Vol. II, No. 225, 6th Waning Day of Tazaungmon 1377 ME Wednesday, 2 December, 2015

ANALYSIS World AIDS Day observed Union Minister meets Step up efforts to in Nay Pyi Taw World Bank delegation ensure mobility for all Page 3 Page 3 Page 8 a matter of teamwork Political dialogue framework drafting kicks off

Ye Myint also be involved in drafting the framework were announced at A nine-member team began the the press conference, with one task of drawing up the details of more representative from politi- a political dialogue framework at cal party and the government to Myanmar Peace Centre in Yan- be confirmed on Tuesday. gon yesterday. The remaining According to Monday’s an- members of those selected to nouncement, Deputy Minister represent political parties and the for Defence Rear Admiral Myint current government’s side were Nwe and U Hla Maung Shwe, a also confirmed, according to a senior adviser at Myanmar Peace spokesperson. Centre, were selected on behalf “The drafting of the frame- of the government side while U work began today,” U Hla Maung Thu Wai of Democratic Party Shwe, who represents the govern- (Myanmar) and Sai Kyaw Nyunt ment side, told The Global New of Shan National League for De- Light of Myanmar yesterday. mocracy were named to represent The government has selected political parties. Dr Kyaw Yin Hlaing, a director Ethnic ceasefire signatories at Myanmar Peace Centre, as its declared its full list of representa- representative to the team, while tives on Monday, which includes political parties named U Na- Dr Salai Lian Hmung Sakhong ing Ngan Lin who is currently of Chin National Front, U Myo Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House) Win of All Burma Students’ representative from the National Dr Salai Lian Hmung Sakhong, who represents an ethnic group ceasefire signatories, is pictured during the Democratic Front and Saw Kyaw League for Democracy party. first round of a nine-member political dialogue framework drafting team meeting at Myanmar Peace Centre Nyunt of Karen National Union/ “Today was very productive. yesterday. Photo: Myanmar Peace Centre Karen National Liberation Army It will take until 5 December to (Peace Council). finalize the details,” said U Thu from the relevant meetings on 7-9 ernment and ethnic group cease- pave the way for political dia- In accordance with the con- Wai, who also represents the December in Yangon and 12-14 fire signatories was formed on logue, which will take place no cepts approved at the three-day group of political parties. December in Nay Pyi Taw, added Monday. later than 14 January as per the meeting, the framework must be The framework is expected U Thu Wai. According to a press confer- requirements of the nationwide drafted in accordance with the to be submitted for approval by The joint drafting team of ence held afterwards, the frame- ceasefire agreement, which was terms of the national ceasefire the President on 15 or 16 Decem- three members from each of the work will be drafted between signed in October. agreement signed in October, ber and will first require approval political parties, the present gov- 1 and 5 December and it will The names of those who will See page 3 >>

Indaw’s ‘earth wave’ not connected with Sagaing Fault Line: seismologists Seismologists have said the mountain, said committee is getting bigger and bigger,” said that a one-metre high earth for- member Dr Saw Ngwe Khaing. Ma Yu from Aunggon Village. mation that sprouted across the It could take one or two years The mountain where the Indaw-Bamauk Road near Indaw for the land to stablise, he added. landslides are occurring seem to Township is not connected to the A one-metre high earth for- inching closer to the road, she Sagaing fault line. mation was apparently due to added. After conducting a survey shifting underground faults. The Vehicles passing the mile in the site yesterday, a member formation has become a traffic post No 203 reported that the of a Myanmar earthquake com- obstacle and has created anxiety height of the earth wave has mittee said that the landslides among the local people, who re- grown to a height of about three at Kyargaung Mountain and the fer to the formation as an ‘earth feet within a week, said U Aung formation of the earth wave were wave’. Kyi, a resident of Thakkekyin caused by torrential rains in July The area also suffered tor- Village. and August. rential rains and landslides in Local people are anx- Large volumes of rain sank July. ious about the unusual forma- into the mountain, causing the “Landslides are happening tions, particularly in the wake weight of the land to increase and nearly every day and it has been of an earthquake measuring on result in a landslide. The same found that the road has moved 4.6 Richter scale that struck situation caused the formation of significantly over the last 10 to 15 near Indaw Township on 11 Members of Myanmar’s earthquake committee at work. Photo: Maung Chit Lin an ‘earth wave’ on the road near days. The earth wave on the road October.—Maung Chit Lin 2 parliament 2 December 2015

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Roundup

UNION Minister U Aung Min agreement has been submitted to outlined the terms and condi- the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw for ap- tions of the Nationwide Ceasefire proval. Agreement during yesterday’s Officials also clarified the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session. benefits of signing an ASEAN+3 He said the truce was signed tourism cooperation agreement with three aims; strengthening and representatives discussed the ceasefire agreement, imple- a report on tax collection. The menting political dialogue and session also approved a bill the realisation of the peace pro- amending the Myanmar Mining cess. He added that the truce Law. —Myanmar News Agency Pyidaungsu Hluttaw is being convened in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw Amyotha Hluttaw Pyithu Hluttaw Roundup Amyotha Hluttaw Roundup THE Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper The committee had already House) approved three bills, amended the bill after checking including the Basic Education it thoroughly, he added. Bill, during yesterday’s session. The two other bills ap- Dr Myat Nyanna Soe, Sec- proved by the Amyotha Hluttaw retary of the Amyotha Hluttaw were bylaws amending the My- Bill Committee, suggested that anma Pearl Enterprise Bylaws parliament should amend the and the Organisations Registra- bill to include the phrase “to tion bylaws, which were both gain basic skills for proficiency amended by the Pyithu Hluttaw and technology” so as to make (Lower House) and sent back to the objectives of the bill more the Amyotha Hluttaw.— Myan- clear-cut. mar News Agency

Dr Lin Aung. Photo: MNA Daw Khin San Hlaing. Photo: MNA U Aung Kyaw Khin. Photo: MNA

REPORTS on the Pyithu Hlut- mittee and the Pyithu Hluttaw raised by Daw Khin San Hlaing taw Farmers, Workers and Social Development Committee of Pale Constituency over meas- Youth Affairs Committee, as were also presented for approv- ures being taken by the minis- well as its National Plan, Union al. try for the conservation of wa- Budget and Taxation Scrutinis- The contents of the Peo- tershed areas in Myanmar, the ing Committee were submitted ple’s Debt Management Bill of Deputy Minister for Environ- during yesterday’s parliamen- the Ministry of Finance were mental Conservation and For- tary session. MPs were invited read out, while bills on Insur- estry clarified that the ministries to discuss the reports during up- ance Business and Savings are working with one another, coming sessions. Banks Laws, with amendments international organisations and Reports by the Pyithu Hlut- by Amyotha Hluttaw, were also experts to promulgate a National taw Rights of Citizens, Democ- submitted for approval. Land Use Policy.— Myanmar racy and Human Rights Com- In response to a question News Agency Daw Khin San Yi. Photo: MNA Dr Myat Nyanna Soe. Photo: MNA Ceremony held to recognise awareness about HIV/AIDS Union Finance Minister talks WINNERS of the World HIV/ AIDS Day 2015 drawing and essay tax reform in parliament competitions were awarded prizes THE Ministry of Finance is by Yangon Region Chief Minister stepping up its efforts to pre- U Myit Swe yesterday. vent tax evasion in Myanmar The Chief Minister pre- but is keen to avoid placing too sented prizes to middle and high great a burden on law-abiding school-level winners while Daw taxpayers, Union Minister for Khin Thet Htay, the Chairperson of Finance U Win Shein said at the Yangon Region Women’s Af- the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ses- fairs Federation (WAF) gave out- sion yesterday. standing performance awards for The union minister out- an HIV/AIDS knowledge test to lined new methods in tax col- WAF members. Healthcare staff lection, the allocation of taxes in Yangon Region also received in the national budget and ef- awards in recognition of their out- forts to prevent tax evasion. He standing knowledge about HIV/ said that reforming the coun- AIDS. After the ceremony, which try’s tax system is vital for gen- was held at the Union of Myanmar erating income that can be used Federation of Chambers of Com- for the public good. —Myan- Union Minister for Finance and merce and Industry (UMFCCI) in mar News Agency Revenue U Win Shein. Photo: MNA Lanmadaw Township, the Yangon Region Chief Minister and guests Correction visited booths to commemorate the annual event.— Myanmar News The Global New Light of Myanmar regrets the incorrect spelling Yangon Region Chief Minister U Myint Swe presents prize to a school Agency of ‘reconciliation’ on the front page of yesterday’s edition. girl. Photo: MNA 2 December 2015 national 3

World AIDS Day observed in Nay Pyi Taw President U Thein Sein sends messages of felicitations to Lao People’s Democratic Republic U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, has sent messages of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Choummaly SAYASONE, President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and His Excellency Mr. Thongsing THAMMAVONG, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the founding of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, which falls on 2 December 2015.—Myanmar News Agency

Vice-President Dr. Sai Mauk Kham sends message of felicitations to Lao People’s Democratic Republic Dr. Sai Mauk Kham, Vice-President of the Republic of the Union Union Minister for Health Dr Than Aung visits World AIDS Day commemorative booths. Photo: MNA of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Bounnhang VORACHITH, Vice-President of the Lao People’s OVER 100,000 Myanmar peo- spread of HIV and the treatments Mr Eamonn Murphy and Invest- Democratic Republic, on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the ple living with HIV/AIDS are provided in Myanmar in collabo- ment and Efficiency Adviser Ms receiving free antiretroviral ther- ration with its local and interna- Krittayawan Tina Boonto read founding of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, which falls on 2 apy thanks to the cooperation of tional partners. out messages on behalf of the December 2015.—Myanmar News Agency local and foreign partner organ- Although prevalence rates Secretary-General of the United isations, said the Union Minister are decreasing, according to the Nations and UNAIDS. for Health Dr Than Aung during Myanmar Ministry of Health The union minister present- Vice-President U Nyan Tun sends a ceremony to mark the World there are 200,000 people living ed prizes to winners of essay, AIDS Day in Nay Pyi Taw yes- with HIV/AIDS in Myanmar and painting and cartoon competi- message of felicitations to Lao terday. approximately 15,000 people die tions that were held as part of the In his speech, the minister of AIDS-related illnesses every event, which also included an ex- People’s Democratic Republic explained the efforts Myanmar is year. hibition aimed at raising aware- undertaking to help prevent the UNAIDS Country Director ness. –Myanmar News Agency U Nyan Tun, Vice-President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Bounnhang VORACHITH, Vice-President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of Union Minister meets World Bank delegation the founding of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, which falls THE Union Minister for Social on 2 December 2015.—Myanmar News Agency Welfare, Relief and Resettlement and the Chairperson of the Na- tional Disaster Management Work Committee Dr Myat Myat Ohn U Wunna Maung Lwin sends Khin met with a World Bank dele- gation led by Senior Infrastructure message of felicitations to Lao Specialist Mrs Henrike Brecht at the ministry on Tuesday. People’s Democratic Republic They discussed measures be- ing taken by the ministry and the U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs committee in providing ongoing of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of aid to flood victims and future felicitations to His Excellency Dr. Thongloun SISOULITH, Deputy cooperation between the ministry Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People’s and the World Bank.—Myanmar Union Minister Dr Myat Myat Ohn Khin receives more than K 5.7 million Democratic Republic, on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of News Agency donated by Ministry of Culture. Photo: mna the founding of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, which falls on 2 December 2015.—Myanmar News Agency

