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THE MOST RELIABL E NEWSPAPER AROUND YOUNew Light of My

Volume XXI, Number 339 6 th Waning of Tabaung 1375 ME Friday, 21 March, 2014

INSIDE

NLM prepares move to Yangon, with joint venture to start soonN AY P YI T AW , 20

MarchThe stakeholdersand advisors of the NewLight of Myanmar held ameeting on Thursday todiscuss pressing issues re-lated to the Ministry of In-formations joint-venturepartnership with a privateinvestor slated to begin op-

Ye Htut said at the meet-ing. How to nance suchan ambitious project andhow much money will beoffered to highly-skilledstaff has not been decid-ed yet in detail, with theeditorial staff voicingconcern on how to keepthe newspaper going withthe lack of manpower,

resources and nances.Basic equipment such ascameras and telephoneshave not yet been pro-vided, with the monthlysalaries for editorial staffwell below market aver-age. Journalistic traininghas only been given spo-radically due to the timeconstraint during dailyoperations.

The lack of transpar-ency and communicationamong the stakeholdersand the multitude of par-ties involved has also led

to a series of complica-tions.(See page 3)

Half of population over 40 suffers from hypertension dueto unhealthy habits and stress By Aye Min Soe

Hypertension amongpeople over 40 is growingat an alarming rate, withthe current estimate of mid-dle-aged and elderly peoplesuffering from high bloodpressure standing at 50 per-cent of the population, of -cials said Thursday.

The main causes of hy-pertension in rural areas inMyanmar are a salty diet,betel nut, alcohol and nico-tin consumption as well asthe daily struggle to makea living, according to DrKyaw Myo Naing, a doc-

tor of the station hospitalin the village of Taung Nyoin the western part of NayPyi Taw. Obesity and gen-eral stress also play a majorrole, he said.

When I arrived hereeight months ago, I real-ly wished I could provideaffordable blood pressuremonitors to every familyin this village because thenumber of hypertensionpatients is very high in thisvillage. Each family shouldhave equipmentto monitorblood pressure, said one

of the young doctors, whowas posted to the stationhospital of TaungNyo Vil-

lage-tract, and has to treatpatients from 26 villages,with a population of around25,000.

Hypertension has be-come a common diseaseamong the non-communi-cable diseases in rural are-as, and should prompt peo-ple to change their habits.

We all should changeour daily eating habits andlifestyles as soon as possi-ble because hypertensionis seriously threatening ourhealth, said Dr Hla MyaThway Eindar, Deputy

Director of the Health De-partment of the Ministry ofHealth.

She was present asabout 60 of the villagershad their blood pressuretaken as part of a healthcare campaign, jointlyconducted the Ministry ofHealth and Japan-basedcompany Omron, whichdonated 200 Omron digi-tal blood pressure monitorson Thursday to the HealthMinistry in Taung Nyo Vil-lage.

According to Dar

Hla Mya Thway Eindar, amember of a medical teamwhich is providing mo-

bile health care servicesto over 2,000 villages inthe Nay Pyi Taw CouncilArea, consumption of saltydry sh, mixed edible oiland alcohol were the maincauses of hypertension. Ac-cording to the discussionon eating and lifestyle hab-its, which was attended by60 people from Taung NyoVillage, children as youngas ten are drinking toddy,with women chewing betel

nuts with tobacco and alsoincreasingly relying on oth-er unhealthy means to dealwith the stress of daily life.

There is this wrongassumption by villagersthat hypertension simplyoccurs as a symptom of amajor disease, the doctorsaid.

According to Win ZawOo, 31, who also receivedblood pressure monitor-ing, villagers tend to go to

hospitals only if they sufferfrom a serious illness thataffects their mobility.

Now, at least somevillagers here understandthat they should monitortheir blood pressure fre-quently, but only over halfof them said they will go toa station hospital to moni-tor their blood pressure, be-cause we all are strugglingto make ends meet, WinZaw Oo said.

erations in the next months,with the advisors voicingconcern about the lack of

nances, resources andtransparency to guarantee asmooth transition.

The joint venture be-tween the Myanmar-borninvestor who will own 49percent, and the Ministry

of Information which willown the remaining 51 per-cent, has prompted wor-rying questions not onlyon how to improve thecontent and quality of thedaily but how to remainat least on the same levelduring the transition peri-od, as the majority of staff

have announced they willleave the paper before thestart of the joint venture.The NLM will relocatefrom Nay Pyi Taw to Yan-gon where a new printingpress is being built, withthe move currently organ-ized by the private stake-holder.

The CEO of the NLMMr. Nitobesent by theJapanese news agencyKyodo News headquar-tered in Tokyo, whichsupports the daily withadvice and equipment said at the meeting that,a bureau should be es-tablished in Nay Pyi Tawto gather breaking gov-

ernment news, stressingthat pressing topics suchas human right abuses andenvironmental destructionshould be featured in thedaily in the future.

The NLM currently re-lies heavily on translationsfrom the Myanmar NewsAgency, with internationalnews taking up most of thepaper. In future, the dailyshould act as the windowto Myanmar based onthe concept of The StraitsTimes, with the target read-ership foreign diplomats,

businessmen and otherdecision makers, DeputyMinister for Information U

A nurse monitors blood pressure of an aged women with the use of Omron automatic digital blood pressure monitor. P HOTO : A YE M IN S OE

The NLM news room in Nay Pyi Taw. P HOTO :A YE M IN S OE

BruneisSultan to paystate visit toMyanmar

N AY P YI T AW , 21MarchAt the invitationof U Thein Sein, Presi-dent of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar,His Majesty Sultan HajiHassanal Bolkiah Muiz-zadin Waddaulah, Sultanand Yang Di-Pertuan ofBrunei Darussalam, willpay a state visit to the

Republic of the Union ofMyanmar in the near fu-ture. MNA

Exportsdiscussed with

EuropeanUnion of cials

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N AY P YI T AW , 20March The Union Elec-tion Commission plans to

UEC to hold by-election in 30 constituencieshold a by-election for 30vacant constituencies, saidU Tin Aye, the Chairmanof the Union Election Com-mission, at the parliamenton Thursday.

The UEC will an-

nounce the date for theby-election 3 months be-fore polling start.

During todays Q andA session of Pyithu Hlut-taw, Deputy Minister forFinance Dr Lin Aung saidthat Myanmar has a nation-al debt of US$ 9.5 billion tobe paid off to 16 countriesand three international -nancial institutions.

Regarding a questionon how action will be takenagainst departments whichare not carrying out tasks inconformity with nancialrules and regulations, thedeputy minister replied that

the Ministry of Finance istaking necessary measuresto ght tax evasion.

According the Section96 of the constitution, theUnion Government col-lects income tax, commeri -cal tax, stamp duty, lotterytax, and according to theSection 254 of the constitu-tion, regional and stategovernments collect re-maining nine taxes.

During the todaysmeeting of Amyotha Hlut-taw, (the National Parlia-ment), the Bill Amendingthe Political Parties Regis-tration Law with amend-ments of members ofthe

parliament was approvedby Amyotha Hluttaw.

Regarding the expend -iture on hosting the 27 th

SEA Games, the govern-ment spent 33.958 billionkyat, US$ 11.955 million,4,600 Canadian dollar andSingaporean $70,000 onthe games, said U ThaungHtike, Deputy Minister forSports.

MNA

N AY P YI T AW , 20MarchDue to the restric-tions on importation of carsin the olden days, car pricesare extremely high. Thegovernment has introducedan old-age car import-sub-stitute system. For conveni-ence of car buyers, the gov-ernment gives the go-aheadfor importation of cars.This move covers openingof sale center and showrooms. It can be seen thatthanks to it, the current carprice amounts to one- fthof those in the past.

The number of import-ed cars has reached over

Ministry to ease restrictionson imported cars

250,000. Mostly-populatedYangon sees traf c jamproblem due to increasingnumber of imported cars.The government is makingefforts for easy access tocars by its citizens at acheaper price.

On the other hand, itneeds to take account ofsmooth traf c. Plans areunderway to reduce therates collected on importa-tion of cars in the coming

nancial year, according toDirectorate of Road Trans-port under the Ministry ofRail Transportation.

MNA

N AY P YI T AW , 20

MarchThe NationalElectri cation Plan-NEPwill comprise the topicsseeking the best way forminimum cost of electri -cation to each houses de-pending on the geographi-cal condition, said U KhinMaung Soe, Union Minis-ter for Electric Power at theworkshop for the third NEPon Thursday morning.

Union Minister U OhnMyint disclosed that theUnion government is striv-ing for supply of electricityto over 20,000 villages out

of over 40,000 during re-maining 26-month term.Mr. Vikram Kumar,

Director of InternationalFinance Corporation, oneof the members of WorldBank, said that WB assistsin implementing the Na-tional Electri cation Planfor the nation to get elec-

WB, ADB grant fnancial assistance

tricity in 2030. WB hadpledged to provide assis-tance to Thaton Gas andRecycle Power Plantthrough IDA loan and My-ingyan IPP Combined Cy-cle Power Plant Projectthrough advisory service ofIFC and put investment in

Yangon City ElectricitySupply Board that will bereorganized as corporationtype. The US$ 1 billionfund to be provided by WBgroup will be spent on elec-tri cation in urban and ru -ral areas. World Bank andADB grant nancial assis -

tance for electri cation inoff-grid regions with theuse of renewable energy.

