 Austria says 200 refugees, 5 get more than 200 refugees out “My attendance at the forum will also provide an opportunity to miles) back into Hungary. smugglers stopped in border of such vehicles and we have meet with a number of Pacific regional leaders,” he said. Austrian authorities last week operation been able to detain five smug- He would be accompanied by Foreign Minister Murray McCully discovered the bodies of 71 glers.” and a small business delegation. refugees in an abandoned lorry Austrian authorities have un- Austrian Interior Minister The theme of this year’s meeting is “Strengthening Connections that had travelled through Hun- covered around 200 asylum seek- Johanna Mikl-Leitner, speaking To Enhance Pacific Regionalism.”—Xinhua gary. ers and arrested five people traf- at the same news conference, “We will do controls for fickers as part of a new operation said checks being undertaken an undetermined length of time along the country’s borders, a along the Austrian border were Hungary asks Germany at all important border cross- senior interior ministry official not classic border controls. ings in the eastern region, said on Monday. “We are not in violation of looking at all vehicles that Konrad Kogler, director Schengen,” she said.—Reuters to “clarify” legal rules have possible hiding places for trafficked people,” Johanna Mikl-Leitner told on travel by migrants ORF radio. Hungary’s M1 motorway leading to Austria, which also Budapest, 31 Aug— Hungary is asking Germany to clarify the borders Slovakia, Slovenia and legal situation with respect to travel by illegal migrants within the the Czech Republic on its east- European Union, a Hungarian government spokesman told nation- ern side, clogged up due to the al news agency MTI on Monday. checks, which the firm that Andras Giro-Szasz said under the EU’s Schengen rules, mi- maintains the road said had grants can only leave Hungary with valid travel documents and a started at the weekend. visa from their destination country. This has resulted in masses of Over the past three days, migrants waiting in Budapest railway stations. Hungarian police said they had Giro-Szasz said Germany has shown a more permissive stance caught 8,792 migrants crossing towards illegal immigrants arriving from Syria and news of this into the country, most of them A truck, in which up to 50 migrants were found dead on a motorway has “boosted hopes” among migrants. from Serbia. near Parndorf, Austria August 27, 2015, is towed away. —Reuters “In order to end the untransparent and adverse conditions we ask Germany to clarify the legal situation,” he told MTI.—Reuters Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 7 world Islamic State destroys part of Egypt sets Oct election date, after 3 years Syria’s Temple of Bel — monitors without parliament Cairo, 31 Aug — Egypt of Western powers. will hold a long-awaited par- That announcement liamentary election, starting was followed by the tough- on Oct. 18-19, the election est crackdown on Islamists commission said on Sunday, in Egypt’s history. Security the final step in a process to forces killed hundreds at bring back democracy that street protests and thousands critics say has been tainted were arrested. by widespread repression. Secular activists were Egypt has been without later rounded up mostly for a parliament since June 2012 protesting without permis- when a court dissolved the sion from the police. democratically elected main The government says chamber, dominated by the the election is proof of now-banned Muslim Broth- Egypt’s commitment to de- erhood, reversing a major mocracy. accomplishment of the 2011 In the absence of par- uprising that toppled auto- liament, Sisi has wielded crat Hosni Mubarak. legislative authority to cur- The election had been tail political freedoms but due to begin in March but also introduced economic was delayed after a court reforms. “The question will ruled part of the election law remain: will this parliament unconstitutional. be an effective check and A second round of vot- balance against the execu- ing in the two-phase election tive? There are some signs it will take place on Nov. 22- may, due to the likely prev- 23, the election commission alence of big-business inter- A general view shows the Temple of Bel in the historical city of Palmyra, Syria April 18, 2008.—Reuters told a news conference. Vot- ests within it, be argumenta- Beirut, 31 Aug — Islamic State has targeted contacts on the ground. proclaimed a caliphate in ing for Egyptians abroad will tive on issues pertaining to The hardline Islamic State in Palmyra this month. The Activists on social territory it holds across Syria take place on Oct. 17-18. economic policy,” said H.A. group has destroyed part of group detonated explosives media also reported the de- and Iraq, has regularly de- The then military chief Hellyer, nonresident fellow an ancient temple in Syr- in the ancient Baal Shamin struction at the temple, one molished monuments it con- Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who at the Brookings Centre for ia’s Palmyra city, a group temple on Aug. 25, an act of Palmyra’s most impor- siders sacrilegious as well as went on to become presi- Middle East Policy in Wash- monitoring the conflict said that cultural agency UNE- tant structures. carrying out mass killings. dent, toppled Egypt’s first ington. on Sunday. SCO has called a war crime Islamic State seized This month the group freely elected president, Mo- “But on issues of po- The militants targeted aimed at wiping out a sym- Palmyra in May from gov- beheaded the 82-year-old hamed Mursi of the Mus- litical reform, legislative the Temple of Bel, a Ro- bol of Syria’s diverse cul- ernment forces in a sudden Syrian archaeologist who lim Brotherhood, in 2013 reform, or security sector re- man-era structure in the tural heritage. offensive and is tightly con- had looked after Palmyra’s after mass protests against form, there probably won’t central desert city, the Syr- The extent of the dam- trolling communications in ruins for four decades, and his rule. The army then an- be much appetite to affect ian Observatory for Human age at the Temple of Bel the city, according to activ- hung his body in public, nounced a ‘roadmap’ to de- much change from within Rights said. was not known, the Ob- ists. according to Syria’s antiq- mocracy in Egypt, the most this forthcoming parlia- It is the second temple servatory said, citing its The group, which has uities chief.—Reuters populous Arab state and ally ment.”—Reuters 70 militants, 8 soldiers S Africa seals mining jobs deal, proposes platinum plan Pretoria, 31 Aug — South Africa’s mining industry, basket, so we are looking at internal promotion,” he said. killed in clashes in unions and the government signed a broad plan on Monday South Africa sits on close to 80 percent of the world’s to stem a wave of job losses triggered by falling commodity known reserves of platinum, a metal used in emissions-cap- Afghanistan within day prices and soaring costs. ping catalytic converters which is facing depressed demand. The document of the blue print seen by Reuters last Platinum’s spot price XPT= is pinned near 6-1/2 year week included boosting platinum by promoting the metal as lows below $1,000 an ounce. a central bank reserve asset. Commitments to delay lay-offs, sell distressed mining Mines Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi said the govern- assets instead of closing them, and the creation of a “devel- ment planned to negotiate this issue with South Africa’s cen- opment fund” to provide possible employment to laid-off tral bank and the New Development Bank which has been miners are also part of the plan. launched by the BRICS group of emerging economies. Ramatlhodi said almost 12,000 mining jobs were on “I had hoped we can reach a point where it says ‘I prom- the line in South Africa, which has an unemployment rate of ise to pay the bearer in platinum equivalent’ to add to the around 25 percent and glaring income disparities.—Reuters Migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast, kills at least 37 An Afghan policeman inspects the wreckage of a police car Tripoli, 31 Aug — A boat carrying migrants sank off town of Zuwara, killing up to 200 people. which had a magnetic bomb attached, at the site of a bomb Libya’s Mediterranean coast, killing at least 37 people, a lo- Lawless Libya has turned into a major transit route for explosion in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 31, 2015.