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Vol. VIII, No. 47, 11 th Waning of Kason 1383 ME www.gnlm.com.mm Saturday, 5 June 2021 State Administration Council Chairman Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives Minister of Foreign Aairs of Brunei Darussalam , ASEAN Secretary-General
Chairman of the State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is posing for a documentary photo at the reception event with the Foreign Minister of Brunei Darussalam and ASEAN Secretary-General yesterday. STATE Administration Coun- Jock Hoi at the parlour of the mendation of initial survey of in inspection in the 2020 mul- U Wunna Maung Lwin, U Ko Ko cil Chairman Command- Diplomat Hall of the Office of ASEAN, efforts of ASEAN to tiparty general election, plan Hlaing and officials. The Min- er-in-Chief of Defence Servic- the SAC Chairman yesterday ensure availability of COVID-19 to hold the election in peace ister of Foreign Affairs Brunei es Senior General Min Aung morning. vaccine, Myanmar-Brunei bi- and stability of the country, Darussalam and the ASEAN Hlaing received Minister of They exchanged views on lateral relations, terror acts and cooperation of Myanmar Secretary-General were ac- Foreign Affairs of Brunei results in the summit of ASE- in Myanmar by associations in humanitarian aid. companied by Deputy ASEAN Darussalam Dato Erywan AN leaders, efforts to estab- and terrorist groups related to Also present at the meet- Secretary-General Mr Garry Pehin Yusof and ASEAN Sec- lish the ASEAN Community, unlawful CRPH and NUG, er- ing together with the Senior Ramtee Bin Haji Ibrahim and retary-General Dato Lim implementation of the recom- rors in voter lists and findings General were Union Ministers officials. —MNA
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NATIONAL NATIONAL LOCAL BUSINESS LOCAL BUSINESS UEC Chairman MoSWRR Union Minister Domestic black Agriculture Department receives ASEAN receives Brunei Darussalam bean price jumps to projects to cover over 800,000 chairman and Foreign Minister, ASEAN over K1.08 mln per monsoon crop acres in Yangon secretary-general Secretary-General tonne southern district PAGE 4 PAGE 5 PAGE 7 PAGE 7 5 JUNE 2021 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR
Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council Nine Objectives
1. Political aairs (b) To develop a stable market economy and promote international investment (a) To build a Union based on democracy and federalism, through a disciplined in order to enhance the economic development of the entire National people. and genuine multiparty democratic system that is fair and just. (c) To promote and support local businesses to create employment opportu- (b) To emphasize the achievement of enduring peace for the entire nation in nities and increase domestic production. line with the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). (c) To continue implementing the principle of peaceful co-existence among 3. Social aairs countries through an independent, active and non-aligned foreign policy. (a) To ensure a strong and dynamic Union spirit, the genuine spirit of patriot- ism. 2. Economic aairs (b) To respect and promote the customs and traditions of all National peoples (a) To enhance production based on agriculture and livestock through modern and preserve and safeguard their cultural heritage and national charac- techniques and strengthen all-round development in other sectors of the teristics. economy. (c) To enhance the health, fitness and education quality of the entire nation.
Five-Point Road Map of the State Administration Council
1. The Union Election Commission will be reconstituted and its mandated tasks, including the scrutiny of voter lists, shall be implemented in accordance with the
law.
2. Effective measures will be taken with added momentum to prevent and manage the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. Actions will be taken to ensure the speedy recovery of businesses from the impact of COVID-19.
4. Emphasis will be placed on achieving enduring peace for the entire nation in line with the agreements set out in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.
5. Upon accomplishing the provisions of the state of emergency, free and fair multiparty democratic elections will be held in line with the 2008 Constitution, and
further work will be undertaken to hand over State duties to the winning party in accordance with democratic standards.
Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports Order No 127/2021 10th Waning of Kason 1383 ME 4 June 2021
The Ministry of Health and Sports hereby announced the order by exercising authority stipulated in Sub-Section (b) of Section 21 of the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases Law. 1. As the Ministry of Health and Sports is taking preventive measures against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in real-time, people from some townships need to stay at home because the number of confirmed patients is on the rise in Chin State. 2. The people residing in the following townships of Chin State are inclusive of the stay-at-home programme: (a) Tiddim Township (b) Falam Township (c) Thantlang Township (d) Haka Township 3. The people inclusive of the Stay-at-Home programme of the township need to abide by the following disciplines: (a) Reside at their homes only (except the persons going to government departments, organizations, companies, factories and workplaces for serving duties); (b) Arrange only one person from each house to go out shopping; (c) Arrange only two persons per house to go to hospitals and clinics; (d) Wear masks if they go outside the houses; (e) Allow ferries and the registered vehicles to transport the returnees from workplaces to pass the wards; (f) Allow one person only in addition to the driver in a vehicle for shopping in the community and two persons except for the driver for going to hospitals or clinics. 4. The people need to inform relevant ward administration bodies about seeking approvals for going outside the houses if they have reasons to raise limited numbers of participants in the measures and other emergency issues mentioned in sub-paragraph (b), (c) and (f) of Paragraph 3, and the relevant administrative bodies need not allow ingoing and outgoing persons, except for officials and those returnees from duty. 5. Action will be taken against those under the existing laws for failing to abide by the order. 6. The order came into force at 4 am on 5-6-2021.
Dr Thet Khaing Win Union Minister 5 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3 M MNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNNM N N
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task and manufacturing works in the agriculture and livestock sectors N N AS an agro-based country, Myanmar needs to apply modern techniques for developing agricultural task and manufacturing works in the agriculture N and livestock sectors to ensure food sufficiency. And surplus must be exported to improve the economy of rural people. N N (Excerpt from the speech to the Management Committee meeting made by N the Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on 21 May 2021) N MNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNN
Eective and successful implementation of socio-economic lives of farmers from the rural area, 70 per cent of the total population of the country, is very important current requirement of the State: Vice-Senior General
ead of the Steering to the economic development of Body for Protection of the State. Ministries and busi- H Farmers’ Rights and nesses were urged to distribute Enhancement for their Bene- agricultural machinery to farm- fits Vice-Chairman of the State ers at fair prices. Administration Council Deputy Secretary of the steering Commander-in-Chief of Defence Body Union Minister for Agricul- Services Commander-in-Chief ture, Livestock and Irrigation U (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Tin Htut Oo reported on forming Win delivered an address at the the steering committee and fu- meeting 1/2021 of the Steering ture plans. Body at the Ministry of Agricul- Members of the Steer Body ture, Livestock and Irrigation in Union Ministers, the Union At- Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. torney-General, the Governor In his speech, the Vice-Sen- of Central Bank of Myanmar, ior General said that effective the Chairman of Nay Pyi Taw and successful implementation Council, region and state ad- of socio-economic lives of farm- ministration councils and offi- ers from the rural area, 70 per is to help farmers not to lose farm plots and the enhancement fertilizers, pesticides and agri- cials discussed their respective cent of the total population of in farmland confiscation and of their benefits in accord with cultural machinery and system- sectors in protecting farmers’ the country, is the very impor- protect them for the safety of the essence of the law. atic usage, reduction of natural rights and enhancement of their tant current requirement of the farming rights, and Sub-section The government and the disaster risks and rehabilitation benefits and future plans. State. Successive governments (g) to carry out the emergence steering committee must re- tasks, enhancement of domestic Union Ministers U Tin Htut have been protecting the farm- of a farmer organization law. constitute the work committees crop productivity and seeking Oo and Dr Pwint San and Vice ers’ rights and enhancing their The committee aims to ensure and task forces to implement the the reasonable prices and mar- President of the Republic of benefits. food sufficiency of the State, full provisions of the law effective- ket of agricultural and livestock the Union of Myanmar Federa- So, the Law for Protection nutrition of the citizens, more ly. These work committees and products. Region and state ad- tion of Chambers of Commerce of Farmers’ Rights and En- exportation of products from ag- task forces are to invite entre- ministration councils need to and Industry U Ye Min Aung hancement for their Benefits ricultural and livestock sectors, preneurs to cooperate with