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New Light of MyanmarVolume XXI, Number 276 2ndWaning of Pyatho 1375 ME Friday, 17 January 2014

Tatkon Township ex-

tended hybrid sunower

plantations, putting 1815

acres under hybrid sun-

ower in this winter.

Only 481 acres of hybrid

Tatkon extends hybrid sunfower

cultivationBy:Kyaw Thu Win

Photo:Thet Htet

sunower were cultivated

in monsoon.

According to an of-

cial of the Tatkon Town-

ship Agriculture Depart-

ment, sunower growers

were able to generate their

incomes as they replaced

ordinary sunower seeds

with Yezin hybrid ones

and used scientic farming

practices.

Sunower plantation thriving in rural area of Tatkon Township.

NAYPYITAW, 16 Jan

President U Thein Sein at-

tended the rural development

and socioeconomic develop-ment ceremony in Magway

Cooperatives system is not commune system, but a system encouraging

cooperation of all the people in socio-economic development of society

Region and opening of Ses-

ame Oil Mill of Myay Lattha

General Economic Coopera-

tive Society Ltd in Magwaythis morning.

Agriculture Research

Farm and Ngwetaung

Farm distributed hybrid

sunower seeds to growers

for 470 acres this year. As

hybrid sunower can pro-

duce four viss per basket,

it can be cost-effective for

growers, he added.

Among edible oil

crops, sunower cultiva-

tion is good for growers in

terms of the cost-effective-

ness as it can be grown all

year long as double crop-

ping or mix cropping. An

acre of sunower can pro-

duce 200 viss of sunower

oil.

According to a health

point of view, consump-

tion of sunower oil is

good for public health as

saturated fat in sunower

oil is about 14 percentwhile palm oil contains 52

percent of saturated fat.

Myanma Alinn:13-1-2014

Trs:YM

At the rural develop-

ment and socioeconomic

development ceremony in

Magway, the President said

that the loans will be granted

to the people dwelling in vil-

lages and wards in Magway

Region at the ceremony. The

President revealed about

3 million migrant workers

from Myanmar left for the

neighbouring countries in

pursuit of jobs due to the lack

of job opportunities. He said

about 70 percent of the en-tire population living in rural

areas are under poverty line

due to 20 years of economic

sanctions.

He said his govern-

ment is committed to the

rural development and

schemes for poverty al-

leviation were initiated

through consultations with

local and international

scholars. Major liveli-

hoods in rural areas are

agriculture and livestock

breeding, said the Presi-

dent. He said some cottage

industries in the villageshave to hire required tools

so that their incomes were

marginalized. The people

in rural areas could not

afford adequate education

for their children and re-

liable healthcare for their

family. He supported the

idea of employing multiple

cropping pattern to keep

farm workers employed

all the year round. He said

the government is provid-

ing adequate water supply

to the farmlands, quality

strains, agricultural inputsand capitals.

The President said the

Ministry of Agriculture and

Irrigation is working in co-

operation with the Ministry

of Livestock and Fisheries

and Rural Development

and the Ministry of Co-

operatives. The Coopera-

tives Ministry has granted

K 3431.55 million loans to

the rural people and invest-

ed K 117.58 million for in-

stallment schemes for urban

population and K 884.94

million for similar schemes

for rural population. (See page 8)

Gold medalist winner Aung Myint Myat.

PHOTO: PHYOSANDAMYINT

The 7thASEAN Para

Games continued for the

second day at Wunna

Theikdi Sports Complex

in Nay Pyi Taw.

Up to 16 Janu-

Myanmar swimmers sweep

two more gold medalsary morning, Myan-

mar swimmers have se-

cured seven gold, three

silver and three bronze

medals.

(See page 7)

President U Thein Sein cordially greets attendees

atrural development and socioeconomic

development ceremony in Magway Region.

MNA

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Friday, 17 January, 20142 New Light of MyanmarLOCAL NEWS

Crime

Sawn timber seized in Kawlin

Township

MYAWADY, 16 Jan

Myanmar workers were

handed over to responsible

persons of Myanmar by

officials from the Public

Welfare Department in

Tak, one of the northern

provinces of Thailand at

Thai-Myanmar Friendship

Bridge, here, on 8 January.The officials from

Thailand found that agents

without employment agency

license gained a lot of

Myanmar workers handed

over to responsible persons

prot by issuing passport

of Myanmar workers for

leaving Thailand and a total

of 40 Myanmar workers

with their passports28

men and 12 women and

passports of 33 Myanmar

workers whose lists are not

shown were handed over

to ofcials of Hpa-an AntiHuman Trafcking Squad

and Myawady Police Force

by Thailand ofcials.Tun

Tun Oo (Myawady)

KATHA, 16 JanPolice

arrested a suspect who

carried In sawn timber on the

road to Kanbaukkyi Village

of Kyundaw Village-tract

in Kawlin Township of

Katha District on 10 Januarymorning.

According to the plan

of seizing the illegal timber

adopted by the Commander

of Katha District Police

Force, the police squad

together with witnesses

searched a Nissan Diesel

truck driven by Soe Aung

on the road to Kanbaukkyi

Village and seized various

sizes of 162 pieces of In sawn

timber weighing 8.58 tonsworth K 1,544,400.

Kawlin Township

Police Station opened a le

of lawsuit against Soe Aung

under the law.

MMAL-District IPRD

Dhamma School opens teachership course

in DaweiDAWE I , 1 6 J a n

Dhamma School Foundation

has opened many Dhamma

schools across the nation

for turning out good and

able persons of the State and

Buddhism.

The Dhamma School

Teachership Course was

conducted at the four-storey

Parahita Monastery in Dawei

yesterday morning. Lecturer

S a y a d a w B h a d d a n t a

Therasabha of State

Pariyatti Sasana University

(Yangon) and Agga Maha

Pandita Bhaddanta Suria of

Zeyawady Monastery gave

advices on training course.

It was attended by

members of the Sangha,

c o u r s e i n s t r u c t o r s ,

wellwishers, and 36 trainees.

The course will be run up to

20 January.

MMAL-Po Shwe Thun

(Dawei)

MAGWAY, 16 JanThe

coordination meeting of

Culture and Polite Network

(Magway) was held at the

second floor of Golden

Jubilee Dhamma Yanthi

Beikman of Aungmye

Yadana Monastery on 1st

Street of BEHS in KanthaWard of Magway on 12

January morning.

Th e m ee t in g was

aimed at looking after

the boys on the streets in

Magway.

The meeting focused

on raising the fund for

looking after the boys

by laying the boxes of

accepting the donations.

The boxes will be laid a t the

bus terminal, restaurants,s t o r e s i n d o w n t o w n

Magway. The fund will be

spent on education of those

boys. Before building

the accommodation, they

will be arranged a place

for their shelters. The

meeting was attended by

townselder U Tun Hsaing

an d p ar ty , m em b ers

o f M a g w a y R e g i o n

Chambers of Commerce

and Industry, TownshipDevelopment Supportive

Committee and members

of the Culture and Polite

Group totalling 100.

MMAL-Tin Tun Oo

Magway to look after homeless boys

Overheated switch board fre

reduces one house into ashes

YEZAGYO, 16 JanAre broke out at the house of

Daw Mya Mya on Win Thuza

Street in Ward 1 of Yezagyo

in Pakokku District at 12.45

pm yesterday.The re was triggered

from overheat of the switch

board from the house of Daw

Mya Mya engaged in jock

Kyeintali, Sub-Township of

Rakhine State, gets library

THANDWE, 16 Jan

Lunge Shaehsaung Library,

funded by the State, was put

into service in Kaingkhon

Village of Kyeintali Sub-

Township in Thandwe

District, Rakhine State, on12 January.

Speaker of Rakhine

State Hluttaw U Htein

L i n , S u b - T o w n s h i p

Administrator U Hsan

Lin Aung and Head of

Township Information and

Public Relations Department

Daw Tin Tin Sein formally

opened the library.

The Speaker and the

Head of Township IPRD

explained future of the

library and durability of the

facility.

The Speaker handed

over one Sky Net receiverand a generator donated

by Union Solidarity and

Development Party to the

chairman of the library

committee.

The library building

is 32 feet long and 16 feet

wide, built at a cost of K 3.5

million.

MMAL-District IPRD

CHAUNGU, 16 JanA

ceremony to inaugurate

S h w e M y i n t m o e y e

specialist hospital was held

in Khinmon Model Villageof ChuangU Township of

Sagaing Region yesterday.

ChaungU Township

P y i t h u H l u t t a w

representative U Saw

Hla Tun, Sagaing Region

Minister for Security and

Border Affairs Col Kyi

Naing, Region Minister

for Social Affairs Dr Myint

Thein and Dr Than Win on

behalf of the wellwisher

cut the ribbon to open the

hospital.

A b b o t o f M a h a

Bawdi Shwe Myintmo

Dhamma Yeiktha Bahujana

Hitadhara Dhamma Kathika

Sayadaw Bhaddanta Visuta

unveiled the signboard ofthe hospital.

The hospital is 110

feet long, 70 feet wide and

27 feet high. The Sayadaw

and laypersons spent K 270

million on construction of

the hospital and set up a

truck fund worth K 120

million.

