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Peace meeting in doubt
after new Kachin clashes
May talks likely to be delayed as government and KIA blame each other for outbreak. NEWS 6
PHOTO: ZARNI PHYO
The fnal journey of U Win Tin (1930-2014)
Thousands pay tribute to a politican of integrity and courage who never forgot his roots as a journalist.
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4-5
NEWS 8
Timber thieves caught
using Thingyan floats
60 tonnes of wood found inside seven
oats promoting forest conservation.
BUSINESS 24
WB warns on inflation
Economists warn growing ination will
have disproportionate efect on poor.
2 THE MYANMAR TIMES APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014
THE INSIDER: The local lowdown & best of the web
The face of Buddhist error
German airline Condor has
celebrated the launch of its
Myanmar-Europe route with
an ill-advised cake-cutting
photo op that has caused a
healthy number of Buddhists
to take umbrage and express
their anger online. The
incident, which has spread
on social media and been
broadly described as an insult
to religion, involved senior
executives from the airline
and Myanmars Ambassador
to Germany, former Brigadier
General U Soe Nwe, gleefully
slicing a cake shaped like
Shwedagon Pagoda.
It is very saddening and
painful for the Myanmar
people to see a picture of
Condor staff cutting up
our most revered pagoda,
made into a cake... one
woman wrote on the airlines
Facebook page.
Myanmar ambassador
to Germany was a Brigadier
General in the Tatmadaw so
the blame should be targeted
to him because he should
advise this to his European
counterparts not to make
Shwedagon cakes because it
is insulting to religion, wrote
another.
The airline responded with
a brief apology that managed
to shift some of the blame to U
Soe Nwe, tout the companys
CSR efforts and plug its new
service to Europe.
We are sorry if someone
feels insulted. We respect
and honor Myanmar people.
The cake and then ribbon for
the new landmark route were
cut by U Soe Nwe, Myanmars
Ambassador to Germany,
ofcials of the airline, airport
as well as a representative of
a nonprot organisation that
supports projects in Myanmar
to celebrate Europes only
non-stop route to Myanmar as
it is tradition in aviation. We
would not choose the pagoda
again.
headline goes here
The illustriousAustralian
Financial Reviewhas suffered
an embarrassing lapse in
its editorial process, with
the dummy version of its
front page going to print in
Western Australia. It was the
kind of stuff-up a newspaper
proofreader has nightmares
and wakes up in cold sweats
about. The placeholder
headers and straplines
were largely benign but
one, referring to an internet
meme circulating about the
Australian governments
decision to blow A$12.4 billion
in acquiring a eet of 58 new
F-35 ghter jets, reads ARMS
BUILDUP: BUYS PLANES,
WORLD IS FUKT.
Bunga bunga: Berlusconi to
do hard time in Catholic old
folks home
The house whip of three-
time Italian premier Silvio
Berlusconis Forza Italia
party recently likened
him to Aung San Suu Kyi,
saying,Berlusconi is a
symbol, and you cant stop a
symbol, you cant gag it, you
cant block it. Think about
Aung San Suu Kyi she was
trapped inside her home and
she became a global symbol.
The dubious comparison
was made by Renato Brunetta,
speaking on Italian chat show
La Telefonata, as Berlusconi
waited for a court to rule on
whether he ought to be placed
under house arrest for 10
months or perform community
service for masterminding a
complex system of tax fraud
at his Mediaset television
network a move which saw
the 77-year-old expelled from
the Senate in late 2013.
While some might argue it is
possible to gag Suu Kyi, doing
the same to Berlusconi is the
sort of activity usually reserved
for (and carried out in a far more
literal sense at) his infamous
bunga bunga parties.
It was determined that the
punishment to be meted out
to Berlusconi is community
service. He will be required to
spend four hours a week in a
Catholic old peoples home on
the outskirts of Milan.
In Brief:
UK 19-year-old on gap year
regrets decision to delay trip
to Koh Phangan in favour of
attending Myanmar full moon
festival saying it wasnt what
[he] thought it would be.

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Once was Burma ...
Archival material provided by
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Statement
Nwe Darli Htun
from NOW! Magazine.
Photo: Linn Tun ( Leopard)
Cakegate (Image via Facebook)
Zune Thinzars Thingyan performance outfit (right)
Both images via local blog Shwe Darling
From British run Burma To-Day, January 1944
News 3 www.mmtimes.com NEWS EDITOR: Thomas Kean | tdkean@gmail.com
Govt extends data deadline
as census enters next phase
NEARLY all data collection for the
national census is set to end this
week but debate over the process is
likely to continue as the government
moves on to analysing the results
a process that will begin in the rst
half of May.
The major problems occurred in
Rakhine State, where enumerators
refused to accept data from Mus-
lims who wanted to self-identify as
Rohingya, and Kachin State, where
the census could not be conducted
in areas controlled by the Kachin
Independence Army.
The Ministry of Immigration
and Population said the decision
on self-identication was taken be-
cause allowing Muslims to identify
as Rohingya could create serious
problems in the state and else-
where, because many perceive it as
a step toward granting them citizen-
ship.
We dont want any issues or
bloodshed in this census, said Daw
Khaing Khaing Soe, director of the
ministrys census technical team.
However, disagreements over the
census appear to have turned deadly
in Kachin State, where a Tatmadaw
major was killed when he attempted
to lead a unit into KIA territory in
order to secure it for enumerators.
The incident touched of ghting
between the two sides that has so far
displaced 5000 people (see related
story page 6), although Daw Kha-
ing Khaing Soe insisted in appar-
ent contradiction to reports in state
media that the ghting was not at
all related to the census.
Complaints have also surfaced
about the way the census was con-
ducted in other parts of the coun-
try, with reports suggesting that in
many cases enumerators did not ask
all of the required questions.
Salai Bawi Thaing, the country
program coordinator for the Chin
Human Rights Group, said he had
received information from Chin
people in several townships who
said they had not been asked about
their ethnicity or religion. Enumera-
tors just wrote [an answer] without
asking Those people dont know
what race or religion they put, he
said.
The United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA), which provided tech-
nical assistance to the government,
and the Ministry of Immigration and
Population have both acknowledged
that mistakes were made during data
collection. However, they have said
they do not believe the problem is
widespread enough to damage the
integrity of the data.
Answers to questions were often
sometimes inferred. And while they
observed, the presence of outside
people during enumerations some-
times seemed intrusive. But these
criticisms were described as second-
ary, the UNFPA said on April 11.
International observers reported
that the process went smoothly
in most parts of the country, apart
from Rakhine State. The events
in Rakhine State had cast a cloud
over what was otherwise appears to
have been a promising census, said
UNFPA representative for Myanmar
Janet Jackson.
The positive reports are only
preliminary assessments, how-
ever. A more conclusive report is in
preparation, the statement said.
Ministry of Immigration and
Population ofcials have dismissed
most of the criticisms, with some
last week describing the process as
being very successful.
More than 90 percent of the pop-
ulation has already been counted
and ofcials say they are working to
gather the missing data in Rakh-
ine and Kachin states.
BILL OTOOLE YE MON
Count could continue to end of May in efort to ll some of the data holes in Rakhine and Kachin states
A census enumerator fills in a form in the Rakhine State capital Sittwe on April 1. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing
90%
Percentage of households from which
data has been collected for the census,
according to the government
MORE ON NEWS 10
THE Ministry of Commerce has sub-
mitted the names of proposed mem-
bers of the Consumer Protection
Central Committee to the Presidents
Ofce for approval, while the laws
rules and regulations are also nearing
completion.
Deputy director Daw Sabai Kyi
Maung of the Department of Com-
merce and Consumer Afairs said the
names were submitted in March.
Under the new Consumer Pro-
tection Law we have to create a Con-
sumer Protection Central Committee
and also dispute-settlement teams,
she said. We submitted the proposed
composition of these bodies and are
already planning how to expand them
but we have not received approval yet.
The Consumer Protection Law
was approved by MPs on March 14.
It establishes a consumer committee
which is, among other things, charged
with setting up local dispute-settle-
ment teams at the region, district and
township levels. These teams have
the power to inspect entrepreneurs
accused of production or selling sub-
standard or misleadingly labelled
goods, or of not living up to promises
made to consumers.
In addition to the minister, who
will choose the secretary and associ-
ate joint secretary, the committee will
include deputy ministers, representa-
tives of relevant government depart-
ments, NGO representatives and inde-
pendent experts.
Dr Sabai Kyi Maung added that the
ministry has already nished a draft of
the rules and regulations for the law
but some amendments will be made
before they are submitted to the hlut-
taw for approval.
We will seek feedback and sugges-
tions from NGOs and the Consumer
Protection Association on the draft.
Consumer Protection Association
president U Ba Okkhaing welcomed
the law but said the punishments
for violations were too weak and
it had been drafted without public
consultation.
The law states that those found
guilty of breaching the law can face a
ne or imprisonment but in practice
most will only face a small ne, he
said.
SHWE YEE SAW MYINT
poepwintphyu2011@gmail.com
ANALYSIS
Consumer
protection
body, rules
a step closer
4 News THE MYANMAR TIMES APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014
He loved the people and
the people loved him
The last day of a giant among men
DAW Aung San Suu Kyi, renowned
for her iron will, stares vacantly at
the casket before it is placed inside
the brick tomb which is covered
in blue fabric that has, in turn, been
sprinkled with owers at Yeway
cemetery in Yangon.
No one knows exactly what
thoughts lie behind her look of dejec-
tion, but everyone understands that
she has just lost the man widely rec-
ognised as her right hand.
The gure lying at peace in the
brown casket, draped with a red Na-
tional League for Democracy ag,
holds a special place in hearts of
many people in Myanmar: He is U
Win Tin, a giant among journalists,
a man who stood bravely against the
abuses of the military junta and, as a
result, endured the hell of prison for
many years.
Daw Suu Kyi had written a me-
morial note for the funeral in which
she said, I pay my respects to Saya
U Win Tin, who promoted the dig-
nity of NLD, the dignity of politics,
the dignity of country, the dignity of
humankind.
U Win Tin died of renal failure at
Yangon General Hospital on April 21.
He was 84.
The funeral was held on the af-
ternoon of April 23, preceded by me-
morial services at Judson Church on
Pyay Road from April 21 until noon
on the 23
rd
.
On the morning of the funeral,
hundreds of mourners of diferent re-
ligious faiths and wearing blue shirts
representative of prison uniforms
crowded into Judson Hall to light
candles and pray for U Win Tin.
During the two-hour ceremony,
46 formal messages from diferent
political organisations, armed ethnic
groups and religious afliations were
delivered. Artists and writers read
tributes and poems dedicated to the
great man.
U Win Tin was a cofounder of the
NLD and one of three people who, 25
years ago, asked Daw Aung San Suu
Kyi, as the daughter of General Aung
San, to play a leading role in the pro-
democracy movement of Myanmar.
For his own role in the movement,
U Win Tin was arrested by the gov-
ernment in 1989 and spent nearly two
decades, or about one-quarter of his
life, in prison.
He published a book in 2010 about
his prison experiences titled Bar Le
Hae Lu Ngyae (A Human Hell) in
which he detailed how he was tor-
tured by Military Intelligence, lost all
of his teeth and sufered a heart at-
tack, which could easily have led to
his death because of the poor medical
care in prison.
U Win Tin experienced one of the
longest jail terms among the coun-
trys thousands of political prisoners,
and was nally released in September
2008, at the age of 80, as part of a
general amnesty.
Even after his release he contin-
ued wearing his blue prison uniforms
to symbolise the continuing lack of
freedom, justice and human rights in
Myanmar.
He was fond of saying, I dont
want be a privileged person under
military rule.
Although he didnt have much
money after his release from prison,
he used funds from the international
awards he had received to start the
Hanthawaddy U Win Foundation to
help support political prisoners and
their families.
Tens of thousands of mourners
turned out for the funeral at Yeway
cemetery, including politicians, art-
ists, writers, journalists and pro-
democracy activists from around the
country, as well as foreign diplomats.
But one of U Win Tins family
members said ofcials representing
the government were nowhere to be
seen.
The government gave space to
build a brick tomb at the cemetery
and provided some help, but I did not
see any high-ranking government of-
cials at the funeral, family member
Ko Pauk said.
During the service, a group of
young men wearing blue shirts stood
in front of the tomb and sang a song
in honour of those heroes who took
part in the countrys pro-democracy
movement.
Then, as the sun descended to-
ward the horizon, the mourners grad-
ually dispersed and the dust raised by
the crowd gradually settled back onto
the earth.
Each was lost in his or her own
thoughts, but Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
spoke for everyone when she told the
BBC, A great loss, but not a loss. His
thoughts, his words, his example will
stay with us.
WA LONE
walone14@gmail.com
Thousands turn out to farewell U Win Tin journalist, politician, political prisoner and a man of great dignity right to his nal breath
A great loss, but not
a loss. His thoughts,
his words, his
example will stay
with us.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
NLD leader
U Tin Oo
Patron of the National League for
Democracy
U Win Tin worked tirelessly for de-
mocracy and human rights, as well as
national reconciliation with all ethnic
groups in our country. He showed his
dislike for the 2008 constitution and
opposition to military dictatorship.
The passing of U Win Tin is a big loss
for our countrys democratic forces.
Ko Taik Naing
Assistance Association for Political
Prisoners
U Win Tin was always against dic-
tatorship. He was a rebel, he stood for
the people and also for the truth. He
loved the people and the people loved
him He endured hell for 20 years as
a political prisoner and after he got
out he helped other political prisoners
and their families by ofering both his
money and courage to improve their
lives.
Daw Phyu Phyu Thin
National League for Democracy Pyithu
Hluttaw representative
U Win Tin said that he will never
leave the NLD, he will never leave the
country and he will never leave behind
the people He asked all to work to-
gether with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
and try bravely to get victory.
Robert San Aung
Lawyer and former political prisoner
U Win Tin was a rare leader, one
who didnt look for self-prot. He
could solve any problem, regardless
of the obstacles. We will have to wait
some time before we can have another
leader like this in our country We
met in prison as political prisoners.
He was decisive and hated people who
only looked after themselves.
U Pe Myint
Consultant editor, The Peoples Age
U Win Tin always said he came to
political life from journalism. But the
life of a politician and of a journalist is
very diferent. A politician needs to be
strategic and exible, while a journal-
ist can see the real situation and has
to say what is right or wrong. So los-
ing him means we have lost a person
who can speak openly and clearly on
the real situation in Myanmar politics.
U Khine Maung Yi
National Democratic Force Pyithu
Hluttaw representative
U Win Tin never changed his con-
victions. I agreed with him on some
aspects of political ideology but we
gave up our convictions when he nev-
er did. I feel very sorry about that, and
thats why I came here: To pay my re-
spect to him, from a young politician
to a great politician.
U Nay Zin Latt
Presidential adviser
He stood rmly by his beliefs. Every-
body loved him. Nowadays, nobody was
angry at him for his opposition to the
government.
Moe Thee Zun
Politican
We have lost one of our countrys
great men. But he has given a legacy to
a new generation; that of his courage,
ethics and dignity. Now we have to try
to live up to it.
Kenneth Roth
Human Rights Watch executive director
U Win Tin was the exemplar of dig-
nied courage and principle against
decades of brutal military rule ... His
bravery in the face of cruel hardship
continues to echo through Burmas
fragile reform process. Wa Lone and
Shwe Yee Saw Myint
Bouquets of flowers are placed in front of a photo of U Win Tin during a ceremony at Yangon Universitys Judson Hall on April 22. Photo: Kaung Htet
Experts pay tribute to a politician of true integrity
News 5 www.mmtimes.com
A CEREMONY to honour Hantha-
waddy U Win Tin was held at the
headquarters of the National League
for Democracy in Pyinmana town-
ship, and before the Bogyoke Aung
San bronze statue at Shan Kan on
April 23.
It was attended by about 30 NLD
members, of whom one recited a
poem, Kyar Ye, that U Win Tin
wrote.
The people of Pyinmana have a
long political tradition, and will not
wish to be found wanting in honour-
ing U Win Tin, whose death grieved
the entire country, said U Khin
Maung Zaw, the head of the legal
support team at the NLDs Nay Pyi
Taw ofce.
They will want to show their
determination to keep going along
the path of democracy, transforming
sadness into strength.
He added that nobody could re-
place U Win Tin, and that groups
should combine their strength to
emulate him.
A former journalist, U Win Tin
rose to prominence as one of the
founders of the National League for
Democracy. He was arrested by the
military regime in 1989 and spent
19 years in prison, including long
stretches in solitary connement.
A township ofcial conrmed
that the organisers had not request-
ed permission to hold the ceremony.
This is a public place. I dont be-
lieve we needed to request permission
because it didnt annoy the public,
said U Khin Maung Zaw.
On April 23, the day of U Win
Tins funeral, ceremonies were held
simultaneously in other major cit-
ies, including Taunggyi, Pyay and
Pathein.
Translation by Zar Zar Soe
PYAE THET PHYO
pyaethetphyo87@gmail.com
National League for Democracy members pay tribute to U Win Tin in a ceremony
outside the partys Pyinmana township office. Photo: Pyae Thet Phyo
The last day of a giant among men
Thousands turn out to farewell U Win Tin journalist, politician, political prisoner and a man of great dignity right to his nal breath
Bouquets of flowers are placed in front of a photo of U Win Tin during a ceremony at Yangon Universitys Judson Hall on April 22. Photo: Kaung Htet
Pyinmana residents pay tribute to
and aspire to emulate U Win Tin
Peace meeting in doubt after clashes
RECENT ghting between the Tat-
madaw and the Kachin Independ-
ence Army that has left more than 30
soldiers killed or wounded is likely to
delay the peace process, the Kachin
group said last week, as both sides
blamed the other for the outbreak in
hostilities.
Fighting has slowed since April 20,
with the exception of a skirmish on
April 23, but the situation in southern
Kachin State remains tense. A Kachin
Independence Organisation spokes-
person warned that fresh clashes
could break out at any time because
the Tatmadaw had strengthened its
troop numbers near KIA-controlled
areas, particularly in the vicinity of
the Bhamo-Moemauk-Seinlon-Lewjal
road.
At the moment there is no ghting
but government forces have massed
near KIA territory maybe 300 or 400
yards away, U Lah Nan told The My-
anmar Times by phone on April 23.
He said the KIA believes the Tat-
madaw is planning an ofensive to
drive its soldiers out of critically im-
portant areas.
It appears they are preparing for a
strong military ofensive so conditions
are still tense.
Armed ethnic groups were still ex-
pected to meet in Chiang Mai from
April 26-28 to discuss a proposed
ceasere, but ethnic leaders said it was
now unclear whether they would meet
government negotiators, including
military representatives, in the second
week of May as previously planned. At
peace talks in Yangon from April 5-9,
both sides had agreed to try to nalise
a nationwide ceasere draft at the May
meeting.
The KIO is a member of the Na-
tionwide Ceasere Coordination Team
(NCCT), which is negotiating the
ceasere on behalf of around 15 armed
groups.
We need to review the situation
because [government troops] attacked
one of our members, said NCCT lead-
er U Naing Han Thar. Because of that
we are considering postponing the
meeting planned for May. Some mem-
bers have expressed new doubts over
the peace process.
However, a Myanmar Peace Center
spokesperson said the centre had not
received any ofcial indication that
the May talks would be postponed.
They told us they will hold a NCCT
meeting from April 26 to 28 in Chiang
Mai and after that they will inform us
when we can meet, said peace facilita-
tor U Hla Maung Shwe. If there isnt
any more ghting in the coming days,
I think we will denitely meet in May
This ghting is based on a lack of
trust so we will try harder to build
trust.
Fighting between Tatmadaw and
KIA troops occurred during Thing-
yan, from April 10 to 17, in Mansi and
Moemauk townships in southeastern
Kachin State, and Kutkai township
in northern Shan State. On April 13,
the KIA destroyed several Tatmadaw
vehicles travelling from Bhamo to
Seinlon, killing two soldiers, wound-
ing nine, and destroying supplies and
ammunition. U Lah Nan said this was
done to prevent a buildup of govern-
ment troops, but it prompted a strong
retaliation from the Tatmadaw, who
took the Monghsat Kaung and Dagaw
Maga outposts on April 16 after the
KIA soldiers were forced to withdraw.
State media reported that at least
nine government soldiers were killed
and 14 wounded over the period, while
the bodies of 15 KIA soldiers were
found. The KIA, however, said eight of
its soldiers had been killed and anoth-
er eight wounded, while one remains
missing.
State media said the Tatmadaw
launched the ofensive against areas
held by the KIAs 27
th
battalion after
one of its deputy commanding ofc-
ers was killed in April while providing
security for census enumerators in a
KIA-held area of northern Shan State.
The report said the truck the major
was travelling in was ambushed and
government troops had responded to
control peace and tranquillity.
Government spokesman U Ye Htut
said that the Tatmadaw was ghting
only to defend itself. He called on the
Kachin to stop ambushing govern-
ment soldiers.
They have not respected our
borderline. The troops cross the line
without informing us. Its not only the
Kachin who would shoot in this situa-
tion. Even the Wa or the Shan would
shoot if someone crossed the bor-
der line without informing, he told
Irrawaddy.
But U Lah Nan emphatically reject-
ed suggestions of an ambush.
There was nothing secret about
this. We warned them not to enter our
territory but they didnt listen so we
shot them, he said.
He said the soldier who was driving
the truck carrying the major had been
drunk and this may have explained
why he drove into KIA territory. After
the incident, the KIA gave the body of
the major and the driver, along with
the truck, back to the Tatmadaw, after
which government troops launched
their ofensive. They shot at us with
120-millimetre and 105mm mortars.
The latest clashes prompted more
than 5000 people from Mansi and
Moemauk townships to ee their
homes. More than 100,000 people
have been displaced as a result of the
conict, which erupted in June 2011,
ending a 17-year ceasere agreement.
In a statement on April 22, UNICEF
Myanmar urged all parties to imme-
diately commit to peace, and protect
children from exposure to land mines
and recruitment into armed forces.
The organisation said the ghting is
estimated to have displaced about
1000 children and has increased the
health risks that children face by re-
ducing access to safe, reliable water
and sanitation facilities.
We must provide urgent help,
said UNICEF representative Bertrand
Bainvel. But life-saving aid is not
enough because children need peace
and stability to grow and develop.
Reverend Lar Khar of the Kachin
Baptist Convention said his organisa-
tion is providing foods and shelter for
the new refugees but more support is
needed from local and international
groups.
We are trying to reach [the refu-
gees] through churches based in Moe-
mauk and Mansi townships, he said.
The ofensive came as KIA deputy
commander-in-chief General Gun
Maw made a 12-day visit to the United
States. He told Voice of America in
Washington on April 22 that the at-
tacks had hurt the KIAs trust in the
peace process, as both sides had pre-
viously agreed to de-escalate conict
that ared in late 2012.
The KIA will not sign a nationwide
ceasere accord if the government tries
to force it to the table through military
means, Gen Gun Maw warned during
a meeting with Chin and Kachin repre-
sentatives in Washington.
However, U Lah Nan said the KIA
has not yet decided whether to quit
the NCCT, although it has asked the
team to raise the ofensive in its dis-
cussions with the government.
If [the government] wants genu-
ine peace, the military must stop re-
inforcing its troops. There are more
forces gathered near KIA areas now
than even during the heavy ghting in
2012, he said.
We believe this [military] op-
eration is not simply organised by
the troops on the ground it was
launched on the orders of the military
headquarters.
Kachin Independence Army soldiers patrol the front line in Kachin State in January 2013. Photo: Kaung Htet
Government and KIA blame each other for outbreak of weeklong hostilities that could delay peace talks scheduled for May
EI EI TOE
LWIN
eieitoelwin@gmail.com
We are considering
postponing the
meeting planned for
May. Some members
have expressed new
doubts over the
peace process.
U Naing Han Thar
Head negotiator for armed groups
A war of words
They have not respected our borderline.
U Ye Htut, government spokesperson
We warned them not to enter our territory but they didnt listen
so we shot them. U Lah Nan, KIO spokesperson
Illegal timber uncovered in
Mandalay water festival floats
IT was a sight, and sound, to gladden
the heart of any environmentalist. The
seven gaily decorated trucks bore an
all-singing, all-dancing message backed
up by earnest slogans proclaiming their
commitment to the nations forests and
the need to educate the public about
conservation. But the trucks contained
more than 60 tonnes of illegal timber
being smuggled out of the country.
The seven trucks were decked out
for the Thingyan festival, carrying
generators and loudspeakers, with
singers and dancers to reinforce their
tree-hugging message. Colourful vinyl
banners exhorted passers-by to protect
the environment and proclaimed, Our
Forest Our Future. But suspicious of-
cials noticed that the oats sat rather
heavy on their suspension. When Man-
dalay Region Department of Forestry
inspectors stopped the convoy at 16
Mile near Ohn Chaw village in Pathe-
ingyi township on April 15, they found
the timber concealed in the back.
Inspector U Tint Khine told The My-
anmar Times that all the vehicles were
disguised as Thingyan decorated oats.
We seized more than 60 tonnes
of close-grained wood near the Asia
World tollgate at 9pm on April 15.
Ive never seen anything like this.
The trucks carried loudspeakers and
generators with singers, just like real
decorated oats. And they hung out
vinyl signs all around the trucks say-
ing Special Programme: Travelling for
Environmental Conservation for Shan
State, Our Forest Our Future and For-
estry knowledge must spread among
the public. They looked like a mobile
advertisement for the environmental
movement, he said.
But oats are supposed to, you
know, oat. Real oats are light. These
vehicles were obviously carrying heavy
loads, he said.
Eight people have now been charged
under the forestry law, and the depart-
ment will press for the heaviest penal-
ties, said U Tint Khine.
We were prepared this year be-
cause timber smugglers are very active
during the Thingyan holiday. On April
12, through an informant, we seized 35
tonnes of padauk and close-grained
woods and more than 8 tonnes of jade
at a vacant compound in Htone Bo vil-
lage. Some of the wood was carried in
secret containers on a truck and the
jade was packed in sacks. Weve kept
the jade at Ohn Chaw Police Station.
Altogether we seized more than 100
tonnes of wood during Thingyan, said
U Tint Khine.
The department says more than 260
tonnes of illegal timber, worth more
than K60 million, has been seized in
the township since last November.
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The Golden Myanmar Airlines plane (right) comes to rest against the Myanmar
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Alleged criminals hid 60 tonnes of timber in seven oats espousing forest conservation messages
Govt investigation team probes aircraft collision
AIRLINE ofcials are waiting for a
Ministry of Transportation investi-
gation team to assess the cost of the
damage sustained in an April 14 col-
lision between two aircraft at Yangon
International Airport.
At a press conference at the head
ofce of one of the airlines involved,
Myanmar Airways International,
chairman U Khin Maung Latt blamed
the other airline, Golden Myanmar
Airlines, for the accident.
The GMA aircraft struck our air-
craft, he told the April 22 conference,
adding that the cost of the damage
was still being assessed, and that MAI
would take legal action unless it was
fully compensated.
The GMA plane was being towed
from a parking bay to its point of depar-
ture when the collision occurred, he said.
GMA engineers didnt obey the
rules and regulations when they
parked the aircraft.
U Khin Maung Latt, who has more
than 40 years experience as a pilot,
said the MAI aircraft sustained dam-
age along its right rear side to the
right side door, nose landing gear,
main landing gear and a toilet. The
other aircraft also sufered damage,
including to its nose section. The
damaged MAI plane, one of nine
Airbuses in the companys eet, is
insured for up to US$750 million, he
said.
Captain Min Thu, chief operating
ofcer from Golden Myanmar Air-
lines, said the company would com-
pensate MAI for the accident after the
ministry completes its investigation.
We are waiting results from an
arbitration tribunal that the Ministry
of Transportation set up on April 14.
They will inspect the damage, and
consider what happened and why. We
will accept the results and compensate
them accordingly, he said.
The Department of Civil Aviation
could not be reached for comment last
week.
260
Tonnes of illegal timber seized in
Patheingyi township since November
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Thai dancers spark a pandal scandal
THE organiser of the Grand Royal
water festival pandal has reacted an-
grily to the Yangon Region govern-
ments decision to blacklist the com-
pany for its scantily clad dancers,
who were brought in from Thailand
for the event.
Yangon Region Minister for Se-
curity and Border Afairs Colonel
Tin Win announced the decision on
April 19, saying that in coming years
Grand Royal would have to sign a
pledge to obey the governments
rules before they are granted a pan-
dal permit.
Around one-third of the more
than 90 registered pandals were put
on the blacklist after regional of-
cials reviewed CCTV footage of the
celebrations. In most cases pandals
were blacklisted for inappropriate
clothing of their guests or the illegal
sale of alcoholic drinks.
But Col Tin Win singled out the
Grand Royal pandal, telling report-
ers that the Thai dancers perfor-
mance was not suitable with Myan-
mar traditional culture.
Ko John Lwin from the Stars and
Models Agency said the government
had overreacted.
I dont know exactly what Col
Tin Win said but I cant accept him
saying [Grand Royal is blacklisted].
Its not like we were selling heroin or
doing anything else illegal, he said.
I have organised many events
but never once have any of them re-
sulted in us being on a blacklist.
The dancers performed in the
revealing outts on April 13, the
rst day of the festival. That even-
ing, Police Lieutenant Colonel My-
int Aye came and warned them to
change their outts. However, pho-
tos quickly spread on social media,
which helped to boost crowds at the
pandal over the next few days: Ko
John Lwin estimated that more than
130,000 people visited the pandal
during the festival.
However, he said the perfor-
mance was not a deliberate attempt
to break the rules set by the regional
government.
Some people took photos of the
dancers from below the stage, which
was about 6 feet high. So the photos
are kind of dirty, he said.
We changed the outts as soon
as we found out the photos were
spreading all over the internet. We
were not trying to make this happen.
If we did, we would not have changed
the outts after the rst day. Regard-
less, I apologise if it is not suitable
with Myanmar traditional culture.
He also rejected rumours that the
Thai dancers were transgender, de-
scribing them as real women.
CHIT SU
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The covered up dancers from Thailand (top) and their outfits from day one of the festival (below). Photos: Supplied
We changed the
outts as soon as we
found out the photos
were spreading all
over the internet. We
were not trying to
make this happen.
Ko John Lwin
Grand Royal pandal organiser
Regional government blacklists Grand Royal for 2015 water festival after photos of scantily clad dancers go viral following rst day of festivities
Teacher takes fght to Supreme Court
THE Union Supreme Court is expect-
ed to hear arguments this week in a
case that will examine whether a law
used by the Ministry of Education to
force a university professor to resign
is unconstitutional.
The ministry dismissed Daw Kyi
Htay, a professor and head of the
Department of Economics at Yangon
Distance University, on March 29,
2013, under section 41 of the Civil
Servants Law for allegedly having
poor relations with her colleagues
and students.
In December she submitted an
appeal to the Union Supreme Court.
On January 23, the Supreme Court
agreed to accept the case, Daw Kyi
Htay told The Myanmar Times last
week.
The Ministry of Education said
in a statement it dismissed me under
section 41 ... but I have not made any
mistake. Thats why I am defending
myself and appealing to the Supreme
Court to annul the dismissal letter,
she said.
Her lawyer, U Mg Mg Soe, said he
will argue that the section, which al-
lows the government to re civil serv-
ants without conducting an enquiry,
is unconstitutional.
The case will be heard by Chief
Justice U Tun Tun Oo and two judges,
with the Attorney Generals Ofce
acting on behalf of the Ministry of
Education. U Mg Mg Soe said a deci-
sion is then expected within a month.
It remains unclear whether there
were other reasons behind Daw Kyi
Htays sacking. One teacher from
Mandalay University, who asked not
to be named, questioned how a dis-
tance education professor could have
bad relations with students given the
limited face-to-face contact.
While section 40 of the law, which
was introduced by U Thein Seins
government, allows civil servants to
be dismissed following a preliminary
enquiry and department enquiry, sec-
tion 41 gives ministries the right to
re staf without an enquiry. Before
the law was enacted, the government
generally conducted an enquiry be-
fore dismissing staf, and teachers
associations argue that the ring of
Daw Kyi Htay has set a dangerous
precedent.
Shortly after her dismissal, uni-
versity teachers associations from
Yangon, Mandalay and other cities is-
sued a joint statement in which they
said the ministrys dismissal of Daw
Kyi Htay violated chapter eight of the
2008 constitution - the fundamental
rights and duties of the citizens -
particularly section 375, which states
that [a]n accused shall have the right
of defence in accord with the law.
The statement called for the case to
be resolved in line with the law.
However, the ministry said in a
statement in response that it had act-
ed in accordance with the law.
During the seventh session of
parliament in 2013, then-Minister
for Education U Mya Aye, who has
since passed away, conrmed to par-
liament that Daw Kyi Htay had been
forced to resign, with full pension
entitlements, and that no depart-
ment inquiry had been conducted
prior to her dismissal. He made the
comments in response to a question
from Pyithu Hluttaw representative
U Thein Nyunt.
U Thein Nyunt said last week that
he was not satised with the ministers
response but did not want to comment
while the case is in progress.
Legal afairs writer Thaw Nay Zaw
said the Supreme Courts impend-
ing decision would set an important
precedent for how the law is used
against civil servants who are consid-
ered troublesome. He said that while
some are red, others are demoted or
transferred to remote areas.
This law is really controversial.
Section 40 states that action can only
be taken against government staf
based on a complaint after seeking
permission from the judiciary, he
said.
Section 41, however, enables the
government to dismiss staf without
an enquiry or any oversight.
There is no clear denition for
how the section can be used. The
Ministry of Education said Daw Kyi
Htay made problems with the stu-
dents and also the departmental staf.
But I think there are also problems in
this law, he said.
Daw Kyi Htay is not the only
teacher to have been dismissed by
the ministry in controversial circum-
stances.
In August 2013, Nay Pyi Taw teach-
er Daw Soe Soe Khaing was sacked
for both taking leave and travelling to
Yangon without permission from her
superiors. Many observers noted that
she had been red after visiting Yan-
gon to attend an event on August 8
to commemorate the 25
th
anniversary
of the 1988 uprising, suggesting that
the decision was based on her politi-
cal activities rather than violation of
government policy.
One teacher from the Mandalay
University Teachers Association said
that she is careful not to give her su-
periors any opportunity to punish her
indirectly for her involvement in the
association by citing poor attendance
or policy violations.
I always make sure my attend-
ance is very good and if I take leave
or travel I always do so with permis-
sion, she said.
Warning over low-
quality malaria drugs
SHWE YEE SAW MYINT
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KHIN SU
WAI
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Decision on sacking under new Civil Servants Law could have signicant ramications for rights of government staf in the future, say experts
I have not made
any mistake.
Thats why I am
defending myself
and appealing to the
Supreme Court.
Daw Kyi Htay
Former university professor
HEALTH ofcials are to set up drug-
testing laboratories at 13 border cross-
ing points in an efort to detect un-
regulated or low-quality anti-malaria
medication entering the country. Last
month inspectors found low-quality
anti-malaria medication at Tamu in Sa-
gaing Region, on the India border, an
ofcial from the Food and Drug Admin-
istrations laboratory department said.
It was the rst time the FDA had
tested imported medication at the
border using its own laboratory, said
department director Dr Khin Chit.
We tested eight kinds of malaria
medicine imported from India, and
found two kinds to be of low quality.
One was FDA-approved and the other
unregistered, she said.
She said the FDA plans to release
the name of both medicines after the
results are conrmed at their main
lab in Nay Pyi Taw, adding that they
are widely available in Myanmar and
often used in private and govern-
ment-run hospitals and clinics.
Dr Chit Khin said the FDA is plan-
ning to open testing labs at 13 border
gates.
Deputy director of the health
departments National Malaria Pro-
ject U Thaung Hlaing told The My-
anmar Times that the government
had prohibited the importation of
all types of mono-therapy malaria
drugs on the recommendation of
the World Health Organisation,
which instead advocates the use of
artemisin-based combination thera-
py medication.
However, some companies that
had already received a ve-year ap-
proval from FDA when the decision
was made have continued to im-
port mono-therapy medication into
Myanmar.
He said the health department
authorised only the Padonmar brand
anti-malarial drug for sale in the
market because it is inexpensive and
meets quality standards. But some
doctors have still been recommend-
ing other drugs.
The push to combat fake and in-
efective malarial medicine is being
driven by the spread of drug-resistant
malaria in southeastern Tanintha-
ryi Region, Kayin State and the high-
lands of eastern Shan State. About 52
townships are afected, according to
health ofcials.
Daw Kyi Htay at her residence in Yangon on April 24. Photo: Kaung Htet
In northern Myanmar, Daw Khaing
Khaing Soe said the government is
negotiating with the KIA so that the
census can be conducted in a peace-
ful manner.
In the case of Rakhine State, she
said she is working with the Interna-
tional Technical Advisory Board a
body of international census experts
commissioned by the UNFPA to over-
see the process on a technical solu-
tion to the undercounting.
However, she was emphatic that the
Ministry of Immigration and Popula-
tion will not consider any solution that
allows Muslims to identify as Rohingya.
Board co-chair Paul Cheung said
identifying a solution may take some
time.
Technical solutions are straight-
forward, but political dynamics may
not make them feasible. What is politi-
cally acceptable may also not be tech-
nically sound. We need to understand
the parameters for our discussion and
recommendation, he said.
The government has already put
forward one option: Rakhine State
Muslims who were skipped the rst
time around can complete the census
if they self-identify as Bengali or agree
to ignore the question completely.
State media reported on April 25 that
6000 households in Rakhine State had
already taken up this option, although
the gures could not be independently
veried.
At a press conference earlier this
month, Minister for Immigration and
Population U Khin Yi said he did not
believe the disagreement over count-
ing in Rakhine State would harm
the governments relationship with
UNFPA or international donors. He
said if enumerators allowed Muslims
to identify as Rohingya, it would have
only provoked more violence in Rakh-
ine State.
We are working for our countrys
security and national sovereignty. Ac-
cording to our countrys policy, we
didnt collect the census data from Ro-
hingya people, he said.
He questioned the legitimacy of
those who seek to describe themselves
as Rohingya rather than Bengali.
Chinese have roots in China.
Where is Rohingya country? Which
country accepts Rohingya? It is not
suitable that our country has to accept
them.
While the ministry attempts to sort
these issues, data processing will be-
gin in the rst two weeks of May. The
rst step will be the scanning of the
questionnaires, which will be com-
pleted with scanning machines and
staf from British company DRS, a pri-
vate rm that provides equipment for
censuses and elections, often through
contracts with the UNFPA in develop-
ing nations.
The next step will be the time-con-
suming process of counting all the re-
spondents who chose the other des-
ignation for their ethnicity. According
to Daw Khaing Khaing Soe, this pro-
cess will have to be tabulated by hand.
Given that the ministry does not
yet know how many other respond-
ents there are, she could not estimate
when the data count will conclude.
Asked if international observers
would be present to oversee the data
analysis, she said that bringing in ob-
servers was not part of the original
plan. I havent discussed this yet with
the DRS company. Im not sure.
