YANGON GOVT SUBMITS PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH FISH FARMING ZONE P-5 (BUSINESS)

PARLIAMENT PARLIAMENT NATIONAL LOCAL NEWS Pyithu Hluttaw Amyotha Hluttaw Trilateral ministerial meeting held Inle floating discusses education, discusses National for electric power trading initiative market to open livestock sectors Registration Identity Card between Myanmar-China-Bangladesh in November PAGE-2 PAGE-2 PAGE-3 PAGE-4

Vol. IV, No. 327, 9th Waning of Taboung 1379 ME www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Saturday, 10 March 2018

Union Minister briefs on Rakhine, peace, democracy at UN side event

A side event entitled “Under- standing Myanmar: Efforts for Reconciliation and Peace”, at which the peace process, the transition to democracy and the Rakhine issue were addressed, was held Thursday during the 37th Session of the Human Rights Council being held at the United Nations Office in Geneva. The Myanmar delegation hosting the briefing was led by U Thaung Tun, Union Minister for the Office of the Union Gov- ernment. The Myanmar delegation in- cluded Dr. Aung Tun Thet, Chief Coordinator of UEHRD, Daw Pyone Kathy Naing, Member of Pyithu Hluttaw, U Je Yaw Wu, Member of Amyotha Hluttaw, U Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, centre, with Mr. Li Fanrong, Vice Administrator, National Energy Administration (NEA) of China, second from left, Dr. Nay Oke Tint and Daw Haymar Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, left, Energy Adviser to Bangladeshi Prime Minister, U Win Khaing, second from right, and U Kyaw Tin. PHOTO: MNA Min Thu. More than 40 Perma- nent Representatives/Represent- atives from Permanent Missions and UN agencies in Geneva were State Counsellor receives energy present at the event. U Htin Lynn, Permanent Representative of Myanmar, made the introducto- officials from PRC, Bangladesh ry remarks. The Union Minister briefed attendees on the changes, chal- STATE Counsellor and Union of China, and Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi volving Myanmar, China and for International Cooperation, lenges and choices for Myanmar. Minister for Foreign Affairs Chowdhury, Energy Adviser to Bangladesh yesterday at the also attended the meeting, dur- Salient points of his statement Daw Aung San Suu Kyi received the Prime Minister of the Peo- Ministry of Foreign Affairs in ing which they discussed mat- were: delegations led by Mr. Li Fan- ple’s Republic of Bangladesh, Nay Pyi Taw. ters on enhancing cooperation • Myanmar has under- rong, Vice Administrator, Na- all of whom had attended the U Win Khaing, Union Min- in the areas of electricity and gone remarkable change and tional Energy Administration Trilateral Meeting for Electric ister for Electricity and Energy, energy among Myanmar, China transformation in recent years. (NEA) of the People’s Republic Power Trading Initiative in- and U Kyaw Tin, Union Minister and Bangladesh.—MNA SEE PAGE-3 10 MARCH 2018 2 PARLIAMENT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

PyidaungsuPyithu Hluttaw Hluttaw Pyithu Hluttaw discusses education, livestock sectors

U Tun Tun, of Pwintbyu constit- uency, raised a question on the plan to send outstanding grad- uate students on scholarship to foreign countries, during the 26th-day meeting of the seventh session of the second Pyithu Hluttaw yesterday. Union Civil Service Board Chairman U Win Thein replied that the Ministry of Education was selecting and sending qual- ified students attending post graduate courses to foreign ed- ucation institutions, whenever it U Hla Kyaw. PHOTO: MNA U Win Thein. PHOTO: MNA Daw Khin Saw Wai. PHOTO: MNA U Tun Tun. PHOTO: MNA received a scholarship invitation/ proposal from foreign education- be freely applied to, news about by upgrading Yangon University, areas of Yatheduang Township mission was granted to those al institutions. this is distributed, and interested Mandalay University and Yan- was then answered by Deputy who wanted to start the livestock Invitations/proposals for students can apply to attend the gon Technology University into Minister for Home Affairs Maj- business. For those who want scholarship are forwarded to rel- course. If selected by the respec- centres of excellence and pro- Gen Aung Soe, who also gave to start a livestock business evant universities, where writ- tive course, the students are sent viding opportunities to continue details about future deployment on farm land, application can ten and personal interviews are abroad, according to the proce- further studies abroad through plans. be made according to the 2012 conducted for students entitled dure and regulations. Students the appointment of an educa- Next, Deputy Minister for Farmland Law and Rules, and to attend the courses, and those can also apply for scholarships tion attaché and selection for Agriculture, Livestock and Irri- for those who want to start the selected are then sent abroad, online with the approval of the state scholarships, explained gation U Hla Kyaw responded to livestock business on vacant, according to the procedure and Ministry of Education, and those the Union Civil Service Board a question raised by Dr. U Than fallow and virgin land, they can regulations. accepted are sent according to Chairman. Aung Soe of Minhla constituency apply to do so according to the After the foreign scholar- the procedure and regulations. A question by Daw Khin Saw on how people who wanted to Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Land ship assessment and selection Arrangements have also Wai of Yathedaung constituency start the livestock business could Management Law and Rules, committee is informed of the been made to enable outstanding on the deployment of police posts acquire permission for land. The replied the Deputy Minister. wide-ranging courses that can students to get quality education and stations in the five police Deputy Minister said land per- —Aye Aye Thant (MNA)

Amyotha Hluttaw Second Amyotha Hluttaw’s seventh session holds 26th-day meeting

THE 26th-day meeting of the seventh session of the second Amyotha Hluttaw was held at the Amyotha Hluttaw meeting hall in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning. Replying to a question raised by U Mahn Law Moung of Chin State constituency (8) on mentioning the name of the ethnic national races on the National Registration Identity Card (NRIC), Union Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population U Thein Swe said that the name of the ethnic na- Dr. Zaw Lin Htut. PHOTO: MNA U Thein Swe. PHOTO: MNA Dr. Myint Htwe. PHOTO: MNA U Mahn Law Moung. tional races will be mentioned on the NRIC according to the constituency (9) on the plans to eration with the Chinlone sports there are 281 trainees attending by Daw Myat Thida Tun of Mon law, directives, procedures and raise the standard of the nation- group. Initially, it will be started the Pathein nurse and midwife State constituency (5), U Hla Oo guidelines provided, and will be al traditional sport of Chinlone. in schools in the urban areas, training school and 243 trainees of Sagaing Region constituency from among the 135 ethnic na- The Union Minister said it is a as well as in the six sports and attending the Hinthada nurse (4), U Hsan Myint of Ayeyawady tional races designated under good thing to train new blood physical science schools under and midwife training school. Region constituency (3) and U the 1983 census record. Unless players in the national traditional the ministry, said the Union As the Myaungmya nurse Tin Aung Htun of Magway Re- the government determines and sport of Chinlone in the basic Minister. and midwife training school gion constituency (5). designates a new ethnic national education schools. Whether the On the matter of upgrading will come into existence in the Later, Amyotha Hluttaw race, there is no plan to put in standard of the sports of Chin- the nurse and midwife training 2018-2019 fiscal year, it is ex- Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than other names, except the desig- lone is raised or not is a second- school in the Ayeyawady Region, pected that the requirement informed the Hluttaw about re- nated 135 ethnic national races, ary matter, the main thing is that Pathein Town, General Hospi- of the Ayeyawady Region will ceiving the Myanmar Invest- said the Union Minister. the entire student population can tal, and to increase the trainee be met, replied the Union ment Rule, approved and sent Union Minister for Health become healthier. As such, in the numbers, raised by U Soe Moe Minister. with amendment by the Pyithu and Sports Dr. Myint Htwe then coming few months and within of the Ayeyawady Region con- Next, a bill on the amend- Hluttaw, and took the approval replied to a question posed by a year, this traditional sport will stituency (1), the Union Minis- ment for an anti-corruption law of the Hluttaw.—Aung Ye Thwin Dr. Zaw Lin Htut of Mon State be promoted in schools, in coop- ter for Health and Sports said (fourth revision) was discussed (MNA) 10 MARCH 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3 Trilateral ministerial meeting held for electric power trading initiative between Myanmar-China-Bangladesh

A trilateral ministerial meet- National Energy Administration The purpose of the meeting the Myanmar-China-Bangladesh of electricity resources, infra- ing for electric power trading of the People’s Republic of China, was to enhance the trilateral and cross-border power trading and structure development, capacity initiative among Myanmar-Chi- Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury BB, Myanmar-China bilateral cooper- its implementation mechanism. development of officials and job na-Bangladesh was held at Ho- Advisor to the Prime Minister, for ation on electric power trading by By initiating and collaborat- opportunity, but also strengthen- rizon Lake View Hotel, Nay Pyi Power, Energy and Mineral Re- promoting the interconnection of ing in electric power trading with ing of long-term friendships and Taw, Myanmar yesterday. sources Affairs from Bangladesh, the power grid and infrastructure the three neighbouring countries, fulfilling the basic requirements U Win Khaing, Union Minis- and other senior officials from the development among these three reciprocal benefits can be en- of electricity supply to support the ter for Electricity and Energy, Li energy sector of the esteemed countries. The meeting in plena- joyed not only in the improve- economic development of each Fanrong, Vice Administrator of countries attended the meeting. ry discussed the kick-starting of ment of energy security, sharing country. —MNA

