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THOMAS KEAN

THE bombings that returned with a venge

ance last week are hardly new phenom ena
in Myanmar. For years, small crude devices
were a regular threat in major cities, oc
casionally claiming lives and more often
baffling observers, for the perpetrators were
rarely caught.
But if those attacks were mysterious, last
weeks could only be described as mystifying,
taking almost everybody by surprise. Where
there was an air of normalcy around previous
bombings, the events of last week - the seem
ingly indiscriminate nature, the wide distribu
tion of the explosives, the focus on restaurants
and hotels - generated understandable fear
and confusion. The panic was real and of a
level not seen for a number of years.
Obviously this is not the first time there
lave been unexplained bombings, but th
has never before been a coordinated cam
paign of this geographic breadth over such
a relatively extended period of time, said
Anthony Davis, a Bangkok-based security
analyst with IHS Janes.
Relations with most armed ethnic groups
and the democratic opposition have not been
better since the advent of military rule in
1962. Who would want to so publicly and
dramatically express dissatisfaction with
M yanmars much-lauded democratisation
process? And, just as importantly, who would
have both the motivation and capacity to pull
off such a coordinated series of attacks?

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Tourism and foreign investment are the targets as bombers create panic ahead of Thadingyut

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denounces
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Alleged bombers wanted

to deter investors, tourists

Deputy Minister for Information Ye Htut (centre) comments on recent attacks during a press conference at the Yangon Region Hluttaw on October 18. Photo: AFP

Bombers had past links to the Karen National Union but armed ethnic group was not involved, says Ye Htut
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THE alleged masterminds of last

weeks bombings were seeking to
deter foreign investors and tourists,
particularly enterprises that would
compete with economic interests in
Kayin State, the chief of police says.
Government officials also
ruled out the possibility of the
Karen National Union being for
mally involved, despite a num
ber of those arrested having links
to the organisation, and said the
armed ethnic group is assisting the
investigation.
Eight men have been arrested
in connection with six bombings
and four attempted attacks in Yan
gon, Mandalay, Taungoo, Sagaing
and Pyu between October 9 and 15
that left two dead and four injured,
Police Major General Zaw Win said
at a press conference in Yangon on
October 18.
He said that the men had con
fessed to organising and carrying out
the bombings in order to deter for
eign investors from entering Myan

mar and potentially competing with

businesses in Kayin State. They also
said they wanted to deter tourists,
although the reason for this was not
immediately clear.
We understand that foreign in
vestors may be concerned [about the
bombings] but we will ensure their
security and plan to cooperate more
with the International Criminal Po
lice Organization [INTERPOL], Pol
Maj Gen Zaw Win said.
He declined to comment on a
series of three explosions that hit
Namhkam in northern Shan State on
October 16 and 17, saying the investi
gation is ongoing.
In the most high-profile attack,
a 43-year-old American woman was
injured when a bomb exploded in
her hotel room on the ninth floor
of Yangons Traders Hotel. She was
transferred to Yangon General Hos
pital and has since left the country
for further treatment.
The first arrest was made on Oc
tober 15, when Saw Myint Lwin was
detained in Bilin township in Mon
State. He has been accused of orches
trating the blasts at Traders Hotel
and Western Park II restaurant.

All cases are similar and all of the

mines are homemade, Pol Maj Gen
Zaw Win said. Saw Myint Lwin con
fessed that he detonated two bombs
in Yangon on the order of Nay Toe.
Saw Myint Lwin had been a mem
ber of the Karen National Union for
five years and left in 2008, while Nay

We do not
believe the
KNU is involved.
Ye Htut
D eputy M in is te r fo r In fo rm a tio n

Toe, who is also known as Saw Shwe

Htoo, worked with a KNU economic
organisation, he said.
Pol Maj Gen Zaw Win said police
expect to make further arrests but
refused to give any more details be
cause the investigation is ongoing.
Despite the links to the KNU,
Deputy Minister for Information

Ye Htut emphatically rejected any

suggestion the group, which has
been in peace negotiations with the
government since January 2012, was
formally involved.
We do not believe that the KNU
is involved, even though one of the
bombers is a former member, he
said. We are cooperating with the
KNU and we have agreed to meet a
member of their executive commit
tee ... We firmly believe that despite
these challenges we will continue to
make progress on the peace process.
On October 17, the KNUs fifth bri
gade, which is considered the least
supportive of the approach that the
groups leadership is adopting in re
gard to the peace process, issued a
statement condemning the bombings.
We categorically condemn all
acts that attempt to disrupt the peace
building efforts and reject all kinds
of violence aimed at harming or
threatening innocent civilians, the
brigade said in a statement, accord
ing to Karen News.
Pol Maj Gen Zaw Win said two
men, Zaw Latt Maung and Mya
Phu, had been arrested thanks to
the cooperation of the KNU.

THE United States embassy in Yangon

has urged its citizens to take extra cau
tion while travelling in Myanmar but
said a series of bombings that left one
American injured were not targeting
US citizens.
In a statement released on October
15, the embassy said citizens should be
particularly cautious in public areas,
including parks, markets ajid bus stops.
While there is no indication at
this time that any of these [bombs]
were specifically directed toward us
citizens, the embassy asks that all us
citizens exercise an appropriate level
of caution when travelling around
Rangoon and/or Burma, the state
ment said.
The warning was issued a day after
a 43-year-old American woman was
injured when a bomb exploded in her
hotel room on the ninth floor of Yan
gons Traders Hotel. The woman was
transported to Yangon General Hos
pital for treatment. Her two children
and husband, also in the room, were
uninjured.
A US embassy spokesperson said
that consular officers from the embas
sy had visited the woman but declined
to provide further information, citing
privacy concerns.
The embassy is in close contact
with the local police authorities, who
have advised that they have no specific
threat information related to any po
tential additional targets, the state
ment added.
Police said one man was arrested
on October 15 in Mon State in connec
tion with the blast.
The explosion at Traders Hotel was
the latest in a string of bombings that
began on October 9 when an impro
vised explosive device (IED) was found
on a bus traveling from Nyaunglebin
to Pyu in Bago Region.
On October 11, two people were
killed in a bombing at a guest house in
Taungoo, Bago Region. Two bombs ex
ploded in Yangon on October 13, while
two more went off in the early hours of
October 15 in Sagaing.
The US condemned the attacks on
October 17, saying in a statement that
acts of terror had no place in civi
lised society
The US said it believed that Myan
mar would respond with strength, de
termination and a continued commit
ment to national peace, development,
and reconciliation .

Bomb Fears Bomb Fears Bomb Fears

Attacks can strengthen A week of attacks

Myanmars peace efforts

Thirteen bombs between October 9-17 have left three dead

CONTINUED FROM NEWS 1

A number of possibilities immediately

became clear. Factions of armed eth
nic groups or disaffected members ap
peared the most likely possibility. Do
mestic extremists, in the mould of the
Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors,
could also have been responsible. Other
possibilities included political actors
or rogue government soldiers seeking
to create instability. At the more un
likely end of the spectrum stood statesponsored terrorists or religious - most
likely Islamist - extremists. That no one
claimed responsibility or tried to use the
attacks as a platform to push forward
a political agenda, message or demand
discounts some of these possibilities
immediately For underground groups
opposed to military rule, an attack at a
time when the Tatmadaw appears to be
considering when to begin slowly with
drawing from politics and governance
seems illogical, although not impossible.
As has now become clear, a group
of people acting independently but
with links to armed ethnic groups were
allegedly responsible for at least a sig
nificant proportion of the attacks per
petrated last week. The precise motiva
tions of the attackers remain uncertain.
At least some appear to have been paid
to participate and the motive at the top
appears to have been money as well.
Yet the alleged masterminds links
to the Karen National Union should
not be overplayed. It is no surprise
that the KNU has come out and not
only denied any direct involvement or
complicity but also promised to inves
tigate its ties with those who have been
apprehended. For the KNU, and even
those in the organisation who question

ANALYSIS
the path that the groups current lead
ership is taking, there is little to gain
from attacks like those seen last week.
For any Myanmar-based organisation,
direct involvement in such a brazen
series of attacks on the population a bombing campaign that appears to
have designed solely to generate fear
and uncertainty - would likely sow the
seeds for their own demise.
Some questions were immediately
asked about the groups fifth brigade
and its former leader, Karen National
Liberation Army deputy chief of staff
General Baw Kyaw Heh, a noted critic
of the peace process. However, given
the lack of a clear political agenda to
the attacks, a direct link to anyone in
the KNU leadership appears illogical.
Why orchestrate bombings for political
reasons but neither claim responsibil
ity nor issue demands? There is also no
evidence to suggest that dissatisfaction
with the peace process is anywhere
near the level required to prompt such
an extreme course of action.
Kim Jolliffe, an independent re
search consultant who has studied
ethnic conflict in Myanmar for the past
five years, dismissed the possibility of
segments of the KNU, including the
fifth brigade, being involved in the at
tacks as not very plausible
I know the dissatisfied elements
well and they recognise that being in
volved with anything of this nature
would do them more harm than good,
said Mr Jolliffe, who recently published
a paper on the peace process, Peoples
War, Peoples Peace: Fostering a Social

Contract for Myanmars Karen Civil

War
He said the so-called hardline ele
ments within the KNU are not against
the peace process.
They are only in relatively minor
disagreement about the negotiation
strategy that should be taken. They
are not even more hardline than other
armed groups - its just that the KNU
leadership has done a complete U-tum
after 50 years of war, and some elements
are concerned its moving too fast.
No doubt there has been flurry of
phone calls between the KNU and Nay
Pyi Taw to keep one another abreast of
developments. Open and clear commu
nication will be essential to avoid any
misunderstandings at this potentially
sensitive time.
There is also reason to hope that
the tragedy of the past week, which
has seen three lives lost and numerous
people injured, can be harnessed so
that it becomes another victory for the
peace process. At a press conference on
October 18, Deputy Minister for Infor
mation Ye Htut said the KNU had
agreed to work with the government on
its investigation but emphatically ruled
out any link between the bombers and
the organisation.
There is no reason why this collabo
ration cannot bring both sides closer
and galvanise their commitment to re
solving differences at the negotiating
table. Trust can be built from potenti^
disaster. The genuine complaints of fac
tions on both sides who are questioning
the peace process can be better under
stood and possibly addressed, strength
ening the peace process. For the in
nocent victims of last weeks acts of
terrorism, it would be a fitting tribute.

Oct 15: Two bom bs

explode in Sagaing

tow nship: one at Shwe

PyieS one H otel at
a b o ut 3 a m and a second
at Swan Oo Pon Nya
Shin Pagoda a t around
5:45am

Oct 11: A bom b

explodes a t a
gu e st house in
Taungoo, Bago
Region, k illin g
tw o people and
in ju rin g one

Defiant response from authorities

AUTHORITIES have responded de

fiantly to the bomb blast that rocked
a Yangon hotel last week, stressing
the governments resolve to continue
as normal. As the search for the per
petrators continued, the public were
advised to keep calm and alert during
the Thadingyut season.
Whatever the motive, the bombings

will not affect the peace process, said

deputy information minister and presi
dential spokesperson Ye Htut. The
peace process will take its course ... If
the intention of the bombers was to de
lay the process, they will fail, he said.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who chairs
the Pyithu Hluttaw Rule of Law, Sta
bility and Peace Committee, called for

cool heads and urged people not to

fall into the trap set by the bombers.
Vice chair of the Union Solidarity
and Development Party Htay Oo
said, Whoever did this seems to be fa
miliar with bombs. But whatever their
motive, it will not affect the reform
process. - Soe Than Lynn, translation
by Thiri M in Htun

Oct 14: A bom b

explodes on the

Oct 14: An unexploded bom b is

n inth flo o r of

found u n d e r a table in W estern

Tra d e rs Hotel,

P ark II re s ta u ra n t in A hlone

in ju rin g one

to w n sh ip at about 10am

A m e ric a n citizen

M a Wai, 27,
accountant,
Insein
I was
scared by the
bombings, and
now I dare not
go to crowded
places. My
parents are worried about me every
time I go to work. Now I avoid visit
ing some places altogether.

M a Tharaphy,
20, freelance
journalist,
Latha
For the
past year Ive
been earning
my living as a
freelance re
porter. Im afraid because for my job
I have to attend press conferences
at hotels and restaurants. What
happened at Traders Hotel is very
scaiy and now I dont want to go to
news conferences or places that are
crowded with people.

Soe Min Myo,

35, taxi driver,
South O kkalapa
I'm so scared
and worried
about the recent
bombings. I'm
worried one of my
passengers might
leave a bomb in my taxi. Now people
are afraid to go to crowded places
because they might be targets.
- Tin Yadanar Htun

M a S u Thandar Hlaing, 20,

graduate, Tarmwe
This news frightened me so much
that Ive been avoiding going out. Be
fore I would go to the cinema or game
shop with my
friends but now
Ive decided not
to go anywhere.
My mum also
doesn't allow
me to go
outside.

Vox Pop Yangon

Bomb Fears Bomb Fears Bomb Fears

and 10 injured, including a tourist
Oct 16: A bom b
explodes at around
10:45pm in Shan
S ta te s N a m hka m
to w nship

Oct 17: A bom b le ft in a

tra sh can in N a m hka m
to w nship explodes,
k illin g one and in ju rin g
tw o people. A n o th e r
bom b explodes in
N a m hka m , in ju rin g fo u r
people

Oct 14: An

PYI TAW

unexploded bom b
is found a t Golden
Duck R estaurant in
M andalay a t about
2pm

Oct 9: An unexploded
bom b is found on a
bus tra ve llin g from
Nyaunglebin to Pyu in
Bago Region

Oct 13: A bom b explodes

in Thaketa tow nship
about 5:45pm , in ju rin g
tw o teenage boys

Explosion

Explosive device
discovered

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Youre safe with us:

Government seeks to
allay security fears

Analysts say they expect little impact on Myanmars foreign investment or

tourism inflows, which were the two main targets of last weeks blasts
BILL OTOOLE
b o to o le l 2 0 g m a il.c o m

AS details emerge about the al

leged culprits and motives behind
recent bombings, questions are
being asked about what the vio
lence could mean for Myanmars
reform process, particularly with
a series of major international
events due to get underway in
coming months.
Officials have been quick to
downplay the potential impact on
tourism, while also stressing that
they already have adequate securi
ty plans in place to ensure visitors
to the Southeast Asian Games in
December and ASEAN meetings
next year will not be threatened.
Asked about security for the
SEA Games at a press conference
on October 18, Police Major Gen
eral Zaw Win, the head of My
anmars police force, said steps
would be taken to tighten security
around the events. He said tighter
security regulations would soon
be proposed to the parliament.
We really do believe that we
must keep on doing everything
we can [to improve] security, Pol
Maj Gen Zaw Win said.
We have formed a National
Security Committee including
members of all relevant depart
ments and are ensuring security
at all venues. We have spent K6
billion purchasing and installing
security equipment.
Similarly, Aung Htoo, the
deputy director general of the
Department of ASEAN Affairs,
said he was confident that all nec
essary security measures are in
place to ensure the ASEAN meet
ings are concluded safely.
We have a security plan for
the summits and other ministe
rial meetings, he said. We have
already prepared for that.
However, Aung Htoo
stressed he could not guarantee
see security measures would be

Mandalay residents watch as officials search a suspicious package

found on Mandalays 62nd street on October 14. Photo: Si Thu Lwin

in place across the country while

the ASEAN meetings take place.
We are just preparing for ASEAN
summits and other meetings.
A number of analysts con
tacted last week seemed untrou
bled by the attacks and said they
would do little to deter either
tourism or investment.
Jeremy Rathjen, vice president
of Thura Swiss, a Yangon-based
consultancy firm, said that while
the casualties from last weeks
bombings - three deaths and 10
people injured from 13 attacks
- were tragic, they needed to be
considered in the context of My
anmars past.
This has happened many
times in the past - Its not a new
phenomenon, he said. Myanmar
IS receiving more international
media attention, but its nothing
new.
While the country will take
some sort of reputational hit, he
said, the bombings are unlikely to
affect foreign investment. Simi
larly tourism will remain on an
upward trend.
Nevertheless the bombings
have struck a nerve, prompting
some tourists to cancel planned
visits (see re la te d coverage page
22). Inside the country, many ur
ban residents say they are on high

alert and avoiding large gather

ings and public places.
Anthony Davis, a Bangkokbased security analyst with IHS
Janes, said that the attacks ap
peared designed to generate fear.
These are low-level, low-tech
attacks designed to destabilise the
country ... and to a degree they
have succeeded, Mr Davis said
last week.
He said the main impact will
be the light the bombings cast on
Myanmars ongoing issues with
domestic security. The very num
ber of possible culprits being put
forward ... reflects the serious in
stability that continues to plague
Burma.
Small-scale terrorist acts of
the kind seen last week are al
most impossible to prevent, he
said. Any push for tighter security
restrictions would be constrained
by the limited resources of a po
lice force that is already stretched
thin across the nation.
Mr Rathjen said Myanmar has
a trump card up its sleeve to al
lay the security concerns of most
visitors to the SEA Games and
ASEAN meetings: its new capital.
Ive rarely seen cities as se
cure as Nay Pyi Taw - theres
military eveiywhere and its quite
spread out.

Vox Pop MDY

Zaw Win,
owner, W in
W in restaurant
I have
asked my
waiters and
waitresses to
be more careful
at this time, to
even check underneath the tables
regularly. Just about everyone who
comes here are regular custom
ers but we need to watch and be
careful of unknown people behaving
suspiciously. I think that the issue
could be connected to politics but
because most people are just strug
gling to make ends meet I think they
are not worrying too much about
the bombings.
W in Hlaing, property
broker,
Aung Thara
Phu Estate
A gency
People need
to take care not
only when they
visit crowded places but also even
in their own homes, in their streets
and wards and surrounding areas.
I am always alert to the potential
of danger these days because my
house IS situated beside a main
road. The bom b blasts have fright
ened most of us. People are strug
gling for their living anid this issue
just makes things harder because it
disrupts their routine. the past the
political situation was not good but
now there is progress and transpar
ency and it is time to move forward
together. We have no idea who did
[the bombings] but it should not
happen at this time.
Ko Ko Aung,
member,
National
League fo r
D em ocracy
The govern
ment is trying
to get peace
with armed
ethnic groups but there is some way
to go before the political situation is
smooth. We have many questions
about the bomb blasts. Are they
related to politics? To religion? We
still haven't got answers but one sure
thing is that it won't bring any advan
tages for the country or the people.
The country is changing to democ
racy and the bomb blasts are out of
step with that. - Phyo Wai Kyaw

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SPECIAL REPORT

After riots, fear stalks Thandwe Muslims

Their mosques shuttered and businesses shunned, Thandwes Muslim community is struggling to come to grips with recent violence
BILL
OTOOLE
b o to o le 1 2 0 g m a il.co m

THOUSANDS of Muslim men and

women around the country celebrated
Eid al-Adha on October 16, gathering
at mosques in their finest clothes to
pay tribute to the prophet Ibrahim.
The main mosque in the Thandwe sat
empty, however, as the towns Mus
lim population remained confined to
their homes - as they have been for
the most part since deadly riots earlier
this month left seven people dead.
Muslim people are not leaving
their homes for fear of danger, said
one Thandwe resident, a student and
activist. We were afraid a big group at
a mosque would be a target.
The rioting, which left an estimat
ed 480 people homeless, prompted a
large increase in numbers of police
and the special security forces known
as Lon Htein, while a curfew was also
put in place to help maintain order.
While the violence has stopped, the
security presence has not brought
peace for the towns many Muslim
residents.
Nyi Nyi Shay, a Kaman Muslim
who runs abus station in Thandwe,
said he and most other Muslim busi
ness owners have closed their busi
nesses since the end of the riots.
Nyi Nyi Shay said he does not plan to
reopen his anytime soon.
He, and several other residents in
terviewed for this article, said the few
Muslim businesses that remain open
are being shunned by the communi
ty. Most Muslim businesses are suf
fering directly, said a Muslim farmer
from Thandwes Thabuchai village,
which bore the brunt of the violence.
Though many schools in affected
areas have reopened, Nyi Nyi Shay
and other residents said that Muslim
children are staying home because
their parents are afraid of them travel
ling to school through Buddhist neigh
bourhoods.
In addition, Thandwe residents

Muslim residents of Thabuchai village gather in their home, a day after a Buddhist mob killed five people. Photo: Kaung Htet

have reported that, far from easing

tensions, local police and security
forces have been using the recently
imposed 6pm curfew to harass and
even arrest people in both villages and
towns. A number of Muslim sources

Most Muslim
businesses are
suffering directly.
Muslim farm er
Thabuchai villa g e

said the curfew is only being applied

to Muslim neighbourhoods.
In separate interviews, Nyi Nyi
Shay and several other residents of
Thandwe, who all spoke on condi
tion of anonymity fearing reprisals,
estimated that between 30 and 40
Muslims have been arrested in the
last week on what they describe as
trumped-up charges
They said the new tension is par
ticularly disturbing given the Kaman
Muslims of Thandwe have historically
had peaceful relations with their Bud
dhist neighbours.
In the past relations were harmo
nious, said one Thandwe resident.
Before the riots it was not so bad.
There was no discrimination ... Now
its quite bad and the authorities dont
seem interested in helping.
The resident, who is staying with
family in the town, said he feels out
side groups have upset Thandwes

former peace. Some groups I dont

want to name are bent on worsening
the situation.
One organisation that has shot into
the spotlight for its members alleged
involvement in the unrest is the Rakhine Nationalities Democratic Party.
Twenty members of the party are be
ing held for their alleged role in plan
ning and leading the riots.
The fear expressed by Muslim resi
dents was echoed by the United Na
tions Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs, which complet
ed a fact-finding mission in Thandwe
from October 4-6. It warned of the
likely economic impact for the town
ship particularly on Muslim families
that rely on agriculture.
All villagers felt afraid to move
outside their villages since the vio
lence occurred, the report said. Over
90 percent of affected families are
farmers who are unable to participate

in the rice harvest which would be due

in the next few weeks as they feel un
safe. They have also lost their farming
tools and equipment along with their
houses during the violence
It called for security to be provided
so that farmers can immediately re
sume work, and also recommended
tools be provided to replace those lost.
Participation of the affected fami
lies on the November-December 2013
harvest and 2014 cropping season
are critical to augment the income
they receive and jumpstart their local
economy.
A spokesperson for the Rakhine State government could not be
reached for comment last week.
Asked how long he believed the
heightened tension may last, the stu
dent activist said, I dont want to
think about the future. I dont think
life will return to normal for quite
some time.

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Human
trafficking
police
to open
border
offices

News 7

Worker organisations fight

resistance from employers
FEATURE

Some employers are refusing to negotiate with worker organisations and even firing leaders, say activists
NOE NOE
AUNG

CHERRYTHEIN
t. c h e rry 6 0 g m a il.c o m

POLICE are to intensify their op

erations on the countrys borders
to crack down on human traffick
ing. They will open new offices at
Myawady and Mae Sot by the end
of October, the police forces Anti
Trafficking in Persons Division in
Nay Pyi Taw has announced.
The aim is to strengthen co
operation with the Thai police to
prevent trafficking by improving
communications between both
our police forces so they can
work together effectively on anti
trafficking, Police Captain Min
Naing told The Myanmar Times.
When the traffickers cross
the border with their victims,
they disguise themselves in many
ways and it is hard to trace them.
Now, police from both coun
tries can work together to arrest
them, he said.
Trafficking cases include
fraudulent adoption and mar
riage, forced labour and medi
cal treatment. The final destina
tions are normally Thailand and
China, where women can be sold
for marriage and there are mar
kets for internal organs from
children.
The division, formerly known
as the anti-human traffick
ing taskforce, opened offices
in Tachileik and Chinyaing in
March 2012 and at Kawthaung
and Ranong in August 2012. On
the Chinese border, offices are lo
cated at Muse, Shweli, Loikyawe,
Kyanphone, Laukkai and Nahmsan.
The police work with the UN
anti-trafficking agency UNIAP
and local NGOs, offering aware
ness-raising activities. Training,
talks and other events focused
on improving education about
human trafficking have been or
will be held in Nay Pyi Taw, Kyaikto and Mawlamyinethis month,
while police are planning anoth
er event in Pathem township, Ayeyarwady Region, in the second
week of November.
Pol Cap Min Naing said edu
cation was likely to prompt an
increase in the number of cases
being reported but this would
not mean more trafficking was
taking place.
In the past five years, few cas
es of trafficking have been report
ed because of a lack of awareness.
Now people are better informed
so they tell us and we can take
prompt action, he said. But it is
still important to increase aware
ness so that the public cooperate
against trafficking.
Police Colonel Aye Thein
from the divisions Mawlamyine
branch said government depart
ments and members of the pub
lic are only vaguely aware of the
problem. People called us anti
smuggling police which means
they still need more awareness
about trafficking, he said. We
need to increase cooperation
with civil society groups and the
media to raise awareness.
The division was established
in January 2006 to prevent traf
ficking, protect those vulner
able, prosecute traffickers and
enhance cooperation around the
issue.

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MOST worker organisations formed

under new labour laws are still facing
strong opposition from factory owners,
a number of activists and workers have
told The Myanmar Times.
They say factory owners regularly
fire labour leaders and even start their
own organisations to divide work
ers. But the organisations are also
denied other basic rights outlined in
the Labour Organisation Law, which
reintroduced the concept of organised
labour in 2012, decades after unions
were declared illegal by the military
government.
Though workers organisations
were formed under the labour law, most
of them do not have full rights, said
Htay, a labour activist and lawyer who
regularly helps workers involved in dis
putes. They dont get a chance to meet
inside the factories, or make regular
meetings. They also cannot meet with
those on the management level.
Kyaw Myint, an activist from
Action Labour Right, confirmed that
progress is slow and intimidation in
the factories and workplace is still a
problem.
It is still happening. I wont deny
that the situation is better for many la
bour organisations. But a high percent
age are still struggling under the pres
sure of factory owners, he said.
Kyaw Myint said in some facto
ries, owners have also formed their
own labour organisations using the
new law to divide workers.
Some owners create problems like
this, Kyaw Myint said. There are
many other waysto pressure [labour]
organisation members, such as cutting
salaries if they leave the factory floor
for a labour organisation-related issue.
Many workers cant do anything when
they are threatened with a salaiy cut.

510
The n u m b e ro fw o rke ro rg a n isa tio n s
form ed to the middle of August

However, there is also some evi

dence that the Labour Organisation
Law is slowly helping to improve con
ditions in factories, particularly around
Yangon.
Workers are starting to use the law
to strike legally rather than embark on
wildcat strikeswhich have been a regu
lar occurrence over the past two years.
Both Ma Lei Lei Soe from the Sakura garment factory in Hlaing Tharyar
township and Ko Myo Min Min from
the World Fashion garment factory
in Shwe Pyi Thar township said that
workers have benefited through the
formation of labour organisations.
The situation is better than before,
said Ma Lei Lei Soe, who is secretary
of the Sakura garment factory work
ers organisation. e protested for 16
days in May and then demanded some
labour rights through the organisation
... At first we also faced difficulties in
negotiation with the owner. We strug
gled for a couple of months but then
later the management and owner un
derstood us and saw that we are not

K " 1'
Workers from Hlaing Tharyar
Industrial Zone protest through
' 1 the streets of Yangon on June
9 over wages and conditions in
their factories. Photo: Boothee

Usflfc.

demanding more than what we are

entitled to
The workers sought not only pay
rises but also for management to pro
tect workers from mistreatment by su
pervisors and for an end to overtime on
Sundays.
Except for salary rises, we got
much of what we demanded, Ma Lei
Lei Soe said.
Ko Myo Min Min said that workers
at World Fashion garment factory have
more freedom than before thanks to
the efforts of their worker organisation.
Its like we are building trust be
tween owners and workers. At first
factory owners disliked [the organisa
tions] They didnt recognise [us] and
put pressure on us. But later, they re
duced gradually.
After by-laws for the labour legisla
tion were enacted in March, more than
350 worker organisations were formed
in 2012 and another 260 until midAugust this year, according to Minis
try of Labour, Employment and Social
Security figures. While they span the
country, most are from factories in
Yangon Region.
But Htay said the number of or
ganisations did not give an accurate in
dication of whether the law is working
in practice.
Although organisations were
formed easily - almost all applications
were approved by the Ministry of La
bour - most owners still dont recog
nise them, he said.
Owners also frequently threaten
to fire leaders of worker organisations
or, if they have another premises, to
relocate workers who participate in
the organisations to a new workplace.
Another intimidation tactic, he said, is
to persuade other workers to form an
other labour group.
If you want proof [of intimidation
by owners], just ask how many workers
who protested and led labour organisa
tions are still in their original workplace
or factory. Many of them, who I know
personally, are all gone because they
formed an organisation, said Htay.
Ko Aung Htut understands this in
timidation all too well. In June 2012,
when he was working at a car factory
in Shwe Pyi Thar township, he was a

founding member of a worker organi

sation.
After only a few months, however,
Ko Aung Htut dissolved the organisa
tion and quit his job because of pres
sure from management.
When the law came out, we cam
paigned to form a labour organisation
on our own, Ko Aung Htut said. At
first, workers were afraid and the man
agement told us not to do it. When we
explained the law to them they relented
but later they upset the organisations
members by cutting their salaries and
cutting their bonuses.
Not all employers are opposed to
the labour organisations. Some openly
admit that conditions in their work
places need to improve and believe
that workers representatives can assist
in this process.
There should definitely be a work
er organisation in every factory? said
Khin Maung Myat, managing direc
tor of the San Kaung factory in Hlaing
Tharyar Industrial Zone 2.
Factory owners dont know about
every single problem workers face ... A

worker organisation can act as a bridge

between owners and workers, he said.
Like most factories in Yangon, San
Kaung has had its share of labour dis
putes over the past two years. In May,
employees stopped work for a whole
month- some even launched a hunger
strike - calling for 49 sacked workers
to be reinstated and higher salaries.
The dispute was eventually resolved
through negotiation with the factorys
worker organisation.
Khin Maung Myat said that em
ployers generally want to resolve the
disputes as quickly as possible to get
production rolling again.
We dont want problems inside our
factories. Usually an owner will agree
to the workers demands as much as
they can, he said.
However, he warned that labour rep
resentatives and workers should avoid
being too confrontational in their nego
tiations with their employers. The aim
of a workers union should be to create
a better environment for workers. Just
opposing whatever the owner says is
not a good way to solve a problem.

JLin

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Ministry boosts support

to rural health centres

SHWE YEE SAW MYINT

p o e p w in tp h y u 2 0 1 1 0 g m a il.c o m

HEALTH centre staff numbers in

rural areas are to be doubled and
centres upgraded, the health min
istry has announced. Six new staff
members are to be trained and de
ployed in addition to the six or so
already working in the rural cen
tres, said Dr Nwe Ni Ohn, a director
of the m inistrys national planning
department.
Within 2013-14, the ministry will
spend K168.63 billion on the up
grade project, she said.
The ministry plan also entails up
grading facilities and building new
premises, although she conceded
that the department may not have
the resources to implement it com
pletely.
Rural health centres are staffed
by a health assistant, a nurse and
five midwives. We are now adding
five supervisory staff trained in dis
ease control and a security guard,
making a total of 13 people in each
rural health centre throughout the
country, Dr Nwe Ni Ohn told The
M yanmar Times.
Each centre serves up to 20,000
people but staffing the centres can be
difficult, as some health workers are
reluctant to leave the cities to work
in remote locations. Figures from the
ministry show that of the 1636 rural
health centres, 33 have no health
staff and 262 do not have a nurse.
Doctors in particular dont want
to go to the countryside, said Dr

A volunteer nurse examines an elderly

patient In Yangon Regions Htantabln
township. Photo: staff

Nwe Ni Ohn. So we provide ba

sic medical training to some local
residents.
Daw Hla Win, 72, from Tha Pyay
Gnoe village in Ayeyarwady Re
gions Maubin township, said resi
dents cannot rely on their local rural
health centre because of a lack of
staff. Instead, they normally travel
to Maubin to see aprivate clinic - if
they have the money.
Near our village we have a
branch of a rural health centre
which covers three villages but it
only has a midwife, she said. If
we fall sick we can go there but the
midwife never comes to our house
because she has her own baby to
look after.
Myanmar has traditionally been

More than 1000 meet

to discuss girls rights
FIONA MACGREGOR
n e w s ro o m 0 m y a n m a rtim e s .c o m .m m

MORE than 1000 girls gathered in

Yangon and Mandalay last week to
call on the government to protect
their rights and create a more equal
future for young women.
Gender equality, the right to free
high school education, and protec
tion from violence and exploitation
were the key concerns raised by the
adolescent members of the Colorful
Girls organisation and discussed by
young delegates at the two events.
The group said that the statement
issued following the events is the
first document of its kind in Myan
mar, having been developed by girls
with the aim of highlighting their
and their peers concerns and needs.
There are specific laws on
violence against women, but not
against girls. Girls suffer the highest
rate of violence, but they often dont
know [their rights] because of a
lack of education. So this statem ent
calls on the government to protect
girls with specific laws in relation
to violence and discrimination and
support educational and economic
equality, said Wa Wa Sein, one of
the teenagers addressing the meet
ing in Yangon.
Colorful Girls is a Myanmar NGO
that works alongside partner Girl
Determined to support girls aged 12
to 17 in developing leadership skills
to advocate for their own rights. The
aim is to establish a future where
girls do not face the risks their coun
terparts currently face, including
high school drop-out rates, labour
exploitation, violence at home and
in their communities, trafficking and
gender discrimination.
Around 850 girls attended the
Mandalay meeting on October 14

and about 400 others met in Yangon

on October 18 for the public release
of the Teenage Girl statement, which
was drafted in March this year at a
peace-building summer camp at
tended by 68 leaders represent
ing more than 1000 Colorful Girls
members.
The original draft was then dis
cussed by Colorful Girls groups
around the country leading to the
creation of the final statement.
The group now plans to meet
with members of the hluttaw and
other senior government and non
government figures to further pro
mote girl-led advocacy.
During the meeting the young
delegates discussed a number of
important issues affecting girls in
Myanmar including: exploitation in
factories; sexual abuse; verbal and
physical violence; and discrimina
tion in the education system, along
with social attitudes that hold girls
back from achieving their academic
potential.
Girl Determined technical advis
er Brooke Zobrist said she was so
pleased at the open nature of the
discussions that took place during
the Yangon meeting.
The girls were so active and
honest in their discussions, which I
think really brings out the common
concerns and hurdles that they face
as adolescent girls in Myanmar to
day, she said.
In bringing all these girls togeth
er from some of Yangons very poor
communities, I was also struck by
the level of their motivation to im
prove the quality of their own lives
and the lives of others in their com
munities. Since we started our work
here in Yangon, the girls have really
taken it in and are now clearly lead
ing the conversation on girls rights.

ranked among the lowest in the

World Health Organizations listing
of the health systems of 190 coun
tries because of poor infrastructure
and low public health expenditure.
The major health challenges fac
ing the country include life expec
tancy rates as low as 63 years for a
man and 67 years for a woman; high
morbidity for children under five
years (62 per 1000 live births); and
high maternal morbidity rate (200
per 100,000 live births).
There are an estimated 4-8 mil
lion people living with malaria, as
75 percent of the population lives in
high malaria prevalence areas. There
are more than 500,000 cases of tu
berculosis, as well as widespread
poverty, lack of proper sanitation
and water supply, malnutrition and
poor health awareness.
Dr Nwe Ni Ohn said by upgrad
ing the rural centre the government
hopes to increase average life ex
pectancy to 70 years for both men
and women by 2015, and reduce
the number of women who die in
childbirth.

Rain to continue
despite close of
monsoon season
AYE SAPAY PHYU
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RAINY weather is likely to per

sist even after the withdrawal of
the southwest monsoon season on
October 12, meteorologists warn.
The meteorology department an
nounced last week that the monsoon
season had officially ended, two days
after its earlier October 10 forecast.
Department director Chit
Kyaw said that most states and re
gions received more than their aver
age rainfall in September. Yangon
and Tanintharyi regions, Kayin and
Kayah states had 10 inches (254 mil
limetres) more rainfall than their
average, he said.
As of October 14, records showed
that rainfall in Kachin, Northern
Shan, Rakhine, Kayah, Kayin and
Mon states from January 1 to Octo
ber 14 was greater than their average
rainfall for an entire year.
Meteorologists warned that
storms in the Bay of Bengal would
bring post-monsoon rains to much
of the country for several more

News?

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The num ber of inches of rainfall

above the average that Yangon
Region received in Septem ber

I
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weeks. October and November are
the second storm season. We expect
ed two low-pressure areas in the Bay
of Bengal in October, said Chit
Kyaw.
A low-pressure area in the Bay of
Bengal from October 20 to 31 could
intensify into a depression, forecast
ers predicted, urging farmers to take
precautions. timely rain could be
useful for some growers, but could
also damage crops, TUn Lwin, a
former director general of the de
partment, said in mid-October.
The department has forecast
above-average rain for Shan, Kayah,
Kayin and Mon states.

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Coops and the credibility gap

THE MYANMAR TIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27, 2013

Decades of state control over cooperatives could thwart the governments efforts to revitalise the sector

m ichael.w o d zickiB co o p scan a d a.coo p

IN conversations with people around

Myanmar, you will be hard-pressed to
find someone that admits to wanting
to join a cooperative. Responses range
from I do not want a friendship with
the government to Cooperatives are
for poor people. Such responses stand
in contrast to recent high-profile gov
ernment initiatives to spur develop
ment using cooperatives as a means
to alleviate poverty and promote
economic development.
Ingrained scepticism in Myanmar
about the cooperative business model
is not surprising. Cooperatives were
part of a state-planned economy un
til 1988. Memories persist of standing
in line for poor-quality products or
services from the local cooperative,
which people had often been forced
to join.
In 1988, cooperatives were among
the first state-led institutions to be tar
geted by the people. The government at
tempted to resurrect cooperatives after
1992, ostensibly with an orientation to
a freer market However, the repeated
sale of cooperative assets by the govern
ment to raise revenue and increasing
government involvement in the opera
tions of cooperatives left them a bank
rupt business model, both financially
and in the minds of many people.
Since 2011, cooperatives have re
gained prominence in Myanmar. They
are identified explicitly in the govern
ments five-year development plan, as
well as its Rural Poverty Alleviation
and Development Framework. Vast
numbers of cooperatives still exist,
many established more than 20 years
ago, regulated by government and with
members that participate in the coop
eratives business.
Cooperative societies, as they are
known in Myanmar, are often touted
as a bridge between government pro
grams and the financial needs of Myan
mars urban and rural poor. In August,
Myanmars parliament approved, to
both acclaim and criticism, a US$100
million loan from the Export-Import
Bank of China. The money will be lent
to people in thousands of towns and
villages across the country through
existing and new cooperatives that the
government is encouraging.
Cooperatives play key roles in many
countries transitions to developed,
market economies. Groups of individu
als and entrepreneurs come together
to form co-ops. It is an independent,
democratically run, market-responsive
business that provides needs or ser
vices that are unavailable in their com
munities. Rich, middle-class and poor

President Thein Sein attends the launch of the governments US$100 million cooperative program in Nay Pyi Taw on August 19.

people alike benefit from their services

and products.
In places where there is no electrici
ty, no financial institution or no grocery
store, cooperatives have been formed
to fill the void. When farmers need to
reduce prices paid for their inputs or
to market collectively to increase the
value of their product, cooperatives
emerge.

TRILLION

$1

The collective assets of the

w orld's 300 largest cooperatives

Cooperative businesses network

to leam from each other, to lend each
other money and to become a sector
that operates differently from more
traditional private sector actors. A co
operatives profit is returned to the
members that use its services and the
communities where it operates, and
not to external shareholders.
There is no single, simple approach
to help build successful cooperatives,
but there are common principles.
Cooperative businesses need to be
autonomous and independent. They
need to be open to new members. All

members have an equal say in the dem

ocratic elections of the cooperatives
leadership, no matter what the size of
their business with the co-operative.
Cooperatives need to succeed in their
marketplace; they need business and
marketing plans, good accounting and
responsible management practices.
The global cooperative success story
is remarkable. The collective assets of
the worlds 300 largest cooperatives
are more than $1 trillion. This would
make cooperatives and their members
the world lO01largest economy. Co-op
eratives provide more than 100 million
jobs - at least 20 percent more than
multinational corporations.
In developing countries, coopera
tives are changing the agricultural and
financial marketplace, in similar ways
to what occurred in the United States,
Canada and Western Europe 75 years
ago. Governments have an important
role to play, putting in place tax and
financing mechanisms that allow coop
erative members to take on more risk
and grow their business.
For all the success, there are many
harbingers of cooperative failure. Co
operatives fail for business reasons, like
any private sector actor that competes
in the marketplace. They have been
used in many countries for political
reasons, such as to distribute political
favours, and this has destroyed their
credibility in the process. Government
encouragement for cooperatives cannot
become interference in business opera
tions or undermine member control.
Given the success of cooperatives

in developed and developing coun

tries, the potential of the cooperative
model in Myanmar is apparent. The
governments strong political and fi
nancial commitment to working with
and through cooperatives to alleviate
poverty has been made clear. The min
ister of cooperatives has repeated that
the government is willing to learn from
past mistakes made in Myanmar and
how the model is nurtured in other
countries, and has invited advice and
support in this regard.
The fact remains that cooperatives
in Myanmar face a credibility gap. Us
ing them as a bridge to alleviate pover
ty is commendable, particularly given
the striking needs that exist. For this to
be done sustainably, it needs to be ac
companied by capacity building for lo
cal, regional, and national cooperative
structures that prepare them to act as
independent and autonomous coopera
tive businesses.
The long-term sustainability of co
operative businesses in Myanmar will
depend on individual members in
vesting their time and money to make
cooperatives work, supported by a
regulatory framework that facilitates
cooperative growth. This is a long-term
process and if done right will go a long
way to alleviating poverty and promot
ingeconomic development.
Michael Wodzicki is director for market
relations at the Canadian Co-operative
Association, Canadas national association
of cooperatives.

Press Council criticises media law amendments

SOETHAN LYNN
so e th a n lyn n ra g m a il.co m

MEDIA watchdogs have complained

that a draft law now before the parlia
ment could weaken their power and
risk lowering standards, as well as re
ducing legal protections for publishers
and journalists.
Their complaints concern the media
bill drafted by the Interim Press Coun
cil, which is now before the Pyithu
Hluttaw after being approved in the
Amyotha Hluttaw.

But the Pyithu Hluttaw committee

handling the bill has removed two nec
essary sections - 12 and 32 - from the
draft, Press Council secretary Kyaw
Min Swe has told TheMyamnar Times.
We protest against the removal of
those two sections of the media bill.
We included the sections after consult
ing with legal advisers. These sections
are really needed. Section 12 concerns
[journalistic] standards and the role of
our council. Removing it could weaken
the role of the Press Council, he said.
The council is the only group that

can act on behalf of the media sector

under the proposed law, he said.
Section 32 provided legal protec
tions of publishers and journalists, he
said, by stipulating that any search or
seizure of media property, or any pro
posed ban on a newspaper or publica
tion should be conducted in accordance
with the Code of Criminal Procedure.
I think the hluttaw should have
asked the original drafters of the bill
for their opinion before they amended
it, said Kyaw Min Swe.
The Amyotha Hluttaw Bill

Committee met with us before the

draft was submitted to Amyotha Hlut
taw. The Pyithu Hluttaw hasnt had
any meeting or discussion with us. We
heard that they met with the Ministry
of Information before amending the
bill and they have had regular contact.
Kyaw Min Swe added, Our soci
ety hadto live under a dictatorship for
50 years. The hluttaw should not allow
any room for anxiety and doubt [over
protections for the media]. They should
at least invite us for negotiations.
- Translation by Thiri Min Htun

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The time for talk is over

Myanmars political leaders must stand up to those inciting religious violence

ROGER
MITTON
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During a recent trip to Mawlamyine,

one of Myanmars most pleasant cities,
it was a shock to discover how many
shops and cafes displayed a 969 sign
near the entrance.
The little circular sticker, whose
three digits allegedly signify aspects
of Buddhist philosophy, indicates that
Muslims are not welcome.
When queried about it, one restau
rant owner explained that it was just a
reflection of patriotic sentiment.
When pressed about what ban
ning fellow citizens who happen to be
Muslim had to do with patriotism, he
frowned and said it was just better be
cause they have their own places and
we dont like to mix with them.
In fact, many Myanmar Buddhists,
who form three quarters of the popula
tion and hold all key posts in govern
ment and business, loathe their Mus
lim compatriots with a passion.
It is a murderous passion that con
dones burning property, raping girls
and beating up Muslim men, women
and children and not only feeling no

shame, but actually boasting about it.