DRS could not be reached for com-
ment.
Some census detractors told The
Myanmar Times last week that re-
gardless of how smoothly the data
analysis goes it will probably not be
enough to salvage the project.
Its tempting to hope that lessons
learned from census data will guide
national planning and international
assistance, but if the census designers
didnt listen to people during the plan-
ning stage thats doubtful, said David
Mathieson, a Yangon-based researcher
with Human Rights Watch.
Matt Smith, executive director of
human rights group Fortify Rights,
said the next challenge would be to
ensure data is not used to iname ten-
sions further, particularly in Rakhine
State.
The government has a responsibil-
ity to not ignite an already tense situa-
tion, and the way they handle the data
on religious afliation will be impor-
tant toward that end, Mr Smith said.
At this point, its damage control.
CONTINUED FROM NEWS 3
POLICE have reported a rise in the
number of people charged with
criminal ofences nationwide dur-
ing this years water festival but
said the number of deaths during
the four-day celebration more than
halved on 2013, to 15.
Of those, ve were homicides
and four people died in car acci-
dents, while another six were re-
corded as accidental deaths often,
during water festival, drowning or
falling from a vehicle.
While this was well below the
32 deaths recorded last year, police
said the number of people charged
with ofences had increased from
177 to 194. Additionally, 198 people
were injured, up eight on last year.
As well as the ve murders,
which also left six people injured,
police reported 25 major road ac-
cidents, which injured 88 people.
There were also 64 cases of assault,
which left 102 people injured, as
well as three rapes and ve cases of
insulting a womans modesty.
Meanwhile, 52 pickpocketing
cases, 14 cases of possessing arms,
13 cases of drunk and disorderly be-
haviour and two cases of assaulting
a public servant were reported.
A police spokesperson in Yangon
said that they had been required to
intervene in 578 incidents, up from
407 during last years festival. In
many cases those involved were ar-
rested as a precautionary measure
but not charged.
Three of the deaths occurred in
Yangon, which also saw 17 serious
road accidents that left 61 people
injured.
Pretty much all crime during
the period is related to water festi-
val, the spokesperson said. Most
of the cases are road accidents.
Translation by Thiri Min Htun
Teachers jailed over
48
th
Street school fre
TWO Islamic teachers charged over
a deadly re in a madrasa in down-
town Yangon have been sentenced to
eight years in prison for negligence.
On April 24, Botahtaung town-
ship court sentenced U Zay Yar Phyo
and U Khin Maung Aye to six years
each for causing death by negligence
and two years for negligence in rela-
tion to a re.
The re broke out at the school
on 48th Street in Botahtaung town-
ship in the early hours of April 2,
2013, claiming the lives of 13 boys
who had been sleeping on the prem-
ises. U Zay Yar Phyo and U Khin
Maung Aye were arrested shortly af-
terward. At a press conference held
on the day of the re, Yangon Region
Chief Minister U Myint Swe told
reporters that the two teachers had
been responsible for the re.
Final arguments in the case were
heard on March 26. A verdict was ex-
pected on April 8 but it was delayed
rst to April 11 and then put back
until after water festival.
TOE WAI AUNG
linnhtet.lt@gmail.com
A car is involved in an accident in
Tarmwe township on April 13, the first
day of water festival. Photo: Supplied
Mourners carry the coffin of a boy killed in a fire at a school in downtown Yangon on April 2, 2013. Photo: Kaung Htet
Deaths drop but criminal
charges rise during festival
198
Number of people injured during water
festival, up eight on 2013
TOE WAI
AUNG
linnhtet.lt@gmail.com
Thai tourism weathers political storm
SO far, 2014 has not been a great year
for tourism in Thailand. Anti-govern-
ment protests in Bangkok that gained
momentum in late 2013 and contin-
ued into the new year have helped
create the impression that chaos
reigns in the kingdom, making it un-
safe for foreign visitors.
This resulted in a 4.1 percent drop
in tourist arrivals in January and Feb-
ruary compared to the same period
the previous year, according to the
Ministry of Tourism.
Tourism ofcials have been keen
to attract foreigners back to Thailand,
and in late February the countrys Tour-
ism Department, in collaboration with
Thai Airways, invited journalists from
ASEAN countries to visit Thailand and
enjoy the sights for themselves.
I was among those invited to the
three-day media tour, and I was the
sole delegate to represent Myanmar.
It was also my rst trip to Thailand,
and many things I saw surprised me.
For starters, there were many,
many more visitors arriving at Bang-
koks Suvarnabhumi Airport than I
had ever seen at Yangons airport, but
the guide who met me at Suvarnab-
humi said that because of the pro-
tests, the crowds were a bit smaller
than usual.
Even as a young person I had been
well aware that Myanmar lagged be-
hind other countries in the region in
terms of development, mostly because
of my countrys political situation dur-
ing the past several decades. And even
though I had seen pictures of Bangkok
in magazines, when we reached down-
town and I saw the Skytrain running, I
still thought to myself, What a devel-
oped city this is!
My guide took me to Aetas Lumpi-
ni Hotel, where all the journalists
would be staying. I was only the sec-
ond to arrive, after the media repre-
sentative from Singapore.
Lunch had been arranged for me
at the hotel. A representative from
the Tourism Department told me
that after lunch I could rest, or I
could make a trip to see some of the
protest camps in the city, an excur-
sion requested by the reporter from
Singapore.
Of course I said yes to the trip, and
a guide took us to the protest camp.
We went there by subway train. This
was my rst experience travelling by
subway, and it made me think about
how much Yangon would benet
from a good train system: Yangonites
could save time while avoiding trafc
and overcrowded buses.
When we reached the rst en-
campment, a spokesperson for the
protesters was standing on a wide
stage and talking to the crowd. Many
people seemed to be hanging on
every word, while others were lying
down and resting.
When we took photographs of the
protesters they greeted us with smil-
ing faces. The scene was a big con-
trast to the September 2007 protests
in Yangon, when Japanese photogra-
pher Kenji Kagai was shot dead by
Tatmadaw soldiers while he was tak-
ing pictures of protesters.
Around the protest camp were
sidewalk food stalls, and there was
also a free healthcare centre. One re-
tired doctor who was volunteering at
the camp said she did not believe in
the government of Thai Prime Minis-
ter Yingluck Shinawatra, that holding
elections was not a solution to the
problem, and that the country needed
to start all over again.
Thanks to the request of the Sin-
gapore reporter, who was greedy for
information, we travelled to another
protest camp this time by motor-
cycle taxi. There were many soldiers
along the road on the way to the
camp, but they were not hassling
passersby. Unlike in Myanmar, the
soldiers were there to ensure the se-
curity of the protesters, not to attack
them.
The second camp was more
crowded than the rst, and it looked
like a crowded market. We could hear
people singing in the distance. As we
walked around I saw people handing
out lunch boxes and water to oth-
ers waiting patiently in line. There
were also plenty of mobile toilets. It
seemed like the perfect setup for a
protest camp.
When we reached the stage I was
surprised to see how big it was, and
how it was decorated with a banner
reading Shut Down Bangkok, Restart
Thailand. A Thai actor was heartily
singing a rock song, and the audience
crowded in front of the stage like bees
in a hive. I felt that I had something
in common with the protestors, and I
even thought the camp might be an
attraction for tourists.
These were people who spent their
days in the hot sunlight and their
nights sleeping outdoors, all for the
sake of changing their country. Our
guide said the protest movement was
more unied than it had ever been in
the past, and even upper-class peo-
ple were out on the streets trying to
change their country.
Although we wanted to spend
more time at the protest camp, we
had to get back to the hotel in time
for dinner arranged by the Tourism
Department. We ate at a restaurant
along the Chao Phraya River. The
breeze from the water was very fresh,
and boats glowing with electric lights
passed up and down the waterway. It
was a very pleasant atmosphere for
eating dinner.
Afterward we went to a Muay Thai
kickboxing show. I thought we would
see more actual kickboxing, but in-
stead we were treated to an unexpect-
ed but very interesting performance
consisting of short skits related to the
history of Muay Thai, both ancient
and modern.
In one skit, a girl asks her boy-
friend about Muay Thai, to which he
answers, It is beautiful like you, and
it is a kind of art.
When the show ended, the hall
was overwhelmed with the applause
of foreigners. It was clear to me that
Thailand had developed a great abil-
ity to attract and please tourists. My-
anmar might boast ancient buildings
and natural wonders to attract tour-
ists, but we cant compete with Thai-
land in terms of providing excellent
service.
During my three-day trip to Thai-
land we visited several pagodas
around Bangkok, and also made an
excursion to Pattaya Beach. We ate
lunch and dinner at fancy restau-
rants. The food was delicious, al-
though some of it was a bit strange to
me coming from Myanmar.
The Tourism Department did its
best to show us that visitors could
still come to Thailand even while
the protests were underway. Tourists
could still feel safe while travelling
around the country.
This was much diferent from the
situation in Myanmar after the 2007
protests. At that time, all businesses
related to tourism were negatively
afected because no foreigners came
to the country. Thailand, by contrast,
was making a big efort to ensure that
their tourism sector remained strong.
Again, I couldnt help praising the
countrys attitude in this regard.
On February 28, soon after we
left Thailand, the leader of the anti-
government protests, Suthep Thaung-
suban, announced that the movement
to shut down Bangkok had ended.
In March the Thai government an-
nounced an end to the state of emer-
gency it had imposed, but the Internal
Security Act would remain in efect
until April 30 to maintain order. At the
end of March protesters once again
took to the streets in their continuing
efort to oust the government.
But in spite of these events, I feel
certain that foreign visitors will con-
tinue ying into Bangkok as usual.
Thai pro-government Red Shirt demonstrators shout slogans during a rally in
the Bangkok suburb of Phutthamonthon on April 6. Photo: AFP
THAN
NAING
SOE
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Round-the-clock protests, both for and against Yingluck Shinawatras government, fail to diminish the citys attraction for foreign visitors
Unlike in Myanmar,
the soldiers were at
the protest camp to
ensure the security
of the protesters, not
to attack them.
Cracks emerge in Myitsone march
THE march to Myitsone continues,
despite disagreements that have split
the marchers into two groups, with a
third contingent deciding to abandon
the efort. Of the 100 people who set
out from Yangon to march to the con-
troversial site, about 20 have already
gone home.
The campaigners left Yangon on
March 23, led by members of the For-
mer Political Prisoners Organisation,
to signal their concern that the My-
itsone dam project could still move
forward.
Although suspended for ve years
by President U Thein Sein in Septem-
ber 2011 following a wave of public
opposition, the Chinese developer has
been lobbying hard since then for it to
resume.
U Thiha, who handles the cam-
paigns public relations, said last week
that the marchers had split into two
groups, of which he now leads the larg-
er group of 47 people.
U Ye Htut Khaung was group lead-
er and I was responsible for public re-
lations. But when we arrived at Bagan
before Thingyan we divided into two
groups because of a disagreement.
I lead a group of 47 people and U Ye
Htut Khaung leads another group of
about 20 people. Another 20 quit the
campaign, he said.
He said his group would leave Man-
dalay for Shwebo, Sagaing Region, on
April 25.
We will keep marching to Myit-
sone along the west bank of the river,
while the other group marches up the
east bank, he said, adding that walk-
ers in his group range in age from 17
to 77.
U Thiha said the group has been
covering about 40 kilometres (25 miles)
a day despite the many challenges they
faced, including bad weather, health
problems and opposition from local
authorities. The police collected our
personal data and forced us to sign a
statement because they said we were
marching without permission. They
got a group of drunks to harass us in
Myingyan, he said. The authorities
response to us is to issue threats.
Members of a group walking to Myitsone accept a donation at a monastery in
Maha Aung Myay township in Mandalay on April 24. Photo: Ko Nanda (Mandalay)
AYE SAPAY
PHYU
ayephyu2006@gmail.com
100
Number of marchers who set out from
Yangon for Myitsone on March 23
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Wife kills cheating
husband with scissors
A woman, 23, has been charged with
murder after allegedly killing her
husband, 20, with a pair of scissors
after she found him sleeping with
another woman.
Police allege the woman spotted
her husband sleeping in a bamboo
grove in North Dagon township
with his new 26-year-old girlfriend
around 4am on April 22. The wife
then stabbed him in the left side of
his chest with a pair of scissors.
The man was sent to North
Okkalapa hospital but died around
10:50am while being treated.
U-turn lands taxi in hot water
A blue Toyota Probox taxi has met
a watery end after its driver made
a U-turn and plunged into Mayan-
gones Swedaw Mingala Lake on
April 21.
Police allege taxi driver U Kyaw
Min Lwin, 34, lost control of the
car because he was travelling too
fast when he attempted to turn his
car around on a dirt road beside
Swedaw Pagoda.
The taxi did not have any pas-
sengers when the incident occurred
and the driver escaped unharmed.
The vehicle was salvaged around 90
minutes later.
Wife commits suicide
over Thingyan girl
A woman, 20, killed herself by
drinking poison during water festival
because she was upset after seeing
her husband pour water on another
woman.
Ma Thae Su Hlaing from Yangons
Hlaing Tharyar township was enjoy-
ing the festival with her husband
at a small pandal in Atwin Padan
village on April 15 until her husband
poured water on the passerby at
about 10:30am. She was so angry
she went home immediately and
drank potash that her husband had
used to catch birds. Her husband
found her at about 11am and took
her to Hlaing Tharyar hospital but
she died 30 minutes later.
Fake alcohol, illegal imports
uncovered in Thanlyin
Police have arrested a woman and
charged her with illegally importing
alcohol and producing fake alcoholic
products following a raid on her
home on April 14.
Police raided the house in Than-
lyins Aung Chan Thar 3 ward at
about 6:30pm following a tip-off.
They say they found 340 empty
brand-name bottles, 20 empty bot-
tles used to mix alcohol, imitation
alcohol, empty cardboard boxes
with brand names, Johnnie Walker
labels, 200 customs duty slips and
other items. They also found 480
cases of Heineken beer and 15
boxes of Cheers beer, a spokesper-
son said. Toe Wai Aung, translation
by Thiri Min Htun
Man charged over rape of eight-
year-old deaf mute girl
A 40-year-old man from Mandalay
has been charged with allegedly
raping an eight-year old deaf mute
girl, according to the regional police
force ofce.
The girl was identied with the
help of teachers from the Depart-
ment of Social Welfares School
for the Deaf in Chan Myar Thar Si
township, who recognised her as a
former student. A man, who lives in
a temporary home near the Manda-
lay Hospital, has been arrested and
charged with rape. Than Naing
Soe, translation by Khant Lin Oo
IN BRIEF
Chief minister charged
following house fre
NEGLIGENCE is a charge often lev-
elled at politicians and government
ofcials but not normally by police.
Mandalay Regions chief minister,
however, is facing up to three years
in prison following a recent re at his
house in Aung Myay Thar San town-
ship. As head of the household, police
had little choice but to charge him
with negligence under section 285 of
the Penal Code as a result of the re,
which was started by an overheated
surge protector.
He was charged by a police ma-
jor from Aung Myay Thar San on
April 22. The re started on the up-
per oor of this house on 65
th
Street,
between 23
rd
and 24
th
streets near
the region hluttaw, at about 8pm
on April 19 and caused K1.1 million
damage before it was extinguished,
police said.
He was charged following an in-
vestigation that included a minister
of the regional government.
The police are required to charge
the head of a household [with negli-
gence] if there is a house re, so ac-
cording to our procedures we had no
choice but to charge the chief minis-
ter, said a police ofcer familiar with
the case, who asked not to be named.
The re broke out because a safe-
guard, which was used for an air con-
ditioner, overheated, a spokesperson
for the Fire Services Department
said.
Those convicted under section
285, which relates to negligence with
respect to a re or combustible mat-
ter, face up to three years in prison, a
ne or both.
One Mandalay lawyer said the
sentence was hard to predict but
there is plenty of opportunity for a
judge to use their discretion.
The penalty [for negligence] is
not related to the amount of damage
[caused by a re]. It is dependent on
the judges decision, said the lawyer,
who also asked not to be named.
The case highlights some of the
changes that have occurred in Myan-
mar since reforms were initiated by
President U Thein Sein. About ve
years ago, a re broke out in similar
circumstances in the home of a sen-
ior military ofcial in the Mandalay
Palace compound.
All news of the re was sup-
pressed, and it remains unclear
whether charges were ever laid
against the military ofcer.
Mandalay Region Chief Minister U Ye Myint speaks at an award ceremony in
August 2013. Photo: Si Thu Lwin
SI THU
LWIN
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Mandalay Chief Minister U Ye Myint facing three years in prison for negligence
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India helping
to shed light on
King Sawlu text
THE Ministry of Culture has requested
the help of Indian archaeologists to
translate a recently discovered stone
inscription that they believe is the old-
est so far found in Myanmar.
U Kyaw Oo Lwin, director general of
the ministrys Department of Archaeol-
ogy, National Museum and Library,
said local experts have already deci-
phered around 60 percent of the tablet,
which was found in Paytaw Monastery
in Mandalay Regions Myittha town-
ship in November 2013.
The inscription includes at least
four languages, of which epigraphists
have deciphered all of the Mon and Pali
text and about 10 percent of the Pyu
characters. A copy of text in the Nagari
writing system used in northern India
and Nepal has been sent to the Archae-
ological Survey of India for decipher-
ing, U Kyaw Oo Lwin said.
What has been translated so far de-
scribes the donation of a monastery,
Maha Anuruda Deva Rama, by King
Sawlu and his wife Manicanda. King
Sawlu the son of King Anawrahta,
who is considered the founder of the
Bagan dynasty is a little-known and
often poorly regarded monarch.
U Kyaw Oo Lwin said the inscrip-
tion could change the way King Sawlu
is viewed and shed new light on early
writing styles.
We couldnt decipher the entire in-
scription so two months ago we copied
it and sent it to India, he said. We will
hold a forum when we get the nding
of the inscription back from there.
It is very important because it re-
veals the history of Myanmar. There
shouldnt be any mistake.
While the inscription dates to
1052AD, some of the Nagari characters
appear to be in an earlier style, the de-
partment said in a recent statement.
At the top of the stone inscription,
the characters are in a Nagari alphabet.
Some characters appear to be in the
Siddhamatrika or Kutila scripts, which
are written in triangular and diamond
form that dates to between the eighth
and ninth centuries, said the depart-
ments statement, titled The initial
ndings of the rock inscription of King
Sawlu.
Myittha local and author Shwe
Yee Oo said the monastery was one
of several religious buildings donated
by princess Manicanda, who had also
been a queen of King Anawrahta.
SHWEGU
THITSAR
khaingsabainyein@gmail.com
IN PICTURES
PHOTO: SI THU LWIN
Beat the heat has taken on a new meaning in Mandalay, where thousands
of people took part in a moe khaw pwe, or rain-calling festival, in honour
of the nat spirit Moe Khaung Kyaw Swar to hasten the arrival of monsoon
season and reduce the summer heat. The highlight of the three-day event,
held from April 21 to 23 on Strand Road in Maha Aung Myay township,
was a giant tug-of-war competition. Phyo Wai Kyaw
Risk of militarys political role
becoming entrenched: ICG
THE militarys formal role in national
politics guaranteed by the 2008
constitution has again come under
scrutiny, with a prominent interna-
tional think-tank warning that there
is a strong chance the military will
seek to maintain its grip on 25 per-
cent of parliamentary seats longer
than is healthy.
The International Crisis Group
said in an April 22 report, Myanmars
Military: Back to the Barracks?, that
the parliamentary bloc, which gives
the military a veto over constitu-
tional change, had encouraged the
Tatmadaw to allow political reforms
undertaken by President U Thein
Seins government, in some cases at
the expense of its own economic and
political interests.
However, it said there is a risk that
undemocratic provisions of the con-
stitution become entrenched.
[This] would be deeply damaging
to the countrys future by entrench-
ing a political role for the Tatmadaw,
leaving it permanently outside civil-
ian control and able to privilege its
institutional interests at the expense
of the country, the Brussels-based
group said.
The organisations report has
been issued at a time when debate is
growing over constitutional change,
including amendments that would
reduce the militarys inuence in
politics. A 31-member parliamentary
body, which includes seven serving
Tatmadaw personnel, has been in-
structed to consider provisions re-
lated to the military and ensure they
meet democratic norms.
On April 15, Daw Aung San Suu
Kyi criticised President U Thein Sein
for his suggestion that the current
constitutional review process should
not remove the militarys political
role.
She told reporters in Paris that
his stance was a matter of great con-
cern, arguing that a constitution that
gives the military a special and the
strongest position in the political
life of a nation cannot be democratic.
She was referring to a speech
President U Thein Sein gave to the
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on March 26 in
which he said the military will contin-
ue to play a role in the political tran-
sition but that this role will steadily
reduce as Myanmars democracy ma-
tures and progress is made on achiev-
ing peace with ethnic armed groups.
The president appears to have close-
ly aligned himself with Commander-in-
Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing,
who, at a ceremony to mark Armed
Forces Day the following day, also rein-
forced the Tatmadaws role in national
politics, particularly in terms of safe-
guarding the constitution.
The ICG report acknowledged that
the military does not see its constitu-
tional privileges as permanent and
that it is willing to consider them be-
ing phased out as the new political
system stabilises and matures.
Yet, the indications are that it will
move very cautiously, such that the
Tatmadaw will have a signicant role
in the political life of the country for
some time to come.
Members of the Tatmadaw march in formation during a ceremony to mark Armed
Forces Day in Nay Pyi Taw on March 27. Photo: AFP
THOMAS
KEAN
tdkean@gmail.com
Tatmadaw
returns
land to
Sagaing
farmers
MORE than 500 acres (200 hec-
tares) of farmland conscated by
the Tatmadaw in Sagaing Region
almost two decades ago has been
restored to its owners. The land in
Lel Gyi, Nome Twin and Yay Myat
villages was formally handed back
at a ceremony on April 11 in Saga-
ing township.
Many landowners said they
were arrested and beaten when it
was taken in 1996.
No compensation was paid at
the time of the conscation, which
threw many dispossessed farmers
into unemployment, said Daw
Khin Htay, whose land in Kyaung
Yay Myat village was seized.
When my 5-acre farm was
lost, I took any job I could get. I
didnt expect to get my land back.
Now that I have, Im hard at work
on my farm, she said.
Minister for Planning and Eco-
nomics U Sein Maung said the
return of the land gave the dispos-
sessed farmers a chance to rebuild
their lives. The army has given
back the conscated farms ac-
cording to the law. Farmers need
to farm more and to earn income
from high-quality fruit and veg-
etables, he said at the ceremony.
Hlaing Kyaw Soe,
translation by Khant Lin Oo
Think tank warns generals may try to keep undemocratic consitutional provisions longer than is healthy
The lion of Malaysia falls silent
KARPAL Singh, a Malaysian lawyer,
politician and stalwart defender of the
common man, was tragically killed in
a car accident on March 17.
Although many outside Malaysia
had not heard of him, Karpal, who
was 73, was a giant of a man, who
never compromised his principles.
He put many more famous gures to
shame.
He entered my life 20 years ago,
when, as the Malaysia bureau chief
for Asiaweek, I was reporting about
a proposal by some fervent Islamists
to whip illegal immigrants, including
women.
Karpal was fervently against it.
As he told me in his wonderfully
measured baritone: The iniction
of corporal punishment in our age is
incongruous. Its on the principle of
an eye for an eye and thats wrong.
Of course, it is. We all know that.
But few public gures in Malaysia
would stand up to the religious bigots
and say so. Karpal had no hesitation.
His heart was always in the right
place. He was the voice of the little
man, the conscience of the nation.
His law ofce was tucked away
in Pudu Raya, one of the oldest,
grungiest areas of Kuala Lumpur. The
always-crowded waiting room inside
was like some Kafka-esque vision of
the lost and bereft and downtrodden,
all waiting patiently for Karpal to de-
liver them from an injustice inicted
by the high and mighty.
He never let them down, never
turned anyone away as I discovered
myself when he always agreed to com-
ment on sensitive issues that no one
else would talk about.
Once, when working on a particu-
larly volatile story about the King of
Malaysia being sued for breach of
trust over a land dispute, Karpal not
only gave trenchant quotes but also
provided background support.
The story provoked a major outcry and I was carted of to the police
headquarters and subjected to a three-
hour interrogation. Naturally, it was
Karpal who later contacted me and
ofered succour and assistance.
Around the same time, another
highly sensitive story came my way. It
involved police ofcers brutally beat-
ing a suspect to try to force a confes-
sion out of him. The suspect, Lee Quat
Leong, 42, died.
The police privately tell me that
they have to hit suspects or they will
not talk, Karpal told me. Well, thats
one thing, but to kill them?
Well, they killed Lee. He was a
healthy married man with two kids,
who, as an air-conditioning techni-
cian, had done some work at a bank
that was later robbed.
Though he had no previous convic-
tions not even for a trafc ofence
he was taken in and questioned
without being allowed to see his fam-
ily or a lawyer.
Two weeks later, a constable visited
his wife and told her that Lee had
died in his cell. The death certicate
said it was due to internal haemor-
rhage caused by blunt trauma.
Karpal invited me to go with him to
see the body. It was a gruesome sight.
Lees arms and legs, frozen in rigor
mortis, were positioned as if he were
trying to beat on the cofn lid or
fend of blows. His mouth was twisted
in a horric scream. He had clearly
been bludgeoned to death.
It is not uncommon in Malay-
sia, Karpal said. The police beat up
people to get a confession. It makes it
easier for them to get a conviction.
Again, I was hauled in for ques-
tioning after my story about Lees
death in custody was published.
Naturally, the authorities were not
concerned about Lees demise, but
rather about how Id learned about it.
Later, thanks to Karpals eforts,
several constables were convicted of
assaulting Lee. However, they received
minimal sentences and the senior of-
cers were not punished at all.
Today, the authorities are likely to
feel even less restrained about beating
suspects to death, whipping women
and committing similar atrocities now
that the great watchdog, the Lion of
Malaysia, is dead.
Lawyer Karpal Singh speaks with Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim at
a cafeteria in Kuala Lumpur in August 2010. Photo: AFP
ROGER
MITTON
rogermitton@gmail.com
He was the voice
of the little man,
the conscience
of the nation.
Views
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Immigration reform
will benefit US, Asia
T
HE Statue of Liberty in New
York Harbor might in Emma
Lazaruss famous poem once
have welcomed your tired,
your poor, your huddled
masses [and] the wretched refuse
but that would not be for the AEC, or
ASEAN Economic Community. Labour
mobility under the AEC will be limited
as each nation understandably negoti-
ates for measures that work to what
they consider to be to their own advan-
tage. There are also anti-immigration
messages and stereotypes voiced in
Thailand of the Lao or the Myanmar, or
in Singapore of Indonesians and Malay,
that nd echoes in the unfortunate lan-
guage of a divided Washington of today.
For numerous countries in the Asia-
Pacic region, immigration remains a
contentious issue. Consider Australias
controversial eforts to intercept at sea
a new generation of boat people ee-
ing impoverished, strife-torn nations.
Or reect on Japans own much-doc-
umented immigration laws efectively
barring many ethnic Koreans from be-
coming citizens despite years of living,
and indeed being born, in that country.
Even in my own country, the United
States a nation known as a land of
immigrants and their descendants
the debate rages on. President Barack
Obama, who is currently on a visit to
Asia, and his predecessor George W
Bush have been unable to move a recal-
citrant Congress, split between Repub-
licans and Democrats, to act.
As I have argued, however, there is
at least one area where all US political
parties should be able to come together
for some meaningful, near-term ac-
tion. That is focusing on the untapped
potential of the many skilled men and
women who have already come to the
US through legal channels.
Unfortunately, this issue has gener-
ally been overlooked amid the focus on
the ow of unauthorised, low-skilled
immigrants into the US the vast ma-
jority of them from south of the US
border, but also including numerous
unskilled immigrants from Asia and
elsewhere. The language of immigra-
tion today is also increasingly politi-
cised, adding little to a constructive
discussion: illegal vs undocumented.
Amnesty vs a path to citizenship.
Yet, this larger, ongoing US debate
admittedly an important one on
immigration should not stand in the
way of making smaller-scale updates
to what has been the traditional path
forward for many seeking the Ameri-
can dream.
For skilled immigrants who were
doctors, lawyers or other professionals
in their countries of origin, rst jobs
in the United States typically take lit-
tle to no advantage of their full skill-set
given licensing or accreditation re-
quirements. The anecdotes are legion
and legend: the taxi driver from India
who was once an engineer, or the nan-
ny from the Philippines who had long
worked as a nurse back home.
The story is as old as America. Im-
migrants sacrice, and ultimately suc-
ceed in building better lives for their
children, if not yet themselves. That
was certainly the story shared among
many in my own family as some 120
people, descendants of Chinese im-
migrants of many decades past, came
together last August in Seattle for our
rst family reunion.
And like many a Pacic Northwest
family, the occupations and preoccupa-
tions were varied, from a Seattle public
school teacher to a Boeing engineer and
my own recent service as one of the few
US ambassadors of Chinese heritage.
Many in our extended family gath-
ered again earlier this year in Yakima,
Washington, to remember and celebrate
the life of a great aunt, Jade Hong Chin,
who recently passed away. She immi-
grated to the US in 1947 to be united
with her husband Calvin after WWII
had separated them. Her and other tales
of immigrant life, of separation and
of coming together, and of becoming
American will not change. They will be
echoed in future tales of others.
But what could well change, with
bipartisan support in Washington, is
support for an efort focusing rst on
immigrant integration, separate and
distinct from the contentious issue of
immigrant admissions.
Today, America again has the op-
portunity to mend a broken system and
set an example for Asia-Pacic nations
that are also struggling with how best
to welcome strangers to their shores
and perhaps one day to turn them into
new citizens. In his remarks during his
trip to Asia, Obama may well choose to
acknowledge the contributions of the
many Americans or their ancestors
who once called Korea, Japan, the Phil-
ippines, Malaysia or somewhere else in
the region home.
An even better tribute would in-
clude the US president and Congress
putting politics aside and focusing rst
on ensuring skilled immigrants can
fully utilise their talents and educa-
tion toward building an even stronger
America. This might be a small step
forward but it can help build trust that
will be critical for a larger deal. High-
skilled immigration reform also will
be to the near-term benet of the US
and its economy, as well as the many
Asians seeking legally to build better
lives there, and also provide a shining
example to Asia and to the nations
of the AEC that progress can still be
made even on the most difcult issues.
Curtis S Chin, a former US ambassador
to the Asian Development Bank under
presidents Barack Obama and George
W Bush from 2007 to 2010, is managing
director of advisory firm RiverPeak Group.
Follow him on Twitter at @CurtisSChin.
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PEOPLE sit in plastic chairs, their
faces forlorn as they wait for the
queue to slowly inch forward. Others
sit on rolled out maps or sheets of
newspaper, some having even slept
out overnight so as to get a more ad-
vantageous place in line.
You could be forgiven for thinking
this was a line of refugees at a border
crossing who are trying to ee a war-
torn country. But no, it was the line
for visas at the Thai embassy in Yan-
gon prior to water festival.
When the embassy opened its
doors to the long queue in the morn-
ing, it prompted chaos: jostling, ar-
guing and complaining. But these
are not poor people, some desperate
mob living out on the streets: Most
are middle-class and are going to
visit Thailand by air.
Why did this happen? Why are
Myanmar people having trouble get-
ting a visa to visit Thailand?
The Thailand embassy closed for
four days during water festival, from
April 14 to 17. However, April 12-13
was a weekend, so it was closed for
visa processing for six days before
reopening for one day, a Friday, and
then closing again over the weekend.
Another problem is that all ap-
plicants must show an issued air
ticket. Three or four years ago, those
who had previously visited Thailand
could get a visa by handing over
their passport, two photos and a
completed application form. Later,
the embassy started asking all visi-
tors, including those who had been
to Thailand, many times to show air
tickets. It remains unclear why this
provision was put in place.
If there was more certainty about
being able to procure a visa then the
air ticket requirement would hardly
pose a problem. However, the inabil-
ity of the embassy to meet demand
from visa applicants meant those
who missed out on a visa had also
wasted their money on air tickets
that they could not use.
Another issue is the lack of any
efort to assist or manage the hun-
dreds of people waiting outside the
embassy each day for a visa. There
were no ofcials to ensure order. Peo-
ple become more and more frustrat-
ed and inevitably there were some
arguments along the line.
The embassy could easily have
taken steps to manage the crowd.
One option would have been to take
the names and passport numbers or
other identication from all of those
waiting, give them a token and then
x a date for them to come back and
apply for a visa.
The number of tokens could have
been limited to how many visas the
embassy could process in the time
before water festival began. Once the
tokens run out, just announce that
visas are no longer available. This
would have ensured people did not
have to spend up to three days wait-
ing only to return empty-handed.
These difculties also concern
the Myanmar authorities. When it
comes to how visas are issued, there
is no equality between Myanmar and
Thai citizens. For the past year or so,
Thais and other foreigners who are
issued a visa at the Myanmar em-
bassy in Bangkok have been allowed
to enter the country through border
crossings at Tachileik, Myawaddy
and Kawthoung border gates.
Myanmar citizens cant enter
Thailand through these gates, how-
ever, as the Thai embassy in Yangon
wont issue a visa without an air tick-
et. It is a failing of the Myanmar au-
thorities that they have not pointed
out this discrimination against My-
anmar citizens.
The Thai embassy makes millions
of dollars a year from visa fees. Based
on this alone let alone the objective
of being a good neighbour the em-
bassy should try a little harder to of-
fer a decent service to Myanmar peo-
ple. Certainly, they should not simply
ignore the problems happening on
their front doorstep. Translation
by Zar Zar Soe
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WORLD Bank ofcials have urged
the government to take steps to avoid
runaway ination. The rate has al-
ready doubled in the past year and
has a disproportionate efect on the
poor, they say.
According to the World Bank of-
ce in Myanmar, ination averaged
2.8 percent last year, sharply rising to
5.8pc in the 2013-2014 scal year.
Food ination has a dispropor-
tionate efect on the poor, Kanthan
Shankar, country manager of the World
Bank Myanmar ofce, told The Myan-
mar Times, responding to questions
about the rise in ination that accom-
panied increasing GDP.
On the one hand, a lot of invest-
ments are coming in, so youre going to
have ination. But how will this impact
the poor? That should always be taken
into account.
According to the World Banks
East Asia and the Pacic Economic
Update released on April 7, Myan-
mars economy grew 7.5pc in 2013 and
is likely to reach 7.8pc in 2014, 2015
and 2016.
Khwima Nthara, senior country
economist of the World Bank said
the two main drivers of ination are
the insufcient domestic rice sup-
ply resulting from ooding, and an
increase in the money supply for do-
mestic credit to the private sector.
This is mainly because of the in-
crease in domestic credit to the private
sector. In a way this is a good thing be-
cause it means banks are lending to
the private sector so they can invest,
and thats why the economy is grow-
ing. But thats also driving up prices.
The government should work to
keep ination under control, he said.
U Hla Maung, a local independent
economist, told The Myanmar Times
that factors also included the salary
increase for government staf, higher
electricity prices and the trade decit.
The government recently took
some actions that could have caused
primary food prices to go up. This
can accelerate ination and make
poor people poorer he said. With
this trend, I dont know how the gov-
ernment will implement economic
growth. The government should man-
age rising prices properly.
According to a local price index,
prices of meat, sh, vegetables, fruit
and other basic foods have increased
by about 20pc this month.
Whats the point of putting up
our salaries if food prices are also
going up? asked one low-paid gov-
ernment worker who requested ano-
nymity. The extra K20,000 [US$20]
a month cant compete with the rise
in prices. Were no better of.
U Khine Htun, a local business
researcher, told The Myanmar Times
that this years overall ination rate
of 6-7pc was the result of increases
in basic commodity prices, especially
food. Property prices were increasing,
while car prices had fallen. But these
items are not taken into account when
calculating the Consumer Price Index
(CPI) on which ination rates were
based. Its the price of food, cloth-
ing, rent and fuel that impact ina-
tion U Khine Htun said. I anticipate
further inationary pressure because
of a possible increase in electricity
bills and a salary rise for government
staf. Additionally, strikes will lead to
wage increases, then increases in pro-
duction costs, and then commodity
price increases.
U Than Lwin, retired vice gover-
nor of the Central Bank of Myanmar,
told The Myanmar Times that the
government should control the money
supply. With the entry of FDI, produc-
tivity will rise and consequently ina-
tion will fall. GDP is increasing steadily,
but apparently not as fast as the popu-
lation growth rate, so the demand for
goods is still greater than the supply.
A Central Bank ofcial, who re-
quested anonymity, said ination
was being monitored to ensure
that it remained below the bank
savings rate, which is about 8pc a
year. He added that property prices
had not reached the bubble stage
and would cease to rise when they
reached their proper level. The
opening of the stock market in 2015
would provide another investment
option that could reduce speculation
in the property market.
Customers walk through a wet market in Yangon. Photo: AFP
Government needs to address rising
inflation rate; World Bank economists
ZAW
HTIKE
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DESPITE ongoing energy projects,
the countrys chronic electricity
shortage is set to continue, Minister
for Electric Power U Khin Maung
Soe says. Electricity generated from
hydropower, natural gas and coal-
red plants cannot overcome the
countrys chronic shortage of elec-
tricity, he said at a press conference
earlier this month.
The minister said Myanmars
power consumption had increased
annually by 15 percent and was
predicted to hit 2370 megawatts
this summer. It is forecast to rise to
2844MW in 2015 and about 3950MW
in 2016.
Further, it is predicted that elec-
tricity demand will increase to
5686MW in 2020 and 19,216MW in
2030.
Developing power plants takes
time. We need to start now, he said.
Currently, electricity supply for
the entire country is handled from
Ye Ywar power station.
Inevitably, we will face electric-
ity shortages again in 2020 and 2030
if we dont start developing powerful
generators now. We seriously need to
implement new large-scale coal-red
and hydropower plants that could
generate many megawatts of elec-
tricity to provide adequately for the
future, said the minister.
Agreement has already been
reached for domestic us of half the
electricity to be produced from hy-
dropower projects now under way.
If we have a surplus, we will con-
sider selling it overseas, he said.
Power supply still falling short
PYAE THET PHYO
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The 40MW Nan Cho Hydropower Station annually generates 152 million kilowatt-
hours, Which opened east of Pyinmana on April 11. Photo: Pyae The Phyo
25 BUSINESS EDITOR: Jeremy Mullins | jeremymullins7@gmail.com
FUNDAMENTAL problems with My-
anmars banking system are deterring
traders from using banking services
in cross-border transactions, casting
doubt on ofcial gures for import and
export volumes and revenue, industry
sources say.
The only bank with branches in
border areas is Myanma Economic
Bank, forcing traders with accounts
elsewhere, such as Myanma Invest-
ment and Commercial Bank (MICB) or
Myanma Foreign Trade Bank (MFTB),
to use MEB.
