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NATIONAL PARLIAMENT PARLIAMENT Myanmar Delegation attended the second Meeting Motion calls on gov’t 2nd Amyotha Hluttaw’s of the Joint Working Group on the Repatriation of to ensure transparency 8th regular session Verified Displaced Persons from Bangladesh in tax collection holds 4th-day meeting PAGE-10 PAGE-2 PAGE-2

Vol. V, No. 32, 4th Waxing of Nayon 1380 ME www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Friday, 18 May 2018 Private clinics, hospitals in Yangon to face surprise checks

By Nyein Nyein

The Yangon Region Private Health Supervisory Committee will carry out surprise checks at all private clinics and hospitals, said U Naing Ngan Lin, Yangon Government Social Affairs Min- ister, chairman of the Yangon Region Private Health Super- visory Committee, at a meeting of the Yangon Region Private Health Supervisory Committee and private treatment centres on 17 May. The Private Health Supervi- sory Committee has already car- ried out surprise checks in some townships in March and April and found an illegal operating theater and some unregistered drugs at Yaung Ni Oo clinic in Hline Town- Vice President U Henry Van Thio visits the coffee research and development farm (Htayzan) in Tiddim, Chin State. PHOTO: MNA ship and at Nay Won general clin- ic in Lanmadaw Township. The Township Public Health Depart- ment concerned has also taken U Henry Van Thio inspects prevention legal action against a Chinese doctor at Nay Won general clinic who refused to show his licence, projects in Sagaing, coffee in Chin he added. “When we conducted sur- prise checks at the two clinics, National Natural Disaster Man- works in the local military guest programmes and how to use the U Henry Van Thio inspected we began to suspect some of the agement Committee Chairman house by district administrative natural disaster fund. the status of the construction of other clinics as well. But since and Vice President U Henry Van officials, while Deputy Minister The Vice President and a Myitha River bank retaining we did not have any evidence, Thio arrived in Kalay, Sagaing for Social Welfare, Relief and party then inspected the sta- wall beside the Kalay-Kalewa we decided to conduct more Region on Wednesday to visit Resettlement U Soe Aung gave tus of a river bank retaining road. The 5,100 ft. long Kal- surprise checks at clinics and disaster prevention works, and additional explanations for fu- wall being constructed on the ay-Kalewa road retaining wall hospitals. We will continue to also visited a research and de- ture programmes. The Vice banks of the Nayritzara River was constructed with Ks 2.20 conduct such checks so our cit- velopment coffee programme President gave comments to near Phaungku Bridge in Kalay. billion allocated in the 2018 six izens cooperate with us and live in Chin State. ensure proper coordination and The retaining wall is being con- month fiscal year. The construc- according to the law. We don’t U Henry Van Thio was advised on how to effectively use structed with Ks 264 million al- tion is 60 per cent completed, it mean to threaten clinics and hos- briefed about the Kalay Dis- the funds requested for long- located in fiscal year 2017-2018. was learnt. pitals,” said U Naing Ngan Lin. trict natural disaster prevention term natural disaster prevention From there, Vice President SEE PAGE-3 SEE PAGE-4

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LOCAL NEWS BUSINESS BUSINESS NATIONAL SPORT Forest dept to Singapore fin- YSX to link with Four ministries hold Antoine Hey, new grow mangrove tech companies 50 potential press conference head football coach forests in Mon to empower rural public companies on second one-year of Myanmar’s State communities to promote listing performance national team PAGE-4 PAGE-5 PAGE-5 PAGE-3 PAGE-16 18 MAY 2018 2 PARLIAMENT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Pyithu Hluttaw Motion calls on gov’t to ensure transparency in tax collection

U Myint Thein of Wetlet Con- the Amyotha Hluttaw with re- stall online monitoring systems stituency presented a motion marks. The Speaker announced in breweries began in April and calling for the union government that since both the Amyotha and is ongoing but until then, all in- to be transparent and scrutinise Pyithu Hluttaws agreed on the spections will be carried out by carefully the national tax collec- bill, it would be put on record, the respective township Internal tion during the Pyithu Hluttaw once the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Revenue Department. session yesterday. The Hluttaw approved the bill. approved the motion and the The next session of the Py- Daw Cho Cho from speaker put it up for discussion. ithu Hluttaw will be held on 21 Ottwin Constituency U Myint Thein explained May. raised a question on the that owing to the weak tax ad- plan to offer farmers ministration and law enforce- Flow meters in breweries long-term loans ment, numerous and serious discussed at Pyithu Hlut- Deputy Minister for Plan- cases of tax evasion and illegal taw meeting ning and Finance U Maung trade transactions were taking U Aung Kyaw Kyaw Oo of Hlaing Maung Win replied that the place. He said that although the Constituency asked Deputy Min- Myanmar Agricultural Devel- state has the capacity to properly U Myint Thein. U Aung Kyaw Kyaw Oo . ister for Planning and Finance opment Bank (MADB) received administer tax collection, there U Maung Maung Win about the funds from the Myanmar Eco- are cases where the Internal dutiful taxpayers. He added that Myanmar is transitioning into a progress report on installing flow nomic Bank (MEB) to provide Revenue Department and tax doing so would instil dutiful tax- democratic country, there needs meters in breweries during the loans to farmers before the evaders have collaborated on paying habits among the people to be more transparency and fourth-day meeting of the eighth planting season. MADB collects tax evasion. and raise awareness about pay- cooperation between the govern- regular session of the second the loans during the harvesting U Myint Thein said the rel- ing taxes. ment and the people so that the Pyithu Hluttaw yesterday. season and sends it to MEB. evant ministries should inform U Myint Thein said that correct amount of internal reve- U Maung Maung Win replied This process is done annually, taxpayers how their money is according to Article 389 of the nue flows in and can be used for that inspections were carried out he said. being used by the state, so as to constitution, it was the duty of the development of the nation. at 37 active breweries between He added that MEB had set encourage them to pay taxes. every citizen to pay taxes levied The speaker requested MPs February and March 2018, and aside Ks200 billion to provide He said the union government according to the law. He said interested in discussing the mo- the results showed 33 have flow long-term loans of three to five could reward regular taxpayers his motion is not to lobby for tion to register their names. meters installed according to the years for farmers who meet the with reduced tax rates and cer- increased tax rates but to call Next, the secretary of the set standards, while the remain- set standards. Farmers can ap- tain exemptions, and increase for authorities to scrutinise the Hluttaw Bill Committee an- ing four will have flow meters ply for these loans at their re- the yearly honorary certificates, existing tax collecting system for nounced the acceptance of the installed in the future. spective MADB.—Aye Aye Thant and other commemorations for loopholes and tax evaders. As Explosive Material Bill sent by He added that a plan to in- (MNA)

Amyotha Hluttaw 2nd Amyotha Hluttaw’s 8th regular session holds 4th-day meeting

THE fourth-day meeting of and tipper and other related the plan to upgrade two roads the second Amyotha Hluttaw’s accessories. Myanmar is una- connecting villages in Mon State, eighth regular session was held ble to provide an AC plant and Ye Township. The deputy minis- at the Amyotha Hluttaw’s meet- AC pavers countrywide and can ter replied that funds for the two ing hall in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday deploy just one in each state and roads had been budgeted in the morning. region. Mon State government and the At the meeting, the new Tat- Once the 29 sets of AC plants union fund for the 2018-2019 fis- madaw Amyotha Hluttaw repre- funded by the World Bank arrive, cal year and will be implemented sentatives were sworn-in before they will be deployed to states depending upon the availability Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker Mahn and regions, and priority roads of the funds. Win Khaing Than, and they will be upgraded to AC roads in Questions raised by U Zaw signed the oath documents. Dep- big towns. Plans are being drawn Hein of Taninthayi Region con- uty Minister for Construction to upgrade the technology and at stituency (7) and U Tet Tun Aung U Kyaw Lin answered five as- the same time, studies are be- of Rakhine State constituency terisk-marked questions raised ing conducted to assess the new (2) were also answered and ex- by the Hluttaw representatives. technologies’ appropriateness to plained by Deputy Minister U Replying to a question U Kyaw Lin. Daw Naw Sa Muhtu. the situation in Myanmar. Kyaw Lin. raised by Daw Naw Sa Muhtu If the roads are constructed Next, Amyotha Hluttaw bill of Kayin State constituency (11) the bridge is earmarked for the asphalt and has the lowest cost. and maintained according to the committee member Dr. Myo on the plan to construct a 10-feet- 2018-2019 fiscal year union fund, Myanmar is the only country in instruction and guidelines of the Aung read and explained the wide, 300-feet-long and 50-feet- and it will be implemented de- the world that is still using the road department, the possibility report of the committee on the high Win Yaw creek crossing pending on the funds available, Penetration Macadam system to of damages to the roads before second amendment bill to the bridge on a road connecting he said. lay its main roads. The asphalt the prescribed time is low. If Settlement of Labour Dispute the villages in Kumkathaung In response to a question concrete (AC) system is used for there are damages due to the Law. Following this, the Amyotha Village tract and Tagundaing raised by U Hla Oo of Sagaing all the main roads of the coun- corrupt practices of the compa- Hluttaw speaker requested the Village tract in Kya-in Seikkyi Region constituency (4) on build- tries in the world. The reason nies and the staff, action will be Hluttaw representatives to enrol Township, Kayin State, Deputy ing quality roads, the deputy Myanmar is unable to progress taken according to the prevail- their names to discuss the bill. Minister U Kyaw Lin said the minister said the Penetration beyond Penetration Macadam ing laws and the companies will The fifth-day meeting of bridge would directly benefit Macadam system was used in is due to the lack of finance and be blacklisted, said the deputy the second Amyotha Hlut- some 36,500 people from 5,216 up to 95 per cent of the road con- equipment. Asphalt concrete minister. taw’s eighth regular ses- households in 40 villages when struction work in Myanmar. The roads require equipment such U Naing Thiha of Mon State sion will be held on 21 May. completed. The construction of system uses the least amount of as an AC plant, paver, roller constituency (7) also asked about —Aung Ye Thwin (MNA) 18 MAY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3