The workshop was jointly organized by Min -istry of Electric Power andMinistry of Livestock,Fisheries and Rural Devel-opment. MNA

Y ANGON , 20 MarchSecretary of Central Com-mittee for implementationof Stability and Develop-ment in Rakhine State Dep-uty Minister for Border Af-fairs Maj-Gen MaungMaung Ohn together withof cials from UNICEF,UNOCHA, UNHCR,UNDP, UNFPA, IRC,Malteser, RI, ACF andDRC inspected basic edu-cation schools and wom-ens vocational trainingschools in Minbya Town-ship, Rakhine State onWednesday.

The deputy ministerand party visited reliefcamp in Hsanhtoetan Vil-lage where he stressed theneed to ful ll requirements

All participation crucial forstability and development in

Rakhine Stateof the region in coordina-tion with UN agencies andINGOs.

They held a meetingon development and stabil-ity in Rakhine State withtownselders at MraukUHotel in MraukU Town-ship in the evening.

They donated offerto-ries to the monks at Sad-dhammaguru Monastery inSittway and visited devel-opment center for nationalraces from border areawhere they discussed mat-ters on achievements ofstability and developmentin Rakhine State with stateministers, of cials andtownselders at Sittway air-port lounge on 20 March.

MNA

boat.Police added that nine

rounds of ammunition, fourswords, six shing nets,three catapults and two

ashlights were found inthe abandoned boat. Inves-tigation revealed that theboat was owned by Maw Juof Layyin Kwin village anda jacket in which rounds ofammunition were discov-ered was his.

Maungtaw police ar-

Illegal arms, ammunitionconfscated in Maungtaw,

Rakhine State rested Mahmud Sadid,guard of the boat, ofKanyindan village andAsha Dullah,17, ofHnakhaungto village whowas seen in a suspiciousmanner at the jetty near theboat and led lawsuitsagainst the two suspectsand ve unknown men whostill at large.

In a thorough search ofmore suspicious items inthe boat, one .38 revolver

and ve rounds of ammuni -tion, one pistol bag and onetowel used for wrappingthe pistol have been foundin the presence of witness-es.

According to a tip-offto the police that La Lu, ali-as Yaw Hee Yamoud andBabugyo, alias Aya Dullahof Layyin Kwin villagewere arriving at the houseof Maha Regina, daughter

of La Lu, Maungtaw policeaccompanied by village ad-ministration members car-ried out a search of thehouse on 19 March. One.38 revolver, one bullet andone pistol bag that were un-earthed at the backyard ofthe house. Police investiga-tion is ongoing to exposeand arrest those who arerunning away, it is learnt.

Police Information

Union ElectionCommission Chairman

U Tin Aye. MNA

Workshop on development of Myanmar National Electri cation Plan to -wards universal access. MNA

N AY P YI T AW , 20March Arms and ammu-nition have been con scat -ed at two separate places inMaungtaw Township, Ra-

khine State recently.During a police patrolnear a creek in Kanyutkwin

village in MaungtawTownship at 2 pm on 14March, police said, theyspotted a suspected station-ary boat at the waters edge

and saw ve unknownBengalis who left the boatbefore they got into the


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EU, Myanmar to sign investmentprotection agreement

N AY P YI T AW , 20March EU and Myanmardiscussed potentials to signan investment protectionagreement at the Ministry

of National Planning andEconomic Development onThursday.

Union Minister DrKan Zaw expressed wordsof thanks to EU Invest-ment Bank for lendingloans to Myanmar in2014, calling for more EUinvestments.

Commissioner of Ex-ternal Trade Mr. Karel DeGucht cited that EU is ofhuge interest in makinginvestment in Myanmar,saying that EU hopes tocomplete drawing of an in-

vestment protection agree-ment in time.

The investment pro-tection agreement to besigned between EU andMyanmar brings about ac-

countability in sustainableinvestment. It also attractsmore investors for the

agreement protects inves-tors fully.

MNA

High Level TaskForce meeting held

in YangonN AY P YI T AW , 20

MarchThe First Meet-ing of the High Level TaskForce (HLTF) on Strength-ening the ASEAN Secre-tariat and Reviewing theASEAN Organs was heldat Sedona Hotel in Yangonfrom 18 th to 20 th March.

The representativesdiscussed drafting theRules of Procedure (ROP)and Work Plan for theHLTF, identifying theASEAN Organs to be pri-oritized in the review pro-cess and reexamined therole and functions of ASE-AN Organs.

A series of HLTFmeetings will be held inother ASEAN MemberStates with the aim of ex-ploring ways and meansto strengthen the ASEANSecretariat and to reviewthe ASEAN Organs.

The meeting waschaired by U Aung Bwa,Retired Director-General,as Myanmar Representa-tive to HLTF. The meet-ing was attended by HLTFrepresentatives and dele-gates from ASEAN Mem-ber States and the ASEANSecretariat.

MNA

Heavy squall hits BhamoB HAMO , 20 MarchA

vicious squall with thunderand lightning occurred inBhamo in Kachin State on20 March.

Hailstones fell fromthe sky and big trees fellonto the roads during the

squall.After the heavy rains,

roads were blocked by thefallen trees and electricityshortage occurred in thetown. Ward AdministratorU Tin Maung Aye and res-idents were clearing debris

while the township electri-cal engineer and staff wereattempting to resume elec-tricity supply.

Due to their efforts,the dwellers are resumingelectricity supply.

Si Mi Khon-Nan Yi

Special weather newsN AY P YI T AW , 20

MarchAccording to theobservations at 11:30 hrsM.S.T on Thursday, un-der the in uence of West -

ern disturbances, rain orthundershowers are likelyto be scattered in Sagaing,Mandalay and TaninthayiRegions, Kachin, Shan and

Mon States and isolated inthe remaining Regions andStates within next ve dayscommencing on Thursdayafternoon. MNA

Slight earthquake jolts inside MyanmarN AY P YI T AW , 20

MarchA slight earth-quake of magnitude 4.5Richter Scale with its ep-icenter inside Myanmar,

(about 35 mile east-south-east of Mawlaik), about135 miles north west ofMandalay seismologicalobservatory was recorded

at 10 hrs 28 min 54 secM.S.T on Thursday, an-nounced the Meteorologyand Hydrology Depart-ment. MNA

Trawlersinks,

no casualtyY ANGON , 20

MarchA trawler sank inTwantay Canal as its sailhit the light-house due towhite blanket of thick fogon Thursday.

Htoo Myat Anna-

war steered by ThanHtike Aung pulled Htar-wara Myat Aung-7

trawler to the dockyardat Twantay canal at 5 amon that day.

Htarwara MyatAung-7 sank in the wateras it hit the part of light-

Union Minister for NPED Dr Kan Zaw delivers address at Launching Event of Investment Agreement Negotiation. MNA

house. No casualty wasreported due to the inci-dent. Soe Win-MLA

Carpenter, masonry, mechanic coursekicks off F ALAM , 20 March

Falam Township Ru-ral Development De-partment conducted thetraining course for car-penter, masonry and me-

Photo shows damages and parts of branches destroyed by squall in Bhamo.

A trawler seen in sinking at Twantay Canal, Yangon Region.

chanic subjects at the hallof Varlon Village BasicEducation High School inFalam Township on Mon-day. Altogether 50 traineesfrom Varlon and its nearby

villages are attending the12-day course.

The training wasaimed at generating jobopportunities for local peo-ple. District IPRD

USD Buying K 962: Selling K 967SGD Buying K 756: Selling K 764Euro Buying K 1315: Selling K 1335

GOLD PRICE,FE RATE

Buying K 679,000 per tical: Selling K 680,000 per tical

Buying K 678,600 per tical: Selling K 679,000 per tical

Yangon Gold Price

Mandalay Gold Price

Foreign Exchange Rate


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New Light of Myanmar Friday, 21 March, 2014 5LOCAL NEWS

Photo shows people in groups and individuals taking relaxation at Nammeisai Creek near PunthunWard, near Tachilek-Monghsat Road in Tachilek on Thursday as temperature is higher and higher as of mid-March this year. M YANMA A LINN

M EIKTILA , 20 MarchTo mark the 69 th Anniver-sary Armed Forces Day,the Meiktila War VeteransOrganizing Committee pro-vided K 2.765 million to its160 members on Thursdayat the hall of its commit-tee in Meiktila Township,Mandalay Region.

At the ceremony, of-cials of the committee

presented K 20,000 each

to over 60 elderly persons,and 12 disabled veteranswho lost parts of their bodyin wars. K 15,000 eachwent to another 89 disabledmen with amputations.

Thein Myint Kyaw(Meiktila)

CCTVs to be installed inMeiktila Market to prevent

crimes

M EIKTILA , 20 MarchFour closed-circuit televi-sion camera (CCTV) willbe installed in Meiktilamarket, with one alreadyinstalled in front of Zaygyimarketa crowded part of

the market, according toan of cial from the Mar -ket Of ce of the MeiktilaTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee.

It is aimed at prevent-ing or at least recording

crimes, giving a sense ofsecurity for both buyersand sellers.

The 13.198-acre Meik-tila Market is divided intothree main partsZaygyi

market with 1,443 booths,the Central market with464 booths and Padaukmy-ine market with 354 booths.

Meiktila is one of themost developed towns inMandalay Region.

