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Vol. VII, No. 267, 10th Waning of Nadaw 1382 ME www.gnlm.com.mm, www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Friday, 8 January 2021 YRTA runs over 3,000 YBS buses daily during COVID resurgence YANGON Region Transport Authority (YRTA) Secretary Dr Maung Aung said over 3,000 YBS buses or three-quarters of all Yangon Bus System (YBS) city buses are resuming their daily operations. However, COV- ID-19 pandemic has caused an expressive decline in YBS buses operation. “Daily YBS bus operations have dropped in the pandemic period. But now, over 3,000 YBS buses are running their opera- tions as usual, which is three- fourths of all YBS city buses. There are only 450,000 or 500,000 passengers on board the buses. Normally, around 800,000 passen- gers are travelling using YBS city buses. Most of the commuters are using the buses, especially in the morning and evening. Only a few passengers are using buses in the afternoon,” he elaborated. More than 4,000 buses from nearly 100 bus lines provide dai- ly service for passengers in the Yangon region. So far, over 3,000 buses are resuming their oper- ations. YRTA is also supporting the necessary things for YBS YBS buses are seen in downtown Yangon during the second wave of coronavirus outbreak in Myanmar. PHOTO: MYINT MAUNG KYAW to be able to operate the buses regularly. masks and the bus conductors to to the YRTA management funds of wearing the masks. Wearing best way to control the disease by Moreover, YRTA also pro- spray on the vehicle. YRTA also from March, the YRTA secretary the face covers can help pre- not infecting other people,” said vided the masks, the stickers to exempted the YBS buses from added. vent the people from getting or Dr Maung Aung. —Myint Maung remind the people to wear the contributing K4,000 per bus daily “Now, Yangonites are aware spreading the virus, and it is the Kyaw (Translated by Hay Mar)

594 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 7 January, total figure rises to 128,772

MYANMAR’S COVID-19 positive cases rose to 128,772 after 594 new cases were reported on 7 January 2021 according to the Ministry of Health and Sports. Among these 128,772 confirmed cases, 2,799 died, 112,048 have been discharged from hospitals.—MNA

Updated at 8 pm, 7 January 2021 Daily death toll until 8 pm 7-1-2021

Total Cases 128,772 New Cases 594 14

Total Death Tally 2,799 Discharged from Hospital 112,048 Ministry of Health and Sports 8 JANUARY 2021 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR “People are the key”

His Excellency Rumen Radev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria sends Congratulatory Message to the President

ON behalf of the Bulgarian people and on my own behalf, I extend my most cordial congratulations on the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, as well as my most sincere wishes for the prosperity and well-being of the friendly people of Myanmar. I avail myself of this opportunity to underline my confidence in the future more active development of the relations of friendship and mutually beneficial coop- eration between our two countries. Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest considerations.

Her Excellency Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia sends Congratulatory Message to the President

On behalf of the Georgian people and on my own behalf, allow me to extend to you my sincere congratulations on the occasion of the Independence Day of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Let me reiterate that Georgia attaches high importance to the development and enhancement of relations with Myanmar. I do hope that in the coming years, friendly partnership between our countries will continue to grow for the mutual benefit of our nations. Mr President, please accept the assurances of my highest consideration along with my best wishes for peace and prosperity to You and Your country.

The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, ON, MP, Prime Minister of Jamaica sends Congratulatory Message to the President

ON behalf of the Government and the people of Jamaica, I extend congratulations to the Government and people of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, as you celebrate the 73rd Anniversary of your Independence. Jamaica and Myanmar have enjoyed cordial relations since the establishment of diplomatic ties over two decades ago. Even as our respective countries strive to cope with the effects of the current global health crisis, we look forward to advancing our collaborative efforts for the mutual benefit of our peoples. Please accept, Excellency, my best wishes for the peace and prosperity of the people of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

His Excellency Boyko Borissov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria sends Congratulatory Message to the State Counsellor

ON behalf of the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria and on my own behalf, I extend most sincere congratulations on the occasion of the National Day of the Re- public of the Union of Myanmar -- the Independence Day. I avail myself of this pleasant opportunity to express my confidence that the friendly relations between Bulgaria and Myanmar will continue to develop and expand in all spheres of mutual interest. Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Myanmar nationals brought back home from India, Japan by relief flights THE relief flight of Air India organ- 7-day quarantine at specific places ized by the Myanmar Embassy in or designated hotels, followed by New Delhi landed at Yangon Inter- the 7-day home quarantine. national Airport bringing back a To bring back the Myanmar total of 44 Myanmar nationals after citizens and Myanmar seamen who they were stranded in India due are stranded in foreign countries by to the suspension of international relief flights and chartered flights in flights, yesterday afternoon. accordance with the instructions The 18th relief flight of All Nip- from National-Level Central Com- pon Airway (ANA) organized by the mittee on Coronavirus Disease 2019 Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo also (COVID-19), the Ministry of Foreign brought back a total of 101 Myan- Affairs cooperated with the relevant mar national, who were stranded ministries and Myanmar embassies in Japan, yesterday evening. from respective countries and ship- The Ministry of Labour, Immi- ping companies.—MNA gration and Population, the Ministry (Translated by Ei Phyu Phyu of Health and Sports and the Yan- Aung) Myanmar returnees are seen at the Yangon International Airport on 7 January 2021. PHOTO: MNA gon Region government arranged 8 JANUARY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3 Maha Patthana recitation ceremony held at Uppatasanti Pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw

THE opening ceremony of 126th Maha Patthana recitation was held at Uppatasanti Pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning. The five members of Sangha, including Sayadaw Bhadd- anta Vimala Buddhi, who is the senior member of the advisory board of the pagoda and the presiding monk of Pali Tekkatho Mingalar Zay Yone Monastery, attended the opening ceremony. Union Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture Thura U Aung Ko, Directors-General for Religious Affairs and Department for the Promotion and Propagation of Sasana, Deputy Permanent Secretary and officials were also present. The Maha Patthana recitation ceremony will take place from 7 to 11 January. –MNA (Translated by Khine Thazin Han)

Union Minister Thura U Aung Ko and officials pay homage to the Members of Sangha at the Uppatasanti Pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw on 7 January 2021. PHOTO: MNA

Environmental conservation officials meet for implementation plans

UNION MINISTER for Nat- are planned to be opened in the ural Resources and Environ- seven years from 2019-2020FY mental Conservation U Ohn to 2025-2026FY. Plans are be- Win presided over the first ing made to open the offices, coordination meeting of the appoint staff, and to request Department of Environmental budgets for the projects. Conservation for 2020-2021FY Vice-President-led Na- via videoconferencing at its of- tional Environmental Con- fice in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. servation and Climate Change The Union Minister said Central Committee organized that the department was first ten meetings so far, and reso- established over eight years lutions of the meetings were ago for the environmental con- being implemented in all levels servation in all sectors. of Region/State and District/ Policies and strategies, Township. laws and by-laws and rules The department granted and regulations relating to the small-scale mining permits in environment were laid down regions and states to help the to work for the clean environ- livelihoods of the residents and ment and healthy ecosystem conducted environmental as- in successive generations of sessments in cooperation with the country. Union Minister U Ohn Win speaks at the virtual meeting of the Environmental Conservation Department on 7 Region/State governments.— The department was es- January 2021. PHOTO: MNA MNA tablished in 2012-2013FY, it is Township offices. The national egy and main function were strategy, and main function now being operated with 1,411 environmental policy, climate released during this period. have somewhat achievements. (Translated by Kyaw Zin staff with 15 Region/State of- change policy, strategy and Implementations of the related Additional 43 district of- Tun) fices, 45 District offices, and 7 main function, waste strat- sectors based on the policies, fices and 194 township offices

Tatmadaw contributes K1 bln to COVID-19 vaccination fund

THE Tatmadaw contributed K1 billion to COVID-19 vaccination fund of the nation officers and the substituted civil staff members in May 2020. yesterday, according to the report of Office of Commander-in-Chief of Defence The two donations amounted to over K4 billion in total. The cash donations Services. were spent on purchasing medical supplies for hospitals, civil society organiza- The report said that the Tatmadaw made the first cash donation from the tions, quarantine centres of the Tatmadaw and the treatment centres of COVID-19 one-month salary of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General positive patients. Min Aung Hlaing and senior Tatmadaw officers and one-day salary of Tatmadaw While the Tatmadaw is actively taking part in the fight against the pandemic, (Army, Navy and Air) officers and the substituted civil staff members in April 2020, the latest donation of K1 billion is the first contribution to the COVID-19 vaccination followed by the second cash donation from 25 per cent of the one-month salary of fund, and further donation will be made if necessary.—MNA senior Tatmadaw officers and one-day salary of Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) (Translated by Aung Khin) 8 JANUARY 2021 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Peacemaking processes in the post-2020 period AT this time when we already have the peace roadmap for the post-2020 period clearly in our view, we will implement the post- 2020 period peace process with new approaches by exerting our efforts from all angles and points of view so that not only the NCA signatories but also the non-signatories will come on board and cooperate. We have realized that both formal and informal dialogues are pivotal to the peacemaking processes in the post-2020 period. Similarly, we also recognize the role of public participation. This is related to paving the way for inclusiveness of all the stakeholders. Moreover, we have to focus on the design aspect of the peacemaking process such as policy and framework guidelines, the formation of necessary working groups, and the establishment of systems and mechanisms. (Excerpt from Chairperson of National Reconciliation and Peace Centre and State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech on New Year, on 2 January 2021)

