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Volume XXI, Number 323 5th Waxing of Tabaung 1375 ME Wednesday, 5 March, 2014

NAY PYI TAW, 4

March The leaders from

the seven-member BIM-

STEC group have recog-

nized the threats posed byclimate change on the lives

and livelihoods of peoples

across member states.

In her address at the

3rd BIMSTEC Summit,

Sheikh Hasina, Prime Min-

ister of Bangladesh, called

for a legal framework to

ensure social, cultural, and

economic rehabilitation of

climate migrants at the 3 rd

BIMSTEC Summit.

BIMSTEC member

countries have also voiced

their support to the propos-

al of Bangladesh as they

may face the similar situa-tion.

A rise in one de-

NAY PYI TAW, 4

MarchPresident U Thein

Sein called on BIMSTEC

member countries to step

up efforts for a stronger

cooperation to be able to

sustain the momentum of

BIMSTEC.

In his address at the

3rd BIMSTEC Summit in

Nay Pyi Taw on 4thMarch,

the president has urgedthe member countries to

combine their strengths

and resources under the

banner of BIMSTEC to

engage with other interna-

tional bodies in addressing

the new threats of non-tra-

ditional and transnation-

al challenges of climate

President U Thein Sein calls

for accelerating efforts forstronger cooperation amongBIMSTEC members

change, natural disasters,

energy and food security.

He also called for

accelerating economic

growth and social progress

in the sub-region through

the collective endeavours

and in a spirit of equality

and partnership.

The seven-member

Bay of Bengal Initiative

for Multi-Sectoral Techni-cal and Economic Cooper-

ation (BIMSTEC) is work-

ing together in 14 sectors

namely trade and invest-

ment, technology, energy,

transport and communi-

cation, tourism, sheries,

agriculture, cultural coop-

eration, environment and

disaster management, pub-

lic health, people-to-peo-

ple contact, poverty alle-

viation, counter-terrorism

and transnational crime,

and climate change.

In his address, the

president also expressed

his thanks to Thailand

for its constant support

through Bangkok BIMS-

TEC Working Group.The BIMSTEC has

given priority to allevi-

ation of poverty in the

region and improvement

of the quality of life and

well-being of peoples in

the region among the 14

sectors.

NLMPresident U Thein Sein speaking at 3rdBIMSTEC Summit.

PHOTOBY: AMS

We, the Prime Minister of the Peoples Republicof Bangladesh, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of

Bhutan, the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, the

President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the

Prime Minister of Nepal, the President of the Democrat-

ic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Special En-

voy of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand

met in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on 4 March 2014 for the

Third BIMSTEC Summit Meeting;

Reafrmingthe aims and purposes of BIMSTEC

as contained in the 1997 Bangkok Declaration,

Recallingthe First BIMSTEC Summit Declaration

(Bangkok, 31 July 2004) and the Second Summit Dec-

laration (New Delhi, 13 November 2008),

Recognizingthe close relationship and deepening

engagements among the BIMSTEC Member States giv-

en the geographical proximity as well as the rich histor-

ical linkages and cultural heritage,Convinced that the BIMSTEC Member States,

endowed with abundant natural and human resources,

have considerable potential for economic and social de-

velopment through mutually benecial cooperation in

identied priority areas,

Recognizing that globalization and regional co-

operation continue to generate increased linkages and

inter-dependence within the economies and societies in

the BIMSTEC Member States and provide greater op-

portunity to further leverage regional cooperation and

respond to new and emerging challenges,

Recognizing the threats posed by climate change

on the lives and livelihoods of peoples across the Mem-

ber States,

Reiteratingrm commitment to alleviate poverty

in the BIMSTEC region to ensure dignity, improve the

quality of life and well-being of the peoples,Recognizing the threat that terrorism poses to

peace, stability and economic progress in the region,

BIMSTEC express

concern for threats

posed by climate changegree Celsius due to globalwarming would submerge

a fth of Bangladesh forc-

ing 30 million people to be-

come climate migrants,

Sheikh Hasina said in his

address at the summit in

Nay Pyi Taw on 4thFeb.

Global assessments in-

dicate that natural disaster

in the Bay of Bengal region

would increase in frequen-

cy and intensity.

During the summit, the

seven-member Bay of Ben-

gal Initiative for Multi-Sec-

toral Technical and Econom-

ic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)inked two memorandum

of associations MoAs and

one memorandum of under-

standing including establish-

ing the BIMSTEC Centre

for Weather and Climate in

Noida, near New Delhi, In-

dia.

Our economic de-

pendence on weather and

vulnerability to natural

disasters in this region un-

derscore the importance of

cooperation in these areas,

said Dr Manmohan Singh,

Prime Minister of India in

his speech at the opening ofthe summit.

(See page 8)

Third BIMSTEC Summit Declarationand emphasizing the need for closer cooperation in com-bating all forms of terrorism and transnational crimes,

Further recognizing the special challenges faced

by the Least-Developed Member States in the region and

the need to support them within their development pro-

cess,

Convinced also that harmony, prosperity and

well-being among the BIMSTEC Member States can be

enhanced through deeper economic and social cooper-

ation, enhanced connectivity, sustainable development

and harnessing of common natural resource base and

cultural and people-to-people linkages.

Reiteratingcommitment to BIMSTEC as a regional

cooperation group,

Do hereby:

Resolve to commit increased efforts in accomplish-

ing the founding aims and purposes of BIMSTEC.

Decide to move forward towards nalization of thedraft Agreement on Trade in Goods with agreed General

Rules of Origin and Product Specic Rules, and also to

signing of the Agreement on Dispute Settlement Proce-

dures, and the Agreement on Cooperation and Mutual

Assistance in Customs Matters under the framework

Agreement on the BIMSTEC Free Trade Area.

Direct the BIMSTEC Trade Negotiating Commit-

tee (TNC) to expedite its work for the conclusion of the

Agreement on Trade in Goods by the end of 2014, and

to continue its efforts for early nalization of the Agree-

ment on Services and Investments.

Agree to enhance cooperation in expanding skill and

technology base of Member States through collabora-

tions and partnerships targeted towards micro, small and

medium scale enterprises and decide to accelerate efforts

for the early nalization of the Memorandum of Asso-

ciation on the Establishment of BIMSTEC TechnologyTransfer Facility.

(See page 9)

Sheikh Hasina.

PHOTOBY: AMS

4 March 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

3rdBIMSTEC Summit


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LOCAL NEWS

PYAY, 4 MarchSri

Kitstra Heritage Conserva-

tion Group and photogra-

phers in Pyay organized

Photo Shows at Shwepo-

nepoint Pagoda. The show

started on 1 March up to

31 displayed 42 works of

12 photographers. Sri Kis-

tra Culture Heritage Area is

located 5 miles to the south

of Pyay, 180 miles from

Yangon. Ancient Pyu cities

ourished during 4 to 9 A.D.

The old city with nearly 9

miles in length and 5 miles

Families boost incomethrough weavingindustry

MEIKTILA, 4 March

Htanaungkan village

lies in Kantha Tract 10

miles from Meiktila. With245 households and home

to 1200 villagers, most of

them are engaging in weav-

ing industry. Whenever

there occurs power outage

they have to rush to Meik-

tila industrial zone to run

their business. But now the

village has enjoyed elec-

tricity supply and weaving

machines are mushroom-

ing in the village with 35

machines and 70 spinning

wheel plus over 20 sewing

machines. Said a villager

who runs the business.

The villagers buy raw

materials from Mandalayand distribute their prod-

ucts in Mandalay, Magway

and Yangon in addition to

selling at brokerages in

Meiktila industrial.

As all of them engag-

ing in the business have

been earning a handsome

income it is one of the tools

to reach the goal to poverty

alleviation and rural devel-

opment.

Thein Myint Kyaw

(Meiktila)

Nat Garden Dam rebuiltKALAY, 4 March

Damming water from

Nattaga Creek near Min-

hla village, PyindawU vil-

lage-tract in Kalay Tow-

ship, Nat Garden Dam

supplied water to nearly

Knowledge on Consumer Protection

givenMANDALAY, 4

MarchOrganized by

Ministry of Commerce

and Mandalay Region

Computer Entrepreneurs

Association, talks on con-

sumer protection were

given on 2 March at Ya-

danabon Market in Man-

dalay.

On the occasion,

the Adviser to the Minis-

Second longest bridge on Myanmar-India

friendship road under constructionKALAY, 4 March

With the permission of the

State to spent 500 million

Kyat on building of a heavy

bridge on Kalewa-Ky-ikon-Tamu Road, Bridge

Construction Special

Group (11) under the Pub-

lic Works is now engaging

in building the bridge start-

ing on 1 October 2013.

With the length of 190

feet and 29 feet in width,

the bridge will have 24

feet wide motorway. The

construction tasks will be

completed at the end of this

month said an ofcial.

Junine

Tourists observes photos on Sri Kitstra

Ancient City in Pyayin width is neither in circle-

or oval- shaped. Arrange-

ments are underway to put

Sri Kitstra City into a World

Heritage List.

NLM-017

10,000 acres of land in

the region. But the dam

was damaged due to ood

during the last rain. Under

the supervision of Sagaing

Region Government, the

dam was repaired. With 9

million Kyat contributed

by locals reconstruction

works are now underway.

After completion, the dam

will benet over 129,000

people in the region.

