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State Administration Council Chairman Senior General presides over the SAC Management Committee Meeting 7/2021 in Nay Pyi Taw on 20 May 2021.

FFORTS will be made cies, and relevant ministries All the people need to use rongs, blankets and mosquito clothes for domestic use. Like- for resuming the need to implement the policies. the domestic products with nets. Some kinds of threads are wise, domestic pharmaceutical EState-owned garment Hence, the Union ministers patriotic spirit. All need to imported from foreign coun- industries need to produce a factories and cotton ginning can meet departmental staff control the trade harming the tries. The government must sufficient volume of common factories which were recent- on their trips for fulfilling the domestic production and local give assistance for the culti- medicines to reduce imported ly suspended from operating needs. Moreover, the minis- economy. Region and vation of cotton plants so as to medicines and decrease for- production of clothes in order tries should coordinate with dry zones in Myanmar are en- produce threads. Local indus- eign exchange spending. Rele- to reduce spending of foreign each other to carry out the de- gaging in the production of sa- tries should manufacture the vant ministries, as well as other exchange, on the one hand, velopment of the State. ministries, are to strive for the said Chairman of the State On their field trips, the Un- improvement of domestic in- Administration Council Com- ion ministers need to explain dustries. mander-in-Chief of Defence voting frauds and the situation As an agro-based country, Services Senior General Min of voter lists in the 2020 general All State service personnel Myanmar needs to apply mod- Aung Hlaing at the Manage- election to the service person- ern techniques for developing ment Committee Meeting nel. All State service personnel need to understand the political agricultural task and manufac- 7/2021 of the Council at the need to understand the political turing works in the agriculture Council Chairman’s Office in crises based on the dishonesty crises based on the dishonesty and livestock sectors to ensure Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. of democracy in the previous of democracy in the previous food sufficiency. And surplus In his speech, the Senior general election, although the must be exported to improve General said the field trips of Tatmadaw values democracy. general election, although the the economy of rural people. Union ministers to townships The ministries need to super- The Union ministers dis- for managing respective sec- vise service personnel to have Tatmadaw values democracy. cussed their respective sec- tors are the best performances. systematic office works and tors. The council adopts just poli- abide by disciplines. SEE PAGE-3

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NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL BUSINESS BUSINESS MoSWRR organizes meeting on Rural Road MoEA discusses MADB to cover 43,000 Myanmar’s border work plans to be implemented Development Dept naming acres of monsoon rice trade reaches $6.36 with National Natural Disaster organizes quarterly conventions of crop in Kayin State bln in first 8 months Management Funds coordination meeting ethnic groups with K6.5 bln loan of FY2020-21 PAGE-4 PAGE-5 PAGE-5 PAGE-13 PAGE-13 21 MAY 2021 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council Nine Objectives

1. Political affairs (b) To develop a stable market economy and promote international investment (a) To build a Union based on democracy and federalism, through a disciplined in order to enhance the economic development of the entire National people. and genuine multiparty democratic system that is fair and just. (c) To promote and support local businesses to create employment opportu- (b) To emphasize the achievement of enduring peace for the entire nation in nities and increase domestic production. line with the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). (c) To continue implementing the principle of peaceful co-existence among 3. Social affairs countries through an independent, active and non-aligned foreign policy. (a) To ensure a strong and dynamic Union spirit, the genuine spirit of patriot- ism. 2. Economic affairs (b) To respect and promote the customs and traditions of all National peoples (a) To enhance production based on agriculture and livestock through modern and preserve and safeguard their cultural heritage and national charac- techniques and strengthen all-round development in other sectors of the teristics. economy. (c) To enhance the health, fitness and education quality of the entire nation.

Five-Point Road Map of the State Administration Council

1. The Union Election Commission will be reconstituted and its mandated tasks, including the scrutiny of voter lists, shall be implemented in accordance with the law. 2. Effective measures will be taken with added momentum to prevent and manage the COVID-19 pandemic. 3. Actions will be taken to ensure the speedy recovery of businesses from the impact of COVID-19. 4. Emphasis will be placed on achieving enduring peace for the entire nation in line with the agreements set out in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. 5. Upon accomplishing the provisions of the state of emergency, free and fair multiparty democratic elections will be held in line with the 2008 Constitution, and further work will be undertaken to hand over State duties to the winning party in accordance with democratic standards.

State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Chairman Sayadaw, members of Sangha comfort monks sitting for 73rd Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida Selection Examination

CHAIRMAN of the State the State Sangha Maha Nayaka (), Joint Secretary forted the monks sitting for the the exam yesterday. Sangha Maha Nayaka Com- Committee (first branch com- Agga Maha Pandita Agga 73rd Tipitakadhara Tipitakak- Moreover, a total of 171 mittee Abhidhaja Maha Rattha mittee) Agga Maha Pandita Maha Saddhamma Jotikadha- ovida Selection Examination monks will sit for the five-day Guru Abhidhaja Agga Maha Bhaddanta Nandasara (Than- ja Bhaddanta Setthila (), held at Maha Pasana Cave on 73rd Tipitakadhara Tipitakak- Saddhamma Jotika byuzayat), Agga Maha Pan- Members of the Sangha and Thiri Mingala Kaba Aye Hill ovida Selection Examination Sayadaw Dr Bhaddanta Ku- dita Agga Maha Saddhamma officials of the Department of yesterday. till 21 May. —MNA mara Bhivamsa, Vice-Chairs of Jotikadhaja Baddanta Kovida Religious Affairs met and com- A total of 54 monks sat for 21 MAY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3

MNMM MNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNNM N NN Disturbance to opening of schools is acts of

destroying the country N N N THE curricula are being used in line with the 30-year national education promotion long-term plan approved by the previous governments. Disturbance to N M the opening of schools is the acts of destroying the country, and it is very bad. Effective action must be taken against these destructive acts. (Excerpt from the speech to the Management Committee meeting made by N M the Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on 11 May 2021) MNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNN State Administration Council Chairman Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing replies to queries raised by Phoenix TV media of China CHAIRMAN of the State Ad- ministration Council Com- mander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing received Ms Fu Xiao Tian, the senior politi- cal reporter and presenter of Talk with World Leaders programme from Phoenix news agency of the People’s Republic of China yesterday afternoon through videocon- ferencing and replied to the queries. At the interview, the Senior General fully replied to ques- tions raised by the news agen- State Administration Council Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives and replies to questions raised by Phoenix political reporter Ms Fu cy on the political progress of Xiao Tian online yesterday. Myanmar, occurrences of vot- for the peacemaking process ASEAN Leaders Meeting and and stability at the border area tween the two countries and ing frauds in the 2020 election, and future plans, discussions future programmes, Rakhine between China and Myanmar, other topics of information.— endeavours of the Tatmadaw on Myanmar issues at the State issues, control of peace further cooperation tasks be- MNA

Taxes must be levied in a fair Republic of the Union of Myanmar manner for the State and the State Administration Council people: Senior General Order No 132/2021 10th Waxing of Kason 1383 ME 20 May 2021 FROM PAGE-1 torcycles without licences with the Then, the Senior General as supervision of relevant ministries. Appointment and Duty Assignment of State-owned factories were suspend- Encouragement must be given to the ed, the country lost possible funds for public transport system. member of CBM Board of Directors the State. Likewise, it is necessary to Arrangements must be made for THE State Administration Council has appointed and assigned U Ye Myint to the seek the ways and means for operat- the running of circular trains, electric duties of a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Myanmar in ing the joint venture factories. Offi- trains and electric buses. The use of accord with Section 419 of the State Constitution. cials need to scrutinize the factories electricity can reduce the consump- rented to the private sector whether tion of domestic fuel and environ- By order, they are being operated under the mental impacts. Electricity is being Aung Lin Dwe agreements or not and supervise the generated from hydropower and solar Lieutenant-General work processes under the disciplines. power sufficiently. Emphasis must be Secretary Myanmar lost billions of kyats placed on preventing waste of electric- State Administration Council in the loss of natural disasters on a ity due to illegal consumption and on yearly basis. Currently, it is possi- the collection of electric bills. ble to begin the storms and squalls Taxes must be levied in a fair in Myanmar. Preventive measures manner for the State and the people. must be taken at respective buildings These taxes must be systematically and in relevant regions. Township spent on peace, health and education Public information administrative bodies and develop- sectors of the State. Efforts must be Administration Council is working with relevant departments to help ment committees need to coordinate made for producing a sufficient vol- the businesses in the region. People are informed to contact the following phone the plans to ensure the proper water ume of domestic products to reduce numbers to get assistance for their small and medium-scaled businesses and investments which are facing some delays and working to do new businesses. flow in drains of respective townships. import goods for the development of Phone numbers: 01 830 1975, 01 830 2175 Action must be taken against the the State economy. —MNA Yangon Region Administration Council illegal import and distribution of mo- 21 MAY 2021 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Responsibility, loyalty needed for public healthcare at hospitals: MoHS UNION Minister for Health the junior staff by those who and Sports Dr Thet Khaing have returned to work after Win met medical superinten- being absent due to various dents yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw reasons, they will be investi- as they will be transferred to gated, and effective action will the central-level hospitals, and be taken. He urged them to general hospitals with 200 beds accelerate the COVID-19 pre- and above. vention and treatment works, At the meeting, the Union submit actual information of Minister said public hospitals the hospitals in a timely man- need to be fully operational de- ner and do their utmost for spite the increasing number of their jobs. patients receiving treatments. The attended medical su- He urged them to be respon- perintendents presented the sible, dutiful and professional requirements, and the Union for the public healthcare and Minister and Directors-Gen- pay attention to each sector eral coordinated them. The of the hospital operation as meeting was attended by the experienced superintendents. ministry’s officials and the 13 He mentioned that if there medical superintendents who are any threat or intention to will be transferred. — MNA MoSWRR organizes meeting on work plans to be implemented with National Natural Disaster Management Funds