Talks on issues of Sovereignty and Disaster

MYANMAR crowds welcomed ternational actress coming to our Matter held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vietnamese actress Nguyễn Trần nation, I am here to honour her,” on 1 December 2015 Huyền at her arrival at Yangon she said. International Airport yesterday She will leave today after With the aim to support capacity for Foreign Service Personnel, evening. visiting Shwedagon Pagoda and the capacity building process was held in the Ministry of Foreign Shar Htut Eindra, Miss Uni- giving a press conference. Affairs, Nay Pyi Taw which has been organizing every month as a verse Myanmar-2014, was among She will return to Myanmar third wave programme involved in Myanmar’s transformation into other miss Myanmars who greeted in February of next year to star in a democratic nation. Professor Dr. Daw Yin Yin Nwe, Education the Vietnamese actress. a film with Myanmar actor Nay Advisor to the President of the Government of the Republic of the “I am delighted to see an in- Toe.—Myat Sandi Union of Myanmar came to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a special guest speaker for the month December, 2015. clude basic principles, representation Talks on Issues of Sovereignty and Disaster Matter were di- and participation of stakeholders in vided into two parts and presented by professor Dr. Daw Yin Yin A matter of teamwork political dialogue, the method of de- Nwe on 1 December 2015 in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nay >> From page 1 ceasefire deal was signed, it has been cision-making, the management of Pyi Taw. The Talks were commenced at 0950 a.m. and opening and a new draft framework will be set agreed that each will be considered as political dialogue, the signing of Un- remark was delivered by H.E. U Aung Linn, the Permanent Secre- up collaboratively, making it flexible a reference tool only as amalgamating ion agreement and the implementation tary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Deputy Minister U Tin enough to accommodate a transition the contents of each framework would process, to be involved in the frame- Oo Lwin, Directors-General, Deputy Directors-General, Officers of government in Myanmar, said a be overly complicated. work. and staff members of all levels attended the lecture which was fol- spokesperson. Over the past three days, the According to the terms of NCA, lowed by an inter-active discussion session and concluded at 1430 Although various stakehold- drafting committee has reached an the framework must be created within hrs. in the afternoon.—Myanmar News Agency ers drew up frameworks before the agreement on 10 elements, which in- 60 days after the signing of the NCA. 4 Local News 2 December 2015 Toyota art contest aims to stimulate Sayadaw Bhaddanta children’s imaginations Nimala of Nandaraungmyay More than 800,000 children from over 80 countries participated in last year’s contest Monastery to be honoured

Judges and organizers of Toyota Dream Car Art Contest aim to inspire children’s creativity. Photo: Khaing Thanda Lwin

Khaing Thanda Lwin winners from across the globe. their parents. Worldwide winners will be cho- As part of its social contribu- JAPAN’S top automaker sen from the field of national win- tion initiatives, the Toyota Motor Toyota has launched its 10th Toy- ners and flown to Japan with their Corporation has held the global ota Dream Car Art Contest – a parents or guardians. drawing contest since 2004. Last picture drawing contest for chil- Artist Nyein Chan Su, a year’s contest attracted more than dren – with the aim of inspiring judge presiding over the contest, 800,000 children from over 80 creativity in youth and encourag- said the contest is an opportunity countries. ing their interest in the automotive for local children to reveal their This is the third time Myan- Officials of WMC hospital presents honorary certificate to Sayadaw industry. artistic skills, which may also mar has joined the contest since Bhaddanta Nimala. Photo : U Asara Children below 15 years of help them develop their imagina- 2014. More than 1,000 Myanmar age are invited to take part in the tion skills. children joined last year’s contest. Sayadaw Bhaddanta Nimala certificate would be conferred on contest, with plans to select nine Actress Chit Thu Wai, who Interested children across of Nandaraungmyay Monastery Sayadaw Bhaddanta Nimala for winners from three categories, also serves as a judge for the con- Myanmar can send their works of in the compound of Leikpyakan, his contribution to the hospital’s said U Aye Zaw, the chairman of test, urged parents to encourage art to No. 4 Pyidawaye Yeiktha Bhahan Township would be free medical service programs in TTAS Co. Ltd, Toyota’s first au- their children to create works with Street, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, honoured by the World Medical Myanmar. He would be invited thorised dealer in Myanmar. their own ideas, saying the major- Yankin Township, or to Toyota Centre international hospital in to Thailand in January to accept Winning illustrations will be ity of children and young people showrooms in Yangon no later Bangkok. the certificate presented by the exhibited in Japan with national in the country are influenced by than 13 February 2016. The hospital’s honorary officials of WMC.—GNLM Marionette training course concludes in Mandalay

People enjoy puppet show staged by trainees of marionette. Photo: Thiha Ko Ko

A TWO-WEEK Myanmar Patrons of the Myanma pletion ceremony. spoke about arts education and and entertainment. marionette training course, con- Marionette Association U Thein The trainees and younger cultural exchange. Professors U In the evening, a German ducted by Myanmar Upperland, Naing and U Ye Dwe, counse- artists also paid traditional re- Khine Tun and Daw Aye San- marionette show and a Myan- concluded on 28 November lor of the Swiss Embassy Ms spect to the doyen marionette da Aung of the Departments of mar marionette show by Yangon in Mandalay’s Chanmyathazi Carin Salerno and director of artists. Traditional Dance at the Nation- and Mandalay artists with a tra- Township. The course was spon- the Goethe-Institut in Yangon In the afternoon, cultural al Universities of Fine Arts and ditional Pyittainghtaung music sored by the Swiss Development Mr Franz Xaver Augustin gave exchange discussions were held. Culture in Yangon and Manda- troupe were held in Mandalay Cooperation Association. keynote addresses at the com- One German marionette artist lay, respectively, discussed arts Square.—Thiha Ko Ko 2 December 2015 regional 5 India’s Modi says developing Thailand’s airports install to nations need space to grow counter-terrorism systems BANGKOK — Six international and airlines so the check-in coun- PARIS — Developing countries “The prosperous still have a US President Barack Obama dur- airports in Thailand implemented ters will receive information in- need room to develop while strong carbon footprint and the ing which Modi pledged to en- a new advance passenger infor- stantly on whether the passenger fighting climate change, India’s world’s billions at the bottom of sure India’s development would mation checking system yester- is approved to board the plane to day in a bid to help prevent ter- Thailand or not,” said the police. Prime Minister Narendra Modi the development ladder are seek- go “hand in hand” with environ- rorists and criminals from Additionally, a one billion told delegates at the start of two ing space to grow. So the choices mental protection, while Obama entering and exiting the country. baht ($27.9 million) biometric fa- weeks of UN talks in Paris on are not easy,” Modi said. acknowledged India’s right to Thailand’s inbound and out- cial, fingerprint and iris recogni- Monday. Earlier, he held talks with grow and fight poverty.—Reuters bound passengers will now re- tion system will be linked with ceive a background check the newly installed procedure. through a screening system called “Besides being fully con- the “Advance Passenger Process- nected to Interpol’s database next S Korea warns against planned ing System,” which will enable year, the APPS system will link Thai authorities to detect black- to the biometric system so of- listed criminals and those subject ficers can identify criminals even Japanese colonial history review panel to a “Red Notice” — an Interpol more precisely,” said the com- arrest warrant. missioner. SEOUL — South Korea’s stronger criticism from the in- nese War in the late 19th century Police Maj. Gen. Nathathorn After a deadly bomb attack in Foreign Ministry spokesman ternational community if the to World War II. Critics in Prousoontorn, commissioner of Bangkok in August killed 20 peo- yesterday warned against a re- panel tries to distort historical South Korea raised concerns immigration, told reporters at the ple and injuring more than a hun- system’s launch at Bangkok’s dred, Thai Prime Minister Gen. ported plan by Japan’s ruling facts and support historical re- that the move may be part of Suvarnabhumi airport that the Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered a re- Liberal Democratic Party to visionism,” Cho Joon Hyeok Japanese nationalists’ efforts to APPS system will obstruct crimi- form of the country’s security and create a panel to re-examine Ja- said during a news briefing. justify Japan’s aggression nals with arrest warrants from border control systems, and ap- pan’s colonial history, saying Japan’s LDP is reportedly against Asian countries in the coming into Thailand at the point proved a budget of one billion baht th the panel should not defend Ja- planning to set up a history re- first half of the 20 century. of boarding, as well as from try- for the purchase of the biometric pan’s wartime wrongdoings. view panel to mark the 60th an- Japan ruled the Korean ing to leave Thailand. system to be enacted at immigra- “We are aware of the re- niversary of the party’s found- Peninsula until the end of World “The system will link with tion checkpoints at airports and ports (on the planned panel) and ing and re-examine the history War II after annexing it in the immigration police’s blacklist border crossings throughout the Japan will come under a lot of Japan from the Sino-Japa- 1910.—Kyodo News database and partly with Interpol country.—Kyodo News