them emphasize preparedness for discussed the needs to set the (2013) was enacted in 2013. The increase of income for farmers in the tasks. The Vice-Senior reducing the risks of natural floor prices for other crops such law comprises eight chapters and development of socio-eco- General further urged them to disasters, providing assistance as beans and onion similar to with 29 sections. Section 3 in nomic lives. As such, those at- coordinate with relevant minis- for crops and supervision for that of paddy. Chapter II mentions five ob- tending the meeting are respon- tries in the transfer of agricul- data on loss of farmers. In conclusion, the Vice-Sen- jectives of the law. Sub-Section sible for the protection of the ture and livestock techniques, The Vice-Senior General ior General said Union minis- (a) is to support the farmers rights of farmers who own small quality control for quality seeds, said the country must empha- tries are to scrutinize the sug- with the disbursement of suit- size an increase of per-acre gestions from the meeting. able loans, Sub-section (b) to yield. Moreover, it is neces- Arrangements must be made arrange smooth provision for sary to disseminate 14 points for thriving perennial crops techniques, inputs and produc- Model plots must be of systematic cultivation to the and occupying the market. The tion to farmers, Sub-section (c) farmers. Those in charge in ag- growing of perennial crop plants to give assistance to farmers ricultural sector in regions and contribute to the conservation to get reasonable prices and established in regions/states, states need to have comprehen- of forests and reduce the cli- market for agricultural prod- sive knowledge about nurturing, mate change process. Union ucts, Sub-Section (d) to effective districts and townships to cultivation, growing number of ministries and region and state perform protection of rights of paddy plants in set plots, proper authorities cooperate to distrib- farmers who own small plots increase the per-acre yield of drainage and seeding, and har- ute pedigree species of animals of farmlands and enhance of vesting process. They have to suitable for respective regions benefits and Sub-Section (e) to crops. Their increased income disseminate the knowledge to and increase products. provide assistance to farmers farmers. Model plots must be es- Then, the Vice-Senior Gen- for damage and loss in natural will contribute to the economic tablished in regions/states, dis- eral and party viewed round the disasters as much as possible. tricts and townships to increase displays of departments under The law was added with two development of the State. the per-acre yield of crops. Their the Ministry of Agriculture, Live- sub-sections. So, Sub-section (f) increased income will contribute stock and Irrigation.—MNA 5 JUNE 2021 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR UEC Chairman receives ASEAN chairman and secretary-general CHAIRMAN of the Union Elec- The meeting also discussed tion Commission U Thein Soe matters pertaining to further received the current ASEAN plans regarding the upcoming Chairman Dato Erywan Pehin election, ASEAN’s cooperation Yusof, Foreign Affairs Minis- when the election is held, five ter of the Brunei Darussalam, ASEAN Common Accords, the and ASEAN Secretary-General. future five-point roadmap of the Dato Lim Jock Hoi, yesterday State Administration Council, afternoon in Nay Pyi Taw. the appointment of the ASEAN At the meeting, the Chair- Ambassador to Myanmar and man of the Union Election the possibility of cooperating in Commission explained the for- the declining business situation mation of the Union Election due to COVID-19, including My- Commission and its examina- anmar politics. tion of ballot papers, publica- The meeting was also at- tion of the findings, future activ- tended by UEC members and ities and meeting with political officials from the UEC office. parties. — MNA MIC meeting 4/2021 highlights on policy matters
MYANMAR Investment Com- opment through the investment mission (MIC) held its (4/2021) facilitation, liberalization and meeting yesterday morning at promotion. office No.18, Office of the State The MIC ratified the Stand- Administration Council. The ard Operating Procedures for meeting was chaired by mem- scrutinizing investment projects ber of the State Administration by the State and Region Invest- Council, Chairman of Myanmar ment Committees and of the Investment Commission, Lieu- One Stop Service Departments tenant-General Moe Myint Tun of Myanmar Investment Com- and was attended by the mem- mission. In addition, the policies bers of the Myanmar Investment on delayed investment projects, Commission. the education services and the The meeting was held only seasonal crop were discussed for discussing the investment and the supported policy meas- policy matters and it is intended ures for tackling them were laid to sustain the economic devel- down accordingly. —MNA
Deputy Minister U Ye Tint inspects IPRD, MRTV Retransmission Stations in Mandalay, Sagaing
DEPUTY Minister for Informa- the IPRD staff of Kanbalu Dis- Then, he met the staff and tion U Ye Tint met the IPRD trict and inspected MRTV Re- head of the retransmission staff of Madaya, Singu and transmission Station on 1 June. station at the IPRD office of Kyaukmyaung Townships in Then, he held a discussion Wuntho Township. Mandalay Region and other with the IPRD staff of Kyun- The deputy minister gave IPRD staff of YeU, KhinU and hla, Kawlin District and Pinle- instructions regarding the re- Wetlet townships of Shwebo bu Township and in charge of ports and needs of employees District in Sagaing Region on MRTV Retransmission Station. and stressed the need to per- 31 May. After that, he inspected the sta- form the duties with goodwill. The Deputy Minister met tion. — MNA The deputy minister meets the Shwebo IPRD sta on 31 May 2021.
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AT the invitation of U Wunna 4 June 2021 at the Ministry of Maung Lwin, Union Minister Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw. for Foreign Affairs of the Re- At the Meeting, they ex- public of the Union of Myan- changed views on matters mar, Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof, pertaining to Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs II Brunei relations, ASEAN Com- of Brunei Darussalam and munity Building efforts, fol- Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary- low up to the ASEAN Leaders' General of the ASEAN arrived Meeting, cooperation between Myanmar by special flight at Myanmar and ASEAN and 4:55 pm on 3 June 2021 and implementation of the recom- the officials from the Ministry mendations of the Preliminary of Foreign Affairs welcomed Needs Assessment. them at the Nay Pyi Taw In- Senior Officials from the ternational Airport. Ministry of Foreign Affairs also The Union Minister for attended the Meeting. Foreign Affairs received Dato In the evening, Union Min- Erywan Pehin Yusof, Minister ister hosted dinner for Minis- of Foreign Affairs II of Brunei ter of Foreign Affairs II of Bru- Darussalam and Dato Lim nei Darussalam and Secretary Jock Hoi, Secretary-General General of the ASEAN.—MNA Union Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin receives the Brunei Foreign Minister and ASEAN Secretary-General in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. of the ASEAN, at 10:00 am on
MoSWRR Union Minister receives Brunei Darussalam Foreign Minister, ASEAN Secretary- General THE Union Minister for So- displaced persons, the im- cial Welfare, Relief and Re- plementation of 7 prioritized settlement received Brunei projects in Rakhine State to- Darussalam’s Foreign Affairs gether with ASEAN, works Minister Dato Erywan Pehin of ASEAN to communicate Yusof and ASEAN Secre- international donors for re- tary-General Dato Lim Jock maining projects, holding of Hoi yesterday. 4th superiors’ coordination The meeting discussed meeting on repatriation by matters pertaining to the co- the end of June and receiving operation work with ASEAN of humanitarian aid via ASE- in the reception of Rakhine AN. — MNA
The inspection of prison and police detention by the MNHRC in May 2021
The inspection teams led by the Commission Members of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) made the inspection visits to the Sittway Prison and the Sittway Myoma police detention centre on 12 May 2021, Thandwe Prison and Thandwe Myoma police detention centre and Jade-Taw police detention centre on 19 May 2021 and Kyaukpyu Prison and Kyaukpyu Myoma police detention centre on 24 May 2021. During the inspection visits, in accordance with the provisions of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Law, the inspection teams interviewed prisoners and detainees freely and privately group by group and asked them whether there is any problem to see their family members, the availability of appropriate facilities for them, whether there is health care or not, is there torture in prison and their living condition in the prison. The inspection teams also met with the prisoners and detainees who wish to meet with the team privately and recorded their reports. While inspecting the prisons and police detention centres, the inspection teams inspected the sleeping quarters of the inmates, the kitchen, the food store, the water tanks, the latrines and the arrangement to prevent COVID-19 pandemic. The finding and recommendations of the inspection teams will be put forward to the relevant departments to take necessary actions.—MNA 5 JUNE 2021 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR School attendance rate expected to be double in Yangon region THE attendance rate in basic Council has arranged to provide education schools in Yangon Re- free education for the 2021-2022 gion has increased significantly academic year in line with the within four days after the coun- COVID-19 prevention and con- trywide reopening of the schools trol guidelines. for the 2021-2022 academic year, Despite the reopening of and it is expected to be double in schools, some parents are re- the coming week according to portedly worried to send their the Yangon Region Education children to schools. According office. to a junior assistant teacher “We don’t want students from Bahan Township, they of- to be affected anymore when it ten come and check the school’s comes to education. We want operation and safety. parents to understand and Of one million students from send the children to schools,” a total of 2,700 basic education said Yangon Region Education schools in the Yangon Region, Officer Daw Hnin Kyi (Deputy 40% of them are attending Director-General). schools as for the first week of Students had lost one year school reopening for the 2021- for the 2020-2021 academic year 2022 academic year, according due to the COVID-19 outbreak, to the Region Education Office. and the State Administration — Maung Sein Lwin/GNLM Children happily go to schools nationwide