Junine

ter of Commerce claried

matters on opening border

trade centres, assignment

of economic attaches in EU

countries, trade promotion

and easing regulations in

export and import business.

Ofcials also ex-

plained about procedures

of Consumers Affairs De-

partment; dos and donts to

be followed by sellers and

buyers in production, dis-

tribution, selling, buying,

and consuming; purpose

of enacting Consumer

Protection Law; the im-

portance of cooperation

among government de-

partments, NGOs, entre-

preneurs and the people to

enforce consumer protec-

tion regulations.

Thiha Ko Ko (Mandalay)

Rural Development

Be Quick To Repair:Photo taken on 2 March 2014 shows damaging of the

fence of a transformer installed at the top of ShweUdaung street in Insein

Township. Urgent measure is needed to be taken otherwise it is muchexposed to danger.KHINMAUNGAYE(INSEIN)


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United Kingdom Minister of State responsible forEuropean issues and NATO David Lidington (L)

speaks with Luxembourg Foreign Affairs minister JeanAsselborn prior to an EU foreign ministers meeting

on the Ukraine crisis at EU headquarters in Brussels,Belgium, on 3 March, 2014. XINHUA

Britain urges clear message by

EU to support UkraineLONDON, 4 March

Britain wanted the EU tosend a very clear mes-

sage of support throughtechnical and economicassistance to Ukraine,British Minister of Statefor Europe David Liding-

ton said ahead of an EUForeign Affairs Councilmeeting on Monday.

I hope that we will

be able to send a veryclear message that the

way forward is for thereto be direct contact be-tween the governments of

Russia and Ukraine, Lid-ington said in a statementon arrival at the EU bodyin Brussels.

British Foreign Sec-

retary William Hague onMonday labeled the cur-rent situation in Ukraineas the biggest crisis in

Europe in this centuryduring his visit to Kiev for

talks with the new Ukrain-ian government.

Russian President

Vladimir Putin told USPresident Barack Obamaover the phone on Satur-day that Russia reservesthe right to protect its in-

terests and Russian speak-ers living in Ukraine ifviolence spreads in east-ern Ukrainian regions and

Crimea.Xinhua

Japan, Russia

cannot make

rapid progress

on territorial

row

TOKYO, 4 March

Diplomatic negotiationson a long-standing territo-rial dispute between Japanand Russia are unlikely tomove forward swiftly, de-

spite Japanese Prime Min-ister Shinzo Abes effortsto resolve it, Deputy PrimeMinister Taro Aso said on

Tuesday.I dont think we are

in a situation where wecan make rapid progresson the territorial issue,

Aso said at a press confer-ence, noting that the stateof ties is such that the twocountries have not been

able to conclude a peacetreaty since World War II.

Abe has expressedstrong eagerness to settle

the dispute over the Rus-sian-held islands off Hok-kaido, called the NorthernTerritories in Japan andthe Southern Kurils in

Russia.Japan has joined other

Group of Seven countriesin condemning Russian

military intervention inUkraine.

Tokyos reaction toMoscows actions may

make it more difcult forJapan to pursue negotia-tions over the territorialrow, some experts say.

Kyodo News

UNESCO listing sought for ex-Japanese

POWs records

KYOTO, 4 March Acity on the Sea of Japancoast said on Tuesday itwill recommend mementos

and records it kept of thereturn home of Japaneseprisoners of war detainedin the Soviet Union after

World War II for entry onUNESCOs Memory of theWorld Register.

The city of Maizuru inKyoto Prefecture was one of

a number of ports throughwhich Japanese, both POWsand civilians, were repat-riated after the war. It saysit aims to have 570 items,

including memoirs anddrawings composed by theformer inmates of Siberianlabour camps and the lists

of those repatriated aboardJapan-bound ships for Mai-zuru, recognized by the UN

Educational, Scientic and

Cultural Organization in2015.

The exhibits at the

Maizuru Repatriation Me-morial Museum chroniclethe arrival of the formerPOWS and other Japanese

repatriates from overseasbetween 1945 and 1956.

According to the mu-seum, about 660,000 Jap-

anese nationals, including455,000 ex-POWs from Si-beria, were repatriated viaMaizuru port between 1945and 1958. Others came

from such areas as China,the Korean Peninsula andislands in the southern Pa-

cic. The Japanese gov-ernment estimates about

600,000 Japanese soldierswere detained in labourcamps in Siberia and Mon-golia in the wake of the

countrys defeat in Au-gust 1945. Of them, about55,000 died due to forcedlabor, severe living condi-

tions and malnutrition.Aside from Maizuru,

the Japanese central gov-

ernment and the city of Mi-namikyushu in KagoshimaPrefecture have also maderecommendations for list-

ings on the UNESCO reg-ister. The government hassought recognition for olddocuments kept at Toji, a

Kyoto Buddhist temple,while Minamikyushu hasput forward letters writtenby World War II kamika-ze pilots heading for sui-

cide attacks kept at ChiranPeace Museum.

The Memory of theWorld programme aims topreserve historical archives

and other precious itemsaround the world. Amongitems already on its rosterare the 1789 Declaration

of the Rights of Man andof the Citizen issued duringthe French Revolution andthe diaries of Anne Frank

from World War II, sub-mitted by the Netherlands.

Kyodo News

Tailand may extend state ofemergency despite scaled-back

protest

A group of anti-government protesters and some farmers sit on the main roadoutside the headquarters of the Royal Thai Police in central Bangkok

on 4 March, 2014. REUTERS

BANGKOK, 4 March A state of emergency in

Bangkok could be extend-ed until anti-governmentprotests end completely,Thailands foreign minis-ter said on Tuesday, adding

that he feared more vio-lence even though the pro-tests had subsided.

Protests aimed at over-

throwing Prime MinisterYingluck Shinawatra arein their fth month but atthe weekend the remain-ing protesters closed down

several big protest sites andmoved to a central Bang-kok park.

If Suthep continues

with his protest and thereare more violent incidents,including grenades thrown,shootings and acts of vio-lence by provocateurs, the

emergency law will have tostay until the situation im-

proves, Foreign MinisterSurapong Tovichakchaikultold reporters.

The protests are led bySuthep Thaugsuban, a for-

mer deputy prime ministerin a government led by theDemocrat Party, now themain opposition party.

We will wait for se-curity forces, the army andthe cabinet to decide beforethe emergency expires on22 March, Surapong said.

The government im-posed the 60-day emer-gency in Bangkok on 21January to prevent an esca-

lation of the protests aheadof a general election on2 February, which never-theless was disrupted. Thedemonstrations are the lat-

est chapter in a conict thathas gripped Thailand for

eight years and broadly pitsBangkoks middle class,southern Thais and the roy-

alist establishment againstmostly rural supporters of

Yingluck and her broth-er, ousted former premier

Thaksin Shinawatra.The protests began in

November with attempts to

occupy government build-ings and spread in Janu-

ary when major roads inthe capital were blocked.

Those roads reopened onMonday after the protesterswithdrew and regrouped in

Lumpini Park.Reuters

No need to use military force in

Ukraine for now: PutinM O S C O W / K E R C H ,

(Ukraine), 4 March

President Vladimir Putinsaid on Tuesday that Rus-sia saw no need to use mil-itary force in the Crimea

region of Ukraine for now,in remarks apparently in-

tended to ease East-Westtension over fears of war inthe former Soviet republic.

The use of force byRussia in Ukraine would bea choice of last resort, Putinsaid, and sanctions being

considered against Mos-cow by the West would becounter-productive.

Putin told a newsconference at his state res-

idence outside Moscowthere had been an uncon-stitutional coup in Ukraineand ousted leader Viktor

Yanukovich, an ally ofRussia, was still the legiti-

mate leader of the countrydespite giving up all power.

Earlier on Tuesday,

Putin ordered troops in-

volved in a military ex-ercise in western Russia,close to the border withUkraine, back to their bas-

es.Russian nancial mar-

kets rebounded after sharpfalls on Monday, and the

euro and dollar rose in Ja-

pan, though Moscowsforces remained in controlof Ukraines Crimea re-

gion, seized bloodlessly af-

ter Yanukovich was oustedlast month.

Russia paid a heavy

nancial price on Mondayfor its military interventionin Ukraine, with stocks,bonds and the ruble plung-ing as Putins forces tight-

ened their grip in Crimea,

whose population is mainlyethnic Russian.

Reuters

Russian military armoured personnel carriers (APC)drive on the road from Sevastopol to Simferopol

on 4 March, 2014. REUTERS


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The governors of six prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku andother ofcials concerned gather in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, for a symposium

designed to promote regional tourism.KYODONEWS

MAJURO,4 March A

high tide hit the MarshallIslands on Monday, inun-dating many parts of thePacic island nations cap-

ital Majuro and displacinghundreds of people.

President ChristopherLoeak told Kyodo News thatabout 800 people have been

displaced already, while hisofcials said the number islikely to rise as high tides

are expected to recur onMonday afternoon, Tues-day morning and Tuesdayevening.

The so-called king

tides are an annual occur-rence in the Marshall Is-

NEW DELHI, 4MarchIndia is the thirdmost dangerous place in

the world when it comesto bomb blasts, local me-dia reported on Tuesday,citing latest data.

According to the

data compiled by the Na-tional Bomb Data Centre,India is only behind Iraqand Pakistan in terms of

bomb blasts in fact,these three countries ac-count for almost 75 per-cent of explosions in theworld.

