Vice-Senior General Soe Win Attends 74Th Union Day Celebrations in Nay Pyi Taw

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Vol. VII, No. 303, 2rd Waxing of Tabodwe 1382 ME www.gnlm.com.mm Saturday, 13 February 2021 Vice-Senior General Soe Win attends 74th Union Day celebrations in Nay Pyi Taw

ice-Chairman of State unity, and perpetuation of na- Administration Council tional sovereignty; To nurture V and Deputy Command- and develop new generations er-in-Chief of Defence Services endowed with high skills and Vice-Senior General Soe Win capabilities imbued with strong took part in the celebrations of Union spirit. 74th anniversary of Union Day The flag-hoisting and sa- in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. luting ceremonies took place at The Union Day message 5:30 am in the presence of ethnic from the Chairman of State Ad- national people, civil service per- ministration Council and Com- sonnel, members of civil society mander-in-Chief of Defence Ser- organizations and invited guests, vices Senior General Min Aung together with the ceremonial Hlaing was read by Vice-Senior Honour Guard Troop. General Soe Win at the flag-hoist- The ceremonies were also ing and saluting ceremonies held attended by Union Ministers, in front of Nay Pyi Taw City Hall. Union Attorney-General, Audi- The 74th Union Day was tor-General of the Union, Nay organized this year with the ob- Pyi Taw Council Chairman, sen- jectives: To work on the Union ior Tatmadaw officers, judges Peace Conference – 21st Cen- of Supreme Court of the Union, tury Panglong, till the success Commander of Nay Pyi Taw of the internal peace process is Command, deputy ministers, achieved; Development of the members of Union Civil Service socio-economic life of the ethnic Board, members of Myanmar nationals; To work for the emer- National Human Rights Com- gence of a constitution that is in mission, members of Anti-Cor- alignment and harmony with the ruption Commission, Nay Pyi Democratic Federal Union; All Taw Council members, depart- ethnic nationals to work for the mental heads, ministerial staff, preservation and protection of ethnic cultural troupes, and rep- non-disintegration of the Union, resentatives of ethnic groups.— Vice-Senior General Soe Win reads the Union Day message from State Administration Council Chairman Senior non-disintegration of national MNA/GNLM General Min Aung Hlaing in Nay Pyi Taw on 12 February 2021. PHOTO: MNA

The 74th Anniversary Union Day Celebrations are seen in progress in Nay Pyi Taw on 12 February 2021. PHOTO: MNA 13 FEBRUARY 2021 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council’s State Administration Council Order No (61/2021) Notification to Public 1st Waxing of Tabodwe 1382 ME 12 February 2021 SOME persons who are making various disturbances to the nation are putting dif- Appointment and Duty Assignment of ferent forms of pressures and posing threats to civil service personnel not to be able to serve the country well. Such activities are against the laws and the principles of Deputy Minister personal rights and freedom. Some common people who are not civil service per- U Min Htein is appointed by the State Administration Council as Deputy sonnel are performing such actions. It is required to recognize others’ rights and Minister of the Ministry of Construction in accordance with Article 419 of the State freedom in practising own rights and freedom. Moreover, it is also required to abide Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. by the restrictions in laws for ensuring peace, stability and prosperity of the public. By order Therefore, for receiving legal assistance and taking legal actions against those who Sd/ make disturbances and harassment, the following phone numbers and e-mail ad- Aung Lin Dway dresses can be contacted. Lieutenant-General Secretary Phone numbers and e-mail address for respective areas State Administration Council Sr Region/State Phone No e-mail addresses

Republic of the Union of Myanmar 1 Nay Pyi Taw 067 550251 [email protected] State Administration Council 067 550252 Order No (62/2021) 067 550253 1st Waxing of Tabodwe 1382 ME 067 550254 12 February 2021 067 550255 Appointment and Duty Assignment of Region/ 2 Kachin State 074 252 6671 [email protected] 074 252 6672 State Administration Council Members 3 Kayah State 083 222 4315 [email protected] 083 222 4316 The Region/State Administration Council members are assigned to the duties 4 Kayin State 058 2021096 [email protected] of region/state Security and Border Affairs Ministers by the State Administration 058 2021009 Council in accordance with Section 419 of the State Constitution of the Republic of 5 Chin State 070 2022111 [email protected] the Union of Myanmar. The following senior military officers are appointed as the 070 2022333 members of Region/State Administration Councils. 6 Sagaing Region 071 2026253 [email protected] 1. BC 29197 Colonel Kyaw Lin Aung Kachin State 071 2026254 2. BC 22000 Colonel Myint Wai Kayah State 7 Taninthayi Region 059 2024029 [email protected] 3. BC 22617 Colonel Myo Min Naung Kayin State 059 2024030 4. BC 25995 Colonel Han Win Aung Chin State 8 Bago Region 052 2201920 [email protected] 5. BC 24993 Colonel Win Tin Soe Sagaing Region 052 2201921 6. BC 26934 Colonel Kyaw Ze Ya Taninthayi Region 9 Magway Region 063 2028855 [email protected] 7. BC 27294 Colonel Hla Myo Shwe Bago Region 063 2028856 8. BC 20825 Colonel Min Oo Magway Region 10 Mandalay Region 02 4035891 [email protected] 9. BC 26109 Colonel Kyaw Kyaw Min Mandalay Region 02 4035892 10. BC 26939 Colonel Nay Htut Oo Mon State 02 4035893 11. BC 23158 Colonel Min Than Rakhine State 02 4035894 12. BC 21897 Colonel Win Tint Yangon Region 02 4035895 13. BC 26759 Colonel Hla Oo Shan State 11 Mon State 057 2027880 [email protected] 14. BC 25130 Colonel Kyaw Swar Hlaing Ayeyawady Region 057 2027884 By order 12 Rakhine State 043 2024557 [email protected] Sd/ 043 2024558 Aung Lin Dway 13 Yangon Region 01 8300011 [email protected] Lieutenant-General 01 8300012 Secretary 01 8300013 State Administration Council 01 8300014 01 8300015 14 Shan State 081 202241 [email protected] Republic of the Union of Myanmar 081 202242 State Administration Council 15 Ayeyawady Region 042 2023103 [email protected] Order No (63/2021) 042 2023106 1st Waxing of Tabodwe 1382 ME 12 February 2021 Appointment and Duty Assignment of Nay Pyi Taw Council Member COVID-19 Call Centre opens daily

BC 21111 Colonel Min Naung is assigned to the duties of Nay Pyi Taw Council In efforts to speed up the prevention, containment and treatment of the Security and Border Affairs Minister and appointed as the member of Nay Pyi Taw COVID-19 disease, the call centre (phone number 2019) is established by four Council in accordance with Section 419 of the State Constitution of the Republic communications operators and the Blue Ocean Company with the coordination of the Union of Myanmar. of the Medical Research Department of the Health and Sports Ministry and Post By order and Telecommunications Department from 9 am to 5 pm daily at the Medical Sd/ Research Department in Yangon. Aung Lin Dway Over 43 staff from the Medical Research Department and 17 volunteers Lieutenant-General from the Myanmar Medical Association totally 60 workers have been working Secretary at the centre since 8 April 2020.—MNA State Administration Council ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ ၁၁၊ ၂၀၂၁ 13ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ FEBRUARY ၁၁၊ ၂၀၂၁ 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3