Time-consuming manual fund
transfers between banks are a ma-
jor cause of delay, said a Ministry of
Commerce ofcial connected to the
Myawaddy border trade. This has
prompted import-export companies to
use other informal methods, particu-
larly hundi, an informal remittance sys-
tem used by traders that works outside
of the traditional nancial system.
A trader must have a bank account
with sufcient credit before applying
for an operating licence from the Min-
istry of Commerce, he said.
Some importers operate without
enough cash in the bank, he said, a
violation of World Trade Organisation
standards that he said the government
should resolve before foreign banks be-
gin operations in Myanmar.
Sources say exporters have to send
their own funds to foreign custom-
ers who want to pay through a letter
of credit (LC) and risk losses through
exchange rate uctuations. Transfers
from MICB or MFTB to MEB can take
two days, which is inconvenient when
urgent payments need to be made.
Beans and pulses trader U Win
Aung said the situation was worst at
the Myawaddy and Muse border posts.
An MEB ofcial said the main prob-
lem was not the lack of linkages be-
tween banks, but a lack of trust between
local traders and their customers.
Most of our traders have to show
their product rst so buyers can check
the quality, but are unlikely to request
buyers to put up the money, he said.
However, Central Bank policy re-
quires importers to keep enough funds
in their account to cover the cost of
their purchases, while international
banks allow traders to deposit half the
amount of the transaction.
The Central Bank plans to reduce
its margin, but not yet, said an MEB
ofcer.
Commercial banks began ofering
LCs to facilitate faster transactions last
August, several banking sources said
last week.
Six commercial banks ofering LCs
are authorised to handle foreign cur-
rency accounts, including Ayeyarwady,
Asia Green Development, Cooperative,
Kanbawza, Myanma Apex and Myan-
mar Oriental.
However, commercial banks can-
not extend their LC services as much
as state-owned banks do because they
need trustworthiness from foreign
bank partners, depending on agree-
ments they have signed, sources said.
State-owned and commercial banks
generally charge fees of about US$25
up to $20,000, and about 1.25 percent
for larger payments through LCs for
exports, while charges vary depending
on the type and quantity of commodity.
The Central Bank has yet to allow
commercial banks to deal in Thai baht
and Chinese yuan, the currencies most-
ly using in border trading, even though
private banks proposed this last year,
said Cooperative Bank managing direc-
tor U Pe Myint.
That is a huge barrier to border
trade, he said.
State-owned banks have ofered
this service for many years, while we
just started a few years ago. But we
have extended our network and want
to be allowed to do more.
Banking system issues deterring border traders
Trucks transport goods through the Myawaddy border area. Photo: Staff
AYE THIDA
KYAW
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PROPERTY 30
Property prices
continue to surge in
New East Dagon
Exchange Rates (April 25 close)
Currency Buying Selling
Euro
Malaysia Ringitt
Singapore Dollar
Thai Baht
US Dollar
K1320
K293
K759
K29
K957
K1338
K295
K769
K30
K967
Manufacturing puts
FDI over US$4
billion mark
BUSINESS 27
A LAW to regulate intellectual proper-
ty covering essential matters of copy-
right, design, trademarks and patents
could nally be passed later this year
as the latest draft is now undergoing
legal review before its submission to
parliament.
A strong IP law is considered vital
to attracting foreign investors who
might otherwise be concerned that
their trademarks or patents could be
pirated. It has special signicance
in view of Myanmars entry into the
ASEAN Economic Community, sched-
uled for launch next year.
After review, the draft can be sub-
mitted to parliament, Daw Hnin Nwe
Aye, assistant director in the Ministry
of Science and Technology, the min-
istry in charge of drawing up the law
in cooperation with the World Intel-
lectual Property Organisation, said on
April 22.
The draft covers copyright, indus-
trial design, trademarks and patents,
as well as dening crimes and setting
penalties, including imprisonment
and nes for breaches of the law, in ac-
cordance with international norms. It
would replace a copyright law enacted
in 1914.
U Aung Soe Oo, adviser to the
ASEAN Intellectual Property Associa-
tion, said an IP law would prevent the
imitation of trademarks and patent
infringements.
We need an IP law so that compa-
nies can register their trademark and
patents, and they will be protected, he
said.
U Than Maung, another adviser to
the ASEAN Intellectual Property Asso-
ciation, said the law should be enacted
before 2015 to ensure protection for
international investment and trading
within the context of the ASEAN eco-
nomic community.
Ron Harris, executive director of
Food and Agriculture into Asia un-
der Australias Department of the
Environment and Primary Industries
Victoria, said, We are interested in in-
vesting in Myanmar as a new market.
But he added that an IP law would
help to make sure that products were
protected.
Attempts to enact an IP law have
been ongoing since 1998, with the rst
draft completed in 2004. Drafting re-
sumed in 2012. The current version is
the 12
th
draft.
Long delayed IP law
undergoing legal review
NYAN LYNN AUNG
29.nyanlynnaung@gmail.com
1914
Year Myanmars current
IP law was enacted.
26 Business THE MYANMAR TIMES APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014
ASIA is well positioned to capital-
ise on favourable global trends and
enjoy steady growth in 201415. Re-
cent policy actions taken to address
vulnerabilities have started to bear
fruit. With vigilance and further re-
forms, the region should remain re-
silient to global risks and continue
to be a dynamic force driving the
strengthening global recovery.
As chair of ASEAN in 2014 Myan-
mar will play an important role in
ensuring this happens. Myanmar is
also well placed to take advantage of
the regions growth provided that it
continues to build its macroeconom-
ic policy tools and institutions. and
invest in infrastructure and social
services.
How do we arrive at these con-
clusions in our latest Regional Eco-
nomic Outlook? First, global activity
has been rming up, and this will
help Asias exports. The growth mo-
mentum has gathered steam in the
United States and Euro area, thanks
to a reduction in scal tightening,
and still accommodative monetary
conditions.
And while some large emerg-
ing market economies have slowed,
overall growth in emerging markets
has picked up. Stock markets across
most of the globe have reected
those trends and many have reached
all time highs.
Second, the largest economies in
the region are also doing relatively
well, despite some challenges. In
China, the unveiling of the govern-
ments reform agenda has boosted
sentiment, and growth should mod-
erate only slightly to 7.5 percent in
2014.
Meanwhile, Abenomics has lifted
condence and ination in Japan,
and growth there should remain
above trend at 1.4pc in 2014. This
favourable external environment is
benetting the rest of the region, to-
gether with healthy labour markets
and robust credit growth in many
economies.
The overall outlook for Asia is
one of steady, robust growth of about
5.5pc in 201415. No longer as stellar
as a few years ago, but still enviable
by international standards.
Third, external risks have receded
in Emerging Asia, including when
compared to some emerging econo-
mies in other regions. Asias emerg-
ing markets moved swiftly to ad-
dress their vulnerabilities following
last years market turbulence, and
now have stronger macroeconomic
fundamentals.
In Myanmar, we expect growth
to rise to around 7.8pc in 2014-15
as construction accelerates and ser-
vices growth remains strong. How-
ever, ination is forecast to remain
elevated fuelled by electricity prices
and strong domestic demand.
So far so good for Asia, but this
outlook assumes that risk factors re-
main dormant. An unexpected tight-
ening of global liquidity would afect
the region. Domestic vulnerabilities
could magnify the impact: As inter-
est rates rise, vulnerabilities stem-
ming from pockets of high corporate
leverage and household indebtedness
would come to the fore. In addition,
economies with weaker fundamen-
tals would be hard hit, similar to what
happened a year ago when markets
abruptly revised their expectations of
future US monetary policy.
Asia is also facing various risks
originating from within the region.
These include a sharper-than-envis-
aged slowdown and nancial sector
vulnerabilities in China, a waning
impact of Abenomics, and political
tensions and uncertainty.
In Myanmar, risks to the outlook
are mainly domestic, including from
the still-infant macroeconomic poli-
cy tools at the authorities disposal.
However, adverse international
developments could intensify these
risks, particularly if they further
fuel ination or further tightening
of nancial conditions put pressure
on the international reserves of the
newly autonomous central bank.
A continuation of the recent mac-
ro economic and structural policy
momentum would help keep risks
at bay, maintain investor condence
and sustain the regions growth lead-
ership. Decisive progress on struc-
tural reforms is critical.
The agenda varies across the re-
gion, involving vigorous implemen-
tation of the governments reform
blueprint to put growth on a more
sustainable path in China; further
product and labour market reforms
to prevent deation and low growth
from returning in Japan; and lift-
ing regulatory impediments, boost-
ing infrastructure and continuing to
promote trade and nancial integra-
tion in many emerging, frontier and
developing economies, as well as in
Pacic Island countries and small
states.
As Myanmar has embarked on a
far-reaching economic transition it
faces a wide array of policy reform
challenges. Progress in the macroe-
conomic area so far though has been
impressive, as shown by the success-
ful completion of the 2013 reform
program that the IMF jointly moni-
tored with the government.
Nevertheless there are still many
challenges ahead. In particular, the
authorities need to focus on equip-
ping the central bank with the mon-
etary policy tools to combat ination
and with the international reserves
needed to cushion against shocks.
The budget needs to continue to
increase investment in physical and
social infrastructure while keeping
debt at manageable levels. This cru-
cially depends on increasing tax rev-
enues, which requires policies that
ask everybody to pay a fair share and
systems to collect revenues efective-
ly and efciently.
Finally, the nancial sector needs
to be modernised to facilitate the
private sector investment and trade
that is needed to create sustained
and inclusive growth.
We in the International Monetary
Fund, together with our partners in
the international community, realise
that achieving these objectives is a
long-term project. We are committed
to supporting Myanmar in a range of
ways, including providing policy ad-
vice, monitoring progress, technical
assistance and training. This should
help Myanmar achieve its aim of be-
ing at the heart of a dynamic and
prosperous Asia.
Yu Ching Wong is the International
Monetary Funds resident representative
in Myanmar.
Asias momentum
looks set to continue
COMMENT
YU CHING
WONG
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CHINESE budget carrier Spring Air-
lines said it plans to raise 2.5 billion
yuan (US$400 million) in an initial
public ofering (IPO) in Shanghai to
fund eet expansion in the countrys
rapidly expanding aviation sector.
The company plans to sell up to
100 million new shares for listing
on the main board of the Shanghai
Stock Exchange, according to a draft
prospectus released late on April 24.
Proceeds will be used to help pur-
chase up to nine Airbus A320 aircraft
and three A320 ight simulators, as
well as to replenish working capital,
it said in a document led with the
China Securities Regulatory Com-
mission (CSRC).
It already had 39 A320 jets in ser-
vice and operated 64 inbound and
outbound routes at the end of 2013,
according to the document.
Spring Airlines rst announced
plans for an IPO in 2009, seeking to
raise more than US$160 million, but
delayed several times due to sluggish
conditions and weakness in the do-
mestic aviation sector.
Chinas commercial airline indus-
try is dominated by the Big Three
Air China, China Eastern Airlines
and China Southern Airlines but
a move towards greater competi-
tion has seen the growth of smaller
players.
The aviation industry in Asia
is booming with a growing middle
class keen to take to the air.
Springs share ofer plan must
still pass several rounds of review by
the CSRC before approval.
Based in the commercial hub of
Shanghai, Spring Airlines was set
up in 2004 with registered capital of
300 million yuan. The rm recorded
a net prot of 732.2 million yuan last
year, up 17.2 percent from 2012, the
prospectus showed. AFP
SHANGHAI
China budget airline Spring
plans US$400 million IPO
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COMMENT
MANY expats recoil at the words retire-
ment or pension. They sometimes state
they will never retire, whereas I say
never say never. But it is understand-
able that many well-seasoned expats
feel they are invincible and will work
until they drop. So maybe the word
retirement is on a far horizon in many
minds. It could be more aptly described
as achieving nancial independence.
Many of us have formal pensions
from our home governments and per-
haps even previous employments. We
cannot access these except as income
from a certain age. Most expats also
have an asset pool which will supple-
ment these pension provisions to pro-
vide for our golden years.
So should you be planning for your
nancial independence? The answer is
a capital YES. No matter what age you
are, it is never too soon or too late to
look at what you have today and then
plan for your future. The earlier you
start the easier it will be for you.
For example, an expat had a daugh-
ter and decided to begin a personal
asset accumulation plan for her from
the time she was born. So he began a
regular savings plan with US$100 per
month. He increased the amount saved
each year by 10 percent. By the time
his daughter was 18 he ceased the pay-
ments and gifted the plan to her as a
starter for her pension. At that point he
had contributed a total of $54,719 into
the plan. She did not touch the assets
but continued to leave them invested
in the scheme. At an average accumula-
tion of between 7pc and 8pc, when she
reaches age 55 the fund will have grown
to a value in excess of $1 million!
Einstein once said that the most
powerful force on Earth is compound
interest. Once the growth begins, it
snowballs more and more as time goes
by. If you add the advantage of dollar
cost averaging (DCA) to this, your assets
can grow in a very powerful way. When
you DCA into investments, you buy in
over a period of time and take advan-
tage of price uctuations for your asset
purchase.
A professional adviser will be able
to help you build a comprehensive plan
toward the accumulation and manage-
ment of wealth for your future. Plan-
ning and implementation as early as
you can is the key. Your adviser should
also be able to help you on the use and
management of any deferred pension
schemes you have collected along the
way and help you to restructure your
afairs to incorporate the combination
to plan your future nancial independ-
ence, or retirement at your planned
slow down date.
If you have ever worked in the UK
you have very likely been part of a
private pension scheme there. Once
you leave employment, the pension is
deferred and you are only allowed to
take the benets at the scheme ofcial
retirement age, which could vary from
55 to 65.
Since 2006 it has been possible to
transfer your UK private pension scheme
ofshore to a Qualied Recognised Over-
seas Pension Scheme (QROPS), which
have a number of advantages over leav-
ing the pension in the UK.
First, you will never be required
to convert your scheme to an annuity
where you lose the ownership of the
asset, because you swap this for an
income. Instead, you draw an income
from the QROPS fund when you want
to do so. QROPS pension payments
are free of UK income tax; ofer much
broader investment exibility; and set
up a fund which you own and can be
passed to your heirs, rather than ofer-
ing a simple widows pension and then
nothing. You also leave the residual sum
free of any UK inheritance and death
taxes when you die. The advantages
ofered to the expat, no matter what
nationality, with these schemes are sub-
stantial.
It is essential that you take profes-
sional advice when looking at a QROPS
transfer, as the rules are complex
and interpretation can often lead to
confusion.
Andrew Woodis executive director of
Bangkok-based firm Platinum Financial
Services Limited.
Expat Basics: A look at pensions
ANDREW WOOD
enquiriesmyanmar@fsplatinum.com
MYANMAR received almost US$2
billion in new foreign investment in
manufacturing during the 2013-14
nancial year a sector the govern-
ment has prioritised in an efort to
boost job creation.
New gures from the Directorate
of Investment and Company Admin-
istration show that the Myanmar
Investment Commission approved
$4.1 billion in new investment in
the nancial year that ended on
March 31 almost three times the
$1.42 billion in 2012-13.
Of the total, around 45 percent
went toward manufacturing pro-
jects, said DICA director general U
Aung Naing Oo.
Labour-intensive manufacturing
has been prioritised and promoted,
and the investment proposals we re-
ceived included lots of labour-inten-
sive manufacturing that was really
the driving force behind the increase
we saw last year, he said.
The telecommunications and ho-
tel sectors accounted for another
29pc and 10pc respectively, with
investment also owing into nine
other sectors, including oil and gas,
mining, transportation and prop-
erty. A total of 123 new businesses
were approved and the projects are
expected to create just shy of 90,000
new jobs.
U Aung Naing Oo said the gures
showed the governments eforts
to initiate economic reform were
having an impact, particularly in
telecommunications, with foreign
companies Telenor and Ooredoo
granted operating licences in June
2013.
The increase occurred due to
the government guidelines to pro-
mote the labour-intensive manufac-
turing sector, he said. Secondly,
the governments economic reform,
because it opened up the telecom
sector by enacting new laws.
And the increase in hotel busi-
ness, thirdly, is because, in my per-
sonal opinion, the countrys reforms
have boosted the tourism sector and
this has encouraged investment in
hotel businesses.
Not all sectors attracted signi-
cant investments. One that strug-
gled in particular was electric pow-
er, which has accounted for almost
42pc of contracted foreign invest-
ment since 1988, with $19.3 billion.
However, a number of large projects
have yet to be realised, including
the $3.6 billion Myitsone dam and
$6 billion Tasang dam on the Than
Lwin River.
U Aung Naing Oo said only a
handful of applications were reject-
ed last year.
Very few were refused because
we explained whether we could ac-
cept them or not during the discus-
sion process, he said. For those that
were rejected, it was because they
were not environmentally safe or not
in line with the countrys policy.
Analysts said that Myanmar still
faced limitations due to lack of in-
frastructure development and con-
cerns over the countrys political
stability.
Although we hope for invest-
ment in technology and high-pro-
le investors, they will come only
when the countrys situations and
systems are adaptable to the way
that they want to do business,
U Aung Naing Oo said.
This, U Hnin Oo, a central ex-
ecutive committee member at the
Union of Myanmar Federation of
Chambers of Commerce and Indus-
try, stressed that the country must
look broadly for investors.
If there is a winwin situation
between foreign and local business-
men and the investments are bene-
cial to the country and investors, all
investments from any country have
to be welcomed, he said.
The 2013-14 gure is historically
high for Myanmar about double
the average annual foreign invest-
ment since 1988, when the country
emerged from 26 years of socialist
rule.
FDI tops US$4 billion
on manufacturing boost
The increase
occurred due to
the government
guidelines to
promote the
labour-intensive
manufacturing
sector.
U Aung Naing Oo
DICA director general
SANDAR
LWIN
sdlsandar@gmail.com
JOB WATCH
The United Nations Offce for Project Services (UNOPS) in Myanmar is inviting qualifed candi-
dates to apply for the following positions:
Sr. Title and level Duty Station Position Deadline
1. Human Resources Associate (LICA-4) Yangon National 30 April 2014
2. Head of Programme -3MDG (IICA -3) Yangon International 30 April 2014
3. Operations Assistant (LICA-3) Yangon National 30 April 2014

The beneft package for the above positions includes an attractive remuneration, 30 days annual
leave and 10 holidays per year, medical insurance (only for national positions), learning and de-
velopment opportunities and a challenging work environment with 250 national and international
colleagues.
All applications must be made through the UNOPS E-recruitment System. Please go to https://
gprs.unops.org and click on the post that you are interested in applying for. If you do not have
access to the internet, please contact UNOPS directly on the numbers below.
For any quires please do not hesitate to contact UNOPS at 95 1 657 281-7 Ext: 147
WWF MYANMAR
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
The World Wide Fund for Nature in Myanmar (WWF-Myanmar) is seeking the
applications from dynamic and highly motivated Myanmar nationals for the
following vacancies:
Sr. Title JV No.
1. Communications Manager 007/14
2. Communications Offcer 008/14
3. Engagement and Awareness Project Offcer 009/14
4. Senior Research Offcer 010/14
5. Senior Spatial Planning Offcer 011/14
Candidates should email a cover letter, curriculum vitae and stating the position
title in English to: vacancy.mm@wwfgreatermekong.org.
Detailed Job Description for the positions are posted on www.panda.org/jobs
and www.panda.org/greatermekong under Jobs.
Application documents should be addressed as Document_Yourfullname.
Application deadline is open until flled.
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral
Assistance (International IDEA) is an intergovernmental
organization with a mission to support sustainable democracy
worldwide.
International IDEA is implementing programming in support of Myanmars
democratic transition through the development of comparative knowledge
resources, the promotion of institutional development and the facilitation of
inclusive dialogue about democratic reform options.
We are seeking two highly talented Myanmar nationals with experience and
interest in democratic reform to join our team in the roles of Program Offcer
and Finance Operations Offcer. Competitive salary and benefts available.
For full details and to apply, please visit:
http://www.idea.int/about/vacancies/
Deadline for applications: Monday, May 5, 2014
The Nippon Foundation, a Japanese philanthropic organization
engaged in humanitarian assistance and supporting confict
affected communities in Myanmar, is seeking

to implement its programmes in support to confictaffected
communities in the states of the ethnic minorities.
Qualifcations/attributes:
Graduate with a bachelors degree
3 years experience in humanitarian/development programme
implementation with community based organization,
Government or National/International NGO
Experience in programme planning, associated logistics
management and programme M&E
Professional capacity to work through English and Myanmar
language
Capacity to work in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural environment
Commitment to peacebuilding in Myanmar
Working conditions:
Competitive salary and working conditions
Operating primarily in Yangon with regular trips to other
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Employment may be through a recruitment agency
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Please send the Application together with CV and relevant
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than 9th May 2014.
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Room No.501, 5th foor,Sakura Tower, No.339, Bogyoke Aung
San Road, Kyauktada T/S, Yangon, Myanmar
Ph:09-254262057, 09-73105273
National Programme Offcers
Shwe Taung Development Co.,Ltd
Shopping Centre Division
Email: zayleicho@gmail.com
Chief Engineer Male (1) Post
- Degree of B.E (Electrical)
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Business Development manager
Marketing manager
Sales and distribution manager
Brand manager
Logistic officer
Medical doctor
Project manager
Sales engineer
Site engineer
No. 851/853 (A/B), 3rd Floor, Room (7/8), Bogyoke Aung San Road,
Lanmadaw Township, Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel: (951) 229 437, 09 49 227 773, 09 730 94007
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HR Manager
HR Executive
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Secretary
Passenger service agent ( airline)
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The Fine Print
Legal & tax insight
Amendments to tax
legislation (part two)
SEVERAL new laws passed at the
end of March have brought impor-
tant changes to tax legislation that
came into efect on April 1, 2014.
The 2014 Union Tax Law sig-
nicantly increased the number of
businesses that are subject to com-
mercial tax. Previously, service pro-
viders had to pay commercial tax
only if their business was included
in a list of taxable services. Now, all
services provided in the country are
subject to commercial tax unless
they are on a list of 26 specically
exempted services. Companies and
individual entrepreneurs who have
not registered for commercial tax
yet have to check whether they are
obliged to do so now.
Among others, renting out
houses and car parks, life insur-
ance, micronance, health care,
education, the transport of goods,
banking, contract manufacturing,
IT services and technology, and
management consultancy services
are exempt from commercial tax.
Commercial tax in many aspects
resembles VAT in other countries.
However, the possibility to ofset
input tax with output tax is limited
to certain transactions.
A retailer for example can of-
set the commercial tax on the pur-
chase of its merchandise (input
tax) with the tax charged to its
customers (output tax). This ofset
prevents the accumulation of com-
mercial tax over the value chain;
the commercial tax paid by the re-
tailer does not increase the retail-
ers costs. A service provider, on the
other hand, cannot ofset input tax
with output tax. Commercial tax
paid for the purchase of goods or
services increases the costs of the
service provider and, ultimately,
the price it has to charge to its cus-
tomers.
The new laws have not made
any amendments to the restrictions
on ofsetting input tax with output
tax in spite of having signicantly
broadened the scope of application
for commercial tax.
The ordinary commercial tax
rate is 5 percent. The 2014 Union
Tax Law introduces a reduced rate
of 2pc for citizen entrepreneurs
and state-owned enterprises. If a
100pc citizen-owned manufactur-
ing company sells its manufac-
tured goods, it only has to charge
2pc commercial tax to its custom-
ers instead of the usual 5pc. This
measure aims at giving locally pro-
duced goods a competitive advan-
tage over imported goods. Howev-
er, foreign-invested manufacturing
companies cannot avail themselves
of the reduced rate.
Contrary to what could have
been expected from the draft of
the 2014 Union Tax Law, the do-
mestic production and subsequent
sale and the import of petrol, die-
sel and aviation jet fuel are still
subject to 10pc commercial tax in-
stead of the standard rate of 5pc.
If, however, jet fuel is imported by
Myanmar Petroleum Products En-
terprise, only 5pc commercial tax is
charged.
More acts of non-compliance are
now subject to a ne. A ne equiva-
lent to 10pc of the tax is in particu-
lar levied if a taxpayer fails to regis-
ter its business, pay commercial tax
in full and in time, le quarterly and
annual tax returns, appear for an ex-
amination relating to an assessment,
or store required receipts. A ne of
100pc of the tax is levied if a seller
or service provider keeps a receipt
instead of handing it over to the
customer.
Sebastian and Zin Nwe are consultants
with Polastri Wint & Partners Legal &
Tax Advisors.
SEBASTIAN PAWLITA
sebastian@pwplegal.com
ZIN NWE LINN
zinnwe@pwplegal.com
WOULD-BE investors in the Kyauk-
pyu Special Economic Zone in Rakh-
ine State are awaiting invitations to
tender, but no date has yet been set for
the issuance of invitations as experts
work on a master plan for the zone.
A consortium of consulting rms
selected to develop the master plan
and manage the tender process for the
Kyaukpyu SEZ is now conducting a
feasibility study and analysis, U Aung
Kyaw Than, joint secretary of the Bid
Evaluation and Awarding Committee
(BEAC), told The Myanmar Times.
But BEAC member U Than Maung
said the master plan was not yet com-
plete, and there was no indication yet
of what companies might be interest-
ed in investing in the SEZ, which has
an estimated cost of US$277 million.
U Pho Cho, executive director of
Golden Land Development Public
Company, which was set up to invest
in the SEZ, said that once the master
plan appeared, his company could
consider how best to cooperate with
international developers.
Nina Yang, executive director of
Creative Professional Groups, the Sin-
gapore-based consultant for the SEZ,
said she could release no information
without BEAC approval.
Consulting frms
drawing master plan
for Kyaukphyu SEZ
NYAN LYNN AUNG
29.nyanlynnaung@gmail.com
A worker stands near pieces to a pipeline in Kyaukpyu, Rakhine State. Photo:Staff
BUSINESS EDITOR: Jeremy Mullins | jeremymullins7@gmail.com
Property
HOUSE OF THE WEEK
Summer breeze
This new three-storey house is located
within in its own large, walled com-
pound on Parami Yeik Thar street in
Yankin township.
The house occupies 750sqft while
the property totals 2204sqft. The house
features three master bedrooms, living
room, dining room, veranda, kitchen
and a maids quarter.
Five air conditioners keep the house
cool and airy while water heaters keep
the showers warm. The house is not
furnished.
It is conveniently located near
Yankin Center. Tin Yadanar Htun
Location : Yankin township,
Parami Yeik Thar Street
Price : K2 million per month
(negotiable)
Contact : Estate Myanmar Real
Estate Agent
Phone : 09 43118787, 09 73114860
ALREADY hot, land prices in New
East Dagon are set to soar further over
the next few months, real estate pro-
fessionals say. The price of land locat-
ed near key roads has doubled since
last October, and the post-Thingyan
buying season is just beginning.
U Khin Mg Aye of Shwe Kan Myay
Real Estate agency said six months ago
a 2400 square-foot-plot with a main
road connection would sell for K30-40
million, but now the price has leaped
to K1 billion. A plot in a typical ward
could go for between K10 million and
K50 million. New East Dagon has an
industrial zone and housing projects,
so both buyers and sellers are inter-
ested, he said.
Land prices are up not only in
New East Dagon but also in other in-
dustrial areas with housing potential.
Prices in South Dagon, North Dagon
and Dagon Seikkan have all risen over
the past six months, said Daw Moh
Moh Aye of Win Shwe War Real Estate
agency.
She added that the market took a
breather over the Thingyan holiday,
but early May should see a bustling
market, especially following reports
of reduced taxes on property transac-
tions.
Most land in New East Dagon is
tax-exempt, so it is popular with buy-
ers and sellers, said U Yan Aung from
Sai Kun Naung Real Estate agency.
In April the market is quiet because
people are interested in Thingyan
pandals. We expect a normal market
in May, he said.
Though it may become a play-
ground for speculators, residents are
holding on to what they have, some
say.
Very few residents are sell-
ing, however high prices rise. We
bought 2400 sqft three years ago for
K300,000. Its now worth K40 million,
but were not selling, said resident
Daw Thuzar who lives in the 14
th
ward
in New East Dagon.
Houses stand along a small road in New East Dagon. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing
A construction workers reinforces a structure in January 2012 in Yangon. Photo: AFP
New East Dagon
property prices up and
set to continue to rise
MYAT NOE OO
myatnoe.mcm@gmail.com
A ZONING map of Yangon city
has been drawn up for discussion
among construction profession-
als, with Yangon City Development
Committee hoping to have the plan
submitted to the Yangon Region
Hluttaw later this year.
The colour-coded map shows
areas of the city where high-rises
will be allowed, and where building
heights will be restricted.
Following consultations with de-
velopers, engineers and local MPs,
the plan is set to be made public
next month, said Daw Hlaing Maw
Oo, director general of public works
in the Ministry of Construction.
The map represents our propos-
als. After listening to all opinions,
we will publicise it. Once it has been
approved, we will submit it to the
Hluttaw, she said.
U Toe Aung, deputy director of
the Department of City Planning
and Land Administration, said that
suggestions from the public will be
taken into consideration before the
nal zoning plan is submitted.
We hope that [a nal version]
can be submitted this year, he said.
The plan provides for 11 zones
and species ve categories of
buildings by height and township.
The categories are: up to four
storeys, up to six storeys, up to 12
storeys, buildings 317 feet high (95.1
metres) and buildings 417 feet high
(125.1m).
Approval will depend on factors
such as the surrounding neighbour-
hood, including the width of the
street on which the property sits.
Depending on the township, de-
velopers may be allowed to build a
20-storey building, but this may be
reduced to 15 storeys depending on
the width of the road, said Daw
Hlaing Maw Oo.
YCDC has said that it will limit
the construction of high-rises in
developments near Shwe Dagon
Pagoda, Sule Pagoda and heritage
buildings in downtown surrounding
in an efort to preserve some of the
citys best-know landmarks.
A developed country does not
just have high-rise buildings but
also green zones and heritage build-
ings. We dont want these things
to be lost like in other developed
YCDC looks to curb high-rise buildings
but developers are set to push back
NOE NOE AUNG MYAT NYEIN AYE
High-rises are
symbols of how a
country or city has
developed.
U Zay Win Htut
Chief executive ofcer at Myanmar
New Generation Design Co
31
A construction workers reinforces a structure in January 2012 in Yangon. Photo: AFP
YCDC looks to curb high-rise buildings
but developers are set to push back
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
A developed country does not just have high-rise buildings but also
green zones and heritage buildings.
Director general at the Ministry of Construction Daw Hlaing Maw Oo
Obama backs Japan in
China island row
WORLD 34
SPANISH Prime Minister Mariano
Rajoy boasted of a rebuilt economy
last week as fresh data showed the
nations strongest growth rate since
a job-wrecking 2008 property crash.
The eurozones fourth-largest
economy expanded by 0.4 percent
on a quarterly basis in the rst three
months of 2014, the sharpest increase
in six years, the Bank of Spain said in
a report, citing initial data.
It was the strongest performance
since the rst quarter of 2008, when
Spain was at the tail end of a decade-
long property bubble whose collapse
wiped out millions of jobs and ood-
ed the nation in debt.
We have rebuilt our economy in
record time, we have better founda-
tions and the wind is blowing in our
favour, Mr Rajoy said in a speech in
Barcelona on April 24.
The Spanish leader said the econ-
omy would exceed the governments
ofcial forecasts for growth of 1.0 per-
cent in 2014 and 1.5pc in 2015, tipping
an expansion next year well above
the target.
Spains central bank said that on
an annual basis, the economy grew
0.5pc in the rst quarter of 2014, the
rst year-on-year expansion in more
than two years.
Spain emerged gingerly from a
two-year downturn in mid-2013 and
it still sufers from an unemployment
rate of nearly 26pc.
The country managed to avoid an
international bailout in mid-2012, a
risk that haunted nancial markets
as the nations debt soared.
Investors took heart from the Eu-
ropean Central Banks vow in late
2012 to come to the rescue of stricken
eurozone members if needed.
Mr Rajoys austerity measures and
labour market reforms have helped to
further consolidate nancial market
support.
In the latest sign that investors
are now ready to lend to Spain at low
rates, the Treasury managed to raise
US$7.7 billion on the bond market on
April 24 with the benchmark 10-year
yield sliding to 3.059pc from 3.291pc
on April 3.
Economy Minister Luis de Guin-
dos said last week he expected the
economy to grow by an average of
1.5pc in 2014 and 2015.
The goal is to achieve two years
in a row of growth, with net job crea-
tion, and that will be the exit door
from the Spanish crisis, Mr De Guin-
dos said.
Nevertheless, jobs growth will be
clearly insufcient, he said.
Latest revised data on April 24
showed the unemployment rate in
the nal quarter of 2013 stood at
25.73pc.
A country with an unemployment
rate of 26pc is starting at a terrifying
level, de Mr Guindos said.
The Bank of Spain is predicting
an unemployment rate still at 25pc in
2014 and 23.8pc in 2015.
It expects the economy to grow by
1.2pc in 2014 and 1.7pc in 2015, helped
by exports and lower borrowing costs.
In its latest report, the Bank of
Spain sounded a reassuring note on
the risk of deation, a phenomenon
that can stall an economy as busi-
nesses and consumers postpone pur-
chases in the hope of nding lower
prices.
Though prices may fall at some
points in the year ahead because of
slack demand and temporary factors,
the risk of a broad, persistent decline
in consumer prices was remote, it
said. AFP
countries. We are allowing high-rise
buildings in commercial zones and
developers can build with the sky as
the limit, said Daw Hlaing Maw Oo.
However, many developers have
voiced displeasure with the cur-
rent plan and are unhappy with
what they feel are overly protec-
tionist measures being taken by
the YCDC.
The buildings heights will de-
pend on the land area. If the land
area is small, we will not be able to
build too tall. If we want to build
a high-rise, we must cooperate with
other developers. This situation
is not good, said U Zay Win Htut,
chief executive ofcer at Myanmar
New Generation Design Co, a mem-
ber of the larger Naing Group con-
struction company.
U Zay Win Htut said that he
feared some developers will be
forced to change building plans
when new zoning regulations are
enacted.
U Ko Ko Htwe, chairman of Taw
Win Family Co, said that putting
limits on high-rise buildings would
stunt Yangons modernisation, a
feeling shared by U Zay Win Htut.
High-rises are symbols of how
a country or city has developed. We
can see this in other countries like
Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai.
These countries are very proud of
their high-rise buildings and we
want to be very proud of this in Yan-
gon as well, he said.
Translation By Thiri Min Htun
MADRID
Spanish PM hails rebuilt economy
IN PICTURES
Railway
workers
perform
maintenance
work on rail
tracks on the
100-year old
Long Bien
bridge in Hanoi,
Vietnam, on
April 24.
Photo: AFP
32 Property THE MYANMAR TIMES APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014
LONDONS landmark Gherkin of-
fice tower, one of the most recog-
nisable sights on the British capi-
tals skyline, has been placed into
receivership, accountants said on
April 24.
The 41-storey block in Londons
financial district was bought by
German property firm IVG Immo-
bilien in 2007 but the business has
suffered from debt since the finan-
cial crisis.
Business advisory firm Deloitte,
which was named as receiver, said
its appointment by senior lenders
followed defaults lasting five years.
The senior lenders were reluc-
tant to appoint a receiver but felt
they had no choice due to the ongo-
ing defaults, joint receiver Neville
Kahn said in a statement.
The Gherkin is a truly excep-
tional building, a landmark recog-
nised around the globe. Our prior-
ity is to preserve the value of this
asset.
The receivers were in touch with
the buildings tenants and property
manager to try to ensure there was
no disruption, Kahn said.
Officially known as 30 St Mary
Axe, the tower with its distinctive
curved glass sides was designed for
reinsurer Swiss Re by British archi-
tect Norman Foster, and opened in
2004.
Swiss Re sold it to IVG Immobil-
ien for 600 million (US$1 billion).
The building has featured in a
number of films including boy wiz-
ard adventure Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince and Woody Al-
lens melodrama Match Point.
AFP
In a pickle: Londons
Gherkin tower in
receivership
LONDON
A view of the Gherkin building in London. Photo: Wikicommons
INCREASINGLY large numbers of
investors ocking to the Cambodian
property market boosted demand for
ofce space in the rst quarter of this
year compared with the same period
last year.
The general manager of Asia Real
Estate, Po Eavkong, said analysis by
his company revealed that demand
for Grade A ofce space had increased
between 10 and 15 percent, while de-
mand for Grade B ofce space had in-
creased 20 to 25pc. Demand for Grade
C ofce space increased the most this
year compared with last year.
Recently, investors have been
coming to Cambodia in increasing
numbers, and that is reected in the
number of companies registering with
the Ministry of Commerce, he said.
Most of the investors are from Singa-
pore, Malaysia, Japan and also Korea.
They need grades A and B ofce space.
Grade C ofce space is more popular
among local investors.
Mr Eavkong said he expected that
demand for ofce space would con-
tinue to increase in the second quarter
of this year.
Kuy Vat, president and CEO of
VTrust Group, which manages Park-
way Square and another ofce space
behind Peace Palace, agreed that de-
mand for ofce space in the rst quar-
ter this year increased compared to
last year. He said that around 10 com-
panies had recently leased ofce space
from VTrust, and that most were local
businesses.
Mr Vat added that he expected in-
creased demand to bring the number
of companies to which VTrust leased
ofces to nearly 200.
The general manager of Canadia
Tower, Thab Rithy, said leased ofce
space at Canadia Tower had increased
by around 15pc this quarter compared
with the rst quarter last year.
According to Mr Rithy, the tower
leased out some 500 to 600 square me-
tres of ofce space in the rst quarter
of this year, bringing the total amount
of ofce space rented out in Canadia
Tower to 85pc.
Ofce space in the Canadia Tower
is still available from 16
th
oor up-
wards at US$25 per square metre,
with an additional $5-per-square-me-
tre service and maintenance fee.
We expect that demand for ofce
space will continue to increase be-
cause new companies are coming into
the market, he said.
Meanwhile, Phnom Penh Tower
management reported that its ofce
space was close to fully occupied.
According to Phnom Penh Tower
marketing manager Hang Yuwan, of-
ce space rentals were stable in the
rst quarter of this year because cli-
ents required more space than the
tower had to ofer.
Up to 95pc of the tower was oc-
cupied, Mr Yuwan said, adding that
the ofce spaces remaining were 86,
135 and 400 square metres, and were
priced variously at $19, $20 and $23
per square metre. Phnom Penh Post
Offce rentals in
Cambodia surge
PHNOM PENH
TRADE MARK CAUTION
Best Western International, Inc., of 6201 North 24
th
Parkway,
Phoenix, Arizona 85016, United States of America, is the Owner
of the following Trade Mark:-
BHUVANA SPA LUXE
Reg. No. 1319/2014
in respect of Class 44: Spa services.
Fraudulent imitation or unauthorised use of the said Trade Mark
for Best Western International, Inc.
P. O. Box 60, Yangon
E-mail: makhinkyi.law@mptmail.net.mm
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Science & Technology
Photo: Zarni Phyo
FOR the rst time since being found-
ed in 1884, the government-backed
elecom provider MPT is nding it-
self forced to compete for customers
as international rms Telenor and
Ooredoo being their operations.