Kyaikmaraw Township, Mon State. PHOTO: CHO MYAT MYAT HTWE IPRD Nawnghkio Township, Shan State (North). PHOTO: HTWE NGE IPRD
Bago Township, Bago Region. PHOTO: MYO NYEIN Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Region. Mahaaungmyay Township, Mandalay Region. DISTRICT IPRD PHOTO: NAY AUNG IPRD PHOTO: TUN TUN NAING
Chaungzon Township, Mawlamyine District, Mon State. PHOTO: TOWNSHIP IPRD Monghset Town, Shan State (East). PHOTO MYINT MAUNG MONGHSET 5 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR LOCAL BUSINESS 7 Domestic black bean price jumps to over K1.08 mln per tonne ACCORDING to the Yangon Re- that the three pluses have been gion Chambers of Commerce and changed from a restricted com- Industry, the domestic black bean modity to a fee import commodity price has jumped to over K1.08 as of 31 October 2021. million per tonne (Bayintnaung The black bean plantations Commodity Depot). yielded around 400,000 tonnes Although the black bean annually in Myanmar, and the price on 1 May was K888,500 per bean is mainly exported to In- tonne, the price jumped to about dia. Similarly, Myanmar has also K1,085,000 per tonne on 4 June, produced about 50,000 tonnes of increasing around K200,000 per pigeon peas yearly and exported tonne in only over one month, them chiefly to India. according to the bean market The black bean, which is data. mainly bought from India, is Black bean price has in- grown primarily in Myanmar. creased when India, the prima- Other pluses, including green ry buyer of Myanmar pluses, The black bean plantations yielded around 400,000 tonnes annually in Myanmar, and the bean is mainly gram and pigeon pea, are pro- exported to India. has redefined black bean, green duced in Africa and Australia in gram and pigeon pea bean from that hit K1.3 million per tonne at including black beans and pigeon At present, the Ministry addition to Myanmar, according a restricted commodity to a free the end of 2019. peas, under the Indian govern- of Commerce and Industry of to Myanmar Pulses, Beans and import commodity. However, the Since 2017, India has been ment plus foreign trade policy India has issued proclamation Sesame Seeds Merchants Asso- price has not reached the price setting import quota on beans, for 2015-2020. No. S.O.1858 (E) on 15 May 2021 ciation. — NN/GNLM
Lemon price constantly on a commercial scale and earn extra income for their family. Agriculture Department drops in Kya-in-Seikkyi As the lemons have yielded abundantly, the price of lemon projects to cover over has dropped naturally in this monsoon. But, the price of lemon 800,000 monsoon crop is on the rise in summer. In the last monsoon, the lemon price hit K15 per one. But acres in Yangon southern the price rose to K150 or K200 per fruit depending upon the size district in summer. A total of 801,843 acres of Kawhmu, 102,383 in Kung- But this year, the price of monsoon rice crops are yangon, 46,742 in Dala and lemon was K40 per fruit, a drop planned to cultivate in the 587 in Yangon Myoma, total- by half this year compared to townships of Yangon south- ling 801,843 acres. More than last year. ern district this year, the 20,000 acres are seen culti- There are many lemon Department of Agriculture vated in those townships. growers in Kya-in Seikkyi town- (Yangon southern district) The Department of Ag- ship, and there are more than stated. riculture produces quality 10,000 acres of lemon planta- The projected acres rice crop both in monsoon But this year, the price of lemon was K40 per fruit, a drop by half this tions. The local growers send include 59,773 in Thanlyin and summer seasons in a year compared to last year. the fruit of the seasonal lemon Township, 107,934 in Kyauk- bid to secure food self-suf- THE lemon trees are widely With the yield of lemons annually to Mawlamyine town, tan, 50,073 in Tada, 153,580 in ficiency and generate for- grown in Kya-in-Seikkyi town- getting high in Kya-in-Seikkyi Mon state and Yangon region Thongwa, 110,642 in Kayan eign income. — Thet Khaing ship, Kayin State, and the lemon township, Kawkareik District, through the fruit depots. — Myo 82,032 in Twantay, 88,097 in (Thanlyin)/GNLM cultivation is successful. the local farmers grow the fruit Min Oo/GNLM MADB to disburse K5 bln monsoon crop loans for over 6,000 farmers in Myeik District THE Myanma Agricultural Development Township, 42 in Bokpyin Township, and Bank (MADB) (Myeik branch) of the Min- 94 in Kawthoung Township. istry of Planning, Finance and Industry is Those farmers who have already paid implementing to provide K5 billion worth off the previous loan will be prioritized in of agricultural loans for the monsoon rice the loan application process. The MADB crop season in order to cover 6,122 farmers Myeik branch has provided K34.2 million in five townships in Myeik District. worth of loans to the farmers with 228 The MADB Myeik branch will dis- acres so far. burse a total of 6,122 farmers (36,671 acres) MADB provides annual agricultural monsoon crop loans, paying out K150,000 loans to small-scale farmers, intending per acre. The growers can take out loans to have food self-sufficiency and export for a maximum of ten acres. The interest is competitiveness for Myanmar’s agricul- set at 5 per cent like the rate of the previous tural products in order to boost exports, years. The respective township branch promote the interests of the farmers and will pay out the loan. The loans will cover enhance their socio-economy. — Khaing 3,141 farmers in Myeik Township, 1,194 Htoo (IPRD)/GNLM The MADB Myeik branch will disburse a total of 6,122 farmers (36,671 acres) monsoon crop in Kyunsu Township, 1,651 in Taninthayi loans, paying out K150,000 per acre. 5 JUNE 2021 5 JUNE 2021 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTICLE NATIONAL 9
Solve weakness in ` Pandemic plunges 100 mn more workers into poverty: UN Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Friday 4 June, 2021) sanitation of the BAY INFERENCE: Monsoon is weak to moderate over the The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed more than 100 million more workers into poverty, the UN Andaman Sea, South Bay, Eastcentral Bay and Northeast Bay of Bengal. Weather is a few cloud elsewhere over the city with public said Wednesday, after working hours plummeted and access to good-quality jobs evaporated. Bay of Bengal. FORECAST VALID UNTIL NOON OF THE 5 June, 2021: Rain or thundershowers will be fairly widespread in Man- ND the labour market newly created jobs would likely tion has had catastrophic conse- participation dalay Regions and (Northern and Southern) Shan State, crisis created by the deteriorate. quences for family incomes and Apandemic was far from The fall in employment and livelihoods. scattered in Nay Pyi Taw, Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway, LL parts of rural and urban areas require municipal per- over, the UN’s International hours worked has meanwhile The crisis has also dispro- Taninthayi Regions and Kachin, Eastern Shan, Chin, Ra- formances of which supply of water and sanitation are of Labour Organization warned in translated into a sharp drop in portionately hit women, who have khine, Kayah, Kayin, Mon States and isolated in Bago, Aimportance for dwellers on a daily basis. a report. labour income and a rise in pov- fallen out of the labour market at Yangon, Ayeyawady Regions. Degree of certainty is (80%). The task of sanitation plays a key role in keeping the town Employment was not expect- erty. a greater rate than men, even STATE OF THE SEA: Sea will be slight to moderate in and village neat and tidy. If so, local people can stay away from ed to bounce back to pre-pan- Compared to 2019, 108 mil- as they have taken on more of Myanmar waters. Wave height will be about (4-6) feet off the outbreak of communicable diseases and daily life problems. demic levels until 2023 at the lion more workers around the the additional burden of caring and along Myanmar Coasts. In Yangon City’s municipal area, city dwellers are facing poor earliest, it said. world were categorised as poor for out-of-school children and services of sanitation. The Yangon City Development Commit- The ILO’s annual World or extremely poor, meaning they others. OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Likelihood tee allots garbage bins in all Employment and Social Outlook and their families live on less This, the report warned, had of increase of rain in Upper Sagaing, Taninthayi Regions townships of the municipal report indicated that the planet than $3.20 per person per day, created the risk of a “re-tradition- and Kachin, Kayin, Mon States. area, but most of the bins would be 75 million jobs short at the study showed. alisation” of gender roles. FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOURING Therefore, are damaged with a lack of the end of this year compared to “For many millions of people, Youth employment mean- AREA FOR 5 June, 2021: Isolated rain or thundershowers. lids and wheels and with rat- if the pandemic had not occurred. the working hour losses com- while fell 8.7 per cent last year Degree of certainty is (80%). bite holes. So, solutions of And it would still have 23 bined with a lack or absence of -- more than double the 3.7 per FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA garbage drain out from the million fewer