The hospital will give

surgical operation at eyes

for the patients across the

nation. As part of opening

ceremony activities, eye

specialists led by wellwisher

Dr Than Win of Nero VisionSpecial Eye Care Centre of

Yangon will give surgical

operations to 2600 eye

patients.

M M A L - T o w n s h i p

IPRD

stick industry.

Nine members of Fire

Services Department and 35

members of Auxiliary Fire

Brigade used two TE re

trucks and one Dongfeng

re truck in putting out of

re within 30 minutes.

The re reduced the only

house of Daw Mya Mya intoashes. Action is being taken

against Daw Mya Mya under

the law.MMAL-Ei Mon

Swe (Yezagyo)

Eye specialist hospital

to perform eye surgical

operations at 2600 patients

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Obama seeks to build unity with SenateDemocrats in election year

US President Barack Obama speaks about jobs and the

economy at North Carolina State University in Raleighon 15 Jan, 2014.REUTERS

WASHINGTON, 16 Jan President Barack Obamasought to build a unitedfront with Democratic sena-tors on Wednesday, invitingthem to the White House to

chat about shared goalsheading into midterm elec-tions in which Republicanswill try to exploit Obamaswoes to pick up seats. Oba-ma urged senators to holdoff on a proposed Iran sanc-tions bill that many sup-port and which he hasvowed to veto. The White

House has said the legisla-tion would derail an inter-national deal to curb Iransnuclear programme.

But the discussion onsanctions was a small part

of a meeting with a decid-edly upbeat tone, a Sen-ate aide said, speaking onbackground. Obama, notknown for his tendency toschmooze, sat on a stoolwith a microphone inthe ornate East Room ofthe White House, givingbrief remarks before tak-

ing questions from sena-tors for about 90 minutes.The group discussed theirshared goals for 2014, andthe president expressed his

desire to continue to worktogether to advance a num-ber of our priorities forthe year to strengthen oureconomy, create jobs andbuild the middle class, theWhite House said in a briefstatement about the closed-door session.

The meeting comes asObamas favorability rat-ings continue to languishafter the botched launchof his signature Obamac-are healthcare reforms lastyear. Criticism of the roughstart has ebbed after theWhite House led frantic ef-forts to x the website usedto sign up for health insur-ance. But the fallout fromthat and continuing attacksby Republicans on the Af-fordable Care Act has madeDemocrats nervous aboutthe midterm elections. Agroup of 16 Senate Demo-crats will be defending

their seats in November,and Republicans are aim-ing to gain six seats to try totake control of the 100-seatchamber.

At a Republican brief-ing on Tuesday, ofcials

told reporters they areintent on centering theircampaign around Obamasweak approval numbers andthe problems with Obamac-are - factors they are con-dent will help them gain

seats. Conservative activ-ists have backed a $2.5 mil-lion television ad campaignagainst three Democraticsenators over Obamacare,including North CarolinaSenator Kay Hagan. Re-publicans have also soughtto highlight examples of di-

visions between Obama andDemocratic lawmakers. Forexample, they publicizedthat Hagan chose to stay inWashington on Wednesdayinstead of traveling to herhome state of North Caro-lina with Obama, who wasthere to talk about manufac-turing.Reuters

SEOUL,16 Jan SouthKorea on Thursday dis-missed North Koreas callfor joint military exercises

with the United States tobe called off. The Key Re-solve and Foal Eagle exer-cises will be held as sched-uled, Defenc Ministryspokesman Kim Min Seoksaid in a Pess brieng, add-ing the exercises are annu-al and defensive in nature.

Kims remarks werein response to a North Ko-rean statement, issued onWednesday, in which theNorth demanded that SouthKorea and the United Statescancel their joint militarydrills.

Before criticizing theannual and defensive exer-cises, North Korea shouldtake sincere actions towardits denuclearization, Kimsaid.

S Korea rebutts N Koreas

call to cancel joint

exercises wi th USKim also warned of a

prompt and stern retalia-tion against North Korea incase the North makes mili-

tary provocations. he jointcommand post exercise KeyResolve and joint eld

training exercise Foal Eagleusually take place betweenlate February and April toenhance joint combat readi-ness and deter threats fromNorth Korea.

North Korea, in thestatement issued by theCommittee for the Peace-ful Reunication of the Fa-therland, a North Koreanpropaganda organ, said theplanned exercises are tan-tamount to a declaration offull-scale nuclear war, ac-cording to a report by SouthKoreas Yonhap NewsAgency, which monitorsNorth Korean media.

Kyodo News

China urges IMF to give more power to emerging

markets

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Direc-

tor Christine Lagarde speaks at the National Press Club

in Washington in this on 15 Jan, 2014 picture

provided by the IMF.REUTERS

BEIJING, 16 Jan Chi-na called on IMF membernations on Wednesday to

stick to a commitment togive emerging marketsmore power at the globallender after US lawmakersset back historic reformsthat would give develop-ing countries a greater say.The remarks by ChineseForeign Ministry spokes-man Hong Lei were an indi-rect criticism of the UnitedStates, the biggest and mostpowerful IMF member,where lawmakers failed onMonday to agree on fund-ing measures needed for thereforms to move forward,

though Hong did not men-tion the United States byname.

The US Congress mustsign off on the IMF fundingto complete 2010 reformsthat would make China theIMFs third-largest mem-ber and revamp the IMFboard to reduce the domi-

nance of Western Europe.The changes would alsogive greater say to nations

such as Brazil and Indiato reect their growing

economic heft. The IMFquotas reform is an impor-tant decision made by theorganization, Hong said ata daily news brieng. The

relevant organizationsmembers should earnestlyimplement the decision,and honor and enhance thevoice and representation ofdeveloping countries withinthe IMF.

Speaking at the Na-tional Press Club in Wash-ington, IMF Managing

Director Christine Lagardesaid it was disconcertingthe IMF funding was notincluded in a spending billapproved by the US Con-gress on Monday. I verymuch hope its a questionof timing and not a deci-sion to exclude the IMF,Lagarde said. I hope that

sensible and common sensejudgment will prevail,she said, adding that she

believed the United Stateswas still committed to sup-porting the Fund.

The reform of the vot-ing shares, known as quo-tas, cannot proceed withoutthe United States, whichholds the only controllingshare of IMF votes.

After putting off the re-

quest in 2012 because of theUS presidential election,the US Treasury has sought

to tuck the provision intoseveral bills since March.The administrations re-quests, however, have beenmet with scepticism fromsome Republicans, who seethem as tantamount to ap-proving fresh funding in atight budget environment.

Reuters

Thai protesters target

revenue ofces, PM

awaits graft ruling

BANGKOK, 16 Jan Protesters in Thailand try-ing to paralyze ministries

to force the governmentto resign said they wouldtarget revenue ofces onThursday, but their num-bers appeared to be dwin-dling and ministers say themovement could be run-ning out of steam. A stateanti-corruption panel is dueto give a ruling on Thurs-day on irregularities in arice-buying scheme, thatthe government introducedto support farmers, thatcould give ammunition toopponents of Prime Min-ister Yingluck Shinawatra.

The unrest, whichared in November and

escalated this week whendemonstrators led by for-mer opposition politicianSuthep Thaugsuban occu-pied main intersections ofthe capital, Bangkok, is the

latest chapter in an eight-year conict. The political

fault line pits the Bangkok-

based middle class and roy-alist establishment againstthe mostly poorer, ruralsupporters of Yingluck andher brother, Thaksin Shi-nawatra, a former premierousted by the army in 2006who is seen as the powerbehind her government.

Many ministries andstate agencies have beenclosed to avoid confronta-tion with demonstrators,but the government saysoperations and services arebeing maintained by civilservants working at homeor from back-up ofces. In

a speech at the blockadedAsoke intersection late onWednesday, Suthep toldprotesters to target revenueofces, which come under

the Finance Ministry, onThursday.Reuters

Anti-government protesters march to ministries and

other state bodies in central Bangkok on 15 Jan, 2014.REUTERS

16 Asia-Pacic countries to hold 3rd round of free trade talksTOKYO, 16 Jan Six-

teen Asia-Pacic nations

including China and Japanwill hold their third roundof free trade talks from nextTuesday in Kuala Lumpur,

Japans trade ministry saidon Thursday.

The member coun-tries in the envisioned pact,which is known as the

Regional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership andincludes the 10 members ofthe ASEAN, are expected todiscuss trade in goods andservices as well as invest-

ment during their four-dayworking-level talks, accord-ing to the Ministry of Econ-omy, Trade and Industry.

The rst round of

negotiations took place inMay last year in Brunei,followed by a ministerialmeeting in August also inBrunei. The second roundof talks was held in Aus-

tralia in September.The framework in-

volves the Associationof Southeast Asian Na-tions and their six regional

partners Australia, Chi-na, India, Japan, New Zea-land and South Korea. TheRCEP, if realized, wouldcreate one of the worldslargest free trade zones, en-

compassing around a thirdof global gross domesticproduct and around half ofthe worlds population.

