Volume II, Number 135 4th Waning Day of Wagaung 1377 ME Thursday, 3 September, 2015

Perspectives I will do my utmost to carry out the peace Presidential Making the case for delegation in inflation-adjusted process, just as I have been during presidency Beijing salaries Page 2 Page 3 Page 8 ADB, Myanmar sign $3m relief grant for disaster-hit areas By Ye Myint Yangon — The Asian Devel- opment Bank and the Govern- ment of Myanmar on Wednes- day inked a US$3 million grant agreement to help communities affected by the recent flooding and landslides in the country’s 12 of 14 regions and states. The signing ceremony of the grant agreement for Myanmar’s flood emergency response project took place in Nay Pyi Taw. U Maung Maung Win, Per- manent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, and Mr. Winfried Wicklein, ADB’s Myanmar Country Director, signed the grant agreement in the presence of Deputy Ministers for Finance Dr Lin Aung and Dr Maung Maung Thein. “The ADB funds are very timely as the government and its partners are still addressing the immediate needs of the crisis, while preparing a smooth tran- sition to the recovery phase. In addition, the risk of further mon- soon rains and associated damage remains,” U Maung Maung Win said. The ADB approved the A family uses a boat to pass through Yay Tar Gyi village in Kyaunggon Township in Ayeyarwady Region on 25 August.—Photo: OCHA/C.Hyslop emergency grant to finance flood relief efforts in Myanmar in late munities, ADB said. national and state and regional flooding, landslides and wind claimed more than K1.6 bil- August. The grant that will be “We are also preparing to disaster responses based on dam- have affected over 1.6 million lion (US$1.25 million) in losses issued from its Asia Pacific Dis- mobilise resources for the re- age and needs assessments and in people and damaged farmlands, across the country and called for aster Response Fund will be used habilitation and reconstruction close coordination with develop- roads, railroads and bridges. the reconstruction of damaged in- to meet priority needs, restore of damaged infrastructure,” Mr ment partners, added ADB’s My- Based on the government’s frastructure and assisting those in live-saving services, and support Wicklein said. anmar country director. initial assessments, sources sug- affected livelihoods to get back early recovery for affected com- These efforts will support According to ADB, severe gested that the recent disaster their feet.—GNLM Yangon’s traffic lights to be upgraded ment told The Global New Light lion (US$15.6 million) of the including local and joint-venture the date of the tender submission By Aye Min Soe of Myanmar on 2 September. state’s reserve budget into the firms, have bought tender forms, deadline. YANGON — Yangon City De- The three-storey control tow- Design, Installation and Com- of which 28 attended the pre-ten- The spokesperson said that velopment Committee said on er will be constructed on a 100 missioning of Yangon Compre- der meeting with YCDC. the municipality has 188 traffic Wednesday that 154 traffic lights square foot area in Peoples’ Park. hensive Traffic Control System, YCDC will require the new lights in the municipal area, of in Yangon Municipality will be Construction work is expected to which is targeted to be completed traffic lights to have at least one which 11 have already been up- upgraded to ease traffic conges- begin in November and the tower in the 2015-2016 fiscal year, said hour of backup power so as to graded with the assistance of the tion in the commercial capital. is scheduled to be completed with- YCDC’s Secretary U Kyaw Soe prevent traffic lights failing when Japan International Cooperation The new traffic lights will in three months. at a pre-tender meeting at YCDC electricity supplies are cut from Agency (JICA). feature CCTV cameras and will be The upgrade will ensure a with companies on Tuesday. the grid. The Japanese technology col- linked to each other via a control smoother flow of traffic and pre- YCDC has almost finished The spokesperson did not dis- lects traffic data, sends it to the tower that will be constructed as vent unnecessary build-ups of ve- laying out underground cables close how many companies will central control system and runs part of the project, a spokesperson hicles, the spokesperson said. for the purposes of the project, be selected to roll-out the project traffic lights without assistance from YCDC’s information depart- YCDC is injecting K20 bil- he added. So far 54 companies, in the four municipal districts, or from traffic police. —GNLM 2 Thursday, 3 September, 2015 national I will do my utmost to carry out the peace process, just as I have been during presidency

Nay Pyi Taw — The following is the full text of monthly radio address delivered by President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein. Additionally, it is important that all citizens living there has also been significant progress and develop- in flood-affected areas are able to exercise their right ments made in the peace process. The representatives to vote. The Union Election Commission is working to of the government and the ethnic armed organizations recompile voter registration lists damaged in the floods announced on August 7, 2015 that they were able to and the government pursuant to its authority is doing approve the final text of the Nationwide Ceasefire its part including reissuing household registrations and Agreement. national registration cards. Two overriding goals and promises critical to na- The upcoming 2015 general elections are a cru- tional reconciliation and lasting peace are included in cial step forward for our country’s democratic reforms. the agreement: to resolve armed conflict through po- Therefore, it is imperative that the elections are free litical settlement and to build a union based on dem- and fair. The elections are also an important step for ocratic and federal principles. To achieve this, long the establishment of a new Myanmar that is desired by standing demands of the ethnic armed organizations the citizens of this country. Therefore, each member of as well as the guarantees and plans for the political the electorate bears a responsibility. In particular, I urge dialogue process are also included in the agreement. each and every citizen qualified to vote to exercise his The immediate benefit arising from the signing of or her rights to vote. In casting your votes, it is impor- this agreement is that the people living in conflict are- tant to choose candidates who are qualified, accounta- as will begin to see the fruits of peace and experience My fellow citizens: ble and will truly represent the will of the people. Only it firsthand. As all of you know, there have already As I have done previously, I would like to give then, will a democratic, open and free society that we all been improvements on the ground in terms of human you the monthly update on the work of my govern- envision emerge from the 2015 general elections. security and safety in some areas because we were ment and the developments that have taken place in I would like to say a few words about the role of able to reduce armed hostilities even while negotiating our country in the month of August. political parties and candidates competing in the 2015 for peace. In July and August, many states and regions of general elections. In a few days, campaigning will begin Our internal armed conflict is one of the main the country were seriously affected by flooding. De- for the political parties and I understand that each party reasons why our country has fallen behind others in spite the lack of experience and resources, the country will campaign to the best of its abilities to succeed in terms of progress and development. And because our was able to respond to these challenges because of the the elections. We welcome any campaign that adheres internal armed conflict impacts the lives of every in- collective spirit and efforts of all citizens. During this to democratic principles and complies with the rules, dividual living within our country, I look at the peace time of need, it was truly an honor to see the sense regulations and codes of conduct set forth by the Union process as an important cause that has meaning and of community and the Myanmar traits of compassion Election Commission. value for all Myanmar citizens. And since the peace and altruism. Of particular note were the actions of However, our country is a multi-ethnic society process impacts the lives of each individual and the the young people in fulfilling their duties as citizens. with many traditions, customs and religious beliefs. future of our country, I promise all of you again that I Through their creative ideas and tireless efforts, our Because of this, the political parties, when campaign- will do my utmost to carry out the peace process just young people summoned up the entire nation to re- ing, must take great care to not cause damage to social as I have been doing during my presidency. That said, spond to the floods. At the same time, we must honor harmony or harm our diverse religious beliefs. I also it is important to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agree- and praise the relief efforts of the civil society, Tat- urge all political parties to act responsibly and avoid ment and begin the political dialogue process as soon madaw, police, firefighters and government personnel. incitements that could harm national reconciliation and as possible. I have already invited the ethnic armed We must also thank the assistance provided by the in- national unity. Instead of blaming each other or acting organizations to sign this agreement. I would like to ternational community. in a manner that could harm national reconciliation, I call on them again from here and invite them to sign In addition to rescue and relief efforts, we must urge all political parties to campaign on their respective the NCA as soon as possible. begin to undertake rehabilitation work simultaneously platforms based on how they envision bringing about We have been trying to put forward poverty – an effort that will require the participation and coop- the aspirations, objectives and plans for a new Myanmar alleviation and socio-economic development as aims eration of the public. desired by their constituents. In particular and despite of the economic reforms since my government came Rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts will be our differences, the political forces should strive to sus- into power. To achieve these aims, we have also enact- prioritized and carried out comprehensively in accord- tain our new political culture of dialogue. ed laws that fit our times and reflect our circumstanc- ance with short- and long-term plans. Long-term plans My government, under its executive authority and es in addition to developing necessary infrastructure must also be drawn up and effectively implemented within the bounds of its executive powers, will ensure and investment. Through these efforts, we were able for all round rehabilitation of the socio-economic situ- that the elections are free and fair. We will also strive to agree on a minimum daily wage of 3,600 kyats that ation of flood victims. Immediate needs such as food, to make sure that there is political stability before and is in line with the current conditions of the country shelter, access to health, and schooling for school-age after the elections and that there is a smooth and stable and this will come into effect beginning September 1, children must be prioritized. I have also been traveling transition of power to a new political setting that will 2015. to flood-impacted areas to provide words of encour- come about in accordance with the wishes of the people. I would like to conclude by recapping again that agement to the victims and other necessary guidance I would like to let all of you know also that we have tak- I will do my very best to achieve peace, promote eco- for relief efforts. I have also instructed government en the initiative and made the necessary plans for civil nomic development and build a better future for our agencies to work together with the public and civil so- society and international election monitoring organiza- young generations. ciety to facilitate better cooperation on issues that will tions to observe and monitor the upcoming elections. I wish you all good health and happiness. require joint effort. Intimately tied to the democratic transition process, ******* Union Home Affairs Minister holds talks with Co-chair of APG Nay Pyi Taw—Union on Wednesday. nancial Action Task Force Minister for Home Affairs Both sides cordially (FATF). Lt-Gen Ko Ko received a discussed and exchanged Also present at the delegation led by Mr Ra- views on assistance of meeting were Deputy jesh Chhana, Co-chair of APG and International Minister for Home Affairs the Asia-Pacific Group Monetary Fund and their Maj-Gen Aung Soe and on Monetary Launder- advices for implemen- officials of Myanmar Po- ing-APG at the ministry tation of the plans of Fi- lice Force.