jobs by the end of social protection” had sparked an cent for older workers. FOR 5 June, 2021: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree sanitation bins on the ground with bad next year than would otherwise “absolutely dramatic” increase “The consequences of this smell harming the health of have been the case. in working poverty, Ryder said. delay and disruption to the ear- of certainty is (80%). nearby local people. Covid-19 “has not just been A devastating coronavirus wave has pushed millions of Indian families into poverty and hunger. PHOTO: AFP Five years of progress to- ly labour market experience FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING workers PRAKASH SINGH Officials need to check a public health crisis, it’s also wards eradicating working pov- of young people could last for AREA FOR 5 June, 2021: Isolated rain or thundershowers. the work process of sanita- been an employment and human Working hours slashed pared to the fourth quarter of does not worsen. erty had been undone. years,” the ILO said. Degree of certainty is (80%). and city tion workers who collect gar- crisis”, ILO chief Guy Ryder told The report showed that glob- 2019 -- the equivalent of 255 mil- But that recovery would be Tragically, he said, the crisis Ryder cautioned that with- WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WEEKEND: Scattered rain bage from each bin. Before reporters. al unemployment was expected lion full-time jobs. highly uneven, the ILO warned, also appeared to have reversed out decisive action, the Cov- or thundershowers in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay collecting the garbage, some “Without a deliberate effort to stand at 205 million people in While the situation has im- due to inequitable access to Cov- decades of progress battling id-19 crisis could scar the global Regions. dwellers workers search for some ob- to accelerate the creation of de- 2022 — far higher than the 187 proved, global working hours are id-19 vaccines. So far, more than child labour and forced labour. labour market long-term, just jects in bins that can be sold cent jobs, and support the most million in 2019. far from having bounced back, 75 per cent of all the jabs have The report highlighted how as the disease appears to have to the old and faded object vulnerable members of society But the situation is worse and the world will still be short gone to just 10 countries. the Covid-19 crisis had worsened devastating, drawn-out health should buyers. Moreover, garbage and the recovery of the hard- than official unemployment fig- the equivalent of 100 million full- ‘Working poverty’ pre-existing inequalities by hit- consequences for some people. vans cannot collect waste est-hit economic sectors, the lin- ures indicate. time jobs by the end of this year, The limited capacity of most ting vulnerable workers harder. “Long Covid could become from the bins on a daily gering effects of the pandemic Many people have held onto the report found. developing and emerging econ- Economic ‘long Covid’ an economic and social phenom- conscien- basis. Consequently, a bad could be with us for years in the their jobs but have seen their Global employment is ex- omies to support strong fiscal For many of the two billion enon, not just a medical one,” he smell from the bins spread form of lost human and economic working hours cut dramatically. pected to recover more quickly in stimulus measures will also take people who work in the informal warned. out. These are daily realities potential, and higher poverty and In 2020, 8.8 per cent of global the second half of 2021 -- provided its toll, the ILO said. In those sector, where social protections Source : AFP tiously join in the sanitation sector of inequality.” working hours were lost com- the overall pandemic situation countries, it said, the quality of are generally lacking, the disrup- the city. On the other hand, the hands in sanitation unit from the city faces shortages of labours Pressing COVID-19 situation urges world to rethink priorities: think tank because most of the people COVID19 is the twenty-rst century’s Chernobyl moment — a catastrophe so signicant it must force us to wake up and re- keeping do not wish to do such works due to bad smell and dirti- think our priorities, according to an opinion piece recently published by a pan-European think tank. ness. Similarly, garbage vans the city are not adequate for use. IP service and inaction throughout 2020, the U.S.- lion doses more than they need, Generally, sanitation of the of some countries have chaired Group of 7 was largely with 80 per cent of doses having neat and city needs the fulfilment of L“exacerbated inequalities missing in action, the Donald been administered in high-in- many human resources and and undermined the effective- Trump administration actively come and upper-middle-income materials to operate the reg- ness of the pandemic response,” blocked international economic countries, compared to just 0.4 tidy. ular work process smoothly. David McNair, executive director support in the form of Interna- per cent in low-income coun- Just systematic littering of for global policy at the ONE cam- tional Monetary Fund special tries. As a result, there could the people amounts to help paign, a movement of millions of drawing rights, and Britain be a worsening situation with the sanitation workers. people fighting to end extreme dismantled its highly reputable twice as many total deaths from As Myanmar is a developing country, all sectors of the de- poverty, commented in the arti- Department for International COVID-19 due to a monopoly of velopment tasks face requirements. The authorities spend the cle published on the website of Development and drastically cut first doses of vaccines by rich allotted budgets on providing assistance to all sectors as much the European Council on Foreign aid. While the United States has countries, he wrote. as they can, but sector-wise requirements can be seen till today. Relations. vaccinated half its population Economically, the IMF has In this regard, public participation plays a crucial role in “And yet, throughout the cri- and is considering calling up warned of a “great divergence.” city-building tasks. The city needs generous contributors and sis, the piecemeal nature of the children for their shot, in Africa High-income countries will re- well-wishers for operating the development tasks. The city dwellers United States’ and the European frontline health workers and the cover to 4.3 per cent growth in abiding by disciplines can shape the city better with concerted Union’s engagement with the elderly and infirm may have to 2021 while in many African coun- efforts. rest of the world has fallen far wait until 2022, he wrote. tries a return to 2019 economic Therefore, sanitation workers and city dwellers should con- short of the commitment now ONE’s COVID-19 Africa growth levels will not occur until scientiously join hands in keeping the city neat and tidy. needed,” he warned. tracker data shows that rich 2022-24, he added. Pedestrians walk past grati urging people to ‘wash their hands’ in the Grafton Street area of Dublin City centre, McNair explained that countries have hoarded 1.3 bil- Source : Xinhua on Mar 13, 2020. PHOTO: AFPPAUL FAITH 5 JUNE 2021 10 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tatmadaw provides treatments to over 233,000 outpatients TATMADAW keeps providing patients reached these hospitals In addition to providing healthcare services for patients from 5 February to date. medical care to patients in need at the military hospitals and Senior medical experts, of hospitalization, Tatmadaw is temporary treatment hospitals medics, medical assistants and making arrangements for the in the townships of regions and nurses have conducted 10,893 well-being of hospitalized pa- states. major operations and 5,597 mi- tients and caregivers. Tatmadaw medical teams, nor operations. The senior doc- Commanders of Northern which comprise Tatmadaw doc- tors gave intensive treatments Command, Yangon Command, tors, specialists, medical assis- to the severe cases. South-West Command, North- tants and nurses, have given These hospitals managed West Command and Southern medical treatments to the peo- the birth of 13,643 babies to date. Command comforted the pa- ple to solve their difficulties in Of those, 5,564 cases are done in tients—monks, local people, healthcare services. A total of the caesarean section and 8,079 military officers, other ranks and station military hospitals. The stuffs to the patients yesterday. 233,311 outpatients and 69,735 in- cases in ordinary delivery. their families—at the respective commanders also gave food- — MNA Police arrest suspects together with explosives
THE police arrested the sus- examined the bag and found a at the house of U En Hoke in with handmade guns, magazine Yangon Region yesterday. pects, who committed mine at- handmade bomb similar to the Nyaung Chay Htauk village. The and other explosives. Moreover, the security tacks in some wards of Myaung- mine size from suspect Chit Ko security members then arrested The police also found a bag members arrested Zaw Myo mya Township in Ayeyawady Ko (aka) Chit Ko. U En Hoke together with the containing pistol, bullets and Tun (aka) E Ti in Nyaung Pin Region, together with the ex- According to the words of arms used in riots. bomb discarded by two men village of Dagon Myothit (Seik- plosives. Chit Ko Ko (aka) Chit Ko, the Moreover, the police ar- riding a motorcycle in Pa La Na kan) Township together with the On 3 June, a bag was found suspects who made the bombs rested Nay Myo Aung (aka) San Village-tract of Myitkyina Town- explosives. in the house compound of U Naw were Phoe Di (aka) Thit Lwin Shay, who lives in No (9) Ward ship of Kachin State. Similarly, The officials will take actions Mai Hla Kyi, township admin- Thant, who lives in No (5) Ward of South Okkalapa Township of the police seized the explosives against those who keep or use istrator who lives in 11th street of Myaungmya township and an- Yangon Region and Ma Zar (aka) in a house in which two men, homemade mines, firearms and of No (8) Ward of Myaungmya other man. The police arrested Tin Zar Nway in Shwe Chi Ward including Chit Min Htwe locat- explosives in accordance with Township. The security forces Phoe Di (aka) Thit Lwin Thant of Pyinmana Township together ed in Thingangyun Township of the law.—MNA