Director - Maung Maung Than [email protected] Deputy Chief Editor - Aye Min Soe [email protected] Chief Reporter Ye Myint, [email protected], Senior Consultant Editor JAKARTA — Chronic problems Jessica Mudditt with a faulty rudder system and the [email protected] way pilots tried to respond were Consultant Editor major factors in the crash of an In- Jacob Goldberg donesian AirAsia (AIRA.KL) jet [email protected] last year that killed all 162 people Alec Wilmot on board, investigators said yester- [email protected] day. Editors Kyaw Thura, [email protected], The Airbus (AIR.PA) A320 Myint Win Thein crashed into the Java Sea on 28 De- [email protected] cember, less than halfway into a International news two-hour flight from Indonesia’s Ye Htut Tin second-biggest city of Surabaya to [email protected] Singapore. Tun Tun Naing In their first public report, In- [email protected] donesian investigators did not pin- Reporters point a single underlying reason Khaing Thanda Lwin [email protected] why flight QZ8501 disappeared Tun Aung Kyaw from the radar, but set out a se- [email protected] quence spotlighting the faulty com- Translators ponent, maintenance lapses and Ma Than Htay, crew actions. Hay Mar Tin Win “There was a chain of events, [email protected] starting with a broken (part), how it Proof reader was handled and then after it was Nwe Nwe Tun handled what the consequences Layout designers Workers unload the fuselage of AirAsia QZ8501, which crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December, from the were and how the pilot handled it. Tun Zaw, Thein Ngwe, ship Onyx Crest in Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, on 2 March. Photo: Reuters Zaw Zaw Aung, It’s difficult for me to say what the Ye Naing Soe, Nyi Zaw Moe, main cause was,” National Trans- plane had cracked soldering that proof of this but said they had rec- captain would have had to leave his Hnin Pwint, Kay Khaing Win, portation Safety Committee had malfunctioned repeatedly, in- ommended to Indonesia AirAsia seat. In February, the NTSC said Sanda Hnin, Zu Zin Hnin (NTSC) investigator Nurcahyo cluding four times during the flight and Airbus that they take steps to there was no evidence for a Reuters Circulation & Advertising Utomo said. and 23 times over the previous prevent pilots from “improvising” report that the captain had left his San Lwin (+95) (01) 8604532 Bad weather did not play a year. when faced with problems. seat or that the power was reset. Ads and subscription enquiries: role. Officials told reporters there “The thing we recommend is The temporary loss of power to the [email protected] The crash was part of a string were indications from the black to please provide some procedure computer would have cancelled the of aviation disasters in Southeast box data recorder that crew had to prevent the pilots from impro- autopilot and removed automated Printed and published at the Global New Light of Myanmar Printing Factory at Asia’s biggest economy, where tried to shut off power to the com- vising. Today maybe they impro- protections against an in-flight up- No.150, Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, rapid growth in air travel has led to puter that controls the rudder sys- vise by pulling the circuit breaker, set, handing manual control to the Bahan Township, Yangon, by the overcrowded airports and stirred tem by resetting a circuit breaker, tomorrow they may do something crew. “Subsequent flight crew ac- Global New Light of Myanmar Daily safety concerns. something not usually done during else,” said Utomo. tion resulted in inability to control under Printing Permit No. 00510 and The NTSC said a system con- flight. Investigators confirmed that the aircraft,” the NTSC said in a Publishing Permit No. 00629. trolling rudder movement on the They cautioned there was no to reach the circuit breaker, the statement.—Reuters 6 regional 2 December 2015 Japan vessels leave for Antarctic to resume ‘research’ whaling (၉၅)ႏွစ္ေျမာက္ SHIMONOSEKI — Japanese forts to gain support from the in- Fisheries Agency said it cut catch- vessels left a port in western Japan ternational community. He added es of minke whales by two-thirds yesterday to resume so-called re- ministries and agencies will close- to 333 and will also conduct visual search whaling in the Antarctic ly work together to secure the surveys and collect skin samples, အမ်ဳိးသားေန႔ Ocean for the first time since an safety of the vessels if anti-whal- based on its new whaling plan it international court ruled against ing groups try to intervene. presented late last month to the In- the practice last year. The fleet is scheduled to hunt ternational Whaling Commission, Two vessels departed Yama- whales from late this month to an intergovernmental organisa- ၁၃၇၇ ခုႏွစ္၊ တန္ေဆာင္မုန္းလျပည့္ေက်ာ္ (၁၀)ရက္ guchi Prefecture to join the 8,145- March, ending a hiatus prompted tion tasked with regulating whal- ton mother ship Nisshin Maru by the International Court of Jus- ing and conserving the species. from Hiroshima Prefecture and tice ruling that said Japan’s re- An IWC panel did not reach a (၆-၁၂-၂၀၁၅) another ship that had already left a search lacked scientific ground consensus on Japan’s new whal- port in the northeastern prefecture and ordered its suspension in ing plan at its meeting earlier this of Miyagi the day before. March 2014. year. The four-ship whaling fleet is The ruling forced Japan to Environmental activist One in 10 future Australian teachers accompanied by the Fisheries conduct only visual surveys of group Sea Shepherd has said it Agency’s patrol boat. whale populations between Janu- would head to the Antarctic fail simple literacy, numeracy exam Agriculture, Forestry and ary and March in the Antarctic Ocean, while Australia and New Fisheries Minister Hiroshi Mori- mission for fiscal 2014 that ended Zealand are among nations that CANBERRA — Almost one in to mould the information-ready yama said the resumption of re- in March. have expressed opposition to Ja- ten of Australia’s future teach- brains of Australia’s youth. search whaling “helps promote Responding to the ICJ ruling pan’s plan. Japan had carried out ers have failed a nationwide lit- “We know an essential part the policy aimed at resuming that also called for considering what it calls “scientific whaling” eracy and numeracy trial exam of achieving good education out- commercial whaling,” while measures other than catching in the Antarctic Ocean since designed to weed out those unfit comes is having skilled teachers pledging Japan would make ef- whales to conduct “research,” the 1987.—Kyodo News to educate the next generation of working with children in school Australians. classrooms,” Birmingham said About 5,000 teaching train- in a statement released yester- ees — who at the time had not day. graduated — were tested in “We need to ensure those every state capital earlier this students graduating from teach- year with the results published ing courses can cope with the yesterday. Of the volunteers demands of teaching and have who took part, it was discovered strong literacy and numeracy that 8 percent failed to show bare skills.”

“We need to ensure those students graduating from teaching courses can cope with the demands of teaching...” Simon Birmingham Australian Minister for Education and Training

minimum requirements for liter- Birmingham outlined his acy (reading and writing) skills, hope that, soon enough, every while a further 10 percent failed single teacher in the country to exhibit adequate numeracy would place in the top 30 per- (simple maths) skills. cent of Australians for literacy Japanese whaling vessel Yushin Maru (R) and Yushin Maru No.2 are seen before they leave for the Antartic Following the poor pilot re- and numeracy. Ocean at a port in Shimonoseki, southwestern Japan, on 1 December. Photo: Kyodo News sults, the Australian government “It is great to see the over- announced that it would roll out whelming majority of students a fully-fledged version of the passed the literacy and numeracy test from 2016 onwards, with all test,” Birmingham said. Philippines official confident in graduating students required to “Quality education relies pass in order to take control of a on quality teachers, which is classroom. why the government is invest- South China Sea arbitration case Australia’s Minister for Ed- ing in measures like this to put AMSTERDAM — public by Beijing in 1947. China the South China Sea has raised ucation and Training Simon Bir- students first and raise teach- The Philippines on Monday has never formally sought a le- tensions with its neighbours and mingham said the exam wasn’t ing standards and the status wrapped up a week of arguments gal right to the territory. with the United States, which is aimed at shaming trainees, but of the teaching profession in before judges in its case against It has been transforming a dominant security partner and instead ensuring they were ready Australia.”—Xinhua China over the hotly disputed low-lying reefs in the South Chi- objects to Beijing’s claims. South China Sea, at a hearing na Sea into islands and building “It’s not about the territory Indonesia ferry hits trouble on boycotted by Beijing. airfields and other military facil- itself, but really for standing up The Philippines has asked ities on them. for what is right in the proper the Permanent Court of Arbitra- “We have been able to pres- forum,” Valte added. The Phil- way to Singapore, 97 rescued tion in The Hague to affirm its ent all of our arguments ... to ippines cannot go up against a SINGAPORE — Almost 100 an emailed statement. right to areas within 200 nautical support the main thrust of our giant military power like Chi- people were rescued when a The authority said early miles of its coastline, under the case that the nine-dash line has na, but “it is important for us to ferry sailing towards Singapore on Monday it had received a terms of a UN convention. no basis in international law,” have something legal in terms of from the Indonesian island of report of the incident on the China rejects the court’s said the Philippines’ deputy a resolution”. Batam hit a floating object and ‘Sea Prince’ at 9:45 pm on Sun- jurisdiction. It claims an area presidential spokeswoman Abi- The arbitration court’s rul- reportedly started to sink, au- day (1345 GMT). A passenger, inside what it calls the “nine- gail Valte. ings are supposed to be binding thorities in the city-state said. Chella Ho, said the ferry start- dash line” which stretches south “We have a good case and on its member countries, which Ferry operator Batamfast ed sinking slowly in deep wa- and east of mainland China and we are hoping that after this include China. But the tribunal called out two other ferries that ter and passengers were loaded covers hundreds of disputed is- round we will be able to secure has no powers of enforcement rescued all 90 passengers and into two inflatable boats but lands and reefs also claimed by a decision from the tribunal in and its verdicts have sometimes seven crew and took them back those boats also sank because the Philippines, Japan, Vietnam, about six months’ time,” she been ignored. to the Nongsapura ferry termi- they were overloaded, TV news Thailand and Malaysia. told Reuters. The court has yet to set a nal in Batam, Singapore’s Mar- network Channel News Asia re- The line was first defined in China’s assertiveness in date for a ruling.—Reuters itime and Port Authority said in ported.—Reuters 2 December 2015 world 7 Britons vote Thatcher most influential woman of past 200 years

Norway sees sharp drop in asylum seekers due to Swedish border control OSLO — Stricter border controls ous week, the UDI said. in Sweden have led to a sharp “There is no doubt that what drop in the number of people has happened in Sweden and es- seeking asylum in neighbouring pecially the border control ... has A delegate holds a portrait of Margaret Thatcher during a tribute to the former conservative prime minister on Norway, the Norwegian Immi- direct impact on Norway,” the the opening day of The Conservative Party annual conference in Manchester, northern England, on 29 gration Authority (UDI) said on head of the UDI, Frode Forfang, September 2013. Photo: Reuters Monday. said, adding that the number of Norway last week followed asylum seekers normally would LONDON — Former British and women’s rights campaigner and driven’ and ‘having compas- EU-member Sweden in tighten- decline during the winter season. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Emmeline Pankhurst with 16 per- sion’ as being important, whereas ing the border controls to try to Norway expects to receive is the most influential woman of cent. men were more likely to stress val- reduce the number of asylum some 35,000 asylum seekers this the past 200 years, according to a Nun Mother Teresa, British ues such as ‘having charisma’ and seekers reaching the country as year, triple what it was last year, survey of Britons published yes- nurse Florence Nightingale, ‘having talent’. Europe deals with the surge of but still a relatively modest num- terday which showed men place a Queen Victoria, US civil rights ac- “The difference that exists be- refugees from conflicts such as ber compared with Sweden who higher value on political influence tivist Rosa Parks and US televi- tween men and women over what Afghanistan and Syria. expects up to 190,000 asylum than women do. sion host Oprah Winfrey made up makes a women influential is in- The Nordic country, which seekers this year. Thatcher, who was Britain’s the rest of the top 10 most influen- teresting — it suggests that wom- has a population of 5.2 million Norway is not a member of first — and, so far, only — woman tial women. The results show that en believe influence comes from a people, received some 968 asy- the European Union but is a prime minister, led her Conserva- royal women are considered more woman’s internal values and drive lum seekers last week, a drop of member of the passport-free tive party to three election victo- influential than innovators, scien- — i.e. from decisions that they can 54 percent compared to the previ- Schengen zone.—Reuters ries, governing from 1979 to 1990, tists and politicians, Scottish Wid- make about how to be, rather than the longest continuous term in of- ows said. from characteristics they possess fice for a British premier in over Scottish Widows, founded in — and men emphasise the oppo- 150 years. She died in April 2013. 1815 to support women widowed site,” said historian and author Su- Thatcher’s policies on trade in the Napoleonic Wars, sought to zannah Lipscomb. unions, privatisation and the Falk- uncover the factors that people The survey of 2,000 respond- lands war left Britain bitterly di- perceive make a women influen- ents also found that younger peo- vided over her legacy, and the sur- tial. It found men were more likely ple were more likely to value am- vey by British pensions and than women to equate female in- bition as a factor in women having insurance firm Scottish Widows fluence with political activity. A influence, with 27 percent of 18- highlighted the depth of her influ- third of men and only a quarter of 24 year olds choosing this as a key ence in the country. women chose Margaret Thatcher attribute, versus just 9 percent of With 28 percent of the vote, as the most influential woman 55-64 year olds. Thatcher beat scientist Marie Cu- overall. Older people put more em- rie into second place with 24 per- Women were also more likely phasis on compassion, with 25 cent. They were followed by the to emphasis values such as percent of over-65s choosing this Migrants receive instructions from a Norwegian police officer at the Queen with 18 percent, Diana, ‘demonstrating strong principles attribute compared with 16 per- Storskog border crossing station near Kirkenes, after crossing the border princess of Wales with 17 percent and values’, ‘being strong-willed cent of 18-24 year olds.—Reuters between Norway and Russia, on 16 November. Photo: Reuters World headed towards ‘suicide’ if no climate agreement: Pope