We have much to carry on fulfilling the hopes and needs of the people May we all be able to build the peaceful, modern, prosperous and of the country. We must press on until our citizens have their dignity genuine Democratic Federal Republic which is the dream of the raised and our country can retain its former glory on the global stage. fathers of our independence and which is what our people desire. (Excerpt from the speech by President U Win Myint at the ceremony to (Excerpt from the speech by State Counsellor nd take oath of office at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on th30 March 2018) Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on the 2 Anniversary of NLD Government on 1st April 2018)

U Henry Van Thio inspects prevention projects in Sagaing, coffee in Chin FROM PAGE-1 a special grade coffee, and cof- The Vice President went fee produced in Pyin Oo Lwin, on to the public service office Ywangan and Thandaung had a in Kalay to observe the works score of between 84 and 90, while conducted and then met with coffee produced in Chin State the local people. was of special quality, achieving Accompanied by Chin State a score of 96. Chief Minister U Salai Lian Lwal “Farmers in Chin State are and State Hluttaw Speaker U being urged to expand and plant Zo Bwe, he then travelled to this high-quality coffee. This Tiddim Township, Chin State, will increase the income of the to visit a coffee research and de- farmers as well as increase the velopment farm (Htayzan) and value of the state’s export prod- Vice President U Henry Van Thio visits the Sial Lum Fort in Tiddim, Chin State. PHOTO: MNA inspected the systematic plant- ucts. The land situation in Chin ing of coffee and production and State remains in its natural state sale of high-grade coffee. to this day, and local farmers the Department of Archaeology resulting in 36 deaths among the During his travels in Sagaing Afterwards, in the briefing should use this opportunity to and National Museum, where attacking foreign invaders, while Region and Chin State, the Vice hall, U Min Lwin Oo from the produce chemical-free organic they were greeted with tradi- a total of 28 defending Chin na- President was accompanied by farm and Department of Agri- crops”, said the Vice President. tional dances. The state head of tionals, 18 men and 10 women Sagaing Region Chief Minister culture Director General Dr. Ye To date, Chin State has the Department of Archaeology were killed. Dr. Myint Naing, Deputy Min- Tint Tun explained about the cof- more than 560 acres of coffee and National Museum explained The Vice President went on ister for Defence Rear Admiral fee planting and quality testing plantation. Annually, there will the history of the fort and the to inspect the maintenance of a Myint Nwe, Deputy Minister for works being conducted. be an increase of 220 acres. By preservation works conducted. retaining wall, construction of Border Affairs Maj-Gen Than In his comment to the expla- 2021, there will be a total of 1,220 Afterwards, the Vice President a new one and widening of the Htut, Deputy Minister for Social nations, Vice President U Henry acres, it is learnt. toured the fort and took a com- Kalay-Tiddim-Tonzang road. He Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Van Thio said that, according to The Vice President and memorative group photo with then went to Tonzang town in U Soe Aung, regional government the coffee quality specification party then continued on to Sial local ethnic nationals. the evening, where local ethnic ministers, Permanent Secretar- of the world, a Cupping Score of Lum Fort in Tiddim Township, On 4 May 1889, a fierce bat- people greeted them with tradi- ies and departmental officials. 80 and above was considered which has been preserved by tle was fought in Sial Lum Fort, tional dances. —Myanmar News Agency Four ministries hold press conference on second one-year performance in Nay Pyi Taw

THE Ministry of Social Welfare, up on the matter of setting up Relief and Resettlement; Minis- new policies. A youth policy was try of Planning and Finance; Min- enacted on 5 January 2018, ena- istry of Natural Resources and bling the youth to participate in Environmental Conservation; the education, economic, politics, and the Ministry of Health and peace, gender and human rights Sports held a joint press confer- affairs. A national-level elderly ence to discuss the performance policy was prepared, while a new of the four ministries’ second year Child Law was amended, drafted in office at the Ministry of Infor- and submitted to the Hluttaw. mation yesterday afternoon. A new law amending the Sup- At the press conference, Un- pression of Prostitution Act was ion Minister Dr. Win Myat Aye prepared and the Prevention and explained the second-year per- Protection of Violence against formance of the Ministry of Social Women Bill was also drawn up Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr. Win Myat Aye talks to media at the press conference Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. and submitted for approval. in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday . PHOTO: MNA Laws and rules were drawn SEE PAGE-7 18 MAY 2018 4 LOCAL NEWS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Forest dept to grow mangrove ACTING CHIEF EDITOR Aye Min Soe, [email protected] [email protected] forests in Mon State EXPATRIATE CONSULTANT EDITOR Mark Angeles, markrangeles@gmail .com The Mon State Forest Depart- ment will develop a mangrove SENIOR EDITORIAL CONSULTANT forest in the Pharlain region in Kyaw Myaing Ye township in the next rainy SENIOR TRANSLATORS season, under the reforestation Zaw Min, project, according to a report in [email protected] Win Ko Ko Aung, Myawady Daily yesterday. [email protected] “We are planning to grow some 20 acres of mangroves, in INTERNATIONAL NEWS EDITOR Ye Htut Tin, cooperation with the local peo- [email protected] ple of the Pharlain region. The

LOCAL NEWS EDITORS union government will provide Tun Tun Naing (Editor), the necessary funds to grow the [email protected] mangrove forests,” said a de- Nwe Nwe Tun (Sub-editor), [email protected] partment official. The government is work- TRANSLATORS ing on conserving and growing File photo shows workers tend to a community mangrove forest in Ye, Mon State. PHOTO: MNA Khaing Thanda Lwin, Hay Mar Tin Win, mangrove forests to prevent ero- Ei Myat Mon sions triggered by floods and to vent erosions and produce damage to agriculture lands by 1,500 acres of mangrove forest Zaw Htet Oo produce forest products. firewood, charcoal, medicinal obstructing the inflow of salt exist in Mawlamyine District. Kyaw Zin Lin Kyaw Zin Tun Mangrove forests are main- plants and other forest prod- water near beaches. The department will continue to ly found in Ayeyawady, Tanin- ucts. According to the survey conduct a survey of mangrove REPORTER thayi and Rakhine. Moreover, mangrove for- conducted by the Mon State forests in Thaton District.— May Thet Hnin, [email protected] Mangrove forests can pre- ests near the sea can prevent Forest Department, more than GNLM [email protected]

PHOTOGRAPHER Kyaw Zeya Win @ Phoe Khwar Illegal goods worth more than Private clinics, COMPUTER TEAM hospitals in Tun Zaw , Thein Ngwe, Zaw Zaw Aung, Ks 350m seized in Mandalay Region Yangon to face Ye Naing Soe, Nyi Zaw Moe, Hnin Pwint, Kay Khaing Win, Sanda Hnin surprise checks THE Customs Department illegal goods were detected at lion at Hpa-an Township Cus- EDITORIAL SECTION is checking for illegal goods Yangon International Airport, toms Department, six cases FROM PAGE-1 (+95) (01)8604529, Fax — (+95) (01) 8604305 flowing into the country with an estimated value of valued at Ks19.5 million at The Private Health Supervisory through airports, seaports Ks78 million, while eight cas- Muse Township Customs De- Committee is conducting surprise CIRCULATION & DISTRIBUTION and border trade channels, es of illegal goods valued at partment, two cases of illegal checks with four objectives: To San Lwin, (+95) (01) 8604532, Hotline - 09 974424114 as some Ks358.6 million worth Ks136 million were detected goods worth Ks16.898 at Maw- check if clinics hold a business li- of goods for which customs at Yangon Port. Additionally, lamyine Township Customs cence, to check whether they provide ADVERTISING & MARKETING duty was not paid were seized 29 cases of illegal goods with Department, three cases with treatment according to the Health ( +95) (01) 8604530, Hotline - 09 974424848 last month. an estimated value of Ks358.6 a value of Ks12.4 million at Business Law, to find out whether [email protected] Customs authorities million at the Mandalay Re- Bhamo Township Customs any treatment is being provided by [email protected] detected 29 cases of illegal gion Customs Department, Department, one case with foreign doctors sans the necessary Printed and published at the Global New goods along export/import 18 cases with a value of Ks110 a value of Ks4.8 million at licences, and to check if the clin- Light of Myanmar Printing Factory at trade channels in April. Mean- million at the Bago Region Myawady Township Customs ics follow the rules and regulations No.150, Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, by the Global New Light while, some Ks1.92 billion Customs Department, 107 Department, two cases worth stipulated by the Ministry of Health of Myanmar Daily under Printing Permit No. worth of goods for which the cases with Ks590.5 million Ks46.8 million at Kengtung and Sports. There are 12 speciality 00510 and Publishing Permit No. 00629. custom duties were unpaid at Yebyu checkpoint, and Township Customs Depart- hospitals, 42 general hospitals, 280 [email protected] were seized in 320 cases at 132 cases of illegal goods ment and four cases with val- speciality clinics and 2,666 general www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com customs checkpoints across worth Ks503 million at Ma- ue of Ks29.8 million at Lwejel treatment clinics registered with the www.facebook.com/ the country, according to data yanchaung checkpoint were one-stop service checkpoint Yangon Region Health Department, globalnewlightofmyanmar provided by the Customs De- found. were inspected, making up said Dr. Tun Myint, Deputy Direc- partment. Moreover, two cases of il- Ks1.927 billion worth of illegal tor-General of the Yangon Region In April 2018, six cases of legal goods worth Ks19.8 mil- goods.—Khaing Set Wai Health Department.