—Reuters cal official said on Sunday, the second such fatal accident migrants fleeing conflict and poverty by boat to Europe. Kabul, 31 Aug — Some 70 militants and eight soldiers within days. Smugglers exploit the country’s chaos to bring Syrians into have been killed during military operations and clashes cross “We had reports this morning that there are seven bod- Libya via Egypt or nationals of sub-Saharan countries via Ni- Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Monday ies of illegal migrants that sank off Khoms (east of Tripoli)... ger, Sudan and Chad. The migrants pay thousands of dollars morning. but we don’t have any details how many migrants were on for the land and sea passage with smugglers often beating “Within the past 24 hours, 70 terrorists were killed, 43 board,” said Mohamad al-Misrati, a spokesman for the Red and torturing them to press for more money for the final leg wounded and one terrorist was detained in different plac- Crescent in Tripoli. of the trip by sea in unseaworthy vessels, rights groups say. es of the country while eight Afghan army personnel were Fishermen later discovered 30 more bodies in the same Libya has asked the European Union for help to train also martyred during the same period,” the ministry said in area near Khoms, a town some 100 km (62 miles) east of the and equip its navy which was largely destroyed during the a statement. The army specialists found and defused several capital, he said. Volunteers of the Red Crescent were trying uprising in 2011 that toppled Muammar Gaddafi. But all roadside bombs and landmines and army personnel seized to recover the dead but were lacking boats. training and cooperation was frozen in 2014 as the Europe- big amount of ammunition and weapons over the same pe- No more details were immediately available. an Union boycotted a self-declared government controlling riod, according to the statement. The Taliban militant group On Thursday, a vessel packed with migrants hoping to western Libya, which seized the capital Tripoli a year ago by has yet to make comments.—Xinhua make it from Libya to Italy sank in waters off the Libyan expelling the official premier to the east.—Reuters 8 Thuesday, 1 September, 2015 OPINION

country’s staple, is sometimes contaminated by Every effort should be made to ensure that pesticide and fertilizer, as are many other locally the only food available is safe and healthy – grown crops. and the same goes for water and air. If we are Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 Equally worrying is a practice among some lax about it we’ll soon end up with massive fruit sellers of using chemicals to quickly ripen health problems. their fruits, or using chemical dyes to make them Step up efforts against look more attractive to the consumer. For the Write for us sake of a quick buck, they are putting their cus- We appreciate your feedback and contribu- unsafe foods tomers at risk of contracting cancer. tions. If you have any comments or would like to Air and water quality in a bustling city like submit editorials, analyses or reports please email [email protected] with your name and title. By Yangon is lower than it should be and sometimes Myint Win Thein it is downright dangerous for our health. Weak- Due to limitation of space we are only able to N Myanmar, one can never be completely nesses in monitoring must be overcome by au- publish “Letter to the Editor” that do not exceed 500 certain that the food we’re consuming isn’t words. Should you submit a text longer than 500 thorities and unsafe foods must be banned with- words please be aware that your letter will be edited. Ihazardous to our health. Even rice, our out exception. shareholders in investing their shareholders are far more interest- money in the public company. ed in the activities of the public Shareholders of a Public Company As we have studied Section- company which they have put in that all companies in existence tinues. 25 of Burma Companies Act- their money and especially those U Win Sein must conduct business in accord- Any person, company as oth- 1941, thereby stipulated, a share- pensioners with their long time Former Assistant Registrar ance with the though not much er institution can own at least one holder by payment of a sum of saved up money, surely want to The Ministry of Trade helpful, obsolete Burma Compa- share of a public company. Share- money, he is entitled to receive a take part in running the show of nies Act — 1914. The following holders are the company’s own- copy of Memorandum and Arti- managing the operation of public yanmar has now selected Sections shall give as ref- ers. They have a potential to profit cles of Association of the compa- company, in order to be able to opened up its economy, erence to companies on their parts if the company does well, but they ny. In which the company has vote on company matters, to vote Minviting foreign inves- to carry responsibilities for the have to face consequence when based on the Burma Companies for the appointment of directors, tors to invest in Myanmar. It has shareholders, debenture stock- comes with the potential of a loss Act-1914, describing a set of reg- to inspect the company’s books of also promised earnestly not to na- holders. if the company does poorly. A ulations for governing the work- accounts, to sue for misconducts tionalize such foreign capitals. In ing procedures of the company. of directors. But they cannot order to utilize the country’s natu- From time to time, due to the themselves usurp the powers ral resources to bring about the “Myanmar commercial atmosphere present situation of the company, which by the article vested in the mutual benefits for the host coun- if needed to change any of the directors, anymore then the direc- try and the investor countries as of transitional period was in a regulations in the Memorandum tors can usurp the power vested in well, so our country have to give and Article of Association of the the articles for the general Body an attractive incentive to the po- company. It can be done, basing of shareholders. So, to be fair to tential investors, thus we can soon scramble state.” on the concerning Sections of all shareholders of the public witness more direct foreign in- Burma Companies Act - 1914, a company and the directors, trans- vestments have been increased resolution which must be ap- parency is matter most to be em- day by day in such a momentum Section-25 of Burma Com- shareholder may also be referred proved by the General Meeting of braced Board in the heart of so that newly set up industries in panies Act-1914, stated to as a stockholder. It is important the company, in the meantime, it shareholders and the Board of Di- various special economic zones to (1) Every company shall to know that your right as a share- is required to file the resolution of rectors of the public company. It go along with our improved com- send to every member at his re- holder in a public company, you the meeting with the Directorate is the duty of the Board (Sec- merce and banking systems, mod- quest and within fourteen days have certain rights pertaining to of Investment and Company Ad- tion-25 of Burma Companies Act) ern communications and internet thereof, on payment of one rupee the equity investment. ministration (DICA). Until and to send every shareholder a copy technologies and infrastructure or such less sum as the company A public company is owned unless a confirmation order is be- of the Memorandum and the Arti- facilities, so much so even the may prescribe, a copy of the by a large number of people, each ing received from (DICA) then cles of Association, so that all sky-line of Yangon City now has Memorandum and of the Articles of them owns anywhere from one the company would be able to put shareholders know completely the been sprung up with many more (if any). share to thousands of shares in the the new regulations in place of the rights and limitations for share- different high-rise and modern (2) If the company makes de- company. The profits of the com- old ones and there after the newly holders in regard to the company. buildings. fault in complying with the re- pany are divided among the changed regulations would be set (Also eagerly looking forward to Myanmar has awaken from quirements of this Section, it shall shareholders and paid to them as in force in accordance with the the early publication of the new nearly forty-five years of self- be liable for each offence to a fine dividends. These dividends are law completely at last. Myanmar Companies Act). made isolation policy to become a not exceeding ten rupees. the primary motivation for most As stated from above, all ***** democratically