The UN climate conference in Francis, who visited Kenya, the limits of suicide.” The pope’s last stop in Afri- developing the countries, about Paris is most likely humanity’s Uganda and the Central African He spoke of retreating gla- ca was the Central African Re- creating jobs. Africa is martyr, a last chance to thwart global envi- Republic, also said the continent ciers in Greenland and low-lying public, one of the continent’s martyr of the exploitation of his- ronmental disaster, Pope Francis was “a martyr of exploitation” countries at risk from rising sea poorest nations. tory,” he said. said on Monday, warning the by wealthy countries who lust levels. He made an unscheduled He sidestepped a question world was “at the limits of sui- after its natural resources and try “I am sure that the (Paris stop at the country’s only paedi- about the Church’s ban on the cide”. to impose Western values in- delegates) have goodwill to do atric hospital, where doctors told use of condoms to stop the The pope, who wrote a ma- stead of concentrating on devel- something. I hope it turns out him that they did not have oxy- spread of HIV-AIDS, saying it jor document on the environment opment. this way and I am praying that it gen and that most of the children was reductive to talk about con- last June, made the comment in The pope was asked if the will,” he said. there were destined to die of doms while African countries an hour-long news conference UN climate summit in Paris World leaders launched an malnutrition or malaria. were mired in poverty, social in- aboard the plane returning him would mark a turnaround in the ambitious attempt on Monday to He delivered medicines do- justice, wars and human traffick- to Rome at the end of a six-day fight against global warming. hold back the earth’s rising tem- nated by a Rome hospital. ing. trip to Africa. “I am not sure, but I can say peratures, with the United States “Africa is a victim,” he said. The pope confirmed that The freewheeling conversa- to you ‘now or never’,” he said. and China — the world’s biggest “Africa has always been exploit- next year he planned to visit tions have become a trademark “Every year the problems are carbon emitters — urging the ed by other powers ... there are Mexico and hoped to be able to of his papacy and the few times getting worse. We are at the lim- UN climate summit in Paris to some countries that want only visit Armenia. he takes direct questions its. If I may use a strong word I mark a decisive turn in the fight the great resources of Africa. “But I am old and these trips from journalists. would say that we are at against global warming. “But they don’t think about are heavy,” he said.—Reuters 8 ANALYSIS 2 December 2015

dependence, with many reliant on the goodwill of with Disabilities urges countries to take effec- others to avoid losing out on a great number of tive measures to ensure personal mobility with Opinion opportunities. the greatest possible independence. Myanmar Many people with disabilities are denied the must do much more to address this inequitable Step up efforts to right to education simply by virtue of being una- situation. ble to travel independently. As a result, many cannot achieve their full potential. A lack of edu- ensure mobility for all cation leads to a loss of employment opportuni- Write for us ties and denies such people the means to partici- Myint Win Thein We appreciate your feedback and contribu- pate in society and their communities in a tions. If you have any comments or would like to As the majority of us take going anywhere we meaningful way. submit editorials, analyses or reports please email want for granted, we sometimes fail to recog- It is a grave injustice that some people with [email protected] with your name nise the fact that some people lack personal mo- disabilities cannot fully enjoy their rights as hu- and title. bility due to physical disabilities. man beings because they lack mobility – or rath- Due to limitation of space we are only able to Personal mobility allows a person to move er, Myanmar’s infrastructure lacks the necessary publish “Letter to the Editor” that do not exceed 500 words. Should you submit a text longer than 500 freely and at their own will and whim. Mean- elements to enable mobility. Article 20 of the words please be aware that your letter will be edited. while, people with disabilities lack the same in- United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons Meet Yangon’s most nonchalant lady cab driver After her husband died in capitalising on popular percep- “I’m not afraid. I stay on the Htay Win says she is very proud Jacob Goldberg 2012, Htay Htay Win quit her tions of women as trustworthy, main road. If there’s a problem, of him. Her other son is still in aw Htay Htay Win is abysmally low-paying job as an Htay Htay Win’s gender seems to I’ll drive away,” she said. school. aware of her gender. She accountant for the Myanmar play a minor role in her career. Three years after she decided “I am very lucky. I always Dis aware that very few Army and began using the car she She weaves in and out of traffic, to enter the male-dominated get passengers on my way home. people of her gender share her already owned to shuttle people cuts off other taxis to reach a cus- world of taxi driving, one of her Driving a taxi is a man’s job, but profession. And she’s aware of around Yangon’s busiest city. tomer first and haggles with for- sons has graduated from universi- I have two kids, and I need the the dangers presented by being a “I went from making 5,000 eigners in broken English, just ty and works as a sailor. Htay money, so I will drive.” lone woman in a field dominated kyats [per day] to making 25,000 like every Yangon cab driver by men. But she doesn’t care. kyats per day,” she said. does. She drives around the city “This is my job. This is how This is well above Myan- until 9pm looking for customers, I get money,” she said mat- mar’s minimum wage of 3,600 despite the admonitions of her ter-of-factly in an interview with kyats per day and is also friends who say being alone at Flymya.com. above-average for a Yangon taxi night is dangerous for a woman. Htay Htay Win, 48, is one of driver. By her reckoning, this is “This is how I dress,” she a handful of woman taxi drivers because passengers feel safe with said, gesturing toward her tradi- in Yangon. Various reports by lo- her. tional Myanmar htamein. “They cal media over the last few years “I introduce myself to cus- tell me to wear a hat and trousers have put the number of lady cab tomers who don’t know I’m a to look more like a man. But I drivers in the city at as few as five taxi driver. Sometimes they are want to be open about being a and as many as 29. Since many apprehensive about taking a woman taxi driver.” cab drivers are not registered as woman taxi driver, but they trust She even drives through such with local authorities, it is me after I talk to them. They be- South Dagon Township’s Ward difficult to know how many cab lieve I am less likely to steal from No 71, which is notorious among them,” she said. Yangon locals for being a hotbed drivers of any gender are actually Daw Htay Htay Win stands in front of her taxi, proud and empowered. But beyond building trust by of violent crime. on the street. Photo: Jacob Goldberg Myanmar’s HIV patients shunned despite progress in treatment

Ei Cherry Aung Yangon, did not want her to live AIDS, of whom around 160,000 conservative culture. A 48-year- They stop playing if I’m includ- with them. need life-saving antiretroviral old mother from Ayeyarwady Re- ed,” he said. MSF’s Soe Yadanar LONDON — Shortly after Cho’s Although the virus cannot be treatment (ART) based on World gion has a similar tale to Cho. She said much of the stigma is linked husband passed away at his par- transmitted by day-to-day contact, Health Organization guidelines, says her community shunned her to a lack of knowledge about HIV, ent’s home his family called to tell they feared she would infect her according to aid agency Medecins family when their HIV status and poor families not having any- her he had died of AIDS and said younger sister’s child. They sup- Sans Frontieres (MSF). came to light three years ago. one to care for people living with she should get tested. port her financially, but would There is no official data on the “Since I got HIV, nobody HIV. Cho vividly remembers rush- rather she never came home, said proportion of patients with access asked me to work at their homes “We’ve seen cases where if ing to a clinic in the sweltering Cho, whose name has been to ART. MSF, long the main pro- any more,” said the woman, a la- someone looking after a patient heat to get a blood test. She changed to protect her identity. vider of HIV treatment in the bourer who looks much older than with HIV dies while the patient is breathed a sigh of relief when it “My 21-year-old daughter Southeast Asian nation, says it her years. She and her five-year- unwell, other people don’t want to came out negative. But then she has not come to visit me once currently gives ART to 35,000 old son, also HIV positive, survive take care of the person with HIV started losing weight and began since I arrived here, but at least she HIV patients. Treatment is also on fruits and vegetables from their anymore,” she said. Soe Yadanar falling ill more often. In Septem- speaks to me on the phone, so it’s becoming available at more state garden. added that while access to ART is ber, the former market stallholder not bad,” she told Myanmar Now, hospitals. “Now you can get ART “Without a job, we don’t have becoming easier, there are still went for another HIV test. It was an independent news service sup- in government-run hospitals in money. Sometimes it’s really dif- challenges in delivering treatment positive. ported by the Thomson Reuters many states and regions,” MSF ficult to find food,” she said. because of a shortage of staff, par- “As soon as I found out I had Foundation. The hospice is home doctor Soe Yadanar said ahead of Like Cho, the woman only ticularly doctors. For Cho, who is HIV, I felt really sad as well as up- to nearly 300 patients, many with World AIDS Day on Dec. 1. discovered she and her son had now on ART, taking care of her set,” the 43-year-old said, wiping similar stories of rejection. Yet the stigma faced by peo- HIV after her husband died and a health and diet is her main focus. tears from her cheeks. Myanmar has one of the high- ple living with HIV lingers. friend who was worried about her But she has no illusions that her Within two days, she had ad- est rates of HIV infection in Asia. Ignorance and fear surround- health took her to a clinic. family will ever accept her again. mitted herself to a clinic and hos- Under reforms by a semi-civilian ing the HIV virus which causes The boy has little idea of his “My daughter is worried that pice for HIV patients founded by a government since 2011, access to AIDS are among the many chal- condition except that he needs to if she gets married, her husband member of parliament from the medication has improved com- lenges that will face Myanmar’s take regular medication, his moth- would use my condition against National League for Democracy pared to a few years ago when new government, elected on Nov. er said. But his friends at kinder- her,” she said. (NLD). Her family, who live in the cash-strapped clinics had to turn 8, in overhauling a neglected garten seem to know. “So I think I’m going to spend impoverished Hlaing Thar Yar patients away. Some 210,000 peo- health system and changing atti- “My friends never ask me to whatever time that is left of my township in Myanmar’s main city ple in Myanmar live with HIV/ tudes fed by misinformation and a join them when they’re playing. life in this hospice.” —Reuters 2 December 2015 Local News 9 Yangon-Mandalay highway section widened in Meiktila Tsp A SECTION of the Yangon -Mandalay Highway in Meikti- la Township, Mandalay Region, has been widened to ease traffic congestion. The section is part of the No. 1 Asia Express High- way. The section near the east bank of Meiktila’s South Lake in Yandanamanaung ward has been widened to 100 feet. The narrow road section is situated on a 60-foot hill, where two large cars coming from opposite directions could not pass each other easily. After the completion of the extension project by the Yuzana Construction Co., cars using the road have been able to pass each other more easily.—Chantha Completion of extension of Yangon -Mandalay Highway in Meiktila Township would provide easy passing to cars on the road. Photo: Chantha International Exhibition of Construction, New concrete roads Energy and Mining Equipment held in Yangon built in Mawlaik OLD dirt roads in Mawlaik Region government. Township, Sagaing Region, that Phonemyatpyo and Anaut- were damaged by flood waters myaukmyotaw construction of the Chindwin River in July companies, which won the and August will be paved with tenders for the project, began concrete, according to the town- construction on the 528-foot ship development committee. Myananda Road and the 530- Seven dirt roads in the foot Myitta Road on 20 Novem- town were to be converted into ber. concrete roads with a budget of Construction materials for K80 million (US$61,870) from the other five concrete roads have the Union Fund for the 2015- been compiled, and construction 2016 budget year. The con- will begin soon, according to the struction of the concrete roads township development commit- was initiated by the Sagaing tee.—Kyaw Pwa-Mawlaik

