PATIENCE, TOLERANCE IS KEY FOR COMPLICATED LAND CONFISCATION ISSUES P-8-9 (OPINION) NATIONAL PARLIAMENT PARLIAMENT Myanmar Delegation attended the second Meeting Motion calls on gov’t 2nd Amyotha Hluttaw’s of the Joint Working Group on the Repatriation of to ensure transparency 8th regular session Verified Displaced Persons from Bangladesh in tax collection holds 4th-day meeting PAGE-10 PAGE-2 PAGE-2 Vol. V, No. 32, 4th Waxing of Nayon 1380 ME www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Friday, 18 May 2018 Private clinics, hospitals in Yangon to face surprise checks By Nyein Nyein The Yangon Region Private Health Supervisory Committee will carry out surprise checks at all private clinics and hospitals, said U Naing Ngan Lin, Yangon Government Social Affairs Min- ister, chairman of the Yangon Region Private Health Super- visory Committee, at a meeting of the Yangon Region Private Health Supervisory Committee and private treatment centres on 17 May. The Private Health Supervi- sory Committee has already car- ried out surprise checks in some townships in March and April and found an illegal operating theater and some unregistered drugs at Yaung Ni Oo clinic in Hline Town- Vice President U Henry Van Thio visits the coffee research and development farm (Htayzan) in Tiddim, Chin State. PHOTO: MNA ship and at Nay Won general clin- ic in Lanmadaw Township. The Township Public Health Depart- ment concerned has also taken U Henry Van Thio inspects prevention legal action against a Chinese doctor at Nay Won general clinic who refused to show his licence, projects in Sagaing, coffee in Chin he added. “When we conducted sur- prise checks at the two clinics, National Natural Disaster Man- works in the local military guest programmes and how to use the U Henry Van Thio inspected we began to suspect some of the agement Committee Chairman house by district administrative natural disaster fund. the status of the construction of other clinics as well. But since and Vice President U Henry Van officials, while Deputy Minister The Vice President and a Myitha River bank retaining we did not have any evidence, Thio arrived in Kalay, Sagaing for Social Welfare, Relief and party then inspected the sta- wall beside the Kalay-Kalewa we decided to conduct more Region on Wednesday to visit Resettlement U Soe Aung gave tus of a river bank retaining road. The 5,100 ft. long Kal- surprise checks at clinics and disaster prevention works, and additional explanations for fu- wall being constructed on the ay-Kalewa road retaining wall hospitals. We will continue to also visited a research and de- ture programmes. The Vice banks of the Nayritzara River was constructed with Ks 2.20 conduct such checks so our cit- velopment coffee programme President gave comments to near Phaungku Bridge in Kalay. billion allocated in the 2018 six izens cooperate with us and live in Chin State. ensure proper coordination and The retaining wall is being con- month fiscal year. The construc- according to the law. We don’t U Henry Van Thio was advised on how to effectively use structed with Ks 264 million al- tion is 60 per cent completed, it mean to threaten clinics and hos- briefed about the Kalay Dis- the funds requested for long- located in fiscal year 2017-2018. was learnt. pitals,” said U Naing Ngan Lin. trict natural disaster prevention term natural disaster prevention From there, Vice President SEE PAGE-3 SEE PAGE-4 INSIDE TODAY LOCAL NEWS BUSINESS BUSINESS NATIONAL SPORT Forest dept to Singapore fin- YSX to link with Four ministries hold Antoine Hey, new grow mangrove tech companies 50 potential press conference head football coach forests in Mon to empower rural public companies on second one-year of Myanmar’s State communities to promote listing performance national team PAGE-4 PAGE-5 PAGE-5 PAGE-3 PAGE-16 18 MAY 2018 2 PARLIAMENT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Pyithu Hluttaw Motion calls on gov’t to ensure transparency in tax collection U Myint Thein of Wetlet Con- the Amyotha Hluttaw with re- stall online monitoring systems stituency presented a motion marks. The Speaker announced in breweries began in April and calling for the union government that since both the Amyotha and is ongoing but until then, all in- to be transparent and scrutinise Pyithu Hluttaws agreed on the spections will be carried out by carefully the national tax collec- bill, it would be put on record, the respective township Internal tion during the Pyithu Hluttaw once the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Revenue Department. session yesterday. The Hluttaw approved the bill. approved the motion and the The next session of the Py- Daw Cho Cho from speaker put it up for discussion. ithu Hluttaw will be held on 21 Ottwin Constituency U Myint Thein explained