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Volume XXI, Number 245 Fullmoon day of Nadaw 1375 ME Tuesday, 17 December, 2013

THE MOST RELIABLE NEWSPAPER AROUND YOUNew Light of My

N AY P YI T AW , 17 Dec On the occasion of the National Day of the King-dom of Bhutan which falls on 17 th December 2013, U Thein Sein, President ofthe Republic of the Union of Myanmar, has sent messages of felicitations to HisMajesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan and Mr. TsheringTobgay, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan. MNA

President U Thein Seinfelicitates Bhutanese King, PM

Wunna Theikdi Ar-chery Filed was lled withan atmosphere of hopes forwinning rst gold of My -anmar archery team today.It was an emotive time forAung Ngeain and Myanmararchery fans as Myanmarshope for compound archerygold rested on her.

Everyone in the standsprang to their feet whenAung Ngeain aimed at thetarget 1 to start ve setsof three arrows in todaysWomens Compound Indi-vidual gold match. It wasenough for her, the strong-

est archer of Myanmar ar-chery team, to put pressureon the Indonesian rival to acertain extent by ve pointshigher than the latter in the

Aung Ngeain: Queen of SEA Games compound archery rst set. Although Indone -sian nalist mustered morepoints than ones she scoredin the rst set in order tonarrow the point de citagainst Myanmar archer,Aung Ngeain was able tokeep her impressive per-formance till the nal set,leading eight points to heropponent.

Loud cheers from thecrowds came out whenshe nished the last arrowof nal set, reaching thescore points at 138. She -nally brought rst gold forMyanmar archery team atthe SEA Games 27 and the27thgold of her career start-

ed 11 years ago. S e l f - c o n f i d e n c e

played a decisive role toclaim todays victory. Imanaged well to start the

game with more pointsthan my rival. I had noworries about the gamebecause I was determinedto succeed, said the goldmedalist Myanmar archer.

Aung Ngeain haswon three gold at 2011SEA Games, each in in-dividual compound, teamcompound and mix-teamcompound. Entering hersenior year, she developedinto the top player of My-anmar, earning gold med-als in international archerycompetitions. Before the

SEA Games, Aung Ngeainannounced that she haddecided to quit the sportscompleting this games.

(See page 8)

By: Ye Myint

N AY P YI T AW , 16DecPresident of the Re-public of the Union of My-anmar U Thein Sein visitedToyota Motor plant nearNagoya at 8 am LST today.And Chairman of ToyotaMotor Corps and of cialsexplained facts about theCorps there.

The President leftfor Kobe by express trainand attended a workingluncheon hosted by Kan-sai Economic Federation(Kankeiren) at ANA CrownPlaza Kobe.

The President then pro-ceeded to Kinkakuji mon-astery and looked roundShwethamin Kyaungtaw(Monastery). Kinkakuji

President U Thein Sein visits Toyota Motor Corps in Nagoya

Aung Ngeain poses for her picture of biting gold medal for womens compound individual event.YM (NLM)

monastery was estab-lished by Shogun AshikagaYoushimitsu in Kyoto dy-nasty in 1397. It is now re-marked by National Land-mark and National Park.

In the evening, Presi-dent U Thein Sein togetherwith Union Ministers, Dep-uty Ministers, Chairman ofMyanmar-Japan Associa-tion U Saw Hla Min and of-cials attended a Japanesetraditional dinner hosted byChairman of Japan-Myan-mar Association Mr. HideoWatanabe at Mimiu Japa-nese Noodle Restaurant inKyoto.

Next, the President andparty came back the hotelwhere they stayed. MNA

Y ANGON , 16 DecMyanmar mens hockeyteam today won over Viet-nam 8-1 in the round-robinmatch.

Myanmar mens hockey team achievevictory in round-robin matches

Myanmar won onlytodays match of the threeround-robin matches.

In the mens hockeythird-day match, Malaysia

beat Thailand 13-0.In the womens event,

Indonesia trounced Cam-bodia 15-0 while Myanmarand Thailand played a goal-

less draw and Malaysia toreup Singapore 8-1.

The fourth day eventof womens hockey matchcontinues at Theinbyu turfhockey pitch at 11 am to-morrow and the menshockey match at 1 pm on18 December. MNA

N AY P YI T AW , 16DecA Myanmardelegation led by UnionMinister for Energy U ZeyarAung and Union Ministerfor Science and Technology

Myanmar delegation attendsseminars on energy in ROK

Dr Ko Ko Oo attended 2ndInternational Seminar forNuclear Cooperation and3rd International EnergyCooperation Symposium

(See page 9)

President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein presents gift to a monk from Kinkakuji monastery in Kyoto of Japan.

MNA

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Tianjin becomes latest Chinese city to restrict carownership

S HANGHAI , 16 DecChinas northern city ofTianjin will restrict issu-ance of new car licences,the latest city to clampdown on car ownership ina bid to ease traf c conges -tion and combat air pollu-tion.

The city government A general view of centre Tianjin taken from TianjinWorld Financial Centre, on 15 April, 2013. R EUTERS

will issue new plates viaauction and lottery fromMonday, it said in a noticeposted on its website onSunday.

It will also introducea quota system similar toBeijings traf c restrictionscheme, which allows carsaccess to the city on certain

days depending on the lastdigit of their plates, the of -cial Xinhua news agencyquoted Miao Hongwei,head of the citys traf cmanagement bureau, assaying.

The capital Beijing,infamous for its chok-ing smog, announced last

month it will slash thecitys new car sales quotaby almost 40 percent nextyear.

Other major cities suchas Shanghai and Guang -zhou have also implement -ed measures to restrict carownership.

Reuters

Death toll in Syrian bombing raid onAleppo rises to 76

Residents look for survivors at a damaged site afterwhat activists said was an air strike from forces loyal

to Syrias President Bashar al-Assad in Takeek Al-Bab area of Aleppo, on 15 Dec, 2013. R EUTERS

B EIRUT , 16 DecSev -enty-six people, including28 children, were killed onSunday when Syrian armyhelicopters dropped barrelbombs on the northern cityof Aleppo, the Syrian Ob-

servatory for Human Rightssaid on Monday.Barrel bombs are ex-

plosive- lled cylinders or oilbarrels, often rolled out ofthe back of helicopters withlittle attempt at striking aparticular target but capable

of causing widespread casu -alties and signi cant dam -age.

The Britain-based Ob-servatory said that rebelgroups in Aleppo issued astatement asking civilians in

government-held parts of thecity to move away from statesecurity buildings, whichthey said would be targetedin retaliation for the bomb-ings.

President Basharal-Assads forces, battling

rebels in a 2-1/2 year con-ict that has killed more than100,000 people, frequentlydeploy air power and artil-lery against rebel-held dis -tricts across the country.