free thinking and Section—108 of Burma unrestrained government so that Companies Act — 1914, stated all citizens can now express their {1} Every country shall with- Transport technology seminar held between long hidden true desire and idea in three months after allotment of on all matters. With the great in- any of its shares , debentures or Myanmar, Japan flux of foreign investors and re- debenture stock, and within three Yangon, 31 Aug—A trans- patriate businessmen to Myan- months after the registration of port technology seminar be- mar, all eagerly trying to set up the transfer of any such shares, tween Myanmar and Japan took companies, many are public com- Debentures or debenture stock, place at Chatrium Hotel, here, panies totaling about 150 in num- complete and have ready for de- on Monday with the aim of ber now, doing all kinds of trad- livery the certificates of all shares, seeking ways to solve the chal- ing and commerce and industries the debentures and the certificates lenges in transport sector of activities for the development and of all debenture stock allotted or Myanmar. transformation into a modern na- transferred, unless the certificates During the seminar, tion of our lagging behind country of issue of the shares, debentures Myanmar officials discussed Myanmar which following the or debenture stock otherwise pro- current situation in safety meas- tails of her neighboring countries. vide. ures of maritime transport, fu- At first the Myanmar com- {2} if default is made in ture plan of rail network and mercial atmosphere of transition- complying with requirements of technical issues for vehicle in- al period was in a scramble state. this Section, the company and spection. With only the [Burma Companies every officer of the company who Japanese officials shared Act—1914] to prop up and to is knowingly a party to the de- their experience on approaches help the Myanmar Companies fault, shall be liable to fine not for development of safe and ef- Union Minister U Nyan Tun Aung poses for documentary photo with Registration Office under the then exceeding fifty rupees for every ficient transport network. attendees of transport technology seminar.—transport Ministry of Trade which required day during which the default con- GNLM Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 9 Opinion A Study of Myanmar Puppetry (Part I)

Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja of facts and guesses. Myanmar’s Sithu, Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt geographical proximity to India and China tempted some scholars win inspirations that caused to surmise that puppetry came from the writer to write this article either India or China. But Myanmar Tare firstly the news report puppetry has nothing in common in the highly esteemed daily The with those of her neighbours. Chinese Global New Light of Myanmar puppets are glove and rod types, and of 23rd August 2015 Sunday, by the Indian puppets are flat leather Khaing Thanda Lwin on “Myanmar figures, whereas Myanmar puppets to share puppetry with Singaporean are wooden marionettes manipulated students”, secondly, on that same by means of strings. It is strange day the presentation to the writer by that although Myanmar belongs to U Ye Dway of his national literary the region of South East Asia, they award winner book Marionettes of wayyang or shadow puppet which Myanmar. has flourished in Thailand, Malaysia At the invitation of Nan Yang and Indonesia and water puppet of Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore, Vietnam never emerged in Myanmar. the Mandalay Marionette Theatre led Archaeological and historical by its Managing Director Daw Ma evidences regarding puppetry in Ma Naing would go to Singapore to Myanmar, so far traceable, do not train 20 students for three days from go beyond the fifteenth century. But 26 to 28 August only in basic skills old puppeteers used to chant the in the use of string puppets. The following rhyme: writer knows this lady very well as ]]&kyfao;tp? usHK;oHk;wefESifY? yk*Hu}} she was a good history major student “The puppet show originated at Mandalay University while he in Bagan with three kinds of moat” was the Professor of History. She Unfortunately we have not ex- should have proceeded with her cavated Bagan exhaustively neither Daw Ma Ma Naing stages Myanmar marionette show. (Photo supplied by Daw Ma Ma Naing) post-graduate courses so that by now have we chemically cleaned the walls she would be his successor. But she and ceilings of monuments to recover light is very wonderful. A variety of pictorial inscriptional and historical, climbing, magic, snake-charming, turned to performing arts and chose mural paintings which may have performances with the songs Eh-chin of the performance of marionette wrestling, puppet and marionette almost obsolete art – puppetry, with depicted puppets shows of the time. and An-chin---” plays. Marionette shows were shows--- Performances of music the noble aim of not only reviving it Right now, of the archaeologi- Performance of marionettes was depicted in the mural paintings on and dances by such nationalities as but also bringing it on international cal evidences the earliest one is the also referred to in the satirical poem the ceilings and walls of religious Shans, Yuns, Thais, Vesali, Indian, stage. In spite of challenges and lithic inscription of Inwa Period of “Yama Yakan” composed in the years monuments and pagodas, and carv- Chinese, Tartars, and similar variety difficulties, she did achieve her aim Myanmar history. The inscription Myanmar Era 1113-1158 [1751- ings and sculptures of wooden mon- of entertainments were staged.” and her troupe is making foreign was dated 1444 A.D. and was known 1796 A.D.] by a lay poet named U asteries or brick and stone buildings One white parabike [white fold- tours almost every year. It is a good as Sagaing Htu Payone Zedi Daw Toe. The following passage from his at and around old capital cities such ing book] of the Konbaung Period news that she is off to prestigious Nan Kyauk Sar which records the great poem has mention of puppet show:- as Shwebo, Sagaing, Pinya, Inwa, contains a colour fully illustrated Yang Academy, Singapore. meritorious deeds of King Narapati. ]]uif;vQKd;vrf;avQmuf? "g;ajr§muf&kyfpHk? Amarapura and Mandalay. scene of a puppet show, depicting U Ye Dway is the writer’s old Lines 52 to 55 of this inscription ajrMuD;rsm;wkefatmif? King Bodawpaya whose reign the stage in progress of performance, colleague. During the writer’s 8 years mention the names of the performing bdef;yHkvdrfY? ydefYabmif;omESifYav;}} lasted long [1782-1819 A.D.] 37 the music troupe in action, and the service as Director-General of Fine artists including puppeteers who ]]Acrobats doing handstand and years was the sixth king in the Kon- spectator audience in a rejoicing and Performing Arts Department, performed their talents at the pagoda headstand stants, baung dynasty. He was a great royal mood. It vividly conveys to us a Ministry of Culture, he proved one of festival. The following is an excerpt Jugglers playing with daggers, patron of art, architecture and liter- realistic picture of a marionette show the writer’s helping hands. Besides, from the inscription: puppets dancing, and ature. He appointed a learned man in its contemporary setting. in all annual performing arts compe- ]]t&kyfonf oQifynmwirnf iokrf? Sonorous music resounding till named U Thaw as Minister in charge Major Michael Symes, an En- titions held at State level he worked ipnf ijzLwm? atmifEkdif cifvSuJ olcsrf;om the ground trembled.” of entertainment. U Thaw continued glish Envoy dispatched to the Court with the writer in many capacities. awmifzufom? t&kyfonf ia&TOD; ijrvl ynm The Great Chronicle named U to serve under the next king Bagy- of Inwa in 1795 A.D. during the Like Daw Ma Ma Naing, U Ye Dway onftaygif; 5 usdyf}} Kala Maha Yazawun Gyin compiled idaw [reign 1819-1837 A.D.]. On the reign of King Bodawpaya recorded was a devotee of Myanmar puppetry. ]]Puppeteers, artists Nga Thone, by a lay historian U Kala during the 9th day of waxing moon of Tabaung fully the Myanmar marionette show Though a college degree holder he Nga Si, Nga Phyu Tar, Aung Naing, reign of King Taninganwe [1714- [March] in the Myanmar Era 1183 he was honoured to watch after the put his time and money in reviving Khin Hla Ke, Thu Chan Thar, Taung 1733 A.D.] records the grand royal [1821 A.D.] King Bagyidaw issued a Ihingyan New Year water festival he and renovating this nearly dying art Pet Thar, Puppeteers Nga Shwe U, banquet followed by performances set of rules and regulations regarding participated at the great house of the of puppetry. He formed a puppet Nga Mya Lu---- total number of of artists accorded on the first day Myanmar marionette show. [English Myo-wun [Mayor] of the Dagaon troupe Dagon Aung Yokethey. He artists 50.