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Republic of the Union of Myanmar Five-Point State Administration Council Road Map of the State Order No 172/2021 4th Waxing of Wagaung 1383 ME Administration Council 11 August 2021 1. The Union Election Commission will be reconstituted and its mandated tasks, including the scrutiny of voter lists, shall be implemented in accordance with Closing and withdrawal of the law. 2. Effective measures will be taken with added criminal cases within hearing momentum to prevent and manage the COVID-19 pandemic. 3. Actions will be taken to ensure the speedy recovery 1. The State Administration Council released Order No 147/2021 of releasing the culprits from of businesses from the impact of COVID-19. designated cases dated 20-7-2021 and released them from the cases to effectively control, 4. Emphasis will be placed on achieving enduring peace contain and give treatment for infection of current COVID-19 and to ensure sympathy over the culprits facing the long detention days for lack of going to the trials due to the disciplines for the entire nation in line with the agreements set related to COVID-19. This order was hereby released in accordance with the Section 419 out in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. of the Constitution to close and withdraw the cases of remaining culprits on long detention 5. Upon accomplishing the provisions of the state of days with compassion in line with the restrictions and to further take preventive, control emergency, free and fair multiparty democratic and treatment measures of COVID-19. 2. Except those prosecuted in the cases related to the Counter-Terrorism Law, the Money Laun- elections will be held in line with the 2008 Constitution, dering Law, the Anti-Human Trafficking Law, the Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances and further work will be undertaken to hand over Law (except Para 2 (f) and (g) of Order No 147/2021), the Unlawful Association Act, the high State duties to the winning party in accordance with treason (Section 122 of the Penal Code), the sedition (Section 124 (a) of the Penal Code), democratic standards. SEE PAGE-2 Virtual meeting held to clarify progress of current political situations to Myanmar dipolmats

NION Minister for For- eign Affairs U Wunna UMaung Lwin and Union Minister for International Coop- eration U Ko Ko Hlaing co-host- ed a virtual coordination meeting between Myanmar Ambassa- dors, permanent representa- tives and consuls general from the Asia Pacific Region on 11 August 2021, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nay Pyi Taw. During the Meeting, Union Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin and Union Minister U Ko Ko Union Ministers U Wunna Maung Lwin and U Ko Ko Hlaing clarify progress of current political situations of Myanmar to Ambassadors and diplomats Hlaing briefed them about cur- of Myanmar embassies. rent political situations, develop- mar Ambassadors, permanent ongoing missions work plans and necessary measures. manent secretary and senior ments and highlighted the policy representatives and consuls gen- Union Ministers gave guidelines The meeting was also at- officials from the Ministry of matters. Subsequently, Myan- eral discussed and presented on work plans and instructed the tended by deputy minister, per- Foreign Affairs.—MNA

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NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL LOCAL BUSINESS Health Ministry receives Enchanting Myanmar 15th ASEAN Navy COVID-19 medical Myanmar records 1,000 40-litre oxygen health and safety Chiefs’ Meeting held supplies continuously trade surplus on cylinders from Chenxi protocol website online transported to regions/ lower import Chinyang Co Ltd launches states PAGE-2 PAGE-3 PAGE-3 PAGE-5 PAGE-7 12 AUGUST 2021 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Closing and withdrawal of 3,739 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 11 August, total criminal cases within hearing figure rises to 341,300 FROM PAGE-1 fugitives, the cases directly submitted prosecution to the court and the cases that relevant MYANMAR’S COVID-19 positive cases rose to 341,300 after 3,739 prosecuted organizations submitted proposals to the respective courts before 30 September new cases were reported on 11 August 2021 according to the 2021 not to close the cases with firm evidences, all criminal cases within hearing for the culprits Ministry of Health. Among these confirmed cases, 256,671have prosecuted at relevant courts for any crimes on 1 February 2021 and before that date shall be closed and those culprits released from the cases. been discharged from hospitals. Death toll reached 12,452 after 3. However, only when those who faced loss and grievance in the criminal cases related to 218 died. —MNA murders, rapes, causing loss and grievance to others and causing money or property loss to individual person or many persons do not submit the complaints not to close the cases, not later than 30 September 2021 to the relevant courts, shall the cases be closed and the culprits released. When the persons themselves facing loss and grievance submitted the complaints Daily newspapers not to close the cases, the relevant courts shall continue the hearing the cases from the re- spective stages. The word which means the persons themselves facing loss and grievance is the persons themselves facing loss and grievance, their legal wife or spouse and offspring only. available online If the persons themselves facing loss and grievance are not married, it means the persons FOR those who would like to read the Myanma Alinn, the themselves facing loss and grievance and their parents and siblings. Kyemon and the Global New Light of Myanmar, published daily By Order, by the Ministry of Information, please visit www.moi.gov.mm/ Aung Lin Dwe mal, www.moi.gov.mm/km, www.moi.gov.mm/nlm and www. Lieutenant-General gnlm.com.mm/e-paper. Secretary News and Periodicals Enterprise State Administration Council

Health Ministry receives 1,000 40-litre oxygen cylinders from Chenxi Chinyang Co Ltd

THE Ministry of Health received a total of 1,000 40-litre oxygen cylinders donated by Chenxi Chinyang Co Ltd yesterday afternoon. At the donation ceremony, the official from the company ex- plained the purpose of donations. Union Minister Dr Thet Khine Win expressed words of thanks for donation of oxygen cylinders, adding the oxygen cylinders will be distributed to the COVID-19 treatment centres and general hospitals across the country as Union Minister for Health Dr Thet Khine Wine presents certificate of honour to an official of Chenxi Chinyang soon as possible, and returned a certificate of honour. — MNA Co Ltd for donation of oxygen cylinders. Preparatory Meeting on 3rd Inter-Governmental Russia- Myanmar Joint Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation and Business to Business Virtual Matching holds

A Preparatory Meeting on the Virtual Matching was held via by U Than Aung Kyaw, Deputy the Union of Myanmar to the Commercial Affairs discussed the 3rd Inter-Governmental Rus- video conferencing at the Min- Minister for Investment and For- Russian Federation last week of arrangement of the 3rd Inter-Gov- sia-Myanmar Joint Commission istry of Investment and Foreign eign Economic Relations from June 2021. He also updated on the ernmental Russia-Myanmar on Trade and Economic Cooper- Economic Relations yesterday Myanmar side and Mr Andrei preparatory work for the 3rd In- Joint Commission and Business ation and Business to Business afternoon. The meeting was led Iunak, Counsellor of Economic ter-Governmental Russia-Myan- to Business Virtual Matching, and and Commercial Affairs from the mar Joint Commission on Trade the priority areas from Russian Embassy of the Russian Federa- and Economic Cooperation and side in order to promote bilateral tion to the Republic of the Union Business to Business Virtual economic cooperation. of Myanmar from the Russian Matching scheduled to organ- The meeting was joined by side. ize in December and September the director general of the For- In the meeting, the Deputy respectively this year. Then he eign Economic Relations De- Minister discussed follow up ac- proposed the priority sectors to partment of the Ministry of In- tivities of bilateral trade and in- be discussed in upcoming Virtual vestment and Foreign Economic vestment promotion which were Business to Business Matching Relations and officials as well as proposed by both sides during the and proposed the potential par- Professor Mr Vadim Saltykos- visit of delegation led by State Ad- ticipants from public and private kiy, Deputy Chief of Committee Deputy Minister U Than Aung Kyaw attends Preparatory Meeting on the ministration Council Chairman sector. for Economic Cooperation with 3rd Inter-Governmental Russia-Myanmar Joint Commission on Trade and Prime Minister of Provisional After that, Mr Andrei Iunak, Asian Chambers of Commerce Economic Cooperation and Business to Business Virtual Matching. Government of the Republic of Counsellor of Economic and and Industry. — MNA 12 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3 BGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGA Emphasis must be placed on development tasks while prioritizing peace and stability, especially political stability

THEY are carrying out the government tasks in a smooth process. It is necessary to consider extension of new sectors. The unrests and terror acts based on vote-rigging in the 2020 election are being combated. Emphasis must be placed on development tasks while prioritizing the peace and stability, especially political stability. The provisional government temporarily takes the responsibility of the country, and when the emergency period runs out, the election will be held under the law. Undertakings will be carried out to hand over the State duty to the government emerged by the election in accord with the Constitution.

