THENew MOST RELIABLE NEWSPAPER LightAROUND YOU of Myanmar Volume XXI, Number 48 10th Waning of Kason 1375 ME Monday, 3 June, 2013 Cooperative works is second economic pillar of the nation

Nay Pyi Taw, 2 June— President U Thein Sein addressed the ceremony of Rural Region Development and Socio-economic Improvement in Yangon Region at National Indoor Stadium (1), here, this morning. It was also attended by Union ministers, the Yangon Region chief minister, region ministers, parliamentarians, departmental heads, representatives from township cooperative syndicates in the region and political parties, members of social organizations and guests. In his address, the President said that all-out efforts had been made for implementation of political, economic and administrative reforms during a period of two years in office in order to meet the public aspiration. While achieving President U Thein Sein addresses the ceremony of Rural Region Development and Socio-economic Improvement in Yangon Region success in implementing at National Indoor Stadium (1).—mna the process of ensuring development, can political He stressed the need to work works in private sector. societies for reduction of when the time is due. peace and stability, stability be witnessed as harder in order not to be in He lamented the hand- poverty rate, creation of He demanded national reconsolidation politics and economy are the list. Soon after taking to-mouth existence of rural microfinance and necessary personal, community and and the rule of law, the interrelated. He stressed the the office, the government people who are 70 per cent market and ensuring them to institutional responsibility country had experienced importance of such points to had implemented the of the total population and earn daily incomes so that and cooperation to ensure no unexpected challenges and move forward to the goal of tasks of ensuring rural whose livelihoods depend parallel development will loss of loans. He called for difficulties. Nonetheless, the democracy aspired by the region development and on agricultural sector. be realized in their social, cautious measures to make government is committed to entire people. poverty alleviation scheme Moreover, he identified the economic and education (See page 8) surmount these challenges Although the country formulated by the scholars daily wagers and ordinary sectors. and difficulties with its has economic potential, as the drive to reduce people in urban wards as He called the established utmost efforts. appropriate size of poverty rate was needed the poorest ones as they are cooperative societies at INSIDE The President pointed population and territory, to be prioritized before sharing their earnings with different levels under the out that only when political favourable weather patterns, prosperity. the owner and settling their Cooperatives Ministry and stability, can economic a vast area of arable The scheme includes debts with high interest daily microfinance programme Russia to development be realized farmlands, workforce and two tasks—cooperative and monthly. sheer contributor to poverty send nuclear and only when the country full of natural resources, the development and He called for reduction being able to submarines to sees socio-economic country was listed as a LDC. development of microfinance establishment of cooperative create working capital and market. southern seas The government is President committed to fulfilling U Thein the requirements with cash contribution and Sein views development loans at home and from abroad display of and also vowed to Page -3 farming coordinate according to the law with organizations Xi vows to equipment concerned on issue of farmers advance ties with who lost their farmland for and various reasons. Trinidad and agricultural Microfinance Tobago programme is intended not input only to create immediate for the breathing space for citizens but also to enable them to cooperative stand on their own feet in the future, he said, calling societies. for the borrowers to make good use of the loans in their mna businesses and repay in full Page -3 2 Monday, 3 June, 2013 New Light of Myanmar local news accident Kawthoung: A pleasant town where Statue of Myanmar’s 70-year-old woman dies after being hero King Bayintnaung stands knocked down by motorbike Sagaing, 2 June — A Kyaw Thein, 39, together 70-year-old woman was with Aung Kyaw Moe hit knocked down and killed Daw Wai, 70, of Ywathit by a motorbike near Ywathit village of the township who village in Sagaing Township was crossing the tarred road. on 22 May. The old woman sustained Police Inspector Hsan injuries to her head in the Win said that he was accident. informed of a road accident The victim was taken to involved a motorbike and a Sagaing People’s Hospital pedestrian at 7 pm on that where she died of the severe day. According to the police, injuries. a motorbike driven by U Kyemon-225

Fire 100-year-old religious hall sees short circuit fire in Pyapon Kawthoung, 2 June Thailand and globetrotters Kawthoung. It was formally The statue was built — There may be many who visit Myanmar by air as opened on 22 November with the contributions of Pyapon, 2 June — A fire to have started from short people who have never a statue of King Bayintnaung 1994. estimated K 23.6 million broke out at KoeU rest house circuit in old wires of the been to Kawthoung located in the town draws their The statue built by U by the hotelier of Tha Htay (a) Northern Gorpaka Hall 100-year-old wooden hall. at the southernmost tip of attention. Han Tin is 15 feet and 10 Island Hotel and K 43.7 between Htanbin monastery Fire crews Taninthayi Region in the With the aims of inches in height. millions from the funds of and Ywama monastery in accompanied by three fire Republic of the Union of promoting patriotism and The inscription carved the State and the region. front of Northern Pagoda in trucks managed to bring Myanmar. representing the national on the statue base was Kawthoung is worth a northern ward-1 of Pyapon the fire under control in Kawthoung is a pleasant sovereignty, the statue of written by Historians Dr visit as a statue of a hero Township of Ayeyawady cooperation with local town adjacent to the sea. King Bayintnaung started Khin Maung Nyunt and U in Myanmar history stands Region at about 1.05 pm people and the fire died The town has become a building on 15 August 1994 Maung Maung Tin and the there. on 25 May. down at about 1.20 pm. place of interest for foreign stands on a hillock with stone inscription was set up Kyemon-Maung Maung The fire is believed MNA visitors who throng into it via an area of 9.347 acres in in June 1996. Kyaw Soe (Zoology) Woman’s dead body found Crime Knife-wielding armed men raid Htawpaing According to the police, forest camp in Bogale Township ashore in Dawei the dead body was identified Yebyu, 2 June — A dead the river. Police Inspector as Ma Yin Yin Shein, 38, Yebyu, 2 June — A made a way with five of the camp hostage and body of a woman was found Nyunt Wai said that he was of Khonwindat section, group of knife-wielding suspects who were held over threatened that they would washed ashore at a place on informed of the dead body construction compound, armed men comprising illegal timber extraction be killed if five suspects the bank of Dawei River in which washed ashore on the Dawei. Investigation is about 10 carried out an and five motor boats which were not set free. Yebyu of Dawei District west bank of Dawei River, ongoing whether or not there armed raid on Htawpaing were kept as evidence after They then destroyed in Taninthayi Region. The two-furlong south of ward is foul play in the case. forest camp in Bogale holding up the camp. an engine of a motorized female body is believed (Kha) of Yebyu, at about Kyemon-Sein Moh Win Township of Ayeyawady According to Forest boat in the camp and to have been floated along 8.30 am on 23 May. (Yebyu) Region on 23 May. They Officer U Zaw Min of the fled the scene with five camp, 42, a group of men suspects and five motor More than K 23 million worth of watches stolen on the floor. holding knives led by Khin boats loaded with timber Police Major U Zaw Maung Latt of Kantmalar logs. in burglary at shop in Toungoo Min said that it was the Chaunggyi village carried Actions are being first burglary of the year in out a raid on the forest taken by Bogale police Toungoo, 2 June — A Ma Naw Lar Bwe, door of the shop at about Toungoo as more than K camp at about 2 am on that station to arrest five men burglary in which more 31, manager of the shop, 7.30 am on that day. 23 million worth of a large day while five suspects suspected of committing than K 23 million worth of informed No (1) police According to police, number of valuable items including Aung Shwe were illegal timber extraction watches were stolen was station that she found a messy they discovered five cabinets were stolen in one place. being interrogated about and the armed group led reported at a shop on Kon- situation in the shop and 451 were wide open in the shop No (1) police station opened illegal timber production by Khin Maung Latt who the-gyi road in Toungoo of watches worth K 23,150,000 and an exhaust fan installed a case and investigation at Meinmahla Island made a way with suspects Bago Region occurred on were taken from the shop on the back wall on the first is ongoing.—Kyemon- wildlife sanctuary by forest and five motor boats. 31 May. when she opened the main floor of the shop was found Kyawswa (Toungoo) staff. They held guards Kyemon-Pathein Hla Kyi Photo news Photo shows an activity to fight against DHF being carried out by health staff and social organization members led by the acting administrator and the head of Health Department in ward-33 of Dagon Myothit (North) Township on 1 June. Preventive measures against the dengue fever disease were performed at each and Photo shows a line of vehicles stuck in traffic caused by every house in the ward. undisciplined road users on a downtown road in Yangon Kyemon-687 recently.—Kyemon-Myo Nyunt (Mayangon) New Light of Myanmar Monday, 3 June, 2013 3 WORLD African states say more work needed to reduce Russia to send nuclear maternal deaths submarines to southern seas Yokohama, 2 June— to meet the UN target of “It is important to Ministry, Banda called for Pregnancy and childbirth- reducing the maternal death know that improvements more investment in girls’ related death rates remain ratio by three quarters in maternal, newborn and education and economic high in African countries globally between 1990 and child care are critical to empowerment of women to and more efforts are needed 2015. overall development of achieve the goal of reducing to spread family planning The 2011 Nobel Peace nations,” said Malawi maternal mortality rates. and girls’ education, Prize laureate also pledged President Joyce Hilda Globally, an estimated African leaders and a United more efforts to promote Banda, while sharing her 287,000 women died during Nations organization said family planning involving own experience of having pregnancy and childbirth on Saturday. deciding when and how suffered post-delivery in 2010, more than half of Speaking at an event many children to have, bleeding. them in sub-Sahara Africa. in Yokohama, Liberian noting Liberia’s high birth At the same event, Most died because they had President Ellen Johnson rate is well beyond the hosted by organizations no access to skilled routine The crew of Russia’s nuclear-powered submarine Sirleaf said current progress country’s ability to plan for including the UN and emergency care, Yekaterinburg line up on its deck as it returns to toward reducing the rates the education and health of Population Fund (UNFPA) according to the UNFPA. Gadjiyevo base in Murmansk region, in this file photo “is just simply inadequate” its young population. and Japan’s Foreign Kyodo News taken on 26 Sept, 2006.—Reuters Moscow, 2 June— Dolgoruky, the first of eight Russia plans to resume Borei-class submarines that Gov’t eyes suing TEPCO over nuclear submarine patrols Russia hopes to launch by unpaid decontamination costs in the southern seas after a 2020, entered service this hiatus of more than 20 years year. Tokyo, 2 June—The work, the sources said. following the break-up of the Putin has stressed the Environment Ministry is Under the law, the Soviet Union, Itar-Tass news importance of a strong and considering filing a lawsuit government is supposed agency reported on Saturday, agile military since returning against Tokyo Electric to cover decontamination in another example of efforts to the presidency last May. Power Co, seeking payment expenses first and ask to revive Moscow’s military. In 13 years in power, he has of about 16.5 billion yen in TEPCO to reimburse The plan to send often cited external threats decontamination expenses the sum later. Although Borei-class submarines, when talking of the need for since the 2011 Fukushima there is no deadline for designed to carry 16 long- a reliable armed forces and nuclear disaster, sources the payment, TEPCO’s range nuclear missiles, to Russian political unity. close to the matter said on failure to pay the expenses the southern hemisphere Fears of a nuclear Saturday. means that the government File photo taken in February 2013 shows workers follows President Vladimir confrontation between The unpaid amount continues to use taxpayer decontaminating a residential area in Okuma, Putin’s decision in March Russia and the United includes expenses for money for decontamination Fukushima Prefecture, near Tokyo Electric Power to deploy a naval unit in States has eased in recent decontamination work by projects. If the court Co’s crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power the Mediterranean Sea on a years, and the Cold War- the government near the orders TEPCO to pay the plant. The Environment Ministry is considering filing a permanent basis starting this era foes signed a landmark Fukushima Daiichi nuclear decontamination costs, lawsuit against TEPCO, seeking payment of about 16.5 year. treaty in 2010 setting lower power plant undertaken the utility will also have billion yen in decontamination expenses since the 2011 “The revival of nuclear limits on the size of their based on a special to pay interest. Therefore, Fukushima nuclear disaster, sources close to the matter submarine patrols will long-range nuclear arsenals. measures law to deal with the Environment Ministry said on 1 June, 2013. —Kyodo News allow us to fulfil the tasks But the limited numbers radioactive contamination, believes that TEPCO will the Justice Ministry. after finalizing the sum of strategic deterrence not of warheads and delivery as well as government soon agree to the payment, The Environment following the completion of only across the North Pole vehicles such as submarines subsidies allocated to the sources said, adding Ministry has asked TEPCO decontamination projects. but also the South Pole,” that they committed to under local governments which that the ministry is now to pay the decontamination Of about 21.1 billion yen state-run Itar-Tass cited the New START treaty are conducted decontamination discussing the matter with costs every three months that the ministry requested an unnamed official in the still enough to devastate the utility pay, TEPCO military General Staff as the world. Putin has made Xi vows to advance ties with Trinidad