}} the waning moon of the month of translation of these rules and regu- Town. The entertainment of a dance had been many countries of East and The next is a literary piece from Taboung [March] in the Myanmar lations on marionette show will be and puppet show lasted till eleven. West with puppet tradition, either a famous poem Buyidat Linga Gyi Era 980 [1615 A.D.] in honour of appendixed at the end of this article.]. [Vide Michael Symes, An Account on invitation for performance or for composed in 1484 A.D. by a monk the Envoy of Mogul Emperor Akbar, All puppeteers in his kingdom were of the Embassy to the Kingdom of seminar. When the writer browsed poet Shin Maha Rathata Thara of the the Ambassador from Colchonda [ a bound to abide by them, or pain of Ava, London, 1800 pp. 178-180] the pages of his book the writer was Inwa Period. Stanza No. 152 of this kingdom on the Coromandle Coast punishment. In the writings of English and surprised and overjoyed to find in poem has the following line: of India] and the Ambassador from In the year 1823 A.D. King western visitors, servicemen and the bibliography some articles the ]]tawGtcJ? wGJ&&GJvsuf? MudK;qGJiifcs? Achin [an island kingdom in the East Bagyidaw built a royal monastery tourists in the British colonial period writer wrote in English and Burmese t&kyfuokdY---}} Indies]. A variety of entertainments named Maha Aung Myey Bon Tha Myanmar puppet shows were penned dailies and monthlies of three or four There are hangings and dan- including marionette show was Kyaung Taw at his capital city Inwa. appreciatively with photographic decades ago. glings like the dance of the string staged at this reception. Eyewitness In line 77 of the stone inscription illustrations. Prominent among Here follows the writer’s article puppets” U Kala records as follows:- set up in the compound of this them were Grant Browne, J.G. Scott “A study of Myanmar Puppetry”- This line specifically mentions ]]xkdaeYu? uacsobifpHkcH&onf/ rGefywf monastery which recorded that great [Shway Yoe] R.Boileau Pemberton, The origin of Myanmar puppetry the dance of the string puppets. wq,fYav;qkdif;? jrefrmywfwqkdif;? uacs 13? religious merit are mentioned sundry Maurice Collis. Myanmar has a long tradition Similar reference is found in t&kyfMuD;t&kyfi,f obifpHkcH&onf}} entertainments including puppet The fact that the above evidenc- of puppetry. Our puppetry preceded another poem of the same monk “On that day, a variety enter- shows, performed at the ceremony es are not earlier than the 15th century our dancing and dramatic art and it poet, composed in 1529 A.D. The tainment was staged. Fourteen Mon of the Royal Donation. The line does not rule out the possibility of had enjoyed pride of place in the poem was titled “Than Wara Pyo”. musical Ensembles, one Myanmar runs thus:- the emergence and existence of Myanmar heart. But its origin is still Stanza No. 168 of this poem has the musical Ensembles, thirteen dancers, ]]rD;yHkqif;yGJ? *Grf;xkd;wkdifwuf? ycsKyfiSuf Myanmar marionette show prior to an unsolved mystery. Scholars try to following rhymes: and puppet and marionette shows xGuf? o&ufoD;qGwf? vrÜ,f?a>rzrf;? vufyef; tat century. More research is needed trace its trail far back into the past via ]]aysmfrIwoD;? &kyfMuD;&kyfi,f? rD;0,fMunfYyGJ? were performed---” vufayGU? ZmwfMuD;?&kyfao;? &Hk;?,Gef;?,kd;',m;? and archaeology and cultural anthro- archaeology, anthropology, history, tHYtJrEkdif? tqkdifqkdifvQif? tJwkdif?tJcH---}} The Konbaung Period [1752- ukvm;? a0omvD? w&kwfw&uf? bmomtzGJY? pology have yet to turn up hitherto literature and many media of arts, “Entertainment such as mari- 1885 A.D.] of Myanmar history tcsD;? twD; tu? ,if;okdYpaom yGJrsdK;pHkwkdYjzifY---}} unearthed data regarding this subject. but they lose their trek in the welter onette at night to be seen under the provides abundant evidences both “Camp fire, some result, pole (To be continued) 10 Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 business & technology Asian stocks set for worst monthly drop in three years as Fed, China loom Hong Kong, 31 Aug — 1 percent and is set to fall 10 per- likely than some investors expect- Aug. 20-26, a sharp increase from Friday following the Fed offi- Global financial markets looked cent this month, its worst monthly ed. $1.5 billion the week earlier, ac- cials’ comments that kept pros- set for another rough week on drop since May 2012. Fed Vice Chairman Stanley cording to Nomura fund flows pects of a September hike alive. Monday, with stocks and com- Selling intensified as China Fischer, speaking at the central data. The euro was up 0.6 percent modities falling ahead of data that markets extended losses. Shang- bank’ conference in Wyoming, Credit markets, often a har- at $1.12550 EUR= after touching could give clues on when the US hai stocks .SSEC, the epicentre of said recent volatility in global binger of things to come for equi- an eight-day low of $1.1156 on will raise interest rates and sur- this month’s whip-saw action, Friday. veys which are likely to point to were down more than 3 percent at The market will watch the further weakness in China. one point. They have plunged European Central Bank’s policy Confusion over policy direc- more than 40 percent since mid- meeting on Thursday to see if it tion in the world’s two largest June. will be inclined to ease monetary economies sent global markets Japan’s Nikkei .N225 and policy further in the wake of the into turmoil early last week, with Australia were down 2 percent recent global market mayhem, the wildest price swings in years before paring losses. though no imminent change is ex- pushing investors to the exits. “A pull back in the market pected. European shares looked set was to be expected as some inves- US crude oil prices dipped as to follow Asian shares and US tors are taking profits after the their biggest two-day surge in stock futures lower on Monday, two-day rally,” wrote Gerry Al- quarter of a century ran its course. with Germany’s share index .GD- fonso, director of Shenwan US crude CLc1 was down AXI expected to open down 1.35 Hongyuan Securities, referring to 1.3 percent at $44.62 a barrel after percent and France’s CAC 40 . a brief rebound late last week. jumping more than 6 percent on FCHI likely to fall 1.39 percent, “Investors seem to be waiting Friday on frenetic short-covering according to IG. The UK market until the manufacturing PMI fig- fuelled by violence in Yemen, a is closed for a public holiday. ure is released later this week be- storm in the Gulf of Mexico and US stock futures ESc1 slid 1 fore making significant deci- A pedestrian is reflected on an electronic board showing the graph refinery outages. percent, suggesting weakness on sions.” of the recent fluctuations of the Japan’s Nikkei average outside a The contract was still down Wall Street later in the session. A Reuters poll showed Chi- nearly 5 percent on the month, brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, August 27, 2015.—Reuters “This is a market that is na’s official factory sector activi- when it hit a 6-1/2-year low last walking on glass; China seems to ty likely fell to a 3-year low in markets could ease and possibly ties, spelt further pain in store for week in the wake of China-led be the central theme feeding into August. Other surveys on Chinese pave the way for a rate hike. emerging markets. global growth fears. a lot of these things but today the factory and service sector activity Prospects of higher interest An index for Asian high- Gold struggled to recover focus is very much on US interest will also be released on Tuesday. rates and returns in the United yield credit has fallen sharply this from last week’s losses, even in rates again,” said, James McGlew, Traders are also on edge States combined with China’s month compared to a relatively the face of a softer dollar. Spot executive director of corporate ahead of US business surveys, slowdown have diminished the steady performance in the invest- gold XAU= was flat at $1,133.98 stock broking at Argonaut in Aus- factory orders, trade data and Fri- appeal of emerging markets as in- ment grade index, according to an ounce, after dropping more tralia. day’s nonfarm payrolls this week, vestors have dumped riskier as- Thomson Reuters data. than 2 percent last week in its MSCI’s broadest index of after comments by a top Federal sets. The dollar eased 0.6 percent steepest decline in five weeks. For Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan Reserve official suggested that a Investors sold $5.9 billion of to 121.03 yen JPY= after rising to the month, the metal was up 3.5 .MIAPJ0000PUS shed more than September rate rise was more emerging market assets between the week’s high of 121.76 on percent.