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Vol. V, No. 84, 12th Waning of First Waso 1380 ME www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Monday, 9 July 2018 Vice President U receives Chinese Communist Party delegation

Vice President U Myint Swe, center, takes a documentary photo with Mr. Huang Kunming, member of the CPC Politburo, and his delegation, union ministers and deputy minister in Nay Pyi Taw. PHOTO: NEWS AGENCY

ICE President U Myint and Head of the CPC Propa- and cooperation between the and China. national Cooperation U Kyaw VSwe received a delegation ganda Department, at Shwe two countries, assistance be- Also present at the meet- Tin and Deputy Minister for led by Mr. Huang Kunming, San Eain Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw ing rendered to the internal ing were Union Minister for In- Information U Aung Hla Tun. member of the Politburo of yesterday. peace processes of Myanmar formation Dr. Pe Myint, Union After the meeting, a dinner the Communist Party of China During the meeting, talks and the cooperation in the Minister for Religious Affairs party was hosted for the dele- (CPC), Secretary of the Cen- were centred on the promotion media, cultural and tourism and Culture Thura U Aung gation at Shwe San Eain Hotel. tral Committee Secretariat of bilateral friendly relations sectors between Myanmar Ko, Union Minister for Inter- — Myanmar News Agency

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NATIONAL LOCAL NEWS BUSINESS Myanmar Scout Myanmar Retailers MACA calls upon delegates visit fellow Association requests government to scout associations in rules regulating establish handicrafts other countries e-commerce websites centre PAGE-2 PAGE-4 PAGE-5 9 JULY 2018 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Senior General Min Aung Hlaing honours outstanding soldiers, youths A ceremony to honour soldiers, children of the Tatmadaw fam- ilies and war veteran families who passed the matriculation examination for 2017-2018 aca- demic year with flying colours and all-round outstanding youths was held at Zeyathiri Beikman in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday, after- noon, with an address delivered by Commander-in-Chief of De- fence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. At the prize presentation ceremony, the Senior General presented prizes and certifi- Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing addresses the audience at a ceremony honouring soldiers and children of cates of honour to officers-in- Tatmadaw families who passed the 2017-2018 matriculation examination held in Zeyathiri Beikman in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. PHOTO: MNA charge from basic education high schools and Tatmadaw Hla and Deputy Command- fairs Lt-Gen Kyaw Swe and wife, ners, who are children of active students of Tatmadaw families Education Schools under the er-in-Chief of Defence Services Union Minister for Defence Lt- and retired service personnel, has been held since 2011-2012, Directorate of Public Relations Commander-in-Chief (Army) Gen Sein Win and wife and Union and civilian staff appointed in and this is the seventh time. Gold and Psychological Warfare—No Vice-Senior General Soe Win Minister for Border Affairs Lt- place of military personnel; 34 medals and cash awards were 2 Basic Education High School and wife Daw Than Than Nwe Gen Ye Aung and wife presented national-level all-round out- awarded to 273 six-distinction (Mingaladon) Aung San Thuri- presented prizes and certificates prizes and certificates of honour standing students, four who won winners, 555 five-distinction ya Hla Thaung School which of honour to six-distinction win- to 15 five-distinction winners. awards in state-level article and winners, 913 four-distinction stood first in the best pass rate ners in the matriculation exam- Then officials presented prizes essay contests; and 84 children winners, 1,064 three-distinction of matriculation examination ination, the first-prize winner in and certificates of honour to of active and retired service per- winners, 1,356 two-distinction in 2017-2018 academic year, the State level essay contest to five-distinction winners, four-dis- sonnel, who won scholarships winners and 4,710 one-distinction Basic Education High School mark the 72nd UN Day, the sec- tinction winners, three-distinc- in higher education vocational winners. As of 2014-15 academ- (Shwenattaung), second and No ond-prize winner in the 20th State tion winners, two-distinction win- universities, totaling 479. And ic year, scholarships for higher 18 Basic Education High School level essay and poster contest ners and one-distinction winners. with cash contributions from education vocational universi- (Mandalay), third,— and school to mark the International Day Gold medals, awards and donors, Ks-60,000 was present- ties were awarded, and 72 were heads from No 2 Tatmadaw Ed- against Drug Abuse and Illic- certificates of honour were pre- ed each for 1,138 one-distinction awarded in 2014, 86 in 2015, 82 in ucation School (Meiktila) which it Trafficking, the second-prize sented to three Tatmadaw basic winners and 305 two-distinction 2016, and 81 in 2017, and 84 this stood first in the best pass rate winner in the central level ar- education high schools and three winners, totaling 1,443, as well year, totalling 405 are provided of matriculation examination, No ticle, essay, poem and poster Tatmadaw education schools as gold medals for 221 three-dis- with monthly stipends. Foreign 11 Tatmadaw Education School contest in commemoration of which recorded highest pass rate tinction winners from families of trips have been arranged for out- (Monywa) and No 3 Tatmadaw the World Teachers’ Day 2017 in 2017-18 academic year, and active and retired service per- standing soldiers and all-round Education School (Aungpan) and the bronze-award winner 32 soldiers which won one and sonnel who could not attend the outstanding youths since 2013, respectively. in Singapore and Asia Schools two distinctions, 50 six-distinc- ceremony. and foreign trips will also be Senior General Min Aung Math Olympiads 2018. tion winners, 119 five-distinction Prize-presentation to dis- arranged this year.—Myanmar Hlaing and wife Daw Kyu Kyu Union Minister for Home Af- winners, 156 four-distinction win- tinction-winning matriculated News Agency

Myanmar Scout delegates visit fellow scout associations in other countries

THE Myanmar Scout Associa- Dr. Tin Nyo and U Min Htin scout groups such as the Cub tion has sent delegations led by discussed how the Myanmar Scouts and Senior Scouts. Chief Commissioner Dr. Tin Nyo Scout Association recruits new Dr. Tin Nyo met with Thai- and other representatives to the members without discrimination land’s Deputy Prime Minister, Philippines, Thailand, and South on the basis of race, ethnicity, Minister for Education, and Korea in order to promote bilat- religion, culture, social status, scoutmasters from other coun- Myanmar Scout Association Chief Commissioner Dr. Tin Nyo seen with eral relations between scout as- or gender. Attendants also met tries. They discussed that a ma- scout representatives from other countries at the 107th National Scout Day sociations, exchange experienc- with scouts, rover scouts, and jor reason the scout association held in Thailand on 1 July. PHOTO: MYANMAR SCOUT ASSOCIATION es and practices, and to increase scoutmasters who rose to their in Thailand is well developed is cooperation in scout operations. positions from a state of home- because the Chief Scout of Thai- ister discussed sending scout- He engaged in discussions The Asia-Pacific Scout Re- lessness after persevering for land has always been its king. masters to Myanmar to assist in with 35 scout representatives gion held the APR-Workshop 10 years. They also discussed adopting opening Cub Scout programmes from member countries in the on Diversity and Inclusion in Dr. Tin Nyo also attended the Thai system of enrolling in Myanmar. Asia-Pacific Region to promote Manila, Philippines, from 22 to the 107th National Scout Day middle school students in the Elsewhere, Phyo Thura Win, relations and cooperate in scout 27 June. Chief Commissioner in Thailand on 1 July along- scout association. Thailand has Youth Coordinator of Myanmar operations. Dr. Tin Nyo, Chief Scout U Min side Thailand’s Princess, the 900,000 registered scouts and Scout Association, attended the They also inspected the site Htin and scout association rep- Asia-Pacific Scout Region, offi- over a hundred years of scout APR Seminar on Disaster Man- for hosting the 2023 World Scout resentatives from 27 countries cials from Thailand’s Scout As- experience. agement held in Buan, Republic Jamboree in South Korea.—My- attended the workshop. sociation, ethnic representative Thai’s Deputy Prime Min- of Korea, from 22 to 24 June. anmar News Agency 9 JULY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3

The meaning of independence

Independence does not mean an undisciplined way of life. Independence strictly dictates that we live a disciplined life. Independence can survive only with discipline. After we achieve independence, the people need to observe discipline more strictly.

(Excerpt from Bogyoke Aung San’s speech broadcast on radio on 5 April 1947)

Chinese Communist Party delegation visits Shwedagon Pagoda

Mr. Huang Kunming offers a donation to the Shwedagon Pagoda, which Mr. Huang Kunming, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China (CPC), center, and his is accepted by Board of Trustees member U Win Ti. PHOTO: MNA delegation tour the Shwedagon Pagoda. PHOTO: MNA

Mr. Huang Kunming, member of signed the visitors’ book. around the photo exhibition hall. Win presented a report on the casting programmes. the Politburo of the Communist They then offered flowers, They paid their respects to the company’s cooperation with the In the afternoon, they went Party of China (CPC), Secretary water, and lights to the images pagoda clockwise and visited the Chinese media and the Ministry shopping at the Bogyoke Aung of the Central Committee Sec- of Buddha, and donated cash for religious buildings on the pagoda of Information. Mr. Huang Kun- San market. The guests flew from retariat and Head of the CPC the pagoda through the Pagoda premises. ming stressed the need to extend Yangon to Nay Pyi Taw in the Propaganda Department, and Board of Trustees, who presented Following this, Mr. Huang cooperation with China. The del- evening where they were wel- delegation visited Shwedagon them with a certificate of honour. Kunming and delegation met egation then looked around the comed by Deputy Minister for Pagoda in Yangon yesterday Later, the Chinese delega- with officials at the Shwethanl- studio. Information U Aung Hla Tun and morning. tion paid homage to the Jade win Media head office. At the Myanmar Internation- officials at Nay Pyi Taw Interna- After paying obeisance to the Buddha image and Sacred Bud- At the meeting, Chairman of al Radio, the delegation met with tional Airport. —Myanmar News Shwedagon, the Chinese guests dha’s Tooth Relic and later went Shwethanlwin Company U Kyaw officials and studied the broad- Agency

