THENew MOST RELIABLE NEWSPAPER LightAROUND YOU of Myanmar Volume XXI, Number 131 4th Waning of Wagaung 1375 ME Sunday, 25 August, 2013 INSIDE Union NPED Minister attends ASEAN INSIDE I AM PROUD Abe leaves for trip OF BEING A Economic Ministers meeting to 3 GCC coun- PHONGYI tries, Djibouti KYAUNGTHAR Maung Hlaing Page-8 Mann Creek water reaches Footprint of Page-3 Buddha at Mann Settawya Pagoda

Performing arts Page-4 Page-2 Brazil’s Rousseff’s Tourists enjoy popularity riding elephants rises in poll as in Thabeikkyin Union Minister for National Planning and Economic Development Dr Kan Zaw poses for documentary economy stumbles region photo together with his counterparts of ASEAN countries.—mna N ay P yi t aw, 24 talks on cooperation the opening of ASEAN with ASEAN dialogue Aug—Union Minister for between the government Economy and Investment partners. He held talks National Planning and and entrepreneurs at Summit held at Brunei with Mr Toshimitsu Economic Development the working lunch of International Convention Motegi, Japanese Minister Dr Kan Zaw attended the the ASEAN Economy Center. for Economy, Trade and working dinner of ASEAN Advisory Council. Afterwards, he Industry on 20 August, a Page-6 Page-7 Economic Ministers at He attended 45th attended the coordination delegation led by Chairman Flood victims Empire Hotel & Country meetings of ASEAN meetings, a dinner hosted of ASEAN-US Economic and University of Brunei accommodated Club on 18 August in Economic Ministers and by His Royal Highness Council Mr Alexander Darussalam. Brunei. 10th ASEAN Economic Prince Mohamed Bilkiah Feldman and US trade After that, the Union in safe places in On 19 August, the Community Council, and the Minister for Foreign representative Mr Michael minister held talks with Kalay Tsp Union minister also Ministerial level meeting of Affairs and Trade and the Froman on 21 August. the business team led by attended 27th meetings Regional Comprehensive prize-awarding ceremony On 22 August, he Managing Director Mr of ASEAN Free Trade Economic Partnership for ASEAN region. visited booths of ASEAN Jackson Ting of Sunlit Area (AFTA) and ASEAN (RCEP) and chaired 5th On 21 August, he countries at ASEAN Advertising Sdn. Bhd Co. Investment Area (AIA) CLMV meeting. also attended the meetings Consumers Exhibition MNA Council. On 20 August, he After that, he held delivered a speech at Myanmar Airways to start flights to Japan Page-9 Bridge, concrete road M ito, 24 Aug— Myanmar Airways Correction commissioned into service International aims to launch its first service to Japan Please read Col Nyan yaNgoN, 24 Aug— The Chief Minister Naing instead of Col Yangon Region Chief sprinkled scented water with three flights per week Yan Naing Lin in 4th Minister U Myint Swe on the stone inscription. between Yangon and Ibaraki line of fourth column on strolled along Thayaaye The bridge and Airport, northeast of Tokyo, page 1 in the news under Bridge and concrete at concrete road were later this year. title of Myanmar salt yet the opening ceremony of built at a cost of K 24 The airline and the to penetrate the foreign these facilities in Ward 3 million by Yangon City Ibaraki prefectural market that appeared in of Mayangon Township, Development Committee government signed an this daily issued on 24-8- Yangon West District, this and local people. agreement on Monday to 2013.—MNA morning. MNA launch the service, to be operated as “scheduled Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (L) and Water levels at Hpa-an, Ngathainggyoung charter” flights. After Khin Maung Latt (R), chairman of Myanmar monitoring demand for Airways International, hold a press conference N ay P yi t aw, 24 foot) and may remain above danger level. It may decline three months, the carrier Aug—According to the its danger level during the 15 cm (about 0.5 foot) and will determine whether to at the Ibaraki prefectural hall in Mito, Ibaraki 12:30 hrs MST observation next 24 hrs commencing may remain above its danger continue serving the route. Prefecture, on 19 Aug, 2013. They agreed on the today, the water level of this noon. level during the next three Negotiations started launch of regular flights linking Yangon and Thanlwin River at Hpa-an At 5:30 pm, the water days commencing this noon, last September and the Ibaraki Airport.—Kyodo rose 71 cm (about 2.3 ft) level of Ngawun River at announced the Meteorology airline was impressed by the low facility usage charges, 85 kilometers northeast of above its danger level. It Ngathainggyoung rose 56 and Hydrology Department. airport’s relative proximity a prefectural official said. Tokyo. may decline 30 cm (about 1 cm (about 1.8 ft) above its MNA to the Tokyo metropolis and The airport is located around Kyodo 2 Sunday, 25 August, 2013 New Light of Myanmar local news Toungoo District Fisheries Tornado destroys houses Disaster Department engaged in rural in Shwegyin Mann Creek water reaches development Shwegyin, 24 Aug—A The strong winds tornado hit Maungyon flattened 10 houses and 11 Footprint of Buddha at Mann Village of Tagundaing huts. The local people lost Village-tract in Shwegyin their property worth K 1.8 Settawya Pagoda Township of Bago Region million. at 12.30 pm on 18 August. Kyemon-Ko Lwin (Swa) Sea water level rises about five feet more than normal at Kyaikkhami, Setse

T hanbyuzayaT , 24 collapsed at Damin Jetty in Nay Pyi Taw, 24 Aug— made field trips to Bahnaung Aug—Due to the fact that Setse Village. Head of Toungoo District and Kanni village-tracts the sea water level rose Likewise, seven huts Fisheries Department of Toungoo Township on five feet above more than of fishermen near the port and officials of Township 22 August. They met local the normal water levels in collapsed in Aungthukha Agriculture Department, farmers and assisted in Kyaikkhami and Setse areas Ward of Kyaikkhami and Settlement and Land Records undertakings of agriculture of Thanbyuzayat Township 22 houses were damaged. Department and Irrigation and livestock breeding of Mon State on 21 August, There was no dead and Department of Bago Region tasks.—Kyemon-472 five houses of fishermen injury in the flood. The victims of 29 Emergency Response Group course kicks off damaged houses were temporarily accommodated in Sagaing at Basic Education SagaiNg, 24 Aug— Ayadaw, Mingin and MRCS provided Post-Primary School in Jointly organized by Kalewa townships. water purifiers donated by Thiri Myaing Ward of Myanmar Red Cross The first course was international community Thanbyuzayat. Society and International aimed at preventing during the event of Cyclone Responsible persons from the Township Federation of Red Cross contaminated diseases Nargis to regions and states. miNbu, 24 Aug—Heavy platform of the footprint of Administrative Committee, and Red Crescent Societies, caused by water and Similar courses will be rains hit the Lower Settawya the Buddha. Myanmar Police Force, the emergency response environs during the conducted in Mawlamyine, Footprint of Mann Settawya Policemen and officials Red Cross and Fire group (water/sanitation) emergency period, ensuring Pathein, Magway, Sittway, Pagoda in Minbu Township of Pagoda Board of Trustees Brigade provided necessary course was opened at Health availability of safe water Kengtong, Myitkyina and of Magway Region at 5.30 assigned duties to water assistance to the flood Department in Sagaing as of and building latrines in Yangon. pm on 20 August. guards for prevention against victims. 19 August. the emergency period, Advanced courses will The water inundated floods. Kyemon-Mon State IPRD Altogether 20 trainees said course in-charge be given to Red Cross 10 inches deep over the Kyemon-Tin Tun Oo from Sagaing, Katha, U Yan Naing Tun (ERT members in Nay Pyi Taw. Htigyaing, Myinmu, Pale, Coordinator). Kyemon-Nanda Min Lwin Crime News Anti-Narcotic Drives Unlicenced vehicle, illegal teak timber seized

SagaiNg, 24 Aug—IP Than Than Soe, 40, daughter Kyaw and party seized Stimulant tablets seized at toll gate in Yamethin Min Lwin Tun of Sagaing U Soe Maung of Ward 7 in the vehicle of Daw Than 500,000 in cash and needed Myoma Police Station No. Katha of Sagaing Region Than Htay with the load to pay K 250,000 more to 2 informed the Mandalay is under interrogation of 395 pieces of illegal the seller. Maung Thaik Region Directorate of according to Section 8 of teak timbers weighing was arrested at the entrance Road Administration that Export and Import Law. 6.6738 tons covered by to Yangon in the case of 12-wheeled UD Counter On 4 July, a combined pieces of iron wares in narcotic drug. vehicle owned by Daw team led by Head of front of the Ohndaw power Under interrogation, Than Than Soe did not have Sagaing Township Forest line officer on Monywa- Thiha San confessed that the licence on 21 August. Department U Kyaw Kyaw Mandalay-Shwebo Road in stimulant tablets in his pulse The vehicle was seized Oo and Commander of Ohndaw Village of Sagaing were put by Ye Tun Shwe. under the Law. Township Police Force Township. Under interrogation, Ma Vehicle owner Daw Police Major Tin Aung Kyemon-225 Khin Moe Myint (a) Ma Tar yameThiN, 24 Aug—IP weighing 20 grams, one said that they would go to Khin Maung Kyaw and party packet of 180 WY brand Taungpyone from Toungoo. of Mandalay South Anti- orange stimulant tablets As she was one of the related Drug Squad, SIP Kyaw Moe weighing 18 grams, one crime brokers in the narcotic of Yamethin District Anti- packet of 197 WY brand drug case in which Ma Cho Drug Squad and witnesses orange stimulant tablets and Cho Mar was detained at searched Grande Mark II five green tablets, totalling No. 2 Police Station of driven by Ye Tun Swe at the 202 weighing 20.2 grams, Toungoo under sections toll gate of Yamethin heading totalling 582 stimulants 15/19(a)/21 of Narcotic for Yamethin from Tatkon on from the trousers of Ye Drugs and Psychotropic 8 August. Tun Swe. Substances Law 20 days ago, There were three After investigation, Ye she managed to escape from persons on board the vehicle, Tun Swe said that he bought the scene. namely Ye Tun Swe, Thiha three packets of stimulant With regard to the case, San and Ma Khin Moe Myint tablets worth K 750,000 action was taken against (a) Ma Tar. from Maung Thaik staying three persons under Narcotic The authorities seized at Pan SweDaw Hotel in Drugs and Psychotropic one packet of 200 WY Toungoo one and a half Substances Law. brand pink stimulant tablets months ago. He paid K Kyemon-654 New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 25 August, 2013 3 WORLD Abe leaves for trip to 3 GCC Obama’s national security team to countries, Djibouti meet on Syria this weekend supply of resources such toward concluding a free WashingTon, 24 Aug— attack earlier this week, a a Damascus suburb. as crude oil and natural trade agreement have been President Barack Obama’s US official said on Friday. But the official, speak- gas, Abe will meet with stalled since 2009, Abe security advisers will con- If Obama takes part in ing on condition of ano- Japanese Self-Defence will urge the leaders of the vene at the White House the high-level meeting as nymity, cautioned against Forces officers who are member countries to re- this weekend to discuss US appears likely, it would expecting that any final stationed in the northeast sume the talks at an early options, including possible be his first full-scale ses- decision might come out of African country to help date, government officials military action, against the sion with top foreign pol- this next round of discus- fight piracy in waters off said. Syrian government over an icy aides since Wednes- sions. Somalia. Kyodo News apparent chemical weapons day’s mass poisoning in Reuters Abe will also urge lo- cal leaders of Kuwait and Qatar, where large-scale Colombia peace infrastructure needs are ex- pected to grow, to enable talks suspended after Japanese Prime Minister Japanese companies to take Shinzo Abe (C) attends a part in the projects. Qatar rally staged by the Tokyo will host the 2022 Soccer FARC call for pause World Cup. Prior to his de- Olympic bidding commit- BogoTa, 24 Aug—Co- will not resume talks again. parture, Abe told reporters, tee for the 2020 Summer lombia’s government and Santos, who bet his “I hope I will be able to en- Olympics, at the Tokyo Marxist FARC rebels sus- political legacy on bring- hance our ties comprehen- metropolitan government pended their participation ing peace to the Andean na- sively, rather than focusing hall on 23 Aug 2013, in peace talks in Cuba on tion, sent a bill on Thursday only on oil and other energy ahead of the International Friday, complicating nine to Congress that calls for a fields. I am going to market Olympic Committee’s vote months of painstaking ne- referendum on any peace (Japan) to the rapidly grow- in Buenos Aires on 7 Sept gotiations aimed at ending accord during national elec- ing Gulf countries.” to chose the winning city. five decades of bloodshed. tions in either March or Around 50 business Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos speaks KyodoNews President Juan Manuel May next year. leaders are accompanying during a Reuters interview at the presidential palace in Santos called his negotiat- “The FARC has de- Tokyo, 24 Aug— the premier and will hold Bogota on 8 Aug 2013.