CENTENARY BIRTHDAY OF SAYAMAGYI DAW KYAN, WRITER RESEARCHER P-8-9 (OPINION)

NATIONAL NATIONAL State Counsellor offers ‘soon’ to State Counsellor: Only by remembering country’s history, Sanghas in memory of Martyrs one learns what to do and what not in future PAGE-3 PAGE-5

Vol. V, No. 95, 8TH Waxing of Second Waso 1380 ME www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Friday, 20 July 2018

President U Win Myint and First Lady Daw Cho Cho pay homage to the Buddha before Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of General Aung San, pays tribute to General Aung San donating ‘soon’ (day meal) to the Members of the Sangha. PHOTO: MNA and Martyrs at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum yesterday. PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT President and First Lady Daw Aung San Suu Kyi pays share merit for martyred tribute to Bogyoke Aung San st leaders on 71 Martyrs’ Day Tens of thousands pay respects to Martyrs st ON the 71st Martyrs’ Day, a donation U Hla Thein and wife Daw Aye Thida, at Mausoleum on 71 Martyrs’ Day ceremony was held at the Nay Pyi Taw Deputy Commander-in-Chief of De- Council Office Zabuthiri Hall yesterday fence Services and Commander-in-Chief AT an event for the 71st Martyrs’ Day held assassinated 71 years ago. morning, and merit was shared for the (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win, yesterday at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum in Present at yesterday’s event at the leaders who sacrificed their lives for the Union Ministers, Union Attorney-Gen- Yangon, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Martyrs’ Mausoleum near the northern country. The ceremony was attended by eral, Union Auditor General, Chairman Suu Kyi laid a wreath at the monument of gate of Shwedagon Pagoda were 71st President U Win Myint and First Lady of Union Civil Service Board, Chairman her father, Bogyoke Aung San, and paid Anniversary of Martyrs’ Day Convening Daw Cho Cho. of Nay Pyi Taw Council, Central Bank silent homage. Central Committee Patron Vice President The ceremony was graced by Rever- of Myanmar Governor, Anti-Corruption The State Counsellor would be one U Myint Swe, Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U end Sayadaws and Sanghas, led by State Commission Chairman, Nay Pyi Taw of at least 100,000 in Yangon who came T Khun Myat, Amyotha Hluttaw Speak- Ovadacariya Abhidhaja Maharahtaguru Command Commander, Deputy Min- out yesterday to pay their respects to er Mahn Win Khaing Than, Union Chief Maha Visutarama Zaygone Monastery isters, Deputy Attorney General, Nay Bogyoke Aung San and the seven other Justice U Htun Htun Oo, Command- Sayadaw Bhaddantaka Vithara. Also Pyi Taw Council members, Nay Pyi Taw leaders of the pre-independence gov- er-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior present at the ceremony were Chairman Development Committee members and ernment, and one bodyguard —Thakhin General Min Aung Hlaing, Pyithu Hluttaw of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Un- their spouses, Permanent Secretaries, Mya, U Ba Cho, U Razak, U Ba Win, Deputy Speaker U Tun Tun Hein, Amyo- ion U Myo Nyunt and wife Daw Htay Yi, Directors General, invited guests and Mahn Ba Khaing, Sao San Tun, U Ohn tha Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Aye Tha Union Election Commission Chairman officials. SEE PAGE-2 Maung and Ko Htwe—all of whom were Aung, SEE PAGE-10

INSIDE TODAY Secretariat, Bogyoke Aung San Museum jammed with visitors on Martyrs’ Day

THOUSANDS observed the 71st Martyrs’ ument, where the names of the Martyrs The building, which is more than 100 years Day yesterday at the Secretariat, the colo- were inscribed, and observed two minutes old, is in the process of being restored. NATIONAL nial-era building where Myanmar’s nation- of silence at 7am as the flag was lowered to A picture of the room, complete with Multi-religious prayer al hero General Aung San was assassinated half-mast in tribute to the fallen martyrs. tables and chairs arranged as they were service for National Leader in 1947, along with eight other martyrs. The room where General Aung San at the time of the assassination, 71 years Bogyoke Aung San A throng led by Yangon Mayor U and his fellow Martyrs were assassinated ago, was also shown to visitors. PAGE-3 Maung Maung Soe gathered at the mon- were shown to the public through CCTV. SEE PAGE-2 20 JULY 2018 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR President and First Lady share merit for martyred leaders on 71st Martyrs’ Day

FROM PAGE-1 vided offertories to the Zaygone Monastery Sayadaw Bhaddan- First, President U Win My- taka Vithara. This was followed int and First Lady Daw Cho Cho by the offering of donations to paid homage to the Buddha im- the Sanghas by Chairman of the age in the hall and offered fruits, Constitutional Tribunal of the flowers, water and oil lamps. Union U Myo Nyunt and wife Next, the President, First Daw Htay Yi, Union Election Lady and guests received the Commission Chairman U Hla Five Precepts from State Ovad- Thein and wife Daw Aye Thida, acariya Abhidhaja Maharahtagu- Deputy Commander-in-Chief President U Win Myint and First Lady Daw Cho Cho offer ’soon‘ (day meal) to Members of the Sangha ru Maha Visutarama Zaygone of Defence Services and yesterday at a Martyrs’ Day ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw. PHOTO: MYANMAR NEWS AGENCY Monastery Sayadaw Bhadd- Commander-in-Chief (Army) antaka Vithara and listened to Vice-Senior General Soe Win, Myo Aung and their wives. gained with the fallen martyrs. At the end of the ceremo- the Metta Sutta recited by the Union Ministers Lt-Gen Sein After listening to the ser- At 10.37 am, the President, ny, the President, First Lady Sayadaws. Win, Lt-Gen Ye Aung, U Kyaw mon delivered by the presiding First Lady and guests observed and guests offered ‘soon’ to the Later, President U Win My- Tint Swe and Dr. Aung Thu, Nay Sayadaw, the President, First two minutes of silence honouring Sayadaws.—Myanmar News int and wife Daw Cho Cho pro- Pyi Taw Council Chairman Dr. Lady and guests shared merits the martyred leaders. Agency

Secretariat, Bogyoke Aung San Museum jammed with visitors on Martyrs’ Day

FROM PAGE-1 The rooms on the first floor The building, which is 97 The Parliament building were shown on an LED board in years old, is structurally too weak in the same compound was the compound of the house. to support a large number of visi- opened to visitors. Officials said the public will tors. The historic building will be The building will be open be permitted to visit the first floor renovated in the 2018-2019 Fiscal to the public until 21 July. of the residence after 21 July. Year.—Hein Htet Lin Meanwhile, the General Aung San Museum in Bahan Township was also crowded with visitors yesterday. Union Ministers and Yangon Region Chief Minister offer meals to During the three-day spe- st Sanghas at the Yangon City Hall on the 71 anniversary Martyrs’ cial opening to public, from 19 Day. PHTOO: MNA to 21 July, to mark the 71st Mar- tyrs’ Day, the public was not st allowed to visit the first floor of 71 Martyrs’ Day General Aung San’s residence as the historic house could not withstand the weight and con- ceremony held at stant foot traffic of the crowds.

Yangon City Hall Bogyoke Aung San Museum crowded with visitors. PHOTO: MNA

A TRADITIONAL ceremony Sangha Maha Nayaka Sayadaw for offering meals and sharing Abhidhaja Agga Maharahtagu- merits to fallen leaders was held ru Abhidhaja Agga Maha Sad- yesterday at the Yangon City dhamma Jotika Dr Bhaddanta Hall on the 71st anniversary of Kumarabivamsa and listened to Martyrs’ Day. the recitation of the Metta Sutta. Present at the ceremony Later, Union Ministers, were Union Ministers, Yangon Yangon Region chief minister Region Chief Minister U Phyo and the deputy ministers offered Min Thein, deputy ministers, offertories to the Sangha, lis- Yangon regional ministers and tened to the sermon delivered by their wives, YCDC secretary and Thanlyin Minn Kyaung Sayadaw members, departmental heads, Agga Maha Panditha Bhaddan- representatives of political par- ta Sandhima Bivamsa and then ties and invited guests. First, the shared merits gained to Bogyoke congregation received the Five Aung San and the fallen leaders. Precepts from Chairman of State —Myanmar News Agency Students visit the Secretariat in Yangon on the 71st anniversary Martyrs’ Day. PHOTO: PHOE KHWAR 20 JULY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3

State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and invited guests receive the Five Precepts given by Ashin Viriya (Dhamma Bheri) at her residence in Yangon. PHOTO: MNA State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi offers ‘soon’ to Sanghas in memory of Martyrs

