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New Light of MyanmarMotion picture will be able to emerge as a new competitive

value-added innovation only when art, economy and

technology are combined perfectly

YANGON, 29 Dec

Myanmar Motion Picture

Academy Award-Present-

ing Ceremony for 2012

took place at Thuwunna

National Indoor Stadium-1

on Waizayanta Road in

Thingangyun Township,

here, this afternoon.

Of 17 movies shown

in 2012, academy awards

went to the winners for their

outstanding performances.

Then, the Academy

awards ceremony followed.

Union Minister for

Information U Aung Kyi

delivered an address at the

ceremony. He said:

It is everybodys

knowledge that motion pic-

ture is recognized world-

wide as a high-value crea-

tive industry in knowledge

economy. Creative industry

is different from conven-

tional one. Whereas the

latter manufactures conven-

tional products with sub-

stantial capital, machinery

and labor, the former has

its essence in individual

creativity, skill and talent

founded upon innovationand cultural knowledge.

Therefore, each artist

must have unlimited re-

sources of intellectual crea-

tivity and skill, insight and

inspiration. Motion picture

will be able to emerge as a

new competitive value-add-

ed innovation only when

art, economy and technol-

ogy are combined perfectly.

It is everyones knowledge

that cosmetic outputs will

not create a sustainable

business in local and for-

eign markets. Therefore, it

is important that artists and

technicians attract more lo-

cal and foreign investment

into lm industry to ensure

its competitiveness in the

future.

As part of the govern-

ments reform process, the

Information Ministry has

undergone some adminis-

trative changes. In the past,

public services delivery was

centralized and now it has

been handed to institutions

concerned. This move is

bound to result in a shift

from dependence on com-petence of civil servants to

reliance on institutions con-

cerned which are to take on

greater responsibility.

The Information Min-

istry will stand as a fa-

cilitator for public services

delivery and fulll such

institutional requirements

as copyright protection,

capacity building, antitrust

measures, plus provision of

legal coordination in regu-

latory framework and ethi-

cal issues and preservation

of tradition.

It is my honour to take

this opportunity to express

my rm belief that since


Organization has complete

freedom to choose Academy

award winners as of 2013, it

will achieve signicant suc-

cesses and greater support

in providing services to the

public from now on.

Chairman of Myanmar

Motion Picture Organiza-

tion U Lu Min spoke on the

occasion. He said:

While the country is

witnessing a series of re-

forms, our world of arts is

also moving upward. Ac-

cording to desires of the

members of our industry,

the executive board of My-

anmar Motion Picture Or-

ganization was formed via

free and fair elections on

10 April, 2012. We all are

united and exerted our all-

out efforts in the start.

We all are responsible

for the future of our world.

It is of vital importance for

our industry to have a lm

law that protect the industry

and lay a specic platform

for the future. So, I would

hereby like to urge the fel-

low members of lm indus-

try to focus on the emer-

gence of the lm law.

We for our part must

strive to reach a level worth

such congratulation and the

state should also support us

in our bid to progress. We

ourselves believe that we

will be the ones that could

contribute to the good of

the nation.

All in all, I would like

to bring a theme of the pre-

vious SEA Games success-

fully hosted by our country,

We can do! If all of us ex-

ert our efforts, we could de-velop our industry. I cant

do alone. And no one can.

But we can do.

(See page 9)

Union Minister U Aung Kyi delivers an address

at Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Award-Presenting Ceremony 2012.MNA

Chairman of Myanmar Motion Picture Organi-

zation U Lu Min speaking at Myanmar Motion

Picture Academy Award-Presenting Ceremony

2012.MNA

Academy award win-

ners for 2012 pose fordocumentary photo

with broad smiles.

MNA

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Monday, 30 December, 20132 New Light of Myanmar

LOCAL NEWS

New Light of Myanmar

Self-reliant concrete road commissioned into service

BAGO , 29 DecThe

inauguration of self-reliant

concrete Wingabar Road was

held in South Zaingganaing

Ward of Bago on 27

December morning.

It was attended by BagoRegion Chief Minister U Nyan

Win, Bago Region Hluttaw

Deputy Speaker U Win

Myint Soe, Region Minister

for Development Affairs U

Ye Myint Tun, Amyotha

Hluttaw representatives U

Kyin Thein and U Saw Maw

Tun, departmental ofcials,

ward administrators, staff

and local people.

Officials formally

opened the road.

After that, the Chief

Minister strolled along the

road.

MMAL-Thant Zin

Chief Minister U Nyan Win and party strolling

along newly-opened concrete road in Bago.

Blocks of new town reclaimed

near Myittha dam projectGANGAW, 29 DecA

model b lock satel l i te

town has been reclaimed

downstream of MyitthaDam Project near Pyintha

V i l l a g e o f G a n g a w

Township in Magway

Region.

The new satel l i te

town is constituted with

four wards namely Panan,

Sabei, Yinma and Sinpon.

Panan Ward comprises

135 houses, Sabei 77,

Yinma 67 and Sinpon 96

in same size and colour.

Straight roads are

stretching in the wards.

Each house is worth K

20 million. Each ward

i s c o n s t i t u t e d w i t h

one monastery , BasicEducation Primary School

and ward administrator

office.

Water supply system

will be provided to the local

people for availability of

safe water. Electrification

has been supplied to the

local people to enjoy high

social standard. The local

people call the new satellite

town Myittha Myothit.

MMAL-Kyee Myint

Naing (Loika w)

Construction

Relief Efforts

Stimulant tablets worth K 20 million seized

in LashioLASHIO, 29 DecA

team led by IP Zaw Lin

Kyaw of No 24 Anti-Drug

Squad (Lashio), acting on

a tip-off, made a surprised

check on a motorcycle

driven by Li Sin, 45 on

Khaingshwewah Road in

Ward 6 of Lashio on 23

December.

The police seized 240

grams of opium oil solid in

a plastic bag.

Accord ing to the

further information, theyraided the house of Law

Anti-Narcotic Drives

Paung in region 19 of Ward

5 in Lashio.

Law Paung escaped

from the house and left a

polyethylene bag containing

white powder believed to be

heroin weighing 10.5 grams.

On 25 December, the

team led by IP Nyein Chan

Soe of No 24 Anti-Drug

Squad of Lashio, acting on

tip-off, discharged patrol

duty at the junction of

Airport Road in Ward 12

of Lashio.When Hla Aung, Nant

Aye Yin and Aik Kaw

arrived there by motorcycle,

the police interrupted and

searched them.

The police found 9500

WY brand stimulant tablets

in the bag of Nant Aye Yin.

The narcotic drugs seized

in the action totalled K 20

million.

Lashio local police

station opened files of

lawsuit over seizures of

narcotic drugs under the

law.MMAL-Zaw Lwin (Lashio)

Not only people but tourists have free access

to Maha Bandoola ParkYANGON, 29 DecAfter

making renovation, not

only local people but also

globetrotters are

allowed to take

relaxat ion at

Maha Bandoola

Park at downtown

free of charge.

The park

is crowed with

picnickers and

those who take

relaxation daily.

That is why

the tour guides

have to take their tourists

to the best sightseeing areas

including Maha Bandoola

Park.

MMAL-Tin Win Lay

(Kyimyindine)

Blankets donated to victims in Meiktila

MEIKTILA, 29 Dec

Sayadaw U Sumangala from

Shwe Kyetyet monastery in

Bahan Township and party

donated 250 blankets worth

K 1 million contributed by

those from Singapore and

Malaysia for the victims who

are taking shelter at Inngon,

Magyigon and Okpo relief

camps in Meiktila on 26

December.

Likewise, U Maung Aye

and family and wellwishers

from Mandalay presented

blankets worth K 3.2

million to over 3000 victims

from the relief camps in

Meiktila on 26 December.

Similarly, Zegyo market

family led by U Phone Naing

and Mandalay Interfaith

Friendship Group donated

3000 blankets worth K 8

million for the victims at

relief camps in Meiktilaand re victims in Yindaw

Village through Meiktila

Township Islam Religious

Association In-charge U

Hsan Win Shein.

U Tin Hlaing (Meiktila)

Fire victims provided with relief supplies

in Pyinmana

PYINMANA, 29 Dec

With the help of Pyinmana

Township Maternal and

Child Welfare Association,

Township Immigrationand National Registration

D e p a r t m e n t i s s u e d

household registration

certificates to the fire

victims at a relief camp

in sector-17 in Yan Aung

Ward-2 yesterday evening.