—ReuteRs ing team home from Ha- cided to pause the discus- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a business forum in Qatar, vana hours after the FARC, sions at the table, to focus one who makes pauses and Liberation Army, a smaller left Tokyo on Saturday to with Hiromasa Yonekura, or Revolutionary Armed exclusively on analyzing establishes the conditions, rebel group known as the visit three member coun- leader of the Japan Busi- Forces of Colombia, said it the implications of the gov- is not the FARC.” ELN. He has said he wants tries of the Gulf Coopera- ness Federation, and Hiro- would “pause” the talks to ernment’s proposal,” Pablo The FARC has said re- the FARC peace accord by tion Council — Bahrain, shi Okuda, governor of the review a government plan Catatumbo, one of the lead peatedly it sees a constitu- November. Kuwait and Qatar—as well Japan Bank for Internation- to put any peace deal to a FARC negotiators, said in a ent assembly as the best In the final year of his as Djibouti. al Cooperation, expected to popular vote. statement. way to enshrine the tenets four-year term, Santos has While looking to im- attend. It was the first interrup- Santos said discussions of the peace accords in the ruled out a constituent as- prove ties with the GCC Meanwhile, as Japan’s tion to the talks that began would only resume when country’s constitution and sembly and said the Colom- nations to secure a stable negotiations with the GCC last November and a sud- the government considered does not trust that a referen- bian people must support den dent to hopes the two it appropriate. dum would protect agree- any deals reached before an Suicide bomber sides would soon see the “We are going to as- ments reached in Havana. end to the war can be de- difficult talks through to the sess their statement, their Colombians are des- clared. Santos has not said end, after recent comments behaviour toward the gov- perate to see an end to the if he will seek re-election. targets busy Baghdad from the FARC had given ernment initiative (which war that has killed more He accepted the cause for optimism. aims) to accelerate the solu- than 200,000 people and FARC’s right to study the cafe, killing 25 While the halt to talks tion of the conflict,” Santos displaced millions since government proposal, but will worry Colombians, an- said in a brief statement at it began in 1964. Santos urged the rebel negotiators Baghdad, 24 Aug—A the device,” police officer alysts said there is little rea- Bogota’s military airport. is also eager to negotiate not to take too long. suicide bomber killed 25 Ahmed Jassim said. son to suspect the two sides “In this process, the peace with the National Reuters people and wounded more His patrol heard the than 50 in Baghdad on Fri- blast and arrived at the site day when he detonated his to find people lying dead Bombs kill 42 outside mosques in Lebanon’s Tripoli explosives inside a busy or injured on the ground in Tripoli, 24 Aug — Syria. The apparently co- The explosions in Tri- quented by hardline Sunni cafe near a park popular pools of blood. Police hesi- Bombs hit two mosques in ordinated blasts - the big- poli, 70 km (40 miles) from Islamists, and killed at with families, police and tated to help the wounded the northern Lebanese city gest and deadliest in Tripoli the capital Beirut, came a least 14 people there, ac- medical sources said. because they feared a sec- of Tripoli on Friday, kill- since the end of Lebanon’s week after a huge car bomb cording to accounts earlier It was one of the worst ond bomb, he said. ing at least 42 people and own civil war — struck as killed at least 24 people in a in the day. Further deaths attacks in Iraq since sui- In a separate attack in wounding hundreds, inten- locals were finishing Friday part of Beirut controlled by were reported from a sec- cide bombers hit the same central Baghdad, gunmen sifying sectarian strife that prayers in the largely Sunni the Shi’ite Muslim militant ond blast a few minutes district two months ago, on motorcycles shot dead has spilled over from the Muslim city. Lebanese offi- movement Hezbollah. later outside the al-Salam targeting a Shi’ite mosque four people who were in a civil war in neighbouring cials appealed for calm. A recent resurgence of mosque, which the Interior and killing 29 worshippers car, police and health sourc- sectarian violence in Leba- Ministry said was hit by a during noon prayers. es said. Iraqis have suffered non has been stoked by car laden with 100 kg (220 Friday’s bombing took extreme violence for years, the conflagration in Syria, pounds) of explosives. place in al-Qahira, a north- but since the start of 2013 where President Bashar al- A Reuters reporter at ern district of the capital the intensity of attacks on Assad is fighting a largely the scene said the blast left that is home to mainly civilians has dramatically Sunni-led rebellion. Both a huge crater and the floors Shi’ite Muslims. Children increased. More than 1,000 Hezbollah and radical Sun- of the mosque were cov- were among the casual- Iraqis were killed in attacks ni groups in Lebanon have ered in blood. A 50-metre ties at the site, which is in in July, the worst monthly sent fighters over the border (160-foot) stretch of the an area with cafes and res- toll since 2008. to support opposing sides road was charred black and taurants. The wounded had Since the start of 2013, in Syria. Medical and secu- the twisted remains of cars been taken to four different bomb attacks by mainly rity sources said the death littered the area. hospitals, the sources said. Sunni Muslim insurgents toll from Friday’s blasts in “We were just bowing “There was a crowd have increasingly target- Tripoli had risen to 42 by down to pray for the second of people, and the suicide ed cafes and other places late afternoon. Hundreds time and the bomb went bomber detonated himself where families gather, as Civil Defence members and residents gather around a more were wounded, they off. The air cleared, and I right inside it. Most of the well as the usual targets crater caused by one of the two explosions outside one said. looked around me and saw people were killed or in- of military facilities and of two mosques in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli, The first explosion hit bodies,” said Samir Jadool, jured by ball bearings from checkpoints.—Reuters on 23 Aug, 2013.—ReuteRs the Taqwa mosque, fre- 39.—Reuters 4 Sunday, 25 August, 2013 New Light of Myanmar Science & Technology Culture Canon spies opportunity in surveillance as camera growth cools Tokyo, 24 Aug — leader, has been hit with a phones with increasingly search firm IHS forecasts Nosy governments and sudden downturn in ship- high-resolution cameras, will swell by two-thirds nervous homeowners, ments of its top-end digital and companies like Canon to a global market of $23 among other drivers of the cameras, an increasingly have been left scrambling billion by 2017, as a wide- surveillance society, may saturated market sensitive for new markets. open playing field with no soon upstage amateur pho- to the recent slowdown in “A major focus for the dominant suppliers and an tographers as the focus for emerging economies and next phase is increasing our ideal target for its B2B am- big camera makers such as with a receding pace of in- business-to-business (B2B) bitions. Canon Inc (7751.T) who novation. sales, and of course security The company, which Performing Arts spot growing opportunities Add to that a compact cameras — which is a huge counts the US Secret Ser- Mythical Creatures in the security market. camera market that has market — is part of that,” vice as a customer, aims to Mythical creatures from ancient legends are often used Canon, the industry been battered by smart- Canon President and CEO reach annual sales from the as decorative motifs for pagodas or musical instruments. Fujio Mitarai said in an in- sector of about $1 billion They are the Keinari and Keinara, half-human half-bird; terview. during its next five-year ogres with green skin; the Naga, the water serpent; the Ga- Canon is looking be- plan from 2016, Mitarai lon, the giant bird; the deer-like Toe Naya; the Meggan, yond digital cameras — the said. which has the body and snout of a crocodile and an ele- last consumer gadget indus- Panasonic said its se- phant’s trunk; and the Manote Thiha, which has the crest of try still dominated by Japan curity camera division a lion, a human face and the double hindquarters of a lion. Inc - and targeting indus- posted sales of 13.4 billion There are also the Pyinsa Rupa, which has a Naga body, a trial and corporate clients, yen ($136 million) in the fish tail, horns of a deer, wings of an eagle and trunk of an much like Japanese peers latest quarter and it was elephant; and the Byarla, which has parts of nine animals: such as Panasonic Corp aiming for annual growth the trunk of an elephant, eyes of a deer, horn of a rhinoceros, (6752.T) which fell prey to of 15 percent. Sony Corp tongue of a parrot, body of a fish, tail of a peacock, ears of a foreign competition in TVs (6758.T) said it was also horse, fangs of a tiger and paws of a lion. and other consumer elec- aiming to leverage its im- Marionettes In the past, puppets served as messengers to convey A logo of Canon Inc is pictured at an electronics store tronics. age sensor technology to unpleasant information to the king, through the play’s in Tokyo on 23 Oct, 2012. Canon sees surveil- become a major player in dialogue. Human dancers also learned choreography by ReuteRs lance cameras, which re- the sector.—Reuters copying the moves of a puppet manipulated by a master. NASA to They also carried news from the capital city to remote Google buys patents on virtual image towns and villages, thus becoming the earliest form of wake media. Puppet shows usually take place at pagoda festi- technology from Hon Hai vals, which are like country fairs. The performances be- gin at about 8pm and end a dawn the next day. telescope Taipei, 24 Aug — Tai- Music pei’s Hon Hai Precision In- Traditional Myanmar music is played without notes. WISE from dustry said it sold Google The orchestra leader plays the drums with his fingers Inc part of a patent portfo- while seated within the circular frame hung with 21 small 2 1/2-year nap lio involving the superim- drums. The gong circle is in a smaller, lower frame. position of virtual images There is the oboe as a wind instrument, and tiny cym- Beijing, 24 Aug — on real-world photos. The bals and bamboo clappers keep the tempo. The biggest WISE, known as the space- technology, dubbed Head drum is hung from a golden, decorated frame topped with based telescope, has been Mounted Display, is com- the mythical creature, the Pyinsa Rupa. Solo instruments orbiting our planet in a hi- monly used in aviation and are the xylophone with bamboo slats, and the elegantly bernative state for the past ground displays, engineer- curved and tasselled Myanmar harp. two and a half years and, ing and scientific design ap- Myanmar Harp now nap time over, is to do plications, gaming devices The Myanmar harp is generally believed to have some asteroid hunting. and training and simulation originated about 1000 years ago during the Pyu era. Mu- NASA announced it tools, the company said on The Google signage is seen at the company’s headquar- sicians who mastered the harp were highly regarded by will reactivate the sleeping Friday in a statement. ters in New York on 8 January, 2013.—ReuteRs kings, queens, ministers and courtiers. In accounts of the space telescope to work as It did not disclose the life of the Lord Buddha, Pancasinkha showed Siddhar- an asteroid hunter, with fo- price of the sale. Hon Hai, has said it will focus on on Apple. It said it had ap- tha the way to the Middle Path by tuning harp strings. cus on finding potentially the world’s largest maker developing new technol- plied for over 55,000 patent In one of the many stories about Myanmar nats, or spir- hazardous asteroids and of electronics under con- ogy, intellectual property rights globally, of which its, the popular Nat, Maung Shin, played a harp to attract other space rocks that could tract and a major manufac- rights and e-commerce as it over 5,000 have been ap- the nymphs of Meinmahla (Pretty Women ) Island in the come uncomfortably close turer of Apple Inc products, looks to reduce its reliance proved.—Reuters Ayeyarwady Delta region. The harp remains an impor- to our planet. tant symbol of Myanmar traditional culture. Despite the NASA hopes the tele- Researchers prefer northeast Japan growing influence of Western culture, the instrument has scope still has enough juice adherents in all age groups. to discover 150 previously Dance unknown near-Earth ob- as Int’l Linear Collider site Myanmar choreography is series of movements jects, and to help scientists Tokyo, 24 Aug — ers told a press conference the ministry. gracefully flowing from one step to the other with slight learn more about the shape Japanese researchers pro- that they prefer the Kitaka- The ILC is a linear ac- pauses in between, when the pose is rigidly held for a few and size of 2,000 others, the moting a project to build a mi area straddling Iwate celerator about 30 kilome- seconds. The pace can be fast or slow according to the agency said in a statement. machine aimed at answer- and Miyagi prefectures in ters long that will be built in type of dance. The criteria are that humans should dance WISE, the Wide-field ing questions about the the Tohoku region over an- an underground tunnel and as if they were marionettes and marionettes, as if they Infrared Survey Explorer, beginnings of the universe, other candidate, the Sefuri will hurl electrons and their were humans. was launched in December named the International mountain area in the Ky- antiparticles, positrons, to- Zat Performance 2009, tasked with scanning Linear Collider, said on ushu region, southwestern ward each other at nearly Zat is the traditional Myanmar dance-drama led by the night sky in infrared Friday they have chosen a Japan. the speed of light to pro- a male dancer. A large number of pretty female dancers light — looking for heat mountain area in northeast- The Ministry of Edu- duce conditions resembling will make up the corps de ballet, dancing duets in turn emanating from galaxies, ern Japan as a candidate site cation, Culture, Sports, Sci- the dawn of the universe with the leading man. The repertoire includes a classical stars and asteroids. in the country. ence and Technology will right after the Big Bang. Its play, comic sketches, a musical interlude called Awpair By the time its primary But whether the gov- decide whether to invite length may be extended to Ra (opera), and modern play. The show ends at dawn. mission ended in February ernment will invite the the project and if so will se- 50 km in the future. Anyeint Performance 2011, WISE had captured project to Japan remains lect a candidate site taking The researchers said Anyeint is a dance troupe led female dancer. The prin- more than 2.7 million im- to be seen due to the high the researchers’ choice as the Sefuri site was less suit- cipal dancer comes on stage last after three or four of her ages in multiple wave- cost, estimated at more than a “reference.” The Science able because the prospec- protégés have taken their turn with their own style of danc- lengths and cataloged more 1 trillion yen, about half Council of Japan has said tive tunnel would run under ing and their own songs. The danseuse is usually accompa- than 560 million objects in of which is expected to be it is “premature” to seek a dam lake and near geo- nied by four comics dressed in jackets, large checked waist- space, according to NASA. borne by the host country. to attract the project, in re- logical faults. garments and wraparound turbans. The dancing is quick and Xinhua The group of research- sponse to an inquiry from Kyodo News lively. The programme lasts from about 7pm to midnight. New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 25 August, 2013 5 BUSINESS & HEALTH The signage for the GSK’s Crohn’s disease treatment GlaxoSmithKline building Wall Street ends up is pictured in Hounslow, fails in Phase III trial west London on 18 June, a day after Nasdaq 2013.