—MNA Thursday, 3 September, 2015 3 National Presidential delegation in Beijing BEIJING — President U mander-in-Chief (Army). Thein Sein travelled to Chi- On arrival in Beijing, na on Wednesday to attend the president and his en- commemorations marking tourage were welcomed by the 70th anniversary of the former Chinese Ambassador Victory of the World An- Mr Pan Guang Xue, Chinese ti-Facist War. Ambassador to Myanmar The president was Mr Hong Liang and Myan- seen off from Nay Pyi Taw mar Ambassador to China U by Vice Presidents Dr Sai Thit Linn Ohn. Mauk Kham and U Nyan Meetings were held Tun, Commander-in-Chief with CITIC Co Ltd Chair- of Defence Services Senior man Mr Chang Zheng Min General Min Aung Hlaing and China-Myanmar Friend- and union ministers. ship Association Chairman The president is accom- Mr Geng Zhiyuan at China panied by Union Ministers U World Hotel in Beijing. Wunna Maung Lwin, U Hla In the evening, the pres- Tun, U Khin Maung Soe, U ident attended an informal Zeyar Aung and U Ye Htut, dinner hosted by Chinese as well as Lt-Gen Yar Pyae President Xi Jinping and his of the Office of the Com- wife.—MNA President U Thein Sein being welcomed by officials at Beijing International Airport.—IPRD Plans underway for International UEC takes questions from media on election Yangon — The Union Election Com- issuing voter registration certificates. mission held a press conference in Yan- Journalists raised questions about Day of Democracy on 15 Sept gon on Wednesday to answer questions how corrections can be made to voters’ Nay Pyi Taw — Parlia- on Wednesday. hance their capacities, from the media. lists, the number of candidates reject- ment is the lifeblood of a The speaker of Py- adding that arrangements The press conference was led by ed, the regulations for covering election country and an engine for idaungsu Hluttaw (Union are underway to observe UEC Chairman U Tin Aye and attended news for local and foreign journalists, democratic reform, Speak- Parliament) and Pyithu the International Day of by around a hundred journalists from 61 using public property for the purpose er Thura U Shwe Mann told Hluttaw (Lower House) Democracy at Pyidaungsu media groups. of campaigning, the issuance of voters’ a capacity enhancement spoke of plans to enable Hluttaw on 15 September Questions raised included the eligi- registration cards, inviting international meeting in Nay Pyi Taw parliamentarians to en- with the theme of ‘Public bility of voters, voter education, a code observers to elections, arrangements for Participation for Democra- of conduct for candidates and parties, the elections in flood-hit areas and voting cy,’ as set by the Inter-Par- formation of a monitoring committee and booths in army areas.—MNA liamentary Union (IPU). The speaker said that Signing ceremony for TVET Teacher Training Institute public participation plays a vital role in achieving dem- Nay Pyi Taw — Union Minister of Kwon-Hyoung signed the Record of Dis- ocratic reforms and said he Science and Technology Dr Ko Ko Oo cussion and exchanged notes. looked forward to seeing en- attended a signing ceremony of a Record The Record of Discussion allows for gagement among youth dur- of Discussion between Korea Internation- plans to set up a technical and vocational ing this year’s International al Cooperation Agency KOICA and the education (TVET) teacher training insti- Day of Democracy, which Department of Technical and Vocational tute to enhance capacity building among Education at the ministry on 1 September. teachers and coordinators, and to work on falls on 15 September. The director general of the depart- research surveys and development for tech- The United Nations ment and chairman of KOICA Mr Nam nical and vocational education.—MNA Development Programme (UNDP), the Inter-Parlia- mentary Unit (IPU), the Government plans old-age annual payment United Kingdom’s House Yangon — The government plans to sums of K200,000 each to the 1,179 peo- of Commons, the Hans Sei- introduce a nationwide annual payment ple over 100 years of age, in addition to del Foundation, the Cuso for those aged over 65 in the next fiscal certificates of honour signed by President International Organisation year of 2015-16, according to the Minis- U Thein Sein. The funds for the payments and the Myanmar Scholar- try of Social Welfare, Relief and Reset- have come from a pooled fund that re- ship Alumini Association tlement. ceives 25 percent contributions from the (MSAA) discussed plans During a ceremony on Wednesday monthly emoluments of the president and for capacity building pro- in Yangon, Deputy Minister Daw Su Su his cabinet members. grammes. Hlaing and ministry personnel provided Meanwhile, a pilot project is underway Before the meeting, financial assistance to 35 senior citizens in Kachin, Mon and Kayah states to provide Speaker Thura U Shwe aged 100. financial assistance to women who are over Mann had met with Cuba’s According to official statistics, there six months pregnant. The deputy minister Ambassador to Myanmar are 25,000 senior citizens aged between said on Wednesday that the support will be Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann shakes hands with Cuban Mr Victor Daniel Ramirez 90 and 100 across Myanmar. provided until children reach two-years of Ambassador Mr Victor Daniel Ramirez Pena.—mna Pena.—MNA The government has so far provided age.—Win Win Maw 4 Thursday, 3 September, 2015 Local News Free vaccinations and medicines for Election infants and pregnant women guidance given in Kyaukme

Kyaukme —Guidance on the upcoming general election was provided at the General Admin- istration Office in Kyaukme of Shan State on 1 September. Township Election Sub-commission Chairman U Soe Tun together with officials explained various aspects of the election, including rules, regu- lations and penalties, advance voting, the counting of votes and rules governing the conduct of political parties. Approximately 200 ward and village administrators attend- ed the session. Myint Aung (Ka-Ma) Workshop brainstorms ways to increase A senior nurse vaccinates a pregnant woman in health care service activity in Tatkon Township.—Tin Soe Lwin pass rates Tatkon— Pregnant women and children under 18 months old re- Nurse Thin Thin Hlaing said that preventive vaccines against BCG, Mantong—A workshop was ceived medicines and vaccinations at Tatkon Township’s Saya San whooping cough, tetanus, Hepatitis B, pneumonia, polio and measles held to discuss ways to increase general administrative ward office on 2 September. Mothers expressed are administered every month to 42 children and 14 pregnant women pass rates during the 2015-2016 thanks for the life-saving free medical care provided to their children. in Saya San ward.—Tin Soe Lwin academic year at Mantong’s Ba- sic Education High School in the Palaung Self-Administered Zone Agricultural staff collectively broadcast in Shan State recently. The township’s assistant education officer U Lamar Tha fertilizers, spray farmlands led discussions on boosting pass rates, with input given by teach- Nay Pyi Taw— Zabuthiri Township Agriculture Department or- techniques suitable for nature of target areas to the local farmers ers on matters such as timetables, ganized a demonstration on systematic use of fertilizer and spraying while staff of the department gave lectures on collective spraying the monthly syllabus, the number at the model plot of Korea International Cooperation Agency in in the paddy field and systematic use of fertilizers to grow up the of exams and questions per exam, Tegyigon village-tract on 31 August. paddy plants. The staff together with local farmers broadcast ferti- after-school classes and devising Before the demonstration, Head of Township Department of lizers and sprayed the farmlands at the demonstration.—Ko Pauk project plans. Agriculture U Aung Din explained dissemination of agricultural (Okkar Myay) The three-day workshop was attended by 315 education per- World Breastfeeding sonnel.—Myint Aung (Ka-Ma) Week launched in Donations Zeyathiri Tsp Nay Pyi Taw —World Breastfeeding given to flood- Week and Nutrition Development Week were launched at Zayathiri Township in hit schools Nay Pyi Taw Council Area in cooperation with the Myanmar Maternal and Child Nay Pyi Taw —Donations Welfare Association and Department of for flood-damaged schools across Public Health on 1 September. Myanmar were made by staff and At the township’s General Admin- students from Kyitaungkan Basic istration Department, township MCWA Education High School in Nay Pyi Chairperson Daw Hla Hla Win shared nu- Taw Council Area on 1 Septem- trition and nursing tips. Awards were given ber. to the students who won an essay writing The headmistress of the competition on nutrition. Township Health school in Pobbathiri Township of Officer Dr Tin Tin Moe Win handed out Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, Daw gifts to mothers, Vitamin A to children and Than Htay, said in her speech that vitamin supplements and iron tablets to Officials of MMCWA provide nutritious foods and medicines to pregnant women in Zeyathiri K700,000 had been donated by the pregnant women.— Soe Thu Aung Township as part of Nutrition Development Week activities.—Soe Thu Aung school council secretary Maung Pyo Wai Aung.— Shwe Ye Yint Thursday, 3 September, 2015 5 Local News Mandalay Region steps up police 165 public-works security for general elections carried out in Mandalay — In prepa- Takon’s rural areas ration for the general elec- tion on November 8, the Tatkon — World Bank delegate Mr Nodoka and a Mandalay Region govern- delegation met with the Department of Township Rural ment has enforced tighter Development under the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries security measures across and Rural Development. The meeting was held to dis- the region since July 6. cuss implementing public-centered works in rural areas Police patrols have and was held at the department’s Tatkon township office been intensified by add- in Nay Pyi Taw on Wednesday. ing 557 police personnel Township officer U Soe Min Latt explained his de- in the region, which has partment’s public-centered works, which involve 186 resulted in lower rates of villages. Locals prioritised the 165 projects to be carried petty theft. out within the first-year plan’s funds of 1.78 billion kyat Between January and as follows: 65 for building roads and bridges, 75 relat- the end of July this year, ed to other infrastructure, 22 rural water supply projects 27 cases of robbery were and three electricity supply works. solved in the region, accord- Mr Nodoka and the delegation discussed plans for ing to the region’s police choosing next year’s projects and aid distribution. Tin Soe Lwin department.—Thiha Ko Ko Police and volunteers discharging security duty.—Thiha Ko Ko Illegally imported chicken Police security training ahead destroyed in Dawei of general elections Meiktila — A Securi- assigned security duties passed special policemen ty training course will be during the elections. aged between18-45 were held in preparation for the Scheduled from Oc- recruited for their special upcoming November 8 tober 20 to 31, the 11-day police service at their re- general election, accord- course will include basic spective native areas. They ing to Meiktila township military training, police will be on duty from Oc- police force commander manuals, lectures on crim- tober 15 to November 13 police Major Maung Shwe. inal law and electoral pro- with a salary of K150,000, A total of 293 special po- cedures. the police commander licemen have already been The middle-school said.—Chan Thar New asphalt road links Shantae model village with highway