and only agreed to pay 4.4 saying. The official said the clear Russia will continue to billion yen. patrols would be phased in upgrade its arsenal. Tobago Reuters over several years. The Yuri Reuters Port of Spain, 2 June Tobago one of China’s ties next year, China is — Chinese President Xi most important cooperation ready to join hands with the Jinping held talks here partners in the Caribbean, Xi Caribbean nation to further Italy reports confirmed case of MERS-CoV Saturday with Prime said the two peoples enjoy boost bilateral relations, he Minister Kamla Persad- a time-honored friendship said. To that end, Xi made a to WHO Bissessar of Trinidad and and bilateral cooperation four-point proposal. Geneva, 2 June— To date, the WHO continue their surveillance Tobago and pledged to has great potential. As the First, the two sides The Italian Ministry of has received reports of for severe acute respiratory advance bilateral friendly two nations prepare to mark should enhance exchanges Health has notified the confirmed cases originating infections (SARI) and cooperation. the 40th anniversary of the of high-level visits and World Health Organization in the following countries to carefully review any Calling Trinidad and establishment of diplomatic communication between (WHO) of a laboratory- in the Middle East, Jordan, unusual patterns. government agencies, confirmed case with Middle Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and It said that recent legislatures and political East respiratory syndrome the United Arab Emirates travelers returning from the parties of the two sides. coronavirus (MERS-CoV) (UAE). Middle East who develop The two countries’ in a resident in the country, France, Germany, SARI should be tested for foreign ministries, he the WHO said on Saturday. Italy, Tunisia and Britain MERS-CoV. suggested, should consult The patient is a also reported confirmed It also reminded with each other from time 45-year-old man with cases, which were either health care facilities of the to time so as to promote recent travel from Jordan. transferred there for care importance of systematic mutual understanding and He returned to Italy on of the disease or returned implementation of infection trust. The second is to May 25 with symptoms of from the Middle East and prevention and control actively expand cooperation cough and fatigue and was subsequently became ill. (IPC). in such sectors as hospitalized on May 28 as In France, Tunisia “Health care facilities infrastructure construction, his condition deteriorated. and Britain, there has been that provide care for patients energy and mining, while He is currently in stable limited local transmission suspected or confirmed exploring new cooperation condition, according to the among patients who had not with MERS-CoV infection opportunities in areas such WHO. been to the Middle East but should take appropriate Chinese President Xi Jinping (C front ) and his wife as agriculture, fishing, From September 2012 had been in close contact measures to decrease the Peng Liyuan meet with representatives of middle school science and technology, to date, the WHO has been with the confirmed or risk of transmission of students of Trinidad and Tobago accompanied by investment and financing, informed of 51 confirmed probable cases, according the virus to other patients, President of Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Carmona telecommunications and cases of infection with to the WHO. health care workers and and his wife during their visit in Port of Spain on 1 new energy. MERS-CoV globally, The WHO encouraged visitors,” it said. June, 2013, the International Children’s Day.— Xinhua Xinhua including 30 deaths. all member states to Xinhua 4 Monday, 3 June, 2013 New Light of Myanmar Science & Technology Telecom Italia chief says no decision on Industrial-size worm farm cuts Sydney waste Sydney, 2 June—A said the worm farm cre- sent to Sydney landfills. Hutchison tie-up on Wednesday worm farm trial in a Sydney ated a feel-good vibe about Paper and food accounted Bernabe’s comments sug- eatery precinct has halved recycling.”As a juice bar, for more than half of the gest a decision could be the total waste of a local res- we generate lots of fruit average garbage bag, with delayed further. Telecom taurant and juice shop, sav- pulp. It felt great that instead 303,855 tonnes of food and Italia plans to sell a stake ing on rubbish bills and pro- of filling up our rubbish bin, 177,501 tonnes of paper in a newly created network ducing fertiliser, the City of our fruit pulp became a thrown out. In response to company to state-backed Sydney said on Friday. The valuable resource that was these figures, a five-year fund Cassa Depositi e Pres- Green Living Centre held a turned into organic ferti- 465.7 million Waste and titi. Bernabe reiterated the six-month trial of the farm liser, “ McCardle said. The Resource Recovery Initia- group would keep a ma- using a 1,500 litre skip bin composting trial formed tive was announced by the jority stake—something to house the worms at their part of the city’s strategy to NSW government in Feb- which could complicate a office in Newtown, Syd- reduce waste and methane ruary 2013 to reduce the deal with Hutchison due ney. Over the six months emissions from landfill, said state’s waste and improve to political concerns about the farm diverted 462 kilo- Sustainability Programme recycling. keeping control of the net- grams, the equivalent of Officer Jonathan Boys. The City of Sydney work in Italian hands. 6,500 hamburgers, of food Food waste makes up about also launched a Zero Waste The stock, which has A Telecom Italia antenna booster is seen in northern waste from two local busi- a third of household waste, campaign to reduce the risen 14 percent in the last nesses, said Project Man- and half of a restaurant amount of waste going to Rome on 12 Nov, 2012.—Reuters three months, fell 5.8 per- ager Mithra Cox. waste. The total amount of landfill, and promote waste Milan, 2 June—The Il Sole 24 Ore when asked cent to 0.6 euros on Friday The 323 litres of or- waste generated by NSW as a valuable resource that board of Telecom Italia about a possible Hutchison on disappointment at a lack ganic fertilizer produced by residents and businesses can be used to create new (TLIT.MI) will not make a deal. “For now, the issue is of detail and no timeframe the worms was given away was estimated at 17.1 mil- products and even generate decision on a possible tie- not on the table: there’ll be for the spinoff plan put for- to local residents, and is ex- lion tonnes in 2010-11. energy. “The city is helping up with Hutchison Wham- no decision at Wednesday’s ward on Thursday. pected to produce about 40 A report on the state’s business to implement sim- poa (0013.HK) at its next board meeting. Bernabe rejected a kilograms of compost. “The household waste found ple and cost- effective ways meeting on Wednesday, the On the table, right proposal by rival telecoms worm farm plays an im- that almost 75 percent of to reduce waste from their Italian group’s chief said in now, there is the network.” group Wind to also trans- portant role in turning food rubbish found in garbage daily operations and im- a newspaper interview on Hutchison is targeting a fer some assets to the new waste into a valuable organ- bins should not be going to prove waste management,” Saturday. majority stake in Telecom company in exchange for ic fertilizer, and diverting landfill, with food account- said Boys. The next stage The group is focused Italia in a deal that would a stake. “We don’t want a waste from landfill,” said ing for 40 percent of bin of the worm farm program on the planned spin-off involve merging its local company paralyzed by ar- Cox. “This trial has shown contents. In 2007 to 2008, will involve establishing of some of its network as- unit 3 Italia into the Italian guments between players that large worm farms can about 2,223,856 tonnes of trial farms on-site at restau- sets—valued at between telecoms giant. with too many conflicts of handle commercial quanti- waste from the commercial rants and food outlets, said 13 and 15 billion euros In a statement on May interest,” he said. “For now ties of food waste and halve and industrial sectors were Cox.—Xinhua ($17-$19.4 billion)—into 8, Italy’s biggest phone we are open to long-term the amount of waste going a separate company, which company had said it would institutional and financial to landfill from restaurants Apple joins other foreign it approved on Thursday, take up to 30 days to as- investors, but we do not and food outlets,” she add- Chairman Franco Bernabe sess whether it and Hutch- want to become like a mini- ed. brands in raising prices said. ison could bridge differ- parliament.” ($1 = 0.7716 Boost Juice Newtown in Japan “What I say is that ences over valuations, but euros)—Reuters owner Raewyn McCardle consolidation in the sec- Tokyo, 2 June—Ap- flation in roughly two years. tor is desirable and neces- Under pressure Infosys recalls ple Inc raised prices of iP- Price rises are rare in sary. We’ll see when the ads and iPods in Japan on Japan, which has suffered time comes,” Bernabe told Narayana Murthy as chairman Friday, becoming the high- 15 years of low-grade de- est-profile brand to join a flation. A few other foreign Mumbai/Bangalore, 2 market share. In April, “middle child”. He was its growing list of foreign firms brands have also raised China June—India’s No 2 IT ser- Infosys forecast full-year first CEO and chairman asking Japanese consum- prices on products, provid- vices firm Infosys Ltd, grap- sales growth that missed until 2002, when fellow ers to pay more as a weak- ing an early sign of inflation builds first pling with disappointing analyst expectations by a founder Nandan Nilekani ening yen squeezes profit. for Abe and an indication results and loss of market margin of up to 50 percent, took up the CEO position. Some US companies have that these companies feel benthal share, has recalled founder pushing down its shares to Murthy was chairman inoculated themselves at consumer demand is strong and former chairman N R their lowest close in a dec- and “chief mentor” un- least temporarily against the enough to withstand the observation Narayana Murthy to act as ade.” This is a drastic, some til 2011.”He’s one person yen’s fall through financial increases. Still, price rises executive chairman for five might say, welcome move,” who’s not afraid to make hedging instruments, while would have to spread much system years. He replaces current said Ankur Rudra, sector changes, not afraid to take others are charging custom- more widely, especially chairman K V Kamath, who analyst at Ambit Capital, decisions and not afraid to ers more. to lower-end discretionary Guangzhou, 2 will become lead independ- which has a “sell” rating on take risks, but it’s been a The yen has fallen more goods, to show that Abe’s June—Chinese scientists ent director. Current co- the stock. “Probably, this while,” said Subhash Dhar, than 20 percent against the aggressive policies are help- said they have finished chairman S Gopalakrishnan could be a step towards a who was a senior vice US dollar since mid-Novem- ing reinvigorate the econo- building the country’s will become executive vice new strategic direction and president and member of ber when then-opposition my.—Reuters first benthal observation chairman, while CEO S D leadership as well.” Infosys’s executive council leader Shinzo Abe, system in south China’s Shibulal remains in his po- Murthy has long been before quitting to form his who is now prime Hainan Province. sition, Infosys said. the dominant figure at In- own software firm. minister, prescribed a The system is lo- “The board has taken fosys, which he calls his Reuters dose of radical mone- cated in waters near the this step keeping in mind tary easing to reverse city of Sanya and is part the challenges that the tech- years of sliding con- of efforts to build a large- nology industry and the sumer prices as part scale benthal observation company faces,” Kamath of a deflation-fight- network, according to a said in a statement on Sat- ing policy, dubbed source from the South urday, also acknowledging “Abenomics.” The China Sea Institute of calls from shareholders to Bank of Japan, Oceanology under the strengthen leadership of the under a new Abe- Chinese Academy of company.Infosys, for years backed governor, Sciences (CAS). an investor favorite for ex- in April promised The system was ceeding its earnings targets, to inject $1.4 jointly designed by the has struggled in the past trillion into the CAS South China Sea two years as big custom- economy in less Institute of Oceanology, ers in the United States and than two years to the Shenyang Institute of Europe cut costs and rivals N R Narayana Murthy, founder and chairman of achieve 2 percent in- Automation and the In- such as Tata Consultancy Infosys, listens to a question during an interview with A man holds up a mock model of Apple’s new iPad mini stitute of Acoustics. Services and HCL Tech- Reuters at the company’s office in Bangalore on 28 Feb, as he waits for the release of the tablet in front of the nologies Ltd take away Xinhua 2012.—Reuters Apple Store Ginza in Tokyo on 1 Nov, 2012.—Reuters New Light of Myanmar Monday, 3 June, 2013 5 BUSINESS & HEALTH ISS recommends vote for SoftBank’s Old Virginia town famed for ham uneasy Sprint bid about Chinese bid the strength of the valuation Smithfield, Virginia , 2 reached and was awaiting be the largest acquisition relative to precedent transac- June — Painted pig statues US government approval of a US company by a Chi- tions and the market reaction grace the picturesque brick sent a shiver through the nese one. The bid is part of to the offer. The SoftBank sidewalks of this small Vir- community, where it is the an effort to feed growing deal addresses “Sprint’s most ginia river town of 8,000, largest employer with a demand in China for US compelling need: capital to and its slogan, “Hams, payroll of nearly 4,000 peo- pork.”The best news here is acquire additional spectrum History and Hospitality,” ple. Worldwide, Smithfield that the operation stays, and and complete the transforma- probably tells visitors all employs 46,000. at least for now the com- tion of its network,” ISS said, they need to know about Ham is the town’s pri- pany has committed to keep adding that the deal would Smithfield and its relation- mary industry, followed by the management here,” enable the company to fully ship with Smithfield Foods, tourism. The hope, com- said John Edwards, editor compete in the US market. the world’s largest hog pro- munity leaders say, is that of the weekly newspaper, Sprint said on Saturday it ducer. Earlier this week, Smithfield Food’s new the Smithfield Times, as he remains focused on finalizing Smithfield Foods (SFD.N) owners will invest in the started his day recently over its signed merger agreement received a $4.7 billion buy- community, not cut jobs. coffee at the Main Street A clerk works in front of a SoftBank Corp branch in with SoftBank, which has been out offer from a Chinese Shuanghui International Restaurant. Tokyo on 29 May , 2013.