—ReuteRs London, 24 Aug— oCentryx’s value. Its shares British pharmaceutical were trading down 36 per- outage, Microsoft jumps group GlaxoSmithKline Plc cent at $7.47 at 1438 GMT. new YorK, 24 Aug— about 4.9 billion shares said vercirnon, a drug it was GSK’s shares were up 0.3 Stocks rose in light trading changing hands on the New developing to treat Crohn’s percent at 1,672 pence, un- on Friday, led by a jump in York Stock Exchange, the disease and licensed from derperforming a 0.7 percent Microsoft shares, as trading Nasdaq and NYSE MKT, ChemoCentryx, had failed stronger FTSE 100 index. took place without interrup- far below the daily average in a late-stage clinical trial. “The results from the tion a day after the Nasdaq so far this year of about 6.3 The medicine, which SHIELD-1 study are clearly stock exchange suffered an billion shares. GSK licensed from the Cali- disappointing but we are unprecedented, three-hour Trading volume was fornia-based company in committed to further explore trading halt. only slightly higher than 2010, did not improve the the data to determine the way Microsoft (MSFT.O) Thursday’s 4.4 billion, af- incidence of adverse events forward to help patients with shares posted their largest fected by a technological in patients when measured this chronic debilitating gas- daily percentage gain in problem that shut down against a placebo, GSK said trointestinal disease,” said more than four years af- trading in Nasdaq securi- on Friday, and there was a Paul-Peter Tak, senior vice had been suspended pend- ment of inflammatory bow- ter the head of the world’s ties for three hours in the trend for overall adverse president of GSK’s immuno- ing further review of the el diseases, such Crohn’s largest software company, afternoon. On Friday, Rob- events to increase as dosage inflammation research and results. disease, a condition with Steve Ballmer, announced ert Greifeld, chief executive levels increased. development. Vercirnon, a type of symptoms such as persis- he will retire within 12 officer of Nasdaq OMX The trial failure wiped The company said new drug called an antagonist, tent diarrhea and abdominal months. (NDAQ.O) said the ex- as much as $242 million, recruitment and dosing in was being developed by pain. The stock closed up change resolved the techni- or nearly half, from Chem- the ongoing clinical trial GSK for the potential treat- Reuters 7.3 percent at $34.77 and cal problems that led to the was the largest contributor halt but could not guarantee Dengue cases reach 206 Cervical cancer vaccine to the advance on the three there would never be future major indexes. glitches. Nasdaq shares victims urge permanent “The big news today is gained 1.2 percent to close in Chinese province the succession at Microsoft, at $30.83. halt to vaccination but beyond that it’s pretty Friday’s gains helped quiet,” said Dan Veru, chief the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ToKYo, 24 Aug—Eight even partial paralysis, and to teenage sufferers of severe find therapeutic remedies. investment officer at Pali- Composite end a two-week side effects of cervical can- On 15 June, the minis- sade Capital Management losing streak, but the Dow cer vaccines and their par- try told local governments to in Fort Lee, New Jersey. posted its third consecu- ents called on health min- suspend recommending that The Dow Jones indus- tive weekly decline. For ister Norihisa Tamura on girls aged 12 to 16 be given trial average .DJI rose 46.77 the week the Dow fell 0.5 Friday to permanently end injections of the vaccines points or 0.31 percent, to percent, the S&P gained the government’s subsidy Cervarix or Gardasil, cit- 15,010.51, the S&P 500 0.5 percent and the Nasdaq programme for the vaccines. ing a possible link between .SPX gained 6.54 points added 1.5 percent. The schoolgirls aged be- chronic adverse reactions or 0.39 percent, to 1,663.5 Economic data showed tween 14 and 18, including and the vaccines. Local gov- and the Nasdaq Compos- sales of new single-family Kunming, 24 Aug— ics. A total of 17 have left four in wheelchairs, and their ernments, acting on behalf ite .IXIC added 19.085 homes fell by 13.4 percent The number of confirmed hospital after treatment. parents are members of the of the central government, points or 0.52 percent, to in July to an annual rate of dengue fever cases rose The prefecture govern- Nationwide Liaison Associa- had issued the notices rec- 3,657.792. 394,000 units, well below to 206 in a prefecture of ment is organizing training tion of Cervical Cancer Vac- ommending teenage girls be Volume was among expectations of 490,000 southwest China’s Yunnan courses for about 80 medi- cine Victims and Parents. vaccinated. the lowest of the year with units.—Reuters Province as of Friday after- cal staff. Armed police are They made the request in a In April, the Diet revised noon, local authorities said. spraying anti-mosquito liq- meeting with the minister of the Preventive Vaccination There have been no se- uid in the affected areas. health, labour and welfare at Law to offer free vaccine in- rious cases or deaths since The prefecture govern- the ministry building, asso- jections to girls aged 14-18. the disease was first report- ment also printed 50,000 ciation chief Mika Matsufuji However, an advisory ed in the area on Thursday leaflets on Friday with in- told a news conference. panel to the ministry sub- last week, according to the formation telling the public The association handed sequently advised that the information office of the on how to prevent the fever. five petitions to Tamura, recommendation that teen- Dai Autonomous Prefec- Dengue is a mosquito- with the plea to abolish the age girls be vaccinated be ture of Xishuangbanna. borne, potentially fatal dis- vaccination programme top- suspended after it analyzed The cases included ease that affects between ping the list. Other petitions cases of schoolgirls who de- six originating outside the 50 and 100 million people included one for intensified veloped chronic pain after province. Of the confirmed in tropical and subtropical government efforts to iden- vaccination and concluded cases, 82 were hospitalized regions every year, causing tify causes of the side effects, the symptoms appeared to be and the others were being fever and muscle and joint including convulsions, sei- the result of the vaccination. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock treated at home or in clin- aches.—Xinhua zures, severe headaches and Kyodo News Exchange on 21 Aug, 2013.—ReuteRs portunities, analysts said. in line with international Shanghai FTZ signals further reform, opening up Service trade is a key standards and realizing high- Shanghai, 24 Aug— development and imposing ic researcher at the Shanghai cial, business, cultural, edu- sector in an FTZ and thus ly efficient management in The approval of establish- a more proactive opening-up Academy of Social Sciences. cation and medical services, the service industries will see sectors like investment and ment of a pilot free trade strategy. Zhu Jianfang, chief In the FTZ, the reforms which faced many restric- both challenges and opportu- trade,” said Zhou Zhenhua, zone (FTZ) in the eastern economist at Citic Securities, featuring power delegation tions before, are expected to nities, according to Chen Bo, director of the Shanghai business hub of Shanghai said the “negative list” ap- will be deepened and finan- enjoy more development op- an economic and trade expert Municipal Government De- indicates an important move proach, which the FTZ will at Shanghai University of Fi- velopment Research Centre. for China’s further reform adopt, showed a thinking of nance and Economics. China has rapidly grown and opening up, analysts power delegation. Financial reforms will into a global manufacturing say. The Ministry of Com- “We can no longer rely be accelerated as the mar- power with its entry into the merce (MOC) announced on on preferential policies to ketization of interest rates World Trade Organization, Thursday the State Council improve business and the has been a trend, according but the country remains rela- had approved the establish- investment environment. to experts. tively backward in service ment of the pilot zone on Rather, we should attract “The FTZ is not a spe- industries like financing, the basis of existing bonded investment with highly ef- cial zone or new area. Its sig- shipping, commerce, trade zones in Shanghai, as a cru- ficient and transparent ad- nificance lies not in striving and culture, compared with cial move in adapting to ministrative services,” said for preferential policies but developed nations, experts global economic and trade Zhang Youwen, an econom- in establishing a new system said.—Xinhua 6 Sunday, 25 August, 2013 New Light of Myanmar WORLD Brazil’s Rousseff’s popularity Typhoon Trami affects 360,000 in rises in poll as economy stumbles central China died down Brazil’s cur- Changsha, 24 Aug— The rains wreaked hav- ably on Saturday as the ty- rency has extended year-to- Typhoon Trami, the 12th oc in 14 counties, cities and phoon moves out of Hunan, date declines to as much as typhoon hitting China this districts, affecting 361,000 it said. Rainstorms brought 15 percent, fueling concern year, affected 361,000 peo- local residents and forcing by Typhoon Trami also have about inflation and a $60 ple in central China’s Hunan 30,900 of them to evacuate, swept the southeastern coast- billion currency interven- Province and of all, 30,900 the statement showed. al provinces of Zhejiang and tion program aimed at halt- were displaced, local au- Meanwhile, 13,350 hec- Fujian, affecting 1.4 million ing the slide. thorities said Saturday. The tares of crops were damaged people and forcing relocation The central bank has typhoon brought rainstorms and 150 houses were toppled. of 351,000, the Ministry of already moved to fight in- mainly to the southeastern The heavy rains also pushed Civil Affairs said on Friday. flation by raising interest and eastern parts of Hunan, water in several local riv- Trami made landfall in rates, a move that could with a township in the city ers above the warning levels Fuqing City, Fujian Province choke off economic growth. of Zixing receiving the larg- and forced some to discharge early Thursday morning and Rousseff’s excellent or est rainfall of 281.6 mm, the flood waters into large reser- weakened to a tropical de- Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff arrives for a ceremo- good rating was 54.2 per- provincial meteorological voirs, it said. The raining is pression in neighboring Ji- ny of the one million contracts Fund Student Financing cent in June, the newspaper centre said in a statement. forecast to wane consider- angxi Province.—Xinhua in Sao Paulo on 22 Aug 2013.—ReuteRs said, citing Ibope and CNI. The poll showed the A woman and a boy are Rio De JaneiRo, 24 from 31 percent a month percentage of people who protected themselves from Aug—Brazilian President ago, the paper said, citing rated Rousseff’s govern- the cold with warm clothes Dilma Rousseff’s popular- a poll conducted by Ibope ment “bad” or “terrible” while walking in a street ity recovered from a recent public opinion research fell to 24 percent from 31 in Buenos Aires City, drop caused by massive agency for the National percent from July. The per- capital of Argentina, on 23 street protests as the gov- Confederation of Industry. centage who considered Aug 2013. Thursday was ernment tried to deal with The poll is the third to Rousseff’s performance registered a polar wave in the sluggish economy and be released by the CNI and “average” was unchanged Buenos Aires Province, concern that inflation will Ibope since a wave of pro- at 37 percent. where it is expected that rise, the Estado de S. Paulo tests began in June in sev- Ibope conducted the the minimum temperature newspaper reported on Fri- eral Brazilian cities against poll among 2,002 Brazil- will be two degrees Celsius day. hikes in bus fares, poor ians between 15 Aug and and maximum will be Those Brazilians who public services, corruption 19 AugThe poll’s margin ten degrees Celsius until consider Rousseff’s ad- and government spending of error is plus or minus 2 Monday of next week, ministration “excellent” or on the soccer World Cup. percentage points. according to local Press “good” rose to 38 percent Since the protests have Reuters information. —Xinhua Closer military cooperation conducive to Shimane urged to improving China-US mutual trust take “immediate BeiJing, 24 Aug—The Particularly vulnerable and aiming at mutual and mechanisms, and thus en- Chinese and US navies are to disturbances in bilateral global interests, Presidents sure sustained cooperation action to protect life” set to conduct on Saturday relations, China-U.S. mili- Xi Jinping and Barack Oba- between their armed forces. their second counter-pira- tary ties have gone through ma have pledged to forge a As ancient Chinese Tokyo, 24 Aug— In the neighboring cy exercise in the Gulf of numerous twists and turns new type of major-country philosopher Mencius said, a The Japan Meteorological town of Onan, 5,433 peo- Aden. over recent decades, mainly relations. trail through the mountains, Agency on Saturday urged ple of 2,113 households The joint drill marks due to irresponsible meas- The commitment pro- if used, becomes a path in people of Shimane Pre- were also recommended to yet another step forward ures on the part of Wash- vides a fresh opportunity a short time, but, if unused, fecture to “take immediate evacuate. in the two global heavy- ington, such as its repeated for the two countries to beef becomes blocked by grass action to protect life” in The agency called for weights’ efforts to promote arms sales to Taiwan. up military cooperation. in an equally short time. the face of torrential rain, vigilance against mudslides military cooperation, ce- Meanwhile, the Unites The latest joint anti-piracy The path to closer which exceeded 200 mil- and river floods in the pre- ment mutual trust and boost States has not made a con- drill and China’s agreement China-US military ties is limeters in three hours in fecture. their overall relations. vincing case that its rebal- to participate in the 2014 bound to be bumpy. the city of Gotsu. Kyodo News Military-to-military ancing to the Asia-Pacific, Rim of the Pacific Exercise Chronic impediments The municipal govern- interaction is an important especially the military di- are signs of their willing- like the Taiwan question ment of Gotsu urged 24,808 At least indicator of trust and ties mension of the strategy, is ness to seize the chance. will not disappear soon, and residents of 9,818 house- between countries. Unde- not orchestrated to contain In addition, they need modern problems like cyber holds to evacuate shortly niably, however, it is not China. to maintain the good mo- security have posed new after 3 a.m. In the city, 29 killed among the strong links in Nonetheless, looking mentum, diversify commu- challenges. more than 30 houses were China-US cooperation. beyond bilateral differences nication and cooperation Xinhua inundated. in Bolivia China issues rainstorm alert for prison riot