Union Minister Dr Myint Htwe discusses participation of artistes in COVID-19 response efforts UNION MINISTER for Health and the disease may continue cartoonists, presenters, and do- and Sports Dr Myint Htwe and for several months. He called on nors who participated in the virtu- Yangon Region Chief Minister the performers not to slow down al meeting discuss on their roles U Phyo Min Thein participated their efforts in the COVID-19 re- in COVID-19 response efforts. in a videoconference on 6 Jan- sponse process. In his closing speech, the uary with the artistes who are Only adhering to COVID-19 Union Minister said that the taking part in COVID-19 response preventive guidelines will be suggestions of performers and efforts. able to control the spread of the attendees are invaluable for At the meeting, Dr Tun My- COVID-19, said the Union Min- COVID-19 response efforts. He int, Head of Yangon Region Public ister, who pointed out that only has great respect for knowledge Health and Medical Services De- when the COVID-19 spread is re- and opinions of them. He said that partment, explained the contribu- duced to an acceptable level, the future works of the Ministry will tion of artistes in COVID-19 re- peoples’ businesses, education be carried out in line with those sponse efforts in Yangon Region. and social matters will be able ideas. Yangon Region Chief Minis- to resume normal operations. Union Minister Dr Myint Htwe speaks during the virtual meeting with Yangon Region Chief Minis- ter U Phyo Min Thein said that He called on the performers to artistes on COVID-19 response efforts on 6 January 2021. PHOTO: MNA ter U Phyo Min Thein said that many performers contribute in use various ways to educate the obedient to their words, said the partments. they would continue arranging COVID-19 response efforts by general public about COVID-19. Union Minister citing research He expressed thanks for meetings with experts from var- reaching out to help the general The Union Minister empha- findings. performers and cartoonists for ious fields for COVID-19 response public, and it will become an un- sized the crucial role of perform- He said that the songs, vide- their contributions in the Stop efforts.—MNA forgettable milestone. ers in changing the habits of the os, cartoons and messages pro- COVID-19 Yellow Campaign in Union Minister Dr Myint general public for control of COV- vided by musicians, performers Yangon Region. (Translated by Maung Htwe said that COVID-19 could ID-19 in a short period. People and cartoonists will be sent to Actors, musicians, tradition- Maung Swe) not be completely eradicated, love performers and are more State/Region Public Health De- al dancers, composers, singers, Work committee on drafting national land law, harmonization of related laws holds third meeting THE Work Committee on Draft- the general public’s suggestions nical advisory board in reviewing ing the National Land Law and on the action plan (draft) for the existing laws for compatibility Harmonization of Related Laws National Land Law. He added with National Land Law and im- held its third meeting via video- that the process of drafting Na- proving the management of the conferencing at the Office of the tional Land Law would be contin- National Land Use Council. He Union Attorney-General in Nay ued in accordance with the plan emphasized that if all work collab- Pyi Taw yesterday morning. approved by the meeting. He also oratively, the National Land Law At the meeting, the commit- stressed that the general public (draft), which will be in line with tee’s Chairperson Union Attor- could be involved in carrying out the national land use policy, will ney-General U Tun Tun Oo said the process, and it is necessary be completed within a reasonable that seven sub-work-groups were to get relevant suggestions. He period of time. He said that the formed to implement the work pointed out that it is required to drafting process must be carried Work Committee on Drafting the National Land Law and Harmonization plan according to the decision of pay great attention to recognize out in accordance with the action of Related Laws holds virtual meeting on 7 January 2021. PHOTO: MNA the second meeting of the com- land ownership of ethnic nation- plan and the sub-work-groups mittee. He continued that sub- public opinions on the action plan future democratic federal union. alities. need to work collaboratively to work-groups are unable to con- (draft) via daily newspapers and It also aims at bringing sustaina- He said that the land-sector draft the backbone of the law. duct field visits and face-to-face the website of the Office of the ble development, peace, prosper- related points approved by the Members of the committee, meetings because of the COV- Union Attorney-General, and ity, socio-economic security and Union Peace Conference-21st members of the technical adviso- ID-19 pandemic, but are conduct- received 172 suggestions. food security for all the citizens, Century Panglong sessions need ry board and other invitees par- ing non-face-to-face observations He said that great efforts are including ethnic nationalities. He to be included in the bill. He also ticipated in the meeting.—MNA and online discussions. He said being made to create a National said that to achieve that goal, it highlighted the importance of (Translated by Maung that the Work Committee sought Land Law that looks forward to a is necessary to take into account recommendations from the tech- Maung Swe) 8 JANUARY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 5 Plan International Myanmar presents communication tools for visually-impaired, hearing-impaired persons

PLAN International Myanmar The ministry leaves no one transferred braille and sign behind in its all plans, especially language video files about nine for the people with disabilities disasters for the persons with who are badly hit during natural visual or hearing impairments disasters. yesterday. The School for the blind The tools for PWDs were Kyimyindine of Social Welfare presented at the Ministry of So- Department and Plan Interna- cial Welfare, Relief and Reset- tional Myanmar jointly created tlement, and Country Director the braille for the blinds and sign of Plan International Myanmar language video files for the deaf Mr Haider Yaqub firstly briefed people about nine kinds of dan- the donation. gers such as fire, flood, strong Union Minister Dr Win Myat wind, storm, drought, earth- Aye said the ministry is making quake, Tsunami, lightning and efforts for the children, youths, landslide. The braille and video women and elderly people to get files will be delivered to the PWDs their individual rights in full in via the federations of people with addition to the development. disabilities and other disabled The preventive measures Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye participates in the handover ceremony of communication tools for visually people organizations.—MNA and responses are also being impaired and hearing impaired persons via videoconferencing on 7 January 2021. PHOTO: MNA (Translated by Khine carried out to overcome the risks of natural and human-made hazards in rehabilitation pro- grammes. Thazin Han)

Chairman of Aden Group of Companies COVID-19 Call Centre opens daily donates $1.5 mln for COVID vaccination fund

In efforts to speed up the prevention, containment and treatment of the COVID-19 disease, the call centre (phone U Chit Khaing, Chairman of COVID-19 pandemic soon.” number 2019) is established by four communications operators Aden Group of Companies do- The donors can transfer and the Blue Ocean Company with the coordination of the Med- nated $1.5 million for COVID-19 any type of foreign currency into ical Research Department of the Health and Sports Ministry vaccination fund raised by the Foreign Currency Account No and Post and Telecommunications Department from 9 am to National Committee on COV- EDC 600012. The local donors 5 pm daily at the Medical Research Department in Yangon. ID-19 Prevention, Control and can also donate at Myanmar Over 43 staff from the Medical Research Department Treatment yesterday. Currency Account No OA 013733 and 17 volunteers from the Myanmar Medical Association Regarding the donation, U at Myanma Economic Bank in totally 60 workers have been working at the centre since 8th Chit Khaing said, “I donated Nay Pyi Taw. April.­—MNA as much as I can while all the The Ministry of Planning, people are facing COVID-19 Finance and Industry an- pandemic. The government also nounced that the government welcomes such cash contribu- had raised the initial fund of tion. I want to urge everybody K1 billion and US$250 million to make whatever amount of to purchase COVID-19 vaccines donation for the people in pro- for the country. –Min Thit 09251022355, tecting them from the risks of Chairman of Aden Group of Call Thin Thin May, COVID-19 pandemic. I also wish (Translated by Khine Thaz- Companies U Chit Khaing. 09974424848 that our country could overcome in Han) PHOTO: MNA

Announcement on fund establishment to purchase COVID-19 vaccines

1. The National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on 30-12-2020 formed a Fund Management Sub-committee on the Purchase of COVID-19 Vaccines. The sub-committee has opened the COVID-19 Vaccination Fund at the Myanma Economic Bank in Nay Pyi Taw as follows: (a) Fund for purchase of COVID-19 vaccines (Foreign Currency Account No. EDC 600012). The bank account will be initially deposited with USD250 million, equivalent to about K338 billion from State-funding. (b) Fund for purchase of COVID-19 vaccines (Myanmar Currency Account No. OA 013733). The bank account is initially deposited K1 billion (K1,000 million) from State-funding. 2. Therefore, organizations and people (local/ foreign countries) who want to contribute cash donation for the purchase of vaccines, can donate any type of foreign currency to the COVID-19 Vaccination Fund (Foreign Currency Account No. EDC 600012) at the Myanma Economic Bank (Nay Pyi Taw), and can donate Myan- mar Kyat to the COVID-19 Vaccination Fund (Myanmar Currency Account No. OA 013733). 3. The potential well-wishers can contact the following phone numbers: Director-General (067 3410156) Treasury Department (067 3410158) Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry 8 JANUARY 2021 6 LOCAL NEWS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Number of companies registered on MyCo www.gnlm.com.mm www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com