(Excerpt from the speech to the meeting 13/2021 of the State Administration Council made by the Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on 2 August 2021) CHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHD Enchanting Myanmar health and safety protocol website launches THE Ministry of Hotels and known and understood by all Tourism held the “Enchanting those involved in the tourism Myanmar Health and Safety sector. Protocol” Website Launching The Union Minister urged Ceremony yesterday evening all hotel and tourism service through video conferencing. providers in various regions At the ceremony, Union and states to ensure that all the Minister Dr Htay Aung spoke staffs can participate in health about the immediate priorities and safety training conducted by of the Myanmar Tourism Stra- the Ministry, and to help register tegic Recovery Roadmap (MTS- on the website. RR) drawn up by the ministry The Director-General of to respond to the impact of the the Directorate of Hotels and COVID-19 pandemic that has Tourism presented the report adversely affected Myanmar’s on the ministry’s implementa- tourism sector, including to build tion status and further activities trust in Myanmar as a safe tour- of the “Enchanting Myanmar ist destination and to improve Health and Safety Protocol” Pro- health and safety measures. gramme in detail. The Managing The “Enchanting Myanmar Director of Secure Link Co., Ltd Health and Safety Protocol” Hotels and Tourism Ministry holds Website launching ceremony for enchanting Myanmar health and safety explained the Website and the protocol. programme is aimed to provide participants asked questions. tourism services with the COV- age of Myanmar’s tourism in- The Website has now been of the three steps in the pro- Afterwards, the Union Min- ID-19 Safe Service Certification dustry through the safe tourism set up as a key component for gramme. The launching cere- ister made concluding remarks System and to enhance the im- services. the successful implementation mony aimed to make it widely and attended to the need.—MNA 15th ASEAN Navy Chiefs’ Meeting held online

THE Royal Brunei Navy hosted the leadership of government, AN Multilateral Naval Exercise on the 16th ANCM to be organ- Multilateral Naval Exercise the 15th ASEAN Navy Chiefs’ regional maritime security (AMNEX) and ASEAN Navies. ized in Indonesia in 2022, the (AMNEX) in the Philippines.— Meeting via video conferencing and cooperation work for Blue The meeting also focused 17th ANCM and the 2nd ASEAN MNA yesterday. During the meeting, Economy as an ASEAN member Brunei Navy Chief First Admi- country. ral Spry Bin Haji Serudi@Haji Then, the ASEAN Navy Seruji firstly made the opening Chiefs exchanged views on co- remark. operation in maritime security The leaders then approved measures, ASEAN Teamwork the meeting record of 14th to ease the impact of COVID-19 ANCM. The ANCM Joint Sec- pandemic in new normal and retary explained the regional plans to implement Blue Econ- maritime security affairs and omy concepts. the Navy Chiefs discussed under They also discussed out- the topic called Blue Economy: comes of the ANTEEP Work- “We care, We prepare, We pros- ing Group meeting, the 4th In- per.” ternational Maritime Security During the meeting, Com- Symposium (IMSS-2021) and mander-in-Chief (Navy) Admiral the 17th Western Pacific Naval Moe Aung discussed the COV- Symposium (WPNS) including ID-19 control activities under future work plans of the ASE- Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Admiral Moe Aung attends 15th ASEAN Navy Chiefs' Meeting online. 12 AUGUST 2021 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Public request by Ministry of Health

ONLY when the people cooperate will the work process achieve success in a short time for effective prevention, control and treatment of COVID-19 among the people. As such, all the people are requested to abide by the following points: - 1. Stay at home as much as possible. 2. Don’t accept the guests at the house. You don’t visit other houses. 3. The older persons above 65 or those suffering from chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and heart must be worn masks in the house. They must be placed at well-ventilated sites. 4. Wear masks if you go outside without fail. Systematically wash hands. Take a six-foot distance from others. Avoid visits to the rooms where ventilation is not good. 5. Avoid the crowds. 6. If possible, go shopping once a week. Don’t buy anything from the vendors who don’t systematically wear masks. 7. Take care of carrying the virus to the houses whenever return home from outside. Systematically discard the used masks and single disposable equipment outside the houses. Avoid close contact with family members before changing clothes or washing the body. 8. As the vaccines for your quota is the best, accept vaccinations for full time. Despite receiving the vaccination, you should abide by the protective ways. 9. Systematically cooperate in prevention, control and treatment of the disease with manpower, money, materials and expertise. Ministry of Health (2-8-2021)

Two dead, three arrested, three others injured during police raid in Botahtaung Township

THE police arrested two men and one woman together with the explosives, and one man and one woman died in jump- ing from the apartment build- ing and another three men were injured in Botahtaung Township on 10 August. Acting on tip-off, the police raided the apartment located in No 6 Ward of Botahtaung Township. They arrested two men including Thiha Kaung Sett 16 assorted homemade bombs, explosives and other materials are seized from terrorists in police raid in Botahtaung Township. and one woman together with 16 assorted homemade bombs jumped from the apartment spot, and three men had inju- With regard to the death of is being conducted over the and explosives. building to escape from the ries. They were taken to the suspects, inquests were filed arrestees and related persons During the raid, four men police raid. Of them, one man Tatamadaw hospital (1000-bed) in line with the police proce- to be taken action under the and one woman left in the room and one woman died on the for medical treatment. dure, and further investigation law.—MNA

Terrorists kill one villager at COVID-19 medical checkpoint in Myaing Township ONE villager was shot dead by gun men at the COVID-19 medical checkpoint in Paikthin village, Myaing Township, Magway Region on 9 August. When a total of five villagers were on duty at the check-point in the evening, about six ter- rorists came and handcuffed them and got them down on the ground. They set up two guards at the checkpoint, while others went to the village administrator’s house to search for the son of the administrator. They returned to the gate after they had not found the son and shot one of the villagers to death at the gate. It is reported that terrorists drove towards the Pakokku-Myaing road. U Aung Zeya, who was shot dead, died of injuries, and security forces are investigating to arrest them.—MNA

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THE Ministry of Commerce is making continuous efforts to im- port the anti-COVID-19 equip- ment including liquid oxygen, oxygen gas, household oxygen concentrators, and medicines via sea, air and border routes on public holidays together with the relevant departments in ac- cordance with the SOP. A total of 2,532 oxygen con- centrators, 7,226 test kits and 11 tonnes of masks arrived at the Yangon International Airport yesterday, while 15 oxygen con- centrators at the international port. Moreover, 35 tonnes of liq- uid oxygen on bowsers, seven Oxygen cylinders and cartons of medical supplies are seen on cargo trucks. tonnes of liquid oxygen cylin- ders, 6,698 empty oxygen cyl- 24 companies. in August. PPE suits were imported. Thanbyuzayat, Magway, Hpa- inders, one oxygen plant, one A total of 589 tonnes of In July, a total of 727 From July to 11 August, an, Dawei, Wakema, Myittha, oxygen generator, 2,888 home liquid oxygen on bowsers, 156 tonnes of liquid oxygen, 567 the liquid oxygen was import- Kyaukpadaung and Mawlamy- oxygen concentrators, 7,226 tonnes of oxygen liquid, 65 tonnes of liquid oxygen cylin- ed in 63 bowsers. Of them, 46 ine townships. test kits, 15,960 PPE suits, eight tonnes of oxygen gas cylinders, der,114 tonnes of oxygen gas bowsers led to Yangon, 11 to The Ministry of Commerce tonnes of gloves and 49 tonnes 77,804 empty oxygen contain- cylinders, 40,491 empty oxygen Mandalay, two to Bago, three has posted contact persons and of masks were imported via ers, 16 oxygen plants, 10 oxygen containers, 69,146 household to Mawlamyine and one to Tha- department announcements on Muse, Chinshwehaw, Myawady, generators, 61,658 home oxygen oxygen concentrators, eight ton. Of 24 oxygen plants, four the Ministry’s website, Com- Tachilek and Hteekhee border concentrators, 150,268 test kits, oxygen plants, 11 oxygen gen- were distributed to Yangon, merce.gov.mm, to access direct checkpoints. 341,852 PPE suits, 58 tonnes of erators, four oxygen filling ma- another four to Lashio, four to contact with relevant authori- These materials were glovaes and 849 tonnes of masks chines, 322,878 test kits, 1,104 Bago, two to Pakokku and one ties if assistance is needed.— transported by 43 vehicles of have been imported so far tonnes of masks and 182,975 each to Mandalay, Taunggyi, MNA

Cargo trucks are carrying container comprising medical equipment and oxygen containers and other equipment.

