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Vol. VIII, No. 118, 8th Waxing of Wagaung 1383 ME www.gnlm.com.mm Sunday, 15 August 2021

Five-Point Road Map of the State Administration Council

1. The Union Election Commission will be reconstituted and its mandated tasks, including the scrutiny of voter lists, shall be implemented in accordance with the law. 2. Effective measures will be taken with added momentum to prevent and manage the COVID-19 pandemic. 3. Actions will be taken to ensure the speedy recovery of businesses from the impact of COVID-19. 4. Emphasis will be placed on achieving enduring peace for the entire nation in line with the agreements set out in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. 5. Upon accomplishing the provisions of the state of emergency, free and fair multiparty democratic elections will be held in line with the 2008 Constitution, and further work will be undertaken to hand over State duties to the winning party in accordance with democratic standards.

Imports of medical supplies Vegetable seeds, natural insecticides provided to farmers operate on public holidays of home gardens in ChaungU THE Forest Department of in conducting educating pro- ChaungU Township in Monywa grammes regarding with agro- District of Sagaing Region pro- tech,” said township department vided 27 kinds of crop seeds and head Daw Khin Myat Myat Oo. natural insecticides to the farm- The township Forest De- ers for their manageable scale partment is providing the need- home gardens on 12 August. ed vegetable seeds and natural The officials gave 108 packages insecticide to the local farmers containing 27 kinds of seeds and to develop a home garden for insecticides to 15 farmers of five earning extra incomes, and as village-tracts of ChaungU Town- eating the fresh vegetables pro- ship. vides health benefits. Moreover, “For home gardens, we pro- there is a home garden in office vided vegetable seeds and home- compound in accordance with the made insecticides to reduce the instruction of the head of Sagaing use of chemicals to the farmers in Region Agriculture Department five village-tracts. Then, we also and arrangements are being gave them to Aye Yeik Mon, home made to start a home garden in for the women. We will continue Khin Mon technology dissemi- to cooperate with the farmers nation centre.—Lu Lay/GNLM

A cargo truck is carrying oxygen cylinder to be distributed to regions and states. THE Ministry of Commerce is importation on public holidays. one gas oxygen containers, three working hard to ensure people Yesterday, 30 empty oxygen storage containers, 9,738 empty have access to essential medical containers and 1,944 oxygen con- oxygen cylinders, 1,175 home ox- supplies which are critical to the centrators were imported via ygen concentrators, 40,680 PPE COVID-19 prevention, control aviation service at the Yangon suits and 37 tonnes of masks and treatment activities, includ- International Airport. In addi- were imported through border ing liquid oxygen and oxygen cyl- tion, 79 tonnes of liquid oxygen, trade points. inders, arranging the continuous five tonnes of oxygen cylinders, SEE PAGE-2 15 AUGUST 2021 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Farmers urged to prepare cultivation of summer paddy now, make natural fertilizers for their farms : Yangon Region Chief Minister

YANGON Region Chief Minister model research farms in Yin- U Hla Soe, Commander of Yan- taikkwin Village where the head gon Command Maj-Gen Nyunt of Yangon Region Agriculture Win Swe and officials yesterday Department reported on cultiva- viewed vaccination process of tion of 120,000 acres of monsoon COVID-19 and provided protec- paddy, 41,977 acres of beans, tive equipment in Taikkyi Town- more than 6,000 acres of edi- ship before viewing monsoon ble oil crops, over 300 acres of paddy model plot and private maize and over 3,800 acres of breeding farms. sugarcane plantations in the Vaccination for COVID-19 township. The Chief Minister prevention was held at Myoma of the region urged farmers to Basic Education High School in prepare cultivation of summer Taikkyi where the region gov- paddy now and make natural ernment and township admin- fertilizers for their farms. istration body presented PPE During the visits, they suits, hand gel bottles, masks viewed round the broiler and and other equipment to the layer farms in Uto Village and charity associations. breeding of over 100 oxen in The Chief Minister and Myaungdakar Model Village.— party viewed monsoon paddy Hsan Kyaw Oo (IPRD)/GNLM Yangon Region Chief Minister U Hla Soe views raising of layers in the farm. Imports of medical supplies operate on public holidays

FROM PAGE-1 A total of 743 tonnes of liq- uid oxygen, 171 tonnes of oxygen cylinders, 72 oxygen containers, seven liquid oxygen storage con- tainers, six liquid oxygen dis- tributors, 99,601 empty oxygen containers, 22 oxygen plants, 10 oxygen generators, 70,504 oxygen concentrators, 150,268 test kits, 473,012 PPE suits, 72 tonnes of gloves and 983 tonnes of masks have been imported to date in August. From 1 July to 14 August, 1,570 tonnes of liquid oxygen, 738

Taunggyi, Thanbyuzayat, Mag- way, Dawei, Wakema, Myittha, Kyaukpadaung and Mogaung respectively. The Ministry on 13 August announced that the border trade points will not be suspended from work on declared public holidays, from 16 to 22 August, and import operations will be conducted as usual. The importation of COV- ID-19 devices will be allowed Cargo trucks transports medical supplies and necessary equipment to major cities from regions and states. in accordance with the SOP tonnes of oxygen cylinders, nine four oxygen filling machines, 2 were imported. and 1 to Thaton respective- priority, negotiated by relevant tonnes of oxygen gas, 186 tonnes pairs of oxygen refilling, 21 oxy- Of 76 liquid oxygen bowsers ly. Among 30 oxygen plants, 5 departments, and online import of oxygen cylinders, seven stor- gen generators, 139,650 oxygen imported between 1 July and 14 were transported to Lashio, 4 licence application will also be age containers, six oxygen dis- concentrators, 473,146 test kits, August, 58 of them were distrib- to Yangon, 4 to Bago, 3 to Man- allowed as usual during the office tributors, 140,092 empty oxygen 656,037 PPE suits, 88 tonnes of uted to Yangon, 11 to Manda- dalay, 2 to Pakokku, 2 to Hpa-an, hours.—MNA cylinders, 30 oxygen plants, gloves and 2,261 tonnes of masks lay, 2 to Bago, 4 to Mawlamyine 2 to Mawlamyine, one each to

3,419 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 14 August, total figure rises to 351,605

MYANMAR’S COVID-19 positive cases rose to 351,605 after 3,419 new cases were reported on 14 August 2021 according to the Ministry of Health. Among these con- firmed cases, 267,740 have been discharged from hospitals. Death toll reached 13,078 after 199 died. —MNA 15 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3 BGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGA Emphasis must be placed on development tasks while prioritizing peace and stability, especially political stability

THEY are carrying out the government tasks in a smooth process. It is necessary to consider extension of new sectors. The unrests and terror acts based on vote-rigging in the 2020 election are being combated. Emphasis must be placed on development tasks while prioritizing the peace and stability, especially political stability. The provisional government temporarily takes the responsibility of the country, and when the emergency period runs out, the election will be held under the law. Undertakings will be carried out to hand over the State duty to the government emerged by the election in accord with the Constitution.

(Excerpt from the speech to the meeting 13/2021 of the State Administration Council made by the Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on 8 August 2021) CHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHD Pan Khin project important for socio-economic lives of citizens: I & P Union Minister THE Ministry of Immigration all should emphasize this mat- and Population organized a ter and discuss improvement meeting on e-ID system for the e-ID system in detail. granting household list and Moreover, the Union Min- citizenship scrutiny cards on ister joined a coordination 13 August. meeting on duties of media Firstly, Director Daw for public participation in im- Hmon Shwe Yi of National plementing Pan Khin project Registration and Citizenship yesterday and the deputy di- Department reported on the rector general explained the e-ID system, current e-ID sys- work plans. tems of world countries and During the meeting, the other related matters. Union Minister highlighted the Then, Union Minister U importance of Pan Khin project Khin Yi stressed the need to for the socio-economic lives study the nature of e-ID sys- of citizens, ways to seek pub- tem in granting CSC cards and lic cooperation in the project, make plans to offer many ser- online and offline media, edu- vices with that system which cation programmes via social is the most fundamental one in network and other work plans e-government system. to present the project for the He also said the depart- region/state authorities, ethnic ment is related to the national people organizations and other Union Minister for Immigration and Population U Khin Yi hears reports on implementation of Pan Khin project security and prosperity and so social organizations.—MNA by officials. Magway Region provides health insurance premium to volunteers MAGWAY Region COVID-19 of COVID-19 without political Control and Emergency Re- colours. He said that volun- sponse Committee presented teers were provided K 2,500 health insurance documents as daily allowance. and aid to volunteers from He added non-governmen- the region in Magway on 13 tal organizations carrying out August. philanthropic tasks need to Assistant Manager U Soe contact each other for seeking Nyein of Myanma Insurance help to overcome challenges of explained the procedures for COVID-19 and the region gov- signing of the health insurance ernment pledges to provide premiums. necessary assistance to them. Chief Minister of Magway The Chief Minister pre- Region U Tint Lwin praised sented insurance premiums the volunteers comprising to 576 volunteers from five those from Red Cross Brigade, districts of the region and Parahita and funeral service region ministers, PPE suits, associations for their efforts gloves, masks, hand gel and in participating in the preven- body bags.—Maung Nyi Nyar tion, control and treatment (Magway)/GNLM