Eco-tourism zone to be implemented in Kyaikmaraw tsp Write for us

We appreciate your feedback and THE Mon State government will as an eco-tourism site. These conserved by the Archaeology, also plans to designate Hpa contributions. If you have any comments develop the Hpa Baung lime- will be implemented within this National Museum and Library Baung and the surrounding or would like to submit editorials, analyses or reports please email stone cave near Wa Pyan Gone year. The Hpa Baung limestone Department. We are planning to areas extending to 446 acres [email protected] Village, Kyaikmaraw Township, cave is the largest natural lime- submit a report to the state gov- as a forest reserve. with your name and title. Due to limitation of space we are only Mon State, as an eco-tourism stone cave in Mon state. ernment,” said Dr. Min Kyi Win, Recently, a committee led able to publish “Letter to the Editor” zone, according to a report in “Many interesting places in Mon State Minister for Natural by the State government was that do not exceed 500 words. Should you submit a text longer than 500 words Myawady Daily. this area can be developed as Resources and Environmental formed. The committee has please be aware that your letter will be Moreover, a spring in the eco-tourism sites. Kyaikmaraw Conservation. been making field surveys to edited. cave area will also be developed has many such caves. These are The Forestry Department implement the project.—GNLM 18 MAY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR BUSINESS 5 Singapore fin-tech companies to empower rural communities

By Nyein Nyein including the Yangon and Man- project at Myanma Insurance provide ordinary financial ser- in the economic progress. This dalay regions, and Nay Pyi Taw. office, Yangon, on 16 May. vices such as banking loans and platform will become a utility for InfoCorp, a fin-tech company Singapore-based InfoCorp “InfoCorp believes that the insurance to rural communities financial institutions to leverage headquartered in Singapore, Technologies and RGK+Z&A joint partnership will create a fi- that do not have access to bank- on encrypted data to increase and RGK+Z&A Group will con- Group will cooperate with Myan- nancial ecosystem that will solve ing facilities. the asset base and serve the loan duct a joint pilot project with the ma Insurance, operating under the risk of livestock insurance “This technology will help demands of the farmers. government to develop a tam- the Ministry of Planning and and potentially transform the enhance the livelihoods of the The government is prior- per-proof livestock identification Finance, and Livestock Breed- market into a force for devel- rural people,” said Dr Sandar Oo. itising reform of the rural and tagging system. ing and Veterinary Department, opment by enabling the use of According to International agriculture sectors. This study This was revealed during operating under the Ministry of livestock as collaterals,” said Monetary Fund’s forecast, My- will contribute to collecting im- a press conference held by In- Agriculture, Livestock and Ir- Roy Lai. anmar’s economy will rebound portant data on livestock and foCorp Technologies at Hotel rigation. InfoCorp Technologies is to 6.7 per cent in the 2017-2018 their owners. Novotel on 16 May. Roy Lai, founder and CEO offering cross-border finan- financial year, mostly through “We believe InfoCorp’s ex- The company will offer fi- of InfoCorp Technologies; Zeya cial services through Sentinel the agriculture and export perience of financial service in nancial services through the Mon, chairman and CEO of RG- Chain, which is the world’s first sectors. Therefore, the rural other foreign countries will help Sentinel Chain platform to en- K+Z&A Group; and Dr. Sandar platform to accept the use of communities can take an un- reap successful results. So, we rich the livelihoods of farmers Oo, managing director of Myan- livestock as collateral. Through precedented step through this are partnering with InfoCorp and in selected areas of Myanmar, ma Insurance, signed the pilot this platform, InfoCorp aims to joint partnership to participate the government,” said Zeya Mon. YSX to link with 50 potential public companies to promote listing

The Yangon Stock Exchange nell, a special economic advisor, (YSX) will link with 50 potential will deliver the keynote speech. public companies to promote Shares of five listed compa- listing on the YSX, according nies — First Myanmar Invest- to a recent report in Myawady ment (FMI), Myanmar Thilawa Daily. SEZ Holdings (MTSH), Myan- “We will invite public com- mar Citizens Bank (MCB), First panies for listing promotion. We Private Bank (FPB) and TMH will provide information and list- Telecom Public Co. Ltd. (TMH) ing procedures to the interested — are being traded on the YSX. companies. We will persuade Some 3,485 shares of FMI them to invest in YSX,” said U and MTSH were traded yester- Thet Tun Oo, senior manager day, at an estimated share value of YSX. of Ks12 million. The remaining The Listing Promotion three listed companies regis- Seminar is scheduled to be held tered zero trading during the from 1.30 pm to 4 pm on 5 June four matching times per day. and will provide awareness The share prices were: Ks11,500 The Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) about the listing procedures to for FMI, Ks2,950 for MTSH, will link with 50 potential public the interested public companies Ks8,000 for MCB, Ks25,000 for companies to promote listing on the and stock market. FPB and Ks2,900 for TMH.— YSX. PHOTO: GNLM/PHOE KHWAR At the seminar, Sean Tur- GNLM Rubber exports drop in April compared to March

Myanmar’s rubber exports, tonnes of rubber, with an es- ed were: 395 tonnes of ribbed the price is on the higher side rubber. More than 60 tonnes of through both sea routes and bor- timated value of $2.79 million, smoke sheets RSS-1 and 791 this week. MSR-10 were sent to India, and der gates, recorded a decline in were shipped via sea from 1 to tonnes of RSS3 rubber at Muse In sea trade, some 1,390 302 tonnes of MSR-20 and 300 volume last month compared to 28 April. The export volume in 105th Mile gate, 19 tonnes of RSS3 tonnes of rubber worth $1.77 tonnes of RSS3 were sent to Sin- March, according to news pro- April declined by 1,172 tonnes at Lwejel gate, and 133 tonnes million were exported to China, gapore. The export volume is up vided by the commerce ministry compared to March. of RSS3 at Chinshwehaw gate. Japan, Malaysia, India and Sin- by 1,131 tonnes compared to the online. More than 1,400 tonnes of The Kawthoung gate between gapore within a week from 29 previous week. Between 1 and 27 April, rubber valued at $1.47 million Myanmar and Thailand border April to 5 May, with 126 tonnes This week, the rubber price some 3,577 tonnes of rubber were exported through the My- saw 100 tonnes of rubber being of Myanmar standard rubber has been fluctuating. The Free worth US$3.55 million were anmar-China border gates and exported. Rubber RSS3 fetches MSR20 being exported to China, on Board rubber export price sent to the neighbouring coun- the Myanmar-Thailand border Ks16.17 million per tonne at the 196 tonnes of MSR20 to Japan, remained unchanged, according tries. The figure is down by 2,850 gates within a week from 28 April Muse gate. The week’s export 200 tonnes of RSS3 to Malaysia, to the price set by the Myanmar tonnes compared to March. to 4 May. volume is also down by 46 tonnes along with 210 tonnes of mix- Rubber Planters and Producers Similarly, more than 2,130 The export volumes record- against the previous week’s, but tures of natural and synthetic Association.—GNLM 18 MAY 2018 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Religions for Peace to come to Myanmar soon

ON the invitation of the Arch- ture Thura U Aung Ko received bishop of the Myanmar Ro- the Archbishop of the Myanmar man Catholic Church Cardinal Roman Catholic Church Cardi- Charles Bo, a high-level delega- nal Charles Bo at the branch tion from the Religions for Peace office of the Ministry of Religious (RfP) will visit Myanmar soon. Affairs and Culture on Kaba Aye As a preliminary discussion Pagoda Road in Yangon yester- to welcome the RfP, Union Minis- day morning.—Myanmar News ter for Religious Affairs and Cul- Agency

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets with KNU Chairman Saw Mutu Sae Poe yesterday. PHOTO: MNA Senior General meets KNU Chairman Saw Mutu Sae Poe

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF of Thiri Beikman in the Yangon struction of the Kepu-Lwemu- Defence Services Senior Gen- Command yesterday. palaw road by the Tatmadaw. eral Min Aung Hlaing received During the meeting, they They agreed that locals must be a delegation led by Karen Na- discussed matters related to allowed to move and live freely Union Minister Thura U Aung Ko meets with delegation led by tional Union (KNU) Chairman future works for the peace pro- in the region. —Myanmar News Archbishop of the Myanmar Roman Catholic Church Cardinal Charles Bo Saw Mutu Sae Poe at Zeyya cess and the halting of the con- Agency in Yangon yesterday. PHOTO: MNA Myanmar Saemaul Undong Project Steering Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Central Committee holds second meeting Joint Bill Committee THE Myanmar Saemaul Undong Project Steering Central Commit- tee held its second meeting yes- holds meeting terday afternoon, during which A JOINT bill committee’s meet- secretary, joint secretary and Union Minister for Agriculture, ing on a bill amending the Ear- members; members of the Livestock and Irrigation Dr. Aung ly Child Care and Development Pyithu Hluttaw committee for Thu said efforts must be made Law, over which the two Hlut- education promotion; Amyo- for sustained success, in cooper- taws were in disagreement, tha Hluttaw’s Women and Chil- ation with local and international was held in the second-floor dren’s Rights Committee and partner organisations, of rural meeting hall of the Pyidaungsu Legal Affairs and Special Cases development works, including Hluttaw’s Building D yesterday Assessment Commission; and the Myanmar Saemaul Undong afternoon. officials from the Ministry of project. Present at the meeting Education, Ministry of Social The meeting was held at the were the Pyidaungsu Hlut- Welfare, Relief and Resettle- union minister’s office. taw deputy speaker; Joint Bill ment, Union Attorney Gener- The 2nd meeting of Myanmar Saemaul Undong Project Steering Central The union minister added Committee Chairman U al’s office and the Pyidaungsu Committee held yesterday. PHOTO: MNA that along with physical devel- Aye Tha Aung; Joint Bill Hluttaw office. —Myanmar opment, the attitude, beliefs and tee members and other meeting villages. Committee deputy chairmen, News Agency efforts of the villagers should be attendees discussed and provid- To support the mental de- enhanced. Only when efforts are ed suggestions. velopment of the villagers in the made with a cooperative attitude Under the programme to project and to provide technical Thundershowers expected can there be true development increase the Myanmar-Korea assistance for income-raising in rural villages. At the meeting, bilateral friendship, the My- works, an agriculture and ru- in Southern Myanmar areas Korea International Cooperation anmar Saemaul Undong pro- ral development training school Agency (KOICA) Senior Depu- ject was implemented for the was opened in Nay Pyi Taw ty Representative Moon Sang third year in 100 villages of nine (Yezin) in November 2017, and THERE is a likelihood of a ing areas for today is isolated Won explained through a video states and regions. The project the village leaders and relevant thunderstorm in Southern My- rain or thundershowers, and clip the works conducted by the includes socio-economic devel- staff were provided with new anmar areas in the next two the degree of certainty is 80 per Korean side for the long-term opment, and capacity-raising village movement courses. days, as the weather is partly cent, whereas for Mandalay and development and success of the and income-raising works by The Korea Development cloudy over the Andaman Sea neighbouring areas, it is iso- Myanmar Saemaul Undong pro- the various sectors. With the Institute (KDI) and the Myan- and South Bay, and partly cloudy lated rain or thundershowers, ject and the development of all support and assistance of Dae- mar Survey Research (MSR) elsewhere over the Bay of Ben- and the degree of certainty is rural villages. gu Town and Posco Daewo Co. had conducted baseline and gal, according to the Myanmar 60 per cent. Next, the project director, Ltd., the project was expanded mid-term surveys to assess Daily weather report issued by Seas will be slight to mod- deputy director-general ex- to 10 villages in Rakhine State the effect of the project, and at the Department of Meteorology erate in Myanmar’s waters, and plained the project works and and Yangon Region, and the the end of the project period, an and Hydrology yesterday. the wave height will be some 3-5 future programmes, while the project has been implement- endline survey will be conduct- The forecast for Nay Pyi feet off and along Myanmar’s project steering central commit- ed in some 110 pioneer model ed. —Myanmar News Agency Taw, Yangon and neighbour- coast. —GNLM 18 MAY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 7 Four ministries hold press conference on second one-year performance