southern regions La Paz, 24 Aug—At least 29 people were killed BeiJing, 24 Aug— National Meteorological joint influence of the south- and some 50 others injured China’s top meteorological Centre (NMC) forecast. west monsoon and typhoon in a violent prison riot in authority issued a rainstorm Meanwhile, some ar- Trami, which had already the eastern Bolivian city of alert on Saturday, warning eas in the provinces of weakened and been down- Santa Cruz early Friday, of- of torrential rains to hit the Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, graded to a tropical depres- ficials said. southern regions till Sunday Hubei, Shaanxi and Henan sion on Friday.—Xinhua One of the dead was a morning. Yunnan Province, will also see torrential rains, Rainstorms brought by child living with incarcer- Guangxi Zhuang Autono- according to the forecast Typhoon Trami swept the ated parents. The melee be- mous Region, and some Local authorities were coastal provinces of Zhe- gan about 5 a.m. local time areas of Jiangsu and An- urged to step up prepara- jiang and Fujian, affecting (0900 GMT), when the hui provinces in particular, tory work against possible 1.4 million people and forc- A pear grower and his wife reach for the 20th Century sound of gunfire was heard, will see heavy rainstorms. mountain floods, landslides, ing relocation of 351,000 variety of pears in Yurihama, Tottori Prefecture, on 23 and a huge fire fueled by Precipitation in these re- and mud-rock flows. since it made landfall early Aug 2013. The pear harvesting season began the same exploded propane gas tanks gions is forecast to reach a The NMC said that the Thursday morning. day in the town and will continue through injured severely inmates. maximum of 300 mm, the stormy weather is due to Xinhua mid-September. —Kyodo news Xinhua New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 25 August, 2013 7 local News Tourists enjoy riding elephants in Tourism Women’s Affairs Thabeikkyin region Thabeikkyin, 24 Knowledge about prevention Aug—Thabeikkyin in PyinOoLwin District of of women against violence Mandalay Region is a precious area that produces shared to students in Bago gold and other forest Bago, 24 Aug— Organization Daw Tint Maw products. Organized by Bago and Chairperson Daw May When flocks of tourists Region Women’s Affairs Thu attended the ceremony. flow into the destination of Organization, the talks on Leader of Women’s Myanmar in the open era, a prevention of women against Protection and Nurturing large number of globetrotters violence and nutritious feeds Working Group of Bago visit Thabeikkyin so as to for students was held at Region WAO Daw Yin Yin observe valuable natural YMBA Hall of No 3 Basic Myint made a apeech. resources. Education High School in Next, members of On 21 August morning, Bago of Bago Region on 22 District and Township WAOs a total of 55 tourists from August morning. fed the students nutritious Mandalay-Bhamo-Bagan Patron of Bago refreshments. package tour arrived at Region Women’s Affairs MMAL-Thant Sin Thabeikkyin by cruise liner Katha and proceeded to the Timber Enterprise in Township for extracting Road to Mandalay from elephant camp of Myanmar Waphyutaung Village, 10 timber from the forests. miles of Tahbeikkyin. If the tourists visit the Disaster They enjoyed riding camp, Myanma Timber of elephants on their visits. Enterprise under the They observed Ministry of Environmental Narcotic drugs, stimulant demonstration of extracting Conservation and Forestry tablets seized in Nawnghkio timbers by the Myanma can make foreign exchange. Timber Enterprise at the The globetrotters pay visits camp. to Thabeikkyin at least Over 40 elephants are five times a year. The local being kept at the elephant people warmly welcome the camp in Waphyutaung tourists yearly. Village in Thabeikkyin MMAL-Township IPRD Thanlwin River, Hlaingbwe Creek exceed danger levels Disaster

Nay Pyi Taw, 24 Aug— the motorcycle driven by Members of Kunlong Anti- Ah Gyoung, 40 of Yway Drug Squad and members Yon (Arkha) Village in of Kunlong Myoma Police Mongphone (B) Village in Station raided the house of Tachilek in the evening and Ar Son (a) Wu Ah Kyon seized 1000 stimulant tablets. in Holi Village of Kunlong Likewise, Lashio Anti- Township on 21 August Drug Squad seized 104,000 morning. stimulant tablets worth K They seized 440 208 million from the jeep stimulant tablets from the driven by Kyaw Taung (a) pockets of trousers of Ar Ah Ton, 29 of Region 4 Son (a) Wu Ah Kyon and in Ward 3 of Kutkai and five grams of heroin from Kwan Ho, 23 at the entrance his bedroom. to Nawnghkio the same Members of Tachilek evening. Nawnghkio Myoma Anti-Drug Squad and Police Station opened the members of Wampon files against them. Poilice Station searched MNA Hpa-an, 24 Aug— in Shwegun Village of Photo taken on 22 According to the observation Hlaingbwe Township, at 6.30 pm on 21 August, totalling 4987 people from August shows heavy Thanlwin River exceeded 959 households. 844 centimetres above danger rains in Yangon The government also level of 750 centimetres provided basic requirements causing inundation in Hpa-an and Hlaingbwe and health care services to the Creek at 850 centimetres flood victims. along Strand Road in Hlaingbwe. Thanlwin Kayin State River also exceeded 1115 Government U Zaw Min, in Latha Township, centimetres above danger the secretary of Kayin State level of 960 centimetres in government and officials one of six townships Shwegun. comforted the flood victims Kayin State government at Shweyinhmyaw relief in downtown Yangon accommodated 4668 flood camp and inundation on victims from 802 households Rubber Farm Road in Ward City.—Shwe Intha at seven relief camps in 4 and Myaingthazin Road in Hpa-an Townshop and 319 Khin Maung Win Ward 2 on 21 August. people from 90 households MMAL-District IPRD 8 Sunday, 25 August, 2013 New Light of Myanmar ARTICLE I AM PROUD OF BEING A Sunday, 25 August, 2013 PHONGYI KYAUNGTHAR Maung Hlaing Towards drug free society Every now and and even girls learned their Jataka stories, or Buddha’s Every nation in the globe sees narcotics as then, the New Light of lessons that had been meant life stories (life stories of cannot deny the facts that a scourge on society in which young men serve Myanmar carries the news not only to enable them to be previous incarnations of the true products of monastic about the ceremonies to literate or to earn their living Buddha), tales on religious education schools are well- as a committed workforce for development of donate teaching aid to but to be more interested in texts, etc. told by them. disciplined in learning and national economy. So, attempts to extirpate the monastic education schools. the religious teachings of When I was born in that monastic education narcotics trafficking and illicit drug abuse are Nowadays, as the number the Buddha. Wakema, a small town in contributes to the boom of being made in each and every nation. But human of monastic education The right to education delta, in 1948, the insurgency Non-formal Education and society is still under the threat of narcotics as schools is increasing, it is in Myanmar takes us back was at its peak as the peace Informal Education. This trafficking and abusing drugs in various forms vividly seen that they are to a recorded past of 1830s. and stability did not prevail is because the sphere of are mushrooming around the world, especially being encouraged to help It was in the time of the throughout the nation. In education covers not only in developing countries. Non-formal Education and Myanmar monarchs when those days, going to school Formal Education, which is Anti-narcotics activities are being engaged as Informal Education. our literary rate surpassed was just like a dream for the familiar with most people but a national duty in Myanmar which is irrevocably According to the that of the land of the young. When I was five, I also Non-formal Education records, over 200 schools colonialists that came to was sent to the monastery and Informal Education. committed to combating drug smuggling. In its have so far been run even wreak havoc on Myanmar named ‘Tavatimsa’ where Regarding the monastic fight against scourge of illicit drugs, tactics of in Yangon Region. As for society. Much credit in we could have monastic education, systematic curbing production and trading in narcotics, other States and Regions, ancient times went to the education. My Grandpa arrangements should be eliminating drug abuse and ensuring law I think the number may monasteries where the vast enrolled me, offering one made within the reach enforcement are being employed in cooperation reach four figures or so. It majority of the citizens pyi of rice, one 25-pya of all those desirous of with international counternarcotics agencies, is heartening to hear that pursued their education. coin, and a hand of bananas getting education, those including the UN. As achievements in its drive to under the arrangement of When Myanmar was to the presiding monk as a who cannot afford to learn eradicate narcotics and its goal of standing tall the Department of Religious annexed by the colonialists, token of recognizing the at state schools for various among world nations as a narcotics free country, Affairs, the schools provide the rate of literacy in value of education and my reasons, those who have haul of narcotic drugs including 339.79 kilos of K. 36,000 each to the Myanmar stood at 85 per enrollment. dropped out of school, and teachers at primary level, cent and it fell to 35 after In the morning, those who are illiterate. No heroin were incinerated, dealers imprisoned K.40,000 to those at middle the imperialists tried to monks taught us Buddhist doubt, monastic education and a total of 58738.69 acres of poppy under school level and K.45,000 to block progress and tried to literature and school schools are community destruction in the previous year. those at high school level. replace national education textbooks prescribed by learning centres which can All people thought the task of battling Being a man who had with colonial education the government. When contribute to community against drug trafficking lies with an organization schooling in monasteries, designed to serve the I was eight or nine, we based education. concerned. In actual fact, the onus is on us all I take my hat off to those colonial bureaucracy. used to follow the monks Today is the knowledge to eliminate drug smuggling and production as concerned or responsible. The monastic education on their alms collecting age which dominates all the police alone cannot translate all tactics into And as for those who wants schools were all the rage even rounds after learning sectors. Constant learning a success. Trafficking in narcotics that pose a to build a constant learning in the post-independence Buddhist literature in the is a must in this knowledge grave threat to the entire mankind is a matter society will surely say in period in our country. mornings. In the monastery, age and thus it is necessary to unison “Well-done” three My grandparents and listening to our mentors possess reading and writing of serious concern not only to Myanmar but also times. parents were true products chanting prayers, seeing skills as a first step. It can be to the world. As drug abuse is closely related to Actually, the role of monastic education. them practice austere lives, said that an illiterate person production and sales of narcotics, there can be played by the monastic Although they had neither and following the monks will not be able to serve the no real success in destroying narcotics crops and education schools cannot degrees nor certificates on their alms collecting interest of the nation and drugs laboratories without reducing demand. be underestimated in our they all were well-versed rounds enabled the young even his own. While every Building a drug free society requires educative country. For centuries, in Buddhist literature to have the profound effect government in the world is talks on evil consequences of drug abuse to be Myanmar people had including the treatises on on the minds. In this way, paying serious attention to given to poppy growers and nation’s youth. their first schooling in the Buddhist philosophy and we became Phonegyi building a constant learning All in all, a collaborative effort between monasteries and learned other weighty tomes. It was Kyaungthars, or resident society, the role played by the their three R’s under the for this reason that when we authorities concerned and the entire people is a students of the monastery. monastic education schools monks, leading austere were in our childhood, we Unlike those in schools should be promoted. must for the success of counternarcotics activities lives taught and moulded were used to sleeping on of western countries, We had our first of the country in pursuance of the 15-year plan their character. It was in the the laps of our Grandpa or resident students of the schooling in the monasteries, for narcotic drugs elimination. monasteries that young boys Grandma and listening to the monastery need not pay where the Presiding Sayadaw monthly or annual fees. and his disciples devoted a Monsoon tree-planting held at Hlawga Park In the time of Myanmar part of their time to teaching Yangon, 24 Aug—A monarchs, most of them who us out of goodwill, or cetana, monsoon tree-planting stayed on in the monasteries hobby and sacrifice. Today, ceremony, jointly organized either entered the Order, or the role of the teachers by Yangon City Development became profound scholars teaching at the monastic Committee (YCDC) and staff of Buddhist philosophy and education schools are being families of PETRONAS literature. Many with good promoted and monastic Carigali Myanmar (Hong monastic education had education encouraged. Kong) Ltd (PCML), was held risen to eminent positions in Today, I am not at Hlawga Watershed Area both the official and literary looking back nostalgically of the Parks and playground world. to my childhood days at Department in Hlawga Park, While children from the phonegyi kyaung, or Mingaladon Township here the families struggling to monastery, but we cannot this morning. make both ends meet were fail to recognize the Officials from YCDC, going to monastic education true worth of monastic Mr Ahmad Lutpi Haron from school, most educated people education. Doubtlessly, the PCML, the Country Manager of the town preferred to discipline and spirit of Ba- of PETRONAS and staff send their children to ka education, or monastic families and representatives Missionary Schools. education made us good and from joint venture companies Sadly, some of the well- able persons. planted saplings at designated to-do classes deliberately I was really proud of places. A total of over 4000 or absolutely ignored the being a Ba-ka product. saplings were planted at true worth of monastic I am still proud of being today’s ceremony.