Consumers got a peek at how
the company will go about winning
hearts and minds over Thingyan,
when MPT announced special dis-
count rates for the holiday, the rst
such giveaway the company had ever
ofered in more than 100 years of op-
eration.
Customers received a K1000 bo-
nus when buying a K5000 top-up
card, or a K2000 bonus for a K10,000
card between April 12 to 21.
The scheme seemed to work. Mo-
bile top-up cards sales rates increased
before the water festival and then
returned to normal, said Ma Pa Pa
from KKA Mobile in Kyauktada
township.
We sold about 20pc more top-up
cards before the water festival be-
cause of the MPT bonus plan, she
said. U Htet Lin Kyaw, of Mr Fone
Telecom Centre, South Okkalapa
township, agreed.
U Aung Kyaw Thet, executive en-
gineer of MPT online billing system,
said, The bonus plan succeeded,
with sales increasing threefold after
April 12. We hope to ofer another
promotion to MPT customers at the
next festival.
MPT offers frst
giveaway in over
100 years
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WorldWORLD EDITOR: Fiona MacGregor
BARACK Obama vowed on April 24 to
defend Japan if China attacks over a
tense territorial dispute, but also urged
Beijing to step in to thwart North Ko-
reas dangerous nuclear march.
In Tokyo on the rst leg of his Asian
tour, Mr Obama stopped short however
of fully endorsing Japanese sovereignty
over disputed East China Sea islands,
keeping one eye on Beijing where his
trip is being weighed for any hint of US
hostility.
Hopes that Mr Obamas trip would
revive the stalled Trans-Pacic Partner-
ship (TPP) meanwhile looked doomed.
There was little progress on one of the
key sticking points, US access to the Jap-
anese auto market, after his talks with
Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
After ying into a region boiling with
tension, Mr Obama carefully underlined
US support for Japans security, saying
that islands at the centre of its feud with
Beijing are covered by a defence treaty
that would oblige Washington to act if
they were attacked.
Article ve [of the US-Japan secu-
rity treaty] covers all territories under
Japans administration including [the]
Senkaku islands, he said, referring to
the archipelago which Beijing calls the
Diaoyus.
We do not believe that they should
be subject to change unilaterally, and
what is a consistent part of the alliance
is that the treaty covers all territories ad-
ministered by Japan.
Mr Obama added that this is not a
new position and theres no red line
thats been drawn.
We stand together in calling for dis-
putes in the region, including maritime
issues, to be resolved peacefully through
dialogue, he said.
Along with Manila, the fourth stop
on Mr Obamas tour, Tokyo craved reas-
surance that Washington was prepared
to support it if push comes to shove with
Beijing over their separate sovereignty
rows.
Mr Obama did not spell out in detail
what Washington would do if Beijing
stormed the islands,preserving some
strategic ambiguity.
Although he stressed that the islands
had been administered by Japan for
years he added: We do not take a posi-
tion on the particular sovereignty of this
piece of land or this rock.
Relations between Tokyo and Bei-
jing are at their lowest point for years.
Some observers warn they might come
to blows over the islands, where ships
from both sides lurk to press claims for
ownership.
MrAbes position on historical issues
also annoys the Chinese, who accuse
him of playing down Japanese atroci-
ties. They are particularly upset by visits
he and his cabinet ministers have paid
to the Yasukuni Shrine, which hon-
ours war criminals among other fallen
warriors.
Mr Obama did not mention the is-
sue publicly, but US ofcials say it is
often raised in private in talks with the
Japanese.
Mr Obama also made a point of ad-
dressing North Korea, as fears mount
that Pyongyang could stage another nu-
clear test in a grab for attention during
Obamas tour of the region, which saw
him arrive in Seoul on April 25.
He said Chinas role in keeping its
wayward ally in check was critically im-
portant after South Korea said height-
ened activity at the Norths main nuclear
test site could point to an imminent test.
It is the most destabilising, danger-
ous situation in all of the Asia-Pacic
region, said Mr Obama.
In response toMr Obamas com-
ments, China said it was working to
avoid a crisis on the tinderbox Korean
peninsula.
We will by no means allow war or
chaos to occur at the doorstep of China,
foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang
said.
However Mr Qin dismissed Mr
Obamas stance on the Japan island
dispute.
No matter what others say or do it
cannot change in the slightest the basic
fact that the Diaoyu Islands are Chinas
inherent territory. AFP
TOKYO
Obama backs Japan over island row
US President Barack Obama (left) bids farewell to Japans Emperor Akihito (centre) and Empress Michiko with US
ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (right) in Tokyo on April 25 prior to his departure for South Korea. Photo: AFP
SYRIAN warplanes killed 27 civilians in
a raid on a village market on April 24,
as President Bashar al-Assads regime
nearly completed the surrender of its
chemical weapons stockpile.
The air raid on the Aleppo provincial
village of Atareb, where the Syrian Ob-
servatory for Human Rights said three
children were among the dead, came
amid a massive aerial ofensive on
Aleppos rebel areas that began in mid-
December.
The campaign has killed hundreds,
mostly civilians, and forced thousands
of families to ee.
Aleppo-based activist Abu Omar said
that a market area was hit, Thats why
there were so many civilians killed, he
said,
The regime is hitting back against
the civilians who support the revolt
against Mr Assad, he added.
Activists distributed amateur video
footage showing chaotic scenes, with
bodies lying among mounds of rubble.
One video showed a woman in a
white headscarf screaming as she leans
over the body of a loved one.
It also showed a man attending a
boy whose leg has been ripped of. It
was unclear whether the child was alive
or dead.
The joint Organisation for the Pro-
hibition of Chemical Weapons-UN task
team charged with overseeing the de-
struction of Syrias chemical arsenal said
92.5 percent of the stockpile has been
surrendered.
Damascus had pledged to have all
of its stockpile removed from Syria by
April 27, with the weapons due to be de-
stroyed by June 30.
On April 23, UN Security Council
members called for a probe into new
claims of a chlorine gas attack in a
DAMASCUS
Market air-raid kills 27 as Syrias chemical handover nears completion
DIVE teams raced to pull more than
100 bodies from a sunken South Ko-
rean ferry on April 25 as storm clouds
loomed and the victims families an-
grily pressed ofcials to wrap up the
recovery efort.
The conrmed death toll stood at
181, but 121 people remained unac-
counted for. Their bodies are believed
to be still trapped in the submerged
vessel that capsized on April 16 with
476 people on board.
Although all hope of nding any
survivors has been extinguished, there
is still anger and deep frustration
among the relatives over the pace of
the recovery operation of the south-
ern island of Jindo.
Gentle tides and good weather
have helped the dive teams in recent
days, but the search conditions inside
the ferry are still challenging and res-
cuers are only managing to retrieve
around 30 bodies a day.
Making up the bulk of the passen-
gers on the 6825 tonne Sewol when it
sank were 325 high school students,
around 250 of whom are either con-
rmed or presumed dead.
On the evening of April 24, a group
of irate parents stormed into the Jindo
ofce of the deputy head of the South
Korean coastguard, and roughly man-
handled him down to the island har-
bour.
He was kept there most of the
night, sitting on the ground, along
with coastguard chief Kim Seok-Kyun
and Marine Minister Lee Ju-Young,
while the relatives accused them of
lying about the recovery operation
and demanded they bring in more re-
sources.
Police made no move to intervene
and the three made no attempt to get
away, reecting a reluctance to antag-
onise the relatives in any way at a time
of widespread public anger over the
Ferry anger grows as storm rises
People attend a memorial for the victims of the sunken South Korean ferry Sewol at the Ansan Olympic memorial hall on April 25. The confirmed death toll stood at 171, but 131
were still missing as dive teams searched in near pitch-black conditions for bodies trapped in the ferrys interior. Photo: AFP
SEOUL
We stand together
in calling for
disputes in the
region... to be
resolved peacefully.
Barack Obama
US president
35
General sacked as
ethnic crisis in South
Sudan worsens
WORLD 45
Relatives call for
support on factory
collapse anniversary
WORLD 36
Bruneis tough new
Sharia law faces
hold-up
WORLD 42
Market air-raid kills 27 as Syrias chemical handover nears completion
rebel bastion.
Nigerian ambassador Joy Ogwu,
who holds the councils rotating presi-
dency, said there was concern over re-
ports about chlorine gas killing and in-
juring several people, and called for an
investigation.
There have been conicting accounts
of an alleged chlorine attack on opposi-
tion-held Kafr Zita, with the govern-
ment and the opposition trading blame.
Under the terms of a US-Russian
brokered deal that averted the threat of
US military action last year, Syria agreed
to destroy its chemical stockpiles. The
deal was reached after deadly chemical
attacks outside Damascus last August
killed hundreds of people.
While the nal destruction of the
stockpile appears imminent, analysts
were raising the matter of production
sites. Sico van der Meer of the Clingen-
dael Institute said, they will complete
the removal, but the question of produc-
tion sites is still there.
Damascus wants to seal the sites,
which it says have been rendered unus-
able, but Western countries want them
completely destroyed, fearing they could
be re-activated. AFP
THE United States has warned Russia
against making an expensive mis-
take in Ukraine, as Moscow ordered
new military exercises on its shared
border after Kiev forces attacked pro-
Kremlin rebels.
US Secretary of State John Kerry
cautioned on April 24 that Russias re-
fusal to take any steps to end the crisis
in Ukraine would prove costly, saying
the window for Moscow to change
course was closing.
He accused Moscow of a full-
throated efort to actively sabotage
the democratic process through gross
external intimidation and described
new Russian military exercises on
the border of Ukraine on April 24 as
threatening.
Let me be clear: if Russia
continues in this direction it will not
just be a grave mistake, it will be an
expensive mistake, the veteran diplo-
mat said, adding we are ready to act
as Washington tees up new economic
sanctions against Moscow.
Russia ordered the new military ex-
ercises on its border with Ukraine on
April 24 after Kiev launched a deadly
assault against pro-Kremlin rebels oc-
cupying the ashpoint town of Slavy-
ansk, in an escalation of the crisis.
But Ukraines acting President
Oleksandr Turchynov vowed to push
on with the ofensive to put down the
rebellion in the east.
We will not back down from the
terrorist threat, Mr Turchynov said in
a televised address, telling Russia to
stop interfering in Ukraines internal
afairs.
The rocketing tensions sent oil
prices up, as US President Barack
Obama, who has deployed troops to
boost NATOs defences in eastern Eu-
ropean states, also accused Russia of
reneging on a Geneva agreement to
defuse the crisis.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov in turn attacked the United
States and the European Union of
trying to use Ukraine as a pawn in a
geopolitical game.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned the
crisis threatened to spin out of con-
trol and urged all sides to refrain
from violence. AFP
SLAVYANSK
New US sanctions threatened as
Russia steps up military activities
Relatives mourn on April 24 as they stand near the coffin of Volodymyr Rybak, a local councillor believed to have been
killed by pro-Russia separatists in Slavyansk the previous week. Photo: AFP
Ferry anger grows as storm rises
ofcial response to the disaster.
The bereaved families have said
they want all the remaining bodies
removed from the ferry before the
weekend. That demand is unlikely to
be met, especially with a bad weather
front moving in.
We know that weather conditions
will worsen considerably and currents
will become stronger from Saturday,
a coastguard spokesman told a press
brieng.
An earlier coastguard statement
said storm warnings could be issued
on April 26 or 27 for the area around
the rescue site.
Rescuers have not found a single
survivor since 174 people were pulled
to safety on the day of the accident.
It took divers working in difcult
and dangerous conditions more than
two days to get into the sunken ferry
and two more days to retrieve the rst
bodies.
Many relatives believe some of the
victims may have survived for several
days in trapped air pockets, but perished
in the cold water after no rescue came.
As a result some have asked for
autopsies to be performed, to see if
it would be possible to determine the
precise cause and time of death.
The Sewols captain, Lee Joon-Seok,
and 10 crew members have been ar-
rested on charges ranging from crimi-
nal negligence to abandoning passen-
gers.
The captain has been particularly
criticised for delaying the evacuation
order until the ferry was listing so
sharply that escape was almost impos-
sible.
Prosecutors have raided a host of
businesses afliated with the ferry op-
erator, the Chonghaejin Marine Com-
pany, as part of an overall probe into
corrupt management.
AFP
People attend a memorial for the victims of the sunken South Korean ferry Sewol at the Ansan Olympic memorial hall on April 25. The confirmed death toll stood at 171, but 131
were still missing as dive teams searched in near pitch-black conditions for bodies trapped in the ferrys interior. Photo: AFP
36 World International THE MYANMAR TIMES APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014
WESTERN fashion brands faced pres-
sure last week to increase help for the
victims of the worlds worst garment fac-
tory accident, as mass protests marked
the one-year anniversary of the Bangla-
desh disaster that cost 1138 lives.
Thousands of people, some wearing
funeral shrouds, staged demonstra-
tions at the site of the now-infamous
Rana Plaza factory complex outside
the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, which
collapsed last April 24 after a cata-
strophic structural failure.
Chanting slogans of We want
compensation! and Death to the cul-
prits! the demonstrators, who includ-
ed injured survivors and the families
of the deceased, marched to the ruins
of the nine-storey building carrying
owers and wreaths.
Relatives of the 140 workers still
unaccounted for also joined in, calling
for the government to help nd their
bodies. They included toddlers, hold-
ing photos of their missing mothers.
I want my daughters dead body.
At least it would give us some consola-
tion, said crying mother Minu Begum
as she held the photo of her missing
daughter Sumi Begum, who worked at
one of the Rana Plaza factories.
Global labour and rights groups
marked the day by criticising the 29
Western retailers linked to the disaster,
which include Spains Mango, Italian
brand Benetton and British budget
fashion chain Primark.
Brands are failing workers a sec-
ond time, Ineke Zeldenrust from the
Amsterdam-based Clean Clothes Cam-
paign said on April 24.
First they failed to ensure the fac-
tories they bought from were safe, and
now they are failing the survivors and
the families of those who lost loved
ones.
As well as the dead, more than
2000 people were injured in a tragedy
that put the spotlight on the lax safety
standards and often abusive working
conditions in the worlds second-big-
gest clothing producer.
The disaster shamed Western
brands into launching new safety in-
spections and pushed Bangladeshs
government to increase wages and
ensure the better enforcement of regu-
lations.
But trade union group Industri-
ALL slammed retailers this week for
making woefully inadequate contri-
butions to a proposed US$40 million
fund set up to compensate the families
of the dead and the injured.
Only $15 million has been deposited
and the rst payments of $640 for each
of the survivors and families of the de-
ceased were only made last week.
Others are angry at local authori-
ties for the slow progress in identify-
ing the 140 workers still missing since
the collapse, while the owner of the
building has yet to be charged by po-
lice.
One year after Rana Plaza col-
lapsed, far too many victims and their
families are at serious risk of destitu-
tion, Phil Robertson of Human Rights
Watch said.
International garment brands
should be helping the injured and
the dependants of dead workers who
manufactured their clothes, he added.
After the backlash, nearly 200
brands formed two umbrella groups
to organise a clean-up of Bangladeshs
3500 garment factories, which form
a $22 billion industry second only to
Chinas in size.
They reject criticism that they have
done too little.
Our members alone paid $2.2m
into the trust fund, said Mesbah Ra-
bin, the managing director of a the
Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safe-
ty. The group includes US retailers
Walmart, Gap and Target.
The brands are also paying for the
costly inspection of the garment facto-
ries, which will eventually raise safety
standards, boost export potential and
improve Bangladeshs brand image
that the country is a safe destination
for sourcing apparel, he told AFP.
Despite disagreements over who
has ultimate responsibility for the
victims - Western retailers, their Bang-
ladeshi subcontractors, or the gov-
ernment - most observers credit the
industry with making some progress.
Engineers hired by retailers have
shut down 16 factories and ordered
hundreds of others to upgrade. The
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers
and Exporters Association (BGMEA)
closed another 23 plants.
According to the newly created De-
partment of Inspection for Factories,
at least 1031 factories have since been
inspected by retailers groups and gov-
ernment ofcials.
We have found faults in almost all
the factories weve so far inspected,
said Brad Loewen, chief inspector of
a group of largely European retailers
called the Accord on Fire and Build-
ing Safety in Bangladesh, the second
umbrella organisation.
Of the 400 plants the group has
probed, some 90 percent lacked prop-
er re exits and had hazardous electri-
cal wiring, Mr Loewen told AFP.
The shutdowns and upgrades have
resulted in thousands of job losses
and hundreds of millions of dollars
of cancelled orders, according to the
BGMEA.
But the industry continues to go
from strength to strength despite the
bad publicity and a wage hike for
workers which was resisted by factory
owners.
Garment shipments in March this
year were 15 percent higher than in
the month before the disaster last
year, and minimum wages were raised
to $68 a month on average in Decem-
ber from $38 previously. AFP
Garment workers and activists stand around a mock coffin during a protest in front of the Bangladesh Garment
Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) office in Dhaka on April 23. Photo: AFP
Fashion protests held
on disaster anniversary
DAKHA
One year after
Ranza Plaza
collapsed, far too
many victims and
their families are
at serious risk of
destitution .
Phil Robertson
Human Rights Watch
TRADE MARK CAUTION
NOTICE is hereby given that Kawasho Foods Corporation a
company organized under the laws of Japan and having its principal
offce at 7-1, Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan is the
Owner and Sole Proprietor of the following trademark:-
(Reg: Nos. IV/3949/2006 & IV/3113/2014)
in respect of: - Canned seafood products, processed seafood
products, canned vegetables, processed vegetables, canned fruits,
processed fruits
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the said trademark or
other infringements whatsoever will be dealt with according to law.
for Kawasho Foods Corporation
th
April, 2014
TRADE MARK CAUTION
NOTICE is hereby given that YKK CORPORATION a company
organized under the laws of Japan and having its principal offce
at 1, Kanda izumi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan is the owner
and sole proprietor of the following trademarks:-
MILDEX
(Reg: No. IV/6753/2013)
PLANCER
(Reg: No. IV/6752/2013)
The above two trademarks are in respect of :-
Slide fasteners, hook and loop fasteners, adjustable fasteners, rail
fasteners, buttons, snap buttons, stud buttons, hook and eyes for
clothing, hook and eyes for bags, eyelets for clothing, eyelets for shoes,
buckles for bags, buckles for clothing, strap holders, snap hooks for
clothing, snap hooks for bags, cord stoppers, cord end stoppers, elastic
ribbons, webbing in the nature of woven fabric tapes.
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the said
trademarks or other infringements whatsoever will be dealt with
according to law.
for YKK CORPORATION
th
April, 2014
TRADE MARK CAUTION
NOTICE is hereby given that SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI
KAISHA a company organized under the laws of Japan and having
its principal offce at 7-1, Shimomeguro 1-chome, Meguro-ku,
Tokyo, 153-0064 Japan is the owner and sole proprietor of the
following trademark:-
(Reg No: 11593/2013)
in respect of:- Automatic labelling apparatus, parts for automatic
labelling apparatus, automatic labelling apparatus with printing
apparatus, parts for automatic labelling apparatus with printing
apparatus, tying machines. Class: 7
Barcode printers, parts and fttings thereof, namely interface cables
for printers, label printing software, scanners, barcode verifers,
handy terminals, data input devices with touch screen types, inputting
apparatus with keyboard types, inputting apparatus with ten key types,
measuring equipments, sensors, thermal heads, platen rollers, cutters,
control boards, stackers, label rewinders, label unwinders, readers,
computers and computer peripherals, all the aforesaid goods to be
used as parts and fttings of barcode printers. Class: 9
Labels, thermal transfer ribbons, ink for ink jet, flms for lamination,
tags for RFID, linerless labels, hand labelling appliances, ink rollers
and printing heads as parts of the mentioned appliances. Class: 16
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the said trademark or
For SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
th
April, 2014
International World 39 www.mmtimes.com
PHNOM PENH JAKARTA
DEMONSTRATORS gathered in
Phnom Penh on April 25 to protest
against the start of the controversial
trial of 23 people, who were arrested
during a deadly crackdown on a gar-
ment industry strike in January.
The case has deepened concerns
among human rights defenders about
the recent suppression of street dem-
onstrations intended to challenge
strongman Prime Minister Hun Sens
nearly three-decade rule.
Rights groups say if convicted the
23 defendants, most of whom have
been detained for months without
bail, could face up to ve years impris-
onment on charges including commit-
ting intentional violence.
Several hundred demonstrators
gathered near the Phnom Penh Mu-
nicipal Court as the trial began, hold-
ing a prayer gathering at a police bar-
ricade amid cries of Free the 23!
At least four civilians were killed in
early January when police opened re
on protesting textile factory workers
who were calling for a minimum wage
of US$160 a month to make clothes for
brands including Gap, Nike and H&M.
The International Trade Union
Confederation has launched a cam-
paign to Free the 23, urging workers
to lobby Cambodian embassies around
the world.
Unionist Kong Athit, of the Cambo-
dian Labour Confederation, denounced
what he described as politically-moti-
vated charges against the defendants.
The workers did not hurt
anybody, he said as the accused ap-
peared in two courtrooms lled with
rights activists.
They were just protesting for a
wage to survive on, he added.
Separately, two other people went
on trial on similar charges following a
violent clash between garment work-
ers and police in November during
which a woman was shot dead.
In January the government banned
demonstrations in the capital by sup-
porters of Hun Sens political rivals,
who accuse the premier of vote-rig-
ging in a national election last year.
Authorities have used force to quell
recent street protests, at times using
smoke grenades and electric batons to
disperse demonstrators.
The authorities said in February
they had lifted the ban but riot police
last month violently dispersed protest-
ers demanding a licence for an inde-
pendent television station, saying they
did not have permission to rally.
Free the 23 protestors rally as strike trial begins
TIME magazine has named an In-
donesian maid allegedly tortured
by her Hong Kong employer as one
of the worlds 100 most inuential
people, putting the spotlight on the
citys treatment of its migrant work-
ers.
Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, 23, re-
portedly sufered months of abuse in
a case which has renewed concerns
over the treatment of domestic help-
ers in the southern Chinese city and
sparked angry protests.
Time magazine hailed Ms Sulisty-
aningsihs bravery in speaking out
against her employer and pushing
for laws that better protect maids in
Hong Kong.
It is brave women like her who
speak up for the voiceless who will
create lasting change, Cambodian
activist Somaly Mam said of Ms Su-
listyaningsih in the list published on
April 24
Erwiana is advocating for bet-
ter laws to protect others who may
share her fate, placing a spotlight on
the plight of a vulnerable and often
invisible population, Ms Mam said.
The magazines recognition of Ms
Sulistyaningsih brings international
attention to the treatment of mi-
grant domestic workers in the city,
Hong Kong-based Asian Migrants
Coordinating Body spokesman Eman
Villanueva said.
The inclusion itself only proves
that the issue of migrant domestic
workers, the slavery, the exploitation
and abuse is something that the in-
ternational community should pay
attention to, Mr Villanueva said.
He described the situation as
ripe for abuse in the city, where
maids are required to live with their
employers.
Mr Villanueva also said Ms Su-
listyaningsihs actions and her inclu-
sion on the list would help empower
more victims to speak out.
This would encourage and
strengthen the resolve of many other
victims to come out in the open and
ght for their rights and seek jus-
tice, he said.
Law Wan-tung, a 44-year-old
Hong Kong mother-of-two has been
charged with causing grievous bod-
ily harm to Ms Sulistyaningsih.
Prosecutors have alleged that Ms
Law turned household items such as
a mop, a ruler and a clothes hanger
into weapons against Ms Sulistya-
ningsih.
She was also charged with com-
mon assault and four counts of
criminal intimidation. The charges
related either to Ms Sulistyaningsih
or to Ms Laws two previous Indone-
sian domestic helpers.
The trial was adjourned to April
29, with ofcials awaiting the maids
medical records from Indonesia.
Ms Sulistyaningsih was admitted
to hospital in Sragen, on Indonesias
main island of Java, in critical condi-
tion after returning from Hong Kong
in January.
The Asian nancial hub is home
to nearly 300,000 maids, mainly
from Indonesia and the Philippines,
and criticism from rights groups
over their treatment is growing.
Amnesty International in Novem-
ber condemned the slavery-like
conditions faced by thousands of In-
donesian domestic helpers in Hong
Kong and accused authorities of in-
excusable inaction.
Time magazines list also includ-
ed Pakistans Malala Yousafzai, who
survived a Taliban attack in 2012
when she was shot in the head by the
militants for campaigning for girls
education. AFP
HONG KONG
Maid on Time mags most influential list
Cambodian security forces carry a protester during near the Phnom Penh Municipal court on April 25 as the trial began of
23 people arrested during a deadly crackdown on a garment industry strike in January. Photo: AFP
A DRUNKEN passenger sparked a
hijacking alert on a Virgin Australia
ight heading for the Indonesian re-
sort island of Bali on April 25 when he
attempted to break into the cockpit,
ofcials said.
Security forces rushed to the air-
port when the 737-800 touched down
on the popular resort island, as au-
thorities said they had received infor-
mation the Brisbane to Bali ight had
been hijacked.
However, Virgin Australia said the
drunken passenger had sparked the
alarm when he slammed on the cock-
pit door. He was later arrested by In-
donesian authorities.
This is no hijacking, this is a
miscommunication, said Heru Sud-
jatmiko, a Virgin Australia ofcial in
Bali. What happened was there was
a drunk person... too much alcohol
consumption caused him to act ag-
gressively.
Based on the report I received, the
passenger tried to enter the cockpit,
through the cockpit door, by banging
on the door but he did not enter the
cockpit at all.
He said the individual was stopped
by crew and handcufed and placed in
a seat at the back of the plane. After
landing he was taken of the plane and
put under arrest.
AFP
Drunk man
sparks Bali
hijack alert
TALKS between Thailands quarrel-
ling political parties on a roadmap
to elections following months of
deadly political turmoil ended with
no breakthrough on April 22 after
the opposition pulled out at the last
minute.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shina-
watra is pushing for new polls as soon
as possible to bolster her precarious
position in the face of a series of le-
gal threats that could force her from
ofce.
The kingdom has been without a
fully functioning government or par-
liament since December, and a general
election held in February was voided
after opposition demonstrators dis-
rupted voting.
The nation has been shaken by
months of political violence that has
left 25 people dead and hundreds
wounded, including many anti-gov-
ernment protesters, in grenade attacks
and shootings.
The Election Commission (EC)
called the talks to discuss a new elec-
tion date with political rivals includ-
ing the main opposition Democrat
Party, which boycotted the last round
of voting.
But a day after describing the talks
as the most opportune time to put
aside our party views, Democrat Party
leader Abhisit Vejjajiva announced
shortly before the meeting began that
he would not be going.
I will not attend the meeting be-
cause of security, he said without spec-
ifying the nature of the concerns. No
one from the Democrats will attend.
Representatives of more than 50
other political parties joined the talks,
according to election ofcials.
On the eve of the meeting, Yin-
glucks Puea Thai Party decried a con-
spiracy by her opponents to thwart
new polls.
In a statement the party said cer-
tain groups and political parties dont
want democracy and are trying to
create a political vacuum so they can
appoint their own unelected leader.
The EC, which has been accused
by government supporters of siding
with the opposition, says it needs sev-
eral months at least to organise new
polls, leaving the country in legislative
limbo.
During the talks election ofcials
proposed three possible voting dates
July 20, August 17 or September 14
but denied that they were deliberately
stalling.
We chose that to have a successful
election, not to delay it in the hope of
waiting for something to happen or as
part of a conspiracy theory, said Som-
chai Srisutthiyakorn, one of the elec-
tion commissioners.
The meeting ended after sev-
eral hours with a pledge by the EC
to discuss the election date with the
government.
Ms Yingluck, who won a landslide
election victory in 2011, could be
ordered to step down within weeks
in connection with two legal cases
under consideration by the Constitu-
tional Court and an anti-corruption
panel.
Thailands rst female premier is
accused of the alleged improper trans-
fer of a top civil servant as well as der-
eliction of duty linked to a loss-making
rice subsidy scheme that critics say is
infested with corruption.
Her supporters see the moves as an
attempted power grab.
The backdrop is an eight-year
struggle between a royalist establish-
ment, backed by parts of the judiciary
and the military, and Ms Yinglucks
family, which has traditionally enjoyed
strong support in the northern half of
Thailand.
Ms Yinglucks Red Shirt sup-
porters have vowed to take to the
streets again to defend her adminis-
tration, raising fears of a bloody new
chapter in Thailands long political
crisis.
Mass protests by the Red Shirts in
2010 triggered a military crackdown
under Mr Abhisits government that
left dozens dead.
A senior gure in the red-clad
movement, Thida Thavornseth, urged
followers on April 22 to be ready for
another long protest.
The opposition protesters want Ms
Yingluck to resign to make way for an
unelected peoples council to oversee
political reforms. AFP
BANGKOK
Opposition no-show delays Thai poll talks
I will not attend the
meeting because
of security. No one
from the Democrats
will attend.
Abhisit Vejjajiva
Democrat Party leader
AMERICAN housewife Nancy Kis-
sel, dubbed the milkshake murderer,
on April 24 lost her nal bid to appeal
against her conviction in Hong Kong
for the 2003 murder of her banker hus-
band.
The 49-year-old expatriate, serving
a life sentence since 2005, was found
guilty of drugging her husband, a sen-
ior executive at US bank Merrill Lynch,
with a sedative-laced strawberry drink
before clubbing him to death with a lead
ornament in their luxury home.
She has maintained she acted in self-
defence against an abusive spouse.
We dismiss this application, pre-
siding judge Robert Ribeiro said at the
Court of Final Appeal as a frail-looking
Ms Kissel sat quietly in the dock behind
bars.
She was then taken out of the court
room on a stretcher.
Her defence team had told the court
that Ms Kissel sufered from depression
and had only killed the deceased in a
frenzied attack provoked by threats and
the deceaseds physical assault on her.
The trial gripped the former Brit-
ish colony, shining a spotlight on Hong
Kongs elite expatriate community and
featuring sensational allegations of
adultery, violence, spying, greed and
enormous wealth.
The Michigan-born mother-of-three
was rst convicted of murder and hand-
ed a life sentence in 2005, but the Court
of Final Appeal overturned the convic-
tion in February 2010, citing legal errors,
and ordered a fresh hearing. She was
convicted again in 2011.
An appeal against the second con-
viction was rejected in December last
year, and her bid to overthrow that rul-
ing went to the citys highest court after
an application was rebufed in a lower
court in January.
Ms Kissel had admitted to killing her
husband and ofered to plead guilty to
manslaughter.
Prosecutors accused Ms Kissel of
rolling up her husbands body in a car-
pet and covering his head with plastic,
leaving it for days before hiring work-
men to carry it to a storeroom.
Prosecutors also argued Ms Kissel
stood to gain up to US $18 million from-
her husbands death, saying she planned
to run away with a TV repairman with
whom she admitted having an afair in
the US.
HONG KONG
Milkshake
murderer
appeal lost
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A 37-year-old British nurse has re-
counted her hellish experience in Sri
Lanka after she was arrested and sent
to a deportation centre for sporting
a Buddha tattoo deemed ofensive by
authorities.
Naomi Coleman was arrested at
the countrys main international air-
port on April 21 shortly after her arriv-
al on a ight from neighbouring India
and appeared before a magistrate who
ordered her deportation, police said in
a statement.
It is a terrible, hellish experience,
Ms Coleman, a mental health nurse
from Coventry in England, said by tel-
ephone at the Sri Lankan deportation
centre.
I am a practising Buddhist and
meditate. That is why I have the tattoo,
not out of disrespect for Buddhism.
She said the tatoo had never cre-
ated problems when she visited the
country twice before or even in other
Buddhist countries like Thailand and
Cambodia.
Coleman said that she was nev-
er told what charges were brought
against her, but was held for six hours
and harassed by police for bribes.
She paid 5000 rupees (US$38) for a
lawyer, who did not help her, she added.
I cried. I am very afraid, she said..
Sri Lanka, a majority Buddhist na-
tion, is highly sensitive to perceived
insults to the religion.
Sri Lanka barred another British
tourist from entering the island in
March last year for showing disre-
spect to Buddhism by having a Bud-
dha tattooed on his arm.
In August 2012, three French tour-
ists were sentenced to six months in
jail, which was suspended for ve
years, for kissing a Buddha statue in
what the authorities considered a sign
of disrespect.
Sri Lanka prevented US rap star
Akon from visiting in 2010 over one of
his music videos which featured scant-
ily clad women dancing in front of a
Buddha statue. AFP
COLOMBO
Buddha
tattoo hell
BRUNEI
BRUNEI has postponed its imple-
mentation of tough Islamic criminal
punishments that were due to begin
on April 22 and have drawn condem-
nation from the UNs human rights
ofce and rare criticism at home.
No conrmed new date was given
for the start of the sharia penalties,
which will eventually include og-
ging, severing of limbs and death by
stoning, but an ofcial told Brunei
media they would begin in the very
near future.
Jauyah Zaini, assistant director
of the oil-rich sultanates Islamic Le-
gal Unit, was quoted by the Brunei
Times as saying implementation had
been delayed due to unavoidable
circumstances. He did not elaborate
or give a new date.
Bruneis Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah,
the driving force behind the systems
introduction, was visiting Singapore
and the government is believed to be
waiting for the all-powerful Islamic
monarch to return before introduc-
ing the sensitive legal code.
But the delay could feed percep-
tions of hesitation by the 67-year-old
sultan, one of the worlds wealthiest
men, who earlier this year faced a
backlash from the countrys social-
media-savvy citizens.
The new criminal code will phase
in punishments, including execution
by stoning for ofences such as sod-
omy and adultery, severing of limbs
for theft, and ogging for violations
ranging from abortion to alcohol
consumption.
Authorities have in recent weeks
conducted a series of briengs for of-
cial agencies and non-government
organisations to explain sharia.
When youre trying to make such
a leap, issues will arise, said Nizam
Bashir, a Malaysian attorney and
rights activist, who practises both
civil and sharia law.
Once you start getting feedback ...
then questions will arise that will give
them food for thought that will not be
in line with their initial conception.
However, he said it was unlikely
the criminal code will be scrapped.
Brunei currently has a dual-track
legal system of civil courts along with
sharia courts handling non-criminal
issues like marital and inheritance
cases.
Authorities said a sharia declara-
tion ceremony would go ahead as
planned on April 30.
The sultan announced the new
punishments last October as part of
moves to shore up Islam in the coun-
try as a rewall against outside
inuences.
But the UNs human rights ofce
said it was deeply concerned, add-
ing that penalties like stoning are
classied under international law as
torture or other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment.
Nearly 70 percent of Bruneis
400,000 people are Muslim Malays
while about 15 percent are non-Mus-
lim ethnic Chinese.
Malays have been broadly sup-
portive of the move by their father-
gure sultan.
But users of social media, the only
outlet for public criticism of authori-
ties, attacked it as barbaric earlier
this year, prompting the sultan to
publicly order a halt to criticism in
late February.
A non-Muslim ethnic Chinese
Bruneian who spoke on condition of
anonymity said she was scared by
the legal shift.
I believe that this will cause a
wedge, that was previously a tiny
crack, between Muslims and non-
Muslims citizens and permanent
residents alike, the 28-year-old said.
Non-Muslims also express anxiety
over mixed messages on whether the
punishments would apply to them.
Situated on Borneo island, which
it shares with Malaysia and Indonesia,
tiny Brunei already practised a rela-
tively conservative form of Islam com-
pared to its Muslim-majority neigh-
bours, banning the sale of alcohol and
heavily restricting other religions.
Brunei already has the death pen-
alty, but has not carried out any ex-
ecutions since 1957.
Condemned sharia law delayed,
but no sign of Brunei back-track
Bruneis Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (centre) attends the 34
th
Singapore Lecture at the St Regis hotel in Singapore on
April 22. Photo: AFP
1957
The last year Brunei carried out the
death penalty.
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RIVAL Palestinian leaders from the
West Bank and Gaza Strip forged a new
reconciliation agreement on April 23,
angering Israel at a time when US-bro-
kered peace talks are at a standstill.
Washington warned that the accord
could seriously hamper American ef-
forts to forge Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Ne-
tanyahu slammed Palestinian president
Mahmud Abbas for choosing Hamas,
not peace, and a Netanyahu aide said
he had called of a peace meeting with
the Palestinians scheduled for the even-
ing of April 23.
Under the rapprochement between
the Palestine Liberation Organisation
(PLO), internationally recognised as the
sole representative of the Palestinian
people, and the Islamist Hamas which
rules Gaza, the sides agreed to form a
national consensus government with-
in weeks.
An agreement has been reached on
the formation within ve weeks of an
independent government headed by
president Mahmud Abbas, said a joint
statement read by Hamass Gaza pre-
mier Ismail Haniya in front of a visiting
PLO delegation.
The new interim Palestinian admin-
istration would be charged with holding
parliamentary and presidential elec-
tions within six months of taking ofce.
The news brought thousands of peo-
ple on to Gazas streets in celebration.
The latest reconciliation attempt by
the West Bank-based Palestinian leader-
ship drew an angry reaction from Mr
Netanyahu.
This evening ... Abu Mazen chose
Hamas, not peace, a statement from Mr
Netanyahus ofce quoted him as say-
ing, using the name by which Mr Abbas
is familiarly known.
Mr Abbas denied the charge,
saying in a statement, There is no
incompatibility between reconcilia-
tion and the talks, especially since
we are committed to a just peace on
the basis of a two-state solution in
accordance with the resolutions of
international law. AFP
GAZA CITY
PLO and
Hamas chiefs
in accord
SOUTH Sudans President Salva Kiir
sacked his army chief on April 23 af-
ter rebels seized a major oil hub un-
leashing two days of ethnic slaughter
in which the UN says hundreds of ci-
vilians were massacred.
Rebels loyal to sacked vice presi-
dent Riek Machar had seized Bentiu
the previous week. The United Na-
tions says they hunted down civil-
ians sheltering in mosques, churches
and a hospital, in a wave of ethnic
killings.
The president gave no reason for
removing General James Hoth Mai, a
move announced on national televi-
sion, but sources attributed the de-
cision to recent military setbacks in
the oil-rich north of the country. His
successor was named as General Paul
Malong.
Mr Kiir also sacked his intel-
ligence chief, General Paul Mach,
replacing him with General Marial
Nour Jok.
South Sudans army has been
ghting the rebels since unrest broke
out on December 15, but the conict
has taken on an ethnic dimension,
pitting Mr Kiirs Dinka tribe against
militia forces from Machars Nuer
people.
The conict in South Sudan,
which only won independence from
Sudan in 2011 and is the worlds
youngest nation, has left thousands
dead and forced around a million
people to ee their homes.
The insurgents recently launched
a renewed ofensive targeting the
key oil elds and Bentiu is the rst
major settlement they have retaken.
The White House expressed hor-
ror at what it called the abomina-
tion of spiralling violence in the
country, which has left thousands
of people dead and forced around a
million to ee their homes.