Magway Region Chief Minister U Tint Lwin presents documents of health insurance to an official. 15 AUGUST 2021 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Irrawaddy dolphin found dead in Pakokku

AN Irrawaddy dolphin was found dead in the Ayeyawady river con- servation areas near Hnawgon Village in Magyipinpu Village-tract of Pakokku Township in Magway Region yesterday. U Pho Pyone from Natkyun Village-tract found the body and took it to his village. Village administrator U Sein Hlaing reported it to the township administrative officials. Then, seven officials in- cluding the deputy township administrator and police officer went to the scene and inspected the dead dolphin. It measured six feet and nine inches long with a girth of four feet. It died three days ago with an injury on its head. According to the inspection, it was found to have died from old age. The endangered Irrawaddy dolphins were found in October 2020 in the Ayeyawady River in Pakokku Township and local journalists and fishermen took photos of them. The relevant departments, local residents and fishermen should cooperate with each other to protect the critically endangered and rare Irrawaddy dolphins, said U Ye Lwin Thein, head of district Fisheries Department.—Salai Ko Kee (IPRD)/GNLM Officials check body of Irrawaddy dolphin by measuring the body.

Armed terrorists brutally kill innocent people Public request by Ministry of Health

ONLY when the people cooperate will the work process achieve success in a short time for effective prevention, control and treatment of COVID-19 among the people. As such, all the people are requested to abide by the following points: - 1. Stay at home as much as possible. 2. Don’t accept the guests at the house. You don’t visit other houses. 3. The older persons above 65 or those suffering from chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and Innocent people are dead and injured in attacks of armed terrorists. heart must be worn masks in the house. They must THE armed terrorists brutally Ward of Loikaw Township in the same day. According to the be placed at well-ventilated sites. killed the township administra- Kayah State. According to the investigation, one man riding 4. Wear masks if you go outside without fail. System- tive officials, government em- inspection, four men riding two motorcycle shot him while he atically wash hands. Take a six-foot distance from ployees and innocent civilians motorcycles arrived there and was working in front of his others. Avoid visits to the rooms where ventilation in some townships of regions two of them stabbed him to house, and he ran away. The is not good. and states. death. The victim died on the victim was taken to Lamaing 5. Avoid the crowds. On 13 August, U Han Thar, spot. public hospital. 6. If possible, go shopping once a week. Don’t buy an- chairman of National Demo- Similarly, another victim The security forces con- ything from the vendors who don’t systematically cratic Front (NDF), was killed Maung Htein got gunshot duct investigation to arrest wear masks. at Nyein Chan Yay electronic wound in Ywathit Village of the suspects for legal action.— 7. Take care of carrying the virus to the houses whenev- equipment shop in Mingalar Ye Township of Mon State on MNA er return home from outside. Systematically discard the used masks and single disposable equipment outside the houses. Avoid close contact with family members before changing clothes or washing the body. Daily newspapers available online 8. As the vaccines for your quota is the best, accept vaccinations for full time. Despite receiving the vac- FOR those who would like to read the Myanma Alinn, the Kyemon and the Global New Light of cination, you should abide by the protective ways. Myanmar, published daily by the Ministry of Information, please visit www.moi.gov.mm/mal, www. 9. Systematically cooperate in prevention, control and treatment of the disease with manpower, money, moi.gov.mm/km, www.moi.gov.mm/nlm and www.gnlm.com.mm/e-paper. materials and expertise. News and Periodicals Enterprise Ministry of Health (2-8-2021)

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THE bilateral border trade in value of exports by $9.5 stood at over US$35 million as million and the bilateral im- of 30 July in the current 2020- ports dropped by nearly $6.47 21 financial year which saw a million. slight decrease of $16 million, Myanmar exports goods from the corresponding peri- to Bangladesh through both od of last year, according to maritime and land routes. Bi- the Ministry of Commerce’s lateral border trade is mainly trade report. conducted through the Sit- The Myanmar-Bang- tway and Maungtaw points ladesh total border trade of entry. during the period included The products traded Myanmar’s export of $16.98 between the two countries million and its imports of include bamboo, ginger, pea- $18.4 million. nuts, saltwater prawns and At corresponding time fish, dried plums, garlic, rice, last FY, the Myanmar-Bang- mung beans, blankets, candy, ladesh trade through border plum jams, footwear, frozen A combine harvester is in operation for winnowing paddy. gates was touched at $51 mil- foods, chemicals, leather, jute THE rice price in domestic On 14 August, the price of food for the people, has gradu- lion, with exports worth $26.5 products, tobacco, plastic, market has climbed to over Pawsan (80 marks) rice reached ally risen since July. These rice million and imports amount- wood, knitwear and bever- K5,000 per bag (containing 108 K 42,400 per bag while Pawsan prices have been rising stead- ing to $24.89 million. ages, according to the Min- pounds), according to the data (90 marks) fetched K 44,600 per ily since the monsoon paddy is When compared with last istry.—ACM/GNLM of Mawlamyine Commodity bag. Pawkywe (80 marks) was started cultivating season in FY, this FY saw a decrease Depot. priced at K 34,600 per bag while May. Each type of rice verity The rice price on 1 July for Pawkywe (90 marks) was sold has increased by K2,500. Pawsan (80 marks) fetched K at K 36,100 per bag. The price Although the rice prices 37,200 per bag while Pawsan of Emahta rice (80 marks) was are rising continuously this (90 marks) was K 39,400 per priced at K 26,800 per bag while year, the price is not much dif- bag. Pawkywe (80 marks) rice Emahta rice (90 marks) fetched ferent from last year. was priced at K 32,200 per bag K28,800 per bag. Mawlamyine Commodity while Pawkywe (90 marks) hit As a result, the price of rice Depot expected that the rice K 33,700 per bag. The price of bag containing 108 pounds has prices are likely to rise con- Emahta rice (80 marks) was risen from K1,500 to K5,200 de- tinuously next month because sold at K 25,300 per bag while pending upon the rice quality, COVID-19 pandemic and natu- Emahta rice (90 marks) was respectively. ral disasters are also affecting priced at K27,300 per bag. The price of rice, a staple the rice market.—NN/GNLM 15 AUGUST 2021 6 PANDEMIC: WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Australia clamps down on ‘most concerning day of the pandemic’ AUSTRALIA’S biggest city an- most populous state of New nounced tighter Covid restric- South Wales hit another daily tions including heavier fines and record of 466 community cases. tighter policing on Saturday as Residents are still allowed authorities battled to contain a to leave their homes for exer- Delta outbreak and said they cise, shopping, health care and were seeing the “most concern- essential work. ing day of the pandemic” so far. Rules for leaving Sydney After months of pursuing a were also tightened to prevent “Covid zero” strategy, Australia the outbreak from spreading has been struggling to bring a further into other regions. resurgence of coronavirus cases The nation’s capital, which under control, with more than 10 is surrounded by New South million people under lockdown Wales, was sent into lockdown in its two largest cities and the earlier this week while the sec- capital Canberra. ond-largest city of Melbourne is Residents of Sydney, going battling its own outbreak. The into an eighth week under stay- resurgence has increased crit- at-home orders, will now face Residents of Sydney will face heftier fines from Monday for flouting stay-at-home rules or lying to contact icism of the country’s sluggish heftier fines for flouting rules tracers. PHOTO: AFP vaccine rollout, with just a quar- or lying to contact tracers, with sufficient to stop the spread. and checkpoints while hundreds will help enforce stay-at-home ter of eligible Australians so far current restrictions proving in- Police would boost patrols more defence force personnel orders as the outbreak in the fully vaccinated. —AFP Guatemala declares state of Bangladesh to sign emergency over Delta Covid surge COVID-19 vaccine co- GUATEMALA has declared a contagious. It is causing new gency, which must be ratified by production agreement with new state of emergency and outbreaks and many govern- Congress, an overnight curfew will impose an overnight cur- ments have had to impose new will be imposed from Sunday, China: FM few from Sunday to contain a restrictions on their populations running from 10pm to 4am. surge in Covid infections due as a mitigation measure. Guate- It also provides for speed- to the Delta variant, President mala cannot be the exception,” ing up the purchase of sup- Alejandro Giammattei said. he said. plies to deal with the pandem- The 30-day state of emer- Guatemala, with about 17 ic, establishes minimum and gency is being implemented due million inhabitants, has been maximum prices for essential to a rebound in cases attributed recording more than 4,000 new goods and bans mass meetings, to the “more aggressive” Delta infections a day, with 407,564 although demonstrations that variant, Giammattei said in a cases and 11,006 deaths since comply with social distancing televised address on Friday. the start of the pandemic. measures will be allowed. — “The Delta variant is highly Under the state of emer- AFP Canada to mandate Covid vaccine for Bangladesh’s Health Ministry also confirmed that 1.7 million Chinese government workers Sinopharm vaccines, under the UN’s COVAX facility, has arrived in Dhaka. PHOTO: XINHUA THE Canadian government an- weeks. thousands of workers.” nounced Friday it will require The federal government The vaccination require- TO strengthen its campaign said Yan. all federal workers and most is Canada’s largest employer ment for the transport sector against the alarming spike Bangladesh’s Health commercial rail, air and ship and Dominic LeBlanc, a govern- should be applied by the end of in the COVID-19 spread in Ministry also confirmed that passengers to get vaccinated ment minister in charge of Can- October at the latest, LeBlanc the country, Bangladesh has 1.7 million Chinese Sinop- against Covid-19, amid a surge ada’s federal bureaucracy, said said at a press briefing. planned to sign an agreement harm vaccines, under the in virus cases due to the Delta the vaccine mandate is “aimed It includes all commercial with China for vaccine co-pro- UN’s COVAX facility, has ar- variant. at helping Canada reach a min- air passengers, as well as peo- duction, reported Pakistani rived in Dhaka. A deadline for inoculations imum level of coverage needed ple traveling by rail between daily The Nation, citing Bang- On Wednesday, Bangla- for some 300,000 public servants to fully reopen the economy, and provinces and on large vessels ladeshi Foreign Minister AK deshi Finance Minister AHM will be announced in the coming keep it open as well as to protect such as cruise ships, local media Abdul Momen. Mustafa Kamal told media cited Transport Minister Omar The agreement would the government needs around Alghabra as saying. be signed very soon and the 276 million vaccine doses to The country’s largest carri- co-production will start in a achieve its target to inoculate er, Air Canada, said mandatory few weeks, the foreign min- over 138 million people. vaccinations was “a welcome ster was quoted as saying in Bangladesh has so far step forward in the evolving a recent report. fully vaccinated only 5 mil- measures to protect the health Earlier on Tuesday, Min- lion people while 15 million and safety of airline employees, ister-Counselor of the Chi- people have taken the first customers and all Canadians.” nese Embassy in Dhaka Yan dose of the two-jab vaccines, As of Friday, 71 percent of Hualong also confirmed in a the paper reported. Canada’s 38 million population Facebook post the planned Bangladesh has regis- had received at least one dose of cooperation between the two tered 1.4 million COVID-19 a Covid-19 vaccine, while nearly countries. cases with over 23,000 deaths A woman receives a Covid-19 vaccine in the Canadian city of Mississauga 62 percent were fully vaccinat- “We shall soon be com- and more than 1.2 million re- in May 2021. PHOTO: AFP ed. —AFP ing for vaccine co-producing,” coveries. — Xinhua 15 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 7 Weapon seizures ‘massive China, Russia conclude joint boon’ for Taliban as cities fall THE United States spent bil- for the Taliban to immediate- military exercise lions supplying the Afghan mili- ly pick them up. The Taliban’s tary with the tools to defeat the social media is awash with vid- Taliban, but the rapid capitula- eos of Taliban fighters seizing tion of the armed forces means weapons caches—the majority that weaponry is now fuelling supplied by Western powers. the insurgents’ astonishing bat- Footage of Afghan soldiers tlefield successes. “We provided surrendering in the northern our Afghan partners with all city of Kunduz shows army ve- the tools—let me emphasise: hicles loaded with heavy weap- all the tools,” US President Joe ons and mounted with artillery Biden said when defending his guns safely in the hands of the decision to withdraw American insurgent rank and file. In the forces and leave the fight to western city of Farah, fight- the locals. But Afghan defence ers patrolled in a car marked forces have shown little appe- with an eagle swooping on a tite for that fight and, in their snake—the official insignia of tens of thousands, have been the country’s intelligence ser- laying down their arms—only vice.— AFP