Meiktila — An asphalt gan in early July, with the to extend the road to the vil- road stretching 5,400- project being financed by lage’s monastery. foot and connecting Yan- the region’s K58 million aid The new road is located gon-Mandalay Highway fund. on a critical junction to vil- with the Shante model vil- The construction of the lages in nearby Thazi town- lage in Meiktila Township road was supervised by the ship and will allow for a Township officials check sales of goods at Strand Market in Dawei. of Mandalay Region was township office for rural de- smoother transport route for completed on 1 September. velopment. Locals donated the area’s products to reach Po Shwe Thun (Dawei) Construction works be- an additional K4.5 million Meiktila.— Chan Thar Dawei — Deputy Township Administra- thayi Region, on 1 September. tor U Aung Kyaw Myint and departmental They gave talks on avoiding sales of officials checked 10 chicken shops, five inappropriate goods. pork shops and seven dried fish shops at The officials destroyed 11.57 viss of the Strand Market of Township Develop- illegally imported frozen chicken from the ment Affairs Committee in Dawei, Tanin- market.—Po Shwe Thun (Dawei) Electricity supplies to improve in Meiktila and Wundwin Meiktila—Mandalay Region’s Electric Power Corporation started works for im- proving power supplies to Wundwin and Meiktila townships from 29 August. The project involves moving lamp posts and cables from clearing the extended road between Wundwin and Thedaw townships of trees and installing new equipment at the 33 KVA sub-power station in Meiktila. Electricians led by Meiktila District electrical manager U Zaw Win Naing are car- rying out the installation of power lines under the supervision of Meiktila District elec- trical manager U Mon Aung Zay.—Chan Thar A newly-paved asphalt road stretching in Meiktila Township.— Chan Thar 6 Thursday, 3 September, 2015 regional Thai police China’s Xi urges resumption say closer to of North Korea nuclear talks cracking Beijing — Chinese President Park began a three-day trip Bangkok Xi Jinping called for a resump- to China to attend its commemo- tion of multilateral nuclear talks ration of the 70th anniversary of bomb case with North Korea on Wednesday the end of World War Two in Bangkok — Police claimed and said he opposed any move to Asia, and is scheduled to attend significant progress on Wednes- worsen tension. a military parade on Thursday. day towards finding the master- North and South Korea Park’s sixth summit meeting mind of Thailand’s deadliest averted a full-on military con- with Xi highlighted the growing attack after an arrested man ad- frontation last week and reached ties between the neighbours, as mitted being near the Aug. 17 an agreement to improve ties fol- China has grown increasingly shrine blast and fingerprints lowing a rare exchange of artil- frustrated with North Korea. tied him to the room of a sus- lery fire over their heavily forti- China, North Korea’s sole pected bomber. fied border. major ally, backed it in the 1950- The unidentified man ar- Xi made his call during a 53 Korean War, with late leader rested less than a kilometer meeting with South Korean Pres- Mao Zedong’s eldest son dying from the Cambodian border on ident Park Geun-hye in Beijing. in the conflict with the South and Tuesday had told police he was “China has all along upheld its allies. China, the world’s larg- not the bomber, but was in same the aim of a denuclearised Ko- Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with South Korean est exporter, is now South Ko- area the night when a massive rean peninsula, the maintaining President Park Geun-hye at The Great Hall Of The People on September rea’s biggest trading partner. explosion killed 20 people. “It’s of the peninsula’s peace and 2, 2015 in Beijing, China.—Reuters South Korea is one of the few natural that the suspect will stability and resolving issues developed countries that runs a deny he did it, but we still have via dialogue and consultations,” tions, he added. Numerous ef- with North Korea that had pushed surplus with China. to continue to look into that,” Xi said, according to China’s forts to restart the talks since the neighbours to the brink of Choe Ryong Hae, secretary deputy national police chief Foreign Ministry. China be- they were last held more than conflict. “I hope to share candid of the Central Committee of Chakthip Chaijinda told report- lieved previous agreements six years ago have failed. China opinions with President Xi about North Korea’s Workers’ Party, ers. “Right now the case has reached during so-called “opposes any actions which the Korean peninsula’s political will also attend China’s military progressed about 70 percent al- six-party talks with North Ko- may cause tensions” and all situation today as tensions con- parade, but it is unclear whether ready.” The latest suspect was rea - which include the United sides should work hard to re- tinue to remain on the peninsu- Choe will meet the South Korean “definitely connected” to the States, Japan, Russia and South sume talks, Xi said. la,” Park said at the meeting, ac- leader. attack and had stayed in the Korea - should be fulfilled, Park told Xi she appreciated cording to a report provided by Choe is close to North Korean same Nong Chok area of Bang- along with relevant UN resolu- China’s help in defusing tension her office. leader Kim Jong Un.—Reuters kok as another man arrested in a raid on Saturday that found stacks of fake passports, TNT, Malaysia police to question ex-PM C4 and fertilizer. Police have Director - Maung Maung Than received a torrent of criticism [email protected] for leading a patchy probe and Chief Editor - Than Myint Tun Mahathir on anti-government comment [email protected] statements from top officials Deputy Chief Editor about possible perpetrators, Than Tun Aung Kuala Lumpur — Malaysian motives and information ex- [email protected] police want to question former pre- tracted from suspects have been Chief Reporter - Aye Min Soe mier Mahathir Mohamad about contradictory, speculative and [email protected] anti-government comments, a Consultant Editor - Jessica Mudditt often cryptic. [email protected] spokeswoman said on Wednesday, Police spokesman Prawut Editors in what appeared to be a bid to sti- Thawornsiri said the latest sus- Ye Myint, [email protected], fle the veteran leader’s campaign to pect’s prints were found on ex- Kyaw Thura, [email protected], bring down the prime minister. plosives in the same room. Myint Win Thein Mahathir, still a hugely re- “The man... may be the [email protected] spected and influential figure, International news person who took the bomb out Ye Htut Tin made surprise appearances at a of the room or brought the [email protected] protest in Kuala Lumpur on the bomb to the location of the inci- Tun Tun Naing weekend, calling for a “people’s dent,” Prawut said on TV. The [email protected] power” movement to topple Prime investigation has gained mo- Reporters Minister Najib Razak over a finan- Khaing Thanda Lwin mentum since the weekend [email protected] cial scandal. raids, before which the authori- Tun Aung Kyaw “Tun (Mahathir) made several ties had little more than a [email protected] allegations in his speeches .. that low-resolution surveillance Translator warrants police action,” police camera video of a man in a yel- Khaing Minn Nyo Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (C) waves as he spokeswoman Asmawati Ahmad attends a rally organised by pro-democracy group “Bersih’’ (Clean) low shirt leaving a rucksack at [email protected] said. Inspector-General of Police Proof reader near Central Market in Malaysia’s capital city of Kuala Lumpur, August the popular Erawan Hindu Khalid Abu Bakar would take a Nwe Nwe Tun 30, 2015.—Reuters shrine moments before the Layout designers statement from Mahathir, she said. blast. 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South President Park Geun-hye situation today as tensions Korea is one of the few on Wednesday thanked continue to remain on the developed countries that China, during a summit peninsula.” runs a surplus with China. meeting with President Xi Park began a three- In his opening remarks Jinping, for help in defusing day trip to China to attend at the meeting with Park, recent tension with North its commemoration of the however, Chinese President Korea that had pushed the 70th anniversary of the end Xi Jinping did not directly neighbours to the brink of of World War Two in Asia, address the recent tension an armed conflict. and is scheduled to attend but highlighted the growing The rivals averted its massive military parade ties between the South and a full-on military on Thursday. China particularly in trade confrontation by reaching Park’s sixth and financial cooperation. an agreement last week to summit meeting with Xi “China and the improve ties following a highlighted the rapidly Republic of Korea are rare exchange of artillery growing ties between the good friends and strong fire over their heavily Asian neighbours, even promoters of regional and fortified border. as Beijing has grown world peace. Looking at “I appreciate China for increasingly frustrated with history, our two peoples’ playing a constructive role North Korea. struggle has been very in easing the recent tense China, Pyongyang’s similar in our quest to situation on the Korean sole major ally, backed liberate our people,” Xi peninsula by closely North Korea in the 1950- said. communicating with us,” 53 Korean War, with late North Korea’s top Park said at the meeting, leader Mao Zedong’s eldest defence body urged the according to a pool report son dying in the conflict South to be “discreet in provided by her office. with the South. words and deeds” over the “I hope to share candid China, the world’s pact to end the military Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with South Korean President Park Geun-hye at The opinions with President largest exporter, is now standoff, accusing Seoul of Great Hall Of The People in Beijing, China September 2, 2015.—Reuters Xi about the Korean South Korea’s biggest claiming victory.—Reuters Online advertising shines in N Korea warns S Korea not to sputtering Thai economy damage accord of improving ties Bangkok — Unfazed world. slumped. It is one of the Beijing — North Korea a foolish misinterpreta- The statement report- by Thailand’s faltering DAAT, which gath- worst performers on the on Wednesday criticized tion” of the agreement and ed by the North’s state- economy, businesses are ers data from 17 agencies Thai stock market this year. South Korea for making “refrain from such act as run Korean Central News pencilling in bigger budg- that represent 80 percent Overall advertis- “dishonest” comments threatening the hard-won Agency warned South ets for digital advertising as of spending in the market, ing spending dropped 2 over their recent hard-won peace.” Korea that improvement they target Thai consumers has recently upgraded its percent in the first seven agreement aimed at defus- After four days of mar- of their relations requires via smartphone apps, so- growth forecast for digital months, dragged down by ing tensions, urging it to athon negotiations, the two efforts of both sides. cial networking forums and ad spending to 62 percent a decrease in ad spending prevent their relations from Koreas reached a six-point South Korea should video-sharing websites. from its previous estimate in newspapers and mag- turning for the worse again. agreement on Aug. 25 that stop “dishonest demean- Digital advertising of 33 percent. Social media azines, Thakol Banjon- A statement released called for more high-lev- ors” of ceaselessly floating spending this year is fore- like Facebook and video gruck, analyst at KK Trade by the North’s powerful el dialogue between them a story that North Korea is cast to jump by two-thirds ads on Google’s YouTube Securities, wrote in a note National Defense Commis- and pulled themselves back responsible for the crisis, it to a record 9.9 billion baht account for the biggest to investors. “Advertising sion said that its expression from the brink of serious said. The announcement ($277.47 million) in South- share of online advertising spending is expected to rise last week of “regret” does military confrontation. was made by an uniden- east Asia’s second-largest spending. 