They have been unable

to recapture eastern and cen-tral parts of Aleppo, whichrebels stormed in the sum-mer of 2012, but they havedriven rebel ghters backfrom towns to the southeastof the city in recent weeks.The con ict has grown sec -tarian, with majority Sunnirebels battling Assads ownAlawite sect and Shiitemilitia. The Observatory which has a network of op-position, pro-governmentand medical sources alsosaid on Monday that rebelsin northern Aleppo provincewere threatening to striketwo Shiite villages theyhave surrounded with mis -siles if barrel bombs wereused again by the army.

Reuters

Iran committed to continuingnuclear talks: foreign minister

D UBAI , 16 Dec Iran will continue nuclearnegotiations with worldpowers despite unsuit-able actions which led toit halting technical talks inVienna, Foreign MinisterMohammad Javad Zarifsaid on Sunday.

The United States onThursday blacklisted ad-ditional companies andpeople under existingsanctions intended to pre-vent Iran from obtainingthe capability to make nu-clear weapons. Iran says itsnuclear programme is forelectricity generation andmedical purposes only.

Irans negotiators onFriday interrupted talksin Vienna on how to im-plement a nuclear agree -ment because, its of cialssaid, the US decision wasagainst the spirit of thedeal.

In the last few days

A technician is seen at the uranium conversion facilityin Isfahan, 450 kilometres south of Teheran

on 3 Feb, 2007. R EUTERS

US seeks Okinawasunconditional OK for base

replacement landllW ASHINGTON , 16 Dec

Washington has told Tokyothat the Okinawa prefecturalgovernment should uncon -ditionally allow work to be-gin on reclaiming land need -ed to relocate a US militarybase within the prefecture asplanned, Japan-US relationssources said on Sunday.

The move appearsaimed at putting more pres -sure on Okinawa Gov Hi -rokazu Nakaima, who willdecide within this monthwhether to approve the

application from the centralgovernment for the land llwork needed to relocate theMarines Futenma Air Sta-tion from the densely popu-lated Ginowan to the lesspopulated coastal Henokoarea in Nago. A senior USof cial conveyed the viewon the long-stalled issue asWashington is worried thestalemate might persist ifNakaima attaches condi-tions in approving the work,the sources said.

Kyodo News

Frequentattacks

cause heavycasualtiesin LibyaT RIPOLI , 16 DecALibyan army colonel was

killed and three soldierswere injured on Sunday intwo separate attacks in theeastern city of Benghazi, se -curity and medical sourcestold Xinhua .

A medical source told Xinhua on condition of ano-nymity that Saad MasoodOstal Jamal, an army colonelworking in the artillery unit,was shot by unknown assail-ants in Humaida near Me-shaal al- Huaida in Benghazias he was taking his son toschool.

Spokesperson of JalaaHospital in Benghazi con -rmed that Jamal was hit byseven bullets, including vein his head.

Also in a separate at-tack on Sunday afternoon,three soldiers belonging toLibyan Special Forces 319Brigade and Thunderboltwere injured after an impro-vised explosive device tar -geted them while they wereparticipating in a campaignto clean up Benghazi streetsafter garbage collectors wenton strike over salary com -

plaints. A security of cersaid that the three soldierswere injured by fragmentsafter the explosive devicewas thrown at them by un-known assailants in theLaithi area. The eyewitnessadded that a man driving aMitsubishi car stopped infront of a garbage collectionpoint and threw a bag on topof the stack, leaving the bagto explode shortly after hisdeparture. Al-Barghati saidthe victims Mohamed SalemWarfali, Abdullah Faraj Ala-kora and Ali Ambar Awamiwere injured by shrapnelfrom the explosive device.She added that three soldiersare currently recovering inJalaa Hospitals intensivecare unit. Xinhua

unsuitable actions havebeen taken on the part ofAmericans which we haveresponded to in an appro-priate manner, Zarif saidin a posting on his Face -book page.

We will continuewith negotiations in Ge -neva with seriousness andwe will certainly show a

correct, measured and tar-geted response to any un -suitable action, he said.

The development hashighlighted potential ob -stacles negotiators face inpressing ahead with effortsto resolve a decade-old dis -pute between the IslamicRepublic and the West.

Reuters

B ANGKOK , 16 Dec Thailands main oppositionparty opened a meeting onMonday to decide whetherto take part in a snap elec-tion called by the govern -ment to defuse street pro-

tests but one senior membersaid reforms demanded bythe protesters should be im-plemented rst.

Prime Minister Yin-gluck Shinawatra calledthe election after weeks ofprotests against her and herbrother, ousted ex-primeminister Thaksin Shi-nawatra, and his in uenceon Thailands political sys-tem.

The protesters, backedby Bangkoks elite, have re -

jected the election and wantto set up a peoples coun-cil that would eradicate the

in uence of the Thaksinregime and introduce re -forms following a decadeof election wins by Thaksinor his allies with supportfrom the urban and ruralpoor. The protests have also

been supported by the mainopposition Democrat Party,Thailands oldest party.All Democrat lawmakersresigned from parliamentthis month and some joinedthe protests, including lead -er Abhisit Vejjajiva, whowas prime minister fromlate 2008 until 2011.

But the party has yetto announce its stand onthe 2 February election. Aboycott by the Democratswould rob the vote of muchof its legitimacy and pro -long political uncertainty.

Reuters

Thai opposition debateswhether to run inFebruary election

Anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban (C)leaves The Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters in

Bangkok on 14 Dec, 2013. R EUTERS

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Students eat a healthy lunch at Marston Middle Schoolin San Diego, California, on 7 March, 2011. R EUTERS

Healthy eating costs anextra $1.50 per day

N EW Y ORK , 16 Dec That healthy foods costmore has become conven-tional wisdom, but a newstudy is the most thoroughyet in calculating howmuch more: about a dollarand a half.

Before now, weveseen studies looking at pric-es of one or a few foods ordiets, in one city and fromone store, said MayureeRao. And the results havebeen mixed, with somestudies nding that thehealthier options cost moreand some studies ndingthey dont.

Rao is a junior researchfellow at the HarvardSchool of Public Health

and a medical student atthe Warren Alpert Medical

School of Brown Univer-sity in Providence, RhodeIsland. She led the studythat was published in BMJOpen.

The research teamidenti ed 27 previous stud -ies from 10 countries thatmet their inclusion criteriaand reviewed each of them.Fourteen studies were con-ducted in the US, two inCanada, six in Europe andve in other countries in -cluding South Africa, NewZealand, Japan and Brazil.

Twelve of the stud-ies were market surveysthat evaluated the prices ofanywhere from two to 133foods each and included upto 1,230 stores.

Fifteen studies weredietary surveys that ranged

from 30 participants tomore than 78,000.