A joint military exercise between China and Russia, named ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021, concluded Friday in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. PHOTO: XINHUA

A JOINT military exercise be- ister of National Defense Wei and comprehensive and practical tween China and Russia, named Fenghe and his Russian coun- cooperation, so as to make great- ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021, terpart Sergei Shoigu observed er contributions to the building of concluded Friday in northwest the exercise and held talks later a community with a shared future China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous in the day. Wei said that the Chi- for humanity, and safeguarding Region. nese and Russian armed forces world peace and stability, Wei A four-phase exercise was have supported each other in the said. Russia is willing to enhance held on Friday morning and at- face of the COVID-19 pandemic, strategic communication with tended by more than 10,000 ser- demonstrating the high-level de- China, deepen cooperation in vice personnel and main battle velopment of relations between areas such as counterterrorism armaments, including aircraft, the two militaries. and work together to safeguard Taliban fighters stand on a vehicle along the roadside in Herat, artillery and armored vehicles The two militaries should regional peace and stability, Afghanistan’s third biggest city. PHOTO: AFP of various models. Chinese Min- enhance strategic coordination Shoigu said.— Xinhua

NEWS IN BRIEF NATO says to support Afghan govt ‘as much as possible’ Japan to give public employees paid leave for fertility treatment

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg NATO will maintain our diplomatic pres- JAPAN will give national public employees cating she hopes the move will encourage said on Friday the alliance would keep its ence in Kabul, and continue to adjust as up to 10 days of paid leave a year to receive the private sector to follow suit. An online civilian diplomatic presence in Afghani- necessary,” Stoltenberg said, in a statement fertility treatments starting next January, in survey, conducted in January and February, stan as it tries to support the Afghan gov- following a meeting of NATO envoys. The a bid to support couples hoping to have a receiving responses from roughly 47,000 ernment and security forces in the face of Taliban has overrun a string of regional baby as the country grapples with a rapidly national public employees, showed 1.8 the Taliban’s offensive. “Our aim remains capitals in a lightning offensive since declining birth rate. “The public sector will percent were undergoing fertility treatment to support the Afghan government and NATO troops largely pulled out of the take the initiative,” Yuko Kawamoto, pres- while 10.1 percent said they have experi- security forces as much as possible. The country on the back of US President Joe ident of the National Personnel Authority, ence with it and 3.7 percent said they had security of our personnel is paramount. Biden’s decision to withdraw. — AFP said Tuesday at a press conference, indi- considered it.— Kyodo Heavy rain triggers floods, landslides in Japan

MORE than a million people were urged while a muddy stream began to overflow to seek shelter as torrential rain triggered in neighbouring Saga prefecture. floods and landslides in western Japan on A 59-year-old woman died and two of Saturday, leaving at least one dead and two her family members were missing after a missing. Authorities in Hiroshima and the landslide destroyed two houses in Unzen, northern part of Kyushu issued their high- Nagasaki prefecture, a local official said. est evacuation alert as the weather agency “More than 150 troops, police and reported unprecedented levels of rain in firefighters were dispatched to the site the area. Under the non-compulsory alert, for rescue operations,” Takumi Kumasaki around 1.4 million residents have been told AFP. “They are carefully searching for asked to leave their homes immediately, the missing residents, while watching out public broadcaster NHK reported. for further mudslides as the heavy rain TV footage showed rescuers towing continues.” Downpours are forecast for A landslide destroyed two houses in Unzen, Nagasaki prefecture. PHOTO: NAGASAKI residents through submerged streets on a several more days over a large swathe of KENOU FIRE DEPARTMENT/AFP lifeboat in the town of Kurume in Fukuoka, the country. — AFP 15 AUGUST 2021 15 AUGUST 2021 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTICLE / NATIONAL 9