CHIEF EDITOR exceed 15,000 in 2020: DICA Aungthu Ya [email protected] By Nyein Nyein of the applicants are using the ing companies have registered Newly established compa- online registration platform, ac- and re-registered on MyCO, nies are required to submit ARs DEPUTY CHIEF EDITOR THE number of companies reg- cording to the DICA data. bringing the total number of within two months of incorpora- Aye Min Soe [email protected] istered on the online registry sys- In 2019, the figure stood at registered companies to 87,337 tion or face a fine of K100,000 for tem, MyCO, reached over 15,000 1,733 in January 2019, 1,419 in by October-end. filing late returns. SENIOR EDITORIAL CONSULTANT in 2020, the statistics released by February, 1,108 in March, and Also, all registered compa- The DICA has notified that Kyaw Myaing the Directorate of Investment over 1,045 in April, 1,411 in May, nies need to file annual returns any company which fails to sub- and Company Administration 1,307 in June, 1,428 in July, 1,302 (AR) on the MyCO registry sys- mit its AR within 13 months will EXECUTIVE EDITOR Aung Khin (DICA) indicated. in August and 1,181 in Septem- tem within two months of incor- be notified of its suspension (I- The registration and re-reg- ber. The figures reached a fresh poration, and at least once every 9A). If it fails to submit the AR LOCAL & INTERNATIONAL NEWS istration of companies on the new peak of 2,059 in October 2019. year (not later than one month within 28 days of receiving the EDITORS MyCO website commenced on Then, 1,615 new companies in after the anniversary of the incor- notice, the system will show the Ye Htut Tin [email protected] 1 August 2018, keeping with the November and 1,772 in Decem- poration), according to Section company’s status as suspended. Aung Htein Myanmar Companies Law 2017. ber were recorded, indicated the 97 of Myanmar Companies Law Companies can restore their po- Tun Tun Naing Last year, the figures of reg- DICA data. 2017. According to Section 266 sition only after shelling out a fine istered companies stood at 1,415 When the online registry (A) of the Myanmar Companies of K50,000 for AR fee, K100,000 TRANSLATORS in January, 1,298 in February and was launched in August 2018, Law 2017, public companies must to restore the company on the Hay Mar Tin Win, Ei Myat Mon, Kyaw Zin Lin, Kyaw Zin Tun, 1,015 in March, only 348 compa- 1,816 new companies registered simultaneously submit annual Register, and K100,000 for late Maung Maung Swe, Khine Thazin Han, nies in April, 798 in May, 1,314 in on MyCO. The figure stood at returns and financial statements filing of documents. Ei Phyu Phyu Aung June, 1,650 in July, 1,551 in Au- 2,218 in September 2018, 1,671 in (G-5). All overseas corporations According to the DICA no- gust, 1,378 in September, 1,693 October, 1,431 in November and must submit ARs in the pre- tice, if a company fails to restore REPORTER Nyein Nyein Ei, in October, 1,099 in November 1,364 in December 2018. scribed format on MyCO within its status within six months of and 1,521 in December, as per Since the online registry 28 days of the financial year end- suspension, the registrar will PHOTOGRAPHER statistics of the DICA. platform’s establishment, 40,960 ing, as per Section 53 (A-1) of the strike its name off the Register. Kyaw Zeya Win @ Phoe Khwar At present, 100 per cent new companies and 46,377 exist- Myanmar Companies Law 2017. (Translated by Ei Myat Mon) Kyaw Zeya

COMPUTER TEAM Thein Ngwe, Zaw Zaw Aung, Hsedawgyi dam to provide full irrigation for summer paddy, sesame in Feb Kay Khaing Win, Sanda Hnin, Zu Zin Hnin, MANDALAY Region Irrigation the irrigated water fully to the Thein Htwe, Nyi Lin Thu and Water Utilization Manage- summer paddy growers. To be EDITORIAL SECTION ment Department will provide able to provide enough water, (+95) (01)8604529, sufficient irrigated water from we have already stored 363,000 Fax — (+95) (01) 8604305 Hsedawgyi Dam for the local acres of water in 419.5-foot wide farmers who will grow summer Hsedawgyi dam,” he clarified. CIRCULATION & DISTRIBUTION San Lwin, (+95) (01) 8604532, paddy and summer sesame on The department is planning Hotline - 09 974424114 67,348 acres of land starting from to grow 67,053 acres of summer the first week of February. paddy in Mandalay and PyinOoL- ADVERTISING & MARKETING Now, the Hsedawgyi Dam win district of water area includ- ( +95) (01) 8604530, Hotline - 09 974424848 has entirely stored the water. At ing 42,225 acres of summer paddy [email protected] the end of December, the Hse- in Madaya township, 65 acres in [email protected] dawgyi dam has 358,260 acres of Chanmyathazi township, 18,807 remaining water level with 84,000 acres in Patheingyi township Printed and published at the Global New Picture shows Hsedawgyi Dam in Madaya Township, Mandalay Light of Myanmar Printing Factory at acres of dead water level and and 5,956 acres in Amarapura No.150, Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, Bahan 274,260 acres of usable water. De- Region. PHOTO: MIN HTET AUNG township. Also, the department Township, Yangon, by the Global New Light pending upon the remaining wa- targeted to plant 295 acres of of Myanmar Daily under Printing Permit No. ter level, the department target- local farmers in this financial San Min Tun, deputy director of summer sesame crops. —Min 00510 and Publishing Permit No. 00629. ed to provide full water to 67,053 year. Likewise, dam water will Mandalay Region Irrigation and Htet Aung (Man Sub-printing [email protected] www.gnlm.com.mm acres of summer paddy and 295 be left for monsoon paddy culti- Water Utilization Management house) www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com acres of summer sesame for the vation for the next season, said U Department. “We will provide (Translated by Hay Mar) www.facebook.com/thegnlm 6 fishers prosecuted, 32 fishing boats seized in Ayeyawady dolphin protection zone

ACCORDING to the Wildlife forts to crack down on illegal batteries and machines seized the Ayeyawady dolphin and the Conservation Society, six per- fishers. Now, those six peo- in December, the fourth month fisheries resources. sons were prosecuted, and 32 ple have been charged under of the dolphin protection pro- According to the data re- Write for us fishing boats seized for electro- Mandalay Region Freshwater ject. The number of Ayeyawady corded in February 2020, 79 fishing in the dolphin conserva- Fishing Law,” said U Kyaw Hla dolphin death rate was on the dolphins have been found in We appreciate your feedback and tion zone of the Ayeyawady Riv- Thein, in-charge of the Wildlife rise again in 2020. The Ay- the conservation area, which contributions. If you have any er in Mandalay Region within Conservation Society, which is eyawady dolphins have mostly is the highest number on re- comments or would like to submit editorials, analyses or reports please four months of 2020. part of the Ayeyawady dolphin been killed by electrofishing and cord. On the other hand, this email [email protected] “Ayeyawady dolphin protec- conservation project. illegal fishing. year has seen the highest num- with your name and title. tion project has been in place With the team patrolling The one-year patrolling ber of death rate with eight Due to limitation of space we are only able to publish “Letter to between Mandalay and Kyauk- every day during the one-year project implemented by the dolphins. So far, there will be the Editor” that do not exceed 500 myaung dolphin protection project of Ayeyawady dolphin Fisheries department is being over 70 dolphins in Ayeyawady words. Should you submit a text zone since 1 September 2020. conservation, two fishermen carried out to reduce and final- dolphin conservation area. longer than 500 words please be aware that your letter will be edited. A team inspects those areas were arrested and 11 fishing ly eliminate the illegal fishing — Aung Thura day and night and assists ef- vessels, electric fishing nets, and electrofishing and develop (Translated by Hay Mar) 8 JANUARY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR LOCAL BUSINESS 7 Green gram prices rise on Myawady-Maesot border trade steady Chinese demand normal despite transport restrictions THE border trade through Trade between Thai- for corn export to Thailand THE price of green gram not financially doing well stuffs. Myawady-Maesot between land and Myanmar via the under zero-tariff starting remains high on account despite the high price of Myanmar’s green Myanmar and Thailand Myawady border between from 1 February 2020, said of the steady demand by green gram, said U Tin gram exports have regis- remains normal although 1 October and 18 Decem- U Min Khaing, chairman of China, traders said. Win, a grower from Nyaun- tered over 330,000 metric Thailand ordered restric- ber in the current financial Myanmar Corn Industrial At present, the FOB gU Township. tons in the 2015-2016 finan- tions in Maesot, according year 2020-2021 plunged to Association. There are sev- prices of green grams U Min Nyo, a grower cial year, over 400,000 in to Myawady Chamber of US$199.959 million from en border posts between (Fair and Average Qual- who uses electric pumps, the 2016-2017FY, and over Commerce. $238.639 million registered Myanmar and Thailand, ity) move in the range of stated that we do not wor- 350,000 in the 2017-2018FY Myawady border in the year-ago period, ac- Tachilek, Myawady, Kaw- US$1,050-1,100 per metric ry over yield rate as we de- and over 300,000 the 2018- trade did not halt owing cording to the data from thoung, Hteekhee, Myeik, ton depending on varie- pend on irrigation water. 2019FY. Green grams are to the restriction orders the Ministry of Commerce. Mawtaung and Maese. ties. China accounts for mostly exported to China by Thailand. Myanmar During the last finan- Myanmar primarily Green grams (Shwe 60 per cent of Myanmar’s through the border trade trucks cannot enter Mae- cial year, Myanmar has exports corn, natural gas, Wah variety) from the green gram exports. Be- channels. sot, but trucks from Thai- increasingly exported fishery products, coal, tin Mandalay Region and sides, countries in the Of the total pulses’ land come and pick up the corns to Thailand through concentrate (SN 71.58 per Sagaing Region townships European Union also pur- exports, green grams ac- goods at Myawady post, Myawady border crossing. cent), coconut (fresh and are also flowing into the chase green grams from counted for more than 26 the chamber stated. Myanmar’s corn exports dry), beans, and bamboo Mandalay market. The Myanmar. The export per cent of the exports in We have experienced to Thailand significantly shoots to Thailand. It im- price is expected to re- volume of green grams to the previous years. trade suspension via soared to over 1.2 million ports capital goods such main high due to growing India is lower compared As per green gram Myawady in October. The tonnes through land bor- as machinery, raw indus- demand, according to to other countries. Chi- plantation data, there halt in trading undoubt- ders between Myanmar trial goods such as cement Mandalay depot. na prefers green grams are over 300,000 acres of edly harms the traders and Thailand during Oc- and fertilizers, consumer The green grams (Shwe Wah) variety, said plantations in the coun- and truck drivers from tober and May period in goods such as cosmetics fetch K39,000-41,000 per an official from the Com- try. Green grams are pri- both sides. It is good that the 2019-2020FY, said an and food products from the basket during the harvest merce Ministry. marily grown in Sagaing, trade does not stop at official of the Ministry of neighbouring country. — season this year, Pakokku China makes val- Magway, Mandalay, Yan- present, said a trader from Commerce. Htet Myat (Translated by commodity depot’s data ue-added products from gon, Bago, and Ayeyawady Myawady. Myanmar is prepping Ei Myat Mon) indicated. green grams and sends regions and Mon and Kay- The low rainfall affect- them to foreign markets. in states. — Ko Htein, Ko ed the yield. As a result Moreover, it produces Khant (Translated by Ei Call Thin Thin May, 09251022355 of this, some growers are bean by-products as feed- Myat Mon) 8 JANUARY 2021 8 JANUARY 2021 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTICLE / NATIONAL 9