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N on 9 February 2021) N NNMNMNNNMNMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNMNMNNNMNMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN ဗဟိုဘဏ် အဖွဲ့ဝင်များအဖဖစ် ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပပး ေန်ေုန်မမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီ ဖွဲ့စည်း ဗဟိုဘဏ် အဖွဲ့ဝင်များအဖဖစ် ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပပး ေန်ေုန်မမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီ ဖွဲ့စည်း Vice-Seniorပြည်ဖောင်စုသမတပမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖတာ် General Soe ပြည်ဖောင်စုသမတပမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖတာ် ပြည်ဖောင်စုသမတပမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖတာ်နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ ပြည်ဖောင်စုသမတပမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖတာ်နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီအမိန့်အမှတ် (၄၆/ ၂၀၂၁) th နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီအမိန့်အမှတ် (၄၇ / ၂၀၂၁) Win ၁၃၈၂attends ခုနှစ်၊အမိန့်အမှတ် ပြာသိုလပြည့်ဖေျာ် (၄၆/ ၂၀၂၁) ၁၄ 74 ရေ် Union Day ၁၃၈၂ ခုနှစ်၊အမိန့်အမှတ် ပြာသိုလပြည့်ဖေျာ် (၄၇ / ၂၀၂၁) ၁၄ ရေ် ၁၃၈၂၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ခုနှစ်၊ ပြာသိုလပြည့်ဖေျာ် ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၁၀ ၁၄ ရေ် ရေ် ၁၃၈၂၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ခုနှစ်၊ ပြာသိုလပြည့်ဖေျာ် ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၁၀ ၁၄ ရေ် ရေ် ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၁၀ ရေ် ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၁၀ ရေ် celebrationsဗဟိုဘဏ်အဖွဲ့ဝင်များအဖဖစ် ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပပးဖခင်း in Nay Pyi Taw ေန်ေုန်မမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီ ဖွဲ့စည်းဖခင်း နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်တေးတောင်စီသည်ဗဟိုဘဏ်အဖွဲ့ဝင်များအဖဖစ် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအတြခခံဥပတေ ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပပးဖခင်း ပုေ်မ ၄၁၉ အေ တအာေ်ပါပုဂိုလ်များေို နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ေန်ေုန်မမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီတေးတောင်စီသည် ေန်ေုန်မမို့တော်စည်ပင်သာယာတေးတ ဖွဲ့စည်းဖခင်းော်မေီေ ို တအာေ်ပါအေိုင်း ဗဟိုဘဏ်နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်တေးတောင်စီသည် အဖွဲ့ဝင်များအြဖစ် ခန့်အပ်ောဝန်တပးလိုေ်သည် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအတြခခံဥပတေ - ပုေ်မ ၄၁၉ အေ တအာေ်ပါပုဂိုလ်များေို ဖွဲ့စည်းလိုေ်သည်နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ် - တေးတောင်စီသည် ေန်ေုန်မမို့တော်စည်ပင်သာယာတေးတော်မေီေ ို တအာေ်ပါအေိုင်း NEWSဗဟိုဘဏ်(၁) ON အဖွဲ့ဝင်များအြဖစ် PAGE-1တေါေ်ော ခင်နိုင်ဦး ခန့်အပ်ောဝန်တပးလိုေ်သည် - ဖွဲ့စည်းလိုေ်သည်(၁) ဥေဋ္ဌ၊ - မမို့တော်ဝန် (၂)(၁) ဦးတအာင်တေျာ်သန်းတေါေ်ော ခင်နိုင်ဦး (၂)(၁) ဥေဋ္ဌ၊ေုေိယဥေဋ္ဌ မမို့တော်ဝန် ၊ ေုေိယမမို့တော်ဝန် (၂) ဦးတအာင်တေျာ်သန်း (၃)(၂) အဖွဲ့ဝင်(၄)ဦးေုေိယဥေဋ္ဌ ၊ ေုေိယမမို့တော်ဝန် အမိန့်အရ (၄)(၃) အေွင်းတေးမှူးအဖွဲ့ဝင်(၄)ဦး အမိန့်အရ (ြုံ)ဖအာင်လင်းဖွေး (၄) အေွင်းတေးမှူး ွုတိယဗိုလ်ချုြ်ကေီး(ြုံ)ဖအာင်လင်းဖွေး အမိန့်အရ ွုတိယဗိုလ်ချုြ်ကေီးအတေင်းဖရးမှူး အမိန့်အရ (ြုံ)ဖအာင်လင်းဖွေး နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီအတေင်းဖရးမှူး ွုတိယဗိုလ်ချုြ်ကေီး(ြုံ)ဖအာင်လင်းဖွေး နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ ွုတိယဗိုလ်ချုြ်ကေီးအတေင်းဖရးမှူး နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီအတေင်းဖရးမှူး မနပေးမမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီ ဖွဲ့စည်း နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ မနပေးမမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီ ဖွဲ့စည်း ပြည်ဖောင်စုသမတပမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖတာ် ဖမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖပန်တမ်း ပြည်ဖောင်စုသမတပမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖတာ်နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ ဖမန်မာနိုင်ငံဖပန်တမ်း နိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် ( ၄၈ / ၂၀၂၁) ဝန်ထမ်းအဖွဲ့အစည်းအကေီးအမှူးများ အတည်ဖပုခန့်ထားဖခင်း ၁၃၈၂ ခုနှစ်၊အမိန့်အမှတ် ပြာသိုလပြည့်ဖေျာ် ( ၄၈ / ၂၀၂၁) ၁၄ ရေ် ဝန်ထမ်းအဖွဲ့အစည်းအကေီးအမှူးများ အတည်ဖပုခန့်ထားဖခင်း ၁၃၈၂၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ခုနှစ်၊ ပြာသိုလပြည့်ဖေျာ် ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၁၀ ၁၄ ရေ် ရေ် တအာေ်တဖာ်ြပပါ ဝန်ထမ်းအဖွဲ့အစည်းအကေီးအမှူးများေ ို အစမ်းခန့်ောလ ( ၁ ) နှစ် ြပည့်တြမာေ်သည့်တန့မှစ၍ ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၁၀ ရေ် အေည်ြပုခန့်ထားလိုေ်သည်တအာေ်တဖာ်ြပပါ ဝန်ထမ်းအဖွဲ့အစည်းအက - ေီးအမှူးများေ ို အစမ်းခန့်ောလ ( ၁ ) နှစ် ြပည့်တြမာေ်သည့်တန့မှစ၍ မနပေးမမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီ ဖွဲ့စည်းဖခင်း အေည်ြပုခန့်ထားလိုေ်သည်အမည် - ဝန်ေမ်းအေေဲ့အစည်းအကေီးအမှူး နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်မနပေးမမို့ပတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာပေးပော်မတီတေးတောင်စီသည် မနတလးမမို့တော်စည်ပင်သာယာ ဖွဲ့စည်းဖခင်းတေးတော်မေီေ ို တအာေ်ပါအေိုင်း အမည် ဝန်ေမ်းအေေဲ့အစည်းအကေီးအမှူးရာေူး၊ ဌာန ဖွဲ့စည်းလိုေ်သည်နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ် - တေးတောင်စီသည် မနတလးမမို့တော်စည်ပင်သာယာတေးတော်မေီေ ို တအာေ်ပါအေိုင်း (၁) ဦးေဲေိုးသွင် ဦးတောင်ညန်ကေားတေးမှူးရာေူး၊ ဌာန Theဖွဲ့စည်းလိုေ်သည် 74th(၁) Anniversary ဥေဋ္ဌ၊ - Unionမမို့တော်ဝန် Day Celebrations are seen in progress in Nay Pyi Taw on 12 February 2021. PHOTO: MNA (၁) ဦးေဲေိုးသွင် လပ်စစ်ဓာေ်အားြဖဦးတောင်ညန်ကေားတေးမှူးန့် ြဖူးတေးလုပ်ငန်း (၂)(၁) ဥေဋ္ဌ၊ေုေိယဥေဋ္ဌ မမို့တော်ဝန် ၊ ေုေိယမမို့တော်ဝန် လပ်စစ်နှင့်စွမ်းအင်ဝန်ကေီးဌာနလပ်စစ်ဓာေ်အားြဖန့် ြဖူးတေးလုပ်ငန်း (၃)(၂) အဖွဲ့ဝင်(၂)ဦးေုေိယဥေဋ္ဌ ၊ ေုေိယမမို့တော်ဝန် (၂) ဦးဟိန်းထေ် ညန်ကေားတေးမှူးချုပ်လပ်စစ်နှင့်စွမ်းအင်ဝန်ကေီးဌာန (၄)(၃) အေွင်းတေးမှူးအဖွဲ့ဝင်(၂)ဦး (၂) ဦးဟိန်းထေ် တေအားလပ်စစ်အတောင်အထည်တဖာ်တေးဦးစီးဌာနညန်ကေားတေးမှူးချုပ် (၄) အေွင်းတေးမှူး th Yangon organizes 74 Union Day flag-hoistingလပ်စစ်နှင့်စွမ်းအင်ဝန်ကေီးဌာနတေအားလပ်စစ်အတောင်အထည်တဖာ်တေးဦးစီးဌာန Ceremony အမိန့်အရ လပ်စစ်နှင့်စွမ်းအင်ဝန်ကေီးဌာန အမိန့်အရ (၃) ဦးဝင်းတော်တအာင် ညန်ကေားတေးမှူးချုပ် THE Flag-hoisting Ceremony to mark Yangon Region Administration(ြုံ)ဖအာင်လင်းဖွေး Council Yangon Region Administration Then, he read out the message sent (၃) ဦးဝင်းတော်တအာင် ြပည်သူ့အင်အားဦးစီးဌာနညန်ကေားတေးမှူးချုပ် the 74th anniversary of Union Day 2021 Chairman U Hla Soe,ွုတိယဗိုလ်ချုြ်ကေီး(ြုံ)ဖအာင်လင်းဖွေး Commander of Yan- Council Chairman U Hla Soe saluted by State Administration Council Chair- ြပည်သူ့အင်အားဦးစီးဌာန was conducted at People’s Park on Pyay gon Region Commandွုတိယဗိုလ်ချုြ်ကေီးအတေင်းဖရးမှူး Maj-Gen Nyunt the Republic of the Union of Myanmar အလုပ်သမား၊man Senior လူဝင်မကေီးကေပ်တေးနှင့် General Min Aung Hlaing အလုပ်သမား၊ လူဝင်မကေီးကေပ်တေးနှင့် Road of Yangon yesterday. Win Swe, departmentalနိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီအတေင်းဖရးမှူး officials, ethnic State Flag together with the attendees ြပည်သူ့အင်အားဝန်ကေီးဌာနfor the 74th Union Day and the ceremony The ceremony was attended by representativesနိုင်ငံဖတာ်စီမံအုြ်ချုြ်ဖရးဖောင်စီ and invited guests. to the military parade ceremony. ြပည်သူ့အင်အားဝန်ကေီးဌာနwas concluded.—MNA/GNLM 13 FEBRUARY 2021 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Pilgrims make meritorious deeds at pagodas