STATE Counsellor Daw Aung gal Affairs and Special Cases San Suu Kyi offered ‘soon’ (day Assessment Commission Chair- meal) to Sanghas at her resi- man Thura U Shwe Mann and dence at No. 54 University Av- wife, Union Peace Commission enue Road in Bahan Township, Chairman Dr. Tin Myo Win and Yangon yesterday morning in wife, Deputy Minister for the memory of her father, Bogyoke Office of the President U Min Aung San, and other martyred Thu and wife, National League leaders. for Democracy patron U Tin Oo The food offering was re- and wife, relatives and friends. ceived by 15 Sanghas led by Before the donation to the Taungzun Sayadaw Ashin Viri- Sanghas, State Counsellor Daw ya (Dhamma Bheri). Present at Aung San Suu Kyi and invited the event together with the State guests received the Five Pre- Counsellor were Vice President cepts given by Ashin Viriya U Myint Swe and wife, Pyithu (Dhamma Bheri). Following Hluttaw Speaker U T Khun this, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Myat and wife, Amyotha Hluttaw guests shared merits of their Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than, good deeds and offered meals Union Chief Justice U Htun Htun to the monks.—Myanmar News State Counsellor offering ’soon’ (day meal) to Sanghas at her residence in Yangon yesterday in memory of Oo, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw’s Le- Agency Bogyoke Aung San and other martyrs. PHOTO: MYANMAR NEWS AGENCY Multi-religious prayer service for National Leader Bogyoke Aung San

IN commemoration of the 71st secretary Suganthi, Chief Con- Anniversary of Martyrs’ Day, a vener for the Islamic Center multi-religious prayer service of Myanmar Al Haj U Aye was held in memory of Bogyoke Lwin, Jewish religious lead- Aung San at the residence of er U Sammy Samuels, Baha’i State Counsellor Daw Aung San Faith Federation member U Suu Kyi in Bahan Township at Tin Zaw Min and Vice-chair 3.30 pm yesterday. of the Myanmar Council of First, State Counsellor Daw Churches Bishop U Myat San State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi prays for national leader Bogyoke Aung San and other martyred Aung San Suu Kyi and represent- prayed for Bogyoke Aung San leaders together with other religious leaders at her residence in Bahan Township, Yangon. PHOTO: MNA atives of various faiths observed in their respective religious a two-minute silence in honour rites, followed by Rev. U Kyaw came to a close after Father Ed- Present at the ceremony Minister for the Office of the of Bogyoke Aung San, followed Nyunt, who delivered a prayer. ward Sein Myint gave a blessing. were Vice President U Henry President U Min Thu and wife by welcoming remarks by the Those present at the cere- After the ceremony, the State Van Thio and wife Dr. Shwe Hl- Daw Lwin May Thein, personnel State Counsellor. mony then spoke words of vir- Counsellor posed for a documen- wan, Daw May Yin Htun, wife of responsible for various religions Later, Myanmar Hindu tues according to their religious tary photograph together with the Union Minister for the Office and invited guests.— Myanmar Federation Women Group joint teachings, and the ceremony the guests. of the State Counsellor, Deputy News Agency 20 JULY 2018 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR st www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com 71 Martyrs’ Day ceremony ACTING CHIEF EDITOR Aye Min Soe, [email protected]

EXPATRIATE CONSULTANT EDITOR held at NLD headquarters Mark Angeles, markrangeles@gmail .com IN honour and memory of the Myint, Yangon Region min- SENIOR EDITORIAL CONSULTANT Martyrs, led by Bogyoke Aung ister for electricity, industry, Kyaw Myaing San, the 71st anniversary of the and roads and communications

SENIOR TRANSLATORS Martyrs’ Day ceremony was Daw Nilar Kyaw, veteran poli- Zaw Min, held at the headquarters of the ticians, diplomats, members [email protected] National League for Democra- of the NLD and other invited Win Ko Ko Aung, [email protected] cy (NLD) in Bahan Township guests. yesterday morning. “Martyrs’ Day ceremonies INTERNATIONAL NEWS EDITOR Before the ceremony be- are now being held not only at Ye Htut Tin, [email protected] gan, a minute's silence was the Martyr’s Mausoleum but observed by members of the also in townships throughout LOCAL NEWS EDITORS Tun Tun Naing (Editor), central executive committee of the whole country in memory [email protected] the NLD, the public and stu- of the Martyrs who sacrificed st Nwe Nwe Tun (Sub-editor), dents at 10.37 am, the time at NLD members hold 71 anniversary of the Martyrs’ Day ceremony at their lives for independence [email protected] their headquarters in Yangon yesterday. PHOTO: ZAW GYI which Bogyoke Aung San and and for the public. Young stu- TRANSLATORS the Martyrs were assassinated. dents in Myanmar should have Khaing Thanda Lwin, Later, the ceremony began by Next, Chairperson of the cere- 71st anniversary of Martyrs’ Day such a spirit from a young age Hay Mar Tin Win, Ei Myat Mon saluting the national flag of My- mony, NLD Central Executive announcement and messages. itself,” said Deputy Speaker of Zaw Htet Oo anmar, Bogyoke Aung San and Committee secretariat mem- The ceremony was attend- the Yangon Region Hluttaw U Kyaw Zin Lin martyred leaders and observ- ber U Nyan Win, delivered an ed by members of the NLD Lin Naing Myint. Kyaw Zin Tun ing an eight-second silence for opening speech and member central executive committee, The NLD released a nine- REPORTER those who sacrificed their lives of the NLD central executive Deputy Speaker of the Yangon point announcement at the cer- May Thet Hnin, for the democracy movement. committee U Thein Oo read the Region Hluttaw U Lin Naing emony, it is learnt.—Zaw Gyi [email protected] [email protected]

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Interviewed by Khin try by using the power of “live on which Myanmar’s independ- never die”, national leader Bo- sary Martyrs’ Day observance. Maung Htwe, Win Win mercury”, an alchemist’s weapon ence architect Bogyoke Aung San gyoke Aung San and the other As per tradition, Bogyoke Maw, Nanda Win in Myanmar folklore. He went and leaders were felled. martyred leaders have not been Aung San’s daughter, State Coun- Photo by Zaw Min Latt, through a politician’s life from It was due to the martyred forgotten by the people of My- sellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and Ye Htut secretary of Dobama Asiayone leaders, led by Bogyoke Aung anmar. union-level officials came to the to father of the Tatmadaw Thirty San, that the Republic of the The public came to pay re- Martyrs’ Mausoleum yesterday IN his incomplete autobiography, Comrades, and at the age of 32, Union of Myanmar became a spects in remembrance of Bogy- to pay their respects. Myanmar he wrote of dreaming as a child to was assassinated on 19 July 1947. sovereign state in the world. oke Aung San and other martyred News Agency conducted an in- gain independence for the coun- It’s the 71st anniversary of the day True to the saying “Martyrs leaders at the 2018 71st anniver- terview during this time.

State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U T Khun Myat THANKS to the public for coming to pay their respects, and in remembrance of the history of our country. Only by remembering WHENEVER it is Martyrs’ the history of our country, can we learn lessons on what to do Day, we remember and honour and what not in the future. those who have given the ulti- I don’t need to say whether to remember or forget. People mate price for our country’s in- will remember what they must not forget. If something ought dependence. I always resolve to to be forgotten, they will forget it. I have no right to say what to follow and carry on the process remember and what to forget. This is a personal decision of all. of the martyred leaders. New What we ought to note, what we ought to remember. It is the generation need to know how duty of each individual as a citizen to correctly decide what to lives were sacrificed to retain forget and what to remember. the sovereignty of our country.

Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker Mahn Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Win Khaing Than Senior General Min Aung Hlaing MARTYRS’ Day is a day when I foresee all of us striving in unity toward the united, peaceful and we honour those who gave their developed country, envisioned and attempted by martyred leaders, lives for our country. If we love led by Bogyoke Aung San. How will the new generations do to de- and cherish the Martyrs, we need velop the country? How will they achieve peace and tranquility for to listen to what they said and fol- the country? How will they make the country united? They will have low the process set by them. Only to strive for this. They will have to do this thoughtfully. They should then can we love and cherish the not do it on their own different ways. If there is unity, everything Martyrs. Martyred leaders, led will progress. We need to look at other countries and think. Another by Bogyoke Aung San, gave their thing is to have a united and fair mind. Without being fair and doing lives for the good of the country. the process set by them and things as we want, it will be impossible. We need to gauge it this way. Future generations have a duty listen to the Martyrs’ words to fulfill their wishes by following to develop the country.