Chan Tha (Meiktila)

Meiktila war veterans receive cash donation

S ITTWAY , 20 MarchAstaff pro ciency course, con -ducted by the AgricultureDepartment, was opened atthe hall of the Rakhine StateAgriculture Department in

Sittway on 18 March.Rakhine State Min-

ister for Agriculture andLivestock Breeding U ThaLu Chay, in his address,said that staff from various

elds have a wide knowl -

M OHNYIN , 20 MarchSpending the rural devel-opment and poverty al-leviation fund, MohnyinDistrict of Kachin Stateplans to implement elec-tri cation in rural areas inthe 2014-15 scal year,according to Deputy Com-missioner of the district UAung Soe Moe.

In a meeting with localpeople on tour of Mohnyin,Kachin State Chief Minis-ter U La John Ngai Sengsaid that arrangements arebeing made for the supplyof electricity in the wholeof Kachin State. Plans areunderway to electrify thevillages nearby the powergrid for the rst phase, to

People of Mohnyin Districthope for electri cation

supply hydropower to theregions which are far frompower grids for the secondphase and to supply elec-tricity to other regions withsolar power for the thirdphase.

In 2014-15 FY, smallsub-power stations willbe built in Mohnyin andMogaung townships tosupply electricity to 102villages on a priority basis.

Some village-tractsof Mohnyin District arestriving for electri cationon a self-reliant basis toget power from the na-tional grids but some vil-lage-tracts face dif cultiesfor such works.

Kyaw Soe Lay

edge of the developmentof agricultural technology.The staff are to give train-ing to local farmers at ag-ricultural centres, he added.

Head of the State Ag-

riculture Department UKhin Maung Win explainedthe purpose of the trainingcourse. The two-day coursewas attended by 50 traineesfrom townships of the state.

Rakhine State IPRD

Staff pro ciency upliftedin Rakhine State

An of cial presents cash assistance to warveterans in Meiktila Township.

Thriving cow pea plantations help increase farmersincome in Pantanaw Township

P ANTANAW , 20MarchDue to favorableclimate pattern, cow peais cultivated in Kalasu Vil-lage in Pantanaw Townshipin Ayeyawady Region withgood results, according tolocal authorities.

There are two methodsfor growing cow pea. Aftertwo months, cow pea sap-lings are required to weedfor the rst time. They aregrown in October withoutthe use of fertilizer andharvested in late January.They can, however, not becultivated in rainy season,said a farmer.

Most of the farmersin Kalasu Village cultivatecow pea, black bean, greengram and corn in winterseason. Soe Win (SP)

S INGU , 20 MarchRays Construction Co is-constructing a new schoolbuilding at the Basic Educa-tion High School (Branch)in Htongyi Village, Singu

Singu Township to get newschool building

Township in Mandalay Re-gion.

Under the supervisionof Headmistress Daw ChoCho Myint, the school isbeing constructed withover K 48 million fundedby the State and people andis expected to be completedby June.

Construction workof the school started on 6February and the estimatedcost is over K 55 millionsaid Managing Director UTun Tun Oo of the compa-ny. Win Maung (Singu)

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Japan, N Korea to restart govt dialogue at earlyS HENYANG , 20 March

Japanese and North Koreandiplomats have agreed towork toward the resumptionof formal intergovernmentaltalks for the rst time sinceNovember 2012 as soon aspossible, a Japanese of cialsaid on Thursday.

The agreement wasreached during informaltalks between the diplomatson the sidelines of a two-daymeeting of the two coun-tries Red Cross societies inthe northeastern Chinese city

Shenyang, according to the

of cial, who spoke on con -dition of anonymity.

The Red Cross meet-ing just ended. The informaltalks on Wednesday andThursday between KeiichiOno, director of the North-east Asia Division of theJapanese Foreign Ministry,and Ryu Song Il, chief ofthe Japanese affairs sectionat the North Korean ForeignMinistry, were sincere andconstructive the of cialsaid.

Formal intergovern-

mental negotiations between

Japan and North Korea weresuspended in the wake ofPyongyangs launch in De-cember 2012 of what it sayswas a satellite. Other coun-tries condemned the launchas a covert test of long-rangemissile technology in viola-tion of UN Security Councilresolutions.

If government-to-gov-ernment negotiations wereresumed, they would likelybe at a director-general level.The issue of Japanese na-tionals North Korean agents

abducted in the 1970s and

1980s would be a majoragenda item for the two gov-ernments.

For Japan, the abduc-tion issue remains a majorobstacle to normalizing bi-lateral relations with NorthKorea.

The agreement betweenthe diplomats in the Chinesecity was made after the par-ents of a Japanese womanwho was abducted by NorthKorea more than three dec-ades ago were able to seetheir granddaughter for the

rst time last week.

The parents of MegumiYokota, seen as a symbolof the long-unresolved ab-duction issue, were allowedby North Korea to secret-ly meet her daughter, KimEun Gyong, in the Mongo-lian capital of Ulan Bator.Megumi went missing onher way home from schoolin 1977, when she was 13.No information regardingher whereabouts was givenwhile her parents spent timewith their 26-year-old grand-daughter and her family for

ve days. Kyodo News

Tokyo subway station commemorates19th anniversary of nerve gas attack

T OKYO , 20 March Tokyo subway of cialscommemorated the 19thanniversary on Thursdaymorning of the AUM Shin-rikyo cults deadly sarinnerve gas attack that killed13 and injured over 6,000people at subway stationsin central Tokyo.

Some 20 employ-ees of Tokyo Metro Coobserved a moment of si-lence at Kasumigaseki sta-tion to mourn victims of the

Employees of Tokyo Metro Co observe a moment of silence at Kasumigaseki stationin Tokyo on 20 March, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cults

deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki. K YODO N EWS

Ukraine crisisnot affectingJapan-Russia

trade ties so farT OKYO , 20 March

The Japanese governmenthas so far not seen its tradewith Russia affected by theongoing Ukraine crisis, in-dustry minister ToshimitsuMotegi said on Thursday,although global tension hasheightened over Moscowsmove to annex the Crimearegion. Noting that Russiais a key supplier of resourc-es to Japan, the minister tolda press conference, At thispoint, we do not see any im-pact on bilateral trade andspeci c projects. But wewill pay close attention tothe international situation.

According to the Min-istry of Economy, Trade

and Industry, Russia sup-plies about 10 percent oflique ed natural gas im -ported annually to Japan.The value of bilateral trade,meanwhile, has hit new re-cord highs for three years ina row, with the sum reach-ing $34.8 billion in 2013.

Finance Minister TaroAso said at a separate newsconference on Thursdaythat he does not expect Ja-pans economy to be affect-ed by the sanctions againstRussias intervention in theCrimea peninsula imposedby Western countries.

Kyodo News

attack on 20 March, 1995.Two company employeeswere killed by the attack atthe station.

Our duty is to pro-tect safety every day andwe need to ensure peoplecan commute with peace ofmind, said area managerMitsuaki Ota.

The subway operatorset up a stand at Kasumi-gaseki and ve other sta -tions where lives were lostto allow people to offer

owers.A total of 13 mem-

bers of the cult, includ-ing Chizuo Matsumoto,the 59-year-old foundermore commonly known asShoko Asahara, have beensentenced to death over thegas attack and a series ofother crimes.

Criminal trials forthree others who had beenon the run until recently areawaiting judgments.

Kyodo News

Satellite imagery provided to Australian

Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) of objects that may be possible debris

of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in

a revised area 185 km (115 miles) to the south east of

the original search area in this picture released by AMSA

on 20 March, 2014.R EUTERS

Four men found guilty ofgang-raping photojournalist in

MumbaiM UMBAI , 20 March

Four men were foundguilty on Thursday of thegang-rape of a photojour-nalist last year in Mum-bai, an attack that sparkedstreet protests in the cityand raised fresh questionsabout attitudes to womenin the worlds largest de-mocracy.

Womens safety in In-dia has been under the spot-light since the gang-rapeand murder of a studenton a bus in Delhi in 2012,which provoked nation-wide protests and the intro-duction of tougher sexualassault laws, yet an ongo-ing stream of high-pro leattacks has raised concernsthat little has changed.

The four men convict-ed of gang-rape are due tobe sentenced on Friday,prosecution lawyer Ujjw-al Nikam told reportersoutside the Mumbai courtwhere the case was heard.

Under the stricter lawsbrought in last year, themen face a life sentence.It was not immediatelyclear whether they wouldappeal against the verdict.Todays verdict will senda strong message to crim-inals, R. R. Patil, homeminister for Maharashtra,the state where Mumbai islocated, told reporters out-side the court. A juvenilecharged for his involve-ment in the case is beingtried separately. Reuters

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PUR , 20 March Aircraftand ships ploughed throughbad weather on Thursdayin search of oating objectsin remote seas off Australiathat Malaysias governmentcalled a credible lead inthe trans-continental huntfor a jetliner missing for12 days. The large objects,which Australian of cialssaid were spotted by sat-ellite four days ago in oneof the remotest parts of theglobe, are the most promis-ing lead in days as searchersscour a vast area for the lostplane with 239 people onboard.

Of cials cautioned itcould take several days tocon rm if they were partsof the Malaysia Airlines

Boeing 777 , and Malaysiasgovernment said the searchwould continue elsewheredespite the possible sight-ing in the southern IndianOcean.

The area where the objects were spotted is around2,500 km (1,500 miles)southwest of Perth in west-ern Australia. Yesterday Isaid that we wanted to re-duce the area of the search.We now have a crediblelead, Malaysian Trans-port Minister Hishammud-din Hussein told reporters

Possible debris off Australia a crediblelead for missing Malaysia jet

in Kuala Lumpur. Thereremains much work to bedone to deploy the assets.This work will continueovernight.