U Myo Thant Pe concurrently accredited National Land Law as Ambassador of Myanmar to The World Ocean Democratic People’s Republic of Korea key to addressing By Than Htun (Myanmar Geosciences Society) Nay Pyi Taw, 8 January THE President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar has land rights issues continuous body of wa- feet (1,000 metres) above the ocean earthquake in 2004 (magnitude 9.1) appointed U Myo Thant Pe, Ambassador Extraordinary and ter encircling Earth, floor. In the Indian Ocean, sea- that affected some 600 miles (1,000 Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the World Ocean is di- mounts are particularly abundant km) of the associated fault zone. the People’s Republic of China, concurrently as Ambassador ITH a commitment to ensuring a National Land Law, A vided into a number between Réunion and Seychelles A series of devastating tsunamis Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the which can guarantee sustainable land management, of principal areas with relatively in the Central Indian Basin and generated by the quake swamped Union of Myanmar to the Democratic People’s Republic land rights, protect the rights of ethnic minority com- uninhibited interchange among the Vening Meinesz group near coastal towns, particularly in Indo- of Korea.—MNA Wmunities, sustainable socio economic development them. Five oceanic divisions are Wharton Basin. Bardin, Kohler, nesia, and reached to the northern and food security, the Union Government is working on amending usually defined: Pacific, Atlantic, Nikitin, and Williams seamounts end of the Bay of Bengal and as the existing laws related to land management. Indian, Arctic, and Southern; the are examples. far as the Indian Ocean’s western U Myint Swe concurrently accredited as According to the third meeting of the Work Committee on Draft- last two listed are sometimes con- shores. ing the National Land Law and Harmonization of Laws Related solidated into the first three. Ocean basins Ambassador of Myanmar to to Land Management held yesterday, the seven sub-committees The World Ocean or Global Ocean basins are character- Bottom deposits Republic of Malawi collected a total of 172 suggestions following online consultation Ocean (colloquially the sea or the ized by smooth, flat plains of thick The immense load of sus- Nay Pyi Taw, 8 January with the public and a range of relevant stakeholders. ocean) is the interconnected sys- sediment with abyssal hills (i.e., pended sediments from the rivers To ensure that there is a consistent, fair and equitable land tem of Earth's oceanic waters, and features that are less than 3,300 emptying into the Indian Ocean is THE President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar governance framework, the suggestions and pragmatic ways should comprises the bulk of the hydro- feet high) at the bottom flanks of the highest of the three oceans, has appointed U Myint Swe, Ambassador Extraordinary and be taken into consideration. sphere, covering 361,132,000 sq. km the oceanic ridges. The Indian and nearly half of it comes from Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the Republic of South Africa, concurrently as Ambassador As the work on drafting or 139,434,000 square miles (70.8%) Ocean’s complex ridge topography the Indian subcontinent alone. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Union the National Land Law con- of Earth's surface, with a total vol- led to the formation of many basins Those terrigenous sediments of Myanmar to the Republic of Malawi.—MNA tinues, further participation ume of roughly 1,332,000,000 cu- that range in width from 200 to occur mostly on the continental As the work of the people and inviting bic kilometres (320,000,000 cubic 5,600 miles (320 to 9,000 km). From shelves, slopes, and rises, and they their suggestions should be miles). roughly north to south they include merge into abyssal plains. Cones Letter to the Editor on drafting given priority in the coming Organization the Arabian, Somali, Mascarene, of thicknesses of at least 1 mile processes. The unity and continuity of the Madagascar, Mozambique, Agul- (1.6 km) are found in the Bay of Dear Sir, the National It is worth noting that World Ocean, with relatively free The Indian Ocean, with depth contours and undersea features. SOURCE:ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA, INC. has, and Crozet basins in the west Bengal, the Arabian Sea, and the Thank you so much for covering my article "The good the points related with the interchange among its parts, is of and the Central Indian (the larg- Somali and Mozambique basins. old days at the Rangoon University" in the 7 January issue. Land Law land sector approved at the fundamental importance to ocean- Cape Agulhas. three major oceans. It stretches worldwide oceanic ridge system est), Wharton, and South Australia Wharton Basin off northern Aus- Here, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that due sessions of the Union Peace ography. It is divided into a number • The Arctic Ocean is the small- for more than 6,200 miles (10,000 and still contains centres of sea- basins in the east. tralia has the oldest sediments. In to my incomprehensive writing I had created a confusion. The Conference- 21st Century of principal oceanic areas that are est of the five. It joins the Atlan- km) between the southern tips floor spreading in several places. the Ganges-Brahmaputra cone, "(Kyar) Ba Nyein" mentioned in my article and the famous Panglong and other points delimited by the continents and tic Ocean near Greenland and of Africa and Australia and, with- The ridges form an inverted Y on Continental rise, slope, and sediments exceed 7 miles (11 km) continues, Burma Champion boxer "Kyar (Tiger) Ba Nyein" were two for post-2020 period related various oceanographic features: Iceland and joins the Pacific out its marginal seas, has an area the ocean floor, starting in the up- shelf in thickness and extend to latitude different persons. I should have written Kyar (Draught) Ba with land sector would be these divisions are the Atlantic Ocean at the Bering Strait. It of about 28,360,000 square miles per northwest with the Carlsberg The continental shelf extends 10° S. Little sediment has accu- further par- Nyein instead to differentiate the two of them, or I should incorporated into the draft Ocean, Arctic Ocean (sometimes overlies the North Pole, touch- (73,440,000 sq. km). The Indian Ridge in the Arabian Sea, turning to an average width of about 75 mulated along the southern Sun- have pointed out clearly in the article that they were two of the law. considered an estuary of the Atlan- ing North America in the West- Ocean’s average depth is 12,990 due south past the Chagos-Lac- miles (120 km) in the Indian Ocean, da Islands, probably because the different persons so as not to be confused. ticipation of Besides, to ensure sys- tic), Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, ern Hemisphere and Scandina- feet (3,960 metres), and its deepest cadive Plateau, and becoming the with its widest points 190 miles Java Trench acts as a sediment tematic utilization and man- and Southern Ocean, defined by via and Siberia in the Eastern point, in the Sunda Deep of the Mid-Indian (or Central Indian) (300 km) off Mumbai (Bombay) trap; instead, silicic volcanic ash So, please allow me to clear that confusion through your the people agement of land resources in the International Hydrographic Hemisphere. The Arctic Ocean Java Trench off the southern coast Ridge. Southeast of Madagascar on the western coast of India and is found there. Brown and red clay daily with this " Letter to the Editor". I would also like to take our country, it is required to Organization (IHO) in 2000, based is partially covered in sea ice, of the island of Java , is 24,442 feet the ridge branches: the South- off northwestern Australia. The sediments dominate in the deep this opportunity to suggest to you to please consider reintro- take into consideration the on evidence that this region of the the extent of which varies ac- (7,450 metres). west Indian Ridge continues to island shelves are only about 1,000 sea between 10° N and 40° S away ducing that item as in the past. It shouldn't necessarily be a and inviting suggestions from the tech- World Ocean has a distinct ecosys- cording to the season. the southwest until it merges into feet (300 metres) wide. The shelf from islands and continents and on a daily basis, but on certain days, once or twice a week nical advisory group on re- tem and a unique impact on global • The Southern Ocean is a Physiography And Geology the Atlantic-Indian Ridge south break is at a depth of about 460 feet are 1,000 feet (300 metres) thick. will suffice. their sugges- viewing and amending the climate. In turn, oceanic waters proposed ocean surrounding The origin and evolution of the of Africa, and the Southeast In- (140 metres). Submarine canyons In the equatorial zone, an area laws related to land use and are interspersed by many smaller Antarctica, dominated by the Indian Ocean is the most compli- dian Ridge trends to the east indent the steep slope below the of high oceanic productivity, cal- Sincerely yours. tions should management and the rule of seas, gulfs, and bays. Antarctic Circumpolar Current, cated of the three major oceans. Its until it joins the Pacific-Antarctic break. The Ganges (Ganga) and careous and siliceous oozes are Khin Maung Myint. law. • The Indian Ocean, the third generally the ocean south of formation is a consequence of the Ridge south of Tasmania. Most Indus rivers of Asia and the Zam- abundant. South of and beneath 7/1/21 In our country, there is largest, extends northward 60 degrees south latitude. The breakup, which began about 180 striking is the aseismic (virtual- bezi River of Africa have all carved the Antarctic Convergence (rough- be given pri- an urgent need for harmoni- from the Southern Ocean to Southern Ocean is partially million years ago, of the southern ly earthquake-free) Ninetyeast particularly large canyons. Their ly 50° S), another highly productive zation between laws related India, the Arabian Peninsula, covered in sea ice, the extent supercontinent Gondwanaland; Ridge, which is the longest and sediment loads extend far beyond area, are diatomaceous algal ooz- ority in the to land management. The and Southeast Asia in Asia, and of which varies according to the by the movement to the north- straightest in the world ocean. the shelf, form the rises at the foot es. Sediments are absent over a laws also need to be consist- between Africa in the west and season. The Southern Ocean is east of the Indian subcontinent First discovered in 1962, it runs of the slope, and contribute to the width of about 45 miles (70 km) on coming pro- ent with the National Land Australia in the east. The Indian the second smallest of the five (beginning about 125 million years northward along the 90° E me- abyssal plains of their respective the oceanic ridge crests, and the Use Policy, or NLUP. Ocean joins the Pacific Ocean named oceans. ago), which began colliding with ridian (hence its name) for 2,800 basins. The Ganges sediment cone flanks are only sparsely covered. Myanmar Daily Weather Report To ensure sustainable to the east, near Australia. First of all, I would like to in- Eurasia about 50 million years ago; miles (4,500 km) from the zonal is the world’s widest and thickest. The ocean floor is composed of (Issued at 7:00 pm Thursday 7 January, 2021) cesses. livelihoods and the devel- • The Pacific Ocean, the larg- troduce the Indian Ocean which and by the western movement of Broken Ridge at latitudes 31° S basalt in various stages of alter- opment of the country, our est of the oceans, also reaches occupied 2100 km coastline of Africa and separation of Australia to 9° N and can be traced farther Trenches ation. The principal authigenic BAY INFERENCE: Weather is partly cloudy over the South land resources need to be northward from the Southern western and southern Myanmar, from Antarctica some 53 million under the sediments of the Bay of The Indian Ocean has the few- (ocean-formed) mineral deposits Bay and a few cloud over the Andaman Sea and elsewhere over managed and utilized properly. Only systematic utilization and Ocean to the Arctic Ocean. It so as to familiar young generations years ago. By 36 million years ago, Bengal. Other important meridi- est trenches of any of the world’s are phosphorites at depths of 130 the Bay of Bengal. management of land resources can improve the socio-economic spans the gap between Austral- with significant characteristics of the Indian Ocean had taken on its onal aseismic ridges include the oceans. The narrow 50 miles (80 to 1,300 feet (40 to 400 metres), FORECAST VALID UNTIL NOON OF THE 8 January, 2021: condition of the people. ia and Asia, and the Americas. it. I intend to present concise ac- present configuration. Although Chagos-Laccadive, Madagascar, km), volcanic, and seismically ac- ferromanganese crusts at depths Light rain are likely to be isolated in Taninthayi Region and Kachin We are confident that thanks to the cooperation and coordina- The Pacific Ocean meets the count of all five oceans of the world it first opened some 140 million and Mozambique plateaus, which tive Java Trench is the world’s of 3,300 to 8,200 feet (1,000 to 2,500 State. Degree of certainty is (60%). Weather will be partly cloudy tion of all relevant stakeholders, a National Land Law that protects Atlantic Ocean south of South one by one in the year 2021. years ago, almost all the Indian are not part of the global oceanic second longest, stretching more metres), ferromanganese nodules in Upper Sagaing, Yangon, Ayeyarwady Regions and Shan, Chin, the land rights of communities and development of agriculture as America at Cape Horn. Ocean basin is less than 80 million ridge system. than 2,800 miles (4,500 km) from at depths greater than 10,000 feet Kayin, Mon States and generally fair in the remaining Regions 70 percent of Myanmar’s population resides in rural areas. • The Atlantic Ocean, the sec- Indian Ocean years old. southwest of Java and continuing (3,000 metres), and hydrother- and States. For the successful drafting of the National Land Law, the ond largest, extends from the Indian Ocean, body of salt Seamounts northward as the Sunda Trench mal metalliferous sediments at STATE OF THE SEA: Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters. relevant authorities, organizations and individuals need to fully Southern Ocean between the water covering approximately Submarine features Seamounts are extinct sub- past Sumatra, with an extension the crests of the Carlsberg and Wave height will be about (5-8) feet off and along Myanmar Coasts. understand the contents of the National Land Use Policy and to Americas, and Africa and Eu- one-fifth of the total ocean area Oceanic ridges marine volcanoes that are coni- along the Andaman and Nico- Central Indian ridges. OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Increase of night cooperate and coordinate with each other while listening to the rope, to the Arctic Ocean. The of the world. It is the smallest, The oceanic ridges consist cally shaped and often flat-topped. bar Islands. The portion of that Sources: 1. Wikipedia, the free temperatures in Naypyitaw, Mandalay, Magway, Bago, Yangon, voices of the people. Atlantic Ocean meets the In- geologically youngest, and physi- of a rugged, seismically active They rise abruptly from the abys- system adjacent to Sumatra was encyclopedia 2. Viktor Filipovich Ayeyarwady Regions and Shan, Rakhine and Kayah States. dian Ocean south of Africa at cally most complex of the world’s mountain chain that is part of the sal plain to heights at least 3,300 the centre of a massive undersea Kanayev 8 JANUARY 2021 10 NATIONAL / PANDEMIC NEWS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSES EU insists on keeping vaccine contracts secret