The researchers com-pared the costs of thehealthiest eating patternswith the least healthful andfound that the healthiest di-ets cost on average $1.47more per day based on ac-tual food intake, or about

$1.54 more per day for eve-ry 2,000 calories consumed.

The studies in the re-view used various de ni -tions of healthy - includ-ing comparing the amountof fat or sugar in similarproducts, or comparingwhole grain versus re nedcarbohydrate versions, orlooking at total fruit andvegetable intake or overall

calories. Reuters

A patient receives chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer at the Antoine-Lacassagne Cancer Centre in

Nice July 26, 2012. R EUTERS

AbbVie drug showspromise against dif cult

type of breast cancerN EW Y ORK , 16 Dec

Women with an especiallydeadly type of breast cancerwho received a treatmentregimen containing anexperimental AbbVie Incdrug prior to surgery arelikely to have a s igni cantlybetter response thanthose who get a standardchemotherapy regimen,according to data from aclinical trial.

Patients with so-calledtriple negative breast cancer,

who tend to be younger andhave a very poor prognosis,appeared to have double theresponse rate to the regimencontaining AbbViesveliparib in a new type ofstudy that exploits advancesin molecular understandingof the disease, researchersfound.

The trial dubbedI-SPY 2 is another step

toward developing morepersonalized treatments. Itsdesign allows researchers tocontinuously monitor howpatients respond as the trialprogresses and move patientsinto arms of the study testingdrugs from which they aremore likely to gain bene t.

This type of trialshould help companiesselect the right group ofpatients to enroll into larger,more traditional late stageclinical trials, potentially

cutting the cost of bringingnew medicines to market.

Drugmakers are underincreasing pressure to cutthe cost of new medicinesthat put a huge burden onhealthcare systems. Oneway to do that would bethrough more ef cient,alternative testing methodsthat lead to fewer trialfailures. Reuters

A currency for the future, or just a bubble?

B EIJING , 16 Dec Bit-coin, the virtual currency,has created something ofa frenzy in China, with itsvalue surging more than80 percent in a year. Untillast week, that is, when itplunged more than 30 per-cent after the central bankbanned nancial institu -tions from involvement inbitcoin trading.

The majority of Chi-nese investors, who seemto love speculation, knowlittle about the mechanismssurrounding the currency.They cant hold one in theirhands nor use bitcoin intheir normal daily lives.

Therefore, it seems likethe right time to damp downthe heated bitcoin trade inChina, which had account-

ed for more than half of thecurrencys global tradingvolume.

Its a game of specu-lation (in China), and fewpeople know or care whatsbehind it, said James Li,head of BTC360.com, a bit-coin trading platform whichhe founded this year.

Bitcoin was introducedin 2008 by a programmer,

or group of programmers,under the name of SatoshiNakamoto. It was designedto become an alternative togovernment-backed curren-cies.

There are 12.1 millionbitcoins in virtual circula-tion, and their supply isstrictly governed by rulesembedded in complicatedsoftware.

Most of the early bit-coin investors or collec-tors were geeks or nan -

cial experts. Even as an IT journalist, I cant explainthe mechanism of the vir-tual currency in a few sen-tences. The value of onebitcoin was up to 6,970yuan (US$1,143) lastmonth, compared with lessthan 100 yuan a year ago.

Despite the centralbanks announcement, itrebounded to about 5,036

yuan yesterday, after drop-ping to 4,500 yuan lastweek, according to BTC360and BTC China, the coun-trys biggest online bitcointrading exchanges.

Xinhua

A Renault Captur car is displayed during the companys annual shareholder meeting in Paris on 30 April, 2013.

R EUTERS

Detroit of the East gives green lightto Renault

B EIJING /S HANGHAI , 16Dec Renault SA (RENA.PA) clinched full accessto Chinas auto market onMonday by sealing a joint

venture agreement withstate-owned DongfengMotor Group (0489.HK) inWuhan, a city fast shapingup as Chinas own Detroit.

Nine years afterthe two companies rst

announced plans for the joint venture, they nallyinked a $1.3 billion 50-50partnership to introducethe French carmakers own

locally assembled modelsin the worlds biggest automarket.

The deal allowsRenault to fully tap demandin China, something it hasbeen unable to do until

now because of the lackof a strong local partner.Chinas central governmentrequires all foreignautomakers to have a local

partner to be allowed toproduce cars in the country.To build a Chinese

presence, Renault has beenforced to rely on importsfrom South Korea. Nowwith Dongfeng, it willinvest 7.76 billion yuan($1.28 billion) to builda factory in the centralcity of Wuhan, with therst car due to roll off theproduction line in 2016.

Renault, which hasa long-standing alliancewith Japans Nissan MotorCo (7201.T) with whom itshares technology, plans tomanufacture 150,000 cars ayear in Wuhan and set up a

jointly run network of retailstores.

Reuters

New Zealand economy to take offdespite exchange rate challenge

W ELLINGTON , 16 Dec The New Zealand econ-omy is expected to growstrongly in the next twoyears, despite the coun-trys currency remainingstubbornly high, accordingto a report from a leadingeconomic think-tank onMonday.

Economic growthwould pick up from 2.8percent in the March 2014year to 3.1 percent the fol-lowing year, according tothe Consensus Forecasts,an average of economicforecasts from nancial andeconomic agencies, com-piled by the New Zealand

Institute of Economic Re-search (NZIER).

Exports this year weredepressed by a droughtduring the last southernsummer, but would growstrongly by an average of3.2 percent a year in thenext three years, said thereport. The New Zealanddollar would gradually easefrom current highs, but thelevel will remain high com-pared to history, it said.The labour market wouldimprove, with more jobs,unemployment easing fromthe current 6.3 percent toabout 5 percent, and wag-es rising by an average 3

percent over the next threeyears.

In ation would pickup towards 2.5 percent overthe next few years, and in-terest rates would graduallyincrease from early 2014.The rebuild of the earth-quake-battered Canterburyregion would be a key eco-nomic driver, but recoverywas also broadening acrossother investment, exportsand household spending.

The government op-erating balance would bein de cit in 2014, but insurplus in 2015 and wouldcontinue improving there-after. Xinhua

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XXVII SEA G AMES S PECIAL27 th SEA Games

Pa Pa (Right) and Myint Myint Aye

(Left) run in Womens Marathon of 27 th SEA

Games in Nay PyiTaw.

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Fans gather to enjoy

a cycling event in Nay

Pyi Taw.


Fans line up to get on

free shuttle buses

outside Wunna

Theikdi Indoor

Stadium.


School children line up to get cups of Milo at a free shop at Wunna Theikdi Stadium .


A girl poses

for photo

with 27 th

SEA Games

mascot at

Wunna

Theikdi Sta-

dium in Nay

Pyi Taw.