Union Minister for Reli- martyrs resurfaced. ed. It has been submitted to the collected. Director Min Htin Ko gious Affairs and Culture Biographies about the lead- leader of the country, the State Ko Gyi will submit the script in Thura U Aung Ko er of the martyrs, national leader Counsellor. After some required the sixth meeting scheduled for Bogyoke Aung San, started to editing, it is ready for publishing. the end of July. After the script TODAY is the 71st anniversary be written after independence, It is written from historical, po- is submitted, the work of making Martyrs’ Day. Ethnic nationals around 1950-51. It stopped in 1958 litical, military and social angles. the movie can be started. and the people are happy that and was not permitted to be pub- I’d like to say that this is ready. Actors like Ko Kyaw Kyaw this day is celebrated in such a lished. Throughout 1958, 1960 and The biography of Bogyoke does Myo and Sayamalay were accom- way. Due to the selfless acts and 1962, and after 1988, permission not only represent Bogyoke Aung modated in national theatre, and sacrifice of the martyred lead- to publish it was not granted. San, but represents all the mar- necessary trainings and teach- ers, independence was gained The work of writing a biography tyred leaders who sacrificed their ings are given. after a hundred years of being of Bogyoke was also stopped lives for the country. On the other The making of the movie is a colony. We stand proudly in halfway and forgotten. On the hand, since 2012, a biographical expected to start soon, by the the world as an independent second term of a democratic gov- movie about Bogyoke Aung San end of July or early August. Evi- petitions related to Martyrs’ Day sovereign country. We owe a ernment, I took upon the duty as was being prepared. After five dence and historical facts for the were being widely conducted lot to them. But during the 71- Union Minister for Religious Af- years, this was suspended due to biography were obtained by con- again throughout the country. year period, there were times fairs and Culture as well as chair- many reasons. As I was assigned tacting relevant defence, home The National Museum (Yangon/ when facts about the martyrs man of the Myanmar Historical to start this after taking up the and information ministries. The Nay Pyi Taw) is also displaying were dimmed. It reached a stage Commission. The Myanmar duty of the Bogyoke Aung San history of Bogyoke is the histo- grandly about Martyrs’ Day. Ar- where the new generation could Historical Commission was re- biography movie work commit- ry of the Tatmadaw. Bogyoke’s rangements are being made for have forgotten about Martyrs’ formed as necessary. After it was tee chairman, we are conducting history is the country’s history. students to visit the museums. Day and the martyred leaders. reformed, historians said there is the necessary preparations. Five It is an important work, and I’m In other words, the ministry is When a new democratic govern- a biography of Bogyoke that was meetings have already been held. honoured and happy to take up striving towards making the ment came into being in 2010, partially done and forgotten. So Donations totalling more than this duty. new generation know of the ef- the day was held as a union-lev- it was written for completion and Ks1.2 billion was also received. If Talking about Martyrs’ Day, forts of the martyrs to gain the el event and biographies of the is almost 100 per cent complet- required, more donations will be essay writing and painting com- country’s independence. 20 JULY 2018 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Families of Martyrs pay tribute to fallen leaders

U Ye Aung Than, nephew of U Aung San Oo, son of General Aung San, pays tribute to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of General Aung San, pays tribute to General Aung San General Aung San and martyrs at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum. PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT and martyrs at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum. PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT

Family members of Thakhin Mya pay tribute to Thakhin Mya and martyrs at the Martyrs’ Family members of Deedok U Ba Cho arrive at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum to pay tribute to Mausoleum. PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT Deedok U Ba Cho and martyrs . PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT

Family members of Mahn Ba Khaing arrive at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum to pay tribute to Family members of Mahn Ba Khaing pay tribute to Mahn Ba Khaing and martyrs at the Mahn Ba Khaing and martyrs. PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT Martyrs’ Mausoleum. PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT 20 JULY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 7

Families of Martyrs pay tribute to fallen leaders

Family members of U Ba Win pay tribute to U Ba Win and martyrs at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum. PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT

Family members of Mongpon Sawbwa Sao San Tun arrive at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum to Family members of U Razak arrive at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum to pay tribute to martyrs. pay tribute to Mongpon Sawbwa Sao San Tun and martyrs. PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT

Family members of U Ohn Maung arrive at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum to pay tribute to U Ohn Family members of Yebaw Ko Htwe pay tribute to martyrs at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum. Maung and martyrs. PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT Diplomats, political parties pay tribute to fallen leaders