THE Ministry of Social Welfare, Moreover, it should make Relief and Resettlement organ- preparations for natural disasters ized a pre-coordination meeting as the monsoon season nears. to submit work plans of regions/ The Deputy Minister also states that are to be conducted stressed the need to focus on the with the National Natural Dis- climatic conditions for preventive aster Management Funds to the measures based on the previous National Disaster Management experiences and instructed the Committee yesterday. region/state department heads to During the meeting, the cooperate with the departments Union Minister said it should and organizations concerned. prepare the national disaster Then, the departmental offi- management funds in respec- cials briefed them on work plans tive regions and states. It also to be conducted with the funds, should set the priorities out of and the Union Minister gave key the preventive measures. instructions. — MNA Legal Translation Commission holds 8th meeting

THE 8th meeting of the Legal The State Administration Translation Commission’s Council reorganized the com- Working Committee and Work- mission with 15 people by Or- ing Bodies was held yesterday der No. 51/2021 on 2 March. The morning at the Union Attor- Union Attorney-General has ney-General’s Office. become the Chairperson of the At the meeting, Chairper- commission and legal experts as son Dr Thida Oo of the Legal the members. Dr Thida Oo add- Translation Commission said ed that the Legal Translation the Legal Translation Com- Commission is separate from mission Law was enacted by the translation of laws, which Law No. is the primary responsibivlity 25 in 2015 and the commission of the Union Attorney-Gener- was formed in 2016. al’s Office. Legal translation The laws enacted by the work is a subject that needs to Indian Parliament until My- be considered in a very subtle anmar pre-independenc era in and wide-ranging way. 1947 were followed in Myanmar. The meeting will be held The Legal Translation Commis- for two days and will discuss sion Law was promulgated to commission translated and ap- Public Property Protection recently been published. Plans and approve the Negotiable translate 81 existing laws from proved a total of 26 laws and Act and the Court Fees Act ap- are underway to distribute it as Instruments Act and the Land English into Myanmar. The published up to 8 books. The proved by the 7th meeting have Book No 8. Customs Act. — MNA 21 MAY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 5 Rural Road Development Dept organizes quarterly coordination meeting

THE Department of Rural departments and private com- Road Development organized a panies should follow the terms quarterly coordination meeting and conditions of the tender yesterday to implement rural system. development programmes and Then, the regions/states rural road development strate- department heads clarified gic plans for the rural populace. the completed and ongoing During the meeting, Un- operations in 2019-2020FY, 2020- ion Minister for Construction U 2021FY and 2021-2022FY. Shwe Lay urged officials to sub- Deputy Minister U Min mit the targeted work plans for Htein briefed them on the work 2021-2022 FY. There are 52,329 plans of ministry, policy matters villages in the country, and the and rules and regulations for rural road's length is more than the civil service personnel. 56,000 miles. About 23 per cent Then, the Permanent Sec- of road section can be used in retary and Director-General any seasons, while 77 per cent presented the roads and bridg- can be used in the dry season. across the nation as per the The reliable rural roads locally produced products to es construction situation, fixed It has drafted the plans to use strategic plans for rural roads and bridges save the costs for the markets. Therefore, it can time of completion and financial the rural road up to 80 per cent development 2030. the locals in transporting the support the country's GDP. The status. – MNA MoEA discusses naming conventions of ethnic groups THE Department of Ethnic Literature ture in addition to the tradition play key and Culture under the Ministry of Eth- role for the existence of one race. nic Affairs organized a presentation on Then, Deputy Minister U Zaw Aye the naming system of ethnic people Maung remarked, and Director-Gen- yesterday. eral U Win Naing of the Department of The Union Minister U Saw Tun Ethnic Literature and Culture clarified Aung Myint talked about the exciting naming systems of 85 ethnic groups. and different nomenclatures of ethnic Assistant Director Daw Wai Lae Yi groups. Oo also briefed naming systems of six It can be said that the life of one different tribes of Karen ethnics and ethnic group is literature and culture. nine different tribes of Kayah ethnics. Their tradition is their hearts because The Union Minister then concluded the their traditions show their ethnicity. event. – MNA He also said the literature and cul-

Central Bank of Myanmar holds monetary policy seminar THE Central Bank of Myanmar Central Bank of Myanmar Law held the Monetary Policy Semi- (2013). It is the monetary policy of nar yesterday afternoon in Nay the Central Bank of Myanmar to Pyi Taw. maintain domestic price stability. The seminar was attended He explained that the by CBM Governor U Than Nye- Central Bank of Myanmar is in, the Deputy Governors, the formulating a monetary policy Directors-General and officials. framework aimed at ensuring a At the seminar, the Governor specific amount of money that said the monetary policy plays can be achieved in order to obtain an essential role in a country’s the country’s economic growth economic development. The cen- target at a reasonable inflation tral banks are implementing the rate. The amount of money is monetary policy tools appropriate being controlled to accomplish to their macroeconomic situation that goal. in implementing monetary policy. He also added that the for- mar in order to facilitate foreign the Ministry of Planning and The seminar discussed the Myanmar is implementing eign currency exchange market currency flow and prevent high Finance are working together facts needed to adapt to a Mon- the monetary policy under Ar- is being regulated as needed exchange rate fluctuations. The to set the financial policies and etary Policy Framework with ticle 40 (a) of Chapter (6) of the by the Central Bank of Myan- Central Bank of Myanmar and monetary policies. Inflation Targeting. – MNA

24 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 20 May, total figure rises to 143,183

MYANMAR’S COVID-19 positive cases rose to 143,183 after 24 new cases were reported on 20 May 2021 according to the Ministry of Health and Sports. Among these confirmed cases, 132,148 have been discharged from hospitals. —MNA 21 MAY 2021 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Announcement of Union Election Commission 20 May 2021

1. Regarding the Multiparty General Election held on 8 November 2020, the Union Election Commission has inspected the voter lists and the casting of votes of , , , , Laymyethna, and townships of Ayeyawady Region. 2. According to the inspection, the previous election commission released 1,236,131 eligible voters in these seven townships of the Ayeyawady Region. The list of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population in November 2020 showed 1185,171 eligible voters who had turned 18. The voter lists mentioned that there were 214,000 citizens, associate citizens, naturalized citizens, and non-identity voters, 12,382 persons repeated on the voter lists more than three times, and 140,446 persons repeated on the voter lists two times. 3. Findings in respective townships were as follows: Findings on voter lists in each township Sr Township Total polling sta- Township sub-commis- List from Immigration Those involved in Those involved in Those involved in voter tion sion department voting list without voter list more than list more than two times citizenship scrutiny three times holding holding one CSC cards one CSC 1. Pyapon 249 211,639 188,447 46,544 2,039 21,494 2. Bogale 361 224,417 214,737 63,162 1,870 20,656 3. Hinthada 282 272,502 267,978 40,671 2,932 32,592 4. Danubyu 164 145,685 141,656 15,055 1,220 17,222 5. Laymyethna 188 83,457 71,996 8,543 810 10,678 6. Ingapu 169 164,855 189,444 19,214 1,603 20,066 7. Zalun 166 133,576 110,913 20,811 1,908 17,738 Total 1,579 1236,131 1185,171 214,000 12,382 140,446 4. The Union Election Commission has inspected the withdrawal/receipt/use/remaining of ballot papers used for Election of Pyapon, Bogale, Hinthada, Danubyu, Laymyethna, Ingapu and Zalun townships of Ayeyawady Region together with the respective township election sub-commission, head of police force, Immigra- tion and Population and administrators under Section 53 of the Hluttaw Election Law. 5. According to the inspection, a total of 1,579 polling stations in these seven townships took out 1,389,788 ballots and used 911,850 ballots. It left 438,240 ballots instead of 477,938 ballots. The difference was 61,533 ballots, and it found 21,835 extra ballots. The excess/shortage ballots were found at respective polling stations. Findings in re- spective townships were as follows:

Findings on ballot papers for Pyithu Hluttaw Election in each township

Sr Township Total polling station Withdrawal Used Exact remaining Remaining on the ground Difference Missing Extra 1 Pyapon 249 227,396 149,233 78,163 71,856 6,381 74 2 Bogale 361 255,134 156,539 98,595 94,002 6,599 2,006 3 Hinthada 282 305,207 201,290 103,917 87,571 22,093 5,747 4 Danubyu 164 167,340 111,219 56,121 55,935 647 461 5 Laymyethna 188 100,273 63,202 37,071 35,321 4,450 2,700 6 Ingapu 169 184,761 129,320 55,441 51,595 7 Zalun 249 227,396 149,233 78,163 71,856 6,381 74 Total 1,579 1389,788 911,850 477,938 438,240 61,533 21,835