Mine attacks kills 3 men with 5 teachers being wounded in Nattalin
A mine exploded at a basic ed- ship of Bago Region. black plastic bag on the bamboo the scene. U Zaw Moe Aung, se- acts perpetrated by terrorist ucation post-primary school, While six villagers and five pile near the school fence. The verely injured, died while being groups who want to disrupt the killed three men and injured five teachers were looking around mine in the bag exploded when taken to his home for treatment. regular schooling of students, teachers yesterday afternoon in the construction site in the villager U Myo Oo dragged it, kill- It is reported that innocent and people are disgusted with Sangyi village, Nattalin Town- school compound, they found a ing both him and U Than Win at civilians have died due to terror terrorist organizations. — MNA 5 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR SCITECHENVIRON: WORLD 11 Arctic sea ice thinning faster than expected, new study shows SEA ice in the Arctic’s coast- performance of climate mod- al regions may be thinning up els that forecast the effects of to twice as fast as previously long-term climate change in thought, according to a new the Arctic,” she said. study, with worrying impli- The region, home to mil- cations for climate change. lions of square kilometres of The analysis, led by ice essential for keeping the researchers at Britain’s planet cool, is warming at University College London three times the global rate, (UCL), concluded the ice Stroeve said. in the coastal regions was Sea ice thickness is es- The interplanetary variant of the Photon spacecraft developed by Rocket Lab is pictured in an undated artist’s render received on Thursday. The image depicts the moon as a destination, but the spacecraft would be very thinning at a rate 70 to 100 timated by measuring the similar for a Venus mission. PHOTO: AFP ROCKET LAB HANDOUT per cent faster than the es- height of the ice above the tablished consensus. water. But that measurement NASA announces two new missions to Venus The dramatic reassess- is distorted by snow weighing ment comes after the team the ice floes down. NASA announced two new mis- to investigate a planet we haven’t more detail on the composition used more up-to-date maps Scientists had adjusted sions to Venus on Wednesday been to in more than 30 years.” of Venus’ primarily carbon diox- of snow depth on the ice, for this using a map of snow that will launch at the end of the The missions have been ide atmosphere, to learn how it which has been retreating depth in the Arctic that UCL decade and are aimed at learning awarded about $500 million under formed and evolved. for decades as the planet said did not account for the how Earth’s nearest planetary NASA’s Discovery Programme, The mission also seeks to warms. impact of climate change. neighbour became a hellscape and each is expected to launch in determine whether the planet “We believe our new cal- “Previous calculations of while our own thrived. the 2028-2030 timeframe. once had an ocean. culations are a major step sea ice thickness are based “These two sister missions Both missions were picked A descent sphere will plunge forward in terms of more on a snow map last updated both aim to understand how from a competitive, peer-re- through the dense atmosphere accurately interpreting the 20 years ago,” said Robbie Venus became an inferno-like viewed process based on their which is laced with sulfuric acid data we have from satel- Mallett, a PhD student who world, capable of melting lead scientific value and feasibility of clouds. lites,” said UCL professor led the study. at the surface,” said Bill Nelson, their plans. It will precisely measure the Julienne Stroeve, who co-au- “Because sea ice has be- the agency’s newly-confirmed DAVINCI+, which stands for levels of noble gases and other thored the study published gun forming later and later administrator. Deep Atmosphere Venus Inves- elements to learn what gave rise in The Cryosphere journal. in the year, the snow on top “They will offer the entire tigation of Noble gases, Chem- to the runaway greenhouse effect “We hope this work can has less time to accumulate. science community the chance istry, and Imaging, will gather we see today. — AFP be used to better assess the — AFP No evidence mystery UFOs Virgin Galactic to send up well- are alien spacecraft, report finds: NYTimes known researcher SPACE tourism company Vir- THERE is no evidence that rule out. gin Galactic announced Thurs- unexplained aerial phenomena One senior official briefed day it will send researcher spotted in recent years by US on the report said intelligence Kellie Gerardi, a well-known military personnel are aliens, an and military officials increasing- figure on TikTok, into space to upcoming government report ly worry the phenomena could conduct experiments for sev- quoted by The New York Times be China or Russia experiment- eral minutes while weightless. Thursday said, but officials still ing with hypersonic technology. The move presents an can’t explain the mysterious The upcoming report -- ex- ideal opportunity for the com- aircraft. The newspaper, which pected to be released to Con- pany to flaunt its ambitions cited senior administration offi- gress by June 25 -- will have a not only to send wealthy tour- cials briefed on the findings of classified annex, officials told ists on pleasure rides costing the highly anticipated report, the Times, which will likely fuel $200,000 or more, but also to said they were able to confirm speculation that aliens are ac- advance science. the unusual vessels were not tually behind the encounters. The 32-year-old bioastro- the product of secret Pentagon The Pentagon last year nautics researcher, who is af- Kellie Gerardi, a researcher with the International Institute for technology. released videos taken by US filiated with the International Astronautical Sciences (IIAS), experiences weightlessness on a zero gravity plane. PHOTO: AFP But the review of more than Navy pilots showing in-flight Institute for Astronautical 120 incidents over the past two encounters with the unusual Sciences (IIAS), said she al- collect biometric data. The flights are far from decades was unable to explain aircraft. And the mystery was ways believed the space tour- While the process has al- the classic rocket experience, the mysterious movements of further drummed up by former ism industry’s success could ready been used aboard the with a carrier plane taking off the craft, which include unusual officials with access to classified also “help open up opportuni- International Space Station, from a runway then dropping acceleration, direction changes intelligence. ties for researchers like my- data has never before been the spacecraft once in the air, and the ability to rapidly sub- “What is true -- and I’m ac- self.” collected during landing and which then ignites its engines. merge. tually being serious here -- is The first experiment con- takeoff. Asked whether just a few And while senior officials that there’s footage and records ducted by Gerardi, who has Virgin Galactic, founded minutes in space was suffi- told the Times the lack of clear of objects in the skies that we more than 400,000 TikTok fol- by British billionaire Richard cient, Gerardi said “uninter- findings means that while don’t know exactly what they lowers and some 130,000 on Branson, hopes to begin reg- rupted consecutive minutes of there’s no evidence of alien are,” former president Barack Instagram, will involve “astro ular commercial suborbital time in space in microgravity technology behind the phe- Obama told “The Late Late skin,” in which sensors are flights in early 2022, with even- to do my research” was “really nomena, it’s also impossible to Show” last month. — AFP placed under her flight suit to tual plans for 400 trips a year. the dream.” — AFP 5 JUNE 2021 12 SOCIETY THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR
NEWS Senior British judge to quit top IN BRIEF Australia media ned for breaching Pell Hong Kong court: media trial gag order A senior British judge has an- A dozen major Australian news organisations were ned Friday for nounced she will quit Hong breaching court orders that banned reporting on Cardinal George Kong’s top court when her term Pell’s 2018 conviction on child sex abuse charges, which was later ends, stating there were “all overturned. sorts of question marks” over The news outlets were found guilty of 21 counts of contempt Beijing’s new national security of court for ignoring the gag order in the case of Pell, a top Vatican law, media reported Friday. ocial who was convicted of abusing two choirboys but later Baroness Brenda Hale, the cleared on appeal after spending a year in prison. first female president of Brit- They were ned a total of Aus$1.1 million (US$855,000) and ain’s Supreme Court, is one of 13 ordered to pay an additional Aus$650,000 in court costs. foreign judges currently sitting The news organizations had already pleaded guilty in a deal as non-permanent members with the court that led to contempt charges being dropped against of Hong Kong’s Court of Final 18 individual journalists and editors who had faced possible jail Appeal. time if they were also convicted. — AFP Unlike mainland China, Baroness Brenda Hale (centre), with Prince Charles at the Supreme where the courts are beholden Court. PHOTO: POOLAFPFILE to the Communist Party, Hong Facebook to bar politicians from Kong’s judicial system remains law last year has sparked con- nounced she would not seek a posting deceptive content: report independent and based on com- cerns in some legal circles about second term on the Hong Kong mon law -- a major reason for whether judicial independence court when her tenure ends in FACEBOOK plans to eliminate an exemption for politicians that its position as a global business can be maintained. Britain’s gov- July. allows them to post content deemed deceptive or abusive, and will hub. Lawyers from common law ernment is currently reviewing “The jury is out on how they hold them to the same standards as other users, news website The jurisdictions are able to operate whether to bar UK judges from will be able to operate the new Verge reported Thursday. in the city, while senior judges serving on the Court of Final national security law. There are The controversial exemption, given to politicians under the are invited to sit on the city’s Appeal. all sorts of question marks up in auspices of their posts being newsworthy, could end as soon as this top court. The Times of London said the air,” the Times quoted Hale week on the leading social network, the news site said. But China’s imposition of Hale mentioned the impact as telling an online conference Facebook did not immediately respond to an AFP request for a sweeping national security of the security law as she an- on Thursday. — AFP comment on the matter. The policy reversal would come after an independent oversight board said Facebook was right to oust former president Donald Trump for his comments regarding the deadly January 6 rampage at the US Capitol. — AFP