That is the awful reality of modern
day reformist Myanmar.
In a Yangon taxi, the driver, a rare
Muslim who retained his beard, skull
cap and long shirt outside his longyi,
told me, This is a bad place now. We
are all scared.
He said fellow Muslims have formed
watch groups and are preparing to fight
back if they are attacked again, as they
were not long ago in Meiktila, Lashio,
Yangon and of course Rakhine State.
We have to defend ourselves, he
said. The police do nothing. They just
stand and watch.
Even worse than the behaviour of
the security forces is the response of
the nations political leaders, who have
done little else than make anodyne
comments of concern.

Imagine Nelson
Mandela or Lech
W alesa... standing
back and saying they
cannot learn how to
stop the killings.

In volatile Rakhine State earlier this

month, President Thein Sein said,
It is important not to have more riots
while we are working very hard to re
cover the losses we had because of pre
vious violent incidents.
Well, yes, but far more important is
for his government to take robust ac
tion against bigots like the anti-Muslim
cleric Wirathu, by delegitimising
hate speech that masquerades as cul
tural nationalism.
In doing so, he must be supported
by Daw Aung San Kyi, whose own
condemnations of anti-Muslim po
groms have been shamefully muted.
As the International Crisis Group
noted earlier this month, unless all
Myanmars politicians unite and push
for a fundamental change in social
attitudes, anti-Muslim violence will
probably escalate.
The ICG report, which blamed the
racist purges on reduced military con
trol and endemic intolerance by the
majority Bamar Buddhists, pointed out
that continued anti-Islamic riots will
have regional repercussions.
Already, Myanmar nationals work
ing in Malaysia have been murdered
in reprisal attacks and there have
been threats of a global jihad against
Myanmar.
That is why fellow ASEAN lead
ers must press Thein Sein and Daw

Soldiers prepare to deploy Thandwe township on October 3. Photo: Kaung Htet

Aung San Kyi to get their act to

gether or else this years Southeast
Asian Games and next years hosting
of the groups annual summit may be
jeopardised.
Those who spread messages of in
tolerance and hatred must not go un
challenged, said Jim Della-Giacoma,
the ICG program director for Asia
Otherwise, this issue may come to de
fine the new Myanmar.
Instead of repeatedly stressing that
the constitution must be amended to
allow her to run for president in 2015,
Daw Aung San Kyi should concen
trate on preserving racial harmony at
home.

Yet during her recent visit to East

ern Europe, she repeated that it was
not up to her to stop the anti-Muslim
sectarian attacks. Its not something
that I could learn to do, she said in
Warsaw.
The comment was shocking. Imag
ine Nelson Mandela or Lech Walesa,
confronted with ethnic genocide,
standing back and saying they cannot
learn how to stop the killings.
No, what can, and must, be done
immediately is to outlaw the display of
969 signs and put Wirathu and his
ilk in jail. That would send a signal that
might nip this evil in the bud once and
for all.

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THE MYANMAR TIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27, 2013

Myanmar steps into ASEAN hotseat

ANALYSIS

The country will be chair of ASEAN at a crucial time for the 10-member bloc - a challenge that will test its diplomatic skills
MCLAUGHLIN
t im o t hy. m c la u g h lin 3 0 g m a il.co m

TAKING hold of the ASEAN gavel

from Bruneis Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
on October 10, the normally subdued
President Thein Sein sported an un
characteristic grin. He had good reason
to smile.
For most of the past two decades
Myanmar was the outcast of the 10nation bloc. In just a few years it has
successfully transformed its image to
the extent where Myanmars partners
have agreed to let it take on the lead
ership of ASEAN at a time of unprec
edented change.
In 1995, under the rule of former
Senior General Than Shwe, Myanmar
was an outsider looking in at ASEAN,
which was then a seven-nation group.
Bolstered by the release of Daw Aung
San Kyi from house arrest in July
of that year, Myanmar managed to talk
its way into the bloc.
In 1996, Myanmar joined the ASE
AN Regional Forum (ARF). It became
an official member in July 1997, along
with Laos. Cambodia, delayed by in
ternal political turmoil, would join two
years later as the lO01member.
Despite its newfound status in the
region, Myanmar remained aloof from
ASEAN because of perceptions that
other member nations were meddling
in its domestic affairs. Senior Gener^
Than Shwe almost never attended ASE
AN meetings, opting instead to send
his prime ministers or foreign minister.
According to the recently released Sol
diers and Diplomacy in Burma, by aca
demic Renaud Egreteau and journalist
Larry Jagan, some observers believe
Senior General Than Shwe created the
prime minister post in 2003 precisely
so that he did not need to attend ASE
AN meetings.
Under the ASEAN policy of rotating
the chairmanship based on alphabeti
cal order, Myanmar was finally tapped
to lead the bloc in 2006. Howevei, in

President Thein Sein receives the ASEAN gavel from Bruneis Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in Bandar Seri Begawan on October 10. Photo: AFP

July of the preceding year it bowed to

intense international pressure to relin
quish the position because of its poor
human rights record.
Given this history, the chairmanship
will be a coming-out party for Thein
Sein and his government as they enter
the second half of their five-year term.
It will be a chance to showcase the gov
ernments steps toward democratic and
economic liberalisation, as well as the
development of Nay Pyi Taw, which was
for years avoided by the international
community.
[The chairmanship] symboli
cally sanctions Myanmars re-entry
into the concert of nations, with the
veto from Western powers eventually

gone, said Mr Egreteau.

Second, it will certainly enable the
country and its leadership to draw at
tention [to] its needs as well as its
commitment to change - whatever
form this political, social and economic
change takes.
Despite the excitement, however,
Myanmar will face serious challenges
as it attempts to successfully steer ASE
AN through to 2016.
Myanmars chairmanship is not
an easy job at this moment, cautioned
Kyaw Lin Oo, an independent po
litical commentator and coordinator of
the Myanmar People Forum Working
Group
To begin there is the logistics of
hosting more than 1000 meetings of
top diplomats, most of which will take
place in the sprawling capital. The posi
tion will bring additional media scru
tiny for a government that is only be
ginning to relax its attitude toward the
press. Unwanted attention from the nu
merous human rights groups focused
on Myanmar is already increasing.
These domestic hurdles aside, there
are larger regional issues at stake for
the bloc.
Myanmars turn as chair comes a
year before the full implementation
of the ASEAN Economic Community
(AEC), an economically integrated sin
gle market and production base.
The AEC aims to turn ASEAN into a
more competitive economic region by
increasing business and trade coopera
tion among member nations through
a number of measures including free
trade agreements, abolishing import
duties and streamlining of investment.
More developed economies, notably
Singapore, are critical of countries like
Myanmar and Cambodia joining the
community, arguing that less-devel
oped nations are not yet ready.
But no single issue has dominated
previous ASEAN summits as much as
the infighting over member states ter
ritorial disputes in the South China Sea.
A small breakthrough came at
the China-ASEAN Foreign Ministers
Meeting in June, when China agreed
to conduct official consultations on
a formal code of conduct for the
South China Sea. Such a code would
force China to deal with ASEAN as a
whole, rather than Bejings preferred
option of negotiating with individual

members. The code is yet to material

ise, however, and the issue is certain to
drag on into 2014.
China has been one of Myanmars
staunchest political and economic al
lies and Kyaw Lin Oo said members
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were
conscious of concerns in the region
that China would be able to influence
its handling of the issue in 2014.
Fuelling these fears among some
ASEAN members will be memories of
2012, when chair Cambodia was ac
cused of censoring an ASEAN Foreign
Ministers Meeting communique to
remove references to the South China
Sea at the behest of China. As the other
members refused to issue the amended
version, it became the first such meet
ing to end without an official commu
nique. The dispute reflected concerns

Nay Pyi Taw will

walk a careful line
[on the South China
Sea] and strive not to
be seen as Cambodia
was last year.
Nilanthi Samaranayake
A n a lyst, CNA s tra te g ic S tudies

that Phnom Penh was using its posi

tion to push Beijings line rather than
working as a mediator for its ASEAN
counterparts.
In an indication of the delicate na
ture of the South China Sea issue, five
members of parliament contacted by
The Myanmar Times for comment last
week on how Myanmar could handle
the dispute declined to comment.
One of the few who agreed to com
ment was Pyithu Hluttaw representa
tive for Mahlaing Aye Mauk, who
said he believes President Thein Sein
will seek to collaborate with both ASE
AN members and China on the issue.
I hope the president can [man
age] it successfully because China is
one of our neighbours and we have
closer ties with them than most of our

ASEAN counterparts, he said.

Aung Lynn, director general of the
Ministry of Foreign Affaire ASEAN Af
fairs Department said the government
would work closely with its ASEAN
neighbours on the code of conduct for
the South China Sea that the regional
bloc is discussing with China.
He said Myanmar is also seeking to
put other issues on the agenda that it
believes are also important to the re
gions future.
We are concerned about the effects
of climate change, and we look forward
to sharing our experience and discuss
ing what to do about it, Aung Lynn
said.
Last January, Myanmar set up
groups of diplomats, professors and
other specialists to discuss the South
China Sea disputes. We have been
observing the situation in the South
China Sea, said retired ambassador
Nyunt Maung Shein, a group member.
As a non-claimant country that is
not in dispute with China over terri
tory, Myanmar is seen as unlikely to
come under the same kind of domestic
pressure as claimant countries such as
Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and
Vietnam, said Kavi Chongkittavorn, an
ASEAN expert and consultant for The
Nation newspaper.
Thein Sein has offered little on
the issue or how Myanmar will use its
chairmanship role, saying only that the
country will focus on moving forward
in unity in a peaceful and prosperous
community.
Nilanthi Samaranayake, an Asia
analyst at the US-based CNA Strategic
Studies, said Myanmar will likely try to
take a middle-of-the-road approach to
the issue.
Nay Pyi Taw will walk a careful line
and strive not to be seen as Cambodia
was last year with regard to China,
she said. It [Myanmar] still appears to
want strategic options other than Chi
na, and this will be a good opportunity
to present its new orientation in a highprofile, multilateral setting.
Both Kyaw Lin Oo and Ms Sa
maranayake agreed that Myanmar
would likely learn from Cambodias
experience in 2012. ASEAN member
countries were not satisfied by Cam
bodia, Kyaw Lin Oo said. Myanmar
must learn this lesson. - Additional
reporting by Nyan Linn Aung

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Wirathu gets around Sangha

ban with new 969group

The Organisation for the Protection of Nationalism and Religion permitted because it also includes laypeople
SI THU
LWIN
s ith u lw in .m m tim e s 0 g m a il.c o m

WIRATHU has circumvented a ban

on monks forming 969-related groups
by establishing an organisation with a
mixture of clergy and laypeople.
At a meeting earlier this month
at Mandalays Masoeyein Monastery,
Wirathu announced his plan to
form the Mandalay branch of what he
called the Organisation for the Protec
tion of Nationalism and Religion.
He outlined a vision for a nation
wide organisation of religious leaders
and laypeople, including politicians,
historians, lawyers, artists, journalists
and civil society leaders.
The organisation aims to protect
Buddhism, avoid conflict based on re
ligion or race, and to provide religionbased education, Wirathu said. It
will carry out social activities in co
operation with civil society groups,
government officials and the Sangha,
or clergy; lobby for the introduction
of laws to protect Buddhists; and
to open Buddhist teaching schools
around the country to conserve

The ban [is] only

[related] to monk
associations.
Wirathu
P ro m in e n t sayadaw

traditional customs and culture.

The announcement comes after
the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Com
mittee ordered a ban on the creation
of organisations based around the
969 ideology, of which Wirathu has
been one of the main proponents.
However, the controversial monk
said the new organisation complied
with the committees directive.
Technically, the venerable monks
from the National Sangha Nayaka
Committee did not oppose 969
groups. The instructions and rules
they issued are only related to monk
associations. They do not have any im
pact on groups that include laypeople.
We have the right to form this group
independently, Wirathu said.
The organisation will feature ex
ecutive members in each state and
region, with all senior positions to
be held by monks. It will also include
an information team, a training and
education team, an historical research
and record team, audit body and a le
gal affairs committee.
You cant get any title, power or
authority from joining this organisa
tion, he told supporters at the launch.
Your involvement must be a sacrifice
so that Mandalay can live forever in
peace and tranquility.
Daw Khin Mar Sari, a from
Chan Mya Waddy Monastery at the
foot of Yankin Hill, said she attended
the meeting because she supported ef
forts to provide more comprehensive
religious education to young people.
I quite support this organisation,
she said after the event. I believe it
can spread religious and cultural
knowledge widely to children who
live in rural areas.
- Translation by Zar Zar Soe

Wirathu speaks at a press conference in Mandalay earlier this month. Photo:

Si Thu Lwin

Kayin project a sign of peace

AUNG KYAW MIN
n e w s ro o m O m y a n m a rtim e s .c o m .m m

A PROJECT to install a cable car to

ferry visitors to the Buddhist monas
tery atop Kayin States Mount Zwegabin has been hailed as a mark of the
renewed stability of the volatile region
at a ceremony involving government
and ethnic party leaders"
Mount Zwegabin is 11 kilometres (7
miles) south of the state capital Hpaan and its peak is 720 metres (about
2362 feet) above sea level. Visitors to
the monastery have to undertake a
gruelling climb of several hours.
In August, monks announced a
project to install a cable car the coun
trys first to allow easier access to the
monastery. Projected to cost US$22
million and funded by donations,
the project is a venture between a

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The cable-car committee includes
representatives of a number of dif
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Tue Tue Lay of the Karen National Un
ion (KNU) Saw Kyaw Than of the
Democractic Karen Buddhist Army
(DKBA), Saw Chit Thu of a Kayin
Border Guard Force (BGF) and more.
At a ceremony earlier this month in
Yangon, Phado Tue Tue Lay called the
project a sign of peace in the wartorn state.
Saw Khin Maung Myint, an of
ficial in the states Ministry of Trans
port, told The Myanmar Times that
the project will benefit residents, visi
tors and the tourism industry.

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Two arrested
over killings
at Panasonic
office in
Mandalay
MANDALAY police have arrested two
people over the killing of three people
at the office of Japanese electronics
company Panasonic earlier this month.
The bodies of night security guards
Han Thaung, 70, and Tin Hla
ing, 54, were found along with that of
Tin Hlaings wife, Daw Kyi Han, at
about 6:45am on October 2 at the of
fice, on the comer of Ninsi Street and
69 Street.
The three had been knocked un
conscious with rocks and then poi
soned, police said.
Police used security camera footage
and traces of footprints to locate the
two alleged perpetrators, one of whom
was an employee of the company.
The motive for the crime remains a
mystery, as no property is thought to
have been taken during the attack.
Police Second Lieutenant Ye Myint
from the special crime task force came
to the [Panasonic] office on October 5 to
conduct the investigation. Police found
a 10.5-inch [26.7-centimetre] footprint
downstairs so all of the staff were exam
ined in the directors office, said com
pany manager Thet Naing Tun.
The footprint was eventually
matched to that of an employee, 19,
who had also been absent without
leave while the police conducted the
investigation. The employees 20-yearold roommate was also arrested.
Video footage from a security
camera set up outside the office next
door showed two young men driving
a motorcycle on 69 Street at about
10:20pm on October 1.
Both men have been charged with
murder. - Than Naing Soe and Kyay
Mohn Win, translation by Zar Zar Soe

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THE MYANMAR TIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27, 2013

Campaign promotes
childrens rights with
workshops, theatre
CHERRYTHEIN
t.c h e rry 6 (3 g m a il.co m

A CAMPAIGN is underway to
raise awareness of the rights of
children, whether in the home, on
the street or being illegally traf
ficked from one place to another.
Child on the Move aims to pre
vent child abuse, domestic vio
lence, human trafficking and child
homelessness, with a particular
focus on the issues of those chil
dren who are in transit or lacking
stable accommodation. It brings
together United Against Child
Trafficking, an organisation based
in Mae Sot, Thailand; Equal
ity Myanmar; and Burma Against
Child Trafficking.
Ye Yint Naung, a member of
United ACT, said the Child on the
Move campaign is part of a larger
movement to address the needs
of one of the most vulnerable seg
ments of the population.
It is not a new issue, he said.
But part of the principle of the
[UN] Convention on the Rights
of the Child [CRC] mentions pro
tecting children on the move. We
want to highlight the point.
Preparation for the project be
gan in June and it was launched
m September. Running through
to ASEAN Peoples Forum, sched
uled for March 2014, the project
includes a training program on
the CRC, talks, workshops and
seminars in cooperation with gov
ernment sectors and civil society
organisations.
Whether looking at forced or
voluntary movement, the pro
gram breaks down the issues fac
ing children in transit into three
areas of study: the childs starting
point, their life on the move, and
their final destination.
We need to do more research
on the root cause on why children
are moving, their struggles and
danger on the way, and whether
their final destination ends with
success or failure. From there we
can make better approaches to fix
ing the problem, Ye Yint Naung
said.

He said many children mov

ing from one place to another
face physical or emotional abuse
whether they are alone or travel
ling with family.
One part of the campaign,
called Destination Unknown, will
let childrens voices take centre
stage - literally. The organisations
are seeking 25 interested children
to participate in a play designed
to spread knowledge about the is
sues in an entertaining way.
Training will be conducted
during October, with experienced
facilitators sharing information
about the CRC as well as leading
the children in acting, singing
and making decorations. The play
will be recorded on video and pre
sented on a number of significant
dates, including International
Childrens Day on November 20,
International Anti-Human Traf
ficking Day on December 12 and
International Migrant Day on De
cember 18.
The group will also perform
live in Yangon in a number of
townships, including Shwe Pyi
Thar, Hlaing Tharyar, Mayangone,
Dawbon and North Dagon.
Daw Kyi Phyu of Burma ACT
said the activities aim to send a
message to government sectors
that they must strengthen imple
mentation of the convention.
We will try to cooperate with
government officials in every de
partment to share awareness on
CRC and help to implement it
as much as we possibly can. We
want them to know that they are
responsible for children on the
street and [those who are at] risk
of human trafficking, she said.
She also said it is not enough to
simply round up children from the
street for their own protection.
Removing street kids doesnt
mean putting them in prison. It
is not the right solution to this
issue.
The organisations involved in
Child on the Move plan to raise
the issue of childrens rights at the
ASEAN Peoples Forum, to be held
in Nay Pyi Taw in March 2014.

MPs call for hurry-up on

development budgets

A primary school teaher speaks to children in a rural classroom. Photo: Kaung Htet

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could go unspent because of delays in
approving procedures for spending
the funding, some MPs fear. Halfway
through the current budget year, the
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw has yet to agree on
how to spend the K33 billion allocated
to regional development - K100 million
for each of the countrys 330 townships.
Observers say plans have been
drawn up and are expected to be pub
lished before the end of October after
hluttaw approval. That would leave
about six months to implement local
development plans. But any longer
delay could mean that the budget will
not be spent, some fear.
The program gives MPs control over
the use of the funds and is designed
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than raising them in the hluttaw.
The Pyithu Hluttaw planning com
mittee has drawn up the procedures
for regional development spending
for release this month after approval
from the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, said
Thurein Zaw, Pyithu Hluttaw repre
sentative for Kawkareik and chair of
the public accounts committee.
Its best if the procedures are re
leased by the end of the month, which
would give us six months to imple
ment development plans, said Daw
Nyo Nyo Thin, representative of No 2
constituency in Bahan township.
Half the budget year has passed
but we havent implemented anything
yet. People are waiting, said Sal
Thiha Kyaw, Pyithu Hluttaw repre
sentative for Mong Yai.
The sooner the budget procedures
are approved the better, agreed Hla
Swe, an Amyotha Hluttaw representa
tive from Magwe Region.
He said he feared not being able
to spend all the K100 million before
the end of the current budget year,
next March 31, a concern echoed by
other MPs.
If it takes until early 2014 to
draw up the procedures, well only
have three months to spend the

entire amount, said Daw Nyo Nyo

Thin, adding that the time crunch
could lead to plans being drawn up
in haste. I dont want to be just a
rubber stamp.

Half the budget year

has passed but we
havent implemented
anything yet.
Sai Thiha Kyaw
Pyithu H lu tta w re p re s e n ta tiv e

To avoid this possibility, Pyidaung

su Hluttaw Speaker Thura Shwe
Mann has urged MPs to finalise spend
ing plans in advance even before the
money is distributed, said Hla Swe.
I have appropriated K5 million for
60 plans, including repairing school
buildings and hospitals, he said.
The 25 percent of military MPs,
who represent no constituency, are
not included in the regional develop
ment spending plan.
- Translation by Thiri Min Htiin

UNESCO to assist with

overhaul of university
journalism program
SANDARLWIN
s d ls a n d a rf3 g m a il.c o m

THE curriculum for a Bachelor of

Arts in Journalism program offered
by the National Management College
will be completely overhauled with
assistance from the United Nations,
the colleges principal said last week.
We are planning to use the new
curriculum prepared by UNESCO
in the coming 2013-14 academic
year, principal Than Win said on
October 9.
The colleges board of studies was
to hold a workshop on October 20 to
discuss the new curriculum.
The details of the course will
only be confirmed after workshop,
he said.
According to UNESCO, the cur
riculum is benchmarked against the
UNESCO Model Curricula for Journal
ism Education and borrows concepts

from curriculums used at institutions

in neighbouring countries.
The proposed courses in the
UNESCO curriculum include Jour
nalism and Society, Media Laws,
Journalism Ethics, Writing News in
English, and Translation for Jour
nalists. The proposed specialised
courses are Reporting Diversity,
Economics and Business Reporting,
and Public Affairs Reporting. The
production courses are specialised
and cover Newspaper Journalism,
Radio Journalism, TV Journalism,
Magazine Journalism and Interac
tive Journalism.
The National Management Col
lege was established in 2007 and
introduced its journalism program
the same year, accepting up to 50
students each academic year. The
college is conducting a journalism
education improvement program in
collaboration with UNESCO.

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IN BRIEF
Shan leader praises
transparency of Kachin talks
A Leader o f th e Red Shan e th n ic
g ro u p fro m Kachin s ta te has praised
th e g o v e rn m e n t and th e Kachin
Independence O rganisation fo r in v it
ing it to observe rece n t peace ta lk s
in M yitkyina.
San Wai, th e patro n o f a Red
Shan m ilitia in Kachin S ta te 's Tar
Law Gyi v illa g e n e a r M yiktyin a, w as
one o f five Shan c o m m u n ity leaders
w h o observed th e O ctober 8-10
ta lk s , w h ic h re s u lte d in a sevenp o in t a g re e m e n t. R e p re se n ta tive s
fro m tw o Shan p o litic a l p a rtie s, th e
T ai-Leng (Red Shan) N a tio n a litie s
D e ve lo p m e n t P a rty and th e Shan
N a tio n a litie s D e m o c ra tic Party, w e re
a lso present.
"T h is is th e fir s t tim e I w a s able to
p a rtic ip a te as an o b s e rv e r on b e h a lf
o f Shan e th n ic people in th e peace
ta lk s " betw een th e g o v e rn m e n t and
KIO, San Wai said.
"B e fo re th is , w e never kn e w w h a t
th e y are doing, w h a t th e y discussed.
We can say th a t th is has b ro u g h t
g re a te r tra n s p a re n c y to th e peace
ta lk s . We also had th e chance to give
advice. I am ve ry pleased to be able
to p a rtic ip a te ."
He said he w a s p a rtic u la rly
pleased at th e pledge to co n tin u e
sca lin g back th e c o n flic t.
"B o th sid e s co n clu d ed at th e
d iscu ssio n th a t th e re had been less
fig h tin g betw een th e m ," he said.
"They also agreed not to m in e the
ra ilw a y and to reopen th e B ham o
road w ith in fo u r m o n th s ."
- Khin Wai

News 15

Hundreds ofthousands
enslaved in Myanmar: report
BRIDGET DICERTO
b rid g e t.d ic e rto O g m a il.c o m

AS many as 400,000 people are

trapped in modern-day slavery in
Myanmar, a new index estimates.
The inaugural Global Slavery
Index 2013 released last week said
between 360,000 and 400,000 of
Myanmars estimated 52.8 million
residents are hostage to slave-like
conditions, placing it ninth out of 162
countries surveyed.
Based on these estimates 0.7 per
cent of the population is enslaved or
enduring slave-like practices. India
had the highest proportion of its
population enslaved at about 1.12pc,
the index said.
India and Myanmar are among a
group of 11 countries that account for
76pc of the worlds 29.8 million peo
ple in modern-day slavery.
Compiled by the Walk Free Foun
dation, the index estimates absolute
numbers of people bonded in slavery
and analyses the risk of slavery in a
population.
In the region Myanmar had the
third-highest risk of slavery, behind
Papua New Guinea and Afghanistan.
Factors or risks considered by the
index were anti-slavery policies, hu

A worker digs out soil to to make bricks at a factory on the outskirts of

Yangon last week. Photo: AFP

man rights, economic and social de

velopment, state stability, and wom
ens rights and discrimination.
Some countries, such as Myan
mar, have well drafted laws so the
challenge relates to implementation,
the index stated.

Myanmar has ratified both the

Forced Labour Convention and Free
dom of Association and Protection
of the Right to Organise Convention
but has been criticised in the past for
flouting its obligations.
The index additionally assigned

a weighted ranking to each coun

try, based on absolute numbers of
the population in slavery and risk
factors. Myanmar ranked 42, while
Mauritania, which has deeply en
trenched hereditary slavery, topped
the list.
Whether it is called human traf
ficking, forced labour, slavery or slav
ery-like practices [a category that in
cludes debt bondage, forced or servile
marriage, and sale or exploitation of
children including in armed conflict]
victims of modern slavery have their
freedom denied, and are used and
controlled and exploited by another
person for profit, sex, or the thrill of
domination, the index stated.
The International Labour Organi
zation (ILO) lifted all its remaining
restrictions on Myanmar in June this
year. The ILO in cooperation with
the government operates a Forced
Labour Complaints Mechanism. This
complaints mechanism is designed
to allow genuine victims of forced
labour, with the assistance of the
ILO liaison office, an opportunity to
seek redress from the government
authorities in full confidence that
no retaliatory action will be taken
against them, according to ILO
documentation.

M inister pushes fo r
agriculture co-ops
M in is te r fo r A g ric u ltu re and Irrig a tio n
M yint Hlaing used his address on
W orld Food Day on O ctober 16 to ca ll
fo r th e e s ta b lis h m e n t of cooperative
a g rib u sin e ss a ssociations to boost
fa rm in g pro d u ctivity and alleviate
r u ra l poverty.
M yint H laing said th e re is a c le a r
need to fo rm agro-based in d u strie s
th a t can g e nerate h ig h e r value fin
ished p roducts - and in th e process
boost fa rm e rs ' incom es - ra th e r than
relying on th e c u rre n t p ra ctice of
e xp o rtin g m ostly ra w m ate ria ls.
We need to create h ig h e r living
sta n da rd s and incom es fo r fa rm e rs
by p ro m o tin g th e co u n try's a g rib u s i
ness sector, he said.
He added th a t M yan m a r had once
been th e w o rld 's highest e x p o rte r of
rice and needs to find ways o f again
p e n etra tin g th e in te rn a tio n a l m a r
kets and boosting e xports and e xport
earnings.
M yint H laing added th a t years of
low incom e fo r fa rm e rs have pushed
m any r u ra l w o rk e rs to find o th e r p ro
fessions. - Pyae Thet Phyo, transla

tion by Zar Zar Soe

Workshop on constitution held

Reducing th e role of th e m ilita ry
in p olitics, and o th e r aspects of
c iv il-m ilita ry relatio n s, w e re am ong
th e hot to p ics addressed in a public
fo ru m on th e co n stitu tio n . M ore than
300 people, m any of th e m fro m p o liti
ca l p a rtie s and c iv il society o rg a n isa
tio n s, to o k part.
Organised by th e People's N e tw o rk
on th e C onstitution, th e fo ru m , at
Yangon's Royal Rose re s ta u ra n t on
O ctober 17, focused on th e process
o f am ending th e 2008 co n stitu tio n .
O th e r to p ics u n d e r discussion in c lu d
ed th e co u n try's fe d e ra l s tru c tu re ,
hum an rig h ts inclu d in g th e rig h ts of
w o m en and w o rk e rs and land rig hts,
and th e q u a lific a tio n s o f p re sid e n tia l
candidates.
Strong s u p p o rt w a s expressed fo r
a red u ctio n of th e role o f th e m ilita ry
in p o litic s and fo r a g re a te r infusion
o f d e m o c ra tic ideals.
The People's N e tw o rk on the
C onstitution is sponsored p rim a rily
by young m em b e rs of the N ational
League fo r Dem ocracy and o th e r p a r
tie s and civil society organisations. It
has about 50 m em bers. - Sandar Lwin

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IN BRIEF
Dolphins born in protected area
Three Irraw addy d o lp h in s born in
a protected area in M andalay and
Sagaing regions in May are good
health, th e M in is try of Livestock and
F isheries says. Han W in, assistant
fis h e rie s o ffic e r in th e m in is try 's
e n viro n m e n t and endangered aquatic
a n im a l conservation unit, said fu rth e r
surveys la te r th is m onth could u n
cover m ore baby d o lp h in s in th e area.
He said th e b irth s w e re im p o rta n t
given th a t th e p o pulation o f th e c r iti
cally endangered Irraw addy dolphin
appears to be on th e decline.
The th re e baby d o lp h in s born last
May are s t ill alive. We w ill find out if
th e re are m ore d o lp h in s breeding in
fu rth e r surveys th is m o n th ," he said.
D ecem ber 2005, th e m in is try
selected a 7 4 -k ilo m e tre (46-m ile)
s tre tc h of th e Ayeyarwady River
between M ingun and Kyaukm yaung
in M andalay and Sagaing regions as a
protected area fo r th e dolphins.
- Aye Sapay Phyu

Election commission agrees to

review protest law instruction

Parties say decision to force them to apply for permission for political rallies through provisions in
peaceful protest law has proved unworkable because township officials are not following the rules
El El TOE
LWIN
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UNION Election Commission chief

Tin Aye has agreed to review an
instruction issued to political parties
earlier this year forcing them to ap
ply for permission under the Peaceful
Assembly and Peaceful Protest Law to
conduct public events.
The law, introduced in 2012, gives
township police discretionary powers
to block applications to stage political
rallies or processions, and applications
must be submitted at least five days in
advance. However, political party lead
ers said at an October 11 meeting with
Tin Aye that they normally have to
submit applications weeks in advance
to have any chance of approval.
We have to request permission
from the township administration or
police force three weeks in advance,
said Sai Saw Aung, vice chairman
of the Shan Nationalities League for
Democracy.
"We submit an application for per
mission according to the law but we
receive permission just a day before
the meeting. We have almost no time

to finalise our plans, he said.

Tin Aye said he would review the
instruction because of the difficulties
it is causing parties.
We abolished the old instruc
tion because it contradicted the law.
I decided that everyone should follow
the law but I didnt consider that you
might face these problems as a result.
I understand your problems now and
will review it, he said.
In July the commission informed
parties they would have to follow the
peaceful protest law to hold party
gatherings rather than an instruction
issued in 2010, under which they had
to give the commission at least one
weeks notice of their plan to hold a
party event. Significantly, however,
the commission had no right to stop
them.
Myo Kyaw, general secretary of
the Arakan League for Democracy,
said it had become harder to find ven
ues for events because of the change.
The owners [of venues] ask us,
Do you have permission from the
township administrator [to hold the
meeting]? Its not easy to get permis
sion. [The police or township officers]
dont want to grant permission easily,
he said.
We have to go to remote areas to
explain about the current political
process and we have many problems

getting permission there. But even

if we want to hold a meeting in Yan
gon, we have to request permission ...
about 20 days in advance. This delays
our activities, he added.
Myo Kyaw said despite the dif
ficulties most parties are careful to
follow the law because of the stiff pen
alties for violations, which include a
one-year jail term.
There are many people who were
charged under section 18 of the law
because local authorities did not grant
permission without giving any proper
reason.
Han Shwe, a member of the

I decided that
everyone should
follow the law but I
didnt consider that
you might face these
problems as a result.
I ... w ill review it.
Tin Aye
Election C o m m issio n c h a irm a n

National Unity Partys executive com

mittee, said parties are also confused
about which of their events require
prior permission.
Section 2(b) states that people
have the right to assembly peacefully
in a public area. But the law doesnt
state what a public area is. Sometimes,
particularly in rural areas, we use a
monastery or private property for par
ty meetings. We are confused about
whether we need to apply for permis
sion, he said.
We want to work under the com
mission and we request the chairman
to review the instruction.
A number of political parties are
also pushing to amend the peace
ful protest law to remove section
18, which lists the punishments for
breaches. The National League for De
mocracy plans to submit the proposed
changes during the eighth session of
parliament, which began on October 1.
But Kyee Myint, chairman of the
Lawyers Network, told The Myanmar
Times that the government should
abolish the law because rules, proce
dures and penalties for gathering are
already included in section 141 of the
Penal Code.
"This law should not be amended,
Kyee Myint said. The government
enacted the law to restrict the freedom
of the people.

Project to map quake risk in Sagaing, Bago, Taungoo

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SEISMIC hazard and risk maps now

in the works for Sagaing, Bago and
Taungoo will make it easier to iden
tify areas and buildings most vulner
able to potential earthquakes, an of
ficial from the University of Yangons
Department of Geology says.
We are testing soil conditions
and properties in those three cities,
lecturer Myo Thant said, adding
that the maps should be finished by
March.
The project is a collaboration
between the Myanmar Earthquake
Committee, the Myanmar Geoscience

Society and the geology department,

with funding from the United Nations
Human Settlements Programme (UN
HABITAT).
The two maps - hazard and risk
- will cover different data, Myo
Thant said. The seismic hazard map
will include information on soil types,
soil properties, the amplification fac
tor of seismic waves and peak ground
acceleration, while possible loss and
damages to infrastructure, and social
and economic sectors will be covered
by the risk map.
The maps can be used in urban
planning and infrastructure devel
opment in the future, as well as ret
rofitting work to allow constructed

buildings to be made more earth

quake-resilient. The aim of develop
ing these maps is to reduce loss and
damages by earthquake.
Daw Than Than Myint, a consult
ant with the Bangkok-based Asian
Disaster Preparedness Center, said
that disaster and climate risk man
agement need to be integrated into
mainstream planning and not left
on the fringes of discussions around
development.
Developmental gains achieved by
Myanmar are often reversed because
of the impact of disasters, she said.
Skewed development itself increases
vulnerability and exposure to natu
ral hazards. Development should be

New Mandalay electricity

m inister appointed
The P resident O ffice's last w eek
elevated M andalay Region H lu tta w
rep re se n ta tive Kyaw M yint to the
position o f re g io n a l m in is te r fo r e le c
tric ity and industry.
The incum bent m inister, Myint
Kyu, has been appointed Mandalay
Region m in is te r fo r finance and
revenue, fillin g the position vacated on
S ep te m b e r 9 w hen Phone Zaw Han,
a fo rm e r m ayor of Mandalay, w as ap
pointed to th e Nay Pyi Taw Council.
The la te s t a p p o in tm e n ts w e re a n
nounced on O ctober 15. Kyaw M yint
rep re se n ts th e seat of Yam ethin 2
th e re g io n a l hluttaw . - Si Thu Lwin,

translation by Zar Zar Soe

Arrested Mandalay jade trader

was set up, says fam ily
A fa m ily is fig h tin g to c le a r th e name
of a m an a rre ste d fo r drug posses
sion, saying he w as se t up. Jade d e a l
e r Lin Tun Thein, 411w as a rrested
on A u g u st 21 at a M andalay karaoke
lounge a lle g e d ly in possession o f 200
a m p h e ta m in e ta b le ts concealed in a
c ig a re tte packet.
He and his fa m ily say th e packet
w as placed in his pocket by a
p la in -c lo th e d o ffic e r fro m S outhern
M andalay s p e cia l d ru g s group. They
allege th a t th e police w e re called by
a n o th e r m an w ho, they say, provided
th e packet.
Lin Tun Thein, w ho lives in Sa
w ard, Pyigyitagun tow nship, has been
charged w ith possession and faces
t r ia l M andalay d is tric t court.
At a press conference on O ctober
15, his b ro th e r Ko Aung Tun Ngwe
to ld re p o rte rs th a t th e fa m ily has
w ritte n to th e president, th e c o m
m a n d e r-in -c h ie f and th e m in is te r fo r
hom e a ffa irs "dem a n d in g th a t the
tru th com e o ut".
"If w e get no s a tisfa ction , w e w ill
try to a p peal to th e hluttaw . Our fa m
ily has c o m m itte d no crim e , and we
w ill fig h t fo r o u r dignity," he said.
Lin Tun Thein s w ife, Ma Aye
Mon, said she had no gru d g e against
th e police in fo rm a n t, and w anted the
tru th to com e out.
A lo ca l elder, Than Tun Oo, said,
"I've lived in th e sam e w ard as th is
fa m ily fo r 22 years and I know o f no
c rim in a l a ctivity th a t they are involved
Phyo Wa/ Kyaw, translation by

sustainable, by considering disaster

and climate risk management as part
of the mainstream process.
At least 90 people died and more
than 18,000 were affected by two
6.8-magnitude earthquakes which
struck Myanmar in March 2011 and
November 2012, according to a Unit
ed Nations Office for the Coordina
tion of Humanitarian Affairs.
OCHA said that Myanmar is vul
nerable to a wide range of hazards,
including floods, cyclones, earth
quakes, landslides and tsunamis, and
that historical data shows there is a
high likelihood of a medium- to largescale natural disaster occurring every
Thae Thae Htwe
couple of years.

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MMAto vote on
headquarters
plan in January

YAMONPHUTHIT
ya m o n 8 9 0 g m a iL .co m

REPRESENTATIVES from Myanmar

Medical Associations 88 branches will
vote on a controversial plan to redevel
op the associations Yangon headquar
ters at a meeting in January, chairman
Dr Kyaw Myint Naing said.
The voting will be conducted on
January 11, the opening day of the as
sociations 60*11annual medical confer
ence, which will run from January 11
to 17.
A secret vote will be conducted
to decide whether the MMA should
proceed with a plan to form a joint
venture with a private company to
redevelop the Thein Byu Road site in
Mingalar Taung Nyunt township.
Representatives of its 88 branches
will cast votes, association general sec
retary Dr Myint Thaung said.
The official representatives will
be elected from each branch by that
branchs members. Their vote's will
therefore represent all the members,
he said.
The internal dispute over the cen
tral executive committees plan to
work with a foreign company on the
redevelopment has wracked the asso
ciation since the plan was announced
in Mawlamyine in January.

CEC members said the move would

create additional revenue for the as
sociation and allow it to conduct re
search, sponsor doctors for further
study, improve association facilities
for members and expand its public
health activities.
But the proposal proved controver
sial among some of the associations
members, who questioned the motives
of the central executive committee. In
response to the anger, the CEC sched
uled a vote for July 13 but it was de
layed because, organisers said, there
was not enough time to elect branch
representatives.
CEC member Dr Tin Aye said on
October 15 that the vote would defi
nitely go ahead and the result would
be respected.
Its all about the result. Whether
we do the proposal depends on the re
sult, he said.
Dr Aung Khin Sint, chairman of
the MMA Land and Building Protec
tion Committee, which was formed by
members opposed to the project, said
his group is also watching the process
carefully to ensure it is fair.
We will observe how transparent
the voting is and will continue our
work based on the result, he said.
The MMA was established in 1949
and has more than 18,000 members.

88 Generation unveils plan for

monument to fight for democracy
El El TOE LWIN
eieitoeLw inO gm aiL.com

THE 88 Generation is planning a

monument - potentially a museum
- to the 1988 uprising and all those
who have given their lives for de
mocracy since the advent of military
rule in Myanmar.
The group is seeking donations
for the monument, which leader Min
Ko Naing said will be a permanent re
minder of a time when people unit
ed and fought to end oppression and
injustice under the military regime

The group is not yet sure what

form the monument could take but
hopes it will be similar to a museum,
with artifacts from 1988.
We have to continue to move
with the 88 spirit and we want to
ensure that future governments
dont act in the same oppressive and
unjust way again, he said on Octo
ber 14.
The monument will honour all
those who fought for democracy in
Myanmar, said 88 Generation mem
ber Ko Zaw Thet Htwe.
We consider it not only for the

8/8/88 students but all people who

gave up their lives since the 1962 up
rising, Ko Zaw Thet Htwe said.
So far weve really only got the
idea and we only have K20 million
in our hands ... Its not enough ...
Therefore we want to urge all, both
local and international organisa
tions, to give us as much support as
they can.
Anyone can give us ideas about
the monument. We want to coop
erate with everyone because we
believe that the 8888 uprising con
cerned everyone.

Tel
+95 1378975 (Ext:103)
E-mail info@intermachmyanmar.com
myanwater@ubm.com

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THE MYANMAR TIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27, 2013

FEATURE

Moving with the times:

Bagan^ horse carts face a new threat

For years the horse cart was the only option for visitors to Bagan but tourists are increasingly exploring temples on electronic bikes
El El THU
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KO Ye has ferried tourists around the

temples of Bagan in his horse cart
for 11 years. Visitor numbers have
boomed in the intervening years Myanmar welcomed 554,531 visitors
through Yangon in 2012, up from
212,468 a decade earlier - but busi
ness has never been worse.
He is unequivocal when asked
why: the arrival, in 2012, of electric
bicycles, which are not covered by a
municipal ban on tourists using mO'
torcycles in the Nyaung Oo area.
They [tourists] are allowed to
take the electric bike because it has
pedals, Ko Ye told The Myanmar
Times as he waited for customers at
the gates of Ananda Pagoda. That
harms our income.
The downturn in business has
left Ko Ye - and the 240 other horse
cart drivers he estimates operate in
Nyaung Oo - wondering whether the
horse carts days are numbered.
He used to make about K25,000 a
day before electric bicycles - better
known as e-bikes - became popular in
the middle of this year. Now, he said,
a day can go by without one single
passenger.
He charges K10,000 for a half-day
and K15,000 a day for locals, and
K12,000 and K20,000 respectively for
foreigners.
When I earn K10,000 or more, I
give K7000 [to the owner] for a day. If

More tourists are

coming than last
year but we are still
sitting beside the
road.
Ko Ye
Bagan h o rse c a rt d riv e r

Tourists take a horse cart through a gate in the walls of the old city of Bagan. Photo: Kaung Htet

I dont get any passengers the whole

day I tell the owner and I dont need
to pay money. But then I havent got
anything for my family, either, he
said. If I dont do this job I dont
know what else I can do in Bagan.
It costs about K2 million
(US$2000) to buy a horse cart, he
said. Like Ko Ye, about half of the
drivers rent from other people. The
owners have to pay K15,000 in tax
each year to the municipal authori
ties. Ko Ye says no tax is being col
lected on electric bikes.
The development committee said
they plan to charge a tax of about
K80,000 [a year] for electric bikes.
But now they have been running
for about five months without being
taxed ... So more tourists are coming
than last year but we are still sitting
beside the road.
But not everyone is unhappy about

the arrival of the new technology.

Than Soe, who rents out e-bikes and
bicycles from a shop in front of Areindmar Hotel in New Bagan, agreed that
e-bikes are a faster route to tourists
wallets compared to horse carts.
The horse carts are not hired as
much now that e-bikes are popular,
he said.
He started offering e-bikes in
March 2013 after tourists began to
ask for them after seeing them else
where in Bagan. But hes quick to
emphasise that business isnt always
a smooth ride.
E-bikes also have difficulties, said
Than Soe. We have to charge the
battery all night so it can go the whole
day. Sometimes an e-bike breaks a
wheel and cant be used. Guests leave
it somewhere and call me to pick it up.
That is trouble for me.
Than Soe now oversees a fleet

of 17 bicycles and five e-bikes. A days

rental of an e-bike brings in K8000
compared to K3000 for a regular bi
cycle, but electric bikes are a much
bigger investment, costing nearly
K400,000 to purchase. And despite the
fact that they bring in more income,
Than Soe said they can be more costly
to maintain than horse carts.
E-bikes are very heavy to carry
when their batteries run out. If that
happens they are more trouble than
horse carts. They need four batteries.
Each costs K25*000, which is more
than horse feed, he added.
Khin Maung Htwe, secretary
of the Myanmar Restaurant Asso
ciations Bagan branch, said e-bikes
are suited to the Bagan terrain.
They dont emit exhaust like motor
cycles, he said, and yet theyre small
enough that they wont cause traffic
jams on the areas narrow roads the

way cars and buses do.