FROM PAGE-3 The rules for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Law and the Elders Law were also prepared. Further, a Legal Advisory Unit was formed to ensure the laws are fair when the policies and rules are implemented. A Department of Rehabili- tation was formed on 30 January 2018 to rehabilitate handicapped persons, victims of human traf- ficking, former drug addicts, or- phaned and abandoned children, child soldiers, street children, and victims of statutory rape, domes- tic violence and the aged. On the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement; Ministry of Planning and Finance; Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation; and matter of rehabilitating displaced the Ministry of Health and Sports hold press conference on their performance in second one-year period in Nay Pyi Taw . PHOTO: MNA persons, the views of the regional authorities and civil society or- Planning and Finance Minis- Law in January 2018. generated an income of Ks56 bil- one month. ganisations were obtained and try second year review The Foreign Economic Re- lion in Fiscal Year 2016-2017 and The Revenue Appellate the future works, processes, long- Deputy Minister for Plan- lations Department has formed Ks61 billion in Fiscal year 2017- Tribunal, between 1 April 2016 term plans and work processes ning and Finance U Maung the Development Assistance 2018, an increase of Ks5 billion and 31 December 2017, has re- were set up. Maung Win spoke about the Coordination Unit (DACU) and to the national income. ceived 199 customs appeals, 35 In Chin State, Rakhine State second year performance of the released the Development As- The Internal Revenue De- customs review appeals, and one and the Naga Self-Administered ministry, which include 20 depart- sistance Policy in January 2018 to partment implemented the online stamp alteration case; a total of Zone where nutrition levels are ments and entities. more effectively manage foreign tax payment system with private 235 cases. The Tribunal has han- low, a mother is given Ks15,000 The Planning Department development assistance. banks in January 2018. dled 180 customs appeals and 23 per month. A social pension of has drawn up a six-month Na- Myanmar Economic Bank The Customs Department customs review appeals; a total Ks10,000 per month is also given tional Planning Law for April to has acquired an Official Devel- adopted an automated cargo of 203 cases. to those above 90 years of age. For September of the 2018 Fiscal Year. opment Assistance (ODA) loan clearance system on 12 Novem- The Office of the Securities a Case Management System to He said the department has also from the Japan International Co- ber 2016, which cut time and costs and Exchange Commission of become firmly established, social drawn up the Myanmar Sustain- operation Agency (JICA) to offer for all stakeholders. Myanmar gave approvals for case managers were trained and able Development Plan (MSDP). two-step loans to SMEs. There The Budget Department has First Myanmar Investment Co. employed in 10 more townships, The Directorate of Invest- is also the Bank’s Owned Fund made its work available to the Ltd., Myanmar Thilawa SEZ expanding from 27 townships to ment Company Administration, programme that grants loans public on the ministry’s website Holdings Public Ltd., Myanmar 37 townships. in accord with the New Myanmar for developing SMEs. The Bank to promote transparency. The Citizens Bank Ltd., First Private One Stop Women Support Investment Law, has relegated also offers three-year to five-year public can view the three-month Bank Ltd., and TMH Telecom Centres (OSWSC) were also be- authority of investment adminis- loans to farmers and three-year expenditure report, in year re- Public Co. Ltd. to register on the ing established. tration to state and region direc- loans to real estate projects. port, budget proposals, the Union Yangon Stock Exchange compa- Support and assistance were torates. These state and regional Myanmar Foreign Trade Budget Law, half-year reports ny listing. also raised by the Department investment committees can loan Bank has paid income taxes of and other related documents on of Social Welfare to 979 self-help a principal of US$5 million or Ks6 Ks7.791 billion and deposited the ministry’s website. Ministry of Natural Resourc- pre-schools, 244 welfare homes billion to businesses. Ks7.96 billion to the State. The Treasury Department es and Environmental Con- and 82 homes for the aged. Company registration fees Myanmar Investment and drew the monthly financial servation As for the Disaster Manage- have also been reduced from an Commercial Bank has paid in- schemes for Fiscal Year 2016- U Khin Maung Yi, Perma- ment Department, an earthquake initial Ks1 million to Ks500,000 in come taxes of Ks9.12 billion and 2017 for Union Level Executive nent Secretary of the Ministry of forum, a rehearsal for earthquake June 2016 and further reduced to deposited Ks8.99 billion to the Organizations and Union Minis- Natural Resources and Environ- preparedness and talks were held Ks250,000 on 1 April 2018. Since State in Fiscal Year 2017-2018. tries. The Department reviews mental Conservation, said his in cooperation with the Ministry then, the number of companies Myanmar Agriculture De- the differences between actual ministry has banned logging in of Education. To mitigate and re- has increased from 6,728 domes- velopment Bank has granted expenditures and projected ex- Bago Mountain Range starting duce losses and damages from tic companies and 1,172 foreign farmers a loan of Ks100,000 per penditures based on the financial in the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year for strong winds, talks on technical companies in Fiscal Year 2015- acre in Fiscal Year 2015-2016. In schemes over three-month peri- a period of 10 years and reduced support against damaging winds 2016 to 9,147 domestic compa- Fiscal Year 2016-2017, the Bank ods to compile monthly surplus the Annual Allowable Cut (AAC). and reinforcing houses were nies and 1,322 foreign companies has increased loans for other money and deficits. The Depart- In a press conference yes- held in 129 wards/villages in 18 by Fiscal Year 2016-2017. By 19 crops to farmers at Ks20,000 to ment has compiled these reports terday on the second year per- townships of Mandalay, Sagaing, March 2018, foreign investments Ks50,000 per acre. The Bank has for the Fiscal Years 2015-2016 and formance of the ministry, U Khin Magway regions and Shan State reached US$5.31 billion and do- given out Ks1.63 trillion in loans in 2016-2017. Maung Yi said that in the current during the 2016-2017 fiscal year. mestic investments reached Fiscal Year 2016-2017 and Ks1.70 The Financial Regulatory 2017-2018 FY, the ministry pro- In the 2017-2018 fiscal year, talks Ks3.63 trillion and created 106,274 trillion in Fiscal Year 2017-2018. Department approved regis- duced only 55 per cent of the teak were held in the Ayeyawady and jobs. The total amount of loans granted tration of 176 microfinance or- and 31 per cent of the hardwood Bago regions, in addition to the The Progress Appraisal and is Ks3.34 trillion. ganisations to help develop the compared to the output of the four initial regions and state. Progress Reporting Department Myanmar Insurance began livelihoods of people living in previous year. After cyclone Nargis in 2008, conducted field surveys on 4,016 offering life insurance to farmers rural areas. In Fiscal Year 2016- As part of efforts for con- a total of 93 cyclone shelters were businesses and projects in 25 dis- in October 2017 in collaboration 2017, loans of Ks2.48 trillion were serving the elephants that are built by the 2015-2016 fiscal year. tricts in the country. They also with Myanmar Agriculture De- granted and Ks4.13 trillion worth usually used for logging, the min- During the incumbent govern- transitioned from a closed tender velopment Bank. As of April 2018, of loans were granted in Fiscal istry has expanded the estab- ment, 10 were completed and 16 system to an open tender system Myanmar Insurance has 41,407 Year 2017-2018. lishment of elephant-based eco- were still under construction. for state-owned businesses and registered clients, generated The Pension Department tourism resorts since 2016-2017 Some 87 more shelters will be infrastructure related works. Ks58.79 million, and so far has has arranged for retired civil Fiscal Year. Soo far, 18 camps constructed, explained the Union The Central Statistical Or- reimbursed Ks22.36 million to servants to receive their pen- have been established. Minister. ganization passed the Statistics 40 farmers. Myanmar Insurance sion and bonus money within SEE PAGE-10 18 MAY 2018 18 MAY 2018 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR OPINION 9

Patience, Republic of the Union of Myanmar Precautionary Measures for School Office of the President tolerance is key for Order 21/2018 3rd Waxing of Nayon, 1380 ME complicated land Safety in Myanmar 17th May, 2018 Resignation of Chin State Minister confiscation issues By Khin Maung Htay (Ministry of Education) approved

