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Volume XX, Number 89 15th Waning of First Waso 1374 ME Wednesday, 18 July, 2012

* It is very important for every one of the * Only Union Spirit is the true True patriotism nation regardless of the place he lives to patriotism all the nationalities will have have strong Union Spirit. to safeguard. PyidaungsuPyidaungsuHluttawcontinuesthirddaysession Hluttaw continues third day session Establishment of diplomatic relations discussed, two bills sent back by the President along with remarks submitted, one proposal discussed

NAY PYI TAW, 17 July—Third day session of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw continued at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Hall of Hluttaw Complex, here, at 1 pm today, attended by Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint, Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann and 618 MPs. At the session, the establishment of diplomatic relations discussed, two bills sent back by the President along with his remarks explained and one proposal discussed. U Hla Myint Oo of Pyinmana Constituency, U Win Htein of Meiktila Constituency, Daw Khin Waing Kyi of Yangon Region Constituency No. 1, U Nyan Lin of Ayeyawady Region Constituency No. 3 discussed the establishment of diplomatic relations presented by the President which was discussed by two representatives yesterday. They discussed that it was observed that the establishment of diplomatic relations with foreign countries contributed to economic, social and defence development of the country. They absolutely believed that the current condition was the best time to march towards a democratic country with the strength of local and foreign countries. The UN Secretary-General said in his address at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, nowadays, the world needed Myanmar’s participation so as to face the global challenges. Thus, the establishment of diplomatic relations was much more appropriate usual. So, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw should agree it. With respect to it, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs with 71 countries and appointed the Ambassadors there. It Representatives seen at third day session of U Maung Myint said that Myanmar had opened embassies had diplomatic relations with 103 countries. So, the number Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. in 34 countries, three offices, three Consulates and 37 joint of countries would reach 111, including eight new countries. MNA offices. And Myanmar had established diplomatic relations (See page 8) Bogyoke Aung San Museum 65th Martyrs’ Day Friendly basketball match (Yangon) opens to go out live continues NAY P YI T AW, 17 July— The YANGON, 17 July— With the leadership of Ministry of YANGON, 17 July—Bogyoke Aung San This museum of Bogyoke was opened 65th Martyrs’ Day will be lived his residence on Bo Cho Road (former for only Martyr’s Day in the past. Now it Sports, Myanmar Basketball Federation organized a friendly broadcast live through the basketball match between Vision Sports women’s basketball Tawarlain Road) in Bahan Township, here, is opened for all days except Mondays, MRTV, the MRTV-4 and the th team from US and Myanmar youth basketball team of MBF from May 1945 to 19 July, 1947. Tuesdays and gazetted holidays from 10 Skynet as of 8 am on 19 July. All accessories that he used when he am to 4 pm. The admission fees for men at gymnasium in Aung San Sports complex here yesterday The annual Arzarni Day or afternoon. At the match, Myanmar youth team beat Vision was alive have been kept systematically is K 300 and monks, nuns, and children the Martyrs’ Day will be held at by the Ministry of Culture. These are K 100. As a special programme, it opens Sports women team 47-43. the Martyrs’ Mausoleum in The second day match will continue at 2 pm tomorrow. shown as a museum of Bogyoke in order for all Martyrs’ Day without paying no Yangon.—MNA that people and observors can study them. charges from 8 am to 4 pm.—MNA MNA Deputy Pyithu Hluttaw speaker Coordination meeting on Noteworthy amounts of receives American guests rehabilitation of the displaced rainfall (17-7-2012) persons in Rakhine State held Maungtaw (4.92) inches Myitkyina (4.53) inches An (3.47) inches Kyauktaw (3.39) inches MraukU (2.87) inches Shwegyin (2.80) inches Nyaunglebin (1.92) inches Taungup (1.85) inches Mudon (1.85) inches PAGE 7PAGE 2 Hkamti (1.69) inches

P1(18).pmd 1 7/18/2012, 4:06 AM 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 PERSPECTIVES Coordination meeting on rehabilitation of the displaced persons in Rakhine State held Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 Union State-Society relations Minister for Today, the civilian government in office is Border taking strides to transform the nation into modern, Affairs and peaceful, discipline-flourishing democratic one. for Myanma The President has articulated “good governance Industrial and clean government” as the doctrine of the Development incumbent government. So, there needs to make a change in governmental systems and institutions. Lt-Gen Thein The pace of progress depends on social Htay attends capital—social contract between the government coordination and the people, stressing the crucial role of civil meeting on society which is viewed as the bridge between the rehabilitation government and the people. So, there has emerged of displaced a need to make a shift towards a societal-centered persons in approach to development, with a focus on Rakhine centrality of social capital to development. State.—MNA Governance does not imply strengthening the process and institutions of the government NAY PYI TAW, 17 July—Union Minister for Border aids programme, priority given to the reconstruction of only, but also looking at the governed, making Affairs and for Myanma Industrial Development Lt-Gen houses and health care, water supply and sanitation tasks. them partners in the process of development, Thein Htay, attended a coordination meeting on the The representatives presented the reports on humanitarian strengthening and empowering them. As the rehabilitation of the displaced persons in Rakhine State, at aids to the evacuees, difficulties, their cooperation with the country’s governance is democratic one, it requries Rakhine State Government Office in Sittway of Rakhine State government, survey of local people’s needs and more inclusive and bottom-up participatory process State, this morning. results, international donation and short-and long-term that listens to preference of the people. It was attended by Deputy Ministers U Phone Swe multifaceted development. After the ceremony, the Union Government institutions must enable the and U Kyaw Kyaw Win, the State Ministers, departmental Minister, accompanied by the resident representatives and civil society organizations participate in the heads, group leaders of UN agencies and INGOs and officials, looked round Sittway by cars. In the afternoon, governance process, bringing about empowerment, representatives from WFP, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNDP, Care the Union Minister also attended a review meeting on accountability and transparency. The government Myanmar, MSF, Danish Refugee Council, Save the Children, completion of rescue and rehabilitation, construction of Malteser International , USAID and CDN, led by resident new temporary rescue camps, water supply and sanitations. in establishing partnerships with civil society needs representative of UNOCHA Coordinator Office Ms Barbara After that, he inspected site for construction of Satrokya to develop, strengthen and sustain collaborative Mazi. creek-crossing bridge and rescue camps. and participative process, fostering institutional At the ceremony, the Union Minister explained the MNA development that facilitates resource mobilization, coordination and networking. NAY PYI TAW, 17 E-Learning Centre handed over in PyinOoLwin The ultimate goal of human development is July—Under ASEAN- assumed to be enhancement of human capabilities Korea Cyber University Technological University (Yadanarpon Cyber City) and creation of a safe and secure environment in Plan, the handing over of which citizens can live with dignity and equality. e-Learning Centre was held With this end in view, the task of governance at Technological should be focused on sharing of responsibilities, University (Yadanarpon collaborative partnerships and networking with Cyber City) in multi-level social organizations. PyinOoLwin, Mandalay Region, attended by Union A workshop on education Minister for Science and Technology U Aye (2/2012) held Myint, the Mandalay NAY PYI TAW, 17 education is the turning out Region Social Affairs July—A workshop on of these results. In workshops Minister, the Korean education (2/2012) of the they can exchange their Ambassador to Myanmar, Ministry of Electric Power- views that will be beneficial the KOICA resident No. 1 was held at the for the staff and department. representative, directors- ministry, here this morning, In today’s workshop six general of the ministry, with an attendance of Union scholars read their six papers. rectors, professors, Minister for Electric Power Next the union minister technicians of ROK and No. 1 U Zaw Min. urged them to be proficient mentation Department on The union minister and reliable persons for the Proposition; Impacts said the staff were sent to department. Mitigation Measures From Union Minister for Science and Technology U Aye Myint and officials foreign countries to obtain Daw Nu Wah Phyo, Development of Low Head attending handover of e-Learning Centre.—MNA Mater degrees through Staff Officer (Civil) of Hydropower Scheme scholarship in order to Hydropower Administration Experience Based on 4th TSC teachers. research and the provision Afterwards, the enhance development of Department read out paper Meeting, U Min Lwin (Staff The Korean of reciprocal assistance Union Minister, the Region human resources and to on Public Relations, U Min Officer-Civil) on Im- Ambassador clarified among member universities Social Affairs Minister, the become skillful generations Khaing, Director (Civil) of provement and Main- matters on the handover of will be possible. Meanwhile, Korean Ambassador, the in the future. Hydropower Imple- tenance Skills for e-Learning Centre. the cooperation among director-general, KOICA He also urged them to mentation Department on Photovoltaic and Other Next, Union Minister universities will contribute resident representative and go abroad and joined short- Fourth International Renewable Energy Power U Aye Myint made a speech to cutting the education the principal formally and-long term courses and Conference on Water Generation System, Dr Win on the occasion. He said that expenses of higher learning opened the e-Learning attend workshop and Resources and Renewable Myint, Deputy Su- the e-Learning centre not institutions and enable centre and sprinkled scented seminar which are related to Energy Development in Asia perintending Engineer only provides opportunities students and the people to water onto it. the ministry as well as to (Asia 2012), Daw Thwe (Mechanical) of Hydro- to students who are learn lifelong education After the handover attend workshop on Thwe, Deputy Director power Supply Enterprise on attending the university but with the use of Online ceremony, the Union technology, other training (Account) of Hydropower Best Management Practice also to those who are unable through the Internet, he Minister and those present and management courses, Administration Department in Energy Power Plant- to attend the university for noted. viewed the main lecture hall financial and computer on Financial Statement Malaysia Experience. various reasons, adding that Next, the Union of the Technological courses in locals. Analysis, U Nay Myo Win, Next the staff and with e-Learning services, Minister presented gifts to University (Yadanarpon That’s why holding Director (Civil) of visitors asked questions. collection of information the Korean Ambassador and Cyber City). the fifth workshop on Hydropower Imple- MNA and communication data, technicians. MNA

P2(18).pmd 2 7/18/2012, 4:06 AM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 3 Large cache of Crusader gold found off Anger in India after floods leave 109 dead, Israeli coast 400,000 homeless tiles of the 13th century CE PAZARBHANGA, 17 July—India’s annual make money on repairing of embankments fortress that has been under monsoon has claimed 109 lives since rains and relief distribution.” Over the past 60 years excavation for more than 30 started in June and left at least 400,000 people successive governments have built levees years. A large cache of homeless in the northeastern state of Assam, in along most of the length of the volatile arrowheads - hundreds, in fact a tragedy experts say was made worse by Brahmaputra, which is Assam’s main river - and other weaponry, corruption and poor management of the and is fed by Himalayan snow melt and some including stones used in Brahmaputra River. of the world’s heaviest rainfall. Experts say catapults, also was found. A senior member of the Assam Human these embankments are both criminally under- Archaeologists said the find Rights Commission, a government body, told maintained and a discredited form of flood indicated a fierce battle had Reuters it suspects millions of dollars meant management.—Reuters taken place at the time the for flood control have been siphoned off by Mameluks seized the area from state water department officials in the last five the Crusaders. years. The commission has demanded a high- The Crusader fortress level investigation by the government. More than 100 gold coins were found hidden in a partly had been uncovered at the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who broken pottery vessel at the Apollonia National Park, site some time ago, along with represents Assam in the upper house of where archaeologists say the former Crusader town of remains of a port city dating parliament, called the floods the worst in recent Apollonia-Arsuf once thrived.—ISRAELI E MBASSY/ YANGON back to the time of the times and promised $1,800 to each victim’s JERUSALEM, 17 July— Apollonia-Arsuf once Phoenicians. Archaeologists family in compensation. Critics say that much One of the largest gold thrived. The dig is being have also found the remains of the money will evaporate. treasures ever to be carried out under the joint of a Roman villa, a well- “Corruption is rampant before and after a A father carries his newly-born baby as discovered in Israel was auspices of Tel Aviv preserved market street from flood,” said Arup Misra, a prominent he takes his baby home from a maternity uncovered last week at an University and the Nature and the Early Islamic period and a environmental activist in the state and a hospital, through a flooded street during archaeological dig near Parks Authority. massive gate complex. professor at Assam Engineering College. “Some ‘’World Population Day’’ in Kolkata on Herzliya. The treasure, more Included among the Israeli Embassy/ Yangon officials eagerly wait for floods as they could 11 July, 2012.—REUTERS than 100 gold pieces and items found were 108 gold weighing approximately 400 coins, including 93 that Bomb targets third Afghan politician Russia plans grams (nearly one pound), is weighed four grams each, and estimated at a value of more 15 that weighed 1 gram each. in three days eight more than $100,000. The gold was not new and KABUL, 17 July—A their reach from their Afghanistan have jumped 10 The coins were found clearly was part of someone’s magnetic bomb blew up the traditional strongholds in percent in three months as a rocket hidden in a partly broken family treasure or business car of a district governor in southern and eastern areas of severe winter damaged poppy launches this pottery vessel at the investment. The coins were Afghanistan’s northerly city Afghanistan to northern crop harvests and caused Apollonia National Park, minted in Egypt of Kunduz on Monday in the parts of the country once fighter-farmers to pick up summer where archaeologists say the approximately 250 years prior third attack on senior considered relatively safe. guns earlier than last year, MOSCOW, 17 July— former Crusader town of to their burial under the floor government officials in as Also on Monday, two said German Brigadier- Russia plans to launch eight many days. space rockets by the end of Russia floods spur calls for The governor of Khan this summer, Deputy Prime Abad district was not in the Minister Dmitry Rogozin emergency warnings car, but the bomb killed a confirmed on Monday. bodyguard and wounded MOSCOW, 17 July— hydraulics professor, told “We rather intensively eight civilians, police said. Russia’s government faces reporters. “We must make sure increase the pace of launches On Saturday, a suicide growing pressure to install a the local authorities have all from Baikonur and Plesetsk bomber killed a top anti- new emergency warning the data and can really act on (space centers),” Rogozin told Taleban lawmaker and 22 system and improve weather the basis of them.”—Reuters Prime Minister Dmitry other people at a wedding forecasting after survivors Medvedev at a cabinet complained that little was reception in Samangan meeting, a day after Russia done to prevent scores of province, also in the north. sent three astronauts to space. people being killed in floods And on Sunday, Higher According to Rogozin, in the south of the country. Education Minister who is in charge of the Survivors said no flood Obaidullah Obaid survived a country’s military-industrial warning had been issued roadside bomb attack on his An Afghan policeman stands guard near the bomb- department, a monitoring before a huge wave through motorcade in the adjoining damaged vehicle of the district chief of Khan Abad in satellite for natural resources Krymsk, the worst-hit town in province of Baghlan. Kunduz Province on 16 July, 2012.—REUTERS will be launched atop a the Krasnodar region near the Volunteers sort and pack Violence in Afghanistan Soyuz-FG rocket on Sunday. Black Sea, early on 7 July. clothes and food for people is at its fiercest since US-led NATO soldiers died in an General Gunter Katz, The satellite will also work as The death toll in the region who were affected by the Afghan troops overthrew the insurgent attack in southern spokesman for NATO forces. an early warning monitor for was 171 and many homes recent floods in Krasnodar Taleban government in Afghanistan, while a roadside More Afghan soldiers natural disasters. were destroyed. region, at a humanitarian 2001, and as most foreign bomb hit a van in the border and police were also “This is especially “In fact, we should start help point at the youth combat troops look to leave town of Spin Boldak, in confronting Taleban and important, taking into account from scratch a new system of centre of the country by the end of Kandahar Province, killing other militants in more remote the tragic situation in collecting information and Zheleznodorozhny district 2014, handing over to five civilians, said Ahmad areas outside major cities southern Russia,” Rogozin data which is not based on in the Siberian city of Afghan security forces. Faisal, the provincial which had previously been said, referring to the recent outdated methods and Krasnoyarsk on 12 July, Islamist Taleban and governor’s spokesman. havens for insurgent floods in southern Krasnodar systems,” Igor Chistyakov, a 2012.—REUTERS other insurgents have spread Insurgent attacks across fighters.—Reuters territory that have claimed more than 170 lives. US Navy fires on fishing boat near UAE; one killed Launches were also scheduled for 26 July, 1 Aug, DUBAI/ WASHINGTON, 17 ignored repeated warnings to confrontation can turn deadly 13 Aug, 30 Aug and 19 Sept, July—One person was killed halt its approach before a in the Gulf, where tensions as Russia plans to send a set and three others injured on security team fired rounds with Iran have triggered of communication satellites Monday when a US Navy ship from a .50-caliber machine military buildup by the from the Baikonur fired at an approaching fishing gun. United States and its allies. cosmodrome in Kazakhstan boat off the United Arab Even small boats dwarfed Those killed and injured into space. They will be put Emirates, but officials did not by the size of the US vessel in Monday’s incident were not into orbit by carrier rockets immediately blame terrorism can still pose a threat. Two Iranians and it was unclear Proton-M, Soyuz U and Soyuz or cite an Iran-link to the still- suicide bombers rammed an whether the incident may have 2-1A, according to Rogozin. murky incident. Why the boat explosives-laden boat into the been a mere misunder- On 28 July, a Rocket approached the US refuel ling USS Cole in 2000, blowing a standing. The UAE state news missile will be launched from The US Navy supply ship USNS Rappahannock ship, the USNS Rap- massive hole in its side and agency, quoting a government the Plesetsk cosmodrome in maintains station as it prepares a replenishment at sea in pahannock, was still unclear, killing 17 US sailors. official, identified all of the northern Russia. On 15 Aug, this US Navy photo handout photo taken in the South US officials said. But the US But the incident was also dead and wounded as Indian a commercial sea launch was China Sea on 21 March, 2012.—REUTERS Navy said the small motor boat reminder of how quickly a nationals.—Reuters also scheduled.—Xinhua