India witnessed 212

bomb blasts in 2013more than double ofwhat Afghanistan (with

108 blasts) suffered, TheTimes of Indiareported.

While the number ofblasts in India decreasedfrom 241 in 2012 to 212

in 2013, casualties wentup with 130 deaths and466 injuries last year ascompared to 113 deaths

and 419 injuries in 2012,the newspaper said, cit-ing the data.

Between 2004 and

2013, there have been anaverage of 298 blasts and

1,337 casualties in In-dia, it added. Xinhua

High tide inundates Marshall Islands capital, hundreds displaced

Report says

India 3rd most

dangerous

place in world

in terms of

bomb blasts

MOSCOW, 4 March Decision by the Group of Eight

(G8) to suspend preparations for the summit due inRussia this summer is groundless, the Russian ForeignMinistry said on Monday.This decision is not only decient politically, it alsocontradicts the principals of constructive cooperation

in that format in the interests of development, globalstability, ghting trans-border challenges and threats,ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said in astatement. Lukashevich said that decision has harmed

not only the eight members of the group, but the entireinternational community.Moscow has repeatedly explained its positions over thesituation in Ukraine, he said, recommending Russiaspartners in the G8 to study them thoroughly and said

Russia was ready to continue its joint efforts in theframes of the G8.Earlier in the day, seven members of the G8 (Cana-da, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United King-

dom and the United States), as well as the EuropeanCouncil and the European Commission issued a jointstatement, condemning Russias position on Ukraineand declaring suspension of their preparations for the

Sochi summit due in June. Also on Monday, MikhailMargelov, head of Russias Federation CouncilsInternational Committee, said the West did not want todiscuss situation in Ukraine with Russia.Statements about putting preparations to the G8 sum-

mit on hold demonstrate (the groups) unwillingness tojointly discuss the situation in Ukraine, Margelov toldreporters.Xinhua

Dance tradition keeps

disaster memory alive for

tsunami-hit district

Photo taken 20 Dec, 2013, shows a group from a dis-

aster-hit community in Iwate Prefecture performing inTokyo. Photo courtesy of organizers.KYODONEWS

TOKYO, 4 MarchThree years ago, Masayuki

Sasayamas house wasswept away by a tsunami.

He was temporarily sepa-rated from his family andforced to stay in an evacu-

ation shelter, but the trag-edy did not stop him fromhelping preserve his home-towns traditional perform-

ing art.Sasayama who was

eventually reunited with hisfamily, but who still lives intemporary housing is a

member of a group that per-forms a Shinto dance andplays music that date backto 1699 and which is a vital

part of an annual festival inIwate Prefectures Kamai-

shi city, one of the coastalcommunities in northeast-

ern Japan hardest-hit by the11 March earthquake and

tsunami.Seven months after

the disaster, the group be-

gan performing the danceagain on a regular basis,even if it meant borrowingmaterials such as drums.

Their passion to keep thetradition alive resonatedwith the private sector andgovernment, both of whichhave been shifting from

post-disaster emergency aidto a long-term rebuildingprocess that focuses on ad-dressing the psychological

care of the affected commu-nities.Kyodo News

Russia sees suspension of

G8 summit in Sochi over

Ukraine groundless

Marshall IslandsPresident Christopher

Loeak speaks during anexclusive interview withKyodo News in Majuro,

the capital of the MarshallIslands, in February2014.KYODONEWS

CAIRO, 4 March An Egyptian court on Tuesdaybanned all activities of Hamas in Egypt, a judge said,in another sign that security forces plan to squeeze the

Palestinian militant group that runs the neighboring GazaStrip.

Hamas is an offshoot of Egypts Muslim Broth -erhood, which has been declared a terrorist group byEgypts army-backed government and has faced a securi -

ty crackdown since the military ousted one of its leaders,

Mohamed Mursi, from the presidency last July.The court has ordered the banning of Hamas

work and activities in Egypt, the judge, who asked to

Egypt bans Hamas activities in Egyptremain anonymous, toldReuters. Egyptian authoritiessee Hamas a major security threat, accusing the group ofsupporting al Qaeda-inspired Islamist insurgents in the

Sinai peninsula, allegations it denies.The court also ordered the closure of Hamas ofces

in Egypt, one of the judges overseeing the case toldReuters.

Hamas condemned the ruling, saying it targeted the

Palestinian cause.

The case was led by a group of Egyptian lawyerslast year asking for Hamas to be banned and be designat-ed as a terrorist organization.Reuters

N Korea fires seven projectiles from

east coastSEOUL, 4 March North Korea red sevenprojectiles into waters offits eastern coast on Tues-day, Yonhap News Agencyreported, citing South Ko-reas Defence Ministry.

The North red threeshort-range projectiles us-ing a 240-millimetre mul-

tiple rocket launcher ataround 6 am from Wonsanon its southeastern coast.They ew about 55 kilo-

metres in the northeast di-rection.

Later in the day begin-

ning at 4:17 pm it launchedfour more from the same

region that ew 155 km,

according to Yonhap.Last Thursday, North

Korea red four projectilesbelieved to be short-range

missiles into the Sea ofJapan, according to SouthKoreas Defence Ministry.

North Korea began r-ing long-range projectiles

and short-range missilesinto the Sea of Japan threedays after the United Statesand South Korea launched

their annual military exer-cise on 24 February.

A spokesman for the

South Korean DefenceMinistry on Monday con-

demned North Koreas mis-

sile rings as an abnormalmilitary activity threateninginternational aviation andalso the safety of civilians.

The Norths short-range missile rings weremade abruptly without giv-ing a prior notice for thesafe transportation in the

sky and the sea, he said.Japan has also lodged

a protest with North Koreafor launching short-range

missiles, saying the missilelaunches posed a danger toaircraft and shipping in the

Sea of Japan.Kyodo News

lands, but Tony de Brum,

minister in assistance to thepresident, said the phenom-enon has in recent yearsbeen much more severe

than it used to be.He said that aside from

the immediate effects ofooding, king tides alsoaggravate the islands

problem of shore erosionand threaten to contami-nate ground water sources,

which could affect crop cul-tivation.Todays king tide

is the worst Ive seen inyears since the 1979 storm

surge, de Brum said.This is yet another in-

dication that things are not

normal anymore (due toclimate change), that kingtides can be destructive andbe more intensive more of-

ten than before, he added.Loeak said he met

Monday morning with RoseGottemoeller, the US StateDepartments acting under

secretary for arms controland international security,on Kili Island, southwest of

Majuro, which was also in-undated. So I told her that,See, what weve been say-ing (about climate changeeffect in the Marshall Is-

lands) is real, he said.Kyodo News


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The presidium of the second session of Chinas 12th National Peoples Congress (NPC) hold their rst meetingat the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, 4 March, 2014. The second session of the 12th NPC,

the national legislature, is scheduled to open in Beijing on 5 March.XINHUA

Japan-EU FA top priority

for Denmark: Torning-Schmidt

TOKYO, 4 March Danish Prime MinisterHelle Thorning-Schmidt

called on Tuesday forprompt conclusion of afree trade agreement be-tween Japan and the Euro-pean Union at a meeting in

Tokyo with Japanese poli-cymakers.

Trade and coopera-tion have thrived for many

years but it still holds tre-mendous potential. I be-lieve that one of the best

ways to fulll this potentialis to nalize the free tradeagreement between Japanand the European Union,Thorning-Schmidt said atthe meeting to commemo-

rate re-launching of the Ja-pan-Denmark Parliamenta-ry Friendship League.

The league includes

some 40 members of the

Japanese parliament, in-cluding former PrimeMinister Naoto Kan and

New Komeito party leaderNatsuo Yamaguchi. LDPlower house member TaroKono chairs the group.

This league is a testi-

mony of the excellent rela-tions between our two na-tions, Thorning-Schmidtsaid, expressing her ex-

pectations that the groupwill support the deepeningof economic, political andpeople-to-people ties.

Thorning-Schmidt isslated to meet Prime Min-ister Shinzo Abe in theafternoon and announce anew strategic partnership

aimed at enhancing coop-eration between the twosides in such areas as en-ergy, agriculture and life

science.Kyodo News

Iran stresses peaceful nature

of nuclear activitiesTEHERAN, 4 March

Iran stressed the peaceful

nature of the countrys

nuclear activities ahead of

another round of talks with

world powers to pave way

for a comprehensive agree-

ment on its controversial

nuclear drive.

Irans nuclear program

is undoubtedly peaceful

and the West knows about

it, Iranian President Has-

san Rouhani was quoted

as saying by Iran Daily on

Monday.The International

Atomic Energy Agency

(IAEA) conducted thou-

sands of hours of inspec-

tions in Irans nuclear

program and found no

indication of diversion to

weapons-grade activities,

Rouhani said.

All of them (Western

powers) have no doubt that

the nuclear science in this

country follows a peace-

ful course, Rouhani said

ahead of an expert-level

meeting on the countrys

nuclear program.

On Monday, it wasannounced here that ex-

pert-level nuclear talks

to discuss the details of a

possible comprehensive

agreement on Iran s nu-

clear issue will start in the

Austrian capital Vienna on

Wednesday.