Choose the best MYANMAR GAZETTE Pandemic In Numbers: Surge Continues Appointment of Heads of livelihoods to Service Organizations The COVID-19 pandemic continued to surge around the world this week, driven by a worsening THE State Administration Council has appointed the following benefit themselves situation in the United States (US) and Canada. persons as heads of service organizations shown against each on probation from the date they assume charge of their duties. ERE is the global state of Colombia (minus 36 percent), Mo- percent to 9,540. Name Appointment and the State play according to a spe- zambique and Zimbabwe each 34 Hcialised AFP database. percent less and Peru (minus 28 Vaccinations 1. Dr Khin Maung Zaw Rector percent). Ecuador led the vaccination Pro-Rector Sittway University YANMAR people have many opportunities to set up Five Percent Increase race, among countries with more Sittway University Department of Higher businesses based on natural resources such as rivers, The average number of new Most New Cases than a million inhabitants, jabbing Department of Higher Education creeks and fertile lands in order to create employment daily cases globally increased The US continued to regis- 1.59 percent of its population every M Education Ministry of Education opportunities for the people. by five percent over the week to ter the most daily cases over the day this week. Most of the people, accounting for some 70 per cent, are 645,400, according to an AFP tally week with 129,400 a day, an in- Malaysia followed with 1.42 Ministry of Education residing in the rural areas. They are engaged in agriculture and to Thursday. crease of 31 percent, followed by percent, Sri Lanka (1.37 percent), livestock breeding as their primary livelihoods. In addition to The pandemic has continued India (37,900, minus six percent) Singapore (1.22 percent), Panama 2. Professor Dr Myo Thet Tin Rector these businesses, ethnic national people manufacture traditional to gain ground for the past two and Iran (37,500, an increase of (1.20 percent, Turkey (1.15 per- Pro-Rector (Admin) University of Medicine, products such as sculpture, pots, furniture and traditional wo- months largely due to the highly 13 percent). cent) and Trinidad and Tobago University of Medicine, Mandalay ven textile for earning family contagious Delta variant which On a per capita basis the (1.02 percent). While they are vac- incomes. is predominant in a number of country that recorded the most cinating more slowly, among the Mandalay Department of Human In fact, the motherland countries. The confirmed cases new cases this week was Georgia countries with the most advanced Department of Human Resources for Health Only when Myanmar is teeming with only reflect a fraction of the actual with 746 cases per 100,000 inhab- vaccination drives are the United Resources for Health Ministry of Health small and large rivers and number of infections, with varying itants, followed by Cuba (538) and Arab Emirates with 175 first and Ministry of Health creeks such as Ayeyawady, counting practices and levels of the Dominican Republic (497). second doses per 100 inhabitants, the businesses People queue for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine during the first mega COVID-19 vaccination Chindwin, Thanlwin, Sit- testing in different countries. drive at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Kuala Lumpur on 31 May, 2021. PHOTO: AFP Singapore (142), Israel (139), Den- of individual toung, Laymyo and Kaladan Indonesia Mourns Most mark (137), Canada (136), Chile rivers flowing from the north Flare Up In North America Middle East, which saw a seven and by 31 percent in Oceania. with 76 percent more, Israel with Deaths and Belgium (134 doses each), ` people improve, to the south in all regions The number of new infections percent increase, and in Europe 52 percent more and Lebanon 48 Indonesia continued to mourn Spain (129), the United Kingdom and states. These rivers and was by far the worst in the US-Can- where the number of cases in- Biggest Spikes percent more. the highest number of daily deaths, (128) and China (127). will it contribute creeks are primary sources ada zone, with 31 percent more creased by three percent. It was On a country basis, Azerbai- with 1,613 per day, followed by Bra- Some of these countries, in- for doing businesses of the cases compared to the previous stable in Africa and Asia. There jan saw the biggest pick up in cas- Biggest Drops zil (884) and Russia (791). cluding the United Arab Emirates, much to local people. As such, the week. The pandemic also picked was a slow-down of four percent in es, with an increase of 111 percent. Fiji saw the biggest drop of At a global level the number Israel and Chile have started ad- Myanmar Daily Weather Report people undertake cultiva- up speed, but more slowly, in the Latin America and the Caribbean Switzerland and Canada followed 47 percent this week, followed by of daily deaths increased by two ministering third doses. —AFP development tion of various crops such (Issued at 7:00 pm Saturday 14 August 2021) as paddy, wheat, vegetables, jute and banana as well as BAY INFERENCE: Monsoon is strong over the Andaman of the State perennial crops while oper- Sea and South Bay and weak to moderate elsewhere over the ating farming animals and COVID-19 hampering Zimbabwe’s elephants conservation efforts Bay of Bengal. economy. If producing marine products with a great reliance on the FORECAST VALID UNTIL MORNING OF THE 15 August, local businesses rivers and creeks. HE COVID-19 pandemic has of the year, and over the last five years, and southeast Lowveld have an overpop- 2021: Rain or thundershowers will be scattered in Lower Saging, At the same time, the affected Zimbabwe’s primary nearly 400 people have been killed in ulation of elephants. Mandalay, Magway Regions, fairly widespread in Nay Pyi Taw increase the people in the central Myan- Tsource of funding for the con- incidents of human-wildlife conflict. Of Hwange National Park, which is and Bago Region and widespread in the remaining Regions mar are focusing on cultiva- servation of elephants and other wild- the 400 deaths, about 50 percent are due 14,650 square kilometers in geograph- and States with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls in Yangon, export volume, tion of sesame, groundnut, life, resulting in a surge in incidents of to conflict with elephants, Farawo said. ical size, is a habitat to around 51,000 Ayeyawady, Taninthayi Regions and Kachin State. Degree of potato, sunflower and other human-wildlife conflict. “We have had to revise our budget in elephants against a carrying capacity certainty is (100%). they will earn seasonal crops with the use Incidents involving elephants killing some cases by up to 80 percent. We rely of 15,000 elephants. Gonarezhou has an of irrigated water from dams people or destroying their crops have on tourism for funding and tourism is as ecological carrying capacity of 5,000 ele- STATE OF THE SEA: Squalls with rough seas are likely at larger income. and reservoirs as well as riv- accounted for the bulk of cases of hu- good as dead. We do require funding to phants but is currently accommodating times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi er water pumping stations. man-wildlife conflict reported in Zimba- fight poaching, for law enforcement and around 13,000 jumbos, Farawo said. Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35)mph. As such, it is necessary bwe so far this year, as the country con- research,” Farawo said. Sea will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters. Wave to consider how to improve tinues to grapple with an overpopulation He said Zimbabwe’s success story Ever-growing population height will be about (8–10) feet in Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off businesses of the local peo- of the jumbos, according to the Zimbabwe in wildlife conservation is inadvertently He said faced with an ever-growing and along Mon- Taninthayi Coasts and about (5-7) feet off and ple with the assistance of water sources which scatter all parts National Parks and Wildlife Management posing serious challenges, as cases of population against the background of along Rakhine Coasts. of the nation. Only when the businesses of individual people Authority (ZIMPARKS). human-wildlife conflict increase. restrictions in culling, depopulation by improve, will it contribute much to development of the State Every year on Aug. 12, the World El- moving animals to where they are less OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Increase economy. If local businesses increase the export volume, they will ephant Day is observed across the world. Over 100,000 elephants concentrated is the only medium to a of rain in Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady, Taninthayi Regions and earn larger income. If so, the government can levy commercial The day aims to spread awareness about Currently, Zimbabwe has a popula- long-term solution to managing the ele- Kayin, Mon States. tax and income tax from businesspersons and allot such fund the plight of elephants and identify their tion of over 100,000 elephants against an phant population in the country. This file photo taken on April 13, 2019, shows elephants at Mana Pools National Park in to the regions and states for development tasks. importance in the ecosystem. ecological carrying capacity of 45,000. In 2018, ZIMPARKS moved 100 el- Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe. PHOTO: XINHUA/CHEN YAQIN/FILE FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOURING That is why wealth of the people can raise the fund of the The jumbos are located in four main ephants from the southeast Lowveld to AREA FOR 15 August, 2021: Isolated rain or thundershow- government. The worthy government can do better management Tourism badly affected ecological zones, and two of the zones mid-Zambezi and plans to relocate 600 travel because of the COVID-19 pan- had not managed to exhaust its yearly ers. Degree of certainty is (100%). over all sectors with proper plans how to improve the education ZIMPARKS spokesperson Tinashe suffer from overpopulation. more last year were affected by the COV- demic,” said Farawo, who argued that quota of 500 elephants. qualification of the local people, how to develop the regional Farawo said in an interview Wednesday The four zones are northwest Mata- ID-19 pandemic, Farawo said. the elephants must pay for their upkeep “We have never hunted 500 ele- FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA economy, how to provide aid to the health sector for better health that his organization relies heavily on beleland where the country’s biggest “Our area of focus is to make sure through commercial exploitation, includ- phants in one season even at our best. FOR 15 August, 2021: One or two rain or thundershowers. De- care services for the people and how to broaden the horizon of income from tourism to conserve and game park Hwange is located, southeast that we depopulate where we have more ing lawful hunting. The highest we did was 250 elephants in gree of certainty is (100%). the local people. manage elephants but tourism had been Lowveld where the second biggest park concentration of animals to areas where one hunting season,” Farawo said. Zim- Hence, people need to choose the best livelihoods to benefit badly affected by the pandemic. Gonarezhou is based, the Sebungwe re- there is less concentration. But that pro- Yearly quota babwe had also not done any culling of the FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING themselves and the State through the best ways. The organization had received over gion and mid-Zambezi in the northern cess is expensive. We don’t have money. This, however, had not been effective elephants since 1988, after having culled AREA FOR 15 August, 2021: Isolated rain or thundershow- 1,000 distress calls from affected mem- part of the country. We survive on tourism-related receipts in reducing the elephant numbers, he nearly 50,000 between 1965 and 1988. ers. Degree of certainty is (80%). bers of the community since the start Of the four, northwest Matabeleland but for the past two years there is no said, noting that since 1990, Zimbabwe SOURCE: Xinhua 15 AUGUST 2021 10 ENVIRON: WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR US agency reports July was Hippos die as DR Congo world’s hottest month on record river contaminated with ‘toxic’ waste data released by the Europe- TOXIC substances emitted in in the west of the vast central an Union’s Copernicus Climate Angola have turned a river red African country. Change Service, last month was in the Democratic Republic of Local officials in the Kasai the third warmest July on re- Congo, the environment min- region said the dead bodies cord globally. ister said on Friday, warning of hippos and fish had been Zeke Hausfather, a climate of an “ecological catastrophe” found in the polluted waters, scientist at the Breakthrough as the pollution kills wildlife she said. Institute, said it is not unusual including hippos. The Kasai feeds into the for agencies to have small dif- This “discolouration would Congo River, the second long- ferences in data. be caused by a toxic substance est African river after the Nile. “The NOAA record has spill by an Angolan factory spe- The situation is an “eco- more limited coverage over the cialising in industrial diamond logical catastrophe”, for the lo- Arctic than other global tem- mining,” DR Congo Enviro- cal populations, said Bazaiba. perature records, which tend ment Minister Eve Bazaiba The discolouration was “on the Iraqis buy ice blocks at a factory in Sadr City, east of the to show July 2021 as the second said in a statement. brink of reaching Kinshasa” capital, Baghdad, on July 2 amid power outages and soaring (NASA) or third (Copernicus) Polluted tributaries are where over 10 million people temperatures. PHOTO: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP warmest on record,” Hausfa- feeding into the Kasai river live, she added.— AFP JULY was the hottest month in a statement citing data from ther told AFP. globally ever recorded, a US the National Centers for Envi- “But regardless of exactly scientific agency said Friday, ronmental Information (NCEI). where it ends up on the leader- in the latest data to sound the NOAA said combined land boards, the warmth the world is alarm about the climate crisis. and ocean-surface temperature experiencing this summer is a “July is typically the world’s was 1.67 degrees Fahrenheit clear impact of climate change warmest month of the year, but (0.93 degrees Celsius) above the due to human emissions of CO2 July 2021 outdid itself as the 20th-century average of 60.4 de- and other greenhouse gases,” hottest July and month ever grees Fahrenheit, making it the he said. recorded,” said Rick Spinrad, hottest July since record-keep- “The extreme events we administrator of the National ing began 142 years ago. are seeing worldwide -– from Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- The month was 0.02 de- record-shattering heat waves ministration (NOAA). grees Fahrenheit higher than to extreme rainfall to raging “This new record adds to the previous record set in July wildfires –- are all long-predict- the disturbing and disruptive 2016, which was equaled in 2019 ed and well understood impacts Local officials say the dead bodies of hippos and fish have been found path that climate change has and 2020. of a warmer world,” he said.— in contaminated waters in DR Congo, according to the environment set for the globe,” Spinrad said However according to AFP minister. PHOTO: AFP ‘Heaven to hell’: Greek Wildfires ravage vast area of eastern beekeepers lament tradition Bolivia: NGO lost to fire since passed 200,000. ON the scorched earth, dozens change. Beni had registered of blackened rings mark all that ‘Too late for change’ 564,000 hectares of damage in remains of beehives that dot- Greece — along with Tur- the seven-month period. ted the once verdant hillsides key, Italy, Spain and Algeria — Santa Cruz, which lies outside the village of Voutas on has been hit by a savage fire close to the border with Bra- Greece’s Evia island. season that Prime Minister zil, declared a “red alert” on Pine, walnut and fig trees Kyriakos Mitsotakis described Thursday. were among the rich plant life as the “greatest ecological “The red alert was de- sustaining the bees in a region disaster in decades”. “The cli- clared because of the progres- that produces 40 per cent of mate crisis is a harsh reality sive increase in heat sources Greece’s honey. And those and shows us that forests will and because of the climactic industrious workers were, in become increasingly vulnera- conditions we’re facing,” said turn, a cornerstone of the lo- ble and increasingly valuable Yovenka Rosado, the coordi- cal ecosystem, pollinating local for what they provide,” says Firefighters battle flames close to the Santa Cruz airport in Bolivia on 1 nator for forest fires in Santa farmers’ crops. “It’s a whole Dimitris Karavellas, managing August, 2021. PHOTO: AFP/FILE Cruz. way of life that we lost along director for WWF Greece. According to the FAN re- with the forest,” says Babis, 53, “The climate crisis is not DEVASTATING wildfires in by widespread deforestation port, the vast majority of the whose main source of income an excuse to fail but must be a Bolivia consumed 749,000 hec- aimed at expanding farming burnt area was pastureland, was his hives. wake-up call for change.” tares from January to July, the or pastureland. shrubs and grasslands. “What are we going to find But for the beekeepers of Friends of Nature Foundation The eastern Santa Cruz Just three percent was here next year? It’s over. We’ve Evia, it’s too late for change. (FAN) NGO said on Thursday and northeastern Beni depart- woodland while eight percent gone from heaven to hell.” “We lost our hives because we night. ments account for 94 percent of was land used for farming. Bee colonies that have were running to save our vil- FAN said it had used im- burnt areas, FAN said. FAN estimates that more been bred over decades, with lages,” says Adonis Vakos, his ages from the European Space Up to the end of July, than 2.3 million hectares of skills passed down through cap pulled down on his head Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellite to 137,000 hectares (3400,000 forests and prairies were de- generations, have been wiped as he surveys the ruins of the study the damage. acres) had been burnt in San- stroyed by fire in 2020 and 6.4 out in a fury of wild fires bil- charred forest before him.— As in neighboring Brazil, ta Cruz but the local governor million hectares the year be- lowed by the forces of climate AFP the fires have been aggravated said Thursday that figure had fore.— AFP 15 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR PANDEMIC: WORLD 11 US authorizes Covid boosters for those with weakened immune systems