While he said authorities should
encourage e-bikes as they blaze a new
trail in the local economy, he also
added that its important that the
new technology doesnt rein in other
local money-making opportunities.
What we want to make sure is
that all are doing business, said
Khin Maung Htwe. [The city] may
need to issue licence plates for bikes
to be systematic.
He added that, e-bikes or no ebikes, hes not worried about the
more traditional source of horse
power riding off into one of Bagans
famous sunsets any time soon.
Tourists arriving in Bagan might
take a horse cart one day and then
an e-bike on another, Khin Maung
Htwe said. The culture of riding
horse carts will remain for a long
time into the future.

support from both the MMA and

Max Myanmars Ayeyarwady Foun
dation. But its work is only just be
ginning, Dr Aung Lin said.
We need to increase public

awareness and trust, he said. Some

people would never dare to call our
service because they are afraid that
we will charge them money, even
though it is totally free of charge.

Medical association trials new

emergency ambulance hotline
YAM0NPHUTHIT
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1830: That will soon be the num

ber to call if you need an ambu
lance, the president of the Myanmar
Medical Association says.
Dr Kyaw Myint Naing said the
number will summon ambulances
at any hour of the day and replaces
a series of tough-to-remember nine
digit numbers.
The new hotline is more con
venient than the previous numbers,
which were difficult to memorise
and were not widely known, he
said.
Emergency ambulance services
commenced operating in Yangon in
October 2012. The service provides
free pre-hospital care and trans
portation services for emergencies,
which include but are not limited
to traffic accidents and natural or
man-made disasters.

People in emergencies suffer

shock and have difficulty remem
bering anything, he said. So the
fewer the digits in our hotline the
easier it is to memorise.
In August, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker Thura Shwe Mann
urged the Ministry of Communica
tions, Posts and Telegraphs to issue
a three- or four-digit number for
the ambulance services following a
recommendation from the medical
association.
Speaking during the seventh ses
sion of parliament, Thura Shwe
Mann said the long phone numbers
currently in use made it harder for
people to access help in an emer
gency.
Ambulance service general man
ager Dr Aung Lin told The M yanmar
Times that the four-digit hotline is
being trialled and will be formally
launched soon. In the meantime,
phone calls to the hotline will be

answered and ambulances des

patched as necessary, he said.
Operating from MMAs head
office in Mingalar Taung Nyunt
township, the service runs five am
bulances. In the past 12 months
the ambulances have been sent to
render assistance to more than 460
people, of whom 66 were injured in
traffic accidents, Dr Aung Lin said.
He added that access to the hot
line is critical because ambulance
service operators also provide trau
ma guidance before the ambulance
arrives.
When we receive a call, we first
ask what the problem is and provide
what advice we can before the am
bulance arrives, he said.
If the patient is unconscious, we
advice his or her companion to turn
the patient on his or her side and
check that the patients airway is
not blocked.
The service was established with

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Car dealers accuse Mandalay company of $3.1m fraud

THAN NAING SOE

thennaingsoeragm aiL.com

A GROUP of car dealers in Mandalay

who say they were duped out of K3
billion (US$*3.1million) by a local im
port firm have appealed to President
Thein Sein and the Mandalay Region
government for justice.
The group, which sent request let
ters on September 28, has also threat
ened to report the Chan Aye Thar San
township company to police and is
consulting with lawyers about possible
criminal and civil charges.
The company, Lin Kabar, allegedly
sold about 150 luxury cars to the deal
ers at a slight discount to the market

price for registered vehicles.

Other buyers were told to contact
While the cars arrived in Mandalay, car companies in Yangon to arrange
the company failed to arrange the reg the registration for the vehicles. These
istration of the cars - leaving the own companies, however, said the process
ers with no licence plates, owner books
or other registration documents.
We are now negotiating a settle
ment. If no agreement can be reached,
we will press charges against the com
pany car dealer Ko Aung said.
We paid the full price for the cars
on contract. But [the companys own
ers] suddenly disappeared when the
cars were in our hands.
Ko Aung
The dealers said they have worked
M an d a la y-b ase d ca r d e a le r
with the company for the past 10 years
and never had problems. But now
they have swindled us, Ko Aung said.

We paid the full

price for the cars on
the contract... They
have swindled us.

Taxi drivers
push YCDC
for clarity on
registrations

would cost K3 million for each vehicle

and require a car import permit val
ued at K11.5 million, said Ko Aung Na
ing Win, one of the aggrieved buyers.
So now we are left having to pay an
additional K14.5 million, he said.
The companies in Yangon are ask
ing us for more money [to arrange
the registration], confirmed another
cheated dealer, Win Naing. If we
dont pay the money we will have to
sell the cars at a loss as unlicensed
vehicles.
Most of the car dealers involved in
the dispute are from Mandalay, but
others from nearby towns such as Madaya, Singu, Sagaing and Pakkoku are
also involved.

I bought five cars. Buyers, includ

ing me, want to know when they will
hwe vehicle licences for their cars,
said Maung Maung from Singu
township.
A spokesperson for the import com
pany declined to comment. However,
m September, one of the two partners
in the business, Ko Aung Ye Lin, pub
lished a notice in state-run newspapers
revealing that his other partner, Ko
Kyaw Khaing Soe, had disappeared af
ter selling the cars to the dealers.
Ko Aung Ye Lin said he was no
longer connected with Ko Kyaw Kha
ing Soe but was trying to resolve the
dispute with those who were cheated.
- Translation by Zaw Winn

A planned handover of taxi registration responsibilities

to Ma Hta Tha never took place - but drivers say they
are Still in the dark about the registration process
NYEIN
WIN
a yen ye inw in.m cm rag m a il.co m

YANGONS taxi drivers are asking the

citys municipal and traffic authorities
to improve their communication fol
lowing a debacle over taxi registrations.
Drivers say confusion over which
body is in charge of handling registra
tions is costing them money, and have
asked that future announcements be
made through state-run newspapers
and on television so that everyone gets
the message.
Taxi driver Maung Maung said it
is easy for the citys cabbies to not know
about new notifications - and end up
paying for it in the form of fines.
The relevant department should
announce new rules and regulations
for taxi drivers in newspapers and on
television, he said. The notices should
have a start and end date for the regu
lation, and there should be an educa
tion period where we are not penalised
if we re in the wrong.

When taxis drivers break the rules

we can be fined - I got a fine of K51,500
from the Yangon Region Supervisory
Committee for Traffic Rules Enforce
ment, Maung Maung said. It would
be best if the notifications were broad
cast for five days continuously
He added that some processes are
needlessly difficult and expensive.
Now, all taxi drivers are trying to do
their registrations at once, so it IS over
crowded.
Yangon City Development Commit
tee (YCDC) is in charge of taxi registra
tion but earlier this year the Yangon
Region Buses Control Committee, bet
ter known by its Myanmar acronym
of Ma Hta Tha (central), announced
it would take over responsibility from
April 1. When the transfer of responsi
bility did not eventuate, a clarification
was published in state media but many
drivers did not know about it until they
were fined, said driver Ko Ko.
"We have been changing our old
cars for newer ones and we asked YCDC
for a city taxi registration, he said. But
the officials we spoke to said they were
no longer in charge and referred us to
Ma Hta Tha. We had no idea which
department we needed to contact, and

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N e w B a t h r o o m s / T ilin g
P a in t in g & E le c tr ic a l
T im b e r D e c k in g / F lo o r in g
C u s t o m F u r n it u r e
C o m m e r c ia l F it o u t s
S ta in le s s s t e e l F a b r ic a t io n
F ix e d P ric e Q u o t e s

F ix e d D e a d lin e s

F u ll W e s t e r n S e r v ic e P ro je c t M a n a g e m e n t
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A Suzuki R+ taxi stops at a traffic jam in Yangon last week. Photo: Zarni Phyo

only found out that YCDC remains in

charge of registrations when we are
fined.
Nyi Nyi Oo, deputy head of
YCDCs Revenue Department, admit
ted that the committee had erred in not
better publicising the decision to keep
taxi registration m-house.
"We planned to shift taxi registra

tion to Ma Hta Tha but we did not fol

low through, and we didnt announce
that decision widely enough, he said.
The committee is processing
about 150 to 200 registrations a day
but this is nowhere near enough to
cope with demand. To avoid wast
ing time in queues, some drivers have
resorted to a time-honoured tradi

tion of paying an agent to complete

the registration for them, paying from
K20,000 to K30,000.
This is the first time Ive needed to
register my taxi and I didnt want to do
the process myself, said taxi driver
Myint Oo Naing. I hired an agent who
got it done in a day. It cost me K30,000.
If you do it yourself it is K10,500.

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THE MYANMAR TIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27, 2013

Speaker
pushes
govt to
stabilise,
develop
Rakhine

IN BRIEF
Nok A ir to begin YangonBangkok service
Thai c a rrie r Nok A ir w ill Launch flig h ts
between Yangon and Bangkok's Don
Mueang In te rn a tio n a l A irp o rt on
N ovem ber 1, an o ffic ia l from the Thai
em bassy in Yangon said Last week.
Charge d'affaires Chainarong
Keratiyutw ong said the expansion was
m ade possible by the governm ent's
e ffo rts to encourage m ore airlin e s
to e n te r the m a rke t to m eet demand
from business tra ve lle rs and foreign
to u rists.
However; he said Thailand "want[s]
to see m ore com petition" in Myanm ar's
skies, adding that th is w ould bring bet
te r quality services, reasonable prices
and m ore choice fo r consum ers.
The new a irlin e w ill s ta rt w ith fo u r
flig h ts a w e e k from Yangon to Don
Mueang. A ll services w ill use a Boeing
747-800 w ith 189 seats.
The a irlin e began services between
Yangon and the Thai b o rder tow n of
Mae Sot on O ctober 1 using a SAAB
340B a irc ra ft w ith 34 seats. - Wa Lone

WIN KO KO LATT
w in k o la tt2 0 1 2 0 g m a il.c o m

UNESCO launches peace

education in Rakhine State
Education fo r peace - th a t is the aim
o f a US$300,000 program th a t w ill
tra in teachers in c o n flic t-h it Rakhine
State. The UNESCO project w ill o p e r
ate in 40 schools in Maungdaw, B u th idaung and Rathedaung tow nships,
and planning is already underw ay.
The M in istry of Education an
nounced its approval of th e schem e on
S e p te m b e r 21 - the In te rn a tio n a l Day
o f Peace.
"The project has sta rte d o p e ra
tio n s and is in its in itia l design phase,"
said Daw Khin Khin Lwin, a program
o ffic e r at UNESCO Myanmar. The aim
is "p ro m o ting education fo r a ll and
providing access to all", she said.
The program w ill tra in 350 basic ed
ucation school teachers, reactivate 40
p a re n t-te a ch e r associations and set
up th re e c o m m u n ity learning centres
in each tow nship. UNESCO said the
project w ould also help fa cilita te civic
dialogues on in te r-c u ltu ra l awareness
and peaceful co-existence.
In itia l funding is being provided by
th e Belgian governm ent, and funding
is likely to be increased as various
foreign donors show interest in the
project, said Daw Khin Khin Lwin.
- Sandar L win

Sagaing residents to appeal

trespassing ja il term
Three people w ho lived on vacant land
in Sagaing Region w ith perm ission
from local officia ls fo r m ore than 10
years have been given a o n e-m onth
ja il te rm fo r trespassing. T he ir s u p
po rte rs have sent an appeal to Nay
Pyi Taw against the verdict, w hich was
handed down on O ctober 10.
Kyaw Kyaw, head of H tu t Khaung
village, said th e 1.15-acre site was
fo rm e rly used fo r a failed castor oil
plantation.
"People living th e re are not sq u a t
ters. The fo rm e r heads of the village
allowed them to live th e re ... m ore
than 10 years ago," he said. "The o f
fic ia ls w ho charged them d id n 't even
com e to look at the villa g e ... The re si
dents should not be sentenced to one
m on th 's im p riso n m e nt. The villa g e rs
w ill send a co m p la in t le tte r to Nay Pyi
Taw because it is not fair."
2011, residents applied to the
to w nship S e ttle m en ts and Land
Records D epartm ent fo r perm ission
to live pe rm a n e ntly on the land. Later,
a nunnery from Sagaing also applied
to use the land. Local a d m in istra to rs,
however, asked the d e p artm en t to is
sue the p e rm it to the residents.
- Hlaing KyawSoe

Correction
The a rticle "Despite violence, M uslim s
to press on w ith Eid festivities th is
w eek", published in the October 14
20 edition (No 699) of The Myanmar
Times, said Myo Win is a m e m b e r of
Yangon's Isla m ic Centre. Myo Win is
no lo n g e r associated w ith the centre.
We regret the error.

Confrontation looming
over riverside homes

Mandalay residents walk past shops and houses built Illegally on the banks of the Ayeyarwady River. Photo: Phyo Wai Kyaw

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FAMILIES living in temporary huts

and houses along the Ayeyarwady
River in Mandalays Chan Aye Thar
San township are petitioning the
municipal authorities not to follow
through with a threat to evict them.
In the first week of October, Man
dalay City Development Committee
sent notifications to residents in the
area ordering them to move by the
end of the month. It also warned that
those who refuse to leave will face le
gal action under municipal laws.
Residents, however, say they are
doing everything they can to make
their presence permanent.
Weve sent petitions to the may
or, the office of the chief minister of
Mandalay Region and other relevant

officials asking them to take into ac

count the fact that we rely on the riv
er for our livelihoods ... We will get
into trouble if we have to move from
here, said resident Ma Kay Thwe.
Thousands of people live illegally
along the Ayeyarwady River bank,
with the area between Nyaungkwal
and Kywalsun ports the most densely
populated. The majority earn their
living as casual labourers carrying
goods from ships that dock along the
river.
The Myanmar Times contacted
the deputy head of the cleaning de
partment, Soe Tint Aung, for com
ment but he said he did not know
about the eviction order.
Some residents said they have
lived legally in the area for the past
two decades by paying land tax to
MCDC.
Beside the riverbank its easier
for us to earn money, said one female

labourer, as she carried a bag of char

coal to the shore.
We have children attending the
local school so it is hard to move. We
have been warned countless times to
move ... If we have to go somewhere
else we will just return again because
well be destitute in any other place.
The threat rings true: After the
committees Cleaning Department
and local government officials de
molished illegal homes in the area in
June 2011, evicted families promptly
returned to the site.
In 2011, officials evicted us from
this site as part of a plan to beautify
Strand Road, said the 45-year-old
owner of a roadside restaurant, who
asked not to be named.
There are 90 huts around my
shop. Those people are really poor
so they will live here as long as they
can.
- Translation by Zar Zar Soe

PYIDAUNGSU Hluttaw Speaker Thura Shwe Mann has urged President

Thein Sein to stabilise unrest-hit
Rakhine State by better implementing
the rule of law, preventing illegal im
migration and bringing socio-econom
ic development.
Thura Shwe Mann said devel
opment would decrease poverty and
must be considered a priority to end
the communal violence in the state,
he wrote in a letter to the president
dated October 15.
[The] hluttaw will also promptly
implement the cases [that are pre
sented] to it, the letter states.
His letter comes following a meet
ing in Yangon on September 29 at
which Thura Shwe Mann prom
ised support for Rakhine efforts to
safeguard the countrys borders from
illegal immigrants. The meeting was
attended by more than 500 people
and touched on a range of issues,
including stability, security, develop
ment, the rule of law - and a propos
al to form a local militia in Rakhine
State. The speaker promised partici
pants that he would forward the is
sues raised to the government.
Zaw Aye Maung, a minister for
Rakhine affairs in the Yangon Region
government, said last week Thura
Shwe Mann s letter also touched on
the need to find ways to solve the
conflict in a democratic manner.
Zaw Aye Maung thanked the
speaker for sending the letter to the
president and particularly for high
lighting the issue of illegal migra
tion. He estimated there are more
than 500,000 illegal immigrants in
Rakhine State.
A meeting concerning poverty and
development in Nay Pyi Taw in Sep
tember 2012 suggested the formation
of industrial zones in Rakhine State
could help to develop the state and al
leviate widespread poverty. - Transla
tion by Thin M in Htun

Multiple false alarms as fear rises after bombings

PHYO WAI KYAW
SI THU LWIN
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POLICE have investigated a string of

suspicious objects amid heightened
anxiety over a series of blasts and
unexpioded devices found in Yangon,
Mandalay and Sagaing.
At least 12 explosive devices were
detonated, discovered or defused be
tween October 9 and October 16, but
several more suspected bombs turned
out to be false alarms.
On October 16, a cardboard box was
spotted in an external corridor on the
first floor of Mandalays Zaygyo Market.
After a careful examination, police con
firmed it was empty. Its just a symptom
of peoples anxiety at this time, a senior
police official from Chan Aye Thar San
township said.
The potential impact of an explo
sion in the Zaygyo Market, particu
larly in the lead-up to a festival like
Thadingyut, when there is a higherthan-normal number of customers,
could be devastating.
Business could be hurt if people

think the market is not safe so officials

should handle these frightening inci
dents carefullyf said the 55-year-old
owner of a wholesale slipper shop in
the market.
Similarly, a suspicious cardboard
box was found in Pyinmanas Myoma
Market at about 11am on October 15.
The box contained sand and sheets of
cardboard, a spokesperson from the
market said.
A similar scare occurred on October
15 on Yangons Mahabandoola Road, a
busy shopping street, when a leather
bag was found discarded in a rubbish
bin in front of a computer shop. Police
removed the bag, which is not thought
to have contained explosives.
It was first noticed at about 10am
and we informed the police station be
cause we were unsure about it, said
one resident of 37s Street. Police set
up sandbags and tyres around it and
then called an engineer unit. They used
their sniffer dogs to investigate the bag.
After checking I t... they took it away
Other incidents were also reported
in Yangon, where social media fuelled
rumours of further bombings. Ko Aung
Soe from Thaketa township, where a

A police officer hold an empty cardboard box that sparked a bomb scare in
Mandalays Zaygyo Market on October 16. Photo: Si Thu Lwin

bomb went off on October 14, injur

ing two teenage boys, said numerous
rumours were spreading about further
devices having been uncovered, most of
which turned out to be false.
Im just trying to listen to the
statements that are released by the
officials and what is reported on FM

radio stations.
Despite the false alarms, Manda
lay City Development Committee has
urged those working in hotels and pub
lic places, such as markets or highway
bus terminals, to remain vigilant and
report any suspicious objects or people.
- Translation by Zar Zar Soe

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Residents of Shid Ein Dan village in Yesagyo
township sit beside a recently eroded stretch
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THE Chindwin River is devouring

neighbouring farmland as erosion
sweeps away hundreds of acres, de
stroying homes and bringing poison
ous snakes and disease. Local resi
dents have appealed to the regional
authorities for help but say they are
being ignored.
Every year the west bank of the
Chindwin,as it flows through Pakokku
and Yesagyo townships in Magwe Re
gion, crumbles further as the swollen
waters claim more land. Villages have
been repeatedly displaced and farm
ers reduced to ruin as their lands are
washed away.
Shid Ein Dan village, in Yesagyo
township, has about 200 houses. The
village has been uprooted twice as the
neartiy riverbank collapsed, taking
with it 300 acres of land.
Resident Ko Htain Oo, 42, said he
once had 5 acres but lost all of it last
year through erosion.
My family has been displaced
three times, he said. And 95 houses
of my village have collapsed into the
river, including my house last year.
Every time the bank collapses it takes

15 to 20 houses with it. This has been

going on since 1997.
Landless villagers are reduced to
working as labourers for other farm
ers, growing onions on alluvial land,
or even making sticks of incense for
K1000 a day or less.
Shid Ein Dan village has relocated
itself further from the river onto what
was previously farmland. But villagers
say they have to pay K20,000-K50,000
annual rent, and are not allowed to dig
wells or latrines.
They also fear snakes. Daw Saw
Shwe, 62, told The Myanmar Times
that a pregnant woman was bitten by
a venomous snake while she slept in
her bed. The snake floated in with the
tide when the river flooded, she said.
Two other villagers have been bitten
since we moved here.
Old people and children are suffer
ing severe health problems, including
dengue haemorrhagic fever and diar
rhoea because of the bad water. They
cannot even bury their dead safely
since the cemetery was swept away.
I dont think we will be allowed to
burn dead bodies on these farmlands
if somebody dies in this village, one
resident said. When an old man died
of a broken heart after his house had
been swept away by the flood, we had
to burn his body on a hill near the
river.
Ohn, of the Forest Resources
Environment Development and

Every tim e the bank

collapses it takes 15
to 20 houses with it.
This has been going
on since 1997.
Ko Htain Oo
R e sident o f Shid Ein Dan

Conservation Association (FREDA),

said the erosion and landslides were
due to deforestation and the chang
ing climate.
Its about the deforestation of tid
al areas and 80 percent deforestation
along the Ayeyarwady River, he said.
villagers were expecting a visit
from Magwe Region Chief Minister
Phone Maw Shwe on October 3 but it
was later cancelled. The regional au
thorities had promised to dig two 500foot (152-metre) sluiceway pools to
reduce erosion but instead are investi
gating other, more modern measures

to stem the erosion, a local water re

sources department official said.
We dont have an emergency res
cue committee for erosion and land
slide areas, but our regional depart
ment is taking steps to deal with this
problem on an urgent basis, he said.
But village administrator Thaung
Htay said the regional government
was hampering local efforts to resettle
the displaced.
The village and township level
administration have agreed to reset
tle the villagers, but there is a dispute
at the regional level over where they
should go, he said.
Our villagers have been suffering
a decline in their social and economic
conditions as the river bank has col
lapsed, and we need support from the
regional authorities.
Khay Meinda, a Buddhist monk,
said most residents have been reluc
tant to leave until right before their
homes topple into the river. Some
villagers can afford to buy land else
where, he said. But they have lived
with the threat of this natural disaster
for many years because they wanted to
save their village.

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RESIDENTS of four villages in

Magwe Regions Gangaw town
ship said they will not move from
their settlements to make way for
the proposed Myitthar hydroelec
tric dam project until they receive
sufficient compensation.
The government is prepar
ing planning for a new town
- Sanpya Myitthar Myothit - to
house those due to be resettled
from Sabei, Panan, Yinmar and
Sinpone villages. A total of 5788
acres, including more than 1600
acres of farmland, will be includ
ed in the dams floodway.
However, the residents said
the new town does not have
enough farmland and lacks the
basic features of a town.
Residents are yet to receive
information about how much
money they will be compensated
for their lost houses and land.
We have yet to negotiate
about compensation, said
Than Swe from Panan village.
Residents have demanded
that the new town include a
monastery, school, hospital, cre
matorium, playground, roads
and other basic amenities.
The Myitthar dam project
was announced in the 2001-02
financial year, with an installed
capacity of 40 megawatts. It will
also be used to irrigate 12,000
acres of farmland, official docu
ments for the dam project show.
Residents, however, say they
are sceptical the dam will be able
to fulfil its intended function.
The Myitthar River typi
cally runs dry in the summer but
floods in the wet season, said
Shwe Ko from Panan village. Its
impossible that the dam can ir
rigate 12,000 acres of farmland
given the geography of this area.
Other residents said the dams
spillway collapsed in 2006, and
its temporary dyke was breached
in 2007 and 2008 during floods.
- Translation by Zar Zar Soe

22 THE MYANMARTIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27, 2013

B u s in e s s

Bomb fallout hits touris

Hotel bomb
takes toll on
business

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THE bombing at Traders Hotel that

injured one American national has
already tarnished the Yangon staples
business, a hotel director said.
Daw Yin Mar Nyo, director of sales
and marketing at the Shangri-Laowned luxury hotel, said while the
hotel is operating as usual, there had
been a small number of cancellations
from concerned tourists.
We are still getting regular cus
tomers in check-in and check-out,
and in the restaurant as well, she
told The Myanmar Times, declin
ing to comment in detail about the
cancellations.
Due to the ongoing investigation,
Daw Yin Mar Nyo said she could not
speculate about the series of bomb
ings that rocked Yangon last week.
A few of our customers worry
about that, but the issue is in many
places at the moment, not just [at
Traders], she said.
She said the explosion that oc
curred in a 9 level hotel room is un
der investigation.
The local authorities and ShangriLa International Hotel Management
Limited, which sent additional secu
rity personnel from Hong Kong, have
both cleared, swept and secured the
building. In addition, the analysis of
the hotels CCTV footage and profiling
by the police assisted the arrest of a
suspect, she said in a later statement
emailed to The Myanmar Times.
In line with advice from our security
experts and the prevailing situation,
the hotel is supplementing its exist
ing comprehensive security surveil
lance systems and will deploy en
hanced security controls in the form
of specialised technical equipment.

AYE THIDAR KYAW

El El THU

HOTEL and tourism-reliant business

es have begun to feel the fallout from
the bombings in Yangon and across
the country last week, including one at
Traders Hotel, while others in the pri
vate sector are concerned about last
ing damage to tourism as the country
approaches the high season.
With a dozen bombs found or ex
ploded last week, several embassies
have already issued travel warnings
advising against travel to Myanmar
as the government has alluded that
some of the attacks were aimed at
foreigners.
Parkroyal Hotel marketing man
ager Ma Michelle Win said her hotel
has already experienced cancellations
and would likely see more in coming
weeks due to the high-profile bombing
at Traders Hotel.
We have experienced bombings
[in Yangon] before, but not in a hotel.
This is the first time in a hotel and we
are quite concerned.
We have attended emergency
meetings about the impact on tour
ism and we have increased [the num
ber of] security guards, checking all
guests bags. The only thing hotels can
do is to increase security she said.
Tourists [coming to Yangon] should
insist that security guards are check
ing their bags and their rooms.
Governors Residence sales coordi
nator Ma Shwe Sin also said there has
been some cancellations at the hotel.
We have had a group tour cancel,
she told The Myanmar Times. We
have had some cancellations from
people who were supposed to come in
December or even next year.
But, perhaps the most heavily im
pacted business is the high-end Trad
ers Hotel, where an American tourist
was injured by a bomb blast October

14. The blast made international head

lines and the hotel issued a statement
online to allay fears over hotel safety.
Ministry of Hotels and Tourism di
rector general Aung Zaw Win said
the explosions in hotels in Yangon and
other towns were the result of weak
nesses in CCTV security and hotel
housekeeping.
Speaking at a televised press con
ference October 15, the director gener
al said the focus of the ministry would
be ensuring the safety of the 33 hotels
in Yangon and other towns that will
be linked to the SEA Games visitors in

December.
Aung Zaw Win said the min
istry held concerns that the image
of Myanmars tourism sector would
be tarnished in the minds of foreign
visitors and that increased hotel secu
rity vigilance would be seen across the
country.
The bombings come on the cusp
of Myanmars tourism high season,
which also boasts several major festi
vals, as well as the SEA Games.
Myanmar Travel Association union
secretary Naung Naung Han said he
believedthe nations tourism industry

would be tainted by the bombings.

Due to the explosion other coun
tries think Myanmar is not safe and
secure so we will lose the kinds of op
portunities that developed in the years
when the country was viewed optimis
tically, he said. Tourists can change
their plans and visit other countries
they view as safer, he said. We need
proper management to ease concerns
about security or natural disasters
when the incidents occur. That is very
important, he said.
Phyo Wai Yaza, All Asia Exclusive
Travel Company managing director,

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said that while other ASEAN coun

tries experienced bombings, such as in
Thailands volatile south or in Indone
sia, Myanmars speedy and transpar
ent government announcements on
the situation would help to ease tour
ists worries.
The important thing is how gov
ernment and authorities handle and
investigate [the bombings], raise secu
rity precautions and make transparent
and timely announcements to the me
dia, he said.
The Myanmar Restaurant Associa
tion also held briefings for members,

PROPERTY29

investment, the ministry said.

Spokesperson Win Myint added
that trade regulations governing re
AN internationally backed export mittance services and interest rates
support program will be implement would be required.
ed next month to help reduce the
countrys trade deficit, the Ministry
of Commerce says. The program will
MILLION
follow completion this month of the
National Export Strategy Workshop
called to discuss the export deficit
Myanmar has run up over the past
two years.
Norway, Germany, Japan and Chi
na will provide financial and techni
cal assistance, said commerce minis
Value of exports thus far this year
try spokesperson Win Myint.
We know how to solve the
problems of the lack of capital and
technology in our domestic market
through the workshop, he said. We
will announce in November what the
solutions are, he said.
The deficit has occurred since
Total trade volume in the current export credits were abolished two
year is more than US$11 billion, of years ago, ending a practice by which
which exports amount to $5.4 billion, importers bought the credits, which
leaving a $500 million trade deficit, were priced 10 percent higher than
mainly because of the import of ve the US dollar value, to buy products,
hicles and construction materials for he said.
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$5.6

Buying

S e llin g

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Singapore D o lla r

K300
K780

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K785

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US D o lla r

K31
K970

K31.50
K972

Firms face financial accuracy

issues ahead of bourse launch

educating restaurateurs on correct

procedures for bomb location and re AYE THIDAR KYAW
moval inside a dining environment.
a y e th id a rkya w O g m a il.co m
We dont hold legal authority like
the police so we have been educating MYANMAR companies might not be
members on what to do in a situation ready for the scheduled launch of the
where there is a suspicious person in countrys stock exchange in 2015, of
the restaurant, Nay Lin, vice chair ficials and experts are warning. The
man of the association, told The M y lack of transparency and accounting
anmar Times.
efficiency on the part of firms wish
The governments of Australia, Brit ing to develop initial public offerings
ain, France and the United States all could contribute to the slowdown of the
issued travel alerts in the wake of the much-anticipated launch, they say.
bombings, which killed two people
Last month, officials developing the
and injured four others.
exchange said they were facing delays
All travel alerts urged vigilance, due to being unable to get a legai frame
but stopped short of advising against work up and running.
travel to the country.
Even with an operational stock ex
Outside of Yangon, other tourism change, firms are still a long way from
operators were reporting business as being able to list because they have not
usual.
been subjected to modern auditing
We are not affected in any way, practices, the full and accurate disclo
said Ma Thin Sande, marketing man sure of their finances or pressure to of
ager with Air Mandalay. The passen fer investor-oriented business planning,
gers are only worried about staying in Myanmar Securities Exchange Centre
Yangon hotels, she said, adding that executive director Soe Thein told The
the airline had not seen a drop m res Myanmar Times.
ervations or increased cancellations.
Public companies should begin of
An unattributed op-ed in the gov fering accurate financial statements
ernment-run New Light of Myanmar and to avoid [being seen as not] paying
newspaper last Thursday aimed to taxes, or tricking their auditors and fi
dispel fears.
nancial regulators, he said.
All the hotel rooms have been
He added that even with a regula
booked. The airports have been busy tory framework in place, there has been
with tourists flooding into the country little in the way of enforcement to pre
which has just woke up from a night vent illicit activity. Law enforcement is
mare to see a beautiful morning, the not effective and most public compa
op-ed read.
nies do not follow the rules and regula
The recent blasts suggested that tions, he said.
the bombers targeted tourist spots, in
During a press conference in
cluding hotels and a pagoda parking
lot in Sagaing, a town with abundant
temples, pagodas and tourist spots
near Mandalay.
The newspaper also issued a
call from police for anyone with in
formation about the bombings or
named suspects to come forward to
authorities. The tourism industry
generated about US$956 million
m the 2012-13 fiscal year, Ministry
of Hotels and Tourism statistics
showed.
- Additional reporting by Bridget
Di Certo

New trade program on way

C urren cy
Euro

September, Deputy Finance Minister

Maung Maung Thein expressed simi
lar thoughts and voiced doubt as to
whether any company had the capacity
to restructure the way it does business
in just two years.
Stock exchanges historically took
many years to set up in other coun
tries ... but weve just started and I
cant say we will complete ours in
time, he said.
Tatsuo Murao, founder of CAST
Consulting, a firm that helps Japanese
firms invest in local businesses, said in
efficient accounting and transparency
practices stemmed from a lack of skilled
professionals able to bring businesses
up an international standard.
Human resources staff equipped
with the required financial skills need
time to develop, so it would be difficult
for Myanmar to be fully prepared for
the start of the new stock exchange, he
said.
Water and soda manufacturing con
glomerate Loi Hein plans to open its
books next March to the Daiwa Insti
tute of Research, which is providing IT
support to help develop the exchange,
said the companys chairman Sai Sam
Htun.
We will face some problems and we
have to be sure of the strength of our
funding through exchange rate fluc
tuations and other issues. The bigger a
public company is, the bigger those im
pacts are, he said.
At this point, it is too early to say
whether we would be able to achieve

Sai Sam Htun. Photo: staff

listing in time for the launch, he said.

On July 31, President Thein Sein
signed the Securities Exchange Law,
which allows for the establishment and
operation of a securities regulator. Laws
that will outline how the bourse will be
regulated are still not yet in place, the
Central Bank has said.
According to media reports last
month, the managing director of the
Myanmar Securities Exchange Centre,
Shigeto Inami, said that only about
eight companies might be listed on the
exchange when it opens.
These are expected to include First
Myanmar Investment (FMI), First Pri
vate Bank and Asia Green Development
(AGD). Myanmar Citizens Bank and
Forest Products Joint Venture Corp are
currently traded over-the-counter and
are also considered to be among those
that would list.

24- Business

Protests held over proposed

hotel at Aung San speech site

THE MYANMAR TIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27, 2013

Demand for
energy will
double, ADB

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PLANS to build a new hotel in Hpaan in a historic park with links to Bogyoke Aung San are at risk following
an outbreak of public opposition.
Managing director Moe Kyaw
of Sone Ye Construction said his com
pany had received legal permission
from the Kayin State government to
develop the US$15 million hotel on
the corner of Kantharyar and Strand
roads in the Kayin State capital. He
dismissed demonstrators claims that
the site had historical significance
and should be left as a public park.
But after more than 1000 people,
including Buddhist monks, staged a
rally demanding a halt to the project,
and after a flood of petitions and
written complaints, he may be forced
to reconsider.
At the demonstration in Hpa-an
on October 6, protesters said the
site had been used by Bogyoke Aung
San to deliver a message of unity to
ethnic Kayin prior to independence.
They carried placards bearing the
message, Get Out.
Local Amyotha Hluttaw repre
sentative Saw Aung Kyaw Naing
of the Phalon-Sawaw Democratic
Party said he had raised the issue
with Thura Shwe Mann when
the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw speaker
visited Hpa-an in November 2012.
The speaker ordered the Kayin State
chief minister and the Ministry of
Home Affairs to halt the develop
ment immediately in line with the
peoples wishes.

ENERGY demand in Myanmar is ex

pected to double by 2035 as economic
progress continues, according to a re
port issued last week by the Asian De
velopment Bank.
Energy demand is expected to rise
at an annual rate of 3 percent on the
heels of a growing need for electricity
throughout the country, according to
the regional report Energy Outlook for
Asia and the Pacific.
As of 2010, energy consumption in
Myanmar per capita was among the
lowest in the region, at just 0.29 tonne
of oil equivalent (toe), compared to a
regional average of 0.92toe! The gov
ernment has stated that only about
30pc of Myanmars population has ac
cess to electricity.
While Myanmar is on the way to
developing its potential, the country
is expected to see soaring demand
for electricity, which is a fundamental
input to every modern economy, the
report states.
Of the total amount of energy con
sumed, the residential, commercial,
agricultural and fisheries industries
will see a decline from 82.9pc in 2010
to 64.6pc as energy will be utilised
elsewhere, the report states, adding
that transportation is expected to ac
count for 23.4pc of total energy con
sumption in 2035.
Income growth will boost the
countrys motorisation, which entails
fast growth of energy demand in the
transport sector at a rate of 7.5pc per
year, it continues.

IN BRIEF

Protestors at the construction site in Hpa-an hold signs that read Get out. Photo: Saw Sein Win

But Moe Kyaw of Sone Ye said

the company had already paid $8.7
million m taxes and signed a con
tract with the Hpa-an district ad
ministrative office to complete the
project within a year.
The project is being developed by
three firms. One of those is Mya Htay
Kywe Lin, a company run by the
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army
that bought a 90-year lease on the
land from the district administration

office in 2000.
The other Amyotha Hluttaw rep
resentative for Hpa-an, Mann Kan
Nyunt of the USDP, said the DKBA
company then sold shares in the
property to Yaung Ni Oo and Sone Ye
Construction as part of an agreement
to jointly develop the hotel.
He said a complaints commit
tee set by the Amyotha Hluttaw had
forwarded several letters about the
project to parliament for further

Kyauktan shrimp farmers consider quitting

Google shares soar past $1,000 on

strong earnings

MYAT NYEIN AYE

Shares of Internet search and advertis

ing titan GoogLe soared m ore than 13
percent to pass the US$1,000 m a rk for
the firs t tim e at the cLose of the w eek
a fte r a strong earnings report.
The earnings dem onstrated that
GoogLe w as smoothLy buiLding its pres
ence in the mobiLe area.

ITS hard to see where it has gone

all gone wrong: 7000 acres of prime
aquaculture farmland only 30 miles
or (48 kilometres), from the coun
trys biggest city and market, Yan
gon, but nearly half of the zones
farmers are giving up.
The zone, at Mayan Zwebar vil
lage in Kyauktan township in Yan
gon Region, includes nearly 50
farmers, but 22 say they must soon
stop working because they are not
making money.
The Myanmar Fisheries Federa
tion (MFF) says it will do what it
can to provide technology and at
tract foreign investment, said the
bodys vice president, Kyee Ngwe.
This is a good place for farming
because we can farm prawn and ma
rine fish species such as long-finned
eel [ngalin ban], giant seabass (ka
ka tit) and crab, he said. All of

Frances Dumex pledges change

afte r China bribery claims
French baby formuLa m ake r Dumex
has pLedged discipLinary action and
m anagem ent changes China a fte r
state m edia accusations surfaced
recentLy that sta ff offered heaLthcare
w o rk e rs bribes to prom ote its
products.
State teLevision reported Last
m onth that Dumex employees made
payments to doctors and nurses at
hospitals in the northern city of Tianjin
to provide Dumex formuLa to newborn
babies.

- AFP

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those species can fetch good prices

locally and internationally. But to
do so we need good infrastructure
and some capital.
Tiger prawns are selling for be
tween K15,000 and K20,000 a viss
(1.6 kilograms or 3.6 pounds), while
long-finned eel trades for about
K24,000 a viss and giant seabass
sells for about K10,000 viss.
Kyee Ngwe added that farmers
face high production and transport
MILLION

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The Kayin State government
did not respond when contacted
for comment but the companies in
volved said they would respect the
decision of the Presidents Office and
parliament.
We will stop this project if they
decide we are wrong, said Moe
Kyaw. But if they decide we are
right we will continue. It should be
by the law.

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costs, and do not have the capital

needed to improve their operations.
There are no good highway
roads and no electricity, which
makes life difficult for farmers, he
said. And farmers cannot upgrade
their farms. Only about 700 acres of
the zone can be said to have really
good production.
When farmers sell their produce
nearby they are unable to get the
best prices because the goods must
be transported to Yangon, said
Thein Kyaw Nyunt, owner of a 200acre prawn farm.
We cannot sell our products in
Yangon markets because transport
and freezing is expensive, he said.
Ice sells for K1000 a pound in Yan
gon but its K3000 here.
He said that farmers must in
stead accept lower prices, up to
K2000 a viss, and sell to traders
who transport to markets in town.
Thein Kyaw Nyunt said farmers
need to invest K500,000 an acre and

in a good year when shrimp prices

are high might earn K1 miilion an
acre. Most farms produce yields of
between 20 and 50 viss an acre.
A Myanmar Shrimp Association
spokesperson said farms that used
technoiogically advanced farm
ing techniques could significantly
increase yields but the cost of pro
duction could be 30 times higher
when the capital investment was
included.
Current plans to attract foreign
investment are based on government-to-government assistance pro
grams or direct joint ventures be
tween companies, said Kyee Ngwe.
If other countries want to assist
the ministry, we will help that pro
cess. Currently Japan, Vietnam and
Indonesia are interested in invest
ing, he said.
Han Htun, MFF executive vice
president, said an efficient prawn
farming zone in Yangon could
supply the nations needs.

Petronas to begin exploration

in Pakokku and Myaing blocks
MALAYSIAS Petronas Carigali plans to drill ex
ploration wells in January at the two onshore
blocks it acquired in a 2011 block tender, the
companys general manager, Ahmad Lutpi Haron, said last week.
The RSF-2 and -3 blocks are located in upper
Myanmar, he said.
We have already finished early exploration
and geophysical analysis and we can soon start
drilling exploration wells early next year, he
said. We might be operating the blocks by 2018.
Petronas has exported 400 million cubic feet
of natural gas through Thailands PTTEP com
pany from the Yetagun offshore block, which the

company started operating with the government

via a joint venture in 1997.
We dont know exactly how long we can ex
tract gas from the Yetagun block but we have
signed a 30-year production sharing contract,
said Petronas manager Edward Zan.
The company also won the right on Octo
ber 10 to explore for oil and gas at two onshore
blocks that were part of an 18-plot tender an
nounced in January.
But Ahmad Lutpi Haron told The Myanmar
Times on October 17, We havent received any
official letter yet. When we get one, we will sign
immediately. - Nyan Lynn Aung

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Garment
sector faces
challeges

NYAN LYNN AUNG

29.nyanLynnaungragmaiL.com

BURSTING order books and an influx

of big-name manufacturers are boost
ing the fortunes of the countrys gar
ment industry. Myanmar is attractive to
investors as wages rise in China, factory
fires taint the reputation of Bangladesh
and investors in Cambodia face political
problems.
But factory owners also face a range
of obstacles, including unreliable elec
tricity, expensive transportation and
workers demands for more pay and
rights.
The apparel boom in Myanmar be
gan when the European Union lifted
sanctions in April last year, ushering
in major European brands, including
Spains Zara, to join the Japanese and
Korean companies already established
here, said Myint Soe, chairman of the
Myanmar Garment Association. Longshuttered local firms could also reopen.
Speaking to The Myanmar Times,
Myint Soe said, Japan and Korea oc
cupy most of the market, but now the
EU is next. Major Western factories are
starting to place orders here.
According to the MGA, 283 garment
factories are operating in Myanmar, of
which 25 have opened recently, includ
ing 16 foreign direct-investment compa
nies, mostly based in Japan, Korea, the
EU, China and Singapore. Since sanc
tions were lifted, nine local companies
have been launched.
We cant take any more orders un
til March next year because our books
are full. All the garment factories have a
heavy workload, said Myint Soe.

283
N um ber of garm ent factories operating
in M yanm ar

But problems abound. Our main

challenge is labour. Skilled workers
leave to earn more money, or demand
higher wages and more rights, said Ma
Khine, a staffer at Apt Land Garment
Manufacturing.
Our garment industry faces great
opportunities said, Myint Soe. Were
getting lots of orders, but we also have
to contend with shipping bottlenecks,
bad transportation, unreliable electric
ity and port congestion. Ports are the
main obstacle. The country doesnt
have a proper port for shipping. And we
have to pay as much to transport goods
from the factory to the port as it costs to
ship from Myanmar to Singapore.

IN BRIEF
Magnate Batista sells 65pc stake
in Brazil iron port
EmbattLed BraziLian tycoon Eike Batista
says he has soLd a 65 percent stake in
an iron ore port fo r US$400 miLLion to
an Abu Dhabi fund and a Dutch firm .
a statem ent Last week, Batista's
MMX m ining company said it ceded
controL of the port, Located in Rio de
Janeiro state, to Abu Dhabi sovereign
weaLth fund MubadaLa Development Co
and to Trafigura, a Dutch com m odity
trading company.
The $400 miLLion w ill be invested
in Porto Sudeste Ltda, an iron ore port
currentLy under construction and due
to begin operations next year.

- AFP

Business 25

Rubber exports set to double

PHYO WIN
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RUBBER exports are set to soar, and

could even double within three years,
say some industry experts. Plans to
diversify the rubber market and im
prove the quality and added value of
the product are being studied follow
ing a national export strategy work
shop held from October 7 to 9.
But Myanmar is far from posing a
threat to the worlds top rubber pro
ducer, Thailand. The rubber sector has
been growing rapidly since 2005, but
still needs to improve the quality of its
product and to develop export strate
gies, said Khaing Myint, secretary
general of the Myanmar Rubber Plant
ers and ProducersAssociation.
I think production could double
by 2016. But we exported only 160,000
tonnes last year, while Thailand ex
ported 3.7 million tonnes, he said.
About 70 percent of Myanmars
rubber exports go to China, Malaysia,

160,000
Tonnes of rubber exported by
M yanm ar Last year

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Rubber trees grow on a plantation near Lamine
village in Mon state. Photo: Tin Moe Aung

Korea and Singapore, leaving only 8pc

for local use. Throughout the country
some 1,430,000 acres are devoted to
rubber, though latex production occu
pies just 520,000 acres, the association
says.
Paul Baker, chief executive of In
ternational Economics, noted that
Myanmar rubber had huge potential,
but relied too much on the Chinese

and Malaysian markets. Its product

was too low-grade and needed diver
sification.
Were looking at how we can up
grade and add value to the product.
Thailand is more diversified m terms
of both products and market, he told
The Myanmar Times.
Because of its quality, the price of
Myanmar rubber is far lower than the

world rubber price, and despite the

lifting of sanctions, Myanmar can ex
port only 20 tonnes of rubber to Eu
rope, said Khaing Myint.
The world price is US$2500 per
tonne this week, but we can get less
than $2200. We export RSS1, RSS3,
RSS5, MSR20 and MSR50 grades of
rubber, mostly RSS3 and MSR20,
he said.