Union Minister briefs on Rakhine, peace, democracy at UN side event

FROM PAGE-1 violence and terrorism. Security member of the Pyithu Hluttaw, The country has abandoned needs to be ensured for all. gave an explanation of her per- five decades of military rule and is • Today, we are faced with spectives on Rakhine, providing striving to ensure that democracy terrorism, funded and inspired humanitarian assistance in Rakh- takes firm root. We are now on from abroad. This is a dangerous ine, the promotion and protection a path of transition away from trend for all of us. We need to of human rights, and concerns on centuries-long legacies of colonial join hands to counter the grow- the terrorist acts of ARSA based occupation, ethnic rivalries and ing threat posed to our region by on her 30 years of experience in military rule. terrorism. human rights. She stressed that • Immediately after tak- • The complexities and no one is above the law and they ing office, the government began challenges in Rakhine cannot will continue to fight for it. She revitalizing the peace process. In be seen in isolation and through urged the international commu- spite of the complexities involved, a narrow lens of human rights of nity to extend understanding and there has been significant pro- one particular community alone. cooperation to Myanmar. She gress. The Nationwide Ceasefire • On our part, Myanmar warned that sanctions against Agreement (NCA) was signed (From left to right) Dr. Aung Tun Thet, Chief Coordinator of UEHRD, U is ready to continue to work with Myanmar will affect mostly the by eight ethnic armed groups in Htin Lynn, Permanent Representative to UN, Union Minister U Thaung the international community. ordinary people of Myanmar. 2015. A new milestone in the di- Tun and MP Daw Pyone Kathy Naing. PHOTO: MNA • At the same time, we During the ques- rection of peace was made last earnestly hope that the inter- tion-and-answer session, Per- month when two more ethnic fected the perception and attitude been accused of standing by in national community will pursue manent Representatives/Rep- armed groups came on board. of the international community silence. a more objective and balanced resentatives of Japan, Thailand, • With regard to rule of on the situation in Myanmar. • The leaders of Myan- approach to help overcome the the Philippines, the European law, it is worth mentioning here • The Government, rec- mar, who have been struggling challenges in Rakhine. Union and Australia raised that State Counsellor Daw Aung ognizing the urgent need to find so long for freedom and human • Without mutual under- questions related to the state San Suu Kyi, in addressing the a lasting solution to the problem rights, will never condone any standing, mutual suspicion and of cooperation between Myan- conference on justice and rule of of Rakhine, has been working to action that can be construed as hostility will prevail. The lives mar and the UNDP and UNHCR law on Wednesday, underscored promote peace, harmony, and ethnic cleansing or genocide. The of those most affected will not on humanitarian and develop- the need for judicial and legal development for all communities. Government will do everything to improve. And the door will be ment assistance in Rakhine reforms. • The Government has in- prevent it. open to even greater tragedy. State, the work and funding of • The complexity is com- itiated a number of programmes • We take the allegations • I believe that the better UEHRD, cooperation with the pounded by the high expectations to find a sustainable solution to of human rights violations seri- choice before us is to recognize World Bank, more access for that the international community the issue of Rakhine. We are ously and will take action against the reality of the situation on the humanitarian organizations, the and the Myanmar people have for currently implementing the offenders whenever there is clear ground and accommodate each repatriation process, the pos- the Government. recommendations of the Annan evidence. other’s concerns. We must work sibility of setting up a national • With regard to Rakhine, Commission. A Ministerial-level • Far from being indif- together to build trust and confi- independent investigation com- it is only natural that there will be implementation committee and ferent to the situation, we care dence in order to achieve lasting mission, actions against securi- critics and doubting Thomases. an Advisory Board, made up of deeply for all people affected, peace, stability and development ty personnel who committed hu- Scepticism may well be warrant- eminent personalities from home including those who have fled to in Rakhine. man rights violations, freedom ed. However, what we need is and abroad, have been set up to Bangladesh, due to recent inci- Then, Dr. Aung Tun Thet, of movement and prevention of constructive criticism and not help us find lasting solutions. dents in Rakhine. Chief Coordinator of the Union statelessness. recriminations and the passing The State Counsellor herself is • Following the agree- Enterprise for Humanitarian The Union Minister and the of judgment. We need to find a leading a public-private enter- ment reached between Myanmar Assistance, Resettlement and Chief Coordinator responded to constructive way forward. prise, the Union Enterprise for and Bangladesh, we have made Development in Rakhine State all the questions. • Nothing must be done to Humanitarian Assistance, Re- preparations for the repatriation (UEHRD), appraised Myan- After the side event, the Un- derail the transition to democra- settlement and Development in of the displaced persons. mar’s development strategies ion Minister briefed the press on cy. Rakhine (UEHRD), to provide • Concerns have been and agendas, which are in line the situation in Rakhine State at • In Rakhine, our efforts humanitarian assistance, carry expressed by the international with Sustainable Development the United Nations Office and to bring peace and development out resettlement and rehabili- community for the safety and se- Goals. He also briefed about conducted a telephone interview were on track until August 2017, tation and to develop Rakhine curity of the returnees. We have the work of UEHRD(a pub- with BBC (Myanmar). when violence was triggered by State. strengthened our border guard lic-private enterprise), in term The 37th Session of the the attacks on security forces by • Allegations of wide- police capacity to ensure the safe- of humanitarian assistance, Human Rights Council at the terrorists. Regrettably, the at- spread “atrocities”, “ethnic ty of the returnees as well as all resettlement and development United Nations Office in Gene- tacks and the subsequent mass cleansing” and “genocide” have communities – Rakhine, Muslim, in Rakhine State through ten va began on 26 February and displacement of people changed been made repeatedly. The Gov- Daingnet, Mro, Thet, Maramagyi task forces. will continue until 23 March.— the situation and negatively af- ernment and the leadership have and Hindu. They are all victims of Daw Pyone Kathy Naing, a Myanmar News Agency 10 MARCH 2018 4 LOCAL NEWS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Inle floating market to open in November

ACTING CHIEF EDITOR THE Inle floating market is Aye Min Soe, expected to open in Novem- [email protected] [email protected] ber this year, according to the Ministry of Hotels and EXPATRIATE CONSULTANT EDITOR Tourism. Mark Angeles, markrangeles@gmail .com “We are discussing a plan to develop the Inle floating SENIOR EDITORIAL CONSULTANT market. We will choose the Kyaw Myaing best place for the floating SENIOR TRANSLATORS market,” said U Ohn Maung, Zaw Min, Union Minister for Hotels and [email protected] Win Ko Ko Aung, Tourism. [email protected] The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism is cooperating INTERNATIONAL NEWS EDITOR Ye Htut Tin, with the forestry department [email protected] to procure the woods required

LOCAL NEWS EDITORS for the construction of boats Tun Tun Naing (Editor), for the market. [email protected] The Ministry of Hotels Nwe Nwe Tun (Sub-editor), [email protected] and Tourism is also working on creating new tourist des- TRANSLATORS tinations and market promo- Khaing Thanda Lwin, Hay Mar Tin Win, tion, in cooperating with the Ei Myat Mon related ministers, and private Zaw Htet Oo and international organisa- Kyaw Zin Lin Kyaw Zin Tun tions to attract more foreign Vendors on boats wait customers in Inle Lake. PHOTO: AYE MIN SOE tourists. REPORTER The floating market is market, as well as create jobs op- with 3,410 rooms in the Nyaung companies, 257 vehicles, 1,204 May Thet Hnin, [email protected] being developed in the Inle portunities for the local people. Shwe-Inle region. The ministry vessels, 386 tour guides and 934 [email protected] region to promote its tourism There are some 105 hotels has issued licences to 70 tour local tour guides. —GNLM

PHOTOGRAPHER Kyaw Zeya Win @ Phoe Khwar Five pilgrims died as minivan topples into gorge in Kachin State Myanmar COMPUTER TEAM Tun Zaw , Thein Ngwe, Zaw Zaw Aung, FIVE people were killed and Northern Shan State. likely to reach Ye Naing Soe, Nyi Zaw Moe, nine others injured after a The vehicle was on the Hnin Pwint, Kay Khaing Win, target FDI for Sanda Hnin, Zu Zin Hnin minivan fell into a canyon in way to Momauk from Bamauk the northern Myanmar state Township in Sagaing Region af- 2017-2018 FY EDITORIAL SECTION of Kachin on Wednesday. ter visiting a famous pagoda in (+95) (01)8604529, Fax — (+95) (01) 8604305 The accident happened the area, the van was driven by near mile post 38 on Mo- Phyo Maung Maung, 28 years MYANMAR is set to achieve CIRCULATION & DISTRIBUTION mauk-Lwejel road between of age. The injured have been its US$ 6 billion Foreign Di- San Lwin, (+95) (01) 8604532, two villages in Momauk Town- transferred to a nearby gov- rect Investment (FDI) tar- Hotline - 09 974424114 The car fallen into the canyon ship. The minivan carrying 15 ernment hospital. Action has get, according to the Min- seen. PHOTO: MDN ADVERTISING & MARKETING pilgrims, including a driver been taken against the driver istry of Commerce (MIC). ( +95) (01) 8604530, Hotline - 09 974424848 plunged into a 200 ft deep ra- by local police. the region. Road accidents oc- Myanmar has received [email protected] vine after the driver lost con- Myanmar is thought to be cur mostly as a result of poor over US$ 5 billion in FDI [email protected] trol of the vehicle, killing five a country with one of the high- driving or badly maintained while it is just one month Printed and published at the Global New women who reside in Muse, est numbers of road fatalities in roads or vehicles.—MDN away from the end of 2017- Light of Myanmar Printing Factory at 2018 fiscal year, said U Tun No.150, Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, by the Global New Light Aung Kyaw, Deputy Direc- of Myanmar Daily under Printing Permit No. Raw jade stones seized during a car search in Northern Myanmar tor General of Directorate 00510 and Publishing Permit No. 00629. of Investment and Company [email protected] LOCAL security force discov- Administration (DICA). www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com ered 34 different sizes of raw We inquired business- www.facebook.com/ jade stones weighing about 90 es about their difficulties globalnewlightofmyanmar kilograms during a car search. and make responses, he The vehicle was on added. the way to Myitkyina from For 2017-2018 FY, MIC Phakant and was driven by has approved 206 FDI busi- Thein Tan, 34 years of age nesses worth US$ 4,508.453 from Myitkyina. The force million until February, seized the raw jade stones at 2018, and total investment Write for us a checkpoint near a village in including introduction into

We appreciate your feedback and Kamai Town, Kachin State existing project amount US$ contributions. If you have any comments this evening. 5,307.207 million. or would like to submit editorials, analyses or reports please email The driver has been Besides, MIC approved [email protected] charged with transporting the US$ 366.530 million in Thil- with your name and title. Due to limitation of space we are only raw jade stones illegally by awa Special Economic zone able to publish “Letter to the Editor” local police force, according to under special economic zone that do not exceed 500 words. Should you submit a text longer than 500 words a source from the Information law, therefore total invest- please be aware that your letter will be and Public Relations Depart- ment reached US$ 5,673.737 edited. The man with raw jade seized by police seen. PHOTO: MDN ment.—MDN million.—GNLM 10 MARCH 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR BUSINESS 5 Yangon gov’t submits proposal to establish fish farming zone