Kyodo News

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (far L) chairs the International HumanitarianPledging Conference for Syria in Kuwait City on 15 Jan, 2014.KYODONEWS

Japanese diplomat in Jordan tookhome classied les

TOKYO, 16 Jan Adiplomat at the Japanese

Embassy in Jordan repeat-

edly took home classied

documents, potentially

placing dignitaries at risk,

a source close to the matter

said on Thursday.

The 30-year-old sec-

ond secretary at the embas-

sy was found to have taken

home classied documents

dozens of pages long on

several occasions at least as

far back as October 2012,

the source said.

The documents

contained accommodationand appointment details

connected with overseas

visits by Prime Minister

Shinzo Abe, senior gov-

ernment ofcials travel

expenses and information

about foreign leaders fu-

ture visits to Japan.

The handling of clas-

sied information has

weighed heavily in the

Japanese public conscience

since a law penalizing the

leaking of state secrets was

debated and enacted last

year. The Foreign Ministry

said it is considering pun-ishing the diplomat and will

strive to prevent a repeat of

the behavior.

Classied information

must not be taken outside,

the ministry said, without

commenting on how it dis-

covered the breaches. The

diplomat is said to have told

the embassy the breaches

were accidental. All the

classied documents were

marked as such and guide-

lines stipulated they were

for internal use only, the

source said.Kyodo News

Venezuela shufes economic

team, keeps forex rateCARACAS, 16 Jan

Venezuelas President Nico-

las Maduro named an army

general as the new nance

minister in a reshufe of his

economic team on Wednes-

day and said there would

be no currency devaluation

this year despite a soaring

black market for dollars. The

cabinet changes do not sug-

gest any major shift in the

countrys state-dominated

economy, as the new eco-

nomic team retains many of

the same policy-makers that

helped the late Hugo Chavez

advance the OPEC nations

drive toward socialism.

Venezuela in 2013 saw

slowing economic growth

and soaring ination thatMaduro blames on an op-

position-backed economic

war but that critics call

the result of decaying price

and currency controls now

widely linked to corruption.

Maduro tasked new nance

minister Rodolfo Marco

with building a new nan-

cial model that can allow

for all these investments we

need, that will allow the ex-

pansion of a nancial system

at the service of the country.

Marco, who participat-

ed in the failed 1992 coup

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addresseslawmakers during the presentation of his annual stateof the nation at the National Assembly in Caracas

on 15 Jan, 2014.REUTERS

that thrust Chavez to fame

and did jail time with him

afterwards, previously held

the post of Public Banks

Minister, which will now

be merged with the nance

ministry. He rose quickly

through the ranks of govern-

ment ofcials after Chavez

personally called on him to

bring order to a state-run

bank following a corruption

scandal, said one source who

knows the incoming nance

minister.

Pleased with his work,

Chavez later put him at the

helm of Banco de Venezuela

after it was purchased from

Spains Banco Santander,

and later created a ministe-

rial post for state run-banks

that grew in number amid a

wave of nationalizations.

Hes held major posts

for a long time and has not

been tainted (by corrup-

tion), said source, who

asked not to be identied.

Hes also good at negotiat-

ing and has good relations

in the bank sector. He is

considered a pragmatic man

of action who tends to avoid

public spats with opposition

gures or hostile confronta-

tions with reporters.

Reuters

Benghazi attack at US

consulate preventableWASHINGTON, 16 Jan

The attack at the US Consu-late in Benghazi could havebeen prevented, according to

a report released by the Sen-ate Intelligence Committeeon Wednesday.

The report says therewas a signicant strategicwarning about the possibil-

ity of an attack in the monthsleading up to it, which killedfour Americans including

US Ambassador to LibyaChristopher Stevens on 11

Sept, 2012.Despite the clearly de-

teriorating security situationin Benghazi and requests for

additional security resources,few signicant improve-ments were made by the

State Department to the se-curity posture of the Tempo-

rary Mission Facility, notesthe report.

There were no military

assets positioned in a placewhere they could have savedthe Americans killed in the

attack, the report nds, add-ing that the military attempt-ed to move some assets, but

only an unmanned drone wasable to make it in time.

The Senate Intelligence

Committee worked on a bi-partisan basis to investigate

the various allegations that

have come out since the at-tack and to get to the truthabout the attack, Senator Di-

anne Feinstein, chairwomanof the committee, said in astatement. I hope this re-

port will put to rest many ofthe conspiracy theories andpolitical accusations about

what happened in Benghazi, she added. Feinstein toldreporters Wednesday that the

report proves that the StateDepartment needs to do a

better job in assessing risks.A number of the rec-

ommendations in the re-port are consistent with the

work the State Departmenthas taken to improve diplo-matic security, White House

spokesman Jay Carney saidat a regular Press brieng on

Wednesday. The Obama ad-ministration is also focusedon bringing to justice those

responsible for the deaths offour Americans, Carney said.US agencies should more

closely monitor the socialmedia streams of extremistgroups, suggests the report.

It also recommends that nofacility in a dangerous areashould be allowed to operate

unless full security measureshave been taken. Xinhua

Over 90 percent of

Egyptians support new

constitution in referendumCAIRO, 16 Jan Over

90 percent of Egyptians ap-

proved the countrys newdraft constitution in a refer-

endum, the ofcial MENA

news agency reported onThursday, citing prelimi-

nary results.Vote counting was un-

derway to reach the nal

results supposed to be sub-mitted to the High ElectionCommission (HEC),MENA

said. The constitution willbe approved by winning at

least over 50 percent of thevote, and the result of thereferendum is scheduled

to be announced within 72hours.

A two-day voting pro-cess on the new constitu-tion ended on Wednesday.

The new charter, whichis to replace the previ-ous one mainly drafted by

A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Maadi dis-

trict, Cairo, capital of Egypt, on 15 Jan, 2014.XINHUA

former president MohamedMorsis Islamist allies inlate 2012, represents a prior

stage in the countrys futureroadmap.Xinhua

US airstrike kills eight Afghan civiliansKABUL, 16 Jan Eight

Afghan civilians, includingseven children, were killed

following a US forces air-strike in eastern province ofParwan on Tuesday night,

said a statement issued bythe countrys PresidentialPalace late on Wednesday.

Afghan President Ha-mid Karzai condemned in

strongest terms a bombard-ment carried out by the USforces in Siya Gard Dis-

trict of Parwan Province,which led to the deaths ofone woman and seven chil-

dren, the statement said.One civilian was also

wounded in the attack

which took place in SahDarah-e-Wazghar area ofthe district in the province,

it noted. The Afghan gov-ernment for many years,had demanded a complete

end to the military opera-tions in Afghan villages and

towns, the statement said,adding against all bilateralagreements and the recent

guarantee in a letter by theUS President Barack Oba-ma, the American forces

once again carried out theairstrike against residentialarea and caused civilian

casualties.The deaths of Afghan

civilians by NATO-ledtroops during operationsagainst Taleban have longbeen a contentious issue

between the Afghan gov-ernment and US and NATO

forces in the insurgency-hitcountry. Afghan ofcialshad stressed in the past that

such deaths would furtherundermine the war againstTaleban and terrorist groups

and iname an anti-foreignsentiment in the country.

The Afghan leader,

under strain from Afghanpublic, has long been criti-

cizing the NATO and USforces over their erroneouskilling of civilians since thewar against terror begun in

late 2001. The statementalso said that an investiga-

tion team has been sent toSiya Gard district and theymust bring back the result

of the probe within threedays to the president of Af-ghanistan. Xinhua

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Reform or lose us as member, Britains

fnance minister tells EULONDON, 16 Jan Brit-

ain told its European Unionpartners on Wednesday theEUs treaties were not t

for purpose and there mustbe reform or it would quitthe bloc. In the latest blast ofeuroscepticism from Con-servatives in Britains coa-

Britains Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborneaddresses a conference on European Union reform, in

central London on 15 Jan, 2014.REUTERS

A member of the US House of Representatives walksdown the steps from the House Chamber as he exits

the US Capitol after the Republican-led House againvoted to link funding for the US government to includea delay of Obamacare in Washington, on 30 Sept,

2013.REUTERS

House approves $1.1 trillionmeasure to fund government

through 30 September

WASHINGTON, 16 Jan The US House of Repre-sentatives overwhelminglyapproved a $1.1 trillionspending bill on Wednes-day that quashes the threatof a government shutdownthrough September 30 andoffers lawmakers a chanceto end four years of chaotic,crisis-driven budgeting.

The 359-67 vote, re-ecting strong bipartisansupport in the Republican-controlled chamber, sendsthe measure to the Demo-cratic-controlled US Senatefor approval by Saturday.The Senate gave itself threemore days to consider themeasure by approving anextension of current fund-ing that was due to expireat midnight on Wednesday.

The massive omni-bus spending bill, whichfunds programs from mis-sile systems to Amtrak railservices, passed with strong

lition government, nanceminister George Osbornesaid EU treaties had to bechanged to protect member

states like his own that dontuse the euro.The comments, made

at a conference in Londonon reform of the 28-nation

EU, are unlikely to be em-braced by integrationists inBrussels, who want Britainto remain in the bloc but

have become irritated by itsdemands for change. JoseManuel Barroso, the presi-dent of the European Com-mission, accused countrieslike Britain that have ques-tioned the blocs freedom ofmovement rules of having anarrow, chauvinistic ideaof the protection of theirinterests - an indication ofhow tough London may ndit to win allies. Osborne, aclose ally of Prime Minis-ter David Cameron, said thetreaties that governed howthe EU was run were nott for purpose and had to

be overhauled. Proper le-gal protection for the rightsof non-euro members is ...absolutely necessary to pre-serve the single market andmake it possible for Brit-

ain to remain in the EU,he said. If we cannot pro-tect the collective interestsof non-euro zone member

states then they will have tochoose between joining theeuro, which the UK will notdo, or leaving the EU.