Next , a cash and

kind donation ceremonya t t e n d e d b y S t a f f

Officer U Aung Naing

Oo of Township INRD,

Chairperson of Township

MCWA Daw Than Than

Aye, Ward Administrator

U Kyi Khaing Min and

wellwishers followed. The

re victims were providedwith mosquito nets, pillows,

blankets, clothing and

utensils at the ceremony.

Ko Myo-Shwe Paukkan

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Monday, 30 December, 2013 3New Light of MyanmarWORLD

US Secretary of State John Kerry

Kerry to visit Mideast next week forpeace talks

WASHINGTON, 29 Dec US Secretary of StateJohn Kerry will return to

the Middle East next weekto discuss Israeli- Pales-tinian peace talks, the US

State Department said onSaturday.

The top American en-

voy will travel on Wednes-day, the New Years Day,to Jerusalem to meet

with Israeli Prime Minis-

ter Benjamin Netanyahu,and to Ramallah to meetwith Palestinian President

Mahmoud Abbas, State De-

partment spokesperson JenPsaki said.

In these meetings,he will discuss the ongo-

ing nal status negotia-

tions between the Israelisand Palestinians, amongother issues, Psaki said in

a statement.The forthcoming trip

will mark Kerrys tenth trip

to the region since takingthe top diplomatic job.

Peace talks between

Israel and Palestine wererestarted under the bro-kerage of Washington in

late July with a view to

nalizing an agreement by

the end of April next year,but blames traded by thetwo sides have brought the

talks to a halt.

Israeli media reportedon Wednesday that Netan-

yahu was expected to an-nounce construction planof thousands of new hous-

ing units in the settlement,close to the upcomingplanned release of 26 Pales-

tinian prisoners.Palestinian chief ne-

gotiator Saeb Erekat said

Thursday that Israel woulddestroy the peace talks if itannounces any new plans

for settlement constructionin the West Bank and EastJerusalem and could be met

with retaliation.Xinhua

Iran ready to consider

EU opening Embassy in

TeheranTEHERAN, 29 Dec

Iran is ready to consideropening the European Un-

ion (EU) embassy in theIranian capital Teheran ifthe EU submits a formal re-quest, Iranian Foreign Min-

istry spokeswoman saidhere on Saturday.

Given the importance

and capacities of the Islam-ic Republic of Iran in the re-gion, some members of the

EU have expressed willing-ness to open a (diplomatic)

mission in Teheran, thespokeswoman MarziehAfkham told TasnimNews

Agency.In case Teheran re-

ceives a formal request

(from the EU) in this re-

gard, it is prepared to studythe issue within the frame-

work of the current rela-tions, she was quoted assaying.

Western media re-

ported that the EU memberstates have shown willing-ness to open an embassy in

Iran.Tarja Cronberg, a Finn-

ish politician and a member

of the European parliament,said earlier that member

states Ambassadors in Te-heran have backed the ideawhen she met them in the

Iranian capital on an ofcialvisit earlier this month.

Xinhua

South Sudan says will attack rebel

stronghold if ceasere rejected

South Sudan Vice President James Igga (C) announces to the media the recapture ofMalakal town by government forces from the rebels, in the capital Juba

on 28 Dec, 2013.REUTERS

JUBA, 29 Dec SouthSudan troops will attackthe main stronghold of re-

bel forces loyal to formervice president Riek Macharif the governments offer

of a ceasere is rejected, asenior minister said on Sat-urday.

More than 1,000 peo-ple have been killed in two

weeks of ethnic clashesthat threaten to turn into afull-blown civil war in the

worlds youngest country.Refugees sheltering in UNcamps spoke of atrocities

committed by both mainethnic groups.

President Salva Kiirs

government offered an ol-ive branch to the rebels onFriday, proposing a cease-

re and saying it would

release eight of 11 seniorpoliticians, widely seen to

be Machar allies, arrestedover an alleged coup plotagainst Kiir.

But Kiirs former dep-uty Machar reacted coollyto the truce offer, telling

the BBC that any ceasereneeded to be credible andproperly enforced for him

to take it seriously.Until mechanisms formonitoring are established,

when one says there is aunilateral ceasere, there

is no way the other personwould be condent this is acommitment, Machar said.

Information MinisterMichael Makuei said gov-ernment troops on Satur-

day morning pushed rebelsout of the town of Mayomin Unity State and were

ready to advance the 90km (55 miles) to Bentiu,the last state capital held by

Machars forces.

We will ush(Machar) out of Bentiu if he

doesnt accept the cessationof hostilities, Makuei toldReuters by phone from the

capital Juba.Fighting between rival

groups of soldiers erupted

in Juba on 15 December,then triggered clashes inhalf of South Sudans 10

states often along ethniclines, between Macharsgroup, the Nuer, and Kiirs

Dinka.Inside sprawling Unit-

ed Nations camps acting asa safe haven for more than63,000 civilians, many trau-

matized Dinka and Nuersay ethnic bloodletting has

left them paralyzed withfear.

They came with theirguns and spoke to us in the

Dinka language, said Gat-tuor Gatkek, a Nuer manseeking refuge at the UN

camp in Jubas Tonping

area where other civiliansalso have toldReutersabout

summary executions, rapesand mutilations.

Reuters

Syrian forces kill 25 in Aleppobarrel-bomb attack

BEIRUT, 29 Dec ASyrian army air strike ona vegetable market in the

northern city of Aleppokilled at least 25 peopleon Saturday, a monitor-

ing group said, continuinga campaign of improvisedbarrel bombs that has

drawn international con-demnation. A video posted

on the Internet by local ac-tivist group Insaan RightsWatch showed residentspulling mangled corpses

out of scorched and twistedcar frames.

One road hit by the

strike was covered with de-bris from nearby buildingsand was lined with bodies,

as young men shouted forcars to help transport the

wounded. The content of thevideo could not be indepen-

dently veried. Hundredsof people have been killedby air raids around the cityof Aleppo in recent weeks,

scores of them women andchildren, according to the

Syrian Observatory for Hu-

man Rights, a pro-opposi-tion monitoring group based

in Britain.On Saturday, the Ob-

servatory said 25 people, at

least four of them children,were killed by barrel bomb-ing that also destroyed

part of a hospital. It saidthe death toll was likely to

rise as dozens more werewounded in the attack. Syr-ian authorities say they are

battling rebels controllinglarge portions of the city,once Syrias business hub.

Human rights groupsand the United States have

condemned the use of theimprovised bombs oildrums or cylinders which

are packed with explosivesand metal fragments, oftenrolled out of an aircrafts

cargo bay. They say it isan indiscriminate form ofbombardment. President

Bashar al-Assads forceshave been regaining terri-

tory southeast of Aleppoin recent weeks and havemade gains in suburbsaround the capital Damas-

cus as well.Reuters

Scattered produce are pictured amid the rubble after

what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to SyriasPresident Bashar al-Assad at a souk in Tariq Al Bab

neighbourhood of Aleppo on 28 Dec, 2013.REUTERS

18 killed in head-on collisionin Indonesias Java

JAKARTA, 29 Dec Atleast 18 people were killedon Saturday afternoon

when a van and a truckcollided head-on on Indo-nesias Java Island, local

police said.The accident occurred

in a village in East Java

Provinces ProbolinggoRegency, about 1,050 kilo-

metres east of Jakarta, the

regencys police chief IwanSetiawan said.

The open-backed van,

which was carrying 31 peo-ple, was trying to overtakea car when it collided with

the truck approaching fromthe opposite direction, hesaid. According to the po-

lice ofcer, the van wascarrying mostly women

who were going to attend a

funeral nearby.Thirteen other people

in the minivan are suffering

from light and serious inju-ries and have been receiv-ing medical treatment at a

local hospital, Iwan said.Such an accident is not

uncommon in the coun-

try due to careless driversand lack of trafc enforce-

ment.Kyodo News

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY


Mobile carriers failed to use tech fixes to thwart spyingNEWYORK, 29 Dec

The worlds mobile phonecarriers have failed to imple-

ment technology xes avail-able since 2008 that wouldhave thwarted the National

Security Agencys ability to

eavesdrop on many mobilephone calls, a cyber security

expert says.Karsten Nohl, chief

An illustration picture shows the logo of the US

National Security Agency on the display of an iPhone inBerlin, on 7 June, 2013.REUTERS

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook talks to tech writer WaltMossberg (R) during an Apple event in San Francisco,

California on 22 Oct, 2013.REUTERS

Apple CEOs 2013 pay

steady but sees part of stockaward shrink

SANFRANCISCO, 29 Dec

Apple Inc (AAPL.O)CEO Tim Cook earnedroughly the same in 2013 as

in 2012, but lost part of hisperformance-based stockaward during a year in whichintense competition and mar-

gin pressure bludgeoned the

iPhone makers stock.Cook took home $4.25

million, including a base

salary of $1.4 million and aperformance bonus of $2.8million, roughly on par with2012, the company said in a

preliminary proxy statementon Friday.