By May Thet Hnin to become a role model. We have already submitted a proposal for THE Yangon Region government the project to the union govern- has submitted a proposal to the ment,” he added. union government on developing The fish farming zone will a fish farming zone in Kawhmu include incubate camps, feed fac- and Kungyangon townships in tories and cold storage factories. the Yangon Region, said U Phyo Myanmar Fisheries Feder- Min Thein, Yangon Region Chief ation General Secretary U Win Minister. Kyaing said, “We have already The proposal was made conducted surveys in Kawhmu during the 15th meeting between and Kungyangon townships. We the Vice President and entrepre- have submitted the proposal to neurs, which was held on 7 March implement the project in those at the Republic of the Union of townships, because of their good Myanmar Federation of Cham- water quality and transport sys- bers of Commerce and Industry. tem. “The fish market will play The fish farming zone will be es- a part in boosting the country’s A worker selects fish at the Nyaungtan Jetty in Yangon. PHOTO: GNLM/PHOE KHWAR tablished on a 10,000-acre plot. gross domestic product. Also, it not responded to the proposal a compensation for the land or es. There are some 480,000 acres “We are discussing a project with can enhance the export sector, as yet. “If the union government allow them to participate as land of fish and prawn breeding farms the Myanmar Fishery Federation well as create job opportunities grants the permission, we have owners,” he stated. According to across the county, but only 108,000 for the fishery sector and supply for the local people,” he added. to discuss the details with the 2012 Farmland Law, farmlands acres are officially sanctioned by chain, and for the Yangon Region The union government has land owners, whether we will pay cannot be used for other purpos- the government.

Cuttlefish price increases due to low supply

THE price of cuttlefish has in- the fish to our market to meet the rules and regulation of the creased since February because the market demand this year. fisheries department, they do of the low supply to Yangon fish This is because fish suppliers not have fishing licences. There- market, according to the Thiri are directly contacting restau- fore, some fishermen may have Mingalar fish wholesale market. rants,” said a fish retail seller. to suspend their businesses,” The price of cuttlefish was Moreover, fishermen are facing said the Joint-Secretary of My- Ks9,000 per viss in the third difficulties in catching cuttlefish, eik District Cuttlefish Entrepre- week of January 2018. Now, the because they do not have fishing neurs Association. price of cuttlefish has increased licences, which is another rea- There are more than to Ks10,000 per viss. son for the lower supply. 800 cuttlefish fishing boats in “Last year, few supplies of “Although the cuttlefish Myeik district, but only some 200 cuttlefish entered the market. fishermen have a boat and are officially sanctioned by the Even suppliers could not supply machine grants, according to fishery department. — GNLM

Internal Revenue Department issues notification on affixing commercial tax stamps

By May Thet Hnin jewellery from 5 per cent to by the government is reasona- 1 per cent, and while refined ble. Every country pays taxes. THE Internal Revenue De- gold is now exempted from Therefore, we have delivered partment sent a notification the commercial tax, earlier it the notification letter to the letter to the Myanmar Gold was taxed 5 per cent. state and region gold entrepre- Entrepreneurs Association on The ministry has thus neurs associations through the 6 March about affixing com- requested Myanmar gold en- Central Executive Committee mercial tax stamps on gold trepreneurs to ensure they col- and regional Executive Com- purchases. lect the commercial tax from mittee, as soon as we received The Internal Revenue De- buyers. The ministry has not it from the ministry. In addition partment released the notifica- made a public announcement, to this, it has been announced tion letter, because they found as it does not want to reveal on social media (Facebook). a few gold shops had failed the names of the gold shops We will also discuss the matter to affix the commercial tax yet. in the forthcoming monthly stamps on their gold vouchers, In this regard, Myanmar meeting.” while others were selling gold Gold Entrepreneurs Associ- The commercial tax of 1 with two vouchers — one with ation’s General Secretary U per cent on gold jewellery is payment for commercial tax Ohn Myaing said, “Now, buy- collected through gold pur- and another without payment ers pay only one per cent com- chases. However, some gold for commercial tax. mercial tax on gold jewellery shops reduce the commercial 09251022355, Call The Internal Revenue purchases, because our asso- tax for their regular custom- Thin Thin May, 09974424848 Department has reduced ciation requested for that. The ers, because they do not want the commercial tax on gold commercial tax rate imposed to lose business. 10 MARCH 2018 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Discussion on draft law to amend Television and Video Law (8/1996)

A discussion on the draft law to tion and the international motion amend the Television and Video picture laws. Before a new mo- Law (8/1996) was held at the Min- tion picture law can be enacted, istry of Information’s office in the clauses and fines prescribed Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning. in the law are being amended At the event, Union Minis- to be in line with the time, ex- ter for Information Dr. Pe My- plained the Director General. int explained about the ministry Myanmar Motion Pictures performing its information, edu- Organisation Chairman U Zin cation and entertainment duties, Wine, Myanmar Music Associa- in cooperation with other organ- tion Copyright and International isations, entities and individuals. Relation Chairman U Myo Swe, The Union Minister said that Myanmar Thabin Association everything needs to be conduct- Vice Chairman U Ne Win, Vid- ed according to the enacted laws, eo (central) Group Chairman but when a law is not in accord- U Win Naing, Anti-corruption ance with other enacted laws, it Union Minister Dr. Pe Myint delivers the address at the meeting with departmental officaials and lawmakers on Commission Member U Han is not useful or is an obstacle or amending the Television and Video Law (8/1996). PHOTO: MNA Nyunt, representatives of states/ a hindrance, and attempts must regions governments, and rep- be made to amend it bill committee, said the stage ment Committee member Dr. must be amended if there are resentatives of states/regions Next, U Saw Hla Tun, mem- to submit the bill committee’s Sein Mya Aye said the day’s dis- difficulties in following it, he said video related groups and com- ber of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw’s Le- report had been reached, and cussion would be held with the urging the attendees to discuss mittees provided discussions gal Affairs and Special Cases the related sectors were hold- aim of enabling discussion in the it openly. and suggestions. Assessment Commission, said ing discussions and coordina- Hluttaw for the establishment Information and Public Re- The Union Minister also the law was being amended to tion meetings. The Hluttaw will of a law that is appropriate for lations Department Director discussed the amendment pro- prevent and reduce piracy of vid- discuss establishing a law that the motion picture sector. Only General U Ye Naing then ex- posed on the work licence, video eos and to develop the motion is appropriate to the Myanmar then can discussion be held in plained that the draft law was rental, show and distribution, picture sector. movie sector. the Hluttaw for the enactment prepared because the Television and offences and fines included Later, Dr. Wei Phyo Aung, Following this, Pyithu Hlut- of the law, added the commit- and Video Law (8/1996) was not in the television and video law. — member of the Pyithu Hluttaw taw Health and Sports Develop- tee member. The laws enacted in accordance with the Constitu- Myanmar News Agency Rain, thundershowers likely in Expenditure on Health of Myanmar (Kyat Billion) Bago, Yangon, Taninthayi regions 2016-17 (Estimate) 1,076

2016-17 (Revised Estimate) 881 RAIN or thundershowers are port issued by the Department The outlook for the week-

2015-16 expected in the Bago, Yangon of Meteorology and Hydrology end weather is slight rain or (Provisional Actual) 754 and Taninthayi regions, and yesterday evening. thundershowers in the Yangon 2014-15 Kachin, Shan, Kayah, Kayin and The forecast for Nay Pyi Region, and the weather will be (Actual) 662 Mon states within two days, as Taw, Mandalay and neighbour- generally fair in Nay Pyi Taw 2013-14 (Actual) 485 the weather is partly cloudy to ing areas for today is general- and Mandalay Region. cloudy over South Bay and a ly fair and for Yangon and the Seas will be slight to mod- 2012-13 (Actual) 381 few clouds hover over the An- neighbouring area is likely to be erate in Myanmar waters. The daman Sea and elsewhere over isolated rain or thundershow- wave height will be some 3-5 Source : Budget Department Information Unit : Central Statistical Organization the Bay of Bengal, according to ers, with the degree of certainty feet off and along Myanmar the Myanmar Daily weather re- being 60 per cent. coasts. —GNLM Fish resource declines in Ye due to poison fishing

LOCAL fishermen in Ye, Tanin- Fishery Department. A case thayi Region, are facing scarcity was brought to the court this of fish in the rivers, and have year, thanks to the cooperation blamed illegal fishing activities of the local people, he added. for the decline. The department is conducting Traditional fishermen have a campaign to educate the lo- complained about illegal fishing cal people and raise awareness with the use of poison to the against illegal fishing with the local authorities, urging them use of poison. to take action against those in- According to the local peo- volved in such activities. ple, some people engage in “To fight illegal fishing, we illegal fishing early morning need the cooperation of the local to avoid being caught. Local people, because it is difficult fishermen noticed the decreas- to get evidence,” said U Zaw ing fish resources three years Min Oo, Head of Ye Township ago.—Htut Htut (Ye) Fishermen in Ye have been facing decling of fish resource. PHOTO: HTUT HUT (YE) 10 MARCH 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 7

Heads of service organizations appointed Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing is welcomed back by senior military officers. PHOTO: MNA

The President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar has confirmed the following persons as Heads of Service Senior General Min Aung Hlaing Organizations shown against each of their names on expiry of the one-year probation period. back from Singapore Name Appointment

Commander-in-Chief of De- mar Ambassador to Singapore Admiral Tin Aung San, Lt-Gen (1) U Thant Sin Director-General fence Services Senior General U Htay Aung, Military Atta- Myo Zaw Thein and Lt-Gen Protocol Department Min Aung Hlaing and his del- che (Army, Navy, Air) Col. San Tin Maung Win of Command- Ministry of Foreign Affairs egation, who attended the 15th Nyunt Oo and senior officers er-in-Chief (Army) office, the ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forc- from the Singapore armed forc- Yangon Command command- (2) U Zaw Htay Director-General es Informal Meeting in Singa- es. The commander-in-chief of er, senior Tatmadaw officers, Union Peace Implementa- pore, left the Singapore Armed defence services and his del- Singapore Ambassador to tion Department Forces Paya Lebar Airbase for egation were greeted at Yan- Myanmar Mrs Venessa Chan Ministry of the Office of the Myanmar. gon International Airport by and other officials. —Myanmar State Counsellor He was seen off by Myan- Commander-in-Chief (Navy) News Agency