Visitors observe equipment at 3rd International Exhibition of Construction, Energy and Mining Equipment. Photo: Maung Pyithu THE 3rd International Exhibition of and Industry U Win Aung, chair- tion equipment which are used Construction, Energy and Mining man of the Myanmar Mining En- in the in construction, energy Equipment opened at the Myan- trepreneurs’ Association U Khin and mining sectors. The ma- mar Convention Centre in Yangon Maung Han, deputy chairman of chines and electrical equipment on 27 November. It was hosted by the Myanmar Construction En- were from over 170 companies the Myanmar Construction En- trepreneurs’ Association U Kyaw based in 21 countries, includ- trepreneurs’ Association and the Paing and director general U Khin ing Germany, France, Italy, the Myanmar Mining Entrepreneurs’ Maung Win of the Electrical Plan- US, Belarus, Japan, South Ko- Association. ning Department delivered speech- rea, Singapore, PR China, Thai- President of the Republic of es at the opening ceremony. land, Taiwan and Vietnam. The the Union of Myanmar Federa- The exhibition showcased three-day exhibition ended on 29 Workers construct a new concrete road to replace an old dirt road in tion of Chambers of Commerce numerous items of construc- November.—Maung Pyithu Mawlaik. Photo: Kyaw Pwa Monsoon paddy model plot harvested in Nay Pyi Taw STAFF of the Agriculture The head of the Nay Pyi Taw Department and of region, dis- Council Area Agriculture De- trict and township agricultural partment discussed the yield of coordination committees har- the model paddy plot and future vested model plots of Palethwe tasks. The model plot yielded hybrid paddy on a 10-acre farm 6,000 kilos of paddy per acre. in Montegwin village, Zeyathiri Local farmers in the eight Township, Nay Pyi Taw, on 29 townships of the Nay Pyi Taw November. Council Area each grow 10-acres Deputy director-general U of Palethwe hybrid paddy and Naing Kyi Win of the Agricul- compete over who can produce Staff of the Agriculture Department harvest rice in a model plot with the use of machinery. ture Department spoke with local the most.—Ko Pauk (Okkar Photo: Ko Pauk (Okkar Myay) farmers and agricultural staff. Myay) 10 world 2 December 2015 Obama urges Turkey to reduce tensions with Russia PARIS — US President the incident, has said Turkey wants to be seen to back Barack Obama urged Tur- shot down the jet because it down first. key yesterday to reduce ten- wanted to protect supplies of “Putin and Erdogan are sions with Russia that are oil from Islamic State mili- two peas in a pod. They’re hampering efforts to fight Is- tants. Erdogan says claims very similar characters,” said lamic State militants in Syria that Turkey buys oil from one top European diplomat. and stressed that US support Islamic State are “slander”. Erdogan said following for its NATO ally’s security While both Erdogan the meeting with Obama remained steadfast. and Davutoglu have said that tension with Russia was Obama met Turkish they do not want an escala- harming both countries. President Tayyip Erdogan in tion in tensions with Russia, “The tensions in the re- Paris, where they have been they have also indicated they gion sadden us. It is causing attending an international have no intention of issuing harm to both sides,” he said. climate summit, a week af- an apology for the downing “Our concern is to not come ter Turkish jets shot down a of the jet, as Moscow has de- out badly from this, but on Russian warplane along the manded. the contrary to turn this into Syrian border. Both Putin and Erdo- peace and contribute to the “The United States gan are strong-willed lead- peace in the region,” Erdo- supports Turkey’s right to ers ill-disposed to being gan said. defend itself and its airspace challenged and playing to Obama said the US was and its territory,” Obama domestic audiences who eager to accelerate work on said. “We discussed how like their pugnacity. Neither its military-to-military re- Turkey and Russia can work lationship with Turkey to together to de-escalate ten- ensure its NATO ally was sions and find a diplomatic I want to make sure that we Obama and Erdogan want two men are in contact fre- “We all have a safe and to help resolve the path to resolve this issue.” focus on that threat,” Obama him to go. quently. common enemy, conflict in Syria. In Moscow, Obama told Erdogan said. The downed plane in- Turkish Prime Minister Kremlin spokesman Dmitry that the Islamic State militant Tensions between Rus- cident has been further ex- Ahmet Davutoglu called for and that is ISIL, Peskov said similar ties be- group, also known as ISIL, sia and Turkey have com- acerbated by the strong per- the opening of communica- and I want to make tween Russia and Turkey was the entity that all sides plicated US efforts to prod sonalities of the Russian and tion channels between Tur- had failed. needed to pursue, echoing Moscow into steering its Turkish leaders. Obama’s key and Russia to prevent sure that we focus “Military channels ex- a message he delivered to military might towards Is- relationship with Putin is further incidents like the on that threat.” isted and were meant to not Russian President Vladimir lamic State rather than the tense but direct. His relation- downing of the warplane. allow such tragedies. These Putin in Paris on Monday. moderate Syrian opposition. ship with Erdogan, whom Putin, who has signed channels didn’t work and not “We all have a common Putin supports Syrian Presi- he referred to by first name, a decree imposing econom- Barack Obama through the fault of the Rus- enemy, and that is ISIL, and dent Bashar al-Assad, while is also not close, though the ic sanctions on Turkey over sian side,” he said.—Reuters

CLAIMS DAY NOTICE In unexpected twist, Assad ally may be MV kulnatee VOY NO (08/15) Consignees of cargo carried on MV kulnatee VOY NO (08/15) are hereby notified that the vessel Lebanon’s next president will be arriving on 2.12.2015 and cargo will be BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Aoun and Samir Geagea. discharged into the premises of s.p.w where it will lie political crisis has taken a If it fails, analysts be- at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the dramatic turn with the pos- lieve the chances of a set- byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. sibility that a friend of Syr- tlement will be even more Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am ian President Bashar al-As- remote, meaning no immi- to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now sad could become president nent end to a crisis of gov- declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo in a power-sharing deal ernment that has in recent from the Vessel. aimed at breathing life back months left trash to pile up into the paralysed state. in the streets and the army No claims against this vessel will be admitted The idea of Suleiman without salaries. Though after the Claims Day. Franjieh, a childhood friend the proposal has not been SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT of Assad, becoming head of made public by Hariri, it MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY state has taken aback many has been reported in Leba- AGENT FOR: M/S kulnatee co Lebanese, not least be- non and confirmed by po- Phone No: 2301186 cause of who tabled it: Saad Suleiman Franjieh raises his hands to a jubilant crowd litical sources. Franjieh has al-Hariri, a Sunni politician gathered at Central Beirut. Photo: Reuters said the proposal for him to who leads an alliance forged become president is serious, from opposition to Syrian conflicts. a top adviser to Iran’s su- but not official. The deal CLAIMS DAY NOTICE influence in Lebanon. He But it would point to a preme leader who was on is expected to include an MV silver fern VOY NO (0021s) would become prime minis- desire to preserve a minimal a visit to Beirut on Monday agreement on arrangements Consignees of cargo carried on MV silver ter under the deal. degree of stability in Leba- said after meeting Salam for new parliamentary elec- fern VOY NO (0021s) are hereby notified that the It is no less startling non. While badly affected that hopes for the election tions. because of the backing it by the Syrian war that has of a president had increased. Any power-sharing vessel will be arriving on 2.12.2015 and cargo will be would require from Saudi triggered militant attacks, “We hope to witness deal needs to reconcile Leb- discharged into the premises of m.i.p where it will lie Arabia and Iran, rival states driven a million refugees in the immediate future the anon’s two main camps: the at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the that wield decisive influ- over the border, and fuelled selection and election of a 8 March alliance dominat- byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. ence over Lebanon’s com- a political crisis, Lebanon president of the republic,” ed by the Iranian-backed Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am peting factions and which has avoided the kind of civil a statement from Salam’s Shi’ite group Hezbollah, to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now are in conflict elsewhere strife some had feared. office quoted Velayati as and the Hariri-led 14 March declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo in the region, including in Yet the country has saying. But the appoint- alliance. Syria. been without a president ment of Franjieh faces big The toughest part is from the Vessel. As the war escalates in for 18 months and a unity challenges including resist- winning over other Chris- No claims against this vessel will be admitted af- Syria, with Iran and Sau- government led by Prime ance from politicians who tians on both sides. Geagea ter the Claims Day. di Arabia increasing their Minister Tammam Salam campaigned against Syrian and Aoun are the official SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT support for Assad and his is barely functioning. The influence in Lebanon, and candidates of the rival alli- MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY enemies, a new deal for Hariri proposal is the most winning over other leaders ances, and a Franjieh pres- AGENT FOR: M/S china shipping lines Lebanon seems unlikely to serious effort yet to resolve who also covet the post idency risks exacerbating signal any broader under- that political stalemate. reserved for a Maronite historic rivalries among the Phone No: 2301185 standing to settle regional Ali Akbar Velayati, Christian, notably Michel Christians.—Reuters 2 December 2015 business & technology 11 Bank of England plans to Brazil sues BHP, Vale for $5bn in make banks hold up to damages for mine disaster 10bn pounds more capital BRASILIA — Brazil filed a lawsuit on Monday against two of the world’s largest mining LONDON — The Bank of omists and banking analysts companies for 20 billion Brazil- England set out plans yesterday had expected the BoE to raise ian reais ($5.2 billion/3.4 billion to require banks to hold as the CCB this month to 0.5 per- pounds) to clean up what it says much as 10 billion pounds extra cent. The BoE also said it ex- was its worst environmental dis- capital as the credit cycle pected the banking sector as a aster, caused by the collapse of a moves into a more normal whole to hold high-grade tier tailings dam. phase, but stopped short of im- one equity capital of 13.5 per- The governments of Brazil mediate action. cent of risk-weighted assets by and those of two states hit by the The central bank said cred- 2019, up from 13 percent now damburst sued iron ore operator it conditions in Britain had — part of which would overlap Samarco and its co-owners, the largely recovered from the fi- with the capital required for the world’s largest miner BHP Bil- nancial crisis as banks began to CCB. liton Ltd (BHP.AX) (BHP.N) lend more freely, and warned The BoE has said it wanted (BLT.L) and the biggest iron ore that asset prices were vulnera- to give banks more clarity miner Vale SA (VALE5.SA) ble to a big rise in interest rates about its long-run aims for the (VALE.N). An aerial view of the Rio Doce (Doce River), (bottom) which was flooded Earlier on Monday, Presi- with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst, at an “Following the global financial crisis, there dent Dilma Rousseff blamed the area where the river joins the sea (top) on the coast of Espirito Santo in disaster on the “irresponsible ac- Regencia Village, Brazil, on 23 November. Photo: Reuters was a period of heightened risk aversion tion of a company” in a speech to the COP21 climate change sum- court in Brasilia required Samar- told Reuters by telephone. and retrenchment from risk-taking.” mit in Paris. “We are severely co to take immediate action to BHP, whose shares have — Bank of England punishing those responsible for contain and reduce the environ- fallen 20 percent since the dam this tragedy,” she said. mental impact of the damburst, burst, said yesterday it would and emerging market risks. amount of capital they hold, While they are going to the chief prosecutor of the coastal consider the matters raised in the “Following the global fi- now that credit conditions had court, Brazilian authorities are state of Espírito Santo, Rodrigo court documents “in due course”. nancial crisis, there was a peri- largely got back to normal. looking for a settlement similar to Vieira, said. Vale and BHP announced od of heightened risk aversion Banks have complained that in the $20.8 billion agreement The lawsuit seeks at least 20 last Friday that they would create and retrenchment from risk-tak- the past, the BoE has unexpect- reached by the US government billion reais that would be admin- a fund with Samarco to help in ing,” the BoE said. “The sys- edly piled on extra capital re- with oil firm BP Plc (BP.L) fol- istered by a private fund over 10 the clean-up of the Rio Doce and tem has now moved out of that quirements, making it hard for lowing the 2010 Deepwater Hori- years to pay for the recovery its tributaries affected by the dis- period.” them to lend or decide which zon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. from the environmental disaster aster. They did not detail the size The central bank said it lines of business to stay in. However, in a civil lawsuit and its social impact on commu- of the recovery fund. now expected banks to hold a Alongside its half-yearly brought by business owners and nities near the mine and along the Samarco has already been so-called counter-cyclical capi- Financial Stability Report, the others, a judge in 2014 ruled that Rio Doce river basin. fined 250 million reais by Bra- tal buffer (CCB) of 1 percent BoE also released the results of BP was primarily responsible for Samarco would be required zil’s environmental agency, Iba- during normal times, and was annual ‘stress tests’ into how the spill and had to pay up to $18 to set up the fund to be managed ma, for the disaster, which cov- in the process of tweaking lenders would deal with unex- billion in penalties on top of the independently by non-govern- ered the flood plain in mud for 80 previous payments made. mental groups, such as a commit- km. Drinking water supplies for a bank-specific requirements pected economic shocks. The 5 November damburst tee of inhabitants of the river ba- quarter of a million people had to with a view to impose this step- This year the focus was on in Minas Gerais, Brazil’s main sin and Instituto Terra, a local be closed off. by-step from March. emerging market and trading mining state, unleashed 60 mil- environmental nonprofit started Brazil hopes to sit down with The CCB aims to rein in risks, and Royal Bank of Scot- lion cubic meters of mud and by world renowned photographer the miners and settle out of court, risky lending at frothier stages land (RBS.L) and Standard mine waste that demolished a Sebastian Salgado. Vieira said. “The big oil spill in of the credit cycle. It stands at Chartered (STAN.L) both only nearby village, killed at least 13 “If Samarco does not have the Gulf of Mexico is a good zero currently, but the BoE has passed thanks to steps they took people and polluted a major river the financial resources to cover precedent of how to agree on already required some banks to to improve their capital ratios valley, killing fish and reaching payments over 10 years, Vale and funds for environmental and so- hold extra capital due to mid-way through the testing the Atlantic Ocean. BHP will be held responsible for cioeconomic recovery,” he said. firm-specific risks. Some econ- process.—Reuters The lawsuit filed in federal providing their shares,” Vieira “That’s our goal.”—Reuters Target website stumbles on Cyber Monday, rivals out of stock