3 percent this year based on not mean an apology for a In exchange for the re- tified spokesperson of the economy, according to the Stocks in Thailand’s the country’s GDP growth landmine explosion in the gret, South Korea stopped defense commission ahead Digital Advertising Associ- new media companies forecast of 2.5 percent. heavily-fortified demilita- blasting anti-Pyongyang of South Korean President ation (Thailand) (DAAT). have soared. Diversified However, there is rized zone on Aug. 4 that propaganda messages via Park Geun Hye’s talks While that lags the 44 per- media firm Plan B Media some risk that growth may maimed two South Korean loudspeakers positioned at with Chinese President cent and 53 percent growth PCL has more than dou- be weaker, because slow- soldiers and triggered the their border areas, which Xi Jinping in Beijing, dur- in 2014 and 2013, respec- bled since its February er-than-expected economic tensions. it had resumed for the first ing which North Korea tively, the near-term out- debut, and analysts expect growth and political uncer- It said South Korean time in 11 years in retalia- was expected to top the look for online advertising earnings growth to top 50 tainty could prompt adver- officials “should not make tion for the explosion. agenda.—Kyodo News looks sharp as advertisers percent this year. In con- tisers to hold off their ad- increasingly target Thai trast, the overall media and vertising budget,” Thakol consumers in the virtual publishing sector index has said.—Reuters China, Vietnam vow to work for long-term stable relations

NEW YORK — China and of our bilateral relations,” Congress (NPC), said the Vietnam have pledged to said China’s top legislator NPC is willing to carry out properly handle their dif- Zhang Dejiang. various kinds of exchanges ferences and work for the Zhang made the re- with the Vietnamese Na- long-term stable and sound marks while meeting with tional Assembly to enhance development of their rela- Vietnamese National As- cooperation between the tions. sembly Chairman Nguyen two countries. “China is willing to Sinh Hung on the sidelines Vietnam values its work with Vietnam to of the Fourth World Confer- “comradely and fraternal” consolidate our tradition- ence of Speakers of Parlia- relations with China, stands al friendship, promote our ment, which kicked off on ready to boost friendly co- strategic mutual trust and Monday and runs through operation with China and properly handle our dif- Thursday. properly manage their dif- ferences so as to push for- Zhang, chairman of ferences to preserve the A tourist holding a parasol walks by a barbed-wire fence decorated by South Korean ward the long-term stable the Standing Committee of overall health of bilateral national flags at the Imjingak pavilion near the demilitarized zone separating thetwo and sound development China’s National People’s ties, Nguyen said.—Xinhua Koreas in Paju, South Korea, August 22, 2015.—Reuters 8 Thursday, 3 September, 2015 OPINION

It’s common knowledge that a few months af- found a solution. It is therefore advisable that ter pay scales go up, the immediate benefits are low level government employees should be giv- wiped out by ever-increasing costs of living. en inflation-adjusted salaries rather than rais- Meanwhile government employees cannot enjoy ing their salaries frequently and causing price Thursday, 3 September, 2015 the benefits of a raise and may even be negatively volatility. affected by the drawbacks that arise. It is clear Making the case for that one of the main reasons for rising commodity prices is inflation, which is the greatest enemy of Write for us inflation-adjusted salaries low-income earners such as low-level government We appreciate your feedback and contribu- By Myint Win Thein employees. And although it’s not been long since tions. If you have any comments or would like to he salaries of government employees the government upped the salaries of its employ- submit editorials, analyses or reports please email were raised recently in a bid to meet the ees, rising prices caused by inflation due to a [email protected] with your name and title. Due to limitation of space we are only able to rising costs of living. However, raising strengthening US dollar and the calamity of the T publish “Letter to the Editor” that do not exceed 500 floods have cancelled out the pay rise. salaries can actually have a negative impact words. Should you submit a text longer than 500 on the market because it causes costs to This is a scenario that has been playing out in words please be aware that your letter will be edited. spike further. Myanmar for decades, yet no one seems to have

to be done. Let’s put our resourc- ment. This overview, (which is es where the results are. We can- the first of a series entitled Val- Start Your Own Enterprise not afford to be righteous and ue-Added and Alternative Start- tercourse with the prohibited uisite is Technology (Production, continue this project where we up Tool Kit), offers a broad look Htun Tin Htun classes of women is called mun- Banking, Insurance and Invest- seem to be unable to achieve the at each of the areas to consider efore we start our en- dane Right Action: it results in ment, Information, Communica- results we’ve set for ourselves. To when researching the possibility terprise, we must have good worldly fruits in this life or tion, Market, Management, Fi- believe that whatever we do is a of undertaking a value-added agri- Btwo eyes, one is Economic another. And the complete rejec- nancial, Human Development). moral cause, and should be pur- cultural enterprise. “Personal”: Eye and another one is Dhamma tion of these actions with pure “Putting Morality (Charac- sued whether there are results or 1). Do you have prior business ex- (Moral) Eye. Mind-centred reli- mind intent upon the Path is de- ter/Discipline) First” or “Make not, is a perennial temptation for perience of any kind? 2). How gion will make balanced econom- liverance - that is called transcen- Our Moral Conduct Clean” is an non-profit executives–and even many hours a week can you de- ic enterprises to gain profit and to dental Right Action and has its important practical guide in our more for their boards. The non- vote to managing and operating give (generosity/charity)(sharing results in the Paths and Fruits of responsible enterprises for the profits are human-change agents. the enterprise? 3). What skills and the Profit) for the benefits of all Purity.” And what now is Right peace, progress prosperity, free- And their results are therefore al- experience do you possess that re- human beings (to the People) in Livelihood? dom and security of the people, ways a change in people–in their late directly to the proposed enter- this Planet. One should first establish and planet. First thing in the pro- behaviour, circumstances, vision, prise? 3). Does your family under- The entrepreneurs need to oneself in what is proper; then cess of taming the mind is re- health, hopes, above all, in their stand that there may be financial learn more on the Buddha’s teach- only should one instruct others. straint. One has to restrain from competence and capacity. hardships while the business is ing to make the planet peace, pro- Thus the wise man will not be re- eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and “Start Your Own Enterprise” being developed? 4). Do you have gress and prosperous. Supreme proached. The right mindfulness mind. encourages us to implement the an available support system? Blissful Peace is the highest stage is truly the contemplation of the Result-Based Management is motto “Earn while you learn, “Marketing”: 1). Have you iden- of purity of mind which can be Body, of Feeling, of Conscious- now popular in Modern Business learn while you earn”. There are tified a viable niche market? 2) obtained only by the highest de- ness and of Mental-objects. Environment. Peter Drucker many books online and offline. Have you researched this market gree of morality, concentration Well done is that action do- makes a distinction between the Here is just intro for the people to determine its growth potential? and insight wisdom. Hence, there ing which one repents not later, 3). Have you identified key mar- is no attachment to life or exist- and the fruit of which one reaps keting components to help you ence, no selfhood, no desire for with delight and happiness. The “The entrepreneurs need to define your product? 4). Do you passion and lust. On the whole, Nobel Eightfold Path is conven- have an understanding of what not a single taint of craving is iently divided into three parts, will affect your product’s price? found in supreme blissful peace namely Right Understanding learn more on the Buddha’s 5). Have you looked at the volume and ultimate happiness. (View) and Right Thought (Inten- potential for your niche? 6). Have Avoid all evil things. Strive tion) belonging to (Panna) (Wis- teaching to make the planet you determined how you will on with diligence. It is, in actuali- dom), Right Speech, Right Action reach your customers? 7). Have ty, the most supreme state of and Right Livelihood to (Sila) you adequately evaluated your peace and happiness where there (Morality), and Right Effort, peace, progress and competitive environment? 8). is no rebirth and as a result all suf- Right Mindfulness and Right Have you assessed what will be fering, pain, sorrow grief, lamen- Concentration to (Samadhi) needed to promote your product? tation, etc. exist no more. It is ab- (Concentration). In order to real- prosperous” 9). Have you determined that you solute peace, tranquillity and ize the Four Noble Truths, an as- can differentiate (i.e., brand) your fulfilment: no anguish is there for piring person must find them out “moral mission” and the “eco- who are interested in “Be Your product? “Management”: him who has ended his journey within himself, i.e., one must nomic mission” in his book Own Boss”. Value-added agricul- 1). What experience do you have and is free from all sorrow who is meditate to fully understand the “Managing for Performance. ture offers entrepreneurial farmers in making day-to-day business de- emancipated in every way and has true nature of the aggregate of “Non-profit institutions generally an opportunity to identify and pur- cisions? 2). What experience do destroyed all attachments. Mind and Matter within one self. find it almost impossible to aban- sue new crops and new markets. you have in hiring and directing One should give up anger, re- Efforts (Woking hard) makes don anything. Everything they do This rapidly growing segment of the work of other people? 