—MNA Staff of PETRONAS Carigali Myanmar plant saplings.—mna education. However, we a phonegyi kyaungthar. New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 25 August, 2013 9 LOCAL NEWS Disaster and units under Regional Control Command HRD Headquarters (Kalay), Flood victims accommodated in safe places in district and township level departmental Nyaunglebin BEHS 1 holds Kalay Tsp personnel, management committee officials and PTA meeting support committees, ward administrators and ward management committee members accommodated 1280 flood victims from 267 households at the relief camps at Aungmingala Theatrical Drama House, Sagahla Pagoda Dhammayon, No 15 Basic Education Primary School and monasteries in Kyikon Village. NyauNglebiN, 24 Aug— made a speech. Chairman Under the supervision The annual meeting of of School Board of Trustees of local authorities, the local Parent-Teacher Association U Hla Shwe explained the people provided the flood of No 1 Basic Education executive committee report victims with foods, drinking High School in Nyaunglebin of the PTA. water and health care was held in conjunction with Secretary of the services, electrification and the prize presentation to the association teacher Daw K alay, 24 Aug— Aungsi, Aungmyayman, Phaungku and TaungU other necessary assistance. outstanding students for Khin Htwe Yi read the Due to heavy rains and Aungmingala and villages and farmlands were Departmental 2012-2013 academic year on financial statement. overflow of Nerinzaya and Nyaungbintha wards of flooded on 18 August. personnel donated bags of 17 August morning. The newly elected Myittha rivers, low-lying Kalay Township in Sagaing Up to 22 August, rice to the victims. Headmistress Daw Khin executive committee of the areas such as Chanmye Region and Pyintha, Kyikon, servicemen from regiments Kyemon-Ju Nine Than Nu of BEHS No 1 PTA was approved. Headmistress PSM RBE runs to Tantkyi Hill Pagoda Festival Daw Khin Than Nu and Seikpyu, 24 Aug— During the period of runs trains along Pakokku- officials presented prizes to Effective Media Skill course Under the arrangement of Buddha Pujaniya, Myanma Tantkyi Hill, Seikpyu- outstanding students who Manager of No 10 Divison Railways managed running Tantkyi Hill and Seikpyu- passed the matriculation recounted of Myanma Railways, an of RBE for convenience Pakokku railroad sections examination for 2012-2013 RBE ran from Seikpyu of pilgrims and holding of on the right rime, said H a K a , 24 Aug—A speech. academic year with flying Station to Tantkyi Hill Buddha Pujaniya festival Travelling Manager U Min ceremony to recount Staff Officer U Mann colours. Station from 20 August to on a grander scale on the Min Htwe of Division 10 of experience in effective Sein of Falam District IPRD The school had 38.80 22 August for convenient request of the Pagoda Board Myanma Railways. media skill course was held explained lectures at the per cent of pass rate in the transportation of local of Trustees. Kyemon-Aung (Mann in conjunction with the media effective skill course. matriculation exam. people and pilgrims. Myanma Railways Tekkatho) coordination meeting at the Next, the coordination Nay Lin (Nyaunglebin) library of Haka Township meetng followed. Heads Environmental Conservation Committee Information and Public of Township and District Environment Relations Department in IPRDs discussed plans of gives talks on pollution control Chin State on 21 August public service media to be Nay Pyi Taw, 24 Aug— morning. implemented and plans of Myanmar will host the An educative Head of Chin State educative talks in respective XXVII SEA Games in IPRD Assistant Director U districts and townships. December 2013 in line with talk on Kham Lyan Som made a Kyemon-Chin State IPRD the mottos Green, Clean andFriendship. Disaster The Environmental environmental Conservation Committee conservation

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led by Ministry knowledge about important factories and industries of Environmental role of environment and disadvantages of forest Conservation and Forestry disadvantages of pollution fire and air pollution and is undertaking greening and to join hands in conservation of trees. tasks such as tree growing protection of ecosystem. The talk was attended by and nurturing of forests. At the talks, Staff the administrator of Ywadaw An educative talk took Officer U Win Bo of Village, the headmaster place in Ywadaw Village Pyinmana Township Forest of Basic Education Post- of Pobbathiri Township Department explained Primary School, teachers, of Nay Pyi Taw Council crucial role of forests and students and local people Area on 20 August with trees, climate change, totalling 200. the aim of enabling the ecosystem in interlationship Later, officials people to take part in the between flora and fauna and distributed 200 copies of The asphalt road leading to Kalay is being inundated due to flooding on 22 environmental conservation biodiversities, emission pamphlets.—Kyemon- August. in their bit, to have of carbon dyoxide from Forest Department 10 Sunday, 25 August, 2013 New Light of Myanmar World Fire near Yosemite threatens San Diego mayor says will power for San Francisco resign over sexual SaN FraNciSco, 24 shut down power lines, the Aug—California Gover- governor said in his decla- harassment scandal nor Jerry Brown declared ration. SaN Diego, 24 Aug — While Filner pledged a state of emergency for The so-called Rim San Diego Mayor Bob Fil- to resign, his speech to a San Francisco late Friday Fire, which started on Sat- ner, facing a sexual harass- room full of reporters, ac- after power lines providing urday in the Stanislaus ment lawsuit and a string of companied by occasional electricity to the city were National Forest, had black- allegations of inappropriate cheers from supporters, was threatened by a wildfire ened 11,000 acres at the behavior toward women, also defiant at times as he raging at the edge of Yo- northeastern corner of Yo- said on Friday he would described being forced out semite National Park. semite, which is about 200 resign as the head of Cali- of office. The fire has damaged miles from San Francisco, fornia’s second-largest city. “Certainly it was never San Diego Mayor Bob Filner addresses a special the electrical infrastructure as of Friday afternoon after A visibly emotional my intention to be a mayor meeting of the San Diego City Council after resigning serving the city, and forced exploding in size overnight, Filner addressed the San who went out like this,” Fil- as the city’s mayor in San Diego, California on 23 Aug, the San Francisco Public a park spokeswoman said. Diego City Council after ner said, before making an 2013. ReuteRs Utilities Commission to Reuters members emerged from a apparent reference to his Secretary, Irene McCor- city will join in his legal closed meeting where they 1960s work with civil rights mack Jackson, sued him in defense, according to an voted 7-0 to accept a settle- group the Freedom Riders. July, accusing him of sexu- outline of the arrangement ment that requires him to “You know I started ally harassing her. Since from the City Attorney’s step down, effective August my political career facing then 17 more women have office which will be respon- 30, in exchange for the city lynch mobs, and I think we come forward to say he sible for representing the joining in his legal defense have just faced one here in groped them or made other mayor. in the lawsuit. San Diego,” he said. “In a unwanted advances. The city could also un- Filner, a 70-year-old lynch mob mentality, ru- Jackson’s lawsuit is at derwrite up to $98,000 in Democratic former con- mors become allegations, the centre of the settlement attorney fees for Filner’s gressman elected San Diego allegations become facts, between Filner and the city, private legal defense, the mayor last year, had faced facts become evidence of which sued him last month document said, and while mounting pressure to step sexual harassment which seeking to hold him respon- the city would pay for some Los Angeles County firefighters hike in on a fire line on down after acknowledging have led to demands for my sible for any damages aris- forms of damages that may the Rim Fire near Groveland, California, behaviour toward women resignation and recall.” ing from the lawsuit. arise, it would not cover pu- on 22 Aug, 2013.—ReuteRs that he said was unsuitable. Filner’s former Press As part of the deal, the nitive damages.—Reuters Indian Congress leader rules out early Visitors watch sand sculptures election during the Fourth International New Delhi, 24 Aug ruling United Progressive would call for an early elec- — Indian National Con- Alliance (UPA), told the tion after the passing of the Sand Sculpting gress (INC) President Sonia media after inaugurating much-awaited Food Secu- Competition and Gandhi on Saturday ruled the National Media Center rity Bill in Parliament in the Exhibition of the out early election and ex- here. She also expressed current legislative session. 135th Canadian pressed confidence over the confidence that the INC-led Falling rupee, high in- National ruling alliance’s winning UPA will retain power in flation and a slowdown of Exhibition in of the next election in May the next general election. economic growth are ex- Toronto, Canada 2014. “Certainly. 100 per- erting a lot of pressure on on 23 Aug, 2013. “Our aim is to go till cent,” she said. the government about nine Xinhua the very end,” Gandhi, who Some people have months away from the next is also chairperson of the speculated that the INC election.—Xinhua Taleban recruiting Afghan children as US repositions naval forces, no decision suicide bombers KaNDahar, 24 Aug — porters. Gul Mohammad, 17, on Syria strike “It was two years ago when But Sami, 16, told Xin- is another would-be suicide waShiNgtoN, 24 Aug requires positioning our ment and was due to head a man gave me a heavy bag hua that he is innocent. He bomber who was arrested — The United States on forces, positioning our as- back to its home base in tied with wires and con- said he was misled by the in July last year in Zharay Friday was repositioning sets, to be able to carry out Norfolk, Virginia. But the nected to a button. The man Taleban, adding that he did District of Kandahar City, naval forces in the Mediter- different options — what- commander of the US Sixth told me that whenever I not understand what suicide 450 km south of Kabul. ranean to give President Ba- ever options the president Fleet has decided to keep see security forces around attack means. “When I was 15, my rack Obama the option for might choose.” He did not the ship in the region, the I should get closer and Sami was lucky be- father sent me to a Ma- an armed strike on Syria, elaborate. defence official said. press the button,” Sami Ul- cause he was not able to drasa (religious school) in although officials cautioned The defence official, The official stressed lah said when interviewed detonate the explosive Helmand Province. But my that Obama had made no who was not authorized the Navy had received no recently by Xinhua in Sar- handed to him by the Tale- Madrasa teachers decided decision on military action. to speak publicly, said the orders to prepare for any poza, a prison in Kandahar ban. Before he could press to send me to a Pakistani A defence official, speaking USS Mahan, a destroyer military operations regard- City in southern Afghani- the button of the device, Madrasa so that I could im- on condition of anonymity, armed with cruise missiles, ing Syria. stan, the former stronghold he was arrested by security prove my education,” Mu- said the US Navy would had finished its deploy- Reuters of the Taleban. forces. hammad said. expand its presence in the Sami is among doz- Sami was originally Muhammad said that Mediterranean to four de- ens of Afghan teenagers from neighbouring Uruz- while at the Mawlavi Mas- stroyers from three. who have been jailed for gan Province but his fam- soum seminary in Quetta Secretary of Defence involvement in various ily decided to move to Spin city of Pakistan, the mul- Chuck Hagel, en route to crimes including robbery Boldak District of Kanda- lahs told him that Afghani- Asia, said Obama had asked and selling drugs. How- har Province for security stan has been occupied by the Pentagon for options on ever, Sami’s case is differ- reasons. “When I was ar- the United States. Syria, where an apparent ent from the other inmates rested I was just 14 years “They sent me back a chemical weapons attack because he was for plan- old, it is now 23 months suicide jacket to Kandahar that killed as many as 1,000 ning to carry out a suicide that I have been in prison. and ordered me to carry civilians has upped pressure bombing on Afghan secu- I hate the Taleban because out a suicide attack. I was on Washington to respond. rity forces in Kandahar. they deceived me and I supposed to carry out the “The Defence Depart- When the child prison- could have blown myself bombing. Fortunately I was ment has responsibility to ers were asked what crimes had I pressed the button captured by security forces provide the president with they had committed, most of the device which at that and now I’ m still alive,” options for all contingen- Free Syrian Army fighters walk past damaged buildings of them refused to answer time I did not know was a Mohammad said. cies,” Hagel said. “And that and debris in Deir al-Zor on 20 Aug, 2013.—ReuteRs and just looked at the re- bomb,” Sami said. Xinhua New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 25 August, 2013 11 Regional Nuclear regulator PM’s advisers remain raps TEPCO for lax apart over sales tax hike