THE United States on Thurs- immunocompromised people been debating whether a third day authorized an extra dose of are particularly at risk for se- dose may be required, following Covid vaccine for people with vere disease,” said acting FDA a similar move by Israel. weakened immune systems, as Commissioner Janet Woodcock More than 619,000 people the country struggles to thwart in a statement. have died in the United States the Delta variant. “Other individuals who are from Covid-19, with case num- Emergency use authoriza- fully vaccinated are adequately bers increasing sharply in re- tion for a third injection of the protected and do not need an cent months due to the spread Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna additional dose of Covid-19 vac- of the Delta variant. vaccines was granted by the US cine at this time,” she added. The country’s rapid vacci- Food and Drug Administration The FDA said the addi- nation program has slowed par- (FDA) regulator. tional dose was for solid organ ticularly in politically conserv- “The country has entered transplant recipients or those ative regions in the South and yet another wave of the Cov- with equivalent weakened im- Midwest, and among younger The rapid US vaccination program has slowed particularly in politically id-19 pandemic, and the FDA mune systems. people, those with lower income conservative regions in the South and Midwest. PHOTO: AFP is especially cognizant that US health authorities had and racial minorities.—AFP Disease experts call to halve foot traffic in Tokyo to curb COVID-19

INFECTIOUS disease experts medical attention rising, the on Thursday called for foot traf- experts stressed the need to fic in Tokyo to be cut by half from seek cooperation from health the level in early July, prior to institutions that have previously the current state of emergen- not been involved in coronavirus cy in the capital, to stem the response and promote coordi- alarming rise in coronavirus nation with prefectural govern- infections. ments over the hospitalization The experts on a govern- of patients. ment subcommittee on the COV- The number of new COV- ID-19 response also urged, in ID-19 cases nationwide totaled their draft proposal, strengthen- over 18,000 on Thursday, topping ing measures to reduce crowds the previous record of 15,812 re- People wearing face masks walk in Tokyo’s Shibuya area on Aug. 12, 2021, as the capital reported 4,989 in situations where infection risk ported a day earlier, according new coronavirus cases the same day, the second highest figure after 5,042 infections logged a week earlier. PHOTO: KYODO is high including underground to a Kyodo News tally. food sections at department Tokyo reported 4,989 new after the 5,042 infections logged also hit a record high of 218, ing average of new infections stores and shopping malls. coronavirus cases the same a week ago. The number of pa- surpassing 200 for the first time. was 3,976 per day, up 9 percent With patients in need of day, the second-highest figure tients with severe symptoms The capital’s seven-day roll- from a week earlier.—Kyodo Israel begins COVID-19 booster COVID-19 pandemic shots for over 50s to affect mobility

ISRAELIS aged 50 and over be- The campaign helped to this morning, people between the gan receiving vaccine booster drastically bring down infections, ages of 50 and 60 have been vacci- in Italy: report shots against the coronavirus but that trend has since reversed, nated at Clalit clinics across the Friday as part of a government driven by the spread of the Delta country,” said Ran Balicer, chief THE coronavirus pandem- volved in the study, more than bid to stem spiking infections variant in unvaccinated people innovation officer at Clalit Health ic will continue to influence 50 per cent of those planning to driven by the Delta variant. as well as those whose immunity Services and the chairman of Is- the mobility of workers and change their mobility behavior The government announced has waned six months after they rael’s national expert panel on students for months to come cited the coronavirus emer- on Thursday that it was offering got their initial shots. “Starting COVID-19.—AFP in Italy, a report showed on gency as the main reason. third shots to people aged over Wednesday. ISTAT also predicted a 50, two weeks after launching “A greater use of remote change in transport habits, a campaign to give the elderly working and learning sug- with the number of people booster jabs. gests a change in the travel- commuting on public trans- “This is an important step in ling habits of employees and port forecast to drop to 22.6 the fight against the Delta pan- students,” Italy’s National per cent after the summer demic,” Prime Minister Naftali Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) break, compared to 27.3 per Bennett said in a statement. wrote in the report. cent before the pandemic. Israel was one of the first “While over 80 per cent These data came despite the countries to launch a vaccination commuted at least five times progress of Italy’s domestic drive in mid-December via an a week before the pandemic, vaccination campaign, which agreement with Pfizer to obtain less than 70 per cent are plan- has seen 64.66 per cent of the millions of paid doses in exchange ning to do so with the same target population (or 34.9 mil- for sharing data on their effec- Israelis arrive to get their third dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 frequency next fall.” Among lion people) fully immunized tiveness. vaccine at the Clalit Health Service in Jerusalem PHOTO: AFP the employees and students in- as of Wednesday.— Xinhua 15 AUGUST 2021 12 ECON: WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Malaysia’s economy grows 16.1 pct in Q2 2021