The talks, which fol-

low a senior-level meeting

in February, will last for

three days until Friday, said

Hamid Baeidinejad, the di-

rector general for political

and international affairs at

Irans Foreign Ministry,

who also heads Irans ex-

pert-level nuclear negotiat-ing team.

Xinhua

British gov t welcomes

power devolution

recommendations from WalesLONDON, 4 March

British government onMonday welcomed the pub-lication of a report aimed atgiving more autonomous

powers to Britains westernregion of Wales, accordingto the British Prime Minis-

ters Ofce.The 219-page report,

penned by the Commissionon Devolution in Wales,examined the powers of

the National Assembly forWales and made 61 rec-ommendations to devolvemore legislative powersfrom Westminster to the lo-

cal government in Wales.The recommended

changes in the report cov-er a wide array of areas

ranging from intergovern-

mental relations, economy,transport, natural resourc-es, broadcasting, policingand justice to health andsocial security. I am proud

of (British) Governmentsrecord in delivering forWales and bringing further

devolution, British PrimeMinister David Cameronsaid, adding that the recom-mendations propose a newcourse for the future.

The tax and borrow-ing powers we are devolv-ing will give the WelshAssembly and Welsh Gov-ernment additional means

to help generate economicgrowth, Cameron added,promising to give carefulthought to each of the rec-

ommendations.Xinhua

Bin Laden son-in-law goes on trial in US on

terrorism chargesNEW YORK, 4 March

Suleiman Abu Ghaith,a son-in-law of Osama

bin Laden, went on trialin New York on Monday,becoming one of the high-est-prole defendants toface terrorism charges in

the United States.Prosecutors have ac-

cused the Kuwaiti-born

Abu Ghaith, 48, of record-

ing videos in Afghanistanon behalf of al-Qaeda im-mediately following theattacks of 11 Sept, 2001,on the World Trade Centre

and the Pentagon, threaten-ing further violence againstAmericans.

Defence lawyers argue

that the government can-not prove that Abu Ghaith

People

wear

masks

on the

streets

of

Beijing,

China,

due to

severe

air pol-

lution

on 3

March,

2014.

KYODO

NEWS

had any involvement in orknowledge of plots to kill

US citizens.Jury selection began

on Monday and should becompleted by Wednesday,with opening statementsfrom both sides expected

to take place later that dayor soon after. The trial isexpected to last around amonth.

The bearded AbuGhaith, who could receivelife in prison if convict-ed, sat quietly during themorning, wearing a beige

suit and listening to an in-terpreter translate the pro-ceedings into Arabic.

Nearly 50 prospective

jurors gathered in a Man-hattan courtroom, where

the newly constructed OneWorld Trade Centre wasvisible through one of the

windows.As in several other ter-

rorism trials in the UnitedStates, the jury will remainanonymous.

During questioningfrom US District JudgeLewis Kaplan, potential

jurors were asked to refrain

from revealing any identi-fying information, such astheir names or employers.

Kaplan asked a seriesof questions about al-Qa-

eda, potential witnessesand other issues, seeking todetermine whether any ofthem had biases that would

affect their ability to re-main impartial.

The prospective jurorshad already provided an-swers to written questions

before arriving at court onMonday, including wheth-er they had strong feelingsabout terrorism that wouldmake it hard for them to be

fair.In the afternoon, one

candidate, a 56-year-oldlawyer, said he had repre-

sented several detainees atthe US prison for terrorismsuspects in GuantanamoBay, Cuba, and was con-cerned he would not be

able to put those experi-ences out of his mind whenassessing the credibilityof any potential witnesses

from Guantanamo.Reuters


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Critical mass not needed for supernova explosions: ANU studyCANBERRA, 4 March

Astronomers searchingfor clues about dark ener-gy, the mysterious forcethat is speeding up the ex-

pansion of the Universe,have uncovered new evi-

dence about the nature ofsupernovae, nding many

are lighter than scientistshad expected, the Austral-ian National University(ANU) reported on Tues-

day. The ndings, froman international team fromthe Nearby SupernovaFactory project, overturnprevious understanding of

white dwarf stars and raisenew questions about howthese stars explode.

White dwarfs are

dead stars, the corpses ofstars that were once likeour Sun. They wont ex-

plode on their own theyneed another star to help

blow them up, said ANUastronomer Dr RichardScalzo, who led the latestresearch. We now know

its much easier to blowthem up than we used tothink. A supernova isa star that explodes andshines much more brilliant-

ly as it reaches the end ofits life.

By studying nearbyType Ia (1a) supernovae,

within a billion light yearsfrom earth, astronomerscan then compare themwith older and fainter su-

pernovae even further outin space, allowing them tomeasure distances in theuniverse.

Scalzo said most of

the supernovae his teamstudied had blown up wellbefore dinosaurs walkedon Earth. He said astron-

omers had previously be-lieved white dwarfs need-ed to be around 1.4 times

the mass of the Sun beforethey could explode. Using

the University of Hawaiis2.2-metre telescope, histeam studied 19 Type Iasupernovae. By carefully

watching how quickly thesupernovae faded away af-ter their brightest point, andcomparing to calculationsmade by computer, the

team could then weigheach explosion to gure out

the white dwarfs mass.They were surprised

to nd that as many as halfwere well below the pre-viously-assumed tippingpoint for an explosion.

That meant the life the dy-ing stars led and the causeof their violent deaths, alsohad to be totally differentfrom what scientists once

thought. Scalzo said the ul-timate aim of the researchwas to better understanddark energy, for which the

2011 Nobel Prize in Phys-ics was awarded to ANUprofessor Brian Schmidt,

Adam Riess from JohnsHopkins University, and

Saul Perlmutter from Law-rence Berkeley NationalLaboratory.

Brian Schmidt used

type Ia supernovae to dis-cover that dark energyexists, he said. Werenow trying to understandwhat it is. This new infor-

mation about how white

dwarfs explode is a hugestep forward towards thatgoal.Cosmologist Greg

Aldering, who leads the in-ternational Nearby Super-nova Factory in Berkeley,

saidThis is a signicantadvance in furthering TypeIa supernovae as cosmo-logical probes for the studyof dark energy.

Scalzo was previously

based in the Nearby Super-nova Factory headquartersat Lawrence Berkeley Na-

tional Laboratory in Cali-fornia, and is a member ofthe Centre of Excellence for

All- sky Astrophysics.TheARC Centre of Excellencefor All-sky Astrophysics(CAASTRO) is a collab-oration between The Aus-

tralian National University

and a number of Australi-an universities.The latestndings are published in

the Monthly Notices of theRoyal Astronomical Soci-ety. Xinhua

Government spying tools will

worsen Internet security

A National Security Agency (NSA) data gathering fa-cility is seen in Bluffdale, about 25 miles (40 km) south

of Salt Lake City, Utah, on 16 Dec, 2013.REUTERS

SAN FRANCISCO, 4

March Electronic spy-ing tools used by the USgovernment could end upin the hands of organized

criminals and hackers,further eroding Internetsecurity, warned industry

leaders who called for newrestrictions and oversight

of government activity.It is a big worry that themethods will spread, saidAndrew France, former

deputy director of the UKsNSA equivalent, GCHQ,and now chief executive ofsecurity startup Darktrace.

The government habitof purchasing informationabout undisclosed holesin software is also reallytroublesome, said for-

mer White House cybersecurity advisor HowardSchmidt. Theres collater-

al damage.Both France and

Schmidt spoke to Reuters

Cybercrime hits fnancial frms hardestAn em-ployee

works nearscreens in

the viruslab at the

headquar-ters of Rus-

sian cyber

securitycompany

KasperskyLabs in

Moscowon 29 July,

2013.

REUTERS

LONDON, 4 March Cybercrime is the secondmost common type of fraudreported by nancial rms,more than double the level

across other industries, ascriminals turn increasinglyto technology as their mainweapon against banks, a

survey showed.

Some 39 percent ofnancial services compa-nies that suffered from eco-nomic crime last year said

they had been hit by cy-bercrime, compared to 17percent in other industries,according to the survey byconsultancy PwC. Banks

in Europe and the UnitedStates are being told byregulators to toughen theirdefenses against cyber at-

tacks, which have grown

more frequent and severeas criminals and hacktiv-ists become more sophis-ticated. Banks are often tar-

geted for nancial gain, butsometimes it is to disruptbusiness.

Hundreds of bank-ers took part in simulated

cyber attacks last year inNew York and London totest their resilience to suchthreats. PwC said its sur-

vey even appeared to un-

derestimate the scale of at-tacks, saying its experienceshowed a clear majorityof nancial rms had suf-

fered cybercrime last year.Cybercrime is growingand the methods are con-stantly evolving. We seeno abatement in attacks onbanks infrastructure, saidAndrew Clark, a partner inPwCs forensics practice.

Some 45 percent of -

nancial rms were victimsof fraud last year, PwCs2014 global economiccrime survey showed. Thesurvey, based on respons-es from 1,330 companiesin 79 countries, showedtheft was responsible forthe highest share of eco-nomic crime, followed bycybercrime, money laun-dering, accounting fraudand bribery and corruption.External fraudsters are be-hind most of the econom-ic crime. The survey saidmost internal frauds werecommitted by junior staffor middle managers. The

prole of the typical inter-nal fraudster is a male aged31-50, with a universityeducation.Reuters

at the annual RSA Confer-

ence, the worlds largestcyber security gathering,in San Francisco last week.RSA is the security divi-

sion of electronic storagemaker of EMC Corp.