6. According to the inspections on voter lists of these seven townships of Ayeyawady Region, the numbers of eligible voters are more 50,960 than the voter lists according to the lists of citizens, associate citizens, naturalized citizens who turned 18 in November 2020 of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population and Hluttaw Election Law Section 6 (a). 7. There are 214,000 non-identity voters. Moreover, Hluttaw Election Law Section (15) (c) in Chapter VI, “Preparation of Voting Roll” stated, “Whoever has the rights to vote in any constituency shall not be included in the voting roll of any constituency other than that of the constituency concerned at the same time.” But, there were 12,382 persons repeated on the voter lists more than three times and 140,446 persons repeated on the voter lists two times in these seven townships of the Ayeyawady Region. 8. It was found that they granted ballots without any signatures or left-hand thumb fingerprint in Form (1) books used at No (3) polling station of Gyo War Kyauk Ye Vil- lage-tract, No (2) polling station of Gyo War Kyan Khin Village-tract and No (1) polling station of Chaung Twin Village-tract of . 9. Only one voter signed in the places of 137 advance voters out of 627 eligible voters in No (2) polling station of Kyone Kyite Village-tract and also in the areas of 183 advance voters out of 849 eligible voters in No (3) polling station of Kyone Kyite Village-tract of Pyapon Township. 10. At No (5) polling station of Aye Ywar Village-tract of , they used 200 ballots without any information of respective constituencies. According to the inspection, the poll head had reported the voter lists to the township administration department every one hour. But the poll head wrongly counted the 200 voters, so they put 200 ballots into the poll boxes. Then, they recognized them as invalid votes when they counted the ballots. 11. There were 593 voters and four additional voters in Form (1) book of No (2) polling station of Theikkal Seik Village-tract and 451voters and six additional voters in Form (1) book of No (2) polling station of Aye Ywar Village-tract of Bogale Township. The respective village-tract election sub-commission did not report these ten additional voters to the township sub-commission and allowed them to cast votes. SEE PAGE-7 21 MAY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 7

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12. The birthday date of Daw Noe Noe Khine, serial no (176) on voter lists of No (2) polling station of Thitto Chaung Village-tract of Bogale Township, was 9-11-2002, and Daw Khine Mon, serial No (151) on voter lists of No (3) polling station of Tha Kan Wa Village-tract was 24-11-2002. Therefore, they are under the age of 18, but they were allowed to cast votes. 13. In the voter lists from (422) to (427) of No (8) polling stations of Sett Kyun Village-tract of Bogale Township, it did not mention the date of birth, NRC no and parents’ names. They allowed U Thein Tan, No (425) and Daw Aye Maw, No (426) were allowed to cast votes. 14. The ballot receipts and remaining ballots of No (1) polling station of Inn Win Village-tract and No (1) polling station of Kyat Kalay Village-tract of were not returned to the township election sub-commission, but on 22-4-2021 when the inspection was conducted. 15. The ballot receipts and remaining ballots of No (2) polling station of Chauk Ywar Village-tract of were not returned to the township election sub-com- mission, but on 23-4-2021 when the inspection was conducted. 16. Findings in these seven townships of Ayeyawady Region were as follows: (a) There were 931,268 voters, and they used 911,850 ballots out of all withdrawals, which was 19,418 less than the numbers of voters. (b) It found 61,533 missing ballots in withdrawals and used ballots. (c) It found 21,835 extra ballots at some polling stations. (d) They did not follow the Hluttaw Election Law section 66(h) and separately returned the ballot receipts/remaining ballots to the township election sub-commission only after the election. (e) It did not find voters’ names, voting numbers, polling station No, Ward/village-tracts, signatures or fingerprints on the ballot receipts used in some polling stations. (f) In Form (1) books of some polling station, it did not state the date of birth of voters, CSC number, parents’ names. It included the voters under 18. They allowed the voters to cast votes without the signs. (g) Some of the ward/village-tract election commission failed to return the ballot receipts and extra ballots according to the law, so the ballots were found missing. (h) Some ward/village-tract election sub-commission did not report to the township sub-commission and put additional voters with handwriting in Form (1) and allowed them to cast votes. (i) The non-identity voters were on the voter lists, and the voters cast votes just with the certificates without any national identity cards. (j) They conducted measures that violate the law when they started collecting advance ballot. (k) They released the COVID-19 related instructions, which were not in conformity with the law, to collect voter lists and advance votes when the election drew near. (17) It found voting frauds in Pyapon, Bogale, Hinthada, Danubyu, Laymyethna, Ingapu and Zalun townships of Ayeyawady Region. The excess/shortage ballots were found in the inspection. They failed to follow the stipulations of the Hluttaw Election Law and Rules. Union Election Commission Man Wein closure turns export products to China through Kyin San Kyawt checkpoint

THE products that have been (Wan Ding) checkpoint. Earlier, San Kyawt checkpoint, including With the declining number na has an official notification to usually exported to the Man the Kyin San Kyawt (Wan Ding) 215 truckloads of fresh stuff, 24 of COVID-19 positive patients reopen the crossing. Wein checkpoint are now going checkpoint used to export only truckloads of rice and broken in the Kyalgaung area, the lock- The five land borders link- to China through Kyin San Kyawt the fruits such as watermelon, rice, 33 truckloads of pulses, sev- down restriction imposed on the ing China and Myanmar are checkpoint due to the Man Wein muskmelon and mangoes. Now, en truckloads of onion and four Kyalgaung area has been lifted Muse in northern Shan State, checkpoint closure, said Vice- with the closure of Man Wein truckloads of chillies. But, a five- starting from 4 May. But, the Lwejel in , Chin- Chair U Min Thein of Muse Rice checkpoint, the foodstuffs are day queue at the Man Wein post observation is still going on for shwehaw in northeastern Shan Wholesale Centre. exported through the Kyin San takes about 15 days in the Kyin another three more months. As a State, Kampaiti in Kachin State Man Wein checkpoint, Kyawt (Wan Ding) checkpoint,” San Kyawt checkpoint. The car- result, the Man Wein checkpoint and Kengtung in eastern Shan which is one of the major bor- he added. gos were also inspected at the has not been planned to reopen. State, according to the Ministry der crossings between Myan- Besides, export of all the checkpoint, and it takes a long Further, in coordination with of Commerce. mar and China, was closed on 30 foodstuffs to China through the time,” U Min Thein explained. the Ruili Foreign Relations De- Muse border sees an enor- March because of the COVID-19 Kyin San Kyawt checkpoint has Currently, the Man Wein partment, the Man Wein check- mous volume with an estimated outbreak. been delayed, he added. checkpoint has been closed point has not been reopened yet, value of more than US$ 2.53 bil- “Now, the Man Wein check- “It has been delayed. Yester- for over one month because of and it will be reopened only after lion this FY between 1 October point has been closed tempo- day, watermelon and muskmel- COVID-19, and it has not been having the detailed plan, accord- and 16 April. It decreased by over rarily. Thus, rice and broken on were given priority to export planned to reopen yet, according ing to the Muse 105th Mile Trade $35.3 million compared with the rice, pulses, aquatic products, to China via the Kyin San Kyawt to the Muse 105th Mile Trade Zone, the Trade Department. last year’s figures of $3.35 billion, onion, and chilli are exported to checkpoint. A total of 315 truck- Zone, the Trade Department un- Therefore, the relevant the Ministry of Commerce’s data China through Kyin San Kyawt loads entered through the Kyin der the Ministry of Commerce. traders will be informed if Chi- showed.—NN/GNLM 21 MAY 2021 21 MAY 2021 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTICLE / NATIONAL 9