THE European Union will keep two doses, to be administered the details of its contracts with weeks apart. Covid-19 vaccine makers secret But a slow rollout in mem- while negotiating with them, the ber countries, coupled with the bloc’s commissioner for health secrecy obscuring the terms of said Thursday. the contracts, have contributed “We are bound by the confi- to the political pressure building dentiality clauses of the contract, against EU governments and the and disclosure of any confiden- Commission. tial information at this moment Kyriakides said, however, in time undermines the ongoing that the confidentiality clauses negotiations that we have with would be respected for the time companies,” Stella Kyriakides being. told the European Parliament. “When the time’s ready The European Commission within the contractual con- has negotiated or is in the pro- straints (we’ll) explore making cess of negotiating pre-purchase information of these contracts agreements with seven manu- available to nominated members facturers of proven or potential of the Parliament with specific Covid-19 vaccines. arrangements... once the sen- Two of the vaccines, ones sitive ongoing negotiations are made by BioNTech/Pfizer and by concluded,” she said. Moderna, have been authorized Kyriakides added that the The Belgian government says it is updating its COVID-19 vaccination roll-out plan which has been widely for use in the EU, and the Com- confidentiality was part of an EU criticized for being slow. PHOTO: AFP mission hopes others will follow. strategy to get the most cost-ef- stronger negotiating position,” The Commission has been But Kyriakides strongly de- The bloc has already se- fective result. she argued. criticized in the German me- nied that, noting that the negotia- cured advance order contracts Spreading risk The EU has sealed deals dia, accused of under-buying tions started early last year when for two billion doses of those vac- By negotiating on behalf of with BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna, vaccines developed by German no data was available as to which cines, enough for twice the EU’s - and in coordination with - the AstraZeneca, Johnson & John- outfits BioNTech and Curevac to of the potential vaccines might population of 450 million given EU’s 27 member countries, “it son, Sanofi-GSk and Curevac, proportionally boost those made turn out to be effective. that most of the vaccines require reduces cost and it gives us a and it is in talks with Novavax. by French group Sanofi. SOURCE: AFP

THE SHARP RISE CANADA UK scrambles for hospital beds as virus surges Quebec premier orders Canada’s

HOSPITAL chiefs in England UK on Wednesday confirmed ing some inpatients to beds in first pandemic curfew were scrambling for hospital more than 62,000 new cases in nursing homes or care homes, QUEBEC premier Francois Le- conference. beds on Thursday as the surge 24 hours, with numbers growing said the head of NHS Providers, gault ordered the first pandemic “We’ve asked police to en- in coronavirus cases risked quickly outside southeast Eng- which represents hospitals in curfew in Canada on Wednesday force these measures,” he said, overwhelming the system, land, where clusters of a new England. “We’ve seen 5,000 new as part of new lockdown meas- adding that those breaking the healthcare providers and med- highly infectious strain of the patients in hospital beds with ures to slow the spread of a sec- rules would face fines of up to ics said. virus were first identified. Covid-19 over the past week -- ond wave of Covid-19. Can$6,000 (US$4,700). A leaked briefing suggested Over 30,000 people were that’s 10 full hospitals’ worth of The lockdown and 8:00 pm A curfew of this scale has not that even in a relatively posi- in UK hospitals with the virus, Covid patients... so it’s a really to 5:00 am (0100 to 1000 GMT) been ordered in Canada since tive scenario, London’s hospi- more than at the peak of the first big challenge,” Chris Hopson curfew will take effect starting the Spanish flu a century ago, tals could be beyond capacity wave. The sharp rise has forced told BBC radio. Saturday in the province and last according to historians. in less than two weeks. The hospital bosses to consider shift- SOURCE: AFP four weeks, Legault told a news SOURCE: AFP 8 JANUARY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR PANDEMIC: ROLLING UPDATES 11