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School children line up outside Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium for billiard and snooker.P HOTO : A YE M IN S OE

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27 th SEA Games

N AY P YI T AW , 16DecGold medal went toYing Ren Mok (2:28:36) ofSingapore and silver medal

Myanmar runners satis ed withsilver medals

Indonesian men, women securevictory in volleyball event

N AY P YI T AW , 16DecThe volleyballevents of the 27 th SEAGames continued for thefourth day at ZeyathiriIndoor Stadium (B), here,this morning.

Altogether 172 play-ers from Myanmar, Indo-nesia, Malaysia, Thailand,Vietnam, Laos and Cam-bodia are participating inthe events from 13 to 21December.

At todays matches,

Thailand beat Vietnamwith 3-0 points and Indo-nesia won over Myanmarwith 3-1 in womens playoff events while Indo-nesia beat Laos with 3-0in mens preliminary-Bevent.

Malaysia will meetVietnam tomorrow inwomens play off eventand Malaysia will vie withCambodia and Thailandwill play against Myan-mar in men's preliminary-A events.

Khaing Thanda Lwin(NLM)

to Thaung Aye (2:29:50) ofMyanmar and bronze med-al to Eric Panique (2:30:30)of the Philippines in mens

marathon event of 27 th SEAGames.

In the womens mara-thon event, Thi Binh Phamof Vietnam clinched rstprize (2:45:34), Myint My-int Aye of Myanmar, sec-ond prize (2:46:07) and PaPa (2:49:01) of Myanmar,third prize.

Panwat Gimsrang ofThailand got rst prize inwomens hammer throwevent of 27 th SEA Games,Renee Kelly Lee Casierof Malaysia, second andMingkamon Koomphon ofThailand, third.

Myo Than (NLM)

Ying Ren Mok of Singapore holds the State Flag of Singapore after crossing nishing line during

the mens marathon Event. P HOTO : A YE M IN S OE Photo shows womens volleyball match between

Myanmar and Indonesia at Zeyathiri IndoorStadium (B). KTL (NLM)

N AY P YI T AW , 16DecThe nal matches ofbasketball event of the 27 th SEA Games took place atZeyathiri Indoor Stadium(A), here, this noon withtwo womens events andone mens event.

Altogether 189 playersfrom Myanmar, Indonesia,Malaysia, the Philippines,Singapore, Thailand andCambodia took part in thebasketball events from 8 to16 December.

At todays events,

Philippine men, Thai womenSnatch gold in basketball event

Thailand beat Indonesiaand the Philippines wonover Myanmar in womensbasketball events whileThailand defeated Myan-mar in mens basketballevent.

The Philippines se-cured gold, Thailand, silverand Singapore, bronze inmens event while Thailandtook gold, the Philippines,silver and Malaysia, bronzein womens event.

Khaing Thanda Lwin(NLM)

Photo shows womens basketball match between Myanmar and the Philippines at Zeyathiri Indoor

Stadium (A). KTL (NLM)

Y ANGON , 16 DecAttodays nal matches, Goldmedal went to Thailand, sil-ver to Myanmar, and bronzeto Malaysia, in womens (69kilo) event while Thailandsecured gold, Vietnam, sil-ver and Malaysia, bronze inmens (94 kilo) event.

Eleven mens andwomens events took placeand 33 medals were awarded

Myanmar seize ve medals inweightlifting event

the weightlifting event of the27 th SEA Games.

In eleven events, Thai-land took six gold, Indone-sia, three and Myanmar andVietnam one each. Myanmarsecured ve medalsonegold by Aye Thanda Lwin,two silver by Kyaw MoeWin and Le Le Win and twobronze by Pyae Phyo andMyint Kyi. MNA

Soccer fans watch the match between Myanmar and Indonesia at a teashop in Thabyaychaung village, Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon. P HOTO : A YE M IN S OE

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Tuesday, 17 December, 2013

The spirit of the GamesThe spirit of the entire country is extremely

high these days because of the 27 th South-EastAsian Games we are hosting in Nay Pyi Taw, Yan-

gon, Mandalay and Ngwehsaung. Myanmar peo-ple love their land and race more than ever hav-ing a strong and united wishthe success of theirsportsmen and sportswomen at the SEA Games.

They cry hoorah with great joy whenever aMyanmar athlete wins or grabs a medal, especiallyit is so emotional for them if it is gold! But they areso downhearted and disappointed when an unfor-tunate Myanmar participant cannot accomplishhis or her mission.

Sometimes, they are so annoyed for the fail-ure, because it is a very rare opportunity for allthe countryfolks to witness the success of sportsenhancing the glory of the country right in frontof their own eyes.

We can see the passion and hope of Myanmarpeople especially on the facebook. We were veryhappy when our country was at the top of the med-al standings. But we must not underestimate ourrivals, because they too come here with the noblewish of bringing glory back to their country! Infact this regional biennial event has come back toMyanmar after a 44-year interval. It is a long waitfor everyone.

So, it is not unusual that the spirit of everyMyanmar is very high at this moment. They arereally proud to be Myanmars, with love and joy intheir hearts and unity and strength in their minds.Myanmars love Myanmarthe true spirit ofthe Games, and this spirit must live forever!

NATIONAL

1 The private companieswhich are willing to gener-ate the electricity by imple-menting hydropower pro-

jects and coal- red thermalpower projects, are invitedto participate in develop-ing power sector in Myan-

mar so as to ful ll the statepower demands.2. The local and foreigncompanies who are willingto invest in power sector had

Republic of the Union of MyanmarMinistry of Electric Power

been of cially invited bythe government newspapersissued on 1st June 2012 andthe discussion on invitationfor the local and foreign in-vestors in power sector hadbeen also observed in Min-istry of Electric Power on

21st

September 2012.3. Private investors whoare willing to invest in thepower projects must com-pletely mention the types of

power projects, projects lo-

cations (Town, Township,District, State/Region) to beimplemented by the privateinvestors as well as compa-nies pro les in the projectsproposals and then couldmake discussion with theMinistry of Electric Power(MOEP).4. Private investors mustconduct the environmentaland social impact assess-ments caused by projectimplementation works as

Mao Ngai Ngo of Vietnam in action of todayswomens golf event of XXVII SEA Games at Royal Myanmar Golf Club in Nay Pyi Taw. J ULY M OE

N AY P YI T AW , 16 DecA special bench comprisingChief Justice of the UnionU Tun Tun Oo and judges

Five civil miscellaneous applications (writ) heardof the Supreme Court of theUnion U Soe Nyunt and UMya Thein passed verdictson ve civil miscellaneous

applications (writ) at theof ce No.1 of the SupremeCourt of the Union today.