Don’t forget usefulness Appointment of Heads of Thoughts regarding Moon formation, Dinosaur Service Organizations of cotton suitable for The State Administration Council has appointed the following extinction hypotheses, ‘string theory’ (Quantum persons as Heads of Service Organizations shown against each of their names on probation from the date they assume Myanmar people charge of their duties. Physics), multiverse (Cosmology) Name Appointment 1. Colonel Aung Thaik Tun Rector GRICULTURISTS who are taking a leading role in the share By Dr Myint Zan Ministry of Defence University for Development of techniques in the agricultural sector need to produce of National Races (Sagaing) Aagricultural products based on results of research works PART I ing the major cause of extinc- years, a great many theorists la- to be pompous and presumptive Education and Training De- by assessing the market demand, but the researches should be TWO SCIENTIFIC (HYPOTH- tion of the Dinosaurs and oth- boured over this string model with ‘our Universe’) started. This is partment actually beneficial to the farmers. ESES?) REGARDING FOR- er species? obsessive zeal, hoping that from virtually the consensual views of Ministry of Border Affairs Those agriculturists and researchers should research on MATION OF THE MOON AND There was yet another colli- the equations governing the dy- most cosmologists, perhaps since 2. U Zaw Zaw Rector a wider scale in order to release the outcomes to be applied in THE MAJOR CAUSE OF EX- sion that occurred more than 4400 namics of the strings, they would the 1950s. Pro-Rector (Admin) Central Institute of Civil Ser- overcoming the difficulties the farmers face. TINCTION OF DINOSAURS million years (plus or minus sev- be able to deduce and explain the ‘On the other hand’ or as re- Central Institute of Civil vice (Lower Myanmar) farm in and Lunkyaw farm in A recent news item availa- eral dozen million years) after the properties of quarks and gluons gards the ‘other’ cosmological Service (Upper Myanmar) Union Civil Service Board focuses on research and technical development in the cultivation ble online commemorates the presumed Theia collision. This and all the elementary particles theory the Online britannica.com Union Civil Service Board of cotton crop to improve its quality and high yield, produce quality anniversary of the launch of The latter-day or geologically more ‘re- and forces. ‘defines’ multiverse as a hypo- seeds and seek advanced agricultural techniques. Conversation, which is an online cent’ collision was first proposed (Ibid, pages 334-35) thetical collection of potentially On a recent inspection discussion forum written by vari- by Luis and Walter Alvarez, Frank It is clear from what Ohani- diverse observable universes, tour of the aforesaid two ous academics from Universities Asaro and Helen V. Michel in their an wrote that he wouldn’t conde- each of which would comprise research farms, the Union around the world for the general June 1980 article ‘Extraterrestrial scend to call the string theory first everything that is experimentally The indus- Minister for Agriculture, informed public and interested Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary proposed by three physicists in accessible by a connected com- Livestock and Irrigation persons. This writer has read the Extinction’ published in Science. the 1970s as a scientific hypoth- munity of observers (emphases trial crop urged officials of the State- article ‘How the moon formed’ by In so few words, the article stated postulate or supposition (not ‘stip- Is there more (or less) agreement esis though he did use the phrase added) own and private farms Christian Schroeder published that a giant meteorite or ‘asteroid’ ulation’ though) that the asteroid/ among concerned scientists to- ‘cute [in not so complimentary And the online merriam-web- cotton is to produce quality cotton on 10 March 2020 of The Conver- (more recent studies stated that it comet/bolide collision which oc- wards a consensus regarding the sense of the word] proposal’. ster.com definition states that seeds. Moreover, he noted sation. was probably a comet; according curred 65 to 66 million years ago formation of the Moon around This writer has quoted phys- multiverse is ‘a theoretical reality that groups of seed produc- Leading Supposition (or Hy- to the late Stephen Jay Gould in be classified or is it classifiable as 4,500 million years ago com- icist Hans C. Ohanian’s dismissal that includes a possibly infinite still benefi- er farmers should carry out pothesis) regarding the for- his book The Structure of Evolu- a scientific hypothesis? If so, is it pared to the cause of the Creta- or almost debunking of the shall number of parallel universes’ (em- the production of seeds on a mation of the Moon tionary Theory published in 2002, a firm scientific hypothesis? ceous-Tertiary extinction around we say suppositions of the string phasis added). cial to the commercial scale. Dr Schroeder’s article states it was a ‘bolide’) that hit the Earth The writer recalls that when 66 million years ago? Are both of theorists. Paraphrasing the say- The writer should add that he Shwetaung farm and that ‘how the Earth got its moon in what is now the Yucatan penin- it was first proposed in 1980 and these conjectures classifiable as ing ‘one swallow does not make uses the word (scientific) hypothe- lifestyle of Lunkyaw farm are shoul- is a long-debated question’. To sular near the Gulf of Mexico led for perhaps more than a dozen valid scientific hypotheses? If so, a summer’, one physicist’s de- sis above in a somewhat different dering the primary duty summarise, Dr Schroeder states to the extinction of the Dinosaurs years or so thereafter, there were which are the firmer hypotheses? bunking of other physicists’ con- sense than the brittannica.com Myanmar of producing seeds of Ng- that ‘the front runner among the and about 70% of the then species quite a few ‘doubting Thomas- The above theories can be cepts of string theories may not ‘definition’. Perhaps the word ‘as- wechi-6, Ngwechi-9, Ng- explanations is that ‘the Moon on Earth. es’ so to speak of the (shall we considered under the genre of necessarily be conclusive that the sumption of potentially diverse .. wechi-11, Shwetaung-8 and [was] formed [by] the collision The bolide that hit the Earth say to give credit to the two main ‘historical sciences’ whose nature string theories are no more than universes’ may do as well to define people Shwetaung-10 cotton strains between the early Earth and a was supposedly 6 miles across. authors of the 1980 article) the Al- and truth of the propositions can- being ‘cute proposal(s)’. However, in so few words the meaning of to meet the demand of local rock called Theia’ (‘giant impact The size of that bolide or com- varezs’ initial proposal. From this not be proven by repeated experi- the more pertinent query or the ‘multiverse’. The online Britanni- with tex- cotton growers. On the other theory’). Theia was estimated to et was a tiny fraction of what is writer’s perusal of the secondary ments like in some of the physical writer’s ‘wondering’ is, in a com- ca article, from this writer’s dis- hand, the two farms focus on be roughly half the Earth’s size, called the Theia gigantic ‘rock’ literature, perhaps a significant sciences. parative context, and across sci- cernment, provides no conclusive tile made conducting research on var- and the collision was supposed or protoplanet, which was pos- majority of the scientists (almost PART II entific disciplines, which theory statement to indicate (or is it to ` ious species of cotton crops, to have occurred 4.5 billion years tulated by some scientists to be approaching consensus?) who TWO (SUPPOSITIONS?) by acclamation, through consen- vindicate?) that the multiverse of cotton agricultural technologies, (4,500 million years) ago. The im- roughly the size of the planet have considered and investigated IN RELATION TO QUANTUM sus or majority scientific opinion cosmology (?) is a (firm) scientific plant nutrition, pest research pact of the collision was so great Mars that hit the newly-formed the matter are now of the view MECHANICS AND ‘MULTI- is the firmer or firmest (scientific) hypothesis. Myanmar Daily Weather Report and economic effectiveness. that parts of the Earth mixed with Earth around 4500 million years that the main though arguably VERSE’ IN THE ‘OTHER’ COS- hypothesis? To query or indeed question (Issued at 7:00 pm Thursday 20 May, 2021) which is Dry zones are the parts of Theia were ejected into ago. Around 4,500 million years not the sole cause of the Creta- MOLOGY If none of them arguably are the Miriam Webster definition sci- BAY INFERENCE: Weather is a few cloud over the North favourite area of cotton Space, and this eventually formed ago, Dinosaurs, not to say humans ceous-Tertiary extinction was From two possible hypothe- unequivocally firm scientific hy- entifically, albeit not pedantically Bay and partly cloudy to cloudy over the Andaman Sea and suitable plantations. So, Mandalay the Moon. From other sources, or homo sapiens – a handful of the comet collision that occurred ses regarding what can be termed potheses, can they be described or lexically, can ‘reality’ be ‘theo- elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal. Region gives 350 acres of the writer has read this collision humans now postulate about the around 66 million years ago. as historical sciences a ‘quantum as ‘suppositions’? Among the retical’? Is it equally felicitous or FORECAST VALID UNTIL NOON OF THE 21 May, 2021: for climat- cotton special zones with -the first major and probably causes of the extinction of the Di- Which is a stronger hypothe- leap’ to a postulate, proposal or three theories considered so far, infelicitous to describe ‘theoretical Rain or thundershowers will be widespread in Taninthayi 50 acres in Meiktila Town- the most ‘impactful’ so to speak nosaurs (see below)- were far, far sis: ‘Theia collision’ of around supposition in the non-historical the Theia supposition, the cause reality’ as ‘postulated’ or ‘posited Region and Kachin State, fairlywidespread in Upper Sagaing ic condi- ship, 100 acres in Wundwin collision in over 4.5 billion years (far) (even in terms of geological 4,500 million years ago or science of quantum mechanics. of the Dinosaur extinction suppo- reality’ or as a ‘postulation’ (and Region and (Northern and Eastern)Shan, Kayin, Mon States, Township and 100 acres each of the Earth’s geological histo- time) in the ‘misty future’ (i.e. if comet or bolide collision of String Theory in Quantum sition or the string theories which again not ‘stipulation’)? scattered in Chin State and isolated in the remaining Regions in Yamethin and Pyawbwe ry-occurred a ‘mere’ 70 million the Theia hypothesis which has around 66 million years ago? Mechanics: Supposition or is the firmest or weakest? This Assuming but not conceding, and States with isolated heavyfalls in Taninthayi Region. Degree tions of the townships. Shwedaung-8 years after the formation of the been proposed by some scientists Going back deep into the Hypothesis? writer’s (un)scientific opinion stipulating or supposing that ‘mul- of certainty is (80%). and Shwedaung-10 cotton Earth from the debris of the Solar is correct). past, ‘deep geological time’ of In his partly if not largely is that the Cretaceous-tertiary tiverse’ exist(s) are the cosmo- STATE OF THE SEA: Sea will be slight to moderate in Myan- country. strains are thriving in those System. Dr Schroeder’s article Now, this curiosity or ‘won- around 4500 million years, is the iconoclastic tract (a sort of ‘in- extinction theory is the firmest logical or physical laws in those mar waters. Wave height will be about (4-7) feet off and along townships. cited recent evidence reported dering’ arise in this dilettante writ- ‘Theia’ proposal regarding the tellectual biography’) Einstein’s among the three (of course, sub- multiverse(s) the same as THIS Myanmar Coasts. In addition, farmers cul- in the journal Nature Geoscience er’s mind. (The writer has learned formation of the Moon an argu- Mistakes [:] The Human Failings ject to refutation with evidence Universe? Are or were would OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS:Scattered to tivate various strains of cotton crops on more than 390,000 acres of which may further buttress the his ‘science’, so to speak from, in able scientific hypothesis or not? of Genius (W. W. Norton & Co., and arguments). there be in those multiverse ‘Big fairly widespread rain or thundershowers in Bago, Yangon, croplands where large cotton, small cotton and long-staple cotton Theia hypothesis. Coincidental- the complimentary sense of the What are the views among 2008) the author Hans C. Ohani- ‘Multiverse’ ‘Supposition’ in Bangs’, galaxies (cosmologically, Ayeyarwady, Taninthayi Regions and Kayin, Mon States. plants are cultivated. ly while the writer was editing phrase- popularisers of science geologists, earth scientists, as- an describes string theorists of ‘Other’ Cosmologies? not Galaxy tablets or I phones ), FORECAST FOR NAYPYITAW AND NEIGHBOURING Various global countries are still engaging in cotton-related the draft of his article, another the late Stephen Jay Gould, the tronomers and other scientists making the cute proposal that the In the above brief statement stars, planets, dark matter or not? AREA FOR 21 May, 2021: Likelihood of isolated rain or businesses, including cultivation, production and trading, under- contemporaneous article that late Carl Sagan, the late Ernst regarding the Theia ‘conjecture’ ultimate subatomic entities at the regarding the ‘Big Bang’, the Is the speed of light the same in thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%). standing the usefulness of cotton for their basic needs, particularly provides further evidence of the Mayr, the late Martin Gardner so to speak? Are there other bottom of downward progression word THIS Universe is written those multiverses? Or do (does, FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA in the production of textile and clothes. Theia ‘proposal’ was published in and to a lesser extent Richard serious alternative conjectures from atoms to electrons to nu- in emphasis. ‘The Big Bang’ sci- did) what we call the phenomena FOR 21 May, 2021: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershow- The industrial crop cotton is still beneficial to the lifestyle of the journal Science, on 29 March Dawkins who recently celebrated, or theories regarding the origin clei, to protons and neutrons, to entific hypothesis (or is it now a of light both in its wave or corpus- ers. Degree of certainty is (60%). Myanmar people with textile made of cotton which is suitable for 2021: ‘A remnant of a protoplanet on 26 March 2021, his 80th birthday or ‘genesis’ (to use the Biblical quarks and gluons-are not point- cosmological fact?) is that to be cular dimensions exist or not in FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING climatic conditions of the country. That is why don’t forget the may be hiding inside Earth’ by to all of which I express my grat- term or expression like ‘doubting like particles but tiny bits of the somewhat tautological, the ‘Big those ‘dimensions’ (pun intended) AREA FOR 21 May, 2021: Likelihood of isolated rain or cotton. Let’s develop such a crop! Nicoletta Lanese. itude and from whose writings I Thomases’ above though not in string vibrating in a spacetime of Bang’ that occurred 13800 million in the multiverse? thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%). Stronger Hypothesis regard- have learned a lot). Can the theory, the Biblical sense) of the Moon? 10 dimensions. For a great many years ago is how this Universe (or SEE PAGE 12 21 MAY 2021 10 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Files opened against education staff who participated in CDM activity with attempts to deteriorate peace and stability of the State THE following teachers have been charged under Section 505-A of the Penal Code for inciting State service personnel and education staff to participate in CDM activ- ities, themselves participating in it, supporting CDM activities and CRPH and NUG unlawful association with the aim of deteriorating the State administrative machinery.