P3(18).pmd 3 7/18/2012, 4:06 AM 4 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 Science & Technology Science & Technology Science & Technology Microsoft revamps Office for tablets, Internet China manned sub may dive in South China Sea 2013 SAN FRANCISCO, 17 July software that can be installed — New versions of on computers, but the QINGDAO, 17 July — The research by setting up a Microsoft’s word company expects the bulk of Jiaolong manned submersible national deep sea support base processing, spreadsheet and users will opt for an Internet- may undertake a deep sea dive in Qingdao and building a new email programs will sport based version, which comes mission in the South China mother vessel for Jiaolong to touch-based controls and with automatic updates for a Sea in 2013, a commanding succeed Xiangyanghong-9, emphasize Internet storage to recurring subscription fee. officer of Jiaolong said on which has extended its service reflect an industry-wide shift Other features in the new Monday. The sub, named after for 34 more years. away from the company’s Office include: a mythological dragon, Both of the projects are strengths in desktop and Inkling, which lets you docked at the port of Qingdao expected to be completed by laptop computers. The new use a stylus to write on a in east China’s Shandong 2015. China plans to eventually offerings appear designed to device’s screen. Handwritten Province on Monday after build a deep sea station, where help Microsoft retain an notes are converted making a record dive of 7,020 submersibles can dock important source of revenue automatically to text. meters below sea level in the undersea and oceanauts can Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Kirk Koenigbauer speaks as more people access Integration with Pacific Ocean’s Mariana stay for work, Jiaolong at a Microsoft event in San Francisco,on 16 July, 2012. documents from mobile Yammer, a social network for Trench during a 44-day test designer Fang Shujia said. Liu Microsoft unveiled a new version of its widely used, devices. The new Office suite businesses, and with Skype, mission. Liu Feng, field said female candidates will be lucrative suite of word processing, spreadsheet and email also reflects the fact that a video chat service. commander in chief, said a team considered for next year’s programs on Monday, one designed specifically with people tend to work from Microsoft agreed last month is applying to take part in next mission. “Women tend to be tablet computers and Internet-based storage in mind. multiple computers — to buy Yammer for $1.2 billion, year’s mission. more scrupulous and patient INTERNET perhaps a desktop in the while Microsoft spent $8.5 “Their proposal is under than men in deep sea missions, office, a laptop at home and a has plans to compete with its programs, threatening billion to buy Skype last year. an official appraisal. Once which are advantageous due tablet computer on a train and own tablet, called Surface.The Microsoft’s dominance.” Bing Maps will be part approved, it will mark to long hours of work in the a smartphone at the doctor’s programs will store This is the most ambitious of the new Outlook email Jiaolong’s first mission since sub’s small cabin,” Liu said. office. Like an upcoming documents online through release of Office that we have program. If there’s an address the dive tests,” said Liu, who He said psychological and redesign of Microsoft’s Microsoft’s SkyDrive service ever done,” CEO Steve in an email, just tap on it to get is also deputy head of the physical qualities are the most Windows operating system, by default, meaning users will Ballmer said on Monday in directions. administrative office of the important standards to the new Office will respond to have to change settings to unveiling the new Office in A “reading” mode on China Ocean Mineral consider when choosing touch as well as commands store documents on their own San Francisco.A preview Word will make it easier to Resources Research and oceanauts. Cui Weicheng, delivered on a computer computer. The programs will version of the new Office suite read word-processing Development Association. He deputy commander of the keyboard or mouse. The also remember settings, is being made available online documents on a tablet or e- said the deep sea survey plan project and Jiaolong co- addition of touch-based including where you last left at http://office.com/preview. reader. That mode will make is aimed at obtaining first-hand designer, said plans are in the controls will enable Office to off in a document, as you Microsoft Corp isn’t saying the document look more like a data to aid in studies of the works to develop another extend its franchise into the move locations. when it will go on sale or what book page. You can also formation and evolution of the submersible that is able to dive rapidly growing tablet The Internet-based the price will be. Those details embed video into Word ocean basin.Jin Jiancai, head up to 4,500 meters below sea computer market. Apple services approach is one will come in the fall.Microsoft documents, or share a of the administrative office of level in the next stage of deep dominates that market with Google has been promoting will continue selling the document directly on the association, said China is sea research. the iPad, though Microsoft with its own suite of similar package as standalone Facebook.— Internet accelerating its deep sea Internet A Google Rakuten, Japan’s Amazon, steals a march on homepage is NASA’s Mars displayed on a rover may be its nemesis Motorola Droid phone in TOKYO, 17 July — company and its own bank be launched.Rakuten’s in for blind Japanese ecommerce giant and in the past two years has secret? Print publishers, Washington on 15 Rakuten Inc looks set to steal acquired or bought stakes in analysts say, may be afraid of Aug, 2011. landing REUTERS a march on rival Amazon.com companies in the United losing a lucrative business, CAPE CANAVERAL , 17 when it launches its Kobo e- States, France, Indonesia, but they’re even more afraid July — NASA’s new Mars reader and e-book service in Brazil, Germany, the UK and of Amazon. And, says Google’s hardware makeover to get rover is heading for a risky Japan on Thursday. For CEO Canada.But the launch of an Mikitani, “although we are an do-or-die touchdown next Hiroshi Mikitani, it’s the first e-reader and e-books in Japan, aggressive company by uneasy welcome on Wall Street month to assess conditions salvo in a wider war that the the world’s second-biggest Japanese standards, we are for life on the planet, but the SAN F RANCISCO , 17 July — caused him to have “lost his US space agency may not ebullient Harvard MBA, publishing market, is a pivotal still a Japanese company.” Wall Street has a long-running voice,” hasn’t helped buoy called Mickey by everyone move. He said he’s spent much love affair with Google the investor confidence as the know for hours whether it including his staff, hopes will Rakuten has reached a of the past month persuading search engine. But will it feel company faces a critical arrived safely, managers said transform Rakuten into a saturation point in Japan and publishers to join him and the same way about Google juncture.Shares in Google are on Monday.That’s because global player in digital needs to find new products to says “about 95 percent” of the hardware maker? Google down roughly 14 percent from the satellite that NASA was commerce. sell.The launch also tips the the Japanese industry has on Thursday will report their 52-week high of $670.25. counting on for real-time Mikitani founded company further into the fast- done so.“In the last two quarterly results for the first Google is an “an execution coverage of the Mars Science Rakuten in 1997 and has built moving world of digital months their attitude has time since closing its $12.5 story, which is why it’s so Laboratory’s descent into it into Japan’s largest online content, a global space where completely changed,” billion acquisition of unnerving that Larry now has Gale Crater, located near the retailer, employing more than Amazon, Apple Inc and Mikitani said. smartphone maker Motorola an illness that’s not defined,” planet’s equator, was 8,000 people and boasting a Google Inc are fighting it out “Before they were in May.Google’s purchase of said BGC’s Gillis. “He set the sidelined last month by a market capitalization of about and where Japanese giants skeptical of worried about the Motorola, as well as ongoing company down this path and maneuvering system glitch. $13 billion. like Sony Corp have largely negative impact for their uncertainty about the global now there’s no undoing it ... If Managers were able to The company has a failed to make their mark. business. Now they have economy, mean that Google he becomes sick in the middle recover the satellite, but it is travel business, a securities Merely launching an e- changed their mind. This is suddenly looks a lot less of it and can’t put as much now in a different orbit than book service in Japan is no their oppor-tunity.” This familiar, and less predictable, energy into it as he’d like to, intended, which may make it mean feat. The past decade is marriage was symbolized to many investors — a fact that’s a risk.” unable to view and record the littered with big-name earlier this month when that will be underscored in Page, 39, a co-founder of rover’s seven-minute descent initiatives that have Mikitani appeared alongside the company’s second- Google, returned to the CEO and landing.Two other languished or failed. They Yoshinobu Noma, CEO of quarter report. “This is the role in April 2011 and quickly spacecraft orbiting Mars will include devices from Japanese publishing giant first quarter that Motorola is reset many of the company’s be monitoring the probe’s Panasonic, Toshiba and Kodansha Ltd, on a panel at going to be consolidated into priorities, shutting down arrival, but one records data Sharp.Amazon on its Tokyo’s annual e-book fair. results, and it’s going to be underperforming products, for later playback and the Japanese website this month He presented his fellow messy,” said BGC Partners launching the Google+ social other won’t be aligned to see A box from Amazon.com added a link for users to sign panelist with a t-shirt with the analyst Colin Gillis. network to challenge the last minute of flight, is pictured on the porch of up for updates about Kindle’s words “Destroy Amazon” in The absence of Chief Facebook Inc and buying NASA’s Mars exploration a house in Golden, local availability, but declined Japanese emblazoned on its Executive Larry Page from Motorola, the largest programme chief Doug Colorado on 23 July, to give details about when camouflage pattern. the public eye, due to an acquisition in Google’s McCuistion told reporters. 2008. — REUTERS the device and service would Reuters unspecified ailment that has history.— Reuters Internet

p4(18).pmd 4 7/18/2012, 4:06 AM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 5 Business & Health Business & Health Business & Health Ford to slash 15 percent of IMF cuts global growth forecast as emerging . Health workforce in Australia economies slow grow only 1.4 percent this MELBOURNE, 17 July — vehicle but now barely makes A man searches Tip: for food inside a year and 1.9 percent in 2013.It Ford Motor Co’s (NYS:F) it into the top-20, hurt by a also trimmed its forecast for Australian unit announced trend away from large-engine garbage, in front Protect of a One Euro emerging economies, plans on Tuesday to cut up sedans in favour of small cars projecting they will expand to 440 jobs, or about 15 and sport utility vehicles, shop in central Athens in this on 5.9 percent in 2013 and 5.6 your feet percent of its workforce, and including Ford’s locally made percent in 2012. Both figures slash production by almost 4WD Territory. Ford said it 24 June, 2012 file photo. are 0.1 of a percentage point Your feet can take a 30 percent to cope with a slide would cut production from lower than in April.The IMF in popularity of its top model, 209 vehicles per day to 148 R EUTERS beating during the summer, cut its 2013 growth forecast notably from the high heat the Falcon. Australian car vehicles per day from for the crisis-hit euro zone to manufacturers have enjoyed November 2012 in a response WASHINGTON , 17 July — The IMF shaved its 2013 and sun exposure. The International Monetary forecast for global growth to 0.7 percent, while maintaining solid sales over the past year to changing customer The American Podiatric Fund on Monday cut its 3.9 percent from the 4.1 percent its projection of a 0.3 percent despite a subdued economy, preferences, which have Medical Association forecast for global economic it projected in April, trimming contraction this year. It said it although Ford’s sales have driven an industry-wide now believes Spain’s suggests how to protect your lagged, according to industry decline in the sale of large growth and warned that the projections for most outlook could dim further if advanced and emerging economy will shrink both this tootsies during the hotter figures. vehicles. year and next. The Ford Falcon was “Implementing this policymakers in the euro zone economies. It left its 2012 months: do not act with enough force forecast unchanged at 3.5 The IMF sharply revised * Always wear shoes or once Australia’s top-selling structural change is essential down its growth projections to ensure the longer-term and speed to quell their percent. “Downside risks to sandals, even at the beach or region’s debt crisis.In a mid- this weaker global outlook for the United Kingdom to 0.2 pool. Avoid going barefoot. health of the business,” Ford percent this year and to 1.4 Australia President Bob year health check of the world continue to loom large,” the * Spread sunscreen over economy, the IMF said IMF said. “The most percent in 2013. In April, the Graziano said in a fund said the UK economy the tops of your feet, your statement.He said most of the emerging market nations, long immediate risk is still that heels and your toes. Reapply a global bright spot, were delayed or insufficient policy would expand 0.8 percent in up to 440 job losses would be 2012 and 2.0 percent next after getting out of the water. from the manufacturing being dragged down by the action will further escalate the economic turmoil in Europe. euro area crisis.”US stocks year.Central banks in China, * To help reduce swelling operations in Melbourne and the euro zone and Britain have in the feet, drink plenty of A Ford logo is seen on the nearby Geelong in Victoria It said a drop in exports in closed slightly lower on car maker’s booth during these countries would Monday as investors worry all eased monetary policy in water throughout the day. state. Last year, Ford cut 240 recent weeks to support the first media day of the local jobs.Ford said it would combine with earlier policies about the economy losing * Frequently stretch, wiggle Geneva Auto Show at the meant to prevent overheating steam. growth. The US Federal and flex your legs, toes and feet shift production to a more Reserve has said it is poised to Palexpo in Geneva, on 6 profitable mix, including more and slow growth more The global lender said to help promote circulation. do more if needed.—Reuters March, 2012— REUTERS Territory vehicles.— Reuters sharply than hoped. advanced economies would Internet US approves first-ever pill for HIV prevention