COVID-19 medical supplies continuously transported to regions/states

COVID-19 medical supplies including Paracetamol, Multivitamin capsules and other related equipment were transported from Yangon to Myitkyina Township, Kachin State by Tatmadaw aircraft yesterday morning. Similarly, a total of 36,568 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines purchased from the People’s Republic of China were transported to Pathein Township and a total of 97,522 Sinovac vaccines to Man- dalay respectively by cold chain delivery logistics. It is reported that medical supplies will also be distributed to remote areas with the help of Tatmadaw aircraft and Myanmar National Airlines.—MNA

Medical supplies for COVID-19 prevention are being unloaded from Tatmadaw aircraft. 12 AUGUST 2021 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Over 88,000 persons from religions, residents from Sagaing receive COVID-19 vaccinations for first time

OVER 88,000 persons from reli- 4,847 people on 6 August, 18,393 gions and residents from Sagaing people on 7 August, 11,966 people region have received their first on 8 August and 6,950 people on does of the COVID-19 vaccine 9 August. within a week, said Dr Nyi Nyi “After receiving the two dose Lwin, Deputy Region Public of COVID-19 vaccine, it can re- Health Department. duce the incidence of disease by The vaccination programme eight times. Studies have also started with the priority group of shown that people who received people in 25 townships of seven both doses of the vaccine were districts in Sagaing region. The protected against getting seri- first COVID-19 vaccines were ously ill. That is the reason why given to 88,134 people including we urged people to be vaccinated persons from religions, people of against COVID-19,” he added. above 65, public service person- Authorities have adminis- nel and public from 3 to 9 August. tered the first dose of COVID-19 “We are distributing vac- vaccines in 25 townships from cines to the townships depend- Sagaing, Monywa, Yinmabin, ing on the availability of vaccines Shwebo, Kanbalu, Katha and Ka- and the vaccination activities wlin districts in Sagiang region. A health staff injects anti-COVID-19 vaccine into a local. were carried out as of 9 August. The COVID-19 vaccination So far, over 88,000 people over per cent of people in Sagaing Nyi Lwin. administered to 16,892 people was carried out in accordance the age 65 have been vaccinat- region received the vaccination Sagaign region received its on 3 August, 22,263 people on 4 with guidelines issued by the Min- ed. As of 9 August, around 94.4 against COVID-19,” said Dr Nyi first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, August, 6,823 people on 5 August, istry of Health.—Lulay/GNLM Kyaukse sesame growers Bilateral border value happy with reasonable between Myanmar-India hit $ 193 mln price, bumper yield THE border trade between eral trade are delivered through Myanmar and India hit US$193 ship. million as of 23 July in the cur- Myanmar mainly exports rent financial year 2020-21 end- to India fruits and vegetables, ing September, said a statistical fishery and forestry products report of Myanmar’ Commerce while importing from India the Ministry. medicines, electronic products, The border trade during the motorbikes, cotton yarn, non-al- period increased by $109 million loy steel and other construction compared with the same period materials. of the previous FY. India is one of Myanmar’s The Myanmar-India total top trade partners. The two coun- border trade during the period tries signed a bilateral border was shared by Myanmar’s export trade agreement in 1994. of over $192 million and its import Meanwhile, Myanmar’s bor- of $1.5 million. der trade with four neighboring Much of Myanmar-India countries, China, India, Thailand cross-border trade is conducted and Bangladesh totalled $6.98 via Thantlang and Reed camps in billion shared by $4.55 million in Chin state, and Tamu in Sagaing export and $2.43 million in im- region while a major part of bilat- port.—ACM/GNLM Local grower prepares for threshing of sesame in the farmland.

SESAME growers from it is necessary, the growers se township are happy with Kyaukse township, Manda- should spray the pesticide and making good profit of sesame. lay region are happy as they add fertilizers. The harvest of Sesame seeds are mostly are getting bumper yield and sesame is about 14 or 20 bas- used as a garnish, as an in- good price. kets per acre depending upon gredient in some foods, and The sesame growers need the land and weather condi- a snack on their own. A popu- to compact the soil to grow the tion, said U Khin Maung Aye, lar sesame product is sesame sesame. Concerning cultiva- a grower from Kula village. oil, which is an edible vegeta- tion, there are many methods There are two types of ble oil derived from sesame of cultivation such as sowing sesame called Talin sesa- seeds. Because of its health or rowing methods. After me and Htaung sesame. At benefits, sesame oil is also growing for 18 days, the grow- present, a basket of sesame used in making the tradition- ers need to conduct subtrac- is fetching K 4,700. Now, the al medicines.—Thet Maung Local people and business people from Myanmar are leading to India for tion and separation steps. If sesame growers from Kyauk- (Kyaukse) trading. 12 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR LOCAL BUSINESS 7 Myanmar records trade surplus on lower import

MYANMAR’S lower import near- trader points out. ly ten months (1 Oct-23 July) of Myanmar witnessed a slump the 2020-2021 financial year have in exports and imports triggered resulted in a positive trade bal- by the coronavirus impacts this ance of US$353.644 million, ac- year against the year-ago period. cording to data provided by the Both sea trade and border trade Ministry of Commerce. dropped. The neighbouring coun- Myanmar’s exports sur- tries tightened the border secu- passed imports in internation- rity and restricted the trading in al trade although overall trade certain border areas. For mari- value declined compared to the time trade, disruption in logistic same corresponding period of sector, spikes in container rates FY 2019-2020. and banking restriction dragged Nearly ten months, the coun- down the trade. try’s exports were estimated at Myanmar exports agricul- $12.3 billion, imports were valued tural products, animal products, at $11.95 billion this FY. The ex- minerals, forest products, and ternal trade drastically sank to finished industrial goods, while $24.26 billion from $30.37 billion it imports capital goods, raw in- recorded in the year-ago period. dustrial materials, and consumer Myanmar’s trade gap was goods. An ocean liner docks at port of Yangon to handle loading and unloading of commodities. $1.5 billion in the year-ago period, The country’s export sector according to data provided by the relies much on the agricultur- country mainly imports essential Myanmar’s trade deficit billion in the 2017-2018 FY, $5.3 Ministry of Commerce. al and manufacturing sectors. goods, construction materials, was pegged at $1.3 billion in the billion in the 2016-2017 FY, and “This is a positive balance The Ministry of Commerce is capital goods, hygienic material 2019-2020 FY, $1.14 billion in the $5.4 billion in the 2015-2016 FY, of trade. A trade surplus is trying to reduce the trade defi- and supporting products for ex- 2018-2019 FY, $1.3 billion in the according to statistics released harmful only when the govern- cit by screening luxury import port promotion and the import previous mini-budget period by the Central Statistical Organ- ment uses protectionism,” a items and boosting exports. The substitution. (April-September, 2018), $3.9 ization.—MM/GNLM

Chickpea price up by K25,000 Chinese importers daily trade 2,000 cattle per bag within one month on black market LIVE cattle trade is booming the cattle is free from 20 diseas- action if they do not sell the cattle on Myanmar’s black market, es including Foot and Mouth during three-month period. with 2,000 heads of cattle Disease, along with vaccination Live cattle export was al- daily sent to China, said U certificates, health certificates, lowed in late 2017, with a view Soe Naing, chair of Manda- and farming registration certif- to eradicating illegal exports, lay Region Cattle Exporters icates. Those import criteria do creating more opportunities for Association. not matter on the black market. breeders and promoting their Chinese traders are Myanmar’s live cattle ex- interests. constantly purchasing the port is deeply relying on the Chi- Myanmar shipped US$360 cattle on the black market nese market due to a good price million worth of animal products across border between My- although Myanmar has other including cattle to the external anmar and China, despite the external markets in Laos, Thai- markets in the financial year suspension of cross-border land, Malaysia and Bangladesh. 2018-2019. The value of animal trade. The Ministry of Commerce product exports dropped by $100 “The illegitimate mar- grants a permit to each company Chickpea plants bear fruits in the farm. million in the 2019-2020 FY as ket is found around Myitkyi- for 100 cattle export and the per- against a-year ago period, follow- THE price of chickpea remains Myanmar exported chickpea na and Waingmaw areas. mit is valid for three months. The ing the negative impacts of the in the bull market on the back to India, Pakistan, UAE, Turkey Around 1,500-2,000 heads of companies can be taken legal COVID-19.—NN/GNLM of strong domestic demand and and other foreign markets last live cattle are transported the price rose by K25,000 per year. to China’s border every day. three-basket bag, according to The chickpea are cultivat- Those residents in China’s Bayintnaung Wholesale Market. ed in Yangon, Mandalay, Bago, border area mostly consume At present, the price was Sagaing and Ayeyawady regions the beef imported from My- pegged at K90,000 per bag on 9 and Nay Pyi Taw. There are anmar,” said U Soe Naing. August, whereas the chickpea 890,000 acres of chickpea plan- At the present time, price rose to K115,000 per bag at tations across the country. the black market has been the present time. The chickpea The peas are cultivated in stronger. The legitimate mar- growers are fetching a good price October and November and they ket has halted since late 2020. amidst the low production this are harvested in January-April Following about 15,000 year, traders said. period. heads of cattle were strand- “The export of chickpea More than 25,190 tonnes of ed in Muse last year, trad- came to a halt from the closure chickpea were exported to for- ers embarked on the illegal of border posts by China. At pres- eign markets between 1 Octo- sales. Around 6,000 heads of ent, the domestic bean market ber and 23 July of the current cattle are still stuck in Muse, is positively related to the law of financial year 2020-2021, with es- he continued. supply and demand,” said a trad- timated value of US$14.87 million, For legitimate trade, er from Mandalay who shared the Commerce Ministry’s data China permits live cattle Cattle are waiting for exporting them to customers through black his opinion. indicated.—KK/GNLM import only after ensuring market. 12 AUGUST 2021 12 AUGUST 2021 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTICLE/ NATIONAL 9 Improve MYANMAR GAZETTE China approves first mixed-vaccine Appointment of Head of Service qualification Organization