Hishammuddin saidthe information on the ob-

jects received from Aus-tralia had been corrobo-rated to a certain extent byother satellites, making itmore credible than previousleads.

The larger of the objects measured up to 24metres (79 ft), long and ap-peared to be oating in wa -ter several thousand metersdeep, Australian of cialssaid. The second objectwas about ve meters (16feet) long. Arrows on theimages pointed to two in-distinct objects apparentlybobbing in the water. Itscredible enough to divertthe research to this area onthe basis it provides a prom-ising lead to what might bewreckage from the debris

eld, Royal Australian AirForce Air Commodore JohnMcGarry told a news con-ference in Canberra.

No con rmed wreck -age from Flight MH370has been found since it van-ished from air traf c controlscreens off Malaysias eastcoast early on 8 March, lessthan an hour after taking

off from Kuala Lumpur forBeijing.

Another of cial inMalaysia said investigatorswere hopeful but cau-tious about the Australiandiscovery.

The satellite images,provided by US companyDigitalGlobe, are stampedwith a record date of 16March, meaning that thepossible debris could bynow have drifted far fromthe original site.

Australian of cialssaid an aircraft had droppeda series of marker buoys inthe area, which will provideinformation about currentsto assist in calculating thelatest location.

The captain of the rstAustralian air force AP-3COrion plane to return fromthe search area describedthe weather conditions asextremely bad with roughseas and high winds, andsaid there was no sign ofany objects.

The weather condi-tions were such that wewere unable to see for verymuch of the ight today butthe other aircraft that aresearching, they may havebetter conditions, RoyalAustralian Air Force FlightLieutenant Chris Birrer toldreporters. Reuters


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New Light of Myanmar Friday, 21 March, 2014 7

UNSGS message onThe International Day of

Forests21 March 2014

Forests are the lungs of our planet. They cover one-third of all land area, and are home to 80 per cent ofterrestrial biodiversity. They are crucial for addressinga multitude of sustainable development imperatives,from poverty eradication to food security, from mitigat-ing and adapting to climate change to reducing disasterrisk.

It is estimated that 1.6 billion people depend onforests for food, fuel, shelter and income. The WorldHealth Organization estimates that between 65 and 80per cent of people rely on medicines derived from for-ests as their primary form of health care.

Not only do forests provide essential econom-ic safety nets for a signi cant number of the worldspoor, they underpin economies at all levels. Roundwood production, wood processing and the pulp andpaper industries account for nearly 1 per cent of globalGross Domestic Product. Non-monetary bene ts fromforests, such as water, energy, shelter and medicine, areestimated to be two to three times as great. Forestedcatchments supply three-quarters of freshwater, whichis essential for agriculture, industry, energy supply anddomestic use.

The International Day of Forests is dedicated toraising awareness about the importance of all typesof forests and trees to our economic, social, envi-ronmental and cultural well-being. However aware-ness must be coupled with concrete action. As wedeliberate on the post-2015 development agenda, letus acknowledge the vital role of forests and pledgeto work together to protect and sustainably managethese vital ecosystems.

UNIC/Yangon

Iran, six powers lock horns over nuclearreactor that could yield plutonium

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif smile at the start of a conference in Vienna

on 19 March, 2014. R EUTERS

V IENNA , 20 March Iran and world powerslocked horns on Wednesdayover the future of a plannedIranian nuclear reactor that

could yield plutonium forbombs as the United Stateswarned hard work will beneeded to overcome differ-ences when the sides recon-vene in April.

The meeting in Viennawas the second in a seriesthat the six nations theUnited States, China, Rus-sia, Germany, France, Brit-ain hope will produce averi able settlement on thescope of Irans nuclear pro -gramme, ensuring it is ori-ented to peaceful ends only,and put to rest the risk of anew Middle East war.

This week the two sidesendeavored to iron out theirpositions on two of the thorn-iest issues: the level of urani-um enrichment conducted inIran, and its Arak heavy-wa-ter reactor that the West seesas a possible source of pluto-nium for bombs.

They appeared to reachno agreements and said onlythat they would meet again

on 7-9 April, also in theAustrian capital. However,

Teherans foreign ministervoiced optimism that their20 July deadline for a nalagreement was within reach.

The broad goal is totranscend ingrained mutualmistrust and give the Westcon dence that Iran will notbe able to produce atom-ic bombs while Teheran in return would winfull relief from economic

sanctions hamstringing theOPEC states economy.

Iran denies that its de-clared civilian atomic energyprogramme is a front for de-veloping the means to makenuclear weapons, but its re-strictions on UN inspectionsand Western intelligenceabout bomb-relevant re-search have raised concerns.We had substantive anduseful discussions, coveringa set of issues, including en-

richment, the Arak reactor,civil nuclear cooperation and

sanctions, European Unionforeign policy chief Cath-erine Ashton told reportersafter the two-day session.The United States has calledon Iran to scrap or radicallyalter the as yet-uncompletedreactor, but Teheran has sofar rejected that idea whilehinting it could modify theplant.

Reuters

T OKYO , 20 March The governments of Japan,the United States and SouthKorea are planning a pos-sible summit next week inthe Netherlands, where theirleaders will join an interna-tional conference, Japanesesources said on Thursday.

It would provide an op-portunity for Prime MinisterShinzo Abe to hold his rstsuch meeting with SouthKorean President Park GeunHye amid bilateral tensionsover some historical issues,signaling a chance for thetwo neighbours to improvetheir relations, as hoped forby the United States, whichhas strategic interests in EastAsia.

Abe, Park and US Pres-ident Barack Obama arewidely expected to hold talkson the sidelines of the Nucle-ar Security Summit sched-uled for Monday and Tues-day in The Hague, whereparticipants, also includingsome European leaders, maygather on the margins to dis-cus countermeasures againstRussia over its interventionin Ukraine. The Japanesegovernment announced Abewill attend the summit.

We have issues to beaddressed between Japan

Japan, US, S Korea look tohold summit next week in

Netherlandsand South Korea, ForeignMinister Fumio Kishida toldreporters. But we have alsosaid that high-level politicaldialogues are necessary onlybecause we are in a dif cultsituation.

Kishida declined toelaborate the possible trilat-eral summit in The Haguebut said, We hope SouthKorea will accept such di-alogues. A Japanese govern-ment source said South Ko-rea has yet to inform Tokyoof its intention to participatein the summit.

Tokyo and Seoulhave been at odds over aSouth-Korean-held, Ja-pan-claimed islets and theirdiffering perceptions of his-tory, including issues stem-ming from Japans wartimeaggression in the area.

Abe has yet to meetwith South Korean leaderssince he took of ce in De -cember 2012. Park assumedthe presidency in February2013. In its relations withSouth Korea, Japan earlierfueled tensions by indicat-ing it could retract its 1993apology for forcing Koreanwomen into sexual slaveryin military brothels duringWorld War II.

Kyodo News

Runner-up bidder given right to acquirepro-N Korea groups Tokyo HQ

File photo takenin October

2013 shows the Tokyo

headquarters of the General Association of Korean Resi-

dents in Japan, a pro-Pyong- yang Korean

residents group known as

Chongryon, in central TokyosChiyoda Ward.

K YODO N EWS

T OKYO , 20 March The Tokyo District Courtsaid on Thursday the run-ner-up bidder in an auctionhas been awarded the rightto acquire the building andland of the Tokyo headquar-ters of a pro-Pyongyang Ko-rean residents group.

The court will nowexamine the documentssubmitted by MarunakaHoldings to decide wheth-er to formally approve thesale of the property ownedby the General Associationof Korean Residents in Ja-pan, known as Chongryon,in central Tokyos Chiyo -da Ward, to the Japanesereal estate company basedin Takamatsu, KagawaPrefecture. The court willannounce the decision on

Monday. Marunaka Hold-ings has offered 2.21 bil-lion yen to buy the propertyagainst the minimum saleprice of about 2.13 billionyen.

In January, the courtinvalidated an offer by AvarLimited Liability Co ofMongolia, which won theauction held last October, assome of the documents sub-mitted by the company werecopies rather than originals.It offered 5.01 billion yenfor the properties.

Marunaka Holdingswas the only other compet-itor in the auction. The Japa-nese company is expected todemand Chongryon to va-cate the property. We abso-lutely cannot accept this un-

just procedure, Chongryon

said in a statement issuedafter the court decision.

Chongryon said thedecision is quite disadvan-tageous for the group as theamount to be used to repaydebts will go down 2.8 bil-lion yen as the result of thelatest outcome.

The group said it willle an appeal should the

court formally approvesthe sale. In 2012, the courtdecided to auction Chon-gryons headquarters asdemanded by the Japanesegovernment-backed Reso-lution and Collection Corp,which is owed about 62.7billion yen by Chongryonfollowing the collapse of -nancial institutions in Japanfor pro-North Korean resi-dents. Kyodo News

JALALABAD , (Afghani-stan), 20 March Taleban

ghters killed at least fourpeople and wounded 20 ina suicide car bomb attackand gunbattle at a policestation in Afghanistanseastern Jalalabad city ear-ly on Thursday morning,according to police andhealth of cials.

The attack started justbefore dawn, and a re -

ght raged for more thanthree hours after the initialexplosion. Police reckonedaround half a dozen ght -ers were involved in the as-sault. Most had been killed,but the police were unsureexactly how many ghterswere still holding out.