Media Council to elect new members in August

MYANMAR Press Council will mally, we can elect 15 to 30 per- plication forms from the website elect members for the second sons to the council. Under the of the council or from the Mm. term in August, according to a law and rules, we can elect up presscouncil page. press meet held at Summit Park to 30 members—22 from among They can submit their ap- View Hotel in Yangon yesterday media groups, individuals, writ- plications by email at mmpress- afternoon. ers and poets, and the other five [email protected] or in person As the three-year term of from among technicians, includ- at the council office, not later the Myanmar Press Council ing legal experts, and one each than 4 pm on 20 July. ends in November under the proposed by the President, the If the number of candidates Media Law, the council sched- Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw from a specific field exceeds the uled an election three months and the Speaker of the Amyotha fixed ratio, the candidates of that U Thiha Saw, Chairman of election committee, addresses attendants ahead of the expiry of the term. Hluttaw.” particular category can elect at the press meet on electing new members for the Myanmar Press Election committee secre- Candidates to the council the winners.—Myanmar News Council, held in Summit Park View Hotel in Yangon. PHOTO: MNA tary U Myo Ko Myo said, “Nor- can download copies of the ap- Agency 9 JULY 2018 4 LOCAL NEWS THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Myanmar Retailers Association requests

ACTING CHIEF EDITOR Aye Min Soe, rules regulating e-commerce websites [email protected]

EXPATRIATE CONSULTANT EDITOR Mark Angeles, By May Thet Hnin whenever something goes by buying products from said. markrangeles@gmail .com wrong, and so, we requested department stores and Additionally, the retailers SENIOR EDITORIAL CONSULTANT THE Myanmar Retailers As- a law to tackle this,” he said large shopping malls. Some requested the government to Kyaw Myaing sociation has requested the at a recent meeting between imported goods skip the Food incorporate the facts concern-

SENIOR TRANSLATORS government to formulate clear Vice President U Myint Swe and Drug Administration’s ing online products into laws Zaw Min, rules and policies to regulate and the businessmen. regulations,” said U Myo Min and by-laws on copyright and [email protected] the e-commerce sector, said U Rules and regulations con- Aung. distributor rights. Win Ko Ko Aung, [email protected] Myo Min Aung, vice chairper- cerning e-commerce websites Yangon Region Chief Digital marketing online son of the association. should be incorporated into Minister U Phyo Min Thein lacks business licences and INTERNATIONAL NEWS EDITOR “Multi national e-com- the Consumers Protection said it would take time to de- Ye Htut Tin, does not pay taxes. [email protected] merce websites, such as Ali- Law, he said. velop such a law. In a bid to The government loses baba, are reliable. But there “Some online shopping tackle this problem prior to revenue from this, and so, it LOCAL NEWS EDITORS Tun Tun Naing (Editor), are illegal trading sites. They sites act as delivery services the legislation, directives and should prioritise this issue, [email protected] lack a traceable background instead of shopping platforms, notifications will be issued, he they said. Nwe Nwe Tun (Sub-editor), [email protected]

TRANSLATORS Khaing Thanda Lwin, Hay Mar Tin Win, Ei Myat Mon Flood preparedness Zaw Htet Oo Giant whale found dead on mock drill conducted Kyaw Zin Lin Kyaw Zin Tun in Khamti REPORTER Rakhine beach THE Department of Disaster May Thet Hnin, Management (DDM) organised a [email protected] [email protected] A giant whale was found dead mock drill on flood preparedness on a beach near Kanpauk Vil- in the houses and schools of the PHOTOGRAPHER lage in Kyeintali Town, Rakh- low-lying area in Pawmine Ward, Kyaw Zeya Win @ Phoe Khwar ine State, on 7 July. Khamti Town, Sagaing Region, COMPUTER TEAM The whale measures yesterday morning. Tun Zaw , Thein Ngwe, Zaw Zaw Aung, around 33 feet in length and Floods in Khamti Township Ye Naing Soe, Nyi Zaw Moe, 9 ft in circumference, said mainly occur during the monsoon Hnin Pwint, Kay Khaing Win, an official from the Depart- season. Local people, firefight- Sanda Hnin ment of Fisheries. ers, members of the Myanmar EDITORIAL SECTION Fishery officials are at- Red Cross, policemen, regional (+95) (01)8604529, tempting to extract all the lawmakers and departmental Fax — (+95) (01) 8604305 bones from the whale. officials were actively involved CIRCULATION & DISTRIBUTION Local fishermen in the drill. San Lwin, (+95) (01) 8604532, worry this could lead to wa- Officials from the DDM pro- Hotline - 09 974424114 ter pollution in the area, vided relief supplies, such as con- ADVERTISING & MARKETING according to a source from struction materials and food, to ( +95) (01) 8604530, the Information and Public the families of Thazi Village, who Hotline - 09 974424848 [email protected] Relations Department.— had to be relocated due to erosion [email protected] MDN Photo shows the gigantic dead whale on the beach. PHOTO: MDN after severe rains struck Khamti Township.—Chan Law/MDN Printed and published at the Global New Light of Myanmar Printing Factory at No.150, Nga Htat Kyee Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, by the Global New Light of Myanmar Daily under Printing Permit No. 00510 and Publishing Permit No. 00629. Banning small-scale gold mines [email protected] www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com www.facebook.com/ increases illegal gold miners globalnewlightofmyanmar

AN increasing number of ille- regulations. New gold min- escape from the mining blocks, plaints in this regard to the gal gold miners have recent- ing blocks were permitted in as news about the inspection Union government, which then ly been reported in Homalin Homalin district by the mining is often leaked. The machines allowed the regional mines de- District, Sagaing Region. This department from June 2006. were seized,” said U Moe Swe. partment to inspect the illegal has been attributed to the sus- There are only 40 authorised The Sagaing Region gold mines. pension of permission to small- miners left in Homalin district. small-scale mining operations There are a number of Write for us scale processing units, said U Previously, small-scale operat- screening team, which was re- gold miners in Homalin. Some

We appreciate your feedback and Moe Swe, director of Sagaing ing permits were designated cently formed, is negotiating sell machines for gold min- contributions. If you have any comments Region Department of Mines. for 20 acres. with the regional government ing. The increasing number or would like to submit editorials, analyses or reports please email “The temporary banning After a by-law of the Mines in order to grant permits to of complaints with regard to [email protected] of small-scale gold mines leads Law was instituted, 20-acre small-scale miners and gold increasing illegal gold mining with your name and title. Due to limitation of space we are only to a rise in the number of il- blocks turned to a medi- diggers on a manageable scale. damages the reputation of able to publish “Letter to the Editor” legal gold mines. Therefore, um-scale level. Small-scale The Sagaing Region gov- the related department and that do not exceed 500 words. Should you submit a text longer than 500 words we are making efforts to grant operations are set on 4 acres. ernment wants to tackle ille- increases the department’s ac- please be aware that your letter will be permits to them in accordance Inspection tours are being gal gold mining in Homalin countability. — Myo Win Tun edited. with the prescribed rules and conducted, but illegal miners Township and submitted com- (Monywa) 9 JULY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR BUSINESS 5 Bilateral trade with the Netherlands exceeds $61 million in two months

THE value of trade between ported from the Netherlands. Myanmar and the Nether- Bilateral trade was regis- lands reached US$61.98 mil- tered at $211.57 million in the lion in the first two months of 2017-2018 FY, $141million in the the six-month period (April to 2016-2017 FY, $61 million in the September) prior to the 2018- 2015-16 FY, $42 million in the 2019 fiscal year, while exports 2014-2015 FY, $26 million in the outdid imports in Myanmar’s 2013-2014 FY, $9 million in the bilateral trade with the Neth- 2012-2013 FY and $23 million in erlands, according to figures of the 2011-2012 FY. the commerce ministry. The Netherlands is listed Exports are worth $57.25 among the top ten investor million, while imports from the countries in Myanmar. A capital Netherlands are valued at $4.73 of $1.5 billion was brought into million. the country since the 1988-1989 Myanmar exports agro FY, according to the statistics of products such as oil seeds and the Directorate of Investment vegetable oil and men’s and and Company Administration. women’s shirts, parasols (tra- Multinational corporations ditional Pathein umbrellas), and headquartered in the Nether- fishery products, while dairy lands—Shell, Unilever and Phil- Pathein umbrellas decorate a cafe in Yangon. The traditional umbrellas are being exported to the products, consumer goods and lips—are also doing business in Netherlands. PHOTO: SUPPLIED raw industrial materials are im- Myanmar. —Ko Khant Unstable global MACA calls upon government situation leads to drop to establish handicrafts centre of rubber prices