A drive for closer inte-gration among the 18 coun-tries that use the single cur-rency was straining the EUsinstitutional architecture,he said, a situation he saidrisked going beyond whatwas legally possible or polit-ically sustainable. BritainsConservatives have longbeen skeptical about Euro-pean integration. But theirrhetoric is becoming strong-er as they face a challenge in

Mays European Parliamentelections and beyond fromthe UK Independence Party,a primarily right-wing groupthat wants Britain to leavethe EU.Reuters

majorities of both HouseRepublicans and Demo-crats. It boosts scal 2014spending on military anddomestic discretionary pro-grams by $45 billion overlevels that had been sched-uled under automatic, se-quester spending cuts.

The measure eshesout a budget deal passedin December that also setspending levels for scal2015, eliminating a keysource of congressionalgridlock for the year ahead.Many lawmakers say thiswill allow them to pass nor-mal spending bills for therst time since 2009, Presi-dent Barack Obamas rstyear in ofce.

This is a critical stepin the direction of regularorder, Democratic Repre-sentative Marcy Kaptur ofOhio said of the spendingbill.

Reuters

Indian tabla

maestro Ustad

Zakir Hus-

sain performs

during a pro-

gramme at the

backdrop of

Taj Mahal in

Agra, India,

on 15 Jan ,

2014.

XINHUA

70 killed,147

wounded inattacks in

IraqBAGHDAD, 16 Jan Atleast 70 people were killedand 147 others wounded inviolent attacks across Iraqon Wednesday, most ofthem in the capital city ofBaghdad and eastern prov-ince of Diyala, police said.In Baghdad, at least eightcar bombs and two roadsidebombs ripped through busyareas in the capital duringthe day, killing a total of 39people and wounding 109others, a police source toldXinhuaon condition of ano-

nymity.At least 14 people werekilled and 25 others wound-ed when three bombs ex-ploded Wednesday morn-ing at a funeral in the villageof Shatib near Diyalas pro-vincial capital of Baquba,a local police source said.Unidentied gunmen kid-napped seven truck driversWednesday evening nearthe town of Muqdadiyah,40 km northeast of Baquba,and then shot them dead,the police source said, add-ing that their trucks werealso burned. At least six

army soldiers were killedin a bombing attack at abridge near the northerncity of Mosul on Wednes-day, police said.Xinhua

Nuclear power unpredictable,Fukushima engineer warns in TaiwanTAIPEI, 16 Jan A Jap-

anese engineer who helped

build part of the Fukushima

Daiichi No 4 reactor said in

Taiwan on Wednesday that

the safety of nuclear power

plants is unpredictable, urg-

ing Taiwan to ditch atomic

energy for renewable re-

sources.

Mitsuhiko Tanaka,

who arrived in Taiwan on

Tuesday with a delegation

of Japanese parliamentar-

ians for a six-day visit, told

a press conference in Taipei

that the Chernobyl nuclear

meltdown in 1986 changed

his views on nuclear power.

Nuclear accidents are

bound to happen someday,

only that we dont know

when they will happen, he

said. Tanaka, who helpedbuild part of No 4 reactor

of the Fukushima Daiichi

plant while working at Hi-

tachi Ltd in 1974, quit the

company in 1977 and be-

came a writer. He chroni-

cled a manufacturing defect

in the steel vessel installed

at No 4 reactor and the sub-

sequent cover-up in a book

he published in 1990.

He also went to the

Japans Ministry of Inter-

national Trade and Industry

in 1988 to report the cover-

up, but the government

refused to investigate and

Hitachi denied his accusa-

tions. Little did he know

that the manufacturing de-

fect would resurface dec-

ades later after a powerful

earthquake hit the plant on

11 March, 2011, triggering

a tsunami that disabled its

cooling systems and caused

Japans worst-ever nuclear

accident.Reactor 4 was shut

for maintenance during the

crisis but was hit by explo-

sions and a re that spread

from adjacent units.

At the press confer-

ence, House of Representa-

tives member Taro Kono

also voiced his strong op-

position to the nuclear in-

dustry.

Urging Taiwans gov-

ernment to make informa-

tion open to the public,

Kono expressed regret over

the refusal of Taiwan Pow-

er Co, the operator of the is-

lands three nuclear power

plants, to let the delega-

tion from Japan visit one of

them.

Kono campaigned in

2009 to become president of

Japans Liberal Democratic

Party, a position once held

by his father Yohei Kono,

but he lost the bid. He said

his colleagues urged himduring the campaign to re-

frain from opposing nuclear

energy.

Kyodo News

New Mexico school shootingpremeditated: investigatorsHOUSTON, 16 Jan In-

vestigators said Wednesdaya 12-year-old boy plannedthe shooting rampage thatinjured two students at amiddle school in the USstate of New Mexico, localmedia reported. New detailsabout the shooting were re-vealed on Wednesday asinvestigators garnered moreevidence about the suspectone day after the tragedyalarmed the whole country.Investigators determinedthe shooting was premedi-tated and the two injuredwere chosen randomly astargets, local media KOB

reported.Though authorities

have not ofcially releasedthe suspect s name, localmedia identied him as

Mason Campbell. Camp-

bell opened re Tuesdaymorning at Berrendo Mid-dle School in New Mex-icos southeastern city ofRoswell, leaving two fel-low classmates injured.Po-lice conrmed on Wednes-day the gun Campbell usedwas a .20 gauge pump shot-gun that belonged to hisparents and he had threerounds of ammunition, allexpended in the shooting.He had reportedly warnedsome classmates to stayaway moments before thegunre rang out. Campbells family issued a statement

on Wednesday saying theywere heartbroken and thattheir remorse could not beput into words.

Xinhua

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BUSINESS & HEALTH


Rotavirus vaccines linked to small risk ofintussusception: studies

WASHINGTON, 16 Jan The second generationvaccines against rotavirus,the most common cause ofsevere childhood diarrhea

worldwide, are associatedwith a small increased riskof a rare intestinal disordercalled intussusception thatmay require surgery, twoUS studies suggested onTuesday.

However, the benetsof the vaccines, Mercks Ro-taTeq (RV5) and GlaxoS-mithKlines Rotarix (RV1),outweigh this possible smallrisk, according to the twopapers published online bythe New England Journal

of Medicine. Rotavirus in-fection causes an estimated527,000 deaths in childrenless than ve years of ageeach year, according to the

World Health Organization(WHO). The rst licensedrotavirus vaccine known asRotaShield, however, wasforced to withdraw in 1999,only one year after licensurein the US, because of in-creased risk of intussuscep-tion.

RotaTeq and Rotarixwere subsequently licensed,one in 2006, the other in2008. The two are now rec-ommended by the WHO forimmunization of children

worldwide. Both vaccineshave shown tremendoushealth benets. For exam-ple, before they were avail-able in the US in 2006, ro-

tavirus was responsible formore than 200,000 emer-gency room visits and 55,000 to 70,000 hospitaliza-tions of young children eachyear. Also, 20 to 60 childrendied each year. But since2006, hospitalizations andemergency room visits havedecreased by more than 80percent among immunizedchildren.

But in a seven-yearstudy of RotaTeq, research-ers from Harvard MedicalSchool and Harvard PilgrimHealth Care Institute looked

at data from 507,874 rstdoses and 1,277,556 totaldoses and found an excessrisk of 1.5 cases per 100,000recipients after the rst dose,which was roughly one tenththe risk associated with therst-generation vaccine.However, no signicant

increase in risk was seen af-ter the second or third dose.

In a ve-year of Rotar-ix, researchers from the USCentres for Disease Con-

trol and Prevention (CDC)looked at 207,955 doses, in-cluding 115,908 rst dosesand 92,047 second doses,and identied 5.3 extra cas-es of intussusception withinseven days after the admin-istration of either dose. Only0.72 cases would be ex-pected per 100,000 unvac-cinated young children. Inan accompanying editorial,Roger Glass of the Nation-al Institutes of Health andUmesh Parashar of the CDCwrote that the results of thestudies should be interpreted

with caution.What, then, is the mes-sage for the physician ornurse who administers rota-virus vaccines, and what isthe implication for vaccinepolicy in developed coun-tries? the two asked.

Reuters

Green tea may affect

efcacy of blood pressure

medicine: studyBEIJING, 16 Jan Jap-

anese scientists have foundthat drinking green tea maylessen the efcacy of thehigh blood pressure drugssuch as nadolol, accordingto media news on Wednes-day.

Researchers found thatpeople who drank green teawhile taking nadolol hadlower circulating blood lev-

els as compound was foundin the tea that prevents themedication from takingeffect.