—Reuters recommended by Sprint’s food company. News that Holdings Ltd’s agreement “All you can do is keep board of directors. SoftBank an agreement had been to buy Smithfield would your fingers crossed, hang New York, 2 June — rior to the SoftBank deal for said it was pleased that ISS tight and be positive about Proxy advisory firm Institu- Sprint shareholders, given recognized “the value proposi- the whole thing,” Edwards tional Shareholder Services the preliminary nature of the tion of our agreed transaction added. Smithfield Foods, said that Sprint Nextel (S.N) Dish offer, and because Dish and the unique contributions which processed 27.7 mil- shareholders should vote for has not yet made its offer di- of SoftBank’s proven track re- lion hogs in 2012, built its SoftBank Corp’s (9984.T) rectly through a tender.Sprint cord in wireless.” headquarters on a sprawl- proposed $20.1 billion pur- has said it would evaluate Dish declined to com- ing campus of colonial- chase of the No 3 US mobile the $25.5 billion counter of- ment. Neither Sprint nor style buildings on the Pa- provider, potentially deal-ing fer from Dish and agreed to Dish have said when they gan River in the center of a blow to a $25.5 billion ri- let it take a closer look at its expect Dish’s due diligence Smithfield. val bid from Dish Network books.ISS said Sprint share- process to be completed, but It is the cultural and (DISH.O). holders should vote for the shareholders are hoping for a economic heart of the town, In its May 31 analysis, proposed transaction with Sprint comment on the Dish which was founded in 1752. ISS said it had not yet devel- SoftBank, given the strategic bid before they are due to On the outskirts is a oped a view, from a valua- merits of the SoftBank deal, vote on the SoftBank offer The Taste of Smithfield restaurant and gourmet market plant where hams are pro- tion perspective, on whether the sales and negotiation pro- on 12 June . is seen in Smithfield, Virginia on 30 May, 2013. duced. the offer from Dish is supe- cess overseen by the board, Reuters Reuters Reuters Bilfinger eyes takeovers in Asia, North America in expansion Merck KGaA’s Erbitux beats Frankfurt , 2 June— important for market ex- company was planning to pany’s business currently German construction and pectations if such a move reduce its dependency on came from Germany and Avastin in bowel cancer trial industrial services group were to succeed in Asia or Europe by pushing expan- Europe, adding that it had Frankfurt, 2 June or wild-type, version of a Bilfinger SE (GBFG.DE) North America.Last month, sion in Asia and the United 850 million euros at its dis- —Merck KGaA’s cancer gene called KRAS took is eyeing an acquisition in Bilfinger’s Chief Execu- States. Koch said then that posal for acquisitions. drug Erbitux was shown part in the trial. Asia or North America to tive Roland Koch said the 80 percent of the com- On Monday, Bilfinger to be more effective at Erbitux is only ap- reduce its dependence on said it was planning to sell prolonging the lives of proved in this patient sub- the European market, its its division that operates bowel cancer patients than group, which accounts for chief financial officer said. public-private partnerships Roche’s Avastin, Merck about 60 percent of colo- “It would certainly be as part of its shift from con- said. In a drug trial, the two rectal cancer cases.The good for us to once again struction-based projects to drugs were each given in trial data presented at the make a larger strategi- more predictable industrial combination with Folfiri American Society of Clini- cally significant takeover services and maintenance chemotherapy to patients cal Oncology in Chicago as we’ve done at the end work. The announcement whose colorectal cancer this weekend showed that of 2009, when we bought pushed the group’s shares had started spreading to overall survival was a me- Austrian MCE with an en- to a near seven-week high. other organs. dian 28.7 months in the Er- terprise value of 250-300 Mueller said the company The results showed the bitux arm and 25 months in million euros ($324-389 was currently in the process Erbitux group survived on the Avastin arm. million),” Joachim Mueller of entering negotiations average nearly four months There was little differ- told Germany’s Boersen- with interested parties, add- longer than the Avastin ence, however, between the Zeitung in an interview The logo of German industrial services provider ing that it aimed for a sale group.The trial was con- two groups in how long it published on Saturday. Bilfinger is pictured on their headquarters in Mannheim of the unit this year. ($1 = ducted by an independent took before the disease got He said it would be on 21 Jan, 2013. — Reuters 0.7716 euros)—Reuters research collaborative of worse, so-called progres- the German Association of sion-free survival, which Drug is a first to help patients with melanoma of the eye Medical Oncology (AIO) was about 10 months for and sponsored by Germa- both. Merck declined to Chicago, 2 June — In uveal melanoma, which af- shrank tumours in half of all it in the past have largely ny’s Merck. comment on the additional his first few weeks as head fects 2,000 to 3,000 patients treated patients and doubled failed. Out of a total of 157 Only patients whose sales potential from the re- of the melanoma group at each year.Researchers from progression-free survival, a patients treated in eight dif- tumors contain the normal, sults.—Reuters Memorial Sloan-Kettering Memorial-Sloan Ketter- measurement of the amount ferent prior clinical trials, Cancer Centre seven years ing on Saturday reported of time a medicine controls only two patients had sig- ago, a young man walked results of the first clinical cancer before it starts to nificant tumour shrinkage. into Dr Gary Schwartz’s of- trial ever to show that a grow again.” Like skin melanoma, fice with a rare form of the drug helped patients with This represents the uveal melanoma is caused skin cancer that affects the advanced uveal melanoma first real victory in -medi by specialized, pigment eye. “It was horrible. at the American Society of cal oncology for patients cells called melanocytes, He died of metastatic Clinical Oncology Meeting with uveal melanoma,” said but biologically it is “com- disease. He was only 24. I in Chicago. Schwartz, who is chief of pletely distinct from skin promised him I would find a The mid-stage clini- the New York hospital’s melanoma,” Carvajal said way to cure his cancer,” re- cal trial led by Dr. Richard melanoma and sarcoma ser- in a telephone interview. calls the physician-scientist Carvajal, Schwartz’s col- vice. Melanoma of the eye “Nothing has ever been of the patient who helped league, found that an exper- is far different from other shown to help patients with inspire his quest to find imental drug from Astra- forms of the deadly skin metastatic uveal melanoma an effective treatment for Zeneca called selumetinib cancer, and attempts to treat before,” he said. —Reuters 6 Monday, 3 June, 2013 New Light of Myanmar World Gov’t urged to review criteria for Minamata disease US warning against recognition Americans’ visit to pyramids Tokyo, 2 June—The pave the way toward com- government should relax pletely resolving the issue. “unjustified” the current strict criteria Another panelist, To- Cairo, 2 June—Egyp- creasing number of inci- for official recognition as kyo-based lawyer Takahiro tian minister of antiquities dents at or near the Pyramids Minamata disease patients Suzuki, said, “The too strict described the recent warn- Plateau area.” The warning so more people can receive criteria result in sufferers ing issued by the US em- cited a recent incident in state compensation, pan- being disregarded, not rec- bassy in Cairo that Ameri- which unknown individuals elists at a symposium on the ognized as patients. There- can citizens should avoid allegedly pounded on the mercury-poisoning disease fore they are unfair.” visiting the pyramids as vehicle carrying tourists and argued Saturday. “It is a denial of Japan’s “unjustified,” state-run news attempted to open the door Recognizing a de- judicial system if the Envi- agency MENA reported. of it. ceased woman posthumous- ronment Ministry maintains Antiquities Minister The Egyptian minister ly as a victim of Minamata its irreverent stance,” said Ahmed Eissa said the em- stressed that neither the tour- disease in a landmark rul- Suzuki, who has been in- bassy issued the warning ism police nor the ministries ing in April this year, the Panelists at a Tokyo symposium on June 1, 2013, volved in pollution-related without any trustworthy of antiquities and tourism Supreme Court called for discuss how to deal with issues related to the Minamata lawsuits. Minamata disease, evidence that the area is in- received any reports or ver- providing relief to a wider mercury-poisoning disease.—Kyodo News caused by mercury-tainted secure. bal complaints from tourists range of people suffering director and professor at by the Japan Federation of water dumped by chemical The US embassy on visiting the Pyramids area. from it. Kumamoto Gakuen Univer- Bar Associations. “But it is maker Chisso Corp into the Friday urged its nationals “On the contrary, the But the Environment sity’s Open Research Cent- now a question of how the Shiranui Sea, an inland sea to “elevate their situational visitors of the Pyramids Ministry, which is in charge er for Minamata Studies, government will respond surrounded by Minamata in awareness when traveling to increased by 10 percent in of the Minamata issue, has said, “The Supreme Court to the Supreme Court’s de- Kumamoto Prefecture and the Pyramids, avoid any late May 2013 compared with refused to review the 1977 has apparently rejected the cision and how we, as citi- other cities, was officially evening or night travel, uti- the same period last year, criteria that require a com- recognition criteria, but the zens, push the government recognized in 1956. Since lize a recommended or trust- which reflects security im- bination of sensory disor- Environment Ministry has to follow it.” then, only around 3,000 ed guide and closely guard provement and stability in ders plus other symptoms outrageously ignored it.” In the face of the rul- people have officially been valuables,” saying the Egypt,” he said. for a person to be officially “The government’s aim ing, JFBA President Kenji recognized as patients un- embassy is “aware of in- Xinhua recognized as a Minamata must be to disregard suffer- Yamagishi issued a state- der the state recognition disease patient and to re- ers to bring down the curtain ment saying the state has criteria, including some in US militants jailed for ceive redress. on the Minamata issue,” he disregarded many Minama- Niigata Prefecture where a At the symposium in told around 130 people at ta disease victims under the similar disease was detect- Internet threats are still Tokyo, Masanori Hanada, the symposium, sponsored strict criteria and urged it to ed.—Reuters posting from prison More than 1,000 killed in Iraq violence Georgia to Washington, 2 June— med in a bear outfit. re-pay all in May American Islamist militants Morton wrote in his lat- Baghdad, 2 June— jailed for threatening vio- est essay that US use of le- World Bank, More than 1,000 people lence over the Internet are thal drones against al Qaeda were killed in violence still posting political writings in Afghanistan and Yemen IMF loans by in Iraq in May, making it on the Web—while serving had encouraged homegrown the deadliest month since time in federal prison. Islamist extremism. 2015 the sectarian slaughter of Jesse Curtis Morton, a “The drone assassina- 2006-07, the United Na- convert to Islam who writes tion of Anwar Awlaki in Tbilisi, 2 June—Geor- tions said on Saturday, as under the name Younus Ab- Yemen, an Islamic preacher gian Finance Minister Nodar dullah Muhammed, posted with tens of thousands of Khaduri said Saturday that fears mounted of a return to civil war. Nearly 2,000 a lengthy tract opposing US ardent Western followers, his country would become drone policy, on 21 May, on has yet to be avenged but his part of the European eco- people have been killed in the last two months as al- the www.islampolicy.com popularity has only risen af- nomic family and repay its website that he launched ter death,” Morton wrote, re- debt to international financial Qaeda and Sunni Islamist insurgents, invigorated by in 2010. Morton is serving ferring to the American Mus- institutions by 2015. a prison term of more than lim preacher killed in a 2011 “Georgia is in a unique the Sunni-led revolt in Syr- Iraqi security personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack ia and by Sunni discontent 11 years in a Pennsylvania US drone strike in Yemen. time. Important measures in Baghdad, on 30 May, 2013.—Reuters at home, seek to revive the federal prison after pleading Another American mili- are taken for overcoming guilty in 2012 tant, Zachary Chesser, who kind of all-out inter-com- bloodshed.” and later hanged. Shi’ite the difficult situation in the to conspiring to solicit was found guilty of conspir- munal conflict that killed The renewed blood- Prime Minister Nuri al-Ma- country,” Khaduri said at an murder, make threatening ing with Morton to encour- annual meeting with repre- tens of thousands five years letting reflects worsening liki on Saturday met leaders communications and “use age attacks via the Internet sentatives from the Holland- ago. tensions between Iraq’s from across Iraq’s sectar- the Internet to place others in on the creators of “South Belgium group under the “That is a sad record,” Shi’ite-led government and ian divide to try to resolve fear.” Morton, from Brook- Park,” has also posted mate- World Bank and Internation- Martin Kobler, the UN en- the Sunni minority, seeth- the crisis. Leaders emerged lyn, New York, and previ- rial while in prison. al Monetary Fund. voy in Baghdad, said in a ing with resentment at their smiling, but there were only ously a student at Columbia His postings appear “Despite successes, our statement. “Iraqi political treatment since Saddam initial talks that did not ad- University, was jailed for on another website www. country could not achieve leaders must act immedi- Hussein was overthrown by dress fundamental Sunni threatening the writers of aseerun.org and mainly air important breakthrough for ately to stop this intolerable the US-led invasion of 2003 discontent.—Reuters the last years. We’ll do eve- the satirical television show personal grievances, along rything to break through in Japan grants Africa medical awards to “South Park” for their depic- with some political material. the nearest future. This will tion of the Prophet Moham- Reuters be achieved through imple- Uganda, Belgium doctors mentation of optimal, mon- Yokohama, 2 June— 53, from Uganda, was rec- of medical research and ser- etary and fiscal policies by The Japanese government ognized for his pioneering vices on the continent. the Georgian government,” granted Hideyo Noguchi Af- work in treating AIDS pa- “Dr Piot and Dr. Coutin- said the minister. rica awards to doctors from tients and preventing the ho have bravely challenged The World Bank has Uganda and Belgium on Sat- spread of HIV. fears and prejudices, and since 1992 helped fund 55 projects in the South Cau- urday to honour their medi- The Hideyo Noguchi have continued their research casus country, with a total cal achievements in Africa. Africa Prize is named after and activities in Africa,” said value of some 2 billion US Peter Piot, 64, from Bel- the Japanese biologist who Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dollars. The Georgian gov- gium received the award and made his name in bacteriol- at the award ceremony held ernment has also got some prize money for co-discov- ogy and died of yellow fever on the sidelines of the Tokyo 1.5 billion dollars for budget- ering the Ebola virus while in Ghana in 1928 while re- International Conference on ary support, according to the leading a worldwide re- searching the disease. It was African Development in Yo- Georgian finance ministry. sponse action against AIDS, established in July 2006 to kohama. A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this Xinhua and Alex Godwin Coutinho, encourage the advancement Kyodo News on 28 Feb, 2013 illustration file picture.