THE pagodas across the nation have reopened to public starting 8 February in accordance with the COVID-19 regulations. Meanwhile, the pilgrims and visitors including monks and nuns peacefully visited the Shwedagon Pa- goda of Yangon Region, Maha Muni Pagoda of Mandalay Region and Uppassanti Pagoda of Nay Pyi Taw Council Area and other pagodas of regions and states according to the COVID-19 health rules yesterday. The daily visiting hours of Shwedagon pagoda are 6am-7am, 8 am-9 am and 10 am-11 am in the morning followed by 1 pm-2 pm, 3 pm-4 pm and 5 pm-6 pm in the afternoon, according to the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services statement. –MNA Pilgrims in Yangon. PHOTO: OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF DEFENCE SERVICES

Military personnel pay homage, donate offertories to Buddhist monks

LT-GEN AUNG ZAW AYE from the Office of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (Army), accompanied by Commander of Eastern Command Brig-Gen Ni Lin Aung and other officials paid homage to Rector Sayadaw Dr Dhammasami (Oxford Sayadaw) of Shan State Buddha University in Phaya Phyu Ward of Taunggyi in Shan State (South) yesterday. Lt-Gen Aung Zaw Aye and members first took five precepts from the Sayadaw and donated the offertories. The military personnel also went around the Buddhist scriptures library in the university compound. Lt-Gen Aung Zaw Aye and members then visited Thein Taung Pariyatti Monastery located in Chan Thar Ward and paid homage to residing Sayadaw Agga Maha Ganthavacaka Bhaddanta Tejavanta. The military officers donated the offertories to the Sayad- aw, according to Office of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services. —MNA

The Oxford Sayadaw is receiving the offertories in Taunggyi on 12 February 2021. PHOTO: OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF DEFENCE SERVICES

State Administration Council’s Announcement

Some unscrupulous persons are putting various forms of pressures and posing threats to civil service personnel in performing their duties at present. The civil service personnel who have encountered such pressures and threats shall contact the following phone numbers. Strong legal actions will also be taken against those who make such pressures and threats.

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Mandalay Region Administration Council’s Announcement to Public

Contact phone numbers -02 403 9635 -02 403 6869 -09 797 144 144 -02 403 7199 -02 403 6978 -09 694 740 311 13 FEBRUARY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 5 74th Union Day celebrated in Pathein

A ceremony to mark the 74th Union Day was organized at Kanthayar Pyidaungsu Field in Pathein yesterday in accordance with COVID-19 health rules and attended by Region Administration Council Chair- man U Ye Myint, Commander of Western Command, military personnel, region administration council members, secretary, departmental officials and invited guests. The message sent by State Adminis- tration Council Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing for the 74th Union Day was read out and the ceremony was concluded.—IPRD/GNLM

Thousands show their support to Tatmadaw

TATMADAW supporters staged Bago Region. Tatmadaw that protect race and demonstrations across the na- The Tatmadaw supporters religion. Enemies are the ones tion to show their support for also shouted slogans and held who make dissension between the Tatmadaw in serving duties posters like “We welcome Tat- Tatmadaw and people. And we in accordance with the 2008 Con- madaw for doing in line with 2008 welcome the Tatmadaw that stitution. Constitution. We welcome the implements genuine and disci- About 800 Tatmadaw sup- new State Administration Coun- plined democracy. porters marched in Kyunsu of cil established by Tatmadaw un- The people will keep demon- Taninthayi Region yesterday der the law and newly formed strating to show their support for while 10,000 in Meiktila, 3,000 UEC. We don’t want external forming a new election commis- in Mahlaing and 2,000 in Pyaw- elements acting as stooges and sion by Tatmadaw after forming bwe of Mandalay Region, 3,000 in traitors to national affairs. May the State Administration Coun- Htantabin, 200 in Kyaukgyi, 3,000 Myanmar be peaceful. We don’t cil in accordance with the 2008 Demonstrations supporting the Tatmadaw are seen in various in Thayawady, 500 in Monyo, want election results that do not Constitution to check the voting townships. PHOTO:MNA 3,000 in Pyu and 400in Mone of conform to the law. We welcome frauds. — MNA/GNLM Local inmates, foreigners released from prisons, jails of regions, states under State Pardon Order

925 male citizen inmates, 5 male foreign inmates, totally 930, and 215 female citizen inmates and 2 female foreign A total of 91 inmates— 84 males and 7 females— were released A total of 128 inmates— 119 males and 9 females— were released from inmates, totally 217, were released from Central Prison from Maubin prison on 12 February 2021. Dawei prison on 12 February 2021. PHOTO: DAWEI DISTRICT IPRD (Mandalay) on 12 February 2021. PHOTO: MNA PHOTO: AUNG KHINE (MAUBIN)

413 prisoners-- 341 males and 72 females-- from Myeik prison, and 189 A total of 52 male and female inmates were released from the A total of 249 inmates— 218 males and 31 females—, inmates from Kyaukphyutaung labour camps under the Correction jail in Nay Pyi Taw on 12 February 2021. PHOTO: MNA including 1 foreigner were released from Sittway prison Department, totally 602 persons, were released from prison on 12 on 12 February 2021. PHOTO: TIN TUN (IPRD) February 2021. PHOTO: MYEIK DISTRICT (IPRD) WHILE the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is estab- issued orders 59/2021 and 60/2021 to release 23,314 local the conditions ‘to serve the new punishment together lishing a new democratic State with peace, development inmates and 55 foreigners from the respective prisons with the remaining punishment to which he/she was and disciplines, to maintain friendly relations with other and jails on 12 February. sentenced this time, if more offence is committed,’ while countries and to create the humanitarian and com- As per the Code of Criminal Procedure Article 401 the foreign prisoners were deported to their respective passionate grounds, the State Administration Council, (1), the local inmates have to sign their pledges upon countries.—Tin Tun (IPRD)/ GNLM 13 FEBRUARY 2021 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Civilian doctors join military hospitals

MILITARY hospitals in the townships erations and 135 minor operations, of regions and states provide medical and the serious cases are treated by treatments to the people to solve their the senior doctors. These hospitals difficulties in healthcare services and managed for the birth of 391 babies, civilian doctors were joining the med- while 391 pregnant women were taken ical services yesterday. to the respective military hospitals. A total of 6,242 outpatients and Officials from the respective com- 2,693 inpatients reached these hos- mands also provided the patients with pitals from 5 February to date. foods, according to the report of the Senior medical experts, medics Office of Commander-in-Chief of De- and nurses conducted 264 major op- fence Services. —MNA (GNLM)

Relevant regional command commander is seen comforting the local patient. PHOTO: OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF DEFENCE SERVICES

Protesters attack security forces in Mawlamyine

AUTHORITIES have issued Sec- discussed with the rector and tion 144 of the Code of Criminal other officials at Mawlamyine Procedure that prohibits assem- University. bly of five or more persons, to Moreover, the protesters did ensure the rule of law, peace and not disperse themselves and used stability of the public and to pre- hand-made weapons, throwing vent violence. stones at the police. However, police forces and The security forces fired 10 local authorities arrested protest- rubber bullets as the warning ers after they encountered about shots, but it failed to disperse the 200 local protesters led by Nyo crowd and the protesters and Min (Son of U Htay Win) and Tun then the police had to withdraw Nyein Oo (Son of U Tun Lwin) in their forces. front of the Mawlamyine Univer- In the clashes, some police sity around 11:20 am yesterday. members were injured, while Officials reminded them some items of people were dam- about Section 144. However, they aged as the Myanmar Police resisted and failed to disperse Force is taking security meas- the crowd, shouting slogans and ures round the clock, according to conducting violent acts. the report of Office of Command- Security forces arrested er-in-Chief of Defence Services. One of the injured police members is seen undergoing the treatments. PHOTO: OFFICE OF THE Nyo Min and Tun Nyein Oo and —MNA/GNLM COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF DEFENCE SERVICES

Tatmadaw True News Information Team: Healthcare services offered at military hospitals

THE Tatmadaw True News Information Team released a statement on 4 February 2021 that healthcare services are offered to all the national people at the military hospitals. The statement said that some persons who are creating disturbances, aiming to destabilize the administrative mechanism and stability of the State, have incited Civil Disobedience Campaign through social networks, causing failure to perform duties among the health workers. Doctors have vowed during their convocation that “ Health and well-being of the patients will be our own issues as the first priority ; I will practice my profession with conscience and dignity and in accordance with a good medical practice; I will serve my medical profession regardless of nationality, race and social status; and I will maintain the utmost respect for human life”. It is also advised all the health workers not to follow the incitement that can jeopardize the interest of country and people, and keep their professional vows to the public. The Tatmadaw has received the permission of the State Administration Council to solve the current healthcare problems of people across the nation by the military medics. Therefore, people can get proper medical treatments at the nearest military hospitals.—MNA