NEW Y ORK , 17 July — The counseling, and regular HIV heterosexual couples in providers on how to counsel first-ever daily pill to help testing.” which one partner was infected potential users of the drug. prevent HIV infection was Truvada was previously with HIV and the other was The drugmaker must also approved on Monday by US approved as a treatment for not showed that Truvada include a warning that Truvada regulators for use by healthy people infected with HIV to be reduced the risk of becoming for PrEP “must only be used adults who are at risk for getting used in combination with other infected by 75 percent by individuals who are the virus that causes AIDS. antiretroviral drugs. The compared with a placebo. confirmed to be HIV-negative Truvada, made by Gilead decision by the FDA followed Common side effects were the prior to prescribing the drug Sciences in California, has the advice of an independent same as experienced by and at least every three months In this 30 Oct, 2006 file photo, a Kentucky Fried Chicken been on the market since 2004 panel in May that supported people with HIV who were during use.” As to concerns employee uses tongs to hold up an sample of the and was approved by the Truvada for prevention in taking Truvada, and included about whether the pill might company’s trans fat-free Extra Crispy fried chicken in Food and Drug Administration uninfected people, after clinical diarrhea, nausea, abdominal boost risky sex practices and New York. —INTERNET for a new use as a tool to help trials showed it could lower pain, headache, and weight lead people to abandon ward off HIV, in combination the risk of HIV in gay men and loss. However, the adherence condoms as a first line of with safe sex and regular heterosexual couples. One rate — meaning how often protection, Birnkrant said the Trans fat ban made fast food testing. The pill as pre- study of men who were people in the study actually studies have not shown that exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) sexually active with other men took the drug daily — was so far. a bit healthier in NY has been hailed by some AIDS but were not infected with the low in the study of men who “We don’t really have WASHINGTON, 17 July — It’s possible to make a fast-food experts as a potent new tool virus that causes AIDS found have sex with men, at just 30 any strong evidence to show lunch a bit healthier even without skipping the fries. New York against human immuno- 44 percent fewer infections in percent, Birnkrant said.In the that condoms were not used City now has hard evidence that its ban on trans fat in restaurant deficiency virus, while other those taking Truvada versus study of heterosexual partners, or that there was a decrease in food made a meaningful dent in people’s consumption of the health care providers are a placebo.Those in the study adherence was much higher, condom use when Truvada artery clogger and wasn’t just replaced with another bad fat. concerned it could encourage who took the drug regularly at between 80 and 90 percent. was used,” she told reporters. The findings being published on Tuesday have implications risky sex behavior. had almost 73 percent fewer Therefore, the drug label he goal of the approval is to beyond heart health, suggesting another strategy to curb the In addition, the regimen infections. must include special eventually cut back on the rate nation’s obesity epidemic fueled by a high-calorie, super- is estimated to cost around A second study on instructions for health care of new infections in the United sized environment. $14,000 per year, making it out States, which have stayed Consider: Americans get more than a third of their daily of reach of many. “Truvada steady in recent years at about calories from foods prepared outside the home. By year’s end, alone should not be used to 50,000 annually, she said.A the Food and Drug Administration hopes to finalize long- prevent HIV infection,” said key goal of the US strategy awaited rules that would make many restaurant chains post the Debra Birnkrant, director of against HIV/AIDS, set forth in calorie counts of their products right on the menu. Maybe the the division of antiviral 2010, is to decrease the number guilt would make you forego the french fries for a salad. Maybe products at the FDA. of new infections by 25 percent not.Now contrast New York’s trans-fat ban — later copied by “Truvada as PrEP represents by 2015. more than a dozen other state and local governments — which another effective, evidence- “The hope is that over didn’t put all the onus on the consumer to do the right thing. based approach that can be time it will decrease the rate of “By making the default option the healthier choice,” added to other prevention new infections or incidence in everyone benefits regardless of their nutrition awareness or methods to help reduce the the United States,” Birnkrant willpower, Alice Lichtenstein, a nutrition specialist at Tufts spread of HIV.”The FDA said said.The FDA approval drew University, wrote in a commentary on the research. “The Truvada should be used as the support of amfaR, The regulation may serve as a model for future successful public “part of a comprehensive HIV Bottles of antiretroviral drug Truvada are displayed in Foundation for AIDS health initiatives.”There are good fats and bad fats. Trans fat prevention strategy that 2010 in San Anselmo, California. The first-ever daily pill Research. We know that is widely considered the worst kind for your heart, gram-for- includes other prevention to help prevent HIV infection was approved on day by Truvada, when taken as gram more harmful than its better known cousin, saturated fat. methods, such as safe sex US regulators for use by healthy adults who are at risk directed, works. Small amounts occur naturally in some meat and dairy products. practices, risk reduction for getting the virus that causes AIDS. — INTERNET Internet Internet

P5(18).pmd 5 7/18/2012, 4:06 AM 6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 18 July, 2012

Underwater Archaeology of Myanmar Sithu Dr Khin Maung Nyunt

[Our recent initiative for the salvaging of one of oped by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Yves Cousteau, the tifacts were deposited in the silt of the lake. (3) Historically Myanmar’s cultural heritage objects, the Dhammazedi Bell underwater world was flung open, instantly accessible. renown Anya Thihataw Pagoda on the island at the third from the water has aroused academic interest in the under- Many new ancient wrecks were found at a rapid pace. defile of the Ayeyawady River, opposite to the town Thabeik water archaeology of Myanmar. The following is a brief Though Cousteau was not an archaeologist, he contrib- Kyin in Mandalay Region. Stories of ship wrecks, capsized account of how this new discipline was introduced to the uted immensely by promoting public interest for underwa- boats, dangerous whirlpools and unexpected storms were university teaching curricula.] ter mysteries. told in connection with this yei-lai pagodas are virgin fields The introduction of a new discipline “Underwater Ar- By virtue of the nature of Myanmar’s geology, geogra- for underwater archaeology. What about other lakes like chaeology” to the Ph.D preliminary class in the academic phy, anthropology, history and cultural heritage Myanmar “Re” in northern Chin State, Mangton lake in Kengtung in year 2007-2008 was a measure taken by the Board of Stud- is a virgin field for the study of archaeology on land as well eastern Shan State, Indaw lake in Katha District, Twin Taung ies of the Departments of Archaeology of all universities as under water. The fact that the teaching and learning of lake near Monywa town, Taung Tha Man In, Tet They In, and colleges, with the approval of the Universities Senate. land archaeology in Myanmar Universities is very recent Zaung Kalau In near Amarapura and Mandalay, man made In fact, Ph.D courses in these departments were introduced does not rule out the need to study its underwater counter- lake such as Aung Pin Lai, Mya Nanda, Meikhtila in central in that year. Underwater archaeology is a branch of Ar- part. Myanmar is the second largest country in size in the Myanmar, let alone Kandaw Gyi, Inya lake in Yangon, and chaeology though not as old and developed as land ar- context of the ASEAN TEN and rich in land masses and many big water reservoirs Thadu Kan, Hpu Gyi Kan, Joe chaeology as far as Myanmar is concerned. But even the water bodies. Within the long land borders with India, Hpyu and Nga Moe Yeik and moats of Myanmar old capi- university teaching of land archaeology in Myanmar is Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand and a long coastline tals. still in infancy as it was introduced two and a half decades of nearly 1500 miles on the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman In the quizzes regarding the inventory of pagodas and ago, though the digging department of archaeology in Sea, Myanmar possesses land masses in the form of moun- monuments at Bagan, there are riddles of which one riddle Myanmar had developed from the Epigraphic Office over a tains, hill ranges, valleys, plains, deltas, islands and archi- records the number of temples and pagodas that had been century ago. pelagoes and aquatic bodies in the form of lakes both natu- washed down by the Ayeyawady River that changes its Underwater Archaeology is a discipline of studying ral and man made, rivers, streams, springs, falls and shallow course and floods in high monsoon. This riddle runs thus the past from finds underwater and interpreting the finds seas. “Shwe la thar wah wah win = In the golden moon’s to reconstruct both physical environment, human settle- Remains of the flora and fauna including homo-sapi- bright light ment and finally human cultural life style. Underwater Ar- ens and their habitats and settlements have been well pres- Phaya twey yey cho hsin” = 444 Pagodas went chaeology is not necessarily archaeology under bodies of ence in the earth and under water since the age of Pondaung down to bathe at night water. It also includes archaeology of dried up river beds, primate or probably even before. By means of land archae- This riddle informs us that 444 monuments of Bagan sand banks, sand bars, lakes, streams and shallow seas. ology we have established without doubt that the country had been taken away by the waves of the Ayeyawady River Though underwater archaeology is often generalized we now call Myanmar had passed through all stages of pre- and that many relics and votive objects enshrined in them as the same as Maritime Archaeology, technically it is not history, such as Paleolithic Age (Old stone Age), Mesolithic and artistic decorations that adorned them lay buried in the so. Maritime Archaeology studies finds from the sea, usu- Age (Middle stone Age) and Neolithic Age (New stone watery graves of the river. Reports of antiquities and ar- ally shipwrecks, plane wrecks, dwellings, seaports etc, that Age), Bronze Age and Iron Age, based upon concrete evi- chaeological remains either fished out by boats men or had been submerged. Along coastlines world wide many dences found by chance and discovery by excavation. unearthed by farmers who cultivate crops and vegetables thousands of ships had perished. They are lying in the Those evidences by chance include artifacts washed ashore on the sandbars which annually emerge in the river in sum- depth as links to the past. For example, in the Baltic sea in by sea, river or lake waves, those fished out from shallow mer prove that river beds and river sand bars in the vicini- northern Europe there is a unique collection of well pre- and deep waters, and those salvaged by builders or repair- ties of old capitals and monuments are unexplored fields of served wrecks from times past. Most of them have not ers of water crafts. Artifacts dug up from dried up beds of underwater archaeology. been located yet. water bodies such as stream, river, lake and shallow sea Besides Bagan, Inwa founded on the site of four Underwater Archaeology is the study of human life, may also be classified as underwater archaeological evi- drained and landfilled natural lakes namely (1) Nga Gyi In behaviour and culture using the physical remains found in dences, since they have been lying underwater till water (2) Kyauk Hmaw In (3) Ohn Hne In and (4) In Pu In and fresh water, salt water or buried beneath water logged sedi- bodies are dried up. which is situated at the confluence of five rivers (1) the ment. Underwater archaeological sites have wrecks [both Reports and papers illustrated with slides and pho- Ayeyawady (2) the Samon (3) the Dottawady (4) the Zawgyi ship wrecks and aircraft wrecks] remains of structures cre- tos on the Samon River Valley archaeological remains of and (5) the Panlaung and other old capitals on the river or ated in water such as crannogs, bridges or harbours and a wide variety by two foreign scholars [Dr Bob Hudson stream banks such as Beikthano on the Yangpei Chaung, places where people once lived on land that had been sub- and a French lady archaeologist] and two Myanmar ar- Shwebo, Sagaing, Amarapura and Mandalay on the sequently covered by water due to rising of sea levels or chaeologists [Maung Sein Win and Tampawaddy Win Ayeyawady River have rich stores of underwater archaeo- other natural phenomena— earthquake, volcanic eruption, Maung] at the South-east Asian Historians’ Conference logical treasures. Similarly the seaport of Thanlyin which storms, Tsunami waves, etc. of 2004 in commemoration of the Golden Jubilee of King Anaukpetlun of Ava laid siege to the Portuguese Underwater archaeology originates in maritime re- Myanmar Historical Commission at the Diamond Jubilee stronghold of Philip de Brito and the combined naval at- search. The interest in maritime finds was awaken by the of Yangon University are indeed objects of antiquity that tacks on them by land and water forces of Inwa and Rakhine find of the Nemi ships in the 15th century A.D. But there lay buried in the bed and valley of the Samon River in had left behind vast research field for underwater archaeol- was a long break in progress, until the invention of helmet upper Myanmar. ogy. diving in the early 19th century. Around 1830, the wreck of The first discovery of same stone implements of Old Myanmar seaports and coastal capitals were well- Royal George which was sunk in 1782, was successfully stone Age which Dr Morvius and Dr de Terra on the banks known for their overseas trade and naval battles. MraukU salvaged by using helmet divers. The salvage was made of the Ayeyawady River in Yenanchaung, Magway and or Mro-haung in Rakhine State, Pathein [Cosmin], Dalla not for archaeological reasons. The wreck was simply on Minbu were those that were washed ashore, not dug up and Thanlyin in the Ayeyawady Region and Yangon Re- obstacle in shipping lane and it had to be removed. from the earth. They named them “Anyathian Cultural Ob- gion, Thaton and Mottama in Mon State and Dawei and It was only in 1836 that archaeological salvage was jects”. These finds also belong to the underwater archaeol- Myeik in the Taninthayi Region were seaports or coastal made. The Dean Brothers discovered the wreck of Many ogy category. Later, T.O. Morris found similar stone tools in capitals with maritime historical background. They had Rose. The salvaged a few objects from it for study. So that Taninthayi Region, which in all probability must have been played no small role in maritime trade and communication was the first case of underwater investigations made out cast ashore by sea waves. as well as naval battles with the Portuguese, the French of historical interest. Similarly in 1856, the human settle- The legends of ancient religious monuments located and the British since the mid 15th century to the late 19th ment submerged in the Zurich was investigated by divers on the cape, on island in the sea, and natural inland lakes century. and historians. contain direct or indirect reference to religious relics or ob- The stories of rescue and salvage of Kyaik Paw Law During the period of seven decades following 1856, jects lost in the water, sub-merged under water due to natu- stone Buddha statue now housed in a temple at Kyaik Hto underwater treasure hunters used divers to pillage many ral or human causes or salvaged from water in different originally sent afloat in the sea from Lankadipa (Sri Lanka), historic ships not for investigation but only for commercial historic periods. The three yey-lai [mid water] Pagodas the salvage of five Buddha images from the depth of Inlay reasons. The valuable objects salvaged were sold to col- namely (1) Kyaik Khame yey-lai Pagoda in Mon State, (2) lake, which were dropped in to the lake from the barge that lectors. One museum acquired the rusty cannon and minor Kyauk Tan yey-lai Pagoda near Thanlyin in Yangon Re- was capsized, the successful salvage of Singu Min’s Bell objects such as Roman lead anchors. There was no ar- gion and (3) Maw Tin Zun yey-lai Pagoda in Nga Pu Taw by means of Myanmar traditional techniques of underwa- chaeological investigation. Perhaps the recovery of the Township in Ayeyawady Region have maritime archaeo- ter archaeology at the end of the First Anglo-Myanmar war Nemi Ships in 1929-32 was the first systematic archaeo- logical background histories. The same is the case with of 1824-26, and the still internment of King Dhammazedi’s logical underwater investigation. Artifacts or rather its regard to the legends of three yey-lai Pagodas in upper big Bell at the bottom of the Dawbon River in spite of the wares were towed ashore and investigated on land. Myanmar namely (1) Shwe Myitzu Pagoda on the island in efforts underwater archaeologists and maritime engineers The first case of diving underwater archaeology took the middle of Indaw Gyi Lake of 100 square miles in Kachin to locate it for salvage are proofs of underwater archaeo- place in the years 1933-39 when the Swedish warship State which has a long story of underwater happenings logical activities that were carried out in the past, though “Elefanten” sunk in 1564 was investigated by helmet divers which await divers to salvage sunken objects from the bot- the teaching of underwater archaeology was unknown or together with historians. The breakthrough came after tom of the Lake. (2) Inlay Lake in Southern Shan State in even unheard in Myanmar in those days. World War II thanks to the scuba diving equipment devel- which layers and layers of human settlements and their ar- (See page 7)