Security researchers

say that secret state toolstend to fall into the hands

of mobsters and eventuallylone hackers.

That trend could wors-en after former spy con-

tractor Edward Snowdendisclosed US National Se-curity Agency capabilitiesfor breaking into Cisco

Systems Inc routers, DellInc computer servers andall kinds of personal com-puters and smartphones,industry leaders and ex-

perts warned at the RSAconference and two smallergatherings in San Francisco

convened partly to discussRSAs government deals.

Reuters

Australias mean temperature warms almost 1C since 1910CANBERRA, 4 March Temperatures across Austral-

ia were, on average, almost 1C warmer than they were acentury ago, a latest report of Australias climate changeshowed on Tuesday. The latest State of the Climate 2014by Australian national science agency CSIRO and theBureau of Meteorology is a snapshot of how Australiasclimate has changed over the last two years. It is thethird report in a series and follows earlier reports in 2010and 2012. According to its ndings, Australias meantemperature has warmed by 0.9C since 1910. And sevenof the 10 warmest years on record in Australia haveoccurred since 1998.

When scientists compared the past 15 years tothe period 1951 to 1980, they found that the frequen-cy of very warm months has increased ve-fold and

the frequency of very cool months has decreased byaround a third. The duration, frequency and intensity ofheatwaves have increased across large parts of Australiasince 1950, Bureau Chief Executive Dr. Rob Vertessysaid in a statement. Extreme re weather risk hasincreased, and the re season has lengthened across largeparts of Australia since the 1970s, Rob added.

And CSIRO Chief Executive Dr. Megan Clark alsoconrmed Australia has warmed in every state and terri-tory and in every season. Australia has one of the mostvariable climates in the world. Against this backdrop,across the decades, were continuing to see increasingtemperatures, warmer oceans, changes to when andwhere rain falls and higher sea levels,Dr Clark said onTuesday.Xinhua


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NATIONALNAY PYI TAW, 4

MarchThe leaders from

BIMSTEC member coun-

tries who attended the 3rd

BIMSTEC Summit met

separately after the meeting

at Myanmar International

Convention Centre (MICC),

here, today.

Indian Prime Minis-

ter Dr Manmohan Singh

met with Sri Lankan Pres-

ident Mahinda Rajapaksa

Leaders from

BIMSTEC member

countries meet at

MICC

YANGON, 4 March

The discussion on local and

foreign reviews relating to

development of responsi-

ble investments was held

at Traders Hotel in Yangon

on Tuesday morning.

At the discussion,

reviews on Myanmar In-

vestment Policy of the Or-

Discussion on development of

responsible investments held

ganization for Economic

Co-operation and Devel-

opment-OECD, rules and

regulation and preliminary

task for the development

of responsible investments

practices, experience on in-

ternational responsible in-

vestments, implementation

of OECD for international

investments and prospects

for future cooperation were

discussed. The ofcials of

Investment and Compa-

ny Administration, OECD

members, Foreign Embas-

sies to Myanmar, UMFCCI

and local and foreign in-

vestment partners attended

the discussion.MNA

NAYPYITAW, 5 MarchU Htay Aung, Ambassador

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the

Union of Myanmar to the Republic of Singapore, present-

ed his Credentials to His Excellency Dr. Tony Tan Keng

Yam, President of the Republic of Singapore, on 27 Feb-ruary 2014, in Singapore.

MNA

U Htay Aung presents his

Credentials to Singaporean

President

at 1 p.m. and Bangladeshi

Prime Minister Sheikh

Hasina in the afternoon. Sri

Lankan President Mahinda

Rajapaksa also met with

Nepalese Prime Minister

Sushil Koirala at 3:30 p.m.

and Bangladeshi Prime

Minister Sheikh Hasina at

4.30 p.m. The Nepalese

Prime Minister held talks

with the Bangladeshi Prime

Minister at 5 p.m.MNA

MANDALAY, 4 March

Globetrotter Bus passed

Muse through Chinese bor-

der gate along Asian Roadand arrived in Mandalay on 1

March. After visiting around

downtown of Mandalay,

they left for Monywa on 3

March.

The globetrotter bus led

by Mr Farias, Juan from Italy

and members arrived in My-

anmar on 26 February. The

Globetrotter Bus arrives Mandalaythrough Asian Highways

YANGON, 4 MarchA

press conference on hold-

ing Myanmar Golf Tour

2014 that will be jointly

organized by Myanmar

Golf Federation and My-

anmar Professional Golf-

ers Association (MPGA)

and sponsored by Ay-

eyawady Bank, United

Amara Bank, Myawady

Bank, Asia Green Devel-

opment Bank and Innwa

Bank, took place at Centre

Hotel (Jade Hall) on Bo-

gyoke Aung San Street in

Yangon on Tuesday.

Press conference on holding

Myanmar Golf Tour 2014Vice-President of

MGF U Aung Kyi made a

speech and Vice-President

of MPGA U Chan Han ex-

plained matters related to

the tour.

The vice-presidents

of MGF and MPGA made

clarications on the que-

ries raised by the media

men.

Myanmar Golf Tour

2014 will be held at Roy-

al Myanmar Golf Club in

Nay Pyi Taw from 13 to

16 March, at Yangon Golf

Course in Yangon from 6

to 9 May, at PyinOoLwin

Golf Club in PyinOoL-

win from 19 to 22 June, at

Shwemantaung Golf Club

in Mandalay from 7 to 10

August, at Bagan Golf

Course in Bagan from 16

to 19 October and at Roy-

al Myanmar Golf Club in

Nay Pyi Taw from 27 to 30

November.

It is learnt that trans-

portation for the partici-

pants has been arranged

in order to take part in the

golf events conveniently.

NLM

tourists will visit Muse, Hsi-

paw, PyinOoLwin, Manda-

lay, Monywa, Bagan, Kalaw,

Inlay, Bago, Yangon, Kyaik-tho, Mawlamyine, Hpa-an

and Myawady and will leave

for Thailand on 16 March.

On arrival at Manda-

lay, they will visit Myan-

ansankyaw Golden Palace,

Mandalay Hill, Kuthodaw,

Shwekyaunggyi, Phayagyi,

handicrafts shops and they

viewed sun set on U Bein

Bridge, said U Than Zaw,

tour guide who was accom-

panied them.As Mandalay is a focal

point of Asian Highways,

one can travel from Chian

to Mandalay, Mandalay to

India, from Maesot of Thai-

land to Mandalay passing

through Myawady Border

Gate and then to India and

China.002

NAY PYI TAW, 4 MarchA slight earthquake of

magnitude 2.8 Richter Scale with its epicenter inside

Myanmar about 155 miles south of Mandalay seismo-

logical observatory was recorded at 07 hrs 46 min 40sec MST today, announced the Meteorology and Hy-

drology Department.MNA

A slight earthquake hits

inside Myanmar

Discussion on development of responsible investments in progress.MNA

Foreigners taking

a rest beside

Mandalay Moat.

KYEMON(002)

Nissan passes Honda in Feb US

sales, winter weather hits ToyotaNEW YORK, 4 March

Amid harsh winter

weather, Japans biggestautomaker in the Unit-ed States posted a secondmonth of decreasing sales

while Nissan Motor Cosurpassed Honda Motor Co

to become the fth largestmanufacturer in the US in

February, gures releasedon Monday by AutodataCorp showed. Overall salesin the US remained rela-

tively at and continuedto be hampered by severesnowstorms with the ex-treme cold keeping cus-tomers away from show-

rooms in major East Coastand Midwest markets.

Dealers sold 1,193,872passenger cars and lighttrucks in the month, 293

less than a year earlier. Thetotal translates into annual-

ized sales of 15.34 millionunits, staying above the 15

million threshold for the

16thmonth in a row. Among

Japanese automakers, Toyo-ta Motor Corp. sold 159,284vehicles, down 4.3 percent,making it the third biggestplayer in the US The com-

pany said weather-relatedproduction and delivery dis-

ruptions and a 20 percent re-duction in eet sales draggeddown sales.

The unusually harsh

winter continues to havean effect on some of theeconomic activity in gen-eral and it certainly had animpact on auto sales in Feb-

ruary, Toyota group vicepresident Bill Fay said on

Monday during a monthlysales call.

Reuters

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New Light of Myanmar


Partnership for prosperityorld nations collectively set up organiza-

tions involving groups of countries thatWhave similar national and regional interests de-

pending on their geographical situations. ASEAN

has emerged as the regional grouping of Southeast

Asian countries. The Greater Mekong Sub-Region

representing the six countries that share the Me-

kong River was established. Likewise, the Bay of

Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and

Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an associa-

tion of countries surrounding the Bay of Bengal.

Nonetheless, all the said organizations have been

formed with the aims of protecting the interests of

the people in the regions and bringing them greater

prosperity on the notion of interdependency.

Thailand and India are perceived as the key driv-

ers of the establishment of the international organiza-

tion, BIMSTEC. The emergence of BIMSTEC is the

result of an integration Thailands Look West Policy

that is aiming at economic expansion to its neighbour-

ing countries located in the west and Look East Policy

of South Asian countries that are willing to come closer

to the Southeast Asian countries in terms of econom-

ic cooperation. The sub-regional grouping of Bangla-

desh, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand was formed on 6

June, 1997. Myanmar joined the organization as a full

member in that December. In 2014, full membership

was granted to Bhutan and Nepal.