3). Do nounce pride, and overcome all the impossible possible. Accord- is “the Lord’s work” or “a good (USA’s North Carolina’s or else) you have a framework, or method- fetters. Suffering never befalls ing to the Buddha’s Teaching, we cause.” But nonprofits have to agricultural economy offers both ology, that you use to evaluate sit- him who clings not to mind and should follow the Four Guide- distinguish between moral causes the established and the new farmer uations in order to determine a body and is detached. Truly, “it is lines of prosperity and successful and economic causes. A moral a variety of ways to develop a course of action? 4). Do you as- to avoid the taking of life, to avoid enterprise. The first one is Strenu- cause is an absolute good. Preach- business and take advantage of its sess situations with both a short- theft and misappropriation, to ous and Concerted Efforts in ers have been thundering against profit potential. Like any business term and a long-term perspective? avoid sexual intercourse with which three requisites are includ- fornication for five thousand venture, value-added agricultural 5). Do you have a basic under- women under the protection of ed. Perseverance is one of the es- years. Results, alas, have been nil, opportunities carry risk. That risk standing of the laws and regula- their father, mother, brother, sis- sential requisites in undertaking but that only proves how deeply varies with the size of the invest- tions that affect the type of enter- ter or relatives, married women, any business enterprise. Knowl- entrenched evil is. The absence of ment, the type of product(s) se- prise you are considering? 6). and women under the ban of the edge and Skills (Conceptual, results indicate only that effort lected to grow, and the market Have you reviewed your insur- king, engaged women and women Technical, Managerial and Hu- have to be increased. This is the potential. Other factors that affect ance needs? 7). Do you under- who are the temporary wives of man Relations skills) are another essence of a moral cause. In an risk are the entrepreneur’s exper- stand the different types of busi- others (avoid altogether 20 types essential requisite for sustainable economic cause, once asks. Is this tise, or access to expertise, in the ness legal structures, how to set of women). Now avoidance of and successful and significant the best application of our scarce areas of marketing, business man- them up and the tax impact killing, of theft and of sexual in- business undertakings. Next req- resources? There is so much work agement and financial manage- (See page 9) Thursday, 3 September, 2015 9 National & Opinion Myanmar hosts annual ASEAN Defence meeting Nay Pyi Taw — Myan- Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri mar hosted the 19th ASEAN Lanka, Russia, Mongo- Regional Forum-Heads of lia, the United States and Defence Universities, Col- Australia. leges and Institutions Meet- Topics discussed in- ing (HDUCIM) in Nay Pyi cluded enhancing stra- Taw on Wednesday. tegic cooperation in the An address was giv- region, enhancing coop- en by Vice-Senior Gen- eration through military eral Soe Win, the Depu- education and building ty Commander-in-Chief regional security coopera- of Defence Services tion. The meeting was also and Army Command- attended by senior mili- er-in-Chief. tary officers of Office of The two-day meet- the Commander-in-Chief ing drew defence services (Army), Commander of delegates from Brunei, In- Nay Pyi Taw Command donesia, Cambodia, Laos, Brig-Gen Moe Myint Tun, Malaysia, the Philippines, Commandant of National Singapore, Thailand, Ti- Defence College Brig- mor, Vietnam, China, In- Gen Myo Moe Aung and Vice-Senior General Soe Win poses for documentary photo with Heads of Defence Universities, Colleges and Institutions dia, Japan, South Korea, officials.— Myawady from ASEAN countries.—Myawady Public donates relief supplies for 119 Two police killed, fugitive captured Yangon — A Fugi- unarmed policemen as they was killed by two men flood-hit monasteries in Monyo tive who stabbed two tried to arrest him at a local in Insein Township in Yangon — Relief pro- for Religious Affairs U Soe fund for the monasteries. policemen to death guest house. In addition to July while in pursuit of visions were donated to Win, who presented dona- The Ministry of Reli- in Thanlyin on Wednes- double murder charges, he a fugitive. Myanmar Po- 119 monasteries in flood- tions of rice, cooking oil, gious Affairs has also sent day has been apprehended also faces charges of rob- lice Force arrested 3,564 hit areas of Monyo Town- robes, umbrellas, slippers, donations from the public to and is now in police cus- bery, stealing and assault fugitives between Sep- ship in Bago Region on alms bowls, fans, steel bowls monasteries in flood-affect- tody. dating back to 2014. tember 2014 and July Wednesday. and spoons and juice from ed areas in Pwintbyu, Kalay, Tin Myint killed the Another policeman 2015.— GNLM A donation ceremony well-wishers. A sum of K10 Sittway and Monywa town- was led by Union Minister million was also donated to a ships.—MNA The first part of Which bit is that? my work day is the hardest Taking the bus to get there!

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Tin Oo Lwin being welcomed by Vietnamese Ambassador Mr Pham Thanh Dung at the reception to mark 70th Anniversary of National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at Sule-Shangri-La Hotel in Yangon on 2 Hlaing Win Thit (Pazaundaung) September.—mna

and who leads the way. Social en- benefits. Both social enterprise you can find out more by consult- Start Your Own Enterprise terprise is a different way of doing and business planning come with ing various websites about social (from page 8) profit projections for the first three business. A social enterprise is a their own sets of jargon and ter- enterprises which will direct you on your business of each struc- years of your business? 7). Can business that trades for a social minology. Wherever practical, we to further sources of information. ture? “Financial”: 1). Have you your family continue to pay its purpose. The social aims of the have attempted to explain the The journey of your enterprise evaluated your personal financial monthly obligations if your busi- business are of equal importance meaning of any jargon that you start from Motivation, Prepara- situation? 2). Have you researched ness sustains a loss during its to its commercial activities, and should expect to encounter. The tion, Assessment, Test Your Idea, the start-up costs of your busi- start-up year? 8). Do you under- this combination is often referred social enterprise sector is both vi- Exploration, Business Planning ness? 3). Have you evaluated the stand the basics of record keep- to as the ‘double bottom line’. brant and developing. If you are and then Start Up. Have a good capital and human resource in- ing? Other enterprises can follow Like any business, a social enter- unfamiliar with social enterprise, start. vestment requirements to begin these hints by adding some re- prise focuses on generating an in- your enterprise? 4). Do you have quirements it may be necessary. come through the sale of goods About the author: a working knowledge of financial Embody values (value re- and services to a market but the U Tin Htun statements? 5). Do you have ac- spect and relationship) is the qual- added value of a social enterprise Freelance Management and Development Consultant, former International cess to business capital at an af- ity of a great leader. The leader is comes from the way in which it UNV UNCHS/ILO/UNIDO Cooperative and Small Business Specialist in fordable interest rate and worka- the one who knows the way, who uses its profits to maximise social, Malawi and Kiribati /UNDP Community Empowerment and Development Specialist in Bangladesh ble terms? 6) Have you developed goes the way, who shows the way community or environmental 10 Thursday, 3 September, 2015 World Hundreds of migrants protest at Budapest station, want to go to Germany

Budapest — Hundreds of mi- grants protested in front of Buda- pest’s Eastern railway station on Wednesday, shouting “Freedom, freedom” and demanding to be let onto trains bound for Germa- ny but the station remained closed to them. More than 2,000 migrants, including families with children, were waiting in the square at the station in sweltering heat. Asked if Hungary would again let migrants board trains to Germany as it did on Monday, a spokesman for the government said it would observe European Union rules. “In the territory of the EU, illegal migrants can travel on- wards only with valid documents and observing EU rules,” he said. “A train ticket does not overwrite EU rules.”—Reuters Migrants rest outside the main Eastern Railway station in Budapest, Hungary, September 2, 2015. —Reuters Big guns in east Ukraine fall silent, two Biden is top choice of more die from wounds in Kiev protests Democrats if Clinton falters Kiev — A fragile truce be- ruary. Government and separa- said. No soldiers had been Washington — US Demo- or minus 5.1 percentage points. tween Ukrainian government tist representatives agreed last killed or wounded over the past cratic voters would choose Vice Clinton remains the top forces and pro-Russian separa- week to strive to end all viola- 24 hours, he said. President Joe Biden as their pre- choice for Democratic voters, tists appeared to be holding on tions from Tuesday. However, two more guards- ferred candidate for president in with more than 44 percent favor- Tuesday as both sides made a A Kiev military spokesman man have died from wounds 2016 if current frontrunner Hillary ing the former first lady, accord- renewed effort to silence their said first signs were that parties sustained in violent protests Clinton shows signs of faltering, ing to Tuesday’s Reuters/Ipsos guns and make the much- to the Minsk deal were adher- outside Ukraine’s parliament, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll polling data. Sanders had the sup- abused ceasefire work. ing to the call for a more effec- the national guard said. released on Tuesday. port of a quarter of those sur- Sporadic shelling and tive truce to mark the start of a The Minsk agreement, bro- More than 38 percent of veyed, and Biden almost 17 per- shooting, which each side has new school year. kered by the leaders of Ukraine, Democrats polled said they would cent. blamed on the other, had en- “As of 12 p.m. there were Russia, Germany and France, is vote for Biden in the Democratic But Clinton’s lead narrowed sured a steadily mounting death no reports of violations by the regarded as the bedrock of in- Party nominating contest, if poll- in recent days as her polling num- toll despite the ceasefire called illegal armed groups. Now the ternational efforts to end the ing indicated that Clinton would bers fell below 50 percent in Au- as part of a peace plan worked situation is calm,” the spokes- conflict in Ukraine’s eastern re- lose to a Republican candidate. gust and as Sanders, a self-de- out in Minsk, Belarus, in Feb- man, Oleksander Motuzyanyk, gions. More than 6,500 people Thirty percent of Democratic scribed socialist, drew a bit closer. have been killed since a separa- voters said they would back liber- Sanders’ campaign has fo- tist rebellion erupted there in al Vermont Senator Bernie Sand- cused on wealth inequality and April 2014. ers should Clinton, a former sec- the economic struggles of the But violent nationalist-led retary of state, run into trouble, middle class. He has drawn large protests outside parliament on according to the tracking poll crowds and has appeared to gain Monday and political opposi- conducted from Aug. 28 through traction especially among stu- tion inside to reforms indicate Sept. 1. dents, according to Reuters/Ipsos that President Petro Poroshen- Fewer than a quarter of vot- polling. Voters in various polls ko may struggle to win broad ers said they would stick by Clin- have said they lack trust in Clin- support for the Minsk deal. ton. The survey suggested that ton as she struggles with a contro- Several explosive devices, while Clinton’s support is broad, versy over her use of a private including smoke bombs and voters are far from committed, email server for official business one grenade, were thrown from which could indicate risks for her during her tenure as the top US the crowd at the parliament if Biden were to jump into the diplomat. The FBI is investigat- during a rowdy debate on con- race. ing the security of the private stitutional amendments that Biden has been consulting server and any classified informa- would give greater self-govern- with advisers over whether he tion on it. Clinton says she did ance to rebel-held areas in the should launch a 2016 presidential nothing wrong and only used the east. One guardsman was re- bid. With the first Democratic private account out of conveni- ported on Monday as having presidential primary debate ence. been killed in the unrest and planned for Oct. 13, Biden is un- An August interview survey nearly 90 wounded. Police de- der pressure to make a decision of 22 voters who had participated tained 18 people, including a within the next few weeks. in Reuters/Ipsos polling and sup- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R) greets Austrian diplomat person who had thrown a gre- A total of 499 people who ported Biden found many of them and OSCE Ambassador Martin Sajdik after their meeting in Kiev, nade. Police say he is the mem- identified themselves as Demo- describing the vice president as Ukraine, in this September 1, 2015 handout photo provided by the ber of nationalist Svoboda po- crats took part in the poll, which “honest,” “genuine” and “trust- Ukrainian Presidential Press Service.