They also heard one

criminal miscellaneous ap-plication (writ) and vecivil miscellaneous applica-tions (writ). MNA

per the criteria and due to

the ndings on the assess -ments, only private com-pany which could followthe procedures that are tobe in line with acceptableplans, will be granted toimplement the power pro-

jects. In this connection,private investors shouldseriously follow the abovementioned guidelines andsubmit the projects propos-als to MOEP. Ministry of Electric Power

(from page 1) I want to quit the

sports in 2014. But I dontknow how my bosses willmake decision on it, AungNgeain answered the ques-tion of media persons abouther possible retirement.

She told me at the endof 2011 SEA Games shehad a plan of retiring fromsports. I made a request to

Aung Ngeain: Queen of ...continue her career until2014 SEA Games in ourcountry. I will ask her tobe a player-coach of My-anmar archery team, saidU Kyaw Oo, chief-de-mis-sion of Myanmar. As AungNgeain shot for gold today,it boosts Myanmar archeryteam to add more gold to itsmedal-table from remain-ing events.

N AY P YI T AW , 16Dec At the invitation ofChief of Army Staff of In-dian Armed Forces GeneralBikram Singh to attend the

Deputy Commander-in-Chief and party arrive in Kolkatta

graduation parade of Of-cers Training Academyto be held in Gara of theRepublic of India, DeputyCommander-in-Chief of

Defence Services Com-mander-in-Chief (Army)Vice-Senior General SoeWin and wife Daw ThanThan Nwe and party arrived

at Netaji Subhash ChandraBose International Airportin Kolkatta in India on 10December.

On his arrival at East-ern Army Command, theDeputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Servicesheld talks with CommanderLieutenant General DalbirSingh on matters relationsto bilateral relations be-tween the two armed forcesand border affairs.

Next, the DeputyCommander-in-Chief andparty ew to Palam airportin New Delhi in the even-ing. Then, he cordially metwith embassy staff and theirfamilies led by the Myan-mar Ambassador to Indiaand the military attach andof cers who were in NewDelhi for taking training atOberoi Hotel.

MNA

Vice-Senior General Soe Win holds talks with Commander LieutenantGeneral Dalbir Singh. MNA

N AY P YI T AW , 16DecActing Union Min-ister for Education Dr MyoMyint received Director DrMaria Jaschok of Interna-tional Gender Studies Cen-tre of Oxford University inBritain at his of ce, here,this morning.

They had a cordial dis-cussion of an implementa-tion of a plan for preserva-tion of inheritance throughinternal lineage and holdingworkshop in cooperationwith Departments of His-tory and Anthropology ofUniversity of Yangon.

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Preserving Myanmar womens lineage inheritance discussed

Acting Union Minister Dr Myo Myint receives Director Dr Maria Jaschok of International Gender Studies Centre of Oxford University in Britain. MNA

XXVII SEA Games

Football Results on 16-12-2013 Thailand 0 - 0 Cambodia

Indonesia 1 - 0 Myanmar

Invitation to the private investors whoare willing to generate the electricity

by implementing hydropower projectsand coal-fred thermal power projects

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Y ANGON , 16 DecOr-ganized by Information andPublic Relations Depart-ment under the Ministry ofInformation, photo contestsin commemoration of 66 th

Anniversary IndependenceDay was held in conjunc-tion with prize awarding

Deputy Information Minister attends photocontests prize presentation ceremony

ceremony at Traders Hotelthis morning.

At the ceremony,Deputy Minister for Infor-mation U Pike Htwe madean opening speech and pre-sented rst prize to KyawKyaw Win, second prize toMyo Zaw Oo and third prize

to Kyi Soe Tun (Kyaukme)under title of Peaceful andDeveloped Myanmar.

Yangon Region Fi-nance Minister Daw SanSan Nwe and Region So -cial Affairs Minister DrMyint Thein, Chairman ofMyanmar Libraries Foun-dation U Maung Maung,Chairman of Myanmar

Writers Association UTin Hlaing (LedwinthaSaw Chit) and Chairmanof Myanmar PhotographicSociety U Pe Myint Oopresented awards to rst,second, third and specialprize winners in anotherphoto contest in commem-oration of 66 th Anniversa-ry Independence Day.

Then, the chairman ofMPA explained matters onselection of prizes and onbehalf of prize winners,Aung Kyaw Tun (Pathe -ingyi) spoke words ofthanks.

Next, the deputy min -ister and party viewed theprize winning photos.

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Y ANGON , 16 DecAceremony to launch theestablishment of Myan-mar Engineering Council(MEC) was held at My -

anmar Engineering Coun-cils Of ce in HumanSettlement and HousingDevelopment Departmenthere this morning.

Union Ministers UKyaw Lwin and U AyeMyint, Chief Minister UMyint Swe, Deputy Min -ister Dr Win Myint andRegion Minister U NyanTun Oo cut the ribbon toopen it.

Later, Pyithu HluttawSpeaker Thura U Shwe

Myanmar EngineeringCouncil Of ce opened

Mann pressed the buttonto unveil the signboardand looked round the of-ce.

Afterwards, Union

Minister U Kyaw Lwin,Yangon Region ChiefMinister U Myint Swe andDeputy Minister Dr WinMyint delivered addresseson the occasion.

It was also attendedby Chairman of PyithuHluttaw Planning andFinancial DevelopmentCommittee U Soe Tha, re -gion ministers, patrons ofMEC, chairman and mem-bers and departmental of-cials. MNA

The Ministry of RailTransportation has al-lowed the application of12x12 ft land plot for con-struction of (315) KVATransformer in Aung Kat

Kyaw and (13) Wards inAmarapura Township ofMandalay Region on 25-11-2013. Mandalay Re -gion Electrical Engineers

Public announcement for taking action ofrelevant ministries on suggestions sent to Rural

Area Development Subcommittee through PublicServices Capacity Assessment Committee

Undertaking of Ministry of Rail Transportationon suggestion for application of 12x12 ft land

plot for construction of (315) KVA Transformerin Aung Kat Kyaw and No 13 Wards in

Amarapura Township, Mandalay RegionOf ce surveyed the landplot on 29-11-2013 andcarried out digging for thepoles starting from 1-12-2013 and erecting of poleson 7-12-2013.

Amarapura TownshipElectrical Engineers Of cewill undertake installationof (11) KV power line, 400volt power line and (315)

KVA Transformer.It is hereby announced

that complaints and en-quiry on taking action ofthe relevant ministries areto be sent and informed to

Rural Area DevelopmentSubcommittee.

Rural Area DevelopmentSubcommittee

(from page 16)Culture and InternationalPublic Relations Develop-ment Committee Thura UAye Myint, Internation-al Relations Committee

Chairperson U Hla MyintOo, Investment and Indus-trial Development Com-mittee Chairperson U HtayMyint, Public AccountsCommittee Secretary UMaung Toe, Public AffairsManagement CommitteeSecretary U Tin Maung Oo,Governments Guarantees,Pledges and UndertakingsVetting Committee mem -ber U Win Than and of -cials of the Hluttaw Of ce.