—Reuters New Light of Myanmar Monday, 3 June, 2013 7 local news US tech firm introduces BUSINESS traffic laser in Myanmar NATIONAL SPORTS Mandalay Region CCI meets Yangon, 2 June—US which has special data Waso Chinlone Festival top technology company protection system to Thai businessmen Laser Technology Inc prevent loss or destruction in Mandalay reaches 85th introduced Traffic Over of recorded data. It has the M a n d a l a y , 2 of Mandalay Region Speed Enforcement Laser weight of 1.5 Km and uses anniversary milestone June—Mandalay Region Federation of Chambers that would easily track 12V battery. Chambers of Commerce of Commerce and Industry down the over-speed The mile-per-hour and Industry held a meeting U Soe Myint and a Thai cars for effective traffic rate could be set at the with representatives of housing development firm’s rules enforcement on tool which took only 0.33 seven companies and President Dr Patchara accident-prone highways second to record a vehicle businessmen of Department Tantayanyong elaborated in Myanmar at Sedona with the record of 99 of International Trade on purposes of the meeting. Hotel here on 30 May. percent foolproof result. Promotion of Thailand The meeting focused on Accompanied by TruFlash is used for at Hotel Mandalay in the fundamental regulations Handheld Photo/Video nighttime picture capturing Aungmyethazan Township of the trade between the two Enforcement Laser, the and location and time will here on 30 May. countries. tool would help Myanmar be shown with the help of Vice-President MMAL-Kyaw Htoo traffic authorities record GPS system. both photo and video of The equipment could Bago FSD keeps public on alert over-speed motorcars. reduce traffic accidents The type of vehicle and prevent loss of lives for flood Bago, 2 June—Flash have enough life jackets. The and the licence plate can if equipped by roads of Mandalay, 2 June—It interested to the cane- flood and inundation are department has also urged clearly be caught by the busy cities and highways has been 85 years since balling. common in coastal areas and households in risk areas to High Resolution Image in Maynmar. Myanmar’s traditional The festival has a creek-side areas in monsoon keep adequate life jackets. Camera of the equipment MMAL-Aung Thura Waso Chinlone (Cane ball) time-honoured tradition in Myanmar which has a Bago Region used to festival is held in landmark of offering robes, flowers suffer from inundations and Maha Muni Buddha Image and lights to the Buddha heavy rainfall record. floods in rainy season as it in Mandalay. Image on 1st waning of Bago Region Fire is one of Myanmar’s high The festivals were Waso. Services Department is rainfall area. well participated by local Chairman of Waso ensuring every vessel in cane ball professionals and Chinlone Festival organizing operation in rivers and creeks MMAL-121 amateurs and foreign cane committee U Tin Than, ball amateurs. It has gained Chairman of the Image Furnishings donated to schools in global significance during Board of Trustees U Thein Ponnagyun previous years. Toe and secretary U Kyaw P o n n a g y u n , 2 attended by village-tract Chairman of Maha Thein formally launched the June—Education support administrator U Kyaw Hla Muni Buddha Image Board festival. team of Thetet village Nyo and party, townselders, of Trustees U Thein Toe A total of 1650 teams Basic Education Middle schoolchildren, officials of said in 85th cane ball event are exhibiting their skills School in Ponnagyun the education support group, festival opening ceremony at the festival that started Township in Rakhine the headmaster and teachers. that he would not want on 6th waning of Kason and State donated furnishings Leader of the education the traditional sport which runs through 1st waning of for 2013-2014 academic support team U Aung Tun US technology company Laser Technology Inc in- enshrines both teamwork Waso (23 July). year for convenience Zan presented five desks, 10 troduces its Traffic Over Speed Enforcement Laser and health. The 55-day event is of schoolchildren at the tables and 55 plastic chairs that can record over-speed cars on busy roads and The event is aimed being held daily from 9 am donation ceremony at worth about K 500,000 on highways. at nurturing new faces of to 12 noon. Waithali Hall of BEMS on behalf of the donors. Myanmar cane ball sport MMAL-Tin Maung 27 May afternoon. MMAL-Lay Wadi CRIME and attracting foreigners (Mandalay) The ceremony was (Rakhine State)

Murder suspect pleads guilty Mandalay house burnt down fIRE Yangon, 2 June—A accused to conspire with by fire murder suspect voluntarily him as U Tin Hla found Yangon paper shed catches pleaded guilty before them together in the home Mandalay, 2 June— Firefighters put out the Deputy Judge of Thongwa on 25 May. Fire broke out in a house fire at 9.20 am with the use fire th Township Court of Yangon They beat U Tin in 89 street between of 20 fire engines and one th th Region on 31 May while Hla and threw the body 17 street and 18 street administration vehicle. under the police custody into the lake just after he in Minde Eikin ward in The house was reduced on 31 May. accidentally realized their Aungmyethazan Township to ashes, amounting the loss Tin Maung Myint (a) affair. in Mandalay Region at 9.05 to K 736,000. Kayingyi (a) Ko Thet said The police also held am on 31 May. The police station has he had an affair with Ma San Ma San San Hlaing and The fire at the home filed a lawsuit against the San Hlaing, the daughter-in- kept her under the custody. of U Zaw Tun and Daw owners for reckless use of law of the victim, who was MMAL-Chit Saya Yi Htay was ignited by the electricity. overheated iron. Dala police arrests two MMAL-042 gambling suspects Yangon, 2 June— Maung Shwe Tha Oo were A fire engine fighting fire at the paper warehouse Yangon Region police detained by the police at arrested two gambling their father U Myint Swe’s in Hline Township in Yangon. suspects of two/three-digit house with the illegal lottery Y a n g o n , 2 June— Region at 9.15 pm on 30 illegal lottery in a house in tickets and vouchers and K Fire broke out at the paper May. Thakhin Pho Hla Gyi street 40130. warehouse owned by Daw The fire started by wire in Yazathingyan ward in The Dala police will Tin Tin Aye in Bo Sein Hman shock was put out by 10 fire Dala Township in Yangon prosecute the suspects for street in No (16) ward in engines at 9.40 pm. South District on 21 May. illegal gambling. Hline Township in Yangon MMAL-Yan Naing Ma Htay Htay Win and MMAL-Than Htay-Dala West District in Yangon Win (Hline) 8 Monday, 3 June, 2013 New Light of Myanmar national Cooperative Monday, 3 June, 2013 works is second economic... Historic evolution in Asia (from page 1) the microfinance programme As we move towards democracy, the successful and sustainable, challenge is to manage what is and should be an learning from the success and increasingly competitive political space in a way loss stories of other countries. Cooperative works is that strengthens democratic change and does not second economic pillar of undermine its future success. We must manage the nation, he noted, calling expectations. for adoption of appropriate Periods of transition are always fraught with policies to develop risk. But the government knows the aspirations cooperative works through of the people of all backgrounds, and how much improvement of cooperative they want this transition to succeed. In fact, the societies. Such cooperative people really want to see democracy take root, put societies as production, trade and industrial farming are behind decades of isolation, catch up with other to be established to drive Asian economics, end all violence and fighting. the economy, he stressed, Photo shows booths of equipment, farming input and technologies required in Everyone accepts that this is the direction our urging to take example of promoting the cooperative societies displayed at the ceremony.—mna country must take. US, India and Japan which And though democracy means rivalry and have nurtured successful Central Cooperative Union technologies required in be upgraded to be able to competition, we must try to find ways to work cooperative societies. and CB Bank on installment, promoting the cooperative effectively contribute to together. We must nurture policy-based political He called for joint efforts to cooperative societies. societies. The President in the national economy and parties. But at this critical juncture, we must to enhance the living standard Member U Myint Shwe of meeting with taxi and trishaw improve the socio-economic also rise above partisan politics and set our aims of grassroots, reduce poverty Padauk Kwe Transportation drivers urged them to grasp status of the members. rate, and contribute the Cooperative Society spoke the opportunities, which Employment towards a greater nation-building and state- national economy by one way words of thanks to end the come from the government Committee is formed building agenda. or another, taking example of event. subsidies, to their benefits separately in Yangon Region We all believe what we are trying to achieve the legacies of cooperative A total of K 2336.64 and to the public benefits and by the region government in Myanmar is quite unprecedented. We are societies in the past. million loans were granted to repay the loans according to create job opportunities transitioning from an authoritarian regime to a Next, Union Minister to 39609 members of 577 to the regulations. for urbanites as the urban democratic one and from a centralized economy U Kyaw Hsan elaborated on cooperative societies from 44 The Cooperatives residents account for 70 to one based on a free market. At the same time, provision of small loans for townships in Yangon Region Ministry has adopted and been per cent of the population. we are engaged in a political dialogue process and rural development and socio- for the second time on the implementing two objectives The region is arranging economic improvement by occasion after the first batch and five programmes for employment both for urban national reconciliation. We are also reengaging the ministry, Region Chief of loans were fully repaid. rural development and better and rural residents. While with many governments and international Minister U Myint Swe on In addition, 209 units socio-economic status. It microfinance programme of institutions from which we are witnessing fruits. employment and poverty of farming equipment, 53 aims to ensure sustainable the Cooperatives Ministry Our transformation is not taking place in a alleviation measures of the units of vehicle, 180 units development of microfinance cannot cover the entire vacuum. Asia is changing fast and a part of the region government, followed of trishaw and 683 units programme, one of the region, interest groups are world that was once a by-word for war and poverty by provision of subsidies to of sewing machines worth five work programmes, by formed in wards and villages is now entering perhaps its greatest period ever cooperative societies in the K 926.82015 million were enabling the borrowers to be that are out of the reach of of peace and prosperity. A new generation, free region. sold to 114 cooperative able to stand on their own feet microfinance programme of from the burdens of colonialism and ideological Chairman of Central societies in 38 townships on in the following four to five the ministry and provided Cooperative Union and hire purchase system. years from the date of the first with small loans under conflicts of the past, is taking charge. Perhaps Cooperative Bank U The President then borrowing. the arrangement of the more than anything else, Myanmar must fully Khin Maung Aye handed looked around documentary Microfinance Bank will region government. Those join this historic evolution in Asia. over farming equipment, photos on activities of the be established to accumulate interest groups are said to be vehicles, sidecars and sewing Cooperatives Ministry funds and international reorganized into cooperative machines, jointly sold by and display of equipment, aids and loans will also societies and be provided Cooperatives Ministry, farming input and be requested. Moreover, with access to small loans. The State has It is for the enacted micro- cooperative societies will MNA grassroots with finance law and is small capital to Myanmar Embassy in extensively engaged live a comfortable Myanmar migrant worker in micro-finance life staying out of Malaysia seeking diplomatic industry debts means to protect Myanmar dies in worksite accident Nay Pyi Taw, 2 June September, 2010, at the citizens — A Myanmar worker factory where about 30 Nay Pyi Taw, 2 June— hospitalized at Selayang died as 40-ft container Myanmar workers are On 30 May morning, a regional hospital. On 31 May from a forklift truck fell working. Myanmar worker working evening, a Myanmar living on him at Port Klang The employer of the at a vegetable shop on in the west Pasar Borong MALCO-NREP DEPOT factory arranged to carry So, it is necessary his way back home from was killed by an unidentified (M)S/B in Malaysia the body to Mortuary of to make the most Right. We do need Selayang market in Malaysia group. yesterday. the Klang Hospital. of it and repay it to be visionary, came under gang attack of Myanmar Embassy in The 40-ft container Labour Department in time thrifty and unidentified motorists and Malaysia being responsible fell on Maung Zaw Win, has already informed the restraint is undergoing treatment at to protect Myanmar citizens 31, while he was driving accident to the family of Selayang regional hospital has asked the Foreign Ministry back a 20-foot Forklift Maung Zaw Win and has in Malaysia. and police headquarters of truck as his truck hit contacted Myant Swe Mon Another Myanmar the host country through another forklift truck. Employment Company, worker working at NSK diplomatic channels to protect The victim is from which sent Maung Zaw Pasar Borong met the same Myanmar citizens. It has also Aung Gyi Village, Win to Malaysia, to Let’s enhance the socio-economic status of the grassroots fate at night the same day called for making contact with Nyaunglebin Township, obtain compensation for Cartoon Tha Byay on his way back home the embassy in case of unusual and he had been working the victim. from work and was also situation.