—Reuters litical party.—Reuters had a credibility interval of plus worthy.”—Reuters Thursday, 3 September, 2015 11 world Congo militia leader goes on trial South Africa may increase nuclear power in test of international court — newspaper The Hague — A Con- of Congo, and indicted in Lendu, Ngiti and other eth- routinely raped.” Johannesburg — The government aims golese militia leader goes 2006, Ntaganda remained nic groups,” Bensouda said In 2013, alone and South Africa’s future en- to procure nuclear reactors on trial at the Internation- on the run for years, fight- on Tuesday. fearing for his life, Ntagan- ergy mix could include an to generate 9,600 MW by al Criminal Court (ICC) ing in a series of conflicts “We believe he re- da became the first person even higher share for nu- 2030 but the newspaper said on Wednesday accused of on and around Congo’s cruited hundreds of chil- to surrender to the court clear power than the 9,600 that could be “enhanced crimes including murder border with Rwanda. dren into the UPC (Union voluntarily, handing him- megawatts (MW) already further”, as the government and the rape of his own “We believe he or- of Congolese Patriots) self in at the US embassy planned, the Business Day aims to fulfil its targets to child soldiers during the dered his troops to attack, and used them to kill in the Rwandan capital Ki- newspaper reported on mitigate climate change. early 2000s. pillage, rape, persecute and and to die in the fighting; gali. Tuesday, citing an interview Analysts have estimated Rwandan-born Bosco kill civilians belonging to and girl soldiers to be Set up in 2002 to with a government official. that the current nuclear Ntaganda is the fourth per- prosecute the most serious It said a new version building plans could cost as son to face trial at the court international crimes, the of South Africa’s integrat- much as $100 billion, mak- in connection with a series ICC has until now con- ed resources plan, which ing it the country’s biggest of brutal conflicts that have victed only little-known projects its electricity re- ever infrastructure project. for decades afflicted the warlords from the Ituri quirements and suggests However, Energy Min- mineral-rich province of conflicts. Other cases, like the energy generation mix ister Tina Joemat-Petters- Ituri in Congo’s northeast. that against Kenyan Presi- needed, will be released son said neither the price The trial will be the dent Uhuru Kenyatta, have in March. “Given that we nor the contractor had been first test of a new team as- collapsed after witness have a climate change com- determined. sembled by court prosecu- withdrawals undermined mitment to fulfil, it should Opposition parties have tor Fatou Bensouda, who already brittle cases. not surprise people that the expressed concern about the has promised to ensure that Many of its high- viability of a much larger cost and that agreements cases are investigated and est-profile indictees, from nuclear contribution in the to build the nuclear plants prepared more rigorously Sudanese President Omar long term should be tested will be made behind closed after a series of high-pro- al-Bashir to Saif al-Islam, alongside all other options,” doors, without proper pub- file failures. son of late Libyan leader Omphi Aphane, deputy lic scrutiny. Known as “The Ter- Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda sits in the Muammar Gaddafi, remain director general in the De- China, France, Russia, minator” during his time courtroom of the ICC (International Criminal Court) during at large, their governments partment of Energy, told the the United States and South commanding the Patriotic the first day of his trial at the Hague in the Netherlands refusing to hand them newspaper. Korea, as well as Japan and Forces for the Liberation September 2, 2015.—Reuters over.—Reuters Africa’s most ad- Canada, have all expressed vanced economy is gripped interest in the project and by an electricity shortage have signed or are close Turkish warplanes attack PKK targets and regular power cuts are to signing cooperation hurting economic growth deals with South Africa on and tarnishing investor con- trade and technology ex- after soldier killed in attack fidence. change.—Reuters Istanbul — Turkish peace negotiations in tat- sitions in the area, where up arms in 1984, and more F-16 warplanes bombed ters. attack helicopters, drones than 40,000 people have Turkish construction Kurdistan Workers’ Par- PKK fighters armed and military reinforce- since been killed. ty (PKK) firing positions with rifles opened fire at ments were also operating. The violence had halt- in southeast Turkey on 7:05 a.m. (0405 GMT) on Some 70 members of ed after Ankara began talks firm says 18 workers Wednesday after the mili- troops conducting searches Turkey’s security forces with the group’s jailed tants killed a soldier in the on a road in the Semdinli have been killed since PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in kidnapped in Baghdad area, Turkey’s armed forc- district of Hakkari prov- attacks began in early July. 2012. es said. ince, near the borders with The state-run Anadolu There appeared to Ankara — Eighteen military uniforms broke Clashes between Turk- Iran and Iraq, the general Agency says more than 900 be progress towards a Turkish workers were kid- down the door at 3 am ish troops and the mili- staff said on its website. PKK militants have been peace deal, but it was un- napped from a sports stadi- (0000 GMT) and abduct- tants, who have bases in In the ensuing clash, killed in southeast Turkey dermined before June’s um they were constructing ed all these people,” Nurol the mountains of nearby one soldier was killed and and in Iraq since July 22. parliamentary election by in northeast Baghdad on chief executive Ugur Do- northern Iraq, have become two were wounded and The PKK, designated domestic politics and Wednesday morning, the gan said. A spokesman for a daily occurrence since a flown to hospital. a terrorist organisation by Kurdish involvement in the head of their firm, Nurol the Iraqi interior ministry two-year-old ceasefire fell Two F-16 jets then Turkey, the United States civil war in neighbouring Holding, told Reuters. had earlier said 16 people apart last month, leaving destroyed PKK firing po- and European Union, took Syria.—Reuters “People dressed in were taken.—Reuters Three Pakistani police killed Friendly fire from Saudi-led coalition kills seven in Yemen in raid targeting Taliban Aden — Seven supporters paign against the Iran-al- in what regional media had health care services and an of President Abd-Rabbu lied Houthis since March said were preparations for outbreak of dengue fever PESHAWAR (Paki- opened fire with a semi-au- Mansour Hadi were killed to try to halt the Zaydi an assault to retake Sanaa are compounding a dire hu- stan), — Militants killed tomatic weapon, Peshawar on Tuesday by friendly fire Shi’ite group’s expansion from the Houthis. manitarian situation. three police officers and police chief Mian Saeed from a Saudi-led air strike and restore the exiled Hadi Hadi supporters, who “We are alarmed by wounded several more on said. in north Yemen, tribal to power. had been on the retreat since the steep increase in the Wednesday in a botched Another suspect fired sources said, as pro-Hadi Tribal sources said the Houthis seized Sanaa a number of civil casualties police operation on a Paki- rocket-propelled grenades forces converged on Mar- two members of a local year ago, have made gains in Taiz in recent weeks,” stani Taliban hideout in the at the team, according to a ib in preparation to attack force allied with Hadi were in recent weeks with Sau- U.N. human rights spokes- northwestern city of Pesha- second police official in the Houthi fighters in the re- also wounded when Sau- di-led support, capturing woman Cecile Pouilly told war, police and residents city’s Urmar area. gion. di-led jets targeted them by Aden and advancing on the a news briefing. said. “Overall, three police In the southern port mistake in an area known strategic southwestern city Taiz, Yemen’s Pakistan, a nucle- personnel were martyred city of Aden, unidentified as al-Khazzan, east of the of Taiz. third-largest city, has be- ar-armed nation of 190 mil- and seven officers were gunmen on motorcycles capital Sanaa, during a But the United Nations come the latest front line in lion, is plagued by a Tali- wounded, and one sniffer shot dead two leaders of clash with Houthi fighters. says the fighting has often a five-month war between ban insurgency, sectarian dog also sustained inju- a local force allied with Hadi supporters had targeted civilians. Houthi militiamen from violence and militancy. ries,” Saeed said. Hadi in separate attacks on been reinforcing local In a Geneva, the Unit- the north and supporters The police ran into One of the attackers Monday, regional officials tribal fighters with new- ed Nations said on Tuesday of Yemen’s exiled govern- trouble during a pre-dawn was killed by police re- said. ly-trained recruits and ar- that 95 civilians had been ment, which is backed by raid, when one of the mili- turning fire and the rest es- Saudi-led forces have moured vehicles supplied killed in the past two weeks the West and Saudi Ara- tant suspects inside a home caped, he said.—Reuters been waging an air cam- by the Saudi-led coalition in Taiz, where a collapse in bia.—Reuters 12 Thursday, 3 September, 2015 World Hundreds of Eurostar passengers stranded French president by migrants trying to get through tunnel pledges to do Calais, (France) — Hundreds of passengers were stranded for everything to hours on five Eurostar high-speed trains after reports that migrants identify Paris were blocking the tracks leading to the tunnel under the English fire’ causes Channel and were attempting to climb aboard. Paris — French President According to the Eurostar Francois Hollande on Twitter feed, three of the trains Wednesday vowed to dig out then went on to London early the causes of a fatal blaze on Wednesday, while two in Paris northern suburbs, others returned to their original according to his office. departure stations in London and “Everything is done to Paris. shed light on the cause of this Eurostar had announced on drama and get all the necessary Twitter late on Tuesday that it information about what was holding its trains “whilst happened,” Hollande said. authorities deal with trespassers” A fire broke out at around and then said the trespassers had 5 a.m. local time ( 0300 GMT) been spotted on the tracks at in the 18th district of French the station in Calais. The trains capital in a private building, stayed in place as the trespassers killing eight people, including were removed from the tunnel two children. It started on the and away from the tracks, it said. ground floor before spreading Local media reported that into the stairwell, local medias the trespassers were migrants reported. attempting to cross into the A hundred firefighters United Kingdom through the were mobilized to contain the Eurotunnel, also known as blaze that was under control, the Chunnel. So far this year, the Elysee said. thousands of refugees have Passengers wrapped in thermal foil blankets given out by emergency services after their Eurostar train was Interior Minister attempted to make the dangerous stranded at Calais Station, after intruders were seen near the Eurotunnel, in Calais, France September 2, Bernard Cazeneuve said an crossing. 