U Aye Tha Aung returns from Viet Nam

A delegation, led by Amyotha Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Aye Tha Aung, visited Viet Nam on the invitation of the Parliamen- tary Network on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund and returned to Yangon Maung Tun, Deputy Speaker from the Amyotha Hluttaw of- yesterday evening. The delega- U Lin Naing Myint, Viet Nam’s fice at Yangon International tion was welcomed by Yangon Ambassador to Myanmar Dr. Airport. —Myanmar News Region Hluttaw Speaker U Tin Luan Thuy Duong and officials Agency Union Attorney-General receives executive director of ILF Number of students sitting for matric exam declines

Union Attorney-General U Tun facing the death penalty, coop- The total number of students On the second day, when duced to 22,357 on the English Tun Oo received Jennifer Smith, eration work and training in who registered to take this English is the main subject test- subject day and further reduced executive director of Interna- the rule of law, as well as legal year’s matriculation exam- ed, 789,070 students showed up. to 22,336 on the mathematics tional Legal Foundation (ILF), aid and cooperative works be- ination was 844,358, of which On the third day, when the test subject day. at his office in Nay Pyi Taw yes- tween legislators and legal-aid 789,883 turned up on the first subject is mathematics, only Similarly in Yangon and terday. lawyers for the legal rights of day of the three day assess- 788,504 students turned up. The Mandalay, the numbers de- During the meeting, they the clients. ment, when Myanmar subjects total three days reduction in clined from 111,851 and 111,397 discussed matters related to Also present at the meeting are tested. numbers sitting for the exam- on day one to 111,672 and legal aid for criminal cases in were Deputy Attorney-General Since then, the number of ination was 55,854 on the third 111,260 on day two and 111,523 Yangon and Mandalay, the pro- U Win Myint, Permanent Sec- students who have shown up on day. In Nay Pyi Taw, a total of and 111,188 on day three, re- cesses of free lawyer renting retary Daw Nu Nu Yin and Di- subsequent days has declined, 22,389 sat for the Myanmar spectively.— Myanmar News by the Union Attorney-Gener- rector-General Dr Thida Oo.— officials said. subject. This number was re- Agency al’s Office for the poor who are Myanmar News Agency 10 MARCH 2018 10 MARCH 2018 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR OPINION 9 Nothing must Women’s empowerment be done to derail is a public health 2018 Union imperative: WHO the transition to IN the WHO South-East Asia Region and beyond, more than half the population – women – face what is often egregious discrimination. Discrimination in education and the oppor- democracy tunity to learn to read and write. Discrimination in access Tax Law, to nutrition and the chance to grow healthy and strong. YANMAR is going through a critical period of transi- And discrimination in the workplace, where women can be tion. The government is dealing with social, economic, subjected to unwanted advances or have their work under- Mrule-of-law and judicial challenges. valued or unpaid. Rebuilding and reforming the rule of law and justice sector is Gender-based discrimination in these and countless a top priority for Myanmar. It is also vital for our efforts towards a turning point to other forms is a persistent problem across the South-East sustaining Peace and Development. Asia Region and throughout women’s lives. But as much as In Rakhine, the government’s efforts to bring peace and gender-based prejudice and inequality violates human rights, development was on track until Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army stymies social and economic development, and crushes the (ARSA) extremist terrorists made a series of attacks in Maungtaw dramatic change for hopes and dreams of millions of young girls and women, it in August, 2017. Due to the attacks, situations on administration, also has a grave impact on public health and wellbeing. the economy, transportation, and regional development affairs strayed from the right paths, displacing people to other regions. Examples abound. Concerning these changes, authorities have taken measures to higher economic growth The region-wide practice of early marriage and preg- restore the governmental machinery back to normal. nancy, for instance, is a direct threat to the health of young With regard to Rakhine, we need to find a constructive way women and their children, especially in rural areas. Around forward to find a lasting solution to the issue of Rakhine. six million girls aged 15-19 years give birth in our region Despite many daunt- every year, while in four of the region’s countries, the ad- ing challenges facing My- By Ye Htut Naing Buyers and sellers will have to pay only 7 to 9 speech. Taxation is an important issue for a coun- olescent birth rate is more than 50 per 1000 women aged The Myanmar anmar, the international per cent tax, including 3 or 5 per cent income tax, try which loses a lot of tax revenue mainly due to 15-19 years. This provides immense dangers to the health of community has focused It is intriguing news that the 2018 Union Tax Bill and 4 per cent stamp duty. Taxation is an privileged people, a monopolised economy and young women – dangers that can be avoided via rapid social government is most on the situation in will be submitted to the Union Parliament, be- The reduction in tax is likely to persuade corruption. As for the government, it is needed empowerment (including access to contraception) and the Rakhine State, as the me- cause it is presumably the first step to boost the traders who evaded tax, by making transactions important issue for to fight against corruption and bribery issues as implementation of laws against early marriage. giving priority dia incessantly portrays it economic environment of the country. with general power and soft power of attorney, a first priority in order to have tax revenues from Gender-based inequities likewise impede women’s ac- as a religious issue. The Union Government made the prepara- and some deal working on the previous contract a country which taxpayers in line with rules and regulations. In cess to essential health services, causing a range of adverse for repatriation In fact, the Rakhine tions and will submit it to the Union Parliament term, to pay tax and make changes in ownership. loses a lot of tax doing so, the government will have tax revenues outcomes. Start with childbirth: Many deliveries still occur issue is not a religious for the first phase. One of the interesting things is Consequently, people are satisfied with the re- which could be used effectively for the welfare in the home, often in the presence of a birth attendant who of the displaced one but a political and that the government is going to remove all forms duction in tax and because of the booming of real revenue mainly due and interest of the country. is unskilled. This occurs partly as a result of women’s in- economic challenge in- of withholding taxes starting on 1 April, 2018. The estate market. adequate access to health-related knowledge and a lack of people. volving migration, com- government aims at improving the socio-eco- Moreover, tax cuts will result in better real to privileged people, Creating tax-paying culture decision-making power, and partly due to ongoing service petition over limited re- nomic standards of all citizens and it is regarded estate deals and a possible decrease in real es- She said the government was striving to gaps. Though during the Millennium Development Goal era Humanitarian sources, poverty and rule as a good sign towards moving forward to high tate prices. Real estate deals are likely to grow on a monopolised improve the tax system and passport applica- the region made world-beating progress in reducing maternal of law. But it has recently economic growth. account of a decrease in the income tax. Howev- tions. But changing practices and systems in a and child mortality, further gains are needed to bring the aid has been evolved from a commu- According to the new bill, the union govern- er, the stock market, the automobile market, the economy and way that is fair to everyone was very challenging. maternal mortality rate to below 70 per 100 000 births, as nal conflict into issues ment is trying to improve the tax system to be gold export/import market and banking opera- corruption. “For establishment of a tax culture, a country per the Sustainable Development Goal target. provided to of national security and more effective and ensure that taxes are efficient- tions are also competitive investment options. needs to collect taxes. Even a rich country like Still, there is room for optimism: The region-wide strug- terrorism. ly and systematically collected. Therefore, action As there are many markets that can catch the Japan collects taxes from its citizens. If we don’t gle to end gender-based discrimination and advance women’s all affected There have been al- needs to be taken against tax avoidances in investor’s eye, price manipulation will not be seen collect taxes, how can the government function? empowerment – particularly for rural women and girls – legations of “atrocities”, accordance with existing rules and regulations. significantly in the real estate market. We need to collect taxes to allow the government has never been stronger. WHO South-East Asia is proud to communities. “ethnic cleansing” and opment of the country depends upon the private to function. champion this cause, reflecting as it does our core values and “genocide”. Fitting the current economic development Shaping stable economic development sector. The lawmakers and members of parlia- "First the government needs to educate the commitment to human rights, as well as our evidence-based We take the allegations of human rights violations seriously. The 2018 Union Tax Bill was drafted in In shaping the stable economic development ment should urge the government to encourage public. Some people don’t even know how much conviction that empowered women create healthier, happi- Little is known on reports in the international media about order to fit the current economic development of a country, sustainable provision of supports for the businesses and all citizens to take pride in tax they pay as some tax laws are very compli- er communities that produce transformative change, both the many people of Daing Net, Mro, the Mramagyi and Rakhine while giving tax exemptions relief to taxpayers. the development of small businesses from the paying taxes as dutiful citizens. In fact, taxation cated. We need to change the system and should locally and globally. minority groups and Hindus who have had to flee their homes as Arrangements should be made not to become private sector is essential. Also, small productive reform is vital for scaling up the economic and make strenuous efforts to enhance the transpar- Until full equality is achieved, however, WHO will contin- a result of violence. They are all victims of violence and terrorism. a burden for the taxpayers and it will come into industries and economic enterprises play an im- social reforms of the country, thereby creating job ency of the use of tax revenues. I guarantee that ue to work with our member countries to promote and support Security needs to be ensured for all. effect for money and assets both in and outside portant role in increasing per capita income. employment opportunities for the citizens. In fact, the government would use cash aid effectively the health of women and girls. That means continuing to train Today, we are facing terrorism, funded and inspired from the country, which were legally obtained. Both There are various kinds of economic spheres tax collecting is not intended to get money for the and transparently,” she said. Therefore it is of skilled birth attendants able to provide life-saving services abroad. This is a dangerous trend for all of us. citizens and taxpayers in the country must pay for Myanmar. It is essential to constantly monitor government's expenditure, but to implement the paramount importance to develop tax-paying when childbirth becomes complicated. It means continuing Instigations, threats and false hopes given by ARSA also 3 per cent tax for the first six months, and 5 per conditions of small businesses from the public objectives of the state. culture among the citizens. to advocate for increased access to contraceptives and the play a role in the mass displacement of people. Terrorist attacks cent for the next six months. In the old Union Tax economic sector and to encourage them at the provision of adolescent sexual and reproductive health ser- triggered a humanitarian crisis, but many conveniently failed to Law 2017, there was a clause that allowed paying same time. It is because a nation’s economic de- Emergence of the acceleration effect Crucial points of taxation vices. And it means continuing to actively campaign against denounce the provocative attacks. tax for money that escaped assessment, but it velopment is directly proportional to the develop- According to the reports released by Asian The next crucial point of taxation is that gender-based violence and harmful practices such as female The Myanmar government is giving priority for repatriation was removed in the bill. ment of SMEs. Development Bank, industry growth of the people are satisfied with the attempts made by genital mutilation that can cause life-threatening injuries to of the displaced people. Humanitarian aid has been provided to country continues to accelerate with higher revenue authorities to draft a new bill which is young girls and adolescents. all affected communities. The 2018 Union Tax Law Fostering economic reforms investment, both public and private, in garments related to the formation of a body that solves Let us acknowledge that gender-based discrimination Meanwhile, the international community has expressed con- According to the new 2018 Union Tax Law, Compared to other ASEAN nations, Myan- and other light manufacturing, while services are taxation problems. The 2018 tax system should be exists and is a daily occurrence in each of the South-East cerns for the safety and security of the returnees from Bangladesh. taxpayers will have to pay only 3 per cent on the mar has low levels of tax yield with a ballooning getting a boost from tourism and expansion in the agreeable to both government and taxpayers so Asia Region’s countries. Let us understand that it needn’t Myanmar is ready to continue to work with the international trading value within the first six months, from budget deficit. It is high time for the country to nascent telecommunications industry. that the government can make the tax collection be this way, and that gender equality can be rapidly achieved community to counter terrorism and to improve the lives of those April to September, while those paying income foster economic reforms and increase the effec- system more effective while citizens must pay with sincere, society-wide resolve. affected by the terrorists. tax in the second half have to pay 5 per cent. tiveness of tax collection. The country's total tax Utilisation of taxation their taxes as dutiful citizens. And let us take full stock of the fact that women’s em- We earnestly hope that the international community will Earlier, an income tax of 15 to 30 per cent had to revenues have made up less than 5 per cent of State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi powerment is more than a tool to advance social or economic pursue a more objective and balanced approach to help overcome be paid on the trading value of property. the gross domestic product. Moreover, the devel- stressed the importance of collecting tax in her Translated by Win Ko Ko Aung ends – that it is a public health imperative, and one that the challenges in Rakhine. demands our most strident pursuit. 10 MARCH 2018 10 WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Waste waters: Plastic rubbish chokes Bali’s sea