—MNA in Malaysia since 10 MNA New Light of Myanmar Monday, 3 June, 2013 9 Local news Thai embassy donates cash to DONATION fund of MRCS Yangon, 2 June— Myanmar diplomatic The Royal Thai Embassy relations this year, holding donated US$ 145,642 to the auspicious occasion the fund for activities of of the 80th birthday of Her Myanmar Red Cross Society Majesty Queen Sirikit of by holding three main Thailand and raising the fund events which are seminar of human activities of the on “Thailand and Myanmar Myanmar Red Cross Society. traditional textiles: Hidden Mr. Pisanu Suvanajata, treasures shared wisdoms”, Ambassador of Thailand exhibition on “Textile of the to Myanmar, made the two lands” and “Textiles of welcoming remarks and the two lands charity gala donated US$ 145,642 to dinner”, at Chatrium Royal Professor Dr Tha Hla Shwe, Lake Hotel, Yangon, on President of MRCS. 29 May. Later, the president The donation was of MRCS presented a aimed at celebrating the certificate of honour and 65th anniversary of the spoke words of thanks. SANITATION establishment of Thai- Moe Thuzar Soe-NLM Outstanding staff honoured in Sanitation at drains along Kyimyindine Township Kyaikwaing Pagoda Road Yangon, 2 June—A of ammunition and related prize presentation ceremony materials in the garbage Yangon, 2 June—In Committee carried out for outstanding staff took box No. 057 at the corner order to prevent the streets sanitation and dredged silt place at the in-charge of Bo Thura and Padaukpin and wards from flooding in and sand in the drains for office of Environmental streets in East Ward in the rainy season, workers proper flow of water along Conservation and Sanitation Kyimyindine Market on 20 of Engineering Department both sides of Kyaikwaing Department in Kyimyindine May. She informed the case (Roads and Bridges) of pagoda road in Mayangon Township in Yangon North and handed over the items Yangon North District township on 29 May. District yesterday morning. through Township Sanitation Development Affairs Zawgyee (Manita)-Kyemon It was attended by Deputy In-charge U Myo Min Aung, Head of Environmental he added. He also urged those Conservation and Sanitation present to inform of such Department U Hla Win suspicious cases and illegal Aung, District Head U Yan matters to the departmental Nyein Chan and Deputy heads as soon as possible. District Head U Bwe Kyone. Then, District Head U Yan Deputy Head U Hla Nyein Chan presented cash Win Aung in his speech assistance to Outstanding said that YCDC cleaner Staff Daw Thin Myat Soe. Daw Thin Myat Soe found Kyemon-597 one .38 Pistol, 91 rounds Heroin seized from drug HRD Mosquito repellent sprayed addict suspect P i n l e b u , 2 June— Refresher courses for divers, bus conductors in Ahaya Thukha Market Heroin was seized from a man suspected of being a opened in Yangon Pyinmana, 2 June— of mosquito repellent, drug addict in ZediU Village As the monsoon is Ahaya Thukha Market in Pinlebu Township Katha approaching, preventive is the major crosery District on 30 May. measures against DHF wholesaler as well as In response to a tip- were carried out on 30 retailer in Nay Pyi Taw. off, Pinkyaing Village- May in Pyinmana Ahara We dredge the drains in, tract administrator U Thukha Market under the outside and around the Poe Pya, ZediU Village supervision of markets market to ensure proper 100-household head U Thein department under the Nay flow of water on a regular Tun and 10-household head Pyi Taw Development basis. Sellers here joined U Myint Than searched Committee. together to spray mosquito Aung Htwe, 44, ZediU In-charge of Ahara repellent as mosquito is the villager as he was walking Thukha Market U Maung root cause of DHF. down the street in ZediU Maung explained spraying Kyemon-688 Village. Three penicillin bottles of white powder suspected to be heroin weighing 0.5 gram was Yangon, 2 June— Okkalapa Township on 30 preventative measure against uncovered from him who Opening ceremony May morning. traffic accidents and other fled the scene when being of refresher course No. Committee Chairman U facts using reference books investigated. 17/2013 for drivers and bus Hla Aung gave a speech on and projector. The police rushed to the conductors who have over the occasion. It was attended by scene to take the evidence two years experience from Then, the officials about 140 drivers and bus and are attempting to corner the bus-lines in Yangon was of Myanma Oil and Gas conductors of some bus-lines the suspects, blocking escape held at All Private Bus-Line Enterprise and Road running in Yangon from 9 am routes. Control Committee (Central) Transport shared knowledge to 4 pm. Kyemon-Katha District IPRD of Yangon Region in South about traffic rules, Kyemon-Shwe La Min 10 Monday, 3 June, 2013 New Light of Myanmar WORLD Oil executives tune out the Four Mexican tourists killed in call of the wild Arctic bus accident in Egypt’s Sinai Ny-Aalesund, 2 June rough waters off Alaska, Cairo, 2 June—Four He said they had been trav- —The high Arctic, once setting off a public relations Mexican tourists were elling to the monastery, a the irresistible frontier for storm that inflicted much killed and 17 were injured, popular tourist destination, oil and gas exploration, is pain on the firm, made more two of them critically, in a from the town of Taba, quickly losing its appeal as acute by how little it had to bus accident on Friday in which borders Israel. energy firms grow fearful show for the $4.5 billion Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, The 2011 uprising that of the financial and public (2.9 billion pounds) it has the governor of South Sinai ousted President Hosni relations risk of working in spent on the Arctic since said. Mubarak and the turmoil the pristine icy wilderness. 2005. The tourists were trav- that followed has dented The Arctic may hold Shell promptly can- elling on a bus owned by Egypt’s tourism sector - a 13 percent of the world’s celled plans to drill off The town of Ny-Aalesund in Norway’s high Arctic as a local tour company near major employer and source undiscovered oil and 30 Alaska in 2013, and sig- seen from the top of the nearby Zeppelin mountain, Saint Catherine’s monas- of foreign currency which percent of its gas, but a se- nals about its going back in on 28 May, 2013.—Reuters tery in central Sinai when accounted for more than 10 ries of blunders and failures 2014 are fading. little damage and no spill, member at ConocoPhillips their bus overturned and percent of gross domestic there are making executives “The whole Arctic, es- but it was a big lesson for and a former CEO of Sta- caught fire, medical and se- product. fight shy of such a sensitive pecially the American Arc- firms looking for Arctic re- toil, a pioneer in the Arctic. curity sources said. The sector has been area and turn their attention tic, was set back because of sources. “We have been focus- At least 40 tourists, further damaged by kid- back to more conventional Shell’s issue,” Choo Chiau “The interest to de- ing on areas in the Arctic. all from Mexico, were in- nappings in Sinai and high- resources and the shale rev- Beng, the Chief Executive velop oil and gas is very Now we put our priorities side, the state news agency profile accidents, includ- olution. of Keppel, the world’s big- high, but nevertheless there into other areas, like Tan- MENA reported. ing a hot air balloon crash The turning point like- gest rig maker, told Reuters is more and more concern zania, Argentina and Texas. The injured tourists near Luxor in February that ly came on New Year’s eve, in the world’s northernmost about the environment and That is the logical develop- were transferred to three killed 19 tourists, most of when Royal Dutch Shell’s settlement. the risk part of it,” said ment,” he said. hospitals in the area, gov- them Asian and European. drillship ran aground in The accident caused Harald Norvik, a board Reuters ernor Khaled Fouda said. Reuters Official warns of youth disengagement At least four in Europe US firefighters Brussels, 2 June—The youth programmes marking at European and national killed battling European Union’s youth its 25 years’ anniversary. levels. and culture commissioner According to the com- In Europe, young peo- hotel fire in Androulla Vassiliou on Fri- missioner, the EU’s first ple not in employment, day warned of young peo- youth programme was education, training, or the Houston ple’s disengagement in the launched back in 1988, at so-called “NEETs”, show Houston, 2 June—At continent’s political affairs which time Europe was less interest in politics and least four firefighters were largely due to unemploy- seeking its way out of an less willingness to vote or killed while battling a ho- ment and lack of communi- economic crisis with its engage in social participa- tel fire in the fourth larg- cation channels. youth unemployment stand- tion, according to a recent est US city of Houston on “I see a clear danger ing at around 20 percent. survey. Friday, officials said. that unemployment, pov- “Today, as 25 years Another recent Euro- A spokesperson for erty, disengagement and ago, youth unemployment barometer survey shows Houston Mayor Annise Residents wait to be subjected to a medical test of the lack of effective upward is again a great concern,” that less than 50 percent of Parker said at least four carbon monoxide in their lungs at a stand placed by channels of communication she said. young people have a posi- firefighters have died, and the Buenos Aires city’s government on the Florida to political actors lead to po- After several years of tive image of the EU, and five others were injured, pedestrian walkway, in Buenos Aires, capital of Argen- larization, disengagement economic crisis and sover- most of them consider the tina, on 31 May, 2013. The campaign was held under or extremism,” Vassiliou eign debt crisis across Eu- current political system nei- making this one of the the framework of the World No Tobacco Day.—Xinhua said at the event of the EU’s rope, unemployment, and in ther sufficiently listening deadliest days in history particular youth unemploy- nor sufficiently adapting to for the Houston Fire De- Four dead as two small planes collide ment, has become an urgent their needs. partment, according to lo- concern for policymakers Xinhua cal TV channel ABC13. in mid-air in Arizona The fire broke out at the Bhojan Restaurant Phoenix, 2 June—Four of Deer Valley Airport. tims were not immediately about 12:09 pm local time people were killed when “We arrived on the available. and engulfed the neigh- two small planes crashed scene and found four peo- The accident was re- boring Southwest Inn in after a mid-air collision in ple deceased,” said Captain ported to authorities by a southwest Houston, ac- the Arizona desert north of Larry Nunez, a Phoenix pilot who witnessed the Phoenix on Friday that ap- Fire Department spokes- collision, said Ian Gregor, cording to USA Today. parently left no survivors, man. a Federal Aviation Admin- There was no imme- authorities said. Nunez said one of the istration spokesman. An in- diate word on whether all No one on the ground planes burst into flames and vestigation is underway by 45 hotel guests, employ- was injured in the accident, television footage showed it the National Transportation ees and others had been which occurred at about was completely destroyed. Safety Board and the FAA, accounted for, the report 10:30 am local time rough- The other plane appeared to he said. said. ly 15 miles (24 kms) west be intact. Names of the vic- Reuters However, earlier me- dia reports said all patrons Russia to conduct over 500 military drills this and employees of the res- taurant got out safely. summer Video footage showed Moscow, 2 June—The number of problems have training with Belarus in thick black smoke com- Russian Armed Forces will been found during the re- September will be the cli- ing from building. The conduct more than 500 cent inspections and un- max of the summer train- feeder road was closed to drills starting from 1 June a planned exercises, Bakhin ing, according to the gen- inbound traffic. senior defence official said said. eral. More than 100 fire- on Friday. “We’ll take them into President Vladimir Pu- fighters were reportedly “We are going to hold account during the summer tin made an unscheduled in- on the scene, and the Red in summer over 500 drills training with the ground spection of troops from the A water bomber helicopter battles a brush fire at Cross was also there pro- of various capacities,” First troops, air and naval forces Southern Federal District Green Valley as the fire has burned more than 1,400 viding assistance. Deputy Defence Minister performing tasks jointly,” and Airborne Forces on 13 acres since Thursday in the Angeles National Forest It was unclear what Arkady Bakhin told report- the Interfax news agency May and urged the army just north of Castaic, in California, the United States, sparked the fire, according ers. The intensive exercises quoted him as saying. to be prepared around the on 31 May, 2013. to reports. were needed because a The “West 2013” joint clock.—Xinhua Xinhua Xinhua New Light of Myanmar Monday, 3 June, 2013 11 Regional Number of elderly with dementia in Japan reaches 4.62 million Tokyo, 2 June—The aged 65 or older in Japan 430,000 who lived alone. number of people aged 65 suffer from these symp- By age, the percent- or older with dementia in toms. age with dementia among Japan is estimated to have Takashi Asada, a Uni- people aged 74 or younger reached 4.62 million in versity of Tsukuba profes- stood at 10 percent or low- 2012, accounting for about sor specialized in dementia, er, but the ratio surpassed 15 percent of the total el- and other members of the 40 percent among people derly population, a health study group collected data aged 85 or older. In most ministry survey showed on 5,386 senior citizens in age groups, more women Saturday. eight municipalities across developed dementia than A study group of the Japan by interviewing them men. Health, Labour and Welfare and their families for diag- The health ministry Ministry also estimated that nosis. had estimated last year that another 4 million elderly As a result of the re- the number of elderly peo- people in Japan suffered search, the researchers pro- ple with dementia in Japan from mild cognitive impair- jected that 15 percent of the reached 2.8 million in 2010 ment, which could evolve overall population aged 65 and 3.05 million in 2012, A street parade is held to celebrate the 150th birthday of the oldest department store into dementia, in 2012, up or older in Japan—or 4.62 based on data collected “Kirkcaldie and Stains” in New Zealand’s capital of Wellington, 1 June, 2013. from 3.8 million in 2010, million of the 30.79 million on those in need of state- based on a research con- people in that age bracket backed nursing care ser- Xinhua ducted between fiscal 2009 in 2012—have developed vices. The latest projections Philippine Mayon volcano exhibiting and 2012 across Japan. dementia. far exceed those estimates, When the estimated As of 2010, the number underlining that many sen- abnormal behaviour numbers of the elderly with of people aged 65 or older ior citizens with dementia dementia and mild cogni- with dementia in Japan was do not use services provid- Manila, 2 June — the alert status of Mayon Mayon’s alert level Alert Level on Mayon Vol- from Alert Level 0 to Alert status may further change tive impairment are put to- estimated at 4.39 million, ed under the public nursing cano in northern Philippine Level 1 as a precaution to if significant changes in gether, the combined figure of whom 2.7 million lived care insurance scheme. province of Albay has been the public that the volcano monitoring parameters oc- suggests one in four people at home—including about Kyodo News risen to Level 1 after exhib- is exhibiting abnormal be- cur, it said. Photo shows a heart iting abnormal behaviour, a haviour,” it said in a Bul- PHIVOLCS also ad- shape created by the state agency said on Satur- letin issued as of 5:00 pm vised residents around the Blue Impulse flight day. local time on Friday. volcano to remain vigilant team from the Air The Philippine Insti- With this, the agency is and to keep abreast of up- Self-Defence Force tute of Volcanology and warning the public from en- dates on Mayon’s condi- in the sky above Seismology ( PHIVOL- tering the six-kilometer ra- tion through local and na- Fukushima City on CS) said that in the past dius permanent danger zone tional officials. On 7 May, 1 June, 2013, after 36 hours, three weeks af- due to perennial danger of Mayon’s phreatic explosion the team performed ter phreatic explosion on life-threatening rockfalls, killed seven people, four of aerobatics as part 7 May, fumes and crater avalanches, ash puffs and them foreigners, who were of a local festival. glow were observed. sudden phreatic or steam- climbing the cone-like vol- Kyodo News “PHIVOLCS is raising driven eruptions. cano.