Call Thin Thin May, 09251022355 13 FEBRUARY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR LOCAL BUSINESS 7 Experimental cultivation of India drumstick species succeeds THE LOCAL farmers from be transplanted on the farmland Kyaukpadaung township, Man- after 18 days, said a drumstick dalay region grew the drumstick, grower named U Myo Min Ko. an India species, on a trial basis The fruits, leaves and in their villages and their culti- branches of India drumstick vation has succeeded, said Daw species are produced as val- Htay Kyi, a local grower from ue-added products, which are Kyaukpadaung. highly demanded from foreign Therefore, the local farmers countries such as Japan, Sin- from other villages are now in- gapore and India. However, do- terested in growing India drum- mestic agricultural production is stick species, she added. still on a small scale. The India The local farmers from drumsticks are sold for K200 per Kyaukpadaung township are one, according to the drumstick planning to grow the India drum- growers. stick species on a commercial The farmers from Thanbyar scale. They have already culti- Chaung village, Yesagyo town- vated one acre of India drum- ship are selling the drumsticks stick species MPK1 on a trial for K2,500 per viss if they are In- basis. Their drumstick cultiva- dia species and K500 for smaller tion has now met with success. pieces. The seeds of India drum- The drumsticks can bear stick species are sold for K100 fruits three times per year. Each per seed in Thanbyar Chaung time, we cut the leaves and village, Yesagyo township. Seeds branches of the drumstick trees The farmers from Thanbyar Chaung village, Yesagyo township are selling the drumsticks for K2,500 per viss if are planted in one bag per seed. and dry them all. After that, we they are India species and K500 for smaller pieces. PHOTO: KO HTEIN (KPD) After three days of planting the are selling them in the market. scale. Wundwin and Yesagyo town- successful cultivation of India seeds, the seeds begin to sprout. Most of the villagers are growing India drumstick species is ships. Among them, Kyauk- drumstick species. — Ko Htein Then, the nurseries’ plants could the drumstick on a commercial grown mostly in Kyaukpadaung, padaung township has seen (KPD)/GNLM Myanmar maize export to Thai hits 100,000 tonnes in 10 days

MYANMAR’S maize export to agricultural products, could gust. So, a total of 445 Form-Ds tonnes of maize. der trade. The country mainly Thailand via Myawady border be exported to Mae Sot, Thai- have already been issued from 1 Thailand imposed a hefty tax sends the corn to the neigh- trade zone hit about 100,000 tons land through Myawady border February to 9 February 2021 and on imported goods during its corn bouring countries like China, in 10 days. checkpoint with Form-D attached Myanmar earned US$30,62 mil- season to protect its growers’ Laos and Thailand. Corn is also Maize, one of Myanmar’s between 1 February and 31 Au- lion from the export of 99,637.37 interest. It grants tax exemption shipped to Singapore, Malaysia for corn import between Febru- and Viet Nam through sea trade. ary and August. For the rest of Myanmar exported over 2.2 the time, Thailand will impose million tonnes of corn to the for- 73 per cent of tax on corn import eign market in the past FY2019- as per the notification submitted 2020, with an estimated value of to the World Trade Organization over $360 million, according to (WTO). Thailand annually im- the data of the Ministry of Com- ports to around 5 million tonnes merce. of corn from foreign countries. Currently, corn is cultivated The local maize consump- in Shan, Kachin, Kayah and Kay- tion in Myanmar is also higher in states and Mandalay, Sagaing than that in the previous year. and Magway regions. There are This year, the association tar- about 1.12 million acres of corn in geted to export 1.6 million tonnes Myanmar, and it has three corn of corn, according to the Myan- seasons — winter, summer and mar Corn Industrial Association monsoon. (MCIA). The country produces 2.5-3 At present, Myanmar’s corn million tonnes of corn annually. The country mainly sends the corn to the neighbouring countries like China, Laos and Thailand. Corn is also export is heavily relying on bor- —NN/GNLM shipped to Singapore, Malaysia and Viet Nam through sea trade. Request to health workers

1. It is appreciated for the strenuous efforts of the medical doctors, nurses, medical experts and other health works at the respective departments under the Ministry of Health and Sports at the front-line in the fight against prevention, containment and treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). 2. As the vaccination programme of COVID-19 is being conducted for the public and the real-time healthcare services are required for the people, all the staff members at the respective departments under the Ministry of Health and Sports are strongly urged to return to their duties with taking the well-being of patients into consideration. Ministry of Health and Sports 8 February 2021 13 FEBRUARY 2021 13 FEBRUARY 2021 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL/ARTICLE 9 Act now to make ‘Constellation’ of post-COVID symptoms will impact global healthcare, says WHO Myanmar Daily Weather Report better management Far more research is needed into the “constellation” (Issued at 7:00 pm Friday 12th February, 2021)

of sometimes debilitating symptoms among people BAY INFERENCE: Weather is partly cloudy over the Anda- of climate change- man Sea and Bay of Bengal. who’ve recovered from COVID-19, the World Health FORECAST VALID UNTIL NOON OF THE 13th February, induced health risks Organization (WHO) said on Friday, adding that it “will 2021: Weather will be generally fair in Lower Sagaing, Man- impact” global health systems. dalay Regions and Shan(North & East)State and partly cloudy urface air temperatures over land have increased by around in the remaining Regions and States. 1.5 degrees Celsius in the last 150 years, leading to adverse Simpacts on human health and well-being. Further warming We know that this post-COV- obviously with the numbers of pa- those in the ICU. So, we do know STATE OF THE SEA: Seas will be moderate in Myanmar will magnify these risks, depending on the extent of emissions re- ID-19 condition - or as some tients infected with SARS-CoV-2 that has happened in patients who waters. Wave height will be about (4-7) feet off and along My- duction and investment in building climate-resilient health systems. “patients also call it ‘long COV- virus that the numbers…just by are very sick, but also in patients anmar Coasts. Magway Region located in the arid zone has suffered 1,865 ID’ and some clinicians call it ‘long the magnitude of the pandemic, who were not managed inside the natural disasters in five years from 2015-2016 to 2019-2020. COVID’ - is a heterogenous group will impact health systems.” hospital…they have had complica- OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Likelihood of In the past five years, a total of 580,214 locals from the Magway of symptoms that occur after the Although comprehensive data tions and they have had persistent isolated light rain or thundershowers in Kachin State. Region have suffered great woes from the outbreaks of fire, flood, acute illness”, said Dr Janet Diaz, on the condition is not yet availa- symptoms or new symptoms…or hurricane and tornado, landslide, earthquakes, lightning and other Team Lead, Health Care Read- ble, the WHO official insisted that symptoms that waxed and waned, FORECAST FOR NAYPYITAW AND NEIGHBOURING geological processes. iness at WHO. “So, these are “these (symptoms) were real”. that came and went after their AREA FOR 13th February, 2021: Partly cloudy. The recent unseasonal rain and hailstones in central Myanmar symptoms or complications that “Some of the “more common” acute illness.” To promote a bet- and eastern Shan State have alerted our country that our country is can happen potentially a month ailments were “fatigue, exhaus- ter understanding of post-COVID FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA one of the countries in Asia which is particularly vulnerable due to after, three months after, or even tion and post-exertional malaise, sickness and support patient care FOR 13th February, 2021: Partly cloudy. increased exposure to the consequences of climate change. six months after, and as we are cognitive disfunction”, along with and public health interventions, Weather experts predict that Myanmar would see less rain than learning more, we are trying to what some patients called “brain the WHO has called on clinicians As the world’s largest vaccine producer, India is set to be at the forefront of supplying affordable shots against FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING average in the coming years, understand the real duration of fog”, Dr Diaz said, describing a and patients to report data on COVID-19 to low- and middle-income countries. PHOTO: SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP AREA FOR 13th February, 2021: Generally fair weather. along with higher tempera- this condition.” “constellation of symptoms”. symptoms to the Organization’s the answers of these questions,” for developing nations, set up by Emergency use approved tures. Due to this situation, Clinical Platform. The case report Dr Diaz said. the WHO, The Coalition for Epi- The Pfizer-BioNTech jab was WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WEEKEND: Weather will be Weather experts rural areas are likely to expe- Mental and physical ills are Complications form – which is available in multi- demic Preparedness Innovations the first to receive WHO Emer- partly cloudy in Yangon Region and generally fair in Naypyitaw, rience shortages of drinking ‘real’ Further research is also need- ple languages - has been designed Vaccine deal inked (CEPI) and GAVI, the Vaccine Al- gency Use Listing (EUL) on 31 Mandalay Region. predict that water. Citing reported symptoms ed to drill down into how many to report standardized clinical data In a related development, liance. “This supply agreement December 2020.It requires ul- Beside, it is projected such as neurological and physi- COVID-19 sufferers who did not from individuals after they have UN Children’s Fund UNICEF an- allows UNICEF to procure up to tra-cold chain storage facilities Myanmar would to experience increases in cal illness, Dr Diaz noted that an require intensive care unit (ICU) left hospital or after recovering nounced on Friday a deal to dis- 40 million doses that have been which UNICEF has secured with see less rain than ambient temperatures, ex- unspecified number of sufferers treatment still went on to develop from acute illness.“What we don’t tribute the Pfizer-BioNTech COV- secured under the COVAX Facil- partners to support governments treme precipitation events had been unable to return to work, the condition. “What we know this know is why it’s happening, so ID-19 vaccine, potentially before ity’s Advance Purchase Agree- in their roll-out of a variety of COV- average in the and sea level rise. These will once they had recovered from the far is that patients experiencing what is the pathophysiology … of the end of March. ment with Pfizer/BioNTech to be ID-19 vaccines, it said. coming years, have health consequences, in- acute sickness caused by the new (a) post-COVID-19 condition could this condition…the researchers The agreement is on behalf available throughout 2021”, the UN SOURCE: AFP cluding temperature-related coronavirus. “We are concerned have been hospitalized patients, are really working hard to get to of the COVAX platform, primarily agency said in a statement. along with higher morbidity and mortality, inju- temperatures. ries and deaths from extreme weather events, vector-borne Due to this diseases and under-nutrition. IEA says oil market fragile, cites virus restrictions The climate change situation, rural experts have warned that areas are likely warming temperatures, The International Energy Agency warned Thursday the world oil market remains fragile, changing precipitation pat- to experience terns and greater frequency despite a recent recovery in prices, as tighter restrictions are imposed to curb more conta- shortages of of droughts and desertifica- tion have compromised food drinking water. security in parts of Asia. gious coronavirus variants. Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels can T the same time, the ventories," it added. Europe have delayed the antic- lower the nutritional quality IEA said the economic OPEC producers plus their ipated rebound until the second of crops. More frequent extreme weather events will also disrupt A outlook was brighter non-cartel allies, principally half of the year," it said. supply chains. With cereal prices projected to increase by 2050, the overall, especially in the second Russia, have stuck to hard-won The IEA said it had left region’s most vulnerable people face food insecurity and hunger. half of this year. output limits, driving prices its 2021 global oil demand fore- Our Southeast Asia region has already seen an increase of stunting "The rebalancing of the oil back to around $60 per barrel, cast unchanged, at 96.4 million in children. market remains fragile in the levels last seen early last year barrels per day (mbd), which Under most scenarios, rising temperatures will expose large early part of 2021 as measures before the pandemic took hold. represents a gain of 5.4 mbd populations to health-damaging heat waves throughout Asia. Risks to contain the spread of Cov- The IEA noted that in Jan- over 2020. will be especially severe in densely populated cities and agricultural id-19, with its more contagious uary, the International Mone- areas of South Asia and eastern China. Higher average temperatures variants, weigh heavily on the tary Fund had raised its global Forecasts for economic and reduce productivity of outdoor workers, and can also adversely affect near-term recovery in global growth forecast for this year to oil demand 09251022355, Thin Thin May, maternal and child health. oil demand," the IEA said in its 5.5 per cent from 5.2 per cent, It added however that "the Call 09974424848 Some countries in Asia has implemented successful heat action latest monthly report. largely due to "the robust recov- forecasts for economic and oil plans. ery in manufacturing activity demand growth are highly de- These need to be regularly reviewed as the onset, severity and Fresh support and stronger growth expecta- pendent on progress in distrib- duration of dangerously high temperatures change. "But fresh support has been tions for the United States." uting and administering vac- with us/ We cannot prevent natural disasters, but we can reduce the provided by a more positive eco- In Europe, however, the cines, and the easing of travel impacts from them through our being properly prepared. nomic outlook for the second outlook was weaker, it noted. restrictions in the world’s major A d v e r t i s e Hot Line : This requires well-coordinated, multisectoral actions with the half of the year, along with a "Renewed lockdowns, strin- economies." active participation of individuals and communities at risk. pledge from OPEC+ to hasten gent mobility restrictions and a SOURCE: Agence France 09974424848 the drawdown of surplus oil in- rather slow vaccine rollout in Iraqi laborers work at an oil refinery in the southern town Nassiriya. PHOTO: AFP/FILE Presse 13 FEBRUARY 2021 10 PANDEMIC: TOP STORIES THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