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PyidaungsuHluttaw...

Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann being seen off atYangon International Aiport by Yangon Region Chief Minister U Myint Swe

and of cials before his departure for Indonesia and Cambodia. MNA

(from page 1)in Seoul of the Republic ofKorea on 10-12 December.

The representativesfrom Korea, United States,India, Italy, France, Can-ada, Argentina, Mexico,Hungary, Malaysia, Viet -nam and Saudi Arabia at -

Myanmar delegation attends...tended the meetings. Themeeting discussed Koreasefforts for technological ad-vancement in nuclear ener-gy sector, human resourcesdevelopment, endeavors forpublic trust on nuclear en-ergy, taking lessons fromFukushima nuclear reactor

explosion and transplantingtechnology.

Myanmar delegationalso attended 3 rd Interna-tional Energy CooperationSymposium and discussedmatters on development ofnatural resource policies,oil and gas, petrochemicaland renewable energy sec-

tors on 11 December. Theygave explanation on stridesfor development of energysector in Myanmar, policy,investment opportunitiesand investments of Koreancompanies in Myanmarsenergy sector.

They observed POSCOLNG Combined Cycle &Cell Power Plants, Yeo-ngheung Energy Park,KOGAS LNG ProductionPlant, Daewoo Shipbuild -ing & Marine EngineeringOkpo Shipyard and SK Pet -rochemical Complex.

MNA

N AY P YI T AW , 16DecA combine prac-tice for entertainment pro-grammes of the closingceremony of the 27 th SEAGames took place at No.(7) Transit Centre Ywatawof the combine practiceground, here, this morning.

Chairman of the prepa-ration and training commit-

Entertainment programmesrehearsedtee for successfully organ-izing opening and closingceremonies of the 27 th SEAGames Union Ministerfor Culture U Aye MyintKyu viewed the perform -ers practicing for their en-tertainment programmes tobe performed at the closingceremony.

MNA

Thailand wins gold in womens 100-mx4 relay race,Vietnam, silver and Indonesia bronze.

Thailand secures gold in mens pole vault.

Union Ministers U Zeyar Aung and Dr Ko Ko Oo attend 3 rd International

Energy Cooperation Symposium in ROK. E NERGY

Deputy Minister for Information U Pike Htwe presents award to a winner at photo contest. MNA

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THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMARMINISTRY OF ENERGY

MYANMA OIL AND GAS ENTERPRISE (INVITATION FOR OPEN TENDER)

(16/2013)

Open tenders are invited for supply of the following respective items in United States Dollars and Myanmar Kyats.

Sr.No Tender No Description Qty Remark

(1) IF'B-134(2013-2014) Spares forAB 100 Well Servicing (2) Items US$Truck

(2) IFB-135(2013-2014) Spares for Blow Out Preventer (5) Items US$ Ex ZJ 70 L Drilling Rigs(3) IFB-136(2013-2014) Universal Fuel Pump Test Stand (1) No US$(4) IFB-137(2013-2014) 5 Ton Elevator (0.16 m3 ) (2) Units US$ (5) IFB-138(2013-2014) 25 Ton Elevator ( 1.2 m3 ) (2) Units US$(6) IFB-139(2013-2014) Rig Air Compressor (6) Nos US$ (7) IFB-140(2013-2014) 30 Ton Crawler Crane (1) Unit US$(8) IFB-141(2013-2014) 8" & 6 1/2" Spiral Drill Collar (2) Items US$(9) IFB-142(2013-2014) Welding Electrode E 6011 (30 Ton) (1) Lot US$

(10) IFB-143(2013-2014) Spares for CAT D379 & CAT D399 (5) Items US$ Engines(11) IFB-144(2013-2014) Drawworks Main Drum Brake Shoe (9) Items US$ Lining

(12) IFB-145(2013-2014) Portable Welding Machine with (4) Units US$ Complete Accessories (300 AMP, Diesel Engine Driven)(13) IFB-146(2013-2014) Heat Shrinkable Sleeve (1200 Rolls) (4) Items US$ Closure Patches (25000 Nos)(14) DMP/L-044(2013-2014) Spares for F 1000 Rig Pump (12) Items Ks Ex D3T2 SR I & II(15) DMP/L-045(2013-2014) Rotor Seal for ZJ 70 L SR I & II (10) Items Ks(16) DMP/L-046(2013-2014) Electrical Spares for Caterpillar Gas (4) Items Ks Engine Lighting Set- Tender Closing Date & Time - 13-1-2014,16:30 Hrs

Tender Document shall be available during of ce hours commencing from 16' h Decem ber, 2013 at the FinanceDepartment, 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 RAJIN VOY NO (829)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RAJINVOY NO (829) are hereby noti ed that the vessel willbe arriving on 16.12.2013 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignees risk and expenses and subject to the byel -aws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after nal discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel wil l be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV VEREINA VOY NO (001)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV VEREINA VOYNO (001) are hereby noti ed that the vessel will bearriving on 16.12.2013 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P.L where it will lie at theconsignees risk and expenses and subject to the byel -aws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S COSCO SHIPPING CO LTDPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GSS YANGON VOY NO (1008)Consignees of cargo carried on MV GSS YAN-

GON VOY NO (1008) are hereby noti ed that thevessel will be arriving on 16.12.2013 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of H.P.T where it willlie at the consignees risk and expenses and subjectto the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.


No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.


AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING (MALAY-SIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV RICKMERS MUMBAI VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV RICKMERSMUMBAI VOY NO ( ) are hereby noti ed that thevessel will be arriving on 16.12.2013 and cargo wi ll bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it willlie at the consignees risk and expenses and subjectto the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S RICKMERS LINE GMBH &CR-KG

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

Italy to provide port for Syrian chemicalweapons transfer

R OME , 16 Dec Italyhas agreed to provide a portfor use in the transfer ofSyrias chemical weaponsarsenal between ships onthe way to its destructionat sea, its Foreign Ministrysaid on Sunday.

Syria is due to handover deadly toxins whichcan be used to make sa-rin, VX gas and otherlethal agents under an

international agreementforged in the wake of an at -tack on the outskirts of Da-mascus which killed hun -dreds last August.

Danish and Norwegianships will collect the toxicarsenal from the Syrian portcity of Latakia. The chemi -cals will be destroyed at seaon board a specially adapt -ed US ship because theyare too dangerous to import

into a country.Until now, it was not

clear how the containers ofchemicals could be trans -ferred from the Scandinavi -an ships onto the US vessel.