—Xinhua Pakistani party Cambodian PM confident in winning India plans $111 bil outlay for formally upcoming election new military corps to counter nominates Phnom Penh, 2 June— Theater in Phnom Penh. vey, conducted early this China Cambodian Prime Minister “It is clear that I will year, 79% of the 2,000 Nawaz Sharif Hun Sen said on Saturday still be the prime minister in respondents said that the New Delhi, 2 June— Assam in 2009-2010. that his Cambodian People’s the government’s next five- country was moving in the India plans to establish a They are now operation- for PM slot Party would definitely win year term (2013-2018) after right direction because the “mountain strike corps” to al and tasked to defend the Islamabad, 2 June— a landslide victory in July’s the forthcoming election,” government had built more counter China, saying it will northeastern state Arunachal Nawaz Sharif was on Satur- general election and advised said Hun Sen, who has ruled roads, bridges, schools, spend 6.2 trillion rupees Pradesh. day formally nominated as his ministers to prepare for Cambodia since January health clinics, pagodas, irri- ($111 billion) in the coming The Times of India said, candidate for the position of the implementation of the 1985. gation systems and worked years, The Times of India re- “The ambitious plan will for Pakistan’s prime minister by next five-year action plan in On Thursday, US- towards poverty reduction. ported Saturday. the first time give India the newly-elected members of the forthcoming new term of backed International Re- Twenty-one percent The corps will consist of capability to also launch of- the parliament, party sourc- government. publican Institute unveiled of the respondents said the nearly 40,000 personnel in a fensive action into the Tibet es said. “It’s no doubt, no one a survey result, according nation was in the wrong di- bid to counter China’s grow- Autonomous Region in the Sharif’s Pakistan Mus- can defeat the Cambodian to which 79 percent of the rection, citing corruption, il- ing military presence along event of a Chinese attack. lim League-Nawaz (PML- People’s Party, “ the premier Cambodian people believed legal immigration, nepotism, the Line of Actual Control, The corps will have two N) party won majority seats said during the celebration of that Cambodia was headed damage to environment and the de facto border between high-altitude divisions for in the 11 May general elec- the 64th anniversary of the in the right direction under fisheries, low crop prices for India and China. rapid reaction.” tions and is in a strong posi- International Children’s Day the leadership of Hun Sen. farmers, land grabbing, and According to the report, India began to match tion to form the government. at the Diamond Island Grand According to the sur- poverty, it said.—Xinhua the money will be spent over Chinese military and infra- Lawmakers of the five years, with India’s Cabi- structural power only in the PML-N, who met in Islama- Soldiers set up a chil- net committee on security past decade, and is now beef- bad, formally nominated dren’s park in makeshift soon expected to give its ap- ing up its missile and fighter Nawaz Sharif to lead Paki- houses in Longmen proval. The Indian Army has capabilities along the border. stan for the third time. Township of Lushan proposed a mountain strike China is known to have Sharif’s name was rec- County in Ya’an City, corps, two independent in- at least five fully operational ommended by a senior party southwest China’s fantry brigades and two in- airbases, an extensive rail leader, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Sichuan Province, on dependent armored brigades. network and thousands of Khan, during the meeting 1 June, 2013. Children The entire buildup kilometers of roads in Tibet, and was subsequently ap- in Lushan, which was would, however, take several which borders India. proved by the parliamen- severely hit by a 7.0-mag- years longer and billions of This would allow it to tary party. Nawaz Sharif has nitude earthquake on 20 dollars more, spilling into the move more than 30 divi- served twice as prime minis- April, 2013, spent their “13th Plan” from 2017-2022. sions, each with more than ter and was elected member children’s day here in India established two 15,000 soldiers, to the LAC of the National Assembly makeshift houses on new infantry divisions in the and outnumber Indian forces after 14 years. Saturday. Lekhapani and Missamari ar- by at least three to one. Xinhua Xinhua eas in the northeastern state Kyodo News 12 Monday, 3 June, 2013 New Light of Myanmar GENERAL Russia tries to kick habit with Syrian army captures sarin anti-smoking law containers with rebels in Hama Moscow, 2 June—To- rants and hotels, and on to- Damascus, 2 June—A in international reports. bacco restrictions came into bacco sales at street kiosks. Syrian military source said The French Le Monde force in Russia on Saturday Nearly 40 percent of Saturday that army troops claimed its reporters “wit- which President Vladimir Russians smoke, compared seized two cylinders of the nessed” forces loyal to Syr- Putin hopes will create a with 27 percent in the Unit- poisonous agent sarin after ian President Bashar al-As- healthier workforce and ed States and 30 percent raiding a rebels’ den in the sad using chemical arms in help reverse a population in France, according to the central city of Hama, ac- their conflict with the rebels decline, but they face stiff World Health Organisa- cording to state-run SANA for several days in a row on opposition in a country tion’s latest figures. news agency. the outskirts of Damascus. where four in ten people The average Rus- The rebels were en- Earlier in May, Carla smoke. sian life expectancy is 69, Men tap ash from their cigarettes while smoking on the trenched at al-Faraieh del Ponte, who serves on The measures, part of against 79 in the United balcony of an office building in Russia’s Siberian city of neighborhood in Hama the UN Independent Inter- a law Putin signed in Feb- States and 82 in France, ac- Krasnoyarsk on 24 Jan, 2013.—Reuters when the army raided their national Commission of ruary, include a ban on cording to the World Bank. “Our country is not ready He said fines ranging den, said SANA, giving no Inquiry on Syria, said there smoking at schools and uni- There are doubts about for this law,” said promi- from 500 to 1500 roubles further details. were “strong, concrete sus- versities, museums, sports enforcement, and wide- nent legal expert Mikhail ($15-$50) could lead to The Syrian govern- picions but not yet incon- facilities, hospitals and on spread debate among Rus- Barshchevsky, likening bribe-taking by police. ment has accused the rebels trovertible proof” about the public transport — in many sians over the impact of the it to former Soviet leader The law is designed to of using chemical weapons rebels’ use of agent sarin, cases places where it is al- new law. Mikhail Gorbachev’s un- gradually bring the country during an attack on the pro- adding that her “suspicions” ready prohibited. Adopting it was the popular effort to crack in line with an international government town of Khan were based on testimonies A minimum price for right thing to do, said Mos- down on drinking under his tobacco control pact and al- Asal in northern Syria. of victims. Analysts said cigarettes is expected to cow resident Alexander. “I “perestroika” reforms of the wean its citizens off a habit The opposition groups, the West’s motive behind be set next January and the plan to quit smoking and late 1980s. that Prime Minister Dmitry for their part, also accused stirring up fears of chemical biggest challenge to Rus- hope this will help.” “This is not a law about Medvedev has said kills the government forces of weapons is to set a stage for sia’s cigarette culture will But opponents say it fighting smoking, it’s a law almost 400,000 Russians using chemical weapons in foreign intervention in case come in June 2014: a ban will not work and infringes on genocide against smok- every year. their fight against the re- it decides to get involved on smoking in cafes, restau- on the rights of smokers. ers.” Reuters bels. militarily in toppling the The issue has caused Assad administration. Spain celebrates Armed Forces Day without much fanfare confusion and discrepancy Xinhua due to cuts Madrid, 2 June—Aus- 200,000 euros (260,000 dro Morenes and Minister television, Defense Minis- terity has bitten into Span- U.S. dollars) last year, to for the Interior Jorge Fer- ter Pedro Morenes insisted ish military life as the just 90,000 euros this year, nandez Diaz and Mayor of that spending cuts are not country downplayed its about 3 percent of that of Madrid Ana Botella, also affecting the country’s ca- celebration of its Armed 2008 when the current eco- attended the event. pacity to defend itself. Forces Day on Saturday nomic crisis began. The King gave a brief “Spain’s security is without much fanfare due Saturday’s solemn and speech in which he ex- guaranteed,” he said, add- to spending cuts. low-key event was held in pressed his “recognition, ing that “austerity is a mili- The cuts imposed as a the Plaza de la Libertad in gratitude and affection” to tary virtue above all oth- result of the economic crisis Madrid. King Juan Carlos the armed forces. ers.” The minister also said means that Saturday’s was of Spain and his son, Prince “All of the Spanish feel that the military would be a downbeat affair with no Felipe de Bourbon, make very proud of you,” he said taking extra precautions in traditional military parade, their first official appear- to the assembled military the light of the murder of An African artist draws during the African Fair 2013 nor the re-enactments of a ance together since the King forces, who had greeted a British soldier by an ex- in Yokohama, Japan, on June 1, 2013. More than 300 battle or maneuvers which underwent a back operation his arrival with applause tremist in London a week companies from 46 African countries participated in usually mark the occasion. at the start of March. and shout of “Viva el Rey,” ago and the recent stabbing the African Fair 2013, an official event sponsored by The budget for the Queen Sofia, as well (Long live the King). of a French solider in Paris. Japan’s trade ministry and the Japan External Trade day had been slashed from as Minister of Defense Pe- Speaking to Spanish Xinhua Organization (JETRO) under the TICAD V.—Xinhua Iraq busts al-Qaeda cell suspected of plotting Unemployment shadows future chemical attacks of Italian youth Baghdad, 2 June— The group built two wearing hooded outfits, Rome, 2 June—With a anymore,” she said. a travel agency but did not Iraq’s Defence Ministry facilities in Baghdad and a were present at the press pale face and drenched hair, “Every morning, I scan know when he could real- said on Saturday that it has third one in an undisclosed conference. Tools and 23-year-old Angela Rossi job vacancies in newspa- ize it. busted an al-Qaeda cell province to produce sarin materials that were alleg- who has been hunting for a pers and online advertise- The 24-year-old gradu- that allegedly had worked and mustard gas for making edly used to make chemical job returned home empty- ments, and go out in the ated from a tourism eco- to produce poisonous gas chemical weapons, Askari weapons were also shown handed again on Friday afternoon for interviews,” nomics major two years ago to stage chemical attacks said. According to their to reporters. night. she said, adding that she and is now a nurse for old home and abroad. confessions, the five people The al-Qaeda front in Rossi, a third-year stu- was also preparing for her people. The Iraqi military in- had plotted to use chemical Iraq is responsible for most dent majoring in foreign exams, “I have to study at According to the lat- telligence arrested the cell’s agents inside Iraq, and they of the massive attacks in the languages and economics home and go to Bologna to est data from Italian Na- five members after monitor- also had a network to trans- country, raising fears that at University of Bologna, take the finals.” tional Statistics Institute ing them for three months, port them into neighbor- the terrorist group and oth- could not go back to cam- Studying by herself, (ISTAT), unemployment Defense Ministry spokes- ing countries, Europe and er militias could return to pus before finding a job to Rossi can hardly pass the rate among young people, man Mohammed al-Askari North America, he said. stage widespread violence. pay her rent. exams, let alone getting aged between 15 and 24, told a Press conference. Four of the suspects, Xinhua “My father is a worker the scholarship, her mother rose to 41.9 percent in the Bicycle fans ride on the and my mother lost her job said. first quarter of 2013, the street during a publiciz- years ago, and they can Rossi’s case is not highest since the govern- ing activity for the World not afford my room rent of alone. She said about 15 ment started to issue such Environment Day in Xinyu about 400 euros a month,” percent of her friends are statistics in 1977. Fulvio City, east China’s Jiangxi she told Xinhua. facing the same predica- Fammoni, president of re- Province, on 1 June, 2013. She left Bologna four ment. search institute Bruno Tren- More than 300 bicycle fans months ago and moved Unemployment is cast- tin, which was founded by from 9 bicycle clubs in the back to her hometown Ma- ing a shadow over the fu- Italy’s biggest labor union city rode on the streets on tera, roughly 720 km away. ture of the Italian youth. Italian General Confedera- Saturday in celebration of “At first my aunt paid my Marcello Squarcia, a young tion of Labor (CGIL), at- the World Environment rent, but then she stopped man who hasn’t had a for- tributed the high unemploy- Day that falls on 5 June. paying and I can no longer mal job for two years, said ment to the country’s poor Xinhua afford to live in Bologna his dream was to work in economy.