Volume XXI, Number 217 2nd Waning of Tazaungmon 1375 ME Tuesday, 19 November, 2013

THE MOST RELIABLE NEWSPAPER AROUND YOUNew Light of Myanmar

Nay Pyi Taw, 18 Nov—President U Thein Sein held a wel-coming ceremony for President of Mongolia Mr. Tsakhiagiin Elbe-gdorj on the lawns in front of the Presidential Palace, here, this even-ing.

At the welcoming ceremony, President U Thein Sein and the visit-ing Mongolian President took the salute of the Guard of Honour and in-spected it.

While scouts from BEHS No (5) welcomed the Mongolian President waving the miniature flags of the two coun-tries, he cordially greet-ed them.

After the welcom-ing ceremony, the Mon-golian President pre-sented his entourage to the President. Likewise, the President introduced Union Ministers Lt-Gen Wai Lwin, U Wunna Maung Lwin, U Thein Nyunt, U Win Tun, Dr

President U Thein Sein rolls out red carpet to welcome Mongolian President

Myint Aung and Dr Kan Zaw and Deputy Min-ister Dr Aung Myat Oo and Ambassador U Tin Oo.

Next, the President and the Mongolian Pres-ident held talks at the Credentials Hall of the Presidential Palace.

Their discussions fo-cus on promotion of bi-lateral relations between the two nations, coop-eration in regional and international arenas and tourism and mining sec-tors, exchanges of high-ranking officials, further strengthening relations between the two peoples and ASEAN-Mongolia relations.

Moreover, they ex-changed views on Mon-golia’s democratization initiated in 1990 and experiences and lessons from political, economic and administrative re-forms.

Also present at the call were Union Minis-ters Lt-Gen Wai Lwin, U

Wunna Maung Lwin, U Hla Tun, U Win Tun, U Khin Yi, Dr Myint Aung, Dr Kan Zaw and U Htay Aung, Deputy Ministers U Ye Htut and Dr Aung Myat Oo, the Myanmar Ambassador to Mon-golia and officials. The Mongolia President was accompanied by minis-ters, deputy ministers, high-ranking officials and the Mongolian Am-

bassador to Myanmar.Next, Union Min-

ister U Wunna Maung Lwin and the Mongo-lian Foreign Affairs Minister signed agree-ments on exemption of visa requirements for diplomatic and special passports holders in the presence of the Presi-dent and the Mongolian President.

In the evening,

President U Thein Sein hosted a dinner to the Mongolian President at a hall of the Presidential Palace.

The two President extended greetings and enjoyed dinner together.

During and after dinner, artistes of the Ministry of Culture per-formed sing and dance.

Next, the two Presi-dent presented floral

baskets to the artistes. Also present at

the dinner were Vice-Presidents Dr Sai Mauk Kham and U Nyan Tun, the Union ministers, the deputy ministers and of-ficials.

Myanmar and Mon-golia established diplo-matic ties in 1956. It is the first visit of the Head of State of Mongolia.

MNA

President U Thein Sein holding talks with President of Mongolia Mr. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj and party at the Credentials Hall of the Presidential Palace.—mna

President U Thein Sein and President of Mongolia Mr. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj inspect the Guard of Honour.—mna

Tuesday, 19 November, 20132 New Light of MyanmarLOCAL NEWS

Nay Pyi Taw, 18 Nov —Students from Falam BEHS (Branch) who were relocated at BEHS No (1) due to landslides and tor-rential rains in July returned to their original school on 8 November.

“As of 8 November, students who are in Grade VI and VII were able to re-turn to their school and re-

yaNgoN, 18 Nov—While charity fair was be-ing held, a fire broke out at a room of 7th floor at build-ing No (30) on 53rd Street of

yaNgoN, 18 Nov—1st Myanmar People Forum arranged by civil societies in Myanmar will be held at MCC on Mindhamma Road in Yangon from 9 am to 5 pm on 28-30 December, ac-cording to the organizer.

During the forum, the workshops titled “peace, development, justice/hu-man rights and democra-tization” will be held. The scholars from Myanmar civil societies will take part in the workshops and any enthusiasts are invited to at-tend the workshops.

Entrance fees are K 1000, K 3000, K 10,000, and K 15,000 and free of

Tachilek, 18 Nov—Surveillance squad led by police Sub Inspector Myint Htwe from Tachilek Myo-ma Police Station and par-ty, together with witnesses raided the house of Arko on Myatlay Street in Makar-hokham Ward of Tachilek on 12 November.

They found WY brand 1600 stimulant tablets in eight packages and one package of 160 stimulant tablets, totaling 1760 tab-lets weighing 176 grams

Tamway, 18 Nov—Ed-ucative talks held at Basic Education Primary School No. 15 in Tamway Town-ship under the arrangement of Yangon East District Information and Public Re-lations Department on 13 November.

CT X-ray department opened in Myeik District

myeik, 18 Nov—CT X-ray department opened in Myeik Township Peo-ple’s Hospital for the health of local people constructed by the government on 12

November.At the ceremony, Chair-

man U Hla Than of Sup-portive Committee of Myeik Township People’s Hospital unveiled the signboard and

members of the committee cut the ribbon to open the depart-ment.

Then, Tan-inthayi Region Chief Minister U Myat Ko and officials looked round the CT X-ray depart-ment.

Altogether K 50 million was spent on

Students from landslide-hit Falam BEHS (Branch) back to their school

located to Bantgyi building in the school compound. But, students in Grade IX, X and XI still remain in BEHS NO (1). We had re-ported to the authorities to build a new school building in Talan ward,” a teacher of the BEHS (Branch) said.

There are two BEHS, one BEHS (Branch) and five primary schools in

Falam. The damaged school served as a primary school in 1979 and middle school in 1991 before it was upgraded into a BEHS (Branch) in 2013-2014 academic year. The school holds 269 primary students, 576 middle school students and 133 high school stu-dents.—Kyemon-Linn Lett Kyelsin

1st Myanmar People Forum on 28-30 December

Educative talks given in Tamway TspHead of Tamway

Township IPRD Daw Hla Hla Myint gave talks with a title of “Good Man” and an official shared knowl-edge about health with pamphlets, showcases and documentary photos to the students.

Then, Headmaster U Ko Yi explained the educa-tional activities of Tamway Township based on these pamphlets and photos to the students. Later, the stu-dents observed the books from the library of Tamway Township IPRD.

Kyemon-Shwe Taing Lwin

charge for the journalists. Those wishing to attend the workshops may register at the website of www.myan-marpeopleforum.org.

Myanmar People Fo-rum is scheduled before ASEAN People’s Forum that will be held in March 2014. It is learnt that 13 Myanmar civil societies launched Myanmar People Forum in October 2011 with the name of working group.

Kyemon-(Soe Win-MLA)Nay Pyi Taw, 18 Nov—According to a tip-off, members of Myeik District Police Force to-gether with the witnesses searched the house of Min Zaw (a) Kalar Nge (a) Ibra-ham, 29, of Kandown Ward in Myeik Township on 11 November.

Opium speciosa seized in Myeik District

They found Min Zaw and Maung Zaw (a) Kar Mee, 34 and seized 13.22 kilo opium powder worth K 13.22 million which was sold by Myint Thein (a) Othein, 45, of Mayingyi Village in Taninthayi Re-gion during the inspection.

Myeik Myoma Po-

Stimulant tablets seized in Tachilek

in ZMMC brand HDEVD player and SWellcom hand-set box in his bedroom. They seized the findings in the presence of the wit-nesses.

Tachilek Myoma Po-lice Station filed a lawsuit against Arko under Sec-tions 15/19 (a) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law and Sub Inspector Soe Naing placed him under interrogation.

Kyemon-Maw Gyi (Triangle Region)

Illegal two-digit lottery gamblers arrested in Magway

Nay Pyi Taw, 18 Nov—Acting on a tip-off, members of Special Crime Combating Squad of Mag-way District and Magway Myoma Police Station to-gether with the witnesses searched a house of Bo Htay (2) Bo Htwe, 41, of

Myintha Ward in Magway Towbship on 13 Novem-ber.

During the operation, they found Bo Htay (2) Bo Htwe, Ma Aye Than, 43, Ma Aye Aye Khaing, 17 and Soe Win Maung, 27 with the evidences of illegal

two-digit lottery gambling and K 85600 black money and seized them.

The three suspects are charged under Sections 15 (a)/ 16 (b) of Gambling Law by Magway Myoma Police Station.—Kyemon-Police Information

Fire breaks out in PazundaungPazundaung Township of Yangon at about 4.10 pm on 16 November.

The firefighters rushed to the scene and put out the

fire at 4.20 pm.“The fire was believed

to have started from wire shock; the owners were away from the apartment for their journey. It was closed for two days,” said a neighbour.

Some people said that the case was due to fire-works that let off near the apartment. The outbreak of the fire is under investiga-tion, said Yangon Region Fire Services Department.

As it is now an open season, public are to exer-cise a constant vigilance against fire.—Kyemon-Htet Khaing (Sangyoung)

CT X-ray department, K 361.25 million on CT X-ray machine and K 26.90815 million on 160 KV trans-former and power lines.

Kyemon-District IPRD

lice Station filed a lawsuit against them.—Kyemon-Police Information

Anti-Narcotic Drives

Tuesday, 19 November, 2013 3New Light of MyanmarWORLD

A survivor of Typhoon Haiyan gestures after receiving aid delivered by a US military helicopter to a isolated

village north of Tacloban on 17 Nov, 2013.ReuteRs

Boeing airliner crashes in Russia, 50 killed

Moscow, 18 Nov — A Boeing 737 airliner crashed on Sunday in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people on board and spotlighting the poor safety record of regional airlines that ply internal routes across the world’s largest nation.

The son of the presi-dent of the oil-rich pro- vince of Tatarstan and the regional head of the FSB intelligence service were named among those killed when the plane exploded in a ball of fire on hitting the runway.

Pictures showed charred wreckage scattered over a wide area, appar-ently taken after firefighters had extinguished the fire. Russian television broad-cast a blurred video show-ing a bright flash of light. It also published a photo of the plane’s gaping fuselage with firefighters in the fore-ground.

The Tatarstan airlines

flight from Moscow had been trying to abort its landing in order to make a second approach when it crashed, killing all 44 pas-sengers and six crew on board, emergency officials said. Flight U363 took off from Moscow’s Domode- dovo airport at 6:25 pm (1425 GMT) and crashed just over an hour later, emergency officials said. The leased plane was 23 years old. According to lo-cal reports, the Boeing lost altitude quickly and its fuel

tank exploded on impact.There were high

winds and above-zero temperatures over the airport in central Russia. Flights to and from the airport were halted until midday on Monday.

Kazan, which is 800 km (500 miles) east of Moscow, is the capital of oil-rich region of Tatarstan. A new runway was built at the airport ahead of the World Student Games, held in the city earlier this year.

Reuters

Villagers mob US aid choppers as Philippine relief effort spreadsManila, 18 Nov —

Mobbed by hungry villag-ers, US military helicopters dropped desperately needed aid into remote areas of the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines, as survivors of the disaster flocked to ruined churches on Sunday to pray

for their uncertain future.The Philippines is fac-

ing up to an enormous re-building task from Typhoon Haiyan, which killed at least 3,974 people and left 1,186 missing, with many isolated communities yet to receive significant aid despite a

France assures Israel it will stand firm on Iran deal

JerusaleM, 18 Nov — President Francois Hol-lande assured Israel on Sun-day that France would con-tinue to oppose an easing of economic sanctions against Iran until it was convinced Teheran had given up any pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Hollande’s pledge could help underpin an intensive campaign by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to convince Is-rael’s main ally, the United States, and other leading powers to toughen terms of a proposed nuclear deal with Iran ahead of negotia-tions reconvening this week in Geneva.