6 Daw Thandar Senior Assistant Myawady 505-a Sri Name Occupation Address Sec- Photo Cho Teacher, BEHS- Town, Kayin tion of 3, Myawady Town State Penal Code 1 Daw Tin Tin Senior Assistant Launglon 505-a 7 Daw Nang Aye Junior Assistant Taunggyi 505-a Nyo Teacher, BE- Township, Myint Teacher, BEHS Town, Shan HS-Branch(Myo- Taninthayi (Htitheinyway) State(South) haung), Launglon Region Taunggyi Town Township 2 U Zin Phyo Wai Senior Assistant 505-a 8 Daw Khin Shwe Junior Assistant Taunggyi 505-a Teacher, Town, Bago Oo Teacher, BEHS Town, Shan BEHS-2, Region (Htitheinyway) State(South) Letpadan Town Taunggyi Town

3 Daw Lu Hta Senior Assistant Kengtung 505-a 9 U Thant Zin Ko Junior Assistant Taunggyi 505-a Teacher, BE- Town, Shan Ko Teacher, Town, Shan HS(Mongyan), State (East) BEHS-Branch State(South) Mongyan Town (Innnge) Pindaya Township 10 Daw Wa Thone Junior Assistant Thanbuzayet 505-a 4 Daw Tin Tin Junior Assistant Launglon 505-a Wai Teacher, Basic Town, Mon Htwe Teacher, BEHS Township, Education State (Launglon), Laun- Taninthayi Post-Primary glon Township Region School(Kyaink Khine Ye) Than- 5 U Tin Tun Win Senior Assistant Myawady 505-a buzayet Town Teacher, BE- Township, HS(Thingannyin- Kayin As tasks are being carried out to arrest those education staff charged, people aung), Myawady State are urged to inform nearby police stations about those education staff, action will be Township taken against the persons under the law for admitting those education staff. -- MNA

Files opened against nurses who participated in CDM activity with attempts to deteriorate peace and stability of the State THE following nurses have been charged under Section 505-A of the Penal Code for inciting State service personnel and health staff to participate in CDM activities, them- selves participating in it, supporting CDM activities and CRPH and NUG unlawful association with the aim of deteriorating the State administrative machinery.

Sri Name Hospital Address Sec- Photo 6 Daw Wai Mon Kyonpyaw 505-a tion of Thein Hospital Town, Penal (Nurse) Ayeyawady Code Region

1 Daw Ohn Mar Kawthoung Kawthoung 505-a Lin Hospital Town, Tanin- 7 Daw Thiri Tun Thaton Hospital Thaton 505-a (Senior Nurse) thayi Region (Nurse) Town, Mon State

2 Daw Zar Zar Ottwin Hospital Phyu Town, 505-a Myint 8 Daw Ei Ei Thae Gyankat village 505-a (Senior Nurse) (Nurse) Station Hospital Township, Taninthayi Region 3 Daw Mar Mar Nyaungkhars- Bago Town, 505-a Win he Station Bago Region 9 Daw Lainmar Daku Station Dawei 505-a (Senior Nurse) Hospital Nyein Hospital Township, (Nurse) Taninthayi Region

4 Daw Mya Mya Namsang Monywa 505-a 10 Daw Htay Htay Dis- Mohnyin 505-a Aye Hospital Township, Win (Nurse) trict Hospital Town, (Senior Nurse) Sagaing Kachin State Region

5 Daw Naw Thi Mawlamyine Ye Town, 505-a Thi Win Hospital Mon State As tasks are being carried out to arrest those nurses charged, people are urged (Senior Nurse) to inform nearby police stations about those persons and action will be taken against the the persons who admitted them, under the law. —MNA 21 MAY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 11 Terrorists keep launching bomb attacks

TERRORISTS planted hand- tion, two men threw two hand- made bombs at state-owned made bombs and ran away. U buildings, some houses of peo- Than Aye and Daw Moe Moe ple and on public roads. Khine from Shwetaga Ward On 19 May, two men riding were injured and taken to the a motorcycle threw two hand- military hospital. made bombs into the township The police inspected the municipal office in Kyaung Oh Bluetooth speaker for making Ward of Pyay Township in Bago loud noises at the corner of Region. One of the bombs ex- Aung Zeya street and No (2) ploded near the staff housing road about 50 yards from No of U Aung Myint Htay, another (26) ward police station of Da- one did not explode, and the gon Myothit (South) Township police kept it. Then, a bomb in of Yangon Region. the drain in front of the hous- Meanwhile, the speaker ing exploded. Latt, at their respective houses a motorcycle threw a hand- pital and Mawlamyine public exploded, and one police in- According to the inves- with explosive materials based made bomb into the Kyaung hospital, respectively. jured. He was taken to Thin- tigation, the police arrested on his testimony. Ywar village administration Another bomb explosion gangyun (San Pya) hospital the suspect Tun Phone Myint Similarly, a child died in a office of Ye Township in Mon also occurred at the ward ad- for medical treatment. Myat in Say Yay Ward of Pyay bomb blast in front of No (2) State. In the bomb blast, five ministration office of Shwetaga The security forces inves- Township. Also, they detained B.E.H.S in Lwal Bwal Ward of people, including village ad- Ward of Pyay Township in Bago tigate to take action against another three suspects Aung Tiddim Township of Chin State. ministrator U Shwe Zin, were Region. those who commit such bomb Phyo Htet, Hein Myat and Tun Moreover, two men riding injured and taken to Ye hos- According to the inspec- attacks under the law. – MNA Terrorist group destroys BEHS KIA attacks, sets fire to private branch in Myittha fuel bowsers; terrorism accelerated in

THE KIA attacked The fuel trucks staff houses and one and set fire to two pri- were destroyed by fire. vehicle were damaged. vate-owned fuel bows- One of the drivers was Some media out- ers with a capacity of shot and now under lets that support illegal 3,000 gallons of petro- medical treatment in terrorist groups have leum each at 2 pm on the township hospital. reported that KIA fired 19 May in Kachin State. Similarly, KIA at- at a convoy carrying My- KIA’s firearms shot tacked the Yuzana Com- anmar’s military jet fuel, the bowsers between pany’s Cassava Factory but the reality showed Zanan village and Suyan yesterday morning near that private fuel bows- THE terrorist group destroyed a BEHS branch in Thit Tat Gone Village in Myittha village in Bangkok village, Tanai ers were targeted, lead- Township of on 19 May. Township, Kachin State, Township, Kachin State. ing to fuel shortages and The combined inspection team inspected the school after their attack, and it while they were on the Due to the attack, the high commodity prices. caused K100,000 worth of damages. way from to factory’s fence, two It is reported that The security forces investigate to take action against who destroyed a state- Putao town to transport garages, one machine security forces are step- owned building under the law.—MNA fuel to Tine Kyaw filling warehouse, four resi- ping up security in the station. dential buildings, three area. – MNA Security forces continue confiscating weapons and related equipment used in riots gyi, two men from Mye- ik, four men from North Okkalapa, one man from Ye and one woman from Mahaaungmyay township were arrested with weap- ons and equipment to be used in terrorist attacks. It is reported that in- vestigations are underway to identify and arrest the owners of weapons and equipment used in terror- SECURITY forces confis- gyi, Myeik, North Okkala- ist attacks and those who cated weapons and related pa, Ye and Mahaaungmyay are detained with them equipment to be used in townships on 19 May. under the law. – MNA terrorist attacks in Taung- One man from Taung- 21 MAY 2021 12 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