We are horried by reports out
of South Sudan that ghters aligned
with rebel leader Riek Machar mas-
sacred hundreds of innocent civil-
ians last week in Bentiu, White
House spokesman Jay Carney said.
These acts of violence are an
abomination. They are a betrayal of
the trust the South Sudanese people
have put in their leaders, he said.
The White House called on both
men to make clear that attacks on
civilians are unacceptable, perpetra-
tors of violence on both sides must
be brought to justice, and the cycle
of violence that has plagued South
Sudan for too long must come to an
end.
Images released by the United
Nations show piles of bloated, de-
composing bodies strewn in several
areas in a repeat of mass killings
seen elsewhere in the country over
the past four months.
The UN said the killings contin-
ued for almost two days after the
rebels issued a statement boasting
of victory in Bentiu, and that the re-
bels had used hate radio broadcasts
to whip up violent ethnic sentiment.
On April 23, the US and France
called on the UN Security Council
to consider sanctions against South
Sudan.
US ambassador Samantha Power
relayed Washingtons position in a
closed-door meeting of the 15-mem-
ber Council, diplomats said, and
Frances Gerard Araud told reporters
before the session that it was time to
think about sanctions against those
responsible.
I think we should consider sanc-
tions because it is horrendous, he said.
The rebels, however, have blamed
retreating government troops for the
atrocities.
The government forces and
their allies committed these hei-
nous crimes while retreating, rebel
spokesman Lul Ruai Koang said,
adding that the rebel ofensive tar-
geting oil elds and the town of Bor,
situated north of the capital Juba,
was continuing.
The scale of killings in Bentiu
is one of the worst atrocities in the
four-month conict, during which
both sides have been implicated in
massacres, rape and the recruitment
of child soldiers.
The same week gunmen in the
government-held town of Bor also
attacked a UN base sheltering civil-
ians, killing at least 58 people.
The Bor and Bentiu attacks
should be a wake-up call and com-
manders and leaders responsible for
abuses on both sides have been let
of the hook for too long, said Dan-
iel Bekele, Africa director at Human
Rights Watch. AFP
JUBA
General sacked after ethnic massacre
Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) Chief of Staff General James Hoth Mai
reviews troops in Bor on January 18. Photo: AFP
I think we should
consider sanctions
because it is
horrendous
Gerard Araud
French Diplomat
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rowing up in the 80s in Yangon, Steven Oo didnt get
much more exposure to design than trips to the tailor
with his mother. While she ordered custom dresses,
Oo collected fabric swatches from the oor. Hed take
them home, cut them into squares and play with their
arrangement.
Looking back, he said, thats the only indication that hed end
up where he is today: a rising star in the international world of
fashion knitwear. With an artistic eye and technical ability more
acute than most, he spins yarn into garments of unusual texture
and structure, inspired by patterns and shapes in nature and
architecture.
Hell see one thing and it will trigger an entire collection, said
Bradley Davidowitz, president and CEO of One Grey Day, an LA-
based womens wear brand for which Oo designs. Steven could
see a leaf on a tree and he sees something in that leaf that opens
up his creative juices. Amazing inspiration comes, and when that
happens he just ies.
Yet while his designs garner attention from big-name
companies internationally, recently Oo has turned his attention
back to his birth country, where in the past year hes become
well-known to trend-savvy youth, if not quite a household
name.
After teenage and university years spent in California, Oo
jumped at the opportunity to do business in Myanmar after
US President Barack Obama eased the trade embargo against
the country in 2012. Oos goal: to give people access to original,
current and modestly priced designs. And he does so from a
sense that fashion is more than clothes; its part of building an
individuals and a nations sense of self.
At the urging of friends, Oo opened 0055 in Yangon last
August, a store in Taw Win Center that sells a mix of Oos own
0055-branded menswear and items he handpicks from the inter-
national market. 00 stands for Oo, he said, and 55 refers to his
mothers birth year.
It was a move inspired in part by anger at what Oo views as
the exploitation of Myanmar shoppers by high-priced interna-
tional brands such as Mango.
I feel like theyre lying to the people. They come into Myan-
mar and call themselves brands and bring in old stuf, Oo said.
They are bringing last years leftover stock and unloading it at a
low-enough price.
A circuitous and somewhat unlikely road led Oo to this point.
Like many Myanmar parents, Oos mother and father hoped hed
become a doctor. He declared medicine as his major but switched
to pursue a bachelors degree in business at the University of
California Berkeley. Only in his nal year of studies in 2007 did he
recognise his talent for design.
Back then, his taste was somewhat less developed. Opposite
the minimalist colour palette and rened look of his wardrobe
now, I wore crazy things, Oo said. He earned the nickname
Hair among his professors for his wild, long, forever-changing
locks at times blue, white, blonde or pink.
Nonetheless, in the last year of his bachelors, some fashion
designer friends proposed that he become their business manager.
He didnt think he knew enough about the industry to be of help,
but at their urging he enrolled in a course at a community college
and immediately fell in love, he said.
I started going to two schools full time. Sewing, drawing and
draping were all coming to me quickly.
A professor noticed and recommended he study at the Acad-
emy of Art University of San Francisco, which he did, earning
a masters degree in ne arts with a focus on knitwear design.
In 2009, his graduating year, he was one of six students chosen
to present their nal work at Bryant Park during New York
Fashion Week. An interview with Forbes magazine followed, as
did jobs at womens wear brands BCBG and Anthropologie.
Asked what drew him to knitting over other mediums, Oo said,
It was the most intriguing thing. A lot of people can sew fabric
to make a garment, but with knits you start with a piece of string,
and it can take you places that other mediums cant because you
can create textures, patterns. That full control of the process that
makes me excited.
He can knit and crochet by hand, use a hand-knitting machine
and program a computer-knitting machine. Combined with his
business know-how, Oo is a triple threat, Davidowitz said. Other
people have to go to a pattern maker, and sometimes things get
lost in translation.
Introduced through a friend, Oo and Davidowitz partnered
in 2012 with a common artistic vision. If it was up to no one but
me I would make everything white, black and grey, Davidowitz
said. A great sweater is about texture and technique, and thats
something we saw eye-to-eye on.
So far, their approach is working. With sweaters priced on
average at US$280, One Grey Day sells to about 150 boutiques in
North America, and sales of its 2014 fall collection tripled over the
previous year.
Among Oos fans is Bobo Naing Win, editor of Myanmars
MODA fashion magazine. He rst saw the clothing on Facebook
in February 2013. Since then, Oo has been featured on the cover
three times, most recently in February 2014.
I thought he had incredible talent to design a light, attrac-
tive dress with a thick, chunky fabric, said Bobo Naing Win. His
designs are odd and eye-catching.
A February 2013 MODA cover featuring a model and Oo
himself led to numerous radio and television appearances in My-
anmar. More recently, three nalists on the Myanmar reality show
The Model Academy wore his designs in competition. As such, Oo
is a well-known name among Myanmar fashion-conscious youth,
though so far not many can access or aford his work something
Oo hopes to change.
He got very patriotic after Obama eased trade sanctions, said
Davidowitz. He started thinking right away about Myanmar and
how he could create jobs.
By moving back to Yangon, Oo said he hoped to be able to
Original style comes second nature to designer Steven Oo
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trade between the US and Myanmar. In the end, however, the ship-
ping logistics and internet access werent adequate to continue his
work with US companies.
In September he relocated to Guangzhou, the heart of south
Chinas factory belt, and a direct ight from Yangon. He also took a
job as head designer for PH5, a major Chinese womens contempo-
rary brand.
Meanwhile, he maintains 0055, a minimalist shop with recessed
lighting tucked into a rst-oor corner of Taw Win Center, an
outpost of cool coherence among neon-happy shops full of eclectic
items from Chinese and Thai wholesale markets. On average, shirts
are priced between $20 and $40.
I want this brand to be the one that provides the latest fashions
to Myanmar rst before other countries. I wanted to do something
for my birth country, Oo said. He and his local partners plan to
open more stores in Myanmar, he said, but are held back by the dif-
culty of acquiring space.
Often people ask him if hell open a school to teach design in
Myanmar, Oo said, but at this early stage in the countrys modernisa-
tion, it makes no sense.
The industry is so underdeveloped, and graduates would have
nowhere to work. Theyd be on factory oors becoming jaded.
He also has little good to say about the design schools that have
opened. They are cheating people of their money because they
arent prepared for the international level, and there arent jobs in
Myanmar. I want people to go abroad and study and bring their
insights and talents back home.
Though fashion might not be the rst thing to come to mind in
considering the needs of a country this poor, Oo is pragmatic in his
artistic philosophy.
I think its whatever makes a person feel comfortable that is the
most important in fashion, he said. It can make a person feel difer-
ent, act diferent. Fashion is giving condence to the people.
Photos: Zeng Wu
Stylist: Austin Feng
Models: Lena P, Arina
Hair/Make-up: Kim Xu
Shot at Leo Xu Projects in Shanghai
You start with a piece of string,
and it can take you places
Steven Oo
Fashion designer
THE MYANMAR TIMES APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014 48 the pulse
Sound and fury: Punks ring in the New Year
OLAF SCHUELKE
A
crowd of about 60 punks
gathered on the sidelines
of Water Festival, also
known as Thingyan. One
day before the ofcial
start of the festivities in Yangon, an
illegal punk rock concert took place
under an inner-city bridge featuring
a half dozen local bands including
Kultureshock, Rebel Riot and Chaos
in Burma.
Some of the patches worn by the
punks on their studded jackets and
torn pants immediately brought back
memories of listening to bands like
GBH, Dead Kennedys, Exploited and
The Adicts. In Germany in the 1980s
I spent countless weekends at punk
rock concerts and listened to tapes
and vinyl records of those bands.
Almost three decades later I found
myself on the other side of the world
among Myanmar punks desperate for
the gig to kick of. The venue couldnt
have been more punk.
To ask for ofcial permission
for an event like this is typically a
painful and fruitless process. As such,
the event organisers didnt obtain a
permit and expected police to show
up at any moment.
In fact plainclothes police ofcers
arrived before any equipment could
be set up. Punks and cops talked for
over an hour before a cheerful yell
announced that the event would be
allowed to go on.
In the crowd were some youthful
dads and their preschool-age sons
punks-in-training with dyed hair
and mohawks, metal chains and
Sid Vicious T-shirts. Neither money
nor efort was spared to look just
like British and American street
punks of the 1970s and 1980s. Some
passers-by paused to stare with
mouth-open awe.
Electric guitars and microphones
were plugged in and the old generator
turned on. Dim neon lights tossed
creepy shadows on the ground, and
fresh grafti decked the bridge walls.
The rst loud sounds erupted just
before twilight.
The screaming voice of a vocalist
electried the crowd. The drum beats
came faster and louder. The crowd
jumped wildly as though the ground
were on re. They pushed and shoved
and threw themselves at each other.
Everything seemed improvised
exactly how it has to be.
Photos 1, 2, 5 and 6 by Olaf Schuelke. Photos 3 and 4 by IMA/Emmanuel Maillard.
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S
INCE 2008, Nattha
Komolvadhin has worked
as a news editor and anchor
at Thai Public Broadcasting
Service (Thai PBS). She
hosts the program This is Thai PBS,
which provides news and analysis
and interviews in English every night
from 9:15 to 10:30pm.
Covering stories that afect and
provide insight into the lives of
people in ASEAN countries, Nattha
has interviewed numerous political
leaders, including the Dalai Lama and
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and reported
on poverty and other social issues.
Thai PBS employs 200 people
and currently is ghting a challenge
from emerging broadcast media that
have poached some top employees.
Komolvadhin is much sought after.
We are afraid to lose her too
because she is hardworking and
dedicated, Somsri Hananuntasuk,
a member of the Thai PBS board of
governors, told The Myanmar Times.
Nattha shared her experiences
as a journalist with several
correspondents from this paper,
Agency France-Presse, Skynet and
MRTV during a meeting at Thai PBS
headquarters in Lak Si, Bangkok,
Thailand on March 18.
Why did you become a news
reporter?
I followed the news since my high
school days. Its always fascinated me.
I nd that reporting is second nature
to me. I nd it important that Thai
PBS doesnt worry about advertising
and ofers the editorial freedom
that is important for my work. The
media contributes a lot in terms of
informing the public.
Whats the biggest story youve
worked on?
Big stories for me tend to be
interviews with news personalities.
It is quite difcult to say which
one is the biggest, as I regard every
interview as highly important for
me as a reporter. My job is to ask the
questions that the audience wants
to know. So far, Ive interviewed the
Dalai Lama, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,
former Prime Minister of the UK Tony
Blair, former UN Secretary General
Ko Annan, and former ASEAN
Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan. All
of these interviews were challenges
for me and I like every interview.
In addition to the interviews, I
did a story about the life of the exiled
Tibetan community in Dharamsala,
India, in 2011 when I went there to
interview the Dalai Lama. This is
the kind of story that I like to cover:
how people ght for their cause and
overcome obstacles.
To report from Myanmar during
the by-election in 2012 was a scoop
for me as I was a one-woman crew
from Thai PBS. It was a big challenge
to send a series of reports while
moving without a cameraman, and
also I had to learn fast how the
Burmese felt about the by-election.
How do you feel about Ms
Yingluck Shinawatras response to
protests in Bangkok?
The caretaker prime minister is
assertive in holding on to power
by saying that she needs to protect
democracy. For me, to be the leader
you cannot claim the mandate from
the majority only. It is important to
respect the voice of the minority and
listen to every party. This is a critical
juncture for Thailand. It is a test of
real leadership.
What changes do Thai media face?
The Thai media is facing lots of
changes in terms of an increasing
number of television stations.
Digital TV has opened up a new
media landscape. There will be
24 more free channels, from the
existing six channels at present.
The competition will be more
intense. On the other hand,
hopefully content will be improved.
Its interesting to see how print
media is adapting to this new
media landscape. I still see lots of
opportunities for the media as a
whole to integrate with social media
and to really focus on content to
keep abreast of this new challenge.
What challenges do you face
when you report?
Social media [requires] reporters
to be alert at all times. Very often,
weve got breaking news leads from
social media. On the other hand, we
have to be accurate and much more
careful in what we are reporting in
the mainstream media, especially
at Thai PBS. The challenge for the
media is to improve the quality
of the reporting, give value to
investigative journalism and work
to deadline. The media has to cope
with the fast pace of news, but we
cant compromise with accuracy and
professionalism.
How has your station changed
during these years?
Thai PBS has been on nearly six full
years. To a certain extent we have
proved that we aim at being media
for the Thai audience. We try to reach
out to every group in Thai society
and voice their concerns, during
political crises, the recent protests,
ooding crises, etc. The fact that we
do not have to rely on commercial
advertisement has allowed us a
certain level of freedom in our
coverage. Of course, were criticised
that we could do more. We are not
perfect and we still have to do a lot
more.
How do you make news reports
balanced and ethical? Can you give
an example?
[On March 14], the red shirts were
prepared for a big gathering over
the weekend. We had a report of
the leader of the red shirts address
to their followers. I had to show
what the leaders of the Peoples
Democratic Reform Committee
[yellow shirts] planned to do over
the weekend too. This is just one
example of balancing the view of
each nights program.
Whats the biggest challenge in
covering the protests?
Trying to balance the view from each
stakeholder in Thai politics. However,
we may not cover every view in a
report of two or three minutes and
thus we tend to be criticised for that.
The proof of balance may not be
shown in just one report.
How do you relax yourself when you
get tired with your stressful job?
Its not easy to remain calm while
working in the media, a world that
moves very fast. Nevertheless, it is
a must to maintain calm. A sense
of humour helps me a lot. Before
going to bed I just need to unwind by
reading and meditating.
An interview with a Thai broadcast journalist
ZON PANN PWINT
zonpann08@gmail.com
Pressing questions with
Nattha Komolvadhin
Nattha Komolvadhin speaking in Bangkok on March 18.
50 the pulse THE MYANMAR TIMES APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014
ART
APRIL 21-30 Land of Glass, Land of
Mirrors featuring work by Amanda
Humphries and Myanmar children, River
Gallery II, 33/35 37
th
and 38
th
streets,
Kyauktada
APRIL 29-MAY 3 Colour Game group
show of 21 artists working in acrylic,
oil and watercolour, Lokanat Gallery, 62
Pansodan Street, Kyauktada
FILM
Start times at Mingalar 2, Shae Shaung
(1, 2) and Nay Pyi Taw cinemas are
10am, noon, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm and 8pm.
Start times at Junction Square and
Maw Tin are 10am, 1pm and 4pm daily
and 7pm and 9:30pm on Friday and
Saturday.
Nay Pyi Taw Cinema, near Sule Pagoda
Rio 2. Directed by Carlos Saldanha. In this
animated feature, Blu, Jewel and their
three kids hurtle from Rio to the Amazon
where Blu struggles to ft in and must
face his adversaries.
Mingalar 2 Cinema, at Dagon Center 2,
Myaenigone, Sanchaung
Captain America 3D. Directed by Joe
Johnston. The superhero struggles to
expose a massive conspiracy and winds
up facing a formidable enemy, the Winter
Soldier.
Shae Shaung Cinema 1, Sule Pagoda
Road, Kyauktada
Captain America 3D.
Shae Shaung Cinema 2, Sule Pagoda
Road, Kyauktada
Still 2. Directed by Tai Hong. A Thai horror
flm.
Junction Square Cineplex, Kamaryut
Non-Stop. Directed by Jaume Collet-
Serra. Liam Neeson stars in this
suspense thriller about a US air marshal
who must race against time to respond
to a cryptic demand for $150 million or
watch his airplane passengers be killed.
Captain America 3D.
Junction Maw Tin Cineplex, Lanmadaw
Captain America 3D.
MUSIC
APRIL 30 International Jazz Day with local
musicians, Institut Francais, 340 Pyay
Road, Sanchaung
APRIL 30 Korea-Myanmar Friendship
Concert with K-pop bands, Thuwana
Football Stadium, 6:30-10:30pm
MISC
APRIL 29 Latin night social dancing, Hola
Dance Club, 94 Bogar Lay Zay Street,
8-11pm
APRIL 30 World Book Day festival with
colouring activities for kids and literacy
talk, British Embassy, 80 Strand Road,
Kyauktada 10am-6:30pm
MAY 2-3 at 6pm and May 4 at 2pm
Vaudeville variety show. Tickets
available by calling 1-512793/94/95.
International School of Yangon, 20 Shwe
Taungyar Street, Bahan
MAY 3 Diggers Dance buffet dinner
and dance. Tickets $65 at the Australian
clubhouse, Australian Embassy and clinic
at Golden Hill Tower. 18 Golden Valley
Road, Bahan 7:30pm-late
Got an event?
List it in Whats On!
Email: whatsonmt@gmail.com
APRIL 28 MAY 4
W
HEN a man with a
machete silently joins
us at the edge of the
rainforest, my sister
and I arent sure
whether to be alarmed or comforted.
We already have a guide and a park
ranger accompanying us as we set of
into Sumatras Way Kambas National
Park. The mysterious machete man
makes ve.
The Indonesian island of Sumatra
is one of the few places left in the
world where elephants, rhinos, and
of particular interest to Heather
and me tigers live together in the
wild. Critically endangered, wild tigers
are ghting to survive in the face
of widespread poaching and forest-
clearing. With this in mind, weve
decided to travel to Sumatra to see
what we can, while we can.
Before the trip, the eco-lodge
arranging it warns us that its extremely
unlikely that well see any tigers.
There are roughly 30 Sumatran tigers
remaining in the 807-square-kilometre
Way Kambas park, in southern
Sumatra, and they mostly prefer to stay
in the deep interior. Across Sumatra,
there are fewer than 400 tigers left.
Theyre extinct on the nearby islands
of Java and Bali. Sumatras tigers are
smaller than their cousins elsewhere
and have thicker black stripes.
Though getting a glimpse is a long
shot, Heather and I are ready to try,
hoping at the very least to spy a tiger
paw print or claw marks on tree bark.
From the clearing, we hike single
le into the park with the mysterious
machete man at the rear, the ranger at
the front. Following a trail not much
wider than a machete blade, we cross
patches of shoe-sucking mud and kick
up nger-size leeches, which slow our
pace, as we keep stopping to shake
them of. We also stop often to look at
macaques, a slow loris (a lemur-like
primate that were told has a toxic bite),
small deer known as muntjacs and
blue-banded kingshers. Overhead, we
hear monkey and wild-bird calls. There
are no traces of any tigers, the very
thing we most hope to see.
Perhaps the tiger cams are the best
way to see the tigers, says our guide,
Hari, once were back at the ranger
station, ofering the thought as a sort
of consolation prize. Removing leeches
from our clothes, hats and shoes as the
machete man grills fresh sh on an
open re, were inclined to agree.
After lunch, we try a diferent route
into the park. The ve of us set of in
a small boat that cruises slowly along
the Way Kambas River, on glassy water
the color of milky tea. Our wake barely
rouses a mostly submerged freshwater
crocodile. There are no muddy tiger
footprints along the bank, but gibbons
and long-tailed macaques spot us and
move higher up into the trees.
In the morning, Hari picks us up
and promises that well have better luck
seeing Sumatran rhinos and elephants
today. We follow a bumpy dirt road into
the park, driving past more muntjacs,
monkeys and crested reback
pheasants on our way to the Sumatran
Rhino Sanctuary.
The sanctuary aids Sumatras
endangered rhinos, which are
considered one of the most threatened
large mammals in the world. They are
the smallest rhinoceros species and
considered the most vocal and are
also known as hairy rhinos because
of the hair on their bodies. Less
fortunately, Sumatras rhinos are the
only species in Asia with two horns,
making them particularly attractive
to poachers. Theyre hunted for their
horns, which are ground into a powder
thats used in traditional medicines and
that some believe to be an aphrodisiac.
Once found across Southeast Asia,
Sumatran rhinos today number about
100, with only 25 to 35 at Way Kambas.
Were fortunate enough to see
one of them, a young 680-kilogram
female that has come to the sanctuary
for breakfast. Like other rhinos here,
shes being reintroduced into the
wild following a period in captivity.
She cautiously investigates our
small group and, fortunately for us,
decides not to mark her territory with
excrement (another Sumatran rhino
characteristic). Instead, a sanctuary
stafer briey mists her with water;
then, her curiosity satised, she lies
down for a nap.
In the sweltering heat, the misting
looks inviting, but we have elephants to
see, and still hold out hope for tigers.
A teeth-rattling ride in the SUV
lands us at the Elephant Conservation
Center. Along the way we encounter
a few motor scooters that are nearly
obscured by piles of branches,
presumably used to feed the rhinos,
heaped behind the drivers. We also pass
lush forest and small patches of land
cleared for farming, some marked by
tall wooden platforms.
Hari informs us that the farmers
use these platforms to keep watch
over the elds at night to make sure
that the elephants dont trample their
crops. Like the rhinos and the tigers,
Sumatras elephants have had their
troubles. They are critically endangered,
with fewer than 3000 Sumatran
elephants remaining, about 200 of
them in the Way Kambas park.
The clearing of forests for palm oil,
illegal cofee cultivation and timber
has dramatically shrunk the amount of
open space available to the elephants,
making them more likely to run into
people who see them as a threat,
particularly to crops. Poachers in search
of elephant tusks, which are valued in
the ivory trade, also use the crude roads
cut into the forest to support the illicit
farming and logging.
The elephant centre aims to
mitigate some of these issues and
help elephants that have been injured
by run-ins with humans. This year,
it expects to open Indonesias rst
elephant hospital. Heather and I tour
the centers low-slung bungalows
and let a baby elephant reach into
our backpacks and pockets with its
long trunk to consume our stash of
bananas.
That night at the eco-lodge, my
sister and I drink warm beer and
toast our good fortune at seeing the
elephants, rhino and other rare wildlife.
I head to the kitchen for more beer and
stop in front of two white boards in the
dining room. A long list of local wildlife
covers one. On the other is a rough
map of the area on which visitors have
written in the animals they spotted.
Some I wished I had seen, such as
the colorful sun bear. Others, like the
spitting cobra, Im glad to have avoided.
And then I see it.
Near the eco-lodge, someone had
written, At 6pm, a tiger crossed the
road 3m in front of motor bike.
Finally, there it was. A Sumatran
tiger sighting, one small sign of an all-
but-gone ghost cat, tellingly written in
not-so-permanent marker.
The Washington Post
Sumatras exotic, elusive wildlife
Crouching rhino,
hidden tiger
A view of Sumatras Lake Toba. Photo: Henrik Hansson
HUGH BIGGAR
At Way Kambas National Park in
Sumatra, Satwa Elephant Eco-lodge
puts guests in prime wildlife viewing
position. Photo: Hugh Biggar
Across Sumatra,
there are fewer
than 400 tigers
left. Theyre
extinct on Java
and Bali.
52 the pulse THE MYANMAR TIMES APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014
I
TS tricky work for a
primary care doctor to
help patients decide when
and how to get screened
for a particular disease. A
good example is breast cancer.
Most women assume that
getting regular mammograms
is protection enough. They
have been taught by advocacy
organisations and medical
professionals that screening
prevents death.
However, the truth is that
in nations where treatment
is available to the majority of
the population, most women
diagnosed with breast cancer
dont die from the disease. Also,
mammograms fail to detect
many cases of breast cancer.
So, unfortunately, some women
with breast cancer blame
themselves for not having
received regular mammograms.
At the same time, women who
adhere to annual mammogram
guidelines arent getting the
level of protection they might
think.
While its generally correct
that mammograms reduce
the risk of dying from breast
cancer, they in fact have both
benecial and harmful efects.
This is illustrated in a new
report published in the April
2 issue of the Journal of the
American Medical Association.
The authors reviewed all
available data from the last 50
years and found that women
in their 40s benet from a
15 percent decline in death
from breast cancer when they
undergo regular screenings.
They also found that 19pc
of cancers detected are actually
over-diagnoses, meaning that
the screenings found cancers
that will never actually harm
the woman. Unfortunately
these harmless cancers are then
unnecessarily evaluated and
treated with biopsies, surgeries,
medications and radiation. The
implication is that, for women in
their 40s, mammography may be
doing more harm than good.
In the evolving discussion
on mammography, its safe to
say that benets have been
overstated and harms have
been understated. We can no
longer assume that discovering a
possible breast cancer is always
benecial. These are frustrating
conclusions, particularly since
breast cancer is such a common
disease. The average woman has
a 1-in-8 chance of developing
breast cancer over the course of
her life.
For these reasons its no
surprise that recommendations
on age limits and frequency
of screening difer among the
various medical committees
and associations that write
guidelines. They suggest talking
with your physician to make a
personal decision.
Some women are happy
to accept the possibility of
unnecessary treatment if it
means they have a mildly
reduced risk of dying from
breast cancer. Others look at
the numbers and feel more
comfortable waiting until their
50s or 60s to begin receiving
mammograms. Regardless, it is
important for women to know
that breast cancer screening is
not perfect, that it misses some
cancers and that some women
die of breast cancer even when
they have mammograms.
For Myanmar, which is
attempting to establish a
responsibly functioning health
system, its difcult to decide the
priority of mammography within
the broad range of health-care
challenges. If screening for
breast cancer with currently
available methods is not as
efective as we had hoped, how
much from an extremely limited
bucket of resources should it
receive?
Furthermore, as the middle
class grows in Myanmar over the
coming years and drives demand
for mammograms, how do we
prepare general practitioners
for these difcult conversations?
Post-medical-school training
for primary care doctors in
Myanmar is extremely limited
at the moment. Implementing
a countrywide guideline on
breast cancer screening that
relies on strong patient-doctor
relationships will demand that
multiple aspects of the health
system be improved.
Christoph Gelsdorf is an American
Board of Family Medicine physician
who has a health clinic in Yangon
(www.gelsdorfMD.com). He is a
member of the GP Society of the
Myanmar Medical Association.
Reader inquiries are welcomed.
Living well in Myanmar
Why breast cancer screening isnt always a good thing
CHRISTOPH
GELSDORF,
MD
livingwellmyanmar@gmail.com
A series of six illustrations showing how to do breast self examination. A new study shows that mammography to
detect breast cancer sometimes leads to unnecessary treatment. Photo: National Cancer Institute
Should you get tested?
Breast cancer
screening is
not perfect. It
misses some
cancers and
some women
die even when
they have
mammograms.
PARIS
Restored Texas Chainsaw Massacre gets Cannes slot
A restored version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre marking the slasher lms 40
th

anniversary will be shown in Cannes next month as part of the Directors Fortnight.
Tobe Hoopers 1974 horror movie about a group of friends who run into a family of
cannibals was originally banned in several countries due to its violence.
But the low-budget lm, made by Hooper for under US$300,000, went on to
become a box ofce smash, leading to a hugely protable and long-running franchise.
An independent event started by the French Directors Guild in the late 1960s, the
Fortnight runs alongside the main May 14-25 Cannes Film Festival with the aim of
discovering new talent and saluting the work of established directors. The non-
competitive event will run from May 15-25.
WASHINGTON
With awards, Bollywood shows growing imprint in US
Bollywood last week threw its premier awards event for the rst time in the United
States, which has quietly become the leading overseas market for Indias prolic lm
industry.
The International Indian Film Academy on April 23 kicked off four days of festivities
in Tampa culminating in an awards ceremony that brought out Bollywoods glitterati
and Hollywood legend John Travolta.
While Bollywood is known for its extravagant song-and-dance routines, its
expansion into the United States has been more understated. Indian lms are
increasingly shown in mainstream US cinemas.
The United States has topped Britain in recent years as the largest overseas
market for Bollywood, fuelled by demand from the three-million-strong Indian
American community and the growing ease of distributing movies through the digital
format.
Dhoom 3, the latest instalment of a thriller series which was nominated for best
picture at the Tampa awards, broke US records for Indian cinema after it was released
last year.
Set largely in Chicago, Dhoom 3 grossed more than US$8 million in the United
States and Canada.
Indian cinemas growth can easily y beneath the radar in the United States, which
has by far the worlds largest box ofce and is thoroughly dominated by domestic fare.
India, in turn, has the largest output of lms at more than 1100 a year.
But Gitesh Pandya, a US-based consultant for Bollywood studios, said that Indian
cinema had innate advantages as it has a consistent audience of Indian Americans
who are often well-educated and generally do not need expensive promotional
campaigns to woo them to the movies.
Indian lms that just ve years ago would have opened at 80 to 85 screens in the
United States now start in more than 200 theatres, including in smaller cities where
cinemas are happy to ll seats however they can, Pandya said.
WELLINGTON
Crouching Tiger prequel to lm in New Zealand
A prequel to the Oscar-winning Chinese martial-arts epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon will be shot in New Zealand this year, Film Auckland said on April 22.
The original, released in 2000, broke new ground in introducing Western audiences
to Chinese cinema, and Film Aucklands deputy chairman Alex Lee said securing the
follow-up was a major coup for New Zealand.
Its a production that will require a vast number of resources, facilities,
technicians and crew, he told Radio New Zealand.
New Zealand is no stranger to big-budget movie shoots, providing stunning
backdrops for both the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies.
But Lee said subsidy changes allowing major productions to claim back up to 25
percent of their budget as rebates were a decisive factor. Its quite clear that until the
decision to increase the incentives for international lms to come to New Zealand we
were just not competitive, he said.
Crouching Tiger made US$213.5 million globally, according to industry website Box
Ofce Mojo, including $128 million in the United States unprecedented at the time
for a foreign-language movie.
It also won four Oscars in 2001, including best foreign lm, and launched the
Hollywood career of director Ang Lee, who went on to win two best director Academy
Awards for Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi.
Film industry bible Variety reported that Malaysias Michelle Yeoh will reprise her
role as a warrior in the prequel, to be titled The Green Destiny.
It said Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinsteins Weinstein Company is co-producing
the lm with New Zealands Iron Knight Productions.
Dancers pose during the opening act for the 15th International Indian Film
Academy Awards in Tampa, Florida, on April 23. Photo: AFP/ Frederic J Brown
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INGALABAR! I hope
everyone enjoyed the
holidays. I wish you all
column followers, The
Myanmar Times team
who support me another happy,
healthy and peaceful year.
I was in Thailand and enjoying
that countrys cuisine over Thingyan.
The dishes are simple, fresh and
yummy, and I had a chance to try
more authentic foods than just the
familiar green curry with chicken and
larb. Spicy, juicy, sweet and sour Thai
salads inspired this weeks recipes.
Lemongrass is the theme.
The aroma of the lemongrass is so
fresh that it puts me at ease. Coming
in from the hot sun, I like to enjoy a
nice cold lemongrass drink. Mostly
in Myanmar we use lemongrass for
cooking curry or soup. But in salads it
shakes up the taste buds and excites
the senses. Here are some recipes
to cool yourself down in these hot,
humid days.
ANCHOVY AND LEMONGRASS
SALAD
SERVES 4
3 lemongrass stalks
2 tbsp dried shrimp, small or
medium size
3 tbsp fried dried anchovies
2 tbsp fried shallots
3 kafr lime leaves or shaukywet
2 tbsp crushed roasted peanuts
lime
Handful of coriander leaves
DRESSING
2 tbsp tamarind paste
2 tbsp lime juice
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp fsh sauce
1 - 2 tsp chilli fakes
Make a 4-5 cm diameter ball of
tamarind and rinse it. Soak it in
cup warm water until it becomes soft.
Mash until it becomes a paste.
For the dressing, mix all the
ingredients in a bowl and stir until the
sugar dissolves. Keep separate.
Wash the coriander and pick the
leaves for garnish. Chop the stalks
nely and add to the salad.
Wash the lemongrass stalks,
discard the tough parts and cut of the
heads. Then slice the white and very
pale green parts nely.
Slice the kafr lime leaves and cut
the lime into tiny wedges. Discard the
seeds. Add all the salad ingredients
except lime wedges to a bowl and mix.
If you add the lime long before serving
you will have a bitter salad.
Pour the dressing over the
lemongrass mixture just before
serving. Then add the lime wedges and
garnish with coriander leaves. Serve
straight away.
Fried dried anchovies and
fried shallots are available at the
supermarket.
Cooling off with
lemongrass
Fresh salad and soup bar
caters to expats
LWIN MAR HTUN
lwinmarhtun.mcm@gmail.com
Restaurant Preview
food
HOMEMADE ICED
LEMONGRASS
J UICE
Serves 4
6 stalks lemongrass
6 tbsp sugar
2 litres water
Cut off the tops of the
lemongrass and discard
tough leaves. Cut the
lemongrass stalks to
18-20 cm and then halve
lengthwise. Crush the
lemongrass heads so they
break.
Add lemongrass to a
saucepan with water and
heat to a boil. When it starts
boiling, turn the heat down
and simmer for 90 minutes.
Add the sugar.
Remove from the stove
and cool.
Serve cold with lots of ice.
You can also serve warm.
Adjust sweetness to your
taste.
PHYO ARBIDANS
phyo.arbidans@gmail.com Fresh and spicy
anchovy salad
with a cold glass of
lemongrass juice is
perfect for these hot
afternoons. Photo: Phyo
SPROUT restaurant isnt easy to nd.
Its a tiny shop on Yaw Min Gyi Road
with four dining tables.
The only menu options are soup
and salad. I ordered the tuna with
greens (K4500). Diners can choose the
vegetables they want, and all looked
very fresh. My companion ordered
the vegetable chilli soup (K1500 small,
K2500 large).
The recently opened restaurant
ofers friendly service and free Wi-Fi.
The decor is spartan only black and
white. Its almost too simple.
The salad was delivered within
minutes while we had to wait around
10 for the soup. You can drink cola and
a variety of other cold drinks, but they
dont have seasonal fruit juices.
The salad was colourful and probably
delicious, though I have to say not
really suited to a Myanmar palette like
mine. Despite being fresh, I didnt like
the taste of the vegetables. My friend
also tried my dish and she agreed.
We hoped the soup might be better.
At rst sight it looked good: beans,
tomatoes and corn. It had some spicy
heat, but the sweet corn and beans
supported and smoothed out the
avour. We ate it all.
Clearly this restaurant, run by an
expatriate, is geared towards English
expats and speakers. If you dont speak
English well, its difcult to order. Im
70 percent sure that Myanmar people
wont nd anything they like on this
menu. But if youre in the 30 percent
thats interested in trying something
new, go for it.
Food 5
Beverage 4
Atmosphere 6
X-Factor 7
Service 8
Value for money 7
Restaurant Rating
Sprouts
68 A/2 Yaw Min Gyi Road, Dagon
Vegetarian chilli soup (top left) and a light but large tuna salad (above). Photo:Staff
THE MYANMAR TIMES APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014
Socialite
Daw Khin Mar Lar and guests
OG Kush, Kyaw Zay Win aka Ka LanBar Sar Chouk Yope
Aung Phyo Khaing, Suicidal Kid
Tom
Richard and friend Aj Ohmmar Thinn Kyi, Ja Sawm Laban and Suu Mon Aung
Daw May Myat Mon Win and guests
Marketing group
Thura Aye and G-Tone
Kai Za Tin Moong, Tser Htoo, Mai Dinah and Aye Aye Aung
J-Me
Thingyan music festival
Numerous local bands and MCs took to
stages in Yangon during Water Festival,
playing to thousands of fans and
revellers.
Real Fitness Centers
Thingyan festival
Chatrium hotel thank-you party
Jam It! Gets Wet
Real Fitness Center celebrated
Thingyan with their customers
and dealers on April 8 with special
snacks and water games. Partici-
pants, actors and musicians also
performed Thingyan songs and
dances.
Chatrium hotel held a thank-you party for customers and staf on April 8 in
their poolside lounge. The rock show series Jam It! was
back at Flamingo Bar on April XX
for a Thingyan-themed event with
local bands.
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Socialite
Ni Ni Khin Zaw
Joseph and Ko Thiee
Andrew and Suan
Ko Ye Tun Naing, Ko Nay Win Ko and
Ko Kyaw Tun Tun
Eaindra Khin
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Unity Ja Seng Adam Cooper and Isabell Poppelbaum Phil Rantell and Sunny
Sherry Lin and Kasey Koopmans
Yu Thandar Tin Aye Myat Thu and Thin Yanae Soe San
Lian Thang U Win Kyn Than Kyaw Htay
Artist Amanda Humphries
Yu Mar Thin, Ei Ei Theint and Sandi Han Thi
Samsung Branch opening
The House restaurant opening
A new Samsung branch opened on
27
th
Street, Latha township, on April 7.
Models and businesspeople attended
the opening ceremony.
On the evening of April 7, an elegant and relaxing restaurant named The
House celebrated its ofcial opening in Bahan Township. The restaurant
is tucked among bamboos trees, making it a shady summer retreat. Many
celebrities attended the launch.
Art opening at River Gallery II
Land of Glass, Land of Mirrors opened on the
evening of April 24. The multi-media exhibition
featured Australian contemporary dancers and
artwork by Amanda Humphries in collaboration
with Myanmar children.