of leaders to trial as Delta spreads THE State Administration Council has appointed Deputy Direc- tor-General U Kyaw Kyaw Naing of the Legal Advice Depart- ment under the Office of the Attorney-General of the Union as well organize There are several types of Covid vaccines, including those using an inactivated or weakened virus to Director-General of the same department on probation from the date he assumes charge of his duties. subordinates generate an immune response, and more cutting-edge RNA- or DNA-based jabs that use engineered versions of the coronavirus’ genetic code to create a protein that safely prompts an immune response. HE management is correctly doing things whereas the leader- ` ship is doing the correct things. Management and leadership HINA’S drug regulator chairman Wang Bin said in the er using two different vaccines Tshould be in a good balance for ensuring accomplishment of has approved the coun- statement. together is safe or can boost Myanmar Daily Weather Report the assigned duties. Hence, leaders need to apply their skills and Ctry’s first mixed-vaccine There are several types immunity. knowledge in taking management measures at the workplaces trial, a company involved in the of Covid vaccines, including Inovio has not published (Issued at 7:00 pm Wednesday 11 August 2021) without discrimination of the employees. study said, as the rapid spread those using an inactivated or any efficacy data from its glob- Ward and village, township and district, region and state as of the Delta variant raises con- weakened virus to generate an al clinical trials. It is the first BAY INFERENCE: Monsoon is moderate to strong over the well as Union level adminis- cern about the efficacy of do- immune response, and more DNA-based vaccine to be tri- Andaman Sea and South Bay and weak elsewhere over the trative bodies have been set mestically produced jabs. cutting-edge RNA- or DNA- alled in China. Bay of Bengal. Qualified up in Myanmar for assigning The trial will test the effica- based jabs that use engineered China is battling its worst FORECAST VALID UNTIL MORNING OF THE 12 Au- them with duties and func- cy of combining an “inactivat- versions of the coronavirus’ ge- coronavirus outbreak in gust 2021: Rain or thundershowers will be isolated in Lower leaders have tions in addition to manage- ed” vaccine made by China’s netic code to create a protein months, with officials saying Sagaing, Magway and Ayeyawady Regions, scattered in Nay Pyi ment measures. The acts of Sinovac with a DNA-based one that safely prompts an immune many of those infected had al- Taw, Mandalay, Bago, Yangon Regions and Kayah State, fairly the capacity of one who conducts the direct developed by US pharmaceuti- response. ready been vaccinated. widespread in Upper Sagaing Region and Rakhine State and management beyond the cal company Inovio, a statement Five out of the seven vac- This has added to calls for widespread in the remaining Regions and States with likelihood operating the prescribed steps may decline issued on Tuesday said. cines approved in China are China’s two biggest vaccine pro- of isolated heavyfalls in Upper Sagaing, Taninthayi Regions the capacity of other persons The statement was put out two-shot inactivated vaccines. ducers -- state-run Sinopharm and Kachin, Kayin, Mon States. Degree of certainty is (100%). workplaces from management bodies. by Advaccine Biopharmaceuti- Their published efficacy and privately owned Sinovac STATE OF THE SEA: Squall with moderate to rough seas are The government al- cals Suzhou, Inovio’s trial part- lags RNA jabs by Pfizer-BioN- -- to provide data proving their likely at times Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon- Taninthayi lows those from the man- ner in China. Tech and Moderna, which have jabs work against the Delta while providing Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reached (30 -35) mph. agement bodies to submit Preclinical work has found pre-Delta success rates above variant. Seas will be weak to moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters. their requirements and to that “two different vaccine ap- 90 percent. Beijing is yet to approve welfare to the Wave height will be about (6 -9) feet in Gulf of Mottama, off and make management in their plications... produce an even The World Health Organ- any foreign vaccines for domes- along Mon- Taninthayi Coasts and about (4 -6) feet Deltaic, off employees. assigned duties. However, stronger and more balanced ization has said there is still tic use. Staff members of Sinovac Biotech, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, pose for a photo in the quality and along Rakhine Coasts. anyone is not allowed to do immune response”, Advaccine not enough data to say wheth- Source : AFP inspection lab in Beijing, capital of China, March 16, 2020. PHOTO: XINHUA/FILE OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Continuations The carrot and management of their own accord beyond the policies of increase of rain in Upper Sagaing Region and Kachin State. stick motivation and laws as well as work pro- FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOURING cedures. Hence, they need to AREA FOR 12 August 2021: Isolated rain or thundershowers. based on the carry out the tasks to have Delta Variant Reignites US Mask Debate Degree of certainty is (100%). the accomplishment. FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA family spirit Leaders must know the FOR 12 August 2021: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ways of management. They The health authority is basing their recommendation on data that shows that vaccinated people infect- of certainty is (100%). will be an must have capability to uti- FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING lize the management skills ed with the Delta variant can spread the virus more easily than those infected with earlier variants. Now, AREA FOR 12 August 2021: Isolated rain or thundershowers. exhortation for for securing the success of Degree of certainty is (100%). duties by well organizing many businesses have also reverted back to requiring masks. the workplace the subordinates in work processes. If necessary, they came a symbol of political affili- In response, DeSantis threat- September.But those recommen- Now, many businesses have participants. have to encourage the subor- ation in the US - the clash led by ened to cut their funding or even dations did not account for the also reverted back to requiring dinates to expedite their best then-president Donald Trump, suspend the salaries of school highly contagious Delta variant. masks. capacity in work. who made it a point of pride to officials. Nor did it account for the fact Walmart, the biggest retailer As such, the leaders need to have a wider scope of knowledge be seen without a face covering. “That a governor has the au- that only about half of all Amer- in the US, has re-imposed mask how to manage manpower, materials and money in implemen- More than a year later, the subject thority to say, ‘You can’t do that’ - I icans have now been fully vac- mandates on employees, two and tation of the projects. In this regard, the leaders must forge the has again become particularly find that totally counter-intuitive cinated, and children under 12 a half months after telling vacci- commanderly spirit and brotherly spirit to deploy the subordinates sensitive as another school year and quite frankly disingenuous,” aren’t eligible yet. nated workers they didn’t have to in workplaces. It is necessary to take care of creating equalized approaches. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, By the end of July, an about- wear them. chances among the subordinates. If so, disunity can be removed “This should be something said Tuesday. face: mask-wearing was once ‘Two Countries’ from the workplaces. that a parent is ultimately mak- High Viral Spread again recommended in indoor The pandemic is currently es- Proper management and leadership will be an encouragement ing the decision on,” Republican The US Centers for Disease spaces, even for vaccinated peo- pecially severe in the south-east- for workplaces as well as individual life of employees. Qualified Governor Ron DeSantis of Flori- Control and Prevention (CDC) ple, in areas with high rates of ern United States, which is also leaders have the capacity of operating the workplaces while pro- da reiterated on Tuesday, having told vaccinated Americans in COVID spread. That currently the region with the lowest per- viding welfare to the employees. The carrot and stick motivation banned his state’s schools from May that their risk of contract- covers about 90 percent of the centage of vaccinated residents. based on the family spirit will be an exhortation for the workplace A woman wearing a mask walks past a Walmart store in Washington, DC requiring students to wear masks. ing or spreading COVID-19 was country. “The people that are un- on July 15, 2020. PHOTO: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP participants. “We’re going to do whatever we low enough that they no longer The health authority is basing vaccinated are much less likely Leaders must try to win the trust of the followers. They should HE recent surge of COV- opposing all measures to make can to vindicate the rights of par- needed to wear masks. their recommendation on data to wear masks,” said Northwell not give orders but suggestions to the subordinates in work proce- ID-19, driven by the Del- masks mandatory despite advice ents,” he said. And in early July, the CDC that shows that vaccinated people Health public health expert Eric dures through the organizational way. Whatever it may be, leaders Tta variant, has reignited from health authorities. Several Florida school dis- assured parents that the stance infected with the Delta variant Cioe-Pena. “We don’t have the must have capability to clearly make decisions for the best way of political controversy around The dispute feels familiar, tricts have announced plans to would also apply to vaccinated can spread the virus more easily buy-in from the very people that work procedures. mask-wearing in the United harkening back to the early days defy the governor’s order and kids starting the new school year, than those infected with earlier we need the buy-in for.” States (US), with some governors of the pandemic when masks be- require masks anyway. which usually begins in August or variants. Source : AFP 12 AUGUST 2021 10 SCI/ENVIRON: WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Blobs in space: Slime mould to blast off for ISS experiment