FROM PAGE-9 Perhaps a search on google Notwithstanding the prestige of ping’, one more book by a physi- An excerpt from the song fessor of Law, edited the book Le- may or may not indicate (non-sci- these two renowned scientists, cist with the word ‘multiverse’ in by the late John Lennon goes: gal Education and Legal Tradi- entific) ‘answers’ or suppositions their endorsement or, for that the title can be mentioned. The ‘Imagine there is no heaven’. For tion: Selected Essays published to these queries, but this writer matter, refutation of a (scientific) late physicist Victor Stenger (29 perhaps a minority of persons, it in 2020 by Springer Link.com. has refrained from ‘googling’ for idea is not necessarily conclusive January 1935-25 August 2014) may not take much of an imagina- He has established the Myint ‘answers’ to these queries. or indicative of physical or cosmo- (perhaps) posthumously pub- tion to envisage ‘no heaven’, but Zan Fellowship in Philosophy In the light of the uncertain- logical reality. lished book is titled God and for hundreds of millions of others, at one of his alma maters, The ties or (non)answers to these Albert Einstein (14 March the Multiverse: Humanity’s it is much easier and comforting Australian National University queries, the writer has above (in) 1879-18 April 1955) died before Expanding View of the Cosmos to imagine that ‘there is heaven’. for Early Career Researchers, advisedly used the word ‘Other the ‘multiverse’ idea come ful- (Prometheus, 2nd printing edi- As a person interested in for the years 2018 to 2021 and also Cosmologies’ for if multiverse(s) ly into the cosmological picture tion 2014). In the Preface, Victor general science and philosophical at the ANU an undergraduate exist, then all of them or each of (or is it imagination, see below), Stenger wrote that ‘[o]f course issues pertaining to science, it is Myint Zan prize in the Philos- them may (or may not) have their so to speak. It could be added the existence of other Universes easier for this writer to ‘imagine’ ophy of Science in perpetuity. own ‘other’ cosmologies different that when Einstein’s published has not been empirically estab- the Theia and the ‘Dinosaur and This article is dedicated to from THIS Universe cosmology his landmark Theories of Special lished at least not yet’ albeit he other species extinction’ (shall I the memory of my late mother, or not? Relativity and General Relativ- immediately added that ‘the ver- now say?) scientific hypotheses Professor Dr Myint Myint Khin, In recent popular science ity in the years 1905 and 1915, ification of the multiverse is not with varying degrees of verifiabili- (15 December 1923-19 June 2014), books that this writer has read respectively, the prevailing cos- beyond the realm of possibility ty than the arcane string theory of a retired Professor of Medicine in the past few weeks, Einstein’s mological theory was the ‘Steady (page 19). quantum mechanics (or modern who established the ‘Myint Myint Mistakes and Stephen Hawk- state’ theory: a Universe (but not As stated above, physicist physics) and the multiverse as Khin Scientific Literacy Award’ ing’s The Theory of Everything necessarily multiverse) without Hans C. Ohanian’s dismissal of an (other) cosmological concept. for Burmese authors who writes [:] The Origin and Fate of the beginning or end. But since the string theory is not necessari- Neither imagination nor em- in the vernacular on science Universe (emphasis added; late 1920s, the ‘Big Bang’ theory ly conclusive as to whether the pirical verification (depending on matters. The inaugural scien- Hawking did use the singular) posits a ‘beginning’ to this Uni- theory is valid or not. Likewise, its modes and methods as well as tific literacy prize was awarded no mention far less discussion verse (so to speak and writing the late Victor Stenger’s admis- the content and contours of the to the families of two late Bur- is made of the multiverse con- retrospectively without suppos- sion that the multiverse concept subject being empirically inves- mese authors, Bhamo Tin Aung cept. The first edition of Theory ing there are other ‘Universes’). (as of 2014 when the book was tigated) is always necessarily a (9 June 1920-23 October 1978) and of Everything was published in Perhaps it is not wrong to published and perhaps one could sufficient condition (though per- U Aye Maung (2 February 1914-11 1996. From what this writer re- state the Big Bang postulate or provisionally add in early 2021) haps they are necessary ones) to May 2002) on 19 March 2014. The calls, Stephen Hawking’s A Brief hypothesis has, if not replaced, is not ‘empirically verified yet’ verify the subject’s existence or 2nd Myint Myint Khin scientif- History of Time (first edition then largely taken over from albeit it is ‘within the realm of reality. From this writer’s perusal ic literacy prize was awarded 1988) does not also mention the ‘Steady state’ as the prevailing possibility’ is not indicative –far of the topics and mainly using his on 7 May 2017 to the younger multiverse idea. cosmological posit. Now, with less conclusive- that the multi- imagination, readings and the generation founders of the web The writer has read Ste- the intrusion (as a manner of verse concept is a firm scientific reason for the historical scienc- ‘Curiosity Science Magazine’ phen Hawking’s and Leonard expressing) of the multiverse hypothesis, es of the Moon formation and who, in terms of age, are of two Mlodinow’s The Grand Design concept, a different version of Imagining the historical the main cause of Dinosaur and generations younger than the (first publication 2010), but off- ‘Steady state’ can be envisaged events in Earth’s geological his- other species extinction is more late authors whose families were hand do not recall whether the or not since in the multiverse, tory and the postulates of string convincing than the string theo- the recipients of the inaugural co-authors endorse or espouse there would be no ‘beginning’? theory and multiverse cosmol- ries and multiverse cosmologies. Myint Myint Khin scientific lit- the multiverse concept or not. At the risk of ‘name-drop- ogies Dr Myint Zan, a retired Pro- eracy award. Tatmadaw provides treatments to over 210,000 outpatients TATMADAW keep providing medics, medical assistants and healthcare services for the nurses have conducted 9,946 patients at the military hospi- major operations and 5,069 mi- tals and temporary treatment nor operations. The senior doc- hospitals in the townships of tors gave intensive treatment regions and states. the severe cases. The Tatmadaw medical These hospitals managed teams comprising Tatmadaw for the birth of 12,660 babies to doctors, specialists, medical as- date. Of those, 5,129 cases are sistants and nurses, have been done in the caesarean section giving medical treatments to and 7,531 cases in ordinary de- the people to solve their diffi- livery. culties in healthcare services. In addition to providing A total of 212,935 outpatients medical care to patients in need and 64,828 inpatients reached of hospitalization, Tatmadaw is these hospitals from 5 February making arrangements for the to date. well-being of hospitalized pa- Senior medical experts, tients and caregivers. —MNA

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News and Periodicals Enterprise 21 MAY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR LOCAL BUSINESS 13 MADB to cover 43,000 acres of monsoon paddy in Kayin State with K6.5 bln loan

MYANMA Agricultural Develop- Those farmers who have al- ment Bank (MADB) of the Minis- ready paid off the previous loan try of Planning and Finance has will be prioritized in the loan ap- projected to provide K6.5 billion plication process. worth of agricultural loans for The MADB provides annual the coming monsoon season in agrarian loans to the small-scale Kayin State. It will cover 43,000 farmers in order to have food acres of monsoon paddy. self-sufficiency and export com- The MADB branches will petitiveness for Myanmar’s agri- disburse farmers’ loans for the cultural products, boost exports, monsoon season by paying out promote interests of the farmers, K150,000 per acre. The growers and enhance their socio-econ- can take out loans for a maxi- omy, Manager U Thein Zaw of mum of ten acres. The loan ma- the Kayin State MADB (Hpa-an turity date is 15 April 2022. Branch) said. — IPRD/GNLM

The MADB branches will disburse farmers’ loans for the monsoon season by paying out K150,000 per acre. The growers can take out loans for a maximum of ten acres.

Myanmar pharmaceutical imports Myanmar’s border trade top $228.5 mln in five months reaches $6.36 bln in first

THE import value of Myanmar & Medical Device (MCCPMD) commonly prescribed drugs are 8 months of FY2020-21 pharmaceutical products was stated. available in the market. Only estimated at US$228.5 million in India is the main supplier some are out of stock for now. At the five months (Oct-Feb) of the for Myanmar. Also, it is imported present, pharmaceutical import current financial year 2020-2021, by Bangladesh, China, Germa- is regularly flowing. However, the according to Myanmar Customs ny, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of prices of pharmaceuticals were Department. Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, up by 5 to 10 per cent, owing to the Myanmar imports 90 per Singapore, China (Taipei), Thai- dollar appreciation. The Ministry cent of medicine and medical land, US and Viet Nam. of Commerce has cut the red tape products through foreign mar- Trade has returned to nor- for imports of some pharmaceu- kets, the Myanmar Chamber of malcy after panic buying during ticals which have been earlier Commerce for Pharmaceutical the coronavirus pandemic. Most imported. — KK/GNLM