YANMAR, lying In accordance with the provisions stated in article 264 (a) ORE than 4,900 acres of confiscated farmland were in a major seis- of the Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar returned to the original owners in Sagaing Region mic belt, is indeed and Section 52 (b) of Region or State Government Law, Salai on Wednesday, showing that justice is occurring. Mearthquake-prone Issak Khin, Chin State Minister for Development Affairs, M We believe that returning confiscated farmland and vulnerable to hazards from Electricity and Industry, has been permitted to resign of his to farmers, who make up 70 per cent of the country’s rural moderate and large magnitude own volition from the position of State Minister. population, would develop the agricultural sector and improve earthquakes. Consecutive quakes their socio-economic status. usually happen after events of a Sd/ Win Myint The institutions concerned are urged to continue to release tremor. The experts have con- President the farmland they have confiscated. ducted earthquake risk assess- Republic of the Union of Myanmar To speed up the scrutiny of confiscated farmland issues, four ments of several towns and cities work committees formed with Deputy Ministers from relevant across the country. ministries have carried out their works in regions and states, An earthquake is the shak- and have assisted in solving confiscated farmland issues. ing of the surface of the earth, The land confiscation issue is complicated, and the review- resulting from the sudden re- ing and scrutinizing of the issues nationwide takes time and lease of energy in the earth's patience in order to get it right. lithosphere that creates seismic Today, the rays Meanwhile, in some cases, waves. Earthquakes can range in it is found that land ownership size from those that are so weak of hope for disputes and squatters issues that they cannot be felt to those have caused delays for return- violent enough to toss people development ing the farmland to owners, around and destroy whole cities. of socio- (even) though the ministries Earthquake awareness concerned had abandoned the is needed and it is of great im- economic farmland. portance to educate the public Nationwide, confiscated on what to do in the event of an status of farmlands have resulted in se- earthquake, including in schools. vere losses for the people. People should know they can take farmers are Relevant institutions have refuge under a table or bed, or get been setting policies, conduct- out into the open space. shining as the ing reviews, and returning the government confiscated lands to their Earthquake Zones original owners in attempts to Myanmar has three main U Kyaw Moe Tun appointed earthquake zones: the western is working return the confiscated land to File photo shows the Yadanatheinkha Bridge that was destroyed in 2012 by an earthquake in Thabeikkyin. PHOTO: MNA farmers. fold belt, central basin and east- as Permanent Representative to establish The committees at different ern highlands. While earthquakes levels need to put emphasis on are more common on the western on the Richter scale near the Disaster should be constructed with pared for future disasters. ments and preparation have to UN offices in Geneva contract the resolution of the confisca- fold belt, particularly in its north- Pyu Township had occurred as Earthquakes are not pre- quake-proof standards only Setting up modern seismol- been made to ensure that farming for tion of farmlands to ensure the ern section, earthquakes in the a consequence. dictable in the short term but after careful and systematic ogy stations and global position- the schools in Myanmar have THE President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar has ap- farmers can survive for the long central basin, which includes the information can be obtained planning such as installation ing system measuring devices emergency plans and students pointed U Kyaw Moe Tun, Director-General of the International farmers to term. Sagaing Fault, tended to be more Important historic earth- for the long run and based on of danger-safe systems and ad- along the major active faults, have practiced safe evacuation Organizations and Economic Department, Ministry of Foreign We would like to urge those destructive. The Sagaing Fault is quake in Myanmar that information, quake hazard vanced warning systems. Thus developing modern seismic mi- protocol. As for the ministries Affairs, as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of the grow, package who own vacant and virgin land one of the major active faults in Myanmar has experienced maps for cities and villages can arrangements for rescue and cro zone maps and preparing concerned, effective disaster Union of Myanmar to the United Nations and other International to register their land at their Myanmar, more than 1,200 km in strong quakes frequently. Out be drawn. evacuation should also be made an earthquake-resistant design mitigation programmes should Organizations in Geneva.—Myanmar News Agency and trade their respective state or regional Va- length from the Andaman Sea to of them, strong quakes which Until now, no one can pre- in advance. code based on maps and re- be accelerated in schools and cant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Putao in Kachin State. caused massive destruction are dict when, where and to which search data are crucial steps for public places of the country. produce. Management Committee. as follows: extent on the Richter scale, an Measurement earthquake disaster mitigation. It is essential to have drawn If their lands are registered, Earthquakes in Myanmar 1. Innwa earthquake in 1899 earthquake will happen. Only The Sagaing Fault is a major up emergency plans for finding, Situation of Myanmar Citizen Investment when agricultural production becomes stable, their lands can According to the Department 2. Bago earthquake in 1930, after it breaks out can its volume tectonic structure and one of the Preparation rescuing and rehabilitating vic- be converted into farmland, according to Farmland Law. of Meteorology and Hydrology measuring 7.5 on Richter be measured. Yet, according to major active faults in Myanmar. Many countries such as Ja- tims when natural disasters (Kyat Million) Today, the rays of hope for development of socio-economic (DMH), Myanmar was hit with an scale the records, strong earthquakes The fault has experienced many pan and Indonesia are on alert occur. status of farmers are shining as the government is working to unusually large number of earth- 3. Myitkyina earthquake in can happen during the period of earthquakes in her history. In for impending earthquakes Hence, arrangements 5933245.56 establish contract farming for farmers to grow, package and quakes. A total of 19 earthquakes 1931, measuring 7.6 Richter 80-100 years. addition, several major cities lie every day due to their location should be made concerning pre- trade their produce. occurred between 1 to 14 of Jan- scale In the past, Myanmar as along this active fault. There- on the earthquake prone area. paredness, response, recovery 3290994.037 The government is committed to helping the farmers shift uary 2018, which originated from 4. Mawlaik earthquake in 1947, well saw strong earthquakes fore, the seismic studies become The Indonesian archipela- and mitigation which are includ- from conventional and traditional methods to mechanized the Western Bago Yoma Fault. measuring 8.0 Richter scale for several times, hence the critically important. Using GPS go is constantly at risk of earth- ed in the emergency plans. 1715752 .26 1572882.10 farming techniques. An earthquake measuring 5.8 5. Sagaing earthquake in 1956 need for the nation as well as methods to investigate the tec- quakes and volcanic eruption; The relevant ministries, on 1174625.29 1206921.97 241575.53 The farmers need not only grow crops for domestic food Magnitudes on the Richter scale 6. Bagan earthquake in 1975, the whole national populace to tonic activity of the Sagaing Fault people are aware of the threat the other hand, have warned sufficiency, but also to grow marketable crops for a growing jolted about 15 miles away from measuring 6.5 Richter scale make preparations, anticipating can yield reliable information. faced by these disasters and are the public via the media to take export market. south-west of Homalin Town in 7. Tarlay earthquake in 1990 imminent dangers of quakes. Earthquake disaster mitiga- prepared to respond to possible precautions to avoid “deaths and 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 (April-January) By doing so, farmers will not need to sell their land for 2018, and it was regarded as one 8. Thabeikkyin earthquake in In order to avoid these tion programs need to be accel- threats. damages” caused by unpredict-

money, but can maintain their fields for generations to come. of the major quakes and another 2012 consequences of earthquakes erated to ensure the country’s To address the dangers of able earthquakes. Source:Directorate of Investment & Company Administration ( DICA ) strong earthquake measuring 6.0 Earthquake, unpredictable as much as possible, buildings growing urban areas are pre- the natural disaster, arrange- Translated by Win Ko Ko Aung Information Unit: Central Statistical Organization 18 MAY 2018 10 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Myanmar Delegation attends the Second Joint Working Group Meeting on the Repatriation of Verified Displaced Persons from Bangladesh

A Myanmar delegation led by U North of the Naaf River signed Myint Thu, Permanent Secretary in 1998. of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Furthermore, the Myan- of the Republic of the Union of mar side urged the Bangladeshi Myanmar visited Dhaka, Bang- side to provide information on ladesh from 15 to 18 May 2018 to its readiness to commence the attend the Second Meeting of the repatriation process including Joint Working Group (JWG) on the completion of transit camps the Repatriation of Verified Dis- at the Bangladeshi side as well placed Persons. The delegation as the promotion of awareness included representatives from among the prospective return- various Ministries and the Ra- ees on the bilateral agreements khine State government. between the two countries and The Second JWG Meeting the agreed verification forms to was held at the State Guest be shared with them. House of Bangladesh on 17 May Myanmar delegation led by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs U Myint Thu (Right) attends The Myanmar delegation 2018. The meeting was co-chaired the meeting of JWG on the Repatriation of Verified Displaced Persons in Dhaka. PHOTO: MNA called upon the international by U Myint Thu, Permanent Sec- community to work together to retary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nations Agencies in the process create a conducive environment of Myanmar and Mr. Shahidul of repatriation and resettlement. The Myanmar side reiterated its readiness to receive to restoring peace and stabili- Haque, Foreign Secretary, Min- The Myanmar side informed the verified displaced persons from Bangladesh ty, harmony and sustained so- istry of Foreign Affairs of Bang- the Meeting on its concerted ef- and urged the Bangladeshi side to commence the cio-economic development for all ladesh. forts and preparations for the repatriation of the earlier verified 778 Muslims and 444 people in Rakhine State. During the Meeting, both repatriation and resettlement Hindus as well as 1101 verified persons (as of 2 May 2018) The Myanmar side shared sides exchanged views on the process, including the UEHRD’s out of 8,032 persons received from the Bangladeshi side. its belief that mutual under- repatriation process, including activities, verification process, standing and constructive coop- conducive environment, safety the issuance of the National eration based on the principles and security for the prospective Verification Card (NVC), and Bangladesh and urged the Bang- ladesh side in terminating and of objectivity, mutual respect and returnees, current situation of the ongoing discussion between ladeshi side to commence the demolition of structures recent- bilateral agreements would bring displaced persons in Bangla- the Myanmar Government and repatriation of the earlier verified ly built in the non-construction about a positive outcome in the desh, updates on the displaced the UN agencies for cooperation 778 Muslims and 444 Hindus as zone of the border line, since the repatriation process. persons from the international in the repatriation, resettlement well as 1101 verified persons (as construction of those structures The third Joint Working boundary line, dissemination of and reintegration process. of 2 May 2018) out of 8,032 persons breached Article 14 of the “Treaty Group meeting will be held in Nay information among the return- The Myanmar side reiter- received from the Bangladeshi between Myanmar and Bangla- Pyi Taw and the dates and venue ees and confidence building, and ated its readiness to receive the side. The Myanmar side also desh on the Demarcation of the will be communicated through the involvement of the United verified displaced persons from sought cooperation of the Bang- Land Section of the Boundary the diplomatic channel.—MNA