Differences over how to ensure Iran does not ob-tain nuclear weapons have opened a rift between Ne-tanyahu and US President

Barack Obama, whose re-lationship has long been fraught. France has taken a tough line with Iran, help-ing Paris forge closer ties with Teheran’s foes in Is-

rael and the Gulf.“France will not give

way on nuclear prolifera-tion,” Hollande said at a welcoming ceremony at Tel Aviv airport. “So long

as we are not certain that Iran has renounced nuclear arms, we will keep in place all our demands and sanc-tions.” After Hollande’s three-day state visit, Netan-yahu is due to travel to Mos-cow on Wednesday to see Russian President Vladimir Putin and return to Israel to meet US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday — by which point US and Rus-sian officials have said a preliminary deal with Iran might have been struck. Netanyahu has condemned a proposal, to be discussed by Iran in talks starting on Wednesday with six pow-ers — France, China, Brit-ain, Germany, Russia and the United States — to ease sanctions if it suspends some nuclear activities.

Reuters

French President Francois Hollande (R) and his companion Valerie Trierweiler stand next to Israeli

President Shimon Peres (L) as students from Tel Aviv’s Marc Chagall French school welcome them during a

ceremony at the presidential residence in Jerusalem on 17 Nov, 2013.—RetueRs

Merkel and SPD coalition talks enter final

make-or-break phaseBerlin, 18 Nov — An-

gela Merkel’s conserva-tives and Germany’s Social Democrats have forged a political marriage before and know each other’s ways, but as a new “big day” approaches, they are having to work hard to con-vince skeptical party mem-bers and the business world that they should give it an-other go.

Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and Ba-varian allies were the clear winners in September’s election, taking 41.5 per-cent of the vote, but their former liberal partners in government lost all their seats, so the center-right still needs to form a coali-tion with the humiliated centre-left.

After three weeks of negotiations on policy de-tails, coalition talks enter the “hot phase” this week, and the knottiest problems must be resolved in a fi-nal session on 26 Novem-ber for the chancellor to have a new government by

Leader of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel (L) welcomes German Chancellor

and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel and Federal Chancellery Minister

Ronald Pofalla (R) at the SPD headquarters before coalition talks between Germany’s conservative (CDU/

CSU) parties and the SPD in Berlin on 30 Oct, 2013.—ReuteRs

Christmas.Both sides are making

big concessions, but the conservatives want their landslide election victory reflected in the deal and the subsequent division of cab-inet posts. Two conserva-tives spoke this weekend of “not letting the tail wag the dog”.

The SPD had its sec-ond-worst result of the post-war era, appealing to just 25.7 percent of voters, but doesn’t want to look like Merkel’s doormat.

“Forty percent of vot-ers chose the conserva-tives’ platform. Support for the SPD’s ideas was much lower. This simple fact has to be reflected in the ‘grand coalition’ pro-gramme,” Finance Minis-ter Wolfgang Schaeuble told Bild newspaper in a preview of Monday’s edi-tion.

From the sidelines, the industrial sector frets about the coalition undermining Europe’s biggest economy.

Reuters

massive international relief effort. Philippine authori-ties and international aid agencies face a mounting humanitarian crisis, with the number of people dis-placed by the catastrophe estimated at 4 million, up from 900,000 late last week. President Benigno Aquino, caught off guard by the scale of the disaster and criticized by some for the sometimes chaotic response, visited af-

fected areas on Sunday. Not for the first time, he sought to deflect blame for the problems onto local authori-ties whose preparations he said had fallen short. In Gui-uan, a hard-hit coastal town in eastern Samar Province, he praised the city mayor for conducting a proper evacua-tion that had limited deaths to less than 100, saying that was a contrast to other towns.—Reuters

Wreckage is seen at the site of a Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737 crash at Kazan Airport on 18 November,

2013.—RetueRs

Two Russian bombers fly

alongside Japan over

PacificTokyo, 18 Nov— Two

Russian Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers flew alongside the Japanese ar-chipelago over the Pacific on Sunday, prompting the Air Self-Defence Force to scramble fighter jets, ac-cording to the Defence Ministry.

The bombers, howev-er, did not violate Japan’s airspace, the ministry’s Joint Staff said.

The move came a day after two Russian Tupolev Tu-142 patrol planes flew over the Pacific near the ar-chipelago. Those planes did not violate Japan’s airspace either.

The ministry is analyz-ing Russia’s intention be-hind the flights.

Kyodo News

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Science & TechnologyNew Light of Myanmar

Dot London: City launches own domain to

boost online presenceLondon, 17 Nov —

London will join a hand-ful of cities launching their own Internet domain names next year to build a greater online presence and promote the British capital, the mayor’s office said on Friday. ICANN, the world body that oversees the web’s naming conven-tions, gave London the go-ahead this week to use its own unique domain name from 2014, along with New York, Berlin, Vienna and Brussels.

The city’s mayor, Bo-ris Johnson, said adopting the “.london” suffix would enable organizations to as-sociate themselves more closely with London’s global brand. “This is also an excellent opportunity to expand London’s digital presence, which in turn is set to generate funds to in-vest back into the city,” he

said in a statement.ICANN’s Vice Presi-

dent for Europe, Nigel Hickson, said that, in addi-tion to country-specific do-mains such as “.uk”, there are currently only 22 ge-neric top-level domains, in-cluding the familiar “.com”. He said ICANN had re-ceived requests for broad domains such as “.music” or “.tree”, as well as from companies seeking to use their names as a domain.

Hickson told Reuters he expected the number of domains to skyrocket, with as many as 1,000 new generic domains to be ap-proved in the next year. Hickson noted that it is not cheap to run an entity to register and sell domain names, but hoped the im-pact of expanding domain names would improve com-petition on the web.

Reuters

London Mayor Boris Johnson speaks during the World Islamic Economic Forum in London on 30 Oct, 2013.

ReuteRs

Nokia Goldfinger, Moneypenny to run Windows Phone 8.1 with ‘3D Touch’

new York, 17 Nov — Microsoft has been ru-moured to be working on a revamped Windows Phone 8.1, codenamed ‘Blue’, since long. Now new de-tails of Windows Phone 8.1 have surfaced online that shed some light on some devices that will run the forthcoming operating sys-tem update as well as some of its new features.

Popular phone tipster, @evleaks has revealed that two Nokia smartphones, codenamed Goldfinger and Moneypenny, will be the first devices to run Win-dows Phone Blue. @ev-leaks’ tweet reads, “Nokia Goldfinger and Money-penny are shaping up to be the first Windows Phone Blue devices.” It’s worth pointing out that both code names are linked to the

James Bond movies. In ad-dition, The Verge in a report reveals that out of the two Nokia phones, Goldfinger is the flagship device. Further, the report quotes sources familiar with Nokia’s plans and notes that the Goldfin-ger will come with Nokia’s ‘3D Touch’ technology, which the company has been working on for long.

The report suggests that the rumoured ‘3D Touch’ feature uses device’s sen-sors to detect interactions that are off-the-glass.

The Nokia Goldfinger is said to come hand gesture support which will let users navigate on a phone without touching the display, while other gestures under con-sideration include flipping and scrolling. However, the report does not mention anything about the gesture

support in other Nokia de-vices that are already avail-able in the market.

The report also specu-lates that Microsoft might reveal the Windows Phone 8.1 update at MWC 2014.As of now, no other details of the alleged Nokia Gold-finger and Moneypenny have been revealed. It is not clear whether the two

devices are smartphones or tablets. Reports had sug-gested that Windows Phone 8.1 would come with large-screen support.

Earlier this week, a report claimed that Nokia would launch its next tablet dubbed Lumia 2020 along-side the Lumia 1820 smart-phone, at MWC 2014.

PTI

Bill Gates wants Norway’s $800 billion fund to spend more in

Africa, AsiaosLo, 17 Nov — Phi-

lanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates called on Norway’s $800 billion oil fund, one of the biggest investors in the world, to spend more in the poorest countries, gaining the prime minister’s support with his proposal. Gates, who runs the $37 billion Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said Norway should set aside a portion of the fund to invest in infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, and buy equity in small enterprises that allevi-ate agricultural and medical problems.

“Norway is by many measures one of the richest countries in the world and you can afford to take some

of that money and help out people in other places,” Gates said on a visit to Oslo. Norway is working on a complete review of the fund, including its invest-ment strategy. Critics say it has become too big and needs to diversify away from stocks, bonds and real estate, and may even need to be broken up into spe-cialized vehicles.”It is part of our platform that the oil fund should invest more in developing markets,” Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who took power last month, said after meeting Gates. “We will make sure the fund gets a mandate that allows them to invest in companies and maybe also infrastructure in these developing countries,”

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates

speaks at a breakfast meet-ing hosted by Civita, a lib-eral think tank, in Oslo on 15 Nov, 2013.—ReuteRs

she said. “We believe it can give a just as good return as similar investments in de-veloped nations.”—Reuters

new York, 17 Nov — A Chicago computer hacker tied to the group known as Anonymous was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison for cyber attacks on various government agen-cies and businesses, includ-ing a global intelligence company.

Jeremy Hammond, 28, was handed the maximum term for the December 2011 hacking of Strategic Fore-casting Inc, an attack his lawyers contend was driven by concern about the role of private firms in gathering intelligence domestically and abroad. Prosecutors say the hack of Strategic Fore-casting, or Stratfor, resulted in the theft of 60,000 credit card numbers and records for 860,000 clients, which were then uploaded online.

Chicago hacker tied to Anonymous given 10 years in prison

Hammond admitted being behind it in May. He also admitted to hacking several law enforcement agencies and organizations, includ-ing the Arizona Department of Public Safety, releasing personal details of offic-ers as part of an attack by the Anonymous-affiliated group LulzSec.

Hammond’s lawyers argued their client should be sentenced to only time he had already served since his March 2012 arrest, por-traying him as a political activist and whistleblower.As part of the Stratfor at-tack, Hammond’s lawyers said he turned over com-pany emails to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, which has since selectively released documents reveal-ing the firm’s dealings with

clients including Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Coca-Cola Co. “As a result of the Stratfor hack, some of the dangers of the unregulated private intelligence indus-try are now known,” Ham-mond said in court.

But Chief Judge Lo-retta Preska of the US Dis-trict Court in Manhattan imposed the 10-year term followed by three years of supervised release, citing his “total lack of respect for the law.” “There was cer-tainly nothing high-minded or public spirited about his hacking,” Preska said. The sentence was the maximum allowed under the single charge of conspiracy to engage in computer hack-ing that Hammond pleaded guilty to in May.

Reuters

Visitors view a panoramic

parking system at the 15th China Hi-

Tech Fair in Shenzhen,

south China’s Guangdong Province, on 16 Nov, 2013. Over 3,000 ex-hibitors from 50 countries and regions

participated in the fair which

kicked off on Saturday.

Xinhua

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BUSINESS & HEALTHNew Light of Myanmar

Princeton University can import vaccine to combat meningitis outbreak

New York, 17 Nov — A meningitis vaccine ap-proved for use in Europe and Australia but not in the United States can be import-ed to try to stop an outbreak of the disease at Princeton University in New Jersey, federal health officials said. The Food and Drug Admin-istration agreed this week to the importation of the vac-cine, Bexsero, for poten-tial use on the Ivy League campus, Barbara Reynolds, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention, said

People walk around the Princeton University campus in New Jersey, on 16 Nov, 2013.—ReuteRs

on Saturday. The school, which has about 7,900 stu-dents, reported its seventh case of the year this week, said university spokesman Martin Mbugua. Bexsero, a new vaccine made by Swiss drugmaker Novartis, is de-signed to protect against a strain of the disease, sero-group B, that is not as com-mon in the United States as it is in other parts of the world, Reynolds said.