56 the pulse travel THE MYANMAR TIMES APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014
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YANGON TO NAY PYI TAW
Flight Days Dep Arr
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Y5 777 1,2,3,4,6 7:45 8:25
FMI A1 6 8:00 9:00
FMI B1 1,2,3,4,5 11:30 12:30
FMI A1 7 15:30 16:30
FMI C1 1,2,3,4,5 16:45 17:45
NAY PYI TAW TO YANGON
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FMI A2 6 10:00 11:00
FMI B2 1,2,3,4,5 13:00 14:00
FMI A2 7 17:00 18:00
Y5 778 1,2,3,4,6 17:30 18:10
FMI C2 1,2,3,4,5 18:05 19:05
YANGON TO MANDALAY
Flight Days Dep Arr
YH 909 5 6:00 7:40
YH 917 4 6:00 7:40
YJ 891 Daily 6:00 8:05
K7 282 Daily 6:30 8:40
YJ 901 1,2 6:10 7:35
YJ 901 3 6:30 7:55
YH 917 1,2,3,5,6,7 6:10 8:30
Y5 234 Daily 6:15 7:30
6T 401 Daily 6:20 8:25
YH 833 2 7:00 8:40
YH 831 4,6 7:00 8:40
W9 201 Daily 7:30 8:55
K7 266 Daily 8:00 10:05
K7 642 Daily 8:30 12:20
8M 6603 2,4,7 9:00 10:10
YJ 751/W9 7751 5,7 10:30 12:25
YJ 761 1,2,4,6 10:30 12:25
K7 844 Daily 11:00 14:10
YJ 211 5,7 11:00 12:25
YJ 201 2,3,4 11:00 12:25
YJ 601/W9 7601 6 11:00 12:25
YH 737 3,7 11:00 13:10
YH 729 4 11:00 14:00
YH 737 5 11:15 13:25
YH 727 1 11:15 13:25
YH 729 2,6 11:15 14:15
W9 251 2,5 11:15 12:40
YJ 003 3 11:30 12:55
K7 226 2,4,6 13:00 14:25
6T 501 5,6,7 14:30 16:30
W9 129 Daily 15:00 16:55
YH 731 1,2,3,4,6,7 15:00 17:10
6T 501 2,4 15:15 17:15
YJ 7211/W9 211 1,2,3,4,6,7 15:30 16:55
MANDALAY TO YANGON
Flight Days Dep Arr
YJ 901 1,2 7:50 9:55
YH 910 5 7:40 9:45
YJ 901 3 8:10 9:35
Y5 233 Daily 8:10 9:25
YJ 891 Daily 8:20 10:15
YH 918 1,2,3,5,6,7 8:30 10:45
6T 402 Daily 8:45 10:45
YH 918 4 9:10 11:05
W9 201 Daily 9:10 11:05
W9 144 Daily 9:20 10:45
Y5 132 3,5,6,7 9:30 10:30
K7 267 Daily 10:20 12:25
K7 823 2,4,7 11:25 14:25
YH 832 6 11:30 15:20
YH 834 2 12:00 15:50
YH 832 4 12:30 13:55
K7 643 Daily 12:35 16:25
YJ 212 7 15:00 16:25
YJ 212 5 15:00 16:55
YJ 202 2,3,4 15:30 16:55
YJ 762 1,2,4,6 16:05 17:30
YJ 602/W9 7602 6 15:40 17:05
YJ 752/W9 7752 5 15:55 18:00
W9 120 1,3,6 16:30 17:55
YH 728 1 16:45 18:10
K7 227 2,4,7 16:50 18:15
6T 502 5,6,7 16:50 18:55
W9 129 Daily 17:10 18:35
YH 738 3,7 17:10 18:35
YH 732 2,4,6,7 17:10 19:15
W9 211 Daily 17:10 19:15
8M 6604 2,4,7 17:20 18:30
YJ 752/W9 7752 7 17:20 18:45
YH 738 5 17:25 18:50
6T 502 2,4 17:35 19:40
YJ 004 3 18:00 19:25
YH 730 2,6 18:00 19:25
YANGON TO NYAUNG U
Flight Days Dep Arr
YJ 891 Daily 6:00 7:20
YH 909 5 6:00 8:25
YH 917 4 6:00 8:25
YH 917 1,2,3,5,6,7 6:10 7:45
YJ 901 1,2 6:10 8:20
W9 141 Daily 6:15 7:35
6T 401 Daily 6:20 7:40
YJ 7141/W9 141 Daily 6:20 7:40
YJ 901 6 6:30 7:50
K7 282 Daily 6:30 7:50
YH 909 6 7:00 8:40
W9 143 Daily 7:15 8:35
YJ 601/W9 7601 6 11:00 13:05
6T 501 5,6,7 14:30 17:20
YH 731 5 15:00 17:20
YH 731 1,2,3,4,6,7 15:00 17:55
6T 501 2,4 15:15 18:05
W9 211 Daily 15:30 17:40
YJ 7211/W9 211 5 15:30 16:50
YJ 7211/W9 211 1,2,3,4,6,7 15:30 17:40
NYAUNG U TO YANGON
Flight Days Dep Arr
YJ 891 Daily 7:35 10:15
YH 918 1,2,3,5,6,7 7:45 10:45
W9 141 Daily 7:50 10:40
YJ 7141/W9 141 Daily 7:55 10:55
6T 401 Daily 7:55 10:45
YJ 901 6 8:05 9:25
YH 918 4 8:25 11:05
YH 910 5 8:25 9:45
YJ 901 1,2 8:35 9:55
YH 910 6 8:40 10:05
W9 144 Daily 8:50 10:10
K7 283 Daily 10:40 12:00
YJ 7211/ W9 211 5 17:05 18:25
YH 732 5 17:20 18:40
6T 502 5,6,7 17:35 18:55
YJ 7211/ W9 211 1,2,3,4,6,7 17:55 19:15
W9 211 Daily 17:55 19:15
YH 732 1,2,3,4,6,7 17:55 19:15
6T 502 2,4 18:20 19:40
YANGON TO MYITKYINA
Flight Days Dep Arr
YH 831 6 7:00 10:05
YH 833 2 7:00 10:35
YH 831 4 7:00 10:35
K7 642 Daily 8:30 10:50
YJ 201 2,3,4 11:00 13:50
W9 251 2,5 11:15 14:10
MYITKYINA TO YANGON
Flight Days Dep Arr
YH 832 6 10:05 15:20
YH 832 4 10:35 13:55
YH 834 2 13:25 15:50
YJ 202 2,3,4 14:05 16:55
K7 643 Daily 14:05 16:25
W9 252 2,5 16:05 19:00
YANGON TO HEHO
Flight Days Dep Arr
YJ 891 Daily 6:00 8:50
YH 917 4 6:00 9:55
YH 917 1,2,3,5,6,7 6:10 9:35
W9 141 Daily 6:15 8:20
6T 401 Daily 6:20 9:20
K7 282 Daily 6:30 9:30
W9 201 Daily 7:30 9:40
K7 828 1,3,5 7:30 8:45
K7 822 2,4,7 7:30 10:20
K7 266 Daily 8:00 9:15
YJ 751/W9 7751 5 10:00 11:10
YJ 751/W9 7751 7 10:30 11:40
YJ 761 1,2,4,6 10:30 11:40
YH 505 2,6 10:30 11:55
K7 844 Daily 11:00 15:00
W9 203 Daily 11:00 12:10
YH 737 3,7 11:00 12:25
YH 737 5 11:15 12:40
YH 727 1 11:15 12:40
W9 119 1,3,6 11:15 12:25
YH 505 4 11:30 12:55
6T 501 5,6,7 14:30 15:40
6T 501 2,4 15:15 16:25
W9 129 Daily 15:00 16:10
YH 731 Daily 15:00 16:25
HEHO TO YANGON
Flight Days Dep Arr
W9 141 Daily 8:35 10:40
YJ 7141/W9 141 Daily 8:50 10:55
YJ 891 Daily 9:05 10:15
YH 918 1,2,3,5,6,7 9:35 10:45
6T 402 Daily 9:35 10:45
K7 283 Daily 9:45 12:00
W9 201 Daily 9:55 11:05
YH 918 4 9:55 11:05
K7 267 Daily 11:10 12:25
YH 506 2,6 11:55 14:00
W9 204 Daily 12:25 13:35
YH 506 4 12:55 15:00
K7 829 1,3,5 13:50 15:05
K7 845 Daily 15:15 18:10
W9 120 1,3,6 15:45 17:55
YJ 762 1,2,4,6 15:20 17:30
YJ 212 5 15:45 16:55
6T 501 5,6,7 15:55 18:55
YH 728 1 16:00 18:10
YH 738 3,7 16:25 18:35
W9 129 Daily 16:25 18:35
YH 732 5 16:25 18:40
YH 732 1,2,3,4,6,7 16:25 19:15
YH 738 5 16:40 18:50
6T 501 2,4 16:40 19:40
YH 730 4 17:50 19:00
YANGON TO SIT T WE
Flight Days Dep Arr
6T 607 3,6 11:15 12:40
6T 605 2,4,5,7 11:15 13:15
YJ 7309/W9 309 1,3,5,6,7 11:30 12:55
K7 422 Daily 13:30 15:25
6T 607 1 12:30 13:55
SIT T WE TO YANGON
Flight Days Dep Arr
6T 608 3,6 13:00 15:00
YJ 7309/W9 309 1,3,5,6,7 13:10 14:55
6T 606 2,4,5,7 13:35 15:00
K7 423 Daily 15:40 17:00
YANGON TO MYEIK
Flight Days Dep Arr
YH 633 1,3,5,7 7:00 9:15
K7 319 Daily 7:00 9:05
6T 707 1,3,5,6,7 7:45 9:45
MYEIK TO YANGON
Flight Days Dep Arr
YH 634 1,3,5,7 11:25 13:25
K7 320 Daily 11:30 13:35
6T 708 1,3,5,6,7 12:10 14:10
YANGON TO THANDWE
Flight Days Dep Arr
W9 141 Daily 6:15 9:35
YJ 7141/W9 141 Daily 6:20 9:50
YH 505 2,6 10:30 13:10
YH 511 1,5 10:30 13:05
6T 605 2,4,5,7 11:15 12:10
6T 607 3,6 11:15 13:50
YH 505 3,7 11:30 12:35
YH 505 4 11:30 14:10
YJ 7307/W9 307 2,4 11:30 13:20
YJ 7309/W9 309 1,3,5,6,7 11:30 13:50
K7 422 Daily 13:30 14:25
THANDWE TO YANGON
Flight Days Dep Arr
YJ 7141/W9 141 Daily 10:05 10:55
6T 605 2,4,5,7 12:25 15:00
YH 506 3,7 12:35 13:25
YH 512 1,5 13:05 13:55
YH 506 2,6 13:10 14:00
YJ 7307/W9 307 2,4 13:35 14:25
6T 608 3,6 14:05 15:00
YJ 7309/W9 309 1,3,5,6,7 14:05 14:55
YH 506 4 14:10 15:00
K7 422 Daily 14:40 17:00

Domestic
6T = Air Mandalay
W9 = Air Bagan
YJ = Asian Wings
K7 = AIR KBZ
YH = Yangon Airways
FMI = FMI AIR Charter
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
Subject to change
without notice
Domestic Airlines
Air Bagan Ltd. (W9)
Tel : 513322, 513422, 504888, Fax : 515102
Air KBZ (K7)
Tel: 372977~80, 533030~39 (Airport),
Fax: 372983, Hot Line: 373766
Air Mandalay (6T)
Tel : (Head Ofce) 501520, 525488,
Fax: 525937. Airport: 533222~3, 09-73152853.
Fax: 533223.
Asian Wings (YJ)
Tel: 951 515261~264, 512140, 512473, 512640.
Fax: 951 532333, 516654
Golden Myanmar Airlines (Y5)
Tel: 95 9 400446999, 95 9 400447999,
Fax: 01 860 4051
Yangon Airways(YH)
Tel: (+95-1) 383 100, 383 107, 700 264,
Fax: 652 533.
FMI Air Charter - Sales &
Reservations
Tel: (95-1) 240363, 240373 / (+95-9) 421146545
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday
6 = Saturday
7 = Sunday
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WEEKLY PREDICTIONS
APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014
CANCER | June 21 July 22
In the war between
falsehood and truth,
falsehood wins the rst
battle and truth the last. Its
a waste to ignore knowledge
when you have the possibility to develop
right thinking. Financial success will
depend on your having a good mental
balance and decision-making according
to the circumstances.
CAPRICORN | Dec 22 Jan 19
Fill yourself with awe and
admiration. You should learn
more about the relationship
between metaphor and
reality. Glimpse the promise
of freedom inherent in human nature. A
level of simplistic cause and effect is
essential to social communication. Find a
way to refresh yourself after the darkness
of careless ignorance.
AUNG MYIN KYAW
4
th
Floor, 113, Thamain Bayan Road, Tarmwe township, Yangon.
Tel: 09-731-35632, Email: williameaste@gmail.com
GEMINI | May 21 June 20
Reafrming your social
relationships and looking
for new and meaningful
ones is important to
building your investment in
society. Remember that the best
communication is your courage to make
changes in the case of need. Look for
positive responses to criticisms. Learn to
see the difference between work
problems and personal ones.
SAGITTARIUS | Nov 22 Dec 21
Keep a concrete record of
your insights, reections,
dreams, goals and intended
actions. There is a higher
law than the law of
government and that is the law of
conscience. Without this nothing is
valuable. Arts and science may improve
the world and peoples lives, but they
cannot replace the power of nature.
Beautify the world with reason.
AQUARIUS | Jan 20 Feb 18
Challenge your brain. Believe
that you can stimulate your
thinking and improve your
learning and listening skills
by occasionally exposing
yourself to more advanced material. Try
not to feel oppressed or to resist difcult
material but enter it with enthusiasm.
Listen to your intuition and the reaction of
the social environment to nd your place
in society.
LEO | July 23 Aug 22
Socialising with your staff
beyond your duty and
striking up friendships will
lead to smooth working
relations. By being positive
and analytical, you can overcome any
obstacle and replace it with a good
solution. It is important to always look for
the up side. Never refuse a request
without careful thought. Your heart will be
fullled by an emotional reward.
PISCES | Feb 19 March 20
Never be over-condent.
Remember that different
people are motivated in
different ways. Actual
behaviour is very important,
but so are the reasons behind it. Positive
motivation is often signalled by positive
gestures: a smile, an eager pose and a
relaxed manner. Remember that the best
discipline is self-discipline. Dont follow up
on the passing comments made by others.
VIRGO | Aug 23 Sept 22
Discipline is as important as
any of the other power
principles. It should be done
in the context of caring.
Check yourself for a positive
attitude and act with a measure of
empathy. Your social manner will become
harmonious before long. Change
something important about your beliefs
before doling out punishment.
TAURUS | Apr 20 May 20
Focus on the unseen internal
condition of people rather
than the quality of their
presentation. Do not pay
attention to social messes
but forgive the weaknesses of others. Take
social challenges in stride while you
maintain what you love about life. Look for
whats missing in your life and create time
to ll the future with love and beauty. Enjoy
yourself with satisfaction.
SCORPIO | Oct 23 Nov 21
Think about the long-range
future. Know that sin
increases in the world
without end. Beyond
necessity is no good. Let
your intuition operate all the time without
your conscious direction. To clear
emotional space for the kind of love you
want, you must let go of the past that
weighs you down. Create an atmosphere
where love can nd you.
ARIES | Mar 21 Apr 19
Your subconscious mind
may not be limited by the
false assumptions that
shape your conscious
mind. Choose the voice
that is more optimistic. An error in your
logic may cause you complications, and
you may drift away from your proper
target. Get things done by taking action
accordingly. A doubtful nature cannot
show sincerity in love.
LIBRA | Sept 23 Oct 22
You dont have to pretend to
have thought of everything
yourself. You must have a
sense of purpose and act
within the law of nature.
Know what you stand for, but you must
also stand up against everything that is
unjust. Never fail to make an action plan
to deal with challenges. Be optimistic and
goal oriented.
International
FD & AK = Air Asia
TG = Thai Airways
8M = Myanmar Airways International
PG = Bangkok Airways
MI = Silk Air
VN = Vietnam Airline
MH = Malaysia Airlines
CZ = China Southern
CI = China Airlines
CA = Air China
KA = Dragonair
IC = Indian Airlines Limited
W9 = Air Bagan
3K = Jet Star
AI = Air India
QR = Qatar Airways
KE = Korea Airlines
NH = All Nippon Airways
SQ = Singapore Airways
DE = Condor Airlines
MU=China Eastern Airlines
BR = Eva Airlines
DD = Nok Airline
AI = Air India
BG = Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Subject to change
without notice
International Airlines
Air Asia (FD)
Tel: 251 885, 251 886.
Air Bagan Ltd.(W9)
Tel : 513322, 513422, 504888, Fax : 515102
Air China (CA)
Tel : 666112, 655882.
Air India
Tel : 253597~98, 254758. Fax: 248175
Bangkok Airways (PG)
Tel: 255122, 255 265, Fax: 255119
Condor (DE)
Tel: + 95 1 -370836 up to 39 (ext : 810)
Dragonair (KA)
Tel: 95-1-255320, 255321, Fax : 255329
Golden Myanmar Airlines (Y5)
Tel: 95 9 400446999, 95 9 400447999,
Fax: 01 860 4051
Malaysia Airlines (MH)
Tel : 387648, 241007 ext : 120, 121, 122
Fax : 241124
Myanmar Airways International(8M)
Tel : 255260, Fax: 255305
Silk Air(MI)
Tel: 255 287~9, Fax: 255 290
Thai Airways (TG)
Tel : 255491~6, Fax : 255223
Vietnam Airlines (VN)
Fax : 255086. Tel 255066/ 255088/ 255068.
Qatar Airways (Temporary Ofce)
Tel: 379845, 379843, 379831, Fax: 379730
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG)
Tel: 371867~68, Fax: 371869.
Nok Airline (DD)
Tel: 255050, 255021, Fax: 255051
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday
6 = Saturday
7 = Sunday
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SCHEDULES
YANGONTOBANGKOK
Flights Days Dep Arr
PG 706 Daily 6:15 8:30
8M 335 Daily 7:40 9:25
TG 304 Daily 9:50 11:45
PG 702 Daily 10:30 12:25
TG 302 Daily 14:55 16:40
PG 708 Daily 15:20 17:15
8M 331 Daily 16:30 18:15
PG 704 Daily 18:25 20:20
Y5 237 Daily 18:15 20:05
TG 306 Daily 19:45 21:35
YANGONTODONMUENG
DD 4231 Daily 8:00 9:45
FD 2752 Daily 8:30 10:20
FD 2756 Daily 12:15 14:05
FD 2754 Daily 17:50 19:35
FD 2758 Daily 21:30 23:15
DD 4239 Daily 21:00 22:45
YANGONTOSINGAPORE
MI 509 1,2,6,7 0:25 5:00
8M 231 Daily 8:00 12:25
Y5 233 Daily 10:10 14:40
SQ 997 Daily 10:25 14:45
3K 586 2,4,6 11:20 15:50
TR 2827 Daily 19:05 23:40
3K 588 1,3,4,6 19:15 23:45
YANGONTOKUALALUMPUR
8M 501 1,3,5,6 8:55 12:55
AK 1425 Daily 8:30 12:50
MH 741 Daily 12:15 16:30
8M 9506 Daily 12:15 16:30
8M 9508 Daily 15:45 20:05
MH 743 Daily 15:45 20:05
AK 1421 Daily 16:45 21:00
YANGONTOBEIJING
CA 906 3,5,7 14:15 21:55
YANGONTOGAUNGZHOU
8M 711 2,4,7 8:40 13:15
CZ 3056 3,6 11:25 16:15
CZ 3056 1,5 17:30 22:15
YANGONTOTAIPEI
CI 7916 1,2,3,5,6 10:50 16:15
YANGONTOKUNMING
CA 906 Daily 12:15 15:55
MU 2012 1,3 12:20 18:20
MU 2032 Daily 14:50 18:20
YANGONTOCHIANGMAI
W9 9607 4,7 14:20 16:10
YANGONTOHANOI
VN 956 1,3,5,6,7 19:10 21:30
YANGONTOHOCHIMINHCITY
VN 942 2,4,7 14:25 17:10
YANGONTODOHA
QR 919 Daily 7:40 11:10
YANGONTOPHNOMPENH
8M 403 3,6 16:50 19:15
YANGONTOSEOUL
0Z 770 4,7 0:35 9:10
KE 472 2,3,4 23:35 07:45+1
YANGONTOHONGKONG
KA 251 1,2,4,6 1:10 5:35
YANGONTOTOKYO
NH 914 Daily 21:45 06:45+1
YANGONTOSIEMREAP
8M 401 1,3,6 8:35 10:45
YANGONTOGAYA
8M 601 3,5,6 7:00 8:20
YANGONTODHAKA
BG 061 1,4 19:30 20:45
YANGONTOINCHEON
8M 7702 Daily 23:35 8:05
8M7502 4,7 0:35 9:10
MANDALAYTOBANGKOK
TG 2982 1,2,4,6 9:30 11:55
PG 710 Daily 14:05 16:30
MANDALAYTODONMUENG
FD 2761 Daily 12:45 15:00
MANDALAYTOKUNMING
MU 2030 Daily 14:40 17:20
MANDALAYTOGAYA
8M 603 4 11:10 12:15
NAYPYIDAWTOBANGKOK
PG 722 1,2,3,4,5 19:30 22:30
BANGKOKTOYANGON
TG 303 Daily 7:55 8:50
PG 701 Daily 8:50 9:40
8M 336 Daily 10:40 11:25
TG 301 Daily 13:00 13:55
PG 707 Daily 13:40 14:30
PG 703 Daily 16:45 17:35
TG 305 Daily 17:50 18:45
8M 332 Daily 19:15 20:00
PG 705 Daily 20:00 21:30
Y5 238 Daily 21:05 21:55
DONMUENGTOYANGON
DD 4230 Daily 6:30 7:15
FD 2751 Daily 7:15 8:00
FD 2755 Daily 11:10 11:45
FD 2753 Daily 16:35 17:20
FD 2757 Daily 20:15 20:55
DD 4238 Daily 19:30 20:15
SINGAPORETOYANGON
SQ 998 Daily 7:55 9:20
3K 585 1,3,4,6 9:10 10:45
8M 232 Daily 13:25 14:50
MI 518 Daily 14:20 15:45
Y5 234 Daily 15:40 17:10
TR 2826 Daily 17:05 18:25
3K 587 2,5 17:05 18:35
MI 520 5,7 22:10 23:35
BEIJINGTOYANGON
CA 905 2,3,4,6,7 8:05 13:15
KAULALUMPURTOYANGON
AK 1426 Daily 6:55 8:00
MH 740 Daily 10:05 11:15
8M 9505 Daily 10:05 11:15
8M 502 1,2,3,5,7 12:50 13:50
8M 9507 Daily 13:30 14:40
MH 742 Daily 13:30 14:40
AK 1420 Daily 15:05 16:15
GUANGZHOUTOYANGON
CZ 3055 3,6 8:40 10:25
CZ 3055 1,5 14:40 16:30
8M 712 2,4,7 14:15 15:50
TAIPEITOYANGON
CI 7915 1,2,3,5,6 7:00 9:55
KUNMINGTOYANGON
MU 2011 1,3 8:25 11:40
CA 905 Daily 10:45 11:15
MU 2031 Daily 13:30 14:00
CHIANGMAITOYANGON
W9 9608 4,7 17:20 18:10
HANOITOYANGON
VN 957 1,3,5,6,7 16:50 18:10
HOCHIMINHCITYTOYANGON
VN 943 2,4,7 11:40 13:25
DOHATOYANGON
QR 918 Daily 20:30 6:15+1
GAYATOYANGON
8M 602 3,5,6 9:20 12:30
PHNOMPENHTOYANGON
8M 404 3,6 20:15 21:40
SEOULTOYANGON
KE 471 2,3,4 18:45 22:35
0Z 769 3,6 19:50 23:45
TOKYOTOYANGON
NH 913 Daily 11:45 17:15
HONGKONGTOYANGON
KA 250 1,3,5,7 21:50 23:45
DHAKATOYANGON
BG 060 1,4 16:15 18:30
INCHEONTOYANGON
8M 7701 Daily 18:45 22:35
8M 7501 3,6 19:50 23:25
BANGKOKTOMANDALAY
TG 2981 1,2,4,6 7:25 9:50
PG 709 Daily 12:00 13:20
DONMUEANGTOMANDALAY
FD 2760 Daily 10:50 12:15
KUNMINGTOMANDALAY
MU 2029 Daily 13:55 13:50
GAYATOMANDALAY
8M 604 4 13:15 16:20
BANGKOKTONAYPYIDAW
PG 721 1,2,3,4,5 17:00 19:00
58 the pulse tea break THE MYANMAR TIMES APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014
ACROSS
1 Recording
studio tasks
5 Church
engagement
announcement
10 Business letter
opening
14 Very large-scale
15 Perpendicular to a
ships length
16 Send off
17 NBCs peacock, e.g.
18 Anchor lines hole
19 Churchs east end,
typically
20 Block of gold
22 Marketing agent,
casually
24 Like some
cuisine or
humor
27 Tex-Mex bite
28 Auto
30 Bring on the
decorator
31 Barrel features
34 Eggs, in biology
35 Some beasts of
burden
36 Lightened ones
wallet
37 What tired dogs do
39 Atlantic City treat
42 Edible corm
43 Fair attractions
45 Lively spirit
47 Oath
48 New Yorks capital
50 Its made to
be broken,
proverbially
51 Coast Guard off.
52 A great lake
53 New Hampshire prep
school
55 Perform stunningly
58 Pert
61 Common cereal
grains
62 Amazon parrot
65 Builders work place
66 Indian butter
67 Place to see pro
basketball
68 Implement
69 Word on a communal
towel?
70 Wren residences
71 PJ fastener
DOWN
1 Cold-cuts emporium
2 Once ___ a time ...
3 Product improvement
slogan
4 Move along
quickly
5 Ebenezers
exclamation
6 Bygone NBA rival
7 Press meetings
8 Space org.
9 Runs a blast
furnace
10 Ocean painting, e.g.
11 Beta 2 compared to
beta 1
12 Bailiffs order
13 Watch your ___!
21 By way of,
for short
23 Enjoys dinner
25 Behind-the-counter
call
26 Mental conception
28 Dried
coconut meat
29 Be of service to
32 ___ a high note
33 Stores securely
38 Chinese restaurant
flowers
40 State of constant
change
41 Elis school
44 Agitated state
46 Earns, after all
49 Beefeater,
for example
54 Some
bridge-seat
occupants
55 Boots of old
56 Hawaiian
gathering
place
57 Ending for soft or
dinner
59 Classical
colonnade
60 Pups
anguished cry
63 Wee soldier
64 Existed
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San Road, Corner of
38
th
Street, Kyauktada
Township, Yangon,
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General Listing
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40 Natmauk Rd, Tarmwe.
tel: 544500. fax: 544400.
The Essentials
Emergency Numbers
For more information about these listings, Please Contact - classied.mcm@gmail.com
Ambulance tel: 295133.
Fire tel: 191, 252011, 252022.
Police emergency tel: 199.
Police headquarters tel: 282541, 284764.
Red Cross tel:682600, 682368
Trafc Control Branch tel:298651
Department of Post & Telecommunication tel: 591384,
591387.
Immigration tel: 286434.
Ministry of Education tel:545500m 562390
Ministry of Sports tel: 370604, 370605
Ministry of Communications tel: 067-407037.
Myanma Post & Telecommunication (MPT) tel: 067-
407007.
Myanma Post & Tele-communication (Accountant Dept)
tel: 254563, 370768.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs tel: 067-412009, 067-412344.
Ministry of Health tel: 067-411358-9.
Yangon City Development Committee tel: 248112.
HOSPITALS
Central Womens Hospital tel: 221013, 222811.
Children Hospital tel: 221421, 222807
Ear, Nose & Throat Hospital tel: 543888.
Naypyitaw Hospital (emergency) tel: 420096.
Workers Hospital tel: 554444, 554455, 554811.
Yangon Children Hospital tel: 222807, 222808, 222809.
Yangon General Hospital (East) tel: 292835, 292836, 292837.
Yangon General Hospital (New) tel: 384493, 384494,
384495, 379109.
Yangon General Hospital (West) tel: 222860, 222861,
220416.
Yangon General Hospital (YGH) tel: 256112, 256123,
281443, 256131.
ELECTRICITY
Power Station tel:414235
POST OFFICE
General Post Ofce
39, Bo Aung Kyaw St. (near British Council Library). tel:
285499.
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Yangon International Airport tel: 662811.
YANGON PORT
Shipping (Coastal vessels) tel: 382722
RAILWAYS
Railways information
tel: 274027, 202175-8.
UNITED NATIONS
ILO Liaison 1-A, Kanbae
(Thitsar Rd), Yankin Tsp,
Tel : 01-566538, 566539
IOM 318 (A) Ahlone Rd, Dagon
Tsp, Yangon.Tel 01-210588,
09 73236679, 0973236680,
Email- iomyangon@iom.int
UNAIDS 137/1, Thaw Wun Rd,
Kamayut Tsp.
Tel : 534498, 504832
UNDCP 11-A, Malikha St,
Mayangone tsp.
Tel: 666903, 664539.
UNDP 6, Natmauk Rd, Bahan
tel: 542910-19. fax: 292739.
UNFPA 6, Natmauk Rd,
Bahan tsp. tel: 546029.
UNHCR 287, Pyay Rd,
Sanchaung tsp.
Tel: 524022, 524024.
UNIAP Rm: 1202, 12 Fl,
Traders Hotel.
Tel: 254852, 254853.
UNIC 6, Natmauk St., Bahan,
tel: 52910~19
UNICEF 14~15 Flr, Traders
Hotel. P.O. Box 1435,
Kyauktada. Tel: 375527~32,
unicef.yangon@unicef. org,
UNODC 11-A, Malikha Rd., Ward
7, Mayangone. tel: 01-9666903,
9660556, 9660538, 9660398.
email: fo.myanmar@unodc.org
UNOPS 120/0, Pyi Thu Lane,
7 Miles, Mayangone Tsp.
Tel: 951-657281~7.
Fax: 657279.
UNRC 6, Natmauk Rd, P.O.
Box 650, TMWE Tel: 542911~19,
292637 (Resident Coordinator),
WFP 5 Kan Baw Za St, Shwe
Taung Kyar, (Golden Valley),
Bahan Tsp. Tel : 2305971~6
WHO No. 2, Pyay Rd, 7 Mile,
Mayangone Tsp, Tel : 650405-
6, 650416, 654386-90.
ASEAN Coordinating Of. for
the ASEAN Humanitarian
Task Force, 79, Taw Win st,
Dagon Tsp. Tel: 225258.
FAO Myanma Agriculture
Service Insein Rd, Insein. tel:
641672, 641673.
EMBASSIES
Australia 88, Strand
Road, Yangon. Tel :
251810, 251797, 251798.
Bangladesh 11-B, Than
Lwin Road, Yangon.
Tel: 515275, 526144,
email: bdootygn@
mptmail.net.mm
Brazil 56, Pyay Road,
6
th
mile, Hlaing Tsp,
Yangon. Tel: 507225,
507251. email: Administ.
yangon@itamaraty.gov.br.
Brunei 17, Kanbawza
Avenue, Golden Velly (1),
Bahan Tsp, Yangon. Tel:
566985, 503978.
email: bruneiemb@
bruneiemb.com.mm
Cambodia 25 (3B/4B),
New University Avenue
Road, Bahan Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 549609, 540964.
email: RECYANGON @
mptmail.net.mm
China 1, Pyidaungsu
Yeiktha Road, Yangon.
Tel: 221280, 221281.
Danmark, No.7, Pyi Thu
St, Pyay Rd, 7 Miles,
Mayangone Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 01 9669520 - 17.
Egypt 81, Pyidaungsu
Tel: 222886, 222887,
Egyptembassy86@
gmail.com
France 102, Pyidaungsu
Tel: 212178, 212520,
email: ambaf rance.
rangoun@ diplomatie.fr
Germany 9, Bogyoke
Aung San Museum Road,
Bahan Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 548951, 548952,
email: info@rangun.
diplo.de
India 545-547, Merchant
St, Yangon.
Tel: 391219, 388412,
email: indiaembassy @
mptmail.net.mm
Indonesia 100,
Pyidaungsu Yeiktha Rd,
254469, email: kukygn @
indonesia.com.mm
Israel 15, Khabaung
Street, Hlaing Tsp,
Yangon. Tel: 515115, fax:
515116, email: info@
yangon.mfa.gov.il
Italy 3, Inya Myaing Road,
Golden Valley, Yangon.
Tel: 527100, 527101, fax:
514565, email: ambyang.
mail@ esteri.it
Japan 100, Natmauk Rd,
Yangon. Tel: 549644-8,
540399, 540400, 540411,
545988, fax: 549643
Kuwait
62-B, Shwe Taung Kyar
St, Bahan Tsp.
Tel : 01-230-9542, 230-
9543.
Fax : 01-230-5836.
Lao A-1, Diplomatic
Quarters, Tawwin Road,
Dagon Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 222482, Fax: 227446,
email: Laoembcab@
mptmail. net.mm
Malaysia 82, Pyidaungsu
Tel: 220248, 220249,
email: mwkyangon@
mptmail.net.mm
Nepal 16, Natmauk
Yeiktha, Yangon. Tel:
545880, 557168, fax:
549803, email: nepemb
@mptmail.net.mm
Norway, No.7, Pyi Thu
St, Pyay Rd, 7 Miles,
Mayangone Tsp,Yangon.
Tel: 01 9669520 - 17
Fax 01- 9669516
New Zealand No. 43/C,
Inya Myaing Rd, Bahan
Tsp, Yangon.
Tel : 01-2306046-9
Fax : 01-2305805
Netherlands Diplomatic
Mission No. 43/C, Inya
Myaing Rd, Bahan Tsp,
Yangon. Tel : 01-2305805
North Korea 77C, Shin
Saw Pu Rd, Sanchaung
Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 512642, 510205
Pakistan A-4, diplomatic
Quarters, Pyay Rd,
Yangon. Tel: 222881
(Chancery Exchange)
Philippines 50, Sayasan
Rd, Bahan Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 558149-151,Email:
p.e. yangon@gmail.com
Russian 38, Sagawa Rd,
Yangon.
Tel: 241955, 254161,
Royal Embassy of Saudi
Arabia No.287/289, U
Wisara Rd, Sanchaung.
Tel : 01-536153, 516952.
Serbia No. 114-A, Inya
Rd, P.O.Box No. 943,
515283, email: serbemb
@ yangon.net.mm
Singapore 238,
Dhamazedi Road, Bahan
Tsp, Yangon. Tel: 559001,
email: singemb_ ygn@_
sgmfa. gov.sg
South Korea 97
University Avenue, Bahan
Tsp, Yangon. Tel: 527142-
4, 515190, fax: 513286,
email: myanmar@mofat.
go.kr
Sri Lanka 34 Taw Win
Road, Yangon.
Tel: 222812,
Switzerland
No 11, Kabaung Lane, 5
mile, Pyay Rd, Hlaing
Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 534754, 507089.
Thailand 94 Pyay Rd,
Dagon Tsp, Yangon. Tel:
226721, 226728, 226824
Turkish Embassy
19AB, Kan Yeik Thar St,
Mayangone Tsp,Yangon.
Tel : 662992, Fax : 661365
United Kingdom 80
Strand Rd, Yangon.
Tel: 370867, 380322,
371852, 371853, 256438,
United States of
America 110, University
Avenue, Kamayut Tsp,
535756, Fax: 650306
Vietnam Bldg-72,
Thanlwin Rd, Bahan Tsp,
Yangon. Tel: 511305
ACCOMMODATION-
HOTELS
No. 205, Corner of Wadan
Street & Min Ye Kyaw
Swa Road, Lanmadaw
Tsp, Yangon. Myanmar.
Tel: (95-1) 212850 ~ 3,
229358 ~ 61,
Fax: (95-1) 212854.
info@myanmarpandahotel
.com http://www.
myanmarpandahotel.com
No.7A, Wingabar Road,
Bahan Tsp, Yangon.
Tel : (951) 546313,
430245. 09-731-77781~4.
Fax : (01) 546313.
www.cloverhotel.asia.
info@cloverhotel.asia
Confort Inn
4, Shweli Rd, Bet: Inya Rd
& U Wisara Rd, Kamaryut,
tel: 525781, 526872
PARKROYAL Yangon,
Myanmar
33, Alan Pya Pagoda Rd,
Dagon tsp.
tel: 250388. fax: 252478.
email: enquiry.prygn@
parkroyalhotels.com
parkroyalhotels. com.
Marina Residence
8, Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd,
Mayangone Tsp.
tel: 6506 51~4. fax: 650630.
ACCOMMODATION-
HOTELS (Nay Pyi Taw)
Tel: 09-7349-4483,
09-4200-56994.
E-mail: aahappyhomes@
gmail.com, http://www.
happyhomesyangon.com
Happy Homes
REAL ESTATE & PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT
Sakura Residence
9, Inya Rd, Kamaryut Tsp.
tel: 525001. fax: 525002.
Savoy Hotel
129, Damazedi Rd,
Kamayut tsp.
tel: 526289, 526298,
Sedona Hotel
Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd,
Yankin. tel: 666900.
Strand Hotel
92 Strand Rd. tel: 243377.
fax: 289880.
Summit Parkview Hotel
350, Ahlone Rd, Dagon
Tsp. tel: 211888, 211966.
The Grand Mee Ya Hta
Executive Residence
372, Bogyoke Aung San Rd,
Pabedan Tsp.
tel 951-256355 (25 lines).
Traders Hotel
223 Sule Pagoda Rd. tel:
242828. fax: 242838.
Winner Inn
42, Than Lwin Rd, Bahan
Tsp. Tel: 503734, 524387.
email: reservation@winner
innmyanmar.com
No. (356/366), Kyaikkasan
Rd, Tamwe Township,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Ph: 542826, Fax: 545650
Email: reservation@
edenpalacehotel.com
Royal White Elephant Hotel
No-11, Kan Street, Hlaing
Tsp. Yangon, Myanmar.
(+95-1) 500822, 503986.
www.rwehotel.com
Reservation Ofce (Yangon)
123, Alanpya Pagoda Rd,
Dagon Township
Tel : 951- 255 819~838
Royal Kumudra Hotel,
(Nay Pyi Taw)
Tel : 067- 414 177,
067- 4141 88
E-Mail: reservation@
maxhotelsgroup.com
(Nay Pyi Taw)
M-22, Shwe Htee Housing,
Thamine Station St., Near
the Bayint Naung Point,
Mayangone Tsp., Yangon
Tel : 522763, 522744,
667557. Fax : (95-1) 652174
E-mail : grandpalace@
myanmar.com.mm
Clover Hotel City Center
No. 217, 32nd Street
(Upper Block), Pabedan Tsp,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel : 377720, Fax : 377722
www.clovercitycenter.asia
Clover Hotel City Center Plus
No. 229, 32nd Street
(Upper Block), Pabedan Tsp,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel : 377975, Fax : 377974
www.clovercitycenterplus.asia
Hotel Yangon
91/93, 8
th
Mile Junction,
Tel : 01-667708, 667688.