Four ministries hold press conference on second one-year performance

FROM PAGE-7 (EITI), the ministry formed the over the country, and health in- were drawn and the Population based ANAB (ANSI-ASO Nation- The ministry also adopted leading committee for EITI with spection in schools was conduct- Based Cancer Registry was also al Accreditation Board). the Myanmar Elephant Con- four members led by the Union ed in 97 per cent of the schools started in Nay Pyi Taw. Twenty-four district FDA of- servation Action Plan (MECAP) Minister for Natural Resources nationwide. Deworming of stu- Open-heart surgery was fices are under construction, and 2018-2027. and Environmental Conserva- dents was conducted twice in performed on 1,287 patients in all will have modern laboratories In the second one-year pe- tion. There is also a tripartite basic education schools and, as Yangon People’s Hospital, Man- to test food and medicines. riod, the ministry confiscated group for EITI comprised of the this is beneficial for health, it will dalay People’s Hospital, North Sports sector development 42,893.4316 tons of teak and hard- leading committee, companies be conducted as priority work. Okkalapa Hospital and Yankin was increased within the availa- wood and arrested 6,591 persons, and civil societies. Malaria is targeted to be Children Hospital and the success ble budget, while development of including 19 foreigners. As part The ministry set its target eliminated in Myanmar by 2030. rate was more than 95 per cent. the health sector is being done. of efforts for greening the arid of earning at least more than Annual campaigns against el- Cardiac Cath Labs were opened Six-hundred and seventy-five region, more than 3,888 acres of Ks540 billion from mining, gems ephantiasis are also conducted, in Yangon People’s Hospital, Man- sets of Outdoor Fitness Equip- cultivation and 37,000 acres were and the pearl sector in the 2017- and 4,888 new leprosy patients dalay People’s Hospital and North ment were installed in locations designated as forest reserve. 2018 Fiscal Year, and achieved were being treated. Across the Okkalapa Hospital, where a total where the public can conduct U Khin Latt Gyi, Direc- its target with earnings of more country, 222,730 patients were of 8,162 patients were treated. An physical exercise. Sports and tor-General of the Mining than Ks740 billion. given cataract operations, Sev- additional 18 rural health clinics Physical Education Institute Loi- Department, has suspended Ministry of Health and en public hospitals in Yangon, and 22 sub-rural health centres kaw and Monywa were opened, granting permits for new min- Sports Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw pro- were opened and 1,796 Commu- making for a total of six Sports ing blocks since 1 March, 2016, Afterwards, Ministry of vided free anti-viral medicines nity Health Clinics were opened, and Physical Education Institute, and also granted extensions of Health and Sports permanent to 2,000 patients, while 1,671 where various health care servic- where more sports personnel will permits for mining blocks which secretary Prof. Dr. Thet Khaing patients were treated up to 31 es were provided. be produced. expired on 1 April, 2016. Win explained the work done on December 2017. A total of 241 traditional For the first time in Myan- In accordance with the new raising health knowledge among To identify severe and high- health hospital and clinics were mar, there were 70 students who by-law of the Myanmar Mines the public, and how to reduce ly infectious diseases, two mul- opened, where 1,512,300 out-pa- graduated from the B.Sc (Sports) Law enacted on 13 February, expenses incurred by the public ti-million dollar laboratories were tients and 29,868 in-patients were course and, at the moment, a 2018, small- and medium-sized on health care. opened in Taunggyi and Insein. treated. total of 207 students were at- mining businesses are allowed A nationwide immunization National Strategic Plan (2017- International-standard tending this course in Dagon and in regions and states. campaign against 11 childhood 2021) for non-infectious diseases laboratories were opened and Yatanabon University, explained Regarding the Extractive In- diseases was conducted. There and Myanmar National Cancer these labs were accredited with the permanent secretary.—Han dustries Transparency Initiative are about 8.7 million students all Control Strategic Plan (2017-2021) the ISO 17025 Certificate by US- Hmwe, Lin Naing (MNA) 18 MAY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 11 Mnuchin to lead US in trade talks with China WASHINGTON—US Treasury Secretary Wilbur Ross and US role following the departure of Secretary Steven Mnuchin will Trade Representative Robert White House economic advisor lead trade talks with China due Lighthizer will also participate. Gary Cohn over trade issues, to take place on Thursday and In Beijing, the commerce was left off the list, although the Friday as the countries try to ministry said China hoped the statement said: “Additional sen- head off a trade war. two sides could resolve the trade ior Administration Officials will “These meetings are a frictions during the talks. also participate.” continuation of the talks held in “But of course we’ve pre- According to press reports, Beijing two weeks ago and will pared a response for various Navarro sparred with Mnuchin focus on rebalancing the United possibilities,” said commerce over his handling of the China States–China bilateral economic spokesman Gao Feng at a Thurs- talks and was barred from at- relationship,” the White House day press briefing. tending the meetings this week. said in a statement. The talks, part of a busy - ZTE and Indonesia - The US has threatened week of trade negotiations and Meanwhile, Trump earlier to impose 25 per cent punitive tight deadlines in Washington, on Wednesday denied caving to duties on up to $150 billion in have become enmeshed in polit- China over US sanctions on the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will lead trade talks between the US Chinese goods while China has ical intrigue after an adviser to telecoms equipment maker ZTE. and China. PHOTO: AFP targeted $50 billion in American President Donald Trump who is The comments followed exports. considered a hardliner on China Trump’s surprise announce- exporting crucial US technology “Nothing has happened with China’s Vice Premier Liu was left out. ment on Sunday that the admin- to the company, which Washing- ZTE except as it pertains to the He leads the trade delegation Peter Navarro, who was istration was exploring ways to ton says violated sanctions and larger trade deal,” Trump said from Beijing. US Commerce seen as having a more dominant soften the blow from a ban on misled US officials. on Twitter.—AFP EU court upholds curbs on New Zealand’s ‘first bloke’ fends off angry shark bee-killing pesticide WELLINGTON—New Zealand’s He said he was “swimming “first bloke” Clarke Gayford re- safety”, or keeping watch so the vealed Thursday how he fought cameraman could concentrate off an angry shark with a pole on filming bottle-nosed dolphins while diving off Auckland. and false killer whales off Great Gayford, the partner of Barrier Island near Auckland. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, “They were feeding on king- tweeted a picture of himself keep- fish and had been tearing some ing the predator at bay while a large ones in half and putting dolphin swims in the background. blood in the water, which attract- However, instead of launch- ed several large bronze whaler ing a Flipper-style rescue to sharks,” Gayford told AFP. chase off the shark, Gayford said “I got in the water and they the dolphin was content to watch turned their attention on me, I the underwater drama unfold had to fend the large one pictured from a distance. “So it turns out off with a pole several times, as it that not only do dolphins not help, was getting quite agitated. they actually quite like watching,” “We got out not long after.” he tweeted. “A childhood myth is It is not Gayford’s only recent ruined.” Gayford, who hosts a tel- encounter with a shark. evision fishing show, said he was In March, he tweeted a pic- helping a camera operator shoot ture of himself with “an overly Activists have staged protests demanding a ban on pesticides blamed for killing off bees. PHOTO: AFP footage for the educational show amorous whale shark” that he Young Ocean Explorers when the said accidentally pinned him LUXEMBOURG— A top Euro- risks those substances pose to Past studies have found ne- incident occurred. against a boat.—AFP pean Union court on Thursday bees,” a statement said. onicotinoids can cause bees to upheld the ban on three insec- “Given the existence of become disorientated such that ticides blamed for killing off bee new studies ... the Commission they cannot find their way back populations, dismissing cases was fully entitled to find that it to the hive, and lower their re- brought by chemicals giants was appropriate to review the sistance to disease. Fears have Bayer and Syngenta. approval of the substances in been growing globally in recent The decision involves a question,” it said. years over the health of bees. partial ban by the European Bees help pollinate 90 per Pesticides have been Union from 2013, but the bloc cent of the world’s major crops, blamed as a cause of colony has since taken more drastic but in recent years have been collapse disorder along with action after a major report by dying off from “colony collapse mites, pesticides, virus and European food safety agency disorder,” a mysterious scourge fungus, or some combination targeted the chemicals. blamed partly on pesticides. of these factors. Last month EU “The General Court con- The pesticides — clothi- countries voted for an outright firms the validity of the restric- anidin, imidacloprid and thia- ban on the use of the three ne- tions introduced at EU level in methoxam — are based on the onicotinoid pesticides in fields 2013 against the insecticides chemical structure of nicotine meaning that they can only now Clarke Gayford, partner of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, clothianidin, thiamethoxam and attack the nervous systems be used in sealed greenhouses. fends off a a shark with a pole as a dolphin looks on in waters off while and imidacloprid because of the of insect pests. — AFP diving off Auckland. PHOTO: AFP 18 MAY 2018 12 WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR One killed, Trump says ‘we’ll see’ as North five injured in suicide Korea threatens to cancel summit blast in NW Pakistan WASHINGTON — US sole major ally, called for President Donald Trump the summit to go ahead. sounded a note of cau- “The situation on the ISLAMABAD — At least tion Wednesday about peninsula has eased up, one person was killed and his much-vaunted summit which is worth cherish- five others injured in a with Kim Jong Un, saying ing,” Chinese foreign min- suicide blast in Nowshera “we’ll see” after Pyong- istry spokesman Lu Kang city of Pakistan’s north- yang threatened to cancel. told a regular briefing. west Khyber Pakhtunkh- Trump said the US Minister Kim also wa province on Thursday government had not re- dismissed offers by US afternoon, police said. ceived any official word Secretary of State Mike The district police of a change in plans for Pompeo for US econom- officer of Nowshera said the 12 June meeting in ic aid if the North denu- that a suicide bomber ex- Singapore. clearizes. ploded his explosive-laden “We haven’t been no- “We have never had vest near a vehicle of the tified at all. We’ll have to any expectation of US Frontier Constabulary, a see,” Trump said in the support in carrying out paramilitary force, at the Oval Office. our economic construc- Kachehry Chowk area of “We haven’t seen an- tion and will not at all the city. ything. We haven’t heard make such a deal in fu- Police, security forces anything. We will see what ture,” he said. and rescues teams rushed happens. Whatever it is, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump are due to meet in French Foreign Min- to the site, shifted the body Singapore on 12 June, but Pyongyang has thrown the meeting into doubt. PHOTO: AFP it is.” ister Jean-Yves Le Dri- and injured to the Com- After weeks of warm an urged North Korea to bined Military Hospital in words and diplomatic month’s summit in Sin- arsenal to gain sanctions lic indication of what it is “demonstrate its sincerity the city. backslapping, Pyongyang gapore. relief. offering, beyond a broad to negotiate on its denu- The identity of the abruptly threatened to The first vice foreign After giving up his commitment to denu- clearization.” deceased person is not pull out Tuesday, over US minister also tore into atomic program, Kadhafi clearization of the “Ko- During a meeting known yet. However, police demands for “unilateral Trump’s National Secu- was killed in 2011 in an rean peninsula.” with his Chinese counter- said at least three security nuclear abandonment.” rity Advisor John Bolton uprising backed by NATO Pyongyang “made part Wang Yi, Le Drian personnel are among the In an angrily word- for drawing parallels be- bombing. clear on several occa- said: “Highs and lows can injured persons. Police and ed statement, the North tween North Korea and sions that precondition come along as the recent security forces cordoned warned “if the US is trying Libya, calling the compar- A plea from China for denuclearization is to news from the peninsula off the area and launched to drive us into a corner to ison “absolutely absurd.” put an end to anti-DPRK shows, but we must not a search operation in the force our unilateral nucle- “We do not hide our Experts have not hostile policy and nuclear lose sight of the goal.” city. No group has claimed ar abandonment, we will feeling of repugnance been surprised by the threats and blackmail of The White House responsibility for the at- no longer be interested in towards him,” he said of sudden about face, ex- the United States,” the said plans for the summit tack yet. such dialogue.” Bolton. pecting bumps in the North Korean minister were moving ahead. Earlier on Wednesday The statement was Bolton has pushed road as tough issues to be said. “The president is night, at least one military attributed to first vice the idea of a deal with discussed in the meeting In the past, Pyong- ready if the meeting takes officer and three terrorists, foreign minister Kim Kye North Korea like that come into sharper focus. yang has demanded the place. And if it doesn’t, we including the provincial Gwan and carried by state reached with Libya’s Washington is press- withdrawal of US troops will continue the maxi- head of a banned outfit, media KCNA. Moamer Kadhafi, who ing for North Korea’s stationed in the South, mum pressure campaign were killed during a search In that case, he add- agreed in 2003 to the complete, verifiable and and an end to Washing- that has been ongoing,” and hit operation in Quet- ed, Pyongyang would elimination of his coun- irreversible denuclear- ton’s nuclear umbrella White House Press Sec- ta, the capital of Pakistan’s have to “reconsider” try’s nuclear program ization. But so far, the over its ally. retary Sarah Sanders southwest Balochistan its participation at next and chemical weapons North has given no pub- China, North Korea’s said.—AFP province.—Xinhua