Race against time to relocate NATO’s Afghan translators LIKE thousands of Afghan former local staff “spies” and translators who served with “foreign allies”. NATO forces, Nazir Ahmad Accelerated relocation fears for his life as the US-led Over the past two dec- alliance scrambles to pull out ades, dozens of Afghan trans- of the country in the coming lators have been killed and weeks. “The situation is de- tortured in targeted assaults teriorating now as foreign by the Taliban. forces leave,” he told AFP in Many more have been Kabul. “We are scared of the injured in attacks on foreign insurgents. They know our An artist rendering released by Boom Supersonic shows the company’s supersonic airplane with the United troops during patrols in ar- faces.” Afghans who worked Airlines logo. PHOTO: AFP moured vehicles. Britain for international armed forc- announced on Monday that es face a threatened wave it would accelerate reloca- United Airlines unveils plan to of Taliban reprisals and fear tion for its Afghan staff who that resettlement plans by worked with the military, alliance members will leave offering priority to any cur- revive supersonic jet travel many of them and their rela- rent or former locally em- tives still vulnerable. Ahmad, ployed staff deemed at risk. UNITED Airlines announced companies said in a joint press The jets will also be “net-ze- 35, who is now in the Afghan The UK has relocated 1,360 plans Thursday to buy 15 planes release. The agreement covers ro” in carbon use because they capital, worked with British locally employed Afghan from airline startup Boom Su- 15 planes and includes an option will employ renewable fuel. forces for two years in the staff throughout the whole personic in a move that could for United to obtain another 35 Commercial supersonic restive southern province of of the 20-year conflict, and revive the high-speed form of aircraft. The companies did not jet travel was introduced in the Helmand, and has applied says more than 3,000 Afghans air travel. disclose financial terms. 1970s with the Concorde, but the for relocation to the UK to are expected to be resettled Under the commercial Boom’s plane is capable of jets were retired in 2003 due in escape the increased threats under the accelerated plans. agreement, United would flying at twice the speed of lead- part to the high cost of meeting to former local staff. But Ahmad’s contract purchase Boom’s “Overture” ing aircraft now on the market, environmental restrictions on “The insurgents, espe- with the British Army was aircraft once the planes meet with the potential to fly from sonic booms. cially the Taliban, will take terminated in 2012, for an al- “United’s demanding safety, Newark to London in three and The Concorde’s demise revenge and cut off our leged security breach, mak- operating and sustainability re- a half hours and San Francisco also followed a 2000 Air France heads,” he said, explaining ing his right to relocation in quirements” with an aim to start to Tokyo in six hours, the com- accident that killed 113 people. the Islamist militia considers the UK uncertain. — AFP passenger travel in 2029, the panies said. — AFP 5 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR BIZ: WORLD AD 13
Tokyo Motor Show to be held in 2023 under theme of green, digital
THE Tokyo Motor Show will be try) to realize the carbon neutrali- He suggested that the indus- held in 2023 under a theme of ty target in 2050.” try can help by deciding where to “green and digital,” organizers Toyoda said the auto indus- install them most efficiently and said Thursday after cancelling it try welcomes the government’s enhance usability, such as by using this year due to the coronavirus new economic growth strategy data collected by “connected cars” pandemic. featuring plans to set up 30,000 equipped with telecommunication Akio Toyoda, president of Toy- fast-charging stations and in- systems to analyze where electri- ota Motor Corp. who serves as crease by sixfold the number of fied cars are used frequently. chairman of the Japan Automobile hydrogen stations for electrified The biennial auto show for The Tokyo Motor Show opened to the public on Oct 25, Manufacturers Association, said vehicles. 2021 was canceled for the first time 2019 at Tokyo Big Sight, with more than 180 companies and organizations showcasing concept cars, latest model in an online press conference the But Toyoda said that just aim- since its start in 1954. In 2019 the electric vehicles and other products. Toyota’s e-Care concept theme represents “a medium- to ing for the targets is insufficient to show drew around 1.3 million peo- vehicle. PHOTO: KYODOFILE long-term message (for the coun- cut carbon emissions significantly. ple. — Kyodo News
NEWS IN BRIEF Chinese Taipei boosts coronavirus French ‘bug farm’ thrives on demand testing for tech industry for pesticide-free fruit CHINESE Taipei is ramp- FARMERS in western France are doubling down on an ing up testing and vacci- unusual crop: breeding millions of tiny predatory bugs nations for tech industry and wasps to protect tomato plants without resorting to workers in a bid to stop a the insecticides that consumers are shunning. sudden surge in coronavi- “Here, we’re in one of the greenhouses for a bug rus cases hitting its sem- that’s called the macrolophus,” says Pierre-Yves Jes- iconductor industry at a tin, as clouds of the pale green insects swarm around time of global shortages. his hands. Jestin is president of Saveol, the Brittany In the science parks cooperative that is France’s largest tomato producer, of northern Hsinchu city, cranking out 74,000 tonnes a year. For several years the where the world’s largest cooperative has promoted “pesticide-free” harvests in contract microchip mak- response to growing concerns about the impact of harsh er Taiwan Semiconductor chemicals on humans and the environment. Manufacturing Company It does so thanks to its own bug farm, launched in (TSMC) is based, local of- 1983, that now stretches across 4,500 square metres ficials have set up rapid (just over one acre) outside Brest, where the tip of testing sites. Brittany juts out into the Atlantic. Plans are in the works “The Hsinchu Sci- Technicians working at a micrcochip making factory in Taiwan. PHOTO: TAO CHUAN to add 1,200 square metres more this year, producing ence Park is home to YEH TAO CHUAN YEH AFP macrolophus as well as tiny wasps that feed on common some very important tomato pests such as whiteies and aphids. Every week global semiconductor fac- Chinese Taipei’s mi- even as Chinese Taipei spread. the insects are packed up in plastic boxes and shipped to tories,” mayor Lin Chih- crochip factories have suffers its worst drought Hsinchu City Medi- the cooperative’s 126 growers. — AFP chien told AFP. “Hsinchu been struggling to plug in decades. cal Association said it has city has to protect not a pandemic-driven glob- And now Chinese organized rapid testing only its residents, but also al shortage of chips that Taipeiis battling a sudden teams with 120 volunteer US may have seen massive rehiring importantly protect the power essential elec- outbreak of the coronavi- doctors and plans to set in May despite labor troubles home base of the world’s tronic devices. The wa- rus, with officials keen to up four community vacci- most important semicon- ter-intensive facilities are spot any clusters in the nation sites in the coming THE key US government jobs report Friday is expect- ductor industries.” running at full capacity, tech sector before they days. — AFP ed to show American businesses added hundreds of thousands of jobs last month as vaccines helped the economy return to normal -- but with Covid-19 still Parking lots: Car space sells for CLAIMS DAY NOTICE keeping some people away from the workplace, strong $1.3m in Hong Kong rehiring is no sure thing. M.V HONG SHENG 7 Economists expect the Labor Department data A single car parking space has been sold for a whopping Consignees of cargo carried on M.V HONG SHENG will show the world’s largest economy added 720,000 HK$10 million ($1.3 million) at a luxury Hong Kong 7 VOY.NO. (2106) are hereby notified that the vessel will jobs and the unemployment rate ticked down to 5.9 apartment complex, local media reported on Friday. be arriving on 7-6-2021 and cargo will be discharged into per cent in May, a consensus supported by positive The 12.5 square-metre (135 square-foot) spot is the premises of MMKH where it will lie at the consignee’s data released this week. part of a development on The Peak, a swanky area risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. Payroll services ¢rm ADP boosted the upbeat that has attracted some of the city’s richest residents Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am sentiment when it said private employers added a since colonial times. to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now