But he gave up about

7,100 shares tied to an an-nual performance-dependentaward, based on shareholder

returns from 24 August of2012 to 25 August, 2013.Apples stock lost a quarterof its value over that one-yearperiod.

The company also ad-

vised shareholders to votedown a resolution by activ-ist investor Carl Icahn, who

proposed the iPhone makerbuy back $50 billion worth of

shares in scal 2014. It wasthe rst time the companyhad publicly voiced its re-sponse to Icahns demands.

Apple argued on Fridayit has already returned $43billion in dividends andshare repurchases over the

rst six months of its roughly$100 billion capital returnprogramme.

The dynamic competi-tive landscape and the com-

panys rapid pace of innova-tion require unprecedentedinvestment, exibility andaccess to resources, Applesaid in advising shareholders

to reject Icahns proposal.Known for decades of

strong-arm tactics, includ-

ing proxy ghts, Icahn has

repeatedly made it clear thathis proposal is not a sign thathe stands against Apples

management. The billionairehas discussed the issue with

Cook in past months, arguingvia tweets that a buyback ofas much as $150 billion iswithin the companys means

and would prop up its stock.Reuters

scientist with Berlins Se-curity Research Labs, toldReuters ahead of a highly

anticipated talk at a confer-ence in Germany that his rmdiscovered the issue while

reviewing security measures

implemented by mobileoperators around the world.

Nohl also told Reutersthat the carriers had failed to

fully address vulnerabilitiesthat would allow hackersto clone and remotely gain

control of certain SIM cards.Those vulnerabilities were

pointed out in July.While the German cryp-

tologist criticized carriersfor failing to implement

technology to protect cus-tomers from surveillance aswell as fraud, he said he does

not think they did so underpressure from spy agencies.

I couldnt imagine it is

complicity. I think it is negli-gence, he said. I dont wantto believe in a worldwide

conspiracy across all world-

wide network operators. Ithink it is individual lazi-ness and priority on networkspeed and network coverageand not security.

A spokeswoman for theGSM Association, which

represents about 800 mo-bile operators worldwide,said she could not comment

on Nohls criticism beforeseeing his presentation onthe topic at the Chaos Com-

munications Congress inHamburg, Europes biggest

annual conference on hack-ing, security and privacy

issues.Nohl uncovered the

issue while working on aproject known as the GSMSecurity Map, which evalu-

ates security of mobile opera-

tors around the globe. Themap, which can be found

at www.gsmmap.org , ispartially funded with a grantfrom the US governments

Open Technology Fund,according to Nohl.

None of the carrierssurveyed had implementedmeasures for thwarting a

method that allows the NSA

to eavesdrop on most mo-bile calls by unscrambling

a widely used encryptiontechnology known as A5/1,Nohl said.Reuters

Sony to give up on sale of its

battery unitTOKYO, 29 Dec Ja-

pans Sony Corp has decidednot to sell its lithium-ion bat-

tery unit, media reported onSunday, in a gamble that itcan turn the business around

with a weak yen and growing

demand for smart phone bat-teries. In addition to a weakyen, which can boost over-seas earnings, the batteryunit is also seeing increased

demand for some of its newproducts, theNikkeibusiness

daily reported.For the past two years

Sony had been planning to

ofoad the unit, which wasa pioneer in making lithium-ion batteries for computersand mobile devices but has

struggled recently against

cheaper South Korean rivals.

Logos of Sony Corp are seen at an electronics store

in Tokyo on 31 Oct, 2013.REUTERS

Russia

launches new

Soyuz rocketMOSCOW, 29 Dec

Russia successfully launchedan upgraded version of its

Soviet-design Soyuz rocketon Saturday, the DefenceMinistry said, giving a boost

to the countrys troubledspace programme.

The launch of the Soyuz

2.1vrocket, which featuresa new engine and digitalguidance system, had origi-

nally been planned for thebeginning of 2012 but waspostponed due to an accident

during testing which causedengine damage,Interfaxre-

ported. It was then scheduledto be launched earlier this

week but was delayed again,Interfaxreported.

The lightweight launchvehicle blasted off Saturday

afternoon from RussiasPlesetsk launch pad in thenorthwest Arkhangelsk re-gion.

A spokesman said itwas a debut launch for the

rocket to place a scienticearth-monitoring satellite

into orbit.The Soyuz 2.1vis the lat-

est addition to Russias Soy-

uz family of rockets, whichhas become the worldsmost frequently used boostersince its rst launch in 1966.In 1961, a prototype ofthe Soyuz, Vostok, carriedthe first cosmonaut Yuri

Gagarin into space. Today,its descendants are the onlyway to ferry astronauts to the

International Space Station.

Reuters

A government turna-round fund tried to broker asale of the battery business

to a Nissan Motor Co Ltdand NEC Corp joint venture

earlier this year.However, talks have

stalled and Sony has now

told the turnaround fund thatit will hold on to the battery

unit and develop it as a corebusiness, theNikkeireported,

citing unidentied sources.Reuters

Reddit reaches for profits througha geek-culture bazaarSANFRANCISCO, 29 Dec

Social news hub Redditsnagged an interview with

Barack Obama last year.The big get for 2013 was

reaching 90 million uniquevisitors a month, accordingto the company, on par with

the likes of eBay. This season,even Microsoft co-founderand philanthropist Bill Gates

joined its Secret Santa giftexchange.

Now, the self-dubbed

Front Page of the Internetis going for a milestone it hasbeen trying to reach since

its founding in 2005: prot-ability.

4G handshake a giant leap

for beidou serviceBEIJING, 29 Dec While

newly licensed 4G serviceswill speed up Chinas mobile

networks, navigation expertssaid the speed will openthe way for a major leap inelectronic navigation using

Chinas homegrown Beidousatellite system.

A modern information

system needs three parts the navigation system to pro-vide timing and positioning

services, the communicationsystem to transfer informa-tion and the computing

system for data processing,said Li Changjiang, chief

commander of the Beidou

system.4G will help promote

the use of the Beidou sys-tem, he said.

The government granted

4G (or fourth generation)

high-speed network licensesto the countrys top threetelecom carriers in early De-

cember. The networks, whichwill extend to 340 cities by2014, are immensely fasterthan the previous generationof mobile technology.

The 4G networks willaccelerate data transfer,and thus broaden the use of

navigation services, Li said.One example is the use

of navigation satellites to

monitor vehicle ow on aparticular stretch of highway

or on a city street.In the past, networks

overloaded easily in high-trafc areas, but with 4G,the speed is fast enough forreal-time measurement of

trafc, he said.Xinhua

After years of tful ex-periments with paid subscrip-tions and display advertising,

Reddit, with just 28 em-ployees, has begun pouringresources into building an

electronic bazaar.Company executives

say they increasingly believesuch a venue is the answer totheir long search for reliable

revenue, complicated in partby their fans mistrust of

advertising. If Reddit Gifts,

as the burgeoning bazaar isknown, brings sustainableprotability, it would marka turning point for an outtthat has exerted an outsized

and sometimes controversial

inuence on Internet cultureyet languished nancially.

Reddit estimates over

250,000 items have beenpurchased over the holiday,

mostly as part of the 50 orso mostly geek-orientedSecret Santa gift exchanges where zombie- or fantasy-themed presents, say, change

hands that users have cre-ated. Although Reddit wontdisclose details about how

much money it has made fromReddit Gifts or its overall -nancial performance, it takesa 15 to 20 percent cut of everypurchase.Reuters

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Monday, 30 December, 2013 5New Light of MyanmarBUSINESS & HEALTH

Japan auto makers to boost domestic

output before sales tax hike

A general view of the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show is seen in Tokyo on 20 Nov, 2013.

REUTERS

TOKYO, 29 Dec Japanese automakers willramp up production earlynext year because theyexpect a big increase in car

purchases before a salestax hike in April, media re-ported on Sunday. ToyotaMotor Corp (7203.T) willincrease domestic outputin January-March by about10 percent compared withthis month, the Nikkeibusiness daily reported.

Toyota has alreadytold its parts suppliers thatdaily output in January-

March will total around14,000 vehicles, the Nik-kei said without citing thesource of its information.

For December the au-

tomaker had planned toproduce about 12,500 carsper day, the newspaper said.

In January, Honda Mo-tor Co (7267.T) will operatetwo of its domestic plantstwo days longer than origi-nally scheduled to meet de-mand for one of its smallermodels, the Nikkei said.