Its rst Summit was held in Bangkok on 31 July,

2004 and second Summit in New Delhi on 11-13 No-

vember, 2008. Myanmar hosted the third Summit in

Nay Pyi Taw from 1 to 4 March.

It is expected that this Summit with the pres-

ence of the leaders of the seven-nation bloc will be

of great benet to Myanmar people, especially in

technology, investment and trade sectors. BIM-

STEC is working on its fourteen priority sectors

and Myanmar is taking a lead in agriculture and

energy sectors.

It is a signicant moment for Myanmar host-

ing this Summit. It is because BIMSTEC Summit

in Myanmar coincided with Myanmars ASEAN

Chairmanship in 2014. Thats why, it can be said

that there will be plenty of opportunity for Myan-

mar in the year 2014. Myanmars geographical

location serving as a bridge between the two or-

ganizationsBIMSTEC and ASEANwill be the

advantage of Myanmar to bring substantial ben-

ets for her. Myanmar needs to grasp this golden

opportunity paving the fast way for prosperity for

shaping the nation into a developed one.

1. Kayin Peoples Party headquartered at No 632 (d/16) on Arzarni Street at No. 4Junction in Ward 5 in Shwepyitha Township in Yangon Region, registered by

Union Election Commission as a political party under the Article 9 of Political

Parties Registration Law, submitted its applications to change its ag and seal with

the ag and seal described hereunder on 5-3-2014.

2. It is hereby announced in accord with Political Parties Registration Rules 14 (d)

that if there is anyone who want to remonstrate about the ag and seal, they may

remonstrate with the Union Election Commission with rm evidence within seven

days from the date of the announcement.

Public announcement for remonstration

President U Thein Sein receives Sri Lankan counterpart, Nepalese PMNAY PYI TAW, 4

MarchPresident U Thein

Sein received Sri Lankan

President Mr Mahinda Ra-japaksa and party at the

Credentials Hall of the

Presidential Palace here at

2 pm on Tuesday.

During the meeting,they discussed promotion

of bilateral cooperation

in BIMSTEC, further ce-

menting relations between

the two peoples, launching

of ights between the two

countries and cooperation

in agriculture.

They also exchanged

experience on resolving

conicts. Diplomatic re-

lations between Myanmar

and Sri Lanka were estab-

lished in 1949. Sri Lankan

President Mr Mahinda Ra-

japaksa has visited Myan-

mar two times in 2004 and

in 2009. Now is the third

time.

Likewise, President U

Thein Sein held talks with

Nepalese Prime Minister

Mr. Sushil Koirala and par-

ty at the same venue at 4 pm

on Tuesday.

The meeting focused

on greening and develop-

ment of Lumbani Garden,

the birthplace of Lord Bud-

dha, tourism industry de-

velopment and promotion

of relations between the

two peoples.

They, as well, concen-

trated on potentials to cre-

ate direct ights between

the two countries. Besides,

they exchanged experience

on hydropower generation

and peace-building process.

Myanmar and Ne-

pal have established their

diplomatic relations since

1960.

The Nepalese Prime

Ministers visit to Myan-

mar is the rst time.MNA

President U Thein Sein shakes hands with Sri

Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa.MNA

President U Thein Sein poses for documentary photo with Nepalese Prime Minister

Mr. Sushil Koirala and party.MNA

Q: How the BIMSTEC

Centre for Weather and

Climate which will be

established in India can

contribute to the region

and Myanmar?

A: There have been set up

(the BIMSTEC Centre

Climate change is very urgent

for everyone: Mr Salman

Khurshid

for Weather and Climate.

This is the collective

project. The climate

change is very urgent for

everyone, for agriculture,

for climate, for disaster

management. This is very

important and critical

project we have been

working together.

Q: How much the annual

expenditure of the

permanent secretariat?

A: I dont know what the

budget. We (India) ve

agreed to provide the32% of the budget.

NLM

BIMSTEC

(from page 1)

Since 2007, Indias Na-

tional Tsunami Early Warn-

ing Centre is providing early

warnings to Indian Ocean

Rim countries on a regu-

lar basis. Meanwhile, theBIMSTEC would establish

its Permanent Secretariat

in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and

start functions in May.

Sheikh Hasina also ex-

pressed her condence that

the BIMSTEC Permanent

Secretariat would generate

the momentum necessary

for the implementation of

all decisions of BIMSTEC

and would receive all sup-

port from all member coun-

tries.

BIMSTEC includes

Bangladesh, India, Myan-

mar, Sri Lanka, Thailand,Nepal, and Bhutan.

NLM

Nay Pyi Taw, 4 March- Media persons of the News

and Periodicals EnterPrise yesterday interviewed Indian

External Affairs Minister Mr Salman Khurshid on

BIMSTEC. The following is the questions and answer ofthe interview. Ed

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(from page 1)

Underline the need for enhancing regional cooper-

ation in the energy sector, welcome the holding of the

Third BIMSTEC Energy Ministerial Meeting in Nepal

in 2014 and also the Fourth BIMSTEC Energy Ministe-

rial Meeting in Bhutan in 2015, and recognize the role

of the BIMSTEC Energy Centre in Bengaluru, India, in

this context.

Express satisfaction at the continuing work on de-

veloping physical connectivity in BIMSTEC region and

the progress made in updating the BTILS supported by

the Asian Development Bank for enhancement of inter-

regional connectivity, transport infrastructure and logis-

tics, and welcome efforts to identify concrete projects

for implementation.Express satisfaction at the progress made in im-

plementing tourism cooperation programmes and in

following up the Plan of Action on Tourism; and en-

courage the Member States realize the enormous tour-

ism potential of the region by enhancing cooperation in

this eld, particularly through facilitating engagements

among the private sector in the Member States.

Resolve to continue cooperation in the area of sh-

eries, including inland sheries, and conservation and

management and sustainable use of marine resources in

the Bay of Bengal region.

Reiterate our commitment to continue and enhance

cooperation in the eld of agriculture, including crops,

livestock and horticulture; and decide to intensify coop-

erative efforts by materializing short and long term joint

research programmes towards increased productivity

and yields of agricultural produce in the region.Resolve to enhance cooperation in environmental

protection and sustainable development and promote ca-

3rdBIMSTEC Summit... pacity building in the area of disaster management.Recognize that deepening of cultural cooperation

among the Member States can also contribute towards the

promotion of socio-economic development of the region

driven by cultural industries.

Agree to enhance cooperation in the health sector,

including on traditional medicine, and to intensify our

efforts to promote activities of the BIMSTEC Network

of National Centres of Coordination in traditi onal med-

icine.

Reiterate our commitment to expand efforts to fur-

ther promote people-to-people exchanges and linkages,

at various levels among the BIMSTEC Member States,

including facilitating travels through the BIMSTEC Busi-

ness Visa Scheme and the BIMSTEC Visa Exemption

Scheme.

Welcome the setting up of the BIMSTEC Networkof Policy Think Tanks and agree to cooperate and coor-

dinate for organizing short-term activities such as work-

shops, seminars, and exchange programmes, including

audio visual programmes, on building public awareness

on BIMSTEC.

Agree to implement the BIMSTEC Poverty Plan

of Action adopted at the second BIMSTEC Ministerial

Meeting on Poverty Alleviation held in January 2012 in

Nepal, and welcome the offer by Sri Lanka to host the

Third Ministerial Meeting on Poverty Alleviation during

the rst half of 2014.

Express satisfaction at the close cooperation between

law enforcement agencies of Member States in combating

terrorism and transnational crimes, call for expediting the

ratication for entry into force of the BIMSTEC Conven-

tion on Cooperation on Combating International Terror-

ism, Transnational organized Crime and Illicit Drug Traf-cking and also for the early signing of the BIMSTEC

Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters.

Agree to explore collaborative initiatives amongst

the Member States towards addressing the adverse im-

pacts of climate change in the BIMSTEC region.

Agree to intensify efforts to deepen cooperation in

all areas of activities within the framework of BIMS-

TEC, including strengthening institutional mechanisms.

Welcome the signing of the following BIMSTEC

Instruments:

a. Memorandum of Association on the Establishment

of the BIMSTEC Permanent Secretariat.

b. Memorandum of Understanding on the Establish-

ment of the BIMSTEC Cultural Industries Com-

mission (BCIC) and BIMSTEC Cultural Industries

Observatory (BCIO)

c. Memorandum of Association Among BIMSTEC

Member Countries Concerning Establishment of a

BIMSTEC Centre for Weather and Climate.Convey appreciation to the Government of the Peo-

ples Republic of Bangladesh for providing the premises

for the BIMSTEC Secretariat in Dhaka and also express

satisfaction at the progress made towards the operation-

alization of the Secretariat.

Welcome the appointment of Mr. Sumith Nakan-

dala of Sri Lanka as the rst Secretary General of BIM-

STEC.

Convey deep appreciation to Myanmar for the able

stewardship of BIMSTEC from 2009, and welcome Ne-

pal as the new Chair of BIMSTEC.

We, the leaders from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,

Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the special envoy of the Prime

Minister of Thailand, express our sincere appreciation

to the Government of the Republic of the Union of My-

anmar for the warm hospitality and for the excellent ar-

rangement made for the Summit.4 March 2014

Nay Pyi Taw.