—Reuters BNY Mellon expects to fix pricing World to Fed: We’re prepared for US rate hike, so don’t delay Jac kson Hole, (Wyo), 31 “For us, that is very good could outweigh those difficulties. glitch before markets open Aug — Central bankers from news,” he added. Effects of the Fed’s easy around the world are telling their While Yao Yudong, head of money have been felt in countries American counterparts that they the People’s Bank of China Re- as diverse as Chile and Switzer- are ready for a US interest rate hike search Institute of Finance and land. Annual inflation in Chile has and would prefer that the Federal Banking, last week blamed the consistently come in above the Reserve make the move without Fed for the market turmoil and bank’s target range of 2 percent to further ado. said a US hike should be delayed, 4 percent. In private and in public at last most central bankers from emerg- In Switzerland, the central week’s global central banking con- ing markets contacted by Reuters bank has been forced to keep ference in Jackson Hole, the mes- at Jackson Hole and over the past rates negative since it removed its sage from visiting policymakers month shared Carstens’ view. cap on the franc at 1.20 to the was that the Fed has telegraphed an An end to more than six years euro, sending the currency soar- initial monetary tightening and, of rock bottom US rates will touch ing and putting a major strain on following a year-long rise in the off a wave of potentially painful the export-dependent Swiss dollar, financial markets globally adjustments as countries deal with economy. A BNY Mellon sign is seen on their headquarters in New York’s financial are as ready as they can be. the likelihood of an even stronger “Latin America has seen a district, in this January 19, 2011 file photo.—Reuters The powerful group gathered dollar as well as capital outflows surge of inflation” as countries New York, 31 Aug — BNY Mellon Corp (BK.N) expects to fix the at the end of a roller-coaster week from some emerging markets and “internalize” the evolution of Fed computer glitch that disrupted pricing of US mutual funds and ex- in markets in which the Dow changes in the relative prices of policy, Central Bank of Chile change-traded funds before markets open on Monday, its chief executive tanked by 1,000 points on Mon- traded goods. An end to uncertain- Governor Rodrigo Vergara told said. The resolution of the issue, which affected the calculation of billions day on concerns of a slowdown in ty for policymakers, however, the conference.—Reuters of dollars of assets last week, has taken far longer than expected, CEO China but recovered to trade high- Gerald Hassell said on a conference call, a transcript of which was made er by the end of the week. Re- available to Reuters. “We expect to complete Friday’s NAVs for all but marks by Fed officials that liftoff one of the affected fund clients by tomorrow morning ... Our goal is to could come in September were provide fund clients with system-generated NAVs for Monday by tomor- blamed by some for that volatility. row night,” Hassell said on Sunday night. But for Agustin Carstens, the The bank has completed calculating net asset values (NAVs) for all top central banker in Mexico, a funds through last Thursday with the exception of those of one mutual rate hike by his neighbor sends an fund client, Hassell said, without identifying the client. encouraging sign of economic An accounting system BNY Mellon relies on to calculate the prices health, even if it does force of clients’ mutual funds and ETFs broke down last weekend, disrupting growth-challenged Mexico to also pricing on nearly 5 percent of US mutual funds and ETFs with about $404 raise rates within days. billion in assets, according to data from Morningstar and Lipper. “If the Fed tightens, it will be Hassell said the bank still didn’t know the root cause of the failure due to the fact that they have a per- and would seek assistance from independent third-party to work on the ception that inflation is drifting issue. Last Thursday, financial services software provider SunGard, up, but more important that unem- which hosts an accounting platform that helps the world’s largest custody ployment is falling and the econo- bank calculate NAVs for its funds clients, apologized for the glitch that my is recovering,” Carstens told A detail from the front of the United States Federal Reserve Board happened during a systems upgrade.—Reuters Reuters in an interview. building is shown in Washington October 28, 2014.—Reuters Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 11 health & science Even ‘safe’ levels of air pollution up heart attack risk

London, 31 Aug — Particu- STEMI registry, using STEMI late matter and nitric dioxide hospitalisation as a proxy indi- emissions from industrial plants cator. or vehicles increase the risk of Between 2009 and 2013, heart attacks, despite being with- there were 11,428 hospitalisa- in ‘safe’ levels of air pollution, a tions for STEMI. new study has claimed. Researchers found that 10 The study examined the ef- microgrammes per cubic metre fect of short term exposure to air increases in ambient PM2.5 con- pollution on the risk of ST-seg- centrations were associated with ment elevation myocardial in- a 2.8 per cent increase in STEMI farction (STEMI). while 10 microgrammes per cu- This type of myocardial in- bic metre rises in NO2 were as- farction (heart attack) has the sociated with a 5.1 per cent in- The screen shot of a CNTV video shows that one of China’s largest UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) has worst prognosis and is caused by creased risk. These associations completed its maiden flight successfully.—Xinhua thrombotic occlusion of a coro- were only observed in men. nary artery that damages the “The association between heart. STEMI and air pollution was ob- Ambient air pollution is a served within one day of expo- New food ingredient may lead to mixture of particulate matter sure,” said Jean-Francois Arga- (PM) and gaseous pollutants cha, a cardiologist at University such as sulphur dioxide (SO2), Hospital Brussels in Belgium. slower melting ice cream nitric dioxide (NO2) and ozone “This was despite the fact London, 31 Aug — Scientists ed fat — and fewer calories — said Professor Cait MacPhee, (O3). that concentrations of air pollut- have discovered a naturally occur- than at present. School of Physics and Astronomy, Fine particle pollution, also ants were within the European ring protein that can be used to Researchers at the Universi- University of Edinburgh. called PM2.5, has the ability to air quality standard,” said Arga- create ice cream that is more re- ties of Edinburgh and Dundee de- Using the ingredient could reach the lower respiratory tract cha. A subgroup analysis ac- sistant to melting. veloped a method of producing offer significant advantages for and carry a large amount of toxic cording to age showed that pa- The protein, known as BslA, the new protein — which occurs ice cream makers. It can be pro- compound into the body. tients aged 75 years and above binds together the air, fat and wa- naturally in some foods — in cessed without loss of perfor- PM2.5 and NO2 originate developed more STEMI in rela- ter in ice cream, creating a su- friendly bacteria. mance, and can be produced from predominantly from the combus- tion to PM10 exposure, while per-smooth consistency. They estimate that ice cream sustainable raw materials, re- tion of fossil fuels such as emis- those 54 years and under were The new ingredient could en- made with the ingredient could be searchers said. Manufacturers sions from industrial plants or more susceptible to NO2. able ice creams to keep frozen for available within three to five could also benefit from a reduced vehicles. “Considering that NO2 is longer in hot weather. It could also years. The protein works by ad- need to deep freeze their product, Data on PM10, PM2.5, O3 more related to vehicle emis- prevent gritty ice crystals from hering to fat droplets and air bub- as the ingredient would keep ice and NO2 levels were obtained sions, one explanation for this forming, ensuring a fine, smooth bles, making them more stable in a cream frozen for longer. from Belgian Environmental finding could be that the young- texture like those of luxury ice mixture. The supply chain would also Agency air pollution records. er population may be exposed to creams, researchers said. “We’re excited by the poten- be eased by a reduced need to Data on STEMI incidence excess NO2 from road traffic The development could also tial this new ingredient has for im- keep the product very cold came from the Belgian Interdis- due to a higher level of social allow products to be manufac- proving ice cream, both for con- throughout delivery and merchan- ciplinary Working Group on and professional activities,” said tured with lower levels of saturat- sumers and for manufacturers,” dising, researchers said.—Reuters Acute Cardiology (BIWAC) Argacha. —PTI Bayer moves heart drug to final tests after mid-stage success