NEWS Germany to close borders to Czech regions, IN BRIEF Austria’s Tyrol over virus: minister Vaccinations for Singaporean elderly start GERMANY will ban travel from 22 February Czech border regions as well as Austria’s Tyrol over a troubling SINGAPORE is opening it’s Covid-19 vaccination programme to surge in infections of more con- senior citizens from 22 February, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien tagious coronavirus variants, In- Loong on Friday. terior Minister Horst Seehofer Vaccinations have already begun in some pilot towns, said Thursday. which have a higher proportion of elderly residents. The sched- “The states of Bavaria and ule of vaccinations for over-70s across Singapore is expected to Saxony today asked the govern- be announced in the coming days. ment to class Tyrol and the bor- Prime Minister Lee stated his aim for the whole country der regions of the Czech Repub- to be vaccinated by the end of 2021 at the latest, telling local lic as virus mutation areas, and reporters “I am reasonably confident that we will get the vac- to implement border controls,” cines that we need this year.”—AFP Seehofer told the Sueddeutsche newspaper. Markus Soeder with Angela Merkel in 2020. PHOTO: AFP “That has been agreed with Czech PM visits Hungary to seek info on the (German) chancellor and the propriate measures to curb con- est hit by new, more contagious vice-chancellor,” he said, adding tagion, then a “border closure coronavirus variants. pandemic approach that the new curbs will begin must also be an issue”. Only a handful of exceptions on Sunday. Bavarian state pre- Germany in late January are allowed to enter Germany CZECH Prime Minister Andrej Babis visited Hungary on mier Markus Soeder had warned banned most travellers from from these countries, including the 5th of February and Serbia on the 10th. The purpose of late Wednesday that if the Czech countries classed as so-called returning Germans and essen- the Hungarian trip was to meet with a Hungarian PM Viktor Republic was unable to take ap- mutation areas or places hard- tial workers.—AFP Orban to seek information about the Russian covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V and how to get it even though it has not yet passed through the validation process of the European Medicines Agency. Infantino says Covid measures could Hungary has received 40,000 doses of Sputnik V last Tuesday. Other than that, the PMs talked about covid-19 still be in place for 2022 World Cup government measures and their enforceability, and Hungary’s experience with the Eli Lilly covid-19 cure (Czechia is due to precautionary measures have to receive first 500 doses in February). be taken,” he said in the Qatari The cure is lowering the amount of the virus in a body and capital Doha. Infantino backed prevents falling into tough stages of the illness. Andrej Babis the Qatari hosts who in recent and his team of experts also met with Hungarian Ministers of days have insisted the 2022 spec- Foreign Affairs, Health and State.—AFP tacle would go ahead with stadiums at 100 percent capacity, and he raised the prospect of Vaccine doses should be no more than six FIFA assisting fans with vaccine weeks apart requirements. “If certain countries have PROFESSOR UGUR SAHIN, Chief Executive of German pharma- difficulties accessing vaccines, ceutical firm BioNTech, told Sky News that long delays in giving in spite of the efforts of the World second doses of the vaccine was not recommended. FIFA chief Gianni Infantino gestures during an interview in the Qatari Health Organization... then we The professor, whose firm has produced one of the vaccines capital Doha. PHOTO: AFP could certainly envisage help- currently approved in Europe in collaboration with Pfizer, said FIFA president Gianni Infantino In an interview with AFP ing them concretely with some that “as a scientist, I wouldn’t mind if the second dose of the vac- said for the first time Thursday ahead of the Club World Cup projects targeting World Cup sit- cine is given three weeks, four weeks, maybe five weeks, even up coronavirus containment meas- final he also suggested FIFA uations,” he said. “But two years to six weeks might still be okay.” ures could still be in place during could “concretely” help travel- from now I believe that, and I In contrast, the UK allows second doses of the vaccine to be the 2022 World Cup in Qatar but ling fans from countries where hope sincerely, that everyone delayed up to 12 weeks after the initial jab has been administered. he insisted stadiums would be vaccine rollout has been slow or who would like to be vaccinated Sahin continued, “I wouldn’t delay that further. As a scientist I full. had not yet begun. “Maybe some will be vaccinated.”—AFP believe that it is not good to go longer than six weeks.”—AFP Berlin film festival to spotlight pandemic-era movies

