President U Thein Sein Leaves for Japan to Attend ASEAN-Japan
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THENew MOST RELIABLE NEWSPAPER LightAROUND YOU of Myanmar Volume XXI, Number 241 11th Waxing of Nadaw 1375 ME Friday, 13 December, 2013 President U Thein Sein leaves for Japan to attend ASEAN-Japan Summit, Japan-Mekong Summit NAY PYI TAW, 12 Dec — President U Thein Sein and party left here for Yangon before their departure for Japan to at- tend the ASEAN-Japan Summit to mark the 40th Anniversary of ASEAN- Japan ties and Japan-Me- kong Summit at 9 am to- day. They were seen off at Nay Pyi Taw Airport by Vice-Presidents Dr Sai Mauk Kham and U Nyan Tun, Commander- in-Chief of Defence Ser- vices Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the Union ministers and officials. At 10.10 pm today, the President and party left for Tokyo via Yan- gon by the passenger flight of All Nippon Air- ways (ANA). Together with the President, Union Ministers U Wunna Maung Lwin, U Thein Nyunt, U Maung Myint and Dr Kan Zaw, Chief Ministers U La John Ngan Sai and U Ohn My- Htay and Dr Daw Thein anmar U Set Aung and of- President U Thein Sein being seen off at Nay Pyi Taw Airport by int, Deputy Ministers U Ye Thein Htay, Vice-Governor ficials also left for Japan on Vice-Presidents Dr Sai Mauk Kham and U Nyan Tun and Commander-in- Htut, Dr Maung Maung of the Central Bank of My- the same flight. —MNA Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and party.—MNA Myanmar picks Myanmar satisfied with one silver, one bronze in third day up first gold in wrestling events shooting event YANGON, 12 Dec—The Vietnam bagged gold wrestling events of the 27th medal in men’s 60 kg free- YANGON, 12 Dec — Myanmar won SEA Games continued at style wrestling contest, In- gold medal in individual shooting contest Thuwunna National Indoor donesia secured the silver and silver medal in team shooting contest Stadium (1) in Thingang- and Cambodia and the Phil- of 50-M Women’s Rifle Prone event at the yun Township this after- ippines the joint bronze. th 27 SEA Games today. noon. The Vietnamese wres- A total of 18 participants including The wrestlers from tler snatched gold in men’s Thu Thu Kyaw, Aye Aye Thin and Than Myanmar, Thailand, Viet- 55-kg freestyle wrestling Than Saw of Myanmar took part in 50-M nam, Cambodia, Laos, the event, Indonesian wrestler Women’s Rifle Prone event at Interna- Philippines, Indonesia and took the silver and Aung tional Shooting Range in Dagon Myothit Singapore took part in third Aung of Myanmar and (North) Township this morning. Thu Thu day competitions. (See page 8) Kyaw seized gold in individual event and Myanmar bagged silver in team event. INSIDE Japan, Malaysia leaders Thu Thu Kyaw, an employee of Fire meet over infrastructure Pro-sanctions US Services Department, was a gold and bronze development lawmakers will introduce medalist in SEASA held in Malaysia and new Iran bill soon Open Championship in Thailand. MNA Smiling Gold medalist Thu Thu Kyaw poses with thumb-up sign for her victory in 50-M Women’s Rifle Prone (Individual).—MNA PAGE-3 PAGE-11 2 Friday, 13 December, 2013 New Light of Myanmar LOCAL NEWS Detour under construction in Mohnyin Township Deputy Commerce Minister th MOHNYIN, 12 Dec—As attends 13 China-Myanmar trucks with loads of logs and oil bowsers may cause Trade Fair danger to the people at any time in downtown Mohnyin, N AY P YI T AW , 12 booths including the booth it is necessary to construct a Dec—Deputy Minister for of Myanmar traditional detour for the town. Commerce Dr Pwint Hsan medicines on 6 December. Spending K 200 million received a delegation led by The Myanmar allotted by Kachin State the Ruili Mayor of Yunnan delegation then visited government, the detour is Province of People’s Wang Tain commodity being constructed with the Republic of China in Ruili yard in Kyal Guang where use of heavy machinery on 5 December and they they were clarified by starting from the Directorate discussed bilateral trade, Vice-Mayor Ms Li Hong on of Road Administration. investment and mutual construction of design and Up to 10 December, the cooperation between the area of the building. They five miles and two furlongs two countries. viewed agriculture produce long and 60 feet wide road The Deputy Minister and fruits yard. has been constructed. together with the Ruili The Deputy Minister The detour from end to Mayor cut the ribbon and party enjoyed the th end will be eight miles and to open the 13 China- performance of China- two furlongs long. Myanmar Trade Fair Myanmar cultural show in The local people donated development matters for A heavy machinery at work at the detour and they looked round the evening. the displays of over 50 MNA their farmlands included them, said a local farmland construction site in Mohnyin. in the area of constructing owner.