Leverkusen, 31 Aug — Bay- in a different way and appears to er will move a new heart failure avoid these issues, so cardiolo- drug into final-stage testing this gists are watching its development year, boosting its ambitions in car- closely. diovascular medicine, after the ex- “If you can eliminate hyper- perimental medicine proved better kalaemia (high potassium) that than an older rival in a mid-stage would be a huge benefit to pa- trial. tients,” said Mary Norine Walsh, Having done well with re- vice president of the American cently launched drugs like stroke College of Cardiology, who was prevention pill Xarelto and eye not involved in the research. treatment Eylea, the German Phase II trial data presented group is eager to show it has an- in London on Monday showed fi- other potential billion-dollar-plus nerenone led to fewer deaths and winner in finerenone. fewer hospital admissions among Finerenone, which is still sev- participants during 90 days of ini- eral years from reaching the mar- tial treatment, when compared to a ket, is an improved version of an control group on eplerenone. troublesome class of heart drugs “We didn’t expect to see called mineralocorticoid receptor these clearly better results already antagonists (MRAs). in Phase II,” said Frank Missel- Existing MRAs spironolac- witz, head of the therapeutic area The logo of German drugmaker Bayer is seen in Leverkusen April 26, 2014. —Reuters tone and eplerenone, branded as cardiovascular and coagulation at Inspra by Pfizer, are unsuitable for Bayer. He added that potassium Society of Cardiology annual treating heart failure, in which the sales of more than $5 billion by many patients since they can cause levels in the blood were also bet- meeting. Bayer will enroll more heart fails to pump enough blood 2020. abnormally high levels of potassi- ter. than 3,600 patients with heart fail- around the body, but competition Finerenone may only reach um in the blood, leading to irregu- A blood reading to measure ure and diabetes and/or kidney is starting to heat up. the market in 2020 or 2021, ac- lar heart beat or even cardiac ar- stress on the heart, which was the disease in its final-stage Phase III Novartis recently won ap- cording to analysts, leaving its rest. trial’s primary efficacy measure, study. It has said previously it proval for its drug Entresto that prospects uncertain, although Ber- The two older medicines, was at levels comparable to the would also start Phase III tests of can cut the risk of both cardiovas- enberg and Deutsche Bank have whose patents have expired, are control group, as was the level of the drug in diabetic kidney dis- cular death and hospital admis- penciled in potential sales of $1.8 also linked to kidney problems. overall side effects, according to ease. There has been little pro- sions by a fifth, and which is fore- billion and $2.0 billion respective- Bayer’s pill, however, works results presented at the European gress for more than a decade in cast by analysts to generate annual ly.—Reuters 12 Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 ADVERTISEMENT & World THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR MINISTRY OF ENERGY Indonesia favouring China over MYANMA OIL AND GAS ENTERPRISE (INVITATION FOR OPEN TENDER ) Japan in railway bid — govt sources (14/2015) Jakarta, 31 Aug — committee led by chief frastructure projects. 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Time - 29-9-2015, 16:30 Hr rail projects coming up source told Reuters. nesia’s deputy minister of Tender Document shall be available during office hours commencing from 1st in Asia over the coming A second govern- infrastructure and regional September, 2015 at the Finance Department, Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise, No(44) years, including one link- ment source said Indonesia development, told Reuters Complex, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. ing Kuala Lumpur and wanted to strike a balance last Friday after meeting Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise Singapore. between the two powers in China’s ambassador to In- Ph.+9567-411097 /411206 A cabinet-level handing out high-profile in- donesia.—Reuters

picture of the day Prince William makes rare public appreciation of grandmother Queen Elizabeth II Beijing, 31 Aug — Praising her “kind- Prince William has made ness and sense of humor” a rare public appreciation and love for her family of his grandmother Queen and her home, Prince Wil- Elizabeth II as she is liam wrote she has been a about to celebrate her be- “model for a life of ser- coming the longest serv- vice.” ing monarch in the history “From a personal of Great Britain. point of view, I am priv- In the preface of a ileged to witness the pri- new biography, Eliza- vate side of the Queen, beth II: The Steadfast, as a grandmother and a the Prince said this. As great-grandmother,” he the Queen, 89, approach- wrote. es Sept. 9, the day when “The Queen’s kind- she will break Queen ness and sense of humor, Victoria’s record reign, her innate sense of calm William highlighted her and perspective, and her Mount McKinley is shown in this January 11, 2011 handout photo provided by the National Park Service in Alaska. “example and continui- love of family and home President Barack Obama will officially restore Denali as the name of North America’s tallest mountain, ending a 40-year ty,” that is “rare among are all attributes I experi- battle over what to call the peak that has been known as Mount McKinley.—Reuters leaders.” ence first-hand.”—Xinhua Sword-wielding Hardik Patel threatens Modi’s “model” in India of breaking a promise to Patidars, out of universi- people in Ahmedabad, Gu- mostly Muslims. Modi has provide jobs that helped ty places and government jarat’s largest city. Violence long faced accusations of him win last year’s general jobs. broke out across the western failing to quell those riots. election. Patel has stirred up- state after police detained Modi’s calls for calm Patel, by his own ad- heaval in Gujarat, the state Patel briefly, leading to at now cut no ice with Patel: mission, scraped through Modi ran for 13 years before least seven deaths. “I am ready for a fight to college and failed to land he became prime minister “Brother Modi is very protect the Patels against a steady job. But he has — an era of rapid industri- angry with me and my com- the economic domination proven to be a talented or- al growth that his Bharatiya munity - we have exposed of the lower castes,” Patel, a ganiser and rabble-rous- Janata Party (BJP) success- the flaws in his economic slight man with a broad face ing orator, creating a mass fully pitched to voters as a and social model,” Patel and thick hair, told Reuters movement in a matter of “model” to bring prosperity said in an interview on the late last week. Patel came weeks. to India’s 1.2 billion people. outskirts of Ahmedabad. on Sunday to New Delhi to Hardik Patel The explosive is- Patel calls the model “But he shouldn’t forget that meet leaders of other castes sue he has locked on to is hyped, saying Modi “tried we supported him.” that also harbour jobs griev- Ahmedabad, (India), overnight as the most caste: He says India’s pol- to sell platinum when all Gujarat still bears the ances. Brandishing a sword 31 Aug — Hardik Patel, a pressing political threat to icies of affirmative action he had was steel”. Protests scars of sectarian bloodlet- before his supporters, he sword-wielding 22-year- Narendra Modi, accusing have shut his community culminated last Tuesday ting in 2002 when more than vowed to launch protests old activist has emerged the Indian prime minister the Patels, also known as in a rally by half a million 1,000 people were killed, across India.—Reuters Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 13 ADVERTISEMENT & GENERAL