26 Business

E-shopping slowly taking hold

THE MYANMARTIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27, 2013

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ONLINE retailing is beginning to

take hold of young consumers in My
anmar thanks to a growing awareness
of social networking websites as well
as a growing taste for the finer things.
For 20-year-old student Ma
Thandar Hlaing, shopping online is
the cheapest and best way to get cut
ting edge goods.
I started using online shopping
websites last year, she said. I always
buy shoes, bags and accessories from
shopping websites. I like shopping
online because I can get the newest
items and imports.
E-commerce cuts the overhead
costs of traditional shops but comes
with its own challenges, including
low internet penetration, an unso
phisticated payments system and
high Yangon delivery cost, shop own
ers say.
Although online retailing has be
come big business in many markets
around the world, domestic online
shop owners said internet-based
commerce is still in its infancy in My
anmar and most run the business on
a part-time basis.
People can purchase anything
they want after reading the descrip
tions by simply clicking, said Pyae

People can purchase

anything they want
after reading the
descriptions by
simply clicking.
Pyae Phyoe
O w ner o f Yangon OnLine s to re

Online shopping on social media websites such as Facebook is becoming popular among Myanmars growing population
of internet users. Photo: Ko Taik

Phyoe, the owner of Yangon Online

Store, which operates through its
stand-alone website.
But Myanmar people do not have
much experience with online shop
ping, and continue visiting stores.
Kyaw Aye Naing, owner of Shwe
99 online store, said e-commerce
spending habits tend to match those
in the real world and increase mark
edly around major holidays such as
Christmas and Thadingyut
Daw Myint Myint Wai, owner of

HSalientEprovisions
B B Iof theH
The Fine Print

telecommunications law

ALESSIO POLASTRIAND
KARINA PENG
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WITH the promulgation of the Telecom

munications Law of October 8, 2013,
Myanmar is seeing through its plan for
wider economic development through
the liberalisation of its telecommunica
tions sector. The Telecommunications
Law provides a broad-based framework
governing the conduct of telecommunications-related activities in Myanmar.
This article looks at several salient pro
visions of the Telecommunications Law.

Licence categories

No entity shall be permitted to provide,

network facilities or network ser
vices in Myanmar unless a licence has
been obtained from the Union Ministry
of Communications and Information
Technology (MCIT). Network facilities
means any element or combination of
such elements of infrastructure, used
for the provision of network services
Network services means services per
taining to the transmittal of informa

Sin Min Pasoe Myanmar, said she

opened the store in 2011 after witness
ing growing public interest. The site
initially focused on selling longyis but
expanded into goods aimed at young
people after a number of customer re
quests, she added.
Many customers are between 15
and 25 years old, so I began selling
the accessories that these customers
want to buy, she said.
Customers looking to purchase
clothes over the internet can browse

Japanese firms pay $1.5B in

Clash of Clansgame swoop
HELSINKI

TWO Japanese companies have bought

tion by any means of communication control of Finnish computer game
maker Supercell for 1.1 billion euros
Obligations of licensees
(US$1.5 billion), the Helsinki-based
Apart from compliance with applicable firm said on its website last week.
laws, procedures and conditions upon
The Japanese investors SoftBank
which a licence has been granted, the and GungHo have bought 51 percent of
licensee shall be obliged, among other Supercell, known for its game Clash of
things to (a) comply with the radio fre Clans.
quency spectrum plan approved under
The transaction, which one source
the Telecommunications Law; (b) apply said doubled the value of Finlands
for a licence/permission to provide ad game industry overnight, is aimed at
ditional services or to cooperate with exploiting synergies that can help both
other licensees; and (c) abide by MCITs sides expand globally.
instructions for network suspensions.
This new partnership will acceler
ate Supercell towards our goal of being
Spectrum and interconnection
the first truly global games company
MCIT shall determine a national fre the companys chief executive Ilkka
quency spectrum plan and shall pre Paananen said in a statement announc
scribe rules and regulations on matters ing the sale.
concerning access to and interconnec
The objective is for Supercell to have
tion of network facilities.
a strong foothold in both the West and
the East, including Japan, South Korea
Disputes settlement
and China, he said, suggesting the com
The Telecommunications Law provides pany could become a new Nintendo.
for a disputes settlement mechanism
by which licensees may refer disputes
arising from the operation or the provi
sion of telecommunications services or
network facilities or services to MCIT. A
right of appeal against MCITs decision
to a tribunal to be formed at the Union
government level is also provided.

80%

A lessio Polastri, M anaging Partner and

Karina Peng, Partner, Polastri W int &
Partners.

through photos of items on websites

or Facebook pages. After placing an
order via email or phone call, the store
owner will then send a courier to the
customers door to collect payment.
If the goods must be imported it
can take two more weeks for it to be
delivered, although some stores keep
inventory on hand in Myanmar and
can deliver faster.
Although it costs significantly less
to open and operate an online shop,
owners said a number of barriers pre

vent further expansion.

Daw Myint Myint Wai said deliv
eries are slow and expensive given
the heavy traffic in Yangon, which is
home to the majority of the countrys
online shops.
Payments also present a chal
lenge with online transfers rare,
inefficient and deemed unreliable.
As a result, shops rely on the same
person-to-person method used to de
liver goods.
However, there are hopes that
electronic payments will improve in
future.
Co-operative Bank media and
marketing manager Thein Myint
said online shopping is slowly catch
ing on, adding that customers can
make payments through the bank
with MasterCard and Visa.
Kyaw Aye Naing added another
issue, although one that is common
everywhere: Customers often com
plain that the products they receive
do not match the descriptions online,
despite the firms attempts to explain
details clearly.
I prefer traditional shops because
I can see and touch the things I want
to buy, said 20-year-old Ko Ye Min
Htut.
Traditional shop owners say the
marketplace is changing in Myanmar.
Pinky Fashion shop m busy Mingalar
Market has contemplated offering
online sales to complement its tra
ditional street-front operations, said
manager Ma Nilar.
So far it seems too expensive to
create an online presence due to de
livery costs, difficulty making pay
ments and ensuring that products
meet customers demands, she said.
However, if these barriers are ad
dressed, Ma Nilar said it is likely the
firm will move at least partly online.
If online shopping keeps on de
veloping, I will use online shopping
as my secondary business, but its a
ways away from becoming my main
business.

SoftBank's side of the financing for the

new SuperceLL investment

over the globe, he added.

While Supercell, a relatively new
start-up from 2010, aims to expand into
new Asian markets, its new investors
see an opportunity to grow globally.
In our quest to become the no. 1
mobile Internet company, we scour the
globe in search of interesting opportu
nities and right now some of the most
exciting companies and innovations
are coming out of Finland, said the
founder of SoftBank, Masayoshi Son, in
a statement.
SoftBank said it provided 80pc of
the financing for the investment and
GungHo the rest.
The deal follows SoftBanks move
earlier this year to secure a controlling
stake in number three us mobile car
rier Sprint. - AFP
Finnish game company Supercell CEO
and founder Ilkka Paananen poses for
a photographer at the companys head
office in Helsinki. Photo: AFP

We want [people to] look back in

30 years and talk about all the great
games that we developed and the im
pact they had on peoples lives, the
same way I personally feel about Nin
tendo, for example, he said.
The Japanese investment provides
a massive selection of strategic re
sources which will help Supercell with
the distribution of its games to hun
dreds of millions of new consumers all

IN BRIEF
Chinese Lenovo m ulls buying
BlackBerry: report shows
Chinese com puter and phone m aker
Lenovo is considering a counter bid to
buy aLL of Canadian sm artphone m anu
fa ctu re r BLackBerry, the WaLL Street
JournaL reported Last week.
The newspaper, citing unnamed
sources d o s e to the matter, said that
Lenovo had signed a confidentiaLity
agreem ent to access BLackBerry's
accounts. - AFP

Business 27

www.mmtimes.com

Burberry
CEO resigns,
joins Apple
BRITISH luxury fashion group Bur
berry said on October 15 that its longserving chief executive Angela Ahrendts
will step down next year to take up a
newly created position with Apple.
Burberrys chief creative officer
Christopher Bailey will take over from
the 53-year-old us national, adding
chief executive to his title, the company
said in a statement to the London Stock
Exchange.

Shares fall for Louis Vuitton

PARIS

A women peers into a Louis Vuitton

outlet in Paris. Photo: AFP

FRENCH luxury goods giant

LVMH fought off a plunge in its
shares last week, reassuring that
Chinese consumers were still hun
gry for goods from the key Louis
British luxury fashion group Burberry
Vuitton part of the business where
last week said its chief executive
sales flagged.
officer Angela Ahrendts will step down
The pnce of shares in the global
to take up a new position with Apple.
group was showing a fall of 6.42
Photo: AFP
percent in an overall French market
down 0.7pc.
Burberrys share price slumped 6
Analysts at Bank of America-Merpercent at the open in reaction to the rill Lynch lowered their investment
surprise announcement. It later stood
down 4.23pc on Londons FTSE 100 in
dex, which was 0.65pc higher.
Apple said Ms Ahrendts would over
see the strategic direction, expansion
and operation of its retail and online
stores.
I am thrilled that Angela will be
joining our team, said Apple chief ex
ecutive Tim Cook.
She shares our values and our fo
cus on innovation, and she places the
same strong emphasis as we do on the
customer experience. She has shown
herself to be an extraordinary leader
throughout her career and has a proven
track record.
Ms Ahrendts will have been chief ex
ecutive of Burberry for about eight years
by the time of her departure in 2014.
The London-listed firm, famous
for its trademark red, camel and black
check design on clothes and handbags,
has undei^one huge expansion into
emerging markets m th Ms Ahrendts at
the helm!
Mr Bailey, who has been at Burb
erry since 2001 and chief creative of
ficer for the past six years, said he was
profoundly moved and humbled to be
asked to take on the CEO role
Burberry chairman John Peace de
scribed the appointment as a natural
progression
Separately last week, Burberry re
ported sales of 1.03 billion (US$1.65
billion) in the groups first half, up 14pc
compared with the six months through
to the end of September 2012.
-AFP

IN BRIEF
International tribunal prevents
Laos from seizing property
M em bers of an in ternational a rb itra l
trib u n a l have ordered the govern
m ent of Laos not to seize assets
o r take o th er adverse actions that
w ould aggravate a dispute between
Netherlands-based Lao Holdings, NV
and Laos, pending resolution of that
dispute.
The award of provisional measures
against Laos prevents the Lao govern
m ent from seizing a resort hotel and
casino in Savannakhet, Savan Vegas;
from fu rth e r interfering w ith the busi
ness operations of Lao Holdings; and
from im plem enting a new, confiscatory
80 percent tax on gross casino revenue.

-AFP

&

recommendation for the shares last

week.
At brokers Aurel BGC, analyst
David Da Maia said: The setback
for Louis Vuitton in the third quarter
is likely to weigh on all luxury com
pany shares.
LVMH also said that currency
factors did play a role in the per
formance of sales by the high-end
clothes maker.
The Louis Vuitton range of prod
ucts again lagged those of the fash

ion and leatherware brands.

Louis Vuitton accounts for more
than 70pc of annual sales of the fash
ion and leatherware division which
also includes the brands of Celine,
Givenchy, Fendi and Kenzo. Vuitton
is the main profit driver of the entire
LVMH group.
It turned in sales estimated to to
tal 7.3 billion euros (US$9.9 billion)
last year but since then has had dif
ficulty in generating growth.
-AFP

Yahoo
holds onto
Alibaba

SAN FRANCISCO

YAHOO last week took attention off a

lackluster quarterly report with word
that it plans to hold onto a larger
chunk than originally planned of Chi
nese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba.
The California-based internet pio
neer that has been struggling for years
to reinvent itself after withering in
Google shadow said that its profit in
the recently-ended quarter slipped
from the same period a year ago, when
its coffers were swelledby the sale of
shares in Chinas Alibaba.
Yahoo reported earnings of
US$297 million on revenue of $1.139
billion in the quarter that ended Sep
tember 30. The profit was a steep
drop from what was posted in the
same period last year, when Yahoo
sold part of its stake in the Chinese
e-commerce giant.
Im very pleased with our execu
tion, especially as weve continued to
invest in and strengthen our core busi
ness, said Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer.
Now with more than 800 million
monthly users on Yahoo - up 20 per
cent over the past 15 months - were
achieving meaningful increases in
user engagement and traffic.
-AFP

28 THE MYANMARTIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27, 2013

Property
Job watch
Department
for International
Development
Job Vacancy
The Departm ent for International Development (DFID) is
currently looking to recruit 02 (two) highly m otivated and
energetic individuals to join our team as Programme

O fficers.
DFID is based at the British Embassy, Yangon.
For more inform ation and details on how to apply, please
visit the link below:

https://w w w .ao v.u k/a ove rnm e nt/w orld /o raa nisa tion s/
british-em bassv-ranaoon/about/recruitm ent
Deadline for submission o f applications will be on 25
O ctober 2013.

Save th e C h ild re n
Save the Children is one o f the two designated Principal
Recipients (PR) for M yanm ars three successful Round 9
Global Fund (GFATM ) proposals in HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis
and Malaria. Save the Children is seeking to recruit the
Procurem ent & S upply Management (PSM) O fficer for
GFATM (PR).
Sum mary o f Key Tasks
Conduct local procurem ent activities
Review shipping docum ents and prepare necessary
docum ents for receiving cargo
Keep update procurem ent filing system and send weekly
report
Develop and foster relationships with partners and
suppliers

Detailed jo b de scrip tions fo r th is position w ill be

available at the Save the C hildren office or
w w w .them im u.info/jobs/index.php.
Interested and qualified candidates are requested to send
an Application Letter, Curriculum Vitae and Clearance o f
Criminal Record to:
Human Resources Department, Save the Children,
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N Korea gets
new Kaesong
venture

SEOUL

Deal involves partnership with

foreign investors for new hightech industrial zone
NORTH Korea has agreed with an international con
sortium to develop a new high-tech district in Kae
song, close to the newly reopened industrial zone it
operates with the South, state media said last week.
The jointly run Kaesong industrial zone was shut
in April amid high cross-border tensions. Seoul and
Pyongyang agreed last month to reopen the park, but
relations have since soured again.
The Norths announcement of a new international
deal came after South Korea said October 14 it had
postponed a planned investment road show aimed at
drumming up foreign interest in Kaesong.
Seoul said the move reflected a recent downturn
in relations and slow progress at talks aimed at re
suming full operations at the complex.
Pyongyangs Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)
said the North had reached an agreement on build
ing a high-tech development district in Kaesong
with a consortium of East Asian and Middle Eastern
companies including Singapores Jurong Consultants
and OKP Holdings, and Hong Kongs P&T Architects
& Engineers Ltd.
They will soon enter the implementation phase
of the project, it said, adding that the consortium
also agreed to enter a joint venture with the North
to build a highway linking Pyongyangs airport to the
city.
South Koreas Unification Ministry spokesman
said it had no official comment, but stressed the pro
ject had nothing to do with the existing Kaesong
zone.
The firms named by KCNA were also tight-lipped
about their participation.
OKP Holdings said its involvement was in the
preliminary stages, while Jurong and P&T both de
clined to comment. -AFP

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THE house was perfect.

Artfully revamped, the colonial
villa emerged from lilting greenery on
the large estate. The rent was high about US$2500 per month - and the
landlord was happy to make a quick
deal provided he was paid 12 months
rent up-front.
But something was not right with
this guy, said Robin Saw Naing,
managing director of Pronto Services
real estate agency. So I had my legal
adviser examine the ownership title,
and it was fake. Its not his property but
his friends who is not in the country
While rental scams like this are
rare, middlemen soliciting rental
properties are not unheard of,
Robin Saw Naing told The Myanmar
Times. He stressed that tenants must
ensure they are dealing with the ac
tual landlord during negotiations, as
often when landlords live overseas it
can be hard to resolve problems.
Yangon expat Eileen Lui learned
this lesson the hard way.
When the rainy season started, the
apartment leaked everywhere. Ceiling,
walls, windows ... It was a nightmare,
Ms Lui said. I literally had to clean up
flooding in the apartment.
Ms Lui had signed a standard rent
al contract with her landlords, who
lived overseas.
They kept saying they were not in
the country and [could not help]. They
passed us over to a contractor who we
found out later was just a friend help
ing the landlord, she said. It was veiy
difficult getting anything done.
Not all agents are necessarily on
the side of the tenants, warned Moe
Lwin, senior consultant at Moe & Tun

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Examining the lease with a trusted set of eyes

Associates.
Devious brokers are out to cream
you, and landlords who dont appreci
ate complaints about dirt, breakages
and rats are just some of the prob
lems foreigners face while renting in
Yangon, the lawyer told The Myanmar
Tiines via email
Choosing a broker you trust is im
portant when things go south Moe
Lwin said. Look at 10-plus sites be
fore you decide. You will gain experi
ence and start noticing patterns - and

Urbanisation
BILL
0T00LE
b o to o le l 2 0 g m a il.c o m

A DELEGATION from the United Na

tions Human Settlements Programme
wrapped up its visit to Yangon and
Nay Pyi Taw last week with a vow to
assist the government as it grapples
with the problems and opportuni
ties afforded by the nations rapid
urbanisation.
Joan Clos, the executive director of
UN-HABITAT, spent most of the week
in Nay Pyi Yaw meeting members of

The one law of

urbanisation is you
need to be patient,
not to expect
miracles in a short
period of time.
Joan Clos
Executive d irecto r, UN-HABITAT

BUSINESS EDITOR: Philip Heijmans I pheijmans130gmail com

70% construction
increase in Israeli
territories
PROPERTY 30

29

Plane crash in Laos

kills 49

Property bounces
back in Dubai

WORLD 34

PROPERTY 30

e: What you need to know

landlords, it is essential for you to cover your bases when it comes time to sign a new lease on an apartment or house
no responsibility for problems later.
Given the unsophisticated state of
the residential rental market in Yan
gon and other major cities, there are
no official channels for dispute resolu
tion and the matter often falls to the
intervention of a diplomatic real es
tate agent.
In transactions between local land
lords and local renters, the landlords
care for the apartment is negligible
and they dont always follow the rental
agreement. Renters are responsible for
[upkeep], said Robin Saw Naing.
Despite this custom, landlords are
slowly modernising their approach to
rental arrangements.
Ample negotiation and discussion
of rental terms between a lessor and a
lessee can ward off much trivial wran
gling over responsibilities down the
line, he added.
Foreigners may want to include
an early termination-of-lease clause
that provides for the transfer of the
remaining rental period and/or the
refund of rent already paid. This is
particularly important for foreigners,
who cannot stay here forever, said
Robin Saw Naing.
In 2008, renters discovered a
will help protect you from possible scams. Photo: staff

beware of [agents or brokers] who

dont speak much English.
Standard rental agreements are
loaded against foreign tenants, Moe
Lwin said.
Under the standard contract the
tenant is fully and absolutely respon
sible for all repairs, which must be
an exact replica of anything broken
or damaged, the lawyer said.
Normally you can buy [a contract]
at a local photocopy shop and fill in
the blanks and you are good to go.

[But] some sorry, poor, street-mouse

lawyer probably 'wrote it up for a cup
of tea and now its used throughout
[the country].
Robin Saw Naing agreed the
choice of agent and contract could
make a sweeping difference in a for
eigners rental experience.
Its very important for a foreigner
to choose an agency that is a registered
company [for renting an apartment].
My advice is to not choose a broker
from the street corner as they will take

on UN-HABITAT agenda

critical and often overlooked rental

term. When Cyclone Nargis wreaked
havoc on the country, renters found
themselves stranded in unlivable
properties with landlords unwilling to
begin repair work or refund advance
rental payments.
It must be in the contract that in
the event of natural disasters, it is the
owners responsibility to repair imme
diately - just like with wear and tear,
he said.
Sky Bridge Real Estates Ko
Thurane Win agreed that as Myan
mar continued reforming, logistics for
residential renting would continue to
streamline, including the process for
foreigners registering with the local
authorities.
You need to register as a foreigner,
but the landlord as well as the agent
themselves would register for you as a
duty of real estate policy, Ko Thurane
Win said adding that he expected reg
ulation of foreign visitors accommo
dation in Yangon to be relaxed. There
are not too many disputes between
tenants and landlords. The main dif
ferences occur when the rent goes up
by lOpc or 15pc from one year to the
next.

Devious brokers are out to cream you, and

landlords who dont appreciate complaints
about dirt, breakages and rats are just
some of the problems foreigners face while
renting in Yangon.
Moe Lwin
S e n io r c o n su lta n t, Moe & Tun A sso cia te s

Upgrades
forpublic
housing
KYAEMONEWIN
kyaym o n e w in ra gm a il.co m

A SIXTY-YEAR OLD public housing

project is to be redeveloped in a joint
project by government and developers,
and the homes rented out to civil serv
ants.
The Department of Human Settle
ments and Housing Development in
Mandalay Region has announced that
work will begin next month to upgrade
the citys Sate Ta Ya Mahi complex.
Once redevelopment is complete,
we will let the rooms at a fixed rent to
the civil servants already living in the
apartments. The government will keep
it as public rental housing and has no
plans to sell, said the spokesperson.
The redevelopment will feature el
evators and an underground car park.
The housing official told The My
anmar Times that the complex will be
completely rebuilt within one year, and
the entire redevelopment is projected to
be finished within two years. Demolition
will start on November 1 and soil studies
will be conducted on November 25.
The Sate Ta Ya Mahi redevelopment
project drew 13 bidders, including pub
lic developers. Myanmar Mandalay,
United Pacific, New Innovation, New
Starlight and MGW won the govern
ment auction.
This redevelopment project in
cludes six condo buildings, five eightstorey public residential buildings and
one commercial five-storey building.
The rooms will be shared 48 percent
to private companies and 52pc to the
housing department. This will be first
condo project for MandalayT said
Than Win of Myanma Mandalay Com
pany. - Translation by Zar Zar Soe

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UN-HABITAT director Joan Clos speaks in Yangon last week. Photo: staff

several government ministries, in

cluding the ministries of forestry and
construction, although he said no
specific initiatives were discussed.
He did, however, advise on inter
im policy changes that could provide
some relief in overcrowded Yangon,
including limiting the number of ve
hicles on its roads as well as quickly
expanding the number of residential
homes in order to accommodate a
rapidly increasing population.
The infrastructure cant cope
with the elevated population of this
city. We need to try to see the possi
bility of the government planning the

expansion of the city, he said.

While quick-fix policies do exist to
alleviate the city from the pressures
that come with a growing economy,
he said that long term growth would
take more time.
The one law of urbanisation is
you need to be patient, not to expect
miracles in a short period of time.
UN-HABITAT has been active in
Myanmar since the early 1990s, and
continues to run dozens of small pro
jects in rural Chin, Shan and Kachin
states, mainly focused on smallscale infrastructure and disaster risk
reduction.

Contact

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Phone

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THE MYANMAR TIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27, 2013

70%rise in
construction
in disputed
territories

JERUSALEM

New settlement construction starts rose

by 70 percent in the first half of 2013
compared with a year earlier, an Israeli
NGO said last week, describing the in
crease as drastic
According to figures released by
Peace Now, the construction of 1708
new homes in the West Bank and east
Jerusalem began between January and
June 2013, compared with 995 in the
same period last year.

86%

Proportion of new developments being

carried out w ithout tenders

Billing the figures as a drastic rise

Peace Now said 44pc of the new con
struction had taken place east of Isra
els vast separation barrier which cuts
through the West Bank, and 32pc fell to
the east of it.
And 86pc of the new construction
was carried out in areas where tenders
were not required, it said, meaning it
did not technically flout the quiet freeze
on tenders Israel reportedly agreed to
this year as Washington pushed for a
resumption of direct peace talks. -AFP

INPICTURES

Chinese firm in $1.2

British airport deal

BEIJING

CHINESE construction giant Beijing

Construction Engineering Group
(BCEG) has signed a deal with Brit
ish firms to develop a business dis
trict around Manchester airport, the
companies involved in the project
announced on October 13.
The development of Britainsthird busiest airport - described as
one of the largest construction pro
jects in the United Kingdom since
the 2012 London Olympics - will cost
800 million (US$1.27 billion).
MAG, the operator of Manchester
airport; GMPF, a pension fund; and
the British construction group Carillion will work alongside BCEG in the
joint project, a statement released by
the companies said.
A breakdown of each companys
investment in the business district,
dubbed Airport City; was not given
in the statement.
British finance minister George
Osborne, who is currently on a trip
to China hoping to boost trade ties
between the two nations, wrote on
his verified Twitter account that the
development is one of the largest
in Britain since the Olympics, and
would eventually create 16,000 jobs
for the region.
The deal comes at a time when
Britain is seeking to bolster trade

$100
BILLION

Expected bilateral trade between

Britain and China by 2015

with China, with both nations agree

ing in 2010 to double their trade to
$100 billion by 2015.
London Mayor Boris Johnson
was also in Beijing Sunday in what
Chinese state media said was a
campaign to lure Chinese sovereign
funds, banks and developers to fund
an overhaul of the British capital in
the years to come
Our mayors interest is about
new infrastructure, a member of
the delegation was quoted by state
news agency Xinhua as saying. The
mayor identified 33 areas across the
city where we will be intensifying the
density of [housing] and putting in
new infrastructure.
Kit Malthouse, the London dep
uty mayor for business, told Xinhua
that London officials were hoping
to attract lots and lots of capital
to help the city deal with population
growth.
Chinese investment in Britain
rose to $4 billion in 2012, up 80
percent from a year ago, Xinhua
reported.
Deals such as that struck over
Manchesters Airport City are seen as
an extension of the memorandum
of understanding between China
and the UK where we have been
looking to further explore joint in
frastructure opportunities for some
time, Xing Yan, managing director
of BCEG, said in the statement an
nouncing the agreement.
Charlie Cornish, chief executive
of MAG, added, The inclusion of
BCEG is significant because as a
Group, we have been keen to forge
greater links with the Far East
and this gives us an opportunity
to strengthen vital business links
with China.

Workers load bricks onto a truck at a factory on the outskirts of Yangon on October
13. Sales prices have doubled or even trebled over the past two years in some
neighbourhoods and developers are scrambling to build new properties.
Photo: AFP

Property bounces back

in Dubai, fears remain

DUBAI

THE property sector in Dubai is making

a strong comeback five years after pric
es in the emirate nosedived, but a surge
in demand and bouncing prices have
triggered calls to remember the crisis.
Scale models of grandiose develop
ments rolled out at the three-day Cityscape property show, which ended last
week, showed the renewed confidence
in a market that shed around half of its
value.
But Ali Lootah, chairman of Nakheel, the giant developer behind a
clutch of landmark projects in the Gulf
emirate including its famous palm
shaped man-made islands, was bullish.
Dubai is booming again, he said.
He was speaking as Nakheel
launched a new seafront development
on reclaimed land, along with a handful
of residential projects.
We have a lot of people moving to
Dubai. Dubai is back in business, and
Im not really worried about specula
tions, he said.
Speculation on the market pushed

We have a lot of
people moving to
Dubai. Dubai is back
in business, and Im
not really worried
about speculations.
Ali Lootah
C h a irm a n o f N a kh e e l

Visitors look at one of the many models of development projects showcased

at the annual Cityscape Global show on October 8, which showed the renewed
confidence in a market that shed around half of its value in the Gulf emirates of
Dubai. Photo: AFP

property prices to record highs before

sending them tumbling during the
global financial crisis.
Dubais property market grew rap
idly during the five years before the
crash as the sector became a magnet for
foreign investors.
But foreign financing dried up when
the global financial crisis hit the sector,
just as it struck the heavily indebted
government-related companies, while
the economy contracted in 2009 and
2010.
Dubai has weathered the debt crisis,
leaning on its robust trade, tourism and
transport sectors, although the citystate still carries a large burden of debt

exceeding US$100 billion.

Its economy grew 3.7 percent in 2011
and 4.4pc in 2012, and is expected to ex
pand by 4.1pc this year.
Some residential property has
bounced by about 20pc, said Alan Rob
ertson, chief executive officer for the
Middle East-North Africa region at
Jones Lang LaSalle property consul
tancy.
We think prices will continue to
grow quite quickly over the next 12
months, but over the next 24 months
we will see the rate of growth slow
down, he told AFP, adding that prices
were still 20 to 30pc below their 2008
peak. - AFP

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Toxic bomb
ticks on
Maldives isle

DESCENDING by plane into the Mal

dives offers a panoramic view of azure
seas and coral-fringed islands, but as
the tarmac nears, billowing smoke in
the middle distance reveals an envi
ronmental calamity.
Thilafushi Island, a half-hour
boat trip from the capital, is sur
rounded by the same crystal clear
waters and white sand that have
made the Indian Ocean archipelago
a honeymoon destination for the
rich and famous.
But no holidaymaker sets foot here
and none could imagine from their
plane seats that the rising smoke is
the waste from residents and previous
visitors being set alight by men like
40-year-old Fusin.
A migrant from Bangladesh, he is
one of several dozen employees on
Rubbish Island - the biggest waste
dump in the country where hes paid
US$350 a month for 12-hour shifts,
seven days a week.
With no safety equipment bar a
pair of steel-capped boots, he clambers
over a stinking mountain of garbage,
eyes streaming and voice choked af
ter four years exposure to thick, toxic
fumes.
Beneath his feet lie the discards of
the cramped capital Male and the lo

cal tourism industry that has helped

turn the collection of more than 1000
islands into the wealthiest country in
South Asia.
Bottles of beer - illegal for local
Muslims but ubiquitous on tourists
islands - lie scorched next to piles
of half-burnt hotel forms requesting
speed boat transfers.
A discarded plastic diving mask
lies in a heap of packets of juice, plas
tic bags and rotting vegetables that
awaits Fusins attention.
Before we used to separate card
board and glass, but now the company
is not so strong, says site manager
Islam Uddin, a friendly man who has
worked here for 16 years.
He complains of neglect from suc
cessive governments and laments that
a privatisation deal signed in 2008
with a German-Indian waste manage
ment company has stalled as a result
of local political upheaval.
Only plastic bottles, engine oil, met
als and paper are collected, with the
waste sent by boat to India, forming
the biggest export from the Maldives
to its giant neighbour to the northeast.
All of the rest, including electronics
that escape the attention of hundreds
of human scavengers and batteries, go
up in flames - with no sign of the high-

tech incinerators promised as part of

the privatisation deal.
The batteries contain lead. There
are products with mercury in them.
All of these can easily get into the
food chain, says Ali Rilwan, an envi
ronmentalist with local organisation
Bluepeace Maldives.
Unlike landfill, this is the ocean
they are filling.
As he speaks, waves lap at the edge
of the dump which has been expand
ing steadily into the sea since 1993 and
upwards - forming one of the highest
points in the whole country, 80 per
cent of which is less than one metre

above sea level.

He cites government figures show
ing visitors to the Maldives created on
average 7.2 kilograms of waste per day,
compared with 2.8 kg for residents of
Male, which make up a third of the
350,000-strong population.
Tourists, at nearly a million last
year, outnumber locals by a ratio of
about three-to-one.
Local authorities plan to stop the
toxic open burning on the island and
the private operator of the site, finally
set to start work after a five-year delay,
will build an incinerator.
Better waste management in the

capital Male through door-to-door col

lection and recycling will also help to
reduce environmental damage, says
a city councillor from the capital,
Ahmed Kareem.
The project that is going ahead
will monitor air pollution and also the
sea pollution near Thilafushi Island
and so no further expansion by waste
will be done for Thilafushi, Mr. Ka
reem told AFP.
The Maldives Association of Tour
ism Industry declined repeated inter
view requests from AFP seeking com
ment on efforts of resorts to reduce
their environmental impact. -AFP

Kenya to microchip all

rhinos to stop poachers
NAIROBI

This new picture from the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at

ESOs Paranal Observatory released on October 14, 2013,
shows the remarkable super Star cluster Westerlund 1
(esol034). This exceptionally bright cluster lies about 16,000
light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Ara
(The Altar). The biggest known Star in the cosmos is in its
death throes and will eventually explode, astronomers said on
October 16, 2013. Photo: AFP

Private browsing: Redlink to expand

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INTERNET provider Redlink says it

has big plans to expand its business as
soon as the laws allow private compa
nies to offer online access independ
ent of state-run Yadanarpon Teleport.
Now, Redlink Company is giv
ing service [in a joint venture] with
Yadanarpon Teleport, said Thein
Than Toe, the companys vice chair
man and co-founder in a workshop at
October 4.

He said, We will expand our cur

rent service, and we will try to get an
ISP [Internet Service Provider] licence
at the same time.
Once granted an ISP licence,
Redlink said, it will build more tow
ers in the three cities it already
services -Yangon, Mandalay and
Bagan.The company plans to have over
50 towers total by the end of 2013, said
Myo Myint Nyunt, assistant general
manager of sale's and marketing.
Myo Myin Nyunt said the extra
towers will help bring better signals in

crowded urban spaces where signals

are often blocked by buildings.
After we have got an ISP license
and the law [allowing private internet
providers] has been enacted, we will
offer Wi-Fi service in public areas such
as parks, shopping centres, Yangon
University, the University of Foreign
Languages, the University of Medicine
... the railway station and the airport,
Myo Myint Nyunt said.
Redlink also announced plans to
expand its service to other cities in
the future.

KENYA will place microchips in the

hom of every rhino in the country in
a bid to stamp out a surge in poaching
the threatened animals^ wildlife offi
cials said Wednesday.
Poachers are getting more sophis
ticated in their approach, Paul Udoto,
spokesman for the Kenya Wildlife Ser
vice (KWS), told AFP.
So it is vital that conservation ef
forts also follow and embrace the use
of more sophisticated technology to
counter the killing of wildlife.
Kenya has just over 1000 rhino, and
the tiny chips will be inserted and hid
den in the horn, which is made of kera
tin, the same material as fingernails or
hardened hair.
The World Wildlife Fund donated
the chips as well as five scanners at a

cost of US$15,000 (11,000 euros), al

though tracking the rhino to dart them
and fit the device will cost considerably
more.
However, it will boost the ability of
police to prosecute poachers or traf
fickers, allowing for all animals to be
traced and providing potential vital in
formation on poaching and smuggling
chains.
Investigators will be able to link
any poaching case to a recovered or
confiscated hom, and this forms crucial
evidence in court, contributing towards
the prosecutions ability to push for
sentencing of a suspected rhino crimi
nal, KWS said in a statement.
Poaching has risen sharply in Africa
in recent years. Elephants and other
large mamlmels are also targeted.-AFP

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W O R L D ED ITO R: B rid g e t Di C e rto I b r id g e t.d ic e r to 0 gm a iL c o m

17 bodies found after

Rebels kill top officer, Syria

says peace talks possible

PAKSE

WAR-TORN Syria says peace talks

could be possible next month amid
international efforts to push for a con
ference in Geneva as a top military in
telligence officer was killed in clashes
with rebels.
Syrian state television announced
on Thursday that Major General
Jamaa Jamma was martyred while
carrying out his national duties to de
fend Syria and its people and pursuing
terrorists in Deir Ezzor
Mr Jamaa was in charge of military
intelligence in the eastern province,
where jihadist forums said he was
killed in clashes with radical Islamist
fighters.
The peace process will get a re
newed push from us Secretary of
State John Kerry, who will travel to
London next week for a meeting of the
core countries making up the Friends
of Syria, the State Department said.
We are trying to move the process
forward. Ill have meetings next Tues
day in London with the support group
of the [Syrian] opposition, Mr Kerry
said.
Were working towards this Gene
va conference, not that we know what
the outcome is, he said in an us radio
interview.
In Moscow, Syrian Deputy Prime
Minister Q&dri Jamil said a proposed
peace conference in Geneva could take
place November 23-24, saying, We are
closer than ever to holding the Geneva 2.
Both the Russian foreign ministry
and the United Nations said the date
of the conference would be decided by
UN chief Ban Ki-moon.
When it is time for an announce
ment, the secretary general will make
one, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky
told reporters in New York.
And I would remind you and eve
rybody that it is the secretary general
who will be convening the conference
and it will be the secretary general who
invites the different parties to attend.
Russia and Western nations have
been pushing since May for new talks
between the Syrian regime and re
bels on a negotiated solution to the
conflict, which has killed more than
115,000 people since March 2011.

LAOS on Friday said rescuers had re

covered at least 17 bodies after a plane
plunged into the Mekong River in the
countrys worst ever air disaster, with
one corpse found miles downstream
from the crash site.
All those on board the plane died
when the Lao Airlines turboprop ATR72 went down in stormy weather on
Wednesday, September 16.
Of the 49 passengers and crew,
more than half of them were foreign
ers from nearly a dozen countries.
Volunteers searched the river on
boats of all sizes, mustered for the
grim task of plucking the dead from
the turbulent waters and its muddy
banks.
The aircraft sank to the bottom
of the river. Rescuers said that recov
ering the wreckage would be an ex
tremely difficult task, complicated by
raging currents.
Soubinh Keophet, a former na
tional footballer and a volunteer with
a Laos rescue foundation, said one
body was discovered as far as 30 kilo
metres (19 miles) from the crash site.
We travelled 50 kilometres (31
miles) along the river and found four
bodies, he said, after he pulled a re
cently discovered limb from the water.
Although they know the location
of the crash, they still cant find the
main body of the plane because it has
broken up into small parts and spread
everywhere and the current is very
strong, he added.
A witness recounted a desperate
attempt to rescue passengers after the
plane dived nose-first into the river.
The front of the plane went under
but the tail was still floating. There was
smoke coming out, Pham Quang Nhat
told Vietnams Tuoi Tre newspaper.
We waited to be sure the plane
would not explode then some people
used boats to approach the plane,
climbing on the wings hoping to find
survivors. But we couldnt get inside,
the Vietnamese worker said!
Sommad Pholsena, Laoss minister
of public works and transport, told re
porters that 17 bodies had been found
so far.

DAMASCUS

The Syrian opposition is divided on

attending the conference, and Presi
dent Bashar al-Assads regime says his
removal from office will not be on the
table at any talks.
The National Coalition, the oppo
sition umbrella group, said it would
hold internal discussions next week
culminating in a vote on whether to
attend the gathering.
But Mr Jamil said there was no al
ternative to the peace conference and
that the absence of parts of the Syrian
opposition would not affect the timing
or format.
The international community
has renewed its push for the Geneva
conference following a deal under
which Syria will turn over its chemical
arsenal for destruction.
The agreement, enshrined in a UN
Security Council resolution, staved off
threatened us military action against
the Assad regime after an August 21
sarin attack outside Damascus that
killed hundreds.
Under the resolution, a team from
the United Nations and the Organisa
tion for the Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons has been in Syria overseeing
the destruction of its chemical arms.
On Thursday, the OPCW, which
was awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace
Prize, said nearly half its inspections
of the arsenal were complete.
We have done nearly 50 percent of
the verification work of the facilities
that have been declared to us, Malik
Ellahi, a political advisor on Syria for
OPCW, told journalists in The Hague.
Despite the progress, Mr Ellahi
said security remained a concern for
the unprecedented mission in wartorn Syria, with mortar and car bomb
attacks taking place in areas near to
the inspectors Damascus hotel.
There have been a number of inci
dents over the last few days which gives
some cause for concern, Mr Ellahi said.
So far Damascus has won praise
for its cooperation with the inspectors,
but the United Nations has stressed
that key deadlines be met.
Inspectors have until June 30 next
year to complete the destruction of
Syrias chemical arsenal. -AFP

We have to investigate about the

cause of the accident but initially I
think it was caused by bad weather,
he said.
A large Laos naval vessel, several
smaller Thai and Laos rescue boats,
dinghies and a jet ski were seen on the
waters on Friday.
Thai Transport Minister Chatchat
Sitthipan said that the rescue opera
tion was being led by local authorities
with the support of the Thai navy, air
force and volunteer rescue teams.
We stand ready to support Laos with

whatever it needs, he said.

The flight from the capital Vienti
ane was carrying 44 passengers and
five crew, including 28 foreigners, when
it crashed near Pakse airport in Champasak province, according to officials.
Rows of wooden coffins were seen
at a mortuary in Pakse, which is a hub
for tourists travelling to more remote
areas in southern Laos.
Lao Airlines said the aircraft hit ex
treme bad weather, while witnesses
described seeing the plane buffeted by
strong winds from tropical storm Nari.

Russia says diplomats apartment broken into in The Hague

MOSCOW

RUSSIA said Friday that unknown

intruders had broken into the apart
ment of one of its embassy staff in
The Hague, in the latest incident
to spike tensions between the two
countries.
The break-in occurred on Thurs
day evening at an apartm ent com
plex housing foreign dignitaries lo
cated outside the Russian embassys
grounds, the foreign ministry said in
a statement.
Returning home from work,
Russian embassy staff in The Neth
erlands ... discovered traces of an
illegal entry into one of the apart
ments, the Russian ministry state
ment said.
The apartm ent is occupied by
a staff member of the embassys
administrative-technical personnel,
who is currently on vacation.
The statement added that Rus
sia expected the Dutch authori
ties to take exhaustive measures in

order to establish the culprits of this

crime.
The statem ent came just three
days after a senior diplomat at the
Dutch embassy in Moscow was
beaten up at his home residence in
the Russian capital by unknown at
tackers.
Relations between Russia and
The Netherlands have deteriorated
recently over Moscows arrest of the
30-member crew of a Dutch-flagged
Greenpeace ship and an earlier de
tention of a Russian diplomat in The
Netherlands.
The deputy head of the Dutch
mission in Moscow was approached
at his home on Tuesday by two men
who presented themselves as electri
cians and then beat him up.
The 60-year-old diplomat was not A police officer stands guard on October 17 outside a building in The Hague, that was broken into. Photo: AFP
badly harmed and did not seek medi
cal attention.
accusations he was mistreating his for breaching the Vienna Conven arrest, but said police had acted out
Last week, police in The Hague two young children.
tion on diplomatic relations, which of professional responsibility when
detained a Russian diplomat over
The Netherlands later apologised grants diplomats immunity from detaining the diplomat. - AFP

35

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Laos air crash

Ex-Khmer Rouge leaders

killed for power

PHNOM PENH

FORMER Khmer Rouge leaders on tri

al for crimes against humanity spilt
blood for power in their quest to
make the country a slave state, Cam
bodias UN-backed war crimes court
heard last week.
Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan
killed for power. They spilt blood for it.
They brutalised and dehumanised their
own people and kept spilling blood for
power, prosecutor William Smith said
m closing statements at the court.
But he said the two leaders ordered
others to do their very dirty work for
them.
Seeing your victims eyes makes it
hard to kill, Mr Smith said.
If you look close enough you see
your own humanity in their eye's. Nuon
Chea and Khieu Samphan chose not to
see the eyes of their victims. They chose
not to see their own humanity
More than three decades after the
countrys Killing Fields era, the UN
backed court is moving closer to a ver
dict in their complex case, which has
been split into a series of smaller trials.

The first trial has focused on the

forced evacuation of people into rural
labour camps and the related charges
of crimes against humanity.
The evacuation of Phnom Penh
in April 1975 was one of the largest
forced migrations in modern history.
More than 2 million people were
expelled from the capital at gunpoint
and marched to rural labour camps as
part of the regimes plan to forge an
agrarian Utopia.
Mr Smith said Nuon Chea and
Khieu Samphan were prepared to do
whatever it took to realise their radical
vision of Cambodia as a slave state.
Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan
and their criminal partners were the
masters and the Cambodian popula
tion were their slaves. They were dic
tators who controlled Cambodians by
brutal force and fear, he added
The defendants deny charges of
war crimes, crimes against humanity
and genocide. Other allegations are
due to be heard in later hearings al
though no date has yet been set. - AFP

IN BRIEF
R IY A D H

Saudi turns down UN Security

Council membership
Saudi Arabia on Friday turned down
m em bership in the United N ations Se
cu rity Council, accusing the pow erful
body of "double standards" a day a fte r
it won a seat on it.
"Therefore Saudi Arabia ... has
no o th er option but to tu rn down
Security Council m em bership u n til
it is reform ed and given the means
to accom plish its duties and assume
its responsiblities in preserving the
w o rld peace and security," the Saudi
foreign m in istry said in a statem ent.