ASTRONAUTS aboard the In- students. ism ‘with drawers’ which tells ternational Space Station are The slime mould first ap- us that life consists of multitude set to welcome a most unusual peared on Earth around 500 originalities,” he says. guest, as “the Blob” blasts off million years ago, and defies into orbit on Tuesday. conventional biology because What one’s cell can do An alien on its own planet, it is made up of one cell with A yellowish, spongy mass, the Blob is an unclassifiable multiple nuclei. the slime mould lacks a mouth, organism -- neither fish nor While most organisms legs or brain. fowl. Nor is it plant, animal or grow and reproduce through Yet despite these appar- fungus. the division and multiplication ent disadvantages, the mould As such, Physarum of cells, Physarum polycepha- eats, grows, moves -- albeit polycephalum -- a type of slime lum does not. very slowly -- and has amazing mould -- has long fascinated sci- “It is a single cell that learning abilities. entists and will now be part of a grows without ever dividing,” Because the Blob’s DNA unique experiment carried out explains Pierre Ferrand, pro- floats freely around inside its ‘I’ll be curious to see if it develops by forming pillars,’ says Blob specialist simultaneously by astronauts fessor of Earth sciences and Audrey Dussutour. PHOTO: AFP/FILE cell walls -- rather than being hundreds of kilometres above life seconded to French space contained inside a nucleus -- it the Earth and by hundreds of agency CNES, one of the people Another oddity: “When two sex types, the Blob has can “slough off” parts of itself thousands of French school behind the project. most organisms make do with more than 720. It is an organ- at will.— AFP Sicily’s Mount Etna taller than ever Disaster-struck Turkey after six months of activity faces toll of climate change

FROM flash floods to forest in regions such as the Medi- The crater has been fires, drought to “sea snot”, terranean. churning out smoke and ash since February, Turkey is bearing the brunt of A landmark UN report while posing little increasingly frequent disas- this week warned that global danger to surrounding ters blamed on climate change, warming is occurring far faster villages. putting pressure on President than forecast. PHOTO: AFP/FILE Recep Tayyip Erdogan to act. The issue is turning in- Wildfires that have killed creasingly political, with polls eight people since late July showing it registering highly across southern coastal re- with up to seven million mem- gions, ravaging forests and bers of Generation Z who will turning villages to ash, fol- be able to vote in the next elec- lowed the growth of a slimy tion, slated for 2023. mucus in the Sea of Marmara Experts and environmen- that destroyed marine life. tally-conscious politicians put Deadly floods in the north- ratifying the 2015 Paris Agree- east followed an arid spell that ment adopted by 196 countries dried up dams, endangering on top of Turkey’s to-do list. water supplies. Sinkholes Turkey is one of only six MOUNT Etna’s southeastern city of Catania. transformation of the volcano’s caused by water mismanage- nations, including Iraq and crater has grown in height af- “Thanks to the analysis and outline”, with its dimensions cal- ment are encroaching on farm- Libya, yet to formally approve ter six months of activity, Italy’s processing of satellite images, culated through satellite images, ers’ homes. the accord. vulcano monitoring agency said the southeast crater is now much it said. Experts warn the vast, “This is the first step. We Tuesday, making Europe’s tallest higher than its ‘older brother’, The northeastern crater of geographically diverse coun- must become a part of the active volcano taller than ever. the northeast crater, for 40 years Etna reached a record height of try risks fighting rolling dis- global fight against climate The famous volcano’s the undisputed peak of Etna,” 3,350 metres in 1981, but a col- asters if it does not forcefully change,” said Greens of Tur- youngest and most active cra- the INGV wrote in a press re- lapse at its edges reduced that confront climate change, which key Party spokeswoman Em- ter has risen to a new record of lease. to 3,326 metres, recorded in 2018. is warming sea temperatures ine Ozkan. — AFP 3,357 metres (11,000 feet) above Some 50 episodes of ash and The crater has been churn- sea level, said INGV, the Nation- lava belching from the mouth ing out smoke and ash since Feb- al Institute for Geophysics and of the crater since mid-Febru- ruary, while posing little danger Vulcanology, based in the Sicilian ary have led to a “conspicuous to surrounding villages.—AFP UNEP urges robust action on climate crisis to save livelihoods

THE international community Monday. “We must treat climate should take decisive steps to The planet and its inhab- change as an immediate threat, reverse global warming and itants are facing unusual peril just as we must treat the con- the accompanying threat to unless bold actions are taken nected crises of nature and bio- vital ecosystems that under- by governments, industries diversity loss, and pollution and pin livelihoods, a senior Unit- and communities to tame the waste as immediate threats,” Experts warn the vast, geographically diverse country risks fighting ed Nations Environment Pro- climate crisis, UNEP Executive she said in a statement re- rolling disasters if it does not forcefully confront climate change. gram (UNEP) official said on Director Inger Andersen said. leased in Nairobi.—Xinhua PHOTO: AFP 12 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR PANDEMIC: WORLD 11 Facebook shuts down anti-vaccine influencer campaign NEWS IN BRIEF FACEBOOK on Tuesday said it according to Facebook. shut down a disinformation op- Facebook said that in July India’s COVID-19 eration which sought to spread it removed 65 accounts at the tally crosses 32 Covid-19 vaccine hoaxes by dup- leading social network and 243 ing social media influencers into accounts at photo-centric Ins- million backing false claims. tagram that were linked to the INDIA’S COVID-19 tally sur- The leading social network campaign, and banned Fazze passed the 32-million mark, ris- labeled the operation a “disin- from its platform. Fazze is a ing to 32,036,511 on Wednesday, formation laundromat” which subsidiary of a AdNow, an ad- as 38,353 new cases were regis- sought to legitimize false claims vertising company registered tered during the past 24 hours by pushing them through people in Britain, according to media across the country, showed the with clean reputations. reports. The operation target- federal health ministry’s latest Influencers who caught ed primarily India and Latin data. onto the sham turned out to be America, but also took aim at the Besides, as many as 497 the undoing of a deceitful influ- United States, as governments Facebook said it shut down a campaign that sought to spread vaccine deaths due to the pandemic ence campaign orchestrated by debated approving vaccines to hoaxes by recruiting unwitting social network influencers -- what the since Tuesday morning took marketing firm Fazze in Russia, fight the pandemic.— AFP company called a “disinformation laundromat”. PHOTO: AFP/FILE the death toll to 429,179. There are still 386,351 active COVID-19 cases in the country with a fall of 2,157 ac- Berlin throws a party to drum up vaccine tempo tive cases during the past 24 hours.—Xinhua to the sound of electronic mu- with regional leaders to end sic. free Covid tests from October The site is Arena club -- 11. Portugal to which had been transformed In the Arena club, the scene vaccinate 12- to into one of Berlin’s five main is like a high-school disco with vaccination centres over the very limited dancing. Patients 15-year-olds against last year, after it, like other sim- who have just had their vac- COVID-19 ilar venues, was forced shut to cines sit spaced out on chairs curb coronavirus transmission. under strobing lights, while one THE Portuguese Health Direc- After delivering well over of the DJs -- some of them well torate on Tuesday recommend- a million jabs a day at its peak, known figures of Berlin’s un- ed that adolescents aged 12 to 15 Germany is now seeing the derground and some who have be vaccinated against COVID-19. takeup for inoculation against volunteered in the vaccination Portugal’s Director-General of the coronavirus slow dramati- centre itself -- works away on a Health Graca Freitas said the cally, according to figures from set of turntables. decision was taken after analyz- People wait to receive their vaccination against the coronavirus during a long night of vaccinations as a DJ plays his music in the background at the Robert Koch Institute for In all, about 420 people ing “new data made available in the Arena Treptow vaccination centre in Berlin. PHOTO: POOL/AFP disease control and prevention. were vaccinated against the recent days,” referring to “more In a bid to incentivise more coronavirus at the Arena cen- than 15 million adolescents vac- THE German capital renowned ing three vaccination parties to take the jab, Chancellor An- tre on Monday, the Berlin min- cinated in the United States and for its clubbing scene is throw- this week, giving patrons jabs gela Merkel on Tuesday agreed istry for health said.— AFP the European Union.” Luis Graca, a member of the technical commission on COVID-19 vaccination, said that Australia’s second-largest city extends lockdown the move aims to “reduce the transmission of the virus” and FIVE million people in Austral- ensure the “well-being of young ia’s second-largest city will re- people.” —Xinhua main under stay-at-home orders for at least another week after S.Korea’s daily authorities extended a lockdown Wednesday after failing to curb COVID-19 cases hit Melbourne’s latest Covid out- record high at 2,223 break. The city entered its sixth SOUTH Korea’s daily COVID-19 pandemic lockdown last Thurs- cases hit a record high due to day after a fresh Delta variant the continued virus spread in cluster emerged at a Melbourne the Seoul metropolitan area, the school and quickly spread. health authorities said Wednes- Daniel Andrews, the premier day. The country reported 2,223 of the state of Victoria, said lock- more cases of the COVID-19 for down rules will be extended until the past 24 hours, raising the at least August 19, after 20 new total number of infections to cases were detected overnight in- 216,206. The daily caseload cluding several “mystery” cases. topped 2,000 for the first time “There are too many cases, since the country’s first case Australia’s second-biggest city entered its sixth pandemic lockdown last week. PHOTO: AFP/FILE the origins of which are not clear was found in January last year. to us... for us to safely come out at-home orders, currently sched- Wednesday, taking the total for people outside Sydney -- includ- It was sharply up from 1,537 in of lockdown now,” he said. uled to remain until the end of an outbreak that began in Sydney ing in Newcastle, Byron Bay and the prior day, hovering above In Sydney, more than five August. in mid-June to more than 6,100 most recently, Dubbo -- are in 1,000 for 36 straight days. The million people are enduring The state of New South cases. lockdown after cases emerged daily average tally for the past their seventh week under stay- Wales recorded 344 new cases Hundreds of thousands of in recent days.—AFP week was 1,755.—Xinhua 12 AUGUST 2021 12 ECON: WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Singapore lifts GDP forecast as export markets get vaccine boost