By May Thet Hnin Ks800 per pound this time last year. RUBBER prices are decreas- Since the end of last year, ing following the instability in rubber prices have been grad- the global political and eco- ually declining to the lowest nomic climate. rate of Ks680 per pound in The prevailing prices of June. rubber range from US$1,550 The current market price to $1,600 per ton for Ribbed of rice increased a little follow- Smoke Sheets RSS3 and it ing the strengthening of the fetches Ks750 per pound in dollar exchange rate, said U the local market. Khaing Myint. The economic climate of The rubber planters can- the European Union member not make profits after the fall in countries, the United States, price due to input costs, includ- China and Japan, market ing labour wages, said Daw Lin equilibrium, global crude oil Lin Tun, rubber farm owner price, the US exchange rate from Hlinebwe Township in and political turbulence are Kayin State. contributing factors to the drop “We cannot get healthy in rubber prices. profits with the current mar- “Surprisingly this year, the ket price. That’s why we are rubber market is abnormal, stockpiling it,” said Daw Lin A worker creates a traditional floral design for a religious edifice. PHOTO: SUPPLIED as rubber prices in the global Lin Tun. market are closely connected China accounts for 70 per THE Myanmar Arts and Crafts handicrafts market with an aim men, working with less than 10 with crude oil prices. Another cent of Myanmar’s rubber Association (MACA) request- to penetrate the European Union labourers. As the handicrafts reason for the fall in the rubber exports and the remaining is ed the government to set up a and the US markets. market has been cooling, the price is the trade war between shipped to Singapore, Indo- handicrafts centre or construct Additionally, the association burden of taxation has risen. It the United States and China. In nesia, Malaysia, South Korea, a handicraft village so that shops mentioned that it would also like requested the government to addition, there is a mismatch India, Japan and Germany. and workshops can all be ar- to meet with the respective re- grant a temporary tax exemption between supply and demand as Rubber is primarily plant- ranged in one place, said U Thar- gion and state governments to or tax waivers before the market supply exceeds consumption ed in Mon, Kayin and Shan du, chair of the association, at a report the strengths and weak- recovers. by around 350,000 tons,” said U states and Taninthayi, Yangon recent meeting between Vice nesses of Myanmar’s arts and At present, Myanmar’s arts Khaing Myint of the Myanmar and Bago regions. There are President U Myint Swe and the crafts. and crafts industry is threatened Rubber Planters and Produc- over 1,627,000 acres of rubber businessmen. MACA called upon the gov- almost to extinction, as a result ers Association. farms, 750,000 of which can Also, MACA requested the ernment to lift or waive tax im- of shortage of skilled labourers Rubber fetched above produce rubber latex. government to boost Myanmar’s posed on small-scale business- and lower demand. —GNLM 9 JULY 2018 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Union Minister Lt-Gen Ye Aung inspects Digital marketing to be set up regional development operations in at JATA Tourism Expo 2018 THE tourism and travel booth anmar at the 33rd Korea World Mon State, Taninthayi Region to be exhibited at the JATA Travel Fair. He also spoke about Tourism Expo 2018 will be pro- the need for cooperation be- moted through digital market- tween the government and the ing, according to a coordination private sector to promote My- meeting held at Inya Lake Ho- anmar, ease of visa policies so tel in Yangon. more foreigners would come to The meeting was attended Myanmar and more funds for by officials from the Myanmar Myanmar’s tourism. Tourism Federation, Ministry of Next, Vice Chairman U Hotels and Tourism, Myanmar Maung Maung Swe of the My- Travels Association Committee, anmar Tourism Federation and Myanmar Tourism Market- stressed the need for Myan- ing public societies, who are in mar’s participation in the Ja- charge of the digital marketing. pan Tourism Road Show and During the meeting, Union Myanmar Festival 2018. Minister U deliv- Later, Chairperson of My- ered the opening speech. In his anmar Tourism Marketing speech, he focused on promot- Committee Dr May Myat Mon ing Myanmar to Japanese tour- Win spoke about the agenda ists, how booths exhibited at and preparation for the JATA international travel fairs should Tourism Expo 2018. The meet- Union Minister for Border Affairs Lt-Gen Ye Aung instructs requirements to the officials. PHOTO: MNA convince the world’s travelers ing concluded with advice about and that the Best Booth Oper- digital marketing.— Myanmar UNION Minister for Border Af- minister travelled to the (34/6) School in Dawei and met with ation Award was won by My- News Agency fairs Lt-Gen Ye Aung travelled milepost on the Mawtkanin-Bel- the principal, instructors and to Mon State on 5 July and was amu-Besaing-Kuntheetaw Road students. He then inspected the welcomed by Mon State Minister in Ye Township and inspected basic mechanic course, electri- for Security and Border Affairs the milepost (2/0) gravel road cal and soldering course, basic Col. Win Naing Oo. paved with the Ministry of Bor- automobile repair course, and The union minister inspect- der Affairs’ budget from the basic mobile hardware repair ed the Mon State Development 2017-2018 FY and milepost (1/4) course being taught at the train- Supervision Office in Mawlamy- gravel road in the paving pro- ing school. ine and was given a presentation cess with funds from the min- On 7 July, the union minister by the Mon State director on the istry’s first 6-month budget for travelled to Taninthayi Region progress of regional develop- the 2018-2019 FY. and arrived at the Development ment and administration. The On 6 July, the union min- Supervision Office, where he union minister gave advice as ister visited the Women’s Do- was given a presentation on re- necessary and then met with mestic Skills Training School gional development operations Officials discuss at the coordination meeting for tourism held at Inya staff before inspecting the gun- and the Border Ethnic Youth and administrative progress by Lake Hotel in Yangon. PHOTO: MNA powder warehouse and staff Development Training School the director. He then inspected accommodation. in Ye Town and met with the the under-construction Border The union minister then respective principals and stu- Ethnic Youth Development Visitors throng Sittway Beach travelled to the Women’s Do- dents. He then inspected the Training School in Dawei with mestic Skills Training School in basic domestic skills courses, funds from the 6-month budget SITTWAY Beach in the capital along the strand road to get Mudon Township and inspected dining hall, and dormitories. period for the 2018-2019 FY. of Rakhine State is emerging fresh air. The beach is a nice the basic domestic course, mod- Next, the union minister Later, the union minister popular among tourists and lo- place to exercise. Local and ern sewing classes, dormitories, travelled to Yebyu Township inspected the asphalt rein- cals alike as a place to rest and foreign visitors love going to and dining hall. and inspected the (1/4) mile- forcement at milepost (4/0) exercise. the traditional food stalls at the The union minister then post on the Pautpinkwin-Mal- along Samhlan Village in Laung “I am a Yangonite, but beach. We must all discard gar- inspected the site for low-cost wetaung Village gravel road and Lone Township using funds from now, I am a government staff bage systematically to keep the housing being built for teach- the (1/4) milepost on the Phar- the Ministry of Border Affairs’ assigned in Sittway, the capital beach clean and pleasant.” ers from Tadar Oo post primary chaung-Taung Yin Inn-Sel Eain 6-month budget period for the of Rakhine State. Every week- Along the strand road and school and Phar Thein (B.E.H.S- Su Village gravel road being 2018-2019 FY. The union minister end, I go to the beach and play beach in Sittway Township, branch school) in Kyaikmaraw paved with funds from the first then travelled to Samhlan Vil- football with my friends. We get thousands of people exercise, Township using funds from the 6-month budget of the 2018-2019 lage’s Basic Education Middle a lot of fresh air from the sea,” walk and run in the mornings. Ministry of Border Affairs’ six- FY union budget. School and donated exercise said Ko Kaung Myat, a visitor. They also play football in the month budget period for the In the afternoon, the union books and school uniforms to Ma Aye Aye Khine who evenings, especially on week- 2018-2019 fiscal year. minister visited the Border Eth- the students. —Myanmar News is visiting the beach also said, ends and pubic holidays. — In the evening, the union nic Youth Development Training Agency “People usually take a stroll Aung Thura/ Han Lin Naing

Sittway Beach. PHOTO: AUNG THURA International Cooperative Day

A Trade Fair, marking the In- at the Ministry of Agricultural, and foodstuff manufactured ternational Cooperative Day Livestock and Irrigation in Nay by cooperatives from 2018, sold goods worth over Pyi Taw was crowded with visi- states and regions, were avail- Ks120 million in four days—5 tors yesterday. able at the fair, which contin- July until 8 July. Various kinds of com- ues today.—Myanmar News As always, the trade fair modities, including clothes Agency 9 JULY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 7 Pompeo brushes off N Korea ‘gangster’ tag, says sanctions to stay

TOKYO — US Secretary of US negotiators who “never men- State Mike Pompeo on Sunday tioned” the subject of bringing shrugged off North Korean ac- the 1953 Korean War to a formal cusations of “gangster-like” be- end with a peace treaty. haviour and said sanctions on “We thought that the US side Pyongyang would only be lifted would come with a constructive with “final” denuclearisation. proposal... But this expectation Speaking in Tokyo after two and hope of ours was so naive days of intense discussions in as to be gullible,” the statement Pyongyang, Pompeo insisted the said. talks were making progress and Professor Yang Moo-Jin at were being conducted in “good the University of North Korean faith.” Studies in Seoul said Pyong- In stark contrast, Pyong- yang’s criticism was aimed at yang’s take was overwhelmingly driving a wedge between Trump negative, with the North warning and his top officials. that the future of the peace pro- “The North is trying to get cess was being jeopardised by an upper hand in further nego- overbearing US demands for its Pompeo briefed his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on the talks, and sought to reassure them that tiations,” Yang said. unilateral nuclear disarmament. the dialogue with North Korea would continue. PHOTO: AFP And Pompeo was adamant Speaking privately, US that those further negotiations officials suggested the harsh- peted a denuclearisation goal, happened to merit a relaxation tion to the talks with Pompeo would go ahead. ly-worded North Korean reaction but one that it sees as a lengthy of the tough sanctions imposed came in a Foreign Ministry “We talked about what the was a negotiating tactic. But af- process of undefined multilat- on the North over its nuclear statement that berated the Sec- North Koreans are continuing to ter two days of theatrical amity eral disarmament on the entire missile programme. retary over his “unilateral and do and how it’s the case that we in Pyongyang it illustrated the Korean peninsula, rather than a “Sanctions will remain in gangster-like” demands and for can get our arms around achiev- gulf that remains between the unilateral dismantlement of its place until final, fully verified offering no constructive steps on ing what Chairman Kim and two sides. nuclear arsenal. denuclearisation, as agreed to the US side. “It seems the US President Trump both agreed In Tokyo, Pompeo briefed Speaking in Tokyo, Pompeo by Chairman Kim (Jong Un) oc- misunderstood our goodwill and to,” he said. his Japanese and South Korean said his efforts to push the North curs,” Pompeo said, adding that patience,” the statement said. “No-one walked away from counterparts on the talks, and on disarmament had the back- the US would seek to smooth the Pyongyang noted that it had that.” And he said some progress sought to reassure them that ing of the entire international path by providing security guar- already destroyed a nuclear test had been made towards agree- the dialogue with North Korea community. antees requested by Pyongyang. site — a concession that Trump ing “the modalities” of North would continue. “If those requests were ‘No-one walked away’ has publicly hailed as a victory Korea’s destruction of a missile His trip to Pyongyang had gangster-like, the world is a In practical terms, Pompeo for peace — and lamented that facility. Pompeo, who has now been aimed at fleshing out denu- gangster, because there was a mentioned only that officials Pompeo had proved unwilling to made three visits to Pyongyang, clearisation commitments made unanimous decision at the UN from both sides would meet on match this with US concessions. began the outreach when he was during last month’s historic sum- Security Council about what 12 July to discuss the repatria- It dismissed Trump’s unilat- still Trump’s CIA director and re- mit between President Donald needs to be achieved,” he said. tion of the remains of some US eral order to suspend joint US mained the pointman on negoti- Trump and North Korean leader While insisting again that soldiers killed during the 1950- and South Korean war games ations after the process became Kim Jong Un. the talks were moving forward, 1953 Korean War. as a cosmetic and “highly re- public and he became secretary North Korea has long trum- he stressed that nothing had North Korea’s angry reac- versible” measure and criticised of state. —AFP UK police officer given all clear after Novichok test China to improve legal assistance