Tokyo, 24 Aug—Tai- government plans to raise management of water chi Sakaiya, adviser to the sales tax rate to 8 per- Prime Minister Shinzo cent in April 2014 and 10 tanks Abe, said on Saturday the percent in October 2015, consumption tax should be aiming to cover swelling Tokyo, 24 Aug— of the radioactive water The Nuclear Regulation might have flowed into the raised to 8 percent from the social security costs amid Authority on Friday adjacent Pacific Ocean via current 5 percent next April the increasing proportion criticized as lax Tokyo drainage channels. as scheduled. of elderly people in Japan. Electric Power Co’s In addition to the Postponement of the In the same TV pro- management of water already-confirmed leaky Supplied photo shows officials from the Nuclear tax hike “will hurt trust in gramme, University of storage tanks at the crippled tank, signs of small leaks Regulation Authority on Aug 2013 examining an area Japan’s policy implementa- Shizuoka Professor Etsuro Fukushima Daiichi nuclear have been detected around near water storage tanks from which 300 tons of highly tion,” Sakaiya, who served Honda, another adviser to power plant, after NRA the bottom of two other radioactive water was recently found to have leaked at as director general of the the premier, suggested the officials visited areas tanks. The three tanks are of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi now-defunct Economic rate be raised by 1 percent- where serious leakage was the same type, assembled by nuclear power plant. —Kyodo News Planning Agency, told a TV age point per year, arguing confirmed recently. joining steel plates with bolts. programme. the “recuperating” econo- “The company has TEPCO cannot immediately inflow of groundwater that to struggle with its cleanup He also urged the my will not be able to stand not left any record of stop using them because there seeps into reactor buildings. efforts at the stricken plant, a government to consider the planned tax hike. inspections (of the tanks). are already around 350 in The government, trying memorial service for Masao reducing income and in- Sakaiya said, for his I have to call this sloppy,” use, many storing radioactive to lend a hand to TEPCO, Yoshida, who headed the heritance taxes to mitigate part, the step-by-step sales NRA Commissioner water created as a result of held a meeting of experts on plant when the nuclear crisis the impact of the sales tax tax hike “will cause confu- Toyoshi Fuketa said. continuing water injections Friday to discuss the issue. erupted there in March 2011, hike on the Japanese econ- sion to retailers as well as The visit by the NRA into the three reactors that According to a government was held in Tokyo the same omy. Under legislation consumers.” officials came after plant suffered meltdowns. official, one expert proposed day.—Kyodo News enacted last August, the Kyodo News operator TEPCO found that More storage improving the reliability about 300 tons of highly containers are needed at the of the tanks by coating the radioactive water leaked site because the total amount joints between steel plates to Bomb wounds four rangers in from one of the huge tanks of contaminated water is prevent leaks. at the complex. Some increasing daily due to an As TEPCO continues restive S Thailand Bangkok, 24 Aug— patrolling in a pickup in over 11,000 incidents, Four paramilitary rangers truck along a local road about 3.5 incidents a day, providing security for in Pattani’s Yarang in Thailand’s Muslim, teachers were injured, district, about 500 meters ethnic-Malay dominated one critically, by a bomb from Sanor Pitthayakom three southern border explosion on Friday in school, when the bomb Provinces—Yala, Pattani, restive southern Province was detonated. Narathiwat and four of Pattani, Bangkok Post The pickup truck was districts of Songkhla— online reported. damaged by the explosion. since separatist violence The four founded Police blamed separatist erupted in January 2004, rangers were taken militants. according to Deep South to Pattani hospital. More than 5,000 Watch, which monitors the According to witnesses, people have been killed and regional violence. the four rangers were more than 9,000 injured Xinhua Nine killed in firing outside seminaries in Pakistan A young boy takes photos of a vintage car at an auto cultural festival in Datong City, IslamaBad, 24 Aug— injuries in the attack. for the attack yet. north China’s Shanxi Province, on 23 Aug 2013. —XiNhua At least nine people were The injured man later In a separate incident killed in two separate succumbed to injuries in Bhakkar area of the incidents of firing outside in Pakistan Institute country’s eastern Punjab Nepal’s flood, landslide kill 118 two seminaries in Pakistan of Medical and Health Province, six people were on Friday night, local media Sciences Islamabad, the killed and eight others reported. hospital where he and injured in firing between people in two months Geo TV said that two the dead bodies had been two religious groups kaThmandu, 24 Aug— deaths was recorded in and landslide affected unknown gunmen riding a shifted by the rescuers. outside a seminary. Nepal’s flood and landslide Palpa district in western Nepal’s far-western parts motorbike opened fire at the Police said that the Chief Minister Shah- incidents in the past two hills, while the largest the most, as the swollen people who were coming slain people were religious baz Sharif took notice of months have killed 118 number of disappearance Mahakali River caused out of a seminary after scholars and the militants Bhakkar firing and asked people, wounding 31 was registered in Udaypur havoc, displacing hundreds offering night prayer. fled the scene after concerned authorities to others and leading to the district in eastern Terai of locals in Darchula, Two men died on the attacking them. No group probe the incident. disappearance of 56, the plains. Some 2,500 houses Kanchanpur and Kailali spot while another got has claimed responsibility Xinhua Home Ministry said on were damaged either totally districts. Friday. Out of 75 districts or partially, while around On 18 Aug, Chairman A staff member of an of Nepal, 46 districts (61 1,000 cattle and other of Interim Election Council exhibitor introduces percent) have been affected livestock were lost. Khil Raj Regmi issued food to visitors during by flood and landslide, “We reached to the a directive to high level the 2013 Taiwan while 38 districts (51 victims distributing them government officials to International Tourism percent) have recorded relief materials and cash. provide immediate relief to Expo in Taipei, some sort of deaths. But we could not provide flood and landslide victims southeast China’s Some 12,000 prompt services to them as within 15 days. Taiwan, on 23 Aug individuals have been per the expectation,” Jhanka “We are working to that 2013. The 2013 Taiwan affected in the rain- Nath Dhakal, spokesperson end. We are coordinating International Tourism triggered natural disaster, at the Ministry ‘s Natural with other ministries and Expo opened here on out of which, 10,000 have Disaster Management local administration offices Friday, attracting more been entirely displaced. Centre, told Xinhua. to meet the target in time,” than 350 exhibitors. Most number of This year’s flood said Dhakal.—Xinhua XiNhua 12 Sunday, 25 August, 2013 New Light of Myanmar ADVERTISEMENT & gENERAl Condo for Rent (in kyats) Pho Sein Condo 1750 sqf. Fully renovated 2 MBR,1 BR, 4 aircons No Agent 09 4480 13139 09 540 8745 Man shot in car in Malta Airport valletta, 24 Aug — A man was injured after being shot during an attempted hold-up outside Skyparks near Malta international Airport (MiA) on Thurs- day morning, according to lacal report. The shooting was carried out by two men wearing balaclavas. They stopped a car which was carrying the victim and another man, believed to be handling a large amount of cash af- ter leaving a Bank of Val- letta branch, and demanded cash. A shot was then fired through the car’s wind- screen. One of the two vic- tims, 77 years old, suffered a gunshot wound and was taken to hospital, while the second man, aged 64, suf- fered slight injuries. People on the scene said the man was injured, but conscious. A wit- ness said the victim was drenched in blood, as an ambulance took him away from the site just after 11am. Police officers in bullet proof vests are in the arrival and departure loung- es at MiA. The police is searching for a white Peugeot 208, believed to be the robbers’ car. Xinhua Claims Day NotiCe Number of children who have fled Syria reaches mV ora bhum Voy No (345) Consignees of cargo carried on MV oRA BhuM a million, says UN VoY No (345) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving on 25.8.2013 and cargo will be discharged Geneva, 24 Aug — The try and are often attacked or they have crossed a border from the uN team’s hotel. number of Syrian children recruited as fighters in vio- to safety, they are trauma- uNiCEF executive di- into the premises of M.i.P where it will lie at the con- forced to flee their devastat- lation of humanitarian law, tized, depressed and in need rector Anthony Lake said signee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws ed homeland will on Friday the uN refugee agency uN- of a reason for hope,” An- Syrian youth were bearing and conditions of the Port of Yangon. reach a million, half of all hCR and uN Children’s tonio Guterres, uN high the brunt of the war, which Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am the refugees driven abroad Fund (uNiCEF) said. Commissioner for Refu- has taken the lives of some to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day now by the conflict, the United “The youth of Syria gees, said in a statement. 7,000 children among the declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo Nations said. Another two are losing their homes, Nearly two million estimated 100,000 victims. from the Vessel. million Syrian minors are their family members and Syrians have fled to Tur- The one millionth child ref- No claims against this vessel will be admitted after uprooted within their coun- their futures. Even after key, Lebanon, iraq, Jordan ugee was not just another and North Africa, the uN- number, he said. the Claims Day. hCR says. They include “We must all share the shippiNg ageNCy DepartmeNt 40,000 Syrian Kurds who shame, because while we myaNma port authority flooded into Iraqi Kurdistan work to alleviate the suf- ageNt for: m/s regioNal CoNtaiNer in the past week. The Unit- fering of those affected by liNes ed Nations demanded Syria this crisis, the global com- Phone No: 256908/378316/376797 give its chemical weapons munity has failed in its re- experts immediate access sponsibility to this child. Syrian refugees, who fled the violence back home, are on Thursday to rebel-held We should stop and ask seen at the Domiz refugee camp in the northern Iraqi Damascus suburbs where ourselves how, in all con- Province of Dohuk, on 21 Aug, 2013. poison gas appears to have science, we can continue to ReuteRs killed hundreds, including fail the children of Syria,” many children, a few miles he said.—Reuters New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 25 August, 2013 13 Advertisement & entertAinment THE ASEAN CENTRE FOR ENERGY US air guitarist wins world Chinese INVITES ASEAN NATIONALS TO APPLY FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITION championship with fierce headbanging officer EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Finns started the criticizes The ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) was established in competition in the 1990s 1999 with a strong founding vision to strengthen energy and it is one of many Hollywood’s cooperation among the members of the Association of offbeat events such as South East Asia Nations (ASEAN). With the exponential wife-carrying and mobile “Pacific Rim” growth in energy demand and the increasing priority placed phone-throwing held in the Beijing, 24 Aug—The on regional energy integration and cooperation, there is a summer, when normally re- hit American science fiction need to enhance ACE to fully realise its potential to play a served Fins like to celebrate film “Pacific Rim” fails to pivotal role in shaping ASEAN's energy landscape. In this the warmer weather with convey a sense of peace but exported the US’s rebalanc- regard, ASEAN is seeking an exceptional professional with goofy games. Melin wore a sleeve- ing of its Asia-Pacific strate- strong leadership skills and management abilities to lead less T-shirt and dark jeans, gy, said an officer of the Peo- ACE's transformation into a regional energy knowledge while some rivals opted for ple’s Liberation Army (PLA) hub and think-tank. more dramatic costumes on Friday. In an bylined op- Winner Eric “Mean Melin’’ Melin of the US performs The Executive Director will represent the collective interests including the leather, vi- ed carried by the PLA Daily during the 2013 Air Guitar World Championships in of the 10 ASEAN Member States in the field of energy, king-style bodysuit of 2012 on Friday, Zhang Jieli, a Oulu on 23 Aug, 2013.