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TEHRAN — Chinese $4.8-billion South Pars 11 state-owned oil company project in July 2017, two CNPC will replace Total years after Western pow- on a major gas field pro- ers signed a nuclear deal ject in Iran if the French with Tehran prompting the energy giant pulls out over return of many businesses renewed US sanctions to Iran. against Tehran, Iran’s oil But earlier this minister has said. month, US President Don- “Total has said that if ald Trump announced his it doesn’t get an exemption withdrawal from the deal, from the United States to and warned companies continue its work, it will be- that they face sanctions if gin to pull out of the deal,” they do business with Iran. Bijan Namdar Zanganeh The French group Iran possesses the second largest gas reserves on the planet, after Russia, and the fourth largest oil supplies. PHOTO: AFP was quoted as saying by said Wednesday it has $10 his ministry’s Shana news billion of capital employed ed by any US actions. partner Petrochina and CNPC, which was part of Iran possesses the service. in its US assets, and US By contrast, Total which is dedicated to the the Total deal, unable to second-largest gas re- “If that happens, the banks are involved in 90 said it had spent less than supply of domestic gas in- carry out the work in South serves on the planet, af- Chinese firm CNPC will per cent of its financing 40 million euros ($47 mil- side Iran. Pars due to US sanctions ter Russia, and the fourth replace Total.” operations, making Total lion) on the Iranian pro- Zanganeh said on it would fall to Iran’s Pet- largest oil supplies. Total started the highly vulnerable if target- ject, which it runs with its Wednesday that were ropars. —AFP WHO says Ebola outbreak has spread to DR Congo city

GENEVA — The Ebola outbreak in the Democrat- ic Republic of Congo has spread to a city, the World Health Organization said Thursday, fuelling concern the deadly virus may prove tougher to contain. The fresh outbreak, publicly declared on 8 May with 23 deaths so far, had previously been confined to a very remote, rural Health workers don protective equipment at Bikoro area in Equateur Prov- Hospital in northwest DR Congo — the epicentre of the ince in the northwest of latest Ebola outbreak. PHOTO: AFP the country. But the UN’s health “If we see a town of thal but also highly con- agency confirmed that that size infected with Eb- tagious, which makes it an Ebola case has been ola, then we are going to difficult to contain and recorded in the city of have a major urban out- roll back. Mbandaka, which lies break,” the WHO’s head Lacking an arsenal of INVITATION OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL roughly 150 kilometres of emergency response, drugs to treat or prevent Thilawa Property Development Limited is the developer of the Residential and (90 miles) from the Bikoro Peter Salama, told report- the virus, doctors use clas- Commercial Area of Thilawa SEZ. We are seeking proposals from well reputed, area where the outbreak ers last week. The agency sic tactics of isolating pa- financially sound companies with similar existing experience for the following project: originated. “This is a con- said Thursday it was de- tients and tracing people Investment, Design, Development and Operation of a New Hospital cerning development,” ploying around 30 experts who have been in contact (a) Security deposit of 100,000,000 Kyats (One Hundred Million Kyats) is required WHO Director-General to Mbandaka “to conduct with them. That challenge to submit request for proposal. Security deposit will be refunded back to the Tedros Adhanom Ghe- surveillance in the city,” amplifies greatly in urban unsuccessful bidders. breyesus said in a state- including rapid efforts to environments where peo- (b) Project location map, project layout and project scope shall be included in ment. Last week, a top trace all contacts of the ple move around more and Proposal Documents. WHO official warned new urban case. have more contact with (c) The proposal documents shall be available for purchase from 18 May 2018 and that if the virus reached Forty-four cases have others than in the coun- proposal submission will be closed at 4:00 pm on 6 July 2018. (d) The proposal documents can be purchased at a cost of 100,000 Kyats at the Mbandaka, the DRC could been reported in the out- tryside. address below during office hour. be confronted with yet an- break so far, including Adding to the head- Investors interested in this Request for Proposal may obtain further information from: other Ebola crisis. three confirmed, 20 prob- ache is the fact that the No 4C, Thilawa Development Road The city’s population able and 21 suspected, ac- virus has broken out anew R & C Area, Thilawa Garden City has been variously esti- cording to the WHO’s tally. in one of the world’s most Kyauk Tan Township, Yangon, Myanmar mated at between 700,000 - Urban trigger - vulnerable and volatile Phone: 09 77773 3273, 09 25777 0877 and 1.2 million. Ebola is not only le- countries.—AFP E-mail: [email protected] 18 MAY 2018 14 SOCIAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

K-pop sensation Psy’s official ‘Gangnam Style’ video has been viewed more than 3.1 billion times since it was uploaded to Youtube in 2012. PHOTO: AFP

Freelance style: Psy splits from agent

SEOUL — K-pop sensation Psy, thoughts on taking on new chal- Sonam Kapoor. PHOTO: PTI whose “Gangnam Style” hit had lenges,” YG Entertainment said an unprecedented global impact in a statement according to wide- for a non-English language song, spread reports. Psy has been part has severed ties with his man- of its stable for eight years. The agement agency, reports said official “Gangnam Style” video Sonam turns heads in her on Tuesday. has been viewed more than 3.1 South Korea’s music indus- billion times since it was upload- try is dominated by powerful ed to Youtube in 2012, with imita- second appearance at Cannes management companies who tions, spoofs and spinoffs watched pick up prospects at an early age, countless times more. “Our close CANNES — For her second shared her photos from the “Veere Di Wedding” star wore usually in their early or mid teens, relationship with Psy will contin- red carpet appearance at the Cannes Film Festival and a white and red striped dress and put them through gruelling ue forever regardless of a con- Cannes Film Festival, Sonam wrote, “The most glam go with from designer Emilia Wickstead singing and dancing training. The tract,” YG said. “We will support Kapoor opted for a Vera Wang the flow ever.” and coupled it with Sophia Web- agents dictate everything from his new start.” Psy is expected to couture gown. Earlier in the day, Sonam ster shoes and Bottega Veneta band memberships to musical found his own management firm, Matching with her beige made several appearances for shades. style, as well as diet regimen to Yonhap news agency said. and yellow gown with a corset, the brand. Sonam wore a Ralph and mobile phone use. As a major star Psy released his eighth Sonam wore minimal accesso- She sported a blue denim Russo lehenga-inspired outfit in his own right Psy has sought studio album 4x2=8 a year ago, ries and sported a messy bun. from Bhane, a clothing brand for her first appearance at the greater control over his own out- featuring appearances by oth- She round off her look with dra- owned by husband Anand Ahu- French Riviera this year as the put and career. “We have decided, er K-pop stars including Big matic eyes. ja. brand ambassador of cosmetic through a deep conversation, to Bang members G-Dragon and Sonam’s sister, Rhea In the afternoon, the brand L’Oreal.—PTI end the contract to respect Psy’s Taeyang.—AFP Happiness makes hit songs PARIS — Hit songs today are massive data trawl of 500,000 rise in electronic music and a con- “happier”, more danceable and songs released in Britain be- verse decline in rock and heavy more likely to be sung by women tween 1985 and 2015, found that metal. The research showed that than songs that fail to make it to as “happy” music declined, so classical and jazz songs were “un- the charts, a study into 30 years did the popularity of songs sung likely” to be successful. Dance of musical evolution revealed on by men. and pop music were the most Wednesday. popular genres. The team gave But also it noted a somber Signs of the times examples of happy songs from The winner of this trend: while people clearly prefer year’s Eurovision Song “In the recent years, succes- 1985, including “Live is Life” by happy music, there is less and Contest echoed the ful songs are more often sung by Opus, “Freedom” by Wham!, less of it. “More and more un- results of the study: females,” said the study. and Bruce Springsteen’s “Glory happy songs are being released “Toy” by Israel’s Netta “This is particularly inter- Days”. More recent songs with each year,” a research team from Barzilai was happy, esting given a large debate about a low happiness index included danceable and sung by a the University of California Ir- the role of women in the music Sam Smith’s “Stay with Me” and woman. PHOTO: AFP vine reported in the journal Royal industry, especially the issues of “Whispers” by Passenger, both Society Open Science. Overall, of the study, which analysed the tred, with increased use of the gender inequality, stereotypes from 2014. Can the research help they found that “happiness” and “sound” characteristics of pop- words “me” and “I”, fewer social and the sexualisation of female songwriters? “In a way it could, “brightness” in music has de- ular tracks but not their lyrics, words such as “we”, and more singers.” Songs were considered if they look at the trends that we clined, “while ‘sadness’ increased echoed earlier research showing anti-social ones such as “hate” successful if they made it into Top found and try to follow them,” in the last 30 years or so”. But hit that “positive emotions” in music and “kill”. This trend in lyrics are 100 charts, which less than four study co-author Natalia Koma- tunes defy the trend, and tend to was dwindling, the team said. in tune with overall increases in percent of new releases do every rova told AFP. “But of course a be “much” happier than unsuc- A previous study covering loneliness, social isolation, and year. Also rising in popularity are large component of success is cessful ones — think of Pharrell 1980-2007 found that music lyr- mental disorders across society. songs described as “relaxed” and still something that even mathe- Williams’ “Happy”. The findings ics have become more self-cen- The new study, based on a “danceable”, possibly linked to a matics cannot quantify.”—AFP 18 MAY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR SOCIAL 15 China-Myanmar trade fair kicks off in Yangon

