BAGO FLOOD AFFECTS FISH FARMING LAKES, LOSSES UNKNOWN YET P-5 (BUSINESS) NATIONAL LOCAL NEWS Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker, committee chairmen, Visa-free travel for Japan, ROK tourists, secretaries hold coordination meeting visa on arrival for PRC tourists PAGE-3 PAGE-4 Vol. V, No. 106, 4th Waning of Second Waso 1380 ME www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Tuesday, 31 July 2018 Republic of the Union of Myanmar People urged Office of the President to be alerted Press Release 8/2018 to rising water Third Waning Day of the Second Month of Waso 1380 ME 30 July 2018 in rivers THE Department of Meteorology and Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Establishes Hydrology has advised the people liv- ing near the rivers and in low-lying ar- the Independent Commission of Enquiry eas in Hpa-an in Kayin State, Madauk in Bago Region and in Thabaung, Ay- The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar has today established the Independent Commission of Enquiry as eyawady Region to be alerted to the part of its national initiative to address reconciliation, peace, stability and development in Rakhine. The Independent Com- floods and to keep informed of rising mission will investigate the allegations of human rights violations and related issues, following the terrorist attacks by ARSA. water in the rivers. The Commission comprises the following personalities: According to the observation at 1:30pm yesterday, the water level of Ambassador Rosario Manalo: Chairperson Ngawun River at Thabaung has re- Former Deputy Foreign Minister of the Philippines mained at its danger level and the wa- Former Chair and Current Representative of the Philippines to CEDAW ter level is expected to remain above its danger level the next day. U Mya Thein: Member According to observations made Former Chair of the Constitutional Tribunal at 1:30pm yesterday, the water level of of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar the Thanlwin River has exceeded its Ambassador Kenzo Oshima: Member danger level by about six feet at Hpa- Former Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs an and it is expected to fall about one and Emergency Relief Coordinator foot over the next two days. Former Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations The water level of the Shwegyin River exceeded over two feet at Shw- Prof. Dr. Aung Tun Thet: Member egyin above its danger level, accord- Former Senior Official of UNICEF and Former Principal Officer UN System Staff College ing to observations made at 1:30pm yesterday, and it is expected to fall The Commission will be assisted by national and international legal and technical experts. below its danger level over the next two days.—GNLM Second Pyithu Hluttaw’s 9th regular session holds third day meeting THE second Pyithu Hluttaw’s coastal area and is affected by ninth regular session held its storms every year. As per the third-day meeting at the Pyithu instructions of the National Dis- Hluttaw meeting hall yesterday, aster Management Committee, where asterisk-marked ques- the Ministry of Social Welfare, tions were asked and answered, Relief and Resettlement is co- a motion tabled, a bill tabled and operating with the Rakhine a report read. State government to construct multi-purpose buildings that can Community Hall be used as safe havens for peo- U Oo Tun Win of Kyauktaw ple, a school, a place for social constituency posed the first as- activities, a health care centre, terisk-marked question on plans information centre, youth centre, to construct community halls in etc. Such buildings are required major village tracts in the town- in the major village tracts in the ships of Rakhine State. Depu- townships of Rakhine State. ty Minister for Social Welfare, Till date, 24 such buildings Relief and Resettlement U Soe were constructed and 30 remain Aung replied that geographical- to be constructed. ly, Rakhine State is located in a SEE PAGE-2 Pyithu Hluttaw is being convened in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. PHOTO: MNA 31 JULY 2018 2 PARLIAMENT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Pyithu Hluttaw Second Pyithu Hluttaw’s 9th regular session holds third day meeting FROM PAGE-1 Four are under construction constituency. by the Rakhine State govern- Motion to control and man- ment with funding from Bangla- age BOT contracts under desh. From the national disaster Private-Public Partnership management fund, 26 more will Next, U Kyaw Swe Win of be constructed under a tender Kawhmu constituency tabled a system this year. Works were motion urging the government to being conducted according to control and manage BOT (Build, procedures to construct a total Operate, Transfer) agreements of 87 shelters under a tender conducted all over the country system in four natural disas- for constructing roads under a