SINGAPORE on Wednesday While Covid-19 cases con- upgraded its growth forecast tinue to rise globally because of for this year as the trade-reliant the fast-spreading Delta variant, economy’s key export markets vaccination rates have increased, pick up strength thanks to rapid particularly in the United States coronavirus vaccine rollouts. and Europe, allowing them to The prosperous city-state, press on with reopening, the one of the world’s most open ministry said. economies, suffered its worst This will offset a bleaker ever recession last year as it was picture in Asia, where vaccina- hammered by the pandemic. tion rates are slower and curbs But stronger overseas de- on movements have been reim- mand is helping to power a re- posed, it added. bound, which is being closely “On balance, the recovery in watched as Singapore is seen external demand for Singapore as a bellwether for the health of for the rest of the year remains global trade. largely on track,” the ministry The economy is now expect- said. For the second quarter ed to grow 6.0-7.0 percent for the to June, Singapore’s economy full year, from an earlier forecast grew 14.7 percent on-year, taking of 4.0-6.0 percent made in May, the first-half growth to 7.7 percent, it Singapore expects its economy to benefit from the rollout of vaccines worldwide. PHOTO: AFP trade ministry said. said.—AFP

NEWS US to reopen Boeing-Airbus bidding IN BRIEF war over refuellers German economic sentiment continues to worsen in August: ZEW THE US Air Force is set to reopen a bidding war between Boeing and arch-rival Airbus THE Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) an- over the replacement of its nounced on Tuesday that its indicator of economic sentiment in ageing fleet of refuelling air- Germany continues to fall, dropping by 22.9 points from July to 40.4 craft essential to Washington’s points in August. ability to project power beyond The third consecutive monthly decline in economic sentiment its borders. points to “increasing risks for the German economy,” such as from a In a tortuous and scan- possible fourth wave of COVID-19 starting in the autumn, said ZEW dal-riven procurement pro- President Achim Wambach. cess, during which two con- However, the current economic situation in Germany was assessed tracts were scrapped, Boeing as better than in the previous month, with an increase of 7.4 points finally snagged a $35-billion from July to 29.3 points in August. This improvement, “which has been (30-billion-euro) deal in 2011 to Boeing secured a $35-billion deal in 2011 to develop and supply 179 KC- ongoing for months, shows that expectations are also weakening due develop and supply 179 KC-46 46 refuellers to the US Air Force by 2029. PHOTO: AFP/FILE to the higher growth already achieved,” Wambach said. refuellers by 2029. The indicator for the current economic situation in the eurozone Even though the project to walk away with the next which a large proportion of its climbed to 14.6 points in August, 8.6 points higher than in July, but was plagued by cost overruns phase of the project to replace capacity would be grounded. expectations regarding economic development decreased for the and delays, Boeing looked set the Air Force’s fleet -- without — AFP third time in a row, falling to 42.7 points.— Xinhua

Pakistan’s tourism industry makes Sailing boats and cycle rickshaws in headway amid COVID-19 challenges oil-rich, fuel-light Venezuela region

PAKISTAN is endowed with a myriad of natural wonders as well as MARACAIBO is known as the historical and religious tourist sites that attract a large number of both center of Venezuela’s oil indus- local and foreign tourists every year. try, but a chronic fuel shortage However, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic direly affected has left fisherman Franklin Pakistan’s tourism sector in 2020. Despite the limited inflow of tour- Romero using a sailing boat, and ists from abroad owing to pandemic-related travel restrictions, local bus driver Manuel working in a tourists have boosted the local tourism industry this year. cycle rickshaw. Pakistani experts and government officials believe that as Pakistan Venezuela sits on the largest has a huge potential for tourism, all-out efforts should be made to proven oil reserves in the world further ramp up the thriving tourism sector and attract not only local but has fallen from a high of pro- tourists but also people from all over the world once the pandemic ducing more than three million subsides. barrels of crude a day in 2014 to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the promotion just over 500,000 today, meaning of tourism in the country is one of his government’s top priorities to the country needs to import fuel. Franklin Romero fixed a homemade sail to his boat due to lack of fuel for generate revenue and job opportunities. Experts blame the gov- the motor. PHOTO: AFP “The promotion of tourism will not only create economic activity ernment of President Nicolas the blazing sun of Venezuela’s he uses to propel his boat on in the local areas, but will also have a positive impact on the national Maduro for incompetent man- northwestern Zulia state, Rome- Lake Maracaibo, one of the larg- economy,” the prime minister said recently.—Xinhua agement and corruption. Under ro shows off the handmade oars est in South America.—AFP 12 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR BIZ: WORLD/ AD 13

TikTok tops Facebook Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific posts as most $972 mn first-half loss downloaded STRUGGLING Hong coronavirus cases low by app of 2020 Kong carrier Cathay Pa- effectively sealing itself cific on Wednesday said its off to most of the world TIKTOK was the losses in the first half of the for the past 18 months, a world’s most download- year narrowed to $972 mil- move that has kept people ed app last year, over- lion but warned its outlook safe but crippled the travel taking Facebook and its remained uncertain as the industry. messaging platforms, coronavirus pandemic Earlier this month market tracker App An- continues to hammer in- authorities lifted some of nie said Tuesday. ternational travel. those restrictions mean- The Chinese-owned The figure is an im- ing visitors without work video app surged in provement on the $1.3 visas or residency would popularity despite ef- billion loss suffered in now be able to travel to forts by former presi- the same period last year the city. But they will still dent Donald Trump to and reflects a concert- have to undergo between ban it or force a sale to ed cost-cutting regime seven and 21 days of ho- US-based investors, ac- that has seen headcount tel quarantine depending cording to the research slashed and overseas pilot on where they have come firm. bases closed. from. Cathay’s losses, while steep, were an improvement on the same period last year. PHOTO: TikTok, owned by Despite the steep loss, Cathay Pacific carried AFP China-based ByteD- shareholders were buoyed just 157,000 passengers in ance, is believed to by the results with Cathay tory, but the progress of ders progressively open global airlines. the first half of the year, have one billion users surging 3.6 percent in global vaccination drives and travel constraints are In the midst of the 96 percent fewer than in worldwide including Hong Kong trade. provided some encourage- lifted,” he warned. pandemic last year Hong the same period in 2020. more than 100 million in Chairman Patrick ment for the industry. With no domestic mar- Kong’s government came The company made just the United States, and Healy said 2021 continued “Covid-19 will contin- ket to fall back on, Cathay to the rescue with a major $96 million from passen- its short-form videos to be the “toughest period” ue to have a severe impact Pacific has been among bailout. ger flights during that pe- are especially popular in the airline’s 70-year his- on our business until bor- the worst hit of the major Hong Kong has kept riod.—AFP with young smartphone users. US President Joe Biden in June revoked Wages rise in US as CLAIMS DAY NOTICE executive orders from M.V KOTA HALUS VOY.NO. (KHLU0181N) his predecessor seek- companies scramble for staff ing to ban TikTok and Consignees of cargo carried on M.V KOTA HALUS VOY.NO. (KHLU0181N) are hereby notified that the Chinese-owned WeChat AN acute labor crunch have used the pandemic economy reopened, restau- vessel will be arriving on 12-8-2021 and cargo will be from US markets on na- amid the coronavirus pan- to retire or try to change rants, retailers and other discharged into the premises of AWPT where it will lie tional security concerns demic is boosting US wag- careers. employers have struggled at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the but ordered a review of es, with many large chains Economists say that to fill open positions, and byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. the potential risks of now paying $15 an hour, a so far, the wage bump has have boosted pay, and even Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now foreign-owned internet minimum level long sought not resulted in troubling offered signing bonuses or declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo services. by Democrats and labor ac- inflation. other perks to new workers. from the Vessel. While political tivists. “For the first time Last week, pharmacy chain No claims against this vessel will be admitted after debate about the vid- The disruption of Cov- since the late 1990s, low- CVS became the latest big the Claims Day. eo-snippet sharing sen- id-19 has led to record job wage workers have a little chain to announce plans Phone No: 2301185 sation roiled, TikTok openings, but also millions more leverage to demand to lift its minimum wage to Shipping Agency Department Myanma Port Authority climbed from the fourth of unemployed workers, higher pay,” said David $15 an hour, joining a group Agent For: most downloaded app in some of whom dropped Cooper, an economist at the that already includes Tar- 2019 to the top spot last out of the labor force to Economic Policy Institute, get, Chipotle and Amazon, M/S ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES year, according to App stay home to take care of a progressive Washington among others. The new pol- Annie data. children. think tank. Facing a sudden icy will take effect at CVS in On the way, TikTok But some workers jump in business as the US July 2022.—AFP stepped over Facebook CLAIMS DAY NOTICE M.V YU BRIGHT and two of the US in- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation ternet giants texting Consignees of cargo carried on M.V YU BRIGHT apps Messenger and No.(2) Mining Enterprise VOY.NO. (V.2111) are hereby notified that the vessel will WhatsApp, the market Invitation for Open Tender be arriving on 12-8-2021 and cargo will be discharged into tracker determined. 1. No. (2) Mining Enterprise, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation the premises of MITT-5 where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and invites for tenders to sale for the following materials. TikTok’s popularity conditions of the Port of Yangon. has prompted Face- Weight Tender Closing Sr. Materials Classifies (F.O.B) Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am book-owned Instagram (M/T) Date/Time to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now to add video features to 1. Electro Refined Tin (ERT) 39.4135 9.9.2021 declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo Thanlyin ride the hot trend. (13:00) pm from the Vessel. 2. Pyro Refined Tin (PRT) 60.1030 No claims against this vessel will be admitted after Meanwhile TikTok 2. No.(2) Mining Enterprise could provide necessary documents to interest companies and the Claims Day. last month began let- contact to No.(2) Mining Enterprise, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Phone No: 2301928 ting users post videos Conservation, Office Building No.(19), Nay Pyi Taw, Ph:+95-(0)67-3409391, E-mail; Shipping Agency Department up to three minutes in [email protected], within office hours. Myanma Port Authority length, tripling the pri- Agent For: Tender Committee M/S UNI SPRING LOGISTICS HOLDINGS PTE or cap to stay ahead of No.(2) Mining Enterprise LTD competitors. —AFP 12 AUGUST 2021 14 SOCIETY THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Pyongyang warns of ‘serious security NEWS IN BRIEF crisis’ over US-Seoul drills