PARIS
French mayors cant refuse to
m arry gay couples, court says
F rances top court ruled on Friday last
w eek th a t m ayors cannot refuse to
conduct sam e-sex m arriages on the
ground it goes against th e ir religious
o r m o ra l beliefs. The C onstitutional
Council's ruling followed an appeal by
m ayors and registrars opposed to pathbreaking legislation legalising gay m a r
riage on May 18.
A five-page jud g e m e n t said th e ir
contention was not valid as the
"freedom of conscience" clause they
evoked as a constitutional rig ht was not
present in the legislation.

B E IJIN G

China summons Japan ambassa

dor over Yasukuni visit

According to an updated passen

ger list from the airline, there were 16
Laotians, seven French travellers, six
Australians, five Thais, three South
Koreans, three Vietnamese, and one
national each from the us, Malaysia,
China and Taiwan. Australia said a
family of four was among its nationals
feared dead.
The pilot was a Cambodian nation
al said to have many years of flying
experience.
French-Italian aircraft manufactur
er ATR said the twin-engine turboprop

aircraft was new and had been deliv

ered in March.
Witnesses recounted seeing the
plane in trouble before it came down.
I heard a boom, a sound like a
bomb going off. There was smoke and
flames before it crashed, local village
chief Buasorn Kornthong, 37, told AFR
Founded in 1976, Lao Airlines
serves domestic airports and destina
tions in China, Thailand, Cambodia
and Vietnam. Impoverished Laos has
seen 29 fatal air accidents since the
1950s.-A F P

Philippine earthquake
death toll rises to 172

TAGBILARAN

THE death toll from a 7.1-magnitude

earthquake that struck the central
Philippines rose to 172 on Friday last
week as authorities warned the num
ber of dead would probably climb even
higher.
The tourist island of Bohol, which
was the epicentre of Tuesdays quake,
suffered the most with 160 people
dead, the civil defence office for the
region said.
Twelve others were killed on other
central islands.
Bohol police commander Senior
Superintendent Dennis Agustin said
22 people were missing on the island,
including five children who were play
ing by a waterfall when the quake hit.
It was unlikely many of them
would be found alive, he warned.
It looks doubtful.
This is the fourth day since the
quake. It is an [extremely unlikely]

possibility they will be recovered

alive, he said. Some are believed bur
ied under landslides, some are under
fallen structures. We will likely get
more reports of deaths.
Bohol, an island of about a million
people around 600 kilometres (370
miles) from Manila, is known for its
beaches, its rolling Chocolate Hills
and tiny tarsier primates.
It suffered huge landslides, fallen
bridges, shattered roads and collapsed
structures during the quake.
Government and aid groups have
been rushing to deliver assistance to
the affected areas, but travel has been
hampered by the bridges and roads
that have been rendered impassable
by the quake.
Fearing the many aftershocks
could cause their homes to collapse,
many Bohol residents have been living
in tents. - AFP

This April 17,1975 picture shows people leaving Phnom Penh after Khmer Rouge
forces seized the capital. PHOTO: AFP/Documentation Centre of Cambodia.

China sum m oned Tokyo's am bassador

Friday to protest over visits by a Japa
nese cabinet m in is te r and scores of
parliam entarians to the controversial
Yasukuni w a r shrine, Beijing's foreign
m in istry said.
"Vice Chinese Foreign M inister Liu
Zhenm in has sum m oned the Japanese
am bassador to China fo r a solem n
protest and a strong condem nation,"
spokeswom an Hua Chunying said. The
visit "is a blatant attem pt to w h ite
w ash Japanese m ilita ris m 's history
of aggression and to challenge the
outcom es of the Second W orld War",
Hua added. -A F P

36 World International

THE MYANMAR TIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27, 2013

Bushfires ravage southeast Australia

WINMALEE

RESIDENTS faced scenes of dev

astation Friday after bushfires rav
aged communities and destroyed
hundreds of homes in southeast
ern Australia, leaving one man
dead with dozens of blazes still out
of control.
Cooler tem peratures and a drop
in wind offered firefighters some
relief after an intense battle Thurs
day but nearly 100 fires were still
raging across the state of New
South Wales.
NSW Rural Fire Services Com
missioner Shane Fitzsimmons said
the situation was still very active,
very dynamic, very dangerous.
We are going to ... continue to
save life and to protect as much
property as possible, but at the
same time slowly take advantage
of the weather conditions that are
more favourable than was oth
erwise presented yesterday, he
said, adding that 91,000 hectares
(224,000 acres) had been burnt out
so far.
Several major blazes fanned by
high, erratic winds in unseasonably
warm weather ripped through com
munities in the Blue Mountains
west of Sydney on Thursday with
whole streets razed.
One fatality has been reported
so far. A 63-year-old man died from
a heart attack as he defended his
home on the Central Coast, north
of Sydney.
Thats the worst that anyone
wants to happen and we send our
sympathy to his family, said NSW

state Premier Barry OFarrell, add

ing that two firefighters were in
hospital with one undergoing an
operation.
The Central Coast blaze was
described as apocalyptic by resi
dents, with at least five histori
cal buildings in the seaside town
of Catherine Hill Bay reduced to
charred ruins or badly damaged.
It was huge, strong southerly
winds and flames as high as trees,
said long-time Catherine Hill Bay
resident Wayne Demarco.
Hundreds of residents spent the
night in evacuation centres in the
Blue Mountains and awoke Friday
morning to confront the extent of
the disaster.
Ron Fuller was one of those who
lost his home in Winmalee, a town
with a population of about 6000
located 80 kilometres (50 miles) in
land from Sydney.
Weve had a num ber of fires
through here before but this was
an extraordinary fire. The speed
was extraordinary. It just raced
through this whole area, took out
some houses, left other ones stand
ing, he said.
Blue M ountains Mayor Mark
Greenhill said the enormity of the
catastrophe was only now being
fully realised.
I think people who lost their
homes yesterday are hitting reality
today, he told ABC radio.
You can see the devastation on
their faces. Its very, very difficult.
The Rural Fire Service said in

a tweet that crews were assessing

the damage across the state street
by street.
It appears there may be hun
dreds of homes destroyed, the ser
vice said.
Prime M inister Tony Abbott,
him self a volunteer firefighter,
visited some of the worst-affected
areas, warning there has already
been loss of life, and we fear more.
Australia is a country that is
prone to natural disaster but eve
ry time it strikes it hurts, and we
grieve for those who are now hurt
ing because of what has happened
in New South Wales, he said while
authorising disaster recovery pay
ments to help people get back on
their feet.
Mr OFarrell praised the re
sponse from fire crews, many of
whom are local volunteers battling
the blazes as their own homes go
up in flames.
I think the planning, prepara
tion and response has been some of
the best we ve seen, he said, call
ing the fires some of the worst we
have experienced around Sydney in
living memory.
Were in for a long, tough sum
mer, he added.
Wildfires are common in Aus
tralias summer months between
December and February, and au
thorities are expecting arough fire
season this year due to low rainfall
throughout the w inter and fore
casts of hot, dry w eather ahead.
-A F P

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Tough laws
target Aus
iker gangs
TOUGH new laws to combat biker
gangs were passed in an Australian
state Wednesday as authorities seek to
destroy these criminal organisations
that have become a growing menace
across the country.
Outlaw motorcycle gangs linked
to organised crime,particularly drugs
and guns, are an increasing problem
across Australia with recent brazen
violence and intimidation on the Gold
Coast tourist strip proving the last
straw for Queensland politicians.
In a marathon overnight session of
the state parliament new legislation
was unanimously passed that includes
mandatory sentences of 15 years or
more for crimes committed as part of
gang activity, in addition to the usual
penalty for the offence.
Those found guilty also face in
carceration in a bikers-only prison
with no gym facilities or television
access and having their motorcycles
destroyed, while being banned from
owning or working in tattoo parlours.
Queensland Premier Campbell
Newman said, The unequivocal pur
pose of these laws is to destroy these
criminal organisations, vowing to
pursue gang members relentlessly.
This is not some flash-in-the-pan
or momentary phase. We are going to
hunt you down, he said.
Mr Newman suggested bikers
should take off your colours, get a
real job, act like decent, law-abiding
human beings and become proper
citizens in the state of Queensland and
you will not have to go to jail.
The legislation names 26 criminal
organisations including well-known
gangs such as the Bandidos, Hells An
gels, Rebels and the Finks as well as
lesser-knowns like the Muslim Brother
hood, Iron Horsemen, Mongols, Fourth
Reich, and Life and Death. - AFP

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Second orangutan dies at

Indonesian death zoo

SURABAYA

AN endangered Borneo orangutan died

Thursday at Indonesias death zoo, the
latest in a series of suspicious animal
deaths prompting calls to close the notori
ous facility.
Fifteen-year-old Betty the orangutan had
difficulty breathing before she died, Sura
baya Zoo spokesman Agus Supangkat said,
adding she had just undergone a week of
intensive treatment.
Based on her medical records, she was
suffering from inflammation of the lung.
Mr Supangkat said the inflammation
was caused by extreme hot weather that
has hit Surabaya city
The apes death comes two weeks after
a 12-year-old Borneo orangutan named
Nanik died from an intestinal tumour and
liver problems. Orangutans typically live
between 50 and 60 years.
Mr Supangkat denied any negligence by
the zoo, saying the orangutans lived m a leafy
outdoor enclosure and were given healthy di

ets of fruit, milk and multivitamins.

The Surabaya Zoo is Indonesias largest
and has been dubbed a death zoo as hun
dreds of animals have died prematurely or
suffered abuse there in recent years.
In July last year a 15-year-old endan
gered orangutan at the zoo named Tori was
forced to quit smoking. Management had
allowed visitors to throw lit cigarettes at
her for 10 years, making the smoking oran
gutan the zoos star attraction.
Also last year a 30-year-old male giraffe
died at the zoo with a 20-kilogram (44
pound) beachball-sized lump of plastic in
Its stomach from food wrappers thrown
into its pen by visitors.
Animal welfare groups have been cam
paigning for the zoos closure.
There are an estimated 45,000 to
69,000 Borneo orangutans left in the wild.
They are native to the vast island of Bor
neo, shared among Indonesia, Malaysia
and Brunei. -AFP

BANGKOK

Rhianna tweets lead

cops to Thai sex show
THAI authorities last week ar
rested the owner of a sex show
visited by pop icon Rihanna the latest crackdown inadvert
ently triggered by the singers
tweets.
The bar owner on the island
of Phuket has been charged in
connection with the lewd per
formance, local district chief
Veera Kerdsirimongkol told
AFP, following an operation in
volving undercover officials.
It was the result of the visit
by Rihanna. The authorities
will be more strict towards in
appropriate shows or wildlife
attractions, he said.
Thai tourist officials were
left red-faced after Rihannas
tweets last month drew world
wide attention to the kingdoms
seedier side.
Either I was phuck wasted
lastnight, or I saw a Thai wom
an pull a live bird,2 turtles,
razors, shoot darts and ping
pong, all out of her pu$$y, she

wrote in a message in Septem

ber to her more than 32 million
followers on Twitter.
The birds feathers were all
damp! Lol. Only in ^Thailand,
she added.
And THEN she tried to turn
water into coke in her $!! Uhh
yea, all Im saying is water went
in and soda came out! Im trau
matized!!!
It is the second time the pop
diva has unwittingly helped to
clean up Phuket, one of Thai
lands top tourist destinations.
Last month two men were
arrested for possessing a pro
tected slow loris after Rihanna
posted a picture of herself with
the primate on a night out dur
ing the same visit to the island.
The image - captioned
Look who was talkin dirty to
me! - generated outrage from
wildlife activists about ram
pant exploitation of animals
m Thai tourist areas.
Use of the slow loris and
other protected species for
tourist snaps - while common
in Thai tourist resorts - is offi
cially illegal.
According to wildlife pro
tection campaigners, mother
lorises are often killed while
the young are stolen.
The primates teeth are also
removed due to their toxic bite.
Local tourist police volun
teers warn against venturing
into strip clubs offering pingpong shows due to the risk of
overpriced drinks and threats
of violence against people who
refuse to pay the exhorbitant
bills. - AFP '

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Dated: 21st October, 2013

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Four-month-old orangutan Rlzkl Is seen
Inside his cage at the Surabaya zoo. Photo:
AFP

Rio Tinto pink diamonds fetch record prices

from established markets Japan and Aus
tralia and emerging markets China and
India.
The highlight was the Argyle Phoenix,
a 1.56 carat gem and one of three Fancy
Red diamonds on offer, which sold for
more than $2 million to a Singaporebased jeweller, the highest per carat price

Chrysler Group LLC, a limited liability company

organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, of 1000 Chrysler Drive, City of
Auburn Hills, State of Michigan 48326, United States
of America, is the Owner of the following Trade Mark:-

Fraudulent imitation or unauthorised use of the said

Trade Mark will be dealt with according to law.

SYDNEY

THE annual sale of Rio Tintos rare pinkhued diamonds attracted unprecedented
interest with at least two of the stones
fetching record prices of over US$2 mil
lion, the mining giant said last week.
The 2013 Argyle Pink Diamonds Ten
der of 64 red, pink and blue stones drew
a record number of bids over $1 million

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paid for any diamond ever produced from

Rios Argyle mine in Western Australia.
The exact price was not disclosed due to
client confidentiality.
Another record was set for the Argyle
Dauphine, a 2.51 carat Fancy Deep Pink
diamond, which also sold for more than $2
million, to a US-based dealer. - AFP

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Kao K abushiki K aisha (also trading as Kao

Corporation), a joint-stock company duly organized
under the laws of Japan, of 14-10, Nihonbashi
Kayabacho 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, is the
Owner of the following Trade Marks:-

COFFRET DOR

Reg. No. 4427/2007

in respect of Intl Class 3: Soaps; perfumery; essential
oils; cosmetics; hair lotions; dentifrices. Intl Class
21 Household or kitchen utensils and containers (not
of precious metal or coated therewith); combs and
sponges; brushes (except paint brushes), perfume
atomizers (containers), cosmetic brushes, eye brow
brushes, hair brushes, nail brushes, shaving brushes,
hair combs, powder compacts not of precious metals
(containers), dispensers for liquid soap, soap holders,
sponge holders, powder puffs.

CYTODINE

Schering-Plough Ltd., a Company incorporated in

Switzerland, of Weystrasse 20, CH-6000 Lucerne 6,
Switzerland, is the Owner of the following Trade Mark:-

PEG-INTRON
Reg. No. 9449/2005

in respect of Class 5: long-acting broad spectrum

antiviral and immunomodulating agent.
Fraudulent imitation or unauthorised use of the said
Trade Mark will be dealt with according to law.
Win Mu Tin, M.A., H.G.P., D.B.L
for Schering-Plough Ltd.
P. o. Box 60, Yangon.
Email: makhinkyi.law @mptmail.net. 111111
Dated: 21st October, 2013

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MSD Oss B.V., a company organized and existing

under the laws of the Netherlands, of Kloosterstraat 6,
5349 AB Oss, The Netherlands , is the Owner of the
following Trade Marks:-

IMPLANON
NXT
Reg. No. 744/2010

in respect of Intl Class 1: Chemical preparations for

use in the manufacture of cosmetic products.

(IMPLANON NXT Logo)

Reg. No. 745/2010
in respect of Class 5: Medicines and pharma
ceutical preparations for human use, among which
contraceptives; contraceptive pharmaceutical pre
parations contained in or released from contraceptive
sub-dermal implant. Class 10: Sub-dermal implant.

Fraudulent imitation or unauthorised use of the said

Trade Marks will be dealt with according to law.

Fraudulent imitation or unauthorised use of the said

Trade Marks will be dealt with according to law.

Win Mu Tin, M.A., H.G.P., D.B.L

for Kao Kabushiki Kaisha
P. o. Box 60, Yangon
E-mail: makhinkyi.law @mptmail.net. 111111
Dated: 21st October, 2013

Win Mu Tin, M.A., H.G.P., D.B.L

for MSD Oss B.v.
P. o. Box 60, Yangon
E-mail: makhinkyi.law@mptmail.net.mm
Dated: 21st October, 2013

Reg. No. 5963/2010

CARNI-VITAL
Reg. No. 5964/2010

38 World International

THE MYANMARTIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27, 2013

Pacific man bids to become the worlds

first climate change refugee
A PACIFC islander is attempting to be
come the worlds first climate change
refugee in New Zealand as rising seas
threaten his low-lying homeland, the
mans lawyer said fast Thursday.
Ioane Teitiota, 37, launched an ap
peal this week against a decision by
New Zealand immigration authorities
to refuse him refugee status and deport
him to Kiribati in the central Pacific,
lawyer Michael Kitt said.
Mr Kitt acknowledged Mr Teitiotas
New Zealand visa had expired but said
he should not face deportation because
of the difficulties he would encounter
in Kiribati, which consists of more than

30 coral atolls, most only a few metres

above sea level.
He said rising seas had already
swamped parts of Kiribati, destroying
crops and contaminating water.
Fresh water is a basic human right.
The Kiribati government is unable, and
perhaps unwilling, to guarantee these
things because it s completely beyond
their control, Mr Kitt told Radio New
Zealand.
He said Mr Teitiotas case had the
potential to set an international prec
edent, not only for Kiribatis 100,000
residents but for all populations threat
ened by man-made climate change.

As the environmental problem earlier this year, immigration authori

worsens a new class of refugee emerg ties argued that he could not be con
ing that is not properly covered by ex sidered a refugee because no one in his
isting international protocols, Mr Kitt
said.
Its a fluid situation. Eventually
the courts and legislatures are going
to have to make a decision on how we
deal with this, he said.
Mr Kitt said deporting Mr Teitiota
to Kiribati was like forcing a gay person
to return to a country where they faced
Thousand Kiribati island inhabitants
persecution or a domestic violence vic
threatened by clim ate change
tim to go somewhere which offered no
protection of womens rights.
In refusing Mr Teitiotas application

100

homeland was threatening his life if he

returned.
Mr Kitt countered by arguing that
the environment in Kiribati was effec
tively a threat to Mr Teitiota and the
three children he fathered in New Zea
land, who will have to return with him
if he is deported.
Mr Teitiota is being persecuted pas
sively by the circumstances in which
hes living, which the Kiribati govern
ment has no ability to ameliorate, he
said.
A decision from the Auckland High
Court is expected to be released before
the end of the month. - AFP

TRADE MARK CAUTION

Carbonated drinks; Non-alcoholic beverages; Fruit juices;

Vegetable juices; Mineral water; Whey beverages; Soybean
NOTICE is hereby given that M orinaga Nyugyo beverages; Syrups for beverages
Kabushiki Kaisha ( also trading as Morinaga Milk
Industry Co., Ltd.) a company organized and existing
under the laws of Japan and having its principal office
at 33-1, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan is the
Owner and Sole Proprietor of the following trademarks:(Reg: No/ IV/6759/2013)
in respect of:- Powdered milk for babies, infants and
children, powdered milk for pregnant and nursing women,
pharmaceutical preparations, veterinary preparations,
sanitary preparations for medical purposes, dietetic food
m o r in a g a
and substances adapted for medical use, food for babies,
dietary supplements for humans and animals, powdered
(Reg: No. IV/6758/2013)
milk for middle-aged people and elderly people for medical
in respect of:- Powdered milk for babies, infants and use, medicated confectionery, liquid food supplements for
children; Powdered milk for pregnant and nursing women; humans and animals, nutritional additives for medical use,
Powdered milk for middle-aged people and elderly people dietetic food for pregnant and nursing women for medical
for medical use; Pharmaceutical preparations; Veterinary use, dietetic beverages for babies, infants and children for
preparations; Sanitary preparations for medical purposes; medical use, dietetic beverages for pregnant and nursing
Dietetic food and substances adapted for medical use; Food women for medical use, dietetic beverages for middle-aged
for babies; Dietary supplements for humans and animals; people and elderly people for medical use, food for infants
Medicated confectionery; Liquid food supplements for and children for medical purposes, additives to fodder for
humans and animals; Nutritional additives for medical use; medical purposes, chemical reagents for medical or veterinary
Dietetic food for pregnant and nursing women for medical purposes, chemical contraceptives, chemical preparations
use; Dietetic beverages for babies, infants and children for for the diagnosis of pregnancy, diagnostic preparations for
medical use; Dietetic beverages for pregnant and nursing medical purposes, medicated baby care products, bacteria for
women for medical use; Dietetic beverages for middle- medical use, antiseptics, fungicides, disinfectant bactericides,
aged people and elderly people for medical use; Food detergents for medical purposes, disinfectants for hygiene
for infants and children for medical purposes; Additives to purposes, germicides, lotions for pharmaceutical purposes,
fodder for medical purposes; Chemical reagents for medical cattle washes, disinfectants for chemical toilets, animal
or veterinary purposes; Chemical contraceptives; Chemical washes, biocides, soil-sterilizing preparations, germicides
preparations for the diagnosis of pregnancy; Diagnostic for agriculture purposes - Class:5
preparations for medical purposes; Medicated baby care Milk drinks with honey flavors and tastes, milk drinks with
products; Bacteria for medical use; Antiseptics; Fungicides; vanilla flavors and tastes, milk drinks with chocolate flavors
Disinfectant bactericides; Detergents for medical purposes; and tastes, milk drinks with strawberry flavors and tastes,
Disinfectants for hygiene; purposes; Germicides; Lotions for milk, milk beverages, lactic acid bacteria drinks, cream,
pharmaceutical purposes; Cattle washes; Disinfectants for whipped cream, whipped cream, cheese, butter, buttercream
chemical toilets; Animal washes; Biocides; Soil-sterilizing powdered milk (except for infants), powdered milk for
preparations; Germicides for agriculture purposes; Milk; middle-aged people and elderly people, powdered milk as
Milk beverages; Milk drinks with honey flavors and food supplements, condensed milk, yoghurt, yoghurt drinks,
tastes; Milk drinks with vanilla flavors and tastes; Milk yoghurt-based beverage, milk products, margarine, soya
drinks with chocolate flavors and tastes; Milk drinks with milk(milk substitute), tofu, soup mixes - Class:29
strawberry flavors and tastes; Lactic acid bacteria drinks; Black tea [English tea], Japanese green tea, oolong tea
Cream; Whipped cream; Cheese; Butter; Buttercream; [Chinese tea], coffee, coffee-based beverages, cocoa,
Powdered milk(except for infants); Powdered milk for chocolate-based beverages, confectionery, ice candies,
middle-aged people and elderly people; powdered milk ice cream, sherbets, frozen yoghurt, pudding, jelly, instant
as food supplements; Condensed milk; Yoghurt; Yoghurt pudding mixes, cookies, biscuits, crackers, cones for
drinks; Yoghurt-based beverage; Milk products; Margarine icecream chocolate, doughnuts, instant ice cream mixes,
; Soya milk(milk substitute); Tofu ; Soup mixes; Black instant sherbet mixes, instant soft cream mixes, instant soft
tea [English tea]; Japanese green tea; Oolong tea [Chinese cream mixes, processed food Class: 30
tea]; Coffee; Coffee-based beverages; Cocoa ; Chocolate- Milk drinks with honey flavors and tastes, milk drinks with
based beverages; Confectionery; Ice candies; Ice cream; vanilla flavors and tastes, milk drinks with chocolate flavors
Sherbets; Frozen yoghurt; Pudding; Jelly; Instant pudding and tastes, milk drinks with strawberry flavors and tastes,
mixes; Cookies; Biscuits; Crackers; Cones for icecream; carbonated drinks, non-alcoholic beverages, fruit juices,
Chocolate; Doughnuts; Instant ice cream mixes; Instant vegetable juices, mineral water, whey beverages, soybean
sherbet mixes; Instant soft cream mixes; Processed food; beverages, syrups for beverages Class: 32

<hils<hool
BfflT
(Reg: No. IV/6760/2013)
(Reg: No. IV/6761/2013)

(Reg: No. IV/6762/2013)

the above three trademarks are in respect of:Powdered milk for babies, infants and children, powdered
milk for pregnant and nursing women, pharmaceutical
preparations, veterinary preparations, sanitary preparations
for medical purposes, dietetic food and substances adapted
for medical use, food for babies, dietary supplements
for
humans and animals, powdered milk for middleaged people and elderly people for medical use, medicated
confectionery, liquid food supplements for humans and
animals, nutritional additives for medical use, dietetic
food for pregnant and nursing women for medical use,
dietetic beverages for babies, infants and children for
medical use, dietetic beverages for pregnant and nursing
women for medical use, dietetic beverages for middle-aged
people and elderly people for medical use, food for infants
and children for medical purposes, additives to fodder
for medical purposes, chemical reagents for medical or
veterinary purposes, chemical contraceptives, chemical
preparations for the diagnosis of pregnancy, diagnostic
preparations for medical purposes, medicated baby care
products, bacteria for medical use, antiseptics, fungicides,
disinfectant bactericides, detergents for medical purposes,
disinfectants for hygiene purposes, germicides, lotions for
pharmaceutical purposes, cattle washes, disinfectants for
chemical toilets, animal washes, biocides, soil-sterilizing
preparations, germicides for agriculture purposes - Class:5
Milk drinks with honey flavors and tastes, milk drinks
with vanilla flavors and tastes, milk drinks with chocolate
flavors and tastes, milk drinks with strawberry flavors and
tastes, milk, milk beverages, lactic acid bacteria drinks,
cream, whipped cream, whipped cream, cheese, butter,
buttercream, powdered milk (except for infants), powdered
milk for middle-aged people and elderly people, powdered
milk as food supplements, condensed milk yoghurt, yoghurt
drinks, yoghurt-based beverage, milk products, margarine,
soya milk(milk substitute), tofu, soup mixes - Class 29
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the said
trademarks or other infringements whatsoever will be dealt
with according to law.
Kyi Win Associates
for Morinaga Nyugyo Kabushiki Kaisha
(also trading as Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.)
P.O. Box No. 26, Yangon.
Phone: 372416
Dated: 21st October 2013

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NSA intelligence behind

drone attack that killed
al-Qaeda official

GREG MILLER, JULIE TATE

AND BARTON GELLMAN

IT was an innocuous email,

one of millions sent every day
by spouses with updates on the
situation at home! But this one
was of particular interest to
the National Security Agency
(NSA), and contained dues that
put the senders husband in the
cross hairs of a CIA drone.
Days later, Hassan Ghul - an
associate of Osama bin Laden
who provided a critical piece of
intelligence that helped the CIA
find the al-Qaeda leader - was
killed by a drone strike in Paki
stans tribal belt.
The US government has
never publicly acknowledged
killing Mr Ghul. But documents
provided to The Washington
Post by former NSA contractor
Edward Snowden confirm his
demise in October 2012 and
reveal the agencys extensive
involvement in the targeted
killing program that has served
as a centrepiece of President
Barack Obamas counterterror
ism strategy.
The documents provide the
most detailed account yet of
the intricate collaboration be
tween the CIA and the NSA in
the drone campaign.
In the search for targets,
the NSA has draped a suiTeillance blanket over dozens of
square kilometres of northwest
Pakistan. In Mr Ghuls case, the
agency deployed an arsenal of
cyber-espionage tools, secretly
seizing control of laptops, si
phoning audio files and other
messages, and tracking radio
transmissions to determine
where Mr Ghul might bed
down.
The email from Mr Ghuls
wife about her current living
conditions contained enough
detail to confirm the coordi
nates of that household, ac
cording to a document summa
rising the mission.
This information enabled a
capture/kill operation against
an individual believed to be
Hassan Ghul on October 1, it
said.
The file is part of a collection
of records in the Snowden trove

that make clear that the drone

campaign - often depicted as
the CIA^ exclusive domain - re
lies heavily on the NSAs ability
to vacuum up enormous quan
tities of email, phone calls and
other fragments of signals in
telligence, or SIGINT.
Tb handle the expanding
workload, the NSA created a
secret unit known as the Coun
ter-Terrorism Mission Aligned
Cell, or CT MAC, to concentrate
the agencys vast resources on
hard-to-find terrorism targets.

an estimated 3000 militants, as

well as hundreds of civilians,
in Pakistan, according to inde
pendent surveys. The officials
said the agency has assigned
senior analysts to the CIAs
Counterterrorism Center, and
deployed others to work along
side CIA counterparts at almost
every major us embassy or mil
itary base overseas.
NSA threw the kitchen
sink at the FATA, said a for
mer US intelligence official
with Afghanistan and Pakistan

Ours is a nobel cause. Our job is to

defend this nation and to protect
our civil liberties and privacy.
Keith Alexander
NSA d ire c to r

The unit spent a year tracking

Mr Ghul and his courier net
work, tunnelling into an array
of systems and devices, before
he was killed. Without those
penetrations, the document
concluded, this opportunity
would not have been possible
Ours is a noble cause,
NSA director Keith Alexander
said during a public event last
month. Our job is to defend
this nation and to protect our
civil liberties and privacy.
The documents do not ex
plain how the Ghul email was
obtained or whether it was in
tercepted using legal authori
ties that have emerged as a
source of controversy in recent
months and enable the NSA to
compel technology giants in
cluding Microsoft and Google
to turn over information about
their users.
Nor is there a reference to
another NSA program facing
scrutiny after Mr Snowdens
leaks: its metadata collection of
numbers dialled by nearly eve
ry person in the United States.
Even so, former CIA offi
cials said the files are an ac
curate reflection of the NSAs
contribution to finding targets
in a campaign that has killed

experience, referring to the

Federally Administered Tribal
Areas, the region in northwest
Pakistan where al-Qaedas lead
ership is based.
But if you wanted huge
coverage of the FATA, NSA
had 10 times the manpower,
20 times the budget and 100
times the brainpower, the
former intelligence official
said, comparing the surveil
lance resources of the NSA to
the smaller capabilities of the
CIAs operations center.
We provided the map, the
former official said, and they
just filled in the pieces.
Mr Ghul, who is listed in
other documents as Mustafa
Haji Muhammad Khan, had
surfaced on us radar as early
as 2003, when an al-Qaeda de
tainee disclosed that Mr Ghul
escorted one of the intended
hijackers to a Pakistani safe
house a year before the Sep
tember 11* 2001, attacks.
A trusted facilitator and cou
rier, Mr Ghul was dispatched to
Iraq in 2003 to deliver a mes
sage to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,
the al-Qaeda firebrand who an
gered the networks leaders in
Pakistan by launching attacks
that often slaughtered innocent

Tracking Hassan Ghul

2004 Captured in Iraq and eventually

moved to a secret CIA prison
in Eastern Europe.

2006 Moved to a prison in

Pakistan after the closure

of CIA secret prisons.

2007 Released from Pakistani

detention.
2008 Named as a "senior Al-Qaeda

Eastern *
Europe

IRAQ
IRAN fAFGH,
SAUDI
ARABI

facilitator" in a terrorism list

who "launched attacks against
aircraft in Yemen."
2011

Named by .. Treasury as a target

of .. sanctions.

R U S S IA

201 2 Killed in a drone strike in Mir Ali, Pakistan.

Mir Ali

PAKISTAN
Indian
Ocean

IN

Muslims.
When Mr Ghul made an
other attempt to enter Iraq in
2004, he was detained by Kurd
ish authorities in an operation
directed by the CIA. Almost im
mediately, Mr Ghul provided a
piece of intelligence that would
prove more consequential than
he may have anticipated: He
disclosed that Mr bin Laden re
lied on a trusted courier known
as al-Kuwaiti.
The ripples from that revela
tion wouldnt subside for years.
The CIA went on to determine
the true identity of al-Kuwaiti
and followed him to a heavily
fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where Mr bin
Laden was killed in 2011.
Because of the courier tip,
Mr Ghul became an unwit
ting figure in the contentious
debate over CIA interrogation
measures. He was held at a
CIA black site in Eastern Eu
rope, according to declassified
Justice Department memos,
where he was slapped and
subjected to stress positions
and sleep deprivation to break
his will.
The George Bush admin
istrations decision to close
the secret CIA prisons in 2006
set off a scramble to place
prisoners whom the agency
did not regard as dangerous
or valuable enough to transfer
to Guantanamo Bay. Mr Ghul
was not among the original 14
high-value CIA detainees sent
to the US installation in Cuba.
Instead, he was turned
over to the CIAs counterpart
in Pakistan, with ostensible
assurances that he would re
main in custody.
A year later Mr Ghul was
released. There was no pub
lic explanation from Pakistani
authorities. CIA officials have
noted that Mr Ghul had ties
to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant
group supported by Pakistans
intelligence service. By 2007,
he had returned to al-Qaedas
stronghold in Waziristan~
In 2011, the Treasury De
partment named Mr Ghul a
target of U.S. counterterrorism
sanctions.
Since his release, the de
partment said, he had helped
al-Qaeda re-establish logistics
networks, enabling al-Qaeda to
move people and money in and
out of the country.
The NSA document de
scribed Mr Ghul as al-Qaedas
chief of military operations,
and detailed a broad surveil
lance effort to find him.
The most critical piece
came with a discovery that
provided a vector for com
pounds used by Mr Ghul, the
document said. After months of
investigation, and surveillance
by CIA drones, the email from
his wife erased any remaining
doubt.
Even after Mr Ghul was
killed in Mir Ali, the NSAs role
in the drone strike wasnt done.
Although the attack was aimed
at an individual believed to
be the correct target, the out
come wasnt certain until later
when, through SIGINT, it was
confirmed that Hassan Ghul
was in fact killed.
- The Washington Post

TRADE MARK CAUTION

Philip Morris Global Brands Inc., a corporation

organized under the laws of the State of Delaware,
United States of America and having its principal
office at 9711 Farrar Court, 23236 Richmond, Virginia,
USA, is the Owner and Sole Proprietor of the following
Trademark:-

MARLBORO CLASSICS
(Reg. No. 3157/2002)

In respect of:Intemational Class 18: LEATHER AND IMITATIONS

OF LEATHER, AND GOODS MADE OF THESE
MATERIALS AND NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER
CLASSES; ANIMAL SKINS, HIDES; TRUNKS AND
TRAVELLING BAGS; UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS
AND WALKING STICKS; WHIPS, HARNESS AND
SADDLERY;
International Class 25: CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR
AND HEADGEAR.
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the said
Trademark will be dealt with according to law.
Kyi Naing, L.L.B, L.L.M, H.G.P
For Philip Morns Global Brands Inc.
Tilleke & Gibbins Ltd.,
17thFloor, Sakura Tower,
339 Bogyoke Aung San Road,
Kyauktada Township, Yangon,
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Dated : 21st October, 2013

TRADE MARK CAUTION

Philip Morns Products s.A. a corporation organized

under the laws of SWITZERLAND and having its
principal office at Quai Jeanrenaud 3, 2000 Neuchatel,
Switzerland, is the Owner and Sole Proprietor of the
following Trademark is the Owner of the following
Trade Marks :(Reg. No. 7139/2009)

Marlboro
(Reg. No. 7140/2009)

In respect of:Intemational Class 34: Tobacco, raw or manufactured;

tobacco products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos,
tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco,
chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek; ; tobacco
substitutes (not for medical purposes); smokers' articles,
including cigarette paper and tubes, cigarette filters,
tobacco tins, cigarette cases and ashtrays, pipes, pocket
apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters; matches.

#4

(Reg. No. 742/1986)

International Class 34: Tobacco products (cigarettes).
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the
said Trademarks will be dealt with according to law.
Kyi Naing, L.L.B, L.L.M, H.G.P
For Philip Morns Products S.A.
Tilleke & Gibbins Ltd.,
17thFloor, Sakura Tower,
339 Bogyoke Aung San Road,
Kyauktada Township, Yangon,
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Dated : 21st October, 2013

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Nazi funeral called off in

Italy as clashes erupt

ALBANO

THE funeral of a Nazi war

criminal was cancelled in Italy
last Tuesday after clashes broke
out between protesters and farright activists on the eve of a
major Holocaust ceremony.
Catholic breakaway tra
ditionalists from the ultra
conservative Society of St Pius
X had agreed to hold the fu
neral of former ss officer Erich
Priebke at their seminary in Albano, a town near Rome.
But mayor Nicola Marini
and hundreds of local residents
turned out to complain about
the last-minute decision, fol
lowing Mr Priebkes death last
Friday in Rome, where he had
been under house arrest.
Assassin! the protesters
shouted as the hearse drove
into the religious compound
for the start of the ceremony,
which was quickly suspended
by a police order when neoNazis broke into the area.
Take him to the landfill!
one man shouted as the hearse
passed through the crowd,
while others sang the Ital
ian partisan song Bella Ciao
and held up a banner reading
Priebke the Hangman
The far-right militants,
some 30 of whom had gath
ered, gave Nazi salutes and fas
cist chants.
We are here to celebrate his
memory because he was part of
our world, said Maurizio Boccacci, head of the extreme-right
Militia movement.
Mr Marini issued a lastminute decree to try to prevent
the hearse crossing his town,
saying it had been a centre of
the resistance during World
War II. But the ruling was
struck down in Rome.
Dozens of riot police pushed
about 500 protesters back and
later fired tear gas after clash
ing with a few dozen neo-Nazis
who attacked with glass bottles
and chains, shouting, He was
a hero!
A priest from the Society of
St Pius X also had to be pro
tected by police as he tried to
enter the seminary after being
shoved by the protesters.
The controversial funeral
was called off, with Italian

People protest as the hearse carrying the coffin of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke arrives in Albano
Laziale near Rome last week. Photo: AFP

authorities particularly con

cerned as tensions were al
ready running high ahead of
the 7001 anniversary of a raid
by Nazi troops that cleared out
the citys historic Jewish quarter.
The ceremony was suspend
ed in the afternoon, then Mr
Priebkes lawyer Paolo Giachini decided later to call off the
private religious ceremony to
avoid further trouble.
Mr Priebke, who was 100
when he died, was convicted of
the 1944 massacre of 335 people,
including 75 Jews, at the Ardeatine caves near Rome in a Nazi
retaliation for a partisan attack.
The unrepentant Holocaust
denier, who claimed he was
only following Gestapo orders,
has continued to cause uproar
even in death with an interna
tional controversy over his fu
neral and final resting place.
This is a moment of
mourning and has nothing to
do with politics.
We have done our best to re
spect the feelings of his critics,
the lawyer Mr Giachini told
reporters before the funeral

ceremony got underway.

The Society of St Pius X is
a Catholic conservative group
that broke from the Vatican in
1970 over opposition to reforms
and is often accused of far-right
and anti-Semitic leanings.
Father Floriano Abrahamowicz, a St Pius X priest, de
fended the controversial deci
sion to host the funeral, telling
Radio 24 Priebke was a friend
of mine, a Christian, a faithful
soldier.
His was the only case of an
innocent man behind bars. Its a
scandal how he was persecuted
in Italy while immigrants are re
ceived with dignity, he said.
The funeral coincided with
a silent procession through the
Rome Ghetto in honour of the
more than 1000 Jews who were
taken away to concentration
camps - of'whom only 16 came
back alive.
Italian media reports sug
gested that the authorities
wanted Mr Priebke cremated,
amid fears a burial could be
come a rallying point for farright groups.

Argentina, where Mr Priebke

lived for nearly 50 years before
being extradited to Italy and
where he wanted to be buried,
has refused to take the body.
The body was left at the
seminary overnight, but the
next moves, towards a probable
cremation, were undecided.
The Vatican also issued an
unprecedented ban on cele
brating the funeral in any Cath
olic church in Rome, although
it said a priest could officiate a
private ceremony at home.
Jewish groups and relatives
of the massacre victims have
said the body should be cre
mated and the ashes scattered
to erase his memory forever.
Mr Priebke escaped from a
British POW camp in Italy im
mediately after World War II
and was supplied with Vatican
travel documents by a Nazisympathising Catholic bishop.
He was sentenced to life in
prison in 1998, but because of
his age and ill-health was al
lowed to serve out his sentence
at home.
-AFP

SAN FRANCISCO DEL RINCON

Dalai Lama backs medical marijuana

THE Dalai Lama weighed in on Mexicos

marijuana legalisation debate last Tues
day, telling an audience that he backs the
drugs use for medicinal purposes.
The Tibetan spiritual leader, speak
ing at an event hosted by former Mexi
can president Vicente Fox, said that
the exception for smoking marijuana
would be if its use has pharmaceutical
virtues.
But otherwise if its just an issue of
somebody [using the drug to have] a
crazy mind, thats not good, he said after
being asked his position on legalisation
at the outdoor event at the ex-presidents
Fox Center in the central Mexican state
of Guanajuato.
Mr Fox, who laughed when the ques
tion was asked to the Dalai Lama, has
become a leading voice in favour of legal
ising the narcotic in order to cut down
a major revenue stream for ultra-violent
drug cartels.

The Dalai Lama has been touring

Mexico since last Friday but the govern
ment of President Enrique Pena Nieto,
who has sought closer ties with China,
has decided not to meet with the exiled
Tibetan spiritual leader.
The Dalai Lama also told Mexicans
that Christianity and Buddhism coincide
in their pursuit of human happiness.
Both religions promote love, compas
sion and self-discipline that lead to hap
piness, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader
told some 3000 people.
More than 90 percent of Mexicos 118
million people are Catholic.
With his usual smile and good humor,
the Dalai Lama said that for decades,
Christian leaders have been interested in
some Buddhist teachings.
Christianity promotes the concept of a
transcendent and unique God as creator,
while Buddhism refutes the existence of
a creator. - AFP

IN BRIEF
Seoul

Tokyo

Thousands of N Korea cyber

attacks on South: m inistry

Japanese doctor w ith TB

saw over 600 patients

North Korea has staged th o u

sands of cyber attacks against
the South recent years,
causing fin a n cia l losses of
around US$805 m illion, a Seoul
la w m a ker said citing govern
m ent data last week!
"A lot of data related to our
national infrastructure, in clu d
ing chem ical storage facilities
and inform ation relating to
personal financial dealings have
been stolen," ruling party MP
Chung Hee-Soo said.
M r Chung told parliam ent
that the South Korean m ilita ry
alone had been the target of
6392 N orth Korean cyber a t
tacks since 2010. The included
w ebsite intrusions, m alw are
deploym ents and the use of
viru s-ca rryin g emails.
"O ur m ilita ry's cyber w arfare
ability to fend off such attacks
is incom parable to the North's,
w hich is known to be one of the
w o rld 's best," M r Chung said.
N orth Korea is believed to
run an elite cyb e r-w a r unit of
3000 personnel, w h ile the South
has only 400 specialised staff.
N orth Korea has denied any
involvement.

A doctor infected w ith tu b e r

culosis examined m ore than
600 patients w ith o u t w earing a
mask, an o fficia l said last week.
The doctor, w ho is in his 50s
and runs a clin ic in ce n tra l Ito
city, began displaying sym ptom s
of the potentially le th a l airborne
disease in m id-August, but
brushed them off as a com m on
cold, authorities said.
He continued to see patients,
w ith o u t w earing a face mask,
u n til he was diagnosed w ith
tuberculosis e a rlie r th is month.
During that tim e he had con
tact w ith 658 people, including
fam ily m em bers, clinic sta ff and
m ore than 600 patients, five of
w hom w ere children.
Tuberculosis is a bacte
ria l infection th a t attacks the
lungs and can be transm itted
by coughing o r sneezing. It kills
approxim ately a m illion people
around the w o rld every year,
according to the W orld Health
Organization.
Letters were being sent to
a ll patients examined by the
doctor, the health authority
spokesm an said.

-AFP

TRADE MARK CAUTION

Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited., a corporation

organized under the laws of the Pakistan and having its
principal office at 4th Floor, Bahria Complex 3, M.T.
Khan Road, Karachi, 74000 PAKISTAN, is the Owner
and Sole Proprietor of the following Trademarks

MORVENGOLD
(Reg. No. IV/5515/95)
PARKLANE

(Reg. No. IV/5518/95)

In respect of International Class 34: Tobacco products;
smokers articles.

KENMORE

(Reg. No. IV/5516/95)

In respect of International Class 34: Cigarettes, cigars,
tobacco manufactured and raw, matches, cigarettes
lighters and smokers articles

MORVEN
(Reg. No. 6898)
K2

(Reg. No. 6890)

In respect of International Class 34: Tobacco,
raw or manufactured; tobacco products, including
cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your
own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff
tobacco, kretek; tobacco substitutes (not for medical
purposes); smokers' articles, including cigarette paper
and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette
cases and ashtrays, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling
cigarettes, lighters; matches.
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the
said Trademarks will be dealt with according to law.

Exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader Tenzin Gyatso,

the 14th Dalai Lama, wears a Mexican charro hat
during a conference in Mexico. Photo: AFP

Kyi Naing, L.L.B, L.L.M, H.G.P

For Philip Morns (Pakistan) Limited.
Tilleke & Gibbins Ltd.,
17thFloor, Sakura Tower,
339 Bogyoke Aung San Road,
Kyauktada Township, Yangon,
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Dated : 21st October, 2013

42 World International

THE MYANMAR TIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27, 2013

RIO DE JANEIRO

For postal workers, delivering mail is

akin to detective work in Brazilian slum
TWISTING their way through
labyrinthine alleys, postmen in
the Rio favela of Rocinha have
to resort to detective work as
they figure out where to deliver
mail.

Police and the army moved

in to clean up the sprawling
mini-city of some 150,000 two
years ago in a bid to rid Brazils
biggest slum of the scourge of
drug dealers.

TRADE MARK CAUTION

NOTICE is hereby given that The Singer Company

Limited, s.a.r.l a company organized under the laws
of Luxembourg and having its principal office at 1, rue
des Glacis, L-1628 Luxembourg is the owner and sole
proprietor of the following trademark:-

But even after pacification

of the area, doing the rounds
here can still be risky business.
Theres one house with a
dog called Warrior, said postal
official Edson Martins.
Mailmen, no matter where,
have long had to deal with vi
cious dogs. But their routes
here are also rendered danger
ous by Rocinhas maze of nar
row streets and steep cliffside
drops.
And then theres the fact
that, as the area develops, some
ramshackle abodes vanish and

new ones spring up.

Just finding an address of
ten requires a real sleuth.
Sometimes to get to a resi
dent you have to go through the
kitchen of another house, Mr
Martins told AFP.
Shanty houses dot the Rio
hillside, with the structures
providing shelter to tens of
thousands - many work-hun
gry migrants from Brazils pov
erty-stricken northeast.
Rocinha was a lawless bas
tion of drug dealers for some 30
years until troops and police,

S IN G E R

(Reg: No. IV/8281/2013)

in respect of:- Washing machines; sewing machines
and parts; vacuum cleaners; power drive saws; cordless
power drills; cordless power wrenches; power driven
sanders and grinders. Class: 7
Televisions; stereo and mini component; video players
and recorders; iron press and dry iron (electric flat iron);
fax machines. Class: 9
Refrigerators; air conditioners; air cleaners; freezers;
microwave ovens; wine cellar (refrigerator for wine
bottles); gas cookers and gas ranges; water coolers;
water filters and water electrolysers; vacuumizer (to
keep food in a refrigerator); electric fans; rice cookers;
water heaters; vapoclean (cleaner using steam); electric
thermo pots. Class: 11
Chairs; tables; cabinets; beds; shelves for storage;
entertainment cabinets (furniture); show cases;
furniture. Class: - 20
Freezers and coolers. Class: 21
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the
said trademark or other infringements whatsoever will
be dealt with according to law.
Kyi Win Associates
for The Singer Company Limited, s.a.r.l
P.O. Box No. 26, Yangon.
Phone: 372416
Dated: 21st October 2013

An employee of Carteiro Amigo --a local postal service-- delivers

letters in Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: AFP

backed by helicopters and ar

moured vehicles, moved in two
years ago.
Since then, authorities have
attempted to modernise the
area and draw up a registry
of streets, number houses and
generally make some sense of
the maze of paths and the jum
ble of electrical wires.
The postal service, for one,
is tasked with attributing a zip
code to each region to enable
residents to get their mail at
home.
Before, road number 4 was
just a simple pathway; today its
a real road, wider. That makes
our job easier, says mailman
Ricardo Pinto, 52.
Previously, Mr Pinto and his
colleagues would barely ven
ture into Rocinhas main street
for fear of coming face to face
with armed men.
Instead, they would drop
the mail off with traders or resi
dents would come pick it up.
Today, six mailmen do the
rounds on foot, delivering some
5200 items per day to houses
on streets with a designated
name.
A truck, meanwhile, serves
as a poste restante where peo
ple can come and collect items.
Even so, Mr Martins said,
these postmen still only cover
around 30 percent of Rocinha.
One particularly tough
neighborhood to navigate is
above the Valao - Rocinhas
open sewer system - where the
roads are unnamed.
Our work starts where that
of the postal service stops, Si
las Vieira, 44, told AFP.
We go into little alleyways
which havent been registered,
to houses with no number.
Along with Carlos Pedro,
43, Mr Vieira founded Carteiro
Amigo (Friendly Postman) 13
years ago with an unemploy
ment insurance payout.
Today,
their
small
company employs seven

mailmen - albeit ones who

are not recognized by the
official postal service.
They deliver mail to more
than 8000 households, which
each pay around US$7 a month
for the service.
Mr Vieira and Mr Pedro
both hail from Rocinha and
have drawn up their own ad
dress registry based on names
given by locals to some 3000
pathways, alleyways, squares
and even staircases
Creating that was a real de
tectives job they said.
Neither Mr Vieira nor Mr
Pedro will say what kind of
revenue their fledgling firm has
-but they do let on that turn
over has tripled in 10 years
They have also opened fran
chises in 10 other favelas.
Another colleague, a
32-year-old who only gave his
name as Max, finds the work
keeps him in shape as he logs
some 10 kilometres (6.25 miles)
a day on his route.
His work is highly appreci
ated by the locals.
He has changed my life,
said Norma Lucia, a woman in
her 50s, as Max handed her a
letter.
Yet some complain about
having to pay for a service that
elsewhere in Rio de Janeiro is
provided for free.
The post is a public ser
vice, complained a man who
identified himself as Jose, 55.
Some two million people
live in Rios favelas.
Those in the southern part
of the city have gradually been
pacified since 2008 as au
thorities try to spruce up the
metropolis ahead of next years
World Cup and the 2016 Rio
Olympics.
Even so, many slum resi
dents still lack basic services
such as drinking water, sewage
systems, refuse collection - and
mail delivery.
-AFP

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EU embraces crooked fruit, ugly veggies

BERLIN

ANY takers for blemished apples, mis

shapen carrots and bent cucumbers?
Some European retailers are en
tering the market of ugly fruits and
vegetables, positioning themselves as
crusaders against food waste.
This week Edeka of Germany start
ed selling the flawed items in some of
its stores across the country, as part of
a four-week pilot project.
Normally the crooked veggies
would end up thrown away or as
animal feed, because consumers buy
with their eyes too, and have gotten
used to certain norms of shape and
colour, said Gernot Kasel, a spokes
man for Germanys number one re
tailer by market share.
Branded nobody is perfect, the ill-

proportioned apples, potatoes and car

rots sell cheaper than their normal
counterparts.
Swiss market-leader Coop entered
similar new ground in August with
a range called Unique, on offer in
about a third of its stores.
After blemished apricots and freck
led cauliflowers, three-legged carrots
are vying for buyers favours, said
Coop spokeswoman Nadja Ruch.
They are priced about 60 percent
cheaper than first-class carrots.
There would be scope for sell
ing many more of these products, as
demand has certainly exceeded our
hopes, said Ms Ruch. But there is sim
ply no more supply of these moods of
nature, as Coop likes to refer to them.

German retailer Rewe launched

its own derling range last week
in its Austrian stores. The name is a
cross between the words anomaly
and miracle.
British retail giant Sainsburys
had paved the way last year. Adverse
weather conditions translated into a

750
Billion dollars of food thrown away
annually worldw ide

dramatic drop in the countrys fruit

and vegetable production, and a high
rate of misshapen and damaged goods.
Sainsburys nevertheless commit
ted to buying all the output, including
ugly specimens. They found their way
onto the shelves or as ingredients in
readymade meals or pastries.
For retailer Rewe, entering that
market isnt a decision based on eco
nomic considerations the company
said. It sees the project, which will be
extended to other markets if the Aus
trian experiment is a success, as a
concrete step against the food waste
culture
According to recent figures by the
UN Food and Agriculture Organisa
tion, over a billion tons of food is

TRADE MARK CAUTION

Lithuania moves to legalise ritual

slaughter amid Polish ban

VILNIUS

EASTERN European country

Lithuania last week took the
first step toward legalising the
ritual slaughter of livestock
for food, seeking to expand its
exports after neighbouring Po
land imposed a ban.
Arab countries and Israel
represent new opportunities
for meat exporters, lawmaker
Vytautas Gapsys, who tabled
the draft legislation, told Lithu
anian parliament.
In the first reading, 51 law
makers in the 141-seat parlia
ment voted in favour of legali
sation and two against, with
seven abstentions.
According to EU law, ani
mals in Lithuania and other
member countries must be
stunned before slaughter.
Kosher and halal slaughter
require that an animal be killed
by slitting its throat without
first being stunned.
Two more parliamentary
votes and a presidential sig
nature are needed to approve
the law that would exempt re
ligious communities from the
requirement.
Lithuanias tiny Jewish com
munity on Tuesday welcomed
the move.
We would be pleased if the
law is adopted, community

NOTICE is hereby given that STL Commercial Co.,

Ltd. a company organized under the laws of Thailand
and having its principal office at 558 Moo 2, Tasailuad,
Maesot, Tak 63110 is the owner and sole proprietor of
the following trademark:-

Nakita

Animals are slaughtered on October 15, 2013, on the first day of the Muslim Eld al-Adha or the Festival
of Sacrifice holiday Islamic communities and countries. Photo: AFP

leader Faina Kukliansky told

AFP.
It could encourage exports
and would also be important
for the local community
The Jewish and Muslim
communities total about 3000
people in the Baltic nation of

3 million people, which joined

the European Union and NATO
in 2004 and currently holds the
EU presidency.
Ritual slaughter was banned
in EU neighbour Poland on Jan
uary 1 after its Constitutional
Court deemed it incompatible

with animal rights legislation.

Polish farmers and export
ers of meat to Israel and Mus
lim countries exported up to
350 million euros (US$460 mil
lion) worth of kosher and halal
meat a year before the ban.
-AFP

IN BRIEF
ROM E

W orld food aid chief warns against

donor fatigue in ongoing crises
C onflicts around the w o rld mean there
m ust be no "d on o r fatigue", the head of the
W orld Food P rogram m e said, as the United
Nations m arked W orld Food Day last week.
E rtharin Cousin warned aid funds were
running out fo r forgotten but ongoing hu
m anitarian crises like North Korea.
"There is no room fo r donor fatigue," Ms
Cousin said at the UN food aid agency's
headquarters in Rome. "The biggest c h a l
lenge is ensuring we don't forget conflicts
th a t are beyond the attention of the media."
WFP supplies aid to about 97 m illion
people in 80 countries.
With an annual budget of around US$5.0
billion (3.7 billion euros), the organisation
last year spent $1.2 billion buying e m e r
gency food supplies.
WFP operations in and around Syria are
costing around $31 m illio n a week, but
Ms Cousin said this could not come at the
expense of o th er crises.
N orth Korea, "w ith o ut significant

contribution in the next m onths w e w ill be

forced to suspend o u r operation at the end
of January", she added.

gave M r Wang a n other piggyback ride as

they left the house, the agency said.

B E IJIN G

Amnesty slams plan fo r tests

to ban homosexuals from Gulf

D U BAI

Chinese official sacked after

piggyback to protect his shoes
A Chinese o fficia l was removed from his
post a fte r a picture of him being given a
piggyback sparked an online uproar; state
m edia reported.
The image, published on the T w itter-like
Sina Weibo, showed the local o fficia l being
carried on a villa g e r's back w h ile visiting
flood victim s in Zhejiang province.
A post published w ith the im age said the
official, surnam ed Wang, was being carried
because he was w earing high-end shoes.
M r Wang, who was w earing shoes made
of cloth, was set to take them off and
w a lk barefoot over a s m a ll pond to reach
a victim 's house, the Sanqishi Township
governm ent told Xinhua.
However a villa g e r "lifted Wang on his
back despite Wang insisting on walking
barefoot", Xinhua reported. The villa g e r

thrown away each year, costing the

world about US$750 billion.
Environmental and anti-poverty
groups have long highlighted the
problem, and 2014 has been labelled
the European Year against Food
Waste by the European Union.
With their ugly fruit and veg ac
tion, Edeka, Coop and the others have
clearly embraced a trend.
The products are optimal in qual
ity and taste, says Rewe.
Growers welcome the new market
for their flawed pieces of fruit and
vegetable, especially if the arrival of
strange-looking potatoes and zucchinis on supermarkets shelves raises
real questions about nature for the
consumers. -AFP

A Kuwaiti proposal to require "m edical

tests" to prevent hom osexual o r tran sg e n
d e r m igrants from entering Gulf countries
is "outrageous" and should be rejected,
Am nesty International said last week.
"This proposal w ill only fu rth e r stig m a
tise people who already su ffe r extrem ely
high levels of discrim ination and abuse,
said Philip Luther, the rights group's Middle
East and N orth Africa director.
Am nesty said the proposal, put forth
e a rlie r th is m onth by Kuwait's directo r of
public health, w ould ban anyone found to
be homosexual, tran sg e n d e r o r a cross
dresser from entering the country.
The proposal w ill be debated by the
expatriate labour com m ittee of the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) in Oman on
N ovem ber 11.

-AFP

(Reg: No. IV/10020/2013)

In respect of: - Electric rice cooker, blender, hot pot,
iron, electric pan, fan, hot plate, electric kettle, power
strip, tablet, cable and wire, DVD player, EVD player,
television, home theater system - Class: 9
STL Commercial Co. Ltd. has registered the Nakita
trademark in Thailand on 17th March, 2008.
Distributorship and representation rights to sell and
distribute the above listed items in the whole of
Myanmar has been awarded by STL Commercial Co.
Ltd. to Sein Thein Lin Myanmar Co. Ltd. in Yangon
and Myo Thein Electronic in Mandalay.
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the
said trademark or other infringements whatsoever will
be dealt with according to law.
Kyi Win Associates
for STL Commercial Co., Ltd.
P.O. Box No. 26, Yangon.
Phone: 372416
Dated: 21st October 2013

TRADE MARK CAUTION

NOTICE is hereby given that ACE CANNING

CORPORATION SDN. BHD. of Lot 33 - 37,
Lengkuk Keluli 1, Kawasan Perindustrian Bukit
Raja Selatan, Seksyen 7,40000 Shah Alam, Selangor
Darul Ehsan, Malaysia is the Owner and Sole
Proprietor of the following trademark:

HOM ESOY
(Reg: No. IV/12139/2012)
In respect of:- Preparation of soya bean, soya milk.
Class: 29
Mineral and aerated waters and other non-alcoholic
drinks; fruit drinks and fruit juices; carbonated and
non-carbonated drinks, soft drinks; soy based non
alcoholic drinks; syrups and other preparations for
making beverages Class: 32
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the said
trademark will be dealt with according to law.
THAN WIN, B.Com, B.L.
for ACE CANNING CORPORATION SDN. BHD.
By its Attorneys
Ageless
P.O. Box No. 26, Yangon.
Phone: 372416
Dated: 21st October 2013

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THE MYANMARTIMES OCTOBER 21 -27,2013

Me N Ma Girls
hav&jeaseeHfieir
ITernationai debut single
Girl Strong.
Photo: Supplied

URSTING out into the

international scene,
M yanmars own Me N
Ma Girls released their
hit single Girl Strong
through iTunes and Amazon on
October 10.
This is the biggest thing in
our lifetime. There are many more
famous singers in Myanmar than
us. Weve been performing for
three years, but we didnt have a
producer, band member Ahmoon
told The M yanm ar Times.
Then, thank heavens, we got
an offer from Daniel Hubbert and
this single is the result. Were very
happy and proud of it.
The break came just at the right
time, as their Australian agent
Nicole May had just had a baby
and could no longer work with
them.
Our producer doesnt act like
the big boss. He treats us like part

sound techniques, the sweetly

melodic intro works up into a
chorus.
is! u AM BAWI noisy
Me N Ma Girls released their
first album Year o f the Tiger in
hknuambawiragmail.com
Myanmar in 2010 under the name
Tiger Girls. Following disagree
ments with their original producer,
the band changed its name to Me
N Ma Girls and self-produced their
ners. We just do our best, Ahmoon second album, Mingalaba, which
said. The band now has four mem was released at the end of 2011.
bers - Htike Htike, Ahmoon, Cha
The girls signed up with Power
Cha and Kimmy - since Wai Hnin Music in Los Angeles, whose chair
left the group in June to spend
man and CEO is Daniel Hubbert,
more time with her parents.
in mid-2012.
The electro-pop Girl Strong
At first, critics in Myanmar
was composed by Richard Harris
said we were ugly and our skin too
and its music video directed by
brown, not like Korean bands, so
Joseph Toman, best known for his we wouldnt succeed. We put that
video work with Justin Timberin the song, Ahmoon said.
lake, Nicole Scherzinger and David
The video shows Korean-style
Guetta.
people enjoying life at the K-pop
Backed by world-famous profes factory. At first they look at the
sionals, and using high-quality
girls as if they are strange, but Me

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Of Gods and men

Each year, the Manuhar Buddhist
festival in Bagan celebrates the
creation of the Manuhar pagoda
a colourful, yet reverent affair
El El THU
n a m e ra m y a n m a rtim e s .c o m .m m

EACH year on September 18 - or,

in the Myanmar calendar, the 14*11
waxing of Tawthalin - a curious
thing happens at Manuhar Pagoda in Myingabar village, Bagan.
And neither a sea of umbrellas - a colourful sight, but also by
now mundane - nor the drizzle
itself were able to drown out the
excitement this year, as enormous
papier-mache figures of everyone
from The Lady to a lady-eating
tiger paraded through the admiring crowds.
Only Manuhar Temple ...
has a c event, said Tin Nyunt,
financial officer of Bagans Myanmar Restaurant Association, one
of the organisers.
The tradition of the papiermache event used to be widespread in the Bagan region, but
now just the one parade is held
to celebrate the pagoda raised by
the ancient King Manuharmin.
Tin said the figures are
made by contestants from the
area, and the festival even attracts entries from monasteries.
Paper and bamboo pulp are
glued together and then painted.
But its the creativity behind
them which transforms the raw
materials into something magical.
One entry depicted figures
from a folk tale: a woman named
Ma Pa Dar who lost her mind
after her husband and children
were killed by an eagle. The giant
eagle itself, modelled in black,
stalked her as part of the same
float.
In another, a giant ogre,
frighteningly lifelike, was carrying off a princess in his mouth.
The other entries included figures
of monks and of a folk tale from

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We plan to be together for a long
time.

Kyi's daily life during her darkest years

the Bagan region where a tiger

eats a woman, Shwe Oo.
The average papier-mache
figure would take at least a
month to create, Tin Nyunt
said, adding that organisers
didnt put limits on either the
size of the figures or the ages of
those creating them, so that anyone would be able to enter,
One entry of a man dressed in
a traditional Myanmar costume
had been made by a group of
11-year-olds,
In past years the festival has
been simply a celebration. This
year, however, it also became a
competition. The organisers - the
Myanmar Tourism Federation,
the Myanmar Travel Association,
the Myanmar Hotelier Association (Bagon Region), the
Myanmar Restaurant Association
and the Myanmar Lacquerware
Association - said they believed
this was a way to both retain the
tradition and also draw more
tourists to the spectacle.
The competitive format
seemed to bring out more
diversity in the entries, with
each group trying to differentiate
themselves from the others. It
also meant awards could be given
to the lucky winners,
First prize earned K300,000,
second prize K200,000, third
100,000, and five other prizes
of K50,000 each were given out.
And in another twist, organisers
decided that some of the tourists
who had come to see the festival
should be the ones who handed
over the prizes,
We like it. Were happy,
Spanish visitors Feliz and Carmen told The M yanm ar Times.
We Spanish people like to live
happily so we love all festivals,
especially spiritual celebrations.

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BOOK REVIEW: N or Iron Bars a Cage 120131 by Ma Thanegl

Prison life and the

NOR IRON BARS A CAGE
art of joyful rebellion
DOUGLAS

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ITH the end of direct

pre-publication
censorship in August
2012 came the
proliferation of a
previously stifled genre of Myanmar
literary nonfiction: the prison
memoir.
Within months, a flood of
books and articles by ex-political
prisoners hit the market. Most of
these accounts were written in the
Myanmar language, with one notable
exception being Ma Thanegis book
Nor Iron Bars a Cage, released earlier
this year by San Francisco-based
Things Asian Press.
Ma Thanegi is an artist and
writer who, before her arrest in
W

endured, and she also describes

how some pro-democracy political
prisoners and Burma Communist
Party members were subject to
occasional beatings, she shows little
interest in exaggerating to fulfill
popular notions of what life in
Insein Prison was supposed to have
been like.
There are some readers who,
even now, are bound to feel let
down by the dearth of over-the-top
brutality aimed at the women who
spent time in jail following the
8/8/88 uprising. As Ma Thanegi
complains in the Foreword, What
disgusts me is the number of people
I have met who were actually
disappointed or upset that we
werent raped by the male guards.
Instead, the book focuses on dayto-day life in the jail, in particular
the steady, strong and warm
friendship's that formed within
the community of inmates, and
their relations with the guards and
prison administrators. The cast of

learned how to improvise in an

environment designed to quell
creative thought, and discovered in
their own ways how to find small
bits of happiness in the dark corners
of a setting meant to destroy all
enjoyment!
Structurally, Nor Iron Bars reads
more like a collection of anecdotes
than a coherent narrative. There
is little in the way of plot to pull
readers through the book, but the
stories and character profiles are
united by the overarching theme,
which is clearly expressed in the
books most oft-quoted sentence,
We were supposed to be miserable,
and we were damned if wed oblige.
You might not plough straight
through the book without
interruption - I finished two other
novels m the same period that I
read Nor Iron Bars - but like a
collection of poetry, it will pull
you back again and again for its
inspirational tales of rebellious joy
and optimism.

Daw Kyi was merely human

and not an infallible demigod
Ma Thanegi also challenged the
National League for Democracy's
unbending junta-era doctrine
by suggesting that economic
sanctions and tourism boycotts
might not be doing much to uplift
the country's poor
1989, worked as a personal assistant
to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. But in
the years following Ma Thanegis
1992 release from Yangons Insein
Prison, she was accused by a
particularly rabid element of the
Myanmar exile community of being
a traitor to the pro-democracy
cause.
Among Ma Thanegis supposedly
traitorous ideas was daring to
realise earlier than most that Daw
Kyi was merely human and not
an infallible demigod. The artist/
writer also challenged the National
League for Democracys unbending
junta-era doctrine by suggesting
that economic sanctions and
tourism boycotts might not be doing
much to uplift the countrys poor.
Ma Thanegis approach in Nor
Iron Bars likewise would have irked
certain political zealots of years
gone by, who might have preferred
their prison narratives to be jampacked with titillating torture porn
- whether fact or fiction - meant
to showcase the malevolence of the
military regime.
Fortunately, Ma Thanegi does not
indulge.
While she does dedicate some
time in Nor Iron Bars to detailing
the belligerent and psychologically
taxing interrogation sessions she

characters includes accessories to

murder, student political prisoners,
parliamentarians elected m 1990
and never allowed to take office,
prison guards both cranky and
sympathetic, and young women
repeatedly jailed for prostitution.
Of course, not everything
was rosy in Insein Prison. There
were, among other hardships, the
gruelling interrogation sessions, the
sadistic lack of adequate healthcare,
and acute feelings of boredom and
depression with which to contend.
One of Ma Thanegis great
themes as an author has always
been food, and here she writes at
length about the subpar prison
rations and the never-ending efforts
by inmates to procure proper
ingredients for adequate meals.
Despite the subject matter, there
is simple beauty in these stories,
a matter-of-fact frankness and
sincerity that sometimes borders
on the childlike, especially when
the author writes about her affinity
for cats, dogs, birds and butterflies.
There are practical jokes, real-life
ghost stories and recitals of verse
composed entirely in the head of
the poet.
The overall tone is one of
resilient optimism in the face of
deprivation. The prisoners quickly

A winning Kachin-inspired design scores the highest bid at a fundraising auction on October 15 In Yangon. Photo: Thirilu

Kachin-design nabs highest price

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A KACHIN-INSPIRED design has won

the highest bid at a fundraising auc
tion in Yangon, at US$1000 for a Sann
Bawk Rar designed two-piece outfit.
Coordinated by the Charmz
Charity Group, the fashion show
and auction, held at the Parkroyal
Hotel on October 15, raised funds for
several charities including a school

for the hearing impaired, aged care

facilities and monasteries in Yangon.
The local designers who exhibited
their collection - 39 pieces in total
- included Myint Zu from Zu Zu
Collection, Ma Latt from Latt Latt
Fashion, Ma Pont from My Favourite
and Pyae Soe Aung from Exclusive
Bridal Creations.
Bids for each dress started from
$500, with bids rising in increments
of $100.

San Bawk Rar who runs the

label, SHAYI, and whose dress raised
the highest bid said she created 10
dresses for the fashion show and one
dress specifically for the auction.
I was afraid and thought that
no one would be interested in my
design, she said.
I was so surprised when I won,
especially since I was invited under
my label! Im really pleased this
money is being raised for charity.

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Art for arts sa k e

The results of artwork by sculptor, Kyaw Kyaw Min and painter, Shwe Myint. Photo: Thiri Lu

created clay busts and oil paintings

of elderly writer Sin Phyu Kyun Aung
Thein and artists Maung Maung Thein
CULPTOR Kyaw Kyaw Min (Pathein), Hla Tin Htun and Mya Han.
S
wants to bring recognition
Kyaw Kyaw Min spent his youth
to the wealth of under
travelling with his father, sculptor
recognised artistic talent
Lwin Maung, known for his sculpture
in Myanmar. Artist Shwe
of Bogyoke Aung San riding on a
Myint thinks there is no substitute for horse, m Kanthaya Park in North
painting a portrait in the presence of Okkalapa township.
the model.
But It was only when Kyaw Kyaw
Together, the artistic duo are
Min started to work for a company that
collaborating on an unusual project:
imported and exported cars that he
a series of sculptures and paintings
had enough steady income to indulge
- all done gratis - of ageing writers,
his passion for art. That struggle - and
cartoonists, filmmakers and painters. the respect it gave him for other artists
My father is a sculptor. I wanted to - provided his subject matter: those he
follow in my fathers footsteps and be
calls self-effacing artists
a sculptor. But it is difficult to earn a
They are each recognised
living as an artist, Kyaw Kyaw Min told individuals in their respective fields
The Myanmar Times at their recent
and they do wonderful works in a
event at Tatmadaw Hall where, from
quiet and unassuming way, Kyaw
October 10 to 13, he and Shwe Myint
Kyaw Min said.
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I want to show respect for these

artists who are very humble about
their success and record them in
sculpture while they are alive rather
than looking at photographs of them
after they die, he added.
The project started in 2011, Kyaw
Kyaw Min said, when he and Shwe
Myint sat down with contemporary
artist Khin Maung Yin as their
subject.
Everyone in art circles is
respectful [toward Khin Maung
Yin] for his modesty that always
forbids him from talking about his
achievements, Kyaw Kyaw Min said.
Khin Maung Yin, who lives a quiet
life and rarely goes out, readily agreed
to pose in his own home. Kyaw Kyaw
Min created a clay sculpture of the
artist, while at the same time Shwe
Myint painted his portrait.
The process took one day, at the

end of which the results - a finished

painting and clay bust - were offered
to their subject as a token of respect.
Kyaw Kyaw Min said it costs about
K100,000 for the materials required.
But he said the results are priceless.
The reward for our efforts is
intangible. Its happiness.
Shwe Myint said news of their
work spread rapidly in art circles.
In 2011 we created sculptures and
paintings of another four artists at
Lawkanat gallery on Pansodan Street.
A visit of elderly artist San Hlaings
daughter to the gallery coincided
with our event and she told the news
[of our project] to her father, Shwe
Myint said.
San Hlaing was very
depressed about the news because
he thought he was forgotten by
the people. And he paid a visit to
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda and made a wish

that he could be sculpted too.

The duo soon corrected their
omission and invited San Hlaing to
sit for them. But they said not every
artist appreciates their intentions.
One artist they approached asked if
they wanted to grow famous because
of this project.
We were not satisfied with his
response and didnt paint and sculpt
him, Shwe Myint said.
Together, Kyaw Kyaw Min and
Shwe Myint have collaborated to
create tandem two- and three
dimensional portraits of 27 artists,
charity founders, writers, politicians
and cartoonists, two of whom are
deceased.
Every artist seemed blissfully
happy about the complete artworks,
ShweMyint said.
These were the happiest times of
our lives.

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THE MYANMAR TIMES OCTOBER 21 -2 7 ,2 0 1 3

Generation
W ave
uncovered
and Aung Si Phyo. Zayar Thaw, now
a member of parliament, is no longer
actively involved.
Weve been friends since
A
f t e r six years, the masks
are off. Generation Wave, childhood, and we participated in
the 2007 Saffron Revolution. A lot
a political organisation
of monks and other citizens were
launched in 2007 in the
wake of the popular
arrested and we felt we had to stand
uprising against the then- military
up for the public, said Moe Thway.
government, is celebrating its sixth
The groups name derives fromthe
anniversary this month. And they are successive advance of waves on the
proud to be able to do so in public.
shore, he said.
For the first time since the group
Political movements have sprung
formed, they will campaign publicly
up since 1962, but none of them
without covering their faces, as they
made much progress. When they fail,
have done previously.
another one comes along.
An early adherent, Ko Bo Bo, said
In the early days, GW activists
last week that no great ceremony
wore masks for fear of arrest when
was involved. We re not a big
distributing their members poems
organisation, just a movement that
and songs to the public, said Ko
expresses our desires through poems Bo Bo. But now, there is no fear of
and songs, he told The Myanmar
retribution against their political
Times on October 9 at the Pansodan
stance.
Gallery in Yangon.
Now the country is on the road to
Generation Wave was founded by democracy. But our focus remains on
Zayar Thaw, Moe Thway, Win Htut
human rights.
LWIN MAR HTUN

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M yan m ar ta k e s u p PEN
But now, we have a chance and we
need to grab it firmly. So this is the
time to start.
INCE her release from
As an organisation, PEN is not
S
prison in 1999, Myanmar
unknown to Myanmar. Several
m iter and doctor Ma Thida
Myanmar writers - including Ma
(Sanchaung), has dreamt of
Thida and Nay Phone Latt - have
a day when Myanmar writ
already received awards from PEN
ers would be able to join colleagues
international for their literary and
around the world and establish an
journalistic work. Ma Thida won the
internationally recognised forum in
PEN/Barbara Goldsmith (Freedom to
which to develop creative literature
Write Award) in 1996, while she was
and critical thinking.
incarcerated and Nay Phone Latt won
Her dream came true last month
the same award in 2011, also while he
with the founding of a new PEN
was in prison.
International centre in Myanmar.
Nay Phone Latt told the PEN
The centre, with 23 active members,
Congress that winning the award
will serve as an NGO for writers and
inspired him and fellow prisoner,
for advocacy and education about
Zaganar to create a PEN chapter in
literature, helping aspiring writers
Myanmar.
from all backgrounds in Myanmar.
When I heard the news that
The effort to open the PEN Centre
I was awarded the PEN Barbara
was nearly 15 years in the making and
Goldsmith award by PEN America,
came about through the persistence
we [he and Zaganar] were told that
and steadfast effort of Dr Ma Thida.
in the near future we will have to
Speaking at a ceremony at the 79
form that kind of organisation in our
.'
International Congress in Reykyavik,
country and we also have to support
Iceland, writer Nay Phone Latt
other countries worse off than ours,
outlined Ma Thidas efforts, citing her
he said. PEN Myanmar is our dream.
Nay Phone Latt
string of visits since 2005 to several
In the bitter past, we had to be the
PEN offices around the world where
object - just accepting the others
W rite r
she tried to convince PEN to assist in
support. For the brighter future,
the effort to open a Myanmar office.
we want to be the subject that can
It wasnt until last year, however,
Iceland on September 9-13, 2013.
support and help the victims around
that the effort gained the momentum
We didnt have the chance [under the world.
necessary to make the dream a reality. the former government] to form that
The mission of the Myanmar
PEN Myanmar received official
kind of organisation or to connect
PEN Centre is threefold: to conduct
permission to form the centre during with international organisations, Nay a media watch on issues related to
the 79 Pen International Congress in Phone Latt told the PEN Congress.
freedom of expression; to organise

We didn't

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have the
chance [under
the former
government] to
form that kind
of organisation
or to connect
with international
organisations

discussions about literature with

the public and develop a culture of
literature in Myanmar; and to make
literature a part of the educational
curriculum m the country, promoting
creative writing.
Prominent author Pe Myint said
the years spent under censorship
took its toll on the countrys writing
community.
Myanmar was blocked from
developing for the ages by the
junta, he said. We didnt know the
situation of the worlds literature
and the activities of international
writers. Myanmar people need to
know about the world more, so we
need to join this kind of international
organisation, he said.
Myo Myint Nyein, who is
an honorary member of PEN

International, also expressed his

excitement about the new PEN
Centre.
PEN Myanmar is not a political
organisation. It is just for us to meet
international writers, he said. I
think it is the first step we need to
enter into the worlds literature for
Myanmar writers.
PEN Myanmar is accepting
member applications from this
month and will hold an official PEN
Myanmar Congress in November to
choose a director and board, although
the dates are yet to be confirmed.
PEN International was founded
by writer and poet CA Dawson Scott
in London in 1921 and is the one
of the earliest non-governmental
organisations. There are 145 PEN
centres in the world.

Aung San on film

THE Bogyoke Film Board Commit
tee confirmed last week that the
film of the life of Myanmar national
hero, Bogyoke Aung San, will be
called Aung San
Zaw Thet Htwe, information of
ficer of the film board, said members
decided to drop the military honorific,
Bogyoke to cast Aung San in a more
humanising light.

Zaw Thet Htwe added that once

filmed, the plan was to screen the
movie abroad to an international
audience.
Its yet to be decided whether a
film crew from either Italy or the
United States will direct the produc
tion, with the main cast all being
non-professional actors, he said.
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10 This ride is great!
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plane
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16 Use one of the
senses
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Tennessee
20 Farewell, ami
21 Athens rival of yore
22 Spy thriller author
Deighton
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26 Airport limo drivers
concern, briefly
27 Twitch
30 Centim eter-gramsecond unit of work
31 Added inches
33 Silky sweater
35 A r s __artis
37 Send forth, as
a sound
38 Stately delicacy?
42 Gray wolf
43 Half of a magic duo
44 Underground
transportation
47 Gone to glory
48 Show piece?
51 Alm ost failing grade
52 Scrap of cloth
54 Bread type
55 Common article
56 Confidential matter
59 Fruity-smelling
compound
61 Some northern
desserts
65 Arabian Gulf port
66 Barely making it (with
_ out )
67 Language that gave us
the word whisky
68 Costa __ Calif.
69 Concealed, informally
70 Creature in the woods

7 Points for writers?

8 Hang loose?
9 Archaeological
layers
10 Stimulate, as ones
appetite

"Sxroi'oid

12 Dijon
thirst-quencher
13 Able was I __ I ...
18 W ant to grab
a bite?
19 Muffin material
24 Exam sans pencils
25 Try to make clear
28 Colored portion of the
eye

29 Feline
32 Dined partner
34 Transmission
component
35 Get taller
36 Alfred who coined
the term inferiority
com plex
38 Pouting
expression
39 Convent heads
40 Potters purchase
41 Exchange
for money
42 Flashback drug
45 With the bow, to a
violinist
46 Spun, as a story

48 W hat one wears

49 Brie or feta
50 More blunt and to the
point
53 Lizard that can
regenerate
its tail
57 Sicilian volcano
58 HS math course
60 Attracted a trooper,
maybe
61 Old Batman word
62 Com memorative for
Billie Joe
63 Siamese
twin name
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PHYOS COOKING ADVENTURE

You cant make a frittata

without breaking a few eggs
p h y o c o o k in g ra g m a il.c o m

OU can probably guess

from the name of the
famous Asian snack called
son-in-laws egg that it
comes with a side of story.
There are a number of variations,
but the important details are that a
mother-in-law cooks an egg for her
daughters husband, but as a warning:
If he is not good enough for her little
girl, hed better sort it out quick, oth
erwise, some part of his body will end
up being cooked like this egg.
Since son-in-laws eggs are boiled,
Y

deep-fried until golden and blistered,

then dipped in sweet-and-sour chilli
sauce, thats an image vivid enough
to put any wayward husband off
his dinner. But those with cleaner
consciences - all my readers, I hope should find this dish delicious.
This weeks second recipe is
another cracker: a frittata-mspired
Myanmar omelette. People here love
their omelettes with onions, toma
toes, chillies and duck eggs. I havent
used chilli in this recipe but you can
if you want.

Son-in-laws eggs with caramel chilli sauce. Photos: Phyo

SON-IN-LAW'S EGG WITH CARAMEL

CHILLI SAUCE
SERVES 4

5 organic eggs
Vegetable oil (enough to fly the
eggs)
2Vi tablespoons fried onions
2 tablespoon tamarind paste
1/3 cup sugar
4 red chillies, deseeded and finely
chopped
2 tablespoons palm sugar or jaggery,
finely grated
1/3 cup water
Vi cup fish sauce
Coriander to garnish
Onions or shallots, fried, to garnish
Start by preparing the soft-boiled
eggs. Gently place the whole eggs
into a saucepan and cover them with
cold water, then turn on heat. As
soon as water boils, remove saucepan
from stove and cover with lid for 3
minutes. Carefully spoon out eggs
from hot water and transfer into cold
water. Leave for 6-8 minutes, remove,
shell and pat dry.
For the caramel chilli sauce, add
the sugar into the saucepan and dis
solve on high heat. Shake the sauce
pan in circle so as not to burn the
bottom. When caramelised, remove
saucepan from heat and add fish
sauce slowly and carefully. The mix
ture will be bubbling and smoky. Add
the water, then bring the saucepan
back to the stove and mix well. All the
caramel should be mixed in the water

and fish sauce, and the result should

be neither sticky nor runny.
Add tamarind paste, grated palm
sugar and chillies into the caramel
sauce. Adjust proportions depending
on your tastes.
Fry eggs by adding enough
vegetable oil to a pot to cover half of the
eggs.Heat on medium-high. When the
oil is ready, fly the eggs carefully, one
at a time if you prefer The white skin
should become golden and blistered.
Turn the egg slowly to gain an even
golden honeycomb surface. Be very
careful during this stage as oil may spit.
If you want runny yolks, dont fly more
than 5 minutes. Remove and leave on
kitchen paper to drain excess oil.
To serve, dip egg into sauce and rub
around. Then slice into halves, drizzle
sauce on the yolks and garnish with
coriander and fried onions or shallots.
HAM AND SAGE FRITTATA
SERVES 6

5 organic eggs
Vi cup milk
Salt
Black ground pepper
6 sage leaves, large
100 grams ham or salami, shredded
3 tomatoes, sliced
4 spring onions, whites only, sliced
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 tablespoons hard cheese, grated

Crack eggs into a bowl and beat.

Add milk and beat again. Add salt and
freshly crushed black pepper to taste.

Indian fare in Malaysian Chinatown

minutes around the corner to try out

some Indian restaurants. Voila! They
suggested I try a place called Kader
WANDERING through the streets
which was a vegetarian restaurant. In
of Chinatown in Ku^a Lumpur, I
fact, that whole end of town seemed
found myself craving a curry. Walking to have a multitude of vegetarian fare.
away from the busy hub of the
Just across the street was a Chinese
Chinatown markets, I headed towards vegetarian restaurant, and as I
my accommodation, the Backhome
walked up Leboh Ampang, there were
hostel. I had managed to secure a
a number of vegetarian Indian diners
double room to myself in the recently I would have been happy to try.
established hostel and I highly
Instead, I headed to Kader, which
recommend it. Located in the heritage from the outside didnt look like
precinct of Kuala Lumpur, the area
much. The floors were quite dirty
has far more life and grunginess than and not all the tables had been wiped
the sterile, commercial precinct of
down, but there were a number of
Bukit Bintang. Because the hostels
people in the small dining area.
location is away from the busier end
I couldnt make up my mind so
of Chinatown, Its also a quiet oasis
settled for a mixed vegetarian tali
thats clean and comfortable.
(5 ringit) - which turned out to be a
I went back thinking Id drop off
massive serve of rice, dahl, spinach,
my things and head to the opposite
paneer and cabbage all served on a
side of town to Little India. But after banana leaf - proper Bombay style.
asking the helpful front-of-house staff In India, they throw the leftovers
about where people went locally to
out on the street for a sacred cow
eat, they suggested I walk just five
to eat up. No cows wandered the
streets here, but I felt good knowing
I had a biodegradeable platter. Just
Kader Indian restaurant
as I was thinking there was enough
food in front of me for at least two
people, the waiter dropped some
Leboh Am pang [stre e t], Chinatown
piping hot pappadoms and a large
precinct, Kuala L u m p u r
serving of raita in front of me. I had
also ordered a glass of mango lassi
Food:
(4.50 ringit) which also came out in a
D rink:
super-sized serve.
A tm o sp he re :
The food was cheap and
X -factor:
nourishing, and even though
Service:
I thought I couldnt possibly
Value fo r m oney:
finish all of it, the majority of the
serving disappeared easily enough.
Total Score: 8 / 10
Recommended.
MANNY MAUNG

m an n y.m a un g ra g m a il.co m

Add olive oil to a nonstick flying

pan and place over medium heat. Fly
sage leaves for 10 seconds and place
them around the pan. Pour egg mixture
into pan and make sure it is spread
evenly. Add spring onions, ham or sa
lami, and tomatoes. Cover with lid and
fly for 10 minutes or until the eggs are
cooked. When the eggs are cooked, flip
them and fry them for 5 more minutes
without lid until golden.
Serve with green salad leaves and
chutney.
TIPS

When making fritattas, try using

duck eggs, which have richer flavours.
To flip eggs in a frying pan, slide a
thin spatula under the egg along the
edge of the pan, then push it toward
the middle. When separated from the
pan, transfer it upside down onto a
plate. Then bring the plate back to the
edge of the pan and push the eggs back
in the pan.
FOODIE QUOTE

An egg is always an adventure; the

next one may be different.
- Oscar Wilde
NEXT WEEK

Desserts with egg

W ine Review
Villa
Ponciago,
Millesime2011
This w ine is like
som eone you m eet
often, but can never
re m e m b e rth e ir
name. A w eak nose,
strong tannins and a
cranberry ta rt finish.
m em orable, but
not entirely offensive.

6.5

Score
1/10
k1

A polished-off vegetarian tali at Kader restaurant, Kuala Lumpur. Photos: MM

5 ,0 0 0

Ferraton Cotes Du
Rhone Samorens
Rouge 2009

Black and red b e r

ries w ith a m edium
body and a strong
liquorice finish.
Ensure to a ir fo r a
few m inutes before
drinking. Not the
best to cellar.