ALLERGIC REACTIONS 1 in 100,000 had severe reactions to Pfizer vaccine: US study NEWS IN ROUGHLY one in a hundred “A good value proposition BRIEF thousand people who received for someone to get vaccinated the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 is their risk from Covid and Slow vaccine rollouts vaccine have had severe aller- poor outcomes from Covid is fuel worry as US logs gic reactions, US health officials still more than the risk of a se- said Wednesday while stressing vere outcome from the vaccine,” record daily Covid that the benefits of immuniza- she said. death toll tion greatly outweigh the known “Fortunately, we know how risks. to treat anaphylaxis, and we’ve ENGLAND went back into full The data comes from the put provisions in place to ensure lockdown as Europe battled Centres for Disease Control and that at immunization sites, the Wednesday to stem a rising tide Prevention, which documented folks administering the vaccine of coronavirus cases, and the 21 cases of anaphylaxis after are ready to treat anaphylaxis.” United States logged its worst administration of a reported The 21 cases ranged in age daily death toll of the pandemic. 1,893,360 shots from December from 27 to 60 years old, with a The Covid-19 crisis has A health worker holds a vial containing the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 shown no signs of slowing, with 14 to December 23. vaccine in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France. PHOTO: POOL/AFP median age of 40, and all but two “This averages out to a were treated with epinephrine. known infections nearing 86 mil- rate of 11.1 anaphylaxis cases cases per million doses admin- ceedingly rare” and it remains Nineteen of the cases (90 lion worldwide and more than per one million doses adminis- istered, and so the rate of ana- in people’s best interest to take per cent) occurred in females, 1.8 million deaths, even as many tered,” senior CDC official Nan- phylaxis for the Pfizer vaccine is the vaccine, particularly in the and the median onset time of nations ramp up their vaccina- cy Messonnier told reporters. roughly ten times greater. context of the Covid-19 pandem- symptoms was 13 minutes, but tion rollouts. By comparison, flu vaccines Messonnier added that an- ic that is a far greater danger to ranged from two to 150 minutes. England began its third cause about 1.3 anaphylaxis aphylaxis cases were still “ex- their health. SOURCE: AFP national lockdown Tuesday as alarm grew in Britain over the latest surge in cases which is MELBOURNE threatening to overwhelm its National Health Service, piling Thousands to get tested as Australia-India cricket on the misery for people growing tired of social distancing and the match named possible Covid hotspot economic cost. “It’s just exas- perating, because I don’t know if THOUSANDS of cricket fans super spreading event. people can just go that extra mile, who attended Australia’s show- “We’re encouraging anyone another six weeks with this lock- piece Boxing Day Test against who was in The Great Southern down. It’s just crazy,” said Alex, a India have been told to get test- Stand, zone 5 of the MCG be- 65-year-old retiree and one of the ed and isolate Wednesday, after tween 12.30 pm and 3.30 pm on 27 few people out on the streets of a spectator who attended the December, to get tested and iso- London on Tuesday. event tested positive for Cov- late until they receive a negative A senior government min- id-19. result,” health authorities said. ister has warned the lockdown could last into March. Melbourne Cricket Ground Boxing Day Test SOURCE: AFP Health authorities said the The Boxing Day Test is a man in his thirties was not in- centrepiece of Australia’s sport- fectious while at the famed Mel- ing calendar and just under In-person schooling to bourne Cricket Ground on the 30,000 people attended this year, resume in March second day of play “but there is Fans chant at the Melbourne Cricket Ground last month. A spectator well short of capacity. potential he acquired the virus who was at the showpiece Boxing Day Australia-India Test has tested Several retail stores in the IN Paraguay, authorities have an- while there” or at a nearby shop- positive for coronavirus and fans seated nearby have been urged to get Chadstone Shopping Centre nounced that schools will reopen Covid tested and isolate. PHOTO: AFP ping centre. were also named as possible on February 11th, with in-person “The MCG is being investi- ment of Health said. fans, and to find out if one of the sites for the source of the infec- classes officially relaunching on gated as a potential source for A race is now on to trace highest-attended sporting events tion. March 2nd. Schools are being the infection,” Victoria’s Depart- and test an estimated 7,000-8,000 since the pandemic began was a SOURCE: AFP told to prepare a mixed learning environment, so that those who choose to maintain distance TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS education can do so. China moves to stamp out virus outbreak in city of 11 million Consequently, many schools are scrambling to create the nec- TRAVEL has been restricted the city in Hebei province. essary protocols and systems and to a northern Chinese city of There have been 117 cases then teach them to their staff in 11 million people and schools in the city -– including at least 63 anticipation of the resumption of closed as authorities Wednes- more reported Wednesday –- 78 in-person classes. Schools must day moved to snuff out a cluster of which were asymptomatic, also vet the physical condition of of Covid-19 after dozens were prompting mass testing across their teachers before arbitrarily infected. the affected area. Unlike much sending them back to class in or- of the world, China has largely der to ensure that at-risk teachers Highways closed brought the virus under control are not being unnecessarily put at Ten major highways lead- through strict lockdowns and risk of infection. Teacher unions, ing into the city of Shijiazhuang, travel restrictions. meanwhile, have stated that they around 300 kilometres (200 But there have been a se- will only support such in-person miles) south of Beijing, have ries of local outbreaks in recent classes if and when biosecurity Residents wait in line for nucleic acid tests at a community in Qiaoxi been closed and a bus terminus weeks, prompting mass testing conditions are guaranteed for District of Shijiazhuang, capital of north China’s Hebei Province, Jan. 6, was closed in an attempt to pre- and targeted lockdowns. their members. 2021. PHOTO: XINHUA vent the virus spreading beyond SOURCE: AFP SOURCE: AFP 8 JANUARY 2021 12 BIZ/ECON STORIES THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

THE RAPPROCHEMENT NEWS Gulf states to restore links with Qatar within a week: UAE IN BRIEF THE Gulf states will restore trav- NEW APPLICATIONS FOR el, trade and transport links with UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS Qatar within a week, the UAE New US jobless said Thursday, after a landmark claims still high in deal to normalize ties ended a final week of 2020 damaging rift. Saudi Arabia and its al- at 787,000 lies the United Arab Emirates, THE United States saw Bahrain and Egypt, in June 2017 787,000 new applications for slapped a boycott on Qatar over unemployment benefits in the claims it backed Islamist groups final week of 2020, the Labour and was too close to Iran. Department said Thursday, The quartet agreed to lift the indicating layoffs remain restrictions at a summit Tuesday widespread months into the in the Saudi desert city of Al-Ula, coronavirus pandemic.The after energetic diplomacy from total was just 3,000 less than the Trump administration which the previous week, seasonally adjusted, but still nowhere near was keen for a foreign policy win The Gulf states will restore travel, trade and transport links with Qatar within a week, the UAE said Thursday, in its closing days. after a landmark deal to normalize ties ended a damaging rift. PHOTO: A HANDOUT PICTURE PROVIDED the record-low unemployment UAE Minister of State for BY THE SAUDI ROYAL PALACE ON JANUARY 5, 2021/AFP seen before Covid-19 broke Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash out in the US in March, causing said that although rebuilding ing travel, transportation, trade And the United Arab Emir- Qatar’s relationship with Iran widespread business restric- confidence and addressing dif- etc,” he told a press briefing, also ates, the staunchest critic of Doha and Turkey’s presence in the Gulf tions that crippled the econo- ficult geopolitical issues were flagging the prompt reopening of and its leadership throughout the may take time to work through. my. SOURCE: AFP longer-term tasks, there was a diplomatic missions. crisis, was seen as a reluctant The UAE is “behind this push to quickly restore physical Analysts have warned that party to the rapprochement. deal, and positive about the pros- AFTER GROUNDING links. the hasty reconciliation did not But Gargash said that the pect of re-establishing relations “The practical measures address underlying resentments UAE endorsed the process, even with Qatar,” he said. Canada’s WestJet will be within a week… includ- which risk resurfacing. if the thornier issues including SOURCE: AFP planning to return 737 MAX to service XINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION in January Tarim Oilfield supplies over 270 bln cubic meters gas to east China CANADIAN airline WestJet said Wednesday it plans to THE Tarim oilfield branch of PetroChina, China’s largest oil return its passenger fleet of and gas producer, said it has supplied over 270 billion cubic Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to the metres of natural gas to 15 provincial-level regions in China skies this month, nearly two via the country’s West-to-East gas pipeline. years ago after their world- Located in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous wide grounding following two Region, the Tarim Oilfield is the country’s third-largest on- crashes that killed 346 people. shore oil and gas producer, and its natural gas output accounts “Our first MAX will be for one-sixth of China’s total domestic gas output. ready to return safely to ser- The company said natural gas from the oilfield has ben- vice as of January 21,” compa- efited about 400 million residents in more than 120 cities ny president Ed Sims said in a and over 3,000 enterprises since the gas pipeline started statement. operation in 2004. SOURCE: AFP Over the years, the annual supply of natural gas from the oilfield through the gas pipeline has increased from 351 A staff member works at Kela-2 gas field of the Tarim Oilfield in Aksu, A PERIOD OF NON-STOP million cubic metres in 2004 to 25 billion cubic meters today. northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 8, 2017. PHOTO: ORDER GROWTH XINHUA SOURCE: Xinhua German industrial orders unexpectedly GDP SEEN CONTRACTING rise in November Indian economy likely to contract 7.7 pc in 2020-21 GERMAN industrial orders beat forecasts in November, INDIAN economy is estimated tion. unexpectedly rising on the to contract 7.7 per cent in 2020- According to the ministry, back of strong demand from 21 compared to 4.2 per cent the growth in nominal GDP eurozone countries, official growth in the previous fiscal during 2020-21 is estimated at data showed Thursday. year, mainly on account of the minus 4.2 per cent. Demand was 2.3 per cent impact of the COVID-19 pan- “With a view to contain higher than in October, federal demic, official data released spread of the COVID-19 pan- statistics agency Destatis said. on Thursday said. demic, certain restrictions The data trumped ana- “The growth in real GDP were imposed from 25 March, lysts’ expectations of a 1.4 per during 2020-21 is estimated at 2020. Though the restrictions cent slump, according to a poll -7.7 per cent as compared to have been gradually lifted, by FactSet. the growth rate of 4.2 per cent there has been an impact on Orders were also 4.0 per in 2019-20,” reads a statement the economic activities as well cent above those in February released by the National Sta- as on the data collection mech- 2020, the month before curbs tistical Office (NSO) of India’s anisms,” the ministry said. were imposed to halt trans- federal ministry of statistics Modi’s government is struggling to kickstart what was once the world’s SOURCE: Xinhua mission of the coronavirus. and programme implementa- fastest growing major economy. PHOTO: AFP SOURCE: AFP 8 JANUARY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ECON / AD 13