Inya Lake Resort Hotel
37 Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd.
tel: 662866. fax: 665537.
MGM Hotel No (160), Warden
Street, Lanmadaw Tsp, Yangon,
Myanmar. +95-1-212454~9.
www. hotel-mgm.com
MiCasa Hotel Apartments
Yankin Tsp.
tel: 650933. fax: 650960.
Yankin Tsp.
Tel: 650933. Fax: 650960.
Email : micprm@
myanmar.com.mmwww.
myanmar micasahotel.com
ADVERTISING
SAIL Marketing &
Communications
Suite 403, Danathiha Center
790, Corner of Bogyoke Rd
& Wadan Rd, Lanmadaw
Township, Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel: (951) 211870, 224820,
2301195. Email: admin@
advertising-myanmar.com
www.advertising-myanmar.
com
WE STARTED THE ADVERTISING
INDUSTRY IN MYANMAR SINCE 1991
MAR K E T I NG & COMMUNI CAT I ONS
A D V E R T I S I N G
ACCOMMODATION
LONG TERM
Golden Hill Towers
24-26, Kabar Aye Pagoda
Rd, Bahan Tsp.
tel: 558556. ghtower@
mptmail.net.mm.
Windsor Hotel No.31, Shin
Saw Pu Street, Sanchaung.
Yangon, Myanmar.
Ph: 95-1-511216~8, www.
hotelwindsoryangon.com
Yuzana Hotel
130, Shwegondaing Rd,
Bahan Tsp, tel : 01-549600
Yuzana Garden Hotel
44, Alanpya Pagoda Rd,
Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp,
tel : 01-248944
No. 12, Pho Sein Road,
Tamwe Township, Yangon
Tel : (95-1) 209299, 209300,
209343, 209345, 209346
Fax : (95-1) 209344
E-mail : greenhill@
myanmar.com.mm
GENERATORS
HEAVY MACHINERY
Floral Service & Gift
Centre 102(A), Dhamazaydi
Rd, Yangon.tel: 500142
Summit Parkview Hotel,
tel: 211888, 211966 ext. 173
fax: 535376.email: sandy@
sandymyanmar.com.mm.
FLORAL SERVICES
Floral Service & Gift Shop
No. 449, New University
Avenue, Bahan Tsp. YGN.
Tel: 541217, 559011,
09-860-2292.
Market Place By City Mart
Tel: 523840~43,
523845~46, Ext: 205.
Junction Nay Pyi Taw
Tel: 067-421617~18
422012~15, Ext: 235.
Res: 067-414813, 09-492-
09039. Email : eternal@
mptmail.net.mm
FITNESS CENTRE
Balance Fitnesss
No 64 (G), Kyitewine
Pagoda Road, Mayangone
Township. Yangon
01-656916, 09 8631392
Email - info@
balancetnessyangon.com
Life Fitness
Bldg A1, Rm No. 001,
Shwekabar Housing,
Mindhamma Rd,
Mayangone Tsp. Yangon.
Ph: 01-656511,
Fax: 01-656522,
Hot line: 0973194684,
natraysports@gmail.com
No. 589-592, Bo Aung
Kyaw St, Yangon-Pathein
highway Road. Hlaing
Tharyar tsp. Tel: 951-
645178-182, 685199, Fax:
951-645211, 545278.
e-mail: mkt-mti@
winstrategic.com.mm
Ruby & Rare Gems
of Myanamar
No. 527, New University
Ave., Bahan Tsp. Yangon.
sales@manawmaya.com.mm
www.manawmayagems.com
Tel: 549612, Fax : 545770.
BEAUTY & MASSAGE
Strand Bar 92, Strand
Rd, Yangon, Myanmar.
tel: 243377.fax: 243393,
sales@thestrand.com.mm
www.ghmhotels.com
Lobby Bar
PARKROYAL Yangon,
Myanmar. 33, Alan Pya
Phaya Road, Dagon Tsp.
tel: 250388.
150 Dhamazedi Rd.,
Bahan Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 536306, 537805.
Email : yangon@
monument-books.com
15(B), Departure Lounge,
Yangon Intl Airport.
#87/2, Crn of 26
th
& 27
th

St, 77
th
St,Chan Aye Thar
Zan Tsp, Mandalay.
Tel : (02) 24880.
BOOK STORES
Lemon Day Spa
No. 96 F, Inya Road,
Kamaryut Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 514848, 09-732-08476.
E.mail: lemondayspa.2011
@gmail.com
No. 52, Royal Yaw Min Gyi
Condo, Room F, Yaw Min
Gyi Rd, Dagon Township,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel: 09-425-307-717
YANGON
La Source Beauty Spa
80-A, Inya Rd, Kamayut Tsp.
Tel: 512380, 511252
Beauty Bar by La Source
Room (1004), Sedona Hotel,
Tel : 666 900 Ext : (7167)
LS Salon
Junction Square, 3rd Floor.
Tel : 95-1-527242, Ext : 4001
MANDALAY
La Source Beauty Spa
No. 13/13, Mya Sandar St,
Chanaye Tharzan Tsp.
Tel : 09-4440-24496.
www.lasourcebeautyspa.com
No. 20, Ground Floor, Pearl
Street, Golden Valley Ward,
Bahan Township, Yangon.
Tel : 09-509 7057, 01-
220881, 549478 (Ext : 103)
Email : realtnessmyanmar
@gmail.com
www.realtnessmyanmar.com
CONSULTING
Shwe Hinthar B 307, 6 1/2
Miles, Pyay Rd., Yangon.
Tel: +95 (0)1 654 730
info@thuraswiss.com
www.thuraswiss.com
Myanmar Research | Consulting | Technology
DUTY FREE
Duty Free Shops
Yangon International
Airport, Arrival/Departure
Mandalay International
Airport, Departure
Ofce: 17, 2
nd
street,
Hlaing Yadanarmon Housing,
Hlaing Township, Yangon.
Tel: 500143, 500144, 500145.
FOAM SPRAY
INSULATION
Foam Spray Insulation
No-410, Ground Fl,Lower
Pazuntaung Rd, Pazun
taung Tsp, Yangon.Telefax
: 01-203743, 09-5007681.
Hot Line-09-730-30825.
ENTERTAINMENT
HEALTH SERVICES
98(A), Kaba Aye Pagoda
Road, Bahan Township,
549152, 09-732-16940,
09-730-56079. Fax: 542979
Email: asiapacic.
myanmar@gmail.com.
DTDC Courier and Cargo
Service (Since 1991)
Yangon. Tel : 01-374457
Mandalay. Tel : 09-431-
34095. www.DTDC.COM,
dtdcyangon@gmail.com
Door to Door Delivery!!!
COURIER SERVICE
FASHION & TAILOR
Sein Shwe Tailor, 797
(003-A), Bogyoke Aung
San Rd, MAC Tower 2,
Lanmadaw Tsp, Yangon,
Ph: 01-225310, 212943~4
Ext: 146, 147, E-mail:
uthetlwin@gmail.com
Yangon : A-3, Aung San
Stadium (North East Wing),
Mingalartaungnyunt Tsp.
Tel : 245543, 09-73903736,
09-73037772.
Mandalay : No.(4) 73rd St,
Btw 30th & 31st St, Chan
Aye Thar Zan Tsp. Tel : 09-
6803505, 09-449004631.
GAS COOKER &
COOKER HOODS
Worlds leader in
Kitchen Hoods & Hobs
Same as Ariston Water
Heater. Tel: 251033,
379671, 256622, 647813
BARS
50
th
Street
9/13, 50th street-lower,
Botataung Tsp. Tel-397160.
The First Air conditioning
systems designed to keep
you fresh all day
Zeya & Associates Co., Ltd.
No.437 (A), Pyay Road,
Kamayut. P., O 11041
Yangon, Tel: +(95-1)
502016-18,
Mandalay- Tel: 02-60933.
Nay Pyi Taw- Tel:
067-420778, E-mail :
sales.ac@freshaircon.
com. URL: http://www.
freshaircon.com
AIR CONDITION
ADVERTISING & MEDIA
Air Con Sales & Service
No. 2/1, Than Thu Mar
Rd, Thuwunna Junction.
Tel : 09-4224-64130
COFFEE MACHINE
CAR RENTAL
illy, Francis Francis, VBM,
Brasilia, Rossi, De Longhi
Nwe Ta Pin Trading Co., Ltd.
Shop C, Building 459 B
01- 555-879, 09-4210-81705
nwetapintrading@gmail.com
No. 56, Bo Ywe St,
Latha Tsp, Yangon.
Tel : 01-246551, 375283,
09-2132778, 09-31119195.
Gmail:nyanmyintthu1983@
gmail.com,
Car Rental Service
Zamil Steel
No-5, Pyay Road,
7 miles,
Mayangone Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: (95-1) 652502~04.
Fax: (95-1) 650306.
Email: zamilsteel@
zamilsteel.com.mm
CONSTRUCTION
CO WORKING SPACE
No. (6), Lane 2
Botahtaung Pagoda St,
Yangon.
01-9010003, 291897.
info@venturaofce.com,
www.venturaofce.com
ENGINEERING
One-stop Solution for
Sub-station, M&E Work
Design, Supply and
Install (Hotel, High Rise
Building Factory)
193/197, Shu Khin Thar
Street, North Okkalapa
Industrial Zone, Yangon.
Tel: 951-691843~5, 951-
9690297, Fax: 951-691700
Email: supermega97@
gmail.com.
www.supermega-engg.com
Diamond Palace Jewelry
Shop (1) - No. 663/665,
Mahar Bandoola Rd,
Yangon. Tel : 01-371 944,
371 454, 371 425
Shop (2) - No.1103/1104/
1105, Ground Fl, Taw Win
Center, Yangon.
Tel : 01-8600111 ext :1103,
09 49307265
Shop (3) - No.B 020,
Ground Fl, Junction
Square Shopping Center,
Yangon.
Tel : 01-527 242 ext : 1081,
09 73203464
Shop (4) Ground Fl,
Gamonepwint Shopping
Mall, Kabaraye Pagoda
Rd, Yangon.
Tel : 01-653 653 ext : 8205
09 421763490
info@seinnandaw.com
www.seinnandaw.com
www.facebook.com/
seinnandaw
The Lady Gems &
Jewellery
No. 7, Inya Rd, Kamayut
Tsp, Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel : 01-2305800,
09-8315555
Learn to dance with
social dancing
94, Bogalay Zay St,
Botataung T/S,
Yangon.
Tel : 01-392526,
01-1221738
No.(68), Tawwin Street,
9 Mile, Mayangone Tsp,
Yangon.
Hunt line: +95 1 9666 141,
Booking Ext : 7080, 7084.
Fax: +95 1 9666 135
Email:
info@witoriya hospital.com
www.victoriahospital
myanmar.com,
Facebook :
https://www.facebook.com/
WitoriyaGeneralHospital
HOME FURNISHING
22, Pyay Rd, 9 mile,
Mayangone Tsp.
tel: 660769, 664363.
Bldg-D, Rm (G-12), Pearl
Condo, Ground Flr,
Kabaraye Pagoda Rd,
Bahan Tsp. Tel: 557448.
Ext 814, 09-730-98872.
Myittar Oo Eye Hospital
499, Pyay Rd, Kamayut Tsp.
Ph: 09-527381.
Pearl Dental
29, Shwe Taung Tan St,
Lanmadaw Tsp.
Ph : 01-226274,
09-730-39011
9:30 AM TO 9:00 PM
European Quality
& Designs Indoor/
Outdoor Furniture, Hotel
Furniture & All kinds of
woodworks
No. 422, FJVC Centre,
Ground Floor, Room No. 4,
Strand Road, Botahtaung
Tel: 01-202063-4, 09
509-1673 E-mail: contact@
smartdesignstrading.com
www.royalbotania.com,
www.alexander-rose.co.uk
24 Hrs International Clinic
Medical and Security
Assistance Service
@ Victoria Hospital
No.68, Tawwin Rd, 9 Mile,
Mayangon Township,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel: +951 651 238
+959 495 85 955
Fax: +959 651 398
www.leomedicare.com
Media Relations,
Event Management &
Strategic Communications
Hotline : 09 730 81 787
Email : tharapa.myanmar
@gmail.com
California Skin Spa
NO 32.B, Inya Myaing Road,
Yangon. (Off University
Road) Tel : 01-535097,
01-501295. Open Daily :
(10 AM - 8 PM)
MYANMAR BOOK CENTRE
Nandawun Compound,
No. 55, Baho Road,
Corner of Baho Road
and Ahlone Road, (near
Eugenia Restaurant),
Ahlone Township. tel:
212 409, 221 271. 214708
fax: 524580. email: info@
myanmarbook.com
Marina Residence, Yangon
Ph: 650651~4, Ext: 109
Beauty Plan, Corner of
77th St & 31st St, Mandalay
Ph: 02 72506
Dent Myanmar
Condo C, Rm 001, Tatkatho
Yeikmon Housing, New
University Avenue Rd,
Bahan. Ph: 09-8615162.
No-001-002, Dagon Tower,
Ground Flr, Cor of Kabaraye
Pagoda Rd & Shwe Gon
Dine Rd, Bahan Tsp.
Tel: 544480, 09-730-98872.
S.B. FURNI TURE S.B. FURNI TURE
24 Hours Laboratory
& X-ray, CT, MRI, USG
Mammogram, Bone DXA
@ Victoria Hospital
No. 68, Tawwin Rd, 9 Mile,
Mayangon Township,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel: (951) 9 666141
Fax: (951) 9 666135
Japan-Myanmar
Physiotherapy Clinic.
Body Massage - 7000 Ks
Foot Massage - 6000 Ks
Body & Foot Massage -
12,000 Ks
No.285, Bo Aung Kyaw Rd,
Kyauktada Tsp, Yangon.
09:00 AM - 09:00 PM
Tel : 09-8615036
Authorized Dealer in
Myanmar
No. 74, Lann Thit Road,
Nant Thar Kone Ward,
Insein Tsp, Yangon.
Tel : 09-4026-68668,
09-4026-68600
Email : sanymyanmar@
gmail.com
www.sany.com.cn
www.sany-myanmar.com
GEMS & JEWELLERIES
Best Jewels
No. 44, Inya Road,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel : 01-2305811, 2305812.
Capital Hyper Mart
14(E), Min Nandar Road,
Dawbon Tsp. Ph: 553136.
City Mart (Aung San) tel:
253022, 294765.
City Mart (47
th
St Branch)
tel: 200026, 298746.
City Mart (Junction 8)
tel: 650778.
City Mart (FMI City Branch)
tel: 682323.
City Mart (Yankin Center
Branch) tel: 400284.
City Mart (Myaynigone)
tel: 510697.
City Mart (Zawana Branch)
tel:564532.
City Mart (Shwe Mya Yar)
tel: 294063.
City Mart (Chinatown Point)
tel: 215560~63.
City Mart (Junction Maw Tin)
tel: 218159.
City Mart (Marketplace)
tel: 523840~43.
City Mart
(78
th
Brahch-Mandalay)
tel: 02-71467~9.
IKON Mart
No.332, Pyay Rd, San
Chaung. Tel: 535-783, 527705,
501429. Email: sales-ikon@
myanmar.com.mm
SUPERMARKETS
No. (6), Lane 2
Botahtaung Pagoda St,
Yangon.
01-9010003, 291897.
info@venturaofce.com,
www.venturaofce.com
22, Kaba Aye Pagoda Rd,
Bahan Tsp. tel 541997.
email: leplanteur@
mptmail.net.mm.
http://leplanteur.net
G-01, City Mart
(Myay Ni Gone Center).
Tel: 01-508467-70 Ext: 106
G-05, Marketplace by
City Mart.
Tel: 01-523840 Ext: 105
1. WASABI : No.20-B,
Kaba Aye Pagoda Rd,
Yankin Tsp,(Near MiCasa),
Tel; 09-4250-20667,
09-503-9139
Myaynigone (City Mart)
Yankin Center (City Mart)
MARINE
COMMUNICATION &
NAVIGATION
Top Marine Show Room
No-385, Ground Floor,
Lower Pazundaung Road,
Pazundaung Tsp, Yangon.
Ph: 01-202782, 09-851-5597
STEEL STRUCTURE
World famous Kobe Beef
Near Thuka Kabar
Hospital on Pyay Rd,
Marlar st, Hlaing Tsp.
Tel: +95-1-535072
Enchanting and Romantic,
a Bliss on the Lake
62 D, U Tun Nyein Road,
Mayangon Tsp, Yangon
Tel. 01 665 516, 660976
Mob. 09-730-30755
operayangon@gmail.com
www.operayangon.com
Delicious Hong Kong Style
Food Restaurant
G-09, City Mart (Myay Ni
Gone Center).
Tel: 01-508467-70 Ext: 114
Heaven Pizza
38/40, Bo Yar Nyunt St.
Yaw Min Gyi Quarter,
Dagon Township.
Tel: 09-855-1383
Horizon Intl School
25, Po Sein Road, Bahan
Tsp, tel : 541085, 551795,
551796, 450396~7.
fax : 543926, email :
contact@horizonmyanmar.
com, www.horizon.com
SCHOOLS
Mon - Sat (9am to 6pm)
No. 797, MAC Tower II,
Rm -4, Ground Flr,
Bogyoke Aung San Rd,
Lamadaw Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: (951) 212944 Ext: 303,
09-4200-91393.
info@centuremyanmar.
com.
www.centure.in.th
OFFICE FURNITURE
UnionBarAndGrill
42 Strand Road,
Botahtaung, Yangon.
Tel: 95 9420 180 214, 95
9420 101 854
www.unionyangon.com,
info@unionyangon.com
Design, Fabrication,
Supply & Erection of Steel
Structures
Tel : (+95-1) 122 1673
Email : Sales@WEC-
Myanmar.com
www.WEC-Myanmar.com
Good taste & resonable
price
@Thamada Hotel
Tel: 01-243047, 243639-41
Ext: 32
RESTAURANTS
Bo Sun Pat Tower, Bldg
608, Rm 6(B), Cor of
Merchant Rd & Bo Sun
Pat St, PBDN Tsp. Tel:
377263, 250582, 250032,
09-511-7876, 09-862-4563.
Schenker (Thai) Ltd.
Yangon 59 A, U Lun
Maung Street. 7 Mile
Pyay Road, MYGN. tel:
667686, 666646.fax:
651250. email: sche
nker@mptmail.net.mm.
Legendary Myanmar Intl
Shipping & Logistics Co.,
Ltd.
No-9, Rm (A-4), 3
rd
Flr,
Kyaung St, Myaynigone,
Sanchaung Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 516827, 523653,
516795.
Mobile. 09-512-3049.
Email: legandarymyr@
mptmail.net .mm
www.LMSL-shipping.com
Crown Worldwide
Movers Ltd 790, Rm 702,
7
th
Flr Danathiha Centre,
Bogyoke Aung San Rd,
Lanmadaw. Tel: 223288,
210 670, 227650. ext: 702.
Fax: 229212. email: crown
worldwide@mptmail.net.mm
Yangon Intl School
Fully Accredited K-12
International Curriculum
with ESL support
No.117,Thumingalar
Housing, Thingangyun,
Tel: 578171, 573149,
687701, 687702.
Road to Mandalay
Myanmar Hotels &
Cruises Ltd. Governors
Residence 39C, Taw Win
Rd, Dagon Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: (951) 229860
fax: (951) 217361. email:
RTMYGN@mptmail.net.mm
www.orient-express.com
PLEASURE CRUISES
Moby Dick Tours Co., Ltd.
Islands Safari in the Mergui
Archipelago
5 Days, 7 Days, 9 Days Trips
Tel: 95 1 202063, 202064
E-mail: info@islandsafari
mergui.com. Website: www.
islandsafarimergui.com
PAINT
Sole Distributor
For the Union of
Myanmar Since 1995
Myanmar Golden Rock
International Co.,Ltd.
#06-01, Bldg (8), Myanmar
ICT Park, University Hlaing
Campus, Hlaing Tsp,
Yangon. Tel: 654810~17.
Worlds No.1 Paints &
Coatings Company
TOP MARINE PAINT
No-410, Ground Floor,
Lower Pazundaung Road,
Pazundaung Tsp, Yangon.
Ph: 09-851-5202
Edo Zushi
290-B,U Wisarya Rd,
10 Ward, Kamaryut Tsp,
Yangon.
Tel : (09)259040853
Open daily 11:00~23:00
HOUSING
INSURANCE
LOGISTICS
Rentals at Pun Hlaing
Service Apartment
Homes and Apartments
PHGE Sales & Marketing,
Hlaing Tharyar Tsp, Yangon.
Tel : 951-687 800, 684 013
phgemarketing@gmail.com
www.punhlainggolfestate.com
Get your Visa online for
Business and Tourist
No need to come to
Embassy.
#165. 35th Street,
Tel: +951 381200, 204020
travel.evisa@gmail.com
VISA & IMMIGRATION
WATER TREATMENT
WEB SERVICE
Wat er Heat er
Made in Japan
Same as Rinnai Gas Cooker
and Cooker Hood
Showroom Address
Commercial scale
water treatment
(Since 1997)
Tel: 01-218437~38.
H/P: 09-5161431,
09-43126571.
39-B, Thazin Lane, Ahlone.
WATER SOLUTION
Water Treatement Solution
Block (A), Room (G-12),
Pearl Condo, Kabar Aye
Pagoda Rd, Bahan Tsp.
Hot Line : 09-4500-59000
Aekar
Company Limited
Web Services
All the way from Australia
world-class websites/
web apps for desktop,
smartphone & tablets,
online shopping with
real-time transaction,
news/magazine site,
forum, email campaign
and all essential online
services. Domain
registration & cloud
hosting. Talk to us: (01)
430-897, (0) 942-000-4554.
www.medialane.com.au
Home Outdoor Ofce
99 Condo, Ground Floor,
Room (A), Damazedi Rd,
Kamayut Township,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel : 09-2504-28700
info@decorum.mm.com
REAL ESTATE
Real Estate Agent
Agent fees is unnecessary
Tel : 09 2050107,
09 448026156
robinsawnaing@gmail.com
No.430(A), Corner of
Dhamazedi Rd & Golden
Valley Rd, Building(2)
Market Place (City Mart),
Bahan Tsp, Yangon.
Tel : 01-523840(Ext-309),
09-73208079.
a drink from paradise...
available on Earth
@Yangon International
Hotel, No.330, Ahlone Rd,
Dagon Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 09-421040512
WATER HEATERS
The Global leader in
Water Heaters
A/1, Aung San Stadium
East Wing, Upper
Pansodan Road.
Tel: 01-256705, 399464,
394409, 647812.
Executive Serviced Ofces
www.hinthabusinesscentres.com
Tel : 01-4413410
Ocean Center (North
Point), Ground Floor,
Tel : 09-731-83900
01-8600056
Quality Chinese Dishes
with Resonable Price
@Marketplace by City Mart.
Tel: 01-523840 Ext.109
REMOVALISTS
Relocation Specialist
Rm 504, M.M.G Tower,
#44/56, Kannar Rd,
Botahtaung Tsp.
Tel: 250290, 252313.
Mail : info@asiantigers-
myanmar.com
Bld-A2, Gr-Fl, Shwe
Gabar Housing, Mindama
Rd, Mayangone Tsp,
Yangon. email: eko-nr@
myanmar.com.mm
Ph: 652391, 09-73108896
KAMY Group Intl Co., Ltd.
International Transport
and Logistics
No. 363-D, Ground Floor,
Bo Aung Kyaw St (Upper),
Tel : 951 245491,
09-4202-87291.
Fax : 951 245491
Email : gm@kamygroup.com
www.kamygroup.com
TRAVEL AGENTS
Shan Yoma Tours Co.,Ltd
www.exploremyanmar.com
Asian Trails Tour Ltd
73 Pyay Rd, Dagon tsp.
tel: 211212, 223262.
fax: 211670. email: res@
asiantrails.com.mm
Serviced Ofce, Virtual
Ofce, Business
Services, Hot Desking
Tel: +(95) 01 387947
www.ofcehubservices.com
Olympians Learning Hub
No. (80-G), Thanlwin Rd,
Shwe Taung Gyar, Ward-2,
Bahan Tsp, Yangon.
Tel : 95-9-5016430
95-9-425329571
www.olympiansmyanmar.
com
No. 5, U Tun Nyein
Street, Mayangone T/S,
Yangon.
Tel : 01-660 612, 011 22
1014, 09 50 89 441
Email : lalchimiste.
restaurant@gmail.com
Fire, Motor and Life
Insurance
44, TheinPhyu Road,
Tel : 01- 8610656
Mob : 09-5055216
Email: ninaeikhine@gw-
insurance.com
www.gw-insurance.com
SERVICE OFFICE
BUSINESS CENTRE
#77/2b, DhammaZedi Rd,
Corner of U Wisara Rd,
SanchaungTsp, Yangon.
Tel: +95 931 323 291
info@serv-smart.com
www.serv-smart.com
Monsoon Restaurant
& Bar 85/87, Thein Byu
Road, Botahtaung Tsp.
Tel: 295224, 09-501 5653.
Singapore Cuisine
Super One Super Market,
Kyaikkasan Branch,
No. 65, Lay Daung Kan Rd,
Man Aung Qtr, Tamwe Tsp,
Yangon. Tel : 01-542371,
09-501-9128
For House-Seekers
with Expert Services
In all kinds of Estate Fields
yomaestatemm@gmail.com
09-332 87270 (Fees Free)
09-2541 26615 (Thai Language)
Bldg-A2, G-Flr, Shwe
Gabar Housing, Mindama
Rd, Mayangone Tsp,
Yangon. email: eko-nr@
myanmar.com.mm
Ph: 652391, 09-73108896
Tel : 01-9000712~13 Ext : 330
09-4200-77039.
direct2u@mmrds.com
Property General
HOW TO GET A FREE AD
BY FAX : 01-254158
BY EMAIL : classied.mcm@gmail.com
BY MAIL : 379/383, Bo Aung Kyaw St, Kyauktada Township, Yangon.
HOW TO GET MORE BUSINESS FROM
AS LITTLE AS K.5,000.
BUY SPACE ON THESE PAGES
CALL: Khin Mon Mon Yi - 01-392676, 392928
FREE
Housing for Rent
CLASSIC STRAND
Condo, 3 bed 2 bath,
modern design/decor,
wide open layout, 1550
square feet, 8th foor
corner unit river view.
$3600/month. Strand
Road, 5min walk to
Hilton/Center Point
offices.jasonwongjp@
gmail.com, 09-4211-
02223
CLASSIC STRAND
Condo, 2200 sqft
commercial/residence
for sale or rent. 3rd
foor, wide open layout,
14 foot ceilings. Gym,
cafe, facilities. Prime
downtown location, close
to strand hotel/union bar.
jasonwongjp@gmail.
com09-4211-02223
CENTRAL CITY
Residence minutes
fromPark Royal, marble/
hardwood premium
fttings, modern design.
4 rooms 3 bathroom
(2 master w/ attached
bath) 1955sqft
Starting from $3800/
month unfurnished.
jasonwongjp@gmail.
com, 09421102223
PYAE Wa Condo, Kabar
Aye Pagoda Road,
Bahan Tsp. Room
Space - 2200sqft,
including 1MBR, 2BR,
living room, dining
room & kitchen room
each. Faci l i ti es-Lift,
24hr (security, electricity
& water supply),
Satellite, Phone, Wi-Fi
Furni t ure - fully
decorated & furnished.
All Furniture Included.
Locati on-only 3 and
5 min drive to Sedona
Hotel and Inya Lake
Hotel respectively.
(USD-3400 per month).
Contact Person:
SoeMoe@Steve. Mobile
Ph :09-4200-33959, 09-
3128-6535
HUGE LAND for
Rent : Mingalar St,
Sawbuagyigone, Insein.
45,000 sqft. 2 storey
building with land
line phone. For more
detail contact us at:
phyuphyu.077@gmail.
comor 09-503-2952, 09-
730-75900. (No Agents
Please)
PUZUNDAUNG, 49th
St, middle block, 6th
Flr, 1500 Sqft, (15 X60),
1MBR with Bath Tub,
western toilet, 1BR,
Teak wood foor, Hot &
Cold shower, Bath tub, 4
Air con, Laundry room,
Tilling foor Kitchen,
Fully fnished, Very
comfort walk up stair,
Nice & Clean excellence
location in Yangon. Call
us - 095076675, 09-
2500-13963, 09-503-
9498.
INYA RD, 2 storey
building. 50 x 64 ft.
1st Flr: 4 bedrooms
bathroom attached.
Shrine room. G F: guest
toilet, living room, dining
room, kitchen. Garage &
2 small storage rooms.
Asking rent fee: $4000/
per month. Interested
parties, Ph: 09-732-
12443, 09-51-26285.
OFFICE or Apartment,
Golden View Condo
(Room facing to
Kandawgyi Lake &
Shwedagone Pagoda),
2400 sqft, fully furnished,
2 MBR, 2 BR, Living
room, lobby, dining,
kitchen. Ph: 09-513-
3958.
(1).SANCHAUNG, Shin
Saw pu St, 1250 sqft,
1MBR, 2SR 4A/C, 16
Lakhs (2) Near India
Embassy, 28 x 50,Hall,
13 Lakhs, Near India
Embassy, 1720 sqft,
MBR,1SR, 16 Lakhs
Shwe dagon pagoda Rd,
2400 sqft, 3MBR, 4A/C,
F.F, 20 Lakhs (Near Aung
San Market) (5).Near
Dagon Center, 2000 sqft,
1MBR, 3SR, 5A/C, F.F,
29 Lakhs. Ph: 09-4921-
4276, 09-4211-77105
(1).DRIVING fromYankin
Center 20minutes, 1600
sqft, 1MBR, 2SR, 3A/C,
F.F, 18 Lakhs (2).May Thu
Condo, 1600 sqft, 2MBR,
1SR, 3A/C, F.F, 20 Lakhs
(3).Golden Valley, 40x60,
3MBR, 2SR 6A/C,2RC
$5000 (4).Near Inya
lake, 67' x 65', 2MBR,
2SR, 6A/C, 2RC, $5000
(5).Near, U.S.A Embassy,
100 x 100, 4MBR, 9A/C,
2RC $8000 (11).Parami
Rd, Small Lane, 40 x 60,
2MBR, 2SR ,4A/C, 2RC,
(6).Near Uwerisara Rd,
100 x 100, 5MBR, A/C,
Ph, 2RC, $8000. Ph:
09-4921-4276, 09-4211-
77105
BAHAN, (1) Shwe Than
Lwin Condo, 3600 sqft,
Ph, 5 A/C, fun for rent 40
Lakhs. (2)6 Miles, Shwe
Hinthar Condo, 2400
sqft, Ph, 5 A/C, F.F, 50
Lakhs (3) New University
Avenue Rd, 3 Flr, 1500
sqft, 1 MBR, 1 BR, F.F,
3 A/C, Ph, US$ 1500, (4)
Rd, 2 Flr, 2400 Sqft, 3
MBR, Ph, 5 A/C, F.F, 25
Lakhs. Call Maureen :
09-518-8320 (No Agents
Please)
OFFICE SPACE Rental
@ MICT Park.approx
8000 Sq Ft /foor and
3 foors available for
rent. Suitable for large/
small company Large
space, hall type set up.
Equipped with elevator.
Prime Location of IT
industry. Pls contact us
for detail at bahosi.fl@
gmail.comor Michael at
09-4927-5757
BAHAN, New University
Avenue Rd, Near KBZ
Bank, 25 x 50 (6th Floor),
3BR, 4 Aircons, Ph: 09-
4316-4162.
MICT PARK, top tier
offce space, 8000 sqft.
Fiber internet, central
aircon, offces/meeting
rooms set up. Suitable
for large international
conglomerates. Will also
consider a sale. Please
contact us for details.
jasonwongjp@gmail.
com09-4211-02223
Housing for Sale
CLASSIC STRAND
Condo, 2200 sq ft
commercial/residence
for sale. 3rd foor,
wide open layout, 14
foot ceilings. Gym,
cafe, facilities. Prime
downtown location,
close to strand hotel/
union bar. Great value
psf jasonwongjp@gmail.
com09-4211-02223
CHAUNG THA (Near
Pathein) , Brick 25' x 50'
on 40' x 70' of Land, with
well, 300 gallon water
tank, Septic tank, Solar
power, 200mfrombeach,
500mfromvillage, 390
Lakhs/ US$ 39000. Call
09-4250-10128, Email:
howww@gmail.com,
akhinmoeato@gmail.
com.
MICT PARK, top tier
offce space, 8000 sqft
. Fiber internet, central
aircon, offces/meeting
rooms set up. Please
contact us for details.
jasonwongjp@gmail.
com09-4211-02223
YOE GYI CHAUNG,
Naung Yoe St, A 64, 25'
x 60', Grand. Ph: 09-512-
9575, 09-512-9577
Education
HOME Tuition & Guide:
For Pre-KG, Primary
and Secondary Level.
Specialized in Maths &
Biology, Tr. Daw Khin Swe
Win (B.E.H.S Thuwunna)
Rtd. Ph: 09-730-99679.
IGCSE (all subjects) For
IGCSE students sitting
in May 2014 (or) Oct/
Nov 2014 (or) J an 2015,
an international school
graduate who passed
with all distinctions in
GCE O level and who has
been producing students
with highest possible
marks, some obtain
all distinctions with the
help of co-teacher. The
teachers have 12 years
of teaching experience
and the students can
successfully sit for the
examafter preparing with
us. Ph: 09-513-9298, 09-
732-55281
HOME TEACHING,
KG - to - Primary 6
(International schools).
Ph: 09-4200-87050
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
Montessori Myanmar
(English Education
Center) Accredited by
IMC Bangkok (Since
1991). Our Montessori
curriculum includes:
Practical Life Exercises,
Sensorial Training,
Language Development,
Mathematics, Cultural
Studies, Botany &
Zoology, History, Creative
Art, Music and Movement,
Cooking, Physical
Development, Social &
Emotional Development.
Learning through play.
55(B), Po Sein Rd,
Bahan, Yangon. Tel:
546097, 546761. Email:
imm.myn@gmail.com
STUDY Guide: You can be
an honor roll student too!.
Sometimes, school work
is tough, but with a little
help you can accomplish
great things. I can ensure
that you have that extra
time and attention you
need to succeed. I am
a qualifed tutor, with
straight A's in A levels and
four years of experience. I
tutor students fromGrade
1-12, IGCSE, A Levels,
Pre-University level and
SAT I and II. If interested
contact me at 09-519-
0543 and we will set up a
meetiing to discuss your
academic needs. Cindy:
09-519-0543.
LITERATURE study and
world history for IB and
SAT up to 12 Grade , it
is right to enjoy reading
classic principle of written
English & critical thinking
If you had tried as much
as you can to follow the
lesson and you will get
good experiences and
skill. This program will
help you capability and fll
your luck of knowledge..
Middle school students
can study in a small
class for literature and
language art. Beginners,
Intermediate Spanish
and French can also be
inquired.U Thant Zin,
28, 3 B, Thatipahtan St,
Tarmwe. Ph: 09-310-
21314, 09-503-5350.
BA (ENG) Dip in English
(YUFL) Int'l school, private
school, KG to Primary 4
for Home Guide. Ph: 09-
4200-3613.
IGCSE, Secondary 2, 3,
4, Physics, Mathematics
B & Pure Mathematics,
Practice with 20 years
old question. Allow
individual or section. Only
5 students for one section.
Near Hledan Sein Gay
Har. Ph: 09-4500-25213,
524617.
GIVE your child the
best possible start to
life at International
Montessori Myanmar
(English Education
Center). Accredited by
IMC Bangkok (Since
1991), Our Montessori
curriculum includes:
Practical Life Exercises.
Sensorial Training.
Language Development.
Mathematics. Cultural
Studies. Botany &
Zoology. History. Creative
Art. Music and Movement.
Cooking. Physical
Development. Social &
Emotional Development.
Learning through play.
55(B), Po Sein Rd,
Bahan, Yangon, Tel:
546097, 546761. Email:
imm.myn@gmail.com
ENGLISH for Young
learners : Build confden
ce in commu nicating
in English. Build strong
foundation in English
for further education.
Introducing reading with
variety of books. Using
Int'l syllabuses such
as Oxford, Collins &
Cambridge ,etc. Lesson
will be conducted in
English. Taught by
qualifed & internationally
experience teacher.
English for Adults
Speak fuently in various
situations. Improve
your pronunciation and
increase your vocabulary.
Communicate effectively
in everyday situations.
English for social, study,
overseas travel and work
purposes. Teacher Yamin
- Ph : 291-679, 292176,
09-250-136695
TR.KAUNG MYAT : For
International School,
Guide & Lecturer, Special
for Maths, Geometry,
Algebra I&II, Calculus.
Ph: 09-731-42020.
geometry500@gmail.
com
Expert Services
EFFECTIVE ENGLISH
Marketing Do you want
to produce an effective
marketing or advertising
campaign in English but
lack the English skills
and marketing ideas to
do so. I can help you to
achieve this. I have a
background in successful
English marketing and
advertising, including the
internet, in the United
Kingdom. I will work with
you so that your company
produces eye-catching
marketing & advertising
that attracts customers
attention. The result
being increased sales. I
can also help you design
marketing strategies for
reaching new customers.
For more details contact
us either by email:
Kensington.yangon@
gmail.com or Ph: 09-
2507-90200
ENGLISH Escort Service
: Are you a sophisticated
lady living in Yangon? Do
you wantto go outto dinner
or a social event with a
genuine Englishman as
your partner? Wining
and Dining. I amhappy
to arrange this. There
are many amazing
restaurants and clubs in
Yangon which would make
for a perfect venture. You
have to be able to speak
good English. For further
details, please contact me
by email: n.setterington@
gmail.com
'WANT to create that
professional marketing
campaign in English but
lack the English skills
to do so? Straight from
England, our marketing
man will do this for you''.
Tel: 09 250790200 or
email: n.setterington@
gmail.com
OWNER want to rent (or)
sale. Call Maureen: 09-
518-8320.
For Sale
CAR : toyota belta (grey)
year : 2011.Dec, mileage
: 22,000 km, excellent
condition. fee : $500 /
month, no driver, only
car. I amreal owner, pls
contact directly. ryankim
aceyangon79@gmail.
com. Ph: 09-4313-2872
CAR, Toyota Prado, 2006
Model/ White Colour
Left Hand Drive /4Doors
Very Good Driving
Condition (No Accident)
Only serious buyer can
contact. Ph : 09-515-0751
Language
SPEAKING Class
(Myanmar, English,
Chinese, J apanese). For
foreigners - We do teach
Myanmar Language
4 skills by (Teacher
TUN). Available home
tuition or group class.
Basic Class - 3 Months.
Intermediate Class - 3
Months. Advanced Class
- 3 Months. English
Language - For adults
and young learners. We
do teach 4 skills face
to face group teaching.