—ReuteRs including through facilitating the implementation of the champion Justin “Nordic PLA officer said Hollywood ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC), Oulu, (Finland), 24 play-off by showing off a Thunder” Howard. Melin movies “have always served and is responsible for overseeing the administrative and Aug—American Eric combination of energetic described his pursuit as as a propaganda machine to operational duties of the Centre. The Executive Director will “Mean” Melin was crowned headbanging and charis- both silly and serious. convey American values and also be tasked with developing the Centre into a regional air guitar world champion matic stage presence. “All the people from their strategies in the world.” energy think-tank, which conducts influential analyses and on Friday after his fierce “This is insane. It’s so around the world who do this In the movie, the US provides perspectives that impact energy policy in ASEAN. rendition of alternative amazing,” Melin said after crazy thing that we do, that is again behaves as the savior The position is based in Jakarta. rock band Weezer’s “Hash his performance which, un- so ridiculous and so nuts and of mankind and the world police, fighting the Kaijus, The Candidate should possess the following qualities:· Pipe” impressed judges at like that of many air guitar- so silly... we want to elevate an annual competition in ists who play in the privacy monsters which have risen • Demonstrate strong leadership skills and management the art of air guitar to perfor- the northern Finnish city of of their bedrooms, won from the depths of the Pacific abilities, with at least 10 years of senior management mance art,” he said. “We’re Oulu. thunderous applause from a not pretending to play the Ocean to attack human cities, experience in the energy sector (in government, semi- Melin narrowly beat real-life audience and a top guitar, we’re not playing in- said Zhang. government and/or corporate organisations) compatriot Doug “The score from judges. “This is visible guitars. We’re play- The US science fiction • Commitment to strengthen ASEAN energy cooperation Thunder” Stroock after a the best night in my life.” ing the air guitar.”—Reuters blockbuster “Pacific Rim” and to facilitate ASEAN energy engagement with external remained atop China’s box stakeholders US agency says Michael Jackson estate office charts in the week end- • Strong analytical mind, a high political acumen and keen ing 18 Aug, grossing 640 understanding of ASEAN and its stakeholders owes $702 million in taxes million yuan (104.5 million • At least a post-graduate degree in a relevant discipline US dollars). “The decisive WashingtOn, 24 Aug • Excellent command of the English language, with good US pop star battle against the monsters —The estate of pop music Michael Jackson was deliberately set in South verbal and written skills legend Michael Jackson • Physically fit and willing to travel gestures during a China Sea adjacent to Hong owes $702 million in fed- Kong,” Zhang said. “The in- • Citizen of an ASEAN Member State news conference eral taxes and penalties, the at the O2 Arena tention was to demonstrate • The age limit of the candidate is 57 years old Internal Revenue Service in London on 5 the US commitment to main- Remuneration and appointment will commensurate with charged in US Tax Court, March, 2009 file taining stability in the Asia- qualifications and experience. accusing the estate of un- photo.—ReuteRs Pacific area and saving the To apply, please send your application to the Human Re- dervaluing some of the mankind.” In addition to tre- source Division of the ASEAN Secretariat at asean. hr@ star’s assets by hundreds of mendous box office earnings asean.org, highlighting your suitability and potential contri- millions of dollars. from the Chinese market bution to the position, together with a detailed CV, includ- The dollar amounts in each year, American block- ing a recent passport-sized photograph and certified true dispute had not been previ- busters implant western val- copies of educational certificates obtained, and completed ously disclosed in the court ues in young Chinese minds Employment Application Form, which can be downloaded challenge that the Jackson An IRS spokesman The estate’s 2009 tax to change their way of think- and lawyers for the estate filing said the total Jack- from the ASEAN Website at the link http://www.asean.org/ estate filed in July to a bill ing, he noted. Seeing China’s from the IRS, the US tax- declined to comment. son estate had a $7 million opportunities/asec-employment-form. rise as a challenge to their collecting agency. Jackson died on 25 taxable value. In May, the Incomplete applications will not be considered. values and system, some At issue is the wide dif- June, 2009, the date of IRS issued the estate a tax western people have spared Please indicate on the subject heading: Application for ACE ference between what the the estate tax return. His deficiency notice for $505.1 to no effort to infiltrate the Executive Director. estate said Jackson’s legacy estate’s beneficiaries are million in taxes and $196.9 Chinese psyche, ideologi- Application papers should reach the ASEAN Secretariat by was worth versus what the Jackson’s mother, Kather- million in penalties, accord- cally and culturally with the 20 September 2013. IRS determined was its tax- ine, his three children and ing to Tax Court documents help of Hollywood movies, We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified. able value. charities. dated Tuesday.—Reuters he said.—Xinhua Casinos to spin Timberlake, Affleck poker film as cautionary tale

lOs angeles, 24 Aug month in Las Vegas for the “Ocean’s 11” that glamor- sociation are preparing —Justin Timberlake and premiere of Twenty-First ized casinos and the Las advertising and discus- Ben Affleck have Las Ve- Century Fox Inc’s “Runner, Vegas Strip. sion screenings around gas on edge. Runner.” The movie opens “People very well the film’s release, to draw They are the stars of a on 4 October in the United could get the wrong idea,” a distinction between its new film about the murky States. said John Pappas, execu- portrayal of the seedy world of unauthorized on- In the movie, Affleck tive director of the Poker trappings of global on- line poker that could cast plays an online gambling Players Alliance. “Not all line poker, and a federally an unwelcome spotlight tycoon in Costa Rica con- offshore operators are un- regulated market they’re on a fledgling legal mar- fronted by Timberlake, a regulated bad guys. This trying to plug. ket that Sin City’s biggest graduate student who be- is a dramatization, lets be A legal, well-super- players are betting on. lieves he’s been swindled clear about that. It shows vised market safeguards Director Ben Affleck holds his best picture award for Timberlake is set to by the gaming site. what could be happening in against fraud and cheating, his film “Argo’’ at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars Party walk the red carpet with It is a departure from a worst-case scenario.” and increases revenues, its in West Hollywood, California on 25 Feb, 2013. other celebrities at Caesars’ the run of films like the Industry groups like proponents argue. ReuteRs Planet Hollywood next “Hangover” series and the American Gaming As- Reuters 14 Sunday, 25 August, 2013 New Light of Myanmar SPORTS Usual suspects lined up for run at US Open crown New York, 24 Aug— five men — Roger Federer, been in contention at the as sweetly as anyone but at There is a familiar but de- Rafa Nadal, Novak Djoko- same event. But this time age 32, he is not as nimble ceiving look about the main vic, Andy Murray and Juan they are and the US Open as his younger rivals and contenders set to battle for Martin Del Potro — have is the one grand slam where has started to slide down the US Open men’s singles any real chance of wearing they all believe they have a the rankings. title when the year’s final the hardcourt crown. chance. Federer is seeded sev- grand slam gets underway Since the 2005 French In the past five years, enth this year and facing on Monday. Open, only five men have there have been five dif- a treacherous path to the If history and current won grand slam singles ti- ferent winners at Flushing final, including a possible form are any guide, only tles but rarely have all five Meadows. Unsurprisingly, quarter-final showdown Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a return ball to they are the same familiar with his old nemesis Nadal. Tommy Haas of Germany during their men’s singles faces contending this year The Spaniard won the match at the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament in and the stakes could not be US Open in 2010 to com- Cincinnati, Ohio on 15 Aug, 2013 file photo.—ReuteRs higher with all five desper- plete his collection of grand ate to prove a point. slam titles but the effort Federer with two of the four he is becoming more com- For Federer, who won took a toll on his body. majors played on the pave- fortable with and finding the title five times in a row Apart from the French ment. success. from 2004-2008, it is loom- Open, where he remains Unlike clay, where he This year he captured ing as possibly one of his virtually unbeatable, Nadal can slide around and wear three of the four Masters last chances to prove he is has not won any other grand down his opponents with events played on the North not a spent force. slam title since the 2010 US his relentless pursuit of America hardcourts, in- The Swiss master may Open, stalling his chances everything hit at him, Nadal cluding this month’s tour- be the most prolific grand of overtaking Federer’s re- has to change his game on naments at Montreal and Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating Roger slam winner of all time but cord of 17 grand slam title. hardcourt. Cincinnati, and heads into Federer of Switzerland in three sets in their singles he has struggled in recent Nadal already has 12 The 27-year-old has to the US Open as the slight quarter-final match at the Men’s Cincinnati Open years, winning just one of grand slam titles but hard- play more aggressively and favorite, just ahead of Djok- tennis tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio on 16 Aug, 2013 the last 14 majors. court looms as the key to take more risks to shorten ovic and Murray, last year’s file photo.—ReuteRs He still strikes the ball his chances of overtaking the points but it is a strategy finalists.—Reuters Azarenka poses danger for Williams Pirelli calm tire fears after Spa punctures Spa-FraNcorchampS, gered safety fears and threw tread. So we have to go and at US Open 24 Aug—Pirelli calmed the sport into crisis. look at the track later to see New York, 24 Aug— renewed fears about their Their motorsport head what is between turns 13 Serena Williams may be Formula One tires on Fri- Paul Hembery assured re- and 15.” the overwhelming favourite day after triple world cham- porters that Friday’s inci- Last month’s Hungar- but the world number one pion Sebastian Vettel and dent was completely dif- ian Grand Prix, the last race is anything but a sure bet to Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso ferent, however, and due before the summer break, win a US Open overflow- suffered punctures in sec- to “external sources” - such was free of tire-related in- ing with intriguing possi- ond practice at the Belgian as debris - rather than any- cidents but the Hungaroring bilities. Grand Prix. thing structural. is one of the slowest cir- As the greatest player Red Bull’s Vettel was “It looks on the Red cuits while Spa is the sec- of her generation, Williams fastest in the dry session but Bull as though something ond fastest track with heavy is the obvious choice to win the sight of him nursing his has been rubbing on the loads on the tires. the women’s singles tourna- stricken car back to the pits surface and then has just cut Any tire failure or ment, starting on Monday, at slow speed with strips of through,” he said. track issue, with cars rac- but faces challenges on sev- right rear tire buckling and “And on the Ferrari ing on full throttle for long eral fronts including the cal- Serena Williams of the US returns a ball while she flailing was more of a talk- there are two quite clear stretches, could be cata- endar. attends an exhibition game after the Draw Ceremony ing point. holes through the top of the strophic.—Reuters If she wins, the before the start of the 2013 US Open tennis tournament Alonso had a rear right 31-year-old American will at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in puncture too, also at around be the oldest woman cham- New York, on 22 Aug, 2013.—ReuteRs turn 14, at the end of the pion since tennis turned The American is al- were followed by her gut- session. “I don’t think it’s a professional in 1968 but ready the second oldest wrenching loss to Victoria similar problem to what we time has not caught up with grand slam winner after she Azarenka at the Western saw in Silverstone, maybe Williams just yet. won last year’s US Open and Southern Open in Cin- more of a random set of “I’m definitely pre- and has captured eight titles cinnati earlier this month. circumstances, but all the pared. I’m definitely ready this season, including the Williams seemed to same it needs careful analy- for New York. I’m looking French Open. But not eve- have the match under control sis.” said the Spaniard who forward to it,” she said. rything has gone her way. when she cruised through the was quickest in the morn- “I feel like I definitely A quarter-final loss to opening set only to lose in a ing. had more matches than I Sloane Stephens at the Aus- third-set tie breaker, boosting Pirelli had to strength- Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain could want, but I’m defi- tralian Open and a fourth- Azarenka’s confidence head- en their tires after a spate drives during the first practice session of the Belgian F1 nitely prepared for the US round defeat to Sabine ing into the year’s final grand of blowouts at the British Grand Prix at the Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps Open.” Lisicki at Wimbledon slam.