MALAYSIAN economy grew However, owing to the re-im- Economic activity picked up 16.1 per cent year on year in the position of nationwide contain- at the start of the second quar- second quarter of 2021, due to ment measures, the central bank ter, but slowed down thereafter, the low base from the signifi- has lowered Malaysia’s full-year following the re-imposition of cant decline in activity during the gross domestic product (GDP) stricter containment measures second quarter last year when growth forecast this year to 3-4 nationwide, it added. movement restriction was first percent, from the previous fore- According to the central imposed in the country, the cen- cast of 6-7.5 per cent, it said in a bank, all economic sectors reg- tral bank said on Friday. statement. istered an improvement, particu- The economic performance larly the manufacturing sector. in the second quarter was mainly On the expenditure side, A woman leaves a Light supported by the improvement it said, the growth was driven Rail Transit station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. in domestic demand and contin- by higher private sector spend- PHOTO: XINHUA ued robust exports performance, ing and strong trade activity. said the central bank. —Xinhua Agreement reached to avoid strike at world’s largest copper mine in Chile

THE main workers’ union at the er in the week that negotiations by our base, we formalized the world’s biggest copper mine, had ended, “resulting in the final signing of our new collective con- Chile’s Escondida, announced content of the collective contract tract, which includes the gains Friday it had reached an agree- and closing conditions,” howev- obtained during collective bar- ment with Anglo-Australian gi- er the agreement had yet to be gaining,” the union said. ant BHP to avoid a strike. accepted by the union. Local media reported that The union, which counts Neither BHP nor the union the agreement included a bo- more than 2,000 members, said published the financial details of nus for each union member of it had obtained “almost unani- the deal, although the company $23,000, as well as nearly $4,000 mous” approval for a new col- confirmed in a bulletin that the for extra days worked, in addition Escondida copper mine workers protest outside BHP Billiton’s offices in lective agreement proposed by negotiated conditions would be to other provisions. Santiago in May 2021. PHOTO: AFP/FILE management, cancelling a strike in force for 36 months. Workers at the Escondida notice that it had filed on July 31. “This afternoon, after al- mine had announced their inten- demands for a one-off bonus to coronavirus pandemic had not BHP had already said earli- most unanimous acceptance tion to strike after insisting their recognize their work during the been met.—AFP

NEWS ‘Nothing left’: in crisis-hit IN BRIEF Lebanon bread too is scarce Nepal announces relief measures for enterprises, individuals affected by COVID-19 MICHAEL Hamati emerged ty line and businesses can barely Those that remain open from a long queue at a Beirut stay afloat. have rationed production to Nepal’s central bank on Friday announced a set of relief measures for bakery sweat dripping from his The Lebanese pound has make the subsidised flour they enterprises and individuals affected badly by the COVID-19 pandemic forehead, as Lebanon’s econom- lost more than 90 per cent of its receive from the state last longer, as the economic recovery is being reversed by the second wave of the ic collapse sparks increasing value against the dollar on the leading to shortages in stores virus. The Nepali government was forced to re-impose a lockdown in shortages including over bread. black market in less than two and supermarkets. late April in the Kathmandu Valley and other parts of the country to “There’s nothing left in this years. Hamati arrived at a Beirut cope with the second wave of the epidemic that befell earlier in the country,” said the 72-year-old, Many bakeries have already bakery early in the morning, month, a move that is cutting short the recovery process. as dozens of people clamoured closed down because they can- bracing for a long wait. While unveiling the monetary policy for the 2021-2022 fiscal year behind him in the simmering not afford the rising cost of fuel “This is the first time I that began in mid-July, Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Maha Prasad heat for their turn. needed to power private gener- come to this bakery. There isn’t Adhikari announced a number of relief measures, including the exten- Lebanese flocked to baker- ators as electricity cuts last for any bread left in stores,” he sion of loan repayment deadline, reduction of instalment amount, re- ies before dawn Friday, desper- around 20 hours a day. told AFP.—AFP structuring and rescheduling of loans and credits at cheaper interest rates, ate to find affordable bread in a for enterprises and individuals suffering from the epidemic.—Xinhua country where fuel and medicine are already in critically short supply. Greek economy to grow despite Covid, The rush came after the fires: minister central bank on Wednesday said it could no longer afford to sub- Greece’s economy will weather the twin blows of the COVID-19 pan- sidise fuel in Lebanon. demic and massive wildfires this year, aided by better-than-expected The country, struggling with tourism arrivals, the finance minister said Friday. Greece’s economy political turmoil since 2019, has will weather the twin blows of the Covid-19 pandemic and massive also been hit by the worst global wildfires this year, aided by better-than-expected tourism arrivals, the economic crisis in 150 years, ac- finance minister said Friday. “It’s a good year compared to last year. cording to the World Bank. Compared to our estimates...it’s much better,” Finance Minister Christos At least 78 per cent of the Staikouras told Mega TV, referring to tourism arrivals. “Our estimate more than six-million-strong The rush to buy petrol and bread in Lebanon came after the central for 3.6-percent (economic) growth this year is absolutely feasible, and population lives below the pover- bank said it could no longer afford to subsidise fuel. PHOTO: AFP may actually be too conservative,” he said.—AFP 15 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR BIZ: WORLD/ AD 13 Indonesia introduces solar power program into universities to cultivate future talents

THE Indonesian govern- class. It is tailored as a ing knowledge. Then, the ment has launched the combination of three- students will be trained Solar Power Initiative month courses and three- directly by rooftop pho- Movement Program to month group assignments, tovoltaic power station universities across the Minister of Education, Cul- entrepreneurs about country, aiming to en- ture, Research and Tech- market survey, business courage college students nology Nadiem Makarim strategies, and promotion- to choose their future ca- said on a virtual event al techniques. According reers in the clean energy Friday. to the Ministry of Energy industry. During the first three and Mineral Resources, The program is de- months, students will re- the current total capacity signed for students who ceive course materials of photovoltaic power sta- The Lombok Solar Project consists of three individual solar projects each with a capacity of want to earn college cred- delving on engineering, tions in Indonesia is only 7-megawatts, all located on the island of Lombok in Indonesia. its from it as a elective commercial, and market- 31 megawatts.—Xinhua PHOTO: JAKARTA POST/XINHUA