The outbreak of se-rogroup B meningitis at Princeton is rare but not the first of its kind in the Unit-

ed States, Reynolds said. “What’s a little different now is this is the first time we’ve had an outbreak and also have had the possibility of using a vaccine that could protect against it,” she said.

The university’s trus-tees are meeting this week-end to discuss the outbreak. Mbugua would not talk about the nature of those discussions or what day they would be held. “I will not pre-empt the trustees’ dis-cussion by talking about it beforehand,” he said. Reyn-olds said she did not have a timetable for how quickly the vaccine could be availa-ble. Its use would be option-al for students at Princeton, she said. The most recent case at the school was diag-nosed last Sunday, Mbugua said. Six of those affected are students, and one was a visitor, he said.

The student who most recently became ill remains hospitalized, according to the New Jersey Department

Alibaba’s CTO sees chance for non-American

Internet ecosystemHelsiNki, 17 Nov — As

the Slush conference, an an-nual startup event in Helsin-ki, attracted thousands more participants than last year, a top Chinese IT developer has seen the opportunity of emerging independent in-ternet ecosystem rather than the current one dominated by Americans. Wang Jian, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Alibaba group, made the remarks in an in-terview with Xinhua, after he briefed the Slush audi-ence about China’s e-com-merce businesses.

The Slush, a unique interacting platform in Europe for technical busi-ness startups which saw its sixth annual gathering on

Wednesday and Thursday at a wider venue, proved successful as it received 5,000 participants, a num-ber that surprised Finnish media considering merely about 300 people came to the event in 2008.

The Slush 2013 also drew 60 billion US dollars worth of venture capital, almost twice the value last year. Believing the global internet is still largely dom-inated by US technology, Wang said the well-sold Slush entrance tickets gave him confidence to expect a non-American ecosystem to emerge.

He said, “80 percent of netizens are outside Amer-ica, whereas 80 percent of

internet services are pro-vided in America. This is ... not only ... a huge chal-lenge ... but an opportunity as well.”Wang said he was impressed by the “enthusi-asm, determination and sol-idarity” at the Slush venue. “They are similar to us,” referring to a recent confer-ence in China organized by Aliyun, a cloud platform of e-commerce set up by Ali-baba group.Wang chaired the conference, which was held earlier this month in Zhejiang Province in east-ern China, and attended

by some 5,000 developers, customers and investors.

Like Europe, thou-sands of Chinese business startups began to gener-ate huge revenues through internet and to provide services to millions of us-ers beyond China. “This is a development thanks to the global internet,” said Wang. He noted that many of Chinese successful start-ups are gaming companies, just like Finland, a nordic country that saw its gaming industry the fastest growing sector in 2012.—Xinhua

Dubai Airshow to open with Gulf spending spree

Dubai, 17 Nov—Gulf airlines are set to place or-ders worth over $100 bil-lion as the Dubai Airshow gets under way on Sunday, industry sources said, led by record investment in a new Boeing jet. The birth of a revamped successor to Boeing’s 777 jet, with some 250 orders booked or in the pipeline from four air-lines, marks a new step in the growth of Gulf airlines and a fierce contest between Boeing and Airbus (EAD.PA) for their business. Boe-ing is expected to launch the 777X jet with orders from the top three Gulf carriers — Dubai’s Emirates, Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways — and Ger-many’s Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) which has already ten-tatively committed to buy 34 of the planes.

Gulf airlines have been expanding rapidly as they

seek to take advantage of a strong geographical posi-tion connecting East and West. A fifth, Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific, could join the program later, industry experts said, while Brit-ish Airways (ICAG.L) has expressed interest in the jet. Boeing’s (BA.N) top planemaking official pledged not to let a dispute with Seattle assembly work-ers over where the plane should be built interfere with its launch, which is expected to be announced on day one of the 17-21 November show. Boeing is looking for a home for the new jet after members of the International Association of Machinists rejected a pro-posed contract that would have seen Boeing commit to keeping the latest member of the 777 series near Seat-tle in exchange for restruc-tured benefits.—Reuters

Siemens chairman plans to stay until 2018

FraNkFurt, 17 Nov — Siemens (SIEGn.DE) chair-

man Gerhard Cromme plans to stay in his post until his

contract ends in 2018, Ger-man magazine Focus report-ed on Saturday, saying he had made his intention clear to close colleagues inside the engineering conglomer-ate. The magazine said there had been increasing specu-lation that the 70-year-old might step down from office early, after critics argued his departure would afford the company a fresh start.

Cromme, in contrast, sees his chairmanship as

adding to continuity and sta-bility at Siemens, the maga-zine said.

Siemens has been re-shaping its management organization under Chief Executive Joe Kaeser, who took over in July after the company dumped former chief Peter Loescher four years before the end of his contract, following a series of profit warnings. A Sie-mens spokesman declined comment. —Reuters

The company logo of Siemens is pictured after an annual news conference in Berlin on 7 Nov, 2013.—ReuteRs

UNSG’s message on World Toilet Day

19 November 2013Each year, more than 800,000 children under five

die needlessly from diarrhoea – more than one child a minute. Countless others fall seriously ill, with many suffering long-term health and developmental conse-quences. Poor sanitation and hygiene are the primary cause. Worldwide, some 2.5 billion people lack the benefits of adequate sanitation. More than 1 billion people practice open defecation. We must break the taboos and make sanitation for all a global develop-ment priority.

This first official observance by the United Nations of World Toilet Day is an opportunity to highlight this important topic. Sanitation is central to human and envi-ronmental health. It is essential for sustainable develop-ment, dignity and opportunity. Poor water and sanitation cost developing countries around $260 billion a year — 1.5 per cent of their gross domestic product. On the other hand, every dollar invested can bring a five-fold return by keeping people healthy and productive. When schools offer decent toilets, 11 per cent more girls attend. When women have access to a private latrine, they are less vul-nerable to assault.

Despite the compelling moral and economic case for action on sanitation, progress has been too little and too slow. That is why I launched a Call to Action on Sanita-tion this year to end open defecation by 2025 and build on existing efforts such as Sanitation and Water for All and the Sanitation Drive to 2015, the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

We are a long way from achieving the MDG target of reducing by half the proportion of people lacking ad-equate sanitation. We must urgently step up our efforts, with all actors working together for rapid, tangible re-sults. And as we look beyond 2015, it is essential that sanitation is placed at the heart of the post-2015 devel-opment framework. The solutions need not be expensive or technology-driven. There are many successful models that can be replicated and scaled up. We must also work to educate at-risk communities and change cultural per-ceptions and long-standing practices that have no place in our modern world.

By working together — and by having an open and frank discussion on the importance of toilets and sani-tation — we can improve the health and well-being of one-third of the human family. That is the goal of World Toilet Day.

UNIC/Yangon

of Health. Five other stu-dents have recovered, and the visitor’s case is being followed by another state health department. The first case was reported in March.

Meningitis is a seri-ous disease that is spread through coughing and ex-changes of saliva, and peo-ple living in dormitories or other crowded living quar-ters are especially at risk.There is a vaccine avail-able in the United States for other strains of the disease, Reynolds said.

The CDC recommends the vaccine for children and students before they head off to college. Bacte-rial meningitis can cause the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord to swell. The most severe cases can result in death, hearing loss, brain damage, kidney disease or require the amputation of limbs. Symptoms include fever, headaches and stiff neck.

Reuters

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File photo shows the cooling pool for spent nuclear fuel on the fifth floor of the No 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on 6 Nov, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said on 15 Nov it

plans to start removing the spent fuel from the pool at the No. 4 reactor building 18 November.

Kyodo News

TEPCO to start fuel removal from Fukushima No 4 spent fuel pool

Tokyo, 18 Nov — The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

is set to start later Monday a yearlong mission to remove fuel from a pool at a dam-

aged reactor building, in a move to address one of the major hazards remaining at the accident-stricken plant.

While the process of removing fuel assemblies from the spent fuel pool of the No 4 reactor unit is a milestone toward the de-commissioning of Tokyo Electric Power Co’s Fuku-shima plant, the work will require careful attention so as not to result in another radiation-leaking incident.

The Nos 1 to 4 units lost their cooling systems during the 2011 nuclear crisis, triggered by a huge earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.

The No 4 unit suffered damage to the building due to a hydrogen explosion, but avoided a reactor melt-down, unlike the Nos. 1 to

3 reactors, as all of its fuel was stored in the spent fuel pool due to the reactor un-dergoing periodic mainte-nance work at that time.

However, the condi-tion of the spent fuel pool on the highest floor of the crumbling building was a major source of concern in the early days of the cri-sis, as the water level was suspected to have dropped low enough to expose the fuel. TEPCO later said the fuel of the No 4 unit was unlikely to have sustained major damage. To ensure radioactive substances will not spread outside dur-ing the fuel removal work, TEPCO has created a huge cover, supported by steel frames, to blanket the reactor building.

Kyodo News

A truck carrying bananas travels on Cuba’s main highway on the outskirts of Havana on 8 Aug, 2013.

ReuteRs

New climate of pragmatism prevails in

US-Cuba relationsWashingTon, 18 Nov

— US relations with Cuba have undergone a surprise warming in recent months, raising expectations of pos-sible agreements to bring the two countries closer after more than 50 years of hostility.

US and Cuban offi-cials overcame a series of potentially divisive inci-dents this summer with mu-tual displays of pragmatism rarely seen since Cuba’s 1959 socialist revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power. President Barack Obama appeared to rec-ognize this publicly on 8

November when he said at a fundraiser in Miami that it may be time for the United States to revise its policies toward Cuba.

“We have to be creative and we have to be thought-ful, and we have to continue to update our policies,” he said. Hostile rhetoric has long characterized relations

between the two countries, separated by only 90 miles (140 km) of sea.

But US and Cuban of-ficials now are privately expressing appreciation of each other’s handling of the incidents. They include Cuba’s decision not to of-fer a safe haven to fugitive former US National Se-curity Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who is sought by the United States for alleged espionage, and the diplomatically deft US handling of a North Korean ship carrying Cuban weap-ons in possible violation of UN sanctions.

“I think there is a will-ingness on both sides to en-gage more pragmatically, but we are not on the cusp of any great policy changes,” said one US official involved in discussions on Cuba policy. “We are not as optimistic as the Cubans are, but there’s interest in moving things along.”—Reuters

UN talks on new carbon markets break downneW york, 18 Nov —

International negotiations on how to set up new car-bon markets to cut green-house gas levels broke down over the weekend in Warsaw, sources said, after developing nations refused to progress the issue before rich nations increase efforts to cut their own emissions.

More than 9,000 dele-gates from almost 200 countries are gathered in the Polish capital for 11-22 November United Na-tions-sponsored meetings

aimed at forging by 2015 a new treaty to fight climate change, which would enter into force after 2020.

Sources said negotia-tors were unable to agree, before the start of high-lev-els talks beginning on Mon-day, proposals to develop new carbon markets and link them together through common accounting and transparency standards.

Talks on the issue have been shelved until June 2014, despite agreement in War-saw expected by many. A

spokesman for the European Union Commission said the negotiations had proved very difficult and that it regretted that progress was not made.

“We remain interested in a political discussion on the role of markets in the 2015 agreement here in Warsaw,” he added.

Reaction to the break-down in talks was mixed. “The profound lack of pro-gress is obviously disap-pointing.

We hope the parties regroup and find a way to

progress the (talks) as soon as possible,” said Miles Austin of trade group the Climate Markets & Invest-ment Association.

Meena Raman of green groups alliance Third World Network welcomed the news, “given the grave lack of ambition from developed countries to reduce emis-sions”.