LONDON — A police officer was cordoned off by emergency for migrant tested for possible exposure to services. Salisbury hospital workers, disabled the nerve agent Novichok in con- said it had seen “a number nection with the poisoning of a of members of the public who BEIJING — China will provide couple in southwest England on have come to the hospital with more legal assistance for migrant Saturday but was given the all health concerns since this in- workers and the disabled, accord- clear, the local force said. cident started and none have ing to a statement released by “Pleased to confirm that required any treatment”. the Ministry of Justice. Author- the police officer who sought “We would like to reit- ities must make more efforts to precautionary medical advice erate the advice from Public promote law awareness to pre- at Salisbury District Hospital in Health England that the risk vent and reduce disputes over connection with the incident in to the wider public remains migrant workers’ labor rights and Amesbury has been assessed low,” it said. Novichok is a interests, the statement said. The & given the all-clear,” Wiltshire military-grade nerve agent ministry said that legal assistance Police said on Twitter. developed by the Soviet Union must be accessible to all migrant A couple named locally as A police officer stands guard at a cordon near Rollestone Street in during the Cold War. workers, to ensure that by 2020, Dawn Sturgess, 44, and Charlie Salisbury, southern England. PHOTO: AFP Around 100 counter-ter- no migrant workers will have Rowley, 45, fell ill last weekend in rorism officers are helping their wage payment delayed, a the town of Amesbury, following March. The British government police have said. Ministers said in the investigation into the major dispute between migrant what tests later confirmed was accused Russia of trying to kill this week that a link between latest poisoning, which police workers and employers at pres- exposure to Novichok. the Skripals, a charge Moscow the two cases is a main line of said Friday could “take weeks ent. The statement also requires Amesbury is not far from the angrily denied, sparking an in- inquiry, and has asked Moscow and months to complete”. So legal assistance personnel to city of Salisbury where a former ternational crisis. to help provide answers about far, there is no evidence that provide door-to-door services to Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, and The British couple were ex- what has happened. the British couple visited any the disabled and offer convenient his daughter were poisoned by posed to the nerve agent after Several sites in both Ames- of the sites involved in the communication channels through the same type of nerve agent in handling a contaminated item, bury and Salisbury have been Skripal case. —AFP messaging-app WeChat.—Xinhua 9 JULY 2018 9 JULY 2018 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR OPINION 9 A visit to Bogyoke Aung San Museum (Yangon) Public talk held in Freedom Lanmadaw, Yangon

By Khin Cho Cho Han and other related objects. RESOURCE personnel shared by U Wunna Tun, administra- (Mann Myay) As I was desirous to view their knowledge on the dangers tor of township GAD. Regional forged with the kitchen, I stepped down of narcotic drugs with youth in hluttaw representatives Daw ITH tragic, disas- from the inside stairways and downtown Yangon yesterday. Aye Aye Mar and U Kyaw Tun, trous and gloomy landed in the kitchen. Amyotha Hluttaw repre- Dr Daw Than Than Chit from event, Bogyoke sentative Dr Maung Maung the township public health de- WAung San and sev- All simple household delivered the opening speech partment, township law officer discipline en other Arzarni leaders were utensils at the talk jointly organised by Daw Zin Mar Lwin and head of assassinated on 19 July 1947 and All the items displayed at Yangon western District Infor- township education department it has now reached 71 years. the museum are plain, unso- mation and Public Relations also joined in the discussions. Martyrs’ Day is a Myanmar phisticated and simple. The Department, Township General Officials answered the OGYOKE Aung San, national leader and archi- national holiday observed on most attractive part of the mu- Administration Department and questions raised by attendees. tect of independence, spoke much about freedom 19 July to commemorate Bogy- seum is the living room of Bo- Township Education Depart- Authorities from Lanmadaw and rebuilding the nation during his campaign for oke and other leaders, namely, gyoke. This residence has an ment, under the title “Youth and Township, civil social organi- B independence. An important fact he highlighted Thakin Mya, U , U Abdul atmosphere of simplicity and the dangers of narcotic drugs” sations, guests and students in these speeches to the public and to politicians is that Razak,U , U Mahn Ba is devoid of any trace of flam- at a high school in Lanmadaw. attended the talk. — Aung My- freedom and reconciliation requires every citizen to be Khaing, U Sao San Tun, and U boyance. Laws and rules in connec- int(IPRD) involved. Ohn Maung who were gunned I took a snapshot of the ve- tion with drugs were explained Myanmar was united against colonialism and fascism, down. hicle on display which was used but when independence was just within grasp, the people, Although it was raining by Bogyoke. especially the politicians, allowed themselves to be divided. lightly on the morning of 6 June It was like picking up dispersed rice grains for Bogyoke 2018, the author could not sup- Past and present Aung San and his temporary government. press the urge to visit and have On my way back home, my Eventually people split into different factions and a a look at the Bogyoke Aung San mind rushed back to a poem national treason culminated Museum (Yangon). composed by Sayar Gyi Minn in Bogyoke Aung San and Looking at the direction Thu Wun about Bogyoke enti- Whether you other national leaders being guide, I saw all the detailed tled “Past and Present”, prais- assassinated. markers leading to the muse- ing his extraordinary charac- are working for What Bogyoke Aung um. teristics. your personal San said when he was alive On the green and shady Our nation is composed of about the type of dignity Natmauk Road, there is a lane different national races into a benefit or the and mindset every citizen direction marked with “Bogyoke Union who love and cherish in- should have is still relevant Pya Tike Lann”, where I walked dependence. Each and every benefit of your to the present day. This briskly with rain drops hitting citizen embraces tranquility foresight he possessed is my umbrella. Finally, I arrived of the visitors, the direction • Car used for official from Thailand at the museum I entered the bedroom of and peace, and are desirous community, one of the reasons why peo- at the two-story museum, Bogy- signs are displayed, such as transport until the day who came to study the life of Bogyoke and saw a prayer room and determined to step towards Knowledge being shared on the dangers of narcotic drugs . PHOTO: ple today still hold Bogyoke oke’s last residence before his maps for ground floor and upper of his assassination Bogyoke, considering him as there. a modern and developed peace- AUNG MYINT (IPRD) you must be Aung San in high regard. assassination in July 1947. It is floor. A large teak board marked With much surprise and the youngest leader who fought The museum boasts a host ful union. Among his speeches, a colonial-era villa, built in 1921. that Bogyoke had stayed at the admiration on his simplicity, for the country’s independence of Bogyoke Aung San’s personal We regained our independ- cautious so the one he delivered at the The time was ten minutes residence until July 1945, which I witnessed the words written and with the intent to emulate belongings, ranging from a Brit- ence through hard struggle Shwedagon Pagoda clear- past twelve. I made a snapshot with my cam- to his wife saying he wanted to his morale. A man from India ish-built black motor vehicle since 1885, in unity with the that you do ly reflects modern times. era. enjoy boiled beans and Indian also came to study the life of to an overcoat given to him by participation of people from Myanmar Daily Weather Report Bogyoke Aung San said at Entrance to museum naan bread. It shows the empa- Bogyoke to include in a primary the first Indian Prime Minister highland and plains from every (Issued at 4:00 pm Sunday 8th July, 2018) not harm the the time that we would have At the entrance, the open- Ground floor displays thy and humanitarian outlooks class school curriculum. Jawaharlal Nehru, during a trip nook and cranny of the country. rights of others independence within a year ing and closing time of the mu- The majority of the displays of Bogyoke. All the information is dis- to England in the early 1940s. We all have the responsibility to BAY INFERENCE: Monsoon is moderate to strong over the but warned us that it can seum is written in English and are located at the family room, Moreover, memorabilia and played on the ground floor. A collection of 246 books on prevent and defend the nation Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. or destroy the just as quickly be lost if we Myanmar language. It is free dining room and living room on records between 6 September a variety of subjects written in which was liberated by Bogy- FORECAST VALID UNTIL NOON OF 9th JULY, 2018: Rain or did not have unity, disci- entry for Myanmar citizens and the ground floor. 1942 to 22 September 1946 are Upper floor displays English are displayed—from oke, Arzarni leaders and the thundershowers will be scattered in Lower Sagaing, Mandalay integrity of the pline, the drive to protect the admission for a foreigner • Photos of his youth at displayed at the museum. • Bedroom of Bogyoke applied mechanics and air de- leaders of national races. and Magway Regions, fairly widespread in Naypyitaw, Upper our freedom and pre-plan- costs Ks 5,000. A large beautiful Natmauk, including Historical records are also Aung San and Daw fense to political economy and Special arrangement is Sagaing Region, Shan and Chin States and widespread in the nation. ning to prevent our freedom teak board welcomed me with those of the Buddhist displayed, such as that of the selected short stories by D.H. made for the crowded visitors remaining Regions and States with isolated heavy falls in Aye- from being lost. the words “BOGYOKE AUNG monastery where he independence struggle; that of • Bedrooms of their chil- Lawrence—possibly the de- to study only the ground floor yarwady and Taninthayi Regions, Kachin, Rakhine, Kayin and In that same address, SAN MUSEUM”. received primary ed- proceeding to Amoy of China dren lights for book worms. of the Bogyoke Museum from Mon States. Degree of certainty is (100%). he said, freedom does not sprout magically out of the I slowly strolled on the con- ucation and other cer- ,and then to Japan, along with • Library Surprisingly, I saw a 19 to 21 July 2018, with the aim STATE OF THE SEA: Squalls with moderate to rough seas ground. He also warned us that there are people who will crete pavement towards the tificates of educational Thirty Comrades; that of en- • Meeting room bed there with safety covers and objective to maintain and are likely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface wind do nothing but wish for freedom to grow out of a tree-peo- hill-top villa in a leafy neighbor- achievements tering Myanmar with the BIA on the side, written with the preserve it, and that the nor- speed in squalls may reach (30-35)m.p.h. Wave height will be ple with a lazy mindset. He added that impeding another’s hood, just a few hundred meters • Photos at various po- forces; and that of the retreat In the garden word (Daw) . mal opening time will continue about (7 - 10)feet off and along Myanmar Coasts. freedom is nothing more than an act of rowdyism. Over in from the Shwedagon Pagoda. litical activities and of the British forces. In the garden of the house, There are family photographs in beginning 22 July 2018. OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Continuation Hinthada, people were drying tobacco leaves on the streets, My heart leaped up with joy during travels abroad Some other chronicles are there is a bronze statue of Bogy- the room. In the book almirah or In conclusion, the writer of increase of rain in Taninthayi Region, Kayin and Mon States. thinking they were free to do as they please. and sorrow in viewing Bogyoke • Displays of his famous displayed, such as that of an- oke Aung San doing gardening free standing cupboard, there of this article paid tribute to FORECAST FOR NAYPYITAW AND NEIGHBOURING Whether you are working for your personal benefit or Museum from a distance, mark- speeches ti-fascist struggle; that of vis- work, and also the swimming are children’s books written in show gratitude and respect to AREA FOR 9th JULY, 2018: One or two rain or thundershowers. the benefit of your community, you must be cautious so that ing an unforgettable memory. • Family photos iting Britain to sign the Aung pool, where his second son Ko English and printed in an era Bogyoke and Arzarni leaders Degree of certainty is (100%). you do not harm the rights of others or destroy the integrity I took off my footwear at the • Other personal memen- San - Atlee Agreement; that of Aung San Lin drowned. when the education status of on the eve of 71st Anniversary FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA of the nation. portico of the museum, which is tos such as handwrit- signing Panglong Agreement; With slow and soft pace, I the kids was impressive. Arzarni Day. FOR 9th JULY, 2018: Some rain or thundershowers. Degree of It has been 70 years since we’ve gained independence, customary for all the visitors. ten notes to his wife that of AFPFL victory at Hlut- climbed through the colonial All the displays were being certainty is (100%). and we need to reflect upon ourselves whether or not we First, I noticed ‘all the restric- Daw Khin Kyi, personal taw; and that of the gloomy day era stairways to the upper floor. arranged by Daw Khin Kyi. FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING have the unity and discipline that Bogyoke Aung San tions to be complied by visitors’ lighter engraved (Bo- assassination of Bogyoke and There are three verandahs Adjacent to the bedroom, Translated by UMT (HK) AREA FOR 9th JULY, 2018: Isolated rain or thundershowers. spoke of, as we move forward for the greater good of the written in red signs. gyoke) ‘Aung San’ and Arzarni leaders. on the upper floor, and the west- there exists a special meeting ******* Degree of certainty is (100%). country. For ease and convenience ash tray, etc. I have met some students ern verandah was inaccessible. room with relevant furniture 9 JULY 2018 10 WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Death toll from heavy rain in western Japan tops 70