Apple defends Correction child protection S. Africa to seek opportunities features over on BRICS Business Forum Amendment to the Open Tender No 3/2021 of the privacy concerns Department of Mines in the Global New Light SOUTH Africa would use BRICS Business Forum to Mabuza said she will of Myanmar newspaper published on 14.8.2021, APPLE on Friday defend- the the BRICS Business showcase new possibilities go with captains of industry please be aware that the opening and closing ed new child protection Forum to showcase what and opportunities within from various sectors to lure features that would check the country can offer, im- the regions. investors into the country. date of the tender in the tender advertisement to images uploaded to its prove confidence and at- “In an environment She explained that in 27.8.2021 instead of 22.8.2021. cloud storage and on tract investment, said an where sentiment globally the Forum they want to its messaging platform, official on Friday. is bearish, when the pause identify challenges and op- rejecting concerns the Busi Mabuza, chair- button is pressed by many portunities to ensure great- updates pose threats to person of the Chairperson investors, we want to make er economic, trade and in- privacy. of the South African chap- sure that opportunities in vestment ties amongst the CLAIMS DAY NOTICE M.V UNI ACCORD VOY.NO. (0240-691N) “We can see that it’s ter of the BRICS Business BRICS stand out,” she said. BRICS countries. Mabuza been widely misunder- Council, said the country India will host the expressed confidence in Consignees of cargo carried on M.V UNI ACCORD stood,” the US tech giant’s intended to use the oppor- BRICS Business Forum BRICS countries’ capabil- VOY.NO. (0240-691N) are hereby notified that the software chief Craig Fed- tunity presented by the virtually on Aug. 16-18. ity to drive economic de- vessel will be arriving on 15-8-2021 and cargo will be erighi said of the update velopment amongst those discharged into the premises of HPT where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the rollout in an interview countries. “There is a con- byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. with the Wall Street Jour- sensus amongst our part- Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am nal published Friday. ners that there are oppor- to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now Last week, Apple un- tunities in our economies declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo veiled two features to de- to unlock growth and allow from the Vessel. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after but on iPads and iPhones for development. Our con- the Claims Day. in the United States. viction is that we have to Phone No: 2301185 One can identify child massively mobilize all the Shipping Agency Department sexual abuse images up- resources at our disposal Myanma Port Authority loaded to its iCloud stor- and accelerate economic Agent For: age, while the other uses activities that will put the M/S EVERGREEN MARINE (S'PORE) PTE., LTD. machine learning to rec- BRICS economies on a ognize and warn children The South Africa pavilion is seen during the first China journey towards a sustain- and their parents when International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, east China, able recovery trajectory,” receiving or sending sex- Nov. 5, 2018 . PHOTO: XINHUA/SADAT/FILE she said.—Xinhua ually explicit photos on CLAIMS DAY NOTICE M.V DANU BHUM VOY.NO. (455W) Apple’s texting app, Mes- Amendment to the Open Tender No 3/2021 sages, the company said in Consignees of cargo carried on M.V DANU BHUM the statement. Federighi are hereby notified that the vessel will 1. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, Department of VOY.NO. (455W) be arriving on 15-8-2021 and cargo will be discharged into said the new tools do not Mines announced the invitation for open tender regarding the sale of 5008.574 Metric Tons, make Apple’s systems and the premises of MITT where it will lie at the consignee’s (21) Lots of Cathode Copper by US dollars. The tender opening date was on 21.7.2021 risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and devices less secure or con- and 30.7.2021, which is part of the public holidays and so, the tender opening date was conditions of the Port of Yangon. fidential. “We wanted to postponed to 20.8.2021 by advertising in the state-owned newspapers. Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am be able to spot such pho- to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now 2. However, the tender has been rescheduled to open on 20.8.2021, which is now included tos in the cloud without declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo in the extended public holidays, so the tender opening date will be re-schedules as follows: looking at people’s pho- from the Vessel. (a) Closing date and time of tender: 27.8.2021 (14:00) tos,” he said, adding Apple No claims against this vessel will be admitted after (b) Opening date and time of tender: 27.8.2021 (15:00) the Claims Day. wanted to “offer this kind Phone No: 2301185 of capability... in a way that 3. For any further detailed information, it is requested to contact the telephone numbers: Shipping Agency Department is much, much more pri- 067-3409378 and 067-3409372, Mineral Development Division, Department of Mines, Myanma Port Authority Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation. vate than anything that’s Agent For: Tender Committee been done in this area be- Department of Mines M/S REGIONAL CONTAINER LINES fore.”—AFP 15 AUGUST 2021 14 WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NEWS Japanese transport IN BRIEF firm makes diesel fuel Belgian lawmaker warns against using ramen broth Europe’s involvement in U.S.-China tension THE enterprising president of a petroleum diesel, biodiesel fuel transport firm in southwestern is known to reduce greenhouse RAOUL Hedebouw, Member of Japan has come up with a way to gas emissions. Belgium’s Chamber of Repre- power his trucks with a biodiesel The company’s chairman, sentatives, has warned against fuel made partly from leftover Masumi Nishida, came up with Europe’s involvement in the “tonkotsu” ramen soup broth. the idea of using tonkotsu ramen U.S.-China tension in a recent The firm, Nishida Shoun, broth for fuel production in 2013 live debate. based in Fukuoka Prefecture, when he was approached by an “I think it is a bad idea to mixes lard extracted from the operator of a ramen chain while Photo shows Nishida Shoun Chairman Masumi Nishida holding samples conclude this strategic part- broth, which is made from pork conducting research on biodiesel of biodiesel fuel in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 2, 2021. nership with the political and bones, with a fuel made from fuel derived from vegetable oil. PHOTO: KYODO economic power that during the waste cooking oil. The operator said he had to last century has behaved most It has already started using pay for disposal of leftover broth out the lard from the broth that oil, Nishida came up with a way aggressively toward the nations the diesel oil in some of its 170 and wondered whether it could can be placed in the kitchens of to eliminate certain elements of this world,” said Hedebouw, trucks and plans to use it in all be put to use instead. Rising to ramen shops. during refining so that it can be denouncing Belgium’s failure to of them from September. the challenge, 74-year-old Nishi- Though lard tends to solidi- mixed with biodiesel fuel made oppose Europe’s involvement.— An effective alternative to da developed a device to separate fy easily compared to vegetable from waste cooking oil.—Kyodo Xinhua

‘Unprecedented’ Hong Kong population sees historical decrease number of migrants cross Mexico border the pandemic-induced lockdown, travel, should be taken into con- local media Ming Pao Daily re- sideration. An “unprecedented” number ported Friday. Hong Kong has seen a mass of migrants were intercepted According to estimations exodus of its residents in past illegally crossing the US-Mex- released by the Census and Sta- months following the enactment ico border in July, the head of tistics Department on Thursday, of the Beijing-imposed national America’s Homeland Security Hong Kong’s population as of the security law, which criminalizes department has said. Border end of June saw a drop of almost acts of secession, subversion, guards recorded more than 90,000 from the same month last terrorism and collusion with for- 200,000 instances of people year. This marks the biggest eign forces. In January, Britain attempting to enter the Unit- population decrease in the city began offering a route to perma- ed States during the month, since 1961 when the city began nent settlement and citizenship according to US Customs and keeping records. A government to holders of the British National Border Protection. spokesperson clarified that the (Overseas) status in Hong Kong. “We are encountering an decrease in population is not a It is estimated that upward unprecedented number of mi- People walk in the Hennessy Road in south China’s Hong Kong, July 16, direct reflection of emigration, of 300,000 people will take up the 2020. PHOTO: XINHUA/WU XIAOCHU grants in between the ports of and that other factors, such as offer over the next five years, ac- entry at our southern border,” HONG KONG’S population has past year amidst Beijing’s crack- COVID-19 restrictions and se- cording to a report from Britain’s Homeland Security Secretary seen a 1.2 percent decline in the down on dissent in the city and vere interruption of international Home Office.—Kyodo Alejandro Mayorkas told a press conference in Texas Thursday.— AFP Zambia counts votes from close election as army reinforced