Indian Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Vikram Misri lays a wreath as a tribute to martyrs. PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT Representatives of ethnic political parties pay tribute to martyrs at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum. PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT 20 JULY 2018 20 JULY 2018 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR OPINION 9 Vaccinations Centenary Birthday of Sayamagyi keep children Daw Kyan, writer researcher healthy, Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja Research Department. The two posts were held Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt simultaneously but was paid only one salary. Here, as the DG of Myanmar Historical save lives HE Centenary Birthday of Ma Kyan, Research, the writer met the two apyogyis Weather bureau: Low-pressure writer researcher, was most fittingly or single ladies Ma Kyan and Dr. Daw Yee system could cause flooding in celebrated on the 10th waning of the first Yee. They both insisted the writer not to use AUDING efforts made by countries to save more TWaso 1380 ME (Saturday, 7 July 2018) ‘spinster’ or ‘apyogyi’ when addressing their Hinthada and Bago townships and more lives through immunization, including at 1pm at the Sarpay Beikman Hall in downtown names. The writer willingly accepted their in- during public health emergencies, the World Yangon. Ma Kyan, in good health and spirit, per- sistence adding, “of course you still have time ACCORDING to observations dangerous levels over the next LHealth Organization recently called for further sonally graced the occasion with her presence. for marriage.” The writer was married with made yesterday afternoon by two or three days, according to acceleration of efforts to reach the nearly five million un- Leading organizers of this event were writers five children by then. the Meteorology and Hydrol- the observations of the weather vaccinated children in WHO’s South-East Asia Region. Thura Zaw, U Aye Cho [M.A.], Aung Moe Saung At the 100th Birthday celebration of Ma ogy Department, a low-pres- department. “It is critical to identify who are missing vaccinations and December Mon. Friends and fans of Ma Kyan Kyan on 7 July at the Sarpay Beikman Hall, we sure weather system over the Yesterday, the Meteorolo- and reach them with life-saving vaccines. Equity and are preparing to publish an anthology of essays met Ma Kyan in good health and in good spirit. northwest portion of the Bay gy and Hydrology Department improving vaccination coverage is the key to preventing about her to be titled, “Centenary History — Devi” The writer has noticed that history professors, of Bengal persists, resulting in forecasted increasing rainfall in resurgence of diseases, especially the ones eradicated with [&mNynfh orkdif;a'0D]. lecturers and researchers live long lives. a vigorous monsoon over the coastal areas. painstaking efforts, and for further reducing diseases and The writer of this article was bound to be pres- Buddha had said that there are four major Andaman Sea and the Bay of There will be rain showers deaths among children,” said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, ent at that ceremony for many reasons. Firstly, factors in causing death (1). Kama [your own Bengal. or thundershowers in Nay Pyi Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia, inaugurating though Ma Kyan was eleven years his senior in doing] (2). Sitta [mind] (3). Udu [Climate] and The department has Taw, Yangon, Mandalay and a recent three-day meeting of the Immunization Technical age, she happened to be his pupil in the M.A. class (4). Ahara [food]. Though nothing is permanent, warned people who live near the neighboring areas. The degree Advisory Group in New Delhi. at the Department of Modern History and Political one can prolong one’s life if one can avoid the river bank and low-lying areas of certainty is 100 per cent. Myanmar’s urban immunization intensification is tar- Science, University of Yangon, from 1954 to 1956. above mentioned factors. of Hinthada and Bago townships Occasional squalls with geting 29 townships, while many countries in the region are Secondly, she and the writer were the two most Whenever the writer calls Ma Kyan in a to take precautionary measures, rough seas will be experienced also making impressive efforts for vaccination. junior tutors in the Department of English when directly-translated English word ‘Miss Remain- as the water level of Ayeyarwady off and along the Myanmar The WHO South-East Asia Region records about 37 Professor U Myo Min advised them to transfer to at gunpoint, ordered her to surrender all the cash Before the industrial revolution in the late 18th der’ or ‘Miss Left-Behind,’ Ma Kyan said the River at Hinthada Township and coast. The surface wind speed in million births every year, and of them over 88 per cent are the Department of Modern History and Political to them. Ma Kyan calmly said, “At gunpoint, I century, England was an agricultural country. In spelling of my name is rMuef not rusef ]]&,pfMuef]] not the water level of Bago River in squalls may reach 40 m.p.h and now getting three doses of diphtheria, pertussis and teta- Science, where there was the prospect of promo- have but to surrender. I’m a faithful Government the country side all males were involved in farm ’’,yifhusef’’ Muef not usef Muef meaning, ‘full of good Bago Township are each one the wave height will be some nus (DPT) vaccines annually, an indicator of basic vaccina- tion, unlike his own department where many junior servant. If I give cash to you with my own hands, or field work. All females were occupied in their features. ’’usef” means remainder or left behind. foot below the danger level. 9-14 feet off and along the My- tion coverage. staff were blocked from promotion. Professor U Ba I’ll be cooperating with you in this crime. So, take daily chores. Spinning the wheel to get good fine Ma Kyan is ‘full of good features and not the Rising waters may reach anmar coast. —GNLM Myanmar aims to achieve the goals and milestones Nyunt willingly accepted Ma Kyan and the writer, these keys and open the safe and get the cash by thread for weaving takes hours the whole day. As remainder or left-behind.’ Teasingly, the writer of the National Immunization Program, which includes as not only his own department was extending but yourselves.” females did that job, their minds were also spin- told her that Ma Kyan, therefore, still has the achieving zero polio cases, eliminating maternal and neo- also another department, i.e. the Department of When the insurgents had taken the cash, Ma ning when they would get a lover or a life partner. chances to marry and she would jokingly reply, natal tetanus, eradicating measles and controlling rubella the Far East History, would be opened, where U Kyan made a demand to them. If a single woman had got more than one lover, “Of course, why not even at this age of 100?”. Myanmar Daily Weather Report and congenital rubella by 2020. Kyaw Thet, a doctorate degree holder from the “You have got what you wanted. Now please her mind was spinning whom she should choose. H.E. Union Minister for Information Dr. Pe As part of the efforts for reaching its goals, the country School of Oriental and African Studies, University comply with my request. I have to prove to my If she failed to decide but got lost in spinning, her Myint graced Ma Kyan’s Centenary Birthday (Issued at 7:00 pm Thursday 19th July, 2018) conducted a nationwide immunization campaign during the of London, was to become its professor. So she boss that the cash in the safe has been taken age gradually advanced and she became an ‘old celebrations at the Sarpay Beikman Hall on 7 second year in office of the incumbent government against and the writer met at Professor U Ba Nyunt’s away by insurgents. So as a proof, sign a letter spinster.’ In Myanmar, old spinsters are called July, not only with his presence but also with his BAY INFERENCE: According to the observations at (18:30)hrs 11 childhood diseases. Meanwhile, health care services department, but in two different positions. She saying that you have taken the cash on this day, ‘apyogyi’ tysdKMuD; who later got married to Lubyo inaugural speech remarks, in which he said that M.S.T today, A low pressure area has formed over the Northwest together with medical check-ups were provided to over 8.7 was a tutor and a pupil in the writer’s class of date and hour.” Gyi [old male bachelors] or who would adopt her people involved in historical research, writing Bay of Bengal. Monsoon is vigorous over the Andaman Sea and million school children in the country. Deworming of stu- Political Science. The writer, as a lecturing tutor, It was incredible, but the insurgents did sign nephews, nieces or pet animals to accompany and compiling Burmese dictionary, encyclope- Bay of Bengal. dents was also conducted twice in basic education. had to take the lecturing duty when Professor U Ba the letter, before taking away the cash from the her in her life. dia Birmanica and Myanmarsar, and Historical FORECAST VALID UNTIL AFTERNOON OF THE 20th As a result, every child has a chance to get vaccinated Nyunt was abroad to attend academic conferences. Kyaukpyu Post Office. Here we could not but ad- “The writer met Ma Kyan and Dr. Daw Yee Commission live long lives. The writer agrees JULY, 2018: Rain or thundershowers will be fairly widespread through the government’s nationwide immunization pro- The writer came to learn about his pupil Ma mire Ma Kyan’s integrity and courage, but also the Yee in London from 1956 to 1960. The writer was a with his remark. History Professor Dr. Kyaw in Sagaing and Mandalay Regions, Kachin, Northern Shan and gram. These are vaccines against Japanese Encephalitis, Kyan, who later came to become his colleague in integrity of the insurgents. At gun point, Ma Kyan, Ph.D. student at the London School of Economics Thet lived beyond 80, his wife Mary Kyaw Thet Chin States and widespread in the remaining Regions and States rotavirus that causes diarrhea, and the Human Papilloma historical research at home and abroad and in a lady, had the courage to demand the insurgents (LSE) and Political Science, London University. beyond 90, Professor U Ba Nyunt beyond 80, and with regionally heavy falls in Taninthayi Region, Kayin and Mon Virus (HPV) that can cause cervical cancer. writing of Myanmar history and compilation of the to sign a letter saying that they took away the cash The two apyogyis Ma Kyan and Daw Yee Yee were his wife Daw Ohn Khin 100 years. U Thein Han States and isolated heavy falls in Nay Pyi Taw, Lower Sagaing, With increasing numbers of children suffering from official biography of Bogyoke (General) Aung San. as a proof. The insurgents were honest enough to at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Lon- (Zawgyi) beyond 80, his wife 100 years. Dr. Ohn Mandalay, Bago, Yangon and Ayeyarwady Regions, (Eastern and Japanese Encephalitis, Myanmar has successfully Ma Kyan told the writer some exciting events sign the statement that they took the cash. don University. While living within the means of Khaing was beyond 80, Dr. Than Tun 83, and the Southern)Shan and Rakhine States. Degree of certainty is (100%). launched a nationwide immunization campaign aimed at of her own life. She hailed from a town named Many years passed by, and Ma Kyan, after she our allowances, we tried to cook our daily meals. writer himself is now 89 years. An old student STATE OF THE SEA: Occasional squalls with rough seas will protecting 12.6 million children from the ages of 5 months Taungup, situated at the border of Rakhine State, got an M.A. degree, became an assistant lecturer So we usually meet at the butcher’s or slaughter of the writer came up to him and said “Sayagyi, be experienced off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface wind to 15 years across the country. and near Pyay. She was a Rakhine Myanmar and at the Far East History Department. When the house, fish store or green grocery shops when I’m sure you’ll also live up to 100 years. We now speed in squalls may reach (40)m.p.h. Wave height will be about Mapping hard-to-reach areas and populations, ad- a well-educated daughter of a middle-class family. Myanmar Historical Commission was formed by buying vegetables. Sometimes we would meet at honour Daw Kyan with the title &mNynfh orkdif;a'0D’, (9 -14)feet off and along Myanmar Coasts. dressing social and cultural and other barriers to access She joined the Kyaukpyu Post Office as a clerk. Prime Minister U Nu, under the chairmanship tea or coffee shops, like A.B.C. or Lyon’s Corner. you will surely get to &mNynfh orkdif;a'0g 100 years OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Strong to vig- immunization services, and closely monitoring these activ- Due to her integrity and efficiency in financial of Sithu U Kaung, and later, under Mr. G.H. Luce On Sunday, we would meet at cinema halls that old Devi - so keep it up”. orous monsoon. ities for progress, should be among our immediate priori- accounts, she was promoted as an accountant and U Pe Maung Tin, Ma Kyan was recruited as sold tickets at a discount for students. On other For an hour and a half, greetings, homages, FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOURING ties. Growing political commitment, stronger partnerships, in that office. Not long after that promotion, her a Senior Research Officer [S.R.O]. Later, she was days, we would meet at second-hand bookstores at presents, cash and kind showered upon Ma AREA FOR 20th JULY, 2018: One or two rain or thundershowers. and the relentless efforts of thousands of health workers integrity and courage were challenged by an joined by Dr. Daw Yee Yee, who had obtained her Charing Cross, Oxford Circus or Piccadilly Circus. Kyan, in the same way rain was pouring outside. Degree of certainty is (100%). and vaccinators are collectively helping save millions of unexpected and exciting event. After Myanmar doctorate degree from the School of Oriental When the writer returned home with a Ph.D. Ma Kyan shed tears of delight and appreciation. FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA lives in the region. With continuing efforts, even more lives regained independence in 1948, the entire coun- and African Studies, University of London. But degree from LSE, he became a lecturer. The two The Birthday cake was cut and shared, FOR 20th JULY, 2018: Some rain or thundershowers. Degree of can be saved. Thanks to vaccines, dangerous diseases are try was plunged into insurgencies. Government she was many years junior in age to Ma Kyan. apyogyis became Senior Research Officers. with everyone joining in the chorus, ‘Happy certainty is (100%). quite preventable today. For the health and well-being of offices and public facilities were attacked, looted These two ladies had two commonalities. Firstly, Another round of a cycle of change Birthday to you.’ FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING AREA your children, and the community in general, please have and destroyed. Kyaukpyu was no exception. both of them love history, research and writing. came, when the writer was appointed the Director The evening TV program covered that FOR 20th JULY, 2018: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree them vaccinated. One late afternoon, a group of insurgents Secondly, the two had remained single. To use the General of Fine and Performing Arts, and a year event in full. Long live Ma Kyan! of certainty is (100%). rushed into Ma Kyan’s Kyaukpyu Post Office and, typical English word for single women is ‘spinster.’ later, the Director General of Myanmar Historical ***** 20 JULY 2018 10 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

People pay tribute to Martyrs’ who were assassinated 71 years ago at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum in Yangon on the 71st Martyrs’ Day yesterday. PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT

Tens of thousands pay respects to Martyrs at Mausoleum on 71st Martyrs’ Day

FROM PAGE-1 U T Khun Myat, Amyotha Hlut- 71st Anniversary of Martyrs’ Day taw Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Convening Central Committee Than, Union Chief Justice U Chairman Union Minister for Htun Htun Oo and Command- Religious Affairs and Culture er-in-Chief of Defence Services Thura U Aung Ko, Central Com- Senior General Min Aung Hlaing mittee Vice Chairman Yangon cordially greeted the families of Region Chief Minister U Phyo the Martyrs. Min Thein, senior Tatmadaw of- After greeting the families, ficers from Commander-in-Chief U Myint Swe, U T Khun Myat, (Army) Office, Yangon Command Mahn Win Khaing Than, U Htun Commander, Deputy Ministers, Htun Oo, Senior General Min Hluttaw representatives, 71st Aung Hlaing and Union Minis- Anniversary of Martyrs’ Day ters paid tribute to the Martyrs Convening Central Committee by placing wreaths in front of and work committee members, the monuments of the Martyrs. departmental officials, families At that moment, the flag of of the martyrs and invited guests. the Republic of the Union of My- Before the laying of the anmar was lowered to half-mast, wreaths, the State Counsellor, the guard of honour paid tribute the 71st Anniversary of Martyrs’ with a multiple gun salute and a (1st row, left to right) Chief Justice of the Union U Htun Htun Oo, Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw U T Khun Myat, Day Convening Central Commit- military bugle sounded the Last Vice President U Myint Swe, Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw Mahn Win Khaing Than, Commander-in-Chief tee Patron Vice President U My- Post. A two-minute silence was of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing pay tribute to Martyrs at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum yesterday. PHOTO: YE HTUT int Swe, Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker observed to honour and pray for Bogyoke Aung San and the mar- Union and foreign embassies Federation and Myanmar tyred leaders. then paid tribute to Bogyoke Maternal and Child Welfare Following the ceremonial Aung San and the Martyrs. Association. tributes, on behalf of Bogyoke Among the organizations A total of 51,071 persons Aung San’s son U Aung San Oo, and associations that laid from the public paid their re- nephew U Ye Aung Than and wreaths and paid tributes were spects on 71st Martyrs’ Day at daughter of Bogyoke Aung San Myanmar War Veterans Organ- the Martyrs’ Mausoleum in State Counsellor Daw Aung San isation, Myanmar Fire Servic- Yangon. A few kilometres away Suu Kyi and families of the Mar- es Department, Myanmar Red in Bahan Township, 20,213 mem- tyrs also laid wreaths in front of Cross Society, Myanma Motion bers of the public visited Bogy- the monuments. Picture Asiayone, Myanmar Mu- oke Aung San Museum, while Yangon Region Chief Min- sic Asiayone, Myanmar Thabin 19,726 members of the public ister and regional ministers, Asiayone, Myanmar Artists and visited the Ministers’ Office, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Sculptures Asiayone (Central), also known as the Secretariat, Yangon Region Hluttaw, Hluttaw Myanmar Writers Asiayone, in Botahtaung Township, where representatives, representatives Myanmar Journalists Associ- Bogyoke Aung San and leaders Representatives of the War Veterans Organization pay tribute to Martyrs from political parties, associa- ation, Myanmar Press Coun- were assassinated.—Myanmar at the Martyrs Mausoleum yesterday. PHOTO: ZAW MIN LATT tions, UN agencies, European cil, Myanmar Women’s Affairs News Agency 20 JULY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 11 Turkey ends 2-year state of emergency, seeks to keep some powers

ISTANBUL —Turkey’s state of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based aspects of the emergency. emergency which was imposed preacher blamed for the coup, The bill, dubbed “anti-ter- after the failed 2016 coup came but also Kurdish activists and ror” legislation by pro-govern- to an end on Thursday, but the leftists. ment media, will be discussed opposition fears it will be replaced The former leaders of the at commission level on Thursday by even more repressive legisla- opposition pro-Kurdish Peoples’ and then in plenary session on tive measures. Democratic Party (HDP) -- Fi- Monday. President Recep Tayyip Er- gen Yuksekdag and Selahattin The main opposition Repub- dogan declared the state of emer- Demirtas -- are still languishing lican People’s Party (CHP) said gency on July 20, 2016, five days in jail following their arrest in No- the new measures would amount after warplanes bombed Ankara vember 2016 on charges of links to a state of emergency on their and bloody clashes broke out in to Kurdish militants. own. Istanbul in a doomed putsch bid Same measures, different “With this bill, with the that claimed 249 lives. name measures in this text, the state of The measure, which normal- During last month’s presi- emergency will not be extended The Turkish government has proposed new legislation which would ly lasts three months but was dential election campaign, which for three months, but for three enshrine key elements of the state of emergency into law, allowing extended seven times, ended at the state to ban certain protests and bar individuals on security he won, Erdogan pledged that the years,” said the head of the CHP’s 1:00 am on Thursday (2200 GMT grounds. PHOTO: AFP state of emergency would end. parliamentary faction, Ozgur Wednesday), the state-run Anad- But the opposition has been Ozel. olu news agency said, after the The state of emergency saw institutions. angered by the government’s “They make it look like they government decided not to ask the detention of some 80,000 peo- The biggest purge of Tur- submission of new legislation to are lifting the emergency but in that it be extended for an eighth ple and about double that num- key’s modern history has target- parliament that apparently seeks fact they are continuing it,” he time. ber sacked from jobs in public ed not just alleged supporters of to formalise some of the harshest added.—AFP 19 drown, dozens missing as Syria rebels agree to migrant boat sinks off Cyprus surrender zone

NICOSIA (CYPRUS) —At least 19 migrants drowned The other 102 were taken by boats to the port of bordering Golan and up to 30 were missing Wednesday after their boat Tasucu in Turkey’s southern Mersin region where sank in the Mediterranean off the north of Cyprus, they arrived Wednesday evening, Turkey’s state-run local security forces said. Anadolu news agency said. The boat was carrying 150 people, reportedly The 19 bodies of the dead were also taken to Syrians, when it went down off the coast of the Tasucu for autopsies. One of the survivors was a breakaway Turkish Cypriot-controlled portion of the three-year-old child, while a woman who drowned island, which is only recognised by Ankara. was pregnant, the Hurriyet newspaper said. More than 100 people were rescued in a joint Search efforts were underway to recover the operation by Turkish Cypriot and Turkish coast- missing with commercial vessels also taking part, guards after the boat sank off the village of Gialousa according to reports. Turkey’s DHA news agency (Yeni Erenkoy in Turkish) on the panhandle Karpas said those on board the vessel were Syrians seeking peninsula. At least 19 drowned and between 25 and to go to Europe but this had yet to be confirmed. 30 were still missing, the Turkish Cypriot security ‘Cemetery for refugees’ A picture taken from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights shows forces (GKK) said in a statement. Cyprus, some 160 kilometres (100 miles) from smoke rising after unidentified air strikes inside Syria on 18 July The Turkish coastguard said in a statement Syria’s coast, has not seen the massive inflow of 2018. PHOTO: AFP that the accident took place 30 kilometres (18 miles) migrants experienced by Turkey, Greece and Italy BEIRUT — Syrian rebels territory in the buffer zone, he off the shore of northern Cyprus. It said that 103 although asylum applications have risen sharply. have agreed with government told AFP. survivors had been rescued. According to the International Organisation for backer Russia to the negotiated Those that refuse the One was taken by helicopter to Cyprus in grave Migration, 47,637 migrants and refugees entered surrender of a sensitive south- terms of the agreement would medical condition, the GKK added. Europe by sea up to July with only 47 entering western zone bordering the Is- be granted safe passage to op- Cyprus. In the same period, 1,404 people lost their raeli-annexed Golan Heights, a position territory in northern lives in the crossings, mostly those trying to cross monitor said Thursday. Syria, he added. from Africa to Italy or Malta. Cyprus has been Quneitra is a thin, cres- A member of the rebel del- divided since 1974 when Turkish troops invaded cent-shaped province that lies egation to the talks confirmed and occupied the northern third of the island in along the buffer zone with the Is- to AFP that a deal had been response to a Greek military junta-sponsored coup. rael-occupied Golan to the west. reached for government forces “The Mediterranean must stop being a ceme- Rebels have held most of to enter the buffer zone but said tery for refugees,” Turkish Cypriot president Musta- the province and the buffer for it was unclear when it would be fa Akinci said after the disaster. years but would hand over their implemented. State news agen- Turkey has however been one of the hubs for territory as part of the surrender cy SANA said it had preliminary migrants and refugees fleeing Syria and other deal, said the Syrian Observato- information on a deal for the trouble spots like Afghanistan and Iraq. ry for Human Rights. army to return to its pre-2011 More than a million people, many fleeing the “The deal provides for positions in the area, but did not war in Syria, crossed to European Union member a ceasefire, the handover of provide more details. Greece from Turkey in 2015 after the onset of the heavy and medium weapons, The deal, according to the bloc’s worst migration crisis since World War II. and the return of government Observatory, does not include Turkey struck a deal with the EU in 2016 in an institutions to the area,” said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a jihad- effort to stem the flow of migrants, and agreed to Observatory head Rami Abdel ist-led alliance that holds ter- take back illegal migrants landing on Greek islands Rahman. ritory straddling the provinces Map locating the site of a migrant accident off the in exchange for incentives including financial aid. Syrian police forces would of Quneitra and neighbouring coast of Cyprus. PHOTO: AFP — AFP take over current opposition Daraa. — AFP 20 JULY 2018 12 WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Google hit with record-breaking EU fine

BRUSSELS — The EU hit mount because of Presi- titan’s shopping compari- Google with its biggest ever dent Donald Trump’s de- son service in 2017. fine Wednesday, imposing a cision to impose tariffs on Denmark’s Vestager 4.34 billion euro ($5 billion) European steel and alu- ordered Google to “put an penalty on the US tech gi- minium exports. effective end to this con- ant for illegally abusing the “Google has engaged duct within 90 days or face dominance of its operating in illegal practices to ce- penalty payments” of up to system for mobile devices. ment its dominant mar- five percent of its average Brussels accused ket position in internet daily turnover. Google of using the Android search,” EU Competition The Google decision system’s near-stranglehold Commissioner Margrethe comes just one week before on smartphones and tab- Vestager said as she an- European Commission lets to promote the use nounced the huge fine. chief Jean-Claude Juncker of its own Google search The new sanction is due to travel to the Unit- The EU said Google has abused the engine and shut out rivals. nearly doubles the previous ed States for crucial talks dominant position of its free Android The decision, which record EU antitrust fine of with US President Donald operating system for smartphones to cement the position of its revenue- follows a three-year EU in- 2.4 billion euros, which also Trump on the tariffs dis- generating search engine. PHOTO:AFP vestigation, comes as fears targeted Google, in that pute and other issues.— of a transatlantic trade war case for the Silicon Valley AFP