—Xinhua New Light of Myanmar Monday, 3 June, 2013 13 ENTERTAINMENT Beyonce headlines sell-out UK gig to promote gender equality London, 2 June—US female empowerment for shoulders as the crowds millennium, yet inequality singer Beyonce performed which she is best known chanted her name, and an remains with just 21 per- US singer Beyonce a set full of female an- alone.She told the audience all-female troupe of vio- cent of seats in national par- thems on Saturday at a that the charity gig had al- linists played the opening liaments held by women, London concert to raise ready raised $4 million dol- chords of “A Change Is according to the Chime funds for women’s health, lars, and urged them to go Gonna Come”. Tearful but For Change web- education and justice. The online and do more during smiling, she then sang “At site. Leading human concert, which organizers a set lasting 40 minutes Last”, originally by Etta rights activist and hoped would reach a bil- that also included short James, and pleased a danc- anti-apartheid cam- lion viewers, was staged films about women’s issues ing crowd with an energetic paigner Desmond by Chime For Change, a starring Beyonce. Perfor- performance of “Run The Tutu appeared in charity started by Italian mances from Florence + World (Girls)”.The Song a video message fashion house Gucci which The Machine, John Legend For Change concert was and called for crowdfunds donations for and Jennifer Lopez with a broadcast live to 150 coun- men to stand projects to advance gender surprise duet with Mary J tries, and on primetime TV up for girls equality in more than 70 Blige, entertained the audi- in the United States the fol- and women. countries. ence of more than 50,000 at lowing day, organizers said. Reuters The “If I Were A Boy” Twickenham stadium, west Promoting gender singer was joined on stage London. equality and empowering by husband and rapper Jay- Beyonce walked on women is one of the eight Z for “Crazy In Love”, but stage wearing a black leath- goals set out by the United sang stirring anthems of er body suit with sequin Nations at the turn of the Genelia D’Souza treats Grand Masti cast to Cambodia hosts int’l film heritage festival home cooked food Phnom Penh, 2 June— Russia, Sri Lanka, Indone- Cambodia or elsewhere be- said a source from the mov- The 1st international film sia, Vietnam and Thailand. fore the early 1980s. In a ie’s sets. heritage festival kicked off “Films are endangered eve- message to congratulate the Producer Ashok here on Saturday night, aim- rywhere in the world if they occasion, Prime Minister Thakeria says it was “very ing at encouraging interest are not well preserved,” Hun Sen said that the festi- generous and sweet” of in preserving classic films, he said. “Over 90 percent val represented an encour- Genelia.”She got such an organizer said. About 40 of films around the world aging historical come back grand portions that the en- classic films from around made before 1929 are lost for Cambodia. tire unit would enjoy the the world will be viewed on forever”. He said as films “We are delighted that home food and Maharash- 35-mm screening equipment are part of the memory of a Cambodia finds itself at the trian delicacies. It used to at Chaktomuk Theater and nation and humanity, they heart of international and be a total Grand Masti with the Bophana Center for 9 need to be taken care of— cultural dialogue,” he said. a grand spread, thanks to days with free access for all, that means collecting them, “We wish for these ex- Genelia,” Thakeria said in a said Rithy Panh, president searching for them when changes to become lasting statement. and founder of the Bophana they are considering to be contributions which will Grand Masti reunites Center at the opening cer- lost and preserving them in work towards Cambodia’s Riteish, Aftab Shivdasani emony. He said among those safe locations. influence throughout the Actress Genelia D’Souza. and Vivek Oberoi seven classics are two films pro- King Norodom Siha- world”. Tourism minister duced by late King Father moni was among 700 lo- Thong Khon said the minis- Mumbai, 2 June—Ac- ment even more homely, years after they featured in tress Genelia D’Souza has Genelia would usually “Masti”. They have been Norodom Sihanouk. They cal and foreign spectators try of tourism strongly sup- been a regular on the sets of come around lunch time bonding well thanks to are Apsara made in 1965 and who watched classics on ported this festival, which her actor-husband Riteish with yummy home-cooked their long shooting sched- the Joy of Living in 1969. Saturday, the first day of was a vehicle for Cambodia Deshmukh’s Grand Masti, food -- from aamti, puran ules. The film, directed by Besides, there are clas- the festival at the capital’s to be known worldwide. “It and much to the delight of poli, Kolhapuri fish to Indra Kumar, also features sics from various countries Chaktomuk Theater. The is a bridge between past and everyone, she got home- shrikhand and that too in Karishma Tanna, Manjari such as India, Japan, Ar- international film heritage present, between Cambodia cooked food. such large portions that the Phadnis and Sonali Kulkar- gentina, France, Spain, the festival focused on cinema and the world,” he said in a “To make the environ- entire unit would pig out,” ni.—PTI United States, Germany, and all films produced in message.—Xinhua Madhuri Dixit: Dharmendra the most Oprah Winfrey receives honourary doctorate handsome person from Harvard University “We do so many steps, Los Angeles, 2 June different steps to win the —TV mogul Oprah Win- people’s heart, but he did frey donned the traditional it (won the heart of peo- black-and-red graduation ple) with his one step. So regalia as she was handed you can understand what an honourary doctorate at kind of reverence he has the prestigious Harvard for us also,” said Madhuri University. The 59-year- on Monday at the launch of old received a Doctor of the sixth season of Jhalak Laws degree from the Ivy Dikhhla Jaa. Dharmendra League college in Cam- made his dance style popu- bridge, Massachusetts, lar with the song Main jat and she took to the stage yamla pagla deewana in the to deliver a speech to 1975 movie Pratigya. graduates, reported Ace- Madhuri says she is a huge fan of Dharmendra’s Madhuri is set to judge showbiz. dancing style.—PTI at the sixth season of the “Oh my goodness. I’m Mumbai, 2 June—In Dharmendra the most hand- dance reality show along at Harvard! Not too many her about three-decade some. “I think he is one of with filmmaker Karan Johar girls from rural Mississippi career Bollywood danc- the most handsome persons and choreographer-director have made it all the way ing star Madhuri Dixit has I have ever seen on screen,” Remo D’Souza, which is here to Cambridge,” she ex- worked with many good Madhuri said while talking set to go on-air on 1 June claimed. Oprah Winfrey shot to fame with The Oprah Winfrey looking and talented actors about Dharmendra’s good with 12 contestants fighting Winfrey also told the Show.—PTI like Salman Khan, Akshay looks, and added she is also for the crown. Dharmendra Class of 2013, “You now neighbours and that of your really good. You want to Kumar, and Sanjay Dutt, a huge fan of his trademark will be seen in the first two have a chance to better country...When you do that, max out your humanity.” but she finds yesteryear star dancing step. episodes of the show.—PTI your life, the life of your that’s when your story gets PTI 14 Monday, 3 June, 2013 New Light of Myanmar SPORTS Ruler Of The World triumphs Hampton upsets Kvitova as in Epsom Derby American quartet reach last 16 Epsom, 2 June—Late (14-1), with Galileo Rock Paris, 2 June -- Amer- Kvitova, Wimbledon cham- developer Ruler Of The (25-1) third in the 234th ica’s Jamie Hampton upset pion in 2011 and French World belied his racecourse running of the famous race. seventh seed Petra Kvitova Open semi-finalist last year, inexperience and lived up The major disappointment in the French Open on Sat- came into Roland Garros to his name and impec- was hot favorite Dawn Ap- urday as four American on the back of some poor cable breeding to land a proach (5-4) who came women made it through to claycourt results and was fourth English Derby for home last. Ruler Of The the last 16 of a grand slam lost for words after. “I did Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien World is the son of Galileo for the first time since 2004. a lot of mistakes and I re- at Epsom on Saturday. The who provided the County Hampton won 6-1 7-6(7) to ally didn’t know what was 7-1 chance, the latest Clas- Tipperary-based O’Brien join top seed Serena Wil- happening on the court,” sic winner to emerge from with his first Derby victory Ruler of the World ridden by Ryan Moore (L) races liams, Sloane Stephens and she said. O’Brien’s Ballydoyle sta- in 2001. He also won the for the finish line to win The Derby during the Epsom Bethanie Mattek-Sands in The charismatic Mat- ble with a bloodline to the blue riband of British flat Derby festival in Epsom, southern England the fourth round. tek-Sands, known for her cream of the sport, proved racing with High Chaparral on 1 June, 2013.—Reuters The last time four frequently outrageous out- too strong for 11 rivals un- in 2002 and Camelot last and the deep pockets of dled five in the race, told players from the US fits, came through her third der jockey Ryan Moore. year. his backers, owners John reporters. “They are incred- reached the same stage round clash against Paula Unraced as a two-year- Every season O’Brien Magnier, Michael Tabor ibly bred horses and, even was at the US Open in Ormaechea 4 6, 6 1, 6 3, old and having only his has the offspring of flat and Derrick Smith. “We are before they are mated, the 2004 when Williams was while Stephens beat New third run, the unbeaten colt racing’s top stallions at so lucky to be in the posi- dream is for this to hap- joined by her sister Venus, Zealand’s Marina Erakovic had 1-1/2 lengths in hand his disposal thanks to the tion we are in. To get such pen.” Jennifer Capriati and Lind- 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3. at the line over Libertarian Coolmore breeding empire horses,” O’Brien, who sad- Reuters sey Davenport. “I’m so happy that US “It’s impressive, huh?,” tennis is coming on strong,” Deja vu for Rose in bid to blossom again at Memorial Hampton said about Ameri- Mattek-Sands said. “I think Club and went on to claim should be.” Asked whether ca’s successful quartet. “We there are a lot of young guns his first victory on the PGA memories of his 2010 Me- have got a unique group I coming up that will be dan- Tour by firing a flawless morial triumph would give think between Serena, obvi- gerous. To have 13 women six-under-par 66 in shifting him any possible advantage ously the best player in the in the main draw here at the breezes. “When I won this going into Sunday’s final world, and Bethanie, Sloane, French Open, more than thing a few years ago, I was round, world number four and myself.”Three different any other country, is awe- chasing on Sunday,” Rose Rose replied: “Well, it mat- players with very unique some. I’m proud.” told reporters after carding ters. “Anytime you’ve done games, it’s cool.”Czech Reuters a one-under 71 to finish at it, you can draw strength five-under 211, three be- from that. I had a pretty hind pacesetting American specific game plan going Matt Kuchar. “It was simi- into the final round in 2010, lar conditions, and I got it being four back. And I’m done. sure that will play again “This course has a his- this week.” tory of the wind swirling. While five-times PGA Justin Rose of England watches his second shot on the But obviously when it’s Tour winner Kuchar took 15th hole during the third round of the Memorial blowing this hard, it plays over at the top of the lead- Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, a little more consistent. erboard by carding a 70 as Ohio on 1 June, 2013.—Reuters That’s the only good thing I winds gusted up to 32 mph, Dublin, (Ohio), 2 June morial Tournament three can say about it. “The rest is Rose was delighted to re- —Former champion Justin strokes off the pace. Three very tough. The greens are bound from three bogeys Rose had a sense of deja vu years ago, the Englishman rolling perfectly, but quick, around the turn with three Jamie Hampton of the US hits a return to Petra Kvitova after battling through tricky, trailed by four shots going but there’s no let-up. You birdies in his last seven of Czech Republic during their women’s singles match gusting winds to end Satur- into the final round here have to hit good shot after holes. at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland day’s third round at the Me- at Muirfield Village Golf good shot, which is how it Reuters Garros stadium in Paris on 1 June, 2013.—Reuters Miami leaders urge Beckham to create MLS team Djokovic wins then hears of ex-coach’s death chise, visited two poten- Miami Dolphins, whose Paris, 2 June—No- cic, his first coach and the whose French Open cam- tial stadiums and met with owner Stephen Ross recently vak Djokovic moved into person who recognized his paign gathered momentum the mayor of Miami-Dade set up a soccer division, and the fourth round of the talent, had died in Belgrade with another impressive County Carlos Gimenez, met with the Dolphins chief French Open on Saturday on Saturday aged 76. The victory. In contrast to his who handed him the keys to executive Mike Dee. but then suffered the emo- world number one broke opponents in the previ- the city. Sun Life holds around tional blow of learning that down in the locker room af- ous rounds, Dimitrov was The former England 75,000 fans and has hosted the coach who nurtured his ter his victory and cancelled meant to provide a stern captain, who retired from several international friend- fledgling career had died. his post-match media com- challenge and perhaps even football last month, played lies in recent years but may The Serb beat Bulgarian mitments. cause an upset, having beat- in MLS with LA Galaxy be considered overly large for Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-2, It was a sad end to en him at the Madrid Open and his contract included an MLS team. Together with 6-3 but discovered after what had been an otherwise in May. But Djokovic broke an option to create a new British entrepreneur Simon the match that Jelena Gen- routine day for Djokovic, in the very first game and team for $25 million and he Fuller, whose management never looked like easing off is understood to have other company XIX Entertain- as he raced to the first two locations in mind as well. ment, handles Beckham’s sets for the loss of just four Miami Dade County com- business affairs, Beckham games, capitalizing on a missioner Jose ‘Pepe’ Diaz later visited a 20,000 stadium string of errors. David Beckham. said there was real backing at Florida International Uni- Perhaps the only con- Miami, 2 June—Da- for a team in Miami. versity (FIU). cern during an emphatic dis- vid Beckham was urged to “There is huge political Claure, owner of Bo- play was an injury timeout in help bring a Major League support. It is not only from livian club Bolivar, is a the third set, when the trainer Soccer team to Miami at a the county, it’s 100 percent member of the board of was called on court to mas- meeting with key political support from the munici- trustees of FIU and has pre- sage a problematic shoulder. leaders and sports business palities, the mayors and the viously promoted the idea That was overshadowed, representatives on Satur- commissioner, the counse- of an MLS team playing at however, with the news that day. Beckham, accompa- lors from the different cit- the venue. The FIU stadium followed. It was the second nied by Bolivian born bil- ies, they are also extremely underwent major renova- Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits a return to Grigor Dim- time Djokovic had found out lionaire Marcelo Claure, supportive,” he told Reuters. tions in 2007 and is home itrov of Bulgaria during their men’s singles match at about the death of someone who wants to team-up with Beckham visited Sun Life to the University’s Ameri- the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Gar- close to him in the middle of him in owning a new fran- stadium, home to the NFL’s can football team.