Mitsubishi MotorsCorp (7211.T) and Suzuki

Motor Corp (7269.T) willalso keep domestic pro-duction lines running threedays longer than originallyplanned in January to meet

demand for newly intro-duced sub-compact models.

Japan will raise its 5percent sales tax to 8 percentin April to help pay for ris-ing healthcare costs. The taxincrease has prompted con-sumers to bring forward pur-chases of homes, cars, otherdurable goods and luxuryitems before they becomemore expensive.Reuters

A baby receives a hepatitis B vaccine in Liaocheng,Shandong Province, in July.XINHUA

Countrys hepatitis B vaccines are safe: WHO

BEIJING, 29 Dec Chi-nas vaccines are producedand regulated in accordancewith international stand-

ards, and the hepatitis Bvaccination programme isvital in safeguarding chil-dren against the illness, ac-cording to the World HealthOrganization.

Bernhard Schwartland-er, China representativefor the international healthbody, made these pointsduring an interview with

China Dailyon Thursday.Given that the hepa-

titis B virus is still around,its important for babies to

get vaccinated, he said.The WHO Beijing of-

ce met with the National

Health and Family PlanningCommission on Thursdayto discuss the latest devel-opments surrounding inci-dents in which 11 newbornshave died after being inocu-lated against hepatitis B.

According to

Schwartlander, its difcult

to establish a causal link be-

tween the vaccines and thebabies deaths since nearlyall infants in China receivethe vaccine as part of a verysuccessful vaccination pro-gram. Statistics from thecommission showed thatmore than 16 million babieswere born in China last year,and 90 percent of them werecovered by the program thatoffers hepatitis B vaccina-tions free of charge.

Without the immu-nization coverage, theremight be a rapid increase ofthe disease, Schwartlanderwarned. China initiated the

hepatitis B vaccinations in2002 under a nationwideimmunization program thatbegan in 1978 and aims toprotect children from pre-ventable diseases.

The vaccines, whichguard against more than10 diseases, are all manu-factured domestically, saidZhao Kai, a vaccine expert

and academician with theChinese Academy of Engi-

neering.Schwartlander calledthe programme very suc-cessful, saying that hepa-titis B prevalence amongChinese children under theage of 5 is now below 1 per-cent.

But he conceded thatsome risks from the vacci-nation cannot be avoided.

According to the USCentres for Disease Controland Prevention, hepatitis Bis a very safe vaccine, andmost recipients have noproblems with it. Severeproblems are extremely

rare. Dangerous allergicreactions are believed tooccur about once in 1.1 mil-lion doses.

Medical education isimportant for the public tofully understand the benet

and risk of the vaccine, thusenabling them to make theright choice, Schwartland-er said.Reuters

Small changes in kids fast

food meal cut calories

NEWYORK, 29 Dec Changes made last year toMcDonalds Happy Mealsselections for children maybe helping kids to cut calo-ries, according to a newstudy. We were curiousto know how diners mighthave changed what theywere ordering in order tomake up for the reduction ofcalories, Andrew Hanks,one of the studys authors,toldReutersHealth.

Hanks is a post-doc-toral research associate inthe Department of AppliedEconomics and Manage-ment at Cornell Univer-sity in Ithaca, New York.

That was the componentwe were really interestedin because theres evidenceof compensation when yourcalories decrease, he said.

In addition to addingapple slices, the new Hap-py Meals contain a smallerportion of French fries andnon-fat chocolate milk wasoffered along with 1 percent-fat white milk. McDonaldsstill offers the same entrechoices for the meal fourchicken nuggets, a ham-

burger or a cheeseburger.But the change in side itemsresults in 98 fewer caloriesper meal, researchers say.

They had access totransaction records for June,July and August of 2011

and 2012 for 30 McDonaldsrestaurants located through-out the United States. Theyfound 232,424 transactionsthat included the purchaseof a Happy Meal.

They looked at wheth-er the reduction of caloriesin the new version of theHappy Meal caused con-sumers to order more ham-burgers and cheeseburgersversus the chicken nuggets,which are lower in calories.

But they found that theselection of chicken nuggetsremained the same about61 percent. More chocolatemilk was ordered, 20 per-cent compared to 16.5 per-cent before the meal change,but since it was a new of-fering, its not possible todetermine if the additionalorders were due to caloriecompensation or restaurantpromotion, they report in thejournal Obesity. More whitemilk was also ordered, risingfrom 5 percent of orders to6.5 percent, and regular softdrink orders dropped from58 percent to 52 percent.

The researchers dontknow how much of the food

was consumed, whether ornot children ate more laterto make up the difference incalories or how many of themeals were ordered by thechildren or by the parents.

Reuters

1 Lemon

2 Cherry

3 Tomato

4 Grape Fruit5 Kiwi Fruit

6 Strawberry

7 Aloe Vera

Xinhua

Top 7 skin

lightening

fruits

Monte Paschi shareholders delay cash call, topexecutives may quit

SIENA, (Italy), 29 Dec

Italys third-biggestbank Monte dei Paschi diSiena was forced to delaya vital 3 billion euro ($4.1billion) share sale to raisecapital until mid-2014 be-cause of shareholder oppo-sition, plunging its turna-round plan into uncertainty.

The banks chairmanand its chief executive maynow resign after their planto launch the cash call inJanuary was defeated at anextraordinary shareholdermeeting on Saturday due tothe vote of Monte Paschistop shareholder.

The worlds oldestbank needs to tap inves-tors for cash to pay back4.1 billion euros in state aidit received earlier this year

and avert nationalization af-

ter being hammered by theeuro zone debt crisis andloss-making derivativestrades. The unprecedentedclash between the lendersexecutives and its mainshareholder a charitablebanking foundation withclose links to Siena politi-cians casts a pall over atough restructuring meantto revive its fortunes.

Chairman AlessandroProfumo, a strong-willedand internationally respect-ed banker who was former-ly the chief of UniCredit,said he and CEO FabrizioViola would decide in Janu-ary whether to step down.

These are decisionsone takes in cold blood andin the right place, Profumo

said at the meeting. What

I have on my mind is a 3billion euro cash call be-cause we need to pay back4 billion euros to taxpay-ers. Today this is uncertainand at risk, he told a Pressconference. Viola, sitting athis side, told reporters hewould do everything sothat the ship does not sink,but that he could not takeresponsibility for mistakesmade by others.

A board meeting isscheduled for mid-January,a bank spokesman said.Profumo and Viola hadalready secured a pool ofbanks ready to guaranteethe rights issue, but onlyif it was carried out by theend of January. They saiddelaying it would make

fundraising harder because

it would likely coincidewith a string of cash calls byother Italian and Europeanlenders triggered by a sectorhealth check, and could pre-cipitate the Tuscan banksnationalization.Reuters

People are reected in the window of a Monte Dei Pas-chi Di Siena bank in Rome on 29 Jan, 2013.REUTERS

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Students from various faculties attend the 39th

convocation ceremony of Tribhuvan University at

Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 27 Dec,

2013. More than 6,000 students from various faculties

including humanities and social sciences, education,

science, forestry attended the ceremony.

XINHUA

Connecticut police release Newtown

massacre documentsNEWYORK, 29 Dec

Connecticut state police

released a trove of docu-

ments and video on Friday

tied to their investigationof the massacre at Sandy

Hook Elementary School

last year that killed 20

children and six adults.

The documents in-

clude footage of the

school facade, including

close-up images of bullet-

shattered windows, and

a video tour through the

cheerfully decorated homethe shooter, 20-year-old

Adam Lanza, shared with

his mother, Nancy Lanza.

The 14 December,

2012, shooting rampage in

Newtown marked one of

the deadliest gun violence

incidents in US history.Lanza, who also shot and

killed his mother before

driving to Sandy Hook and

forcing his way into the

school he once attended,

killed himself as police ar-

rived on the scene.

Twenty rst-graders,

ages 6 and 7, and six staff

members lost their lives.

The tragedy rockedthe suburban town of

27,000 people and sparked

a national debate about

school violence and access

to rearms.

Much of the material,

which was posted on the

website Cspsandyhookre-port.ct.gov, has been re-

dacted, and none of the

images that speak to the

carnage unleashed that

day are visible.

I hope that the re-

lease of this report, though

painful, will allow those

who have been affected

by it to continue in their

personal process of heal-ing, and will provide help-

ful information that can be

put to use to prevent such

tragedies in the future,

Commissioner Reuben

Bradford said in a let-

ter introducing the docu-

ments.The release comes

about a month after the

state Division of Criminal

Justice released a report

on Newtown that conclud-

ed Lanza had acted alone,

and that his motive may

never be known.