TRADEMARK CAUTION CDK Global, LLC a company incorporated and under the Law of United States and having its registered office at 1950 UK police identify Novichok Hassell Road Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 is the owner and proprietor of the following Trademark: suspects as Russians

LONDON — British po- place and time of death as

CDK GLOBAL lice believe that they have well as how the deceased Reg. No. 4/14050/2014 (30.9.2014) identified the suspects who came by their death, but do carried out the Novichok not apportion blame. In respect of “Downloadable software for retailers of automobiles, minivans, light trucks, sport utility vehicles, nerve agent attack on a The inquest will be heavy trucks, construction equipment, agricultural former Moscow double formally opened but then equipment, motorcycles, boats, marine vehicles, agent and his daughter and adjourned to a later date. powersports vehicles and recreational vehicles to manage that they are Russian, the The Organisation for and track advertising and marketing campaigns; Downloadable software for retailers of automobiles, Press Association reported the Prohibition of Chemical minivans, light trucks, sport utility vehicles, heavy trucks, Thursday. “Investigators Weapons said its inspectors construction equipment, agricultural equipment, motorcycles, believe they have identified had collected samples in boats, marine vehicles, powersports vehicles and the suspected perpetrators the Amesbury case and recreational vehicles to manage and track sales, financing, British reports say the police believe the suspects who inventory, insurance, warranties, storage, parts supply, of the Novichok attack attacked a former Moscow spy and his daugther with the returned to the organisa- repair, and maintenance information; Downloadable software through CCTV and have deadly Novichok nerve agent in the southwestern city of tion’s headquarters in The for retailers of automobiles, minivans, light trucks, sport utility cross-checked this with Salisbury are Russian. PHOTO: AFP Hague on Wednesday to vehicles, heavy trucks, construction equipment, agricultural records of people who en- begin analysing them. equipment, motorcycles, boats, marine vehicles, powersports vehicles and recreational vehicles to create and tered the country around land in a 2010 spy swap. tigators believe Sturgess The OPCW said in a manage service sales leads and communicate with that time,” a source with Russia has strongly was exposed to at least 10 statement that it had re- customers through multiple channels; Downloadable knowledge of the investi- denied involvement in the times the amount of nerve ceived a request from Brit- software for use in customer relationship management gation told PA, the British Skripal attack, sparking a agent as the Skripals came ain on Friday to provide (CRM); Downloadable software for use in tracking and domestic news agency. diplomatic row that has into contact with. Police technical assistance. They managing accounts payable, payments and payroll; Downloadable software for managing documents and forms “They (investigators) led to tit-for-tat diplomatic have said it was detect- deployed a team to “inde- in the automotive retail sales process, namely, software for are sure they (suspects) expulsions between Britain ed in a “small bottle” at pendently determine the creating, archiving, and organizing documents and forms; are Russian,” the source and its allies and Moscow. Rowley’s house. Rowley’s nature of the substance” Downloadable software for use in network management; added. Scotland Yard po- brother Matthew told the alleged to have resulted in Downloadable software that provides real-time, integrated Murder probe business management intelligence by combining information lice headquarters refused Two Britons fell ill in BBC that the 45-year-old the death of Sturgess and from various databases and presenting it in an easy-to- to comment on the report June after being exposed had told him the Novichok the poisoning of Rowley. understand user interface; Computer hardware, namely, when contacted by AFP. to Novichok. Experts are was contained in a perfume “The OPCW team collect- computers, personal computers, computer terminals, Ex-Russian spy Ser- seeking to establish wheth- bottle. Investigators are ed samples. The samples computers for network management, networking equipment, servers, computer peripherals, and printers; telephones; bar gei Skripal and his daugh- er the toxin was from the working to the theory that will be sent to two OPCW code scanners” included in International Class 9; and ter Yulia collapsed in the same batch used against Sturgess sprayed Novichok designated laboratories “Educational and training services for retailers of southwestern English city the Skripals. Charlie Row- straight onto her skin, the and once the results of the automobiles, minivans, light trucks, sport utility vehicles, of Salisbury on March 4 ley, 45, and his 44-year-old PA source said. analysis are received, the heavy trucks, construction equipment, agricultural equipment, motorcycles, boats, marine vehicles and after being exposed to the partner Dawn Sturgess, Analysing samples report will be submitted recreational vehicles” included in International Class 41. nerve agent Novichok. collapsed at his house in An inquest into the to the United Kingdom,” it Fraudulent or unauthorised use or actual or colourable Both have since recovered. Amesbury, a town close death of Sturgess was to said. Police have recovered imitation of the Mark shall be dealt with according to law. Britain blamed Russia to Salisbury, within hours open on Thursday at Wilt- more than 400 exhibits,

Daw Khin Myo Myo Aye, H.G.P for the poisoning of Skri- of each other on June 30. shire and Swindon Coro- samples and items as part For CDK Global, LLC, pal, a former military in- Sturgess died on July 8, ner’s Court in Salisbury. of the investigation into the C/o Kelvin Chia Yangon Ltd., telligence colonel who was while Rowley has regained In English law, in- death of Sturgess. “Search- Level 8A, Union Financial Centre (UFC), jailed for betraying Russian consciousness and is in sta- quests are held to exam- es are still expected to con- Corner of Mahabandoola Road and Thein Phyu Road, agents to Britain’s MI6 for- tinue for several weeks, if Botahtaung Township, Yangon, ble condition. The Sturgess ine violent, unnatural or The Republic of the Union of Myanmar. eign intelligence service. death is being investigated unexplained deaths. They not months,” Scotland Yard Dated 20th July 2018 [email protected] He left Russia for Eng- as murder. PA said inves- set out to determine the has said.—AFP

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20 JULY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 13 ‘It was a miracle’: Thai cave boys describe two-week ordeal

CHIANG RAI — It was out the cave wall,” said meant to be a fun excur- Phanumas Saengdee, 13. sion after football prac- “We dug three to four me- tice, but it turned into tres”. a life-threatening, two- Eventually the team week ordeal for a group settled on a small mud- of youngsters trapped in dy ledge some four kilo- a cave with rising waters metres inside the cave, and no apparent escape figuring all they could do route. was hope someone would When coach Ekkapol find them. Chantawong led twelve Salvation came on day members of his “Wild nine in what to the boys Boar” youth football team seemed like the most un- into the mouth of northern likely of forms. The team Thailand’s Tham Luang heard voices but the lan- cave complex on 23 June, guage they were speaking he thought they’d be no was not Thai. more than an hour. Two British cave div- “We didn’t have any- ing experts, who had spent thing with us, no food,” he days battling the flooded recalled at a press confer- passages, had finally lo- ence on Wednesday where cated the stranded group. the now world famous Thai cave rescue. PHOTO: AFP Adul Sam-on, 14, was team recounted their har- the only member of the rowing ordeal and mirac- Wild Boars who could ulous escape in their own if so, how we would have That fateful decision they had generated non- taught them how to medi- speak English. words for the first time. to swim,” the 25-year-old sparked one of the most stop global headlines. tate to keep calm and pre- “When he (the diver) One of his pupils had coach, a much-loved men- remarkable, touch-and-go “I was really afraid serve air. emerged from the water I a tutor class to get to later tor to the boys, recalled. “It cave rescue operations in that I wouldn’t be able to They had little con- was shocked that he was that evening. And besides, would be wet, it would be history. return home,” 13-year- cept of time but the first British,” he recalled. “It Ekkapol thought, the team cold. Everybody said yes.” It brought Thai Navy old Mongkol Boonpiem, time they went to sleep was a miracle, I was fright- often explored the complex The team, aged 11 to SEALs and international recalled. they prayed, Ekkapol said. ened and I asked him ‘Can after practice and knew its 16, left their bikes and foot- cave diving experts togeth- Fortunately they had I help you?’” meandering tunnels well. ball boots near the opening er to pull off the fiendishly a fresh water supply. ‘Miracle’ In video of the scene Thailand’s wet season of the cave before one of difficult task of first lo- “We drank water Calm camaraderie that was captured by one was just around the corner the boys waded into the cating the missing boys that fell from the rocks,” saw them through but of the diver’s bodycam- — a period of monsoon- water. The rest followed. and then extracting them Pornchai Khamluang, the there were moments of eras and later broadcast al downpours that often through miles of flooded 16-year-old boy who first terror. around the world, the be- floods the cave — and Trapped in the dark passageways, as a breath- waded into the water, told The rising floodwaters draggled boys, dressed in there were already pools Had the heavens not less world looked on. reporters. “It was clean kept pushing the group mud-caked football kits, of water inside the mouth. opened, the Wild Boars One former Thai Navy and tasted like any drink- deeper into the cave. At could be seen thanking A sign outside the would have been home by SEAL, Saman Kunan, died ing water.” one point they started their rescuers. cave warned against en- mid-afternoon. when his air ran out during As the hours turned trying to dig their way “Many people are try during the monsoon. Instead a sudden a resupply mission. into days, the boys did out, a futile illustration of coming. Many, many peo- But the kids were keen to deluge forced them deep Trapped in the dank, what they could to keep their desperation in a cave ple,” the diver reassured have an adventure. inside the cave as flood- pitch-black darkness, the their spirits up — coach system buried under hun- the boys. “We were discuss- waters rushed through the boys had no idea whether Ekkapol, who spent some dreds of metres of lime- They were no longer ing whether we wanted entrance and steadily rose anyone was even coming years in a local monas- stone. lost or alone. The rescue to explore the cave and, up the walls. for them — let alone that tery as a Buddhist monk, “We used rocks to dig mission was on.—AFP