Available home tuition
or group class. Chinese
Language - For all grades
and classes. (Taiwan
Teacher MR. LIN) teach
4 skills to be native
speaker. Intend to go
abroad to study or work
students can contact us.
Basic Class - 3 Months,
Intermediate Class -
4 Months, Advanced
Class - 6 Months, Super
Advanced Class - 6
Months. We do service.
J apanese Language -
For all students who want
to go to J APAN for Work
or study. We do teach 4
skills and practice very
well. Contact us - 09-
4211-47821, 01-243420.
ENGLISH for any age. I
have a bachelor's degree
in elementary education
with a concentration in
English as a Second
Language from the
USA and also have
experience teaching
adults English as well.
If you want to improve
your English skills for any
variety of purposes email
me and we will arrange
a meeting. During the
frst meeting we will
discuss your goals and
objectives for learning
English and develop
a curriculum custom-
tailored to your goals.
J ustin: jhemming@
nmsi.org
GERMAN native teacher
available for private
individual courses or
small groups. All levels
possible. House calls
on request. Call 09-
421012160 for more
information!
ENGLISH & FRENCH
courses by experienced
language trainer.
Special courses
for tourism industry
available (guides, hotel
and restaurant staff,
management level
possible). Contact 09-
421012160 for details!
FOR FOREIGNERS -
We do teach Myanmar
Language at your
home. Contact us, we
will give you very good
teaching. English for
adults & young learners,
we will teach fact to
fact at home or group
teaching. Chinese for all
grades, adults & young
learners, fact to face at
home or group teaching.
J apanese for all classes.
Contact us : 09-4211-
47821, 01-243420.
ENGLISH Teaching
Coming fromEngland I
offer top quality English
teaching and English
coaching so that given
time and practice you will
speak and write English
like native English
speakers do. You need
to have a reasonable
knowledge of English to
start with as I do not speak
Myanmar. My teaching
involves a mixture of
face face teaching
and correspondence
teaching. For more
details contact us either
by email: Kensington.
yangon@gmail.com or
phone: 09-2507-90200
Dat i ng@Yangonl i ve,
We are an English-
language dating site
based in Yangon. Are
you wanting to meet that
special person and you
do not know how to do
it?We are here to help
you. You are dealing with
real people at Dating@
Yangonlive. Face to
face meetings can be
arranged, if required,
between you and us to
discuss your specifc
requirements. We will
not only help you design
your profle but will let
you know of places and
events in Yangon where
you should go. In the
frst instance, email us
at dating.yangonlive@
gmail.com and we will
send you our Personal
Details Form. Simply
complete this form,
attach some recent
photos and we will add
you to our dating lists that
are updated constantly.
To start with, while we
build our database there
is no charge for our
service. You can request
our dating list by email:
dating.yangonlive@
gmail.com
FOR FOREIGNERS
Want to learn Myanmar
Speaking at your home?
Contact : 09-517-9125,
09-861-1052
WITHIN 24 hours can
make you confdient
in Myanmar language
speaking and scripts!
Teacher Phyu Phyu
Khin 09-4930-8926,
phyuporcupine@gmail.
com, No.56 I, Thiri Marlar
Lane, 7.5 mile, Pyay
Road, Yangon.
ENGLISH Grammar for
all classes. Ph: 09-541-
3847.
CHINESE for all grades.
Ph: 09-541-3847.
MYANMAR for Foreigners,
Ph: 09-2501-50791.
ENGLISH for Adults
&Young Learners 100 %
face to face classroom
based lessons, Small
classroomsized, limited
seats, Variety of learning
resources Experienced,
internationally qualifed
teacher who get the best
out of you, whatever your
level. Offer courses that
build your confdence
for practical situations
and improve important
areas such as Speaking
and Listening in English.
English for young learners
: Teacher Yamin - Ph: (01)
291679, 09-250-136695.
Public Notices
WOULD you like
to kill TWO birds
with ONE stone?
If so conduct your
meeting at Mary
Chapman School for the
Deaf Holding a meeting
means donating the
Deaf children Rooms
available: (1).Air con
roomfor 25 person per
day kyats50,000/(ffty
thousand) (2).Air con
roomfor 50 person per
day kyats80,000/(eighty
thousand) (3).Hall for
100 person above
per day kyats100,000/
(one hundred thousand)
Reservation please!
Mary Chapman School
for the Deaf : No. 2,
Thantaman St, (Near
American center), Dagon
Tel: 01-221872, 01-
218342, 01-218343.
Those who see what
God sees fnd ways
to help the HELPESS"
Training
WEB Development &
Design Training Sat&Sun
- 1:00pm-3:00pm.
Contact: 09-4211-44937
We provide the following
Training, CISCO, CCNA,
CCNP, MICROSOFT,
MCSA, MCSE, LAB,
EC-COUNCIL CEH,
SECURITY ADMIN.
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DPSMyanmar
Employment
FREE THE MYANMAR TIMES APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014
Ingo Positions
JAPAN External Trade
Organization (J ETRO)
in Yangon is seeking
Offce Secretary F :
Age 20-25, Offered
Salary: USD 275 - 1
post : a graduate, at least
and have Good health
and pleasant personality.
Fluent English.
J apanese language skill
(if possible). Computer
skills, Interest in offce
logistical & secretarial
works. High spirit in
teamwork to serve the
offce. Capability of
necessary overtime
works (with payment).
Pls personally or by
email submit application
CV with a recent photo,
recommendati ons,
copies of relevant
certifcates & N.R.C
To J ETRO Yangon,
Sedona Hotel Business
Suites # 04-02, No.1,
Kaba Aye Pagoda Rd.,
Yankin, Yangon. Tel:
544051 ~ 3, Email:
jetromya@mptmail.net.
mm. , Closing date : May
2, 2014
SWISSAID is
seeking Programme
Coordinator - Gender
Equality & Women's
Empowerment Program,
Yangon (with frequent
travel to Kachin & Shan):
Strong commitment for
justice and the rights of
marginalized women and
men. 2 years experience
in community-based
projects that promote
gender quality, including
experience using tools
and approaches for
gendered assessments,
project design &
monitoring. Experience
in mentoring and/
or training others on
approaches & tools
for promoting gender
equality. Demonstrated
skills, experience &
knowledge in project
development & manage
ment in the development
sector. Excellent
interpersonal skills
& the ability to work
independently as well
as part of a team. Highly
effective oral & written
Myanmar & English
language skills. Good
computer skills for MS
offce. Bachelor's degree
holder,. Advanced
qualifcation in social
development/ gender will
be an asset. Pls submit
an application letter & a
detailed CV by email or
to SWISSAID Myanmar
Country Offce, 70, Shwe
Yadana St, Ward 1,
Kamaryut, Yangon. Can
also submitted by email
to: swissaid.myanmar@
gmail.comClosing date
:28
th
April 2014.
FONDAZIONE Terre des
hommes Italia (TDH
Italia) is seeking Area
Coordinator: University
degree in related feld,
preferably in agriculture
or engineering. 5 years
previous experience
with INGOs in rural
development projects.
2 years experience in
the same position or
equivalent. Fluency
in written & spoken
English & Myanmar.
Fully computer
literate in MS Offce
Package. Pls submit
their application with
completed information
about current job and
expected salary incl.
CV, photo, references
by e-mail or by postal
service to Terre des
Hommes Italia Main
Offce: TDH Italia Main
offce: 36/A, Inya Myaing
Rd, Bahan, Yangon.
Tel: 01-527563, E-mail:
hr.tdhit.mya@gmail.
com, Closing date : 2
nd

of May 2014.
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
Rescue Committee
Myanmar is seeking
Field Health Offcer:
M.B.,B.S/ B.NSc/
B.CommH/ Diploma
in Nursing. 2 years
experience in primary
health care and sexual
and reproductive health
care services. Good
command of English and
Myanmar - written and
verbal. Interested and
qualifed candidates are
to submit a Cover letter &
CV to the HR Department
: Int'l Rescue Committee
(IRC), No.33/A, Natmauk
Lan Thwe (1), Bocho (2)
Quarter, Bahan, Yangon
Myanmar. Applications
will be accepted by email
at: MaiMyaMyintZu.
Tin@rescue.org or by
delivery to Closing date
: 30
th
April 2014.
(1) DEVELOPMENT
& Liaison Offcer -
1 post (2)Nati onal
Consultant - 1 post (3)
Field Supervisor - 2
posts (4)Assistant Field
Supervisor - 2 posts.
Application process:
Please send your
application letter, CV
and related documents
to Myanmar Red
Cross Society (Head
Office) Yazatingaha
Rd, Dekkhinathiri,
Nay Pyi Taw.
Ormrcshrrecruitment@
gmail.com www.
yanmarredcrosssociety.
org Please mention
Position Titlein subject
if you apply.
THE Int'l Montessori
Myanmar is seeking
Nur ser y/ Pr e-K/
Ki n d er g ar t en L ead
teachers & Assistant
teachers. A Kinder
garten teacher who
is loving, caring &
understand early
childhood education
with ECCD certifcation
is preferred, but we will
train the right person
who is willing to get
certifcated at a later
date. Both are full time
positions, Monday to
Friday from8:00 to 4:00.
Pls email CV through
imm.myn@gmail.comor
contact 55 (B), Po Sein
Rd, Bahan, Yangon, Tel:
546097, 546761.
Local Positions
F&N FOODS Pte., Ltd
(Yangon Branch Offce)
is currently seeking
highly energetic and
motivated candidates for
the following positions
- Offce Manager -
1 post, Marketi ng
Services Manager -
1 post, Supply Chain
Manager 1 post, Brand
Manager / Ex ec ut i v e
- 3 posts, Trade
Marketi ng Executi ve
- 2 posts, Route to
Market Devel opment
Executive - 2 posts.
Interested Candidates
should apply with full
CV/Resume indicating
expected salary, position
of interest, qualifcations,
educational background
and recent photo not
later than (10.05.14).
For all posts : Good
command in English
& computer skill. Only
short list candidate will
be notifed by phone
for interview. Pls submit
to 39, Aung Theikdi
Avenue, (1) Lane,
Ward (3), Mayangon
Tsp, Yangon. Tel: 01-
522674 (or) Email :
100plusmyanmar@
gmail.com
PAN ASIA Majestic
Eagle Ltd is in the
commencement of
tel ecommuni cati on
network deployment in
the Republic of the Union
of Myanmar and builds
tel ecommuni cati on
towers. Our company is
now seeking the following
talented Civil Engineers
for serving our expansion
plan; Si te Engi neer
- 15 posts. Deadline
for Application : Open
until filled. Duties
& Responsibilities :
Undertake technical
& feasibility studies
including site
investigation, Check and
monitor the assigned
tasks, Resolving design &
development problems,
Ensuring project runs
smoothly and structures
are completed on time.
Qualifcations : Must
be GTC, B.Tech or
BE specialized in Civil
Engineering, Age above
22 years, Work away from
home for periods of time,
frequent visits to sites,
Must take accountability,
Possess management
& team building
skills, Be able
to communicate in the
English Language. Pls
submit an Application,
CV with current &
expected salary, NRC
copy, labour registration
copy & recent photo
as soon as possible
to hr@panasiatower.
net, sandar.htun@
panasiatower.net.
REAL FITNESS is seeking
(1) Assistant Fitness
Manager - M/F 2 posts
: Age 21 ~ 35, 3 years
experience in a Fitness
Club & knowledgeable
in exercise Physiology,
Completed Tertiary
Education, Fluent in
English, Profcient in
MS Offce, Internet &
Email Knowledge. (2)
Membership Assistant
- M/F 2 posts : Age 21 ~
35, Experience in Sales,
Completed Tertiary
Education, Fluent in
English, Profcient in MS
Offce, Internet & Email
Knowledge. (3) Fitness
Trainer - M/F 5 posts :
Age 21 ~ 35, Certifed
in gym & personal
training / physical
ftness exercise, Can
speak basic English. (4)
Receptionist - F 5 posts
: Age 20 ~28, Fluent in
English, Experience
in Reception duties,
Profcient in Computer,
Internet & Email (5)
Cleaner - M/F 5 posts
: Age 20 ~ 28, Speak
basic English, Cleaning
experience preferred (6)
Driver - M 2 posts : Age
25 ~ 35, Speak basic
English. Pls submit CV
Form, Labour copy , with
necessary documents to
No. 20, G Flr, Pearl St,
Shwe Taung Gyar, City
FM Compound, Bahan,
Ph : 011220881, 09-
5097057. Closing date
: 15.5.14
WE ARE the frst
domestic Joint Venture
airline in Myanmar
formed on 6th. October
1994. We are seeking
for highly motivated, self
disciplined, dynamic and
aggressive people to fll
the following vacancy
positions based in
Yangon. (1).Manager
(Aircraft Maintenance)
- 1 Post : M-1 Licensed
Aircraft Maintenance
Engineer with 10 years
apprenticeship. (2).
Manager (Aircraft
Technical Services)-
1 Post : Degree
in Engineering or
Aerospace discipline
(other compatible
qualification or
experience may
be considered),
Chartered Engineer,
engineering, strong
aviation engineering
knowledge, preferably
in aircraft systems
discipline. (3).Assistant
Manager (Aircraft
Maintenance) - 1 Post:
Degree in Engineering
or Aerospace discipline
(other compatible
qualification or
experience may be
considered), minimum
engineering, strong
aviation engineering
knowledge, preferably
in aircraft systems
discipline. (4).Seni or
Ai rcraft Mechani c /
Aircraft Mechanics
1 Post: Any bachelor
degree with minimum
10 years working
experience, preferable
with the knowledge of
aviation engineering.
(5).Fi nance Manager
- 1 Post: B.Com, C.P.A
or any graduate with,
ACCA or equivalent,
M.B.A with 10 years
experience in any kind
of business, Computer
literate with ability to
apply computerized
accounting. (6).
Secretary to the Board
of Directors - 1 Post : Any
graduate and more than
5 years experience (Air
line service experience
is preferable), leadership
of the board of directors
offce of Air Mandalay,
integrity, loyalty,
pleasant personality
with good interpersonal
relation, high degree of
availability, profciency
in English & Myanmar
& both typing skill,
Computer literate. (7).
Assi stant Manager
(HR) - 1 Post : any
graduate with 5 years
experience in relevant
feld. All applicants must
have good interpersonal
& managerial skills,
able to communicate
in English. Pls apply
with resume & relevant
documents to Manager,
Admin & HR Department,
not later than 30th April
2014. Air Mandalay
Ltd : 34 Shwe Taung
Gone Avenue, Bahan,
Yangon. Ph. 01501520,
525488, Email: info@
airmandalay.com
CHATRIUM HOTEL
Royal Lake Yangon
Leading Five Star Hotel
in Yangon, Myanmar
with its headquarter in
Bangkok, is now seeking
highly energetic and
motivated candidates for
the following positions:
(1).Japanese Sal es
Manager - M/F 1 Post
(2).Trai ni ng Manager
- M 1 Post. Interested
candidates should apply
with full CV/Resume
indicating position of
interest, qualifcations,
educational background,
employment records and
recent photo not later
than 30.4.2014. Only
short-listed candidates
will be notifed by phone
for interview. Email: hr.
chry@chatrium.comPh:
01-544500, HR Dept.
Chatrium Hotel Royal
Lake Yangon, No.40,
Natmauk Rd, Tamwe
Tsp. Yangon.
WIN HOTELS & Resorts
Co., Ltd. is seeking (1).
Hotel Manager - M/
F1 Post : University
Graduate. Excellent
English communication
skill, both written
& spoken. 5 year
experience in related
feld. (2). Operati on
Manager - M/F 1 Post:
University Graduate.
Excellent English
communication skill,
both written and spoken.
5 year experience in
related feld. (3).Front
Offce Manager - M/F
2 Posts : University
Graduate. Good
command of English &
Computer Profciency.
related position. (4).
Sal es & Marketi ng
Manager - M/F 1 Post
: University Graduate.
Excellent English
communication skill,
both written and spoken.
Experience in sales &
marketing feld at least
(4) years (5). Asst. Sales
& Marketing Manager -
M/F 3 Posts : University
Graduate. Excellent
English communication
skill, both written and
spoken. Experience in
sales & marketing feld at
least (2) years (6).Sales
Executive - M/F 2 Posts
: University Graduate.
4 skills of English &
excellent computer skill.
Good personality. 1 year
experience in related
feld. Work Place for
the posts of Sr. No. 4
will be in Yangon. Work
Place for the posts from
Sr. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6
will be in Nay Pyi Taw.
Pls submit CVs with a
recent photo, Labour
Registration Card, copy
of NRC, Educational
Certifcates, copy of
recommendation letter
from police station at
the residing area to
Rm (203), Shwe La
Young Tower, Shwe
Hintha Condo, Pyay Rd,
Hlaing Tsp, Yangon, Ph:
507480, 654504 Email :
whrcoltd.ygn.hr@gmail.
comwithin 14 days.
ANGEL FASHION
Group Company is
seeking (1)Onl i ne
Marketi ng Manager
- M/F 2 Posts : Direct
Marketing, Marketing
c o mmu n i c a t i o n
(Online marketing
& social media),
Market Research,
Public relations (PR),
Event Management,
Presentation kits,
Managing Suppliers,
Management diploma
in sale and marketing
(2)Web Devel oper
- M/F 2 Posts : At least
Degree /Diploma in
Computer, Science,
Basic Database Experi
enceing (MySQL,
Postgre , Qracle),
HTML, J avascript CSS,
1 Year experience (3)IT
Technical - M/F 2Posts
: Experience at Windows
and Network, System
application & Hardware
: troubleshooting , My
SQL Database - Can
use Microsoft Access.
1 Year experience. (4)
Photosho - M/F 2 posts :
Photshop CS3 , Can use
Internet Email Facebook,
Scanner / Printer, 2
years experience in
photo experience, Any
graduate, Age 25 ~30,
Pls submit CV form with
Passport with necearry
documents to Bldg 15,
Rm 1, Aung Tha Pyay
St, Mingalar Taung
Nyunt. Ph :292889 ,
205181. angelhrdept@
gmail.com
MEDIA LANE, The
Creative Agency is
seeking (1)HTML &
CSS Developer - 5 posts
: Salary: K 200,000 (2)
Wordpress Developer
- 3 posts : Salary:
K 250,000 (3)Web
Content Editor - 10
posts : Salary: K150,000
(4) Web Representative
- 10 posts : Salary:
K120,000 plus bonuses
(5) Web Designer - 5
posts : Salary: K250,000
- K350,000 (6)Project
Lead - 1 post : Salary:
K350,000 - K500,000 (7)
Executi ve Secretary
- 1 post : Salary:
K250,000 - K500,000.
Bring resume to 58B,
Myanmar Gon Yaung
Housing, Than Thu Mar
Rd, Tamwe, Yangon.
Online Submission:
http://career.com.mm/
company/media+lane/
Trouble submitting? Call:
01-430-897, 01-430-
013, 09-4200-0-4554
Closing date 31.4.14
(1)SCHOOL Accountant
- M/F 1 post in Yangon
: Bachelor Degree with
CPA or ACCA or LCCI
Level III+IV, Fluent in
English & Myanmar,
Good command in IT-
MS word, excellent
in Excel, Good Team
Player, ect., (2)Trainee
Production Assistant/
Cashier - M/F 1 post
in Yangon: Bachelor
Degree, English(not
fluent), MS-literate,
Good at Administration,
little knowledge of
technical & fnance.
For all posts :Salary
negotiable. Applications
are submitted to Win
Naing at YFS house :
51E, U Po Tet Lane,
Kaba Aye Pagoda Rd,
Mayangone, Yangon
(or) via email to yfs.yfs@
googlemail.com by 30
April, 2014.
URGENT NEED:
Account - F 1 post :
Media Buyer - F 5
posts: Good written &
spoken communication
Skill in English. Effective
computer knowledge.
Pls submit application
with CV,recent passport
photo & copy of all
relevant documents
to DANALINN Service
Co.,Ltd : No(8), Nguwar 3
St, ward (5), Myakanthar
villa, Hlaing Tsp, Ph
01.505724, 01.538552
HORIZON INT'L School
is looking for (1)
Teacher : For Primary
School: Myanmar
Language, Music, PE,
For Secondary School:
Myanmar language,
Music, PE, ICT. For High
School: Mathematics,
Economics, For Kinder
gartens: Swimming :
4 years experience,
(2) Ki nder gar t en
Asst Teachers /
Lab Assistant - F 3
posts :Age 20 to 25,
University graduate,
Profcient in English,
Computer literacy, (3).
Supervisor - M 2 posts
: Age 25 ~ 40 years,
Passed matriculation
examination, Good
command of English,
Pleasant & helpful skills,
Must have supervisory
skill & 5 years experience.
Pls submit a cover letter,
a resume/CV, a copy
of relevant diploma
(certifcate) & a current
photo to the Recruitment
team at recruitment@
horizonmyanmar.com
or to Horizon Po Sein
Campus, Po Sein Rd
25, Bahan, Yangon on/
before April 30, 2014. Ph:
543926,551795, 551796
FPT Myanmar Co.,
Ltd. is seeking (1)
ICT Sal es : Graduate
from ICT University, 3
~5 years experience,
(2) Recr ui t ment
Consul tant : Graduate,
(3)Legal Consul tant : A
Bachelor Degree of law,
Be granted a Certifcate
of Lawyer Profession,
4 years experience,
( 4) Re c e p t i o n i s t :
Graduated high
school or higher, (5)
Whol esal es Executi ve
(FPT Client), University
or college graduation
(Economy, Trading,
Business Management
or Information techno
logy are priority), 2
year experiences, (6)
Whol esal es Executi ve
(FPT Client) : University
or college graduate
(Economic, Trading,
Business Management,
IT or communication
technology graduate
are priority), (7)
Admi n Head (Hotel)
: 5 years experience
in Admin Head, or
the same position at
Hotel, Management
skills, (8) Busi ness
Executi ve (Hotel) : 3
~5 years experience,
Interested in Sales for
Hotel, Ability to manage
living area, Good at
J apanese. For all posts
: Good command of
English & computer
skill. Pls submit to 60
A, Pyidaungsu Yeiktha
St, Dagon Tsp, Yangon.
01-218223, 221668.
goodjobs@fpt.com.vn,
theingi2@fpt.com.vn
A LEADING Shipping
Company is seeking
(1).Sal es Executi ve :
University degree, Age
above 25; Superior oral
& written communication
skills as well as strong
interpersonal skills
and exhibit good
judgment, & function
with minimal guidance
in a highly demanding
environment, Have
good grasp of the
English language, Be
a Computer literate
able to use computer
effectively & effciently,
Background experience
relating with sales
& marketing/export/
import/trading. (2).
Juni or net wor k/
support engi neer :
OS Administration
Software Installation,
Setup, Repair & Trouble
shooting, Confguration
on Windows Server
2003/ Windows Server
2008/XP/7/8 1 ~ 2
year experience in IT
feld, good knowledge
on LAN/WAN &
networks, experience
in system integration,
OS admi nistration.
Good know ledge on
Microsoft Outlook/
Exchange Server
2003/2007/2010. Pls
send resume & cover
letter with a recent
photograph by email
to star2013.collette@
gmail.com
WE ARE seeking a
dri ver male. Age would
be 40 above. Contact
are 398495, 09-501-
1330
TOTAL BUSINESS
Solution company
is seeking for (1.)
Civil Engineer - who
graduated Bachelor
degree in Civil Engineer
ing with experience in
relative feld 3 ~ 5 years,
good writing & speaking
in English language.
(2).Ci vi l Engi neer
who graduated Bache
lor degree in Civil
Engineering with
experience in relative
feld more than 10
years, good writing and
speaking in English
language. (3).Quantity
Surveyor Engi neer
-who graduation
Bachelor degree in
Engineering with
experience in relative
feld 5 ~ 10 years, good
writing and speaking in
English language. TBS
Company Ltd : Wai
Zayanter Tower, Rm
(704), 6th foor, Thaingan
Guan, Yangon. Ph: 09-
2560-83232, 09-4016-
04493
CENTURE Myanmar, a
leading offce furniture
provider in Myanmar,
is seeking (1) Sales
manager - 2 posts : (2)
Sales Executive - 2
posts (3)Showroom
manager - 1 post (4)
Showroom Sales - 2
posts (5) Del i very&
Instal l ati on member
- 4 posts (6) Chi ef
accountant - 2 posts
(7) Driver - 1 post.
We offer a young and
international working
atmosphere and search
for competent and
dedicated employees to
grow with our expanding
business. Be part of the
team and send your
application letter and CV
to hr@centuremyanmar.
com!
DECORUM : You love
design furniture and
are looking for a new
challenge? Decorum is
looking for committed
Sales staff: (1)Sal es
Sales Executive - 2
posts (3) Showroom
Showroom Sal es -
3 posts. Send your
application & CV to hr@
decorum-mm.com!
TRENDS DESIGN
Furnishing Co., Ltd
(MNC) is seeking; (1)
Accountant (URENT)
LCCI Level II and above
with 3 years experience
in accounting & fnance.
Computer literate & good
in English. AutoCAD
(2)Draftman (Urgent)
Computer literate &
excellent knowledge
in AutoCAD including
3D. Prefer male with
the age of under 35. 3
years experience in the
same feld. (3)Admin
cum Recept i oni st
Any graduate with
2 years experience
in related feld. Able
to communicate
well in English. Pls
send resume to
trendsdesignfurnishings
@gmail.com for above
positions.
THE LAB WINE & Tapas
Bar, a new conceptual
restaurant is opening
soon in Yangon is
seeking talented,
dynamic and motivated
team members. We
are looking for 1 x
Sous chef, 2 x cooks,
4 x waitresses, 1 x
outl et supervi sor, 1
x bar supervisor, 1 x
bartender & 1 x cashier.
Competitive salaries
are proposed along
meal and transportation
packages. Contact us
through info@thelab-
yangon.com or contact
Amine @ 09-2500-
18200. A fair English
profciency is required.
Leading foreign limousine company in
Yangon seeking Operations Manager,
High Pay, Fluent English, Management
skills and personal relationships a
must. Myanmar citizens with overseas
working experience preferred.

Dignitas Business Limousines
Call 01-600 688 for interview.
Sport 65 www.mmtimes.com
T
HE Maracana stadium, a
footballing theatre which
every fan dreams of visit-
ing, has morphed into an
ultra-modern, sustainable
and safe arena, albeit one with elitist
traits, compared to the populist tem-
ple it once was.
Though the stadium has twice
been extensively remodeled since,
all Brazilians know it as the place
where a nations dreams died on July
16, 1950, when Uruguay wrecked
the party, winning 2-1 in that years
World Cup trophy match.
Alcides Ghiggias 79
th
-minute win-
ner ensured Brazil, the overwhelm-
ing favorites, were undone in their
own gigantic bowl of a stadium.
Even a record ve titles since
have not entirely dulled the shock
of a defeat, dubbed Maracanazo,
which still looms 64 years later.
But Luiz Felipe Scolaris genera-
tion now have the chance to wipe
away the historic stain though they
will only get to play at the stadium
should they reach this years nal.
When you think of football you
think of the Maracana. It is a mec-
ca everyone wants to visit at least
once, Marcos Guterman, author of
Football Explains Brazil, told AFP.
The Maracana also known as
the Mario Filho stadium after the
journalist who campaigned for its
construction has been the scene of
stirring exploits by Brazils legendary
stars.
The name comes from the Rio
district of the same name and de-
rives from the Tupi Indian word
marakana, meaning Guacamaya,
Brazils colorfully-plumed macaw.
Chief among them was the incom-
parable Pele, who scored his 1,000th
career goal at the stadium on No-
vember 19, 1969 from the penalty
spot before an adoring crowd.
Contemporary and fellow legend
Garrincha also wowed the crowds.
The stadium is not just a shrine
to football, with music artists such as
Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Tina
Turner and rock band Kiss all lling
the venue over the year.
Construction began in 1948, a year
after FIFA conrmed the country as
the rst post-World War II hosts.
As with this years event, there
were delays the Maracana was only
inaugurated on June 17, 1950, a mere
week before the tournament started.
The designers stuck to their blue-
print, but by the time the tourna-
ment started they had not quite n-
ished.
The waste of cement, money and
time was justied, wrote Teixeira
Heizer in his book Maracanazo.
The Maracana had to be impos-
ing but also sufciently solid to
support more than 200,000 people
jumping up and down.
It took 10,000 workers 665 days
to build the venue.
It is estimated that staging the
1950 World Cup cost Brazil some
400 million reais (US$173 million at
todays exchange rate).
The Maracana was the target of
criticism amid an estimated bill of
$13 million, but the city authorities
and campaigners, led by Filho, won
the argument.
Wide-ranging reforms were car-
ried out in 1999 ahead of the FIFA
World Club Cup with capacity re-
duced to 100,000.
Prior to the 2007 Pan American
Games the seatless general admis-
sion, which had been free to enter
after half-time, was closed of.
Ahead of this years World Cup
the Maracana had to close its doors
for two-and-a-half years for a $600
million facelift not to everybodys
liking and taking capacity down to
73,531.
I am not going to get all nostal-
gic and think it should stay as it is,
says Guterman.
It is still a church, albeit now a
reformed church.
Compared with the 1950 vintage,
Brazil can at least point to happy
memories of the remodeled venue,
having last year seen of world cham-
pions Spain to win the Confedera-
tions Cup.
But watching games these days
at the stadium does not come cheap,
with even cheap seats for a Flamen-
go-Fluminense league derby costing
$45 this year.
Fluminense recently cut entry
prices as low as $4.50 and were
rewarded with crowds somewhat
rising to a degree after some league
games were played out before paltry
attendances.
After all the expense, Brazil now
must exorcise 1950 by ensuring that
this year neither Uruguay, nor any-
one else, rain on their parade.
RIO DE JANEIRO
Rios Maracana
Stadium - from
populist temple
to elitist arena
The venue is still sacred to
Brazilian football fans, but many
worry it has lost its soul ...
Maracana Stadium as seen from Rios Christ the Redeemer statue. Photo: AFP
When you think of
football you think
of Maracana. It is
a mecca - everyone
wants to visit at least
once
Marcos Guterman
Author of Football Explains Brazil
73,531
Current capacity of Maracana Stadium,
down from 200,000 in 1950.
66 Sport THE MYANMAR TIMES APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014
L
ANCE Armstrong, in a rare
interview, says he still consid-
ers himself a Tour de France
champion despite his spectac-
ular fall from grace for using
performance-enhancing drugs.
Armstrong - stripped of his record
seven Tour titles - told Outside maga-
zine he thinks his fellow competitors
would agree he genuinely won cy-
clings greatest event.
Yes, I feel that I won the races,
he said in what Outside billed as his
rst public appearance since his Jan-
uary 2013 doping confession to talk
show diva Oprah Winfrey following
years of denials.
I know that is not a popular an-
swer, but the reality is that ... it was
just a messy time, he said, referring
to widespread doping in cycling. It
was basically an arms race, and we
all played ball that way.
He added it would be a mistake,
and it would be disrespectful to the
sport, to leave seven years empty
and fail to recognize a Tour winner
between 1999 and 2005.
If I didnt win, then somebody
needs to win, he said.
Of course Im going to say I won
but ask the guys [fellow Tour de France
competitors] that went and sufered
with you and ask them, Did he win? I
think I know what theyd say.
No longer racing, or associated
with the Livestrong cancer charity
he founded, Armstrong said he still
bikes occasionally but runs more
than anything in order to keep t.
As for what his legacy will be, he
said: I dont know. I dont spend
a lot of time thinking about that ...
Honestly, I have no idea what the fu-
ture holds. AFP
MICHAEL Phelps nished second
on last week in his rst nal in 20
months, and the swimming super-
star famous for his will to win said
even a runner-up nish is fun now.
Phelps, whose record 22 Olympic
medals include an astonishing 18
golds, was beaten in the 100m but-
tery nal at the Mesa Grand Prix by
his old foe Ryan Lochte.
But Phelps said hed done what he
set out to do in his rst competition
since the London Games.
Lochte led at the 50m mark and
held on to win in 51.93sec second-
fastest in the world this year while
Phelps was second in 52.13, match-
ing the fourth-fastest time of 2014.
I did what I wanted to do, said
Phelps, adding hed targeted a time
of 52 seconds.
The race was fun, he added.
The stroke was a little rushed to-
night, it was way more relaxed this
morning. But I swam a nal again.
Lochte, not known as a 100m y
swimmer, said Phelps, as always,
made him better.
I probably wouldnt have gone
that time if Phelps wasnt in there,
Lochte said. Im glad hes back.
Phelps insists he isnt yet sure if
his comeback will take him to a fth
Games at Rio in 2016.
This is one meet, its one race,
Phelps said. Its a long way whether
I decide to continue or not. Im doing
this because Im having fun, Im just
enjoying myself on this road, this
process, this journey.
But news of his comeback sparked
a sell-out at every session of this
weeks meet at the 1,200-capacity
Skyline Aquatic Center in suburban
Phoenix, Arizona.
Phelpss fellow swimmers were as
thrilled as fans to see him back on
the blocks.
That was particularly true of
Lochte, who has had some memo-
rable duels with his Olympic team-
mate.
Racing against Michael is prob-
ably the hardest thing to do, Lochte
said. I love it.
Him leaving, it kind of broke my
heart a little. Racing against him is
so much fun.
Phelps had made it look easy in
posting the fastest time of the heats,
although he said his pre-race butter-
ies recalled his age-group days.
By the time the nal rolled
around Phelps had his familiar game
face on, seemingly oblivious to the
cheers of the crowd.
I was more serious tonight than
I was this morning, Phelps said. I
knew what I wanted to do.
He wasnt too quick of the blocks,
and said his turn was probably the
worst of his career.
Coach Bob Bowman who agreed
about the turn said the technical
glitches could be xed.
I think thats a really good time to
start with, Bowman said of Phelpss
performance in an event in which he
is the world record-holder and three-
time reigning Olympic champion.
Its totally expected, Bowman
said of the mistakes. He hadnt been
in a race in two years until this morn-
ing ... his timing was a little of at the
start, then he scrambled to catch up,
then he missed a stroke. By the time
he got going it was kind of over.
Mostly Bowman is happy to see
Phelpss enthusiasm for racing, and
the excitement his presence in the
meet has generated. AFP
MESA WASHINGTON
Swimming:
Phelps falls
to Lochte in
rst nal of
comeback
Lance
Armstrong: Im
still a Tour de
France Winner
Fallen cyclist gives rst interview in
over one year ...
Armstrong competing in 2004 Tour de France. Photo: AFP
I know that is not
a popular answer,
but the reality is
that ... it was just a
messy time
Lance Armstrong
Fraud
Sport
68 THE MYANMAR TIMES APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2014 SPORT EDITOR: Tim McLaughlin | timothy.mclaughlin3@gmail.com
Armstrong: Im still Tour de
France Winner
SPORT 66
THE 9
th
South East Asian Youth Ath-
letics Championship began on Sunday
at Wunna Theikhdi stadium in Nay
Pyi Taw.
More than 200 young athletes from
all over the region are participating,
48 of whom are representing Myan-
mar. 32 gold medals, 32 silver medals
and 32 bronze medals will be awarded
after the events nish on 28 April.
U Htun Myint, Joint Secretary of
the Myanmar Athletic Foundation,
said he was pleased to have the Cham-
pionship in Nay Pyi Taw, as many of
the nations young athletes can often
not aford the cost of travelling to oth-
er South-East Asian nations.
M
ASTERS sensation Guan
Tianlang said he hopes
to represent China at this
years Asian Games but
pledged not to play too
many big events this year as he focuses
on building a long-term career.
The 15-year-old amateur shot a dis-
appointing 76 in the Volvo China Open
second round last week to lie three
shots of the projected cut, a far cry
from his Masters exploits a year ago.
Last April at Augusta, Guan earned
rave reviews when he became the
youngest player to make the cut in
a major championship, aged just 14
years and ve months.
He followed that by reaching the
weekend play at his next PGA event,
the Zurich Classic in New Orleans,
but a missed cut at Decembers Hong
Kong Open ended a breakthrough
2013 on a quiet note.
However, the Guangzhou school-
boy is condent hes on the right path,
and he will play fewer professional
tournaments this year as he carefully
plots his road to success.
I think denitely Im making the
right progress, said Guan at the Gen-
zon Golf Club in Shenzhen.
Last year I had a great tourna-
ment [at the Masters] and lots of great
experiences and this year I didnt want
to play too many tournaments at rst
because its still not the right time.
Last year I played maybe 10 to 12.
I played in a couple of really big ones
so I got great experience from that, he
added.
Guan appears comfortable in the
spotlight and he was a star attraction
at the 20th edition of Chinas national
championship, a $3.2 million event co-
sanctioned by the European Tour and
OneAsia.
He opened with a solid one-under-
par 71 last week but struggled on the
greens in round two, missing short
putts for par at 18 and two and nish-
ing with a four-over 76 to leave him at
plus three. The cut is expected to be
around level par.
Im a little bit disappointed, the
swing just wasnt there, he said, add-
ing that perhaps the lack of recent
tournament practice was a factor.
But the great hope of Chinese golf
is happy to bide his time, saying he has
no immediate plans to turn profes-
sional and no target for when hed like
to break into the worlds top ranks.
Im focusing back on my school
and my body, the slight youngster
said, referring to his attempts to bulk
up in a bid to hit the ball further.
I dont have any plans for a timeta-
ble yet. To keep playing in those high-
level tournaments is wonderful so I
dont start thinking about it yet.
Guan has stopped using a long-
handled putter, which will be banned
in 2016, and says he feels condent
with the conventional length.
China is yet to have a truly recognis-
able golng superstar its highest play-
ers in the rankings currently are Liang
Wenchong at 137 and Wu Ashun at 144.
But at the China Open, top players
Henrik Stenson and Ian Poulter said
it wont be long before that changes,
with the world number three Swede
singling out Guan for praise.
When I rst came here the local
players were at the bottom of the re-
sults list but over the past few years
the local players results are getting
better and better, Stenson said.
We had a 14-year-old Chinese play-
er making the cut at last years Mas-
ters. If you had put me out at Augusta
at the age of 14 I think 90 would have
been a good score for me. It is very im-
pressive in a short period of time.
Poulter said: There will be a Chi-
nese major champion. I am not saying
that will be in two years or ve years
or 10 years but it is happening.
Guan hopes he will eventually be
that champion, but for this year hes
focusing on playing for China at the
Asian Games in South Korea in Sep-
tember.
I really wish I can play with my
home country, he enthused. Im not
sure if Ill be selected but Im hopeful.
AFP
SHENZHEN
Golf-whizz Guan eyes Asian Games
9
th
South East Asian Youth Athletics Championship hosted in Nay Pyi Taw
KYAW ZIN HLAING
kyawzinhlaing91@gmail.com
Guan Tianlang at the Volvo Open in Shenzen province earlier this year. Photo: AFP
Young athletes compete in sprinting and hurdles during last years games in Vietnam. Photo: Supplied

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