—Reuters Grand Prix in June trig- on 23 Aug, 2013.—ReuteRs There’s just been a lot of birdie at the par-five 13th Kuchar edges into lead at traffic on them. I feel like put him ahead. Simpson, in the morning, they will be the 2012 US. Open cham- The Barclays perfect greens.” pion, shot a second-round World number one 66 after playing 12 holes JerSeY citY, (New holes on the scenic layout Tiger Woods, playing in Friday morning to complete Jersey), 24 Aug—Matt perched at the edge of New the same group as Kuchar, an opening 67 as 63 golfers Kuchar joined the birdie York harbor before play was reached seven under after had to return early to finish a brigade at Liberty Nation- halted due to darkness. six holes but began miss- first round hit by more than al to overtake clubhouse “I’m really pleased ing fairways and greens and six hours of delays due to leaders Webb Simpson with how I’m playing,” said posted three bogeys before thunderstorms. The 28-year- and Gary Woodland by a 35-year-old Kuchar, who stopping the bleeding with old American had a feeling stroke late in the second felt it could be a positive a birdie at 13 to stand five his score might not stand up round of The Barclays on to be one of the 40 players under par. given ideal scoring condi- Friday. coming back on Saturday Webb Simpson of the US watches his tee shot on the A stretch of four birdies tions on greens softened by Kuchar registered five morning to finish the round. 13th hole during the weather delayed first round of in five holes from the sixth rain storms that caused over birdies without a bogey to “Right now the greens the Barclays PGA golf tournament in Jersey City, New lifted Kuchar level into a six hours of delays on Thurs- reach 10 under par after 13 are getting a little bit worn. Jersey on 23 Aug, 2013.—ReuteRs tie for the lead and a tap-in day.—Reuters New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 25 August, 2013 15 GENERAL MYANMAR MYANMAR TV INTERNATIONAL (25-8-2013, Sunday) (25-8-13 09:30 am ~ 6:00 am 12:25 pm 26-8-13 09:30 am) MST 1. Paritta By Hilly 17. Round Up of The * Local News Week’s International * History Of Wishfulfilling Region Missionary Mai-Lamu Pagoda Sayadaw News * World News 6:25 am 1:25 pm * Colonial Buildings and a 2. Physical Exercise 18. Song Varities New Yangon 6:35 am 1:35 pm * Local News * Shwe Bo Township 3. Dance & Song of 19. Documentary 3:00 pm bearing five names (Part- National Races 1) 20. News 6:45 am * World News 3:15 pm 4. Documentary * Marvelous Solo Cane 21. Teleplay (Forest) Ball Playing 7:00 am 4:00 pm * Local News 5. News/Weather 22. News/Weather Report * Myanmar Mega Factory Report 4:15 pm (Episode-2) South Korea’s Ko Miso rests after the girls’ 50m freestyle final of swimming at 2nd 7:20 am 23. Dance & Song of * World News * Myanmar Weaving Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, on 22 6. Documentary National Races * Local News Aug, 2013. South Korea’s Ko Miso claimed the gold medal. 7:45 am 4:25 pm * Travelling In Shan Xinhua 7. (38) Phyar Mingalars 24. University of Distance Mountain Ranges (Htan 8:00 am Education San Cave & Mwetaw Ghanaian gov’t tightens security ahead 8. News/International (TV Lectures) Kakku) News -First Year (Economics) * World News of election petition ruling * Myanmar Movie Review 8:25 am 5:00 pm “Superb” AccrA, 24 Aug—The The statement listed ment officials, traditional 9. Amazing World 25. News/Weather Report * Local News government of Ghana special telephone numbers rulers and a myriad of 9:00 am 5:15 pm * Lampi Marine National stepped up security meas- for emergency calls in case concerned institutions 10. News/International 26. Sing & Enjoy Park ures throughout the country of any disturbance, calling have constantly called for News 6:00 pm * World News * A Visit To Today’s late Friday ahead of a ruling for calm during and after peace during and after the 9:25 am 27. News/Weather Report by the Supreme Court in the the Supreme Court’ s rul- ruling. 6:20 pm Along-Daw-Katthapha 11. Mono Classical * Local News landmark election petition ing. The election last year 28. Cartoon Series case next Thursday. Meanwhile, the police went on peacefully with Songs * Food Trip (Episode-5) 7:00 pm Interior Minister Kwe- said on Friday that it had the swearing in of President 9:40 am Part-2 29. News si Ahwoi said in a statement deployed 32,000 personnel Mahama, before the main 12. TV Drama Series * World News 7:25 pm * Product Of Myanmar- that the security agencies to strategic locations across opposition New Patriotic 10:00 am 30. TV Drama Series Seashells Products have been fully prepared the country ahead of Thurs- Party went to court seeking 13. News for the task ahead and were day’s verdict. to overturn the declaration 8:00 pm * Local News * Myanmar Delicate ready to protect life and There have been gen- of the Electoral Commis- 10:20 am 31. News/International Artistic Handy Creations property during and after eral apprehensions among sion for what it claimed 14. TV Drama Series News/Weather Report (Goldsmith) 11:10 am the ruling. citizens that some violent irregularities and the break- 8:35 pm * World News “The security agencies eruptions could occur fol- ing of the law during the 15. Gitadagale 32. Pyi Thu Ni Ti * Beautiful Sun Rise in are prepared psychological- lowing the court’s verdict elections. Phwintbaohn 9:00 pm Mrauk U ly and logistically to main- on the petition challenging After four months 12:00 pm * Local News tain law and order while the election of President of hearings, the Supreme 33. News 16. News/International 34. Tamyetmar * Journay To Unimaginable efforts are under way to John Dramani Mahama last Court has set 29 Aug for its Spots News/Weather prevent any disturbances,” December. final judgement of the case. Takwetsar * World News the statement stressed. The Clergy, govern- Xinhua Report 35. New Melody * Taking an Oath for Life Alabama announces museum to honor Former Negro League Baseball players Robert the Negro League baseball Vickers (L), a former catcher and pitcher BirminghAm, (Ala- er of the Center for Negro large crowds around the (1956-1974) and bama), 24 Aug—In the League Baseball Research country. Some of Major Charlie Harris, a city where baseball legends (CNLBR) in Dallas. League Baseball’s most tal- former outfielder (1962- Satchel Paige and Willie “It will be a museum ented players emerged from 1963) in the segregated Mays played on a segre- like no other one in the these leagues, including Industrial League gated team, plans for a new country,” said Revel, who Jackie Robinson, the first attend an Negro League Baseball will be donating most of black player in the modern announcement of the Museum were unveiled Fri- the memorabilia that will era to be signed by a major new Negro League day. Several former players fill the 5,000 square foot league team, the Brooklyn Baseball Museum for the famous “Birming- museum, including 1,500 Dodgers, in 1945. honoring their teams in ham Black Barons” turned baseballs. His massive col- The new museum plans Birmingham, Alabama, out for the occasion anxious lection was once displayed to work in unison with the on 23 Aug, 2013. to honor their old teams and in a now-closed museum Kansas City, Missouri- ReuteRs teammates. The interactive in Dallas and could cover based Negro Leagues Base- museum will feature holo- 30,000 square feet, he said. ball Museum, which was mingham has a rich black past. “I played for the Ra- The Birmingham City grams that allow visitors Negro League teams founded in 1990, Birming- baseball history and great leigh Tigers for one year, Council in May approved to stand in the line of fire were professional baseball ham Mayor William Bell players whose careers be- before the St. Louis Cardi- $400,000 in funds for the as Paige pitches one of his teams made up of African- announced at a press con- gan there.” nals signed me in 1963. I $2 million construction legendary fastballs. American players excluded ference. “We look forward The Birmingham mu- was one of the first black project adjoining Birming- Visitors will also be from the all-white major to cooperating in spreading seum will focus on the seg- players after integration, ham’s new downtown base- able to meet former play- leagues during segregation. the word of the history of regated Southern League and I was only 17 years ball field. The rest of the ers volunteering at the mu- They began informally the Negro leagues and its and the Industrial League old,” said Ernest “Big Dog” funding will be raised pri- seum who will be free to in the late 1800s and oper- relevancy,” concurred Bob as well as the integration Fann, now 70 years old, vately, according to Chuck “tell all the lies they want,” ated professionally from Kendrick, president of the of baseball, to complement who’s story will be featured Faush, Jr. a spokesman for joked Layton Revel, found- 1920 to 1960, drawing Missouri museum. “Bir- Birmingham’s civil rights in the new facility. the mayor.—Reuters R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information. 4th Waning of Wagaung 1375 ME New Light of Myanmar Sunday, 25 August, 2013 Milch cow breeding helps families earn extra income Private sector accounts for 99% Myint said that the school of production in developed milk cow programme can help enable the school-age countries children to be healthy and N ay P yi T aw, 24 as much as possible without intelligent ones in their Aug—Union Minister for causing a burden to the older ages. Industry U Maung Myint people. The Union minister made a trip to inspect No.8 The Union minister bided to sell milch cows to Textile Factory (Pyawbwe) noted that private sector the school board of trustees, and its branch (Yamethin) accounted for 99 per cent parents of the students yesterday morning. of production and the through installment system. Economic ministries government, one per cent in The Union minister pointed should do their works like developed countries. out that selling of surplus commercial business, he The Union minister milk will facilitate to stressed in meeting with also toured No.7 Textile earn extra money for the staff of the factories. He Factory (Wundwin), No.18 families. He also gave continued that in realizing Heavy Industry (Ingon) suggestion on extension people centered approach, and No.2 Textile Factory of meat and fish breeding the ministry should serve (Paleik). to fulfill meat and fish the interest of the people MNA demand in the region. Union Minister U Ohn Myint meeting the students at School milk programme Then, the Union Water level at Shwegyin minister, deputy minister Nay Pyi Taw, 24 below its danger level. It at No 5 BEHS in Zabuthiri Township.—mna and departmental officials Aug—According to the may continue to rise its Nay Pyi Taw, 24 Aug— Education High School ceremony, Union Minister fed fresh milk to the observations at 1:30 pm danger level within the School milk programme in Zabuthiri Township, for Livestock, Fisheries and students. MST today, the water level next 24 hr, announced the was launched at No 5 Basic here, this morning. At the Rural Development U Ohn MNA of Shwegyin River stood Meteorology and Hydrology at 13 cm (about 0.4 foot) Department.—MNA Ayeyawady Bridge-Pathein railroad section, development drive for local people Byline: Maung Maung Myint Swe; Photo: Tin Soe (MMAL) Pathein is located in the sleepers and gravels have Ayeyawady Region focal point of road transport been stockpiled, and a is teeming with rivers in Ayeyawady Region. plan is underway to start and creeks. So far, 110 Yangon is an economic hub placing the rail tracks in bridges under 40 feet, 14 of the nation as well as a open season. bridges under 180 feet and great downtown of Yangon Seven railway stations two bridges above 180 Region. At present, Myanma namely Hsingaung, feet have been built. Two Railways is constructing a Dauntgyi, Einme, bridges above 180 feet are railroad linking Yangon and Kyondainggyi, Mayan, Mandalaygon and Einme Pathein. Pantanaw and Sekkawt will bridges. Thongwachaung “Ayeyawady Bridge be on the railroad section. Of Bridge has been completed (Nyaungdon)-Pathein them, Hsingaung, Dauntgyi, by 50 per cent. (Begaret) railroad section Einme and Sekkawt stations It is expected to is 57.66 miles long. The have been completed. complete construction of 20.75 miles long Pathein Pantanaw Station is under 98 miles long Yangon- (Begaret)-Einme railroad construction. There remain Pathein railroad in 2013- section has been completed two stations Kyondainggyi 14 fiscal year. Officials and was commissioned into and Mayan to be built. and workers of MR are service on 21 March 2011. Ayeyawady Bridge making all-out efforts for The remaining railroad (Nyaungdon)-Pathein timely completion of the sections will be built on (Begaret) railroad section construction tasks. Upon schedules,” said Project will pass Kangyidaunt, completion, the new railroad transport of the local people Construction of Ayeyawady Bridge Engineer U Zaw Ye Myint Kyaunggon, Einme, will be contributing a lot to and the regions. (Nyaungdon)-Pathein (Begaret) railroad of Myanma Railways. Pantanaw and Nyaungdon regional development, and Myanma Alinn: 22-8-2013 section in progress. At present, rail tracks, townships in the region. commodity and passenger Trs: TTA

Test running of Aungmingalar Highway Bus Arrival Byline and Photo: Terminal launches Saw Thein Win

As the first phase of new charge U Nyan Tun Aung simultaneously, covering Aungmingalar Highway of Aungmingalar Highway seats at four platforms, Bus Arrival Terminal in Bus Terminal. trolleys, LED signboards, Yangon, the test running Myanmar’s first-ever CCTV, TVs, 20 toilets, of the arrival terminal has terminal can systematically Internet access, shops, been launched as of the hold incoming and outgoing clinics, currency exchange night of 19 August to 31 highway expresses. counters and 132 cars from August, according to In- Travelling patterns are five bus lines. rapidly changing to be on The steel-structure Photo shows newly- a par with the development terminal measuring 312 ft of country. The terminal X 122 ft was built at a cost opened Aungmingalar is aimed at offering easy of over K 500 million. As access to the transport of 1 September, K 500 per Highway Bus Arrival sector. highway express and K 200 The arrival terminal per taxi will be collected. Terminal. can hold 30 highway Kyemon : 20-8-2013 expresses and 50 taxies Trs: MT