Green gram cultivation succeeds in Kyaukse Muse topped the list of border checkpoints with the most trade value THE green gram cultivation has However, some farmers cultivate the seeds could be dried under of $3.45 billion, followed by Myawady with $941 million. succeeded in Kyaukse township, more green gram than their tar- the sun and sold them back for a Mandalay region, thanks to ade- get because they can produce good price. MYANMAR’S trade with for- China through Muse, Lwe- quate rainfall. The local farmers them tapping underground water. “This year, the green gram eign countries through border je, Kampaiti, Chinshwehaw are also happy with the abundant The green grams are yield- cultivation meets with success, gates reached over US$6.36 bil- and Kengtung with Thailand yield, according to the local grow- ing thanks to growing within achieving a good yield on account lion as of 7 May in the current via Tachilek, Myawady, Ka- ers. the boundary abundantly. It can of sufficient rain. Last year, the financial year (FY) 2020-2021, wthoung, Myeik, Hteekhee, Green grams are grown us- be harvested every week. The local farmers had a yield of only which started in October, ac- Mawtaung and Meisei gates, ing irrigation water in Kyaukse green gram is a crop that the lo- 20 baskets per acre because of cording to figures released by with Bangladesh via Sittway township as a projected crop. cal farmers should raise because fewer rainfalls. But this year, the the Ministry of Commerce. and Maungtaw and with India growers expect a higher yield of During the period, the through Tamu and Reed border 30 baskets per acre. The green country’s export via border gates, respectively. grams are priced at K23,000 per gates amounted to $4.32 billion According to the Com- basket,” said U Paw Thein, a while its import shared $2.04 merce Ministry, from 1 Oct 2020 green gram grower from Magy- billion. to 7 May 2021 of this FY, the idaw village. This FY’s border trade country’s foreign trade totalled Last year, Kyaukse township dropped by over $853 million, over $18.09 billion while its sea grew nine acres of green gram in compared to the same period trade valued $11.73 billion. Station-1, 585 acres in Station-2, of the last FY2019-2020 when Myanmar mainly exports 376 acres in Station-3, 128 acres it amounted to $7.21 billion, the agricultural products, animal in Station-4, 15 acres in Station-5, ministry’s figures said. products, marine products, 872 acres in Station-6, 544 acres in Muse topped the list of bor- minerals, forest products, man- Station-8, 438 acres in Station-9, 34 der checkpoints with the most ufacturing goods and others to acres in Station-10 and 42 acres in trade value of $3.45 billion, fol- foreign trade partner countries. Station-12, according to the Town- lowed by Myawady with $941 In contrast, capital goods, inter- ship Agriculture Land Manage- million. mediate goods and consumer Green grams are grown using irrigation water in Kyaukse township as a ment and Statistics Department. The country conducts bor- goods are imported into the projected crop. — Thet Maung (Kyaukse)/GNLM der trade with neighbouring country. — ACM/GNLM 21 MAY 2021 14 BIZ: WORLD/ AD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

NEWS World Bank to invest $2 bn in African IN BRIEF small businesses Ford to unveil all-electric F-150 pickup THE World Bank an- came as French President nounced Wednesday it will Emmanuel Macron host- ONE DAY after winning an enthusiastic endorsement invest $2 billion to support ed a summit in Paris that from President Joe Biden, Ford will officially preview medium and small busi- includes African leaders the all-electric version of its best-selling F-150 truck nesses in Africa and boost and global financial insti- on Wednesday. trade in the region as it re- tutions. Africa’s popula- The battery-powered Ford F-150 “Lightning” is covers from the Covid-19 tions have been less badly part of the US auto giant’s $22 billion campaign to downturn. hit by the pandemic than ramp up its electric vehicle offerings by 2025. The International Fi- other regions, with a to- “This sucker’s quick,” Biden said Tuesday af- nance Corporation (IFC), tal of nearly 130,000 dead ternoon following a spin in the pickup in Dearborn, the bank’s development compared with almost 3.4 Michigan. arm focused on pri- million worldwide, accord- Ford is already selling an all-electric vehicle, the vate-sector development ing to the latest AFP tally Mustang Mach-E sport utility vehicle, but the Light- The World Bank is investing $2 billion towards supporting in emerging markets, will from official sources. ning will be the first battery-powered incarnation of businesses and international trade in Africa. PHOTO: AFP invest $1 billion in direct But the economic cost the F-150. financing for businesses initiatives in Africa,” the “Long-term recovery has been devastating, with The F-150, first launched by Ford in 1948, has long and another $1 billion in corporation said, adding will depend on getting the International Mone- been the top-selling US vehicle and a critical model for support of international that Covid-19 “plunged funding to the pillars of tary Fund warning in late the 118-year-old company. trade finance. the region into recession, the economy that need it 2020 that Africa faces a Ford has avoided releasing details about the auto The combined $2 bil- reduced foreign direct today,” IFC Managing Di- shortfall of $290 billion ahead of the official launch at 9:30 pm Wednesday lion package is “among investment flows and rector Makhtar Diop said up to 2023, undermining local time (01:30 GMT). —AFP the IFC’s largest ever pushed millions more Af- in a statement. efforts at development.— commitments to specific ricans into poverty”. The announcement AFP Bytedance billionaire CEO to leave post to ‘read and daydream’ UAE to allow full Highest bid for Blue THE Chinese tycoon boss of TikTok parent Bytedance foreign ownership of Origin’s maiden voyage said Thursday that he will leave the role because he lacks managerial skills and preferred “reading and daydream- firms $2.6 million and climbing ing” to running the tech giant. THE United Arab Emir- ship to just 49 per cent. Beijing has tightened the screws on China’s boom- ates announced Wednes- To dodge the limit, ing tech sector, levying fines -- including on Bytedance day it will lift a cap on some of the seven emir- last month -- for allegedly flouting monopoly rules, and non-local ownership and ates that make up the issuing stark warnings to the coterie of billionaire digital allow full foreign control UAE -- including Dubai bosses about their responsibilities to society. of business ventures -- have for years estab- Zhang Yiming, the co-founder of Bytedance — which from June 1, lished free trade zones created the popular short video TikTok app — said he The reform, origi- where foreigners can will step down as CEO and transition to a new role by the nally flagged in 2019, will own up to 100 per cent end of the year focusing on “long-term strategy”. Liang make it easier to do busi- of their business. Rubo, with whom he set up the firm, will take over the ness in the Gulf state and The UAE’s economy role. encourage investment, is the second-largest in In an unusually candid open memo by one of Asia’s the economy ministry the Arab world, behind new tech rich, Zhang said: “The truth is, I lack some of said. Saudi Arabia. the skills that make an ideal manager. “The amended Com- It counts as the most The Jeff Bezos owned firm is targeting July 20 for the “I’m more interested in analyzing organizational and mercial Companies Law diversified, particularly launch of its reusable suborbital rocket system New market principles... than actually managing people.” Shepard from its West Texas facility, the first time aims at boosting the thanks to Dubai which The 38-year-old added that he is also “not very it will carry humans after 15 successful uncrewed country’s competitive gains 95 per cent of its tests. PHOTO:AFP social, preferring solitary activities like being online, edge and is a part of UAE income from outside the reading, listening to music, and daydreaming about what government efforts to fa- oil industry. The capital AN online bid for a seat the company, founded in may be possible”. —AFP cilitate doing business,” Abu Dhabi sits on the aboard Blue Origin’s first 2000, will carry humans af- said Economy Minister majority of the UAE’s crewed spaceflight was ter 15 successful uncrewed Abdulla bin Touq al-Mar- vast oil reserves. going for $2.6 million on tests of the vehicle. The trip ri. The country ranks Wednesday afternoon as will last a total of ten min- CLAIMS DAY NOTICE The decision abol- 16th in the World Bank’s the company prepares utes, four of which passen- M.V PAN EDELWEISS ishes a longstanding law index on the ease of do- to blast off this summer. gers will spend above the Consignees of cargo carried on M.V PAN that limits foreign owner- ing business. —AFP Would-be customers have Karman line that marks EDELWEISS VOY. NO. (085) are hereby notified that until June 10 before the the recognized boundary the vessel will be arriving on 21-5-2021 and cargo will current phase ends, and between Earth’s atmos- be discharged into the premises of IBTT where it will lie the company will hold a phere and space. at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. live final round on June 12, After lift-off, the cap- Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am with the proceeds going to sule separates from its to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now the company’s charitable booster, then spends four declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo foundation. minutes at an altitude ex- from the Vessel. Jeff Bezos’ space ven- ceeding 60 miles (100 kilo- No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims Day. ture is targeting July 20 for meters), during which time Phone No: 2301928 the launch of its reusable up to six people on board Shipping Agency Department suborbital rocket system experience weightlessness Myanma Port Authority New Shepard from its fa- and can observe the curva- Agent For: Women wearing protective masks pose for a “selfie” in cility in west Texas. ture of Earth from space. M/S BEN LINE AGENCIES (S'PORE) PTE LTD front of Burj Khalifa in Dubai. PHOTO: AFP It will be the first time —AFP 21 MAY 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR GLOBAL AFFAIRS 15 Slovenia PM faces impeachment vote ahead NEWS IN BRIEF of EU presidency US and France LESS than two months before notably cutting off funding, which tangle at UN over Slovenia takes over the EU’s ro- has also drawn Brussels’ atten- Middle East tating presidency, conservative tion -- resemble the tactics of his Prime Minister Janez Jansa is ally, nationalist Hungarian Prime THE conflict in the Middle battling fires at home and abroad Minister Viktor Orban. East has stirred up a diplo- -- including an impeachment mo- Thousands have gathered matic stand-off at the United tion. during protests in central Ljublja- Nations between France and The vote in the Alpine coun- na since late last month. Holding the United States, the first try’s parliament is the latest cri- placards that read “Stop the dic- open tension between the sis for the combative 62-year-old, tator” and “Freedom to the peo- two allies since President Joe known for his support for former ple”, they demand new elections. Biden took power. US president Donald Trump and “The foundations of the state Despite guaranteed his outspoken Twitter posts. of law have come more and more opposition from Washington, Four centre-left opposition under attack,” protest organizer France proposed another parties have initiated the im- Jasa Jenull told AFP. draft UN Security Council peachment bid, alleging among Jansa’s critics say he has become increasingly authoritarian. PHOTO: The protests mark “a break- resolution calling for the end AFP other things that Jansa misman- ing point, a litmus test”, showing of hostilities between Israel aged the country’s coronavirus proportion of pandemic deaths point since he took office in March an invigorated civil society move- and the Palestinians, as well response. compared to other EU countries, 2020. ment, Ljubljana University pro- as humanitarian access to the With the nation of two mil- the premier’s public approval rat- Jansa’s critics say his moves fessor of social psychology Vlado Gaza Strip. lion suffering a relatively high ings have slumped to their lowest against media he deems hostile -- Miheljak told AFP. — AFP According to the text obtained by AFP, the draft “demands an immediate Japan must ‘radically’ WWII bomb found in cessation of hostilities” and calls for “intensification and speed defence build-up: acceleration of diplomatic Frankfurt safely detonated efforts and support for a ne- minister A MASSIVE World War II bomb just after midnight, “sounded gotiated two-state solution”. found in Germany’s financial like thunder rumbling” and left — AFP capital Frankfurt was safely a hole three metres deep and detonated in the early hours ten metres wide. of Thursday, the city’s fire ser- Firefighters said that they Colombians protest vice said, allowing tens of thou- had covered the bomb with 40 ahead of talks with sands of evacuated residents truckloads of sand before det- government to return to their homes. onating it, in order to minimise The 500-kilogramme me damage to the surrounding COLOMBIANS took to the unexploded bomb was un- buildings. streets Wednesday, on the eve earthed during construction Around 25,000 people had of talks with the government, work on Wednesday in the been asked to evacuate the in a third week of demonstra- densely populated Nordend area, including the occupants tions that have been marked area of the city, a location fire- of a nearby community hospi- by police abuses and dozens fighters said made it a “par- tal’s neonatal ward. of civilian deaths. French army soldiers walk into a Chinook helicopter during a joint ticular challenge” to remove. Among residents who took The talks, due to resume military drill between Japan Self-Defence Force, French army and US Marines, at the Kirishima exercise area in Ebino, Miyazaki prefecture The Frankfurter Allge- shelter at a skating rink was Thursday, have stumbled over on May 15, 2021. PHOTO: AFP meine newspaper reported the 29-year-old Tobias, carrying the government’s reticence to ordnance had been discovered his pet cat in a cage. renounce violence by the po- must boost its military surrounding Japan is changing right next to a children’s play- He said he had heard the lice, and on Wednesday Nobel at a “radically different pace” rapidly with heightened uncer- ground at a depth of about two news over a police loudspeaker Peace laureate Juan Manuel than in the past to counter Bei- tainty,” the Nikkei quoted him metres (6.5 feet). and been ordered to leave his Santos, a former Colombian jing’s growing capacity, Japan’s as saying. Its report said the con- home immediately, causing a president, urged incumbent defence minister said in an in- “We will properly allocate trolled blast, which happened “bit of stress”. — AFP Ivan Duque to recognize the terview published Thursday. the funding we need to protect misuse of force. Thousands of Nobuo Kishi warned the our nation.” people mobilized in Bogo- gap between Japan and China’s Japan’s post-war consti- ta, Cali, Medellin and other military was “growing by the tution limits the scope of its cities, with no early reports of year,” in an interview with the military to defensive power, and clashes. Nikkei newspaper. efforts to boost capacity have At least 42 people, mostly “We must increase our de- sometimes been controversial civilians, have died in clashes fence capabilities at a radically domestically. with security forces since different pace than in the past,” Kishi’s comments come demonstrations started on he said, citing China’s military with Japan increasingly con- April 28, according to official spending as well as new areas cerned about the regional figures, and more than 1,700 of warfare including space, cy- security environment and have been injured. ber and electromagnetics. particularly China’s growing NGOS say the casualty Japan’s defence spending assertiveness. number is higher. has tended to hover at around The military balance be- “We need more gestures, one percent of GDP, but Kishi tween Japan and China has we need more empathy and said that spending would be “leaned heavily toward China more humility, and for the guided by needs rather than in recent years, and the gap has 25,000 people were evacuated from the densely populated Nordend state to recognize: ‘look, we caps. been growing by the year,” he area after the 500 kilogramme me bomb was unearthed during committed abuses,’” Santos “The security environment told the paper. — AFP construction work . PHOTO: AFP told W Radio. — AFP 21 MAY 2021 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Japan to launch Europe-based squad for world cup qualifiers against Myanmar