BERLIN’S international film festival next month their surfaces the uncertain times we are experi- will feature 15 movies made under the pandemic in encing,” he said in a video presenting the lineup. competition for its Golden Bear top prize, organizers “A sense of apprehension is everywhere.” said Thursday. Directors including Emmy winner Schrader will unveil “I’m Your Man”, a sci-fi Maria Schrader (“Unorthodox”), German-Spanish comedy about a woman played by Sandra Hueller actor Daniel Bruehl (“Rush”) and French director (“Toni Erdmann”) finding a custom-made Mr Right. Celine Sciamma (“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”) will Bruehl, who came to international attention be premiering new work at the event, which will take with the bittersweet comedy “Good Bye, Lenin” place online because of Germany’s partial lockdown. and is now part of the Captain America franchise, The Berlinale’s artistic director, Carlo Chatrian, will make his directorial debut with “Next Door” said all contenders for the top prizes at the March about gentrification in Berlin. 1-5 event were “films that either in their production Sciamma, who scooped the best screenplay or their post-production process have endured the award in Cannes with her critical smash hit “Por- The Berlinale, now in its 71st edition, is the first major European cinema pandemic”.“If only a few of them show directly the trait of a Lady on Fire”, has completed “Petite showcase of the year and ranks with Cannes and Venice among the new world we are living in, all of them carry beneath Maman” starring two young girls.—AFP continent’s top film festivals. PHOTO: AFP 13 FEBRUARY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR GLOBAL NEWS 11 Biden facing ‘serious dilemmas’ on Afghan NEWS IN BRIEF troop withdrawal: US official Trump lawyers US President Joe Biden faces primed for rapid “serious dilemmas” in Afghan- defence case in istan as a deadline to withdraw impeachment trial troops nears and the Taliban show no sign of ending their LAWYERS for Donald Trump bloodshed, a top US official expect to take just a few hours warned. Friday to argue for acquittal The new US leader has in his impeachment trial, and ordered a review of the deal President Joe Biden says he’s Washington cut with the Tali- “anxious” to see how Repub- ban last year, which promised licans will vote after searing the withdrawal of all foreign testimony that the former forces by May 1 in return for president incited insurrection. security guarantees from the “I’m just anxious to see militants and a commitment what my Republican friends to peace talks with the Afghan do, if they stand up,” Biden government. said at the White House. The talks are progressing So far, there is no sign painfully slowly, but scarcely that enough Republicans will a day goes by without a bomb join the Democrats to convict blast, attack on government Scarcely a day goes by without a bomb blast, attack on government forces, or targeted assassination somewhere in Trump, who retains heavy in- forces, or a targeted assassina- Afghanistan. PHOTO: AFP fluence over the right wing of tion somewhere in the country. very, very high... which is pointing,” a senior US State this week on condition of ano- the party after leaving office. “Violence level remains shocking and deeply disap- Department official told AFP nymity.— AFP Democratic impeachment managers rested their case Thursday after two days Under cloud of pandemic, Spain’s Catalonia to hold key vote of often emotional presenta- tions.— AFP MORE than three years after One is Rodrigo Sanchez, a a failed bid to break away from 53-year-old banker whose wife Spain, Catalonia goes to the polls has cancer and was due to go Far from the Sunday for an election that Ma- for a chemotherapy session just Mediterranean: drid hopes will unseat the re- three days before the vote. African migrants gion’s ruling separatists. The doctors “told us it But Sunday’s vote could see wasn’t a good idea that someone cross the Americas a high level of abstentions as who lives with a sick person be Spain battles a third wave of the exposed for so many hours” to “a AHMED Kabeer fled his pandemic, with regional author- situation of potential infection”, homeland of Sudan where ities ramping up restrictions to he told AFP. he was tortured and traveled slow soaring case numbers after The electoral authorities thousands of miles to find the Christmas holidays. turned his request down but himself in a new hell: the And in a highly-controver- Rodrigo is thinking of just not ominous jungle that straddles sial move, people with the virus turning up, even if that exposes Colombia and Panama. as well as those in quarantine Pandemic conditions could cause large numbers of Catalans to shun him to legal penalties. Unlike hundreds of will have the right to cast their polling stations. PHOTO: AFP “You have to decide what’s thousands of other African ballots in person in the last hour more important -- the money migrants that crowd into pre- before voting closes at 1900 GMT Of the 82,000 people who 31.000 have asked to be recused, or your life ... But my wife’s life carious boats and launch into in the wealthy northeastern re- have been asked to help staff despite pledges they will receive comes before everything,” he the Mediterranean Sea hop- gion, home to 7.8 million people. polling stations on the day, nearly full protective suits. said.— AFP ing to reach Europe, Kabeer’s aim is the United States. “There is a route” Kosovo anti-graft crusaders face old guard in snap poll through Latin America, said Kabeer, who has a huge scar WITH promises to root out cor- But their grip has been on his left leg and walks with ruption, a new generation of weakening in the face of public a limp. Kosovo politicians is trying to frustration with widespread pov- Kabeer is one of 23 peo- break the old guard’s hold on erty and graft in one of Europe’s ple from the other side of the power in elections on Sunday poorest economies. world who -- along with hun- that could usher in a new era. A court in The Hague has dreds of Haitians and Cubans Since declaring independ- also removed several top for- -- are waiting in a camp to ence from Serbia 12 years ago, mer guerrilla leaders from the cross the daunting Darien Gap the former province has been scene -- including ex-president having fled war and poverty. plagued by political upheaval, Hashim Thaci -- after arresting They are united by economic woes and a drawn- them last year on war crimes anxiety. out struggle to secure full global charges linked to the 1998-99 Following a forced pause recognition of its statehood. conflict. If they were once feted due to the pandemic, the For most of this era, the as independence heroes, Koso- Kosovo holds snap elections Sunday in which a new generation of moment has come to cross reins have been firmly in the vo’s political elite have now politicians are vying against the old guard’s hold on power. PHOTO: AFP the jungle corridor between hands of former rebels who led become the face of the social Colombia and Panama that the 1990s independence war and economic ills plaguing the average salaries are around 500 youth unemployment tops 50 per spans more than 250 kilo- against Serbia. population of 1.8 million, where euros (around $600) a month and cent.— AFP metres (155 miles).— AFP 13 FEBRUARY 2021 12 SOCIETY THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR North Korea’s Kim lambasts Foreigners celebrate Chinese New Year in post-epidemic Wuhan officials for economic ‘defeatism’ FRENCH doctor Philippe brate the Chinese New Year. Klein has worked in central While immersing them- China’s Wuhan for seven selves in the exciting prepa- years, but this was his first rations for the coming Year year to celebrate the Spring of the Ox, the expats got the Festival in the city. chance to experience the re- Klein did not have an ignited spark of the city once emotional connection with hit hard by COVID-19. the locals in years past, but FESTIVE VIBES now everything has changed. With red banners and lan- “Maybe because of the pan- terns hanging on every street, demic, now I have more and Platto and her son Matteo more solidarity with Wuhan strolled along Hanjie Street people,” he said. to buy some new clothes for Klein raised his glass for the new year. Meanwhile, Klein a New Year’s toast during a drove to the supermarket close reunion dinner with his family, to his home to pick up a bottle Italian professor Sara Platto of wine and was accompanied and her son Matteo, Israeli by Wuhan local Zhong Weiwei, blogger and entrepreneur Raz a construction worker who Galor, and their friends in Wu- helped build Leishenshan Hos- Kim Jong Un was quoted Friday as slamming officials for their lack of “innovative viewpoint and clear tactics” han. This bittersweet moment pital, a makeshift structure at a top ruling party meeting. PHOTO: KCNA VIA KNS/AFP marked the end of the group’s designed to house COVID-19 NORTH KOREAN leader Kim eighth in North Korea’s history, production targets “irrespective six-day “adventure” to cele- patients.—Xinhua Jong Un has accused top of- set out a new economic plan. of present situation where farm- ficials of “self-protection and But it also revealed the ex- ing condition is unfavourable defeatism” and largely blamed tent of the isolated country’s fi- and the state is unable to sup- them for the country’s econom- nancial woes, with Kim repeat- ply enough farming materials”, ic plight, state media reported edly apologizing for mistakes in an unusually candid account. Friday. in economic management and Other sectors were lambast- At a meeting of top cadres, saying the last five years had ed for “absurdly low” production state news agency KCNA said been the “worst” time. quotas, with officials accused of Kim had “sharply criticized” Wrapping up the four-day “trying to find a breather and officials responsible for laying meeting, Kim was quoted Friday make pretence of doing work”. out plans for various sectors’ as slamming officials for their North Korea is under mul- growth this year, saying they did lack of “innovative viewpoint and tiple sets of international sanc- not reflect the “idea and policy” clear tactics” in solving those tions over its banned nuclear announced at January’s Party issues. weapons and ballistic missile Congress. In one example of poor per- programmes, which have made Peng Zilong (L), a 30-year-old deliveryman, helps Italian professor That Congress, the first of formance, he singled out agricul- rapid progress under Kim.— Sara Platto buy decorations for the Spring Festival in Wuhan, central its kind in five years and only the ture officials who had set grain AFP China’s Hubei Province, Feb. 2, 2021. PHOTO:XINHUA Covid endangers France’s Palestinians hope vote boosts diplomatic strength: experts cherished lunch tradition A DEAL reached between Pal- estinian Authority in the oc- THE CORONAVIRUS crisis has desks. wine, was still a feature in the estinian rivals Fatah and Ha- cupied West Bank, announced already taken a heavy toll on the Until the Covid-19 pandemic professional life of millions. mas to hold elections is aimed the dates for the first Palestin- French way of life and now it’s struck, triggering the closure of At lunchtimes everyday at renewing confidence in Pal- ian elections in 15 years. bringing unwanted change to restaurants and cafes, a com- across the country, restaurants estinian governance ahead of Hamas Islamists won a the nation’s eating habits -- by munal midday meal of several in city centres would be filled to a diplomatic push and talks surprising landslide when forcing workers to eat at their courses, perhaps with some capacity in what seems a vision with Israel, experts said. Palestinians last went to from a vanished era. Joe Biden’s election as the polls in 2006, in a result But now taking lunch alone US president motivated Pal- not recognized by Fatah and seated at a desk in front of a com- estinian leader Mahmud Ab- which sparked deadly clashes puter, long looked down on with bas of Fatah, to hold “serious” and left Palestinian politics pity as the preserve of the hard- talks with Hamas, according divided. pressed “Anglosaxon” worker to a Palestinian analyst. Hamas has held power and until now officially illegal, Abbas’s Palestinian Au- in Gaza since 2007, the year has been adopted en masse by thority had cut ties with Don- Israel imposed a blockade French employees. ald Trump’s administration, on the coastal enclave, while “In other cultures, it’s a bit accusing it of bias towards Fatah has retained control in more everyone-for-themselves, Israel, and Abbas wants to the West Bank. At a meeting but in France it’s a moment to renew the legitimacy of Pal- in Cairo this week, Fatah and eat together, to take time out estinian institutions as he Hamas agreed on ground as a group, among colleagues,” re-engages with Washington, rules for May 22 legislative said Romain Passelande, who said the analyst Ashraf Abu polls and a July 31 presiden- Until the Covid-19 pandemic struck, triggering the closure of restaurants and cafes, a communal midday meal of several courses, co-founded the Les Petites Ta- al-Houl. tial vote, seeking to avoid a perhaps with some wine, was still a feature in the professional life of bles website devoted to afforda- In January, Abbas, whose repeat of damaging post-poll millions. PHOTO: AFP/FILE ble lunching in Paris. —AFP Fatah party controls the Pal- chaos.— AFP 13 FEBRUARY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ECON/AD 13 Former European bank boss Despite pandemic, Norway economy Draghi set to be Italy’s new PM shrinks 2.5 pct in 2020 With almost all the po- Corriere Della Sera add- As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Norway’s litical parties behind him, ed: “Draghi in the home economy contracted 2.5 per cent in 2020, a historic Mario Draghi on Friday stretch.” setback but a limited one compared to many other (Feb 12) entered the final However, the 73-year- countries, official data showed Friday. straight in his bid to form old economist has shown The country even saw growth in its gross domestic a new government to lead he is willing to take his product (GDP) of 1.9 per cent in the fourth quarter, Italy through the corona- time, and could yet take a according to Statistics Norway. virus pandemic. few more days to finalise “Preliminary accounts show that the downturn The former European his cabinet. in 2020 was somewhat lower than we feared when Central Bank chief, called Italy has high hopes restrictions were at their peak in March and April,” in after the outgoing cen- for Draghi, dubbed Super Pal Sletten, head of National Accounts at Statistics tre-left coalition collapsed, Mario after vowing to do Norway, said in a statement. could visit President Ser- “whatever it takes” to save “This is, however, still the largest annual downturn Draghi has spent the last nine days assembling a gio Mattarella as early government of national unity. PHOTO: AFP the euro single currency in measured for the mainland economy since estimations as Friday to be officially the 2010s debt crisis. began in 1970, and it is probably the greatest economic named prime minister. ago, triggering a deep re- almost all the main parties Mattarella asked him downturn since the Second World War,” Sletten added. Draghi has spent the cession. on board, from leftists to to step in on Feb 3 after The figures are better than those anticipated by last nine days assembling After securing the the far-right League. outgoing premier Gi- the government and the Bank of Norway, and much a government of national support late on Thursday “The Draghi gov- useppe Conte resigned better than those posted by other European countries. unity to manage the dead- of the last key player, the ernment is born,” head- following weeks of politi- On Friday, the UK reported a record 9.9 per cent ly pandemic that hit Italy populist Five Star Move- lined Rome-based daily cal turmoil in his M5S-led contraction to GDP in 2020, while the eurozone has almost exactly one year ment (M5S), Draghi has Il Messaggero, while the coalition.—AFP seen an average loss of 6.8 per cent.—AFP