Five suicide bomb-ers have been killed so farand a clearance operationis ongoing, said policespokesman Hazrat HussainMashriqiwal.

The Taleban sent a textmessage to media claimingresponsibility for the attackon the police station, lo-cated close to compoundsused by international agen-cies, including the UnitedNations, security of cialssaid.

Reuters

Taleban suicide bombers attack police station in

Afghanistan


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New Light of MyanmFriday, 21 March, 2014OPINION & ARTICLE

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Friday, 21 March, 2014

Equal access to electricity

Reliable power supply is crucial for the so-

cio-economic development of citizens. Itwould not only mean higher living standards forpeople throughout the country, but will also helpfacilitate the countrys growth.

The Ministry of Electric Power is going tocollect increased power fees as of April 1. Thenew power charges for household use are Ks 35

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for 1-100 units; Ks 40 for 101-200 units, and Ks50 for 201 and above units. For industrial pur-pose, power charges for 1-500 units amount toKs 5; for 501-10,000 units, Ks 100; for 10,001-50,000 units, Ks 125; for 50,001-20,0000 units, Ks150; for 200,001-300,000 units, Ks 125; and for300,000 units and above, Ks 100.

This move can control unnecessary power

consumption and reduce 30 percent of powerwaste. Power cuts can be minimized, with otherregions and states enjoying better supply.

The Regions and States with no access or lit-tle access to electricity are Rakhine State, ShanState (east), Taninthayi Region, Chin State, NagaSelf-Administered Zone, Sagaing Region (North)

and Kachin State (North). These regions areforced to pay the higher fees of private compa-nies. With the new move, power for those peoplewill become more affordable.

With the rise of power bills, more moneywill fow in to build power grids which will beinstalled in the regions with no such facilities.Better power supply will lead to a higher so-

cio-economic status of local people.

In Nyaung Yan Dy-nasty [1599-1752 A.D]of Myanmar dynastichistory, teak wood giltmonasteries bearing thename Bakaya werebuilt. During the reignof King Nyaung Yan[1599-1605 A.D] whoassumed the regnal titleof Siha Thura MahaDhamma Raja, therewere four Mon monksresiding at his CapitalInwa. They were (1)Ba Mei (2) Ba Tamaw(3) Ba Myaik and (4) BaKaya. Because of theirlearnedness in Tipitakaand all Buddhist litera-tures as well as their vastknowledge of secular

subjects such as astrol-ogy, astronomy, vedas,alchemy, metreology,herbal medicines and oc-cult sciences, they weremuch revered, respectedand consulted. They be-came raja guru monksand mentors. The kingbuilt for each monk, ateak gilt monastery ofa large size, where hismen were sent to learnfrom the guru monks allarts and sciences. Suc-cessive Kings continued

to provide royal patron-age and support to suc-cessive head monks ofthese monasteries.

During the reign ofKing Singu [1776-1782A.D] of the Konbaungdynasty [1782-1885A.D] Lord of MagwayTown the Interior Min-ister built a teak woodBakaya monastery wasbuilt in Inwa, the thenCapital. Singus succes-sor King Bodawpaya[1782-1819 A.D] movedhis capital from Inwa toAmarapura in 1782 A.D.There in his new Capi-

Bakaya Monasterytal a vast monastic circleof Maha Vijiyarama Taikwas founded. In that cir-cle a large teak wood giltmonastery was built forhis guru Monk of Inwa.The monastery was namedMaha Waiyan Bontha[Great Building like thePalace of Saka Deva inCelestial Kingdom]. Hisguru monk was given thereligious title TipitakaLankara Siridhaja MahaDhamma Raja Guru.The big monastery wasdonated to him. ThisSayadaw Monk becamethe rst Ba Mei Sayadawof Konbaung dynasty andthe monastery came to becommonly called Bakaya

Ashin Pinna Zawta wasappointed SasanabaingSayadaw [Patriarch of theBuddhist Holy Order]. In1847 A.D, the son andsuccessor of King Thay-awaddy, King Bagan[1846-1852 A.D] builtthe second Bakaya Mon-astery and donated it toAshin Pinna Zawta.

It is this secondBakaya Monastery whichnow was reconstructedon its original site and inaccordance with its orig-inal design and structurethat attracts visitors athome and abroad. The en-tire building is one of thewood architectural won-ders of the time.

cost of labour for theconstruction of the mainmonastery was over hun-dred and twenty thousandKyats in pure silver.

During the reign ofKing Mindon [1853-1878A.D] this Second Bakaya

Monastery was destroyedby re in 1866 A.D. Onlyeight staircases of brickand plaster remained assurviving remnants. Grad-ually the entire site wasswallowed by wild vege-tations.

In 1951, Mya TheinDan Sayadaw monk Ash-in Nyanutara cleared thegreen overgrown monas-tic precinct and built atwo-storey brick buildingin which he depositedover 500 Buddha images

and statues and 5000 setsof palm leaf manuscriptscollected from aroundMandalay and all over thecountry.

In 1993, the Govern-ment decided to recon-struct the second BakayaMonastery on the originalmodel. Luckily the pictureand the ground plan of theoriginal were found in the

frescoes of Maha ThetKya Yantti Pagoda Tem-ple commonly known asTaung Tha Man KyaukTaw Gyi [The Sagyinmarble Buddha Imagesheltered in the Templebuilt on the bank of the

natural Lake called TaungTha Man at Amarapura.Based upon these pictori-al records, the reconstruc-tion was begun on the 5 th

day of February 1993 byMyanmar traditional ar-chitects and engineerswith guidance of AuvadaCariya Sayadaw Monks.Within three years thereconstruction was com-pleted. This new structurewas a happy blend of teakwood, Sagyin marble,brick and plaster.

No monk resides inthe reconstructed build-ing. The principal hallhas been converted intoa museum and library,the former occupying theupper oor and the lat -ter the ground oor. Forresearchers and scholarsof Myanmar tradition-al architecture, Buddhisticonography, Tripitaka,

Buddhist scriptures andMyanmar literature,this newly reconstruct-ed Amarapura BakayaMonastery is a must tovisit, to see and marvel atand to look into.

The Building is

unique and impressive indesign, space and decor.The Buddhist imagesand statues of differentmaterials, sizes, posturesand gestures belongingto all historic periods,the themes and topicsof palm leaf manuscriptcover a wide range ofknowledgeastrology,astronomy, alchemy,arithmetic, geometry,scriptures, herbal medi-cines, mantras, Jartakas,cabalistic squares, culi-

nary art, occult sciences,legends, tales, chroniclesetc.The following is a chartof facts and gures ofAmarapura BakayaMonastery

Location = On theeastern side of the Am-arapura-Mandalay motorroad at about a distanceof 7 miles

monasterythe rstBakaya monastery in thenew Capital Amarapura.

Bakaya is a combina-tion of two Mon wordsBa means monas-tery and Kaya meansKhayey ower. Kayaor Khayey is a star- owertree [ Mimusops elengis ].Hence, it is a monas-tery with star- ower

trees planted around it.Because star- owertrees provide good coolshades and their blooms,fresh or dry are usefulfor aromatic therapy andherbal medicine, they aregrown in monastic pre-cincts.

In the reign of KingBagyidaw [1819-1837A.D] this Bakaya Mon-astery was destroyed by

re in 1821 A.D. KingThayawaddy [1837-1846A.D] who was the sec-ond founder of CapitalAmarapura, the SecondBakaya Sayadaw monk

Except the staircasesthe entire edi ce was builtof teak of super size andquality, true to the typicaldesign of a royal monas-tery. It has a Magni centgilt spire of seven tierssheltering the big sacredBuddha Image house, anda four tiered roofed mealroom and stores.

The enclosure wall

of the spacious monasticprecinct had four entrancegates facing four cardi-nal quarters, and twelvespires of brick and plaster,three on each of the foursides.

At the north-eastcorner of the precinct,the Chief Queen built agolden monastery namedBeikman Yadana and48 lesser monasteries.The Interior MinisterThado Mingyi Maha MinHla Kyaw Thu, the Lordof Pa Tein Ma Bei Towntook charge of supervis-ing the construction. The

Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhajaSithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt

Length from east to west .. ......35 feet [to the end of the staircases]Length from east to west .. ....298 feet [to the end of the oor]Breadth from north to south . 165 feet [to the end of the staircases]Breadth from north to south .. 112 feet [to the end of the oor]

Height of the oor .. .................14 feet [above ground](a) The main hall.......length 102 feet 6 inches breadth ....75 feet 6 inches height ..72 feet 4 inches(b) The Image house with

a 7 tier spire ........ length . 36 feet 6 inches breadth 36 feet 6 inches

height ..94 feet 3 inches(c) Sanu Saung ......... length ..18 feet breadth 22 feet height...35 feet 4 inches(d) Bawga Saung [meal room and stores] length.. 54 feet 9 inches breadth .36 feet 6 inches height ...35 feet 4 inchesTotal Nos of Brick staircases.........8Total Nos of teak columns ........346Sand stone sockets under the teak columns .....346Diameter of each teak column ........22 inches


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New Light of Myanmar Friday, 21 March, 2014 9LOCAL NEWS

H PA -AN , 20 MarchHealth workers who have

just completed a medi-cal course are to providehealth care for local peoplein their respective regionsand give educational talkson personal hygiene, saidChief Minister for Kay-in State U Zaw Min at the

S ITTWAY , 20 MarchAbasic tailoring course wasopened at the hall of Rakh-ine State General Adminis-tration Department in Sit-tway on 18 March.