SENATE RACE “SHAMEFUL CHAPTER” Wall Street stocks shrug off Capitol Hill US businesses condemn Capitol unrest, eye end of Trump term ‘chaos,’ blame Trump WALL Street stocks most- pect the US to move on in Washington at his be- ly rose Wednesday, shrug- soon. “I think there’s just hest, Trump vowed, “we ging off unrest in Wash- a realization that’s what’s will never give up.” Hours ington as rioters, angry happening today is the later, a flag-waving mob supporters of outgoing end,” said FHN Financial’s broke down barricades, President Donald Trump, Chris Low. “We should be and smashed glass doors stormed the US Capitol, back to a more rational uni- of the Capitol, swarming disrupting a vote to make verse within a week or two. inside, rampaging through official Trump’s November The occupation of the US offices and onto the usually election defeat. The display Capitol came shortly after solemn legislative floors. drew shudders from com- Vice President Mike Pence One woman was shot mentators worried about announced he would not and killed, and others in- a democracy on edge, and intervene to stop the certi- jured inside the Capitol, some politicians decried fication of President-elect police said. Lawmakers an attempted coup. But Joe Biden’s victory, draw- were evacuated and hud- even with the chaos, the ing criticism from Trump, dled in offices and inside Dow still finished at an all- who continued to falsely the chamber wearing gas A congressional staffer holds his hands up while police secure the Capitol on time high. claim the election was masks as security forces Wednesday. PHOTO: AFP Investors are essen- somehow fraudulent. guarded the doors with MAJOR US corporations the White House later this the chaos and to facilitate tially running out the clock In a defiant speech to guns drawn. and businesses groups on month, but the normally the peaceful transition of on Trump’s term and ex- supporters who gathered SOURCE: AFP Wednesday condemned ceremonial affair spiralled power.”The lobbying group, the occupation of the US into mayhem. which represents over 200 Capitol by rioters angry at “Today marks a sad chief executives, blamed President Donald Trump’s and shameful chapter in the events on “unlawful election defeat, with one our nation’s history,” Ap- efforts to overturn the le- organization raising the ple CEO Tim Cook said on gitimate results of a demo- possibility of the president Twitter late Wednesday. cratic election. The country being removed from office. “Those responsible for deserves better.” The statements came this insurrection should US Chamber of Com- on a shocking day for the be held to account, and we merce CEO Thomas J. United States, which saw must complete the tran- Donohue said: “The at- mobs overrun Congress sition to President-elect tacks against our nation’s after a rally by Trump, Biden’s administration. It’s Capitol Building and our who had sought to thwart especially when they are democracy must end now,” the process of lawmakers challenged that our ideals and Congress should “con- certifying election results. matter most.”The Busi- clude their Constitutional That was the final ness Roundtable issued a responsibility” to certify administrative step be- statement calling on “the the winner of the presiden- Supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol delaying fore Democratic Presi- president and all relevant tial vote. certification of the presidential election. PHOTO: AFP dent-elect Joe Biden enters officials to put an end to SOURCE: AFP

BREXIT UK car sales crash to almost 30-year low BRITISH new car sales crashed to the Sales tanked by 29.4 per cent com- The sector suffered a revenue loss ter the British government said it planned lowest level for almost three decades in pared with 2019 to 1.63 million new vehi- of £20.4 billion ($27.7 billion, 22.6 billion to ban diesel and petrol car sales from 2020, with demand ravaged by chronic cles, the Society of Motor Manufacturers euros), according to the industry organ- 2030 as part of a plan to achieve carbon coronavirus fallout and Brexit uncertain- and Traders (SMMT) said in a statement. ization. neutrality by the middle of the century. ty, industry data showed Wednesday. That was the lowest level since 1992. Sales took a hit late last year also af- SOURCE: AFP

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A VIOLENT MOB STORMED THE US CAPITOL SENATE RIOTS Washington chaos leaves image of ‘exceptional’ America in tatters

THE storming of the US Con- leaders could barely contain their gress left America’s image as a shock at seeing Donald Trump’s beacon of democracy severely supporters briefly -- but quite tarnished Thursday, with allies easily -- overrun the crucible of unable to hide their shock and US democracy and challenge the authoritarian regimes gleefully peaceful transfer of power. exploiting the unrest. In normal “Where were the police times, a state-backed gang ram- and the Senate bodyguards...?” paging through a legislature to Czech foreign minister Tomas demand a lost election be nul- Petricek asked aloud, as the lified would have US diplomats world watched Trump supporters marching to their laptops to draft cart off podiums, ransack offices a statement of condemnation. or strut around Congress in a But after the deadly violence horned helmet unmolested. Crowds arrive for the “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gather in the in Washington on Wednesday, it Through slavery and segre- nation’s capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President was the turn of officials in capitals gation, Civil War and Cold War, Trump in the 2020 election. PHOTO: GETTY/KYODO from Bogota to New Delhi to call US presidents have often hailed “shining city on the hill.” after four norm-shattering years pretty ordinary, and as fragile as for calm. their democracy as exceptional, That image has been ques- of Trump, it took just a few hours anywhere else. In a string of statements, what Ronald Reagan called the tioned many times before, but of mob rule to make America look SOURCE: AFP

CHAOS IN WASHINGTON ‘DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE’ U.S. Congress roiled by pro-Trump riots International press condemn THE U.S. Congress was thrown Trump into turmoil on Wednesday in the THE chaos unleashed on the US Capitol by Donald Trump’s sup- process of certifying Democrat porters dominated front pages across the world Thursday, with Joe Biden’s presidential win, as headlines such as “Trump sets fire to Washington”, “Democracy supporters of President Donald under siege”, and “The Coup of Madness”. For the most part Trump stormed the Capitol to the international press laid the blame squarely at the outgoing defy the election results in what president’s feet, accusing him of having encouraged the violence. was seen as a serious assault on In Britain, “Trump supporters storm heart of American democracy. democracy” was the headline in The Times, describing how, Lawmakers later resumed “Democrats and Republicans alike pulled on gas masks and the counting of the electoral votes sheltered under desks and staff hid in offices.”“Democracy under that was halted for hours due to siege”, wrote The Daily Telegraph, reporting “unprecedented the chaos. They completed early scenes of violence and chaos” in Washington as “hordes of Trump Thursday the country’s final step supporters” stormed the Capitol. SOURCE: AFP to affirm Biden as the winner of Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with the November presidential elec- President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Trump tion, and he will be sworn in on supporters gather in the nation’s capital to protest the ratification of Jan. 20. But the scenes of pro- President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President testers smashing windows and Trump in the 2020 election. PHOTO: GETTY/KYODO vandalizing offices in the Capitol undermining the election. of the election, and the facts bear seem to have tarnished the image The incident has also result- me out, nevertheless there will of the United States, which has ed in calls for the Republican be an orderly transition on Jan. championed democracy around incumbent to be removed from 20,” Trump said in a statement the world, putting Trump in the office by his Cabinet, although posted on Twitter by White House hot seat over his role in inflam- his term is set to end in about spokesman Dan Scavino after the Richard Barnett, a supporter of US President Donald Trump sits inside ing his supporters through un- two weeks. “Even though I to- election results were finalized. the office of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he protests inside substantiated claims aimed at tally disagree with the outcome SOURCE: Kyodo the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 6, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

NEWS IN BRIEF US Congress formally certifies Joe Biden’s election win Four people die amid violence at U.S. Capitol -- police

US lawmakers on Thursday formally certified Joe Biden as the winner of the presiden- FOUR people died as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump violently occupied the tial election -- clearing the way for his inauguration on January 20. Republican Vice Capitol on Wednesday, according to police of Washington, D.C.. President Mike Pence certified the Electoral College count of 306 electors in favor of One was shot and killed, the other three died because of medical emergencies amid the Democrat against 232 in favor of outgoing Republican President Donald Trump. the violent protests at the Capitol, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee This comes after a violent mob stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, interrupting the said in the evening, adding that 52 people have been arrested. process of certifying the election results. None of the objections to states’ votes were In the night, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser extended the public emergen- sustained. With this, Biden and Harris will be inaugurated on 20 January as scheduled, cy to 15 days, until the day after President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, in response bringing the Trump presidency to a close. Outgoing US President Donald Trump on to the breach of the Capitol. On Wednesday afternoon, Trump’s supporters pushed Thursday offered the clearest signal yet that he will voluntarily leave office on January through barriers at the Capitol building, interrupting the certification of the 2020 elec- 20, saying there will be an “orderly transition” to Joe Biden’s presidency. SOURCE: AFP toral votes and forcing a Capitol lockdown. SOURCE: Xinhua 8 JANUARY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR SOCIETY 15 NEWS IN BRIEF CHAOTIC SCENES PRISONER TO PRESIDENT Ghana army moves to quell parliament Populist poised to win Kyrgyz presidency KYRGYZSTAN holds presidential elections Sunday, with a popu- clash ahead of swearing-in list politician who has served jail time for hostage-taking widely tipped to top the ballot. Sadyr Japarov’s anticipated journey from prison to the presidency is an example of the dramatic changes in fortunes that politicians can enjoy in a Central Asian country that is both more volatile and more pluralistic than its staid, authoritar- ian neighbours. But critics of the combative Japarov, who became acting leader during a political crisis last year before quitting to run in the vote, fear his victory could tip Kyrgyzstan towards the strongman rule dominant in the ex-Soviet region. SOURCE: AFP