OSAKA — Seventy-two people personnel, moved them into have died and over 40 remain boats. missing on Sunday after tor- Since the downpour began rential rains triggered massive Thursday, when the weather flooding and landslides in west- agency forecast record amounts ern Japan, with rescue opera- of rain through Sunday, 31 peo- tions continuing in disaster-hit ple have died in Hiroshima, 19 areas. in Ehime and 10 in Okayama. Rescuers expanded their The 12 other casualties search for those still missing were from Yamaguchi, Kyo- and stranded, with 54,000 per- to, Gifu, Shiga, Osaka, Hyogo, sonnel from the police, fire Kochi and Fukuoka prefectures. departments, the Self-Defense At an emergency meeting Forces and the Japan Coast to deal with the disaster at his Guard now involved. office in Tokyo, Prime Minister Evacuation orders or advi- Shinzo Abe called for all-out sories were issued for up to 5.9 search and rescue efforts. million people in 19 prefectures It is the first time the gov- at one point, while over 30,000 ernment has convened an emer- people were staying at evacua- gency disaster meeting since tion centers as of 3 pm Sunday, 2016 when strong earthquakes according to the Fire and Disas- hit Kumamoto and Oita prefec- ter Management Agency. tures in southwestern Japan. Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on 7 July 2018 shows a town in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Many people are also be- Abe also urged support for with extensive flooding following torrential rains that hit a wide area of western Japan. PHOTO: KYODO lieved to be stranded in their NEWS relevant local governments in homes due to a lack of access ensuring the provision of nec- roads because of flooding. merged by floods following the trucks around the clock to drain about 160 patients and medical essary supplies and counter- In Okayama Prefecture, one bursting of dikes on a river, were the inundated area but it is likely staff took shelter on the second measures against the summer of the hardest-hit areas, about rescued by boats or helicopters. to take about two weeks to com- floor of the building as the first heat at evacuation centers 1,850 people, mostly trapped The land ministry plans plete the drainage. floor was partly submerged and in the flood-hit areas.— Kyodo on the roofs of buildings sub- to mobilize around 20 pumper At Mabi Memorial Hospital, rescue workers, including SDF News

Three out of four South Sudanese M6.0 quake jolts eastern Japan, children know nothing but war: UNICEF no tsunami warning issued

UNITED NATIONS — Since bright future, the civil war that has the highest proportion of South Sudan became the erupted in 2013 rendered that out-of-school children in the world’s youngest country in short-lived. world. 2011, 2.6 million of its 3.4 million Although 800 children Moreover, efforts to aid babies, or three quarters of have been released by armed those in greatest need are be- them, have been born in war, groups since the beginning of ing hampered. the United Nations Children’s the year, an estimated 19,000 Since 2013, more than 100 Fund (UNICEF) said Saturday. others continue to serve as aid workers have been killed “As South Sudan turns sev- fighters, porters and mes- in violence, among them a en, a seemingly endless war sengers. The children also UNICEF driver who was killed continues to devastate the lives suffered from sporadic sexual last week. of millions of children,” said abuse. While a large number of Henrietta Fore, UNICEF’s ex- The proportion of people refugees returned to South Su- ecutive director who visited the who do not know where their dan when the country gained People face train delays at JR Chiba Station on 7 July 2018 following war-ravaged country earlier next meal will come from independence, more than 2.5 an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 that rattled eastern this year. jumped from 35 percent in million, including over 1 mil- Japan, including Tokyo, earlier in the day. PHOTO: KYODO NEWS Conflict and underdevel- 2014 to nearly 60 percent at lion children, have again fled opment have plagued the area present, with some areas of the country since 2013. On a TOKYO — An earthquake with Tokyo to sway slightly. for decades, leaving its chil- the country just one step away brighter note, the signing of a a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 The focus of the quake was dren out of school, malnour- from famine, especially during permanent cease-fire between rattled eastern Japan, including about 66 kilometers under- ished and vulnerable to dis- the lean season. Malnutrition the two main warring parties Tokyo, on Saturday evening, the ground in the Pacific Ocean off ease, abuse and exploitation. rates are at critical levels, as in Khartoum last month was a Japan Meteorological Agency Chiba Prefecture. The agency “Warring parties can and more than 1 million children positive step in what has been said. No tsunami warning was is- revised the depth of epicenter must do more to bring back are malnourished, including a faltering peace process. sued. There were no immediate from 50 km. peace,” Fore said, adding that 300,000 on the brink of death. “We now count on the lead- reports of casualties or damage After the jolt, two runways “the children of South Sudan With one third of the schools ership and commanders to re- from the 8:23 pm quake, which at Narita airport east of Tokyo deserve better.” destroyed, occupied or closed spect it while ensuring that aid registered lower 5 on the Japa- were briefly closed to check for Although South Sudan’s since 2013, the conflict has de- workers are given unrestricted nese seismic intensity scale of 7 possible damage but soon re- independence in 2011 once prived some 2 million children access to those in need,” Fore in eastern Chiba Prefecture and sumed operations, the airport gave a gleam of hope for a of education. The country now said.— Xinhua caused some buildings in central operator said.—Kyodo News 9 JULY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 11 Rescue efforts for boys trapped in Thai cave begin

MAE SAI — Six boys among a of oxygen in the cave on Friday holes were also bored — some group of 13 trapped in a flooded underscored the danger of the shallow, but the longest 400 Thai cave for more than a fort- journey even for professionals. metres deep — into the moun- night were rescued on Sunday, After a short deluge of rain tainside in an attempt to open authorities said, raising hopes on Saturday night and with more a second evacuation route and elite divers would also quickly bad weather forecast, Narong- avoid forcing the boys into the save the others. sak on Sunday said authorities dangerous dive. The first two boys emerged had to act immediately. American technology en- about nightfall from the Tham “There is no other day that trepreneur Elon Musk even Luang cave complex after we are more ready than today,” deployed engineers from his navigating a treacherous es- he said. “Otherwise we will lose private space exploration firm cape route of more than four the opportunity.” SpaceX and Boring Co. to help. kilometres (2.5 miles) through Between the base camp in- Meanwhile rescuers fed a twisting, narrow and jagged pas- side the cave and the trapped kilometres-long air pipe into the sageways. boys were twisting, turning cave cave to restore oxygen levels in They were followed shortly The first six boys trapped in a flooded Thai cave have been passageways with torrents of the chamber where the team afterwards by four others, lead- rescued. PHOTO: AFP water gushing through. was sheltering with medics and ing to an explosion of jubilation The water in the cave was divers. on social media in Thailand and side Tham Luang in a mountain- formed a first group. muddy and unclear, with one around the world as the rescued ous area of northern Thailand on A second group made up of diver comparing it to a cafe Emotional notes boys were rushed to hospital. 23 June, when they went in after the others had also begun the latte. Ropes were installed to On Saturday, Thai Navy “Six of them came out,” a football practice and got caught journey from the chamber where help guide the boys through the SEALs published touching notes defence ministry official, who behind rising waters. they had been trapped, a rescue darkness. scrawled by the trapped football- asked not to be named, told AFP. Their plight transfixed Thai- worker told AFP. Narongsak said Sunday ers to their families, who had Foreign elite divers and Thai land and the rest of the world, as The quick extraction came morning two divers would escort been waiting for them agonis- Navy SEALS on Sunday morning authorities struggled to devise as a surprise after one of the each of the boys out of the cave. ingly close by outside the cave began the complex operation to a plan to get the boys — aged operation commanders said on entrance. extract the 12 boys and their foot- between 11 and 16 — and their Sunday morning the rescue ef- Rescue efforts The boys urged relatives ball coach as they raced against 25-year-old coach out. forts could take several days to Officials had looked at many “not to worry” and asked for time, with imminent monsoon complete. different ways to save the boys their favourite food once they rains threatening more flooding ‘Mission Impossible’ The group was found dishev- and their coach. were safely evacuated, in notes that would doom the mission. The rescue of the first six elled and hungry by British cave One early potential plan was handed to divers. “Today is the D-day. The was a stunning victory in an op- diving specialists nine days after to leave them there for months In one, Pheerapat, nick- boys are ready to face any chal- eration Narongsak had earlier they ventured in. until the monsoon season end- named “Night”, whose 16th lenges,” rescue chief Narong- dubbed “Mission Impossible”, Initial euphoria over finding ed and the floods subsided birthday the group were cele- sak Osottanakorn told reporters and led to cautious optimism that the boys alive quickly turned into completely, but that idea was brating in the cave when they near the cave site on Sunday the others would also be saved. deep anxiety as rescuers strug- scrapped over concerns about became stuck on June 23, said: morning. Another official involved in gled to find a way to get them out. falling oxygen levels and waters “I love you, Dad, Mum and my The group became trapped the rescue operation said the The death of a former Thai rising too high. sister. You don’t need to be wor- in a cramped chamber deep in- initial six who had been saved Navy SEAL diver who ran out More than 100 exploratory ried about me.”—AFP