—Ruters ros stadium in Paris on 1 June, 2013.—Reuters a tournament.—Reuters New Light of Myanmar Monday, 3 June, 2013 15 GENERAL Struggling Woods balloons to a 79 at Veteran Haas outlasts marathon man Isner to Memorial win five-setter Dublin, (Ohio), 2 Paris, 2 June—Ger- another epic five-set battle ican was barely able to June — A frustrated Tiger man veteran Tommy Haas against Ryan Harrison two move as Haas served out to Woods matched the second passed up 12 match points days ago. win in four hours 37 min- worst score of his profes- and gave away a two-set The big-serving Amer- utes.—Reuters sional career as he battled to lead but still outlasted mar- a seven-over-par 79 in Sat- athon man John Isner 7-5, urday’s weather-delayed, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-7 (10) 10-8 wind-buffeted third round in the third round of the at the Memorial Tourna- French Open on Saturday. ment. Haas, the oldest man Woods, a five-times left in the draw at 35, winner at Muirfield Vil- looked down and out after lage Golf Club where he missing countless opportu- is the defending champion, nities to close out the match once again struggled with in the fourth set but some- his putting on lightning-fast how mustered the energy greens to finish well down Tiger Woods of the US hits his third shot on the ninth from his ageing limbs to the leaderboard at eight- hole during the third round of the Memorial Tourna- finish off his opponent. over 224. He recorded a ment at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio on Isner, who played in Tommy Haas of Germany hits a return to John Isner of bogey, two doubles and a 1 June, 2013. the longest match in profes- the US during their men’s singles match at the French triple to reach the turn in Reuters sional tennis at Wimbledon Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium eight-over 44, his worst low Championship and is 30 putts for the third suc- in 2010, had come through in Paris on 1 June, 2013.—Reuters nine as a professional, and eclipsed only by his 81 in cessive round for his worst declined to speak to report- brutal weather conditions ever score at Muirfield Vil- Africa will be at heart of effort to end poverty ers after bogeying his final during the third round of the lage. “It was tough out there Yokohama, 2 June — near the Japanese capital. tries. hole, the par-four ninth, to 2002 British Open at Muir- from beginning to end. The World Bank President According to the World “We will join forces to come home in one-under field in Scotland. “It was a “We didn’t hit that Jim Yong Kim said Saturday Bank chief, Africa has seen end absolute poverty world- 35. Woods’s 79 matched rough day,” world number many bad shots starting out that Africa will be at the heart impressive growth, which wide by 2030, “ Kim vowed. his second round score one Woods later told a PGA the day and the next thing of the effort to end poverty has had impact on poverty But he admitted that end- at the 2010 Quail Hol- Tour official after totaling you know we are quite a and boost shared prosperity -- the poverty rate has been ing extreme poverty is not few over par. It was a tough at the opening session of the falling at one percentage enough, adding people must day. I tried to fight back on international conference on point per year. The absolute also boost shared prosper- the back nine, just didn’t African development held in number of people living on ity. The World Bank will quite materialize.” A dis- Yokohama, Japan. below 1.25 US dollars a day track progress by monitoring tant 10 strokes off the pace “Africa will be at the is falling—by 9 million in income growth among the when the second round was heart of the effort to end three years. poorest 40 percent of people completed earlier on Satur- poverty and boost shared However, extreme pov- in African countries, Kim day, Woods began his third prosperity,” Kim said in the erty issue remains acute said. Kim also pledged to round at the 10th as organ- meeting, the fifth Tokyo In- in Africa, Jim Yong Kim work with countries to foster izers tried to get the tourna- ternational Conference on added. Extreme poverty rate economic growth that favors ment back on track with a African Development, or is higher than 60 percent in the disadvantaged in every two-tee start. TICAD V, in Yokohama more than 10 African coun- country.—Xinhua Reuters Kenyan children chorus during a military parade to NZ National Museum Te Papa to showcase US late artist celebrate the 50th Madaraka Day in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, on 1 June, 2013. Kenya formed its self-govern- Andy Warhol’s works ment and attained the right to manage its own affairs Wellington, 2 June — as a commercial artist in the in various media produced tion Silver Clouds created from British colonialists on 1 June, 1963. —Xinhua The works of US pop artist 1940s through to his final between the 1940s-1980s in 1966 and a selection of Andy Warhol took center pieces made before he died including friends, movie black and white film por- Egypt receives technical stage in Wellington with a in 1987. stars, celebrities, socialites traits or screen tests created report on Ethiopia dam new exhibition opening in Te Papa Chief Execu- and politicians. in the mid-sixties. New Zealand National Mu- tive Michael Houlihan said, The exhibition also The exhibition runs Cairo, 2 June —Egypt started diverting the course seum Te Papa on Saturday. “This is a rare opportunity features his work as a com- from June 1 until Aug. 25. received on Saturday a report of the Blue Nile, one of the More than 150 of for us to be able to select mercial artist, the installa- Xinhua from the tripartite techni- River Nile’s two basic tribu- Warhol’s pieces have been specific works that show cal committee on Ethiopia’s taries, as a preparatory step brought together for the ex- the breadth of Andy War- Renaissance Dam intended for building the Grand Re- clusive exhibition, which hol’s talent, his use of dif- to be built on the River Nile, naissance Dam, a move that focuses on the artist’s ob- ferent media and to explore official news agency MENA raised concerns in Egypt session with his friends, ce- how his work evolved over reported. over its share of water as lebrities and himself. his lifetime.” “Copies of the report a downstream Nile Basin Te Papa curator Sarah “This is the first major have been sent to the Egyp- country besides Sudan. Farrar said she wanted to Warhol exhibition seen in tian presidency, the minis- A technical committee get a sense of the breadth of New Zealand for some time tries of foreign affairs, water of the three countries, Egypt, Warhol’s work. and many of these works resources ministry and irriga- Ethiopia and Sudan, has been “I wanted to find out have rarely been seen in this tion as well as other institu- studying the dam and its ef- about his obsession with part of the world before.” tions concerned with the Nile fects on water shares of Nile people and how that played The “Warhol: Immor- water issue,” MENA quoted Basin countries. out across drawings, screen tal” exhibition focuses on a well-placed source as say- On Friday, Egyptian tests, paintings, magazines Andy Warhol’s obsession ing. Prime Minister Hesham and MTV episodes,” she with people throughout his Egyptian state TV said Qandil held talks with his said. career from early drawings on Saturday that the report Ethiopian counterpart Haile- “To get a sense of just through to some of the last urged more consultations mariam Desalegn in Japan how prolific he was and works he ever made. It doc- between the three concerned on the sidelines of an inter- how he was really leading uments the development of states on the issue, recom- national conference on Afri- the way in terms of leading Andy Warhol’s personal mending more sufficient can development, where they new media.” image through a selection Farmers carry oranges at Chenjiawan Village of Xi- studies on the dam. exchanged views on the dam. The works span from of self-portraits. etan Township in Zigui County, central China’s Hubei On Tuesday, Ethiopia Xinhua the beginning of his career There are also portraits Province, on 1 June, 2013. —Xinhua R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information. 10th Waning of Kason 1375 ME New Light of Myanmar Monday, 3 June, 2013 World Bank (Yangon branch) opened

Yangon, 2 June—World Union Minister for National van Trotsenburg and Ms Bank (Yangon branch) was Planning and Economic Karin Finkelston, Vice- opened at the building No. Development Dr Kan Zaw Presidents of World Bank 57-B on Pyay Road in Hline and Deputy Minister for cut the ribbon to open the Township, here, yesterday Finance and Revenue Dr branch. Afterwards, the evening. Maung Maung Thein. Deputy Minister gave a Present on the occasion At the ceremony, speech and Country Director were Union Minister at the Deputy Minister Dr Maung Ms Annette Dixon spoke President Office U Soe Thane, Maung Thein and Mr. Axel words of thanks.—MNA Deputy Minister Dr Maung Maung Thein and Mr. Axel van Trotsenburg and Ms Karin Finkelston, Vice-Presidents of World Bank cut the ribbon to open World Bank (Yangon Branch).—mna Rail Transportation Ministry to provide technical assistance to entrepreneurs Joint Seminar focuses on establishment N a y P y i T a w , 2 spare parts at home and Then Deputy Minister June— “The Ministry of exhibition at Locomotive Thura U Thaung Lwin of stock exchange Rail Transportation will Shed (Insein) of Myanma answered the queries raised Yangon, 2 June—The an opening speech. Mr Esq., member of Japan side provide technical and Railways yesterday. by experts, entrepreneurs Joint Seminar on Capital Shinsuke Goto, Director working group, basic of the mechanical assistance to The Union minister and responsible persons of Market Development under of Daiwa Securities Group securities and exchange private entrepreneurs so that called for cooperation the companies. the title of listing on the gave his presentation on law. Then, they replied to they can manufacture spare between the private sector Afterwards, the Union stock exchange from a legal listing procedures and a questions. parts meeting set standard and Myanma Railways that minister and party viewed view was held at Traders function of each player, Mr The seminar, jointly while implementation of has manufactured various round spare parts on Hotel, here, on 29 May Koichiro Miyahara, Senior organized by CBM, Daiwa private sector development kinds of spare parts since display at the hall of Insein morning. Executive Officer of Japan Institute of Research and in progress as the fourth- 1992. Locomotive shed. The seminar was aimed Exchange Group, listing Japan Exchange Group, stage reform process of the Next, officials concerned Next, they observed a at establishing the stock criteria and examination Policy Research Institute of nation”, Union Minister for elaborated on spare parts for welding demonstration with market in Myanmar in 2015. and U Soe Thein, member the Ministry of Finance of Rail Transportation U Zeyar locomotive engines and the use of Flash Butt welding In this seminar, U of the Myanmar side Japan, was attended by 150 Aung said at the seminar on coaches and diesel motorized machine and Thermit Maung Maung, Deputy working group, Myanmar’s attendees from government manufacturing of locomotive units and on display at the welding machine. Director-General of Central securities and exchange law and private organizations. engines, coaches and other exhibition. MNA Bank of Myanmar, made and Mr Satoshi Nakamura, Moe Thuzar Soe-NLM Mr Sushant Palakurthi Rao, Asia Head of WEF: We are very confident with this excellent forum By: Maung Maung Myint Swe Nay Pyi Taw, 2 June— recognition and forge warm participants will attend preparing the forum? National Planning and participate in this forum.Out Myanmar will host the 22nd relations with international this forum and which “Initially there were Economic Development of fourty-one participants World Economic Forum on community due to its issues will be discussed in some challenges about Ministry from 13 countries, 30 are East Asia 2013 in Nay Pyi reforms. the forum? accessibility but in the mean Q: Why Myanmar from presidential to deputy Taw from 5 to 7 June while To ensure the success of A: “We are an time, we will be able to hosts this forum, who will minister level. Besides, speeding up its momentum the forum, committees, sub- organization based in enhance connectivity to Nay participate in the forum and delegates from UN agencies, of development. committees and supporting Geneva. Around 1000 Pyi Taw, increase the hotel which benefits Myanmar can international organizations members which represent rooms. That is important for get from it? and prominent leaders. This the famous global government. We are very A: “We hosts this forum would also help us to entrepreneurs in the confident with the excellent forum under the directives of ensure the success of our world will come. Many meeting.” President of U Thein Sein. So chairmanship for ASEAN other community leaders, Dr Than Htut, Deputy far, 904 participants from 56 in 2014. young leaders, academic Director-General of countries have registered to Trs: AMS leaders, will come together to discuss the different global challenges, different regional challenges and find ways for working together to resolve some of the most top issues in the world.” Mr Sushant Palakurthi Rao, Asia head of WEF. “We are collaborating (WEF Photo) very closely with the Over 1000 participants groups are set up for holding government of Myanmar including community the forum and preparations as well as members of both leaders, young leaders are being made at Myanmar ASEAN and Myanmar, to and academic leaders International Convention ensure the success of this will gather at the forum Centre where the forum will forum.” setting a record number take place. “This is the 22nd time of participants in the We interviewed those for our organization, but history of WEF in east who are in the process of it is the highest number of Asia reflecting the preparing for the forum. participants in the history of tremendous interest of the Mr Sushant this forum in east Asia. That international community Palakurthi Rao, Asia means many more people nd in the developments in head of WEF will come to Nay Pyi Taw.” Workers prepare for 22 World Economic Forum on East Asia 2013 at Myanmar which has won Q: How many Q: Any challenges for MICC in Nay Pyi Taw. (Photo Kyaw Thu Win)