BALI— Millions of tourists are His video, which has been drawn to Bali’s palm-fringed viewed more than a million times, scenery and rich marine life, but shows a diver swimming through there is a danger lurking beneath a torrent of rubbish — including its famously crystal-clear waters: bottles, cups and straws — at a wasteland of plastic rubbish. Manta Point about 40 kilometres An underwater video shot (25 miles) from Bali’s main island. by British diver Rich Horner this “Plastic bags, more plastic week showing a sea overflowing bags, plastic, plastic, so much with plastic and other garbage at plastic!” Horner said. Manta Point, a well-known diving Indonesia, an archipelago of site near Bali’s main island, has more than 17,000 islands, is the highlighted trouble in paradise. world’s second biggest contribu- The holiday island has be- tor to marine debris after China, come an embarrassing poster and a colossal 1.29 million metric child for Indonesia’s trash crisis. tons is estimated to be produced The problem has grown so annually by the Southeast Asian bad that officials in Bali last year nation. declared a “garbage emergen- The waves of plastic flood- cy” across a six-kilometre stretch ing into rivers and oceans have of coast that included popular been causing problems for years, beaches Jimbaran, Kuta and clogging waterways in cities, in- Bali last year declared a “garbage emergency” across a six-kilometre stretch of coast that included popular Seminyak. creasing the risk of floods, and beaches Jimbaran, Seminyak and Kuta, where authorities used heavy equipment to clear plastic trash from the “The ocean currents brought injuring or killing marine animals beach. PHOTO: AFP us in a lovely gift of a slick of jelly- who ingest or become trapped by fish, plankton, leaves, branches, plastic packaging. lems, including cancer,” I Gede ly told AFP. push marine flotsam on to the fronds, sticks, etc.... Oh, and some “Microplastics can contam- Hendrawan, an environmental Bali’s rubbish problem is at beach and swollen rivers wash plastic,” the diver wrote on his inate fish which, if eaten by hu- oceanography researcher at Ba- its worst during the annual mon- rubbish from riverbanks to the Facebook account. mans, could cause health prob- li’s Udayana University, previous- soon season, when strong winds coast.—AFP Japanese PM lauds Putin’s Africa new frontline in anti-tobacco fight: activists strong spirit, love of Russia CAPE TOWN — Africa and oth- countries represent over 80 per er developing regions are be- cent of tobacco users and tobac- MOSCOW — Japanese Prime coming increasingly significant co-related deaths, placing an in- Minister Shinzo Abe considers battlegrounds in the effort to creased share of tobacco-related Russian President Vladimir Pu- combat the spread of smoking, costs on those who can least af- tin to be a strong leader with an anti-smoking campaign group ford it,” said the authors. whom it is possible to resolve warned on Thursday. “A growing proportion of various issues, as he himself But most countries in that burden will fall on countries said in Russian TV and radio sub-Saharan Africa have inade- across Africa in the future, if journalist Vladimir Solovyov’s quate monitoring of tobacco use, governments do not implement documentary dubbed World Or- according to the authors of the tobacco control policies now to der 2018, which was released on newly reissued “Tobacco Atlas” prevent it.” Research on the social media. of global tobacco control efforts tobacco industry, published in “Putin is very much fond and challenges. peer-reviewed journals, has por- of his country and has a strong Globally, the battle to end the trayed a decades-long strategy spirit,” Abe said. The Japanese scourge of tobacco is still long. by the industry to defend itself prime minister added that Smoking claims nearly seven against health campaigners. “talks often turn out to be very million lives yearly around the Investigators say tactics difficult.” “But I am sure that world from cancer and other have included casting doubt on together we can resolve the lung diseases, and accounts for the scientific evidence of the most complicated issues,” he about one-in-10 deaths worldwide, perils of smoking, promoting stressed. According to Abe, the according to the World Health brands through product place- world has been facing a lot of Organization. “More than 1.1 ment in movies and aggres- complex problems, including billion people are current smok- sively marketing tobacco in low the situation in Syria, the fight ers, while 360 million people use and middle-income countries According to Shinzo Abe, “Putin is very much fond of his against terrorism and the North smokeless tobacco,” the authors where smoking laws are weak. country” . PHOTO: TASS Korea issue. said in a statement. The sixth edi- Even as the percentage of adults “It is impossible to resolve Kodokan Judo Institute that he stepping on the tatami, each tion of the atlas, co-authored by who smoke has dropped in rich these problems, particularly had made together with Putin judoka must take a deep bow. the American Cancer Society and nations and plateaued in some the Ukrainian conflict, unless in December 2016. “When peo- “Despite being a president, Vital Strategies, was published emerging ones, the total number Russia takes part in dialogue,” ple enter Kodokan, it is easy to Putin took a bow upon enter- to coincide with the opening this of smokers keeps climbing, driven he said. tell if they are judokas or not,” ing Kodokan. President Putin week of the World Conference on by an expanding global population Abe also shared his impres- the Japanese prime minister is undoubtedly a true judoka,” Tobacco or Health in Cape Town. and more people in poor countries sions from a joint visit to Tokyo’s said, explaining that before Abe concluded. — Tass “Low and middle income lighting up. —AFP 10 MARCH 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 11 Shelling putting Ghouta aid delivery at risk

UN — Renewed shelling of East- in Syria, Ali al-Zaatari, said in a ern Ghouta is putting a human- statement. itarian aid convoy that entered Friday’s convoy was deliver- the besieged rebel enclave on ing aid that could not be offload- Friday at risk, the United Na- ed on Monday, when relief was tions said. allowed in for the first time since A convoy of trucks carry- the Syrian regime and its allies ing food aid from the UN, the launched a blistering assault on International Committee of the enclave on February 18. the Red Cross and the Syrian It was interrupted by bom- Arab Red Crescent entered bardment and fighting in the Eastern Ghouta around two area, depriving thousands of hours earlier. civilians of desperately needed “Shelling in proximity of aid. Douma, east Ghouta today, is “The UN calls for a cessa- putting the UN/ICRC/SARC con- tion of hostilities in the area and voy at risk, despite assurances for calm throughout Syria so that of safety from parties including aid can be safely delivered to the Russian Federation,” the people in need,” Zaatari said. Russian soldiers stand beside an aid truck waiting at the Al-Wafideen checkpoint on 8 March 2018 to pass from UN humanitarian coordinator — AFP Syrian government-held territory into the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta . PHOTO: AFP

Flu virus: Wily ‘shapeshifter’ always one step ahead

PARIS—On a March morning Why does this common and takes a few days to produce an were caused in this way: the the species barrier, also into 100 years ago, a soldier in Kan- familiar virus remain a threat array of assault weapons, includ- Asian Flu in 1957, the Hong Kong pigs and horses, with relative sas reported to the infirmary after decades of study and mas- ing antibodies. After vanquish- Flu in 1968, and the so-called ease. with a fever, muscle aches, and sive medical advances that have ing the virus, antibodies hang Swine Flu outbreak in 2009. Because they lack an animal a sore throat. eradicated the smallpox virus around in case the same germ The flu virus has another “reservoir”, with widespread By lunchtime, records state, and severely hamstrung malaria comes back later, prepared for a evolutionary edge too. vaccination, we could eradicate dozens had joined him, strick- and polio? faster counterattack the second Unlike smallpox, polio, or polio and measles like we did en with what would become “Influenza A is the arche- time around. But the flu virus measles, it has a natural home smallpox, explained virologist known as the Spanish Flu. With- typal shapeshifter,” molecular has evolved to evade detection in nature -- in birds which live David Evans of the University in months, the virus infected a virology professor Jonathan Ball by patrolling antibody “soldiers”. all around us. And it can cross of St Andrews in Scotland.—AFP third of the world’s population of the University of Nottingham Its first, and most common and killed as many as 100 million told AFP. This is the species that strategy is called “antigenic people. causes most human outbreaks. drift” -- tiny genetic changes that It could happen again. Unlike many other viruses, occur as the virus replicates, While the scale of the 1918- the flu germ exists in dozens of rendering it ever so slightly dif- 19 flu epidemic remains unpar- sub-types of which two, H1N1 ferent each new flu season. allelled, another pandemic is and H3N2, currently circulate The second, much rarer inevitable, experts say. in humans. technique, is called “antigenic Given the limitations of Each of these can be further shift” and is what causes deadly available drugs, flu-triggered sub-divided into many different pandemics every few years or respiratory diseases can claim strains, with new ones emerging decades. up to 650,000 lives even in a all the time -- each needing its This happens when genetic non-pandemic year. own vaccine. material is exchanged between About a third of people in- - Drift and shift - Influenza A subtypes -- some- fected have no symptoms, but Vaccines work by mimicking times a mix between animal and some three- to five million fall an infection -- exposing the body human viruses -- to concoct a severely ill with the flu every to a germ, but in a weakened, brand-new strain to which few While the scale of the 1918-19 flu epidemic remains unparallelled, year, a heavy economic burden non-sickening form. people, if any, have immunity. another pandemic is inevitable, experts say. Given the limitations in terms of medical care and lost When confronted by a viral Since the Spanish Flu, three of available drugs, flu-triggered respiratory diseases can claim up to productivity. intruder, the immune system much less deadly pandemics 650,000 lives even in a non-pandemic year. PHOTO: AFP