P6(18).pmd 6 7/18/2012, 4:06 AM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 7 Deputy Pyithu Hluttaw speaker receives American guests

NAY P YI T AW, 17 July— Deputy and cordially exchanged views on Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Nanda responsibilities of Hluttaw and Kyaw Swa met a delegation led by experiences. Director Mr Kenneth Scott Hubli of Together with the deputy Washington-based National Pyithu Hluttaw speaker were Democratic Institute (NDI) and Chairman of International Relations Director Mr Myer of USAID from Committee U Hla Myint Oo, the United States of America at Chairman of Bill Committee U Te meeting hall of Pyithu Hluttaw Khun Myat, Public Accounts Committee No. 1 of Hluttaw Committee Chairman U Thurein Building at 4.30 pm today. Zaw, secretaries of Hluttaw They discussed matters related committee, committee and to the role of Hluttaw, programmes commission members and officials Deputy Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Nanda Kyaw Swa meeting with Director to promote the skills of Hluttaw from Hluttaw office. Mr Kenneth Scott Hubli of Washington-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) representatives, research measures MNA and Director Mr Myer of USAID from the United States of America and party.—MNA Modern bees keeping course opened Union construction minister meets with NAY P YI TAW, 17 July—A ceremony to farmers as the training course is T.O.T open the modern bees keeping course jointly (Training of Trainees). staff from Yangon Region conducted by the Bees Keeping Division of Next, Israeli Ambassador to Myanmar NAY P YI T AW, 17 July— Union Minister Minister said that the state has been the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Mr. Yaron Mayer made a speech. for Construction U Khin Maung Myint met implementing reform processes and the Department and TAG International Afterwards, Country Director of engineers and staff from four districts and 45 ministry needs to implement reform processes Development Organization of Israel took International Development Organization Mrs townships of Yangon Region at the meeting for people-centered development. The place at the meeting hall of the Ministry of Michal Strahilevitz spoke, pledging that they hall of Yangon Region Superintending Union Minister discussed that the staff must Livestock and Fisheries here this morning will provide technology as to developing of Engineer’ office here yesterday noon. put into operation the assigned duties in with an address by Union Minister for bees and bee products and they are to make In meeting with the staff, the Union line with norm.—MNA Livestock and Fisheries U Ohn Myint. the products marketable. She stressed the Speaking on the occasion, Union need for cooperative communities to Myanmar delegation leaves for Israel to Minister U Ohn Myint said that bees keeping extensively engage in the tasks to achieve which can be conducted in the integrated more success. attend agriculture course farming contributes much to poverty The opening ceremony was attended YANGON, 17 July—According to They were seen off at Yangon alleviation and help earn foreign exchanges by Deputy Minister for Livestock and Agriculture practical cooperation programme International Airport by Vice-President of for the nation. The Union Minister expressed Fisheries U Khin Maung Aye and heads of of Myanmar Rice Industry Association and Myanmar Rice Industry Association U Sein his thanks to Israel for its assistance to the department, those from TAG International Rama Negiv Institute from Telaviv of Israel, Win Hlaing, executive U Soe Win and Myanmar’s bees keeping that was launched Development Organization, service a nine-member delegation left here by air officials of the Republic of the Union of since 1979 and called on trainees to try their personnel and trainees. yesterday evening for Israel to attend 11th Myanmar Federation of Chambers of utmost so that they can impart knowledge The eight-day course is being attended month long-term agriculture course from 2012 Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI). on bee keeping gained from the course to by 16 trainees.—MNA July to 2013 June . MNA Dy construction minister inspects road, bridges in Ayeyawady Region NAY P YI T AW, 17 July— Deputy Minister of bridges at No. 3/9 Kyontanaw bridge for Construction U Kyaw Lwin on 14 July between mile post 8/7 and 9/0 and No. 3/14 morning inspected road conditions of Kyontanee bridge construction site near Danubyu-Kyonpyaw through Sakkawt- mile post 14/0. Danubyu-Zalun-Hinthada Road and Akyaw The deputy minister viewed scaffolding bridge construction site between mile post measures to install Plate Girder between A2 Nos. 4/7 and 5/0 being implemented by and P1 of Kyontanee Bridge and called for Road Construction Special Group1.Then safety site installing of Steel Plate Girder and the deputy minister looked into completion timely completion of road and bridge.—MNA

panded the extent of maritime archaeology to weird mys- seeing it and reading the story of its chance find you are Underwater Archaeology of... tery, encounter with the ghosts from the shipwreck off Myeik taken away by the waves and how much archaeological (from page 6) seaport of King James II’s time. In the third book, The Land evidences are embedded at the bottom. In the British colonial period, one British writer of of the Great Image, the author gave his experiences and Talking with some old servicemen of the Ayeyawady Myanmar history named Maurice Collis should be cred- research in Rakhine State with reference to Rakhine Kings, Flotilla Company of British colonial time and U Charlie ited for urging the need to introduce maritime archaeology the naval power, their armada, their naval battle in the Bay of Than, the rector of Maritime University, I was informed to Myanmar. Among many books he wrote about Myanmar, Bengal, quoting the memoirs of a Roman Catholic mission- that there were inventories of watercrafts used for Myanmar three of his historical fictions or fictionalized histories ary priest Father Manrique who was personally involved in inland water transport and the list of shipwrecks. What namely “Siamese White”, “Sandamarlar” and “The Land the politics of Rakhine kings. We can glean clue and data wonderful archives for Myanmar underwater archaeologi- of the Great Image” give references to Myanmar maritime from these historical fictions for our study of maritime ar- cal research! archaeology. For example, Mr Maurice Collis gives the ac- chaeology of Myanmar coastlines. In the last two decades there cropped up chance finds count of the presentation to him some old Chinese porce- The last but not least was the interesting story of a of Myanmar underwater archaeology. In May and June lain, plates and an old lamp from a wrecked galleon of King wicker lacquered Buddha Image at Saley Town in upper 2008, five Buddha Images of Sagyin marble were discov- James II’s time by a fisherman at Myanmar seaport town Myanmar. That hollow wicker lacquered Buddha Image, in a ered and salvaged by local divers during their hunt for Myeik in Taninthayi Region. It was because of these arti- sitting posture, the largest of its kind was a chance find, shipwrecks, from the depth of the Ayeyawady at Chaw facts of Myanmar maritime archaeology that he began re- rescued and salvaged from billows of waves of the Seik jetty, Mandalay. Later a second world war army tank search. He discovered a tombstone of one Samuel White Ayeyawady river in one stormy monsoon. From where it was brought up by chance from the Bago river. Many re- under a Banyan tree in Myeik. Based upon the epitaph on was washed down to the river is still unknown. But how it ports of such chance finds appear in the journals occa- it, he browsed the archives of British Navy in England and was taken ashore in the stormy weather from the grip of sionally. Myanmar coastline trade of that time. He presented his billows of angry waves and safely sheltered in a temple was Today, as our country is on the take off to the goal of research papers at the gathering of porcelain collectors in a miracle which Indiana Jones would have liked to make a hit modern nation with peace, progress and prosperity, ar- London for which he was admitted as member of the pres- movie. Today this wicker-lacquered Buddha has been fully chaeology, both land and underwater offers ample oppor- tigious Royal Society of Arts. These events caused him gilt, so it looks like a metal Image. But a peep hole was left at tunities to upcoming generations to specialize for their change of his career from high ranking administrator to its back through which you can see the inside of it so that careers, as well as for the presentation of cultural heritage later well-known writer. In Sandamarlar, Mr Collis even ex- you are assured it is a hollow wicker lacquered work. After which Myanmar abounds in so much.

P7(18).pmd 7 7/18/2012, 4:06 AM 8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 Estonia and Dominican Republics, and that has been approved by Pyidaungsu Applied Farm land Allocation Scrutinizing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw’s decision will be submitted to the Hluttaw has been sent the President on 27 Committee. Coordination between the President. April in order that it can be announced as a departments was to be made to take rapid Hluttaw continues... The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker law after the President put his signature on actions against the farmer’s issues. As to (from page 1) explained Important Goods and Services it. On 3 May, the President sent it along with the other businesses, taxes should be According to the report of a Hluttaw Bill and Foreign Currency Management his comments to Hluttaw. On 4 May, Foreign imposed on trading, and collecting data and representative, there were 193 UN member Bill sent along with the President’s Currency Bill was sent to the President, and registration of ownership lists needed to be countries. Continued efforts would be made comments. After that, Joint Committee the President sent it back to Hluttaw together accurate. It was assumed that success would to establish the diplomatic relations with the members U Ngun Maung and U Myint Tun with his comments on 17 May. be achieved if farmers’ grievances were remaining countries. Thanks to the submitted the Joint Bill Committee’s findings Regarding the proposal of U Tin Htut of treated in a fair way. And the proposal was establishment of diplomatic relations, there and comments related to the President’s Zalun Constituency on “to expose the seconded. would see more progress in multi-sector comments on the Bill. confiscation of farmlands and to solve The discussions on the proposals by cooperation not only between two countries The representatives who want to famers’ grievances in a fair way”, U Thein the representatives will continue at fourth but also in international arena. discuss the President’s comments are to Tun of Amarapura Constituency, U Kyi day session of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. A total Hluttaw agreed the President’s register their names by 4 pm on 20 July after Maung of Myittha Constituency, U Khin of 45 representatives submitted their names submission on the establishment of disclosing para, sub-para and contents along Maung Nyunt of Thabeikyin Constituency to discuss it. The meeting came to an end at diplomatic ties with Bosnia, Herzegovina, with their signatures. and U Win Myint of Pyay Constituency 3.20 pm, and the fourth day session will go Malawi, Bhutan, UAE, Luxemburg, Latvia, Important Goods and Services Bill discussed that the new government formed on at 1 pm on 23 July.—MNA

power consumption charges at the rate of assistance and general expenditure for Provisions Act (Act No. 17/50) and the law Pyithu Hluttaw K 25 for one unit every three months. The offices of the law, budget has been sought in revoking for the 1908 Unlawful ministry has sought an additional budget accordance with the rules and regulations. Associations Act (India Act-14). meeting... from the Ministry of Finance and Revenue Therefore, in accordance with the law and Deputy Minister for Home Affairs (from page 16) to be able to add K 10 for per unit to the its rules, township administration officers Brig-Gen Kyaw Zan Myint seconded the The ministry has been taking measures with charges in accordance with the new rate of in regions and states have received trainings first proposal to discuss at the Hluttaw and care as preparations and trainings for sports K 35 per unit. to be able to select administration officers objected the second proposal as some cost a huge amount of money. Meanwhile, For the fuel consumption of police for villages and village-tracts in accordance associations are set up without registration the ministry is working in cooperation with stations, they pay by cheque to the filling with the rules and regulations. When budget and they are also in conformity with the international countries as much as possible stations of the Ministry of Energy for monthly for implementing provisions related to cash provisions of the law today. for hosting the games. share of fuel consumption for their vehicles assistance and generation expenditure for Regarding the second proposal, Daw Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brig- and the Ministry of Home Affairs give offices are approved, administration officers Nan Wah Nu of Kunhein Constituency Gen Kyaw Zan Myint replied the questions allowance for the fuel consumption every for villages and village-tract would be suggested that the Unlawful Associations related to administration sector raised by two three month. For general expenditure of selected. Act should be discussed at large to give representatives. police stations, region/state police office, In the report to the Hluttaw session, protection or to be amended that the law is U Thein Tun Oo of Amarapura Myanmar Police Force (HQ) and the Union the Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw informed the suggested to be revoked. Constituency asked allowance for phone Minister’s Office have scrutinized the Hluttaw that Amyotha Hluttaw has sent back U Thein Nyung proposed to obey the calls, electricity, fuel, beautifying works expenditure and permit the monthly the Import and Export Bill with decision of the Hluttaw, saying that his for police stations and other general costs allowance of general costs. amendments which was approved by Pyithu proposal would support the political change for township police stations. U Khin Maung Nyo of Pauk Hluttaw and the date when the bill will be in the country. The deputy minister replied that the Constituency asked if there is a plan to take brought back to Pyithu Hluttaw again. The Pyithu Hlutaw decided to discuss the ministry has increased the monthly measures for binding of the Ward or Speaker also invited those representatives 1908 Unlawful Associations Act (India Act- allowance for police stations from K16,250 Village-tract Administration Law and who want to discuss the amendments of 14) to be able to amend and revoke it. of monthly allowance for phone calls in the Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Zan Myint Amyotha Hluttaw and to enlist their names The proposals would be passed to 2011-2012 fiscal year to K20,000 in the answered that the Ward or Village-tract not later than 1 pm on 23, July. the Pyithu Hlutaw Bill Committee. 2012-2013 fiscal year. The ministry sends Administration Law was promulgated on 6 During the proposal submitting The meeting ended at 11.20 am and an inspection group to police stations July and sent to the Hluttaw Office on that session, U Thein Nyunt of Thingangyun the 11th-day meeting will continue at 10 am monthly to read the power consumption day to distribute it to the representatives. To Constituency submitted a proposal to tomorrow. them, allowing each police station to pay for implement the provisions related to cash discuss the law amending the Emergency MNA