Relatives identify victims of deadly Thai tourist boat sinking

PHUKET — Distraught rela- still waiting to claim the body of “The adults still haven’t the accident. Some 48 people — tives descended on a Thai hos- her sister, Su Jiao Min. been found. We’re waiting for passengers and crew — were pital Sunday as many waited for “There should definitely them to return so we can take rescued on Thursday, while a news of missing family members be compensation (for the acci- them home,” he told AFP, break- Chinese woman was plucked who disappeared when a tour- dent),” she told AFP while wait- ing down several times during from the churning waters Fri- ist boat sank in rough weather, ing to be signed into the hospital. the interview. day and rushed to hospital in killing dozens of Chinese pas- “But I don’t want to talk The Thai navy has said it will Phuket after spending the night sengers. about that right now. All I want Recovery divers have pulled 42 coordinate the continuing search in the water. Recovery divers have bodies from the sea off the resort is to identify and claim (my sis- with a fishermen’s network. It is one of the worst boat- pulled 42 bodies from the sea island of Phuket, but authorities ter’s) body and return home.” “Navy is preparing person- ing disasters in recent history off the resort island of Phuket, have said 14 other passengers Some have called for legal nel and equipment to dive to in Thailand, a nation with a poor but authorities have said 14 remain unaccounted for. action to be taken after the boat check on the sunken boat for health and safety track record PHOTO: AFP other passengers remain un- was among three that ignored possible more victims trapped despite being heavily dependent accounted for. a bad weather warning against inside the boat,” it said in a state- on tourism. The Phoenix was carrying wiped back tears in a waiting day trips to the islands surround- ment, adding that 25 of the bod- Thailand is already in the 105 people — mostly Chinese area of the Vachira Hospital on ing the tourist magnet of Phuket. ies retrieved so far were found on global spotlight for a dramat- tourists — when it sank on the Sunday while several got in- the vessel, which is submerged ic diving rescue mission that way back from a popular snor- creasingly agitated when asked Search ongoing over 40 metres below the surface started Sunday in the north of keling spot on Thursday. for further information. Gao Kai, who arrived in of the Andaman Sea. the country for 12 boys and their The latest victim was found “I’ve already told you the Phuket on Saturday, said the Seventeen Chinese divers football coach who are trapped Sunday, officials said. name, why can’t you take me bodies of his eight-year-old joined the operation on Saturday in a flooded cave complex. Relatives have been asked there now?” a man was heard daughter and seven-year-old to recover bodies. Last year 9.8 million Chi- to identify their next-of-kin shouting at hospital staff. nephew were identified on Sat- On Sunday the Chinese Am- nese tourists visited Thailand, through photographs and to A Chinese woman who only urday, but he was still waiting bassador to Thailand said in a with five million more arriving provide DNA samples. wanted to be identified by her for news of his wife, sister and briefing that investigators would between January and May this The ashen-faced families family name, Su, said she was brother-in-law. also arrive to probe the cause of year.—AFP 9 JULY 2018 12 WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Plastic is light, versatile and here to stay — for now

PARIS — Because of their ethylene terephthalate chemicals and materials, But we recycle, role in global pollution, (PET), commonly used for told AFP. right? plastics are hugely con- synthetic fibres or bottles. A few grams a year Europe managed to troversial. are being shaved down, re-use around 31 percent But the resilient, sup- Lighter is better even on products as mun- of 26 million tonnes of plas- ple, light and malleable There is much innova- dane as plastic bottles. tics waste in 2016. materials play a key role tion in conventional plas- “Europe has initiated in our lives and, according tics, with new properties What about the envi- a transition from a linear to experts, will remain cru- being added to maximise ronment? towards a circular and re- cial for a long time to come. performance. The wait is on for the source efficient society”, Here are a few things Lighter is better, and breakthrough of bioplas- says the PlasticsEurope to know about the world slimming the volume of tics — plastics made using association of manufac- of plastic. Despite the war on plastic bags, they are still a huge plastic is a constant chal- biodegradable materials turers. problem for the environment. PHOTO: AFP lenge, not least to reduce or natural recyclable ma- But the rate in the How it’s made the amount of plastic terials. “There is much United States is much The classic produc- Thermoplastics, tics consumption. clogging the oceans and innovation in the sector,” lower, at 10 per cent, and tion process involves the accounting for some 80 First, there is polyeth- to wage war on waste. says Cabarry. across the world, only 9 distillation and refining of percent of global plastics ylene, found above all in But lighter plastic But of the 2.05 million percent of the nine billion fuel or natural gas, break- consumption, melt when single-use packaging, then also means lighter fin- tonnes of bioplastics pro- tonnes of plastic produced ing down hydrocarbons. they are heated and then polypropylene, used in car ished products, including duced worldwide last year to date has been recycled, Various raw materi- harden when cooled. bumpers, dashboards and in transport. less than half was actually a recent UN report said. als make up the building Then there are ther- drinking straws. Next up is “The need for (great- biodegradable, according Some 12 million blocks of the resulting mosets, which do not sof- polystyrene, used for pack- er) lightness in auto trans- to European Bioplastics, tonnes per year, mostly plastic. Monomers build ten after moulding. aging, insulation panels port is a massive innova- an industry association. in the form of single-use more complex molecules and yoghurt pots. There tion factor,” Christophe The association put packaging, are dumped called polymers — the sci- How it’s used is also polyvinyl chloride Cabarry, founder and pres- their market penetration into the world’s oceans, entific name for plastics. Five polymers ac- — better known as PVC ident of SpecialChem, an at barely 0.75 per cent in creating an ecological There are two families count for the majority — 71 — used in windows and online platform connect- 2017, owing to bioplastic’s nightmare, according to of polymers. per cent — of global plas- drains — and then poly- ing sellers and buyers of much higher costs. Greenpeace.—AFP

CLAIM’S DAY NOTICE CLAIM’S DAY NOTICE No rescue for Dakar’s M.V YANTRA BHUM VOY. NO. ( 1009W ) M.V MAERSK WARSAW VOY. NO. ( 1811-1812) homeless and mentally ill Consignees of cargo carried on M.V YANTRA Consignees of cargo carried on M.V MAERSK BHUM VOY. NO. ( 1009W ) are hereby notified that WARSAW VOY. NO. ( 1811-1812 ) are hereby notified Dakar (SENEGAL) — On for food and then scatter the vessel will be arriving on 9-7-2018 and cargo will that the vessel will be arriving on 9-7-2018 and cargo Dakar’s sunny avenues, across the capital, alone. be discharged into the premises of MIP where it will lie will be discharged into the premises of M.I.T.T/MIP troubled souls wander For those who have a at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of aimlessly alongside busy family, the lack of money byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. Yangon. Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am traffic, often muttering to is the main reason why Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am themselves, sometimes the ill person is left on the to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo begging, as the rest of the street.” There are only five declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo city ignores them. settings in the country to from the Vessel. from the Vessel. Clad in an elec- address mental health No claims against this vessel will be admitted after No claims against this vessel will be admitted after tric-blue woolly hat and the Claims Day. the Claims Day. problems, including two SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT traditional white robes, large psychiatric units in MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY looking deep in thought, a Dakar. In a country of 14 AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINER AGENT FOR: M/S MCC TRANSPORT man walks around in cir- million, there are only 30 LINES (S’PORE) PTE LTD cles across the Senegalese or so psychiatrists, says an Phone No: 2301185 Phone No: 2301185 capital’s main square, day expert. Across the African in, day out. By the end of continent, mental health the afternoon, his sporad- issues mostly go untreat- ic, piercing howls have si- ed, experts say. CLAIM’S DAY NOTICE Myanma Port Authority lenced the calls of street Researchers in South M.V IAL 001 VOY. NO. ( 002 N/S ) “Notice of High Tide” vendors offering residents Africa found three-quar- Consignees of cargo carried on M.V IAL 001 VOY. Exceptionally high spring from 20.40 feet to 21.20 newspapers, fake design- ters of mentally-ill people NO. ( 002 N/S ) are hereby notified that the vessel will be feet high above the chart datum are expected to occur in er sunglasses and alarm there failed to get help. In arriving on 9-7-2018 and cargo will be discharged into Yangon River during the period of July 12th to July 17th, clocks. Passers-by have separate studies in Ethio- the premises of HPT where it will lie at the consignee’s 2018. stopped paying attention. pia and Nigeria, the figures risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and Please be noted that it is not serious level of tide be- There are “no official rose to 90 percent. conditions of the Port of Yangon. cause the highest tide level have reached up to 22 feet numbers” of abandoned, Senegal is one of the Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am above the chart datum in year 2014 and 2015, and this mentally-ill Senegalese region’s economic heav- notice is normally issued whenever high tide of Yangon roaming the streets, Papa to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now yweights and a hub for River is expected to reach over 20 feet high above the Mamadou Diagne, a soci- foreign investment and declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo chart datum in order to take precautionary measures to the ologist who wrote an aca- tourism. Yet a booming from the Vessel. public living near river foreshore area of Yangon City. demic paper on the issue, economy has not result- No claims against this vessel will be admitted after told AFP. But, he wrote, ed in rising investment the Claims Day. “the number of mental- in mental health, as re- SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT ly-ill people on the streets sources are inevitably MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY of Dakar is on the rise.” concentrated on physical AGENT FOR: M/S INTERASIA LINES “Every morning they diseases such as malaria Phone No: 2301185 meet up, go through bins and HIV.—AFP 9 JULY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR WORLD 13 Candidate AIDS vaccine passes key early test