Three killed, dozen injured in blast, fire in chemical factory in India

NEW DELHI — At least three day night inside a boiler of the took place inside a boiler filled panes of buildings in the vicinity “Firefighting measures are people were killed and around factory at Boisar-Tarapur in- with industrial solvent at a pri- and locals said the impact of the underway and a lot of smoke has a dozen others injured in a mas- dustrial estate in Palghar dis- vate factory, triggering fire,” a blast was heard within a radius engulfed the area,” the official sive blast that triggered fire in- trict, about 150 km north of senior police official said. “Three of 8 km. said. side a chemical factory in India’s Mumbai, the capital city of Ma- unidentified bodies were found Authorities rushed 11 fire Accidental explosions are western state of Maharashtra, harashtra. at the site and 13 people were tenders to the spot to contain common at Indian factories as police said Friday. “Last night at around 11:40 injured in the incident.” the fire that spread to the nearby owners usually ignore safety The blast took place Thurs- (local time) a massive explosion The blast shattered window factories. standards. —Xinhua 10 MARCH 2018 12 WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Trump and Kim to hold historic meeting

WASHINGTON — President changed envoys as Pyongyang Donald Trump has agreed to a sent a delegation to the Winter historic first meeting with Kim Olympics in the South, which Jong Un in a stunning develop- Seoul had dubbed the “Peace ment in America’s high-stakes Games” and which saw the two nuclear standoff with North Ko- countries marching under a uni- rea. fied flag. Standing in front of the White The thaw came after a peri- House, South Korean National od of extreme tension between Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong Washington and Pyongyang that announced the first ever meet- sounded like the growing drum- ing between a US president and beat of war. North Korean leader, which he Just months ago, Trump said would take place by the end mocked Kim by calling him “lit- of May. tle rocket man”. Kim returned Chung had recently returned the favor by describing Trump from Pyongyang, where he met as “mentally deranged” and a Kim, who, he said “expressed “dotard.” The United States and his eagerness to meet President North Korea were foes through- Trump as soon as possible.” out the Cold War and fought on Trump hailed “great pro- opposite sides of a bloody war gress” in the push to persuade The White House confirmed President Donald Trump would accept the invitation to meet North Korea’s Kim in the 1950s. In the last two dec- Pyongyang to end its nuclear Jong Un “at a place and time to be determined”. PHOTO: AFP ades, they have been engaged weapons program. in what is perhaps the world’s “Meeting being planned!” he not just a freeze. Also, no missile but sanctions will remain until an Jae-in said was “like a miracle”, most dangerous nuclear standoff, tweeted. “Kim Jong Un talked testing by North Korea during agreement is reached.” is the latest step in a quickening with 30,000 US military personnel about denuclearization with the this period of time.” News of the summit, which diplomatic detente. stationed just over the border in South Korean Representatives, “Great progress being made South Korean President Moon North and South Korea ex- the South.—AFP

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals record growth in Krill could prove secret weapon February on strong rise from China

COLOMBO — Tourist arrivals India recorded over 32,000 in ocean plastics battle to Sri Lanka exceeded 200,000 in tourists while over 23,000 arrived February, a 19.3 per cent growth from the United Kingdom. SYDNEY — They might be at the compared to the same period So far this year, 474,542 tour- bottom of the food chain, but krill last year, mainly due to a strong ists have visited Sri Lanka, a could prove to be a secret weapon rise from China, statistics from 13.8 per cent growth compared in the fight against the growing the Sri Lanka Tourism Ministry to last year. Region wise, Eu- threat of plastic pollution in the showed here Friday. rope continued to be the largest world’s oceans. China emerged as the source of tourist traffic to Sri New research Friday showed leading market followed Lanka with a 52 per cent growth the tiny zooplankton are capable by India and the United King- followed by Asia and Pacific with of digesting microplastics — un- dom. A total of 35,929 tourists a 41 growth, America recorded der five millimetres (0.2 inches) arrived from China in February, a 5 per cent growth and Mid- — before excreting them back a 42.3 per cent increase from the dle East recorded a 2 per cent into the environment in an even same period of last year. growth.—Xinhua smaller form. Krill are capable of digesting microplastics before excreting them back Study author Amanda Daw- into the environment in an even smaller form. PHOTO: AFP son stumbled on the finding while Georgian PM calls for restoration working on a project involving mi- million tons ends up in the ocean, inal beads with some reduced by crobeads — polyethylene plastic costing billions of dollars in dam- 94 per cent. “It’s a new pathway of diplomatic ties with Russia often used in cosmetics such as age to marine ecosystems and for microplastics to interact with face scrubs — at the Australian killing an estimated one million the ecosystem”, Kawaguchi said. TBILISI — Moscow and Tbi- kashvili, the Georgian side has Antarctic Division’s krill aquari- sea birds, 100,000 sea mammals He added that the research lisi should take joint steps to stated before, and reiterates its um to check the toxic effects of and untold numbers of fish, stud- suggested other zooplankton break the deadlock in relations “interest in reaching tangible pollution. “We realised that krill ies have shown. UN Secretary with similar digestive systems between the two countries, progress in the Geneva Inter- actually break up plastic, it was General Antonio Guterres last may also be able to break down Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi national Discussions.” “I have amazing,” the researcher from year cited one study that showed microplastics. Kvirikashvili saidin a statement reaffirmed my commitment to Australia’s Griffith University told plastic could outweigh fish in 2050 But Dawson cautioned addressed to Russian author- personal involvement to this AFP. “It’s difficult to know exactly if nothing was done. Australian the finding could also be a dou- ities. end,” he added. what the implications of this could Antarctic Division krill biologist ble-edged sword, citing the poten- “I urge the leadership of the “Unfortunately, we are be, but the theory is that because and study co-author So Kawagu- tial for toxins to be passed down Russian Federation to take joint facing a difficult reality today. plastics in the ocean are already chi said this was the first time sci- the food chain as the smaller ex- steps and resolve this complicat- Although we have restored bi- degraded and more fragile, they entists had examined microplas- creted particles became available ed situation, while fully embrac- lateral trade and economic re- would be even easier for krill to tics digested by the crustaceans. to organisms that would not be ing our responsibility to the pres- lations, a chain of tragic events break up.” The problem of plas- Published in Nature Com- able to ingest larger ones. ent and future generations,” PM continues. This undermines the tic pollution is widespread, and munications, it found the frag- “We’ve barely scratched the said in a statement released by prospects of regulating Geor- rapidly getting worse. ments excreted were, on average, surface and more work is need- the government’s press service gia-Russia relations,” Prime Every year, more than eight 78 per cent smaller than the orig- ed,” she said.—AFP on Friday. According to Kviri- Minister noted.—Tass 10 MARCH 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 13

Blast kills UN chief: now is time for gender equality three, wounds 13 in UNITED NATIONS — UN fundamental human right unequal pay, harmful ste- Secretary-General Anto- and there is no better reotypes, discrimination Kabul nio Guterres on Thursday path to a more peaceful and violence. called for action to em- and prosperous world He pledged his deter- KABUL — At least three power women and girls than the empowerment mination to achieve gen- people have been con- on the occasion of Interna- of women and girls, said der parity throughout the firmed dead and 13 others tional Women’s Day. the UN chief. United Nations. wounded in a blast that “Everywhere, women “Power is at the heart For the first time ever, rocked western edge of are saying ‘The Time is of the matter. As we still gender parity has become Kabul city, close to a po- Now.’ Time for equality live in a male-dominated reality in the senior UN litical gathering on Friday, and opportunity, respect world with male-domi- management team -- the Afghan Public Health Min- and equal representa- nated culture and until top level of this organiza- istry confirmed. Accord- tion. Time for an end power is fairly shared, the tion, he said, adding that ing to sources with the to violence. Around the world will remain out of the world body is very ministry, three dead bod- world, women and girls balance.” close to reach gender ies and 13 injured persons are calling out the abusive There is overwhelm- equality among leaders of have been taken to hos- behavior and discrimina- ing evidence that invest- UN country teams around pitals in Kabul. The blast tory attitudes they face ing in women is the most the world. occurred next to a political everywhere and all the effective way to lift com- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres He reiterated his gathering on Darul Aman time. They are insisting munities, companies and addresses an observance of International Women’s Day commitment to zero tol- road at around 11:45 a.m. on lasting change,” Gu- countries. under the theme “Time Is Now: Rural and urban activists erance of sexual harass- local time. Police have cor- transforming women’s lives” at UN headquarters in New terres told an event at UN Women’s participa- York on 8 March 2018. UN Secretary-General Antonio ment. doned off the area and are Headquarters to mark In- tion makes peace agree- Guterres on Thursday called for action to empower “I am improving re- not allowing journalists to ternational Women’s Day. ments stronger, societies women and girls on the occasion of International Women’s porting and accountabili- get access to the site of the “This is what women more resilient and econ- Day. PHOTO: XINHUA ty and trying to establish incident. Meantime, an and girls want. And that is omies more vigorous, he confidence, empower peo- eyewitness on the condi- what I want. And it is what said. is now to change it,” said first International Wom- ple who experience or wit- tion of anonymity said he every sensible man and “Gender equality is Guterres. en’s Day in 1976, he said. ness harassment to come believed that the number boy should want,” he said. the unfinished business of Significant advances But structural barriers re- forward and seek justice.” of casualties was higher Gender equality is a our time. And so the time have taken place since the main: unpaid care work, —Xinhua than reported.—Xinhua