Score
>/10
k1

6 ,0 0 0

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Ocean S uper C enter (Naypyidaw) launch

Ko Arkar, Ko Tun Tun and Ko Kyaw Naing Oo

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NYEIN
El El HTWE
nyei n e ie ih tw e 2 3 ra g m a il.c o m

A BUSY week (as ever) for Socialite kicked off with the German Unity
Day occasion at the Strand Hotel on October 7. Taking a break from
mere office work, she slipped out for the JVC new products launch at
Parkroyal Hotel and the grand opening of Swiss Time Square in Bahan
township on October 11. Next day saw her at the Xperia z launch at
the Sony showroom, and then at the promotion sale of The Rich Gems.
On October 13, she popped into the opening ceremony of My
Princess Clinic at Chit Maung Housing, Tirmwe township.
Needless to say, she prominently attended the Zar & Dia
monds promotion fair at Junction Square before jetting to Nay 1
Pyi Taw for the launch of the Ocean Super Centre.

aiwf

Charm z C harity Auction

Ma Mee Nge and Colonel Bill Dickey

San Bauk Yar

Poe Ei Phyu Sin

A rierThuta

B ritis h Embassy g athering

John Frew and Sherazade Delhoume

Peter Crowhurst, Le Giang, James R Pitchon

'n m a r
ches 1301
12-17,
utskirts
Brooke Zobrist and Nant Thazin Min

Sony Xperia

z product launch

Mr Miura, Mr Eithan and Ms Karan

Svea, Lisa, Vanessa and Vonne

Daw Nwe Nwe Soe and

Ashley Pritchard

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THE MYANMAR TIMES OCTOBER 21 -2 7 ,2 0 1 3

DOMESTIC FLIGHT SCHEDULES

Days

Dep

Arr

Flight

Days

FMIA1

1,2,3,4,5

7:30

8:30

YJ 902

2,7

9:00

YJ 902

3,4

FMIA1
FMI B1

6
1,2,3,4,5

8:00
11:30

6T501

2,3,4,5,6,7

13:45

16:35

YJ 761

1,2,4,6

11:00

12:10

Arr

9 129

4,5,6,7

14:30

17:10

YJ 751/W9 7751

3,5

11:00

12:10

Flight

7:40

9:45

9 129

1,2,3

14:45

17:25

YH 505

11:00

12:25

YH 634

5,7

11:25

13:25

7:40

10:40

K7 224

Daily

14:30

17:25

YH 737

3,5,7

11:00

12:25

K7 320

Daily

11:30

13:35

Daily

15:00

17:55

YH 727

11:00

12:25

15:30

18:20

K7 826

2,6

11:45

13:00

MANDALAY TO YANGON

YANGON TO NAY PYI TAW

Flight

12:30

FMIA1

15:30

16:30

FMIC1

1,2,3,4,5

16:30

17:30

NAY PYI TAW TO YANGON

I Dep

YH 910

1,2,4,6

7:55

10:00

YH 731

Y5233

Daily

8:10

9:25

6T501

YJ 892

Daily

8:30

10:25

T 501
NYAUNG TO YANGON

YH 918

12,3,5,6,7

8:20

10:15

YJ 143/W97143

1,2,3

9:20

10:45

Flight

Days

Dep

Arr

10:45

YH 917

Daily

7:35

10:15

11:00

YJ 891

Daily

7:45

10:25

11:05

6T401

Daily

7:55

10:45

10:45

K7 222

Daily

8:05

11:00

8:10

9:30

6T402

Daily

8:45

Flight

Days

Dep

Arr

FMIA2

1,2,3,4,5

8:50

9:50

FMIA2

10:00

11:00

FMI B2

1,2,3,4,5

13:00

14:00

9 201

1,2,3

9:25

11:20

YH 910

FMIA2

17:00

18:00

YJ 002

9:25

10:20

YJ 902

8:25

9:45

YJ 902

8:25

10:45

YH 910

1,2,4,6

8:40

10:00

YJ 902

9:20

10:40

FMIC2

1,2,3,4,5

18:00

19:00

YANGON TO MANDALAY
Flight

Days

Dep

Arr

9 512

6:00

8:05

YH 917

Daily

6:00

8:20

K7 223
9 201
9 144

Y5132

Daily

8:55

4,5,6,7

9:10

Daily

9:20

3,5,6,7

9:30

10:30

YJ 002

9:50

10:45

YJ 202

10:30

11:55

K7 227

2,4

10:35

12:00

K7 627

1,5

10:55

12:20

YJ 202

11:30

12:55

K7 845

2,4,7

12:50

16:00

YH 730

14:00

17:45

YJ 202

15:30

17:35

YJ 901

2,3,4,7

6:00

7:25

YJ 891

Daily

6:10

8:15

Y5234

Daily

6:15

7:30

9 120

1,3

15:45

17:10

6T401

Daily

6:20

8:25

YJ 202

2,3

15:30

16:55

K7 222

Daily

6:30

8:40

6T502

2,3,4,5,6,7

16:05

18:10

YH 909
K7 626

1,2,4,6

6:15

1,5

6:45

K7 226

2,4

6:45

YJ 201

9 251

7:55
8:10

YH 728

16:30

17:55

YJ 762

1,2,4,6

16:35

18:00

8:10

9 129

4,5,6,7

16:40

18:45

7:00

8:25

K7 225

Daily

16:50

19:00

Daily

7:00

9:05

YJ 006

16:55

18:45

6T401

7:00

9:40

9 129

1,2,3

16:55

19:00

YJ 001

2,4

7:30

9:35

YJ 602

16:55

18:20

YJ 001

7:30

8:25

YH 732

Daily

17:10

19:15

9 201

1,2,3

7:45

9:10

K7 625

Daily

17:10

18:35

YH 738

3,5

17:10

18:35

8M6603

2,4,7

9:00

10:10

8M6604

2,4,7

17:20

18:30

9 251

10:30

11:55

YH 738

17:40

19:05

K7 624

Daily

10:30

11:55

YH 730

17:45

19:10

YH 910

5,7

9:40

11:00

6T502

2,3,4,5,6,7

16:50

18:10

9 129

Daily

17:25

18:45

9 129

1,2,3

17:40

19:00

K7 225

Daily

17:45

19:00

YH 732

Daily

17:55

19:15

6T502

18:35

19:55

YANGON TO MYITKYINA
Flight

Days

Dep

Arr

YJ 201

6:00

8:50

YJ 211

7:00

9:50

YJ 201

7:00

9:50

K7 844

2,4,7

7:30

11:05

9 251

10:30

13:25

K7 624

Daily

10:30

13:25

YJ 201

2,3,4,7

11:00

13:50

MYITKYINA TO YANGON
Flight

Days

Dep

Arr

YJ 202

9:05

11:55

YJ 202

10:05

12:55

YJ 202

7,4

14:05

17:35

YJ751/W9 7751

10:30

12:25

9 511

17:30

19:35

YJ 201

2,3,4

11:00

12:25

9 252

17:35

19:00

YJ 211

11:00

12:25

YJ 752/W9 7752

17:30

18:55

YJ 202

2,3

14:05

16:55

YJ 761

1,2,4,6

11:00

12:55

YJ 192

17:45

18:40

K7 625

Daily

15:40

18:35

YJ751/W9 7751

11:00

12:55

6T502

17:50

19:55

9 252

16:05

19:00

YH 727

11:00

13:10

YH 729

2,4,6

11:00

14:00

YH 737

3,5

11:00

13:10

YH 737

11:00

13:40

YJ 191

12:00

12:55

YJ 601

12:15

13:40

YJ 211

14:05

18:05

YJ 211

10:05

13:25

YANGON TO NYAUNG

lE S Ifa l

YANGON TO HEHO

Flight

Days

Days

I Dep

YH 917

Daily

6:00

7:35

YH 917

Daily

6:00

9:05

Flight

2,3,4,5,6,7

13:45

MYEIK TO YANGON
I

Days

YANGON TO THANDWE

14:55

Flight

Days

Dep

Arr

4,6

10 30

13:10

9 129

1,2,3

14:45

15:55

YH 505

9 129

4,5,6,7

14:30

15:40

YH 505

11 00

13:40

15:45

6T605

2,4,5,7

11 15

12:10

16:25

6T607

1,4

11 15

13:50

6T607

11 15

12:40

YH 511

11 30

12:35

K7 224

Daily

YH 731

Daily

6T501

14:30
15:00
15:30

16:40

HEHO TO YANGON
Flight

YH 910

Days
5,7

I Dep
8:45

I Arr
11:00

YH 918

1,2,3,5,6,7

9:05

10:15

YJ 892

Daily

9:15

10:25

6T402

Daily

9:35

10:45

K7 223

Daily

9:45

11:00

9 201

4,5,,7

9:55

11:05

9 201

1,2,3

10:10

11:20

YH 506

4,6

11:55

14:00

YH 506

12:25

14:30

THANDWE TO YANGON
Flight

Days

Dep

Arr

6T605

2,4,5,7

12:25

15:00

YH 512

12:35

14:55

YH 506

4,6

13:10

14:00

YH 506

13:40

14:30

6T608

1,3,6

14:05

15:00

Domestic Airlines

K7 829

1,3,5

13:50

15:05

6T501

2,3,4,5,6,7

15:10

18:10

9 120

1,3

15:00

17:10

YH 728

15:45

17:55

YJ 762

1,2,4,6

15:50

18:00

9 129

4,5,6,7

15:55

18:45

K7 224

Daily

16:00

19:00

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9 129

1,2,3

16:10

19:00

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YH 731

Daily

16:25

19:15

YH 738

3,5

16:25

18:35

YH 730

16:35

17:45

YH 730

17:45

19:10

YJ 752/W9 7752

16:45

18:55

YH 738

16:55

19:05

T 501

16:55

19:55

YJ 752/W9 7752

17:15

18:25

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K7 827

2,6

17:25

18:40

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F a x :372983

A ir Mandalay (6T)

Fax: 533223,

Asian W ings (YJ)

Tel: 951 516654, 532253, 0 9 - 7 3 1 - 3 5 9 9 1 -3 ,
Fax: 951 5 32333

Golden M yanm ar A irlin e s (Y5)

Tel: 95 9 4 00 4 4 6 9 9 9 , 95 9 4 0 0 44 7 99 9,
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YANGON TO SITTWE

Tel: (95-1] 240 36 3 , 2 4 0 3 7 3 / (+95-9] 421 146545

6T605

2,4,5,7

11:15

13:15

K7 426

Daily

12:30

13:50

6T607

1,3,6

11:15

12:40

Domestic
6T = Air Mandalay

Arr
SITTWE TO YANGON

9 = Air Bagan

YJ 901

2,4,6

6:00

8:10

YJ 891

Daily

6:10

9:00

Flight

Days

YJ 901

6:00

9:05

6T401

Daily

6:20

9:20

6T606

2,4,5,7

13:35

15:00

YJ 891

Daily

6:10

7:30

K7 222

Daily

6:30

9:30

K7 427

Daily

14:05

15:25

YH 909

5,7

6:15

7:50

9 201

4,5,6,7

7:30

9:40

6T608

1,3,6

13:00

15:00

YH 909

1,2,4,6

6:15

8:40

K7 828

1,3,5

7:30

8:45

6T401

Daily

6:20

7:40

9 201

1,2,3

7:45

9:55

YJ = Asian Wings

9 129

1,2,3

14:45

16:40

K7 224

Daily

14:30

16:35

6T501

2,3,4,5,6,7

13:45

15:45

YH 731

Daily

15:00

17:10

K7 222

Daily

6:30

7:50

YJ 751/W9 7751

10:30

11:40

Flight

Days

6T501

15:30

17:30

YH 909

6:30

8:10

9 119

1,3,

10:30

11:40

K7 319

Daily

7:00

9:05

YJ 005

15:30

16:40

YH 921

6:30

8:05

YH 505

4,6

10:30

11:55

YH 633

5,7

7:00

9:15

K7 = AIR KBZ
YH = Yangon Airways
FMI = FMI AIR Charter

YANGON TO MYEIK

Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines

Subject to change
without notice

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INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SCHEDULES

Fliahts
PG 706
8M335
TG 304
PG 702
TG 302
8M331
PG 704
Y5 237
TG 306

YANGON TO BANGKOK
Davs
Daily
7:15
Daily
8:20
Daily
9:50
Daily
10:30
Daily
14:55
Daily
16:30
Daily
18:20
Daily
18:05
Daily
19:45

9:30
10:05
11:45
12:25
16:50
18:15
20:15
19:50
21:40

Fliahts
FD 2752
FD 2756
FD 2754

YANGON TO DON MUENG

Davs
I H ! I I
Daily
830
Daily
12:15
Daily
17:50

Arr
10:20
14:05
19:35

YANGON TO SINGAPORE
Flights
Days
Ml 509
025
1,6
8M 231
Daily
8:00
Y5 233
Daily
10:10
SQ997
Daily
10:25
8M 6232
Daily
11:30
3K586
Daily
11:30
Ml 517
Daily
16:40
TR 2827
2,3,4,5,7
19:05
TR 2827
15:35
1,6

Arr
5:00
12:25
14:40
14:45
16:05
16:05
21:15
23:35
20:05

YANGON TO KUALA MPUR

Flights
Days
8M501
1,3,6
7:50
AK1427
Daily
8:30
MH 741
Daily
12:15
MH 743
Daily
15:45

Arr
11:50
12:50
16:30
20:00

MflNDALAYTO KUNMING
Fliahts
Davs
MU 2030
Daily
14:40

DON MUEANGTO MANDALAY

Fliahts
8M336
TG 303
PG 701
TG 301
PG 703
TG 305
8M332
PG 705
Y5 238

BANGKOKTOYANGON
Davs
9
Daily
11:30
Daily
Daily
Daily
13:00
Daily
16:45
Daily
17:50
Daily
19:15
Daily
20:15
Daily

Fliahts
FD 2751
FD 2753
FD 2755

DON MUENG TO YANGON

Davs
Daily
7:15
Daily
16:35
Daily
11:10

Flights
SQ 998
3K585
8M 6231
8M 232
Ml 518
Y5 234
Ml 520
TR 2826
TR 2826

SINGAPORE TO YANGON
Davs
H I
Daily
755
Daily
9:20
Daily
9:10
Daily
13:25
Daily
14:20
Daily
15:35
5,7
22:10
2,3,4,5,7
17:00
13:15
1,6

17:20

FD2760

Davs

2,3,4,67

20:00

Flights
CA906

2,3,4,6,7

14:15

21:55

YANGON TO GAUNGZHOU
Flights
I
Davs
8M 711
2,4,7
8:40
CZ 3056
11:20
3,6
CZ 3056
17:40
1,5

Arr I
13:15
15:50
22:15

YANGON TO TAIPEI
1

Flights
Cl 7916

1,2,3,4,5,6

10:50

16:15

YANGON TO KUNMING
Flights
I
Davs
I
1 Arr Wm
MU 2012
12:20
18:35
1,3
MU 2032
2,4,5,6,7
14:40
18:00
CA906
14:15
17:35
2,3,4,6,7

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T e l : 513822, 5 13422, 5 04888, F a x : 5 15102

8:00

A ir China (CA)

17:20
11:45

T e l: 6661 12, 6 55882.

A ir India
T e l :2 5 3 5 9 7 - 9 8 254 75 8 . Fax: 2 48 17 5

9:20
10:45
10:40
14:50
15:45
17:05
23:35
18:25
14:45

Bangkok Airw ays (PG)

Tel: 2 5 5 1 2 2 ,2 5 5 265, Fax: 2551 19

Condor (DE)
Tel: + 95 1 -3 7 0 S 3 6 up to 3 9 (ext : 810]

D ragonair (KA)
Tel: 9 5 -1 -2 5 5 3 2 0 , 2 5 5 3 2 1 1 F a x : 2 55 32 9

Golden M yanm ar A irlin e s (Y5)

Tel: 95 9 4 00 4 4 6 9 9 9 , 95 9 4 0 0 44 7 99 9,

8:05

Fax: 01 860 4051

13:15

Malaysia A irlin e s (MH)

T e l : 3 87 64 8 , 2 4 1 0 0 7 ext : 120, 121, 122 Fax2 4 1 124

Myanmar Airways lnternational(8M)

T e l : 255 26 0 , Fax: 2 5 5 3 0 5

S ilkA ir(M I)

GUANGZHOU TO YANGON
Days
H H I
840
3,6
14:45
1,5
2,4,7
14:15

Tel: 2 55 2 8 7 -9 , Fax: 2 5 5 2 90

Arr
10:30
16:35
15:50

Thai Airw ays (TG)

T e l : 2 5 5 4 9 1 -6 , F a x :2 5 5 2 2 3

Vietnam A irlin e s (VN)

TAIPEI TO YANGON
Flights
Cl 7915

1,2,3,4,5,6

13:50

Tel: 251 885, 251 886.

KAULA MPUR TO YANGON

Flights
Arr I
I
Davs
I H I I
AK1426
Daily
655
8:00
MH 740
Daily
10:05
11:15
8M502
12:50
13:50
1,3,6
MH742
Daily
13:30
14:40

Flights
CZ 3055
CZ 3055
8M 712

12:15

A ir Asia (FD)

21:30
21:55

YANGON TO BEIJING
1

10:50

International Airlines

BEIJING TO YANGON
Fliahts

Daily

KUNMING TO MANDALAY
Fliahts
Davs
MU 2029
Daily
13:55

0:15
8:50
9:40
13:45
17:35
18:45

21:10

CA905

MALE

F a x : 2 55 08 6 . T e l 2 5 5 0 6 6 /2 5 5 0 8 8 / 2 5 5 0 6 8 .

7:00

9:55

Qatar Airw ays (Tem porary Office)

Tel: 0 1 -2 5 0 3 8 8 , (ext: 8142, 8210]

KUNMING TO YANGON
Fliahts

YANGON TO CHIANG MAI

Flights
I
Davs
9 9607
7
14:20

16:10

MU 2011
CA905
MU 2031

2,3,4,6,7
2,4,5,6,7

12:40
13:30

International

13:15
13:55

FD & AK = Air Asia

TG = Thai Airways

YANGON TO HANOI
1

Flights
VN 956

1,3,5,6,7

CHIANG MAI TO YANGON

19:10

21:30

9 9608

8M = Myanmar Airways International

17:20

Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines

18:10

PG = Bangkok Airways
HANOI TO YANGON

YANGON TO HO CHI MINH CfTY

VN 942

2,4,7

14:25

17:10

Flights
VN 957

1,3,5,6,7

Ml = Silk Air

16:35

VN = Vietnam Airline

18:10

MH = Malaysia Airlines
YANGONTO DOHA
1

Flights
QR619

1,4,5

8:15

HO CHI MINH CFTYTO YANGON

11:15

VN 943

2,4,7

11:40

cz = China Southern
Cl = China Airlines

13:25

Culture war as the

Maldives opens up
to backpackers
Things like nudity are not ac
ceptable m a place where people are
T
h e Maldives is one of the
living, adds Mauroof. The people
worlds most exclusive
complain that they are praying in the
holiday destinations but it mosque and just outside there are
has quietly opened up to
tourists in bikinis.
backpackers in the last five
Since a reform under the countrys
years with a reform that has upset
first democratically elected president
religious hardliners.
Mohamed Nasheed in 2009, Mal
Most visitors arrive at the coun
divians have been allowed to open
trys airport island, take a speed boat their own guest houses on populated
or seaplane to their expensive coralislands.
fringed private resort and spend the
What started as a trickle of guest
next week relaxing in blissful igno
houses has become a torrent, with en
rance of the country around them.
trepreneurs like 25-year-old Ibrahim
It has been this way for decades,
Mohamed converting properties and
the result of a deliberate policy of
profiting from what the islands
keeping the wealthy holidaymak
biggest business and foreign exchange
ers - mostly Westerners and often
earner.
newly-weds - on uninhabited islands
Maldivians are very welcom
separate from the local Muslim
ing people. It wasnt Maldivians
population.
that wanted separation. It was the
The Islamic Republic applies dif
government and a few businessmen
ferent laws to each: Travellers are free saying that they should be isolated,
to drink alcohol, eat pork, and, for
Mohamed saidThe Maldives cant
those not on their honeymoon, enjoy hide from the world anymore.
pre-marital sex. Elsewhere, Maldivian
One of the people to take advan
women can be flogged in public for
tage of the changes is Dutch tourist
fornication.
Chris Constandse, a 27-year-old web
Since Maldives is a Muslim
designer who works for a travel web
country, we have always supported
site m Amsterdam.
the idea that the tourism industry
He booked a few nights at a hotel
should be separate from the inhabited in the capital, but plans to spend
islands, says Mauroof Hussain, vice
the rest of his two-week holiday
president of the conservative Adhaal- staying in guest houses dotted
ath Party.
around the country of more than
If the hippy type of travellers
1000 islands.
come, along will come drugs and nar
Backpackers go to India, Sri Lan
cotics which even now our society is
ka, Thailand and I was like I always
suffering from, says Hussain, whiose do things different, so I thought Id
party has been a minority partner in go backpacking in the Maldives, he
successive governments since 2008.
said shortly before leaving on a ferry
While the archipelago is still far
for one of the nearby islands.
from the hippy trail, the sight of
The most important thing is that
backpackers wandering around Male you get in touch with the people. Ive
and the nearby island of Maafushi
stayed in Male for three nights and
is growing thanks to a new policy to
Ive already met some people and
attract budget travellers.
made some friends. - AFP
ADAM PLOWRIGHT

IS

CA = Air China
YANGON TO PHNOM PENH
8M403

3,6

16:50

BANGKOKTO MANDALAY
19:15

Flights
TG 781
PG 709

2,3,5,6,7
1,3,5,7

7:25
12:00

YANGON TO SEOUL
Flights
Arr
oz 770
4,7
0:35
9:10
KE472
Daily
23:35 08:05+1

Flights
QR618

YANGON TO HONG KONG

Days
Fliahts
KA 251
1,2,4,6
01:10

PHNOM PENH TO YANGON

Flights
Days
p a
8M404
3,6
20:15

KA = Dragonair
Arr
8:50
13:20

Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines

1C= Indian Airlines Limited
9 = Air Bagan

DOHATOYANGON
3,4,7

21:05

3K = Jet Star
Al = Air India

07:00+1

QR = Qatar Airways
V 7 !V06:00

KE = Korea Airlines
NH = All Nippon Airways

21:40

SQ = Singapore Airways
Flights
NH 914

YANGON TO TOKYO
Days
Dep
Daily
21:45

l/Alinnil TAMAIl/RTR

Fliahts

AI228

1,5

PI

14:05

Arr
06:50+1

TOKYO TO YANGON
15:05

Flights
NH 913

Daily

BR= Eva Airlines

Daily

10:30

Al = Air India

Subject to change
without notice

15:30

HONG KONGTOYANGON
KA250

MANDALAYTO DON MUENG

) 2761

DE = Condor Airlines
MU=China Eastern Airlines
DE = Condor

MANDALAYTO BANGKOK
Flights
! Arr
TG 782
2,3,5,6,7
9:30
11:55
PG 710
16:35
1,3,5,7
14:10
m u

SEOUL T0YANG0N
Flights ^ ^ ! Arr 1
KE471
Daily
18:40
22:30
0Z769
3,6
19:50
23:25

1,3,5,7

21:45

2330

KOLKATATO YANGON
Flights
Al 227

1,5

10:35

Arr
13:20

'

Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday

4
5
6
7

= Thursday
= Friday
= Saturday
= Sunday

The Malidives is undergoing a tourism transformation as the country opens up

to backpackers. Photo: AFP

56 the pulse international

THE MYANMARTIMES OCTOBER 21 -2 7 ,2 0 1 3

FILM REVIEW

WEEKLY PREDICTIONS
OCTOBER 21 -27.2013

JH
^fl

Gravitytakes holdincinemas

Sandra Bullock plays a survivor space the film

N Alfonso Cuarons sublime

space thriller Gravity, teardrops
dont roll, they float, perfect lit
tle spheres drifting toward our
3-D glasses with heartbreaking
delicacy.
The films visual grace notes are
as breathtaking as the big, sweep
ing effects that launch this work
into a galaxy as stunning in its way
as Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space
Odyssey.
In his first feature film since the
2006 sci-fi drama Children of Men,
Cuaron has broken extraordinary
ground here, creating a film-going
immersion in outer space that, at
least for those of us whove gotten
no closer than an airplane allows,
feels unfailingly right.
Written by the director and his
son Jonas Cuaron, Oravity uses cut
ting-edge visual and sound effects
to tell a deceptively simple story.
The sole survivors of a shuttle
obliterated (onscreen) by a debris
field of junk, space-newcomer Dr
Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and
right-stuff astronaut Matt Kowalski
(George Clooney) are adrift in space.
I

Gravity. Photo: The Washington Post

Tethered together, their oxygen

running low and all communication
with Earth disabled, the pair, with
one jet pack between them, sets off
for a. distant space station before
the next wave of trash arrives.
As Clooneys cool-headed Kow
alski draws out the terrified Stones
tragic backstory, Oravity meshes
the sci-fi operatics with some very
human existential angst.
Playing out in near-real time,
the 90-minute adventure (the 3-D
version is highly recommended)
contains one horrifying setback
after another.
In one of the most glorious
sequences - Tim Webbers visual
effects are bar-raising - the duo
gets tangled in the long, undulating
ropes of a shuttles deployed para
chute, as if caught in the tentacles
of a giant, billowing sea anemone.
Even as Emmanuel Lubezkis
cinematography swoops and swirls
to mimic disorientation, Oravity
never dissolves into trippiness. The
narrative is clean and straightfor
ward, the visuals as realistic as the
view from a telescope.

The sound design is no less

awesome, shifting among the tinny
crackle of mission control, the heavy
breathing inside the space helmets
and Steven Prices lovely, forceful
score.
Oravity often switches to
abrupt dreamy silences. In a
remarkable scene, the humongous space station is soundlessly
reduced to rubble behind Bullocks
back.
Bullock fulfills the promise of
her earliest, smartest self, in a per
formance thats emotional and flinty
but without her late-career sap.
Clooney is a star without rival in
a perfect-fit role.
Cuaron gets so much right with
the tough-minded Oravity that a
late-in-coming nod to spirituality
feels like a sop, an unnecessary bow
to foxhole enlightenment. He asks
for the moon when he already has
the stars. - Bloomberg
Gravity in Digital 3D is cuirently
playing at Shae Saung Cinema
(Yamgon) and Mingalar Diamond
Cineplex (Mandalay).

London eats up new baking craze

ROBERT LESLIE

FIRST there was the Cronut.

Now theres the Dosant and the
Crodough. Londoners, it seems,
just can t get enough of doughnutcroissant crossovers.
From hip east London to tea
rooms, high-street cafes and sky-rise
restaurants, the high-calorie hybrids
are flying off the shelves like the
proverbial hot cakes.
The craze was dreamed up
earlier this year by French chef
Dominique Ansel at his bakery in
New York, but across the Atlantic it
has taken on a life of its own.
Jennifer Rinkoff, the fourth
generation of her family working in
their bakery in east London, claims
to have been the first to import the
doughnut-croissant into Britain.
She worked for three days with
a 100-year-old family dough recipe
to perfect what she calls a Crodough
- the name Cronut already being
under u s trademark protection.
Made from laminated dough flattened and folded into countless
layers - it is deep fried and then
filled with a choice of custard,
raspberry coulis or toffee apple
crumble.
I saw on Twitter that people
were asking where they could get
a Cronut in London, she said, as a
queue began to form in the small
bakery. So I played with the dough
and by the third day it was exactly
how I wanted it.
Among those eyeing up the
fresh, warm Crodoughs lining the
counter was student Abi, 19, who

Crodoughs are a cross between a croissant and a doughnut. Photo: AFP

heard about the phenomenon

online.
We decided to hunt them out
and they are just so tasty we had
to have them. Its like a custard
explosion, like donut and croissant
together - what more could you
want? she said.

Rinkoff started off baking just a

few Crodoughs as a trial, but now
sells about 200 a day.
I wanted to inject a new trend
into the business. I think its maybe
more of a craze at the moment but I
dont think its a fad, she said. I want
it to be the next cupcake. - AFP

AQUARIUS I Jan 20 - Feb 18

LEO I Jul 2 3 -Aug 22

One of the m ost

fru s tra tin g aspects of
your life is not being
able to understand
o th er people's
behaviour. Practise the habit
looking beyond the s h o rt fa llin g s of
o thers and letting go. It w ill make
your life easier and not cause
undue worry. The greatest reason
to practice random acts of kindness
is that it brings great contentm ent
into your life.

PISCES I Feb 1 9 -M a rch 20

VIRGO I Aug 23 - Sep 22

Learn to be pleasantly
surprised and even grateful
when you receive
com plim ents from others.
Develop a logical
perspective to assist your life's journey.
Remember to start your day thinking of
someone to thank and thank a higher
power for the gift of life itself or for the
beauty of unexpected beauty in nature.
Your sense of gratitude w ill replace
resentm ent and frustration.

The only way to improve

is to practice your craft
u n til you know it inside
and out. By im proving
yourself, your w o rld is
made b e tter also. Don't be afraid of
growing slowly, but be afraid only of
standing s till. Forget your m istakes
but rem e m be r w hat they taught you
and why. Send an anonym ous g ift to
som eone you love and hope to be
loved back.

ARIES I Mar 21 - Apr 19

LIBRA I Sep 23 - Oct 22

Pride is really nothing

more than a form of
selfishness and is the
only a way to keep people
at arm 's length. Avoid
office politics which are naturally
complicated and d ifficu lt to
understand clearly. I recommend that
you approach getting real in your
competitive environm ent to become
more effective in dealing w ith it. Love
needs em otional risk and practical
responsibility at a ll times.

No two things in the

scheme of nature are
{9119 equal and no two leaves of
the same tree are equal.
You can make something
equal according to your different
experiences and knowledge. Equality is
an attitude of your intellectual mind.
The right or wrong decisions w ill affect
not only the present generation but the
following generations as w ell. Love
never comes from different golden
hearts but from the sim ple heart.

TAURUS I Apr 20 - May 20

SCORPIO I Oct 23 - Nov 21

Ira!

Great people talk about

ideas, average people talk
about themselves and
sm all people talk about
others because of different
aspirations. There really is no upside to
gossip. That's why you should avoid not
only spreading gossip but also being the
recipient of it. Know that in the long
run, integrity, consistency and
productivity always payoff. Base your
decisions on principles and w ork to
control your own destiny.

Z}

Learn to be happy with what

If you lack a deep inner
you have by becoming more
sense of se lf-e ste e m
present in the moment and
and s e lf-w o rth , you w ill
by not focusing so much on
constantly have
what you want. An excellent
problem s w ith o ther
measure of happiness is the difference
people. Worry, anxiety, pressure and
between what you have and whatfru
you
s tra tio n - a ll of these can cause
want. Give up on the idea that "more is
you to be blinded by the real w o rld
better". Open your heart to the difficulties
a ll around you. Try to test your
of daily life, and cease your desires that
stren g th of intuitive drive to be wise.
focus on greed and discontent. Deepen
a romance, what you see is w hat
your perspective into high spirits.
you get.

GEMINI I May 21 - June 20

SAGITTARIUS I Nov 22 - Dec 21

' {

Developing a more tranquil

outlook on life requires that
you know your own lim its
and that you take
responsibility for your part
in the process. Don't let anyone drive
you crazy or to become frustrated.
Remember, life isn't an emergency
unless you make it so. Listen to your
feelings which w ill act as a barom eter
letting you know what your internal
w eather is like. Passion that nearly
drives one mad is always far from love.

The num ber one

characteristic of a leader is
to make things happen.
Learn to lead despite the
restrictions others have
placed on you and take final
responsibility to live a life of integrity.
Over the course of your leadership
journey, your character and integrity
w ill invariably be tested. You w ill never
completely acclim atise to stress or
tension, so you need to find a way to
relieve it.

CANCER I Jun 21 - Jul 22

CAPRICORN I Dec 2 2 -Jan 19

Learn to keep your

perspective and to stay
loving toward yourself, and
don't w o rry about being
perfect. Keep calm and
stay open to possibilities, rem em bering
that something may be so and
something may be not. What you
receive is directly proportional to what
you give. Give more freely of yourself in
your own unique way, and you w ill
experience more peace than you ever
thought possible.

Draw people w ith a high

p otential into your inner
circle so you can give
your best to the best
people. Know w hat
people want in ord e r to be effective
and to be in the picture, and to be a
part of the celebrations. Your
resourcefulness can find creative
ways to make things happen. Clean
up negative em otions w ith in you that
are blocking you in your personal
relationship.

5-

AUNG MYIN KYAW

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Mayangone tsp. tel: 666903,
664539. fax: 651334.__________
UNDP 6, Natmauk Rd, Bahan
tel: 542910-19. fax: 292739.
UNFPA 6, Natm auk Rd,
Bahan tsp. tel: 546029.

YANGON
No. 277'1Bogyoke Aung
San Road, Corner of
38th Street, Kyauktada
Township, Yangon,
Myanmar
Tel: (951) 391070, 391071.
Reservation0391O7O
(Ext) 1910, 106.
Fax:(951)391375. Email:
hotelasiaplaza0 gmail.com

Avenue 64 Hotel

UNIAP Rm: 1202, 12 ,

Traders Hotel.tel: 2548152,
254853.______________________

C hatrium Hotel
40 Natm auk Rd, Tarmwe.
tel: 544500. fax: 544400.

UNIC 6, Natm auk St., Bahan,

tel: 52910-19

UN0DC11-A, Malikha Rd.Ward

7, Mayangone. tel: 01 -9666903,
9660556, 9660538, 9660398,
9664539, fax: 651334.
email: fo.myanmar0 unodc.org
W W W . unodc.org./myanmar/
UNOPS Inya Lake Hotel, 3rd
floor, 37, Kaba Aye Pagoda
Rd, Mayangone Tsp. tel: 951657281-7. Fax: 657279.
UNRC6, Natmauk Rd, P.O.
Box 650, TMWE tel: 542911-19,
292637 (Resident Coordinator),
fax: 292739, 544531.
WFP 3rd-flr, Inya Lake Hotel,
37, Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd. tel:
65701 1-6 (6-lines) Ext: 2000.
WHO 12A FI, Traders Hotel.
tel:250583.___________________
ASEAN Coordinating Of. for
the ASEAN Hum anitarian
Task Force, 79, Taw Win St,
Dagon Tsp. Ph. 225258.
FAO Myanma Agriculture
Service Insein Rd, Insein. tel:
641672, 641673. fax: 641561.

Yangon Children Hospital s te l: 222807, 222808, 222809. _

Yangon General Hospital (East;I s te l: 292835, 292836, 292837.
Yangon General Hospital (New) s te l: 384493, 384494,
384495,379109.
Yangon General Hospital (West) s te l: 222860, 222861,
Yangon General Hospital (YGH) s te l: 2561 12, 256123,
281443, 256131.

ELECTRICITY
Power Station stel:414235

POST OFFICE

Clover Hotel City Center

No. 217, 32nd Street
(Upper Block), Pabedan Tsp,
Yangon, Myanmar
Tel : 377720, Fax : 377722
W W W . c love rci tyce nt e r. as ia

Clover Hotel City Center Plus

No. 229, 32nd Street
(Upper Block), Pabedan Tsp,
Yangon, Myanmar
Tel : 377975, Fax : 377974
w w w . c lo v e r c it y c e n t e r p lu s . a s ia

C ontort Inn
4, Shweli Rd, Bet: Inya Rd
& Wisara Rd, Kamaryut,
tel: 525781, 526872

Shipping (Coastal vessels) s te l: 382722

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RAILWAYS

Railways inform ation

S te l: 274027, 202175-8.

Mayangone Tsp.
tel: 6506 51-4 fax: 650630.
MiCasa Hotel A p a rtm e n ts
17, Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd,
teL 650933. fax: 650960.
Sakura Residence
9, Inya Rd, Kamaryut Tsp.
tel: 525001. fax: 525002.
The Grand Mee Ya Hta
Executive Residence
372, Bogyoke Aung San Rd,
Pabedan Tsp.
tel 951-256355 (25 lines).

PARKROYAL Yangon,

u T n P ya Pagoda Rd,

te^p250*388. fax: 252478.

em ail: e n q u iry p ry g n 0
parkroyalhotels.com
parkroyalhotels. com.

Royal White Elephant Hotel

No-11, Kan Street, Hlaing
Tsp. Yangon, Myanmar
(+95-1) 500822, 503986.
www.rwehotel.com
MGM Hotel No (160), Warden
Street, Lanmadaw Tsp, Yangon,
Myanmar +95-1 -212454-9.
W W W . hotel-mgm.com
Savoy H otel
129, Damazedi Rd,
Kamayut tsp.
te l: 526289, 526298,
Sedona Hotel
Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd,
Yankin. tel: 666900.
Strand Hotel
92 Strand Rd. tel: 243377.
fax: 289880._______________
S um m it P arkview Hotel
350, Ahlone Rd, Dagon
Tsp. te l: 21 1888, 21 1966.
Traders H otel
223 Sule Pagoda Rd. tel:
242828. fax 242838.

<den P a la ce SToU l
No. (356/366), Kyaikkasan
Rd, Tamwe Township,
Yangon, Myanmar
Ph: 542826, Fax: 545650
Email: reservation
edenpalacehotel.com

GRAND
PALACE
HOTEL
M-22, Shwe Htee Housing,
Thamine Station St., Near
the Bayint Naung Point,
Mayangone Tsp., Yangon
T e l: 522763, 522744,
667557. Fax : (95-1) 652174
E -m a il: grandpalaceB
myanmar com. mm

ACCOMMODATIONHOTELS (Nay Pyi Taw)

iuSlffl;838

RO YAL K U M U D R A H O T E L

(Nay P y i Taw)

Reservation Office (Yangon)

W in n e r Inn
42, Than Lwin Rd, Bahan
Tsp. Tel: 503734, 524387.
email: reservation 0 winner
innmyanmar.com
Windsor Hotel No.31, Shin
Saw Pu Street, Sanchaung.
Yangon, Myanmar
Ph: 95-1-511216-8, WWW.
hotelwindsoryangon.com
Yuzana H otel
130, Shwegondaing Rd,
Bahan Tsp, tel : 01-549600
Yuzana Garden Hotel
44, Alanpya Pagoda Rd,
M ingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp,
t e l : 01-248944

ACCOMMODATION
LONGTERM

Tel

: 067- 414 177,

067- 4141 88
E-Mail: reservation
m axhotelsgroup.com

RESORTS

T |^ ^

Reservation Office (Yangon)

123, Alanpya Pagoda Rd,
Dagon Township
Tel : 951-255 819-838
Hotel Max
(Chaung Tha Beach)
Tel ; 042-423 46-9,
042-421 33.
Email :
axhotelsreservation 0
gmail.com

AIR CONDITION

FRESH

Air Conditioning Systems

The First Air conditioning

systems designed to keep
you fresh all day

Zeya & Associates Co., Ltd.

No 437 (A), Pyay Road,
Kamayut. p., 0 11041
Yangon, Tel: +(95-1)
502016-18,
Mandalay- Tel: 02-60933.
Nay Pyi Taw- Tel:
067-420778, E-mail :
sales. ac 0 freshaircon.
com. URL: http://w w w .
freshaircon.com

BARS
50th Street
9/13, 50th street-low er,
Botataung Tsp. Tel-397160.

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Central Women's Hospital s te l: 221013, 22281 1.

Children Hospital t el: 221421, 222807_
Ear, Nose & Throat Hospital s te l: 543888.
Naypyitaw Hospital (emergency) s te l: 420096.
W orker's Hospital s te l: 554444, 554455, 55481 1.

M arina Residence

8, Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd,

(Nay Pyi Taw)

No.7A, Wingabar Road,

Bahan Tsp, Yangon.
Tel : (951) 546313,
430245. 09-731-77781-4.
Fax : (01) 546313.
www.cloverhotel.asia.
info 0 cloverhotel.asia

h a p p y hom es

Yangon International Airport s te l: 66281 1.

# YANGON PORT

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 0 yanmarpandahotel
.com http ://w w w .
m yanm arpandahotel.com

Golden H ill Towers

24-26, Kabar Aye Pagoda
Rd, Bahan Tsp.
tel: 558556. ghtow er0
m ptm ail.net .

123, Alanpya Pagoda Rd,

Dagon Township

General Post Office

39, Bo Aung Kyaw St. (near British Council Library), s te l:
285499.

HOSPITALS

PANDA

Asia Plaza Hotel

No. 64 (G), Kyitewine

Pagoda Rd, Mayangone Tsp,
Yangon. Tel : 09-8631392,
01 656913-9_______________

UNICEF 14-15 Fir, Traders

Hotel. P.O. Box 1435,
Kyauktada. tel: 375527-32,
fax: 375552 email: unicef.
yangon 0 unicef. org,
W W W unicef.org/myanmar.

Hotel Yangon
91/93, 8th Mile Junction,
Tel: 01-667708, 667688.
Inya Lake Resort Hotel
37 Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd.
tel: 662866. fax: 665537.

UNHCR 287, Pyay Rd,

Sanchaung tsp. tel: 524022,
524024. fax 524031.

Emergency Num bers

SbA m bulance s te l: 295133.
Fire s te l: 191, 25201 1, 252022.
Police emergency s te l: 199.
Police headquarters s te l: 282541, 284764.
+ Red Cross stel:682600, 682368
Traffic Control Branch stel:298651
Department of Post & Telecom munication s te l: 591384,
591387. "
Im m igration s te l: 286434.
M inistry of Education stel:545500m 562390
M inistry of Sports s te l: 370604, 370605
M inistry of Com munications s te l: 067-407037.
Myanma Post & Telecommunication (MPT) s te l: 067
407007.
Myanma Post & Tele-com m unication (Accountant Dept)
s te l: 254563, 370768.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs s te l: 067-412009, 067-412344.
M inistry of Health s te l: 067-41 1358-9.
Yangon City Development Com mittee s te l: 2481 12.

ACCOMMODATIONHOTELS

No. 12, Pho Sein Road,

Tamwe Township, Yangon
Tel: (95-1) 209299, 209300,
209343,209345, 209346
Fax: (95-1) 209344
E -m a il: green hi lira
yanmarcom.mm

REAL ESTATE & PROPERTY

MANAGEMENT

Tel: 09-7349-4483,
09-4200-56994.
E-mail: aahappyhomes0
gmail.com, http://www.
happyhomesyangon.com

Green Garden
Beer Gallery Mini Zoo,
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CAR RENTAL

PARKROYAL Yangon,
Myanmar 33, Alan Pya
Phaya Road, Dagon Tsp.
tel: 250388.

Strand Bar 92, Strand

Rd, Yangon, Myanmar,
tel: 243377.fax: 243393,
salesSthestrand.com.mm
www.ghmhotels.com

ADVERTISING

S A IL

W E ST A R T E D TH E A D V E R T IS IN G
IN D U S T R Y IN M Y A N M A R S IN C E 1991

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

SAIL Marketing &
Communications
Suite403, Danathiha Center
790, Corner of Bogyoke Rd
& Wadan Rd, Lanmadaw
Township Yangon, Myanmar
Tel: (951) 21 1870, 224820,
2301 195. Email: adm in0
advertising-myanmar.com
www.advertising-myanmar
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BEAUTY & MASSAGE

Coreana
Esthetic

Marina Residence, Yangon

Ph: 650651-4, Ext: 109
Beauty Plan, Corner of
77th St & 31st St, Mandalay
Ph: 02 72506

La Source
La Source Beauty Spa (Ygn)
80-A, Inya Rd, Kamayut Tsp.
TeL 512380, 511252

La Source Beauty Spa (Mdy)

No. 13/13, Mya SandarSt,
Between 26 X 27 & 62 & 63
St, Chanaye Tharzan Tsa\('
Mandalay.
0Ve'Ljs'T e l: 09-4440-24496. m

La Source Beauty Spa

Sedona Hotel, Room (1004)
Tel: 666 900 Ext: (7167)

LS Saloon
Junction Square, 3rd Floor.
T e l: 95-1-527242, Ext ; 4001
www.lasourcebeautvspa.com

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No. 52, Royal Yaw Min Gyi

Condo, Room F, Yaw Min
Gyi Rd, Dagon Township,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel: 09-425-307-717

HOLA
International Construction
Material Co., Ltd.
No. 60, Sint-Oh-Dan St,
Lower Block, Latha Tsp,
Yangon, Myanmar
T e l-01-2410292, 243551,
09-431-83689, 09-4480
33905.

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Spa Paragon
Condo B#Rm-106, Shwe
Hinthar Condo, Corner of
Pyay Rd & Shwe Hinthar
St, 61/ 2Mile, Yangon.
Tel: 01-507344 Ext: 112,
09-680-8488, 09-526-1642.

BOOKSTORES

tvicniiJtmEtf'r
+
V f
150 Dhamazedi Rd.,
Bahan Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 536306, 537805.
15(B), Departure Lounge,
Yangon Intl Airport.
45B, Crn of 26^ & 68;
St, Mandalay. Tel: (02)
66197. Email : yangon0
monument-books.com
#87/2, Crn of 26th & 27th
St, Chan Aye Thar Zan
Tsp, Mandalay.
T e l: (02) 24880.

MYANMAR BOOKCENTRE
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:_info0
mya nm arbook.com

CONSULTING

T H U R A f S W IS S
Myanmar Research I Consulting I Technology

Shwe Hinthar B 307, 6 1/2

Miles, Pyay Rd., Yangon.
Tel: +95 (0)1 654 730
info 0 thuraswiss.com
www.thuraswiss.com

No. 56, Bo Ywe St,

Latha Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 01-246551, 375283,
09-2132778, 09-31 119195.
Gmail:nyanmyintthu19830
gmail.com,

COFFEE MACHINE

Nwe Ta Pin Trading Co., Ltd.

Shop c, Building 459 B
New University Avenue
01- 555-879,09-4210-81705
nwetapintrading0 gmail.com

Yt

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No-5, Pyay Road,

71/2 miles,
Mayangone Tsp, Yangon.
Tel- (95-1) 652502-04.
Fax: 95-1) 650306.
Email: zam ilsteel0
zam ilsteel.com .mm

COURIER SERVICE
DTDC Courier and Cargo
Service (Since 1991)
Yangon. Tel : 01-374457
Mandalay. Tel : 09-431
34095. WWW.DTDC.COM,
dtdcyangon 0 gmail.com
Door to Door Delivery!!I

Same as Ariston Water

Heater. Tel: 251033,
379671,256622,647813

Yangon : A-3, Aung San

ega

Co.,

Ltd.