CHICAGO — US shoppers Cyber Monday, with social buzz all online transactions from the ing for bargains were greeted with drove 28 percent of online sales, seeking to avoid the holiday more positive than what we saw top 100 US retailers and said sales an error message: “So sorry, but Adobe said. crowds at bricks-and-mortar on Black Friday, but they need to are on track to meet its expecta- high traffic’s causing delays. If Mastercard, which tracks stores and snare deals on Cyber brace themselves for the highest tion of a record $3 billion by the you wouldn’t mind holding, we’ll spending in its card network as Monday came face-to-face with out-of-stock rates of the season so end of Monday. refresh automatically & get things well as other forms of payments, traffic jams and product sellouts, far,” said Tamara Gaffney, princi- Retail stocks including Ama- going ASAP.” said its data also showed a dou- with some customers of Target pal analyst at Adobe Digital In- zon, Wal-Mart, Target and Ma- A Target spokeswoman said ble-digit jump in e-commerce Corp forced to wait in a virtual dex. cy’s Inc fell between 1 and 3 per- that as the website witnesses sales from Thanksgiving to Sun- line. Website outages and slow cent on Monday. Data from spikes in traffic it places some day, above its expectations for an Sales on Cyber Monday, tra- checkouts during the five-day RetailNext showed overall in- guests in a queue, while millions 8 percent rise. ditionally the busiest day of the shopping spree that started on store sales from Thursday to Sun- of others shopped on the website. Mastercard said spending year for Internet shopping, were Thanksgiving were reported at day fell 4.7 percent, with custom- She said Target’s volume was al- overall was brisk. It said specialty expected to finish up 12 percent luxury retailer Neiman Marcus, er traffic down 5.1 percent. ready twice as high as its busiest apparel retailers saw sales pick up from a year earlier at $2.98 bil- Wal-Mart Stores Inc, L Brands Data from ChannelAdvisor, a day ever. during the four-day period as lion, according to Adobe Digital Inc’s Victoria Secret and Foot retail technology and services Most US retailers like Wal- colder weather unleashed pent-up Index, part of Adobe Systems Inc, Locker Inc. Slow service was also firm, showed marketplace sales at Mart, Target and Best Buy began demand for winter clothing but which provides digital marketing reported at payments processor Amazon, which account for more offering some of the season’s best that revenue for department store and media services to merchants. PayPal Inc. The data underscores than 40 percent of Amazon’s total online deals, which traditionally chains and electronics retailers re- As of 10 am ET on Monday, sales the ongoing shift in shopping on- revenue, grew 22.4 percent, had been reserved for Cyber Mon- mained subdued. registered at $490 million. line, which makes up for slowing Google Inc’s Google Shopping day, several weeks in advance. IBM has predicted that Cyber But 13 out of 100 product spending in stores. But product marketplace grew 14.34 percent Between Thanksgiving day Monday online sales would grow views returned an out-of-stock shortages raise broader concerns while eBay Inc rose 1.9 percent and Cyber Monday, $11 billion by more than 18 percent com- message Monday morning, more about inventory planning by re- from midnight to noon Eastern will have been spent online, a 15 pared with 2014. IBM said e-com- than twice the rate on an average tailers during the most crucial time on Monday. percent increase from 2014, Ado- merce sales rose 26 percent on day, according to Adobe. time of the year. On Target’s website, www. be said. Mobile devices, which Saturday and Sunday compared “Consumers are hyped for Adobe tracked 80 percent of target.com, some shoppers look- include smartphones and tablets, with a year earlier.—Reuters 12 world 2 December 2015 Turkish newspaper faces tax News In Brief S Korea, US, Japan to hold nuclear talks inspection after journalists arrested SEOUL — South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold talks on Thursday in Washington to discuss ISTANBUL — Turkish matters related to ending North Korea’s nuclear weap- newspaper Cumhuriyet, ons development programme, South Korea’s Foreign whose top two journalists Ministry spokesman said yesterday. were arrested last week on In the upcoming talks, South Korea will be repre- charges of espionage and sented by Hwang Joon Kook, special envoy for Korean terrorist propaganda, is fac- Peninsula peace and security affairs, the United States by ing an investigation into its Sung Kim, special representative for North Korea policy, tax accounts, its chief exec- and Japan by Kimihiro Ishikane, director general of the utive said. Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, A court last Thurs- according to Cho Joon Hyeok.—Kyodo News day ordered the arrest of Can Dundar, the paper’s editor-in-chief, and senior Over 120 ISIS members return to Kosovo editor Erdem Gul over the publication of footage pur- BELGRADE — Presently in Kosovo-Metohija, there are porting to show the state around 120 returnees from the so-called Islamic State, intelligence agency helping Kosovo police spokesperson Baki Keljani said on Mon- send weapons to Syria. day as reported by Pristina-based media. The case against the These people took part in the fights in Syria and Iraq journalists has revived on the side of the Islamic State since 2011, reads Pristi- long-standing criticism of na-based daily Zeri as reported by Radio and Television Turkey’s record on press Demonstrators attend a protest outside the headquarters of Cumhuriyet newspaper whose of Serbia. freedom under President editor-in-chief Can Dundar was arrested on charges of espionage and terrorist propagan- The daily’s sources say that relevant institutions, in- Tayyip Erdogan with the da, in Istanbul, Turkey, on 29 November. Photo: Reuters cluding the Kosovo police, the Kosovo Intelligence Ser- United States saying it was vice and other mechanisms, are monitoring closely the ac- “very concerned” about the Atalay, wrote on Twitter on immediately available to said to belong to the MIT tivities of Kosovo people, who stayed in Syria and Iraq in arrests. Monday. comment. National Intelligence Or- different periods, and then returned to Kosovo.—Tanjug “They informed (us) The tweet was accom- The video footage at ganisation. that they will once again in- panied by a photocopy of the heart of the court case, Publication of the story 6 children killed in fire at Turkish school spect Cumhuriyet newspa- an apparent corporation released in May, purport- at the time prompted Erdo- per’s 2010 accounts, 2-1/2 tax inspection report dating ed to show Turkish police gan to vow revenge, saying ANKARA — Six children were killed and three others years after fully inspecting from mid-2013 regarding opening crates of weapons those behind it endangered injured in a fire at a school teaching Quran in south- them before,” the newspa- the company’s 2010 ac- and ammunition bound for security and would “pay a eastern Turkey yesterday, private Dogan news agency per’s chief executive, Akin counts. Officials were not Syria on the back of trucks heavy price”.—Reuters reported. The fire broke out in the residential Quran Course building in Karaagac village in Kult town of Diyarba- kir province early yesterday morning. Venezuela arrests three for killing of opposition candidate An investigation into the incident is underway. Turkey’s Anadolu news agency said an electrical CARACAS — Authorities Maduro’s government has accused in coming hours and widespread shortages heater may have caused the fire.—Xinhua arrested three people on furiously denied that. Offi- for their presumed link to from eggs to electronics, Monday suspected in the cials say Diaz was a well- Luis Manuel Diaz’s death,” has battered the popularity murder of an opposition known criminal caught in a the office said, without giv- of Maduro, who won elec- Palestinian shot dead for alleged leader that shook Venezue- gang dispute linked to un- ing further details. tion in 2013 after the death la and drew international ions in Guarico, whose death Diaz’s murder has of his far more popular pre- stabbing attack in West Bank condemnation in the run-up was being manipulated to heightened Venezuelans’ decessor Hugo Chavez. to this weekend’s election discredit the Socialist Party. fears of volatility around Though various polls JERUSALEM — Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Pal- for a new legislature. The Prosecutor Gen- Sunday’s vote for a new show the opposition Dem- estinian man Tuesday after he allegedly tried to stab Opposition leaders eral’s Office named three National Assembly, which ocratic Unity coalition Jewish commuters at a busy junction in the West Bank, blamed last week’s shoot- men, aged between 22 and polls show the opposition ahead on nationwide voting Israeli officials said. ing of Luis Diaz, 44, a can- 28, whom it said were ar- could win for the first time tendencies and anti-Madu- A military spokesperson said that the Palestinian didate for the Democratic rested on Monday morning in 16 years in the South ro leaders are confident, man, armed with a knife, attempted to stab Jewish ci- Action party in central in the town of Altagracia American OPEC member. electoral district geography vilians at the Gush Etzion Junction, a major crossroad Guarico state, on the ruling de Orituco where Diaz was Venezuela’s econom- and superior campaign re- in a Jewish settlement bloc. The soldiers opened fire and Socialists. killed at a rally. ic crisis, including the sources favour the ruling killed him at the scene, police said, giving no additional But President Nicolas “The three men will be world’s highest inflation party.—Reuters details on his identity.—Xinhua