PARIS — The near 40-year Could be quest for an AIDS vaccine ‘phenomenal’ received a hopeful boost Jean-Daniel Lelievre Saturday when scientists of France’s Vaccine Re- announced that a trial search Institute said the drug triggered an immune vaccine was likely not the response in humans and “definitive” version, but shielded monkeys from may represent “a phenom- infection. enal advance.” Shown to be safe in An estimated 37 mil- humans, the candidate lion people live with HIV/ vaccine has now advanced AIDS, according to the to the next phase of the World Health Organiza- pre-approval trial process, tion. and will be tested in 2,600 There are about 1.8 women in southern Africa million new infections to see whether it prevents and a million deaths every HIV infection. year. Almost 80 million While the results so people are estimated to far have been encourag- have been infected since ing, the research team the virus was first diag- and outside experts warn nosed in the early 1980s. there are no guarantees About 35 million have it will actually work in the died. A vaccine has prov- next trial phase dubbed en elusive as the human HVTN705 or “Imbokodo” Scientists announced that a trial drug against the AIDS vaccine has yielded encouraging results and has advanced to the immunodeficiency virus — the isiZulu word for next phase of the pre-approval trial process. PHOTO: AFP (HIV) mutates easily and “rock”. “Although these can hide away in cells, data are promising, we will be tested for effica- 50 in east Africa, South — against virus strains how badly we need to have evading the immune sys- need to remain cautious,” cy in humans in the 35+ Africa, Thailand, and the from different regions of a vaccine... to get rid of HIV tem, only to reemerge and study leader Dan Barouch, year history of the glob- United States. the world. The vaccine “in- in the next generation al- spread years later. a Harvard Medical School al HIV epidemic,” added The participants were duced robust (high levels together,” said Francois For now, people infect- professor, told AFP. Barouch. randomly given one of sev- of) immune responses in Venter of the University ed with HIV rely on lifelong Just because it pro- Only one so far, RV144, en vaccine combinations humans,” said Barouch. of the Witwatersrand Re- virus-suppressing anti-ret- tected two-thirds of mon- yielded some protection. or a placebo “dummy” al- The tests also showed productive Health and HIV roviral treatment (ART) to keys in a lab trial doesn’t RV144 was reported in ternative. They received the vaccine was safe. Five Institute in South Africa. stay healthy. mean the drug will protect 2009 to reduce the risk four shots each over 48 participants reported Approached for com- Condoms are still at humans, “and thus we of HIV infection among weeks. side-effects such as stom- ment on the study, which the frontline of efforts to need to await the results of 16,000 Thai volunteers by ach pain and diarrhoea, he was not involved in, prevent infection — mainly the... study before we know 31.2 percent — deemed in- Needed ‘badly’ dizziness, or back pain. Venter urged caution. through sex and blood con- whether or not this vac- sufficient for the drug to be The study used so- In a separate study, “We have been here tact — though more and cine will protect humans pursued. called “mosaic” vaccine the same vaccine offered before, with promising more people use ART as against HIV infection,” he For the latest study, combinations. complete protection from candidate vaccines that prophylaxis. said. The results of the Im- published in The Lancet These combine piec- infection in two-thirds of 72 haven’t panned out,” he The latest results bokodo trial are expected medical journal, Barouch es of different HIV virus trial monkeys each given told AFP. “This one is novel come ahead of the Inter- in 2021/22.—AFP and a team tested the can- types to elicit an immune six injections with an HIV- in many ways so it is ex- national Aids Conference “This is only the fifth didate drug on 393 healthy, response — when the body like virus. citing, but we have a long to be held in Amsterdam HIV vaccine concept that HIV-free adults aged 18 to attacks intruder germs “I cannot emphasise way to go.” from 23 to 27July.—AFP West African states in joint fight Announcement of Transferring Distributor for Registered Pesticides Distribution of the following Pesticides registered by Jiangsu Ruidong Pesticide Co.,Ltd is transferring from 7 Star Agropower Co.,Ltd to Diamond Light International Trading Co.,Ltd. against root crop ‘Ebola’ Any objection regarding this transfer can notify at Joint. Secretary, Pesticide Registration Board, Plant Protection Division, west Gyogone, Insein within two weeks.

PARIS — Researchers The root-rotting disease showed up, striking small No. Trade Name Active Ingredient Registration Registeration from half a dozen states was first discovered in farmers in particular. 1. Ruidong Tank 40WP Bensulfuron-Methyl 6%+ Provisional P 2017-4057 in West Africa have joined Tanzania eight decades “You can call it the Ebola Quinclorac 34% WP together in a battle against ago and is steadily moving of cassava,” said Pita. The 2. Ruidong Fist 70WDG Imidacloprid 70% WDG Provisional P 2017-4058 what one expert calls a root westward. “In outbreaks in West African Virus Epi- 3. Ruidong Kongfu 2.5 EC Lambda-Cyhalothrin Provisional P 2017-4059 crop “Ebola” — a viral dis- central Africa, it has wiped demiology (WAVE) pro- 25g/l EC ease that could wreck the out between 90 and 100 per- ject, a multi-million-dollar 4. Ruidong Water Pyrazosulfuron-Ethyl Provisional P 2017-4060 region’s staple food and cent of cassava production scheme funded by the Bill Cleaner 10 WP 10% WP condemn millions to hun- — it’s now heading towards and Melinda Gates Foun- 5. Ruidong Killer 10EC Quizalofop-P-Ethyl Provisional P 2017-4061 ger. Their enemy: cassa- West Africa,” Justin Pita, dation, aims to shield the 10% EC va brown streak disease in charge of the research region from the advancing 6. Ruidong Rose 32.5 SC Azoxystrobin 20% + Provisional P 2017-4056 (CBSD), a virus that strikes programme, told AFP. “It peril. Headquartered at Difenoconazole cassava, also called man- is a very big threat. It has Bingerville, on the edges ioc, which in some of the to be taken very serious- of the Ivorian economic 12.5% SC region’s countries is con- ly.” In Uganda, 3,000 people capital Abidjan, it gathers 7 Star Agropower Co.,Ltd sumed by as many as 80 died of hunger in the 1990s six countries from West No. 204, Kantharyar Junction, (N) Okkalapa Township, Yangon ,Myanmar. percent of the population. after the dreaded disease Africa. —AFP Tel: 09 43135884, E-mail, [email protected] 9 JULY 2018 14 SOCIAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR As UK ban looms, gay ‘conversion therapy’ still haunts subjects

LIVERPOOL — Peter Price undergone the treatment. was 18 when he underwent Hearing for the first time conversion therapy, which was that someone else had suffered intended to “cure” his homosex- in a similar way gave Price the uality but instead left him deeply courage to tell his own story. damaged. “I thought I was going men- ‘50 years too late’ tal. I wasn’t worried about get- “It has done something to ting cured, I was worried about my mind which I can’t explain,” getting out alive,” he told AFP. Price said. The British government “I had a great life, a very this week announced its inten- successful career, I had won- tion to ban the practice, as part derful time, but I had some very of a new action plan to tackle dis- very dark thoughts, and some crimination against the lesbian, terrible depression because of gay, bisexual and transgender it.” Prime Minister Theresa May (LGBT) communities. has called conversion therapies But Price, now 72 and a an “abhorrent practice” and in radio presenter in Liverpool, an announcement timed with northwest England, is aston- this weekend’s Pride events, ished it has taken so long. vowed to ban it. For many years he refused Her government released to talk about his experience, but Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed to ban the practice of conversion therapy in an announcement timed the results of an online survey broke his silence in the hope that with this weekend’s Pride events. PHOTO: AFP that found two percent of LGBT no one else need endure what he people in Britain had received called “torture”. a cure, aversion therapy,” he jected by a substance that made him receive electric shocks some kind of conversion therapy, recalled. him vomit and gave him diar- when he became aroused. while another five percent had Aversion therapy This consisted of five days rhoea. “I was puking, I was lying “I decided after that that I had it offered but refused. Price agreed to treatment of treatment, intended to create in shit, I was in a terrible state,” was going to change my life, and Just over half of those who at the Diva Hospital, a psychi- a negative response to sexual he recalled. After three days, he be who I was,” he said. received it said it was conducted atric institution in the state-run stimulation by men. could not handle it any more. Price was never able to tell by a faith group, 19 percent by National Health Service (NHS), Hour after hour in a win- “I was a basket case. I then his mother what happened, and a healthcare professional and under pressure from his mother. dowless room, Price listened said to them, I want to get out. only began speaking out when 16 percent by a family member. She had been “distraught” to a tape recording of someone I volunteered, and I want to get conversion therapy entered the Price said of the proposed when he told her he was gay -- it describing sexual acts in explicit out,” he said. national debate in the late 1990s. ban: “It’s 50 years too late. was 1964 and homosexuality was detail. Against the wishes of the Several soldiers launched a “I am a strong person, so I illegal in England. At the same time he was psychiatrist supervising the high-profile court case against survived, but I don’t know how “We went to the doctor and shown photos of men in swim- treatment, he avoided the final their expulsion from the army many people have not survived.” the doctor told me there was ming trunks and regularly in- stage, which would have seen for being gay, one of whom had —AFP

Polanski’s wife rejects invitation to join Oscars body

PARIS — The wife of Roman resentation following criticism greatest directors,” she added. Polanski, French actress Em- over its predominantly white, The 84-year-old director of manuelle Seigner, said Sunday male membership. “Rosemary’s Baby” and “China- she had rejected an invitation But in an open letter pub- town” was accused of drugging a to join the body that awards the lished by France’s Journal du 13-year-old girl before raping her Oscars in protest at its decision Dimanche, Seigner said: “How at the film star Jack Nicholson’s to expel her husband over his can I pretend to ignore that the house in Los Angeles in 1977. historic statutory rape convic- Academy a few weeks ago kicked He admitted statutory tion in the US. out my husband, Roman Polan- rape after a number of more The Academy of Motion ski, to satisfy the zeitgeist. The serious charges were dropped, Picture Arts and Sciences last same Academy that rewarded and spent 48 days in custody to French actress and singer Emmanuelle Seigner rejected an invitation to month announced that it had him with the Oscar for best di- undergo psychiatric evaluation join the body that awards the Oscars in protest at its decision to expel swelled its ranks by more than rector for “The Pianist” in 2003. before being released. her husband Roman Polanski. PHOTO: AFP 900 members, as part of its drive Curious amnesia! According to court docu- for a more inclusive Hollywood. “This Academy probably ments, Polanski was promised But in 1978, convinced the for France. The Oscar-awarding body thinks that I am an actress suf- by the judge overseeing the case judge was going to scrap his The director has since re- announces a round of invitations ficiently arriviste, without char- that the seven weeks he spent in plea deal and send him to pris- fused to return without assur- every year, and has been bolster- acter to forget that she has been custody would be the only time on -- possibly for decades — to ances that he would not serve ad- ing its ethnic and female rep- married for 29 years to one of the he would serve. avoid a public backlash, he left ditional time in prison.—AFP 9 JULY 2018 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR SOCIAL 15