Sotiris Antoniou, anexpert in cardiovascularmedicine, advised highblood pressure patients whostill want to drink green teato wait four to ve hoursafter taking high bloodpressure drugs.Xinhua

Huawei proft jumps on smartphones,

US asks Hua-who?BEIJING, 16 Jan

Chinas Huawei Technolo-gies Co Ltd, known morefor its telecom networking

prowess than its razor-thinsmartphones, is startingto see success in its con-sumer electronics business,though the key US marketremains elusive.

Huawei became theworlds third-biggestsmartphone manufacturerlast year, mainly due to afast-growing Chinese mar-ket. That is helping cushion

the impact of a global slow-down in network equipmentspending, which caused thecompany to miss its reve-

nue growth target last year.Consumer deviceswill also help Huawei buysome time before 4G net-work upgrades in Chinalead to more orders for tel-ecom equipment. Huaweissmartphone ventures, likeits domestic rivals ZTECorp and Lenovo GroupLtd, have so far focused onselling low- and mid-priced

handsets in emerging mar-kets.

The companies haveyet to gain a foothold in the

high-end segment of devel-oped markets such as theUnited States that offerwider margins.

Huaweis name is vir-tually unknown and un-pronounceable in theUS, the second-biggestsmartphone market, wherelawmakers have aggedChinese telecommunica-tions equipment as poten-tial security risks. Huaweiin an ideal world wouldlove to be in the US but itsprobably better for them tobe seen as eyeing up themarket than be seen as beg-

ging, said Duncan Clark,chairman of Beijing-basedtech advisory BDA.

Reuters

A man walks pasta Huawei company

logo outside the en-trance of a Huawei

ofce in Wuhan,

Hubei province inthis 9 Oct, 2012le photograph.

REUTERS

Deutsche Bank suspends FX

traders in New York

The headquarters of Deutsche Bank are pictured inFrankfurt on 29 Oct, 2013.REUTERS

LONDON, 16 Jan Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE), Germanys biggestbank, has suspended severalcurrency traders in NewYork in an internal probethat forms part of an inter-

national investigation intoalleged manipulation of theglobal currency markets,a source familiar with the

matter said on Wednesday.Multiple traders in NewYork and possibly else-where in the Americas areaffected after investiga-tions into communicationsacross a number of curren-

cies, the source said.The source didnt say

how many traders had beensuspended or what curren-

cies they traded. DeutscheBank said it would not com-ment on individual staffmembers. Deutsche Bank

has received requests forinformation from regulatoryauthorities that are investi-gating trading in the foreignexchange market, it said ina statement. The Bank iscooperating with those in-vestigations, and will takedisciplinary action with re-gards to individuals if mer-ited.

Last year, Britains Fi-nancial Conduct Authoritybegan a formal investiga-tion into possible manipu-lation in the $5.3 trillion-a-day global FX market. TheUS Justice Department isalso engaged in an active in-vestigation of possible ma-nipulation of the market, theworlds largest.Reuters

Producer prices post largest gain in six

monthsWASHINGTON, 16 Jan

US producer prices recordedtheir largest increase in sixmonths in December as thecost of gasoline reboundedstrongly, but ination pres-sures remained benign.The Labour Department

said on Wednesday its sea-sonally adjusted producerprice index rose 0.4 percentlast month, the biggest risesince June, after slipping 0.1

percent in November.Decembers rise in

prices received by the na-tions farms, factories andreneries ended two straightmonths of declines andmatched economists ex-pectations. In the 12 months

through December, producerprices increased 1.2 percentafter advancing 0.7 percentin November. Wholesaleprices excluding volatile

food and energy costs in-creased 0.3 percent, the big-gest gain since July 2012,after ticking up 0.1 percentthe prior month. However,tobacco accounted for nearlyhalf the increase.

In the 12 months

through December, the so-called core PPI rose 1.4percent after increasing 1.3percent in November. Whileeconomic activity has picked

up, ination continues to runvery low because of labormarket slack. That could seethe Federal Reserve keepinginterest rates near zero for awhile.

The US central bankhas started scaling back its

monetary stimulus, reducingits monthly bond purchasesto $75 billion from $85 bil-lion starting this month.

Reuters

Sections of a 787 Dreamliner being built for Air Indiaare seen at Boeings nal assembly building in North

Charleston, South Carolina on 19 Dec, 2013.REUTERS

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7Friday, 17 January, 2014New Light of Myanmar

7THASEAN PARAGAMESSPECIAL

7thASEAN Para Games

N A T I O N A L

(from page 1)

Aung Myint Myat who

snatched one gold in the

mens 200-m freestyle event

expressed, I am very de-

lighted at winning the gold

medal in the swimming

event of the Para Games

Myanmar

swimmers...hosted by Myanmar for the

rst time. I have about eight

months experience in train-

ing but not international ex-perience.

Another goal medalist

Aung Nyein Oo in mens

50-m breaststroke event said,

I had won two gold med-

als in the 6th ASEAN Para

Games in Indonesia. Now

I secured one more for my

life. Swimmer Ma Aye Thu

Aung won one bronze medal

in womens 200-m breast-

stroke event.

At Wunna Theikdi In-

door Stadium (C) today, My-

anmar beat Cambodia with

3-2 in mens volleyball sit-

ting event in the rst matchand Myanmar beat Thailand

with 3-0 in the second match

in the afternoon.

MMAL-Phyo Sanda Myint

Bronze medalist Ma Aye Thu Aung from

womens breaststroke 200-m event.

PHOTO: PHYOSANDAMYINT

Players trying to control the ball in goal ball

event between Thai and Laos teams.

PHOTO: KHINMAUNGWIN

Myo

Min Oo

in mens

javalin

event

on 16

Janu-

ary.

PHOTO:

SOE

NYUNT

Athletes

seen at

mens

400-m

race of

athletics

event.

PHOTO:

SOE

NYUNT

BAGAN, 16 Jan

Bullock carts camped

under trees, besides stu-

pas around Ananda Pa-

goda and smoke comesout from stoves outside

make-shift tents have

created scenery attractive

areas in January every

year, attracting tour-

ists, local and foreign

photographers and

artists.

The annual festival

where local farmers take

vacation once a year falls

in the time when they n-

ished their last harvest of

oil crops.

After selling their

last harvest of the year,

Ananda Pagoda festival

in Baganthey come to the festival

where they can buy what

they need, from farm-

ing equipment to modern

clothes and electronicequipment.

Another reason to

visit the festival is to do-

nate provisions and goods

putting in alms bowls to

Buddhist monks on the

full moon day in Janu-

ary during a traditional

annual charity ceremony

which is believed to be

800 years old and over

1000 Buddhist monks

around Bagan gathered at

the ceremony.

By:AMS

PHOTO: AYEMINSOE

Families of rural people heading for Ananda Pagoda festival by cart to enjoy Buddha Pujaniya

and various festivities in Bagan.

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Friday, 17 January, 20148 New Light of MyanmarNAT IONAL


Equality of rightsWe used to see a mango tree in blossom in

rural area when we were young. The tree gotruined as we threw the stones at the mangoes,

plunked the mangoes with a rock or climbed up

the tree to bring mangoes. Although some could

bring the mangoes, others failed. And then in-

equality happened. Mangoes were within reach

for someone while they were out of reach for an-

other.

If a faithful gardener took a responsibility to

bring the mangoes and to divide them equally,

there would be an equal share for everyone and

make them to be cheerful and happy in what-

ever situations where mangoes are within their

reach or out of reach and the mango tree would

sustain the least damage. Likewise, we can see

a similar situation in our human society. When

there arises an opportunity at a certain place,

people tries to frmly grasp it through various

ways and means. Some abuse power and other

use money to grab the opportunity, causing

a situation in which the opportunity is within

reach for some people, not for others. Inequality

will exist in the situation.

If an honest and reliable person left the op-

portunity divided equally, regardless of differ-

ences in wealth, nationality and religion, all con-

cerned would be delighted. Nobody blames and

complains to him. Even at a refreshment-giving

ceremony in a ward, the rest of dwellers will be

disappointed by a situation showing favoritismtowards one person in particular. While the

world is talking about equal rights, such behav-

iors still remain.

Now is the time when our country is moving

towards democracy. Democracy provides equal

rights. The poor are to be given equal chances to

reach a point where the rich can reach. The rich

and the poor alike have equal rights. Thus, it is

imperative to take equality of rights into consid-

eration based on the fairness whenever we are

dealing with any matters to be fair.

NAYPYITAW, 17 JanThe Government of the Re-

public of the Union of Myanmar has agreed to the ap-

pointment of His Excellency Dr. Ito Sumardi as Ambas-

sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic

of Indonesia to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

in succession to His Excellency Mr. Sebastianus Sumar-

sono.

Dr. Ito Sumardi was born in Bogor on 17 June 1953.

He graduated with bachelor degree at Police Academy

in 1977. He served in various capacities at Indonesian

Police Force up to the Police Commissioner General.

Dr. Ito Sumardi earned his Master Degree in Business

Administration and Administrative Management in 1997

and 1999, respectively. He also earned his Master and

Doctoral Degrees in Criminal Law in 2004 and 2008,

respectively.He was awarded several medal of merits throughout

his police career.