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TRADEMARK CAUTION US Marine jailed in Philippines TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., a corporation incorporated in Japan, and having its registered office at 1- 27 Kandanishiki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8444 Japan for killing transgender woman is the owner and proprietor of the following Trademark:

Reg. No. 4/14110/2015 (4.11.2015) In respect of “Anti-cancer preparations; anti-cancer agents; chemical reagents for medical purposes in the field of oncology; pharmaceutical preparations” in Int’l Class 5. Fraudulent or unauthorised use or actual or colourable imitation of the said Mark shall be dealt with according to law. Daw La Min May, H.G.P For TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., C/o Kelvin Chia Yangon Ltd., Level 8A, Union Financial Centre (UFC), Corner of Mahabandoola Road and Thein Phyu Road, Botahtaung Township, Yangon, The Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Dated 2 December 2015 [email protected]

TRADEMARK CAUTION Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a corporation incorporated in Japan, and having its registered office at 3- 9-19, Shimoshinjo, Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka 533-8651, US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton (C) is escorted by US security officers into a court in Olongapo city, Japan is the owner and proprietor of the following north of Manila, on 1 December. Photo: Reuters Trademark: OLONGAPO CITY — victed of the lesser offence the Filipino people”, “Jail said lawyer Harry Roque. A Philippine court found a of homicide, which does Pemberton in the Philip- The case has stirred COSOPT US Marine guilty of killing not require malicious in- pines”. debate over the presence of Reg. No. 4/13443/2015 (13.10.2015) a transgender woman yes- tent. Pemberton was due American soldiers on Phil- In respect of “Pharmaceutical preparations; reagent paper terday, jailing him for six He can appeal against to be held in the national ippine soil after senators for medical purposes; oiled paper for medical purposes; to 12 years in a case that the verdict and sentence. penitentiary in Muntinlupa, voted two decades ago to sanitary masks; wrapping wafers for medicine doses; has reignited debate over “This is not quite a south of the capital, until kick out US bases because gauze[for medical use]; capsules for medicines; the American military pres- victory,” Laude’s sister, the Philippines and US gov- of social issues, such as eyepatches for medical purposes; ear bandages; ence in its former colony. Malou, told Reuters. “We ernment agree on where he crimes committed by ser- menstruation bangages; menstruation tampons; sanitary The Olongapo City expected a murder convic- should serve his sentence vicemen. napkins; sanitary panties; absorbent cotton; adhesive regional trial court also tion but instead got homi- as prescribed under a vis- The United States has plasters; bandages for dressings; liquid bandages; breast- nursing pads; dietary supplements for humans; nutritional ordered Lance Corporal cide. We are not contented iting forces agreement. But raised military aid to the supplements; dietetic beverages adapted for medical Joseph Scott Pemberton to with the decision.” a lawyer for the victim said Philippines this year as ten- purposes; dietetic foods adapted for medical purposes; pay more than 4.5 million Pemberton had ear- there was a brief dispute sion rises in the region over food for babies; dietary supplements for animals” in Int’l pesos (63,215 pound) to the lier admitted in court to with US officials about China’s new assertiveness Class 5. family of Jennifer Laude, choking, but not killing, where Pemberton should in the South China Sea. Fraudulent or unauthorised use or actual or colourable who was found dead last Laude. He said he had act- go that was resolved when The two allies are waiting imitation of the said Mark shall be dealt with according to year in a hotel outside ed in self-defence after he the judge ordered he be for the Philippine Supreme law. the former US navy base discovered that a man was held at a Philippine army Court to approve a pact al- Daw La Min May, H.G.P For northwest of Manila. giving him oral sex, not a base for five days while a lowing the US military to Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., C/o Kelvin Chia Yangon Ltd., Pemberton will serve a woman. permanent solution was store supplies at Philippine Level 8A, Union Financial Centre (UFC), minimum of six years and Protesters outside the found. bases for operations related Corner of Mahabandoola Road and Thein Phyu Road, a maximum of 12 years in Hall of Justice carried plac- “This is a sad day for to maritime security, hu- Botahtaung Township, Yangon, jail. He had been charged ards saying “Justice for the Philippines. It shows manitarian assistance and The Republic of the Union of Myanmar. with murder but was con- Jennifer Laude! Justice for the US gets what it wants,” disasters.—Reuters Dated 2 December 2015 [email protected]

Suspect in Colorado clinic shooting Myanmar Auto Corporation ( Tender Notice ) faces murder charges 1) Myanmar Auto Corporation (MAC) will sell following Equipment as it is : KOMATSU DOZER (D85ESS-2), 2012Year, 1 UNIT COLORADO SPRINGS — in 1992, although Reuters bring a death penalty case. The man accused of killing could not determine in court Documents in the investiga- Equipment location : Manoyong, Boakpyin Township, Tanintharyi Region three people and wounding records how the case was tion were ordered sealed by 2) Selling Method nine in a shooting rampage resolved. the court on Monday. : Tender (Closing date : 17:00 Dec. 28. 2015) at a Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood For his appearance by 3) Remarks clinic in Colorado Springs has said reports that Dear closed-circuit camera from : Tender Documents shall be collected at Yangon Head Office was told he faces first-de- told investigators “no more the jail where he is being Contact (MAC Yangon Head Office) : 09-49317989, 09-421128015 gree murder charges during baby parts” after his arrest held without bond, Dear his first court appearance showed he was acting on an was flanked by Dan King of on Monday. Robert Lewis anti-abortion agenda. the state’s public defender’s Dear, 57, appearing by vid- Chief Judge Gil Mar- office. A handful of victims eo link from jail, spoke only tinez told Dear, who was sat in the front of the packed to tell a judge he understood in handcuffs and leg irons courtroom, watching Dear ADVERTISE WITH US! and had no questions. There and strapped into a padded on a screen. The rampage was no discussion of the vest, apparently for his own blamed on the South Caroli- - We are Myanmar’s highest-circulating English language daily motive for the Friday shoot- safety, that if convicted, he na native is believed to have newspaper ing during the brief hearing, faces a minimum sentence been the first deadly attack and formal charges will be of life without parole or a on a US abortion provider - We offer competitive ad rates filed next week. maximum of death. in six years. - Your ad will be seen by a wide and influential readership Police records from District Attorney Dan The Colorado Springs North Charleston, South May said prosecutors had center has been the target Email: [email protected], Carolina, showed that Dear 63 days after Dear’s arraign- of protests by anti-abortion Phone: 09 250107962, 09 251022355 was charged with rape there ment to decide whether to activists.—Reuters 14 entertainment 2 December 2015 With ‘Star Wars’ movie due to land, old toys go galactic