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HOLLYWOOD—Like the Dark of morality is under threat? ers, since he and Washington, 63, Knight without the gadgetry or “Our moral compass says clicked immediately. Deadpool without the snark, The you should pay for what you do in On the shoot, Washington Equalizer is an avenging angel, life, and that’s what separates us would offer his protege the benefit delivering justice from the end from animals,” Fuqua said. of his nearly 40 years of showbiz of a steel-capped boot for those “The people who have lost experience. who have a problem and nowhere their way feel like it’s just shit peo- “I remember being on set else to turn. ple do to one another and that it that first week, and just being su- The character, former black doesn’t really matter or have any per-nervous, psyching myself out ops operative-turned-vigilante consequences. That’s not a good when I didn’t need to,” Sanders Robert McCall, was made famous thing and that’s a bad place to be, told AFP. by the late British actor Edward because then you have no moral “We were in between takes, Woodward, who played him on compass and your humanity has and Denzel comes out to me, sees 1980s TV as a cross between Jack been lost.” me across the room and he’s like, Reacher and a mildly irritated (L-R) Actors Ashton Sanders, Denzel Washington and Melissa Leo co- The film’s supporting cast in- ‘Hey I noticed you over here -- actuary. star in director Antoine Fuqua’s “The Equalizer 2”. PHOTO: AFP cludes Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo what’s going on?’” Denzel Washington took over and Ashton Sanders, the 22-year- Sanders says he explained the part in filmmaker Antoine told AFP. His past catches up with him old rising star who won acclaim his problem and Washington Fuqua’s big screen version in “I just gave it all I had on the and he ends up in a deadly game for his performance as the teen- simply reminded him he’d been 2014 and reprises the role in “The first one, and that’s that movie. of cat and mouse, pitted against age Chiron in 2017’s best picture picked based on his audition, that Equalizer 2,” out in the United When it came up about ‘two’ I an adversary he was least expect- Oscar winner “Moonlight.” he had already shown he was States on Friday. said, ‘Let me read it to see — if ing. For Fuqua, part of the fran- Role model good enough. Incredibly, this will be the you didn’t know anything about chise’s appeal lies in its repurpos- Sanders plays Miles, a young “That was the first week first sequel ever undertaken by (number) one, and this was a ing of the ancient mythology of the man who lives in McCall’s build- and I wasn’t trusting myself over Washington or Fuqua, who have movie on its own, would it hold “dark angel” meting out brutal ing in Boston and looks up to him something that had nothing to made a combined 60 movies — up?’ And it did.” justice for the downtrodden in a as a mentor. do with acting,” Sanders said, four together —over four dec- ‘Dark angel’ world that usually denies them Lacking a positive role mod- flashing a grin at the thought of ades. “The Equalizer 2” sees Mc- the privilege. el, Miles looks like he might be the confidence boost Washington “When I did ‘one’ I didn’t Call -- an outwardly ordinary man In the violent conflict be- getting into the kind of trouble gave him. think about ‘two’ because I think with devastating combat skills -- tween McCall and his enemies, that could soon put his life in dan- “It just intervened, like got you would fall into a dark hole. coming to terms with grief, read- the movie articulates its resonant ger, or even end it, when McCall in the way of what I was trying You never know you’re going to ing Marcel Proust and working central dilemma: how can people steps in. to create. That’s something that get a chance again and you’ve got as a Lyft driver, while beating up be held to account for their trans- The student-mentor relation- I still carry with me to this day.” to leave it all on the field,” Fuqua baddies by night. gressions when the very concept ship came naturally, says Sand- —AFP Baptism at sea for first women to Giant Jeff Goldblum join France’s nuclear subs statue erected in London

ILE LONGUE (FRANCE)— LONDON — A 25-foot statue Talking to reporters, Gold- Drinking a bowl of seawater fol- of actor Jeff Goldblum in his blum had said, “I don’t think lowed by a glass of champagne, open-shirted and reclining pose it was in the script. It’s sup- four French officers stood out from “Jurassic Park” has been posed to be Costa Rica, right? during the traditional “baptism” erected here to celebrate the So things are hot and I’m sure to mark their inaugural subma- film’s 25th anniversary. I’m in some sort of fever. So all rine patrol: the first women to The statue, a homage to the the logic is that we got to get join a crew in the country’s nu- character of Dr Ian Malcolm some of these wet clothes off clear-powered fleet. played by Goldblum in the 1993 immediately. As I remember, “I’m proud to have become Steven Spielberg directed film, I don’t think anybody fought me part of the submarine family,” was built and erected by sub- on that.” said Harmonie, a 27-year-old se- scription service Now TV. He returned to the fran- curity specialist on Le Vigilant, “Twenty five years ago, chise with a cameo in “Jurassic after returning from her first 10- ‘Jurassic Park’ (and one of the World: Fallen Kingdom”, which The Vigilant, one of France’s four nuclear-armed submarines, recently week mission on the sub. best moments in movie history) released last month. saw its first female crew members for a 10-week mission. PHOTO: AFP “I’m ready to go out again,” was born. A quarter of a cen- she added. er of the four nuclear-powered, wanted to know if it would disrupt tury later, we introduce you to France has become just the nuclear-armed subs in France’s their routines: sleeping quarters, #JurassicJeff,” a Facebook post third country to bring women on- dissuasion force, based on the bathrooms...” said Mathieu, sec- from Now TV stated. board its nuclear-powered subs, Ile Longue peninsula near the ond-in-command on the Vigilant. The statue, weighing 150.2 which operate much longer and western city of Brest. Like most crew members, he kgs, is situated at Potters Field isolated missions than traditional The nuclear subs were the could give only his first name in Park which is on the banks of vessels, after the US and Britain. last element of the French navy line with navy rules. the River Thames near Tower And officials hope the four to exclude women, reflecting Officials also had to take into Bridge. It will stay at its spot Actor Jeff Goldblum. PHOTO: PTI women will inspire others to join concerns about the sacrifices account the concerns of sailors’ until July 26, according to CNet. “Jurassic Park”, directed by them. required for long missions, as wives, Mathieu added, diplomati- The 65-year-old actor took Steven Spielberg, hit cinemas “The navy needs recruits. well as difficulties in adapting cally. “In the end, their integration to Instagram to praise the stat- in 1993 and quickly became the Today women make up 15 per- personnel quarters in such tight has been extremely smooth. Hav- ue and said it deserved “10/10 highest-grossing film released cent of its ranks, they’re an as- spaces. ing proved their qualifications, GOLDBLUMS!”. The actor worldwide up to that time. It also set for us and we want to keep “Some crew members were these women have earned their had recently opened up about featured Sam Neill, Laura Dern recruiting them,” said Captain a bit reluctant, with questions place aboard in the same way as shooting the iconic scene and and the late Richard Attenbor- Christian Houette, command- that were largely practical, they any other sailor.”—AFP revealed that it was not scripted. ough.—PTI 20 JULY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 15 Protein key component in Aussie scientists use radio irregularly excited brain cells waves to track space junk