Czech film festival to had missed its opportunity to official KCNA news agency. honour Michael Caine improve inter-Korean ties. The South had answered The statement by Kim Yong the North’s “good faith with ENGLISH actor Michael Caine will Chol came just a day after Kim hostile acts” after “letting go receive the top prize at the post- Yo Jong, the powerful sister of the opportunity for improved in- poned Czech film festival in the city leader Kim Jong Un, demanded ter-Korean relations”, he added. of Karlovy Vary starting later this Washington withdraw its forces Kim is a senior official in the month, organisers said on Tuesday. from the peninsula. ruling Workers’ Party and acted The prolific 88-year-old Oscar The US and South Korean as leader Kim Jong Un’s envoy winner known for his roles in Al- militaries began their prelim- ahead of a summit in Hanoi in fie (1966), Sleuth (1972) and The inary training Tuesday in the 2019, meeting then-president Cider House Rules (1998) will get run-up to next week’s yearly Donald Trump in Washington. the Crystal Globe award for his summertime exercise, which The summit collapsed over “outstanding contribution to world the nuclear-armed North has sanctions relief and what the cinema”. long considered a rehearsal for nuclear-armed North would be Anti-war activists hold placards reading “Stop War Exercises,” during a Hollywood star Johnny Depp, invasion. willing to give up in return, and rally against planned South Korea-U.S. annual joint military exercises best known for the Pirates of the near the U.S. embassy in Seoul on August 5, 2019. PHOTO: AFP/FILE Pyongyang will make the talks have since been largely at Caribbean series, will be among the Seoul authorities realise “what a standstill, while Pyongyang stars attending the festival. SEOUL will face a “serious se- the United States, a senior a serious security crisis they has retreated behind a self-im- Czech film director Jan Sverak, curity crisis” for going ahead Pyongyang official threatened will face”, Kim Yong Chol said posed curtain of coronavirus who won an Oscar for the best in- with its joint military drills with Wednesday, saying the South in a statement released by the isolation.—AFP ternational feature film with Kolya in 1996, will get the festival presi- dent’s award. Italy’s citizenship law back in focus after Olympics wins The 55th edition of the Kar- lovy Vary Film Festival will take place on August 20-28 after being ITALY’S enthusiasm over its postponed from July because of Olympics success, driven in the COVID-19 pandemic.— AFP part by multicultural athletes, has once again reignited debate over its citizenship law and the Twitter Suspends Pro- bureaucratic hurdles faced by Trump US Lawmaker thousands of young people. Marjorie Taylor For The debate comes on the heels of Italy’s best performance Covid Misinformation in history at the Olympic Games, with 40 medals from a diverse TWITTER said Tuesday it had band of athletes from a variety suspended the account of con- of backgrounds, including the troversial US lawmaker Marjorie country’s new star, Texas-born Taylor Greene, a staunch support- sprinter Lamont Marcell Jacobs. er of former Republican president The debate was sparked Donald Trump, for a week over a anew after the head of Italy’s “misleading” tweet on coronavirus National Olympic Committee, vaccines. Giovanni Malago, complained Gold medallists Italy’s Lorenzo Patta, Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Italy’s Eseosa Fostine Desalu amd Italy’s The tweet in question, sent on of the bureaucratic headaches Filippo Tortu celebrate on the podium during the victory ceremony for the men’s 4x100m relay event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. PHOTO: AFP Monday, said the US Food and Drug confronting Italian-born athletes Administration should not give fi- who want to compete for their Europe, providing rights based “right of the soil”. Children born ning an arduous process that can nal approval to anti-coronavirus country, but lack citizenship. on blood ties rather than based in Italy to foreign parents must take four years, one that Malago vaccines, with Greene saying they Under its current path to on where children are born – await their 18th birthdays before described as “a Dante-esque cir- were “failing” and did not curb the citizenship, Italy is an outlier in an idea known as “ius soli”, or applying for citizenship, begin- cle”.—AFP spread of the virus. Twitter labeled the message “misleading” and suggested that Nicaragua opposition leader flees users consult information provid- ed by US health authorities about to Costa Rica to avoid detention vaccines and mask-wearing. “The tweet you referenced THE head of Nicaragua’s oppo- lic appearance in several days. was labeled in line with our Cov- sition party Citizens Alliance for “(Staying) didn’t make id-19 misleading information pol- Liberty said Tuesday she had sense, they were going to take icy,” a Twitter spokesperson said in left the country for Costa Rica, me to jail or they were going to a statement to AFP. fearing she would be added to deport me.” Last week, officials “The account will be in the list of rival politicians arrest- canceled the CxL head’s national read-only mode for a week due to ed by President Daniel Ortega’s identity card and passport. repeated violations of the Twit- government. “I’ve been in hiding since ter rules.” The platform’s rules on “Nobody is safe anymore,” Friday,” Monterrey said. “I was Covid misinformation state that a said Carmella Rogers, also looking for a way out that had to seven-day suspension comes with known as Kitty Monterrey, in a be gradual to get here in a safe a fourth violation of the site’s terms televised interview with Telenoti- way. It was difficult and I’m tired, Kitty Monterrey has dual citizenship, which is against the electoral law. of use.— AFP cias in Costa Rica -- her first pub- but here I am.”—AFP PHOTO: AFP 12 AUGUST 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR GLOBAL AFFAIRS 15