UK economy shrinks Markets, oil drop in Asia but bitcoin edges record 9.9% in 2020 on towards $50,000 virus ‘shock’ Markets fell in Asia on Biden will push through Britain’s economy shrank by a record 9.9 per cent Friday in holiday-thinned most of his $1.9 trillion res- last year on the fallout from the coronavirus, official trade with investors await- cue package. data showed Friday, but a rapid vaccines rollout has ing developments in US Hopes for his spend- boosted the outlook. stimulus talks, while bit- ing deal were given a boost Finance minister Rishi Sunak said the economy coin hit a new record as it Thursday by news that had suffered a “serious shock” from the Covid-19 global crept towards $50,000. first-time claims for unem- health crisis, despite the data showing second-half Oil prices also retreat- ployment benefits fell less growth. Activity was also hampered by Brexit turmoil ed from their 13-month than estimated last week. ahead of Britain’s final exit from the European Union highs after investors were The S&P 500 and Nas- at the end of last year. given a reality check on daq hit new records again, “Over the year 2020 as a whole, GDP contracted expectations for demand though the Dow was mar- by 9.9 per cent, marking the largest annual fall in UK this year, despite expecta- ginally lower. Bitcoin continues to break records as it creeps GDP on record,” the Office for National Statistics said tions the global economy With most of Asia towards $50,000 but observers have warned about its in a statement. will see a strong recovery. closed for the Lunar New volatility. PHOTO: AFP/FILE Gross domestic product grew 1.0 per cent in the Equities across the Year holiday, business was But Axi’s strategist taming the virus spread, fourth quarter or three months to December, after planet have rallied this limited. Tokyo and Welling- Stephen Innes said: “With there is a solid chance that an upwardly-revised third-quarter expansion of 16.1 year on the back of vaccine ton were all in the red, vaccination rollouts on tur- reported Covid-19 cases per cent. rollouts, falling infection while Sydney was also hit bo boost and the current could shift close to zero The economy plunged into a historic recession and death rates, and op- by news of snap lockdown lockdown abatement doing in the second quarter.”— in the first half and shrank a record 19 per cent in the timism US President Joe in Melbourne. what it is supposed to do by AFP second quarter as the pandemic erupted. Britain could still face a potential double-dip recession on the back of the latest lockdown that has been in place since January, but a vaccine-driven bounceback CLAIMS DAY NOTICE CLAIMS DAY NOTICE is widely forecast.—AFP M.V KUO LUNG VOY. NO. (110N/S) M.V PRESIDIO VOY. NO. (052W/E) Consignees of cargo carried on M.V KUO LUNG Consignees of cargo carried on M.V PRESIDIO VOY. NO. (110N/S) are hereby notified that the vessel VOY. NO. (052W/E) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving on 13-2-2021 and cargo will be discharged will be arriving on 13-2-2021 and cargo will be discharged into the premises of TMIT/MIP where it will lie at the into the premises of MIP/MITT where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. and conditions of the Port of Yangon. Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the Vessel. from the Vessel. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims Day. the Claims Day. Phone No: 2301185 Phone No: 2301185 Shipping Agency Department Shipping Agency Department Myanma Port Authority Myanma Port Authority Covid-19 wreaked havoc on the British economy Agent For: Agent For: last year, putting thousands out of work and forcing the government to spend billions to offset a record M/S CONTINENTAL SHIPPING LINE M/S NEW GOLDEN SEA SHIPPING PTE., LTD. downturn. PHOTO: AFP 13 FEBRUARY 2021 13 FEBRUARY 2021 14 ARTS & CULTURE THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTS & CULTURE 15 ThihaThiha ThanaThana the throne of monarchs

Thiha Thana throne.

HENEVER every- mentions six types for thrones throne regarding the statues statues made of fig was used in By Maung Tha (Archaeology) Translated by Than Tun Aung body sees Thiha and eight kinds for monarchs. under the thrones and nine halls sharing merits for meritorious Thana throne dis- Six types were Aparajita throne for thrones. deeds. Mayura Thana throne Wplayed at the Na- for the Lord Buddha, Kamalasa- Thiha Thana throne made based on peacock statues made tional Museum on Pyay Road na or lotus throne for Brahma, of Yamane wood based on lion of parrot wood was used in ac- in Dagon Township of Yangon Dibbasana throne for celestial statues were purposed for the cepting the flowers for paying Region, they can notice it is one beings, Raja throne for human kings. Bhamaya Thana throne respects. of nine kinds of thrones left in kings, Atthakarana throne made of cardamom wood based With regard to the loca- the royal palace where Myan- for justice and Dhammasana on bumblebee statues was used tions, Thiha Thana throne took mar kings resided. With regard throne for Dhamma Kathina in sleeping. Paduma Thana a position in the ground hall with to Thiha Thana called Siha Sana who preaches Dhamma Desa- throne made of mango wood tier roof and Zetawun hall of the in Pali language, Siha means na. was used in accepting respects. court, Bhamara Thana throne lion and Asana, venue. As such, Aparajita throne is in round Hantha Thana throne made of in glass hall, Paduma Thana Thiha Thana means the venue shape where the Lord Buddha rock dammar wood was based throne in west Zetawun hall, based on the lion. sat, and it has four ways to on Brahminy duck statue. Hantha Thana throne in east Ze- Myanmar dictionary de- climb. Raja throne was covered Likewise, Gaza Thana tawun hall, Gaza Thana throne fines throne called Palin derived with Marabin wall which was throne based on elephant stat- in bachelor hall, Thinkha Thana from Pallanka in Pali which installed with a door from which ues made of magnolia wood was throne in Laytha hall, Miga Tha- means the high seat for a no- the king and the queen could used in accepting gifts. Thinkha na throne in south Samok hall ble person. Thiha Thana throne climb on the back of the throne. Thana throne based on conch and Mayura Thana throne in can be defined as the high seat Eight kinds of the throne, shells made of Artocarpus wood north Samok hall. Among them, based on lion statue for the king. nine halls of the royal palace was used in judicial affairs. Miga Thiha Thana throne was placed Myanmar encyclopaedia There were eight kinds of Thana throne based on deer in two halls. 13 FEBRUARY 2021 13 FEBRUARY 2021 14 ARTS & CULTURE THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTS & CULTURE 15