CHICAGO— Researchers at the SYDNEY— The same radio and track where it is in the sky, University of Illinois (UI) have transmissions that Australians using that information to give identified a key protein involved listen to in their cars will now be some level of warning about pos- in the irregular brain cell activity used to track space junk in the sible collisions.” seen in autism spectrum disor- earth’s orbit, in an Australian Space junk collisions are a ders and epilepsy. first technique launched in the very expensive concern for any Using a mouse model of State of Western Australia (WA) operation with technology in use Fragile X syndrome, the most on Thursday. in the earth’s atmosphere. common inherited autism dis- Space junk is a term for “all “Back in 2009 there was a order, the researchers discov- the bits and pieces left over from very impressive collision be- ered a molecular mechanism all the rocket launches over the tween two very large objects,” involved in the inability to regu- last four decades, which have Tingay said, “one was an old late excitability. The protein p53, accumulated in the Earth’s or- non-operational Russian satellite well-known in cancer biology as bit,” project lead scientist, Prof. and one was an active communi- a tumor suppressor, is present Steven Tingay from Curtin Uni- cations satellite.” A resident takes a look at a human brain specimen at the Brain Health in higher-than-normal levels in versity told Xinhua. The objects, which were Fair held at Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, Canada on irregularly excitable neurons. 15 April 2016. PHOTO: XINHUA Using radio telescopes at travelling at over 42,000 km per In an earlier study, the re- the Murchison Radio-astronomy hour, were destroyed and thou- searchers found that p53 in neu- sor of molecular and integrative the connections between syn- Observatory in outback WA, and sands of pieces of new debris rons breaks down when normal physiology who led the new re- apses and groups of neurons existing FM transmissions from were scattered into Earth’s orbit. neurons are at a higher excitable search. The researchers tested were able to return to a normal, around the country, scientists While conventional optical state. In the new study, research- the cellular effect of reducing the stable state,” Tsai said. “These can track the reflections off ob- methods for tracking space de- ers found that p53, which doesn’t protein by knocking down the findings show a previously un- jects in space. bris are only possible at night break down normally in Fragile p53 gene in their mouse model. known, and very strong, role “Obviously those FM trans- and without cloud cover, radio X neurons, triggered a cascade They also inhibited the protein that p53 is playing in irregular missions make their way to our waves can be used at all times of reactions that interfered with in neurons grown in cell culture brain cell function.” The find- car radios and that’s how we of day and regardless of weather. the normal signal to return to a with a drug used in cancer re- ings, which have opened new listen to music and whatever,” By utilizing FM signals calmer state. search to see the effect in com- avenues for understanding the Tingay explained, “but a lot of which are already there, the “We don’t yet know all the munications between groups of factors that contribute to these that radio wave energy is trans- method saves money and acts parts of this cascade, but we did neurons and one-to-one synap- developmental disabilities, have mitted into space, and a very as an early warning system for find that p53 interferes with an- tic connections. been published in the journal small fraction of it is reflected the trillions of dollars worth of other important protein, Nedd4-2, “We found that in both cas- Human Molecular Genetics off space junk.” technology in Earth’s orbit which that is associated with epilepsy,” es, removal of the p53 protein and Neuropharmacology. — “We can detect that reflected we rely on for our daily lives. — said Nien-Pei Tsai, a UI profes- and inhibition of the protein, Xinhua signal with our radio telescope Xinhua In China, yellow robots deliver snacks to your home

BEIJING —Along a quiet resi- the ground floor. One billion packages dential street on the outer edg- “But it’s still quite practi- Liu Zhiyong, founder and es of Beijing, a yellow and black cal. The robot delivers relative- CEO of Zhen Robotics, which cube about the size of a small ly quickly,” she said. manufactures the robot, sees washing machine trundles lei- The robot takes advantage a bright future for his yellow surely to its destination. of Chinese consumers’ love of creation. This “little yellow horse” is cashless payments and smart- “At the moment, there are an autonomous delivery robot, phone shopping. 100 million packages delivered ferrying daily essentials like China is the world’s biggest every day in China. It will be drinks, fruit and snacks from online shopping market with one billion in the future,” Liu the local store to the residents more than half of its population told AFP. of the “Kafka” compound in the making at least one smartphone “There will not be enough Chinese capital. purchase per month, according humans to make the deliveries. Equipped with a GPS sys- to professional services firm We need more and more ro- A delivery robot makes its way back to a supermarket after making a tem, cameras and radar, the PricewaterhouseCoopers. This bots to fill this gap in manpower. delivery during a demonstration in Beijing . PHOTO: AFP robots are seen by their cre- compares to 14 percent in the And to reduce costs,” added ator as the future of logistics rest of the world. the CEO. in China, where he says one Whether buying electron- These costs are especially kilometres per hour on their uty secretary-general of the billion packages will eventually ics or toilet paper, avocados or high in the last kilometre of a six wheels, the robots have four China Express Association, be delivered every day. clothes, Chinese are used to delivery, where precision is key cameras constantly scanning noted they were useful “over Travelling at a less than simply tapping a button on their and a customised service is re- the world around them and a a short range”. overwhelming three kilometres smartphone and getting a home quired to get the product to the laser tele-detection system al- “It’s not certain however (two miles) per hour — a slow delivery— sometimes several front door. lowing them to avoid obstacles. that they can be a broad solu- human walk — the robot has per day. To get a delivery via At the moment, the yellow Liu’s firm has already tion for the final kilometre of room for improvement, said the “little yellow horse”, the robots in the Kafka compound signed up Suning, a large elec- delivery. Because the client still one customer as she removed customer selects the desired have little to trouble them, mov- tronics firm that also runs a has to come down to get his a packet of nuts from its bowels. products, taps in the address ing along a wide pavement with network of small supermarkets. package,” added Shao. “The weak point is that it and pays via their phone. The no obstacles — and no cars. But not everyone is “Plus the costs remain cannot deliver directly to the supermarket staff place the Weighing 30 kilograms convinced the robots are a long- quite high: buying and main- door like a human,” said the items in the robot, and the ro- (around 65 pounds) and with term logistics solution. taining the robots, operating customer, who does not live on bot bustles off. a theoretical top speed of 12 Shao Zhonglin, former dep- costs, etc.”— AFP 20 JULY 2018 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Yangon Academy U-13 earns silver in youth football tournament

By Lynn Thit (Tgi) club PPT Rayong Academy. Myanmar played with REPRESENTING Myanmar, maximum effort from the kick- the Yangon Academy U-13 off, but all their scoring chanc- youth football team secured es were blunted by the good the silver medal at Yutthaya defending skills of the team Asian Youth Football Festival from Thailand. 2018 held in Phra Nakhon Si The winning goal for Thai- Ayutthaya City in Thailand. land’s PPT Rayong Club was Myanmar narrowly missed a superb free kick by Papang- winning the gold medal in a 0-1 korn Yodsaphon in the second Yangon Academy U-13 youth football team and its football authorities seen with the silver trophy and loss on Monday to the Thailand half. medals at Ayutthaya Asian Youth Football Festival 2018 in Thailand. PHOTO: MFF

Footballers picked for Liverpool close in on record Alpine Cup are both old 75 million euro deal for Alisson and new, coach says

LONDON — Brazilian inter- currently plays for Roma in hours,” claimed the Liver- ANTOINE Hey, the recently said. Training for all 26 players national Alisson is expected to Italy, is cutting short his vaca- pool Echo. hired head coach of the My- selected to participate in the sign for Liverpool on a tion to undergo a medical on The deal will cost the An- anmar national men’s football tourney will begin training on 23 five-year deal worth Merseyside after being field giants 75 millions euros team, said yesterday that the 26 July in Mandalay. All are consid- 75 million euros, a given permission to (£67million), smashing the players on the squad list for the ered key players for the national world record for a talk to Liverpool. amount paid to Benfica by upcoming Alpine Cup 2018 in team. As one of the four foot- goalkeeper, media “An official an- Manchester City for Alisson’s Mandalay are a mix of veterans ball giants invited to compete reports suggested nouncement should compatriot Ederson last sum- and newcomers. in Alpine Cup 2018, Myanmar Wednesday. follow in the mer. Of the 26 players on the will play against the U-19 South The 25-year- next 24 Liverpool are desperate roster for the Alpine Cup that Korea team as an opener on 1 old, who to 48 to sign a new goalkeeper to will be held from 1 to 5 August August, the U-23 Bahrain team replace Loris Karius follow- at Mandalar Thiri Stadium in on 3 August and the U-23 Thai- ing his calamitous Champions Mandalay, only four players are land team on 5 August.—Lynn League final performance. over 23 years of age, the coach Thit (Tgi) Chelsea have also been linked with Alisson who be- gan his career with Internac- ional before moving to Roma Qatar ploughs ahead with World Liverpool two years ago. appear close to Cup plans despite crises signing Brazil Italian website Forza goalkeeper Roma, which is affiliated to Alisson. newspaper La Gazzetta Del- DOHA — Last year, Qatar’s until the 2022 World Cup kicks PHOTO: AFP lo Sport, published a video finance minister Ali Sharif off, Qatar is ahead of schedule which it said showed Alisson Al-Emadi said his country was when it comes to venues, re- at Rome’s Ciampino airport. determined to have everything lated major projects and even It said he was preparing ready for the 2022 World Cup paint. to board a private jet to Man- well before fans started landing Of the eight stadiums it chester and was on his way in the Gulf. will build or renovate for 2022, to Liverpool for a medical on “We don’t want to be paint- one -- Khalifa International -- is Saturday. ing while people arrive in the already open and will host the Alisson spoke in the country,” he said, before going World Athletics Championships video, saying: “Greetings to on to reveal Qatar is spending next year. Roma fans. I’m sorry but I almost $500 million (430 million Two more, Al-Wakrah and cannot say any more, I’ll say euros) a week on infrastructure Al-Bayt stadiums, are expect- everything later.”—AFP projects for football’s biggest ed to be finished by the end of tournament. this year and officially opened It is highly unlikely that early in 2019. Work is also well any visitor to the World Cup is underway on Lusail Stadium, going to see rushed last-minute where the World Cup final and preparations. opening game will be played in With four and a half years 2022.— AFP