huge 978,000 jobs last month, while the Institute for Boasting breath-taking views over Victoria Har- declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo Supply Management (ISM) reported its index gauging bour, the hilltop has eye-watering property prices from the Vessel. the health of the service sector, a key employer, hit an -- including some of the world’s most expensive real No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims Day. all-time high in May. estate. Phone No: 2301928 In addition, weekly data from the Labor Depart- While Hong Kong’s wealthy think nothing of drop- Shipping Agency Department ment showed new unemployment aid applications ping millions of dollars for their homes, millions of the Myanma Port Authority dropped below 400,000 last week for the ¢rst time city’s residents struggle to afford the rent on shoe-box Agent For: since the pandemic sent them soaring into the millions apartments — many smaller than the parking space. M/S NEW HIGHEST SHIPPING PTE LTD in March 2020. — AFP — AFP 5 JUNE 2021 14 ECON: WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Corporate tax deal tops agenda Biden to overhaul Trump’s China investment at G7 finance meet blacklist: report JOE BIDEN intends to this their links with China’s defence week overhaul a list of Chi- and surveillance technology nese firms that US investors sectors, Bloomberg News re- are allowed to own shares in, ported without citing sources. as the president re-evaluates The president is expected to the world powers’ post-Trump sign the order this week, it add- relationship while maintaining ed. Previously, the sanctions pressure on Beijing. and choice of targets were tied Donald Trump prohibited to a congressionally mandated Americans from buying stakes Defence Department report. in 31 Chinese companies that The review came after two Chi- were deemed to be supplying nese companies successfully or supporting China’s military challenged the order in court, and security apparatus. The and Biden said it was needed list included major telecoms, to be sure it was legally water- construction and technology tight and sustainable. firms such as China Mobile, While the Biden adminis- China Telecom, video sur- tration has pledged to take a veillance firm Hikvision, and more diplomatic line with Chi- Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (L, with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen) is hosting the G7 meeting on plans for a minimum global level of corporate tax. PHOTO: POOLAFP China Railway Construction na following the upheaval of his Corp. It was among a series of predecessor, he has said he will GROUP of Seven finance min- west England starting on June Ministers also plan to com- measures by the White House keep to a strict line on several isters are set to kick off talks on 11, which will be attended by US mit to “sustain policy support”, aimed at quelling the Asian gi- issues, including defence and Friday, with the spotlight on ambi- President Joe Biden on his first or stimulus, for “as long as nec- ant’s rise and which has left technology. He is expected to tious plans for a minimum global foreign tour since taking office essary” to nurture economic re- ties between the two severely keep the list largely intact, level of corporate tax. in January. covery, while addressing climate strained. while the Treasury’s Office of British finance minister Ri- According to a draft commu- change and inequalities in society, Biden’s new order will see Foreign Assets Control will add shi Sunak will host the meeting nique seen by AFP, the finance according to the document. Fur- the Treasury Department cre- new firms after consulting the -- which is being held in person chiefs and central bankers of the thermore, they will urge “equita- ate a list of firms that would be departments of Defence and after an easing of Covid restric- world’s seven richest nations will ble, safe and affordable access to hit with financial penalties for State. — AFP tions -- with counterparts from express “strong support” and a Covid-19 vaccines” everywhere Canada, France, Germany, Italy, “high level of ambition” over a in order to fully overcome the Japan and the United States. global minimum corporate tax. deadly pandemic. And the thorny NEWS The talks will prepare the They then hope to reach broader topic of the regulation of digital ground for a broader summit of agreement at a G20 finance meet- currencies such as bitcoin will IN BRIEF G7 leaders in Cornwall, south- ing scheduled for July. also be on the agenda. — AFP China deepens reform of business permits to boost market entities A full-coverage listing-management system will be adopted for en- terprise-related business licencing items nationwide starting from European air lobbies fear summer July 1, said a State Council circular released Thursday. At the same time, more reforms of the examination-and-ap- chaos at airports proval system will be launched in pilot free trade zones (FTZs), the circular said. A digital-licence system for businesses will be available nationwide by the end of 2022, with paper materials no A year after the coronavirus compared with 2019. creased even though the volume longer needed if the target information can be obtained via the pandemic emptied airports, That time is generally spent of traffic is “only about 30 per digital-licence system. air travel associations fear checking in, passing security cent of pre-COVID-19 levels”, an By the end of 2022, a simplied, highly ecient, fair and chaos during Europe’s sum- and immigration controls, pick- IATA statement said. The sector transparent industry-access rule with a low threshold and strict mer holiday season as trav- ing up checked bags and making lobby group warned that time management will be established in an eort to make adminis- ellers could wait hours before it through customs. And there’s spent in airports could swell boarding planes due to health the new reality: Airlines hav- to five hours and 30 minutes if trative operations more convenient and predictable for market checks. Strict controls are still ing to check passengers’ Covid traffic rebounds to 75 per cent entities. — Xinhua in place at most European air- tests, temperature and other of its pre-pandemic level, and ports even though vaccination health documents. even longer “without process campaigns are making pro- The wait time has in- improvements”. — AFP Japan eyes cooperation with foreign rms to gress and infection rates are boost chip output falling. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) JAPAN will encourage domestic companies to cooperate with reported last week that on av- foreign semiconductor makers to build factories in the country to erage, people travelling at peak boost output capabilities amid a global computer chip shortage, the times now stay twice as long government said Friday. at airports — three hours — The plan to revive the country’s vulnerable sector comes when the importance of securing semiconductors increases amid robust global demand for the key products used in automobiles and other A specialist noted that extra various electronic devices, including computers and smartphones. health safety measures “have wiped away years of Describing semiconductor and other digital industries as an progress” in terms of passenger “indispensable foundation for the people’s lives,” industry minister ow. PHOTO: AFPFILE Hiroshi Kajiyama told a news conference, “We will tackle (the issue) as a national project that will go beyond supporting private business- es or a single sector.” — Kyodo News 5 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR GLOBAL AFFAIRS 15 Legal woes facing Netanyahu as opposition NEWS IN BRIEF readies to unseat him US pledges support his ongoing corruption trial. Netanyahu, 71, was for- for whoever leads Here’s a look at what could mally charged in 2019 over lie ahead for the first Israeli allegations he accepted im- Israel prime minister to have been proper gifts and sought to ISRAELI Defence Minister indicted in office: trade regulatory favours with Benny Gantz received a Immunity? media moguls in exchange for pledge of US support for If Netanyahu loses the positive coverage. whoever is Israel’s next lead- premiership, it “wouldn’t He is also accused of ac- er Thursday as he met with change anything in the case cepting cigars, champagne and top officials in Washington itself, because he didn’t have jewellery worth 700,000 shek- while Prime Minister Benja- immunity anyway”, Amir els (€180,000) from wealthy min Netanyahu was facing Fuchs, an analyst at the Israel personalities in exchange for ouster back home. US securi- Democracy Institute, told AFP. favours. Netanyahu says there ty and defense officials also Under Israeli law, a sit- is no problem with receiving told Gantz they would help ting prime minister does not gifts from friends, and denies replenish its “Iron Dome” Netanyahu, 71, was formally charged in 2019 over allegations he have automatic immunity from having acted inappropriately missile defense system after accepted improper gifts and sought to trade regulatory favours with media moguls in exchange for positive coverage. PHOTO: AFP prosecution. But he or she is in return. it was used heavily in the not obliged to resign when He has lambasted the recent conflict with Gaza, but ISRAEL’S longtime premier alition united in an 11th-hour charged, only when convicted charges as part of a witch- also pressed Israel to reduce Benjamin Netanyahu is set to deal against him, raising ques- and after all avenues of appeal hunt to drive him out of office. tensions with Palestinians. lose power after a diverse co- tions about the next steps in have been exhausted. — AFP “We’re not going to speak to government forma- tion while it’s in process,” Canada-led nations demand Peruvians face choice for State Department spokes- man Ned Price said after reparations from Iran for ‘lesser evil’ in presidential vote Gantz met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Ukraine flight’s downing “Regardless of what happens, regardless of what govern- A group of countries led by