One-stop Solution for

Zamil steel

B H o u u re c o v i

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Brasilia, Rossi, De Longhi

One Stop ENT Center

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ENGINEERING

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' No.94, Ground Floor,

I". Bogalay Zay Street,
^ Botataung Tsp,
^ Yangon.Tel: 392625,
^ 09-500-3591
Email : danceclub.
hola 0 gmail.com
" _J (Except Sunday]

ZAMIL STEEL

N W N M M M THU
n Car Rental Service

.\p a

GAS COOKER &

COOKER HOODS

Dance Club & Bar

No. 96 F, Inya Road,

Kamaryut Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 514848, 09-732-084-76.
E.mail: lemondayspa.2011
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ENTERTAINMENT

MYANMAR EXECUTIVE
I LIMOUSINE SERVICE

JI

Lemon Day Spa

CONSTRUCTION

Sub-station, M & E W ork

Design, Supply and
In sta ll (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: superm ega970
gmail.com.
www.supermega-engg.com

FITNESS CENTRE

Stadium (North East Wing),

Mingalartaungnyunt Tsp.
T e l: 245543, 09-73903736,
09-73037772.
Mandalay : _N o.(4) 73rd St,
Btw30th & 31st St, Chan
Aye Thar Zan Tsp. Tel: 09
6803505, 09-449004631.

GEMS & JEWELLERIES

No 64 (G), Kyitewine
Pagoda Road, Mayangone
Township. Yangon
01-656916, 09 8631392
Email - info0
balancefitnessyangon.com

DUTY FREE

j r 'j T'L
j

International Calling Card

No.004, Building (B),
Ground Floor, Yuzana St,
Highway Complex Housing,
Kamayut Township,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel 01 -230-4379,
09-731-74871-2
Email : info0vmg.com
mm,
www.vm gtelecom s.com ,
www.ytalk.com .m m

Umittd
Duty Free Shops
Yangon International
Airport, Arrival/D eparture
Tel: 533030 (Ext: 206/155)
Office: 17, 2nd street,
Hlaing Yadanarmon Housing,
Hlaing Township, Yangon.
Tel: 500143, 500144, 500145.

FASHION & TAILOR

CO WORKING SPACE

0 THE GARAGE
No. (6), Lane 2
Botahtaung Pagoda St,
0^-990 0003, 291897.
info0 venturaoffice.com,
www.venturaoffice.com

S E I f f S H U 'E T .v u m

Sein Shwe Tailor, 797

(003-A) 1 Bogyoke Aung
San Rd, MAC Tower 2,
Lanmadaw Tsp, Yangon,
Ph: 01 -225310, 212943-4
Ext: 146, 147, E-mail:
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WHAT

we live FOR

Life Fitness
Bidg A1 Rm No. 001,
Shwekabar Housing,
M indham ma Rd,
Mayangone Tsp. Yangon.
P h :01-656511,
Fax: 01-656522,
Hot line: 0973194684,
natraysports 0 gmail.com

REALrN

No. 20, Ground Floor, Pearl

Street, Golden Valley Ward,
Bahan Township, Yangon.
Tel: 09-509 7057,01
220881, 549478 (Ext: 103)
Em ail: realfitnessmyanmar
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WWW. rea If itn e s s m ya n m a r.c o m

FLORAL SERVICES

J' M C O C
2U hours Cancer centre

M ^ ll! r n n r e p i c a l Ol*C'3iOa C-OrtTD-

No. (68), Tawwin Street,

9 Mile, Mayangone
Township, Yangon,
Myanmar.
Tel : 951) 9 666141
Fax i (951) 9 666135

B3

civa+ive

B L iT JEW ELS
No. 44, Inya Road,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel 01-2305811 2305812.
email : info 0 bestjewels
myanmar.com,
Bestjewelsmyanmar.com

A D N D D T I C S

24 hours Laboratory &

X-ray
No. (68), Tawwin Street,
9 Mile, Mayangone
Township, Yangon,
Myanmar.
Tel : (951) 9 666141
Fax i (951) 9 666135

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Balance Fitnesss

COMMUNICATION

No. (68), Tawwin Street,

9 Mile, Mayangone Tsp,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel : (951) 9 666141
Fax : (951) 9 666135
Email :
info 0 witoriyahospital.com
Website :
www.witoriyahosptial.com

MANAW MAYA

House Of Jewels
Ruby & Rare Gems
of M yanam ar
No. 527, New University
Ave., Bahan Tsp. Yangon.
s a le s S m a n a w m a y a .c o m . m m
WWW. m a n a w m a y a g e m s . c o m

J>

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The Lady Gems & Jewellery

No. 7, Inya Rd, Kamayut
Tsp, Yangon, Myanmar
Tel: 01-2305800,09-8315555

The Lady Gems & Silk

Co operative Business
Centre, Room No (32/41),
New University Avenue Rd,
Bahan Tsp, Yangon.
T e l:09-5200726
theladygems0 gmail.com
www.thelady-gems.com

GENERATORS

24 Hour International
Medical Centre ra
Victoria Hospital
No. 68, Tawwin Rd, 9 Mile,
Mayangon Township,
Yangon, Myanmar
Tel:
+ 951 651 238,
+ 959 495 85 955
Fax:
+ 959 651 398
24/7 on duty doctor:
+ 959 492 18 410
Website: www.leo.com.mm
" One Stop Solution for
Quality hiealth Care "

5
V ic la r iJ l K o s p ita l

No. (68), Tawwin Street,

9 Mile, Mayangone Tsp,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel : (951) 9 666141
Fax i (951) 9 666135
Email :
info 0 witoriyahospital.com
Website :
www.witoriyahosptial.com

HOME FURNISHING

Casa6e{Ia

5 h d L1- .! 'JTf

(PTERNAL CfijOWESS

[fDci

Floral Service & Gift Shop

No. 449, New University
Avenue, Bahan Tsp. YGN.
Tel: 541217, 55901 1,
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.
R e s :067-414813, 09-492
09039. Email : ete rn a l0
m ptm a il.n e t.mm

No. 589-592, Bo Aung

Kyaw St, Yangon-Pathein
highway Road. Hlaing
Tharyar tsp. Tel: 951 645178-182, 685199, Fax:
951-64521 1, 545278
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Centre 102(A), Dhamazaydi

Rd, Yangon.tel: 500142
Summit Parkview Hotel,
tel: 211888 211966 ext. 173
fax: 535376.email: sandyB
sandymyanmar.com. mm.

FOAM SPRAY
INSULATION

22, Pyay Rd, 9 mile,

Mayangone Tsp.
tel: 660769, 664363.

ko K c e pt'
Bldg-D, Rm (G-12), Pearl
Condo, Ground Fir,
Kabaraye Pagoda Rd,
Bahan Tsp. Tel: 557448.
Ext 814, 09-730-98872.

GLASS

nfTTr-n
SAiNT-GOBAIN
Floral Service & Gift

Fu )

GLASS
International Construction
Material Co., Ltd.
No. 60, Sint-Oh-Dan St,
Lower Block, Latha Tsp,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel: 01-2410292, 243551,
09-431-83689, 09-4480
33905.

HEALTH SERVICES

European Quality
& Designs Indoor/
Outdoor Furniture, Hotel
Furniture & A ll kinds of
woodworks
No. 422, FJVC Centre,
Ground Floor, Room No. 4,
Strand Road, Botahtaung
Tsp, Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel: 01-202063-4, 09
509-1673 E-mail: contact
smartdesignstrading.com
W W W . royalbotania.com,
www.alexander-rose.co.uk

A sia P a c ific

V!*tM MdLJ :* IjnV

Foam Spray Insulation

No-410, Ground FI,Lower
Pazuntaung Rd, Pazun
taung Tsp, Yangon.Telefax
:01-203743,09-5007681.
Hot e-09-730-30825.

TiKc 41

98(A), Kaba Aye Pagoda

Road, Bahan Township,
Yangon. Tel: 553783,
549152, 09-732-16940,
09-730-56079. Fax: 542979
Email: asiapacific.
m yanm ar 0 gmail.com.

S.B. FURNITURE

No-001 -002, Dagon Tower,

Ground Fir, Cor of Kabaraye
Pagoda Rd & Shwe Gon
Dine Rd, Bahan Tsp.
Tel: 544480, 09-730-98872.

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international Construction
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Tel: (09) 40 15 300 73

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LEGAL SERVICE
Min Sein, BSc, RA,
CPA..RL Advocate of the
Supreme Court 83/14
Pansodan St, Yangon,
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40, Natm auk Road,
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40, Natm auk Road,
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40, Natmauk Road,
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Tel : 09-731-83900
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te l' 523840-43.____________
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42 Strand Road,
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tel: 200026 298746
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tel: 650778.
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tel: 682323.
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tel: 400284.
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SANITERY WARE

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tel: 294063.
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tel: 215560-63.
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Tel: 01-243047, 243639-41
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Sai Khung Noung Real

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Kyaung St, Myaynigone,
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516795.
Mobile. 09-512-3049.
Email: legandarym yr0
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No-385, Ground Floor,

Lower Pazundaung Road,
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Tel: 01-523840 Ext. 109

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Top Marine Show Room

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tel. 510697.
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get more knowledge for
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28, 3-B, Thatipahtan St,
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M acBook Pro that was
left behind in a taxi on
Bor Yar Nyunt s tre e t at
1:30 a.m. on Tuesday
October 1st. No questions
asked but must include all
original data. Pis contact
09-4211-67228 (English
&
Burmese
speaker
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Want to Buy
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39844.
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CHERRY QQ3 (Taxi). Pis
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manual
books and Marine main
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manual
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HousingforRent
KAMAYUT, YANKIN, (1)
Diamond condo, (1250)
Sqft, 1 MR, 1 SR, 1500
USD. (2 )N ear Yankin
center,condo, 1250Sqft,
2 SR, 1 MR, fully furnish,
1600 USD. (3) Near
Yankin centre, 2stories,
2 MR, 2 S R , 1500 USD!
Ph: 09-4921-4276.
BAHAN : A European
Style
fully furnished
apartm ent
at
Pearl
Condominium, 12th fir,
1700 sqft. Most modern
interior decoration. Fully
A ir conditioned. Best for
foreigners. Rentexpected
USD 2500 per month.
Can also sell for USD
3,50,000. Call owner
0
(English speaking 09
508-2244) or (Myanmar
speaking 09-735-67890)
A CONDO, 7th Floor +
Pent House. Bogyoke
St & Yee Kyaw St
C orner 1700 Sqft, Fully
De COrate d A C / Hot Wa te r
/ Lift / Best View. Suitable
for office and foreigner.

, f(1 3 U

C heery St, Tham ine!

Double Slab (4th Floor)
(2 3 'x 4 8 '), 1 MBR, 1SR,
Dinning Room, A ir Con!
Refrigenerator, TV Stan!
Ph: 09-4293-33333, 01
680-699, 687-376.
BAHAN
(1 )N e w
University Avenue Rd,
new condo, 1500sqft!
f f , u s $ 3000 (2 )New
University Avenue condo,
2000 sqft, f.f u s $ 3000!
Maureen ! 09-51 si-8320.
BAHAN, (l)N earC hatrium
hotel, condo 1500 Sqft, 2
MR, 1 SR, 3200 USD. (2).
Near Japan Embassy,
condo 1200 Sqft, 1 M r !
2 S R ,1500 USD.(3).Near
Sedona hotel, apartment,
1100 Sqft, 1 MR, 2SR!
fully furnish, 800 U S d !
(4).Goldenvelley, 1 storie,
2 MR, fully furnish, 2500
USD. (5).Golden velley,
near
pearl
condo,3
stories, 3 MR, 4000 USD.
Ph : 09-4921-4276.

CLASSIC

(2 )M in d a m a Rd, 2300
sqft, M indam a Condo,
good electricity, 1 m aster
bedroom, 2 single rooms,
ph line, furnished , u s
Dollar 3800 per month,
ph: 09-507-4241.
YANKIN, N ear Yankin
Centre, 1450 sqft, Fully
furnished, 1 MB, 2 BR,
No need to pay agent
fee, 09 430 83781
BAHAN,(1).Near Sedona
hotel, 1100 Sqft, 1 MR,
2SR, fully furnish, USD
800. (2).Near Japan
Embassy , 1100 Sqft, 1
MR, 2 SR, fully furnish,
USD 1600. (3).Near Park
Royal hotel, 1200 Sqft, 1
MR, fully furnish, D
2500.(4).New University
avenue Rd, 1500 Sqft, 1
MR, 2 SR, fully furnish,
USD
1600. (5 ).Near
Kandawgyi Lake, 20'
x 80', 2MR, 1 SR, fully
furnish, USD 2500 (6).
Golden velly, 2500 Sqft,

IfsSpI

MAYANGONE,

Double
Slab, 4th Fir :131 .Cheery
St, Tham ine, 23' x 48',
MBR 1, Single Room 1!
Dinning Room. A ir Con!
R efrigenerator, TV. Ph!
0 9 -4 2 9 -3 3 3 3 3 3 ,
01
680699, 687376
40 X 60, 2 RC, Typical
c la s s ic
M yanm ar
style with 2 MB, 2 BR,
te a k
pa rque t
floor!
fu lly
fu rnished
w ith
teak furniture, Newly
installed wiring & voltage
regulator.
B athroom s
have heaters. No need
to pay agent fee, Ks. 20
lakhs per month, 09 430

BAHAN,

(l)U n iv e rs ity
A venue C ondo - 1900
sqft fully furnished (2)
U n iv e rs ity
A ve n u e
Condo, 1350 sqft, fully
furnished (3)U niversity
A venue C ondo, 1200
sqft, fully funished (4)
Shwe Ohn Pin Housing,
900 Sqft, fully furnished
(5)Mya Thida Housing,
2 S torey house (6)Pyin
Nya W addy C ondo, 1650
sqft. fully furnished. Ph:
09-732-41848, 09-860-

STRAND,

3 bed 2 bath 1600

square feet, 8th floor
corner unit full riverview.
$3 800/m on th.
s tra n d
Rd, 5min w alk to Hilton/
C enter Point offices.
ja s o n w o n g jp @ g m a il.
com, 09-4211 -02223.
MAYANGONE,
(1)
Kabaraye Pagoda Rd,
Ga Mon Pyint condo!
2500 Sqft, 2 MR, 1 SR!
fully furnish, 4000 U S d !
(2).9m ile .O ceancondo,
1500 Sqft, 1 MR, 2 SR!
2500 USD. (3).Kabaraye
Pagoda Rd, near Parami
Rd~2 stories, 3 MR, fully
furnish , 3500 USD. (4).
7 Mile Kyaw Hla St,
3 stories, 5 MR, fully
furnish,
8000
USD.
(5).9 Mile, 2 stories, 4
M R,USD 2500. Ph:Ph :
09-4921-4276.

MAYANGONE, _(1)Nice
apartment, 1300 sqft, 1
MBR, 2 SR, furnished,
ph line, good electricity!
u s $ 2500 per month!

KYAUKTADA, 6 Stories
building : Bogyoke main
Rd, near to Departm ent
of Human S ettlem ent
&
H ousing,
d ire ctly
opposite S aint M arys
C a th e d ra l
C hurch,
Yangon city, 18' x 53 .
Ph:09-730-82961

HousingforSale
INSEIN,

Free

hold

n e g o tia W e ^ 1C o n ta c t:
I

' f
pya y
Diamond Condo, Nicely
viw e, new, ph, 4 A/C,
own meter, 3600 Lakhs!
M aureeen
09 -5 1 8
8320.

Want to Buy
WE w ant to buy about
(100 ft x 100 ft), (Need
to join ow nerself), Ph:
09-566-1037.

International Company seeking

secure rental accommodation for
executives and families in Yangon,
minimum rental period of
one year. Accommodation required
to have western facilities.

Contact N o:0943057879

[HCLASSIFIEDS

THE MYANMARTIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27,2013

Employment
UN Positions
IOM Int'l Organization for
Migrationi is seeking (1)
C lient S ervice A s s is ta n t
1 post in Yangon. (2)
F in a n ce A ss is ta n t 1 post
in Yangon. (3)M edical
D o c to r - HIV/ AIDS 1
post in Mawlamyine. (4)
L o g is tic s
A s s is ta n t
1 post in Thaton. (5)
t s h s c o

A c c ic f s n f

post in Myawaddy. Pis

subm it an applicatioin
letter and an updated
with a maxim um length
o f 3 pages including
nam es
&
contact
details of 3 referees
(copies of certificates
& further docum ents
are not required) to
: 318-A, Ahlone Rd,
Dagon Tsp, Yangon,
E m a il:h r y a n g o n @
iom. int, Closing date :
21 10 2013.
IOM Int'l Organization for
Migration is seeking(1)
P ro je c t E v a lu a to r in
Y angon:
A dvan ced
degree in public health,
development, or related
field. 7 years experience
in programme manage
ment, research, and/
or evaluation. Excellent
w rite r
to
technical
docum ents in English.
(2 )C o m m u n ity S e rvice
P ro v id e r in Thaton,
Mon State: M ust have
a client-oriented, resultoriented m ind-set and
uphold the programme
value s
of
caring,
innovating, partnering,
dem onstrating
com pe
tence & working for
positive change. Able to
spend up to 80% of the
time travel to remote,

cv

to accom plish his/her

responsibilities as noted in
this TOR. Background in
com munity development
programming. Myanmar
plus Kayin and/ or Mon
language
proficiency.
M ust have
a valid
driver's license & able to
drive motorcycle, strong
background in malaria
project implementation.
University degree. Pis
subm it C V to 318 (A),
A hlone Rd, Dagon Tsp,
Yangon. Tel: 210588,
Email: hryangon@ iora
int.

Ingo Positions
M YAN M AR RED Cross
Society is seeking(1)
A s s is ta n t
P ro je c t
C o o rd in a to r 1 post in
Nay Pyi Taw: University
graduate.
3
years
experience in relevant
project with NGO or
INGO. (2) C o m m u n ity
Based H ealth & F irs t A id
C o o rd in a to rl postin Nay
Pyi Taw (HQ): Relevant
University Degree/ Any
Degree or Diploma in
health
related
field.
Having broad experience
working in INGO & NGO
exposure is desirable.
5 years experience in
com munity based health
program .For all posts :
Effective com puter skills
6 English language skills.
Red Cross Volunteers
are preferable. Pis send
application letter,
& related docum ents
to
M yanm ar
Red
C ross S ociety Head
Office,
Yazathingaha
Rd,
D e kkh in a th iri,
Nay
Pyi
Taw.
Or
m rc s h rre c ru ite m e n t@
gmail.com, Closing date
: 24.10.2013.
D A N ISH
Red
Cross
Country Office - Yangon
is seeking D riv e r in
Yangon with frequent
travels to project sites in
Chin State and Mandalay
& Sagaing
Regions.
Person Specification:
good mental & physical
health. Fleet/Transports/
W orkshop management
practical knowledge. 2
years experience on the
vehicle types for which
the driver has the license.
D riving
experiences
in hiily regions. Pis
subm it
applications
including cover letter,
references and copies of
education certificates to:
Danish Red Cross, att..
Office
Manager, Red
Cross building 1st Fir. 42

cv

cv,

Strand Rd, Botahtaung,

Y angon,
or
em ail:
d rc s 0 2 -ifrc @ re d c ro s s .
org.mm Closing date :
28>h October 2013

WORLD

VISION

M yanm ar is seeking(1)

Government Relations
Assistant in National
O ffice,
Yangon
U niversity
B achelor
Degree in any discipline.
1 year experience in
related area. Computer
literacy
in
M icrosoft
applications and good
typing skill is preferable.
Good
com m and
of
M yanm ar& English. Must
provide a clean criminal
background. Pis submit
resume (clearly identify
the post you apply) by
post to HR Department,
W orld Vision M yanmar or
in person to application
drop-box at No (18),
Shin S aw Pu Rd; Ahlone,
Sanchaung PO or send
to m yajobapps@ wvi.org
Closing date : 23, 2013.

WORLD
M yanm ar

VISION
is

seeking

(l)Com m unity
Deve
lopment
Facilitator
(Child
Protection
&
A dvocacy Project) in
Mawlamyaing - Mon state
: University degree &
B achelorinLaworHuman
Rights is desirable. (2)

Community Develop
ment Facilitator 3
posts in Thanbyuzayat
- Mon State, C hauk M agw ay:
U niversity
degree. (3)Cashier c u m
Bookkeeper (Re-Open)
in Seik Phyu - Magway:
U niversity
B achelor
Degree in accounting/
finance or related subject.
2 years experience.

(4)Program Finance
Coordinator (Re-Open)
in Tachiliek - Shan
(East) State : Bachelor
U niversity Degree in
A ccoun ting/
Finance
or
related
subject.
3 years experience.
Good
knowledge
of
com puterize accounting
Communicate in English
& Myanmar. For all posts
:Com petent in used of
Microsoft W ord, Excel
& Power Point. Must
provide a clean criminal
background. Pis submit
resume (clearly identify
the post you apply) by
post to HR Department,
W orld Vision M yanmar or
in person to application
drop-box at No (18),
Shin S aw Pu Rd; Ahlone,
Sanchaung PO or send
to m yajobapps@ wvi.org
Closing date : October

MYANMAR RED Cross

S ociety

is

seeking

(1)Supply
Change
Management Officer
1 post in Mindat, Chin
State: A ny graduate.
1 year experience. (2)

Operation Assistant 1
post in M in d a t: Relevant
educational background
(accounting,
finance,
a d m in is tra tio n
or
equivalent). 2 years'
experience in a sim ilar
po sitio n.
(3)Village

Health
Committee
Officer 2 posts in Mindat
& Matupi : Bachelor or
equivalent degree in
public
adm inistration,
c om m unity
develop
ment, social or develop
ment related studies. 1
year experience & proven
skills in facilitation of VHC
orVTH Cattow nship level.
For all posts : Effective
English language skills
& com puter knowledge.
Red Cross Volunteers
are preferable. Pis send
application letter,
& related docum ents
to
M yanm ar
Red
Cross S ociety Head
Office,
Y azathingaha
Rd,
D e kkh in a th iri,
Nay
Pyi
Taw.
Or
m r c s h r r e c r u itm e n t@
gmail.com, Closing date

cv

WO RLD

ION

- M yanm ar is seeking
Consultant - Developing
Reintegration Economic
P rog ram
Training
module & learning aid
materials for Mandalay
St & W orking Children
Project and handbook
reference docum ents.
Selection Criteria: Basic

concept
for economic
re in tegration .
Good
knowledge & experience
in m arket assessm ent
training modules. Good
training facilitation skills.
Fluency in M yanm ar &
English. Experience in
working with different N,
NGOs (desirable). Pis
submit resume & proposal
including
consulting
service cost addressing
to
Seng-H kaw n@ w vi.
org and copy to Nyi Nyi
Khine@ wvi.org by email
23th October, 2013. Ph:
09-910-350-84attentions
to Daw Seng Hkawn
(Project Coordinator).
M YAN M AR Red Cross
Society is seeking(1)
Fin ance O ffic e r - 1 post
in Sittwe: C P AorB .C om /
B.Accounting, LCCI III
(or) other equivalent
accounting degree. High
level of com puter skills.
3 years
experience.
F v n A r if tn r ; A

in

thp.

of accounting ? L a r l
is an asset. (2)CBDRM
Field O ffic e r 1 post in
Tarchileik:
Bachelor's
degree.
2
years
experiences. Effective
English language skill &
com puter knowledge.(3)
P rogram M anager 1 Post
in Nay Pyi Taw: 10 years
experience in programme
anagem entwith proven
competences in planning,
im ple
m e n ta tio n ,
monitoring & reporting &
in budget control. Proven
com puter skills in both
Myanmar & English. For
all posts : Red Cross
Volunteers & preferable.
Pis send application
letter, c v & related
documents to Myanamr
Red Cross Society Head
Office,
Yazathingaha
Rd,
D e kkh in a th iri,
Nay
Pyi
Taw.
Or
r c s h r r e c r u itm e n t@
gmail.com
CROIX-ROUGEfrancaise
is seeking
H yg ie n e
P ro m o tio n
T ra in e r
S p e c ia lis t in Yangon: A
degree in Public Health
and/or related technical
field, supplem ented by
trainings in participatory
hygiene methodologies
e.g. PHAST, CHAST,
CLTS & SLTS. 5 years
professional experience
in hygiene trainings in
developing
countries.
C o m p u te r
literacy.
Applications (including
C V & letter) should be
subm itted
by
email:
rh re c ru t.a s ia @ g m a il.
com
MEDECINS du Monde
(MDM) is s e e k in g (l)
N u rs e
4
posts
in
Myitkyina and IDPCamps
(Kachin state): B .N .S cor
Diploma in nursing. 1 year
experience as a nurse.
Basic English (oral &
written). (2 )P harm acist
in Myitkyina and I DP
Camps (Kachin state):
Diploma Pharmacy or
Nurse. 1 year experience
as Pharmacist or 2 years
experiences as nurse.
Basic English. Specific
technical skills. Basic
com puterskills computer.
Pis submit C V & a cover
letter to MDM Country
C oordina tion
Office,
Yangon, 47-B, Po Sein
St, Bahan, Ph: 542830,
09-731-71002,
Email:
o ffic e .m d m m ya n m a r@
gmail.com
M YAN M AR Red Cross
Society is seeking (1)
PM ER C o o rd in a to r 1
post in Nay Pyi Taw:
Bachelor's degree. (2)
P ro g ra m C o o rd in a to r
1 post in Nay Pyi Taw:
Bachelor's degree and

Diplom a
related
to
the position. 3 years
experience.
(3 )F ie ld
C o o rd in a to r
(CBHD
focus on MNCH) 1 post
in
Mindat,
Southern
Chin State: University
graduate.
3
years
experience. (4)Finance
& A d m in A s s is ta n t
(Tow nship
B ranch
Project) 2 posts in Mindat
& Matu pi Tsp with f req ue nt
travel to project sites :
R elevant
educational
background (accounting,
finance, adm inistration
or equiva lent). For
all posts
Effective
English language skills
& com puter knowledge.
Pis send application
letter, c v & related
documents to Myanmar
Red Cross Society Head
Office,
Yazathingaha,
D e k k h i n a t h i r i ,
Nay
Pyi
Taw.
Or
r c s h r r e c r u itm e n t@
gmail.com, Closing date
f o r i & 2 :21.10.2013,for
3 & 4 . 23.10.2013.
AC TED is seeking (1) 1
S e n io r F in ance O ffice
(Yangon Office). (2) 1
M o n ito rin g & E va lu a tio n
O ffic e r (Yangon Office).
(3) 1 DRR O ffic e r (Gwa
Office). (4) 1 S e n io r
E n g in e e rin g
E x p e rt
(Myitkyina Office). (5) 1
A d m in / Fin ance O ffic e r
(M yitkyina Office). (6)
1 L o g is tic s
O ffic e r
(M yitkyina Office). (7)
1
CBOs
C a p a c ity
S p e c ia lis t
(M yitkyina
Officer). (8) 3 Field
O ffic e rs
(M yitkyina
O ffice).
S alary
&
benefits:
C om petitive
salary package based
on level of skills and
experience. Office: 661
(A), Mya Kan Thar Lane
1, Kamaryut, P h:09-8631672 or 525617. Email:
a c te d m ya n m a rjo b s @
gm ail.com or yangon.
com pliance@ acted.org.
SOLIDARITES is seeking
D e p u ty
L o g is tic s
M a nager (Operationial)
in Sittwe, Rakhine state:
4 years professional
experience in Logistics
field with INGO/ NGO.
University Degree or
Diplom a
(preferably
in Logistics or related
proven experience in
similararea.). Knowledge
of IT m anagement & MS
office. Fluent in English
& Myanmar. Pis submit
application (CV, cover
letter, references) to HR
Department Solidarites
Int'l/ O r drop application
on an envelope at
Solidarites Int'l Office:
44 A, Tharyarw addy
Lane, Bahan, or email:
recruitment@ solidaritesmyanm ar.org, cc: to
r k s .a d m a s s is t .s tw @
solidarites-myanmar.org,
Closing date: 21 October,
2013.

Local Positions
AVE N U E
64
Hotel
is
urgently
looking
for A s s is ta n t S ales
M anager
M ust
have at least 3 years
experiences in hotel
fie id, strong interpersonal
& com m unication skill.
Interested candidates pis
submit your resume with
recent photo to No. 201,
Building A, Shwehinthar
Condo7 Pyay Rd, 6 /4
miles alternatively info@
avenue64hotel.com. All
applications will research
by 28 Oct 2013, we will
contact short listed for
interview.
A S IA LA N G U A G E &
B usiness
A cade m y

(ALBA) urgently requires

p a rt-tim e
E n g lis h
n a tive te a c h e r for our
W eekend program. Pis
contact: 3840557376236,
376314.Email: admin@
albaedu.com
BC FINANCE LIMITED,
a licensed microfinance
provider,
is seeking
O ffic e
M anager
(Y an gon,
M agw e
M andalay,
S againg,
Mon, Tanintharyi, Shan)
Duties: Supervise staff.
Maintain office records,
supplies and equipment!
M anage, collect and
organize accounts and
receipts. Organize office
operations and systems.
Native Myanmar fluency,
w orkin g
know ledge
of written and spoken
E nglish,
experience
using com puter software
(W ord,
Excel),
able
to type in Myanmar,
basic accounting and
m a them atical
skills,
good
com m unication
and time management
skills. Must provide own
acco m m od ation .
No
crim inal record. Email
C V to: recruitm ent@
bcfm yanm ar.com Loan
O ffic e rs :
(Yangon,
Sagaing, Bago, Magwe,
T a ninth aryi,
S han,
Mandalay, Mon) Duties:
Execute
all
aspects
of loan and savings
process. Maintain a low
ioan delinquency rate.
Native Myanmar fluency,
w orkin g
know ledge
of written and spoken
E nglish,
experience
using com puter software
(V\ford, Excel), able to
type in Myanmar, willing
to travel. Minimum 1 year
field experience as a loan
officer in a microfinance
organization in Myanmar
with personal portfolio of
at least 200 clients and
low loan delinquency
rate. Bachelors degree
required,
preferably
nu m erate
degrees.
M ust
provide
own
acco m m od ation .
No
crim inal record. Email
C V to: recruitm ent@
bcfmyanmar.com
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THE MYANMAR TIMES O C T O B E R 21 - 27, 2013

MEXICO CITY

Mexico finds unlikely

World Cup saviour
e x ic a n s never imag
ined being in this posi
tion: having to shame
fully say gracias to
bitter rivals the United
States for helping their football team
stay in contention for next years
World Cup.
Losing 2-1 to Costa Rica on Oc
tober 15, Mexico was flirting with
disaster until Uncle Sam, who had
already qualified, rode to the rescue
by scoring two stoppage time goals
to defeat Panama 3-2.
The US victory torpedoed Panamas
dream of qualifying for the World Cup
for the first time while helping Mex
ico finish fourth in the CONCACAF
regional group and secure a two-leg
playoff against Oceania champions
New Zealand next month.
More than a year after Mexico
celebrated winning the gold medal

The team is
worthless. They
make a lot of money
and do nothing.
Angel Hernandez
Mexico fo o tb a ll fan

at the London Olympics, Mexican

media berated El Tri while running
headlines in English to express grati
tude to adversaries they regularly
disparage as gringos.
Gracias Uncle Sam, Thank you,
USA! and God bless America were
some of the front-page news hours
after the federation us Soccer had
cheekily tweeted #YoureWelcomeMexico .
The sports daily Record published
a photo montage of Manchester
United forward Javier Chicharito
Hernandez holding a us flag, with
the purposely misspelled headline
WE LOVE YOU! AMIGOUS.
The Cancha sports pages said
Mexicos qualifying campaign had
been one of the most shameful per
formances in its history after the
broken team played with no cour
age.
Missing out on the World Cup in
Brazil nejrt year would be emotional
and financial torm ent for Mexico.
The country has seen its team
play in 14 of the last 19 tournaments
and last missed qualifying in 1990
because the Mexican football federa
tion had fielded over-aged players in
a youth championship.
The sports marketing firm Dreamatch Solutions estimates that
broadcasters, sponsors and oth
er businesses stand to lose up to

Michael Orozco (3) of the United States celebrates after scoring a goal against Panama on October 15. Photo: AFP

US$600 million if Mexico fail to

qualify.
Former Mexican president Felipe
Calderon, recalling that he had met
the gold medal winners last year,
tweeted, What happened?
Shouts of joy were heard in Mex
ico City bars when the us scored,
but fans were angry at their teams
performance, especially since some
make millions playing for wealthy
European clubs.
In 10 qualifiers, Mexico won just
twice and scored a paltry seven
goals. Mexicans expected better after
Raul Alonso Jimenez scored a mem
orable bicycle kick last Friday to beat
Panama.
The team is worthless. They
make a lot of money and do nothing,
said Angel Hernandez, 30, eating an
orange at a taco stand in a market.
Across his stall, 40-year-old Ivan
Pena sliced jalapeno peppers as he
wondered how Mexico could have
lost when all they needed was a draw

to secure the fourth spot.

Its to cry for. We barely made it,
Pena said. Its embarrassing. How
can we be in the playoff when we had
the opportunity to do better.
Defeating New Zealand - who

drew with then-defending world

champions Italy in the 2010 finals in
the group stage - will be difficult, he
added, but we hope Mexico wins for
their own good and for the good of
all Mexicans. - AFP

SYDNEY

McDermott returns as
Australia Test bowling coach

IN PICTURES

Up and over: Eric Griffin (17) of the Miami

Heat jumps over Mason Plumlee (1) of the
Brooklyn Nets during a game at Barclays
Center on October 17 in Brooklyn, New York.
Photo: AFP

FORMER paceman Craig McDermott

was on October 17 appointed bowling
coach for Australias Test team ahead
of the Ashes series against England,
barely a year after quitting the role.
The 48-year-old shocked Cricket
Australia when he resigned in May
2012 after a successful 12 months in
the job, which then also included
coaching the one-day and Twenty20
bowlers, citing the conflicting de
mands of touring with family life.
But he has been enticed back in a
revised role in which he will focus on
the Test team, with the incumbent Ali
de Winter moving into a new position
overseeing the limited overs bowlers
only.

McDermott, who has been promi

nent in the development of young
fast bowlers James Pattinson, Pat
Cummins and Mitchell Stare, along
with the renaissance of Peter Siddle,
said he was looking forward to the
challenge.
There is obviously a huge focus on
regaining the Ashes this summer and
Ill work as hard as possible to prepare
our bowlers for the challenge ahead,
he said.
Cricket Australia team perfor
mance manager Pat Howard said
they had been considering splitting
the bowling coach roles for some
time, given the amount of cricket
played.

We feel that with the amount of

touring now it is extremely difficult
for every member of the support staff
to be on every tour, he said.
McDermott took 291 wickets at
28.63 in 71 Tests between 1984 and
1996 and with five Ashes Tests against
arch-rivals England starting on No
vember 21 in Brisbane, coach Darren
Lehmann said it was good to have him
back in the fold.
Less time travelling for both Ali
and Craig also means more time at
home to plan, work with the states
or Big Bash League teams and also
directly with the bowlers on technical
aspects or other areas for improve
ment, he said. - AFP

Sport 63

www.mmtimes.com

A bluffers guide to
the 27thSoutheast
Asian Games
27SEA GAME! MYANMAR 2013

kARATE-bd

KARATE-DO, or, as it is more com

monly known, karate, first appeared
at the Southeast Asian Games in
Bangkok, Thailand in 1985. It has seen
international competition at 12 times
since, including all six of the most re
cent events.

Where does it originate?

MATT
ROEBUCK
m a tt.d.roe b u ckrag o o gle m ail.co m

Our bluffers guide to the

SEA Games focuses on those
sports that may never make it
to the Olympics but whose elite
will get their chance to compete
for international gold this De
cember.
This week we focus on per
haps the most widely known of
the many varieties of combat
sport on display in the 2013
Southeast Asian Games, karate.

Famous for its use in films and popu

lar culture since the 1960s, and espe
cially films like 1984s The Karate Kid,
karate is arguably one of the most rec
ognised of the Asian martial arts. Most
think of the practice as a Japanese one
but although the form developed in
what is now Okinawa, Japan, it actu
ally originated in the then-independ
ent Ryukyu Kingdom. Karate mixed
local martial arts styles with popular
Chinese influences to develop a mar
tial art that only reached the Japanese bat at which point the referee will de
mainland in the early 20 century.
clare yame as an indication to stop the
clock.

Whats it all about?

Most people think of karate as all

about the combat, but while there are
direct combat or kumite events, the
SEA Games also includes individual
and team kata events.
Translated from the Japanese, kata
refers to form and in these competi
tions the focus is a demonstration of
control, expertise and mastery of the
art of karate. Kumite can involve vari
ous levels of contact including fights
that continue until knock-down, al
though within sport karate this is
rarely the case.

How do you play?

The fights and displays will take place

on a flat, matted surface where all
sides measure 8 metres long. Attacks
are limited to the head, face, neck, ab
domen, chest, back and side but can
be delivered by hand, kick or throw. In
the fights there will be a referee con
trolling proceedings and three judges
with blue and red flags. One judge will
sit behind each of the competitors and
one will face the referee. These judges
will indicate if they believe a score
with a wave of their flag.
Fights last three minutes for men,
two for women. The clock is stopped
whenever the fighters are not in com-

How do you win?

In the kata competitions judges will

mark on a variety of categories in
cluding position and balance, stance,
use of the correct power and speed of
motion, interpretation and continu
ity of movement. Those in the team
competitions will also need to ensure
synchronicity to avoid mistakes that
judges will penalise, including poor
technique and omission of move
ments.
In the kumite competitions scores
are awarded when combat techniques
are performed by successfully attack
ing a scoring area with good form,
sporting attitude, vigorous applica
tion, good timing, distance and aware
ness or zanshin.
If players score ippon, they are
awarded one point. Actions such as
unbalancing an opponent, a combi
nation of successful hand techniques
or punches to the back will score ni
hon or two points. Kicks to the head
or taking your opponent to the floor
via a throw or leg sweep will deliver
sanbon and three points are added to
the score.
If an athlete takes a lead of eight
points then they will be awarded the
contest. Victory will also be delivered

Myanmar karate athletes fight during a regional tournament. Photo: Thet Htoo

to the player who has the most points

at the end of the bout. Should scores
be level then a sudden-death, nextpoint wins system is introduced, with
a maximum of one minute added to
the battle.

What should you be saying?

Thatjodan kick must be worth, sanbon

- a kick to the face, head or neck of
your opponent is worth the maximum
three points.
Karate may be considered as the
conflict within oneself or as a life-long
marathon which, can be won only
through self-discipline, hard training
and ones own creative efforts. - Shoshin Nagamine, karate master.

Myanmar athletes particiapte a karate event in Ynagon. Photo: Thet Htoo

competitions. The individual kumite

competitions will see six weight cat
egories for the men, from 55kg and
under to 84kg and above, and five
categories for women, between 50kg
and below and 68kg and above. The
combat version of the sport will also
feature a male and female team com
Where is it played?
petition. In total there will be sev
Sources associated with the Japanese enteen medal events on the karate
Ministry of Foreign Affairs claim that mats.
there are approximately 50 million
karate participants worldwide. The Whats the betting?
World Karate Federation (WKF) is Karate during the last SEA Games
more exuberant in its claims, suggest were dominated by Indonesia, whoat
ing that up to 100 million people are their home event claimed 10 of the 16
involved in the martial art. The WKF golds as their own. This year the head
has affiliates in 188 countries
of the Indonesian Karatedo Federation
Undoubtedly a genuinely world insists that their target is a mere seven
wide sport, on the back of this popu golds, a figure he believes is reason
larity karate made a push for inclusion able considering their non-host status.
in the Olympic program at the 2020
Vietnam collected a large num
Games but, unfortunately for it, failed ber of silver medals last time around
to meet the shortlist.
though they have been reporting both
injuries to their rising 21-year-old star
How many medals are available?
Phuong as well as the return to fitness
There are four gold medals avail of past SEA Games winner Vu Nguyet
able for the kata events, with male Anh and former world kata champion
and female, individual and team Nguyen Hoang Ngan.

Malaysia are the other primary

force that Myanmars karate athletes
will have to compete with. Myanmars
history in this event would suggest
that the home nations greatest inedal
hopes are in the team kata events,
both of which were medalled in by
Myanmar in 2011 and in this Augusts
pre-SEA Games test event.

Where w ill it all happen?

Karate will last for three days, December

13-15. All the action will be staged at the
Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium in Nay
Pyi Taw.

Did you know?

Kara-te originally meant Chinese

hand until the alternative meaning
for the Chinese character kara was
adopted and karate was translated as
empty hand.
Matt Roebuck is a sports writer
and sports development consult
ant based in Yangon. He is the au
thor of the book The Other Olympics,
published in 2012.

64 THE MYANMARTIMES OCTOBER 21 - 27, 2013

S P O R T EDITOR: Tim McLaughlin I timothy.mclaughlin30gmaiLcom

Sport

A bluffers guide to
the SEA Games
SPORT 63

BRIEFS
B e rlin

Puma ends S.Africa football

sponsorship over fixing claims
German sportsw ear giant Puma
said Last w eek it had term inated its
partnership w ith the South African
Football Association (SAFA) in response
to m atch-rigging claim s against the
national team.
"Following m atch-fixing allegations
made against SAFA along w ith
inappropriate responses from w ithin
the football organisation ... Puma
term inated the contract w ith im m ediate
effect," the w o rld 's third-biggest
sportsw ear m aker said.
A FIFA report had concluded there
was com pelling evidence that friendlies
had been fixed before the 2010 World
Cup.

London

Liverpool announces India academy

plans
Liverpool is preparing to launch a new
youth academy in India next year, the
P re m ier League giants announced last
week.
The five-tim e European champions
w ill w o rk w ith Indian club DSK
Shivajians to set up the facility, which
w ill open in January and w ill be known
as The LFC International Football
Academy DSK.
Accom modating players up to the
age of 18, it w ill feature a residential
complex, fu ll-size pitches, practice
areas, classroom s, locker rooms, a
gym, a canteen, a lecture theatre and
m edical facilities.
Liverpool have also com m itted
to providing coaches to help run the
project.

mln T:17'nv
Badminton finals return to Malaysia
The fin a ls of the 12-round badminton
World Superseries w ill be played in
Malaysia in December, returning to the
country a fte r three years, the sport's
governing body said on October 1.
The season-ending tournam ent,
which carries US$500,000 in prize
money, w ill be held in Kuala L u m pur
from D ecem ber 11-15, the Badm inton
World Federation (BWF) said in a
statement.
It w ill bring together the top eight
in five categories: m en's and wom en's
singles and doubles and mixed doubles,
the BWF s a id .-A F P

Vietnam U23 goalkeeper Tran Nguyen Manh makes a save during the teams match against Myanmar U23 on October 15 in Yangon . Photo: Boothee

Vietnam U23 downs Myanmar

KYAWZIN HLAING
k y a w z in h la in g 9 1 0 g m a il.c o m

ESPITE an early lead the

Myanmar 23 football
team was unable to hold
on for a win last week,
falling 3-1 to their Vietnam
counterparts during their October 15
match in Yangon.
Led by the promising foursome of
Kyaw Ko Ko, Kyi Lin, Kyaw Zeyar Lin
and Zaw Min Tun, Myanmar started
strong and was helped when Que
Ngoc Hai tackled striker Kyaw Ko Ko
from behind in the 32nd minute.
Kyi Lin sent the ensuing penalty
kick to the back of the net, putting
the home side up 1-0.
Vietnam countered at the start
of the second half, substituting five
players including striker Nguyen
Van Quyet who quickly capitalised,
scoring the games equaliser in the
52nd minute.
Vietnam continued to pressure
Myanmar throughout the second

half, looking far faster and more

physically imposing than the home
side.
Tran Nguyen Manh put Vietnam
ahead at the 80 minute mark.
The game was put out of reach
in the 8501 minute when Myanmar
goalkeeper Pyae Phyo Aung tackled
striker Tran Phi Son. Le Quang
Hung converted the penalty, putting
Vietnam up 3-1.
Although we had prepared well
for this match best, Im disappointed
by the result. Vietnam was the better
team this match, said Park Sung
Wha, Myanmars U23 coach.
Park Sung Wha said that better
conditioning was needed if the team
is to find success on the pitch.
Vietnamese coach Hoang
Van Phuc praised Myanmar for
its improvements, but said that
ultimately the better side prevailed.
Although the Myanmar team
played better during the first half
of the match, our team had a better
match overall, he said.

Myanmar U23 player Kyaw Ko Ko (red) tackles Vietnams Nguyen Thanh Hien
(white). Photo: AFP