ALASKA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE US leases long-sought Alaska oil rights in Trump’s final days

US President Donald Trump’s administration auctioned off 11 oil leases in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, in a last-ditch move to expand drilling in the areas coveted by some petroleum producers before he leaves office.Major oil companies however sat out bidding for tracts in the environmentally sensitive area, and nine of the leases went to the Alaska Industrial Develop- ment and Export Authority, a state agency, while two went to small companies. SOURCE: AFP The mayhem erupted after a ruling party deputy tried to seize the ballot box during the vote for Ghana’s parliament speaker. PHOTO: AFP

GHANAIAN soldiers intervened several hours until the army was so shameful.” The new par- MINUS 19.6°C in parliament to quell a clash be- moved in, with national televi- liament is split down the middle Beijing freezes as temperature tween opposing parties in chaot- sion broadcasting the drama live. between the two main parties, ic scenes overnight ahead of the “There was total breakdown posing the risk of gridlock on hits five decade lows body’s swearing-in on Thursday. of law and order,” said MP-elect tackling Ghana’s problems. Mayhem erupted after a Kwame Twumasi Ampofo of the President Nana Akufo-Addo, lawmaker from the ruling par- opposition National Democratic who narrowly won re-election ty tried to seize the ballot box Congress (NDC). in the December 7 vote for the during the vote for parliament “Looking at a member of legislature and head of state, will speaker. parliament and a minister of also be sworn in on Thursday. The ensuing clash lasted state snatching ballot papers... SOURCE: AFP

MARITIME DISAGREEMENT South Korean delegation heads to Iran over seized oil tanker

People walk on a street in Chaoyang District, Beijing, capital of China, A South Korean delegation left Jan. 6, 2021. PHOTO: XINHUA/JU HUANZONG for Iran on Thursday to nego- TEMPERATURES in the Chinese capital plunged to their lowest tiate the early release of an oil for more than five decades on Thursday, as Beijing was hit by tanker and its crew seized in gale-force winds and bitter conditions. strategic Gulf waters this week. On Thursday morning the mercury dropped to minus 19.6 Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said degrees Celsius (minus 3.3 Fahrenheit), breaking a previous Monday it had seized the South cold weather record set in 1969. Korean-flagged Hankuk Chemi The cold reading was the lowest since 1966, when temper- -- which it said was carrying 7,200 atures in the city fell to minus 27.4 degrees Celsius (minus 17.3 tonnes of “oil chemical products” Fahrenheit). -- for infringing maritime environ- Thousands took to social media to complain about the city’s mental laws. weather, with the hashtags “How cold is this winter?” and “Bei- The Guards said the arrested jing’s temperature reaches the lowest since 1966” both trending crew were from South Korea, In- topics on Weibo and garnering a collective 240 million views. donesia, Vietnam and Myanmar. The South Korean delegation led by Koh Kyung-sok (L) is heading “I heard the wind shouting at me: I want to kill you,” wrote The South Korean delegation, to Iran to negotiate the release of an oil tanker and its crew seized in one. led by the director-general of the strategic Gulf waters. PHOTO: YONHAP/AFP Yet there was no snow and little ice on Thursday, as the foreign ministry’s Middle East- the plane. Iran’s seizure of the frozen assets, a visit that Seoul atmosphere over the city was extremely dry. ern affairs department, boarded tanker came after Tehran had said would go ahead despite the The last time temperatures fell to this level, the founder of a plane early Thursday and was urged Seoul to release billions of seizure. According to Iran’s cen- communist China Chairman Mao was at the helm, and about set to arrive in Tehran via Doha. dollars of Iranian assets frozen in tral bank governor Abdolnasser to embark on the ten-year Cultural Revolution -- a decade-long “I plan to meet my counter- South Korea under US sanctions. Hemmati, the country has “$7 period of social and political chaos that also quashed political part at the Iranian foreign minis- Iran was a key oil supplier to re- billion of deposits in South Korea” rivals. try and will meet others through source-poor South Korea until that can neither “be transferred The same year, to dispel rumours about his failing health, various routes if it will help efforts Washington’s rules blocked the nor do we get any returns on, the then-73-year-old Mao also swam across the waters of the to resolve the issue of the ship’s purchases. South Korea’s vice- while they ask us for the costs” Yangtze river in a political stunt to prove his youthfulness. seizure,” said Koh Kyung-sok, the foreign minister is due to travel to of holding the funds. SOURCE: AFP chief delegate, before boarding Tehran next week to discuss the SOURCE: AFP 8 JANUARY 2021 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Juventus end Yangon United signs Emerson Reis Luiz for one-year loan AC Milan’s IN preparation for the upcoming 27-game Myanmar National League sea- son, Yangon United signed a Bra- unbeaten run zilian midfielder Emerson Reis Luiz from Zwekapin United with in Serie A a one-year contract, according to the team’s statement released MILAN—Italian champions yesterday. Juventus inflicted a first Upon joining the Yangon league defeat of the season United, Emerson has expressed on Serie A leaders AC Mi- his cheerfulness. lan, ending their 27-match “I am very happy to be back unbeaten run with a 3-1 win to Yangon and feel so good to on Wednesday. be here. I know the team and Stefano Pioli’s side history, and I am sure to play maintained their one-point well for the team again. I want advantage over city rivals to say the fans that I give my Inter Milan who missed a best to every single game and chance to go top with a 2-1 fight for the title. Every year the loss at Sampdoria. team always fights for the title, AC Milan had been and I am thrilled to be back with unbeaten since before the this team.” Brazilian midfielder Emerson Reis Luiz holds the Yangon United banner as part of his football club coronavirus lockdown last Emerson began his career arrival. PHOTO: YUFC March, with a run of 12 with Guarani FC in 2003, and he matches without defeat to was playing for some profession- team win the MNL Champion- Yangon United in 2017 and did the Myanmar National League complete last season where al football clubs in Brazil till 2013. ship title in 2015. his best for the team again. and played for Zwekapin Unit- they finished sixth, and 15 In 2014, he arrived at the Next, he moved to Bosnian In 2018, he again spent ed in the 2020 season with 11 games this campaign. Myanmar National League club club FK Sarajevo for a year loan. another two years in Brazilian appearances and three goals Federcio Chiesa Yangon United and helped the However, he returned to clubs, and then he moved back to scored. – Lynn Thit (Tgi) bagged his first brace for the champions, scoring on 18 and 62 minutes in the San Siro with Weston McKennie Of mice and men: Keeping track of Ronaldo and co getting a third with quarter LONDON—Cristiano Ronaldo the task of tracking “movement only people on our courses who with video analysis, which of an hour to go. and his Portugal team-mates of players on the pitch”. loved football,” Saavedra told had been done only manually Davide Calabria had may be surprised to learn the Saavedra and Argentini- AFP in an interview. “There before. By marrying data and pulled a goal back before video and data analysis their an co-founder Bruno Dagnino are lots of nerds in science who video they created what its the break to level for Milan coaches use was devised by -- who studied the eye move- do not have other hobbies and developers call a “workflow of who were playing without scientists who used it to track ments of monkeys and humans so he and I could talk football, football analysts”. injured star Zlatan Ibrahi- the behaviour of mice, mon- -- found they shared more than which was nice.” “Presenting graphs and movic. keys and human eye move- an interest in science when The final part of the puz- raw data was not enough for The hosts had been hit ments. they were studying for their zle was complete with another clubs,” said Saavedra. The hours before kick-off with Ruben Saavedra, the Span- PhDs in the Netherlands. Argentinian, Enzo Angilletta, process is unusual in that it the news that forward Ante ish CEO of Metrica Sports, “We had two things in who had a video production analyses technical skills and Rebic and midfielder Rade says it is not a stretch to trans- common: as Barcelona and Ar- company. positioning during matches, Krunic had tested positive fer the use of data to track the gentina fans, Lionel Messi was Togther they developed a rather than simply measure for Covid-19.—AFP behaviour of mice and rats to an easy link, and we were the system that integrates data distance covered.—AFP

E-sports: Shanghai builds $1.1 billion hub in push to be global industry leader

SHANGHAI—China has begun building a US$900 million (S$1.18 billion) facility it hopes will be the envy of e-sports and seal its push to make Shanghai the global capital of the fast-growing professional gaming industry. The Shanghai International New Cultural and Creative E-sports Centre is scheduled for completion in 2023 and will cost at least 5.8 billion yuan, Chinese authorities and media said. Officials in the Shanghai district home to the centre said they want it to become “a pilgrimage site” for e-sports enthusiasts from all over the world. Once finished, it will boast a 6,000-seater e-sports venue, a five-star e-sports-themed hotel and a museum devoted to gaming, Minhang district officials said. The high-tech hub will span 500,000 sq m and “accommodate hundreds of domestic and foreign e-sports-related enterprises”, the district economic development committee said following Monday’s groundbreaking ceremony. Speaking to AFP in 2018, leading Shanghai sports official Luo The Chinese e-sports team battles the Thai team at Arena of Valour, one of the six e-sports demonstration Wenhua said the Chinese city “has proposed to become the capital of events at the 2018 Asian Games, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 26, 2018. PHOTO: XINHUA e-sports”.—AFP