Poorer nations, which bear the brunt of the worst ef-fects of climate change, want rich governments to take on more ambitious and bind-ing emissions reduction targets.

Reuters

Extensive damage is pictured in the aftermath of a tornado that touched down in Washington, Illinois

on 17 Nov, 2013 in this photo courtesy of Anthony Khoury.—ReuteRs

Fast-moving storm kills five as tornadoes rip US Midwest

WashingTon, 18 Nov — A fast-moving storm system triggered multiple tornadoes on Sunday that killed at least five people and flattened large parts of a town in Illinois as it tore across the Midwest, author-ities said.

The storm also forced the Chicago Bears to halt their game against the Bal-timore Ravens and the NFL fans at Soldier Field to seek shelter as menacing clouds rolled in. Chicago’s two major airports also briefly stopped traffic while the metropolitan area was un-der a tornado watch.

National Weather Service survey team con-firmed preliminary EF-4 tornado damage in Wash-ington County in south-ern Illinois, with winds of 166 to 200 miles (267-322 km) per hour. A small farmhouse there took a

direct hit, according to the NWS survey team re-port. “The homestead was totally destroyed with only the foundation remaining,” the report said.

A total of 80 tornado reports were received along with 358 reports of damag-ing winds and 40 reports of large hail, according to Rich Thompson, a lead

forecaster with the weather service’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla-homa.

The storm moved dan-gerously fast, tracking east-ward at 60 miles per hour (97 kph) and Thompson said the bulk of the torna-do damage from the storm occurred over a period of about five hours.—Reuters

Pakistani party postpones NATO supply blockade

islamabad, 18 Nov — The ruling party in Pa-kistan’s northwestern Khy-ber Pakhtunkhwa Prov-ince on Sunday announced postponement of its plan to block supply route for NATO troops in neighbour-ing Afghanistan.

Pakistan Tehrik-e-In-saf, or PTI, had announced to cut the NATO supply line from 20 November as a protest against the US drone strike which had killed the Pakistani Taleban chief, Hakimullah Mehsud.

PTI Chairman Imran Khan announced the post-ponement of the protest sit-in against drones and to stop NATO supplies from 20 to 23 November, keep-ing in view the grave secu-rity situation in the country,

“This is not a cancella-

tion but a postponement in response to the sensitivities of our people and the acute security situation prevailing in the country,” Khan ex-plained in a statement.

The decision was taken after sectarian clashes in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, which claimed nine lives and dozens more were in-jured. The incidents caused tensions in some other cit-ies, and law enforcement agencies have been put on high alert in view of possi-ble backlash.

Last week PTI’s coa-lition partner, Jamaat-e-Islam party briefly stopped supplies to NATO forces against the American drone strikes. Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami party staged a sit-in on the main NATO supply route in Pe-

shawar for two hours, forc-ing the authorities to stop NATO containers from en-tering Afghanistan.

Nearly 70 percent supplies are transported through Pakistan, the short-est and cheapest route, for over one hundred thousands foreign troops. The US is also using Pakistani route for withdrawal of its heavy machinery from Afghani-stan as part of its exit plan.

The government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been under tre-mendous pressure from re-ligious and some political parties to block NATO supply line after the 1 November drone strike, which officials said, sabo-taged the government strat-egy of holding peace talks with the Taleban. —Xinhua

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Process for taking census explained in Amarapura

A m A r A p u r A , 1 8 Nov—A ceremony to discuss population and taking census in 2014 was held at Dhammayon of Dhamma Beikman in Shwekyetyet Village of Amarapura Township in Mandalay Region on 8 November morning.

Head of Mandalay

Region Immigration and Nat ional Regis t ra t ion Department U Thaung Zaw made a speech.

National census will be taken from 30 March to 10 April 2014 with the participation of teachers in cooperation with the local people.

The officials explained

process of the census and its usage. The Head of Region INRD replied to queries raised by those present.

Deputy Director U Kyaw Sein Tun made clarification on 41 points of questions for taking census and three forms of census.—MMAL-Maung Maung Soe (Myitnge)

Traffic accidents in series of three vehicles on second layer of recently-opened Bayintnaung Overpass

YAngon , 18 Nov—With the aim of easing t raf f ic congest ions a t B a y i n t n a u n g T r a f f i c Junction in Ward 1 of Mayangon Township of Yangon Region, the second layer of Bayin tnaung Overpass was put into service on 31 October.

A t 5 p m o n 1 5 November, Nissan diesel taxi driven by Ko Ye Win of Ngwekyayan Street in Ward 53 of Dagon Myothit (South) Township h i t a trailer of Hino diesel container driven by Ko Thein Win Naing of No 57 in Aungchantha 5th Street in Shwepyitha Township at the slope of the overpass.

Due to unconfrollable speed, the two cars bumped

against Fuso Hino taxi driven by Ko Htet Aung of Aungmingala 1st Street from Phayagyi Ward of Bago Region.

T h r e e v e h i c l e s were damaged in the

incident. A person namely Maung Phyo Wai, 21 of Tabawchaung Vi l lage of Htantabin Township on board the middle car was injured but not in serious condition. He is

now receiving medical t r e a tmen t a t Yangon General Hospital.

Bayintnaung Police Station puts driver Ko Ye Win under investigation at the station.—MMAL-015

Maintenance of Turkish war cemetary in Thayet of Magway Region

mAgwAY, 18 Nov—Cairo Construction Co Ltd won a contract to maintain the Turkish war cemetary in Thayet of Magway Region.

At present, the cemetary has been damaged with fensing and posts for mounds.

On 2 November, Mr Ahmet of Turkish Embassy in Yangon met Engineer-

National Sports

in-charge U Wai Yan Phyo Wai, worksite engineer U Zaw Myo Tun and Township Administrator U Nyunt Hlaing and discussed fensing, construction of mausoleum and memorial and guest house, lawns, tombs, lanes, natural slabs, underground pipelines, constructing concrete road

and dredging drains.Next, Township General

Administration Department formed an eight-member committee to supervise the tasks.

The maintenance works are to be carried out within three months.

MMAL-Khin Marlar (Magway)

YAngon, 18 Nov—As a gesture of hailing the XXVII SEA Games to be hosted by Myanmar, SEA Games commemorative posters have been erected at the public sites in downtown Yangon.

The photo taken on 12 November showed a SEA Games poster erected at the corner of Sule Pagoda Road and Bogyoke Aung San Street near Traders Hotel where most of the tourists in Yangon take accom-modation.

MMAL-Soe Win (SP)

SEA Games posters put up in public places in downtown

Yangon

National Census

Toungoo Jail inspected

BAgo, 18 Nov—In line with the jail inspection plan, Bago Region Chief Justice U Maung Maung Shwe of Region High Court together with Head

Kachin State Chief Justice inspects Myitkyina Jail

mYitkYinA, 18 Nov—Chief Justice of Kachin State High Court U Tu Ja, accompanied by the head of office and Myitkyina District Justice U Myint Hsan on 12 November inspected Myitkyina Jail.

Head of Kachin State Myanmar Correctional Department U Win Naing Than and Head of the jail U Tin Maung Cho reported on food, accommodation, health care and rights of

prisoners in line with the law.

The chief justice gave necessary instructions.

On 13 November, the Chief Justice and the district jusitce inspected the custody of Myitkyina Myoma police station and region police station and the custody of Waingmaw Myoma police station and gave necessary instructions to officials.

MMAL-MoeKya (Myitkyina)

of Region Judicial Office U Htay Win on 7 November morning inspected food and accommodation of prisoners at Toungoo Jail.—MMAL-Thant Zin

Legal Affairs Supplies provided to IDPs at Mansi-Nanlinpa relief camp

BhAmo, 18 Nov—KMSS of Bhamo in Kachin State donated 684 bags of rice, 60 containers of oil, seven bags of salt, 240 treated mosquito nets, 1100 cakes of soap, 550 packets of detergent powder, 220 plastic bowls, 220 tooth brushes, 220 tooth pastes, 220 towels, women wares, 10 sets of toilets

and construction materials to Namlinpa relief camp in Mansi Township on 14 November morning.

The transport of goods were provided vehicle assistance by Bhamo District Deputy Commissioner U Tezar Aung and township administrator.—MMAL-Hsimeekhon Nan Yi

Midwifery course concludes in Ywangan

YwAngAn, 18 Nov—Public-based basic health care course No 6/2013 concluded at the hall of Ywangan Township People’s Hospital on 13 November morning.

Ywangan Township Administrator U Phone Htet

Naing Myint, Township Medical Officer Dr Khin Moe Hlaing and Singu Township Medical Officer Dr Aye Lwin made speeches.

Officials presented midwife kit to trainees and completion certificates to 42 trainees.—MMAL-671

Accident

A talk on census taking process to be undertaken in the whole nation in 2014 given in Amarapura.

Traffic accident of vehicles in series on Bayintnaung Overpass second layer.

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Tuesday, 19 November, 2013

Rural development essential to ensure safe and secure food for all

Most recently, the launch of EU-Myanmar Task Force took place at the Myanmar Inter-national Convention Centre, Nay Pyi Taw. The Task Force will support Myanmar as it takes over the rotating presidency of ASEAN in 2014 in addition to its full integration in the ASEAN political, economic and social-cultural com-munities by 2015. It will also support on-going efforts to transform Myanmar into a modern democracy a key part of which is the consti-tutional review under way, as well as credible, transparent and inclusive elections in 2015.

Given the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises, tourism and the raw materi-als/mine sector, the Task Force welcomed the signature of letters on intent in these areas with a view to deepening co-operation between the EU and Myanmar. And it noted that the My-anmar government’s intentions to boost invest-ment in key sectors of the economy will bring new job opportunities for Myanmar and new opportunities for investment from European industry.

The Task Force stressed the key role of ag-riculture in Myanmar. Rural development and food security are essential to ensure safe and secure food for all, but also improve the live-lihoods of farmers and provide opportunities for rural communities. This will make an enor-mous difference to the lives of many rural peo-ple who’ve lost their livelihoods in recent floods.

The activities of the Task Force are de-signed to achieve a number of broad economic and strategic objectives as the economy is still every much driven by investment, and will con-tribute much to many who face a multitude of challenges in their daily lives including difficult living conditions and poor access to essential services.

We have to be honest that we need to under-stand the trend of the time, devise strategy and plan carefully in undertaking major diplomatic activities, with particular attention to neigh-bouring countries. We also need to work hard-er to remain competitive with other companies like EU because things like narrow nationalism, protectionism and xenophobia are negative val-ues. And we are sure that this would be geared towards a high level of national development.

Union Attorney-General attends Bangkok Dialogue on the Rule of Law

Nay Pyi Taw, 18 Nov —Attorney-General of the Union Dr Tun Shin deliv-ered an address as a special guest of Thailand at The Bangkok Dialogue on the Rule of Law “Investing in the Rule of Law, Justice and Security for the Post-2015 Development Agen-da” held on 15 November in Bangkok, Thailand.

Also present at the dialogue were Her Royal Highness Princess Baj-

rakitiyabha Mahidol, Thai Prime Minister Ms. Yin-gluck Shinawatra, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Af-fairs Dr. Surapong Tovi-chakchaikul, Thai Justice Minister Mr. Chaikasem Nitisiri, Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. R.M.Marty M Natalegawa, Executive Director of UNODC Mr. Yury Fedotov, Japanese

At the invitation of CCTV News Agency

from China, a 12-mem-ber delegation compris-ing staff and reporters led by General Manag-er U Ye Naing of News and Periodicals Enter-prise seen at Yangon International Airport before departure for China to make an

excursion and observe there from 18 to 23 November.—mna

President of the

Republic of the

Union of Myanmar

U Thein Sein meet-

ing with President of

Mongolia Mr. Tsakh-

iagiin Elbegdorj at

the Credentials Hall

of the Presidential

Palace.(News on

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mna

Nay Pyi Taw, 18 Nov— Union Minister for Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development U Ohn Myint held talks with Ms. Lilianne Ploumen, Minister of Foreign Trade and De-velopment Cooperation of the Netherlands and party at MICC, here, this afternoon.