NAYPYITAW, 4 March

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ap-

proved Development Fund

Bill, Printing and Publish-

ing Enterprise Bill and

Media Bill at its session on

Tuesday.

Joint Bill Committee

submitted its report on Py-

idaungsu Hluttaws Devel-

opment Fund Bill that was

sent back by the President

with comments to the par-

liament. The report rec-

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw

approves Development

Fund Bill, Printing and

Publishing Enterprise Bill,

Media Bill

them will be set after the

enactment of Inland Vessel

Law which is underway,

said Deputy Minister for

Transport U Zin Yaw at

the todays Pyithu Hluttaw

session.

The report submitted

by Pyithu Hluttaw Govern-

ments guarantees, pledges

and undertakings vetting

committee suggested that

damage happens to some

development facilities such

as roads and bridges and

dams before their durabil-

ity periods are over due

to violation of prescribed

rules and regulations by

some locals. The report

called on media to play

a constructive role in in-

forming the people of the

development projects in a

transparent way.

At the todays Amyo-

tha Hluttaw session, Dep-

uty Minister for Industry

U Myo Aung responded

to the question on con-

struction of a pulp factory

near Namtswam creek in

Lashio that instructions

had already been given

to the factory owner to

stop construction works.

According to Shan State

Industrial Coordination

and Inspection Depart-

ment that paid an inspec-

tion tour on 13 February,

2014 , construction had

been suspended and only

a guard was found at the

abandoned site.

Union Minister for

Transport U Nyan Tun

Aung submitted Bills to

amend the Civil Aviation

Law and the Internation-

al Interested Law and the

Hluttaw approved to dis-

cuss the two Bills.

Before Amyotha

Hluttaw National Plan-

ning and Development

Project Affairs Commit-

tees report on work pro-

gress in the third quarter

of FY 2013-2014 was

approved at the todays

session, Daw Khin Wine

Kyi discussed the report,

highlighting the impor-

tance of strict adherence

to rules and regulations of

extractive industries and

the need for acquisition of

capital and technological

assistance from the gov-

ernment.

MNA

ommended the Bill to be

approved in accord with

the approval of Pyidaungsu

Hluttaw as the Bill focus-

ing on the interests of the

country and its people is in

conformity with the Con-

stitution.

The Speaker of

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw

announced that the

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw-ap-

proved bill will be sent

back to the President.

Approval of Py-

idaungsu Hluttaw on the

two billsthe Printing

and Publishing Enterprise

Bill and Media Bill that

raised disputes between

Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyo-

tha Hluttaw was sought in

the parliament.

Regarding the Bills

amending the Income Tax

Law and Commercial Tax

Law and 2014 Union Tax-

ation Bill, members of the

Joint Bill Committee pre-

sented the committees

ndings to the parliament.

Inspection and regis-

tration procedures for the

vessels with engines that

are not more than the ca-

pacity of 20 HP have al-

ready been announced and

rules and regulations for

NAY PYI TAW, 4

M a r c h C o m m a n d -

er-in-Chief of Defence

Services Senior General

Min Aung Hlaing met the

chiefs of armed forces and

delegations from Brunei,

Cambodia, the Philippines

and Singapore who will

attend 11thASEAN Chief

of Defence Forces Infor-

mal Meeting (ACDFIM)

in Myanmar at Thingaha

Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw on

Tuesday evening sepa-

rately.

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets chiefs

of armed forces from ASEAN countriesBoth sides discussed

matters on promoting

friendship and relations

between the two armed

forces and strengthening

cooperation in ASEAN.

The chiefs of armed

forces from ASEAN

countries held separate

talks at the same venue in

the evening.

A ceremony to host

dinner to the delegations

from ASEAN coun-

tries who will attend 11th

ASEAN Military Intelli-

gence Informal Meeting

(AMIIM) and 4thASEAN

Military Operations Infor-

mal Meeting (AMOIM)

took place Thingaha Ho-

tel in Nay Pyi Taw on 3

March.

Myawady

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing poses for

documentary photo with Chief of Armed Forces

of Singapore Lt-Gen Ng Chee Meng.MNA


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New Light of MyanmarWednesday, 5 March, 201410

LOCAL NEWS

Interview with Director-General U Tun Lwin Oo of

Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River

Systems

Interview: Thura Zaw (Insein)

Photos: Naing Win (MNA)

Arrangements are

being made for acquisitionof capital and technology

needed for formulation

of main project for water-

way improvement in Ay-

eyawady River from the

World Bank.

The following is the

translation of an interview

with Director-General U

Tun Lwin Oo of Directo-

rate of Water Resources

and Improvement of River

Systems under the Minis-

try of Transport which is

carrying out conservation

works for sustainability of

water resources.Q: Let me know the num-

ber of branches in states

and regions.A: A total of 10 branch-

es are being kept open

in states and regions.

These branches are

dealing with riverbank

erosion in coordination

with the region/state

governments. Bank

erosion protection is

being carried by with

the assistance of nan-

cial support from the

region/state funds tech-

nical support from the

department. Budget al-

location for the depart-

ment is being used forthe improvement of Ay-

eyawady and Chindwin

waterways that play a

vital role in inland water

transport.

Q: Why is the conserva-

tion of Ayeyawady and

Chindwin waterways

important?

A: It is because the two

rivers serve as the im-

portant waterways for

the people. Works for

improvement of river

systems are in progress

in Ayeyawady delta

region where the de-partment is cooperating

with the Ministry of Ag-

riculture and Irrigationon preventive measures

against ood. Likewise,

the department is taking

part in dredging of sand-

banks as part of efforts

for the development of

Kaladan Multi-Modal

Transit Transport Pro-

ject in Rakhine State.

Works are underway

to tackle waterway disrup-

tions in Ayeyawady River

near Mandalay and Mag-

way in summer depending

on budget allocation. The

government provided 19

dredgers for work progress.Q: Is there further plan for

waterway conservation

apart from ongoing

works?

A: Real-time efforts are

being made in conduct-

ing detailed feasibility

studies along the Ay-

eyawady River for its

waterway improvement

and sandbank dredging

works are in progress

as a short-term solution.

Arrangements are being

made for acquisition of

capital and technology

needed for formulationof main project for wa-

terway improvement in

Ayeyawady River fromthe World Bank.

Q: How about ongoing

Chindwin waterway im-

provement plan?

A: So far dredging of sand-

bank along the 507-mile

river has been complet-

ed by 75 percent.

Q: How about sandbank

dredging measures be-

ing undertaken along

Ayeyawady River?

A: We dredged sandbanks

near Bagan harbour in

order to let more water

into the second water-

way for smooth trans-port. It can thereby con-

tribute towards more

supply of water for

agriculture purpose in

summer through Law-

ka Nanda river water

pumping project.

Q: May I know about river-

bank erosion?

A: Erosion happens to riv-

erbank on partly sandy

soil. Moreover, erosion

occurs at river bends.

Although the depart-

ment is mainly respon-

sible for the improve-

ment of river systems, ittakes care of riverbank

erosion repair works -

nanced by the region/state governments.

Q: Please explain water-

way conservation works

in Yangon River?

A: The department is con-

ducting feasibilities

study on Twantay Ca-

nal for the upgrade of

it in cooperation with

foreign experts. The

main aim is to carry

out feasibility studies

not only for improve-

ment of water transport

along the canal but also

for establishment of a

small-scale hydropow-er plant.

Q: Is there anything to in-

form the people?

A: The department is main-

ly responsible for wa-

terway improvement in

the main rivers of the

country for smooth and

speedy water transport.

Implementation of the

tasks has been carried

out with the use of the

budget allocation and

contributions of the peo-

ple. The department is

making great strides in

successful realization

of the states priorities

as well as better public

convenience of water

transport.*****

Thank you.

Trs:YM

Director-General U Tun

Lwin Oo of Directorate

of Water Resources and

Improvement of River

Systems.

Sandbank dredging works are working on all

cylinders.

INTERVIEW

Engineers from rural region development seen on tour of inspection in

placing asphalt on 1.5 mile long Pharchaung-Maekanel road undertaken by

Min Pyae Sone Co. Ltd under the supervision of the Ministry of Livestock

Breeding and Fisheries in Myawady Township in Myawady District.

Tun Tun Oo (Myawady Border Town)

Knowledge on census taking process

shared in Bago RegionTOUNGOO, 4 March

Knowledge on taking cen-

sus process was shared to-

gether with entertainments

of celebrities at Yayni,

Swa, Toungoo, Ottwin,

Pyu townships in Toungoo

District in Bago Region on

2 March.

Thi Lay Thi comedi-

an troupe and singer Eaint

Chit entertained the locals

sharing knowledge on tak-

ing census process.

Besides, Daw Swe

Zin Htike explained 41

questions related to census

taking process and distrib-

uted hats and T-shirts to

the public.

Pyay

Shwegondine overpass handing over

ceremony todayYANGON, 4 March

Of the high overpassesin Yangon, Shwegondine

overpass was constructed

with turns using Steel

Box Girder system

including voice control

systems in order to reduce

environmental noise,

said an ofcial from

the company Capital

Development Limited(CDL).

The construction task

was undertaken by engineers

from CDL under the

supervision of Yangon City

Development Committee.

With 45.59 feet wide

and 2059.55 feet long the

overpass 4-lane reinforced

concrete type. The overpasscan withstand 6-ton load

and with 60 km in speed.