Dr. Ito Sumardi is married, and has three children.

MNA

Appointment of

Ambassador agreed on

(from page 1)

He said that the

schemes would prot the

poor population in rural

areas. He urged the mem-

bers of the cooperatives

societies to pay the debts

ahead of the due date and

called on the staff of the

Cooperatives Ministry to

work in cooperation with

the members. The Presi-

dent also underlined that

the cooperatives system is

not the commune system,

but a system encouraging

the cooperation of all the

people in socio-economic

development of the soci-

ety.

Union Minister for

Cooperatives U Kyaw

Hsan said that the ministrywill disburse K 37361.577

million for cultivation

of cold season crops to

the farmers. In addition,

K 116053.098 million

has been disbursed to the

people and 2981 items of

farming equipment worth

K 2650.0942 million sold

in installment as of Octo-

ber 2012.

At the ceremony, K

3431.550 million loans

were disbursed to 35072

members of 606 coop-

erative societies from 25

townships of the region

and K 1002.526 million for

499 farming equipment to

farmers.

At the opening of

Sesame Oil Mill of Myay

Lattha General Economic

Cooperative Society Ltd,

the President heard reports

on plans of the mill for

value-added products, con-

struction of the mill and

export presented by Union

Minister U Kyaw Hsan and

ofcials.

The President stressed

the need to expand the

market with exportation.Cooperatives are to give

a helping hand to local

farmers for development

of socioeconomic status.

He urged farmers not only

to do cultivation but also

milch cow breeding.

After the opening cer-

emony, the President vis-

ited the 30-ton Sesame Oil

Mill and viewed its pro-

duction.

The mill exports val-

ue-added sesame products.

The President also vis-

ited No. 13 Heavy Indus-

tries in Magway Industrial

Region and heard reports

on historical background

and production capacity of

the factory and exportation

to the markets presented

by Union Minister for In-

dustry U Maung Myint at

the hall of the factory to-

day.

The President called

to penerate foreign mar-

kets, urging to produce

quality products than that

of ASEAN when ASEAN

Free Trade Area emerges.

The factory construct-ed in 2008 with the tech-

nical cooperation with TA

TA Motors Ltd from India

was inaugurated in 2010.

The factory is producing

LPT 2116 truck, LPT 2123

truck, LPK 2523 dump

truck, 29 seat bus and gear

boxes.

The President and

Myanmar seesbest prospects

from economicand tourism

boom.

Spring in Myanmar andcountrys shift towards

democracy that hastaken good shape in timeto international affairs

bring this outcome.

Cartoon Tha Byay

President U Thein Sein visits Technical Training School in Magway.

MNA

party proceeded to Techni-

cal Training School (Mag-

way) and viewed round

teaching of the trainees

and greeted them. Techni-

cal Training School (Mag-

way) was opened in 2011

with technical and mate-

rial assistance provided by

KOICA.

The President and

party then went to No. 17Heavy Industries (Malun)

in Minhla Township.

The President stressed

widely use of road rollers

in construction works and

small rice mill by the farm-

ers linking the Ministry of

Construction and Ministry

of Livestock, Fisheries

and Rural Development.

The factory is manufactur-

ing power tillers, tractors,

road rollers, small rice

mills and three-wheeled

motorcycles.

Union Minister U

Kyaw Lwin reported on

fact about the bridge, road

conditions, work pro-

gress and the bridges to

be constructed in coming

scal year to the Presi-dent at brieng hall of Ay-

eyawady Bridge (Malun)

and Lt-Gen Wai Lwin ex-

plained production of steel

truss for the bridges.

The President and par-

ty arrived back in Nay Pyi

Taw by air via Magway in

the evening.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16

JanActing Union Minis-

ter for Education Dr MyoMyint met with Education

Team Leader Mr. James

Stevens and party from

World Bank Washington

World Bank to disburse US$ 60 million for

Myanmars education sectorD.C at the ministry yester-

day.

The meeting focusedon disbursement of US$ 60

million loan without inter-

est by World Bank Interna-

tional Development Asso-

ciation, reading assessment

plan for pre-school students

and capacity building pro-gramme for township edu-

cation ofcers and school

heads.

MNA

Cooperatives

system ...

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9New Light of MyanmarN A T I O N A L


- For all the national races to cultivate the

Union Spirit to perpetuate the Union

- For all the national races to live in unity

and harmony

- For all the national races to build up theprevailing national reconciliation

- For all citizens to participate in tasks for

tranquility and the rule of law

- For all the national races to join efforts

for modern, developed and discipline-

fourishing democratic nation

National Objectives of 66th

Anniversary Union Day 2014(from page 16)

ecosystem and biodiver-

sity and ve Hluttaw rep-

resentatives took part in

discussions.

Deputy Minister U

Enactment of SMEs ...Aye Myint Maung respond-

ed that Myanmar is imple-

menting work projects to

protect the forests in cor-

poration with UN agencies,

international organizations,

US and Japan. He continued

that administration tasks for

sustainable development of

forest resources will be un-

dertaken with participation

of relevant ministries, local

administration body, local

people, NGOs and INGOs

and Hluttaw decided to ap-

prove the proposal.

At todays Hluttaw

session, four questions

were answered, two reports

submitted and one proposal

approved.

MNA

YANGON, 16 Jan

Deputy Director-General

U Myint Lwin of Train-

ing, Research and Foreign

Languages Department

under the Ministry of For-

eign Affairs signed the

book of condolences for

Book of condolences

signed for 11thIsraeli PMthe demise of 11th Prime

Minister of Israel Mr Ariel

Sharon who passed away

on 11 January after suf-

fering eight years stroke at

Israeli Embassy on No 15

Khabaung Street.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16

JanChairman of the

Constitutional Tribunal of

the Union U Mya Thein

received Chinese Ambas-

sador to Myanmar Mr

Yang Houlan at his ofce

this morning.

At the call, they ex-

changed views on func-

tions and responsibilities

of the Constitutional Tri-

bunal of the Union, mat-

ters related to the Con-

stitutional Law and legal

affairs and bilateral coop-

eration between the two

countries.

Members of the Con-

stitutional Tribunal of the

Union Daw Hla Myo Nwe,

U Mya Thein, U Tin Myint

and ofcials attended the

meeting.MNA

Union Constitutional Tribunal Chairman meets Chinese Ambassador

NAY PYI TAW, 16

Jan Foreign affairs min-

isters and representatives of

ASEAN countries arrived

at Bagan-NyaungU Airport

this afternoon to attend the

ASEAN Foreign Ministers

Retreat (AMM Retreat).

In the evening, Union

Minister for Foreign Affairs

U Wunna Maung Lwin host-

ed a dinner to the ASEAN

foreign affairs ministers and

representatives at Theme

Hall of the Golden Palace

Hotel in Bagan.

U Min Lwin, Myanmar

Ambassador to Indone-

sia and ASEAN MyanmarStanding Representative

chaired the ASEAN Stand-

ing Committees meeting

while U Aung Linn, Di-

rector-General of ASEAN

Affairs Department, led

the ASEAN High Ranking

Ofcials Meeting at the

Golden Palace Hotel this

morning.

Todays meetings cov-

ered matters related to imple-

Foreign ministers,

representatives of ASEAN

arrive in Baganmentation of ASEAN Politi-

cal and Security Community,

prioritized tasks to be imple-

mented during Myanmars

term of the ASEAN Chair-

manship, establishment of

ASEAN community by 2015

and seeking ways to lay down

guidelines to external relations

of ASEAN.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16

Jan The ASEAN Foreign

Ministers Meeting (AMM

Retreat) aims at paving the

way for future ASEAN

through comprehensive

discussions, Union Minis-

ter for Foreign Affairs U

Wunna Maung Lwin said

in meeting with local and

foreign media at Nann My-

int Tower in Bagan this

evening.

In his preliminary clar-

ication, the Union minis-

ter expressed his belief that

signicant outcomes would

be produced from the meet-

ing through cooperationand collaboration all actors

concerned. Implementation

of follow-up tasks agreed in

the 23rd ASEAN Summit,

Union FM meets local,

foreign media ahead of

AMM Retreatprioritized tasks to be im-

plemented in 2014, region-

al and international issues

and achievements in the

plan to establish a regional

community in accord with

Begawan Declaration on

the ASEAN Community

Post-2015 Vision will be

on focus at the meeting, he

added.

During its term of

ASEAN Chairmanship,

Myanmar will intensify

efforts to develop SMEs

for the development of

ASEAN and to narrow the

development gap among

member countries as partof efforts for realizing

ASEAN vision and ASE-

AN integration initiatives.

MNA

NAYPYITAW, 16 Jan

Athletics events of the 7th

ASEAN Para Games con-

tinued at Wunna Theikdi

Sports Complex today.

Myo Swe of Myan-

mar secured gold, Yahya

of Indonesia, silver, and

Yohanes of Indonesia,

bronze, in the mens dis-

cus event.

Ma Gyi of Myanmar

won gold, Warmia Marto

of Indonesia, silver, and

Thuzar Htay of Myanmar,

bronze, in the womens

javelin event.In mens javelin event,

Htoo Htoo Aung bagged

gold, BE HAU of Vietnam,

silver, and JERIEO of the

Athletics events go on at Wunna

Theikdi Sports Complex

Philippines, bronze. Aung

Gyi of Myanmar won rst

and Ko Zaw second in

mens javelin event.