ter-prone states and region, 57 U Nay Myo Htet of Kyauktada constituency. U Zarni Min of Shwegu constituency. PHOTO: MNA PPP (Private-Public Partner- in Ayeyawady Region, 26 in Ra- PHOTO: MNA ship) system. khine State, one in Shan State The Hluttaw Speaker an- and three in Chin State. At the 53 foreign and local companies nance and repair Surface Treatment) or concrete nounced the acceptance of the moment, preparations are being and groups had submitted EOIs. U Zarni Min of Shwegu road work. Quality Control (QC) Hluttaw to discuss the motion made to sign a contract with ten- Request for Quotation constituency then asked if inspections were conducted sys- after the Hluttaw’s decision was der winning companies. (RFQ) will be made in August there are plans to construct, tematically to ensure that roads obtained. Once these 26 shelters are 2018, Request for Proposal maintain and repair roads to are constructed according to the Later, Pyithu Hluttaw constructed in Rakhine State, (RFP) in November and De- match international standards design. The department is taking Speaker U T Khun Myat an- there will be a total of 54 shelters cember 2018 and Bidder Win- and quality. Deputy Minister strong action against the site nounced that Hluttaw repre- in Rakhine State. These shelters ning Award and Contracting in for Construction U Kyaw Lin (construction) engineers if the sentatives who want to discuss were constructed in 54 disas- January and February 2019. replied that the Ministry of construction does not follow the the motion should enroll their ter-prone villages in 11 town- Assessments will be made Construction understands design. names. ships and these cyclone shelters in stages as mentioned and a and knows the international The Ministry of Construc- can be used as community halls, minimum of one to a maximum technique, standard and quality tion will strive towards the de- Report on Consumer Protec- said the deputy minister. of four companies and groups for road construction, mainte- velopment of the road and bridge tion Bill read will be selected and work on the nance and repair, but due to the sector in all states and regions. The Ministry of Commerce Yangon Inner Ring Road Inner Ring Road will be imple- funding situation of the country, It will coordinate with Hluttaw then tabled the Consumer Pro- Replying to a question posed mented in early 2019. Construc- it is using the old method of representatives to control and tection Bill and bill committee by U Nay Myo Htet of Kyauktada tion will be completed within construction till date. manage the works and will ac- member U Zaw Win read and constituency on the status of the three years and government The cost of laying a mile of cept the guidance of Hluttaw explained a report on the bill. Yangon Inner Ring Road pro- funds will not be used. The com- road in the country is one sev- representatives to provide the Later, Pyithu Hluttaw gramme that would ease traffic panies are to invest with their enth of the neighbouring coun- best work and upgradation, said Speaker U T Khun Myat an- congestion and be convenient own arrangements. Return on tries. Even though roads were the deputy minister. nounced that Hluttaw represent- for people in Yangon Region, investments will be from tolls for not being constructed up to in- Deputy Minister for Con- atives who want to discuss the Deputy Minister for Construc- road usage. Announcements will ternational standards and qual- struction U Kyaw Lin then con- report should enroll their names. tion U Kyaw Lin replied that an be made in detail at each stage, ity, the ministry is conducting a tinued and replied to questions The fourth-day meeting of announcement was made in the said the deputy minister. soil test of the land on which the posed by U Pe Than of Myebon the second Pyithu Hluttaw’s state-owned newspapers to sub- road is to be laid and designing constituency, U Khin Maung ninth regular session will be held mit an Expression of Interest International standards for appropriate Penetration Macad- Myint of Yaksawk constituency on 2 August, it is learnt.—Aye (EOI) by 29 June 2018. A total of road construction, mainte- am, DBST (Double Bituminous and U Win Min of Hlinethaya Aye Thant (MNA) Amyotha Hluttaw Second Amyotha Hluttaw’s 9th regular session holds third day meeting The second Amyotha Hluttaw's Thu answered that Santhit- offices, housing and detention avada Buddhist Missionary ninth regular session held its pyin and Thongwa @ Kwingyi cells required at Mingun area University Bill was discussed third-day meeting at the Amyo- (Rakhine) villages are already police station and Ywathitgyi by U Kyaw Naing of the Yan- tha Hluttaw meeting hall yester- included in the village list under area police station in Sagaing gon Region constituency 12, U day morning. At the meeting, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Township, Sagaing Region.