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.