Speaker of RakhineState Hluttaw U Htein Linexplained the purpose ofconducting the trainingcourse for girls.

The Speaker present-ed K 1 million donated byState Hluttaw to Patron ofRakhine State WomensAffairs Organization DawNu Nu Zan and Chairper-son of Rakhine State Ma-

L OIKAW , 20 MarchShwe Yati taxi stand waslaunched in front of thewar veterans organizationof ce on Lawpita Road inLawdhamma Ward of Loi-kaw, Kayah State, on 15March. Ten taxis providepassenger and commoditytransport services to locals.

Aimed at enabling thelocal visitors and globe-trotters to enjoy the natu-ral scenic beauty of KayahState and traditional cul-ture, the taxies run the ser-vices at respective rates asdecided by the authoritiesconcerned, said in-charge

Health workers in Hpa-an Tsp, KayinState to teach about hygiene

concluding ceremony ofthe training course at Tay-okhla Station Hospital inHpa-an Township, KayinState, on 13 March.

The trainees must con-tinue research on medicalscience, he added.

The head of the KayinState Health Department

and a representative ofthe Malteser InternationalJill Mololeny explainedhealth matters to the train-ees.

The course was attend-ed by 10 female and maletrainees from 13 Februaryto 13 March.

Tun Tun Htwe (Hpa-an)

Girls of Sittway Tsp gettailoring training

ternal and Child WelfareSupervisory CommitteeDaw Nyo Nyo Wai Lwinand party.

Course instructorDaw San Nu Khaing dis-cussed matters related tothe training course. Pro-gram Manager U Ko KoLwin of Myanmar Re-source Foundation donat-ed six sewing machinesto of cials of State WAOand MCWSC.

Altogether 50 train-ees are attending the one-month course.

Rakhine State IPRD

Taxi transport service launchedin Loikaw

of the taxi stand U KhinMaung Kyaw.

Peace has been re-stored in Kayah State, asgrowing number of visitors

arrive in Kayah State dayby day. Therefore trans-port services are being runfor travellers. Kyee Myint

Naing (Loikaw)

NGOs, social organizations emphasizechild protection

Y ANGON , 20 MarchThe Yangon Region Com-mittee of the Child Rightsheld a coordination meet-ing of social organizationsat the hall of Mingun Tip-itaka Nikaya in DagonTownship on 18 March.

U Tin Zaw Moe, Sec-retary of the committee,Head of Yangon RegionSocial Welfare Depart-ment, said that the govern-

ment is carrying out cours-es on health and nutrition,availability of safe water,sanitation, development ofeducation and child pro-tection by laying down thechild right national plan(2006-2015). Responsiblepersons of NGOs and so-cial organizations such asUNICEF, Save the Chil-dren, TDHL, Good Neigh-bour, AAR (Japan), Yadana

Myityta recounted theirexperiences and challengesand discussed future tasks.

Myanmar joined TheUN Convention on theRights of the Child in 1991.The government enactedthe Child Law in 1993 andChild Rules in 2001 forprotecting the rights of thechild.

Aung Than (MingalaTaungnyunt)

Yangon East General Hospital cleanedwith efforts by social organizations

Y ANGON , 20 MarchYangon Region Wom-

ens Affairs Organizationand Maternal and Child

Welfare SupervisoryCommittee carried outsanitation at YangonEast General Hospital inBotahtaung Township,

Yangon East District, on18 March. Of cials ofYangon Region WAOand MCWSC other do-nors have K 1.27 millionand hospital equipmentworth K 6.37 million toMedical SuperintendentDr Daw Hla Hla Kyi.

Aung Than (MingalaTaungnyunt)


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Venezuela arrests one opposition mayor, jails anotherC ARACAS , 20 March

Venezuelan intelligenceagents on Wednesday ar-rested one opposition may-or accused of stoking vio-lent protests, while anotherwas jailed for 10 months

in the latest moves againstrivals of President NicolasMaduro.

The steps followcourt orders instructingmayors of opposition-runmunicipalities to disman-tle street barricades set upby demonstrators, whichhave become ashpointsfor more than a month ofunrest that has killed 31people.

Daniel Ceballos, may-or of the hard-hit city of SanCristobal near the Colom-bian border, was detainedby the national intelligence

service Sebin and accusedof civil rebellion.Interior Minister

Miguel Rodriguez Torres,who also heads Sebin, toldstate TV that Ceballos wasdetained by agents acting

Anti-government protesters shout during a protest against Nicolas Maduros government at Altamira square in Caracas on 19 March, 2014. R EUTERS

on an order from court inwestern Tachira state.

This is an act of jus-tice for a mayor who notonly failed to meet his ob-ligations under the law, butalso facilitated and sup-

ported all the irrational vi-olence in this city, he said.In the coming hours

he will be presented beforethe corresponding tribunalsto begin the judgment pro-cess.

An aide to Ceballossaid he was arrested in Ca-racas, where he had beenattending a meeting of op-position mayors.

San Cristobal, home tosome 250,000 people, hasbeen the focus of the mostsustained ghts betweenhooded demonstratorsbarricading roads, armed

pro-government radicals,and the security forces.Torres said a member

of the National Guard wasshot dead in the city onWednesday during whathe called vandalistic acts

by protesters targetinga national armed forces

university.Later on Wednesday,the Supreme Court jailedanother opposition mayor,Enzo Scarano of San Diegoin central Carabobo state,for 10 months and 15 days

for failing to comply witha previous order to take

down barricades there.In a statement, thecourt said Scarano wouldbe stopped from exercisinghis functions as mayor.

All our solidari-ty with Enzo Scarano

before this indescribableaggression, tweeted Ra-

mon Muchacho, mayor ofthe staunchly pro-opposi-tion Chacao municipality ineastern Caracas, which hasbeen the site of near-night-ly street clashes.

Reuters

Fukushimaschool marksgraduation of

only remainingpupil

F UKUSHIMA , (Japan), 20

March An elementaryschool in Fukushima Pre-fecture on Thursday helda graduation ceremony forits only pupil left after the2011 disasters.

Onami ElementarySchool invited local com-munity members to the cer-emony held for the gradu-ation of Takashi Sato, 12.The school will close inApril with no newcomersto enroll.

I made a lot of mem-ories, especially this yearin sixth grade, such as stud-ying one on one with the

teacher, Sato said.In the 2010 schoolyear, 41 pupils attendedthe school. But the nu-clear crisis that occurredabout 50 kilometres awayfrom the school after theMarch 2011 earthquakeand tsunami forced manyresidents to evacuate,causing the number ofpupils at the school to de-cline to 30 in 2011, 10 in2012 and one in 2013.

Meanwhile, ManoElementary School in Mi-namisoma, another schoolin the prefecture that will

close next month, also helda graduation ceremony onThursday for 10 pupils.

According to the localeducation board, 477 pub-lic elementary schools inFukushima Prefecture heldgraduation ceremonieson the same day for some18,000 pupils.

Kyodo News

Russian forces seize twoUkrainian bases in Crimea

S EVASTOPOL , 20 March The United Stateswarned Moscow it was ona dark path to isolationon Wednesday as Russiantroops seized two Ukrain-ian naval bases, includ-ing a headquarters in theCrimean port of Sevastopolwhere they raised their ag.

The dramatic seizurecame as Russia and theWest dug in for a long con-frontation over Moscowsannexation of Crimea,with the United States and

Europe groping for waysto increase pressure on ade ant Russian PresidentVladimir Putin.

As long as Russiacontinues on this dark path,they will face increasingpolitical and economic iso-lation, said US Vice Pres-ident Joe Biden, referringto reports of armed attacksagainst Ukrainian militarypersonnel in Crimea.

Biden was in the Lith-uanian capital, Vilnius,as part of a quick trip to

reassure Baltic allies wor-ried about what an embold-ened Russia might meanfor their nations. Lithuania,along with Estonia and Lat-via, are NATO members.There is an attempt, usingbrutal force, to redraw bor-ders of the European statesand to destroy the postwararchitecture of Europe,Lithuanian President DaliaGrybauskaite said.

The head of NATOwarned that Putin may notstop with the annexation ofCrimea and urged Europeto step up defence spend-ing in response to the crisis.Crimea is one example.But I see Crimea as an ele-ment in a greater pattern, ina more long-term Russian,or at least Putin, strategy,

Secretary-General AndersFogh Rasmussen told aWashington think tank. Soof course our major concernnow is whether he will gobeyond Crimea. Reuters

US searching aircraftpicks up radar signature

of large objectC ANBERRA , 20 March

A reporter on board aUS P-8 aircraft searchingfor Malaysia Airlines Flight

MH370 said on Thursdaythat the crew have pickedup radar signals of a largeobject in the Indian Oceanpossibly linked to the miss-ing plane.

The radar is gettinghits of signi cant sizeand the crew are tryingto get visuals on hits, US

broadcaster ABC said in atweet quoting correspond-ent David Wright.

All indications some-

thing down there, addedthe tweet.

The post came shortlyafter Australian authoritiessaid two objects have beenspotted in the southern In-dian Ocean on satellite im-agery that might be relatedto the missing Boeing 777aircraft. Xinhua

Portrait of 16th century JapaneseChristian emissary to Rome found

R OME , 20 March A portrait believed to be

that of Ito Mancio, one ofthe four young emissariessent to Rome by a feudallord in Japan in the 16thCentury, has been foundin Italy, according to anof cial of a Milan foun -dation who conductedresearch and published apaper.