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Following the courte- leaders at the Harmony This is the first state sy call on President Tan, Center.—Xinhua 14 Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 Entertainment Amitabh Swift leads winners but West, Cyrus Bachchan’s Twitter account rule MTV Video Music Awards Los Angeles, 31 Aug — Tay- “If I had a daughter at that hacked lor Swift may have won the most time when I went on stage and Moonmans on Sunday but it was grabbed the mic from someone her reunion with rapper Kanye else ... after that night, the stage West on the MTV Video Music was gone, but the effect it had on Awards stage that stole the show, people remain,” he said. He ended as West declared he will run for his speech by declaring, “I have the US presidency in 2020. decided in 2020 to run for presi- West, who famously stormed dent,” quickly riling up social me- the stage and snatched the micro- dia. phone from Swift in 2009 during Swift won video of the year, her acceptance speech, was given the night’s top award, for the the Michael Jackson Video Van- star-studded music video of her guard award on Sunday by Swift, revenge song “Bad Blood,” which Megastar Amitabh Bachchan in a VMA moment that came full is reportedly about her feud with circle. singer Katy Perry. Mumbai, 31 Aug — Megas- “Everyone in the world knew “I know there’s been a lot of tar Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter about our infamous encounter at discussion about what this video account, which boasts of over the VMAs, but something you means but I’m just happy that in 44 thousand followers, has been may not know is Kanye West’s al- 2015 we live in a world where hacked. bum ‘College Dropout’ is the very boys can play princesses and girls The 72-year-old “Piku” star first album I bought on iTunes,” can play soldiers,” the 25-year-old alleged the hacker planted adult Swift said. singer said. sites in the ‘following’ section She added, in a parody of Perry did not attend this of his account on the micro-blog- West’s 2009 speech when he hi- year’s awards show. ging site. jacked her award, “to all the other Viacom Inc-owned MTV’s An upset Bachchan tweet- winners tonight, I’m really happy annual VMA hands out Moonman ed, “WHOA!... My Twitter han- for you and Imma let you finish, statuettes to the year’s top achieve- Taylor Swift accepts the award for best female video for ‘Blank Space’ dle hacked! Sex sites planted as but Kanye West has one of the ments in music videos, but is bet- at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California August ‘following’! Whoever did this, greatest careers of all time.” ter known for delivering irreverent 30, 2015.—Reuters try someone else, buddy, I don’t After a standing ovation, and unexpected moments. Singer Justin Bieber returned “Blank Space.” need this!” West rehashed the 2009 incident Sunday’s show was all about to the VMA stage after a two-year New Jersey rapper Fetty Wap A social media savvy, Big B along with many other musings on the shock factor as a scantily clad break to perform two new tracks, was named artist to watch, Bruno uses different platforms — Twit- the authenticity of artistry, at one Miley Cyrus, 22, cursed her way tearing up at the end of his perfor- Mars and Mark Ronson’s summer ter, Facebook and his blog — to point criticizing awards shows through her hosting duties, flashed mance. hit “Uptown Funk!” was named interact with his fans and update and MTV for replaying the Swift her bare breast accidentally and Swift led the winners with best male video and Nicki Minaj’s them with his projects and per- incident over and over for “more performed a new song about four Moonmans including best fe- “Anaconda” won best hip hop sonal life.—PTI ratings.” smoking marijuana. male video and best pop vide for video.—Reuters Rap music film “Straight Outta Compton” continues to lead North American box office Los Angeles, 31 Aug — The other three films are the third place, with 8.3 million Rap music film “Straight Outta Warner Bros’ “American Sniper” dollars in weekend sales and a Compton” continued to dominate and two Universal releases of “Fu- running total of over 170 million box office in North America this rious 7” and “Jurassic World.” dollars in North America. weekend. “War Room,” a Sony movie The R-rated action thriller The movie, distributed by aimed at religious audience, de- “No Escape” opened in the fourth Universal Pictures about the rise buted in the second place with 11 place with 8.3 million dollars in and fall of the Compton, Califor- million dollars in ticket sales. For weekend sales from 3,355 loca- nia hip hop group N.W.A., was on opening, the film was screened at tions. It received a “B+” rating on track to fetch another 13.2 million 1,135 locations. In breakdown, the CinemaScore and 41 percent in US dollars in tickets earnings this audience for “War Room” skewed positive rating from critics on Rot- weekend, down 50 percent from towards female moviegoers (60 ten Tomatoes. Rounding out the last weekend, which will bring its percent) and heavily towards rest 10 most popular movies in the three-week gross sales to 134.1 moviegoers over the age of 25 United States and Canada were million dollars in North America (85 percent). The critics, however, “Sinister 2” (4.7 million dollars), and 140.9 million dollars world- gave it a poor 17 percent in ap- “Man From U.N.C.L.E.” (4.4 mil- wide. “Straight Outta Compton” proval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. lion), “Hitman: Agent 47” (3.9 is the fourth film to lead the box In its fifth week of exhibition, million), “The Gift” (3.1 million), office for at least three consecu- Paramount’s “Mission: Impossi- “Jurassic World” (3.1 million) and tive weekends this year. ble Rogue Nation” was ranked in “Ant-Man” (3 million).—Xinhua Shah Rukh wraps ‘Dilwale’ shooting in Iceland Mumbai, 31 Aug — Super- miss the lites & Ice.” Filmmaker thank you for all your support,” she star Shah Rukh Khan has wrapped Farah Khan has choreographed the added. “Dilwale” also stars Varun the shooting of a song with actress song for the Rohit Shetty-directed Dhawan, Kriti Sanon, Boman Ira- friend Kajol in Iceland for his up- action-comedy. ni, Vinod Khanna, Sanjay Mishra, coming film “Dilwale”. “A really special song Johnny Lever among others. Shah Rukh, 49, who will be wrapped for #Dilwale... With my The film, which has music by seen with Kajol on the big screen favoritest Kajol N @iamsrk who Pritam, is scheduled to release on after five years, took to Twitter to has clicked this pic! Timelessness!” December 18 and will clash with Photo shows the winner Louisa Mak (C), the first runner-up Ada Pong share the news. “In films just as you Farah tweeted alongside a picture Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padu- (L) and the secondrunner-up Karmen Kwok (R) of the Miss Hong start living a story, it’s time to end of her and Kajol. “Bye bye to the kone, Priyanka Chopra-starrer Kong Pageant 2015. The final was held in Hong Kong, China, on Aug. it so you can start a new one. Ice- lovely Icelandic crew... Iceland is “Bajirao Mastani”, directed by 30, 2015.—Xinhua land road trip coming to end. Will “Niceland “ because of its people Sanjay Leela Bhansali.