—Kyemon-Hnget the detour as it is the town Kha (Mohnyin) Mandalay Region Hluttaw MP donates K 10 million for BEPS in Pyawbwe Tsp PYAWBWE, 12 Dec— representative said, “As Next, Township Mandalay Region Hluttaw there was no school in Administrator U Kyaw Aung representative U Tin Oo and Pawaingyeoe Village, Hsan, Deputy Township family donated K 10 million the local children faced Education Officer U Aung to the fund for construction of difficulties to attend school Lwin and town’s elder U self-reliant Basic Education in other village. As there Ba Nyunt urged all to join Post-Primary School in were too young, they were hands in construction of the Pawaingyoe Village of very tired. To be free school.” Phaungdaw Village of from these difficulties, we Next, the Region Pyawbwe Township in donated cash to the fund for Hluttaw MP presented K Mandalay Region recently. construction of the reliant 10 million for the 100 feet The Region Hluttaw school.” long school building. Phaungdaw Village- Myawady Township Development Affairs Committee member U Tha Sein, tract administrator U Maung member of Township Development Supportive Committee U Maung Ni and Maung and Pawaingyoe Chairman of the Night Market Committee U Than Zaw formally opened Village administrator U Win Bo accepted the donation. the night market in Ward 3-4 of Myawady, Myawady District of Kayin State MMAL-Min Min Htwe on 11 December.—TUN TUN OO (MYAWADY) Illegal timber seized in Shwegu Township Crime SHWEGU, 12 Dec — Township of Kachin State on were 152 logs of illegal According to the information 5 December morning. Tamalan timber weighing The seized illegal that illegal timber pieces They found various 6.992 tons, 50 logs of Tamalan timber pieces and were transported along pieces of ownerless Tamalan weighing 1.202 truck were handed over to Bhamo-Shwegu-Mandalay Tamalan sawn timber on tons worth K 2,458,200. Shwegu Township Forest A ceremony to provide uniforms to members of strategic road by car, Captain board and carried them to The squad also seized Department on 5 December Auxiliary Fire Brigade was held at the office Aung Soe Tun and party of Shwegu Township Forest the ownerless 10-wheeled evening. security troop from Udaung Department. Hino Ranger truck worth K Kyemon-Shwegu of Township Fire Services Department in Hill microwave of No 56th The seized timber pieces 15 million. Township Police Force Kyimyindine Township in Yangon West District Infantry Regiment and IP on 10 December. It was attended by Township Ngwe Oo of police member, Administrator U Kyaw Ye Thway, Commander of forester Thaung Min Oo and Township Police Force Police Major Soe Thin, party of Forest Department members of Township Auxiliary Fire Brigade and of Zinboton area and local Red Cross Brigade. Officials presented 217 sets authorities searched the of uniforms to fire brigade members.—KYEMON- truck that stationed near SHWETI-TIN OO LAY Zinbon Village of Shwegu Shwe Min Thar Foundation (Myanmar), LDSC donate artificial limbs MANDALAY, 12 Dec — limbs and equipment at the LDSC donated artificial With the aim of lifting life hall of Shan national welfare limbs to 48 persons, of disabled persons across association on 35th Street in adult wheelchairs to 14 the nation, Shwe Min Thar Chanayethazan Township on persons and child ones to 8 Foundation (Myanmar) and 10 December. children. LDSC (Latter-Day Saint On the occasion, Kyemon-Thiha Ko Ko Charities) donated artificial the foundation and (Mandalay) New Light of Myanmar Friday, 13 December, 2013 3 WORLD Ruling bloc OKs FY 2014 tax reform plan, vague on key measure TOKYO, 12 Dec — Ja- pledged to reduce taxes on how to implement it in their pan’s ruling parties on daily necessities such as food tax reform outline for fiscal Thursday adopted tax reform “at a time when the (sales) 2015, which is to be crafted policies for fiscal 2014, put- tax rate is at 10 percent.” in late December next year. ting off a decision on when The ambiguous expres- Under the tax policy to lower the tax rate on daily sion, reflecting discord be- guideline for fiscal 2014, necessities to cushion the im- tween the two parties on the the LDP and Komeito also pact of the sales tax hike to measure, does not make it agreed to increase the tax 10 percent the following fis- clear whether the rate will be burden on company employ- cal year. But Prime Minister cut simultaneously with the ees who make more than 12 Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Demo- consumption tax rise in Oc- million yen a year from 2016 cratic Party and its coalition tober 2015 or at a later stage.