The portrait is ownedby a person who lives innorthern Italy and is af-

liated with the Trivulziofoundation, and the art-work carries an inscrip-tion Mansio (sic) on the

back, according to PaolaDi Rico, the author of thepaper who is in charge of

Supplied photo shows a portrait believed to be that of Ito Mancio, one of the

four young emissaries sent to Rome by a feudallord in Japan in the 16th century. The artwork,

which has been found in

Italy, carries an inscrip- tion Mansio (sic) on the

back. K YODO N EWS

archive management atthe foundation.

Based on documenta-ry evidence about the Ten-sho mission and appraisalby experts, Di Rico con-cluded that it was paintedby Domenico Tintorettowhen the Japanese envoysvisited the northern city ofVenice in 1585. Domeni-co is the son of Tintoretto,a noted Italian Renais-sance painter.

The four-boy missionwas sent to seek supportfor Christian missionarywork in Japan and had anaudience with Pope Greg-

ory XIII in 1585 and re-turned to Japan in 1590.

Kyodo News

FrenchFMsays

to payfrst

visit toCuba

P ARIS , 20 March French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fa-bius on Wednesday said he would soon travel t o Cuba, the rst suchvisit in three decades in a move to improve diplomatic and econom-ic links with Havana. I will soon go to Cuba, which is somethingnew, the daily Le Figaro quoted Fabius as saying during a newsconference with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Alberto Figueiredo.

The report added that the due visit would take place before thesummer in a bid to assess the Caribbean island nations market-ori-ented reforms and pledges to improve human rights and to give im-petus to bilateral economic ties.

France and its European partners suspended partnership links

with Cuba in 2003 but resumed relations ve years later.According to the daily report, about 60 French rms were inCuba including Accor, Bouygues and Total. Xinhua

Armed men stand at the entrance of the naval head-quarters in Sevastopol, on 19 March, 2014. R EUTERS


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Textbooks toimprove

childrensEnglish

speakingB EIJING , 20 March A

new series of English text-books for primary schoolstudents from the thirdgrade to the fth grade waspublished in Beijing onWednesday.

The new textbooks,named Hello LearnersEnglish, were jointly pub-lished by the CambridgeUniversity Press and Le-

jiale English Teaching,which is af liated withTAL Education Group, oneof the most popular privateeducation companies inBeijing.

Wu Xiaowei, directorof Lejiale English Teach-ing, said the new textbookswere published as a resultof Chinas English testingpolicy changes that be-gan last year. Ren Zhen,an English professor fromCapital Normal Universityin Beijing, said studentswill nd the new textbooksmore interesting. There isalso an app that studentscan use to improve theirpronunciation. Xinhua

Digital radionetwork set upfor G20 summit

in AustraliasBrisbane

B RISBANE , (Australia),

20 March A new digitalradio communications net-work has been establishedfor emergency workers andpolice for the G20 summitin Brisbane, Australia, theQueensland governmentannounced on Thursday.

Queensland IT Minis-ter Ian Walker said earlierthe government wirelessnetwork allows emergencyservices to share informa-tion instantly and coor-dinate between multipleagencies during the G20Summit in November.

The rst mobile ra -

dios have been installed intwo re service vehicles,80 police vehicles havethe new equipment and theQueensland Police Servicehas received 100 portableradios in preparation forG20, he said in a state-ment.

The minister said 700re, ambulance and police

vehicles will have the newequipment installed by Au-gust. Xinhua

Colombian president con rms ouster of Bogota mayor

Bogotas Mayor Gustavo Petro gives a speech during a protest at Mayor building in Bogota city on 28 Feb, 2014 le photo. R EUTERS

B OGOTA , 20 March The mayor of Co-lombias capital city Bo-

gota was ousted fromhis post on Wednesday,

President Juan ManuelSantos said in a contro-versial decision that could

affect May presidentialelections and a peace

process with left-wingrebels.

Gustavo Petro, 53, a

former guerrilla, was dis-missed from his post by

the inspector general inDecember last year overmismanagement but stayedpending a run of judicialappeals, the last of whichended on Tuesday and didnot reverse the decision.

His dismissal and a15-year ban from holdingpublic of ce was viewedas too harsh, even amongthose who did not supportPetro. The case has becomea political hot potato amidperceptions the decisionmay have sought to under-mine leftists.

The Inter-AmericanCommission of HumanRights called late on Tues-day for the decision by Co-lombias highest judicialauthority judging cases in-volving government bodiesto suspend its decision andallow Petro to serve the restof his mandate.

But in a declarationnaming Labour MinisterRafael Pardo Rueda in-terim mayor, Santos saidthat request was not legallybinding, that Petros appealprocess had been exhaus-

tive and his dismissal wasnow unavoidable.I have received of -

cial communication fromthe inspector general inwhich he solicits the dis-missal by decree of themayor of Bogota, GustavoPetro Urrego, and I have toproceed in conformity withthe constitution and thelaws, Santos said.

Santos said the Coun-cil of State, the last entityto hear the judicial appeal,had informed Petro that hestill had other mechanismsof judicial defence to whichhe could turn, without giv-ing further detail. Reuters

Nigerian govt gives automaticemployment to families of

stampede incidents victimsA BUJA , 20 March

Families whose loved onesdied in stampede incidentsacross Nigeria last week-end will get automatic em-ployment into the NigeriaImmigration Service, thegovernment announcedon Wednesday. More than18 deaths were reported inNigerias capital city Abu-

ja last Saturday and otherstates where recruitmentexercises were held by theimmigration department.The exercises in differ-ent states were marred bystampedes, resulting inthe deaths and injuries of

job seekers, thereby caus-ing public outcry over theavoidable incidents.

But respite came theway of bereaved families

Two army of cers, teenagerkilled in violence in Egypt

C AIRO , 20 March Ten people were killedin violence across Egypton Wednesday, monthsahead of a presidential votemeant to put Egypt back ona democratic path after lastJulys army takeover.

In Qalubiya Province,north of Cairo, two soldierswere killed in a shootoutwith Islamist militants, the

Interior Ministry said, add-ing that six militants werekilled and eight arrested ina raid on a weapons storagefacility. A 13-year-old boywas shot dead in south-ern Egypt and one manwas killed in Cairo, bothin clashes between policeand supporters of deposedelected President Mo-hamed Mursi of the Mus-lim Brotherhood, the healthministry said.

Violence, which hasdogged Egypt since a pop-ular uprising toppled au-tocrat Hosni Mubarak in

2011, is expected to inten-sify as the country prepares

A riot policeman holds his weapon during clashes with al-Azhar University students, who are supporting the

Muslim Brotherhood and deposed President Mohamed Mursi, on the university campus in Cairos Nasr City

District, on 19 March, 2014. R EUTERS

US Vice President Joe Biden (R) meets the press along with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite (C) and Latvian President Andris Berzins in Vilnius, Lithuania, on

19 March, 2014. Biden reaf rmed US military protection of the Baltic region during a meeting on Wednesday with the presidents of Lithuania and Latvia. X INHUA

for a presidential vote thatarmy chief Field MarshalAbdel Fattah al-Sisi is ex-pected to win easily.

The Interior Ministrysaid the two soldiers werekilled in a raid on membersof Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis,Egypts most active mili-tant group.

The Sinai-based grouphas claimed responsibility

for several high-pro le at -tacks, including an assassi-nation attempt on the inte-rior minister last year.

A health of cial saida 13-year-old boy was shotdead in clashes betweenpolice and pro-Mursi pro-testers in the city of BeniSuef, south of Cairo. TheInterior Ministry said 12protesters were arrested.

Demonstrations alsotook place in several plac-es in the capital. Medicalsources said around 40pro-Mursi demonstratorswere wounded by birdshot

or tear gas near Cairo Uni-versity. Reuters

when the government con-sidered automatic employ-ment into the paramilitaryorganization for relativesof the dead. The decisioncame after WednesdaysFederal Executive Council(FEC) meeting, a week-ly assembly of PresidentGoodluck Jonathan andmembers of his cabinet.

The government alsoannounced the inde nitecancellation of all ongo-ing recruitment exercisesby ministries, departmentsand agencies in the oil richcountry. Only the policeand military of Africasmost populous countrywere exempted from thisdirective, the governmentannounced in a statement.

Meanwhile, the Nige-

ria Human Rights Com-mission (NHRC) hascommenced a thoroughinvestigation into the re-cruitment tragedy of theimmigration department.Apparently, the wide con-demnation of the incidentby Nigerians spurred theinvestigation by the body.

Irked by the incident,many citizens of the WestAfrican country and humanrights organizations calledfor the immediate remov-al the Minister of Interior,Abba Moro, whose minis-try supervises the activitiesof the Nigeria ImmigrationService. The ComptrollerGeneral of the immigrationdepartment David Parradangis also under re over thetragic incident. Xinhua


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T OKYO , 20 March The number of recordedstalking cases hit an all-

time high for the secondstraight year in 2013 at21,089, topping 20,000 forthe rst time, the NationalPolice Agency said in a re-port released on Thursday.

The total included 43stalking cases involvingthe sending of e-mails tovictims, a new categorycovered under a revision inJuly last year to the 2000anti-stalking law. Policeissued warnings to e-mailsenders in 143 cases.

Police forces acrossthe country have taken atougher stance on stalkers

after a senior high schoolgirl was killed by a stalkerin Mitaka in Tokyo in Oc-tober 2013.

In the November-De -cember period, the num-ber of stalkers arrested in-creased 20.6 percent from ayear earlier.