May. raised a question on the that owing to the weak tax ad- plan to offer farmers ministration and law enforce- Flow meters in breweries long-term loans ment, numerous and serious discussed at Pyithu Hlut- Deputy Minister for Plan- cases of tax evasion and illegal taw meeting ning and Finance U Maung trade transactions were taking U Aung Kyaw Kyaw Oo of Hlaing Maung Win replied that the place. He said that although the Constituency asked Deputy Min- Myanmar Agricultural Devel- state has the capacity to properly U Myint Thein. U Aung Kyaw Kyaw Oo . ister for Planning and Finance opment Bank (MADB) received administer tax collection, there U Maung Maung Win about the funds from the Myanmar Eco- are cases where the Internal dutiful taxpayers. He added that Myanmar is transitioning into a progress report on installing flow nomic Bank (MEB) to provide Revenue Department and tax doing so would instil dutiful tax- democratic country, there needs meters in breweries during the loans to farmers before the evaders have collaborated on paying habits among the people to be more transparency and fourth-day meeting of the eighth planting season. MADB collects tax evasion. and raise awareness about pay- cooperation between the govern- regular session of the second the loans during the harvesting U Myint Thein said the rel- ing taxes. ment and the people so that the Pyithu Hluttaw yesterday. season and sends it to MEB. evant ministries should inform U Myint Thein said that correct amount of internal reve- U Maung Maung Win replied This process is done annually, taxpayers how their money is according to Article 389 of the nue flows in and can be used for that inspections were carried out he said. being used by the state, so as to constitution, it was the duty of the development of the nation. at 37 active breweries between He added that MEB had set encourage them to pay taxes. every citizen to pay taxes levied The speaker requested MPs February and March 2018, and aside Ks200 billion to provide He said the union government according to the law. He said interested in discussing the mo- the results showed 33 have flow long-term loans of three to five could reward regular taxpayers his motion is not to lobby for tion to register their names. meters installed according to the years for farmers who meet the with reduced tax rates and cer- increased tax rates but to call Next, the secretary of the set standards, while the remain- set standards. Farmers can ap- tain exemptions, and increase for authorities to scrutinise the Hluttaw Bill Committee an- ing four will have flow meters ply for these loans at their re- the yearly honorary certificates, existing tax collecting system for nounced the acceptance of the installed in the future. spective MADB.—Aye Aye Thant and other commemorations for loopholes and tax evaders. As Explosive Material Bill sent by He added that a plan to in- (MNA) Amyotha Hluttaw 2nd Amyotha Hluttaw’s 8th regular session holds 4th-day meeting THE fourth-day meeting of and tipper and other related the plan to upgrade two roads the second Amyotha Hluttaw’s accessories. Myanmar is una- connecting villages in Mon State, eighth regular session was held ble to provide an AC plant and Ye Township. The deputy minis- at the Amyotha Hluttaw’s meet- AC pavers countrywide and can ter replied that funds for the two ing hall in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday deploy just one in each state and roads had been budgeted in the morning. region. Mon State government and the At the meeting, the new Tat- Once the 29 sets of AC plants union fund for the 2018-2019 fis- madaw Amyotha Hluttaw repre- funded by the World Bank arrive, cal year and will be implemented sentatives were sworn-in before they will be deployed to states depending upon the availability Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker Mahn and regions, and priority roads of the funds. Win Khaing Than, and they will be upgraded to AC roads in Questions raised by U Zaw signed the oath documents. Dep- big towns. Plans are being drawn Hein of Taninthayi Region con- uty Minister for Construction to upgrade the technology and at stituency (7) and U Tet Tun Aung U Kyaw Lin answered five as- the same time, studies are be- of Rakhine State constituency terisk-marked questions raised ing conducted to assess the new (2) were also answered and ex- by the Hluttaw representatives. technologies’ appropriateness to plained by Deputy Minister U Replying to a question U Kyaw Lin. Daw Naw Sa Muhtu. the situation in Myanmar. Kyaw Lin. raised by Daw Naw Sa Muhtu If the roads are constructed Next, Amyotha Hluttaw bill of Kayin State constituency (11) the bridge is earmarked for the asphalt and has the lowest cost. and maintained according to the committee member Dr.