An Italian ForeignMinistry of cial said theuse of the port was themaximum role Italy wasprepared to serve in the op -eration, and that the chemi-cals would not touch Italian

territory at any point.The of cial would not

identify which port wouldbe used.

Syrias 2-1/2-yearcivil war has killed at least125,835 people, accordingto Syrian Observatory forHuman Rights, and over 2million refugees have ed,often overwhelming neigh -bouring countries.

Reuters

THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMARMINISTRY OF ELECTRIC POWER

Invitation to the private investors who are willing togenerate the electricity by implementing hydropowerprojects and coal-fred thermal power projects

l. The private companies which are willing to generate theelectricity by implementing hydropower projects and coal-red thermal power projects, are invited to participate indeveloping power sector in Myanmar so as to ful ll thestate power demands.

2. The local and foreign companies who are willing toinvest in power sector had been of cially invited by thegovernment newspapers issued on 1 st June 2012 and thediscussion on invitation for the local and foreign inves -

tors in power sector had been also observed in Ministryof Electric Power on 21 st September 2012.

3. Private investors who are willing to invest the power .projectsmust completely mention the types of power projects, projectslocations (Town, Township, District, State/Region) to beimplemented by the private investors as well as companies pro les in the projects proposals and than could discusswith the Ministry of Electric Power (MOEP).

4. Private Investors must conduct the environmental andsocial impact assessments caused by project implementa -tion works as per the criteria and due to the ndings onthe assessments, only private company which could beable to follow the procedures that are to be in line withacceptable plans, will be granted to implement the powerprojects. In this connection, private investors should seri -ously follow the above mentioned guidelines and submit the projects proposals to MOEP.

Ministry of Electric Power

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Welbeck double lifts Uniteds spirits

L ONDON , 16 Dec England striker Danny

Welbeck made the mostof a rare start for Man-chester United with a rst-half double in a 3-0 win atAston Villa on Sunday asthe champions ended a runof four Premier Leaguegames without victory.

Welbeck, recalledin place of injured Robin

van Persie, struck twice inthree minutes for Unitedwho moved up one spot toeighth, 10 points behindleaders Arsenal.

United had sufferedsuccessive home defeatsby Everton and Newcastle

United that followed awaydraws with Cardiff City and

Tottenham Hotspur but out-classed the hosts and hadthe game safe when TomCleverley struck on 52 min-utes.

Before kickoff Wel-beck had scored as manygoals for England three

this season as he hadfor United but he was inthe right place to make thebreakthrough on 15 min-utes, poking home the re-bound after Adnan Januzajheaded against the foot ofthe left hand upright.

His rst PremierLeague goal since his rstday of the season doubleagainst Swansea was fol-lowed swiftly by a secondwhen he linked up with theimpressive Antonio Valen-cia, feeding the Ecuadorianand then sprinting into thebox to get on the end of hisreturn cross.

Welbeck was inchesaway from a hat-trick whenhe slid a shot past the farpost from a tight angle andalso went close after the

break when his chip over astranded Brad Guzan was just too high.

Cleverley said earlierthis week that some of hisperformances had been av-erage this season, but worea broad smile after running

on to Wayne Rooneys passto beat Guzan with a lowshot at his near post.

It was a good job fromus. The players did well andthe only thing I would criti-cize is that we didnt scoremore goals, United man-ager David Moyes told SkySports.

We were a bit sloppyin the rst ve minutesbut after that played reallywell.

United received an-other boost when Scotlandinternational mid elderDarren Fletcher, battling achronic bowel condition,came off the bench for hisrst match appearance sincelate December last year.

The cheers from Unit-ed fans for Fletcher were

part-drowned out by theboos from the home endthat greeted former Villaforward Ashley Young.

Villa, who beganbrightly but carried littlethreat once they had fallenbehind, have won just one

of their last 36 PremierLeague games againstUnited.

Nathan Dyer scoredfor Swansea City but suf-fered a suspected fracturedright ankle in the 1-1 drawat Norwich City.

Dyer icked pastJohn Ruddy on 12 min-utes but was carried off ona stretcher late in the rsthalf after a challenge withSebastien Bassong.

We have to wait acouple of days for an X-rayand a scan, and we all crossour ngers to hope it is notthat bad, said Swanseamanager Michael Laudrup.That will overshadoweverything else. It is just agame of football.

Norwich earned a

point thanks to Gary Hoop-ers spectacular volley inrst-half stoppage time.Tottenham host Liverpoolin a later kickoff (1600).A victory for the visitorswould lift them back up tosecond spot. Reuters

Manchester Uniteds Danny Welbeck (L) scores his second goal against Aston Villa during their English Premier League soccer match at Villa Park in Birmingham,

central England, on 15 Dec, 2013. R EUTERS

Ski jumping-Olympic championMorgenstern crashes in GermanyB ERLIN , 16 Dec

Austrias three-time Olym-pic ski jump gold medal-ist Thomas Morgensterncrashed during a WorldCup event in Germany onSunday and was rushed tohospital with facial injuries.

Morgenstern, whowon two gold medals at the2006 Turin Olympics andone more at the Vancou-ver Games four years later,crashed at the venue in Tit-isee-Neustadt after landingand losing one ski.

He slid down, hittinghis head in the process be-fore brie y managing tostand up and falling backdown. He was treatednearby before being taken

to hospital in Freiburg. An

Austrian skiing federationof cial told reporters the27-year-old was consciousand was able to move.

On Saturday Morgen-

stern had clinched his rstWorld Cup win of the sea-son at the German venue tomove into third place in the

overall standings. Reuters

Thomas Morgenstern of Austria competes during the FIS World Cup ski jumping mixed team competition in

Lillehammer, on 6 Dec, 2013. R EUTERS

Garcia takes his rst title of the

year in Thailand

B ANGKOK , 16 Dec Spaniard Sergio Garciacarded a nal-round 68 tocruise to a four-stroke winat the Thailand Golf Cham-pionship on Sunday for hisrst title of the year.

Garcia, 33, combinedsix birdies with two bogeysduring the nal round atthe Amata Spring CountryClub for a four-day total of22-under-par 266 in the $1million Asian Tour event.

World number threeSwede Henrik Stenson alsoshot a 68 with ve birdiesand a bogey to nish sec -ond but never managed toput Garcia under seriouspressure. It was great, an

amazing week... obviouslybeing the last week of theyear and for having Katha-

rina (Boehm) caddie forme, Garcia, who hadhis girlfriend caddyingfor him, told reporters.

Stenson, the rstman to win the US

Tours lucrativeFedExCup seriesand the Europeanmoney list dou-ble in 2013, hadhalved Garciasovernight lead totwo on the turnbut the Span-iard put paidto his hopesby sinkingthree consec-

utive birdiesfrom the 10th.