Lt-Gen Hla Lt-Gen Hla Min meets Min of departmental officials in Commander- in-Chief Kyaukpyu, Yanbye and (Army)’s Office MraukU Tsps meets townselders

NAY PYI TAW, 17 July—Lt-Gen Hla Min of and Commander-in-Chief (Army)’s Office, together with teachers at Rakhine State Chief Minister U Hla Maung Tin, BEHS in Commander of Western Command Brig-Gen Ko Ko Kyauknimaw Naing, Deputy Minister for Immigration and Population Village, U Kyaw Kyaw Win and officials, met with departmental Yanbye heads and townselders at Kyaukpyu Air Port Hall in Rakhine State on 15 July. Township. They met with departmental heads and townselders MNA at Yanbye Township General Administration Department. Lt-Gen Hla Min and the Chief Minister The Ministry also laid down Myanmar Education Recovery coordinated the essentials, and the Chief Minister and Natural Disasters reduction workshop Programme (MERP) in cooperation with UNESCO in accord officials presented aids. At Basic Education High School with Hydro Framework for Action (HFA). The Ministry carried of Kyauknimaw Village of Yanbye Township, they met for Education Management held out natural disasters prevention and awareness rising at basic with townselders and teachers and provided assistances. NAY P YI T AW, 17 July—An opening ceremony of Natural education schools and conducted the multiplier courses to In the evening, Lt-Gen Hla Min and the Chief Minister disasters reduction workshop for those responsible for educate peoples through BESs. heard the report by Township Administrator and Education Management, was held at Ministry of Education, He continued to say that officials would discuss the coordinated the essentials. here, this morning, with an address by Deputy Minister for alleviation of imminent natural disasters, designation and Yesterday, Lt-Gen Hla Min together with Commander Education Dr Myo Myint. exposing imminent natural disasters, safety, emergency Brig-Gen Ko Ko Naing met with Tatmadawmen from In his speech, the Deputy Minister said that during the response, rehabilitation and educative programme with the MraukU Station at MraukU local battalion. Lt-Gen Hla post-Nargis period, the Ministry of Education had formed use of books and publications. All were urged to actively Min made a speech and presented four sets of TV receivers Natural Disaster Preparedness and Response Educative Work participate in prevention, emergency response and and cash assistance through responsible persons. After Group in cooperation with UN agencies, INGOs and social rehabilitations for respective natural disasters. The workshop the ceremony, he cordially greeted those present.—MNA organizations and carried out natural disaster preparedness. will go on till tomorrow.—MNA

P8 (18).pmd 8 7/18/2012, 4:06 AM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 9 Amyotha Hluttaw there is a plan to take action against filling ministry, the ministry compiled detailed sale Phaungsein Village in Thanbyuzayat stations for wide price gaps between local records of their filling stations to manage the Township to an urban ward”. Deputy session… oil price and international price” and price through taxation and sent them to the Industry Minister U Myo Aung said rubber (from page 16) “whether there is a plan to publicize profits Ministry of Finance and Revenue, Region plants in rubber plantation No (3) in As regards the delay in issuing the from each domestic and foreign investment and State governments and Myanmar Fuel Thanbyuzayat with 295 acres owned by the rules, the Union level organization had to in specific periods in energy sectors”. Union Oil Import Association every month. ministry have enter into 23 or 25 years, with revise the draft again and again in constant Minister for Energy U Than Htay said: The ministry has requested the the highest production capacity. consultations with legal professionals since The sale of fuel has been privatized and association to sell oil at least possible price. A total of 7200 rubber plants are grown it is invested the power to do so in accord the filling stations are allowed to distribute The association is trying to convince private on the 40-acre land, with the current price of with Section (97), Sub-section (a) of the imported oil on which tax is levied at float entrepreneurs. K 308 million. These rubber plants could constitution which goes, “When the prices. The ministry has signed Production produce 10000 tons of rubber yearly, earning Pyidaungsu Hluttaw enacts a law, it may The government is supervising private Sharing Contract (PSC), Improved K 12 million for the country. authorize to issue rules, regulations and by- entrepreneurs to manage the price. If the Petroleum Recovery (IPR), Performance Urbanizing Phaungsein Village is laws concerning that law to any Union level retail price goes extreme high, the Internal Compensation Contract (PCC), Modified concern of the Union government and organization formed under the Constitution”. Revenue Department and local authorities Performance Compensation Contract respective state government. As the President Office directed the will take measures to contain the situation. It (MPCC) with foreign investors for inland oil U Aye of Mandalay Region Constituency ministry to request budget for remuneration has been made clear at Third regular session and natural gas exploration. The ministry is No (97) asked “whether there is a plan to in Chapter (12) and office allowances in of first Amyotha Hluttaw. in PSC deals with foreign investors for upgrade Basic Education High School Chapter (13) of Ward or Village The ministry is monitoring retail prices offshore blocks. (Branch) of Singu village-tract in NyaungU Administration Law on 30 June, 2012, the of oil at filling stations daily. The ministry Myanmar has earned US$ 1246.443 Township in NyaungU District of Mandalay budget was requested at the cabinet meeting warned against oil importers who sold the million out from income of Yadana project of to BEHS” and “whether there is a plan to No (26/2012) on 12 July, 2012. fuel at abnormal prices on 1-3-2011, 1-7-2011 US$ 1628.990 million since 2011-2012 upgrade Myingaba Village BEMS Considering every aspect, the drafting and 6-4-2012. fiscal year. The country also earned US$ (Branch) to BEMS”. Deputy Education of Peaceful Assembling and Peaceful The prices at filling stations in Yangon 1311.883 million from income of Yedagun Minister U Ba Shwe said the ministry is Procession Law was delayed. As Chairman depend on the prices of Mean of Platt’s Project US$ 1982.150 million. The incomes upgrading schools and opening new schools of Diversity and Peace Party U Nay Myo Wai Singapore (MOPS). If the prices between have been handed over to the Ministry of from 2012-2013 academic year to 2015- submitted request for peaceful assembling April, 2011, and June, 2012, are compared, Finance and Revenue, taking off the cost of 2016 academic year in four-year plan. and procession on 15 and 16 July, the the connection can be seen clearly. If operation for Yedagun project US$ 72.228 As there are 341 high school students in commander of Mingaladon Township Police compared with prices of neighbouring million and Yadana project US$ 46.073 BEHS (Branch) of Singu village-tract, it will Force has given the green light. Applications countries, the fuel in Myanmar is cheaper. million. Abundant natural gas of the country be upgraded to BEHS. in other townships are under scrutiny. The filling stations did not make changes to is sold to foreign countries. Petroleum and As there are 340 middle school students The ministry is providing trainings to the price set when the oil was imported. other products have to be bought with the in BEMS (Branch) in Myingaba Village, it region, state and township administrators to Though, the price is still above the earnings of gas. The Ministry of Finance will be upgraded to BEMS. be able to elect ward or village administrators normal level compared with MOPS daily and Revenue is informing Hluttaws of the The meeting concluded at 11.5 am. The in accordance with rules and regulations. prices. The people have been warned of the budget. eleventh day session is held on 18 July. When the budget for remuneration and office case since November, 2011, for public U Naing Tun Ohn of Mon State At today’s session, the Hluttaw agreed costs was confirmed, the new ward or village awareness. Constituency (5) asked “whether there is a on sending messages of condolences to administrators will be elected. Regarding the oil distributed monthly plan to cut down rubber plants owned by flood-hit Russia and India and six questions Dr Myat Nyana Soe asked “whether to region and state entrepreneurs by the the Ministry of Industry to develop were answered.—MNA Sagaing Region Chief Minister inspects Union Foreign Affairs Minister receives development tasks in Shwebo District Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau NAY PYI TAW, 17 July— clothes to them in the village. completion tasks of Sagaing Region Chief He inspected comple- Government Technical of East Asia and Pacific Affairs of US Minister U Tha Aye on 15 tion tasks of new delivery Institute of Kanbalu July met farmers at Pintal Word at People’s Hospital Township, paving earthen Department of State Village in Kyunhla (Kyunhla) and comforted the road of Natpay-Htangon, Township, Shwebo District. patients. He then looked into Linpin Creek Bridge, He provided exercise books, operation theatre and medical Monywa-Ayadaw- sports gears, journals, storage room. Ywathargyi road, overflow publications, women’s affairs Next the region chief Bridge between mile post Nos and mother and children’s minister made inspection on (38/0) and (38/1).—MNA Locals of Rakhine State provided with cash and kind YANGON, 17 July— The Services Department (Head Yangon K 600,000 and 18 ceremony to donate cash and Office) in Mayangon bales of clothes, 16 bales of kind for locals of Rakhine Township here this morning. blanket, four bales of State who lost their homes On the occasion, decoration clothes, Health and possessions due to Hteiktan Myanmar garment Care Group K 421,000 and various reasons occurred in (1/2) families donated clothes two bales of clothes, 22 Rakhine State was held at worth K 3,690,400, Chatrium coffee mix packages, well- Maykhalar Hall of Fire Hotel and Royal Lake wishers from Kayin State 15 bales of clothes, U Thant Lwin Myo one bale of clothes, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Win-Daw Hla Hla Nwe, U Tun Oo- Daw Than Than Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Wunna daughter Ma Hay Mar Win Nwe and family two bales of Maung Lwin meets Mr Joseph Y Yun of and family from Mawlamyine clothes, Daw Tin Tin Aye and Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of K 150,000, U Myint Thein- family five bales of clothes, East Asia and Pacific Affairs of US Daw Tin Tin Aye and family Daw Khin Aye Myint and Department of State. one bale of clothes, fire family one bale of clothes, U brigade members from Soe Moe Win- Daw Ohnma MNA Myingyan Township Khaing and family three bales NAY P YI T AW, 17 July— of the Republic of the Union K 50,000, U Kyaw Kyaw Moe- of clothes. Director-General Mr Joseph Y Yun, Deputy of Myanmar, at 11 am today Daw Hla Hla Phone and family U Tin Moe and officials from Assistant Secretary in the at the Ministry of Foreign K 20,000 and six bales of Fire Services Department Bureau of East Asia and Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw. clothes, Special One border accepted the donation and Pacific Affairs of US The two sides discussed family nine dozens of Tun spoke words of thank. Department of State, paid a and exchanged views on Shwe Wah balm and one bag, Up to date, a total of courtesy call on U Wunna bilateral relations between Wellwishers donate cash and foodstuff for locals U Win Maung-Daw Tin Yi donation amounted to Maung Lwin, Union two countries. of Rakhine State through officials.—MNA and family K 10,000, Ma Lwin K 292,571,523.—MNA Minister for Foreign Affairs MNA

P9 (18).pmd 9 7/18/2012, 4:06 AM 10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 Enough water for Mandalay dwellers Bikers in Pyay get licences MANDALAY, 17 July— To Station. The facility which Circular Strand Road and PYAY, 17 July— Under make sure that water is can supply 10 million gal- old Embankment in the plan to register unli- enough for the generations lons of water per day is lo- Aungmyethazan Town- censed motorbikes in Pyay, to come, Water and Sanita- cated between Mandalay ship.—Kyemon a One Stop Service Team tion Department of comprising Internal Revenue Mandalay City Develop- Department, Road Trans- ment Committee is sinking port Administration Depart- artesian wells and building ment, Customs Department, water pumping stations. En- Myanma Economic Bank gineers of the department are and Township General Ad- putting all their energies into ministration Department building silt tank, water stor- with the cooperation of age tank and laying of pipe Pyay District RTAD staff is- at water purification plant sued licences to 2634 bikes and No.8 Water Pumping between 5 June to 11 July in the compound of Pyay DISTRICT Township RTAD in Bago Region (West). The registra- NEWS tion of unlicensed bikes will when the date is expired the fiscated, said an official of be made up to 5 October and unlicensed ones will be con- RTAD.—Kyemon Taebinkan village in Yinmabin Township gets School Surprise check made to new school building Environment Day cash collection services in YINMABIN, 17 July— A Company and Region and handed over docu- ceremony to open new Hluttaw Representative U ments related to the school marked in Mandalay school building at Kyaw Myint Thein cut the to the education depart- Kawkareik, Kayin Taebinkan village in ribbon to open the build- ment. With the length of 150 MANDALAY, 17 July— cycle and motorcycle park- Yinmabin Township was ing. Deputy Speaker of Re- feet, width of 30 feet and State Surprise check intended to ing business, Yadanarbon ascertain whether the busi- Super Centre parking busi- held on 9 July. Social Af- gion Hluttaw pressed the height of 12 feet, the KAWKAREIK, 17 July— fairs Minister of Region button to open the inscrip- school was built at a cost of Headmistress Daw Mi Tin nesses winning the auc- ness, Great Wall Centre Government Dr Myint tions of the school. Donor K 108 million by Donor U Thein led teachers and her tion for the 2012-2013 fis- parking business, Mingalar Thein, Donor U Kyaw Myint U Kyaw Myint explained Kyaw Myint. pupils to grow trees in the cal year from Revenue De- Market parking business, of Myanma Royal Tun Gem the purpose the donation Myanma Alin compound of the Basic Edu- partment of Mandalay Manawraman Garden park- cation High School City Development follow ing business and Mannmyo Show of love for Myanmar traditions (Branch) in Kawkareik on 8 the rules of the auction Market parking business agreement or not was which were found guilty of YANGON, 17 July— Or- tion High School on 13 July. Myanmar Culture and Tra- July. The teachers and stu- ganized by Yangon North On the occasion, Chairper- ditions by Director Phone dents grew teak, ironwood, made by officials. They breaching the contract for District Women’s Affairs son Daw Seinn Seinn Soe of Wai of Township Writers mahogany, mango, jack- found 10 businesses the first time were given Organization, talks on Yangon North District WAO Association. Ma Yadanar fruit, tamarind and flowers. breaching the contract. warning. Business at Re- Mann Thiri market bi- stricted Parking Areas be- Myanmar traditions was made an opening speech fol- Tun Naing of Insein Town- Myanma Alin tween 26th Street and 30th given at Ayeyawady Hall of lowed by talks on Women ship who won the first prize Street on 83rd Road, 78th Insein No.1 Basic Educa- to participate in conserving for modeling with the tune of the song Tint Hla Bae Han Street Shopping Centre Park- (Gorgeous Lady) accepted ing, vendor tax collection the award given away by businesses in Chanayethazan Daw Seinn Seinn Soe. The Township and Pyigyitagun Chairperson also presented Township were found guilty second and third prize to the of breaching the contract twice winners. Insein Township and thus they were fined WAO Chairperson Daw Tin 200,000 Kyat each. Forced Tin Oo and the township collection of parking fees in education officer presented Chanayethazan Township and awards to those who passed the rude behaviour of money the examinations for 2010- collectors occasionally lead to 2011 academic year with brawl with the residents in the flying colours. ward. Myanma Alin Kyemon Car and bike colli- CRIMES Gold in pawn, cash ACCIDENT ON burgled THE ROAD sion leaves three Motorbike thief PATHEIN, 17 July— It was dead arrested a surprise for U Soe Maung, MYAWADY, 17 July—Surveil- 62, and his family, residing Upside down PYINOOLWIN, 17 July—At lance Team leader Sub-inspector on Strand Road, No.3 Ward, YANGON, 17 July— Under mile post No. 38/7 on Mandalay - Hsan Win and party together with Pyinsalu, Labutta Town- the rain in the morning of 15 Lashio Road in Ward 9, members of No.4 Ward ship, when they woke up and PyinOoLwin, a head-on collision July, a car accident occurred on Administrator’s Office, on their saw that back door of their Pyay Road between Kyaungkwe with car and motorbike occurred tour of duty, found a suspicious- house was opened at 5.40 am bus stop and Maykha road traf- on 12 July. When the accident looking guy on a bike. They on 14 July. Together with his fic light. Driver U Than Swe was occurred Kyaw Nyunt residing at stopped and investigated him and wife Daw Khin Than, he at the wheel when the accident Anisakhan Market Roll in Ward found out that the guy on the bike checked their belongings in the occurred. He lost control when 17 was at the wheel of Super Cus- was Win Tun (a) Gadon (a) house. Unfortunately they driving from south to north tom and Cyclist Nay Zar Tun of Angelay who stole the bike. The found out that six kinds of gold along Pyay Road and hit the traf- Taungkyauktaing village in team could expose the old cases jewelry which were kept as a fic island. There was minor in- Wetlet, Sagaing Division and U involved by Win Tun. Further in- collateral and K 1,241,000 in jury in the accident but guard Kyaw Myaing were on the bike. vestigation led to the arrest of Soe cash with the total value of K rail on the road was damaged The accident left two on the bike Win (a) Tayoke, Zaw Win Tun (a) 8,132,000 were missing. U Soe and windshield of the car dead on the spot and driver Kyaw Zawbyan together with 13 stolen Maung made a complaint on crashed. Action has been taken Nyunt was rushed to the hospi- motorcycles. Action has been the case to Pyinsalu Police Sta- against the driver by Traffic Po- tal, but he was not saved. taken against them in connection tion who are now searching for lice Inspection Team.—Kyemon Myanma Alin with the case.—Myanma Alin a clue for that case.—Kyemon