The documents offer

an eerie look into the life

of the shooter, including

an assortment of rearmsand targets riddled with

bullet marks.

One lengthy video

shows the interior of Lan-

zas spacious Newtown

home off-white couchesand chairs, brightly color-

ed rugs and framed family

photographs. Dirty dishes

are in the kitchen sink and

a telephone blinks with anew message.

In a message sent out

on Thursday, acting su-

perintendent of Newtown

public schools, John Reed,

warned families of the re-

lease and the likelihood of

media coverage surround-

ing them.

Reuters

The car driven by Adam Lanza is pictured at Sandy

Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, inthis evidence photo released by the Connecticut State

Police, on 27 Dec, 2013.REUTERS

Strong earthquake shakes Cyprus

NICOSIA, 29 Dec A

strong earthquake shook

Cyprus late on Saturday

afternoon, but there were

no immediate reports of in-

juries or damage.

The tremor was felt all

over the eastern Mediterra-

nean island, especially by

people living in high-rising

buildigs.

The Cyprus Geologi-

cal Department said the

quake struck at 5:20 pm

local time (GMT1520)

and measured 5.8 on the

Richter scale.

Its epicenter was 210

kilometres north of the

capital Nicosia at a depth

of 61 kilometres under the

sea between Cyprus and

Turkey close to the city

of Antalya, where reports

said it was also felt.

Cyprus lies in a par-

ticularly active seismic

area and smaller shocks are

quite frequent. Several de-

structive quakes struck the

island in the past. In 1953,

a magnitude 6 tremor de-

stroyed several villages

in the western part of the

island, leaving 40 people

dead and injuring about

100 more.

In 1996, an even

stronger quake of magni-

tude 6.5 shook the entire

island but despite wide-

spread damage only two

people were killed and 20

injured.

Xinhua

Afghanpolice

kill 13

Taleban in

24 hoursKABUL, 29 Dec Af-

ghan police backed by the

army had killed over a doz-

en Taleban militants during

series of operations across

the country over the past 24

hours, the Interior Ministry

said in a statement released

here on Saturday. Afghan

National Police backed by

the army conducted several

anti-terrorism joint opera-

tions in Nangarhar, Lagh-

man, Logar and Helmand

provinces over the past 24

hours leaving 13 Taleban

rebels dead, the statement

added.

Ten more militants

have been captured during

the operations, it added.

However, it did not say

if there were any casualtieson the side of security forc-

es. Taleban militants have

yet to make any comment.

Xinhua

Turkey airlifts 21 citizens fromtroubled S Sudan

ISTANBUL, 29 Dec

The Turkish Foreign Min-

istry said on Saturday that

his country had dispatched

an airplane to y 21 of its

citizens back home from

South Sudan where clashes

had left over 1,000 dead.

The ministry said in

a statement that the Turk-

ish government is closely

watching the developments

in the troubled African

country and that all neces-

sary actions will be taken

for the safety of the Turkish

citizens there.

Violent clashes erupted

in South Sudan earlier this

month between two mili-

tary factions, one descend-

ing from the Dinka tribe

to which South Sudanese

President Salva Kiir Mayar-

dit belongs, and the other

descending from the Nuer

tribe to which sacked for-

mer vice-president Machar

belongs.

Machar was ousted

from his post in July and

has been accused of plot-

ting against the government

since the eruption of the

clashes two weeks ago.

The ghting has dis-

placed more than 120,000

people and killed more than

1,000.Xinhua

Locals watch a dog fghting in Jalalabad,Afghanistan, on 27 Dec, 2013.XINHUA

Photo taken on 16 Dec, 2013 shows the scenery of

Lake Manasorovar in Ngari prefecture of southwestChinas Tibet Autonomous Region. Mount Kailash

and Manasorovar Lake, located in the west ofTibet, are considered as holy land in Buddhism and

worshipped by believers.XINHUA

Humanitarian agencies appeal for 152 mln

USD in CAR reliefUNITED NATIONS, 29

Dec The UN spokesper-son ofce said on Friday that

humanitarian organizationshave appealed for more than150 million US dollars to

aid people amid continuingviolence in the Central Afri-can Republic (CAR).

The Ofce for theCoordination of Humani-tarian Affairs (OCHA) said

on Friday that humanitarianactors in the CAR urgentlyneed 152 million US dollars

to help save lives and ensurethe protection of 1.2 million

people in the country during

the next three months, theUN spokesperson ofce told

reporters here.Following the

inter-communal violence

in December, an estimated370,000 people have been

forced to ee from theirhomes into makeshift campsin the capital Bangui alone,according to OCHA. An-

other 400,000 people are in-ternally displaced across thecountry.

Despite the growinginsecurity in the country,

humanitarian organizations

have reinforced their pres-ence and continue to provide

assistance to vulnerable peo-ple, said the spokespersonofce.

The resources request-ed will allow aid organiza-tions to provide a priority re-

sponse in multiple sectors tothe people displaced by theescalating inter-communal

armed conict as well as tohost communities in Banguiand nine districts in western

CAR, it said.Xinhua

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Monday, 30 December, 2013

Boost role of traditional

medicineBefore western medicine was introduced, tra-

ditional medicine has been handed down from

generation to generation in each and every coun-

try. Traditional medicines have been used to treat

numerous human diseases, wounds and injuries.

Every plant can be used for medicinal pur-

pose, as the saying goes. Plants have been used as

herbal medicines for healing as they have several

benecial effects on the human health. With ad-

vancement in medical treatments, use of tradition-

al medicines has become popular and production

standards have kept development. The main dif-

ference between traditional medicine and modern

medicine is that the former is required to be taken

for a long time while the latter can cure disease

quickly and recovery is usually quick. Provided

that traditional medicines are produced through

scientic methods and research ndings, it can im-

prove quality of traditional medicines and lead to

an increase in use of traditional medicines.

As most of western medicines are able to kill

viruses and bacterium that can cause disease, they

can ensure quick recovery. Potency of traditional

medicines will become effective if herbal medi-

cines meet scientic standards. As every western

medicine has some side effects, it is not suitable

for long-term use while traditional medicines are

found with low level of side effects. Thats why, sci-

entic production of herbal medicines will help en-

courage a wide use of traditional medicine drugs.

NATIONAL

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Dec

The second-day session

of Myanmar Traditional

Medicine Practitioners

Conference continued to-

day at the hall of the Minis-

try of Health, here.Professor Dr U Meik

of Myanmar TraditionalMedicine PractitionersAssociation chaired themorning session in whichthose present made sug-

gestions on a work pro-gramme to produce more

traditional medicine prac-

titioners and follow-up

tasks.

In the afternoon ses-

sion, group discussions on

traditional medical treat-

ment and formulation of fu-

ture procedures were made.

The conference came

to an end with concluding

remarks by Director-Gener-

al Dr Tun Naing Oo of the

Department of Traditional

Medicine.MNA

Myanmar Traditional Medicine Practitioners

Conference concludes

NAYPYITAW, 29 Dec

Literary talks were given to

locals at Pyinnya Beikman

Library in Thegyun Village

in Ottarathiri Township in

conjunction with a donation

of 21 inches TV yesterday.

On the occasion, As-

sistant Staff Ofcer Daw

Literary talks given in Ottarathiri Tsp

Soe Sandar Waing from Ot-

tarathiri District Informa-

tion and Public Relations

Department gave talks on

knowledge about nation-

wide census taking process

in 2014, mass participation

of the people in the process,

benets of reading and ef-

fective use of the library.

Library committee

member U Than Win ac-

cepted 21 inches TV worth

K 90,000 contributed by

the local people to connect

with a digital set top box

distributed by the State.

District IPRD

their cooperation with the

government.

After hearing reports

presented by ofcials con-

cerned, the Union Minister

gave an account of the pro-

gram for mechanized farm-

ing through the assistance

of Korea Rural Develop-

ment Communication.

On his arrival at the

sites for the reclamation

of 420-acre and 410-acre

mechanized farmlands in

Pyinmana Township, the

Union Minister called for

collaborative efforts be-

tween local farmers and of-

cials concerned.

On his inspection

tours, the Union Minister

presented gifts to govern-

ment employees carryingout farmland reclamation

tasks.MNA

Union A&I Ministers inspection tours of farmland

reclamation in Zeyathiri, Pyinmana Tsps

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Dec

Union Minister for Ag-riculture and Irrigation U

Myint Hlaing paid an in-

spection tour of a 748-acre

irrigated farmland reclama-tion area near Aung Zeya

Village in Zeyathiri Town-

ship, here, today.