THORNABY — Vintage toys What’s happened to the “Star linked to the “Star Wars” film Wars” collecting market is that it franchise are moving faster than a has gone from being unfashion- swirling lightsaber, sending prices able, when Stevens was able to of many of them soaring into hy- pick up cases of stuff for peanuts, perspace. to becoming the source of some of With the latest in the series the most sought-after items in the — “Star Wars: The Force Awak- collector galaxy. ens” — due to open in December, “’Star Wars’ memorabilia auctioneers in the northeast Eng- ranks at the upper echelon, it runs land town of Thornaby have sold at the top, alongside ‘The Wizard one for a colossal 18,000 pounds of Oz’, ‘Citizen Kane’, and ‘Casa- ($27,000), 35 years after it went blanca’,” Brian Chanes of Profiles for 1.50 pounds in the shops. in History, the California auction- This was not a historic piece eer, told Reuters. of trivia like the movie-prop Even Sotheby’s auctioneers, blockade-runner spaceship that renowned for dealing in mul- California-based auctioneers Pro- ti-million dollar paintings, is in on files in History sold for $450,000, the act, offering the “Star Wars” or Princess Leia’s actual slave miscellany of a Japanese collector costume, which went for $96,000. on 11 December. What collectible toys spe- Chanes said most of his cialist Vectis Auctions Ltd sold in buying customers are “private January on behalf of British col- individuals with deep pockets”, lector Craig Stevens was a small Artist Artur Kashak paints graffiti depicting stormtroopers characters in Star Wars movies, on a wall of a but Bryan Goodall, chairman of plastic replica of bounty hunter building in central Moscow, Russia on 25 November. Photo: Reuters Vectis, said his clientele come Boba Fett, a cult character from from all walks of life - from peo- “Star Wars” sequel “The Empire memorabilia, from robots, to “It isn’t anything that’s just duced, and estimated at 800-1,200 ple who may spend a few hundred Strikes Back” (1980). spaceships, “Death Star” pencil a toy,” she said. “It’s actually a pounds. “We’ve been blown away pounds to others who will spend With the proceeds of that, and sharpeners and on to packaged way of life and a cultural thing. by some of the prices,” said Vicky thousands. mainly other toys anyone could figurines, are piled up in Vectis, People even look at some of these Weall, the managing director of He said many are reliving have purchased for pocket money which will hold another in a series cardbacks that we sell as works of Vectis, which is stacked to the their youth, and regardless of at the time, Stevens and his wife of online auctions of about 700 art.” rafters with collectible toys of all whether the new series of “Star bought a house — for cash. pieces on 8 December. One of the oddest items at sorts, including dolls, stuffed an- Wars” movies is a hit, the market “I’d like to say I had some The most valuable toys are Vectis is an inch-long (2.5-cm) imals, toy trains and the increas- for collectibles will keep growing. kind of vision but I didn’t, I col- those that are sealed in their orig- piece of plas- ingly valuable “Star Wars” items. “I’m sure it will be a big hit lected for myself,” Stevens told inal packages from decades ago, tic that is a The company makes a 20 percent because I’m sure everybody will Reuters, adding that some items having never been used, Kathy prototype commission on sales. love it, but it won’t make any he had collected had been about Taylor, Vectis’s “Star Wars” ex- for a Boba “Once you get two people difference to us other than more to be thrown away. Various col- pert, said, adding: “It’s not a nor- Fett rocket, who are desperate for an item, people coming to the market,” he lectors’ hoards of “Star Wars” mal retail situation we’re in here.” never pro- then where do you stop?” she said. said.—Reuters Adele leaves Bieber, One Direction in dust on Billboard chart NEW YORK — Adele beat all hand on the Digital Song comers on the US Billboard 200 charts, which measure online album charts on Monday with a download sales. His single record-breaking debut for “25,” “Sorry” unseated Adele’s leaving other top acts like Justin “Hello,” for the top spot, Bieber and British boy band One five weeks after both were Direction looking like also-rans. released. The Canadian pop The British songstress sold singer’s “Love Yourself” 3.48 million copies in the first also took the No.3 spot ahead week of release for “25,” making of Adele’s new single “When it the biggest-selling album of We Were Young.” 2015 and the only album to sur- The only other Top 10 Photo: Reuters pass 3 million sales in one week newcomers to the Billboard since Nielsen began tracking 200 charts were American SEOUL — South Korean Psy also spoke about his sales in 1991, Nielsen Music said. rapper Jadakiss, whose al- rapper Psy, who catapulted song “ROCKnROLLBABY”, Adele’s success pushed bum “Top 5 Dead or Alive” to fame in 2012 with hit song which features will.i.am. Bieber’s “Purpose” into second debuted at No.4 with just “Gangnam Style”, released his “... His part was recorded in place, with 290,090 sales in its over 66,000 sales, and latest album on Monday, which 2013, a long time ago,” he said. second week, while One Direc- Irish singer Enya’s come- includes a song featuring Amer- “At that time, we met a lot and tion had to settle for third with back album, “Dark Sky ican rapper will.i.am. decided to exchange each oth- sales of 108,445 units of its re- Island,” which landed at “This album is basically er’s songs.” Psy also said he felt lease “Made in the A.M.,” also in No.8 with 47,700 units based on dance music and in- the huge success of “Gangnam its second week. sold. cludes genre elements such as Style” had become a burden. Sales of “25” comprised 41 The Billboard EDM (electronic dance music), “I would like to politely percent of all US album sales last 200 chart tallies units hip hop, funk, medium tempo, decline comparing the new al- week, Nielsen said. from album sales, and trap, which is popular these bum to ‘Gangnam Style’. It’s Adele’s Grammy-winning song sales (10 songs days,” Psy told a news confer- too heavy a burden for me,” he 2011 album “21” also saw a equal one album) ence. told reporters. boost, rising to ninth place on the and streaming activ- “I also tried to draw on all “I hope you listen to ‘Na- Billboard 200 from 25th the week ity (1,500 streams sorts of emotions including joy, pal Baji’ and ‘Daddy’ as they before. equal one al- anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, are,” he added referring to his But Bieber had the upper bum). —Reuters hate, and greed.” new songs.—Reuters 2 December 2015 lifestyle & travel 15 Pirouettes and plenty of pink at Gaza’s only ballet school

trainers. It was difficult to bring child to participate in something an instructor from abroad.” so removed from regular Gaza The dream began to take life is both educational and psy- shape when they found Tamara, chologically uplifting. The moth- a Ukrainian married to a Palestin- er of six-year-old Maria said bal- ian and living in Gaza, who had let had helped her daughter get studied dance and was qualified over years of trauma. to teach. She asked not to give “She had been suffering her family name. since the 2012 war and her con- They started a pilot pro- dition got worse after last year’s gramme in the summer, not sure war,” said Manal Abu Muamar, how many parents would sign describing Maria’s nightmares up given that Gaza is a conserv- and a fear of going to sleep. ative society and ballet is hardly “After the first ballet class, a common pastime. Before they she came home as happy as a knew it, 50 children, all girls, bird. She did the moves she had were registered. There is now learnt and she was going around a waiting list that runs into the the house like a butterfly.” hundreds. In the tiled hall, 14 pu- Almost half of Gaza’s 1.8 pils lined up in unison along the million people are aged under 18 wall, one hand clutching a long and UNICEF, the United Nations metal barre. As Tamara showed Children’s Fund, estimates that them the steps, they copied pre- 400,000 of those need some form cisely, angling their feet, bending of psychological care. Palestinian girls take part in a ballet dancing course, run by the Al-Qattan Center for Children, in Gaza City on their knees, one arm outstretched, But as well as an escape and 25 November. Photo: Reuters chins held high. a chance to try out what they may Some of the children have only have seen on TV, there are GAZA — The group of girls, school at the Al-Qattan Center rael and Hamas, the school is a lived through four wars in their several students who the teach- ponytailed and dressed in pink, for Children in Gaza, making it haven of calm and order, one short lifetimes, with Gaza on er described as “excellent” and stretched their arms out to the one of the most popular class- many parents are eager for their edge since the Islamist group Ha- “strong girls”, with a desire to go sides and pivoted onto their es the arts institute runs, under children to enjoy. mas seized full control of the en- further with their dancing. toes, trying desperately to hold the watchful eye of a Ukrainian “The ballet project was a clave in 2007. Since, Egypt and “I used to imitate ballet still. Eagle-eyed, the instructor teacher. dream for many families,” said Israel have maintained a block- dancing that I saw on television surveyed Gaza’s latest crop of Amid the chaos and destruc- Heyam Al-Hayek, the head ade on the territory, carefully or on YouTube,” said eight-year- would-be ballerinas. tion that has shattered Gaza so of Qattan’s cultural activities. monitoring the flow of goods and old Bana Zuarub. Fifty girls aged five to eight often over the past five years, “They had been asking for bal- people to and fro. “Now I am learning it for are now enrolled in the ballet with repeated wars between Is- let courses but we couldn’t find For parents, the chance for a real and I just love it.”—Reuters

The beautiful commute on Sydney’s ferries Myanmar sail to work on ferries named International after those in the first fleet. The Friendship, Charlotte and Gold- (2-12-2015 07:00 am~ 3-12-2015 07:00 am) MST en Grove among others. Sydney’s ferry system has Today Fresh been its lifeblood since the mid 07:03 Am News 1800s, transporting more than 07:26 Am 19 Hours 15 million individual passenger 07:50 Am Sightseeing in Yangon: Inya Lake journeys each year, according to 08:03 Am News the Bureau of Transport Statis- 08:26 Am Myanmar Childhood Games (Episode-1) tics. From fast-food employees 08:35 Am SHWE SETTAW (Minbu) to finance industry executives, 08:53 Am Myanmar Puppet more than 40,000 trips are taken 09:03 Am News every day. 09:26 Am A Snake Catcher Corporate affairs executive 09:37 Am MONASTERY (Bargayar Kyaung) Jake Krausmann took up his 09:52 Am Guiding Star of Song Birds Commuters ride on the rooftop deck of a Sydney ferry at sunset en position on the bow of a city- 10:03 Am News route to Rose Bay in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Photo: Reuters bound ferry from Manly, per- 10:26 Am Myanmar Social & Charitable Association (Ep-1) forming a daily stretching and Mingalar Byuha SYDNEY — On the ferries that and afford her the only opportu- exercise routine in the shadow 10:51 Am Orchid Lover crisscross Sydney’s harbour, nity to experience the outdoors of the Sydney Opera House and passengers sit inside hunched en route to a long day’s work in a Harbor Bridge. The Manly ferry (11:00 Am ~ 03:00 Pm) - Tuesday Repeat (07:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am) over their smartphones, ignoring biscuit factory. has been Krausmann’s preferred (03:00 Pm ~ 07:00 Pm) - TodayRepeat (07:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am) the gorgeous scenery afforded In this water-centric city, commute for 10 years. He trav- by what many people think is the conversation inevitably steers to els on the outside decks in any Prime Time world’s most beautiful commute. the scenic harbour — backdrop weather and says he never gets But not Nina Leatherday. of countless tourist pictures. The sick of the trip. 07:03 Pm News Eating a breakfast of hot arrival in 1788 of British Captain As winter turns to spring, 07:25 Pm To The Land Of Countless Temples - Bagan Trip oats before sunrise, Leath- Arthur Phillip’s 11 convict ships the passengers come out of their (EP-1) erday braves 9 degree C (48 F) in Sydney Cove and subsequent cabin ‘hibernation’ and soak 07:51 Pm Delicacies From Magwe mid-winter temperatures on the discovery of a freshwater stream up Australia’s burning sun and 08:03 Pm News outside deck of a ferry from led to what is now Circular Quay fresh air. Cool water sprays the 08:26 Pm Myanmar Traditional Identity (EP- 3) The Sphinx Manly to Circular Quay. ferry port and , in many ways, the face of financial services worker Of Egypt And The Manousiha Of Myanmar The Michigan native, who birthplace of modern Australia. Hugh Dive as he sits on the rear 08:41 Pm Up Against The Tide is accustomed to harsh winters, Would those ‘first settlers’ deck on his way home to the ex- was the only passenger sitting even be able to imagine 225 clusive suburb of Rose Bay. In (09:00 Pm ~ 11:00 Pm) - TodayRepeat (09:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am) on the outside deck of Sydney’s years later the transformation the warmer months Dive rides (11:00 Pm ~ 03:00 Am) - Tuesday Repeat (07:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am) most famous ferry service re- from humble beginnings to a his racing bicycle into the city in (03:00 Am ~ 07:00 Am) - TodayRepeat (07:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am) cently, while others huddled in bucket list locale for most trav- the morning and catches the fer- the heated cabin. elers? Lattes and smartphones ry back home to beat the clogged (For Detailed Schedule – www.myanmaritv.com/schedule) The bracing wind and salty aside, one thing would have been and narrow streets of Sydney’s spray are refreshing, she said, familiar: Sydney’s commuters older eastern suburbs.—Reuters hit formattherighttimeahead ner said. —Reuters citing timesfor everyone,”Mil- viously anewmanager. Itisex- of youthandexperience andob- of players,wehaveagreatmix silverware. “Itisatalentedsquad League, couldendtheirwaitfor club, whoaresixthinthePremier the optimistic was he said fielder the former Manchester City mid- and Cup League 2012 the was going.” Liverpool’slasttrophy od andhopefullywecankeepit peri- Christmas this into going great timetobeingoodform losing andgainingform.Itisa injuries takingholdandteams as sayingbyBritishmedia. 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