THE Japan national football Kawashima from RC Strasbourg Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany), team has comprised an entire (France), Daniel Schmidt from from Werder Bre- squad of European players for Sint-Truidense VV (Belgium), men (Germany) and Takuma the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 from Por- Asano who is a unattached foot- Asian Cup second round qualifi- timonense (Porland), Hiroki baller from free agent. ers against the Myanmar nation- Sakai from Olympique Marseille Japan and Myanmar will al football team on 28 May. (France), Yukinari Sugawara play in the 2022 World Cup qual- As the European football from AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands), ifiers on 28 May in Chiba, Japan. season draws to a close these Daiki Hashioka from Sint-Tru- A host country in each group days, the Japan national team idense VV (Belgium), Sei Muroya will play the remaining matches has selected a wide range of from (Germany), and the Group F matches in Ja- high-profile players across Eu- from UC Samp- pan, according to Asian Football rope, with up to 25 of the 26 play- doria (Italy), Japan national football team has selected a wide range of high-profile Confederation (AFC). ers playing in there. from Bologna FC (Italy), Yuta Na- players across Europe. Photo: Japan Football The Myanmar Football Fed- Popularly known as Japa- kayama from PEC Zwolle (Neth- to Hashimoto from FK Rostov mi Minamino from Southampton eration (MFF) has announced nese Messi, Kubo is already fa- erlands), from (Russia), from FC FC (England), Keita Endo from that the Myanmar team will play miliar to Myanmar football fans, Olympique Marseille (France), Groningen (the Netherlands), Union Berlin (Germany), Ritsu the remaining three matches of and other veteran players were Hidemasa Morita from CD Santa from Hannover Doan from Bielefeld (Germany), the World Cup qualifiers, and all included in the squad. Clara (Porland), 96 (Germany), from from Getafe CF the matches will be played with The full players’ list are Eiji from Stuttgart (Germany), Ken- Royal Antwerp (Belgium), Taku- (Spain), Daichi Kamada from their best. — Ko Nyi Lay/ GNLM Juventus win Italian Cup for 14th Moyes urges West Ham time as fans return to complete European mission DETHRONED league champi- ons Juventus beat Atalanta 2-1 WEST Ham manager David on Wednesday. to win the Italian Cup for the 14th Moyes has urged his players But Moyes wants his time on Wednesday as fans re- to round off an impressive team to secure their place turned to the stadium for the first campaign in style by beating in style. time in over a year. Southampton on Sunday to “It is (close) and I’m Goals in either half from secure a Europa League spot. delighted but it’s not done,” Dejan Kulusevski and Federico The Hammers, who beat said the 58-year-old. “I’ll go Chiesa gave coach Andrea Pirlo relegated West Brom 3-1 on away, we’ll sit back and enjoy his second trophy of the season Wednesday, need a point in it but we know we have to be after the Italian Super Cup, on their final game of the sea- in charge and win the game. the day he turned 42. son at home to ensure sixth If we win the game there’s Atalanta coach Gian Piero spot and a place in European no danger. Gasperini was denied a first tro- football’s second-tier compe- “We have been playing phy of his coaching career, and tition. really well. Tonight (Wednes- Dethroned league champions Juventus beat Atalanta 2-1 to win the Atalanta’s second trophy after That would be their high- day) we didn’t but we found Italian Cup for the 14th time on Wednesday as fans returned to the the 1963 . stadium for the first time in over a year. PHOTO: AFP est finish since 1999, when another way of winning. It was a boost for Juventus they ended up in fifth spot. “We’re beginning to get who go into the final weekend of sixth Coppa Italia 22 years after Zapata pounced on a sloppy West Ham are three a group who can find ways of the season with their Champions his first with Parma. Matthijs De Ligt back-pass but points better off than Tot- winning depending on what League qualification going down The veteran pulled off a big Buffon again cleared after quar- tenham and Everton, and type of game it is.” to the wire after end- save just after kickoff at the Mapei ter of an hour and denied Hans Everton have a significantly The former Everton and ed their nine-year league reign. Stadium in Reggio Emilia. Hateboer after 35 minutes. inferior goal difference. Manchester United boss has Gianluigi Buffon was in the Duvan Zapata had pulled Despite the Bergamo side’s Spurs face a tough away enjoyed a career renaissance Juventus goal for the final time in back for Jose Luis Palomino with early domination Juve made the trip to Leicester after their in his second spell at West his career and the veteran keeper 43-year-old Buffon using his legs breakthrough after half an hour. lacklustre performance in the Ham and is in talks over a was solid on the night winning his to stop the ball. — AFP 2-1 home loss to Aston Villa long-term contract. — AFP Maradona doctors face premeditated murder charge over star’s death: source SEVEN people under inves- eight to 25 years in prison if inadequate medical care and inquiry between May 31 and tions of his doctors, but that tigation over the November found guilty. was left to his fate for a “pro- June 14. they knew the former soccer death of Argentine footballing The indictment is based longed, agonizing period” be- The legal proceedings star would die and did nothing legend Diego Maradona face on findings by a board of ex- fore his death, which came were prompted by a complaint to prevent it. charges of premeditated mur- perts into Maradona’s death just weeks after undergoing filed by two of Maradona’s five The prosecutors obtained der, AFP has learned from a from a heart attack last year, a brain surgery on a blood clot. daughters against Luque, who a series of messages and au- judicial source. source from the San Isidro At- “After so many injustices, the they blamed for their father’s dio that show that the medical The accused -- which in- torney General’s Office, which case has come full circle,” the deteriorating condition after team were aware that Marado- clude Maradona’s neurosur- is leading the investigation, source told AFP. the brain surgery. na was using alcohol, psychiat- geon Leopoldo Luque, psychi- said Wednesday. The accused are prohib- Prosecutors believe Mara- ric medication and marijuana atrist Agustina Cosachov and That report concluded that ited from leaving the country dona’s death was not the result in the last months of his life. psychologist Carlos Diaz -- face the footballing icon received and must appear ahead of an of malpractice or negligent ac- — AFP