In meeting with farm-ers, the Union Minister

spoke words of praise for

An IPRD

ofcial

gives

literary

talks to

locals at

library in

Thegyun

Village,

Ottarathiri

Township.

Union Minister U Myint Hlaing inspects land reclamation for mechanized

farming in Pyinmana Township.MNA

Second-day session of Myanmar Traditional Medicine Practitioners

Conference in progress.MNADeputy Commissioner U Tun Wai, wellwisher U MyintHlaing and IPRD Staff Ofcer U Zaw Moe Aung open Po

Yazar Library donated by Amyotha Hluttaw Representative

U Myint Hlaing from Rakhine State Constituency No (12)

in Thandwe Township on 28 December.DISTRICTIPRD

We have made a shift in accordance

with changes and developments

alongside the holding of the 2012

Academy Award Presentation

Ceremony.

Youre right. Its MyanmarMotion Picture Organization

that should stand freelyfor the development of film

industry including thechoosing of the 2013 Academy

Award.

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Union Minister for In-

formation U Aung Kyi pre-

sented Best Sound Award

to Tony (Lynn) from the

movie Kayan Beauties.Music Conductor

Academy U Zaw Myo

Htut presented Best Music

Award to Music Conduc-

tor Win Ko from the movie

Ah Mway Khan Htike Thu

Phyit Par Say.

Union Minister for

Health Dr Pe Thet Khin

presented Best Film Editing

Award to Zaw Min (Hantha-

myay) from the movie U.

Academy U Than

Nyunt (Pantha) present-

ed Best Cinematography

Award to U Aung Ko Latt

from the movie KayanBeauties.

Union Minister for

Social Welfare, Relief and

Resettlement Dr Daw Myat

Myat Ohn Khin presented

Special Award to Yunn

Motion picture will be able to

emerge as a new competitive...

Yunn from the movie Tein

Min Tha Mee Ye Dandayi.

Academy Yan Aung

presented Best Actor

Award to Pyay Ti Oo from

the movie Letpan.Academy Cho Pyone

presented Best Supporting

Actress to Chaw Yadana

from the movie U.

Academy Moh Moh

Myint Aung presented Best

Actress Award to Phwe

Phwe from the movie Let-

pan.

Union Minister for

Culture U Aye Myint Kyu

presented Best Director

Award to Ko Zaw (Ary-

oneU) from the movie U.

Also present on the

occasion were Union Min-

ister at the President Of-ce U Soe Maung, Union

Minister for Science and

Technology Dr Ko Ko

Oo, Yangon Region Chief

Minister U Myint Swe and

wife Daw Khin Thet Htay,

Pyithu Hluttaw Sports,

Culture and Public Rela-

tions Development Com-

mittee Chairperson Thura

U Aye Myint, the repre-

sentatives from Pyithu

Hluttaw and Amyotha

Hluttaw, Yangon Region

Hluttaw Speaker U Sein

Tin Win, Deputy Minis-ter for Information U Pike

Htwe, Yangon Region

ministers, departmental

heads, members of the

scrutiny committee for

development of Myanmar

Motion Picture Standard,

ofcials of Movies and

Video Censor Boards,

responsible persons of


Organization, Myanmar

Thabin Association, My-

anmar Music Association,

Myanmar Writers Asso-

ciation and other groups,

the ambassadors from the

foreign embassies in My-

anmar, lm artistes and

technicians, lm produc-

ers and movie funs.

After the ceremony,

the Union Information Min-

ister, the Yangon Region

Chief Minister and party

cordially greeted Academy

award winners and doyen

lm artistes.

Academy Award-Pre-

senting Ceremony has been

held from 1952 to 2004 in

Yangon, from 2005 to 2010

in Nay Pyi Taw and 2011

and 2012 in Yangon.

The 2012 ceremony

was performed on a grand

scale with the use of digital

projector and silver screen

produced by Clover Solu-

tion Co Ltd of Singapore-

based Barco Co., Ltd.

It was telecast live

through MRTV, Nay Pyi

Taw Myanma Radio, Farm-

ers Channel and National

Races Channel, MRTV-4,

MITV, MNTV, Sky Net

up to date Channel, MWD

Channel, MWD Variety

Channel and MWD Docu-

mentary Channel as of 2:45

pm.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 29

DecThe 28th graduation

ceremony of University

of Veterinary Science un-

der the Ministry of Live-

stock, Fisheries and Rural

Development was held at

Golden Jubilee Hall of the

university, here, this morn-

ing. At the ceremony, Rec-

tor Dr Daw Mar Mar Win

conferred degrees on 186

graduates. Deputy Minister

Dr Aung Myat Oo present-

ed the golden award of the

Union minister and other

prizes to outstanding stu-

University of Veterinary Science

holds 28thgraduation ceremonydents and made a speech.

The deputy minister

and party then attended

ceremonies to open the

university archway and

tarred road and to welcome

freshers for 2013-2014

academic year. In his wel-

come speech, he called on

freshers to try hard to be

good vets as the university

contributes to development

of shery sector and rural

area. The welcoming cer-

emony was attended by 265

freshers.

MNA

Union Minister U Aung Kyi greets comedian Ah Yine at Myanmar Motion

Picture Academy Award-Presenting Ceremony 2012.MNA

Academy Yan Aung presents Best Actor Award

to Pyay Ti Oo.MNA

Academy Moh Moh Myint Aung presents Best

Actress Award to Phwe Phwe.MNA

Academy Myint Myint Khin presents Best Sup-

porting Actress Award to Chaw Yadana.MNA

Artistes and

technicians from

flm industry

at the entrance

to Thuwunna

National Indoor

Stadium (1)

where Motion

Picture Acad-

emy Award-

Presenting

Ceremony 2012

is being held.

MNA

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10 New Light of Myanmar

Four objectives of 66thAnniversary

Independence Day- All the national people to live together in the Union forever

in weal or woe;

- All the national people to strive together for non-disintegra-

tion of the Union, non-disintegration of national solidarity

and perpetuation of sovereignty;

- All the national people to participate in efforts for ceasing

armed conflicts and gaining genuine peace;

- All the national people to work hard in building a developed

and discipline-flourishing democratic nation

Prize awarding for

outstanding students

PYUNTAZA, 29 Dec

The 16th U Myint Thein

S c h o l a r s h i p A w a r d

presentation took place

at No 2 Basic Education

High School in Pyuntaza

of Nyaunglebin Township

of Bago Region on 24

December morning.

Retired teacher U Tin

Maung made a speech.

Assistant Township

Education Ofcer U Tun

Tun spoke words of honour

for the awarding.

Daw Nwe Nwe Thein,

daughter of U Myint Thein,

explained the purpose of

ceremony.

Teacher U Myint Oo

clarified preparations for

prize presentation.

ATEO U Tun Tun and

ofcials gave prizes to 281

outstanding students who

stood rst from the KG to the

matriculation examinations

at the school in 2012-2013

academic year.

Nay Lin (Nyaunglebin)

Launching tube-well hails 66thAnniversary

Independence DaySHWEDAUNG, 29 Dec

As a gesture of hailing the 66th

Anniversary IndependenceDay, the 2-inch diametre

tube-well was launched in

Belet Village in Shwedaung

Township of Bago Region on

27 December.

The Assistant Engineer

of Township Development

Affairs Committee reported

on efforts made for sinking

tube-well. A local spokewords of thanks for providing

a tube-well.

Executive Officer U

Han Shein of Township DAC

presented commemorative

pennants to ofcials.

N e x t , T o w n s h i p

Administrator U Thet Zaw

Oo and Pyithu Hluttaw

representative Dr Daw AyeMyint formally opened the

tube-well.

The ceremony was also

attended by Bago Region

Hluttaw representatives U

Tin Maung Myint and U

Tun Tun Oo, departmental

Census taking process disseminated to people in NyaunglebinNYAUNGL E B I N , 2 9

DecTalks on 2014national census taking

process was held at the hall

of Nyaunglebin Township

General Administration

Department in Bago Region

on 27 December.

Ch a i rma n o f t h e

T o w n s h i p C e n s u s

Commit tee Township

Administrator U Thihan

Soe made an opening

address.

Deputy Supervisor U

Aye Min Soe of Township

Immigration and National

Registration Departmentreported on census taking

process.

Secretary of Bago

District Census Committee

Head of Bago District

INRD Deputy Director UYe Yint Tun gave talks on

census taking process and

its functions.

Officials replied to

queries raised by members

of ward and v i l lagecensus committees and

subcommittees.

The talk was attended by

township level departmental

ofcials, census committee

members, ward and villageadministrators, supportive

committee members, clerks

and local people.