P10(18).pmd 10 7/18/2012, 4:06 AM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 11 US-Canada bridge reopens after bomb threat Singapore’s June export growth ONTARIO, 17 July—The side began removing barriers last week — but provided no Ambassador Bridge, a busy and allowing vehicles back additional details. higher, supported by non-electronics international border crossing onto the 7,500-foot (2,286- While authorities SINGAPORE, 17 July—The non-oil domestic exports linking Windsor, Ontario, metre) bridge shortly after 1 investigated the threat, traffic (NODX) of Singapore in June expanded by 6.8 percent year on with Detroit, was closed for am EDT, a dispatcher with the was diverted to the Detroit year, which is faster than the growth of 3.2 percent in May, five hours on Monday Windsor Police Department Windsor Tunnel as well as official statistics released on Tuesday showed. following a bomb threat. said. the Blue Water Bridge, said The International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, the trade But investigators using The shutdown of the Scott Vetor, a supervisor with promotion agency, said the acceleration in export growth bomb-sniffing dogs found busy crossing came less than the Windsor Police. was largely due to the non-electronic exports expanding by nothing suspicious and the a week after the Detroit The Ambassador 9.4 percent in June, up from the increase of 2.8 percent in the span reopened to traffic early Windsor Tunnel, a nearby Bridge, which opened in previous month. The expansion was led by higher exports of on Tuesday morning, cross-border route, was 1929, is the busiest printed matter, specialized machinery and pharmaceuticals. Transport trucks move authorities on both sides of closed by a bomb hoax. commercial border crossing Electronic exports rose by 1.6 percent in June, which is the border said. In a statement, the Detroit in North America and is a slowly across the lower than the growth rate of 3.9 percent in May. “No bomb or device was International Bridge particularly important route Ambassador Bridge into The increase in electronic domestic exports was largely detected on the bridge,” Company said Detroit police for commercial traffic. Detroit, Michigan from due to higher exports of personal computers, disk drives and Windsor, Ontario, Canada Detroit’s emergency received the threat shortly More than 25,000 integrated chips. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, the level of in this file photo. management agency said in before 8 pm EDT. vehicles, many of them NODX reached 16 billion Singapore dollars (1.28 billion US REUTERS a statement. It called the The company said the trucks, use it every day to dollars) in June. incident “closed.” threat was “similar” to the pass over the Detroit River. Detroit billionaire Manuel Total trade in June grew by 2.8 percent year on year to Police on the Canadian one that closed the tunnel The bridge is owned by “Matty” Moroun.—Reuters 83 billion Singapore dollars.—Xinhua Fire fighters rescue a trapped baby with a Subaru to recall 7,412 cars in China bason in Xieqiao Village of Bijiang District in BEIJING, 17 July— including Impreza models The narrow bearing gaps Tongren, southwest Japanese automaker Subaru made between 23 May and 8 in the water pumps may China’s Guizhou will recall several types of Oct that year, Forester models disrupt the normal Province, on 16 July, vehicles exported to China, made between 22 May and functioning of the pumps and 2012. A rain-triggered after defects in the engines’ 13 Nov and Legacy models cause engines to shut down, flood hit the village on water pump came to light, made between 4 June and 18 the statement explained. Monday, and rescuers China’s quality watchdog Oct, according to a statement Subaru said it will begin have transfered all the six said on Monday. issued by the General the recall from 27 July and trapped persons. The recall will affect Administration of Quality change the water pumps for 7,412 vehicles in China that Supervision, Inspection, and free. XINHUA were produced in 2008, Quarantine. Xinhua Needles found in sandwiches Drought worsens crop damage, on four US-bound Delta flights raising world food, fuel worry NEW YORK, 17 July— statement said. CHICAGO, 17 July— Corn Purdue University agronomist Delta Air Lines Inc said it was One person on a flight to and soybeans in the US Tony Vyn. “I see an increasing working with federal Minneapolis was injured but Midwest baked in an number of fields that will authorities after what declined medical treatment. unrelenting heat wave on produce zero grain.” appeared to be sewing A suspected sewing Monday with fears rising of The drought scorching needles were found in food needle was also found in a big crop losses that will boost the US Midwest is the worst on four US-bound flights that sandwich by a passenger on food and fuel prices and cut since 1956, the National left Sunday from Amsterdam, an Atlanta-bound flight. A exports and aid from the Oceanic and Atmospheric injuring one passenger. US air marshal found another world’s top shipper of the Administration said in a report The needles were found while flying on another key crops. posted on its website on in sandwiches made by the Atlanta-bound flight. The condition of the Monday. Drought is affecting A man mows grass in front of a drought stricken corn airline’s Amsterdam caterer, Another apparent nation’s corn and soybeans 55 percent of the land mass in field in Welton, Iowa on 12 July, 2012. —REUTERS Gate Gourmet, Delta needle was found aboard a as of Sunday deteriorated even the lower 48 states. percentage points on last week. Crop watchers were spokeswoman Chris Kelly Seattle-bound flight in a more than grain traders had The corn crop is in the The soybean crop rating alarmed that corn rated poor- said in an email on Monday. sandwich that had not been feared, and the US Agriculture greatest danger. Plants are was cut to 34 percent good- to-very poor jumped to 38 The FBI and Netherlands served. Gate Gourmet is a Department cuts its weekly trying to pollinate to let ears to-excellent, down 6 percent, versus 30 percent last officials are investigating, subsidiary of Swiss-based corn crop condition rating by fill with kernels, a period when percentage points from the week and 11 percent a year Delta said. “Delta is taking gategroup Holding AG, one the biggest amount in nearly adequate moisture is vital for previous week. ago. this matter extremely of the largest independent a decade. final yields. The United States Chicago Board of Trade “They’re moving corn seriously and is cooperating global providers of airline After weeks of growing ships more than half of all corn for December delivery from good-and-excellent with local and federal passenger products and drought some lucky farms world exports of corn, which has soared 54 percent since condition to poor-to-very authorities who are services. have been doused by is made into dozens of mid-June, reaching a contract poor in one week, which skips investigating the incident,” Christina Ulosevich, a scattered thunderstorms in the products, from starch and high of $7.78 on Monday fair condition. What they’re the airline said in a statement. gategroup spokeswoman, said past few days. But weather ethanol to livestock feed. and approaching its record saying is it’s a lot worse than “Delta has taken the caterer was cooperating forecasters warned the heat The USDA on Monday price near $8. they thought,” said farmer immediate action with our fully with investigators. She and dryness would only rated the corn crop—which Soybeans for November Larry Winger, who farms in-flight caterer at Amsterdam declined to comment further, intensify through the end of had once been estimated to delivery soared to a new along the Illinois-Indiana to ensure the safety and saying “details of this matter July and possibly beyond. total a record 14 billion bushels contract high of $15.97 border 30 miles south of quality of the food we provide must remain confidential.” “We’re moving from a this year—at only 31 percent before slipping back a few Purdue, commenting on the onboard our aircraft,” the Reuters crisis to a horror story,” said good-to-excellent, down 9 cents. USDA report.—Reuters Residents watch the Cross-border criminals make $870 billion a year - UN wreckage of the car at the side of a car bomb VIENNA, 17 July—Turnover of cross-border organized crime is about $870 billion a year, in Mogadishu, Somalia, more than six times the total of official development aid, and stopping this “threat to peace” is one of the greatest global challenges, a UN agency said on Monday. on 16 July, 2012. A The most lucrative businesses for criminals are drug trafficking and counterfeiting, the Somali lawmaker was UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said, launching an awareness-raising campaign killed and eight about the size and cost of cross-border criminal networks. “Millions of victims are affected civilians were wounded each year as a result of the activities of organised crime groups with human trafficking victims on Monday after a alone numbering 2.4 million at any one time,” UNODC said in a statement. bomb explosion ripped The total estimated figure of $870 billion is equivalent to 1.5 percent of the world’s gross through the official’s domestic product, it said, warning that crime groups can destabilise entire regions. vehicle in the Somali “Stopping this transnational threat represents one of the international community’s capital Mogadishu, greatest global challenges,” UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov said. A spokesman police confirmed. said it was the first time the agency had compiled an estimate for transnational organized crime, XINHUA using internal UNODC and external sources, so there were no comparative figures to show any trend.—Reuters

P11(18).pmd 11 7/18/2012, 4:06 AM 12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 CLAIMS DAY NOTICE CLAIMS DAY NOTICE CLAIMS DAY NOTICE MV PHILIP VOY NO (027) MV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (455) MV ALAW VOY NO (EALO5) Consignees of cargo carried on MV PHILIP VOY Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA Consignees of cargo carried on MV ALAW VOY NO (027) are hereby notified that the vessel will be TAMPAN VOY NO (455) are hereby notified that the NO (EALO5) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving on 18.7.2012 and cargo will be discharged into vessel will be arriving on 18.7.2012 and cargo will be arriving on 18.7.2012 and cargo will be discharged into the premises of H.P.T where it will lie at the consign- discharged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will the premises of S.P.W(7) where it will lie at the ee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws conditions of the Port of Yangon. byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. and conditions of the Port of Yangon. Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day now to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day now to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the Vessel. from the Vessel. from the Vessel. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after No claims against this vessel will be admitted after No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims Day. the Claims Day. the Claims Day. 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Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am 1. It is under process to bid tender and scrutinize by Ministry of to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day now Communications, Posts and Telegraphs, Myanma Posts and Telecom- declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo munications, Planning and Training Department with the goodwill of from the Vessel. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after distribution international status of postal services to public in order to the Claims Day. provide postal service by joint venture with domestic/foreign companies which are providing Postal services. SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT 2. In such an implementation, in order to comply with international rules MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY and regulations for tender bidding, and international standards, to be AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES transparent, it is intended to implement with the international experience Phone No: 256908/378316/376797 and suggestions of Consultant companies and organizations existing with international experience which could conduct as Consultant in the process of tender preparation, tender bidding, scrutinizing and selection, thus Consultant companies and organizations which are interesting to implement these works are invited to submit the proposals. 3. This is to announce that Consultant companies and organizations intended Ford Motor Company’s to implement, can submit the tender proposals to the following address Mark Fields, Ford’s before 4:30 pm of 15-8-2012. presidents of the Americas, Xiangyanghong-9 ship which carries China’s manned addresses plant employees, Planning and Training Department submersible Jiaolong arrives in Qingdao, east China’s guest and members of the Myanma Posts and Telecommunications Shandong Province, on 16 July, 2012. China’s manned media during a news Central Post Office, Nay Pyi Taw submersible Jiaolong has successfully completed its conference to celebrate the Phone: 00-95-67-420611, 00-95-67-420622 programme of deep sea dives, with a sixth and final dive start of production of Ford’s E-mail: [email protected] to 7,000 metres in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific new 2013 Ford Escape at Ocean on 30 June. —XINHUA the company’s transformed Ministry of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs Louisville Assembly Plant in Louisville, Kentucky, on 13 Ford recalls new Escape crossover over Slovenia suffers from drought, June, 2012. —REUTERS braking issue hailstorms centre console trim panel may One of Ford’s highest- LJUBLJANA, 16 July— between 30 and 37 degrees cause a driver’s foot to contact profile launches in recent Slovenia has suffered from centigrade left an irreparable the side of the brake pedal when years, the Escape was the disasters of drought and damage on maize crop, it moves from the accelerator to company’s second-best hailstorms that have affected vegetables and apple orchards the brake. The automaker said selling vehicle. It was the sixth nearly 100,000 hectares of in many parts of the country, that on affected vehicles it will best-selling vehicle overall in farmland and caused million local mass media quoted a remove the carpet padding and the United States in June, with euros worth of damage this statement of the Chamber of left-side console trim panel and sales of 28,500. The top seller summer. Agriculture and Forestry as replace it with a new panel. The was Ford’s F-Series truck. Two weeks of hot dry reporting on Sunday. recall begins on 23 July. Reuters weather with temperatures Apart from hot waves, devastating hailstorms also participating in games, when caused extensive damages to Lightening strike kills two in US the lightening strike crops and properties in LOUISVILLE, 17 July— risk of crashes. HOUSTON, 17 July—Two noon, local TV channel happened. northwestern and central parts Ford Motor Co is recalling The recall affects 8,266 people were killed and one ABC13 reported, adding that The three victims were of Slovenia in the past few some of its recently launched vehicles built between 8 injured by a lightening strike one man died at the scene and under a tree that was hit by days. 2013 Escape compact sport- March and 7 June, according during a soccer game in the the other died after being the lightening, according to Thick layers of walnut- utility vehicles because a to papers filed with the US state of Texas on Sunday, taken to a hospital. the report. sized hail had to be removed carpeting flaw may cause National Highway Traffic local media reported. Police said there were at The third victim, who was with machinery in Bovec, about drivers to apply the brakes Safety Administration. The tragedy happened least a couple hundred people hospitalized with burns, was 14 kilometres northwest of improperly, increasing Ford said improperly at a soccer club in north at La Escondida Soccer Club, in stable condition. Ljubljana, local TV reported stopping distances and the installed carpet padding the Houston, Texas, just after either watching or Xinhua on Thursday.—Xinhua