Neil Young finally finds Quebec in an under-the-radar mega-festival

QUEBEC CITY — It took him of Canada. For the festival, the 72 years but Neil Young finally historic site becomes one of the made it to Quebec City. largest stages in North Ameri- The rock legend, who after ca, able to accommodate crowds the death of Leonard Cohen is of nearly 100,000. perhaps Canada’s most em- For a festival with its line- blematic musician, on Friday up, tickets are incredibly inex- night played a high-powered, pensive. A pass that costs 100 two-hour set before tens of thou- Canadian dollars (US$76) gives sands on the vast and historic access to all 250 shows, big and Plains of Abraham park that small, around the city. extends westward from Quebec City. A ‘far-fetched’ success Young — who was born And, unlike big festivals just an eight-hour drive away such as Coachella where se- in Toronto — headed to the curity guards rigorously check French-speaking province for wristband passes to avoid re- Quebec City’s summer festival, sale, the Quebec festival not the Festival d’ete de Quebec, a only allows but encourages rare public concert with low- fans to share their tickets. Drink priced tickets and a community sales help recoup costs as does feel. support from the Quebec gov- “It’s my first time here! I ernment, which sees the festival can’t believe it, or I can’t remem- as a way to encourage tourism. ber,” Young exclaimed at the The crowd at Quebec’s Festival d’ete de Quebec watching rocker Kurt Vile on the huge stage in the Plains of “It’s a system that’s far- end of his set with his energetic Abraham park. PHOTO: AFP fetched because we eat our- back-up band, the Promise of selves alive when it comes to the Real, which features Willie He ramped up the energy nearly to the point of break- Foo Fighters, Lorde, Beck, Fu- revenue,” Bellavance said. “But Nelson’s rocker son Lukas. further on “Fuckin’ Up,” a track ing them, the former Buffalo ture, Camila Cabello and the it works marvelously if we sell A day after the festival off his hard-charging 1990 album Springfield rocker offered a Dave Matthews Band. 120,000 passes.” opened with another major Ca- “Ragged Glory” that turned the grandiose take on “Down by the The organizers said it took Launched initially as a nadian star, The Weeknd, amid onetime folk rocker into a god- River” before a climax on “Hey some work to bring Young. neighborhood block party, the an unusually brutal heat wave, father of the nascent grunge Hey, My My.” He returned for an “It was difficult to persuade festival has grown to draw me- temperatures plunged sharply scene. encore before the open-air sea him. We had to tell him about ga-stars including the Rolling for Young, who took the stage Young didn’t wait long be- of people, playing the exquisite the Plains of Abraham, our phi- Stones, The Who and Metallica. in his trademark Stetson hat fore ripping into his possibly “Harvest Moon” before ending losophy, our economic model But Bellavance acknowledged with a black T-shirt under a best-known song, “Rockin’ in on “Roll Another Number (For and, finally, I succeeded,” Louis that the festival is still not well- thick plaid shirt. the Free World,” which the the Road).” Bellavance, the programming known internationally — or He kicked off with his 1982 left-leaning transplant to the director, said with a smile. even in western Canada. “For song “Like an Inca,” with 10 United States released in 1989 Historic battleground The Plains of Abraham was many, we’re classified as ‘the minutes’ worth of crackling as a critique of then president The Festival d’ete de Que- the scene of the 1759 battle in most extraordinary festival that guitars setting the tone for the George H.W. Bush. bec, in its 51st season, is drawing which Britain decisively de- you’ve never heard of,’” he evening. Battling his guitar strings a slew of major acts including feated France for domination said.—AFP

Metropolitan Museum Romanian film wins top prize at Czech festival of Art welcomes record Prague, (Czech Republic) — “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians”, a visitors in 2018 fiscal year film by Romanian director Radu Jude, won the top prize NEW YORK — The Metro- of The Met’s attendees, New at the Karlovy Vary film festi- politan Museum of Art (Met) Yorkers accounted for 32 per- val which ended on Saturday. in New York City welcomed a cent. The Crystal Globe award win- record number of 7.35 million The high attendance ner tells the story of an ethnic visitors in its 2018 fiscal year could be partly attributed to massacre committed by the that began on July 1, 2017. the acclaimed exhibit Michel- Romanian Army in 1941. According to the re- angelo: Divine Draftsman “Rain Man” director Bar- nowned museum, more than and Designer, which ran from ry Levinson and “Shawshank 7.35 million visitors went to Nov. 13, 2017 to Feb. 12, 2018 Redemption” star Tim Robbins its three locations - The Met and ushered in 702,516 visi- also received Crystal Globes Fifth Avenue, The Met Clois- tors. It was the 10th most vis- for outstanding contribution ters and The Met Breuer - ited exhibit ever at the Met. to world of cinema at the 53rd during the fiscal year ending In addition to the re- edition of the Czech festival. Romanian Film director Radu Jude and Ada Solomon pose with the on June 30. cord attendance, the Met “Twilight” star Robert Pat- Crystal Globe Award for best film “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians” during the closing ceremony at the 53rd Karlovy The number marked had one of its best recent tinson received the Festival Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in Karlovy Vary on July 7, the highest fiscal year at- years for other income: 250 President’s Award. 2018. PHOTO: AFP tendance in the museum’s million U.S. dollars from do- The festival in the spa history. While international nations, memberships and town of Karlovy Vary, around of Prague, ran from June 29 cinemagoers, roughly the same visitors made up 34 percent city funds.—Xinhua 120 kilometres (75 miles) west to July 7 and attracted 140,135 number as in 2017. — AFP 9 JULY 2018 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Myanmar beat Brunei in AFF U-19 Championship

Lynn Thit(Tgi)

IN a Group B game of the AFF U-19 Championship held at Joko Samudro Stadi- um in Gresik, Indonesia, the Myanmar U-19 boys' national football team beat the Brunei U-19 team with an incredible score of 7-1. Myanmar's line up com- prised Captain Myat Kaung Khant, Nyein Chan Aung, Pyae Sone Naing, Soe Moe Kyaw, Win Naing Tun, Si Thu Moe Khant, Ye Lin Htet, Keeper Zin Nyi Nyi Aung, Nan Htike Zaw, Htet Phyoe Wai and Hein Htet Aung. Myanmar played very Ye Thway Ni, left, in blue trunks, lands a left jab to the head of Shue Klane Minn during their semifinal bout at Thein Phyu Stadium in Yangon. The well, attacking throughout bout was one of several held yesterday as part of the Lethwei Nation 50th Media Championship 2018. The matches were broadcast live on Canal+, a the match and using nearly pay TV channel that launched in Myanmar in January. PHOTO: MARK ANGELES every chance to score goals. Goals were scored for Myanmar by Myat Kaung Ye Thway Ni wins bout at Lethwei Khant at the 13- and 24-minute marks, Pyae Sone Naing at the 24- and 40-minute marks, Win Naing Tun at the 42- and Nation Championship 57-minute marks and Hlwan Moe Oo at the 81-minute YE Thway Ni won his semifi- head. By the third round of the Ta Gon, who won his 62-66 kg Myanmar style of boxing. The mark. nal boxing match in convincing five-round match in the 57-61 kg bout against Saw Min Aung.Yes- fighting is done bare-knuckled A single goal for Brunei fashion yesterday at Thein Phyu weight class, Shue Klane Minn’s terday's matches were broadcast and barefooted. was scored by its young and Stadium, one of several fights in right eye was swollen shut. live on the Action Channel of Ca- The hands and ankles of strong player, Rahimin, at the the semifinal round of the Leth- Other winners included Saw nal+, a pay TV channel based in the fighters are allowed to be 87-minute mark. wei Nation 50th Media Champion- Phoe Tun, who won his 57-61 kg France that launched in Myan- taped, but without padding. As Myanmar won, they ship 2018. Ye Thway Ni defeated semifinal fight against Khun mar in February in collaboration All the winners of yesterday’s are still in the first place af- his taller opponent, Shue Klane Phit of Thailand, despite a cut with Myanmar media company matches advance to the finals, ter earning 7 points from 2 Minn, with his aggressive style, to the head that bled heavily Forever Group. which will be held on 29 July. wins and 1 draw of 3 games landing repeated jabs to the throughout the match, and Ye Lethwei is a traditional —Mark Angeles played.

Russia’s fairytale World Cup run ends in tears

SOCHI (RUSSIA) — The impas- It was that close — and it the loss stung. But the Russian sioned shouts of “Ros-si-ya” died all ended just as the nation was team showed heart and won away on the streets and tears starting to believe. “We leave the what seemed like the entire na- filled the stadium as Russia tournament with tears in our tion’s gratitude. “The champions bowed out of their home World eyes but our heads held high,” of our hearts,” the popular Sport Cup in the cruellest fashion: on the team tweeted as the stadium Express daily said in a headline. penalties. emptied of the 45,000 or so who Then it paid them the high- The men in red exceeded had lost their voices cheering est compliment possible by de- 00:30 MST (11.7.2018) the wildest expectations by com- them on. They had reason to claring: “Russia knows how to ing within a penalty kick and a be proud. Russia were the low- play football.” save against Croatia of making est-ranked team entering the France Belgium it into the semi-finals for the first tournament and many in the Empty feeling time since 1966. sceptical media thought they Fans who had been 00:30 MST(12.7.2018) They lost the quarter-final would be lucky to win a game. dancing in the streets after a shootout 4-3 after extra-time They trudged off the pitch after heart-pounding shootout win ended with the sides deadlocked making it to the quarter-final over 2010 champions Spain in the Croatia England at 2-2 in the Black Sea resort of for the first time in 48 years. A last 16 last Sunday were gloomy Sochi. semi-final was within grasp and but grateful.—AFP