2015. —Reuters investigation is ongoing, Passengers on one of the passengers on that train sat in fresh air and bottled water. But being sought.” adding “it’s too early to London-bound trains, which the dark for nearly four hours. when some attempted to leave “We’ve been abandoned on determine the cause of the stopped less than a mile (1.6 km) The heat and mugginess in the the station to cross the English a platform somewhere in the cold fire.”—Xinhua from the tunnel, were told at one cars rose as conductors walked Channel by ferry, French with NO INFORMATION,” point to be very quiet and listen the aisles with wind-up torches. gendarmes stopped them, saying tweeted one of the passengers, Greek coast for the sound of people climbing A woman in business class wept that customs and immigration Danny Bell. “And enlighten on the roof. A helicopter with and many passengers said they laws required that the passengers me - at 4am in the middle of guard seizes ship a searchlight then circled the could not breathe in the stifling return to Paris. However, nowhere what are those options? train as guards walked the air. Eurostar tweeted that the train, For hundreds and hundreds of with weapons tracks looking for migrants, but Eurostar then pulled the ES9055, “is unable to be used to people?” seemingly none were spotted. train back to Calais, where take passengers in Calais back to Eurostar has offered to With the power out, passengers disembarked for Paris and alternative options are exchange tickets.—Reuters bound for Libya Athens — Greek authorities have seized a freighter carrying Obama pushes for more US ice-breaking might in Arctic an undeclared shipment of weapons en route from Turkey Seward, (Alaska) — President only two,” Obama told reporters groundwork for the US Coast and touted its expertise in to Libya, coast guard officials Barack Obama said on Tuesday in the coastal town of Seward, Guard to launch a competition to manufacturing heavy- and said on Wednesday. the United States needs to quickly named after Secretary of State build a new icebreaker. medium-weight steel commercial A coast guard patrol boat acquire at least one new heavy William Seward, who negotiated “Great powers should have ships. raided the vessel on Tuesday, icebreaker for the US Arctic, the purchase of Alaska from the capabilities for playing a The company that built the 20 nautical miles northeast of where melting sea ice has spurred Russia in 1867. role in the theatre,” said Malte other existing U.S. icebreakers, Crete. The freighter, with a more traffic and the United States Obama will have to convince Humpert, the head of the Lockheed Shipbuilding and crew of seven and which had has fallen far behind Russian Congress to pick up the tab for Arctic Institute, a think tank. Construction, has exited the sailed from the Turkish port resources. any new icebreakers, each of “Russia is ready for anything business and its shipyard was of Iskenderun, was escorted to The move, part of a push to which comes with a price tag of that happens in the Arctic, and shut down in 1988. Heraklion port on the island. convince Americans to support about $1 billion. China is getting ready to have It usually takes up to 10 The United Nations Obama’s plans to curb climate “The devil, as always, will be those capabilities.” years to build an icebreaker. It has imposed an embargo on change, has long been urged in the funding and procurement As the Arctic opens tourism was not immediately clear when weapons shipments to Libya. by Arctic advocates as climate details,” said Heather Conley and oil drilling, the United States any proposed new vessel might “The ship’s crew is being change opens up the region to of the Centre for Strategic risks not having enough capacity be ready. questioned and the content of more shipping, mining and oil and International Studies in to carry out search and rescue and The White House also its containers will be checked,” drilling. Washington, who has studied the oil spill response missions. said the government should a coast guard official said, In the first step of Obama’s need for more Arctic icebreakers. Huntington Ingalls Industries start planning for additional declining to be named. new timetable, the government The region also needs Inc, which built the newest US vessels. The Coast Guard has The coast guard provided would buy a heavy icebreaker by enhanced navigation aids, ice breaker and delivered it in previously recommended it no further details of what kind 2020 instead of the previous goal satellite communications, deep 1999, said it was keen to bid on needs eight icebreakers, although of arms the freighter had on of 2022. water ports and other related new hardened ships for the Coast no administration budget has board, or its ownership. The United States used to investments not mentioned in Guard. yet included the huge funding Libya is divided between have seven icebreakers. Russia the White House announcement, General Dynamics Corp, request. two rival governments battling currently has 40, with another 11 Conley noted. the other large US military Coast Guard officials have for control, leaving a security planned or under construction. At a time of dwindling shipbuilder and a possible bidder said other agencies will have to vacuum being exploited by “Technically, we have three. big-ticket weapons programs, in an ice breaker competition, chip in to help finance the purchase migrant smugglers and Islamic Operationally, we really have Obama’s announcement lays the said it was also very interested, of new icebreakers.—Reuters militants.—Reuters Thursday, 3 September, 2015 13 ADVERTISEMENT & GENERAL CLAIMS DAY NOTICE CLAIMS DAY NOTICE CLAIMS DAY NOTICE MV bangkachai VOY NO (138) MV lindaunis VOY NO (0011s) MV Yangon star VOY NO (7j039R) Consignees of cargo carried on MV bangkachai Consignees of cargo carried on MV lindaunis Consignees of cargo carried on MV Yangon star VOY NO (138) are hereby notified that the vessel will be VOY NO (0011s) are hereby notified that the vessel will VOY NO (7j039R) are hereby notified that the vessel will arriving on 3.9.2015 and cargo will be discharged into the be arriving on 3.9.2015 and cargo will be discharged into be arriving on 3.9.2015 and cargo will be discharged into premises of s.p.w(4) where it will lie at the consignee’s the premises of m.i.p where it will lie at the consignee’s the premises of m.i.p where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and condi- risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and condi- risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and condi- tions of the Port of Yangon. tions of the Port of Yangon. tions of the Port of Yangon. Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day now de- 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day now de- 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day now de- clared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from clared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from clared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the Vessel. the Vessel. the Vessel. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims Day. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after No claims against this vessel will be admitted after SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT the Claims Day. the Claims Day. MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT AGENT FOR: M/S wongsamut ocean MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY shipping co ltd. 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(1) iFB-044(15-16) well Servicing Equipment (15) Items US$ Jakar ta — An earth- quake measuring 5.6 Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to (2) iFB-045(l 5-16) well Control Accessories (9) Items US$ Richter scale jolted east- (3) iFB-046(15-16) Spares for Mack Oil Field Truck (17) Items US$ 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day now de- ern parts of Indonesia clared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from (4) iFB-047(15-16) Spares for Well Servicing Truck (1) Item US$ earlier Wednesday, the the Vessel. (5) iFB-048(15-16) Spares for 50 Ton Hitachi Sumitomo US$ Meteorology and Geo- No claims against this vessel will be admitted after Hydraulic Crawler Crane (10) Items physics Agency reported the Claims Day. (6) iFB-049(15-16) Ariel Compressor JGK-4 and Cooper US$ here. 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Weather report BAY INFERENCE: Monsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea and South Bay and strong elsewhere in the Bay of Ben- gal. FORECAST VALID UNTIL EVENING OF THE 3rd September, 2015: Rain or thundershowers will be isolat- ed in Shan and Kayah States, scattered in Lower Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Regions, fairly widespread in Bago, Yangon and Ayeyarwady Regions and widespread in the remaining Regions and States with regionally heavy falls in Rakhine State and isolated heavy falls in Upper Sagaing Region, Chin and Mon States. Degree of certainty is (100%). STATE OF THE SEA: Squalls with moderate to rough sea People gather at the art installation Serpent Mother during the Burning Man 2015 “Carnival of Mirrors” arts and music are likely at times Deltaic, off and along Rakhine Coasts. festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, September 1, 2015. Participants are still arriving from all over the world Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35) m.p.h. Sea will for the sold-out festival to spend a week in the remote desert to experience art, music and the unique community that be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters. develops.—Reuters 14 Thursday, 3 September, 2015 Entertainment ‘Take On Me’ singers A-ha Venice film fest on a roll reunite with new album London — Norwegian things and see if there are with Oscar-lucky openers band A-ha, whose “Take On better ways to get to where Me” track remains one of you want to be.” the most popular songs from A-ha formed in 1982 Venice — The Venice the 1980s, are reuniting tem- and this year marks 30 years Film Festival is having porarily, releasing their first since the release of their de- a good run with opening new material in six years. but album “Hunting High films winning Oscars, in- The band split after and Low”, which has sold cluding best picture last a worldwide tour in 2010 more than 10 million copies. year for “Birdman”, and and vocalist Morten Har- “For us you have to hopes to stay on a winning ket, keyboardist Magne make peace with that song streak when the mountain Furuholmen and guitarist because it’s stronger than disaster film “Everest” Paul Waaktaar-Savoy went you in a way. It’s not going kicks off the 72nd edition on to pursue solo projects. away,” Harket said when on Wednesday. The trio are now back asked about the continued “Everest” is directed together for a two-year re- popularity of “Take On Me”. by the relatively unknown union to write new materi- “We played it to death Baltasar Kormakur from al. Their 10th studio album, ... but the public don’t get Iceland but boasts an all- “Cast In Steel”, is out Sept. 4 sick of it somehow.” star cast, including Jake and a European tour will fol- Harket said the band Gyllenhaal, Keira Knight- low next year. A-ha will first now are getting to grips ley and Josh Brolin re-en- perform at the Rock in Rio with the popularity of social acting a real-life disaster music festival this month. media — especially with- that befell several expedi- “It’s incredible how in the music industry — a tions on the world’s highest quickly you fall back into big change from when they mountain in 1996 -- filmed Italian model and actress Elisa Sednaoui poses for photographers a day before the 72nd where you left off,” Harket started out. “I have always in 3D to boot. Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, September 1, 2015. Sednaoui will be hosting the told Reuters in an interview been a recluse really and It is not competing for opening and closing ceremonies of the film festival.—Reuters on Tuesday. to bring me out in the open the “Lion d’Or” top prize, “One of the good things like that is not easy,” he said. but it is just the kind of whatever, not cinephiles, tor Amos Gitai’s biopic on ing a really good job in about being away is to digest “I think it has a lot of good film that Alberto Barbera, so you have to find a mix of Yitzhak Rabin, “Rabin, the the last couple of years of things and maybe learn from things to it.”—Reuters the festival’s director, is elements that combine the Last Day”, and “Beasts of focusing the lineup,” said looking for as an opener many expectations of the No Nation”, which stars Id- Scott Roxborough, a Eu- -- having scored a hit not audience,” he said. ris Elba (“Mandela: Long ropean-based critic and re- Rita Ora looking for house only with “Birdman” but Barbera is proud not Walk to Freedom”) and is porter for The Hollywood also with the space thriller only of grabbing “Everest”, based on a novel about a Reporter trade publication. “Gravity” the year before. showing out of competi- child soldier in Africa. “It’s not as big as the in Los Angeles? “The most difficult tion, but also for luring a Out of competition, Toronto Film Festival, and London — Singer Rita tel or rents a place with her thing is to identify the raft of prestigious films, di- the festival will host the it doesn’t have the sort of Ora is reportedly looking team. But she’s been going film for the opening night rectors and actors for a fes- premiere of “Black Mass”, aura of Cannes or Berlin, to buy her own pad in LA. back and forth so much re- because it’s a sort of a tival that in some film cir- with Johnny Depp por- which are just massive. The 24-year-old cently promoting her new special category of film,” cles, before Barbera took traying the Irish-American Venice is much more lim- “Body On Me” hitmaker, single that she’s decided it Barbera told Reuters in the reins a few years ago, gangster Whitey Bulger, ited...but they do a good who is hoping to crack the makes more sense to get an interview. “It has to be was said to be sinking into and “Spotlight”, starring job of balancing a handful US with her upcoming al- her own place. spectacular enough, not the lagoon, with the rest of Michael Keaton as an edi- of films that will be inter- bum, plans to spend much “Her album is due out too violent because the Venice. tor involved in the Boston esting later in the year for more time in the US and in November and she’s des- audience of the opening Some of the top movies Globe’s Pulitzer-Prize win- Oscar nominations.” wants a base other than perate for it to be a success night is different from the in the competition strand ning investigation of pedo- There are 21 films a hotel, reported Female in the US. She has been rest of the festival. include Eddie Redmayne phile priests serving in the in the main competition First. looking at houses over the “It’s made of guests, playing the title role in Roman Catholic church in strand this year, and the “Rita spends a lot of past month but is still in representatives of the pub- the transgender film “The Boston. prizes will be awarded on time in America and nor- the early stages of finding lic institutions, authorities, Danish Girl”, Israeli direc- “Venice has been do- Sept. 12. —Reuters mally either stays in a ho- somewhere.”—PTI Cupcakes & time travel: Changing cities explored in Berlin show Berlin — If you could go pay for products. much as 30-40 percent in ahead of a performance last could it be like the worst until Sept. 12, the artists will back in time to change your At night the group uses cities such as Berlin, Munich week. The artists decided to version of Hill Valley, with take their performance to the city, what would you do? the space to offer “time trav- and Frankfurt since 2007 make a fancy store part of some people living in lux- rundown former industrial What kind of a place do you el workshops”, theatrical prompted the government to the production to highlight urious penthouses and oth- town of Muelheim an der want to live in? Would you performances in which the act, introducing a cap on rent the changing nature of the ers cramped in on the edge Ruhr in western Germany, try to stop gentrification? audience follows the cast rises to prevent tenants being neighborhood, where con- of town and just not given and then to wealthy Graz in These are some of the from room to room as they priced out. cept stores selling sweaters enough?” he said. Austria in September and questions being posed by a use English and German in The location of the copy for hundreds of euros (dol- After a run in Berlin October.—Reuters Berlin-based collective of music, speech, clips from the & waste project near the lars) sit across from stores artists, called copy & waste, movie trilogy, and filmwork Kottbusser Tor underground selling items for a euro in a performance inspired by to explore issues of gentrifi- station in an up-and-coming apiece. the way Hill Valley changes cation. area of the city is no acci- “We’re not here to during the 1980s “Back to “First come the artists dent. Once an almost-for- make money, we want to the Future” science-fiction and studios, followed by the gotten area home to Turkish talk to people, see how they comedy films. students and the cupcake immigrant workers, just a react,” writer Joerg Albrecht Titled “Knick-Knack cafes and then the well-to- couple of streets away from said. to the Future”, by day the do and boutiques. And this the Berlin Wall, the area is American actor Dan- artists run a fictional “con- process takes place over in- surging in popularity, caus- iel Brunet, who is Produc- cept store” selling coffee, creasingly shorter periods ing rents to rise. ing Artistic Director of the cupcakes and “Back to Fu- of time,” the group says on “Here, the process of English Theatre Berlin, ture”-themed bags, shoes its website. Gentrification gentrification is so obvious, said affordable housing The director and actor at copy & waste Steffen Klewar and T-shirts in a bid to en- is a hot topic in Germany, it’s so in your face,” Steffen was a basic right. “I can (L) and actor Daniel Brunet pose behind a car model of a courage people to discuss and especially Berlin. A Klewar, director and actor at barely picture what New DeLorean DMC-12 at the concept store “Knick-Knack to the how much they’re willing to sharp increase in rents of as copy & waste, told Reuters York will look like in 2045, Future” in Berlin, Germany, September 1, 2015.—Reuters Thursday, 3 September, 2015 15 general Los Angeles named US bid candidate for 2024 Games West Brom’s Berahino angry as dream move joins failed deals London—West Bromwich Al- bion’s Saido Berahino has sug- gested he will never play for the club again after failing to secure a last-minute transfer to Tottenham Hotspur as several players did not get the moves they wanted on a fre- netic deadline day. The Los Angeles downtown skyline is pictured August 22, 2011. —Reuters England under-21 striker Berahino was the subject of four Los Angeles — Los Ange- Olympics,” USOC Chief Execu- with Olympic officials. ship with the USOC as we aim to failed bids from the London club les was officially selected on tive Officer Scott Blackmun told The International Olympic bring the Olympic and Paralym- and reacted angrily on Twitter, say- Tuesday as the American candi- a news conference held just off Committee (IOC) will elect a pic Games back to the US for the ing he would not play for the Mid- date city that will bid to host the the beach front in Santa Monica. winning bid in September 2017. first time in 28 years. lands outfit again under chairman 2024 Summer Olympics after The final obstacle facing “LA has the proven experi- “It is an honour for any city Jeremy Peace. Boston pulled out of the race in the city’s candidacy was cleared ence in hosting the Games, and to host the Olympic Games, “Sad how I can’t say exactly July, the US Olympic Commit- earlier Tuesday when the Los knows how to deliver world- and Los Angeles is unique- how the club has treated me, but I tee said. Angeles City Council voted class events for athletes and an ly prepared for this task. With can officially say I will never play Los Angeles, which has unanimously to pursue a bid for extraordinary experience for the unanimous support of our (for) Jeremy Peace,” he said. hosted the Summer Games twice the 2024 Games, giving Los An- fans,” Blackmun said in a state- City Council, we are ready to While Peace responded by before, in 1932 and 1984, will geles the chance to become the ment. “Coupled with the city’s serve and strengthen the Olym- saying he made it clear to Spurs be among the front-runners and only city besides London to host culture of creativity and inno- pic Movement and build a new that West Brom would not accept a joins a race that includes heavy the Olympics three times. vation, we are confident LA can Olympic legacy.” The USOC bid for Berahino so late in the win- favourite Paris, Rome, Budapest The resolution adopted on a deliver an outstanding Olympic had been under pressure to find dow, he admitted the player had and Hamburg. “It is my distinct 15-0 vote by the council allows and Paralympic Games in 2024.” another potential host with the been unsettled by what he called honour today to formerly name the city to negotiate financial Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcet- IOC having set a Sept. 15 dead- Tottenham’s “antics”. the city of Los Angeles as the terms of a hosting deal and bow ti said: “Today, I am proud to of- line for interested cities to sub- Berahino’s was among a num- US bid city to host the 2024 out if it cannot reach agreement ficially launch our bid in partner- mit a letter of intent.—Reuters ber of high-profile deals that failed to get over the finish line, including goalkeeper David De Gea’s trans- fer from Manchester United to Real Madrid and Everton defend- er John Stones’ proposed move to Chelsea. 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I can and powertothetable.Ithink I I bringacombinationofspeed is a very skilled fighter but I think different sparringpartners.Floyd best shapethatI’veeverbeenin. the in definitely I’m harder. run ence callonTuesday. “I’ve never confer- a on reporters told Berto welterweight worldchampion mendous camp,”twiceformer ing camp,alongcampbuttre- Arena onSept.12. ring attheMGMGrandGarden ter as he prepares to step into the fit- been never has he claims and build-up toaMayweatherbout hoopla thatusually surrounds the himself from all the hype and 48-0 record. his fellow American’s perfect “on a mission” ashe bids toend heavy underdogbutalsoasaman Mayweath- er inLasVegasnextweek as a Floyd against fight Lo Berto ‘on amission’tounseat Mayweather will gointohiswelterweighttitle 4 th MFF PresidentUZawawardschampionshiptrophytoFutsalchampionteam.— championship, went tothebestgoalkeeper, Kyaw HtetAungofWinnerClub,aswellbestall-round playerofthe to thefourth. prizes ofK2million went tosecondprize winning club,K1.5million to thethirdprize and K1million to MIC club and a K3 million ($2350) cash prize. 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