p12(18-7-12).pmd 12 7/18/2012, 4:06 AM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 13 Escaped cow offered Man paints lawn to keep it new home green An Indiana man said his lawn has stayed lush and green A cow that escaped from symbol. She shows that during the current dry weather due to his secret weapon: paint. a French slaughter house has animals have emotions, a Timothy Birdwell of Indianapolis, an employee of Imperial been offered a new home by conscience. She fled because Painting, said he and a friend came up with the idea to paint the Brigitte Bardot’s animal she knew she was going to grass when they were confronted with dry weather and a welfare foundation. die. Today we should fight watering ban, WISH-TV, Indianapolis, reported. The cow escaped while for her, to save her,” a Web- Birdwell said the paint, which is specially designed for being herded into an Alpine user named Stephanie wrote. grass, will last two to three months. “If it rains, the grass just slaughter house on 2 July, “There would be no point grows,” Birdwell said. “At that point, you can go out there and The Local.fr reported. in killing her anyway. Her meat touch it up if need be. You can have that kind of yard all year Police unsuccessfully can no longer be sold because round with no water bill from watering your yard.” searched the area she has escaped the surrounding the traditional farming “I think they had been on processes,” added Sebastien, Men rescued from 50-foot manhole the beers and decided it was a another online user. Emergency responders reported. mystery to everyone involved good idea to monkey swing The Brigitte Bardot in Britain said they rescued “It was a crazy thing to in the rescue.” down there. It took us about Foundation, which fights for two men who climbed into a do. They could have killed Mick Nield, leader of the an hour to get them out. One of animal rights, has responded manhole and were unable to themselves,” said Dave mountain rescue team, said the men had fallen about 10 to the calls of the online get back out on their own. Bowler of Greater Manchester alcohol was apparently a feet but neither of them was activists, saying its facility in Firefighters and a Fire and Rescue Service. factor in the men’s actions. hurt seriously,” he said. Normandy will welcome the mountain rescue team in “They had gone down a cow if it is found. Oldham, England, said the length of pressure hose they two men, who are in their 20s, had tied to a scaffolding pole slaughterhouse. used a thin piece of garden with a piece of blue garden Now, many people have twine to climb 50 feet down in twine. The hole was made of rallied online, calling for the News the manhole, soon discovered concrete and would have cow’s life to be spared, the they were trapped and called been very unforgiving if they daily Le Parisien reports. Album the emergency 999 number, had fallen. The reason why “I think this cow is a the Manchester Daily News they went down there was a Afro-Japanese fusion music Mumbai murals recall old Bollywood as puzzles traditionalists centenary nears

TOKYO, 17 July—One of known as a lamellophone. MUMBAI, 17 July—Frustrated by the lack Bombay, yet this is the city of Bollywood,” Africa’s most traditional “It’s a very special of old Bollywood glamour on the streets of Dahiya told AFP, using the city’s old name. instruments, the thumb piano, instrument,” said Mango, and Mumbai, two film buffs are trying to brighten “So I thought I should paint the walls on the may look a little out of place in one that has won him “world up India’s movie capital with mural tributes street.”—Internet the hands of Sakaki Mango, a music” awards in Japan for ahead of the industry’s 100th birthday. Japanese musician who has his three albums released in The iconic image of a reclining, cigarette- adopted it as his own. 2005, 2008 and 2011 — a smoking young Amitabh Bachchan, the Over the last decade, modest success in a country biggest star of Hindi cinema, has been lovingly Mango has become known in that otherwise idolises Handout photo taken in recreated on a roadside wall, replicating the his native Japan for mixing popstars but one that allows April 2011 shows dying style of hand-painted poster art. the sound of the traditional him to “make a decent living”, Japanese thumb piano Bachchan’s character Vijay joined the hand-held metal and wood said his manager Nicolas player Sakaki Mango underworld of the city’s mean streets in the instrument with songs he Ribalet. The musician’s posing with his instrument, 1975 hit “Deewaar” (The Wall), but the film’s composes and sings in fascination with Africa the thumb piano. antihero now has pride of place on a lane in the Japanese. The result is a rare started as a teenager when he INTERNET hip Bandra suburb, home to many film stars. and quirky fusion, often came face to face with an Swahili in Osaka before Despite the abundance of slick new frenetic, sometime touching, African for the first time, setting off, rucksack on back, posters plastered around Mumbai, artist Ranjit Indian artist Ranjit Dahiya (R) works on that intrigues — and at times having previously seen black for the Tanzanian bush where Dahiya says he was struck at how the city’s a mural of Bolllywood actor Amitabh puzzles — traditional players faces only on television. he discovered the pianos in rich film heritage was being forgotten in recent Bachchan from his classic film ‘Deewaar’ of the thumb piano, also He decided to study local villages.—Internet years. “I couldn’t see any Bollywood in in Mumbai.—INTERNET

This file photo shows a visitor Mumford & Sons to release new album “Babel” in September looking at the LOS A NGELES, 17 July— been writing and rehearsing it out on the road,” the band model of the British folk band Mumford & in soundchecks, and sort of said. original Titanic, Sons on Sunday said they ‘road-testing’ new songs on “Sigh No More” displayed at an will release their second our very gracious audiences. propelled the London-based exhibition in album, “Babel,” on 25 But then we fell in love with quartet to international Bangkok, in September, calling the recording again,” the group stardom, led by singles “Little June.—INTERNET eagerly anticipated follow- said in a statement. Lion Man” and “The Cave.” up to “Sigh No More” a “As a band, we’ve never Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons consists of Titanic II to have ‘safety deck’: “natural progression” written been closer or more British folk rock band lead singer Marcus Mumford, on the road. collaborative, all working to Mumford and Sons keyboardist/accordion player Australian tycoon “We love playing live, our strengths. And so we feel performs at the Optimus Ben Lovett, banjo player Country Winston Marshall CANBERRA, 17 July— vessel is fully compliant with obviously, but it had also that this record is a natural Alive Festival in Alges, on Australian billionaire Clive the current regulations which become an important part of progression that we’re proud the outskirts of Lisbon on and bassist/drummer Ted Palmer on Tuesday said his require passenger ships to, our creative process. We had of, and we cannot wait to take 14 July, 2012.—REUTERS Dwane.—Reuters modern-day version of the as much as possible and Titanic will retain the first, practicable, keep the distance Kitty Wells, country music star, dies at 92 second and third-class from the lifeboat launching NASHVILLE, 17 July—Kitty Wells, the “She was my hero. If I had never heard of divisions of the original and area to the waterline as low as “Queen of Country Music,” died this morning Kitty Wells, I don’t think I would have been include a new “safety” deck. possible,” Palmer said in a at her home in Nashville surrounded by family a singer myself. I wanted to sound just like Releasing the statement to AFP. members, of complications from a stroke. She her, but as far as I am concerned, no one will preliminary plans and “It will also increase the was 92. ever be as great as Kitty Wells. “She truly is drawings for the Titanic II, passenger amenity area of the Among those mourning her today was the Queen of Country Music.” which is to be built in China, vessel.” Loretta Lynn, whose own rise to popularity Wells, born as Ellen Muriel Deason mining tycoon Palmer said the The new safety deck will Kitty Wells is inducted into came after Wells opened the doors for strong Wright, actually began performing on local massive vessel would have feature proper lifeboats, CMA’s Country Music female voices in country music. “Kitty Wells radio in Nashville, but her ascent to stage the original nine decks plus safety chutes or slides as well Hall of Fame in 1976 on will always be the greatest female country stardom began in 1937 with husband Johnnie, an additional safety deck. as new common public rooms. the CMA Awards. singer of all times,” said Lynn in a statement half of the duo Johnnie & Jack. “This is to ensure the Internet REUTERS released on her web site. He died in 2011.—Reuters

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Rummenigge: Neither Bayern nor Barcelona Brad Guzan moved to will meet Javi Martinez buy-out clause Aston Villa MUNICH, 17 July — that price. I have a good explained. “Matthias is from Major Bayern Munich CEO Karl- relationship with Barcelona, making an analysis of the League Heinz Rummenigge has and Barcelona aren’t current situation, and then Soccer in admitted that he is “not prepared to do so.“You have we will all agree: if there is a Seventeen-time Grand 2008. optimistic” about the club’s to see the whole transfer need for improvement, we will Slam champion Roger INTERNET chances of signing versatile business very rationally. deal with it.”It is often the last Federer Athletic Bilbao midfielder Javi There are some players who two or three percent which Martinez. The Basques are are worth it, but not many in decides whether you become Guzan signs new deal at Villa Federer sets refusing to allow the Spain this world.” Consequently, German champions, win the international to leave San Rummenigge is remaining coy Champions League, or LONDON, 17 July — back at the start of the season Mames unless somebody on whether Bayern will dip whether you unfortunately Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad nobody knows what’s going new record activates the player’s buy- back into the transfer market don’t. “And Matthias has a Guzan has agreed a new to happen and it depends on out clause of 40 million euros. this summer, explaining that very good relationship with three-year deal with the club. whoever does well.Brad for most And Rummenigge freely decision lies with sporting Jupp Heynckes. Jupp is very The contract will keep the played very well the time he admits that the Bavarians are director Matthias Sammer and happy that he has Matthias at 27-year-old USA was in and maybe he found weeks on ATP not in a position to meet such coach Jupp Heynckes. his side.”If the need is there, international at the club until himself a bit unlucky to be an asking price and claims “I spoke with [Sammer] and there are interesting the end of the 2014/15 back out. No 1 that their rival for Martinez’s on Friday,” the former West people on the market, we will season. New Villa boss Paul “The club needs two or LONDON, 17 July — signature, Barcelona, has no Germany international do something. Lambert told the club’s three good goalkeepers, so Seventeen-time Grand Slam intention of doing so either. I can now predict, website that he expected when Shay comes back from champion Roger Federer set “I’m not optimistic, to be however, nothing serious. Guzan to challenge first- the Euros it will be a big bonus a new record for the most honest,” he told TZ when But the board is giving the choice keeper Shay Given. and we’ll see what happens.” weeks at No 1 position in the asked about the deal. green light [for further “I’ve watched Brad and Guzan, who joined Villa in ATP rankings, surpassing “[Athletic’s] president [Josu activity]. Bayern finished some of his games when he 2008 from Major League Pete Sampras’ 286 weeks Urrutia] has always second to Borussia was in the team last year and Soccer side Chivas USA, mark. emphasised that he doesn’t Dortmund in the Bundesliga he was excellent,” said made his Premier League After winning want to sell the player for a last season, was routed 5-2 Lambert. debut as a substitute against Wimbledon a week ago, price under the clause.” by the same opposition in the “I know he’s always had Liverpool at Anfield in Federer returned to the top That’s an amount of money DFB-Pokal final, and lost out that stigma of being the February 2009. He played in for the first time since June that hasn’t existed in Germany to Chelsea in the Champions number two behind some eight consecutive games last Athletic Bilbao midfielder 2010 and his 287th week at before. There is no club in League decider on really good goalkeepers term following an injury to Javi Martinez No1. The Swiss said that he’s Europe that is willing to pay penalties.— Internet here.”But when you come Given.— Internet “extremely proud and honoured to have beaten Woods gets Rose, Garcia for Red-hot Serena Williams shifts focus to Pete’s record as he was my childhood hero and I have 2 rounds of British Olympics always looked up to him.” LYTHAM ST. ANNES, fourth time in the last nine STANFORD, 17 July — rebounded from a lucky loser “Great effort. The (England) , 17 July — Tiger Opens for Woods that he plays While Stanford champ start at Stanford to make the hardest thing to do in sports Woods gets a familiar face for alongside Rose. They also Serena Williams shifts her first title bid of her career, is the ability to stay on top. the first two rounds of the were in the same group at focus to the London opens this week in the first Roger has been able to do so British Open. Muirfield in 2002, Carnoustie Olympics, runner-up Coco round at the La Costa resort by great play and durability,” Woods is in the same in 2007 and St Andrews in Vandeweghe is poised to in Carlsbad against South Sampras told group with Justin Rose and 2010. continue her breakthrough African sixth seed Chanelle www.atpworldtour.com. Sergio Garcia. It will be the Luke Donald, the world season at this week’s WTA Coco Vandeweghe (L) Scheepers.The blonde right- Federer, 31, is guaranteed to No 1 in search of his first major, Carlsbad event. Williams, and Serena Williams pose handed Californian rose from keep the No 1 spot through is with Phil Mickelson and who earlier this month won for photographers after a ranking of 120th to 69th as the London Olympics, Geoff Ogilvy. Lee Westwood her fifth Wimbledon crown, their match during the a result of her hardcourt run. extending the mark still is with Masters champion beat the 20-year-old final of the Bank of the She credits a serve improved further.— Xinhua Bubba Watson and Toshinori Vandeweghe 7-5, 6-3 on West Classic at Stanford under the tutelage of former Fujimoto.The field is 157 Sunday for her second University Taube Family ATP player Jan-Michael players, one over the limit. straight WTA Tour title at Tennis Stadium on 15 Gambill with lifting her game. International Two players would have to the Stanford tournament. July, in Stanford, “It has been coming in withdraw for the first alternate, The world number four California. — I NTERNET clutch,” she said of her new, Sports Ben Crane, to get into the is not in competition this Williams, who has twice improved delivery. “I’ve championship. week after winning Stanford lifted Olympic doubles gold worked hard on my serve, Tiger Woods Internet and will soon head to Britain with her elder sister Venus. it’s a big weapon for me. I’ve for the Summer Games, which “But it would mean a lot been making a lot of first Russian wrestles for gold after poison trauma open a week from Friday. and I’d like to try to get serves and I can put pressure KRASNOYARSK , 17 July — reigning Russian and world to suspect any of his rivals “(A gold medal) would mean one,” said the winner of 28 on an opponent by serving Ahead of the 2008 Olympics in champion. But then disaster who were in contention for a a lot to me, but I can’t put all of her last 29 matches and consistently well. I’m hitting Beijing, life seemed golden for struck.At one of the Olympic place in the country’s Olympic my hopes and dreams on just holder of four 2012 titles. my spots and doing very Russia’s freestyle wrestling warm-up tournaments in the squad at the time and says he that,” said the 30-year-old Vandeweghe, who well.”—Internet star Bilyal Makhov. A 1.94 Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, has now put the terrifying metre tall man-mountain from Makhov suddenly felt unwell incident behind him. Casillas unsure who to back for Ballon d’Or the Caucasus, conquering all and was unable to compete. “How can I suspect any before him in the 125 kg weight He was rushed to the local of my comrades as we lived MADRID , 17 July — Spain ahead of him. “I have to division, Makhov was hospital where the medics gave under the same roof, practiced and Real Madrid captain Iker analyze it well,” the 31-year- an extraordinary diagnosis — together day by day and ate Casillas has admitted that he old told reporters during a mercury poisoning. This was the same food?” he said. “I has no idea who he is going to visit to Caracas. “It’s a tough later confirmed after testing in don’t want to be disappointed back for this year’s Ballon vote because there are many a Moscow clinic. The doctors in my friends. I just want to d’Or.The 31-year-old very good players. “But I said that Makhov received a forget the incident as soon as goalkeeper has been touted have plenty of time to think dose of mercury vapour which possible.” After rehabilitation, as a major contender for the about it as I don’t have to could have killed an ordinary Makhov continued his award himself, having led La vote until December.” man. But Makhov managed to attempts to qualify for the Roja to glory at Euro 2012, Casillas refused to be Spain and Real Madrid Russian Bilyal Makhov (R) battle back and stay alive. Beijing Games but his bad luck just six weeks after lifting the drawn on his own prospects captain Iker Casillas celebrates his gold victory The Dagestan-based continued as he injured his Liga title with Los Blancos. of landing the most over Uzbek Artur Makhov, now 24, staged a full elbow and then his knee. These However, his club-mate prestigious individual honor great dive from a goalkeeper,” Taymazov during the 120 recovery and is now one of setbacks resulted in defeat at Cristiano Ronaldo is also in in the game today but he did he added, alluding to the fact kg freestyle final at the Russia’s best chances for gold the Russian championships, the running, not to mention admit that he is happy to carry that the podium places are World Wrestling at the London Games. But the dashing his hopes of current titleholder Lionel the flag for shot-stoppers usually occupied by Championships in Moscow origin of the poisoning competing at Beijing. Messi, and Casillas knows everywhere. “So many people attacking midfielders and in 2010. —INTERNET remains a mystery.He refuses Internet that he has a difficult decision also enjoy a good save with a forwards.— Internet