CHINA-MYANMAR trade fair sultative Conference Guangxi opened at Myanmar Event Park Committee Madam Mo Chang- in Yangon yesterday and Union ying, Chinese Ambassador Mr. Minister for Commerce Dr Than Hong Liang, Union of Myanmar Myint delivered the opening Federation of Chambers of Com- speech at the event. merce and Industry (UMFCCI) Union Minister Dr Than Chairman U Zaw Min Win and Myint said the event is aimed officials unveiled the China-My- at promoting bilateral trade anmar (Yangon) Trade Fair 2018 and investment and enhancing by pressing the button. Myanmar-China cooperation, Union Minister Dr Than introducing high quality made- Myint and the Yangon Region in-china products for Myanmar Chief Minister accompanied by market.Chinese Ambassador the officials then went around Mr. Hong Liang and Madam Mo the exhibition booths of the Changying, Vice Chairwoman of China-Myanmar Trade Fair Chinese People’s Political Con- 2018. sultative Conference Guangxi About 200 booths from 103 Committee delivered the speech companies have displayed made- at the ceremony. in-china consumer goods, hard- Afterwards, Union Minister ware lighting products, house- for Commerce Dr Than Myint, hold utensils. This event also Yangon Region Chief Minister U showcases food, Myanmar prod- Phyo Min Thein, Vice Chairperon ucts and demonstrating banking Union Minister Dr Than Myint and Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein observe machines at the of Chinese People’s Political Con- services.—GNLM opening ceremony of China-Myanmar (Yangon) Trade Fair 2018 in Yangon. PHOTO: PHOE KHWAR

‘Mad’ king’s lost gift to Wagner gets rare show Returned Tang Dynasty BRUSSELS—Kept safe in a silk- Rottmann’s watercolours of lined box by its Belgian “custodi- the receptacle — the only sur- porcelain on an” lies a piece of the historic leg- viving evidence of what it looked acy of German composer Richard like in full — show four scenes display in Wagner that was nearly lost for- from the opera and have a lid and ever. The Lohengrin vase, made handles in the shape of a swan. Changsha of porcelain, was given to Wagner The fragment in Brussels shows more than 150 years ago by Lud- a gilded swan, the tragic heroine, CHANGSHA— A collection of wig II, the “mad king” of Bavaria, Elsa, on a balcony, and the two 1,200-year-old Chinese porce- whose passion for building fairy- villains Telramund and Ortrud. lain returned from Germany tale castles was matched only by It is the only piece that sur- went on public display in a his love of Wagner’s operas. vived the Allied bombing of Bay- museum in Changsha, capital It was believed lost after reuth on April 5, 1945. Two other of central China’s Hunan Prov- Allied bombing in World War II similar vases — a Tannhaeuser ince, on Tuesday. destroyed much of Bayreuth, the Cup and a Flying Dutchman Cup The 162 pieces were part town where Wagner built the leg- A piece of the Lohengrin vase, created by Ludwig II of Bavaria for the — were destroyed on that day. of a shipment of ninth-century endary theatre that now hosts an late German composer Richard Wagner, seen in Brussels on 7 May, porcelain which left China dur- annual music festival. 2018. PHOTO: AFP ‘Horrors of war’ ing the Tang Dynasty (618-907) But one fragment emerged “It was said that it had dis- onboard an Arab dhow, which after the war and was taken to the him a year later and gave him Prussia, Ludwig has neverthe- appeared and that nothing was later sunk in Indonesia’s Java Belgian capital, Brussels, in 1949, this vase in May 1865 for his 52nd less gone down in history as a left of it. But in 1949 the Wagner sea. where it has largely remained out birthday,” added Collon, 75. patron of the arts, especially of brothers (Wagner’s grandsons In 1998, a German sal- of sight in the intervening years. the equally erratic Wagner. Wolfgang and Wieland Wagner) vage company discovered the A group of Wagner devotees ‘First creation’ Ludwig was just 15 and in- were able to get a piece in a pretty shipwreck and named it “Batu recently received a special view- Saved from the ruins of the fused by the old German legends box to a Belgian benefactor,” said Hitam.” More than 67,000 piec- ing during a production in Brus- defeated Nazi Germany in 1945, when he first saw Wagner’s “Lo- Collon. “At the end of her life, she es of porcelain were found in sels of the opera “Lohengrin” the fragment at first looks insig- hengrin”, based on the traditional gave it to a musician friend. When the ship, 85 per cent of which — the work that first bewitched nificant, consisting of just the blue story of the Swan Knight, and the friend died it was passed to were produced at Tongguan Ludwig — and an AFP reporter and gold base of the urn-like vase, which later became the inspira- me.” The benefactor — identified Imperial Kiln in Changsha. On was given a rare glimpse. and part of one rounded side. tion for Neuschwanstein Castle. by Collon only as Juliette, contrib- Tuesday, the 162 relics were put Patrick Collon, the renowned But it sheds an intriguing Two years later, Ludwig uted to the post-war reopening of on display at a museum built organ maker and art expert who light on the extraordinary friend- became obsessed by creating a the Bayreuth festival in 1951 and on the original site of the kiln. now owns the fragment, said that ship between the young Ludwig porcelain vase featuring scenes was nicknamed “Joan of Arc” by The 1,300-year-old imperi- “Ludwig was barely 18 years old and the older Wagner. from Lohengrin. the Wagner brothers. al kiln site in Changsha became when he started thinking about The eccentric Ludwig is best “It was Ludwig’s first cre- The Brussels fragment is an China’s first porcelain museum this vase, and he obsessed about known for designing the fantasti- ation. He didn’t make it himself object of fascination for music in 1999. it for six months. His diaries are cal Neuschwanstein near Munich but he imagined it, he dreamed lovers. “A smart friend once said The exhibition of Tong- full of it.” “After Ludwig became which served as the model for up the scenes that were painted to me: ‘in the end, it’s moving guan Kiln Porcelain Culture king he sought out Wagner, who Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Castle. on it by his drawing teacher,” the because it’s broken,’” said Collon. covers an area of 6,272 square was hiding from his creditors, all A minor king under whom German landscape painter Leop- “This fragment has survived meters and includes a replica over central Europe. He found Bavaria lost its independence to old Rottmann, said Collon. all the horrors of war.”—AFP of the sunken boat.—Xinhua 18 MAY 2018 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Antoine Hey new head football Crunch time for coach of Myanmar’s national team Chelsea’s

Antoine Hey, a German football Courtois coach and former professional player in the Bundesliga, was LONDON — Thibaut Courtois named the new head coach of faces a defining period as the the Myanmar national team, Chelsea goalkeeper juggles his it was announced at a news bids for FA Cup and World Cup conference held on Wednes- glory, while considering wheth- day at the headquarters of the er to commit his long-term fu- Myanmar Football Federation ture to the Blues. Courtois has (MFF). one year to run on his current Mr. Hey, 47, who most Chelsea contract and a new recently was head coach of £200,000-per-week ($269,000) the Rwandan national team, deal to extend his stay at Stam- agreed to a two-year contract ford Bridge is reportedly on the that went into effect on 16 May, table. But the 26-year-old has according to the MFF. been linked with Real Madrid Former Myanmar star foot- and a move back to the Span- Antoine Hey (third from left) shakes hand with MFF’s CEO U Bhone Naing Zaw (third from right) at the MFF baller and Shan United head ish capital could make sense office on Wednesday. PHOTO:MFF coach U Soe Myat Min will work for Courtois, who spent three together with Mr. Hey as an of Gerd Zeise. best for our Myanmar nation- was attended by MFF’s CEO U years with Atletico Madrid on assistant head coach, said an "We can see a brighter al football team," said Sai Wai Bhone Naing Zaw, the Gener- loan from Chelsea. MFF official. future for Myanmar football Yan Lin Thu, a football fan from al Secretary of MFF U Ko Ko He is a regular visitor U Soe Myat Min was the as MFF, signs a great football Yangon. Thein , MFF’s Technical Direc- to Madrid, where his former interim head coach of the na- coach from Bundesliga, a Ger- The news conference an- tor U Tin Myint Aung and other partner Marta Dominguez tional team after the departure man league. We are hoping the nouncing the hiring of Mr. Hey officials.—Lynn Thit( Tgi) lives with his children Nicolas and Adriana. Real’s current goalkeeper Keylor Navas has endured an error-prone cam- MNL referees to oversee University Football Tournament paign, sparking talk of an offer for Courtois. WITH the aim of providing qual- college students between the the standard of the MPT-Univer- May and the upper Myanmar Earlier this season, Cour- ity officiating of youth football ages of 18 and 28 from across the sity Football Tournament 2018. matches will start on 2 June. tois, who joined Chelsea from tourneys, referees from the country. The tourney is under In doing so, all the youth football- The top teams from each group Genk in 2011, wouldn’t rule Myanmar National League the supervision of the Depart- ers will likely have a professional will advance to semifinal play. out a move, telling reporters will judge the matches of the ment of Higher Education and footballers’ mindset of obeying Referees from MNL II will judge in Spain: “I have not made a 2018 MPT-University Football with the support of the Myanmar the football rules set up as per the group matches and more decision on my future. Tournament, which will start on Football Federation, MPT and FIFA”, said a football official. experienced referees from MNL “I said my heart was in Sunday. the MNL. The teams are in two cate- will judge the semifinal and final Madrid, because I have my The MPT-University Foot- “We are planning to have gories for group play, upper and matches of the tournament, ac- two children there, and it was ball Tournament consists of male referees from the Myanmar Na- lower Myanmar. The matches of cording to the Myanmar Football misinterpreted. This situation and female teams comprised of tional Leagues so as to upgrade lower Myanmar will start on 20 Federation.—Lynn Thit (Tgi) is not easy for me.—AFP

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