The handover

ceremony to Yangon City

Development Committee

will be held on 5 March.

Myo Min Thein

(Mayangon)


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Wednesday, 5 March, 2014 11New Light of MyanmarR E G I O N A L

Nepal tells Mt Everest climbers to bring down 8 kg of waste eachKATHMANDU, 4 March

Nepal has launcheda new campaign to clear

Mt Everests image as theworlds highest garbagedump, requiring all climb-ers to take at least 8 kilo-grams of garbage on their

descent.From this spring,

every individual who goesabove Mt Everest Base

Camp must bring down 8

kilograms or more of gar-bage, Madhu Sudan Bur-lakoti, head of the Tour-

ism Industry Division ofthe Tourism Ministry, toldKyodo News.

Upon descent, climb-ers and support staff are

required to hand over thegarbage to a pollution con-trol unit at the Base Camp,which will destroy biode-

gradable waste there and

transport non-biodegrad-able waste to Kathmandufor disposal.

Hundreds of climbersclimb the 8,848-meter peakevery year and leave be-hind cooking gas cylinders,plastic wrappers, empty

food cans, ropes, ladders,ice pitons, tent poles, andother climbing parapher-nalia.

In the six decades

since Edmund Hillary ofNew Zealand became the

rst person to climb theworlds tallest mountain,it is believed about 50 tonsof garbage have been lefton the mountain. Around4,000 people have tried to

scale the peak.Although climbers

were asked to bring downgarbage from the mountain

in the past, a compulsory

minimum had not been setand monitoring was poor,said Ang Tshering Sherpa,

honorary member of In-ternational Climbing andMountaineering Federa-tion.

The new rule will en-

sure the mountain is keptclean, he added.

According to govern-ment estimates, climbers

moving above the Base

Camp produce an averageof 7 to 8 kg of garbageeach.

With the new rule inplace, the government ex-pects 7.2 tons of garbageto be brought down to theBase Camp this year alone.

This is based on anestimate that 900 peoplewill climb above the BaseCamp this year.

Kyodo News

All Nippon Airways Co. pilot Michihiko Tanaka sits in the cockpit of a Boeing747 at Tokyos Haneda airport on 18 Dec, 2013. The Japanese airline plans towithdraw the jumbo jets from its domestic service at the end of March 2014 in

Tokyo.KYODONEWS

Singaporean

naval ship

visits

VietnamHANOI, 4 March

Singaporean Endurance

class amphibious transport

dock ship RSS Resolution

docked at Tien Sa port inVietnams central Da Nang

city on Tuesday.

During the four-day

visit, the crew with 250

members is scheduled to

join Vietnamese navy in

an exercise on search and

rescue at sea among other

activities.

This is the ninth visit

to Vietnam by a Singapo-

rean naval ship, reported

Vietnams state-run news

agency VNA.

Xinhua

Philippine govt urges Filipino

workers in Ukraine to avoid

going to public placesMANILA, 4 March

The Philippine Departmentof Labour and Employment(DOLE) advised Mondayoverseas Filipino workers

(OFWs) in Ukraine to stay

calm and stay home, andnot to make any unneces-sary visit or detours to pub-

lic places where marches orprotests are being held.

DOLE Secretary Ro-salinda Baldoz made theadvice while the Philippine

Department of Foreign Af-fairs (DFA) has not recom-mended yet any voluntaryor mandatory repatriation of

OFWs from the said coun-try. She said her ofce is inclose contact with the DFAin monitoring the situationin Ukraine.

Baldoz said data fromthe Philippine OverseasEmployment Administra-tion (POEA) show that only115 OFWs were deployed

to Ukraine in 2013 and 57 in

2012, or a total of 175. Mostof the OFWs deployed wereadministrative and manage-

rial workers while the restwere service workers.

The DFA has strong-ly advised all Filipinos inUkraine to communicate

with the Philippine Embas-sy in Moscow and informthe embassy of their where-abouts and their current

condition. The Philippineshas no embassy in Kiev,Ukraines capital, but has anhonorary consul there.

Xinhua

S.Korea to offer talks with DPRK for regular familyreunion

SEOUL, 4 March South Korean President

Park Geun-hye on Tuesdayinstructed ofcials to begintalks with the DemocraticPeoples Republic of Ko-rea (DPRK) to hold family

reunions regularly, herald-ing Seouls offer for suchdialogue in the near future.

Park said during a cab-

inet meeting that the Uni-cation Ministry and theRed Cross should start con-

sulting with their DPRKcounterparts to realize reg-

ular reunions, exchange of

Students of Nantong Tibetan Ethnic Middle Schoolperform Tibetan folk dance in Nantong City, eastChinas Jiangsu Province, 2 March, 2014. Youth

of Tibetan ethnic group in Nantong celebrated theTibetan New Year on Sunday. The Tibetan New Year,

which falls on Sunday this year according to theTibetan calendar, is the most important festival for

Tibetans.XINHUA

letters, video reunions and

conrmation of life anddeath between familiesseparated by the KoreanWar. The president saidthat time is running out forthe separated families due

to old age, noting that atleast 6,000 people shouldbe allowed to meet theirrelatives per year to let the

war-divided families meettheir relatives at least oncebefore they die.

Millions of Koreanshave been separated since

the three-year Korean

War ended in armistice,not peace treaty, in 1953.

Around 22,000 Koreansmet their long-lost relativesat 19 rounds of family re-unions from 1985 to 2014.

The 19th round of

the six-day family reun-ion ended on 25 Feb inthe DPRKs scenic resortof Mount Kumgang. Hun-

dreds of Koreans met theirlong-lost relatives for therst time in six decades

as they have been bannedfrom exchanging letters

and phone calls since 1953.

According to the gov-ernment data, more than

70,000 South Koreanshave been on the waitinglist for the family reunionsince 1988, with all the ap-plicants expected to pass

away within 20 years fromnow due to old age.

Park proposed last Sat-urday to the DPRK regular-

izing face-toface reunionat a ceremony marking the1919 nationwide uprising

against the 1910-45 Japa-nese colonial rule.

Xinhua

A newborn

spotted seal

cub is seen

at the Dong-

paotai Scenic

Area in Yantai,

east Chinas

Shandong

Province, on 2

March, 2014.

Two spotted

seal cubs were

born here on

21 and 25 Febrespectively.

XINHUA

Indonesian volunteers help d isplaced

persons in SyriaJAKARTA, 4 March

In an effort to provide re-lief for those displaced bythe long and weary war inthe Middle East country

of Syria, Indonesia has of-fered food and necessitiesto Syrian people in refugeecamps.

The effort has beenmade by volunteers of In-

donesian humanitarianorganization of Rapid Re-sponse Action (ACT) op-

erating in Babussalamahrefugee camp in Azaz nearSyrias border with Turkey.

An ACT volunteerYusnirsyah Sirin who has

been in the camp in the pastmonth said that the campwas packed with at least8,000 children. The ACT

has sent large amount ofdonation and ve batches

of volunteers to Syria in-cluding doctors and nurses,Yusnirsyah toldXinhuaon

Monday. He said that thedonation was used to buyfood, blankets and jacketsfor the refugees as temper-ature has dropped to four

degrees Celsius at present.The ACT, which has

been focusing on helpingorphan children in refugee

camps, planned to set up abread factory for immedi-

ate supply of food for therefugees,Yusnirsyah said.

Xinhua


12/16


A DVERTISEMENT & GENERA L

New Light of Myanmar

Algerian President

Abdelaziz Bouteika

is seen in car when

heading for candidacy

registration at the

Constitutional Council

in Algiers, Algeria,

on 3 March, 2014.

Abdelaziz Bouteika

on Monday submitted

to the Constitutional

Council his application

for contesting presidency

in the 17 April elections,

seeking a fourth term

in ofce.

XINHUA

Fijian militarys new commander confrmed:

state mediaSUVA, 4 March Fi-

jis current Land ForceCommander Col MoseseTikoitoga will replacePrime Minister Commo-dore Voreqe Bainimaramaas the new commander ofthe Republic of Fiji MilitaryForces (RFMF), the gov-

ernment-owned Fiji Broad-casting Corporation (FBC)reported on Tuesday.

Bainimarama has re-vealed to FBC that Tikoito-gas appointment has beenendorsed by Fijian PresidentRatu Epeli Nailatikau.

Tikoitoga is expectedto take on the new role fromWednesday when Baini-marama makes the ofcial

hand-over.Bainimarama, a naval

ofcer who came to pow-

er after the 2006 coup, toldFBC that the handover cere-mony is not to farewell him,but to welcome the newcommander. The Fijian gov-ernment has pledged to holda general election by the endof September this year, andBainimarama has said that

he will form a political par-ty to run for the upcomingelection.Xinhua

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GUNKUL 1 VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GUNKUL 1

VOY NO ( ) are hereby notied that the vessel will

be arriving on 5.3.2014 and cargo will be discharged

into the premises of S.P.W(5) where it will lie at

the consignees risk and expenses and subject to the

byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day

now declared as the third day after nal discharge of

cargo from the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted

after the Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT

MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S KULNATEE CO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SINGAPORE BRIDGE VOY

NO (062)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SINGAPORE

BRIDGEVOY NO (062) are hereby notied that thevessel will be arriving on 5.3.2014 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of H.P.T where it will

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