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Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas th Focus Myanmar TV Programme Weather forecast for 18 July, 2012 Sr. Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow

MYANMAR TV No. Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent MYANMAR 1 Kachin 28/82 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%) INTERNATIONAL (18-7-2012) (Wednesday) 2 Kayah 28/82 21/70 Fairly Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%) 3 Kayin 30/86 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%) (18-7-12 09:30 am ~ 7:00 am 4 Chin 23/73 16/61 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%) 19-7-12 09:30 am) MST 1. Paritta By Hilly 5 Upper Sagaing 33/91 26/79 Fairly Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%) Region Missionary 6 Lower Sagaing 37/99 25/77 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%) * News 7 Taninthayi 30/86 23/73 Fairly Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%) Sayadaw * Waso Lenten Season 8 Bago 30/86 24/75 Fairly Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%) 7:25 am 9 Magway 33/91 25/77 Isolated rain or thundershowers (100%) * News 2. To Be Healthy Exercise 10 Mandalay 37/99 27/81 Isolated rain or thundershowers (100%) 11 Mon 29/84 24/75 Fairly Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%) * Mya Thein Dan, The 7:40 am Glorious Glittering 12 Yangon 31/88 18/64 Fairly Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%) 3. Nice and Sweet Song 13 Rakhine 29/84 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (RH) (100%) Pagoda in Khamti 8:05 am 14 Southern Shan 23/73 18/64 Fairly Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%) 15 Northern Shan 28/82 23/73 Fairly Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%) * News 4. Cultural Dances * Annual South East 16 Eastern Shan 27/81 22/72 Fairly Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%) 8:15 am 17 Ayeyawady 31/88 24/75 Fairly Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%) Asia Red Cross Red 18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 31/88 24/75 (100%) 5. Musical Programme One or two rain or thundershowers Cresent Meeting 8:35 am 19 Neighbouring Yangon 31/88 18/64 One or two rain or thundershowers (100%) * News 20 Neighbouring Mandalay 37/99 27/81 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%) 6. International News During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers have been isolated in Upper Sagaing, Summary of Mandalay and Magway Regions, scattered in Kachin, Chin and Kayah States, fairly widespread * UNICEF Goodwill in Lower Sagaing, Bago, Yangon and Taninthayi Regions, Shan State and widespread in the 4:05 pm observations at Ambassador Jackie remaining Regions and States with regionally heavy falls in Rakhine State and isolated heavy 7. Musical Programme 09:30 hr MST on falls in Kachin State. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Maungtaw (4.92) inches, Myitkyina (4.53) inches, An (3.47) inches, Kyauktaw (3.39) inches, MraukU (2.87) today Chan is Coming to 4:35 pm inches, Shwegyin (2.80) inches, Nyaunglebin (1.92) inches, Taungup and Mudon (1.85) inches each and Hkamti (1.69) inches. Town 8. University of Distance Bay Inference Monsoon is slight to moderate in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. * News Education (TV Lectures) State of the Sea Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters. * Myanmar Women on Outlook for sub- -First Year (Economics) Likelihood of increase of rain in the Coastal areas. sequent two days the Historical Page 4:55 pm * News 9. Classical Song that at least 15 injured people * IT Products Show in 5:00 pm Eight killed, dozens injured as bus falls into were in critical condition. Tatkone 10. International Science A lot of villagers living * News News ravine in Pakistan nearby have joined the rescue * Kun Chaung Hydro 5:05 pm ISLAMABAD, 17 July—At rescued, there are still many making a sharp turn on its work which is still underway, Electric Power 11. Teleplay (Health) least eight people were killed people trapped inside the bus, way to Kahuta from a nearby said local media. Station 5:45 pm and dozens injured when a rescue workers were quoted village. Shahbaz Sharif, Chief * A Ceremony of 12. ASEAN “Programmes” bus with some 70 passengers as saying. About 30 injured people Minister of Punjab Province, International Co- 6:20 pm on board fell into a ravine The accident took place rescued have been shifted to has expressed sorrow over the operative Day 13. Traditional Boxing near Pakistan’s capital at about 8:15 am local time the headquarter hospital in accident and directed * News 7:05 pm Islamabad on Tuesday when an overloaded bus fell Kahuta, which is about 15 hospital administrations to * Australian Secondary 14. Documentary morning, reported local Urdu into a ravine near Kahuta, a km away from the accident provide best possible Schools Exhibition 8:00 pm TV channel ARY. town lying some 40 km site. medical treatment to the 2012 15. News Though dozens of southeast of the country’s Local media quoted injured people. * Myanmar Movie “A 16. Korea NG Award injured people have been capital Islamabad, while hospital sources as saying Xinhua Monk’s Single Meal” 17. TV Drama Series Three injured after double-decker coach turns Brazil to play over at central China expressway three strikers CHANGSHA, 17 July— board overturned at 11:34 teacher suffered severe Rescuers have sent three a.m. on the Xiangtan Section injuries, and the other two at Olympics injured people to hospital of the Shanghai-Kunming students only sustained RIO DE J ANEIRO, 17 July— after the double-decker Expressway. minor injuries. Brazil coach Mano Menezes coach they took turned over Sixteen of the The coach was rented by has confirmed plans for a at an expressway section in passengers, all students and the school to take the students three-pronged attack at the central China’s Hunan teachers from the No 2 Middle and teachers to a summer- Olympic Games football Province Tuesday morning. School in Loudi City, Hunan, camp site. It ran into the rear tournament. Menezes said Firefighters sent by the had managed to get out of the of a car at the Xiangtan Section forwards Neymar, Hulk and Xiangtan Municipal Fire vehicles when rescuers of the expressway. Leandro Damiao would all Department to the site said arrived. Four fire engines were start in Brazil’s Olympic the coach with 59 people on Among the injured, a sent to the rescue.—Xinhua warm-up friendly against Youth show their generosity Britain in Middlesbrough on Manchester United ‘is world’s most valuable sport club’ Friday. MANDALAY, 17 July— Gathering once in every six MANCHESTER, 17 July— to list on the US stock market Singapore stock market. The trio featured for months, youth of Seitta Thukha Parahita made 7th year do- Manchester United is the most in a share sale aimed at raising United, among the best- Brazil’s first team in a practice nation at Youth Development Centre of Social Welfare De- valuable club in sport, a minimum $100m (£64m). supported clubs in the world, match against the squad’s partment in YeU, Monywa District in Sagaing Region. The according to Forbes In documents filed with said it would use money from reserves on the final day of a contribution was made in the first week of July by 20 youth magazine, which values the the Securities and Exchange the listing to repay debt. The pre-Games training camp in of Seitta Thukha Parahita. The donation included clothes, Premier League club at Commission, the Premier club has been controlled since Rio on Sunday. The first- stationery and sports gear worth K 1.5 million plus 600,000 $2.23bn (£1.43bn). League giant said it was listing 2005 by the Glazer family, the choice formation also kyat for reparing the damaged hostel.— Kyemon. United is rated top on the New York Stock billionaire US sports investors included Chelsea target thanks to lucrative global Exchange. The club had who also own the Tampa Bay Oscar in the role of playmaker Police discovers bomb factory sponsorship deals, including earlier explored the possibility Buccaneers American in place of Santos starlet with AIG, Turkish Airlines, of a $1bn flotation on the football franchise.—Internet Paulo Henrique Ganso. in northern Nigeria and DHL. Second is Real “The team that will begin KADUNA, 17 July—Nigeria’s police in central north Madrid at $1.88bn, with the friendly is the same that Kaduna State on Monday said they raided a bomb factory baseball team the New York started in the practice match where it impounded different cans of explosives and bomb- Yankees and American on Sunday,” Menezes said making powder. Football club the Dallas before the team’s departure State commissioner of police Mohammed Abubakar Cowboys joint third on for London. Brazil’s squad Jingiri made this known to reporters in Kaduna, the state $1.85bn. received a visit at its hotel capital, saying one person was killed during the attack which Fifth placed is American from Botafogo star Clarence was repelled by the youth of the area. He said a confessed Football team the Seedorf, who wished his terrorist led the police to the hideout where other items were Washington Redskins at former AC Milan teammates equally recovered, including two bags of chemicals, a Jerry $1.56bn. Alexandre Pato and Thiago can of acid, two masks, an AK47 magazine with 27 rounds of Earlier this month Silva luck before their live ammunition and eight car alarm systems.—Xinhua Manchester United applied departure. — Xinhua R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information.

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NAY PYI TAW, 17 July— The meeting of Pyithu Hluttaw continued for the 10th day at Pyithu Hluttaw Hall in Hluttaw Complex today, attended by Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann and 412 representatives. During the meeting, four questions were raised, receipt of one bill was reported to Hluttaw and two new proposals were submitted. In the question and answer session, U Maung Hla (a) U Hla Myint of Pulaw constituency asked if there is a plan to give compensation to local farmers who lost their rubber trees and areca palms as they were cut to construct Pulaw-Thayetchaung road section of Dawei-Myeik railroad project in Taninthayi Region. Deputy Minister for Rail Transportation Thura U Thaung Lwin replied that 0.59 acres of farmland, 34.81 acres of rubber plantations, 2.24 acres of areca palm trees and two houses with palm leaves roof were cleared as they lied on the axis for a railroad of the project and the project has been suspended in the 2012-2013 fiscal year. A plan has been made to send a group comprising local authorities and responsible personnel from Myanma Railways there to collect datas and to give compensation Pyithu Hluttaw representatives on arrival at Hluttaw.—MNA to the farmers. that in accordance with the plan of the Union Minister for in Yangon. But, uniforms and accommodation for Myanmar U Thein Nyunt of Thingangyun Constituency asked Sports, the ministry has conducted competition from basic athletes are different from those of other ASEAN countries. arrangements of the Ministry of Sports and Sports five fields and has given training to those athletes who have The ministry has provided preparations, purchase of sports Federation for bringing dignity to Myanmar in the potential to beat rival athletes from ASEAN countries. The gears and construction of sports grounds for athletes this year upcoming 27th SEA Games in 2013. ministry also spends K 3000 per athlete who are being than previous year and spent more than the previous year. Deputy Minister for Sports U Aye Myint Kyu replied camped in Nay Pyi Taw and from K 4000 to K 5000 per athlete (see page 8) Amyotha Hluttaw session continues for tenth day Sending messages of condolence to flood-hit Russia and India agreed, six questions answered

floods, messages will be sent to the disaster-hit countries. Dr Myat Nyana Soe of Yangon Region Constituency No (4) asked “why it takes so long to issue rules of already enacted Ward or Village Administration Law and Peaceful Assembling and Peaceful Procession Law, when they will be issued and when new ward and village administrators will be elected”. Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Kyaw Zan Myint explained that the President enacted Ward or Village Administration Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No (1), 2012) on 24 February, 2012, Law Amending Ward or Village Administration Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No (7), 2012) on 28 March, 2012. The Union government agreed on Ward or Village Administration Rule at cabinet meeting No (24/2012) in accord with Section (36) (a) and (b) of the law, the Union Minister for Home Affairs signed and issued the rule on 6 July, 2012, in accord with Section 97 (a) (i). The Home Affairs Ministry drafted the Peaceful Assembling and Peaceful Gathering Law and submitted it to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No (15), 2012, was enacted on 2 December, 2011. The rule was Amyotha Hluttaw representatives attend 10th day session of Amyotha Hluttaw.—MNA issued on 14 June, 2012. The rules have been sent to the Hluttaw Office on 6 July to distribute them to the Hluttaw NAY P YI T AW, 17 July—Tenth day Amyotha Hluttaw Amyotha Hluttaw representatives. representatives at the most immediate Pyithu Hluttaw and regular session took place at Amyotha Hluttaw Hall in As the Hluttaw agreed on proposal of U Khin Maung Amyotha Hluttaw sessions in accord with Section (137), Sub- Hluttaw Complex here this morning. It was attended by Yi of Ayeyawady Region Constituency No (6) sending section (a) and Section (157), Sub-section (a) of the constitution. Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint and 206 messages of condolences to Russia and India hit by flash (see page 9) Google’s hardware makeover IMF cuts Federer sets new Hlawga Park to to get uneasy welcome on Wall record for most global be kept open on Street growth weeks on ATP No 1 forecast as Martyrs’ Day YANGON, 17 July—The Hlawga emerging Park will be kept open from 8 am to economies 6 pm on 19 July (Martyrs’ Day) for slow public recreation instead of its daily opening hours from 8 am to 5 pm. MNA PAGE 4PAGE 5PAGE 14

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