Throne of monarch of 108 characteristics of the Depending on heights of Lord Buddha. Four statues of the structures, Maha throne Catumaharaja celestial beings was 16 elbows high, Majjima were kept on both up and down throne eight elbows high and structures of two posts of Ukin. Cula throne four elbows high. Mythical birds that ate pol- The throne of a monarch was len of flowers danced on the day decorated with statues of a lion, when the Lord Buddha attained flying elephant, Lokanatha ce- Enlightenment. Such symbol lestial being, peacock feather was taken in the decoration of fan, a post of the door, king of the throne for monarchs with celestial beings, a mythical the statue of a mythical bird. bird, Sammadeva, the lion with Likewise, the throne was deco- a flowing mane, lotus and floral rated with statue of Sammade- motif on Indra. va celestial being to be able to Both sides of the Ukin protect the monarchs against called uppermost part of the dangers as ogres frightened the back of the throne and the basic lion with flowing mane. So, vine structure of the throne were flowers similar to mane of the based on lion statues showing lion were kept at the throne as symbols of strong and quick decoration. And, the lotus was acts, proudness and capability also carved at the throne to il- to jump and roar to nine dimen- lustrate auspicious blossoming. sions for conquering all ene- Moreover, the statue of a floral mies. Both sides of the upper- motif on Indra was kept at the most part of the back of throne forehead of the chariot of mon- were decorated with flying ele- archs. phant and Lokanatha statues. The king and the queen sat Such decoration depended on on Thiha Thana throne in the a story, saying that once, the ground tier-roofed hall to accept flying elephant clashed with respect paid by royal families, a lion in the sky. At that time, Saophas and counsellors of the Lokanatha celestial being sang court on the New Year period a song by playing a beat in his and from end to end of the Bud- toes. His pleasant song made dhist Lent. When receiving for- peacefulness between two pow- eign diplomats and giving water erful animals. of oaths to servants, the king sat Peacock feather fans kept on Thiha Thana throne in the on both sides of Ukin dedicate ground hall. At that time, the beautifulness of peacock tail as throne was flanked by opening a symbol that although kings four white umbrellas each. in successive reigns attempt- The king judged the cases ed to arrest beautiful peacock in trials of the court sitting on king which was Bodhisattha but the Thiha Thana throne in the British brought Thiha Tha- to Myanmar on the occasion built in 1856 and 1857 in the reign missions failed. Moreover, both Royal Court. If the king could na throne from the Myanmar of celebrating Myanmar Inde- of King Mindon. The throne was sides of Ukin were decorated not attend there, the crown royal palace to India and dis- pendence Day at the residence kept to be used in judgement in with the shapes of elephant ears prince or the prince of the roy- played it at Indian Museum in of the Indian government in the royal court in Myanansank- representing Saddan elephant al court or any minister of the Kolkata. In 1948 when Myanmar New Delhi. yaw Golden Palace of Yadana- which was the strongest power- royal court judged the cases but regained independence, Gov- Lord Mountbatten advised bon Royal Palace, according to ful among 10 kinds of elephants. they had to touch the throne by ernor-General Lord Mount- His Majesty George of British to Culture Journal (2005). The doorpost of Ukin indicated a hand. batten of India expressed his return Thiha Thana throne to The book with headline of the doorpost, which was one Thiha Thana throne wish to hand over the throne Myanmar people. As the king Myanmar’s royal affairs writ- agreed with it, the British gov- ten by Dr Than Tun mentioned ernment sent back the throne Thiha Thana throne was 34.5 to Myanmar. Lord Mountbat- feet high from the foot to top ten handed over the throne to and 5 feet and 11 inches high Myanmar in the presence of from the foot to the seat of king President Sao Shwe Thike of and queen. Construction of the Myanmar on 12 March 1948. throne cost K4,634.9 at that time. Thiha Thana throne was Number of today’s youths kept at the Presidential House who knew measures of thrones on Ahlon Road in Yangon and used by Myanmar monarchs is moved it to the National Muse- lesser. The Thiha Thana throne, um at Jubilee Hall on 12 Sep- which was instance of evidence tember 1959. Then, the throne for own kingship and sovereign- was moved to Grindlays Bank ty of Myanmar is a cultural on Pansodan Road in 1968 and heritage as the inheritance of opened in February 1970 for monarchical era of all people public observation. from Myanmar. Current National Museum References: (Yangon) was inaugurated on 10 Myanmar Encyclopaedia Vol- September 1996 and Thiha Tha- ume VII na throne has been displayed Shwebon Nidan treatise (Zeya at room-1 on the ground floor Thinkhaya) till today. Myanmar’s royal affairs (Dr. Thiha Thana throne was Than Tun) 13 FEBRUARY 2021 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Leicester Asian Champions League group stage reaping benefits of Brendan matches announced Rodgers’ reign GROUP stage matches and as Liverpool qualifiers for the 2021 AFC suffer familiar Champions League, the high- est level club competition or- fall ganized by the Asian Football LONDON—Nearly two years Confederation, have emerged on from the appointment of recently, according to the AFC. Brendan Rodgers, Leices- The AFC Champions ter are again threatening to League was previously held break the glass ceiling of the with only 32 clubs, but this year English Premier League’s 40 clubs will compete in the traditional “top six” to reach tourney, AFC officials stated. the riches and prestige of the The competition is divided Champions League next sea- into East Asia and West Zone, son. with five groups of four teams The third-placed Foxes in each zone. lead defending champions Shan United, the Myanmar Liverpool by three points National League champions ahead of Saturday’s (Feb representing Myanmar, have A total of 40 football clubs will compete in this year’s AFC Championship. PHOTO: AFC 13) crucial meeting between qualified for the Preliminary the sides at the King Power Stage and will take on Austral- will face Japanese club Cerezo Shandong Lunan at the group be held from 14 April to 27 stadium. Rodgers can sym- ian club Melbourne City in the Osaka in the play-offs again, stage. They are in Group J with November, with the current pathise from personal expe- first leg on April 7. and if they win that match, they Thai club Port FC and Hong champions South Korean club rience with Jurgen Klopp’s If Shan United can get will advance to the group stage. Kong club Kitchi. This year’s Ulsan Hyundai participating. struggles to halt a rapid slide through the first round, they Shan will face Chinese club Asian Champions League will —GNLM in standards at Liverpool. The Northern Irishman was sacked in October 2015, just over a year after he came Chelsea into FA Cup quarter-final within three games of ending the Reds’ long wait for a LONDON — Chelsea’s impressive start league title. to Thomas Tuchel’s reign continued with Klopp succeeded where a 1-0 win at Barnsley to move into the FA Rodgers failed, romping to Cup quarter-finals on Thursday. Tuchel has the title last season. Howev- won four and drawn one of his five games er, the German has suffered in charge since replacing the sacked Frank a similar fall due to the loss Lampard, but the Blues were lucky to escape of a talismanic presence on after a lacklustre first-half display at Oakwell the field. against the Championship side. “Not enough Despite the presence of courage and it was too deep for a long, long Steven Gerrard as captain, it time,” said Tuchel. “We clearly can play better, was Luis Suarez who was the so yes I expected more but not in terms that inspiration of Liverpool’s title I am frustrated. challenge in 2013-14. Once “If you lack a rhythm and a bit of self-con- the Uruguayan departed for fidence and you have to show on this pitch, Barcelona, they plunged to against an opponent that takes all the risk sixth the following season. and plays the game of his life, that is not easy. “You can always think we We can do better but I don’t want to be too could have been better or hard on the players.” The much-maligned done things differently but Kepa Arrizabalaga started in goal as one of 10 it was just how it evolved. Chelsea clinched a 1-0 win at Barnsley while Southampton saw off Wolves 2-0. PHOTOS: AFP changes to the team that won 2-1 at Sheffield —AFP

Coronavirus, complaints and lockdown: the chaotic Australian Open MELBOURNE—The Australian Open endured a major outbreak last July, with new daily cases rising rocky build-up during the coronavirus pandemic above 700 in August. and was hit again Friday as Victoria state ordered The city’s five million residents were placed a five-day lockdown from Saturday over a new clus- in lockdown for nearly four months under onerous ter in Melbourne. Here, AFP Sport looks at major restrictions. problems faced by the year’s opening Grand Slam: It forced major sports such as Australian Rules Melbourne lockdown football and rugby league to relocate away from Melbourne became the epicentre of the coun- Melbourne. But tennis boss Craig Tiley remained try’s “second wave” after security bungles at quar- adamant the Australian Open would go ahead under Authorities ordered a snap, five-day lockdown in Melbourne on Friday antine hotels for international returnees sparked a biosecure conditions.—AFP to contain a new coronavirus outbreak. PHOTO: AFP