Philippine military clashes CLAIM’S DAY NOTICE CLAIM’S DAY NOTICE with rebels, 12 dead M.V SINAR BANDA VOY. NO. ( 082 N/S ) M.V MAX CRUSADER VOY. NO. ( ) Consignees of cargo carried on M.V SINAR Consignees of cargo carried on M.V MAX BANDA VOY. NO. ( 082 N/S ) are hereby notified that MANILA — Heavy fight- faction,” Encinas said in CRUSADER VOY. NO. ( ) are hereby notified that the the vessel will be arriving on 12-3-2018 and cargo will ing between government a statement. vessel will be arriving on 10-3-2018 and cargo will be be discharged into the premises of H.P.T where it will lie troops and some 50 mili- “Our soldiers have discharged into the premises of H.P.T where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the tants in the southern Phil- been vigilantly guarding at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. ippines has resulted in the the entire Central Min- byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am deaths of 12 militants, a danao in order to con- to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now military spokesman said strict the firefight in spe- declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo on Friday. Army Capt. cific engagement areas from the Vessel. from the Vessel. Arvin Encinas said the and continue to pursue No claims against this vessel will be admitted after clash broke out around 6 the remnants of the ter- the Claims Day. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after a.m. on Thursday in Low- ror group,” Encinas said. SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT the Claims Day. er Salbu, a village in Date The military said the BIFF MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT Saudi Ampatuan town in has about 200 to 300 mem- AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPING MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY Magunindanao province. bers, mostly disgruntled LINE AGENT FOR: M/S INTER ASIA LINES He said 23 other former members of the Phone No: 2301185 Phone No: 2301185 rebels belonging to the larger insurgent group Bangsamoro Islamic Moro Islamic Libera- Freedom Fighters (BIFF) tion Front, who signed a CLAIM’S DAY NOTICE CLAIM’S DAY NOTICE and a soldier have also peace agreement with the M.V MATHU BHUM VOY. NO. ( ) M.V NINOS VOY. NO. ( ) been wounded in the government in 2014. The Consignees of cargo carried on M.V MATHU Consignees of cargo carried on M.V NINOS VOY. clash. “Available fire sup- BIFF is among the several BHUM VOY. NO. ( ) are hereby notified that the NO. ( ) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving port were launched to sup- groups in Mindanao that vessel will be arriving on 12-3-2018 and cargo will be on 12-3-2018 and cargo will be discharged into the port the engaged troops pledged allegiance with discharged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie premises of HPT where it will lie at the consignee’s risk against an estimated 50 the Islamic State of Iraq at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions BIFF bandits under Com- and Syria a few years ago. byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. of the Port of Yangon. mander Peni of Karialan —Xinhua Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now To Rent (Thamada Condominium) declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo Between Down Town from the Vessel. from the Vessel. - 1 Master room & 2 Single room No claims against this vessel will be admitted after No claims against this vessel will be admitted after - 1700 sqft the Claims Day. the Claims Day. - Fully furnish SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT - 3 minutes to Sakura Tower MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY Ph-09-5026060 AGENT FOR: M/S MOL (S’PORE) PTE LTD AGENT FOR: M/S NEW GOLDEN SEA LINES 09-5156060 Phone No: 2301185 Phone No: 2301185 10 MARCH 2018 14 SOCIAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

J.Lo and A-Rod help Bronx kids live the American real estate dream

LOS ANGELES — To amass a versity tuition as long as they stay fortune in real estate, despite enrolled in the project and take New York’s crazy housing pric- part in more courses online. es: that is the challenge thrown In a pre-training session, down by singer Jennifer Lopez Rodriguez chats with partici- and her boyfriend Alex Rodriguez pants on an impressive balcony to kids from the Bronx, the city’s overlooking Times Square. poorest borough. “Real estate is a way out of Around 50 young students the ‘hood,” he says. “For real es- from the Bronx, most of them tate is the one game where you black or Latino, have been se- can get rich .. it doesn’t matter if lected for “Project Destined,” you don’t have any money and it designed by J.Lo and A-Rod -- doesn’t matter what market, you as the retired baseball superstar can go buy real estate all over the Rodriguez is known -- to teach world with no money.” them the ins and outs of financing The ex-ball star says he is and real estate. living proof of that: he bought a The youths underwent in- duplex in southern Florida in 2003 tense instruction from lawyers, and now owns more than 10,000 bankers, mortgage companies apartments through his company and realtors, but the course will Monument Capital Management. not be just theoretical. “I’m really excited to learn The student team that comes Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez, seen here in Los Angeles January 2018, have helped launch a project to how the real estate market up with the best business plan will teach poor kids from the Bronx the ins and outs of the real estate business. PHOTO: AFP works,” said Jovani Amaxtal, an have the chance to buy a building 18-year-old philosophy student worth $1.5 million in the Bronx from humble backgrounds. of Wall Street. Before moving to that includes Jonathan Gray, whose Mexican mother works and develop it. “What we are doing here the Bronx, where more than 35 head of the Blackstone Group, slicing loaves for street vendors. In this real estate mecca, is giving kids a chance to work per cent of the population live and Lopez, the mega-star singer “That’s where the money is!” its skyline in constant flux and with us almost like apprentices,” in poverty, the program ran in who herself grew up in the Bronx whose most famous alumnus said Bobo. “Kids come in, analyze Detroit, Memphis and Miami, but who is selling her Manhattan - Don’t settle for less - Donald Trump is now in the properties, we then buy them and helping young people from poorer penthouse apartment for $27 mil- “I come from very humble White House, good contacts can we share a portion of the profits.” backgrounds learn the ropes of lion. The winning team will be beginnings. My mother worked open unimaginable doors. “We want to put owners and business. the one with the most persuasive two jobs. But I believed I was go- That was the philosophy of stakeholders in the communi- strategy that secures the great- ing to be the leader of my family the project’s two founders, Fred ties where they live, work and - Escaping the ghetto - est profit. The winners will then and I was going to make a dif- Greene and Cedric Bobo, both of play. If we do that, we do a lot,” At Yankee stadium in the become minority shareholders ference,” said Rodriguez, who them successful black business- said Bobo, an experienced in- Bronx, the students -- split up into in the development and receive grew up in Washington Heights, a men who wanted to pass on their vestment banker for the Carlyle six teams -- lay out their business some of the earnings from the Dominican neighborhood in New knowledge and experience to kids Group, one of the power houses strategies to a panel of experts property, helping pay their uni- York.—AFP

Mark Hamill bags Hollywood star, with no wars required

HOLLYWOOD — “Star Wars” a fantastic ride. Thank you so Hamill, along with “Star Wars” legend Mark Hamill was immor- much, and may the force be with creator George Lucas. “Mark talized on Hollywood’s iconic each and every one of you.” is a friend that I don’t see very Walk of Fame Thursday in front Hamill, who lends his voice to often. Our lives have diverged of scores of fans, some of whom the villainous Joker in animated to a certain extent but I am very had waited hours to glimpse the “Batman” and “Justice League” pleased for him. He has been the actor. The 66-year-old Californian shows, punctuated his comments master of his own experience, Harrison Ford (top L), George Lucas (top C), Mark Hamill (bottom C), has appeared in some 70 movies with a cackling Joker laugh. his own life,” Ford said. “And he and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, President/CEO Leron Gubler which were nothing to do with He paid tribute to his fans is as he always was -- a quiet, (bottom R), and guests attend as Mark Hamill is honored with a star on Lucasfilm’s space opera, not to after the ceremony, telling AFP sincere, honest person. He’s not the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 8 March 2018. PHOTO: AFP mention almost 200 TV shows, he would never get used to the a grandstander and I think he has but will always be thought of as acclaim, nor take it for granted. found comfort and utility and con- the genius of George Lucas, I Hamill’s first feature film. He ingenue farm boy turned pan-ga- “They are the most passion- trol of his destiny, and I’m happy wouldn’t be standing here today.” was discovered in a workshop lactic lightsaber-wielding hero ate, loyal people. They are with for you pal.” As he accepted his He said he knew while work- musical comedy called “Anthems Luke Skywalker. “You are with you in career highs and career star, Hamill told the crowd he was ing with Ford that he was in the in E-Flat Calliope” the summer me through thick and thin and lows,” he said. struggling to convey the depth of “presence of greatness” and that before starting college in Los the highs and the lows and every- his gratitude. “I haven’t been this Ford was “one of the best actors Angeles. where in between,” Hamill told - ‘Don’t get cocky’ - speechless since ‘Force Awak- in film history.” “He also gave me Now a prolific voice artist the cheering crowd as he collect- Harrison Ford, who por- ens,’” he joked in a nod to the the great advice: ‘Hey kid, don’t in animated series and video ed his star. trayed fugitive smuggler and all- first episode of the sequel trilogy get cocky,’” he added. games, Hamill started out on TV “If it weren’t for the public, round charmer Han Solo in four in which he briefly appeared but in a 1970 episode of the short-lived I’d be nowhere. From ‘Jedi’ to “Star Wars” films, was among said nothing. Hamill also hailed - Prolific - CBS comedy-drama “Headmas- ‘Joker’ and back again, it’s been those on hand to pay tribute to Lucas, noting if it “weren’t for “Star Wars” (1977) was ter.”—AFP 10 MARCH 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR SOCIAL 15 Women subvert domesticity in US art show