At the call, the Union minister said that the Ministry is striving for rural development and boosting of socioeconomic status of the local people as a fo-cal ministry of the country, urging them to make coop-

Union Minister meets foreign guestseration in respective sectors for the development of meat and fish sectors and human resources development, trade in animals and their products, electrification and development of education sector and rural banking system.

The visiting Minis-ter said that more supports would be provided to My-anmar as it has gained mo-mentum in political and economic reforms. As the Netherlands based compa-nies have mainly invested in agricultural sector of My-

anmar, rice export sector would improve. He asked for potential for Friesland Campina Company that distributes milk and dairy product to make more in-vestments in Myanmar.

For more production of milk and dairy product development, technical training courses would be conducted. For high earn-ings of Myanmar farmers, technical assistance for mixed cropping and double cropping would be provid-ed along with aid in rural electrification.—MNA

Application for registration as political parties

scrutinized, passed

Nay Pyi Taw, 18 Nov— Among the parties that have applied for registration as political parties, the Union Election Commission found that the Union PaO National-ity Organization formed with 15 members including U Khun Aung Sit is in accord with the law and rule and thus UEC passed the regis-tration of the organization today.—MNA

Vice-Minister for Justice Mr. Katsuyuki Nishikawa and guests.

In the evening, a My-anmar delegation led by the Union Attorney-General exchanged views on legal affairs with the Thai Justice Minister. On 14 November, the Union Attorney-Gener-al and party held talks with

Thai Attorney-General Mr. Athapol Yaisawang and party at the latter’s office.

During their stay in Thailand, the Myanmar delegation also held dis-cussions with the UNODC Executive Director. The Myanmar delegation ar-rived back in Yangon on 16 November. — MNA

Nay Pyi Taw, 18 Nov—The consecration of Yadana Seinbudaw (diamond orb), Hngetmyatnadaw (pennant-shaped vane) and Buddha images to be enshrined at Maha Çinapabha Shwed-agon replica pagoda to be built in Laoyan of China was held in the precinct of Uppatasanti Pagoda, here, this morning.

Deputy Ministers for Religious Affairs Dr Maung Maung Htay, U Soe Win and Dr Lin Aung, members of Nay Pyi Taw Council and officials attended the ceremony.

Diamond orb, pennant-shaped vane, Buddha images consecrated

Ovadaçariya of the Pa-goda Pyinmana Maha Leti-san Monastery Presiding Nayaka Sayadaw adminis-tered the Five Precepts.

They offered alms to members of the Sangha.

The religious ob-jects will be kept at Up-patasanti Pagoda from 17 to 24 November. These objects will be conveyed to Maha Sasana Beikman in Bago on 25 November. On 26 November, the reli-gious objects will be kept at Shwedagon Pagoda and consecration ceremony held on 28 November.—MNA

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Nay Pyi Taw, 18 Nov — Only when development of agriculture and livestock sectors can be realized, will there be incomes of rural people and poverty rate be reduced as their livelihoods lies with these sectors. Gen-erating per capita income calls for firm policies to be able to attend the needs of each and every citizen, President U Thein Sein said at an opening of national workshop on rural develop-ment strategic framework held at Myanmar Interna-tional Convention Centre-MICC, here, this morning.

In his opening address, the President said the gov-ernment’s half-term was on, making great strides as much as it can in the tasks of improving political, eco-nomic, administrative and private sectors.

He continued that the government, during the term went by, has expe-rienced not only success but also challenges in its sweeping reform processes. Based on the experience,

Development of agriculture, livestock breeding, key to rural developmentPresident U Thein Sein addresses National Workshop on Rural

Development Strategic Framework

the government will try hard to translate the desires of the people into a success with the support of the peo-ple and international com-munity during the remain-ing term, he added.

As peace and stability and socio-economic devel-opment are interrelated, the government initiated politi-cal and economic reforms at the same time. Peace-mak-ing process is progressing to a certain extent and both sides are striving for ensur-ing nationwide ceasefire soon and moving towards a political dialogue.

The President high-lighted food security, ru-ral development poverty reduction and sustainable economic development for parallel development in economic, social, health and education sectors after re-storing peace and stability.

He stressed the need to store rice and paddy for food sufficiency as the world is experiencing ad-verse effects of climate change and lay down poli-

cies for water management as water supply is essential for agriculture sector.

He called for effec-tive utilization of marine resources and formulation of policies for ensuring sus-tainable meat and fish pro-duction. Cooperation with international organizations is necessary in order to avoid depletion of marine resources and degradation of ecosystem, he added.

In accord to meet mil-lennium development goal, it is required to put utmost efforts in the task of re-ducing poverty rate to 16 per cent from 26 per cent in 2015. Rural develop-ment and poverty allevia-tion scheme is high on the agenda and implementation of the eight points is in pro-gress.

He continued that firm polices are needed to take effective measures for the development of integrated farming system. It is nec-essary to initiate a micro-finance policy so that in-dividual requirements will

be fulfilled. Delivery units have been formed for en-suring direct contacts with the public.

In his conclusion, the President stressed the im-portance of conservation of marine and natural re-

sources, saying that those who are in improper use of natural resources are per-petrators. He expressed his belief that policies, strate-gies and tactics for conser-vation of natural resources could be laid down through

this workshop.Next, the President

posed for documentary photos together with those present.

Then, the President and party observed docu-mentary photos on progress of rural electrification, rural housing, opening of courses for job opportunities, com-munity-based development projects and construction of roads and bridges and drinking water supplies and development undertakings by NGOs.

Also present at the opening ceremony were Vice-President U Nyan Tun, the Union ministers, the region/state chief min-isters, deputy ministers, members of Amyotha Hlut-taw committee for rural re-gion development and pov-erty alleviation, the region/state ministers, Task Force members, experts, UN of-ficials, responsible persons of organizations at home and abroad and guests.

MNA

Nay Pyi Taw, 18 Nov —Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and Pyithu Hlut-taw Thura U Shwe Mann met with local people at Kamhauk Hall in Tiddim, Chin State yesterday morn-ing.

It was also attended by Daw Khin Lay Thet, wife of the Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and Pyithu Hlut-taw, the Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw chair-men, the chief minister, the

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann meets local people in Tiddim, Haka

commander, parliamentar-ians and officials.

In his address, the Py-idaungsu Hluttaw Speaker called on local people to report the requirements to be fulfilled.

After hearing reports, the Speaker vowed to take care of all reports and urged those present to take part in regional develop-ment tasks.

Next, the Speaker ob-served the development of

Tiddim.In meeting with local

people at the town hall of Haka, the Speaker heard reports on regional devel-opment undertakings and coordinated the matters.

In his speech, the Speaker said the onus is not only on the people’s repre-sentatives but also on the entire people to realize the tasks serving the interests of the region, the people and the Union.—MNA

Tickets for opening and closing ceremonies of the 27th SEA Games are avail-able beginning 18 Novem-ber. Sports fans bringing with citizenship scrutiny cards can purchase tickets.

The ceremonies will be held in Wunna Theik-dhi Stadium that can hold 30000 fans. But, stage and electronic devices for audio

Request for sports fanssystem have occupied the east stand, one third of the stadium.

As heads of foreign countries, invited persons of sports organizations and officials concerned will at-tend the ceremonies, only around 10000 seats will be left for sports fans.

For the public, open-ing and closing ceremonies

will be broadcast live on all local TV channels and on LED boards in towns across the country.

We would like to offer our apology for inconven-ience in buying tickets for opening and closing cer-emonies due to above men-tioned reasons.

Leading Committee for Organizing XXVII SEA

Games

President U Thein Sein delivering address at the workshop.—mna

Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann cordially greets with local people at Kamhauk Hall in Tiddim, Chin State.—mna

Tuesday, 19 November, 2013

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Ceremony to set Shin Uppagutta barge adrift of Dokhtawady River held

Hsipaw, 18 Nov—The setting adrift of Shin Uppa-gutta barge at Dokhtawady River was held at the bank of river in Kunkyaung Village of Teincheteinsan Village-tract of Hsipaw Township, Shan State (North), on 17 November.

The ceremony was

Tradition

held in line with the tra-ditions.

It was attended by Buddhist people from Naungein, Naukkat, San-pheik and Manhe villages.

Mahadev i Shwek-yaung monastery Sayadaw delivered a sermon and ad-ministered Nine Precepts

at the pandal.The village admin-

istrator and wellwishers shared mer i ts gained. Then, the statue of Shin Uppagutta was conveyed to the barge and set it adrift of river.

Kyemon-Sai (Hsi-paw)

Pyapon plans to disburse agricultural loans more than last year

pyapon, 18 Nov—Mon-soon paddy have been har-vested as of early November in Pyapon Township. Now, local farmers are making preparations for growing cold season crops there.

Agriculture Department urged the local farmers to grow cold season paddy.

U Ba Cho, farmer from Taman Village of Pyapon Township said that farmers can win the benefits in culti-vation of cold season paddy

more than that of monsoon. If they face troubles in cul-tivation of monsoon paddy in bad weather, they have to rely on cultivation of cold season paddy. The depart-ment disbursed K 80000 per acre for cold season paddy last year but it will issue K 100,000 per acre by the end of December for the whole township. Holding money in hand, the farmers can wait for good price of paddy, he said.

A total of 7210 farmers

from 33 village of Pyapon Township put 53710 acres of farmlands under cold season paddy plantations this year. As the department will disburse K 100,000 per acre of paddy, the total amount of disbursement will be ac-counted for 99.16 per cent more than that of last year, according to the Myanma Agricultural Development Bank branch.

Kyemon-Aung Win (Pyapon)

Ketumati Selected Team beat Music FC 4-3 in football friendly

Toungoo, 18 Nov—In commemoration of the 503rd Founding Anniversa-ry of Ketumati City (Toun-goo), the Music FC played a friendly football match against Ketumati Selected Team on 16 November af-ternoon at the district sports ground in Toungoo.

Music FC comprised R Zarni, Nanda Sai, Hekket, Han Tun and other artistes led by team captain Saw Po Khwa.

Ketumati Selected Team was formed with former selected player Zaw Win Gyi, Pyae Phyo Oo and region, district and

township selected players.At 4th and 6th minutes

of the first half, Ketumati Selected Team scored an opening goals. At 24th min-ute, Music FC kicked a ball into the net as an equalizer.

At 26th minute, Ketu-mati scored one more goal as third. So, in the first half,

National SportsKetumati led the match with a 3-1 result over the Music FC.

In the second half, Music FC was substituted with players for winning more goals and beefed up its tempo. That is why Music FC netted two equalizers at 50th and 65th minutes.

Ketumati added one more goal as fourth for Toungoo at 60th minute. Therefore, Ketumati Se-lected Team held up the prize with a 4-3 win over Music FC. Hekket of Music FC celebrated a hat-rick for his team.

The footba l l fans of Toungoo enjoyed the friendly match. Popular singers of Music FC per-formed entertainment to the spectators with songs.

Kyemon-Kyaw Swa (Toungoo)

Extempore talks held in MyawadyMyawady, 18 Nov—

Under the aegis of Dham-ma Ratana Association

Patron Sayadaw Bhadd-anta Uttama, the first Kathina robe offer ing

ce remony , ex t empore talks and literary talks was held at Buddhagaya Yadana Monas tery in war veterans Ward of Myawady Township on 16 November.