Nay Lin (Nyaunglebin)

ofcials, responsible persons

of NGOs and local people.Sinking the tube-well

spent K 22.5 million.

The tube-well benets

903 people from 221 houses

of Belet Village with safe

water.

Ye Htut (Nwamayan)

Stake driven for extension of

midwifery training school

Rural

Development

MYITKYINA, 29 DecA

ceremony to drive stakes for

construction of the extension

of Midwifery Training

School and management

ofce was held at the school

under Medical Science

Department of Ministry of

Health in Myitkyina on 27

December.

Kachin State Minister

for Finance U Nyunt Aung,

State Minister for Forestry

and Mining U Aung Naing,

the Principal of the school

and general manager U Htein

Win of KT Construction Co

drove stakes at the designated

places.

Engineer in-charge of

the company U Nyi Nyi

Lwin reported on plans for

extended construction tasks.

The State Minister for

Finance gave instructions

on timely completion of

the construction meting set

standards.

Kyemon-State IPRD

TV set

donated to

libraryNAY PYI TAW , 29

DecAn educative talk

was given was held atPyinnya Beikman Library

in conjunction with the TV

set donation in Thegyun

Village of Ottarathiri

Township in Nay Pyi

Taw Council Area on 27

December.

Under the arrangement

of Ottara District IPRD,

local people donated a 21-

inch TV worth K 90000 to

the library.

Kyemon-District IPRD

Runway of Kalay Airportextended

KALAY, 29 DecAir

Bagan, KBZ Airlines and

Myanma Airways ply their

flights on schedules from

Monywa, Mandalay, Nay

Pyi Taw and Yangon to

Kalay regularly.

Kalay Airport can

place Fokker F 28 airplanes

on 5500 feet long, 100

feet wide and 18 inches

thick runway. It withstands

73000 lb capacity.

Survey was conductedfor enabling the Y8 airplanes

to land on the airport.

That is why it needs

to extend 3000 more feet

long runway for safey of

airplanes at Kalay Airport.

For the first phase, the

1500 feet long runway is

under extension.

Earthworks are being

undertaken with the use of

heavy machinery this year

and asphalt concrete will

be placed next year.

M o r e o v e r , t h e

repairing of the runway,

expansion of the apron

and electrification forsignals along the taxiway

are being carried out at

the airport.

Kyemon-Ju Nine

66thAnniversary Independence Day,

2014

Thatta Thattaha Maha Bawdi Pagoda,

Nay Pyi Taw

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Khaing (IPRD)

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Photo taken on 19 Nov, 2012, shows participants in a Kimono Jack event lining the

historic Pontocho Alley in central Kyoto. Kimono Jack events encourage the casualwearing of the traditional Japanese garments without the need to adhere to strict

dress codes.KYODONEWS

NEW DELHI, 29 Dec Arvind Kejriwal, the head

of the anti-corruption AamAdmi Party, was sworn inSaturday as the chief minis-

ter of New Delhi.The debutant party,

which Kejriwal, 45, launchedonly a year ago, won a

Anti-corruption icon sworn in as

new chief minister of New Delhisurprising 28 of the 70 as-sembly seats in a recent

election, defeating the Con-gress Party, which previ-ously ruled the capital and

holds power at the nationallevel. Congress has promised

outside support for Kejri-wals minority government.

Estimates of the turnout ofsupporters at the oath-taking

ceremony ranged as high as100,000. The strong showing

of the party in its rst elec-

tion has political observerswondering if it could be re-

peated at the national level.Kyodo News

Polio-eradication campaigner killed

in NW Pakistans fringISLAMABAD,29 Dec A

polio-eradication campaign-er was killed and two people

were injured when unknowngunmen sprayed bullets at ahospital in Pakistans north-

west Peshawar city on Sat-urday morning, local media

reported.Express TV said thattwo unknown people com-ing on motorbike opened

re at the head of a localpolio-eradication team whenhe was entering a hospital

located in Matani area of Pe-shawar, the capital city of thecountrys northwest Khyber

Pakhtoonkhwa Province.The campaigner got

killed right at the spot and

two other people includinga woman and a policeman

got injured. The injured wereshifted to Matani hospitalfor treatment. No group has

claimed responsibility for theattack yet. Police cordonedoff the area and kicked off a

search operation.Polio teams frequently

come under attack by Tale-

ban militants as they believethat the United States is usingthe programme as a cover for

An injured man receives medical treatment at a hospitalin Peshawar, Pakistan, on 28 Dec, 2013. XINHUA

espionage and the workersassociated with the campaignare potential spies.

Due to repeated attackson polio teams, the healthworkers and volunteers have

refused to perform their du-ties as polio vaccinators in

the countrys tribal areas andparts of Khyber Pakhtoonkh-wa, hampering governmentsefforts to root out the disease.

Pakistan is one of theworlds three countries alongwith Afghanistan and Nige-

ria where polio still exists. In2011, an estimated 173 cas-es of polio were registered

across the county, follow-ing which the government

speeded up the eradicationcampaign.

According a report re-

leased by World HealthOrganization (WHO) on 4December, an estimated 72

cases of polio were found inthe country in 2013. In 2012,

there were 58 cases.Pakistan has reported72 polio cases which is thehighest in comparison to two

other countries with the dis-ease, as Nigeria has 50 casesand Afghanistan reported

only nine during 2013,Elias Durry, emergency co-ordinator for the WHOs

Polio Eradication PakistanProgramme, said.Xinhua

KATHMANDU,29 DecNepal has entered into anew political deadlock as

the government and thePresidents Ofce are at

odds over calling the rstmeeting of the ConstituentAssembly (CA), sourcesfrom both sides said to

Xinhua on Saturday.As per the constitu-

tional provision, the prime

minister would call the rstmeeting of CA but the Pres-

idents Ofce is saying thatconstitutional provisions

should be amended to em-power them to call the rstmeeting of CA.

Currently, there is not

the post of prime ministerin the country but InterimElection Chairman Khil Raj

Regmi who assumed powerin March for holding the

Nepal at odds over calling frst

meeting of constitution drafting bodyelection is undertaking allthe jobs of the prime min-ister.

Regmi is saying thatthe governments right to

call the rst meeting shouldnot be infringed. In 2008,then Prime Minister GirijaPrasad Koirala called the

rst meeting of CA whowas also undertaking thetasks of the head of the

state.But, the government

and the Presidents Ofcehave interpreted such tra-

dition in a different way.Government ofcials saidKoirala at that time calledthe rst meeting of CA in

the capacity of the primeminister, while ofcialsfrom the President s Ofce

say Koirala called the meet-ing as the head of the state.

Both the governmentand Presidents Ofce areholding legal consultations

on the same issue but therehas not been any agree-ment. The Presidents Of-

ce also reasons that thereis international tradition for

a president to call the rstmeeting of CA.

On Friday, AdvocateBiswas Acharya moved to

Supreme Court demandingan immediate invention toensure that the president

call the rst meeting of CA.

He said that the head of thestate should call the meet-

ing of CA as it is an interna-tional practice.

The petitioner arguedthat allowing the head ofthe government to call the

rst meeting would set awrong precedent.Xinhua

BANGKOK, 29 Dec Constituency-based candi-

date registration for Thai-lands upcoming 2 February

general election kicked offSaturday amid blockagefrom anti-government pro-

testers. The constituencyregistration is expected tolast through 1 January while

the party-list candidate regis-tration concluded on Fridaywith 45 political parties hav-

ing their lists submitted.Registration in 32 con-

stituencies in six southern

provinces was suspendeddue to attempts by protest-ers to block candidates from

submitting their applica-

tions, the Election Commis-sion (EC) was quoted by theNationnewspaper as saying.According to the EC, 343 of375 constituencies in other

TOKYO, 29 Dec

Japan and Oman will seekto reach agreement onan investment pact when

Prime Minister ShinzoAbe visits the Middle East

Tourists

watch awinter

dragon boat

race duringthe opening

ceremonyof the 19thJilin Inter-

nationalRime and

Ice Festival

in Jilin City,northeast

Chinas

Jilin Prov-ince, on28 Dec,

2013.XINHUA

Japan, Oman seek to reach investment agreement

during PM Abes visitnation in January for talks

with Sultan Qaboos binSaid, sources close to thematter said on Saturday.