—PTI Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 15 general Kenya tops medals standings as Beijing worlds concludes as “best ever” Beijing, 31 Aug — Star run- championships ever!” Kiprop. bronze,” Ayana said. ner Asbel Kiprop won Kenya one “Great crowd, full stadium, In the women’s 4x400m re- Germany’s Katharina Mo- more gold on the final matchday passionate and noisy people, in- lay, Jamaica overcame the Unit- litor won the women’s javelin of the 15th IAAF world cham- form athletes that are competing ed States for the title. gold with her final throw and pionships on Sunday as the east at the highest level,” added Coe, Jamaica’s Novlene Wil- denied host China a second title African country finished atop who will officially take over the liams-Mills overtook America’s of the world athletics champion- the medals standings for the first world’s athletics governing body Francena McCorory in the final ships. time with seven gold, six silver from Monday. meters to win the title in 3:19.13 As Chinese Lyu Huihui had and three bronze medals. Kiprop’s 1,500m win was seconds, a world leading time. a chance of landing the gold with Sprinting power Jamaica one of the most stunning victo- The US men’s relay team a new Asian record of 66.13 me- finished second with a 7-2-3 re- ries in the championships, with saved face by winning the ters on her fifth try, Molitor hur- cord. The United States came the Kenyan starting his late 4x400m relay gold at a time of tled the javelin to 67.69 meters to third with six golds, dropping out charge from the last place to first 2:57.82. nail the title. of the top two for the first time. only in the last half-lap for the Ethiopia became the biggest “Perfect! My first interna- New IAAF president Se- gold. winner on the final day as Mare tional medal,” said Molitor, who bastian Coe gave an thumbs-up It was also his third succes- Dibaba won the women’s mar- had never previously won a med- to the Beijing worlds by saying sive world title after the 26-year- athon title first in day session al at a major championships. it was a “great, great champion- old impressively claimed the title and then their women runners In the men’s high jump, Silver medalist Kenya’s Helah ships”. in both 2011 and 2013. had a clean sweep of medals of Canada’s Derek Drouin cleared Kiprop celebrates during the “China staged a wonderful “I am so proud of myself to all colors in the women’s 5,000 2.34 meters in a three-man jump- awarding ceremony of the championships and it’s been sen- become a member of this exclu- meters event, with world leader off to win the gold medal. women’s marathon event at the sational. I left the stadium last sive club of the three times world Almaz Ayana taking the title in a China’s Zhang Guowei and 2015 IAAF World Championships night with people who have been champions but I would love to championships record time. Ukraine’s Bohdan Bondarenko at the “Bird’s Nest” National to many championships before defend the title also fourth time “It is great for our coun- shared the second place on 2.33 Stadium in Beijing, capital of saying: Arguably the best world again in London 2017,” said try that we won gold, silver and meters.—Xinhua China, Aug. 30, 2015.—Xinhua Big motorbikes rev up again under Iranian reforms

Dubai, 31 Aug — The joy of of 250 cubic cm was introduced sociation’s manager Mehrdad riding big Japanese and Ameri- in the early years of the revolu- Hemmatian said. can motorbikes was just one of tion to halt drive-by killings of Police and Interior Ministry the pleasures taken away from Iranian officials by the opposi- agents monitor the riders while (1-9-2015 07:00 am~2-9-2015 07:00 am) MST Iranians after the country’s Is- tion. they are on the road. Today Fresh lamic revolution. But three dec- It was also part of an effort “We are hopeful that the re- 07:03 Am News ades on, to the delight of enthusi- to eradicate vestiges of an un-Is- strictions on full-sized motorcy- 07:26 Am Insight Myanmar - Media & Election asts, there are signs of restrictions lamic Western lifestyle that had cles will be revised and lifted,” 07:45 Am Kambawzathardi Golden Palace - A Treasured Legacy being eased. This month a dozen prevailed under the monarchy Hemmatian said. “The restric- Of Golden Days bikers on pre-revolutionary and overthrown in 1979. Women tions are outdated.” The govern- 08:03 Am News newer models were allowed a were barred from riding motor- ment-linked association is also 08:26 Am Myanmar Traditional Bullock–Cart & Equestrain Racing strictly regulated ride in Tehran. cycles as it was seen as incom- lobbying to bring down import 08:36 Am Myanmar Betels It was still a far cry from the patible with Shi’ite Islamic val- tariffs on sports bikes to 6 per- 08:51 Am Tea open highways of “Easy Rider”. ues. Motorbikes with big engine cent from 100 percent. 09:03 Am News Special permission is need- power were used exclusively People involved with the 09:26 Am Culture Show: Abdication of King Thibaw ed to ride just one weekend per by the Basij, the government’s government are mostly behind 09:43 Am Kay Tu Mar Lar “The Family” month and the cruise is limited plain-clothes security force, the demand for motorcycles as it 09:52 Am Colonial Buildings and a New Yangon to specific streets during daylight which often paraded on them is easier for them to obtain spe- 10:03 Am News hours. Women are still prohibited around Tehran in a show of pow- cial permission and they are bet- 10:27 Am Life of Sea Urchin Diver from riding bikes. It fits in, how- er. ter able to afford the expensive 10:37 Am Atuladhipati Mahamunisacca Koe Htat Kyee Pagoda ever, with other developments as Under the reprieve, authori- American-made Harley David- 10:53 Am Writer Iran opens up to the West again ties select members of the Teh- son motorcycles. under reform-minded President ran Motorcycling and Car Rac- Bikers who are not from the (11:00 Am ~ 03:00 Pm) - Monday Repeat (07:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am) Hassan Rohani. ing Association to license for elite can manage to afford cheap- (03:00 Pm ~ 07:00 Pm) - Today Repeat (07:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am) The ban outlawing motorcy- street riding after running them er Japanese sports bikes for use cles with engines above the size through security checks, the as- on race tracks.—Reuters Prime Time 07:03 Pm News 07:26 Pm A Day Out With Sarah (EP-7) 07:52 Pm Thin Byu Mat 08:03 Pm News 08:27 Pm Taste Of Myanmar (Fried Flat Noodle) 08:49 Pm Myanmar Masterclass: Artist Win Pe (09:00 Pm ~ 11:00 Pm) - Today Repeat (09:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am) (11:00 Pm ~ 03:00 Am) - Monday Repeat (07:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am (03:00 Am ~ 07:00 Am) - Today Repeat (07:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am)

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7:55 am (1-9-2015, Tuesday) • TV Drama Series 6:00 am 8:40 am • Mono Classical Songs • Musical Programme 9:00 am 6:50 am • Myanmar Video • Kyae Pwint Myaye Yin 10:25 am Khone Than • Myanmar Video 7:10 am 12:00 noon Performers participate in the Jermber Fashion Carnival 2015 in Jember of East Java, Indonesia, • TV Drama Series • Close Down. Aug. 30, 2015.—Xinhua interesting to see. You don’t get this kind of an opportunity many times in tennis,soitwill beveryinteresting tofollow.”— opportunity an of kind this get don’t You see. to interesting and intriguing it’s course of two, “Number 17. with list slams time one,” said second seed Roger Federer, who stands atop the men’s all- all-time list, two behind Margaret Court. “I hope she does it, number grand slamsinglescrowns, tying herwithGrafforsecondonthe en’s tennis.Thecompetition is reallyhigh.” aged todosofaratheragewinthreegrandslams.It’s man- she’s what impressive she’s and champion true a “She’s jors. ma- nine of winner Djokovic, Novak seed top men’s Open US says Rod was Laver in 1969. feat “I am the sending her good accomplish vibes, I to hope she does man it,” last The 1988. in Graf Steffi since tle, will be gunning to complete the first season’s sweep of the slams French OpenandWimbledon trophies alreadyonhercrowdedman- Monday arecheeringheron. even theleading men at the USOpenchampionships starting on grandest achievement in tennis,thesingleseasonGrandSlam,and for aSerenaGrandSlam US Openleadingmencheering 2 the USOpenonAugust31.— Open tennistournamentinNewYork,August27,2015.Playbeginsat USTA BillieJeanKingNationalTennisCenteraheadofthe2015US Serena WilliamsoftheUSspeaksduringanewsconferenceat presented first, second and third prize to female competitors May May Oo Khaing,YinMayMyoandKhinMarNwerespectively.—MGF competitors female to prize third and Latt second first, Zaw presented Aung U Commissioner Deputy District’s PyinOoLwin while event, amateur men’s the for Htet Min Hlaing and Tun Zaw Maw presentedfirst,secondandthirdprizestoKyawThetOo,Zaw a with Myo Hla presented Aung cheque. Commandant of Yan Defence Services U Academy Maj-Gen Myint Bank CB of Chairman 284 andthirdplacewenttoBoofHanGolfAcademywith287. PyinOoLwin on30August. with a-five-under-par 283 in the 5 the in 283 a-five-under-par with National golftournamentheld nd WaningDayofWagaung1377ME Victory atFlushingMeadows wouldlift Williams to 22career wom- and men’s both is, it tough how know I incredible. quite The 33-year-old American, with the2015Australian Open, N Commander of Central Command Maj-Gen Soe Htut and Vice Vice and Htut Soe Maj-Gen Command Central of Commander with Club Star New of Lwin Naing Naing was up runner The P ew y i Y n O ork o L wi , 31Aug—SerenaWilliams is onthebrinkof n , in PyinOoLwin 31 Aug — Hla Myo of Mizuno Club came first first came Club Mizuno of Myo Hla — Aug 31 R euters th Myanmar Golf Tournament in MyanmarGolfTournamentin Reuters

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