Students participated in the extempore talks under the title of how to establish village library.

The photo showed Ma Ei Htoo Po, matriculation students gave an extem-pore talk.—Tun Tun Oo (Myawady Border Town)

1980 stimulant tablets seized in Kutkai

n a y p y i T a w , 18 Nov—No 101 Anti-Drug Squad (Nay Pyi Taw) and No 22 Anti-Drug Squad (Muse) together wi th witnesses searched the hut of Kyawt Myin Sho, 45 of Namphatka Village of Kutkai Township on 14 November morning.

The squads seized

1980 stimulant tablets from his bag worth K 39.6 million.

Namphatka Pol ice Station opened a file of lawsuit against Kyawt Myin Sho under Sections 15/19(a) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Sub-stances Law.

NLM

Townace overturns on Yangon-Mandalay Expressway due to out of control

nay pyi Taw, 18 Nov—Acting on tip-off, members of Theegon Expressway Police Station rushed to the scene of traffic accident where a townace driven by Than Win, 34 of Mongyu Village in Muse Township plunged into roadside due to out of control on 13 No-vember.

Two persons on board did not have any injury. The damages of the vehicle were

worth K 200,000.Theegon Expressway

Police Station filed a lawsuit

against reckless driver Than Win under the law.

NLM-003

Talks on menace of narcotic drugs given at Yangon Airport

nay pyi Taw, 18 Nov—At the talks on menace of narcotic drugs at Yangon International Airport, Police Major Myint Thu of No 45 Anti-Drug Squad (Yangon Airport) and Police Captain

Khin Maung Thein of No 42 Anti-Drug Squad (Yangon West) gave educative talks.

It was attended by General Manager U Win Ko and staff of Department of Civil Aviation, Commander of Aviation Police Force (Yangon) Police Lt-Col

Okkar Ko and members of Special Branch, Bureau of Special Investigation, Customs Department, Im-migration and National Reg-istration Department and security personnel totalling 100.—Min Min Latt (Mann Tekkatho)

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Tuesday, 19 November, 2013 11New Light of MyanmarRegional

A 2.4-metre-tall pure gold

Christmas tree featuring

Disney characters is displayed

at a shop of Tanaka Kikinzoku

Jewelry KK in Tokyo’s Ginza district on 18 Nov, 2013.

The company is selling the item, made of some 43

kilogrammes of pure gold,

for 500 million yen ($5 million). Kyodo News

Laos to give four Asian elephants to

Kyoto zooVientiane, 18 Nov —

Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong said on Sunday that Laos will give four Asian ele-phants to a Japanese zoo to commemorate the 60th an-niversary in 2015 of the es-tablishment of diplomatic ties between the two coun-

Mount Merapi volcano

erupts in IndonesiaJakarta, 18 Nov —

Mount Merapi, the most ac-tive volcano in Indonesia, erupted on earlier Monday, shooting a cloud of black ash about 2,000 metre high, officials said.

The authorities had asked travelers or tourists to stay away from the vol-cano located in Yogyakarta Province, part of central Java, Heru Suparwoko, an official at the monitoring post of Mount Merapi, said.

“Mount Merapi erupt-ed at 04 : 53 local time to-day (Monday). The mount was rumbling and has been spewing the ash the east since, “ he told Xinhua by phone from the post.

The 2,911 metre high Mount Merapi’s most vio-lent eruption was in 2010, killing about 350 people and displacing thousands of others. Indonesia, a vast archipelago country with 17,500 islands, is home to 129 active volcanoes and sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone called “the Pacific Ring of Fire”. —Xinhua

Philippine authorities seek to revive economy in typhoon-hit areas

Cebu City, (Philip-pines), 18 Nov — Philip-pine authorities are prepar-ing to revive the economy in areas wrecked by Ty-phoon Haiyan, with gov-ernment-run banks set to resume operations and busi-nesses being encouraged to reopen quickly.

Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said in a televised interview on Sunday that Landbank of the Philip-pines and the Development Bank of the Philippines would resume operations in the severely damaged Tacloban City in the cen-tral Philippines on Monday, with the former committing to bringing in automated teller machines to facilitate the availability of cash.

He said efforts are be-ing made to get banks, gro-cery stores, chain stores and shopping malls to reopen as soon as possible so that residents can resume nor-mal life. The disruption of power lines is a main factor that has paralyzed business activities in badly hit com-munities like Tacloban City on Leyte island.

Desperate for food and drinking water, some local people have looted stores and shopping malls.

The shortage of sup-plies has sent fuel prices skyrocketing, thus curtail-ing public transport.

“It’s already the 17th, and the last payroll of gov-ernment employees here was not consummated be-cause of the storm,” Roxas said in the interview. Au-thorities are trying to pay government employees so as to get the local economy moving again, he said.

Other sources of in-come would be “cash-for-work” programmes offered by social welfare authori-ties and the emergency em-ployment programme run by the labor department. Roxas said relief operations

will continue for typhoon victims despite “affirmative action” efforts to bring a measure of normalcy to lo-cal communities.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Man-agement Council on Sun-day put the confirmed death toll from Haiyan at 3,976 with 1,590 people reported missing. Of the affected 10 million people from 44 provinces, nearly 4 million have been displaced, with around 349,000 staying in 1,530 evacuation centres.

Damage to agriculture and public infrastructure is estimated at 10.3 billion pe-sos (US$235 million).

Kyodo News

Photo taken on 17 Nov, 2013, shows a huge ship washed ashore and a girl protecting herself from rain with a ba-sin in Tacloban City on Leyte Island in the Philippines,

devastated by powerful Typhoon Haiyan.—Kyodo News

tries, Japanese government officials said on Sunday.

Thongsing revealed the plan in a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The elephants will be given to Kyoto City Zoo in the city of Kyoto.

Kyodo News

Japan pledges support for four projects, closer ties

Vientiane, 18 Nov — Japan has pledges support for four Lao projects, in-cluding two infrastructure projects, during its prime minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Laos, Lao foreign affairs ministry said on Sunday.

Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong held talks with his visiting Japanese counterpart Shin-zo Abe at the Government Office in Lao capital Vien-tiane, discussing ways to deepen the comprehensive cooperation partnership be-tween Laos and Japan.

Prime Minister Thongsing told a joint Press conference after the meet-ing that the two sides dis-cussed and outlined future cooperation plans to deepen their long-standing friendly relations and broaden com-prehensive cooperation.

“Japan, a signifi-cant aid provider to Laos, pledged to extend grants and low-interest loans to four projects, with agree-ments set to be inked next month during the ASEAN-Japan Summit in Tokyo,” reported Lao state-run daily

Vientiane Times on its web-site quoting the Lao Min-istry of Foreign Affairs as saying on Sunday.

Japan will provide funding for the poverty re-duction support operation project and expansion of the passenger building at Wattay International Air-port Phase III. It will also support the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and the design of the Xekong bridge, according to the re-port.

The exact amount of the grants and loans was not

disclosed.The four projects were

put forward for support when Thongsing led a Lao delegation on an official visit to Japan in March, 2012.

Prime Minister Thongsing confirmed his attendance at the ASEAN- Japan Summit and the Me-kong-Japan Summit sched-uled for 13- 16 December in Tokyo, after being in-vited by Abe.

Xinhua

Vietnam starts installing Southeast Asia’s

longest undersea cableHanoi, 18 Nov — In-

stallation work of Southeast Asia’ s longest undersea cable system began in Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam’s southwest Kien Giang Province on Sunday.

The 58-km cable pro-ject costs a total investment of over 2.3 trillion Viet-namese dong (110 million US dollars) from the Elec-tricity of Vietnam (EVN) and World Bank loan, re-

ported Vietnam ‘s state-run radio Voice of Vietnam.

The project will con-nect the 110 kV cable be-tween Ha Tien Town and Phu Quoc Island of Kien Giang Province, the south-west extremity of Vietnam, some 1,220 km south of capital Hanoi, to the nation-al electricity grid.

The installation work is expected to finish on Jan-uary 2014.—Xinhua

People travel by boat through flood water in Thua Thien-Hue Prov-ince, central Vietnam, on 17 Nov, 2013. At

least 31 people in cen-tral Vietnam have been

killed by floods trig-gered by torrential rains from Storm Podul that hit the country on Fri-day, said the Vietnam’s National Committee for Search and Rescue on

Sunday.—XiNhua

S Korean president vows to set foundations for reunification with DPRK

Seoul, 18 Nov — South Korean President Park Geun-hye vowed on Monday to build up foun-dations for peaceful reunifi-cation with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) within her five-year presidency.

“I’ll make all-out ef-forts to make sure that foun-dations for peaceful reunifi-cation will be set up within my tenure and North Korea

(DPRK) can be changed into a responsible member of the international commu-nity,” Park said in her first address to lawmakers at the headquarters of the Nation-al Assembly since she took office in February.

Park said the peaceful reunification on the Korean Peninsula is a path that the two Koreas must go though it may look murky and far away until now, noting

that Seoul will continue to push for the Korean Penin-sula trust-building process based on firm principles and patience.

If trust on issues, in-cluding the DPRK’s nu-clear programme, is built between Seoul and Pyong-yang, a wider range of eco-nomic cooperation will be made possible among the two Koreas, Park said.

Xinhua

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Claims Day NotiCemV siNgapore briDge Voy No (054)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV singapore bridge VOY NO (054) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving on 18.11.2013 and cargo will be discharged into the premises of h.p.t where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the port of Yangon.

damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the Vessel.

no claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims day.

shippiNg ageNCy DepartmeNt myaNma port authority

ageNt for: m/s samuDera shippiNg liNes

phone no: 256908/378316/376797

the republiC of the uNioN of myaNmarmiNistry of eNergy

myaNma oil aND gas eNterpriseiNVitatioN for opeN teNDer

(13/2013) Open tenders are invited for supply of the following respective items in United States Dollars.

Sr.No Tender No Description Qty Remark

(1) IFB-105(2013-2014) 2 7/8”, 4 1/2” & 5” Drill Pipe (3) Items US$ (2) IFB-106(2013-2014) Annular Blow Out Preventers (2) Nos US$ (3) IFB-107(2013-2014) Interpretation Workstation (1) Lot US$ (4) IFB-108(2013-2014) Data Processing Centre (1) Lot US$ (5) IFB-109(2013-2014) Data Acquisition Sercel 428 (1) Lot US$ Telememtry recording System (6) IFB-110(2013-2014) SSB/HF & VHF/FM Transceiver (4) Items US$ (7) IFB-111(2013-2014) Spare for VSAT (2) Items US$ -Tender Closing Date & Time - 18-12-2013, 16:30 Hrs.TenderDocumentshallbeavailableduringofficehourscommencingfrom18th November, 2013 at the Finance Department, Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise, No(44) Complex, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise Ph: +95 67-411097/411206

Claims Day NotiCemV kota restu Voy No (351)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV kota restu VOY NO (351) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving on 18.11.2013 and cargo will be discharged into the premises of h.p.t where it will lie at the con-signee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the port of Yangon.

damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the Vessel.

no claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims day.

shippiNg ageNCy DepartmeNt myaNma port authority

ageNt for: m/s aDVaNCe CoNtaiNer liNes

phone no: 256908/378316/376797

Claims Day NotiCemV west sCeNt Voy No (027)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV west sCent VOY NO (027) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving on 18.11.2013 and cargo will be discharged into the premises of a.w.p.t where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byel-aws and conditions of the port of Yangon.

damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the Vessel.

no claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims day.

shippiNg ageNCy DepartmeNt myaNma port authority

ageNt for: m/s iNterasia liNes phone no: 256908/378316/376797

Claims Day NotiCemV golDeN faN Voy No (10)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV golden fan VOY NO (10) are hereby notified that the ves-sel will be arriving on 19.11.2013 and cargo will be discharged into the premises of M.i.p.l where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the port of Yangon.

damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the Vessel.

no claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims day.

shippiNg ageNCy DepartmeNt myaNma port authority

ageNt for: m/s seas Co ltDphone no: 256924/256914

Claims Day NotiCemV seiyo sapphire Voy No (-)Consignees of cargo carried on MV seiYo sap-

phire VOY NO (-) are hereby notified that the ves-sel will be arriving on 18.11.2013 and cargo will be discharged into the premises of M.i.t.t where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the port of Yangon.

damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the Vessel.

no claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims day.

shippiNg ageNCy DepartmeNt myaNma port authority

ageNt for: m/s eCl shippiNg Co ltDphone no: 256924/256914

ADB, Japan help

Bangladesh to strengthen

roads

Dhaka, 18 nov — the asian development bank (adb) and the bangladeshi government have signed a technical as-sistance (ta) grant agree-ment of 1.5 million us dollars for strengthening the roads and highways department (rhd) to

support the government’s institutional development initiatives, said the Ma-nila-based lender sunday.

it said the govern-ment of Japan is financing the ta through the Japan fund for poverty reduc-tion.

adb will administer

the fund, and provide tech-nical support for project im-plementation, said the bank in a statement.

it said the techni-cal assistance project will help modernize the rhd and streamline its business processes. it will also sup-port rhd to improve its

schemes for maintenance of roads and bridges, and overloading control, it add-ed.