Texas Republicans approve arrest of OBITUARY Democrats who fled to block voting bill: reports U Khin Maung Lwin A top Texas lawmaker late Consultant Statistician, WHO, Tuesday signed arrest war- rants for 52 absent Dem- South East Asia (retired) ocrats who walked out of the state’s House of Rep- 88 Years resentatives last month in an effort to block a restric- Beloved husband of the late Daw Tin tive voting bill, US media reported. Tin Myaing, father of U Tin Aung Lwin Republican state law- (Ottawa, Canada), father-in-law of Daw makers in Texas voted ear- lier in the evening to allow Nilar Aung Gyi, and grandfather of the arrests. Arka Aung Lwin and Huntha Aung The warrants, signed Lwin, passed away on 6 August 2021 by Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, are set to be in Yangon, Myanmar. delivered to the House ser- geant-at-arms Wednesday Texas Democratic lawmakers fled their state in a bid to derail a Republican-led voting morning, the Dallas Morn- restrictions bill that critics say is blatant voter suppression. PHOTO: AFP/FILE ing News reported, citing NEWS Phelan’s spokesman. by Governor Greg Abbott “assault on democracy.” within our rights as legis- The motion to bring in a bid to ram through the Their absence left the lators to break quorum to IN BRIEF back the absentee law- voting bill. Texas House short of a protect our constituents,” makers passed 80 to 12, The special session quorum needed to pass an- according to the Morning New York Governor with only one Republican had to be called after the ything. At least two dozen News.“Texas House Dem- Andrew Cuomo resigns after voting against it. Dozens lawmakers walked out in of the Democratic lawmak- ocrats are committed to of Democratic lawmakers May to torpedo Republi- ers remain in Washington, fighting with everything we harassment claims fled Texas in July, traveling can plans for voting re- according to the Morning have against Republicans’ to Washington with the in- strictions that President News. Texas House Dem- attacks on our freedom to EMBATTLED New York Governor Andrew Cuomo an- tention to run out the clock Joe Biden had decried as ocratic Caucus leader vote,” he said in a state- nounced his resignation on Tuesday after 11 women accused on a special session called voter suppression and an Chris Turner said it is “fully ment.—AFP him of sexual harassment. “I think that given the circumstances, the best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back Afghanistan’s Ghani to rally forces in key to government,” Cuomo said in a live address. “My resignation will be effective in 14 days.” northern city as Taliban advances The 63-year-old Cuomo denied the claims of sexual harassment outlined in a report released last week by the AFGHAN President Ashraf its control over the north New York Attorney General’s office. But he said he wanted Ghani flew to the besieged -- long a bastion of anti-Tal- to “deeply, deeply apologize” to any women who may have northern city of Mazar-i- iban militias. been offended by his actions. Sharif Wednesday to rally Hours before Ghani “I have been too familiar with people,” he said. “I do his beleaguered forces, arrived, pictures posted on hug and kiss people casually, women and men. I have done with Taliban fighters hav- official government social it all my life.” “In my mind I’ve never crossed the line with ing now taken more than media accounts showed anyone,” he added. “But I didn’t realize the extent to which a quarter of the country’s Dostum boarding a plane the line has been redrawn.”—AFP provincial capitals in less in Kabul en route to Mazar, than a week. along with a contingent of Ghani arrived in commandos. Brazil’s Bolsonaro flexes Mazar as the Taliban cap- Fighting in Afghani- tured Faizabad overnight, stan’s long-running conflict muscles with military parade making it the ninth city to A cyclist rides past a booth with a Taliban flag in the main has escalated dramatically be overrun since Friday. square of the northern city of Kunduz. PHOTO: AFP since May, when the US-led BRAZILIAN President Jair Bolsonaro drew criticism Tuesday The Afghan leader military coalition began the for presiding over a military parade outside the presidential held talks with Mazar’s Rashid Dostum about the of Mazar would be a cata- final stage of a withdrawal palace, a show of strength as he fends off sinking popularity long-time strongman Atta defence of the city, as Tali- strophic blow to the Kabul set to be completed be- and a raft of investigations. Mohammad Noor and ban fighters inched closer government and represent fore the end of the month. Smiling with the military top brass at his side, the far- infamous warlord Abdul to its outskirts. The loss the complete collapse of —AFP right leader stood atop the palace steps as a long convoy of tanks and armored vehicles filed through the Brazilian capital. Critics said the display was reminiscent of Brazil’s Canadian Michael Spavor jailed for 11 years in China for spying 1964-1985 military dictatorship, for which Bolsonaro, a former army captain, is openly nostalgic. “This is pathet- A Chinese court on patriot Michael Kovrig also accusing Canada of Canadian ambassador to ic... Our democracy has the means to defend itself from a Wednesday jailed Canadi- on what Ottawa has said politicising legal cases. China, who was present coup-mongering outburst,” said Senator Omar Aziz, chair of an businessman Michael are politically orchestrat- Spavor “was con- in the courtroom for the a Senate committee investigating the government’s widely Spavor for 11 years for ed charges after Huawei victed of espionage and verdict, linked the ver- criticized handling of Covid-19. spying, a sentence swift- executive Meng Wanzhou illegally providing state dict and the upholding Bolsonaro, 66, is also facing investigations over his at- ly condemned by Prime was arrested in Canada on secrets”, Dandong city’s on Tuesday of the death tacks on Brazil’s electronic voting system, which he alleges Minister Justin Trudeau a US extradition warrant. Intermediate People’s sentence against another -- without evidence -- is riddled with fraud. The Supreme as “unacceptable and un- Relations between Court said in a statement. national to Meng’s ongo- Court and Supreme Electoral Court have ordered him in- just.” Spavor was detained the two countries have hit “He was sentenced to ing hearings in Vancou- vestigated for potential crimes in his unrelenting campaign in 2018 along with com- rock bottom, with China 11 years in prison.” The ver.— AFP against the system, which Brazil has used since 1996.—AFP 12 AUGUST 2021 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Draw ceremony for AFF Suzuki Cup postponed Republic of the Union THE ASEAN Football Feder- try’s key events being postponed delay the Official Draw.” ation (AFF) recently decided as a result of the enhanced re- Malcolm Thorpe, Manag- of Myanmar State that an official draw ceremony strictions, AFF, as a responsible ing Director, South East Asia at to be held this month for the up- event organiser, has decided to SPORTFIVE, said, “We under- Administration Council coming AFF Suzuki Cup will be reschedule the AFF Suzuki Cup stand and support AFF’s deci- postponed amidst the Covid-19 Draw as well,” ASEAN football sion to postpone the Draw. For Nine Objectives pandemic surge. officials added. AFF and for us, the health and The new schedule for the AFF President, Major Gen- safety of everyone connected ceremony will be announced eral Khiev Sameth said, “Sin- with the event will always be 1. Political affairs soon, AFF football authorities gapore has done an excellent the top priority.” said. job in managing the ongoing “The AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 (a) To build a Union based on democracy and fed- “The Official Draw was pandemic. We understand that has been scheduled to take eralism, through a disciplined and genuine mul- originally planned to take place the restrictions are in place to place between 5th December tiparty democratic system that is fair and just. in Singapore, before Singapore keep the Singapore community 2021—1st January 2022. Fur- (b) To emphasize the achievement of enduring reverted to stricter measures safe and this is of utmost impor- ther details of the event will be under Phase 2 (Heightened tance. In line with this, we have shared in due course,” officials peace for the entire nation in line with the Na- Alert). With several of the coun- made the considered decision to added.—GNLM tionwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). (c) To continue implementing the principle of peaceful co-existence among countries through an inde- Olympic rings in Tokyo removed, to pendent, active and non-aligned foreign policy. be replaced with Paralympic logo 2. Economic affairs

THE Olympic symbol monu- (a) To enhance production based on agriculture ment, consisting of five inter- and livestock through modern techniques and locking rings colored blue, yel- strengthen all-round development in other sectors low, black, green and red, was taken down in the Tokyo Bay of the economy. area Wednesday as the 17-day (b) To develop a stable market economy and promote international sporting event international investment in order to enhance the ended over the weekend. economic development of the entire National The giant floating rings monument on a concrete plat- people. form set up at Odaiba Marine (c) To promote and support local businesses to create Park will soon be replaced with employment opportunities and increase domestic the “Three Agitos” symbol for production. the Paralympics, scheduled to Work begins to remove an Olympic rings monument in Tokyo’s Odaiba be held from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5. waterfront area on Aug. 11, 2021, three days after the closing ceremony of “I had worries at first about the Tokyo Olympics. PHOTO: KYODO NEWS 3. Social affairs going ahead with the Olympics (a) To ensure a strong and dynamic Union spirit, the amid the coronavirus pandem- 69 tons, was first unveiled in ended Sunday. ic, but I (now) feel it was good to January last year but was tak- The marine park, which genuine spirit of patriotism. have it held as the strong per- en down for maintenance after offers panoramic views of the (b) To respect and promote the customs and tradi- formances by young athletes a decision was made to post- Tokyo skyline, overlooking the tions of all National peoples and preserve and cheered me up,” said Hiroto pone the games for one year Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo safeguard their cultural heritage and national Sato, 58, who was watching the due to the pandemic. It was Tower, served as a venue for removal of the monument from reinstalled in December. triathlon and marathon swim- characteristics. a nearby commercial facility. Lit up at night, the monu- ming events during the Olym- (c) To enhance the health, fitness and education The Olympic monument, ment played a role in creating pics. It will host competitions quality of the entire nation. around 33 meters wide and 15 momentum for the Olympics, by para triathlon athletes. — meters tall and weighing some which started on July 23 and Kyodo News Boxing: Ioka to take on Mexican Rodriguez in 3rd title defense

WORLD Boxing Organization super flyweight cham- He was embroiled in a false-positive drug test controversy pion Kazuto Ioka said Tuesday he will make his third following the bout, but was cleared of wrongdoing after the title defense against second-ranked Mexican Francisco Japan Boxing Commission was found to have handled his pre- Rodriguez Jr. on Sept. 1 at Ota City General Gymnasium match sample negligently. in Tokyo. “I separate (the scandal) from the essence of boxing. I want Ioka will be fighting for the first time since beating to display a difference in class as champion,” Ioka said in an top-ranked Japanese compatriot Kosei Tanaka on New online press conference. Year’s Eve. Ioka holds a 26-2 record with 15 knockouts, while Rodriguez is 34-4 with 24 KOs and one draw. Rodriguez unified the WBO and International Boxing Fed- Kazuto Ioka poses for a photo at an online press conference on Aug. 10, 2021. PHOTO: SHISEI BOXING GYM/ KYODO erations’ minimumweight title in 2014 when he beat Japanese boxer Katsunari Takayama.— Kyodo News