Oman, which seeks tolessen its dependency on

crude oil exports and devel-

op other industrial sectors,wants Japanese companiesto join projects to build

an airport and other large-scale public infrastructure,

the sources said. Japan and

Oman launched talks inFebruary toward conclud-ing a pact to facilitate in-

vestments between the twocountries.Kyodo News

Thai constituency candidate

registration proceeds amid

protestsprovinces proceeded with the

registrations. Election of-

cials in the southern provinceof Chumphon have resigned,

according to EC memberSomchai Srisuthiyakorn.

The EC earlier suggest-

ed the caretaker governmentpostpone the election until allsides work through their dif-

ferences. Caretaker deputyprime minister PongthepThepkanchana said in re-

sponse that the governmenthas no legal power to delaythe election. Protest leader

Suthep Thaugsuban on Fri-day night asked protesters totake a break during the New

Year holiday season that runs

from Saturday to 1 January ,and then return to stage even

more massive rallies to forcethe caretaker government tostep down.Xinhua

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dates for Asia

and Australia

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disease, said a

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who, almost effortlessly,

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fashion sense. A few of the

them are listed below:

Will Smith: Even at

the age of 45, Smith looked

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pops of colours and evensome sneakers.

Justin Timberlake:

The singer once known for

curly locks, straightened

his hair. The pop icon also

chose suit and tie for most

events.

Andrew Garfeld:

When not in Spiderman

superhero red and blue

suit, The Amazing Spider-

Man star looked fabulous

in casual wear. He was

often spotted in sporty jack-

ets, baseball hats and skin-ny denim.

Ryan Gosling:The

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velvet suits, saddle shoes

as well as trousers. His eve-

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Wozniacki pulls out of

Brisbane warm-up with

injuryBRISBANE, 29 Dec

Former world number oneCaroline Wozniacki has

pulled out of the BrisbaneInternational warm-up forthe Australian Open because

of an injured right shoulder,organizers said on Sunday.

The 23-year-old Dane,

currently ranked 10th inthe world, was scheduled to

open her season with a rstround tie against DominikaCibulkova and seeded tomeet top ranked Serena Wil-

liams in the quarter-nals.

Organizers said Wozniackistill hoped to take part innext weeks Sydney Inter-

national to get some matchpractice before the rstgrand slam of the year,

which starts at MelbournePark on 13 January.

The 2009 US Open -

nalist had a disappointing2013 season, winning justone title in Luxemburg and

failing to reach the quarter-nals at any of the four ma-

jors for the rst time in veyears.Reuters

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark pumps her st afterwinning a point during her match against Sloane

Stephens of the US at the China Open tennis

tournament in Beijing on 3 Oct, 2013.REUTERS

Cech chasing Bonettis Chelsea record for

most shutoutsLONDON,29 Dec Petr

Cech will reinforce his statusas Chelseas most decoratedgoalkeeper if he equals the

club record for most cleansheets in Sundays heavy-

weight Premier Leagueshowdown against Liver-pool.

The 31-year-old Czechinternational recorded his207th shutout in the 1-0

victory over SwanseaCity on Thursdayand another one

against Liver-pool will move

him along-side Stam-ford Bridgegreat Peter

Bonetti.Bonetti kept 208 clean

sheets in 729 appearances

in all competitions between1959-79 while Cechhas only played455 games for the

London club.It is a

great mile-stone fora goal-

keeper,

Cech told theclub website (www.chelseafc.com) on Satur-

day. It would obviously be

fantastic to get the record.Beating Swansea ...

was an important three points

a n dnow we

are in a good

position to go face toface with Liverpool.

Former England in-ternational Bonetti won the1965 League Cup, 1970 FA

Cup and 1971 European CupWinners Cup but never wonthe domestic championship.

Cech has lifted the Pre-mier League title three timessince joining Chelsea from

French club Stade Rennesfor a transfer fee of seven

Chelseas Petr Cechexhales during

their

ChampionsLeague Group

E soccer match

against FC Basel atSt Jakob-Park in Basel

on 26 Nov, 2013.REUTERS

Cardiff caretaker Kerslake has nointerest in top job

CARDIFF, 29 Dec

Cardiff City caretaker man-ager David Kerslake saidhe had no plans to enter

the running for the perma-

nent role after seeing his

side squander a 2-0 lead todraw 2-2 with Sunderlandin the Premier League on

Saturday.

Kerslake, who took

charge of the team follow-ing the controversial sack-ing of Malky Mackay by

club owner Vincent Tan

on Friday, watched histeam ease into a 2-0 lead

before Sunderland scoredtwice in the dying minutes

to snatch a point. With allrespect, I wouldnt be inter-ested in this job. I love be-

ing a coach, thats where Isee myself, Kerslake toldreporters.

Ive been a coach nowfor pushing 10 years. I lovewhat I do, I love being on

the grass with the players soIm happy doing that.

Kerslake and rst-teamcoach Joe McBride wereput in charge after Mackay

was red by Tan followingweeks of speculation abouthis job. Former ManchesterUnited striker Ole Gun-

nar Solskjaer is reported

to be the clubs preferred

choice as manager, but Ker-slake and McBride are ex-pected to remain in charge

for the game at Arsenal on

Wednesday.Cardiff moved two

points above the relegationzone on 18, four ahead of

bottom club Sunderlandwhose manager Gus Poy-et was delighted with his

sides ghtback sealed bysubstitute Jack Colbacks

goal in nal minute of stop-

page time.Its going to be very

difcult to see one of myteams giving up, that I canassure you, Poyet said.

Character. Desire.

We are not going to giveup. To beat us you are go-

ing to have to be very goodor youre going to have toght hard, because we are

going to ght to the end.Reuters

Cardiff Citys caretaker manager David Kerslake is

pictured during their English Premier League soccermatch against Sunderland at Cardiff City Stadium in

Cardiff, Wales, on 28 Dec, 2013.REUTERS

Bruce purrs over hirsute

Huddlestones Hull

masterclassLONDON, 29 Dec

While Tom Huddlestones

rst goal for Hull City meansa trip to the barbers for the

midelder this week, man-

ager Steve Bruce thinks hispart in Saturdays 6-0 win

over Fulham could help puthim on the plane to Brazilwith England next year.

Former ManchesterUnited stalwart Bruce strug-gled to recall a more com-

plete mideld performancethan that Huddlestone, whowas celebrating his 27th

birthday, produced in thePremier League rout at KCStadium.

The lads stood andapplauded Tom when hewalked into the dressing

room and that doesnt hap-pen often, Bruce told the

Hull Daily Mail.

I dont often pick outindividuals but I dont thinkIve witnessed a performance

as good as Ive just seen fromTom He gave a masterclass

of how to play in mideld.He had the lot: free-kicks,passing range, goals, a shot

from 40 yards. He hit thepost and the bar... hes just anoutstanding footballer, abso-

lutely outstanding.Ive been fortunate to

have played in some good

teams but I cant really

remember an individual per-formance as good as he pro-

duced today.Huddlestone, who

joined Hull from Totten-

ham Hotspur for ve millionpounds in August, vowed to

grow his hair until he broke ascoring drought dating backto April 2011 and celebrated

by having a lock cut off hisAfro on the touchline.

The famously no-non-

sense Bruce was less thanimpressed by the celebration ridiculous, he called it

but respectfully suggestedHuddlestone might be justthe sort of player England

needed in their squad for nextyears World Cup in Brazil.

Who am I to talk about

(England manager) RoyHodgsons job? he asked,before continuing: But its

going to be hot and humidand horrible conditions toplay in and you need techni-

cians.Is there anybody in the

country who plays off bothfeet like him? Week in, weekout, hes producing perfor-

mances not quite to thestandard of todays buthes a fantastic footballer

who could be one of thosethat makes the squad.

Theres always a sur-

prise or two.Reuters

Hull Citys Tom Huddlestone (L) celebrates scoring

with Jake Livermore against Fulham during theirPremier League match at The KC Stadium in Hull,

northern England, on 28 Dec, 2013.REUTERS

million pounds in 2004 andalso won the Champions

League in 2012. ManchesterCity are top of the Premier

League after Saturdays 1-0win over Crystal Palace gavethem a total of 41 points.

Arsenal (39 points) canleapfrog City by winning atNewcastle United on Sun-

day, the same day as third-placed Chelsea (37) meetfourth-placed Liverpool

(36).Reuters

Barclay Premier League

Standings

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Times Square visitors purge bad

memories ahead of the New Year

Computers and outdated electronic gadgets that have

been smashed sit on a carpet during Good Riddance

Day in Times Square in New York, on 28 Dec, 2013.

REUTERS

NEWYORK, 29 Dec Hoping to forget the heart-breaks and hard memories

of 2013, people lined up inNew Yorks Times Square

on Saturday to discardphysical reminders of un-pleasant experiences with

the help of industrial shred-ding machines.

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