“this ta will help improve human resources, auditing, management in-formation systems, plan-ning capacity, e-tendering, and computerization of the

rhd,” said M teresa kho, country director for adb’s bangladesh resident Mis-sion.

“in addition to other reforms as per an action plan, a training center for the rhd engineers will also be developed.”

Xinhua

No Pain No Gain

Snow on the road is cleared away by snow removers in Harbin City, capital of northeast China’s Heilongji-ang Province, on 17 Nov, 2013. Traffic and schools

have been hit in northeast China’s Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces as a blizzard closed expressways and

schools and delayed flights.Xinhua

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Angelina Jolie receives humanitarian award from

AcademyLos AngeLes, 18 Nov

— The Hollywood film industry recognized Ange-lina Jolie on Saturday with a humanitarian award for her work with refugees and advocating for human rights through her film career. Ac-tors Angela Lansbury and Steve Martin and costume designer Piero Tosi also received what are called “honorary Oscars” for their contributions to film at the annual Governors Awards from the Academy of Mo-tion Picture Arts and Sci-ences. In a celebrity-packed room, with partner Brad Pitt and Cambodia-born son Maddox by her side, Jolie was introduced by Bosnian and Serbian cast members from her directorial debut, “In the Land of Blood and Honey.” They thanked her for giving those who lived the Balkan war a chance to express themselves. The 38-year-old Oscar winner is a special envoy to the United Nations High Com-missioner for Refugees and has made more than 40 field missions, including recently to help refugees fleeing the war in Syria.

Upon receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from director George Lucas, Jolie remembered her late mother who encour-aged her to live a life of use to others, although the ac-tress said it took time for her to realize what that meant. “When I met survivors of war and famine and rape, I learned what life is like for most people in this world,” Jolie said. “I realized how sheltered I had been,” she added, “and I was deter-mined to never be that way again.” Past winners of the humanitarian award include Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman.

British-American ac-tress Lansbury, whose ca-reer has spanned seven decades, was feted for mem-orable roles in films like her cockney maid in “Gaslight” in 1944, directed by George Cukor. While nominated three times for supporting actress Oscars, including for “Gaslight,” she has never won. “Ms. Lansbury, here is your Academy Award at last,” said film historian Robert Osborne as he pre-sented her with the golden Oscar statuette.—Reuters

Actress Angelina Jolie accepts the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 5th Annual Academy of

Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood, California on

16 Nov, 2013.—ReuteRs

TRADEMARK CAUTION NOTICEMonde Nissin (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Thailand and having its principal office at 22nd Floor, Unit 2202, M Thai Tower, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, Lumpinee, Phatumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand is the owner and sole proprietor of the following Trademarks:-

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Used in respect of:-Biscuits, Crackers, Wafers, Cookies, Chocolate, Confectionery, Cakes, Flour-based foods, Flour-based snacks, Chocolate-coated snacks, Bakery Products, Pastries, Sweet, Candies, Breakfast Cereal, Waffles, Pie, Pudding, Bread. (International Class 30)

Reg. Nos. 4/5578/2013 for Int’l Class 29 & 4/5579/2013

for Int’l Class 30Used in respect of:- Fruit and vegetable granules for use in prepared meals or food, Bouillon, Meat Extracts, Broth Concentrates. (International Class 29)Noodles, Instant noodles, Pasta, Macaroni, Spaghetti, Flour-based foods, Vermicelli, Rice noodles, Rice based foods, Processed cereals, Cereal-based foods, Processed oats, Oat-based foods, Seasonings other than essential oils, MSG, Condiments, other than essential oils, Sauces, Fresh Noodles, Buckwheat noodles, Soup Mixes, Noodle Mixes, Paste. (International Class 30)Any unauthorised use, imitation, infringements or fraudulent intentions of the above marks will be dealt with according to law.Tin Ohnmar Tun & The Law Chambers Ph: 0973150632 Email:law _chambers@seasiren.com.mm(For.Domnern Somgiat & Boonma, Attorneys at Law, Thailand) Dated 19 November,2013.

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Used in respect of:-Water heaters; porcelain glass lining sold as a component in tank-type water heaters, feeding apparatus for heating boilers, heating apparatus, heat pumps, apparatus for space heating, solar water heaters, heating installations. (International Class 11)

A.O.SMITHReg. No. 4/1417/2013 for Int’l Class 11 & 4/1418/2013

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Waheeda Rehman to receive first award celebrating 100

years of Indian cinemanew DeLhi, 18 Nov —

Actress Waheeda Rehman will be the first recipient of the Centenary Award for the Indian Film Personal-ity of the Year, an annual honour being introduced to commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema. Ms Re-hman, star of classic films like Pyaasa and Guide, will receive the award at the IFFI festival in Goa on 20 November.

The award, which is accompanied by a Rs 10 lakh cash prize, will be ac-corded the same importance

as the Dadasaheb Phalke Award which honours a film personality for excel-lence in cinema every year. Information and Broadcast-ing Minister Manish Tewari tweeted: Congratulations to Waheeda Rehman ji for be-ing conferred the Inaugural Centenary Award for the Indian Film Personality of the Year-2013 Award has been instituted to mark 100 yrs of Indian Cinema It would be an annual feature Consists of cash component of 10 lacs & a citation.

PTI

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Vettel sets record with US Grand Prix win

Austin, (Texas), 18 Nov — Red Bull’s quad-ruple world champion Se-bastian Vettel won the US Grand Prix on Sunday and became the first driver to take eight consecutive vic-tories in a single Formula One season. Starting from

pole, the 26-year-old Ger-man was again in a class of his own, taking the chequered flag 6.2 seconds clear of Frenchman Ro-main Grosjean in a Lotus. Vettel’s Australian team mate Mark Webber finished third. The champion, who

clinched his fourth straight title in India last month, is now one step away from equaling compatriot Mi-chael Schumacher’s 2004 record of 13 wins in a sea-son after collecting his 12th of the year.

Next weekend’s Bra-

Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany drives during the Austin F1 Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on 17 Nov, 2013. — ReuteRs

zilian Grand Prix is the last race of the season.” I’m speechless,” Vettel told his team over the radio after his first victory at the Circuit of the Americas after miss-ing out last year. “We have to remember these days. There is no guarantee they will last forever,” he added, his victory coming a day af-ter Red Bull team principal Christian Horner celebrated his 40th birthday.

Britain’s Lewis Ham-ilton, last year’s winner for McLaren, finished fourth for Mercedes with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso fifth and Nico Hulkenberg sixth in a Sauber. Finnish rookie Valtteri Bottas took his first points of the season with eighth place for struggling Williams behind McLar-en’s Mexican Sergio Perez.

Reuters

2014 World Cup qualified teams

London, 18 Nov — Following are the teams quali-fied for the 2014 World Cup so far with a total of 32 places to be filled. Draw for the tournament is on 6 De-cember:EUROPE

Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, England, Russia, Bosnia-Herzegovina

(Four places remain to be decided in ongoing play-offs between Portugal and Sweden — 1st leg 1-0; Ice-land and Croatia - 0-0; Ukraine and France - 2-0; Greece and Romania - 3-1; 2nd legs on Tuesday)ASIA

Japan, Australia, Iran, South Korea(Jordan involved in a two-leg play-off with Uru-

guay. Uruguay won first leg 5-0; 2nd leg on Wednesday)SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil (hosts), Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Ecuador

(Uruguay involved in a two-leg play-off with Jor-dan. Uruguay won first leg 5-0; 2nd leg on Wednesday. Winners will qualify)CONCACAF

United States, Costa Rica, Honduras(Mexico involved in a two-leg play-off with New

Zealand. Mexico won first leg 5-1; 2nd leg on Wednes-day. Winners will qualify)AFRICA

Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, CameroonTwo remaining play-offs with winners to qualify:1st leg scoresGhana 6 Egypt 1 (2nd leg on Tuesday)Burkina Faso 3 Algeria 2 (2nd leg on Tuesday)

OCEANIA(New Zealand involved in a two-leg play-off with

Mexico. Mexico won first leg 5-1; 2nd leg on Wednes-day. Winners will qualify)—Xinhua

Jimmie Johnson captures sixth Sprint Cup title

Los AngeLes, 18 Nov — Jimmie Johnson added another title to his dominant NASCAR career by clinch-ing the Sprint Cup Series championship with a ninth-place finish at the season-ending Ford EcoBoost 400 on Sunday.

For Johnson, who only needed to finish 23rd or better at Homestead-Miami Speedway to win the Cup, it marked his sixth champi-onship in eight years as he finished 19 points ahead of Matt Kenseth in the final standings.

“I’m so happy to win this sixth championship,” Johnson told reporters after

winning his first series title since 2010.

“I’m so thankful. I’m at a loss for words.” The victory puts Johnson in rare company as he joins Rich-ard Petty and Dale Earn-hardt as the only drivers to win at least six NASCAR series championships.John-son delivered five in a row from 2006-2010.His latest win did not come without a little drama as Johnson and Kenseth made contact with one another during a restart late in the race. The inci-dent caused a little damage but could not slow John-son’s run.

“I had contact from

behind. I didn’t know what to think,” Johnson said. “It made the last 50 laps kind of interesting.” Ken-seth was the pole-sitter and led most of the way in the season finale but he would have needed Johnson to slip up along the way. Ken-seth finished second behind

winner Denny Hamlin, who snagged his 23rd career victory. Dale Earnhardt Jr finished third in the race and fifth in the final stand-ings. Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch were third and fourth, respectively, in the overall Sprint Cup results.

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Australian Day loses eight relatives in Typhoon Haiyan

tokyo, 18 Nov — Top Australian golfer Jason Day says he is “devastat-ed” that several members of his extended family were among the thousands killed by the typhoon that ripped through the Philip-pines last week.

“I am deeply saddened to confirm that multiple members of my family lost their lives as the victims of Typhoon Haiyan,” Day, whose mother Denning is Filipino, said in a statement on Sunday.

“My family and I are thankful for all who have reached out with their prayers and concern. We feel devastated for all who have been affected by this

horrific tragedy. ... I will have no further public com-ments at this time. Please pray for all who have suf-fered loss.” Nearly 4,000 people have been confirmed dead and another 1,186 are missing since Typhoon Haiyan, one of the world’s most powerful typhoons, struck the Philippines.