national law”. ment is in place, our stalwart Canada said Thursday they’ve “Our claim states that our support, our ironclad sup- made a claim for reparations respective countries, nationals port for Israel will remain,” against Iran over its downing and residents on board flight he said. — AFP of a Ukraine jetliner, on behalf PS752 were seriously and irre- of victims’ families. versibly harmed by the tragedy The Islamic republic shot and Iran must fulfill its legal France halts joint down Ukraine International Air- responsibility to make full rep- military operations lines flight PS752 shortly after arations to the group of states,” with Mali over coup take-off from its capital Tehran they said, calling on Iran to for- on January 8, 2020, killing all 176 mally begin negotiations on rep- FRANCE said Thursday it people aboard, including 85 Ca- arations. In a separate state- would suspend joint mili- nadian citizens and permanent ment, the group also announced tary operations with Malian residents. Three days later, it that Afghanistan would not take Peru’s presidential candidates Keiko Fujimori (left) and Pedro Castillo forces after the West Afri- admitted that its forces had mis- part in the upcoming talks as it represent polar opposite economic models but share similar views on can country’s second coup takenly targeted the Kiev-bound focuses on domestic strife. gay rights issues. PHOTO: X07403AFP in nine months, adding to Boeing 737-800 plane. In a final report in March, international pressure for the Britain, Canada, Sweden the Iranian Civil Aviation Or- PERUVIANS will be faced with mori’s neoliberalism and Cas- military junta to return civil- and Ukraine said in a joint ganisation (CAO) pointed to choosing the “lesser evil” be- tillo’s socialism; between the ians to positions of power. statement that the two missile the “alertness” of its troops on tween rightwing populist Keiko status quo and change. The decision comes strikes on the plane, as well as the ground who shot the mis- Fujimori and radical leftwing Fujimori draws her support after Mali’s military strong- Iran’s “omissions” in an inves- siles amid heightened tensions unionist Pedro Castillo when from the capital Lima while Cas- man Assimi Goita, who led tigation report on the crash, between Iran and the United voting for their new president tillo is a bulwark of the rural last year’s coup, ousted the “amount to breaches of inter- States at the time. — AFP on Sunday. deep interior. country’s civilian transitional Scandal-tainted Fuji- Battle lines were drawn president and prime minister mori, 46, has reached the sec- between the two camps last last week. ond-round runoff for the third Sunday, with Fujimori accus- The move sparked dip- election in a row, and is running ing Castillo of stoking violence lomatic uproar, prompting level with schoolteacher Castillo in the electoral campaign, and the United States to suspend in the most recent opinion polls. the leftist firing back that cor- security assistance for Malian However, 18 per cent of ruption “is synonymous with security forces and for the voters remain undecided be- Fujimorism” in Peru. African Union and the Eco- tween the two polar opposite Castillo’s opponents have nomic Community of West candidates. tried to link him to the political African States (ECOWAS) to “For the majority of the pop- arm of the Maoist Shining Path suspend Mali. ulation it’s more about the elec- rebels defeated by Fujimori’s France’s armed forces tion of the lesser evil,” Peruvian father Alberto when he was said Thursday that “require- political scientist Jessica Smith president from 1990-2000, but ments and red lines have People hold signs with images of the victims of the downed Ukraine told AFP, adding that the vote the unionist says he was actual- been set by ECOWAS and the International Airlines ight PS752, which was shot down near Tehran pits “anti-Fujimorism” against ly part of the “peasant patrols” African Union to clarify the by the IRGC, as family and friends gather to take part in a march to mark the rst anniversary, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January “anti-communism.” that resisted the communist framework for the political 8. PHOTO: COLE BURSTONAFP It’s a choice between Fuji- guerrillas. — AFP transition in Mali”. — AFP 5 JUNE 2021 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sabalenka AFC announce squad missed out beaten at in 2022 World Cup Qualifiers French Open to open door THE ASEAN Football authorities (injury), Striker Dangda of Thai- recently announced a squad was land (withdraw), and S. Firki of for Serena missing out in the 2022 World Cup Malaysia (injury). Qualifiers in June. The 2022 FIFA World Cup THIRD seed Aryna Sabalenka The list includes ASEAN qualifiers are series of tourna- was dumped out of the French football stars, including star ments organized by the six FIFA Open in the third round on strikers: Aung Thu and Dangda. confederations to decide 31 of the Friday by Russia’s Anasta- The missing-out squad list 32 teams that will play in the 2022 sia Pavlyuchenkova, leaving for the month of June is Goal- FIFA World Cup, with Qatar qual- Serena Williams as the high- keeper Neil Etheridge of the ifying automatically as hosts. est-ranked player left in her Philippines (surgery), Defender The opening two rounds of half of the draw. Theerathon Bunmathan of Thai- qualifying also serve as qualifi- Russian 31st seed Pav- land (withdraw), Elkan Baggott cation for the 2023 AFC Asian lyuchenkova won 6-4, 2-6, 6-0 of Indonesia (withdraw), Yanto Cup. Therefore, Qatar, the 2022 and will meet Victoria Aza- Basna of Indonesia (withdraw), FIFA World Cup host, only par- renka for a place in the quar- Patrick Strauss of the Philippines ticipates in these first two rounds ter-finals. Sabalenka joins top (injury), Midfielder Chanathip of of qualifying. seed Ashleigh Barty and sec- Thailand (injury), striker Aung ASEAN teams are included ond-seeded Naomi Osaka in Thu of Myanmar (withdraw), in eight groups separately with exiting the tournament in the Hariss Harun of Singapore (with- world-class and Asian giant first week. Williams, chasing a draw), Hung Dung of Viet Nam teams. —GNLM record-equalling 24th Grand PHOTO: ASEAN FOOTBALL Slam title, tackles Danielle Collins later Friday in her third round tie. Sabalenka Premier League quartet set to boost misfiring Germany had defeated 29-year-old Pav- lyuchenkova just a month ago in the Madrid quarter-finals THE late arrival of a quartet of of the European Championship on clay. Premier League stars is set to before facing holders Portugal However, on Friday she give Germany a timely boost as four days later in Group F. was undone by 39 unforced er- head coach Joachim Loew looks “The problem has been with rors as her poor record at the to fix his misfiring side in their us for a long time,” Loew said majors continued. Sabalenka final preparations for Euro 2020. after Germany’s lack of finishing is yet to make a quarter-final The Chelsea trio of Champi- was again an issue Wednesday. at the Slams. The women’s ons League winners Timo Wer- “We create a variety of op- competition this year has seen ner, Kai Havertz and Antonio portunities, but we don’t reward 2019 champion Barty retire Ruediger, as well as Manchester ourselves. We have to work on injured in the second round. City midfielder Ilkay Gundog- that.” Loew has praised Havertz, Reigning US and Australian an, had all joined the squad by who showed his “enormous qual- Open champion Osaka with- Thursday. ity” with the goal which decided drew after the first round hav- They were given extra time Chelsea’s win in the Champions ing been fined and threatened off after Saturday’s European League final. with expulsion for refusing to final. Their arrival boosts the The 21-year-old attacking honour media commitments. Loew’s side, who hit the wood- midfielder gives an extra option Simona Halep, the world work twice with 16 shots on goal up front, while City’s top-scorer number three and 2018 cham- as Wednesday’s friendly against Gundogan is a potent attack- pion, didn’t even make it to Denmark finished in a disap- ing threat in central midfield. Paris after suffering a calf pointing 1-1 draw. However, Werner joins the camp injury. Pavlyuchenkova was Loew is running out of time having often struggled to take a quarter-finalist in Paris in The late arrival of a quartet of Premier League stars is set to give to get Germany ready to face his chances this season, yet Ger- 2011 while her win on Friday Germany a timely boost as head coach Joachim Loew looks to x his world champions France on many’s lack of finishing also re- was her 37th over a top 10 play- misring side in their nal preparations for Euro 2020. PHOTO: AFP June 15 in their opening game mains an issue.— AFP er.— AFP Arsenal confirm David Luiz among four players to leave
ARSENAL have confirmed he called an end to his two-year ta’s side win the FA Cup in 2020 guys,” Luiz said. “It was always to Brighton. Real Madrid duo Brazil defender David Luiz will stay in north London. and gave an emotional speech to my intention to help you guys. I Odegaard and Ceballos return- leave the club when his contract The former Chelsea cen- his team-mates before their last think you understood a bit that ing to the La Liga side following expires, while Martin Odegaard, tre-back endured some difficult game of the Premier League I am a collective person, so my the end of their loan spells. Dani Ceballos and Mat Ryan are times with the Gunners as he season. happiness is to see the others Denmark midfielder Ode- also set to depart the Emirates struggled with inconsistent “If, in some moments, I did happy. So I try my best.” gaard joined the Gunners in Stadium. form before missing the end of something bad with you guys, Australian keeper Ryan January, while Spanish midfield- Luiz opted not to accept Ar- this season due to injury. sorry, but it was always my in- made three appearances during er Ceballos spent two years with senal’s offer of a new contract as Luiz, 34, helped Mikel Arte- tention to give my best for you his loan spell but will now return the club. — AFP