MNA

Chairman of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Union U Mya Thein

receives Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Yang Houlan.MNA

Union Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin poses for documentary photo

with ASEAN foreign affairs ministers at Theme Hall, Golden Palace Hotel.MNA

Athletics

events of

7thASEAN

Para

Games in

progress

at Wunna

Theikdi

Sports

Complex.

MNA

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10 New Light of Myanmar

New construction used

vehicles introduced in

Monywa

MONYWA, 16 JanA

ceremony to introduce

China-made construction

vehicles was held at the

hall in South Monywa Ward

of Sagaing Region on 12

January.

Responsible persons

of Aung Kenbo Trading

Co Ltd and construction

entrepreneurs viewed the

Forland vehicles.

General Manager Mr

Liu Ming of the company

explained construction-used

vehicles, work capability and

importation programmes.

Monywa sales in-charge U

Zaw Zaw Naing spoke words

of thanks.

With regard to the sale

room in Monywa, Aung

Kanbo Trading Co Ltd sold

Foton vehicles last year.

Now, construction tasks

are in momentum, so we

import Forland vehicles in

Monywa. Our company has

opened two salerooms, one

service centre and one spare

parts centre in Yangon, one

saleroom and service centre

in Mandalay, saleroom in

Nay Pyi Taw, one saleroom

and service centre in Monywa

and spare parts centre, said

the in-charge of Monywa

saleroom.

It was the rst of its kind

in opening of construction-

used vehicles in Monywa.

Kyemon-District IPRD

Action taken against illegal

massage in Ahlon Township

NAYPYITAW, 16 Jan

Police of Yangon Region

Police Force and Ahlon

Township Police Station

together with witnesses

raided the Sky Beauty

Saloon at No 381 on the rst

oor on Lower Kyimyindine

Road in Sawyanpaing North

Ward of Ahlon Township,

Yangon Region, on 12

January night.

They saw Aung Saw

Myint, 26, manager of

the massage, together with

equipment on massage and

11 women who waited for the

customer to illegally serve

massage at the lobby. Ahlon

Township Police Station

opened files of lawsuit

against manage Aung Zaw

Myint and 11 women under

the law.Kyemon

231 grams of heroin seized in

WaingmawNAYPYITAW, 16 Jan

Police of Waingmaw in

Kachin State together with

witnesses searched the

motorcycle driven by Gaw

Zaw Chan, 46 of Zhanxi of

Yinkyan District of China

together with Daw Rwe

Gaw (a) Indup Rwe, 44 and

Daw Kalaung Kaw, 45, of

Lacheikmaga Village in

Sadon Sub-Township on

Waingmaw-Sadon Road of

Waingmaw Township on

12 January.

They seized 231

grams of heroin worth K

11,550,000 from the basket,

three mobile phones and two

travel endorsements fromthem. Waingmaw Myoma

Police Station opened les of

lawsuit over the case.

Kyemon

Express bus hits motorcycle

on Yenangyoung-Gwaygyo

sectionNAY PYI TAW , 16

JanA traffic accident

occurred near mile post

373/4 on Yenangyoung-

Gwaygyo sect ion of

Yangon-Mandalay Highway

in Yenangyoung of Magway

Region on 13 January.

The pol ice f rom

Gwaybin police station

inspected the trafc accident

which Taing Lon Kyaw

express bus driven by Zin

Min Oo, 35 of A street in

Aung San Block of Pyay

hit a motorcycle driven by

an unknown person.The unknown person

died on the spot due to the

injures at the head and knee

in the incident.

Gwaybin police station

opened a file of lawsuit

against driver Zin Min Oo

under the law.

Kyemon

Garbage van handed over to

Pyu Township DACPYU, 16 JanUnder

the arrangements of Pyu

Township Development

A f f a i r s C o m m i t t e e

Executive Ofcer U Aung

Khaing, two garbage vans

gather garbage around 11wards of the town daily.

Local people pleased

for systematic gathering

of garbage that started rst

week of September 2013.

W i t h t h e a i m

o f a c c e l e r a t i n g t h e

development tasks, Bago

Region DAC handed over

one garbage van to Pyu

Township Development

Affairs Committee on 1

January.As such, the township

DAC manages gathering of

garbage by three vans as of

3 January around the wards

in urban areas.

Kyemon-Pyu Myint Oo

Photo shows

beautiful scene

of renovated City

Hall of Yangon

with foreground of

Maha Bandoola

Park in downtownYangon.KYEMON-

MANAWPHYULAY

Accident

Crime

Anti-Narcotic Drives

AHLON , 1 6 Jan

Ahlon Township Electrical

Engineer U Aung Myo Oo

and electricians crried out

balance of loads for the

500 KVA transformer and

installation of overheadpower lines on Nguwah

Street in Ahlon Township

yesterday.

Kyemon-Tin Maung Oo

(Ahlon)

Balance of power

and transformer

undertaken

MPF, EU jointly conduct community policingNAY PYI TAW , 16

JanEU and Myanmar

Police Force conducted

the community policing

course at the hall of Mingala

Taungnyunt TownshipPolice Force, Yangon

Region, on 13 January.

It was attended by

Team Leader Mr Friedrich

Schwind of EU and members

Mr Everett Summerfield,

Ms Drain Deckenbach,

Ms Frances Nolan, Mr

Andy Mc Quiggan, Mr

Trevor, Mr STig and MrUno from EU, Commander

of Yangon Region Police

Force Police Col Win Naing,

Deputy Commander of No

2 Police Battalions Control

Command Police Col Chit

Oo, Commandant of Police

Corporal Training Depot

(Hlawga) Police Col Tun

Min and ofcials. A totalof 18 trainees attended the

training course.

Kyemon-Police

Information

Policing Affairs

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Friday, 17 January, 2014 11New Light of MyanmarREGIONAL

Vice Pres Shindo to assumeNippon Steel & Sumitomo

Metal presidency

Photo shows KoseiShindo, vice president of

Nippon Steel & Su-mitomo Metal Corp. Thecompany has decided to

name Shindo as presi-dent on 1 April, 2014, re-

placing Hiroshi Tomono,company sources said on

16 January.

KYODONEWS

TOKYO,16 Jan Nip-pon Steel & Sumitomo

Metal Corp has decided toname Vice President Ko-

sei Shindo as president on1 April, replacing HiroshiTomono, the company said

on Thursday.As the company has

performed favorably since

the merger of Nippon SteelCorp and Sumitomo MetalIndustries Ltd in October

2012, it now aims to pro-mote its overseas opera-tions under a new leader-

ship, according to companysources. Shindo, 64, joinedthen Nippon Steel in 1973

and assumed his currentpost in October 2012 todeal with the structural in-

tegration of the two majorsteelmakers following theirmerger.

Current president To-mono, 68, will become vice

chairman, while Chairman

Shoji Muneoka, 67, will

remain in the post. At thetime of the merger, the two

companies installed a lead-ership to reect a balance

between the two, with Mu-neoka from Nippon Steelassuming the chairmanship

and Tomono from Sumi-tomo Metal the presidency.

The promotion of

Shindo, who is well briefedon overall corporate man-agement and planning, in-

dicates that the second larg-est steelmaker in the worldin terms of crude steel pro-

duction is focusing more ongrowth. The company nowhas around 10 domestic

iron plants and some 83,000employees. Its consolidatedsales for the business year

through March 2013 cameto 4,389.9 billion yen.

Kyodo News

Indonesias Sinabung volcano erupts more than 30 times spewing ash and lavaon 15 Jan, 2014.XINHUA

BRISBANE, 16 Jan

The town of Canungra

in Australias South EastQueensland has been locked

down after a man claimed hehad explosives in his car andbegan making threats, local

media reported on Thursday.Police have closed a

number of roads at Canungra

Australias town locked down after

bomb threatas they try to negotiate with

the man who has barricaded

himself in the car on KidstonStreet. The man called police

to tell them he had explo-sives in his car just after 5 amlocal time on Thursday.

Police have declared thesurrounding area an exclu-

sive zone and ordered home

evacuations in nearby streets

as they attempt to speak with

the man.Five hours later, at10 a.m. local time, the man

stepped out of the car andmade rude gestures to the po-lice, and then climbed back

into his vehicle, the Australi-an Broadcasting Corporation

( ABC) reported. Xinhua

Secondman dies afer collision between fishing boat,

MSDF vesselTOKYO, 16 Jan An

angler on a leisure shingboat that sank followinga collision on Wednesday

with a Maritime Self-De-fence Force transport vesseloff Hiroshima Prefecture

died early Thursday, bring-ing the death toll in the in-cident to two. Koji Otake,

66, was one of three anglersaboard the boat. KiyoshiTakamori, the 67-year-old

captain of the shing boat,died on Wednesday.