Day, ranked 20th in the world, is scheduled to rep-resent Australia with world number two Adam Scott at this week’s World Cup of golf at Royal Melbourne.An Australian newspaper reports that Day’s grand-mother, an uncle and six cousins were killed in the typhoon.”

Reuters

Serbia left Ferrari in the garage, says StepanekBeLgrAde, 18 Nov —

Serbia’s decision to leave Novak Djokovic out of the doubles rubber of their Da-vis Cup final against Czech Republic was “like leaving a Ferrari in the garage”, victorious opponent Radek Stepanek said on Sunday. The Czechs wrapped up a 3-2 win to retain their title thanks to Stepanek’s crush-ing straight-sets demolition of the inexperienced Dusan Lajovic in the decisive rub-ber.

The match, however, hinged on the outcome of the doubles with Djoko-vic winning both his sin-gles ties and Stepanek, along with stand-in captain Vladimir Safarik, said they were surprised the world number two was rested. “We expected him to play but that was their decision

and we just focused on beating whoever was on the other side of the net,” Safa-rik, deputizing for the ill Ja-roslav Navratil, told a news conference.

In Djokovic’s absence, Tomas Berdych and Radek

Stepanek romped to a 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(4) win over Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac to take a 2-1 lead heading into the final day. Serbia were already weakened af-ter losing Janko Tipsarevic to a foot injury and Viktor

Troicki who was banned for missing a blood test in April.

“We only had so many fit and eligible players to choose from and although I must take responsibility for the outcome as the decision maker, I have no regrets about the team selection in any of the rubbers,” Serbia captain Bogdan Obradovic said. —Reuters

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates his victory over Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych after their Davis Cup World Group final tennis match in Belgrade on 17 Nov,

2013. — ReuteRs

International team player Jason Day of Australia hits a shot on the ninth

hole during his four ball match with playing partner Graham DeLaet of Canada against Steve Stricker and Jordan Spieth of the US at the 2013 Presidents Cup golf tournament at Muir-field Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio on 5 Oct,

2013. — ReuteRs

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London, 18 Nov — Former world heavyweight champion David Haye has been advised by doctors to consider retiring after un-dergoing shoulder surgery, the Briton said on Sunday. Hayeunderwentfivehoursof surgery in Germany on Thursday to reconstruct his right shoulder and was advised to think about end-ing his 11-year professional boxing career. Haye, 33, had been due to box com-patriot Tyson Fury in a rearranged bout on 8 Feb, 2014, in Manchester, but he hascanceledthefightforasecond time.

The bout had been originally scheduled for 28 September but was called off after Haye cut his left eyebrow in sparring. “I genuinely believed the

English boxer David Haye stands on the sideline before the Minnesota Vikings met the Pittsburgh Steelers in

their NFL football game at Wembley Stadium in London, on 29 Sept, 2013.

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shoulder injury wasn’t that bad,” Haye said in a state-ment on his website (www.hayemaker.com).

“But the doctor sent me for a detailed MRI scan and within 24 hours I was told the full extent of the dam-age. Twenty-four hours af-ter that I was in the operat-ing theatre. “It’s a crushing blow for me. I had big plans for next year and the ulti-mate goal was to win back the world heavyweight title, something my amazing fans deserve.

“What I didn’t an-ticipate was that this year would be the unluckiest of my career and that a number of injuries would disrupt my plans so much. Perhaps it just wasn’t meant to be. The boxing Gods keep hinting that

maybe enough is enough and that it’s time to fi-nally hang up my gloves.” Haye, who lost his WBA belt in 2011 to Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko, called off his previous planned fight against Germany’sManuel Charr in June when he suffered a hand injury.

“The surgery and sub-sequent results are a bitter pill to swallow because I truly felt I had a lot more to offer and was looking forward to paying back my loyal fans with some great fightsin2014,”headded.

“But I’ve been boxing for 23 years now, amateur and pro, and this has clearly taken its toll on my body.”

“I can only offer my sincerest apologies to all those fans who have fol-lowed me over the years and, like me, wanted to finish on a real high. Thiswasn’t how I wanted to end 2013.”

If I’m now destined to have won the European Championship, the Uni-fied World CruiserweightChampionship and the WBA Heavyweight Cham-pionship of the world — witha recordof28fights,26 wins, 24 victories com-ing via knockout and only two defeats — then so be it. I’m proud of these achievements and consider my boxing career a huge success.”

Reuters

A ballet dancer from Namarina Ballet School does exercises at the gym room for training in Jakarta,

Indonesia, on 17 Nov, 2013. —Xinhua

Nine PKK militants surrender to Turkish security forcesAnkArA, 18 Nov —

Nine militants of the out-lawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) surrendered to the Turkish security forces in southeastern Turkey on Sunday, pri-vate Dogan news agency reported.

The nine PKK mili-tants from PKK camps in northern Iraq surrendered to the Turkish troops at Habur Border Gate in Si-lopi town of Sirnak Pro-vince on Sunday noon, according to the report, adding that the PKK mem-bers were sent to a Gen-darmerie station in Silopi.

Speaking at a rally of thousands of ethnic Kurds in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakir Province on Saturday, Massoud Bar-zani, visiting leader of northern Iraq’s Kurdish

autonomous government, pledged full support for Turkey’s peace process with the PKK, an outlawed group that only entered ceasefire with Ankara af-ter30yearsofconflicts.

The Turkish authori-ties started peace nego-tiations with the PKK in October 2012, which led to a ceasefire in March.InMay, the PKKfightersstarted to return to their strongholds in northern Iraq.

The PKK, listed as a terrorist group by Turkey and some other countries, took up arms in 1984 in an attempt to create an ethnic homeland in southeastern Turkey. Since then, over 40,000 people have been killed in conflicts involv-ing the group.

Xinhua

Chiellini hails Conte’s psychological expertise

rome, 18 Nov — Ju-ventus defender Giorgio Chiellini has said the ex-ceptional psychological ex-pertise Antonio Conte mas-ters has made him a great coach. Conte excels at what is the hardest for a soccer coach, said Chiellini.

“I think the psycho-logical aspect is the most difficult for a coach, butthat is where Conte excels. He evaluates everything based on moments, people and needs. At times all it takes is a glance, at others a speech,” he said.

“I didn’t expect he’d be able to change us so much and so quickly. I went through the ‘dark years’ of finishing in seventh place,which were much worse than Calciopoli and being demoted to Serie B,” he said.

He suggested that Conte has made history in Juventus with two Serie A titles in a row.

“To get right back up and in fact win the title un-beaten will always remain in the history of Juventus. It was unique and special,” he said.

The Italy defender is confident that Juventuscould achieve more un-der the guidance of Conte. “Now the challenge is even tougher, as we can become thefirstpost-War Juventusside to win three Scudetti in a row,” he said.

“This is now the strongest squad of the Con-te era, as we raised the bar with new signings and our overall growth over time. Now we have to prove that onthefield,”headded.

Xinhua

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21 days to XXVII SEA Games

Nay Pyi Taw, 18 Nov — Vice-President U Nyan Tun received a delegation led by Ms. Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Coopera-tion of the Netherlands, at the Credentials Hall of the Presi-dential Palace, here, today.

The meeting focused on cooperation in the sectors of water management, trade and export promotion, en-ergy and health.

Also present at the call together with the Vice-Pres-ident were Deputy Ministers U Tin Oo Lwin, U Khin Zaw and U Han Sein and offi-cials. The visiting Dutch del-egation was accompanied by Ambassador of the Nether-lands to Myanmar Mr. Joan Boer.—MNA

Vice-President U Nyan Tun receives Dutch delegation

Nay Pyi Taw, 18 Nov—At the invitation of President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein, a delegation led by Mr. Tsakhiagiin Elbeg-dorj, President of Mongolia arrived in Nay Pyi Taw by air this afternoon.

They were welcomed

Mongolian President and party arrive in Nay Pyi Taw

at Nay Pyi Taw Internation-al Airport by Union Min-ister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin, Deputy Minister Dr Aung Myat Oo, the Myanmar ambassador to Mongolia, the Mongolian ambassador to Myanmar and officials.

The Mongolian Presi-

dent was presented flower bunch by a girl from Fine Arts Department under the Ministry of Culture, saluted by the Guard of Honour and welcomed by the students along the entrance road to the airport, waving the min-iature flags of the two coun-tries.—MNA

Nay Pyi Taw, 18 Nov—Myanmar rowers are undergoing intensive training daily for achiev-ing victory in the coming

Myanmar rowers hope for sweeping gold

SEA Games, and they all are expected to secure gold medals in the traditional boat race, said Secretary of Myanmar Rowing Federa-

tion U Pe Win.“We hope for sweep-

ing gold medals in the tra-ditional boat race. In the games, 17 gold medals will

be awarded to the winners in this event. We all may be gold medalists,” he said.

Traditional boat race will be classified into 17 events including 500-m, 1000-m and 2000-m events, men’s 10-oar event, women’s 10-oar event, men’s and women’s 10-oar event, men’s five-oar event and women’s five-oar event. In addition to traditional boat race, the game will comprise canoe-ing and kayak events. Nine gold medals will be pre-sented to the winners in the canoeing and kayak event and 15 for western style rowing.

As Myanmar rowers had snatched gold med-als in the Indonesian SEA Games, they are working on all cylinders so as to achieve victory in the pres-ence of the host sports fans.

MMAL-Maung Shwe Yoe

Vice-President U Nyan Tun shakes hands with Ms. Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign

Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands.—mna

Reza Nouri Ara crowned Mr Universe

BudaPesT, 18 Nov—Reza Nouri Ara of Iran took the title of Mr. Uni-verse 2013 at the fifth World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Champi-onships which finished on Sunday in Budaors, just outside of Budapest, while Iran won the overall men's title and Hungary took first place among the women.

Reza Nouri Ara also claimed the men's body-building 100kg event while Rajendran Mani of India won the men's 90kg and Alireza Asadollahi of Iran

men's over 100kg event. Champions of all the nine men's bodybuilding catego-ries competed for the title of Mr Universe 2013.

Iran's Alireza Feyz Ahmad won the men's ath-letic physique above 180cm category while Ukraine's Anna Krukovska won the women's model physique 170cm and her compatriot Olga Kulinych took the women's model physique above 170cm event. The next world championships will be held in India in 2014.—Xinhua

Reza Nouri Ara of Iran poses with the tropy

of Mr. Universe 2013 on the

last day of the 5th WBPF, the World Body-building and

Physique Sports Federation, World Body-building and

Physique Sports Championships

in Budaors, Hungary, on 17 Nov, 2013. Reza Nouri Ara won the title of Mr Universe 2013.

Xinhua

President of Mongolia Mr. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj being welcomed by Union Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin at Nay Pyi Taw International Airport.—mna

Nay Pyi Taw, 18 Nov—Union Minister for Commerce U Win Myint held talks with Ms. Lil-ianne Ploumen, Minister of Foreign Trade and De-velopment Cooperation of the Netherlands at his office, here, this evening.

Myanmar, Netherlands focus on private sector development

At the talks, the Un-ion minister said that he believes trade will in-crease as western coun-tries granted GSP to Myanmar after lifting all sanctions. He disclosed that he wishes to take technology and experi-

ence from the Nether-lands as Myanmar is an agro-based country and exports agricultural products as crude goods.

The Minister of For-eign Trade and Develop-ment Cooperation of the Netherlands said he wish-

es to share experience and skills of Netherlands. He pledged to provide as-sistance for cooperating not only private sectors but also governments be-tween the two countries.

Then, the companies from the Netherlands raised questions for mak-ing investment in Myan-mar and challenges.

MNA