WASHINGTON — Is home a Traditional gender roles be- burden, tied to endless chores come a chess game in British and confinement, or a liberating artist Rachel Whiteread’s 2005 shelter? sculpture “Modern Chess Set,” Turns out it can be both for where the husband’s seating women artists exploring and de- areas and television face off constructing notions of domes- against the wife’s trash cans tic space and gender in a show and dusters. opening Friday at the National The husband’s “king” is the Museum of Women in the Arts fridge. The woman’s? The stove. in Washington. “The artists we chose, they Running across several are indeed interested in gen- A guest looks at “Walking House,” by artist Laurie Simmons, at the exhibition “Women House” at the National generations and featuring 36 der. But sometimes it’s poetic... Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington. PHOTO: AFP international artists working in everything is not brutally fem- various media, the result is full inist,” said Camille Morineau, had fantasies of anthropomor- that explored similar themes. against the bars of a color-coated of humor — both the dark and who curated the show with phizing objects around me,” said Some of the works here iron cage. the laugh-out-loud kind. Lucia Pesapane, both from the Laurie Simmons, whose “Walk- poignantly reflect on the some- There’s also some of Louise In “Housewives--Kitchen Monnaie de Paris, the French ing House” (1989) shows a heavy times oppressive nature of wom- Bourgeois’s “Femme Maison,” Apron” (1975), Austrian pho- national mint. tilting home carried by a svelte en’s condition, and their struggle where women literally become tographer Birgit Jurgenssen pair of legs. to make a break. a house, or a house becomes a carries a literal “bun in the Breaking out, post-#MeToo “That kind of collides with In her 1998 video “Hammer- woman, as well as sketches for oven.” A loaf sticks out of an open In one especially jolting in- my idea that women have a way ing Out (an old argument),” It- Niki de Saint Phalle’s various door to an oven she carries with stallation, London-based Pales- of morphing into where they live aly’s Monica Bonvicini shows a “Nana Maison” (Chick House). a strap around her neck. It’s a tinian Mona Hatoum transforms and what they have, and they woman’s arm using a hammer to Morineau said it’s high time heavy, awkward apron. ordinary kitchen utensils into a identify themselves oftentimes repeatedly pound on a wall in a for women to get the place they The show could not be more menacing situation. through objects and a sense of desperate effort to break it. The deserve in the canon of art his- topical in a #MeToo era punc- A live current hums loudly place and a sense of home,” she woman only manages to expose tory. “We should be allowing new tuated by revelations of wide- and runs through the instru- told AFP. “Women House,” as the the underlying brick. names, theories, movements and spread sexual misconduct and ments laid out on a table behind exhibition is titled, was inspired The work is juxtaposed vocabulary to enter this space,” abuse of women across multiple horizontal metal wire, lighting up by a groundbreaking 1972 Los with one by Dutch artist Lydia she said in an interview. industries, and coincides with colanders and graters. Angeles show organized by Judy Schouten, shown in a tight-fit- The show runs through 28 International Women’s Day. “Since I was a kid, I always Chicago and Miriam Schapiro ting white dance outfit rubbing May. — AFP

Row erupts over new Pacific island bones likely those of Amelia Earhart Frida Kahlo Barbie WASHINGTON — Bones found twin-engine Lockheed Electra sex, ancestry, and stature from on a remote South Pacific island in the Pacific Ocean near re- skeletal measurements, Jantz that were originally believed to mote Howland Island while on re-examined seven bone meas- NEW YORK — A dispute has to the doll. be those of a man may in fact be the third-to-last leg of their epic urements done by Hoodless — erupted over toy company Mat- “Mrs Mara Romeo, great- those of famed aviatrix Amelia journey. four of the skull and three of the tel’s new Frida Kahlo Barbie niece of Frida Kahlo, is the sole Earhart, who disappeared in the One of the most popular the- tibia, humerus, and radius bones. doll, with the late Mexican art- owner of the rights of the image area in 1937, according to a new ories is that Earhart and Noo- ist’s family and a Miami-based of the illustrious Mexican paint- study. nan crash-landed on uninhabited ‘Most convincing argument’ corporation arguing over who er Frida Kahlo,” it said. Richard Jantz, professor Gardner Island, now known as Comparing them to meas- holds the rights to her image. “The company Mattel does emeritus of anthropology at the Nikumaroro, part of the Republic urements of Earhart’s bone Mattel raised eyebrows, not have the proper authoriza- University of Tennessee, used of Kiribati, where she survived lengths based on photographs and indeed unibrows, on tion to use the image of Frida modern bone measurement anal- briefly as a castaway. and examination of her clothing, Wednesday when it announced Kahlo,” it said, threatening to ysis to determine the bones were A 1940 British Colonial Ser- he determined the bones were that Kahlo -- a brilliant paint- take “necessary measures” likely those of Earhart, who went vice expedition to the island found likely those of the aviatrix. er famous for defying gender against the California-based missing while on a pioneering a human skull, bones, part of the The bones have more sim- norms -- would be included in toymaker. round-the-world flight with nav- sole of a woman’s shoe, a box for ilarity to Earhart than to 99 per its newest collection of Barbie Romeo said the problem igator Fred Noonan. a sextant and a bottle of Bene- cent of individuals in a large ref- dolls. went deeper than just a dispute Earhart’s disappearance dictine. erence sample, according to the Released just ahead of In- over image rights. is one of the most tantalizing The bones were shipped to study. ternational Women’s Day, the “I would have liked the doll mysteries in aviation lore, fas- Fiji and examined in 1941 by Dr. “This strongly supports the “Inspiring Women” collection to have traits more like Frida’s, cinating historians for decades David W. Hoodless, a professor of conclusion that the Nikumaroro includes dolls based on Kahlo, not this doll with light-colored and spawning books, movies and anatomy, who determined they bones belonged to Amelia Ear- pioneer aviatrix Amelia Earhart eyes... It should be a doll that theories galore. were those of a stocky man. hart,” Jantz said. “The bones are and other historic figures. represents everything my aunt The prevailing belief is that The bones have since been consistent with Earhart in all re- But Kahlo’s family soon represented, her strength,” she Earhart, 39, and Noonan, 44, lost. Using a computer program spects we know or can reasonably issued a statement objecting told AFP.— AFP ran out of fuel and ditched their called Fordisc, which estimates infer.”— AFP 10 MARCH 2018 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR U-21 national football team formed for Brunei Challenge Cup

THE Myanmar U-21 national Zwe Thet Paing, Lwin Moe football team has been selected Aung, Pyae Sone Naing, Myat to compete for the Hassanal Kaung Khant and Hein Htet Bolkiah Trophy in the annual Aung. tourney in Brunei for ASEAN The well-known young Monster Hero and Yeik Thar futsal youth, according to the Myan- football stars Win Naing Tun, teams in action in yesterday’s MFF Futsal Open Cup 2018 tourney mar Football Federation. Myat Kaung Mhan and Zin Min at National Indoor Stadium (1) The team will be led by Tun are in the striking posi- Thuwunna. PHOTO:MFF FUTSAL head coach U Kyi Lwin, the tions. former Myanmar football The Hassanal Bolkiah Tro- star. phy for ASEAN Youth Football The newly formed My- Championship is a football tour- Gandamar, GV and Yeik Thar score anmar U-21 team consists of nament for youth players from Bhone Thitsar Min, Tun Nanda ASEAN member nations under big in MFF Futsal Open Cup Oo, Naing Lin Tun in the keeper the age of 21 years. position. The tournament is organ- Gandamar, GV and Yeik Thar not- beat United 4-1. Fifty teams from various In the defence line will be ised by the Football Associa- ched double-digit, lopsided wins In Group J Matches, Shwe States and Regions across My- Thurein Soe, Thet Paing Htwe, tion of Brunei Darussalam in in Group A, B and J matches of Myawady beat Myo Chit Youth anmar participated in the tour- Y Yint Aung, Aung Wunna Soe, collaboration with the ASEAN the MFF Futsal Open Cup 2018 1-0, while Gandamar had a big nament, where they are divided Than Htike Soe, Soe Moe Kyaw, Football Federation. The tour- yesterday at National Indoor Sta- win over Montaung by a score into 10 groups of five teams each. Zaw Win Maung, Win Moe nament was first launched in dium (1) Thuwunna in Yangon. of 10-2. They will play in a round-rob- Kyaw, Heing Htet Sithu and 2002. In Group A, GV Athletic beat The Myanmar Football Fed- in competition with the best two Kyaw Thu Htun. The tourney starts on 20 April MGG by a score of 10-2, while Yeik eration (MFF) launched the MFF best teams from each group get- In the middle position are and ends on 5 May. Myanmar Thar beat Monster Hero 14-2. Futsal Open Cup 2018 this week ting into the knockout stage. Ye Naing Oo, Soe Lwin Lwin, won the tournament in 2014. In Group B matches, Zombie with the hope of finding new play- The competition will be held Myat Tun Thit, Zeyya Naing, —Kyaw Zin Lin beat Best Friends 3-2, while MSJ ers for the national futsal team. till 31 March.—KyawZin Lin

Mourinho must stop Salah to keep Liverpool at bay

LIVERPOOL — Manchester attackers firmly on the leash, is United boss Jose Mourinho has unlikely to risk throwing caution the tough task of keeping Liv- to the wind. Liverpool had scored erpool’s Mohamed Salah quiet 20 goals in their previous seven as Jurgen Klopp’s entertainers games before a much-changed roll into town at the weekend -- side drew 0-0 with Porto in mid- with second place in the Premier week, a result that sealed a place League the prize on offer. With in the Champions League quar- Pep Guardiola’s Manchester ter-finals for the first time in nine City virtually assured of the title, years. With January signing Virgil northwest rivals United and Liv- van Dijk settling in well at the erpool — the two most successful back and Loris Karius impress- clubs in the English game — are ing in goal, the pieces are falling left fighting for the scraps. Unit- into place for Klopp’s team, who ed’s impressive fightback from 2-0 have lost just once in 20 Premier down on Monday to beat Crystal League games. Palace 3-2 maintained their slen- But it is their forwards, led by der two-point lead over Liverpool the irrepressible Salah alongside in the battle for the runners-up Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane, spot behind runaway leaders who have scored a combined 68 City. Nemanja Matic bailed out goals this season, that will give Mourinho’s men with a stunning Mourinho sleepless nights. There stoppage-time strike in London was a palpable sensation around but another three points papered Mohamed Salah will be looking for his 25th Premier League goal of the season when Liverpool and Anfield on Tuesday that Liverpool Manchester United meet on Sunday. PHOTO: AFP over the cracks in the latest in minds were already focused on a series of unconvincing perfor- Matic admitted once the euphoria to win as Liverpool is a team with visitors at Old Trafford on Satur- United, with the free-scoring front mances from United. “We have to of his first United goal died down. great quality.” The onus will be on day but the Portuguese manager, three all rested at different spells be honest, we have to play better,” “We have to do more if we want Mourinho to take the game to the criticised for keeping his array of of the game.—AFP