I knew Henrikwas going to make it dif -cult for me. Hes been play-ing so amazingly great, andhe did, Garcia, 33, said.He kept hitting good shotafter good shot.

And then when I bo-geyed seven, I had to makea good par save on nineafter getting a bit unluckywith the approach shot.And then I made three veryimportant birdies on therst three on the back nineand gave myself a little bitof a cushion.

Stenson rued somemissed opportunities onSunday but was not toounhappy with his overall

performance during theweek. Ive had a great yearbut coming here really onthe fumes left in the tank,not too much going for meto perform in that sense,the Swede said.

But I played reallynicely yesterday and I washanging in there today andI was just coming up a cou-ple short.

Frenchman AlexanderLevy (69) was four shotsbehind Stenson at third spotwhile US Open championJustin Rose (72), last yearswinner Charl Schwartzel(67) of South Africa, In-dias Anirban Lahiri (73)and Japans Yuki Kono(69) nished tied for the

fourth place. Reuters

Klose stops Lazio rot with braceR OME , 16 Dec Two

goals from striker MiroslavKlose on his return from in-

jury helped Lazio to a 2-0win over Livorno in Serie Aon Sunday.

Fiorentina closed inon the Champions Leagueplaces with a 3-0 home winagainst Bologna with Gi-useppe Rossi scoring his13th goal of the season.

Germany striker Klosestruck twice in the spaceof seven rst half minutes,relieving the pressure oncoach Vladimir Petkovicwho had been facing thesack after six league games Miroslav Klose

without a win.Lazio moved up to

eighth place on 20 points.Vincenzo MontellasFiorentina strolled past sec-ond-bottom Bologna andwent fourth on 30 points,only two behind Napoli inthird.

Inter Milan will goback into fourth and closethe gap on Napoli if theybeat Rafael Benitezs sidein Sundays late game(1945 GMT).

Leaders Juventus playat home to Sassuolo later(1730).

Reuters

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Fullmoon day of Nadaw 1375 ME Tuesday, 17 December, 2013New Light of Myanmar

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

Thailand 59 45 49 153

Vietnam 43 36 43 122

Myanmar 39 38 41 118

Indonesia 38 51 50 139

Malaysia 25 23 46 94

Singapore 20 19 29 68

Philippines 12 18 24 54

Cambodia 4 7 12 23

Laos 3 6 20 29

Brunei 1 1 4 6

Timor-Leste 0 0 1 1

Medal Tally

Y ANGON , 16 DecAtthe invitation of Mr Mar-zuki Alie, Speaker of theHouse of Representatives

of Indonesia and Mr Sam-dech Akka Moha PonheaChakrei HENG SAMRIN,President of National As-

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker leaves forIndonesia, Cambodia

sembly of Cambodia, aMyanmar delegation led byPyidaungsu Hluttaw Speak-er Thura U Shwe Mann left

here by air for Indonesiaand Cambodia this morn-ing.

The Myanmar delega-

tion was seen off at YangonInternational Airport byYangon Region Chief Min-ister U Myint Swe, Yangon

Region Hluttaw Speaker USein Tin Win, Hluttaw rep-resentatives, the IndonesianAmbassador to Myanmar,

the Cambodian Ambassa-dor to Myanmar and of -cials of the Hluttaw Of ce.

The Pyidaungsu Hlut-

taw Speaker was accom-panied by Chairperson ofPyithu Hluttaw Sports,

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N AY P YI T AW , 17 Dec On the occasion of the Na-tional Day of the Kingdom of Bhutan which falls on 17 th

December 2013, U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of My-

anmar, has sent a message of felicitations to Mr. RinzinDorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom ofBhutan.

MNA

Union FM felicitatesBhutanese counterpart

N AY P YI T AW , 16DecUnion Ministerfor Sports U Tint Hsan

enjoyed marathon, ar-chery and billiard eventsat Wunna Theikdi SportsComplex, here, this morn-ing.

In mens marathonevent, gold medal wentto Singapore, silver toMyanmar and bronze tothe Philippines while Vi-etnam secured gold, My-

Union Sports Minister awards winnersof marathon, archery events

anmar, silver and bronzein womens marathonevent.

In womens archeryevent, Myanmar beat In-donesia with 138:130while Vietnam won overThailand with 138:136 inmens archery event.

After the matches, theUnion minister and thechairman of Myanmar Ar-chery Federation awardedgold medal to Myanmar,

silver to Indonesia andbronze to Malaysia in ar-chery womens compound

event, gold to Vietnam,silver to Thailand andbronze to Singapore inmens archery compoundevent and the winners inmens and womens indi-vidual play off match.

Aung Htay and NayThway Oo won over Sin-gapore 3-0 in billiardsemi- nal. MNA

Union Minister U Tint Hsan meeting with victorious Myanmar athletes. MNA

Kun ial u T akizak i o f Cambo dia at fin ish line in men s marath on.

N AY P YI T AW , 16DecDeputy Minister UThan Swe of Ministry ofCulture attended the Paci cNeighbourhood Consorti-um (PNC) Annual Confer-ence and Joint Meeting atTokyo University in Japanwhere he read a paper enti-tled Establishing of Monar-chial System in Myanmarduring Japanese Age.

DeputyMinister for

Cultureattends PNCAnnual Con-ference and

Joint Meeting

N GWEHSAUNG , 16DecYachtings secondday events of the 27 th SEAGames continue at Ngw-ehsaung Beach today.

Among the six partici-panting countries in twelvecategories, Myanmar is

standing rst in double HalfRater (Open) event; secondin RS One (Boy) event;third in RS One (Girl)event; third in Optimist(Boy) event; fourth in Opti-mist (Girl) event and fth inRS One (Open) event.

Sithu Moe Myint and

Yachting events go on at NgwehsaungBeach

Phone Kyaw Moe Myintstood rst in mens doubleHalf Rater (Open) event.Moe Khant Tha Din HlaMyint and Thurein Tun Oostood fourth in INTL 420(Boys) event while Mo-hamad Faizal Norizan and

Ahmad Syukri Abdul Azizof Malaysia stood rst. InINTL 420 (Girls) event,Kimberly Lim Min and Sa-vannah Siew Kiah Hul ofSingapore stood rst fol -lowed by Wai Pwint WahBo and Theingi Win Shwe.Richly Arquino Magsanay

and Ridgely Balladares ofthe Philippines stood rstin INTL 470 (Men) eventwhile Aung Myin Thu andZeyar Hlaing stood fth. InINTL 470 (Woman) event,Cedlla Low and Rui Qistood rst followed by Su

Myat Soe and Nan KhamSay.Team event aged 15

years and under 15 (Opti-mist Team) and DecemberHalf Rater (Open) doubleevents will be held tomor-row.

MNA

Participant yachts seen at Ngwehsaung Beach. MNA

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