Malaysian air force opposition candidate Hakainde National Development (UPND) member kills 3 in Hichilema, 59, who is vying the party. shooting rampage at top job for the sixth time and Zambia’s electoral commis- is backed by an alliance of 10 sion has launched an investiga- base parties. tion into the chairman’s murder, Thursday’s vote presented a which the UPND distanced itself A Malaysian air force mem- test of democracy in the usually from, calling it a “distraction” ber shot dead three of his col- peaceful southern African nation tactic. leagues before killing himself country of more than 17 million The PF also alleges some at a base on Borneo Island on people, where rising living costs of its agents were beaten and Friday, authorities said. appear to have diminished sup- chased from polling stations in In the morning rampage port for Lungu, who is accused of the Southern province. at the air force base near Kuch- growing increasingly iron-fisted Lungu, who had deployed ing, the capital of Sarawak State, since taking office in 2015. the military to police the vote the gunman went to a guard Violence was reported in following pre-election clashes, Hakainde Hichilema, who is vying the top job for the sixth time and is house and shot three other ser- the North-Western province, a reinforced troops in three prov- backed by an alliance of 10 parties. PHOTO: AFP vicemen with a firearm before Hichilema stronghold, where two inces. turning the gun on himself, ac- Vote counting was underway in send more troops to three prov- people including a ruling Patri- He has already inferred that cording to police. Two of the Zambia on Friday after a hard- inces to quell violence. otic Front (PF) party chairman election day violence has “ef- victims and the gunman died fought general election that saw The ballot is expected to were killed, the president an- fectively rendered the elections at the scene. The third died at social media throttled in the cap- be the tightest stand-off yet nounced late Thursday, blam- in... three provinces not free and the hospital.—Kyodo ital and President Edgar Lungu between Lungu, 64, and main ing his rival’s United Party for fair”.—AFP 15 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR GLOBAL AFFAIRS 15 US issues new terrorism NEWS IN BRIEF threat warning ahead of Merkel to visit 9/11 anniversary Moscow next Friday GERMAN Chancellor Angela THE US Department of Home- spread violent extremist narra- Merkel will head to Moscow land Security issued a new ter- tives and promote violent activ- next Friday before visiting rorism threat advisory on Friday ity.” Ukraine two days later, her ahead of the anniversary of the The new advisory updated spokesman said, without giv- September 11 terror attacks and a January alert following the ing further details on the trips. amid a resurgence of the corona- attack on the US Congress by Spokesman Steffen Seibert virus pandemic. supporters of then-president said details on her programme The National Terrorism Ad- Donald Trump, when DHS said and reasons for the visits will be visory System Bulletin said the the country faced “increasingly Washington saw security intensified with National Guard troops and provided next week. high fences following the January 6 assault on Congress by supporters of United States faces a “heightened complex and volatile” threats Merkel’s August 20 visit to president Donald Trump. PHOTO: AFP threat environment” from both from anti-government and ra- Moscow would take place just domestic terrorists “and those cially motivated extremists, of- of Covid-19 restrictions to conduct restrictions across the United weeks before she is due to leave inspired or motivated by foreign ten stirred up by online influence attacks. States as a rationale to conduct office following September 26 terrorists and other malign for- from abroad. The bulletin had “Extremists may seek to ex- attacks,” the DHS advisory said, elections in Germany. It would eign influences.” already been amended in May, ploit the emergence of Covid-19 adding that “pandemic-related also be her first to the Russian It cited increased use of with DHS warning violent ex- variants by viewing the potential stressors... may contribute to capital since January 2020. “online forums to influence and tremists could exploit the easing re-establishment of public health more violence this year.”—AFP Since then relations between Germany and Russia have been highly strained by a multitude Taliban close in on Kabul as US scrambles to evacuate of issues, including Moscow’s troop build-up on Ukraine’s borders, a series of espionage THE Afghan Taliban tightened embassies on Friday. scandals and the poisoning of their territorial stranglehold For Kabul residents and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. around Kabul on Saturday, as the tens of thousands who have Nevertheless, Merkel had refugees from the insurgents’ sought refuge there in recent said in June that the EU should relentless offensive flooded the weeks, the overwhelming mood seek direct talks with President capital and US Marines returned was one of confusion and fear of Vladimir Putin even as the bloc to oversee emergency evacu- what lies ahead. stands together against “provo- ations. “We don’t know what is go- cations” from Russia.—AFP With the country’s second- ing on,” one resident, Khairddin and third-largest cities having Logari, told AFP. fallen into Taliban hands, Ka- UN Secretary-General UK vows not to turn bul has effectively become the Antonio Guterres said he was back on Afghanistan besieged, last stand for govern- “deeply disturbed” by accounts despite embassy ment forces who have offered of poor treatment of women in little or no resistance elsewhere. areas seized by the Taliban, who pullout Insurgent fighters are now camped just 50 kilometres away from the Insurgent fighters are now imposed an ultra-austere brand Afghan capital. PHOTO: AFP camped just 50 kilometres (30 of Islam on Afghanistan during BRITAIN will not abandon Af- miles) away, leaving the Unit- dered to begin shredding and uations. their 1996-2001 rule. ghanistan, Prime Minister Boris ed States and other countries burning sensitive material, as A host of European coun- “It is particularly horrifying Johnson vowed on Friday, even scrambling to airlift their nation- units from a planned re-deploy- tries -- including Britain, Ger- and heartbreaking to see reports as he confirmed the imminent als out of Kabul ahead of a feared ment of 3,000 American troops many, Denmark and Spain -- all of the hard-won rights of Afghan withdrawal of most embassy all-out assault. started arriving to secure the announced the withdrawal of girls and women being ripped staff in the face of a rapid Talib- US embassy staff were or- airport and oversee the evac- personnel from their respective away,” Guterres said.— AFP an onslaught. With the Islamists seizing control of more Afghan cities, Police raid Nicaragua paper that branded govt a ‘dictatorship’ Britain is deploying around 600 troops to help evacuate its NICARAGUAN police on Friday position figures, including seven roughly 3,000 nationals from raided the premises of independ- with aspirations of challenging the country, and Johnson said ent newspaper La Prensa, which President Daniel Ortega, who is the “vast bulk” of remaining had branded the government a seeking a fourth successive term. embassy staff in Kabul would “dictatorship” after being forced According to an official po- return to the UK. to suspend its print edition. lice statement, the newspaper’s Defence Secretary Ben The publication announced managers are being investigated Wallace said President Joe Bid- the suspension on Thursday, for “customs fraud and money en’s decision to withdraw US blaming customs for refusing to laundering.” Police took control troops, forcing NATO allies to release its paper imports. of the premises at midday and follow suit, “leaves a very big La Prensa was the only na- said the newspaper’s warehouses problem on the ground” and tional independent daily news- were in “custody.” handed momentum to the paper remaining in circulation During the raid, some of the Taliban. He predicted it would at a time when the government is paper’s journalists said internet benefit Al-Qaeda, who were accused of repressing opponents. access and electricity were cut La Prensa had been the only national independent daily newspaper given safe haven by the Tali- Nicaragua is gearing up for off, while officers prevented remaining in circulation at a time when the Nicaraguan government is ban before the September 11, accused of repressing opponents. PHOTO: AFP/FILE a general election in November them from using their mobile 2001 attacks that prompted the but since the beginning of June, telephones inside the building. published photos of La Prensa’s claiming they had no reason to West’s 20-year involvement in authorities have detained 32 op- Pro-government media warehouses on social media, halt their print version.— AFP Afghanistan.—AFP 15 AUGUST 2021 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Chin youth player Phun Za Mang renews contract with Esbjerg Fb Club Republic of the Union

PHUN Za Mang, a Chin youth of Myanmar footballer playing for the Danish first division club youth team, State Administration has been renewed contract with Danish football club Esbjerg Fb Council till 2024, according to the Danish football club statement. Nine Objectives The 16-year-old Chin boy is playing for the Danish senior 1. Political affairs team at the end of this season. (a) To build a Union based on democracy and federal- Under the current deal, he ism, through a disciplined and genuine multiparty will only be allowed to play for democratic system that is fair and just. the senior team, officials stated. (b) To emphasize the achievement of enduring peace Phun Za Mang has also for the entire nation in line with the Nationwide been named in the Danish U-12 squad and again in the U-16 Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). youth team. (c) To continue implementing the principle of peaceful He was a member of the co-existence among countries through an inde- junior team of the Danish first pendent, active and non-aligned foreign policy. division club Esbjerg FB team 2. Economic affairs and then joined for the senior (a) To enhance production based on agriculture and team in the 2020-2021 season. livestock through modern techniques and strength- The Sixteen-year-old chin en all-round development in other sectors of the player took striker and winger economy. roles and has scored two goals (b) To develop a stable market economy and promote in eight appearances for Esbjerg international investment in order to enhance the FB team. According to the Chinland economic development of the entire National peo- ple. FC statement, Phun Za Mang Chin youth player Phun Za Mang has scored two goals in eight immigrated to Denmark from appearances for Esbjerg FB team. PHOTO: PHUN ZA MANG (c) To promote and support local businesses to create Matupi, Chin State.— GNLM INSTAGRAM employment opportunities and increase domestic production. 3. Social affairs (a) To ensure a strong and dynamic Union spirit, the Henley keeps PGA Wyndham genuine spirit of patriotism. (b) To respect and promote the customs and traditions lead while Sabbatini charges of all National peoples and preserve and safeguard their cultural heritage and national characteristics. RUSSELL Henley fired a six-un- Henley, a 32-year-old Amer- with the putter,” Henley said. (c) To enhance the health, fitness and education qual- der par 64 on Friday to grab a ican, had seized the first-round “Just kind of a boring round, ity of the entire nation. four-stroke lead after Friday’s lead with an opening 62 and stood made some putts and had some second round of the US PGA on 14-under 126 after 36 holes good saves. I just tried to keep Wyndham Championship while at Sedgefield Country Club in committing to every shot and it Olympic runner-up Rory Sabbati- Greensboro, North Carolina. just kind of happened.” Kane’s future hangs over ni charged. “Just started feeling good Henley began on the back Tottenham and Man City ahead nine Friday and took a bogey at the par-3 12th only to reel off four of season opener birdies in a row starting with a 20- foot putt at the 14th and including MANCHESTER City’s defence ed Manchester for Barcelona. a 14-footer at the par-3 16th. of the Premier League title gets However, Kane’s decision World number 56 Henley underway on Sunday away to to sign a six-year contract in holed a birdie putt from just in- Tottenham with both clubs still 2018 has backfired with Spurs side 18 feet at the par-3 third to in limbo over the future of Har- chairman Daniel Levy set to reach 12-under, tapped in birdie ry Kane. demand a fee well in excess at the par-5 fifth and sank another The England captain re- of the £100 million ($138 mil- from just inside seven feet at the turned to training with his lion) Premier League record eighth. Spurs teammates for the first City spent on Jack Grealish Henley seeks his fourth US time on Friday after arriving earlier this month. “Harry is PGA title and the first since win- back late from his holidays in an exceptional, extraordinary ning the 2017 Houston Open. the United States and then hav- striker. There are no doubts “Keep trying to make good ing to quarantine. about that. Of course we are decisions and commit to what I’m Kane has made no secret very interested,” City boss Pep doing,” Henley said of his week- of his desire to leave his boy- Guardiola said last week. “But end plans. “I feel good about my hood club with City the obvi- he is a Tottenham player. If they American Russell Henley fired a six-under 64 on Friday to seize a game, but there’s so much golf to ous destination as they seek a don’t want to negotiate there four-stroke lead after the second round of the US PGA Wyndham be played and I’m just excited to successor to all-time top scorer is nothing more to say. If they Championship. PHOTO: AFP try to keep playing well.”—AFP Sergio Aguero, who has depart- want it, we will try.”—AFP