By gender, the numberof women stalked reached19,053, or 90.3 percent ofall the victims. The largest

B EIJING , 20 March A pilot project to im-prove placement coursesin around 100 high schoolsnationwide began on Tues-day.

Dai Jiagan, deputy di -rector of the Chinese So-ciety of Education (CSE),said the Chinese AdvancePlacement courses (CAP)will give more choice togifted and talented chil-dren. The courses covercalculus, linear algebra,probability and statistics,writing, english, physicsand economics.

The CAP will bridgethe gap between universi-ty and high school, saidWang Dianjun, president ofthe middle school af liatedto Tsinghua University.

According to Wang,Chinese high schools havenot connected well withhigher education. As a re-sult, universities select can-didates only through col-lege entrance exams, ratherthan through students realacademic performance andpersonal interests.

Under the currentsystem, excellent students,who account for 20 percentof the total, have to slowdown their learning to thatof the other 80 percent,and many even have to re-peat what theyve alreadylearned, Dai stressed. Weshould give gifted studentsmore choice.

Dai said in China adozen elite high schoolsand universities have handstogether to develop CAPcourses, but still lack uni-

ed standards on courses,teachers training and eval-uation of students.

We will organize ateam to develop a CAPstandard while launchingthe courses in 100 pilotschools, he said, addingthat relevant textbookswould be ready by August.

The 100 chosen highschools will be announcedlater this year.

Xinhua

No of stalking cases inJapan in 2013 tops 20,000

for rst timenumber of victims were intheir 20s, at 34.8 percent,followed by those in their

30s at 27.5 percent, thosein their 40s at 18.2 percent,and teens at 9.4 percent.

Partners and friendsaccounted for some 60 per-cent of the stalkers.

The police arrestedor questioned stalkers in1,889 cases, up 6.5 percentfrom a year earlier.

By charge, stalkerswere arrested or questionedon suspicion of violat-ing the anti-stalking law,blackmailing and home in-vasion.

The police issuedwarnings to stalkers in

2,452 cases, up 7.4 percentfrom a year earlier, and is-sued orders to stop stalkingin 103 cases, both recordhighs.

Meanwhile, the policerecorded an all-time high of49,533 domestic violencecases last year, up 12.7percent from a year earlier,hitting a record high for the10th straight year, the re-port said. Kyodo News

A girl of Uygur ethnic group dances to celebrate the Noruz Festival marking the start of spring plowing in Wupu Township, Hami, northwest Chinas Xinjiang

Uygur Autonomous Region, on 19 March, 2014. The Noruz Festival is one of the most signi cant festivals shared by various ethnic groups in Xinjiang, including

Kazahk, Uygur, Uzbek, and so on. X INHUA

China launchespilot university

placement courses

F UKUSHIMA , (Japan),20 March The operatorof the crippled FukushimaDaiichi nuclear power plantsaid on Wednesday thatit may have to clean some15,000 tons of radioactivewater all over again, as ithas found its water treat-ment system was not work-ing properly.

The Advanced Liq-uid Processing System, orALPS, has been developedto drastically reduce theradiation level of highlycontaminated water that is

TEPCO says 15,000 tons of toxic water mayneed to be cleaned again

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (back) in

Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on 11

March, 2014, the third anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear crisis at the plant. Tanks to store radioactive water

can be seen in the foreground. K YODO N EWS

accumulating at the plant.But it has been plaguedwith trouble and its test-runperiod has been prolonged.

In the latest glitch,plant operator Tokyo Elec-tric Power Co said onTuesday that one of thethree ALPS lines was notremoving radioactive sub-stances to the level it shouldachieve.

A treated water sam-ple extracted on Mondaycontained around 10 mil-lion becquerels per lit-er of beta ray-emitting

radioactive substances,such as strontium. Usuallythe radiation level is said todrop to around several hun-dred becquerels.

TEPCO suspended allthree lines on Tuesday, butit said Wednesday that wa-ter that was not adequatelytreated may have owedinto a total of 21 tanks, eachwith room to store 1,000tons, at the site. The tanksare all connected.

The 21 tanks keepabout 15,000 tons of water,so workers may have to putthem through the systemagain to reduce their radia-tion level, TEPCO said.

The latest incident isanother blow to TEPCOas it struggles to manageenormous volumes of tox-ic water. The amount isincreasing daily becausegroundwater is seeping intoreactor buildings and mix-ing with water used to coolthree reactors that melteddown during the nuclearcrisis that began in March2011. TEPCO wants to re-duce the radiation level ofthe toxic water kept in tanksby using ALPS to minimizethe impact of leak incidents.

Kyodo News

A woman reads a lea et at a job fair in the HelanCounty of Yinchuan City, capital of northwest Chi-

nas Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on 19 March, 2014. Job fairs were recently held in the rural areasin Ningxia where workforce are abundant. Over 70employers took part in the job fair on Wednesday.

X INHUA

M UMBAI , 20 March Toyota Motor Corp.s Indianunit resumed running part of the production lines at its twofactories in a suburb of Bangalore on Wednesday with thehelp of contractors and other non-unionized workers afterit was suspended due to labour problems, a company of -cial said. With negotiations with unionized workers hav-ing hit a snag, it may take more time before the factoriesrestart full operations.

The Japanese automaker locked up the plants on Sun-day, citing the safety of workers, after almost a month ofproduction interruption due to some labor union mem-bers sabotage amid a wage dispute, the company said.

Talks have been held among representatives of man-agement, labor and the local labor of ce but no immediateagreement appears in sight at this moment.

A local Toyota of cial expressed a hope that the fac -tories reopen by 1 April when wages are scheduled to berevised. The two plants, with combined annual capacity of310,000 units, produce the Fortuner sport utility vehicleand other models. Kyodo News

M ANILA , 20 MarchJapan formally awarded onThursday eight grant projects worth more than $850,000for con ict-affected areas in the southern Philippine is -land of Mindanao.

Japanese Ambassador Toshinao Urabe signed grantscontracts amounting to $855,325 for the construction of18 classrooms, an agricultural training centre and fourvocational training centres, mostly for youth and women.

The projects, to be spread in the Provinces of Bukid-non, Maguindanao, Davao Oriental, Sarangani and NorthCotabato, are part of the Japan-Bangsamoro Initiatives

for Reconstruction and Development (J-BIRD), Japansassistance package in support of peace and developmentin con ict-affected areas of Mindanao.

Japan extends $850,000 for new aid projects in PhilippinesThese facilities will certainly empower the local

youth and give them a better chance for a better life...Ifthe community is prosperous, people will be less bellig-erent and inclined to seek peaceful solution, Urabe said.

Joining the signing were Presidential Advisor onthe Peace Process Undersecretary Luisito Montalbo andpeace process International Monitoring Team head Maj.Gen. Abdul Samad Yaakub, among others.

The awarding of the new project grants came a weekahead of the formal signing of a nal peace agreementbetween the Philippine government and the countrys

largest rebel group the Moro Islamic Liberation Front,which is concentrated in central and southwestern Min-danao. Kyodo News

Toyotas Indian unit resume some

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Oprah gives Starbucks tea push acelebrity shot with chai drink

S EATTLE , 20 March Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will add a celebrity blend to its bigtea push when it debuts Oprah Chai, a tea-based drink created by media mogul OprahWinfrey. Winfrey and Starbucks chief Howard Schultz clinked tea cups on Wednesdayat the companys annual meeting as they announced the new brew, which will go on saleat Starbucks and Teavana stores in the United States and Canada on 29 April.

The worlds biggest coffee chain is looking to tea as a way to keep expanding itssales as competition grows in the coffee market.Starbucks said Winfrey developed the tea with Teavanas leading teaologist Naoko

Tsunoda. It is a blend of tea infused with cinnamon, ginger, cardamom and cloves, andwill be sold in tins or as prepared tea lattes.

Howard Schultz (L), CEO ofStarbucks, applauds on stage next to

surprise guest Oprah Winfrey during the companys annual shareholders

meeting in Seattle, Washington on 19 March, 2014.

For each Teavana Oprah Chai product sold, Starbucks willmake a donation to the Oprah Winfrey Leadership AcademyFoundation to bene t youth education.

According to The Tea Association of the USA, tea is themost widely consumed beverage in the world next to water.While tea is the more popular beverage, coffee is king when itcomes to sales. Reuters

Adeles songs accused ofmaking people gay

L ONDON , 20 March Oscar-winning singer Adele is ac-cused of turning people gay with her music in a TV documenta-ry. The 25-year-old singer is on a list of t hings that men shouldavoid if they want to be straight, reported Daily Star .

Doctor Christian Jessen, 37, made the bizarre discovery

Adele won an Oscar in 2013 for her song Skyfall. PTI

Frozen princessesreclaim throne on top of

Billboard album chartL OS A NGELE s, 20 March The animatedprincesses of Disney hit Frozen reclaimedthe top of the Billboard 200 album chart onWednesday as the soundtrack to the jugger-naut lm beat new entries to No 1. Fro -zen, which features the Oscar-winningtrack Let It Go, sold 99,000 copies inits 16th week on the chart and climbedfrom No 3 last week, according to datafrom Nielsen SoundScan. Frozen wasonly one of four soundtracks to haveclocked six weeks or more on the Bill-board 200 chart since SoundScan begantracking sales in 1991. The lm, abouta pair of Nordic princesses forced to savetheir kingdom from a never-ending winter,surpassed $1 billion at the worldwide box of -

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