The Japan Coast Guard

plans to raise the shingboat on Thursday and ques-tion the crew of the MSDF

vessel Osumi to determinethe cause of the accident,

coast guard ofcials said.The collision between the180-meter Osumi and the

7.6-meter shing boat oc-curred at around 8 am onWednesday in the Seto

Inland Sea off the city ofOtake. The four men on the

shing boat were thrown

into the water following thecollision and rescued by the

Osumi and another vessel

passing nearby. The remain-

ing two were not injured.

One of the rescued menwas quoted as telling coastguard ofcials that the lei-

sure boat collided with the

port side of the Osumi. The

coast guard found marks be-lieved to be from the colli-sion on the MSDF vessels

hull. The sea was calm and

the weather was fair when

the accident occurred, ac-cording to the authorities.The Osumi was moving in

the same direction as the lei-sure boat and slowed downto make way for the boat

when the accident occurred,a Defence Ministry ofcialsaid.

The leisure boat left aberthing facility in the cityof Hiroshima around 7:10

am on Wednesday and wason its way to Kabuto Island.The 8,900-ton Osumi was

on its way to a shipyard inOkayama Prefecture fora regular inspection after

leaving the Kure base inHiroshima Prefecture ataround 6:30 am. The MSDF

vessel with 135 crew mem-bers is equipped with medi-

cal facilities, and was dis-patched to the Philippineslast November following a

devastating typhoon.Kyodo News

Japan Coast Guard divers examine a capsized leisure fshing boat in the Seto InlandSea off the city of Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture, on 15 Jan, 2014. The boat capsized

after colliding with Japans Maritime Self-Defence transport vessel Osumi earlier inthe day. Two of the four people aboard the boat are in critical condition.

KYODONEWS

TOKYO, 16 Jan Thetrial of a former seniormember of the AUM Shin-rikyo cult who turned him-

self in to police after nearly17 years on the run beganon Thursday.

Makoto Hirata, 48, ischarged with involvementin the abduction and con-

nement of Kiyoshi Ka-riya, 68, in February 1995in conspiracy with AUM

founder Shoko Asahara, 58.Kariya later died after being

injected with an anestheticdrug by AUM members.

He is also charged with

involvement in the bomb-ing of a Tokyo condomin-ium the following month.

Hirata gave himself up tothe Tokyo metropolitan po-lice on 31 December, 2011.

Kyodo News

JAKARTA, 16 Jan The

number of death toll in ashoods and landslide in NorthSulawesi province of east-

ern Indonesia rose to 13 onThursday, with 2 people still

missing and about 40,000others eeing to escape thecatastrophe, an ofcial said.

Consecutive days of

heavy downpours have

Trial starts

of ex-AUM

member who

spent 17 yrs

on run

Thai political instability worries Lao

exportersVIENTIANE, 16 Jan

Lao PDRs export market

may be under threat by con-tinued political turmoil inThailand, an economist has

warned, according to a re-port in state-run daily Vien-

tiane Times on Thursday.

Thailand is not onlyour major trading partnerbut our transit road to ex-

port our products to theinternational market. We

cannot avoid an impact ifthe political turmoil in theneighboring country gets

worse, senior economistMana Southichack told thepaper.

As turmoil in Thailandcontinues, Lao exportersare becoming increasingly

concerned about the futureof exports to the country.

Anti-government protestersholding rallies in Bangkokhave vowed to intensify ef-

forts to shut down the cityif Prime Minister YingluckShinawatra fails to resign

this week before a plannedelection on 2 February.

Xinhua

13 killed, 40,000 displaced in fash food,

landslide in North Sulawesi, Indonesiabloated four rivers and burst

their banks in Manado city,the capital of the province,since Wednesday, submerg-

ing the city and sweepingcars and houses, said SutopoPurwo Nugroho, spokesman

of national disaster manage-ment and mitigation agency.

The rains also incurred

landslides in Sangihe island

of the province and buried

several houses, said Sutopo. The disaster also left

four bridges collapsed, he

added. Temporary datastipulates 13 dead, 2 miss-ing and 40,000 others taking

shelters to safe grounds,Sutopo told Xinhua viaphone.

Xinhua

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Record number travelbetween Chinese

mainland, TaiwanBEIJING, 16 Jan A

record number of more than8 million people traveledacross the Taiwan Strait in2013 amid closer ties be-tween the Chinese main-land and Taiwan, a Beijingspokesman said on Wednes-day.

Among the travelers,

2.2 million were mainlandtourists to Taiwan, an 11-per-cent rise compared with theprevious year, said Ma Xi-aoguang, spokesman for theState Council Taiwan AffairsOfce, at a Press conference.

The number of indi-vidual tourists from the Chi-nese mainland to Taiwan hit523,000, a rise of 174 percentyear on year, thanks to themainlands efforts to makeit more convenient to travelacross the Strait, he said.Mainland authorities beganallowing individuals to travelto Taiwan in June, 2011,with access only permittedfrom Beijing and Shanghaimunicipalities as well as Xia-men City in Fujian Province.However, the current num-

ber of cities allowing suchtourism is 26.

In 2013, 47 travel agen-cies also obtained the quali-cation to organize group

package tours to Taiwan,increasing the total numberof such agencies to 263, Masaid. To facilitate person-nel exchanges, the Chinese

mainland has expanded itsurban residents health insur-ance to cover Taiwan stu-dents studying at mainlanduniversities. The governmentalso supports Taiwanesewho have graduated frommainland universities to startbusinesses, according to thespokesman.

A lot of big eventstook place last year acrossthe Strait, including the rstCross-Strait Peace Forum,the ninth Cross-Strait Eco-nomic, Trade and CultureForum and the sixth Cross-Strait Cultural Industry Fair.Ma said the two sides will co-operate to reach agreementson exchanges of culture, edu-cation as well as science andtechnology.XinhuaEarly to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

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The couple already have six children.

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie likely to adopt againLOSANGELES, 16 Jan

Hollywood couple Brad Pittand Angelina Jolie report-edly want to extend their

family and are planning toadopt again.

The couple already

have six children adopt-ed children Maddox, Pax,and Zahara and biologi-

cal kids Shiloh, Knox andVivienne.

According to female-

rst.co.uk, a source toldGraziamagazine that An-gelina and Brad have spent

much of the festive perioddiscussing extending their

family.Theyve been open

with the children about it

and they are all excited atthe prospect, the sourceadded.

The couple initially

looked into adopting a childfrom Jordan, but the pro-

cess was too difcult, sothey are reportedly talkingto orphanages in Ethiopia.

Frozen soundtrack ices Beyonceagain on Billboard album chart

LOSANGELES,16 Jan

The soundtrack to the Walt

Disney Co. animated lmFrozen topped the week-ly Billboard 200 albumchart on Wednesday for the

second consecutive week,again holding off Beyonce.Frozen sold 86,000 cop-

ies last week, down from165,000 the previous week,edging R&B singer Be-

yonces self-titled album,which sold 79,000 copies

last week, according to g-ures compiled by NielsenSoundScan.

Billboard said Fro-

zen is the rst soundtrack

Singer Beyonce arrivesat the Metropolitan

Museum of Art CostumeInstitute Benet celebrat-

ing the opening of theSchiaparelli and Prada:Impossible Conversa-

tions exhibition in NewYork, on 7 May, 2012.

REUTERS

Doctor convicted in

Michael Jackson death

loses appealLOSANGELES, 16 Jan

A California appellate courtrefused on Wednesday tooverturn the conviction of

Michael Jacksons personalphysician, Conrad Murray,who was found guilty of in-

voluntary manslaughter inthe death of the pop star.

The three-judge panelof California 2nd DistrictCourt of Appeal unani-

mously upheld Murrays2011 conviction, ruling that

there was sufcient evi-

dence and there were no er-rors during his trial.

Grenada-born Murray,

60, was released from a LosAngeles jail in October af-ter serving two years.

Murrays six-week

Doctor Conrad Murray (R), the late Michael Jacksons

personal physician, listens during his arraignment ona charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop starsdeath, in Los Angeles, California, on 25 Jan, 2011 le

photo.REUTERS

trial in 2011 grabbed global

attention after Jackson, pre-paring for a series of come-back concerts in London,

died unexpectedly in 2009at age 50 from an overdoseof the surgical anaesthetic,

propofol. Prosecutors suc-cessfully argued at the trial

that Murray, who was hiredby concert promoter AEGLive as Jacksons general

practitioner, was grosslynegligent in administeringthe powerful anaesthetic,

which was used to help thesinger sleep.

Murrays attorneys pre-

sented the case that Jacksonhad injected himself withthe powerful anaesthetic.

The cardiologists current

Lindsay Lohan smitten

by new boyfriend

LOS

ANGELES

, 16 Jan Actress Lindsay Lohan,

who is secretly dating Brit-ish student and part-timemodel Christian Arno Wil-

liams, is reportedly goingga ga over him.

The actress was heard

talking about her new loveinterest during a trip to ce-lebrity nightspot Boujis in

Kensington, London onSunday, reports contactmu-

Lindsay Lohan is reportedly dating British student and

part-time model Christian Arno Williams.

sic.com.Lindsay was over-

heard gushing about hernew boy toy that she hasbeen seen out with this

week. Telling anyone whowould listen how great heis, Bang Showbiz quoted a

source as saying.The two met at the

Shanghai Fashion Awards

and are said to be inseper-able since.PTI

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